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cm Medford Mail Tribune united vnma AsaooiAxaojs Full Loured WIro Rperi. FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 The only paper in tho worli published In n city the -lie &t Medford having a leased wire. FIFniYEAU. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1910. No. 17. ENGINEERS OFF TO ST it-7 . W. E. Herring and D. F. Hcldcl Leave Tomorrow (or Crnlcr National Forest, Whcro They Will Go Over Selected Routo of Crater Lake Highway anil Prepare Plans. WILL CALL FOR BIDS - SOON FOR ROAD-BUILDING Engineer Heldel Will Also Prepare Estimates for Contracts for That Section of ' Road to Bo Built hy Popular Subscription. W. K. Herring, dUtrlct engineer of lliu fortmtry Hurvau, mid II. K. Holdel, highway engineer, offlco of public nmiln, department of agriculture, lonvo Medford Monday for tho Crntor National l-urvftl, wlioro tlioy will ko ovor thu noU'dtojl routo of tint Cmtor Lake rlghwny nnd prnpnro plans nnd imtlmntoH for bid to bo called for within ii month for coiiHtrnctlon of tho highway within tho limits of thu format renorvo, At thu name tlmo Engineer Huldel will prepare catlmatuM for contractu for that ucctlon of tho highway ad Joining tho renorvo to bo built by pub Ho aulmcrlptlon, to that both con tractu nmy bo lot at tho name tlmo. Tho forestry bureau vlll upend I&000 buforo Jtily 1 In honoring tho highway In tho ronorvo. Seventeen wiles of tho highway extend through tho roucrvo, boforu tho national park boundary reached, Within tho park tho department of tho Intorlor will hnvo chargn of thu construction. Tho fifty iiiIIoh between tho rcaorvo nnd thu Southern Pacific railway mtiHt bo built by public subscription and Jackuou county. Tho routo tho road will trnvorBO will not bo decided upon until Engl- noor Huldcl cotnplotoH his estimates. Preliminary oBtlmatos mado last year will bo rovlsod to moot tho chnngod coudltlonu. Mr. Iloldol plana that tho highway will vary In width according to tho nature of tho country trim-rood. Sharp curves will bo rounded with nn extra wldo roadbed so thut thoro will bo no danger of colllitlons. Tho dis tance between cutters will average 34 to 3C foot. At all points tho road will bo wldo enough for teams to pass each othor. Mutorlnls usod for road bod will vary with tho character of tho country, whero tho necessary macadam will vary In thickness from four or flvo Inches of rolled crushed rock up, nccordlng to soli conditions. Homo soils, llko puinlco, roqulro spe cial treatment, nnd In some no ma cadam Ih needed, POLICE SAY BANDITS ARE MESSENGER BOYS LOS ANC1KLUS, Cnl., April 0. Tho police today nro working on tho thoory that tho masked bauditH who shot nnd killod Officors David llrooks shortly nftor midnight wero wossongor boys. Furthor than stilt ing that porsons who saw tho thugs doolarod thorn to ho more youtlis, tho officcra .jefuso to tell upon whnt tlioy bauo their boliof, Brooks was sliot down by tho holdup inon in South Grniul avenue, a fnHhionnblo rosidouco sootioii of tho city. When ho showed fight tho shot thnt ended his lifo wn firod. Brooks lived with his wifo nnd three littlo sons within half n block of whoro tho shooting ooourrod. Tho wifo nnd ohildron woro waiting for Brooks to oomo from his rounds nnd nishod to tho stroot when thoy hoard tho allots. A honrtronding soono fol lowed Mrs. Brooks' rooognition of hor b'ii'K hushnnd, around whom a orowd hnd hnstily gathered, Tho mon who shot Brooks nro thought to bo tho pair who hold up tho Vornon saloon in Grand nvontio half an hour previous to tho shooting, PorsoiiB who woro in tho saloon furnishod tho polloo with a fair description of tho mon. Tho fneo of ono rohhor was covered by a whitw hniidkorohlef. MONDAY Fate of La Fean Bill Up Soon Hoiinh Comiultlco to Vote on Whether to Hoport It or Not Next Wed IKffday May Table It. WASHINGTON, April 0. Tho house committee on ngrioullure will take up tho Lnfcnn applo-box bill next Wednesday, nnd a voto will bo taken to determine whether it shall ho reported or tabled. Tho motion to tnblo tho bill was made by HoprcHontntivo Howell, hut na several memhorH were absent the uhainnan decided to postpono ludion until noxt week. It is believed n ma jority of tho committee will voto to table thu hill, which will menu thut it cannot ho considered this session or next. 1100 One Week's List of Dead 'Ifii TIioiiniiiiiI Turkish Ttitopn Mobil' Jrd on Albanian llordcrlnml Much Fighting In MouiitnliiK, CONSTANTINOl'I;!:, April l). Teu thotiKiuid Turkish troops are be ing mobilized on tho Albnninu bor derland to go to tho aid of tho hnr iihmi.'iI forcoH that nro riUtinn the Albanian iuRurrcctionixtH. Several wurships wero ordered to day to proceed to tho Albanian const nnd bombard thu towns which have proved rebellious. A careful osti mate of tho week's fighting in that noil nro dead on thu Turkinli bide and (100 rebels dead. Thu number f wounded oxcouiIk tho dead. Monopolies Are Alone To Blame So Say Attorney (,'cnrnil Wicker kliaiit In DlHciiMHlng Prvnent High Cost of Living. CHICAGO, 111., April 0. Tho rem edy for tho high cost of living is to check tho growth of illegal monop olies nnd combinations and provent practices tending to increnso tho cost of food, declared Attornoy-Qeneral Wicktuham horo today. To do this, hu snid, wo must indict tho persons responsible and ask tho dissolution of tho combinations. Wickorshnm stated furthor that tho government wns proceeding along tho lines ho indicated and is seeking thu dissolution of tho com binations which, though apparently legal, enabled certain persons to get illegal control of commodities. Guard Shoots To End Fight Prisoners at Walla AVnUn Kngugo In Combat and (Juurtl Hhoots Iloth In Order to Put lCnd to Scrap. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 0. Firing when two convicts would not stop fighting nt his command, Frod Staff, a guard at tho state peni tentiary, this aftornoon shot and se riously woundod Jack Johnson, col orod, and Jnmos Casoy, a white pris onor. Tho men woro working in tho juto mill nnd hocamo engaged in nu altercation and thon wont to blows, Cnsoy, who is more than six feet tall and woiglis ovor -00 pounds, soizod a big wooden spool and hit Johnson ovor tho head. Staff saw him anil ordered that tho fighting ho otoppod, Neither paid any atten tion nnd ho firod, broaking tho log of Cnsoy abovo his knoo. 'Casoy foil to tho floor, whoro ho writhod in agony, while Johnson, grabbing up tho spool ho dropped, in turn usod it for a club, Staff again firod and Johnson fell, shot through tho hips, hut not fatally hurt. FINE DEPOT IS PLAN OF P. & E. Will Bo Situated on East Side of Bear Creek, Between Main and JackSdn Streets', and Will Bo a Handsome Edifice Will Bo Erect ed In Near Future. NEARLY ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY SECURED; SUIT STARTED Roundhouses and Yards Will Be Lo cated at Junction Is Probable Site of Central Station of New Electric Road. Tho Pacific & Eastern Railroad company plans to hoon start work on tho erection of n hnndsomo depot between Main and Jackhou streets, just oast of Bear creek. It is prob able thnt near, this depot will bo es tablished tho central station of tho new electric line. All of tho right of way for the rond has Hoon secured, with tho ex ception of ono tract where (ho own ers wero unrcnsonnblo nnd suit hns been instituted in -tho circuit court to condemn a right of wny through this. Tho cnrbarnR and roundhouses of the company nro to bu loented at the junction, but tho terminal of tho road will be across Bear creek from the now. tintntorimn. Thu company plniiB to erect n handsome building and it is probable that thu central station of the elec tric rond will bo situated on this tract.- , ,..,, Pnclfio & Eastern trnffio is in creasing by leaps and bounds nnd a better train service is promised when thu rond is completed, in June, to But to Falls. MAY BUILD COLLIER AT MARE ISLAND NAVY-YARD VALLEJO, Cah, April 9. The government collier Jupiter, for tho construction of which congress ap propriated n million dollars n year ago, may yet bo built at tho Muro Island nnvy-ynrd. Todny a totlcgrnm wns received by tho Vallojo chamber of commerce from Congressman G. R. Knowlaud nt Washington. It rend: "Tho attempt to givo tho contract to build tho collier to n privnto yard by a paragraph in tho naval bill wns stnekon out hy n point of order mndo me. Tho houso voted thnt all futuro contracts with private yards shall he mado under an eight-hour day. This places navy yards on greater oqunlity with' private yards." When tho bill appropriating tho money to construct tho Jupiter wns pnssod it wns stipulated that tho ves sol was to bo built nt the Muro Island, navy yard. OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS FIGHT: RESIGNATION TENDERED GUTHRIE, Okla., April 0. Fol lowing n clash hotween Governor C. N. Haskell nnd Adjutnut-Gcnornl Canton of tho Oklahoma National Gunrd, which nearly resulted in a personal encounter Inst night, Gou oral Canton todny tendored 1i5h res ignation. ITaskoll lias not announced' wheth er ho will accopt tho resignation, bit it is Iroliovcd that ho will. Genornl .Canton's resignation wns tondored nt tho advioo of frionds, who in this wny hope to provent nny further differences between tho chief excutivo nnd tho commander of tho gunrd. Tho quarrel which resulted in Inst night's olnsh wor ovor a polititonl muttor, Frionds of tho govornor nnd Gonernl Canton sopnrntod them. HAD 16 SONS IN CIVIL WAR, IS LIVING AT AGE OF 102 MOUNDSVILLE, W. Vn April 0. Still living in Moundsvillo nt tho ago of .102 is Mrs. Sarah Brandon, who holds tho United States record as tho mothor of tho largost numhov of civil war soldiers, No loss than lfl of hor boys sorvod in tho battloa of that war, 14 on tho Union side nnd two with tho Confederates. T. R.To Be Chief Insurgent of All? Jc? 27 27 S7 -Such Is Opinion In Washington MACADAM ROAD TO COUNTY SEAT County Court Orders 14-Foot Road way of Crushed Rock, Rolled, Be tween Medford and Jacksonville Work Starts at Once. Tho county court has ordered thut & 14-foot nmcndnui road bu constructed between Medford and Jacksonville, and that tho work start at onco. The foundation of .tho road is to bo of coarse crushed rock, roll ed and tho top dressing of finer rock well dampened and solidly rolled. Thoro was cousidernblo discussion ns to tho width of tho road, Judge Noil wishing to make it wider, but it wns thoght that tho road would cause too great nu oxponso, Tho court nlso decided to build a bridgo across Boar oreek at Phoe nix and hnvo asked for plans and specifications from tho Columbia Bridgo company, which company constructed tho Woodvillo bridgo. Tho plans will bo considorocyat tho May term and bids ndvortisod for thereafter. v. In tho muttor of a chaugo of tho rond in Saldino crook district peti tioned for by a nuiubor of citizons it was found that tho portions woro irregular nnd while tho court was satisfied that tho road should be ordered it could not do s,o undor tho oiroujustanoes. As a' cohso quouoo it will bo Juno boforo tho rond can bo ordored. , ' Tho following plats of tracts nnd additions woro approvod: Midway tract, noar Talent; Hoso Park addi tion to Modford Wost Walnut Park addition to Modford; Palm's Second addition to Modford; Donognn Orch ard tract; Hall Yiow addition to Peru Makes Up Mind To Fight Starts Negotiations With Franco to Socuru Loan of $1,C32,-I()0 So War Can Bo Wngvd on Ecuador. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 0. That Peru is detormiucd to go to war with Ecundor was indicated fur ther today when tho state depart ment hero received notification from Charge d'Affaires Cresson at Lima that tho Peruvian government is negotitating for n loan of $1,65-,-400 in France. Tho dispatches from Guayaquil oxprcss 'egret over tho attack of mobs of Peruvians. Tho danger of war remains unchanged, however. From information rocorved nt Luna from officials along tho border, it Jjns been established that tho Eoun doronns hav dispatched troops for tho boundary presumably to prevent tho Peruvian troops now marching toward tho lino from invading Ecua dor in tho event that war is doclnred. A largo forco is cuenmpod at Lorjn, according to information from Lima. FUNERAL OF MRS. MARTIN HELD THIS AFTERNOON Tho funeral of Mrs. Mamio Mar tin, who died at tho Southern Oro gon hospital Friday morning, will be hold this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Tho servioos .will bo at tho South Methodist church, cornor of Main stroot and Oakdnlo avonuo. Mrs. Martin wns 10 years of ago and loaves a husband annd babo 17 mouths phi. Medford; Summit Avonuo itoights, Modford; Modford' Hoights addi tion, Shields addition to Contral Point. HISTORY OF ROAD TOLD IN COURT Interesting Data Concerning Med ford & Crater Lake Railroad Comes Out at Hearing of Claims of A. A. Davis and Others. Interesting data concerning tho organization of the Medford & Cra ter Lnko railroad was brought out in tho circuit court Friday ami Satur day in tho suit brought by A. A. Da vis against Receiver J. F. Ileddy to compel payment of Davis' claim of $19,400 and interest tor money loaned the railroad during its' initial construction. The plaintiff,' Attor ney Holbrook Withiiigtou aud oth ers gave testimony. Vouchers for $10,400 woro sub mitted by Mr. Davis, who stated that tho money was advanced by him whilo president of tho r rond and ox ponded in construction work in 1005. The claim with interost now exceeds $23,000. Tho receiver claims that tho money should bo regarded as payment on tho stock hold by Davis and not paid for, or for an assess ment levied ' against stockholders which, though shown by tho minutes, was never paid. Tho history of tho rond, as brought out by oxaminntiou of tho witnesses, shows that tho promoters put in but littlo monoy and paid nothing for thoir stook, but that after $200,000 in 6took hnd been taken by them, $27,000 worth of stook was subr scribed and paid for by tho people of Medford, Tho records of tho company show that on January 21, 1005, tho dirootors levied an assess ment of 100 por cent, payable March 10, 1005. Thoro is no record of its having boon paid, A resolution was passod authoriz- PINCHOT WILL MELT WITH TEDDY MONDAY Politicians Believe That RooevK Will Make Declarations on His Return to United States, WMafa Will Place Him on Record as Um "Greatest Insurgent of Them AM" POINTED OUT THAT HE IS FOE OF ALDRICHISM Republican Party May Split If ik Colonel Sides Against Administra tionPoliticians Are AH Ag Over Situation. 4- 4- Tomorrow Colonel Roose velt Is to meet Oittord Pin cbor, cx-f&rc.ster, and ,at ,that tlmo thoro will ensue ono of tho most Interesting meetings from a political standpoint which has occurred In many months. It Is unlikely how ever that any intimation of its result will be given to tho world, at tho present tlmo at least. -f-4- Tho meeting is ono which was requested by Colonol Rosevelt. Without doubt the Balllnger controversy will be 4- threshed out and later Col- 4 onol Roosevelt Is expected to give his vlevB. - WASHINGTON, Apr. 0. All Indi cations horo today aro that -she Theodora Roosovolt returns to the United States June 15 ho will corns out with statements which will cbua him as "the biggest Insurgent o them all." The last doubt la the minds o politicians aa to tho probability ot Roosovolt plunging into tho political battlo royal vory soon, has disap peared, following the authoratira statement yesterday that ho wilt dfat cuss poltical matters at homo as soe as ho has talked with. FoceaUe Pla ehot and ex-Son ator Ellhu Roof. M Ready with open mind to hear both sides of overy controversy which has developed In tho United State during his absence, the ex-prostdoat will be vUlted on Monday at Porto Maurlzo by Qltford Plnchot, ox-chid forestor ot tho United States The fact that RoosoreTC wfTf moat Plnchot Monday and has asked Root to cross the Atlontlo for a confereaea means that when ho arrives In, Ne Tork ho will have at his fingers' ends the details 0: tho political moves mado during 1 Is absence, and that ho will know tho whys and where fores of tho changes that havo came about. "Whllo It Is believed that he will keep out of tho Insurgent fight long enough to foicatall charges of 111 consldorod action, It is pointed oat that ho still has tho habit of doing tho unexpected and a statement re- (Continuod on Page 8.) ing tho directors to pay $2G0,OM cash to tho organizers for promotion work. Tho enso was contiuuod until after tho Josephine county term of court, whon more ovidenco will bo subaait ted and' nrguraonts made. Colvig 4k Durham roprcsont Mr. Davis and" Ju E. Reames and Franklin T. QriltUk of Portland tho receiver.