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V Mf?tfti JMf- mm. MGE eight mDFOTCD MATL TRTBUNR fttEDFORD. OREGON. TTIUftSDAY, JUNE 20, 1911. " Wl i' P Ch. 6'H X IV1- I w i VAWTER WORKS FORJIGHWAYS Governor West Names Statewide Committee to Frame Good Roads Measures for Submission to the People at Next General Election. SALKM, Or., Juno 29. In order Unit the cnuso of Rood rends In Ore Kon may not lie Jeopardized by the confusion of too ninny Initiative bills, Oovornor West at the, request of nitmy prominent citizens and organ lzatloiiB of the Btnte, has named a committee representative of every county In the state to meet at an early date nnd framo n bill which will suit tho people of the state. Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Portland was named chairman of tho committee and ho Is to call a meeting at an " early date. In view of the fact that tho state grange has a good roads committee appointed, tho members of the grange conunlttco wcro placed on the gov ernor's committee with the end In view of gaining tho co-opcratlon of tho grange In this general state-wide committee. The Oregon Development league Is also working on the roads problem, and C. C. Chapman will be nsked to co-operate with tho state committee In framing a good roads measuro which will meet with the general approval of the people. Whether this committee shall Initiate a bill or submit one to tho next leg islature will be left to the commit tee. In tho event an appointee Is un able to attend the committee meet ing he will be asked to name some one to act In his stead. The personnel of tho state wide committee follows: :IH Men on Committee. Claude McCulloch of Baker county. Richard Kiger, Denton; C. E. Speuce. Clackamas; J. K. Gratke. Clatsop: "V. D. Pluo. Columbia; H. B. Bedilllon, Coos; E. B. Thrift, Curry; T. M. Baldwin. Crook; Dexter Rice. Doug las; J. E. Laycock. Grant; tuwara Dunn, Gilliam; J. F. Malone. Har ney; A. I. Mason. Hood River; W 1. Vawter, Jackson; R. G. Smith, Jo sephine;. Judge Baldwin, Klamath; B. Daly, Lake; I. H. .Bingham, Lane; J. F. Stewart, Lincoln; C. L. Shaw. Linn; V. W. Thomlinson. Malheur; J, H. Albert, Salem: Sam Van Vactor, Morrow; A. C. Smith, L. R. Webster. W. C. Bristol, C. H. Prall and L. S. Bates, Multnomah; If. Herschberg, Polk; H. W. Strong. Sherman: Rollle W. Watson. Tillamook; Leon Cohen, Umatilla; Dr. Hall, Union; Jay Dob bin. Wallowa; T. J. Cooper, Wasco: W. S. Hollis, Washington; James Wil son, Wheeler, and II. E. Gelss, Yam hill. Salcin-Portlnnd Convict Ilond. Governor West also named a com mittee of three, composed of George F. Rogers of Salem, Grant Dimick of Oregon City and 0. T. Prall of Port land, to devise ways and means for utilization of convict labor in con struction of a public highway from Salem to Portland. Members of the committee represent tho three coun tios through which tho highway will run and they are to co-operate with the respective county courts. "Tho building of such a highway would demonstrate what could be douo with convict labor," said the governor today. "Tho reason for se lecting this particular piece of road 1b mainly that It would connect the atato canltal and tho stato metropo lis and Is close to the convict labor, which is to be used. Besides tho road from Salem to Portland is as bad as any road in tho state with equal nmount of traffic. The kind of road to bo built is to be loft to the committee," 21 VA6S YIELD SI .1 5 AJLT06ETHER Bunch of Hoboes Rounded Up, Given Breakfast and Marched Out of Town Found Slccpinn In Box Cars and Alleys and Ordered to Leave. BUSINESS IN PLEASED WITH MINERAL HILL Tlio biibine.sg men of tho city who vifaitcd the. property of the Sterling Gold Quartz Miniiif; ami Milling company on Miuernl Hill, returned to tills city Wednesday evening well pleased with wlmt they wnv during their inspection trip, They vibiled tho buverul tunnels which Imvo been openod on tho property and viowed by ciindlo light the ledge from which ore runniiiL' ovor iK000 was found. Thov nil state Unit thoy believe tho work is being carried on in n scien tific imiuner and will brine; results. Tliey aro nio&t optimistic regarding tho outlook. Thohii who inudq the trip Wednes day wore A. II. Davis, W. II. Meeker, W. 1). Alien, W. II. Canon, S. h. Hen- iiutt, sr., 15. C. Ireland, H. W. Gibson, W. Harlholomow, H. II. Whitehead, II. C, Corlies, h. K. Hoover, C. C. Hoov or, V, J. Newman, II. N. Moe, H. I Hay and II. II. Lorimer. HaskliiB for Health. " Although lm:tiip4t conditions seem to be improving the money market K tightening up, there being little of the "filthy" in circulation. At least that is the conclusion reached by Mayor Canon .sit tine; n police judge Thurs day morning. Twenty-one vugs had been rmiudcM and on the entire bunch ho found jut .$1.10. In other words the general average of coin in circu lation on South Front is ."'. cents per capita. N'one of the men were drunk when rounded up by the police they were common vug on which n war of extermination as fr as Mcdfonl is concerned has been declared. Mayor Canon hesitated to tnke the coin nwnv from them ai thoy all wanted n bite to eat. So the men were herded in a body by (he cop o an entim: house nnd there given a cup of cof fee nnd a bit of bread, then herded out of the city. The men wore found leepiii" in different box car and alleys of the city without funds and out of a job. These men must go, stated the city official a few days p, mid there fore thev were rounded up and then ".shooed"' down thet nicks. LURE CAR TO MCEJIG ONES Jimmy Corrigan Will Enter Cadillac Thirty In Free tor All and Says Hi Will Put the Big Cars to Shame On Monday. NEVER KISSED ONKISSED BRIDE Jimmy Carrlgan will dvUo a Cad lilac thirty lit the class and free-for- all races on July 3. While this entry lias cars of great er horsepower to contend with In the free-for-all, he Is confident of win ning first money. Corrigan remarked today that horsepower nnd skilful driving don'l worry him. It's tho merits of the Cadillac that he looks to In Califor nia ecry record has been taken by a Cadillac, and while a great many think this Is a specially built racing car, he feels that any of the stock cars can hold their own. Work on the course has been delay ed, but the committee promises to have everything In good shape in time for the races. All persons not hav ing business on these roads are re quested not to trawl them after the work has begun on tho course, as the workmen will have all thoy can do to get the road3 in shapo and the driv ers will not race unless tho course is in good condition. Several now racers have been In terested and as soon as their entrance fees are posted their names nnd cars will be made public. Great Interest is being taken In the motorcycle races, and the committee has succeeded In getting some nttrac I tlvo prizes. Entries can be made every evening after S o clock to the genera' I committee at J. W. Dressler's office I Entries for the boys' bicycle race may TO PAVE EAST MAIN ST. SOON North Central Will Be Open In Time to Accommodate the Fourth of July Visitors Going to Race Track. The city has u ertsv of men at work on Kiist Main strccttuking up the old wooden water main which was re placed with east iron. As soon s the erew completes its work the Clark vV llenerv Coiisti action eoiupauv wilt stmt grading preparatory to paving The .streets in (jiiccu Anne have, ul reudv been graded and the work of hiving the concrete base will shut in the immediate ttiturc. The paving of Ninth Central live nue has been nearly completed and the street will be thrown open to traf fic before Monday so that the crowds visiimg uie nice track inning tne Fourth of July celebration will have a hard surfaced street to travel on clear to the field in which the race track has been constructed. The ki ing company has completed the use of powder on South Orange street where considerable shooting was necessary owing to the depth of the cut and the eeuu'iit formation I he work of paving the street will follow in the near future. Work i progressing rapidly on me old con- inici which wni ne cotupicicii la in tier pait of .Inly. SEND STOCKS HIGHER NKW YOUR) Juno an. Tim tone of today's stock market was stronger at tho opening. Yciderdiiy'M heavy sell, lug was not lemnued ami tho lower nitiRC of prices then established at ti acted a moderate amount of buying, which forced pi lees up generally. Op tlmlHtUi reports from the went of nop prospects and Indications of a further liuprovemeut In the Iron and Nteel situation helped tho market, Americ an Tobacco pioferied ioho t t-t, Am erican Kineltlug I !IS and Union I'u clric, Houthorn I'aclrlc, Heading ami Lehigh Valley I. Tito market uIomhI strong, HoiiiIh vytuo rli'in. 1MTTSIIUHO. - HonurilH paid limn Hie l'euns,lvanla railroad employes' icllef fund for May leached iiIiiiihI $'J(H),()00. LORIMER WAS CHOICE. NEW YOKK. June 29. That Mrs., be made at the same place, Edlth Gambler, the "unkissed bride" of Edward Gambler, who is suing her I banker husband for divorce here, did! not -even enjoy reported osculation' with Harvey Sickler, the millionaire j head of the Atlantic Fertilizer trust,! was regretfully testified to today by, that person. Replying to questions as to the re ported favors extended him by Mrs. Gambler, Sickler said that "Mr. King of Nashville, a business and personal MANLEY NABBED IN EASTERN STATE E. H. Manley, who Is wanted In this city on a charge of obtaining money friend," asked him to look after the i under false pretenses, has been ap comfort of Mrs. Russell, his daughter, ' prehended at Martinsburg, Ind., ac and Mrs. Gambler, and he did so. He cording to information reaching Con placed an automobile at their dlspo- stable SIngler. sal and the women used It. "Any Manley Is wld to have sold a piece statement," said Sickler. with empha- of property, not his own and to have sis. that he had entertained Mrs. given a bogus deed for it. Other Gambler alone, embraced or kissed money transactions with which ho her, was a deliberate falsehood. was connected are said to be shady G. W. SLATER & CO. BUILDERS and CONTRACTORS are prepared to give you better figures on buildhig than you arc used to in Medt'ord. AVe guarantee both work, materials and satisfaction. Some of the Many Reasons Why We Handle The FAMOUS RUBERQID ROOFING Twenty Years of Service Protection Against Fire Manufactured in Attractive Colors A One-Piece Roof Costs Little to Lay (Continued from Paea 1.) "At midnight Aid rich returned nnd said the president had MiggcMed th.it Lorimer be the enuilidate. Ho sug gested that I telephone Lorimer. I accordingly telephoned that I had just talked with Aldrich who had vis ited the president mid that both were anxious that lic-he'a candidate. "Lorimer was surprised when I mentioned the" president. Hu nsked that Aldrich send a telegram con firming what I had said, which he conld show to Governor Deueen. 1 wax authorized to. hdid it nnd I.ori mer said: 'We'll Head it.' I sent the mesMige; that, win the. day bofoie Lorimer wni elected." Hines filed ns nnr exhibit n receipt for the telephone message. It cov ered five minutes nnd tho hill was .f8.7."i. The call was given as nt 12:10 the day Lorimer wiih elected. Toggery Wins August Belmont's Horse "TOGGERY" Today won the Plantation Plate at Newmarket - An so it is in Medford TOGGERY is always in the lead Toggery Bill Of Course Medford's Exclusive Shop for Men tortMMMMMMWWMMMmMtoftWMft f I Only a Few More Days of the Clearance Sale at AHRENS , RUBER01D (atouiiBta iv v. . ririKi otuci) lie ture to look for till rrgUUred trademark which i ttampetl every four feet on the und.r tide of all genuine Ilubcrold. 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