OREGON Is the;iiest
part of the United States,
BOSUE BIVEB VHLLEY
. is the best paat ol Oregon
MEDFORD i In the ooutor ol the
.valley and THE MAIL the beat papei
If you want' to
Mine, Saw LuniDer,
Raise Fruit,
G row Stock
or do most anything eleo you
will find your opportunity here
THE HAIL tells about it
VOL. XVII.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1905
NO. 42.
Jaok True's orew of road builders
will soon be operating between Med
ford and Eagle Point.
Tbe Southern Paoiflo railroad will
pay taxes in Jaokson county this
year, on their roadbed a 910,000 per
mile. Last year the assessment was
about half that sum.
, Mrs. J. P. R. Rowe, formerly of
Same Valley, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Moon, at Fort
Klamath September 30th.
James Musty, agd thirty-three
years, died at the home of his father,
F. X. Musty, in Meadows precinct,
on October 10th, of typhoid fever.
The remains were interred in Antiooh
cemetery, on Wednesday October
' 11th.
Central Point now has a lady sta
tion agent in the person of Miss E.
Francis, of Eugene. Mies Francis
also carries the mail to and from the
poatofllce and acts as agent for Wells
Fargo & Co.
Geo. Stephenson, of Ashland, left
last week for Loo Angeles, Calif., to
negotiate the Bale of 100 head of
hoi ees recoently purchased in Klam
ath county.
Burr Kingsley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Kingsley, formerly of Jack
sonville, but who now live at Lake
view, was scalded to death in a town
in Washington, last week, where he
was employed in a round house.
Capt. Harrison Kelly died at his
home in Burns one day last week. He
was a prominent citizen of Jackson
county for a number of years, first
being engaged in mining on Grave
oreek and then practicing law at Jack;
sonville. Capt. Kelly removed to
Harney oounty about fifteen years
ago, and served it one term as clerk. ;
At the time of hia death he was poBt-;
master of Burns.
G. G. Burns, who has been driving
the Wells-Fargo & Co., delivery
wagon at Ashland, died quite sudden
ly last week of inflammation of the
bowels ; aged forty-two yearB. He
came to ABhland about a year ago
from Central City, Iowa.
II. E. Spencer, a pioneer of South-!
urn Oregon , died at the home of Mb
Bon-iu-law, N nth tin High, at. Ashland,
Thursday morning last; aged eighty
six years. Mr. Spencer came to Jack
son county in the onrly fifties.
K A. Dunham and Mias W. Katter
ine iioesou were the principals iti a
pretty though quite wedding at the
home of the bride'e siBtor and brother-in-law,
Engineer and Mrs. H. C.
Cole, in Ashland, October 11th. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Evan P. Hughes at 7 :45 p. m. in the
presence of relatives and a few
friends. A wedding lunch wus
served. Both young people have been
residents of Talont for many years.
The bride is the beautiful and churm
ing youngest daughter of the well
known pioneer family of that place
where she was born and raised, while
the groom is the sou of E. II. Dun
ham, a well-known citizen of that
. place, who came out from the east
several years ago. The groom entered
the railroad train service a few years
ago to choose that strenuous vocation
as his occupation. While employed
as a freight brakoman a defective
part of a car caused him to fall and
the car wheels crushed his right leg,
necessitating amputation. After se
curing judgment against the company
for $20,000 the company compromised
by giving him a check for 810,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunham left on the
midnight train for San Francisco to
spend their honeymoon, after which
they will go to Klamath Falls, where
Mr. Dunham has purchased a busi
ness and will settle down.
Returns About Middle of November.
District Attorney Heney, on leaving
Portland this week, said: "It will be
Impossible for me to say just when I
will be able to return. It will all de
peud upon how long it will take to
set the Benson-Hyde case out of the
way. I must be in Tuscon by the lat
to argue in a half-million dollar civil
suit. From there I shall return to
San Franeisoo and attend to some
very important matters whioh have
been neglected since 1 came to Port
laud. I will not be ablo to return
much before the middle or the last of
November.'
Mr. Honey's attention was called to
the dispatch from Waihington regard
ing the Mitchell hearing before the
supreme court. "All I know about
that is what I road," he said. "I
have heard nothing from Washington
and perhaps will not until I arrive
thore. I am ready at any time to
take up the case."
The time for tho trial, of the next
land fraud case will depend upon the
future plans of Judge Hunt. It is
expected that the next "case to attraot
attention will be that at Represents
tive Binger Hermann, who is under
lndiotment for conspiracy. There
was some talk of Representative Her
mann being tried in Washington, D.
C, where he is under nnother indict
ment, but it Is understood that the
Oregon case will be taken up first.
FARM ITEMS.
From Rural Northwest.
The average price at whioh range
cattle are selling In Chicago la about
93.60 per owt. and "western feeders"
at about the same. "Beef cattle" are
selling from $1.50 to $0.00 per owt.,
tabout the same as last year.
The shipments of deciduous fruitB
from California this year up to Octo
ber 3d are reported by the California
Fruit Grower at 6125 oars, compared
with 4758 oars up to the- same date
last year.
AppleB appear to be a good deal
cheaper in California than in Oregon
at the present time. The quotations
In San Franeisoo are 40 to 85 cents
per box for "choice" and 90 centB to
$1.25 for "fancy." The California
Fruit Grower states that the $1.25
quotation was an extreme xor the fan
ciest four-tier Spitzenburgs, $1 being
regarded at the highest rate for prime
offerings of other varieties.
The recent condition of the Fort-
land market for poultry is one which
happens very frequently and justifies
tbe statement often made in this pa
per that farmers Bhould keep hens for
the purpose of selling eggs rather than
for raising chickens for sale. The
market for eggs here iB almost always
as high as the competition from east
ern eggs will allow it to be, whereas
the prloe of poultry is very often be
low the cost of production.
At the Kotbamsted experiment sta
tion one tract of land was cropped
continuously in wheat for thirty years
and an adjoining tract was cropped in
alternate years, and was summer-fal
lowed in the years when not in wheat.
During the first fifteen years the summer-fallowed
land yielded in the ratio
of 150 bushels to 100 bushelB on the
land continuously cropped. It is
plain that the effect ot summer fallow
ib increasing the yield decreaecs. At
the Rothamsted station Lawes and
Gilbecrt found that this was due to
the faot that a large share of the ni
trates formed in the years of rest are
lost in the drainage water. This
shows that the bare summer-follow
system is a b'ad one for a country of
heavy annual rainfall, whereas in a
dry country, where nioatf the moist
ure which falls, remains in or near
the surf a co of the soil, the loss of ni
trates is slight. - -
The last annual report of tbe Alaska
experiment stations show that the
work of these stations is rapidly in
creasing and muoh interesting, and
valuable data bus already been accum
mulaed. J. VV. Neal, superintend
ent of the Copper Center station,
Btates that he was able to commence
plowing in 1901 ou April 30th. Plow
ing and seeding continued until May
20th. Thore was not a clear day iu
May or June and there was rain thh
toen days in May and twenty-three
days in June. In July thore were
five clear days aud tweny-three rainy
days. Iu August there were nineteen
rainy days, six clear days aud soven
frosts. The temperature fell as low
as 2-1 degrees. .In spite of this unfav
orable weather several varieties of
oats matured. Only a little of tbe
barley and none of the wheat fully
matured, although some heads of
wheat were well filled. Fairly good
crops of grain hay were obtainod, es
pecially on fertilized land. Copper
Center station is at latitude G2 de
grees north. At the Rampart station,
in the interior and G5 degrees 30 min
utes north, barley and oats have ma
tured every year Bince 1801. At Wood
Island, JKadiak, several varieties of
barley matured In 1904, and timothy
gave a good yield of hay. The season
of 1904 was unusually cold in Alaska
and hence unfavorable to the matur
ing of crops.
Blue Ledge to be sold.
The Yreka Journal carries a two
column and a half advertisement of a
sheriff's sale Involving the famous
Blue Ledge copper mine on Elliott
creek, to satisfy a judgment of
58385.52 in favor of T. G. Keuney and
others. The sale is to take place at
Yreka bn November 2d. It Ib under
stood that the matter of the indebted
ness has been settled, but the proper
ty Is to be put up at sheriff's sale In
order to quiet the title to the mine.
The property Involved Includes eigh
teen claims iu the Elliott oreek dis
trict, just over the line in Siskiyou
county.
Marrled--Sfone-Hamlin.
At the residence of the bride's par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas M. J3arr,
in Medford, on Friday, October 13,
1905, Mr. Fred W. G. Stone, of Grid
loy, Calif., and Mrs. Theresa F. Ham
lin, of Medford, were married, Rev.
C. H. Hoxie o til elating, In the pres
ence of relatives and intimate friends.
The bride has been a resident of
Medford for a number of years. Mr.
Stone is employed by the Southern
Pacific Corapauj as section foreman
at U rid ley, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone left Sunday for
Gridley, were they will make their
future home.
TWO GUILTY,
ONE ACQUITTED.
It took the jury in the Jones-Potter-W
ado land fraud oaee just thirty
minutes to bring in a verdict Satur
day. Only three ballots were- taken, and
they on the guilt or innocence of Ira
Wade, oounty clerk of Lincoln ooun
ty. It took only a brief discussion
before the verdiot was reaohed In re
gard to Wlllard N. Jones and Thad
deua Potter. In fact, so unanimous
were the twelve men of the guilt of
Jones and Potter that it was hardly
neoessary to take a ballot. On the
first ballot upon Wade tbe vote atood
seven for acquittal, five for convic
tion. The second ballot resulted in
nine for aoquittal and three for con
viction, and on the third ballot the
en ire twelve men voted for hlB aoquit
tal. Jones and Potter beard the reading
of the verdiot againBt them calmly.
. With Wade it waB different. The
gray pallor of hope and fear was pain
fully evident. His mouth twitohed,
and while tbe clerk was arranging the
verdiot that was to pronounce him
guiltless he moistened his lips repeat
edly. Kven when the words were
spoken that made him a free man he
seemingly failed to quite understand
that he had been oleared of the repug
nant oharge of conspiracy. His coun
sel, Attorney Wyatt, whispered to
him that he was free, and with an
effort he pulled himself together.
While ho was yet only half realizing
what had taken place, Jones rose from
his seat and grasped Wade by the
hand and congratulated him. After
the reading of the verdiot, Judge
Hunt inquired of Mr. Heney whether
there was any other oharge against
Wade. Mr. Heney replied that there
was none, and His Honor said: "Mr
Wade, you are discharged aud exon
erated of the oharge."
Judge Pipes asked for time In which
to file motionB for arrest of judgment
and a motion for a now trial. A re
quest? for thirty days was asked for
and the time set was November 1st.
Trie defendants were granted thirty
days in which to prepare a bill of ex
ceptions. The conviction of Jones and Potter
makes the fourth conviction in con
nection with the Oregon laud frauds.
The trial of Jones, Potter and Wade
began two weeks ago. They were in
dicted on a charge of conspiracy to
defraud tho government. The evi
dence produced by the government
at the trial showed that Jones bad
conceived the idea of having old sol
diers settle ou homesteuds In the Si
letz Indian reservation. He, through
Wells, also an old soldier, scoured tho
old soldiers, located thorn on the
claims, built them oabins,loaued them
money and took their mortgages up
on their claims, It was upon tbe evi
dence of those veterans that the cou
viotiou wub obtained.
District Attorney Ilonoy loft Sun- j
day for Tuscon, Arizona, where ho isj
to argue a case on the 20th. From
there he will return to San Francisco, i
settle up some personal matters that'
need bis attention, aud theu he will !
go to Washington, D. C, to appear I
before the supremo court in the Ben-j
son-Hyde case. Judge Hunt, who wna
brought from Montana to try the;
Williumsou-Gesner-Biggs case, left
Monday for Butte. This will bo the
Inst of tho land-frnud cases until Mr.
Heney returns, wbiob he expects will
be about November 1st.
A Narrow Escape.
F.gM. Wilson had a narrow escape
from Berlous injury Monday morn
ing in a run away accident. He was
returning from a trip to Jacksonville
with a team from the Union livery
stables aud when near the sohool
house the horses were frightoned by
Borne children trying to cross in front
of them and began to kick and run.
They ran down Seventh street, nar
rowly missing several vehicles and at
tempted to turn in at tbe stable.
Iu trying to keep them from doing
this, Mr. Wilson was' unable to avoid
running into a wagon fitanding in
the street. Both horses were thrown
down and pretty badly bruiBed, the
top of the hack was torn off and
several parts broken about the vehi
cle, but the driver was' not oven
thrown from his scat.
Georgia Harper at Opera House Next
Week.
The favorite actress, Miss Georgia
Harper & Co., cf seventeen, will bo at
the opera house all next week and
will present a repertoire of high-class
successes, never before given at popu
lar prices, including Frou Frou, Mag
da, The World Against Her, Tho
Lyrlo tueen, Tho Gny ir'nrlslans, A
Noble Mother, Camille and others of
equal merit. Miss Harper Ib an emo
tional actress of splendid reputation
and has selected a repertoire especial
ly suited to her. Her supporting
company is of the boat and this com
pany uses more speciul scenery than
all other repertoire companies on the
coast put together. Every play is
mounted in metropolitan style, The
engagement is for the week with a
souvenir matin eo Saturday.
Subscribe for The Mail.
EIGHTY-FOUR
Money Invested In Medford
Homes Since January 1st
Aggregates Over Eighty
Thousand Dollars.
Never in the history of Medford 's
existence has there been the activity
In residenoe building equal to that
shown for the past nine and a half
months and right now is the busiest
time of all
Many of our townspeople have yen
tured guesses as to the number of
dwellings constructed einoe January
1, 1905, and now in course of con
struotion, but no authorative data
was in the possession of anyone until
last Saturday, Ootober 14th, when a
representative of The Mail secured a
conveyance and made a canvas of the
entire town. To do this required five
hours of steady driving, but when the
territory had been oovered our repre
sentative was in possession of names
and figures.
There have been constructed, and
now In the course of construction,
eighty-four dwellings, and their ag
gregate cost will be $80,475. This, as
will be seen, is an average cost of
very nearly $1000 for each house,
Some of the houses are small, it is
true, but in many instances these are
but the start tor a larger dwelling to
be constructed next season. A great
many of them are large aud ooBt a
considerable sum of money, but let
us say right here, none of them,
whether large or small, are tempor
ary structures all are built substan
tial and permanently, which faot in
itself speaks many good words for the
future of Medford. Another especial
ly flattering feature for our town Ib
that of the entire eighty-four less
than one-fifth of them are built for
the purpose of renting. We have pur
posely omitted gathering data upon
any buildings other than those In
whioh persons intended living. If
each one of these new homes repre
sents one family and they do the
population or Medford ought to have,
or will have, luoroased during the
year about 400.
Below are the names of those per
sons who have built and the cost of
their buildings: .
T R Kahler, 5 room cottage $1100
Thos Collins, 6 room residence. v 500
G L Schernierhorn, 8 room reB. . '. 1300
Snyder, 7 room res 1500
Perrv Scott, cottage - 350
P 1 Martin, 7 room residence 2000
M B Averill, 7 room cottage 1000
Mrs M Muller, 6 room cottune. . . . 3300
John Benson 4 room cottage 71)0
J A Uisb, 3 room cottage li!f
W Greoir; 0 room residence 1700
Ted Kolsoe, 5 room residence 17u0
hugar Hater, 1.1 room residence.. 4000
MnrionTryor, 5 loom residence. 1000
Dr LouIb Bundy, 8 room residence 2000
P J Hallev, 6 room residence' 1100
Chub Humlin, 4 poom cottage.... 500
JAP rry, 8 room rosidence 3500
u li UuaseU, addition to residence
H Tripp. 5 room cottage 550
George Howard, 5 room cottage.. 35q
Dr w 1, Janieron, o room cottaire. .will)
Herman King, residence 800
I W Thomas 8 room residence.... 2500
H P White, cottage 100
I) C White, cottage ... 100
J W liiirkiU.il, addition rcsidenc. 500
I W Redden. 8 room residence 1800
C A Poc, 4 room cottage l!00
A Penwell, S room cottage .-iUU
Mrs Friese,5 room cottage 500
T W Johnson, 6 room residence . . 800
K A Lures, 4 room residence , uOO
Mrs Ferguson, 5 room residence. . 800
G Miller, 5 room residence 1100
h W Monroe, 0 room residence. . . 12oU
Wm Cook, addition to residence.. 600
Mrs A N Lewis, 4 room rcsidetico. 500
J W Smylie, 8 room residence 1500
G T Jo nea, 8 room residence 1000
Uoy wtion, 4 room cottage oou
W C Hodge, 4 room cottage 00
G T Farnsworth, 5 room cottage.- 750
S B Kinsman, addition to restdenc 200
T B Kinsman, (1 room residence... 500
M Purdin, addition to residence. . dOU
Mrs M Brooks, 6 room cottage 000
A P Talent, residence 1200
W L Orr, 8 room residence 1250
F Osenhruggo, 8 room residence. . 1500
F Osenbrugge, 8 " " . . 1500
F Osenbrugge, 7 " " 1500
C E Eads, 5 room cottage 050
S Dyer, 5 room cottage 050
H Roberts, 4 room cottage . ..... 550
Mrs Sample, 4 room cottago 550
E GutcheB, 6 room residence 450
J E Oleon, 7 room residence 1100
J E Olson, 7 " " 1100
W H Coop, cottage 50
J Brandenburg, 6 room cottago. .. 1000
J Brandenburg. 0 ... 1000
E T Maultby, cottage 100
J Bowles, 4 room cottage 450
Gub Samuels 15 room residence... 1700
F Calwe'.l, cottago 100
G T Farnsworth, 4 room cottage. . 250
Eakew, cottago 100
W F Gray, 5 room cottage 400
M WSkeol, 8 room residenco 1200
F A Bliss, 0 room residence 800
V Wolgamott, 4 room cottage 500
H La wren tz. 5 room residence 800
W H Maulthy, 0 room residence.. 1000
E W Starr, 5 room residenco. . . ; . 800
C E Crrnflli, 0 room residence. .. . 1000
E M El wood, 7 room rcBidenco. . , 1700
A J Stevens, 12 room residence.,. 1500
W A Divia. 3 room cottage 200
H N Mnrcy, 7 room cottage 1000
D H Miller, 0 room cottage 2000
D L Day, 7 room residence 1050
VV P Dodpe, addition to residenco 200
Darby O Tool, (residence 800
Total, - - - $S0,475
Sick headache is caused by a disor
dered condition of the Btomach and is
quickly cured by Chamberlain's Stom
ach and Liver Tablets. For sale by
ICbas. Strang.
TO
THE VALLEY.
Some weeks ago The Mall had an
article telling of a scheme by whioh
the Sterling Mining Co. Intended to
bring water into the valley for irriga
tion, power and domestic purposes,
It was Bald that it oouldn't be done,
that it was a "hot air' proposition
and an impossibility. However, the
surveys have been made and prelim
inary estimates as to the ooet have
been submitted. In a short time it
will be up to the farmers and fruit
raiBers of the central valley as to the
amount of enoouragement they intend
giving tbe company in this enterprise
not in bonuses or subscriptions,
but in patronage after the system la
installed. The company ia ready and
willing to oonstruot this Irrigation
system if they can secure the patron
age to justify it. This is not a phll
antbroplo scheme by any means. It
is a cold-blooded business proposi
tion. If sufficient revenue can be
secured to justify the construction
of tbe Bystem it will be built. That's
all there is to it.
Fred J. Blakely, the president of
the Sterling Mining Co., was in Med
ford several days this week, consult
ing with J. D. Heard, the superinten
dent of the mine, concerning their
various properties, for the Sterling is
not the only mine controlled by this
company, whioh faot wilt be found
out later. There are to be extensive,
improvements and this irrigation
scheme Is one of those contemplated.
The ability of the men at th head
of this enterprise to carry out their
plans is most positively shown by the
success Mr. Blakely, the president,
has had in other enterprises. In Doug
laa oounty, where he has been oper
ating for the past several years, he
has Inaugurated more dividend pay
ing enterprlBOB than anyone in that
oounty. He owns the Ko bo burg Power
and Light Co., hus oonstruoted a.
largo mill at Winchester and oleared
the -North Umpqua river from near Its
source to Winchester so that logs
may be Hon tod down' it, has divorted
the Culapooiu bo that its waterB mako
a garden spot of a formerly unproduc
tive section of country. Whatever
Mr. Blakoly tells the people ho in
tends doing he will do. Ho has never
failed yet and doos not intend to fail.
The experience of tho past few years
has demonstrated to tho orchard ista
the valuo of water upon thoir lauds.
If the productive power of an orchard
is increased by irrigation the valuo of
tiio laud is increased in oxact ratio.
It would bo woll for our orchardmen
to look Into this matter thoroughly.
h M. Stewart Appointed Adjutant,
T. E. Hills, commander go n oral of
the G. A, R. in Oregon, Iihb appointed
F. M. Stewart,. of Medford, to bo ad
jutant aud qunrtermnstor-gonernl for
Oregon, vico J. L. Wolls, rosignod.
Tho Portland Oregonian of October
18th published a half-tone picture of
Mr. Stewart, together with tho follow
ing: F. M. Stewart, tho now adjutant
and quartermaster-general for the de
partment of Oregon, is the modest
color bonror of Medford Post, but is
regarded in high tavor uy ills com
rades. He had an oxcelleut war re
cord. He enlisted in 1802 iu Com
pany C, Fifty-fifth Illinois iegimont,
and served till 1805, when ho was mus
tered out of tho service. He passed
through many of tho soverest engage
ments of tho war and was in the fam
ous battle of Shi loh. At AltOua,mado
famous iu song by the heroio defense
by tho few wheu Ooneral Sherman
sent word, "Hold tho Fort" Mr.
Stewart was one of those few .who re
ceived the commendation of General
Shermnn. With Mr. Stewart na adjutant-general,
his comrades 'are sure
tlioro will be no moro ''courthouse re
unions of veterans.'1 Ho baa ontorod
upon his duties nud taken charge of
iili'airs. The office lias boon moved to
Ashland so the department command
er can keep iu closor touch with the
detnils of business. Adjutant-General
Stewart will mako weekly vlBlta to
Ashland.
W. C. T. U. items.
Tho Union mot at tho Christian
enured October 12th with president
in chair. After devotional oxeroisos,
scripture reading by Mrs. Hopkins,
prayer by Mrs. Vogoli, singing by all,
in in ut oh of last mooting were roud
and approved, tho Union devoted
some time in business. Keport of tho
county executive meeting, whioh was
hold at Phoenix Ootober 0th, given
and accepted. Tho program for tho
year's work of the W. C. T. U. dis
cussed. Mrs. Bounds will lecturo in
Medford Sunday, October 22d. Mrs.
Buck read an article ou the progress
of the temperance movement all over
tho world. (Not in MiMlford). We
see those who run saloons apply for
license us oi old If tho city charter Ib
changed. Why is this? It takos two
police under tho prevent charter to
keep peaco in Medford. How comes
that? "What a plooo of tomfoolery
it is to keop your boy In school for
ton or ilftetn years and then vote to
mako It lawful for bo mo saloon keeper
to wrock Ills life in one nlgntl" The
Union was dismissed by Mrs, Smith
to meet at itho Christian ohuroh'.Oo
' tober 10th. PRESS SUPT.
BIG TIMBER
TO BE TAPPED.
B. H. Harris returned a few days
slpoe from a visit to tbe east, where
be went in tbe Interest of tbe Butte
Falls Milling Company.
Mr. Harris informed a Mull repurt-
er that be and his assoolateB are ready
now and willing to oommenoe aotlve
operations in the matter of opening
up tbe big timber belt on Big Butte,
"it depends somewhat, however,"
said Mr. Harris, "on the progress
made by the M. & O. L. railroad, as
to how quiokly we will be able to oom
menoe getting machinery for our mill,
whioh will have a oapaoity of 120,000
feet per day, on the grounds, but JhiB
muoh you can depend upon. That
timber will bi tapped next summer.
After the road reaohes Eagle Point
it will be puBhed just bb fast as
money oan make it go toward the big
timber. My associates are anxious to
oommenoe work in that district. They
know what is to be fonnd there and
tbey are not men to allow obstaoles,
whether large or small, to Interfere
with their plans. The opening np of
this timber belt will mean a large in
crease of population for Jaokson
oounty, a home market for the major
ity of the produoe raised here,, and
a general era of prosperity. Let me
prediot that within live years, the
population will be inoreased from
10,000 to 15,000, and perhaps more.
That is a conservative estimate. V
Bince Mr. Harris has been in the
Rogue river valley we have tied to
interview bim from time to time, but
Mr. Harris was always very conserva
tive 1 1 Mb utterances. Now that he
announoes positively that the timber
of the Big Butte oountry will oom
menoe to bo utilized within a year,
the assurance oomeB with double
force.
Tbe oompany has control of 4,000,-
000,000 feet of Btanding timber. On
the market it would bo worth at least
100,000,000. , The oompany will prob
ably clear 85,000,000 or 810,000,000,
leaving tho balance for wages, mater
ial, supplies, etc. A goodly amount
of that will bo distributed locally.
Will be Jrled on Other Charges.
Pr m orlliiiid Tolegram :
ioiiatoiuMUuholl, CougrosBinuu J.
N. Williamson uud Wlllard N. Jones
must undorgo trial on anotltor,ontiro-
ly separate imliotmcnt, and' If found
guilty, thoy will probably liavo to pay
yet hoaviur ponaltios for breaking tho
laws thoy Bworo to uphold. With
thorn in the forthcoming trial nro in
volved Cougroesniau liingor llormaun,
wlio muBt also face two diliercnt iri
diotmonts, and Uoorgo Soruuson nncl
P. Mays.
The oaBO involving thoso dofoudauts
may ; bo triod tho llrst after court
moots again ; at any rate, it will bo
one sot for an early hearing.
It is known as the llluo mountain
I'orost reserve case, and tho iudiot-
mont sotting forth the alleged orimo
charges that on January 15, 1005, the
defendants uonspirod to dofrnud the
United StatoB of 200,000 acres of val
uable lands by obtaining possoHsion of
1G0,000 acres of school lands in Crook,
Grnut, llaruoy, Mainour, . Baker,
Union, Umatilla and Wallowa coun
ties, which wore still vacant beoaiiHO
they were arid aud worthless. Other
lands amounting to 50,000 ncros were
to bo acquirod iu furtherance of the
schoine.
Tho plan was to get thoso lands,
says tho indictment, by procuring
poreons to purclinso at the usual ruto
charged by tho stato for school laud,
which is 81.25 un aero; no ono person
can acquiro more than 320 ncres in
this uiannor.
It was then tho object of the de
fendants, It Ih charged, to hare a for
est roBorve established iu tho said
counties, relinquish the lauds in
closed by tho proposod reserve, nud
in oxehange for tho lauds so surren
dered guiu acreago of valuo iu tho
dlfforeut Ktatos still open for sottlo
mont by the lieu-land act.
Those, in brief, aro tho allegations
of tho governmont.
Kidnapper Caught In Medford.
Chief of Polico Anglo, of this city,
laid detaining hands upon 11. A.
Logan and Kthel Cook, ou Monday
ovontng of this week and both are
now iu custody lift this olty. Logan
is in tho oity jail and tho girl in a
room at Hotel Nash. Tho couple iB
from Ouklund, Calif., and thoy olopod
from that olty on tho 11th of this
month. Tho man Ib twonly-ulno
years of ago, is married nnd has a
boii. Tho girl Is but sixteen years
old. Mrs. Hobs, mothor of tho girl,
has sworn out a warrant for tho ar
rest of Logan, charging him with kid
napping her daughter. The couplo
walked from Ashland to Medford last
Monday nnd wore arrostod while get
ting their suppors in n restaurant,
Chief of Police Anglo was In reoolpt
of a tologram Wodiiosday from tho
ohlof of polico of Oakland, saying that
ho had soourod requisition papers aud
would bo in Medford aftor tho prison
ers Friday.
LLI1S0N, EES-
NER AND BIGGS
By tho sentence that was Saturday
morning imposed upon Congressman
J. N. Williamson, the state ot Oregon
iB deprived of another of its members
of congress. Judge Hunt imposed
sentences upon Representative Will
iamson, Or. Van Gesner and Marlon
R. Biggs, but exeoution of sentenoei
will be stayed until Judge Hunt and
Dlstriot Attorney Heney return to
Oregon. In the meantime the defend
ants are under bonds,
"judse Bennett wslved argument
upon the two motionB he had filed,
explaining to ; Judge Hunt that he
understood that HIb Honor was an
xious to leave the city, and that it
would be impossible to argue the
many points inside of four hours. He
alBO announced that tbe appeal and
bill ot exceptions whioh he and At
torney H. ;S. Wilson had prepared
was not ready, and it would be im- -possible
to have a copy in the bands
of the dlstriot attorney before Mon
day. It was then agreed that tbe ex
eoution of judgment should be post
poned. When this matter was settled,
Judge Hunt called upon representa
tive Williamson to Btand. Before
His Honor could pass sentenoe, Judge
Bennett made one more futile at
tempt to save representative Willi
iatnBon. Senior oounsel for the de
fendants rose and objected to passing
of judgment upon Mr. Williamson,
pleading that It would interfere with
hlB performance of duty aB a member
of congress. This , motion. Judge
Hunt overruled, then amid the morn
ing Bileuoe of the courtroom the court
said :
"Mr. Williamson! will you please
stand up??"
Judge Hunt then asked it he bad
anything to any why sentence should
not be pronounced and Williamson
replied that everything had been
Bald. Judge Hunt then said:
'The time is now ut hand when I
muBt do my duty, painful to mo as
it is. Nothing that I might say ut
tliia time could remind you moro
forcibly than the occasion Itself must
of your situation. Your intelligence,
your honorable public position and
your own solf-rospoot combine, 1 am
suro, to impress upon you your griev
ous error. Tho clrcumstnucoB!of your
case afford a Btrikiug wnrnlug to
youngor men who would prosorvo
their careers treo from ttmt taint
which should always, and doos some
times, follow tho too prevalent belle
that what is wrong as against an ludl-
viuiiiu uiuy uu uuuuttsiiiiiiuuu us
against tho government itself. But
tho law demands ttmt this daugorous
doctrine bo suppressed and that pub
lie na well ub private ownership of
lands bo protootod. Tho snmo good
faith, the honesty aud fair-dealing
Bhould porvndo every dealing in the
matter of public lands, as should
ovory purohuso of privato property
hotweeu mnii nnd man. TIiIh, aud
this only no moro, but no leas.
"The sontonoo of the court Is that
you shall be imprisoned for a porlod
of ton mouths and pay a line of SiiOO.
"At rlio roquost or your counsoi,
mndo by formal motion, the execu
tion of- this sontonce is bub ponded,
peudiug an appeal aud other such
matter 3 as the law authorizes as may
be had iu your bohalf in the full
preservation of your rights."
In sentencing Dr. Gosner the oourt
said:
'I tun satisfied, from the ovideuco
aud from your own personal appenr
mice, Dr. Gesnei, that uuy long tin-
pisonmout would sonoueiy impair
your health nud porhaps eudangor
your life For this reason, aud this
only, I mako a difference in your
case, and the sontonoo is that you bo
confined for five months nud pay a
lino of 81000."
Marion K. iliggs was the last to re
ceive sontouco. Like Williamson, he
cntno iu for n lecturo. Biggs was not
outwardly nu cool nnd uolloctnd as
Williamson nud Gesner. His face
was Hushed aud tho hot blood Hooded
hie fnoe as Judge Hunt delivered htm
Bclf of tho following:
"There ib an element, Mr, Biggs, In
you case, which 1 fool I should men
tion. You aro a United Stntes com
missioner, and it was your official
duty to guard the interests of tho
government as woll ns thoao of the
applicant for public lands. So careful
have I been In the nppointmont of
commissioners m my own district
that 1 always ndviBod them, personal
ly or by letter, that wheuovor thoy
have reason to believo the land laws
aro being violated they should bring
the matter to tho attoutlon of the
firopor authorities, to tho end that tho
uterestH of tho governmont may be
fully protected. I see no difference
therefore, in your nttitudo beforo the
court nnd that of tho othor defendants
and it is my duty, as I see it, to im
pose tho samo seutenco as that Im
posed upon Mr. Williamson."
The court then ho n Unoed him to
imprisonment for ten tnontlis and a
flue of $600.
Settle Up Notice.
Owing to tho fact that tho Medford
Iron Works has recently changod
hands. E. U. Trowbridge- having pur
chased tho interosts of M. M, (.limit
nud Wm. Uook In the same, parties
Indobted to tho firm are heroby re
quested to call and mako a settlement
of their acco nits.
12-tf A1UDFOKD IRON WORKS,
Ryo nnd vetch soed lor sale at J.
A, Perry's. 37 tf