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VOL. II.
Mi:i)FC)KD, OIJ., THURSDAY, JANUARY 110, VMS.
NO. Lni(
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YOUNG APPLE
GROVES SHOW
BIG PROFITS
One Orchard Yields
$6000 in Five Months
Large Yield of Mer
rick's Grove.
.(esse t'ooli, who puivlmseil for $SO00
liiHt August, through tlie Ttogae River
Lund company, ten acres in apples from
E. P. Bennett, lias netted lilll0 profit
from his orchard in five months, and
lie only secured the winter apples on
the place. From 1.12 trees of Newtown
pippins he sold $3100 gross worth of ap
ples. Mr. Cook has returned to Med
ford from his former home at Bnrbank,
S. D.
As a sample of what young trees near
Medford aro doing. P. E. Merrick, the
well-known horticulturist, gives the fol
lowing output from his orchard:
4 'From four and one-half acres of 7-year-old
Newtown pippins, ,iust coming
into benring, I have sold $20.j2.f0 net.
In addition. I still have from 200 to
300 boxes of seconds on hand.
"From four and one-half acres of
young Winesaps I picked 1368 boxes,
which sold for 2.25 a box net, and
100 Wnrea of seconds.
"Jam 500 trees of young Spitzen
" bprg Tyear-old trees I picked 683 boxes
of apples, which sold for from $2.25 to
$3.30 a box, net.
"From 500 trees of Ben Davis (old
orchard) I picked 2200 boxes of apples,
which netted me $1.25 a box in Med
ford." Mr. Merrick is in receipt of letters
from the New York commission firm of
E. V. Loomis, commenting upon the
Rogue River Newtowns shipped this
year as being the finest ever Bhown in
New York and suggesting the shipment
niso of Ben Davis from Medford to
Eastern markets.
BURBANK 8MILE8 AT
GOVERNMENT CRITICS
SANTA ROSA, Cl., .Ian. 29. Far
from being perturbed by the bulletin
issued by the United States department
of agriculture decrying his spineless
cactus, Liithcr Burbank was inclined to
smile this morning.
"1 have positively no foeling in the
matter so far as resentment goes, said
Mr. Burbank. "1 am perfectly willing
that my work shall prove itself and let
the world be my judge. Leading scien
tists of the world know of my work
with the spineless cactus. They also
know of the success achieved. My
spineless cactus is already planted and
growing in the desert. "
It is well known that men in the de
partment of agriculture have attempt
ed to copy Burbank 's methods in plant
creation. It is also known and com
mented on by scientists that prior to
Burbank 's accomplishments with fruius
and flowers, etc., the men at the ex
erimentnl stations of the department
of agriculture were content merely to
test the old fruits. Hut when it was
wen what Burbunk was doing they took
up the work of plant breeding, and in
some ways hnve been successful. ' "Bur
bank does not say that the department
is jealous of him, but there are meo
connected with it who are piqued.
LITTLETON 18 MAKING
FINAL TALK FOR THAW
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Mr. Littleton,
k hief counsel for Harry K. Thaw, made
his appeal to the jury which will pass
judgment on his client today. Before
a crowded courtroom the attorney de
voted himself to demonstrating that
mi . nioorlv innne when he killed
I intw " "
White. Littleton declared that the seri
ous efforts of the defense had been met
nly by neers and insinuations from
listriet Attorney Jerome. Littleton
said that he was convinced that the de
fense had produced facts to show that
Thaw was insane beyond nil doubt,
though the law had not imposed that
dutv upon it. It was for the proseeu
torn to prove that Thaw was sane mid
Littleton nssertiMi trial ne conn ..... j
understand how Jerome could mine be-1
fr a jury and claim that he had ful-
filled the burden place.) upn him and'
Hk for Thaw' conviction for murder.
Mi Clara Wood of Medford b ft
Wednesday morning for Vnlh-jo. i al..
where she will visit relatives for the
coining six w--ks. q
HALL DENIES
COMPLICITY
On Witness Stand, in His Own Behalf,
Former District Attorney Repudiates
Statement of Co-Defendants Dis
missal of Fulton's Clients Ordered.
PORTLAND, .)un. 30. Emphatically
and positively, John II. Hall swore on
tin- wit nt'hs at a nil in Ms own defense
today that never at any time did he
have an understanding with the Butte
Creek Land. Livestock A Lumber com
pany, whereby it could illegally inclose
public lands. Hall also swore that he
had dismissed the case against V. K.
Burke and V. CJ. (Josslin, when C, Y.
Pulton was their attorney, in n effort
to locate twenty men on the timber land
on the authority of the I'nited States
attorney-general, and after he had taken
up the matter with Binger Hennuun.
then commissioner of the general land
office. 1
DEATHS BY RAILROADS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Startling figures appear in the acci
dent bulletins issued by the interstate
commerce, commission covering the
months of July, August and September,
H0". The report shows that the num
ber of- casualties .on railroads during
the quarterly period were 2H,0ti3, in
cluding 133H killed and 21,7i!4 injured.
Tins is an increase of 157 in the
killed and 3056 in the number injured,
as compared with the corresponding
priod of 1900. .
Collisions and derailments in the
quarter numbered 4759, including 2245
collisions and 2034 derailments, of
which 320 collisions and 222 derail
ments affected passenger trains. The
damage to cars, engines and roadway
by these accidents amounted to $43,
605,696. This shows an increase in the
number of 607 over the corresponding
period of 1906.
PRESIDENT COLEMAN LEAVES
TO BECOME BISHOP
SALEM, Or., Jan. 30. The slumber
ing volcano underlying the management
of Willamette university has been given
a slight vent without any explosion
by the departure of President Coleman
for the east, where he will probably
be made a bishop of the Methodist
church. The university will have a
new president and all differences that
have been stirring the board of trus
tees to the depths will be harmonized.
It is an open secret among the stu
dent body that Dean Boyer and Presi
dent Coleman have been living at
swords ' points for some time. High
words have parsed between t hem at
tiroes that resounded in the assembly.
He has done a great work for the in
stitution. ADMITS PURCHASE OF
FURNITURE BY THE FOOT
HARRI8BUBG, Jan. 30. Stanford B.
Lewis, associate of Architect Joseph M.
Huston, was forced to divulge at the
morning session of the trial of the
grafters in the state capitol scandal,
testimony of a damaging nature to the
architects' interest. Lewis virtually
admitted that the blueprint plans for
the capitol furniture were indefinite.
The furniture was charged for at the
rate of $11.40 "per foot."
MISDEMEANOR TO ACT
IN MISSOURI ON SUNDAY
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 30. Judge
Smith McPherson of the United States
district court rendered n decision today
declining to interfere with the enforce
ment of the Missouri statute making it
unnecessary to labor on Sunday a mis
demeanor. The decision is a result of
the action of actors and theaters who
sought to enjoin the county grand jury
from indicting them.
CHESAPEAKE'S FLAG SELLS
FOR OVER FOUR THOUSAND
LONDON. Jan. 3o The flag of the
American man-of-war Chesapeake, tor
tured in a fight with the British ship
Shannon in 1S13, was sold at auction to
day to a dealer named Partridge for
$4250. It is said that Partridge was
acting for Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Toggery Bill's Rose.
One of the handsomest roses ever
grown anywhere, a La France, with a
Mem over three fet long, can be seen
in the windows of The Toggery. It is
the best adverti'inent of Rogue river
climate possible, and in Xew York
would be worth niHny dollars.
AMERICAN TORPEDO BOAT
FLOTILLA SAILS AWAY
P.T'KV S A YR r, Jan. 30. The
t1-til!a lif .m ri.-:ia t orpt d" boa f a i J
ti.lav f.r Pusjtj A'eii:i after a stay
of f..ar la;.- iu l,i- f-Tt.
ED. ANDREWS
Rev. Reuter's Sweep
ing Denunciation of
Theater Answered
by Veteran Actor.
BY El) ANDREWS.
1 feel as a citizen of Medford and as
one who occasionally attends the the
ater furthermore, one who has tqient
20 years of his life in the theatrical
profession that Brother Reuter's
sweeping denunciation of plays and
playhouses is unjust and should not go
by unnoticed.
It should be acknowledged by every
fair-minded man that entertainment is
us essential to a well-regulated and
moral life as food, clothing, shelter and
instruction. In fact, we may sum up
the five great essentials of life as food,
clothing, shelter, instruction and amuse
ment. This is the philosophy of Hux
ley. If we agree upon this point, name
ly, that amusement is necessary, should
we take Brother Reuter's advice and
throw away Hamlet, Othello and Mac
beth and substitute in their stead.
"Pussy wants a corner," 4 'Spat in nnd
spat out," and "The needle's eye that
doth 8upply"T
Both Good and Bad Plays.
I grant that there are good plays and
bad plays and it should be the part of
those who are paid to look after the
public morula to attend and give their
sanction to good plays and denounce all
performances of immoral tendency. You
must remember that the high and moral
legislative body of the early days of
this republic, to which you referred in
your article, sanctioned the burning of
witches and decided that slaves be
longed to their masters, body and soul.
Let us not look backward, brother,
and quote from ancient history, or I
may be tempted to say that whatsoe'er
may be said of the theatrical profes
sion this much we are not guilty of:
We did not put GalHIco on the rack; we
did not burn Bruno and Savonarola; we
never cut out the tongues of Quakers;
we did not drive Ann Hutchinson out
into the forest to be cut to pieces by
savages; we did not haog Mary Dyer
on Boston Common for a slight dif
ference of opinion as to the construc
tion of some passage of scripture; we
did not hunt down Andrew Veaalius,
the anatomist ; we did not condemn
Harvey and Jenner because they had
taken a step forward in medical science.
Remember, dear brother, that your
own John Wesley was not allowed to
preach in a sacred edifice except those
which be or his followers built. No,
let us not tread on the thin ice of the
past, lest we soil the ancient cloth.
No Irreverence Intended.
Mind, I do not say this with the
least irreverence to the beautiful life
and teachings of Christ. Whatever
faults J may have, I hold the Man of
Sorrows my guide.
Neither do 1 wish to cast any slur
at the clerical profession of our time.
In most cases they are teaching ad
vanced thought and striving to better
humanity. But while the pulpit has
done great work for civilization it
should not be forgotten that civiliza
tion has done great things for the pul
pit. Surely th'-re has been enough
quibbling over technicalities and mm
essentials. Moral advancement has
been set back hundreds of years on nc
Count of little differences on baptism
and petty constructions of holy writ.
There has ever been the over-right
eous rendv to condemn the master for
plucking corn upon the Sabbath dav
and we still have Pharisee's thanking
Cod that they are not as other men.
As to the Rev. Mr. Williams, whom
you so boldly condemn. I know him to
be a man of gentle spirit, of high
ideals: an educated gentleman and a
christian. "Judge not, lest ye be
judged."
Quotes Archbishop Ireland.
And Archbishop Ireland said: "The
enemies of the church have ev-r been
from within," and those who would eon-t
de tun healthful amusement and try to
force th- world back into the ,,ld ..rtho
d"X ruts of the pa1 are doing the
fhnreli a damage. In cverv we p.gu
Til
FINDS
DEFENDER N
hi ted ilv. town and i illage ,,f thi
I cHintrv "tare! "id'- bv ide i-lnm-li and
j jloaNr. arid f-T anv man thin) that
he can preach awav the pta Imn nt
, li is dav a ml a g" 111 a ns t hit) If that
, to if a Rip Van Win! 1- nho read the
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QUIET PLEA
BY JEROME
ENDS TRIAL
StrikingContrastwith
Argumenta Year Ago
No Passionate De
fense of White.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Conceding
that Harry K. Thaw may have had ir
rational outbreaks now and then dur
ing the :tt years of his life, Pistriet At
torney Jerome, in his plea for the con
viction of Stanford White's slnyer, de
clared that there was absolutely nothing
in the case presented to the jury to
show that Thaw was so insane oil the
night of the tragedy that he did not
know the nature or quality of his act,
or that his act was wrong. The prose
cutor followed this, however, by signi
fying plainly that he believed that jus
tice would lie served if the defendant
should be found guilty of some lesser
degree of criminal responsibility than
murder in the first degree.
Jerome surprised his hearers today
by the striking contrast of his argu
ment with that of a year ago. His vin
dictivoness was gone, the pnssionate de
fense of White was gone, the denunci
ation of Evelyn hud no place in his re
murks. Instead there wus a calm an
alytical presentation of evidence, a con
cession of possible weakness, both men
tal and phyaical, in the defendant, but
always a recurrence to the hard and
fast rule of law, that a man to be ex
cused must be so insane as not to know
what he was about.
Jerome declared emphatically that
there was no doubt but that White had
done Evelyn great wrong, and that
Thaw had every motive for revengeful
murder upon the man that he killed.
This motive, he asserted, forever swept
away the claim of insanity, which
knows not what it doeB.
Justice TJowling announced that he
would charge the jury tomorrow morn
ing. Redmen Attention!
There will be class initiation at Red
Men's Hull, Saturday evening, Febru
ary 1, All members are requested to
be present, as there will be important
business transacted. The members of
the degree team ure requested to alt be
I rsent also.
EMERGENCY INCREASE
BILL IS DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Senator
A Id rich, chairman of the senate com
mittee on finance, today favorably re
ported his bill providing an emergency
increase in the national hank circula
tion. The report was authorized at a
meeting of the committee held today.
All Republican in embers voted ni favor
of the Aldrich document, the Democrats
voting for the Bailey substitute. Aid
rich said he would call the bill up for
consideration February 10.
Tin house today passed the urgency
deficiency bill without material amend
ment. ARTHUR FERGUSON
DEAD AT MANILA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The war
department is advised of the deuth by
heart disease of A rthnr W. Ferguson,
secretary of the Philippines commis
sion, at Manila last night. He was
appointed secretary nf the commission
in U. He was formerly secretary of
the French claims commission anil en
joyed a reputation of being the ablest
Spanish American translator known to
official Washington.
( laud Met, of the C. O. I), grocery
has returned from Chehalis, Wash., nf
t'-r a short visit t his former home.
He reports thing verv quiet in that
section and tnanv men idle.
blue Ihms of a hundred years ago arrd
fell asleep.
What should we do? Well, here is
OiY HiggcKt ion : iSttild a tti- playhouse
and Jef the minUter -if Me.f..rd -ay
t.i tlo- Mianag' r. 'Ghe ih a high da
. nf ertaiitineiit w j) rrn'onrage
vmii, but we will ci. i id inn from ' ry
pulpit that vhi'-li is immoral. "
TV. .-. ill I.. ;, -1 1 :i t'-.wird th- light.
ARMY WILL
MEET FLEET
Reports Current That a Large Part of
Uncle Sam's Troops Will Be Mobi
lized on Pacific Coast to Rece'.ve
Squadron of Battleships Now En route
WASHINGTON, Jan. ,10. lnquory
at the war depart meat of the report
from Omaha of the mobilisation of a
large part of the army at the Pacific
coast, about the time of the arrival of
Admiral Kvans fleet, develop the
fact that the movement now iu con
templation is incident to the dispatch
of troops to the Philippines to relieve
soldiers who are ready for discharge.
Assistant Secretary Oliver ih in corre
spondence with governors of ninny
states and territories with a view to
co-opera t ion of the jnilitia with the
regular army in an active progremnie
for joint drills and maneuvers. Several
governors are already iu correspondence
with railroad transportation agencies
relative to movements of their militia
forces to sites of the proposed camps.
It is believed that this is the found
ation for the troop movements toward
the Pacific coast.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Frank Paul has returned from Butte
Falls, where he has been spending a
mouth with reultives.
Mrs. S. Dyer of West Medford has
been seriously sick ut her home for the
past two weeks.
Miss Mary Talbert, who has held the
position of head lady at the general
store of W. H. Meeker & Co. for sev
eral years, has returned from Clacka
mas, Or., where she has been spending
her vacation with relatives. Misa Tal
bert will at once resume her duties at
the store.
Kd Hart, who has been at Chico, Cut,,
for several months, has returned to
Medford to sojourn for a time with his
mother.
J. C. Gnpp and J. F. Harnen are new
arrivals in Medford from Holdridge,
Neb.
J. P. Roberts shipped his household
goods to Albany, Or., Wednesday. The
family left several days ago for their
new home. Mr. Roberts will engage in
the real estate business at Albany.
K. K. Morrison and Polk Hull of
Griffin creek were Medford business
callers Wednesday.
Willis Hostwick of Applegate was a
business culler in Medford Wednesday.
Or. Jones was called to Woodville,
Wednesday. He made the trip by team.
Mrs. A. K. Reames of Jacksonville
was a Medford visitor Wednesday.
The new skating rink on South 1)
street is ntariug completion and when
fully equipped will be one of the finest
rinks in the st.ute. The dimensions of
the floor space are (10x100 feet.
Mrs. Huttie Kuton Lawrence, who
was taken to Portland for an operation,
is recovering rapidly and will son be
able to return to Medford. Mr, Law
rence, who was with her during und
after t he operut ton, has returned to
Medford.
The Medford Furniture company is
treating its store to a new coat of paint
and wall paper and giving it a general
renovating.
Mrs. I. M. Hoge of West Medford,
who has been confined to her room on
account of sickness, is recovering, but
is still under the care of a physician.
It is estimated that that portion of
th fruit crop of Rogue River valley
exported in 1007 aggregated the neat
sum of "i00,000, A much better rec
ord will lie established during litOH,
F. M. Carter of the Medford Ice com
pony is nt Ashland filling the place
of his father at the Ashland plant
during the hitter's vacation. Mrs. Car
ter is alflo at Ashland on n visit.
Hon. it. F. Mulkey was in Medford
luring th week. His friends have pre
vailed upon him to enter the race for
the office of district attorney und bis
prospects for getting the Republican
nomination seem very good.
J. M. Cronemiller, county treasurer;
John Miller, postmaster; 'ha Hen Nu
nan, merchant, nnd Gus Newbury, all of
Jacksonville, were Medford callers this
morning. Mr. Newbury was on his way
to the south part, of Hie county. Judge
If. K. Ilamia was also in Medford on
business.
L. O. Sterk of Coeur d 'Ah-ne, Idaho,
is a Medford visitor and a prospective
purchaser of Medford property. Mr.
Sterk has been traveling in California
for several mpnths looking for a locu
tion, but ha .concluded that Southern
Oregon is a good place to locate.
harl. I,. Sehieffliu of Portland, who
has l.c.-ti MiMoidrng the past two mouth-
tin I. oh Pigele, Col., pilled through
j Medford W'i'V ho,.. Mr. S.-hi-f
CI -pi w:i once a resident of .lack -on
...net ,. ha'.Mtg altenJ'd si'h wi! at .la. I;
.v ille and d.l:tn't ill M l.ovlmod
da, :.l 'I c(,t. iiirire at the
growth of M-dford. a nting that 'here
va i.. M.-H'ord nit. -ft h" ri-.idd in
FULTON 18
DENOUNCED
BY HENEY
Prosecutor States
Senator Is Unfit for
Office and a Betra
yer of Public Trust.
Fra nc is ,1 . II euey, i n an add ress iu
Portland, answered Senator C. W. Ful
ton's challenge and gave his reasons
for accusing Oregon's representative nt
Washington, lie presented affidavits,
that Fulton gave a bribe to secure tho
election of Senator Mitchell, for whom
he is alleged to have handled tho sack
in IM)", and denounced Fulton as tho
representative of the railroads, recre
ant to hia duty and false to his trust.
Backed Up With Documents.
The charges which Mr. Heney had
made by implication and innuendo
against Senator Fulton were repeated
without equivocation and iu detail and
backed up with a huge mass of docu
mentary evidence, affidavits, letters
and reports, such as a lawyer might uso
in proving a case before a jury. Re
ferring to Senator Fulton's challenge to
him to prove his chnrgea or retract
them, Mr. Heney said that he was pre
pared to take the former course, and
proceeded to lay before his auditors
the facts upon which his original
charges were based,
Hriefly summarized, Heney 's chargea
are ns follows:
"That Charles W. Fulton was Sena
tor Mitchell's sack holder and distrib
utor of funds during the legislature of
!H(t7.
Shielded Land Swindlers,
"That Fulton used his influenco a
state senator as attorney for the As
toriu & Columbia river railroad nnd
corporations, as United States senator
to prevent enforcement of laws that
he was sworn to uphold and to pro
teet his friends from indictment and
prosecution.
"That he bought votes outright dur
ing the 'hold up legislature of 1H97.
"That iu 1X1M he did his utmost to
defeat, justice and prevent the onforoe
meiit of law by aiding nnd alu-Hing tho
land frauds as attorney for tho Ham
inond lumber interests.
"That his connection with shady land
deals continued after that time, partic
ularly in lflOL.
"That, he agreed with Senator Mitch
ell to shield Hrownell from prosecution
by the reappointment of Hall as United
Stales district attorney.
"That he represents the interests of
the railrouds and big corporations nt
Washington and not those of the, peo
ple." AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
WILL MEET AT ASHLAND
The annual meet in gof tin1 board of
commissioners of the first. Southern Or
egon district agricultural society will hn
held at Ashland next Monday, Febru
ary 3, at 2 o'clock p. m., to elect of
ficers for the ensuing year. The board
is composed of ( hree mem Iters front
Jackson county and two from Joseph
ine, the former being K. T. Staples of
Ashland, J. M. Olwell and J. A. Perry
of Medford, and t he latter, Messrs.
Hall and Meserve of (Irnnts Pass. Com
missioner Staples has arranged for the
meeting to be held at the Ashland Com
mercial club rooms and for the recep
tion of visiting commissioner and lo
cal citizens interested iu t he meting,
says the Tidings.
HE INZE MORSE BANK
TO PAY OUT IN FULL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Hank Ex
arniner Charles A. Ilinma, temporary re
ceiver of the National Hank of North
America, was today appointed tempo
rary receiver of the New Amsterdam
National bank of New Vork. No state
merit has been made of I he bank's con
dition, but officials in the office of the
controller of the etirreitcv believe fhnf
all depn-itor will be paid in full.
Hank examiners today took charge of
the New Amsterdam National bank and
the Mrchanii's and Traders bank, ll
stale intitiltion, both of which closed
their doors late yexferdav lloth banks
Were i lie In- l"d ill tile Mol-e fei.e
Tlu.iiun . hiin of ba;.' -
The S,1( .al -t- l ad a ,o. mm
I tli. ir read in j nnms oil -ti'e
day night. 'I'd. re was a large
. Tto s
attend
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