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THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1908.
No. 217.
SAVES CITY' S
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
MAY WRITE
III!
Opie Reed Charmed With
Medford and Rogue Riv
er Valley-May Return
to Sketch Oregon Life
"I never saw a prettier place nor a
more beautiful valley thnn that of the
Rogue river," said Opto Reed, the fa
mous humorist, author and writer, after
u three days' Stay in Medford. "The
climate seems as near perfection ns can
be made. Apparently nil that anyone
could ask for to mnko lifo enjoyable
has been showered on tho country by
nature. Medford is a live, progressive
city, with a fine class of citizens. All
that is lacking to make tho attractions
complete is a golf club and I'm told
steps aro nndor way to organisto one.
"Did you ever play golf! If not,
you don't know what you iniso. I used
to laugh at It myself, but don't any
longer," continued the humorist in his
pleasant southern drawl. "It is hunting
with tho cruelty eliminated, fishing with
the hardships out. A good golf links
will-mean inoro to Medford than a
foundry. It 's an advertisement to the
wurM Hint niuinlu of culture and refine
ment are here, and when people know
you hnvc a golf course you will be sur
prised at the fine elms of citizens who
will be nttra-ted hero by it. There are
thousands cf people, like President-elect
Taft, who will not stop at a place they
cannot play golf."
Mr. Reed gave a most enjoyable lec
ture Saturday evening perhaps the
most enjoyable lecture ever hcnril here.
Tho audienon was small, but that wns
because the ladies of the Greater Med
ford -club didn't hustle to sell tickets
but what the audience lacked in niw
it mado up in enthusiasm. Then Mr.
Keod wns taken to tho Rogue to enjoy
f. . xenrsi. to larcr si
mon nnd a couple of stoelhead were
landed by. the novelist, who greatly
enjoyed the sport.
"I am in love with tho west," said
Mr. Heed. " The east seems so cramped
and small. Why, you people don't real
ize what you have here in comparison
with the cast in scenery, climate ev
erything that makes lifo worth while.
"How did I come to write 'The .Turk
linsf " replied Mr. Reed in response
to a query. "It just came to ine. I
had been out playing cards until late
at night couldn't sleep when I return
edand ns I lay tossing in bed. the
whole story came into my head and 1
got up mid began it worked three
weeks without n letup until it was fin
ished. "Some people criticize iny books be
cause of dislike for elm ranters portray
ed, but I can't help it. I don't make
human nature, but mirror it as it is
at least I try to. Thus the character
of the presumptuous educated negro in
'Bolango' is founded upon that of Honk
er Washington."
It wns suggested to Mr. Heed that he
return the coining summer and writo a
novel on Oregon life, and he half way
promised. If ho comes, he will proba
bly make Medford his headquarters.
Mr. Reed, who is a native Tennesaetin.
stands considerably over six feet in
height, is broad shouldered and built
in proportion. He is mm h better look
ing thnn the lithographs make him out
to be. 50 odd years of age. and wears
his wavy grizzled hair long. He is one
of the greatest story-tellers of the age.
and always has one to fit the occasion.
Among' those in the fishing party who
entertained Mr. Reed were Messrs. .1.
D. He.-Sk J. K. Euyart K. K. Kelly, F.
L. Ton Velio, Clnren-e Snyder. R. C. F.
Astbury, Dr. C. S. filley of Davenport.
Ia., and O. Putnam.
ENJOYABLE DINNER GIVEN
FRIENDS BY GRANT STONE
A most enjoyable dinner was given
by Grant Stone, superintendent of the
Burrell orchard, to a dozen of his friends
Saturday evening at the Burrell ranch
house. An elaborate menu wn prepared
by Chef W. A. Collins of the Louvre
cafe and it was a late hour before the
guests finished its discussion nnd re
turned to Medford. Among those pres
ent were: Jeff Heard. Dr. I'onroy. W
. n. Stalker, H. O. Rowley, Wes Green.
II. A. Thierolf, n. B. Tronson, R. C, F
Astbory, George Putnam, Clnude
Wright, Grant Stone and B. D. Lock
hart.
HAS OFFERED A PRIZE
AN AEROPLANE THAT WILL FLY
OCTAVE CHANUTE, PROMOTER OF THE AEROPLANE.
Octavo Clinuute of Chlcngo Is tin engineer ulm b is been Interested b
aerial navigation for many years w.d Iiiik le, cntly i-rvid a prize for ill
aeroplane that will fly. Mr. Clianute Is a Kroii. Iiniaii. born l.i I'uris In ISLV
but lie has lived In Aniorlcn since Infancy anil has been c oniuvn i! with man.,
engineering oi.eriitlons In vnrlous pnris of the ei tmtry.
1
DEAD UNKNOWN
Estimates Vary as to the
Number Perishing in a
Great Mine Disaster
MAH1AXXA, Pa, Nov. 30. Esti
mates of tin number of dead ns tlie
result of the grout disaster of Satur
day hi the in t nn of tho PittKlmrp Hiif fa
in Coal company vary today from 120
to 2:10. The officiate of the company
declared that 1100 moro than 120 were
killed- and assort tliis is tho largest
possible estimate.
. Tin! foreman of the mine, neverthe
less, declares that 24 1 men were in the
mine at -the time of the explosion. Only
one escaped alive.
One rescue parly nay a that 1:10 badics
are still in the shaft. So far :t have
boon removed. This would inalie the
total number of 23.1.
Of the S.'I bodies taken out, 7S have
been identified. The other five are
decapitated and so badly mangled that
it probably will be impossible to iden
tify them.
Several bodies which are in siijltt of
the rescuers this morning undoubtedly
will be removed today.
Within three minutes after n state
inspector and the mine superintendent
had returned from an inspection of the
district, the model Mariana mine of
rhe Pittsburg Iluffalo Coal company was
blown up by a tremendous explosion
Saturday.
Two hundred and seventy-five men
were reported entombed beneath the
thousands of tons of coal caving in
upon them, at a depth of t40 feet.
The Mariana mine, v.hich has been
;n operation less than three months, wns
considered the model in ine of tho world.
Kvery device known to modern inven
tion had been installed to prevet just
tuch a tragedy as occurred, l.ut now,
wrecked by a mysterious explosion, the
verv machinery which was to hnvc made
accident impossible is hampering the
rescuers at work, for they do not un
derstand the wonderful mechanism
which bolstered the great mine with
such a network of contrivances that the
digger cannot bnre through them to
the bodies of the men lying dead in
the bottom of the shaft.
The explosion came just before the
noon honr, in the Itachel shaft. It was
o terrific that the blast, blowing up
the whole length of the deep shaft, tore
loose the giant elevator cage at the
surface nf the mine and hurled it 3'0
feet away.
FOUND PAPERS
OFJAHCHER
Business Cards and Pa
pers of Missing Man
Found Above Talent
L. W. Fnncher of this city, who dis
appeared from his homo in thin city Inst
week, has not as yet been Incut oil, al
though his friendh and relatives hnvc
been searching constantly for him for
some days.
The uncle of the missing man, T. B.
(loodpasture of Talent, walked from
that place to Ashland hoping to find
some trace of. the man, and succeeded
in finding, about two miles above Tal
ent, a blank order book, n price list
ami some business cards belonging to
Rancher. These were scattered along
both sides of the track nnd looked ns
if there had been n holdup of tho man
by railroad hoboes. Hut further trace
of the man has not been found.
Pancher was last seen near Phoenix
by A. L. Rose and others. Since then
n friend has trace nf him. ,loin fiore
and Mr. Shiveley saw Into the day he
disappeared and to them the mnii ap
peared natural.
Mr. (inod pasture says that nil ne
eonnts left by the man were straight
and that there is no other reason for
his going but that he wns demented.
FLOODS IN OKLAHOMA
EENDEB THOUSANDS HOMELESS
fiPTimiE, Okln., Nor. 30. .Seven
persons are dead and many are missing
and thousands nre rctorted to he home
leg stoday ns the result of flood in
Oklahoma nnd Texas, Southwestern Mis
souri and southern Kansas.
Itivers throughout this whole section
are rising rapidly and the worst floods
in years are expected. A constant ruin
of .10 hours is responsible for the high
water.
Scores of rese n i n g part i en a re n t
work in various sections, taking people
from the upper stone of uouffr, whet
they have been marooned.
Report today indicate, that hoary
damage has already been done to prop
erty, nnd much more i threatened.
CONDITION OF THE POPE
CHANGES FOB THE WORSE
ROM K, Nov. 30. All audience at the
Vatican were suspended indefinitely to
day, owing to a slight change for the
worse in the condition of Pojk Piu X.
The pontiff's cold in worse nnd a alight
ferer ha deveojed, requiring that he
remain in bed.
CUT FREIGHT
DATf IN L
imiL in
I wit
Result of Reddy and 01
well's Trip to Portland
Means Great Saving to
the City in Freight
PORTLAND," Or.,: Nov. 29, 1908.-
w. w. Elfert, Modford: Have cut
freight rate in two. Will save city about
97000.
(Signed) J. F. REDDY, .
J. D. OLWELL
Such was the result of tho trip to
Portland of Mayor Reddy and Council
man 01 well, mnilo hi the lutnroHtB of
tho city, to sccuro a cheaper rato on the
materials for tho construction of the
gravity water supply.
Ieddy aud Olwoll left Saturday night
to discuss tho matter of a reduced rate
with R. B. Miller, traffic manager of
tho Harriman lines ill Oregon, ns the
inotrstnto commerce commission has rul
ed that allowances can bo mado by the
railroads for material to be used for
municipal purposes. As the build iny
f u gravity water system comes under
his head, Mr. Miller granted a redm-
lion which amounts to $7000.
Shows Friendship.
Such a reduction :s but another in
Mention of tho friendly feeling tho rail
road holds for Medford. Any reason
able request that is made is ut onc
nuttd by the officials and coining so
soon after tho visit of the officials In-d
week proves that their proffers of
friendship while, hero were not all ol
hem for an impression only they hnvc
undo good.
The reduction of tho freight and the
recent action of Nuveen & Company.
bond buyers, who are handling the grav
ly water bonds, resulting in a lurgf
saving to the city, both argur will
for the building of the line at us low
i prico as possible.
LACK OF WORK DRIVES
MEN TO HOLD UP
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Nov. HO.
Masked robbers, who held up the su
loon of Sahaderene lirothers nt
Mission street yesterday aro in the
hands of the police today, admitting
their crime nnd explaining that it was
their first offense and one to which
they were driven on account of lack
of work. The two thugs gave their
names as Jamen Parishi, ft dishwasher.
d Louis (lianini, a laborer. With the
order, "hands up," the robbers en
tered the saloon yesterday u,.ruing,
holding up one of the proprietors and
a customer, umy to was laiten iron:
tho cash register and $1 nnd u gold
wntch from the customer, John Lnrette.
I'heii the tliuga ran out of tho place
ami were scampering umvii im; rtumncrn
Pacific tracks when they were stopped
I arrested bv Patrolman John J. Ca
sey, who took his prisoners to the city
prison and found the masks and oalei
revolvers on their persons, ineir vie
thus later identified them.
TWO ROYAL AMERICANS
GO TO COURT AND WIN
TAUNTON, Mass., Xor. 30. Tee wee
Icma and her sister, Charlotte, prin
cesses of the royal blood of Massasnit.
the Indian chief who welcome! the
Puritans to Plymonih, have won a fight
with the white man in tho Masnachu
setts courts to secure title to land which
they clnim is their:i by right of hered
i t v. Henry A. Wyimti held title to the
land, which is in Utkovillo.
The princesses are to have a life ten
ure, the title to remain with Wvinnn,
They also nre to have the use of a strip
of land for the right of way which
si::h Deinoranville claimed in another
suit.
Princes Keeweelemft lives with her
sister on the shore of lake Assowomp
p(lt. She nlwavs wear her royal cos
tume and head dress find sells herbs in
Boston.
"I and my sister are the r.ole survi
vor of the Mnssasoii," she said today.
"With us the tribe dies, for wo are nn
married."
Mr. and Mr. W. S. Brooke have
moved to Central point, where Mr.
Brooke will ho iMrinteiident of the
orchard recently purehaid by
Hunt
Lewi.
PRINCIPALS IN THE RECENT
CHANCES IN CHINESE EMPIRE
pte 4li
fell 4
CHINA'S LATE EMPEROR, DOWAGER EMPRESS AND NEW REGENT
Before I lie ouuldn worlil lmU been nf the iiurtU'lilnm of
dentils of I lie Chinese einpernr nnd the lined dow-HKer eniruHH Criiico lUnn
had assumed hi ii'enc y nnd Ids Ihree-yeitr-nld son, l'l-lme l'u Yl, hnd beeti
elcvnled to Mn throne. The suicesslon of the liifiint to the ehlcf Rent In the
empire wns I i aeciuilnn. e Willi n promise given by. nl0 downuer cmpresa
soon it f!t Hi,. iiuiTl.ie of 1'rline I'liun In 1IHW. It la believed I hat under tho
regency i.r ( rn rres-.-i will bike root with renewed vigor In the Yellow
nil .ire "id l.it ( lil. u enler upon nn cru of udviineenieut sueb ns sh
l:.ls never i.linw ;i. ;
SENATE SORE
OVER SLIGHT
Say State
Department
Went Step too Far- In
Drawing Up Treaty
WA.NIIIN'CTOX, Nov. :). While
Kiilflnnd, Russia anil Kranee aro ex-
preKsiiifr (heir satiHftietiitn at the alleged
treaty winch is said to hnvo been
Irnwn up between I hn United States
ind Japan, leading senalors are lay inn
their plans today to ask the slate de
partment to explain just what it has
lone in apparently dimeyardiug the na-
iuu's traditional policy of avoiding for
ign .illiiiii'-es ami ignoring the sen
ate' lego.hit jonal right to ratifv anv
thing which act ually amounts to a
treaty between the United States and
aaot her power.
riiere is some thing in which it is
believed llm stale depart menl has gone
:l sfep beyond lis right.
Senator ( ulloiii. chairman of the sen
ite eouimittee on foreign relations, saiil
lay thai, in Iho absence of nny au
thor i tat i vi text of the alleged atrree-
nenl with Japan, it would bo inipossi-
!le I,
say just what I v jeny'iiid
I In
do. If
Limit, six months,
was i'
feet to all California
For full information, sleeping car resf the view taken of tho five
s by the London papers, and
A. S. Roscnbaum, Agent, Medf a is plained for having solved the
item question so that hostilities
' " i-- ' pacific hnvo been postponed In-
MMMMMHiWM ly.
,i,.p i
I.etvL
tarM
the
- - .
llie ailey'd tteatv purprirled 'trt niive'
1 a drawn no lv e.-rrtarv Ifoot nnl
I'ar.oi 'i'alw'iliira. are tlie fruit of neifn-
tialionH iiinliitiiUcti Itv I'resident-elert
'I .iff. when lie w:t in Japan ri year aifo.
fi' tlitH iv.'ih lite eae, Hay lending sena-
turn, it is more imperative that, nn ex-
piaaatiioi of tin- ar-t"'! iat ions with .lap
Cut this oul and mail it with one
Medford, Dr.:
1908.
f,oais liim-Iy, Trcahuror, Medford, Or.
KnrloM-d find one dollar, one yimr'i dues, for membership in the
Roijiio River Fish Protective Association, urirnnir.ed to protoet fish in
tlie Iioru' river nod its trihntariei, seenre needed Irglshition aud ro-sHu-k
tin- '.treani'i.
f
Addreas.
PRINCE CWM
t i is V
IS BUSTED
Makes
Unsuccessful At
tempt to Borrow $5,
000,000 to Pay Salaries
MSBOX, Portugal, Nov. The
government of Portugal today made an
unsuccessful attempt to borrow $0,000,
000 from tlio Portugal Btato bnnlt to
pny the salaries of tho government: offi
cials. The treasury is impoverished mid of
fice holders have received no remun
eration for their recent services. The!
present resonrsrs of the governmnt for
the realization of cash have been ex
hausted. The revolutionary party throughout
the country is using the situation to
foment disturbances.
Kmil Peil of Ashland wns recently
in Medford on business.
The emiiuery, which was badly dam
aged by fire n week ago, has been
entirely renovated nnd tho work of
making butter is going on as merrily
as before.
allowiif
point
had beforo Taft's inauguration.
tho treaty" is really a firm
.w basis for thiB theory is found
".iipz::';:0,;:
lorml pnsseHsions in the I'nrific fllinll
he rexniM-teil nnd Hint the "open ilnor"
pnlii-y xliall be maintained. This, it is
argued, would Imvn been superfhious
nnh-sH the ioveniiaeutx had intioidtal to
reach more than "n Kentlemnn's un
derstandinif " in relation to their re
Kpeclivo rotations.
dullnr to Dr. T.oui. Itlindy, treasurer,
wwxtfs .
V ' iTHli LATE KMVCJtOll ,
PORTUGAL
ft
(POLLINATION
THEME OF
O'GM
...
Scientist Defines Reasons
As to Why Fruit Trees
Vary in Variety of Fruit '
Produced on Same Trees
(lly Charles Mesorve.)
Tlie fruitgrowers' meeting held Sat
urday afternoon at the Anglo opera
house under the auspices of the Rogue
Uiver Horticultural Hoeiety wnn ono of
tho best ever held in this vnlloy, both
in attendance nnd instructive features
of the prognun. I! very seat in the
opera hoiiBe wns filled and nonio late
eomers wore compelled to fitnnd, nnd
bo close wns tho attention givon that
not n person left tho room during the
two hours that Professor P. .T. U'Oaru
spoke. A noticeable feature, of tho
meeting was tho number of Indies pres
ent. As women nil over tho United
States are taking an active interest in
horticulture, among thorn boing some of
the most successful fruitgrowers iu tho
country, tho ladies of Itoguo filvor val
ley ure expected and will bo mado web
come at all meetings of tho Hnrtleul
turnl society. And a feature that pleas-. '
ed those who Jive nt ft distnneo, from- '-
Mtdford aud had to travel n long dis
tnneo nfter the meeting to get homo
was that the meeting began mi timo, -for
Vice-President Ton Velio ealled it
to order promptly at 2 p. m. - x
The subject for considerntion was pol
Ionization of pomaceous fruits and it
was presented by Professor P. J. O'tlarn
from the department of agriculture, nt
Washington, 1. (1, Professor O'Oura is
detailed by the department of agricul
ture to supervise the fight that is be
ing made on tho Pacific const against
tho pear blight nnd ii making his head- ".
jjpiartors for this winter in Medford,. to
bo in tho center or his worn, wmeii ox
tends from Spoknno to Los Angeles.
Finding that the professor is a veritable
fountain of knowledge on every phase
of the intricate problem of handling .
the modern orchard the fruitgrowers
of liogne Itiver valley aro availing '
Ihoinselves of his willingless to aid . t
them, and he gets more invitations to
spenk at fruitgrower: meetings than
he enn possibly fill nside from his regu
lar pathological work.
In his address Prolessor O Oara quot
ed deductions from the many experi
ments that had been mado by tho de
partment of agriculture and by the
agricultural colleges and by individual
orrhardists that prove that thero nre
fixed rules of nature in the breeding
of fruit as well as in the breeding of
animals. And that one of tho principal
causes of failure to bear or decreaso in
yield in many apple and pear orchards
is due to no provision having been made
at the timo of planting for tho proper
lollcnizution of the blossoms. Matjng.
is it were, the right varieties was ono ;
of the essentials in the planting, of
apple or penr trees to get an orchard
that wil Ibear true to typo fruit ami
prolific, nnd if the beginner lacks this
knowledge it is but clmneo that he
will succeed iu his orchard venture.
Must. Bo Similar Types.
In the cross polleuization of apples-
it is necessarv that Hie varieties bloom
at the same time nnd that tho fruit be
of similar type. The oolor is not so
essential, but it is best to have like
colors. The color, though, is not affect
ed iu crossing most varieties of apples
to anv extent. A Spit.onherg will take
n its fine red if the tree is healthy and
the soil and climatic- conditions are
favorable. Hut the shape nnd type of
I he apple will be radically affected, and
a dozen Kpitzenberg trees scattered V
ibout in a mixed orchard may have as
many different type of npples. This
same rule apples to pears quite ns much
ns to apples.
Professor O warn gave a long list ut
both npples nnd pears that in coinbinn
tions of two would cross- pollenizo and
enable both to produce a good yield of
first class fruit, and he gnvo those that
were failures in cross polleuization or
that produced small yields of inferior
frnlt. He will give another address on
polleuization under -the auspices of the
Horticultural society in Alomurd the
last of March. At this meeting he
wants to arrange with a Inrgo number
of fruitgrowers to carry on this sensnn
to Bscertaiu to whnt extent local eon-
il U tons affect tho rrow'.ng of tbo uden
(Continued on page 4.)