The Medford mail., December 23, 1904, Page 1, Image 1

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MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON,; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1904.
' NO. 52.
TO MAKE AN
pill
Upon the occasion of the visit of
the Southern Paoiflo offioials to Med
ford Tuesday a committee from the
Commoroial Club interviewed them
upon the question of scouring spuoe
upon railroad groundB to ereot
building for the purpose of making
permanent exhibit -of the resources
and produots of this section, and the
olub was accorded permission to
ereot such building. The struoture
will be placed upon the opposite side
of 7th Btreet from the depot next
the track. The sides faoing 7th street
and the railroad trackB will be
glass, bo that a good view of the ex
bibit inside can be had. A oolleotion
of grains, fruits, minerals, woods, in
fact everything produced In Jackson
oouuty will be plaoed on exhibition,
and 'no doubt it will prove an ox
cedent advertising soheme.
The olub rooms are rapidly neanlng
completion and it will be but a -short
time until part, at least, of the club.
.headquarters will be open for inspeo
tion.
Myers & Reed, the electricians, have
completed the placing of lights and
fixtures, as far as they can go .at pres-
ent, uud they did a first-class .piece of
work.
Old Times and New.
By J. G. Al.
It was on Saturday, Xovoiuber 20,
1904, tine of those warm-hearted, soul
cheering -autumn niorniugs, that
makes one fell as if life was real aud
worth living for, that your humble,
invalid writer, accompanied by his
son, Carl P. Martin, started out on
four mile pleasure jaunt Xor what is
known by old-timers as the town of
. . GasBburg. We took the .Southern
Pacific railroad tie-pass of traveling,
instead of the winding, 'muddy coun
ty road, thinking the latter was some
shorter aud the path along the traok
more dry . and smooth, which we
found to.be the case. We. took a laBt
farewell look at our beautiful city,
r Medford, with the lively, thrifty ap
pearance she always wears and were
soon journeying south, looking over
the country, with its many ottrao
tionB from both sides of the railroad,
where the iron horse goestthundering
by evey few hours. The country is
, dotted with many beautiful farm
" houses, green' lawns, drive-ways and
all the snrroundingslso clean, healthy
and prosperous. We admired the
well kept orohards, grain and alfalfa
fields, with pastures stretching away
to the foothills. Many of the fields
" were dotted with men and teams plow
ing and seeding. We saw grain in
:." .almost all stages. Some;;flelda were
.oarpeted with an unusual rank growth,
while in others the grain was just
.peeping though the ground, and many
were juBt ibeing Bown. It -was right
here, Mr. Editor, my old copy came
to memory after, forty years of for
. etfulness, which reads: "Plow deep
while sluggards sleep and you will
have corn and wine to.koop. This
country lying between these two
plaoes looks to .be a very productive
.section of Rogue river valley, with
jnly four miles apart. What a great
1 'ibntrast,; from a bustling, bustling
' city to a village as sitll as a church
yard. ' ...
On our way we noticed the whist-
.Jing quail and the old familiar ground
squirrel running to and fro and many
k sat, saucy porkers in company with
the independent over-land;hobo tour
'1st, feeding on the red-oheeked apples
from those great wealth-prodnoing
iudustrlos.the apple orchards of Jaok-
son county. 11 p. m. and we find oar
solves' opposite the old town of Pboe-
- nix, BWas we look back over that
beautiful stretch of level railroad we
can see a portion of oar oity of Med
ford In the distance. As we .enter
the town and stroll along ber once
busy Is treats we were amazed to see
how qnlet end still a town could be
come, for her future was. once bright
and promising for the county-seat,
which she lenjoyed for a brief period
during the overland . stage station
travel; and was also considered pop
ular trading center and was the home
of the well-known Olwell Soaring
mill,!, with many' business houses,
hc4els and saloons, churches and
sobools, with, many attractive resi
dencei lawns and orchards. Many of
those old business houess are still to
be seen, covered with the old familiar
, webfoot moss, but have long since
fallen into decay and only old'mem
orles of the past cluster about them
for old Oassburg or Phoenix is des-
tinted to eternal sleen of forcetfulnoss
for time has wrought wonders with
Phoenix. She has one street or road
that divides the town, the main
thoroughfare from California to Robo
burg. The old soars ou the old moss
back fences from the praotioal whit
lers jaok-knife are still to be dimly
seen among the by-gone relios. We
were about ready to depart for home
when we met a gentleman friend who
informed us it was recovering from a
few months of business stagnation and
wbb about to enter upon a year of
push end prosperity, as the old town
was about to have a land boom.
Grand Jury Convenes.
The Federal grand jury oonvened at
Portland Monday, and is continuing
the investigation of land frauds. The
investigation covers eaoh of the six
land districts of Oregon and will be
a searching and far-reaohing one. The
following oitizeus compiise the jury:
W. H. H. Wade, foreman; A. Bet
tinger, L. N. Edwards, George Gus
tin, L. M. Herrin, J. R. Hays, Al
Vogle, V. W. Robinett, William Shep
pard, FoBter Adams, J. W. Jory, John
Shaw, Christen Christeusin, Joepsh
Ftzner, Carl Phelps, Frank Bolter,
Joseph Essuer, W. P. Button, George
D. Peebler and Fred B. Buff urn. In
delivering his instructions to the
jury Judge Charles B. Bellinger said :
"Any person can testify before you
in his own behalf if he so desires. It
is not a right he has, but you ought
to allow any person who desires to the
privilege ot giving testimony in his
own behalf.
In view of the interest that at
taches to the inquiry you are about
to make, both on the part of the pub
lic and of the individuals that it con
cerns, it becomes my duty to enjoin
upon you the utmost secrecy in re
spect to your proceedings, the testi
mony given before you, and your own
opinions or impressions or probable
action iu regard to any matter upon
whioh you are required to pass.
You duty requires you not to per
nut any person, during your adjourn
ments, to make any statement or rep
resentation or .suggestion that has a
tendency to influence you as grand
juros, or that appears to be made
with that object; and if . any person,
whether through mere thoughtlessness
or otherwise, is guilty of such a thing,
it will be your duty to report the
fact to this court or to the judge at
the earliest possible moment, and thiB
duty is imperative.
"You cannot let friendship, or per
sonal regard, or kindneBB of heart, or
feelings of 'delieaoy on your jpart
stand ia the way of it. I do not ex
pect that any such occasion as is sug
gested will arise, tart if it should, you
will know how to deal with it. "
Confessions by S. A. D. Puter and
his accomplices in the .land f Bauds
involve, among others, Attorney F.
P. Mays, member of the upper house
of the legislature from Multnomah,
county j Frederick A. Kribs, a well
known local timber dealer and witness
at the recent conspiracy trial; and
C. ' A. Smith, a wealthy timber man of
Minneapolis, , Minn.
Maya is said to have become impli
cated with the conspirators in the
oapaoity of tiielr attorney, and the
timber men as accessories to fraudu
lent schemes against tiie government.
Report has it that the confessions
directly implicate all three, and that
they will figure before the grand jury
in' its investigations of the land
frauds.
The homecoming of Senator Mitchell
and Binger Hermann is awaited with
interest. They are expeoted to arrive
at Portland about Friday night, but
whether the grand jury will grant
them the privilege of going before that
body to make explanations,, remains
for the jurymen to decide, for' them
Belves. They may admit one accused,
on his own behalf, if they so desire,
bat are nnder no - legal obligations to
do so. Inasmnoh as the instructions
of the court have recommended that
they admit those under inquiry. It Is
generally believed that this will be
done. .
Hptheria Steps Christmas Fetes.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dee. 20. The
Christmas holidays will be or usually
quiet In Grants Pass, owing to the
quarantine the oity is now nnder as a
preventive measure against the spread
ing of diptberla, of which there are
some twelve or fourteen cases in town.
No meetings or gatherings of any
kind are allowed, and hence there will
be ho Christmas trees or Christmas
ntertain ments, nor church meetings,
or socials. Four or five deaths have
occurred from the contagion, but it
is now under control, and no fear of
its spreading is entertained.- Nearly
all those now alilicted are on the rond
to recovery. ,
See Elwood's line of cut glass,'
TO DESTROY
GODLIN MOTH
Prom 8an Francisco Examiner.
The oodlin moth's destructive sway
in the California apple and pear
orohards Is soon to end. A parasite
from Southern Europe, the moth's
natural born enemy, is to attaok and
destroy it. Shipments of the ,larvae
of the parasite have just been reoeived
from Europe by Horticultural Com
missioner Edward Cooper and his
chief deputy, E. M. Ebrtoru. From
the larvae they are now developing
the parasite, whioh belongs to the'
wasp family and iB known as an
iohneumou fly.
Fifty per oeut of the annual apple
crops of California is ruined by the
codlin moth, and at least 30 per cent
of the pear orops. It is this moth
which causes so many apples and
pears to have a worm inside of them.
It was first brought to the state about
18GS in Borne Eastern apples exhibited
at Saoramento. Siuco then it haB
spread all over California, oxcept in
Hnmboldt oouuty and several valleys
near the coast.
In dollars and cents this fly has
caused a loss to apple and pear grow
ers of hundreds of thousand and driv
ing many of them out of that indus
try. Three to four 'sprayings of the
trees and fruit did not prevent the
fearful ravages of the pest each sea
sou. In Southern Europe, where n
spraying is resorted to, the amount of
fruit ruined by the fly is not in exoeci
of 8 per cent, owing to the active and
deadly work of the p trasito.
The codlin moth lays an egg on tbi
young apple or pear. The egg in turn
develops into a wor n whicn ests its-
way into the apple. Late iu the sea
son this worm falls to the ground and
crawls into little holes underneath the
bark of the apple tree. Hurt it hy
bernates in a oocoon it spins. In the
next spring it has developed into a
small, brownish colored fly Or moth,
While the worm is in the cocoon the
parasite injects Into it one of its eggs,
which causes its death, The egg
then develops into a young parasit
that feedB on the contents of the co
coon. This parasite in tur 1 has its enemy,
smaller waspish p. rasite. In the
former's larvae is also found the lat-
tor's larvae. Commissioners Cooper
and Ehrhorn are killing these latter
parasites as they develop and hope to
set out in this state tin former wasp
or parasite free from its enemy.
What is said In the above as to the
ravages of the codlin moth in Califor
nia Is true to a certain extent of Ore
gon, although the orchardists of this
valley have, by eternal vigilance suc-
ceded in 'keeping the pest somewhat
in subjection. However, if the Cali
fornia experiment with the Australian
parasite is a suocess, it will mean
many thousands of dollars to the fruit
man.
Criticizes Us.
xoe Man is in receipt of a com
munication oritiolzing matters and
things as the writer found them in
this city and vicinity. The corres
pondent violated two ot the funda
mental rules of printing offices that
is, he wrote on both sides of the paper
snd failed to sign his name. Under
ordinary oiroumBtanoes the communi
cation would be unnotiood, but be
lieving our people would like to see
how this community appears in the
eyes of "a new-oomer" we make a few
excepts from the article. The first
thing upon which the writer touches
is .that he notices a great amount of
San Jose scale upon apples offered
for sale by our dealers, and also upon
the fruit grown within the oity limits,
whore facilities for fighting the pest
are not present, He apprehends that
it this condition of affairs is not rem
edied tit it will work great damage
to the fruit Industry. In this he it
undoubtedly right. It la the main
fight that the fruit growers have been
making for years, and, ' while condi
tions have .improved, they have not
so much Improved as they might have
been- with thorough oo-operation.
However, it is safe to say that the
fruit offered for sale on which there
as scale did not come from those
orchards whose owners' are following
the business, as a business, and In a
scientific manner. Our communicant
ilso notices that many, people ex
pectorate upon the side-walk and in
stores, etc., aud suggests that an or-
linunce prohibiting such practices
should be enacted and enforced. ' Wo
oinuot help endorsing most heartily
this part ot bis communication. The
Mail has frequently called attention
to this matter, but so far without di
rect results. However, we have grown
out of the village olasB and If we are
to take upon us the airs of a city,
should adopt some of Its rules and
regulations.
Big Locomotives Ordered.
It is said that by far the greater
number of the 100 locomotives just
ordered by Julius Kruttschnitt, di
rector of transportation and main
tenance for the Harriman lines, will
go to the Southern Paoiflo. The
remainder will be distributed among
the Union Paoiflo, the Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Railroad &, Nav
.gation Company. The order will
teoesBitate the expenditure of between
'1,500,1X0 and $2,000,00, and is one
.f the largest orders of the kind ever
ecorded. All but about fifteen of
.he euglueB are for freight service.
-Vbout ten are switching engines, and
)uly fi e are for passenger service.
The reason for the Southern Paoiflo
getting most ot the looomotives is that
traffic has been increasing so rapidly
that the company is unablo to handle
it. It is understood that the Southern
Paoiflo will get pretty nearly half of
the locomotives for general distribu
tion throughout its lines, including
the Central Paoiflo and the Shasta
route. All of the freight locomotives
are to bo of the consolidated type,
and are extremely heavy, having 185,
000 poundB resting upou the drivers
aloue. - The orders have been placed
iu suoh a way that full delivery of the
entire lot will be had in record time,
'oss than twelve months.
W. C. T. U. Hems.
The Union opened on time to a
targe attendance at the homo of Mrs.
Hubbard with scripture reading by
:ho president, prayers by Mesdames
Kuss and Adkins, Bong, "Nearer my
God, " minutes of lest meeting read
aud approved. Committees reported
ton bundles of elothing given to those
who feel this extra cold weather.
Mrs. Hammond then read a letter
from Mrs. Additon, extending an in
vitation for a conference of the W.
C. T. U., which was accepted and a
letter voted to be written to that ef
fect. Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens, our
national president, and Mies Annie
Gordon, who is seoretary of the L. T.
L. branch for the world W. T. C. U.,
will be present. Annie Gordon was
private seoretary for Miss Frances
Wlllard for twenty-five years. Count
Sobieski is coming through Oregon
and an effort will be made for at least
one lecture. No farther business,
the Union was dismissed, to meet at
the home of Mrs. Gilbert; December
22d. ' We want all the members to at
tend. Visitors are Invited.
AA10NU THE CHURCHES.
PRflSBYTEnlAN OHUIICH.
Preaohing next Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. Subjeots. "The
Christmas Time." '
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Sunday, December 26th, services
will be held at the German Lutheran
ohuroh, in Medford. Text: Titus 2
11 to 11. "For the graoe of God that
bringeth salvation and appeareth to
all men. " After the servioe the Holy
Communion will be celebrated.
F. SACK, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Christmas services will be held at
the Catholic ohuroh In Medford on
Sunday, December 25th, at 10:39 a.
m. On Sunday, January 1st, services
will be held at the same hour.
ARTHUR LANE, Pastor.
. baptist cnURcn.
Bpeoial services for Saturday and
Sunday evenings: Saturday evening
Christmas exeroises will be held, com
mencing at 7 :3ft The committee will
be at the ohnrob all day Saturday to
receive preeente to be placed upon
the Christmas tree. Sunday evening
a Bpeoial Christmas servioe will be de
livered. : Special tnnslo has been pro
vided. All are invited. Regular ser
vices ia the morning. .. . ,. -
F.JW. CAR8TENS, Pastor. -,
CHRISTIAN CBUXCII. i
There win be a aeries of revival
meeting at the Christian ohurcb,
commencing Sunday evening, Janu
ary 1st, at 7:30 p. m. Sermons con
ducted by the Evangelist Swander, of I
the state of Nebraska. All are cordial-
ly invited to attend these services.
HKTHOOI6T UnSCOPAL CIIOBCH. '
Sunday morning there will be a
Christmas sermon by the pastor.
Sunday school, Epworth League and :
noAnlnff BAi-vln.Aa ar iianal. 1
R. O. BLACKWELL, Pastor,
episcopal onuitCH
Rev. II. D. Chambers, district mis-
sonary will hold services at tho Epis-
copal chnrcb, both morning and oven-
ing, on Sunday, January 8th. Rev.
Chambers was in Medford last spring,
BOTH ARE ON
THE WAY.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 18. -Senator
Mitchell and Reprsentatlve Hermann
left Washington ;tonight on tht 7 :45
train for Portland, to appear before
the Federal grand jury and faoe
oharges whioh, they have been advis
ed, have been made implicating them
in Oregon land frauds. Both Mitchell
and Hermann deolare in moBt positive
terms that they are absolutely inno
oent and have nothing to fear from
returning to Oregon. Both assort
with equal positiveness that the time
has oome when "this outrageous per
secution muet stop. "
' They will Insist upon their right to
go before the grand jury and make
answer to all oharges that may be
made against them, oonfidont that
they will be able to establish their in
nooenoe. They will arrive in Portland
Friday night, and expeot to have a
hearing on Saturday.
Vosterday and today Senator Mitch
ell received telegrams from friends ad
vising them that it was currently re
ported in Portland that S. A. D.
Puter, Mrs. Emma Watson and others
recently convioted of conspiracy iu
the Oregon laud-faud case had made
ooufossion, implicating both himself
and Hermann, and advising him to
hasten to Portland to defend himself.
He dotormlued to do bo at onoo.
Similar telegrams were sent to Her
mann, but it was not until this after
noon thnt he conoluded to aooompany
Senator Mitchell and appear with
him before the grand jury.
(The oharges if there are oharges
against Senator Mitchell . and Repre
sentative Hormann should be thor
oughly and impartially investigated.
If they are guilty of oomplioity in
land frauds they should be punished
and severely. If they are innocent,
then they should have the fullest vin
dication, both for their own sake and
that of the stute of Oregon. ) Ed.
Christmas at Ifae Methodist Church."
Christmas will be a jolly time at
the M. E. church. Everybody is In
rited to oome. Parents, brino nrna.
ents for your ohiidren and put them
on the tree. Bring your children to
see the tree, get the presents and hear
the program.
PROGRAM.
Song, "Joy to the World"
Prayer . , .
Recitation, Paul Russell . '
Song, "Merry Christmas"
Christmas Exercises, Primary Class
Recitation, Born ice Carder
Song, "Wo are JesuB' Little Ones"
Recitation, Marie Good
Exercise, ''Little Glad Hearts"
Duet, Rose Fielder, Clarence Meeker
Exercise. "Christmas Cnnlna"
Recitation, Marion Cox
Solo, Dr. Butlar
Exeroise, "From Many Lands"
Recitation, May Orr
Recitation, Boyd Keizur
Exeroise, Class of Four Girls
Reoitatfon, Jean Narregan
Piano Solo. Mrs. linden
Tablean, "Nearer my God to Thee"
neuuaiion, jessie Jinrert
Anthem, Choir
. Shipping Christmas Trees.
A carload of small fir trees were
shipped through Albany Friday after
noon In a freight train for Los An
geles, where they will And ready sale
for Christmas trees. The oar, one
of the new steel ooal cars in use by
the O.K.1N. lines, was loaded to
its capacity with the Bmall firs, about
1600 trees being in the shipment.
The owner accompanied the shipment
and will sell his odd merchandise at
round figures. He expected to get
from $2.50 to tfi each for bis trees,
and will realize a handsome profit
from his venture. He alsojhaa several
hundred bunches of mistletoe, gather
ed in the Willamette valley woods, for
sale in the Southern Callfornlajoltlee
for the Ynletide season. Herald.
To Save Uvea.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IB. In a de
cision handed down by Chief Justice
Fuller in the oase of Johnson vs. the
Southern Pacific Railway Company,
the supreme oourt of the United
States today practically held that all
cars,' Including locomotives, should
be equipped; with" uniform antomatlo
couplings. The const also held that
dining - cars cannot be exempt from
the renntrementa nf the anfntv-nnnll.
.anoo law when In use, oven though
empty.
The decision is considered by the
Interstate Commerce Commlsison and
the Department of Justice to be a
deoided step forward In the protec-
tlon of railroad employes. Secretary
Moseley, of the commission, summar
izes the points decided as follows :
First That couplers on railroad
oars must be of suoh a charaotor that :
they will couple automatically and
so save employes lrom going botweca .
oars, though absolute uniformity la
not required. '
Sooond A oar, though empty ami
on b sldetraok, may be engaged ia
Interstate commerce. '
.Third That for the purpose of the
safety appliance laws looomotivos are
oars aud they are required to ba -equipped
with tho automatic couplers.
xne acoldout out of which tho suit
grew coourrod at Promontory, Utah,
in lauu, wnon Johuson, who was the
bead brakeman on a through passcniKX
train between San Francisco mid Ok
den, was directed to oouplo tho loco
motive to a diulug car, which wm
standing on a sidetrack at that point
The engine and oar were equipped
respectively with the Jeuney cotiplur
and tho Miller hook, but they did.
not work together, aud Johnson was
compelled to go botweou the trains
with the result that hiB hand was
badly mashed and amputation become
neoossary.
As llano" 8 City Election.
In one of tho must exciting elec
tions in tho history of local municijul
politics at Ashland Tuesday, li S.
Evans, tho Citizens' nominee, was
re elected mayor over E. D, Brlggs,
who headod tho People's tiokot, by
tho narrow ma.'gin of twolvo "voloiv
n a total of 732 cast iu tho several
wards. Milton Berry, People's, was
re-elected city renortlor over ex-Sona-tor
S. H. Holt, the Citizous' nomineo.
by 72. C. II. Thomas, Pcoplo1.8, iwaa
elocted oity treunsrer over 1.. Xt
Munlit by a single, vote. Two iPeo-'
pie's tiokot nominee f or counoilinon,
O. O. Holmnn In the first ward aut
C. A. EliiiBon In the seoond Award,
were elected by good majorities ovor
J. K. Van Saut nnd D. A. Applogatc,
and one Citizens' nominee for conn
oil, W. N. Grubh, In the third ward, '
was eleotod ovor K. W. Moore hj
luiujr vuiue. j vote was also taken
on the quoBtiou of license or no 11..
oense for. saloons for the' ensnlng '
year, and resumed In 357 for tS CCG.'
against.." Both tickets we-p pledgud
to abide by the vote of the people oa
the liquor question.
, A Correction,
Lust week In our Eagle Poliji co!''V
respondence an aooount- aniimmrl f
James Rlngor losing some of his prop
erty, by It being taken from his H,.m.
orcokranoh. , Mr.. Ringer asks on to
coneot this report. He Suva flint
while he did lose his Dotat
nips and hay, nothing was tnk.,.
from the house, nor did bis stovo die
Appear. Mr. Ringer also says he hem
no clue by which to trace the rxm-
perator of the deed. Evidently on
correspondent wbb misinformed, as
he Isn't In the bablt of jumping at
conclusions, and his reports have
usually been reliable during the -ton
or twelve years that he has been cor
responding for The Mail.
Qold Hill in Line.
The town connoil of Gold Hill hm
granted to the Condor Water & Powor
Co., a fifty-year franchise to f urn ink
eleotrlo light, power, etc, to thai
town. The Condor companv noar
haB franchises for lighting with Mod
ford, Central Point and Gold U ill
and are negotiating for tho further
extension of their lines. With the
unlimited powor of which the com
pany has control it is iu a position
to "electrify" the whole of Southern
Oregon wherever tho development of
the county will warrant such a stop.
Probate Court. : .
Estate of W. ii. Burns. War res
Williams, Lewis Hilty and Elmer
Zimmerman appointed appraisers.
estate or James Harvey. Ordor for
partial distribution.
Semi-annual account of John Hook-
enyoe filed.
Aoooojit ot guardian of Julia M
W. O., Ada V. and Viva E. Thorn- '
bnrg filed.
Decree of adoption by Allda R.
Miner of a child not her own.
' ' Newtowa Trees lor Sale.
I have a goodlv number nf N.
town apple trees Jot sale. Those ar
all good, hardy trees, and of goof,
size, ineyaroai my Home Just uortk . i
of Medford. 'fi,
L. E. HOOVFJR. , ',
For Sale or Rent ,
House and barn and
land. Boo W. T. YORK,
ono aero
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