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VOL XX
MEOFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1908,
NO. 52
BIG STEALING
Alleged Conspiracy to Rob
Telegraph Company
Discovered.
Secret service men in the employ
of the Western Union Telegraph
company have unearthed an alleged
conspiracy among operatora of rail
road offlcea in tne northwest and
California, whereby, they declare,
stealings have been made within the
paat 18 montba amounting to many
thouaanda of dollars.
Regular Western Union operators
are not Involved in the conspiracy.
The stealing la charged by the detec
tives entirely agalnat operatora In
isolated railroad offices where there
was no check upon their work.
At least one arrest haa been made,
that of an operator at Rltzvllle,
Wash. It is alleged that this oper
ator baa made confession Implicating
have a dosen others. There la rea
son to believe other arrests also hav
meen made, or soon will be made.
According to the report of the de
tectives the small group of which the
Rltzvllle operator was a member was
but a link In the chain of the con
spiracy, which extended from Helena
'to San Francisco.
Superintendent Field Investigates.
News of the discovery of the con
spiracy came to light yesterday when
R. T. Reid, Western Union super
intendent for the northwestern dls
'trlct, with headquarters at Seattle,
-stopped off In Portland on his way
homeward from a trip south. Simul
taneously with Mr. Reld's visit a
story was sent out from Portland by
the Associated Press that a conspir
acy had been unearthed, that Its
' ramifications were wide, that a vast
sum of money had been atolen by
rallroad telegraph operators anil
that a number of arrests had been
- made.
The source of Its Information was
carefully guarded by the Associated
Press, but that Mr. Reld had given
It waa scarcely to be doubted, as he
was aeen in the Associated Press of-
ficea by the Oregonlan reportera.
Later In the day, I. N. Miller. Jr.,
Western Union superintendent at
: San Francisco, gave out a statement
-calculated to minimize the Portland
story. Mr. Miller'a statement was
that only one arrest had been made
and that the operations of the alleg
ed thlevea had been confined to the
lines of the Northern Facltlc rail
: road.
Investigations made last night
show It to be a practical certainty
that the alleged conspiracy Is of wid
- er scope than Is Indicated by che
- statement of the San Francisco offi-
cial, but whether the charges made
by the detectives can be substantiat
ed or not does not appear.
. How They Operated.
The mode of operation of the al
ieged consplratora waa almple. An
operator at a small station where
there was no checking system would
receive a message for another similar
point, take payment for the com
pany, transmit the message aud
'pocket the money, which was subse-
quently divided with the operator at
the receiving office. Neither oper
ator. It is charged, kept any record
- of the message, so the company had
no way of checking such transac
tions.
It is alleged the discovery of the
' conspiracy came about through the
greediness of certain of the operat-
-ors, who finally became so bold that
- they would receive a message, take
payment and then destroy the copy,
without transmitting It, In order to
avoid dividing the spoil with recc'.V'
' ing operators. This course led to so
- many complaints that suspicion be
acme aroused and an Inve-ulsatVn
waa started.
Secret service men were sent to
about 10O small railroad station to
send paid messages to other slmi!nr
points. It Is alleged that of the
messages given and paid f or by
these detectives, 85 per cent were
sent and delivered without record be
ing made or accounting returned
and aeveral were withheld and not
sent at all.
Large Number Involved.
When the Investigation commenc
ed It was known to the company that
the number of operatora Involved In
the petty graft was large, but the
officials had no Idea of the extent
of the organisation, nor did they re
alise that the understanding prevail
ed over such an extenalve territory.
The arrest or arrests In the state of
Washington brought the entire
scheme to light.
Some time before the development
of the telegraphera' strike a year ago
last summer a similar graft was nn
earthed by the company, but with Its
discovery and the summary discharge
of the operators Involved It came to
an end. However, the present sys
tem discovered Is alleged to have
been one of the moat gigantic
achemei erer formed by employes to
swindle a corporation.
Such an extensive system of craft
could not have occurred In a regular
Western Union Telegraph office be
cause of the checking ayatem involv
ed In these offices, as well as the tact
that In most Instances the messages
when received are handled by clerks
and not by the operatora.
AT lll'TTK FALLS.
II. H. Harris (ilves Excellent Report
of C'ouditloua There.
B. H. Harris of Butte Falls la
spending holiday week In Medford.
A Morning Mall representative en
gaged Mr. Harris In conversation
yesterday and from him he learned
that the most Important bit of news
from that aectlon waa the fact that
a good wagon road is being built to
the Falls one with a grade no
greater than 6 per cent. This, Mr.
Harris says, will make it easy "go
ing" for automobiles all the way
between Medford and Butte Falls,
and will be ready for use In early
spring.
In talking with Mr. Harris re
garding railroad matters, he stated
that Mr. Dewing was simply wait
ing until he had either gotten pos
session of the Eagle Point line or
his mortgage had been paid off. In
the event of his getting possession
of the road he will at once extend
the line to Butte Falls and into the
vast merchantable timber belt
which surrounds the Falls. On the
other hand. If he does not get pos
session of this line he will construct
one of his own, to extend from Med
ford to Butte Falls and into the
timber, as above atated.
As a matter of fact, there can be
developed by the falls at Butte
Falls, 15,000-horsepower. Mr. Har
ris and his company. Including Mr.
Dewing, own thla power, and they
do not propose to allow all this nat
ural energy to go unused, and to
the end that it be utilized Mr. De
wing proposes to not only electrify
this proposed road, but to aa well
electrify the entire valley and why
not? The power is there, and why
not utilise It? This valley and sur
rounding foothills are too big and
too vast In productiveness to be per
mitted to go undeveloped, and this
to Its greatest possible extent. The
resources of all this country are be
yond comprehension. No person can
picture the future with all Its re
sources undeveloped.
Aside from all the possibilities
for the valley, there are back of this
fully 100,000 acres of as good fruit
land as there Is In Oregon, but this
land la now densely covered with
timber, which timber will be manu
factured Into millions of dollars'
worth of lumber, when this proposed
Dewing railroad Is built to It.
GRILL CHANGES HANDS.
Lambert ft Brown Dispose of Their
Eating Establishment.
Although the Mission Grill, situ
ated on South Central avenue, has
been conducted In aplendld shape
since it was opened a few montha
ago and has been doing a good trado
yet for some reason the proprietors,
for reasona best known to them
selves, have seen fit to sell out the
business.
The transfer of the restaurant was
made yesterday from Lambert ft
Brown to Ernest Hefler, who took
possession of the place last evening
and immediately started to carry out
plana for enlarging the place and
bettering the service. He has en
gaged as chef Charles Davis, who haa
been In the employ of Captain Short
for some time and has the reputation
of being one of the best men In the
business In this part of the country.
Mr. Hefler, who has purchased the
business of the Mission Grill, Is a
hustler and Is determined to give
first-class service to all his patrons.
It Is his intention' to have the res
taurant open both day and night, ao
as to serve the patrons any time
during the 24 houra. And the serv
ice at night will be just aa good as
that during the day.
HONOR OF MISS STREETS.
The pleasant home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Streets In West Medford
wss the scene Monday evening of a
happy assemblage of young people in
honor of Miss Alice Streets, who Is
attending the University of Califor
nia and who is spending the holiday
vacation at home.
Artistic arrangement of cedar
boughs and Oregon grape with
touches of red, added to the at-
tractlveness of the pretty home and
gave a festive air. Dancing and
music were enjoyed till a late hour,
when Ice cream and cake were serv
ed. The affair was In the nature of
a reunion of a crowd of young peo
ple who have spent many pleasant
evenings together and have been
separated for several montha owing
to the absence of many of the num
ber at the University of Oregon and
the University of California.
GREAJjUCCESS
Splendid Numbers on Pro
gram at Contest Tues
day Night.
The oratorical contest for a sil
ver medal for the flrat prize was
held at the Christian tabernacle last
night. There waa a good attend
ance and every number on the pro
gram waa much enjoyed and heartily
applauded. The winner of the con
test was Marie Seeley, the daughter
of Dr. Seeley, who waa presented
with the silver medal at the close of
the entertainment.
The first oration dealt with the
subject of "What Will We Do With
the Saloon?" and the apeaker went
on to show that the' cosnumption of
liquor was greater now than ever be
fore In the hiatory of the country.
The second waa entitled, "The Story
of a Sunbeam." The Bpeaker relat
ed the story of the struggles of a
widow mother In the bringing up
of her son, who in after life was
ruined by the liquor habit, . which
so affected hia mother that she died
of a broken heart.
The third oration was entitled, ' A
Modern Tyranny," which portrayed
the cruel nature of "king rum," and
called attention to the fact that this
tyranny la licensed and made re
spectable by the sanction of law.
The fourth on the program was "The
Defense of. Almo." The fifth, "A
Dream." which represented life In a
vision of a moving procession of va
rious walks of life, going to ruin.
The sixth oration was delivered by
Marie Seeley and was entitled, "Ai
Orphan'8 Prayer." It showed the
changed condition of a once happy
home through the influence of
strong drink. This was the one
which the Judges decided was the
best, and awarded to Miss Seeley the
silver medal.
The seventh waa a boy's Idea of
prohibition and what he thought of
the bad results of the use of liquor.
The eighth was a picture of a man
who once dearly loved his family.
but who lost that when he took to
drink. The death of bis child open
ed his eyes and was th means of
bringing him back to his senses.
The ninth oration told how a lit
tle girl emptied a j'lg on her way
home and what the result vaa. Th's.
as well as all the other numbers on
the program, was we1! received.
The following were the -iarr.es of
the contestants: Misses Audrey Har
vey, Mary Orr, Hazel Cox, Eunice
Iivls, Iva Martin. Ori Duncan. Ma
rie Seeley, Bernlce Carder. Master
Artitcnd Taylor.
Ia addition to tha orations, the
following program was rendered:
Instrumental trio (selected). Miss
Hamilton and Olln brothers; hymn.
America," No. 127. audience;
Scripture reading, "The Crusade
Psalm," 146 Psalm, Rer. Reuter;
prayer. Rev. Horn; hymn, "Throw
Out the Lifeline," No. 11; quartet,
"Have Courage, My Boy, to Say No,"
Mrs. F. S. Day, Miss Bertha Pierce,
Miss Lottie Wiley, Mrs. Dr. Butler,
Messrs. F. S. Day, J. E. Day, Earl
Olln and Mr. Hutchason: soprano
solo, "Woman's Cause Shall Win"
(C. B. Hawley), Mrs. Myra Miller-
Stauffer of Pennsylvania; Instru
mental trio (selected). Miss Hamil
ton and Olln brothers; hymn.
"Bringing In the Sheaves," No. 144.
Titles and authors of orations:
"The Defense of the Alamo," Mrs.
Nellie Burger; "A Dream," Mrs.
Clara C. Hoffman; "The Stray Sun
beam," anonymous; "A Boy on Pro
hibition," adapted; "A Modern Tyr
anny," anonymous; "The Orphan's
Prayer," anonymous; "What Will
We Do With the Saloon?" Mrs. Mnry
T. Lathrop; "How a Little Girl Emp
tied the Jug," anonymous; "Oood
Nlght, Papa," American Messenger.
The judges of the contest were:
Mrs. Carlo, Professor Stern and Mrs.
Mlller-Stauffer. At the conclusion,
Mrs. Mlller-Stauffer, on behalf of
the local W. C. T. U., presented each
one of the contestants with a silver
pin and the winner, Marie Seeley,
with the silver medal.
WILL INVEST HERE
Alaska Mining Man I.Ikes Outlook
Around Medford.
W. O. Vint, a wealthy Alaska m n
Ing man, waa in Medford over dun
day, accompanied by J. R. Harvey, a
hydraulic engineer. Yesterday they
left for Gallce, Or., where It la ex
pected Mr. Vint will close a deal for
some mining property which he has
options on In the vicinity of that
place.
Sunday Mr. Vint spent In dtlvlng
around the country here, and stated
before he left that he would return
shortly and Invest In a considerable
quantity of fruit land. ' He also stat
ed that It was his Intention to make
bis home here. On being asked by a
Morning Mall reporter If be fiiiud
thlnga aa good'ia he expected to seo
them, he aald:
"I am more than surprised, in fact,
I am simply astonished, with what 1
have aeen both In the city and the
country. The trouble Is that you are
not telling the outside world one
half that you should. Many people
are coming from the north and any
number of them with money could
be Induced to come here. And It
they come they would certainly re
main. That Is what I Intend to do."
It Is Mr. VInt's intention to put in
a waterpower plant at the inlnei
near Gallce and to work them on a
large scale. He saya that the mines
when properly worked will be great
producer.
SCHOOL PUZZLE.
Much of the City Population Not In
the District.
When C. C. Taylor made a recent
school enumeration he discovered
that not nearly all of East Medford
la In the Medford school district.
The boundarlea of the district, as
laid out, extend east to the Eagle
Point road, then north to and In
cluding Mrs. Phlpps' residence,
thence west to Bear creek.
On the south side of Seventh
street there are only about three
acrea of land In the district, and thla
a narrow atrip running from the
Bear creek bridge to about where
Mr. Smith Uvea. None of the real
dents south of this narrow strip have
even been In the district, neither are
those people in the district who live
on Knob Hill, or In the Queen Ann
or Carr additions In fact, no land
east of the Eagle Point road or
north of Seventh street, east of th-s
Intersection of the Eagle Point road.
Is In the district; and the same la
true of all the land south of Seventh
street and east of Mr. Smlth'a resi
dence. A good part of the land referred
to above la quite thickly settled and
children from all these homea have
been attending school In the Med
ford district. There Is a state law
which permits the inclusion of lo
calities In a school district where
they are within the incorporate lim
its this without the circulation of
a petition asking to come Into the
district.
The question which naturally
arises Is: In what school district
have these property-owners been
paying school taxes for the pa8t sev
eral yeara?
The Incorporate limits of the city
does not Include Knob Hill, or the
Queen Ann and Carr additions.
ORCHARD SOLD.
A. r. Talent Disposes of 4 NO Acre-
Tract.
The sum of 120,000 was paid over
yesterday for 480 acres In Sam's
Valley. The land belonged to A. P.
Talent of this city, and the trans
fer waa made to J. R. Bradshaw of
Colfax, Wash. It Is the Intention of
the new owner to put out several
hundred more fruit trees Just as
soon as the same can be procured.
After looking over land In differ
ent parte of Oregon and Washington,
Mr. Bradshaw came to the conclusion
that the Rogue River valley offered
the best inducements and waa will
ing to back bla Judgment with the
aum of money mentioned.
Part of the tract purchased by Mr.
Bradshaw has been planted with
fruit treea which will soon be In
bearing; In fact, sohie of them are
bearing now. After putting out
some more trees the balance of the
land will be planted to alfalfa. Thoie
who are acquainted with the land
are of the opinion that Mr. Brad
ahaw haa made a good deal In ac
quiring the property.
The aale waa made through the
Cuslck, Myers, Eads company, real
estate dealers, of this city.
PARDONED CHRISTMAS DAY.
A Kansas Man Accused of Killing
His Father Will He Set Free.
LAWRENCE. Kan., Dec. 22. J.
Collings, who is serving a life sen
tence In the Kansas penitentiary for
the murder of bis father, a wlcl-to-do
real estate man of this city, ten
years ago, will be free Christmas
day. The Governor bellevea Colllnga
Innocent. Collings was convicted on
the testimony of three negroes, all
of It being circumstantial.
At the time the state set up the
plea that Collings waa In love with
Miss Florence Rabcork, a wealthy
young woman of Kansas City, and
assigned as the motive a desire lo
get the father's Insurance money in
order to secure funds to marry her.
One of the negroea has since writ
ten a book In which he confessed
that his testimony was part of a plan
of the enemies of Collings to ruin
him.
The elder Collings was found dead
one morning after a visit to his son
at Lawrence.
MAIL WANT ADS BRINO RESULTS
TICKET NAMED
BY MUSTS
First Party in the Field for
the Coming City
Election.
CITY TICKET OF THE SO.
4. ' CIALIST PARTY.
Mayor Ernest Woltera.
Councllmen:
First ward Joseph L. Won-
derley.
Second Ward To be tilled
by the committee.
Third Ward D. B. Reame.
The Socialists of Medford met
last night In convention and nomi
nated a ticket for the city election,
with the exception of a councilman
for the second ward, which will he
filled by a committee appointed for
that purpose. At the meeting the
following resolutions were adopted:
'We, the Socialists of Medford, In
convention assembled, again indorse
the principles of International so
cialism. We call the attention tf
the people of Medford to the fact
that all governmenta are essentially
class governments, and that all leg
islation Is primarily class legisla
tion. Taking this for a starting
point. It Is unreasonable to expect
the profit taking employing class to
legislate against their own Interest
and In the interest of the wage
earner. "It the producing class are to re
ceive any beneflta from legislation
they must organize politically In or
der that they may elect their own
repreaentatives to city, county or
atate legislative bodies. This la the
essence of class consciousness which
our president so much deplores.
"Realizing thla truth, we come be
fore the votera of thla city In the
Interest of the working class. And
It It should be our good fortune to
be elected to any office we shall be
found working for the Interest of
the working class. t
"As measures to the Immediate In
terest of the workers, we offer the
following:
"First The abolition of all pri
vate contracts on public work. Men
to be hired direct by the ett- , there
by doing away with the lare profits
to wealthy contractors, which should
go to the wage-earner In Increased
wages.
"Second We demand the eight
hour workday on all public work,
and that union wages be paid.
"Thh-d We demand that the city
establish a pubilo bathhouse, gym
nasium and billiard room, 80 that
men will have a place to go other
than the aaloon.
"Fourth We demand that the
property clauses In the city charter
be atrlcken out. It Is unconstitu
tional for property to be made the
basis, for the holding of office, 't
Is also class legislation.
"Fifth We favor the establish
ing of a city electric and power
plant, and furnish consumers with
light, heat and power at cost of pro
duction. But we call your attention
that public ownership can only be a
success when its friends are behind
It.
"Sixth We demand that all
street crossings on the Southern Pa
cific track be thrown open.
"If you favor these measures there
Is only one way to get them that Is
by voting for Socialist candldatea "
FELL THROUGH OPENING.
lllliifl Man Drops Into Rnsement of
a Rank.
P. J. Head, the blind piano tuner,
fell from the sidewalk Into the base
ment of the Jackson County bank
building about 11 o'clock yesterday
and came near being seriously In
jured. He was going north on Central
avenue and was lielng led by his lit
tle son. The lad's attention was
called to something behind him anl
led around, forgetful for .
moment that his father waa In dan
ger, and, unfortunately, the janitor
of the building had left the Iron
doors In the sidewalk standing half
open, and Mr. Head walked, uncon
sciously, up to the opening, and
striking his foot against the tialf
open door, waa thrown off his bal
ance and he fell headlong onto the
ateps leading to the basement, awl
from there rolled to the hard ce
ment floor below. Mr. Head was
picked up and taken to his home,
where Dr. Hargrave made an exam
ination of hia Injuries. No bones
were broken, but his body was bad
ly bruised and some flesh wounds
were made.
The sidewalk along the west side
of the Jackson County bank, between
Soventh street and the postoffice. Is
used more than any other In the
city. The walk Is only eight feet
wide and when these basement doors
are open there Is scarcely room for
one person to pass. The walk
should be widened to at least 12
feet and those doors, at least during
the busy part of the day, should be
kept closed.
WEST TO TRY ANOTHER.
Will Wrestle With a Dalles Man on
- Christmas Day.
W. H. West, the Medford wrestler.
is not smiling much since yesterduy
noon, when he met William 8choltes,
of The Dalles, In the office of The
Morning Mall and agreed to a match
to be pulled oft at the Medford Op
era house Christmas afternoon.
West had tried to get Strangler
Smith here from Portland, bat he
was unable to come at least for sev
eral weeka yet. ' However, he arrang
ed to have Scholtes, his wrestling
partner, come here, and la of the
opinion that he will be all that
West will want. He haa promised
that if the local man should win this
match that he will come and show
West that he Is not entitled to claim
the wrestling championship of Ore
gon, or even of the southern part
thereof.
One of The Morning Mall employes
haa seen Scholtes wrestle three times
and West twice, and he Is of the
opinion that West will have to do
about Ms best if he wins thla match,
as Scholtes Is certainly a splendid
man at the business. At present he
is the Instructor and manager of
The Dalles Athletic club, an dls a
great favorite in that city. So far
he has never been beaten.
One reason the Medford fans
would like to have Weat win would
be that Strangler Smith will have to
come to Medford and give Weat a
match. He haa guaranteed to do
this, but is of the- opinion that
Scholtes will be able to handle Mm
without much trouble. West'a
friends are mostly from Missouri and
will have to be ahown.
When the two wrestlers met res
terday to arrange the match the only
thing which stood In the way as
the matter of the amount to be put
up outalde of the receipts. Thla was
finally arranged for, and althourh
the exact amount cannot be atated at
present It will be something over
1150. West absolutely refused to
sign for the match until this was
arranged for.
Although the local man la tho
heavier, weighing 168 pounds,
Scholtea Is the quicker and "velgha
160 pounds. Quite a large Attend
ance Is expected here for the match
from outside points. The referee
will be Jack Welsh.
AFTER MAN SHARKS.
Lra-ialatare Will He Asked To Make
Changes.
PORTLAND, Dec. 18. "Loan
sharks" are to be gives a little "h
roic treatment" at the coming ses
sion of the legislature It the credit
men have their way. Some drastic
legislation, for Instance may be ap
plied. Thla la not altogether new
idea waa auggested and dwelt upon
considerably at the regular monthly
dinner of the Portland Association of
Credit Men held at the Commercial
club.
, The form the proposed regulation
of these usurers will take will be to
make It unlawful tor any employe to
assign his salary or wages to any
other person until such stipend has
actually been earned. In other
words, the credit men hope to secure
a law which will prevent Improvident
people from spending money they
haven't earned.
Several other legislative matters
were discussed, among them being a
bill to require the filling and keep
ing a record of all persons forming
partnerships, and another to cope
with extraordinary holiday seasons
like the one during the flurry last
fall. The auggested measure .o
make It a misdemeanor for any per
son to draw a check on a bank in
which the author had no funda was
turned down by the legislative com
mittee on the ground that existing
statutes afford ample protection
along other lines,
A. H. Devers addressed the credit
men on the subject, "The Objects
and Aims of the National Association
of Credit Men." Thomas G. Greene
spoke on "Some Legislation Which
We May Present to the Next Legis
lature." The following members uf
the legislature were guests at the
dinner: Senators C. W. Nottingham,
A. A. Bailey, Ben 8elllng, Dan Kella
her and John B. Coffey; Representa
tives K. C. Couch, A. W. Orton, W.
J. Clemons, J. D. Abbott, J. C.
Bryan, L D, Malone, C. J. McDonald.
E. J. Jaeger, L. M Davis and B. C.
Altman,
FOR FARMERS ONLY.
Send us your name and postoffice
address and we will mall you free,
on January 1, a beautiful calendar.
HUBBARD BROS., Medford.
PETITIONS ARE
REGISTERED
Rejected by the Council and.
Will be Submitted
to People.
The city council met last night la
special session. Th.re were present
Mayor Reddy, Councllmen Merrick,
Trowbridge, Wortmaa and Tllfert.
The matter of appropriating $251
of city funds for the purpose of send
ing W. O. Steel, of the Crater Lake
wagon road committee, to Washing
ton to advocate the appropriation ot
funds by congress for the building of
a good road between Medford and
Crater Lake was discussed, and up
on motion it was voted to make tha
appropriation. This $250 Is esti
mated to be hut about half of tha
amount of money necessary to defray
Mr. Steel's expenses to Washington,
hut the other half the county com
missioners have agreed to pay but
of the county funds.
W. I. Vawter waa present at the
council meeting and as representa
tive of the bond house of John Nu
veen ft Co. of Chicago, he read a
telegram from that company receiv
ed yesterday. In which they author
ized him to adjust matters between
the company and the city, and ta
adjust matter of accrued interest on
bonda aa he thought equitable and
right. Matter referred to Assistant
City Attorney A. E. Reamea.
Eight bids were opened and read
for the painting of atreet signs and
the contract was awarded to J. E.
Toft for 7 cents a sign. Other bl.'.s
were those of Stone ft Robblns, 11
cents: John McLelland, 21 cents;
Bob Taylor. IS cents: A. Chrlaholm,
2J cents: H. J. Everltt. 40 cents;
Charles Brockman, 10 cents; Klum
ft Morgan, 12 cents.
Petition for water and sewer la
Crowell addition waa referred to city
engineer.
Bond of Jacobson-Bade Co. In the
sumof $30,000 waa accepted.
City engineer was Instructed, to
prepare plana and specifications for
an extension of water mains m
Tenth atreet, the pipe to be four
Inchea.
The petition ot Miller ft Ewbank
to erect a corrugated Iron bulldltK
at the rear of the harness shop on
the south side of East Seventh street
was referred to the building commit
tee with power to act.
The matter ot extending the Incor
porate lines of the city waa referred
to city attorney and engineer.
The bid ot the Jackson County Ab
stract company for $500 for prepar
ing a present ownership map of the
city and an abstract of all city prop
erty was accepted and the company
was directed to prepare the map
and abstract.
Petition to construct a ten-foot ce
ment aldewalk on east side of North
Bartlett atreet was referred to street
committee.
A resolution was presented direct
ing that at the next city election
there shall be given the votera ot
the city an opportunity to vote for
or against the prohibition of the li
quor traffic In Medford. The reso
lution waa adopted.
The two petltlona, one presented
by the saloonmen and one by the
anti-saloon men, were both rejected.
These were both petitions for the
amendment of the city charter. This,
however, does not mean that these
petltlona shall not be placed upon
the ballots to be voted upon If the
petitioners Insist, as the Initiative
and referendum law makes It obliga
tory that the petltlona be given an
opportunity to vote upon these or
any other measures which they may
petition for.
HAN AWAY TWICE.
J. D. I.ewls nf Central Point and a
l,ariy Friend Have Narrow Kscaie.
Sunday night J. D. Lewis of Cen
tral Point ,wlth a lady friend, while
driving a single horse and bugjy
from Jacksonville to Medford, met
with quite a bad accident. The ani
mal became frightened and rnn
away, throwing both out and broke
one of the shafts. After they had
again got the animal they fixed uji
the rig as best they could and aa Mr.
Lewla got In the horse again started
to run, and upset the buggy, but it
soon righted Itself and horse and
buggy came down Seventh street In
this city at a lively pace. In crow
ing the railroad tracks the rig waa
further demolished so much so that
on reaching Central avenue horse
and buggy became separated and the
horse started for Central Point, but
failed to stop there, and yesterday
morning It waa found several miles
north ot that place.
Some time after tha horse passed
down the street Mr. Lewis and tie
lady came In on foot, each badly
shaken up and bruised, but neither
had received any serious Injuries.