Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
MEDFORD'S RAPID GROWTH
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TiTE WEATHER.
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Associated Press Dispatches.
VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OK., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY -J7, liKW.
NO. 2D0.
SPECIAL
ELECTION
ORDERED
Council Asks Issue of $25,
000 Improvement Bonds
to Complete New City
Distributing System---Election
March 17.
At a meeting of the city council
Wednesday afternoon a special election
was called for St. Patrick's day, March
17, when citizens will be called upon to
vote, $23,000 additional improvement
bonds to finish the installation of a city
distributing .system.
The money asked for represents the
difference in cost between a wooden
stave pipe system as first contemplated,
and cast iron pipes, as afterwards pe
titioned for by business men. The dif
ference in cost, $2.-,lMUl, is the umouut
asked for, and it will in all probabil
ty be granted, as there is littlo or no
opposition.
liUILDING TWO MILLS
ALONG P. & E. EXTENSION
Edga r 1 la for, ma nager of t he Iowa
I aim her & Box company, and vice-president
of the Pacific & Eastern railroad,
states that the former company has be
gun the erection of two large sawmills
in the timber about four miles this side
of Butte Falls, nlong the rout of the
proposed railroad extension, which will
saw 70,000 feet of lumber a day. The
company will saw N.noo.tioo or 9,000,
000 feet this season, all of which will
be handled by the railroad. Several
hundred men will thus secure employ
ment. A large boiler is now en route to the
pr.i posed sawmill site. Other machinery
will follow as fast as roads permit.
Mr. Jlafer is constructing a number
of houses at the mill site for use by
woodmen, and will also erect a hand
some bungalow for his own use.
LUMBERMEN CROWD
TO TACOMA CONVENTION
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 27. Incoming
trains today were crowded with dele
gates to the Western Hetnil Lumber
men association convention. Five
hundred are in attendance, 'MM) from
Oregon and western Washington, 200
from the east and a number from Cal
ifornia. The opening address was made
by Robert L. MeCorinick, to which Rev.
P. A. Simpkin of Salt Lake responded.
President George It. Merrill of Salt
Lake made the annual address and Sec
retary Porter presented his report. Dis
cussion of the "order of responsibil
ity" and the cancellation abuse follow
ed a taper on the subject by It. ,T.
Men sec of Seattle.
NOTICE OF FLECTION'.
Be It Resolved, by the City Council
of the City of Med ford, Oregon, the
Mayor npproving. That there be, and is
hereby called a special election in said
city for the purpose of submitting to
tho voters of said city for their ap
proval or rejection, n proposed amend
ment to section 72 of the City Charter
of said city, and such other matters as
may lawfully be brought up at said
election; that said election be held upon
the 17th day of March. 1!MS, between
the hour of S a. m. and "i p. in. of said
day.
The following are hereby designat
ed and appointed as the polling places
and the judges and clerks of said elec
tion: For the First ward Polling place.
Old City Hall, over Hawkins drug store.
Jndge, Oeo. A. Jackson; judge and clerk,
F. M. Jordan; judge and clerk, J. U.
Willeke.
For the Second ward Polling place,
sample room of Hotel Nash. Judge,
V. J. Kinerick; judge and clerk. I. .
Karnes; judge and clerk, H. II. Hur,"y.
For tin Third ward Polling place.
City Hall. Judge. A. T. Drisko; judge
and clerk. F.-M. Stewart; judge and
clerk. C. E. Collins.
The foregoing resolution was adopted
hr the City Council February 20.
Trowbridge, absent; Eifert voting nye,
Wortman aye, Merrick nye, Hnfer aye.
OI well absent.
Approved February 2ft. 1
J. F. It EDDY, Mayor.
Attest:
BEN J. M. COLLIN'S, Recorder.
! CIVIL WAR HERO
i
TOO PROUD TO BEG
DIES' OF STARVATION
Veteran Decorated by Congress for Val
iant Services, Unable to Work, Per
ishes From Lack of Propjer Food as
Wife Seeks Vainly for Work.
CLEVELAN D, Feb. 27. Dead from
lack of proper food, Russol Pago, a
civil war veteran, decorated by con-
gross for valiant service at rort Don
i clson, was found dead yesterday at his
I home. While Page was dying his wife
was vainly searching for work. Page
was confined to his bed as a result of
a wound received in the war and too
proud to ask aid as was his wife.
LACK OF WATER IN STREAMS
CRIPPLING PLACER MINING
Lack of water is crippling the placer
miners of Jackson county and short
ening the season for washing gold. The
beautiful weather, welcomed by the
rancher and horticulturist, is far from
agreeable to the miner.
Jeff D. Heard of the Sterling mine
states that ho has never known the
water to be bo low as this season and
that it is interfering with bis cleanup.
The same story is told from other
sections. The Rogue is very low for
this season. There is little snow in
the foothills and streams are as clear
as in midsummer.
RESOLUTION'.
Be It Resolved, by the City Council
of the City of Med ford, Oregon, the
Mayor approving, That the following
proposed amendment to the City Char
ter of the City of Med ford be submit
ted to the legal voters of said city for
their approval or rejection at a special
election to be held in said city on the
17th day of March, IBrtR:
Proposed Amendment
To Section 72 of the
City Charter of the City of Medford.
The people of the City of Medford do
ordain as follows:
That section 72 of an act of the leg
islature of tho State of Oregon, entitled
"An act to repeal an act entitled 'An
act to repeal an act entitlod "An act
to incorporate the Town of Medford, in
Jackson County, Oregon, and limiting
its powers and defining the duties of
its officers," and to repeal an act en
titled 'An act to incorporate the Town
of Medford, in Jackson County, Ore
gon,' approved February 24, 188."),"
filed in the office of the secretary of
state February 21, 1889, and all amend
incuts thereof, and to incorporate the
City of Medford, in Jackson County.
Oregon, and to define its powers and
duties,' approved February ft, 1901, nnd
lo incorporate the City of Medford, in
Jackson County, Oregon, define its pow
ers nnd duties, and to repeal all acts
and parts of acts in conflict herewith,"
filed in the office of the secretary of
state February 7, 190.1, as amended by
lite act amendatory thereof filed in the
office of the secretary of state Febru
ary Ut, l!t0."i, and ns further amended
by the vote of the people of Medford
on the 4th day of June, 1007, be and
the same is herebv amended bv addinir
' thereto the following:
"Subdivision C. In addition to the
foregoing warrants and bonds, as au
thorized in the two preceding subdivis
ions of this section, the said council is
further authorized to borrow money on
the faith of the city, and for that pur
nose t o issue wa rra n t s a nd bond s for
the sole purpose of further improving
the water distributing system of said
city, provided that the mains installed
in improving said system shall all be
of cast iron of approved design and
manufacture; but in the event that said
council shall elect to install a system
of cast iron mains ns above mentioned,
and shall isuo warrants nnd bonds ns
provided in this subdivision for such
purpose, the total amount of warrants
and bonds so issued shall at no time ex
cced the sum of $25,000 in addition to
the warrants nnd bonds in the two pre
ceding subdivisions authorized, nnd in
the event that such warrants and bonds
shall be issued, such issue shall be in
fill respects subject to the provisions
and restrict ions of subdivision B of
this section, except as to the maximum
amount of such issue.
Following is the form in which the
above amendment will apjwar upon the
ballots:
: Submitted by Order of the City :
Council. :
CHARTER AMENDMENT. :
Yote Yes of No. :
Charter amendment authorizing :
: the issuance of 62.,nnn additional :
: water bonds, provided a cast iron :
: pipe distributing svstem be in- :
: stalb-il. :
Ye
4l
No.
The foregoing resolution was ndopfed
bv the City Council Februarv 2o. loo:.
Trowbridge nbunt. Eifert voting aye.
Wortman nye. Merrick aye. Hafer aye.
Olwell nbMlt.
Approved F-brnarv 2(1. ipiH.
J. F. REDDY, Mayor.
Attest:
BEN J. M. COLLINS. Recorder.
BULLETIN
E
IS A LAKE
Prosecutor Alleges That
Suit Brought Against
Crothers and Older is for
Purpose of Exploiting
Merits of Water System.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. The
trial of R. A. Crothers anil Fremont
Older, proprietor and managing editor
respectively of the San Francisco Bul
letin, on a charge of criminally libel
ing William S. Tevis, one of the wealth
iest men of the state, took a sensational
turn today. Assistant District Attorney
William lloff Cook asked the court to
send ten jurors and 2-" talesmen out
of tho room, ns he wished to make a
statement. Cook- expressed his belief
that the case was instituted for the sole
purpose of exploit ing the merits of
the lletch Hetehy and Bay Cities water
system, and he wished an injniry as to
whether there was collusion between K.
P. K. Troy, trie attornoly who swore to
the complaint, and the defendants, ns
Troy had refused to divulge at whose
inst i gat ion be had brought the com
plaint. Troy was called to the witness chair
and si a ted t hat he had sworn to t he
complaint at tln.reiiiet of Daniel Mur
phy, a member of the water supply cotn
uittee of the board of supervisors, for
the purpose of exploiting the water
quest ion and bringing it before the peo
.lo. The wit uess declared that he acted
sob ly at the request of Supervisor Mur
phy and Unit there had been no collu
sion wit h t he defendan! .v wit h the
district attorney's off r.
Cook declared that t!r- eae wa not
brought in good f. ''. 'i :t:.d i:i: 'd its
dismissal. Attorn - :i f.,,' th- defense
protested, demanding a Tell hearing,
lust ice Pooling ordered the i ase to pro
ved. UNITED RAILWAYS TO
BUILD FURTHER SOUTH
PORTLAND, Feb. 27. According to
amended ai t ides of t lie Cnited Rail
ways company filed in the office of tho
county clerk of Multnomah county, the
promoters propose to build through
Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook and
Itenton counties and tap the towns of
Tillamook. Hillshoro, l-'orest drove, Me
Minnville, Corvallis, Salein and Oregon
City. From these main lines they say
they will build feeders to various local
ities that will furnish freight and pas
senger business.
It is said the company will expend
.fti.Ono.OOii in construction of these lines.
The plan is to build the Tillamook line
over the Wilson river route surveyed by
C. E. Loss. It will join the Mount
Calvarv cemetery extension at the head
of Balrh "s gulch, A passenger station
will be (stablislied in the Chamber of
Commerce building and team tracks wilt
be built on Water street between Front
and Columbia street h.
LOOK OUT FOR FORGED
POSTOFFICE ORDERS
PORTLAND. Feb. 27. Postal author
ities at Washington have sent out warn
ing to look out for forged money orders.
Abfillt P'OO older have been Stole!
from various po-totfices in the country,
includinu 17" from Seattle and 177 from
the office at Richmond. Wash. A large
number of forced orders have been
cash..).
Social by Queen Esther Club.
The (,110'eu l-M her club will gie a
Riley social at the Pf el. t .-i in n chinch
Friday evening. I.-1 r n:i r L'v Tin- pro
U'r.i'i! w ill coii-ist of s.-. . 1 i'M,- fiom
Riley. Home m;ele candi- s f..r sale. Ad
mission. -Jon
aids reci ii ed front Mr. and Mi
ICenrtfc oli der ILIhll. en route to
I Manila, stated that Hoy had h.id a fine
j voyage up to January 2u, at which
J time tl.ey were in Japan, Neither of
the traveb-rs had exorieiif ed any tin
I' pleasantness from seasick ness on the
voyage.
A
RESCUED
FROM SEA
E
HeroiG AGtion of Firemen
Saves OcGupants of Ten
ement From Death in
Incendiary Fires-People
Flee in Night Garb.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Two were
burned so severely that they may die
and a dozen severely hurt and scores
rescued from perilous positions by fire
men at two early fires today. Although
in widely separated sections, it is be
lieved that both fires were of incen
diary origin. The most serious fire was
in the tenement of 43 East First street,
where tho firemen rescued many scan
tily clad men, women nnd children on
fire escapes, and a man and his daugh
ter who had inhaled tho flames. The
latter are in a critical condition. Tho
other f ire .wa-s in an apartment house at
247 East 140th street, where 40 persons
were removed from a burning building
by policemen nnd firemen.
HAWLEY ARGUES IN FAVOR
OF RAILROAD LAND SUIT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Represen
tative llnwley appeared before the
house public lands committee nnd made
a half hour argument in support of Sen
ator Pulton's resolution, passed by the
senate last week, authorizing the attor-uoy-gciicral
to institute suit against the
Oregon & California Railway company
to adjust its grant. He explained the
law under which the grant was made,
and pointed out w herein t he railroad
company had failed to compluy with
I lie law. He told Hie committee that
the department of justice does no! feel
list if led in proceeding with the suit
until it is specifically authorized to do
so by congress. At the conclusion of
IVpresentutivo llawley's talk the reso
lution was referred to the subcommittee
f r investigation.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TO INSPECT NORMALS
SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. In accordance
with the provisions of the act creating
the state board of normal school re
gents, (inventor ( 'hamberlain has ap
pointed a special committee, composed
of Superintendents J. M. Powers, of the
S:1em public school J. A. Churchill of
Jiali 'i- City and R. R. Turner of Ornnts
Pass, to visit the normal schools of the
stale for an inspection. This commit
tee, dud) r section 12 of the act, must
hi i o:(i; o.s.'d of competent business men
and educators, but not. members of the
board of regents or in any way identi
fied with the normal school, nnd will
be required to make a report to the gov
ernor upon the conditions and prospects
of the normal schools, with recommenda
tions, before the month of June of the
school ver in which it serves.
MULKEY IN CONFERENCE
WITH SENATOR BOURNE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Fred Mul
key is still in close conference with Sen
ator ttotirnc. He has not yet d-'darcd
himself a candidate for Senator Ful
ton 's seal, but little rumors that leak
out of M r. I '.on nte 's sanctum tend to
con (i rm suspicion that " Handsome
Fred ' ' W makit g ortnres tit ' ' Foxy
Jonathan" and Ihfit these overtures are
nt least part tally sat isfactory.
Mr. Mulkey, should he decide to re
enter the race, will go down the line
for Statement No. 1, and in Mr.
Connie's eves that is the first rpialifi I
cation of a senatorial candidate. While!
H. M kc is erpially willing, Mr. J
Bourne rloi H not n gard Mr. ''nke as a
winner, and has never warmed up to
his candidacy.
It can to i w be stated for I he first
time iliat Mr. Conine tins flatly refused
to turn his hand over to aid Mr, Fulton,
I hough he is not yet openly opposing
Itis colleague. It is not Indieved that
Mr. Ilourne and Mr. Mulkey have yet
reach' i a final understanding, and in
any ent Mr. Mulkey is not expected
to tna';e an n nnoitiicement before he re
turns to On-yon.
Re. W. I. Shields i a-tistiiig R v.
W. W. Madlenry of Ashland, chair
man of the nut i Saloon league of Jnck
xon county, who is campaigning in the
nortlurn p:irt of the county, Ootd Hill,
Sam 's Valley and ot lor Rogue River
points. I
FLAM
PROTEST
NINE HOUR
WORKDAY
Railroads Before Inter
state Commerce Commis
sion Objecting to New
Law Shortening Tele
graphers Day.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Railroad
officials from nil parts of the country
are today in attendance at the hearing
of the interstate commerce commission
applicat ions for an extension of time
in putting into effect the nine-hour law.
Thirty seven applications asking exten
sions have been received. Applications
from two southern roads have been de
nied. Applications irom the balance
are being heard ns one case, the roads
asserting it is impossible to secure the
services of competent, efficient and de
pendable telegraph operators in suffi
I'ient numbers to enable tho roads to
comply with the provisions of the law.
A mong a ppl ica n t s a re t he O. li. &
N, the Southern Pacific, the Oregon
short Line and the Union Pacific. The
Ureal Northern and Northern Pacific
are not represented nmong the uppli
cants nnd are assumed to have made
arrangements to comply with the pro
visions of the law effective March 4.
ST. PAUL, PFeb. 27. Returns from
the Northern Pacifin telegraphers, vot
ing on the dompany's proposition for a
new scale of wages ami a rearrangement
of working rules, made necessary by
the federal nine-hour law,' indicate that
the schedule will be rejected by the
men. It is expected that a conference
between the tolegrnphrs and railroad
oflicinls will be held this afternoon.
DEMOCRATS OPEN QUARTERS
TOR DENVER CONVENTION
DENVER, Col., Feb. 27. Ilendquar
ters were opened in Denver yesterday
at the Albany hotel by Sergeant at
Arms John I. Martin, of the demo
ratic national committee and the mem
bers of the suboemmil tees on arrange-
which has charge of the plans for the
lomocratic uat ional convent ion to be
held here on July 7. Former flovemor
I oh u Osborne of Wyoming is in charge
of the headquarters for the subcommit
tee on arrangements. 'I he campaign
headquarters of the national commit
tee will be located in Chicago. The
principal work of the siibcommiltce on
arrangements has already been per
formed and the work of letting the
ilracts for engraving tickets, print
ing badges for delegatis. alternates and
members of the national committee is
about all that remains to be attended
to.
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CRIMINALS SET FREE
BY COURT'S HOLDING
CREATIVE ACT VOID
Missouri Supreme Court Upsets Lnw
Creating Court of General Sessions at
St. Louis and AU Acts Are Declared
Illegal.
J EPPERSON CITY, Feb. 27. The sn
preine court has decided unconstitution
al the law passeij by tho last legisla
ture prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors within five miles of any state
educational inst it ut ional having l.'iOO
students enrolled.
An opinion written by Judge Cnntt
was handed down by the supremo court
today holding the law creating a court
of general sessions for the city of St.
Louis unconstitutional and the court
invalid and void. The bill creating the
court was passed in l!07. (iovemor
Folk appointed Judge H. P. 1 lodgers
to preside and over 700 cases had been
tried by t he court. According to the
supreme court s decision; criminals who
an1 confined on pleas of guilty and on
sentences imposed by Rotlgers tire ille
gally restrained from their liberty and
entitled to freedom.
MATERIALS ARRIVE
FOR EUGENE DEPOT
EUCENE, Or., Feb. 27. The first car
load of cement for the new $;t0,000
Southern Pacific passenger depot has
arrived and will at once lie unloaded on
the site of the proposed building. The
cement will be used in the construction
of the foundation, which will bo of
concrete, The work will begin some
time in March and Hut building will be
completed about the middle of the sum
mer, according to present calculations,
ll will be built of pressed brick nnd
will In' one of the handsomest depots
n the coast.
NEW MOTOR CAR IS
GREAT CONVENIENCE
YREKA, Cal., Feb. 27. The Yreka
Railroad company 's motor car com
menced its regular runs over the road
Monday morning. It is run out to meet
No. 14, northbound, which arrives at
Montague ut fcllO a. in. and No. 1 :t,
southbound, whic harrives at Montague
at it:'M) p. m. This innovation is a great
convenience to the traveling public, as
passengers are immediately brought over
from Montague, the motor making the
run in about IH minutes. It also brings
over the morning papers, enabling the
subscribers to get t heir papers about
eight hours earlier than heretofore.
ALTURAS, Feb, 27. Amasa Mall, an
Id pioneer of Modm" county, passed
away a few days ago at tin; home of
Ins step sons, Silas and Lee Keeley, of
Alturas. Hi' was So years of age.
YREKA. Cal., Feb. 27. Tho funeral
f Robert Nixon was held yesterday at
o'clock under the auspices of Yreka
lodge, I. O. O. P., of which he was a!
harter member. Interment took plac
in Evergreen cemetery.
CORAM, Feb. 27.-Thomas Turin
ageil 40, died here yestenlay. afternoon
after ten davs' illness. His wife, from!
whom he wmh living apart, makes herj
home in Willows, Two small children
living in Coram and a third in Oak-
land. Cal. The holy was shipped
night to hico, where burial will be
made by the graveside of Hie deceased 's
pan tits. '
WK WIOXT OX A CLlOAIMXd
IlOl'SH BASIN AND COX
VUlfTKD Ol'K HKKKRVK
STOCK INTO UKIAL TKXDKlf, SO
THAT NOW WK IIAVK ONLY THIS
SPRING'S LIST OI-' IXVKSTMKXT
OKFKK'IXGS. Til KK K IS UXDKXIA"
lUAi KHClMilTY IN A "TOfMIKUV"
SUIT. Til 101 K IS NO IX FLAT 10 1)
WAT Kit 1NSIDI0 A "TOdOIORV" 1 1 AT
ON Til 10 DAM HOST DAY, AND Til 10 RIO
IS A (illP-IODOlOD I'.OND I5I0TWI0I0N
Ol'R MIODI'ORD DEPOSITORS AND
TIIIO PIOOPLKS
WM. V. ISAACS, (Turnery Hill) OAS II I KIT.
S
A
Nearly Ninety Million Tons
Marketed InGreat Britian
and Germany in the Past
Four Months-Little Left
In America.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Thus far in
February the United Motals Selling
company h is S0,000,000 pounds of cop
per, the bulk of it to tlreat Britain and
(ieiintutv. These sales have cleaned up
the surplus of the concerns which dis
pose of llttir product through the Unit
ed Melals Selling company. It ia stat
ed thai there is now less refined cop
per unsold in the United States than at
any time for many years.
The copper brought prices averaging
slightly under L'I cents.
WOMAN IS SHOT FOR
REFUSING AN ELOPEMENT
PO0RTLAN1), l-Vb. 27. Mrs. O. H.
(Jmnb was shot, four times nnd mor
tally wounded by William Durelle, a
horseman, yesterday afternoon in front
of the new Nortonia hotel, Eleventh
and Stark streets, After shooting the
woman the man turned his weapon upon
uinmelf nnd fired a bullet into his nb
dotnen. Durelle was endeavoring to
have the woman leavo her husband and
clopo with him, which shs refused to do.
Mrs. dumb resiifes'at 03 Eleventh
street, and Durelle liven near Oregon
City. Clumb is a butcher, and is era
ployed on the East Side.
NEGRO SOLDIERS BLAMED
FOR BROWNSVILLE RIOTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. That the
shoot ing affray at Urownsvillo, Tex.,
the night of August 12-13, 1000, was
done by some negro soldiers of the
Twenty fifth United State infantry
and Hi. -it the testimony taken by the
senate committed on military affairs
fails to identify the guilty persons is
t he opinion of eight members of tho
committee. Four members of the com
mittee voted against this decision and
one member did not vote. The resolu
tion declaring the guilt of the negroes
was submitted by Senator Lodge and
was adopted after five resolutions by
Senator Foraker, one by "Senator Du
pout and one by Senator Scott, all of
which were offered as substitutes, had
been voted down.
'I he vot-o was reached after prolonged
investigation extending over two ses
sions of congress nnd after evidence
hal been taken covering thousands
of pMg s. Prnct ically every negro of
the thre companies of infantry dishon
orably discharged by President Roose
tci testified in his own behalf, while
evidence in support of the president
was given by many ar.ny officers and
citiens of Urownsvillo.