The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, November 27, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textft UHLE OF EVERYTHING Of eeurse, they're in a row oyer the tariff, and It may got the uaukl knockout blows. Roosevelt cant oat: raft In a golf same. But five hiut tlm lie'a titty years young yt. Guaranteeing the aafe arrival of airships might alio make a hit ai a campaign luue. . It'a time for the prosperous Mary land Hint Julep association to "tip the wink" to the country. Every time a man has to pay SO cents for a doien eggs he feels thai he is Just so much to the bad. The critics of Emperor William are demonstrating their ability to out talk him every day In the week. When the tidal wave of prosperity strikes the country It will need hard bone sense as a life-preserver. Taft will not have to work over time selecting a cabinet. His friends are doing that for him every day. No one wants to atand in Piatt's shoes in the senate: tbe Idea Is to till the void where the ghost Is. Bygones are bygones. Hard to find a defeated candidate who will admit he baa a crow to pick with anybody. Uncle Sam will not think prosper ity Is a fact until be bears that 8tandard Oil fine jingling bis way. Tbe Democrats who reiterate the question, "Shall the people rule?" evidently have beard Mr. Tatt's an swer. As the Filipinos are becoming lit erary they may yet aucceed In writ ing the Americans out of that coun try. . - If Taft finds any big sticks lying round In the white bouse they'll be too frazzled to do duty In golf games. Germany calls Count Zeppelin "tbe conqueror of the air" but not tbe not variety that Is making politics perspire. Charles Dana Gibson will return to pen and ink sketches. Evidently, the kind of oil be dealt In didn't declare dividends. It Is time for King Edward to act the part of good uncle to his great German nephew and tell blm how to "lay low." Chancellor Day had to express himself on "The. Situation." He never will get off and give the aituatlon a chance. If the duke of Abruzzl is really anxious to get out of the limelight, let him go and find the north pole again. Perhaps Mrs. Gunness Is revisiting this world to protest against the dlf .ferent ways in which they spell her name. The kings who aucceed In talking "themselves out of business may please the revolutionists who can't afford the dynamite. . The airship business In Europe Is causing kings to take such high handed methods their subjects are -calling them down. If Son-ln-Law Nick speaks for Ed itor Roosevelt be may confine him self to the simple statement "This la tbe editor's busy day." ' .? Another pleasant holiday reflec tion: Campaign ctgara for which there was no demand will make fine presents for father. - As Hearst reada the loft-over let ters before a biasing fire, he prob ably wonders why Archbold didn't burn them. The birth rate of suckers may be still the same, but It certainly looks aa If a get-rlch-qulck schemer Is born every half hour nowadays. The Columbus (O.) Dispatch re fers to him as " 'Flngy' O'Connor," thus helping a famous man to make still another name tor himself. -it Is to be hoped that none of the enthusiastic gunners In the. marshes this month will mistake any hunting companions for reed birds. From Pennsylvania comes the story of a woman who threw a stone and i MILL PRICES. aOO LOTS OR MORE, riour,. . ... . . . .12.50 per 100 lbs Rolled Barley. $1.65 per - lbs Middlinsa 1.60Dr " lbs Mill Feed $1.60 per 44 lbs Bran 1.40 per " lb LESS THAN 500 LOTS. Hour. ........ $2.70 per 100 lb. Rolled Barley.. $1 80 per lb Middlings.... .1.76 per " 11 Mill Feed $1.60 per lbs Bran... $1.60 per " lbs MEDFORD FLOUR MILLS. t ted a blacksnake ten feet long. tale may be true In every par- ular, but we can't help wondering arhat the woman was trying to bit. Wt may now look forward to tbe Christmas shopping campaign; and Providence make ua thankful for what we are about to receive! Tbe Washington Herald says John D. Rockefeller baa "gone to work. But he won't get much exercise as he bends to raise the price of oil. Melba aays women will be more beautiful a hundred years from now. But will they bring her to admit that she has reached that age-limit A St. Louis woman is hunting her husband so she can aue him for dl vorce. He would probably come forward at once If he knew what she wants of him. And there will be growlers to com plain that tbe whirring wheels of progress keep them awake o'nlghtf and dodging lightning In the day time. Tbe president hae been warned that he must not slay the glra'ft: but just wait till be gets In its neck o the woods, and the giraffe goes to "rubbering." The mayor of Austin, Tex., Is to be made king of a "Mother Goose" en tertainment. Thus evidence accumu lates that the twentieth century Tex an is a mollycoddle. General Jake Coxey predicts that Tom Watson will carry Georgia, but tbe news lacks Importance chiefly because Jake Is not In good standing in the prophete' union. They failed to marry off the duke of Abruizl, they talked the campaign out of business, but glory be! they've resurrected the ghostly Mrs. Gunness under a scare bead. Don't believe In Professor Starr's theory that the mound-builders were baseball enthusiasts. They would never have given the umpires the) killed such Imposing memorials. Shall we surrender the Pacific to Japan?" asked a New York Am erican editorial of a few days ago. and the grinding noise we have been hearing since then must be Rich mond Pearson Hobson's teeth at work. One of Governor Haskell's cam paign songs is said to bear the title, "The People Will Pay Trelr Own Bills." But that, we fear. Is one thing a Democratic administration would hardly care to guarantee. SOLD RUGS TO RELATIVES. Milledge Green Was Caught Stealing Through Queer Coincidence. CAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 20. Mllledge Green, a negro, owing to a very remarkable coincidence, was proven by tbe police to be an expert rug thief and as the recorder bound him over be will probably spend some yeara in tbe chain gang. The pecul lar coincidence that led to Green's ar rest and conviction was the fact that he stole rugs from the residence of L. D. Rlckett, 235 Crek street, and sold them to Rickett's sister-in-law, Mis. Edmondson, at C94 Woodward avenue. The negro also stole rugs from Dr. A. G. Truax, 497 Cherokee avenue, and sold them to Mrs. Julia Parker, at 234 Bryan street. At the residence of Mr. Rickett the negro found nobody at home, and be sides stealing the rugs he helped him self to a lunch In the dining room. Oreen made a confession to tbe re corder, admitting hia guilt and stat ing that be had confederates. He declined to say who his pais were, re marking that he wanted "no com pany to tbe chain gang.". WILL SEE MARS. 'nif. Woods Chilins He Will See Mar tians Through Xcw Telescope. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. . 20. R W. Wood, who occupies the chair of experimental physics at John Hop kins university, has worked out a mercury telescope by which It Is hoped that lite', If It exists', may be seen on the planet Mars. Professor Wood reported his Invention. yester day to the National ' Academy of 8clence. Professor Wood refused to make any definite statement aa to the future possibilities of the Instru ment. . It Is possible, be said, that a mirror 15 or 20 feet In diameter. mounted In the tropics at the bottom of a deep pit, might enable people to observe details on Mars and the other planets, which cannot he seen with smaller instruments. MUST STOP IMPORTATION. Steamship Companies Have Keen Im porting JaHinree Girls. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 20. With the arrest of Captain T. R. Gawley, former master of the Sound steam fchlps Edna and Advance, and K. Kat ayama, charged with the importation of Japanese women Into the United States, a general shakeup In the af fairs of the local as well as the Brit ish Columbia Immigration offices Is expected. FIREMAN BLOWS IT SALOON. BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 20. Mike Butler, a member of the Butte tire de partment, was arrested ' today' and charged with dynamiting the Jewel saloon. The proprietor of the place says Butler declared, when pressed for payment of a bar bill, that he "would get even." LOCAL AND PERSONAL (From Saturday's Dally.) Mrs. R. F. Anderson spent yest-ir- day In Ashland. Mayor J. F. Reddy went to Port land on No. It yesterday. Mrs. O. Goodwin went down to Gold Ray Friday, where she will vlsl tor several days. Dr. E. B. Plckel went to Portland yesterday to meet his family, who are there for a short time. Mrs. M. Case left yesterday for Ohio, where she will spend the win ter visiting old friends and relative. C. F. Smith of Oreeley, Colo., who has been Id Medford for a few days, looking the city over, left yesterday tor bis home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woreham of Denver', Colo., arrived in the city yesterday and are visiting their rel atives, R. Slewing and family. J. D. Heard of Medford haa been appointed by Governor Chamberlain delegate to tbe American Mining Congress, which meets in Pittsburg, Pa., December 1 to 5. John Wilkinson went to Portland yesterday, where he will remain with friends until after Thanksgiv ing day. Johnnie Is anxious to wit ness the football game to come oif there on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Minnie Croner of Eugene, ac companied by her daughter. Miss Gladts, came up yesterday and went over to Jacksonville to visit with the family of E. H. Helms. Mr. Helms met them at the depot here. Mark Baker, formerly of Medford, now of Ashland, where he baa been engaged In tbe confectionery busi ness in company with Frank Heber- lie, has purchased his partner's in terest and will conduct the business single-handed. The Medford orchestra has been engaged to play for a dance at Hilt, Cal., next Saturday night. They have also been engaged for a series of dances to take place In Asbland this winter and will also play for a dance at Central Point next week. (From Sunday'a Dally.) Prof. I. t srregan was he.-o yr terday fromils home In Eagle Point. S. C. Collins waa In Medford yes terday from his Sam's Valley farm home. J. W. H.i.k cf Central Po'i't was doing business with Medford nii.rc : ants yoi.ei-Jay. Mrs. G. L. Faucett returned yes terday from Portland, where she has been visiting relatives for several weeks. J. E. Hart, the. Eagle Point rancher and orchardlst, was attending to business matters in the city yester day. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Miles went to Portland yesterday, where they will remain a few days attending to some business mattera. .Mrs. f. M. Wilson returned on Thursday from a visit of some two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Hut ton. In Oakland, Cal. Mrs. George Weeks of Oakland, Cal., was in the city yesterday vis iting with her niece, Mrs. Dr. Har- grave, and other relatives. L. A. Martin returned yesterday from Roseburg, where he haa been tor about a year. He expecU to re main In Medford for good this time. M. A. Macauley, who has been vis iting with his sister, Mrs. E. Cole, and family for the past three months, departed yesterday for hls home In w lcnita, Kan. Two wagon loids, 20 head of choice grain-fed hogs, arrived here yesterday and were disposer cf tj Huth & ,Alr,.ole. This stock wi. fntteuod on the ranch of Burt An- dorson. ncrtherst of Medford. C. W. Fraley, street commissioner In Ashland, was In Medford yester day. He tells that the Granite City haa been doing a good bit of rood street work the past summer-and that many buildings have been erect ed. J. W. Dunlap Is moving a carload of household effects from tbe depot to the HUlcrest orchards, east qf Medford. iue goods arrived yester day from the family home In Seattle, and Mr. Dunlap will at once take up his residence there, Mrs. Dualop hav ing arrived here during the week. PEARL OF GREAT PRICE. A Quaker City Man Got $30.70 for a Pearl Found in His Soup. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20. Be cause he missed hia car at night when he started home, Walter Barn grower, 730 Nineteenth, atreet, Is (26.70 richer than be waa. He in vested 30 cents In a bowl of soup at Evans' cafe and drew a 127 pearl. The jewel Is large and perfect In shapa and coloring. Barngrower bad promised to meet some friends at the Savery early In. the evening. When he finished his day's work he found that he had barely time to go home, 'snatch a hasty dinner and return down town. When he went to the street ear wait- j Ing room he found that his car bad just gone. He decided to get bis dinner down town, so he went to Evans' cafe. He had not taken more than a half dosen spoonfuls of soup when be felt some round, hard object In . his mouth. Taking it In bis spoon, be found it to be a pearl. Thinking It -probably worthless, be put It In his pocket more for a joke than anything else. Next morning be met a friend, to whom he showed the pearl, Tbe friend suggested an examination by a jeweler. The jeweler declared the i was a fine one and worth at 127. Heat bad not harmed It. MERRIM.A.N AND ELLIOTT. They Have Formed Partnership in Blacksmlthiag Business. Here la a combination which will be bard to beat. Hugh Elliott and George F. Merrlman have formed a partnership and will engage In the blacksmith business In Medford, or more correctly stated, Mr. Elliott has purchased an Interest In Mr. Me-rl-man's blacksmith business In this city and on Mondey the two wheel horses In that line of work will buckle on a team harness and for time without date they will hammer red Iron to tbe entire satisfaction of all patrons. Both Mr. Merrlman and Mr. Elliott are old-time "smithies" In this section. ASKING FOR DAMAGES. Railway Company Is Being Sard for Cattle Getting Away. The fore part of this week a bunch of fine beef cattle was brought here from the Applegate section, num bering 250 head. Most of these were purchased from the Cameron ft Klelnhammer ranches by Mr. Kerby for the San Francisco marketa. They were corralled In the Southern Pa cific stockyards here on Monday eve ning. About 12 o'clock that night a freight train arrived In the yards, at which the cattle took fright and stampeded, about 125 of them suc ceeding in breaking down the fence and escaping, not, however, until many of them were Injured and one bad a leg broken. The bunch that got out at once started post haste for their former range. Several men were at once gotten together and after a hard night's work finally succeeded In getting them under control, not, however, un til many of them had reached Jack sonville. It was 8 o'clock Tuesday morning when they got them back, and that day were loaded on the cars. The owner Is claiming several thousand dollars' damages from the railroad company and It is not at all unlikely a suit will be Instituted. SHOT A DOCTOR. The Footpad Who Is Supposed Have Done It Is Captured. SALEM, Or., Nov. 20. A footpad tonight shot and perhaps fatally wounded Dr. C. H. Robertson, wbo thrust an umbrella at a footpad on the command to throw up his hands, and then started running. He fired two shots at the doctor. Two hours later a man wearing a black hand kerchief and mask and armed with a big revolver was captured by W. W. Johnson, deputy sheriff, who stole up behind the man and covered him with a shotgun before the desperado was aware of the deputy's presence. MEYERS CASE REOPENED. Stolen Package Again to Be Matter of Law Suit. SALEM, Or., Nov. '21. The con troversy between Joseph Meyers and Mb two sons, Milton and Henry, was reopened today when S. T. Richard son, counsel for Joseph Meyers, peti tioned the circuit court to perpetuate a testimony to show that notes held by the father against the two sons, amounting to 138,600 had been lost or stolen, so that, In case any materi al witness died, Joseph Meyers could bring suit for the collection of the notes. The petition of Joseph Albert, pres ident of the Capital National bank and H. Beckwlth, general agent for Wells Fargo Express company, . Is part of the evidence Joseph Meyers desires to put on record. Saturday, November 30, Is the day set for the time Milton and Henry Meyers must appear and show cause why an order for taking such evid ence should not be made. The peti tion sets forth Joseph Meyers will show that botes were made and prop erly signed by the parties and that thy were never assigned, but were lo.'t or stolen. From these statement It appears a package valued at $60,000, lost Au gust 21, while In the custody of Wells Fargo Express company .has never been found by Its owner, Jo seph Meyers. i The sensational family fight be tween sons and father over the mar riage of the father last spring will be remembered as having given cause for much newspaper notoriety last spring followed by loss of the valuable package by Joseph Meyers, containing the heavy obligations held against the sons by the father. ' Sjgrs-lte Topeka State Journal: "fa rather surprising to learn that the government still owns more than '70,000 acres of land In Kansas." Tbe government la probably surprised to learn that It wasn't stolen a lone time ago. Exchange. MELBA'S SON GETS DIRGE ;. LONDON, Nor. 10 George Nesbit Armstrong, Mme. Melba'a son, was divorced today by bis wife, formerly Ruby Otway, atterjll months of un happy union, say" a special to the New York World. , The story was related In an ex clusive cable dispatch to tbe World several weeks ago. A curious olr cu instance Is that any one reading the reports of the suit in this even ing's London papera would never be able to identity respondent as the son of the famous prima donna. This shows what a person with ' a . big "pull" can do wltb tbe Impeccable press here. . Ruby Armstrong, not yet JO, told a pitiable story of violence and Infi delity on tbe part of be'r husband. She said be began to quarrel with and Ill-use her within two months after their marriage.- They went to Texas, and there be beat her and locked ber 'tip, In her room. Later they went to Australia, where her unhapplness became Intensified. On their return to London early this year Armstrong was thrashed by an Irate husband, a Mr. Hoffman, who found blm with Mrs. Hoffman at tbe Hotel Metropole. Hoffman also demanded $35,000. Armstrong confessed to his wife and she immediately began suit. He put In no defense. Mme. Melba arrived In London yes terday from Cardiff, Wales, and her son Is with ber. She regards blm as an Injured Innocent. The news that George Nesbit Arm strong. Mme. Melba'a son, has been divorced will Interest those who lire In Southern Oregon and wbo knew blm when he was with his fatber on a ranch In this section of tbe state. It was not generally known that young Armstrong was Melba'a son until Mme. Melba'a tour of three years ago. Melba sang in Portland and on her way there sbe was met at Ashland by ber son, whose father had been divorced from the songbird years ago. Young Armstrong visit ed his mother while she remained in Portland and at the time arrange ments were made for him to Join her la tbe east. PltOHI EXPENSE RILL FILED. The Party Files Its Expense Bill for the State of Oregon. , get, treasurer of the Prohibition party's organization In Oregon, has forwarded a statement of tbe ex penses of his party during the recent campaign to the secretary of state, as provided by the corrupt practices act. The statement shows the total outlay to have been 1566.08, of wblch amount over $60 la still owed by the Prohibition party. Since the statement Is not accom panied by a proper affidavit, as re quired by the Huntley enactment, Mr. Paget will be asked to comply fur ther with the law. No other party treasurers have attempted to comoly with It. A. C. Marsters and F. W. Kercher, presidential electors, have written lettera to the secretary of state In which It is said they expended noth ing during the late campaign. Their statetment will also have to be sworn to In order to comply wltb tbe act- No candidate or party treasurer has properly compiled with tbe cor rupt practlcea act In this regard and the lawful time for filling statements of expenses has passed. BLIND WIFE IS DESERTED. Walla Walla Man Followed to Port land and Arrested. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 21. Charged with deserting a blind wife and leaving her penniless with a 3-year-old baby to care for, John Mills, of Walla Walla Wash., was arrested Thursday night at Third and Wash- iiikiuu autrciB uuu is ucius ueiu wmie the police are investigating a pitiful story told them by Mrs. Mills. The wife was found penniless at the Mer chants hotel on Tuesday by the Trav elers' Aid society. She says that ber husband left her about a week ago In Walla Walla, Just as they were moving from their house, from which the landlord had ordered them tor nonpayment of rent. J. V. Buckley came to Mrs. Mills assistance and helped her to get to Portland. He also came to this city and found Mills, whom be turned over to the police. Mills admitted having left his wife, but maintained that he did not know what he was doing. He said that he had met with financial reverses and he had wor ried over them greatly. He Is a me chanic, about 40 yeara of age. and his wife Is 30 years of age. The Trav elers' Aid society will try to bring the estranged couple together and In case of failure will prosecute Mills. Locating Section Corners. Surveyor J. S. Hulbert, with a crew of three men, arrived yesterday from the north. Mr. Hulbert Is working for tbe Southern Pacific company, locating section corners along the line of the road, so as to definitely locate their line from es tablished corners. This work waa done yeara ago, but tbe maps have been lost or destroyed, hence the ne cessity of again going over tbe work. ! We Pay the Freight To All Railroad Point in JACKSON COUNTY REMEMBER THE MEDFORD FURNITURE CO. Carries tne Largest Assortment of FURNITURE CARPETS mfllili PAPER Etc, Scuth of Portland We POSITIVELY as low and Ladies, register or mail address for beautiful Christmas Souvenir Phone 353 ' TAKE A RIDE In one of our new rigs and you will be happy. ' West Side Stables, c. e. tull, Prop. JAP KILLS A NEGRO. He Then Escaped to the Woods and Has Not Vet Been Caught. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 21. A special to tbe Post Intelligencer from Bremerton says that Herbert Rich ards, a colored mess cook of the cruiser Milwaukee, waa atabbel in the back this evening by a Japanese ship mate who Is the cook to tbe captain of that ship. After committing the murder the Japanese escaped to the woods In safety. A search party was sent out from Milwaukee In pursuit. The quarrel Is said to have originated over some trivial matter which de veloped the deep enmity, accentuated by their racial differences. The two cooks came together this evening on the wharf and after a few words tho Japanese threw himself at the throat of the negro and atabbed blm In tbe stomach and heart. RAILROAD WORKER ASSAULTED He Was Found With Broken Skull and Is Not Expected to Live. WALLACE, Idaho, Nov. 21. An other railroad worker was discovered today near Mullan with the top of his head crushed In. Beside the man was a bloody hammer. It la evident that the assault waa committed for the purpose of robbery, aa every pa per which might have led to tbe Identification of the man had been removed. For a few moments this afternoon the man regained con sciousness and stated he had been struck by a rock, but lapsed Into un consciousness again before giving definite Information as to who waa his assailant. He la not expected to live. Child's Body Found. WALLACE, Idaho, Nov. 21. The body of a young child was found in the river here today with a piece of string tied about the body, showing One Dose for Coughs Children cough at night? Give them Ayers Cherry Pec toral. Often a single dose at bedtime will completely control the cough. Good for any one with a cold or cough. Good for easy cases, hard cases ; good for acute cases, chronic cases. Ask your doctor to tell you, honestly and frankly, just what he thinks of this old standard remedy. No alcohol In this cough medicine. ).C.4vrCo..Louxll.Ma A lazy uver nukes a lazy boy. An active brain demands an active liver. No better laultve for boys and girls than Avar's Pills. Atk your doctor about them. He knows. GUARANTEE Prices Goods the best HIM MM Co. E. R. SEELY PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Modern Equipment, X Ray Labratory Office In Jackson County Bank Building MEDFORD OREGON I. D. PHIPPS, D. D. S. ' . DENTIST Office In Adklns Block adjoin ing Haakin'a Drug Store. MEDFORD - - OREGON Wm. Colvlg C. L. Reames COLVia & REAMES LAWYERS Office in Medford National Bank Building ground floor. MEDFORD OREGON G. W. STEPHENSON PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OPTICIAN Office: Room 6, Adklns Block. Calls promptly attended day or night. Phone 663. MEDFORD - - OREGON It bad been thrown Into the water and sunk by means of a rock. tThe police are investigating. LOST MAN FOUND. Charles Roper, Who Is Said to Be De mented, Was Found Yesterday, f Charles Roper Is tbe name of a! de mented man wbo baa been lost ! In the hills for a week past. He was armed with a rifle and when found had taken refuge In a cabin so at, to get out of tbe storm. His brother; R. P. Poper, of Lodl, Cal., was one' of the party who searched and locaUd the missing man. I 1 Now, Isn't it a state of affajjs ' when the emperor of Germany is the only cltlsen who Is denied the right) of free speech? I