Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Petf Acte Atitmatly
Tit ftiTttR.
Fiiir tonight a ml Tuesday;
westerly wind.
Associated Press
Dispatches
VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OR., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908.
NO. 273
ASK MORE
FOREST LAND
JacksonCounty Stock
men Pass Resolu
tion's Requesting
Larger Areas.
The Jackson County Stockmen's as
sociation held ita annual meeting at
Ashland, Saturday afternoon and re
elected David Hum of Hnrnbrook as
president, L. A. Xeale of Ashland vice
president and h. U. Damon of Med ford
as secretary and treasurer. About .j0
stockmen wero present.
L. C, Bart ram, superintendent of the
Forest Reserve service at Itoseburg, ad
dressed the, gathering, after which res
olutions were passed requesting from
the service ns large an allotment of
public lands for grazing purposes as
Possible. The resolutions were as fob
1 nys:
"Ashland, Or., Feb. S, 1 iiOS.
"Whereas, The Jackson County
Stockmen s association of J ark son
county, Oregon, in annual session at
Ashland, Or., being an orgaui.at ion con
sisting of men in the cattle industry,
and as we have listened to the remarks
aud the explanations by Forest. Super
visor S. C. Hart rum, of the policy of
the government forest, reserve service,
therefore
' This association fully concurs in
and appreciates the government 's ef
forts and fairness in adjust ing, building
up nnd protecting the reserve's ranges
to the lasting benefit and interests of
the stockmen and the cattle industry.
"And, whereas, the government, hav
ing extended the lines of the forest re
serves and have included therein many
I privately owned stock ranches, and also
a large territory which has heretofore
been unrestricted open public range
upon which a large number of stockmen
in this portion of the state have for
many years entirely depended upon for
summer range and for that matter, de
pend upon it. at this time, it being their
only summer range; therefore, be it
' ' Resolved, by the said assoeiat ion,
(Continued on Page 4.)
FOR GRAZING
up af?V.
HENEY TO TRY
HERMANN NEXT
Only Two More Land Fraud Cases In
Oregon to Be Conducted by Famous
Prosecutor Williamson and Ex-Commissioner
Probably Tried Together.
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. F. J.
Ileney, fresh from his successful pros
ecutions of ex-United States Attorney
John II. Hall, arrived in San Fran
cisco this morning to resume the prose
cution of the bribery and graft cases.
In an interview for the Associated
Press, Heney state he will prob
ably try but one more of the Oregon
land-fraud indictments that of Dinger
Hermann, formerly commissioner of the
United States general land office, and
Congressman Williamson, who are co
defendants. He may try both at the
same time. Heney declined to discuss
the alleged immunity contract given
Ruef, which was annulled after lie went
to Portland, until he had conferred with
everybody associated with the prose
cution. HOPGROWERS UNION FAILS
TO PERFECT ORGANIZATION
SALEM, Or., Feb. 10. That, the Pa
cific Coast Ilopgrowers' union is a fail
ure and that every grower hereafter
will have to "paddle his own canoe," so
far as an Oregon association is con
cerned, is the opinion of Conrad Krebs,
of this city, one of the strongest sup
porters of this movement in Oregon.
He says the association has tabulated
2l),lo2 acres, among 1424 growers, an
average of JSj acres to a grower.
Eight hundred are not tabulated. The
acreage owned by the signers of the by
laws is HI 12, or H4 4-.T per cent, not
counting those not tabulated.
He attributes the failure to growers
waiting for others to .join, raise the
price and then non-members would reap
the benefit. The members refuse to be
worked and consequently the organiza
tion will be abandoned.
Mr. Krebs says the present acreage
is double what it ought to be and that
the surplus now is IUO.OiiO bales, 70,0)10
of which are HiOfi hops.
Ho for Los Angeles.
Did you see the Inland Empire excur
s!i,..J v, Ifoh?' i - 'ing to follow them
next Sunday. Los Aiir. nnd return,
$::i..Vi, tickets limited to 30 dn,, ,
off as you please. (Jet ready to go, aim
leave your name at the depot at once.
Utter Is Appointed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lit. The presi
dent has sent to the senate the nomina
tion of Darwin A. Utter to be surveyor
general of Idaho.
FREE
Fancy Vests
with each and
every Ready to
Wear SUIT
Purchased from
TOGGERY BILL
THIS MONTH
10 FOLLOW
IN WAKE OF
Yacht Race Planned
Over Route taken by
Columbus on His
Bagage to America.
BOSTON, Feb. ID. An international
ocean yacht race over the historic course
from Palos, Spain to Canary Islands,
over which Christopher Columbus sailed
on his first voyage to the New World,
has been arranged for next summer by
yachtsmen of Spain, according to ad
vices received in yachting circles here.
It is planned to send contestants
away on August 3 next, the 4 Kith an
niversary of Columbus' voyage, ami to
finish the race at Santa Cruz, Teueriffo
Islands. All yacht clubs of North and
South America are invited to partici
pate. The present plan is to confine
the race to those countries directly ben
efited by the discoveries of Columbus,
though European clubs may be asked to
send yachts.
HEPBURN RATE LAW
REPEALS ELKINS ACT?
WASHINGTON, Feb. ID. Defeated
at almost every point in its case in leg
islation for the benefit, of labor by re
cent decisions of the supreme court, the
administration is confronted by a disas
trous reverse compared with which its
previous jolting would be trifling. An
impression exists that t he supreme
court when it convenes on February 21
will hand down a decision that the Hep
burn railroad rate law repeals the Elk
ins rebate act and nullifies all prosecu
tions under that act, which had not
been begun at the time of the passage
of the rate law.
, Such a decision by the supreme court
would release til" Great Northern rail
road from its'. l."i,nol fine for granting
rebates; the Standard Oil of its $20.
DnO.iHKl fine; the Murlington its 10,000
fine; also the packing house eases.
There would be a delay of a large ijuin-
Iter of other cases, including the thou
sand or more counts against the Stand
a rd Oil, making it I in hie to fines ag
gregnting .$1111,000,1101),
PORTUGAL SOON TO CHANGE
FROM KINGDOM TO REPUBLIC
MSROX, Feb. 10. The republican
leaders in Portugal are today in ex
tremely high spirits. They assert, con
fidently that a republic is now a mat
ter of months, not years. The Associ
ated Press today secured an opinion on
the situation and outline of the repub
lican plan of campaign f rom perhaps
the most competent spokesman of t he
party. This man said:
'The end of the monarchy is near. It
will come as unexpectedly ns did the
murder of the king mid the crown ,
prince, and the world will wake up one
morning and find n republic in Portu
gal. We are convinced that the revolut
ion will be n peaceful nne. It is a
mistake for foreigners to imagine that
the people of Portugal aro not awake.
There is a Republican organization in
very town, nnd doctors, lawyers and
veil village priests are sending in no
lice of their adherence by the score,
md these are thn views of Repuhlicnn
ifficers in the armv.
STARTLING DISCLOSURES IN
FRISCO'S PACKINO DISTRICT
SAX FliAN'clsco. F.-b. 10. A scan
l.-il rivaling that o ft he packing houses
if Chicago has been revealed in the
:in Francisco stockyards by the federal
nit le-i it ies sent here to fight t h- hit
lemic plague. Filth -OH-h ns the fable
if tli'1 Augean "tables describes h;is I n
unearthed in fh " Uufchertown " dis
trict. An accumulation .if oftal and ref
use, a rrr upeM to the heaven and
running its filthy course through the
ry mid-t of the abattoir', putrid mat
floating in the bay, hordes of ratn feed
ing on the scraps unmolested, nnd even
gnawing at the products intended for
market, are oim of the sensation in
I'lud'd in th" dlooire made by Ir.
.1. C. Hurley of the federal aiiitry
ori)". in his report to Dr. Kuirt ln.
tlif f'.l.T:il r'xp'Tt in .'lia'av
mi t ion in Snn Frnn,o.i,
tfc" t
CIlK AtiO. F0i. S. Thr. re f -.
tally injuriil in no i-xtAunU.m, V tin''
quarrii-t in ltnWtborne tuduv, Juf to'eiRiM N In a 5 r eftl btBOH of
NEGRO
M MILITIA
L
Infuriated Mob Rushes
Military and Seizes
Prisoner to Hang
Him to Pole.
UliOOK HAVEN, Miss., Feb. 10. Eli
Piggott, a negro, who criminally as
saulted S iss Wells of this county a
few weeks ago, was taken from the cus
tody of a Jackson military company and
posse of deputies and hanged early to
day. The military company was over
powered by a mob of 2000. A number
of shot s were ti red a nd t wo members
nf the mob were wounded.
Piggott reached here from Jackson
this morning in custody of Sheriff
Greer, and under a heavily armed escort.
The eapitol light guards were ordered
into service by Governor Noel to protect
the negro during the trial, which was
to have commenced today. When the
soldiers and prisoners alighted from Hie
train a furious mob surrounded them
and a fierce hand-to-hand conflict en
sued. The soldiers clubbed the members
of the mob with guns. The fight, last
ed five minutes aud the militia started
with the prisoner for the court house,
when the mob, re-enforced and utterly
infuriated, rushed for the prisoner and
dragged him to the pole and hanged
him.
GERMAN TREASURER
IS FORCED TO RESIGN
TtETlT.I N, Feb. S. It is announ 1
that 11 err von Stengal, secretary of the
imperial treasury, has resigned. His
retirement m undoubtedly connected
with the financial embarnssmctits of
the German empire, and the difficulty
of finding a solution satisfactory to the
various states and political parties.
NORTHERN PACIFIC IS
WRECKED AT CHEHALIS
PORTLAND, Feb. S, A special .lis
paf "l' from 'India lis to the Evening
Teleg.-am states that the Northern Pa
cific exp'-,fs. 'I"' l'ortland this af
ternoon, w.'O" wrecked just north of Che
halis at noon. Every car left the track.
Only two persons were slightly injured,
Mrs. C. L. Pimjt'r and a man named
Pendergast.
QUADRUPLE HANGING
FOR LOUISIANA. MURDER 8
NEW OTi LEANS, Feb. -Four men
were hanged in Louisville this after
noon. Albert est, nnd hdwanl W il-
lining, negroes, wero executed nt Lake
Charles. The others were John C 'til pep
per and ('a I. Thomas, all of whom com
mitted murder.
JEALOUS CONSUMPTIVE
COMMITS DOUBLE CRIME
DENVER, Feb. K Mortally sick
with consumption and insanely jealous.
Jacob Koretpky prnet iced shoot ing at
a target wit h a revolver for several
days preparatory to killing his wife,
whomMic shot fatally last night in the
street. He then killed himself.
SULLIVAN GIVES AWAY
MANY PAIRS OF SHOES
NEW YORK. Feb. Yesterday was
"shoe dnv" and Ctoigreswiuan Timothy
D. Sullivan g:i e away ."""U pnirs of
shoes ad sock to needy men. " Shoe
day" is Sullivan's pet charity, being
an annual event on the flowery.
Fulton's Bill Favorably Reported.
WASHINGTON. Feb. n. The senate'
committee (iii interstate commerce ha;
received H favorable report from t lie i
subcommittee on Si nator Pulton's
:itnrinint! thi' rat.' lull. It in Kiiltnii 'h
.xM'.-tnt i.m that I.ill will l rn j
"irtiil (nit liv tli.1 full .-..iiirnittr with-1
nut furtli.T liearinj;.. j
Britt nai 1tlm to TiAtt
U AN'SKI.M. Mi. i Fnitliig
la4 J i if nr. fir. 1 1 i.f Kin Fran
rifc.i hav. atlii.. artier f.r a ipn
u.o4 f att in tbia fit bofnro thr V
f i ei.h .in tb sight f
Tiwaila. ffbrnarv V Tba wtiakt ia
to h 111 w.iiaila at 0 oVlmk IM't J
PREDICTSHUGHES
AS Q. 0. P. LEADER
Jeff Heard States That Taft Has Fallen
Behind in Race for Presidency Fi
nanciers Lining Up for New York
Governor Roosevelt May Accept.
Jeff D. Heard, manager of the Ster
ling mine, has returned from a month's
visit in New York, Pennsylvania, Indi
ana aud Ohio. He reports finances eas
ier in the west than in the east, and
predicts the nomination of Hughes by
the Republicans.
"New York," said Mr. Heard, " ib
feeling the effects of a loss of confi
dence by the balance of the country.
The south and west are pulling out bal
ances from New York banks ns fust ns
they can get the money, and it is crip
pling Wall street badly. As a result,
money is more plentiful elsewhere than
in New York, and better conditions pre
vail on the Pacific coast than elsewhere.
"Wall street and the big financiers
of the east are cut for Hughes as
against Taft, and the bitter's boom is
badly punctured. Only Roosovelt's
nomination can prevent Hughes from
being the Republican standard-bearer,
aud it is generally conceded that the
president, in such an emergency, would
become a candidate."
SENATOR HAINES WEEPS
OVER FAILURE OF BANK
FOREST GROVE, Or., Feb. 10. At a
meeting of the depositors of the de
funct Haines bank held Saturday, Sen
ator E. W. Haines made the sensational
charge that, he had been robbed of $20,
000 a few years ago and this was the
reason for his financial downfall.
He gave the history of the bank,
which was organized ten years ago.
F, T. Kane, who was cashier and
bookkeeper, was let go by Haines and
W. H. Haines hired, who was in turn
dismissed.
These men, said E. W. Haines, wen1
dismissed on the discovery that their
showing as to the bank's liabilities and
resources was wrong. This Haines kept
a secret, only telling the Merchants Na
tional bank of Portland, which encour
aged him to continue.
Had luck with the electric power plant
of which he is owner added to his bur
den. Haines took a hot shot at If. M. Poo
ley, president of the l-'irst National of
this city, passing the lie to him and
charging him with deceifiug tho people
in regard to the Haines bank.
Haines wept bitterly timo and again,
and the audience 'that, packed Verts
hall seemed in sympathy with him.
He said tho bank's resources were
about HI.L0HO nnd its liabilities 7,",oiio.
Horse Injured in Runaway,
Dr, Jesse 1 1 el fn had the misfortune to
lose a valuable horse a few ilavs ago
through its breaking its leg. The team'
was engaged in pulling hay into the t
barn and, b on ing frightened, broke
the rope nnd dashed down D street, one.
of the horses running against a tele
phone pole and snapping its leg. The (
:i ni mat had to be killed. 1 1' was one oft
the most valuable horses in the barn.
GRAND
( IK
Medford Skating Rink
Tuesday Night, February 1 1
TENTH AND
GOOD MUSIC. ADMIS'IONJ!eE.
Skate Tickets, 25c.
l'.Vi:XIN'i; SK.SNKlN'
AI-TKHXOON SKSSION. .
RINK
l;.it ing muit
With h.'ltH Jellioc
tobacco i u ; n v f
ronio. i rowding.
ejMe ,'lt Ht I'uli" '
J. Kat aha tiny
om in st t iei !y pi
loud tiill ing or
ate forbidden. Never cros Me- -l;i'ing -IKon
a ieat; always fellow tie- dii' .ti'.u !
lerferillg with the UloVeiin Mls ul ntlo-l".
.i skater nhould atop even t-.r an in
circuit execpr lo ji-i"! a hidy. i,ating K
hhould be avoided. Wh n reuo.v n.g s,-,;iU
to the id.iiteroom, with nIi;m.
All children are weleoiio at atteni'-.i
1! year of age tiill not permitied t
tiong Oiliag of ",att ou'tnl' -I at. i.
NDe but the I. lit iff ii ortipp.a.4 l.v
A it ii 1 V- to A 0 fti it V of our utvinna 9'
With . It ink Will be c..d ,oi S, . lay. n
A eanoj maasyiiasc witj cut ud m.'tfui rftif)fnr t
e om fort 4 Qioyorat of xiia wrttu?0rffquyti.
rWlVfcli LCKJftbfcf, rfrletors.
CROWD OUT
TO WELCOME
Inland Empire Excur
sion Visit in Medford
and Hear of Valley's
Great Prosperity.
The great "Inland Empire" excur
sion, 2.0 strong, under the auspices of
the Spokane Chamerce and Walla Walla
( 'om mere in I club, spent three quarters
of an hour Sunday in Medford and
were received with a heartiness and cor
diality seldom witnessed.
It was a miserable day. All morn
ing snow fell, the first snow of the year,
and although it was all gone when the
special train, under personal supervis
ion of General Passenger Agent Wil
liam McMurray of the Southern Pacific
pulled into view nt 2:45 p. in., it was
not a typical Southern Oregon winter
day. The gray clouds hung heavily over
the valley, the streets were a sea of
mud, while the tempera I tiro stood be
tween freezing unci thawing. Never
theless, a large crowd turned out tn
greet I he guests. t
Welcomed by Band.
As the t rain pulled into sight, the
Medford baud struck u welcoming mel
ody, and as the train came lu a stop
t he excursionists were greeted with
cheers. President W. M. Colvig of the
Medford 4 'ommcrcial club, acted as
master of ceremonies and tnado tho
opening address, telling the visitors of
the wonderful resources of the Rogue
River valley.
President F. E, (ioodall of the Spo
kane Chamber of Commerce replied for
the visitors, thanking the citizens of
Medford for their cordial greeting. He
spoke of the number of former Spokane
people there were here nnd said that
Medford enterprise and hiixtle showed
plainly that the spirit that made Hpn
k mi o was nt work in Medford. He re
ferred to Mayor Reddy in flattering
terms and said that hail he staid in
Spokane he would probably have been
elected mayor.
Newtowim Distributed.
Prize Newtown pippins were distrib
uted among the visitors, as were copies
of the Commercial club pamphlet and
the Horticultural n her of the Med
ford Tribune. The guest 4 went through
the exhibit building and a number sig
nilled their intention of stopping over
on their return trip.
For the find time in the history of
western railroads, church services wero
held aboard the sj ial train yesterday
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