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Newspaper Page TextApple and Pear Orchards In The Rooue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually MEDFORD'8 RAPLO GROWTH Year Ending Ptmtoffice Bank Popu- January, Receipts. Deixj-it.;. kt'n. 1904 $ 5,244.10 IfcO.&UI U.lUI 1W6 5,fU2.r2 477.000 lWti 6.407.13 6US.000 8,1(0 1W7 h,2ht).Hl 'XA.mm J.xi l'.HtS tl.oU.io 1.1.M.0U) r.:'Ji THE WEATHER. F:ilr weather promised for to ilay and Wednesday. Associated Press Dispatches. VOL. II. ! KlU-'OiiK, OK.. Tl'KSD W, .MAi.'Cli 1 Hi iS. No. 294. jJl'U Lit W'-' FOLDERS ADVERTISE MEDFORD Twenty Thousand Folders Sent to Be Inserted in Letters Sent From City Tell All About Rates to This SeGtion. As part of its publicity contract with the Med ford Commercial club, Sunset Magazine has sent 2(,no0 folders de scriptive of Med ford and the Rogue River valley and calling attention to the colonist rates, designed to be placed in all letters sent out of Bed ford. They can be had at the South ern Pacific depot or from the Com mercial club, and every one is request ed to use them with correspondence. The folder reads as follows: Railroad Bates Secured. During Aland, and April, JBUS, tick ets will be on sale daily from the prin cipal cities of tlie I'n i ted (States to Bedford, Or., over the lines of the Oregon liailroud & Navigation com pany and Southern Pacific company (lines in Oregon), at the colonist rates named below: From Rate. Atchison $.10.00 Atlanta, On fll.uo Baltimore, MA 54.25 Birmingham, Ala 47.15 Bloomiiigton, III 30.80 Bristol, Teun 51.75 Boston, Mass. (I) 54.45 Boston, Mass. (2) 55.45 Boston, Mass. (:t) 5G.45 Buffalo, X. V 47.50 Buffalo, X. V. (4) 4S.50 Cairo, III 38.75 Chicago, 111 38.00 Cincinnati, 0 42.20 Cleveland, 0 44.75 Couneil Bluffs 30.00 Dos Moines, la 32.85 Klinira, X. V. (5) 50.S0 Kvansville, I ml 30.00 Indianapolis, 1ml 40.15 Kansas City 30.00 Leavenworth :t0.00 Louisville, Ky. . " 41.70 Memphis, Ten ii 3JU!5 Minneapolis 30.00 Mobile, Ala 50.55 Montgomery, Ala 40.70 Xashville, Tetin 44.00 Xew York, X. Y. (5) 55.0(1 Yw York, X. Y. (7) 5S.O0 Omaha, Xeb 30.00 Peoria, 111 30.05 Philadelphia 54.75 Pittsburg 47.50 Pittsburg ((!) 4X.50 Sioux City 30.00 St. Joseph 30.00 St. Louis, Mo 35.5 M . St. Paul 30.00 ; Washington, D. C. (5) 53.25 Medford, Or. Is located in Jackson county, Southern Oregon, in the heart of the celebrated Rogue River valley. The valley has an area of approximately 15iti square miles and is about half as large as the state of Delaware or Rhode Island. The Rogue River valley is one of the most prolific in the entire country, and produces apples, pears, peaches, grapes and other fruits with extraordi nary success. During 1 jn i7 an orchard near Medford shipped a carload of pears to Xew York City, for which the gross price of $4022o was paid. This is the fresh fruit car record of the world and is equivalent to the remark able price of 17 cents per pound for fresh fruit at wholesale. The fruit which made this remarkable record was '''On 'omice pears. The best previous 'Vr tonl of fresh fruit was also made by ' Medford (in when $3450 was paid for n carload of the same fruit. The records made in the Rogue River valley in orchards adjacent to Med ford during l!07 are so wonderful as to surpass belief. Sixteen and one-half acres of Winter Xellis pears produced $10,000 net f. o. b. Medford. Fifty five trees of Yellow Newtown Pippins pro duced M5 boxes of fruit, which, in spite of the financial panic in London, panned out $1711.50 net. These trees grow on less than nn acre. The three ncre orchard from which this fruit was taken has produced an nverage amount of $500 net per year for the last eight years. One hundred and fifty-two Yel low Xowtuwn Pippin tree produced in ln07, $3125 f. o. h. Medford. These trees grew on three acres. From right acres near Medford fioOO boxe of New town Pippin apples were marketed in l!o;, netting $2'n0 an acre f. o. b. the orchard. For the pat seven years this orchard has netted $701 per acre arcr ne. Apple and Pear Returns. Seven acres of Bart left pears near lied ford in 9107 grossed $2200 per aero. COMPANY PLANNING TO BORE FOR OIL IN KLAMATH REGION J. W. Holmes, Negotiating for Well Drilling Outfit, Seeking to Tap Pe troleum Deposits Near Bonanza In dications Said to Be Excellent. J. W. Holmes, the will-known com mercial traveler, also vice-president and director of the Klamath Oil com pany, is in Medford negotiating with G. A. Morse of Phoenix to secure a well-drilling outfit to put in the f i M boring for oil at Botmn.a. "The prospects for oil in the Klam ath country are excellent, ' ' said M r. tlolim-s. " Fx pert s report the same for mat ion and indications as in the P.i kersfield and Los Angeles. We have had exam hint ions made by men from Pennsylvania and Idaho who pronounce the prospects the best ever. "We expect, to sink from 1100 to 1200 feet before we strike oil." The Klamath Oil company was in- i corporated recently with J. W. Holmes. K. C. Kvaus, F. B. Hall, K. IT. Weaver and Mr. Sparington as incorporators. PUBLIC AMUSEMENT PLACE FOR YREKA I I show water rentals collected amounted YRF.KA, Cal., March 3. A rousing; ' to S 170.05. as nnlnsi .-f 235.0s fur .l.-niu meeting was held here Thursday eve- 'an, win a I In olit rat t s m id held, or ning in the courthouse to consider thejim-.e ;lei. twice a ; mitcli. Th.- e;u ml question of acquiring suitable grounds i imr. -i in V bi-uruy were rrt72.-!''. i-liow upon which to buihl a public amuse-jinj.- a balanee on the riglit side oi" tie ment place. Organization was effected bdger. by electing County Treasurer J. K. ! February is low recoid in receipts fer Pashburg, chainnan, and K. C. Cillis, ' I he year. Kach nn'iiih th.y will cHittlt secretary. ; upward until Sepietnlier, whil.- Hi. lion. J. S. Beard stated the object fixed eo use rcnuMn appi-.imatelN of the meeting ami also outlined n the same. !t is e-l rnr.ted thai receipts coure by which he thought the matter will oroi.abiv v. a- - h- jflo.-o ar.wk !o ctuild lie brought to a successful eon- 'uMsuuin ,-r. elusion. He stated that the old Cle- Tin- cily'. :"m-; U wy- swelled land orchard property, which is in the'in Fet.iinin. I. re.-ri,-! t rom rabm.i heart of town, could In purchased for :een,s :in: t'.Oo fiei; ve:t! e-ia'e Ii $2000 on easy payments, a corporation i eiie-;. M ic lla neims lio'it-ii yielib ! formed, with a capitalization to be . 3o.s5. hereafter agreed upon, and that there - was no question the stock would be j HUME TO CUT UP subscribed. i WEDDEEURN PROPERTY The meeting was well attended and , entnusiasiic speecries were maiie ny ,i. fi. Tajiscott, K. Oillis, J. F. Lodgi. J. M. OX'eill, H. J. Sartor. T. J. Xal ton and many others. Xot one dissent mg voice was neani, an agreeing m put forth their best endeavors in mak ing the project a success. SWOBE PROMOTED IN M' CLOUD ROAD SERVICE S1SSOX, March 3. Taking effect March 1, D. M. Swobe, traffic manager of the McCloud River railroad, with of- fices at San Francisco, assumed the du- ties of vice-president of the company, It, is Ha id S. O. .lohuxm had resigned, Mr. Swobe's successor has not been an- nounced. The M.-Clotal River railroad is a lumber line extending about 50 miles northeast, of Sissoti, w h; re it ,-on- nects with the Southern Pacific. Mi- Cloud, where the railroad offices are located, has probably the largest lum- ber camp in Siier'ior California, and during the summer months about 2o"0 , men are employed there by the com-' puny. ' ' ' A young I ;ait let t pear ore ii ant ot .;o acres of S-year old trees netted ll"'S per aero. Twenty Winter Xellis pear tr.-.s net- ted .flOoO. TheMe figuro show the woii derful profit made in lHi'7 for apple and pear orchards about Medford a profit exceeding Jniio p. r !(l-re in many cases. Although the record for l!Mn; dots not show such wonderful ret urns, t he figures are, no vert ludess, exceed j uedv large. Thrce-fourt hs of an acre of Spitwnbergs jirodueed ."s7 boxes '"irtimd -i ) er 1 ' lOini, which brought II7I. Four acrey ,,('.! . of Spit.enbergs brought .21 i;t. Twenty- j t two acres of pears in lit'1' produei ,1 ;i , ,( . . , , , ,, 0441 boxes of fruit, which sold for .sss f. ii. b. cars. ! The Higiiilicaut fa.-t of th.. w..i dei i' I 1 p jXT EUS .X) i .''-. resources and possibilities of the itli . liiver valley is slmwu bv the off.-r of; the Medford rominerciaf club ! p ix .,. , .."M0 to any one who can shew' by mi i , , thentic testimony that any city " . town in the Cliite.l States. outHide ol a 40-mile circle, with Med Cud as a center, has tributary to it whh;n the same radius as many diversified n sources us Medford. nr.. can show w i h in the corresponding radius. Ann.ii;.: the resources of thU Wonleifni alv an- tin following: Resources of Valley. Apples, pi-ars. cherrit s. :n,i j, ,j ). r ries. grapes, neetarims. radish, s, t ..irri t'M'S. liorseradi-li. as;.aragtis. p'liio'. :ir lb-holies figs, potato's, onions, .aril's ugar corn, chestnuts, altnonds. buf-r nuts, walnuts, peanuts, b'ttioe, eanta loupes, wateruieioiiu. pi as, beans, luit ter. cheese, tobacco, rt e, catth-, sheep goats, hogs, honey, lime, marble, gran it iron, talc, mica, jade, jiuyx, a'r'''' chrome, garnets, tellurium, lead, pli1i num. cinnabar, gold, siivr, - r. dar. oak. cedar pine, I' 'ijit fir. whit' pine, black oak, madroii-. ;(,!,.,-, :( r tenia ii water, mineral s,, ring's, -.uid stniie, wat'-rpower, alfalfa. -y-., '-. Medford is a thriving. l.Uf'lii.g eo-u ninnity of about .V"'o p-H.pfe ai.d i' gnewing rapidly. Full inforinatiot about this si-tion can be obtained by nddreing Secretary. Cnnimerrial club, Medford, Or. WATER i RECEIPTS nniioicn . I,,,,,. New Rates Put City Water Department Upon a Pay - iny Basis for First Tiine--Incoir.e Exceeds Expen ditures. The new water rat douid. d the . ii v s in liave more than l e fre.n the wa ! ter department, and for ll t liuie I III the l.:SUl of ModlWd tiie water department is now sell" Mippuri iug. The iv lTCiir! for Febri'aiy ( t i-1(i, p SALI'M. Or.. March 3 1 1n- R:iU'in' riv it salmo Vint'r lin.e ;it Vi,-.iv c-alic subiivb of i hii.lv her Sai:d;-v b, sw-.-ii fv , i .,,.,. o-rns ni.1 L-M JiHirnal rmr' M t a ' i tint !. h i 1 ; all his plaes h. ;;ie ;n,:iv la i It-d-li'io o Ian !- I'lt a new pl itl that will brivg i:mv s.-H. rs t-. i'iiitv cm"- ty. M- pro,,,,,.- s to cut up th. laer p:,,-l f his I ".,o.m ;!, ,.s into 20 a-r-' tracts an ! giv,- e-..-li '':i'-!v I--. atb-g -o. .i f them a cow. a Mi;; and some checkeus and h-1 th n have the land r."i tVi-e for five years. The n;li r I.) ns In- ill a-'k them to pav per re v, ut and the tae. and at the 'nd of Mint tim - th"V will t a d "d to th- property. P.. -' . f 1 v. 'H h "'' cr, e t hub t and t he ;t ur -a- n ill t cut all tli Tinnb' " n." !' I r"p;iee mo nt. The ,- jM-rhnv I 'ill b-- fi-f with L'o faf.ilii s. If tha! m-c- e. he wiil hn-a'- 20 mon . Me in h nds to inai- Curry cn'nit the idi al pla. for thrifty. iudu! ! !':!; faanbe'i. Vr. Ilnae sa;. m h h l.hion-; ai-d wo.uld ie ,. Cmfed Stitt.s vol liii la ,-,;,, p;,,, 'i'XE I-.CUR LA.,OR. LAW DOES KOT EFI'SCT DEPOT Tl"- ni:i" hour f-d '-.) ltr law. ; i,,i , r'i' ' !! h 1. doe." ii. .l . f ..ft an-l lion r: n:"i'. i Fu. op. :.i h l:.;o: lh, d. b' ood new:; JATI. CT.LI c: filli ! ' ,( f i i ' . U ! - V '. n ' I. thev sli.,ai 1 Weeks. ( one armi:d MAX USES KNUCKLES TO GASH OPEN ENEMY'S FACE Lud L.iv, icr.ee A.uilts Ilaiulm for Second Time V.'-.i'iin .i Mont!: Flees I Town, But YVuir.d'.t Is I.-oucd for ! Ano-t and C'.iloi iVaivhes for Him. in;- v.ilhin :i in., -nli i;,y ui-;!i, iiss.iul: ,',! iil-,h:.U,'l-. MrUting wiili :i f,,!i,',';!l,',l i mil- of UllllcM, s. I,n, Dr. S.vlv ,11,... M linlill. :i iv, r til" ,-. .,11, ovhlonlly cililin-' Ills I: --v,i 1 1 won:.., which bird pro- H - : -r'Zlrz rorntiv ;ied ( hief o!' Police Till'pin left t oU I! ill Se;(M-l O !' Ili'M. 'lil.'-O !lo w:,:i S.-ed the ;is;nilt W1V tl::; it w.h ucp'i'voked. ! ! rr.1 i i. w lie ::;. u;:u al-nui ! a i s o! I . w as Mttine r; .mi a l::be, . i ; : - J in i , .'-sa t j.m , W !:: l,;nvr. uc- v alk.d tip. applied a Mr epithet to htm and without warn i iil:' s: nick hiiii nvir tin1 eye. Lawrence tsoine months ;i;;o Insl, an .u mi in t lie C ra nts l'a-s saw in ill. , On !',-! rinry pi, wiili William Wheeler, lie .i ..an';..! II;; ru! in. Tl;e pair wen ar- 1 :,a.l Tin -l for d:-'tuibing the Ua; he not know t"-AVY TONXAUi: JTOVi) Ii Y HAKI-JIMAN SYSTEM '.'otm.ige riiovtd by the t . l. & X. . ot lpaiiv thi.-i yea exceed by several huii.irid thousand tons the 'amount car i ii d b Ihr same eoinpaiiy in .lantiary, lpe7, one of file yuis.1 prosp, .imus Sea ; ers A Die liiflon of. the reunify. Tin re!- d-d reade b lhi: coin pa uy in Ja.ni a i . I POS, proves more eon el n .i e!y than th::::; (Ue eoiild s!mv the iniremit l i ii ; : e.-pei i;y of t P i eon. a i,d 1 he fact :h:-l th:- s:-r, e is L.e.e of ihe -jreate-r nat h.g of this we I lo ',h! to U' eol'll! r. I b- th supp. -lilts of the shite f Or win pa ny more ie mouth of the If. & V. than in the s'i L').' VOLL7HG TO .l V'u?if::; or would He t rga I ell of III gil here f ., ! w. 1 to haw one of ... in i: h,,iv mi A, til's pa-l of the st , '.eat, V. ill be pie- W lin u eoevenf h ; ! Min r h-d.l in id le UO;" TIP! ISC'). M-m -p!i I 'I 'in. 1H 'in:- cfiu: I- :y CLAi y FAr.rvr j ; o i : AifO ; ( o:-.vifC'" c. a. 'i O ft v P.. I lllil Law ' W;, ,, M FOR H fkWBJ Council to Consider Two Propositions Tonight, One From Gold Hill and One From Jacksonville for Ma Gadamizing City Streets. Th. .' w ill be a regular meeting of he i'a council i iiU owning to take up the proposition made the city le gaiding nisherl granite rock for street I .ii-g offered by Ot. C. H. K'ay. The -.enhe will be .piarried at Cold Hill, .:ad if will Cost the city 'JO cents p'l' ton to deliver it in Medford, ready to be placed upon the streets. There is another proposition for p:iv iii ihe streets offered by Jacksonville parlies, who propose crushed basalt, .said to be excellent material for pav ine. It will cost the city 10 cents per ion ;,i have ihis hauled over the Rogue i.iv.r Valley railroad, double the cosi l ,ie Soul hern Pacific asks from tiohl i i'l and b-s than half the distance. I v et;inu the roi k tiaeti .tacksonville er c;i will bo obliged M puicltase Us in.iehin iy al large cost, while ihe Cold, Hill rod; wilt I rushed at lie jpiarry and b liveied. the city only :;!! g obliged t. hire the use of the rod. criedier at small cost. The council will arrive al some coii v lii- ion in l he ma I ter and accept one or Ihe otJ-i r of the propesil io'ns mib ;i ;ti ', to lh. 111 this evening. About si or . i-;!it- miles of streets t I... ,nacad.Moiv..d in Medford this .. Til LPN" PA OTP TO PLAN AIDS TOVX M PUBLICITY pl.1,1 1 1 ..poialioii with local j.ini, at ion . in publicity as b,-. u adopted bv t he passell- a , i -in nt of I he 1 1 urrimau lines ..mi. Leat'lels pi iiih i t spi'cially h owa a nd conl ai ning 1 lie col i , s a in! sjieri.i I inf at ion cou- t he region are being furnished I )n '-ti!i oad compa ny in lots of b opo h. Sahm. Lii-el.e, liosr- i. . All a- v. MeMinuv ille. Cranfs . . ; df-.id and A-hland have made ... M.i -. f..i- I he b afiets, and they re b uopli' d a- fal a ' t he piiul is ran turn I hi in out. It is proposed I hat t le' l-.isi in men of ach commit- hy sl':-M in. Iom- a l-al b l in evt ry bd ; er v. I it t .n In an eastern cot respond nt . The i i; f.-i ina I n.u gi en in t he leaf 'i i!' Mn ejM ihti'i. s , rastene-l's- . r a p'aee tor iuwslinoiit of ..i . 'I h ra tl road I ates are giv en i' ;. I H illll'l'irr ..f l it ies ill ) C ; . J I.'.-, t to 1 he I le;oU point. for .. i, i. h I in' b a i let is pi nited. Tourist el Cl car la I is an- giv i n and ! I i at. s fully shown. A ' f-.rnMied b. each nre ill I'd lie pa;:e of Ihe )R0ve; A TACK INTO TONfiUI'. OP HER PUPTL "hs to r. wvi: F.TH7 AM) SMTP E0' i le d le el. el I rtv. ciro:.i;; I..LIK0TS CENTRAL II. II. x V. Ti . .1 II I ' I -ta fin- sh -tl t-rnt. tiling ti i). lob.-r, r.fiS. 1 CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST BANKERS DISMISSED BY COURT Aceu cd Officials of the Titlo Guaran tee & Tnts-t Company Escape Prosecu tion Judge ClclAUd Sustains Demur rer Manning's Indictment Invalid. PORTLAND, March S. The three criniiaal charges against Thorburn Koss, Iturkhaid, Aitchisou and Hill were dismissed by Judge. Clelaud today, and t he court sustained the demurrera in terposed by t he attorneys of tho ac cused bankers. This leaves only one charge, that of accepting deposits in fhe Title (iuarautee Trust company, when they knew it to be insolvent. A new indictment will be drawn against t he nccusi d. SENATOR ALLISON OF IOWA ENTERS EIGHTIETH YEAR WASHINGTON", D. C Mnrch II. Senator William Unyd Allison of Iwoal euleied upon his SOth year March and after stuiieone recalled that fact he received a continuous strain of l.ea it congrat ulat ions from members of both branches of congress. Senator Allison has not only attained the honor of having served in the Puiteil States! m ante longer lhau any other man in the history of the nation, but he luus the distinction of being the oldest mem ber of t hat body wit h one exception. The except ion is Senator Why to of Maryland, who is now in his Slth year. yiar ago Senator Allison was fourth on tho list of senators in point of uge, but t he passing of Senators Morgan ami I 'c It us of A la bantu put I he Iowa senator up to second place. Senator Allison is closely pressed for the honor of second place by Senator "nMom of Illinois, who will be 70 years old next November. Senator Cullom still has five years of his present term to si rve, which will make him HI years old on his retirement in ll'Pt. Senator Teller of Colorado ranks next in ago, being 7S year; Senator Proctor of Ver mont ranks fifth in uge, 77; Senator I'lall of New York, sixth, 75 yearn, and Si nator Depew, Now York, 71 yearn. HOTEL AT MARCOLA DESTROYED BY BLAZE I:C(;K.I:. nr., March X Tho hotel at M areola, a town on t he Mohawk branch of the Southern I'acific, 17 mihvs northeast of Kugoiie, was destroyed by fire Monday noMiiing shortly after mid night . The lire started in an unoccu pied room, but its origin is a mystery, no one having been in t he room dur ing t he night. Tlu flames gained Milch headway be fore they were discovered that Hie fiiests hail difficulty in getting out. Many rushed info t he cold with no dot hen on, Ciliense furnished wearing ippaiel to keep such from suffering. The town has no fire department. A Inn hi f brigade was formed ami did ef fi ct ive w to l, sa v ing ad joining build ia;'--. which caught fire several times. The building and contents are mi en i in- losit. Tho build in g wits a three ilnrv frame erected last Hummer tit. a cost id' if looo. The Ions on eonleutn is thought to be jf'JoOO, There was Home 1 n si i ranee on hoi h. The building was owned by C. Cole, founder of the town, the equipment was the property of H. A. Seelye. e had leased it to'.M. Mil !er. who conducted the hotel. Tin re was no wind at the time, or 'he whole business portion of the town would have 1 ii destn.ved. RAILROAD OBJECTS TO INCREASE IN ITS TAXES KLAMATH FALLS, Dr., March X Ihe C;ilil'oiuia tV Dregoii Laud coin pa ii a nd the ( fegoii M ilitary Lund Ciani eoinpaiiy, owners of IhoiiHaiids of e-r. in Klamath county,' have brought en Hmmgh their atbuMeys, Noland & -t'Liih. aaiiist Klamath county relative to lien; taes on their lands. Assessor I 1'. le- aliud them in l'.iull at $.'1 I ' "i p'T acre. The coin pa u les ap I b. f..-e the boaid ot eipialialion, .'..lieu to Ihe ;ss.-s-nieiit, but the :n I .n.tailied the i, s I in c.eoplaint fibd slat-s thai lauds i C.,1, mi, will nut sell for inure than .-His per acre, as all lands in (hut i i - on are arid, uncultivated and far I'oni t I a II spi i rt a I i on , The soil is of n im r... si,, lie formation, and whatever 'ii r grew th'te has been renioved. Ilo I'.'o; aluatioti was 7o rents per i.i.-, whi'di the companies regard as r They ha-, e refused lo pay the '!: t . s and the land i listed as o- ' nt and n ill b s,dd unless the o n, is aiabi-d b the court. Kilen1 P.oy for Annapolis. A V ' II 1 M .T i. Match it. Ib-pn i oi a l I In w h Ii is a p pointed Thomas I., (.atcli ol Nih in, s , I lu.Hle '.:;f, Ii. to be a cadet at Vlil.apolis, with Mark Ii. Lo 1 1; v and William II. Per ies. l-..lh of Salem, allernales. n a i. -nil of the petitie examination , I.i at I'me ne bv Dr. Wilb iti. Kuyken .1 II and S-.pei intend, nt L. U. Ah. f- II. M I'.ii e Ins made public his plat i'niei and the d'cbiralioti of ptiliciplen ..ii i !,:, di ho will ask (or tho republican loouina' ion at Hi piiniaries on April !7 Lo I'-iit.il Siat.s st-nalor to succeed S inior Fulton, SITE FOR HN Phipps Residence Property at Fifth and A Streets Purchased as Site lor a New Forty-Thousand Dollar Building. I'hi' nit oC Mvclfurd'a now $40,000 public Hchoul luiit Upon selected. It will occupy t hp block nt Fifth street and Kivcraido tivemie, nnd is as cen tral a lucation as could have been se ;'ured. The school board has purchased the old I. D. I'hipps residence property, pnyiiiK the sum of $7500. Tho house will he removed and Bold and on tho site thus secured tho irew schoolhouse will be erected. The school will bo modern ,in all re spects and ndd materially to tho school ndvantuKos of Medford. It will re lieve next season tho crowded condi uitiou uow existing, though at the rate the city is rrowiiK, ty tho time the new building is completed plans for t ill another will bo nnd r way. KINO OF ENGLAND SMOKES THREE-DOLLAR 0I0AHS NUW YOHK, March 3. Tho king of KiiKlnnd has placed with u Now York firm of tnlmceo brokors on order for .-villi ci(;nrs which in point of price will be slightly '" excess of what the royal Kinokcr inid two years ago, when bis bill fur IIIIKI cigars was $3000. For I ho .Hill that aro to be shipped from I I a vii mil in time to reach Kngland nt Ihe beginning of the Knstor holidays, he will pay $111110, but it is not likely Hint they will excel, even if they equal in ((utility, the fiimous 10011 which took three months in the making. If I.lt culliis handed cigars around after his feusld of liiimmiiig-bii'd potpic nnd broiled peacock tongues he uevnr bade his guests smoke up on such enrefully and daintily prepared cigars as these. "There is no ..xaggeriition as to the price or the expense incurred in the iiiuniifnctiire," said John J. Flaherty, who is well up mi cigars. "Three thou- h I dollars wim actually paid by King r.'iluard for lono cigars, mid the mar gin of profit even at that unprecedent ed price was exceedingly small. Tho manufacturer was eager to gam the prestige of having served royalty nnd went lo extriiorilinnry expense. The cigars were eight inches in length nnd at the thickest pnrt in tho middle, one inch in diameter. They woro made of the finest Viielta Abnjo tobneco. U'REN TO DEBATE ISSUES WITH ALL WHO COME I'OKTI.AND, March 3. W. 8. U 'Ren will have his fill of debating Thursday night when ho appears at tho smoker lo be given by the Month Portland re publican club. The meeting will bo held at .lones' hall, Front nnd lliggs streets, and in order that U'lten may havo de baters worthy of his steel, V. P. Lillis, president of the eliib, lins appointed W. II. ehapin, John Mnnn and M. J. Itri-iinan a committee to securo a de bater. Mr. U'Uen Issues a challenge lo prominent, republicans to moot him in debate. The nuiioui meut that U'lteu will iiiei't any nnd nil speakers in a tilt over Hlalcinenl. So. 1 will bring out a large crowd, and what will help swell Ihe crowd is the announcement that W. Ii. Stevens, of Scllwnoil, who roeently challenged U'lten to a debnto, will be on hand. C'lb n did not nc.eopt 8tov ,'iis' challenge, but this will not pre vent him from attending tho meeting and taking part in the fireworks. Htev ens formerly lived ill I'bickamas county -i ii.l his frii'tiils claim that he Is cocked :ind primed for r'lten. TO DRIVE ANARCHISTS OUT OF WINDY CITY ( llli AdO. March 3. Tho police have arrested Is.nlnre Maron, aged 20 yours, a Itussian Jew, an intimato of Lazarus vorbiirh. the anarchist who wns was killed by Mhippv, nnd several other persons who may knew something of the attempted assassination of the hief. llarrv fthippy passed a comfort able night. '. ririr.UlO, March 3. Efforts may be made through the finlernl government to rid Chicago of nnnrchists. The Unit ed Slates district nttornev snys ho will take siu-li steps as are wnrrnnted by the evidence.