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TIIIED TEAR.
WHO IS TO BLAME
FAILING
Buck Passed to City En
gineer Who Has Been
Too Busy
Who is to blamcT
Medford Iicmihch are unnumbered.
Moilford nlrectx uro untagged.
People have l go to the postofficc
to iret iniiil iiiHteiid of having it
brought to them.
The C uioreinl club has pnssod rea-
nlutions.
Tho city council passed ordinances.
Still nothing dune. Who's fuultl
It him .just been 500 days since the
city council ordered the city nttorney
to drnw up an ordinance providing for
the numbering of the houses of the
city and pioviding for placing street
signs upon street intersecttions.
The ordinance ivus drawn, but noth
ing done yet.
Ordinance Is Adopted.
It has just been .144 days sinco the
ordinance huh adopted to enforce tho
numbering of houses. And nothing
has been dono yot.
Why!
The mayor says to sec tho street com
mittee. The street committee says to see the
rocordor.
The recorder says to see tho street
commissione,".
The street commissioner says to see
tho citv eiiifirtWr.
'the city -engineer says ho has been
too busy, to see his reports, they show
ivlint his office has been doing. He
l.-is olnttcd the original townsite, but
uo uso has been made of his map.
Ad finitllin.
When Movement Began.1
It, was on .lime '. I'M", that Conn
cilinun Den, or introduced a motion to
have the city attorney druw up an or
dinance providing for the numbering
of the lions s in the city. Tho motion
carried and the instructions wcro giv-
Tho nuxt definite move shown by the
minutes of the council proceedings is
when, on December IS, !, the or
dinancc was adopted. This ordinance
required the numbering of each house
in tho city under penalty.
Sime then nothing has been dono.
Always Passed It Up.
On divers occasions tho council has
discussed the matter, but it has always
been paused up ill spite of the urging
en the pail. of citizens of the city who
know that Medford only needs num
bering to have a free postal delivery
inaugurated.. .The Commercial club has
urged the. matter , seemingly to no
avail.
hast winter n young man by the
name of lleorge Duke, known to fame
as "Dare-Devil Diiko," undertook the
work and. succeeded ill getting from
the city engineer a plat of the original
township, lloweiei. thoriigh some dis
satisfaction with Dukes worn, mis
plat was taken from him and tho work
discontinued.
The city engineer has pleaded contin
uously that his forco was too busy to
undertake gelling out the plat for the
work, owing to tho many improvements
under wav in tho city.
A Glimpse of Hope.
However, at the present time there
Mems t" be a ray of hope that the
work will finally be undertaken. At a
recent council meeting Klum & Morgan
n-ado the council a proposition to num
ber the houses and place the sign, on
tho streets. The council, however,
could not let such work without sub
mitting them to bids, which is to be
done.
On Friday Chairman Trowbridge of
the street "committee visited the en
gineer und urged the importance of the
work. The engineer states that as
there is at present a lull in improve
ment work anil that he will have a
chance to get at it.
Bids to Be Called For.
Th plan is now to have bids re
reived for the work and then to pm
power the successful bidder to do the
work and do it rightly.
In the meantime inrsons arc directed
according to size, shape and color of
the house they wish to find. "Go three
blocks this wav. four blocks that, then
look for th middle house with a green
ro..f "that is a typical directing state
ment.
l'.ut the engineer says that In
ihe time at last.
Let us sincerely hope so.
hs
J..hn Wilkenson is making a visit in
Portland with frieads.
500 ours
SINCESM
TO NUMBER HOUSES
WHY IS IT NOT
ORDINANCE NO. 136.
The people of the city of Medford do ordain us follows :
Section 1. It shall bo the duty of the owner or tenant
of every residence or place of
opening up or having access to the streets oi the city ot
Medford, Oregon, to cause to be placed in a conspicuous
place upon the main entrance or at the principal place of
ingress to such premises a number, such number to be as
certained as nereniaiter provided.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the engineer of the
city of Medford to prepare or cause to be prepared, with
all reasonable expedition, a map or maps of said city, and
to clearly indicate upon such map or maps the several re
spective numbers which shall be used to designate the cor
responding premises as provided in section one hereof, and
i i) file such maps with the city recorder.
Section 2. It shall be .the duty of each property owner
r tenant, as provided in section one hereof, to ascertain
from the said city engineer the number so assigned to his,
or her, respective premises, and to cause such number to
lie affixed thereto forthwith in figures not less than three
inches high, such figures to be so placed as to lie easily leg
ible trom the adjoining sidewalk or street.
Section 4. It shall be the
;if the street commissioner or the city of Medford to cause
written notice to be given to either the owner, agent or
occupant of each residence and place of business within the
said city which shall not have been numbered as herein pro
cided by the 1st day of January, 1!K)8, which said notice
shall designate the proper number to be affixed to said
premises and shall require the same to be affixed within
ten days from the date of service of such notice upn such
owner, agent or occupant, and upon the failure of such
owner, agent or occupant to so affix said number within
said ten days, the city council of said city may cause the
same to be so affixed, and tho costs thereof shall be declar-,
od a lien upon the particular lot or parcel of land upon
which said costs are so expended, which lien shall be re
corded upon the-city- lien docket and thereafter enforced
against the property therein described in all respects in
like manner and with like effect as a lien for the improve
ment of any street.
Approved by the mayor December 13th, 1D07.
CZAR TO GRAB
ALL OF PERSIA
Sultan of Turkey Expeds
Seizure of Country Any
Minute-Agreement Made
CONSTANTJNOULE, Nov. 21. For
mal announcement of a TiuaHian grab
of all Persia is expected hero daily.
The official family of Turkey bases its
opinion on reports from its agents at
St. Petersburg, tendon, Paris, Uerlin,
Vienna and Teheran. They are said
to corroborate one another no fully as
to remove all doubt concerning tlio
nature of tho czar's plans.
11 is believed firmly that Nicholas
will begin by occuping the capital and
filling the country with his troops un
der the pretense of restoring order and
that virtual if not actual annexation
will speedily follow. .
Haste is predicted, not alone because
all reports indicate it, but also be
cause of the fact that the rest of tho
country is dri-ply involved in the Bal
kan controversy as to make it diffi
cult for the powers t interfere with
the scheme.
Besides the territorial questions, the
issuance of an outlet to the Persian
if n If is involved.
Russia, England, Germany, France
and Austria have been trying to. get
the Persian gulf for years. Turkey
cares less for the gulf than for Persia
itself. The grab would be the gravest
possible menace to the sultan. Agree
ments with the powers is believed to
have been arranged by Kussia.
At Christian Tabernacle.
Great meeting last night, six con
fessions, fine sermon, inspiring sing
ing. Subject tonight. "The Three
Thrones." Tomorrow at 11 a. m., "The
0)d Love." At 3 p. m, a union temper
mice rallv. Subject, "Christian ' it
znhip." Evangelist Winston will de
liver the address.
Great meeting tomorrow night. Come
early and g't a seat. 7:30 p. m. They're
alt coming.
Wellborn Beeson of Talent spent Sat
unlay in Medford. lie reports an ac
tive demand for fruit frees of all kinds.
Association and' Preserve Fishing in Rogue River and
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1908.
FOR
ENFORCED?
business or other structure
duty of the chief of police and
E
Animal Belonging to W
R. Bullock Meets Death
on Seventh Street
A team driven by W. It. Bullock
became frigH lit cued Saturday noon at
the west approach to the Seventh street
bridge across Bear creek at a farm
wagon loaded with hogs, and started
to run away. As tho wjigon blocked
the bridge, the team shied, to nqc side
and one of the animals crashed through
the rail and fell onto the ground ten or
lo feet below, breaking his back and
dving in a few minutes afterwardd. Tin1
hreaking of the neckyokc and harness
alone saved the other animal from
similar fate, '
When the horses started, Mr. Bullock
grabbed the bridle of one, keeping it
from following its mate. The team
has run away several times before. The
dead horse was tan colored and weighed
about 1300 pounds. The body was
hauled away a few hours Inter.
PUT OUT FIRE AND
MAY LOSE HIS LEG
RAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 110,
Herbert Basset t, husband of Mme,
Blanche Artial, the concert singer, is
threatened with the loss of a leg today
as the result of his heroic action in
smothering a fire that threatened to
burn his wife to death last week.
Bassett was shot in the knee in an
encounter with a footpad November 10,
and did not secure medical attention
for the wound. It was getting along
wdl, when his wife overturned a chaf
ing dish while preparing a supper for
her husband last week.
Bassett jumped out of bed and smoth
ered the flames that had caught fire to
his wife's dress. The bearing of his
weight on the leg made it worse and
he was removed to a hospital last flight
It was discovered that the knee was
infected, and n consultation is t be
held tonight to determine whether the
leg shall be amputated or not.
Attorney W. F.. I'hipps is an Ashland
isitor today.
RONS
BRIDGE
mm
GOMPERS
ONCE MORE
Federation o! Labor Vin
dicates Course of Presi
dent Working for Bryan
In Politics to Stay
. 1
DENVER, Col., Nov. 21. Snmuel E.
Gompera, who has bnen president of.
tho American Federation of Labor since
1NH, with tho oxveptlon of one year,
was re-eWted to that office by the
delegate to tho annual convention here
today by an almost unanimous vote.
Hut ono dolegate voted against Gora
pers ( 'ha Hps Jenko, president of the
Wisconsin Stuto Federation of Labor.
(lumpers' re-election comes as vindi
cation of his course in taking the Amer
ican Federation of Labor into national
politics and working for the election
nf William J, Bryan during the last
, national enmpaign.
Although the convention has been in
Bossion for two woks and several at
tempts to organise opposition againBt
(lumpers have been made, thoy air fail
ed, and the president was swept into
power with a great demonstration.
James Duncan was re-elected first
vice-president by acclamation.
Daniol Keefe, one of the vice-presi
dents of tho federation, was forced
to decline re-nomination by the rocom
mondation of tho committee on Oom
nors report, which stated that all who
do not agree with the political policy
of the executive council of tho Amer
ican Federation of Labor should resign
from office
Kecfo tmid: "I have voted the re
publican ticket for 8? years and will
continue iu that faith -.until my eon
sienco tells me to do otherwise "
Keefe stated he had no personal quar
rel with the executive council.
THIRTEEN MEN KILLED
IN OAS MAIN EXPLOSION
BROOKLYN, N. T.. Nov. 21. Thir
teen men nre believed to have been
killed in the explosion of a gas main
here todav that buried over 30 work
men who were working beneath the
surface of the street in a manhole. One
man wan immediately burned to a crisp
and 12 uro believed to have been cov
ered with debris. The others were res
cued after a hard fight.
The explosion occurred when the man
hole was full of workmen repairing a
water pipe. There ia supposed to have
been n lenk in the gaB mnin and this
filled on the chambers of the sub
wav with gas.
The workman who wub killed was
smoking a pipe. Ho was blown to pieces
by the shock of the explosion as soon
is he entered the chamber of death..
Windows were shattered for blocks
around by the force of tho explosion
and the side of tho street walls on the
block were caved in, making OBcapo for
the men almost impossible. Those who
were nearest the manholes put to the
urface alive.
CITIZENS SUING WATER
cTTmpany roR $17,000,000
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov,. 21
Allpcini: that thero would not have
been n cenernl conflagration on account
of the ourthqunko of 10 if the water
mains of the .Spring Vnlley water com
pnny had been properly placed in the
irround. a suit for over $17,000,00(1
against the writer company was filed in
the supreme court today. The suit rep
resents 1HO0 claims of property owners
of this city. They all have been as
signed to Harry Ripley and all the
claims will be contested in ono action.
It is intimated that similar action
will follow ngainst the local gas com
pany for damage resulting from ex
plosions of gas from tho leaky pipe
on the first day of tho Are.
It is ndmittcd that the Spring Val
ley will fight the suits on demurrer
into the highest court in the land. A
decision ngainst the company would
mean the loss of its entire capital nnd
heavy drains on tho liabilities nf (he
stockholders".
WE WILL BE THANKFUL
THE PRICE 18 NOT HIOHEB
S.W FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 21.
As the day approaches when there will
a grand march from the barnyard to
the Thanksgiving table, the turkey mar
ket has assumed an air of uncertainty
and it is stated here today that the
Pacific const will pay as high as 30
cents a pound.
The price is now 28 cents a ponnd
for the dressed bird, and charitable o
ganizntions aio making arrangements
for purchasing torkeya for their din
ners to the poor herore tne price goes
I higher.
COST OVER
TO ELECT TAFT PRESIDENT
SI taW 'I. MittlSS
I , Is- .f it
cop YfttGHr ar vo mw photo era - fcf
A COLLEGE PRESIDENT FOR FORTY YEARS.
Dr. ClmrUiH Wlllitim Ktlol. wiio Iiiim rcrciilly I'criUnrtl hh prcHldwit of
Harvard to tukp i-rfcil ni'SI .Mny. will
tion for forty yeui'M, n hinder poi'lml thun li:is htvn mvwvd by any other
Am. u lnar college nrrslilenl wtlh tin- i'.i'i'itlnn of H:o fnmmis Murk Hopkins
of Illinois.
IE
Charles Raper, Who Dis
appeared a Week Ago,
Found on Klamath River
Charlee Roper, n miner residing nt
Talent, became Hurlilouly ilemeiiti-il last
week and arming himself with n :io :n
automatic Remington rifle, fin to the
hills to escape imaginary enemies, whom
he thought sought his life Mooil. A
searching party was organi.ed nail, lift
er a week's search, word was received
today that ho had been found iu a cabin
near the Klamath river, south of Ster
ling mouiitiiili, where he had been forc
ed to seek refuge during the storni.
In the fnrching party were his
brother, F. I. Roper of l.otli, Cal., who
had been wired for upon the lisii
fiearance of the dciiioutod man; (leorge
and John Robinson and Ilert. Turner, nil
of Talent. He was loenled by int-ans of
:l photic from miners, who saw tlio fu
gitive, but were afraid to approach
him, lest he use his rifle.
Tho cabin ill which Roper took rcf
ugo belongs to tho forest rangers, lie
pef spent tho summer with Oriu Wilson
on the (Hade fork or the Little Apple
gate. News of the successful result of
the search was brought to Medford by
Wellborn liceson, the Talent iiurHery
nian.
JAPANESE MISSIONARY
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
STANFORD CM VKHSITV, ( al.,
Nov. 21. The interest resulting today
from the explanation of the relations of
Japan nnd America made by Dr. Kbina.
the noted Japanese missionary, in a
talk to' the students last night ni:i
cniiee a second invitation to be given
him to nguin address the students.
"When the Amerii-aii people abolish
ed slavery they did their noblest
work," said Dr. Kbiun. "Japan has
abolished distinction and has done away
with aristnern'-y. The growth of aris
tocracy lllllon our people has been
wonderfully rapid.
"America and Japan, by combination
of their forces, can posh on I lie work
of Ood. We are willing anad yon are
more nlile. You start, ive will follow.
The people of Japan are following tin
American ami we are in this way broth
era and sisters, .lap inese see much in
htunbtiity and they learned to love their
enemies. Yuu have a great task be
foro you in Americanizing the wholc
Japaneso nation.
DEMENTED
MAN FOUND CONCERNS WAR
THREE MILLION
h ive hern ill !!ir lit-nil of Hint Institu
Postal and Western Union
Fighting in Courts Over
Desired Territory
SAN l-'IIAN'CISCO, Cal., Nov. 21.
open w:lr between the Postal nnd the
Western ('iiion Telegraph companies j
that has been brewing for some time '
lias been declared in the courts here,
and it is slated today by those who aro
in a position to know that tho two com-panii-H
are iu the struggle for tho pos
session of territory in the Uuitwl States
and Mexico now partly covered by
both concerns. ' It is asserted that neith
er company will be content with any
thing less than the absolute elimination
of the opposing company from the dis
puted Iciiitory.
The trouble wits brought to a focus
yesterday through the granting by
'!!-!;; S:-uv.-(ll of n temporary injunc
tion restraining the Postal -company
from re dating messages received from
tlio Western Union for transmission
over the I'ostnl cables. Wherever the
Costal has been receiving these mes-
sages nt cable terminals, it. has bocn
loeltinK an extra charge of $1 n word1
a message. The injunction re-
strains Ihe Postal from collecting the
additional charge until the whole mat-
ter run be threshed out in the courts,
Methodist Episcopal Church, B Street.
"That great prayer meeting, where
sinner in Mi-dford will be present
and get down on his knees nnd pray"
will lie the subject next Sabbath eve
ning. In the morning the subject wilt
be "Most Significant Oliostinn." Kp-
worth league at Ib.'IO p. m. Snbhnth
si iiool at In n. m. All nrn Invited.
Cut this out and mail it with one
Medford, Or.:
RIVAL WIRE
190$.
I.ouis Tlundy, Treasurer, Medford, Or.
Kuclnscd find one dollar, one yenr'a duea, for membership in the
Rogue River Fish Protective Association, arganized to protect fish In
the Rogue river nnd its tributaries, secure needed legislation nd r-
stock the streania. "
Andreas.
Tributaries
The WeatherO
Rain tonight and Sunday.", Increas
ing aoutherly winda.
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No. 211.
Small Cost of Campaign
as Compared With Other
Fights Carnegie and
Morgan Cave $26,000
BIG GIF!
OF BROTHER
I NEW YORK, Nov. 81. When the r. , ;
. port of lh treaiurer, George R. Shel; . ,
j don, of the republican national cam
' palgn eorntnitteo, ia filed with the atatt '' I
.auditor nt Albany, it will be' found". '.'
! thnt tho republican enmpaign fund w ,. (
3,100,000, to which Q forgo H. Taft, .'
, the largent contributor, gavo $160,000.
I The statement will be complete and ' :
in dotnllod form. It will include the .
report of 8. W. Upham, assistant treat-,: ;
uror of the national committee, who v
; had charge in the weat. Upham 'a re
port la to be filed with Sheldon 'a l -New
York will 'ahon that he collected ,
nearly 500,000 of tho total contrlbu
tlona. . ; i .
The fund ia much smaller than uueJ. '
Four yeara ago the contributiona reach
ed 4,000,000, and eight yeara ago the
Hum roached $8,000,000, excluaivs of f
amnunta aent by atate organiaatlona.
The report shows tho following con-'
tributiona: Theodore Rooaevolt, $1000) ," .
Andrew Carnegie, $25,0001 J. P. Mor
gun, $23,000; Whitelaw. Reid, $5,000) . . ',
William Nelson Cromwell of New
York, $25,000; Adolphus Buach of St. '
Louis, $5000; R. C. Kcrrena, of St."
Louis, $5000; W. C. Dickoy of Kansas .
City, $5000. ' ;-
Ontaidn of these largo amounts, most'1
of tho fund Is mado up of email ton-.r
tributiona from approximately 20,000
contributors. '
WELCH ACCEPTS THE
.CHALLENGE OE WEST.
! Jack Welsh tins accepted ft challenge
' Issued by W. II. West to meet him for
$100 a sido in private. Welsh prefer ...
' a public match, but will wreath) in pH-i,
vntc. The two men nre to have the3 .
! money deposited with Judge Kelly byV
. Snturdny night.
! SALEM PHYSICIAN
SHOT BY FOOTPAD
AI.KM, Or., Nov. 21. Dr. C. H. Bob
ortson, the well known phyalcian who
was shot by a footpad on the atreet
about 8:30 o'clock Inst night as he waa
going to answer a call, is resting well
and will recover. Dr. W. B. Morse, hU
professional partner, waa at hie bedaida
at the hospital until early this morn
ing, and when he left Dr. Robertson
waa aleeping soundly. i"
A man giving his name aa Homer
Mlnck was taken last night ahortly lifter
tho shooting, by Sheriff Mlnter and
W. W. Johnson, a liveryman, near the
fair grounds. ' ' "
THUG SHOOTS OFFIOEB, THBK
HANGS SELF IN OBIX
s.y .TOflF., Cal., Nov. 21. After a
l fjKht with a desperate thug in which
' ha waa twice abot. Detective W. 8tar-
j bird is lying in a precarloue condition
i today at tho citv hospital. Ocorge Bal-
Inrd, ex-convict, and morphine 6nd,
whn did the shooting, when Starbird
called to arrest him nt his home last
night, hung himself in hia cell at the
eity jnil today 20 qiinutes after his
capture. Mrs. Ballard,, the wife of tea
dead man, is being treated for a shot
wound received in the right arm when
she attempted to wrestlo a revolver
from the hands of her husband during
the light with Starbird.
dollar to Dr. Louis Pundy, treaeurer,
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