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MEDFORD OREGON
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MEDFORD OREGON
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MEDFORD OREGON
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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
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Jan. 20. 1909
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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.
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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
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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.
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