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PGE TWO m Wfl LOCAL AND PERSONAL John 8. Orth, ciiRlilor ot tho Mod ford National bank, wns a roconl Portlnnil visitor. W, C. Green nnd h. A. t.ockwood nro among llio readouts of Mcdfonl who have heen dolus business nt tho metropolis lately, Mr. and Mrs. M. Demtner, who live noulhwoRt ot Jacksonville, were nmoiife 'their Medford relatives and friends rOno day this week. Ooranulms in 2 mid 3 Inch pots,; while (hoy Inst nt fiO cents per dozen. Medford ' Greenhouse. Phono 3741. ' lflO Mrs. ' Gordon Stout has returned from a visit with relatives living In Poormnn'8 Creek district. If. h. Womacks, who Is extensively Interested In mining In the southern part of Josophlno county, was In Medford n few dnys since, whllo on his way to Jacksonville. Mitchell & Bocck make lcclesa re frigerators that keep your butter and milk in perfect condition without Ice. Geo. Hownrd, Jr., Is visiting his former homo niter nn absence of seven yenrs. Ho has become a ma chinist and Is employed in ono ot tho extensive establishments ot San Francisco, See It. A. Holmes, Tho Insurance Man, over Jackson County bank. Fred. Dlakely of Roseburg and Portland Is In tho valley. He is lioro on business connected with tho Sterling mine In which ho Is a stockholder. Mr. Dlakely states that something will bo doing at tho big placer mine, which has laid Idlo for a long time, in tho near future. Gcranulms in 2i nnd 3 inch pots, while they last at GO cents per dozen. Medford Greenhouse. Phono 3741. 100 John Devlin nd his wife ot Apple gate pioneer residents of our valley are visiting relatives residing at Portland and forest grove. W. H. Goro has been making a business visit to Portland and Seat tle. Carkln & Taylor (John IL Carkln, Glenn O. Taylor), attorpoys-at-law, oror Jackson County Bank Bldg., Medford. ' ' James Itcilly of Portland, the Southern Pacific detective made a trip to Medford recently. " Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wright and Mrs'. Clarn Moulder have been visit ing in Portland. Medford Hardware for garden hose. E. D. Weston and J. W. Antlo mot ored to Portland during tho past week and had a successful trip. Y. H.SMlen and F. M. Smith of Sterling transacted business in Medford a few days since. Tho for mer was accompanied homo by Chas. Craig, his father-in-law. Head lettuce at tho Plnecroft gar J. D. Olwell. Dr. J. F. Reddy, E. Hafer, Howard Dudley wcro among tho many who motored to Jackson ville during the w4k. Call II. C. Brown, 425 Holly for plumbing and beating. Phono 2121. 115 George H. Durham of Grants Pass was in Medford recently on profes sional business. A. S, Roscbaum spent Thursday morning at tho county seat on busi ness. A fine driving horse, large, sound and gentle, for salo at a reasonable price. Address "Falrvlcw," Jackson ville. Rardons Bakery now delivers Ices and ico cream to any part of tho city. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stlmson of this city are ramping at Ashland' at tending Chautauqua. C. II. Btono of ' Willow Springs spent Thursday In this city. ' Harry Williamson ot Eaglo Point was lu Medford Thursday on busi ness. Charles M. Boynton who has been spending several months In South ern California has returned to Med ford for a abort business visit, R. II. Bradshaw Is visiting the Klamath Country. Weeks & McGowan Co. UNDERTAKERS Day Phoae 2271 Night rhone F. W. Weeks 2071. A. E. Orr, M02. LADJT ASSISTANT. James Kershnw of Antelope was In Medford Thursday on business. Messrs. Rlppey, Smith and John son returned from Rogun River to day with a record catch of fish. They had ono salmon weighing over 20 pounds. George Davis has returned from n business trip to Butto Falls where he went to look after tho interests of the bank In that town ot which lib Is the president. Grain nnd alfalfa hay for salo nt Oakdale Park addition. See W. II. Everhand, 909 West Ninth Btreot, phono CG71. Senator Von dor Hollon of Wcllen was a recent visitor In Medford. Bob Bragdaw has returned from a short stay at Ashland. H. II. Brown of Grants Pass spent Thursday In Medford boosting for tho mining congress to bo held at tho Pass next week. Telephone 371, Rardons Bakery for cake, Ices and Ice cream; prompt delivery. George E. Sanders of Grants Pass haB returned home after a short business visit In Medford. Louis G. Samuel of Woodville was a recent visitor in Medford. Deputy gamo warden, Art C. Bur gess nas returned from a trip down Rogue River with Sam Sundry. Great slaughter on hata nt the Home millinery, ,10'21 West Ninth street. 96 Thomas Lewis of Ruch was a re cent visitor lu this city. D. S. Wilson of Trail Is visiting Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Evers of Ashland aro spending a few days with friends In this city. Brick ice cream, all kinds nnd colors. Rardons Bakery; phone 371'. Prompt delivery. ' O. T. Rlchey, an' attorney from Tucson. Arizona, Is in tho city with a view to locating here. Toggery Bill Isaacs has returned from a trip to Portland. R. T. White, who has had chargo of the Ballacalla smelter has gone to Chcely 'to take a position at the Brad en Copper mines. El Soudan, Medford Cigar Store. 112 C. R. Davis of Talent spent Thurs day In Medford disposing of farm products. J. H. Ryan of Central Point was a recent Medford visitor. Henry D. Reed of Gold Hill was a recent visitor in Medford. The Southern Methodist church will give a lawn social Friday oven ing at the cower of Oakdalo and Main. The public is most cordially invited. Big salo on willow plumes, at Home millinery, 1021 West Ninth street. 96 J. II. Butler and family have left for a month's trip outing near Butte Falls. It. Valentino of the Jackson County bank Is spending bis, vacation in Klamath County. H. M. Mclntyro of Derby waa a recent visitor In Medtord. H. D. Mills ot Butte Falls was a recent Medford visitor. Mr. and Mrs. George II. LIU of Chicago are vlsitinjf Mr. and Mra. John D. Olwell of this city. Miss Ethel Hazelrlgg has left to join her parents Mr. and Mrs. C.'d. Hazelrlgg In San Francisco. Earl Mlnear of Griffon Creek spent Thursday In Medford, C. J, liurk, formerly in chargo or tho Creater National forest, now as sistant district forester is visiting Medford. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Do Armond have been visiting relatives In GranU Pass. ..'.Th.py made the trip by automobile. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFQUD, ORMGON, THURSDAY, .1 UliY lit. 1!)l I. .- 'i " . , WHY PURDY LOST ERMINE WASHINGTON, I). C, July U. Milton Purdy, formerly assistant at torney and known ns a buster of trusts testified before tho Hardwlck sugar Investigating today that ho did not know why tho department of Jus tice nnd failed to prosecute tho sugar trust for closing tho Pennsylvania refinery at Philadelphia. Purdy said the prosecution was nt first delayed because Attorney Gen eral Moody was preparing to go to tho supremo court bench. It was later discussed with Charles J. Bona parte, then attorney general, who did not know tho prosecution had been dropped. Purdy said he gnvo Bona parte to understand thnt ho thought the government had a strong case. At this point Congressman Baker of California asked: "Was It after this expression of willingness to prosecute the case that you were nominated to become a ITnlt.Ml Stntos tiidcn? "Yes," said Purdy. "Do you remember," asked Raker, "the names of the members of tho Judiciary committee which did not approve of your appointment?" "Yes; they were Nelson and Over man." "Well," remnrked Raker "then 1 guess we will let the people Judgo for themselves why you were not appointed; to my mind It Is clearly shown that It was because of your fearlessness." APPLICATION MADE" -TO EXTRADITE WILDE SAOUAMKNTO. C.l , July l!. -Application waa made today nt the governor's offlco for (tin extradition to Oregon of Louis J. WHdo of San Diego who Is wanted In Portland for alleged embezzlement In tho salo lu 1907 of stock In thnt city for tho Omaha Independent Telephone Com pany. A hearing will be had beforo tho governor ou his return from Berk eley, when Attorneys C. A, Sumner and Edgar A. Luce of San Diego will contest tho Issuance ot th'n papers. Wilde, It l said, clalins'tho whole operation Is an effort to get him In Portland where a number of civil suits would be brought against him, all ot them, he alleges, nro ground less. OREGON HAS ONE-EIETH OF TIMBER IN COUNTRY i BASEBALL BITS. I I ESTIMATE OF FIRE SLAIN 1000 (Continued From Pago One) Fans, do you remember the Mount Angel game? Xext Sunday's game with the Portland team will lie nn othcr like it. Medfohl will have a bunch ol hard hitters in their lineup Sunday This boy Scaiunn is some hitter, lit only brought in eight runs for the Klamath Falls team July 4. Scamai will play left field, Antel not boinj: able to return from Seattle in time to participate in the game. The boys will practice again Fri day evening. In Tuesday eveningV praetice the boys had n good work out. Crews was all to the good. Ilit fielding in practice was the best ever seen on the Medford diamond. Rudy SUiiltx worked oUt nicely w second and was aIo hitting the ball niedy. Rudy feels at homo on tin second bag. Taylor received sonio nice compli ments from the Weed team, in the manner ho handled himself nrouiii1. (ho first sack. The position is new to him, but take a tip aflcr he geti used to the position he will be hard to beat anywhere. Say what do you think of this line up for next Sunday's game: First base, Taylor; second base, Sehultz or Wrecklcr; shortstop. Crews; third base, Williams; right field. Gill; cen ter field, Isaacs; left field, Seaman; catcher, Wilson; pitchers, Burgess and Brngaw. Manager Hall nnd the ball boys think it is mighty nice in the band boys to '(urn out and help in tho ben efit game next Sunday. They extend their thanks in advance, and sotiu future time may be to nble to return tho compliment. The ball teams ami Medford band will leave Hotel Nash corner at 1:15 p. in., and march to tho "bull grounds. SALEM. Ore., July 13. That Ore gon contains ono fifth of tho stand Ink timber of the United States; that the timber Is estimated worth $500, 000,000; thnt one third of tho stumpageof tho state Is the national forest; that more' than 526,000,000 Is expended in Oregon annually be cause of tho lumber Industry, but that fires destroyed $23,000,000 worth of timber Inst year, aro some of striking facts brought out lu a now bulletin Just issued by stato for ester F. A. Elliott. The publication takes up tho pro blem of forestry and discusses It from an economic point of view. Twenty thousand copies will bo dls trlbuted. FOREST FIRES . STILL RAGING DETROIT, Mich,, luly 13. -Throughout Northern Michigan this afternoon tho forest tiro situation Is still HorloiiH. Throo towna hnvo been wiped out and four partially destroy ed. Four corpses have been recover ed and scores of supposed victims aro still missing. There Is still no real ground on which to base an osttnmto o( tho total number of casualties hut they nro not thought to exceed twenty five. A number of towns In the .Met district nro threatened by tho flnmeii which nro still unchecked. Tho village of Waters was mil entirely destroyed. It was saved af ter $1,000,000 damage had been done. Tho cyclonic wind this afternoon which swept tho state tmlmlddcd nnd conditions aro nnoto favorable for lighting tho flames. Twenty-one counties in the noitli em end of the lower peninsula haw been swept by the flume, accord ing to the reMirt of Fire Wnrdon Onies. t'H44 Campbell & Baumbach MORTGAGE LOANS, COUNTY WARRANTS CITY AND SCHOOL BONDS Money on hand nt all timoa to loan on improved ranches and fruit land. PHONE 3231. 320 GARNETT-COREY BLDG., LA F0LLETTE CALLS TAFT BETRAYER OF PARTY (Continued from PaKO 1.1 STOCK BROKER ARRESTED FOR FORGED SECURITIES '' 'I nun i rk-m i junrc . ma Undertaker and Einblmer Succei lor to tho undertaking do-' ! partmont of Modford Furnlturo Co. ; ! i Ql flco with Mcdfonl Furniture Co. I ; Toippuones: way, Boll 361;.: ; John A. Port, residence, Dell 4111,; w. fv. juuo.iiu aoui. j. i-i. mill ,.t.....fyyfywffWWW Ier 8571. i AMBULANCE SEItVICM safety on the steamer Golden City " K'Hiff oi iear-irenziea foreigners riiHhed the boats moored nt the wharf nnd throw the other passen gers overboard. Joseph Gardiner, druggist rose to the occasion and with a revolver backed the foreigners away until tho women and children wero safe. When the town of Golden City was threatened many men refused to fight tho flames. Constable Pjercy, how ever, held them to the fire lines and nt gunpoint forced them to work tin til the town was saved. GRAYLING, Mich., July i3. Tho village of Waters, 18 miles frpm here, is a mass of smoking ruins and debris today. For miles and miles northeastern Michigan is a blackened desolation. Threo thousand persons, it)habi tnnlfj, of Waters, Oncodu and AuSa ble, nro homeless. Scores are miss ing from Oscoda and AuSable, aiid it is impossible to gain an accurate estimate of tho fatalities. pi. ,.:).,:.., i. .'. , : i- .lu.. IlI'ltcM1 (nilnv. Mm firn Imviim Kiirmul itself out in' tho vicinity of the ruined Krf,t," towns. Hawkins tor Health. PORTLAND, Or., July 13. Trncey G. Avery, once a prominent stock broker of Seattle, who is charged with operating in high finnnco circles by floating alleged forged city improve ment bonds and with issuing worth less checks, was arrested toduy at Harrison, Ida., by i'iukerton opera tives from this city. Avery's operations are said to ex tend to several cities, including Port land, Spokane, Salt Luke, Los An geles and Cleveland, Ohio. KILLS HACK DRIVER AND THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 13. After shooting and fatally wound ing Dallas Martinis, a hack driver, William Moineke caily today killed himself with the uie weupon as ho was entering tho police station in cus tody of an officer. Marquis was shot through tho head and cannot re cover. Tho two men had engaged in a fist fight late last night and about 1:J0 this' morning Mcincko sent in a call for a cab. Marquis answered the cull and the shooting followed a resumption of the quarrel. II .! WW , . I w Church Is Destroyed. ONTARIO, Cal July 13. The First Methodist church was totally destroyed by firo early today, en lulling a loss of 30,000. DolVcjve wiring, it is said, caused tho confla- thoso as the hour made them appear expedient." Concluding, LuFollettc said: Tried to Huy Pnign-.H-sUesi. "Rebuked at the olls by the elec tion of 1U10, tho president foolishly tried to buy back with jiostoffioe np pointments the support of tho prog ressives in congress, which bo had lost when he abandoned progressive iiolicics. "This reciprocity bill is cruelly un just to 33,000,0(10 people engaged in or dependent on agriculture. They are fighting for simple justice wtih their backs to the-wall. They are en titled to employ every 1 egitimate weapon against the meusure. "Joined with tho cxcctuivc in nu effort to force the reciprocity bill through congress nro tho newspu Icrsf frankly admitting their selfish interest; the railroads, the over-protected mniiufucturcrs ami practically exery trust nnd combine, backed by the Morgan influences. ApM-alH for Jiifttieo. "I have reviewed tho administra tion's record to no good purpose if I have not mndo it plain that the great issue for which Roosevelt ap pealed to the public conscience and for which the progressives have been appealing for years is not the tariff, not railway regulation, not conserva tion, it is all these, but oh, sirs, it isi the moral of these combined. It is for justice, denial, everlasting jus tice for every huninan being against organized selfishness and power. It Ms, the fij;ht of (he, plun people against confederated privilege." JAP PRESS FAVOR NEW ARBITRATION TREATY TRADING LISTLESS ON STOCK EXCHANGE NKW YORK. July III. The slock market showed very little movement at the opening today. InterborotiKli Metropolitan was tho only exception, advancing a point. Tho lint other wise was firm at about last night's level. A firm undertone kuvh an ap pearance of strength during thj morning but trading was llKtlesa. Tho market cloned firm. Honda wero steady. MEDFORD IRON WORKS V), 0. Trowbridge, Prop. FOUNDRY AND MACHINIST 'All kinds of Miigiuus, Spraying Onifils, 1'ump.s, Hoilors and "Machinery. Agonls in So. Orogon for FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. r CITV TKKASritKlt'S XOTICK Offlco of tho city treasurer. Jul 11th, 11)11. Notice Is hereby given that there are funds ou hand In tho city treas ury for tho redemption of outstnud Ing city warrants Issued against the following funds: Warrants No. 11, 12, 13, 11 and 15 on sewer district No. 11. Warrant No. 1, on lateral No. 3. Hnwor district No. 11. Interest on tho snmo will ceaso af ter tho above date. L. h. JACOHH, 97 City Treasurer. NOTICK TO AIJ CKMU.VT CON. TKACTOIIH A.VH IKJILDKItH That on and after tho first day of August. 1311 tho locnl Cement Work ers Union No. 15S will enforce tho following scnlo of wages nnd hours: for finishers 02 1-2 conta por hour, for finisher's helpers $3, GO per dny, for labors $3.00 por day, for box mix ers $3. KO per day. Hlght (8) hours to constitute n dnys work. Hours from S a. m. to 5 p. m. and time and ono hnlf for over tlmo nnd doublo time for Sundays and holidays. P. II, Mc Donald, pros.; C. W, Dam In, sec. I Hasklns for Health. For Sale 1 ACRE AND '6 ACRE TRACTS adjoining eily of jM id ford, on long tinio, o.mhv pay ments. ' ' 12 LOTS IN MEDFORD on main paved street ; cement, sidewalks anjl paving in; also sewers, water and light. Long timo, easy payments. 430 ACRES LAND, .'tfO acres alfalfa land, 80 acres fruit, land, perpetual water right with water for irrigating 1000 acres j long time, easy payments. 340 ACRES LAND, 1200 acres alfalfa land, balance, fruit land, 1 mile, from railroad, on long time easy terms. 5000 ACRES LAND in tracts of from 40 acres upwards; price $!f).0() per aero and upwards; suitable, for alfalfa, fruit, slock and general farming purposes; long timo, easv pavuieuis. 5 AND 10 ACRE TRACTS just within and adjoining city limits, at a bargain, on f annual payments. Gold Ray Realty Co. 21(JWIOST,MAIXSTinOIOT. TOKIO, July i:i.Tlio Japanese press devotes considerable space to day to comments ou uu article in the London Times advocating modifica tions of tho Ando-Japanese treaty in order to avoid conflict with I lie pro-! posed Anglo-Amencnn aibitration treaty. The comments aro mostly in sympathy with tho Times' attitude. The Tokio Asahi mid JCippon both advocate a continuance of tho Knjf lish allcgiaticu because its aim at the integrity of China and both dcclnro that modifications of tho treaty will not be difficult because Japan has no intention of engaging wtih the United States. "BET A MILLION" GATES I LIES IN THE SHADOW I'AHIS, July 13. "Hot a Million" John w. Gates, tho American million aire, is in a condition here, today that is greatly worrying his physicians. Gates passed a restless night and is palpably weaker. Hopes of his re covery, which wcro strong, today have nearly faded, IRRIGATION Nature Supplies the Land and Sunshine ; We Furnish the Water Rogue River Valley Canal Co. , FRED N. OTJMMINGS, Manager Office 3d Floor Medford National Bank Building TO CUKE A CO XX OKS SAT. Toko I.AXATIVB qilOMO Quinine Tab ids, uriicrginin reruna money ir it rail to cure. li W. WtOViyfl slenoturo Is on each box. 2fic. Hasklnu tor Health. Irrigated Orchard Tracts Land for $150 Per Acre With Perpet ual Water on Easy Terms Can. You Do Better? ROGUELANDS Inc. ' ' " ' FRED N. OUMMINGS, Manager f -, i.