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Boost the Development of the Rogue River Country by 8ubsibjj UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES Br fax tha laigett and beat niwa report of any paper In Southern Oregon. The Weather Fuir tuuigub , ,' r Miaim'iiu tomporuturt tonight anoue 28 degrees. Northeasterly 'viniU. , .' f 'f,'j.-' V. THIRD YEAK. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1908. No. 226. 7.;, warn Zmbum. w mm TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP t i r ; i : i. i r? " BOND NOTIFIES CITY THEY NOT PAY ACCRUED Wl L INTEREST Reames Says City Has No Contract With Nuveen & Company Dictates Conditions Which Must Be Accepted Within Forty eight Hours City Receives $48,000 MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 10, li0S you think you havo the city on tlio bus no contract nliatovor with yo ercd to Jackson County bank and h Bunk will accept payment in Chicu No bonds will be tltdivorcd except u of the back interest now duo. W tions within forty-eiht hours or c yqu want tho bonds on these condi effect and save further telegraph! . John Nuveen, Chicago, 111.: If run, get it ou( of your By a torn. City u. Hereafter bonds will bo deliv old there uutil money 'is received. tm, but bonds will not leave city, pou payment accrued interest and iro your acceptance of theso condl ity will take steps for now sale. If Hons, got busy; if not, wiro to that c expense. A. E. REAMES. . v v Such was the vigorous reply of A. E. Kennies', special counsel for tho city in connection with the sale of tho gravity water supply bonds, to a, telegram re ceived from John Nuveen & Company, bund brokers of Chicago, saying that "they would not waivo any rights for the ml urn of tho accrued interest on the bonds. Their telegram follows: Chicago, 111., Dec. f, 1 908. A. E. Reames, Attorney for tho City, Med ford, Oregon: Tn view of your viola tion of subsequent ngrooment by endenv oriag io collect and still claiming more than par and accrued interest on fifty thousand . Med ford gravity water bonds numbers eighty-eight to ono thirty-seven, both inclusive, which wo are tak ing up and paying for today, wo here by notify you that in paying this ac - imied interest wo dp not waivo our rights for tho return of this accrued interest and tho accrued interest on any of tho remaining gravity water bonds which we may pay in tho future, as not being in accordance with our official bid, dated Juno twentieth, nineteen eight, and duly accepted by your city council at regular meeting of July sev enth, nineteen eight. JOHN NUVEEN & CO. Bankers. Tho interest accruing on tho bonds between tho date of tho bonds, July 1, 11M8, and the date of delivery, has been paid for the time being with tho ex ception of $831, which nccrued on the lirst tot of bonds forwarded to them, bul the telegram makes it clear that they intend to start suit later for the recovery of t he i n t crest wh ic h t hey claim. is due them. Attorney Reames says that the city will not pay. the accrued interest. He mates in decided terms that tho com pany cannot recover and that tho city eun stop their handling of tho bondH aud issuo a new lot, which can be sold to other parties. Nuveen & Company aro getting a commission of ovci $18,- . nun ior me nnmimig of the bonds and Ihuy aro selling them for $101 nnd-'rt is hard to see why they should hold the city up for tho accrued interest. ' No Contract With Brokers. As a matter of fact Nuveen & Com pany have no contract with the city, as much as they talk about holding the city to the terms of the contract. In rder to havo a contract an ordinance must bo passed and published. No such ordinance has been drawn and there fore no contract can legally exist. Tt it) upon this fact that Attorney Reames refuses to be bluffed by voluminous telegrams which have reference to the "terms of tho contract." Attorney Reameu has docided that hereafter he will insist that any bonds which may be asked for by Noveen & Company bo placed in a local bank and not forwnrded to Chicago before they ; are paid for. This is done In order to keep the bonds in the state, for when they have been sent to Chicago, if suit! bo instituted, an injunction can bo ob tained tying the issuo up possibly for months. Just Plain Graft. j "If Nuveen & Company think that they can graft Medford," said Mr. Reames, "they arc badly mistakeu. They hold us up for a big commission; they sell tho bonds for $101 and then they -want tho nccrued interest paid them. "This will not bo done, if wo have to order a now issue and sell them else where "Hereafter, as is set forth in my reply to the company this morning, I will insiat on the bonds not leaving this city Medford does not noofl to send her bonds across the continent and beg favors. We will accept payment in Chi cago, but will keep tho next lot of bonds in Medford.' City Receives Cash. The city was notified Wednesday aft ernoon that the bonds had been deliv ered to Nuveen & Company, who had paid over $48,017.85 to the city. This u mount is for a $50,000 lot of bonds, less Nnveen & Company's commission. plus the accrued interest on the lot. Hereafter Nuvoen & Company must quit their quibbling or a newisoue will ho ordered and sold elsewhere. METCAXF SAYS 'PACIFIC - FLETT IS INSUFFICIENT AS 1 HE CAMERA CAUGHT ROSE MELVILLE IN "SIS HOPKINS" 5- h l SAYS ARMY 40.D0QACRES CUS CKTR AL HFfflS W HP RFARINR IS IINnm nmncDo cdiiit iiiav V". 01 1 IbLliO I IUJII VVnl J 1 . ROSE M ELVILLE As Sho Appimr.i in tlie Renowned "Sis Hopkina.1 AT THE MEDFORD THEATER TONIOHT . SAN PHANCISCO, Cnl., Dec. 10. In an interview Victor Metpalf, secre tary of the navy, ay that the Pacific coaHt fleet is iniiulh'cient. He favors a suhstanttaly increase in the number of ships and equipment. Medford Theatre! This is the One You've Been Waiting For THE ORIGINAL ROSE MELVILLE in Her Splendid Rural Comedy " SIS HOPKINS" One Night Only THURSDAY, DEC. 10 RULING WIL L RAILROADS PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 10. If the secretary of tho interior follows out his recently announced policy, the timber bllHinCBS of tho country will be driven into the hands of the strippers, and poor meu will be iiuablu to take up a timber claim, according to authorities in Portland. Secretary flaificld bus an nounced that after December 1 tlie price of timber land shall be subject to ap praiseinent. Heretofore the prii o of 1im: ber laud has been 2.50 an acre. Under tho ruling of Secretary (iarliebl there s no tolling what the price. may lie I may bo appraised at !" or even 20 an acre, wnicn wotim no a iiniimiui.v price to the average man. Secretary (iarliclil has mane ins ruling by a now interpretation of the .act of Juno 3, 1R7X, known as tno timoer sou stono law. The secretary snys thai the law specified 2..W as tho minimum to bo paid an acre. He uuw makes sales of timber Innd Bub.ifct to appraisement. Bites Off Too Big a Chunlc. An entrvmon generally specifies the valuo of tho land at $2.50 an acfe. The entrvnian.may-specif.v it at 10 an acre. r-Aenrdiri;' flardel.l 's .jjlair, the l.tnd wilt ha nnnrsuKl iM ipK runs moro than tha amount speeinfH by tlie entry man, tho increaso will bo demanded Should the government fail to make the anoraisoment within nine months the entryman secures the hind at-his mate. Thers are several thousand . timber claims filed in the United States every month, and it would require nlmost the entire, army to appraise all these claims. Tho government has about DO special ooents tn do this work, and more than 30 of these agents urc located on the Pacific coast. A single agent cannot appraise morn than three or four claims in a month, and only then when tho claims aro in groups To properly ap nraise a claim will nercsitato a tical cruise of the claim and this re quires time. The force of special agents is entirely insdeqnaf to keop up with tho filings. Tho secretary says, however, that in tho event of no appraisement being msdV within nine months, the lend shall go at the estimato of the cntryman. Owing to the small force of special agents, hundreds of claims can aot bo renehed in regular order within the prescribed time, Beyond Poor Man's Roach. According to tho timber dealers, tha new ruling of the secretary of the in terinr will make claims run Sibio aod 40no, and even nigner, mu i""" - ' ,rmon them bevond the reach or tne poor man. They contend that it will drive the sale of timber lands into the hands of scrip .rs. raronjll pun lisss sf Kortsrn Ps CLUB APPOINTS A CONlTTtt 'crmauaut organisation of tat pro posed business men'B elub for Uaford wns referrod Wednesday evening tq. a committee of sovon who will latar re port upon bylaws, eoaitituHon, 4na, cial arrangements, ore. Ths aemmisje onsists of E. E. Kelly, W. I. Vawtet, U. Putnam, l' C, Kellogg, F. K. Peasl, J. E. Enynrt, T. W. Miles. About 60 of ths 116 signers sf tha dub petition worn present at th meat. ng hehij at tho Medford theater, Clar nco Keumos was niianimnusly olioasa temporary- chainusn and T, W. Uibw socretiirv, plans were AUIined aid via cussiou foltowod. .. tHkSHMOTO.'V, Dm. 10. Tha totnl tjitm of ths war department for the Mil flaoal yr, as shown by tho an nau) report qf the leerotoxy of war, umsaat tq $180,765,039, an Increcoo of about $38,000,000 over tbo appropria tiana fur the present fiscal year. This laoreaae is largely for river uud harbor work, and other public works of a civil sharaeter, for whioh purpose about 24, 000,000 la asked. Of the balunco, about luVWO.OOO is on additional estimate for tk support of the army, military aoaiUmy anil the militia. For military pablle works, tuoh as fortifications, nr aesala, military pools, etc, the estimates eaU for an increase of $17,800,000. Beeretary Wright especially rocom meads an addition of 012 officers to tho army, and also approves a policy for tho emanation, from the aorvico of all of fice t who fail to maintain tho requi slts standard of efficiency. Both of these propositions were boforo congross at na last session and will bo strongly urged this year. ' To provide for 613 additional officers the secretary states there will bo added aa annual eost of between $2,000,000 ana f3,uou,ooo. - Another method for increasing the effioieoey of tho urmy, he states, is to eliminate officers who havo not th hlgaest qualifications. The present law on tae sub ject does not apply ubovo tho grade of captain, nndj it is said, bus -utterly failed to accomplish its pur pose except in eases of physical disability. The secretory submits au estiuirtn of $300,000 It) enublo tho aignnl corps to tone up military aeronautics in a moro effective way than' it has done in the past. He reviews the progross of aerial navigation during tho past vear and gives it groat importance aa a military auiniary. XRAJtffT PABTT MAN SKIPS WITSi THB. PARTY'S FUNDS TOLEDO, O., Dae. lO.-Johu Mullml- iead And, all the state funds of tho In dependence league are reported missing t4ay. Mnlnhullnnd ie the nationnl committeeman from Ohio in tho Hearst party and had in hla keeping all tho fuadi and fecorde.' H. W. Madge, tho party's state secretary, is embarrassed bs lie ean't pay the bills. lt land with Bouaou InTostment 0, Over the BIJou Theater. 254 District Freight (!. K Miilboouf of the Southern Pacific has beeu collecting statistics regarding fruit traffic and tho plunting of orchards in Oregon. Al though the present was a very poor year for fruit, the prospects for tho future of the industry are exceedingly bright, more and moro orchards are being plant ed niinunlly, and tho fruit shipments in tho coming years wilt grow as a snow ball increases in si.o rolling down a hill- ... I'jnfin Thorn in no danger of nvor-prmluc-liou in fiim fruit," Blntim Mr. Mul Imcuf. "Though. It ia not gonornlly known, (ipproxiinately only GO or GO por ooii t of tho tipples aro raised lit tho United HtiitfH today tlmt wore rained a Hooro of yonrH ngn, , Tn epito of llf ninny nnw wcHtorn fruit orchards com ing into hearing oao.h yoar, thero n an annual doi'ream in tho total produotioii of tho onuntry. Tho muiio in truo with yoars. Figure a Back 13 Years. ''To lo moro oxuot, 13 yoarn ago tho itpplo crop was 300,000 ears. Tho nv nago for tho pant 13 yours has boon 21)0,000 oars. This yi-ar thero wqh an uniiHiially heavy orop in most ilistriots, and thorn woro hut 200,000 oars. Kaoh yoar lias nhown a marked falling off ia (ho goaeval nvorago. This is duo to tho abandonment of eastern and middle Hlalo oreluirdH, so, no mnttor how largo nn acreage is planted in tho northwest, tho now orchard area doos not koop pnoo witli tho abandoned orolmm flrou of tho cast. At the sumo ttmo tho mar ket for tho fine apple in iuereaiting re murluihly fast, Tho demand has In creased with tho imputation, and to the dd territory (f tho Unitod Htatos and Canada, with a. small market abroad, is now added European, AfricJin and Asiat ic markets, all of whioh aro good buy era for northwestern fruit, but poor oonmiinors of tho product of can turn orchards. Orogon Crop Smaller. "Tho fruit crop of Orogon," eon- tinned Mr. Mulhoouf. "ia smaller lhan usual this yoar, duo to unfavorable woathor condition. i. It totals about 2000 cars, nml it would havo totnlod .)0(io under normal conditions. " Pro a i figures and facts collected 1 oHtmmto tho bearing acrengo of or churds in Orogm at -10,000 ncrcrt, with 00,000 ncros of young troos. I estimate 40,000 ncres of orchnrdj old nnd young. in .Inckson county, and 4000 in Joseph ino county. C'oiisorvntively estimated, tho fruit .shipments from tho Uoguo Itiver valley sliould Utxnl 5000 cars H POHTI.AXD, Or., Dw. 10. Albert U- Cuslck, of Motlford, who filed on fonr latms during tho lard niBh at Rose- ling, on April H lust, is on trial before ludgo Wolvorton, ohnrgod with making falso affidavits. Cusick was not satis fird With trying to land ono claim, hut took a gambler's clmiico nnd filed ou four that hud already been filed upon by homesteaders, with the hope that he would got ono-out of tho four. During the. morning session tho tinte f tho court was taken up in hearing ar guments in tho demurrer filed by James Cole. Attorney Colo brought up two. points of law and the ruling that Jifdge Wolvorton made in overruling the de murrer ostablishos for nil time the con tention that some lawyers have held that nn Indictment for falso affidavit under section 4740 R. 8. hecnuBO It was originally made to cover the making of : false affidavits In pension cases. Judge Wolvorton, by his decision, held that:. tho section covered nnv violation , of tho law in regard to making, falso affida vits under any one of tho nine different opartmentH of the department of the interior, lie also hold that tho rules and ' regulations issued by tho intorior de partment adopted to cover violations f Innd matters, was ft law, just as if It hud been .incorporated into tho stat- j iitos. Samson. ' ; The woild's living Hercules, Snmsou, mados his initial appears nco nt tho Sa voy theater tonight. It wus due to a most fortunate state of nf fairs that this mar vol of strength wan secured for a four nights' ningomunt at the Huvov. Ha'niBoii is direct from tho Lou- lono Hippodrome, on routo to Australia, Mid while making a jump from Frisco to Port laud, wan enabled to stop in Medford for a abort engagement. Among his marvelous feats is tho lifting of a l:100-pound horse nnd six men nt the Hiim o time. - year within five years, and nt least 10,000 cars within ton years, perhaps larger if the increase in acreage is moin Ir.ined each year. . , . "Heavy orchard planting is being done In tho Willamette, Umpqim and Hood Itiver districts, but the Medford district Is holding its own and contains about a third of tho orchard aroa of the ntnte," ' BUBF JUBT OUT: HPOT 4 THAT THEY ABE DIYIDBD 4. 44-.4. -f 4.4) THIBTY ARE INURBD DT NOBTHERK PAOTTTO WUCt SAN PRANCmOO. Cal., Dec. 10. Unverified rumors ar emr rent this moru.ug that the Buef jury stands r.iuu to thres or ttm to two, the majority favorisj 'conviction. Itunf, pals hut confi dent, paced the court room all of e moruiug. Krery hour ta jury stays out is considered favoraMa to Ruef. The prosocutto expflot CjI a quiok vordift of ffoiltf when the jury asked that tha e.videnre b w. It is apparent that they art divided, aaay thinking frbai a ditafrtMiMrt will ha tho reonlk. FAIKJO, K, D., Pee. lO.-Tairty sa siMigTs wero injured and a ataa rewt- ed i1m.iI oh the romilt of a wreek t Hi North Coast Limits train B tho Kofta eru Pacific, railroad a mile eaat of V.O Ken.io last aight. . 8i enachea were nrArturnod when tha train waa raaaiaf 35 railM aa hour. Sprenisf rails are flid to he the esuse. cific serip. Tf tho land risea in arlc tlie scrip will be bought up a a 4 timhtr laii'i hofiirnd through this mean. Tho history of how the N'orthera Fa eifie amiirr-d this scrip has beoa posed by S. A. D. Puter in "Loolero flf the Public Domain." Tbo 11 ow rolinf nf Sp -rotary Oartield will maka a lively nnrkot for th terip aod tho railroad will be one of tho rhief bonefaoiariea 6t Gar;!, id "s order, asrt PorHtad tfaa. Ifaro rustomsrs for tuiall bearisg or- r t.tr.l. Hn RonOfi UvaiOt Oo.t over ft Tisator. U4 '.' Now, really, what's tlie use of giving presents tlmt are of no use? This -storft haBii't a thing to offer yon in tlie way of useless articles but you can find ,y thousands of little useful presents - an d at the Xinas sale .prioes you can af- ford to Jremembcr people whom vou ha n novM' rc'iacmbewd )efoJ'e.;'.Now lisr " ten-D6esn t it make one feel better to 'rm.omlcr vour friends tliis Xinas. We 1)0 rrnieiiilx'ml by a friend? invito you to sliop lioro. Santa Says Toll all tlio boys and girls to eomo to tliiH storo and got a rant with his pic ture on one side and a blank space on tho other on whioh to write your mes sage. Then bring the message to this store after 4 p. in. any day. send it by "wireless" from this station and get an answer in Ion seconds. Remember the Xmas Sales SEP. OUR WINDOW AXIV TXTE HIORTItTMS Medfords Progressive ladies Shop Baker Hutchason &Co. Central A.vonue Just North of Jackson County Bank. , ' ' ; ? :