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MEDFORO. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. 1908.
NO. 35
9
GOHAGE GROVE
LocnyvREce
Jour Killed and Five Injured
in S. P. Wreck Sun
day Night
Train No. 17, known an the Cot
Xuge Grove local, was wrecked at
9:30 o'clock Sunday night and (our
-men lost their Uvea on that account.
Both the engineer and the fireman
.and two young men wno were steal
ing a ride by holding on the bars un
der the baggage car were the unfor
tunate victims.
The wreck was not cleared away
until after 9 o'clock yesterday morn
i log and no trains arrived In this city
until 7:30 last night. The first and
second sections of No. 15 were can
celled and No. 13 was made Into two
sections.
The train left Portland at the us
ual time, 4: IS o'clock, and when
.near Irving struck a bull which was
lying on the railway track. On ac
' count of the darkness It was not
seen and the train struck It going at
lull speed.
The train was thrown Into the
ditch and the fireman was pinned
under the engine as it turned over
' -on its side. The engineer died from
the effect of the scalding he re
ceived. He was hurried to Eugene,
but died shortly after he arrived and
before anything couid be done to re
lieve his sufferings.
The two young men were killed
-instantly and most of the passengers
were badly shaken up, but none
"were seriously Injured.
A wrecking train was hurried to
the scene, which was accompanied
1 by Superintendent Fields, and the
clearing of the track began In a
-short time after the accident hap
pened. Wrecking trains were also
sent from Roseburg and Junction
City and everything possible was
done so as not to delay the traffic
any longer than was absolutely ne
cessary. The following Is the complete list
-of the dead and Injured in the
Southern Pacific railway wreck near
"Eugene Monday night: .
The dead:
JACK NICHOLS, aged 60, engl--neer,
Portland.
FRANK H. BOUL1ER, 32, tire
. man. Portland.
RAY 8WARTZ, 17, Junction City.
GEORGE BAILEY, 25, restaurant
proprietor, Eugene.
The Injured:
Verne Apperson, Eugene, back and
-arm injured.
' John Wright, Portland, leg In
jured. John Francis Wilbught, Pittsburg.
Pa., left arm broken; back Injured.
Albert Rahn, Portland, left arm
cut by glass.
W. Richardson, Srlem, right hip
injured.
WILL HAVE NEW MANAGER.
. W V Morrill nt Portland . anil BIW-
cial agent for the Pacific Telephone
company, was Interviewed by a
Morning Mall reporter late last eve-
f jilng.
. "What are the facts, Mr. Merrill,
with regard to the telephone com
. pany and your recent local man
ager?" asked the reporter.
"I will tell you, Just as I told the
Tribune reporter: I have nothing to
flay, any more than that matters be
tween the company and Its recent
local manager are being adjusted
satisfactorily to the company.
"You may state. If you will, that
a competent manager will be placed
"In charge of the company's business
.here and 'bat the service will be
Improved In every respect posMblc.
u "Yes, 1 realize that the service
has not heen what It should have
' been, i-ist all this will be stralvrt.
ened out In due course of time mid
he Matrons of our line will have no
occasion to complain of poor serv
ice. I shall remain here several
days, or until the new manager of
the office has become familiar with
the details of the office and the
" needs of the people."
SELECTION WAS WISE.
A meeting of the school board
was held yesterday afternoon. Pro
fessor Smith, the new superintend
ent, met with the board and outlined
the course he intends pursuing in
conducting the schools. The outline
given was very satisfactory to the
board and met with gemn.l ap
proval.
One member of be board expressed
himself to a Morning Mall represen
tative In these words: "I feel that
the board has been wise in its selec
tion of a principal. I believe we
could not have chosen more wisely,
and I believe every member of the
board Is of the same opinion as I
m."
The board finds they are two
(Vachers short, notwithstanding the
fact that they have already secured
20. It cannot at this time be deter
mined for which g rati fa these teach
ers will be needed, but the Increase
ill the population of our city Is such
as tu assure the board that with
these two extra teachers there will
be none too many to properly handle
the number of pupils which will be
enrolled.
The board decided to make some
changes at the North school, among
which Is that of so hanging all doors
as to permit them to swing Into the
corridors when opened Instead of In
to the rooms, as they now do. This
change is made as an added precau
tion In case of fire the doors
swinging out making egress from
the rooms much easier should a
panic among the children occur. The
board will also have shades placed on
the windows of this buHdlng.
EXT It A HfCHKlOX OF CONGUKHH.
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Aug. 22.
Just what Judge Taft's views are re
garding the revision of the tariff
were Incidentally expressed today.
"If elected," be said, "I shall call
together the 61st congress In ex
traordinary session to revise the tar
iff at the very earliest possible mo
ment I bave authority to do so."
Bryan's recent tariff speech has
not reached here and the above was
made without reference to what the
Democratic nominee said on the sub
ject. Judge Taft announced today
that he would stop for two hours at
Athena, O., next Saturday on his
way to Middle Bass Island, where
he Is to fish for a week. The occa
sion will be taken to present him to
the county organizations of Civil
War Veterans.
The postmaster-general, who Is
here today, stated he believed
Hughes will be renominated for gov
ernor of New York state.
KIHK MARSHAL FOK OKFXiOX.
Among the measures that will be
strongly fought for at the next ses
sion ottbe legislature will be one
creating a state fire marshal and a
board of insurance commissioners or
Insurance commissioner, whose du
ties will be entirely divorced from
the office of the secretary of state,
who uow holds that Job. This move
ment, already set on foot and in
dorsed by the State Association of
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies,
has for Its purpose the correction of
a number of evils existing In the In-
si ranee business of this state.
It Is a notorious fact, declared the
men behind Che proposed legislation,
that It Is impossible to secure a con
viction on an arson charge In Ore
gon, though many heroic efforts have
been made in the last two or three
years to put confessed Incendiaries
behind prison bars.
Immunity from punishment has
always been easy, in spite of over
whelming evidence, the escape In
variably being on purely technical
grounds. Counsel for defense have.
with unvarying success, set up the
point that the series of prosecutions
were conducted by Insurance compa
nies private Interests Instead of
through the proper official channels,
and the Jury has been impressed. At
the same time, the Insurance men
claim they have had the zealous sup
port of the prosecuting officials In
their efforts to secure convictions.
To prepare for active suppore of
such a measure, a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the State As
sociation of Mutual Fire Insurance
Companies will probably be held In a
few weeks and a committee named
to draft such a measure.
The bill that will be prepared by
the Oregon Insurance men will te
modeled after the Ohio law. In that
state the fire marshal In two years
secured 40 convictions In arson
cases, and the result was a decrease
In the total Incendiary fire losses In
that time was more than $5,000,000.
WAMlKHH IX WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. With
religion as his only solace. John R.
Early, Spanish war veteran, stricken
with leprosy, awaits his fate on an
Isolated tent on the banks of the Po
tomac river, where he Is constantly
guarded today by offcers in tneem-
ploy of the health departments.
Thousands of people In Washington
are frightened because of the pos
sibility that they have coltracted the
disease through contact with Early,
who. spent five days In the city,
eating In restaurants, riding In
streetcars and taking In the sights
generally.
At Lyon, X. C, his wife and child
are In deep distress, facing the dou
ble horror of the loss of husband
and father and tne fear of becoming
lepers.
Early came here to apply for a
pension. His condition was discov
ered by a local physician whom he
called when be became 111.
The district authorities have ap
plied to the North Carolina author
ities, asking that Early be removed,
but there Is little hope for the suc
cess of the application. It Is probable
that efforts will be made to remove
Early to the Louisiana leper colony.
It Is supposed that Early contract
ed the disease while serving as a
soldier in the Phllplnes.
SHOWS UP
TIJPESS
Judge W. H. Taft Comments
on Proposed Demo
cratic Plank
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Aug. 26. "It
puts a premium on reckless banking
and Is an Inducement to reckless
ness." Thus Judge Taft this after
noon. In response to a direct question,
states what In his opinion is the vital
objection to the proposed plank to
guarantee the deposits of the nation
al deposit banks.
'This Is a fundamental objection,"
he said. "Relieved of all responsi
bility to and the fear of the deposit
ors, the tendency would be to Induce
exploitation, manipulation and use
the assets of the banks in a specula
tive way. It would promote specula
tion at the expense of other bank
ers, and that ultimately means at the
expense of' the depositors. Any
proposition as to the amount of the
tax that should be assessed, as based
on the present rate of loss. Is on an
erroneous basis, as the danger of a
loss of the deposits is Increased vast
ly by the proposed system, so that
the percentage of th tax would have
to be vastly increased.
'Mr. Bryan did favor a guaranty
of the government to raise a fund
by taxing the banks, but the Demo
cratic platform provides for an en
forced Insurance which compels all
the national banks to contribute to
the insurance funds to meet the de
faults of the speculators. I am told
that such a law was In force In New
York and that the result was that
when a panic ensued, the tax having
been improperly calculated, there
was not sufficient funds to pay the
losses, but this I bave only on author
ity of a well-known writer on the
subject."
There was some discussion here to
day of the position alleged to have
been taken by Senator Hopkins of
Illinois, that the policies of the pres
idential candidate, so far as they are
not contained In the party platform.
are not binding on the party. Mr.
Taft declined to make the matter a
controversial one. It may be said.
however, that his attention was called
to the fart that the rate bill which
was recommended to congress by
President Roosevelt was not specific
ally approved by the Republican
platform of 1904, but that It was
adopted by a Republican congress on
his recommendation.
H AIIUI MAX 1K('MXKI.
Perhaps it was the fact of Mayor
Reddy's Ford automobile breaking
down about 16 miles out from the
city. Perhaps the crowd from Med-
ford gave the great man a scare.
Perhaps It was but what Is the use
of speculating; the fact remains that
E. H. Harrlman, the proud pos
sessor of untold miles of railroad,
politely declined, because of illness,
the kind invitation to come here and
be presented with the keys and the
freedom of the city.
Governor George E. Chamberlain,
however, took a chance and saved
the committee from returning alto
gether alone. But then It must be
remembered that the governor Is a
politician and not a great railroad
man. The distinguished guest arrived
In an automobile about 6 o'clock and
half an hour later was on the train
speeding toward Portland.
Governor Chamberlain, William
M. Colvlg and J. P. O'Brien, the
general manager of the Harrlman
lines, came here from the lake with
Mr. Stanley, In the latter's automo
bile. Shortly after that tne gover
nor and Mr. O'Brien boarded the
private car and It was attached to
No. 16 when It arrived.
Much sympathy Is expressed for
Mayor Reddy. It appears that his
car broke down on the way out and
the mayor and the car were both
there when the party returned from
the lake yesterday afternoon.
Perhaps It Is unnecessary to add
that the speeches which had been
prepared were not given and the re
ception planned did not take place.
However, both may yet do service on
some occasion In the dim and distant
future.
IMPORTANT IXVEXTIOX.
It will be good news to the fruit
men of Oregon to learn that an In
vention of a man In Georgia for the
cooling of cars In which fruit Is car
rled has been given trials. In some
of the best southern fruit districts.
The demonstration showed It to be
a perfect success and quite a seosa-
tion was caused by It among fruit
men. who declare Ita value to be In
estimable. The invention Is an apparatus for
the pre-coollng ot refrigerator cars,
and was Invented by John D. Cun
ningham of Marietta. It Is well-
known fact that peaches gathered
from the trees during the heat of the
day contain a large amount of beat
which causes them to sweat and fer
ment after being placed In tbe car.
It Is said that a refrigerator car
with Its bunkers filled with tee can
not take the heat out of the fruit
under several hours' time, and that
while the Ire In the bunkers Is cool
ing tbe peaches there Is a fermenta
tion and a sweat going on that
causes many of the peaches, especi
ally those on the top layer, to be
come too ripe and oftentimes specked
before reaching the market.
The new apparatus, which was
used there this week for the first
time, and with such success, prom
ises to add many days to tne ship
ping life of peaches and other fruit
and vegetables. It is composed of a
large wooden box, which contains
several hundred feet of Iron pipe,
around which salted Ice or chemical
refrigeration may be placed. Con
nected to the pipe on one end Is a
fan, which Is driven at the rate of
3500 revolutions per minute by a
marine engine, and which forces the
air through the freezing pipes Into
the car through a false half-door.
This cold air driven by the power
ful fan is forced into the car under
a pressure of three or four pounds
to the square inch, and It is claimed
will reach every peach In the car.
chilling It and reducing the tempera
ture of the car lower than could be
done by the bunkers when the doors
are closed and the car had reached
the lowest temperature possible
from the Ice In the bunkers.
Four cars were pre-cooled there.
and the temperature was lowered
from 74 to 45 degrees In 20 min
utes' time.
Fruit men who witnessed the dem
onstrations made there by Messrs.
Keenan and Riley, who are In charge
of the apparatus, declare It Is the
most important Invention since the
refrigerator car was made.
I'HEMDEXT NEWELL HERE.
W. K. Newell, president of the
state board of horticulture. Is In
Medford, and In company with Fruit
Inspector Taylor Is making a thor
ough inspection of the orchards of
the valley, the packing houses and
the methods of parking the fruit.
Mr. Newell Is not making this in
spection for the mere pleasure of it,
or as a midsummer outing, but to
him It is a matter of business, and It
must be so considered by our fruit
men. Fortunately the fruit men In
this locality are not forgetful of
their interests and it the entire
board of horticulture was to swoop
down upon them, The Morning Mail
fancies they would flnu no 'causes
for arrest or even censure. It Is
clean orchards and clean fruit which
has made for this valley tne reputa
tion It now has, and there Is no use
of any one getting funny in this
matter or endeavoring to put up
anything but the genuine article. In
spector Taylor Is determined to keep
all orchards clean and every hon
est orchard man la as determined as
he is.
In speaking of the pear blight,
Mr. Newell said he was very much
gratified to see that our fruit men
were so ably and successfully hand
ling It. There is scarcely any blight
here now, and the scare which went
up several months ago has practi
cally all subsided. Someone evi
dently knew how to treat It.
Mr. Newell is also, while here, ar
ranging for the collection of fruits
for an exhibit at Seattle exposition
next year.
HITCHCOCK NOT COMMITTED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. --Chairman
Frank H. Hitchcock or the national
Republican committee today de
clined to discuss the New York state
primaries In respect to any possible
effect they would have on the gov
ernorship nomination, and later up
on the national ticket. He Insisted
he had not committed himself In any
manner for the governorship and
said he did not think he was called
upon to do so.
In regard to the recent conference
Ht Oyster Bay, which gathering was
followed by a statement by John S.
Sherman, the Republican candidate
for vice-president, that the prepon
derance of opinion there was favor
able to Hughes, Hitchcock said: "Mr.
Sherman stated explicitly that no de
termination of the governorship
matter was affected."
It Is not expected that the views of
any of the Republican leaders who
participated in the discussion at the
president's summer home were al
tered by the fact that a number of
the counties In the primaries ex
pressed themselves In opposition to
the governor. Thus far the Republi
can national committee has taken no
stand In the Hughes matter. The gov
ernor has not been Invited to speak
In the national campaign and It Is
said no invitation will be extended to
him until after the New York state
convention.
The engagement In which Hughes
haa to speak at Youngstown, O.,
September 6, was not made under the
auspices of the national organliation.
If Hughe Is renominated the direct
ors of the speakers' bureau ot the
national committee will begin Imme
diately booking the governor In as
many speeches as he can consent to
make.
BOTH BUSINESS
E. H. Harriman Calls Several
Heads of Departments
to Klamath
PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 22. E. H.
Harrlman will at once build a road
across Central Oregon and also a
road south from the Columbia river,
either up the Deschutes river or a
continuation of the Columbia South
ern to a point in Central Oregon
where such a road would cut the
proposed line running east and west.
This Is the statement made by
Governor Chamberlain, who ' re
turned today from a visit to Mr.
Harrlman at Klamath Lake. Mr.
Harrlman told the governor the con
struction work across Central Or
egon would begin Just as soon as the
route could be located, which would
probably be during the present
week.
According to Governor Chamber
lain, an agreement to build the road
south from the Columbia was a tacit
one. He quotes Harriman as say
ing: "We will build a line Into Cen
tral Oregon immediately. As soon
as the construction forces can be us-
sembled work will be commenced. :
think I can assure that the ground
will be broken within 60 days.'
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 22.
E. H. Harriman has summoned to
Pelican Bay for a conference Pulius
Krutschnitt, who is known as the
chief assistant to Mr. Harrlman in
all his railroad business; E. E. Cal
vin, vice-president of tbe Union Pa
cific system, and William Hood, chief
engineer of the Pacific system, as
well as a number of other prominent
railroad officials connected with the
Harrlman lines.
The object ot this conference
means more than a consideration of
the road to Klamath Falls. It
means that J. P. O'Brien, manager
ot the Harrlman lines in the north
west, who has Just made a trip
through Central Oregon with Gover
nor Chamberlain, Is making a report
upon the country to the north ot
here and that Mr. Harrlman and his
officials will consider the advisabil
ity of the extension of the road from
this city through to Natron and mak
ing It the main line ot the Southern
Pacific between Portland and Sacra
mento. The officials are expected
here at any time and the conference
will be held upon their arrival.
Mr. Harrlman has also Issued or
ders. It Is said, to the construction
engineers that the California A
Northwestern must be completed to
the water In six weeks so thta he can
step from the boat Into his private
car. This may be taken as evidence
that he will not leave his mountain
retreat until some time In the latter
part of next month.
The sons of Mr. Harrlman have
also given out .that they will remain
here until the middle of September
In order to enjoy tne superb duck
hunting of this section. Mr. Harrl
man's orders In regard to the com
pletion ot the road to the navigable
water are being carried out and al
ready another dredge has been put
on the dike work and three ot the
machines are now working day and
night so as to complete the grade to
the channel.
INVESTIGATE TUAX8ACTIONS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. A special
committee ot five members ot the
stock exchange will conduct an In
vestigation ot the transactions which
took place on the floor of the ex
change Saturday when more than a
million shares were bougnt and sold
In enormous blocks and In such a
manner as to arouse the suspicion
that the sales were so matched as to
create a fictitious Impression of ac
tivity. The governing committeo of
the exchange took up the matter af
ter the trading rlosed today, and In
a brief session authorized the pres
ident of the exchange to appoint an
Investigating committee.
The trading on Saturday amount
ed to over a million shares, while
during the five hours' trading today
only 387,000 was dealt in. Some of
the smaller brokers who trade on
the floor for other brokers were re
ported to have given the names ot
three or four firms as ,iavlpg done
practically all of Saturday's enor
mous buying. Tnrough them the
committee may be able to trace
simultaneous orders to buy and sell
W HKItK HE WAS HORN.
SALEM, III.. Aug. 26 No crowd
of such size and enthusiasm ever
turned out In this city, the birthplace
of Bryan, as that of today when the
Democratic candidate stopped over
to greet old friends and neighbors.
Thousands of people came Into the
city on special trains.
The principal event was the speech
of Bryan from the platform of the
courthouse grounds, In which he ap-
pealed to the "Roosevelt Republi
cans" to support the Democratic tick
et, because, he said, they could not
hope for a realisation ot the prom
ised reforms of their party. Taft, he
said, was not the heir to Republican
reform.
During the day Bryan divided most
of his time with the Bryan and Jen
nings branches of his family. After
luncheon he went to the cemetery
and placed flowers on the graves of
his parents and later. Inspected the
Bryan-Bennet library, presented by
himself and the late Philo 8. Bennet
ot Connecticut. He held receptions
everywhere he went. While Bryan
was talking to a crowd, a purse of
1300 was made up for a campaign
contribution. A check for 1100 was
also given by a Clinton county man.
Theodore A. Bell of California.
chairman of the Kern notification
committee, made a speech in which
he compared the platforms of the
two dominant parties.
Bryan took up the question.
"Shall the people rule?" He said ot
Sherman, "He ought to have known,
for he had been one of the fellows
that have kept them from ruling. In
tbe house ot representatives he haa
been one of the men responsible for
thwarting the will of the people, and
I lay down the atatement that the
American people today do not rule.
"They do not conduct their own
government, and a government con
ducted by others Is not responsible
for thewll! of the people. Now, If
I am right. Mr. Taft la wrong and Mr.
Sherman Is wrong. When they say
the people do rule they admit the
people ought to rule, and If they ad
mit people ought to rule, it I can
convince the country that the people
do not rule, then we are entitled to
verdict at this election, and I am
willing to meet the Issue."
Bryan said the present rules of
the house of representatives de
stroyed every opportunity of the
people from controlling their own
government and charged that they
had convertetd that popular branch
of government Into a despotism. He
also discussed the tariff and the
trusts.
MAY KT ONE AT MKDFOKD.
Preparatory to the establishment
of stations In various parts of Ore
gon for the measurement of preclpi-l
tation at the principal watersheds.
District Forecaster Bcals of Portland
Is co-operating with the reclamation,
forest and water resources branch of
the geological survey, is collecting
data on the subject. He has sent out
letters to various people In the state
explaining that It Is the purpose to
establish three classes of stations, as
follows:
Stations equipped with a standard
rain guage, which can be visited
daily and measurements made of
moderate snowfalls or rainfalls, as
the ease may be.
Stations located where a perma
nent observer ran be found to make
a record Immediately following each
storm; these stations to be equipped
with a standard rain guage and also
with snow bins or cubical boxes, live
feet on every side, with heavy two
inch plank floors and matched board
sides. When a storm haa more or
less tilled them with snow, tne snow
will be measured and the bin will be
cleared out and cleaned.
Station equipped wlt'.i snow
scales, which it Is proposed to make
as follows: Select a tree from six to
eight Inches In diameter; bore a one
and one-fourth Inch hole every toot,
and Insert a pin projecting six Inches
on each side; make the five-foot and
the ten-foot pegs, etc., ten Inches
long: paint the body red and the
pegs black. If practicable.
'I am writing to you," says Mr.
Beals In his letter, "to ask If you will
not advise me as to whother or not
it Is practicable to Install a station
of one or more of these classes In
your neighborhood, and If It Is, 1
would like to ..ave you ,et me know
wnat It would cost to construct the
bins or to make the scales, as the
case may be. Also what It would
cost for the services of a man to
make and report the measurements
necessary In this connection.
"That I may be able to get a bet
ter understanding ot the conditions
In your neighborhood, please also ad
vise me regarding Its exact location.
also regarding the surrounding coun
try In the immediate vicinity of the
proposed operations, 'wheuicr bleak,
In tho forest or in a common-) open
country; the altitude above sea level
and whether a man can be obtained
who has had experience In the use
of Instruments. Also what It would
cost for me to come there and con
sult with you further in this connec
tlon."
Miss Hwlms River.
PORTLAND, Aug. 26. A 13-year-old
girl, I,eota Young, of Wil
lamette Falls, swam across the Wil
lamette Saturday afternoon In 20
minutes. She selected a point about
two miles above Oregon City, and.
accompanied by her father In a row-
boat, swam It without any difficulty.
The river at this point Is about half
a mile wide, and owing to the cur
rent, Is a pretty stltt swim for an
adult. Miss Young Is the daughter
of Captain Young, of the steamboat
IJtng.
WILL START
Automobile Road to Klamath
Lake to Start From
This City
Two auto roads Into Crater Lake
National park. One from the line ot
the Southern Pacttlc, easteward to
the summit of the Cascades, the other
from some point east of the moun
tains, westward Into the scenic re
serve. Governor Chamberlain has ap
pointed the committee which will
have In hand the ways and meana
of provcldlng the money necessary to
build the roads and of selecting the
points from which the highways will
penetrate Into tbe mountain vastneas-
es and about the natural beauties
which surround Crater lake. The
committee consists ot the following:
E. H. Harrlman, Judge Lionel R.
Webster, Henry L. Benson, Klamath
Falls; J. F. Reddy, Medford; F. H.
Hopkins, Central Point; Benton Bow
ers, Ashland; J. H. 8cott. balem; G.
T. Baldwin, Klamath Falls; T. B.
Wilcox, Portland; W. I. Vawter, Med
ford; C. 8. Jackson, Portland, and
Colonel Frank H. Ray, New York
city, who Is largely Interested la the
development of the Rogue River dis
trict. Governor Chamberlain's action In
soon formulate plans for the con
struction ot the wooded avenues In
the deep forests surrounding Crater
Lake National park came about aa
tbe result ot a move to gain easy
access to one of the most scenic re
gions In the world.
While Mr. Harrlman was In con
ference with the governor's party
and General Manager O'Brien at Pel
ican Bay Lodge the past week he was
forwarded the following telegram,
after a conference between some of
those Interested In building roads to
the park:
"E. H. Harrlman: Proposed to
raise $250,000 to build first-class
auto roads from Medford to Crater
lake and from lake to Klamath Falls,
connecting with your line at both
ends. State ot Oregon. Jacksoncoun-
ty, Klamath county, cities of Med
ford, Central Point, Klamath Falls.
Interested Individuals, to provide
money. Many prominent men favor
movement. Will you accept ffppoint-"
ment as one of commission which
governor will name to formulate
plans and carry project to comple-
lon? Will not encroach greatly upon
your time."
Then out of the dense woods sur
rounding the Idyllls spot where the
railroad king Is free for a time from
the cares and worries of the finan
cial maelstrom, came the following
reply:
Thanks for your message. I wilt
confer with the governor when he
comes down here. Am ready to do
anything I can to aid Intelligent im
provement."
And so Governor Chamberlain haa
placed E. H. Harrlman at the head of
the committee.
As soon as Mr. Harrlman has glv
the final word concerning the
building ot the new railroad Into
central Oregon and thus relieves him
self of this new business enterprise
he has taken up since coming to Ore
gon It Is expected that he will call
a meeting of the committee and ac
tion taken towards the object to ue
attained. tlarrlman-like, It Is not
likely that much tlmo will he con
sumed In getting down to work and
formulating derinlte plans for bring
ing within easy reach or the world
one ot the most Ideal and entrancing
spots within the boundaries ot the
United States.
Mr. Harrlman himself has visited
the lake and has evinced great Inter
est In Its welfare and has eagerly
awaited an opportunity to give the
park and Its nilrror-llke body of wa
ter mote publicity. In consequence
ot his ambition along these lines It
Is placed beyond doubt that he will
take an active and pleasurable con
cern In promoting the project which
has already been well launched on
the highway of success.
CHILD THAI X-W RECK ERH.
SANTA ROSA, Cal.. Aug. 26.
Imprisoned for a self-conroHwed rt-
tempt to wreck a passenger trnln,
Austin Davis, 10 years old, and his
child compnnlon, Henry Fehler, to
day made a daring and all but suc
cessful attempt to break Jul). They
were captured Just as they sought
to leave the building.
The lads wero Imprisoned on the
second floor of the Jail. Climbing
to the top of the steel Inclosure over
the stars, they ripped a hole In the
wall and gained entrance to the in
sane ward. From here they worked
their way Into the corridor, got
downstairs and were unlocking the
doors to the entrance when caught.
The attempted Jail break caused
a hurried consultation, aa a result
of which young Davis was ordered
sent to the Reform school.