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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1909)
E. E. 8EELY PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON Modem Equipment, X Kay Labratory Office la Jackson County Bank Building: MEDFORD OREGON I. D. PHIPPS, D. D. S. ' DENTIST Offle. la Adkln Block adjoln Ing Haikln'a Drug Store. MEDFORD OREGON Wm. ColTlg C. L. Reamea COLVIO Ss REAMES LAWYERS Office in Medford National ' Bank Building ground floor. MEDFORD OREGON O. W. STEPHENSON PHYSICIAN, SURGEON . AND OPTICIAN Offle: Room (. Adkina Block.. Call promptly attended day or night. Phone 683. 500 LOTS OR MORE. Flour,. .. mO per 100 lbe Rolled Barley. f 1.65 per " lbe Middlings f 1.70 per lbe Mill Feed..... II. 60 per " lbe Bran 1.60 per " lb LESS THAN 500 LOTS. Flow $2.70 per 100 lb Rolled Barley.. 11.80 per " lb Middling 11.85 per " lb. IfiU Feed 11.75 per " lb Bran $1.65 per " lb) MEDFORD FLOUR MILLS. Third Is Going to ba a LAND OPENING AT Roseburg, Ore., Jan. 20. 1909 For lists, blue print map with vacant land marked thereon and 11 II .f.,H,MA. Mnnllii, flllnva etc., tend $2.00 to Rraeri Abstract Co YOU CAN'T SAVE On your railroad fare. The law ot the common carrier compels equal rate .a all Railroad Uses. YOU CAN SAVE in Time, Traveling Ex. pens, sad Fstlgwe by Insisting n the shortest mate, fastest trains aad best Berrlce, Simply see that year ticket read fla O. R. & fi. OREGON SHORT LINE -and- UNION PACIFIC Every facility for the afety, comfort aad ac comodation of the pas senger I provided. No chang of car I neces sary to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago. Direct connections are made for all other point east and south. Inquire for particulars. A. B. ROBENBACM, Ageat, Medford. WM. McMTRRAT. General Passenger Agsat, PORTLAND, OR. MAIL WANT AM BRING RESULTS MILL PRICES. IS With all the beautiful and Im pressive ceremonies ot the rltu.il the new Catholle church was dedi cated yesterday morning at 10 o' clock,. Archbishop Christie, ot Port land, officiating, assisted by Mon slgnor Ruard, and Fathers Maeder and Van Clarenbeek. Mass was said by Monstngnor Ruard. The church, which represents the hard and unremitting efforts of Father Van and his congregation for the past year, is a handsome and commodious structure, built and fur nished In mission style, finished in concrete on the outside, so that it atrongly resembles some of the old mission churches of California. Archbishop Christie delivered a most Interesting and powerful ser mon from the text: "And upon this rock I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it Matt. 18:18. The conclusion of the Archbishop's discourse was an ex hortation to bis bearers to "seek the faith, and having found It, lay bold of It .cling to It, practise It in all things, and when the great day of Judgment 'comes you shall be con ducted out of the dark paths into the presence of Christ, the son of God, and Into the brightness ot the life everlasting." Prefacing his sermon he spoke of the good work of Father Van Claren beek, and told of the Father's word of praise for the people of this com munity, but tbe speaker could not entirely coincide In tbe Father's opinion until certain matters had been remedied, one was tbe lifting of the debt from the church and the parish houae and doing away with the apparent necessity of the priest renting the house and living In In adequate quarters, even though it was done with tbe idea of helping the church. Also be referred to the es tablishment of a hospital here, and he emphatically stated that there would be no consideration of that project until Medford made good the promises of aid given for the Sister's school, when the choice of locating the school either here or at Ashland waa to be made. Certtaln pledges of aid bad been made at that time and they bad not been fulfilled. The Church had fulfilled It obligations and expected the people to fulfill thelr's. The building of the school was a great thing for Medrord and before other projects were under taken, the people must ahow their ap preciation. In the evening many of the citi zens of Medford, both Catholic and non-Catholic, called at the parish bouse to pay their respects to the Archbishop. An attractive program had been arranged by the ladles hav ing the function In charge, and an enjoyable time was spent by all. Archbishop Christie will leave this morning for Portland, carrying with him a good opinion ot the peoplo of Medford and the best wishes of all who had the pleasure of meeting him. y FINCH FOUND GUILTY. Murder In First Itoriw Verdict of the Jury. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 30. James A. Finch, slayer of Ralph B. Fisher, late prosecutor for the State Bar as sociation, was convicted of murder in the first degree at 3:26 o'clock this afternoon after 28 minutes' delibera tion by the Jury, only one ballot be ing taken. Finch was visibly affect ed when the verdict waa read, but soon recovered his equanimity. Judge Bronatigh announced he would pass sentence Saturday morn ing at 9 o'clock, and after the cus tomary motions had been made by the defense. Finch was led to the steel cage In the county Jail reserved for prisoners convicted of murder In the first degree. Finch from his cell declared later In the day that he pro posed to fight hla conviction clear to tbe United State Supreme court and though they may finally hang him, they will not be able to do so for two years to come. When court opened today, Deputy Dlatrlct Attorney J. J. Fltsgerald be gan tbe closing argument for the prosecution. His address waa a lit tle over an hour In length. He sum marised the caso from the standpoint nf tbe state and then turned upon the lawyers for the defense, who yes terday bitterly arraigned the attor neys for the state and denounced Flnch'a counsel In vitriolic language. Jndge Bronaugh delivered bta charge upon the convening of court at 1 o'clock. He required little less than an hour for Ita delivery, handing the case over to the Jury at 2:68 o'clock The crime for which Finch stands convicted was aa wanton and atro cious as has ever been committed here. Finch, recently disbarred by the stato supreme court for a period of a year, on complaint ot the Bar association, held the Idea that Prose cutor Fisher waa Inspired by vindict ive motives. Finch went to the prose cutor' office on November 28 and I without warning shot Fisher, attack ing him without warning from the rear. Will Make Report on Wnt- r Peter Applegate has been engaged by the water committee ot city coun cil to prpare and submit report to that body on the most feasible plan for securing an adequate supply of water for the town, together with the cost of the plant. Mr. Applegate was here last Thursday conferring with the committee and he expecta to have his report ready In a few days. Central Point Herald. HI KAY FRl'IT TREES NOW. State Fruit Inspector Have Issued Spraying Orders. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 31. Spray your fruit treea with lime and sul phur at this time, or take chancea on the fruit Inspector coming along and cutting them down. This Is the edict being put forth by the varloua fruit inspectors of the state in order that owners of trees may help exter minate the San Jose scale. "Now la the tltme to worry the San Jose scale," said Secretary Wil liamson, of the state board of horti culture, "aa the trees are bare of foliage and tbe wash can reach the pesta through the bark. Tbe San Jose scale works on fruit trees on the same principle that the moaquito works on the human being. He In serts his proboscis Into the sap and drawa the atrength of the treea that should go to nourish the fruit. Once the scale Is In position there he stays, and in the meantime he prop agatea rapidly, the progeny seeking other favorable placea to atlck their speara in. "The San Jose scale finally kills the treea, but not before the pests have multiplied and attacked orch ards whose owner are trying to take care of them and raise fruit fit for the market. "Even the peelings of pest-ridden fruit are dangeroua to have around, as the Insects will scatter from these Into otherwise healthy orchards." CHINA GROWING RESTLESS. Murh Dissatisfaction Evident Among the IlffurnH'rs. PEKIN, Jan. 2. It la the consen sus of opinion that the Manchua do not understand the full algnlficance of the trouble they precipitated which resulted In the dismissal ot the Iun Shal Kal, grand counselor and commander-in-chief of the forces. This act, however, la attributed main ly to the regent and la characterized aa dangeroua Inasmuch aa It give to the revolutionists and reformers an Issue on the cry "China for tbe Chinese." That the aituatton )s grave la becoming apparent. That a government upheaval would follow the success of the reformer haa been generally accepted, but even the Chinese did not expect this to occur before tbe expiration of the hundred daya of mourning. A meeting of the foreign dlplomata waa held to dis cuss the situation. The elimination of China's greatest stateaman la a matter of great concern to the for eign representatlvea her. They con sidered him one of the propa of Chlna'a credit and the creator of the only policy towards the powers China haa possessed. A general col lapse ot the organisation la predict ed and it la believed other changea In the personnel ot the government la Imminent. TRAIN HOMIER CONFESSES. Jack Hnyea Admits a Third Party Was in Holdup. PORTLAND, Dec. 31. With Jack Hayes sentenced to serve 12 years and William Burke four years in the state penitentiary for holding up the O. R. & N. train Thursday night. December 17, and robbing the ex press car, the sheriff and hla depu ties will now bend their energies to ward making a clean sweep and cap turing the third man, or leader of the gang. The leader Is said to be none other than Peter Stroff, alias Dutch Pete," alias "Dutchle," a noted yeggman, known to the auth oritlea of every large city on the Pa cific coast as a most desperate and dangerous character. Moreover, according to Hayes. who appended his signature to a stenographic statement made In the library at the county Jail after he waa aentenced yeaterday afternoon the leader of the holdup men car ried away with him three packages of gold coin containing approximate ly 13000, Instead ot $3, the amount given out by railway employes and others aa having been taken from Express Messenger Huff. FIKKD ON PROSECUTOR. Attempt Made on Life of Attorney by Night Hitlers. UNION CITY, Tenn., Jan. 2. An attempt to asslnate Attorney Gener al Caldwell tonight near his home here, was made today. The assail ant escaped. Caldwell was followed from the depot by a man who ahot at him twice. A newspaper correa pondent walking near the attorney general fired twice at the assailant missing blm. Military men and cltl sens are hunting for the man. Caldwell also fired at the assail ant, but none ot the bullet took ef fect. The attorney general'a friends have been expecting an attempt on his life ever since the night-riders trial began. New York City pay a large funer al bill. It costs the city 133.60 to bury each ot the unclaimed bodies that pas through the morgue, and there are about J, 500 of them in the course ot a year. E VALLEY FRUIT! The regular monthly meeting of tbe Rogue River Horticultural soci ety waa held at the Commercial cluo rooms yesterday afternoon. The at tendance waa a large one and the subject for discussion "The Best Kinds of Fruit to Plant" waa listened to with great Interest. - J. A. Perry opened the discussion He mentioned aa the beat varieties ot pears to be grown In thla valley as being the Bartlett, Cornice, D'AnJou Winter Nellie and Howell. Each and each having their good points. The Newtown easily leads among the apple according to Mr. Perry, for two reaaona: first because there is no necessity for culling for color and aecond on account ot the keeping qualities of tbe apple. The Spltzen- berg comes second, but. In spit, of the fact that we have at present strong competitors on thla apple in Hood River and Wenatchee, Mr. Per ry made the prophecy that within a few years we would be producing more fancy Spltzenbergs than any other locality In the world, aa soon as people learned just the right kind of soil In which to plant them. Jobn athana and Wlnesape were also rec ommended by Mr. Perry, and he would also like to see Arkansas Blacks and Dellsclous experimented upon, In order to give the valley a wider range in the variety of apples in demand. The marketing problem waa also one which confronted the growers and the aolutlon of that waa a uni form pack. There are two ways ot reaching thla end, one by having all fruit packed at a central packing house and the other to send special expert packers and Inspectors to each private packing house. The latter plan is followed In Hood River with success. Under this plan no man bandlea bia own fruit. Where an or- chardlst la an expert packer and grader, he la aent out to aome other orchard than his own, and some one equally expert takes charge of hla fruit. Thla results In a uniform high-grade pack and eliminates the very human predellctlon the beat ot packera are bound to have to favor more than Is wise In their own fruit, Ed. Andrews, who ha juat return ed from a tour of the eaat exhibit ing Rogue River valley producta In varloua cities, Illustrated his state ment that we had not glutted the market yet In fruit, by a story ot a meeting of the Chicago Fat Stock show. At that gathering It waa de sired to show some boxes of apples from this valley and the committee scoured the city ot Chicago In an en deavor to fill the order but were un- successful, and this valley would not have been represented at all It in the nick ot time several boxes shipped by Mr. Perry had not arrived. G. A. Hover talked on the matter of planting peaches between tbe ap ple and pear treea. The peaches will come Into bearing In four yeara and can safely be left until ten years old without crowding other fruit, thus giving the orchard 1st an Income from his land right aalong Iter the fourth year. At the next meeting of the society which will be held the latter part of this month, either the 23rd or 30th, Prof. O'Gara will speak on "Frost Protection." An effort will also be made to secure the presence of Prof. Lewis and other membera of the faculty of the state agricultural col lege. KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. Chester B. Allen Instantly Killed by Contact With Electric Light Wire. Chester B. Allen, a young man, 23 years of age, was killed Tuesday af ternoon by coming in contact with a live electric light wire between Talent and Phoenix. 11en w a new man on the works, ind war. cm ployed by E. A. Dunlop, who la put ting In a distributing system for Talent and Phoenix. The young man was standing In a pool of water, through which a live wire passed. Allen was throwing a wire over a pole and It came In con tact with a live wire. The full volt age passed through his body. Dr. Conroy ot Medford waa sum moned, but the young man waa deid before he arrived. FORM COMPANY. California Capitalist Incorporated to Handle "401" Tract. About the middle of November, laat past, a party of California capi talists purchased Dr. Picket' splen did orchard tract, east of Medford, paying $110,000 for the aame. The gentlemen who purchased the tract have now organised themselves Into a company to be known as the "401 m ttorrtsl let-waft sew topp'r.ti-Mhl- m m loptod and pnl up. Von tan no naa of m S poorly irpt orromnsnt to.-ka. Wptato thrpalna: Tt4fHih.tmt(l. )!!- of tit brpt roolppnl ami mortal port an-.! prow- X ra In Amork-s. It la to op.f ari.aiitatf, to M B patl.fy joa. Wo will. For aalo rr-rp. M m Mra. ow imSooa AOMaJ ftp. M SW- Ti!uu?aplJi?g Orchard ft Land Company," and yesterday artlctea of Incorporation were filed with the county clerk ot thla county. The Incorporators are Byron Oilman, D. A. Bender, J. B. Cannon, C. W. Perklna, F. E. Kes lar, M. L. Hadley and I. F. Fassett. The principal place of bualneaa Is San Francisco, and tbe capital stock $250,000. There were originally 401 acres of land In thla tract and It waa thla acreage which gave the place Ita name. However, the name la a mis nomer, a It applies to the entire tract of land, because that Dr. Plckel added 160 acre to tbe origin al tract before he aold It, and alnce the purcbaae was made by the pre sent owners, they have added atlll another 160 acre tract, and are now having this set to fruit. The entire acreage controlled by the company 1 721. BOND DIFFICULTY SETTLED. City Will Not Pay the $S31 Accrued Interest. I The long-drawn-out controversy , between the city ot Medford and thej John Nuveen ft Co., of Chicago, haa Just about reached a point of settle ment, and upon lines which will not permit of further argument. The John Nuveen company here, through their representative in this city, Mr. W. I. Vawter, aald to the city ot Medford, through their representa tlve, Mr. A. E. Reamea, that they would not longer Insist upon the payment by the city ot $831 accrued interest on bonds, which little 1831 has been a contentious bone for sev eral months but It's forgotten now, and the city of Medford will ship city bonds to Chicago and John Nuveen & Co. will ship the coin of the realm to Medford. COST OF TAFT IXAUGURAf,. More Money Will Be Spent than on Any Previous Occasion. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. If mo ney haa anything to do with making an inauguration a auccess, that of President William H. Taft, on March 4 next, will be the greatest this coun try haa ever seen. Already Chairman Alles, ot the finance committee, baa in hla pos sesslon a guarantee fund ot $75,000, which Is $12,000 larger than the total amount received four yeara ago, and It la expected that before he contribution ceases the fund will be considerably larger than at pre sent. The chief source of revenue for the return of this guarantee fund Is the inaugural ball, which brought In $46,000 four years ago, while the Income from the reviewing stands waa about $20,000. It la expected that there will be at least 200,000 visitors to Washington at Inaugura tion time, between 75,000 and 100,- 000 of whom will be cared for out side of hotels. BRIDGE A BIRD ROOST. Engineer Declares Qneensboro Struc ture Safe After Omen. (New York World.) Rudyard Kipling, In hla story. "The Bridge Builders," wrote that whenever birds In large numbers alight on a bridge either In course of construction or completed, It Is a sure sign that It Is safe. Whether that be true or merely a saying of the far east, It is a fact that the new Qneensboro bridge, over the East river and Blackwell's Island, has be come a favorite rendezvous of all sorts of birds lpgeons, sparrowa and even wild ducks. They come with the dusk by thousands, and are there until the workman turn to in the morning. Edward E. Sinclair, engineer ot the bridge's construction corps, has never known a bridge that birds have trusted to fall In his 20 year' expe rience. He wrote a letter to the bridge celebration committee Wed nesday, In which he directed the at tention of the members to the way birds were patronizing the structure. 'It Is an Indication," said Mr. Sinclair, "that the structure Is per fectly strong and will stand all tests. I was employed In bridge building In Iowa several years ago, and before the bridge wa scompleted the birds strangely made tbelr home on It. This bridge was also criticised, but It is standing today and haa done twice the work ever contemplated. 'Another bridge whose stability was questioned and to which tbe birds flocked was built across the Missouri river by the Atchison, To- peka ft Santa Fe railroad, and this bridge Is doing great work today. Many of my associates in bridge building have noticed this same true Instinct of birds, and ornithologists say that birds in large flocks will not settle on a weak structure." HOLDING ITS OWN. On beginning its fourth year the Vale Oriano says: We are not trying to mow hay with a pocket knife. We are making no big blasts and doing no great deeds. We have a common country paper and expect to give you thla year as In the past common country news and a little extra salve of our own making now and then The Oriano I a range animal. It Isn't registered stock, bat tor com mon blood It hopes to hold It own with any other stock ot a Ilk na ture. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MAIL. Correct Glasses Correctly Fitted Notice the difference In the way the ray of light pass through tbe OLD style lens and the new TORIC glass. When looking through tbe TORIC lens you get tbe same vision clear out to the edge ot the glaaa, la all directions, that you do ONLY through the center ot the old-atyl. of lense, thus giving you mora freedom of vision without the strain upon the Rectus muscles, which constaatly occur when wearing tbe old-style glasses. With th. old-style before the eye you see like this. get tbe same results at all angle without turning your head that you do directly through tbe cen ter of the old atyle. Dr. Goble make a specialty of the above lenses; also fits th I-SIGHT bl-focal. ground from ONE piece of glass. Optical Parlor In Perry'a Warehouse, Seventh Street, Medford. Our Pure Drugs For Rubber Cioods; for Choicest Perfumes; & for Toilet Articles Go to The Eagle Phaumaey Prescriptions Carefully Compounded FARMERS We can supply you with CKoice Seed Wheat, Barley, Oats, of all kinds. At reasonable prices. riEDFORD FLOUR HILLS i FARM WORTH $30,000,000. $40,000 Invested in Harlem 30 Yeara Ago Now Immense Sum. (New York World.) The great fortune, possibly $50, 000,000, left by Mary Goodwin Pink ney, represents the increase and mul tiplication during a little more than halt a century ot $40,000 Invested In a Harlem farm. This woman millionaire was In no sense a producer of wealth. Her name Is not associated with any of the great manufactorlea or business enterprises on which our national Industrial greatness Is founded. No steel or cotton mills stand as monu ments to her, or mercantile houses such as H. B. Claflin and A. T. Stew art erected In a lifetime ot labor. Such memorlala as ah. leaves are dwellings and apartment houses. She simply sat still while an army of toilers poured tribute Into her lap, every new buainess firm Increas ing its bulk, every shipload of Immi grants adding their share. Pitta burg, Chicago, tbe east and west and south contributing until the sum to tal of her unearned wealth exceeded the fortunes acquired by men whose names are synonymous with the na tion's commercial development. It throws light on the altreed view of the magnitude of American for tunes to compare with the millions Why Take Alcohol? Are you thin, pale, easily tired, lack your usual vigor and strength? Then your digestion must be poor, your blood thin, your nerves weak. You need a tonic and alterative You need Ayer s Sarsaparilla, the only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. W e believe your doctor would endorse these statements, or we would not make them. Ask him uiiuiiiiu out. rouow nis aavice The endorsement of vour doctor will cavtsinh, Pub -a family Uaadve. UverpiUs. Ml With the new TORIC lens yon THE LIGHT FOR THE NEW YEAH that will shed Ita radiance In every nook and corner of your office, warehouae, factory or home Is the light that hasn't yet been equalled by any other up-to-date. That meana electricity, of course. Let us Install an electric plant in your home or wire your house for telephone. Weare ready to serve you promptly and satisfactorily In everything per taining to electricity. ARTHUR H. DAVIS left by this aged spinster, her name unknown to nine New Yorers In ten. with the $6,000,000 left by Peter Cooper, with Stephen Glrard's $. 000,000, or the $30,000,000 be queathed by the founder of the A? tor fortune. The estate ot Catherine Lorillard Wolfe approximated $12, 000,000, not one-fourth of the am ount popularly credited to Miss Plnkney. In the senst that her for tune waa the product of condition peculiar to large cities and most strikingly exemplified in New York. It Is one of the most remarkable for tunes of American history. Third Set of Teeth Appear. SUMPTER. Or.. Dec. 31 John Relnhardt, an aged pioneer of John Day, not long ago had removed ail the teeth that remained to him and supplied in their nlace a hranri-nov set of false ones. Noticing that his gums were paining him. ha disearH. ed the set, and not long afterward ne round that nature was providing him with another, as well formed as those given him In Infancy Tnitoe- he haa as good teeth a ever. The Russian army has 3334 offle- ers and men engaged In aernnamio. while we have only 13. That's about the right proportion; we'll keep ahead on that. MAIL WANT AM BRING RESULTS . C. A ytr Co. .Lowell. .aF.irTTT"""""""" 'vbk"- dorXS 3j