MEDFOBP DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREfiOX. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1008.
mn BEND JUSTICE,
71 Setback In the Case of Bill
Wheeler and'Tom Stokes. .
HIGHER COURT TAKES ACTION.
Rovdrsea Decision of Judgo Hoko and
Ordora a New Trial Fong Lee and
Poke Smith In a Mixup Over an Un
satisfactory Laundered Shirt.
f''f S there any lonser any west?"
plaintively asked Judge Hoke of
Siiudy Beud as lie opened bis
court the other morning with the
air of a man who bad been dealt a
heavy blow. "Is there any longer any
west or any manhood hovering over
this portion of the great United States?
Has it come to It that a gun Is only to
be used to shoot Jack rabbits! Have
we got to call a bluffer's bluff by bal
ing him Into court on a charge, of
using violent language?
"Two or three years ago I thought I
saw evidence, of what they call civili
zation creeping in upon this town of
Sandy Bend, but I refused to believe
my own senses. I thought It might
come to it that we would some day
have to wear paper collars and eat
lee cream, but that the time' would
HI! Y1XLH "HANDS CP !" AT 01)11 HAD II AN.
eome when a man wearing two guns
and n knife would boiler for Jestlee
Instead of using his tools no man-
could have lnnde me believe. I've got
to believe It now, for I have the evl-
fUiuce right before my eyes.
'My friends, over there sits Bill
fW'heeler, and over , here alts Tom
Stukrs. You all remember' the case.
Kill Wheeler n its n sort of a terror
around here for a year or so. He(wns
never tired of reading over the list of
....... I... ,i,,..l .,it TTa lwtl.l
t!ils town In nwe of hliu. No mutter
Iwlil'f Vf Vfll.l lll.llltlll his tiltck. W WHS
Lilav school children to his face.
We wondered If he had the pand he
tainted to have, but nolle of us eared
i csiurlKieiit. We let blin Bwagger
round :u:d run tlu town. Tears
i -.rii-tr to my eyes wheu I think of It.
f "T:i!:e a look .at Tom Stokes. You
liplit travel a hundred milM and not
,iiul Hitoiiii.'r such huiublo-louklng kuss.
tie's i;ot (lie face of u kW. He's as
::iiilile.as u lamb caughtln the bushes.
..: i ll know him too. He's been
111;. i 1 -jr lirouml this town for years.
t:'s never had 1111 opinion on imy fiub
.t. IIc'p always waited to nLCl'fi! Willi
he nm.ioi'iiy. lie's been binned aim
oleu-in-ore. times tlinn'be's got- hairs
Ills head. Nobody would have wast-
i a ei;rtri;ise to remove loiu KtoKes.
1 he died of sickness they wouldn't
e Iiv a rave over two feet deeji
'' Iti in. .....
T.;tu mouths n0 our Bill Wheeler
tr'rrliinir for otlfTr woi'lds to con-
; lr. He got too Mi; for. Sati()y Bend.
,':-la(e wanted to tlml, a crowd lir which
' spme one would call lilui'a liar. , !u
Act, be sot dog lonesome to be Oj bad
". ti.tn all through, and so he pulls up
' slakes and heads for Goldeu Hill,; He
- Hud puns strapped to him. He: was
if minted on an ambling eayuso. lie
. Ijeld his head Ulgh. Ho bad money In
; tji pocket. We turned out and gave
. Bin a farewell, and the last we .saw of
Bim he 'was disappearing gayly (ver
. tie hills. '
Meets Tom Stokes.
f"And what hiippeneil him? Twenty
j miles nway he meets Tom Stokes. It
' was still broad daylight. He was still
feeling that he wanted some critter to
iojpk cross eyed at him. He had them
T; same guns at his belt. Tom comes
; along with an old pistol without linin
', mVr or trigger and consequently with
. oat ft cartridge In It, and he yv'.Is out
u. Hands upr at our bad man.
. f'Gentlemen, does the : proud and
btughty Bill Wheeler ride onward aft
' (4 one contemptuous glance at Tom
aipl his bogus gun ? . 1 1 v
SDoes he come to a halt and yell to
"Tom to beat it or ;take the conse
; QoencES' ' ' ' '
rDoes he reach keerlessly behind
" him and draw a gun and aend the
hnnihle soul of the humble Tom fly
ing to the four winds of earth?"
"H-he d-don't. Kxcuse thl emotion,
but he don't. What does he do? Well.
It, was brought out on tbe trial. He
climbs right down and begs for his
life like a ten-year-old boy and lets
torn strip him to the hide and take
Ills cayuse besides. You don't want to
believe It. but you've got to. He has
owned up to it. Tom rides off with a
.Win. and then BUI hoofs It back to
Sandy Bend aud hunts me up to say
that he's been robbed and wants Jes
tlee When he told me the story in
the Red Dog saloon, tit which place it
?
Is well known 1 a in proprietor, my
knees wobbled with weakness and my
breath came in gusps. May none of
you ever have tho feelings that came
over me. I talked and talked, but still
Bill howled for jestlce.
"Well. I had to issue a warrant, aud
after two er three days Tom Stokes
was arrested and brought In. He de
nied nothing, lie stood pat on the
le.TOiids of the great west. I stood
'. : ; v. !ih !:!:!. I tentenccd Bill Wheel
er lo i.ix mouths In jail for allowhr;
hi'.iv:-.;i to l-e robbed In that nnnncr,
ai.d I told Tom to go and siu no more.
I didn't icr.tend It was law, but jes
ti:e. It v. jcslloo to ike record the
v.e.t ban mr.de n::d Is seeking to up
h !!. He went el to jail, but got a
Kliytier fc'tvyer to appeal his case, nial
the-higher court has reversed it on
r:c. 1 H i d!re trd to give blui n new
tvlr.l. Ara I going to do it? The man
nni'-ng you who thinks so don't know
Jede Hoke. Jcdge Hoke can resign,
but l:e can't be drlv. He may be here
lo uphold tbe law, but he's nlso here as
t'.io ,ri!iirdii::i cf the rl.'.'hfs of man.
He'll lr.dle nut law when he thinks law
will hit the care In Hand; when he
C::v:t thl::'.; i o he'll ladle out Jestlce.
"To::i Stokes, y u can walk out as
bcfi-re, und If I was you I'd hit an
other climate fur awhile. Bill Wheel
er, yen r:-n r.lso take your departure.
Thrro v. 1!1 : e no new -trial for you.
You will Lave to pass through a crowd
oui.-:!de, and if you' don't like the re
marks and o;lK-r tlilt'.rs hurled at you
ns you ro r.o-ne Is to blame but your
self. Pandy Betid won't . never nestle
up to yc u e.'in. and uiy advice to you
Is to keep nway from here In the fu
ture. "",'e have cue other ease on the,
docket. It is I'oke Smith versus Kong
Lre. Io!:c has never been classed as a
bad rvin. Most of us have sized him
up as a critter that wouldn't tight un
it he had to and would then shed u
bnr'l of blood. He has nlways carried
guns, but he had no notches cut in the
stocks as tally marks. Nobody cared
to elbow hl::i. mid nobody took him
for a parson. My own private opinion
was that he'd show sand if the time
ever came. .
Poke Tadly Used Up.
"Well, the time cniuc yesterday. He
bad a shirt up In Fung Lee's laundry.
He went up to get It, and there was
some dispute about tbe quantity of
gravel stones and burs that hud been
clubbed out of it previous to washing;
also as to whether Fong wasn't re
sponsible for some of the new rips aud
holes. At any rate. Poke started to
take the shirt nway without paying
anything, und there was a row. Poke
hud his guns. 1 don't claim that he
Bhould have done any shooting, but I
do couteud that he ought to have used
them to get out of tbe affulr with dig
nity. Did he do so? When bis yells
bad drawn a crowd he was found
burled under a heap of unwushed
gbirujaud Fong Lee had them shoot
lug irons in his possession aud has got
them yet. As soon as Poke could dig
his way out he hustled down to the
Bed Dog aud, me and hollered for Jes
tlce. Didn't want to go back with the
gun, I-offeretl to lend him and have it
out with the heathen, but Jest wanted
Jestlce.
"When Jestlce Is demanded in thi:
court, jestlce shall be had. I shall hue
Fong I.ee $2 and costs; for having r.
pair of sqiiitit eyes on him, and ho can
keep the two gnus and the shirt h?
took away from the plaintiff. I'oke
Smith is free lo walk, out uud :how
himself to his friends around town,
and if lie- isn't patted on the back aud
called a hero mayl-o b' c:wi figure o'Jt
why.
"Don't let It go out that this court
either 'favors the Chinaman or Is op
posed, to him. What this court favors
Is a man getting his clean shirt whe:I
he goes after It. and if he hasn't, the
sand to do.it it's simply a question o
what they culls lapsus linUuni. and i!:
Chinese have nothing' to do with 'II.
That's all. Court's adjourned."
; , ' . ' M. (iC.VD.
'A Double Disappointment.
NOTICE OP ELECTION". '
Be it ri'solveil. by the city council
of tlio city of Mcdford, Orogou, the
I'.uyor approving, th:tt there be uud is
ln'iiby i.nU-rcd a ;t'UTHl elect ion in
sud cty to bo held cm Tuesday, Janu
ary lJ,.!Mrfj, for tho election of
m:yor fur the term of two viars.
A councilman from the First ward for
tl e tf-rtM of two yearn.
A couucilnianj frmu the .Second ward
for the term of two years.
'A councilman from the Third ward
fur the term nf two years.
And such other measures as shall be
lawfully submitted at said election.
The following polling places, judges
and clerks are hereby designated for
the several respective wards:
First ward Polling plnco, Commer
cial club, room 3; judge Y?. H, French;
judge aud clerh, Chas. W Davis; judge
and clerk, A. C. Hubbard.
Second ward Polling place, Hotel
Nash S'tmple room; judge, ,lohn S. Ortli;
judge and clerk, John Summervilto;
judge and clerk, Wm. Vlrich.
Third ward Polling place, City Hall;
judge, O. I.. .Schermerhorn; judge and
clerk, Scott Davis; judge and clerk, H.
A. Thieroff.
Tho foregoing resolution was passed
by the city council December 20th, J90S
by the following vote, to-wit: Wortman
nye, Merrick aye, Eifert aye, Trow
bridge aye, Olwell absent, Hafer ab
sent. Approved:
J. F. REDDY, Mayor.
Attest:
BEN.T. M. COLLINS,
. Recorder.
- He I suppose, then, we may as v.V.J
break tiie eimaKnirut and say v hv.vr-
botb been disappointed fit love; .
KlieTlHav.ejijni to be nu other d'fi-,?
elusion. ' jvWtliujvbt I had .mi:,:
and I eeri.'iluly thrmglit you had. -IUJ-'
tlmoro: American.
Toa Much For Him.
tl lies Tho m:m who makes those
UiOvi;:g picture. dumped up a;'ah;.;t hH
firt i'nliurc tod::y.
.Jiles Iiow w;as t lift (
GMep iht tried to -makd a 'Aioviny
pl.-ture of two men playing a fcame of
chess. Clih ugo News. ,-
Servant Girl Problem Explained.
We couldn't keep Jnslt?
Or Bertha or Rosle:
We (IMn't full Mabel or Nell.
The problem that vexed us
So madly perplexed us a
Vt nought an ttpurtment hotel.
The problem was ended
The night we attended
The season's succftss on Broadway.
One look at the chorua
Of ladies before us
Explained where the trouble all lay.
For kitchen bred Josle
And Nellie and Rosle
Do stunts In a pony ballet.
While Perth a and Mabel.
Who mtulcd oa U-bla,
Are -IyM fitlrt danreT today.
-Puck.
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Sixty-three per cent of electric current saved by using
TUNGSTEN LAMPS.
32 Candle Power Edison Lamp uses 110
Watts per hour and would use in iooo hrs.
, 110 Kilowatts which at locts. a Kilowatt $11
32 Candle Power Tungst&d J Lamp uses
40 Watts perhour and would use in 1000
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watt 4
Net Saving1 in 1000 hours in favor of the
Tungsten Lamp $ 7
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Opposite the Big Electric Sign.
Furniture Drops !
Great bargains before we move. Watch our win
dows for specials. An elegant line of
Fine Display of Rockers
Medford Furniture Co.
Hot Air
' i.
Won't Raise
The Wind
You can raise the wind, better by buying Med
ford property at present prices and sit down at
your own fireside until the advance comes next
spring. - .,
There's always "something doing" in Medford,
and indications are that the coming year will see
more- building, .more street and sidewalk improve
ment and a greater advance in values in Medford
than ever before. ' '
Fall in line and don't' lot the procession run
over;vou. ' ' - "-
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-AND-
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THREE AND POUR-FOOT SIZES.
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MEDFORD, OREGON.
Agent Yakima Valley Nursery.
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