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t VOLXX MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1908, NO. 42
ERRAND VEILED
Presence of Portland Attor
ney Here Said to Be on
Saloon Matters.
W. T. Vaughn, a Portland lawyer,
la In Medford. Hli mission hero bas
been rather difficult to get at, The
Morning Mail representative not hav
ing had an "Interview," but from an
authentic source be has been able to
learn that Mr. Vaughn will present
some sort of a set of resolutions to
the city council tomorrow night for
action by that body. These resolu
tions have to do in some way with
the saloon business In Medford. It
Is, as we understand, upon lines
which would consolidate the saloon
Interests of the city and restrict
their number to half a dozen, these
to be under one management.
The Morning Mall, as before stat
ed, does not know the nature of the
resolutions to be presented, but it It
Is to be a compromise, The Morning
Mall Is going to oppose It. With
this sheet there are no half-and-half
doings. If there are going to be
saloons The Morning Mall sees no
good reason why there should be a
saloon merger, or trust, with pos
sibly, the gigantic brewers' associa
tion back of it.
HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY.
The automobile people In Medford
are doing a rushing business carry
ing people to Ashland to catch the
train they missed while It was at the
depot in this city. Mention was
made a few days ago of a man who
missed the train which his family
was on, and surprising them by
showing up at Ashland, and was at
the depot when the train arrived
there.
Yesterday The Morning Mall con
tained an account of how a colored
man did the same thing, and now
there Is still another. This last one
had his family aboard the train yes
terday morning and stepped across
the road to get a drink. One was
not enough, apparently, and he took
a couple more. Then he started for
the depot, but there was no train In
sight. He got a tip about the auto
mobile stunt and raced for a gar
age. A. B. Purcivlll helped him into
a Reo roadster, and as It flew out
of the door, around the corner and
down the street the passenger held
on like grim death.
No record was kept of the time
made to Asbland, but the man got
there ten minutes before the train
left on Its way south.
"That's a mighty dear drink," he
remarked, as he paid the automobile
man his bill, which was something
over 50 cents. '
INDICATIONS IMPROVING.
It looked like oil, smelled like oil,
and-The Morning Mail believes It was
oil.- This refers to a sample taken
yesterday from the Pierce well, east
of Medford:
The first indications of oil were
found in this well at a depth of 305
feet, and these Indications and sam
ples looked genuine. The samples
shown by Mr. Pierce yesterday looked
and seemed to be more genuine than
were those first brought from the
well. The well Is now down 400
feet and the last specimens were tak'
en at this depth, and Mr. Pierce
stated they were inflammable, and
he also stated that there was a much
stronger smell of oil on the last spe
cimens than on the first. The speci
mens shown were seemingly of a blue
clay with a greasy black substance
mixed with the clay. It very much
resembled asphaltum. :. I
Mr. Pierce la positive that his drill
la now working in a second strata of
oil-bearing sandstone.
. WALKING AROVXD WORLD.
Henry Seatln, an Englishman who
is walking around the world, arrived
in Medford yesterday noon and after
getting bis notebook stamped at the
' local postoftire called at the office
of The Moaning Mall and gave an In
teresting account of his journey
from New York to this city.
He left New York, April of this
year, and arrived In Everett, Wash
in fire months and six days from the
time he left the Atlantic coast till
the time he reached the Pacific. This
was an average of 21 miles a day,
the distance being 3150 miles from
New York to Everett.
Mr. Seatln was in t he English
nary for 1! years and stands six feet
five Inches. He agreed to cover the
entire distance around the world by
earning his way. So far he . bas
struck rather hard luck In the earn
ing way, as his "poems" do not take
like "hot cakes," and his Indian club
winging doe not appear to be
Tory good money-getter.
The Britisher made the S29 miles
between Portland and this city in
two weeks. From here he goes to
San Francisco and from there to Aus
tralia by boat. As an evidence of
the fact that too much walking is
not a good thing, Mr. Seatln points
to the fact that he has lost 30 pounds
In weight since be started.
CHANGE IX LAW FIKM.
Mr. Ilurhsin Retire, A. E. Itramra
Aiuociated With W. M. Colli.
The law firm of Colvlg ft Durham
has been dissolved and the new law
firm is Colvlg ft Reams. The new
firm is composed of Hon. W. M. Col
vlg and bis son-in-law, A. E. Reaniea.
Both these gentlemen are well
known, and especially Mr. Colvlg,
who has for several years past been
employed on one or the otner side
of nearly every case which has been
tried In Jackson and Josephine coun
ties. Mr. Colvlg is unquestionably one
of the best attorneys In the state.
Mr. Reames, while having had not so
much experience. Is none the less an
unusually bright young man and has
bad a goodly amount of actual prac
tice at the bar while serving as dep
uty district attorney for several
years past.
WORK SIGHT AND DAY.
Official of the Warren llros. Paving
Company in Medford Yesterday.
W. B. Warren, the vice-president
of the paving firm of Warren Bros,
company, of Boston, was in Medford
yesterday looking after matters in
connection with the paving of Sev
enth and the cross-streets. The real
work of putting in the paving Is done
by the Warren Construction com
pany, with headquarters at Portland,
but the Warren Bros, supervise all
the work and look after the financial
part.
In conversation with a Morning
Mail reporter Mr. Warren stated
that the plant was now on the way
here from Vancouver, Wash., and
that It would be here In about one
week from now. In the meantime
the other work will be rushed. Elec-
trie lights will be put In where the
rock-crushing work will be done, so
that operations can go on at night as
well as In the daytime.
BOUGHT LAND TO 111 II, I) OX.
Another bit of Medford real estate
has changed hands at an advanced
price. Yesterday T. H. Moore pur
chased tbe vacant lots two of them
t the corner of West Seventh and
O streets, paying $9000 for the same.
The property was owned by R. J.
Barter of Stillwater, Minn., and was
bought by him a couple of years ago
for $4500.
The ground purchased covers 50
feet fronting on Seventh street, and
extends .back 120 feet on O street,
and includes the little brick resi
dence now on the lots and fronting
on O street.
Mr. Moore expects to soon erect
a one-story brick building covering
the entire space. He will put in
three store buildings fronting on
Seventh street and two on O street.
AGKXT WAS A FAKE.
About three weeks ago a very pol
ished and affable young man was
in Medford soliciting subscriptions
to the Pacific Monthly of Portland
He secured several subscriptions at
the regular price of $1 per year and
gave receipts for the money on print
ed blanks, which seemingly had been
printed by that publication.
After waiting a couple of weeks
and receiving no paper, Charles Me-
serve, one of the subscribers, wrote
the publication, Inclosing his receipt.
The publisher disclaimed all knowl
edge of the fellow and asked for a
minute description of him In order
that he could be called to account,
While the publication was undoubt
edly Imposed upon by an Imposter,
the publisher has agreed to send the
paper for the time paid for.
ANOTHER COUPLE MARRIED.
Eugene Dow and Miss Julia B.
Dodge were married at the Presby
terian masse last night at o'clock
by Rev. W. F. Shields. .These two
voting people start to life with very
bright prospects before them. Mrs
Dow Is the youngest daughter of W
P. Dodge ot Oakdale avenue, this
city, one ot our most respected citi
zens.
Produce and Commission,
George Smith of Eugene has rent
ed the buildings erected by T. H.
Moore on G street, and which have
been In nse as sample rooms, and
will within the next 15 days open
wholesale produce and provision
salesrooms therein, tbe object being
to kee pin stock all kinds of produce
and to supply the retailers ot this
and neighboring towns In both Ore
gon and Northern California.
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CHICAGO TEAM
IS
Defeats Detroit Tigers in
Final Contest, Four
Out of Five
DETROIT, Mich.. Oct. 14. By
beating this afternoon 2 to 0. the
Chicago National league team re
tained the title of champion baseball
team of the world. The present ser
ies differed little from that of last
year. In the previous series Detroit
managed to get one tie game and
went down in four straight defeats.
In the present series Detroit snatch
ed one victory out of five games
played.
The Chicago team, according to
the critics, showed superior baseball
In every department In a series as a
whole, although the superiority was
not so apparent on the day Detroit
batted a victory out of Pfelster's
curves.
Detroit was handicapped by the in
ability of Schmidt to cut the runners
at second and by the failure of their
heavy hitting outfield at the bat at
critical times. On the other hand.
none of Detroit's pitchers seemed a
puzzle to the Chicago batsmen.
Throughout the Chicago's hitting
was hard and opportune.
The game was singularly free from
squabbling ann on only two or three
occasions were the decisions of the
umpires questioned. The paid ad
missions for the five games were lit
tle over 60,000, and tbe receipts to
talled nearly $93,000.
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 13. Chi
cago crept one game closer to the
world's championship today by de
feating Detroit 3 to 0. Chicago now
has three games ot the series, as
compared with one annexed by De
troit at Chicago yesterday. Eddie
Summers ot Detroit and Mordecai
Brown, the premier pitcher of the
Chicago team, opposed each other,
and the latter had all the better of
the argument, although Summers
pitched excellent ball In all but one
Inning.
the third Summers passed two
on balls, some of which to the crowd
looked very much like strikes. He
was cutting corners In a whirlwind
fashion and an Inch either way
would have changed the umpire's
verdict. Sheckard and Evers, as a
result of the sprightly efforts of
Coughlln and Schaeter being retired.
Summers wavered ever so little and
Scbulte was presented with standing
room on the initial bag. The tall
Chicago right fielder promptly con
cluded to try out Schmidt's throwing
arm and found the said arm was tried
and found wanting. Schmidt's un
successful throw to second was the
first of four similar failures which
netted Chicago two runs.
Chicago's next and final run oc
curred in the ninth, when Winters
took Summers' place In the box. The
change made no difference to Chi
cago. With two out, Evers singled to
left, stole second and came home on
Chance's single to right.
Detroit threatened to score only
once, this In the fourth. Brown
found himself In a pretty bad hole
when the singles by O'Leary and
Crawford placed these gentlemen re
spectively on second and first bases
ith none out. Cobb bunted and
Brown, without looking at first,
threw to third, just in time to catch
O'Leary. Crawford meanwhile had
taking second on the play. Taking
a lead off second, "Old Reliable," as
Crawford Is known, took occasion to
refresh himself with the proverbial
40 winks. This was Just 35 winks
too many, for Kling, observing the
runner's somnolent attitude and Joe
Tinker's frantic efforts to attract his
attention without making a noise,
shot the ball to Tinker, and the crest
fallen sleeper was retired to the
bench.
With two out, Cobb started to
steal second, and at .the same time
the umpire called the third strike on
Rossman. Kling, evidently not hear
ing what tbe umpire said, threw
Cobb out. The play did not count,
as Rossman had already made the
third out.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12. Detroit be
came a real contender for the world's
baseball championship today when It
defeated Chicago In decisive fashion,
g to 3. Manager Jennings achieved
this result with a change In his line
up. Downs was put on the bench
and "Efficient" Schaeffer, who Is at
home In almost aay position, wai
shitted from third to second base.
Coughlln occupied the third sack.
This shake-up, however, cannot be
said to have had any material effect
In winning the game, for neither
Schaeffer nor Coughlln got a hit,
while Coughlln bungled one ot his
two chances. Mullln, selected by
Manager Jennings to pitch for De
troit, was steady throughout the
game, holding Chicago to seven scat
tered bits and passing only one man.
Ptelster, for the most part, failed
to puzzle the Michigan batsman. Be
sides passing three men he was hit '
safely 13 times, two of the cluster
being doubles and six ot them occur-
ring In one Inning. It was tl.ls In
ning, the sixth, which game the game
to Detroit.
The crowd, whoch with the excep
tion ot a minority from Metrolt,
which enjoyed the procession across
the plate, pleaded vociferously for
the retirement of Pfelster. Manager
chance failed to show any traces of
displeasure when the Detrolts came
up from behind and went ahead. He
smiled cheerfully and Ignored the re
quest. Despite the fact that the sun
shone brightly today and the temper
ature was higher than yesterday, less
than 14,500 paid admissions were
registered.
CHICAGO. Oct. 11. After eight
Innings ot clockwork baseball today,
"Wild Bill" Donovan, premier pitch
er of the champions ot the American
league, weakened under the prolong
ed strain and the Chicago world's
champions captured their second
game ot the present series, 6 to 1.
Detroit's hopes, which were high
after seven innings in which Chicago
had made only one hit, were dashed
In the eighth. In that sensational
portion of the game Donovan was hit
for a home trip, a triple, a double
and three singles. Incidentally, he
walked one man and allowed another
to score on a wild pitch. Overall, on
the contrary, was steady throughout
the game, holding the Tigers to four
hits and one run.
That run marked Detroit's despair
ing effort In their bait of the ninth.
FUGITIVE BANKER FOl'XD.
Aaron G. Pratt to Answer Charge of
Defaulting tor KO.OOO.
DENVER, Colo.. Oct. 13. Aaron
G. Pratt, president and manager of
the Bank of Hammondsport, Steuben
county, N. Y., who Is charged with
having defaulted tor a sum which Is
estimated at about $80,000, was ar
rested at Longmont, Colo., 35 miles
north of Denver, and was taken east
on a night train by Sheriff H. W.
Billlngton and Deputy E. C. Bennett
of that place to answer to an Indict
ment. The banker was very cool. He de
cided to waive requisition proceed
ings and agreed to accompany the
officers without resistance.
It was early In February of the
present year that the depositors of
the Hammondsport bank found to
their surprise that the doors ot the
institution had been closed and that
checks could not be honored. Since
that time Pratt has been a fugitive.
STICKS TO AGED SPOUSE.
Old Friend of Mark Twain, Once
Rich, Works for IS Cents an Hoar.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13. Captain Abb
C. Grimes, steamboatman, civil war
veteran and scout and friend of Mark
Twain, who had a personal acquaint
ance with more than 3000 wealthy
St. Loulsans, and who once bad an
Independent fortune. Is now accept
ing employment at 15 cents an hour.
He has been tor several days plodd-
ng about the homes In Richmond
Heights, where he Is doing the work
ot an ordinary hired man.
Mrs. Grimes, who was born 54
years after her husband's birth, In
Jefferson county, Kentucky, and who
is now 21 years old, Is working In a
Sixth-street lunchery. Their com
bined salaries support them comfort
ably In a modest flat at No. 3436 S.
Grand avenue, but not In the way
they have lived.
Captain Grimes lost his fortune
soon after he was acquitted ot mur
dering a man who he claimed bad In
sulted his wife.
A MOTHER'S LOVE.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 12.
Entombed In debris when the dwell
ing at 3222 Callowhlll street sud
denly collapsed this morning, Mrs.
Mary Haefner, aged 19, met death In
horrible form. Her slx-weeks-old
girl baby escaped without a scratch
Held upright by encompassing stone
and timber, she kept her eyes upon
the little one, resting In a baby coach
amid the ruins, until escaping gas
brought her suffering to an end.
As the mother died, the baby be
gan to cry, and her grand aunt, Mrs.
Mary Connor, pinned down In an
armchair near by, tried to soothe
her . She probably saved the child's
life, for when a heavy board, loos
ened from above, fell toward the
baby's crib, she reached out and
thrust It aside.
Ten years ago a fatal explosion In
a laboratory across the street weak
ened the supports of the bouse and
the result was today's disaster. Jas.
Caslro and his family of four were
on the ground floor of the building
and the rumble that preceded the
collapse gave them sufficient warn
Ing.
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STRAW VOTE
FAVORS TUFT
Informal Ballot in Portland
Shows Him in Lead
Two to One
There is an old saying to the ef
fect that straws show which way the
wind blows. This caa be applied to
the registration which has been go
ing on In this city since September
21. In connection with these figures
it cannot be said that this is an elec
tion He, campaign bragging or any
thing of that sort. The figures are
given tor what they are worth, and
If the Democrats or the Socialists
can get any consolation from them
they are welcome to do so.
It might be stated that this reg
istration is ot those who were not
registered here for the last election.
They have arrived here from all
parts of the United States and rep
resent almost every state In the
Union. The claim, however, might
be made that the recent arrivals dif
fer somewhat from those who have
lived here for some time. Well, as
to that. The Morning Mail has se
cured the figures of the last regis
tration, and they are as follows:
Republican 660
Democratic 239
Independent 68
Scattering 68
Prohibition 34
Populist 1
Total 970
These figures, added to those giv
en before, makes a total registration
for the city of 1017.
According to the figures given by
the straw vote of the Oregonlan In
Multnomah county It would appear
that Oregon will give a large Repub
lican majority on November 3.
Here the claim is made that Ore
gon might go Republican, but that
all the eastern states are solid for
the Democratic ticket. On the other
hand, the eastern Democratic news
papers assert that although Mr. Taft
might carry those states, but Oregon
and all the Pacific coast is solid for
Bryan and the Democratic ticket.
So there you are but figures like
the above don't lie.
MILLIONAIRE SEEKS DIVORCE.
Offers Wife's Endearing Note to An
other As Evidence.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. In his di
vorce suit before the Supreme court,
Brooklyn, Edwin Wilbur Irwin, a
millionaire manufacturer of pneu
matic fixtures, yesterday told how
he had chanced upon alleged evi
dences of his wife's unfaithfulness
in a torn bit of paper. He says he
was happy In his married relations
from 1901, when the wedding took
place, until the fall of 1906, when
Mrs. Irwin met John C. Gray, an ar
tist decorator, who Is named as the
co-respondent, on a yachting trip.
Gray was invited to visit the Ir-
wins at their summer place. Later
Irwin thought Gray came entirely
too much, but did not suspect any
thing until one day In the parlor of
their Brooklyn home he came upon
fragments of a torn tetter. His eye
caught the words "Longing for you
always." Recognizing the handwrlt-
ng as Mrs. Irwin's, he pieced the
fragments together and found It was
an endearing note, unsigned and ad
dressed to "Jack, dear." This letter
was offered in evidence. Irwin told
of going with two friends to a hotel
In Staten Island, where, he said, he
found his wife with Gray.
FORGIVES ACID THROWER.
Wisconsin Man Ask Court Not to
Punish Old Friend.
KENOSHA. Wis., Oct. 14. With
a friendship like Damon and Pythias,
William Kellman, a well-known Ger
man resident of Kenosha, stood in
court this morning and pleaded for
the release of Andrew Ilartlein, who
had been arrester on a charge of
throwing a bottle ot muriatic acid
Into tbe face of Kellman. The man
who pleaded for his assailant could
not open either of his eyes and his
face was one mass of great burns,
but he declared that he and Hertleln
had been friends for 26 years, and
that If Hertleln was sent to prison
he would die from loneliness.
District Attorney Baker was so
moved by the friendship shown that
he ordered the charge dismissed. The
evidence against Hertleln was not
contested and he could have been
sent to prison for a term of ten years
If Kellman had not asked for bis
discharge.
Juilge Taft at Cleveland.
EAST LIVERPOOL, Oct. 13. In
the middle ot the steel and Iron dis
trict of Cleveland, Judge Taft today
commanded the closest attention of
an Immense audience. A halt hour
before Taft arrived the Immense tent
In which the meeting was held was
filled. In his speech he showed from
his viewpoint why the American
workmen needed tariff protection.
He explained that the decisions
which he had rendered while on the
bench and on which be now con
demned for by Bryan and Gompers
were In reality the real basis ot the
labor organizations ot the present
day.
The Taft special ran Into the first
mishap today. The front trucks of
the candidate's car and rear trucks
ot the Pullman preceding it went off
the track, while the train was com
ing to the hall at Sterling this morn
ing. There was no damgae.
THAW IS RETURNED.
Must Remain In Matteawan Until the
Court Derides Jury Question.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Oct. 13.
Harry K. Thaw will have to remain
in the state asylum for the criminal
Insane at Matteawan until the court
of appeals shall decide as to whether
he Is entitled to a hearing before a
Jury to determine the question ot his
sanity.
Justice Mills of the Supreme court
refused a week or two ago to grant
the application of Thaw's counsel for
a jury trlan on the sanity question,
and decided to hear the case himself.
The hearing was fixed for today.
When Thaw was brought Into
court his mother and several rela
tive's were present. The prisoner's
counsel again moved for a Jury trial,
and when this was denied asked that
Thaw be discharged from custody on
the ground that the Jury In the last
trial for murder did not find him
Insane. This was also denied.
Thaw's counsel then declared that
they had appealed to tbe New York
State court of appeals from the de
cision refusing a jury trial, and that
until the higher court had given a de
cision they would submit no evidence
on the question of Thaw'a Insanity.
Justice Mills said there was no
other alternative than for Thaw to
be returned to Matteawan asylum.
and he was ordered to be returned to
that Institution.
District Attorney Jerome of New'
York, who withdrew from the case
when Justice Mills refused to trans
fer It to New York, did not appear
In court today.
STORMS PARLIAMENT.
Unemployed Men and SuffraglHta
Furred Hark by Police.
LONDON, Oct. 14. One hundred
thousand unemployed men, headed
by a mob of suffragettes, tried to ea
ter tbe parliamentary building this
afternoon. Fully 4000 police resist
ed them and clubs and revolvers
were used freely. Rocks, sticks, bot
tles and missiles of all kinds filled
the air.
Hundreds of women were In the
mob, and were just as wild as the
men In their anger against the po
lice. Fighting like furies, throwing
every available missile, scratching
and biting and stabbing with hat
pins, the women presented an attack
which the police only with the great
est difficulty repulsed. One woman
reached the bar of the bouse of com
mons before she was stopped.
Scores of accldenta are reported,
and the loss of life Is believed to be
heavy. Men and women fell to the
ground and were trampled under
foot by the crowds pushing from the
rear.
Earlier In the afternoon the un
employed held a demonstration In
the streets near the parliament
buildings. Rushing through the
streets with cries ot "Throw the po
lice into the Thames!" they stoned
the buildings and broke all the win
dows. Then the mob determined to
present their wrongs before parlia
ment, and the struggle at the en
trances began.
It Is believed that tbe disorder
will continue all night. Large de
tails of police have been stationed
about the city to prevent any organ
ised dashes.
LONDON, Oct. 14. A great
crowd surrounded Bow street court
today when the suffragettes and men
out of work, who were arrested for
disturbances In front of the parlia
ment house, were arraigned.- Three
leaders, Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. and
Miss Parkhurst, demanded a trial by
a jury. Tbe cases were postponed
until October 21.
Mrs. Parkhurst acted as attorney
for the other two leaders and ber
ross-examlnation of Police Superin
tendent Wells furnished much am
usement. As on previous occasions,
the women elected to go to Jail In
stead of giving ball. When one wo
man was offered her freedom on her
personal recognition she said: "You
won't get any of my money. I will
go to Jail. Down with Asqulth.
Another declared she had not ob
structed the police; far from It. It
was the police who bad obstructed
her.
MUST ALL BE
IN BYJONIGHT
Last Day for Submitting
Waterworks Proposition
To Be Voted On
The latest waterworks proposition
offered to the city of Medford Is that
ot the Big Butte Springs, which la
made by Edgar S. Hafer of this city.
This makes the number now on file
seven. If there are any more forth
coming they must be filed with the
city recorder, Benj. M. Collins, on
or before 6 o'clock ot Friday, Octo
ber 16.
Each one ot the propositions must
be accompanied with a certified
check for the sum of $5000. They
will then be passed upon b ythe coun
cil and after that will be submitted
to a vote ot the people. Tbe follow
ing are the propositions now on file:
First Hanley's offer to grant the
waters ot Wassoa and Long Canyon,
low water flow this season, 160
Inches, and purchase the upper Slln
ger ranch and convey to the city
enough of the SUnger water rights
from the north fork of Little Butte
creek to make the required 300
Inches, for the sum ot $25,000.
Second Sllnger's offer to sell his ,
upper ranch of 356 acres, with the
water rights, estimated at not less
than 180 Inches, for $7500.
Third Fish Lake company's of
fer to sell the city 300 Inches ot wa
ter from the north fork ot Little
Butte creek at any point the city
might choose to divert it, for $15,
000; or for a different amount in the
same ratio.
Fourth The Condor Water ft
Power company's offer to pump wa
ter from Rogue river through a line
built by the city for 2 V centa per
1000 gallons; estimated cost of sys
tem, $220,000. This offer was later
modified to sharing the profits based
on the present water rates; grant
ing the city one-fourth of the net
profits, If any; their estimated cost
of the system, $197,000.
Firth The Sterling Mining com
pany's offer to deliver 600 miners'
inches of water through a new ditch
to be constructed and about 12 miles
of wooden and steel pipe, within the
city limits of Medford, at a pressure
of 100 popnds, for the sum of $230,-
000.
(81nce beginning this report a
modified proposal bas been made te
deliver 300 Inches instead ot 500
and cutting the price to $220,000).
Sixth Big Butte. Harris' plan:
Thirty miles flume, 13 miles pipe;
quantity to be carried In flume.
000 inches; In the pipe, 300 Inches;
his estimated cost, $233,582.
Seventh Big Butte Springs, made
by Edgar S. Hafer.
Ill-XT FRIEND THEIR MOTHER.
One of the prettiest, most roomy
and most convenient bungalows now
being built In Medford Is the one
which the Weeks boys, Arthur, Alf
red and Fred, are building for their
mother. Mrs. John Weeks. It Is be
ing built In the Bungalow addition,
in West Medford, will have nine
rooms, a broad front porch, a
screened-in porch at the back, and
will be heated with hot air from a
furnace in the basement. It will cost
about $2000, and li the combined In
genuity and workmanship ot all the
boys and the added architectural
ability of Arthur can construct a
beautiful house and a comfortable
home for the declining years of one
of the best mothers boys ever had,
this will be such an one.
EAGLE POINT SCHOOL.
The Board of School Directors
met last Tuesday night and ordered
notices posted calling for an election
of a school clerk to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of J. A. Jonas,
and to reconsider the vote taken at
the last annual meeting, whereby
the people voted a tax for the pur
pose of paying off the indebtedness
of tbe Eagle Point District. The
meeting Is called for the 24th day ot
October, at 2:00 p. m.
MILLIONAIRE DIES ON LAWN.
Edward A. Stern Succumbs to Ce
rebral Hemorrhage.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Edward A.
Stern, secretary ot tbe firm of Geo.
A. Kessler ft Co., wine merchants,
and brother-in-law of Mr. Kessler,
was found dead on the lawn In front
ot his country place at Wave Crest,
Far Rockaway. The coroner's physi
cian Issued a certificate that death
was caused by a cerebral hemorr
hage. Mr, Stern was reputed to be a mil
lionaire. He returned a few weeks
ago from an extended tour ot Europe.