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"'MRDFORD, OKKdON. SAT Hi DAY, JANUARY 5), 1909.
No. 251.
JEFFTOMEET ClM RED
JOHNSON III TAPE KILLED
JULY NEXT THOUSANDS
San FrandsGO will be the
Battle Ground-Cofforth
: Announces that He has
Won Jeffries Over
san francihco; ,ian. o. F.ght-
Promoter James Coffrot h gave out a
tttatemciit today Hint James J. eH'ries
ami aek Johnson would meet mi .Inly
3, lit tlie Mission .tivnri, in Sati Fran
citieo on July 3, for the heavyweight
championship of the world.
lie declared I hat win n Jeffries nr
rived in thin city within the next few
days it wonhl he to sign an agree
ment. ('of froth has already Parted work on
his largo arena.
Some time ago Johnson signified his
willingness to fight for CoffnMh. pro
vided the latter could obtain Jeffries
eminent. ,
In speaking of tho matter. Cuff roth
(mid: "Ah noon ns I liiiew that J'etV.
had a sneaking desire to get back into
the harness I ni.'ide him a proposition
ho could not overlook. I gave him a
tremendous guaranteto ami a big per
centage. I can staro with authority
that the two will meet." .
Coft'roth has been closer to' Jeffries
than any other fight promoter,
EUCALYPTUS TREES
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MARYSVn.M-:, Jan. it State For
ester Lull is anxious to come to Marys
ville to dejiver a lecture upon flu won
dcrfnl opportunity open to Yalta and
Sutter counties itl th" eueniyptn in
dustry. He was represented at n meet
ing of the Mnrysville ( dumber of Com
inerce last night by Clarence, C. Cuff,
of the stale engineering depnrt incut.
In re on a vara I ion. who announced
that Lull is ready to come to this
city at any time the rl.mnber of Com
'nieree will provide the lecture mom.
Cuff had samples of polished wood
of tho eucalyptus growth,- and laid be
fore the meeting faeti and figures that
.surprised t hose in aiier.dauce.
It was agreed that Lull's proposition
Mil ni'il be accepted by all means and
the secretary was instructed to arrange
n dale with him for a lecture. It it.
proposed 1o advertise Lull's coming
thoroughly in this c-tv and country.
;;:iticnlarly in the farieing district, in
order Hint timer posseting tracts of
land suited to the eucalyptus tree may
.listen to his talk. Lull's idea is .to
convince each laud owner that it will
b a pnying invest in. -ul to set out a
g lly proportion of their holding to
th-- "ucnlyptus tree.
MC COMPLETES DETAILS
OF LOAN TO BOLIVIA
YORK. Jan. 1. Details of the
,,1,000 loan by J. P. Morgan & V"
to Bolivia has been e-miplded. papers
having been signed and the transaction
legalized in the city of La Paz. nc
cording to word received here by act
iK Cun n sul for Itolivir..
This is the first ' fon-igu loan ever
negotiated by Bolivia in this country
and it was obtained by Morgan & Co.
in face of competition of other bank
ing firms and by banker-: in Pari nnd
London,
The rate of interest it is under
stood is fi per cent. I!' livia's inter: :i
debt is approximately 3.f.ft),oon Jin.l
the budget was not sufficient to meet
bonds. The present loan will lie used
partly fot this purpose and partly I'oi
the erection of public m Ih-hU on which
$.OIl0.0tlO will be spe.il.'
FORMER BOOTBLACK
ASKS FOR A PARDON
VALLEJO. Jan. it. Tim efforts of
Ceorge Deem, ft forme bootblack, to
secure n pardon fn.m the !..a-I -f
State Prison Directors from tin fe-i
tence he is now Bering at Folj-ote
penitentairy for burglary, will be com
bated by Chief of pel ice Stanford f
this city. District Aito.uey Raines and
neveral storekeepers of Yalb'jo. who
claim Deem burghirirod tin ir plat :
nf business. The Wlblaek has rn
listed the aid of the Turkish C..n?nl of
San Franci-wo, as he iv a subje.-t ..f
thc Sultan.
V VSHINHTOX. Tn. iiat,.v
Tillman is preparing to reply to the
Roosevelt letter to Il.io Mid will
on Mondav. IL den'.d .-'ing unlaw
fullr and declared he n..t frar the
outcome, ne said im,...nnt b iter- and
deenments beariug on the land niatK-r
which aided in explaining had dit;.p
pered from his desk.
Italian Government Faces
Serious Charge-Primier
Suffers Severly-Forcing
Suvivors to Leave
VMK. Italy, dan. i). Charging that
th red tape employed by the govern
ment officials in regard to tho for-
warding of -supplies and taking part in
nlief work was the caure of thousands
f deaths, the leaders of the minority
in tho Italian parliament today caused
in .early adjournment and great con
sternation reigns as a iisult.
The charges were officially introduc
d ::t the opening of parliament today.
Later it developed that the charges
were to have been nlaeed before the
muses vest-day, hut was postponed to
iwait the lime when the temper of the
public had become calmer.
Premier (iioletti was so affected bv
ihe charges that he is reported to be in
i serious com) it inn. li e was in a
weakened state owing to the strain of
'he past few days.
The troops in Me:siiii today stopped
ill relief work, thus forcing Ihe remain
ing survivor to eav.
Tho fiiv.t work of h.'. American sail
ois id the quake region began with the
arrival of the gunbo-it Scorpion from
( 'onstaiitmople. I he America hh are
nily attending to th needs of the in
jured with headipiarl th near the ruins
t the American consulate.
ONE MORE CRIME ON
FRISCO WATER FRONT
SAN FIMXC1SCO. Jan. !. Three
- ddieis, on. fatally shot, are in the
riistuily of the police r.uspcctcd of be
ing concerned in the t'.eath of Police
Sergeant An to J. Nolting who was
shm to denth in the red light district
at two oYlock this morning. He at
: enipted to :irre;it a soldier and two
companions who were wrecking n house
-n t ommercial st red. The sergeant
was I; i ked down Mid his revolver
talii'H t'roMi him. Whil" scuffling with
1 wo of 1 lie men the t hinl one fired
th" shot killing Noli Wig. Thomas Jor
dan and Rii-hard O'Connor, private!
in coast artillery at Fori Maker were
arrested,.
Circuit Court News.
J. '. Hall vs. ('org. YV. Dunn; or
ler made to spread mandate of supreme
court on record.
Ashland Mniiutudu-m g company vs.
Frank W'l Hudson el a I.; dismifsed.
(Irnnts Pass Hanking & Trust Co. vs.
Kuteiprise Mining eimpany et al.; or
der made that both mils be consoli
dated. Cecelia Maegly vs. V. C. Mitts, ad
ministrator; casr tried and taken under
advisement by court.
State of Oregon wi. C. E. Roach; mo
tion for new trial d -li-cd and defend
ant sentenced to two years in peniten
liarv. 'OUR RABIES ARE HUNGRY"
SAY INDIANS "WE ARE COLD'
HELENA. .Ian. W. " I enine to visit
yon and shake hands iVr a good New
Year.
"Tlii. uiofiiing the (tabic cried be
cauo t In y hav e not In ig to eat. We
an g.-t ii . woik to rarn a living, so
I caim to you f..r h tp. I heard that
vim wi te wi-e and gooij.
"I would like you hi help me. We
are having a hard time this winter
waiting t'r land t h i is g'dng to be
gh.n us. I think thu:- is no help for
n at all in hard times, like other in
I i; n i'i'ervrit i-ois. fi makes us feel
bad. and we ap- neii'y froen some-
I : Hies.
"The Indian depar'inent is going
in give us land and is not dune fixing
the papers. We hiv to wait for a
long ti"e vet, (SiejiciH
C!IPPEY INDIAN' ( HIKE ROCK
IHIV."
The Ie:tir wa pr".oi;ed to Federal
Jm.'l"' 1 1 ii 'it in com today by the
,-hief nf the ' oipjiewa tribe of A mer
iiriu Ir.diaii'. '"" of v.l.otn are camped
ii, th- mitui..'ii -t of He mi.
f ).' f Ifo.-i.v ,v w:i :u-ct(tiip allied by
jev -ral ' !t r no-int.. v of the tribe
from the. pr-sident nl the Indian Hn
'j'j,,. ' l it. i' iw ' 'i - only one t he
g..ei-:!-i nt hn mad" t:.i provision for.
Th- p'-. " V I" M- the", r; i-e caMipeil W
til o ?,- lie!-,w kf-t night-.
II. 1!. Tr .11 ff Tr..l.-.. tilltlirif.
f K:'...'l '"int. ritur.i 'l S.-ilur.bv fr.im
,h ni.iiitli rpijit in (..lir.iniiu. "Tin-m-r.-l
P.- ..f S..Mll.-iii ' ': Ii f i.nii'l, I ho
jmorc r I'link of the I!"K"C Hivi r val
.-v,'' st.'iw- Mr. Truiifnn.
Shall Medford's Charter be Amended?
Medford can now be in i.Ie either wet. or dry by a vote of the coi.iK-il, or by a
rote of the people. Why amend tho charter i
After the loeal option law was passed, .Medford's charter was amended, leav
ing the liquor question to the people of Medford.
After Medford's charter was so amended, the state constitution was amended,
taking away from the legislat-iro the power to amend charters, leaving that to the
vote of the people of the towns. This constitutional amendment, however, provided
that towns could not make their charters conflict with the state law.
The local option law is a state law.
Afterwards the supreme court decided that a charter amended by the people,
making the town independent of the local option law, was void.
Hence, it is clear that if the proposed amendment to the charter, conforming
it to the local option law, passes at tho coming election, the town will be under the
local option law.
It is also clear that, because of the constitutional amendment, our d arter could
never be amended to make the town independent of the local option law.
Hence, as it is, we have self-government on the liquor question. If it is once
given up it can never be regained. The new constitutional amendment will prevent
any vote by our people to ever again amend (he charter to put it where it. is.
Do the people of the town want other towns anil outside precincts to determine
the. liquor question for them?
We pay the taxes; why should we not govern ourselves?
Under the present charter, no liquor can be sold except under an ordinance
granting the licenses. The am unit of these licenses is fixed by the council. The
present license is $800 a year. It can ho increased at will.
These licenses can be refused at any time. Let Medford keep what charter
power she has, especially since she could ne;er get it back if she gives it up!
1
ISSUED
Creditable Sdiool Paper
is Put Out by Highschool
Pupils
Voluinn No. 1, numhi r 1 of llio Tin
Horn, the new high n.-hool piililii'ntinii
him uriivdl. Anil .il is worth while.
The mim! of tin' M. II. S. h.-ivo ilonp
III ei r work well a nil t h it 2 pages coui
prising the booklet odi contaiu some
mailer of interest, not only to the
pupils themselves but In all who are
interested in the high school.
In a brief foreword tho young ed
itors tell what their object is in issuing
the paper, and the spirit that they
undertook tho work. They say, "f
this little magazine shall stimulate in
the slightest degree an interest in the
Medford high school u the part of
its members and friends, the editors
will feel that their efforts have not
been in vain."
A number nf creditable little (ales
are eontained is the little magazine,
being from the pens of the high school
students and several bits of vrrse
Jf a criticism might be offered it
would be to suggest to the editors Hint
they draw Hie line a, ton many articles
from exchanges. Tho jokes may be
good and tho fchort verses clever, but
if the magazine is to reflect the spirit
of the local high sche;d, the locnl high
".chool must do the work. One risks the
making of a scrap ho,.!, rather than a
school paper where tin ninny clipping
are used. A few "good ones' from
exchanges can nicely find a place by
themselves on n page entitled, "From
our exchanges,'
The ndvice set forth to the students
of the school on," How to kill a -school
paper" is as followi:
1. Do not subscribe. Borrow your
neighbor 'h copy, Jmt be n sponge,
'J. Never hand in .terns, and crit
icize everything in Mie paper be a
coxcomb.
it. Look at Ihe advertisements and
discourage,
I. If you are n member of tho staff,
ought to he attending tx your business
-be a shirk. .
". Tell your neighbeir you can see
Huffalo Bill's show for less money
le n squeeze.
fi. If you cannot hustle nnd make
Ihe paper a success he a corpse.
This is our opinio?). But we would
like to add If you can't help, don't
knock. Yon cr.n 't saw wood with a
hammer.
As an example of tie fun. the fol
lowing joke, evidently from the la
boratory is given:
Professor What is steam ?
Voice i "old water running crazy
with heat.
On Ihe whole the rditors are to be
complimented upon their first venture.
The editors are: Leonard and And
i rxon, editors in chief ; McDonald and
; Mr.rtin. r.porting editors; C Rogers,
i harinem manager: R-itherford Kerr.
advertising manager; Jennie Hansen.
iditor Agnes l?aaer editor 'Hi;
Loraine Uliton, editor 11; Curtis And
! erson, editor '12.
f Howard S. Dudley ha returned from
; a two we:k"' husinet.1 (rip to Portland
: d Seattle. Colonel J. Mundy. who
' h: s been ill at Portland, returned Sun
t: V.
I. V. fi a I la gh( r a nd w i f e and f rs.
F.. T. Holmes are recent arrivah from
N'orth Da.kota.
OFFICES BURN
AT BLUE LEDGE
Main Building Erected
at
Cost of $7000 Totally
Destroyed by Fire
The main office building of the Blue
Ledge Mining company, erected at
their mines nenr Kib-en was en t i rely
destroyed by fire m" "in o Vlock Satur
day morning. The fn slarted from
a defer) ivo flue and spread rapidly, and
in spite of the efforts of the men em
ployed at the mine nothing was saved
beyond a few pa pern I rom the office.
l! was with I he grialent difficult v
that nearby building t were saved from
the flami-H. The ,".'i men who are em
ployed at present by ihe company were
handicapped in the effnits, as no large
water supply was nvu:'ahle, owing to
the snow, which covered everything.
Still this was a gie.-ir aid in checking
the spreading of the fhnues.
The building was erected at a cost
of $7 HX) nnd aside f'oin this a number
of valuable papers v.-ei. lost. The am
ount of insurance could not be learned.
TELEGRAPHONE TAKES
PLACE OF TELEGRAPH
'LOS AXlil-XF.S. .Ian. !. The tel
egraphone is 1o suppersedo the tele
graph over the entir" Santa I'Y system
and i nst a Hat ion on a vect ion of each
giand division is now in progrem. Ac
cording to Cem ial Manager Wells, sev
eral years will be ruiuired to extend
it all over the complete system, but
this is to be gradually done.
The part icular sec ion of the west
coast where the' plan is first to be
tried out has not yet been determined
but as soon as a net ision i reached
l he installation will be made mid a
section of Him niil'-H on either the San
Joaquin valley or Los Angeles division
the next few mouths.
Trains will be equipped with the nec
essarv instruments to cut in a' any
desired point and all blind sidings,
meeting places, switches, etc., will be
arranged for conntiunic: -timi with sta
tions. The adoption if tclegniphoneK
means a large saving to the railroad.
DELTA AND C A STELLA SEEK
NUMBER LIMIT ON SALOONS
It KDDI fJ. Jan. tl.--There are two
saloons in Cnstella and four in Delta.
The citizen of those two villages have
.filed petitions with ihe board of super
'visors asking that th number of sn
loons he fixed in tin ! wo towns at the
j present number. ('astetla i:: a larger
j place than Delta, though it has only
half a'i many saloons.
A counter petition ;s reported to be
on the way from C.stelln. The ''as
tella petition is signed by thirteen per
sons, five of whom are really resident"
of (tedding, though 'hey own siiinmer
homes in 'artell.-i.
SMALL TOWN IN ILLINOIS
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
ST. L'll'lS. Jan. 'I.- iH'iibow, a small
touu near Alton. III. is burning, tl is
reported that the citv is doomed to
destmet ion as the ienlt of a fin
started by a burglar overturning a
lamp in a residence. Five persons
were injurnl in a burning hotel. The
telephone exchange burned. There is
no whv of eheel'iiig the fh'.ines.
C. K. Hanson of fin:i.s Pass spent
Saturday in Medford.
SMOOTH
ONE
CLEANS UP CITY
Venerable SGOt Blows In
to Town and Then Blows
Out Again
He was a gentlemanly looking, von
erahle individual with the genuine
Scoth accent and hailed from Dulutli,
Minn, Ho was in search nf a home,
an orchard or large net cage, or a good
"'-""h' ranch. " His sprightly slep,
cj.pimlintie mien (?) fairly made Med
ford real estate men f.iirly tumble twr
each other for an in.erview. Thev got
it as many can testify an well as others
out of tin? real estate business got
Did he get an automobile ridet Yes
indeed all over the valby; and refresh
ments galore thrown in. Now this
smooth ''grandpa Scolchman ' ' worked
the game to a finish: d!d it so "canny
proclaiming aloud he could draw on
hin banker for $10.00(1 nnd the proc
lamation fell upon good ground, it im
mediately brought forlh fruit. More
i.uto rides, more refreshments ami a
new crop of 'gullibles. ' He was not
at all confined to a ninall tract or one
or two tracts, in fact money was the
Inst consideration with "Bobby." Th.
title and abslract to several tracts
Here scrutenized with his keen Scotch
eye on each one, time was demanded,
v- his "lawyer" could pass judgment
on their validity; which kept the auto
busy. lie would telegi-aph his banker
at once when any doubr seemed to be
near, lie did (f) but " Robby" failed
to hear and gave it out that he must
be out of town.
Meanwhile hin familiar figure
on the streets brought him in
t tact wit h some of Medford 'h
good cit izens into whose good graces
t his disrjplo of Bur-is soon wormed
ho; way. He could sing "Anhl Lang
Syne" wit Ii tin1 genuine Scotch roll
of Ihe tongue. He could throw out
chunks of Spanish, tlerman, Latin and
French. In the presence of the fair
sex, he could rivnl Lord Chesterfield
in his palmiest days. He was a good
spender (?) and won the hearts of the
" inixolngistH." what cared they if he
ran a billf He would draw em Dulutli,
if that lawyer did not answer, indeed
his banker would: b1 a sick man if
; he dare to refuse his draft; and so
well did "Hobby" work it that sev
ni ". !'! aud 'JO was handed to
, him temporarily ( ?) out il his lawyer
and banker could be heard from.
.Options were taken upon properties,
deeds placed in escrow, and more auto
r:di s and refreshments was the result;
.and yet those obslinate Dulutli people
j would not come through. Finally it
j dawiu-d upon several people that t his
j descendant of liubbv Horns was a
"litl!;.' He took f-'fioie with a ranch
cr who kept him for f mr months when
a ticket for home finally came and the
Dnluth "capitalist" took the train at
Phoenix and entirclv forgot to call at
Medford lo lieiuidat Irs debts. Inquiry
revenled the fact that he was a "bilk"
with no me;uis but n acute appetite
for whtskev and had mcrelv dropped
! into this beautiful Kog.ie River valley
i to bask in its Italian chmate, work the
Ileal estate man fo,- : free auto ride
'and incidentally t" milk any sucker
I bat he could catch. utioother arti
cle has seldom struck ihe valley, Th-
pilfering was distributed among sev
eral people, hence the matter will be
allowed to pass as a joke, but woe to
the next Dulutli "Capitalist" with the
Sn.t. h brrr on his toiyn.
MUCH BOOZE KILLCREST
IN CITY
E
Internal Revenue Collect
or Tells ol "Blind Pigs"
that Flourish in that
City-Many Court Gases
Tn spite of the statdnent made that
husincHH has improved in F.ugene mure
local option went inio effect F can
slate that such is not the case, also
the statement that (hero nru no blind
pigs is almost too ridiculous to pay
any attention to,"
That was I he si at "incut made by
J. V. Hobbs, the internal revenue col
lector who makes his home and head
quarters at Kugetie.
"The fad is," cunti'iued Mr. Hobbs,
"the amount, of liquor sold and other
wise, disported of there, would surprise
anyone if the figur-a won. given out.
The great trouble is llinl most of it
is now kept in the hometi instead of in
Ihe saloons as formerly. The result i.s
that many women have become drunk
ards on that account, where otherwise
they would probablv never have
thought of taking a drink.
"The wholesale luim.r houses nend
out free books of iusttuctious as how
to make fancy drinks and now everv
afternoon many of litem gut her togeth
er and have "bonze parties." I have
seen many women dnink in Kngene
since prohibition went into effect bul
I never saw that eoudilioit of affairs
before.
"Formerly places in I'ugeue where
liquor wns disposed of, hail Ci Hed
Mates licenses and a lar:;e iiumber
m re issued. The lo.nl i uMioiitieH,
h- iv i ver, watched ih.Mi no e.. ,ifh the
i --ill ( Ii-- mow there m i: I n pjngle
Cnited States lifoiei.' in Lug, me. lie
1,ii( it was out of our Ir.r 's, but how
we are compelled to look after the
i lit crests of t he govrn meat , a ml new
il is our affair entirely mid local nil
t horil ies are not sorry, A few if a vs
ago we arrested five men for "boot
''JlginK." d there are dozens more
of them eugnged in lhl business there
all the time, la fact, the last session
of thn court could no! handle all Ihe
eases for illegal selling of liquor and
another session had to be called in or
der to dispose of theni.
Mistake to Vote Dry.
" You people in Medford will make
a great, mistake if you vote in favor
of local option. I nil in n good posi
tieu to know, and I say to you thai you
will make a gre;:t mistake, which will
cost yon dear ln-fore y u will have the
chance of correcting it am! going back
to the only sane and sensible way of
handling the liquor traffic Ihe license
sy -teni. ' '
A' SI. Johua, Or., ( 'oiiucilmaii Ma
ker, who used to be tne leader of the
prohibition uiovemeni, made the fol
lowing statement at last session of
I he council:
" I am fully aware of the fad that
Ihe eilv went 'dry by vol- in .lime,
but the city is not dry now, nor has
it been al any tinnS'iiee the elect ion,
nor is there any in e-q t of being
so. 1 will admit that there is a lame
ness Home where, bur w I, ere is it .' It
is none Ihe less true that these condi
lines do exist nnd that nothing ef
fedive h.lH I t ilo lie lo cheek it. Tile
police department Ins not found any
one willing to swear to r complaint
against the offender;, even when they
have t he fads in heir possession,
claiming they do no! wish to be mixed
up in it.
"I voted dry in th" June rh-i-lioii.
but I dol not vote for the kind of dry
we have I n gelling up to date.
" If we have lo h;ie lii traffic,
and can to. t malic a h'lr -liowing than
we have to chi.-k it. I think it the
best plan lo have rl Iraffic under
the eitv'u ifgulalion-i a inl restrictions
and keep the reenie- in St. Johns,
rather than to have it go to the places
around us. ' '
EUGEN
A GROWING QUESTION
Mr. PERRY
Are you a Prohibitionist
Po von favor hbdi license
Or nreyoustraddlingforvotesO
FOR S8.20
Less Than Carload Lot
Brings High Returns-Ray
& Hatfield Handeled the
Deal in New York.
Cnniicii iciirs from the Rngiie HIver
viilloy njji.in tntu'h tho world 'a record
for prii-oH, whoti a portion of a carload
if tho fruit from Hi:- Hillcroat orch
iihIh liro.ij.ht $1,111 n hi, If box, or $3,811
i. hos. Kim i llntficM of New York
loMi.lUvl I In' (.-:, I .
Tho ienrn worn from tho famous old
Slownril oi't'luirit, imv; known as tho
II inn-out. This orclmrd was recently
moIiI lo tho (in-HCtt owners, a Soattjs
.'..vnclicolo, for .$7.-,(H)0 by P. H. Pork
i.iH, who ilouhlod the money ho had
u:itl for the placo oriinnlly. Now tho
pern, have toueheil the tip-top prices
.'lU'iin, ami this in a your that has been
etotsiilert'il a poor nnr n far as tho
market is .'i.iieennd. , ' .
DUN8MUIR TO HAVE
ELECTRIC POWER BOOK
YBKKA, Cal.. Jan. 0. Tho Siskiyou
Kleeirie Power & Light company hai
ordered poles and will immediately be
gin Ihe extension of its power trans
mission line to Duusiuuii. Tho line al
ready readies Montague, and the com
pany promir.es lo havr the extension
to Dunsmuir in operation by Juno l of
this year.
The Fall Creek plant nf the company
will be augmented by tho installation
of a new loMO-horMupower generator
which will iucrpase ihr output of that
plant to 3)00 horsepower.
FRISCO WATER FRONT LOSES
MUCH OF ITS OLD CHARM
RAX FIIANCISCO. Jan. 8. For the
fust time in fifty yean there are no
sailors ' boarding houses in this port
places where u manner without a
berth may go and be fed nnd looked
after until Ihe " boss" lands him on
some ship bound au where.
Time was when theie were half a
Ii a ml red of 1 hem jn San Frnncisco,
Thai was not so very long ago, or p
to Ihe time that the mammoth froight
N'cnmers of the regular lines nnd the
e cry -day freight ste.iuiers began to
cut into Hii long hauls that had been
t he feat ure of wind ia mining business.
The substitution of oil for coal in the
si earners has also inadv the operation
of I he big si earners more economical.
Tlu-re are huge steamers that can make
ihe run from here to New York with
oil as fuel without making a stop on
the way. Hut with e ml nothing but a
heavily laden collier could do the same
I rick.
With Ho- passing i.f the boarding
houu-H, however, the pnv nf tho seaman
still remains unchanged $20 a month
for off-shore men, Kven nt this rate
men who know how In handle sails are
n numerous that thev fairly stumble
over each ol her looking for jobs oil
Miips about to sail. Nothing like it
was ever known befo'e in this great
world 's port.
High Tax in Roseburg.
Regarding Roseburg, the following
from t he Port land Oregoninn of the
date of January 'J may prove of some
interest :
" IfoHrburg, Or., Jan. 1. (Special.)
Ifoseburg will pay the heaviest tax in
iti history for 1!1)!. This will bo from
:tu to :!o mills, probablv H2. The city
. ft n in-i I ami school dist rict have already
a ssessed a bt mill tax each, and this,
added to the coniitv a ltd state tax,
which will be approximately 10 mills,
will bring the total up lo ItO mills. Be
sides this, there is th" road tax to be
added.
"The absence of he saloons, which
have heretofore cool ributed several
ihonsand dollars to lb city, is one of
the reasons for the heavy city tnx. "
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