Apple 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
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'i'XE I-.CUR LA.,OR. LAW
DOES KOT EFI'SCT DEPOT
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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
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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
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FOR H
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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'
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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.