The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, December 11, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPublished every Friday. A. 8. HMTON, FublWier. MEltKOItn, DECEMBER II, 100". SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Year Cntered In the pot tof flee at Med ford Oregon as second class mall twitter. A GKKAT OKKGOM IXDtSTRV, Tbe fruit Industry of Oregon is waking satisfactory progress. But It Is as yet only In Its Infantile pe riod, says tbe Portland Journal. Tbe limits of Us possibilities are practi cally boundless. Oregon can be the Vest and greatest fruit state In the union. Nothing less than this should be the goal of enthusiastic fruit growers. Many and a rapidly increasing umber of fruitgrowers are deserv ing of unstinted commendation even though acting chiefly in their own interest for the reformatory. progressive work they hare done and are doing. Many have acted not al together or even chiefly from self- interest, either, but have broadly and patriotically worked. In some cases self-Bacrlflclngly, for the panslon and elevation of this splen did Industry. Their work ought to be recognized and appreciated In their several communities and in the state at large. It is largely such men that com prise the State Horticultural associ ation. They are doing a noble work and should meet with universal en couragement and support. It Is due to this society that the war on fruit pests was Inaugurated and Is being carried on. And In various ways It has earned vastly more than the state has contributed to Its support. The state should still extend its aid to the association and appropriate what it needs for carrying on Its work, that will be, as it has been, of Immense benefit to the state. I Oregon has already gained a very favorable reputation far and wide as a fruit state or rather two or three localities have gained such a repu tation as to some species of fruit but this Is only a beginning, a start er. This reputation can and should be Improved, extended and made to j apply to all parts of the state and to more varieties. This can be done. ' Tbe foundations for Immense pro duction and large and appreciated markets have been well laid. Keep up the good work. Help this Industry to expand and advance until It becomes of mammoth pro portions. To this end stand by the Horticultural association, by local associations, by capable fruit Inspect ors, by all diligent, progressive and conscientious growers. Few people even yet realize what can be accom pllshed In Oregon along this line .1 IS A WINK MOVE. At a meeting of the city council beld last night It was decided tbe city purchase an acre of land below the city on Bear creek on which to erect a septic tank. Tbere may be some objection regarding tbe price the city will have to pay for tbe use of this land for this purpose, but there can be no question regarding the matter of the city carrying out the plan, and the sooner tbe better. Regarding this plan the Oregon lan of recent issue has this to say: The septic tank, the successful op eration of which haa been concilia ' lely demonstrated, will do more than any one thing to Improve the sani tary conditions surrounding country homes. The Country Life Commis sion would do well to encourage by its endorsement the general use of tbls means of getting rid of filth. The septic tank Is a comparatively inexpensive receptacle for all the re fuse of a home and has Important advantages ower the sewer as it Is known to the city. The effective ness of the septic tank has been proven by practical use at two large public Institutions In Oregon, the Chemawa Indian school and the Asylum farm. All the refuse from these Institutions flows Into septic tanks and, after being purified by natural processes, goes out Into open ditches, giving orfense to no one. If farm homes where provided with this means of disposing of sewerage there would be no danger of con tracting disease from Infected well water and much less probability of disease germs being carried by flies to the kitchen, dining-room or milk house. ERA OF PROSPERITY. That Medford has entered upon an era of unprecedented prosperity Is abundantly attested by the miny substantial Improvements now un der way. The new $40,000 high school building will be completed wllhln the next few weeks and will b one of the finest buildings devot ed to eduratlpnnl purposes In this part of the stRte. The erection of the Eplscopnl church, plans for which are now op ing considered, will also be a mat ter of civic pride, constructed, as It will be, of stone and of size and pro portion to please the eye and accom modate the growing congregation of the organization. The paving of Sev enth street to the bridge, the macad amizing of the same street west from the west school, and the laying or several thousand feet of cement wslk are all matters that apeak for the progress of tbe city and the enter prise of her eltiieni. facilities in banking. The officers are pleased to render counsel and advice on financial matters. Accounts, subject to check are invited. JACKSON COUNTY BANK MCDFORO, OREGON Established 1888 1 Stat Dspositorr Capital and Surplus, $135,000.00 W. I. VAWTER, Pre,. This country has gotten so In the habit of dealing in big figures that one can hardly guess tne limit to which all kinds of values will go. Fruit orchards at $1000 an acre, bus iness lots in Medford at from (5000 to $10,000 and all resident prop erty In proportion; but these prices do not stop here. The mines in the surrounding hills command, without stutter, five and six-figure prices. It was only a day or two ago that J. B. Wood, as agent, sold tbe Black Channel placer mine, owned by H. M. Latimer, to a Mr. Brown of Port land for $102,000. The new owner will put men at work at once and de- j velop the property to a greater ex- tent than ever before. Mr. Wood Is feeling pretty good over the trans action, more especially because of he fact that he turned the deal single handed. It's going some for better streets when a banker gets out with a hoe and cleaus the mud from street crossings. That's what Banker Whitehead did yesterday, and In all probability It was a voluntary act on his part inasmuch as the chief of police was not superintending the work. As to Mr. Whitehead's qual ifications as a banker. The Morning Mall knows nothing more than that there Is a big balance on the easy side of the bank ledger and that school, county and city warrants are always his at command, and we know him to be "a man with a hoe" worthy the name. William Howard Taft will be the only president with a middle name since Chester A. Arthur. All but seven of the nation's twenty-six pres idents have been blessed with but a single baptismal name. Ashland Tidings. What about Stephen Grover Cleve land, eh? As an ex-presldent, Mr. Roosevelt says be will go "quietly to work." That cannot be, of course, until he has killed a few lions abroad and pilloried numerous nature-fakers In the Outlook's pages. Though eminent geologists assure us that the coal supply will last three thousand years yet. there Is hope that the mlllenium will come along and put the coal trust out of business. 'For fifty years," says Mr. Rock efeller, "we have been prepared to bear the fire alarm day and night." Which la evidence that the big trust was nearer the hereafter than we Imagined. In Europe Carrie Nation says 'there's no place like Kansas." But Castro Is In Europe, and he might be Induced to give a howling good Imitation of it. Mr. Carnegie Is not faring so well In tbe house of his friends, but he valiantly protests that he is in no danger, and doesn't need protection. Perhaps Germany thinks It Is for tunate for the country that the em peror's cold will not permit him to talk above a whisper. A war of words Is cheaper that the renl article, and yet they have called down the kaiser, Lord Roberts and our own Hobson. ,5naifflBI0DDS li. Ill , d At the Service of Depositors and Clients, The Jackson County Bunk places at the service of its de positor and clients, the best U. a LIXDLEY. Cub. CONGRESS CONVENES. Annual Mcskukp of the President Is Presented. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The bus iness of both houses of congress was confined today largely to listening to the reading of the president's mess age, but in addition a few bills were Introduced In the senate and house, and In the house a number of bills were sent to the conference. In ad dition, the speaker announced the appointment of Hlggins of Connec ticut on the committee of judiciary In place of Littlefield, and Martin to I the place on the committee of Indian affairs In place of Parker, deceased. For the first time during the pres- THE FAITHFUL FIRST Situated in an in telligent and thrif ty community, it is just as easy for the Faithful FIRST to experience a steady and healthy growth, as it is for Cyclones to occur in Kansas. Read the annexed Re port. It shows a growth of '71' $110,000.00 since the Panic. The largest growth of any Bank in Southern for the named. Oregon, period This Bank is a United States Depositary The First National Bank of Medford WM. S. CROWELL, President F. K. DEUEL, Vice-Pres ent congress there was a call of the j committees or toe nouse. But no,lren tney were and ,he t0)d hlm t0 .. . , ' ' them. The miscellaneous work of the senate consisted In the main of reference In the executive session of about 1500 recess appointments which were today sent to the presi dent, and the adoption of resolutions of regret on account of the death of members of the house who hare passed away since the adjournment last May. The senate adjourned for the day at 2 o'clock and the house at 2:33. Taft Tnrns Down Glass. HOT SPRINGS. Vs.. Dec. 3. Com ment was made at a small dinner Saturday night on the fact that Mr. Taft's wineglass was turned down. 'Yes, and It Is going to stay turned down," he said. "I am not going to drink again ever." 'You never did drink enough so that any one could notice It," said a boyhood friend. "What Is the matter with the peo ple?" the president-elect exclaimed. "Do they think I am going to be any different after I am Inaugurated?" STREET RIOT IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY, Dec. 8. In the very shadow of the city hall In this city and leu than half a mile from the business center, a riot In wblch religious fanatics and police took part, and in which a hundred ahots were fired this afternoon, resulted in the death of on policeman, the fa tal Injury of two and the slight In jury of three others. The dead: ALBER O. DALLBOW. Fatally injured: John known as Adam God, a preacher; Michael Mullane, Sharp, street police- man; Police Sergeant Clark. 8lightly Injured: Harry Stege, po liceman; George N. Kult, probation officer. The trouble occurred about 4 this afternoon while the street was crowded with persons. While the battle was In progress the parttcl pants traversed the entire block, the final stage of the flgbt being en acted directly across the street from the entrance to the police station. Holt went to investigate the case of an alleged abduction which had reached him. He came upon Sharp, who was surrounded by companions and was exhorting to the crowd of street loafers. With Sharp was a woman and five children ranging in age from 14 down to 3. The officer's suspicions were aroused by the manner in which the woman attempted to cure money contributions from the crowd, and Holt decided that she and her male companions were not the proper persons to have the custody of small children. No. 7701 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF Tbe F1RRT NATIONAL BANK, kt Mtdford ihxM tateof Oregon. xh elota ol butiiaens November 27, 1908 RESOURCES. lxani and DlaoounU 185,970.80 OTerdrmfU, secured and unsecured... 355.31 0. 8. Bonde to secure circulation 40,000,00 U. B. Bond! to aecure D. & Depot-Its. . . S0.000.ro Premiums en 0.8. Bonds 1I.834.S7 Bonds, Mcurttlea. etc. 12S02.U Baoklns bouse furniture and fixtures. 18,538.65 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 80.81 Due from state banks and bankers 1,037.42 Due from approved reserve agents. . . 64,370 32 Ubecks and otber cash items 1.767.S Eichaujjes for dealing bout 84.00 Notes of other National Banks 775..O0 Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents 105.98 Lawful Money Reserved fn Bank, vlx: Specie 43,289.05 Legal-tender notes None 48,289.05 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasur er (5 per cent of circulation 450.00 Total 1495,651 64 LIABILITIES Capital stosk paid in M.OOO.00 Murplnt fund 6,750.00 Unllvlded profits, let expenses and taxes paid 3..S80.18 National Bank Notes outstanding.. 38,43040 Due to 8 tat Banks and Bankers KM.t Due to Trust Companies and Savings Banks 441 90 Individual deposlu subject to check. 173,884.88 Savings Deposits 12,156-SI Demand certificates of deposit. 11.086 M Time certificates of deposit 47,706.16 United States Deposits 60,000.00 Total 8.96.651.64 Stati or Okbook, County ol Jackson as: I. M. L. allord, Cashier, of the above named bnk,do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best ol my knowledge and belief. M. L. Allord, Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me tbls 2nd day of December 1906. O. C. Boggs, ' Notary Public Correct attest: Wm. chowill, F. K. Deuel, CHI. BTK1KO, Directors. M. L. ALFORD, Cashier ORIS CRAWFORD, Asst. Css hier Holt asked the woman whose chtl I mind his own business. Adam God I., . . ... .... . uiimiciim uiv uuircr wim personal violence. Holt, wno never goes armed, found himself at a disadvan tage when the preacher and his com panions displayed revolvers. He stood his ground, however, and was hit over the head with a revolver. Holt started for the police station for aid and the preacher tried to shoot him, but was so excited he dropped the revolver, and when he picked It up and snapped the trigger It failed to discharge. Holt sum moned his fallow officers snd by that time the religionists were with in 60 yards of the police atatlon. They served notice that they would preach right under the easel of the police station and the police did not prevent them. The officers were not prepared for the volley of bullets which met them Immediately. Dallbrow was Instant ly killed and Stege was hit through the arm. Other officers rushed out and a general battle ensued. The officers were unable to shoot without endsngerlng the Uvea of In nocent persons. Clsrk waa shot In the eye and Mullane In the back. In the meantime a riot call was sounded and the police appeared from all di rections. Officers crowded In on Sharp and bis followers, shooting as they went, but taking care not to In jure the children. When the firing ceased Adam God laid fatally wounded through the head and body. The children were taken In charge by tbe police. Sharp's companion, Louis Pratt, father of tbe children, was taken Into custody. He was not Injured. Part of tbe children were taken In charge by the police. The women and some of the children es caped to a houseboat on tbe river. The police, SO In number, followed. The women barricaded the house boat, where they defied the officers. The boat was but a few feet t'om the bank, and the police rushed It the woman dropped her gun, and taking two of the children, ran to the back of the boat, cut the boat loose and began to row to the middle of the river. The officers called to her to stop, but she only applied the oars more vigorously. Without further warn' Ing the police poured a volley into the boat, one bullet striking Luis Pratt, aged 13, tearing away the greater part of her face. She died from the wounds tonight. The wo man then surrendered. She said she was Pratt's wife and the mother of the children. NEW GAME LAWS. State AxsnrlHtion Proposes Amendments. PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 5. Offl cers of the Oregon Fish and Game association will propose extensive amendments to the existing game laws of the state at the coming ses sion of the legislature. A commit tee, representing the association, of which A. E. Gebhardt Is secretary, is revising the various sections of the code with reference to the pro tection of fish and game. It is the purpose of the committee to simplify the state's statutes on this subject so that the average citizen by reading the law will be able to place an In telligent construction In its provis ions. "The committee expects In about two weeks to complete the first draft of the law as we will seek to have it amended," said Mr. Gebhardt yester day. "We are taking considerable pains and devoting a great deal of our time that laws which will pro tect our fish and game may be for mulated for the consideration of the state'a lawmakers. A mistaken im pression prevails that those laws in the past have been framed In the in terest of the city sportsman exclus ively rather than for the protection of the fish and game. In its work the committee Is doing everything in Its power to dissipate that Idea. What is needed In this state Is leg islation that will protect and multi ply the state's fish and game, regard less of any selfish Interest.. What is more It is the Intention of the com mittee to suggest uniform laws that shall apply In all counties alike. End less confusion we find has resulted from the laws as they are now con stituted from the fact that different restrictions are Imposed In practical ly every county of the state." In response to a general demand alike from the hunters and the farm ers, the committee will recommend a law establishing a closed season of at least two years for the protection of the Chinese pheasant. Another law will be suggested prohibiting the killing of elk for a period of five or six years. The legislature also will be asked to provide a bounty fund on crows, wolves and cougars. Between crows and the animals named It Is assert ed by members of the committee that more birds and other game are killed annually than by the sportsmen. It is for that reason the committee be lieves the state should make provis ion for this sort of protection. Under the present law the county courts are empowered, if deemed expedient, to provide such a bounty fund, but the members of the committee feel thi't the expense should be borne by th-3 state directly rather than by any one county or group of counties since thr benefits following such a policy are state wide and not confined to th.) community In which such a tax Is levied. As a result of considering several bills amendatory of the state law re lating to trout at the 1907 session It war discovered after the legislature had adjourned that the provision for Mid-Winter Sale ALL Millinery AT MRS. W. I. BROWN 101 W. 7th St. a closed season for trout had been repealed. Tbe result has been that trout fishing nas been legal during any montn since February, lu07. This defect la the law tor the protec tion of trout will be corrected tbls winter If the recommendations of the committee of the Oregon Fish and Game association are adopted. There is a demand from many sources that the law which forbid, the sale of dudes In tbe market be repealed. It has been suggested to the committee that In arranging for the sale of ducks in tbe marks: the limit that can be taken any week be reduced from SO to 36. In rec ommending this legislation, the com mittee will propose that dealers la game be required to keep a record of all purchases, the number of qucks oougnt, togeiner wun tne date and the name of the man from whom they were bought. Tbls record shall he open to Inspection by the state game warden. Various other provisions of the game laws of the state will be revised purely In the Interest of protection WOMAN' Sl'KFRAGISTS. Make Wild m-nuinntratliin Agiiitis) EugllKh Chancellor. LONDON, Dec. 5. The gulf be tween the suffragists and antl-suf- fragettes, the latter being the term generally used to the desirable mill tan( section of the woman agitators who believe In street riots and the attacks on the cabinet ministers as the quickest means of obtaining the ballot for their sex, was further widened this afternoon through the fierce demonstration by the suffrag ettes at Albert against David Lloyd George, chancellor. The chancellor was addressing a suffrage meeting, but bad hardly started when he was interrupted by cries, "We want deeds, not words." The stewards of the hall, there be ing about 350 on hand to deal with anticipated disturbances, at once started to eject the women. They found the latter chained to their seats. This confused the struggle, but finally the chains were cut and the suffragettes expelled. Numbers of the disorderly persons seemed to increase rather than diminish. Some of the women were armed with whips and they repelled every attempt to eject them. There were fierce struggles In every part of the hall every few moments and every time George made an attempt to speak his voice was drowned by groana and hisses. When the uproar was at its height and when dozens of suffrag etteB who bad been recently released from prison, discarded their outer wraps and appeared in their Jail gar ments. These exhibitions acted the sisterhood like a red rag on bull. Megaphones and bells were brought Into use and the noise was deafening. The stewards at length lost their tempers and as they con tinued throwing out the disturbers. the clothing of many was torn off their backs. Finally, after half an hour of op position they became exhausted, and George was allowed to proceed with out further Interruption. He as sured the audience that the majority of the cabinet favored woman suff rage and that suffrage clause would be Included In the government's fran chise bills. CHLOROFORM CVRE. Physician Vses Novel Means of II c- pulninK a Holdup Man. PORTLAND, Dec. 7. Dr. Wil liam Elsen, whose offices are In the Allskey building, cured a hold-up man this morning of what ailed him a desire to stick the doctor up and did It neatly and effectually. He chloroformed the footpad. The repulse of the robber Is unique in the annuals of the Port land hold-ups. Dr. Elsen waa return ing about 6 o'clock this morning from a professional call, when, at the corner of Seventeenth and Over ton streets a man dressed like a worklngman and carrying a small black dinner pall, suddenly loomed up out of the fog with the demand that the doctor put up bis hands. But Dr. Elsen's hands failed to be elevated. Instead, he dropped his medicine case and snatched a bottle of chloroform from his pocket. With all his force he dashed this Into the footpads face. The bottle broke and the burning fluid ran down into the hold-up's eyes. That was enough for him. Abandoning all Idea of frisk ing the doctor's pockets, he ran screaming Into the street and dis appeared once more into the fog whence he had emerged. A good description of the man was given by Dr. Elsen to the police, who are looking for him. ELEVEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Tncnty-SIx Others Are Injured and Are Not Expected to Survive. CALCUTTA. India, Dec. 8. The explosion of a magazine at the mili tary station yesterday killed 11 men and wounded !S others, most of whom will die. A few of tbe dead and Injured are natives, but most of the list are British soldiers. The ac cident Is the worst ot its kind for several years. The origin Is not known, but there will be an inves tigation made. At first suspicion was laid upon the natives, who are opposed to English rule, and all magazines and forts are watched I closely. MAIL WANT ADS BRING RESULTS When Yon Find Crawford on a shoe for men, the only things VOU Deed to have ill mind When VOU Select TOUT next pair will be the style, leather and price. The price will be as low as is consis tent with good leather and good workmanship, and you can find your favorite lea ther and toe in one of the many styles made by Craw ford. No Question of Quality need to bother ;he shoes and you. wear tll3-.ll and if they go wrong Craw ford will make it right. $3.50 $5 c. w. Mcdonald Successor to Smith & Molony CLASSIFIED ADS. LOST Light-colored no-rand Jer sey heifer calf. Send word to D. B. Reame. 161-2t-w.p. FOR SALE One two-year-old Jer sey bull. Inquire of John Ham rick, one mile east of Central Paint. tf WANTED Position by man and wife to work on ranch. Experi enced In farm work and handling stock. Inquire Mall Office. FOR SALE 100 acres near Eagle Point; 20 acrea under ditch; $30 acre; rare bargain. Address Box 671, Medford. 142-tf FOUND Three-year old steer. brown line back, star on his forehead. Came to my ranch last November. O. E. Rose, Applegate. 48-Stp FOR SALE Farm, 132 hi acres, H mile from Myrtle Creek, Oregon, between 60 and 70 acres In culti vation, fine bottom and black loam fine for fruit, corn or alfalfa, price $50 an acre. For further Inform ation address Box 31, Myrtle Creek, Oregon. 4t-p LOST November 9, on the road be tween Medford and Perry Foster's, on the road to Trail, a black pock etbook, day book or Journal, with the name of Austin Green, Eagle Point, in it. The finder will please return to Austin Green, Eagle Point, and receive a reward. 164-lt-ft w. FOR SALE Ranch of 811 acrea, 100 acres plow land, 100 more ca pable of being cleared and plow ed, balance pasture and timber; good fruit land, plenty ot water, buildings worth $3000; hay, grain, stock and Implements go with the place; will take small ranch or town property for part or all; "dry" town preferred; correspond ence solicited. Frank Wlxson, Myrtle Creek, Or. 4t FOR SALE 36 acres of a mile from Grants Pass, allfenced, new 2-story 8-room bouse with base ment, furnace to heat, electric light, hot and cold water, 2 wells, 12 foot wind mill, large 3000 gal lon tank,, 10 hydranta In garden, S chicken bouses and one brooder house, 16x50, with 8 departments; 60 runway all fenced, lots of other fencing, barn 40x60. Price $7000, half down, balance on easy terms. F. H. Schmidt, R. F. D. 2, Grants Pass, Ore. 48-ltp FOR FARMERS ONLY. Send us your name and postofflce address and we will mall yon tree. on January 1, a beautiful calendar. HUBBARD BROS., Medford.