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1908 HORTICULTURAL EDITION OF THE MEDFORD TRIBUNE-10,000 COPIES-READY IN JANUARY
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Associated Press
Dispatches
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Sunday.
VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OR., SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1908.
No. 242
MANDAMUS
PROCEEDINGS
NOT BEGUN
Socialists Fail to
Act But
Promise Sensation
Perry Petition Charged
and His Name Cut Out
Though Socialist leaders walked to
'Jacksonville and back yesterday to be
gin mandamus proceedings to force the
ity recorder to place the name of their
candidate for mayor on the ballot for
the forthcoming city election, formal
proceedings were not begun, aB their
attorney did not keep bis appointment.
They have not abandoned their inten
tions, however, and promise future sen
sations. Recorder Collins, acting upon the ad
vice of his attorney, W. M. Calvig, has
refuBed to isBue a call for the election
of a mayor. Judge Colvig, after inves
tigating the legal aspects, has satisfied
himself that Mayor Heddy was elected
for a two-year term and refused to un
dertake mandamus proceedings to force
the election of a new mayor, because
he regarded them as futile.
J. A. Perry states that his name was
used without his consent by petition
ers and upon his demand the petition
was changed to a request upon the re-
fnrrlnr in cnll nn election for a mavor.
The change was made after nearly all
of the 190-odd signers had written their
names on the Perry petition, which wan
circulated by H: A. Angle. The orig
inal petition was cut off and the names
.,-::.,;, ci,ni,i ja.
corder Collins comply with the petition
and call the election, its legality would
be in question, as the charter does' Hot
confer upon the recorder the right to
cil elections save,upon-the order of the
city council.
ALBANY' IS PLANNING
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 4. Plans are
progressing favorably for , Albany 's
""boosting" excursion to Los Angeles.
M. H." Gibbons, .who is arranging the
trip, has stated that practically enough
business men had signified their inten
tion of going to assure the excursion.
The party will leave Albany, probably
February 10, in a special car, which will
be decorated with appropriate banners,
and everywhere in California literature
will be distributed advertising Albany
and Linn County. The party will
make stops at Red Bluff, Sacramento,
Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Ba
kersfield and Los Angeles, and recep
tions will be arranged for it at each
point. At Los Angeles the party will
disband and its members will return
whenever thev decire.
NO MOTTOLES8 COIN
FOR PASTOR JONES
PITTSBURG, Jan. 4. "If the
brethren have no objection, I would
rather not take these five double eagles.
They are new money and very pretty,
but they lack the sacred motto which
my mother tiiught me to look for on
all our country's coins.'
With this little speech the Rev. W.
A. Jones, pastor of the Knoxville Pres
byterian church on the smith side.
turned back to the donors $100 of a
.1'J0 purse his congregation had given
s hitn as a f'hrstnas present. The purse
was made up in gold and the five ob
jectionable '20 pieces happened to be
of the new issue which docs not bear
the "In Cm id We Trust' motto.
DEAF MUTES WALTZ
WITHOUT ANY MUSIC
SEATTLE. Jan. 4. Denf mutes from
all over Fit act sound gathered at the
Labor temple. The occasion was the
first annual ball given by the Puget
Sound Association of the Deaf, and the
programme included merrymaking of a
most unusual character.
Waltzes, twosteps and Virginia reels,
all without music from piano, clarionet
or cello, were parried off in nlmnst
perfect time nnd with a spirit of vim
strangely infections to one familiar
with the silent language of the fingers.
Except fr an occasional outburst of
V. liter iie dance was gone through
nlnmst noiselessly.
More than 50 members of the asso
ciation ve?' present. mot of them
d Mr' and dr.mi. aithcitf, some w-re
deaf pnlj.
DYNAMITE
BLOWS UP
Bomb Exploded in Base
ment of First National
at Kansas City Panic
Ensues.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4. A bomb was
exploded in the basement of the First
National bank building at the corner
of Tenth and Baltimore streets, a few
minutes before noon, caused much dam
age. The force of the explosion was
terrific. Three were Injured, one it
is believed was fatally injured., Elbert
Ward, the negro porter in the bank,
condition is serious. Logan Wilson, a
abnk clerk, was badly hurt, but will
recover. J. Donaldson, a bank clerk,
was injured, but not seriously.
The bank was crowded with custom
era, and including employes, there were
about 250 personB in the bank. A panic
ensued and a wild scramble, followed
for the street doors. The building wqb
one of the roost beautiful in the c't;,,
and cost $1,000,000. It was onlp fin
ished last year.
Investigation shows that the bomb
was placed in the toilet room of the
basement, 20 feet from the main vault.
The smell of powder was very notice
able. There are no clews. ,
CUSTOMS HOUSE RECEIPTS
SHOW A FALLING OFF
: The rennrts of the government's re
ceipts and expenditures for the '.month
of December show a ' decrense in the
receipts ns compared with December
last year of $3,529,152, and an increase
in expenditures of $9,3S1,414, making
the net loss for the year $17.91 0,50(1.
The decrease in receipts is from cus
toms, $0,S95.959; from internal rev
enue, $2,708,645. Miscellaneous receipts-
increase $1,135,452.1 Increases
of expenditures are: .Civil and miscel
laneous, a,QOO.ft00; . war. $1,500,000;
navy, $4,000,000; pensions, $2,400,000;
public works, increase from -4,843,711
to $S,S99,000.
TURKEYS SELLING AT ADVANCE
IN PORTLAND MARKET
An advance is shown in the turkey
market values at Portland. With nor
mal supplies and liberal demand the
trade bid up on the few birds that came
nnd the result is that turkeys sold
around 22 Ms and 23 cents the highest
price thus far reached the present sea
son. According to the trade the turkey
market was never so bare of supplies
at this time of the year as it is today.
The public seems to have acquired a
turkey appetite this season that never
is satisfied. It consumed this year more
turkeys than it ever did at holiday
time. At Thanksgiving the consumption
of turkeys was greatly increased by the
lower range of values nnd at Christmas
the demand far exceeded the supply,
even though receipts wero quite lib
eral. Put Under Heavy Bonds.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 4.
I'eter Petorsteiner has been bound over
to the circuit court under bonds in the
sum of .'iiiiii, charged with assault
with intent to kill on Charles Johnston.
The assault occurred nn rhristmas eve
in the Ui.hu saloon, and as a result
Johnston Inst an eye and is in a pre
carious condition. It is probable that
two others wilt hp made defendants
with Tetersteiner in a unplicis. John-
stii's cham f recovery i very slight.
Oregon Nursery Company's Mcdford
Headquarters.
C. F. ook. the energetic representa
tive of the Oregon Nursery Company,
has established an office in the Moore
block, on Seventh street, two doors east
of Hotel Moore, in the same room with
Mr. Dressier, the real estate agent.
Mr. Cook has met with much success
since his advent in Medford, having nl
ready taken orders for two carloads of
fruit trees. He never spares any pains
to please and is always rendy to ac
commodate the public with the best in
his line.
The Oregon Nursery Company is one
of the leading institution of its kind
on t he Pacific coast. It docs an im
mense business and has established an
enviable reputation in npplying its ens
tomers with the best trees, which are
ntwavt j clean, healthy and true f
Sketches of Prominent Business Men
- ARTHUR H. DAVIS.
Modford is fortunnte in having ns a resident Arthur II. Davis. He is nn
eastern electrical contractor of unusual nbility, with 20 years of experience
His office is in the White building, with Willinm Aitken, the plumber.
T CUT OUT
CITY SCHOOLS
Bishop of Pittsburg Or
ders Catholics Away on
Pain of Mortal Sin.
PITTSBURG, Jan. " 4. Bishop Cane
vin of the Pittsburg dioceBe has is
sued an explicit letter to the effect
that in places where there is a Cath
olic school within two miles parents
and guardians are forbidden under pain
of mortal sin to send their children to
any non-Catholic school, and confessors
are forbidden to absolve those who do
not obey.
SLOW MARKET FOB
OREGON WOOLS IN EAST
According to the latest main advices
from Boston, there has been but little
doing in Oregon wools in that mar
ket. Fine staple is well sold up nnd
what is left is quoted at 2.V. Eastern
clothing wools are offered at 18 to 10c.
to cost clean CO to (i"c, but are not in
special demand. Valley wools are of
fering at 2? to 2'ic, for Nos. 1 and 3,
and at 27c for No. 2.
In territory words, a few transactions
of large size were reported in the last
week at prices below the market for
good wools. The sales were forced and
are not a criterion of what good wool
will bring under ordinary market con
ditions. About WiM.finri pounds of fine
and fine medium clips, in the original
hags, including I'tah and Idaho, have
been cleaned up on the scoured basis
of 5s,
AN ALLEGED FORGER
SENT TO INSANE ASYLUM
C. L. Hritnmesley, who was arrested
at Asland not long since ami placed in
the county jail at Jacksonville, charged
with passing a forged check on L. P.
)rr, the druggit, has been sent to the
Oregon insane asylum. His mind was
discovered to be unbalanced when he
was placed on trinl in the circuit court.
The possibilities of developing oil
wells in the vicinity of Bonanza are
now more encouraging than at any pre
vious time. In boring n well for a new
livery stable there a strata of black
oil sandstone was struck nnd specialists
have pronounced it an unmistakable
sign ef the existence of oil. Several
other places in Klamath county, especi
ally in that portion surrvunding Bonan
za, show signs of oil, The prospects are
Ijood and ht development of the same
may result in the discovery of one of
the richest oil regions on this const. ,-
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BACKBONE OF
STRIKE BROKEN
Miners Deserting Federa
tion atGoldfield and
Going Back to Old Jobs
GOLDFIELD, Jan. 4. From appear
ances today it would seem that the
backbone of the Btrikc is about bro
ken and that all mines rtill be in full
operation, possibly within ten days.
The hills are full of miners npplying
for work. They are deserting the West
ern Federation of Miners by the score.
Mineownerg are employing former fed-
eraton men aj.ng with those imported.
DO OLE Y ON CONGRESS
AND WHAT IT MEANS
"Mr. Donley" describes congress in
the current American. He says in part:
" Th ' on y raison congress goes on
an' nnobody cares it that it niver dales
with subjicks that anny wan ilse iver
talks about onless they nre in 1 brink.
Who iver heerd iv two sensible men
diseiissin ' th ' river an ' harbor bill
or wan sensible woman f Hid you an '
ye'er wife iver set. down at flight an'
debate th' pension system or free rural
delivery, great subjicks that, ivry day
t"r three mouths will sind I'oiiL'ress
to tbVfluro? No, sir. That's th' rai
son why we can put up with govern
ments, bec;ilise they're nlWilVH kept
busy nttindin' to maithers iv no impor
tance, Annyt hinu tint 's iinpnrtant
enough to need aft indatu-e I 'II niver
p.'MS over to 11 collect intl IV IllWVerS
fr'm tli' rural di-.trii-;s. Whin ye
me with me face convulsed in pas
don mi linger gliamin' fr'm me eye,
'tis not about th' railroad situation I'm
think in ', but about rue t iyht, shoes..
Whin ye see me with me load bowed
in thought, it s not wotidhrin ' about
1 1 threiisiiry surplus I am. but nndi
tat in ' on how I m goin ' t ' raise th '
money '( th ' monthly rint. "
1USSIAN STATESMEN
ARE SENT TO PRISON
fT. PETEKSMI'liG, Jan. I. The
trial of the h)'.t members of the first
douma who signed the Viborg manifes
to, resulted in IfiT of tlorn being con
icted and sentcni-ed f, three months'
imprisonment, while two were acquit
ted on the ground that thev had signed
under mimipprehermioii. The se'jt nee
carries with it the es of all political
rights.
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PETTIBONE NOT
OF STEAUENBERG MURDER
Prosecution of Western
lapses-Mover to Be Released From Prison Today-Indictment
Against Simpkins Still Stands
Jury Stood Ten For Acquittal Two for Conviction!
BOIBE, Jan. 4. After M hours of.
deliberation a verdict of not guilty was
reached by the jury trying George A.
Pettibone, charged with complicity in
the murder of ex-Governor Frank A.
Steuneuberg. The verdict was brought
in at 31:10 o'clock this morning. No
demonstration of any kind marked the
reading of the verdict which made Pet
tibone a free man. After two years of
imprisonment awaiting trial th defend
ant, pale - and emaciated because of
long illness, merely smiled as he heard
the announcement. A moment later he
was Burrounded by attorneys and
friends. His wife wept for joy.
All night the jury stood ten for ac
quittal and two for conviction. There
was no change until the final ballot.
The verdict caused little surprise in
Boise, in view of the verdict in the Hey
wood ense. Pettibone will return nt
onco to Denver. Physicians fear that
he will never recover from his illness.
There was no action in the Moyor
case this morning, but the attorney for
the state admits that the prosecution
of the Western Federation of Miners,
ALL STOCK SUBSCRIBED
FOR REORGANIZED BANK
All the capital stock of the new German-American
bank, which will take
over the closed Oregon Trust & Savings
bank, has been subscribed, states T. C
Devlin, receiver of the defunct institu
tion. The stock signed for is $500,000,
which is 'the proposed capital of the
new bank'. The success of the reorgan
ization" is now u hsu red, and Receiver
Devljn is confident there will bo no
hitch in, the plan.
' Everything in working harmoniously
townrd the' reopening of tho bnnk 's
doors. An understanding has been
reached by all connected with the move
ment and within a week it is believed
that a definite announcement of the
time of the reopening can he mnde. A
petition will be mnde to the court ask
ing for 18 months in which to meet all
claims against the bnnk.
ASHLAND FOOTBALL TEAM
CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
On New Year's day the Ashland foot
ball team contested on a slippery field
with the A. A. C. team for the cham
pionship of Kogue It iver valley, the
game ending in a score of 2 to 0 in
favor of Ashland. The ln-st half was
vigorously played. The Ashland team
had two men severely hurt. Carter re
ceived n scalp wound that put him off
the field, while Sayles' nose was badly
bruised.
GOVERNMENT WILL TRY
TO PROSECUTE GRAFTERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. ). A decision
has been reached by the president nnd
attorney general that the government
will use every measure in its power to
bring about in the higher court its dis
Mi'tiHivi'l of the decision rendered in
Colorado by .Indue Lewis that there is
no law against citizens agreeing in nd
vanee to purchase coal or other public
lands that, may be acquired by others
under what is known as tin dummy
ent r vma u k m) em.
Why Has It
Been
Discontinued?
GUILTY
DECLARES IDAHO JURY
Federatipri--Leaderl Col
loaders for tho Steunenberg murder, is
at an end, Moyer will be released from
jail probably this af tornooi. , The in
dictment against .lack Simpkins who
is a fugitive from justice, will stand.,
109 ANGELES, Jan. 4. UJarenw
Barrow, tho Chicago attorney, who ifi
rected the defense of Haywood, and
Pettibone, sitting in a rocking chjur
beside his bed in the California hospitaj,
wrapped in bed clothes and baudngos,
received the verdict of the jury in the
Pettibone case with the greatest pleas
ure. The Associated Press was tho first
to apprise him of the news. He sent
Pettibone the following message of con
gratulation: "Como here; I have flowers enough
for two funerals."
Commenting on the verdict, Darrow
declared: "There was never anything
to these cases, but Orchnrd related a
weird, fantastic and exciting story, but
there was no corroboration of it that
tended of itself to incriminate anybody.
The country had seen in the Haywood
trial what a monster or liar he was."
MINUTES OF MEETING
i AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Regular meeting of tho Medford Com
mercial club, held at its hull, January
2. Minutes of the last regular and
annual meeting held December U wero
read and approved. The secretary" was
instructed to write Mr. Lewis in full
as regards tho use of cuts. Moved and
carried that the following gentlemen
act as a reception committee to meot
the members of the Inland Empiro ex
cursion on its stop at Medford on Feb
rnary i: William M. Colvig, J. D. Ob
well, Dr. J. F. Heddy, J. E. Watt and
C. II. Pierce. Moved and carried that
all of the bills presented he allowed
and checks were ordered drawn for tho
several amounts. Tho following names
were proposed for membership: II. L,
Getchell, N. C. Horenson and Clarenco
Wheeler. The rules were suspended and
all three of the above named were elect
ed to full membership.
Moved and carried Hint a cominittoo
of three bo appointed, whose duty it
will be to make arrangements for a
public mass meeting of the people, tho
subject of discussion at the meeting to
be "Greater Medford." The following
were named as the committee: William
M. Colvig, chairman; C. H. Pierco and
F. K. Merrick.
PANIC OVER STATE'S
CONTROLLER RIDOELEY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. W. It.
Hidgely, controller of the currency,
has given a statement, dealing largely
A'ith financial conditions during tho
year l!n7, in which ho says: "The con
ditions which made this crisis possible
are the accumulated, composite reaiiltM
of many years of business. The whole
w.-rld has been overtrading and ex
panding nml nowhere has it been more
rampant than in the t'nited States.
Tee r-'M-'i-.n s in-vi'nb'. rr?:d lliouh
it might not have 1 a ken t he form of
hank panic, had we been better pre
pared with Hiich a banking and cur
reni-y hv st i' in as we should ha ve, t lie
time has come when some or nil must
pay for our overindulgence.
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