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MEDFOftD lLUX TRIBUNE, MEDFOKP, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1911. PETTY ROBBERIES TENNIS COURTS ARE NUMEROUS ARE IN READINESS WATT BACK FROM INSPECTION TRIP IE IS "Old Homestead" Coming RAGIIfGJN GULF Scores of Fishermen Are Believed to Have Perished When Power in Their Little Launches Gave Out Gale Started on Tuesday. IS . - Asks Legislative Committee for Lit tle More Freedom and Permission to Work Is RefusedMost Fa- mous Prisoner In America. Other City Dads, However, Continue Their Journey Southwards Inspect ing Fire Apparatus and Pavements Carpenters Seem to Be Losing Tools With Clocklike Regularity Many Woodsheds Are Being Entered by Pilferers. Season's Playing Will Soon Open sn New Club Grounds on Oakdalc ' Club Hotise Is Tp'Be Erected In the Near Future. of Various Makes. page Eiairr POMEROY NOW R A RECONCILEO ji tf. 5 . ttl' r W j is Ml r ST IJO.STON, April 29. Condemned to solitary confinement for IiIh whole II fo for unnatural hutchcrlci. committed when u boy, Jennc Pomeroy, tho most famous prisoner In America, nftor 3G yearn .In a cell, Iiuh ot Inst become re conciled to Ills fute, ' "All I ask Is a llttlo more freedom ud permission to do some work," suld Pomeroy today to the memberH or n leKlsIatlvc committee on the one day In tho year on which In- Is allowed to ee the facn of any HviiiR pernon other Minn Ms keepers and hln uijed mother, who visits him every nix jnonths for u few ho urn. Cooped up In IiIh cell In the old Cherry Hill flection of tho Charlestowii prison with only one window hlRh In the wall, Blvlnir him h view of a. wiuare of blue 8lcy, Pomeroy han spent the long, dreary years slncii he was H years of lice, he has become an export UiiKUlst and can read with falrllty Lutln, CJreok und al most all the modern lajiBuaRes. Pomeroy, while a solitary prisoner. Is not so In the Hnso that he In cooped up In a silent cell. Juh Insldo the. door of the Cherry Hill annex, tho oldest part of the rny old prison, Is the homo of the Murdererou Pervert, whose utrool tjes convulsed all New midland 3C year ano and whose fate Is unliue In the nunnln of American Justice. Ottards Preient. When only tho Kiiards of the annex are present, Potnerny's cell Is cut off from the main corridor only by a irrated Iron door through which ho can see and conversn with tho urmed men who are always on watch. Hut the Instunt thn lock of the outer dbor clicks, the. world, for Pomeroy, Is blotted out. Ho forn the door can open nnd a visitor enter, tho Ruard steps across the corri dor, nwliiRs to a solid steel door1 which cIohch completely all entrance tn Pom erny'H cell und barn his Might of any facn which would break, even for a moment, the mntoiiy of IiIh duys. Xo Complaints. "No complaints,'1 until today Iiiin been I'omeroy'H reply to the questions of the various committees of the lenlslature which have visited him through tlie, Ioiir years. Today ho broke silence. Asked If ho suffered through IiIh Holltude, Pomeroy told the cemmitteemen: "Yen, but T appreciate what liberty 1 lime. The bright spots In my llfo are the vIsIIh of my mother twice n year. Phe In the only person except my keep ers who I am ever permitted to see The walls of this cell have become the bnundarleH of my life. I do feel UioiikIi that I have recoveied from nil the telidenolen which made me duiigerntiii Councilman J. K. Watt, returned lo Mcdford evening from Hnri allien to, where he, In company with Tduyor W. II, Canon nnd Councilman . .t, Emorlek and If, O Wortman, went to invcH'.tgnlc the paving In that city A thorough Inves tigation wus conducted by this commit tee n .Sacramento, Hun Mulen, and Htock ton und the pnvenier.tH there found to be excellent nnd capable of supporting heuvy traffic. The difference between tho puvementH previously luld In Medford und that pro posed Is un follows. Tho old style Iiuh u concrete bune und Is connected with thu wearing surfuce by a 1 1-2 Inch binder while the proposed pmement consists of a r, 1-2 Inch OHpliultlc bust! upon which the wearing surface Is poured and rrtlled without necessitating tho binder. TIiIh makes the pavement thinner and there fore less coNtly. Hcveral well known engineers oh well ns property owners were consulted and all spoke well of the Chirk & Henry Con structlon company and, of thu tiu1lty of their work. Mayor Canon and MensrH Wortman und Hinerlck continued their Journey to I .on Angeles, Hnnta Harbani, where they will Investigate the automobile fire np-. parntim used ther. They nio exiected homo the beginning of next week. NKW OUI.HANH, April 2?.- With scores of pnrsonH missing and sit schooners blown ashore off Pass Chris tian, pntrnl bouts today tiro snatching for flshurmen vio were miles ji way, from nport when the fierce West Indian hur ricane In oka Tuesday anil which con tinued Wednesday and Thursday. It Is believed that a number of fishermen took refugo from the gale and hnve been unable to reach home. It Is known Unit the power of many a ft he flhhlng boats has been exhausted and grave feurs are entertained for their safety. and I Hhatl he glad If thn legislature could make It possible for me tn hnve n llttlo more rieedom and u llttlo work to do." Was Kfuid. Modest iih his request wuh, the chair man of the visiting committee was forc ed to refuse. "We can do nothing for you Pomeroy," he said "except to see that you do not miffer In prison." Then tho committee filled out of the cell, tho door was closed nnd .leHse Pomeroy wuh left to face thn years. Insurgents Active. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 29. United Htatcs Consul Schmucker at Hn senuda, lowor California today udvlscd the Ntate department by telegraph that tho city Is In danger of cupuiuro by tho Mexican Insurgents. 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The old play, being fumlllur to all HortM und conditions of men, Ix, the finest blend of quaint humor und helpful pre cept current In tho theatre IIh per vading spirit In that of tho tender and simple love of an old man for ull that Ih simple und lovely, of an old man who might sing with Jeun Ingclew: "1 opened tho doors of my heart and behold, x Thero won music within and a song. A number of petty robberies extending over n period of three weeks, have been committed In various parts of the city. Carpenters seem to be the principal los ers, saws, hammers and other tools be ing tuken. The thefts nre nearly a! ways reported from unfinished houses where the tools are left over night. Woodsheds and other outbuildings are also being entered and fruit of nil kinds tuken. No trace of the thieves has been found but u sharp watch Is being kept by residents of the disturbed dis tricts and If the depredations continue the thef or thieves will walk Into a neat ly luld trap- And echoes did feed on the sweetness, repeating It long," To go und Nee "The Old Homestead" Is like going home for a visit. Joshua Whltcomb Is ono of tho most beautiful characters on tho Htuge. The Oakdale Tennis club Is now pre pared for the playing season with three courts finished and another rapidly near lng completion. A club house to coat In the neighborhood of 1600 will proba bly be erected on the grounds ut the In tersection of Whitman and Jasper; streets. The membership Is Increasing rapidly and the tonnls tournament urn. already uh good an won In'the estima tion of thoso who have watched the practice games. TTnnklnn for Health. Xotte. Notice Is hereby given that the un deralgned will apply at the next regula meeting of tho city council of the ctt of Medford, Oregon, on May 2, 1911. fo a license to sell spirituous, vinous an malt liquors In quantities leas than gallon, at their place of business at 3 Front s.. tn said city, for a period or six months. M. A B. J. ADAM&' Dated April 21, 1011. Unnklns for Health. Two Days Only Speolal Bale of Bteelea Mastodon rabalet. All In Sloiiom. 39 CUNTS PEK DOBBST TO TWO DAYS OMX.T TVSBDAY AMD WEDNESDAY, APBXX, S3 AMD 30. J. T. BroadleyS Co. , s. iJ" . .1 ft'. . ' Smartest Clothes In Town At '.: "THE TOGGERY" " t ' -OF COURSE- fy ,, v1 ; I n- l, vT -Urn r r-r'vjsrvNttsrr' We Have a Most Attractive Orchard Proposition Which We Know to be One of the Best Buys in the Valley, BE SS'iScLS 1 We do not hesitate to recommend this for a home and permanent investment, for platting, for a small syndicate, also as a speculative proposition. There are about 168 acres in the tract, located one mile from Eagle Point. There are about 40 acres in pears and the same acreage in Newtown and Spitzenberg apples, all in their fifth year, and about 60 acres, mostly in pears from one to four years old. Balance of the tract nearly all good fruit land. There is a good house and barn, bunk house, drilled well, etc., The stock and machinery, consisting of seven horses, harness, wagons, plows, cultivators, clod crusher, all tools, cow, chickens, etc., go with the place :::;:: : .1 I 4t .ft i4rmtmttjA n r' . t & '-vs)4( ' WE CAN MARE ATTRACTIVE TERMS l. Call or Write and Let Us Tell You About This W. T. YORK 6 COMPANY a tV4-44 4 ft . , ; j : ; :; 'i, i i :; :: 'i . . :: ; :: i 1