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THIRD TEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 190S.
No. 144.
Mite
COMMISSIONERS VOTE DOWN
JUDGE
HOP PICKERS
OUT ON STRIKE
Pickers in Ugly Mood and
Threaten to Destroy Pro
perty UKIAH, Oal., Sept. 4. A general
strike of hoppickcrs now threatens the
ITkiuh vullpy this season. Today six
ringleaders who tried to incite tho pick
ers to a general walkout nro under ar
rest and unless the situntion chunges
within t lie next 24 hours, it is likely
that more arrests will he made and the
entire force of workers will leave the
llelds.
Three hundred pickers employed by
llorst Brothers have already refused to
work unless they are paid $1 per 100
pounds, which means an increase of 20
cents over tho present scale.
Pickers in Ugly Mood.,
The pickers are in nn ugly mood and
are putting their claims for increased
wages with a defiance that has caused
the local authorities to prepare for an
outbreak. Damage to property is fear
ed. The crop is only one-third harvest
ed and in case of a stlirike it is declar
ed will lie almost a total hiss. Many
growers are already harvesting under
a great loss this season on account of
the low price hops are bringing in tho
market. They have also suffered from
a scarcity of labor and for this reason
are at tin1 mercy of the pickers.
Kiln Is Burned.
HOl'I.AND, Cal.. Sept. 4. The hop
lining kiln of the American Hop and
Hurley cnniiany here today is a total
loss ns the result of a firo discovered
in the furnace room laic yesterday. The
damag has not yd been ascertained,
hut is known to be extensive, as this
firm lias the largest plant in the state.
The fire is thnuglit to have started
from a defective flue, although it is not
isidered improbable that the disaf
fected hoppickcrs who arc on strike fur
higher wages may have been responsi
ble. They are in an ugly mood and have
made repeated threats to injure proper
ty unless their demands are met by
the producers. "
BOY SLAYER WILL LBE
TRIED BEFORE SIX MEN
I'OKTI.AND, Or., Sept. 4. Jackson
C. Ileid. the 1 1-year old slayer of (leorge
V. Denials, will be tried by a jury of
six men in the juvenile court Septem
ber II.
The jury will decide whether or nut
young Heid is a delinquent child. If
iie is not. his bondsmen will be released
and he will be exonerated. If he is, it
will be in Judge (iantenbein 's disere
linn either to sentence him to the re
fiirm school or to turn him over to
the grand jury. In that event the
case would go through the regular rou
tine of investigation nail indictment or
acquittal.
COLLECTS MUCH SWEETNESS
INTO STEAMER CONSIGNMENT
SAX I'liANl'ISl'O, Cal., Sept. 4.
!'. I.. Waldriin. who arrived here on
the Mongolia from Honolulu today,
claims to have collected into consign
ment more sweetness than any other
hiininn being. He explains that he mod
estlv bases the claim on tho fact that
lie was brought 1"0 Ions of honey from
the islands, part of it to be eaten by
American lovrs of sweets, but most
of it to made into shoe polish for Sun
dav shines.
NEW RESTAURANT
WIL OPEN TOMORROW
Saturday noon the Mission grill on
South rem ml avenue will be ready for
business, (iive us a trial.
PROHI CANDIDATE
SPEAKS IN PORTLAND
I'llliTI.AND. nr.. S.pt. 4.
Kiig'-ne W. I hafin. presidential
.an lnl.ite of the prohibition pr
tv, arrived here early today and?
tonight will 'b'liver an address
in the First Methodist Kpiscopal
church. The candidate O as the
fX'uest of the Commercial club at
breakfast. Later in the morn
ing lie left Portland in an auto
4 mobile for Vewbnrg and Me-
Minnville to deliver seeches be-
fore tonight 's mectj,'.
NEIL'S RESOLUTION
PATTERSON AND
OWENS WOULD NOT
EXPERT THE BOOKS
Judge Neil Argues the Question four
Hours, but to No Avail Work May
Be Done Next Year Need of Work
Imperative.
Thursday afternoon the county com
missioners went on record regarding
the expertiug of tho county books by
voting no on a resolution introduced by
Judge Neil providing for such a work
to be undertaken immediately. Action
was taken after Judgo Neil had argued
for some time with tho two commis
sioners, all to no avail.
Without the cooperation of one or
the other of the two commissioners
Judge Neil is powerless in the matter.
Ho cannot order the work by himself
and ho has failed to gain the aid of
either Patterson or Owens.
The two commissioners base their ob
jections upon tho amount of money
necessary to carry on such a work, say
ing they would rather spend tho money
upon tho roads in the county.
Patterson Cranged Front.
Patterson stated ou Wednesday that
he would favor tho work being done if
Judge Neil would order it for ten years
instead of for six, as the judge fa
vored. In order to get action, Judge Neil
agreed to the ten years, and itw as
then that Patterson refused to agree
to the work at all.
Owens has at least been consistent
throughout, ns he has not favored the
matter at any time.
Deliberated for Hours. - - - .
The county court hud the matter un
der consideration for many hours. In'
the morning W. P. Williams, expert
accountnnt, appeared before the court
and discussed the matter with them
at great length. Ho told of the need
of polling in up to dale methods and
Hie many leakages which must of a
necessity result from the present slack
methods in vogue..
The court upon its convening at 2
o'clock, took up the matter and dis
cussed it for over three hours, only to
vote down n resolulioa introduced by
Judge Neil to have the work done.
Owens' Objections.
Commissioner Oweus stated that as
lie was tho youngest member of the
court, that ho would vote in whatever
manner the other two saw fit. It was
I hen squarely up to Patterson.
Patterson said that he would be in
favor of having the work done next
year, but there was not money enough
to do it this year.
Kxpert Williams thou stated that he
would do the work and would accept a
warrant from the county in payment,
which should be dated next year. Pat
terson then changed his innid in regard
to next year ano would not even con
sent to that.
Judge Neil urged upon the two com
missioners that the people wanted the
work done, that the county officers
wanted it, and that thousands of dollars
would in all probability be saved to the
county.
The arguments of the judge were all
in vain, however, and the books will
not be exported for the present,
rinds "Raised" Warrants.
Kxpert Williams stated before leav
ing for the north that in his casual
examination of Hie books he had found
one warrant which had all the earmarks
of having been raised from 20 to $200.
He refused to say which warrant or in
which department it had been found. He
said that all the chance possible exist
ed for that kind of work, and none of
them would be disclosed until the books
were exported.
The county books are in need of new
methods more than anything else in the
opitiion of Mr. Williams. The proper
ty unnsHcsHcd is probably ns great as
the property assessed twice. My the
institution of modern methods the
book, would be placed in such shape a. !
to make it possible for the county court
to expert them oa the first of every
month.
BOUGHT HIMSELF COFFIN
AND OUTOROWS IT
mlNClNNATI. O.. Sept. 4. After
the death of of C. f. Brcoer, an eccen
tric capitalist, it was discovered thnt the
coffin he bonM two years ago was too
small, lie gained about 50 pounds since
he was measured for the casket. j
Brewr was buried in Spring flrnve
cmetery, where a shaft nlready marks !
his pre arranged last resting place. He '
prepared for his funeral two years ago, '
shortly after he became involved in ex
pensive litigation. He hid special cof
fins mad- for himself and wife at a
cost of $." each, and stored them un
der hid lied in their Clifton mansion.
Medftrd TribnM, 60" f itfc.
S. P. TO SPEND
li5G.000.000
Money Will Be Used to
Construct 2,000 Miles ol
Projected Lines
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Wall street
is interested today in an authentic re
port that tho Southern Pacific railroad
will expend $.10,000,000 in completing
2O00 miles of projected lines. Tho mon
ey is to be raised before 11110. Finan
ciers declare the road will have no
difficulty in raising the required sum.
AIbo, according to the well inform
ed, it is ridiculous to suppose that $75,
000,000 of Southern Pacific 7 per cent
preferred now outstanding will be re
deemed by any bond issue. Unless all
plans go nstray, this stock will be con
verted into Southern Pacific common,
thereby relieving the income of the
Southern Pacific of some $.",,200,000 of
preferred dividends, which to nil prne
t ien 1 purposes are n fixed charge.
This would clear the decks for ar
ranging tho finanevial progrnm of the
Southern Pacific, which, if the times
are ripe, should be inaugurated early
next year. Hit rr ing accidents, this finan
cing in nil probability will call for the
authorization of $100,000,000 of bonds,
convertible into Southern Pacific com
mon at whatever price conditions may
warrant. This would amply finance all
the requrements of the company for
several years and bring to completion
its program of physical 'expansion.
MAN IN PORTLAND
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 4. John
.Taise, sitting in the darkest corner of
his cell today, as far as possible from
the gaze of the parents of the child
he attempted to kidnap yesterday, is
thanking his lucky stnrs t lint he is not
in a hospital, the victim of the excited
crowd that pursued him.
Jaisc picked up Ida Kendall, 4 years
old, in front of her home and ran to
wards some railroad tracks. While the
crowd chasing him gradually increased,
the father of the kidnapped child noti
fied the police to head him off. A mo
ment later a patrol wagon went rat
tling over the street, .laise did not
so much fancy dodging between build
ings und through backyards with Ida
in his arms, but four miles were cov
ered before he was caught. The crowd
was starting to club him when the
patrol wagon arrived.
PRIVATE CAR OF
COPPER MAN ATTACHED
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 4.
Colonel W. 0. Greene, the millionaire
copper king of Arizona and Mexico, is
in an embarrassing position here today,
tinable to make use of his private car
to convey himself and family south
ward. The car is del. I under an nttach
ment from the sheriff's office as the
result of a suit recently filed in the
Uuited States circuit court by Ir. K.
I J. Perrin to recover $112,000 he claims
is due him on a tract of land in Mexi
co, which Greene is said to have pur
chased. While a deputy sheriff sits with his
feet comfortably perched on the ele
gant plush cushions of the private car,
the copper magnate, who with his fam
ily, returned from trio orient yesterday,
frets at the San Francisco hotel wait
ing for the slow wheels of justice to
turn.
NOTED "PROSPECTOR POET"
VISITINO IN THIS VALLEY
Clarence K. Kddy, known on the Pa
cific coast as the " poet prospector,"
and whose verse has appeared in many
"'' "ol.-. is visiting in the
effects of a number of months spent on
the deserts of the southwest.
Mr. Kddy enjoys the reputation of
locating ionic of the richest mining
claims in the west. Ilr is a native of
Oregon, having been born nt Bridgeport,
Or.
JUNKETING PARTY OFF
FOR APPLEGATE
Three automobile loaded with
council men, editors and promi
nent citizens left at H:3n o'clock
this morning on a tour of inspee
tion of the water proposition of
fend the city by the Sterling
Mine company. The party will
probably return late this eve
DEMOCRATS
IN SESSION
Condemn Proposition to
Move Capitol-Suffragettes
Win Their Fight in
the Convention
STOCKTON, C'nl., Sept. 4. Ahc adop
tion of the democratic pjlati'orm wns
the result of an all night session be
tween tho members of the resolutions
committee.
The Alameda delegation took the
stand that the wnr for the capital is a
local war between Berkeley and Sac
ramento. Theodore A. Hell favored
the plank in favor of the removal. As
finally adopted, it condemns the propo
sition ot remove tho capital as "an
attompt by the Southern Pacific com
pany to punish the independent votorB
of Sacramento." Berkeley is not named
in the plank.
Tho suffragotteB won their fight. The
committee decided unanimously to favor
the submission "of tho equal suffrage
amendment, to tho people.
The principal plnnks in the platform
are ns outlined yesterday in these dis
patches. A plank condemning the intrusion of
politics in the affairs of the state uni
versity at Berkeley by the dischargo of
competent men beenuse of their politi
cal views was included. This his ref
erence particularly to the discharge of
Attorney Snook by the board of re
gents.
Race truck gambling is condemned
and a strong low nbolishing it recom
mended. The platform strongly supports lin
ns. Bell Waxes Indignant.
After seven men hnd declined the
nomination, William Hayes of Chicn
was finally selected to make the ruu
for congress from the Second district
against Congressman McKinlay. The
convention of the delegates from this
district furnished the real fight of the
day. An all pt was made to force
the nomination of Theodore A. Hell, und
in an impat&ioncd speech, the demo
cratic leader declined. He flayed Mc
Nab aiul his supporters unmercifully
and declared that the attempt to force
the nomination on him was trickery.
"If McXab and Frank (iould think
that they can separate mo from the
democratic party in California, let them
try it till hell freezes over," shouted
Bell. Bell declared thnt he planned to
stump the middle west at the personal
solicitation of William J. Bryan, and
this work wns already mapped out for
him. He flayed Hearst and denounced
the effort being made to endorse him
for United Stales senator on the ground
thnt his enemies were trying to weaken
him by making it appear that thai wns
his sole ambition.
SECUKINO JITEY FOE
YRI1KA MURDER "TBIAl
VHKKA, Sept. 4, The mutter of
securing a jury for Hie trial of Denny
Hazel, accused of the murder of
Joseph Silvn, is proceeding slowly.
Cp to noon today eleven jurors had
been accepted. The taking of testimony
will probably begin tomorrow morning.
INCORPORATION FOR
NEW TOWN OF DORRIB
1)01(11 IS, Sept. 4, A petition has
been prepared and is being circulnled
among the property owners and others
in this place asking that an election
I illni by the board of supervisors
for the purpose of voting nn the prop
osition of incorporating the town of
Dorris. The etition will go before the
supervisors at the regular meeting on
October 5, but whether it will be ncted
upon nt thnt session or not is not known,
i There is a proposition on foot in
connection with the incorporation move
ment, ami it is nothing less than a
plan to change the name of the town at
at the same time it is incorporated.
Some urn proposing thai Hie old name
of the place, Klliiniilh I'ass, be selected.
The town now has n population of
something more than .Vio, and contin
ues to grow.
AVALANCHE DESTROYS
SEVERAL SWISH TOWNS
flKVKVA. Switzerland. Sept. .1
Heavy loss of life and the destruction
of several villages in the Swiss Tyro-
lese are reported ns the result of no
alnnche nnd floods caused tiy an ei-
peeled thaw in the mountains.
Nearly 40 persons are known to bo
dead and mnnv are missing. A number
of parties of mountain rlimbera aro be-
ieved to have ben killed. One party
of eight F.nglish tourists has been miss-
Uu alnee Momlnv. no trace of them ViftT.
ing bocn found, ana iiopo iot meir iur-
rival baa Wn practically ananaoneri
AIL NlbHI 1
m a i
HOWARD THROWS LIGHT ON
LITTLE
1
TAFT IN EAST
Bryan to Make Fight All
Along the Line-Important
Conference Tuesday
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4. It is an
noun eed here today that the, democratic
conference to be held in Chicago next
Tuesday will bo the most important in
the party h history.
Bryan today telephoned to headquar
ters saying that every leader is expect
ed to be there and he especially urged
them not to let nnything prevent their
attendance. It is understood thnt ur
geut and important action and tho mini
nor of conducting the campaign from
now on will depend on the result of the
deliberations.
It is announced today that llryan has
decided to make an attack upon Tuft
in the east, lie will go into that see
tion for a Hpeaking tour and will assail
Taft and the republic. attitude toward
labor, the trusts and the bank deposit
guarantee proposition.
This detenninat ion means t hat t he
Commoner has decided to make an ng
gressive fight all along the line.
Today Itrynn spoke nt the slate fair
here and at the dedication of a local
institute, neither of the speeches being
of a political nature.
MANY BLOODED HORSES
ENTERED AT STATE FAIR
SALK'M, .Sept, 4, .So great have b
the number of entries in the Standard
bred clusses of horses for the coming
Oregon State Fair, at Siilem, Sept. 11
li), that tho board of agriculture were
compelled to provide additional born
room. This has been done in the shape
of a large barn 220 feet long by 12
wide, which will afford box stalls for
40 horses, each stall being 11x12 feet,
and these ere located on either side of
a 17-foot, driveway, which extends the
entire length of the strueturo. The barn
is fitted with all the accommodations
for the horses, and it is well lighted
aim venumieo. .rn re ih - ". n,i
Thorouhbreds.
FORCED TO WALK
THROUGH FOREST FIRE
'
KIHIKXK, Or., Sept. 4. J. A. Hen
nett, his daughter and daiigliler-iu law.
of Portland had a trying experience
while coming to Muetie from Kit sou
Springs ystenluy. Some distance above
Lowell they encountered a tierce for
est fire on both sides of the road. Many
trees had fallen across the road, ren
tiering travel with a team impossible.
As t hi party was du: m Porllmid at a
certain time, they abmidoiied the team
and set out afoot. They climbed over
numerous burnt trees in the road and
often times the heat was intense, so a
close was t he fire. They walked t litis
for ten miles. At Lowell they succeed
ed in securing a conveyance Jo Kugenc
find reached this city in time to tnke
the delayed flyer to Portland last eve
ning.
AMERICAN WOMAN IN
PARIS SHOOTS HERSELF
PAHIS, Sept. :t. The American col
ony is shocked today by the sensational
attempt at suicide by Mrs. Myrian Col
felt, wife of T. II. Colfelt, the wealthy
New York broker, who shot herself
three times shortly after midnight this
morning.
Mrs. Colfelt ix in a precarious con
dition in a hospital ami it is fen red she
cannot recover.
It is reported thnt he wns despondent
over marital troubles,
The woman was alone in her lnt
apartment when she fired the shots. AM
three entered her body and she wjii
unconscious when at tend mils reached
her.
CALLS OFF ENGAGEMENT
WITH EDNA OOODRIo'H
liKN'O, N'ev., Sept, It. Mueh mystery
is in the air here todnv over the brief
aiiiioniicernent made n-t night by llarrv
McMillan, the millimiaire mining man
f Nevndn, that his engaement with
Kdua (ioodrirh, the actress, is off.
McMillan stopped in this eity last
night and startled his friends with the
information unit ute mnicn over wniru
.11 -i i n .
so much gossip had been excited will not
information that the match over which
be carried out. He gave no reason for
" 7l Is tndnv on his why et vsuma-
ttnoilrteh in tonneetUm
blV to hoc MU
BUTTE PROPOSITION
EXAMINED THE
CREEK FOR WATER
AS EARLY AS "62
Presents Many Facts Regarding the
Water Supply From the North Fork
Fish Lake Is a Beautiful Shoot of
Pure Crystal Wator.
(By J. 8. Howard.)
The object of this urticlo is to dis
cuss tho water supply of tho north fork
of Little Butte creek, so we will leave
tho fentures of the south fork out, ex
cept for estimating tho nmomit of tho
water appropriations below tho junction
of thet wo trunks nt Lako creek post-
office.
In order to present the mattor in an
intelligent manner wo will givo a geo
graphical description of localities first.
The north fork of Little Butte has its
source at Fish lake in township 30
. ' , .J h. ... ' ' -t -
, . . i i
the Cascade mountains, at an elevation'
of Iis7 feet above sen level. The uouree
of supply aro a cluster of big springs
nt the east end of the lako, coming
right out from under Mt. Pitt. Tho
general source of the creek is west for
about 114 miles, when it empties into
Hogue river two miles above By bee
bridge at an elevation of about 1200
leet. From Fish lake to tho forks of
the creek, 18 miles, it has a fall of
;ti)S7 feet, or 170 feet per mile, lits
rapid fall has cut the channel deep into
the bedrock for that entire distance,
so that there are no banks of nlluvinl
soil to wash into the creek.
The creek from tho source to within
four miles of the forks runs through a
deep caiiyon," heavily timbered, with
two or three settlers all that distance.
Tin; upper portion la in tho forest re
serve and tho watershed will always be
well protected. There are no streams
running into the creek for this distance
of IS miles except Wasson canyon, a
small, rhort stream, which many seasons
in the past has gone entirely dry in the
summer.
Fish Lake.
I Fish lake, at the source of this stream,
j about two miles long, with a white,
I sandy bottmi, and clear as crystul. The
j Fish Lako Water rompany have pur
; chased this lake from tho Tnited States
j government for a reservoir, containinu
, ,.( cres, and the company has com
I pleted a data across the outlet and now
i has here 4.rn acres of water 12 feet
j deep stored in its reservoir. Tho same
company nave secured irom me -govern
I ment Four Mile lake at the north base
I of Mt. Pitt, a brunt it'll! sheet of water
four miles long and from two to 4000
feel wide, with a narrow outlet for a
reservoir and are about completing a
dam 2.1 feet hih to store the water at
that depth. The reservoior has an
aren of 070 lie res and will contain 21,
tno acre feet when filled, or enough to
flood 24,-liMI acres of land ono foot deep.
This reservoir will be connected with
Fish lake by a comparative short ditch
and a natural channel the two reservoirs
wilt cover an area of 1420 acres am) will
hold when filled enough water to make
oittinuous flow of riOOO miners inches
for four months of the irrigating sea
son. Those reservoirs will be filled in
the spring or flood season and will sup
(demerit the imtural flow of the creek to
that extent during the dry season. The
1 Mow of Little Butte creek nt the june
j tion of thet wo forks (about one mile
I below tin1 intake of the company'
ditch) is about 001)0 miners' inches in
' the middle of August, as ascertained by
measurements made nnnuniiv uv myseii
for the last seven ynrs. The amount
used bv all ihe ditches below is about
'.'."on incheH as determined by me as the
result of six different measurements of
all those flitches made at six different
periods, AH these elevations and ijuan-
tites are no giossowrk, but from actual
measurements and observat hois.
Thoro in 1802.
In 1 h02 I made an examination of
Little Butte creek and posted notice of
appropriation for parties in Jackson
ville, who contemplated taking out a
ditch to cover country on the smith of
the creek. In the early 7s I made a
survey from the Hanley ranch to Mc
Allister solda springs, four miles. I
have made surveys and reports for four
different com panics who c:Hitemplntci
aa appropriation of the water. About
j 17 vears ago I spent month surveying a
ditch line from the forks for Henry
Klippell and John B. Mctlee, residents
of Medt'ord, who contemplated hringin;;
the water to Medford and would have I
iimie so if the irreat financial stringency
that occurred at that time. So yon see
u ...n ,i i .litti-iootiiiif water mat.
ters of Little Butte creek, I know pretty
well what
wen wnat i am iuikiiik huouv.-
v , a . i rn bus-
Now we will get down to u r
nin atlKink aitoui.
. ess of nfi R v " " ' ' '
1 11 rut Anv, the olovntlon of Medford ntltH what they should do with U alia
th Southern Pnctftc dnpot la 1374 feet Co on the street nnd ask tho heaviest
above hr level. Tho olevfttlon ot
I Ihtuko of the Flsti lake ditch on Little
FINDS SEE
FIFTY OROWI
In Sight of Their Families
Sailors Go Down in Sea
100 Yards From Shore
.LISBON, Sept. 4. Within sight of
their families on tho shoro, less, than
I IK) yards nwny, 50 members of the
crow uf the Portuguese steamer Luiza
were drowned by tho stranding of the!
vessel on the rocks at tho little town of
Bndajos on the const of Portugal today
The ship was driven by a heavy storm
and the winds Inslied the sea into suchl
wild commotion thnt it 'was impossible
for boats to go to the rescue of tho men
though their plight was clearly seen and
V" . 1 h . , .
the vessel wns recognized before she
j was torn to pieces.
I The women nnd children of the fami
. lies of the sailors lined tho beach and
the men of the town could do nothing!
to combat the fury of the sea. It wasJ
impossible for tho crew to get away
lifeboats nnd it is believed that moBt
of them were lost in making attempt;
at escape in that way. The Ltiiza wasl
en route from Brazil. Tho vessel wasl
doomed from the moment she struck the
rocks.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
FROM BRIDGE DISASTER
L. B. Warner, Jr., nnrrowly escaped
serious injurv Tuesday evening, when
driving nt night over the bridgo near!
the ice plant. In the darkness hiB horse
missed the narrow bridge, throwing the
buggy over and spilling Mr. Warner,
who was considerably bruised nnd near
ly broke his leg. Kither guards should
be placed along the nppronches or the
bridge widened, ns serir.us disaster may
follow.
PLANNING FOR APPLE
FAIR NEAR ALBANY!
ALBANY, Sept. 4, Plans for the
Apple fair to be held in this city wen
made last night nt the meting of tin
joint, committers from the Commercial
club and the Horticultural society. It
was decided to hold the fair three days
November 4, " and 0, nnd it was nlHoi
derided to link the Southern Pacific tJ
arrange to dedicnto tho new depot mil
the second day of the fair.
Butte is lO'i!) feet. The elevntion ot
Little Butte creek about one mile above
the intake is ISDO feet. The difference
of elevation at Medford is 420 feet. Th(4
distance by pipeline is less than 21
miles. Now, going 10 feet per mile,
hvdraiilir grade for a pinelino and we
have 2ii feet trend from a reservoir!
site east of the city, giving a pressun
of ss pounds per square incho (whicW
is plenty and n demonstration can bi
had bv putting on tho preasuro gangi
at the pumping station and pump direct
into the mains at thnt pressure with the
other mains shut off. Attach tho hosel
to the hydrant and you hnvo the demon
stration). Now, this point of diversion
is not on the Hanley ranch, and can bet
had for a nominal sum, and the rightly
of way below will or need not cross?
over 2DO0 feet, of tho Hanley land, andv
that can bo easily condomned and wilfSj.
not cost but a small sum.
What Can Bo Saved. f.e
Now let us see what wo saved by '
this over the Wasson canyon project,
The proposed point of divorsion is two
miles nearer than tho Wasson canyon
p.. int. so we save 2O,ti00 worth of pipe
line. It will not require any steel pipe,
saving :ti00 on 3000 foot steel pipe by
the other estimate. The price of the-1
water from tho Fish Lako peoplo if
ifl.l.nuo, making $.'1.1,000 less cost than
the lowest estimate of tho other pro
ject. The city will he immune from anj
(ligation, ns the Fish Lake people nav
"iiiiin inches supply from reservoir and
;ioi) inches in the creek above all priol
impropriations. '
Vow, in the face of all this, why dc
the majority of tho water committed
insist on Wasson canyon, with onlj
bunt I'll) inches of wator in the drj
tune (and some years none) nnd titU
to the water which bi utterly no good;
In ing only riparian, insist on tnat pur,
chase f i -
1 The general talk on the street i tbV;.,,:,
1 1 here must be some sof Interest 0 ,V-
eso mnjnrtty of tne commVtU tan
,m'""i ' " . . ' ' ?m
i -i ... , . I
nnd I nm Inclined to tho latter. TnG-?,;
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..i ' , . ' wlfU2
the UnxpnyeTS and hear what their eentll
I meats are.
J. 8. HOWARD,