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THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OR KG ON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1908.
No. 183.
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CONTRACTOR BADE WILL BUILD
POINT PIPELINE FOR SUM OF
CUTS ENGINEER'S
FIGURES BY
Trestle Shown to Last for
30 Years by Sterling
Plant-Bade Offers Check
to Back up His Offer
Contractor Bade offers to build the
pipeline to Eagle Point, in ease the
proposition of the Crater Lake Lumber
company is accepted, for $ir2,-llo or
$15,000 less than the estimate furnished
by Engineer Roberts to Edgar Hafer
as the latter was framing up his water
proposition for submission to the city.
This will mnko Mr. Hater's proposition
cost the city $252,410 for 300 Inchon
of water delivered to the city.
Check to Back Offer.
Before leaving for Portland Mr. Bade
aid:
"I am satisfied that I can build the
pipeline to Eagle Point for $iri.ou
less than Mr. Rubers' figure of $lt7,
410, and I will placo with the city re
corder a certified check that I will
carry out tho same for any reasonable
amount which may be asked. This is
nothing but good faith on my part.
"In many ways the estimate of the
engineer is high, and I am confident
I can save $15,000 over his estimate,
i would have put in this figure before
Thursday evening had I known the par
ticulars of Mr. Wafer's proposition. The
figure for water from Big Butte Springs
will not total over $'252,410."
Life of Trestles.
In regard to the printed statement
that supports for n trestle that will
only last for five year3 the flumes along
the Sterling ditch offer a contradic
tion. They have been badly neglected,
but are still in fair shape, though built
more than 30 years ago. Tho trestle
work has never been replaced, nnd
for many years past no attempt 1ms
been made to keep the flume in repair
or repair leakage.
The flume that the Crater Lake Lum
ber company proposes to build for the
city is a much better flume than or
dinary constructed. The bottom con
sists of two-inch number one lumber,
milled with tongue and groove. The
nides of inch nnd a half lumber are
also milled, rendering it impossible to
lose much water by leakage. Moreover,
tho flume will carry nearly 700 inches
of water, which, even if half is lost
in leakage, wilt deliver more than Iioo
inches to the pipeline at the end of the
flume.
No Danger From Jams.
Tho flumo for transporting lumber
is a V-shnped flume, and the curves
will be so slight that a .iain will prac
tically be impossible, even if such a
jam should occur, it will not affect
tho covered box flume in which the
city's water will be delivered.
The danger of a fire is more imag
inary thnn real. With flume walkers
on the lookout it will be practically
impossible for fire to damage the flume
materially. Only a portion of the
country traversed is heavily timbered.
The danger of trees falling on the
flume and trestle and the danger from
snow Htid rock slides are also largely
imaginary.
No matter which water system is
accepted, Med ford will have approxi
mately half a million dollars indebted
ness, representing a mortgage of 25
per cent on taxable property. This in
dehtodness cannot bo met unless the
city grows, nnd to secure a large popu
lation there must be employment for
the iM'onle. A community cannot be
supported without payrolls. At present
work on the orchards is the only labor
than ran be offered newcomers, nnd
this for onlv a few months in the year.
Similarity to Wood Pipe.
The proposed flume will be ennst-ttot-M
of fir lumber of the same quality as
is used in the construction of the round
wooden pipe, the onlv difference being
that the flume will be square, nnd will
carry over twice the quantity of water
offered by the Fish lake ditch propo
sition. The cost of the maintenance
will be nominal, and will not exceed
that of the round pip-line. Whenever
there is a leak it can be easily repaired
without delay. Repair lumber will he
placed at intervals of every two or
three mile, so that within 3u minute
from the time of trouble material will
be on the ground without cost of trans
portation. On the other hand, if any
thing happens to underground pipe it
will take tome time to locate the
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SKETCH
HO DECISION
Supreme Court Did Not
Make Return in Case as!
Expected
SALEM, Oct. 20. Although expect
ed today, the decision in the Medford
liquor case was not returned by the
supreme court. The court on each Tues
day files its decision and it was thought
that they would have the decision ready
for filing today, but such was not tho
case.
Biggs Case Again.
In tho case of tho stato vs. Marion
Biggs, who was convicted of -land fraud
and who also is the defendant in dis
barment proceedings the court today
upholds the demurre to complaint on
the ground that "vnnspirncy to support
perjury ' is not a statutory crime in
the slate of Oregon.
LAUNCHING OF COLLIER
TO BE A STATE EVENT
VALLE.IO. Cal., Oct. Hi . The launch
ing of the giant collier Prometheus on
i December 5 will be made a state vent,
I according to plans formulated by the
! chamber of commerce and the Mer
i chants' association of Vallejo. Litem
1 ture descriptive of the launching, the
Mare island navy yard and the oapuo
! ity of the yard to carry on construe-
I tion work for the navy will be seat
, tered along the coast. Various civic
bodies will be asked to co-operate to
j make the launching an object lesson,
showing what the yard can do.
The Prometheus will be christened
, by the daughter of the naval construe
'tor, Evans, who has charge of the build
j ing of the vessel.
PERSIANS CARE BUT
LITTLE FOR FRANCHISE
! TEHERAN, Persia, Oct. 20.The peo
ple oi i'ersiu are showing little interest
; tMay in the parliamentary elections
authorized by the shah or in the pros
poet of a Persian parliament which will
convene within a month.
! The pnptilaee show general disappoint
ment at the result of their struggle
' for vnt'fnige.
I The shah's pmelamation prohibits po
litical activity by the Aujoumens nnd
pp-serihes t hat t lie eonst it nt ion shall
conform with the laws of Islam.
In the .shah's reseript. political au
tonomy is refns d tii the inhabitants of
Tabriz u t.t i! order is restored in that
: city.
.trouble, nnd then the entire flow cut
' off while a new section of pip1 re-
plni-es the d-fe,-ti (.tie.
As the city desire and a it grows.
it can extend the underground pipe sys
tem to repln.e the flumo. thus event
ually securing the pi feline direct to
the springs. As most of the money
spent represents labor, all of the money
wijl remain in Jackson county and not
go to Seattle and other foreign towns.
IN LIQUOR CASE! RURAL CARRIER
X ..7 - J
OF FLUME OFFERED BY EDGAR
IDEM TO BE
Wins Out in Civil Service
Examination Which was
Recently Held in City
.lohn E. Dent has received the ap
pointment as rural carrier on routo No.
I of the local mail service, he having
been high man in tho recent civil serv
ice examination held in this city. There
were fivo who took the examination,
those being Henry Metz, W, P. Morse,
Leonard Robinson nnd Roy Suran. Dent
will probably start on his work about
tin first of next month.
GOULD WITHDRAWS FROM
COMPANY; JOHN D. IN
DENVER, Col., Oct. 20. An official
statement given yesterday afternoon by
t lie directors of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company, in which a policy of ex
pansion for the company is announced,
was followed hv the statement today
that the Gould interests hnve with
drawn from the company.
John D. Rockefeller is now in com
plete control of tlie company and named
the board of directors at yesterday 's
meeting. The statement issued by the
company states that it is the intention
of tho company fo supply all the rails
and supplies to the companies operating
west of the Missouri river. I he follow
ing board of directors has been chosen
bv Rockefeller:
Frederick T. Gates. Edwin Hnwloy.
J. II. McClement. S. J. Murphy, George
t. Could. E. 11. Harriman, Willard P.
Ward. E. T. Jeffrey. E. II. Cooper
and L. M. Bowers of New York and
J. F. Wellborn. I). C. Penman and J, A
Writer of Denver.
J. F. Wellborn wns elected president;
L. M. Bowers, vice-president and treas
urer, and D. C. Reaman secretary and
general manager.
EARTHQUAKE STIRS UP
THE ISLAND OF LUZON
M A VILA. I T-. Oet. 'JM. Ttrnort
from nil n.irto nf the ialnml of Luzon
tonight state that no extensive damage
was done by three earthquake shocks
feit here today. The first shock was
recorded at 10: "0 this morning, th
second at 1:0." this afternoon and th
i hird at .7 thi- afternoon. All the
hoeks were slight.
TO GET MEDAL OF
HONOR FOR W. WRIGHT
PARIS, Oct. 20. The f.tom
which the American inventor, Wilbur
Wright, is held here is indicated by a
Movement beg-in today to obtain for
The aviator the decoration of the legion
of honor as a reward.
The Journal has tak'-n up the fight
in his behalf and is urging that no one
in the last deende has qualified in ft
larger degree for the honor.
EAGLE
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HAFER.
NO G. 0. P. TALKS
All Speakers Called Off
Fulton of Oregon Will
Speak in Seattle
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 20. With the
exception of Senatur Fulton of Oregon,
who will speak in Seattlo October 31,
there will be no national republican
speakers in Washington during the cam
paign. Chairman Bruner of the state
ommittee had hoped to have Senator
La Fol let to of Wisconsin and Senator
Dolliver of iowa hero during the last
k, but La Follette's western dates
havo been cancelled ami a telegram re
ceived nsttate headquarters from Sen
ator Joseph M. Dixon, head of tha
speakers' bureau of the national com
mil tee, says:
In ordn- fo put Dolliver in doubt
ful states and save two days in t he
west, I have cancelled his dates in Ore
gon rind Washington and will send him
ast from San Francisco.1'
Congressmen 'ushman and II itmph-
rey of Washington will confino all their
work to the Pacific slope.
COUNTY TEACHERS TO
GATHER IN MEDFORD
The joint teachers' institute of Jo
sephine and Jackson counties will be
h id in Medford October 28-30. The
tooting will bring about 200 educators
i our city. The teachers of our city
hools arc planning to make arrange
outs for the entertainment of the visi
ts so as to make their stay among
us pleasant as well as profitable.
A committee, consisting of Miss Ma
rian White, chairman, George II. Mer
ritt. Miss May Phipps, Miss Julia Field
er, Miss Lutie I'lrirh and Miss Lottie
Wiley, has been selected by the teach
ers to represent them in making ar
rangements for the entertainment of the
visiting teachers.
All of our citizens who can provide
room and board, or room alone, or board
alone, are requested io write this com
mitteo nt an early date giving address,
accommodations they can furnish,
whether they prefer ladies or gentle
men, snd the number they enn accom
modate, nnd tho price for which they
will provide accommodations. By com
plying with this request citizens will
greatly aid the committee in the work
they have undertaken.
There will prihly bo teachers ar
riving in Ihe city on Tuesday evening,
the 27th. and all who can provide no
commMation. from that date are re
quested to bo slate in t!iejr eoinmtini
cation to the committee,
A fire com pari v has lieen organized
in eaeh of the -hoo buildings of the
citv and the bovs are being instructed
in handling hoe
nnd carts bv members
of the city fire dep.i -t ment.
Arthur Smith, who livet near Jack -
sonvill" was in Medford a few day
Ho has lust recovered from a se
vere attack of typhoid fever.
IN WA HI
WOULD HAVE
TEDDY BDTT
Servians Appeal to Pres
ident for Intervention by
United States in Trouble
; in Eastern Europe
! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.p Oct. 20.
A stirring appeal to President Roosevett
. by the Servians of this city for inter
vention by the United States in the
; affairs of Servia and Austria is on
I its way to Washington today. At a
i great iiiush meeting of the local Serv
i 'urns held last night it was resolved
I to appeal to Washington to savo to
' Servia the states of Bosnia and Herze
govina from the rule of Fran. Josef.
For two hours the excited audience lis
tened to patriotic speeches in their
mother tongue recounting tho history
of Sor?n anil its right to independence
and particularly fair treatment at the
hnndfl of tho European people.
Hundreds swarmed forward at the
conclusion of the meeting to anuounce
themselves as volunteers to n't urn to
Servia to fight with her armies against
the A ust riaus. Telegrams were re
ccived from all pnrts of the state prom
ising llnancinl aid.
Daily scores fire joining the volunteer
companies that are drilling in several
California u cities. Among t he voluu
teers lire many Americans who are anx
ious to join the Servian forces.
Coss is Granted a
Stay of Execution
SALEM, Or., Oct. 20. Counsel Col
vig and Realties today nppeared before
the supreme court mid secured a slay i
of execution in the suit, of the Hlnte 1
vs. Cohs. Judge Eakin signed the writ
and it was affirmed by the entire court. '
A hill of exceptions will lie filed the
latter part of next week and Sheriff
Jones was notified not to leave for
Salem this afternoon with the prisoner,
Coss was on Monday afternoon, jm
related in The Tribune, sentenced in
oven years nt hard labor, having be-n
found guilty of a statutory crime, con-
hi it ted upon the person of Carrie Stngif,
a M-year old girl, who was employed
LIFE HELD VALUELESS
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Od. 2. With
i
a bullet in his brain, Othu M. Ilartei,,
a wealthy broker of Pittsburg, is dy j
ing today at the Cottage hospital after .
removal from the Hotel Rafael, where,1
alone and tired of liL;, the despondent
man attempted to take Ins own life last
niirht. Hartzel left a n te to the hot- J
manager carefully explaining mat n"
was not insane, but that human exist
ence, even with his great wealth, held
nothing for him, and he resolved to
leave it.
The lif" Hartzel held so valueless was
insured b him for ou,0jm to i-l.t
lives.
Hartzel. who was one of the Carnegie
M.eel mil'innaires. had been a guest at
...... ,.r.tf..llir . v i hi ft i ii i vi if 1 hat lie '
PLAYED CARDS WITH YOUNG
GIRL AS THE STAKE
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Charged will,
abducting pretty 17 year-old Mrs. Ab
ide Wicks Merrfiongola, a bride of
four months, and holding her prisoner
for days in a lonely swamp, Uuffaele
Orienne and Michael Dnrino are beinn
held today to nv.ait tho action of ihe
t grand jury.
The men's alb ged victim is the wife
of k wealthy voung contractor of Hunt-
' glon, L. I. She told her story in
!,"'K" nnnriPKium n coun nnu nurgvii
- ini mo men piuyeu mm wnrt nor
tho take.
WARD
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OBJECTS TO
Marriage With Duke Would
Make Miss Elkins King's
Neice-In-Law, if Patricia
Marries Turin
PA IMS, Oct. 20. New complications
are added to the Ahruzzi ElUiim match
today when it became known that if the
Italian duke married the American heir
ess t he proposed match bet ween the
Count of Turin and Princess Patricia of
Counaiight would not be sanctioned by
King I ward.
The resHon for this, it is said, is that
it is in the way of the betrothal of
the Count of Turin and I'rinccss Patri
cia. Princess Patricia was engaged to
the young count of Portugal, but that
match did not suit the king, who had
about arranged a betrothal with Turin
"gain. Prince Victor Emmanuel, count
t Turiu,l the older brother of the
:uko of Abruzzi, and both ara cousin1
Z tho Ring of Jtaly.
Tho Princess Patricia is tho daugh
',-. cf th Anlr rf f 'oiWfWght, nnd
therefore a niece of King Edward,
The marriage of Ihe. duko of Abruz.i
hi M iss Elkins and the marriage of
Count Turin and tlie Princess Patricia
would therefore make M iss Elk inn
sister-1 n law of K ing Ed wards, a near
retat ionship which does not seem lo
appeal to the Mritish monarch.
as a domestic in the Cohs household
The arrest and subsequent conviction
of Coss aroused much interest in ttouth
ern Oregon, owing to t ho prominence
of the Coss family. The grand jury re
turned a true bill against him for the
crime ami he was later found guilty.
District Attorney Mulkey, assisted by
' Attorneys Smith and Kelly, conducted
the case for the state, while Colvig
j and Roames wero attorneys for the
Ucffiidaiil.
Pending t he act ion by tho supreme
eourt in the case, II is in the discre-
Hon of Judge llanna (ft say whether
Coss shall stay in Die county jail or
he released on bond, and if so, what
tho nmoiuit shall be.
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the Hotel Rafael for six we. ks. He a
peand 1 i be contented and happy and
to eniov life. To friends he spoke of
a trip lo Japan that he was planning
llait.el telephoned h, Manager Orpin
of the hotel to come to his room within
111 minul
1 nated ttr:
Tin-re he
es. Orpin waited Ihe desig
e and then went to the room
found Mart..-! in a chair with
a bullet hole in his head and the revolv
er 1 ing near him. The mail was in
a stupor from which he has not rt v
end.
Ilaitel left a letter for A. T. De
l'ore.l. a San Ciam isco friend, and te!
egr - for his foil, M. Hart.el, head
of a department of the Carnegie Steel
company; l.'ev. W. II. Hartzel of M in
n a poll-., a I. rot her. nnd for his executor.
ANOTHER
JILT HANDED
TO HARRY K.
I'lTTNlil'ltC I'm . Oct. "J" A no! her
hlow was dealt. Unity Thaw in his tight
for liberty b.day, when Judge Young
in the Failed Slates circuit court
quashed the writ of habeas,., corpus
Ji;.r:iins Superintendent Hubert li. Lai
of the a-vbuii for the criminal 'mi sane
at MatteiMin. N. Y., and dismissed the!
petition to bring Thaw hero to" testify
in his bankruptcy onse. Tho court holds
umi innw's testimony can e umen
y ucposttion, wuiioui his removal irom
j confinement.
M KATE
100,000
TRUST CO.
WILL OPEN
Seattle and Medford Cap
italists Form Company
Capitalized at $50,000
for Operations Locally
Medford is to have n new financial
institution, and one that has boon need
od in the city for some time. It will
arry on a general trust business, deal
ing in mortgages, stocks and bonds, will
act as administrator of estates, handle
insurance real estate and do in fact nil
business naturally falling to such a
business, excepting that for tho pres
ent it will accept no checking accounts.
It will be known ns the Fruitgrowers'
Frost - Title company, and will oc-
upy temporary quarters in the present
offices of tho Hi lie rest Orchards com
pany in the Palm building.
The new company has been incorpo
rated under tho laws of Oregon with a
apttal stock of $."10,000. It is not a
branch of any like institution, although
a few members nf the new company
are engaged in n liko business in Seat
He. A man lo take charge of tho new
institution is to be sent hero from Se
attic. The trustees of Ihe company are Reg
inald 11. Parsons of Senttle, John A.
Tormey of Sou 1 1 le, Worrell Wilson of
Seattle, M. J. Martin of Seattle, Al-
il H. Moses of Seattle, Howard S.
Dudley of Seattle, Y. I. Vawter, Dr.
J. F. Reddv and John D. Olwell of Med
ford.
It is the intention of the new com
pany to securo u site for n building iu
t he uenr future and erect for them
selves quarters adapted to the business.
Eor temporary purposes the oil ices of
the HiltcroHt Orchards company will be
utilized.
Messrrt. Wilson and Larsons of Seat
tle are each connected witlv tho Title
Trust company of that city,iin Insti
tution similar to the one to be placed
here.
Mr. Dudley and Mr. Tormey are both
interested in the Hilhrest orchards and,
realizing the need of the new institu
tion, they succeeded in obtaining nsso- .
iates lo aid in forming the company.
The new com pan v will bo ready for
busiiiesa within a short time.
YOUNG WOMAN TAKES
OWN LIFE WITH ROPE
BERKELEY, Cnl., Oct. 20. Coroner
sdule is investigating toil ay the
strange suicide of Miss Ethel K. But
timer, formerly a nurse nt tho Roose-
It hispital. who hanged herself with
a trunk rope lo a beam in the bath
room Sunday aflernoou, tho news of
which was suppressed by the deputy
coroner here until last night.
The coroner's office has been asked
by the police department to explain
why the death was kept a secret and it
is possible that several deputies may
lose their heads as the result of the
inquiry.
The girl's body was found swinging
to a beam in the bathroom late Sunday
afternoon. She had previously told sev
eral friends in tho hospital that she
wished she wero dead. Several letters
from a young man mimed "Will" nt
Nn pa, supposed to be Will Edgewood,
which remained unanswered, are sup
posed to have something to do with
tho suicide. Two letters signed "Will"
intimating that the writer did not care
-to much for her as formerly wore found
in Hi- girl's effects.
RECOMMEND THAT DUTY ON
PAPER BE REVISED
DCLl'TH, Minn.. Oct. 20. After
spending mouths investigating tho wood
pulp paper industries in Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota, the committee
of six appointed by congress to study
the conditions, it was learned today,
will recommend tlie duty on these prod
m is be revised.
' ' At the present rate of consump
tion the supply of timber will soon be
exhausted. In Wisconsin and Michi
gan now many paper mills have nearly
all their spruce timb r shipped from
Minnesota and it is easy to conceive
I ne result with the plants of three shite
working on this limited supply.
"Canmla appears to be the ouly sal
vation. If we cannot arrange matters
so that pulp timber can be brought here
cheaply, the price of print paper will
go sky high."
Circuit Court Nows.
State of Oregon vi. . M. Com; mo
tion for new trial ovp"'"S am. detenu-
ant sentenced to seven yenrs ,n the
1 penitentiary; motion for certifienli of
i pronaiQ cause uemeu ny couri ana ua-
i iomlnnt reinanneit to uw custody or inn
Uhcriff.
MEDFORD