Apple and PPgrOrchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
" - - fl TY. AA A I THE WEATHER. I
"MEDFOED'S eapip growth
Year Endiim Postoffice Bnk Popu-
!J5 8,.3i aox 4,200
Mini
Fair weather promiaiil for to
today nnd Thursday.
Associated Press Dispatches.
No. 2!)3.
thundrWpWijflames
a
IN F
AVOR OF
WATER FROM
IMf BUTTE
Report Made by Engineer
Kelsey a Year Ago KeGom
mended North Fork Prop
osition for Supply.
CITIZENS BACK UP , ,Tti r nurn uiniurrmrn
EFFORTS TO SECURE LI 1 1 Lt UHtO lllUllLKHILU
GOOMjITY WATER , .pnxrn, nn.nruynj
navnnvra And Business r
nepreseniai.lv o aj.im .
CLEVELfli HIP NIHIL
Hundred and Seventy Bodies Recovered From Ruins
This Afternoon-Teachersand Scholars Burned Alive
at Colly wood, a Fashionable Suburb ol Ohio Metrop
olis RiGhandPoorSuffer Alike-Heart-Rending SGenes
Men Speak at Council Meeting in Fa
vor of Adequate Supply of Aqua
Pura Monthly Budget Passed.
The report on water supply for Hert
ford made last year by Engineer Frank
tt- 1 J ,1, Tr.li Via xv 11 a ralid BeV-
C. I.ei8l-y. 1U1 r I aij iizixu awu -r v
eral hundred dollars by the city, is oiituo ciuer or me n
. .. i ..,.! ..A nccentcd. the TODOTt of thO
more than usual interest at the present
time, when the council committee is
endeavoring to settle the question of an
adequate supply of pure mountain wa
ter for the city.
The proposed sources of water supply
considered are Bear creek, artesian
wells, Wagner creek, Squaw lake, Little
Applegate and Sterling creeks, and the
north fork of Little Butte creek.
On Wagner Creek.
Wagner crook heads in the Siskiyou
at the bs cf Wagner peak, which has
an elevation of 7240 feet. The water
: .n..n nhnnt. 14 saunro miles.
HUCU IB Oman i
The flow is pronounced insufficient for
Medford, besides being appropriated
for irrigation bv ranchers. The summer
flow -1 'less 'than 2,000,000 gallons per
.i ..I ia nil utim-onriitted.
pi. u-ilnt well at Talent is treated
,.. imot.li. The well is eight-inch,
drilled 805 feet. A year ago it was
I flowing at the rate of 240,000 gallons
n day. The water is warm, with a de
cided mineral taste, both of which are
..i.;,..;,,l,ln The well is 2-0 feet
above Medford. Mr. Kelsey does not
think artesian water from this source
practicable.
Bear creek is tin ned down because of
insufficient summer flow and for pol
lution bv sewage from towns above
Medford'. The water has a bad taste
and odor in summer.
Squaw Lake and Sterling.
Squaw lake. Little Applegate and
Kt.li,, crook would require a 4.'i inile
' ditch. The water in the lake is pure.
, but in an open ditch it coitl.l not. m
.lJIvonxl in (rood Condition.
, The lake is 23 miles southwest of
Medford in a direct line. Its outlet, is
Squaw creek, which empties into the
Applegate. A sufficient quantity could
be stored in the lake for city use.
Tl,n nrmiimal made bv the Fish Luke
Water eompanv to sell the city up to
It.OOO.nilO gallons n day delivered 11
.;in. imrtlieiist of the city at. an ele
vation of 240 above it. is gone into
thoroughly. The water was to be di
verted from the north fork of the Lit
tie Butte and flow through the com
........ 'a irrii.,1 1 lllO canal for 10 miles.
Vi. -tor ,l,.livered at the lower end
of the canal would cost nt present $2000
n year for city needs, nnu ""
.:.'.. ... tonnn The cot would be more
than if the city bought a perpetual
right and built a pipeline. The water
ci.:.,, ihrmiirli an nnon canal for 10
miles would become warm in summer
and objectionable.
North Fork of Little Butte.
The north fork of Little Butte is
fed from the molting snows of Mount
The water is clear, cool aim
The creek channel has cut down
bod rock. The watershed i 100;
miles above proposed point ot j I
n..f ..l,ot I
That the sentiment of Medford citi
zens strongly favors tho bringing in of
,, Bdenuato supply of pure water was
shown at the council meeting Tuesday
night when citizens present gave vent
tn axnrossions encouraging the water
committee in their efforts and pledging
-,mnrt Those who advocated a water
supply were MessrB. I'ickel, (..'ox, Gur-
uctt, Lumsden, Ulncu, mewnri
.. . . ..... ...i..
The council met in regular inraimj
session. Minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved and the re
corder's report for tho month of Febru
ary read and accepted, me report oi
e
road and accepted, the roport of tho
finance committee read and accepted
o.i ti, mnnthlv hud net ordered paid.
The city attorney's salary was ordered
increased to $50 per montn, ana no wu
;nor.,nti tn ilruw an ordinance ore-
...ii,:.. tha ennntriiction of a 25.000 -gal
Ion oil tank for the atanaara uu com-
flni.nrin0 to succificationB ac-
.n'l.l to the underwriters. The fire
1, ..f mih n.aken r.o mnKe un uiuiuiub
tion aud report upon the safety of the
Nash livery barn.
ti. .,;i fnvorca the Gold Hill
rock-crushing proposition as against the
. ... li! rPI. n,.nt nt
Jacksonville proposition, juc
nn tl,n rnck tA tne SaUlC 111 uuuu
,,ftSn 20 cents a ton but in tho latter
case an investment of $2500 is neces
sary before getting material.
Tho Woodmen of tho World met in
regular session last night at their nnu
One candidate was initiated nnd the re
nniinder of the session was taken up
in routine work.
BR1TT HAS BEST OF
NELSON IN I0-ROUND
DRAW At ANGEL CITY
N WUKK UT
Lightweights Face Each Other for the
Fourth Time Little Betting No De
cision, Though Dane Makes Poorest
Showing in Battle.
CAR LINES
FOR COUNTY
CLEVELAND, March 4. In the
most frightful catastrophe of its kind
that has ever befallen Ohio or the
United States, 200 lives were snuffed
out this morning by fire in tho public
.t,n,,i in Collvwood. a fashionable su
burb. The victims were either trampled
or burned to death. Those that escaped
with their lives were badly burned.
Horrible sceneB were enacted at the
fire. Teachers and pupils Dc-camo panic
stricken and a repetition of tho Iroquois
theater disaster at Chicago ensued.
How tho fire started iB a mystery. A
-, ! f..iir.nn the first alarm, the
teachers lost control of their pupils
and all struggled inaoiy ror ocupc,
mussing before and blocking the exit
and preventing those behind from get-
1 . . ....... lIDo Wn
ting out. A temporary m.B"
established and those rescued from the
flnmna taken to homes lor care.
Orent crowds of weeping parents nnd j
relatives of the dead stormed the torn- j
porarv morgue for admission. The Col- i
Ivwoml police were unable to handle the ,
situation nnd have asked the chief of
police of Cleveland for help.
At. 1:30 o'clock this afternoon 9 bod-
ios had been recovered. Five of thorn
were women, presumably teachers, and
the remainder were pupils.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon 110 bodiea
had been acconutcd for.
At is n'eloek this afternoon 132
bodies had been taken from tho mine.
They are at the temporary morgue in
the Lake Shore railroad ahops. Deputy
Coroner Merrill estimates ine . ium.
number of deaths will reach 200.
At 3 o'clock 148 bodiea had been re
covered. Scores were injured.
nM, l...il,li., i n three-story struc
ture. There were between 400 nnd 500
pupils in school when tho fire broke out.
It did not spread rapidly, but panic
seized the children, who mado a rush
for the doors. One door was found
ii, nnA ti,n ohilrircn. unable to get
out, piled up against, the door, when the
floor above fell on tacm, oringinK .
to all ' the little ones pneked liko sar
dines in the corridor below.
Colly wood is six miles east or t.leve
Innd, on the shoro of Lake Erie. A sec,
ti, tnwn i inhabited bv rail-
road men in the employ of the Lnkc
Shoro & Southern system, n ' -
LOS ANGELES, March 4. Jimmy
Britt and Battling Nelson went the ten-
i ii.it in thnir contest last night,
...i mi,ii liritt. lmd he better of it all
ho way through, his failure to knock
tho Dane out, earned mm amy
.. ti. l.,i Anirelos council forbids the
giving of decisions in glove contests.
There is no uoiuit out jj"
be the one chosen as McFnrland'a next
opponent, on account of his good Bhow-
nut n I, It.
Britt entered tho ring n 10 to 7 fa
vorite, but there was little betting.
Last night's fight was he fourth
time the two have faced each other in
the squared circle. The first battle,
after 20 hard rounua, w-"i. - -
...t .lneioinn. The Bocond was
a furious uffnir and rcBUlted in Nelson
knocking Britt out in the 18th round.
The third contest gave the honors to
Britt at tho end of one of the fastest
20-round fights ever seen on tho cont.
Transit Company
Completes Organization
Expect to Run Belt Line
Tapping All Towns.
(Continued on rage 4.)
HEAVY SNOWS EXPORTED
IN MOUNTAIN BEOIONS
Clothes
Hi
grand
rut
to
.i;. .,rU;,.n .nul the minimum flnf alinut I
eolld feet ( -I .'". H ) gallons) per
of thin :W faernnd feet is owned
ini-hers. The remainder is appro
.,,1 i-.v the Vih Lake Water com-
which proposes to supplement the
...' .... fl.,w ,,f the creek with water
stored in Fish lake.
Amount of Water Needed.
dailv nvernge of a:".' gnllnlis
: ...,...l.i m i.re.ent for Medford.
l-.iw- p1v of 7-nino Ral-
l,m. For 1 0.lil in people nu a vera Be of j
100" noil gallnns a day and a mnxi
mum of .",.oon. mid aallnns slnuild be sup
plied.
Engineer Kelsey recommend" lie
mirth fork of the Little Butte as a
source of city water supply, lie advo
cates the buying of water right from
ranchers and the building of a pipeline
to deliver tl amount of v.er needed
. Xll si
day.
l.y r
(diet
pany
SOAIK CLOTHES KKKM T() UK ONLY
gr u'KT!IKR CIiOTlIKS, AND
COCKEL AND DROOP IN MIST AND RAIN. WOOLEX CLOTHES
DON'T, AND OURS ARE WOOLEN.
Model Made and Tested
THEY FIT YOU BEFORE YOUR EYES. AND TI I ICY KEEP OX FIT-
TIXO TILL YOU ARE TIIROUOII WITH Til KM.
VOU WII I; SFE DEK'E THE (IRAXDEST DISPLAY OK 'l'"'1'
( I ()TH I'xTT" TO HE EOUXD IX SOUTHERN' ORKOOX.
Vv v xc' OU M ITY (!ETTIN'(! AND SATISFACTION- i I l-X! I I S
TnVcPF TEST DIS M AY EVER ATTEMPTED. PERFECT MO -nsfxlEXT..ERnXSERYATIVE
DES.OXS. IX ALL Til E
RICH FOREICX AND DOMESTIC VEA ES
CALL AND TRY OX A J' E .
llnnt-V DIW1WI in the Cow Creek moun
..:.. i.....n ent Medford off from Tort
land via Western Union wires for three
days. Postal wires hnvo surtcreu no
Snow has been falling for nearly 70
hours in the mountains around Lelnnd,
.....i.. .inn....ciiivin(r stiiLto and rural
COIIipiVH-lJ r. n
communication and delaying all mails
by star routes.
Mnrooued -in tho side of a mountain
in over six feet of snow, the Crescent.
City stage stands, deserted by its pas
..'.,.,. mid driver. No mail has been
received from coast, points for four days.
A relief stage was sent out. yri..-......r
and will go as far as the weather will
r""-mir' , ,, L f
It. is reported tnai on nn- i.u.
i... .......niiiiii the snow is lo feet deep,
nnd unless there is a change, it will be
several days before coniniu atlon can
be established with mil side points.
Coining so late in the season, nnd in
:i time when the stoclunen are unpre
pared, there is ii.iiii, i. k
of range stock. A sudden rise in tem
perature with a chinoi.il wind is sure
to bring high water and interfere withj
railroad traffic.
H.nilh bound trains nre late from ine
heavy snows in the Cow creek mountains.
lleavv snows in the Siskiyons nre also
reported.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY TAKES
A SWALLOW OF POISON
The Oreiron Uanid Transit S: l'owor
company completed formal organization
Tuesday by the election of Dr. F. C.
Page as president, F. I!. Mcrric.lt as
treasurer, S. A. Nye as secreiary una
Captain F. L. livans as general maa-ager.
The company is incorporated uniier
the lawB of Oregon with $3,000,000 cap
ital stock. Tho incorporators, Desiues
the officers, are .1. E. Watt and A. S.
Bliton. dudgo llulo of Grnnts Pass is
attorney for the corporation. Captain
Evans, the general malinger, is a well
known engineer and promoter who has
been connected with several successful
railroad propositions in the past. Ho
built u ruilroad in Iowa and recently
promoted another in California.
It is the plan of tho company to
cover the lioguo Uiver valley with a
network of trolley lines, extending from
i !,,, is Pass to Ashland. A belt line
will be run eventually around the valley,
tapping all the towns, in nouiMon, n
line is projected into tne Appicgaio nun
Illinois valleys, a survey for a grade
nut to exceed 2 per cent having been
secured. '"'rfl
TI inipany has located water rights
for the development of 30,000 horse
power, but negotiations are under way
to secure the power needed from I ho
Condor Water & Power company.
Ah t lit' project, will benefit every ono
owning property along the line, but lit
tle opposition is ex led ill securing
rights of way. It is e. led that these
will be donated, provided consl met ion
is nssureil.
The company expects little trouble in
floating the bunds, having been given
asHiin s along this line already.
The hea.liUlirl 'l-s will be at .lacksoll-
STATE SUING TO RECOVER
SECRETARY DUNBAR'S FEES
NW I'HANCISCO. March I. A a nn-
identified boy entered a building ill t lie i
I' i si met ion al llnll nnu
(lough streets last night, swallowed a
dose of Bli'.vehnilie and laid down up:
lie. The I : i . I was poorly dressril anil!
I, iKilhine HIP his pep-sim to idell
lity him beyond a lead pencil, on which i
were cut the initials " " "
JOBS FOR THOUSANDS
OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
Model Clothing Co
".MEDFORD'S CORRECT CLOTHIERS"
WATCH Mil WINDOWS FOR THE CORRECT STYLES.
W.:-ll!XiT().. Mircl. I. -!t is ' "
tiinateil that ..Null additional telegraph
operators will !. used Ihronglnuil the
Cnited Stati-S ccollllt of the fed
ernl nine hour law hut goes into effect
this morning.
SAI.KM, March 4. The suit of III"
state to recover fees alleged lo have
been illegally collected by l-'rank Dun
bar, when Kecrelaiy of state, was opened
in Judge Calloway's court this ru
in, by lulling testimony of stale offi
cial., mill emiplovcs. Severn! (dashes be
tween Clyde I'ii It on anil District Attor
neys McNnry and MacMahiia followed.
The state's attorney got rulings Hint
will bring all the ri ids of Hie Dnubar
administration into court and Hindu
Kreat progress in pro ing their allega
tions of illegal fees taken as charged.
Secretary of Slate Itenson testified
from memorandum that H!,HI commis
sions were issued in on'1 year, for which
the stale collected fees, ami Chief Clerk
j Koser testified that III! fees collecled
HARRIMAN LINES MUST
FILE ANSWER SOON
Cannon Against Reform.
WASH I Nt.Ti )N. March I. It is pre
dicted that the house of ,eOeS. lllaliM-S
will di-agi ' th" prop'ise.l legis
lation. Speaker I Mill lin.llS til- .Md-
rich bill and I he banking committee
,.,,s toward the Fouler bill. The d
cratic members Iiiim- failed t" reneli an
agreement and it is beli-ied Hint m
action will I"' taken al this session ot
congress.
Comemrcial Club Meeting.
There will be II meeting of tile Med
ford I'l.mioereial club tonight at which
the regular monthly business will be
tnmsa.ie.l. Important special matters
will al. "Morel. 'I he railroad
Co itt.e is expect,, I lo report on Hie
P. Is K. rigid of way.
HALT I.AKK MTV, March I. Tho
answer of the defemlaiits to Hie con
tention of the government that the re
bilious of the railroads comprising the
llarriman sistem are illicit under the
Sherman law, should lo' I'il'd within
the next e'l ilavs. Summons lo defend
the suit ill eipiity has been served in
even' instance and iipponruucos entered
bv all defendants. In several of t lie
documents filed the rule of the court
that appearances inns! I titered by
;attoruevs iiilmilleil lo practice in the
court has been .1 isnga r,ei. This ir
regnlaritv mnv cause a short delay in
perfecting the record, but will not, it
i is thought, postpone the answers to
' 1 1n. complaint which are required with
in '.'ll ilavs after I he appearance.
Tennis Club Reorganizes.
Tin- Medford Tennis dob is being re
organized with a membership of .10.
New grounds will be secured id
livelv season is looked forward to.
Railroad Work at Eugene.
KI'dKNi:, dr., March I. The work
of muting the old Southern Pacific de
pot to make way for Hie erection of
Hie new 111,011" structure began yes
terday. Men nnd teams also began the
Springfield extension of the Mllgelie Sr
Eastern railway, which ill be rushed
to completion.
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