Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
ffiedf
d Daily Crfln
THE WEATHER.
Fuir tonight, except rum near
I'oiiMt ; warniiT hi southern por
tion; Thursday, rain.
Associated Press
Dispatches
VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OR., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1908
NO. 283
END STRIKE
BY
TOSTUDIES
Eighth Grade North SGhool
Students Present Peti
tions for Shirley's Rein
statement as Instructor.
The striking school children of the
North school returned to their studies
after two days' walkout Wednesday
morning, and ulthough the scholars are
much dissatisfied over the loss of their
teacher. Professor Shirlev, thev are
hopeful that the school board will pay
heed to their petitions, which were col
lected and presented to the board. The
petitions requested the reinstatement of
Professor Shirley and were signed by
three hundred citizens of the city.
The committee from the erstwhile
strikers presented the following peti
tion and requested its publication:
"In reply to the statement made by
the school board that we found out our
regard for Professor Shirley too late,
we state:
"We, the eighth grade pupils, did not
iind out when it was too late that we
loved and respected Mr. Shirlev, and the
board knew it. because they had
our
petitions signed by every member of j
the eighth trade, and also most of the
teachers, before them at the time, but
simply ignored them and based their
conviction upon tho verdict of three
or four of the unrnly pupils and their
parents.
"Had the board got the opinions of
the other pupils and teachers their ver
dict would have undoubtedly been dif
ferent. Respect f ally,
"EMiHTH GRADE PUPILS."
Largest and best line of hats south
of Portland at "The Toggery." JR4
One Reason We Have
Sold That Hat
nr. '
THE
IMMENSE DAMAGE
WILL RESULT FROM
USE OF NIAGARA
If Power Company Caa Use Water it
Will Result in Recession of Horseshoe
Falls and the Lowering of Lakes Erie,
Michigan and Huron Three Feet.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. At the in
stance of the American Civic Federa
tion, Dr. W. J. Spencer, the British
scientist, who was commissioned by the
Geological Survey of Canada to inves
tigate the Niagara Falls problem, ap
peared before the house committee on
rivers and harbors and presented facts
to show that if the request of the On
tario Power company for a franchise to
use 40,000 cubic feet of water per sec
ond would have on the falls. He said
that such withdrawal of water and the
necessary changes in the river will re
sult in a recession of the Horseshoe and
the lowering of Lake Erie, Lake Huron
and Lake Michigan three feet. The
damage residing to harbors and canals
by lowering the water one foot will
amount to $12,000,000.
CONNECTICUT MILLS
REOPEN FOR WORK
PUTXAM, Conn., Feb. 111. Addition
al industries in Northwestern Connec
ticut resumed on full time yesterday
with better prospects for a continuance
of it than at any previous time for
many weeks. Among the number were
the Chase mills, the Mechnnicsville
woolen mills, the mills at Woolson and
Perry ville, the Arlie mills at Baltic,
the Sterling dock works and the Me
Xiekol Textile Xoveltv plant at Jewett
Citv.
GERMANY MAY SEIZE
STANDARD OIL MONOPOLY
BERLIN, Feb. !!. The imperial
treasury is considering the possibility of
i government petroleum monopoly. No
decision was reached, but experts con
tinue to study the plans of taking over
the business in Germany of tho Stand
ard Oil company as well as the Stand
ard's Russian and Roumanian holdings.
The matter is being considered along
with the study of the possibilities of
creatng a state monopoly in alcohol.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Tho state of Il
linois has given the Chicago Telephone
companv permission to increase the com
panv's 'capitnl to $30,000,000.
Anl it is simply, plainly, evidently, deservedly and glori-
(iiislv shown in
The Hat Itself
Vnd we are just proud and confident of the fit, feel and
form and the shouting friends of that hat that we will give
$100 legal tender to any charity organiation if any one sells
a better hat for P. honest dollars or sells more hats than
THE TOGGERY
It is not often that we put all our eggs m t.ne basket hut if
2 of Ihe leading stores in Portland who gladly sell the M
XAMK hat. and ourselves, are not right m believing that
the NO NAM E beats the world for
(1) The feel that makes one smile.
(2) The look that catches a critical eye.
(:5) The shape that shows a dresser.
(4) And an iron, half-soled, wire-rope wear.
Tf this is not true, we'll chew and eat every felt m the store.
ALWAYS
EARNEST
TOGGERY
(OP COURSE)
BIG STRIKE
ON RAILROADS
IN PROSPECT
Companies Order RedUGtion
of Wages all Along Line
Roosevelt Ready to In
terfere. CHICAGO. Feb. 10. A situation
which radical men say may result in
a strike of railroad empioyes on all
railroads in the various parts of the
t. tun try has developed ns a result of
the general movement of railroads to
reduce wages for all classes of employes,
1'nion officials in all prats of the conn- J
have been notified bv railronds of
h reduction in wages and that, a revis
ion of the workng agreement must be
i.iade by March 1. The unions are de
termined that no reductions will be
made anil are preparing to resist nt
trtnpts to reduce the present scale. They
will take the matter into the courts
mrder the Krdman act.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. President
Noosevelt has sent a letter to the in
terstate commerce commission, in which
he has indicated the importance of the
commission's action in respect to the
Imitation of hours of labor of the rail
road employes and point out the pos
sibility of serious differences arising
between the railroad company and their
employes, with respect to the wages and
hours of labor. It is understood that
the letter of the president will be made
public by the commission.
The president strongly deprecates the
inaliing of an issue between the rail
road companies and employes in tho
matter of wages that can lie avoided,
and instructs the commission to secure
all possible information in advance, so
that responsibility may be placed and
the commission hold itself n readiness
to meilate.
Ml
OFFERED FOR
EaGh of Four Bids Above
Par-AGGeptanGe
poned---Bids for
Trendi Opened.
Post
Pipe The city council met in adjourned
session lust night and opened bids for
$40,000 per cent water bonds. The I
Mood company of Detroit, Mich., bid par)
value for the bonds and a premium of j
-.. iir..B ,.f illrti nXhi,!
i
and $4."o premium; John Xuveen & Co.
f Chicago bid pur and $404 premium;
Otis lluogh of Cleveland, O., bid par
and premium of $111.
The council deferred any action on
said bids until February 25, at which
time they will take action in the mat
ter. Morns Bros, ottered to take tue
bonds as the city needed money in con- j
strm-tiuii of the new distributing sys- j
ten., thus saving the city more in inter-1
est than the $.V saved by accepting the
Hond company bid.
liids for digging trenches for the wa
ter mains on Seventh street were
opeiu-d. John Dent bid $17W for dig
ging, buck-filling and placing pipe. C.
W. Turpin bid $sno for digging and
bncli-t'illing. The 1h1 were referred to
Kngneer F. C. Kelsey at Portland,
The city scavenger was made a reg
ular city officer. A suitable roud-mak-ing
machine was ordered !nrchased.
The license of P. W. Wusehau was
hel
mi tii'tn iinif an invest ligation as io ,
CITY
.. i .i. . .... o... ...... tio.l tlutiner umiuue in .'.....cmirm, ti- in no-
ri"ll!. Ill Ulll 111- IN'" o ') a't.m
t itv ordinance limiting tin1 number uf
saloons to (I'll.
Tin' ordinance mil horiziiig I he bond
jssue was passed.
OftDlXANVK NO. 144.
All oriliniinco mil lmristiiiK the issue of
tin- bon.ls ot tin- City ot .Mcillnril, wrc
K to tin- ninoiint "f tw-ntytiv
tlioll-
s.md .lollnr
Tin- city
Mcdfor.l doth ordain us
follows:
Section I. Tlmt for tl' purpose
01
uiivinu Btroi-t iiit.-rsi-.t iomm
unil coin-
pleting City
thonged to
citv of M-
Hull tliere nre hereby nil-;
he ISSIieil I I I ' " ;
.Hold to tile llinouiii 01 i
tvnlv-fiv(
ihuusiind ilollnrs. which
, s shull be ilutcil tlie nrsi uuy ;
f l'ebruury. V.HH, nn.l be in l tin ue- ,
oniiiint ion 'of one tlioiisun.l ilollnrs, nnil .
shull be Ulionu ns "tlenerul 1 inprove- (
tm-nt lh.n.ls," nn.l shull be numl.ereii
fr to twontv-five, both inelnsive.
: . v ... l.. ..1...H 1.,'. ;..n.l l.v tho Mnvor
nnd coiiutersi)!ned
bv the 1) rder.
Suiil bonds slilill be
nine due ten yours
nfter dnte unit slum nenr inieresi, .-.-deni'i-d
bv eoupons at the rate of six s-r ,
eeiituin per nuiiuni, paynble si 11111111-
ullv, nnd both priiieipul nnd interest, of
sni.l bonds shull be mild.- pnynble nt
the office of tin' City Treasurer of
Medford, Oregon, or lit the bunking
house of Kountze Hros. in the city of
New York. Stall' of Xew York.
Section ti. The bonds hereby auth
orized shall be in substnutiallv the fol
lowing form:
I'nite.l States of America,
Xo. State of Oregon, i,noil.
City of Medford
(ienernl Improvement Bond.
Know All Men by These I'rcsonts, j
That the city of Medford. in the Conn-l
tv of .lacks'.. n unil State of Oregon,
ueknr.wbdges to owe, mid for vnlne
received hereby promises to pay to
bearer the sum f one thousand dollars
lawful money of the Tnite.l States of
America on the first .lav of I'lbrnnry,
A. I). I'.Hs, together with int-crest on
said sum from the date hereof until
paid, at the rate of six per 0-11111111 per
annum, payabl- s-mi amiiially on the
first .lavs of K-brnarv and August in
each vcar. upon pr-s-nlat ion and sur-r-nd-r
.f t)i- iiit-r-st e,,u).oiis hereto
ntta.h-.l as they severally become due. Countersigned:
liotli principal and interest of this bond
are h-r-bv mad- payable at the office
of the 1 itv Treasurer of Medford, Or
egon, or at Ihe banking house of
K.inntz" Hros., iu fhe City and State of
X-w York; and for the prompt pay
incut of this bond, both principal and
interest, the full faith and credit of
:iid citv of M-dfor.l are her. by irr-
Vocal. IV pledged.
This bond is one of a series of lis
tenor mid is is-oi-d for t.avit.f street
itit-rs-ctions and comt.l-ting City Hill
pursuant to and in full compli.'. with
the charter of said city and uHor a4
in nccor.lnnce with an ordinance of .,id
city, duly passed.
And it is h-r-by certified nnd recited
tlmt all nets, conditions nnd thitgr r-
quired to be done prec-dent to ! hi
JAPANESE AGREE
j DESIRED EXCLUSION
OF COOLIE CLASS
Terms of Suggestions Made by America
Acceptable to Mikado Powerful Op
position Made by Steamer Lines and
Emigration Companies.
TOKIO, Feb.. lit. The memorandum
of the Japanese government n reply to
i the United States on tue subject ot ein-
igration was bunded to Ambassador
lu'Brien tod a v. It is understood thut
I Japan agrees in general terms to a
number of suggestions made by the
j Aiuericun government, and ensues a
I further restriction on emigration by
practical prohibitum of laborers. It
beurs every evidence that tho Japanese
government is unsparing in its efforts
to avoid further complications on tho
emigration question, but the govern
ment s facing powerful opposition from
emigration companies, which are behind
the proposed resolution in the diet to
censure the foreign policy of Viscount
llavashi.
NEW CITY COUNCIL IS
CHOSEN AT JACKSONVILLE
At the Jacksonville citv election Mon-
' day an unusually large vote was polled,
f The following eouncilmen were elected:
j (ieorge Davis, Dr. J. W. liobiuson, Fred
j Fisk and John Miller.
J. II. Huffer was elected . marshal,
'.lim Cronemiller treasurer, Peter Deisch
j recorder and Pert Haney street com
inission.T. MOVEMENT ON FOOT
TO PARDON THOMPSON
WALLA WALLA, Feb. 10. A move
ment is on foot to secure a pardon for
Chester Thompson, acquitted of the mur
der of Judge Kmory of Seattle, on the
grounds of insanity. He ia confined
in the insane ward of the penitentiary.
A commission to examine the young
man wll be asked for under the terms
of the O raves law.
AMERICA MAY PROTEST
OVER JAPS IN MANCHURIA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1!). liumors
re that the state department is about
to auoress n nrmesi io ...iimn m-iuiim
. f (i10iniitted that complaints have been made
ompliiiuts have boon libido
to tlio department tlitit American trade
1 i h suffering ill the Orii'iit, but it in be
' lii-vi-il tlmt other causes tlilin Japan's
attitude lire prineipnlly responsible.
JUDGE HEBBARD REMOVED
BY OOVERNOR GILLETTE
SAi'HAMIONTO, I-Vh. 111. Governor
Giletto Iims uppointeil .luilge George II.
Ilui'k of Sun Mutoo to net iu tile pluee
ot Superior .liulue .1. C. II. 'Ilebburil,
of Sun l-'ruui'isi'o. Tliisnctiou wiih lukeii
on tne inlvice ol lion, i.enrgo a. lur -
levuill, piosnilllg .luilge 01 I lie .-ion
I'Vnni'isi'o Superior eourt. Ilebburil lius
oi-eil I . -.p.-.. ... riiiiiK'-i ,.ii. j.
potency inrnngn tininiieuiiesu. i
rjatislactu.ii is yours lit luggory
Hills. -M
.
issuing ... '"'. "
,, ,. K, ...... .....
I i properly ,li.. hnppene.l n.l been
I ' r I n ruied in reonlur I due term unit
tune as reipnred by law, unit that the
total indebtedness of suiil City of Med
lord, including this bond, does not ex
cee.l the const il ill ionul and stutiilory
limitations.
in testimony whereof, the said City of
Medford has caused this bond to be
reuled with the corporate seal, signed
bv its Mayor and countersigned by its
Jtecorder, and caused the annexed inter
est coupons to be executed by the fac
simile signatures of said officers this
first dav of Fobrnnrv, A. I). 1IKI.
j
Countersigned:
Mayor.
City Ifee.irder.
I 'onpon.
Th- City of M-dfor.l, in the Slat
of Or-gou, promis-s lo pay to benrer
the sum of Thirty llollars, lawful money
of the I'nit-d Slntes uf America. 011
the first dins of l-'el.ruary ami August,
111 . at the office of III.- City Treas
nr-r of M-.lfor.l. Oregon, or nt the
hanking ho. is- of Koiuit.e Hros., in the
city of New York. State of X-w York,
for s-nii niiuuiil int-rest due thut date
on its General Improvement Hon. I, lul
ed l-'el.ruary I. Cms, No. .
Mnvor.
City Ke. -order.
Section .'t. This ordinance shall be in
force fifteen dnys from I after ils
pussage. approal and publication iu the
Medlord hnilv Tril newspaper
published in the City of M.-dford, Ore
gon.
The foregoing Ordinsn.e .11 l.as.e.1
bv the City 1 onncil on thia Isth d.v of
Kebrusrv. A. II. I'.ll'S. bv th- f..lloin
vol-. toit: Trot bridge voting aye.
Kif.-rt IV.-. Merrick sve ttol H'ortinan
o: Olff.ll ind llaf-r ab nl.
Approvsd h V th.- Mavor thin lli 0
of Pcbrur, S. I). !!.
;
I
AtfMt
I
IlENJ f IK)1,I,II8.
BLANKET OF
DEEP SNOW
COVERS EAST
Blizzard Still Rages Over
Mississippi Valley States
Cold Wave in Many Re
gions of East.
CHICAtiO, Feb. 10. The blizzard
which raged here yesterday is still in
progress today, though the fury of tho
storm has passed. The snow is piled
deep in drifts. Traffic on all roads is
delayed. Many accidents to pedestri
ans are reported. One man was killed
by a freight train. Two, badly exhaust
ed, were rescued from sure death.
KANSAS CITV, Feb. 10. A fall of
"20 degrees in the temperature has been
registered over Kansas and Western
Missouri in the past -4 hours.
MILWACKKK, Feb. 10. The bliz
zard continues, but is slightly abated in
intensity today. There is a foot of
snow in Milwaukee and vicinity.
ST.
wealh
LOl'IS, I
prevails he
10. Freezng
A snow storm
divp drifts is
driven by a gale into
raging in Missouri.
DKTIiOlT, Feb. 10. The blizzard in
the lower portion of Mchigan contin
ues. Deep snow greatly interferes
with traffic.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 10. The danger
line, "ill feet, wns reached by tho Ohio
river at noon, ana i ne rise rum m
Jt
is estimated inai me cresi mi n-m-i.
--y ftot.
IN'IHAN'AI'OI.IS, Veb. 111. The flood
siluiition in Indinnu is inure serious to
day. Cold wenther n.lds to the (.'rent
suffering of refugees.
WOMAN WHO TRIED TO
BLACKMAIL LANE ON TRIAL
eoltTI.AXIl, I'el'- I" Mrs. Hello
Wnvinile unil K. K. If n.l.l i n JI lire on
trinl in I hi' stule cireuit i-oui t under
I'hnrges (.rowing out of u seene iu Muyor
i,.
l.nne s privnl euirui ii.n.-.i
Inst September, ns I lie result ot wuieii
the winnnn nnd Kn.lilini! were nll'esleil
ntleniptini.' to eompnunise hoi
ninvoi: nn.l l.ineiien ins i . ......
I 'I'he seleelion of jurors
mad- it plain
Hint the case IS lo I aril lougi.i ....
bolh sides. As wus declared by one
1, 1' Ho- lawyers in I Ik' case. Ih- liberty
of Mrs. U'nyiniie and l.'adiling is nt.
stake, on the one hand, mid the repu
tali f Mnvor l.aue on 1 1 1 her. As
the
tcstin y of the two sales will 110-
ssarilv be of a llally conlrailiciory
nature, the jury will have to sclci r.
from the sluiidpoint of probability.
PETTY THIEVES BUSY
IN MEDFORD HOMES
TettV thieves Iiiim- 1 u busy ill Mis!-
lord for the past weeknn miy hir-
eeuies nnd alleinpte.l l.illglmics h"v''
.en reported. Lust night Hii-ves en-
t-red the resi.b nc cnpieil by Mr. ami
Mrs H H. N-idhnin on I i street by
,'o.ening the buck window. They cut the
ropes straps off of 11 trunk rind
strewed tl Illi-llts upon the Hour, hut
seeininglv huve not secured anything.
Mr and' Mrs. X i.lhaiii were both ab
sent and hud left Hi- house doors and
windows all locked securely.
ihail.s Gibson's room was bnrgliu-izi-d
lal night nnd h" watch stolen.
t ...... .-.vim' some sus ocioiis
who t-ot the wntcll. he I
low of the theft d 1-
iillesl. was lllllde.
disci III.
iwrod it.
fel-
N.i
HEARST WOULD BECOME
BRYAN'S RUNNING MATE
xi-: w
YottK. I'-''- I!'-'" A di"l! V
Iport
William Unii.h.lph ll.nrst IS
..... t.. ... ooniiiiu -o i.-.- in
0, th." Itiyan ticket if Mr. l!rau has
1 bje.-tioa.
The slorv that is being toh "
I,. t I'fect that Hearst will d-liver
I , I'.rvnu Ho- full slrenglh "f Hi- In
dope
if II
- 11H'
Ih.'
Ih.l
lldem e I. ague, whel.vel- II .xisik,
,. will llo ll'.Hr.l to Is- the mil
of his kite. Whit- Mer-t d.-nies
ruino. there re I hoi- who say
ii.-h a r.ur.i" .1 oil the fire.
TrtoJfi ri10 to fight.
(illl.l'l-'IKI.H. Xe.. 'h. I'-'-A.
tides of ligre. Bint have been signed
bv the inuingers of l-'runk Kiehls nnd
lrrie Gordon for a 'Jil pound figlit here
.. Mi 1"- Gordon is from llutte,
Mni Th- mri Will w-igh in l If.
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