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T3 OHlcc UnhwsUy Hcws Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Hank rlvitrliig today woro WEATHER Fair Tonight. w. FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1911. No. 280. :r H E BILL IS STILL IN CODIMITTEE Local Men Making Strong Fight Be fore Senate Committee, However, to Save People's Law Passed In November. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL OF PORTLAND CONDEMNS Appeals to Governor West to Veto Any Attack Made on Any Initi ative Law Passed by People. SALEM, Fob. It. Tho Pierce fi-h bill repenlhig the Rogue river fi.sli bill ppusscd by the people at the last general election by a majority of more than 10,000 is ns yet in the hands of the senate committee on fisheries. The dale of its appearance in I he senate has not as yet ben Jixed. George I'ntnam and J. K. Knyart of .Medford are today in Salem for I he purpose of appearing before the committee and making a fight against thp bill. Senator Von der ITellen of Jackson comity is prepared to make a strong battle against the measure if it be reported favorably to the senate b the fisheries committee. It is freely predicted in Salem to day that the bill will not nass the senate owing to tho strong sentiment which lias developed throughout the state against the legislature repeal any of tho pcoplo's laws under the in itiative. It is further generally be lieved that the governor will veto the measure should it pass as he has staled that ho will not stand for any tampering with any law of the people's making. PORTLAND, Fob. 14. --The Cen tral Labor council of (bis city passed the following resolution at its lat regular meeting: (Continued on Pnsrn 2. 1 Governor Wires Sheriff to Preserve Ordc rat Any Cost Commission crs Arc In Jail Fight Comes Over Removal of County Scat. OKLAHOMA C'OTY, Oklu , Fob. 1 1. Mob spirit is rampant in Snlaason County today as a result of tho fight over the removal of tho county soat Horn Mountain Park to Snyder. County CommiHitonor Hull nnd Thompson and County Clerk Hrls tow Hie prisoners in tho Mountain Park pull charger with illegally mov ing the county records to Snydor. Additional guards wore stationed around the Mountain Park Jail today as It was feared that an attempt would be made by Snydor resldonts tonight to release tho prisoner. Governor Cruse 1ms wired tho shor Iff of Salanson County to presorvo order at any cost. 'TWAS NOT POTASSIUM THAT KILLED LOVERS CPMUIJULANI), Mr.. Feb. 11. Tho theory that cyanldo of potas sium tas responsible for tho myste rious deaths of Charles Twlgg and Oraco Kloiser wm apparently aban doned this afternoon when Stato's Attorney Kobb declared that tho re ports of the physicians showed that the oounle were killed by carbon monoxide. Detune tho fact that the local po lled force, aided by Plnkertons, have been working ou the cmso since De cember IS, when Mrs. Klosser found Uer daughter. Grace, and ber Ifance. CtarWw Twlgg, seated side by side on a couch in the Ulosjar home. The mystery surrounding their deaths, to many, is still a mystery. The accep tance by the stale of the carbon mon oxide theory Is viewed aa the desire of the officials to find the easiest av out t.f I hi- perplexing puwle. 106 RAMPAR OKLAHOMA HOUSE BILL TO EG A OF FISH POT If Senate Passes Measure No Rogue River Fish May Be Sold or Ship ped Passes After Matter is Ex plained by Southern Members. ANTI-WHIPPING POST BILL REPASSED BY HOUSE One Additional Judge is Allowed Multnomah Automobile Law Easily Passes. SALEM, Feb.ll House bill 181, regulating the sale and transporta tion of fish eiiught in the Rogue river, passed without much opposi tion afler the southern Oregon mem bers explained that it would in no way conflict with the initiative meas ure passed by the people. The Collin's bill allowing Multno mah county one additional circuit judge passed the house this morning with 18 dissenting votes. Higelow made a strong fight against the bill which he termed another attempt to raid thetreasury. The bouse of representatives this morning struck back at Governor West by passing Huchunnn's bill abolishing the whipping post over bis veto. Uuchnnnn accused the gov ernor of meddling in legislative af fairs and warned him to keep his hands off. . "We can do our own thinking with out his interference," he said, "and I think that the action of this body in overriding the veto will servo as a wnrning that hci s not tho whole thing." The bill had just the constitution al two-thirds majority, several mem bers voting to sustain the executive veto. Representative Ralph Clyde had two bills killed today in the bouse. One measure whica would compel owners of hotels to provide clean -heels and pillow slips every time .i bed is usedd, and referred to in the house as 'the lice annihilator" re ceived a few votes. The other meas ure which aimed to prevent employer from using pressuro on their em ployes to prevent them from becoming members of a labor union, was also ovled down. McKinney's. measure for the regu lation of automobiles and automobile drivers went through without opp) sition. Tho bill prescribes rules of the road for automobiles and provides for the licensing and identification ol chauffers. That Oregon will participate in the Panama exposition to be held at San Francisco is shown by the action of both houses today. In the house the governor's message asking (lint a committee be nppointed to investigate a site for the Oregon building, was actod upon favorablv. and (ho somite fell in lino by unan imously passing n resolution along the same linos. It is probably (lint n joint com mittee from both houses will be ap pointed boforo the session adjourns to provido ways and moans for a suitable building and appropriate ex hibit at tho great exposition to bo held in the bay city. Progressive members of tho senate succeeded this morning in having the Pouts resolution, calling on President Tuft to withdraw tho Canndian recip rocal agreement from eongrns, pascd. Several mombors of (ho up per bouse spoke against the adoption of the resolution. Seontl iinpurtnnt measures wore indefinitely postponed today in the senate. Among those killed was the, KellMher bill which provided that long distance telephouo companies, be compelled to rcduco their charges for night service. The more important bills which pased in tho house today Hie: Chat ton's bill for regulating sal mon SUhiug in the Willamette rivor. This measure eouipels net fishermen to keep 000 feet below the falls ui Oregon City and allows the book ami line men to fish within 200 feet of the falls. A concession is given the' net men in allowing them to fish two M-okn euilit'i ih.t'i the ungler. What, In Your Estimation, Does Medford Need the Most? What Medford neods the most is a mooted question. Therefore' the Mail Tri bune seeks to know just where its readers stand in this regard. For this purpose it will give all a chance to register their views. The answers will be compiled and published in the Sunday issue of the Mail Tribune Sunday, February 19. Your name, if you so signify, will be treated confidentially. Lniiit your answer to 15 words. Name thd one thing which, in your estimation, this city needs more than any other one thing. Clip tho following coupon and mail it to the Sun,da.y Edi tor, Medford Mail Tribune, before the mail closes next Friday evening. This will give a chance for the compilation of the answers for the Sunday edition. Medford, Or. 1911. To the Sunday Editor, Medford Mail Tribune. Sir: In my estimation, Medford at the the present time needs more than any other thing May wc use your nnmof (.Murk with cross) REBATES WILL UNBE PAID Southern Pacific Agrees to Return Overcharge to Shippers Without Trouble Shippers Need Only lo Receipt for Money. SALEM, Feb. 1-1. Southern Or eon shippers will not have to present their shipping receipts to tho South ern Pacific to secure the rebates due to overcharges on freight received be tween the time tho railroad commis sion ordered the reduction in clnss rates and the tinio the now rates wero fin t into effect. The railroad has agreed with tho commission to voluntarily return the amount, due each shipper so that nil the shippers will have to do will be to receipt for the money. Want ads in the Mail Tribune al ways bring results. SUPREME COURTTO Measure Providing for Two New Jus tices Killed Because of Strong Lobby Against the Measure West Intimates He Would Veto. . STATU HOUSE, Salem, Or., Feb. II. Saying that the bill to increase the number of justices of tho su premo court wiih being lobbied for cortniu poisons who expected Jbc appointed, the senate voted down the bill, and there wil bo no addition to the court this session. The emer gency clause had as much to do with killing tho measure as anything else, as well as Governor West's intima tion that he would veto Mich a bill. There wil bo no such luck, how ever, whon the bill for increasing the circuit judges of Multnomah count comas up, for tho lawyor lobby has packed enough support from tho del egation to laud one of tho two judges asked for. Eleven of the ." lawyers in the sen ate voted against tho bill to increase the supremo court, and the only four votos tho bill rocoivod came from At torneys Madarky, Joseph Norton and Oliver. ACCUSED INSPECTOR CLEARED BY PROBE SAN FRANCISCO, Cut . Feb. 11 Deputy Collector of Cuctoms Hamil ton today took tho toHtlmony of In spectors Bennlngor and Stono nnd othors In rogard to tho complaint against NiKht Inspector Chostor Gib bons by IJonnlngor which gnvo rlsoj to tho suspicion that Gibbons had i boon engaged in smuggling opium off' the Liner Siberia. Gibbons will, In j all probability bo clarod of the smug-i gling suspicion with perhaps a ro- plmand for falling to comply with tho rules of tho department regarding tho Immediate reporting of wUurca. COMMITTEE AV A IE II MOT IJN2 xCS. No... (Signed) A HOWEVER IS CUT Wcstcrlund Makes Strong Fight Be fore Committee and Succeeds in Getting It Favorably Reported to the House. SALEM, Fob. 1 1. Tho ways and mcaiiB committee of tjie houso today reported favorably upon tho bill es tnbllshmlng a branch experiment station In tho Rogua River Valley. Tho appropriation for tho establish ment, however was cut to $fi000. Representative Westerlund of Jnck son countly nindo a nrd fight for tho hill nppwarlng may times boforo tho commltteo but failed to sucecd in keeping tho appropriation from bo lug cut. However ho saved tho bill from being unfavarobly reported up on as was predicted would bo tho case. TAKES OHM LIFE Many Owners Are Making Prepara tions for Rushing Development Work Throughout Mining District of Southern Oregon. That tho coming spring will wit ness the birth of n now era among tho mining Interests of tho Rogue Rivor Valloy is assured by tho pro visions for increased activity being prepared for by tho owners of prop erties in this section. Most of tho better properties nro already pushing development work to tho utmost and nccordlng to a num ber of mine ring of tho necessary capital with which to mnko acourato showings havo unlimited njinntltlos will probably bo shlppol la hero for Installation as soon as tho present winter woathor ceases. II. L. Getcholl, a mining man from Middle Fork district, snld this morn ing that tho properties In his Im mediate vicinity aro contompbitlng either installing machinery thom olvcs or olso turning tho proportion over to a largo syndicate to operate, A number of engineers from big min ing lntorosts have vlHltod this sec tion and tentative offers havo alroady boon rocelvod hy owners of many of tho properties located thoro. Tho oxtont to which tho district is mineralized, Is beyond tho conception of most people who uro not familiar with tho country surrounding Mod ford. Within tho city limits of Jackson ville, many finds of nuggets havo been mado, and It in a recognized fuot that most of tho prnporty located within tho corporation limits of that city nro as equally valuable for tholr mineral worth as for any other. Tho only difficulty standing In tho way of development Ik the fact that per mission to initio within tho corporate limits cannot ba uecurad. While standing near tho horso """ (To n II oiled on pate's.) AN OPRA N MING E PORTLAND STORE Clerk Knocked Senseless by Well Dressed Thug Who Secures $100 in Cash; $5000 in Diamonds and Makes His Escape in Crowd. PORTLAND, Ore., Fob. It. Knocking James Gilbert, a clerk, senseless wltir a blnekjack, this af ternoon, n woll dressed desperado rushed to tho back otflio Diamond I'alaco Jowolry Storo on Washington Street In tho heart of tho city, lootod tho safo of over $ 1,000 In cash nnd thou brushed the contents of a tray of diamonds Into his pockot. , AUor. doing tins I no rouuer wont out or too front door of tho sore nnd wiih lost in tho crowd. Tho vnluo of tho dia monds secured Is estlmatod at $5,000. A dozon detectives wero Immed iately rushed to the secono nnd all city policemen wero notified to bo on a look out for tho robber. TENNIS CLUB SEEKS COORT Oakdale Club Docs Not Like Ground Chosen hy Committee and Send That Body Out on Another Hunf Financial Success of Club Assured The Oakdale Tenuis club met Mon day evening nird considered several propositions submitted to the com mittee on grounds, but favorable no tion was not taken on any of tlioin, and the committee was sent buck. Articles of incorporation are being drawn up by William Mealy, uttor new for the club. The par value of tho stock has been fixed at $10. It is the plan of the club to dispone of thin stock in blocks of five shares each, one-thud paid up nnd the bal ance payable in two annual install ments. The by-laws of the club pro vide that no member shall own more than two blocks, or 10 shines, of tho (dub's slock. This will prevont its ever becoming a one man's club. An open meeting will be bold bv the club on the evening of Thurs day, February 23, at 7:110 p. m., in room 25, Jackson County bank build ing. All who are interested in tennis are cordiallv invited to attend. Doesn't Like Word "Hello." TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 11.--Me-cause the word "hello" sounds too much like the name hot spot, mem bers of the. Second Reformed church of White Horse, at the solicitation of thoir pastor, Ifov. Harry M. Hiteh cox, today begun a, crusade ugniiiB its use by telephone companies. Ifov. Hilohcox want, the word "lo" substituted for the cheery "hollo." i The "For Sale" olansified nils un file maikot-pliiee for the useful things that havo already been used Sometimes n second-hand article would servo you as well as n new one. Watch this clnsilicutiouI STATION LTARNG RLIBBFRY TIMBER TRUST AN STANDARD OIL So Says Commissioner of Corpora tions Herbert Knox Smith In Spe cial Report to CongressSays Gi gantic Trust Is Under Formation. OWN ENOUGH TIMBER FOR 16,000,000 HOMES Charges That Largest Holders of Country Are Not Cutting Tim berMany Protests Received. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 14. Producing sonio startling statistic, Commissioner of Corporations llor bert Knox Smith today sent n special report to congress assorting that n lumber trust la now bolng organized which will mako tho Standnrd Oil monopoly look llfo a pigmy. Smith decmred that four-glgths of tho compnny's Btnndlng tlmbor is pri vately owned. Three of theso hold ings, ho says, thoso of tho Woyor hausor Timber Company, tho South ern Pacific nnd tho Northern Pacific comprise $238,000,000,000 feet or 11 per cent of all the privately own ed timber In tho United States. Commissioner Smlthm, In his re port says: "Thoso holdings havo enough standing tlmbor to build nn ordinary flvo or six room frame bouso for each 1G.000.000 families. If It woro sawed and placed on cars Is would mako a train 100,000 miles long. "Tho lnrgcst holders of tlmbor In this country nro not cutting it. Thus Ahoy .aro-."ro8orvlng to thomsolves In "calculable profits which will nccuro with tho company's growth, and tho coiiBciipout diminishing of tho public supply or any further conservation thoreof. "Many protects aro bolng rocelvod against such a concentration of con trol of tho standing timber of tho country, which, If It Is pormltted to continue makes probablo the final and complete control of tho lumber busi ness by theso Interest which ultimat ely holding tho bulk of the tlmbor can set their prices nt what they will. When tho tlmbor Is finally cut, tho land remains. Thoro Is being crcat od, thereforo not only tho frnmo work of an enormous timber mono poly, but an equally sinister con centration of laud. "Finally, to tho concentration of laud and timber, is added tho closoly concentrated railroad domination. Tho possibilities of this combination In tho Pacific Northwest and olso whoro aro most Important. Tho pos sibilities of tho ownership of tlmbor, aro enormous, and tho owners of laud occupy dominating positions in the railroad transportation over great sections of tho country, "Many of theso Interests aro pro testing against conservation and the national forest system because, they Hay, It ties up iieutrol resources while they thonisolvoB aro dellverately tlclug up farm lauds for their prlvato gain." TIME CHECK NOW MAY CEASE IN CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 11. Tho so-called time check ovll Is dono away with In tho bill passed by tho assembly today prohibiting the Issu ance of negotiable paper for wages. It allows payment of checks on banks which may bo cashed without dis count, but upon demand of tho em ploye tho employer must pay In cash. 'OREGON PLAN" IS CURE FOR THIS ILL HELENA. Mont., Feb. LJ.-Tho deadlock in tho otiug for United States senator remained unbroken after today' ballot. EAST, IN GRIP OF ICE, HOLDS RACES NKWHURGH, N. V.. Feb. 1 I. Skating races for the championship of tho east began hero today under tho auuplces of Hit Nowburgh Whoelmen. If the roal estato ad "roads all right," go mid see tho property, and you'll probably find that tho ad is "straight" and candid. ASSOCIATION GAUD S5950 IN PAST YEAR Rogue River Fruit and Produce As sociation Holds Annual Meeting for Election of Directors Expect ed Deficit but Finds Net Gain. HANDLES SIXTY-SEVEN CENT OF APPLES AND PEARS Valley Shipped 507 Cars of Fruits Medford Is Chief Shipping Point In Rogue. i 4.j; Stockholders of tho Hoguo River Fruit & 1'roduco association who met in annual session today, woro greeted with tho cheering roport that tho asoemtion during tho first year of its history had mado n net gain a .f5D50.2. When tho orgaiuzution was formed it was believed Mint if the nssociation broke nearly even it would be well and to learn Mint n net gain of ncnrly $G000 was mndo. Tho statement as tho nssociation to its stockholders follews: RESOURCES. Warehouses Grants Pnss, Central Point, Medford "A" nnd "D," 1-0859.1(5; merchandise, $11,043.17; duo for stock, commission, uccounts, .$79,81)1.81 ; cash, $:i!),002.7. Total $130,857.11. LTA1HLITIES. Capital stock subscribed, $27,-5-10.00; accounts and bills payable, $103,500.81; net gain, $5950.27. To tal, $138,857.11, During 1910 thoro woro 507 enrs of fruit shipped from tho valley of which number 315 cars woro shipped by tho association. Tho 102 enrs shipped by individuals included 10 ears of peaches, so Mini tho nssocin tion shipped (y per cont of tho ap ples nnd pears leaving the vnley. Shipment of fruit was divided as follows among the stations of the vnlley: (Continued on l'ngo Two) E HAS BEEN CHECKED Rebels Hold Federal Troops on Their Way to Relief of Juarez Another Rebel Victim is Said to Have Taken Place. HI, PASO, Texas, Fob. 14. Ills ad vanco to tho relief of Jueraz blocked by Orozco's command, General Navar ro and his fedornl troopB today nro hold nt Candolnrln, nccordlng to ad vices reaching tho rebel punta horo today by courier from tho south. This courier nnd rnllroad man re turning from down tho lino of tho Mexican Central Railroad say Hint yesterday's firing near Samalayucn wns at long range between tho pickets of tho Navarro and Orozco forces. Tho Insurgents today nro roported to bomassliig their forces at Guada loupo and on a lino from thoro to Xaragosa, HI miles down tho rivor from .Minrez. At Zaragosa, Abrani Gonsnles, tho provisional governor of Chihuahua, who flod from 101 Paso whon warrants woro Issued for his nr rost for violation of tho neutrality law is roported to hnvo sot up a pro visional government backed by 2.10 men under tho command of Rnotil Madoro, brothoi of Francisco Madoro, tho loador of tho revolt. Couriers from Casac Grandcs, which llos to tho south wost of Jua rez, toll of another rouol victory or allogod victory, thoro. General illanco's forco of revolutionists nro reported to hnvo beaten tho ISth Moxlcan Infantry, which was moving to tholr rollof of Jueraz, nnd to hnvo fnrcod that regiment to retreat with losses, to Guleana. EUSTACE BALFOUR DEAD. LONDON. Fob. 14. Kpstaco Ral four, brother of formor l'romler Ar thur J. lialfour, died hero today. NAVARROADVANC IV rr. H . I. tff& ,v 1 :4 f & .1 L'.JI ft I!1 !f$ 1 ' j