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'MEDFORD, OREO ON, "WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908.
No. 208.
Daily
en AD
ONLY 2 PER
E
County Surveyor Has Been
at Work in That Sec
tion-Steel OptimistiG on
the Outlook
Will fl. Steel, secretary of the Outer
la lie road commission, arrived in Med
ford Wednesday morning, optimistic, lis
tii tin outlook for the early undertaking
of tin: construction of a mud to tin.1 lake
j' ml with the good news given by County.
Puiveyor Frank A. (Ivhv7. that it will
lii possible to reach the lake with n
grade which will ho only 2 per cent at
iis steepest p'irt. This was detewniueil
l the county surveyor after he dad
been Hii eying H at solion of t'io
county tor some weeks. The grade for
t.lto ureal or distance will only bo a 1
pr i-f t.t grade, bo above Prospect il
will fur Home distance bo 2 per cent.
Mr. Steel lias recently relumed from
a visit to Houthern California, and re
ports great activity in that section in
regard to Hie construction of better
roads.
"Los Angeles," said Mr. Steel, "re
cently vole.l bonds for $.'1,500,000 with
which to construct better roads. "The
seal inient is almost unanimous in favor
of the movement and the other counties
in that part of tho state, liavo also vot
ed liberal amounts, Thoro is no doubt
but 1 hat flu- great highway throughout
California will bo undertaken soon and
completed wilhiu n few years. We must
then be ready to connect with that rnnd
by having n highway Ihrouglj. the stale
of Oregon. It would be flue, to hiVv'o
the loop around by Craler lake and
i hen mi to Portland.
11 Kvery tiling is working out. nicely
and wo an- confident of siiooohh, There
is 1o be a monster meeting in Ashland
on November iM and one in Roseburg
tomorrow. 1 will leave luiiiglit for the
hitler place."
BENNETT CANNOT GET
TREES TO SUPPLY DEMAND
X. S. iti'lini'lt, the TMon Valley nur-Ki-ry
mini, received :l cur of tree's Wi'd
iioh'duy containing 'from 1S,IOO to 20,
(Mill tn'ca. The enr was shipped by the
Milton nursery, Milton, Or. Mr. Ben
nett lias solil over (ill.OOO trees thin sea
son ami the demand for SpiUenburgs
ami N'evvtowns eaaimt begin to be 'hiiji
jilicl. There, are plenty of Hartletls to
be hail, however. The traile runs ahead
of the supply and some who contemplate
planting are apt to be disappointed.
NO FRICTION BETWEEN
UNCLE SAM AND JAPS
WANIIINfiTON", N'ov. IS. "There
has never 1 a the slightest frielion be
tween Japan ami the United States,"
deelared a high authority in the state
department today, when asked about
Illinois that there lias been an exchange
of diplomatie notes during the past fow
days over a possible frietinn between
the two nations. He stated that when
the San r'laneiseo school dispute cnine
up the decisions of both governments
were harmonious, although feeling
among the people of both nations ma
high. Since then, ho said, both gov
i i-ninenls have been en-operating to re
move the impression that enmity exist
1,1-tween the I'aiteil States ami .lapan.
The official pointi-d to the school
agreement in San Francisco, the sat
isfactory mutual regulation-of immi
gration laws and other arrangements as
, nc.Hiraging to the feeling of friendship
between the two nations.
"The relations existing between .la
pan and the 1'aited States are now most
friendly." said the official.
"1 can assure vmi that there is noth
ing involved in the pending negotiation
that isn't written down in black anil
white; that it is open to students of
the papers. regarding the relations tie
tween .lapaa aail the I'llited States,
We have not been negotiating for n
treaty, but for the exchange of iliplo
leatie antes. That 's nil."
FORESTERS HAVE BIO
TIME IN REORGANIZING
Alfred V. Field, the deputy high chief
ranger of the Pacific coast jurisdiction
of the Ancient Order of Foresters, nnd
official organizer of the order, reorgan
ied the local branch of Foresters Mon
day eoiiing. About 30 new members
were taken in. .1. H. Fitzgerald was
nppointi-d chief ranger. The hall wns
elaborately decorated with small fir
trees. A splendid time was had at the
session.
t
JURY NOT TO BE SWAYED
BY ATTEMPT ON HENEY
They Learn That Haas
Fewer Guards in Evidence at Trial-Galiagher
Placed on the Witness Stand-Questioned by AGt
Who Roundly Abused. Him For Contradiction
SAN PltANClSCO, Cab, Nov. IS.
Fewer guards about the court building
than have been stationed there since
the attempt to kill Francis .1. Ileaey
lust Friday appeared at Carpenter's hall
this morning, when the trial of Abra
ham Ruef, ex-boss of San Francisco,
wan resinned at. tho place where it win
interrupted by Haas ' attempt on Ho
ney 's lifo.
Judge Lawlor Iuih issued orders that
any of Uuof's friends who wish uro to
allowed in the courtroom and that
there is to bo no limit placed upon tho
number except the. capacity of the court
room. Attorney Jliram Johnson want-
(1 the court to ulipulnto .just, how many
of Ruef 'h friends could attend tho trial,
but' tho court refused to do so. At
the beginning of the trial Judge Law-
lor admonished the jury that no atten
tion was to' be paid to tho incident of
Friday afternoon. The "transaction"
he declared, is entirely ontnide tho is
sues in this trial, and no attempt is lo
bo made by the jury in the case to fix
the responsibility for the shooting of
Honey. The judge told tho jury that
Honey wns shot by a man named Haas,
who has since taken his own life in tho
county jail and that Honey is out of
danger. The judge admonished the jury
that only Hie ' fiiets directed to , the
charge in the complaint u(on" which
rtuef is being tried can bo considered
in determining the question of the guilt
or innocence of Ihe defendant.
Gallagher on Stand.
'Big Jim" Gallagher, lender of tho
hood ling supervisors, took the stand for.
ross-cxamiiiat ion, nnd as he already
told tho story on graft on direct exam
ination by Honey,
WANT THE ELKINS ACT
PASSED ON BY COURT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1K. -It is in
timated today that (he government will
offer as its chief reason in presenting
ii writ of 'certiorari to take tho $2!,-
000,000-dollnr Standard Oil case to the
supreme court, the necessity for tin ex-
ict interpretation of tho section of the
Klkiiis act relating to the publishing
anil filing of rates.
Tho supremo court seldom interferes
ith the lower court 's decisions ox
pt when questions of interpretation
of laws are involved. Jn the case of
rate filings, it will be argued by the
government counsel that courts in nine
judicial districts havn ruled conthct
ingly and railroads may now do cor
tniii things- legally in one district,
though the saine action Would be illegal
in-nimllici'jdistrict. ;.
John D. Bending Up.
NKW YORK, Nov. IS. .fedin D. Rook
efeller is spending his time today as
he has for tho past throe weeks in
reading up old letters and documents on
file in his office to refresh his mem
ory so that when he takes the stand
in the hearing now on before- the fed
eral court ho will be able to answer
something else than ' ' I don 't rinem
ber, " or "I don't know."
Merits Rosenthal, who is direct ing
tho defense in the Standard trial, has
been absent from the hearings for some
time nnd is said to bo coaching Mr.
Rockefeller so that he can answer the
questions nnkod him correctly.
Kockefellor was asked concerning the
war which was waged by the Standard
on its competitors in Ohio when all the
other concerns went down and left the
Standi) rd alone.
CHICAGO MAN PURCHASES
PART C7 DUiNINCJ TRACT
ft. V. Xorthrup, -formerly of the Na
tion Itiseuit company. Chicago, ims pur
chased -1 acp-s. part of the Darning
tract, two and one Inlf miles southwest
of Medford. He will plant the land to
app-H and pear. bu:ld a bungnb-w ami
otherwise imirove the place. His moth
er may join him later. Mr. N'orthmp is
a ii. phew of John M. Knot nnd will
be a welcome addition to th younger
nifiitv wt. "The Hal1 wan mad- by Joe
Rrnwn. who has nln sold an acre trart
in the northw.t.-ru part of M-dford
l.l,.i.fin to Klla G.iitnvnw to Kankin
Kte of Texas, who is iT'.-ting a rent
dene thereon.
Mm. T. M. Outers has returned to
her home in Yrekn, Cal.
1 WARNS
Has Committed Suicide-
I The first question naked by Henry
I Ach was as to whether Cliillngher had
talked with the new attorneys for the
prosecution. Gallagher said that he had
I attended a conference of t ho attorneys
I for the prosecution and that they had
given him a copy of his testimony at
tho last trial.
I Ach led (liillegher over his entire no-
j riod of acipiaintanco with each of the
members of the bundling board of su-
' per visors who are to bo witnesses
ngaiiist Ruef. lie inquired minutely
when Callagher had met them and if he
hud ever heard that their reputations
fur honesty worn bad.
Ho wanted to know if Gallagher knew
that Ruef was the political boss of San
Francisco be Corn tho board was elected,
'and Gallagher replied that Ttuof was.
I Witness Interrupted.
On several occasions Ach interrupted
tho witness with the statement that his
testimony today was different from his
testimony at former trials. Tho court
instructed the attorney that this was
improper.
1 There is more decorum being main
tained at the Ruef trial than at any
.time since the trials ha ye been be
gun.
Ach failed to break 'down Gallagher
iii his testimony given on direct ex
amiuntion, which ho had declared that
Huef cont rolled tho union labor con
vention that nominated tho bundling
board.
Gallagher told of Rnof's attempt to
control tho republican county conven
tion and to prevent tho fusion of thai
party with the democrats to opposo the
union labor ticket.
JOSEPH MAXS0N ON
STAND IN LAMPHERE TRIAL
h POUT K, J ml., Nov. 1H. Joseph
Maxson, who was employed at the Guil
tless farm at (he timo of tho fire which
destroyed tho house, wns on the stand
in Ihe hani)(hero trial today. He des
cribed tho incidents of the night of the
fire. Ho said that Mrs. Guiiiiobs, the
three children and he ate a hearty eve
ning meal and enjoyed themselves un
til bedtime by playing games. He was
awakened by some smoke in his room
about 4 o'clock in the morning, and his
first thought was that Mrs. Guniicss
wiis getting breakfast and the smoke
was coining from tho stove.
He then described how ho got up.
dressed ami looked at his watch, find
ing it was too early for breakfast. He
said hi! then tried to kick down the
door opening into the main part of the
house where tho woman nnd three chil
dren were asleep, but was unable to do
so. He said he then went downstairs
and tried to break in the front door
with an ax, but was unsuccessful.
ASHLAND WORKING TO
MAKE CONVENTION SUCCESS
The executive committee appointed to
make arrangements for the good roads
convention to be held at Ashland on
Tuesday afternoon, November 24, met
in Ashland Saturday morning and dis
cussed matters in connection with the
affair. The following committees were
appointed:
Invitation D. It. Grant, K. P. Hughes,
R. P. Campbell, Ward W. MuoIIeiiry.
Km met t IWsoii, (', W. Wolters, George
Owen, G. W. Parron, J. M. Wagner, P.
C. Homes., Sr., A. II. Dnvenhill, Joshua
Patterson.
Publicity P. D. Wagner, K. J. Kai
ser, (.'. H. Watson.
Finance J. K. Young, ). Winter. R,
P. Neil.
Program R. I). Itriggs, J. T. Staples,
C. H. Cappellur.
The convention will be held at the
opera house beginning at 2 p. m. and
the principal address will be made by
Judge John H. Scott, president of the
State Good Ronds organ 7js ion, with
short addresses and discussions bv local
"penkers.
It is hope to have a large attend
aiieo from town and cmintrv both nnd
to that end all interested in the good
roads movement are urged not only to
come themselves, but to extend jwrsonal
invitations to their friends and neigh
bors to attend nnd help arouse eathu
insin and secure action which will re
cult in placing Oregon in line with
other progressive state in this line of
public improvement.
OUGHT TO
MEND
FOR YEAR
Contractor Bade Is Rush
ing Work of Sewer-Cob
blestone . Formation
Wears Out Digger
Contractor Pade of the .lacobHen
Itade compauay, who has just returned
trom Portland, is one public works
contractor who wastes no time complel- j
nig work. Ho has over half of the new
trunk lino sewer const rue ted and is
rushing work on I lie balance, about 1 T 0 0
feet of trench will have to bo dug by
hand.
"L am losing money ou the work on
account of the cobblestone hardpnn,''
said Mr. Hade. "This class of work
is worlh Jjili nnd 1 took it at ill) cents.
It 'has worn 'out tho steel buckets ou tho
ditch-diggor and racked the machine
badly, lint we uro losing no time in com
pleting the job."
When naked whether or nut it was
customary for pipe contractors to guar
nut eo pipe. Mr. Jtmlo said it was not.
" No matter what kind of pipe you buy,
you do not get a time gunruutoo," said
Mr. Jlade. "All you gel; is a guarantee
(hat tho pipe will stand a certain pres
sure, and if it does not stand this pres
sure, it. is replaced.
"It is, however, customary to muko
the wood pipe contractors keep the pipe
in repair -for a year, for whatever
flaws there are will develop in that;
length of time.
1 ' Now that the water problem is
tiled, tint city ought to lose no timo
in rushing work through, for the longer
I he delay, I he bigger the loss to t he
city."
FLASHES PROM THE WIRES.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 18. Promo- I
tor Jack (ileasou today announced that
he would bring suit through his nttor- I
ney, Samuel Short ridge, for dam-
age from the mnnagers of Hilly Papko !
and Stanley Ketehell, the middleweight 1
fighters, for originally signed contracts
to fight with him and who Inter an- j
nounced their intention of fighting at
Coffrolli's Mission arena ou 1 ho after-j
noon of Thanksgiving day. Clcnsoii j
has already issued advertising matter j
for the fight and Coffroth is rushing i
nit advertising. It is stilted that the
bills will announce the fight: in two
places on the same day.
Butto, Mont, Nov. 18. Iteeanse lie!
herisjied a grudge against an employe
m the Oregon Short Line, Pat (lordou ,
confessed that he attempted to wreck ;
fast freight train on that road and
id actually derail a train "to get
ven." How he could get revenge by
nosing the death of several persons1
Cordon failed to explain. Although he
derailed the cars last February, (lordon
did not confess until yesterday.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 18. Three j
deaths indirectly dm to I he floods
caused by recent heavy rains occur
red here, when thiee ears and the en
gine of a freight train, caught in a
washout, rolled down a 40-foot embank
nient. The fireman, engineer and brake
man were i-rushed to dent h in the
wreckage.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 18. In sev
en homes lure thankfulness reigns su-j
preme today over the return of the;
youths who were thought, yesteray to j
have been drowned in the bay. The
bovs had been missing a day and a
night and the police patrol boat had j
given them up as lont, when word came
last night that they had been thrown
ashore r.nfely on Angel inland.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 18. The
city officials are preparing today to
present to the grand jury evidence in
connection with the disappearance nf
monev from the city treasury for which
.lames Tomalty, formerly h"nd book
keeper in the treasurer ' office, stands
accused. The reports of the experts
employ, d to exnmir.o the books have
been filed with Mayor Taylor and they
show that the shortage amounts to
Mill).
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 18. Rich
ar.l Hotaling, capitalist and actor, is
preparing today to combat suits filed
.'Hjainst him by Pi depositors in the de
funct Catiforni.1 Safe Deposit & Trust
company for "'J.-'iNO, alleging that as
a stockholder in the institution he is
partly liable for iis failure.
NEW YORK, Nov. In, An nnpolifh
ed solar mirror, valued at. $Ho.ooO, ar
rived here today on the steamship St.
Andrews for the Wilst.n observatory at
Pasadena, Cal. It was made at St. (In
dia, France, ami is 100 inches in diam
cter. It weighs six and one half tons.
CITY OFFICIALS AND
CONTRACTORS IN THE
MERRY GAME OF TAG"
Each and All Get Out From Under When Paving on
Seventh Street Is Mentioned--Time Up on Nov
ember 6-Who Is to Blame For Delay? Each
and All Pass the Buck Along
All round-about, and round about,
And round about it goes 1
The straight across und back again.
How strange nobody kuoWH
Adapted.
Tag!. You're it!
It's a clever little ganio that city,
officials and the head men of the War- :
re a Construction company aro playing
ia regard to tho paving of Seventh
street. They are one and all passing
the buck along getting out from under
us it wore. An attempt to sift the mat
ter down by ipierying different parties
only results, in being passed along the
line. The universal reply is: "Really,
1 don't know you must ask ." And
the blank can stand for tho mayor, the
street committee, tho city engineer or
the superintendent of the construction
company, Kven the recorder and city
attorney are brought ut times Into this
little g.ime of "Tag, you're it!'
M:'ior Says Street Commit too.
Mayor J. P. Jteddy doesn't know. He
hints ut a chain of circumstances, each
and alt tending to delay the work, but
rct'lly, one should seo the street uom
mi'.;ieo. They havo been attending tjo
the matter and are aipmlnted with the
dclails. Yes, it should havo been com
pleted before this, but no one has fid
viiMi'cd a reason for the delay, (lo and
sc.' Cliaiiuiaii Trowbridge of tho com
mittee. Chairman Trowbridge, when seen, re
lets one to the city engineer. He said
he had been urging the work, but de
lays held it up. There was no rock.
Whyf Well, he didn't really know.
The citf had nothing to do with the
matter, simply loaning tho construction
cbmpany the use of the quarry ami rock
bins. Tho street committee had done
all they could to facilitate tho work.
It should have been completed Novem
ber t, and the city was damaged $1fi
a day for each day past that time. This
penalty will probably be enforced. Hut
one had better seo the engineer or the
const ruct ion company for details regard
ing the work.
Referred to Reports.
The city engineer had but little to
say. Just enough to refer one to his
reports to the council on f i lo with the
city recorder. One could find out from
I hem what t he city had been doing.
Then he invited a book agent in, an
ideal way of shaking an Interview,
The reports of the city engineer show
that the (piarry was in readiness for
operation on September 10 nnd wns on
that day turned over to tho contractors.
CHINESE BANK GIVES
MONEY TO EXCHANGES
PKKIX, Nov. !. The K't f:liina
omul ioumy mippiifii it minion i i bihi i
(about $500,000 American money) to
the exchange banks, which havo been in
difficulty since tho deaths of tho dowa
ger empress and the emperor last week.
The exchange banks suspended payment
yesterday because of the wild rumors
rtattdl after the deaths of the rulers
th'i', a revolution was imminent nnd
seernl runs that were prevented by tho
police from gaining headway.
The police prevented the owners of
the exchange banks from escaping, and
the -fficials of the (treat China bank
in-iu- to their rescue today with money.
The economic situntion is much bet
ter and it is the opinion here that the
naiuiai crisis win soon ne over.
THE DR INKLE SS BOOZE;
WHISKY IN TABLETS
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 17.
Whisky jelly made its appearance iit
North Yakima vestirday, being recom
mended bv a representative of a Ken
tucky distillery as a panacea for locaf
option laws. The "drink toss drink
comes in the form of tablets or of stick
candy ami enn be chewed or dissolved
in water, its effect being sufficiently
like the "real ntuff" to convince of ita
power.
Portland, Or., Nov. lh. Klexnnder H.
Patlinn, formnly chauffeur for Abo
Ruef, who w:i arreniej in Portland on
a charge of bribery gi owing out of
the Fnrd Ruef Calhoun trials in Rail.
Prancisco, will not lie defended by At
torney John M. Ocnrin of Portland,
reported.
ft
The erualieri wero iu operation that
day und grinding out rock. A lecond
date Iu noted, that of the arrival of tho
paving plant, on November 0, one day be
fore tho expiration of the time speci
fied lu the contract. The roek bins
In the city wore not In rendlnesa until
the middle of October, but this did not
prevent tho crushing' of tho rock ah
many carloads hnve been delivered down
town ou flat cars. '
No Rock, Say Contractors.
The contractors pass one up with the
simple explanation, " We have no rock1.'
nnd when asked why, they claim that
tbo erusherHdo not hnve capacity
enough. Heyond this they have but
Utile to say, . Thoy were delayed In
bringing a plant to Medford, and now
crushed rock and weather hold them
up. Hut they go ou to urgo that tho
people come not impatient as thoy will
finish the work (ih soon us possible.
Then one is hIiowii how they are doing
everything possible to hasten tho work.
A new crusher was Installed on Tuesday
to hasten the crushing. They fool worse
about tho delay than tho city does
and so ou one thing after another, but
never a word In answer to tbo question
"whyt""
The- Whertfore of It, .
Tho matter when Hi f ted down leaves
the blame fur tho delay with tho con
struction company.
It seems that it Ims orders for more
work than it can haudle. A plant at
Kugeno was first to como here, but this
was not possible, owing to a now con
tract in that city for additional work.
The same was true in Salem. Tho plant
iu Vancouver finally reached Medford
one day before tho expiration of the
time whon tho work was to havo been
completed. Hlnco then Vancouver has
let another contract to them. Now, if
that contract hud been let sooner, would
tho plant from Vaneauvor have reached
here this fullf Not if the t wh ether
cases were any criterion.
Why was no rock crushed during tho
six weeks intervening between the time
tho city turned ovor the quarry and
the arrival of tho plantf A start should
havo been obtained at that timo.
It looks as if tho company wanted to
hold this contract and yet do the work
whenever they felt liko.
explanations and a pass-up awaits
those who would inquire into the mat
ter. J
Tint remember the words of Ma Halla
"calm thyself." .
In the meantime the mud is half a
foot deep on Seventh street.
WROTE COMMENTARY
ON HIS OWN CAREER
CHIflAflO, Nor.- 1S. A romnrknhlc
cnmiiicntury whit-h miint apply to hi.
own ciiri'or wn found In (ho nffi-cti f
Potor Vnn .VlimnnKcn, tho confi'SMi'il
fir'r of li'L, uinimiitinit to nearly
a million dollnra, today.
In tho book was writton n .comment
on tlio cane of Paul O. Hton.lnnd, the
chionKo hank wrecker, who fled to Mo
rocco, whero ho wan eaptured. Hteim
land in now In prison. Van Vllnnenuen
wrote.:
"It ia not to ho uppoed that Stenn
land delilM-ratoly resolved to rob the
jMior people who trutUed him. Hueh l
not tho hintory nf tho defaulter. Ili
elownfall began with a trivial irregular
Ity. Again, you yield to temptation
and find that you have done nobody
iitirin t hni in. nnbodv cxeont yourself.
You go on and finally yon are fnreed
lo choose between forgery and tne
wreek of your hope..
"Tho time eomea when hope of renti
tntinn ia crone nnd the defaulter faeoa
ronvietion aa a eommon felon, llroping
down in tho bodrooK or nia cnaracier,
ho ehooaoa whether he will paaa the re-
tnn iiHor nf hi. llfO n a riKNMVO ITOin
.illation or will mako a elena breaat of
it and nerve the justly earned sen
n,..lvor Nihloek anid todav that he
will nnt. roveitl the names of Van Vlia
seiigen'a victima unless he Is forced tn
In an. Thev are isteil in a secret earn
imlei kent bv tho forger, which is ho
ing gunrded by tho receiver.
Tlrnnn. former county com
miitnnir hn returned from a visit
,f mvornt months! n Wisconsin. He
I report time apparently protperoHt in
tne miunie west.
ENGINEERS
WANT OVER
50 MILLION
Chief of Engineers Makes
ills Recommendation For
Appropriations For For
tifications WASHINGTON, N.iv. Fifty mil
lion dollars is the aggregate of the ap
propriation recommended by Prigadier
Ueueral W. L. Marshall, chief of the
engineers, V. S. A., for work on rivers,
harbors and fortifications for tho com
ing year in his annual report submitted
to Secretary of War Luko Wright to
day. '
Approximately $2 Jl, 000 ,000 is rocoui
mended on existing contracts for river
II 11.1 Ii.ipIiaw 1 H,.'nm..ntU ibOl IVIII HA 4,-..
...... I ..I, -r- ...I
general work on rivers nnd harbors, sur-
llllll (-IMH IHllllCII'H, fT-,OlHI, IVU 1111
commission. Tho sum recommended for
fortifications ia $l,7'j;i,2:n; 44,000 for
repairs and protection at Pearl harbor,
Oahu, mid 07,100 for the defense of
Pensncola, Fla.
For tho modernizing of older em
placements generally, $000,000; electri-.
eal Installation, l,2.riH; for search
lights, $1)07,000, .
Work at Manila.
Commenting on tin fortifications of
insular possessions, the department re
fors to the "very necessary additional,
defenses at Muni la,"
It suggest s that if the amount rec-
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oiiMiiriiiii-u in u inn, in- nuiy iiipioii im-ni,
at least $2,000,000 should be made
available during the coming year, 'ho .
that a substantial plant cuiPhe provid
ed and work can bo conducted in an
effective nnd economical manner.".,
A considerable proportion of the sug
gested appropriation for searchlights
recommended to bo expended in the
Philippines and Hawaii.
So too of tho most important exti-
mates of I ho years for rivers and har
bors wore Hun Hi ego harbor, $.'10,000;
Han Pedro bay, $100,000; Oakland har
bor, $521,000.
Oregon and Washington: Columbia
river, $1,1(14,000; Columbia (nmulh),
$450,000; drays Harbor, $)HI,000; Pu
gt Sound, $i:iO,000; Tacoma Harbor,
$40,000.
Hawaii: Honolulu ' Harbor, $."O0,000;
Hilo Harbor, $1100,000.
W. R. Smith of Central Point wns a
Medford visitor ou Wednesday.
lolin Sebastian, tue passenger traffic
manager of tho Rock Island route, pass-
d thorugh Medford I iienbiy evening.
e was presented with a box of fine
Hpit.enbuig apples ami given Medford
literature. Ho expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the courf esiea-ex
tended to him.
0 PREFER CHARGES
AGAINST CHIEF BIGGY
HAN FRANC1HCO, Cal., Nov. IS.
Several citizeua today are preparing
h urges of incompetency to bo filed
gainst Chief of Police W. J. Piggv
at the next meeting of tho police com
missioners, nceording to a statement by
Detective W. J. Hums of the prosecu
tion.
The charge will be an outgrowth of
the suicide of Morris Haas, the as
sailant of Francis J. He ney, in his '
cell at the county jail. They will for
ward declarations by Hums nnd Dis
trict Attorney William H. Lnngdon Hint
the police wero negligent in guarding
their prisoner to prevent the smuggling
f a pistol to him.
A verbal encounter between attor
ney A. J. Webb, representing Chief
Biggy on one side, and the district at
torney, and Hunm on the other, occurred
yesterday after the coroner's jury had
viewed the body of Haas and witnessed
the demonstrations .if the possibility of
iding a derringer pistol in tho shoe
of the dead man.
Burns began questioning Detective
Sergeant Tom Hurke. who assisted
Hums in the first search of Haas, and
Attorney Webb objected. A heated
colloquy followed between Webb and
Langdon ia which Piggy was charged
with attempting to Mock the investi
gation. Thin Biggy indignantly denied.
Lnter Coroner T. P. . liClantl an
nounced that if there had been a care
ful examination it was not within the
range of possibility that tho revolver
might have escaped detection.
It, K. Hcnn returned to Medford last
night after hnvlnf, spent several mouths
in Beattle, Wash.