SCHOOL CHILDREN, ATTENTION! GET IN LINE AND WIN A 1 RIBUNE PRIZE FOR CHRISTMAS. OPEN TO ALL SCHOOLS.
Paiy GrUbune,
Associated Press
Dispatches
THE WEATHER.
Fair weather is promised for
tonight and Sunday.
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VOLII.
POOTIfljli. . s
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Cand!datesrGroom-
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Mayoralty o Race-
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Eddie Root to Run
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TJie pal
tlitlrui pet is beginning to boil
id sinum r.
?oiwit Islanding the.faet
that the eitv aUornov holds that Mavor
Reddy vaft eheted for aMerui o two
y, nti, mi! eth.'r cuiinirit cimol agree
w 'i (O liMii, still ut her-1 counsel, equally
eminent, Imi Llhat tlio t.r::i expires next
it. out h. and crMiiiiihsUs and their friends
in-' )iei;ii':. !o muko the race.
Titer. piomiscs to he a lost of candi
dates, v. hcthei i hi re Is a '.arancy or
ii' T., 'l it:;! ':. X " minor part. "1 lie wish is
(Junior 1v t i.i; opinion. Among those
ii'i -ii 1 k ih 1 ar- ( ouucihuun Osenbrugge,
.Yitornc.
I'lnpps, Jutlye Voh i, .1. At.
K.MMie,
J:iniett
.mi. ilmun IWr'itlull and Shorty
It s said : hut the '-;l"t machine own
oio will rim fudge Colvig and the pro-h-bitu
-ii'Fl: v-r. Keeno. Shorty Garnclt
s:ik Id- a :ixes, but floes at UBO them,
fJchud stem's uuarely icn the Toleda
range.
till i lie Kt i-r also nnnoum'os his cnndl
da.y. In ft .'ess us editor of the Mail
taiptit;g iit'ii to I'ltinb still hilier.
' My plat form, ' ' st utes .1 r. Koot,
"is au' id I wation b.ul. T believe in
free tra il , . itp silver and f ree lmo.e.
If that don't make me popular,
'em anything they want, and I
right along a my feet.","'
Ml give
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CAUFOIT.- VNS STEAL
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OREGON APPLES' NAME
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lias the feM.iwing reji
York appl-- market:
' ' Lighter rwipls this week helped
the apple market considerably. A fair
(dearaace w':n shown both on the docks
and in the yards and the market (dosed
better, if anything, than it has been
for three weeks past. While there was
no noticeable advance ia prices, yet
there was a belter call all around for
fine fruit.
O "There were free receipts of westefO
boxed tipples and on Account of the ex
trenie poor quality of some of the offer
ings very ov averagi s were made. A
car ufj boxed fruit, Newtown Pippins,
catalogued as Oregon I'm if,) but which
is-'iiid to have come fnun Wafsoaville,
Cnl., and shipped Ivy Ililfour, William
son0 & Co., a Kuropean house, sold at
2rc a box tit the sale Wednesday. ' The
fruit was in poor condition, of course,
and no doubt it had lron on the road
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FROM 00S BAY
(JIH. Fitzgerald EUrns From Coast-
Now Tribe oi Fifty-Two abandon
Big row-wow gold njr, Marshliold
Fifty Palofaces Initiated.
.1. IT. FitZRcraia. "big chief" of Un
improved OjJer of lied Mn. low re
turned fronf-ii six weeks', trip in
kovh Hny country.-, lie visiter! nl,l to,,ns
,in that region anil assisted in install
ing stTiirnl new tribes oM(ed Men.
"I visited MnrsliliKld, TCorth fl!eiul.
Irtlp Point nd other towns, 'd, said
Mr. ritxgr'rahl. helped iiistuHJ n
new ,tnbe,Tif "2i members in iliimloii.
vdrkiiig with thj:'oqiiille deen-ep, trnniJ
The Mt'ihtleliUtrilie iiiitintel'50, pnleH
laees. In all towns; ithe Red MeiOare
ill a f lourishing emiditloii
'At Mnrsliltekl I whs Im-itiil tn n.l.
.'reso the chamber of eommeree and d
en bed the restireeii of -the Kojjue liiver
alley. 1 liuMlnanciar st.fninency,- jnt
ferd someWhaPwith the '.work of
ereashijfthe membership of the various
'rines, iut not mat eriaily
"Kwv where 1 heard favorable tall;
of Medfowt, and ovorvwhure fJhonsted
is miirh an I oonld." ( . , ,
Air. Fitzgerald returns id oon.striiet
tlie new 'telephinm Ifnfr to the eoat mine
and I'erkins ranch, in which 22 miltn
l wire will bo strung.
"A yreiit. denlf yf pour boxed fruit
!ia, been thrown on the market here.
There were probably ten ears of boxed
ippTos Bold at auction tine week. T'rices
generally ranged from $1 to $1.7.1 this
WOok, $2 being top. Fancy fruit U be
ing sold in a Jobbing wav at $l.".i to
rEYTON" ITEMS.
J. T, Pitsworlh and daughter Ida
have returned from a Med ford business
trip. Q
Mr. i'lid Airs. I'M Hoi I en heel: were
visiting friends and relatives at Pejton
a few days ago.
Mr. and Airs. R. E. Peyton have re
turned from a long and pleasant visit
In Aledfurd. n 1 '
.lames Alc( 'laa aim u visit d the Pey
ton home last Saturday.
Alfred Corden of fra'l i'-fck was li
visitor with Mr. and Mrs. liichanNon
a few (lays ago.
Lucius Kim-aid, who has been work
ing at Nelson Nye's this week, returned
home, the raia keeping him from work.
Pcn II iginbotham and wife passed
through our part of the neighborhood
hsl Tuesday,
AI iss Alae litswort h has returned
home nun teaching a most, successful
term of school down on Trail creek.
About 7.1 of Airs. Hollenbeck 's friends
i-ume in mid surprised her lust Tues
day. They spent the evening in danc
ing and Vach brought a big basket of
Mipper. They danced until a late hour
in the morning. 0
Hoy liichardson has left Peyton for
Melrose, 'al., when he intends to meet
his wife and baby. Air. Richardson
has made many friends at Peyton, who
hated to see him leave.
Ray Whitley was a caller at the Pey
ton home last Saturday evening.
J. W. Rihardson returned home last
Wednesday from taking his son Hoy to
Medford, where he took the train for
California.
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pair of ifoTeproof Sox B0ljat this
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oeeu iirwiiiig wii.11111 bia uiuuuin ui
d rVinnilng
wifive a new pair fr(o)for every
six months of the Oe of pur
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Jl HI) FORD, OK., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907.
TAX LEVY
People ilust Trim
"Trief anOumW
0 Houses--Recorders
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TJi(j i(ty i oijiierl l-'ridy afternoon,
fixed the niiuual tax levy' t'itr the city
;t) MedfoWl und the Metlford road dis
irict at li mills, divided as follows:
Fop city nnrposis. i mills on the dollar;
for pai lJpuip'sesC i.. iMilJ; for general
fWer fuudc .".purposes ntilts; for Ht reet
light purpost'si. 1 mill ; for
foi 'pavnieiif- ti intere-t oil
lel.t fuud
citv delit.
4 ntills o.i i ht
roud purposes. :i
Mayor iieddy i
city vounril exct
of the cilv, ami
lollnr; for srwet and
mills on t he dollar,
and all numbers of thi;
ept I la for, ttho is Jout
1 i.nrkdull. ulio is ill.
The lew is. ---4 ho 1 Same
wen pres
that made last vear, but aft valuat ioiu
havv been inr iad 40 per cent by the
state board of equalisation, the total
receipts will be much heavier.
An ord'iine" ie!-rev":n' thf nay of
the cm. n- r.; r f ai tJVo to .-flMO to
la1 e .Ii'i '-'"l t1." .1 was passed.
An old'uane - i ' T :n;. :rt 1 I'rulating
th.' f i i.einii'g "f 1. ,!(. trees rtnd other
f.'H;:ge in, r !T(i"is, n'(i.s ;ind otlier
t hi!i.:-jjhfar "i v"s p:sed. Tins law
reipiir.-s in t ri'-iT'iieg of i rees tu a
height (' f""t nb.iv' the, sidewalk.
If. after itv.e ivt:e", trees are not,
trmm".i. i w;il 'it .'mi" Itv th'' cHy
and oi:idi; a 1; a -igitr. t Mo property.
An oidinanee ws passed requiring
ainl ri'grlalir.: 'h iMi'r'ier'iig plric"s
of busieesj :in1 oiler places within ll)4
city of Mi'diopi. The ci'y engineer
reipiirel t '' tM'il;" ir:i'i witli Seventll
stn-e1 and th' rirlimt.) as l'ie lipe and
to n--t;g:i i;ir:;' i -' i r :n)i lot. The
vtnvt i j m :i;-"i1 r ;eo iir-vl to ive
writ tilt notice ( either, owner, agent
..r wctoitNt l,i v .laiin."1 'A-'l . uM-t reoinro
tlie nun.ber io be affixed . wiU1 t -n
dliyv fro: j l! d lie nf el,i, (0f HU'tl
lio'ii e. lu (of f'Ml - - to comply
wilh lii" r ::..','"V t.:- :irfifll will be
dune by the . il,V and the expense de
clared a lien upon 1 he, property. U
The following n-siilut ioiv was adopt
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lie it Resolved, hy the Citr Council,
of the city of Med ford, Oregon, that
the Southern Paeific Railway company
and its' rtffi.-ials be find they are h($eby
i.otified and requested to pnn'eed .ith
the construet ion of cement sidewalks
and curbs along, bid h sideyd' Seventh
street (n1 saidU'iy, from ,tjie west line
of l street to the cast JHC of V street,
aii-ording to the plans mi J, specitiea
tii-ns prepared by t liO1, cit v rntfineer of
said citv, said const i'uet ioW tof be
gun as soon a weather conditions will,
permit of1 mndi work being properly!
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INNOVATION IN METHOD
OP tlBERATIN, SALMON
, The V'nited States hnriaa of fisln
its this w;ihi w'ilV cliang" jts methnds,
as far an , Tiatelo-ry roton will prrviit. ,
ill the liberation' of salmon fry lit V.iv.h
on of iti Vevvaubstations in Oregon
and Wy binutViU,Ww the bureau is go
ing tofe-d from T,fH()tW to lO.fllll),
lioii vin) n'; salmoij unl'l' they attain a
size f four to (fKe im hc; in length,
wh.-ii tlx vVill be liberaKcd in the trib
iitai les of ' the Columbia river. The
s: method will be followed on Rogue
river. )n southern Orison. This is aw,
itiriovat ion tit will be wat.-lu 'L1 wit It j
interest by :H, those in t -r.-st -d ill tiUj
culturiQ'r in anv batch'f the in!4ns ;
trc Fortuity the 'praelfi e of the bii- j
rfap of fisheries has been to turn Wit
the foi ng salmon just nf 'toon as 1lu i
fnjl; sat was absorbed vjp-n the fry j
were :i'' nit nii iiedi long. P.y the new1
method the VoTuig salmmi will be kept
in the hifi)le ri- s until .luiuy, q
OThe CliVeknmas liat- h.-ry uM'll receive
in a VlnJ't time Iom.Omo east. ru brook
trout from folorndG? and they wil' be
(j.5f.di"d at (f'' Cae!:a!iiris station and
distributed in the waters of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho,
The biinaii now Iris about 5,0uii.nrt0
.hiin.-k s;i1tii.,u eggs at th" mibt;ition
on ifPuois river, whi-h is tributary to
Rogue river, and is pvOanng to mahe
afVhil'mfft of eggs from tie- Fitilev
Ivblv st;if i"
on Ro
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i rvman.
;UilMie. the VQ,brb;im
flume will rti-' tl:" v..;.,
q, h i x irifli'- in b'Mgtli b.
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lil.erat
King them in Itoguo rier.
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rWih. m00riii nnd Lath. I...th
modern nnd rentriillv I. waled. In
) quire nl V. O-.-nl.i nefk'.' ' residence. 2 i2
FIXED Iff.
I? COUNCIL
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FOR NEW SCHOOL
WEST OF PARK.
City Council and School Board to Meet
and Discuss Use of Ground East of
West Sido School as Site for Pro jo sod
High School.
TheAledford school board will meet
with the city council amlQunfer with
that body relative to tho tiey donating
to the school the block of ground now
occupied by the old water tower be
tween the city park &ld the West school
building. If satisfactory arrangements
can be made, the school board will erect
tliji on a high school building, where
iue .mer lower now to anus, -parte tlie
grounds and make this a beautiful spot.
The board asserts that it is the only
available laud centrally located and
suitahK tor school grounds that can be
secured;
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BIO MOTH IS THEVt-,
LATEST APPLE PEST
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:J TluMiltest of tilt fruit i.,(a tn ninhn
Us appearance on the Pacific coast it)
known as the "bud moth," and is said
to have originated in Japan. A report
fr Sau Francisco says that the fruit
authorities f that city were recently
,on.pJltd to condemn 0000 boxes of
11 1 I v ui ppeo ierv irom me stato ot
Washinyton, it being discovered ou
their arrival that they wen badly af
fected by the pest.
The apples in question were grown
on (Teas island, which is just off the
coast niittle distance from Seattle,
Vfcotio mouths ato the bud moth innde
its npp.-arniicc in British Columbia, hav
ing bein brought there supposedly front
Japan. When the moth was detected on
.h in rontinent uieasunvs were taken to
prove:-, the spread of tho pest, and it
was ii t I'own that it had reached thi
states until evidence of its ravages
were discovered in San Francisco in
the fruit sent there from Orcas island.
Portland fruit inert say that so far as
they know, tho pest haa0not yet been
seen nnywhero in this statfty but they
incline to the belief that it is but a
matter of time, despito all precautions,
when the nuisance will appear in Ore
gon, lint when it does come it will be
vigorously fought,
OltEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
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Man- Moojy to Catharine Moody,
'Vi acre in Axlilantl (1$
II. I;'. Curler to II. K. Moore, lot
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2, hl(h.(5, Woodville
W.- Ii. Kineaid to l. I'nro?.ie, 15
acres in neetion towiiHhip
:IS, rniijjp 1 V . . .
Mary Wvlili et a I. to I), ltroz-
Qie, property in l T, t) 72, town
uliip :iS, ranue 1 W'Q .'. .
I.iie l.utiHi'd to Marv K. Mann,
Iota 2 nn,l part of lot 22, blouk
V. liailR.a.l nil.Iitfon tit Ash-
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W. Streets to V. N. ('ami!
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Qliell, properly in O Cialjolvny 'n
addition to Medt'oril
Nielmlas V. Kime to W. N.
( 'ainj.liell, i;:t nertvs in townallip
:H, 'rail;e t V
Kli.al.eth I.oveseo to ('harleB
Slennetf? property in Anhlnnd
(Iriffit II. Crane to L. E. Hten
ludl. lots III a n.l 41, Iliglilund
l'irk traet .
William I,,.ss to Kiiphamft AlleiO
lot 11, Woetr 4, Uoss' addition
to .Med ford
J. II., MeFall to .Inlin JPHrown,
QUI (i. hloek (!7, Central Point
John J. M.'wnrt. to Herod Corunf?
h.ls 1 and 2 hloek 2li, Med-
) ford
I.liJnheth .'eri;iison to . T. Me
Millan, hind in I) I, (' 44,
township H7, rani;e 1 V
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SUNDAY TABLE D'HOTE DINNER
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(. California DyHtor Cocktails
Itisque of Oreen Tur-tle
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Kipe Olive
Royal Chinook Hiilmon, ( elery
Pom in c de TTTe Lotto
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Lobster ft la Newburg on Cnsses
Foie firas Farci a la Financicre
Roast Ktublo Onosfl a I MzUsieiuie
Baked Apples
HrowQod Kweet Pntaoe
French Kucco 0
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LID OFF
BANKS
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But it Has Been Prac
tically Off a WeeR
Here - Deposits
Show an Increase
Unless Governor Cliembarlain changes
his find before Monday, this is the last
of the legal holidays and the lid wilt
be taken off the banks ou Monday.
However, the lid has been practically
off all local banks for the past week
or ten days. Checks have been cashed
and business transacted as usual, al
though nothing was published about it.
It has been au experiment, but a sue
eessful one.
The remarkable purt of it all is thai
deposits, cash deposits, too, show an in
crease. Pavrolls have been paid iu real
a oney and all current obligations met
with cash.
No troublA iu handling business is
expected next week. There is more
money in the banks than ever before
and a larger percentage of deposits are
A) cash.
KJRST CLASS SEEDS
O CAN BE RAISED HERE
lVxdr M. Ferry, president of D. M.
'erry & Co. of Detroit, was found dead
in Ins bed November 11. Many people
in th; wctt'.u has purchased seeds from
this firm and w.li doTtbtless bo inter-
sted in its history.
Forty years ago tho(nn was organ
ized by IX M. Ferry, IL K. White, C. C.
I to wen and . K. F. White and contin
il wit hout a break until t he d eat h
of Mr. Bowen in 1000. The first, vear
the sales were only aoout $(1000, bat
nit-rt-asRl i. rapidly that 2 years latet
the" business was iiicorpnated wi'h a
paid up capital of $7o0,000 The b i-.i
ness continued to increase and iu 1 a I
when an Authorized sketch of Mr. Fer-
ry'B stated that their business for tlmt
y(,,ir waf1 $ 1 c00f000. Tho firm bought
tracts of land in the suburbs yf Do
troit and grew seeds and sold utMmth
wholesale nnd retail, and when this is
done the profits are enormous. Later
as tho city grew these tracts became
very valuable and eventually these men
bceaniu immensely wealthy.
There an a multiude nf oilier seed
men well k now ti a ml wen It hy a ml a
splendid opportunity for more as the
country grows and expands is presented.
Itoguo River valley, with its splendid
climate and frit i I ful soil, should be
the ba-so of one at more sertd-WuHiiig
enterprises.
BURN DOWN BREWERY
TO AID SUNDAY CLOSING
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CHICAGO, Dec. II. City Attorney
Hogan believes that the .-tioO.IMiO fire
in the Cook brewery last, night was
the work of a pyromaniac laboring un
der tho belief that the destruction of
the brewery would help the Sunday clos
ing crusade. This is the third brewery
dest roved reconMv.
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SCHOONER LAWSON
AND CREW LOST.
Biggest of American Sailing Ships Turns
Turtle Off Sicily Islands Only One
Aboard Saved Lifeboats Unable to
Reach See no.
lllUillTOWX, Sicily Island, Dec. 14.
The American four-masted schooner
Thomas W. Lawson was wrecked during
a fierce gale last night iu Itroad sound.
So far as known, only otto of the crew
survived. The schooner turned turtle
and is now floating bottom up. Three
dead bodies wore found off Annet Is
lands. The sole survivor was only part
ly conscious.
Signals of distress were heard yester ,
day afternoon. Two lifeboats put out.j
Thes Law son was anchored iu a danger
ous position. (Jreat seas wero running i
and lifeboats wen unable to render as-1
sistance. One lifeboat put back to
telegraph for a tug. A little later a sec
ond lifeboat was compelled to leave.
one ot the crew dying from exposure
and three others being almost exhaust
ed. W hen the boats returned the Law
son was bottom upwards.
BVY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
EARLIER THAN USUAL
"Huv your presents early early in
t h day and ia December. That will
be your biggest gift of the holidays
to the workers behind tho counters.
lu the interest's of the thousands of
shop girts and saleswomen in all parts
of the I' nit ed Slates a concerted move
mont has been started by several peo
ple of prominence, philanthropically in
clined, to lessen tho burden for those
who have to take euro of tho holiday
trade by selling the littto presents nnd
remembrances that go to make so many
ot hera happy.
"Buy your presents early" circulars
have recently been received in Portland
by the tradesmen and others. Such
men as Jacob Riis, Mark Twain, I'M
ward Hole of tho Ladies' Homo Journal,
Kichard Watson Oilder und others of
equal prominence are tho originators of
the idea.
The circular letter, which is Belf ex
planatory , has been sent brondcast
among t he American people to those
who are gett ing ready to commence
their annual Christma-s shopping. Mil
lions of t he let t ers have been mailed
and are now being delivered by old
Uncle Sam.
This movement will no doubt assist
the merchants iu handling greater vol
umes of business as it will remind the
people to buy early during the month
of December. It will call the matter
to the at tent Eon of tho many people
who through mere thoughtlessness have
added to the work of the many shop
girls nnd saleswomen and t ho others
about the various stores who find the
holidays a time to be dreaded instead of
a time of pleasure.
JACKSON COUNTY WEALTH
INCREASED BY DAIRYING
The Nt.'iti Dairy assoeiat ion hns been
in session at Portland the past two
lays. Many papers were rend ou dairy
uibjerts,
D. Perozzi, vice president, of the Ore
gon State Dairy association, nnd maim
ger of the Ashland creamery, attended
I he meet ing.
' ' The most remarkable t hing about
uir country," said Mr. Pero.zi, "is the
immigration within the past two years
f farmers f nun Wisconsin and Iowa.
states which are famous throughout the
nun try for 1 heir dairying, and these
men have brought with them the mod
rn dairy rWthods which characterize
those regions. The effect, on land val
ues has been so marked that land which
used to hoII for $10 an acre as grazing
land now commands $'.t an acre. The
effect in Jackson counly alone, as
shown by the assessor's bookn, was $,-
000,000 greater than last year. Where
l.llTfo years ago five persons were eking
'Mil an existence on a certain territory
15 are now making n splendid living.
"The product of the dairy industry
in southern Oregon this year show an
increase of .10 per cent, over last year.
Our pari of too) slate is being trans
formed from a stoek raising region to
a dairying mgpin. Appbgato nnd Wil
liams valleys, that formerly were given
over to slock raising exelusi vely, in fuj
past, -two years the farmers have estub
lislufco operative creameries and near
ly all of them are milking from four
to ten cows and deriving a splendid
revenue from them.
"The increase in land value from
10 to .'."( is in direct ratio to inereased
arnings orougiu aiioiit hy Oairving
tho
it-.reei'iven rrom stock ra is
ing.'
' J. D. I'vans of Phoenix was in the
fc.it v on (foj siloes Satnrdav. lie is pre
j'ftoHg fo plaft)lo aeres to fruit trees.
I .Virt Poole of Kagle point spent Hat
: nrdnv in the citv.
Social Pfe
To nnv u'irU who seeure, four
Trihnne, n 41 pleee Sterling China Dinner Set will lie given.
These dinner nets nro lienntifiilly deenrated with floral design, nnd with
your initial in gold in the renter of every pinto and on tho sido of every
enp. This is ynnr rlinnro, girls, to so-nre n beautiful dinner Bet that will
Inst yon n lifetime.
Cull or write to The Tribune offioo for mibserlption henks, then call on
your friends nnd get four of them to sul.neril.e for Tho Tribune.
No. 226.
HEY OFF
FOR OREGON
LAND TRIALS
Prosecutor Leaves
San Francisco for
Portland Tonight
Will MakeBrief Stay
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 14. Francis
J. Honey leaves tonight for Portland
on business iu connection with the Ore
gon land frauds. He will then proceed
to Washington to confer with the attor
ney general. He slated that he expect
ed to return to San Francisco in time
to take charge of the trial of Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail
ways, on the charge of bribery, Feb
ruary I. lie denied the rumor that ho
was to bo appointed United States at
torney for the Oregon district.
PRICES OF LUMBER
REDUCED ELSEWHERE
Portland dealers say that the lumber
market is "elastic," which means that
each dealer makes his own prices and
that for the first time at tho metropolis
for a long whilo there- Is real compe
tition among tho lumber dealers.
Up to a short time ago a half doz
en lumber dealers might bid on a lum
ber hmise bill und there would not bo
difference in the ninounts of their
bids, but now there is apt to bo a wide
difference, while bidders sometimea
come back tho second time to reduco
their bids. A well-known Portland con
tractor is responsible for tho statement
that a bill of lumber which would have
cost $1000 last July can now bo bought
for snn.
So it is safe to flay that building is
from 20 to 2.1 per cent cheaper in Port
land now than last summer. Tn other
words, where a contractor would have
submitted a bid of $2000 on a certain
job last summer, he would now offer
to do I he same work for jMoOO or $1000.
Such conditions do not exist in Medford,
where rough lumber is held at $10
per 1000 feet.
ORCHARD ON STAND
IN PETTIBONE TRIAL
HOISK, Idaho, Dec. H.Whrn the
Pettiboue trial was resumed today, Har
row handed a letter to Orchard and
asked if the letter niis in tho handwrit
ing of Haywood. After a careful ex
amiuat ion, tho witness said it was
not Haywood's customary writing, but
looked more like Pet t ibone h. Tho let
ter was introduced as evidefly, but not
read. w
Harrow asked why Orchard did not
register from Denver instead of other
places in Idaho when he went to Han
Francisco. The witness replied that ho
was not being looked for by the police.
This was not the case when he went on
the Hteunenberg mission. The witness
was questioned at length on tho llrnd
lev affair, but no new facts were de
veloped. SEVERE SNOWSTORM
RAGING IN CHICAGO
CIIICAOO. Dec. 14. A severe snow
storm raged last night and continues
today, which caused considerable delay
in st reet cars and railroads. He veil
inches of snow fell in tho southern por
tion of the citv. The storm is of wide
extent, expending to the Atlantic coast.
WON HIS HEART
BY CUTTING OUT POEM
ClllCAOO, Dec. 14. Hecause she
talked with him 10 minutes and did not
mention his father's poem, " Tf T Die
Tonight," Miss Mndlmlru of Kenwood
won the heart of Heniamiti King. Jr.,
son of "Pen King," the "poet of the
Missouri." The happy couple will be
married December 2 1. They niado a
eompnet never to refer to the poem In
the family circle.
Bryan to Oo to Toxas.
LINCOLN', Xeb.. Dec. 14. W. J. Ary
an will deliver an address to t!;e Okla
homa legislature on December 21 nnd
spend H-veral days with Texas friends.
"How to Cure Snake BIto"
will be the subject at the Methodist
church, li street, next Sabbnth night.
Tn the morning fho subject will be
"That Small Hut. Dangerous Member."
Sabbath school 10 n. m. Kpworth league
5::tO p. m. AH are invited.
Offer to Girls
now vearlv unlneribors to The Bnily