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THIRD YEAR.
M1CDFORD, OREGON, OK'KOON. AVKD.N KSDA V, JANUARY U7, 1!H)!).
No. 2()().
LOGAL PEARS' BRING $1 0.08 I U L0WD0N
mm
RAISES CITY VOUCHER $20
AND THEN SKIPS OUT
INCREASE IN
TIhIDlR CUIj
r
r l A A A 1
rOrfiSt ilClUCQ UVCr 1 02 !
i . w x. ,
percent More Timber
in 1908 Than ia 1907
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Undo
8am a nutinnal forests yielded uu in
crease of 102 per cent in timber last
year over tho record for 1007, giving
returns of $840,027.2-1 to tlm govern
ment. Twenty-fivo per cent of this
amount went hack to the states in
which the forestn are located in lieu of
taxes, in accordftnee with the provisions
nt tlm In iv Tliia CM'nmin umII Ik. fi,l,l..,l .
to the state a iuntl tor the support and
maintenance of roads und public schools
The amount of timber cut from all
the nutiomil forests was ;t02,702,00O feet
board - measure, as against 104,872,000
feet in the previous year. This figure,
tor-1 IMS does not inciude the i;H.4S2,
.0hO feet given away to settlers, schools
nnd- church under "free use" permits.
-Tins increase of 102 per cent shows a
far better use nnd increasing produc
tiveness of the forest under conser
vative methods of cutting. There was a
marked increase in small sales last year,
remiltinc in an increase of 2.'UJ ner cent
I.. U, nf .nln. n..tWftl.H1nm1in.r
the fact that the timber contracted forltluit ho left for the north on train Hi
was far less in the aggregate than in i Tuesday evening
lftft7 j Chief Shearer is doing nil that he
'. Small Sales Preferable. can to apprehend tl- man. All points
, In making timber sales the forest j " I,1,c lM " . ,H'0U "",lf,nl to
service seeks small in preference to : keep lookout ftr l-mi.
large sales, and aims to safeguard n ! Tho doser.ption of the man is R,ven
snpplv for future needs rather than to j "nni.t M of age. we ars a
sw II the immediate receipts. Were it j Wr.ok n.ft Ut, -h feet 10 inches ...
desired, the present receipts from tim-1 l"oihtt light complexion, smooth face
be, sab's could be ipneklv doubled. Dur we.ght out V,0 pounds ami prohnb
ing tho year it wns found necessary wears a Pa.r of lh-mch high boots I, in
in tho interest of a continued supply to in p,''r- -...,.
strict sales on many forests. Never- Would Remedy Matters,
theless, the use of the national forests Cily IWrder Coll.ns some .no .1m
as a source of timber supply was more ng "'. P" V!' ""V"'1'
general than ever before. they get him a stan.p.ng mach.i . h, h
K . ... . ... ! .,..1.1 do IIW1IV Willi SUlll CIISI'S I'V
iho ..., reeoipw .rn, ,. ,
Paeh year have lioen as follows: l!l0o.
11107,
6(UM.02; li0fi, .f'J-in.n 13.40
6(1S,813.12; 1!0S, S IH.n7.24.
I'hyment fur timlier is always re
quired in ndvnnen. la largo sales, how
ever, nnd in small sales on oceasinn, pay
ment is made in inslnlineiits so arrang
ed ns tn proteet the irnveriiinent nuaiiiHt
loss without imposini; unnoeessnrily se
vere liurdens upon the purehaser. Thus
the reeeiptH nf eaeh year represent auli
tantially, but not exaetly, the value of
the timber sold and removed during the
year.
BODY -OF DEAD MAN
IS FOUND PETRIFIED
ST. I.rU'lS, Jnii.-27. When the body
of William Kreisler, buried ten years
ORowa.l disinterred last week, the body,
tho elothiiiR nn the body nnd the ens
ket wore found to have turned to stone.
Tho coffin and its contents looked ns
though thev might, have been enrved
out of mnrble. .
The family can offer no explanation
of tho petrificntion of the body and
rfln hut those familiar with the sec
tion of the eemetery in whieh it has
lain for ten yearn says that the sur
roundings are rocny ann in,,,, pe.r...-
cation probbl- was due to seepage of
roundings nre rofky and that, petnn
chemically laden water in tho rneliy
subsoil.
The process of petrification musi
,,. ... ,
have been exceen-.nKiy rapo, ....
were no sin of decay. The features
I'!: oVo Z collar nnd tie" all t eVans of t he 'big war had no to
which were ns perfectly formed as feel ashamed of me.
though hTwn ;:,hr chisei by n sculptor. "Again wishing yon a merry f hrisl-
mas. I am, your fricu.l, f
THINKS TEDDY WOULD OIVE ! "THEODOBK HOCSKVKl.l .
JAPS AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
SACRA MEXTO. fnl., Jan. 2T.-Sen- ( SALOON 8 IN JOHN D.'S CITY
ator J. B. Sanford announced today that , ....
he would drop all of hi. anti Japanese ; ALTON, 111 Jan. ,.,.,t Meth
hills U( believes that if they passed, odists. two Lutheians one IrosbWe
Roosevelt' would send a special message ,ia and one Baptist "f "".
to congress rc.picsting that the .lap- Rockefeller's oil town of 500 innab
ance he given the privilege of Ameri- (, and 26 ...loons, five mile, from
enn citirenship. Alton, have abandoned nn at tempt to
ran ctir-ensnj oriani a union church and "live liko
JEFFRIES TO POSE AS Ijcsus would." in emulation of a (love
A MODERN HERCULES land, )., band of men and women. Ihere
. lis not room for a church there, the
SAN' FR VNVISCO. fnl.. Jan. 27. . worshipers say. because every time a
Inmes I Jeffries signed a contract tn- building is vacant an aterpnsing saloon
'd.v for s in weeks' engagement withjkeeper grabs it and rtarts a new drain
William Morris, the eastern vaudeville shop before the 14 Methodists, two I.u
mnnager He will receive W0 and theran,, one Presbyterian and one Bap
will dom a, a modern Hercule,. ti.t can decide to rent it.
I
LOCAL MERCHANT
K VIfJIMI7Pn RV
an unknown man
Changed S to Road 123 Bought Pair
of Top Boots for 7.B0, Took Balance
of 116.60 With H'm Thought Ho
u(tMIrato
By raining a city oucber for $3 so
that it read 23, a man who signed hitt
naino as Charles H. Hnyden, victimized
('. M. Kidd, the local shoe man, nod
mode his getaway witli a pair of high
boots' and (tlfj.fiO in change Tuesday
afternoon. The fraud was not diseov
ered until Wednesday morning when Mr.
Kidd took the voucher to have it filed
with the city recorder, who noticed
that the figures had been raised, and
o-lin uiuill vorlfiorl Ilia aiialiininlltt liV
communicating with the city engineer.
The voucher for one and a half days'
labor on Hear creek and called for $:i.
Ity changing the figures "11-2 days
at $2 to read 11 12 days at t2
2:t" the fraud was easily worked.
Bought High Bhoes.
On Tuesday afternoon llayden visit
ed the store of Mr. Kidd and picked
rut a pair of lti-ineh high boots and
tendered in payment the voucher enll
ing for 23. M Kidd deducted tlie
amount of the tml" $7..r0 and handed
the inni! :rl"."0 in change. That was the
lit Seen of 1 lie m.'lll. It IS t llOUgllt
- ... . ,,,,,, . ,;.,,
of Ihi' nniount thoy are drawn fur. .V.th-
iimi. of i s rciiuest at mm
.mil lie now 1'lnim t.i tiring llm nilitlcr
up nuain in order tn iff ir i' ""
,,.. Tlipm hIiouKI lie iiinw way
to piulei'l. micli vnui'licre nnil wiimniU
.ipiiiiKt snili men llnynen.
TEDDY IS PRESENTED WITH
PAIR OF SOCKS FOR TRIP
nOHTOX, nn. !!. WIipii Theodore
ltoosevelt Hlnrts on his Afrienn jniirney
lie will tnke with him " liir of the
wnrnient of Maine liosc. They were
made from vnrn enrdeil nnd spun in an
Aroostook emillty mill, and one of the
two women who worked on tlm knittniK
i? blind. The president lias sent a per
.'. i i.i r.f tlniiikn. with his phot"-
, . ai. 1.M.,..ill.i V Calilwell of
rupn. i"
Sherman Mill". The letter follows:
"The White Home. Waslinlutoll.
,. n.. nMv Dear Mrs. Caldwell:
Mv ol.l friend. Hill Sewall. has wrmen
-'. , , , . .-,, .,k
me '""' ; "" " ,,,
.. t... il.... Hove vou received the
: r... hn rmiv nnirat I understand
lllOIK-1 ' 1 .
that the black, one is a present from
..,. i,n,l irl. Will von thank
her for met 1 am greatly obliged to
ner ;,, vn n.rrv
you am 1 j;",;,,,, ,vin
i uriM nu.- -
cept the inclosed picture oi
(live my regards in j
. t i,. ii u vtiran of the greai
...... . ,v in B ,m:in
war. T.I h.m
MUCH ROCK HAS
BEEN CRUSHED
Warren Construction Com
pany Will Rush Matters
With Clearing of Weather
The Warren Construction company
has enough rock crushed at the present
time to finish its work on Seventh
street, and tho two blocks north nnd
south on Central nvenue. With the
clearing of tho weather the work will
be undertaken at once and rushed to
completion.
Superintendent Chipman is in hopes
that some of the property owners in the
ty who are contemplating having their
streets paved will get busy soon so that
he need not stop the rock crushers in
Jacksonville, It is understood that sov-
ral of other streets are to be paved,
ud as soon as the petitions for this
work aro filed with the council the
rk will be ordered done.
On the other hnud, Mr. Chipmnn does
not care to crush a huge pile of rock
1 then find that it will not be used
bv his company.
TRAMP TURNS OUT TO
BE TAMOUS TRAIN ROBBER
ST. I'Al'li, Minn., Jan. 27. (Jeorge
tV.-'.ikliuuser, train robber with $1.1,000
reward upon his head, is safely behind
the bars in the new city and county
jail here, charged with robbing the
(irent Northern Oriental Limited at
Hondo, Mont., in Hm7, and rubbing the
I'lii'.ed Stutes mails of $")0,000 aifd un-
ler strong suspicion of being the man
who rolibed the Northern Piieitie s
rack limited at Witehall, Mont., two
years ago, the most mysierious anu ingu-
handed train robbery which was ever
perpetrated in the west, nnd which re
sulted in the murder r.f an engineer.
Kra nk ha user does not look like a
train robber, lie looks more like a fair
ly shrewd tramp, and the manner of
his coming to grief was in keeping wilh
the hitter role. Suspected murderer, ac
knowledged train robber and desperate
ns ever a western bandit was, lie was
arrested by a town constable at Moor
head, charged with petty box-car rob
beries.
MARATHON RACE TONIGHT
FOR WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP
VI.-W YOttK. .I:in. 2fl. At Madison
Sipiare Harden tonigli'. before n crowd
of enthusiastic speelntnrs such as has
dom been seen in that famous 11111
pilheatle, Alfred Shnibli, the Migllsh
runner, nnd Turn uinghnnt, tne i iiiiiimi
an ladinn, will decide Hie professional
Marathon championship of the world.
The rmv will he Hie full Marathon
distance, 2fi miles and SKS yards, and it
is attraeting even more attention than
the previous contest between Hayes nun
Doraado and the Italian and Longboat.
The Indian is a favorite with a major
ity of the sports, but there are many
who believe that the liritisher will take
the title awny from the speedy abori
gino.
PURDIN INTRODUCES BILL PROVIDING
APPROPRIATION FOR CRATER ROAO
BILL AS INTRODUCED MEETS APPROVAL OF COMMISSION AND GOVERNOR
MILLER WOULD HAVE CAPITAL MOVED TO MFDFORD
FISH BILL INTRODUCED
A bill pro -
8 AT, KM, Or., .Tan.
' , ,. . m
voting tor me reier i.e i-.tm ..r,
introduced into the house tliin morning,
bv Keprenentative I'nrdin of .Jackson
,;,! v. The b.ll differs ma.eriallv from
r :V; rv'' " wo
Ml' 1,1 .
ro:nl cnnimifttion ami oi vimi-r '
. . . ,
l.erlrun. mc im mKen i..- n
uvi.lable upon the appropriation by
Tffil FROM THE
BEAR CREEK
Notables In East Say
Medford Pears Are
The
Best They Have Ever
Eaten" Jonathan Bourne
Writes Manager Whisler
t'oiuico pears from the Hear ('reek
orchard on the outskirts nf Medford
were recently sold ill London hy V.
Dennis & Sou ut 21 shillings a half box,
or $lo. ns n box.
This figure breaks nil previous rec
ords for prices paid for pears, surpass
ing by $1.SS the former record of these
famous trees of !):S.20 n box. A high
mark has now been set nnd it may be
some time before it Ik again surpassed.
The pears were u part of a shipment
made by Manager Whisler of the Hear
Creek Orchard company to Itae & llnt
lleld of New York. These fruit brokers
reshipped It lot to London und received
the fabulous price of $10.0 a box.
Notablea Enjoy Pears.
The cornice p-.'ur trees of the Hear
Cro- k orchards, fam"d iik producing n
qiinlily of fruit so fine ns to olilnin
lite highest prices ill the entire world,
have recently taken fresh laurels unto
llli-niselves. I 'resiihlll KookcvpI;, I'res
ident elecl Tuft, members of the eali
inet and of the diplomatic corps have
had the pleasure of sempliug them
through th nirtesy of Senator Jona
than lloiirnc. Jr., who purchased them
lest fall and priwutcd them to the
fore nained notables.
Ten Boxes to Taft.
The pears were shipped by the Hear
Creek Orchards company to Hae & Hat
field, New York fruit brokers, who ill
leaded to Hie dia'.i'iliul ion. They re
cently informed Manager C. I-.. Whisler
of the company that 2" half boxes had
been forwarded to I'rer.idellt elect Tllft
nl chariest.'.:., S. C, for Hie use of him
self and party. The other 20 half boxes
were shipped to Washington.
Senator lloiirne, in acknowledging Iho
fruit, wrote lo Mr. WhH.T :ib follows:
"Finest Thoy Had Ever Eaten."
"United Slates Senale, Washington,
0. ('., Jan. 21 C. K. "Whisler, Ksi..
Manager Hear Creek Orchards, Med
ford, Or-gon Dear Sir: Vour favor of
the Kith inst. wilh your bill for $11"
for I he 10 half box -s Cornice K-ars sent
me, recived. I lose herewith my
check in favor Hear Creek orchards in
purulent of same for that am t and
will ask you to receipt bill and relurn
to me.
"The fruit has attracted widespread
attention here and was conceded by all
who had any to be tho finest pears thoy
had ever oaten. Very truly yours,
"J. BOURNE, JR."
WILL WIPE SPEECH OF
WILLETT FROM RECORDS
WASHINGTON', Jin. 27. The house
this afternoon adopted unanimously the
........... ..r ii... ....nimittee exiniiiL'iiig from
11, n records ltelueselital i e Willetfs
Hpeech excoriating lioosevell on Jan
unry ID.
Kli ckson cpaiily f .r the building of the
ORCHARD
I HO itomic river iijui iiiwji m
,, .......
Th bill winch wis fathered by the.
Ifofcne Itiver Ki-.li Crolect ive rs-ncia
ti.m will, h.-adM-it. ... M;''!;;
; f i f..r
Ittunw. river nnd- r the
-
. .i thn niiter fish w::rden.
; ...... t..... -
wai introduced by Itep.ireseiitu.tive Mil
CENTRAL
'TWAS JUST A
IITTMPLE
Tuesday's Weather Could
Not Have Been Better
and Today Snow Falls
That horrid, tantalizing weather lunlit
Hives southern Oregon sunshine, flow
ra anil beauty one day and cloudiness,
ihowors and snow tho llrxt! Someone's
got the hoodoo sign on the Hoguo River
vallev.
Tuesday dawned bright und clear. Not
a cloud wan in sight r.l lday and old
Sol came forth in all his glory scorn-
ugly g'ad to he buck to cast his rays
into their accustomed nooks. And then,
just to be tneun, back came tho clouds
and where one reveled in the sunshine
-I hours later iney sougai. renigp n
Ill- snowflnkes.
A finer day than Tuerday never duwn
id on tho vnlley of the Itogne. l''or
what purpose it was sent it ia not known
unless it was for the purpone or veri
fying some of the atalemeiitH made by
Or. golliaus during the past few days tn
earlerners.
The trains continue lo arrive late
and busted schedules lire si ill the rule.
The softness of Iho roadbeds account in
a great measure for lliis.
The weather man says thai il will
probably rain again Thursday. The
i.lorm si is lo have gotten a grip oil
its second wind.
LIGHTNING STRIKES RING
OF WOMAN IN MICHIGAN
HATTI.I'. CHKKK, Mich., Jim. 27.
Struck bv lightning in January, .Mien-
igan's UBiial month of snow anil bliss
.aids, was the odd fato befalling Mrs.
Nellie Hailev of Kniinett lowiiHhip early
I his morning. Mrs. Ilailey was weigh
ing butter ill a well house when light
ning, the first of several strokes to be
noticed uenerallv here, struck her wed
ding ring, burned its path up her arm
and left her unconscious on tlm slone
floor. Kiilering a cupboard Hie riuul
I hen demolished one ,jnr nnd depnrted.
Mm. Hniley's condition is critical. At
Lapeer, Mich., lightning struck a burn,
destroying it wilh nine head of callle.
OVER FIFTY GIRLS LURED
FROM HOME BY FANATICISM
HALIFAX. X. S.. Jan. 27.Mi.ro than
-0 y ig girls have been lured from
their homes in the British Isles by
iiieinbers of ll small sect, calling them
selves "evangelists,"" according to u
docliirntioii made by the overseers of
Iho poor for the county of Suffolk,
Kng., which has ;jur. bo n received here.
The featimony taken in Kngland went
to show that many girls were induced
lo leave their homes by promises that
t In-i r tiniiHportation to this city would
he paid to ennlile them to attend a con
vention ill Halifax "some time in
I '.Kill. "
II was further alleged that the so
eiety enisled for tho purpose of spirit
ing girls away, but for what object
wis not made clear in the depositions.
le, of . lacks,.,, cou.ily.
,
(limMMf,(., i,v j,,; ,t. committee of lh
1ni ,,,,, t i(,)lti
Bl.inw.nlBtivf. MiHer introduced :
.im ..!....,. providing f..r n,,.
' -ubmit t ini the n vi:l of
the state
, .... ,f , ,
' ciiintal tn Medfitrd t
vote of the
.
peoplf.
POINT MAY ASK
THIS CITY FOR WATER
APPLEGATE HAS
COMPLETED HIS
REPORT ON WATER
Throe Logical Sources.Roguo Rlvor,
Medford Systom and Wells Will Cost
Neighboring City Approximately $26,
000 to Oot Adequate Water Supply.
Peter Apph'Katc has completed his
water report for the city of Cent ml
I'oiut, and it is now up to the city coun
cil of that city to choose which of three
they will have one obtaining water
from t he Medford systom, one from
Itoguc river unci a t hird provides for
tlie sinking of wells und pumping the
water. A fourth source is touched upon,
bat discarded by Mr. Applegate, with
the remark that tho city would have to
reduce its size if it used it. This is the
proposition to bring water from Wil
low Springs,
Suggests Medford Line.
Mr. Applegate in his report simply
touches lightly upon the matter of ob
taining water from (Tin Medford line,
but it is reported that this method has
fimiid much favor with Central I'oiut
c'M i.ens. If this be done it will pro
vide an additional income for Medford
and the water will not be needed tn this
city for some years. It is planned to
either lap the main lii:c or place a line
from the reservoir.
If the line is put in running to Kogue
river it will cost $IS,000. If wells nre
sunk this fund can be used to develop
water near Central Point. Mr. Apple
yiite concludes with the following rec
i.iiiinoMdatiou:
"1 believe that you can install your
ivsteni bv development of water by
sinking wcIIh for Iuhs money than it
would cost you to run a pipeline to any
other source of supply and that your
actual cost for water would be less;
;iinl that heartfelt desire of all pioneers
of civilization would be achieved you
would be free and independent."
GREEK BEAUTY ABDUCTED
BY NEPHEW OF SULTAN
C()NSTANTIN()I'I,K, .Ian. '27. A so
eiety setindal is now agitating fashion
:ibe circles in I'era. I'riece l.ulfalluh.
nephew of the Million and a brother of
I 'i. nre Zehheu-lvldiiie, hu:i abducied a
young girl belonging lo one of the best
known (Ireek faniili s in the capital.
Mile. Sophie Zizoiiciln.
Tlie prince is well known in Paris,
where he of'leu vhu's. He has been in
love with Mile. Xizon.ala, who is a re
nowned beauty, for Home time. The
voting woman is said to have recipro
enteil th;'tic neat illicit".
l-spite the searche: made by mem
bers of both faiuilijs no trace of the
roliple linn been discovered.
PUUBANK'S THORNLESS CACTUS
PROVES OF MUCH VALUE
SANTA IK ISA. fnl., .Ian. "Too
much value cannot be placed on Hur
In-all 's Ihornlesn cactus as a fodder for
callle," was I he declaration here lasl
night by Charles .1. Welch, who has a
I ig cotil' ranch at l.ne llanos in south
era Clllifornia. Welch lasl year plant
ed thoiir-.iiidn of Iliiibanli castas plants
and nn vh they are thriving and growing
in every way as lliiibe.iik said they
would, ile and other l.os Angeles men
.,. I,, vesleiilav to see Hiiibllak
regarding oilier big shipinelils. South
I'acil'ic land ciilillllli:sioliers ar ill-
lempliiliiig planting large areas of Hur
bank cactii.i oil d, binds along the
svtitem,
BREAK JAIL: CUT WIRES:
HO FAR ARE NOT FOUND
VAl.i:. r.. .Ian. '27. After cutting
the wires lending to Ontario, (.us .1 Mili
um), Jim Woyd and C. A. Johns left
town lntl nighl shortly after breaking
nut uf" iail. Thev were arrewtct ror
. ' . . . .1. !
cracking a sale and were cihihiu in
irtlnnd and brought here. Tosses are
iinhing in all directions.
ENORMOUS GRAY COYOTE
FOUND IN STOCK CAR
I.US AS'tlKLKS, i 'al., .Ian. U7. An
e!iir.nonn giay coyote arrivi d in Los
A-i-ieh- Thursday by freiyhl, having
been flipped with '. carload of ulcers
fr.iu the Imperial valley. How the
,-,,. te uit into t!te tick c:ir in un
known, but when (!" car nrrived at the
vnrd'i f the II r Packing cmnpaey
it le.ipcl out and rn i.ito aheep
cirr;l. when it altenipte.l Ut throttle u
.,) p. An employ,' vhni the animal.
BER KAISER IS
50 YEARS OLD
Little Evldeuce of His
Poverty In ObservanG
of Birthday
WIKUN, Jan. 27. His majesty, WU
holui II., Deutscher kaiser, today cele
brated his frith birthday. Although his
extravagances have rendered him al
most a bankrupt, despite his vast iu-,
come, and his unfortunate loquacity has
alienated the love and respect of mil
lions of his subjects, thorn was little
evidence of either poverty or unpopu
larity in tho observances of tho emper
or's birthday.
Tho kaiser was "awakened" this
morning, uccording to old birthday cus
tom, by the fanfare of tho palaco trum
peters and the singing of a hymn by
I he castle choir at 8 o'clock. As a mat
ler of fact, however, tho emperor had
risen several hours earlier, and htid dis
posed of a variety of state documents
by the time tho singing began, nfter
which he appeared, dressed in a Mold
marshal's uniform, at a window of the
castle overlooking tho court, whero tho
musicians were gathered. He greeted
the choristers and received tho con
gratulations of the visiting princes, aft
er which there was service in the pri
vate chapel' of the pnlaee, at which
t here were present princes and prin
cesses, ambassadors, and several high
civil, military, naval and court person
ages. CATTLEMEN DISCUHSINO '
QUESTIONS IN LOS ANGELES
I, OS ANdtiLKH, Cnl Jan. 2(1. Cat
tlemen from all over the country had
enrolled their names on tho rostor of
delegates when the twelfth annual con
vention of Iho American National Live
stock association was called to order in
l.os Angeles today.
Among the question to be discussed
are federal control of the grazing on
unappropriated public lands in the semi:
arid states and territories; tho ndmin
ty rat ion of forest reserves by the fed
eral government; further consideration
f service given by railroads to ship
ments of stock, especially the furnish
ing of cars and the speed miuimum; cor
rection of unreasonable railroad rates
:iml the tariff.
AGED INDIAN WOMAN
IS BEATEN TO DEATH
NRWTOftT, Or., .ran. 27. Word was
nci'ived here yesU-rday of the brutal
murder of an ngnl Itidinn woman named
I'olly Dick. She wan blind, parnlyzed
and helpless, and made her homo with
Itahlwin Ka.rcluld, nho lives across tho
Hilotz. river from the noney. The Fair
childs were awav ftom home when the
rime was committed nnd tho woman
was alone in ner aonso, a nonni tepee
idosn by the Knirchild home, whero she
i-onld he cared for.
She was found Thurvday morning
lead. Tlofh her arms were broken be
tween tho wrists r.rd the elbow, her
breast was crushed in and bruises wore
II ovrr her body. There is no clue to
the murderers and no apparent cnuso
for the crime.
BILL TO CLEAR TAX MUDDLE
IS STOPPED BY OAMPBELL
-NAI.KM, Or., Jan. "27. Much of tho
mystery surrounding Oregon's tax mud
dle was cleared todny nnd the matter
eight have been entirely settled if Rep
resentative Campbell of Clackamas had
nut. stopped the piiRSajje of tho emer
gency measure which was introduced
by the joint committee on assessment
nnd taxation by forcing the bill to go
in the printer. It will come up for
-tpecial connideration tomorrow morning,
and there is little doubt but that by
loinorriiw night the bill will bo passod
by both branches of the legislature.
la the senate a motion to strike oot
:l:e emergency clause from thn bill to
mcicase the numher or too suprenut
curt from three to five was lost by a
uuall majority. This nuiy kill the hill
.oi final vote.' The bill for the armory
it Ashland was indefinitely postponed.
A bill prohibiting a p-rnon under 18 op
erating elevators and the nnti-cigaretto
bill prrtcd. The house passed a bill ex
empting debtors and increasing the tax
on JcgacUi. t