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owmon Mistical 8oolctji Sty Hal! Medford Mail Tribune UNITED PKH0B ASSOCIATION Full Leed Wire Repwt. FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 The only paper (a the werl published la a city the site ot Medfor kavlajc a Iqated wire. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1910. No. 23. FRUIT MEN'S ASSOCIATION PERFECTED SUBS s CRIP1NS TO CAPITAL TOOK ARE LIBERALLY MAUL Directors Aro Ohoson and By-Laws Drawn by Committee Adoptod Now Association Will Prove of Great Bonofit to Orchardiste of Valloy. OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. President H. C. Washburn of Tnblo Hock. Vice-president H. II. I'nrxons of Medford. Secretary K. S. Miller of Central Point. Directors C. E. Wliisler, W. A. Sumner, A. C. Allen, V. E. Morriok, R. II. PursoiiH, Medford; 0. A. Hover, Phoenix; H. E. Gnlo, Merlin; C. E. Selliok, 0. A. Hamilton, Grants I'nus; L. K. Hunk, Kaglo Point; H. C. Wash burn, Tnblo Rock; C. II. Gillette, H. H. Warren, Awhlnnd; A. 0. Handnll, Talent; K. S. Miller, Cen tral Point. AT what wau probably tho moat iuiMirtuut meeting ever hold by tni.li rtmroMtMitinir tho horticultural and agricultural resources of the Hoguo River valloy, tho proposed Hoguo River Valloy Fruit & Produce uKHoointiou waa ratified ami tho or ganization perfected. Over half of tho capital ntock, or $20,170, wuh subscribed, or $1-170 tuoro than was tiocesimry for organization. Tho tncotinic couvencd Saturday morning and continued throughout tho day. A Htvp Forward. Tho movement inaugurated at this meeting, whoreby tho Rogue River Fruit & Produco association was or ganized, ia tho moHt important step aa yet taken toward tho emancipa tion of tho northwest from tho dom ination of tho commission man. Tho meeting waa nttonded by rep resentative fruitgrowers from every district in tho valloy, from Merlin on tho north to tho California lino, and nil woro cnthuNinatio in their efforts to promulgate an organization which! would bring nbout tho objects do-J NEW AUTOS III! YEAR TOTAL 100 1 Totatl Number of Machines in Med ford Now Estimated at 350, or One for Every 25 Inhabitants Many Makes In Demand. s sired, namely, n pair and equitable price for fruit and produco of the same quality. WhlMer Chairman. Tho fruitmeu met at 11 o'clock Saturday morning and lost no timo in getting down to work, by tho election of C. E. Whislor as chairman and C. E. Scott of Phoenix secretary. The chairman at once called for tho ro port of tho committee, headed by K S. Miller, which was appointed to so licit atock. Mr. Miller reported sub icriptioiiH aggregating 1168 shares being less than half of tho amount nocosBary to bo subscribed, in ordor that tho association might bo per fected. Many Subscribe. Within a fow minutes after this announcement was made patient woro being circulated and announcements woro coming in rapidly from differ cut parts of tho hull to "double my subscription," "make initio read 100 instead of 00," and tho liko, until tho secretary was forced to call u halt Ono hundrod now nutos lmvo boon shipped Into Modford so far this soa son, according to Southorn Pacific Agent A. B. Rosoubnum, and tho auto season hftB only begun. Probably an other hundrod will havo boon rocolv ed before fall. Tho total number of autoa In Modford Is now ostlmatod at 3B0, or ono for ovory 2G Inhabitants. Saturday' six autos woro rocolvod from tho various factories, making 12 for tho wook, though Dulcka and Chalmors-Dotrolts aro tbo ruling fa vorites, Tho Modford Dulck company roport tho salo of 22 cars slnco tho season oponod, all IJuIcks. Tho Valloy Auto company roport tho salo and doltvory of 10 cars, Ohalmors-Dotrott and Hud. sons. Tho Snydor Motor Car com pany roport tho salo of ton Cadillacs and sovoral Jackson cars. Judgo Kol ly rocolvod four additional Ovorlanda this wook, Among thoso wIiobo cars nrrlvod Saturday woro J. A. Porry'B 40 horso powor Chalmors-Dotrqlt and William von dor Hollon's 40 horso powor Du- . 'OT MANY PEOPLE ARE RUSHING TO ALASKA FAIRBANKS, AlnBkn, April 10.0 A big shift in tho population of in terior AlnBkn will bogin- with tho op ening of navigation immodlntoly nf tor tho loo on tho rivor broaks up in tho second wook of May. (Continued from Page 4.) OLIVER MEETING IS BROKEN UP Has Been Bitterly Arraigning Elks In Ashland and Last Night Bottle of Ill-Smelling Fluid Is Introduced, Breaking Up Meeting. ASI1LAND. April 10. Tho Oliver meeting, bold in this city tonight, enmo to nn abrupt closo when n bot tlo of somo ill-sraolling fluid wns in troduced, tho odor from which drove tho nudicuco from tho tnbornnclo. For somo timo during tho courso of tbo mootlngs bolng hold by Rovivnlist Oliver, ho baa bcon scoring tho mom- bora of tho B. P. O. E., and ia said to havo roforrod to them ns "Bkunks." Tonight as ho grow bitter in his denunciation tho bottlo waa intro duced. "I smell nnothor Elk," said Oliver, when tho scent first roaohod him. About this timo tho nudionco bognn to rush for tbo doors, holding thoir noBos. Lator n bottlo wns found outsido tho building which had contained tho fluid. This is tbo lnat of Olivor'a moottinga horo, us ho goos to Med ford to bogin n four wooka' campaign Monday. HOME PHONE COMPANY HAS RECEIVER NAMED TACOMA, Wash., April 10. Tho Homo Tolophono company of Pugot Sound, owning the automatic tolo phono systoniB of Taoomii and Bol liughnm, nnd tho Nortltwostorn Long Distnnco Tolophono company, oper ating nil tho nutomntio long-distnuco tolophono linos in tho iiorthwost, woro both forcod into tho hands of n ro- celvor yesterday by a Butt brought by tho Homo Tolophono company of Portland. 364 CARLOADS OF CEMENT FOR STREET PAVING Partners Fall Out Over "Who Shall Be King? 99 Big Pines Lumber Company Has Contracted With Clark-Henery Company for Delivery of 40,000 Barrels of Cement for Street Pav Ing. PAVING COMPANY WILL FAVOR LOCAL FIRMS Sixteen Thousand Additional Barrels Will Bo Needed In Medford for Other Work Durlntj the Year- Much Building in Sight. Tho IJIg Pines Lumber company has contracted with tho Clerk-Hcncry company, pavlnc contractors, for tho dollvory of 40,000 barrels of stand ard Portland cement for tho uso of tho Clark-Honory peoplo In the fill Ins of thoir contract with the city. This ordor alono will fill approxl mate!- 364 cars. Contrary to tho usual procedure of largo contracting firms In cltlea of Medford'a size, tho Clark-Honory company aro inclined to give tho local dealers In supplies they may need tho benefit o ftho trado. Tho comont, lumber, etc.. needed in their work has been ordered through local deal ers whorovor possible This ono cement ordor, however, does not comnrlro all tho cement which will bo used this year. Orders now filed with and'' to como to tho Dig Pines company will aggregate 16,000 barrels more within tho next eight months. When ono stops vto figure tho brick, lumber, hardwaro nnd labor neces sary to uso up this amount of cement, and tho fact that theso figures aro from ono firm only, It Is a caso of gtvo up tho job of computing tbo building In storo for 1910. MOORE BUILDING LARGE HOTEL IN ONTARIO ONTARIO, April 10. Work has been started on a five-story nnd basement hotel opposite tho postof- fico on tho lots recently purohnsed by T. H. Mooro. Mr. Mooro, who is erecting tho now hotol, ronlizcd that Ontario had out grown tho prosont hotel facilities and purchased tho sito. Soon as ho got tho deeds ho let tho contract for tho oxcavation of tho basement. All tbo plans and snooificntions invo' boon drawn nnd thoy call for a thoroughly modern building and equipment. Tho building eito is 125 foot on Main strcot with a depth of 120 foot, ami tbo first unit of tho hotol will 00-foot frontngo by 115 foot opth, five stories high and 00-foot frontngo by 75-foot dopth, ono story ugh. Tho front of tho building will bo of pressed brick nnd nil tho wnlls ill bo of bnok. Thoro' will'bo nn olectrio olovntor nnd n private water system in tho lotol. Tronitnn & Guthrie Agree on Every Particular Until QucrtJon as to Who Khali lie Apple Klug Arises. There are now two official Apple Kings of America. ' aJoth nro: resi dents of the Rogue River valley, and so it is needless to become alarmed. II. B. Tronson is Rex I nnd E. F. Guthrie Rex II, or visa versa as you will. And thereby hange a tale. When Tronson & Guthrie, who un til lately were joint owners of the now world-famous Eagle Point tract of land, recently decided to. dissolve their partnership, no difficulties were experienced at all, as far as the property was concerned. An ami cable understanding was reached on all matters and a lawyer summoned to draw an agreement. It was then that Mr. Guthrie bethought himself of tho title, "Apple Kings of Ameri ca," which was won by their fruifc last November in Spokane. "Who ib to bo tho apple king 7" he demanded of Tronson. "I am," wns tho instant reply. "And whnt am If" parried Guthrio. "Ob, you can be queen." "Not much that might prove em barrassing," was Outline's flat re fusal. Jk Whereupon Tronsb proposed in turn that Guthrio be prime minister, secretary of state, crown prince anything but king. But his sugges tions fell on deaf cars. By this time thoy reached tho law yer's office. "Why," said that worthy, "it is a very simplo matter. You can both bo king." Thi3 was satisfactory nnd was in corporated in tho agreement. And so Roguo River volley boasts of two apple kings of Amoricn. UPRISING MAY BE WORSE THAN THAT OF 190 China Situation Grows Serious- American Gunboat Ordered to the Scene London News Says What Is Happening in Chang Sha Is Symptom of What !s to Come. NO FATALITIES AS YET REPORTED FR071 MISSION British Warships at Scene of Trou ble, But Have Taken No Action Mob Is Still Destroying Much Property. PRO F. SMITH TO 00 TO ALBANY Report From Willamette Valley Town to Effect Local Instructor Is to Accept Position In Schools of That City for Coming Year. ALDANY, Or., Apjrll 16. -It ia re ported hero that the school board of this city has engaged the services of Professor U. O. Smith, superintend ent of tho Medford public schools, for tho coming year. Professor Smith Is said to be an instructor of unusual ability. It was impossible to got in touch with Professor Smith last night, and secure an confirmation of tho fore going dispatch, Thcro has been no Intimation horo that ho intended to loavo. A morchnnt must tunko his adver tising "as good as his store" so that whou someone judges his store solely by its advertising ho will not bo doinc it an injustice. LONDON, April 16. Tho newspa pers here take an alarming view of tho anti-foreign uprising In China. They express the fear today that the uprising will be worse than the Box er disturbance of 1900. The opinions are based on govern ment advices, Indicating widespread Increasing hostility on the part of, the Chinese toward foreigners. The News today declares tho trou ble Is due to a "recrudescence of the national movement against foreign ers who generally and often Justly aro regarded as mere concession hunters. "The anti-foreign movement Is no longer In tbo hands of fanatics," the News continues, "but Is directed by a new generation ot student Chinese, Tho authorities are constantly encour aging the movement." Only a Symptom. "What is happening In Chang Sha Is only a symptom of what is boiling hi tho people's blood throughout tho Chinese empire." Government circles are likewise tak a pessimistic view of tho upris ing and fear that tho uprising may grow to alarming proportions. Tho Wcsleyan missionary society hero today has been notified thqt the threatened missionaries have fled to Hangow for safety. No fatuities have yet been report ed, but Chang Sha Is In the bands ot the mob. Thet' destruction of the Wcsleyan Methodist China Inland mission and tho Norwegian mission havo been confirmed in dispatches reaching hero today. MISSISSIPPI'S CAPITAL CITY BADLY WRECKED BY TORNADO Feared That Many Lives Were Lost Wire Communica tion Cut Off Storm Does Damage Over Five States Railroad Traffic Completely Demoralized. Gunboats Arrive. PEKIN, April 16. Ono of tho Brlt- Is hgunboats arrived at Chang Sha today, but owing to the number of rioters In tho city did not attompt to dock. It is anchored In midstream, whero It Is waiting for tho three other gunboats now on their way up the river. Cleveland to Scene. AMOY, China, April 1C Under or ders from Washington, tho American cruiser Cloveland started today for Hankow to aid In suppressing the autl-forolgn outbreak. Tho Cloveland will tako an active part only It It be comes necossary. Text of the Medford Federal Building Bill fcr ' In tho IIouso of Ropresoutntivos on April 8, Congressman Hawloy introduced tho following bill, which was referred to tho committee on public buildings and grounds: A Bill for tho erection of a public building at the city of Modford, in tho Stnto of Oregon, and appropriating moneys therefor. Bo it onnotod by tho sonnto nnd house of ropresoutntivos of tho United States of Amoricn, in congress nssomblod, That tho socrotnry of tho tronsury bo, and ho is horeby authorized and diroot od to acquiro for tho Unitod Statos, in tho city of Medford, in'tho stale of Oregon, in such manner ns to him shall soom host, n suitable sito, nnd onuso to bo orocted thereon, according to plans and spaoifiontidtis to bo npproved by him, n substantial building, with good modern improvements and oonvonionoos, for tho postof fico, forostry tservico, United States distriot court, weather bureau, nnd othor government ubos, at n totnl cost of npt moro than ono hundred nnd twenty-fivo thousand dol lars, said building to bo distant at least forty foet in ovory direction from any othor' structure. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 16. Several deaths are reported as a re sult of a second heavy storm which swept Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan sas and Tennessco today. Tho storm followed one which occurred late yes terday and did considerable damage. The damage by tho second storm brings tho loss up to an appalling total, according to reports slowly coming in. Communication with Jackson, Miss., was restored at noon today, follow ing the isolation of the city since last night when It was reported struck by a" tornado. It Is stated that heavy property damage was done in Jack son, but none ere reported killed there. As yet only threo deaths havo been reported, but It is believed that oth ers bave lost their lives. Fishermen Missing. A number of parties ot fishermen along the Louisiana coast are miss ing and it is ferred that toey may have perished. More than a hundred miles of wire are down In the Jackson region and It la feared that the storm whlcn struck has played havoc not only In of the storm. Houses were unrooted and somo were lifted from their foun dations. The storm, which was at first. a. violent gale, developed later iato a driving rain, which added to tho, heavy damage wrought by the wind's." In some' regions five Inches of water fell. Streams today are out of their banks. Livestock lias been killed and the farms and plantations' are heavy sufferers. Swept Five States. The first storm did the most dam age In Mississippi, Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and Kentucky. The second storm covered a wider area, sweep ing through Louisiana as well. The second storm was preceded by a brisk wind which rose to a gale and fur ther damage to house's and to tele phone and telegraph wires resulted. Before the storm broke reports of alarming conditions In the storra- swept regions caused grave apprehen sion. It was feared that a number ot persons bave been Injured in falling buildings. Efforts ate being mads to restore communication. It Is report ed that the city may be cut oft from the outside world for several hours yet. No effort at organizing rellet the city itself, but in the surrounding untu moro definite newa of the da- community. The first storm, whlcn swept tho states, affected late last night, did heavy damage. Railroads have been washed out, telephono and telegraph wires are down, plantations wrecked and many of tho smaller towns and cities heav ily damaged. Honses Unroofed. Coma, Marlgol and Johnstown, age has been received. Reports received tonight show one person killed a- Columbia, Misa. A negress waa crushed to death in the wreckage of a building at Jones town, Miss. J. V. Brandon and his wife were fatally injured In their homo near Scottsboro, Miss., and their little daughter killed. Their home waa Miss., were struck by the full force strucy by lightning. NOT SORRY LAST YEAR, SORRY Supervisor Anderson of Siskiyou Na tlonal Forest Says Gardner Set Fire to Forests and Made Much Trouble for Foresters. PORTLAND, Or., April 16. Trav eling 127 miles on foot from his wooded homestead in Curry county, in tno southwestern corner oi ur- egou, to Grants Pass, whero he took a train, Edward G. Gardner has nr rived hero and surrendered in tho Unitod Statos court to answer tho charge of having wilfully set u for est firo Inst your that destroyed a arge part of the Siskiyou national forest reservo. Racccd and footsoro, his face gaunt, wrinkled and brown from ex posuro to tho weather, Gardner up nearod in court and pleaded not guilty. M. J. Audorsou, suporvisor of tho Siskiyou forest, was in Modford Sat urday and whou shown tho above dispatch, said: "I am sorry now for tho man, but I wouldn't have boon nearly so sorry when I wns in that section last season, when forest fires woro boinp; started in ovory direc tion. Gardnor, whoso name, by tho way, is Ernstus, instond of Edward, confessed to two of my rangers that ho had sot firo to tho Siskiyou for est, and it was upon thoso affidavits that ho was indicted by tho Unitod Statos grand jury in March. Tuoro' ins beon a continual contest botweon tho forest officials and tho old rosi- cnts of that section, the former triving to onforco tho government regulations nnd tho lattor fighting against what they considered tho REPORT ALDRICH 00N TO RESIGN Senator Will Neither Deny or Affirm ReportFriends Say He WIH Probably Voluntarily Resign In 1911, Unless Fight Starts. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 10. Close friends of Sonator Nelson W. Aldrich today declare that his healtii is excellent, but that he will prob ably voluntarily resign from the sen ate at the closo of his term in 1011, unless a fight is made, against him. If a fight is started Senator Aid- rich will bring all his resourcos into the fight to retain his seat. Ho will assumo the belligoront attitude, it ia declared, if peoplo in his own state start a fight to oust him, or if the fight against him in congress continues. PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 10. Sonator Nelson W. Aldrich today flatly refused to discuss a rumor originating iu Washington that he in tends to rotiro from tho souate at the ond of his prosont term, which ex pires in 1011. Tho Washington roport intimated thnt Aldrioh's health has been un dermined by closo application ta his work and tho heavy study since he booame a member of tho monetary commission. rights accruing to them by long ros idenco and adverse possession, Tbe fact that Mr. Gardner mndo tlu long trip indicated iu the dispatch you invo shown me ereatos tho impres sion in my mind that tho people of that portion of Curry county have becomo moro convinced of tho wis dom of tho government's conserva tion of the forests in Westorn Ore gon."