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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.
No. 233.
SENATORS PLAN
FURTHE
ON ROOSEVELT
5 "r"
Investiqate Presi
dent's AGtion in Order
ing Withdrawal of Ma
rines From Battleships
WASHINGTON, Dee. 18. That the!
membercs of the senate are planning a i
further attack upon President Roose
velt was evident today following the
introduction of a resolution calling upon
the committee of military affairs to in
vestigate the president's action ia or
dering the withdrawal of marines from
battleships.
The resolution provide-that the com
mittee Ascertain whether congress has
the right to provide rules for the gov
rnmonl of marine corps which -will
bjud the president as the eommandef-'iD-chief
of the army and navy, to con
tinue the corpB in the manner intended
CONDOR COMPANY MAKES
OFFER TO' CENTRAL POINT
H. C. Stoddard, Bujwvrintcndent of
the Condor Water & Power company
was in Central Point Tuesday evening
in conference with the wuter committee
of the town council, when' he submit
ted a preliminary proposition for sup
plying Central Ptiat with water, sajs
the Jlt-rald. Owing to an accident on
the road, Mr. Stoddard was delayed un
hour in reaching her-vnnd the meeting
of the town officials and citizens which
'hud gathered at tkr ttnwn hull t ear
his proposal had adjourned before he
arrived. The proposition offered by
Mr. Stoddard for the Condor company
follows:
"To the Hon. City Council, Central
Point. Oregon:
"We submit for your consideration
the following proposition:
"If the city of Central Point will
construct a pipeline from Gold Ray t,&
Central Point, to cost approximately
$120,000 and will allow us the free use!
of said pipeline, you pr.ying the bond
interest on cor.t of said line, wo will
furnish you with water not tn exceed
5,000,000 gallons per month free of
charge.
"Should the consumption of water by
(he city of Central Point exceed 5,000,
000 gallons per month, then said city is
to pay us 10 cents per 1000 gallons for
all water used in excess of 5,000,000
gallons per month.
"We to have the free use of said
pipeline at all times and to have the
right to sell such water for irrigation
amd other purposes outside the city of
Central Point that is not required to
supply your city."
Explains Proposition,
After reading his proposition. Mr.
Stoddard stated that it would probably
be possible to interest the farmers
around the town in the matter of form
ing an irrigation district which would
co-operate with the town in the matter
of securing the pipeline, and that if
the people of the town wish to go far
ther into the matter the company will
send a representative to take up the
irrigation matter with the farmers.
The matter of power for a pumping
phtnt in case the towu should decide to
jnstnil a well system, was alpo discuss
ed informally, Mr. Stoddard stating
that his company would supply power
nt the rate of $5 per month per H. P.
for 10 hours' pumping. He estimated
that it would require c 2.rt horse-power
motor to pump sufficient water for tbe
present needs of the town, which would
cost approximately 125 per month. lie
suggested, however, that a meter sys
tem would no doubt prove much cheaper
than the flat rate.
Mr. Stoddard assured the committee
that if the matter shoudl be taken up
by the town and acted upon favorably
-the company would bind themselves to
deliver water in the town within six
months.
The meeting, was purely informal,,
meant only as a first step towards the j
full consideration of the water pmb- j
1cm.
Tin water committee expects to soon j
h::v? a enmph-te report on a water ays- ;
tern from a competent engineer and ;
until that r. in th hands of the com-j
utittee no atu;il recommend at ions can .
properly be made. J
K ATTACK it AKS RECORD
WRIGHT AGAIN
FOR AEROPLANE
Sails Over 60 Miles in
Less Than Two Hours
Will ReGeive Over 20,-
- 000 Francs As Prize
LKMAN, Prance, Dec. 18. Wilbur
Wright, the American aeroplane expert,
today broke all previous records for aa
aeroplane flight. '
He traveled 61 uiilea in one -hour,
S3 miu tea and, 59 second a.
Ho will reeeive as prize money 20,000
francs unless his record is beaten be
fore the end of the year.
Wright, has recently been the bout of
a number ,of members of different
royal families in Europe taking them
with hint for flights,' His latest suc
cess is bringing him thousands of tele
grams today from nil quarters of the
globe, congratulating him on bis sue
cess. '
Orville Wright, his brother, who was
recently injured by a fall, was greatly
grained at qib brother1 succchb. He
dispatched a 100-worfl cablegram the
contents of which wore not divulged.
DEVELOPMENT WORK IS
AGAIN STARTED AT BUCKEYE
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. IS, The
Buckeye mine, southwest of this city,
"has been lying idle for the past year,
hut this week men went out to the mine
1c. renew development work . The mim
ic owned byh Ohio parties, who have
ilready spent considerable money on
the property, but have accomplished
very little, as it wnc under poor man
ngement. Recently the property wai
reported on by nn expert, mining man,
who reported it mi excellent property,
and as a result -preliminary work will
commence at once, laving out drill
holes for the development work. Karly
in the spring drills will be installed
and & large force of men put to work,
and it is said that it will be one of the
huatest mining properties in the county
There are a large group of claims in
the Buckeye property and if the ex
pert s report is correct, it will stimu
late mining in this count v consider
ably. DORRIS VOTES TO BECOME
INCORPORATED
CITY
DORRIS, Cal., Dee. IS. Incorpora
tion carried by an almost unanimous
vtrte, only five dissenting votes being
cast out of a total of 38. The follow
ing officers were elected: Trustees, R.
L. Oliver. Fred Moss. Dr. A. A. Atkin
on 'T. F. McLaughlin and George Otto;
clerk, Roy Taber; treasurer, .less Otto;
marebal, John Hugfciw. Nearly every
available vote was rounded up and
cast, according to the showing made
by the great register of the precinct,
The number of votes cast by no means
gives an adequate idea as to the size
of the town. There should really be in
the neighborhood of 100 votes in the
corporate limits of Dorris, and were an
election to he held a month from now
there would be that manv -at least. Not
enough tini was allowed in this eloc
tion for tin' reopening of the register
Then, too, there are a large number of
property owners in Dorris who have not
been in the state quite a year, a great
man or them comuig down from Ore
gon since the town was founded about
a year ago.
The result of the election is meeting
wun tne nignest approval in all quar
ters. It is generally conceded that the
set ti officers chosen could not have
been improved upon. All are extensive
property holders and active business
men who have the best interests of the
town at heart.
Consternation reigred among the- fac
ulty and students of Willamette uni
versity when it was discovered that the
cornerstone for Katon Hall was missing
and conld not bo found. Parties start
ed out immediately and after several
hours' senrrli found the stone, which
neigh over 14K) pnurds, hidden under
a grv.tt pile of wood. When President
Floinan benrd of the loss of the tnne
immediately offered a reward of
fnr th rnj'r--h''n.sion of the parties
removing ir.
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES
TO RESELL THE MEDFORD
GRAVITY KR BONDS
Special Session Held
ney Reames Adopted Will Resell Bonds
Owing to Action Taken by Nuveen a Com
pany Tax Levy Fixed for Coming Year
A resale of the Medford gravity wa
ter supply bonds was the decision reach
ed by the city council in special session
Thursday afternoon after they had lis
toned to a report of A. E. Reames spe
cial attorney for the city in the matter
of the bonds. Mr. Reames' report was
adoptod and ft resale ordered.
Such was the. outcome of the quib
bling oa. the part of John Nuveen, &
Company over the payment of accrued
interest.
Mr. Reames' report, which covers the
entire ground, is as follows:
Mr. Beanies' Report.
To he Honorable' Mayor and City
Council, Medford, Or,
Gentlemen: In the matter of the dif
ficulty between the city and Nuveen &
Co., I desiro to say that, at the time
when the matter was submitted to
mo origiunlly there had been differ,
encoa between the parties as to the
amount to be paid for the bonds, the
city demanding face and accruefl Inter
est and the company demanding that it
bo permitted to soil the bonds only as
the money was required for construc
tion and to purchase the bonds lit face,
thereby discounting the interest, which
would amount to something over $-(),-000,
and chiiming i'.n additional com
mission of $1S.00(). At Ibis same time
the bonds had been sent to Chicago
and the company permitted to hold
out 4S;u accrued interest under the
express understanding with the. city
that the matter as to whether that in
terest would b due the city nr not
should bo dctonninol when the whole
matter of interest would be settled by
the parties.
Acceded to Demand.
Subsequently upon my advict, a tel
grnm was sent the company that no
bonds would be delivered with payment
if accrued interest and principal, Iess!""d 1 respectfully ask that the city
commissions. To this demand the com
pany finally acceded. Fifty thousand
dollars par value of the bonds were then
flea to the First National bank act Chi
cago, with draft attached, and I take
the responsibility for having included
in the draft the 831 back interest
was an interest item to be paid or not,
This was included for the reason that it
according to the tellement of the int?r
est. question with the company. The
company having agreed to pay -aomied
interest, I regarded this question as de
termined and realized that the money
could be collected er.sier now than at
the final sales. 1 also appreciated from
the former conduct of the company that
if the matter were peimitted to drift
nntil all of the bonds bad been mdd. ttie
money could only hnvr been rer nvired
by a siit in Chicago. When the bonfa
reached the First National in Chicago
the company caused the bank to wire
the ffackson County bank that the com
pany claimed possession of tho bond
by reason of having tend red the
amount of the draft, less tho back
interest. I realized that the city need
ed the money at once, and appreciated
that the rouipany was preparing a way
to tie up the bonds in the('hieago bank
with an injunction. Had this been done
it Would have been nlmoKt itiinnfiHible 1
to sell the remaining bonds until these
numbers were disposed of; hence I caus-
ed a wire to be sent to deliver the bonds
with notice that the claim of $H'M in -
terest was nut waived. I then received
an unfair and insulting wire from the
company to the effect that, inasmuch
ac i nad violated tae nuhsequent eon- lines indicated and ignore them entire
tract by tacking onto the draft back ly. -Under no circumstAnces would 1
interest, they gave notice that they
did not waive their rights to recover
interest which they had paid or might state. Tho company Ir evidently get
in futuro pay. I thereupon caured the ! ting some information from some source
following wire to b? sent: that the netinn of the recorder in send-
Mr. Beanies Wires. ing the telegrams is unauthorized. T
M l ford. Or., Ilyc. l'l, 1 !u .!.,tn
N'uvenn fhiengo. .: If Vnu think v.m
have the city on tho run. g-t it out of
yenr system. ity has no cntraet what
ov.-r with you. Hereafter bonds will he
delivered to .Hekson County b-ink end
held there until money is received. Hank '
will accept payment in Chirr gi( but ;
b.nd will not leive e:!y. No bonds will 1
b? delivered except upon payment ac-
and Report of Attor
crued interest and of the back interest
now due. Wire your acceptance of
these conditions within 48 bouro or city
wil) take steps for now sale, if yOu
want the bonds on these conditions,
get busy; if not, wire to that effect and
save further telegraphic expense. "
To this. wire there haB been no reply,
though I understand that Mr. Vawter
has received a wire from them to the
effect that the telegram which I Rent
was unauthorised and undignified. 1
do not euro anything about this part of
it, as 1 realize that no one careful in
the use of language would employ dig
nified terms to crooks any more than a
man would dress up a donkey in starch
ed Jinen. In the telegram which J sent
you will uotice thut 1 took the responsi
bility pf advising the company that
hereafter no bonds would be sent to
Chicago; that they would bo depoDited
here, and that while this bank might
eccept payment in Chicago, the bonds
would not leave here until this had been
done, I regard tins' oa absolutely es
sential to be complied with. Jt in
absolutely unreasonable for a city to
send itB bonds mto another state, where
they may bo tied up with an injunc
tion. System May Cause Trouble.
Furthermore, the bonds are made pay
able at the ofllee of the eompnnv, which
will some limo in the future doubtless
give u great deal of trouble. It is not
common, nor is it business for a city
to send its bonds into another stnte to
be delivered or not, according to the
demands of the purchaser. I do not
take any notice, from our standpoint,
of the wire which Mr. "Vawter has re
ceived fmni the company, nor of their
sly assurance to him personally that
they will pay the accrued intercut. This
does not -amount to anything tit all.
They did not answer my wire giving
them the 4S hours in which to reply,
back up my action in this matter and
aboslutely ignore the wire to Mr. "Vaw
ter and proceed at once to sell the re
maining bonds elsewhere. The state
ment of the company in tho wire to Mr.
VawtiT to the effect that he should
have Ins nttorney block any resale is
a cold bluff, made at long range. The
company Tecngnir.es nt once that it can
not' insist on the pretended contract,
else it would not have offend to give
up the $20,000 interest. If the com
pany wants to litigate the matter, its
proper Tented y would be to proceed to
enjoin the city from sell'ng the rest of
J tne hondu, nnd to do th; would hnvr
1 t0 plead , ot set up its prtended con-
tract. As tlnre am two Oregon f!nn-eme
court cases fiirectly to the point that
this is no emit met. the company if it
got an Injunction, would only get tem
porary one, backed up by a bond, which
we would see would be ample for the
damaged, and there ought to be abso
lutely no trouble, in dissolving the in
junction at once. This would determine
tbe matter in 'question here nt home
mid nti compel ns to go to Chicago with
u lawsuit.
Selling Bonds at $101.
1 have been informed that they are
selling the bonds at I n I and they are
i iM,jrtinff liro rat!l ,H-00() commis
J if"V n there is no doubt but what they
I will accede to the tr nns if they have
I an opportunity, and realize that the
city is not bluffing. However, I would
not give them this opportunity now,
j but ask that the city proceed along the
make any arrangements to send the
. bonds out of the jurisdiction of the
sire to suv that . whil,
the recorder has
piieeed in my position and in what
l!in , done, th.it 1 take the respon
sibilitv for all of the t-Iegr.ims sent
and the puliey followed since T enme
into th" matter. You have now found
tlio c.mn:inv out and you know what it
will do you if it g"M a chance. Yon
aro all business men ami I know you
will appreciate t) necMtty of termin-
1909 WILL BE
BRIGHT YEAR
Bids Being Received for
Erection el Many Bnsl-
ness Blocks in Medford
During Coming Year
The year 1909 promises to be the big
gest building year in Medford 'a his
tory ' if the election goes right," as
the prospective builders put it. Plans
are under way for a Bcore of business
blocks and the city will present alto
guther a different appearance by an
other Christinas.' Old buidings are to
be torn down und new fronts placed
in many other stores, while the pavo
ments wjll be extendi d in every di
rection.
On West Seventh Street
Bids aro being received todny for the
erection of a 100-foot frontage two
story block at the corner of Seventh
and G streets to coBt from $15,000 to
20,000. The lower floor will be store
rooms. The building will be orected by
a syndicate composed of Messrs. Palm
Orth, Margreaves, Hale and Corey. It
will be steam-heated throughout.
J 'aim & Nelderineyer will erect a
two-story block on tho corner adjoin
ing the Bipou theater, 50x140 foot, con
taining two stores.
Schernicrliorii Bros, are to erect a
brick block about 100x100 adjoining
the West Side Livery bnrn on O street
to the Jacksonville railroad right of
way. . .
., II. Monro is figuring upon building
a two or throe-story structure on Sev
enth street on the corner east of the
Condor Water & Power company build
i UK
Court Mail is planning the erection
of a modern five-story apartment build
ing on tho site of his president resi
dence, Eighth and C streets. The first
floor will be utilized us storerooms,
Messrs. Taylor and Phipps ore each
planning tho construction of two-story
blocks on the site of tin1 shucks they
own on Seventh nea? B at root.
Alfred Weeks will build a two-story.
storeroom 415x14(1 on West Seventh ail
joining HhIo'b piano store, the present
building being occupied by Smith 's
tin ah op.
These aro but a few of the many
structures planned for the coming year.
West Seventh street is to make a strong
effort to capture the business centor.
and it. is ev nod ict t hetaocm jypu.jp
and it is evident that C street owners
will have to wake up or the retail dis
trict will bo switched.
JUD PERNOLL MAY PLAY
THIS YEAB WITH ABEBDEEN
CHANTS PASS, Or., Pee. IH. "Jud"
and Johnny Pernoll were in from Ap-
plegate the other day calling on their
many friends in this city. ".Tud"
looking fine nnd is the same " roily
pollv ' ' that he always was, and will
pitch better ball this coming season
than he over did before, lie finished
tho season last year with A herd c
but the manager of the Aherdeen club
will manage the Seattle team this year
and he wants 'Mud'' to go with him"
Although Portland released "Jud" last
season, it was not on account of the
Crants Pas southpaw's poor work, but
because ho and McCredie could not
agree on salary. Mud" is not y''t 20
years old, nnd when he gets a little
more experience in his work he will be
a top-notehor, and McCredie is going
to regret the day when he let Pernoll
at ing business relations with brokers
who follow the line of business conduct
indicated in the recent telegrams sent
by the rortpany.
Time for Resale,
Win n this last shipment of bonds was
in Chicago I npprecir.ted that the city
needed the money, therefore I thought
it best to take tlii'M- steps after the
money had been pnid. Betwepn now
and the time yon will need any more
money ymi have aitiple time for a new
ordinance providing f (r the nnle of the
rnt uf th" bond, and if you derm nec
essary, providing for a change of the
place of payment of tho bonds and cou
pons. Those interest, coupons ought not
(Continued oa pago 8.)
WILL ASK THAT
FISH BE PLACED
Fish Protective Associa
tion Authorized Will G
Steel As Representative
to Urge Request
Whon Will G. Steel leaves for Wash
ington to urge an appropriation for
the construction of the Cruter lake
road he will carry with him applica
tions to the bureau of fisheries of tho
department of commerce nnd labor for
fish with which to stock Rogue river
and its tributaries. Tho ttoguo River
Fish. Protective association at a meet
ing held Thursday evening, mado out
their applications nnd authorized Mr.
Steel to represent them in urging the
claims, i
The application blanks were recently
received from the bureau in Washing
ton in response to a request for them. 1
Tho applications havo bet'n filled out
for rainbow trout.
Tho club is in a flourishing condi
tion, nearly 100 members having sign
ed the roll, Tho memberH arc: J. E.
Knyarl, John Orth, John, Wilkinson,
W. P.. Jackson, J. F. Keddy P. H. Hop
kins, I). II, Miller, A. K. KoamoB,
W. llavis, C. ". Noe T. K. Duniclii,
O. 0. Hoggs, Charles" Scblenchert, B.
lh tflwood, O. Burnett, W. F. Isaacs,
B. C. Cleason, J. C. Blown, 11. C. Bbn
ney, V. M. Holmes, Donaldson Hohjhy,
K. B, iekol J. P. IIutchiiiMou, J. W.
Dunlap, Thomas Bartholomew, V, Van
Dyke. C. B. Wnlkvr, Clifford Beckett,
J. H, Vilas, H. A. Thieroff, W. If. Mo
Oowan, S. I. Brown, J. U. McHHler, Fay
!-:ui C. H. Brown O. , Stephenson,
James Hitter, K. H.'Van Byko, C. F.
Burke, Harry Selsby, Oeorgo T. King,
n. 11, K'.Minelly, N. It, Nurregaii, O, JU
Lewis, T. J. Williamson, J. W. Me vera,.
F. W. HoIIim J. I). Heard, A. II. 'Mil
ler, W. II. Hamilton, A. C. Allen, J. D..
Wilcox, It. L. McCoy, A. S. Boebo, John
Voght, J. C, Lewis, lou Lewis, F. J.,
Stanley, Dr. (ieorge F. Wilson. It. R,
Sehweriu R. A. Hunch, W. (I. Steol,
S. M. Menm, L. Cardwell, W. II. Har
vey, J. II. Ileoimin, L, Janncy, J. E.
Davidson, A. C. Peterson, H. O. Recd
Sam McClendon, Ii. L. Darling, Sam
Hodge, J. L. llamiiiersley H, C. Murry,
J. C. Oodlovo, Wultur Kemin,
TRAIN KIXtLED AGED
MAN NEAR MERLIN
OR A NTS PASS Or., Dec. IS. Mel
vin Culp was run over by the south
bound passenger train, which is duo
here at 0:115 Tuesday morning near Mer
lin. Mr. Culp was an old man, about
70 years old. nnd had started up tho
railroad track from Merlin to go to
whore his sons were cutting wood. Ho
hnd to cross a pieeo of trestle work
that is north of Mejjn, aw being a
little hard of hearing, did not hear tho
approaching passenger train until ho
had got quite n ways on the trestle.
When he saw the train he turned and
started back, but ii caught hint before
he could reach the farther end.
The train was a double header, and
Engineer J. H. Wagenblast had chnrgo
of the engine. When asked about tho
mutter he said that he knew very liLMo
about it. The train makes a curve at
that point and it is impossible for the
engineer to see Dm. track, but Wagon
Mast's fin-man called to him that there
was a man on the track. Ho immediate
ly shut off steam and put on all tho
brakes, but they were so close to Culp
before thmey him him that, it was im
possible to stoji. When the train was
stopped the wheels of the second en
gine were on the unfortunate man. Both
legs wer- run over and the skull crushed
death lining instantaneous.
Engineer Wegenbla-t doe not like to
talk about the accident, as it affected
him very much. However, ho was call
ed ti help No. 14, tho next train north
and took the name engine and made tho
trip to Olendale, letnrning this morn
ing. Melvin Culp was nn old rrtddetit of
this county nnd well known in this city.
JOH NKON.CKNiTIt V I.,
ville. on Ilefi.ml.f.- 17 l.u Psi n A
(iray, F. V. Johnson and Maggie den
try. ProbatO.
Guardian Father M. McClain; order
mado to show cause why real estate
should not bo Sold.
IN ROGUE RIVER