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vxtMHmw A.viAfc, Medford Mail Tribune Full Tensed wfro Hrpnrtl ? The only pnpor In the world publisher In a city the stzo ol Medford having a lcnsed wlr. FIRT SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 D'iijvrn yea.ii. MEDtfOK I; OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, IMO. No. 173. S FOHT WILLIAMS, Out., Oct. 8. A special from Hoaudotto, Mliiu., about 200 mlloo went of !ioro nn tho Canadian Nortl.orn railway, which wnH destroyed laiit night by foront flroa, nays: "Mont disastrous forest flroJ In tho hUtory of Northurn Mlnnoisota tmtl Western Ontario vliiltod this vicinity lant night, In which n number or liven woro lont nnd millions of dollarn' worth of proport wan do Htroyoil. It brolco out northwoat of tho town nbout C o'clock nnd .by 0:30 tho vrholo towmi of ollaudotto nnd Spoonor woro on flro. "Tho downcomlng trains roport tho right of wny Htrown with corpson, flvo having boon found botwoon horo and flvo mllou wost. Thoy woro en deavoring to got nwny from tho fire nnd got o it on tho track only to bo burnod to denth botwoon tho rnllH, tho bodlon being destitute of clothing, ovorythlng being burnod ex cept tho bIiooo. Ono inothor wnn found with n young bnbo Intihod to hor breast. Iloth woro no completely charred by tho flamoH at to bo un recognizable. "tl In feared that hundrcdo of aot tlorn Houth of horo havo porlehod as It li known yontordoy thoy woro packing up to como to town but have not ronchod horo yot." REGISTRATION IS VERY LOW Fifteen hundred voters iiiuhI reg ister within tho next week if Jock Hon county' registration for thiK general election is to otml that ol' fho ono two years ago. Tlie reciHt ra tion IiooIIih will clone on Oololiei LY Mcdfordw'H regisl ration ih 500 shy of that for the last gonornl eleotiou nnd n groat many of the country pre cincts do not have f0 per cent of tho enrollment thnt they ought to have. For iiiHtunee, Wciincr has an enrollment of 25 votont up to date this your, while its registered voter numbered 70 ut tho Insf general clee tion. Tniil lint .'11 registered voters compared with 85 at tho Inst geu ornl olootion nnd JiiHksonvillo 207 compared with thnt of 113 for tho liiHt election. Tho population of tho county Inn iiiorouHcd fully a fourth in tho last two yonrH nnd tho enrollment should bo inucli larger thnn iii tho past. LARGE SALE OF ROGUE APPLES Tho first largo Halo of Rogue Hir er vnlloy apples took place in Med ford Suturduy ovoiiiug. J. Howard Dotwilor of tho I'hilndolphia firm ol Dotwilor & Soiib company, nnd cQo. Ollvit, hoad of tho Now York firm that boars hit name, each placed an order with Malinger Wilmuroth of tho Fruit nsBooiation for 25 earn of npploH, part to ho of Spitzouborg nnd part to ho of NowIowhh, TIio price paid wna not given out hut that the fruit wont at a good figuro ih cor tnin. Dotwilor and Olivit liuvo during tho wiiBt two wookH visited tho Colo rado and iutormedinto fruit growing districts, Thoy Bay tho orchards which thoy havo boou in tho lant wooks whilo in tho IiuikIh of Mnuager Wilmoroth nro vastly Biiporior to tho orohads of Colorado, Thoy state that tho orchards hero nro much bet tor kept and tho fruit hatter colored and of finer quality. Sammy Smith ood. NEW YOHK, Oct. 8. "Young Sammy" Smith is being touted todav by Now York fight faim iih tho com ing lightweight champion. Tho lad orontod a good impression by his do olsivo victory ovor Willio Deadlier, who to ratod a good byo, WAY W Willi DEAD a DEATH TO TAFT'S DDGS'IS Y NIIW UUATJOMALA CITY, Oct. 8. Foreigners aro flcolng In terror from Amalpa, Honduras, following tho ltn- prlnonmeut of KukIIhIi and Americans nnd tho seizure of their property by tho city co m in a ml rui to Inut night. Tho JnllliiK of tho Americans nnd Kngllnhmou Ih bolloved to bo tanta mount to condemnation to death, Tho foreigners aro nccusod of fo menting n revolution, Anarchy prevails and tho nuthorl tlcu aro not attempting to provont plllngo. BOHEMIANS W mm ROGUE Afjcnt Is Hero Looklnrj for Tract of Land Enounli to Accommodate Colony of Not Less than One Hun dred families. C. V. Turbell of Sail FriiueiM-o it in tho valley detenniniug whether or not a siiituble tract of land can bo secured at a reasonable figure on which to locate a colony of lioho iniuiiH similnr to thnt located last year in the Lungwell valley country near Klamath Fulls. Whether or not the Bohemians will invade this val ley depends upon whether a tract of laud suitable in size can be secured. The HohemiuuH live a great oxton by themselves, mixing little with other raeos. Last year a uolony was establish ed on what is known as tho Lake, side tract on Tule Lake, in Klamath vnlloy. ' These people purohtiaed from 10 to 100 notes each at the timo and only u few familites onmo in ut first. Since (hut timo they liuvo been com ing in from time to timo until (hey cover a largo territory there, ami when nil of tho lantla nro sold out in this colony and mora of their people como in thoso who liuvo purchased again divide their lands nnd dispost of some of it to the newcomers. SICK WAN OF THE EASI VERY LOW ATHENS, Oct. 8. The situation in Turkey has become acute, nouord ing to official advices received today Tho Greek Minister to Turkey has been recalled owing to persistont ag gressions on the part of Turkey against Greece. It is feared that tho "four protective powers" will inter vene to tho detriment of both Grocc-j nnd Turkoy. 1ECTURER TO SPEAK TO MEDFORD PEOPLE Adam Dixon Warner, a nationally known looturor, will give two Illus trated lectures in tho Nutatorium on Thursday and Friday ovonings of (ho coining vook. Tho first uddross will ho given under the auspices of tho Medford Commercial ohib and will be outitlcd "See Amorioa First." Mr. Warner has u collection of slides that is moro extensive nnd up to dale than any other in existence. Commeroial clubs up and down the coast havo recently supplied him with slldos picturing the woudors of tho Pacific const. Tho looturor has soiuo excellent photographs of tho "Oregon Cavos." Mr. Warner con siders htat these uavos of Josophiuo county nro moro wonderful than tho Mammoth cavos of Koutuoky. 13, 1 Outhrlo, ono of tho npplo kings of tho world, has bought tho Gorlles homo on North Ornngo stroot for 15000, whoro ho will ro sldo Indottnltoly, IN HONDURA Tho British consul at Aranlapa has fled to Ban Bnlvador and has cabled asking for n cruiser. Tho comm".ndanto announces that ho will burn tho city 61 tho warship approaches. American Intorosts nro menaced uuil tho property of tho American colony has been seized by tho au thorities. ' American rofugces nro appealing for protection. Warships have been ordorcd to tho scone. BOX SHORTAGE IS GROWERS' WOE Yakima Valley Men Cannot Get Ap plcholdcrs, and Grape Baskets Arc Few Plcklnfl Now Well Under Way In That Section. NORTH YAKIMA, Wiibh., Oct 8.--Therc is an upplo box nnd grape banket tdinrtuge here, which threat ens) to seriously emhurniKs the grow on in handling their crop. There woro shipped by freight from North Yakima during the month of Sep tember, 25,000 boxes of apples; more wore sent out by oxprchs. Tho local box factory has not boon able to keep up with the demand, many car loads of boxes being shipped in from Gray Harbor and the sound wills. There is a small supply on hnnd, but dealers nho allowing only u lim ited number to each rancher. In (he mntlor of grnpo baskets one trouble has been the inability of the individual grower to estimate the. r needs. One man, who had lfiO bas kets last Vfiir, thin year will need 1,000, hut hnd no idea of it until al most timo to harvest his crop. Apple picking began early (his year, owing to . n season advanced from tho normal from two weeks to a month. In tho majority of tho or chards careful spraying has been dono and tho fruit averages vory high, the percentage of wonns being small. AOTO SEASON LOOKS GOOD Tho outlook for fall r.nd wlntor onUs In automobiles Is vow blight Indeed ncco.'dlng to tho local agoats. Medford, long noted for bolng tho lending automobile city of America, having moro machines per capita than any other city yot roportod, Is ovt- doutly Bolni; to brenk hor own rec ord. All of tho donlors stato that thoy havo a numbor of spring deliv eries bookod nnd that noarly ovory nowoomor to tho vnlloy, If ho hna purchased an orchard Is conBldorlng tho purchnso of a machine In ordor to got into town nnd out again. Tho Roguo Itlvor valloy Is Idoal for motoring, tlo only fnult which can bo found la In tho 'faulty construc tion of tho ronds. Within tho noxt yonr It la boliovod that work will bo undor way to romody much of this, nnd thon motorists Indeed will bo In clovor. MANY NOTED KINGS OF THE AIR COMING IIAVltK, Franco., Odt. 8. A form idable array of talont sailed from horo today for . ,ov York to enter tho iuteruatiounl noropluuo contests to ho held nt Bolmont this mouth. Dessops, Latham, Auhron and Si mon woro among tho birdrnion de parting. Miss Murgnrot ITuhburd was tho guest of Mrs. K. B. Davis last weok. ROGERS NOW S HAS CHARGE LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Oct. S. The search for the men who -ro believed to have dynamited the Los Angeles Time's plant centered about Los An geles today. Attorney Earl Roger, who is in charge of the investigation for the Merchants' and Manufacturers' aa fociation, arrived from Snn Fran cisco this morning. He' refused to talk until ho hnd rested. William J. Bums, in charge df the detective work for tlie city, detailed several operatives today to work on new clews which, in- accordance with his recent orders, were withheld from the public. , . ; Hums nnd liogors arc working in dependently, tho Los Angeles police department being nt J3unis' disposnl. It is believed, however, (lint they oiv working generally upon tho same clews. Work amid the ruins of tho Times building is being rushed. Seventeen bodies nhvo been recovered and the Times mnnngement believes that at least six more lio in the debris. Ef forts will bo made to find these bod ies today, so that they may be buried at tho gcnornl funeral tomorrow. The workers aro handicapped by the ewakencd condition of the wnlls thnt still arc standing. Several times during the night they were or dered from the pit while the wnlls wero being tested. It is not believed thnt .the clean ing of tho ruins wijl be complotcd hoforo Into next week. lodges in to Hiding With tho gcnornl dovelopmont throughout I to city continuing with out abatcmont tho Medford fratcrnnl orders aro turning their attention to building and within tho noxt year many of tho lodges will bo occupying houses of tholr own. Tho pa; weok has seon work start on tho erection of tbo now Odd Follows building on Sixth street whilo tho Masonic build ing committoo nt a mooting on Wed nesday ovcnlng cuthorized Powor & Reeves, architects, to get out suita ble planB for a now throo-story build ing, which Is to bo erectod on tho corner of Main and RlvursUo. In addition to tneso two lodgo buildings tho Elks aro known to bo considering n building on tholr Con- tral avenuo property and tho 'Wood men aro planning tho oroctlon of a "log cabin." Within u yoar'tho city Is certain to bo well equipped with lodgo halls. As all of tho lodges aro making a healthy growth thoro Is no ronson appnront why any rc trehchment In their plans should ap pear. MAN IS HELD FOR ASSAULT ON OFFICER Ed Colo, u memhor of tho gang of criminal hobos whio lidroppod off the freight cars last weok, was bound ovor to the griuul jury in a hoaring hoforo Judge Canon lust Fri day for assaulting O. Bi-oah whilo aiding Officur Kiiicaid iii arresting him nnd somo of his pals for disor derly conduct on Iho street of Mod ford. Whilo Broh was alone with Colo nnd another hobo Colo hit him ovor tho hoiul with a hard, short in strument nnd in compnny with his companion ran ami hid nmong the freight enrs of tho depot yards. Brush rocoivod u nasty wound on the head hut took up tho ehaso. Through tho joint senrchiug of Brosh and Kiiicaid the hobos were recaptured and placed in 'jail. Colo was tho only ono kept for trial. Tho ponnUv for assaulting nn officor while undor arrest for thn purpose of osonping nnd aiding other prisonors to escape isfrom two to seven yonrs in tho poiutontiary. Tho ensa seems a olonr onovuifl tho lossou thnt ft conviction will inoulcnte will W MI CRATER LAK C. II. Nat wick and company, who have Ihc contract for building the section of tho Crater Lake highway arouad Florence rock, have cstnh- lished their camp and have started construction work. They" have at present in service twentv-fivo m'iii APPLE DEMAND IS GOOD EVERYWHERE Northwestern Fruit Exchange Re ports Call Is Principally for Red Varieties, But This is Indicative of Splendid Prices. The Northwestern Fruit exchange issued the following special report on apples Saturday: The demand from all directions to day is quite-nctive, centering partic ularly in good red fruit, suitable for cold storage, such as Ben David, Black Twigs, Rome Beauties, Ganos nnd medium priced verities. We have confirmed orders for one block of 10 cars Ben Davis to a largo east ern buyer, half extra fancy and fan cy grade, cquad proportions, 4 and 4 1-2 tier nt $1 f. o. b. Washington, and wo have sold several cars Wine sap, equal proportions extra fancy and fancy and $1.50 for fancy f. o. b. Washington. Wo are negotiating a deal for 20 cars of Ben Davis. Our North Yaki ma .office reports sale to n middle western buyer of nine cars of choice grade apples assorted varieties ut S5c f. o. b In the higher clnss of fruit values remain steady. We sold two cars of fancy and extra fancy Spit zenberg a $2.25 for 4 tier and larger, $2 and 1 1-2 tier f. o. b. Washing ton. LOCAL ORCHARDIST WINS FIRST PRIZE Bedford's contingent of exhibitors at tho Hogne River valloy fair, ai- though fow in number, all won prize. Against thirty-seven competitors J. A. Wosterlnu carried off first honors in tho Yellow Nowtowns plate oxhib- it. George A. Hover won second place. This is the fourth timo that Mr. Wostorlund has won prizes with his yellow Nowtowns during tho past two years. Last yonr his Nowtowus carried off the first honors at the Denver national applo show, and' sec ond prizo at tho Spokane national ap plo show and at tho Ashland fair tho prizo winning apples came from the Western Oregon orchard tract of seven year old trees. George A, Hover won tho hluo ribbon in tho three-box exhibit of Boso nnd Corn ice pears and in the six pinto exhibit of ponchos. Souysnuth, tho only other orchardist of the Medford dis trict to show fruit, won the second prizo with his Comico. TEDDY MARCHING HQMK, Giv., Oct 8- Colonol Rooso velt is 'uiarchiug through Georgia" today, hnving arrived hero this morn ing nnd has beon greotod by orowds. IIo spoko briefly at a school for girls horo, resorving his strength and saving his voico for tho strenuous stumping tour ahead of him. Tho colonol is particularly desirous of ho iug in good form for his speeches in Tudinun. Tho former prosidont goos from horo to Atlanta this afternoon, whoro ho will bo tho guest of tho chnmhor of commoroo. ho a wholosomo ono to othors who aro inolinod to regard ovory law of ficor a legotimnto object of nttnok. E HIGHWAY and fourteen head of horses. This crow is to be enlarged within a weok. i Contractor Nntwiek states that he j will push the work to completion as i rapidly as possible, I Tlie work is being done under tho supervision of Engineer IToidel. GETTING READY FOR SEASON Local Gunsmiths Rushed With Bus iness Preparatory tn Opening of Quail Season Next Saturday- Many Coveys Seen. For the p?t week tho gunsmiths in tre city havo been working over- , timo in an effort to keep up with the rush of business now that tho quail season is near. Tho season opens next Saturday and local nim rods are getting in readiness for tho opening day, and great will bo the slaughter of the Httlo brown bean ties. A number of local sp'rtamen are planning to leavo for tho hills on Friday cvenlnc and remain over Sun day In order to get tho pick of tho season's offering. From rll reports quail aro moro plntiful in tho foothills this year than they wero l.nt. Very Httlo out-of-the-season hunting has been reported and no violators havo been caught, and this accounts for tho q-.all being Dot as wild as usual. Tho neuron is a short one and no doubt the woods will be filled with hunters during the last two wccko in this month. GROWERS WAIT FOR HIGHER PRICE WALLA WALLA, Wash, Oct. 8. Because orchardists are holding their fruit for prices rapping from 15 to 25 cents nor box higher thnn limwrc n willing tn nnv. littlo tmd. ; j,as been reported to date. It is estimated that less than 25 per cent of the apple crop of tho northwest has been sold, according to commis sion men. If this .-tale of affairs continues, say buyers from the east, they will beforced to buy the crops of the uiid dlo west, now already in barrels in Colorado and enst of tho Ohio river. Thoy expect to seo Walla Walla val loy apples placed on tho market in largo quantities, however, in the next fow days. Apples are ready hero this year fully ten dnys ahead of tho usual schedule. Wcathor conditions have been such that tho fruit has riponcii early nnd the fruit growors havo boei; activo in boxing tho fruit as soon as it, was roady. PROHIBITION FIGHT ON DOWN IN DOUGLAS ROSBBURG, Or., Oct. 8. Douglas county, legally "dry" for tho past four yoars, will again voto on the prohibition question nt tho general olootion in Novembor. A potition to place the question on tho ballot was filed with the county clerk yester day. Both sides aro making a warm campaign. Spoakors nro hoing im ported, litornturo is being distributed nnd tho loonl press is doing much nd vortising. Tho mnjority of tho coun cil is "wot" and tho municipal elec tion last oMnday, which nnmpd five members, will make it practicallv unanimous. At tho requqost of Prof. Collins, Mr. TnlUandlor gavo a talk on music to tho high cchool last Thuisday morning, Aftor his talk ho played Rlchtor's Goudelllod and Ohamln ado's Scarf Danco. Tho young pooplo woro highly ploasod, as was ovldonc ed by their enthusiastic applause, MANUEL IS BANISHED LISBON, Oct. 8. Tho ropubllc of Portugal today formally proclaimed an order of banishment aaginst King Manuel, Queen oMthor Amelia, Dow ager Queen Maria Pla and tho Diiks of Oportp. tl was Icarnod today that tho Duko of Oporto was cap tured whilo fighting and that ho wae, escorted to the sea coast and placod .fbo?.rd the roycl yacht Amollo. Tho order of exllo ngalnBt him and the fallen king is most strict. tl was roported hero today that Dom Manuel had attompted to com mltt suicide at Gibraltar following the news of the banishment, and that Ho was prevonted from carrying out his purpose by his motlor. President Brcga insisted today that reports from the provincos are encouraging to tho republicans. It is certain, however, that unde sirable Catholics will bo expelled and that moncsiaxtes and convents will bo closed and their contests seized. All monastic ..nd conventual land and valuables will b pre-empted by the republic. In this way lands will bo practically condemned by tho gov ernment and purchased for a normal sum. RAILROADS NOT SUCCESS FRANCE PARIS. Oct. S Of course It doea not necessarily follow that national ization of public utilities ts-not good thing because it fails to give vory satisfactory results in France. For that mr.tter public utilities In private hands- are very gonerally mis managed all over the Gallic repub lic. French genius doesn't soom to run to tho successful oporatlon of such enterprises. But It Is only after they hnve beon nationalized that thoy reach their vory worst. And when they reach the worst it cortalnly does appear as if thoy had gone the limit. There Is certainly no telephone system in tho world that Is so bad as tho ono In Paris. The stato tobacco monopoly is aswlndlo from tho very people who support it. Tho tele graphs are slower and moro unreli able than in any other country .In Europe The postofflco Is not overly efficient. Tho railroads aro shock ingly handled. Everything, in short, that tho government touches, some how contrives to go to tho bad. But in the conduct of tho recently nationalized Western Railroad ,'of France, tho stato has beon really outdoing Itself in tho course of the past fow months. It Is about 18 -months Blnco the government, after a long debato in the chambor, re sulting in a small majority for the administration, bought tho lino. Well, since Juno 18, of this year, there have beon 71 deaths by ac cident upon that ono road which Is not a long road at that. A still larger number of passengers sus tained more or less serious injuries. Tho Western Railway of France has to a certain extent a monopoly Tho country through which It passes is very Httlo touched by other sys tems so that many of tho people who patronize It must uso tho West-. orn or nono. TO PUT FIGHTING ON PLANE WITH VAUDEILE LONDON, Oct. 8. A stop to put prizo fighting ou tho samo plnno with vnudovillo is bolng planned by Hugh Mcintosh end Jimmy Brltt. Tho schomo Is for tho establishment, of a regular clroult, tho fighters tC; play" tho chcult in approved vaudeji, villa fashion. Tho Britlch Isles, Franco nnJt one. othor country on tho continent will bo includod in tho circuit, Anierle-' an boxers will be tho headline. w f,j I - i r& M, 1 J .iOwMIIMBF-