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MEDFORD, OREGOX, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 100.
o. 161.
CRATER LAKE ROAD
TO
Good Roads Meeting in
Session This Afternoon
The Stores Closed
Everyone is talking good roadB. Local
nlTairs have boon forgotten for the
moment and cvoryono is falling in be
hind the movement for good roads
throughout the state and especially. in
Jackson county. This afternoon a mon
ster mass meeting is in session at the
rooms of tho Commercial clubfl and
those who are nttending are hearing
much of interest from such men as
Judge John II. Scott of Salem, Colonel
V. S. Jackson of Portland and Judge
Bnldwin of Klamath Falls. A great!
impetus is being given the movement
and much good should como of it.
Meeting Tonight.
This evening the Crater lake road
commission recently appointed by Gov
ernor Chamberlain will meet local peo
ple in tho rooms of the Commercial
club and an effort will bo made to
enlist aid towards carrying out the pro
ject. The matter is one of great con
cern to Medford and there will no doubt
bo a great crowd of people on hand to
tnlk the matter over, to discuss it pro
nnd con and learn what tho commis
sion intends to do regarding the mat
ter. The memberB of tho commission who
attended the session this morning were
Colonel C. S. Jackson, Judge J. H. Scott,
lienton Bowers, Judge Bnldwin, Will
0. Steel, J. F. Iicddy, F. H. Hopkins
nnd Dr. Hay, who represented his broth
er, Colonel liny, who is a member of the
commission.
These members of the commission
will meet local people this evening to
familiarize them with the nims of the
commission.
Stores Closed Today.
A committee of tho Commercial club
succeeded in getting the various busi
ness houses of the city to close this
afternoon so that all could attend the
good roads meeting. A great crowd
was on hand and much enthusiasm was
IT AT COMMERCIAL J g
CLUB THIS MORNING 0 n ,
ENTHUSlflSM isrl OF REDDING FOR BRYAN
GREAI FOR v ios Uwr Ferce coniia9ration was
nnniCPT Started Early This Morn-
rKUJtu I N Iff v w4 1 in9"Guests Hotels Im-
';A:'S 'v ; perilled by Flames
displayed. There is no doubt, if jnatod from tho democratic campaign di
meeting is any criterion, that the people-, rp(.t,v nf,(.r Ucant mmle hiB first
of ackson county are in favor of good . fhnT'gvH if it had not been for the ef-
foads. fnHa r.f ittfltintitinl rlcninnrntii in It in
The different members of the Crater i
iae ronu comn.iss.nn ore an i
endorsing a state movement for good
roads. They nre men who were chosen '
Dccmitw ut u.n u.mjr to K ;
and they are not allowing any grass to
grow under their feet in doing so.
The Crater Lake Road.
Klamath and Jackson counties will
v .: : .. t A...n
be particularly benefited hy the pro- j
posed Crater lake road ana it win no
more to advertise this part of the world
than any other improvement. Califor
nia lauds its inland and seaside resorts
in the highest terms, but tourists fresh
from the Golden state retreats go in
raptures over Crater lake and Klamath
falls. The road proposed will open
up the country. It will induce capital
ists to invest, and in time tourists will
select Oregon's garden spot for their
resting periods in preference to any
other resort, be it located north, south,
east or west.
The road, as planned, will be about
130 miles long and will course up the
Rogue river to Crater lake, down Crook
canyon through the Wood river section
to Klamath Falls, passing along Pelican
Bav lodge, made famous bv Harriman.
Such a highwar, penetrating sec-1
tion of country that cannot be excelled
in all the United States for its scenic
beaotv. would prove a possession of ;
which any state in the Union might be; which California oayei more than one
proud. Except what is now planned in ' njljf of her wealth and population. The
the state of CnUfornia. there would be advantage of utilizing that assAt by
no Highway so ramous in in in couo-
try. It behoovei the people of Oregon
to recognize the fact that the wonder i
sights of the state comprise t magnifi-
cent asset; an asset of that sort to
MEET LOCAL PEOPLE
OOV. GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN,
Who Appointed the Commission Which
Meets Here Today.
REPLY IN BED
Commoner Says He Can
Answer Each Question
Asked by Roosevelt
COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. 24. Before he
left his bed this morning W. J. Bryan
carefully perused President Roosevelt's
sizzling reply to the Commoner's recent
telegram concerning charges against
Governor Haskell, but begged to bo ex
cused from commenting upon them at
present.
"It is very likely that I'll be able to
answer any question the president
asks,' said the Nebrapkan, "but I
must have a little time."
Bryan took a deep interest in the
president's answer, reading every line.
Almost directly after eating breakfast
he boarded a train for Cincinnati at
10:37.
Tho impress ion seems to prevail here
that Governor Haskell will either resign
voluntarily or be requested to do so.
Tt is pointed out, even by Brynn'a cloa
est friends, it is asserted, that the Okla-
. executive would hnvn tn be eliin-
behalf. The latter insisted that Haskell
sh0uld )p ivpn fl f;iir r,anpp fo c,(lfir
.. f . . f . . ponnp ,
ed with the Standard Oil interests be-
fnro no i nf,ked to step down and out
))f hjs offico wjth (hn nntjona
Commilton.
.
TRAIN WRECK CLAIMS
THREE
VICTIMS
WEBB CITY, Mo., Sept. 24. Three
persons are dead and several injured
in a train wreck near Carthage today,
according to a message received at
Webb City.
The report says a Frisco train bound
for St. Louis plunged over an 80-foot
embankment into the Spring river. A
relief train has been sent to the scene.
TO INSPECT STATE
PROPERTY IN WASHINGTON
OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 24. A tour
of inspection of state institutions- will
be made within the next few weeks by
Governor Mad and the stato board of
control.
The inspection will begin at tho nor
mnl ehrxil at Fltenshnrff and terminate
ht the stltc MMiPrB home at Ortiog.
November 7.
, ' r-
the construction or sucb roads as that
unfipr discussion would not be altogether I
one 0f dollars and cents; yet the dollars
and cents would in turn more than com-
prniats for the invvstment.
BRYAN READS
COHMBS
REDDING, Cal., Sept. 24. This city
is in the grasp of a fierce fire, which
started this morning nbout 2 o 'clock
in the wurehouHO district. Tho cause
of tho firre has not as vet been ascer
tained on account of the rapidity with
which it made headway.
At latest reports 15 warehouses have
been completely wiped out, together
with three hotels, tho poatoffice and
15 residences. Tho Southorn Pacific
depot was buring, also the public li
brary, when tho fire was raging so
fiercely that tho wires had to be cut
and communication with the south com
pletely shut off.
Tho guests of the Lorenz escaped with
their clones, but tho occupants of tho
hotels closer to the depot wero not ao
fortunate, some having fled to the street
in their nightrobea.
Persons Missing.
Several persona arc missing, but it
is thought that they have escaped nnd
will be reported safe when tho excite
ment has abated.
The damage- wrought by tho conflag
ration is estimated approximately at
$250,000.
One lady could hardly bo restrained
from rushing into a burning building
to rcBcuo her beautiful French poodle,
which perished in tho flames.
Tho scenes of tho homeless were piti
ful. Clad only in scanty clot h i ng,
caught up quickly as they rushed from
their homes, they stood watching their
effects being devoured by the flames.
RUSSIAN GUNBOAT SEIZES
AMERICANS AND GOLD
NOME, Alaska, Sept. 24. Apparent
ly without warrant nnd with no explan
ation given, the gunboat Chilka, belong
ing to the Russian government, with
ih'1 Russian governor aboard, seized
j; 10.000 and several American miners
who had been working in Anadir, Si
beria, on September 113. Tho miners
were working under an ngreement made
by John Rosan of the Northeast Siberia
company with Oar Nicholas II.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 24. A. M.
Babcra, who is associated with the
iorth Siberia company, when told of
the action of the Russian gunboat Chil
ka at Anadir, Buid that it did not sur
prise him, as it all came around through
malicious reports Bent out by the litis
sum consul general at Snn Francisro
to St. Petersburg.
Mr. Babcra, who has the Eskimo
village at the fair, recently returned
from the Anadir district. He is thor
oughly familiar with the whole affair.
Tlio Russian government granted to
Mr. Rosene the right to trade and re
cover all the minerals of the Tohti
kntsk peninsula. The Russian officials
in Siberia were in nccord with the
Americans, but the Russian consul gen
eral at San Francisco made. Biich ex
travagant reports about the amounts
of gold that was being recovered nnd
taken to Nome without paying the roy
alty that the Russian government was
no doubt prompted, he says, to send
the Chilka to Anadir.
PATIENT IN HOSPITAL
SLAYS TWO WITH CROWBAR
WASHINGTON', Sept. 24. Becoming
suddenly seized with a homicidal mania,
Andrew Lightfoot, a patient in the gov- j
eminent hospital for the insane here,
toil ay killed two persons with a steel J
crowbar and escaped from the hospital
in the midst of the confusion that fal
lowed his terrible deed.
Tho maniac was pursued to a swamp,
whither he had fM by a posses of
guards from the institution and later
phot in the leg and raptured.
The swamp was entirely surrounded
I uj armea men ana mey ciosea in upon
Lightfoot. He still carried the bloody
crowbar with which he had dispatched
his victims, and it was necessary to
bring him d9o with a shot in the leg
He still carried the bloody
'before ;'' cot appuftch h0.
ION
I
TONIGHT
Political Editor of Denver
Republican in Medford
to Visit Relatives-Looks
Like Bryan to Him
"A lnndslido for Bryan."
Such wns tho erao reply of Wilbur
It. Holmes, political editor of tho Den
ver Republican, one. of tho most influ
ential newspapers of tho west, when
questioned Thursday as to tho political
outlook. Mr. Holmes is one of the
foremost political newspaper writers in
tho United States and enjoys the friend
ship of many leading politicians of the
country. For seven years ho has been
at tho head of tho Washington bureau
of his paper, and when congress is not
in session he pays eloao attention to
stato polities in Colorado. Ho arrived
in Medford Thursday and loft for tho
Little Applegate, where ho will visit
with his sister for a few days.
Owing to his position, Mr. Holmes
is in n position to Know how tho po
litical current ia running.
"It will bo a landslide all right, un
less something unforeseen happens.
There is no use in talking, the members
of tho republican party do not like
Mr. Taft. lie was forced upon the
party, and tho choico wns unwise.
"When Bryan firat ran ho had no
show, owing to his sudden lenp into
the limelight. But since that time peo
ple have learned to appreciate him.
"Political factions in tho republican
party havo weakened their chances in
a score of states. When they fight
among themselves it means trouble, nnd
on the other hand the democratic party
was never so united.
"There is no doubt about the election,
other than some unforeseen matter
which might arise."
DAUGHTER OF EX GOVERNOR
WEDS MEXICAN RANCHMAN
LA .1 A It A, Col., Sept. 24, Miss Dor
othy Mclntyre, only daughter of for
mer Governor A. W. Mclntyre, nnd
Edward Cortes, the Mexican owner of
an adjoining ranch, were married Tues
day. Miss Mclntyre, who is a pronounced
blonde, wealthy, accomplished and beau
tiful, has been acquainted with young
Cortes fur many yenrs.
The mother objected to the match,
and Monday the couple eloped, driving
30 miles to the courthouse nt Conjesso,
where a license was obtnined.
FUMIGATING SHIP TO
LOCATE MURDERER
NOME, Alaska, Sept. 24. In the
hope that Lee Johnston, who is charged
with murdering his wife in Nome, is
still alive and that he might have been
stowed away in the hold of the ship,
officers of t he steamer Victoria today
ordered a fumigation of the vchbcI.
Since the arrival of the Victoria ru
mors have been sent forth that John
ston did not leap overboard, but stolo
away from his room on the ship ami
secreted himself in tho shin's hold.
DR. GUTH IS CONSIDERING
OFFER OF PRESIDENCY
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 24, The Rev.
Dr. William W. Gnth pastor of the Ep
worth Met hod is t Episcopal church of
Cambridge is seriously considering to
day his call to the presidency of the
University of the I'acific. at San .Jose.
Pr. Gnth stated today that he has
not committed himself to tho trustees
of the San Jose university ami has not
resigned his position. He is very pop-
ulnr with h n parishioners and great
pressure will be brought to bear to in
duce him to t'Ttinin in f'ambridge.
TODAY
GORE REACHES
SEATTLE
Ut' A TTT1 VL'auU fcnnt 91
United Sutes Senator Thomas j
P. Gore ,, Oklahoma is duo to
arrive hre this afternoon. Sen-
(9
ator Gore will speak tonight at
DrcatnlHgl rink.
BILLY BEARS IV.
The Two Little Bears Who Would
(Written for
Now Billy G, as you can see,
Kept right away from Billy B,
And played tho part of tho G, O. P.
From the old front porch, did Billy T.
He scanned his reports with bearish
glee
And grinned with delight nt Billy B,
Said " No Commoner 'a gabfest goes
with mo,
or I carry tho flag of the G. O. P.."
A verdict of guilty was returned by
the jury in the II. M. Coss enso after
tho jury had been out for nearly three
hours. Sentence will bo passed upon
Coss after tho return of Circuit Court
Judgo llanna from Josephine county
next month. In tho meantime Cosb will
bo allowed to go free upon furnishing
a $;U)00 bail bond.
Tho ease went to tho jury at 11
o'clock Thursday morning. It was 1:45
p. "m. when they filed back into the
courtroom nnd tendered to tho court
their verdict of guilty.
Coss was charged with a statutory
crime by Onrrie Stagg, a 14-y.ar-old
girl. ' Much interest has been displayed
in the caso owing to tho prominenco of
the Coss family in Medford.
Replies to Editorial In The
Tribune Covering Fish-;
lng in Rogue River
The editorial uppcoring in Tho Tri
bune covering fishing conditions in the
Rogue has stirred up tho state fishery
officials to a great extent.
A. E. Gebhardt, secretary of tho Ore
gon Fish nnd Game association, for
warded the clipping to II. C. McAllis
ter, master fish warden, who replied
to it aa follows:
Portland, Or., Sept. 10. Mr. A. E.
Gebhardt, Secretary Oregon FIhIi and
Game Assoc ia tion, Portland, Oregon:
My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your
favor of September 1-th, enclosing clip
ping from The Medford Tribune, under
late of August 1st, covering conditions
existing on Rogue river.
For your information, beg to advise
you that salmon in Itogue river has been
a bone of contention with the whole of
southern Oregon for years. Citizens' of
Jackson county claiming that tho scarci
ty of salmon wus due to the fact that
the fish ways nt tho Anient dnm at
Grunts Pass nnd also the Gold Hay dam
at Gold Ray were not adequate and
that the fish could not successfully as
cend the stream above that point. Soon
after T was appointed master flh wnr
den of the state this same matter was
brought to my attention through sim
ilar articles printed in the Medford
papers, nnd I decided to investigate
conditions for myself, which I did, in
company with Mr. Henry O'Mally, U.
S. fish commissioner for Oregon. To
gether wo visited both dams, nnd while
I probably was not familiar with such
matters, Mr. O'Mally was, and, in his
opinion, both dams mentioned above
are equipped with fish ladders which
answer every purpose and in no way
interfere with tho free passage of fish
up tho stream. Mr. O'Mally operates
a hatchery on the upper waters of the
Rogue river for the government, and
during a recent conversation with him,
he mentioned that there was n goodly
number of salmon behind his rack at
the hatchery and that ho was satisfied
thnt while the take of eggs would not
be great, it would be satisfactory.
Therefore the continued writeups in the
newspapers of southern Oregon seem to
bo uncalled for. Yours very truly,
H. C M'ALLIHTEK,
Master Fish Warden.
At the Bijou.
Tonight 's performance at the Bijou
m a very good on'1. A highly interest
ing and instructive picture Is shown
of the Chinese in their modes of living
in their native land.
I "Dick's Sister" is a melodramatic
isubi'ct with a fine moral.
I " King Lighthcnd ' ' is capable of ere-
'atlng no end of laughter. The king in
possessed with spooks, which cause him
i t(Dprform foolish anUes.
JURY RETURNS VERDICT
OF GUILTY IN COSS CASE
M alLISTER ON ORGANIZING
16
Be President of the United States.
The Tribune.)
, ' 1 Let Billy B shout from night till morn
j There's uaught but vagaries in his plat
form. I For rich Brothor Charles has written
to mo
j That the game is up with Billy B. "
And Teddy, too, tho man with tho stick,
Declares Billy M has niado him sick
And tho uows from tho "peepul" seems
to mo
They aro all going to voto for Billy T.
MIbb Stagg was employed as a domes
tic in tho Cobs family, nnd alio testified
thnt Coss visited her room lato at night
and assaulted her.
Coss was tried first in tho justice's
court in Jacksonville and was bound
over to the grand jury. An indictment
was returned, which wns found to be
faulty. It was returned to tho jury
and a second indictment brought in.
Coss was defended by W. M. Colvig
and Clarouco Renmcs. Ho was prosecut
ed by R. G. Smith, E. E. Kelly and Dis
trict Attorney Mulaey.
The jury wns composed of John Ly
den, John Coffman, Arthur Nichols, J.
M. Dess, W. W. Scott, J. M. Mast, David
Force, J. E. Roberts S. G, Van Dyko,
M. H. Gordon, Juo Goldsby and M.. H.
Roundtreo. i
M CLUBS
Organizer of Republicans in
Medford For Few Days-
Member of Legislature
Hon. A. V. Orton, a member of the
Oregon legislature from Multnomah and
republican organizer, ia in Medford
for a few days organizing u number of
Taft clubs in various cities of the val
ley. Mr. Orton is on of tho lenders in
the republican party in this stato nnd
has tho knack of stimulating much en
thusiasm among his followers. Every
where in I ho valley he is mooting with
success in organizing tho clubs. j
Mr. Orion is n personal friend of the
republican candidate for tho presidency
ami naturally predicts a favorable, out )
come to the election. Ho was in the
Philippines with Mr. Taft and has much
of interest to say regarding tho repub
lican nominee and his personality,
Mr. Ortoa will be in Medford for a
few days longer, making this city his
headquarters while ho visits neighbor
ing towns.
He is an enthusiastic supporter of the
good roads movement and hns done
much to help tho movement in its early
Hinges, before it had gained its pres
ent magnitude.
STATE EMPLOYE DRAWS
ONE THOUSAND A MONTH
OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 24. The
I iMnnrni fiimi hi 11 1 it (Miijuoyo in WltHUlllg-
I ton is not the "thousand dollar n
I mouth" expert who wns employed a
f(,w months by the state railroad com
, mission, but a Spokane resident, John
. K. Dow, who was appointed the nrehl
tict for the new state buildings nt the
; eastern Washington hospital at Medical
Lake, the state penitentiary at Walla
V.'nlln and state college at Pullman.
Since April, 1007, whon his sorvices
v. ere first Heeured by the state, Mr. Dow
li.is drawn down in real money $17,000
and within -the next weeks will draw
enough additional to make up tho $22,
.Vt0.HO to be paid him under his con
tracts. For 1 7 mont lis he has drawn more
than $1000 every 30 days, or compen
sation greater than the combined sala
ries fur that time of the governor, lieu
tenant governor, stnte treasurer, state
auditor, attorney general nnd general
school superintendent.
Wilbur R. Holmes, political editor of
the Denver Republican, nn old time
friend of Harry H. Hicks of The Tri
bene, is visiting ia the valley. He
spent Thursday with Mr. Hicks.
SOUTH BEND, Ind , Sept. 24. Wil
liam Jennings Brynn will within a cou
ple of days have rocelved a set of resolu
tions adopted by the typographical
union of Indiana urging that thn union
label be kept, nn his publication,
Commouf.
BIG Til
PROMISED
AT RACES
The Track Has Been Put
in Good Condition and a
Large Grand Stand Erect
ed Day of Sport
Tho committee in charge of the racea
for the fair have done a great and
good work. Thoy have bad a steam
roller and grader at work for some
days and the trick is in good condition,
A grandstand that will accommodate a
thousand people. A good time is as
sured to all. The program arranged Is
as follows: .
Speed program Southorn Oregon Dis
trict Fair association, Medford, Or.:
October 1.
First race Single dash, quarter mile,
H1! hnnds high and under; purse $10.
Second race Saddle horse race, quarter-mi
lo dash; purse, $40.
Third race Gentlomnn's driving raco,
half mile heats, beat two in three, own
ers to drive own horses to four-wheeled
vehicles; purse $45.
Fourth race Half mile dash for
horses that never competed for a purse
outside of Jackson nnd Josephine coun
ties; purso $00.
October 2.
First raco Throe-minuto trot or pace,
best two in threo; purse $40.
Second race Running race, throe
eighths of a uiilo dash for Jackson coun
ty horses that havo never raced for
money; purse $40,
Third race Ladies' relay race, two
and' one-half miles, chango horses ovory
half mile, Indies' horses to bo saddled
by helpers; pnrso $100.
Fourth rnce Slow mule race, half
mile dash, change riders; last mule wins
money; purse $10.
October 3.
First race Freo for nil trotting nnd
pacing race; district homes, half milo
heats, best two in threo; purso $75.
Second race Free for all running
race, half-mile dash, district horaos;
purso $7o.
Third race Cowboy relay raco, fivo
miles, change horses every hnlf mile,
rider to saddle and bridle his own horses
and to uso latigos to fasten cinches, oach
rider to bo allowed two helpers to hold
horses; purso $75.
No entrance fee will bo charged for
ladies' relay and cowboy rolay races.
In all other races 10 per cont entrance
fee will be charged and ndded to purse.
In nil races first horse recoives 70 por
cent and second horsu .'10 per cent of
purse.
Special purses will bo arranged dur
ing the fair for bronco busting and
match races.
GRAVES WILL NOT
SPEAK IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 24. John
Tomplo Graves, nominee for vice-pres
ident on the independence party ticket,
will not deliver nn address in Portland
Saturday night as planned. Word has
been received at tho local headquarters
of tho party from San Francisco that
it would be imposaiblo for Mr. Graves
to roach Portlnnd in time to fill hit
appointment. "
Nothing has been heard at independ
ence party headquarters hero to indi
cate that Thomas L. Hisgen and Wil
liam Randolph Hearst will not fill their
engagement hero October 12.
Major John F. Burke, ndranco agent
for Buffalo Hill 'n wild west, which
shows hero next Monday, was in Med
ford Thursday.
Fruit Inspector Taylor is gathering an
exhibit for the exposition in Seattlo
next year.
Judgo J. R. Noil wns in Jfedford
Thursday to attend the good roads moot
ing. HASKELL WAXES
WARM AND PROFANE
OUTIIRIE, Okla., Sept. 24.
"Thnt is a damn lie," was tho
emphatic statement made by
Governor Haskell today when he
was asked to reply to the report
that he had already tendered
his resignation ns treasurer of
the democratic national commit
tee,
"That is another ono of those
malicious lies," ho declared.
Further than that the govern
or declined to comment on polit
ical conditions, anylng that he
I may have something to tay later
In the nay.
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