Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley. Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
MEDFORD'S RAPID GROWTH
Ytpur Endintr toff ice Hunk IVpu
.Junutir, UfiL-ii'ir Ik-po-il. Utt'it.
HOI ..... K 5,21.10. ::itl.S(W iMtm
THE WEATHER.
Showers tonight and Saturday.
S.m: Im i Iv winds.
lu fi.4i;.i:t
11. i
Associated Press Dispatches.
Til 1 YKAH.
MKDI'OIil), OR., KKIDAY, MARCH I'll, 1!0S.
NO. 1
SHOOTS
, UNLOVED
SPOUSE
Milwaukee Manufacturer
Kills Sleeping Wife, then
Himsclf-Loved Another
Woman but Could not
Wed Plot that Failed.
M I LWA I'K KK. March l!H. George
George Willoughby, manager of a cof
fee and spirt mill, today shot ami
killed his wife at their home on Pros-
perl avenue, then shot himself. lie is
not expected to recover. He confessed
to the police that he was infatuated
with another woman, whom lie had
been support i iik Tor four years. Wil
loiighhy was a prominent church work
er and taught a Sunday school class,
lie attended a church social last night
and then visited his brother, Leroy Wii
: loughby. with whom he quarreled.
lie fore rol iring, while his wit'ew as
asleep, lie chloroformed her and then
shot her behind t hi' left ear, causing
her instant death.
A ft it shoot i lit; himself, Willoughby
dragged himself downstairs, opened the
liasetneiil door to make it appear that
hnrglars had commiltcd tlie deed, hid
llie revolver in the wall of the base
men) and then telephoned the doctor.
Officers did not lielieve the burglary
Willoughby, who was ."n years of age,
married a wife L'n years ago, "ont of
sympathy," ami has been unhappy over
since. He met his "affinity" on a
1rnin. 'die later secured a divorce ami
lie supported her for the past four
years. She lives in Chicago.
INCREASE GRAZING ALLOTMENT
' ON OREGON NATIONAL FOREST
WASHINGTON, .March 2(1. The
forest service has recommended that
the number id' cattle and horses al
lowed to grae upon the Blue mouu
tains ( W ) national forest in the Mate
of Oregon, during the season lims be
increased from Hi. mm to I7,!in head,
and the number of sheep from loii.tion
to lolV'MII head. This forest has re
cently b.'en divided into t hree admin
istrntivo units, and the increase in the
number of head of stock to graze on
the range this year was made to per
mit an epiitable adjustment among the
former users of the forest.
Governor Guild Improved.
HOSToV. March Governor
Curtis Guild's condition is slightly im
proved today.
BLUFFFD BUT
Tlio I fi (V Armc rf
Dayton. O.. March 11, Mm.
W. P. Isaac. The Toggery. M edf ord:
Mear Sir Vonirf of lie- I'-.'d received
and content noted.
We cinistdend your coiuhlaiut regard
iiii the Cah b'eL'ister furnished bv our
company to be so serious that v have
had an expert secretly iu Med foul for
two Week- watching the machine in
qucsi ion.
His report discloses some iuipoMailt
and illuminating fact-, to wit:
(1 i That vnii allowed some pure wool
Cndeiclolhes to be piled so they nctll
,'lllv toll, lied tlie register, thereby mis
lug the temperature till it Ited the
rivets in the w:it. r .-oob r and blew pop
o'-frs all over I In- inner surface of the
double boiler.
CJ) That .Hi.- i-p seiire iat a distance
of four f.en of three New Spring Plaid
S,iit so excited the regime r that til
auxiliary gns , limine, stowed behind the
Pegi-tcr's dashboaid and dir-ctlv b
b'W the l-itigbolt. turn-d vr on it ide
and emit'fd gr.e. ti -parks for eight
day.
CH That the number of sales r id
ed f r dav r i,uir,-d that :.n extra uiiart
f ., i,pr,.,I Int., the ma. -hi lie '
low. r d. j s tmr.-t o, ery 1 minute-.
ti'l th" I.V..king ee:l-d -
Abs-n f thix toe. iti..n is pal pah
!v ym i i.un n i-tal .-. -iioe the Kegi-ter
is i.nlv g'-rA up to : mad d of
tl mih-w and von know it'
Hi VI-o --relative the over regis
tering of sox e-'e to the extent of 'Mt
p-iiis at :t.7t t r pair, we men !v cite
the following ttory: :
An Oklahomn merchant bought from
us a 1" i,. p. regi-trr jnit before
FAILURE OF HOME
CAUSES SU1CIDF PACT
AMONG OLD PEOPLE
Aged Inmates of Bethseda Home Kill
Themselves When Institution Is
Thrown Into Bankruptcy Had In
vested Savings of a Lifetime
( IIH'AGO, .March L'n. A suicide
pad involving probably a dozen in
mates of the lielhesda home for the
ag.d is believed to have been revealed
h the death of John Koch, who com
milted suicide yesterday after ridicul
ing John lluzlehach, who failed in an
at tempt at self-destruction. It is sup
posed that the not ice of bankruptcy
of tin- liom a private institution, into
which many old folks, friendless and
alone, had pi. iced the savings of a life
1 iine, expect ing care until deal h, was
the cause. As a result of the bank
ruptcy, inmates an face to fact with
destitution. Several inmates have been
dissuaded from coin mitt ing suicide.
LUMBERMEN DISHEARTENED
IN FIGHT FOR GRANT LANDS
WASHINGTON. March in. Il is be
lieved in government circles that a so
cret contract lias been made by the
Oregon California Kail road company,
under which it has already agreed to
sell the remaining i.ntiu.iMiu acres of its
grant to one single purchaser, anil that
a large sum of money has been paid to
the railroad company ou account by
this purchaser. The attention of 11 rep
resentntive of the P.ontli -Kelly Lumber
company, who has been contending for
an innocent purchaser amendment to
the Pulton resolution, has been called
to this report, and he remarked. "Then
whoever has purchased this land ought
to be protected like the rest of ns."
merely showing that t he lumber coin
panics would be willing that the gov
eminent should make any sacrifice in
order to give I hem a sound title where
they now hold a shaky one. This iuci
dent will be related to tin- public lands
committee.
The lumbermen have left for home,
pretty well disheartened. They were
confident when they came here that
they would have an easy fight, but de
velopments before t he committee were
somewhat surprising to them and pri
vately they admit they are defeated.
Nevertheless it is expected that an at
tempt will be made when the rsolution
goes into tlie House to secure me nnop
tion of the innocent purchasers amend
incut if the committee reports the reso
1 tit ion as il passed the senate.
WASHINGTON ELKS OBJECT
TO NEW NEGRO ORDER
OL VM PI A, Wash.. March 2fi. Ne
groes of S-;ittle have incorporated the
Paget Sound Lodge No. 1 ut. Improved
Ilenevolelit ami Protective Order of
Klks of the World, ami have forward
ed articles to t lie secretary of state for
filing. Protests by mail and wire have
been received by the secretary of state
from the grand exalted ruler and other
grand officers and from local members
of the It. P. O. K. The secretary of
state has asked the advice of the at
foriiev general whether he can legally
refuse to file the papers and the latter
is waiting for a legal statement from
II fftcers of Ihe original Klks.
NOT BRATEN
X ,
i Hiinivi'ir
Octopus Enters Meilfiord
j his town entered a boom by which its
i po pi i lat i ii u;h raised from ;t'.' soiil
and a Chinaman to t!M men ami women,
saloons and a delicatessen. The busy
merchant put -ales through so fast that
.he burnt up the inwards of the regis
lor and no Ited the alphabet, profit and
loss ;md t li- t uds eobiTiin into a solid
chunk, so that at tl ml of the firl
week on j '.l stock lie found he el-tt-d
.::7.iibU."i. He Was some excited.
So he i 1 1 v -tl if'J.'.non in an oil well,
Mo. ii i iu a purple automobile :ind sat up
." hours Saturday night in a poker
gam. and increased the remaining
Mi" I." to .l7...7J.!ct. b-s drinks. Next
day h- -old his oil well for :;.".
hi- auto threw his wife into a brick
kiln, which netted him 1 1 "n life in
(suraiier. ruid I lose.) his bankbook
I the end of the month with ",.!iL,,J.!to
; ' less drinks) to the good.
I When he opened his cash register
I three .lavs later with a hatchet and
' t'.oiM.l he wa- in" r- ality jut 'tt 71
Level) dflV
do -ad for the mouth h- wi
1 fr
Oil reeeipt of his t ttlT W
j ,nit f.-r a half mi. livid, d interest in the
j o'.t. i iaiming actual if innocent
pa 1 1 i rat i.m and l-a i f to r-hip on I he
i hart of ..oi he- tlirongh the ca-h n-g
' iM. r. We got a verdict of V'.r,U- -
Mith I'li-Q lhieh Were
I We lo r-bv annotiio-e that we will
Ibrit.g nit at once in Jackson count v for
"" per e (T' interest in the result of the
-ah- of 7:t"( hair- socks at :i.7l.
1 1 .'Hes)'1:i.t vill hold you for awhile.
Vet V t I olv VOUI
N T I o V L (Msll I.'KGtSTKTM'O.
1 WATCH FOR NO. 3.
SQUADRON
WILL CALL
American Fleet to Visit at
Yokahama in Respond to
Invitation from Mikado
China also Expected to
Invite Warships.
WASHINGTON, .March Ut, The
.la panose government has extended an
invitation to the Atlantic fleet to visit
any port of Japan ou the homeward
cruise around t he world. The invila
lion was received through tlie Japanese
embassy. Tin- question of acceptance
was considered bv the president and
his cabinet today.
Secretary Root will this afternoon ac
cept, on behalf of the American gov
ernment, the invitation from Japan for
the battleship fleet to visit that conn
I ry. Vokohamn w ill probably be t he
port called at. An invitation is expect
ed from the Chinese government.
PRESIDENT DISGUSTED BY
BOURNE'S SMILING FACE
WASHINGTON. March I'm. Senator
Itourne's second elective term bureau is
likely lo end before it commences opcr
atiotis. liouruc has an immense amount
of material collected in the sha f
cuts for cartoons and stereotype plates
of IJoosevell articles and aiitiTaft ar
gmncuts, bill il is doubtful if any of
these will ever be used.
Roosevelt is reported to have put a
ipiietns on the P.ourtie bureau and as
having said:
"Jonathan lioiirue is the only man
Irving to reflect on my honesty of mo
live. Coining here with his self satis
lied smile, he misjudged his man and
still insists that I am lo run for presi
dent."
KLAMATH INDIANS DYING
OFF ON RESERVATION
SlLVKIt LA K K. March J". ,. A.
Horris, Klamath Mar-h i-allleman. was
in Silver Lake on business eailv Ihis
week, lie reports that many Indians
are dying on the Klamath reservation,
there having been six funerals iu one
week recently, and iu all about ."n have
died this winter, tjuitc a large percent
age .oil of innn. which is about the
number id' Indians on this reservation.
CHINAMAN GROWS
ODORLESS ONION
Ph'KSNO. Cal.. March Jn.-.-TI lor
ies onion is a reality and a Chinaman.
Wing Hop. has produced it. Wing, who
presides over a truck farm near Fresno,
admits he got his idea from Professor
liuil, ;ink. the California plant wizard,
t'ur whom he oncu worked as a gardener.
Professor Murbank told Wing many
vears ago t hat if he cmld prod uce a n
onion that had no odor he would make
a fortune. Wing started out with lhat
end in view and has succeeded, for all
farmers who have haudl-d the vegeta
lile agree that it is the real thing in the
odorless line.
ROSEBURG SIGNS BIG
PRINTING CONTRACT
KOSKlil'L'C. or.. March 'Jn.Tlie
couimittee from th- Commercial club
that was iiitru-ted with the matter of
-i coring advertising bookh-fs has signed
a contract for '.VU at ."' In. The
books arc to be made up by artists from
the staff of Sunset magazine, who will
vi-it all sections of Douglas ouintv and
take photographs of principal points
of interest ami produce a general write
up of the different industries, so as to
giv- otit-i.brs a g-n-ral idea of what
the coiiutv has in all lines and furnish
information to hotneseekers and invest
or s.
Thi- cntiaet i- in addition to t lo
fund to be mi---. bv the Commercial
dub for joheiti-ing ,.sebuig.
EATS DYNAMITE TO END
HIS EARTHLY TROUBLES
NA WllirK. Nev.. Maid, 'Jo Plac
ing a -tick of .Iveamite to hi- month
and ev,.,..fing it. J-dm Slater blew I.m
head off. The M.i. ide was a f ' "
er of a base ,,n Mel. I lull H Wa
ll, for- Ihe day for.- reported for dntv
that the explosion aroii-.l the camp
EMMA OOLDMAN ILL
FROM NERVOUS CLOOAPSE
o
CHICAGO, Mutch jn Kmma Gold
man. the nnarehi-t. suffered n collapse
lit-t night, atttibiitid to her feinoii
f forts to eeure a hall in which to
rtiik. in defiance of th police.
I JAPAN
COAL MINERS LEVY I
BIG ASSESSMENTS TO j
PREPARE FOR STRIKE1
United Mineworkers of America to
Quit Work April 1 Unless Contracts
With Employers Are Signed Presi
dent Mitchell's Farewell Address,
INDIANAPOLIS, March -jn The
convention of the I'niled Mineworkers
of America completed its discussion of
the report of the scale committee by
sections. The first section adopted was
.one that levies an assessment of ail
j cents per month ou all members id' the
I organization. This assessment is for
.the purpose of adding to the fund f
l the assistance of members of unions
who. by J inline to secure a contract on
April I, may be forced into idleness.
I l her resolutions were adopted giving
authority to the internal ioiial execu
tive board to increase, decrease or dis
continue Ihis assessment. The conven
tion ordered miners to proceed wit h
work where contracts aic signed, or
where joint conferences are being held
until April I, and ordered all miners to
cease work ou that date in districts
where no contracts have been signed
or where con ferences a re not iu prog
ress. . additional details were left
o the national executive board.
The convention adjourned, President
, Mitchell retiring. In his farewell ad
dress he urged members lo stand by
the organization and its officers.
PORTLAND WOMAN SEEKS
SEVENTY MILLION ESTATE
PORTLAND. March 'Jn. Monroe
Goldstein, police reporter oil the Tele
gram and a special deputy under Slier
iff Stevens of Multnomah county, will
leave Saturday for Springfield. Mass.,
as special agent for Mrs. Mary Kli.a
belli Booth of this city for Ihe purpose
of contesting the will of Mrs. Knnna
Goodrich Viuloii. who died at Spring
field. January I'l last, leaving a 7?,
miii i. nun estate lo her former hostler.
George D. Nelson. Mrs. I tooth was a
cousin of the deceased and she and
l hree oilier cousins are Ihe only heirs
at law lo Ihe large estate, which is one
of the richest in the stale of Massa
chusel t s, being local ed pri lie i pally in
Hampden county. Mrs, I tooth will con
es! ihe vill imlepcmleiil ly of the other
heir-i. who are M rs. Mary K. I la i ley.
res id ing iu M assa chusel t -; rs. A an ie
II. Cook of Seattle, and Mis. I': ie
Goodrich, whose address is unknown.
ASHLAND TO ASSIST IN
BUILDING TROLLEY LINE
liepr. seiilat i t s of the Oreoou Kapid
Transit Pot er company addressed
the Adilaud Coiumer.-ia I id nb Thursda
evening and explained Ihe aims and
purposes of the corporal ion. As a re
suit, a committee consisting of Messrs.
(towers. Carter and Winter was ap
pointed to solieit subscript ions for $k
Mlhl or .'l'i.'lf III sloe, ill tin- proposed
trolley system.
The representatives ,f r It onpaiiy
who spoke to tlx Asldand business ui-ii
were Messrs. Kwins. Page. Walt, Mer
rick and Nye. Arrangements are bo.
ing made to address the Jacksonville
Commercial club Monday next, and the
Grants Pass. Central Point. Gold Hill
and Me.lfor.l eiiibs later.
IOWA INDORSES TAFT;
ALLISON IN CONTROL
DKS MOINKS. la.. March Jn. The
republican slat n en I ion has eh .1
-d four delegates at large lo the lialioli
al convention, illstlllcled I ll-lll to vote
for W. II. Tail, indorsed William P..
Allison by a Vote of (17J17JI lo ..o7
7 Jl. and appioved tie- plank of Ho
Ohio platform calling lor a re i-imi
of I he tariff at a special session of
congress.
Tin- Allison p. ..pic d iuated tlo
convention fr il- opening to its close.
and had thing- tlodr own way tlnoiigh
out. The ( n in rn i n s pie. although do
lYnle.l. look special delighl it, having,
as they declared, forced the standpat
tors" to indor-e a plank calling for
r. v isioti of the laiiff. and they made
a point of f i 'pienf ly remind ing t he
Alli-oii peph- ..f tl,. fact The latter,
however. itis-t t .) that I here Were H
ma n v ie ise.n i -1 s iii 1 heii ra ii I. a
there were ..f the ('nminins ni. ti.
PRESIDENT TO SEND
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Mar.h jn. s a
r nil of an etend-d di-cu-sion, the
locts-itv of again directing the att-n
t ion ot con g r ess I,, the in- men. la ' ion- J
of tlo pi: sid.-nl looking to I. gislnf ion ,
aim tnlalol v lo the Sh-linaii aiitillll-li
law. and of o' h. r topic, mentioned m
pi eV i. his ines-a ges. the c. Isjoll rtlie
r aided to s. p,, ain.tli.-r Hostage .i'
emigre- w 1 1 Li n a day or two, j
- i
TAFT IS ENDORSED ,
BY WASHINOTON G. O. P.!
Si:TTI.K. Mn.lt William II.1
Tafl wa- giv.n ;,t. e.npl.aiic irolot :
mem for Ihe pi. el'ioy bv I h- i-pnb j
liian state (e,.tial coininiMee at its,
meeting h. n Wedue-day Onl of :t7 j
co mi 1 1 it t . . in. It . en h one v ot. d ag.uQ I
tli- indorsement, and lo- -lal.d that lie'
did so I aose. though petHonallv a Tall ;
man, he did not believe in Indorsement
bv thcominittee.
Indications of Worst Fresh
et in Thirty Years-All
Traffic Tied up-Great
Volume of Water Pour
ing in the Ohio.
GALLIopOLlS. O.. March L'n.-Tlioi.
are indications of a disastrous flood
Italliiiinre i Ohio officials predict a
freshet eipial to that of 1SS. All traf
I ic will be lield up by heavy rains
t hioiighoul the valley. Great damage
has alreadv been done. All side streams
are pouring great volumes of water
into the i )lno river.
ITITSP.I KG, March jn. - The crest
ot the t looi) lias passed, I- reeing
weat her last nigh I proven) oil a flood
of greater proportions.
DEMANDS $10,000 REWARD
FOR ORCHARD CONVICTION
SPOKANK. Wash.. March J0. -
Through Attorney Pied Miller of Spo
kn ne, A. M . Johnson, a detect i ve, at
Loise. Idaho, has applied to the count v
cotuiiiissioiiers of Shoshone count y,
Idaho, for Hie $n.nnn reward offered
by them for the arrest and conviction
of the murderer or murderers of ex
Governor Si eu nenberg. lie says he ar
rested Harry Orchard, ami his appl'ica
tiou is made now because Orchard has
pleaded guilty to the crime. Pred Mil
ler was Orchard's first alloruev. Later
he was connecletl with the defense iu
the trial of William 1 . Havwood. sec
n-lary of the Western pederalimi of
Miners, whom Orchard implicated tu
the murder of Slenuenberg. Miller also
appeared as one of the alloities for
Hie defense ill hot II trials of Steve Ad
aim. also implicated by Orchard.
AUTO TANK EXPLOSION
CAUSES FIRE AND DEATH
PiTTNIll b'G. March Jn, The ex
plosion ol Ihe gasol iue lank of a li a u
loinobile undergoing repairs iu a gar
age caused fa l, a I injury to two men ami
ihe loss of property by fire valued ut
$J.",inm.
LATE LOCAL NEWS,
T. I'. Parr of Ashland did business iu
Me.lfor.l ;;, , ns IVI.,.-.
James Owen of Kaglo Point . candi
date for con nlv commissioner, -pen I
I'l'iday in Me.llord.
Mrs. T. T. Shaw ami Mrs. Mamie Dox
of Jacksonville were in Me.llord Wed
in si I a , 1 1 ad i ng w il h our met eha ut ,
M rs. Lin ma t '.derua u A inlet son of
Ashland visile.) M.-.lfoi.l fi inds this
week.
Mr-. W. I. Vnwter ami M i . C. It.
Pi.-k-l wen among their Aslilaml
friend- Thut-dav.
Pud Stanb of Willow Springs dis
I I act made Med told a business is if a
feW da V s si lice
Mr. and Mrs. p. :-ee of S,m. Jack
sonv ill.- were iu M-dfoid trading with
our titer, hauls.
I. J. Hanson, who lives near Cenlral
Point, did business in M.-dfoid one dav
Ihis Week.
I. T. Kales was in from the fruit
h in Pig Stj.kv di-tii.t. which lo
(ports doing nieelv.
C K. Wil sllolll, the successful lu'llo r.
wa- iu Med ford not hmg since, and ex
htbited s.M.utl fine nuggets laken from
hi- ,;,c. i mines on Pha-ant Creek dis
tri.-t. i
Mi. and Mm. T. J. Kellllev of Jack I
-otnille, have been vi-iring fiicids 1 i
tug ill shlar.d.
If. V. S I!. C,;,slai. li... leipoived to .
M. dfonl and establishcl ;, woodvaid j
in the sont h w estei n pnrt of our .dt v.
He is re.'.dv to fill otde.s f , o all kind- '
of fuel of ihis description. ,'
Pob.tt It Dow. fotmet nlv re ,
eoid-r. ha- declar.d hi- can.Iidacv for J
he del rat ic nomination fro- count v ,
tl--e-sr. II. I- Well .pialilied lo Ihe
place.
Mi and Mm. I.ewi- Pinch of Jack ;
wotiv ille spent Thhl-dav ill Med ford.
Thomas I-;. ieho-.. John Wathii,s(
and Mi Wabi.sU of Cagle Point did ,
blisiees. j,, Medfotd In. I Tuesday. i
M. S T hoi n i -son of climax, an eior
"et I c mill fa i iih r -t hi' k ma ii . was in
M. dfot.l ned Ja. l m,.m ill- W. ,.,es,av
Di-lli.t Mtornev If-anies. Y ( . Kil '
to a-ol Pete, Dei-eh Were oel f r otO '
Jackson vill e (fehfhs ht.llii no vb i
Ja.l -rut V ille Ihe fj.,. f the Week.
William W ilrM.rv of Moonf ..e
einct w.s in M.dfoid M lav. His
n: is being in om i lieti 1 1 v rneutioro d
in como'ction with the office if m
t v coiiimiiioiur.
GUARESIN DARKNESS
- FIGHT FATAL DUEL ON
SANDS OF RIO GRANDE!
Customs Officers Mistake Each Other
J for Smugglers unci Each Dies with
! His Boots On, a Tribute to His Com.
I
I ratio's Skill With n Weapon.
I
KL PASO, March 'Jn. -Charles J s
and Charles Logan, mounted customs
guards, were shot lo death last night.
They fought a duel on Ihe dry bed of
the h'io Grande. It is supposed that
each mistook the oilier for a smuggler.
Tlnee shots Were heard and the pislol of
one of the officers with two shells
empty and the ot her wit h one empty
shell tell the slorv. The tracks where
the men stood are I hose made bv llieii
j JACKSON IS ACCUSED OF
GRAFTING BY RECEIVER
NKW VoliK. March 'Jn.- Al lorney
tieueial William Schuyler Jackson has
been accused under oalh of having de
manded thai Prank White, as receiver
of l he Hamilton Hank, should share
eipiallv with him Ihe aggregate of the
fees and commissions earned by Mr.
White while acting iu thai capacity.
The a-sertion was sworn to by Mr.
While when he was forced to appear as
an unwilling wiliiess before Ihe grand
jury. Owing to the fact that While
owed hi appointment directly to Jack
son, w hose first deputy he had been
until he resigned that office to accept
the receivership, am) to Ihe additional
fact I ha I ol her r iverships w ere be
stowed through Jackson's influence up
ou persons w ho were close political or I
office associates, this is regarded as i
one of Ihe most serious accusations yet j
lodged against the atlorney general 's
administration.
PORTLAND LEADS WORLD
IN EXPORTS OF WHEAT
Poll laud export ed more w heat dur
ing I In- moiit h of Pel i run ry I hau any
other poll in tlie Pniled Stales. Kveu
New York had lo lake a back seal when
the Oregon metropolis sent out "J.J"!',
7'.) 1 bushels a nd Philadelphia, Halt i
more, Galveston ami other prominent
wheat shipping ports look iusign itica nl
when their records are compared with
those of Ihe liose City.
Conipurlaive figures of exports from
the Chile.! Stales Were received this
morning by th Hector ol' customs in
the monthly report of (lie department
of commerce ami labor and they indi
cate Portland's standing in Ihe Held of
sports, The report shows thai during
Pebi uaty I he I'nited Slates exiore,
nn-',suii bushels of wheal, and of ihis
piautity Portland shipped r limn
me fourth.
TOUTLE RIVER POWER
FOR NEW TROLLEY LINE
OLVMPIA, March I'n Notice mK
en served mi the stale laud couimis
-loner that the Pacific Power A: Kail
way company will petition (he superior
it lor the eouileuiiniliou Mini appro
print i .f Ihe waters of Ihe middle
folk of the Tonlle river ill Cowlil.
ly. The company was iucorporat
I in November by Portland arid llli
uots men for I he n v owed purpose of
building an electric railway from Van
v er in Kalauia and Kelso to t 'as
He Kock and from Castle Uock to Spirit
lake mid iulo the St. Helens mining
listrict. desiies to appropriate I hc
Waler for power purposes. The Wever
haens. r syndicate is also interested in
the liver and is marl.- a nm-tv to tl...
BISHOP FOWLER OF
METHODIST CHURCH DEAD
i: Ob'lx. Mai.h :'m. b'ev. Clois.
II- Pov.ler, bishop of the Methodisl
hutch, .lied at his home here lodav. He
had been ctin.idly ill since W.-dnesdav.
Ill- death was due o ,e,ait failoic, re-
nf'itig liotn a complication ,.f dis
a -
BANKERS LIABLE FOR
ADVICE GIVEN CLIENTS
sHIGTo., Maid. -Jn. The s.,
pl'ltie eollll ot Geni.aUV ill see ijr
colons i.centh handed down, has held
that bankets are liable for advice g,e
lo clients a- lo iii v es ni-nt s. Tins is
I-..;, i. led in a l.poi't lo Ihe stale ie
piiltuo III hi a decided step lowaid
placing the bunking ltsiness ou a solid
and i. - st,h I' idalioii.
HOUSE VOTES TO STIFLE
CORPORATION INFORMATION
W s(;ToN. Maid.
ol,- of ' IS to I lo. the ,
he .,ble lie iesolntioii
I:
' 'aid on'
"'li "I
he pri si. lent to siipplv 1 1 1 f . i III a t loll
atheted I.V Ihe 1,11
col point UOl. crop of lUi'lolls th aiiiiy season. Ill'
eXpr. ls to plant hih seed soon and hopes
Mullen S.ut'e Woniiiu Thrno Times. i,. ioive his Vtop readv for tl rtrlv
K 'KCrrr. Wadi.. March !. I -. T. matket, for it is the early melon that
D, Phillip, ii .Liiti-i of this cily. hasj,,ings the top price in the markets.
n. arned foi the thud time the w ouia li ' Cent r al Poiul Heiatd
fioin whom he ha been 1 w ice divotci
at Coiip-v ille. Loth Dr. Phillips ami
his wife h.ld 1 u divorced hofoo thev
w-re man i'd the (list time.
TROLLEY
TAKES LIFE
0
Vernon rancher " of Med
ford Run Over and Kill
ed by Street Car in
Portland Thursday Evening-Parents
Live Here
A telegram received from Portland
states that Vernon Karnher, a Mod ford
bo , w a- run down by a streetcar in
Portland Thursday evening at thu cor
ner of Second mid Main streets and in
stantly killed.
Vernon Puncher was the second Hon
of Mr. ami Mrs. L. W. Puncher of Mud
ford ami was in t he employ of t ho
si reel car company at Port hind. He
was lit years of age. Ho had an older
hrollor iu Portland who keeps a restau
rant. II is fat her is represent at ivis of
the Woodmen Mf (he World insurance
department here.
FOOTHILL ROAD SCENE
OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
The foot hi ti road bet ween t 'cut ml
! Point ami Jacksonville- is a scene of
I great i ud ust rial net i vil y this spring,
tall kinds of work being vigorously pros
i edited during Ihe present line weather,
j Many new people have purchased laud
I iu thai vicinity within Ihe pas! few
j moid hs and on nil sides new buildings
! are being creeled, Wood is being e.llt
and corded for next winter's market .
I laud is being cleared and fencing is
i being done on a large scale. All of
j that section is tributary to Central
Point and Ihe indications now are that
I I he sun ou ml ing count ry is being set-ilh-il
up so rapidly Dial Central Point
is bound lo be a town of from I'nnn to
t,MI11 pie wil hiu the next two nr
Ihree veins.-CiMifral Point Herald.
GROVER CLEVELAND IS
SEVENTY ONE YEARS OLD
I LAKP.WOOD. N, J.. Miirch L'n. Af-
li-r a ipiief family celebration of his
"Ut birthday a n n i versa rv, G rover
I Cleveland, for eight years president of
Ihe Pniled Slates, was able lo say that
he was iu beifer health than for some
ilime pa-t. Mr. Cleveland ililineiisely
i en joyed the little affair prepared in
It's I r. in which only those of the
home circle and a very few intimate
friends participated. He said:
"I am feeling belter than I have for
sonic lime before. Already the bene
fit of Ihe Lakewootl climaie is appar
ent. A little trouble with my feel had
made impossible long walks during the
lasl few weeks. Today, however. I was
abue to enjoy a longer stroll than has
been possible before for many months.
SECURES AN OFFICE
BY FLIPPING PENNY
The (own I. ,.:!, met in s I-.l s....
. ,.-OMIH, (Ol.'ll HO" VOL-
of Ihe city election held ou the previous
Mom lav wa- canvassed us provided by
law and the different officers di-clur-d
-l.-cled. The only test in the elec
t ion w as be ween T. M . Jones and
Pied Paiker. for tl I'fice of recorder.
th.-.- gentlemen being n tie on thai
office. In older to expedite tlie bnsi
nss of ihe bo:n-d tin- gentlemen, both
being present, ag I to toss a coin to
d.-cide the tie. and Mr. Jones winning,
ill- t.ialter was settled by that gentle
man being declared elect. d. - Central
Point H-ial.l.
SUIT AGAINST SUGAR
TRUST PROVES FAULTY
NKW Voh'K. March '. Judge
H.dt of the Pniled States circuit court
.lismiss.-l ihe snfi for O.Ot'irt.OOH dam
ages btotight lev llie Pell nsvlv aiiia Sil
gar li'etiuing companv again-i the
Ameiiean Sugar lb-fining company, fot
ill lege.) v iolal ion of prov isiolM of (lie
Sle iman antilnist ;ld The Peimsv)
vaei;. people have .in davs ill which to
a 'i.etid I he complaint.
Watermelon Pntdi.
George L. Neale. who is farming t he
Williamson place thi- season, has 'Jo
.us of watermelon land ready for
I planting and cj Is o raise a bniiiiier
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
W. Ii. Stai'loid , Marion H. Sv pliers.