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THIRD YEAR.
MED FORD, OR., SATURDAY, JUNE (!, 1908.
No. 68.
FISH DIE BY THOUSANDS
IN IRRIGATING
SLAUGHTER
S NEEDLESS
Failure of Wardens to En
force the Law for Screens
Exterminating Finny
Tribe on Rogue River
Fish nre dying by the thousand in
nearly nil irrigating ditches of Hie
county. Tho law requires that screens
be placed in tho conduits to prevent
tho fish from leaving the mitin streams,
but no effort is made to enforce the
law. Tim fish warden dors nothing, and
ditch owners say they have not seen
or heard from him.
Unless something is dono, and done
at once, to stop the needless waste of
tho fiuny tribe, fishing on tho Rogue
river and its tributaries will soon be
come a thing of the past. To plant the
streams with young fih only to let
them perish in vast quantities in these
ditches through tho inefficiency and neg
ligouco of those paid to provent it is
a waste of money, and this negligence
is destroying one of the most valuable
assets of this community.
Same Story Prom All Over. '
From every section of the county
comes tho same story from Evans
creek, from Little Butte, from the
ditches along the Rogue and those along
tho Applegato. There are no screens
anywhoro, say returned fishermen, and
a large mess of fish can bo cnught in a
few minutes in any of the conduits,
not caught by rod and line, but scooped
out. The little fish descend these
streams, get eaught in tho shallow wa
ter and perish.
Tho Fish Lnkn diteh, the Slingcr
ditch, the ITanley ditch and many other
artificial waterways are lined with dead
fish. Young stelheads, cutthroats,
rainbow and brook trout perish togeth
er by the hundreds.
Upon Evans Creek.
A correspondent writes from Kvnns
creek as follows:
"A great many peoplo nre wonder
ing why there are no trout in the
streams. If they would just take a trip
up Evans ereek nnd look at. tin many
thousands of trout dead in the irriga
tion ditches and in the fields they Would
know whero they wero going. It seems
us though the fish warden has never
made a trip up Kvnns ereek. You can
get trout by the thousands in n few
minutes in these ditches. Not only that,
but the smell is something fearful,
where they havo been thrown by run
ning water on the grass. You ran see
them from two inches up to ten, and
yet no one says n word or reports the
samp to the warden. I uuderelnnd there
is no screen at either one of the dams I
on Kvans ereek." I
Charles flay and Harry Messier nre '
fish wardens here, but apparently iuae- I
live, as the same
even section.
story comes from
CHAMPION GROUP OF
MINES IN BAD SHAPE
Secretary A. L. Hayes of the Cham
pion Group Mining company, whose
claims are in Siskiyou, California, in n
statement to the stockholders sent out
from Portland on May 29, shows that
the total receipts of the company from
May I.', 1907, to March II. IfKW, were
27,110.31, nearly all of which came ,
from the sale of stock. Of this amount
there is H.M left in bank nnd t-tfiJH.97
was spent for labor and supplies at the
mines. The rest went elsewhere.
The secretary givea a lot of other in- j
formation as to the conduct of the pom- ;
pany and closes the statement with the (
following paragraph:
"It is to ho deplored that at least
flrt per cent of the money paid in by'
.stockholders had not been expended at
the mines, for had it been we todny I
would have producing tiropertv, instead !
of nothing but debts nnd bankrupts
In this era of "high flnanceering" Ij
may be considered by some aa " irre-1
aponsible and nnreliablc' for having i
dared to irive facts to stockholders of I
the Champion Group Mining company."!
FISH WARDEN IS
KINO OF CARNIVAL
PORTLAND, Or., Juno II.
When Hex Oregouus, gink of the
rose fit'Htu, mnunskeil lust uight,
it was discovered thnt he wns
if. ( McAllister, master fish
warden of the state, (.rent mys
tery hail surrounded the identity
of the king, who remained dis
guised until Inst night's ball,
wheu he revealed his identity to
tho guests. (
Mining Expert Declares He is
a Western Man and has the
Backing of the Pacific Coast.
BOSTON, Mass., June B. John Hays
Hammond today issued tho following
stutcmcnt regarding his vice-preside ti
tial candidacy:
"I entered the vice -presidential raeo
as a western man. Although my sum
mer homo is in Massachusetts, I am a
native, of California and my activities
havo all been in tho west.
"The whole Pacific coast is haek of
mo, as well as Montana, T'tnh, Nevada
and Colorado. My positiou is just this:
If the party leaders decide thnt a Now
Knglander is needed, then Governor
Guild of Massachusetts is the man for
the place, and X will use right means
to get the nomination for him.
"When t announced my candidacy
I understood that (iovernor Uuild was
in such poor health that he cmiM not
make a campaign.
"I want it understood that T am a
western candidate."
PACKEY MACFABLAND
- TO FIGHT FREDDfE WELCH
KAN FKANCISCO, 01., June 6.
Baron Long, acting for Jim Jeffries'
Los Angeles club, nrireod from Chicago
today and announced that he has signed
Paekey MaeFarland mid Freddies Welch
to box rounds at Los Angelea July
4. Long was acting for Wcb-h nnd
nunlo the agreement with MaeFarland
and his manager In Chicago.
The condition nro as follows: Both
men to mnke MYA pounds at 0 o'clock
the morning of the light, contest to take
place at 'A o'clock. Boxers to receive 50
per cent of the gross receipts, divided
Pm per cent to the winner nnd U5 to the
loser. Tin club guarantees in addi
tion that MaeFarland will receivo $4000
win or lost. J e Aries will be the ref
eree. LAST DAY OF RACING
ON EMERYVILLE TRACK
,
OAKLAND, al., June rt. Today w
t lie last day of tin raring season on
the Kmervville track nnd nil immense
crowd is on hand to witness Die events.
The Presidio handicap and the final
handicap are tho features of the card.
The Presidio handicap is for a mile and
a siiteenlh; purse P,imn; :md the final
handicap is fiv- and a half furlongs.
Tlu season has been successful.
At Christian Church.
Sunday, June 7 "The NoeesHury
Fruits of Christianity" will be the
theme Sunday morning at the christian
! church, corner of Sixth and I streets.
1 In the evening at o'clock tho subject
will be "An Homst Doubter." Both
theme, deal with practical ipiestions
of the day, and you should hear them,
10:00 a. m. is the Sunday school hour,
Last Sunday the attendance was the
largest in the history of the sehool.
Voting people's meeting promptly at
7 p. m. You are cordially invited to
worship with us at any or all those serv j 4
iees. Marion F. Horn, minister. 1 4
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I'. M. Krickson left Friday for a
month 's visit nt Duluth, Minn. Me took
along a (pian-ity of hmi litern:ure.
J, M. McKemie and family of lown
are recent arrivals.
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FAIRBANKS
JOB WANTED
DITCHES
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Twenty Houses Swept in
Enid ---Two Deaths in
Kansas by Cydone -The
Wires Prostrated.
ENID, Okln., June Twenty honrcs
have been washed away and scores in
jured as the result of a flood followiug
the most severe rainstorm in the history
of the state today. Meu are at work
in the wreckage searching for bodies,
but so far no dead havo been reported.
The water stands 12 feet deep in the
main street of the town and sweeping
like u ragiug river through the streets
and the stores and business section.
Business is suspended also.
CHKSTKR, Kan., June . Two
deaths are reported today and sir peo
ple were scriousily injured in a tornado
that swept, through South Kansas last
night. The wind attained a terrific ve
locity and property loss is heavy.
Wires are down everywhere and reports
are meager.
Two Sunday Games.
fj rant so Pass vs. Jacksonville at Med
ford Juno 7. This game will be for the
championship of southern Oregon. This
will be the last professional ganio in the
Med ford grounds this year. Game called
at 2:4.1. Admission 33 and 25 cents.
In the morning, Med ford will play Gold
Hill on the local grounds. Both games
will be worth seeing. Ladies free at the
morning game.
The funeral of George Alsdorf, who
died as a result of a runaway on Wed
nesday, was held Friday under the aus
pices of the Musonic lodge.
S. Claspill was down from Butte Falls
this week after a big load of merehan
dise for tho atom of Claspill & Wheel
er. B. Lano Wyland of Climax was in
Medford this week visiting his par
outs.
J. F, Brown and S. II. Haruish of
Ragle Point made Medford n business
visit Friday.
D. B. Russell has been confined to
his home by a severe attack of indr
gestion.
A. O. Freel, principal of tho Gold
Hill schools, was in Medford Friday on
land business.
Mr.
ing n
and Mrs. C. W. Pulm are enjoy
visit with relatives and friends
their old home in Ohio.
Bud Adams of Koseburg. a former
resident of Jacksonville, is visiting rel
atives living in Medford.
"Quo Vadis" tonight,
be held until 0 o'clock.
nrtain will
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PRETTY HELLO GIRL - :
SMASHES WINDOW
Miss Amy Kent, the pretty,
uight operator at tho telephone
station, deserves a medal for
dovotiou to duty. She inadver
tently locked herself in the wash
room early Friday morning. Re
alizing that the keyboard would
be deserted for three hours, un
til the day shift enine on duty,
with her clenched fists she
smashed the fancy glass window
over the door, nnd crawled
through the opening thus made
to resume her duties.
TO APPEAL
Allies to Take the Fight
Against Taft Into Con
vention Regulars In
Florida Attacked.
CHICAGO. June 8,The itnti-Tafl
allies have not yet surrendered in spite
of the victory whereby Taft yesterday
succeeded in seating his delegates from
Alabama and Arkansas, Congressman J.
F. Burke of Pennsylvania, the loader
of the Knox boom, today said:
"1 have good reason to beliyve thnt
it will be impossible fur the Taft men
to "pack" the credentials committee,
which will make up the permanent roll.
"It may be seeu that some of the
names which have beut placed on the
temporary roll of the convention by the
national committee will not be on the
permanent roll, which first mado up by
the credentials committee. We will
carry this fight into the convention,
and after all the dealing of the dele
gates must be done by tell credentials
committee. This fight has not been giv
en up by a great deal."
The cou tests from Florida wero taken
up by the national committee this morn
ing. The first speaker was J. N. Strip
ling, who made a bitter attack on the
so-called 1 ' regular ' ' in Florida. Ho
said they were a close corporation
formed chiefly for the purpose of con
trolling federal patronage in the state.
He alleged that only l.j persons were
present at the state convention held by
the "regulars,
the charges.
J. X. Coombs denied
OPTION FISH LAKE DITCH
DITCH IS REJECTED
Kuhn Bros., millionaire bankers aud
brokers of Pittsburg, have thrown up
their option on tho Fish Lake ditch and
withdrawn from tho field. They hud
contemplated an investment of millions,
enlarging and extending the irrigation
works throughout the valley. They de
maudert, before making the investment,
that there be some Indication that wa
ter was in demand here. They asked
that several thousand acres be signed
up for irrigation in the valley. Although
all oichnrdists clamored for walor, when
they got a chance to get it, they re
fused to sign eon tracts, hence Kuhn
BroH. withdrew from the field.
HENEY FEARS MURDER
OF CHIEF WITNESSES
SAN FItAXClSCO. June ft. F.
J. Heney said in court today
that hi. was anxious to go to 4
trial with Riiof before the dy-
namiter had a chalice to kill
the prosecution s chief witoess.
The case went over one week.
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you get your ;
advertisers.
FIVE SLAUGHTERED BY
BLOWUP ON TENNESSEE
TEN PERISH
IN EXPLOSION
Gas Pumping Station Blows
Up-Immense Tanks are
Thrown Three Blocks
Hospital Wails Shattered
INDIANAPOLIS, lud., June Ton
) arsons are known to have been eriou i
ly injured and deaths may result from
the explosion early today in the Presto
Mte gas pumping station, which blew
up on the side of the St. Vincent in
firmury, udjacent.
Tho explosion oeuried at an early
hour. The immense tanks of the gas
company were thrown three block by
tho terrific forte of the explosion and
the entire side of the hospital next to
the gas works wiih blown out.
Nearly every window in the tins
pital was broken ami scenes of wild
i.'onfuMiou ensued almost resulting in n
panic among those who escaped from
the wrecked infirmary. There were
lUU patients in the hospital, and it is
said the shock will rcNiilt in the death
of many who were cnt ically ill.
The building of the ' gas works
caught fire i aimed in tidy after Hie ex
plosion and rendered the work of res
cuing extremely dangerous. The injured
wero saved from a horrible death in
tno fire by the heroic efforts of the fire
men. Tho search for bodies is contin
uing. RUSSIAN NAVY ROTTEN
AS BEFORE JAP
WAR
ST. PKTKRSBFIKJ, June ft. The
ministry of marine is today consider
ing an unswer to a scat liing attack
made in the dnumu Friday night on the
liuiH.au navy in which it was charged
thut the terrible, lessons taught by the
war with Japan had not been heeded by
rhc government.
Kolubiutikin, constitutional democrat,
led the attack on the government and
declared that the personnel of tho navy
was shiitlesH. He declared that navy
officers shirked sea duly for pleasure
ashore.
Admiral Hostrom attempted to reply
to the attack, but was hissed from the
floor. A resolution was pasmd oxprexfv
ing dissatisfaction with the administra
tion of the navy and demanding that
those who had com m anient er the se
ereis of Italian gun, shell and armor
construction ni Kuglaud be severely
punished.
WANTS TO MATCH BURNS
TO FI011T KETCHELL
ClIH.'AfiO, Jiiok Jainet r.itfp.itli
the Man PraihiHco fitfht pn. muter, to
day cabled Tommy llnrn asking fur
h mut h with KeModl in San Francisco
ou Labor day. KrtehWI is anxious to
tuke on the nr-tiug champion and think
thnt he has a good cliain e f wrest ling
the blt from him.
If the Hn mi Ketrh. II bout falls
through, an effort will be made to
match Knt.hrll with .JaH o linen lor
thn Pacific t'nHHl. r'niliug in this, an
attempt will be made to match Nfunlcy
with Hommy I.angtord.
Ketrh. II, ("offroth and Joo DVunimr,
Ketehnll's malinger, left, for th .
Ketelmll will attend the rewis-Lewis
fight Tnenda.v night.
WHYTB EVANS LOSES
HIS EXTORTION CASE
LOH ANOKLKH, nl . J rt.-The
jurv in the ettortion ease brought by
J. Wbvte Kvaim of Porllund against
Ifr. J. W. Ow hs, this morning brought
in a verdiet of not guilty. j
Mrs. Lillian Itiick Moore has re
turned from a visit with her sister, Mrs,
Klirabeth McKeniie, al Hood niver.
Vadla" tonight.
,Curtain will
M until 9 o'clock.
WILL SEND DELEGATION
TO HEARST CONVENTION
PORTLAND, Or., Juue tJ Right
delegates will be sent from Port
land to the national conveu
tion of Hearst- independence
party nt Chicago July 27, if
Hugh Mc Isaac, who is hero to
day, is right in his statement.
Mo Isaac is iu Portland with the
avowed intention of organizing
the independence party.
ff44-4
Light tram Molten Lava can be
Seen Thirty Five Miles- Ex
plosions are Frequent.
IION'OI.I'UJ, H. I ,line a.Lorri A.
Tburnton, who .iunt rt'turued from t.Up
voli-ni Ht Kilm'il. biivh that. tbt (lis
tiirbuiii't' tht'i-e in by fur tho grtmlost
sinl-o 1 HO-1 . whtn tbt) bottom dropped
iit tlu luki1, forming tho prt'rtont. pit.
Tin' pit of lit vn is boilini; and bubbling
lit ii ti'irifif rute nnd thi'rt ore continual
oxplusion fit intpvnlH of nboitt a mio
ute. Tin' li(;lit from tho boiliutf pit, mn
In- Ai'i-ii ''t binilt'K away. Hf nyn the
luvii liiko in in the nliupii of n figure
fight, about 300 foot lout; and nvini;iiijf
about 400 foot wide.
" rminodiiiti'ly aftor oiu-ta oiplosion,' '
Hitid Thurntou, "a triMnoudou nuotion
ilrnwH tho bivii from 11 nuliim of 100
foot into a rortoi like that of a mael
Hi idiii. droat iiikoa of lava 1.1 and 20
foot in diameter are being hurled into
the nir. Then they art mloked down Into
tho vortei and disappear.
"Thia ai t ion haa boeo going on now
for aoveiul dnya, tlio lako constantly
enlarging ami the floor of the pit being
rnised by the overflows of lava."
"If the filling gnea on it ihould c
running over by the last of the week.
It is impossible tn tell whether it will
continue nt the present rule. It is the
grandest natural phenomena now rial'
bio on the face of tho earth."
FIGURE ON PURCHASE OF
PACIFIC EASTERN
J. I). Twohy of San Jnse., Cab, D. D.
Twohy of Spokane, Wnsh., and J. I.
MrOoldtbik of Hpoknne. Wash., capi
talists and railroad builders, in com
puny with Kdgar ilafer of tho (rater
Lake Lumhi-r company and Or. J. F.
IN'ddv, havo been visit ing the Iowa
rump nnd the Hutie Fulls timber belt.
lUHpeetitig the railroad conditions with
a view to taking over the Pacific tc
Kastern. These men ore amply able to
limine the proposition and will hate
hearty eo operation nbonld they decide
1 to acquire the road. Large profit await
I the builder of t hi lino, which will de
celop a lnrge territory.
Friday' Baneball.
At Him Finnciseo Han Frnneiaeo 0,
Oakland ".
At Portland -Lo AugeliM, 4. Port
land l.
Burg Aim for Sal.
Hee on for bttfgnins. We have farm
for sale. Midi improved; good on hauls;
ri.-h soil; rJ to M per ner. Pear
Pin le. Mniwiisvillr Land I Inveitmeit
Itrowiisville. Oregon.
l-'ull HALF .ood hoos tenl, HilN,
matched floor, fet wainseoling.
I,;,ri furnished. K. It. 8nwyer. No. .TV,
North st.
William Higgim nnd family have
moved into their new residence. Queen
A inn' addition.
Mis. J. M. Mcintosh and children
lift Saturday to visit la I'ortland.
Messrs. TroiiHon and Outhrie of Ka
gle Foint spent Saturday in Medford.
"Cuo Vadis" tonight,
' held until 0 o'clock.
Curtain will
BOILING
IN
IS
BLOWN UP
Men in Fire Room Work
ing to Make New Speed
Record -Naval Honors
lor Dead-Victim Dies.
SAN PKDKO. Cal., June One more
of tho victims of the terrific boiler
explosion un board the Cnited SrateH
cniiner TennctHoe yesterday off Point
Hueueme. died during the night, making
the total number to loe their Uvea in
the catanti-ophe five.
Huiinena in San "Pedro was generally
suspended during the ceremoniea at the
naval eemeterv, nnd flags throughout
the city have beeu at hulf maxt on ac
count of the disaster to the Tennessee.
The men of the Tennesdcp ba ve pro
vided floral wreath for each victim,
and Ibe chamber of commerce, tru
tee and many butiueiM concern have
arranged to send IributeH. Full oaval
honors will be accorded the dead herocn,
and a detachment of murine with a
band will uccompany the remains.
roiiowiug m a imr. 01 rne dean:
K. V. Uogg. Woodlawn. Ala.; 0. W.
Mrew fi renin u. 3k id more, Kan.; A.
Reinhold. nm.-hiiuHt, Germany; George
Vod, wnter tender, Scrauttm. Pa,
Tried to Beat Record.
The accident lo the Tcmichho, which
In the flngfihip of the neeond division
iif thn Pacific fleet, in command of
Rear Admiral Nebree, occurred while
the men to the fireroom were working
with might and main lo make u record
breaking full Hpecd run off Point Hu
encme. Ambition to send the jpeedora-r
eter to 2 knot paid the penalty when
death came in horrible form. A aii
tner crack in a water tube amid a clus
ter cnunect with the mailt boiler was
the seemingly luNignificaul caute of
converting the magnificent flagabip
into a vessel of death by filling the
t'ireroom with scalding nteam.
Admiral Scbree had stepped from tbe
room in which the exploion occurred
but a few second before, and Chief
F.nglneer Itoberfiioti, who wan following
the admiral on his tour of Inspection,
was still in the pasugeway between
I lie firerooius when the blast of cin
der and steui filled tho compartment.
Herotmu of Bailors.
The wounded and survivors owe their
existence to the horoiin of their fellow
sailor, who graved death dealing steam
in the work of rescuing. Among those
fatally iu.jurcd are: S. H. Hwumtis, fire
man. Norfolk. Va.; and F. S. Maxfletd,
fireman, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. aud Mra. .7. W. Opp were down
from Jaeksoovilte Friday evening.
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Surt&a; Tnlia., 3urt Ttb
f'laisir du ftoi
I 'oiisonnne Porrugaisa
Striped Ban, Prince r!off
1'otatn a la Windsor
Filet Mignon Belle Fermiere
Pomme t'ointessa '
Hoast Capon and firessiug
Salad Clen de Merod
Asparagus and Iirawn nutter
Strawberry Short Cake
Fruit, Harem Htyls
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