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    1908 HORTICULTURAL EDITION OF THE DAILY TRIBUNE-10,000 COPIES-READY IN JANUARY
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THE WEATHER
Associated Press
Dispatches
re
Huiny weather promised tonight
nnd Tuesday.
VOL. II.
MEDFOBD, OR., MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1908.
NO. 249
CITY ELECTION
PROMISES TO
JtVtKT ptl
Recorder,
Treasurer
and Three Council
men tobeVotedFor
No Interest Shown.
What promises to be the quietest
election in recent yeaM will be held
tomorrow, when three councilmen, one
from eneh of the wards, and a city re
corder and treasurer are balloted for.
The Socialists have 'a full ticket in the
field, and while a candidate may pull
through by reason of his personal pop
ularity, the ticket is not expected to
stand much show of success, even by
partisans, but merely to indicate the
strength of the party.
Collins to Be Re-Elected.
Benjamin M. Collins will probably be
re-elected recorder. His only opponent
is Perry Stewart, Socialist. The
chances all favor Collins' election, who
has filled the office with success.
For city treasurer, Lee Jacobs will
probably succeed himself. John A.
Smith, Socialist, is his opponent. Mr.
ini,. ; f tlm hent-knnwn men
in the city, has a wide circle of friends
and has made nn enviable record.
In the First ward, "Big Chief" J.
H. Fitzgerald is making a hard fight
for a seat in the council with F. E. Mor
sel;, the orchardist. Mr. Fitzgerald is
manager of the Rogue River Electrical
Construction Co. He is well known as
chief of the Red Men and prominently
identified with other lodges. John R.
Simmons is the Socialist candidate.
In Other Wards.
In the second ward, Dr. Louis Bnndy,
the well-known and popular dentist, has
.betn induced to make the run, J. E.
Barkdull retiring in Ins tnvor. 11. it.
Wortmnn, the butcher, and J. V. Wil
son, the Socialist, are his opponents.
In the third ward, Councilman W. W.
Eifert will make the race at the in
stance of friends. F. A. Bliss and Er
nest Walters, Socialist, will be his op
ponents. WITNESSES TESTIFY IN
THAW MURDER TRIAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. The state to
day presented its direct case against
Thaw and this afternoon Martin M.
Littleton made an opening address for
the defense. James Clinch Smith,
brother-in-law of Stanford White, and
an eyewitness to the shooting, was the
most important witness to be offered
in behnlf of the state against Thaw.
He told the story to the jury after As
sistant District Attorney Garvan had
declared in opening the address that
Thaw's act was no more nor less than
a "premeditated, deliberate and cow
ardly act." Smith's story is similar
to tiiat of last year's trial. The cross
exnminntion brought forth the declara
tion from Smith that the record of
the first trial was in error at one point.
Duofold being
made of two sep
arate fabrics, it is
warmer . than a
single fabric of
twice the thick
ness. The good
Duofold
Reasons Why You Should Wear
DUOFOLD UNDERWEAR
housewife puts a double blanket on
the bed for the same reason. The
outer fabric in Duofold excludes the
cold, the inner retains the heat.
Duofold being made from two
light fabrics interknit, it has
warmth without bulk or weight, the
inner fabric being mnde of very
fine como'-d cotton nnd attached to
the cuter fabric of wool, keeps the
wo'd from shrinking. The good
housekeeper, in washing a pieco of
lace, sews it to a cotton fabric to
keep the lace from shrinking.
Duofold bring made with th
inner
and can then-fore be worn by those who
they cannot.
Duofold has twice the absorbing and
fabric.
SOLD ONLY AT
The Toggery
PROSPERITY
MEETING
E
Everybody Expected
tobe Present atMass
Meeting For Greater
Medford Tonight.
What promises to bo the biggest
mass meeting ever held in Medford is
scheduled fur tonight at the Medford
Opera house. An interesting pro
gramme, has been arranged, replete
with vocal and instrumental music and
eloiueut addresses upon the city and its
future.
It is called the ' Prosperity Mass
Meeting," and speakers will outnine to
those attending what to do to make
Medford n big city. All old feuds are
to be dropped, petty animosities forgot
ten in a supreme effort to unite .in
work for the upbuilding of country and
town.
You are invited more than that, you
are urged to come. .Show that you
have some interest in the future of this
city of destiny. If you aro n loyal
Med ford ite, you will be there, sure.
The following is the programme:
Programme.
Music Medford Band
Oponing address Chairman
"The Growth of Medford"
II. C. Garnett
Song G ore Hros. Quartet
"The Natural Resources of Rogue
River Valley" Hon. J. F. Reddy
"The Financial Outlook of South
ern Oregon" Hon, V. I. Vawter
"An Ideal Medford"
Hon. W. S. Crowell
Ccrnot solo...". Prof. John Norling
"Products and Shipments from the
Rogue River Valley"
Hon. John D. 01 well
"The Educational Interests of the
City" Prof, Signs
Vocal nolo Mrs. C. H. Hazelrigg
"Looking Forward". ..Rev. G. L. Hall
"The Cogitations of a Tenderfoot"
E. E. Kelly
Song Medford Quartet
"Tho Medford Commercial Clubv..
C. H. Pierce
"The Optimist as a Citizen"
Rev. M. F. Horn
Music Medford Band
And other features too numerous to
mention.
No collection or subscription asked.
Free to all. A continuous perform
ance, to which every man, woman and
child in Medford is respectfully invited
and requested to attend.
Let us get together and start the
boom. COMMITTEE.
"The Mascot."
The forthcoming production of "The
Mascot" at the Medford Opera House
Wednesday, January 22, is the sole
topic of conversation in amusement cir
cles and inquiries for Beats indicate
that there will be a large number of
people in line when tho snle opens.
Remember, the sale of seats begins at
Hnskin's Drug Store, Wednesday, Janu
arv in, nt 10 o'clock.
Duofold being
made of two sep
arate fabrics with
the air space bo
'ween, bears to
the human body
the same relation
as that of the double window of the
house. Air being a non conductor
of cold, the garment made of two
separate fabrics with nn air space
between is warmer than n single
garment of double the thickness.
Duofold's inner fabric of cotton
with air cells between the impuri
ties of the body are absorbed by
the outer fabric, while in the or
dinary single garment the impuri
ties nre retained next to the Bkin.
fabric of a vory fine cotton, is soft,
would like to wear wool, hut think
ventilating qualities of a single
S GREATEST
GIVERS
OPERA HOUS
PUTNAM CONVICTED OF
CRIMINAL LIBEL FINED
8150:WILLAPPEALCASE
jury
Returns Verdict
Hours' DeliberationCase Will Go To
Supreme CourtInstructions of Court
Favor Prosecution.
CHRANOLOGY
Dec. 11 V.. S. Rarnum assaults Mayor Keddy with nu ax.
Dec. Hi Grand jury begins investigation of assault.
X),.e. ii Grand jury exonerates Itanium by voting a not-true bill.
Dec. 19 Grand jury is criticised for failure to indict Barnum in
Tribune editorial.
Dec. 21 Editor Put mini is indicted by the grand jury. Ts pulled
from his berth in a Pullman at midnight at Koseburg, denied communi
cation with friends and thrown into jail.
Dee. 22 Putnam is released on $:tt) cash bail.
.Ian. 0 Motion to quash indictment denied by Judge Ilanna.
Jan. " Demurrer to indictment overruled.
Jan. 9 -Selection of trial jury begun.
Jan. 10 Judge II anna rules out nil evidence regarding Barnum
assault.
jnn j Jury, after three hours' deliberation, returns verdict of
guilty. Putnam waivea statutory time, asks immediate sentence and is
fined $150. His attorneys file notice of appcul.
-
George Putnam, editor of the Med
ford Tribune, wns found guilty of hav
ing criminally libeled the grand jury
and Deputy District Attorney t'lar
ence L. Keames by a jury in Circuit
Judge Ilanna 's court Saturday after
noon. The jury was out three hours
before returning a verdict. The de
fendant waived his statutory time,
asked immediate sentence and was
fined 150. He at once filed notice of
appeal.
Closing arguments began in the case
Saturday morning. District Attorney
Keames opened nnd closed for the state.
Attorneys Kobert G. Smith and E. E.
Kelly mnde the closing arguments for
the defendant. At the afternoon ses
sion Judge Ilanna read his instruc
tions to the jury, which, with his pre
vious rulings, practically instructed for
a verdict of guilty, and nt 1:30 o'clock
the jury retired, coming in about 4
o'clock with the verdict of guilty.
Origin of Libel Case.
Putnam was indicted by the grand
jury Inst month for criminal libel in
having criticised the district attorney
and grand jury for failing to return an
indictment against President V. S.
Barnum of the Rogue River railroad
for trying to brain Mayor J. F. Reddy
of Medford with nn ax.
The alleged libelous article was:
"The grand jury is composed of the
following men: Wallace Woods, J. II.
Tiobison. ('. II. Vnunel. Adam Schmidt,
T. E. Pottentrer. J. h. Garvin. Tt took
them just 15 minutes to indict n friend
less horsethief, a poor old woman nnd
a penniless forger. They spent three
dnvs on the Barnum case nnd then jus-
MYSTERIOUS BURGLARIES
IN PORTLAND BUILDING
PORTLAND, Jan. 13. The series of
mysterious burglaries in the offices of
the Chamber of Commerce building in
the pnst few weeks was eclipsed last
night when the robbers went through
seven or eight offices, picking up mis
cellaneous valuables here nnd there.
The robbers made the biggest haul in
the offices of O 'Day & Tarpley, law
yers, where they succeeded in getting
into the safe, from which they abstract
ed 250 in coin, the property of Attor
ney W. W. Banks, who had put. it into
the safe for safekeeping. On arrest was
mnde.
JOHN H. HALL PLACED
ON TRIAL IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Jan. 13. The case of
John II. Hall, ex -United States attor
nv Winlock W. Stehver and others,
charged with illegally fencing govern
ment land in connection with what is
known as the Butte Creek Land, Live
stock and Lumber company, came up
todav, but an adjournment was had
until thin nftermxin. F. H'ney if
conducting the precut n.
fieorge Fox of Central Point, who
has been confined to his home on ac
count of i4:ne. linn improved to the
extent of being nbl to be upon the
street i again.
of Guilty After Three
OF CASE.
tified the murderous assault. Deputy
District Attorney Kennies is a most re
lentless prosecutor, when a man drops
a nickol in tho slot machine, or takes
a drink on Sunday, or a poor fallen
crenture is caught sinning. Such hein
ous crimes must be punished; they are
dangerous nt once to life nnd limb.
But any one can try to brain n man
with an axe nnd secure immunity from
tho blindfolded representatives of jus
tice." The defendant sought to prove the
truth of the article under the statute
which permits the truth to be plead as
justification, by proving by witnesses
that a person had tried to brain a man
with nn ax and had secured immunity
from prosecution nt the hands of the
authorities, but the court refused to
permit any testimony regarding tho as
sault. The following instructions given by
the court to the jury indicate the the
ory of the law under which the exclus
ion was mnde:
"You have nothing to do with what
trnnspired between W. 8. Barnum and
Dr. Reddy on December 11, HI07, when
it is claimed that Barnum nnsnulted
Reddy. The fact of whether or not
Barnum was guilty of any assault was
a fact to be determined by the grand
jury. They a re presu m ed by law to
have determined the matter rightly."
The defendnnt announced that the
case would be carried to the supreme
court.
Putnam wns ably defended by attor
neys W. T. Vawter, Robert G. Smith nnd
K. E. Kelly. The prosecution was con
ducted by district attorney A. E.
Renmes.
P. FREIGHT SERVICE
HAS BEEN REDUCED
Local freight train service between
Junction and Grants Pass has been re
duced from daily to tri weekly, begin
ning next Saturday. These are the
trains known as Nos. 225 and 220.
Hereafter No. 225 will leave Junction
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
and go on south from Rnseburg every
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and go
north every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. This arrangement will re
suit in the laying off of two of the
local train crews. Many points along
the line will be handicapped by reced
ing only three freight n a week instead
of seven, nn before.
OROVER MAY RECEIVE
THE COLD SHOULDER
There is a movemi nt on foot to send
Ex-President Grover Cleveland to Den
ver n"xt summer as one of tin1 dele
gates -nt-lnrge from N'-w Jersey to the
democratic na t ional convent ion, which
will be held at Denver in July.
It is not likely that I'levidand will
accept, as he i v.-U aware of the fact
t hat he is very unpopular wit h t he
rank and file of the Democracy, which
'lapses him us a Ifepublican.
Memrs. M. E. fuel F. E. Hayes of
' i riff in (!; re re.ent M'dford bus
MANY CANDIDATES NAMED
BY FRIENDS IN CONTEST FOR
$2500 WORTH OF PRIZES
Ladies From Many Section's Chosen by
Friends as Nominees in Struggle to Se
cure Auto, Scholarships and Other Prizes
Offered by TribuneSouthern Oregonian.
CUT THIS OUT.
MEDFOKD TIM HUN 13 AND SOUT.1TEKN" ORE
GONIAN GRAND PRIZE CONTEST
ONE VOTE.
Good for TWENTY-FIVE VOTES when used as a nomination blank.
FOR
DISTRICT NO
This Coupon, cut out and mailod to the Contest Department, or depos
ited in the ballot box at the Tribune Office, will count as one vote for tho
lady whose name is filled in.
COUPONS SHOULD BE SENT FLAT, NOT ROLLED OR FOLDED
This evening the Daily Tribuno makes
the first public announcement of some
of the ladies who will be numbered
among the contestants for the $".300.00
in prizes which will be distributed as
rewards for energy nnd enterprise in
securing votes. These wero tho noml
nations scoured up to 0 p. m. yesterday.
The number of votes each one has
will be published in Monday's issue. A
few of the contestants have already
Beeured more than the 25 votes ft nom
ination entitles them to.
The list shown a few from each dis
trict, anil n large number of entries
from several districts. It is expected,
however, that as many have been nom
inated by their friends, who have not
consulted with the Indira first, quite a
few will not try for tho prizes, even
though their names are in tho list; then
again other nominations will be re
ceived up until tho last of the contest.
See the Contest Manager.
Some of those who havo entered their
nnmes have visited the contest depart
ment and havo had the advantage of n
personal interview with tho manager of
the contest. All of this class understand
tho contest proposition and aro ready
to try for votes with a perfect con
ception of whut they must do in order
to win.
Those IndieB who havo been nomi
nated by their friends have not as yet
been personally interviewed, and natur
ally they are not aB conversant with the
conditions of the contest nnd the work
to be done in order to win n prize, an
are the otherB.
It is the earnest desire of the contest
manager that all of those whose names
are given this evening, together with
those who may be subsequently entered
as candidates, and all the friends of
both classes, should call at the contest
department and have the proposition
thoroughly explained to them.
Now Is the Time.
Now is the best time to make a start
and gi't votes or promises of votes,
which will be fulfilled later on. Make
op your mind right now that you are
going to be one of the lucky one ami
strive to attain that end. Do not wait
until the last week, but start out now,
and not only get votes from your
friends, but induce them to have others
save their votes fur you also. All the
candidates should understand that votes
may be obtained only in two ways:
First, by coupon. Kaeh day from now
on until the close of the contest a cou
pon will be publish'-d each day in the
Tribune, and alHo one in tho Houthern
Oregonian Hemi-Weekly. Tlieso cou
pons count for one vote each. The bulk
of the votes secured by the candiilatefl
most, of coiirsi-, be for subscriptions.
Koch paid subscription, old or new, in
advance, or in nrp-iiM, eolith's the sub-Hi-rib'-r
to voN. the Inng'T the sub
scription is paid for the more votes
will le- givrn, and twice as many for
ie-w sobwript ions as for old.
Eo Determined.
I ! t. rri 7 . . 1 1 i ( !i- ' shi nt ial
point in every venture, provided sue
ccbs is the standard for which you aro
striving. Lacking that quality, your
success will be limited unless some ono
elso does the work nnd you receivo tho
credit.
Ho octcrmincd nnd do not, becnuso
another met with more success than
you, stand back and acknowledge do
feat, but renew your energies, couplo
them with ambition and malic tho goal
yourself.
Hight now is tl hance, the business
ability and tact you will acquire by go
ing through n cimlest of this character
will be of inestimable value in nftor
life and fit you for st any undertak
ing in which these qualities aro needed.
The hardest part in anything is tho
Btart, and after that is made the rest
is easy, so get the start now nnd stick
with it until you are successful.
The Nominations.
District No. I iicilfoni, east of tho
Southern Pacific track:
MisB Ileraice Cameron.
Mrs. . J. McMuhou.
Miss Margaret Kay.
Miss Metu Nichols. j
Miss Margaret Met'ov.
M inn Gerald in? The inn.
Mihh Grace Law! on,
Minn Ed nn Eifert.
Mihh (lulu .lucnhfi.
Minn Enid Hamilton.
iJiHtrict No. 2 Medford, west of tho
Southern Pacific truck:
Min Hln lie h Woods.
Minn Alice Street.
Miss Hazel Enyurt.
Minn UcHHin Finn.
MiHH Helen Cosh.
Mihh Cecil MoHwell,
I)intrict No. X .Iiicknonville, Htorb
iiK, Kiirh. Griffin Creek, Hutton, Deor,
Curry Comity, and Del Norte County,
California:
From JnckHotiville
Alius Bertha I'rim.
M!hh Leoim Ulrich.
M ihh .lMN'-ihinc Dmicfin.
MiHH Molly Towne.
M Jhh (iIihIvh Shaw.
Mihh Kmma Wendt.
MiH Mary Peter.
Miws IjOuihc .Ioijch.
Mihh Lena Month It.
MiHH La urn Xeuher.
Mihh Holly Newberry.
Mihh Maude Tucker.
MiHH (iretrln-n I'uhl.
Minn Kmma Wolfe,
Mrn. S. .1. UouNMiim, Sterling.
MrH. (iliulvM Heard, Hterliiitf.
MrH. ,Ioenjh:ni' Runnel I.
Mm, IwwJh I'lrirh.
Histriet No. I Central Point, Kaglo
Point, Trail, Prutnect, Wooclville, Gold
hill, Welli-n, Hr-.'vnsboro nnd JoHcjdi
ine County:
MiH Fay Pleasant, Central Point.
Minn Entlier H'-rrit, Central Point.
Mihh Ftta Williamn, Central Point.
Mihh Alia Farmer, (ichl Hill.
Minn Dora Ciiin, Gold Hill.
MJhh Maude l.ee, Central Point.
Minn Edith Mrnvii. Central point.
Minn Mnjitfie ciiif.ri, Gold Hill.
Mihh Pearl It-.tm. '"entrril Point.
Minn Vrdney H'-iwIev, Central Point.
Minn Ada WeMi, Central Point.
Minn F,a orenm. Central Point.
Mihh Haiy Hunkey, CM j,
Mihh Mabel Manek, ;,,, U,U,
Minn N.ina I,'wi, ' 'ittral Point.
Minn Cindy Crrrier, Central Point.
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