THE BIG BOOM ERM ED FORD TRIBUNE'S 1908 HORTICULTURAL EDI HONORDER COPIES NOW
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Associated Press
Dispatches
VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OR., MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1908.
NO. 263
Iffi&dfordi Ml
81200 PREMIUM PAID FOR
- $25,000 MEDFORD CITY BONDS
BY E. H. ROLLINS AND SONS
Six Per Cent, TenYearSecurities BringGood
Prices Notwith standing Financial Depres
sion in East, Showing Medford has Good
Standing in Eastern Money Markets.
Improved condition of the financial
market and the splendid credit Med
ford securities have abroad were re-
fleeted in the bids made by various
flnaiicial houses for the-.. $25,000 .ten
year fl per cent city improvement bonds.
E. II. Hollins & Sons of Boston se
cured the bonds, paying a premium of
$1200 for them. W. A. Scott repre
sented the successful bidden. The bid
was accepted by the city council Sat
urday night.
Other bids were received from the
Jackson County bank, on behalf of John
Nuvien of Chicago, $2.j,0."j0; McDonald,
McCoy & Co. of Chicago, -Jt),15(i; A. J.
Hood & Co. of Detroit, Mich., $2.",02.",
and Morris Hors. of Portland, ".!)") .7.
The successful bid was as follows:
The Successful Bid.
"For $25,000 City of Medford, Or.,
general fund improvement i pT cent
bonds, dated February 1, 10OS. due
February 1, 1D1S, without option of
prior redemption, both principal and
semi-annual .interest payable at the, of
fice of the city treasurer, Medford, Or.,
r at the banking house of Knuntxe
liros.. Xew York City, at the option of
the holder, denomination $1000, we will
pay you $20,200 and accrued interest
to date of delivery.
"We inclose herewith certified cheek
Xo. 10,07.1, payable to t''o order of the
city of Med fohl. Or., to be held as and
. evidence of good faith.
"Your city is to do all things neces
sary and required by our attorneys to
legally issue said bonds prior tn de
livery to us; and the city to furnish
tis a complete certified history of all
proceedings relating to the proposed is
sue, satisfactorily evidencing legality
thereof, to our attorneys, and in the
event of their declining to approve
Said bonds, the enclosed chick is to be
returned to us immediately.
Wo will furnish the blank bonds free
of expense and delivery to be mnde to
us in Chicago, 111.
"This bid is made with the under
standing that all of said bonds are a
direct obligation of nnd a lien upon all
of the taxable property within the cor
GLADYS VANDERBILT WEDS
HER HUNGARIAN COUNT
NEW YORK, .Tun. 27. Tho wedding
of Miss Gladys Moore Vnmlerbilt,
daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
to Count Laszlo Szechenyi, a member
of the Hungarian nobility, lieutenant of
Hussars and hereditary member of the
Austro-Hungarian parliament, took
place on Fifth avenue at the home of
the bride's mother, soon after noon to
dny, in tho prcseuco of 350 guests. MiBS
"Vasderbilt was accompanied to the al
tar by her elder brother, Cornelius, and
the count's best man was Count Sigray.
The ceremony was performed by Mnn
signor M. G. Lavelle, rector of St. Pat
rick's cathedral, assisted by Tiev. John
Verne. - The wedding chorus from
Ciaul's cantata, "Ruth," was sung by
' 30 boys, attired in vestments from St.
Patrick's chancel choir. Following the
ceremony, a wedding breukfust whs
served. This nfternoun the Count and
Counters Szeohenyi went to Newport,
to renmin for a week at the home of
Reginald Vnnderbilt.
CROWDS ATTEND TRIAL
OF CAPITOL LOOTERS
HAliHlSHVRi:. .Ian. 27 The trial
of tlic men ch:i will npiriii-y
to ln..t the st:i!e tr'-aury in rnnneitmn
with tli" enntnic1i"!i and furnishing
r.f the stat.- ..ij.it. il building, rem
menr.-l tedav. Ti. : is ini'-ii"- inter
est ami excursionists irmn n.l
the state are in attendance.
arts of
Marksmen Shoot at Ashland.
The Medford marksmen report that
they had the time of tlr lives lit
Ashland yesterday. They were ne-t at
the d-pot by a bus from the Hotel l'ark
and trnnsport-d to the shooting grounds.
There was a large rrowd from Medford
rtnd all enjoyed themselves, after which
there was a spread at the Hotel Park.
porate limits of said city of Medford,
Or. Respectfully submitted,
"E. 11. HOLLINS & SONS, .
. . "By W. A. Hcott." .
Unsuccessful Bids.
Among the other bids were the fol
lowing; c
"On behalf of John Nuvecn & Co. of
Chicago, 111., wo bid $2;V-0 for the
$2.tnno C per cent bonds offered. Of
fer subject, to their being furnished
With complete records evidencing legal
ity satisfactory to their attorneys.
Cheek for the sum of $2o0 inclosed.
Bonds to be ten year, money furnished
as needed, bonds to be delivered in Chi
cago. Yours trulv", ,
"TUB JACKSON COUNTY BANK.
"Ceo. K. Li nd ley. Cashier."
. ."Will pay iflb'iO premium; also ac
crued interest for Medford ten-year
bonds; If o'-j per cent, will pay $20o
premium, also interest, subject to le
gality satisfactory to our attorney. Will
furnish blank bonds free. Wire if ac
cepted. .
"MAO DONALD, M 'COY & CO.,"
. " l;ursuant to mlvertiserneut offering
for nle 2r,ono eity of Medford bonds,
we will take said amount of bonds,
dated January 1, linS, or as may be
otherwise agreed upon between us. due
in ten years from date of issue, bear
ing interest at the rate of 0 per cent
Iper annum, payable semi-annually, bonds
to be in denomination of .."00 each ;
both principal and interest to be made
payable at a designated fiscal agency in
Xew York City, and will pay therefor
par and accrued interest at date of de
livery, plus a premium of we to
furnish blank bonds free of cost."
"MOIUIIS BROTH Kits.
"C. K. YVlilinms, Manager."
"Wo wis to tender the following bid
for your issue of bonds advertised to
be sold January 2.". 190S: For $2.",0nn
Medford. Or., improvement bonds, bear
ing interest nt the rate of 6 per cent
per annum, dated January 1, 1008, ma
turing in ten years, without option of
prior payment, denomination $;100, we
will pay you par and a premium of $2.
and agree to furnish the blank bonds
free of cost.
"A. J. HOOD & CO."
TAFT ASKS MONEY
FOR BIG SEATTLE FAIR
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 27. Tho ap
pearance of Secretary Taft before the
honse committee on industrial arts and
expositions in support of an appropria
tion for the Seattle exposition in 1909,
was the general signal for a demon
stration in his honor by the congres
sional delegation . from .Washington and
the delegation of business men and of
ficials from Washington, also present.
He pleaded for ah appropriation for the
exposition.
Taft thought that xta account of the
Philippines finances the t. government
will not be nble to make an exhibition
of considerable size, but, said , that the
war department would have tho James
town Philippines exhibit sent to Seat
tle, la an indirect way Taft touched
upon the relations of Japan and the
United States. The exposition at Se
attle, he thought, would have a good
egeet all over the Pacific and declared
it would help interest trade with the
Orient and bring the peoples of both
sides of the Pacific into closer relation.
ANTI SALOON LEAGUE
TO HOLD MEETINGS
J. V.. Knod.ll of the Oreg,.n anti
Svilueu It ague will he in Medford -at
urdny. Sun-lav aiid Monday. I-'t liniiiry
I. 2 and .t. M'iss meeting Saturday at
T : : : 1 1 p. in. in the 'hristian elmrcli.
Mass meeting Sunday afternoon at ?
!l o'.-hiek in the Wilson opera hnnse.
Mass meeting Sunday evening nt 7:3"
o'clock in tiie Wilson opera house. Meet
ing to organi7o .Monday nfternoen at
1 o'clock in the M. K. church. tf
AFTER THE THEATER.
The Kmerirk Restaurant will be open
after the theater tonight. Rep the min
strels and then go where you get the
best things in the eating way.
: Medford's Population 5015. :
t-
City Recorder Collins has made tho following official statement to
E. H. Rollins & Sons, who have purchased the bonds issued by the city: '
"I, Benjamin M. Collins, city recorder of Medford, Jackson Co.,
Oregon, duly elected, qualified and acting in said office, do hereby cer-
f tify as follows:
"First That the real valuation of all property within said city is
approximately $3,000,000.
f "Second That tho equalized assessed valuation of Baid city for the -f
year 1907 is $1,940,781. "
"Third That the total bonded indebtedness of said city, includ- -f
ing the proposed issue of $25,000, ten yenrs 6 per cent improvement
bonds, is $100,000, made up as follows: $30,000 general fund city im-'
provement, 0 per cent; 45,000 genernl fund city improvement, 5 per
cent; $25,000 general fund city improvement, 6 per cent (proposed).
"Fourth That said city has no water bonds outstanding, but it
4- has expended on-its waterworks from the proceeds derived from the
sale of general fund bonds, the sum of $25,080.
"Fifth That the present estimated population of Medford, based
on the school census, is 5015, Population, census of 1900, was 1700." -f
Lone Hypothetical
Question to Alienists
Irrational Acts.
MOW YORK, Jan. 27. The defense
of the Thaw case completed this morn
ing the introduction of I'll its testimony
and shortly before the noon recess Lit
tleton began to read a long and care
fully prepared hypothetical question to
the three alienists engaged to testify
in Thaw's In-half. The question cov
ered nil the testi iy in the case and
before being read had been submitted
to Jerome for any objection the prose
cution had to offer. Only slight
changes resulted.
As the testimony at the present hear
ing b.'H differed largely from the first
trial, so the hypothet ical (piestion dif
fered from the one propounded last year
by Delmas. Kvidence as to irrational
acts or manner, from infancy to the
time of the homicide was given prece
dence over every other phase of the
testimony.
GARFIELD IS OPPOSED
TO LARGE HOMESTEADS
WASHOINGTON, Jan. 27. Secreta
ry (iarfi.eld made an adverse report on
the house bill proposing to enlnrge
homesteads to 320 acres. He points out
that practically as many homesteads
were made last year as in IttOfl, nnd,
while this demand lasts, it is not appa
rent that there is need for increasing
the size. Notwithstanding this report
it is proposed to push the bill in con
gress, particularly as residents favor
enlarging the si?.o of homesteads in sec
tions wero the best agricultural land
has been heretofore appropriated.
Final agreement was reached today
on the bill, which passed both houses,
permitting persons who have lost their
first homestead entries through any
cause other than sale, to exercise again
homestead right. Final passage is ex
pected Monday.
PEOVIDES PENSIONS FOB
INDIAN WAR VETERANS
WASHINGTON, an. 27. At the be
hest of the survivors of the early In
dinn wars in the northwest. Henntor An
keny has introduced a bill granting
them an increase of pension. Several
bills for this purpose am now pending
in Congress, and it is ft question which
one, if nny. will be taken ui for action
this session.
Tht Ankeny bill provides that every
Indian war pennioner now on the mil.
or who may hereafter be grauti-d a pen
sion, shall receive I2 linstead of s
per miinih frum the date of filing lii
original application, provided lie In
not rea.'h'd the ae of '!". I Vn-ioti-'if.
wl.u arc or over hal! receive per
month, and - Im an- 7i -finil dr
per month. As iiMi-t of the vii-niii1'
nrc Tn vcars of age or older, th" I MI
virtually in-'P the ...,,, in of In
dian war v. teraii from - to Vju j.. r
month.
Miss Isaacs Entertains.
Miv L. Ajrie Navies . ntertaim d ai
doen of her young t'ri her home
in Wet Medford Friday night. .I.irni
nrv 21. Th" affair given in honor
of Miss Ague' friend. Vi-n Myrtle
Robert", who left for Albany Satur
day. The chief feature of the evening
was cardf. Light refreshment were
MTVed by the ho,te.
All said they had a fine time.
THAW'S SIDE
COMPLETED
I
KEEP BLACKLIST
supreme Court Holds
That Law Is Uncon
istitutional.
WASHINGTON', dan. 27. The su
preme court of the I'nited States hand
ed down a decision today in the ease of
Adair v. I'nited States, holding that
the act of congress of dune I, IS07, pro
hibiting railroad companies engaged in
inters! ate commerce f nun discriminat
ing against members of labor organi
zations in th.. matter of employment
was uncoust itnt ioual. The opinion
holding the law repugnant to the con
stitutiou is by .Instiee Harlan. A dis
senting opinion was rendered by Justice
McK una.
In this case, one Adair, master me
chanic of the Louisville & Nashville
railway, discharged an employe because
of his membership in a labor organiza
tion. The case was taken into tho fed
eral court under the act of congress
above fpioted.
The decision of the supreme court is
of great importance in its effect upon
labor organizations.
TEACHERS MAY GET
RATES TO CLEVELAND
SALKM, Or., Jan. 27. After extend
ed correspondence State Superintend
ent Ackerman of the department of pub
lic instruction finds he was mistaken
in the statement made in his former
interview to the effect that delegates
to the National Kducational associa
tion had never been given reduced rntcs
this side of the Missouri river. He
says the railroads are showing a good
disposition to help make the Cleveland
meeting of the N. K. A. n success by
giving reduced rates to all who wish to
attend that great educational gathering
to be held June 2Jt to July 3. The pro
grain is Boon to be ready for distribu
tion to Oregon educators.
DUKE LEAVES MEDFORD
AFTER MANY ADVENTURES
Oeorge L. Duke, who first came to
Medford ns "Hare Devil Duke," bicy
cle rider for the summer earnivnl, but
who did not do any riding, and who
later worked nt sign painting, advertis
ing soliciting and house numbering, left
Medford this morning for California.
His closing hours were rendered excit
ing by his spectacular arrest Sunday
jost as lie was about to board an out
going train, on the charge of beating his
board bill at the Hotel Nash. Duke
paid four fifth of his bill, but refused
t pnv 'lie balance until his arrest. He
d fe site,! !."u rab bail nnd cheerfully
H' M... tie- balance M lay. Hake had
a great, dial of hustle, though some nf
h "s ettergv was mNd i reeled, and it is
d i" i.riec'r.rdlv to him that Medford
r- a r-'et t k i 1 1 1 r i if svtein, though
h" f it'ed to f.ilf ill manv Tmtritieririg con
DEATHS BY RATLROADS
SHOW BIO INCREASE
S'fi-il:r:; r..-irey app"nr in the ncci
d -at biilhtini K'nd by th" interstate
com r tie re corn m iMon covering the
month of July. August and Septern
b r. r.'"7. The report s'iowh that the
number of r.f e ojalt ies on railroads
during the cpiarterly period was 2.'t.or..1
including Ki:;ii killed and 21.721 injured.
This is an increase of ,",7 in the killed
and .'!"'! in the number injure, as com
pared with the corresponding period of
l'.Mtf,.
MELD RUM
EXONORATES
L
FormerSurveyorGen
eral Brought Down
From McNeil's Island
to Admit Forgery.
PORTLAND, Jaa. 27. This may pos
sibly be the last day of the prosecu
tion in the Hal! Mays conspiracy case,
and it was mnde interesting by the
presence of Henry Meldrum, who was
caught in the dragnet of the former
land-fraud cases, while the United
States surveyorgeneral, and who wns
brought down from McNeil's Island,
where he is serving sentence, to tes
tify f'ut he forged the name of Oeorge
V. Itrownell to field notes, which re
sulted in the indictment of Hrowncll.
Itrownell testified a few days ago
that Hall held the forged notes over
his head to force Itrownell to retire as
a candidate for United States attorney
of Oregon and to release Senators
Mitchell ami Full on from their pledge
to him, and to recommend Hall for re
appoint airtit. lleney h purpose in hav
ing Meldrum confess the torgeries was
t w-if'dd. It will dispose of t he case
against Itrownell nnd also tend to prove
that Itrownell s testimony was not se
cured through promises of immunity.
In other words, lleney will be killing
two birds with one stone and dispose
of t In Itrownell case while trving an
entirely different one.
The objection of the defense to Mel
drum's appearing as a witness will lie
decided this afternoon. Franklin IMcrce
Mays was placed on the stand (hit morn
ing. Ili'iiev tried to prove by the wit
ness that Hall knew that Mays was im
plicated in the "211" hind fraud case,
and had promised to permit Mays to
appear before the grand jury in his
own defense, in exchange for his sup
port of Hall in Ins fight for reappoint
ment us United States attorney. Mays
was still on t'o stand at noon adjourn
ment. ONE KILLED, MANY HURT
IN BLAZE AT CHICAGO
CHICAOO, Jan. 27. One fireman
was supposed to have been killed ami
more than a score of others injured and
property valued at Jp.r)00,000 destroyed
by a fre which devastated the Mayer
building, a sever: ::turv brick, and the
Hotel Florence at Ki.'l 107 Adams street,
early today. The fire started in the
basement of t'e Mayer building, and
when the firemen arrived the entire
building was in flames. A strong north
wind carried tho (lames tn the adjacent
hotel and in a few minutes that struc
ture was a roaring furnace. The walls
of both structures collapsed an hour
later, carrying with them the entire
company of firemen. All except onej
Janus (iallngher, were rescued.
Clients of hotels rushed into the street
in scant attire and were taken In care
by f'e police and citizens. A number
of printing establishments in the Mayer
building were employing night shifts.
These, too, hurried Into the streets to
safety. Tho gale from the north was
bitterly cold, greatly hampering the
work of the firemen.
MOTHER OF BABY JOHN
ARRESTED FOR ARSON
HAN FKANCISCO, .,,. 27. Mrs.
John Martin, famous all over tho roast
because nf her connei-t ion with the John
Martin will case and flic " Uaby John"'
incident, is under arrest a I Redding.
'a I. The complaint charges her with
arson in burning a eaiih- barn on
llrimn 'h creel;, near Weavervill", Jan
nary 7. entailing a l"--i of .f'JuO'i, 'pe
barn w as -1 he property of M i s. James
Morris, who was a strong witness
ayainsi her in (he famous will case.
"Uaby Jelni." now a Lov of 10, was
bound over to the miporior court on the
same chnrtre. At his preliminary exam
ination, which lasted oer a week and
was full of senastions, Mrs. Martin act
ed as his eon 11 se , an. I was calling near
ly every person in Trinity county r.s a
witness to pile up expense, paying:
"I will bankrupt Trinity county or free
ray son. ' '
Mrs. Mart in created a sensat ion in
New York about two months ago by si
ting np the claim that "Uaby John"
was tt'e non of the i'rinccHM Chimay,
BROWNEL
FOR VALLEY
"Rogue River Valley
, Orchards Pay $1000
AcreYearIy"WouId
Paint it on Barns.
The Rogue River Valley Orchard
company, a new concern, that recently
purchased 1000 acres of the old Myer'ft
place near Talent, and are planting it
to fruit trees to be cut up into small
tracts an sold at easy terms to pur-
hasers, suggest the adoption of t he-
words, " Itogue river valley orchards;
pay $1000 an acre yearly," as a slogan
for the valely. They would paint it
on every fence, barn and billboard along
the railroad track, and offer to donat
$100 to the Commercial dub to stait a
fund for tliM purpose.
In a letter their ideae are set. forth
as follows:
"I note with a great deal of pleasum
that you have across the top of the first
page of your paper that the apple and
pear orchards of the Kogue Kiver Valley
pav $1000 per acre yiarly. That is u
statement that we iavi on all of our
literature, samplis of which we are
sending you by Ibis mail. We are send
ing out thousands of the.-c to all parts
of the country and while we sell to only
one perMin, I 1. dieve thai we will inter
est "0 and draw their attention to your
very Im .nil ifnl nnd productive valley.'"
"If the commercial clubs of the
THogtie Kiver Valley will adopt llio
slogan. "The liogue iver Vail y orch
ard laud pays .fltloll per acre yearly,"
and put it on the roof of every barn art
both sides ft the railroad track, I be
lieve it would do more g 1 ti'an any
one thing I know of. We stand ready
to put up our share, or if deniable,
would put up JplOO to Mart the thing
off.
"I look forward to a time not very
far distant when bare laud in you1 al
iey will sell for what you now have to
pav for a bearing orchard.
"CLVDIC S. I'AYNK."
HOMESTEADERS CAN LEAVE
THEIR CLAIMS IN WINTER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. It is now
up to t he house of representatives to
pass the bill recently put through tljo
senate granting a leave of absence to
homestead entry men during the months
of December, January, February ami
March of each year. This bill was
promptly reported by the senato com
mitteeon public lands, on tho showing
of hardships which are so often en
dured by settlers in a new country.
The homestead law requires them to
remain on their land the year round.
The homesteader, in his first years, has
little tn occupy his time during the
winter months; he has no opportunity
to earn an income, and he is actually de
prived of the privilege he might other
wise enjoy of moving to town and se
curing employment during the continu
ance of cold weather. The interior de
partment approved the bill, and it was;
with this indorsement that. it. was re
ported and passed the senate,
As it passed the senate the bill pro
vides: "That no homestead entry --''ill
be canceled ami no final proof shall lie
rejected because of any failure of the
entryman named therein to hereafter
actually reside upon the land covered
bv his entiv diilint' the mouths of I le
(ember, January, I'ebruaiy and March.
I or any portion of such umiilli-: pnr ided
that nothing tit tins act diaH In- con
strued as to relieve the eairyuiati of
the duty of nsidi m-e during the m -mHis
I not nam.d Imt-im, and tin p-ri d of
j absence permitted bv this ai t -hal' be
comoiited in apply ui-.n the pero-, ot
residence re'ptircd und r exi-ting l'"A "
In other words, if the enlruenu re
side 101 his land from April 1 t" 'no
eiliber I!", inclusive for five sure 'VI'
vears, he will have fully complied ilh
the residence clause of the liamct'-ad
law.
Rfch Butte Merchant Dead.
lil'TT K, Jan. 27.-!. J, Heine --ev.
president of the Heliness) y M e rca I' ' ile
company, pioneer of Montana, the rich
est nierehatitrin the N'orthwetd, dropoej
'dead todav from heart trouble. H van
j born in Fredfj
Mown, N. IV, in W.
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