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MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1908.
NO. 34
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CLUB MEETING
The Club Held a Very In
teresting Meeting
Wednesday
There wus a good attendance of
the members at the regular meeting
or the C'oiu menial club last night,
and tome Important business was
transacted. On account o( both the
president and the vice-president be
ing absent from the city, the chair
was occupied by Mr. Welch.
A letter, a copy of which was pub
lished in The Morning Mail recently,
stating that President W. P. Stark,
of the Missouri state board of hortl
fiiifitro. and James M. Irvine, the ed
itor of the Western Fruit-Grower,
expected to be In Medford next Sat
urday and stating that they would
like to meet some of the citizens and
the fruitgrowers. The secretary was
Instructed to write and invite them
to come.
Another letter, a ropy of which
also appeared In The Morning Mall,
was read from the good roads com
mittee at Portland, stating that they
would like to have a county meeting
arranged for to be held In thiB city
on September 24, and that the state
.organizer. Judge John H. Scott,
would be here then. The object Is
to work up an Interest In the move
ment.
It was also stated In the letter
that It would be necessary to raise
the sum of 1200 for expenses, and a
-committee was appointed to do thlr
and arrange for the meeting at the
time stated. The following was the
commtitee appointed: I. W. Vawter,
J. M. Root. J. F. Reddy, C. H. Ray.
The matter of getting free mail
delivery for Medford was taken up
and Assistant Postmaster Woodford
said that what was mostly required
in order to get this was for the
houses to be numbered and side
walks laid. Regarding the postoffice
receipts, Mr. Woodford stated that
last November it reached the re
quired amount of $10,000, and now
the receipts are over $1S,000. This
matter was turned over to the or-
Arrangements were also made for
the meeting, and the entertainment
of E. H. Harrlman and Governor
Chamberlain when they arrive in the
city.
The following new members were
admitted to the club: W. H. Rains-
, I f n,,,,, aa,.,,. XrAAAv T
'G. Rogers.
WAS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Aug. 15.
General Wardell, a veteran of the
Mexico and civil wars, died today
while in quarantine with his leper
wife. Her sufferings from combined
effects of leprosy and tue nervous
strain attendant on the notoriety of
the case, has dethroned her reason
and she is totally unaware of her
husband being dead.
The efforts to deport Mrs. Wardell
to the leper colony at Molakal have
'brought out many complications, the
federal authorities refusing to aid
-and the territorial officials being un
able to act under the present law. It
'is probable that Mrs. Wardell will
remaln Isolated here and cared for
until her death.
TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Aug. 19.
.Another sensational feature devel
oped today In the Mrs. Wardwell
leprosy case, when It wsa learned
'that Mrs. Wardwell escaped from
the quarters and her present where
abouts Is unknown. The indications
are that the woman escaped about
midnight last night, and it Is pre
sumed she boarded a southern Pa
cific train for California, heavily
veiled and gloved to bide the unmis
takable marks of leprosy.
Since the authorities are not ac
tive In their efforts to apprehend her
It Is believed that friends have ren
iered her financial aid to further
Tier escape. Mrs. Wardwell Is also
suffering from dementia and re
fuses to believe her husband is dead.
PORTLAND SELECTED.
Portland has been selected as the
headquarters for the new district of
the forestry service that will contain
Oregon, Washington and Alaska and
all the business that now goes to
Washington, D. C, will come to
Portland, where an office force of
mora than 50 clerks will be main
tained. The moving of the offices
to Portland will commence Novem
ber 1 and will be completed by Jan
uary 1, 10.
The selection of Portland as head
of the district follows the action of
tbe forestry service In dividing the
country Into six districts and handl
ing the business of each district In
one city In that particular district In
stead of sending It to Washington.
In this manner delays from ten days
to two months will be obviated and
a much more satisfactory service
maintained.
GREAT MEN GATHER.
They Will Confer With President
Roosevelt Today.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19. aeverul
men prominent in national Re i'.UIi
can politics will gather In Oyster
Bay tomorrow as guests at luncheon
of President Roobevelt. They will
Icclude Chalrnuin Hitchcock and
hepresentatlve Mil r man. Among the
subjects to be cons'dered will be cer
tain Important issue: to be discussed
Curing the campaign.
In addition t-i the advisory com
mittee, which will aid Treasurer
Sheldon In counting fundB, tho na
tional committeemen In each state
n'll be empowered to appoint a com
mittee. Tie prohibition against cor
porations raking contributions for
campaign expenses Is responsibi ) for
n thorough ciganlzatlon being et
'.ected. An effort was made by Hit.-hcock
today to communicate with Senator
Foraker, who Is In the city, but he
had left Washington. Hitchcock
will request that the senator address
some Important meetings In the teast.
In discussing the Ohio situation to
day, Foraker felt humiliated at not
being Invited to speak at Youngs
town, September 6, the opening of
the campaign. He said that, regard
less of the differences with the
Roosevelt administration he is ready
to do all he could for the ticket.
Fit I-IT MIST UK MARKED.
A drastic law enacted In 1907 is of
much Interest to persons who grow
or sell fruit. Under the provisions
of this law every person, firm, asso
ciation or corporation engaged In
growing, packing or selling green
fruits in Oregon is required to mark,
stamp or label plainly on the outBlde
of every box or package when
packed, the name and address of the
packer, and If the packer Is not the
grower, the name and address of the
grower as well as of the packer
must appear prominently upon the
box or package.
It is made unlawful for any mer
chant, shipper or vender to repre
sent that any green fruit were raised,
produced or grown by any other
person than the one who actually
raised them, or that they were raised
or grown In any other place or local
ity .uan that In whn... tney were
actually grown.
Any violation of this law Is pun
ishable by fine or Imprisonment or
both, and the possession for tho pur
poses of sale of any falsely or Il
legally marked box or package Is
made prima facie evidence that the
person having such illegally marked
box or package Is the violator of the
law. All persons are warned to con
form with the provisions of this law.
MIST READ WRITE ENGLISH.
A sensation was created In the fed
eral court of Denver when Judge
Lewis passed a new ruling, when
throwing out half a dozen naturaliza
tion eases, in which he held that a
foreign-born person must speaU the
English language before he caa ho d
a clear title to a homestead.
'I cannot allow final papers to be
given," said the court, "where the
party seeking the same Is unnMe to
speak the English language He
cannot understand the laws of this
country or any of the acts that go to
prove his citizenship. He may have
homesteaded upon land, but he nust
read and write English before he
can secure his final papers and come
before this court with a native born
citizen who can swear he has known
the subject for a period of five
years."
The decision will result In Invali
dating many claims throughout this
state, and It Is claimed was made In
accordance with the rulings from the
naturalization office.
INTENDED TO KILL ALL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. Un
der promise of Immunity, Peter
Claudlanes made a confession to Dis
trict Attorney Langdon and William
J. Burns on the train from Reno to
this city Friday in which he admits
his complicity In the dynamiting of
the home of "Big" Jim Gallagher la
East Oakland, and confirms every
statement made through the publica
tion of the confession of John Claud-
lanes and which led to the arrest of
the perpetrators of the outrage.
Peter Claudlanes admitted that
with his brother, John, he planned
and carried out the plot to kill no:
only Gallagher, but the destruction
of an entire household as well. H
also admitted that he set off tbe sec
ond explosion which destroyed ilie
unfinished house Gallagher was
building.
Harry Thaw's Scheme.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Daniel
O'Reilly, one of Thaw's attorneys,
declared today that no federal Judge
would Issue an order directing the
authorities of New York to permit
Thaw to be taken to Pittsburg as a
witness in his bankruptcy proceed
ings. Comment In denial of the
bankruptcy proceeding scheme to se
cure Thaw's release from the asy
lum will get him out of the Jurisdic
tion of the New York authorities.
FOREST FIRES
ONJPPlECATE
Fires Have Been Raging
There For Several
Days Past
C. P. Buck, the forest supervisor
for the Mazama reserve, has but re
cently returned from a tour of in
spection in the Butte Creek, Pros
pect and Dead Indian localities. His
trip was made especially to famil
iarize himself with the conditions on
the range as they now appear. He
reports having found scarcely no
fires In these localities, which Is due
to some extent to the fact that there
have been several rainstorms there
during the past 30 days, and what
tires may have started have been
put out by these showers and the
ground so dampened that campers'
fires have caused the rangers very
little concern.
In the Applegate country, how-
eer, the conditions are vastly 1 li
ferent. Here fires have been raging
for several days past, and Tuesday
.Mr. Buck sent out seven men to as
sist the rangers In that district in
utting them out. There has been
no rain there and the forests are
cry dry. This fire Is at the mouth
Little Applegate.
There is another fire southeast of
Ashland which is keeping the rang
ers busy. A few days ago there was
big fire near Odessa, In Klamath
county, but this has been put out.
Four rangers and a number of la
borers worked three days before the
lames were subdued.
Mr. Buck Is now laying plans for
the establishment of, a protective
force of patrols for the Klamath In-
ian reservation. There have been
fires in the reservation for about a
month, but these Mr. Buck will now
endeavor to have put out, and from
this time on during the dry season
there will be a fire patron main
tained by the forest service, and five
men will be thus employed. In this
matter the forest service will co-operate
with the Indian bureau.
John D. Holt has been appointed
forest guard and will be stationed
on Elliott and Applegate creeks. The
forest service will erect two rangers'
quarters In this section of the re
serve. LARGE REAL ESTATE DEAL.
The Klser brothers, the gentleipeu
rem South Dakota who last fall rur-
chased the Jack Anderson place,
south of Medford, and for vhlci
they paid $40,000, have now made
another Investment, having purch
ased the Berry ranch, adjoining
Jacksonville on the east. There are
lV, acres of land In the tract, aud
io price paid was $15,000.
Eighty acres of the land is now
under cultivation and this tall all
of this will be planted to apple and
pear trees half of each. The
rnainder of the land will be cleared
and it, too, will be set to fruit In
fact, some of It Is now being cleared.
A younger brother of the two who
purchased tbe tract will arrive in
Medford soon from Los Angeles and
will have charge of the place.
W. H. Brown has sold the remain
ing 30 acres of his Coker Butte or
chard to F. E. and W. R. Adams of
Grand Forks, N. D. For tills he re
ceived $12,500, and the deal was
made by the W. 8. York real estate
agency.
inls land Is situated a few miles
north and east from Medford and
was purchased by Mr. Brown about
three years ago the entire tract of
40 acres from Captain Carroll, pay.
Ing $7500 for the same. A few
months ago Mr. Brown sold 20 acres
of the tract for $5000 and now he
sells the remaining 20 acres for $12,
500. making a total of $17,500, or
net clean-up of $10,000 for .nr.
Brown In this short time, and be
sides this he has taken a good crop
of fruit from It each season.
NO ENGINEER ON FLYER.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich.. Aug 14
With Engineer Charles Strang ly
ing injured alongside the track and
the fireman busy on the back of the
tender, the Grant! Trunk flyer, -st
bound, ran tor w'les yesterday af
ternoon with no gu'dlng hand U the
throttle and with the 300 passengers
in the coaches calmly gazing out of
the windows, Ignorant of the fact
that they were riding on a runaway
train.
Finishing his work on the
tender, the fireman returned to the
cab to find the engineer's seat va
cant. The fireman brought the train
to a stop and backed it up until the
engineer was found lying beside the
track with his left arm and left leg
broken, one shoulder crushed and
his skull fractured.
It Is supposed the engineer lost his
balance In leaning from tbe window
or got out to look for a hot box. He
was taken to Nichols hospital here,
where It was said there Is a chance
he might recover.
FLEET IX AUSTRALIA.
A Warm Welcome Was Given It anil
Millions Saw It.
8YDNEY, N. 8. W., Aug. 19
Early this morning a thin veil of
smoke on the horizon signaled the
appearance of the American squad
ron and at 6:35 official notification
was sent out that the fleet bad been
Ighted. Though 20 miles away.
news of the fleet being In slgnt
stirred the Australians like a call to
arms, and almost instantly even-
point of vantage was occupied. It
was estimated that there was not
less than half a million people to
give the visitors royal welcome.
In almost perfect alignment the
warships came over the horizon, first
little smoke showing, then hulls,
w down In the distance. Passing
through the heads in double column
the fleet was met by hundred. of
steamers and other wate rcraft and
thousands on shore and afloat add-
ng noisy welcome to the whistles.
The American ships boomed forth a
salute to the port and as soon as they
were safely moored official visits
were exchanged.
BOB EVANS RETIRES.
LAKE MOHONK, Aug. 18. Far
from the grim warships and sea
where he spent nearly half a century
In the service of his country, Reai
Adiulra: Evans, who is at this quiet
mr-untain resort, reached the age
limit u 62 years today and passed
from thi- ranks of the country'ie ac
tive ea-flghters. He has sei.-i the
longest service of any man wuo has
reached the office of rar-admlrul in
tlic merlcan navy.
AH through the day the hotel was
throMi.ed with admirers of "Fight-
ng Bob.' anxious to congra'iilute
pi;i, rnd telegrams by the score
reached him from all parts of the
country, all expressli-4 felicitations
and afti.Ttlon. Some of these brought
delighted smiles to the admiral's
face and others brought Just a suspi
cion of moisture to his eyes.
The formal celebration In his
honor took place this evening In the
large parlors of the mountain hotel.
The room was gaily decorated, but
the feature which attracted the mos'.
attention was the battle-scarred flag
which the admiral carried during the
fight with the Spanish fleet at San
tiago. J. Edward Symmons of New
York acted as the presiding officer.
He delivered an eulogy of the ad
miral. A large number of letters from
men distinguished in public and pri
vate lite were read.
Following the reading of the let
ters, several Impromptu addresses
eulogizing the admiral were read.
After the audience has sung "Amer
ica," Dr. Andrew S. Draper of New
York presented on behalf of the
guests of the hotel a gold-lined sil
ver loving cup.
Just at the close of the exercise
a birthday cake, containing 2 light
ed candles was brought Into the
room. This seemed to please the ad
miral more than any other part of
the ceremonies.
ALL FOR A MAN.
NEY ORLEANS, La., Aug. 19.
Streetcar traffic was blocked for a
time In Royal street when two girls
fought over a young man early to
day on the tracks of the New Or
leans Street Railway company. The
fight was a rough-and-tumble affair
and lasted for about ten minutes.
The passengers of the blocked
cars alighted and cheered the bellig
erents on until a policeman appeared
and placed the girls under arrest. In
the meantime a blond-haired young
man, the cause of the trouble, beat
a hasty retreat.
The girls who gave their names
as Ella Martin and Marguerite Mey
ers, were each fined $20 when ar
raigned in the second recorder's
court later today.
WALKED A THOCSAND MILES.
PONTIAC, 111., Aug. If - A rec
ord of walking over 1000 mitos, ac
companied by his wife, a 10-yenrold
son and a 15-months-old child, In
quest of work, appears never to have
been equaled, but such Is the -itory of
John Henry Porter of Red Hank, Pa.
Wheeling a baby carrlnge and
pushing a small express waon. Por
ter and his family left Red Hank,
Pa., on March 4 for the wes-.. They
traveled through Ohio to Chicago,
tramped southward to Jollet, and
learning that an electric road nt Pon
tlac was building an extension, come
here, arriving this morning
MI'HT HE HUGHES.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Replying
to the newspaper comment and In
quiries about his attitude toward the
Republican gubernatorial nomina
tion. President Cchurman of Cornell
furnished a statement In which lie de
clared there was only one man for
the Republicans to nominate, and
that was Governor Hughes. He says
to do otherwise would he to renudl
ate the reform policies which the Re
publican party, not alone In New
York, but throughout the union, is
today committed to.
THE MURDER
OF W. E.
Interest In the Case
Growing Stronger
Day by Day
Is
NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Each
hour brings a new sensation in the
case of Captain Peter C Hains, who
killed William E. Annis Saturday
night, and today the military post at
Fort Hamilton Is shivering with fear
of Impending exposures.
"The killing of Annls by Units
was expected by every army ocficer
at Fort Hamilton," said an office'
stationed there today. "The worst
of it Is that at any time two other
tragedies of the same sort may occur
as the result of orgies which have
disgusted every decent officer here,
and of which one feature was the ex
pulsion of Mrs. Hains and Annis
from the fort after the captain's re
turn from the Philippines. Everv
officer In the fort dreads the Inquest
tonight and fears the exposures 'hot
are practically certain to be male.
The decent officers and their wives
naturally dread the revelations,
which certainly will result in whole
sale transfers from this post."
M. J. Rowan today told how he
and Lieutenant M. P. Andrews pre
vented Captain Hains from killing
his wife with a revolver, which be
had pressed against her head. He
said they heard a woman's scr?ims,
and rushing into the Hains iiouse
tourd the captain clutching his
wife's throat. Rowan said ndrows
biiatched the weapon from Hains'
hand and that Mrs. Hains screamed
"My God, Pete, don't shoot. I
can't die now! Let me go!"
Rowan said Hains told Lieuten
ant Andrews what Annls had done
and swore he would kill him, say
ing:
"That man Annls, whom I thought
my friend, has wrecked my home.
She has confessed. Walt till I get
that cur Annls!"
Rev. Henry Houghton today said:
"Annls knew tha he was paying
with his lite for a wrong he had
committed. He told me things which
I have yet told to no one. I will
tell them to the coroner's Jury. I
say nothing against Annls, I only
say that he knew Hains had a griev
ance against him."
NEW YORK. Aug. 19. After be
ing out 22 minutes, the coroner's
Jury tonight brought In a verdict
that William E. Annls, who was
killed at Bayside Saturday, came to
his death as a result of a pistol shot
wound inflicted by Captain Peter C.
Hains, Jr., U. S. N., aided and abet
ted by T. Jenkins Hains. his broth
er. When the verdict was an
nounced there was a demonstration.
A crowd gathered around T. Jen
kins Hains and began to question
him. He was asked If he felt Justi
fied In holding a crowd at bay while
his brother shot Annis. Before he
could answer, John F, Mclntyle, tht
counsel for Captain Hains, shouted.
"No, no; don't answer that ques
tion." Before the Inquest Mclntyre made
a statement to the Associated Press
in which he said In substance that
bis clients and General Hains told
him four persons, one of whom is a
prominent New York lawyer, pere
present when the confession was
made by Mrs. Hains. He says these
witnesses will testify at the trial. He
Is also told that Mrs. Hains talked
to several persons regarding the In
cidents related In the confession, and
these persons wilt be witnesses.
The lawyer says when Hains came
back from the Philippines his wife
convinced him his suspicions were
wrong. Later he says facts devel
oped which made him demand a con
fession from his wife and tha she
made It.
Major John P. Hains made a
statement to the Associated Press
before the Inquest In answer to
question If he thought his brother
was Justified In shooting A"-
out giving him a chance to protect
himself. The major answered by re
lating a personal experience at Fort
Riley.
I was about to put on my boot
one morning when I found a snake
Int It. I quickly drew my revolver
and shot the snake. It Is the same
with my brother. I do not believe he
should have given Annls a cnance."
Knowing what you do about the
case, would you do the same thing?"
I most certainly would," replied the
major.
He said Thornton and himself
tried to dissuade Peter from killing
Annls for the sake of their gray
haired father and mother. "Peter
would have killed Annls sooner had
It not been for this.
Court News.
New cases filed In the Circuit
court: Ous Newbury, administrator
of A. Pool estate, vs. George P. Wll
kerson and Rosla Wllkerson. Suit
to foreclose mortgage. Ous New-
I bury, attorney.
MAKES NOVEL DEFENSE.
A Cashier of the Postal Telegraph
Company I'nder Arrest,
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 19. Some
what of a novel defense was made In
the first city criminal court by John
R. Petrlch, formerly cashier of the
Postal Telegraph company In this
city, when he was placed on trial on
the charge of having stolen $10,000
from tne company about a year ago.
Petrlch claims that . during the
strike of the operators employed by
the Postal Telegraph company dur
ing 1907, the concern received mes
sages and charged full tolls on them
and then sent them all or part of the
way by mall. After making this
point, his counsel set forth the claim
that Buch money collected did not
lawfully belong to the Postal Tele
graph company, and therefore the
company could not charge embezzle
ment when Petrich's shortage oc
curred during the strike.
Petrlch left New Orleans when the
shortage was discovered, but was la
ter arrested In New Mexico and
brought back for trial.
IV WASHINGTON NOT OREGON.
The recent marriage at 8eattte of
a 13-year-old girl has brought u-i tho
subject of bow young a girl can
n'airy by having tbe consent of her
parents. According to a dispatch
l.nm Seattle, the following has been
found to be the case:
"Under the statutes of the state of
Washington there is no law prevent
ing the marriage of a baby to a
grown man, where the consent of the
parents of the minor Is given. This
fact was revealed by the Issuance of
marriage license to Edward Emel,
aged 21, and Rosle Aranson, aged 13,
with the consent of the girl's father.
The prosecuting attorney was con
sulted by the marriage license clerk
as to the legality of issuing the mar
riage license for a child In years, and
was informed that, under the law. If
the parent gave his consent, the li
cense must be issued, no question of
an age limit being raised."
To the credit of Oregon, It can be
stated that this state of affairs does
not exist here. In order to
make sure of this. City Attorney
llolbrook Wlthlngton was consulted
by a Morning Mail reporter and he
made the following statement:
"For a girl to marry in Oregon,
even with the consent of her parents,
she must be 15 years of age and a
boy must be 18. To marry without
the consent of the parents In this
state, each must be of age."
The Indications are that the law
regarding this matter In the state of
WuHhlngton will be changed at the
next session of the legislature.
MEN DESERTING THEIR WIVES.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Hard
times are the cause of a wldesprea-1
epidemic of wife desertion In the
poorer districts of the city, accord
ing to reports turned In by the visit
ors of the Children' Aid society, la
the Instance cited by Mrs. Edith Mc-
Arthur, the visitor of the East
Eighty-eighth street station, the
primeval Instinct of the survival of
the fittest Is responsible for the epi
demic. 'Conditions In my district are .ea!-
ly so terrible," said Mrs. McArtlmr,
that I believe that If work Is not
forthcoming Immediately tor the
men the whole neighborhood will de
generate Into a condition which will
hock New York. The sufferings
the people have been through nnd
which many are still experiencing
r-ro having a bad eniotlouul effect.
7h?. instinct of self-preservation is
becoming stronger than love of wife
tint! children."
GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 11
Governor Johnson was renominat
ed by the Democrats of this state to
day. Following the mention of his
name by Mayor Lawler of St. I'uitl,
the convention stampeded for John
Hon. A wild demonstration ensued
Standards were waved and dele
gates, headed by a brass band,
inarched through the hall.
Then a messenger was sent to no
tify the governor by telephone, and
1.1s return was awaited with sus
pense, as the governor had previous
ly stated emphatically ho would not
run again.
When asked tonight If he would
accept the nomination, the governor
said: "I have not been officially no
tified of my nomination, so I have
Mithlng to say."
In addition to the nomination of
Governor Johnson, the following
were selected: Lieutenant governor,
Julius G. Reltor of Rochester; secre
tary of state, Richard T. Lamb of
Clayton; treasurer, Henry P, Nelson
of Hlbblng; attorney-general, M. u.
Matthews of Marshall.
Burned the Fence.
Fire was started In some way
along the Southern Paclfle railroad
track, south of the city, yesterday
afternoon, and about 900 feet of
fencing belonging to Mr, Renshaw
was burned. One Western Union
teiegraph pole was burned noarly
off and several eleetrlo light poles
ere quite badly scorched.
VERmVORABLE
First Southern Oregon Agri
cultural Eair To Be
Held Here
(From Sunday's Dally.)
Yesterday J. A. - Perry, the presi
dent of the First Southern Oregon
District Agricultural socioty fair, and
E. D. Andrews, the superintendent.
company with an architect and
contractor, drove around the out
skirts of the city with a view of find
ing a location for a fair grounds.
The place finally selected is where
the old racetrack Is situated, near
the old distillery on North Central
avenue. Not only has It a half-mile
racetrack that could be put in good
condition, but It Is near both the
Southern Pacific and the Pacific A
Eastern railways, which would make
very -andy for loading and un
loading during the fair time.
The plans for all the building
that will be needed and the esti
mates for the same are now being
prepared by the arcnltecta and con
tractors, Perkins 4k Janney, and the
officers of the society will hold a
meeting in a tew days to consider tbe
same. If the cost will not be too
great work will be begun on them
within a week or two, and everything
will be made ready for the fair mis
fall.
The posters announcing the fair
are now being put out and It Is de-scriut-d
as an agricultural and nor- ,
ticultural fair for Jackson and Jo
sephine counties. ' The dates will be
October 1 , 2 and 3, and the railroad
will give reduced rates for ' these
days.
'ine ottlcers of the Rogue River
valley Industrial fair are:
J. A. Perry, president; J. D. 01-
well, vice-president; J. E. Watt, sec
retary: J. S. Orth, treasurer; E. D.
Andrews, superintendent of fair;
finance committee, J. A. Perry, J. D.
Olwell, E. T .Staples; executive com
mittee, J. A. Perry, J. D. Olwell, E.
T. Staples.
LATEST IN HIGH LIFE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. A "trial
separation," not a "trial marriage,"
but under the sanction of the church,
nevertheless, Is a sensation that has
upset the poise of society in the vil
lage of Dobbs Ferry.
The principals In the affair are Lu
ther W. P. Norris, president of the
Llnderman Piano company, New
York, and his wife, Martha lvl Nor
ris. Last Tuesday the couple, wuo
have lived together In all outward
appearance tor three year, decided
to not live together (or at least six
month and perhaps a year.
Prior to the completion of the ar
rangements they called on the Rev.
John trout, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of Dobbs Ferry, of
which church they are member, and
laid the case before him.
Tha Rev. Mr. Trout approved the
matter and satisfied Mr. Norris, who
was formerly the superintendent of
his Sunday school, that It would be
the proper thing. The result was
that last Tuesday several big vans
drove up to the Norris domicile af
ter the head of the family departed
for his office. They backed up to
the front door and commenced mov
ing furniture. Everything owned by
Mrs. Norris was transferred to the
vans, Including even a half sack of
flour and several frying panB. Tile
entire lot was carted to Yonkers and
placed In storage.
Meanwhile Mrs. NorrlB departed
from the residence In the automobile
of her brother, Kenneth Ives, a real
estate dealer of Dobbs Ferry. She
left the town and Is now In Rldni
town, Conn., living with frlenda.
I'EAR PICKING HAS BEGIN.
(From Wednesday's Dally. I
G. A. Morse, owner of the Wag
ner Butte 'orchards, will soon com
mence packing his pear crop Tc a
Morning Mall representative ne told
yesterday that he had a better ciop
of fruit this season than last -and
last year there was no snmll crop.
He will have six or seven cat-load i
of pears this year and one of thepe
will be the celebrated prizu-iaklni;
and money-getting Cornice. V'e will
also have seven or eight carlotids of
apples and primes! My. ho s ho
has a lot of them, and he would not
now he feeling badly had the frost
tnlnned them a little still, ha isn't
Inviting any frosts for next season.
F. E. Merrick: "I have a splendid
crop of fruit this season. As a mat
ter of fact, that' the kind I have
every year. My orchard Is about 300
feet higher than the valley orchard
nnd as a result I do not have to com
mence picking quite as early a
those do who are on lower laad. I
will commence next Monday on Bart
lett pears. I expect I will have six
carloads of these and Winter Nellls."
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