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Medford M ail Tribune UNITKI) PI1E89 ASSOCIATION Fall Leased Wire Hepsrf. Tonight nml Thursday Cluar ami wnitncr. Tho only papor In tho world published In a cky tho alto of Medford having; a loosed wire. MEDFORD, OREGON, AVEDNESDAY, A PHIL 20, 1910. JiMKTJl YKAH. No. 26. TIIIC WICATlIICIt. V ROCHESTER REPUDIATES TARIFF BILL First Follower of Jefferson to De Chosen In His District In Twenty Years, Gets a Majority of Five Thousand In Republican Strong-hold. LOOSENING OF PARTY LINES IN NEW YORK Defeated Candidate for Many Years Doss of G. 0. P. In His District The Tariff Is Blamed for tho Result. Trying to Get Early Hearing Hty Attorney VUlt OruntN l'nas In mi Kiiilntvor to Have Jitdgo CnU IcIiin Hat L'uw for Karly Trial. PINCHOT HINTS THAT HE HAS A BOMB T 0 HURL Says Ke Has Something Interesting to Tell American People When He Returns to tho States, But Says Not What It Is. Tho city attorney is in Grants Puss toilny interviewing Judge I M, Deposed Chief Forester CulkiiiH in onlor to determine when it it. t 't.i M....1... ' me i'hnc ai wyi cuy vH. .n. r. iiiiim, for a right of way ncriH the Hun ley prumikuH on Little llntte crock can uo Hot lor trim, us way inane ncccanry by (he uuprcmu court de cision of Tuesday. .Tmlrn CnlkiiiH n hhort timo ai'o adjourned tho circuit court in hi SAYS CONFLICT AT HOME county until May 12, It i the mis sion of the city attorney in Grants Pass today to boo if Calkins will not return to thin county and hear the enso cnrlior thnu thut, or if this is impossible, to have him call in an other judgo to hear the cose, which Judgo Calkins has tlic power to do, City Salaries Given Boost Council in Mngnnninioua Frame of Mind Vole to Italo Three KtnployrV SnlnrJe. Tho city council was in a mnpnnn- imouB mood Inst night' nt their regu lar meeting, and as a result three salaries of city employes were boost ed upon recommendation of the fin ance committee. Dr. Shearer, city health officer, was given $50 n month instead of $25; the driver of tho fire tenra was FORMER BOSS SAYS RULE Blf BOSSES ENDED West Main Is Nearly Paved Council Viimhh Ordinance Declaring Cost of Work Clnrke-llencry Co. Still Held Up. ROCHESTER, N. Y April 20. Jiunoa II. Havens, democrat, support er of Hughca In tho last guhurnntorlnl election, liuw been elected to conKrcwt over George Aldrldgo In the 32d New York (lUtrlct and polltlclnna see hu important from tho election, Tho fight Ih admitted by tho lend- era of both parties, nud tlm election of HaveriH ineniiM, they declare, the repudiation of the now revenuo law by Uochenter, a manufacturing city directly affected by tho mcatiura and in all Monroe county, whoro tho law wan blamed for tho high coat of llv Ing. Further, tho victory marks tho looaonlng of party lines, tho advent of ho independent Yotor In tho oast, and la audi n victory na thoao won by luaurgonta in wcatorn atatca. rinit lit Twenty Year. Slnco Hopreaontntlvo Qrcenlcaf, democrat, waa olocted In tho 33d dia trlct In 1800 no othor followor of Jofferaon hna boon sont to congrosa, and tho district has boon conaidored normally republican by about C000 mnjorlty. JameH II. Pcrklna, whoso death caused tho vacancy Havena haa been elected to fill, received n plurality of 10.0C7 In 1808. Havena, yeatoN day, was elected by a plurality of D385, thus achlovlng practically tho nominal republican plurality of the district. Aldrldgo, tho dofeatod candidate linn for yearn been tho head of tho republican mncblno In Monroo county, which forms tho district. Personal an imosities, which IiIm political activ ities ontatlod aro conaidored by aomo republicans as tho oauso of his de feat. Most political loadora, repub lican and democrat, boo only ono reason for tho royersal In sentlraont that swept tho towns and outlying districts n8 thoroughly as It did tho city of Rochoator Itsolf, and this ono renson is tho unpopularity of tho MOR TERRITORY (Continued on Page 8.) E WANTS IN CITY Residents of District Southwest of City Ask to Be Admitted Special Election to Be Held May 24 to Voto on Question. Richard Croker, Former Boss of New York, Says People Are Tired of Party Rule, as Results Are Not Satisfactory to Them Tariff Is Also Cause. boosted from G0 to $75 a month, while m lieu of civine Mrs. Telfer n salary for her services ill the city re- IS AS YET AT START .cor,,c offico.' Ilc"dor Tclft;r wil! ncrcniicr receive j?j.ou a monin nmi( pay his own assistant. . n.. - i i ii i mi , i The work in each of these depart Refuses to Reveal Anything Which ,ncntB ;B increftsinfC nvMay nnJ the Transpired- at Meeting Between V008t in Bnln7 indicate that the council appreciates mo incraif-o in "PEOPLE ARE DOING MORE THINKING NOW" Himself and Roosevelt When They work. Met Recently In Italy. J LONDON, April 20. Glfford Pln- Tlio residents of that section ly ing between Dakota nvenuo nnd Oak dale, running west to tho Frcdignr place, on the county rond directly southwest of tho city, have petitioned to bo admitted into tho corporation, and tho city council has ordered a special election for tho purpose of ndmitting them, to be held on May 21. From nil indications tho terri tory will bo voted into the city. Tho territory that its proposed to admit embrnccs mnny of the recent ly plnttcd additions in thnt section, nnd it is very much to the ndvnntnce of tho city n well as to themselves that they bo admitted. These sec tions aro rapidly building up nnd as nil their interests nro in this city it seems n wise move to attend to them nt onco tho privileges nnd ob ligations of tho city. PITTSBURG B00DLER CONVICTED BY JURY PITTSBURGH, April 20 Former Councilman M. L. Swift, Jr., chargod with accoptlng n bribe, wob found guilty by a Jury today. Tho Jury deliberated only a fow uilnutos nftor tho caso had . been completed. Swift wns I .dieted nt tho tlmo C7 niombers nnd formor mom- bors of tho city council took advnn- tttgo of a blankot Immunity contract and confessed to tho court thnt thoy had boon engaged In grafting, I chot, deposed chief forester, has some thing Interesting to toll tho American people, according to bis statements today. Pinchot arrived horo last ovenlng. ASHLAND VOTERS WANT TO RIDE Predicts That Next President and House of Representatives Will Be Democratic Praise for Gaynor as Gotham's Mayor: l. NEW YORK, April 20. "Boss rule in America is ended," declared Rich- jard Croker today Just beforo sailing tfor Ireland. "Tho people aro weary of party rule," declared tho ex-bosa of Now pircd at these meetings ho refused to Year Electric. Road Franchise by two4,0,dar"cs or he "T0 J 8l new Overwhclmlnfl Majority Allen Is j lect the best candidate they can. Then tho voters will select freely from all Certain to Get Rights Asked in Fall in reveal, but ho declared that when ho reached the United States ho might j have something important to say. "U'a hm nnn. n ikn lmi.lnnlni. nt ' a great conflict In tho United States," 1 ' ho snld. "Uut not a word on that At ,ha c,eoUon hdd auujeci now. inero wm do nmpie , , , , . , . ... opportunity to talk when 1 return to Ash,nml for the P""0" of nmc"1 tho atatcs." j ing the charter granting-specif ic nu- Plnchot Is en ronto to Iroland, thority to issue an clcyrio trolley whoro ho will visit Sir Horaco Plunk- franchiso for a period of 50 years. ott. Tho dato for his departure for , ... li; I n linn ma, haa n .At 1 " expressed themselves in favor of the project. Out of less thnn 150 votes cast, a majority of 59 wero in favor. Already initiative petitions aro be America has not been set. BATTLE IS IMMINENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA tickets. "Thero will still bo democrats and republicans in name, but very often the tlcketd will differ In namo only. "Tho time is gone when Americans will call one man to act and will leave everything to his discretion. The people nre going to do their own thinking pretty soon." Croker Inslsta that he 1b out of pol itics. His Interest in affairs, he says, is that of a man who haa played tho game and is left an Interested spec tator. Ho predicted that tho next house of I Within n week, if weather condi tions remain favorable, the Warren Construction company will complete the paving of West Mnin street. This work has been progressing very rap idly of late, weather conditions hav ing been splendid. The city council at its meeting Tuesday evening passed an ordinance declnring the cost of the improve ment of West Main by tho laying of hard-surface pavement and assessing the snine on the property-owners. The Clark & Henery Construction company are still held up from be ginning work on East Main by non nrrival of machinery. They are con fident, however, of starting the work in tho very near future. MUST HAVE WATER III LINE BY Ml City Engineer Roberts Says That June First Is Latest Date Water Can Be Kept From Pipe Without It Working Injury. NEGRO UPRISING STARTLES CUBA; TROOPS READY Believed Outbreak Has Been Caused by Radical Politicians and Is Not to Be Considered as Revolution Against the Cuban Government Fruits Dispatched. DENY NEGROES'HAVE YET STARTED RIOTINt Govartw of Santa Clara Province Requests That Treops Be Sent ts His Aid Unrest Said to Be Great in That Section. . mt nw Amur. oaa .i-m... 'ing prepared to bo circulated within ' ; a few days asking tho city council to representatives and tho next president ""7" ; X, . V ;igrant to John It. Allen a trolley mander of tbo gunboat Paducah, a franch5so . ,h t of A ,f , ' Dlueflelds, McaraKua. declares that ,,no n,rv ,,, ',,, V tho army of Madrlz is within 15 miles of tho city and a battlo is Imminent. Tho revolutionists aro hastily prepar ing for a last desporato stand, and tho remnants of tho Estrada army ford and Grants Pass. will bo democratic "Gaynor Is a good mayor,'' ho con tinued. "A man with his positive con victions of what tho city needs Is tit iVcoyapa. It is bolloved that Es It will bo remembered that when j to occupy the position and ho Is sure Mr. Allen's application for a f ran-1 to be called to higher duties. chiso wns first filed in Ashland tho ! "One deduction can bo drawn from tho election in Rochester. Public feol- be- w, rv uuBu Ul w.u x,Blrun r,u, u coun(jil ,0 t tho , election in Rochester. Public f nro being hurried to . niMHoN".' plication or to submit it to the poo- Ing is swinging to tho democrata They havo been in tho vicinity of m , . ;.,. , r,n,ihiinn tnrirr t tpsi I pic. Tho people themselves then took, cause the republican tariff is respon- trnda wns outflanked nnd that tho action under tho initiative law and M nil' no if illA fvnnnlticik Madrli soldiers by a ruso after tho;wou,dbo prated without further de (Iglitlng nt Acoynpa a fow days ago i v uuv Diuivii a itiuivu ou uuui Mark Twain Better. REDDING, Conn., April 20. Mnrk Twnin passed a restful night slblo for the high cost of living, and tho people know it." Investigating Accident. VALLFJO, Cnl., April 20. A se cret investigntion of the explosion on tho cruisor Maryland recently in Monterey Bay, which caused the death of William Anderson, n water Steamer Founders. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 20. Tho British India steomor Sntnra, bound from Newcastle to Queensland nnd seemed sliiihtly hotter todny. has foundered, according to a sno-! tender, nnd tho serious injury of His condition, however, shows no im-jCinl onblo to tho World from Syd-- other members of tho crew, is in provement of his enrdiuo trouble, nnd'noy today, nnd it is feared that her I progress here today. Tho inquiry tho doctors said, that thoy could not 'pnssongors nnd crow, hnvo polished, , wns ordered by Rear -Admiral Hnr toll which way his fight for health although their fate nt this timo is un-'her, commnndor of tho Pnc:fic cruis wns going. Icortnin. I er fleet. June 1 is the latest date, accord ing to Engineer Roberts, that the city pipe lino from the Bradshaw drop can be void of water without injury to tho pipe. After that date the drying process in tho ground will havo a bad effect , "June 1 is the latest tbo pipe should go without wator," states Mr. Roberts, "and every day after that, unless a heavy rain should come, which is not likely, tho pipe will be injured to some extent. "The winter has been an excep tionally good ono for the pipo. It has seasoned well and if water is soon turned in all will be well. "Should thero be no hope of get- tine the city's water suit settled soon some means must be provided to protect tho pipo." TWO MEN ARREST OVER 100 IN GAMBLING DEN SEATTLE, Wash., April 20. With drawn revolvers, Patrolmen Opdyko nnd Humphrey last night raided two Washington-street gam bling houses and, despito ' n pnnio among tho players, placed more than 100 under arrest. In the raid the patrolmen demolished a carload of Vurnijturo nnd gambling parnphor nnlia nnd took to police headquarters a sack containing poker chips and playing cards nnd moro than $300. HAVANA, Cuba. April 20. A thousand troops, outfitted for an ex tended stay, wero started for Santa Clara province, 140 miles from Hav ana, today, where tho negroes have started an uprising. It is believed the outbreak has beea caused by radical politicians and I not to be considered as a revolutloa against the government. For tho last two months there has. been evldenco that an uprising waa impending and tho government has been fully prepared to cope with the radicals at the first hint of violence. A week ago the governor of the provlnco telegraphed from Ssnt Clara, the capital, urging the pres ence of troops, owing to the unrest ot the negroes. It is believed that the outbreak, which thus far has consisted of 1ft- slpld rioting, will be stopped without bloodshed, as tho presenco of tho sol diers la certain to have a quieting ef fect upon tbo dissatisfied citizens. The troops are being transported in a special train, and aro under the command ot General Rivas. Secretary of tho Interior Lopez de nied today that the negroes have be gun rioting, but tho fact that the troops wero fully prepared for all ex igencies before they left Havana tends to disprove his official statement. General Evarlsto, a negro agita tor, Is held responsible for tho mani fest unrest ot tho negroes of Eant Clara. He 13 'a bitter enemy ot the present administration. BACHELOR'S DOUBLE WINS BIG RACE IN LONDON LONDON, April 19. Lowry'a en try, "Bavcehlor'B JcamS.otaoincmfw try, "Bachelor's Double," won tho city and suburban stake race today, ani tho $10,000 purso which went with It;- The horse was a 25 to 1 shot. Lord Carnarvon's "Mustapha" came In second, with tho odds A to 1 to win. IRRIGATION COMPANY IS MAKING GREAT HEADWAY T?REI) N. CUMMINC-S hns stnrtod J- out to conquer tho dusoit. By moans of u subsoil plow and water ho hopos to mnko a largo tract of land just east of Agato, which lins boon for years tho ono unproductive spot hi tho Roguo Rivor vnlloy, u veritable gnrdon land, if ho buc coodfl ho will ndd sovornl thousand noros to tho productive nroa of tho Roguo Rivor volley, not a foot of which can then bo tonnod nonpro ductive That Mr, Cuminings will sueeeod is shown by tho bucoosr ho Iiub had with n fow noros nonr Agato, which, until ho took hold of it, wns tho moBt bnrron, nrid, unproductive hind in tho vnlloy. Ho is obtaining won dorful rosulta by tho uso of wntor, a subsoil plow nnd n drag. IIo goes about it in this way: First, tho laud is broken to a dopth of two foot by a subHoil plow; it in thou wntorod nnd lovolod. This doBort land is n dosort only booniiBo upon its eurfneo for n dopth of n foot or so is n hnrd pan just tho rovorso of most lauds, with n fow foot of soil on top nnd it hardpan undomonth. Whon this crust is first broken it allows tho roots to ontor tho Boil bononth, -which has groat produotlyo quulltios, thou Cummlngs Starts Out to Conquer the "Desert," tho Only Non-Produc-tlvo Land In the Valley. with n lit tl o wntor a great ehnugo is wrought. It is inconceivable to those who havo bocomo fnmilinr with this land to roalizo tho grcnt chaugo that can bo mado, Mr. Cumtningfi fig. uros that it can ho put in splendid shapo for not moro than $25 an noro. As nn Insurance, Asido from making this desert land, which oomprisos but n fraction of tho vnlloy, produotivo, Mr, Cum mingfl plans to irrignto tho ontiro vnlloy, nnd in this wny is proving tho groatost insurance agent tho Roguo Rivor vnlloy has over scon. Ir rigation in thiB vnlloy is nn insurnnoo rather thnn n nooossity. Tho vnlloy in a wny is n paradox, It needs wn tor nnd yot it doos not nood wntor. For yours tho vnlloy hns produced tho vory finost of fruit without irri gation, nud Btill with irrigation bottor results nro obtninod. By furnishing wntor tho orohnrdist knowB that ho is indopondont of rainfall, nnd nl- ttiougu nature bus ovor boon kindly toward tho Roguo Rivor fruitmen, it may soraotimo got in n ennkerons framo of mind and then if tho water is nt hand tho fruitmen need not worry. It is n formidnblo undortnking which Mr. Cuminings Iuir tackled. Whon his plans nro consummated ho will hnvo constructed 350 miles of distributing lntorals, n groat milongu of main cnnnls and will hnvo expend ed nonrly $2,000,000, but ho is con fident of tho future nnd grows moro enthusiastic as tho work progresses. Much Work Bono. Gront strides nro boing mado by tho Roguo Rivor Canal company,! Biiooossors to tho 1'isii tnko uitcu company, in onrrying out thoir plans to plnoo 55,000 acres in tho Roguo Rivor vnlloy under irrigation nt an ostimntod cost of nonrly $2,000,000, but in spito of their host efforts tlv.o Bystom can hardly bo completed within fivo years, nlthough it is ox- pootod that within' two years tho throo mam oannla of tho company will ho carrying wator. Whon com plotod tho system will bo ono of tho most oomprohonsivo found in nny section of tho northwest and will i Littlo Butto creek to tho Brndshnw drop, which, whon enlarged and completed, will havo a capacity of Prcil N, Cummlngs, 250 socond feet of wntor. Tho un- oonsist of approximately 350 milos dortnking is n gignntio ono, nnd it is of distributing 'laterals, nBldo from 'probably the grontost individual un tho main canal from tho intako on 'dortnking in this section. Throo Cannls. Tho company nt the present timo has a crow of men doing what work (is possiblo on thoir low-lino canal, (known as tho Ilopkins lateral, at tho snrao timo furnishing water to the lands covered by this ditch. Asido from this construction work, they havo n surveying party in the field, nctually locating what will bo known ns thoir high-lino canal, which will follow tho foothills around tho val ley above tho 401 ranch, Ifillcrest nnd on south to Talent, from whoro it will swing nrouud tho valloy back of tho Burroll orchards on to tho Jacksonville sohoolhouse and on to tho foothills west of Central Point. An intermediate canal is also undor wny. This cnnnl will lio botwoon the Ilopkins, or low-lino, onnnl and tho high-lino, nnd will skirt south nnd circle in just south of Medford. From thoso throo mnin cnnnls innu mornblo lntorals aro to bo construct ed, so thnt onch -iO-acro tract in tho vnlloy will bo plncod undor wntor. At prosont tho construction .crow is nt work on tho Von dor Holleu plnoo on Yankee- crook, A great cut has been mado from this oreok around to whoro "tho flat country is reached, nnd has been built with an Gigantic Scheme for Irrigation of 55,000 Acres Rogue River Land Is Rapidly Going Ahead. eyo to tho futuro, having a capacity of 175 second feet. It is plnnned to construct a latoral from tho point whoro tho Hopkins canal first roaches tho dosort, west to Agato in a straight lino,' a distance of fivo miles, This will cover nu immense ncrongo and will mako produotivo what is now known ns "desert land," a great deal of which is owned by tho Roguo Rivor Canal company. A High Line Canal, From tho- Bradshaw drop around to Yankoo oreok tho company will build a high-lino onnnl. In Yankee oroek thoy will construct a powor- houso, utilizing tho fall which thoy oan attain thoro to lift water into tho high-lino canal, which will pass through tho Owens gap and hug tho foothills until Talent is reached, i Tho ncroagu which this canal will placo undor wator is hown by he fact that it will pass back of the 401, shoot through ovor tho Hazolrigg di vide, across tho upper end of tho Morrick orchard, pass abovo Hill crest, cut across Westerlund nnd swing around the valley about the north lino of tho Mountain View or chard, near Talent. This will give nn altitudo high enough for tho oanal to pass bnck of the Burroll orchard and cover that immense tract. This cnnnl, whon completed, will xn close to tho Jacksonville school and from thonco on north to Central Point. Owing to tho fact that tho city ia nt present receiving its wator BUpply from tho Bradshaw drop, tho com pany did not mako the improvements in tho mnin canal from that point to tho intako on Littlo Butto that thoy wished. When complot6d this cnnil will hiwj n width ou tho bottom of 13 foot nnd will bo deep enough to carry a stroam throo fcot in depth, or 250 socond feot of wnter. Tnkon all in nil, tho undertaking is a gigantia ono. Before putting n grading outfit iu tho field, the com pany oxponded nearly $30,000 in making a contour map of tho ynllpy showing tho olevntion of ovory trncL It is proving the greatest Individual enterprise in Southern Oregon and one that will mean much to the val ley. .