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VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OK., MONDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1007.
No.. 221.
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JACKSON FUNERAL INCREASE YEGGMEN RAH CORTELYOU
MAINS DELAYED IN POSTAL MURDERED INQUIRY AT REQUESTED
CHANCE FORTNIGHT mm. BJ ROSSE ASHLAND TO EXPLAIN
Pretty Girl Wanted
to Represent Jack
son County at
Fair at Portland
Wanted A (trfttv eirl to bo to Port
land to attend tne courentioa of the
Oregon State i)airr association nml rep
ressnc jacKson eounrv. 1 no Tnnune
and Southern Oregonian will furnish
transforation, the Aledforil Coiniuercia!
O lnb will pay expensive and Uie girl
herself should furnish Jiit I'ostume of
dairy maid. Judge G. V. Dun u,fyf pre
senting the county cuurt, will officially
confirm tho appointment, (liria. bore's
your chance.
The following cofhtminication is self
slcplanatory: 0 '
Hon. (Jeorge WAjlunu, County Judge
Jackson County, Jacksonrille, Or Mv
Dsar JudgBThe coiiroution of tho Oru
oa citato Dairy association at Port
land, liocembor 12 and 13,Oia causing!
tate-wido interest. A Tory uniuue foa-
inra hat been arranged, in which we
roust haro yoUr) instant co operatiou.
O O Thursday evening. l)ocmlier 12 a to
caption will bo tendered the delegates
oy tne 'ortlnnd Commercial club, un
dr whose auspices tho convontio is
belrtp attended by many Portland peo
ple. It is planned to have each county
.represented by one of its girls, dressod
as a dairy maid, in blue dross, Inrge
q white apron and cap. O
These young Indies must bo named
by Awspapers a) their representatives,
q i.'. 'and newspaper meji cao arrnnge through
iocAl agents for their rail transportation
as such representatives. Confer with
your newspapeiOaml niakeQis apjSiint
ment immediately. (Jet your candi
dates assurance, that she can flisko the
trip. 0
This is to be the greatest dairy meet
ing ' held on the cgnst. Of course
the young ladies would don theiodairy
costumes for tho convention, and each
should bo prepared to 'Jive her impres
sions (i5 the dairy convention to her
home paper upon oflr return. Proceed
ings (feflio scssio&'nro to be jirinfed in
-j elaborate form for circulation all ovor
q the Uuited States as an advertisement
ff Oregon 'a dairy resources. We want
picture of tha d.tjjy maidfto use in
O tsi, proeeedings. q o
llopingto hear from you at ",
Q ffui, very trSy yours, 0
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JSBrVT DEMAND FOj O I
COLLEGE 0BADUATE8
UN1VKSS1TT OF OREGON. Enaene
Dec. 9,-Ths tlnivorsity oj, Oregon ia
jperiencing tho largest demand in Mb
history for graduates, both men
and I
women, to take pnncipalships nnd fnjsi .
hods ns teachers in the high schools'
of th atato. Of the S3 nwmliera of
fast year 'a class, 80 are teacTrinir in
the high schools ami colleges of Oregon
xi the northwest, and the demand was
niucn larger than the supply. At the
resent tiras ther are a number of po J
sitions vacant because there is no one,
available who is adciiuatclr nrenared
to take them. The university would be
able next year to place as teachers some
40 or 50 men nud women, if its gradual
ing clnss furnished that number. The
class of JflOH now sunihers about 60
Member.
Not Crazy, But
Crazed 0
Shorn. Samett aiuouncet the first .ariii sals of hawr aw
ffYen la Medford. v
Ws hart lots of aie.ey dtit as, but on accsua f ths stringsncy nf
the money market, w aa't collect, and having bought vsry hcavv, w
must move our stock, for wt must' fiavs money. '
Beginning today yea will get 10 per cent off on .,ry thin'vnii huv
except nails in bulk.
Such action in a hardware store was nr heard of hrr l...t .
P drowning man will catch at a stiawV)
h"" nr wi" 1,0 rh""''"l 011
ecu' off on very)artirle. This, of coarse, it rash, for ths ersdit busi
ness has hurt us tii such aa extent that w are about "busted" 41
j ir iiiiiug mi. 10 gsjrcaiT
W hav the largest line of St
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rcg'S(.v,"i t(g)nriret are far btl!
Body of Aged King
Oscar of Sweden
Who Died Sunday
Is Embalmed
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 9. The body of
King Oscar of Sweden, who died cnrij
Sunday inoruing. has been embalmed.
The necessary urraugemeuts for thj
fuueral noctsitnto delaying the cere
mony a fortnight. Quogu. Victoria.otho
wife of King UustiTO, arrived today.
King Oscar II was born January 21
1SSMI, and succoeded hi brother, Chariot
XV, September 18, 1878.
At the age of 11 tie entered tho Swed
ish nary, ia which he distinguished
himself for aptness and diligence.
Suddenly, in 1802, tiustavus, Oscar
1 s second oo, died. Young Oscar im
mediately began to be looked upon as a
DOABibilitr for the throne. He wna Rent
to Qormany wttji a view to marriage,
bringing back with him iu .Tun? Sophia,
daughter of the princs of Nassau. The
happiness in which slaiul her Jiuslinnd
always lived shows the wisdom of the
choice.
When Charles XV iuhoritod tin crown
Oscar bocauie crown prince. In 1872
Charles died without (tula issue, and
tho crown pnncewan oalled to tho sov
ereignty.
On his accession to the throuo Oscar
was already 43 years old. Ho became
very popular, especially in Sweden, and
was widely praised throughout Kurone
as an accoifejMishcd gentleman, a culti
vated student and an able orator.
GOOD RECOED3 MADE Q
BY FOOTBALL PLAYERS
t'yiVERSITTP OREGON. Eueene.
Dec. . University of Oregon football
men during The season iust "past have
mad good records in (he classroom as
wou as ou tho football add. The rec
ords of the rpjrrstrnr's office show that
of tho 20 men composing tho regular
squad only half a dozen have received
grades as low as D in any of their sub
jects. There nave, been no failures', and
their work as A whole compares favor
ably with that of last year, when in the
final examinations n February the foot
ball men ranked slightly better than
the nvernge for the whole- student body.
The records show also that for the two
months just past football men have cut
fewer classes than any other class of
students. Reports of absences of all
students are sent to the registrar's of
fice daily, nnd a careful record is kept.
The university works on the theory that
students aro there first to shulv. anil
this moans regular attendance v. classes.
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FINE DISPLAY OF DAISY
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PRODUCTS AT MEETING
PORTLAND, Dec. 9. fresident E. T.
Juild of tho Oregon- Stnie Dairy asso
ciation becomes more enthusiastic ns
the convention approaches, and says
that 4he 12th of Deeoiuber will see
splendid lot of dairy products entered
for award. The committee in eharge of
arrangements is already in receipt of
several cheeses from Tillamook and the
next boat will bring a very complete
line for display. Delegates are being
numed by the various commercial bod
ies in overv mail.
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Now, people, don't ha deceived.
,n good", but absolutely 10 per
rss.
handled lil V )reithe
prices ssKvd at nthar places.
Growth of City Re
flected by P. 0.
Gain of Forty Seven
Percent for Month
Medford s postoffice continues to re
flect the rapid growth of the city in
spite of fiuuncial stringency. liecelfts
for November. 07, wero $1113.13 ns
against $1122.71 for November, 11I0B, an
increase of J2H0.42, or 47 per cent.
The totul for tho yenr ending Novem
ber 30 is $10,5.14.45, nil increase of 35
per cent, showing that Med ford has
permanently passed the $10,000 mark
and in thiB respect is entitled to free
jlelivery. However, free delivery will
not come until houses are numbered
and sidewalks extended so that a carrier
need not wonr wnders.
The receipts for the year are as fol
lows: December, ItHW, $022.27; quar
ter ending March 31, 1007, $243S.27:
quarter ending .Tune 30, 1007, $2302.27;
luarter euding September. 30, " 1007,
$2030; October, 1907, $1238.51 ; Novem
ber, $013.13; total, $10,534.45.
Tho rocoipts of tho money order de
partment show a phenomenal increase
fur November, duo-efir'irelv to the finan
cial stringency, which forced the rise
of postal orders instead of drafts and
checks for eastorn exchange.
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VLADIVOSTOK CAPTURED
BY THE OREGON APPLE
- PORTLAND. Dec. 9. The Orogon ap
lo lias captured tho orient, nnd Itus-
fua. mlLMoi'lou brothers of Vladivos
tok, after .((filing a display in one of
tho princtiial show windows of the eitv.
removed the display and after it waP
crowned and surronnded with merienn
and Russian flags it was photographed,
and is to be n'qiroduced in color for
international advortising. Thus the glo
ry of tho Oregon apple goes around the
world. The displav was unusual be
cause most of the boxes were shown
ready for ocean shipment, eaeh encasi'd
in burlap. Varieties of apples included
the Winter Banana,' Ortley, Hyde's
King and Arkansas Black.
SHORTEN PETTIBO&E TRIAL
BY ADMITTING TESTIMONY
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 1.1. By ngreo
ment on both sides, the Fettitmno trial
wan continued until tomorrow, when
tho o(Hning statement of the prosecu
tion will be mado by Attorney Ilawley.
Senator Borah arrives tonight. Tho
trial is greatly ehortoned by the stipu
lation admitting tho testimony of the
explosion at tho Bradley residence given
during the Haywood trial, and n num
ber of ('o)orndo witnesses nt the Hay
wood trial.
EIGHTY CHANCES TO WIN
THE THOUSAND DOLLARS
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PORTLAND, Dep. ft. "Kighty
chances to win you can't lose" is the
slogan of the Portland rommercinl club
in its final work connected with t flSoU
fijOOi) prize contest closing December
31. People in genernl seem engrossed
with tho financial condition, and thoir
neglect makes the chances of those wlio
do compete oven more prQioimced. .
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Postoffice atWinlock
EnteredJobbers
Shoot Constable
and are Killed
PORTLAND, Pec. !. A Telegram
special from Winlock, Wash., states that
the postoffice there wnH entered last
night by burglars, who were scared off
by 'the burglar alarm lfore securing
any plunder. Karly toibty. Marshal J.
P. Castalor and CoiistiiHM T. V. Me
'Kadden accosted two men on the rail
road track. After a few words, the
men started to run. The officers gave
I J"lrsui'- Suddenly the men turned and
began shooting, one bullet hitting Con
stable MeKadden in the chest. As he
fell a second shot struck him in the
Jjsame place. The murderers then took
;to the woods. ,
: A. posso was hastily formed and sur
rounded the robbers, shooting them
jdown without hesitation, killing both.
'They nre believed to lie professional
i.veggnien. Constable McFiidden'fl con
idit ion is serious.
LATE LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
.' M rs. Annie Mnrtin of Jacksonville
was a Medford visitor Saturday.'
0 Simon Shaw, the well known miner, is
down from KIQitt creek district.
J. V. Hicks, one of the energetic cit
iziMis of Willow Springs district, did
business iu Medford Saturday after
noon. K, B. Hull spent several hours in
Medford Saturday.
! I.. H. Meigs of Orchard Home was in
our city a few days since.
Tames R. Smith and K. (i. Coleman
of Phoenix ftrecinct were iu uiir midst
Freil Johnston is paying Medford n
visit. Tie is now connected wit h the
Sisson Flectric works.
Q-:. B. Ilanley was in Medford Sat
urday. lf is becoming extensively en
gaged in fruit culture,
i 1. J. Hanson of 'cut ral Point pre
cinct made Mcdfjljrd a short business
visit Saturday.
; TI. S. Morris, the titnberman, who(J)is
teen operating near Talent, has re
moved to Medfr&l.
Miss Agnes Ormiston, late of Rose
burg, who has been employed in the
Mail office, left for Crescent City, Cal.,
Sunday, where she will be joined in
matrimony to W. H. Wilson. Tho pros
pective groom, who was a resident of
Medford for some time, is now editor
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nnd manager of the News, official pa
per for Del Norte county.
M. Vaughn of Sams Valley has been
visiting in Medford the guest. ff) his
daughter, Mrs. fleorge Porter.
T. M. Huff vmh up from Phoenix
Saturday. In company with his wife,
he has been visiting in Kansas, where
they formerly lived.
H. B. Askew and Midwife of Central
Point were iiOfedfonrSaturday after
noon trading with our meniiifij's.
Thomas H. Brown of Beagle and his
family nre spending the winter in .Tack
soVilo. o
K. A. fiiirnprr of flr.Id Hill, the elec
trician, was among the inauv in U'd
ford Saturdav. '
Tej4i Plvm
who has been HOMMiig
the past, threo years in tho
Uhfted
Toggery
Grand ChristmaS Sale qf all Rinds
of Clothing and Men's Fifhilsltiyo;
Goods Now fn Pfogressi
Officials of Espee
and State Comis
doners Gather to
Investigate Trains
floral Superintendent L. 11. Field,
(ieneral Passenger Agent William Mur
ray, Assistant lienornl Passenger Agent
John M. Si-ott of the Soul hern Pacific
passed through Medford ou n special
car Sniul; night en route to Ashland,
where the state railroad commission is
investigating the withdrawal of trains
II ami 11'. Deputy District Attorney
Clarence Kennies, who will conduct the
nitpiiry tor the complainants, the
laud Commercial club, also left
Astt
last
night for Ashland.
Monday William D. Fen ton, general
otinsel for the Soul hern Pacific; W.
M. Colvig, local couihcI; Statii Agent
Rose nbuuin, Railroad ( 'ommisNioners
Oswald West, V. B. Aitcheson and T. F.
Campbell panned through Medford to
participate in the inquiry.
After the resolul ion (passed by rail
road employes and sympathizers in the
Commercial club, it is doubtful whelhor
tho hearing adjourns to Medford tomor
row not.
States army, arfrived nt his home in
Roxy precinct a few days since. lYe
made a good record nnd was honorably
discharged. O
WillufV HeftiQ of Big ButP has
been visiting in Medford. O
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Fry of Lake
Creek precinct spent Saturday and Sun
day with relati nud friends iu Me
ford.
Mrs. R. C. FnucottflTf Klliott Creek
district is making Medford and Jack
sonville A visit.
FrickKon Bros., who are located at
the Weslem Oregon 1 n vest men I com (
pa ay 's big orchard in Roxy precinct ,
spent Saturday afternoon in Medford.
A. Alford of Talent, the well known
pioneer, spent n fewmirs in Medforn
.urtlay.
Ia. Berger and L. AqRosc were up
from Phoenix Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. . A. Pinett of Itoxy
sent Saturday afternoon in Medford.'
Vinton Heall of Cent ml Point, the!
artist, tarried iiiMtledford a few hours
last. Saturday.
Frank Ron ml tree nf Jacksonville and
John Malaey of Applegfte were Med
ford .visitors Saturday.
II. Lcighton, the miner, who has been
in California for somo time prist, is in
his section.
A. C. Kd wards of Knglo Point pre
cinct is visiting his parents, who live
ia Medford.
(31 rs. James T. Buckley and Miss Cath
erine Buckley of Applegate visited in
Medford and Jacksonville Saturday.
.lack True, Jacksoir county's effi
cient roailinaster, was In Mcdfnrd Sat
urdav o
SAN Fli ANCIHCO, Dec. ft. The dis
appearance of former Supervisor Galla
gher, one oOtjJ) (Hj'st important, wit
nesses for the state in the bribery graft
cases, and the des'inQf resident Pat
rick Cnlhiiiiiid of the t'niteMfailivi
to go to New 'lOrk, caused (t)e QhI-
(pi(Hieinenf of Ca! hii's trial today until
January . 1 lie ji'isecui ion lifts not
yet located Gallagher.
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Tillman to Inquire
Into Proceedings
Dili ing the Finan
cial Crises
WASHINGTON, Dec. ft. Senator Till
man today introduced a resolution in
the senate directing the committee on
linauce to invest igato the proceedings
t the secretary of the treasury in con
lection with the linancial crisis nnd also
Mio to make inquiry concerning the
lea ring house cert ifieates.
Senator Culberson called up tho reso
lution, asking information concerning
Gte issue of .flft.OOO.OOO Panama cnnnl
bonds. ud the total fund of the banks
in operation December 1 nnd Novem
ber IS, nnd the amount of public money
on deposit in the banks of each Htate
umi territory at those elates.
Representative Sabath of Illinois to
jlny introduce'd n bill to amend tho in-te-rstate
comniere'e law to enable the
:cominiFMin to require theederal courts
To Pcetgnizc nu apply the provisions
S f state statutes to tho trial of inter
state violations. The purpose of the
.lull is to obviate long delays. 'Q o
Jho house, after n brief session, nd
jonmed until Thursday. Several con
gressmen were Q'om in.
TAFT NEILY CAUGHT
IN MARINE DISASTER
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BOttjTJMiC? IW. ft. Secretary Wil
li" m II. Taft and other passengers,
while being conveyed by n harbor ten
der to the steaship President Grant,
'had' n nrrrnnv escnpe froi wreck' nnd
dis:)er. The tender was caught in
heavy seas. A giant wavo broko the
rudder and the boat drifted helplevssly
in the elarl(3kss aniidQaging wave's. The
irissengers were thrown ulmut in over
Tireclion. Finally she got her nnchor
caught ami uuide repnirs. M. Risch
maun, sub-prefect at Boulogne, greeted
Secretary Taft in the name of France.
'Co made an appropriate reply, regret
ting that tlicQliange in his plans had
caused the abandonment eif his visit to
Paris.
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FEEBLE-MINDED WOMAN
qDROWNS HER CH&DREN
SOM Kit VILMC. Mass.,ec. ft. Mrs.
njiily Huntley walked into the police
station today and announced that she
had killed her two grandchildren, aged
'i and 1. Tlie.dies were found later.
The children were stupefied by ilium
mating gas and drowned in a bathtub.
It is alleged that .Mrs. Iluntli is con
sidered uienlallv weak.
HOLIDAYS CONTINUED
FOR ALL THIS WEEK
POI.TLAXD, Dee. ft. It develops that
last Friday and Saturday were not le
ijoli.ed holidays in Oregon. The gov
ernor today coADniyful the holidays for
all this week. O
II BABIES
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.I tier Voll
lies tlinl wo luiff' in our
(jslys. pi'curvi's iiiulniit
more wliolcsoinc for tlic
lirc;il. iniiile rroiii our superior li.irtl wlioat flour.
il ins. jellies iiinl ni;iri)i;il.iile iii.uli
fruits Mini fruit jGiccs. Our stock of relislies.
olives, trreeu cliili. ,'nul pimientos is nlwavs kept at
1 lie liiuliesl slandard op
MILLER &
BANKER
WALKER
ARRESTED
Head of California
Safe Deposit and
Trust Co. Caught
at Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, Col., Dec. 9.
The chief of police has received orders
from San Francisco to plnco D. F. Wal
ker, president of tho California State
Pepeisit & Trust, company, under arrest.
Walker was later arreHted at his ho-'
tel. In a Htatemteut ho claims that he
ia innocent of wrongdoing nnd taut hev
ontiuued to make his private deposits
iu the failed bank, besides being a
heavy 'stockholder aiid that he ia loft
without a dollar.
The bunk i rh'u in luivn tn nrt non
.nihilities nnd only $1,000,000 assets in
sight. . - .
SALT LAKH, Dec. ft. D. F. Walk
er, president of the California Safo De-
msit & Trust company, who wna ar-
re'sie'el nt wanta ifarlmrn toetay, was for
merly of this city. Ho was beirn in
Kn gland and came to this country, his
father oml9acing tho Mormon faith.
The Ihreio brothers wore prominent in
hanking and mercantile business in this
(Sly. After tho ile'uth of his first wife,
iWalker married a member of the Chris
tian Science faith, resulting in n qunr-
frei between tho brothers, Walker tuk
ling his share of tho business in cash and
removing to Ban Francisco.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUES'
WORK BECOMING FAMOUS
Profitable Advertising," published
at llostoti, nnd one of the lending jour
nals of its character in the Fnitcd
States, reproduces the letterhead of the
Oregon Develeipment league in it De
cember number, nnd nrints an oxhaust-
Fivo ledter from the secretary telling of
the league 'a methods nnd accomplish
ments. Oregon is nationally known
fYur -licT dovidopmi'iit work.
NEW LAND REGISTER
FOR VANCOUVER OFFICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. ft. The 'presi
dent, today sent to the Semite the uoiu
itatio(F)of Hugh C. Phillips to be regis"
lor eif the la ml offico nt Vancouver,
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Fire Sweeps Pawnee-.
PAWNFK, Okla., Dec. ft Fire early
today ib'stroyed six stores and a liotel,
the Masonic lodgerootn, postoffice, uewn
iiid and drug (1)ire. The loss Ik $200,-
000.
GOLD PURCHASED
AT REDUCED PRICE
LONDON, Di-c. !)0-Tho Trnited States
te day secured l,.r,;ii),00l) pounds sterling
of gold in the open market at a re'dnc'1
tion of :d In the price.
CRY FOR IT
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liili r;iilc stock of rol-
ln;itcr. Tin-
is nothiiiif
lilllc ones t lio 11 lel itioiia
pure
excellence
EWBANK
aSliORTY GARNBTT