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THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OtflXiOX, MONDAY', OCTOliKK o, 1!)08.
No. 170.
ECHO STILUS RAYEXPLAINS MAY PLUNGE PAVING PLANT BEING LOADED FOR
Pally
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ANSWERING
'WHERE?'
Council In Session This Af
ternoon Considering the
Water Question Engi
neer Has New Scheme
The city council is in session t li is
Afternoon endeaviring to determine
where the water supply of the eity is
to bo. Hut. like the riddle of tin
sphinx, it seems unanswerable. The
council room is crowded with interest
ed taxpayers of the eity and the va
rious men offering the eity a water
supply are well on hand.
All of the couueilmen are on hand,
and an interesting session, to say tin
least, seems about 011 tap.
It is reported that should the council
attempt to close with the Sterling of
fer that there will be a walkout as
before by Couueilmen Wortman, Mer
rick and Trowbridge; if not this, then
an injunction will be filed to stop tin
closing of a contract.
It ia further reported that a petition
for the referendum is to be tendered
to the council. An injunction, it is
understood, will bo served against Fish
Luke, as would be the case if Wasson
canyon rises again from the grave hit"
which public opinion has cast it.
Ditch From Tish Lake.
Engineer Roberts would offset the
Sterling proposition by a ditch and pi"'
proposal from Lit tit; I tit tt e. 1 1 e est i
mates that the cost would be as fol
lows: 19 miles of ditch $ 47,")Ou
10 miles of pipe Joo.uuo
Water rights from Fish Lake Co l,,iiiin
Itights of way 4,on
Telephone J,UUU
Reservoir L'CSSS
$187,51)0
aa against $220,000 from Little Apple
gate.
Engineering Expenses.
The item of engineer, estimated as
$13,000, would have to be added to Imih
this and the Sterling company's prop
osition," said Mr. Roberts. "In fact,
the Sterling proposition would cost tin
city more for engineering on account
oi the tunnel. The fact that the Ster
ling company proposes to deliver t he
water within city limits does not, elim
inate the engineering cost, as the com
pany is to be paid inuutlily upon work
completed, and this must be dune in
acocrdance with the city engineer."
No one has ns yet, howevt-r, guaran
teed by bond to deliver lino inches of
water for 1N7,.U0 to the ciiy or to
insure tho water right.
TYPHOON CLEANSES THE
MANILA CHOLERA DISTRICTS
MANILA, Oct. ;. The typhuuu
which swept the bay Sunday night and
caused the battleships to weigh an
chors and get under way to protect
themselves, has proved a great blessing
to the city, having cleansed the cholera
districts and todny the prospect nf con
trolling and exterminating the disease
is better than ever before. The storm
was terrific at times and was accotn
panied by a downpour of rain so heavy
that it cleaned up the city more effect -ually
than the government could have
done in many weeks.
MRS. HAINS ASKS FOR
DIVORCE FROM CAPTAIN
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. .". Frederick
Norton, attorney for Mrs. Peter llain.
announced that papers will be tiled in
the Queens county court at Brooklyn,
N. Y., this afternoon asking for a de
cree of divorce for Mrs. Mains from
Captain C. Hnins. F. S. A., slayer of
William E. Annis. She will ask for
alimony and the custody of her rhil
dren. Mrs. Hnins does not expect to
be present in court, ns she is not re
quired by law to attend.
FIERCE FIRE IN
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
i - SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.. Oct. .'.A
''"'" fire smoldering in the bunkers of tin
Pacific Coast Coal company at h-al
and Bryant street hursh into f la lin
early today asd for two hours threat
eraed urij'ent warehouse and shipping.
ArV a five tours fight the firemen
bal the fire under control, nlthough re
lief lines will b maintained fnr a week
or two, flooding the hunker. The fire
destroyed a portion of the company
fice and tn rehouse on lien I Mreet,
O Tfr" damage is approximately .loo.noo
to 600,000.
HIS WATER
Submits Report to Water
Committee Today Setting
Forth Proposition in
Clear Terms
Dr. C. li. Kay, for tbnWlor Water
& Power company, Monday submitted
tin1 following co;i:'ninicatiou to the wtr
ter committee:
To ti:c Water Committee, City of
Medford Gentlemen: Referring to com
ments of your engineer, Mr. Roberts,
on our proposition for supplying water
to the city nf Medford from Rogue riv
er, we wish to make I he following
statements:
First Your engineer, Mr. Roberts,
states thai our proposition would cost
(estimated) :i1'1.0no.
Our reply to this is that we have an
offer from the Washington Pipe & Foun
dry company of Tacoma, Wash., to con
st nut our entire propored water sys
tem, including two .-eservoirs of 4,000,-
000 gallons capacity and a filtration
' plant, for $H7.Sini.
Second Your engineer, Mr. Roberts.
Mgnres t hat. t lie comparative cost ot
opt ml ion and maintenance to be .-fi.'iOOn
less ia a ginvity system than in a pump
ing system.
Our reply In this 's that our propo
sition plainly states thai "we are will
ing to gnaianlee it to be less than
under city urn iiagente:.! .
Third Your engineer, Mr. Roberts,
estimates as a part of the operating
expense for pumping the sum of -f-'il,-'ii
per annum.
Our reply to this is "that we make
no charge at all for pumping; ' ' our
profits from pumpiii. if any, will come
from our economical management and
from sales of water (after Medford has
been first, supplied) for irrigation be
tween Medford and Cold Ray.
As proof of these statements We
again all ich herewit h our proposition
and call your particular attention to
clauses fi, t; ami 7.
Res. ect fully submitted.
ruN'DoK WATER & POWER CO.
By C. . KAY, President.
Medford, Or., October ., 100S.
omlor Water A: Power company 's
pi opusii iin :
Sept. innsTo the Water Commit
te. City of Medford Gentlemen: In
presenting i.ur proposition for the fur
nishing of water tn the eity of Med
ford we wish hi call attention to the
following:
First ( inr pr"posii ion contemplates
the pumping of water from Rogue river
near Cold Ray to a res.-rvoir M.OiM.ono
gallons capacity at Medford, higher
than the city of .Medford, and then be
repnmped to a reservoir at Medford 200
feet higher than the eity.
Second We claim t hat Rogue river
water does mt require filtering, for
t he reason (hat C rants Pass uses un
filtered Rogue river water and the
health of that city compares favorably
with any city in Oregon,
Third If filtration is desired, then
then- is hereto aii.-hed information from
the Oregon city water superintendent
showing the cost of a Jewell filtration
system to he mill ;nul
ap:
AVE! THEODORE THE FIRST!
Son-in-law Nick Comes Out With Statement For Eight
Years oi Taft Then Eight More oi Roosevelt
and Then Roosevelt's Sons
chicaci
'otiyressmai
M-Sid l.t R.
MM. '. At Sterling. 111.,,
Longworth, son tn law nf
cit, declared that after I
igljt yi-ais of Ta!
eh in the Whit
i!'t it was to be Rooho-
1 1 01!0'
again. .Mr.
' whom he
Ins crown!
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end.
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de
Lo
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v then go to the
of the h. .ue of
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Tlo i-elon::,
1 Iter, i,e f i!i.-W
velt line. T!
collld no
Whtte li--11."
I.ollgU. I'll '
1 ley .'Mid d Mpti!
gent of Rf..,f-
flf protCctoMt'
re.-id v to i oiuc
p. .In v nf R-.osrvelt may
! 1 v tt.i imperial Roo
A no ru nii schoidbov
r look forward to th-
. p, i).le g.Cll.
ut t .Tan- ' .tamp Taft
a- in. -rely the vi.-e re
clt. ruling during Qsnrt
until Rousevelt shall be
into his own ajjaiu.
EUROPE 111
WAR
Prince Ferdinand Pro
claims Bulgaria an Inde
pendent Kingdom-Situation
Viewed With Alarm
SOFIA, Bulgaria. Oct. '.Prince Fer
dinand, the reigning puriuce, today pro-
lu imed Bulgaria an independent king
lom anil formally announced himself as
zar of the Bulgarians. The announce
ment was made at Titonova, the ancient
capital of Bulgaria.
The action was the result of tho com
bined action of the cabinet and Prince
Ferdinand who joined in the proclama
tion. The cabinet promulgated the
edict.
'rince Ferdinand is being hailed on
nil sides as "czar of the Bulgarians.
Tho exact text of the declaration was
sent to all the European chancellories
nnd is being withheld pending a reply.
COMMERCIAL BODIES
GATHER IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.. Oct. 5. For
the purposv of uniting the Pacific coast
in un effort to obtain a solid Pacific
coast delegation at Washington to work
for the interests of t he far western
stiites, representatives of Rl cummer-
1 a I organization:! of Sau Francisco,
'. laUlaiul, Los Angeles. Portland, Seat
t k , Tacoma and Spokane met today
it the chamber of commerce rooms to
( tect an i rganization. The meeting
w..s attended by prominent business
no n from the cities and the spirit of
'liiimouy prevailed. The desire was ex
I re ssed t ha t the ci t i es forget ri val ry,
1 1; ke the interests of the coast pnra
1,'ount over local issued and present
n lilted front at the next session of
.engross.
OH,
MY! HE MUST
HAVE FELT
SO FUSSED!
LOS AXOELES. Cal., Oct. .". Wil
liam Colipihotiu is recovering today
from thet bewildering experience of
having been kissed by 4on prc'tty girls
in plain view of 2000 spectators, t'ol
quhnun was wedded to Miss Mary Chirk
of Azuta at his home on Echo street.
The ceremony was hardly over when, to
the amazement of his bride, her hus
band was surrounded by a feminine
throng eager to congratulate him. The
blushing bridegroom was unable to es
cape, even if he wished, ami envious
best men looked on while a single col
umn of girls filed past and saluted
Cohjuhouti on cheek or Hps.
Mrs. II. L. Young, daughter Mildred
and son Whit ing have been spending
several days visitig in this city with
friends.
million gallons per day, which supplies
that, eity of over ."000 population, aNo
showing that their water is pure.
I'ourth -We claim our plan will cost
much less than a gravity system pro
posed, for I lie following reasons:
fa) Our line is less than one half
the length of the gravity line.
(b) Our pipeline right of way par
(Continued on Pago 3.)
This Lungwort h declaration,
riiiht from Roo-nv.-lt -., tntn;
un i n g
, must
miti,:..:..
Reiil.li.ii i
ore at this break, coming on top of
Koonevelt hitting at Priest and striking
JlL.,.. and lnttii..r ,.t in,,,... i
iMg Taft.
( hronider hni-i. t
before "Nick" revea(, Mat- m-cret-for
which he was rom.dly s..bd by
the president. When nt Manila he gave
out an interview saying the president
night uecopt nioMiiinntion. Later it
icveloped that the president had used
that threat to force TaftQ nomination,
really meaning it, scrvitig notice on
certain opponents of Taft to (hat ef
feet.
PLANT
Ml HIT BY
Narrow Escape From Be
ing Ground Under Wheels
of the Engine
A freight train drawn by engine 2."i:t,
running north as an extra on the pass
ing truck eight cars north of the South
ern Pacific depot , early I his morning
struck Newton lla.el, who was on his
way to work. The cowcatcher tossed
Hazel clear of the track, who escaped
with a broken ankle and several bruises.
The train was running at the rate of
four miles an hour when the accident
occurred. Neither of the engine men
saw the inn ii.
Hazel was watching freight 221 run
ning south, and did not notice the
northbound train. He stepped upon the
t rack direct ly in front of t he imrt h
bound freight and saw il only in thin
lo jump for his life. The cowcatchei
struck him, tossing him into the ditch
at one side.
Spectators riedicd to the aid of the
unfortunate man, who was taken to his
home in West Medford by Van Cilberl
in an automobile. Bevond a few bruises
and a broki n ankle the man was un
injured. His escape was marvelous, to
a second more and he Would have beei
ground beneath the wheels.
The engine men staled this morning
that. I hey were running slowly and that
the bell was ringing. Neither of them
saw t he man.
B PRETT VISITING
THE PACIFIC COAST
LOS A N'CELKS. Cal., Oct. o. After
delivering an addiess at Throop insti
!ute nt Pasadena and before the chain
ber of commerce hero today, John Bar
red, director of the bureau of Americai
republic? at Washington, will start for
Wan Francisco, where he will attend the
t tans M ississippi cutigrcHs,. Prom San
I'raioico Barrett will go to Portland,
Or., his former home, where ho will
,1 1 rec- delegates of the commercial bod
ten cf Jregoli.
BRYAN OFF FOR TOUR
OF STATE OF IOWA
BAIRVIKW. Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. .".
iHi.-'iu .1. Bryan will leave at midnight
f. r Den Moines, la., and will make n
t-e r of lowa.tl He will tage advantage
o the situation in the republican parO
of the stale Which led to the deadlock
in the senatorial contest in the legisla
ture. lie is much refreshed by his
:e-t at his count rv home here the last
few davs.
NO TROUBLE OVER THE
MOROCCO DIFFICULTY
WASHINGTON. Oct. A mba-a
dor .lti- f a lid. u ho ret urne.l fr-on Uf
ar.itioii in Praii.e toilay, declared:
"There, s not the slightest trouble lie
tween Prance nd Cermanv over I lo
Mufiiiciiii ootoui. .Iu"t prior to my
leaving for home, a most conciliatory
note was recei ed at the Fren-O foreign
office from CfOainv. I see no ifond
Oason whv this feeling should tud con
tinue. ' '
FREIGHT TRAIN
SHIPMENT TO MEDFORD THIS WEEK
,
OF WARREN CONSTRUCTION
FIREBUG CAUSE TED TO STUMP;
OF TENDEATHS BRYANJS MUM
With Diabolical Cunning Commoner Refuses toDIs
Stairway of Tenement; cuss Information That
House Set on Fire First; Roosevelt Will Speak
NEW YORK, Oct. .", Yictims of u
fire fiend, who started .the flames so
1 cunningly that the sairway was quick
ly destroyed and all means of egress cut
off. ten persons were burned to death,
several were fatally injured and six
seriously hurt today in an East Side
tenement . The fire was started wil h
oil soaked paper in several different
places about the house. When the in
males realize d t hat t he place was on
fire, they became insane with fright.
Most of (he dead were killed by
plunging madly into I he flames when
they found they were cut off. Three
jumped down t he roaring si airway,
without t he least chance of escaping
sudden death.
Ten babies were saved by being
thrown from windows lo the police and
firemen mi the sidewalks below. Most
of those who escaped got through the
roof lo other buildings.
Seldom in hundreds of such fires I, oil
take place here has one b i n set with
such diabolical conning, pin- Marshal
Kelly said that the fire is the worse
case of ineomliariruti on record in the
cia v..
SWEPT TO DEATH
OVER NIAGAHA FALLS
TICSON. Ariz.. Oct. o. Privat s
sagew today s.-iy that Brewsti-r Cameron
nt this city was swept to his death over
N iagnra falls last Friday. ameron
slipped from a bridge and was whirled
over the American falls, lie was large
ly i nt crested in proper! ies in A rizonii.
Texas and Mexico.
OIL REPORT I PREMATUR
Oil Expert Says Medford Has As Yet No Oil Well
Has Indications but That rs All-May Strike
Flow at Greater Depth
- -Theic is no ,.ii well al I here. If ,
lie re is I d"u't kio.w wto-re it Is, and
H-.'ots thai i:ts been -.truck near
Mcdr.iid are premature and will greatly'
i ii mre t lie city, h;mi a prominent oil
ui who ii filing Medford and who,
company wil h several well k uown ,
minOg men, Saturday inspected t lu
ll now being drilled on the Pierce
Oo-e, two miles enst of Medford.
" While W course 1 could not sen the
lottotn of tho well, I saw the mutoriul
t.rtmuht un in which tho drill has been
w,rkiiii?." ho continued, "nnd 1 never
COMPANY.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 5. Bryan to
ilay refused to make and comment on
informal ion received hero that, Presi
dent lioosevelt will take the, stump for
Taft in I he coming campaign nnd make
six set and carefully prepared speeches
in a Irip across the continent from
Washington to San Praucisco. The in
formal ion received is regarded by t he
leaders who are with Bryan as authen
tic, despite denials from the White
House, that the president will go across
the continent.
The leaders say that the information
i nine from sources that leave no doubt
as to their authenticity and that Roose
velt has decided to speak in the cities
on his trip which he thinks he can do!
the republican candidate the most good.!
COURT MARTIAL OF
EVANS IN SESSION
MANILA, P. I., Oct. .I. When the
url martial was called todny lo try
l unik Taylor Evans, son of Fighting
J!'b Evan, the general impression was
hat young Evans would havo a hard
time preset; int; r,n adequate defense.
Th - chary s ii.iaiust him are drunk
enness, absei .'. ft inn post of duty while
of! cer of the dii-'i and using profane
language to a si.pr-ior officer. Gossip
coih iiriig t 1m a'-ious of the son of the
I'-nnoiis rear at-miral has been rife
among I lie officers and men of the fleet
for some time, and the order for the
court martial did not come as n sur
prise. The court martial is presided
over by Rear Admiral Schroeder.
E
--W oil iu sandstone, neither did any
it else. Nor was oil ever discovered
n a :too Iftot well nt this altitude.
"Of course there may he a trace T
- hi the well, but if there is it Tim
eud through or has been force
nine crevice? for n long distance. It
.4 not an oil well as yet, and the harm
if s-irh reports being sent out by the
mi ss nssocintlons nnd newspapers Is
th'vt they will bring oB men Into the
""" ry y .iu.nm"'""'"""M
imd uivn the teuton n had name,"
THE CRUSHER
OPERATING
TODAY
Work to Be Rushed In
Order Contract May Be
Completed in Specified
Time-Warren Was Here
The paving plant of the Warren Con
struction company in Vancouver is be
ing loaded nt the present time for ship
ment to this etty. Somo threo or four
days will be used in tho loading nnd
thct plant should nrrive in Medford
some time at the end of tho week. As
soon ns tho plant, which requires four
cars to mive it, can bo erected in this
city, the work of paving Seventh street
will be undertaken. Such is the news
brought by W. . Warren, ouo of tho
head men of the Warren Construction
company, who spent Saturday In this
city.
Rock Crusher Started.
The connections with the power line
were completed Saturday nt the city's
quarry near Jacksonville, and tho
wheels turned over for the first time iu
that location. This morning the crush
er settled down to its task of grind
ing the stone for Seventh street. The
crushing will bo continued stendily now
until the contract is completed, ns tho
plant will use more rock than the crush
er enn turn out. A two weeks' start
II aid in keeping ahead of the plant.
and if it is found that it is unable to
supply the rock it will be run nt night.
Work Delayed,
r'tvernl times during the past few
mouths it has been announced that the
work of paving Seventh street would
begin on such and such a date, but
something litis happened each time to
delay the work. Now it seems that the
time is growing near when the work
w'll actually begin. The greater part
of tie work of paving n street in ft citv
here no plant has been iu operation is
getting rndy to start. Buildings have
I i be erected nnd made ready, bins have
to be constructed, material shipped in
and placed where it will be handy when,
the time comes fnr preparing it, and
ft thousand and one other things have
to be prepared. This work has been
going on for some weeks past. Bins are
I eing erected, each day sees new cars
of the paving material arriving. In
;ll there has been much work of a pre
liminarv nature done.
BANKERS THINK TAFT
WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER
Bon. W. L Vawter has returned from
Benver, where he attended the national
conventions of Odd Fellows nnd hank
ers. "The political situation is badly mix
ed in the east," said Mr. Vawter.
"There lire two democratic and two re
publican tickets in the field in Colo
rado, but Taft supporters are confident
of success. It seemed to be the generul
opinion among the bankers that Taft
will bo elected. From what I heard,
Governor Hughes has a hard fight for
re-election in New York on account
of opposition of the racing and sporting
intercuts.
"The situation may change material
ly bet wen now ami election. All the
information T have :s hearsay and I did
not learn enough to express nn opinion
on the result. ' '
JACKSON BOUND OVER
TO THE CIRCUIT COURT
Knrl Jackson waived examination
when lie appeared this morning before
Justice Canon on a complaint sworn
to by George Putnam, editor of Tho
Tribune, charging assault and battery,
.lust ice Canon bound Jackson over to
the circuit court under a 4200 bond.
OOVERNOR HUGHES OF
NEW Y C0MN
Bedford will hear big ropub-
1itiw before the campaign
vw. Governor Hugh of New
VrtiiU nnd HeimUr florab of Ida-
ntt tre scheduled to speak here'
before the close of twn campaign,
which will be nwrniVWednosday
by Senator RovcrWAge ot Indl
ana.
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