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"cW"" ,M,a' MEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE SECOND EDITION WEATHER Italn, Max. JO, nilii. ttt, n, liiiin. I) I, preclp, ,17 lucli Dally lllxtu Yrnr. Korty-Kltwl Vciir. MEDFORD, ORHOON, FRIDAY, nWKAlHEIt 22, 1911. tfo. 235. I MAY LOSE HIS HEAD I 4 HOLIDAY NUMBER. WANT NAMES OF NEEDY NY ON MR MAN WO OK ' "0 FT mm WAS EXPENDED ON ROADS IN 1911 County Roail Ennlnccr Harmon Makes Report o( Road Expenditures liy Jackson County Durlnu This Sea sonWork Durlnn December Llojit. $77,308.07 FOR NEW WORK; $40,007.50 FOR BRIDGES County Supervisors Pay Out $57,- 282.74 In Their Various Districts. County Itoiul Engineer Harmon linn inmli) llui following report of wad cxpenditiiro by .luckMiiu county dur ing llui procnt your up to Ihwiiiher 1. TIiIk mouth' o.xpendlturos n re light mill will not materially change the figure. Machinery bought by roiul depart uiuiit durintr 11)11 : Two woodwiw outfit, .(I00; two Hinnll 1'ort Wityiio rock nnmhr-r, SMIUIIUIfl; two Buffalo. Pitt haqliug min'iiio Mini II Buvoii-ynnl earn, Slfi, IM.llfl; two upriukliug tit TilH, com plete, 781.f:i; ono No. T AiiMliu gy rnlory oriihliur, complete, $1120 1.AO; ono Iturrnlti Hlmiin roller, .:il.')0; tov m KIiik grader, f1,r drugs, two rcolnniution ditcher, $1281. Total, .:i'J,ri8'i.ltl. Rond Iniilt during 1011. AmIiIiiimI nmd, 1.5 uilliw, ( molt 1(1 wide, II tliitilc Total mmt, 1iim III per cent for machinery depreciation, )7I r-'.H!l: total number of utibiu yard ormdicd rook laid, fMU!; coat jut mhlu yanl or rouk in place, $1,278; qnHt par mill1 of completed road. i?lM(ifi,!IO; n vitiligo length haul of rook mill. Koto Alioul 2W per cent of thin work wiim doiu on a (I pur omit grade, i Ho I, aim rond, two mile, rock 12 finil wide, 10 int'lit'rt thick Total unit, pin 1(1 per cent macliiiiury do- prccialiou, $(VI7.;I2 ; total number of oiildo viuilw ci-indicd rock laid, IKI'J; 'out pur ouliic yard of rock in place $l,AA8; ootit per mill) of completed mail, $.VJMlt; average length ol limit of rock, fi.l mile. Divert, road, 1,ft mile, rock 12 find widu, 1(1 iucliPH thick Total cost, pliiH 10 per cent machinery deprecia tion, $7S:ilMM; total mmthor of ouliic yards onodiml rook Inid, 2(i:i."i.f; po4 pur (Hiliio yard of rock in place. $2,071; wont per mile of completed road, $f22uV12; uverugo length limit of rock, l.fi iniloN. Nolo Largo cost eaimed hy poor ipiurry, the rock he iiitr in boulder. Pronpcot road, nix inihw, -It) feet wide Total cohI, cleared, grubbed and graded, .i80 1(1.58; con! per mile, $ I Jill .01). Nole: Thin clearing was dono IIu'oiikIi heavy fir timher. Derby road, D.lll milon, cleared 110 feet wide, graded 20 feet wide; con tract to Muuoy Urns, C Total punt, ir'ill.DOI.r.l; bridges, .$2()2:i.-l(l; cost per mile, not including bridge, $2, 2(17.00. Heene Crpok road, tlirflo iiiIIoh, grud cd 20 loot wide; force, account work, Mnnoy HroH. Co. Total cost, $l 280.85; cohI per mile, :jsi.2IU)r. Flounoo rook grade, 2.5 miles, graded 20 feet widu; contract to O. II. Nntwick Co. Total post, $10, 117.81 ; cowl per mile, 77(17.12. Note Thin in a now mountain road, with heavy rook (iiiIh. IlridgoH Imill hy road dopartiuont duiiiii; 1011; Upper ItoKtio liver hridKO,' 200 truss, one Hpiin(!oulract price, .f80l)0; Hiirvey work and inspection, !28.". Total cohI, .$8285. Lower HoKiui river hi-idc, 220 .tniHH, ono Hpun Con! ruel price .$12, 000; Hiirvoy work mid inHpuction, .$185.52. Tolul cost, .$12,185.52. 1li Hullo crock lirldtfo, 80 Hpau Conlriuit price, .$!M82. Fools crcok liridKC Contract price .$1215; Hiirvey work, .$10. Total cost, .$1225. Coal nil Point hrido, rchullt, 120 Hpau Tolnl cost, $1108.0(1. flold Ilill hrido, 112 truss Hpun Conlraot price, $8181; extra work, .$2828; Hiirvey work mid iiiHiiudtion, $22(), Total cohI, $11,2:12. AinoimtH paid ,tut hy county Biipor-vlfloi-H diiriin: 1011: Dintiict No. 1, Geo. JiimoH, $.,. 722.00; tllHtriiit No. 2, J. H. Van Dyko, .$(I71!I,70; illnlrlnl wNi Jl, A. Throckiiiurliu. .$2758.70; diwlrlct No. (Coatlauoa on pane 8.) f 4- 4 4- f 4 f 4 f 4 f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 From tho Central I'olnt Her (dd. Tim Medrord Mail Trlhuno h Id iwiuo a IiIk Now Ycar'H nuinher of 2'1 pai;cH or moro which will ho devoted to ex ploiting I lie ronourcc and at traotioiiH of all parts of Jack hoii county. KolicilorH nto miikinit ii canvaH of the coun ty iutenmtiiii: tho various towiiN and eomiiiuuilioH in tnk iui; space in tho hijr nuinher for the purpose of advertis Intr their particular advaii lanei, and with excellent hiic cims. Most of (he towns have already rexorvrd npaco and it is to lie hoped Central I'oiut will join with (he others in plnciui: its advantages licfore tin puhlic. The Mail Triliuiio lias done Hplcudld work for Hum en I ire valley during tho past few years and is much more entitled to mipport than is tho OrcKoniuu, for whoso holiday nuinher local business men coutrihutt'd $15 las win ter. ttM4tn ntH la TO BESEEKINGTO T Althounh Nominally a Frco Country, In Forelnn Affairs She Is Dom inated by Turkey and Wishes to Throw Off Yoke. CONSTANTINOPLK. Doc. 22.- That Jtulnariu in Hcekiuir to Htart a war in the Mnlkaii Slates is tho cur rent belief in political circles here to. day, as the riMiilt of tracing a long t nries of dvuamito e.xplosioiiH in .Macedonia to Hiilgariau origin, and recent public threats to mncw ter rorist activities on the part of Hul 'garian bauds with headquarters in Yenidjc Vardar. Although iiiilgnria is nominally a free country in regard to the foreign affairs at least, sins is undur the domination of Turkey, and hIio has Ionic been desirous of throwing off this yoke. With her splendid stand ing anny or 200,000, declared hy ox jioiIh to he one of tho finest in the world from tho standpoint of train ing mid physique, and with Turkey at war with Italy, on uncertain terms will Austria and harrasscd over her interests in Persia, tiiu present is a most oppoiluue time, for a Bulgarian demonstration against tho Ottoman cm io re. SEES BIG FUTURE E. W. Llljerjran, Who Has Chargo of tho Work of tho Southern Oregon Million, Bureau, Is Optimistic As to Outlook. I'3. V. I.iljegrau, tho well known mining engineer and nssayer, has taken chargo of tho work of tho Southern Oregon mining bureau, with offices nt Sixth and Fir street. He has had chargo of tho Hay interests at ThIo until recently. Speaking of his new work, Mr. Liljegran said: "Yes, I am going to look after tho nssayiug mid promoting departments of tho Southern Oregon mining bu reau. ''This region has warrantable show ings of mineral to justify consider able exploitation in lode, dredge and hydraulic mining, nil sufficiently largo to justify modern cquipniont, besides tho hand drift diggings, till within caH.y transportation to rail uud market compared with tho uvor ago mining camps. "Tho bureau will list properties for sale, in all stages of development and descriplivo lniittev of ouch will bo filed for refcrouoc, together witli samples labelled and placed in cab inets for exhibition ho that any kind of mining proposition can ho scoured. "Tho Iiiii-oiui'h now (uurtbrfi at 10(1 West Sixth street aro receiving tho finishing touches and n cordial invi- BULGAR SI STAR BaLU I MINING DISTRICT DAY AND THEN IWE'LLGEIRES! So Say Shop Girls and Clerks Who .Have Been Very Busy Handllno Christmas Rush Will Reach Its Climax on Saturday. CHURCHES ARRANGE FOR APPROPRIATE SERVICES Local Stores, Decorated In Accord With the Season, Reflect Credit on Town. Ono more day and Christians shop ping for another year will he over. This week has boon n groat one for busiiKWH in the city and merchants aro well satisfied with the bubinosK they have done this year. Shopping started early, but kept growing heav ier until tho Htores the past few duyH have been crowded throughout the day. Helated shoppers arc getting in their work now, and tomorrow night the business rush will reach its cli max. Medford folks were very fortunate this year in the selection they had to cIiooho from. Local stores never before offered n greater assortment of Christmas goods and all of it was attractively displayed. Windows dec orated in accord with the season were very attractive and solved many a Christinas query as to what should bo ohoRtn for friends. The rush nt the jtostoffiro ha been heavy ami stamp sales this week have been smn'sliing records. The cxpros company has also been very busy. Medford has sent a great deal of merchandise to other slates during the past few days. Money orders have oIm formed a portion of the gifts. The churches havo arranged Christ inns services for both Sunday and Monday as well as Christmas trees for tho young. The day will be gen erally observed. Owing to the fact that Christinas day falls on Monday there will be a two. day celebration. Charitable organizations have been busy arranging for the aid of dis tressed families on Christians day and ninny n little tot will have its disappointment nt Santn Clans' for getfulno.ss turned into sunshine on Monday when wngon loads of giftr, will be distributed among tho need v. tatiou is extended to till interested to fall at any time. Wo will bo very glad to handle mailed samples for assaying for anyone who cannot call is person, and to mail results, etc. "Yes, I tliislc there is a splendid opportunity horo for energetic, pro moters, nsd wo will be very glad to correspond with anyone at any time with regard to any propositions in this country." Men Who Led Movement to Abrogate Treaty a r" "$!, 6KC03fi) 5Sl ' ' 4 i3w)K ' ViJflDiJiNr HEAD OF PRINCE REVOLUTIONISTS Last Hope of Peace Between Rebels and Manchus Is Lost War Is Soon to Open vWith Renewed Ferocity. . PI3KIX, Dpc.22t-"noliead Prlnco CIiIiir" Is tho ncwXdonmiul of tho revolutionists rocolvcd hoi-o todnv Itv ttio rcninunla of S5' jjovornment which seonib to have settled the last hope of penco between tho rcbols and tho Mnnchit government. Added to tho demand for Citing's head are othors almost as unlikely of ncceptnnco. They aro that life Im prisonment be tho into of tho elder statesman, Xa Tiinng. tho three princes Hsun, Tsno and Lang, tho vIcuroyB of Sze Chuen and Hupeh provinces, and Sliong, tho minister of communications. Consideration of the domands of tho rebels is belug given today by Yunn Shi Knl, but thoro Is Ilttlo doubt Unit the premier will refuse, Phoenix Resident Dies. John Kllsworth Wriuht died nt his home in l'hoonix December 21, 1011, nged -17 years five months and four days. Funernl services will bo held nt the Presbyterian church in Phoe nix on Sunday at 2 o'clock, Row J. IC. llailey officiating. Services nt the Phoenix cemelorv will bo conducted bv Oree-on nmnn No. -138. V. O. W.. of whioh camp he was n membur. Deceased was a native of Ohio and has lived in Medford and Phoenix for sovornl yours. He loaves ti wife, but no children. flNG SDEMAND " ca JUNKFROM BOY! ALSO ARRESTED Henry Lcrch, Junk Dealer, Is Taken Into Custody, Charged With Buy Ing junk From Boys, Known to Be Stolen Property. FIVE BOYS SENT TO SALEM REFORM SCHOOL Complaints Will Be Made Soon Against Several Other Youth ful Offenders. A wnrrant was sworn out this morning for the arrest of Henry Lcrch. n Junk dealer at 117 South Front street, charging him with buy ing property which ho is said to have had good reason to believe had been stolon. The property referred to in the complaint was 40 pounds of cop per stenslis which were stolen from tho Crator Lake Lumber company by several boys who were arrested on Wednesday charged with tho theft Tho complaint Is sworn to by L. E. ICt'sines, who sold tho copper stenslis to Lerch. Lorch will have a hearing before Judge Glenn O. Taylor at 2 o'clock this attornoon. Tho five boys, Geprge Anderson, Frank Collins, Lloyd Walgamot, Gil ford Heamofl and James Vlckstrom, who wero arrested Wednesday night charged with stealing bicycles and several other articles about tho city, wero taken before County Judge J. U. Neil, who, acting as juvenile judge, sent thorn to tho reform school at Salem. AGED BAILIFF IS SERIOUSLY ILL Owon Koegan, for a great number of yoars bailiff at tho courthouse, was stricken with paralysis last night and grnvo fears aro entertained that he will not recover. Mr. Kcegan Is over SO years of ago and has been a resident of Jackson county for a great many years. Ho Is a veteran of tho Minnesota and Dakota Indian wars and was also in tho Union army. Burn Child to Death. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec 22. Thrown Into a blazing bonfire and held thcro by nor playmates, little Jonnlo AUIac, four years old, Is dy Ing at tho Uarbor hospital thl3 after noon. Sho is suffering ngonles. Her whole body is seared. Pedestrians pulled tho child from tho fire, hor clothing a mass of flames. Pollco are seeking tho child's playmates, who tied. El 'DONT LET US TAKE THE SECOND .STEP FIRST I ANDREW D.WHITE. 4 4 4 -r 4- f -f - f 4- Is there n family in your neighborhood who needs food, clothing or fuel in order to brighten their Christmas dnyt Is so, send their nntno at once to the Medford Mail Tribune as well as tohir ad dress nt once. Tho nnmes when received will be turned over to n com committcc of the II. P. O. Elks, consisting of Chnrles Ony, Owney Pntton, Kd JJrown, M. McDonnld nnd N. S. Bennett, who will see that each of the families is remem bered on Christmas day. The committee of Klks has already rnied considerable money for the purpose. The City Relief society will also net. Your name need not bo mentioned in connection with your communication. But if you know of n family or per son needing; help let the Mail Tribune know at once. 4- 4- 4 f 4-4- 4- 4 4- f 4 -f 4- '4 4 f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 MRS. IM'NaMaRa I5 DYINCOPBBOKEN T IN EAST Mother of Dynamiters Still Believes Her Boys InnocentTheir Confes sion Was Blow From WWch She Cannot Recover. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 22. Strick en to the heart by the confession of wholesale murder of the two sons who nre still "boys" to her. Mrs. Mary McNiimnrn. the grny-liaired mother of James B. and John J. Mc Namara, who aro expiating in Snn Queutin prison their crimes of dyna miting tho Los Angeles Times build ing nnd the Llewellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles, is dying nt her home here today. Even nfter the confession which startled the world had been mnde, Mrs. McNnmam refused to believe her boys wero guilty. Sho exhibited a letter from John J., telling her to keep up her spirits, for her sons were innocent and that everything would come out right. Gradually, however, realization of the truth dawned upon her, and when the heavy gates of Snn Quentiu closed behind her two sons she began to fail. "Tho blow when her boys con fessed struck Mrs. McNnmnrn to he heart," declared Rev. Father Hiekey, the dying mother's pastor. "It will bo n wonder if sho long survives tho blow. I know how rnnny years she has worked from morning until night over a wnshtub in order that her sons might be reared in tho right way." UDOFFNEWYEARS Enraged Populace Clamor Against Supervisor Murdock's Edict Putting Big Damper on Festivities to Wet come New Year. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dee. 22. "Off comes San Francisco's lid New Years' ovo," clamors au enraged pop ulace, "Lot tho pot of hUarlty boil and bubble over, or lot tho city offi cials who havo attempted tho un timely reform answer for It." Socloty women nro at tho head of tho protestautB, Evorybody scorns to resent tho Insinuation that San Fran cisco cannot colobrato without Impro priety. No funeral wolcomo to 1912 will bo accepted. Indignation is rnmpaut. Supervisor Murdock, who Is trying to put tho big damper on Now Yeara' ovo frivolity is bolng scornfully criti cised. American Coin Taboo. LONDON, Dee. 22. According to a proclamation today In tho London Gazetto, American sllvor and gold coins, which havo boon current In tho llahama Islands for n long ttmo poBt, will no longer bo legal toador thoro aftor January 1, 1Q13, HEAR R CO DEMANDS MRS.A0AMSAN0 STOLEN CHILD ARE LOCATED Chief of Police at Santa Rosa, Cali fornia, VIres Constable Slngler That He Has Mrs. Adams and Child In Custody To Bring Them Back. POSSIBLE THAT HANSEN WILL NOT PROSECUTE.,, Mrs. Adams' Rights to Child Wenv Nullified When Court Awarded Daughter to Father. Mrs. J. H. Adams of Snnta Rosa, Cal., accompanied bv Ettlalic Hansen of this city reached Santa Rosa this morning, according to c dispatch re ceived from M. Boyes, chief of polico of that city, by August Singlcr, 'con stable, nnd nro now being dotaincd pending advices from this yit. Mr. Singler is now nfter extradition pa pers nnd upon their receipt ho will leave for Snnta Rosa and return Mrs. Adams to this county to stand trial on a charge o child stealing. A war rant for tho nrrcst of Mrs. Adams was issued Thursday afternoon. Althongh 3frs. Adams is the child's mother, Eulalie was awarded by the courts to the custody of her father, Pnul C. Hansen of this city. This action, it is snid, nullifies nil claims to the child on the part of Mrs. Adnnis nnd sho can be prosecuted and if con victed punished for stealing tho child. It developed today that the woman who met the girl and left for tho south on trairt o. lo.'Wc.dncsdaywas; , Mrs. Adams herself, although she had been in Medford under the name of Marie Hill. It ma ybe that Mr. Hansen will de cline to prosecnte, but ho will insist on the child bieng returned to him. ENGLAND MAY ALSO ABROGATE TREATY LONDON, Dec. 22. Following tho lead of their successful brethren in America, prominent British Jews aro today instigating a movement to havo the treaty between England and Ilus-' sin, under tho terms of which Brit ish Jow8 may bo oxcluded from Itus- Bia, abrogated. EMPEROR JOSEF IS BETTER TODAY VIENNA, Dec. 2. Official an nouncement was mado today that tho condition of Emporor Franz Josot has materially Improved. His at tendants dony that his condition has nt any tlmo been grave. Thoro is Ilttlo doubt expressed that owing to his advanced ago tho emperor's ill ness has caused his physicians tho gravest concern. TEDDY IS CANDIDATE IN STATE OF NEBRASKA OMAHA, Nob., Doc. 22. With tho filing In tho office of tho secrotnry of stato by John Yescr, a promlnont attorney of this city, of a petition bearing tho names of 20 lending citi zens pledged to support him In a campaign tor president of tho United States, Theodore Roosevelt today be camo n presidential candidate at tho Nobraska presidential primaries, Tho uames of candidates for RnoBOVolt dolegate3 to tho national convention noxt year will bo filed soon, Ycsor stated today that lio has , been In correspondence with ItoOsc-" volt but refuses to divulge tho con- " tents of tho letters passing botween tho two. fy Gift Proved Expensive. BELL1NCUIAM, Wnsh., Dec, 22.- Henry Leist out of tho kindness of,, his hear brought n quart of whisky from Seattle i few days ago to this "dry city" nnd presented it to IiIh friends, Carl Nioholfl. For thia not lie was fined $100 by Judge Jobs Ivol- logg. M ri !.