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Oregon aa second elau mall matter,
A SURE WAY TO UMNO WAR.
A distinguished Jurist li quoted at
having aald at the dinner of the
American Arbitration league that
"we don't need tLe armjr and nary
to lnanre ut peace, (or we are sepa-
nted by JO00 miles from any Euro-
mean country, and tbat distance,
backed by our tremendous wealth,
would give us peace." He suggested
tbat the money spent on the army
ad navy should hare gone to ex
tlMutsh the national debt. In the
light of history, and of all we know
of human nature, such statements
would be characterised aa childish
If they were to come from an un
known source. As well say tbat
when a man gets to be a billionaire
he Is for that reason In no danger
from burglars, and should take no
precaution against them. Aa a mat
ter of fact, the richer a man Is the
reater bis danger, and a rlcn and
defenseless nation is the first of all
to attract the spoilers.
China has been following the
peace-at-any-prlce program for some
centuries, and she la very much far
ther from any European countries
than we are, but that has not sav
ed her from being humiliated and
robbed of her territory whenever
foreign powers hare been able to
find a pretext. There are Indications
tbat China's sense of self-respect and
regard for ber national Integrity are
rising, and she Is engaged now In
training a force which will probably
drlre out erery Invader unless they
hare tbe good sense to withdraw
voluntarily.
In Europe, recently, England and
Russia hare had to stand helpless
and see the treaty to which they were
parties, and by which Interests
deemed valuable to them were con
served, torn np and thrown In their
facea by Austria and Germany be
cause they were In no condition to
resist.
Suppose we follow this great Jur
ist's advice and dlamantle our navy
ad reduce our army to a handful.
No European country, unless It be
Bngland, approves of the Monroe
doctrine. They are all teeming with
aarplus population, for which they
want an outlet. They need colonies,
where they can keep their emigrants
as subjects and monopolise their
trade. If we were defenseless, a
European coalition could be formed
which, with tbe navies and trans
ports at its command, could take
possession of the western hemi
sphere. Including territory of the
TJolted States.
We all lore peace, and would sac
rifice not a little to maintain It; hut
to destroy our defenses would be the
rest way to bring disastrous war
rat and dishonorable peace after it
BANK GUARANTEE LAW.
The Oklahoma bank guaranty law
waa the subject for some discussion
t the meeting of the state grange
at McMinnville yesterday, and the
oneutlve committee waa authorised
to submit the hill to tbe initiative at
tie next election. Practical experi
ence has abown that the law has
worked satisfactorily in Oklahoma,
and has greatly Increased the bank
deposits of tbat state, and in one
Instance where a bank failed the de
positors were paid off la full Inside
of ten hours. But the term "state
aruarantee," aa applied to the Okla
homa law. Is misleading. The state
really docs not guarantee the de
posits, aa all failures are made good
by assessing the banks that take ad
vantage of the law. The question
In, would the law atand tbe best In
case of a panic, such as we hsd two
years ago, when the governor of
Oklahoma territory was compelled to
. declare a week'a holiday to prevent
run on the banks. Could banks
bout te become Insolvent under a
financial stress be assessed to cover
the deposits of several banks already
Insolvent? That la tbe question that
ta confronting tho people of Okla
homa today. Perhapa that la what
the federal comptroller of currency
had In view when he ordered all na
tional banks In Oklshoma to give up
their state guarantee cortiflcate or
deaatlonallie.
GETTING CLOSE TO PEOPLE.
(Cblcago Inter-Ocean.)
The president Is planning a long
summer and autumn Journey
through the west and northwest. He
expects to meet great popular as
semblages on the Pacific coast, and
to return through the soathwest and
south.
The opportunities afforded by
each a tour will be highly nseful to
Mr. Taft, especially It Improved, as
Mr. Taft seems likely to Improve
them.
So far, Mr. Taft's spirit In his
great office has been that It la not
ths president's place to do with the
people what he thinks best tor them,
but to give the people opportunity to
do through the. president what they
think best for themselves.
Ws hare had of late years a good
deal of ruling by the nation's chief
magistrate good deal of the as
sumption that the president's office
Is the source of power, or at least
of Initiative, and that It Is for the
people to do Just what the president
thinks best for them as long as he
Is president.
There Is need that the people learn
by personal contact with Mr. Taft
that they have now a president who
Is not under this delusion who
comes among them not to direct and
Instruct them, but to take counsel
with them as tho source of sover
eign power.
HIS PEN A "BUND TIGER.'
(Springfield (O.) Dispatch to Cin
cinnati Enquirer.)
A Springfield man, who enjoys a
glass of beer, entered a soft-drink
place and ordered a glass of near
beer. When it waa placed before
him he pulled out a fountain pen.
took the cap oft and began shaking
It over the glass. The clerk asked
the customer what he was doing,
and the latter answered that he had
the pen loaded with alcohol. He
doctored the drink so tbat it tasted
like the real article.
A new drink to take the place of
whisky baa made Its appearance. Of
ficers who sampled it declare that
they felt like calling out the fire
department
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to a resolution of
the city council of tbe city of
Medford, Or., I hereby desig
nate and appoint Tuesday,
May 26, 1909, as a general
cleanlng-up day In tbe city of
Medford. '
All citizens are urgently
requested to devote such
time and labor on tbat day
as may be necessary to thor
oughly clean and set In order
their yards and premises and
the streets in front and al
leys In the rear thereof.
The earnest co-operation of
all good citizens in this mat
ter will do more to Improve
the health and sightliness of
the city than the expenditure
of a large amount of money
by the city officials.
W. H. CANON. Mayor.
Dated May 10, liOt.
TO INVESTIGATE JAPS.
BAN FRANCISCO, May 15. At
taches of the state bureau of labor
statistics are making preparations to
day to begin gathering data regard
ing Japanese In California. The work
ill be started Monday and is ex
pected to occupy several months. It
was provided for by aa act of tbe last
legislature, which appropriated 110,-
000 for this purpose. Every em
ployer of Japanese In California will
be given blanks on which he will be
required to furnish s complete list
of those in his employ. He will also
be asked for information concerning
the wages with or without board, the
nature of work tbe Japanese are do
ing, the season in which they work.
and whether they are employed un
der contract The blank la In four
pages, the second snd third belag de
voted exclusively to conditions of
employment, relations between white
and Japanese employes, progress of
tbe Japaaese, and the employer's
opinion of the relative efficiency of
Japanese and whites.
VICTIM OF CONSPIRACY.
TACOMA, May 15. A vlctom of
conspiracy entered Into between
his wife and Cbarlea F. Newcomb, a
laundry wagon driver, Martin Kvnl-
shang, 31 years old, waa shot down
In cold blood at midnight last night
Just after alighting from a street car
on the outskirts of the city. That
tbe murder was the result of a care
fully arranged plot waa evident this
afternoon by a confession of both
Newcomb and Mrs. Vvalshang. In
the eonfcsslon Newcomb stated that
he waa stationed near where the
couple would pass a large rock, and
struck down the victim, and then
while the victim was struggling on
the ground, fired three shots Into
him. Mrs. Kranshang then picked
up a revolver and fired two more
shots Into her husband's body.
Newcomb blames the woman for
the murder, stating that the plot or
iginated In her brain.
EARTHQUAKE AT GLRNDIVE.
GLENDIVE, Mont., May IT. At
9:16 o'clock last erenlng Glendlre
felt a very perceptible seismic dis
turbance. A number of men gath
ered In the Masonic temple rushed
from the building, believing it was
about to fall.
In many houses dishes rsttled In
the pantrlea. The first shock lasted
probably two or three seconds, with
unusually rapid vibrations.
The ahock was felt at Forsyth and
nt Dickinson, N. D., where It is re.
ported to have been very severe.
Train dispatchers at Dickinson, N.
D were frightened from their posts.
The town of Glasgow, on the Great
Northern, was badly ahaken.
NELSON DEFEATS CORBRTT.
8CHENECTADY, May 17. Fight
ing Dick Nelson bested Young Cor
bett In a ten-round contest here to
night. He landed at will and chased
Corbett all around the ring.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
by rev: in unscott for the
INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER BIBLE STUDY CLUB
(Copyright, 1908, by Rev. T. B. Lin-
scott, D. D.)
May 313, ISUw
The Council at Jerusalem. Acts;
xv : 1-35. ,
Golden Text. We believe that
through the grace of the Lord Jesus
Chrlst we shall be saved, even as
verses i-o. Are gooa men ..
to hold wrong opinions?
When good men differ In opinions
what Is the better way in order to
reach an understanding?
When a professed Christina gets
angry with another Christian, on a
mere matter of opinion, baa be or not
backslidden from the love of God,
and what spirit dors he show?
Circumcision no doubt originated
from supposed purposes of health,
and physical cleanliness, snd after
wards became a national Institution
of the Jews. State when God first
made circumcision the sign, or tok
en, of the covenant between him and
Abraham and his seed, and to whom
tbe rite of circumcision and God's
convenant extended. (See Gen. 17)
Is circumcision now essential to
salvation?
Is the belief of any doctrine es
sential to salvation?
Verses 6-11. Is experience of God
and his dealings with us, conclusive
proof of the will of God In the mat
ters which the experience covers?
Is thorough discussion In church
courts, a perfectly right way to ar
rive at the will of God on any mat
ter? Were those who taught that cir
cumcision was essential to salvation,
as well as being narorw, necessarily
untrue men?
PAPKE CHAMPION
Kelly no Match for tho
Thunderbolt
lllinoi
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15. One
minute' and 30 seconds of the sched
uled 45-round contest waa aufficlent
to demonstrate that Hugo Kelly of
Chicago Is no match In speed or skill
with Billy Papke, tbe Illinois thun
derbolt. At the end of this brief
period, after a half-dozen short ral
lies, Pspke stood unmarked, while
Kelly lay unconscious In the center
of the ring with a deep cut over his
right eye and bla chances for the mid
dle-weight championship bare gone
glimmering.
Papke apparently toyed with his
opponent In several clinches he
smothered Kelly's attempts at in
fighting and pushed him away only
to land atlnglng rights and lefts that
found Kelly almost unprotected.
Kelly lost the battle when Papke
landed bis first clean right and left
to the Jaw. He went to the floor
for the count of nine and arose
Ithout sufficient vitality to resist
the finishing punches. Prior to this,
Papke had shot a terrific' left hook
to the temple, which laid an open
gash an Inch long Just above Kelly's
right eye. Papke'a wonderful speed
and strength was a feature of tbe
brief contest
The battle, wblch took place in the
open air, was witnessed by about
6000 people and was the fourth meet
ing of these rival mlddlewelgbta.
Papke waa a favorite In tbe bet
ting at 10 to (. Papke'a victory
practically carriea with it the middle
weight championship title. Inasmuch
aa Stanley Ketcbel has repeatedly
stated In public his inability to make
tbe middleweight limit.
PARASITES DESTROY TREES.
NEW YORK, May 15. A strange
disease baa broken out among the
trees of the East. Whole forests
have been devastated. More than
20,000 trees In Forest Park, Brook
lyn, alone have been destroyed since
the opening of spring by a peculiar
parasite. Of these 16,000 were
chestnut trees. The Brooklyn park
commission Is Issuing thousands of
gallons of a germicide in the hope
of preventing the spread of the dls
east. The attention of the agricul
tural department of Washington was
called to this parasite last year when
it gained only a slight foothold. The
department assigned a number of ex
perts to look Into the matter. Many
thousands of dollars were spent by
the department In cautioning forest
ers, farmers and others throughout
the East, the Middle West, the South
and in advising remedies to be em
ployed. So far. New York, New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania bave been the
principal sufferers, but reports from
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and the trans-
Misslsslppl and the Southwestern
States Indicate that tbe plague la In
Its Inclplency there and that heroic
measures must be employed to save
the trees from this pest.
NEWSPAPER MEN ARRESTED.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17. On
warranta charging criminal libel,
sworn to by P. H. McCarthy, presi
dent of the Building Trades Council,
Charles Horntck, general manager
of the San Francisco Call, and E.
Simpson, managing editor, were
placed under arrest today and later
released on $50 ball. A similar war
rant was issued for John D. Spreck
les, owner of the paper, but was not
served np to a lata how toitght. was decided today In Mrs. Peck's fa
McCarthy's complaint takes sleep-' vor. It appears from the record of
tlon to an article published In the the case that Mrs. Peck la temper
Call May 14, la which It waa charg-lance advocate.
What la the difference between
, the "yoke" of the law and tbe "yoke
of Jesus? (v. 10)
verse 12. Recall some of the
wonders done through Paul and Bai n
aDas. among the Gentiles, and say
woat bearing they bad upon the dls-
pute concerning circumcision?
Verses 13-21. Who was James,
next ,adre,Md the COuncll?
James, tbe brother of Jesus, was
the president of this connctl; It Is
probable that his address was of
the nature of the Judgment of tbe
council on this question?
Verses 22-29. There seems to
have been no formal motion passed
by the council, but they appear to
bave reached an unanimous decision
as outlined In tbe address of tbe pres
ident; say whether we are bound to
take this decision as the voice of
God.
In what partlculara is the great
wisdom of the council shown In the
settling of this dispute?
Were each of the commandments
given In verse 29 Intended to be of
lasting obligation, or were some of
them only temporary?
From whom are Christians to get
guidance on all matters In thla day?
Verses 30-35 There never will be
a time when disputes may not occur,
in the church and between Individ
uals; "pw should they always be set
tled? Did this trouble In the church belp
It or hurt It, and does God always
overrule trouble, whoever may be the
cause of It, for the good of his chil
dren? Lesson for Sunday, May 30, 1909:
Believing and Doing. James 11-1 4-2 6
ed he, with certain other leaders of
the Union Labor party, had held a
conference with representatives of
the Southern Pacific company, at
which he agreed to deliver the Un
ion Labor vote to the so-called Re
publican machine, Bald to be dom
inated by the said Southern Pacific
company.
VNCLR JOK "SHOWS" OHI-EH
WASHINGTON, May 14. Speak
er Cannon la not a bit afraid of Dr.
Osier and his old-age theory. He
told Osier so today during his ad
dress before tbe national association
for atudy and prevention of tubercu
losis.
"Dr. Osier, I bave reached the age
of 61 and I ahake my fist In your
face," he said.
Osier laughed heartily at this defl.
The speaker hearkened back to the
days of his childhood, when bath-
tuba were almost unheard of and
snow would drift In and cover those
lying in bed. He aald they bad plenty
of fresh air then. Cannon la In fa
vor of more playgrounds for chil
dren, but urged that the legislator
be dealt with gently, If he did not do
everything wanted of him
Osier In his address said that tu
berculosis was no longer a problem
of doctors, and that It would probab
ly take but two or three generations
to reduce Its ravages to the present
rate of typhoid.
GRAYS HARBOR VICTIM.
HOQUIAM. Wash., May 15. An
otber victim was added to the long
list already claimed by the waters of
Grays Harbor and tributaries when
Clarence Needham, 23 years of age,
slipped from a raft of logs about 6
o'clock thla morning near the Eighth
street draw and waa drowned In the
Hoqulam rtrer, only appearing on
tbe surface once after the first
plunge, at whlcb time he made an
Ineffectual effort to grasp the raft.
His body was recovered about
o'clock. Relatives In Seattle hare
been notified.
IT WAS NO JOKE.
RENO, Ner., May 17. While Jas.
Robinson, pitcher on the Reno base
ball team, lay unconscious from the
effects of being hit below the heart
by a pitched ball and doctors labor
ed over him to restore consciousness,
a brass band employed by the Vir
ginia City team played "Nearer, My
God, to Thee."
The fans considered It a great
Joke, but Robinson did not revive
and waa carried from the field. He
waa taken to a hospital and may die.
CAPTAIN HAINS SENTENCED.
FLUSHING, May 17. Unless
some unlooked-for legal obstacle Is
Interposed, Captain Peter Hains, Jr.
U. S. A., convicted of manslaugbter
In the first degree for killing Wil
liam E. Annla laat August will be
taken to Sing Sing tomorrow to be
gin the sentence Imposed today by
Justice Garretson. Sentence Is In
determinate, under which the mini
mum period of Imprisonment would
be eight years and the maximum 16.
WHISKY AD CAUSES LIBEL.
WASHINGTON, May 17. The
case of Elizabeth Perck vs. the Chi
cago Tribune for libel because of
publication of Mrs. Peck's photo
graph aa a part of an advertisement
Indorsing a certain brand of whlskv.
HUNT IN STATE
DRAIN, Or., May 17. Again the
desperado who baa led Sheriff
Brown's posse a three days' chase
baa eluded his pursuers, who last
Bight thought they bad blm sur
rounded In a thicket a mile north of
here. When they closed In this
morning at was only to find their
quarry bad flown.
Ever Blnce his Initial flight after
shooting at Mrs. William Renshaw
of Eugene, killing her horse and try
ing to hold up another woman, the
highwayman haa shown the utmost
cunning In eluding his pursuers.
Twice It has been considered certain
be was cornered. Each time he got
away with the greatest apparent
ease.
Sheriff Brown of Eugene, his dep
uty, M. Parrott, and their assistants
have been bot upon bis trail from
the start, tracking him along roads
and across fields, through Cottage
Grove to Drain, and on again, a dis
tance of over 46 miles.
People of the farming district
through which the desperado has
passed are In a state of terror, know
ing he Is armed and has manifested
a most murderous disposition.
Yesterday morning he atopped at
the bouse of M. C. Henderer, five
miles north of Drain, and was given
something to eat. He kaew he was
being bunted, apparently, and was
very restless, being constantly on the
lookout for his pursuers. He talked
but little. Late In the afternoon he
reached the home of Jonas Davis,
two miles north of here, and made
Inquiry as to the best chance to get
south of Drain without going
through the town.
By this time Sheriff Brown ap
peared on the scene, and with a small
posse guarded every avenue of es
cape from the thicket where tlie
highwayman lay until this morning,
only to rind bim gone.
ROSEBURG, Or., May 18. The
desperado who last Thursday at
tempted to hold up Mrs. W. M. Ren
shaw at Eugene and killed her
horse, has again slipped through the
fingers of the pursuing officers, after
having had three rifle shots fired at
him at Oakland.
A man supposed to be the high
wayman leaped from the tender of
the Southern Pacific train at Oak
land, 17 miles north of here, at
o'clock this morning, when three of
ficers were within 60 feet of him.
They all tired on him as be ran for
shelter behind a warehouse, but es
capel Into the brush. Whether he
was hit no one knows.
The man Is supposed to be hiding
between this city and Oakland, and
is being hunted diligently by Sher
iffs Brown of Eugene and Fenton of
koseburg, and their deputies. Al
though he has repeatedly evaded cap
ture, the officers are confident that
they have closed every meana of es
cape this time. Tbey expect soon to
close In on their man and look for
ward to a fight, for he la known to
be well armed.
OLD SORES NOT, SCRATCHED
WASHINGTON, May 17. A rul
Ing by Speaker Cannon today pre
vented perhaps a reopening of old
wounds of the civil war, when Holld
ingsworth of Ohio sought to Justify
a matter ot privilege bis recent
resolution objecting to the placing of
tne portrait of Jefferson Davis on
silver service to be presented to the
battleship Mississippi because of the
editorials In certain Southern news
papers hurling all sorts of epithets
at him. The editorials were read
The speaker declared that as the ed
itorials did not attack Holdings-
worth in his representative rapacity
he could not continue. The result of
Hollingsworth's attempt was to get
Into the Congressional Record a
number of unimportant remarks
about himself with nothing to offset
them. As the editorials were read,
the house was convulsed with laugh
ter. Although Its consideration was
completed, the Philippine tariff bill
was not finally acted on because of
the absence of a quorum.
BIO REWARD FOR HOLD-UP MEN
SPOKANE, May 17. Responding
to an offer of rewards aggregating
166,000 offered by the federal au
thorities and railroad company for
the capture of bandits who held up
the Great Northern train near Spo
kane, detectlvea are gathering here
from many places. Several arrived
from Denver, and a local detective
agency haa Increased Its force 25
men. 8pokane police believe that
the men came to Spokane and a close
watch Is being kept on saloons and
lodging houses, while a number of
detectives are working on the the
ory that the desperadoes are still In,
the mountains near Colbert. The
railway police do not believe that
Charles McDonald waa Implicated In
tbe affair.
UNDER SUSPICION.
8POKANE, May 17. "Jack" Mc
Kay, a notorious character from Ari
zona, la stated to have been seen at
depot In Newport. Wash., a few
hours before the Great Northern
train was held up at Colbert Satur
day night. With him was a man
stated to have strongly resembled
Charles McDonald, a desperado who
held up the train near this point
about two yeara ago. McKay Is re
ported to bave been seen In Spokane
thla morning. No further trace of
McDonald haa been found.
NEW RATES FOR WEST.
CHICAGO. May 17. The Record
Herald will say tomorrow that the
new freight rate schedule from all
tbe territory east of the Missouri
rover to all western cities not locat
ed on the Pacific coast, will go into
effect on the transcontinental lines
July 1. Tbe new rates will be based
on rates on which the Interstate
commerce commission ordered rail
roads to put In effect from St. Paul
and Chicago to Spokane, and will
average a reduction under present
rates ot about 15 per cent. The rail
roads decided te do this Instead of
fighting the order of the commission
In the courts.
FIRE AT RAWHIDE.
RAWHIDE, Nev., May 15. A fire
that started in the California beer
hall at midnight, which threatened
repetition ot the disaster of last Sep
tember, when the town wss reduced
to ashes, was controlled this morning
alter it had destroyed the beer hall
and several buildings adjoining.
Firemen who broke Into the bulM
Ing declare tbat tbey were almost
overcome by the pungent odor of
kerosene. It Is regarded as little
short of a miracle that the blaze was
confined, and now that it is known
that the fire was of Incendiary or
igin threats of lynching If the guilty
parties are found are being heard.
SUBSCRIBE FOR TBE MAIL.
WANTS RECEIVER APPOINTED.
NEW YOjRK, May 17. The fact
D-ecame Known today that John L.
Dudley of this city bad appealed to
a court for the appointment of a re
ceiver ot the United States Express
company when an argument on ap
plication was made In court. Offi
cials of the express company, ac
cording to the petitioner, have
squandered the assets of the com
pany, paid dividends that Imperiled
capital, voted themselves extrava
gant salaries and speculated wltb
funds of tbe company. No meeting
of tbe stockholders for the election
ot officers has been held for 46
years. It Is alleged.
, Mountain View lots are real view
lots. 303-2td-ltw
REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLE
In the Circuit court of tbe State
oZ Oregon, In and for county of
Jackson.
In tbe matter of the application
ot B. N. Butler to register title to
the following described land, in
Jackson county, Oregon, to wit:
Lota numbered two (2) and three
(3) in block number three (3) nf
tbe Park Addition to the City of
Medford, aa the aame are numbered.
designated and described on the of
ficial plat thereof now of record, vs.
E. F. Meade, Mrs. M. F. Babcock, C.
P. Babcock, Oliver Hanson, Mrs. Ol
iver Hanson, W. J. Roberts, Joseph
Chapman and all whom it may con
cern, defendants.
Take Notice.
That on the 19th day of May, A.
D. 1909, an application waa filed by
said B. N. Butler In the Circuit Court
ot Jackson county, for Initial regis
tration ot the title ot the land above
described.
Now, unless you appear on or be
fore the 24th day of June, A. D.
1909, and show cause why such ap
plication shall not be granted, tbe
same will be taken as confessed, and
a decree will be entered according to
the application and you will be for
ever barred from disputing tbe
same.
Witness my hand and seol of the
court hereto affixed this, the 19th
day of May, 1909.
Date of first publication of this
notice Is the 19th day of May, 1909.
W. R. COLEMAN,
County Clerk of Jackson County, Or
egon, and ez-offlclo Clerk ot the
Circuit Court.
By M. B. Towne. Deputy.
O. C. BOGGS,
Attorney for Applicant.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
OF
FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the County Court for the State
of Oregon, for the County ot Jack
son.
In the matter of the estate of
George Alsdorf, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that Mary
J. Alsdorf, administratrix of the es
tate of George Alsdorf, deceased,
having filed with the County Court
for Jackson County, In the State of
Oregon, his final account of his ad
ministration ot the same, the hear
ing of the same has been fixed by
tbe said court for Friday, the 25th
day of June, 1909, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon at the courtroom of
said court In the Courthouse at Jack
sonville, In the county aforesaid, and
all persons interested in ths said es
tate are notified to appear and show
cause why the said account should
not be settled and allowed.
Dated March 18, 1909.
MARY J. ALSDORF,
Administratrix of the estate of
George Alsdorf, deceased.
O. C. BOGGS,
Attorney for Estate.
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NOTED NOVELIST DEAD.
LONDON, May 18. George Mere
dith, the English novelist, died thla
(Tuesday) morning at 3:30.
The Immediate cause ot bis death
waa heart failure, following grave
symptoms that developed early in
the evening. Meredith'a Illness be
gan May 14 and be bad steadily de
clined since that time.
GREAT FALLS SHAKEN.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 15.
Distinct earthquake shocks were felt
here this evening at 9:15. Shocks
were also felt at other points In
Northern Montana. No serious dam
age was done. Considerable alarm
I was aroused.
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WOOD WANTED.
Notice la hereby given that School
District No. 49, Medford, Oregon,
will purchase 200 cords of four-foot
fir and oak wood. Bids to be filed
with the clerk by June 4, 1909.
Wood to be delivered and placed in
the woodsheds ot the several schools.
Board reserves ths right to reject
any and all bids.
ORIS CRAWFORD,
303-ltd-2tw Clerk.
We hare three, and three only,
ten-acre tracts of 2-year-old orchard
one mile from Medford postofflee,
set out to Cornice, D'AnJous and
Newtown pippins, strong, heslthy
trees; the finest bottom land in tbe
ralley; Bear creek flows along one
edge of tract and the Ashland road
passes the other end. You can bny
these, either one or all, at 1350 per
sere, on very liberal terms. Benson
Investment Co. S01-2td-ltw
CLtaamo ads.
LOST Ladies watcb. M. M. Mono
gram. Suitable reward If return
ed to Mall office. Si-it
FOR SALE Eight head of good
milch cows; also No. 4 Bharpless
epsrator. M. W. Wheeler, Phoe-,
nix. Telephoae Farmers' line No.
3899. 217-4t
WANTED All tbe chickens and eggs
we can buy; will pay top notch
cash price. 134 S. Ivy St., near
Park. Phone 615. Rogue River
Fish A Poultry Co., Medford
FOR SALE 220 acres in the mead
ows, 25 acrea first class bottom
land in cultivation with good ir
rigation ditch rights; house, barn
and other buildings, plenty of or
chaird and berry traits, abund
ance ot outside range, school
house 14 mile, and free mall three
times a week. Call or address F.
X. Musty, Tolo, Oregon
FOR SALE Seventy-rlve head of
goats. Address Beagls post office,
James Briscoe. 17-ttp
05013
Notice of School Indemnity Selection
United States Land Office
Roseburg, Ore., May 14, 190
NOTICE la hereby given that the
State of Oregon on May 14, 1909,
applied for S E 14, S E 14 of Sec.
28, township 33 8, R 4 W of W. M.,
and filed In this office a list of school
indemnity selections In which It se
lected said land; and that said list Is
open to the public for Inspection.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely tbe above described land or
any legal sub-division thereof, or
claiming the same under the mining
laws, or desiring to show said land
to be more raluable for mineral than
for agricultural purposes, or to ob
ject to said selection for any lawful
reason, should file their clalma ot
their affidavits of protest or contest
In this office.
I hereby designate the Medroid
Mall, published at Medford. Oregon,
as the newspaper In which tbe above
notice Is to he published.
BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register.