Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually MEDFORD 'S RAPIP GROWTH Year Ending Poa toff ice Bank Popu- January. Keceipu. Dposiu. tat'n. 1H t &.244.10 Syi.&U) 2,100 1W5 6,502 fi 47T.UUO 2.235 6.407.13 6OS.0U) JUU mo?. 8,250.31 tee.uxf 4,aw iws n.om.tia l.iaj.ow s,au mmma ally THE WEATHEB. Huio tonight ami Thursday. Southerly winds. Associated Press Dispatches. VOL. II. NO. 301 MHDFOR1), Oil., WKDXK.SDAY, MAliOIl 11, 1908. ribune. SCIITZ TRAGEDY BOOSTERS OUT SPRECKELS VALUE OF RELEASED IN SCHOOL IN FULL FORCE AFFIDAVIT DAILY TO FROM JAIL FOR GIRLS JACKSOhvilie many applaud guests from OF DENIAL IDFORD iiQiTQiuicnmpn dipuadrqiIm pitv dieaqcii Grafting Mayor Given Free dom Upon $345,000 Bail Ruef Also Planning to Se Gure Freedom on $600,000 Cash Bail. RAX FKAXOlSt'O, Mnrelt 11. Fol lowing the setting at liberty upon bail aggregating $34.1,01)0 of former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz last night, after be in K confined nino m out bs in the coun ty jail, jMolimiiiary stops wore taken today for t!io release of Abe liupf, whose attorneys took ml vantage of the ml mission in Money's voluminous affi davit that Rnef had been twice in dicted on every charge against him, with the exception of half a dozen charges, on which he was indicted sep arately. Henry Ach asked that bail be reduced to a nominal sum or for release upon his own recognisance. Judge Law lor held the suggestion proper that the defendant should bo re lieved of the burden of the additional indictments. Heney wilt tomorrow des ignate on which indictments liuef is to be released on his own recoguiauco. This will reduce Kuef 's bail from $1,200,000 to $0110,01.0, which Ruef de clared he could give the moment his plea of guilty to the charge of extor tion before Judge Ihuine is withdrawn. The. supremo court, by unanimous vole, handed down a decision denying the application of the prosecution in the Wan Francisco bribery-gruft cases for a rehearing after a decision by the district court of appeals in the caso of ex-Mayor Eugene K. Schmitz, convicted of extortion in the French restaurant cases. Without a dissenting vote, among the seven justices the court sustained the appellate court in its decision that the indictment upon which Schmitz was convicted was defective in that it did not aver that Schmitz was mayor; that Kuef, his co-defendant, was a political boss practically in control of the city; that as such they were in a position to exercise power and undue influence over the police commissioners, and that it did not show that Schmitz resorted to unlawful means iu threatening to have liquor licenses withheld. 4 The decision demonstrates, ' ' said ex Mayor Schmitz, "that the highest court in the state believes what I have always claimed that I was removed from office and railroaded to prison.1' TOLEDO, DHIO, SCHOOL IS DESTROYED BY FIRE TOLEDO. Ohio, March 1 1. Napo leon 's union school, the largest building of its kind in the state, was destroyed by fire this morning. A repetition of the Collinwood horror was possibly averted by only the quarter of an hour, as it was but l.'i minutes to when the fire was discovered and at 9f when all children should have been in their seats, the building was a mass of flames. The tire broko out in the attic, it is believed, from a defective flue. The school was rebuilt at a cost of $11,000 last, April. 7 &;:'M-)-Zr few'. am. 'She i a musician of first mi." " !4 D tr" "She i an art:.-: of high '." " f A6 fury of 1t n t.led rfhe house." "She v. Ml hive a full lion the next ti " plays old inidod:. ii vwh a way a to brii t. to tl even of listen er," "The niidienc.' were unconsciously mined out of tir sent Sutton played." Part Owner of Boston Ex clusive Finishing College Shoots Her Partner and Then Puts Ballot in Her Own Head. BOSTON, March 10. At the Laurens school, an exclusive finishing school, pa tronized by tho daughters of wealthy parents, last night, Miss Sarah Cham berlain Weed of Chestnut Hill, Phila delphia, shot and killed Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee and then committed sui cide. Tho women wero partners in op erating the school. Overwork follow ing the opening of tho school last Oc tober resulted iu Miss Weed's break down. She was sent to the sanitarium, but esenped the nurses last night and returned to school. Miss Hardee volun teered to care for her. It was noted that Miss Weed acted strangely and finally she was induced to go to bed. This morning the bodies of both women wore found in bed with bullet holes in their heads. Medical Examiner Stcdmnn declared that Miss Weed committed suicide after she had killed Miss Hardee. PROHIBIT THROWING OF PROJECTILES FROM BALLOONS WASHINGTON, March 11. Secre tary Root proposed to the senate com mittee of foreign relations that it ratify tho pending Hague treaty, providing for general arbitration, by tho adoption of a provision that all issues to be arbi trated must bo separately submitted to tho senate. Favorablo reports wero or dered on the treaties respecting the rules of war on land and tho prohibit ing of projectiles from balloons. MORSE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE ENTRIES NEW YORK, March 11. Charles A. Morse, former banker, and Alfred II. Curtis, former president of tho National Bank of North America, pleaded not guilty in the United States circuit court todav to the joint indictment of 29 counts, including 18 for conspiracy and 11 for making false entries. The bail was fixed at ..0,000 for Morse and $1000 for Curtis. OBJECTS TO ANARCHISTS PARTICIPATION IN FUNERAL CHICAGO, March 11. Anarchy being repugnant to the Jewish race, forbidden in the tenets f their religion, Olga Av erbuch has protested ngainst anarchists taking part in the ceremonies incidental to the removal of her brother's body from Potter's field to the Jewish cem etery. PRESIDENT TO PROBE WALL-STREET GAMBLING WASH INGTOX, March II. Presi dent Roosevelt has directed Herbert Knox Smith, of the bureau of corpora tions, to investigate the methods of stock trading with a view to furnishing a basis for possible future legislation regulating such practices. The presi dent has expressed himself as decidedly in favor of eliminating stock gambling. Mrs.H.T. Sutlon (Late Principal School of Mil Bic, Cotnor University, licth any, Lincoln, Nebraska.) Will Entertain with her Piano at tho Christian Church Wed., March II at 8 p. m. Tickets at the Doors. Ad mlsstol CiiWrei 25c, Adults 35c. Mrs. Sutton always selects piece that please, even "clas sical pieces." What They a: "Wr, .tit tot is capable of ' I r 4m9 u tfe big! ." 1IUIIUIIILUI UIU I1IU H lUOU l UN I I LLnuLUI Connty Seat Boosters Come on Special Train to Visit Neighboring City Over 400 Jacksonville boosters were out to the courthouse auditorium Tues day evening when the second meeting of the Jacksonville Commercial club took place. The meeting was nn enthusiastic- one and it begins to look as ;f every man, woman and child iu the old town had developed into a booster for the town and valley. Excellent speeches were made by It.: F. Mulkey, Captain F. L. Evans, J. Percy Wells and Attorney E. D. liriggs. Music was furnished by the Jackson ville Musical club, composed of Misses I'lrich, Wendt and Trim, and the Jack sonville band. The committee on advertising has ar rauged for the publication of a pamph let setting forth the resources of the town and community, ami they have already placed an order for several thousand envelopes upon which will be printed in two colors a bunch of Tokay grapes and the words, "Jacksonville the Home of the Tokay Crape." The ladies of the town will arrange for the first meeting of the Ladies' Booster club at the next meeting of the Commercial club. An annual clean-up day was decided upon and on Thursday, April .10, the entire town will come out and "sapo lio" the town from one end to the other. The club then adjourned to go in n body to Med ford to meet the Medford boosters and hear Tom Richardson speak. Ily actual count, 147 boosters crowded into the special train, accom panied by the band. At Mcilford the delegation was heart ily welcomed by Judge Colvig and short speeches were made by Tom Richard son, Fred S. Morris, John D. Olwell, George L. Pa vis, B. F. Mulkey, Captain Evans and others. NEW NUT IS PLANTED IN HILLS OF YAMHILL M'MIXXVILLK, Or., March 11. The Walnut club of this city has re ceded through its secretary, W. H. Lu tourette, a present of 50 pistachio nut trees from the government experimental farm at Chieo, Cal., for distribution to the members of Die club, and a meeting has been called for for the purpopse of making the distribution. The pistachio is a native of Western Asia, but h grown in England and France. It it believed that the similarity of tho Wil lamette vallev climate to these two countries will insure the successful urowinir of the nuts here. The nuts are very high priced ami are used prin cipally for flavoring the more expensive confectionery. The Walnut club is active in introduc ing new varieties of products to the soil of this vicinity. Last year a few olive trees were set out on tracts of land owned bv its members. DRUG FOUND TO MAKE WICKED PEOPLE GOOD NEW VOKK, March II. Dr. John C. Quae kenhos announces t hat he has found a drug which will make wuki men good. The doctnr is a former pmfi ssor of psychology at ' 'ohimhia university, whose psycho-therapeutic esearehes have put him iu the front rank among special ists in that branch of medicine. Or. Ounekerihos stated t hat nbservat nui of hundreds of moral and mental deficicn cics has convinced him that a physical impairment invariably accompanied mural and menial delinquency, and that the curing of the criminal and the in competent is impossible until the phys c;il impairment is eliminated. To restore Hie normal condition tin pecific Lt'lycoro-pliriMphaf i'H now pre cribed. TOHN M'COURT NAMID AS BRISTOL'S WJCC't.Vfm W A S 1 1 1 N i ; T N. M a rc h 1 I .The riirh'iif ti;iv Kent l the senate the noiniu.it inn '( J"hii M. -( 'oiirt of Pen Ib toli. Oj.'k-.m, t be Cnitd States dis triet attonuy f-r the dittrict of tire K"n. WAIIIVJTnN. M.r.h II Wentem i.'tintnr ami r.ni(in hhiuti have agree! iilin the acre hoineHtead bill, which will b" pn hh d vigorously. It requires residence, except on land which had no water; nNn require cultivation of one quarter of the entry by the end of the third ve:tr. DevelopmentLeague Meet ing Huge SuGcess-Need of Publicity Campaign. Enthusiasm and oratory were the fea tures id' a most successful meeting of the Oregon Development league meet ing at the ( onnnercml club rooms Tues- lay night. The rooms could not begin to hold the crowd (hat assembled to hear the addresses made by Tom Rich ardson, Fred S. Morris, H. C. Bow ers, A. P. Charlton and other Portland visitors. At 0:30 o'clock, on account of the limited size of the hall, the audience uljourned to welcome the Jacksonville Commercial 'club, which, l."iO strong, on a special train, acocmpanied by a brass baud, had come over to participate in the development movement. Out-of- door speeches were made at tho Ex hibit building by local and visiting boosters, and at a lato hour tho county seat delegation returned. Richardson Chief Speaker. President W. M, Colvig of the Med ford Commercial club presided and in his happiest vein welcomed tho visit ors and told of the growth, development and resources of the Hoguo River val ley. Tom ltiehardson, chief booster of the Oregon Development league, nml of the Portland Commermciat club, to whose efforts more than to any one person is due the present awakening of Oregon to a realijition of her resource and the advertising campaign now being carried on in the cast, was tho chief speaker of the evening. He told of j the work of the Docvlopnicnt league, of its progress and the consequent progress of Oregon, of what was being done iu other cities iu the way of publicity and what, it was necessary to do in Med ford. Medford 's Greatest Needs, The things most dwelt upon by Mr. Richardson was tho necessity of having a secretary of the Commercial club, who is paid to devote his entire time to the publicity work required, to tho an swering of lettcrH of inquiry, tho en tertainment of visitors and the boost ing work necessary; the necessity for larger contributions from husimvss men and property owners for publicity work, and the work of advert ising in t he east the colonist rates granted by the railroads and in effect, until May 1, so that a larger emigration of homeseek ers will come to Medford. "Medford and the Rogue River val ley has the cheapest carfare iu the world, the longest, journey for the least money, ' ' said Mr. Richardson. "You can come here, Jl.'lO milc-s from Port land, 400 miles from San Francisco, for the same price yon can go to Spokane, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco or Los Angeles from any point in the cast. The railroads have picked this remote spot out as a Garden of Eden and are doing their best to bring settlers here by hauling them free for 300 to 400 miles. It is the duty of every one, man, woman ami child, to omit no chance to spread the news of these colonist rates in the cast. Campaign of Publicity. "There is no question of Medford V future if you but follow out the cam paign r.f publicity yon have begun. To day Medford is one the lips of more people t hau any town of its size in Oregon. Every one has heard of your prize pears and of your wonderful val ley and climate. But you must keep it up and increase it. Vmi must spend more money and get used to large ap propriations for advertising. " Vmi must do this from a purely self ish standpoint. Every penny you spend will return many fold. Your property will increase jn value out of all pro portion to your expenditures. " Von should pay your Commercial club secretary a salary that will enable hi tn to devote all of his time to this work. Coos Hay is paying :i000 a vear, Kngetie is paying $."it)0, even hepy old S:tem li.is raiod a !ft.",H)l publicity fund. Surely M.-dfonl can afford to pay more than a month, and it will be the bet investment the cil y ever made. " Me. (f ii'hanlton was given hearty up pbnie. The Portland guests were cHlb-d upon, after which Judge Colvig told of Jackson coiuitv k resinim-. John D. (dwell followed, clinching the nrgu t nt made by others with an array of fact and figure u fruit raining and prospect in the l.'uyue River tnlley. Among remark made by M r. Rich ardson were those praising some of Med .nl stores as being tho most up to Portland Visitors Charmed WithValley-PredictGreat Future for Medford. "Medford is destined to be the largest city between Portland nnd San Francisco if you work to make it. You have more natural resources than any other region in the United States. You have a beautiful valley, an ideal cli mate, orchards, coal, minerals, timber and tho right kind of people. You have a good N daily newspaper, one of the best in the state. You need u good supply of pure water. I stand ready to tako bonds up to $:tO0,0t)0 for mu nicipal waterworks, (Jo to it!" Drifters Visit Medford. These wero among the remarks made by Fred S. Morris, capitalist of Port land, Tuesday night at tho meeting of the Oregon Development league at the . 'omiuercial club rooms. M r. Morris and returned with a delegat ion of ' The Drifters, " an organ ht.t ion of Portland and Spokane business men who visited the valley in a special car, took au automobile ride to Jackson ville, where they called upon C. C. Beekmnn, and took luncheon at Central Point with the newly elected mayor, Krcd II. Hopkins of the Snowy Butte orchard. All members of the party were charmed with the valley and greatly impressed with the future of the city. Several of them, including H. C. Bow l's, life president of tho Drifters; D. Wilcox nnd William St ieknoy made hrict talks. I he hit of the evening was tut brief speech made by A. D Charlton, general piiNsenger agent of I he Northern Pacific railroad. lie talked of ' ' raising pairs ' ' when aces high proved too .small and of having visited up-to-date stores where many "packages were sampled and the con tents found good. Loavo for Portland. After the regular meeting, Mr. Mor ris addressed the visiting Jacksonville lelegal ion and repeated his praise of city and valley. Wednesday morning the Drifters left for Portland. Others in the parly were J. C. Lewis, William Norman and W. II. Hurtbiirt. USES HAMMER AND KNIFE UPON WIFE AND CHILDREN TACOMA, March II. A special to the News from Teiiino says that War ron McKay, a native of Canada, killed his wife and three children at their home there ,nud committed suicide1 last night. Two men on the way to work early today, found McKay's body clad in his underclothing on the trail leading to the town from his home. It is be lieved that he poisoned himself, as no marks were found on his body. The men not ificd the I own marshal and hi' went to t he scene, where he found the bodies of other mmbrs of lit family. The wife ami two children with their throats cut and heads crush ed iu with blows of a hammer. McKay has been suffering from cancer on th face and it preyed on his mind. MRS. SMITH SELLS LAND NEAR EURRELL ORCHARD Mrs. Elizabeth Smith sold a 'J7 acre tract of land near the Borrell orchard to Charles A. Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt r -tit I v came from Seattle, Wash., and will make the Rogue River valley his future home. The consideration wan .'f.'l'iOO, Tin' deal was made through t h I'ieree & Son agency. LAST SPIKE DRIVEN ON NORTH BANK ROAD ST K V K N SO V, Wash , M a rc h II. Driving the spike that formally heralds the completion of the Spokane, Port land - Seattle railroad from Pasco fi Vancouver, Wash,, occurred today There was no elaborate ceremony. J. II. Mcintosh, the architect, win has been on a business trip in Portland for two week, will return this week ilnti of any on the count, ahead of e Portland and Seattle. Mr. liich:irdoa left for tlrants Pass Wednesday, where he Mpenlis to tlf Commercial club, Monday he made three addresses at Ashland one to the I'nmmercial club, one to the Normal school students andQne to the public school pupils. GraftProsecutionFinancier Denies Having Been a Party to Immunity Con tract With Ruef--Always Insisted Upon Punishment SAX FRANCISCO, March 10. Affi lavits in regard to the Ruef immunity ontract wero filed iu Judge Lawler's court, today by Rudolph Spreckles and by liuef himself. Spreckles' affidavit ontains the declaration that he always understood, believed ami insisted that Ruef should bo given substantial pun ishment and ttiat Heney had always agreed with him in this respect, and al ways declared his intention of sending Ruef to prison. Spreckles further says that ho never saw the partial immunity contract, or knew its contents, until nfter it was made public January lit last. The bulk if Spreckles' affidavits is given to ox- plicit dcniuls of certain details of affi- lavits of Ruef, Rabbi s Kaplan aim Nieto. The affidavit of Ruef is largely do- voted to a bitter attack on tho prose- ut ion and a vigorous denial of state ments contained in tho affidavits It has filed. TOBACCO GROWERS WIN WAR AGAINST OCTOPUS LEXINGTON, Ky.t March 11. The negotiations have progressed nearly to the point where it can bo stated as a certainty that tho tobacco war in Ken tucky, which has been fought vigorous ly for the past threo yeara and which lias been attended by noting and incen diarism, wil be settled immediately. Negotiations are now iu progress be tween the American Society of Equity, the organiation of the growers, and the American Tobacco company, commonly known ns the trust. The company, it is stated, has agreed to buy of the society its I'.HHl crop held iu pool and amount ing to more than KO.OOO.OOI) pound. The agreed price is 1.1 cents per pound. The three years' conflict which thus will be brought to a close in a victory for the growers has cost millions in properly, destroyed by "night riders," several murders, (he extension of fends and the apprehension of still greater t rouble. FINDS FORMER RECORDER RELATED TO MRS. COLLINS Mrs. Ileri.l. M. Collins discovered last Sunday that she was a uieee of the late (teorge S. Waldon. Mr. Waldon was a biolher of Mrs. Collins' father, but hnd not been heard of by any of the Wal .Inn family for more than :l years al the lime of his death, which took place in Medford about ten years ago. Mr. Waldon left Illinois in the year 1SIIS ami settled in tho "Into of Missouri, and later moved to Missoula, Mont., and from I lu re to Jackson enmity, Oregon. Mr, Wnl.lon was a minister of the gos pel and preached in tho Christian i'IiuitIi in Medford for several years. Me also served ns recorder of Medford as early as ISS7 and was several times elected justice for the Medford district, rind was well liked by every one. Another singular featuro in this case is the fact that Judge Waldon, ns he was commonly known, nml his wife were buried on the same day. They expired within hours and n double funeral was held. The present home of V. K. Ii. uel was erected by Mr. Waldon, but tins I n repaired since. HEARST TO EXAMINE BALLOTE FOR MAYORALTY AI.IIANV, X. Y., March 11. William Wandolph Hearst has won n victory in the aiipellate court in his contest over i he New York city ninyorty election in the fall of ion.-;. That tribunal today handed down an opinion holding that the attorney gen eral has the right to open ballot boxes in any election district to determine the count. This point la decidedly ronton t ion, Hearst, wVii rwa fo nnyor anlnas rge Mi'l hllss. Mni tl tlx defeat was due to fmA u .Jll judging and iinmeditl. mtMl -lection, hut the nppellnts fm .' that to open the ballot boxes it i "t iw ssary for tty attorney general to submit the preliminary evidence of fraud. Todays decision probably brings Ihe bitterly fought contest In nil end. I Tom RiGhardson Praises Tribune and States That ItMerits Patronageas the Best Advertisment That This City Possesses. 'Mt'ilfonl lias one of tho best daily noWHimpcrs in Oregon outside of Port land," Haid Tom lticlinrdson, prosident of tho Oregon Development leaguo, be fore leaving tho city. "Few people hero realize ita value, but it is tho best ad vertisement the community has and de serves to ho well patronized. 11 The Tribune has become' tho best- known, perhaps, of the smalt-town pa pers of Oregon, nnd its developmenmt is being wntehed with a great deal of in terest all over the state. Its bucccss or failure will reflect upon the citizens of Medford. "The building up of a daily newspa per is slow work, and it costs money. Few peoplo huvo any idea of tho cost of production. A good newspnpor is a town 's best nsset, for it is a directory nnd index of its morchants and their business, nnd tells, ns nothing else can, the story of tho town. "Show me a newspaper, and I eon tell at a glniu'o whether tho town is a live nnd wido-nwnko or dead one, whether its stores are modern and up to date or obsolete. The Tribune speaks for Itself and for Medford. It has a good field and with proper support will becomo tho lending paper in an im mense territory, for it has n progressive mnnngement. ' ' REINSTATE DISCHARGED COLORED SOLDIERS WAHIIINUTON, Mareh 11. In con nection with tho report of the sennto committee on militnry affairs oa the Brownsville riot made to the sennto to day, the president transmitted n mes sage iu which no sum mat tao tacis set forth in his order dismissing the negro soldiers hud been substantiated by ttvilimony before tho committee. He recommended that the time for tho re instatement of the discharged soldiers, which has expired, be extended for one year in order to permit tho president to reinstate any of the discharged men ivlm did not fall within tho terms of his dismissal. CIIAROES PROSPECTIVE BUYERS FOR HI8 TIME Lewis nnd Adolph I.iieko of Central Point were Medford cnllers Wednes day. They state that they wero near (irants Pass a few days ago looking for a ranch with a view to purchasing. The tenant who occupies the ranch, took them over it, showing up its good qual ities and charged tho prospective buy ers rfj for his time, stating that he hnd to make a living some wny. FIRE DESTROYS NATIVE SHACKS IN PHILIPPINES MANILA, March 11. Two thousand native shacks have been destroyed by fire nnd 1.1.000 homeless nro being cared for in churches by tho police. The dam age totals 11)0,000 in gold. Sheldon Ranch Sold. K. P. liilchrist has purclinscd tho IJ. L. Kheldon plncc at Kngle Point. Mr. (lilchrist is n writer of philosophical verse, well known in literary circles east. Mr. Hhehlon has not yet made up his mind as to the future, but will re mnin in the Mogue River valley for a time at least, ltoth wero Medford call ers Wednesday. JACKSONVILLE NEWS. Attorney R D. Hriggs wns down from Ashland Tuesday on official business. II. Von dor ll'ellen of Wellon was in town Tuesday. Mrs. It. T. Iturnett, Mrs. Chris Kee gan, Miss Anna Kcegan nnd Mrs. Harry Lay were among those who sent the al'leriioon in Medford Tuesday. ADVERTISE WHA FniMs IiMiitf j. v. I. fireisj. ( Itt'.m von. a Ilea Poster Perry. If.c Vilson. MARRIED. IDNKS KXIOHTON In Jacksonville, on March 7, 100S, by Ju.lgo Dunn, W. It. Jones and F.yflia M. Knighton.