The Medford mail., November 20, 1908, Image 2

S. P.
A dispatch from San Franclaco
aye:
The Southorn Pacific company yes
terday made arrangements with the
Pullman Palace Car company for
new Pullman cars, to cost 11,000,
000, with which to re-equlp Its owl
trains between this city and Los An
geles and tralna IS and It between
8an Francisco and Portland. This
new equipment means 60 of the lat
est designed Pullmans.
This big order of E. K. Harrlman
means, In addition that the South
ern Pacific la to hare train service
between San Francisco and Los An
geles and Portland which will be a
duplicate of the Twentieth Century
Limited trains of the New York Cen
tral between Chicag oand New York.
Passenger traffic on tbe Southern
Pacific In California and Oregon and
between this state and Oregon points
has steadily increased during tbe
last few years, so much so in fact
ai to be an agreeable surprise to the
railroad officials.
It is not known what percentage of
the gross earnings of the Harrlman
system on this coast is represented
by passenger travel. It Is an ever-
' Increasing percentage, however, and
Harrlman has decided to cater to this
kind of traffle by getting equipment
of the best kind. This is one reason
why he ordered a couple of weeks
ago from several eastern car-bulld-Ing
firms 220 new passenger cars
and coaches of various descriptions.
This order amounted to $2,000,000,
and is entirely apart from the II,
000,000 order to the Pullman peo
ple. Tbe latter order la to embrace the
following klnda of Pullmans:
Fifteen cars with two staterooms,
one drawing room and ten sections.
Fifteen cars with 12 sections, one
drawing room and one smoking
room.
Twenty cars with 16 sections, per
mitting of large dressing rooms.
All of these cars will have a dent
al room, which passengers can repair
to for dally attention to their teeth,
Instead of using the washroom as at
present. The Pullman cars now In
use by the company will bave a sim
ilar change made In them aa quickly
as possible.
The Harrlman people have also de
elded to have a valet, whose duty It
will be to press and clean clothes of
passengers on the trains between this
city and Portland, tbe Overland Lim
ited via Ogden the Sunset Limited
between this city and New Orleans
via El Paso and the Golden State
Limited via El Paso between San
Francisco and Los Angeles and Chi
eago.
It la said by the railroad officials
that the Pullman company will be
able to deliver tbe 50 new cars with
In the next three months.
northern ports began the war
against the tramps by cutting the
flour rate to 13. Tbe Harrlman
lines have held out until sow, bow
ever, but the going Into effect of
the tariff order decided them to meet
the cut of the northern steamship
companies and help along the fight
against the unattached vessels.
Freight officials stated today that
flour Is the largest cargo carried
from here to the Orient and that
Hongkong la the principal Oriental
port affected by tbe competition of
the tramp steamers. For that reason
rates on cargoes to other porta bave
not been reduced. s
"We are losing money on the
Portland Oriental lines, anyway,'
said a Harrlman official today, "but
we have to operate it In order to
provide an outlet for grain brought
in by the O. R. N. We can't at
ford to see the tramps get our flour
business, as well aa our through
freight, and so bave decided on the
decrease In rates."
LOCAL AND
L.
81'RGICAL WONDER PERFORMED
-
Some of the Wonderful Things Done
at Rockefeller's Institute.
KATKM REDUCED.
Cut on Floor to Orient From 94 to
93 per Too.
PORTLAND, Nov. 13. Effective
today, the Portland Asiatic Steam
ship company, aa well as all other
Harrlman lines operating steamers
between the Pacific coast and Hong
kong, China, have cut the rate on
flour from 14 to $3 a ton. The re
duction Is made In order to give the
regular lines a better advantage In
continuing their war on the tramp
steamers plying out of Portland and
Ban Francisco.
Tbe fact that the new rule re
tarding the filing of tariffs between
the United Statea and the Orient,
made by the Interstate commerce
commission, went Into effect today
probably has something to do with
the reduction of the flour rates.
This rule requires the railway com
panles In this country to file their
tariffs on through ahipments from
tbe Orient with the Interstate com
merce commission and is the direct
result of an investigation Into the
traffic agreements between the Har
rlman and Hill lines on the Pacific
coast and the Japanese steamship
companies, that resulted some
months ago In the Indictment of the
Pacific Mail Steamship company for
giving rebates on shipments from Ja
pan.
Local Harrlman officials bave In
listed ever since the order ot the
commission regarding the tariffs
was made public, that they would
bave to give up all through freight
and depend entirely upon local ahip
ments to keep their steamship lines
going. They at one time announced
they would bave to give up their
lines altogether. Later they said
they would keep them In order to
save the wheat and flour business
for the O. R. ft N.
Tbey have contended all along,
however, that the only persons to
benefit by the ruling of the commis
sion would be the tramp steamer
owners, who would get all the freight
that the regular liners have had
heretofore. In order therefore to
offset this advantage as much as
possible the regular liners have cut
the rates on flour and promise to fill
their big passenger steamers with
flour. If It becomes necessary, to
keep the traffic away from the
tramps.
Some time ago' the Canadian Pa
cific, the Great Northern and the
Nippon Yusen Kalaha steamship
companies operating out of the!
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November
13. The wonders of experimental
surgery accomplished at the Rocke
feller Institute of Medical Research
New York City, were outlined before
the opening aeBslon of the American
Philosophical society In much greater
detail than they have ever before
been given to tbe public.
Among the latest achievements ot
science described by Dr. Alexis Car
rel, who has accomplished many of
the most difficult experiments at the
Rockefeller Institute, was tbe trans
planting of one dog's leg onto an
other dog'a body.
The fox terrier readily assumed
normal control of the new leg, which
was taken from a dead dog, and with
In three weeks the wound showed
only tne scar ana tne dog was up
and around on all fours three that
were originally hta and one of the
late lamented other dog's. The
transplanting of cat's kidneys Into
other cats, even after the organa
have been In cold storage 60 days,
baa proved entirely successful. Hu
man arteries and Jugular veins bave
been Interchanged and the patients
have been unable to tell tbe difference.
Application of tbe experiments
performed on dogs and cata to the re
juvenation ot ailing humanity is In
the announced opinion of Dr. Carrel
entirely possible. Already the knee
Joint from the leg of a dead man has
been used to replace the Injured
Joint on a living person. A woman
too weak to undergo a major opera
tion baa had ber arteries Joined to
those of her husband and, with the
added strength of her husband's cir
culation and heart action, has suc
cessfully undergone the shock of the
surgeon's knife and survived an op
eration under which she would have
otherwise died.
NO CUT AIMED.
So Says President Roosevelt In Let
ter to Virginia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Presi
dent Roosevelt's views on southern
representation In tbe house are giv
en In a letter to Wyndbam R. Mere
dith, president of the Virginia Bar
association, made public today. The
letter, which la dated October 27,
saya In part:
"I do not believe there la a single
Individual of any consequence who
seriously dreams of cutting down
southern representation, and 1
should have no hesitation In atatlng
anywhere and at any time that, as
long aa the election laws are consti
tutionally enforoed without discrim
inate nas to color, the fear that
southern representation In congress
will be cut down Is both Idle and ab
surd. Faithfully yours
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
VOTES TO KILL INDUSTRY.
Home of South Dakota Divorce Bus
iness Favors New Law.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 13.
Contrary to every expectation, the
voters of Minnehaha county last
week returned a majority of 747 for
the new law which will cripple the
South Dakota divorce Industry ceu
tered In this county. The official
count was made today.
MAIL WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
Toff
REMEDY
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dtettt ts a assy as Is aa assh.
Met Herns, uris sin Menu.
(From Saturday's Dally.)
J. McPherson Is visiting bis son
and family In Granta Pasa.
Rev. Howard returned yesterday
from a few weeks' stay In San Francisco.
Mrs. J. W. Grover of Eagle Point
Is In Medford visiting her mother.
Mrs. Susie Perry.
Miss Bernice Cameron baa taken
a position as saleslady In the store
of Deuel ft Kentner.
Mr. Barnum la putting In a new
sidetrack In the railroad yards here
for use In handling rock cars.
Mra. Arthur Brown, wife ot the
advertising manager ot The Morning
Mail, returned yesterday from a visit
vlth ber parents at Eugene, Or.
Eugene Amann has commenced
the construction of a cottage, on Ma
ple atreet, between Seventh and
Eighth. It will be 24x36 feet In
else.
Mr. and Mra. V. A. Conrad of Ar
royo Grande, Cal., who have been In
Medford for the past week on a visit
to their son, C. F. Conrad, and fam
ily, returned to their home yester
day.
George A. Glvan of Eagle Point, J.
M. Cantrall of Medford and F. H.
Carter ot Ashland bave been drawn
to serve as trial Jurymen to serve at
the next session of the Federal court,
which will convene at Portland, No
vember 23.
A party consisting ot Misses De
Lin, Gleason, Agnea Broad and Bert
Perclval returned yesterday from a
visit to Mrs. Carrie Carnahan at the
Blue Ledge mine. They left Medford
for there Tuesday end report that
they bad an enjoyable time.
F. W, Streeta was here from bis
farm, near Woodrille, yesterday. Mr.
Streeta and E. E. Bayley are Inter
ested to quite an extent In land near
Woodvllle, about 400 acres of which
will be set to orchard. Mr. Street
has cleared 80 acres of the land of
timber and atumps and has It plowed
and ready for planting.
N. S. Bennett, the nurseryman, re
turned yesterday from Portland. He
waa also a visitor at Salem. He tells
that when he purchased bis railroad
ticket for Medford the ticket agent
remarked thusly: "Medford is tbe
best town In Oregon." It Is friends
such as Is this one who have done
so much to make Medford the thriv
ing city it la today.
Mra. Marlon Elliott of Boise, Ida
ho, was in the city yesterday endeav
oring to ascertain the whereabouts
of a brother whom she has not seen
for about 15 years. She learned
that he lived near Agate a tew years
since, but removed from there to
some place aupposed to be in tbe
northern part of tbe county. The
brother's name la Joseph Martin
Mrs. Elliott's address will be Ash
land for the next ten days.
price several dollars less per acre
than he has now sold It. The price
paid by Dr. Spats waa 1200 Oper acre.
J. S. Ferguson has sold his resi
dence on Riverside avenue south to
Dr. Cummlngs, a recent arrival In
Medford from Derby, Vt. The price
paid for the property, Including a
Rambler automobile, was (3000. Dr.
Cummlngs and family will occupy tbe
property.
FIRE INTERRUPTS DANCE.
Store and I'ostofflce at Blue Ledge
Mine Destroyed,
A dance at tbe Blue Ledge mine
Thuraday night was suddenly and
rudely Interrupted by a fire near
there which destroyed the postoffi.e
and the general store kept by F. A,
Sibble. As soon aa tbe alarm was
given tbe dance hall became deserted
for what all tbe guests considered to
ge a greater attraction.
It appeara that Mr. Sibble bad
been dressing in bis living rooms
over the store and Intended to go to
the dance. He waa descending the
salra with a lamp In hla hand when
he stumbled and fell. In falling be
struck bis head and waa rendered
unconscious. When be came to be
found the place was In flames and
the fire bad reached to within a cou
ple of feet of where he was lying.
Spurred on by the fright he bad,
Mr. Sibble ran for a distance of a
quarter of a mile and his cries of
"Fire" were heard by the miners
coming off shift and they Informed
Blake Adams, the timekeeper at the
mine. The alarm waa given, and,
headed by Bert Perclval ot Medford,
the dancers got to the scene ot the
fire In much quicker time than is
usually made by village fire depart
ments. Although dressed In their best
suits ot clothes," the men of the
party were willing, but bad little
chance to distinguish themselves by
brave deeds done in the presence of
their sweethearta. A few ot the most
daring and reckless ones, it is said,
In aplte of the trembling pleadings
ot some of the fair ones, did throw
mirror out of an upstalra window
and carefully carried downstairs a
feather mattress and several sofa pil
lows and deposited it in a mud bole
to keep It from being destroyed by
fire.
Fortunately the Eileen hotel was
not burned, aa waa reported In an
evening paper. In fact, it waa not
even damaged. Mr. Sibble resided
over the store and bis wife was at
the time visiting In Portland . The
building, In which the postofflce was
located, and all the contents were de
stroyed.
A LITTLE OF
E
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
(From Sunday's Dally.)
Q. E. Young, the timber cruiser,
returned yesterday from Leland, Or.
Mrs. Alice W. Glover of Milwau
kee, Wis., Is here paying a vim to
Mr and Mrs. J. S. Vilas.
A. Slorer, the drayman, received
the sad newa yesterday of the death
of his mother, in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Warren and the twin tables
returned Friday from a six weeks'
visit with rela'lve at Albany, Or.
Dr. Leath hut purchased nine acres
of the Reid tract of land, south of
Medford, for which he paid 5ii0 an
acre.
G. H. Hall yesterday sold four lots,
corner ot Tenth and Orange str-x-ls,
to H. W. Goodale, for $2200. Mr,
Ooodale Is recently from Valley City,
D. He will build on the property
thla fall.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Kerby of San
Francisco are In Medford. Mr. Ker
by has purchased ten carloads of
beef cattle from growers in the Ap-
plegate country and tonight will ship
them to San Francisco.
J. W. Redden yesterday sold a res
idence lot, 78x116 feet in site, cor
ner ot K and Eighth streets, to D.
Sage for $10000. This Is a very
desirable location and Mr. Sage will
ouiia a dwelling tnereon lor a per
manent home for himself and fam
ily.
D. T. Lawton Is having a cement
walk put down In front ot his Imple
ment house on Bartlett street north.
The walk Is ten feet In width and 140
feet in length. That's a "right
smart" bit ot walk for one man to
put down, but Mr. Lawton never does
things by halvers particularly Is
this true as to public improvements.
Polk Hull haa a peach tree which
Is working overtime. During the
summer months this tree produced
a fine crop ot very fine peaches. For
an ordinary peach tree that would be
work enough, but not so with this
one. Mr. Hull tells that right now
there Is a second crop on the tree,
and while the fruit Is not quite as
large as the earlier one, the fruit Is
Just about as good in flavor.
J. A. Bothwell has sold a 1 1 9-acre
farm, situated east of Medford, be
tween the Barneburg and Fred Furry
tracts, to Dr. Spats of Fairfield, Neb.,
who will take possession of the same
soon and who will plant a good part
ot the tract to fruit. Mr. Bothwell
C. H. Pierce Organizing
Improve Property.
C. H. Pierce, of the C. H. Pierce
ft Co. real estate agency. Is organiz
ing a company for the purpose of
handling orchard and farm lands and
for development work. In the way ot
locating oil or coal, or both, aa the
case may be.
Tbe Intention la for the company
to take over tbe 500 acres of land
now owned by Mr. Pierce, Just east
of Medford, and other land. Tbe
company will be a stock one and It Is
expected that tbe amount It will be
organised for will be $60,000. Mr.
Pierce claims that It will not be long
after the company la organised be
fore the stock will have largely in
creased in value.
It will be remembered that Mr.
Pierce aunk a well on the Pierce
tract and found a small quantity ot
oil. Work was stopped when the
depth of 500 feet was reached, bu:
experts have declared that It Is only
a question ot going deep enough 'n
order to procure a good flow ot oil.
The necessary papers for the In
corporation are now being prepared,
and already several have spoken tor
a number of shares of the stock, be
lieving that the Investment will he
a good one.
PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT.
He Was the Orator at the Dedication
of Monument at New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. While
cannon boomed, awakening the patri
otic memories of those sailor and sol
dler heroes who died on the British
prison ships during the revolutionary
war, the prisoners' ship martyrs'
monument In Fort Green Park was
dedicated with impressive ceremonies
today In the present ot President-
Elect Taft, Secretary of War Wright
and Governor Hughes.
Thousands thronged the knoll on
which the tall Doric column stands.
This is tbe first time Mr. Taft haa
participated In a public ceremony
since his election to the office of pres
ident. He was the orator of the oc
casion and Immediately after the cer
emonies left tor Washington, where
he will meet President Roosevelt tomorrow.
ORKUOX NATIONAL PARKS.
Two Tract of Land In Clatsop County
Withdrawn for This Purpose.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The
secretary of the Interior has with
drawn from entry two small tracts
In CUtsop county, Oregon, with a
view to creating national parks. The
withdrawn areas embrace Saddle
mountain and Humbug mountain.
The creation of narks can onlv be re
purchased this land last spring at a congressional action.
The Prosperity train takes on new
life at every station.
General Confidence returna to
make the battlefield blossom.
And there's the optimistic weather
man, throwing light on the situation.
And now It'a France and Germany;
but talk continues cheaper than war.
"The Duty of the Hour" la also to
locate the millions bidden In a minute.
If they keep pace with tbe life In
ths old land they'll be running for
ever.
Odd, that ths brethren who lost
the bass drum are now advised to
"beat It."
Though you can't keep tbe country
down, you may still be a factor In
holding It up.
Crisp, bright Prosperity weather;
and ao fine to breathe the cool air
after the hot, canned article!
Defeated candidates who put their
shoulders to the wheel won't have to
take anesthetics to "forget it."
Jim Sherman It he wanta to stay
In tbe limelight, should keep busy
passing around souvenir sunbeams.
If the president's American play
wins out, be may be encouraged to
dramatize his books and speeches.
Holland hunta Castro, but it seems
hard to locate him. He may be bid
log in Queen Wllhelmlna'a slipper.
Candidates who didn't get the of
fice are resigned. They never would
bave resigned had the people landed
them.
They're after the tobacco trust
again. Can't hit It hard enough If
It was responsible for the campaign
cigars.
Now that Texas has Oil Magnate
Pierce, she I spreparlng to throw
light on tbe aituation where Hcargt
left off.
Numerous towns have tabooed the
play called "The Devil," and won't
acknowledge that they ever played
the same.
Trick mules may possess consider
able heel-power, but sometimes they
fall to land us In the seventh heaven
of delight.
The missionaries In Africa may
warn the cannibals of Teddy's ap
proach In time for them to make
good their escape.
There Is no way in which we can
please our English critics. They
even maintain that our light litera
ture la n dead weight.
If Uncle Joe la really "a chast
ened man," perhaps the brethren will
admit him to full fellowship while
the cheroot holds out to burn.
Haven't heard much from Senator
Beveridge since the election. But
they may have persuaded him to take
a recess and let the result speak for
Itself.
Explorer Baldwin thinka Mr.
Roosevelt Is tbe very man to discover
the north pole. But he promised to
let Peary do It, and perhaps he does
not want that part of ths earth.
Our British critics say that "Am
erica will have a literature some
day." And Carnegie's libraries can't
hold tbs literature we bave now
and books even running over and
bulging into tbe barns! Exchange.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE NEW
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State. Dem.
Alabama : 9
4 Arkansas 7
California
4 Colorado 3
Connecticut
4 Delaware
Florida 3
Georgia 11
Idaho
Illinois 6
4 Indiana 11
4 Iowa 1
4 Kansas
4 Kentucky 8
4 Louisiana 7
4 Maine
4 Maryland 3
4 Massachusetts .... 3
4 Michigan
4 Minnesota 1
4 Mississippi 8
4 Missouri 10
4 Montana
4 Nebraska 5
4 Nevada 1
4 New Hampshire . . . .
4 New Jersey 3
4 New York 11
4 North Carolina ... 7
North Dakota
4 Ohio 9
4 Oklahoma 2
4 Oregon
4
Rep.
2
4
3
11
12
6
1
1
2
7
26
3
2
12
3 4
2 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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4
4
4
216 4
4 4
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Pennsylvania 5
Rhode Island
South Carolina ... 7
South Dakota
Tennessee 8
Texas 16
Utah
Vermont 1
Virginia 9
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin 1
4 Wyoming
Totals 175
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Correct Glasses Correctly Fitted
Notice the difference in the way the raya ot light pass through
tbe OLD style lens and the new TOR1C glass.
When looking through tbe TOH1C lens you get the same vision
clear out to the edge of the glass, in all directions, that you do
ONLY through the center of the old-style of lense, thus giving you
more freedom of vision without the strain upon the Rectus muscles,
which constantly occura when wearing the old-style glasses.
With the old-style before with the new TORIC lens you
the eye you see like this. get the same results at all angles
without turning your head that
you do directly through the cen
ter of tbe old atyle.
Dr. Goble makea a specialty ot the above lenses; also flta the
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In Perry's Warehouse, Seventh Street, Medford.
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An Annunciator
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la a great convenience saves mis
tress and maid many steps, savea
vocal calla and excuses for tardy
service. Let'a show you our differ
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'Twill cost less than you think, per
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Timber Land Bought and Sold
Thoee having timber lands or relinquishments for sals would do
welt to consult us.
Office over Jackson County National Bank
THE jllEDFORD BRICK CIPJT
G. W. PRIDDY, o. D. NAGLE, O. T. O'BRIEN, Proprietors
MEDFORD, OKEdON
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Nil IN THE TRUST
First Claei, home-grown, whole-root tiees. Right prices and a
square deal lor everybody. What more do you want?
Who pays the (gent, yon or the other fellow? I deal direct
with the planter.
A nice stock of fruit trees and Tokay vines for fall delivery.
Tell me your tree troubles
N. S. Bennett, Medford
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