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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1908)
i OUR COUNTY Correspondents .NEWS FKO.M JACKSONVILLE. Charles Xunan hai returned from vacation trip to Newport. Mill Emma Wendt returned Tues day from a aereral weeks' visit at Colestln. Attorney O. C. Boggs waa over from Medford Friday on profession- 1 buafneaa. Mra. Ella Cook of Jacksonville left Monday for Squaw lake for a few weeks' visit with relatives. J. M. Hoot of Medford and bis friend, Mr. Wakefield of Ohio, were In Jacksonville Friday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cantrall and aons of Rucb were guesta of Jack sonville friends the last of the week. Attorney diaries Prim of Jack sonville is spending bis vacation at Portland, Newport and other points north. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ulrlch of Jack sonville will atart Thursday for the huckleberry patch in the Dead In dian country. Mr. and Mra. Marvel Taylor of Jacksonville are apending the week la Portland, combining business with pleasure. Mrs. C. L. Reames returned Mon day from a aeveral weeks' stay at North Bend, where she visited at the home of Dr. and Mra. R. O. Gale. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gilbert of Sa lem, who have been visiting at the home of Miss lisle McCnlly in Jack sonville, returned to their home Sat urday. Charlea E. Taylor of the commer cial department of the Medford high school waa In Jacksonville Tuesday -Interviewing school superintendent J. P. Wells. .Miss Francea Barnes returned to Portland Saturday after visiting several weeks with Jackson county friends. Miss Barnes is a teacher in the Portland schools. Mra. Rose Moore of Wlmer, was 1n Jacksonville 3aturday to enter a , complaint against her husband for vlfe-beatlng. The case was tried In 'the Justice court of Jacksonville on Tuesday. H. E. Boyden of Medford made a 'hurried visit to Jacksonville Satur day to consult with, the sheriff In ; reference to the breaking Into hl '.store, the first of the week. Mr. Bny- . den has a clew to the perpetrators of the deed. A party of Jacksonville people vent to Antelope, near Wellen, Wed nesday, to gather wild' plums. The party was composed of Mesdamea S. J. Day, Kate Hoffman, W. R. Tuck er and Misses Carrie Beekman and Kate Cronemlller. .NORTH MEDFOKD ITEMS. Mr. and Mra. Denton of North A -street will move to Roseburg In the near future. Grandpa and Grandma Uobbina '.have moved from North Medford to -North A street. Mr. Radcliff and family of North Central svense have moved to their ftiin on North Rogue River. Mr. and Mr Emil Doarbourn of North Central avenue visited with his son and family of Jacksonville Tuesday. R. R. Cleveland and family, who Moved two blocks south on A street, have moved back again to the Den ton property on North Pine street for the winter. Mrs. Mary Cole of North Central avenue is visiting temporarily at the Weeks Y Deuel orchard below Gold Hill and filling very acceptably the position as housekeeper for tho-ie : gentlemen, 7 he many friends of Mrs. Hughes, who so recently met with such n p-ltnful and unfortunate injury to hei right hand, will be pleased to learn of her rapid recovery without tne loss of but one Joint of finder. (io .100 Feet Down. C. II. Pierce has made a contract with Troxell, the artuslan-wcll borer, to put down a well on the Dillon ranch, east of Medford, which ranch Mr. Pierce owns. There has been oorlng done all around this place for oil, gas and artesian water, but Mi. Pierce is of the opinion hla Is the correct location for all of these If they are to bo had and he Is post ' tlve that water can be secured at not a very great depth. Ills con tract with Mr. Troxell calls for 304 feat. He may. If Indications for ar tesian water are feasible, go deeper. It was Mr. Troxell who bored both the artesian wells on the Pellett land, south of Medford. ROBBERA RKTVIIX 2T,OOfl. DENVER, Aug. 17. After tob ling Villain Koenman. wholetil . trtilt .iieril'Snt of Lnni. of t'V 000, isenUcmanly thlever droppel the pocket book In a letter box and the money waa returned to the owner t7 Assistant Postmaster Hammel. Koenman arrived with hia family. . As he was boarding a car at the de pot a uan lurched over him. He dls . covered hla loss when he arrived at the hotel. The pocketbook contained 117, 00 la notes, $300 In certified checka and ISO In currency. The j checks and money were gone, but . the notes, which could have been j cashed by th robbera, were Intact. HILIitHOKO HAH MVHTKKV PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 17. A siw clal to the Oregonian from Hilllor.i tells of the death of Robert M. Wood, a native of England, early today. I he death Is wrapped In mystery and tbe circumstances are paradoxical. Wood lived with Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Jei. nluKS on a ranch near Gaston. This ranch Is owned by Jennings, but Wood had a 1700 equity In it. the men were friends. This morr-lng they arose together. Wood goinj to the barn to milk, Jennings, because of his wife's Illness, remaining to pre pare the breakfast. After a few minutes' Interval Jen nings went to the barn to get the milk and says he found hla friend Wood dead. His body was prostrate. An examination by the physicians showed Wood's heart had been pierced and one rib broken by some blunt Instrument. No blood any where waa to be found except on a sharp edge of a piece of manger prat ing. The point of the grating nas bloody about an Inch and a hal' At the Inqueat today Jennings tes tified he and Wood had been friends for years; that they were partners In the ranch, although there was no doc umentary evidence of this. M'S. Jen nings testified she had known Wood l!i yeara and he resided with the fam ily three or more yeara. She de clared she knew no reason wh r.ny one should have sought the man's life. Jennings' ranch seem 4 to be afflicted with mysterious deaths. Three years ago last month a young man named McDonald la reputed to have shot himself there. The story goes that McDonald was Jealous of Wood because he believed Wood was enamoured of Mrs. Jennings. It Is said that McDonald anapped a revol ver In Woods' face and then ran to his room and locked himself In. The sheriff waa summoned and broke In the door. He found McDonald dead from a shotgun wound. TOWS WILL VOTE HOMMt. ENTERPRISE, Or., Aug. 10. At the meeting of the city council a spe cial election was called on September 2 to vote on Issuing bonds not to exceed $:!0,0UO, with which to In stall a gravity water system. It Is the expectation to go four miles up the Wallowa river and se cure the water supply from a group of big springs 850 feet higher than the city. It la thought the bonds will carry by a big majority, aa at an election held Saturday on a charter amendment to permit majority rule the water works side won by 103 votes to 60. Enterprise now has no debt. (JKTTIXIi KVKIIVTHINU IlKAIIY. The board of education Is having the school buildings of the city put In order for the opening of the schools on Monday, September Parenta should note the date for the opening of the schools and be ready to atart their children on the first day of the term. Children atarting In late alwaya do so to their own dis advantage because of missing Impor tant work. Loss by Oil Fire. lAMPICO, Mur., Aug. 1.--Pc- aplte every effort made to atop it, a miniature volcano of burning oil In the San Gwonimo district continues unchecked, ro.mutn'pg hundreds of thousands of barrels dally. Wo k raon are toduy pumping Immense quantities of sa.nl and mud Into th crater. Since the well began burn ing on July 4 more than 6.000.000 barrels have been destroyed. The oil Is valued at $1 per barrel. HKI'LliN AND BONKS. WINNIPEG. Man., Aug. 14. The skeleton of Jean Ilaptlste de Vcran drye and Father Alneau, a Jesuit missionary, and the skulls of 19 French voyageurs, all of whom were killed by Sioux Indians on an Island in the northwest angle of the Lake of the Woods In 1736, were discov ered last week by a party of priests of the St. Honlfare college, Winni peg, accompanied by Judge Prud- homine. The party also found the site of Fort St. Charles, built In li3t by the great explorer, 8lenr do la Verandrye. Jean Baptlste de la Verandrye waa 30 yeara old at the time of the massacre and was a son of the ex plorer of that name. Numeroua un successful attempta of explorers were previously made to Identify the vic tims of the massacre and recover the bodies. .Nix-riff Favor Whipping Post. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 14. The meeting of sheriffs Just closed In Belllngham atrongly advocated the Institution of a whipping post In the state for certain offenses. Thirty sheriffs were present, and practically all were ot the opinion that the Maryland punishment la most desir able for wlte-beatera and others. The Invitation la Accepted. W. A. Pointer: "Yes. sir; those are garden seeds. Why, sure; I plant about as many seeds now aa I do In the spring. I will have nearly all klnda of garden truck for the fall and early winter market. Yon ought to come out and see all the different things I grow. No, I do not waste any ot my garden ground every foot of It la made to produce and produce bountifully." AT SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 19. Resolutions for the projection of cit izens regardless of race or color were adopted at all excited and per spiring meeting of representative citizens today under the auspices of the chamber of commerce. Three hundred wore present when E. L. Ciiapln, president of the Business Men's .association, called the meeting to order. It was an earneat gath ering, for present conditions are costing tradesmen thousands ot dol lars daily, to aay nothing of the blot on the municipality. All possible help will be loaned to the authorities to bring to Justice the guilty. 'Who will be the first to show his sincerity by telling what he knows of recent crimes?" exclaimed State's Attorney Hatch. "Not one of you but knowa some thing about It," said he. "Who will be the first In doing a citizen's duty by giving this Information to be pre sented to the state'a attorney?" "Bully for you," and aa he greet ed the lawyer'a appeal, "I'd like to know who put that 'regardless of race or color' In the resolutions," de manded Dr. Scott, chairman of the city Democratic committee, amid an uproad. "It'a bad Judgment at thla time," he shouted. "It will be a firebrand to the mob. It will only excite It again." "I'm responsible for It," cried At torney Logan Hay In answer and Dr. Scott subsided amid the cheers which gretted the lawyer. "I bow to the bad Judgment ot the meeting." said Dr. Scott. It was reported today that white miners In the Springfield district have determined that negro miners must go. Negroes In past years have been brought In as strikebreakers, and with the white miners thla la a grudge which adds to the general an tagonism against colored persons. ' A report that an attempt had been made to set fire to the homestead of Abraham Lincoln was absolutely without foundation. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 19. Fear and terror prevailed among the SprlngAeld negroea as a result ot the departure of two reglmenta ot In fantry today and the announcement that two more would be sent home tomorrow. "The mob will be here sure if the soldiers go away," they said, and delegations were hastily organized and waited on the author ities to protest against the relaxa tion of military regime. Official ef forts to quiet this fear were only partly successful and In many a humble home there la no aleep to night. Scores ot terror-stricken blacks sought refuge in the arsenal, about 300 In all spending the night there. The exodus of negroes which had be gun to abate was renewed, and the trains and trolley cars were filled with those fortunate enough to pos sess autficlent money to pay their fares. Many of the other unfortu nates tramped across the country, through a drizzling rain, until ex hausted. Children and aged who were driven to the open are suffer ing severely and It Is feared some will succumb to the hardship. Adjutant Gerlad C. Scott Insists there Is no good ground for the fear of the negroes, and his optimism is shared by others. The special grand Jury conducted ita hearing today with the utmost se crecy. The assistant district attor ney stated tonight that if possible it would return some Indictments to morrow. Another coal mine was closed to day because of the refusal of the whites and the blacks to work to gether. Each race declares the oth er la armed. LATEST KIND OF AIRSHIPS. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 19. Portland Is to have airships and an airship factory. It has an r.irship company now. Within three month the tint airship will be flying about over the Oregon scenery, If the pr dirtlons ot the Inventor aro realized. Articles of Incorporation of the Wag ner Aeroplane company were filed In the office of the sccrotary ot sta'.o today, and will be filed In the office of the county clerk In th next tew days. The Incorporators aro Louis Wagner, tho Inventor ot the airship; M. B. Meacham and A. a Pike. e new company la capitalised at $100. 000. Mr. Meacham, who Is Wagner's attorney, aaid thla morning that enough stock has been subscribed by Portland men to Insure the success of the project, financially, and that Inventor Wagner la confident of the success ot his ship. Patenta have been applied for and are expected to be Issued within a short time. In ventor Wagner says he will be fly ing through the air about Portland within three months. The style ot the now air craft la Indicated by the name ot the .com pany. No balloona nor gaa ot any description Is to be used In keeping It afloat. The principal feature Is a huge aheet ot aluminum concave shaped, which will be reinforced by wire of high tensile strength. Be low thia will he auapended the car. motive apparatus, steering gear and the like. i Mr. Wagner clalma an Improve ment In an automatic adjustment of I the suspended parts so that this aer- j oplane will maintain ita balance at all times when struck unexpectedly by cross currents of air. The names of the men who are assisting the en terprise financially have not yet been revealed. THE Ml'KDKRER IS AT LARGE. STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 14. Ben Stahl, a homesteader In tne Southern Skamania hills, stood at the door ot W. K. Ellsworth's saloon at 11:30 last night, aaying to "Tony" Pigclano, the bartender, "Come out side and I'll do you right." Pigclano reached quietly under the bar for his revolver. Hla three shots killed Stahl instantly. Today Sheriff "Jim" Haftey ot Skamania county, with deputies, are hunting Pigclano. The murderer, however, may nave fled up the North Bank road, he may have crossed the Columbia In a akiff to Wasco coun ty. Or., or he may have taken to the timber, to the northward. At noon no report had come from Sheriff Haftey of his capture. The killing took place at Cook's Landing, 20 miles up the Columbia from here. "Tony" Pigclano had ieen a year with Ellsworth. He was a quiet Italian; be bad never told much about himself. His age was about 25 years. Stahl, aged about 30, a bachelor, said to belong to a Portland family. came down to Cook's Landing yester day for supplies. He spent the af ternoon and evening at Ellsworth's. During this lengthy period of inter mittent drinking he fell out with the Italian over money. The bartender had his purse, the homesteader said, und when Stahl turned to leave, feel ing was not good. 1'MYKRSAL LANGUAGE ENGLISH CHICAGO, Aug. 15. English Is destined to become the universal language of the world. In the opin ion of A. C. Meyer, member of the lower house ot the Danish parlia ment, and editor of a Denmark news paper, who spoke last night at a meeting of Chicago Scandinavians. "We non-English-speaking Euro peans might ar well recognize the fact that t.'nglish is destined to be come the universal language of the world," bald the apeaker. "There Is no use shutting our eyes to It; It Is bound to be so In the nature ot thinga. "Already Europeans working for me on he continent and In the Scan dinavian nations are learning Eng lish. The English language will con tinue to spnad until it la spoken by nvery nation and tribe In the world." Ilroke the Record. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 14. John Flanagan, of the Irish-American Ath letic club, while giving an exhibition on the promenade quay here last night, threw a 16-pound hammer from a nine-foot circle 181 feet 8 inchea, breaking all "previous rec ords. Million Dollar Fire. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 14. Fire broke out In the east stockyards at 3:30 this (Saturday) morning. The Dames spread with great rapidity through the frame buildings. Three alarms were given. The loss may reach $1,000,000. INTERESTING MEETING. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 14. To day's session of the International Ty pographical union waa made Inter esting by the request of the Seattle union for aupport In the court case brought against It by an expelled member. After a heated debate the executive council waa Instructed to Investigate and to give assistance If the circumstances warranted It. The business waa temporarily sus pended and Chief Forester Plnchot delivered an address on the neces sary conservation of the nation's na tural resources. Lumber For Sale The Clark Creek Lumber Co., of Derby, Oregon, (8. M. Hawk, man ager,) formerly the old Wakefield Mill, have a lot of lumber now on hand at reasonable prices. Mill Price: A good quality of sound knot Rustic 81dlng snd flooring at $14.00 Bill Lumber, rough $ (.00 BI11 Lumber, sized $11.00 Will trade lumber for hay. Jl-Jt Farmers, Farmers, I manufacture all my own harness right here la Medford. Don't be misled by Interested parties. Come In and see me and the prices I quote. I. T. 8ETTLE, eacceasor to B. O. Whiteside. Medford, Ore. tf. UNION STABLES Formerly located on Seventh and B Streets have moved one block south on B Street. Baled Hay and Grain for Sale General Livery Business DUNCAN & ROONTZ Beautiful New Goods Many Shipments Arriving' We don't wait to have our stocks filled up, but get goods in as soon as possible, so that you will have time to look and choose satis factorily. We want to impress you with the fact that we are Making Very Close Prices Baker-Hutchason Co. Central Ave.. Just North of Jackson County Bank E EUREKA, Cal., Aug. 19. An earthquake shock almost as severe as the one of April 18, 1906, but not of so long duration, shook this city at 2:68 o'clock yesterday morn ing. It seemed to come from the west and was what is known as a "twister." No one was injured, but considerable damage was done. A second and lighter shock was felt at 6:30 o'clock. Chimneys were thrown down and people rushed from their houses In fright when the first quake shook the city. The courthouse was dam aged most by the shake. The right arm of the statue of Minerva, car rying a spear, was twisted off the statue on the dome. The spear crashed through the roof of the building and Into Judge Hunter'b courtroom. The statues on the north side of the building were shaken off and brick and plaster were loosened and fell to the ground. Plate glass m in dows In several business house were cracked. KILLS HER HISTKK. 8TEUBENVILLE, O., Aug. 14. J "Oh, I have shot Llzsle! exclaimed 17-year-old Annie Fonaw, after a rifle she held In her hands was acci dentally discharged. Annte Intended firing the rifle at a tree, but as she turned to speak the weapon was discharged and the bullet entered the forehead of her 11-year-old sister. The little girl died almost Instantly. KRKLKCTIOXS OF A BATCH ELOR, From the New York Press. What makes a child smart Is for It to be yours. The cheerful Idiot that rocks the boat without drowning the girl mar ries for a worse fate. When a girl likes to go sailing and peel her nose with a man it's a sign she won't after she marries him. When a man loses money, he be lieves It's because he's unlucky; when he wins It's because he's so smart. The reason a man wants to go fishing no matter how he bates It, Is people call him a sportsman to do It. DOIXC.H IX OltKGOX. Word was received at Astoria yes terday that D. L. Chapman, a ranch er residing on Nasel river. In Pacific county, Washington, and his 19-year-old son Ward, were drowned In the south fork of Salmon creek. It seems probable that the Wil lamette Valley company wilt accept 9140,000 In bonds tn payment for their plant at Eugene, In tne face ot the fact that Morris Co., the firm that bad agreed to take the other f 160,000 of the Issue, have declared them illegal. Asserting that Jackson L. Rose- crans of Albany deeded away Ms land prior to his death to defraud creditors, H. P. Merrill, administra tor of RosecrmmV estate, baa brought suit In the State Circuit court here to set aside a deed Rosecrans gave hta ton. Jay Rosecrans. Bs Big Sale Is On Don't Be Late See These Prices Regular Price Now Men's Nettleton Patent Oxfords - $6.00 $4.75 Men's Nettleton Tan Ox fores - $6.00 $4.50 Men's Nettleton Vici Kid Oxfords $5.50 $4.25 Men's Nettleton Gun Metal Oxfords $5.50 $4.25 Crawford's Patents, Tans and Gun Metal Oxfords; regular price $4.00, now selling at - $3.25 Full Double Sole Vici Shoes regular $4.00 values at - $3.25 Ladies' Patent Oxfords, 4.00 values at $2.95 Ladies' Patent and Kid Oxfords, $3 .50 values at $185 Ladies' $3.00 and $3.60 Kid Hand Turned $240 Low-Heel Patent Oxfords, regular $2.50 values at $1.80 Ladies' Patent Hand Turned Shoes, regular $5.00 values at - - . . . $3.99 Ladi'es' Patent Button Welt, regular $5.00, now $3.90 Ladies, Kid Button, Hand Turned Shoes, regular $3.50, now - - . . .- . $2.95 Ladies' Canvas Shoes and Oxfords, $1.50 and $200, now $.00 and $1.60 Smith (El Molony A good School none better. Wall established reputation. Sue. eessful graduates. Skillful, painstaking teachers. Living expanses low. Many other advantages. Let ns tell you about them. Write for catalogue. SALEM. ORE., W. I. STALKY, Prin. According to Mr. Vasul, a Japan ese, who has opened a real estate of fice at Hood river, many o( Ms countrymen are so Impressed with the Oregon country that they have forever turned their eyes away from tne land of the cherry blossom and wish to become American property holders and citizens. ... Portland afternoon newspaper stories to the effect that the mlilman with the Johnson party, above Bux ton, prior to Perdue'a murder, haa not been seen since the trip, and that he, too, might have been killed. are far-fetched. The man In ques tion waa named Cosper, and he re sides In East Portland. ... A wrestling match between a giant baboon and a man la to be the novel feature at th Oaks at Port land every afternoon this week. Kldd, the big ape ot the Carlos mon key and dog show, haa been rereiv tng Instruction In the art ot hand ling himself on the mat, and boats are to be tried between the animal and the man. For Sate. loO acres creek bottom farm assr Phoenix. Estate ot the 1st Holds Culver. For particulars address, ELMER COLIMAN. Admlnlsrstor, Phoenix Ore. Not tbs.'ehsajsst, but tbs best Is, Uh aiotta cf h f, Hossst, stsst for tbs Wtsslagtoa Names uo Evsry ties sold Is g oanatssd to be first class la esary rsspsot Jsst arrived- A fall lis. at ssw lag BMcfalasa. Voa eaa bars a free tilal at your boms by assise O. H. Jonasoa, Medford Phernaoy, a ear post office Wa rant ausblass LOST Elgin Watch, gold case. monogram J. E., fifteen jewels, small piece gold chain attached about S Inches long. Reward will be given. Leave at Mail office. It E. L. Colwell.
