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"XHTSaBb 1 ! I ' J. - i - k Si' ri , i CLEARINGS HANK III.KAHINOH i(iii,nniMii, Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER I'nlr Max DO, Mill -IB. Menu 07.5 V, "ll I'liriy-rimt Yi'iir. imllv Hlth Yiiir, Aii'jjoxtu, oimooN, Wednesday, may ru, 3911. No. 60. BANNER PEAR CROP N OGU E THIS SEASON So Suys Professor O'Gnrn After Visit to All of the Lnrijrr Orchards Trcrs Am In Excellent Condition and Fruit Heavily Set. WINTCR NELIS ALONE AF1E UNDER USUAL ESTIMATE Apple Crop Will Be About 50 Per Cent of Last Year's Production. Tim pear eiop in the Rugim river valley thin mmimim will lin a banner vrv, Vint punning InM year's pi iii Itnu In ii eonsiileinhlo extent, iiecotd illiC I" 1'iulVxHtir I. .1, O'Oiirn who hill jlllit l'llli'll'l t Oil I III' III! principal oichunU in I lie Willi'). 1 111 cionl, Mm ioII, Ohio, Allen, Muu crock iiihI other nuiiiinU wore iil i'l mill tin' crop will hi a splendid olio. Winter Nulin iiIhih! of the ihmi family will not produce a largo ciop owing Id defective pollination. Tin I'lop will Im nliMiit lit) per cent ol tint nmt hiirvonlcd IiihI your. Tim apple crop in Hit valley will range between in ami oil ptf oont l litwl jour'n pioilitotiou, this being an oil car for npplo. "The orohaitU won never in a healthier iiiinililiini tlimi at ptcsunt," stale Profoir'Giiin. "IlligliUia lioon ontiioly orailioatoi! ami evciy thing lends lo iiHhiuo a largo pent lop. A largo niimlior of rcwilM have roaohoil this ulfioo , the offool I lint, fcuiuriil uichards hud hist iiimiv nrilirlHffrmnMriU'rriMiiin mTny in Kpiii'tion thai thesu ropoits wcio mi foiimloil, "I'rota present indications pom will proilueo won' tin your tlimi ovoi lioforo with llio exception of W'intoi Nell. Those did not pollinate a the) should." OPIUM SMUGGLING INTO AUSTRALIA IS LUCRATIVE Mr.MloritNK. May :i. Opium smuggling into muioiih pints of Aus tralia in viiMly lueiiilivc hiiimns, it one is tu judge from the facts ie J wiled in a case lientil in the omul in .S.vdnoy. The erown niithoi itii" is making out of Cttoir charge against jnuiig mini umiioil Water house who wiih involved in eiiminal piouoodings, nssoiloil that he itiiuli iin mui'li iin $,'1,10 in the cotiisc of a Millie nighl. His iiioiIiih operandi win deehiied to he us followh: lie iniliieoil lluropeaiiri to In tnvr opium ' i "in ('limn to CiiiiihIii. rohhoil them theio, and thou escaped to (Juccns hind in older to dispose of lux ImmiI lie wiih Heuteneoil to tliiee yearn Illl plisnillllOul, GENERAL BURKE'S FUNERAL IS HELD AT PORTLAND PORTLAND, Or., .May .'II. Tin funeral of Brigadier flenoial Dniiiol Ihnko, II. S. A., ieliie.1, wiih hold lliis foroiiooii at the nCtholie oathe dial. The body mis intoned n: .Mount Calvary cemetery. The huiiiil oeioiuonv wiih simple and M'ini-pn Mile, .Mih, Mm l.o ovoi ruled the wig giwlinu of n iiiililtiiy ftiuural. (leneial Durko died lute yesterday from a coiuplieutinn of various tils eiiHOH fioiu whieh he liml Hiilfered foi months. He wiih 70 years of ago and hud risen from the rnnkH. lie fought throughout the si i war and won niplil promolioiiH for hniver.v. I In was hoi ii in Conneelieut. Celebrating Beginning of War MRS HARIMAN m-jssszz acTij-rvz n't' j.UKznvmrrri CINCINNATI, Ohio, May .'II. Old, yet luila ami heaity, tin; Himiv liiK' nieuihoo of the Ninth Ohio Volunteer infiinliy, whieh herved Ihroiiholit the war of the reliclliou from the lirnit; on Vmt Kiimter to the fall of Apxiiiinlt, met in Ciiicinuati ami eeleliralid the fiftieth an niM'i'warv of their enlistment. They had a hiunpiet, provided for hy the hiimukm of I'nvale ('. W. II. I.uehlieil, of tlui) leomeut. The method wherohy .Mr. laiehheit fin oil hi money is perhaps the finl vir uxod for a like oeeasioa. Koity-tive yearn iin he ntartod to xiive the iiuuii'v for the haiupiel. Kiioli mouth In wont to the hank mid ile posited the niiiii of 10 eeuH, In nil, ho made ft 10 trips to tho hank. This in itM-lf meant onl fil. However, the intorohl mi the money luoiuhl the hiiiii up to .fj'lll.77. Stocks Pcsslnilstlc. NKW YORK", May HI. . A eoueni f raled diivo hy Hie heaH deprofihiul piieen todav in the iiiiihI aelivo in hiiiih. United KIiiIoh Steel ami Ainiil cmiuiled Copper vein heavily hold ami it wiih rumored that Ihese eor )ionilioMH would he allueked in a way Himiliir to Die tSiiuilard Oil eiuu pnuy and iho Ameileau Tohneeo com pany. Tho mnrkel huidened uflor llio opeuiu: and tlie rally wiped mil eaily Iiishuh, Cauudiiiu I'aeilio nmo !i; Union I'aeifio l''u Noithein Pa eifiii Tii SI. Paul, Mriu fiihl nro furred mid Roiidiu 1 ; United Stulori 'Sleel mid A'nmlgmiuik'd CoppDi" do oliiiud J. Tliu tiiiukut closed uluady. ARMOUR CLEARS UP A FORTUNE Dumps Immense Quantities of May Wheat Into the Pit When Price Readies $1.0-1 and Prevents Stuerzlnn of Shorts. CIIICAOO. III.. .May .'Il.-'-Hy dump. iiiK iiiimeiii-e (iiaiitilicH of .May wheal into the pit today when the pi ice reaehed 1 .0 1 and preventing the KipieeriiiK of xIioiIh, .1. Odeu Armour eleared Up a furmiio and proxented a i t hoaudul. The hulls hud planned to corner Iho cereal. The options of many hIioiIh expired at noon todav. Heavy anivals of wheat horn etc- vatorn iiImi helped prevont the panic whieh threatened (he pit today. The liiealesl exeiloinent marked the trad ing Armour hud hoaw holdings which he had aeipiired at lower prices. Whoa the hulls emlejivoied to htmiipodc the pit he lei pi of liue (piiinlities, iHM'iuittiut; the shot Is lo cover hoforo the prices Miurod higher. .MiVV wheal at the opening jumped a full cent. This followed an ad Milieu of III A eolith .Monday. It wan eatimated that the hlioits were coin polled to deliver .',1)110,(1110 iiiIh'N to cover hhort hales. A. .1. I.iehsleru, was the chief hull. II with icpoited (hat ho controlled 11,0(10,0(10 hushelh. lie hied to l'oi-e the hhorlH to cover at tho IiIkIu-.s! piiee. GENERAL PRYGE HAS DROPPED FROM SIGHT BECKER GIVES UP2 LITTLE Makes Partial Confession Regarding Forging, of Check Anxious for Trial hut Must Walt Until Grand Jury Meets. J. V. Ileekor, who is aliened lo have sreiired various hoiihchold ar ticles from tho .Mordorfr & Wool! Kiiruituro store, Kivinj; in payment a cheek which wiih aflorwaidH found to ho forced, nnidu a lmrtial confes sion Tuohday when Alrx. William Hooker, a Hister-iu-law who rohideh near Jitcksouville, hroiihl muuu of the arlielcH o .Medford. Mrw. Huck or was entirely innocent of tho fad that tho Koodn had hoen hccurod hy irregular mctlioils. Hooker is anxious lo ho Kivon a heariui; and have the matlor over with hut tho laws of the Mlnte provide that ho miiHt stay in the county jail iiutl tlm Brand jury convener in Iho fall. SENT REQUEST Lengthy Telegram Is Forwarded to Order, New Yerk, Advising Mag nate's Widow of Rogue Valley and Its Natural Resources. BUSINESS MEN; RALLY TO SUPPORT OF MOVE Dr. Reddy Declares That City Will Give 100 Acres of Land and Bonus if Needed. GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO EUGENE ORGANIZATIONS KUflKNi:, Or., .Mav 31. Governor Oswald Went spoke lo stuilouU of the t'nivei-hit.v of Oregon Wcduchday morning. Oovenior West will alh'o Hpeak twico to the citizens of Kiirciip. Tonight he will alldresvi the Municipal leiiRiio at Iho Oslmni hotel, nnd to morrow iii)ht tho Woodmen of the World. A lengthy lelenun, delineating the ndvautiiKCH of the ItoRiie river vallej iih tho hile of tho jprojwsed l'dwaid II. Ilarrimmi university wan hunt n Mrs. E. II. Harrimnii at Ardcu, New York, Tuesday, and a reply in a wail ed with much intercut. The telegram after recitinjr tho natural ailvniituKC" of thirt valley HibVc of Sir. llarn muii'ri oxprcHsed tclicht with Med ford and Iho hiirroiuidiiiK territory. Tho telegram wan signed hy Mayor W. II. Canon, President Colvig of the Commercial luh, and K. V. Hetrkivilh, president of tho Univciily flub. Srs. Ilnriinau was nwked to exprchH her I ilea miro in the matter. "The litihiuesH men of Medford Ktnnd ready to give 100, f00 or 1000 acres of land and $2.'.,()0(l or i.'iO.OOO with which to improve it, if Mrs. Har riinan will he influenced hy such an offer," states I)r.4J. F. Reddy, who is fathering the movement. "I have had a largo number of them come to mo and volunteer their aid financial ly or otherwiho, if it be needed. We can well afford to make such mi of fer as the building of 'greatcht uni versity in tho world menus the pour ing out t milliom.OT'buildiiipj, im provement of grounds, equipment and tho like. It may he that Mrs. Har riuimt will not reqtiiro a bonus but if so wo will give one." Hii8iuo.sk men generally throughout tho city are rallying to the move. Medford has struck ono of her gaits, Hint has made her a leader of prog ressive cities. Utilizing Worn-out Warships LlNOGRIMQf M MMMW Ml- I - ! i-lH ft f rf If ill 1 il I I JiVE mi $A "" 1? iiillH HARRY KNIGHT NERVOUS WRECK Driver of Racing Car in 500 Mile Speed Test is Kept Under Influ ence of Opiates May Never Drive Another Racer. HAN DIKCJO, Cal, May 31. KoU lowing Iho execution of Captain Kriui- cIhoo VIj-.ii at HiihiIho, It wiih learned today Unit (leucral Pryeo and ltl alile, Catitaln Melvln HopUlim weio mlHHlng riom (ho camp. Whether 1'rjeo hud left llio ioIioIh for gcmil, whether ho hud gone tu Iho I.oh ArtgolOK Junta on IniHlnesH r whether lio had met with foul piny wiih niiOHtlonod by bin iiuju. It was gunorally lielleved Unit I'ryco Iiiih Kono to I.oh Aiigoles. Mont of tln vvhlto ofrieorrt of his Torre, It wiih re nin led. also hail loft camp, l'ryeo mid IiIh orrieors, It wiih mild, hud Umrneil they weio to bo lephieod by Mexicans. VIiih' oxeoulloii was nulto diniu- alle. Ho wiih led lo Iho bills near Tin Jiuina at huiiiIho and shot by MoxleuiiH, "1 am nrrald or AmeileaiiH," wild llio oniiiloninoil mull "ami I rnfllHO to bo shot down by wblto nion." V MoxleuiiH cninpoHod tho firing hiiuikI. Ho Jouroil at IiIh oxecutlonoiH. Tho rlfloH rruoluxl mid Vln foil forward, a hiiiIIo oi) bin face, 11 Ir body wnR Htlll lyliif at noon wlioio It foil. WINDOWS USED AS ;T BILLBOARD I'ioiiiIhwiis advortlblng of ones biiHlnoKH by jilarlng Htlekors on doors mid windows In the lumlneHB district Is becoming a favorite nnd of tho snmo time dangerous custom for thoso en gaged In It. i:ory morning for tho past week ono or moro show windows ro plast ered with red, blue and other cqlorod paHtorH and tho merchants nro having cousldernblo difficulty in keeping tho storo fronts pieseiitablo. Thoro Is no difficulty In finding out Iho Identity of tho parties txiiiBorned ns tho niiino Is usunlly nulto prom inent In tho advertising sqhoiuo. Tho vmioiiH sign boards about bo city aro morn apiu-oprliito for ndvortlsliig tliiiu thojilucoH now used. Repnlrinrj Linos. i ij Kb I'ASO, Toxim, Rrny ,'U. That tho Southern Paeifio line, washed out by (doudhnrst ISO milos oast of hero, would bo ready to resume traf fic! today was Iho expectation of tho offioials of tho road horo. Five miles of traok woro carried away by a iilondburet mid traffiu was completo ly tiod up, INDIANAPOMS, Ind.. Mny 31. A nervous wreck after tho torrlblo strain of yestorday's G00 mllo auto mobile race, Harry Knight, who drove tho Wcstcott car, was under tho In fluence of ophites today. Although Knight was uultijurod yesterday, tho strain on bis nerves wns too sovero for him, nnd nftor tho race wns end ed bo collapsed. Today It Is predict ed that ho will never bo nblo to drive Another racing car. Ills physicians fenr bo mny suffor a parmanont breakdown of tho nerves. Tho men Injured In tho raco yes tordny nro resting onslly this nfter noon. Archlo Orelnor, whoso Aniplox wns dnshed fro nitho track following n tiro explosion, v. as Improved today nnd his physicians believe ho will surely recover. Tho body of his mechanician, S. V. Dickson, klllod In tho Biuno nccldent, wns shipped to Chi cago. The Newport oiicu a celelirotcd gunboat. NEW YOKK. Juno 31. Eighty able youths fu,ll of the call of tho sea, were on board the Newport, a one time gunboat in the United States Navy, which left to begin Its annual cruise of four months. Tho vessel Is now used by the Board of Education as a training school designed to fit young men for the merchant marine. Relatives and friends gave the young men good advice, countless articles for personal use and a rousing and lingering send off. The school ship Is officered by retired men from the navy: Captain, Harry. Mason, Dotnbaugh; Chief Engineer, Claronce H. Matthews; Execu tive, Officer Follx Gross; Senior Instructor Charlea.E Morgan, and Junior Instructor. Derthold Ackerman. The bodily ills of the boys will bo looked after by Dr. Richard A. Warner, U. S.N. The party will travel between ten thousand and eleven thousand miles, before returning. September 2S. Tbcy will visit twenty places along the Sound, the New England coast, going as far north as Halifax, N. S and making a run to Hamilton, Ber muda, and calling at Southern ports during July and August, coming back and making a second visit to Sound and Now England points, Boston and Portland, Me.; Fort Monroe, Annapolis and New London will be a few of tho places visited. MAY MAKE EAGLE SCREAM JULY 4 Mass Meeting Called for Tonight to Discuss Plans for Observing Un cle Sam's Birthday All Are Urged to Attend. MISS AGNES H0BS0N DIES ON JACKSON CREEK Agues Uobhon, the 17-yeiir daugh ter of Mrs. Lucy llobson, died at the family homo on a.lekson creek, at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. She is sur vived by three sisters, Mrs. Ijillic Gil bert of Rainier. Or.; Mrs. Einnm Grot 'of Vinn.Oal., and Hiuol llobson of Jacksonville; two brothors, James llobson of Redding, On)., mid Harry llobson of Jacksonville mid ono half sister, Ruth Armstrong, of Galves ton, Texas. Tho fuuural will bo hold from tho homo ata 10 o'eloek Thursday morn ing, Interment will bo in Jackson ville, ooinotory,. John Perl 1ms ohargo of thu fuuoral arrnngomonta, Tho glorious old bird of freedom mny havo his tall tweaked In Medford on tho coming Fourth of July and mighty screams of patriotism may ascend In volumno nevor before ap proached. The matter will bo decid ed at a mass meeting of citizens to bo hold tonight in tho rooms of tho real estato exchange to which nil patriotic Americans residing in this city nro in vited nnd urged to attend. AVIATOR SMEN NOWJN CITY Work of Setting Up Biplane Begins Grounds Are Examined Plane Hero is New Ely Will Arrive on Friday Evening. ROME. May 31. Archbishop Keano of Dubuque, lovvn hns resign ed to accept appointment ns titular archbishop of a qcq which hns not yet been designated. Tho blplano used by Aviator Eugeno Ely arrived in Medford Tues day afternoon and Wednesday two of Ely's mechanicians arrived and Im mediately went to tho ball park with Court Hall and a thorough examina tion of tho grounds was made In pre paration for determining tho starting nnd landing points nud tho gcueral direction of Iho flights. The blplano Is said to bo now nud while similar In design to thoso gen erally used by Ely has never been used except for trial flights. Great interest is being shown by tho peoplo of tho surrounding country. P. LINDLEY IS LAID AT REST Th'o funeral of Georgu I', hiudlcy, at ouo lime county treasurer of this county, president of tho First Trust & Savings bank of Klamath Falls and a director in tho Jackson County bank was held from tho family resi dence, 10H North Roosovojt avenue nt 10 o'eloek Wednesdny morning, in terment being hold in tho Odd Fel lows cemetery. Tho services wore woll nt tended and thero were numer ous beautiful floral offorings. Rev. Rolknap of tho Methodist Episcopal church, directed tho last- rites, Tho pall bearers were R. II. Whitehead, V. J. Kmorick, V. H. Canon, J. W. Siemens, W. I. Vnwter nnd D. II. Dunseom. Mr, nud Mrs. King of Nebraska TRAIN DERAILED TWO ARE DEAD DETROIT, Mich., Mny 31, Michi gan Central West bound express No. 9 was derailed near Rldgotown, On tario today. Tho engine turned ovor, killing Engineer Qululoii and Fire man Oakos. Their bodies wero crom-ated. VANCOUVER, Wash., May :U. The annual garrison review at Van couver barracks was held today. Tho troops wero reviowed by Colonel Georgo K. McGunneglo, commanding officer of the post. Colonel James Rogers, First infantry, 'unnssiguod, was in command of thu soldiers. CHANGE S N E ROAD WAR TO WASHINGTON Harriman and Hill Lines Will Next Engage in Railroad Building War fare in North Central Washington According to Report in Portland. HARRIMAN FORCES HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME ACTIVE Surveys Are Being Followed Up hy Right of Way Parties Has J Been Hill Territory. U PORTLAND, Or., May .11. That North Central Washington will bo tho , noetic of the next big railroad build ing war between the Ilarrimnn anF Hill force is reported here todajv The report is based on activity shown by the Harriman forces in Washing ton under the guidance of R. E. Strahoni, general malinger of tho Third district of tho O. V7. R. & N. company, with hendqunrters in Spok ane. General Mnnnger J. P. O'Brien of the first district with hendrpinrtcrs in this city said today that any ac tivity on the part of the Ilarrimnn system along the Upper Columbia, above the confluence of the Snako River could come nndcr Strahorn's jurisdiction. Surveys were mnde by tho Harri man people ntong the Upper Columbia some time ngo into the territory which so far has been covered ex clusively by the Great Northern. That theso surveys will be followed up soon by the right of way and even tually jrojibtruction .ccewjija novy pre- dieted. ' North Central Washington con tains 11,000 squnre miles of which 5,500,000 acres arc said to be suiti'd for agricultural purposes. About ono fifth of this enormous area is. now under cultivation nnd producing a tonnage that is said to be ono of tho richest resources of the Great North ern. It is Ibis tounnge nnd tliat to bo develoed by further railroad building that the Ilarrimnn peoplo would shore. ATTORNEYS TO DEFEND C0NNERS AND MAPLE LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 31. The attorneys engnged by the Iron workers' union to conduct the do fense of the McNamara brothers will also look after the interests of B. II. Connors and A. B. Mnple, indicted by the grand jury, in coiiuectiou with the attempt to dynamite the hall of records building hero last September. This fact become known through a visit of Attonioy Job Harriman to tho cells of Conners and Maple. Chief Deputy District Attorney llorton de clared today that Conners and Ma ple would probably bo tried before tho McNamara brothers. Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the McNumaras, will leave this after noon for San Francisco to confer with labor leaders there. From San Francisco he will go to Indianapolis to investigate ovidoneo unearthed by Attorney Leo Rnpp.i-port. MAN PARDONED BY TAFT IS WITNESS IN CASE LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 31. When tho trial of Atloruoy Fred II. Thompson charged with having re ceived stolen niouoy, was resumed to day, Orlando Alterre, tho postoffico dork, who wns pardoned by Presi dent Tuft after being convicted of perjury and embezzlement of .$15,000 again took tho stand. Alton o has testified tha.1 ho told Thompson of tho theft and that ho also icvealed to him tho hiding place of tho first .fSOOO ho took from tho postoffico. Today's testimony dealt with tho ro maining .f 10,000, all of which,' tho prosecution claims, Thompson so cured from Altorro as attorneys fees. Sunstar Wins, woro present, Mrs. King being u sis tor of Mr, Iandloy. Tho Jackson County bnuk was olosod during the sorvices. EPSOM DOWNS, England, May 31.- J. B. Joel's Sunstar, the most . heavily backed favorite in yours, won Iho Doiby today, under an overcast ' t sky, n crowd cheoring the winner na ' ho flashed under tho wiro in tho . great English turf classic a i r