Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
MEDFORD'S BAPIP GROWTH
Year Ending- Postoffice Bank Popu
January, Keceipu. Deptwiu. lat'n.
1W4 $5,244.10 iJal.MW li.lUO
lyu5 5,5U.; J77.UUO Z.m'.a
lt6 6.407. li &W.W0 3.100
Imi s.ivui ft"3,ouu J.ato
vm . n.'v-i s& l.rjo.ouo 5.juu
rflNine.
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight, 1 ilit trust; But
unlay lair; north to east winds.
Associated Press Dispatches.
VOL. II.
51 ED FORD, OK., FRIDAY, MARCH , 1!0S.
No. 12!)7.
MONEY
PURE WATER
Banker Morris of Portland
Would Take City Bonds
Up to $350,000 For
Water Works.
' 1 We will take Med ford municipal
water bonds up to $350,000, provided
the money is spent on securing a water
supply," Bnid Fred 8. Morris of Morris
' Bros., brokers and bond buyers of Port
: land, today. Mr. Morris ist visiting
' Med ford with John C. Lewis mid view-
t ing the prospects of city and valley,
He will address a special meeting of
the city couneil on the subject of bond'
ing tonight.
"In saying this," continued Mr. Mor
ris, "I am looking forward & couple
of years. I beliovo that this city is
guing to grow and the country develop
farter than any of you aarmie.
Income Prodicers.
w There is practically no limit to the
amount of bonus a city can issue, pro
viding they are for income producing
property. But the money could not be
spent for Btreet paving, city hatls und
other non-income producing mi vest
ments. "You are going about your bonding
hi a childish fashion in Medfurd. Kach
bond issue is virtually a mortgage on
ttw city. When you issue $5U,WQ in
ne issue, it's a first mortgage. Then
wbe-n $20,000 is is u Mod, it's a second
mortgage. So when you issue three or
four small Issues und then a big one,
which is a fourth or fifth mortgugo,
the bonds are not murketajdu aud yos
ami yourself in the condition of Pen
dJoton and Walla Walla, who were vir
tually forced to sell their issues at a
discount. The law does nut permit a
discount, but they run iu attorney's
' f(H, etc., which u mount to tbo ouiue
thing.
Should Bunch Zssues.
"Medford should buneJi its bund is
sues. Tho bonds can be sold, but not
nudessarily delivered, until the msuny ib
needed. Meanwhile the city has a
credit established. It. is a mwtuko to
hve a number of bond ihsuum, when one
will cover the work.
"No progressive city of today per
mits privato ownership of its water sys
tem. Id all cities the host investment
tat can be made is the. wuter system..
In most cities it not only tujtes eare of
itself, but pays moat of the running ox
dei nf th itv
a gooa -water systean pays any
place, no matter the cost. Suppose for
we tirst year or two there bad to be u
special levy, it would more than be
ujide up in the long run."
Mr. Morris will stay a dav or two,
visiting various parts of the county. ITe
expresses himself as confidant of tlx
future of the city and valley.
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION IN SESSION
OMAHA, March 6. Twelve or six
teen delegatus to the Nebraska demo
orotic national convention were .select
ed by the congressional district conven
tions today, nnd this afternoon the
state convention will so lee t four more,
in all 16. to be instructed for W. ,T.
Hrvan.
Harney Papers Organize.
The newspapers of Harney county
organized at Ontario Saturday, with of
ficers an follows: President, ' William
Plughoff, of the Ontario Argus; secre
tary. F. W. Bradley of the Malheur
Gazette; tnasiriT. G. A. Hurlcv.
the Oregon Oreano. Tl)' xi'i;ut i e cm
Ulittoe fleeter was leaded by J.
Gregg of the Ontario Democrat,
chairman.
Big Tree Reserve Authorized.
WASHINGTON. March U. The c
rotary of agriculture is authorize. 1 to
create th" ( alav.-ras big tp-e national
forest, in ralifurnia by a lu!' !'!- d
by the senate Tuesday. The bill p-r
raits an exchange nf timber on public
alnds for tho big tree f.jre-T.
Olders Examination Postponed.
LO ANGKLKS, March tJ The pro
liminary examination or Freeniont
Older, editor of the San Francisco Pul
letin, who is charged with criminal li
bl by Luther Brown, was again post
poned, this time to March 20.
CHILDREN MARCH OUT
FROM SCHOOL AFIRE
SINGING "AMERICA'
Two Thousand Little Ones Escape from
New York Building No Sign of
Panic Crazed Parents Checked by
Police from Blocking the Exits.
NEW YORK. March 6. Fire broke
out in tbe public school at One Hun
dred and Ninth streets, just after school
opened today. Two thousand children
were singing "America" when the
alarm sounded. They continued to sing
as they marched out of the building.
There was no sign of panic and in two
minutes the entire school had emptied
into tho yard, where the children await
ed instructions. Tbe- fire was soon ex
tinguished. The parents who bad rushed
to tho building were prevented by the
police from blocking tbe exita.
KILLS HIMSELF BECAUSE
OF JEALOUS SUSPICIONS
PORTLAND, March 6. Tormented
by the suspicion that his wife was not
faithful to her marriage vows, George
William Plummer of 522 Northrup
street, fired a bullet into his brain
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, kill
ing himself instantly. Plummer was
at home ulono at the time. Persons
who heard the revolver shot entered,
to find Plumxuer'B cospso stretched on
the floor of his bedroom amid torn-up
carpets and rugs, disarranged furniture,
half-filled trunks and other evidences
of preparations for breaking up house
keeping. Plummer 'a suicide was the sequel to
a stormy scene the day before between
Plummer and hu wife and Frank
Wolfe. Plammor, having come home
from' his work unexpectedly between
2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, hod
found Wolfe in' tho hotiBO with his
wife and had ordered him out. The
same order Plummer extended to his
wife, whom he told to pack her be
longings, take her little son and leave
forever.
LEOPOLD TURNS OVER
CONGO STATE TO BELGIUM
BRUSSELS, March 0. The sweeping
concessions made by King Leopold in
tho new treaty which provides for the
annexation of the Congo Independent
state to Belgium, are attributed to his
dread of British intervention, bucked
by the United States. The king, it is
said, would rather run tho risk of fne
ing an internal accounting of his stew
ardship than the former contingency.
An official forecast of tho now treaty
indicates that King Leopold not only
surrenders the crown domain in tbe
Congo, the revenues from which be had
enjoyed personally, but he yields also
control of both tho administration and
tbe budget of tho Congo to the Belgium
parliament. The Capo Ferrat properties
in the south of France, which tbe king
also throws in, were boaght out of his
Congo profits.
FOBTT TWO CENTS A DAT
COST OF KEEPING LUNATIC
SALEM. Or., March 0. Superintend
ent ft. E. Lee Stoiner of tho state in
sane asylum in his monthly report sub
mitted to the governor states that the
new wing that is being annexed to the
institution will bo completed within 30
days, lie also reports that the new
ward for the criminal insane will be oc
cupied during the coming week.
Tho expwso for the keeping of each
patient fur the month w:w $12.37, or
42 cents per day.
Interest in Walnut Culture.
ALBANY, Or., March 6. A meeting
to stimulate interest in walnut culture
was held in the courthouse this week.
The principal address was delivered by
Professor Lewis of the Oregon Agricul
tural college, and there was a general
discussion. Professor Lewis advocated
a growth of the industry in the Willam
tte valley, saying conditions are ideal
ir successful walnut culture, and gave j
.detailed instruction a to planting, carol
:ind culture. There has been consider- j
:ilde interest in this industry in this
part of the state for several months, and
it is probable that several new walnut
orchards will be set out in Linn county
this vear.
Bradley Out for Fairbanks.
FKANKKoKT. Ky.. March Hma
tor ete.-t W. O. Bradley has given out
a formal statement announcing himself
in t'awr of the nomination of Vice pres
ident Fairbanks for the presidency.
Want John Manning's Job.
SALKM. Or.. March 0. George J.
Cameron and .Tames N. Davis of Port
land havo filed notice ofr enndidaf y
for republican nomination for district
attorney of Multnomah county.
BRYAN TALKS
TO DEMOCRATS
OF NEBRASKA
Mark Hanna Denied There
Was Such a Thing as a
Trust But Roosevelt Has
Discovered There Is.
OMAHA, March 6. At the state
democratic convention W. J. Bryan do
livered the following address, entitled,
"A Word of Encouragement," and do
voted his remarks to the producing of
evidence to show tho growth of demo
cratic policies and principles and the
basis for democratic hope. He spoke in
part as follows:
Used to Deny Trusts.
"Our trouble used to be to persuade
tho republicans to accept democratic
policies; our work now is to expose tho
imitntion by them of democratic ideas
and to point out wherein they come
short in their effort to appropriate dem
ocratic doctrines. Take for instance
tho trust question. Wo hod difficulty
convincing the republicans that there
were trusts. Now they admit trusts
exist. We had difficulty eon v indue
them that criminal law should be in-
forced against trusts; now they admit
it should be onforced, but fail to en
force it. Insofar as they have acted 1
against the trusts ut all, tbey havo act-'
ed along tbe lines laid down by the ,
democrats, but tho trust magnates are
still at large, tbe trusts are still flour-:
ishing and even tbe supporters of Mr.
Taft have no specific remedies to of
fer relief and trusts arise whilo repub
licans are boasting of their crusade
against them.
Admit Tariff Reform Needed.
"On the turiff question tho republi
can leaders now admit that tariff re
form is now necessary, but u careful I
rending of their promises show that
they use language identical with that,
employed in former platforms which
have been tho basis for tho present ex
tortionate rat (b. What reaeon havo we
to believe their promises are worth any
mure now than they have been in the
paHt 20 years f
"The republicans now admit that
railroad legislation has been needed,
and yet for ten years the republican
pnrty allowed itself to be overawed by
the railroad lobby at Washington, and
huving, with the aid of the democrats,
secured a little relief, the republican
loaders now rely upon what has been
done and outline no program for fur
ther legislation.
"Under republican rule tho relatious
between capital and labor havo become
more and more straiued nnd yot the
republican leaders resist each attempt
to bring employers and employes into
more harmonious relations. Instead of
applying American ideas to the Philip
pine question, tho republican leaders im
itated the empires of the old world and
entered ujnjn a colonial policy which
has involved us in enormous expense,
brought us weakness instead of strength
and humiliation instead of glory..
Run by Wall Street.
"The present financial stringency is
another illustration of republican in
competency. In the full possession of
power it linn allowed the country to be
run by Wall street financiers, and iu
the criBis is imjKitent to do more than
furnish money out of tho public treas
ury to support the market. It has made
no effort to Atop gambling the fruit
ful cause of panics; it has marie no of
fort to furnish government notes for
an emergency, and it hits made no ef
fort to protect depositors.
"Tho democrats face the future with
hope, nnd their hone rests on a firm
foundat mn. Democratic y
jcji-s have
olers have
grown in popularity as the
become better acquaim-d with the eviN
to bo remedied.
' ' Anot her reauon for hope is to !
found in the fact that the democrat ir
party is united, while th republican
party is divided. Their cause for hope
is to bo found in the moral awakening.
Never within a generation has here
been such a stirring "f coTmcience and
the sens (,f justice inherent in the
people h:is been frifido sensitive to the
domestic appeal whi-h is etnentallv an''
appeal for justice "
Tom Richardson Coming.
Tom Richardson, chief booster nf the
Portland Commercial club, will arrive
here TueMay nnd spend a day. A up
rial meeting of the club will be called,
which he will add rets.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
WEALTHY' BOSTONI AN
LAST FALL IS PROBED
Body Found Full of Arsenic Left For
tune to Child, Who Also Died Many
Peculiar Circumstances Arouse Sus
picion and Inquiry Follows,
NEW YORK, March 0. Tho mysteri
ous death of Walter F. Baker, a wealthy
young Boston man, last October, will be
the subject of a rigid investigation. Be
died at the home of Frank Hurd at
Bogota, N. J., having been taken sick
iu u restaurant at New York, lie left
a fortune estimated at $(300,000. Hurd's
little daughter, Natalia, being tho ben
eficiary under the will for $200,000. She
never came iuto possession of the for
tune. The will was disputed by the
banker's relatives and in tho mean
time Natalia wob stricken with scarlet
fever and died.
Many peculiar circumstances caused
a further investigation. Tho body was
mbalmed a few hours after doath, and
Dr. William Booze, who examined the
visceria, reported that he found large
quantities of arsenic in the body. Mr.
and Mrs. Hurd have left thoir Bogota
home and are living in New York.
LIEUTENANT MILLER IS
DISMISSED FROM ARMY
SAN FRANCISCO, March 0. Lieu
tenant Herbert O. Miller, fourth field
artillery, United Htates army, was dis
missed from the service by order of
the war department, the order going
into effect Wednesday. This ordor is
the outcome of a court-martial, before
whom Lieutenant Miller was summoned
about a month ago, charged with dupli
cating hie pay accounts.
Tho officer had tendered his resigna
tion t the war department somo timo
ago, nnd it had been accepted, to go
into effect January 31; but in the
meantime he was summoned on two
charges conduct unbecoming an officer
and-a gentleman and, of duplicating pay
accounts. The trial at tho Presidio
lasted but two days, the defendant
pleading guilty, with tbe qualification
that he had no intent to defraud, und
uo witnesses were called.
WAGING WAR ON REDS;
GANG JAILED IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, March (i. Five men, two
of them believed to be anarchists and
two women, all alleged to bo counter
feiters, were arrested here yeBterday ns
tho result ot a mid made by United
HtutoB secret Horace mu and locul po
lice. The arrest of u man accused of
passing spurious coins led to the raid.
He confessed ufter being ) the
"sweat-box" 18 hours.
An " anarchist ' ' bureau, consisting
of the head) of the police department,
the immigration bureau und the stute's
attorney, is to be established fur deal
ing with the problem and wuging war
on the anurchistic wave that is cover
ing the country.
RAILROADS ROB NATION
IN CARRYING MAILS
WASHINGTON, March C The star
tling charge that the railroads of the
country carrying mails had robbed the
people of $70,000,000 was made in tho
house by Lloyd of Missouri, He de
clared that the new system of weighing
mails was an admission of the post
master-genera I that tho weighing in
the past 27 years had been fraudulent.
He called for an investigation of the
postoffico department, and Wagner of
Pennsylvania, chairman of tho commit
tee to control the expenses uf thaL de
partment, promised that an inquiry
would be conducted.
CAPTAIN KIDD'S SNUFF BOX
DUO UP BY DREDGER
NKW YOHK. March li. A dredger
let pcning the channel between Long
Hea' h and I Lmpstead. L. L. brought up
a gold create. -not'l'box. a flintlock pi-
t a din m " n d ring and brooch. The
litid gave riv to reports that Captain
Kidd's trc;iurc , ,. h.cated. The
beach w:i vmui crowded with penpk
archifig for r lis, who were with dif
ficulty Ill-lin ed to leave the pipe which
discharge the -and into the b:irgs.
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL
MADE IN JOSEPHINE CO.
.1.
I ('. K. Multram of
l.;.e bought. f Tho-.
I forrcrlv owicd by
and located on Itogic
W t llf (ifillltH PflS.
!'. :v l. al.
W. Pack tl,- lai
Hon. It. V.. Milk,
r three mi 1 1 ' '
Th
price paid was f j.0"'f. Then- are
T't aor s in the tract, all of which can
be irrigated easily. A considerable!
portion of it is s f ti orchard and al
falfa.
LITTLE BUTTE
WATER AMPLE
Fl
Engineer Kelsey Thinks
North Fork Flow Suf
fiGientand Within Reason
able Cost for Use ByGity
A meeting of tho city council was
held Thursday evening, nt which F. C.
Kelsey of Portland, the city's engineer
for the water system, went over the
contracts made between the city and
'Crane & Co. for pipe. Most of the pipe
being received is up to specifications,
but some is too light.
Tlie proposed water system from the
north fork of the Littlo llutte was dis
cussed, as was tho suit now pending
against tbe city, brought by Mr. Kel
sey. "I did not report upon Big Butte as
a source of supply for the city," enid
Mr. Kelsey today, "because the ex
pense would bo too great, nnd 1 wns
informed that such a proposition was
out of consideration for Med font finan
cinlly.
"There is ample Bupply in the north
fork of tho Little Butte for a city as
large as Mod ford will become in many
y'ars, and the council is pursuing the
right course in the proposed purchase
of ranches with water rights."
CASTRO REFUSES TO TALK
ARBITRATION WITH UNCLE SAM
WASHINGTON, Murch Venean-
ela hu again declined to arbitrate the
questions in controversy which have
been pending for some time between
the ('astro administration and the
American government. This timo the
refusal is made specific with respect to
each uf the questions separately and
differs from the last, refusal to arbi
trate iu that the refusal t hen was
made as to all questions en blo
It was explained at the state depart
ment that the presentation by Minister
liunsoll of each of the five points in
dispute, with a request for arbitration,
leaves no foundation for a future rep
resentation by Venezuela to the effect
I hat she was not asked to arbitrate
any of the questions separately. This
would seem to clear up the situation
by making it plain that diplomacy can
accomplish nothing further toward set
tling those controversies.
HAYWOOD GETS BACK
AT ROOSEVELT'S LETTER
PH1LADKLPHIA, March 0. Wil
I in in O. Haywood, secretary of t he
Western Federation of Miners, who was
reiu-utly anquitted on the charge of In
ing implicated in the murder of ex
Uovcruor nteuijenberg of Idaho, wiih
the principal speaker here at a Ho
cialist labor meeting hold under the
auspices of the M oyer Haywood Petti
bone conference.
In paying his respects to President
Ifoosevelt. ho said:
' ' To say t ho least, he is pom 1 in r.
When we were shackled in prison he
stabbed ns in the back with his letters.
I sav that this was not the act of a
brave man. ' '
OPPONENTS OF SALOON
SHOULD EXERCISE CHARITY
HAL KM, March That, the oppo
nents of the saloon -should exercise more
faith, hope and charity and rely upon
(lie efficacy of Christianity rather than
tli.' strong ami ot the law to s.dve the
liquor problem is the position taken by
I'lewdenr I-'. (J, Deekebnch of the Sa
Jem bn wi-ry in a letter to tic prcs.
Instead of prohibition lie w;m1s meas
ure that, will encourage nieu of char
actor to engage in the liquor buineH
nnd thereby promote morality and so
hrn t y a nd ma ke I In- a onn a n a ven m
to social ad:iutagc and agreeable ben
efits. !! thinks no good will come from
the way t In- -obiect in now being han
dled. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
TO BUILD SANITARIUM
The Sei
ford and
buiiding u
Thev see
cnth day Ad-.entits of Med
icjnify are contemplating
large sanitarium in Med ford,
ted a ito near the citv lim
Ms upon which they will build if the
proposition meet with approval of their
eoniercnoe. i tie heoiquartern iff at Hat
! tie ( reek, Mich.
FOR MEDFORD
DEATH LIST 167
IN SCHOOL HOLOCAUST
BODIES ALL FOUND
Funerals of Little Victims Began Today
Uuidontified Buried Together Next
Monday Teacher's Body Is Beoov
ered Legislature Appropriation.
CLKVEI.AND, Mim-h 0. Tho body
of Miss Katherino Whtvlvr, ono of two
li'ui'hcrs lost, was positively identified
hy u dentist today. 'I'liere lire still 23
bodies unidentified. Tlio missiug now
tallies with the uuiiiliei- unidentified
and inilielites that nil bodies havo beon
found mid that the total death list is
UI7.
In full 100 rases, the funeral will bo
individual, eaoh family InnyittK its own
dead. The first of those funerals waa
held this morning, and they continued
throughout tho day. In some instances
services were grouped fur fivo to ton
bodies in one church.
Tho unidentified will b buried ne.it
Monday, according to present arrange
ments. The expense of these funerals
and those in the families whoso parentn
are unnblc to hour the financial strain
will be borne by public subscription.
thousands of dollars lieinc subscribed.
The fund is growing hourly.
A bill has been introduced in tho leg.
islntnro upproprinl ing if ".film for relief
of the needy of tho sufferers. Tho bill
Is expected to boeome luw today,
NEUHAUSEN INVESTIGATING
REBATING IN LOS ANGELES
U)S ANOKLER .March C With the
arrival of Tracy C. Hot-ken, special
sistant to Attorney (icuci-ul Honnparte,
and I homas II. Neuhuusrn, special iu
spector for tho department of tho in
terior, it is believed in legal circles
that government investigation of al
leged railroad rohatfts will lie begun in
earnest in this district.
Whilo the principal object of Deck
er's visit is to appear for the govern
ment on extradition proceedings
against local men alleged to be impli
cated in (Iregon hind frauds, it is un
derstood that he will to he. a. hand in
the investigation of rebetes and will
lose the Imperial valley hmd fraud in-
vesiigiiliou.
BANKERS MU8T ANSWER
FOR RECEIVING DEPOSITS
i'OIITI.ANl), March II. A riotlier In-
gal battle was won by the prosecution
today when .fudges (innlriiheiii, O'Dity
und Itroiiaugh ovoiTjilcd t, he demurrer
to the information chaining'. I. Thorv
bum Hush. T. T. Murk hurt, John ',.
Aitchison and George II. Hill with hav
ing received deposits from tho Titlo
Guarantee & Trust compai.y utter they
were aware it was iiiHotvent. Tho
opinion was uuuuimous. i he lime tor
(he accused to plead to tl.e charge was
not fixed.
ALL
ENGLAND WRAT1IY
AT EMPEROR WILLIAM
LONDON, March ti. Wmperor Wil
liam's letter to Lord Twee dnioiitli, the
Hrst lord of the admiralty, in which it
ir charged that, bis inajesiy attempted
to influence the naval policy of Great
Hritain, has (-rented u stir in Kngland
and much popular indig nation. Tho
emperor is accused of giave meddling
with Hritish nnviil est ituMes, and the
reply of Lord Tweed mouth that tho
com mimical ion was purely personal in
considered unsatisfactory nnd linn al
layed neither the anxiety iror indig
nation of the public.
ADMIRAL EVANS COMMANDS
FLEET AT PTG REVIEW
WASHINGTON, M
h ..- Kear
t.qin iiio com-
Admiral Kvans will have
n.ai;d at (he grand review
of the A t In ii 1 if and I
San I'raucisco bay, accoitli
f the ship
ic fleet ill
g lo an ii ii
thoritative stateiiient ui;ob ;-t Hi
navv
department. This
with existing n.i
gives the s. nior
maud wluii tlcrr
offi.-crs of similar
W Mill)
al pi.
;t n k ing
"' I"
lank.
iii keeping
... which
ot r
otii -era
I
MEXICO AND AMERICA
SIGN ARBITRATION TREATY
WASHINGTON, Mai,
t real v of a r bit i at not
1'iiit. d Stal. - niel I. xi
agreed upon ,-iimI m iU h.
few .lavs.
The
the
. . Inm 'h.
SlC'ie.l in
CIRCUIT JUDGE HANNA
GETS A DECISION
The llreg.m nipp mm- . ..,ir( has hand
ed down tin- f.illownig iln i"i"n: "Alex.
W:i t ts and M iimt a T..p . uj. re-pond
cuts. vs. K. M. Spencer al., apll
ants, Josephine county, II K Iliinnu,
judge, uf finned. Opinion by Jtldgo
Slater. O