1908 HORTICULTURAL EDITION OF THE TRIBUNE-10,000 COPIES-READY IN JANUARY
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KILLED
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1 INJURED
3r IN BATTLE
Mankin Shot to Death
and Walwo i 1 ather
and Son Seriously
Wounded in Fight.
SAYS BAKER CITY
IS MODEL TOWN.
Hon. Walter Moore Talks of His Home
o
Town Says Prohibition Has Been
Tritil and Proved a Failure People
Will Have None of It There.
James Mankin, a farmer on the Sterl
ing road, three miles from Jackson
ville, was killed in a duel with -shot-
guns and rifles Saturday evening. C.
H. Walsworth, a woodchopper, his as
sailant, was seriously wounded, but
will recover, and his son, Nf W. Wals
"worth, was slightly wounded. The
fight followed the serving of a no
; -tire upon the Wal worths by Mankin to
vacate the premises they occupied, be
longing to the latter. Deputy Sheriff
. . Grant placed the wounded men under
arrest and brought them to Jackson
ville. Dr. K. Ji. Pickle dressed their
wounds.
Never Lost Consciousness.
"A rifle bullet tore away the cheek
bone and a portion of the skull of the
elder Walworth," said Dr. Pickle,
"and in passing out cut off a part of
the ear. It left an ugly wound, but
wal wort li never lost consciousness,
.even during the operation which fol
' lowed. In addition he received about
. 30 shotgun pellets. Unless blood-poison
ing sets in, he will recover. His son
. was badlv rtennered with shot, but
most RerimiHlv ininred "
- ( James Mankin, the dend man, and
, me prinur aiHWorm ruugnt Willi C1UDS
and pitchforks for nearly an hour,
when suddenly W alsworth turned and
ran into the house and secured a rifle
and began shoot injr. at Mankin.
Shooting Is Returned.
Henry Mankin, brother to the dead
man, hearing the report of the rifle,
rushed to li is brother's assistance witn
a shotgun and rifle. Young AVnls
worth attempted to shoot Henry Man
kin when he himself received a charge
of shot in the face and dropped his gun
and fled. The elder Walsworth then
shot and killed James Mnnkin. Henry
Mankin threw his shotgun aside, se
cured the rifle and shot Walsworth.
Walsworth had been traveling with a
magic lantern show and lately secured
employment as a woodchopper at the
Mankin farm. When told by Mnnkin
to-vacate, Walsworth refused to do eo.
The house is on the Mankin land and
the Tatter secured legal advice, and
armed with authority went to Wals
worth 'a home with the above results.
Walsworth Intoxicated.
The Wa la worths were brought to
Jacksonville. Both are now confined
at the county jail. The Mankins have
always borne good reputations, while
Walsworth, it is alleged, is of a very
troublesome nature. Ho came to Jack
sonville Saturday and proceeded to get
drunk.
Coroner's Jury Sits.
The coroner's jury was impanelled
Monday morning and it spent the day
hearing the evidence in the case. The
Walworths are represented by Attorney
Ous Newberry. Sunday, Mr. Newberry,
Sheriff Jackson, Deputy Sheriff Grant
and Deputy District Attorney Deisch
drove out to the Bleacher place to view
the scene of the shooting, which oc
curred Hnturdav afternoon.
Hon. Walter Moore, member of the
.state legislature from Baker county, is
in Medford looking after his property
interests lit this county. He owns a
ranch near Phoenix.
"Baker City is one of the best-gov-erneU
cities in the state, " said Mr.
Moore, "and will continue so if people
will mind their own business and per
mit us to mind ours.
"There is some prohibition agitation.
but nothng to speak of. We have tried
prohibition, proved it a failure and
want none of t. We are an orderly
community, out of debt and propose to
govern ourselves.
"Prohibition," continued Mr. Moore,
"does no community any good, it re
sults in an era of clandestine law
breaking, of blind pigs and drug stores.
When saloons try to dominate a com
munity and disregard the luws it is
time to suppress them, but not when
they are law-obeying and orderly and
where there is practically n crime, as
in Baker City, and also in Medford.
I am not a drinking man, either, and
don t patronize saloons. "
In Mr. Moore's opinion, it will be a
mistake to vote Jackson County dry,
and one that will lie much regretted.
ALL-OREGON FRUIT SHOW
IN PORTLAND IN JANUARY
Portland, January 14-lfl, 1!MIS, will
be the scene of the greatest horticul
tural meeting yet held in the state. Not
only will an interesting and instructive
programme be presented, including
talks by the most successful growers
and shippers in the Slates of Oregon,
California, Washington and Idaho, but
there will be the finest display of win
ter fruits ever witnessed in the North
west. A splendid sot of cups and nwards
will be given for the best fruit shown
and t he Judging will be done by a
government officer of national repute.
The complete premium list will bo an
nounced shortly.
The regular reduced rates will bo ac
corded by the transportation companies
provided 50 are present, and the occas
ion will be one of wide interest to the
fruitgrowers of this entire Northwest,
and particularly of Oregon.
At tli is time we want to call the at
tention of every producer of choice win
tor fruit to the subject of exhibiting
and the importance of filing his re
quest for space at an early date.
The exhibit already exceeds, in prom
ises, that made last vear, so that it is
important that exhibitors file their re
quest for space at an earlv date with
J. H. Reid, Milwaukee.
It iB not every year that we have an
opportunity of having our products
passed upon by a national expert. The
occasion ought to be one of great value
to our growers. Bring or Bend your
unknown, -or new varieties as well, so
that they may be named.
E. R. LAKE, Secretary.
IS CLUBBED ID ROBBED
BY BRUTAL HIGHWAYMAN
111 mm DOOR YARD
J. W. Lawton Attacked by Foot-Pad Who Knocks
Him Unconscious and Ransacks His Pockets,
Securing Twenty Five Dollars and a Watch-Half
a Dozen Blows Struck Prostrate Victim.
EXHUME REMAINS
OF THOMAS DRUCE,
Ruthlessly assaulted, knocked down
ami robbed in his own dooryard by
a high way me n ea rly Su nday even i n g
was the fate that befell J. West Law
ton, one of Medford 's best known citi
zens, who has not vet recovered from
the wounds received at the hands of
his assailant. About $25 in cash nnd
a gold watch were secured by the rob
ber.
About 7 o'clock Mr. Lawton left
Haskin's drug store for hid home, on
the northwest corner of A and Fourth
streets. To save time he cut across
lots. While entering his back yard
from the alley he received a heavy
blow on the top of his head. The blow
staggered him, but did not fell him.
Turning, he struck his assailant square
on the jaw, knocking him against the
fence. An instant later Mr. Lawton
was struck over the head with a club.
The blow smashed Mr. Lawton 's hat
mid rendered him partially unconscious.
Is Struck Repeatedly.
Again and again the highwayman
struck his victim with his club, nnd
Mr. Lawton fell heavily against the
woodshed. He was told brusquely: !
Keep quiet or 1 will knife you." He!
lid not entirely lost, consciousness, but i
was badly dazed by the rain of blows.
In all, he was hit six times, three on
the hands, three on the head nnd face.
As Mr. Lawton lay stunned, the foot
pad went through his pockets, turning
all of them inside out and securing $25
in cash and a watch. The robber then
fled. Several girls on their way to
church were frightened by the man as
he ran out of the alley, nnd in turn
fled to the church.
When Mr. Lawton had partially re
covered he crawled to his house. His
daughters gave the alarm and a search
was made of the alley where the as
sault took place. Tracks of the robber
were found in the mud. The club, a
short piece of rough lumber, was picked
up, the end bespattered wtih blood.
Tramp Is Arrested.
Later a tramp was arrested and
placed in the enlnboosc. A search re
vealed nothing in the tramp s posses
sion that belonged to Mr. Lawton, but
his shoes fitted the tracks made in the
alley, and red-colored clay found on
them corresponded with the same ma
terial in the alley where the robbery
took place. He was taken to the coun
ty jail at Jacksonville to nwait prelim
inary examination.
Mr. Lawton 's head and face nre bad
ly bruised and swollen, the skin be
ing broken in several places.
A number of hoboes and hrnkebeum
tourists have passed through Medford
recently and it is supposed that the
robbery is the work of one of them.
Skeleton Found in Coffin Which Dis
proves Story of Lead Roll, Exploding
Romantic Yarn of Double Life Sworn
to by Witnesses.
LONDON, Dec. :m. Tin body
1 nomas harhs Druee in High Gate
cemetery was exhumed today, just
yturs to a day after his burial. Th
cottin was found to contain remains of
a human body, thus exploding the ro
mautic tale told by Hubert C. Caldw
ana others, who swore nt the recent
hearing in the Druec perjury case that
the cotfin contained n roll of lead.
This not only definitely disposes of
the lead myth and the alleged doul
me oi uruce, out eiteetively prove
that the body buried in 1S4 was actu
ally that of T. C. Druee. The Druee
vault has thus given up its secret af
ter ten years of legal proceedings, which
nave cost a considerable fortune.
large part of this money was obtained
from servant girl, who were induced to
h" slnrs in th" company formed
pnin-.cute the claims of George Hollnm
by Druee, ngatnst the estate of the
Duke of Portland. The charge of pc
lury nga-i t Herbert Druee is thus ef
fectively disposed of.
EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE
IS SWEEPING EAST
GUN CLUB ORGANIZED
BY GOLD HILL SPORTS
WHEELING, W. Va., Dec. 30. The
industrial depression which has affect
ed something like 15,000 men in Wheel
ing and the adjacent Ohio valley, due
entirely to the stringency in the money
market, has apparently been lifted, but
orders have been received todny to put
the greater number of idle men to work
on January 2.
In Wheeling nt least 4i00 men who
have been idle most of the time for
two months will get started on that
diiv and T'loo to soni) additional men
" ! are ordered to work either Monday
PORTLAND, Dec. 30.-The year 1907 j nmrning or Tuesday morning in Wheel
breaks all records in Portland, and what j inK IUJ(1 virinitv in industrial depart
is true here is an index in a propor- ; m,.n,Si aIving to all classes of work.
tionate degree of every place between '
the Rocky Mountains nnd the Pacific ! PETTIBONE TJtlAL IS
Ocean, for this great wet ion is thj DELAYED BY ILLNESS
most prosperous pnrt of America, and '
will continue to be. The inereaMe jN j rjoisr; Dec. :ti. The illness of Pet
manufactured products lias been 3n pr i tibmi.. ra'US(i a-luv in his trial to
cent; the viles of merchandise are con-' ia.. fl,i ,i ;,,,.,,'.,, .. tnL-n nn
PRESENT YZAR BEATS
ALL PORTLAND K1COKDS
WHEELS AGAIN TURN
IN OHIO VALLEY MILLS
Some of the sport lovers of Gold Hill
have organized a gun club and the
members are now devoting most of
their spare time to mastering the art
of breaking clay pigeons. The first try
out of the traps was made on last
Monday afternoon. As it was the first
experience of the members at this kind
of shooting there wero no world 'b rec
ords shattered. The club starts out with
about 20 members. Gold Hill News,
CLOCKS REGULATED BY
TELEGRAPH EACH DAY
JACKSONVILLE ITEMS.
E. T. Staples of Ashland mude us
brief visit Saturday.
James F. Wilson is quite ill with a
severe cold, which has confined hnn
to his bed.
City Recorder Collins of Medford
was in town a few hours Saturday.
Mrs. James F. Buckley, who has been
quite sick at her mother's home, is
somewhat improved, we are glad to
hear.
M iss Anna K eegan, who has been
teaching near Sam's Valley, is spend
ing her vacation at home.
FOR SALE Town lots, good location,
f0 each; terms. Page &, Lnwton. 267
Medford will soon have the Western
Union "synchronized self-winding
clocks." Twelve of these clocks have
been ordered by Medford business
houses and will be installed very
shortly.
The large sub-master clock which will
regulate and set the other clocks was
installed at the depot today and while
this clock is not supposed to vary o
minute during the year, it is set daily
by time signals sent by telegraph every
day at noon from the United States
observatory at Washington, I). C.
Until the clocks are installed about
town, the exact time can be had from
the depot "sub-master clock," or the
one in the Medford National bank,
which was installed some time ago.
PASSENGER TRAIN IS
ROLLED INTO RIVER
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. Shortly
after noon today the westbound pas
senger No. 3 left the track at Floriston
and rolled into the Trucke river. Sev
eral were killed, but the number is not
known. A call was .sent to Sacramento
for doctors. A tramp was killed in the
wreck and a baggageman injured. The
wreck i ng t rai u was se n t f rorn Sacra-
mento to th1 scene.
win ,n.w, nee. .Hi. lejnllv grippe,
wIpHi has already fastened itself upon
ne;;r.v ( vt ry cry cist of the Mississipti
river, snreadinc westward with up
ualliiifr rapidity. Not since the torribli
pMlein'p of isfliMMt have there been
-uich ravages by the fearful malady as
at t no present time, according to special
lispat-'hrs p'ltliered tonight from ninny
sources. Mild, open weather, highly
unseasonable, is hoM responsible by
health authorities.
1'ittsburg is the chief complainant. So
many people there are ill that the stn'
rtar service is crippled and office build
mgs nre practically empty. Hesidea
I'Hfsburg, New York, Baltimore, Cin
cinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, Clevelnnd
Milwaukee and other Eastern ami West
ern cities were reported to be wrestling
wnn me disease, a number of deaths
each city occurring daily.
AMUSEMENTS.
Bi.ierabiv raier man in nmo. .Nn;ti, t,im,.rPlllv .,.; tvmlmne
ar has tm.Mght so great nn immigra-( . ii,.ntu. ;n iB ;.,!, (,,i t-1Lr,.n t
the hospital. is condit in was x
for Postal receipts, export and
t'orts, the products from the farm and
dairy, and tli"- from the orchard, and
every other resource by which pros
I'flrity can be ff'uls"d. prove nn unpre-
ed'-nttd cronth. and if we will onlv
shake offtbi temporary impulse ti
bedgi-, ran be made a still greater
y..r.
tretiwly critical f.jr a time, hut tlay
he is much improved. It is tie night
his malady is incurable and it 1 re
gnrded as a question whether the tri:il
will ever b" concluded.
STATION AGENT KILLED
TO CONCEAL ROBBERY
WASHIXGT' T 30. Governor
Shirks ha? wind President Ro.,i elf
that he is p'l h.-irin,; a pmdnmati- n --.ill
itig the l.gi;i'.iT- ( V. va.l.i :ii' 'r:
'mt. Tr'op iili r-'tiKiin in Gold
field threo -wee),. ..n d- un b r-'ar li.
thnt an extra s'-ion w;M r.ilbd.
s
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Hntehinon. ag- nt of the R. 4- j. her ,
fli iuurder.l n-t night and the a
n burned
r..t-'M'l-
ilr:i I
v--r hi bodv.
It i n;J
of 'Doll v.
ft
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MAI.V 22T. VOFR-I TO Pl.i: s:.
Peil's Elite Laundry
I hn finnli' of the f i int. net of "Tin
Invimikcr," which will lio the offering
nr. mo .Moiltonl Opera House, TucHilny
iwc'imicr .11, in one oi the mont won
iliTful nf tii(jp effects. Hundreds of
nitomntonn lire seen to niovo nnd obey
every instruction from Jiihunnus tint;
Kenheimer, the toyinuher of lluenberir.
(leno Ormonde, who impersonates the
Wcotch dull; I.urn Vnil lis the Imby
doll; hthel Manning ns the Imllet
dancer; CuroJ Manning ns the China
boy; Ivy I'ollnrd as the, Japanese doll
and Huby Norton as tho clown doll
with George Knnkel ns .Tohannus Oub
genheimer, have a specialty entitled,
"The Doll Dance," that is one of the
salient features of "The Toymaker.'
The mere mention that "The Tov
maker" was to be played would be
sufficient to pack any 8an Francisco
theater to the doors.
fleorge Kunke), a remarkably clever
comedian, the man who succeeded F
ris Hartmnn ns principal funmaker of
the Tivoh Opera House, and who lias
been the principal comedian for the Hnn
Francisco Opera Company the pnst two
years, with William Harria, character
comedian, and Frank Hertrand, the op.
centric comedian, have charge of th
funmaking for the Kan Francisco Op
era fomimny. Knnkel, Bertraml, liar
ris and Ihiphne I'ollnrd keep the audi
enee in gooil humor from the rise to
the fall of the film! curtain.
will be "Why
underlined for
The next attraction
Oirls I, i rive lltmie."
Fri'nv. .bmi'iirv 'I.
Th'H ' !-'. .1. Curjii iit-r ' le Ht :it
traction and has received splendid
pres hot.iri-s from the Portland press
pfl.t week.
the
Stai;.' rehearsal have begun for the
fort licomiiig production of "The Mas
cot," with which M esurs, II a .-) rlgg
find Andrews will again entTf.am Med
ford theatergoers on the night nf Jan
uary I.". Although we have had some
spb-ndid attractions on the local stage
thin senium, tin-re are many people in
Medford who init that ' The Mi
kndo" was the "bent show ever in
town," and as Mr. Haelrigg promine
that "The Mac(.t" will be even bit
t-r, we nre evidently in for n treat.
ELDP NG
PREACHER
LOCATED
Rev. J. K. Cooke Who
Eloped With Floretta
Whaley, the Heiress,
Found in San Francisco
SA N FR A NClSt '(), Dec ;10. Tho
t all today pnblifdies an interview with
Kev. dire Knode Cooke, formerly pas
tor of St. George i church, at Hemp
stead, Tj. I., who in clnimc.l to havp do
serted his wife eight months ngo, elop
ing with the 17-yenr-old lieircHH, I,or
ettn Whnley. The pair were located, it
is said, in n flat at 11HJI Green atrr t,
thin city. A child was born to tin in
during the interval. The rector was
working ns a painter and decorator, and
nothing offering in that line, doing tho
hardest kind of manual labor to mip
port. himself, his companion and their
hild.
Inquiry nt the flat occupied bv Itev.
.1. Knoile Cooke and Floretta Whaley,
revealed the fact that the couple had
fled with their child. Cooke and hid
companion lived in thin city umler the
name of Mr. and Mm. Gerald Halcnm.
They left the flat last night in n pelt
ing rain. I he police, in the absence oC
a request to detain them, are making
no effort to locate tho pnir.
MINI-mA, L. I., Tec. M. Pmtrict
Attorney Coles said today that ho hnd
received no official notice thnt .T. K.
ooko and Floretta Whnley hnd benn'
found in San Francisco. As soon nn
notified, he will auk tho authorities of
Sun Francisco to arrest Cooke on a
warrant msned Hhortly after his dis-
npeparancn. Cooko ih charged with
nbduction. Mrs. Whalev. the grand
mother of Floretta, said hIio would
welcome tho girl home, nnd send mouoy
for her return, if necessary.
MAKE A HUNDRED BY
FINDING SILICA SAND
OHTLAND, Or., Dec. HO. (To tho
Kditor.) You havo printed articles at
lifferent times relativo to the discov-
nry of large bodies of silica sand, and
tho Oregon Development League do-
Hires to pre Rent $100 to any reader of
your paper or amy citizen of Orp(fon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana or Oil if or
nit, who will find this sand to fill tho
requirements demunded bv the Colum
bia Stool Works of this city, who have
made this offer through the League:
We will take one hundred tons each
month of silica sund, f8 per cent puro
silica and free from iron oxides, de
livered nt Portland nt not to exceed
0 per ton, and we will pay $100 in
cash to the discoverer."
Silica sand is now being shipped to
ortlund and other iron nnd steel man
ufacturing centers of the Pacific Coast
from Minnesota. It has been frequent
ly reported that large quantities of
pure silica have been discovered, and
the community that "makes good" in
this instance has a greater source of
enue than gold or copper mines, lum
ber mills or factories of any kind, for
when a dependable quality of Hi tic a
Hand is found in quantities sufficient
to flupply the demand, all the iron works
from the Gulf of California to Alaska
rid from the Rocky Mountains west,
ill be customers. It muy just as well
11 given to the public now ns biter
that the steel trust and another coin-
i nation of miilti uiillijiiiairi s engager)
in the production of iron and steel are
invent igat ing d if ferent points on the
iicific fonut with the idea f building
another I ' j 1 1 h1 u t
Don't, worry about the present freight
iite. The discovery .of it large quart
tity of silica sand would make a low
ite iiceeKHarv rememjtcr tbiit the rt.-ind
now comes from M mnvsota. I h ih is
our opportunity. Svnd a Ham pie to
our, nen rest. aiityT to be Hiire you
have the goudi.
TOM IflcHAKDSOX.
Seer fary I o velopmnit League.
ITV Tlti; Ast ltKJt S NOTf 'K.
Of fitte
)r gon,
De,
!The Na ., (inll will be op.-n lifter tlo
i."rfurmnn'f of "The Tovirial;.-r" Tin
'b' 'ml'1''. ! ial menu will In
I at. r 'ij.;.. r r.,av I... .-.-Mr..! ..f th.- b.-i
9 the wn'-.f f f. . . .1 at n fion-.bh
MMMMH prl.-v.
"ily Treasurer. M. df.-rd,
-tuber iMlli, l!"1".
ot ire ii h"r v given that tli'-re
are fun. U in the city trenurv for t he
redemption of all light :tnd water fund
warrant- protect. d prior to August 7th,
1ft"7.
Interest will e.-ae on the ;nno ;trU t
the nbme date. :
L. L. JAi oay,
2 -1 7 ( City Treasurer.
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