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MEDFORD, OREUON. TUESDAY, DEC EM HER '22, UH)S.
No. 236.
HAINES BOUGHT
MUCH FRUITIN
THENORTHWEST
Will Be in ,the Marketfor
:0ver 300 Cars'1 Next
lYear-Has-Words of
, Praise, for This DistriGt
f., "I hacvo bought over 10 crs f
northwestern apples this winter, and
will be in tho market or 300 cars next
year " said 8am llatne the great .Eng
lish npplo nud pear buyer, Jtuown as
V Heady-Money Sam," because ho has
the, cash when, others haven't and al
ways buys outright at the top prices,
Who arrived in Medford Tuesday to
pond a day looking over the Rogue
River valley, where his agent recently
purchased some 15 cartf of Ncwtowns
from local growers for the English mar
ket. Mr. Haines was shown about the
valley by John D. Olwell. He was loud
via his praises of this section, and pre
dicts a great future in a fruit growing
way. ,
Mr. Haines attended the Spokane ap
ple fnir and visited the Wenatehee,
Yakima and Hood River districts. He
purehased a considerable quantity of
apples in these sections, not fancy ap
ples, ho states, but sound and better
average than pa s torn apples.,
"1 am buying all the right kind of
apples that T can get," said Mr. Haines.
"That is, I am paying all that the
fruit is worth for me to handle at a
profit. Next year I expect to do a big
.business in Medford and vicinity."
Mr, Haines echoes the common com
plaint this year that the Rogue River
valley pack is not up to its usual stand
ard, due principally to tho ignorance of
new orchard owners.! For this reason
Rogue River fruit has suffered in com
parison with that of Hood River.
RICH NUGGET IS FOUND
IN NORTHERN JOSEPHINE
GRANTS PA.S, Or., Dec. 22. Un
usual interest if being taken this year
in the diggings of northern Josephine
county particularly the bars and
benche s along tho streams. ' A few days
ago a $200 nugget was found in one
of the channels by a placer digger. The
ground there is very rich, paying from
$2 to $4 a cubic yard, which allows
gcod wages even for the man who works
with shovel and rocker. Coarse gold is
common nuggets of from $25 to $75
value being often found.' The Ruble
mine is the oldest hydraulic property of
the district, having been worked con
tinually for the past 40 years. It is
now operating two giants day and
night, employing the "Ruble grizzly,"
a device for derating tailings which
was patented by the owner of the mine
and which is now used on many mines
of the west.
GOVERNMENT MAY LOAN
MACHINERY TO BUILD JETTY
BUGENE, Or., Dec. 22. J. B. Cush
man of Acme received word from Con
gressman W. C. Hawley that the chief
of engineers states he may secure from
the secretary of war the loan of gov
ernment mahcinery now at the month of
the Coquille river for the building of
the jetty at the mouth of the Siuslaw
river in Lane county. The county will
probably be bonded for $200,000 if a
I bill providing that amount be passed by
the legislature.
COUSIN OF PRESIDENT
ELECT HAS DISAPPEARED
BERKELEY Cal.. Pee. 22. Dr. Fred
erick D. Tuft, the third cousin of the
president-elect, has not returned from
a hunting trip nn which he was accom
panied by Walter B. Watson. Ho has
been gone since Friday. It . is feared
that he bns rmt with some accident in
the scloughs of the San Joaquin river,
where he went in n small boat.
FAOZEN POTATOES THE
CAUSE OF CHILD'S DEATH
PAADKXA, Cal., Dec. 22. Frozen
potatoes which were eaten by the fam
ilv of Edward Brockew. U today be
lieved to ha v caused the death of lit
tle ha If -starve! Leonard and rendered
his f-r: -V rs. Tgnez and Vaughn. se
rinulv ill.
VAwTER AND
REAMES WILL
FIGHT IT OUT
Between City
and Nuveen & Co. Has
Been Referred to Two
LoGal Attorneys
After meeting with W. I. Vawter j
and discussing the matter of the bond
issue in connection with John Nuvceu
& Company of Chicago, the city coun
cil at a meeting held Monday evening
reforred the entire -matter to Attorney
A. E. Reuutes with i he power to arrive
at an agreement with Mr. Vawter, who,
ao was told in Monday's Tribune, has
been authorized by the bond house to
act for them in this city as their agent.
The matter was discussed pro and
con hy., the - council and Mr. Vnwter
and while no action was taken other
than to refer the matter to Attorney
Ff tauten, it was understood that the
mutter will bo readjusted and the re
mainder of the bonds delivered to Nu
veen & Coompnny.
Steel to Washington.
The only other important matter to
come before the council was that of
appropriating $250 to pay a portion of
the traveling expenses of Will G. Steel
to Washington, w)ere ho will urge an
appropriation for the construction of
the Crater lake road. The county court
will also appropriate $250, making a
total of $500 the necessary amount. j
The great 'advantage of such a road
was discussed and the appropriation
was made unanimously.
Minor Business.
Bids were opened for the paint hi r
of street signs and the contract award
ed J. K. Toft, whose bid was seven
cents. TJie other bids were: Stone &
Kobhins, 11 cents; John MeLellnnd. 21
cents; Boy Taylor. 15 cents; A. Cbis
holm. 23 cents; H. J. Everett, 40 cents;
Charles Broekmau, 10 cents; Klum &
Morgan, 12 cents.
Residents of the Crowcll addition pe
titioned for water and sewer connec
tions. Referred to the city engineer.
Two petition?, one by the "wets"
and one by tho "drys," were read and
rejected. However, the people will get
a vote on the matter under the initia
tive and referendum law.
Miller & Ewbank were given permis
sion to erect a corrugated iron building
in the rear of the harness shop on the
Bouth side of East Seventh street.
The city engineer and city attorney
were instructed to look into tho matter
of extending city limits.
The Jackson County Abstract com
pany wore instructed to prepare an ab
stract of the city at a cost of $500.
DANCER LEFT $800,000
BY GRAND DUKE ALSXIS
PARIS, Dec. 22. La Balletta, the
dancing girl in whose apartment Grand
Duke Alexis died suddenly, has been
notified by the Russian consulate that
her royal admirer did not leave her un
provided for. - - -
By the terms of his will, executed a
few weeks before his death Alexis left
her the princely sum of $800,000.
Nothing was left to charities or pub
lic institutions of either France or Rus
sia by the royal spendthrift.
FINCH TRIAL IS GOING
AHEAD RAPIDLY IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 22. Three
witnesses testified this morning in the
trial of James Finch, accused of as
sassinating rfulph Fisher, the prosecu
tor for the Bar association. The de
fendant's attorneys rely on self-defense
to secure an acquittal. M. O. Wilkins
testified that there were no signs of
struggling in Fisher's office a moment
after the shot was fired. Charles Fish
er, the dead man's brother gave im
portant testimony. 8. N. Gellert, the
autopsy physician, described the wounds
COSGROVE CONSTANTLY
IMPROVES IN HEALTH
PASO HOHLKS. riil., Dec. 22. Gov
Tnitf "lfct t'wgrov is in excellent hu
mor today, but deplored the fact that
his physicians will not allow him to eat
tnrW'v '"'i 'hristPias. He in improving
constantly. It is uncertain what will
be done fiboitt his inauguration in January.
( INSTALLING 40,000 LB. DYNAMO AT GOLD RAY
. . -1.1 ,i -
Loworicg 20,0 CO-p cue d base by p
the Rogue, .
Local '-Man Thought He
Was Doing Right When
He Testified
Attorney F. J. Newman of this city,
who is appearing for Albert L. Cusick,
who was recently convicted of perjury
in connection with land entry, express
ed himself as very much surprised at
the conviction of Mr. Cusick, and in
speaking of the case said:
"Some time in the spring of this
year there was a portion of a town
ship in what nag known ns the "Jump
Off Joe ' country opened for settle
ment. Cusick, who is and has been for
a number of years engaged in the busi
ness of locating parties on government
land, went into this country several
dayB prior to the opening and made
a thorough investigation of it with the
intention of locating parties on the
land as soon as it was opened for set
tlement. He found the land to be very
mountainous in character, covered with
stones and a dense growth of timber,
the soil of a very poor grade, and the
land lying in a very high altitude for
the most part, rendering it unfit for
cultivation. However, there was a very
heavy growth of splendid timber on the
laud, making it valuable for timber
purposes. Ho found that on some of
the quarters little cabins had been
built and in some instances found
squatters living thereon. Ho did not
decrn the land appropriated, however, as
it was of a strictly non-agricultural
character, and no applications to file on
this land had b r.;. t the United
Ht."'e- ! of fee t if- ( '8':
Lr fcv ".:' !c; ;uR 1'ieir f!p.'.:,:v.:ot--.
"V: "Vr f! Xr. "u:C ! hn 1 t .
n f t : r f f i 'r:-!t lV:i: the . :.ir :
'v impropriated.' Before making this
affidavit 1: ''rU :.'! th- facts to his
attorney, Mr. Markers, at Hoseburg,
as well ns to Mr. fi'ilimvuv. rhe state
laud itgt-nt at Salem, and a number of
other persons, and upm their advice
he mitde the affidavits absolutely be
lieving that the land was not 'appro
priat t ed by t he mere art of squat
ting on it, but tlntt some application
to fife on the land would be riwf.wtsjiry
to complete the appropriation. The
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IJCUH&53MI TCM0
OFBK CASE!
!
i
oV.eriul hoisting crane from railroad
I
Iff OF POWER PUNT
i THREE CARLOADS
OF MACHINERY
H4VE ARRIVED
Oven Fifty Men Are Employed In Mak
ing Improvements Nw Shafting Is
Support cc" by Concrc'e Bases Other
c:.:.nges Aro Eeing Made.
Three carloads of electric and water
wheel machinery have beeo unloaded
at Gold Ray within the last 30 days and
the work of installing them is being
rapidly pushed to completion.
Tho new machinery consists of two
wnter wheels of 350 horse power each
and a 700 horse power general electric
dynamo.
Tthis dynamo with its fittings weighs
10.000 pounds and the base alone
wrjghs 20.00 pounds. The accompany
illustration shows the manner in which
this base was lowered by a. powerful
hoisting crane rear the railroad track
to the flatboat on which it was ferried
across the river and from which it was
pulled into the power house up heavy
ckids,
. All the new shafting being Installed
will be supported on concrete or steel
"T" beams, making on absolutely per
manent installation which will never
settle or get out of alignment.
The power will bp transmitted from
the water wheels to the dynnmo by a
rope drive, 20 turns of one and one-half
inch Manila rope, having a total
length of nearly one-fourth mile will
bo used on tho dynamo and water wheel
pulleys. This rope will travel at a speed
of ffinn feet a minute or nearly 51
miles nn hour and in a year will travel
4"0.'if0 miles. '-. .'
Ai:onc: other pew improvements be
;ng ""n true ted is n large circle gate
t. let the water out- of the canal for
cleaning purpose and to carry off the
urpliis water in tho flood season.
A fijin.ber .f o'lier improvements are
he:-?:; rraje amon ivhieh is the cutting
d' vn of the grade on thp wagon road
across the river from the plant, nmk
:. g (in ciov g-nde out of whnt was a
S'-Mp bill. '
.Ab'Mit "0 men fr noi;loyi'd in mnk
ini' tlre improvement w and Gold Ray
pre'cntx the appearance of a busy and
growing plli.-e.
Km t Tefb-r has purchased the Mis
sion grill and took possession Tuesday,
V, .F. Lambert will continue to reside
in Mrdfnrd. The Consideration was
$000.
to flatboat on which it was ferried across
'
NOW TREE
E
Roosevelt Children Get
Gilts From All Parts of
the Country
WASHINGTON, Doc. 22. In accord
ance with custom, tho children of the
president will haTe no Christinas tree.
This has been the rule of former seasons
us well as now. Jn fuet, there has not
been a Christmas tree in the White
House since the Cleveland administra
tion, when the little daughters of that
president and their friends always made
merry in tho library on Christmas after
nnon. The fin-t thing the Roosevelt children
will do on Christmas morning will be
to examine the well crammed stockings
which 8anta Clans has tied to a corner
post uf each little bed. H will be an
interesting and even exciting ceremony.
The inspection of stockings however,
will bo merely introductory to'tho pleas
ures of the day. After breakfast the
impatient youngsters will be allowed
to enter the "study" upsairs, where the
gifts are laid out. One comer of the
"study" will be set apart for the gifts
provided for euch of the four younger
children.
Many of the gifts that reach the
White House at Christinas time are for
the children, and some of them aro very
funny. H has corne to be understood
among tho people at large that the
Roosevelt s aro a strenuous family, much
given to athletic exercises, and un
doubtedly a considerable percentage of
the presents sent by Kt rangers this year
will bo in the line of football oufits,
punching bags and gymnasium appara
tus. As a mutter of fad, nearly all of
the gifts thus sent to the Itoosnvelt
youngsters find their way to a chil
dien 's hospital in Washington. They
are altogether superfluous. Few young
folks in all the land (ire mt well supplied
with tovs and other f 'hrislinas presents
I the president's offtipring, and Mrs.
Kiinsevelt, a few days before the holi
j day arrives, visits tin- Washington shops
; for the purpiM of laying in a supply
j of jdaytli'fgn Mid articles of more se-
riou tiffci uiiirn.
The Rnosevrlts will have their Christ-
A I E US
BANK DEPOSITS
E
Growth of City Reflected
by Tremendous Increase
Shown by Three Banks
Are Still Growing
Deposits in the three banks of this
city have increased over 105 per cent
since December 1, 1905, a period of 36
months.
Tho increase in figuren is from $(I09,
4i8 to $1254,480, or $(134,001.
The increase for the 12 months just
past is the largest of nny gain in tho
three years. From December 1, 1005,
to December 1, 1000, the increase was
$110,403; from December 1, 1000, to
Decomber 1 1007, it was $I00,Mfi5; from
December 1, 1007 to December 1 of
this yenr the gain was $357,003.
In no way is the growth of tho city
hotter reflected. Tho figures are bused
upon the statements of tho three banks.
BOY SENTENCED TO 180
YEARS IN PENITENTIARY
GLATZ, Prussia, Dec 22. Albert
Raub, a yutinthfiil criminal has receiv
ed tho record punishment of J HO years
in the pententiary. According to Prus
sian law, a criminal must be punished
for every crime that can bo proved
ag.iinst him, Kaiib was found guilty of
r0 burglurieH,.for each of which ho was
scutenced to two years in the peniten
tiary. Likewise some 00 or more thefts
and hindemi"tnorH were proved against
tho man, calling for punishments of
from one year to IS months.
UGLY rEELTNG- AGAINST
BRITISH IN HONGKONG
1ION0KOXG, Dec. 22. Thorp has
been considerable and-British agitation
in Canton during the pant few days
owing to the suspicions death of a coolio
on board a river bout, nnd the Chinese
have boycotted the local river steamers.
In Hongkong tho recent orders of ban
ishment issued against certain editors
and :m . en .; i r; t'w.t they
incited to -.iui'i.j. as a gnt.ti: of tho
boycott ordered recently on Japanese
goods have been followed by continued
agitation against the colouinl govern
ment. The vernacular press is inflamed, ugly
rumors are afloat nnd the situation
promises to develop seriously.
THREE LOSE LIVES IN
PORTLAND CEMENT QUARRIES
SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 22. Messages
from Davenport today announce the
death of three men who were buried
under tons of rock last night by a land
slide in a Portland cement quarry. All
the bodies were recovered.
JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF
GUILTY IN ROACH CASE
The jury in the C. E. Roach ense on
Tuesday returned a verdict of guilty.
Young Roach lived in Ashlund and be
fore Bkipping out forged his mother's
name to some worthless paper. He was
caught in California and returned nn
der arrest.
IMPERIAL DIET OF
JAPAN IS CONVENED
TOKIO, Dec. 22. Tho 25th session
of tho imperial diet convoked today.
8. llasepa, the leader, of the constitu
tional party, was elected president.
C. A. Webster and Robert McCnrdle
of Hilt spent Tuesday In Medford.
Sam Locke of Grants Pawn spent Mon
day in Medford.
Lee- Parvin, advance agent nf "In
Wyoming " arrived Monday with it
bundle of' hot air for his show.
Henry Kubli of Applegate spent
Tuesday in Medford.
James Fought delivered wood in Med
ford Tuesday.
mas dinner at 7:30 p. in,
hers of the family will
, and only mem
be present, It
i.i almost the only men
the White House to w
present administration,
invited. It will bo eat'1
dining room which is
n household tip n''7.o of
and the principal dinh
I of the year at,
liifh, under the
no guests are
n in the private
not too big for
tho president 's,
will bo a huge
V
DOUBLED
IN 36 MONTHS