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VOL, XX
MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER (8. 1908,
NO. 38
Party Reports That All the
Water Found Was
163 Inches
On Wednesday of this week a Dis
appointed delegation of Medford cit
izens visited the Little Butte crek
country (or the purpose ot acquaint
ing, themselves with the conditions
suraounding the source-of water sup
ply for the city of Medford as Is out
lined In the propositions presented
Irom that locality.
The party consisted of F. Osen
brugge, H. G. Wortman, F. E. Mer
rick, B. J. Trowbridge. W. W. Elfert.
T. H. Moore. George Putnam and A.
fi. Bliton. This made up two auto
mobile loads, and the Hanley ranch,
which Is the proposed Intake of wa
ter from Wasson canyon, was
reached without Incident worthy of
mention. Here a splendid luncheon
was spread, which luncheon, by the
way, was prepared and furnished by
Mr. Osenbrugge. After eating of
this most Inviting spread all mem
bers of the party made their way up
Wasson canyon for the purpose of
thoroughly inspecting the source of
water supply at this point. Engineer
Cummlngs was there and had taken
measurements at the weir and report
ed there were 163 inches of water
then flowing In Wasson canyon. This
Is exactly the same amount of water
which flowed over the weir on the
5th day of August, this year.
The Inspecting party remained at
the weir for a. few minutes, drank
of the water, took Its temperature,
which was 66 degrees, and In the
meanwhile Mr. Cummlngs explained
the system by which water measure
ments are taken. From this point we
followed np the stream, known as
the Blebersteadt spring creek, and
after this we crossed to the main
channel ot the source of supply, and
five of the party Wortman, Mer
rick, Moore, Putnam and Bl I ton-
went np this canyon a mile or more
to a point known as "the falls." For
- considerable distance here the wa
ter flows oyer rocks and between
rough, ragged rock-lined banks to
the point above referred to, at which
point the walls narrow to a passage
not to exceed from 10 to IS feet in
width. This Is overhung with a
dense growth of underbrush and
nuge pine trees. The temperature
-of the water was taken at this point
and was found to be 50 degrees 6
degrees colder than at the weir, ac
eounted for mostly by the shade of
the trees. Above this point the
growth ot timber and underbrush is
so dense that we did not venture
further.
The opinion expressed by all was
that the water In Wasson canyon was
good, and was surely spring water.
The objection raised to it is the
quantity, which was not considered
-sufficient. This supply, members of
the water committee explained,
could be supplemented with water
from Little Butte creek, which is
carried In a ditch three-quarters of
a mile In length and crosses the Was
son Canyon creek In a flume near the
proposed Intake of the pipe line.
The Intake of the Fish Lake ditch
-was pointed out, the lay of the land
surrounding was noted and the ele
ration of several points was learned.
It Is not the Intention of the writ
er of this Item to attempt to advise
as to which proposition should be
accepted by the water committee.
There are advantages which some of
them possess not found In otherB,
and then the disadvantages enter
into these same propositions, and to
weigh the mln the balance and deter
mine which Is the but Is something
no person has a right to do who does
not understand fully all of the con
ditions, and these conditions can
only be understood by a thorough
examination into the advantages and
the disadvantages of each they all
have some of both.
It Is proposed now by the water
committee to leave the whole mat
ter up to the city's consulting engi
neer, whom they have asked to pre
pare a report covering all the points
for an dagalnst each proposition pre
sented these to be from an engi
neering point of view, and as well
from a sanitary point. The legal
phase he positively declines to touch
upon.
As to whether or not these reports
and the recommendations which will
accompany them will be accepted by
the people ot Medford Is a matter
difficult to determine, but this much
Is certain some conclusion must be
reached, either In this way or by
some other method soon, If the city
Is to secure the much-needed water
supply for another season.
A number of the delegation were
favorable to the Fish lake proposi
tion because of the amount of water
to be had, and the certainty of se
curing the required amount at all
times. Other members of the dele
gation, while entering no objection to
acquiring water from this source.
were of the opinion that It ought to
be taken out at a point above the
Hanley ranch.
POSTAL BIHINKHS IN'titKAKlNG.
The clerical force in the Medford
postof flee has been added to, and be
cause of this there Is much elation
In the homes of Postmaster Wood
ford and his able assistant, Ralph W.
Woodford.
There will be a lineup of two new
clerks this morning when the doors
of the office are opened to the pub
lic. William Warner, who for sever
al years has been mailcarrler on rur
al route 1, out ot Medford, will be
found at the registry and money or
der window, and Clyde Hazelrlgg ot
Greensburg, Ind., and brother ot C.
O. Haielrlgg, will be mailing clerk
from even date with today. Mr. Ila-
selrlgg has been mailing clerk in
Greensburg for several years and the
government haa transferred him to
this office.
Both these new clerks are men of
proven ability In the employ of the
government, and their services will
be a lift of a good bit of the burden
so long and faithfully carried by As
sistant Postmaster Ralph Woodford.
Miss Delia King, who for two years
has been general delivery clerk In
the office, will take a two weeks'
vacation. During these two years
there haa not been a day that Miss
King has not been at ber post of
duty. During her absence Mrs. Ralph
Woodford, who has been registry and
money order clerk for several years,
will have charge ot the general de
livery window. Upon the return of
Miss King, Mrs. Woodford will re
tire from service In the office.
The working force ot the Medford
office has been working under nu
merous disadvantages since occupy
ing the new office, because of the
fact that the office as it is arranged
Is intended for a free delivery serv
ice. Especially is the disadvantage
noticeable In the fact that there was
no provision made for a stamp sale
window, but as It Is, the sale of
stamps must be conducted from the
general delivery window.
The revenue to the governiue.it
from the Medford poalofflce Is in
creasing with wonderful strides and
It Is really a pity we have not thU
tree delivery aervice. The only o'l
i'acles to be removed Is the number
ing of the places of business md res
idences and the placarding of the
streets. If these two things ".tie
done we would have free delivery in
a very short time.
BIGGEST DEAL IX OREGON.
What is considered the tlgge
deal in farming lands ever made In
Oregon was consummated in Port
land 'n the transfer of 4000 acres o
DouhUs county soil for $200,100.
The teller is Frank Waite of Rose
burg. and the buyers A. H. Perkins
of Medford and J M. Johnson, an
Indiana capitalist. The tracts In
volved re the 2800-acre farm of Hr.
Waite and the Currey place of 1203
acres near by. Both tracts are situ
ated in the Umnqua valley, and lie
contiguous to the Southern Pacific
railroad. The land has been In cul
tivation for years and Is now consid
ered In a high state of productive
ness. The buyers Intend subdividing
the farms Into 10 and 20-acre tracts
and setting out fruit trees, for which
the soil Is considered admirably
adapted. The Imnroved acres will
then be sold to farmers from the
east and elsewhere, who will apply
intensive methods to farming and
fruitgrowing. There will thus be
200 farms of 20 acres each, or 400
of 10 acres In area to plat and set
out In trees and berry vines. '
Mr. Waite, who was in Portland
with the buyers, says that he looks
for a boom in Douglas county fruit
lands, such as now prevails In the
Hood' River country. Farmers of the
(Tmpqua valley have been doing well
in raising and exploiting apples and
pears, as well as cherries, since
spraying arid Improved methods have
been Introduced, and they are all out
of debt and have goodly bank ac
counts. Mr. Perkins recently sold a large
fruit farm in the Rogue River valley,
near Medford, for something over
$100,000, and has lost no time In
investing again in Oregon fruit
lands. He declares there Is as much
to be made In dealing In the fertile
lands of Southern Oregon as there
is In Portland real estate, and he
looks for a dense fruitgrowing popu
lation In Douglas county as soon as
the true value ot the soli and the
pleasant climate have become better
known In the east.
Will Come to Oregon.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 16.-
Orders were Issued today for the
Sixteenth company Coast Artillery.
now at Presidio, San Francisco, to
proceed to Fort Stevens, Or., about
November 1, and the Sixtieth com
pany, now at Fort Casey, to proceed
to Fort Wordon for station about
December 15.
E. I DEBS"
He Was Greeted By a Large
Crowd and Spoke
at Length
Sunday afternoon a large crowd
gathered In the vicinity of the depot
to see and hear Eugene V. Debs, the
candidate for president of the United
States on the Socialist ticket. Ow
ing to a freight wreck In California
the train was quite late and In the
meantime the people were enter
tained by Daniel A. White, the na
tional organiser ot the party.
The "Red Special," bearing Mr.
Debs and his party, arrived at 5:50
and the band of 15 pieces which ac
companies the party, played for a
few minutes, when the candidate
mounted the platform at the ware
house of J. A. Perry. The reception
Mr. Debs received appeared to
please him very much, as he looked
out over the sea ot faces and waited
for the cheering to cease. He said
In part:
"This Is quite a nice reception you
are giving to an 'undesirable citizen.'
The two old parties have outgrown
their usefulness. You belong to the
Republican party because four fath
er did. It has been a great party In
its time and abolished slavery, but
now It la the party of plutocracy.
"The coal business of Chicago Is
controlled by two men, and between
them they freeze the people to death
In winter by the high price they
charge for their coal. One ot these
men Is a Republican and the other Is
a Democrat. One of them Is collect
ing funds for the Republican party
and the other for the Democratic
party. But you don't hear of any
trust collecting money for Debs.
"There are 8,000,000 women and
4,000,000 children working In this
country. You- men work ten hours
and earn your pay In two hours, so
that the daughters ot your employ
ers can go to Europe and associate
with counts and no-accounts. Your
employer tells you how much he Is
Impressed by your Intelligence. You
build the palaces and live In houses.
You are furnished a carriage to go
to the polls one day and vote to
walk the other 364 days In the year.
"The plana we propose Is co-operation,
then there will be work for
all, money enough for all, no one In
the prisons or asylumns and men and
women will walk together In the
brotherhood of mankind.
"I thank you for your kind atten
tion." The cars of the special were not
painted red, as was supposed to be
the ease, but were exactly the same
color as all the other cars of the
Southern Pacific, except for the ban
ners and decorations on the sides.
The train pulled out at 6:10, having
stayed here exactly 30 minutes.
OPENING OF STATE FAIR.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 12. Every
available stall In the livestock exhibit
has been taken and temporary struc
tures will have to be provided to ac
commodate the display In the dif
ferent breeds of cattle, horses.
swine and goats at the state fair.
Racing entries have begun to arrive
from north and south and many
points In the east. Lone Oak race
track Is In prime condition.
Special programs have been ar
ranged for every day, but the prin
cipal days will be Salem day (Wed
nesday) and Portland day (Thurs
day). Arrangements have also been
made to have special trains run be
tween Portland and Salem through
out the week, on both the Southern
Pacific and the Oregon Electric,
with reduced round-trip rates. The
Southern Pacific will run a special
excursion out of Portland on Port
land day, to consist ot 30 cars, and
a round-trip fare of $1.25 will be
charged. This train will leave
Portland for Salem at S o'clock In
the morning, and returning, will
leave Salem at 6 p. m. An Immense
crowd Is expected from Portland on
this day, as the best racing program
of the week has been arranged tor
It, in both harness and running
events.
Livestock of all breeds and classes
has been arriving upon the grounds
dally for the past week, and there Is
a great hustle for stall accommoda
tions. Among the special breeds of
cattle will be the herd ot Gallo
ways, as well as specimens of the
Polled Jerseys, which have been Im
ported from Ohio, and will be shown
on the coast for the first time.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 14. At 8
o'clock this morning the gates open
ed for the largest and best state fair
ever held In Oregon. From that
hour until late Saturday night. If
present Indications shall be fulfilled,
the fair grounds will be visited by
the largest crowds ever assembled
here for the annual Industrial expo
sition. Arrangements have been made by
the fair management, by transporta
tion companies and by proprietors
of restaurants, hotels and rooming
bouses to take care of record-break-log
crowds and there seems reason
to believe that their efforts will
prove to have been wisely put forth.
The formal opening of the fair
took place In the Auditorium this
evening. In the forenoon the visit
ors Inspected the several depart
ments, the agricultural, horticultur
al, livestock, dairy, machinery, man
ufactures and art exhibits. In the
afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock,
the races started at Lone Oak track.
During the races there will be ath
letic exhibitions, such as tight-wire
performances and hoop-rolllng.
At 8 p. m. the crowd assembled In
the Auditorium, where appropriate
exercises were held. Mayor Rodger
of Salem delivered an address of wel
come and Governor Chamberlain re
sponded. An address was delivered
by Tom Richardson of the Portland
Commercial club. McElroy's or
chestra rendered musical selections
tor the occasion.
MINTS TOR KRUT GROWERS.
There Is not a fruit, grain or veg
etable producing country In the
known world which does not have
the elements to contend with to a
greater or less extent. This being
true, it cannot be expected that the
Rogue River valley of Southern Or
egon would be an exception to the
general rule.
We do have here sometimes the
element of frost to contend with, but
the necessity of protection against
this element is so rare as to cause
our fruitgrowers to become careless
of their Interests and they some
times forget the possibility of in
jury. This was the case last spring
with a few of our orchard men and
they are now regretful.
One Instance of this over-confidence
and abiding faith which may
be cited la that of Colonel R. C.
Washburn, who owns the famous
Table Rock orchard. For 12 or 15
years this orchard has borne a good
crop of fruit, each season, but there
is no fruit there this season. The
orchard could reasonably have been
expected to have produced thla year
$10,000 worth of fruit, and It would
undoubtedly have done this had not
a little frost happened that way Just
at bloom time last spring. There
were a few other orchards In the
valley which happened to be In the
path of this cold wave, and they.
too, were nipped. All this could
have been prevented had our or
chardmen exercised a little of the
precaution which has made their Cal
ifornia brothers wise by experience.
In California, where frosts are
never expected to occur, the orch
ardmen hare grown wise In their
generation and preparations are
made for the unexpected. Oil pots
are kept constantly ready for light
ing and when the thermometer geU
anywhere near the frost mark the
match Is applied and the smudge
protects the fruit bloom from frost.
That seems easy, and It Is easy, but
that spirit of over-confidence prev
alent among the orchard men of this
valley Is too liable to predominate
until It Is too late.
Instead of the oil cans, previous
ly used In California, the oil brick
is now being used. This Is a mix
ture of sawdust and crude oil. It
makes a great smudge, is easily Ig
nited and burns a long time.
Another device which is coming
Into use In many localities In Cali
fornia Is the electric thermometer.
These Instruments are placed In the
orchards and are connected by wire
with an alarm In the house. When
the thermometers reach a frost dan
ger line an electric connection Is
made with the house alarms, and
the help is awakened and the
smudges are by the applied and the
crop Is saved.
That Washburne Instance Is real
ly a pitiful one; great, healthy trees
and no fruit on them, when they,
under ordinary circumstances, would
have produced thousands of dollars
and all this loss could have been
prevented by an outlay of a few hun
dred dollars.
Experience, while an expensive
tutor. Is an effective one, and Colo
nel Washburn and others of the val
ley will profit by It next spring.
ATTEMPTING TO KILL.
The name of the colored man who
attacked a white man In the White
Elephant saloon at an early hour
yesterday morning Is Walter Mason;
the fhlte man's name Is Richard
Roach. Chief of Police Shearer was
busy yesterday gathering the evi
dence In the case and today this will
be presented before the grand Jury
now In session at Jacksonville.
As was stated In The Morning
Mall, Roach was not very badly cut
up, but those who saw the assault
claim that the colored man evident
ly Intended to kill Roach, and would
have done so had It not been for the
bystanders Interfering and taking
his knife away from him. It la ex
pected that the charge will be as
sault with Intent to kill.
BRINE ALONG
THEEXHIBITS
The Fair Officers Are Urging
Farmers to Have
Them Here
President Perry and Superintend
ent Andrews of the Rogue River
Fair association wish the farmers
throughout Jackson and Josephine
counties to be Informed by The
Morning Mail and the Weekly Mall
that they are not only Invited, but
are urged (o make preparations to
send exhibits to the fair which will
be held In Medford, October 1, 2 and
They also wish to call attention to
the fact that there Is $1300 to be
given In cash premiums for the dif
ferent exhibits. This money Is al
lowed by the atate, and if all of it
Is not used It will have to be re
turned. This will make It where
most all of the exhibitors will get
prises, the amounts of which will In
most cases pay for their expense of
getting their exhibits here, and also
for what It would cost them and
their families to visit the fair.
The officials have been supplied
with a large quantity of premium
books and any one can get them by
either calling or sending to J. A.
Perry, manager of the Rogue River
Fruitgrowers' union, at Medford.
They can get them without any ex
pense whatever. Those who desire
to have the honor of winning prises
to say nothing of getting the
money should lose no time In plan
ning tor this event.
It is understood that the officials
of the fair are going to send an In
vitation to Governor Chamberlain to
come here during the fair and make
a non-polltlcal speech. Those in a
position to know say that they be
lieve the governor will accept the In
vitation it it Is sent to him.
Everything is now in such shape
in connection with the horse races
to be held here during the fair on
October 1, 2 and S that it can posi
tively be stated that It will be the
best meet ever held In this city. It
not the best In the history ot Jack
son county.
The sum of $700 has been raised
by the committee that has had the
work In charge, to be used for the
purses and quite a number of entries
have already been made ot good
horses, and the Indications are that
there will be any number ot entries
made before the races begin.
As has already been atated, the
admission to the races will be en
tirely free, but those wno attend will
be able to secure seats, as Contract
or and Architect Charles Lyons Is at
work now constructing a grand
stand. It is located in a good posi
tion and will be covered. For seats
there will be a email charge for
those who wish to take them.
TEACHERS' RECEPTION'.
Last evening Superintendent V. O.
Smith and the teachers ot the Med
ford schools were entertained at the
Baptist church with a reception that
was one of the most successful
events ot a social nature that has
taken place for some time. A com
mittee composed ot the pastors and
representatives from each church
had the matter In charge.
Rev. W. F. Shields of the Presby
terian church presided and after
fitting introductory remarks, called
upon Rev. W. C. Reuter, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, for the
address ot welcome. He likened life
to the school and pointed out the
lessons set for one to learn and the
taskmaker set over him. "Educa
tion Improves the thought faculty.
thought produces high Ideals and
high Ideals are a powerful magnet
to raise the individual to a higher
plane of living."
Superintendent V. O. Smith re
sponded on behalf of the teachers,
expressing gratitude and apprecia
tion of the cordial Interest manifest
ed by friends and citizens, in the
teachers and the work ot the schools.
He regards the growing child not as
something to be moulded and shaped
according to the will of another, but
as a living being capable of unlimit
ed growth and Infinite possibilities,
Mr. Smith expressed himself as
much pleased with the work and
said that It was coming to be an
acknowledged fact In the east that
the west must be looked to for Ideas
and progress.
"In the hands ot the young rests
the future of our commonwealth.
Let us work with one heart and one
mind to educate them for the great
work of life."
After a vocal solo by Mrs. E. E.
Gore, Rev. O. L. Hall of the Baptist
church gave a reading, Miss lone
Flynn and Mr. Kellogg were heard In
a violin and piano duet and Mrs. E.
R. Seeley gave a reading.
The church was simply and taste
fully decorated with festoons of
green and vivid bunchea of asters
and late roses. Mrs. Martha Miller,
assisted by a bevy of young girls,
presided over the punch table and
Mrs. J. E. Watt was chairman of the
reception committee.
As a means of emphasising the
hearty spirit of co-operation existing
between the patrons ot the school
and the teachers, the affair was most
timely and the very large attendance
attested the mutual pleasure felt by
parenta in having thla opportunity
to become acquainted with the teach
ers of their children.
"LUST WE FORGET."
There has been so much "nig
talk" about Southern Oregon fruit
for the past three or four years that
even people living here lost sight of
a great many other big crops which
the Rogue River valley haa been pro
ducing. For Instance, there hasn't
scarcely been a peep from any one
on alfalfa even the newspapers
have quite forgotten, seemingly, that
there Is such a crop growing, but
all thla time there have been several
big cropa of thla excellent forage
plant grown here and all thla time
the beet which Medtord's population
has fed upon has been fattened by
this succulent plant.
Then there is the corn crop. Few
have thought much about this, and
as a matter of fact It doesn't cut
much of a figure as compared with
our red and yellow apples, and our
pears and our other excellent fruit,
but even the corn ot our valley has
Its place as a component factor in
making up the grand total wealth
and worth of our valley. Corn is
not grown in many localities on the
Pacific coast In fact, thla part ot
the coast country Is about the only
locality where it Is grown success
fully that Is, anything like It grows
"back In Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska."
To prove conclusively that we
grow a pretty good Imitation of the
product of these middle western
statea one has but to look upon the
samplea brought In yesterday from
the Vilas farm, and which may be
seen at Hubbard Bros.' implement
house In Medford. Mr. Vilas haa
about 100 acres of corn this year,
and If the few stalks on exhibition
are anything like an average It Is
good corn for any old state. The
stalks are fully nine feet high and
the ears are very large and a foot or
more In length.
Then there Is Dr. Page'a field, out
near Eagle Point. This Is a crack
ing good crop, stands higher than
the average man can reach and Is
well eared. There are other good
fields of corn In the valley and these,
as we before stated, have their place
In producing wealth and look like
"Iowy to me." So don't get to ever
lasting mixed np In this labyrinth of
fruit orchards aa to overlook the
lesser good features of our country.
COST OF FOREST FIRES.
The person who gets an Idea Into
his head that It does not cost the
government much of anything to
protect the forests from fire ought
to at once be set right. Listen to
this:
Acting Supervisor 8wenning re
ported yesterday to a Morning Mall
representative that the two fires on
Applegate and one at Fort Klamath
had cost the government just
$429.50 for extra help In putting
out fires during the month of Aug
ust, and that the sum would be much
greater for these two localities tor
September. There were 58 different
men employed in this work. There
are now 30 men at work putting out
fires at Aspen lake, In Klamath
county, and It Is expected that this
and one other fire In that county
will cost the government fully $1000.
ATTACKED BY COI'GAR.
CLATSKANIE. Or., Sept. 15.-
While driving alone In a buggy
along a densely wooded private road
going from this place to her borne
near Flshhawk, in tho Nchalem val
ley, where her parents live on a
homestead. Miss Mignon Dlppold,
the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. M. D. Dlppold, was attacked by
a cougar and frightened so badly
that she may not recover.
The young woman was less than
a quarter of a mile from home and
her father, who was driving cows
home, heard her screams and went
to her aid. When her father arrived
she was lying In the road beside the
buggy. She was unable to speak fur
ther than to say a cougar had
Jumped at her. Afterward she be
came hysterical and Is still unable
to talk.
The young woman was brought to
Clatskanie for medical treatment
and her condition Is reported aa al
most bordering on Insanity from the
terrible fright she received.
The Dlppolds formerly conducted
a hotel at Mist, but have been living
at University Park, Portland, the
past year, returning about one month
ago.
THE PAYMENT
E
Pacific Coal Company Pay
Balance of First
Payment
Yesterday the officials of tbe Pa
cific Coal company ot Los Angeles.
Cel.. paid to the Medford Coal 4k
Mining company of thla city the bal-
auce due on the first payment for
the purchase of the mining property
stUated not far from Medford. Thla
was the sum ot $15,000, which
makes the amount paid to date $S5.
000. There is still the sum of $25,000
yet owing, but that will not be due
and payable till April ot next year.
In the meantime it Is said by those
who t-re In a position to know that
somothing will be doing before Ion
in the way ot working the mine and
putting the coal on the market.
It Is also understood that the Pa
cific Coal company people have mate
a deal whereby the property will be
taken ever by John F. Murphy ol
Chicago. He is one of the largest
coal. mine operators la tbe country
and haa plenty of capital to build the
road there to the mine and all otter
work necessary In getting It In good
shape.
Hla local representative la B. P.
Mundy of this city.
LIBRARY ADDS BOOKS..
Mrs. H. C. Stoddard, the librar
ian of the public library, and bait
a dozen other ladles were busy yes
terday afternoon unpacking books to
add to those already on the shelves.
Altogether there were 57 volumes
added. Mrs. Rev. W. T. Colder pre
sented the library with a aet Bulwer
Lytton In nine volumes. Mrs, Rev.
F. C. Williams donated a aet of
Washington Irvlng'a worka, consist
ing of ten volumes, and Mrs. B. P.
Thelss gave 21 books of different ti
tles; George Putnam, American Cy
clopedia, 17 volumes.
The library also contains a set of
the Americana Encyclopedia, which
cost $104. There Is also found there
one of the best books of geology In
existence. It Is by the late Profes
sor Condon and deals with the ge
ology of Oregon and the northwest.
The title of it ta "The Two Islands."
Out ot the 600 books which be
longed to the old library association.
only 300 of them have been turned
over and the ladies of the Greater
Medford club would like very much
if any one who has one or more of
the books would be kind enough to
return them.
INVESTING IX MEDPORII.
H. L. Floyd, who recently pur
chased the residence of A. T. Drisko.
mention of which waa made In The
Morning Mall, has again this week
shown his faith In Medford by In
vesting In a couple more pieces of
valuable or soon to be valuable
property. He has bought from H. J.
Shutte the Purdln place, on B street,
paying therefor $8000.
Mr. Purdln a few years ago sold
this same place for $3000. Mr. Floyd
also bought ot W. E. Page the store
building on Central avenue, north
of the Diamond rooming house, for
the sum of $3500. Mr. Floyd has
gone east to dispose of some real es
tate he has there, and will return
and Invest more money here, either
In buildings or In purchasing other
real estate.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 12. Gov
ernor Meade of Washington Is en
route to this city from Seattle to
hold a conference with Governor
Chamberlain of this state tomorrow
regarding the controversy between
the Oregon authorities and the sal
mon fishermen on the Columbia
river.
Thursday morning, according to
one of the new initiative laws passed
last June, was the beginning of the
closed season in Oregon. Notwith
standing It Is still an open season
In Washington for taking fish, the
Oregon authorities maintain the
right to prevent fishing from shore
to shore, and since Thursday they
have placed under arrest a score or
more of fishermen, tunny ot whom
wore taking fish north of the stato
boundary.
The authorities of Washington, it
is stated, consider this an Infringe
ment of aoverelgnty of their state,
and the conference of governors to
morrow Is for the purpose ot coming
to an understanding In the matter.
It Is rumored that the state of
Washington will resist all attempts
ot the Oregon authorities to tho en
forcing of the laws of this state In
side the boundaries of Washington.
St nsCRIflE FOR THE MAIL.