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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1910)
mmmmmmmmmmmm Sffi V vt " ' --ww 1 u i G MEDFOKT) MATT. TiUBUNIO, anfiPirQRl), ORKOCW. TUESDAY, DICCtfMBUR 27, 1010. FIND WRECKAGE OF STEAMER Wireless Reports Flntlinn Lifeboats and Cabin of Mission St. Dennis ' Off North Const of British Colum bia Carricil Crew of Fourteen. VICTORIA, 11. C, bee. 27. Wireless mcsuiikos from tho steamer Tees stated that they hud found two lifeboats and tho cabin of the huhs iuyr Hteiunor St. Denis, which was formerly operated between Victoria and Northern Dritibh Culiiinhia ;io'rts by tlio llinscowilz Steamship company of lliis city. Tlie wreckage way found in the neighborhood ol' Clayoqiiol and confirms t lie many rumors that Iiuvo been afloat tltn-inc the lust two daya. The vessel car ried a crow of 14. Their fute was not known up to I) o'clock Huh loio noou. The little vcafacl, which is now owned by the Lower Calilornia De elopinciit !ompau.v, had completed her charter to the lioscowitz com pany and was r6turnii)K south to her owners. She left Vancouver on No vember 10, and wub reported pass ing Cape Klattery on November 21, wince which time nothing has been heard of her. The St. Denis w.m heavily laden with (mill, taken on at Union liny, Hticcilient, to last her un til she reached Salimi Crux, her des tination. The majority of the offi cers! on the St. Denis wore well known ulonjr the water route here. Captain ThomiiH 1). Davis, her iiiiij ter, wan hoiiL north by the owners to take the 'vessel out. Chief Ot'ti cor J. C. Gould, formerly of the Canadian-Mexican liner lonsdalc; Sec ond Mate J-'. W. Kuditun; 'William Dodds, cliief engineer; Archie D. Street, second engineer; Edward Hunter, third engineer; A. C. Delpec, chief steward, formerly freight clerk on tho I'riuceHS Victoria and widely known bore; I'Ycd Motley, cook; Geo. EuMiMHi, cook, five deckhands and firemen were carried, making a to tal crew of 14. Tho St. Denis was a Hleamer of fJ(J tons gross, 1103 tone net regis ter, 101 feet long, 2.".f feet beam, .12.7 feet deep, with one iron deck. Tho steamer was" formerly known asJ the General Men. She was released early in November by the IloHoowitz. company, when Captain I.o Ilium turned her over to Captain Davis at Vancouver, TRY SMASHING POWER TRUST Suit to Dissolve Aliened Electrical Combine to Be Instituted as Soon as Papers Can Be Drawn Up by Department of Justice. GDGGEHS WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 27. -A suit to dissolve the alleged "elec trical trust" will bo instituted as boon as the papers can be drawn up, it was scmi-oliicially announced to day. Wade H. Ellis, former assist ant attorney-general, is handling the ease for the department of justice. Final action in the preparation ox the suit will be taken at a conference between Altoruey-Oeneral Wicker- hliain, Ins ussociatcs, ami rJlid, which is to take place this week. J he government forces will not wait for the decisions in the Stand ard Oil and American Tobacco cases, it was stilted, as a now issue in the electrical case will he raised. Tho electrical companies will ho charjifid with conspiracy in restraint of trade, through the operation ol the patent laws. Tho Genornl Elec tric company and the Wostinghotise company arc said to be (he chief concerns in the trust. TO SELL FISHERIES Ten Salmon Canneries in Alaska, To- nether With Ships and Gear, to Be Purchased by Libby, McNeill & Lihhy, Accordion to Reports. ors, the pried ranging from $7o to $1."0 each, according to size and color. He will begin with Indiana bred cat, crossing them with those of IhoMiorlh woods. Skuiik-farming is being practiced in several middle western and eastern states where tin owners are receiving dividends of from 100 to .'!()() per cent on the investment. Trainmen Perish In Wreck. FAUISBIt. Mo.. Dec. 27. Three trainmen were killed and several pas sengers are reported to have been injured when a passenger train on tlihe Chicago & Alton railroad col lided with a freight near here today. First reports indicated (hat the pas senger, train had crashed into tue rear of the freight. Advertised Letter List. S13ATTLI5, Wash., Dec. 27. It If reported lioro today that tlio Giikrcii IioIiiih liavo tinder consideration a proposition to Hell 10 of ttio'lr salmon caiinerleo In Alnukn, nlong with chips, fishing gear ami other component parts of tho N'orthwcHtcrn Fisheries compnny, to Llliby, McNeil & Lluby, meat packers of Chicago. Tho price to ho paid Is $1,000,000, It is said. Captain .larvls, secretary treas urer of the Northwestern Fisheries company just returned from Now Yftrk. Ho sail', ho had no knowledge of tho reported deal, although ho ad mitted that ho had heard tho ru mor. A numhor of Seattle business men aro authorltloo for tho statement that the deal Is under vay. It Is said tl'at the Gugcnhclms havo decided to withdraw from the flshorlci business and concentrate their Alaskan operations on the com pletion anu development of their copper proportion In tho interior. THREE-QUARTER MILLION INCREASE STATE FUNDS Fo the Latest in Books Stationery Magazines Pottery Pictures, Etc. Call on tho Medford Book Store NEW YORK PLANS FOR GREAT CITY OF FUTURE : NEW YORK, Dec." 2 7. It Is an nounced that the New York board of estimate nml apportionment will on January 1 appoint a onllnbly equip ped commission on a city plan, the Antics of w'hlch will bo to lay out a scheme for tho entire futuro develop- Jl SCHOOLCHILDREN Often need Glasses during the formative period of childhood. Let us prepare the Glasses for your children's eyes, and the chances arc the slirjht error will he speedily corrected and ivitiiin a short time the chil dren's eyes will lie restored to normal. DR. STEPHENSON Office Over Allen's Store, Main and C Street, Phone Main 1857. Medford, Or. . .. I,.i u(in pniiforms. and that of Ma- meat of the city for many years o -.. tome, similar to the plan of ' '" '" , mann, to which all """"'"" '"'of Wellington. The Reason thai coiislnntlv Thte store enjoys such an enormous iucreaM.. is l.ccn" f " f"t "" '""'" hnvg 1!!!!!-"!!' Irnminir daily that IhcV can l.nv the Lest for i"t " "'"" 1 "' this store. A man told us Saturday that we were selling apples loo cheap. He was joking, but ho meant what ho said. He had shopped and by coming here saved something like 03c an each box of apples ho bought. This is one of the many reasons whwo lire busy. ALLEN GROCERY CO. Main and Central Streets ORCHARDISTS WILL FIGHT SPRING FROSTS NOHTII YAKIMA, Wash., Dee. 27. The Vnkinm fruitgrowers are be ginning preparations to fight the frost tins year by applying to tlio government for a weather forecaster. Tho good results obtained by thu people of tho Ntyjiio Wiver country through daily forecasts from Mod lord have induced John Morehoad of Granger, and other oreliardis.ls, to write to Senator W. D. Jones asking for one in thin field. While u goodly number of orchard heaters wore ued in tho vallev tho past year, .Mr. Morehoad thinks tlioro will be 120, 000 or more this spring. Intclligcu notion ugaiust the frost is hound to meet with success, ho thinks. Tlio following loiters remain un called for at the postoffico at Mod lord; December 21 : Harry Hrown, Mrs. M. C. Bullied, K. C. HisouoH, FMith llranstolter, William Brood, C. S. liliss, James A Ilarr, C. J Darnell, Snyi llauor Hurry Hrown, C. K. Graven, Jes. Connor, J. C. Craig, Jack Crane, K. F. Crows, Chronicle (the h'dilor). Clinrles Coffeeu, A. li. Carris, J. T D'inoii, Wiij. Detrick, .1. A. Do Ci(sta I.ofaud Ksther, 11. I Ionium Kggers (1), Mrs. K. S. Hmerson, F. W. Fos ter, Albert Frederick. F.phrnini Fr. Italph Farnsworth, J. P. Foster, Ja cob Goiuitz, F. M. Clonics (2), C. II. Gilson, Clius. Glendoiiniiig, Agnes Guild, C. W, Gauds, Khner Garrison, Kdward Gallivau CD, II. M. Good Clara llohmoud. Mrs. Ileta Hale George Hall, I). II. Ilardorn. M. C Hopkins Johnson iS: Co., II, Jenkson Jami's J. Kennedy, Prof. T. II. King. W. Knap. C. D. ICnapp & Co,, F. M. liiirsou, Owen l.iu kin. J. P. l,odou., A. Letcher, Ui Low, M. Mimuing. M. ). Mears, Claud Murrey, Geo. 71. McDonald, K. W. MeClain. Claudia McDonald, Clinrles Murrav. Joe Martin. C. H. Miller, Geo. W. Millar, Mrs. G. M. Morrison, .lake Moiiin Sherman Norton.. Noah Nowhauks. John O'Mrieu, Harry Officer. Parlies calling for tlio almvo let ters will please say "advertised." A charge of 1 cent will be made upon dolivorv. A. JL WOODFORD. P. M. SALFM. Or,, Dec. ' 27, An in crease of $707,0:1 l.'ll for the bien nial period just closing over the bi ennial period two years preceding, 1 shown in a statement of receipts for !)io general state fund, which has just been prepared by the seerctai. of htnto. Tho receipts for the past vears amount to $3,752,030.87, ngaiust $2,80."),10.').-i:i for tho pre ceding biennial period. This amount includes only gcncr.J fund receipts, there being other re ceipts which lire collected in the shape of licenses ami special rev enues.,, such us by the hatchery de partment, which receipts are all ab sorbed in the fund for which thev aro collected. Quit iness Sale Willi store advertising so offootiw that evory copy of this newspaper becomes a salesman for you, you'll find that business continues to im prove to the verge of your capacity to handle it. POLE CAT FABM IS TO BE ESTABLISHED SOON SPOKAN'F. Wash., Dec. 27.-Martin J. Wcssels, superintendent of ex hibits at tlio Spokane chamber of commerce, it, negotiating with custom parties for Mock to cMiihltsh a polo cat farm near Spokane, where the aiiimuls will be raised for their pelts. Do has a tract of ten acres of html with virgin trees, which will ue fenced to provide a habitat for lb'.' animals, lie has received much en couragement in the enterprise trom fur dealers in Chicago, New York lliihton, ami points on the Atlantic const, who say they will pay th" highest cash market prices for all the pelts he can produce. Black Indes arc caucrlv xoimhl hv collect- CONTINUES Some Reasons Why Yoa Should Attend : Our linos ol' Underwear, Hosiery, Corsets, Fancy Goody, etc., remain in i'ine condition for choosing. All kinds of roady-to-vcars including Totits, Suits, .Dresses, Petticoats, Furs, Skirts, Waists, Kimonos, etc., etc., are here in fine assortments. Not all sizes of each stvle- conie onlv one of a stvle, but (his alone insnresassortnient. -most of such uoods Prices Lowest Ever Made You can'l afford to miss a trip to this store tomorrow. 1. 1 WATCH THIS PAPER TOMORROW. Come while (he choosing is best. JL II Jw OR.IUM r Nss...r jj. s sr rs - Any rug can be changed after three year At the full purchase value if the customer so desires. Annual Clearance Sale ORIENTAL RUGS Mr. Hanief, representing ATIYEH BROTHERS of Portland, will hold dur ing this week their annual clearance sale, as usually held by all their branches. The people of Medford will have an opportunity to obtain Oriental Rugs at An Exceptional Discount Those interested in Oriental Rugs and wishing to save money should take advantage of these unprecedented bargains. See the display in the window and investigate the merit of our selling prices. Complete assortment, ex quisite designs and colorings to select from. Do not miss this great oppor- iLuuu,y 11 yuu cut; ci uunuuidaeur in oriental ivuis. WEEKS & McGOWAN CO. Our guarantee stands back of every rug we sell you as usual v w vwvwv z ; s s !i :: I :: i: 1. '. 'i '1 '1 '1 '1 '1 I '. i y 1