Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
THE WEATHER.
Increasing cloudiness tonight,
warmer. Thursday, showers ami
cooler.
THIRD YEAR.
MED FORD, OR., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1WS.
XO. 17.
E
TO FRUIT
Over 8,200 Acres Set Out
to Apples and Pears in
Rogue River Valley Near
Medford this Year.
Over Kiinii acres in t hu Rogue Kiver
valley in Ihe district adjacent to Med
fonl have Immmi set nut tu apples, and
pear orchards t Ins, year, according to
tin estimates of County Fruit Inspector
(i. W. Taylor.
Over OJO.imM young apple and pear
trees have heon inspected for planting
liy M r. Taylor, according to his rec
ords. Of these, two-thirds, or approx
imately 4(lfl,0iMif were pears and the
balance were apples. At an average of
loo pear trees to 1he acre and 50 apple
trees, the total acreage newly planted
will he Niiou. In mldition, there is a
large acreage which has escaped in
spect ion.
Accord my to t he present- outlook,
plans are already made for planting
10,(1(10 acres or over the coming winter,
and probably a far greater acreage will
actually be set out to fruit. Mr. Tay
lor is preparing a census of the vari
ous orchards in the valley, so ns to se
cure the total acreage in all kinds of
fruit.
Frost has not yet damaged any of
the fruit crop, according to Mr. Tay
lor. Even the almonds and prunes have
escaped serious injury.
GOVERNOR HUGHES READY
TO DROP CANDIDACY
ALfcutXY. X. V., April 8. Apparent
ly realizing that the recent primaries
have put him out of the running, Gov
ernor 'harles E nns Hughes in a let
ter to Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman
of t he tit ate republican committee,
made it nhsoluttdy plain that he will
not be responsible for the actions of
the four delegates at large of Now York
1o the Chicago national convention.
The governor had been asked to select
these men ami it was supposed he would
do so. However, lie pointed out that
he desires the responsibility for t he
actions of Ihe sl-ite delegates to 1 1n
ch ica go con ve nl ion to rest wit h t he
stale convention, which meets at New
York City April II. and so will not
name them, pacing their selection up
to the convention.
A A
PANTED
Come In Friday
OPEXI'! MORXlXri 01'' TTTE
Eagle
Pharmacy
COMPLETELY E('It'l'EI) TO CATER TO
Til E NEEDS OK EoTII THE MEIHCAL I'K'O
FKSSION AND THE UENEUAL I'l'liLIC
Everything Brand New
ri'-TO-lATEsT K'KllP Di;riS. IT.'OI'KME
TAl.'V MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES ,nl
ACCESSORIES. I'RESCIUrnON WORK
( 'A 1 E IT LI A' E X E TT V. I 15V R E M ST E RED
PHARMACISTS.
'The New Store
The Old Location
A. WHITMAN. M.in;i-rT.
BIB STICK
IS SWUNG
FOR BLACKS ruef must
nTiun Tnin
Roosevelt Directs Pro
Geedingsto Compel Roads
to Furnish Negroes Good
Accommodations.
WASHINGTON, April S. President
Roosevelt has made public his letter of
April 2 to the attorney-general directing
proceedings by injunction to compel
certain railroads of the south to fur
nish equal accommodations to both
white ami negro passengers.
Tho president's letter refers to the
failure of certain railroad companies to
obey the order of the interstate com
merce commission to furnish tho same
facilities to colored passengers paying
first-class fare that is furnished white
passengers paying first-class fare.
The president says tho commission
has taken what is unquestionably the
right grouud, that where separate ac
commodations are provided for white
ind colored passengers, the accommoda
tions for colored passengers shall be as
good ns those furnished whites for the
same money, but that tho law does not
forbid separate accommodations.
The principal offender is tho Nash
ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
company, and the president suggests
that the attorney-general proceed to en
force the order by injunction proceed
ings "unless, in your judgment, some
other course is preferable."
DEMOCRATS TO NOMINATE
CHAMBERLAIN AT .THE POLLS
The democrats of Oregon, bv their
own volition, are expected to write the
name of George K. Chamberlain in on
the primary ballots on April 17, and
thus nominate him as the party's choice
for I nitcd States senator.
In announcing his candidacy for the
senate, Governor Chamberlain took the
grouud that ho would muko the race.
provided the members of the party by
their votes at I he primary election
called him to the task. He outlined his
position regarding the seuatorship, and
then left the mailer of nomination in
the hands of the voters. It is expect
ed, therefore, that he will he given the
full party vote of nominal ion, this be
ing accomplished by writing his name
in the blank space left on the nominal
in-,' ballot.
COUNTRY
BIG
5 1 Alt U IK AL
Supreme Court Refuses Writ of
Mandamus Asked for by Curly
Boss on Grounds of Prejudice
SAX FRAXCISCO, April 8. Xnt n
juror was selected at the morning ses
sion of the trial of Abraham Ruef, on
trial for bribery. Only five talesmen
were examined.
LOS AXGKLKS, April 8. The appli
cation of Abraham Kuef for a writ of
mandamus and probation to prevent
trial on the charge of bribery before
Judge Maurice T. Dooling on the
grounds of alleged prejudice was today
denied by Ihe supreme court, sitting
in this citv.
SENATORIAL SCANDALS TO
BE REHEARSED AT SALEM
SALKM, Or., April 8. Reiteration of
all tho facts of the Mitchell-Smith brib
ery transaction in the legislative ses
sion of 1S07 will probably be the fea
ture of the trial of the Smith Fulton
slander suit, filed here Saturday night.
It is Mr, Smith's intention to bring up
on the witness stand all the parties who
know anything about the affair and
to support his affidavit, if he can, by
the sworn testimony of witnesses sub
jeet to cross examination. This pur
pose ho indicated in a statement made
after reading that Senator Fulton takes
his suit for $5000 damages ns a huge
joke. If Mr. Smith's plans prevail, the
whole story will be retold at the pres
ent term of the circuit court in Marion
county.
BAKER CITY WANTS
LOWER RAILROAD RATES
1 taker City commercial bodies have
filed a complaint with Ihe railroad com
mission ask ing for lower distributive
rates into the surrounding territory
served by the O It. & N. Tho Busi
ness Men s association and the Citizens'
league of Baker City are taking the in
itiative ami will filo Ihe complaint
against the railroad company. Iloth
these organizations were represented at
a conference yesterday with the railroad
commission in Portland.
This suit grows out of Hie recent or
der of the commission establishing
lower distributive rates from Portland
to stations on the O. R. & X. east of
The Dalles.
Sioux Want Reservations Opened.
WAS1IIXGTOX, April 8. A delega
tion of Hionx Indians from the Chey
enne and Standing Rock reservations,
who favor opening at least half of these
reservations to settlement, called upon
the president today with Commissioner
Leupp, of the bureau of Indian affairs.
The president chatted with them a short
time. I f he plan for opening these
reservations should become law, about
;t,2'Hi,iiuii acres won hi become open to
settlers.
Elopes With Chambermaid.
SAX FRAXrlsco, April H.W. It
Moylan of San Francisco, millionaire
mining man and contractor, was nppre
headed in Texas, speeding to Xew Or
leans as fast as steam could carry him,
and with him is May Taylor, n pretty
chambermaid, formerly employed at the
Grand hotel.
New Senator From Florida.
WASIUXGTOX, April 8. William II.
Milton of Florida was today sworn in
as the successor of the late Senator
William J:imes Brvan.
Mr. and Mrs James Bereaved.
Margaret, the .'(year-old daughter of
M r. a nd M rs. K. '. .la mes, in West
Medford. died Tuesday forenoon of
pneumonia. She will be buried Thur
dav in I ho Medford cemeterv.
Rose burg Re-elects Principal.
ROSKBCRO, Or.. April 8 Prof.Mor
I j. I.. Baker was re-elected today an
principal of the Itosi burg public schools.
Professor Baker 's report of the past
year shows Roseburg's school to be in
betdr condition than ever hefij.
Socialist Convention.
The socialists of Jackson county will
meet in convention in Wilson's Opera
Houne, Medford, Or., nt 10 o'clock a.
in., April IS, lfins, f,r the purpose of
nominating a state nnd county ticket.
All nre invited lo attend. There will
be a program in the afternoon after
refreshment
DISTRICTS DRY
CITIES REMAIN WET
THOUSAND ILLINOIS
SALOONS CLOSED BY
YESTERDAY'S ELECTION
Cities Where Saloons Return Big R av
enue Continue High License System,
But Rural Regions Vote Her Dry
Some Larger Towns Prohibition.
SPR1XGFIK1.D, III., April 8 Re
turns received at state headquarters of
the Illinois Anti-Saloon league and at
tho headquarters of-the Illinois Brew
ery association show tho following
counties dry " in every township:
Mason, Fayette, Green, Brown, Shelby,
Hewitt and nearly all in Sangamon, ex
cept the capital and Xew Berlin. Sev
eral other counties went almost "dry."
The following large cities are dry:
Rockford, Decatur, Gnleshurg, Poutiae,
Kankakee, Ma I loon, Dixon, Litchfield,
'lintou.
The smaller cities dry are: Mason
Citv, Pitt field, Carrolton, St. Charles,
Oregon, Belvidere, Plaiufield, Brighton,!
Bunker Mill, Nil wood, fiirard, Chester-1
lichl, I.eroy, Colfax, Lexington, Dan- j
vers, Fasten, Kd in berg, Middletoit, Ma-;
roa, Shipinau, Forest City, Kilbourne, j
Jersey vi He, Taylorville, Virden, Flk- i
hart, Paua, Vandalia, Morris, Wheatonj
and a large number of villages and i
towns. (
The saloons won out in Chicago and !
other centers where the revenue- from!
that source cuts a figure in municipal
and financial affairs. Over 1000 sn-1
loons were voted out of existence. ;
OREGON TOBACCO USERS
PROVE POOR MARKSMEN
SAL KM, Or., April 8. "For the rea
son t hat the a verage t ohacco ehewer
usually misses the cuspidor, nnd it is
impossible to keep tho floor in good
condition where cuspidors nre used,"j
the use of these receptacles has been I
discontinued at Grants Pass and other t
points alone Ihe lino of the Southern j
Pacific in Josephine county, according
to the report of (ieneral Manager .1. P.J
0 'Urien, lo the railroad commission, I
upon the sanitary condition of stations
on the line of the Southern Pacific nnd
O. It. X., which was received today.
This report comes in response to com- (
plaints filed with t he commission by 1
patrons of stations and county boards
of health as to the unsanitary enndi- ,
tion of stations in Benton, Clackamas,
JoHcidiinc, Lane, Polk, Yamhill, Mor-!
row, Sherman, Cnion ami Wasco coun
ties, in which Mr. O'Brien assures the
commission that the railroad companies
are doing all in their power lo remedy
t he coadit ions complained of and t he
objectionable features in the majority
of eases have already been removed and
corrected.
SHIP PLUNGER'S BODY TO
HIS OLD KENTUCKY HOME
IJAU'll I DM, Xev., April H. Prepara
tions arc being made to ship the body
of Riley Crnnnuu, the plunger, who suc
d to pneumonia, to his old homunihcce
climbed to pneumonia, to his old home
in Paris. Ky. The gambler virtually
died penniless, as he had invested all
he had in his new resort hep-, which
had not yet opened, and in which the
chief sane) was to be the personality of
the owner.
Barring tho late Pittsburg Phil,
firannati was probably the moslMaring
and best Known racetrack plunger of
recent years. A bellhop in a Louisville
hotel, (Iran nan started making piker
bets, nnd in a few weeks "ran a shoe
st ring into a tannery. '
In his first year at the trucks he is
reMirted to have cb-niied up 1,500,010,
In li-' C ran nan attained national
prominence in the sport ing world by
placing a bet of l70,0oo on Henry of
Navarre in n big stake race at Hheeps
head Bay. The wnger still stands as
the high water mark in betting at Xw
York tracks.
Archdeacon Chambers Tonight.
A r htb-aeon I 'ham her of Portland
will preach tonight at St Mark 'a
ehurcli. A hearty service and ft worm
neleome will greet all who come.
TAFT DEFEATED
BY LA FOLLETTE
Little Bob's Force Wins Fight
for Deligate to National Convention-Rose
Re-Elected.
MILWATKKK, April 8. Tavid
Rose, democrat, was elected mayor for
the fifth time here yesterday. The l.a
Pullet I e forces won out in the fight for
delegates tit the national convention.
Taft supporters claim the tenth dis
trict and assert that the eighth is in
doubt.
SIIIPPINO CATTLE FROM
MERRILL TO SACRAMENTO
Lewis Berber has returned from Mer
rill, where he went to start his last
shipment of beef cattle for Montague.
There were 285 head in the drove, and
their destination is Sacramento.
Mr. (ierber says the C Swansloit
company still has 2M) head at the Fred
Stukol ranch, and that nil other beef
hits been shipped out of the basin. Since
last August about 24,000 head have
been driven through Merrill. The pre
vailing price is 7 cents for steers ami
rt cents for cows, says the Siskiyou
Xews.
BRUTAL MURDER OF
PROMINENT PYTHIAN
SPRTX0F1KLD, Mo., April 8. Judge
James A Prink, attorney and past
grand chancellor, Knights of Pythias of
Missouri, was shot through Ihe temple
and mortally wounded here at midnight
lust night. Tho police found him ly
ing on n street corner within a block
from his home. An empty purse which
had contained $11)0 was found near the
bod v.
DISCUSSES CAMPAIGN FROM
PROHIBITION VIEWPOINT
Dr. William If. Foulkes, I). ., of the
First Presbyterian church of Portland
spoke on Ihe issues of the campaign
from a prohibit ton standpoint, nt the
Medford Opera House Tuesday to a
large audience. Ho is n pleasing
speaker nnd made the best nrgument
from his viewpoint heard during the
campaign.
ASQUITH IS ENGLAND'S
NEW PRIME MINISTER
LOXBOX, April 8. Herbert H. As
1i i t It was today appointed prime min
ister to succeed Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, who resigned on account of
ill health. Lord Asquith is now nt Bi
arritz with the king. He first resigned
as chancellor of the exchequer and was
immediately appointed prime minister.
CREW OF STEAMER IS
RESCUED IN MID OCEAN
PLYMOUTH. April ft. The steamer
Majestic, due here from Xew York to
day, reported bv wireless of the rescue
April .", in mid Atlantic, of the crew
of the Norwegian steamer Helios from
Philadelphia for Blaye. The report
contained no details. Tin1 Xorweginn
steamer was abandoned.
EVANS CANNOT REJOIN
FLEET AT SAN DIEGO
PASO ROBLKS. April ft. Admiral
Kvnns will not rejoin the fleet at San
Diego or participate in any of Ihe func
tions and celebrations in the ports of
Southern California. This was finally
determined today. K Vitus' appeal to
physicians to permit him to participate
was unheeded.
JOHNSON WILLING TO
MAKE THE CAMPAIGN
Clirc AGO, April ft. In an Interview
today. Governor Johnson of Minnesota,
who was passing through Chicago, said:
"If members of Ihe democratic parlv
feel that I would stand more chance of
election than would Mr. Bryan or any
other man, I would be glad to make the
campaign. ' '
Mark Old Oregon Trail.
WA.SIUXGTOX, D. C, April s
Reprcscntativcs Jones and Humphrey
havr appeared before the library com
mittee in behalf of the bill appropri
ating .10,000 to erect a monument to
mark the old Oregon trail as traveled
by Ezra Meeker. Tim committee took
no action, hut Indicated its intention of
reporting th bill.
PROBING SEEKING
OF TRUST TURPI'S
ORDERED REMOVAL
House Committee
Orders
Investigation on Paper
Combine andProseGution
of.International Company
WASIUXGTOX, April By a unan
imous vide, the house committee on ju
diciary agreed to report favorably the
' ' paper trust ' ' resolul ions hit reduced
April 12 by Speaker Cannon. One of
i hese directs the attorney general to
inform the house what steps have beeu
taken to investigate and prosecute the
I at ernal tonal Paper company of Now
York and other corporations and com
binations engaged in the manufacture
of wood pulp or print paper. The other
resolution directs the secretary of com
merce a ml labor lo inform t he house
what steps have been taken by the bu
reau of corporations for investigating
the alleged trust. Speaker Cannon has
sidetracked the president 'a recommen
dation for placing paper nnd wood pulp
on the tree list ami substituted tho res
olution for an official inquiry.
The senate committee ou public build
ings and grounds has approved tho bill
of $200,0011 for a postoffice at liver
etl, Wash.
PENSION IS SURRENDERED
BY BONDSMEN TO COURT
WASHINGTON', April 8. Tho jury
in tho Hvde Dvniond Benson Schneider
laud fraud case, which is being tried
before Justice Stafford in the criminal
court, was completed lale today. A
sudden and unexpected feature wns in
jectcd into the proceedings when Mr
Campbell of counsel for - the defense
surrudcred John A. Benson to Justice
Stafford and authorized the cancella
tion of Benson's bond of $10,000. Mr.
Campbell then nsked tl url to re
lease Benson on the ground of Judge
l.iiconiho's decision In Xew York,
where il was held that the indictment
against him hen charged no crime.
The nitorney presented a plea for ha
hen corpus and argued that the Xew
York court has concurrent jurisdiction
and could decide whether no was
charged with a crime against the I'nit
ed Slates.
OREGON APPLES FIND READY
MARKET IN ORANGE STATE
Tl rkel for Oregon apples is lim
ited only by the circumference of the
globe. Ib-v. T. J. Jonas, an l-'nglish
man, who is working in Ihe local mis
sionary field, reports having received
;t h-tter from his brother, who in In
etited in Orange Colony, South Africa,
in which he says that the people of
that district am eating Hood River
apples. Originally, the fruit was
shipped from Oregon to New York, and
thence o London, from whence it was
forwarded lo South Africa, the journey
requiring nt least six weeks, says the
( Iregoiiia n.
Oregon appb-s are shipped to alt
parts of Ihe world, shipments being
miiile to China and Siberia and Cnntl
llelital Knrope
ROGUE RIVER INDIAN WAR
VETERAN PASSES AWAY
IfOSKBI'UG, Or., April 8. William
Ireland, a well known pioneer and In
dian war veteran, died at the Soldiers
home, in West Itoscbutg, Monday, ol
general debility. Hi' was aged 7 years
Mr. Inland was a native of Xorth
Cnrolina and emigrated to this country
in the earlv '"iOs. He wns oi of the
picturesque stage drivers of the early
days. He served in Company D, Second
Oregon Mounted Volunteers, during the
Kogue Itiver Indian war of 1 S.iri H. He
leaves one son and one daughter.
ENTIRE CLASS FINED
FOR HAZING FRESHMAN
NKW YORK. April ft. The entire
junior class of Xew York univerait V
lias been niispended as a penally for
hazing Henry Block, a freshman who
refused to obey certain rules made by
upper classmen for the regulation of
freshmen, and was dipped in the cam
pus fountain.
Opposition
to Chief of
PoliGe Develops in Coun
cil Meeting-No Succes
sor Yet Named.
That Chief of Police Tiirpina tenure
of office is limited was brought out nt
Tuesday night s council meeting. Mayor
Rcddy was expected to -name n suc
cessor, but he was out of the city. It
was thought that the opposition to Tur
pin hail blown over, but u motion by
Councilman Kifert. to payy nil monthly
warrants except Turpin'a showed that
the opposition is still smouldering. Tho
motion failed of a second, but an ef
fort will be made to hold up this
month's pay.
Much fault was found with tho chief
some months ago when charges were
filed against him, but ns no appoint
ment was made, it waa generally
thought that the chief would hold over.
The members of tho council present
last night were Messrs. Trowbridge,
Kifert, Wort man and Merrick Tho li
quor license of Hale & Bass was held
up, two members voting against it and
two for it,
A proclamation was issued for the
issuance of the $:too(000 water bonds ns
ordered al the special election last
week.
Ordinances were passed establishing
grades for streets and avenues in the
citv.
REPORTS PROGRESS ON
OREGON COPPER MINES
C. W. Kvaus of Ashland, foremost
mining operator of that city, was in
our city Sunday and Monday, saya the
Grants Pass Outlook, in the interest of
the Crater Copper group, owned by Co
hurn and others, and the Calumet Cop
per group, owned by K. M. Albright
and others on Itancheree creek, tribu
tary to Ihe Illinois rlvef. On these two
properties Mr. Kvuas and others have
a working lease on bond on which they
ar working. Thy Clietko Copper com
pany, situated in the copper gold dis
trict of Chetko, Curry county. Or., on
which property work lias been progress
ing steadily for Rome time, is a prop
erty of which Mr, Evans is president.
Mr Kvans believe it is the biggest
copper property yet opened up in Or
egon and consists of '.U milling claims
or T2o acres, wit It the lurgest hydro
electric waterpower in the west.
FORMER SHERIFF RAD EE
WEDS PHOENIX BELLE
Married, at Medford, Or., April 7,
BHiS, by Hev. W. F. Shields, of the
Presbyterian church, Miss Bertha Si.
Ifose of Phoenix, Or., and Joseph M.
Under of Kaglo Point, Or.
Miss Itoso is the youngest daughter
of L. A. Itose of Phoenix, and the
youngest granddaughter of the Into
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Colvcr of Phoenix
and of Mr. and Mrs. K, K, (tore, Sr., of
whom M r. Gore is st ill living. M iss
Hose has for several years been promi
nent in musical circles, having been ft
member of the Ashland girls' quartet
and later of the Treble Clef quartet of
the same city. Mr. Ruder is a Wo a
member of an old pioneer family, being
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ruder of
Kagle Point, Or. He has served this
county for years as sheriff and is very
(Mipular throughout the county.
Tho happy couple will uiukc their
home near Kaglo Point, where Mr. Un
der has titled up a home for his bride,
TTheTy go to i heir new home with the
best wishes of a host of friends
throughout Ihe county.
BALANCE OF CASH IN
FAVOR OF THE STATE
SALKM, Or., April ft. Tho report of
State Treasurer Steel for the month of
March shows a balance of cash in the
treasury for current expenses amount1
tng lo 1.Vl,li!!!,9l, of which sum ovef
floO.ooo is Mate tuxes paid by county
treasurers a month before due. There
is $l."i.t,J."ift ftl in IliA treasury in the
numerous spec in I funds, ;i7i,740.ftl in
the coin men school fund, nnd various
ha lances in ether funds, bringing the
total of cash In the treasury to
(lot. 17. Loans from the common school
fund now aggregate V0M,2O,;"l, hav
ing passed the four million mark recently.