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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1906)
..V, ' ' " Mm' fl 'if ' ' 1 4 '" lH"l ' I f, If you want to ' Mine, Saw Lumber, Raise Fruit, Grow Stock, or do most anything else you ' will find your opportunity nere,; THE HAIL tells about it OREGON fs tbe Best I 'pa'rt'j)f 'bjej Urted State. BOeOE BIVEB VBLLEY : is the best part of Oregon' ' MIDrOM li In the center ol tbm vnoyn4THE MAIlVtbe belt mH n-. '" 'f '"-V'.':; If' ' ... . n p: i.v .-. . , ,, ,. . V '.. t,i , '' " . y".-, i--!. VOL. ;XV!H. ; 7 V y ; ' MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MY 6, 1906 - NO. 26 SlfiEEHCHOES ' Opinions of Some of Our Citizens-Serious a nd Otherwise. ' .'' P. O. Bigham, Tuesday : "You ask how tbe Boda water trade 1b? It you will take a look around tbe hoiwe you oau form an Idea, 1 That's all the stuff there la iu tbe bouse. I haven't more than three dozen left and no bottles to put more In. '. Tbe bottles are all oat. Tbe . trade has been all that 1 expeoted it would be and then some, and its getting better all the time. I've no klok coming what ever." ' A Subscriber: "I read what Mr. linker bad to say in the last issue of your paper with regard to Medford people giving patronage to Chinese laundrymen.. While Mr. Baker was speauing ot his own line of business as' applies to Chinese patronage, be might have gone a little further and mentioned the fact that some of our merobants ship In' vegetables grown in California by oheap John. Chinese and sold here at a price whioh tbe home growers cannot meet. These shipments are made in the name of some Dago, but in reality tbe vegeta bles are grown and owned by China men." G. P.'Llndley: "We bad a letter reoently from W. B. i Parfelt, who used to live with us here , but who is now In the Transvaal country, in South Africa. I lanoy lie will.be in Medford again within a year. He has been engaged in mining there, but he eoents trouble ahead and seems oer tain that tbere will be another upris ing of tbe natives. -There are nine blacks to one white man there. The British government has levied a 85 poll tax upon . all persons both blaok and white. The blaoks are going to refuse to pay this tax and then there will be trouble. Oh, it is only a Brit ish pretax to seoure a flmer foothold in that country." f J. G. Christy: "Tnat report of ar tesian water at Talent makes me think more of this oountry than ever. Why? Because I lived in the artes ian belt In tbePeoos Valley, New Mex ico, and I know what water will do and irrigation by means of artesian wells is the nioest way .of getting water on , land you' ever saw. .You don't have to have a great big ditoh, just a tew laterals running here and there. Nor do you' have to 'take turns' in using water,' as you fre qaently must do with the ditch sys-' tern. The water belongs to you and its running all the time. No expen sive repairs, nothing at all to do but lead it where it will do the moBt good. When I first oame here it struck me that tnis ought to be an artesian belt; and now I am convinoed I was rignt. There will be other wells bored, of course, and this, suooessful experi ment will go far toward solvln g the' irrigation problem in the valley," B. N. Butler: "Where was I Sun day? Well, 1 was at Gold Ray and by that token I was soared almoBt as badly that day as I was some forty or more years ago when a lot of fellowB commenced shooting at me and somj more fellows while we were roasting some green oorn over a fire made of fence rails. We hurried away and left the oorn, although we hadn't had any thing to eat for two days. But about Sunday. We started into a tunnel at Gold Kay to see what was inside and had got pretty well in when we heard the ail-tiredest noise 'way bark in the mountain, sounded like a whole train of cars coming, and the whole party ooholuded that the open ah was a 'good place about then. One of your office force was in the lead as we went in, but he was naturally in the rear when we turned around to come out, and the way he kept hurrying wasn't slow.'. Guess he felt like I did on .that oorn feaBt oocasion. When we got out and asked tbe man atthe mouth of the tunnel 'what it was, he isaid there wasn't any train of oars in there and the noUe was made by the drill. Then we went in - the whole 36S;feet of the tunnel and watched operations. It was about the only really oooi place in the whole neigh-, borhood." i i ' ' - E C. Geddis: "It is a souroe of great satisfaction to Mr. Dixon and myself to hear so many remarks upon the: merits of the Page fenoe, and of the general satisfaction it is giving the parties who have placed orders with os in the past and have given the Fane fence a good trial. Juit a few days ago Mr. Dlxou was at W. W, Edlngton's farm, In Sams Valley, and Mr.jEdington showed his oonfidenoe in the lasting qualities of the Page by placing an order 'with us "for some more of the fenoe, and I think you wllljagre with me' that that is tbe bestj recommendation we can get for the Pag fenoe. - Mr. Neidermelr, near Jacksonville, has his first mile of Page fende in use and be hat placed anoth er large order with us, which speaks for Itself, Elmer Coleman, tbe pros perous farmer above Phoenix, uses the Pg and does not hesitate to say that be will me bo other. W have reallzsd all the time that when the farmer of. Jsoksoa county have given THE FOURTH A GREAT . GATHERING 1 AND, GENERAL GOOD TIME One of tbe largest crowds ever as sembled In Southern .Oregon, was in, Medford Wednesday ; to attend the oelebratlon of the Fourth of July, and in the .'evening all went home tired, but happy and with tbe firm' oonvlction that Medford was the plaoe to celebrate. Contiary to the usual, prooedure' there was no pro gram of literary exeiolses, and tbo time usually oooupied by these was ta ken up by races and other sports. The parnu was formed : at 10:30 o'.olook, and was one of the most pleasing features of the day. The prooession was led by D. T Law ton, marshal of the day, who was assisted by J. A. Mcintosh and Mort Lawton as regular aid-dr-canips, and a nondescript, oolleotion or ludiauB and oowboys. Following the marshal oame the' baud, then F. paenbrugge, aotlng mayor, and Eugene Amann, cbfef of the fire department, ,in a car riage,, then the oity oounoil and om ciols in oarrlages, then the three hose companies. .. After this division the juvenile part' ot the parade oame. Loraine Bliton, as Angel of Peace, lone Flynn, as Goddess or Liberty, Angle Purain, as the "Stars and Stripes". Eaoh looked the part and rode upon ap propriately deoorated floats. Then there was a melange of floats, oow giris and oowboys a half mile long. Three littl; girls drawn in oarts by boys, represented the national colors.. Wray Curry bb red, lone Short as white and Dora Skeel as blue. Buster Brown, Mary Jane and Tige, represented by Herbert Alford, Jeasima Roberts and "Pug" Ragsdele, were' in the line. Leonard Childa tamed a mountain lion in full view of tbe Immense orowd. Ethel and Marie Eifert and Helen Strang were ideal "maide from school " Martha and George Wash ington never uad better looking rep resentatives ithan - Aileen and Paul Reddy. "Uncle Sam," Harry Gor ton, hauled the white man's burden the "Philippines and Hawaii,1 repre sented by his two little sisters. A more dignified and impressive Unole Sam and Columbia could not be found than Dewey and "Brownie" Pardin. The thoughts of many an old-timer harked baok fifty years as the typical prairie BChooner drawn by A. Weuth arby's ox team, and labelled "South ern Oregon or Bust," creaked down the Btreet. George Merriman, Jr., was in evidence, mounted upon a mule, whose ideas or the proper mode of piocedure were at variance with his rider. Sanoho Panza never had a more - strenuous time than did George. The Missonri Hoedown, the Bzitt-Nelson fight John Goodwyn, and Roland Kelly Merriman 's black smith Bhop, Russell's oonteot lonely, Van Dyke'B store and Hnekins' drug store were represented by appropriate floats. The soheme of the laat men tioned float was the advertisement of a hair tonlo, and if the makers there of would guarantee to its users as magnificent a head of hair as that possessed by Nellie Evans, who rode on the float, they couldn't fill their orders. Following these oame the automobile parade ten of the ma chines being in line, decorated in tbe national colors. The oredit for the suooess of the juvenile part of the par ade is due to tbe untiring and able efforts of Misses Hazel Enyart, Helen Cobb and Angie Purdin, who worked night and day almost to get it up. We nearly omitted to mention "Happy Hooligan" Ed. Root, who carried off the first prize in tbe oali thumpian parade. He is , nearly the last, but .by no means, the least. Misses Hazel Enyart and Helen 'Joss, as, the "cowgirls" esoorts of the parade,' dress'.d -the part and rode their bronohos aB if to tbe "manor born.,". . , , The prize winners were as follows: Best characters in juvenile division of parade, Hazel Enyart and Helen Coss as cowgirls. Seoond prize, Jap anese float, Ethel and Marie Eifert and Helen Strang. Calithumplans Ed. Root, goddeas of liberty, 1st; Geo. Morrlman, Unole Tom, 2d. 100 yard raoe, boys under 12, Johnny Wright Girls' race, Louise WaBohau. Pony raoe, lull's pony. " our line of fence a thorough trial that they will be unanimous in their opinion that it Is the best all around fence on the market and will use no other. Our last carload of twelve and one-half miles . we expeot to have all delivered in the next two months and are figuring on another car, being placed here in tbe' valley by tbe first of October' at the , latest. " , , Fruit Orowera Meet An interesting meeting of the Rogue River Valley Fruit Orowera' Union wu held at Perry's war house Satur day, tbe object blng to nwk prepa ration tor handling th wmob'i orpp of trait. A f ood.dnd atUndano of IN MEDFORD. 100 yards, fris for all, Ohas. King, lsti .U. M. Mooie, 2d. r Three-legged race, Wright and Loz ier. , " .. ., ; Pat inan'a race, E. Houderton. Five mile race, A. L. Allen. ' Hose race, Iowa Lumber & Box 'Co. team, 1st, 34 seooudu; Hose Co. No. 2, 2d, 86 2-1i seoonds : Hoeo.' Co. ... ' No. 1 ran in 31 2.-5, but were disqualified on a foul. . V '," The greased pig, vafter creating more or leas excitement .. by gyrating through the crowd, w us' oaptured by his .owner, Chas Talent,; and hie porkship seemed glad to 'get home. Jaok Loar's entry for the greased pole climb was awarded the prize, although unable to reaoh the summit of the pole. ,: . ... : . In the 100 yard race for boys under sixteen Treve Lumsdeu made tbe dis tance in eleven seconds. An exhibition of "brpnoho busting" was given juat after the parade by E. Fluke, but. the broncho aidn't want t be "busted" very badly and as a oonsequenoe the exhibition was a tame one. ' ' ; ' '. ' The fireworks In the evening were the best ever seen in Southern Oregon and the ball at Pavta opera house waB highly successful. " j :. Too mnch oredit oannot be given the firemen for the . success of tneir oelebratlon. They worked hard and faithfully, day and night' almost, to insure the visitors an enjoyable time, and that they suooeeded 1b shown by the many ' complimentary remarks made by the people. : ' ' . ; : Between four and Ave thousand people were in the city from the out side. THE BALL GAME. The grand stand and bleachers were filled to capacity and' the left field fence was lined with enthusiastic fans when Umpire Williams shouted "play ball." They bad oome expecting to Bee a good game and they were not disappointed, as the game was a much better one than the score would indi cate. The s3ore was 7 to 2 in favor of Medford. Virgil Garvin, late of the Portland league team, was in (be rox for Medford, and helped some in bringing about the above result. Bat the battle made against him by Per noll was a great one and stamps the youngster as a oomitg - man in base ball circles. With experience in fast company nobody would have any thing over him aa a pitoher. The Medford boys wore their batting clothes that day, but they totaled but seven safe bingles off Pernoll, and that number would have been reduced If be had had as fast, a bunch of field ers behind him as did his opponent. Nine men out of the twenty-four that faced him Medford didn't bat in tbe ninth Btnote the air. The Sail gentle man from Texan twice tell, aviotim to the -stocky Oregonian's shoots. Garvin fanned ten of the "Dutch" ag gregation. . Grants Pass led off with one in the first after two were, out, due to a bit by Faubln, a bunt by Pernoll and another hit hy Al. Schmidt. Then they didn't do any thing more until after the fifth, when F. Faubln smashed out a two-bagger and scored on a passed ball. Menfod made one eaoh in the first, third fourth and fifth. In the sixth Wilkinson hit for two stations and Eifert followed him with a long drive between oenter and left. The bail found a convenient hole under the fenoe, thus giving him a home run. Five of the visitors hit Garvin safely and ten them of them couldn't find tbe ball. Following is the soore by innings: ! 12 3 15 6 7 8 9 ;' Medford - 10111210- ' Grants Pass 10001000 0-2' . Didn't go to bat in ninth. j The game betwoen 'Ashland and Medfora on the fifth was a runaway, raoe for the locals, the soore standing 11 to 1 at the close. 'Two' hits were made off Gorvln by the visitors, whioh netted them their 'single ' score. Tbe Medford team hit Kobley ssfely nine times. - Garvin struok out nine men and Miles, who pitched the last three innings, fanned six. Five of tbe Med ford boys fell viotims to Robley's shoots. , This game praotioally oloses the season in Southern Oregon, as the ball players are all getting ready to 'take to the tall timber." tbe members was present. President 8.;Xi Bennett called the .meeting to order, and J. A. Perry was re-elected manager for the ensuing year. I He was authorized to order a oar load of fruit paper for the use of the members of tbe Union, and acontraot was made with tbe Iowa Lumber & Box Co. for fruit boxes. , i A. Dorfman of the Firm of Rosen thal A Dorfman, owners of the car orchard, was admitted to th Union. For gile. Rubber tlred,slngla bu class condition. Or. V 43-tf gy. In first- . a Jon. The receipts tor the mouth of June from water rents In ABhlaud reached tbe sum of $1600, an luorease of 8100 over any previous month. ' Mrs, P. Dunn, mother of County Judge George W. Dunn, is lying ser iously ill of bronoblal troubles, at tbe residence of her son at the Jackson ville. Her oondition was. little Im proved at last aooouuts Dr.' J. S. Horndon, of Ashland, had,raud, the government and to pay a an nttnnlr nf nAnft. ffllliirA nun liav Inat I week and fell into the creek on the banks or which he was sitting. He wbb unable to get out ot the water and would liliely have drowned if help had nr t been fortn-oomiug,- The following oomprises the team whioh will represent Co. B of Ash land at tbe annual rifle competition ;he National Guard, to be held at Salem July 9th to 11th: Geo. C. Spen oer, First Sergt. A. MofJlellen, uoi - poral W. O. Tate; Privates Carl Hoots and'A O. MoGee. 1 ' The oity of Ashland has taken up tbe option it held on the Ashland mill property and . other valuable rights on ABbltnd oreek. The amount Involved is $10,000. 810,000 of whioh had already been paid and the balauce was paid this week, wheu the final transfer waB made. Wednesday morning Sheriff Lewis of Joeepbine ooouty,and Drank Hook, owner of a livery stable In the Jose plinecounty metropolis,oame (o Ash land, identified and took home a team of horses, belonging to Heck's stables and whioh had been bired and not returned. The thieve:, going by the names of Burt Mewton and J. C. Furlong, brought the team to Ash land Friday night and sold it to Justice Norris. ' Norris paid them 1 15 down with an greemsnt to pay tbe re. maihder at a later d:te,but tbe thieves disappeared that night, and as yet have not been heard from. Newton worked in tbe stables at Grants Pass a few days and hired the team Fri day morning ostensibly for the pur pose vf going out to a mine to draw. some money whioh he said was oom ing to him, bnt instead it seems be and bis partner hit the publio high. way for tbe south. They are said to have a suspicious manner and are dressed after the fashion of western oowpunoberB. ,, . ; Grants Pass Wins Again. The grand stand at the Jacksonville ball grounds was orowded with people Sunday to witness the ball game be' tween the Jacksonville and Grants Pass teams and tbey saw a game worth going far to see. Both pitchers were effective and one little slip in the seo ond inning waB eventually the deoid ing point of the game. It happened like this: H. Pernoll was out, shoit to first, H. Sobmidt was hit' by a pitched ball. In an attempt to oatoh him off first the boll caromed off Donegan's mit and before It oould be retrieved tbe runner had reached seo ond, from where he scored a moment later on Faubin's drive to left-center. Faubin etole seoond and scored, wbile Carter's fly out to right was being re layed to the plate, The game stood 2 to 0 until the seventh, when Pernoll rapped outfi two sacker asd soorod on Carter's drive to right. Jacksonville got into the game for a few minutes in the ninth. Nunen was out at first on a olose decision, Fat Donegan hit the ball for 'the first time for a single. Diok Donegan fanned, making two out and it looked llko the "Irish would be shut out. Twioe did Eddie Donegan swing vioionsly at Fernoll's elusive curves and the orowd got up to go home. Suddenly something happened. Pernoll slid one just where Donegan wanted it,"there wasa long, splitting crack, "and the sphere sailed over left field fenoe for the first home run made off the Applegate southpaw thlB season, bringing in the Oonegans. Then there was some Jacksonville noise and they .began to have hopes of tieing the soore, but Dunford was thrown out, at first. Ihe baseball fans must take off their hats to the Pernolls 'and.Jaok aon county is proud of them, for rbey belong to thiaoounty. Out of twenty seven outs John Pernoll aa oatoher is credited with twenty-two, and his brother, H. For noil, made tweoty-ono of the JaokBonvilles smote the hot air it was hot that day. The extra wasa high pop fly in front of the plate that the catcher gathered In. FOur iiits were made off eaoh pitcher, although many an apparently safe rap was smothered by fast fielding. Wil cox ozooed seven, walked two and hit one aan. - ' Sewer Contract Awarded, j The oity oounoil, at a special meet ing Saturday evening, awarded tbe contraot for the construction of the sewer In dlstriot No. 8 and 5 to the Grants. Pass Hardware Co. The bid for dlstriot No. 3 was tl.006 26, and for No. 5, $878.20. Work will b oom. menoed at once. Only one other bid, that of F. V. Medynskl, was offered. Sick bicycle mad well while you wait, at Evan' repair shop. Alfalfa aad grain hT. Mill. Monro k MELDRUM GETS THREE YEARS. PORTLAND, July 5.-Henry Mel. drum, former United States surveycr geaeral for Oregon, was this morning sentenced by Federal Judge Wolver ton to serve sixty days eaoh on olgh t en oounta. charging conspiracy' to J oounts. The aggregate sentenoe means impiBonment at hard labor at the Fed oral prison at McNeill's Island, Wash ington, for nearly three years and a fine of $5250. : if compelled to serve the full term he will walk forth from the prison walls a free man on June 21, 1009. Good behavior on his part will terminate tha sentenoe on May 7, 1908. 1 ' i '' Tbe maximum penalty is ten years' imprisonment and a tine of 91000 on eaoh oount ; the miuimum is a nom inal fine of 81 on eaoh count. The sentenoe was imposed after Mr. M-sldrum had been given a ohanoe to say sometning In mitigation of Mb crime, but he requested that R. W. Montague his oounsel, represent him, Mr. Montague oraved the meray of the court in a stirring appeal, setting forth that the oonvioted man bad al ways borne a good reputation in the community; that he had been a faith ful and eflioient servant of the govern ment up to the time the present crime was committed; that he was of good family, and that M. Meldrum's downfall waB due entirely tn hie orav ing for- and indulgence in strong drink. Dlstriot Attorney Bristol then oalled the attention of the oourt to the faot tht Meldrum's guilt has been proven on eaoh of the twenty-one charges made against him, eighteen of whioh were for forgery of affidavits and the remaining three for uttering these affidavits. Bristol did not insist on tbe Imposition of a maximum penalty, but Insisted that it oe severe enough to be a warning to other government offloinls in Meldrum's position. Brls tol added that tbe government wonld be satisfied with a sentenoe of sixty days and a fine ot $250 on each of the twenty-one counts. Judge Wolverton, In passing tenoe, arraigned the (prisoner for nis palpable betrayal ot bis oath of office and for his conspiring to loot the government for his own gain. The sentenoe was then 'imposed. Meldrum stood- up before the bar, looking the ludge squarely in tbe eye and calmlv listened as the deoree i ob blng him of three 'years of his free dom was uttered. His lips quivered slightly ae he Strode baok to hlB seat beside his young son, Don, and whis pered something in his ear. He had asked hiB Bon for a penoil, and, drawing out a piuoe of paper from his pooket, he figured out the length of his sentenoe and the amount of his fine. Showing thlB to the boy, Mr. Meldrum Bmiled a trifle and bteathed a uigh of relief. He was manifestly pleased at the lenienoy of the court, evidently . expecting much severer penalty. , . ; A number of hie Oregon City frleoda were present in the oourt room when he waa sentenced, and they flocked around him and Bhook him warmly by the hand after be left the hall of justice. ; Mr. Meldrum's bond, of 81000, will remain in foroe until Monday, when commitment papers will be made out, and be Will be taken to McNeill's priaon, the term beginning that day, July 9th. - Theorime for whioh Meldrum will be puniahed waa perpetrated in 1001, when he forged the eighteen affidavits and uttered them on lands in two tdwnahips, one in Harney county and the other In Lake. The discovery of the irregularities in his offioe made by one of bis own assistants, and the Federal grand jury was ap priBod of the forgeries. Mofdrum was tried and oonvioted on every indict ment brought against, him, in 1001, and has been out on bail slnoe. Meldrum has a family, consisting of a wife and five ohlldren, living In Uregon City. . He refused to say anything for pub lioation regarding his sentence, and roturned to Oregon City at noon. Condition Is Improved. WASHINGTON, June 30. Score tary Sbaw tonight Issued thefollowlng comparison with this and the previous flsoal year ! Tbe defiolt last year was $21,000,000 in round numbers. This Inoluded 5,000,000 extraordinary expenses on the Panama canal. Tbe aotual do flolenoy on ordinary expenses was therefore, in round numbers, 118,000,.- 000. This year tbe surplus Is 825, 000,000 and in addition there has been paid on the Panama canal 118.000,000, The aotual excess of revenues over ordinary expense is, therefore, M3, 600,000. The difference between W3, 500,000 excess and $18,000,000 defiolt on ordinary expense I therefore $61,- 600,000. Th treasury oo ordinary expenses I 161,600,000 better off . at th close of th flsoal year than at the do of tb Steal yew 1908, A" dispatch from Oshkosb, W1b., says: In tbe United States oourt June 30th iu tbe oases agalnBt five Oshkosh capitalists, oharged with being im plicated tn Oregon land frauds, sensa tional, testimony was Introduced by several witnesses from tbe state of Oregon. ' ":'.'' i - Henry J. Cole, of Jamison, Or,, Jefferson Howard, of Aahland, Or., and Butler Helman, of Ashland, Or., testified. The testimony was at tbe iilstlgagtion of Summer Parker,' of Oregon, who, was indioted ; with the defendants.1 They entered govern ment timber lands with the intention of disposing of them to a oompany whioh they testified they thought was tbe Osbkosh Land & Timber Co. They testified that each of them was to re ceive 8200 for so entering the land, and they stated that tbeir expenses weie paid, Mr. Cole and Mr, How ard related that they received onooks under this aggreement Bigned by Jo seph Blaok, who is one of the Shaw ano men Indioted, and the third re ceived bis oheck, ne stated, from Mr. Parker. Howard and Helman testi fied that their wives also entered timberiands in the Bame manner and were to reoeive $200 eaoh for so do ing. '.' -.- . .' .:. United States Court Commissioner D..E, McDonald that afternoon dis charged Lender Ohoate, Ben Dough ty, James Doughty, James M. Bray and Thomas -Daly, all of Ohskosh, who were indioted for alleged land frauds in Oregon. His ruling closed an examination, the first chapter of whioh was had three weeks ago. The commissioner said: In my opinion, there baa not been adduced a sointilla of evidence on either side, either in cross-examination or otherwise that would tend to show that tbe defendants had entered into any agreement or combination tq defraud the government. If there was the slightest evldenoe to oonneot the defendants with con spiracy, 1 certainly should bind them over. But, on the oontrary, I oan see no course for me to do save to dis charge them.," , f ., ,' : I Summer Parker, of Oregon, the last witness,testitied that be had no know ledge of a combination conneoting the defendant with aa alleged land fraud in Oregon. He denied entering into any deal with the Osbkosh lumber men. - ,..-.', Disstriot Attorney Bristol stated that he had reoeived Information to the effect that the three Shawano, Wis., defendants recently discharged by Commissioner McDonald would be re-arrested. It is probable that new proceedings will alao be taken at. once against the five men released at Osh kosh. Out of the haze of seoreoy that pre vails ot govenment headquarters, the faot has ocme to light that United States District Attorney William C. Bristol has opened fresh warfare on tbe Wlsoonsin land fraud defendants, recently released by United States Commissioner Dlllott and MoDonald. Upou Dillett particularly it is under. Btood, i.Mr. Bristol haB applied the force of his official ' laBh In an appeal to tbe department of justice request ing tnat the defendants, John C, Blaok, Joseph Blaok and AuguBt Anderson, of Shawano, be rearrested on new complaints and taken before a different United States commissioner, where the government's side may be accorded a fair hearing. Behind tbe district attorney's move in thfsVdirec tion Is an Interesting story. V. ; Reoontly tbe faot cams to light that United States Commissioner C. F. Dillett is a member of the new firm of Wallrloh, Di lett , & Lnwson, : Now John C. Blaok, Joseph Black and Au gust Anderson are bankers, brewers and sawmill men of fat fortunes, with a hunger for large traoti of rich timber land. The faot has alBO developed that M. J. Wallrloh, C. F. Dillett and A. b. Lareon, lawyera, are the regu larly employed attorneys of John C. Blaok. Joseph Black add August An dersonbankers and business, men, who have a large amount of legal busi ness to be looked after. (n the light of this faot it may be just a oolnoldence that tbe exhaustive arguments and briefs' forwarded by District Attorney Bristol by wire and mall, showing that the commissioner had no right to try out the facts of the oase in supercedence of a trial oourt, bad no elfeot on that official, who discharged the defendants. f When the faot of the business rela tions of oounsel, defendant, commis sioner and ollent oame to light it is understood that Dlstriot, Attorney Bristol went to work wltha rongeanoe and oaled upon the department . of justice to take notice of the situation,; direct the rearrest of tbe 'discharged defendants, and hold them for hearing before an offloer with not so muoh personal interest at (take as appears to have been the oas with Commis sioner Wlllett, of Shawano, Wis. Another tact which wonld tend to show Commissioner Dlllett's bias In tn proceedings is that when Dlstriot Attorney Bristol sent eight Trllnran to Shawano' to . testify regarding; the- -evidence the governmentjhnlds against; the defendants, Dillett held the hear ing twenty-four houia before tbe r ' rival of the witnesses and discharged, the indioted men. It is said on pret ty good authority that Dillett waa ad vised of the Coming of tbe witness', and ordered the ' hearing In advance of their arrival. TELEPHONE.. : Friday morning the telephone bell, in The Ma i offioe rang and something like the following . conversation en sued: "Hello,, yes, this 1b Bliton. Who is tbie?" "This is Judy, Ed-, ward Judy, and I'm talking from my home on Griffin creek. . A telephone -' line has just been oompleted out tola. way and I thought I would notify you of the faot. Do - we find it conven ient? I should say so, don't know' bow we got along without ' it this long." , . ; ' ; .; The line above referred to waa. strung by tbe Snnset Company at the-; request of a number of the enterprise -lug farmers along the line and there' are ten Bubsoribers thereon now.. Probably other banoh lines will bar- run out from this' exchange in the hear future, ir - c ; : The line Is -some eight miles in; length and. terminates at the D. Geary plaoe. The subscribers are: A. - W. McPherson, J. L. Wilson, Jacob waiz, u. ju. irueiuwr, J. J. OMJUuer, O. O, Parker, Warner & Snyder, Ed ward Judy, Li F. Loizer and Hart ley Bros. .s Unique Window Display. The most unique window decoration:'. In Medford on the 1th waa that of the. , Medford Furniture Co. In one of the i large windows was dlsp'aysd a repre sentation of a room of 1770, and in the other a modern apartment, One. window brought memories of "The days of the trail and the footlog. ' And tbe flying pony express; When the antlered pride ot the forest. Yielded his. skin for a dress; . When blanket were used for leggings, ' And tied witb a buckskin though 'And over tbe mantle the rifle . . Hung from an antler's prang. " It was all there..; The anoient spin-'- nlng wheel,, the old-fashioned lire -plaoi, with its rudely fasbionedmBn- -tie piece, and the wails were painted. 4 to represent the interior of a log cab- lor Bet of the latest design, Brussels . oarpet and elegant, rugs' oovared the floor and everything showed modern taste and progress. The exhibit raised a question in many spectator's mind, . howevei, as to whioh were the- hap pier. The colonial dames, Miviugr-in-.m log cabins witb punoheon floors and t sitting in stralgbtbaoked, rawhide f bottom obairs, or tneir grauadaughi. -ters, living In palaces, surrounded by ' all the luxuries that wealth oan give, and the verdiot was invariably in, favor of the grandmother.. Another ' Word to Timber Entrymc-", U. S. Commissioner Billon, of Med- -ford, is in reaelpt of the following ; letter from Hon. Benjamin L, Eddy, register ol the land office at Rosebuig: "Dear Sir: In answer to your let ter of June 2Gth, I would say that; ' nhiwa a mhar nnn tnun, hna n n.H made a sufficient examination of his land, it is not neoessary that he should ' in person re-examine the same, but his witnossos should make aucb exam ination near the time of offering flnat proof. An examination made six monthB prior to the date of 'proof ' would undoubtedly be too long, and it would aeem that auoh examination n ought to be made within, say sixty -days, but you will please not under stand that we are committing onr bwvos on this subject, as we have no- -thing i from the general land officer, whioh authorizes us to do so. " A Tragic Occurrence. . George Sboults, Charles Relph and " J. H. Robertson wore overoome witb ' foul air In a well at North Bnttloford, Saskatchewan, Canada, on June fitbi and periebed before aid could reaoh -'' them. Mr. Shouits was a brothor of ; W. 1'V Shouits, of Medford, and wae ' thirty years of age. , He met his death . in an attempt to resoue Relph, who... bad first beoome unoonsoions from the ' olfecta ot the gaB. He IcavcB a wife-.' and three young ohildren. Tbe Bnt-.' 'iloford News, in speaking of Mr.'- Shouits, Bald: ",Uoorgo Shouits, with his; pleasant -f .mile and genial manners, will be much missed by his friends. His poor widow has been left with three little,'' ones,. the youngest just a baby ana the other two hardly old enough yet & to realize what has befallen tnem. " Services Posponed. ; t. Rev. J. L. Wherry, oolportour f or the American Baptist PuDllshing Bo- ' oletj, who has been announced- to preach at Central Point on 8unday, . July 8th, will be unable to fill tbe en- , gagement, bnt will hold servloee on -Jnly 15th at Central Point In the ' evening. - '; Old Cist Iron Waited. . Tb Medford Iron Work is ' Ta nrd to nav cams, for auv nrnnlii , old cast Iron. . tTMaY