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OREGON Is the Best pirt of the United'statee. BME RIVER VflLLEY is the beat pa.it of Oregon MEDTORD Is In tue centor of the If you want to Mine, Saw Lumber, Raise Fruit, Grow Stock or do most anything olee you will find your opportunity here THE fl AIL tells about it valley and THE MAIL the beat paper! VOL. XVII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1905 NO. 40. 'ji'i Jtkil STREET ECHOES Opinions of Some of Our Citizens-Serious and Otherwise. A California Friend : "Glad to see the improvements made in The Mail. . It has been a ereat faotor in building upMedford. " O. C. Taylor: "Yea, I'm jnst baok from the fair. Why did I oome baok so soon?-If you could get an. X-ray on my pooket book, you wouldnt' be asking fool questions like tbat. All us fellows came baok for the same reason.. All but Goorge Merriman. He bad 15 cents when be reaohed home, and so far as I oan find out he's the only man from Southern Oregon that brought anything borne with him, exoept souvenirs and ex perience." George P. Merriman: "The black smith's association simply met and adjourned until April, at which time the regular annual, meeting will.be held from now on. The change was made partially through my sugges tion, on aooount of oonvenienoe to the members of the association, and also for the benefit of the organiza tion. It is easier to get men inter ested at the beginning of the s'eaBon for work than it is at the end One reason why we adjourned was that everybody wauted.to see the fair Port land day. Did they have the 100,000 admissions? I. oouldn't -swear to that, but there was over 65,000 at 2 o'olook and they kept ooming all the time. I know one thing and that is that there were more people in one bunch than I ever saw before. There were enough of them for all prac tical purposes, 1 should judge." B. N. Butler: "Yes, I am baok now in the Baine building whore 1 first opened my shop in Medford, nearly fourteen years ago. I have moved my place of business around some during that time, but not very far at a time and I've managed to keep on Seventh street within a ra dius of two blooks all the time. 1 first opened my shop in the building where 1 am now, G. W. White owned it then. I moved from here up the street to a wooden building on the site of the present Palm-Neiderineyer blook. They tore the building down to make room for the brick and I moved to the corner of C and Sev enth. Tbat building was sold out from under me and I moved to the Medford Furniture Co. 's store. Now I have oome back to my original starting point, and I think I'll stay here awhile. I'm the only one left of the original jewelers in the town. The rest of them have died or moved away, but you oan't lose me." P. W. Hutchison: "It's fifteen year ago last' February sinoe I flrBt came to Medford. I didn't perman ently locate then, just stayed a few months and went away to return lat er. At that time there were only three brick buildings in the town. I oame near buying one of them, but thought it looked too shaky. I had just oome from the east, where you must build Bolid and then anchor the struoture down. That building 1b Btanding yet and looks as good as it did fifteen years ago. It would be a great surprise to a man who had vis ited Medford at that time, and hadn't seen the town since, to return here. He wouldn't known the place. We are growing right along. Com paratively slowly to be sure, but none the less surely. Fifteen yes ton or less years ago the Hutchison resi dence was out of town. Now we feel that we are olose to the center of town, because so many people live farther out than we do." G. L. Bohermerhorn : "Say, don't go spinning any fairy tales or pipe dreams at me right now. I am too busy keeping cases on the several gangs of workmen I have going to listen. Go bunt the phlef of polioe and All nim up, What? Well, when you get to talking about fruit trees and frost I'm right with you. You have noticed bow those English wal nut trees in front of my place have grown during the past five years? Frost for several years during their early existence used to crop off a cou ple or three inches of the first foliage every spring. It don't do it any more. How did I fix 'em? Well, I'U tell you. During late fall, or early win ter, I mulch them heavily with ooarse straw and manure. When the win ter's rains come this is thoroughly soaked add the ground underneath naturally gets pretty wet and the few oold, frosty nights we have oh ills it to quite an extent. This mulching I leave around the trees until all dan ger from frost has passed in the spring. When it is taken away the sun soon warms the earth and the fol iage appears but not early enough to be caught by the frost. Having dis covered that this scheme works so well with my trees I have wondered if it would not be a Valuable means of protecting the fruit trees from frost." Lands Forfeited lo State. SALEM, Or., Sept. C Certificates of sale for a total of $0,000 "acres of state school land have been canceled in the last few weeks, because of lapse in the payment of installments with in the required time. Of this aggre gate amount of land, 7000 aores is in the limist of the proposed Blue moun tain forest reserve and, according to the'rulings of the department of;the interior, the state will be able to use the land as base for the seleotion of lieu land, The original purchasers of the land have forfeited the payments made, amounting probably to $10,000 or more, and the state has the land to sell again. Much of tho laudjoutside the reserve will probably not be sal able for some time, as the state has raised the pirce to 82.50 an acre. The 7000 aores inside the reserve should find a market as base for lieu land, at $5 an acre. A ' liarge proportion of the certificates that have been oan oeled were among those secured Dy violation of the law governing the purchase of state school laud. Prose cution of land fraud case has soared many of the holders of certificates fraudulently seoured, and they bav thought best quietly to drop the whole transaction, forfeit what they have paicTand let the state keep the land. The certificates were issued to "dummies" or middlemen and the records do not show who the real pur chasers were, but it is understood among those familiar with publio land affairs' tbat some of the men who have been indioted in the Federal land-fraud oaseB engineered the dealB by wbioh the lands covered by these certificates were seoured. Payment of 25 cents to 75 oents an aore had been made. The department of the interior has announced that it will not permit individuals who bought the schools lands inside the reserve to usethem for the seleotion of other hinds. Their greatest value to the purchasers was, therefore, gone, and for tbat reason tho holders ot the certificates were ready to back out of a bad deal. Fatal Accident at Central Point. Thomas M. Shiolds, a line man in the employ of the Condor Water' & Power C6., was instantly killed Mon day at Central Point by comug in ooutaot with a live wire. Shields was engaged in disoonneoting the wires at the old sub-Btation, and had out the wires and descended from the pole to the ground, Mr. Adams, the fore man, had stepped iiiBido the station building and young Shields com menced rolling up the wire he had cut loose, It is not known just how the acoideut occurred, but the suppo sition is that in pulling the wire through the wall of the station, the end struok the high tension wire and 20,000 volts passed through the unfor tunate' man's body. Death waB in stantaneous, the ourrent going in at the right nand and passing out through the left foot. The grass up on whioh he was standing was set on fire. The employes of the oompany made every effort to reousitate him, but without avail. It was a case of pure acoident and no blame can be attached either to the company or its employes. v- The funeral took place Tueday at 3 o'olook p. m,, the interment being made in the Central Point oemetery. Rev. T. M. Jones conduoted the ser- Entertainment Course. A high school entertainment course has been arranged by Prof. Signs. It oonsiste of the best talent which will tonr the coast this season. Every oity' along the line has most of the numbeis, whioh are as follows: Frank O. Bruner, humorous lectur er, November 29th. Hon. G. A. Gearhait, lecturer, De cember 11th. Ellas Day, oharaoterist, January 9th. N - Maoey Concort Co., February 22d. Dixie Jubilee Co., April 19th.. Season tloketa with the privilege of reserved seats for the season will be offered at a reasonable figure to the general public. The liberality of the response will determine the price of admission to be asked of school child ren. Prof. Signs wishes to offer them a ticket as oheaply as possible. The proceeds will be used to1 inorease the school library and to establish special libraries in eaoh of the grades. A Pioneer Citizen. Peter Britt, of Jacksonville, one of the first settlers In Southern Oregon, died at his home at the county seat, Tuesday,in the eightv-seventh year of his age. Mr. Britt was a native of Switzerland and came to the United States in 18-15. In 1852 he orOBsedjthe plains and located in Jacksonville, where he has resided sinoe. He first engaged in freighting from Crescent City and in 1850 brought the first photographic outfit to Southern Ore gon. Ha enjoyed the distinction of having taken the first photograph in the state of Oregon. This much val ued print is still in existence, the property of tho deceased at the time of his death. It Is a portrait of Judge Moser and was taken in 1858. In.1856 be married Amelia Grob who died In 1871. Two children were born to the union, Emile and Amelia D. , both of whom survive him. J Ashland's chief of polioe, Geo. F. Eglin, has given notice that be will resign. He oontemplates moving away from the Granite oity. The Ashland Preserving Company has canned 100 per cent more toma toes than at this time last year. The peach and pear output will be about one-third of last year. J. STHerrin, of Ashland, the well known sheep grower, purohased six fine buok sheep at the Portland fair recently. The sheep are pure bred Frenoh Merino, and all registered stock. Prof. G. R. Carlook has resigned his position as prinoipal of the gram mar department of the ABhland high suhool to take a position as district manager of the Penn Mutual Life In surance Company. . .. The mysterious disappearance of Bud Soribner is agitating Ashland. Sorlbner had leased the Ashland hotel and Friday morning last arose at 5:30 o'clock. An hour later he was "seen entering the rear of the hotel and sinoe that time no trace has been found of him. Trainmen, who are all well acquainted with him claim that he didn't get out on any freight or passenger train and there is suspicion that he has met with foul play. The suit of A. R. Grieve against the S. P. Co. to reoover 820,000 damages for personal injuries last March while in the employ of the company as a brakeman, baB been dismissed from the Jaokson oouuty court for lack of jurisdioton, but it iB reported that a new suit will be filed in the courts at Portland. Grieve was thrown from the rear of a moving passenger train at Shasta Springs and received injur ies whioh threaten to permanently disable him. The aocident it is oharged was due to a defective gate on the platform of the car. The Gold Hill News says a telegram was received here last Monday that Geo. II. MoDouald, whoBe home is in Gold Hill, was killed in his mine at McCabe, Ariz. MoDouald had just struck a very rich body of ore in his mine and had written to his wife, apprising her of the fact. He also sent ,her a fine specimen of the ore whioh is almost half gold. The letter and specimens were reoeived by his daughter the same day that he waB killed. MrB. MoDonald was not at home at the time, she having gone to Portland, where, she was intending to visit the fair. MoDonald was em ployed formerly at the ABhland mine when his brother was foreman of the No Vacancy Exists. The second congressional distriot will probably be without a congress man when the national legislative body meets in Deoembei. J. N. Will iamson has not yet takeu his seat in pursuance of his last eleotou and probably will not attempt to do so while a oonvictiou of orime hangs over him. Should he offer, to take theoath'of office and ocoupy his seat in the house of representatives an objection would probably be made. It has been thought by some that the oonviction of Williamsou before he has'taken the oath of office orates a vacancy whioh should be filledby a special election to be oalled by the governor. Governor Chamberlain iB not of that opinion. When aBked re garding the matter tonight he said : "Eaoh house in oongress is the judge of the qualifioationajof its mem bers. The bouBe of representatives can seat Mr. Williamson if it wishes, so it is apparent that the conviction does not ipso facto oreate a vacanoy. Even though he should not offer to take his seat, or to be sworn in at the opening of oongress, I am of tho opin ion tbat no vacancy would exist. He might take the oath of office later. The oonviotion is not final until the time for appeal has expired or the judgment has been affirmed on appeal. I do no see, therefore, that a vaoanoy .will exist in the office of congressman at the opening of the next session." Needful Advice to Mothers. The following paper was read by Mrs. C. P. Buck at the "Mothers' Meeting" of the W. C. T. U. at their meeting Borne few weeks ago: Mothers, is there anything we can do ro educate our children to assume higher thoughts and be better men and women? Can we teach them by placing tbem in ' places of learning? ReliglonB training, that all sin in whatever form, degrades the intellect and lowers their manhood? Is it be ccause we bave so many kinds of mothers to deal with that the world is far more sinful or iB it because there are more boys and girlB to go to the bad. We know we have mothers of all kinds of make up. There is the too careful mother who says my child ren shall never go outside the home to find companions and ruloa with such an iron hand that hor ohildren become so disatiefied tbat tbey soon leave borne, never to return. Then we find the careless mother, who cares nothing about her children. They may roam all over the city aud she not know anything about them. We have the lazy mother who cares no thing for home, who is too lazy to keep herself or children clean, or the borne in any order. We bave the too tidy mother, who. does all her work and sends her ohildren on the streets, I to keep her houBe tidy. We have the drunken mother, whose ohildren are taught nothing but drink. Some mot hers care and love their children as long bs the ohildren are helpless, but care nothing tor them when grown to maturity. God bless the true mother, who receives her ohildren as gifts from God, who puts forth every effort possible to raise them to be right aud good. He will help Buoh a mother, even if the ohild does things oontrary to those teaohings. Almost all our great men had good mothers. Let every mother determine to do some thing for the honor and elevation of her sex. At least let her determine that she will possess and always wear about her as her riohest possessions a true womanhood. This is the most that she oan do. Above all let her not throw obstaoles in the way her sisters, who are striving nobly to be useful, but rathefc help them with her encour agement and oounoil. In every class of society the young mother should awake to her duty. They have a great work to do. It iB not enough that they be what their mothers were they must be more. The fast race of time calls on mothers for a higher order of character and life. Will mothers heed the oall? Will they release themselves from the oustoms and fashions and oome up a glorious -oompany to the possession of a vigorous, virtuous wo manhood. A womanhood that shall shed the light upon the world aud point the way to divine life. MRS. C. P. BUCK. Attendance and Tardiness in Medford Schools. The principal and teachers' deslro, among other things to improve the schools, along two important main lines attendance and tardiness. A pupil who is habitually late at school will always be just a little too late for the best things of life aud the ouo who is in the habit of dropping out a half day eaoh week lacks a prime element of sucooss application to business. The sobool law on this point says in Rule 50 that all oases of tardiness or absence must be exoused by the parent, either in person or by note. Exouaes are valid for Bickness, exposure to h.alth or neoessary em ployment. Of all other oases the teaoher la sole arbiter. Rule 51. "When the unexoused absences ag gregate seven days, thejpupil shall be reported to the school board and may bejsuspended. For this purpose an unexoused tardiness, equals a half day's absence." Rule 56 (in part). "Evony pupil must attend sobool .punctually and regularly." Henoe, truanoy will not be allowed. We look to the parents to aid in thiB movement. They can do so by not detaining pupils at borne exoept for especial reasons and by being prompt in the matter ntj exouses. This may seem a small matter to eaob individual, but it is very important to the succesB of the sohool and the for mation of right habits in the ohild. CALENDAR OF.SCHOOL YEAR. Thanksgiving recess, date fixed by proclamation of president. Firdsy, December 1st, first quarter endB. i Friday, Deoember 22d, to Tuesday, January 2d, holiday recess. Friday, January 19, 1906, first sem ester ends. ' Monday, January 22d, second sem ester begins. February 22d, WaBhlgnton's birth day. Friday, March 2d, second quarter ends. May 21-25, final examinations. Promotion exercises and commence ment. ' No pupils may enter beginning pri mary until the beginning of second semester owing to the crowded con dition of the department. W. C. T. U. Items. The Union opened on time at tho Christian church, Sept. 28th, with president in cbair. Scripture read ing by Miss Ora Adkins; prayor ..by Mrs. Vogeli; Binging by all. Com mittee showed six visits made to tho siok with aid. A letter was discussed from Mrs. Hyde oonoerning the pic nic at Phoenix, Ootober 6th. Coun ty officers are requested to be pres ent. It being suffrage day Mrs. Day, who is leader, gave out aitlolos to read. Mrs. Buok read "Help Those Women," in which some very pointed facts were stated, among tbom .being who gave to man the authority of de priving woman of voting. Mon aro not wise enough,norgonerous enough, nor pure enough to legislate for wo men. Misb Ora Adkins gave 'quite a helpful talk, for sho has visitod both in San Francisco and Portland. Mrt. AdkTns spoke words of cheer. Mrs. Vogeli read about the habits of young boys using oigarettes. The Union was dismissed by Mrs. Adkins, to meet at tbe borne of Mrs. Day. "Mothers' Day," Mrs. Henry Baker presides on October 5th. Wood. At 25 cents per load. Inquire of Cant. w. Kawungs, tan meaiora. 40-2t WASHINGTON, Oot. 2. President Roosevelt may not appoint a Federal judge for Oregon, or a register and reoeiver for the Roseburg land office until oongress assembles next Deoem ber. It is not definitely announoed that there will be this further delay, but that 1b the intimation whioh the president gave Senator Fulton today when the latter oalled to urge the Roseburg land offloe appointments. The senator told the president that he and Seoretary Hitobcook had agreed upon B. L. Eddy for register, but had been unable to reach an under standing sb to the reoeiver. The president informed Mr. Pulton that Mr. Hitchcock now objeots to the ap pointment of Q. B. - Hegardt as re oeiver, having beoome oonvinoed, af ter Inquiry, that Mr. Hogardt was not a proper man for the plaoe. He did not state the grounds of objec tion. To offset.this objeotlon, Mr. Fulton handed to the president very strong ottors from the aoting ohief of army engineers, and Major W. G. LaugUtt, speaking in the bgbest terms of Mr. Hegardt, who for seventeen years has been in direot obarge of government work at the mouth of the Columbia river under tbe army engineer corps. The iudorBementB, whioh are offloial, seemed to offset the ojeotions raised by Mr. Httoboook and tho president kept them, promising to take tbe matter up with the secretary at once. The president brought up tho sub- joot of the judgeship aud told tho senator he was not roady to act, ospeoially as the attorney-general bus not yot reaohed Washington. Ho wants tofurther oonfer with him aud intimated that, inasmuch as thore is no especial need of hnsto, he may not Immediately select a judge. The Rosoburg laud olilce mattor may be takeu up tit tho cabinet meet ing tomorrow, but unless the attorney-general returns before then, the judgeship will have to go over. Grand Jury Thanks Hcncy. The Federal grand jury, prior to its adjournment Saturday morning, prepared a lottor which was unani mously signed by tho members of tho jury aud presented to Mr. Houoy. The lottor was a surprise to tho diB triot attorney aud iB prized by him as showing the appreciation with which his efforts for the purification of the state from land fraud aro boing reooived by those who aro best quali fied from experience aud observation to judge of thorn. The toxt of the letter follows: Portland," Or. Sept. 29, 19U5. FrauoU J. Henoy, Esq., United titutOB Attorney, Portland. Oregon. Sir: We, the uudorsignod members of the Federal grand jury, Distriot of Oregon, bog to express to you our thanks for your uniform courtesy and consideration during tho weeks that this jury has been in session. Wo al bo wish to congratulate you upon your successful elforts to purgo Ore gon of tho corruption in high plnoos under whioh tho stuto has been suffer ing for years, and to assure you that you have our hearty sympathy in vour struggle to bring about bettor oonditions throughout tho Uuitod States. Honinc tbat vour satisfaction in a duty well performed will lo augment ed by furthor . honors ot the bauds of the people, are are, very sincerely yours, A. C. Alexandor, John Shan- n it rii.in 1 I Dn.l UUU, iU. JL, HUB, Ut Jit IVUllj UUUK- son A. Bilyeu, W. A. Jolly, George W. Bridewell, U. E. Htanard, John Murrav. W. J. Fullorton. Walter K. Taylor, Albert P. Vail, George E. iargreaves, unaries a. raoraon, Trans: W. Durbln, T. H. Foaroy, J. W. Bailey, H. Russell Albeo. Body Found in Ashes. REDDING, Calif., Sept. 29. The home of Mrs. Ida Bowen, of Saott Valley, four miles from Etna, was burned early this morning. The oharred remains of Mrs. Bowen were fonnd in the ruins. Strange foot- tracks and blood in tho vicinity of the house, and signs that the body was dragged, led to tho belief that the woman was murdered in hor yard and her body dragged in the houso, wbiob was then set afire to cover over the orime. A. Bowen, formerly hor husband, is suBpeoted. Ho recently returned from Medford, Or., and is said to have made throats ugnlnst hor. Bowen was seen in Greenville, noar ber home, three days ago, but now cannot be found. Tbe couple lived in Medford up to a few months ago. Value of Advertising. Ilijstratlvo of tho good advortlsin will do, A. L. Craig, general pnsson. ger agent of the O. R. & N. Co.givos the following aooount to a Portland Oregonian reporter: "In March, 1901, C. N. Hyskell, of Burlington, la., rocoivod a copy of our Oregon, Washington and Idaho book," said Mr. Craig. "Atfer road ing It oarefully, ho brought bis wifo and tbVee ohildren to Oregon and se cured 100 aores of land. Before com ing he'showed the same book to Ed ward Andrews, of Burlington, la,, who I brought his wifo and one child, Mr. Andrews . also seoured 160 aores of Oregon land. He also showed the book to O. D, Hazelrlgg, who brought his wife and seoured 160 aores of land. Mr. Hazelrigg, through this book, lnduoed his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Major and Mrs. Erdman, of Washington, D, C, to oome to Ore gon. They seoured 160 aoroa of laud and a house at Medford. Mr. An drews, through this book, induced hlB brother-in-law, Edward White, of Minnesota, and two friends to looate In Oregon. These three bought 200 aores of Oregon land. Mr. White, through this book, lnduoed bis three sisters and mother to oome to Oregon and they bought a house in Medford. Mr. Andrews lent the book to Luoln Wakefield, of Mankato, Minn., who came to Oregon and seoured 100 aores of land. Mr. Wakefield lnduoed bis brother, Del Wakefield, and three children to oome to Oregon ; also his sister who is now teaohing school in the voiinlty of Medford. Del Wake field bought 80 aores of land near Medford, aud also a house in tbat town. The book is still working some plaoe in the East. " The above-named people are here, and none of them regret having be come residents of tbe garden spot of the world. Some New Exhibits. A hasty glance through the Medford exhibit building reveals several new displays. , Among them are some of the finest grapes that ever grow out doors from the well-known vineyards of O. D. Roed, of Jacksonville, and J. M. Hur ley, of Central Point. Some peanuts genuine "goobers" grown in Medford by Messrs. Talent aud Bean. Ground ohorrios of the purple husk variety. A quinoe grown by Mrs. W. Eaton, of Medford, that would mako pre serves enough for a good-sizod family. And squnshos you never saw suoh squashes, Ono of them an eighty pound specimen, was shipped to Port- laud Wednesday. It was raised by S. M. Noalon, of Tablo Rook, , Some of tho biggest and Unost look ing Rnmbo apples ever shown any where oame from the orchard of J. C, Pendleton, of Table Rook, Cornice and Winter Nollis pears from a number of tho orohurds iu this vicinity are shown, aud it is diffi cult for the ordinary obsorvor to piok out the best ouo. AMONU THE CHURCHES. PHESBYTERAN CHURCH. Pronching next Sunday ut 11 n. m. and at 7 :30 p. m. Sunday sohoolat'lO a. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. BAPTIST CHURCH. Proaohiug services nt usual hour, morning and evening, by Rev. J. C. Austin. Sunday sohool and Young People's meotiugs ut usual hours. 31. E, CHURCH SOUTH. Rev. H. O. Brown will proaob morn ing and evening. These two will be tho last Bormons Mr. Brown will pronoh in Modford as pastor of this ohuroh, he having been assigned to the pastorate of tho M. K ohuroh, south, at Rosoburg. M.E. CIIUIHIH. Rev. Charles T. MoPherson,tho now pastor for tho M. E, church, will hold service Sunday uoxt, morning and evening. Everybody is oordlully in vited. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rov. Prodoriok O."' Williams, of Grants Pass, will hold services iu St. Mark's Episcopal ohuroh, Monday evening, Ootobor 9th, at 7:30. Ho will deliver an address on "Christian Soionae, " whioh was delivored a fow weeks ago in Grants Pass, and receiv ed much commendation. He doos not denounce Chriatlan Scionce, but points out the good qualities, show ing that thoy are common to all true Christianity, and warning against tbe errors which spring from tho Belf-aa sortlon of the founder. Dcalh of J. M. Weaver.. James M. Weaver, one of the old residents of Modford, died at Mb home on West Soventh street, on Sunday, October 1,1905, after an llness of sov- oral weeks duration; aged sixty-nino years, six montliB and ton days. Mr. Woavor was a votoran of tho olvil war, having enlisted August 1-1, 1861, in Jo. ii, 22d Pennsylvania cav alry, and was wounded and dlschargod In Novomber, 1862, with tho rank of sergeant. Mr. Weavor has been a residont of Medford for about twolvo years. Ho leavOB a family of grown sons and daughters, throe of whom, Mrs. II. 11. Harvey, Mrs. Scott Davis uud Mrs'. D. E. Phipps aro residents of thiB oity. The funeral took place Monday un der the auspicos of Chostor A. Arthur Post, G. A. R. Rov. C. H. Hoxio conducted services ut the late resi dence. Card of Thanks. We wish to oxpress our heartfelt thanks to thoso ot our frlonds who wore so kind and helpful to us during our rocont sud boroavoment, that of tho deuth of Ira Anderson, our hus band and son. LUCINDA ANDERSON, MR. and MRS. R. F. ANDERSON. Subscribe for The Mail. E The Federal grand jury returned' Saturday morning an .- indictment against Charles A. Graves, Erwiu N.. Wakefield, Ora L. Parker and Robert B. Foster, charging them with oon- Bpiraoy to defraud the government of its publio land under tbe same seo tlon of the Federal statute upon, whioh the Williamson indictment was founded. Graves, the surveyor of Crook ooun- ty ; Wakefield, the former partner of WiUiamosn i, Gesner, and Parker and Foster, two entrymen mentioned In the Williamson indiotment, were, ' four of the men most prominently in terested in the oonduot ot the Will-iamson-Gesner-Biggs 'trial in the list of those who worked behind the soeues, - Graves, it was repeatedly oharged during the trial of the Williamson oase, was very active in influencing: the government witnesses not to tes tlfv for the aovernment. or if anv tea- timony bad to be given, to tell no more than it was possible for the dis- . .nlnl nnnnn.. ,m.v. Imm fham liv his questienB. Wakefield, the former partner, and. an alleged co-oonspirators, refused to- .' testify for the government, and also -usod his influence with govenment . wit-.nARflaa In hlnnlrlno thn nnfln nf thfv1" proseoution as much as possible... Parker and Foster both told crooked- stories of the dealings with the Will- iamson & Gesner firm, and refused to assist the government by telling what they knew of the transaotions of the firm. . ' v As they hod all filed jipon timbor lands along with the rest of tbe eu- trymou who had appeared as wit nesses fortbo government, and were . equally guilty of conspiracy, both had rof used to tell what they bad. done or to allow tho government to. proseouto its ouse in peaoe, It was tuougnt dobl oy lur. xieuoy to unug homo to them their illegal notions by Indiotment. Tho four men are aocused of hav ing oonspired on October 2, 1902, with Williamson & JGesnor to defraud tho government. It is alleged in the. Inriinr.iTinnt. t.lint t.hnv eunh filed on1. claims ou July 10th of that year and also induced Sura F. Parker, Laura r A. Foster and MoniaQravos to file ouj tho same date. It is further alleged that they swore falsely Iu regard to the oharaoter of the land, and their.in tontloiiB, thoir vnlue, the timber anil i the intended diposltionof the olalmsr At tho request of Mr. Heney, bench' -warrants were issued for the indioted men, and their ball fixed at flOOO, tho sum required in all other similar casoB. Tho trial of the Jones-Pottor-Wado caso, whioh was set for Monday morn ing, has been postponed a day in or der to allow 'of argument on the de murrers to the indictment which were filed by M. L, Pipes, attorney for tho dofonduutB. " Tho grand jury adjourned without a day, after returning the ludiotments iu the morning. 1 Probate Court Estato of Samuel B. Edsall. Inven tory and appraisemontapproved, show ing real proporty appraised at $550O and personal proporty 380. Estate of C. C. Chappell, deoeased. Order for personal property. ' Estato of Martha M. Hendrlx. Or der continuing. Estate of Geo. W. Mitohell. Order sotting Novomber lth day for final settlement. Estato of Martha Coleman. Order appointing W. ,F. Toirno, A. L. Furoy and W. R. Coleman appraisers- Death of Frank Tryer. Frank 'M. Tryer, who has been sufforing for some months from on. largoment of tho epleou, from whioh ho was unable to find relUf, died Bt his home In Northwest Medford Mon day: aged forty-nine years, six months and ninotoen days. The remains were interred Wed nesday in Odd Follows cemetery. Rev. C. ll.Hoxie conduoted funeral services at the late residence. Dates and Events-Wilson's Opera House. 1 J. R.i Wilson, ownorand mnnnaor nf tho Wilson opera bouse, states .that entertainments have been booked for tho following nates: Soptombor 16th "On the Bridge at Midnight." Ootober 23d. for ono wonlr. th Ooorgla Harper Company in repertoir. uoiooer aist one night the Alma lloarns Dramatto Company. Novomber 10th, Dora Thorn. Novomber 23d, "Hooligan's Trou bles." "Peek's Bad Boy" is booked for a date In January, and tho play, "At Cripple Creek," for February 1st. Aside from those aro tho five enter tainments In the looture course which. Prof. Signs ia handling, announce ment ot which Is Jiado elsewhere.