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By far th largest and b.st newt report
of any paper Id Southern Oregon.
OUtedterd HDaiiiDv tribune.
The Weather
The weather man says:
Indications point to warm and rainy
weather for tonight t nd Sunday. High
southwesterly winds.
THIRD YEAH.
MKDFORU, OK'WiOX. SATUHDA V, KUBKUARY '20, 1!H)!).
No. 287.
H OF THE MAiW IGNORED FOR THE FEW
WS
S010NS ADMITTED BENEFIT
OF ROAD; PLEAD
I
TO CUT THE
I
Senate First Adopted
Majority Report by vote
of 20 to 9- Bill Then
Carried byVoteof23to7
ST AT 10 llorSK, Sal. 'in, Or., Feb. ilo.
By ii volo of to 7 1 lu senate yes
tei'ilay afternoon passed Die Crater road
loll carrying an appropriation of $100,
000 in four minimi instalments.
The lull has been engrossed nu. will
probably he signed hv the governor to
ilny. It:; passage followed the slaughter of
the normal schools.
The majority report of tho way's "iml
menus coiumilloc passed I lie measure.
A niinoriiy report hy Ward ot' Wash
ington' recommended an appropriation
of $50,000.
Senator Nottingham voteil that Ore
gon could imt i-vl i ml lMii.ouii in greater
advantage than aiding in the const rue
tion of Hie proposed highway and thus
opening set nie Oregon lo the tourist
travel.
An effort to snhstitnte the niinoriiy
report for that of the majority was led
hy Senator Selling, who pleaded for
economy while ad mit t i tig the benefits
that would accrue from the Crater hike
rond. Ho favored the expenditure of
t he money for a railway survey into
cent ral Oregon.
Senator Barrett of Washington also
favored culling ih appropi ini ion, (ml
the effort fo reduce the amount met
with defeat, hut eight voles being re
rorded in its favor.
Senators Alhee, Barrett. Culwell, Kil
her. Miller. Linn. Sehofield. Selling and
Ward, Martin of Josephine and Mnlit
of Jackson led th' supporters of the
measure in forcible speeches cninpn-lu u
sivelv answering their opponents, they
explaining the plan of construction. The
majority report war adopted hy a vote
of 20 to .). and on the third reading
the hill was passed hy the following
vote:
1
Ayes Alhee. Bailev. B-ach. Biiiyhain. i appeare.t. leaving a sn.oM.pg
Col well. Chase, Coffey. Cole. Bart. John jdmn ( feet deep. The base of this
inn Kav, Merriu.ru; Miller, .van and great mountain remains and until An-L-ne
Mulit. Norton. Nottingham. Oli- gust L'B 100. b-.e no name. On that
ver Parish. SinmXt, Smith. Merrian. , date, with appropriate ceremonies. Miss
Smith I'maHlla. and Bowerma... Total. ! Kav r.iller. now Mr-, von Br.esen of
.
23,
Xtn'B Ti:irrtt. Hedge. Kilher
Miller. Linn. Sehofield. Selling
Ward. Total, 7.
NEAR. BORDER SALOON
AVOIDS LAWS OF TWO STATES
ru-MAs.n-N.-nov. -j-v-i. ta.r
.in,! vor the lino t., N-va.la. a v.t.v , " - v . 1 1 . . w t . . i, r- 1,;
rUrt ilistnneo from tl rnilwi.l W v.,llit,.
r,..:,.rrtin l,y th, W.-t Vf ' l"", ;'T ,...,',.,;, I ... r i.
NVvnda bnvs .In rmit : s:ih-i
I,. -,ii, ,i-t ,-) within tin,-,' nnl'-' "f 11 I
r:-itr,.:!.l nn.h-r r.nif-ii,'l lull in 'hat -ta: ;
ivhiln I.asscu .cinntv hnr. :m "fl"""'"
liniitini; s.-ilonn, tn l.v.- mi!:'. Tlt n-
I, "'It in qinstintl ili.r, il..t vi..l:lt.' tl,' N''
f,la lw. i
A.lwtntn!"- in l.f-iim taki-n nf 'If j W
ft'ft that the railra,l fr ,'V,t:i1 niih"p"
tit- i.rti7, I ho salo lit n tho C:li ff
fnrnia soi.lo ami tli'M ontor- NVva.h'.
hut ini.ro than tltr o tnih"' fr..m whor
".ho taLion if. hottii; intilt.
Tho hnil.liiiu'. in "thor i -"' 1!
.'.:o.1 tin.ro than tlir. o mil -s fr""i -I"
r..a.l in N'ovn.ln. 1-nf .i""l r.-i."" ',"
lir.o from tho ri.a.l in Lason oiintity
'Vlifornitt.
'I'h.'ro mnv 1..- ,..iii" trouhh' i" i,v,;r
1 il :i li.'oito.
Tlio ('..ilifnrnia nroniot
...mlllittoo
- a. o.,m,,l, to,l tho ('..lifornia "tato Imihl
ii.'. n ni...lifio,l Moxioan ha.-iotnla.
Khirli will ho nno i.f tho ni""' rotnarh
'1 l.nihlinirs of tho A!al;a nh-n I a
. ifil' exposition whii'll o.oll
Juno 1.
J.-atth'
HISTORY OF CRAIER LAKE
AS WRITTEN BY IIS CHIEF
BOOSTER WILLI AT
(By William BtadHono Steel.)
('niter Bake is situated on tho sum
mit of the Cascade range of mountains
in southern Oregoa, three miles from
the Jacksonville and Port Klamath
wagon road, from which the government
ha:: construct d a mad on an easy grade
to the rim of the lake. It was discover
ed on June PI, ls;.;t, hy John W. Ilill
'iiaii and a pa tty of prospect org, who
nr. Hied it Beep Blue Lake, although
some of the party preferred to call it
Mysterious Bake. It was subscquont-
ly known as Luke Mystery, Bake Ma
jesty, Mole in the C maud, and finally.
n August I. iXiiii, :i party from Jusk-
sonville named it Crater Bake, the most
natural name it could hear.
It rests in the crater of a great nionn
ain. the top of which has disappeared.
leaving a cauldron loon feet deep mid
live and one hall miles in diameter. The
lake itself is HUH, fret deep, mid fills
I he cauldron about half full. Xear
dioiv on the westerly side is a circular
island, or cinder cone, N lo feet high,
known as Wizard island, in tho top of
which is an extinct crater inn (Vet deep
and "poo feet in diameter, Xear shore
in the easterly side is a jagged rock
ailed the I'hantoin Ship. There are the
oily islands in the hike. The water
s remarkahly clear, a six-inch white
plnle showing to : depth of W'2 fed. I
Wh.'ii looked upon from the surround-
ng cliffs its color is of the deepest j
mssihlc blue, except close to slum1,
where it blends in) o a rich turqiiois.
Seen from a boat, the blue remains as
leep as before, but assumes a brighter
hui'. In the absence of wind, surround
ing objects are reflected as in a plate
zUiy mirror.
An Example.
( nce I left c:i nip in 1 he night and
pulled out upon the lake's placid snr
far:, then sat quietly in my boat and
-u.e. at the heavens above and the
heavens below. A vast hall of a uni
verse was around and about me and 1
suspended in the center. A great equa
tor hung in space as a monstrous knot
hole, and I looked above and below it.
Cncousciously I grasped t he boat 's side
with siiche energy as to ruffle the water,
spoil the picture and fix myself upon
l he enrt li again.
The shell of a mountain in which Cra
tor lake rests was not always a shell,
oil mire towered proudly in t he heavens
:is a giant among mountains. It belch
ed forth fire and lava for a time, then
-.-tthd within itself, mid all that por
tion above timlr-r line, or OoO feet
elevation, disappeared. Where it went
tm .me knows, hut il is estimated by
men of science that 17 cubic miles dis
. . ......... l
i st a ten Blind. .V .. on hennii oi ine
nd ! Maamas. christened it .Mount Ma.ama.
ndlv.hi.-h name has been accepted hv the
I . . 11 ..ffoonl
ivernmeiii aim appe.n '
map.
"There Is But One Crater Lake.
TV.-pess.-r .h.seps I.eCeilte was fl great
...i..,;... - ..( V,.1..wstoiie and Yosemite.
V...I .t
i -in pa
,,iko thit!. Th-ro t' '""
'rater
).,),,. " Tho "iot".iv.TiiiL' ini.r.'"ivo
'.,f it. ..ran.loar :i-.l..t -I-- t il .--.1
. no i.loa "f
,,.-r tho lin.nau
In- u..p-. Il "
i.invtclt'iil infill. H'"1'
in I oaa I' tivoy.l
, , . ........ t., ho a
I. It
tat,.' ah.li" in it. i-hi"
,1... . It I, a- li" I "
,, ,.. ,1 no. tho "tilv Oator lalf.
i.r..,,.;i.y il, -;v tr.at.-t natural won
..i , ' .nv.,,1 ..f ' ..lora.io. '
,ln fall-. M
V.,.,,, avl r,
hu h . an ! . -',.
Y.l..w-ti.
-1. f-.
Movement for a National Pk.
, i .. v r
a I i
o.l a itn, v. in. n'
at.- a m1
.la
, i,.
i-lo
n......-..l....t I , I - or. '
I lainatM,,, ivit toll a wi fr "j'J
hot to- t.,wti.hi... "a , ,;
! ,. S.i,,;,...r l..l,.h niT".'. ;
I ..,, . a hill ' oroaf Crater I." "
iti.nal l.arh. hut tho ,.,..ition " "
ECONOMY
A G. STEEL
Uioat that he felt no sneh hill couhl
over asK conjiretiH. eonaoijnont ly ho fa
vored niv'"K lite litn.l to Oregon in
trust for a park. The writer ohjoeteil
seriously to this, for the reason that
the state wonhl never make proper pro
vision for its maintenance. The result
v.ns that little or no progress was niaile
for many years. Soon after Hon. Thom
as II. Tongue entered eongress he took
up the work energetically, hut made
little or no progress until the winter of
hull 2. Ant that time he felt that n
united effort might he successful and
asked the writer to join him in tt sys
temntic fight, which was taken up at
nice and pushed with a sort of despera
tion, The writer had n Inrgo lunnher
of petitions, circtthir letters, etc., print
d, ami mailed them to every newspaper
ml postmaster in tho stale, hesides n
Inrgo nunihor of interested parties, near-
lv all of whom exert, al themselves tn
tiring names and letters, which were
forwarded In Mr. Tongue, who used
hoin to the host posKihlo advantage.
There wore many difficulties to nver-
ome, hut one hy one they were mas
ore.l, and the hill finally passed con
gross and on May 22, Vhi2, il was signed
hv the president. 17 years after the
veuient was inaugurated.
Making the Lake Known
I'rovions to lxx.i very few people,
on in Oregon, had ever heard of Cra
(or lake; so. when storting a movement
for a national park it hccauic apparent
that to succeed tho lake must first he
made known. A letter pnhlished in the
Oregoniaii hy Mr. .1. M. Ilreck. Jr., a
ineniher of our party that year, attract
ed a great deal of attention, and others
hy the writer followed ill various pub
Mentions. One thousand copies of a
circular letter describing the lake were
printed, together with tin otpial mini
1..T of circular letters t litors. setting
forth a plea for a national park : ,in-
panie.l by a retpiest to publish all or a
port i f the descriptive matter ami
editorial endorsement. The letter was
published in nearly all the great dailies
of tho country, and was almost niiiver-
wily indorsed. Copies of a 112 page
I k. entitled "The .Mountains ol ore
g.ill." wer ailed to the president.
icoitihors of his cabinet, members of
ingress and newr.pa p.-rs. and every
thing possible was .1.. ne to call attention
lake. The I nite.l Mates geoiogi
cal survey was asked to survey and
plat it. and to make scientific investi
gations. This reipios, was grantcl. nnn
dlring the summer of l-1-'! such an ex
poditioll was sent to tho lake under
Captain Clarence K. Pntton. aceompa
nio.l by Captain (now t.enoral) (teorge
V. I-avis. The writer was invited to
accompany the expo lit ion. and did to.
haviiiL' charge of the construction of
bonis and sounding g. ar. and the sound
ig of the lake.
Sounding the Lake.
Throe boats wore built in Portland,
two skiffs and one four oa rod lap streak
eihir boat 2li foot long and ' feet
lo inches beam. Tho last named wa
remarkable for tho perfection of its
ci.nstruction and model, and a finer
craft of similar dimensions was never
constructed. It was christened 'Cle.-t
wn,..." or golden arrow, and was the
pride of our party. With it we sounded
the lake, and it will ever remain a pity
that to. proper provision could bo mad,
t'ur its preservation. The skeleton now
li.s in a little harbor on Wizard island.
Those boats were carried on a flat car
.,, Ashland. .'Ill miles, where they were
,,.i.l,,l ..n wagons an I taken 1'rfl inil- s
,ii:, the mountain", lion launc n
.1... ..r.cil, ilollS Wt'llS of Ollt
lake.
feet to th- Water. willl"Ut s,, llllloll
-s scratching the paint.
' Immediately after the I Is were
..) ., on the water . ngii rs wore sta
M,'.,...,l with plane tables, s.. as to take
,,.,.rvati..ns at tight angles with ea-h
,t.r. and th- elect w I was started
.r,.ss the enter of th- lake t" .1" the
Il.llllg
The I'-a-i was atta, le"! to a
wire an-1 han
,1- had rea
with a windlass, w lien
,,., 1,,,'tom and the wire
. , g i , a I
-i-.-n and in
'flashed back
.'h h..i.'.r'l-. This located -he sound
g f,.r Hi- ,agin-er and th" boat pm
Ib-.t to tho next sounding I."1 '"r"
.. ... tii- lake in t'-.s manner. ti-
,1 .. wheel. Ill-'ll the Work
ilv
f-l:U-"h."
V.lOt- fe
i.piarc mi!'..
Tl.o ,le.,est soon. ting
"I"
l.-it there are
oral
.,( h.o.latn
10. 10 feet
BUSINESS
10 TENDER TO
LOBBYISTS
Good Time Planned for Re
ception of Workers In
Salem as Mark of Ap
preciation for Effort on
Behalf of Grater Bill
A movement in on foot tn tender to
the returning lobbyist,) to whoHO con
ftant efforts is due the passage of the
Crater Bake road bill, a monster han.
quel on next Monday evening, provid
ing that they return before that time.
A number of bnsineH men are at the
foot of the deal, prominent among
which are W. I, Vawter, V. H. Crow
fll. .1. K. Knyart, W. M. Colvig, A. H.
litpsenhaum and ninny others.
While Medford business men were
all active in working for the road, there
were a number of local people who ro-
uiaiued at the capital for nearly tt month
and have used every effort to pass the
bill. To these will the banquet be ten
dered. It in planned to invito all of
the prominent business, men of the city.
There are none who do not realize the
value of the passage of the Crater Bake
hill. And to let tho returning lobby
ists know that their efforts have been
appreciated the banquet is arranged.
JAILED WHILE PAWNING
RARE ANTIQUE JEWELRY
OAKBAXB. Feb. 20. While barter
ing with a pawnbroker in Broad wav
near Sixth si reet t his afternoon, at
tempting to sell jewels of several hun
dred dollars ' value Bi n "St N ignite, a
young man. was arrested on suspicion
f burglary. He was searched and, he
ides a jewel case containing the vit I nu
des, a number of raffle tickets were
found.
Nitrate said that he lived at It Ben-
Ion street, San IranciHco, mid was
asked hv Mits Julia Beltrain of the
me address to raffle her jewels, Fail
g to sell chances a v. easily as In ex
e'ed. he said he deeided to pawn the
t. Tin San I'rnueiscn police were no
tified and the man's past is being in
stigated along with his explanation.
The jewels are all many years old
ami of special value because of the an
qi e styles. In the box was a diamond
, bracelet, several gold stickpins net
!h stones, a diamond ring, a pearl
r'w'i and pin. earrings ami brooches.
DIAZ ORDERS FLAG ON
CATHEDRAL LOWERED
KB PASO. Tex.. Feb. J. According
o advices from tie- City of Mexico, a
ieimatioii was create.! jinumg the Catho
ics of the capital etty last Saturday
ivhei, the Mi'xiean flag, which had been
h.ti'-'teii iiver the ca'hedml in honor of
Wchhish lose Mora d I Kio, was
hauled down by federal soldiers, on or
ten from the government officials, Tim
Catholics h::d th. night to honor their
.nmitry by flying :l:e flag from the
athe.lral in honor of the highest cc
rlesiat ical authority in I hi count ry.
Th" flae was l..w.red hv orders of
President Ptaz himself, although Mrs.
Bia is a nth. die. .he reason given he
ing that the laws of Mexico separating
church and .tate forbid nm-h govern
ment recognition of the church. The
incident has caused some feeling and
further development i are looked for.
M'VEAGH IS OFFERED
TREASURY PORTFOLIO
( MB ABO. Feb. -J'-. Further '"'dor to
the report that tie- portfolio of were
trv of the treaurv in Mr. Taft's cab
not had been informally tendered to
Fianklin M- Vent-h of Chicago was giv
'II to
lav hv an assertion in business
s that Mr. McVeagh had decided
to withdraw from his leadership in his
whobab- gn-'-erv hu'dness mid his di
reetor-hip in the Cmmerf ial National
hank. A retire nt from the hanking
.. tlii inmortiiiL' hii-ii,e-,s Would be ne.-es
:,rv to
him eligil.le t
office
hep.
In
Ing r ti almost level plain.
,,vi..n will say, Crater lake is
gtniMe-l points of interest
.-re all tie- ingenuity of
. been exerted to the flllW
, build on.- grand, awe-inspir-..
within which to live and
h to gnve up. .n tlic world and
re Would I dwell and live for
e would I oinke my kingdom,
n -,' t hr-iiic
of -1
artli,
. IB
Mi i t
BANQUET
MENlROGUE FISH BILL KILLED
SEATTLE BUNCH
E
Carrying Message of the
Seattle Fair to Oregon
and California
SKATTBK. Wash., Feb. L'tl. The nie
sage of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific will
be carried to the Hinds of Oregon and
California by repri'nentatives of I he
Seattle and Tncom-i chambers of com
merce and a large party of excursionists
which left Seattle this morning by spe
cial train. The first stop will be made
at Portland this nflernoon, where the
day will be spent. Sunday stops will
he at (Bunts Pass, Medford and Aah
l.-nd, the special train reaching Shasta
Springs Sunday evening.
On the trip the city of Senile will
he reprcHonted by Mayor John F. Mil
Icr, the Seattle chamber of commerce
by Secretary C. B. Yandell. the Tnen
inn chamber of commerce by Secretary
Percy St. Chnr and the exposition by
Professor Kdmoiid S. Meany of the Pni
versity of Washing' on, Ira A. Nadeau,
director general, and Bloyd W. McDow
ell, representing the publicity depart
ment. Among (lie excursionists will he a
large number of the more prominent
bm'iness men of S-nttle and Tacoma.
The excursion will be run over tho lines
of t he Northern Pacific lo Port land
and over the Suulheni Pacific to Bos
Angeles. Accomuiodat ions for more
llir'ii h"iO parsengeH have been pro
vided and nearly all of the reservations
were taken two wreks ago.
"Ask me about the fear" Will be
I he slogan of the excursioricls ami ev
i vy one in (he par.y will be prepard
to give all the latct i format ion about
the l'.in;i exposition. Newspapers will
h" supplied with speeij;l articles, deal
ing with many of the special features
of the exposition as well as photographs
showing the completed exhibit palaces.
BULLSHEAD BREAKFAST
ON COLLEGE CAMPUS
ItKNO, Feb. 2ti. In order lo raise
7noo that they may secure t'jo.nno
promised by Clarence Mackay, the stu
dents of the Fiiiversity of Nevada will
give a "bulBhead" breakfast at t he
university of Nevada on Washington's
birthdnv. The affair has been taken
n hand by a number of Reno citizens.
who plan to make it the biggest affair
in college annals. Plates will be laid
f..r loon people. Yesterday the stu
dents dispatched a telegram to Mr. and
M rs. Mackay in New York, invit ing
llit'tU to he present.
PAPAOO TONGUE IS
TO BE
'CANNED'
bi:i;kkbi:y. c..,i., i-vi,. . Tii
tongue of the Papago Indians of Arlo
na. said hv students of phonetics to h
a language so intricate that it is one
of the most diffietilt in the world lo ae
quire, will he "canned ' for use of the
members of the department of nnthrop
ology of the university in solving the
dialect.
Professors Albert K roeher, s"eretnry
of the department, mid Pliny K. i'4
ard, an expert of phonetics, have se
cured the aid of Junn Bolorics, an edit
echoed chieftain of the tribe, in an
effort to perpetuate the tongue of the
Papagoe. He will face n phonograph
t uperinlly prepared for such in et i
gat inn and spenk into t he hell tin
ehinentarv Hounds of the language and
later will dictate nil the kie-wn word-
.f the tongue of his fathers.
BIRTH RATE INCREASES,
DEATH RATE DECREASES
SAf HAMKNTO. Cal., Feb. 4J0. More
birth nnd fewer deaths were reported
t(, the state board of health from San
Francisco, Bos Angeles and Oakland, the
three leading cities in California, in
liios than in F"i7. The pins births
in San Frnncicn numbered 00"4, against
.", 1?H in P07. The deaths numbered
P-J.'JfiO and ft."" respectively.
Bos Angeles births in 1!0S were l.i!l!l,
a-, compared with t'J'M th- year before.
The deaths were 7."U' last year and tit'
in 11'7.
The births for Oiiklnnd in H"S nnm
hered l'JH, ngainst lnl in 1007. The
death were respectively l'.'Mt nnd 100.
HE
SUNDAY
IN LATE MIDNIGHT RUSH
SENATE WORKS
OWILZ A. M.
Passes Heavy Appropria
tion Bills Bowerman
Given Gold Watch
SABKM, or., Feb. IN). It was nearly
- o'clock ths morning when the senate
adjourned. They paused the deficiency
appropriation bill carrying $111-1,0(10;
the thouse bill setting imide $75,1)00 fur
the removal and rebuilding of u site
for deaf mutes; tho general nppropria
tio.i bill with $70,000 for the supreme
court, and $17,0D for the state treas
urer 's expenses.
The last two figuren were restored
a t'ier being reduced.
Repealed motions to adjourn w;re
ignored by Marl, who was in the chair.
When he linn My put a motion to ad
joui'ii it was carried. President Hower
mau was presented with a gold watch
by the senators.
E18KIY0U COUNTY TO
EXHIBIT AT SEATTLE FAIR
MoNTAtiPK, Cal., Feb. 20. Siskiyou
will be well represented at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle next
summer if the present plans are carried
out. The board of mipervisors made an
approprint ion of $ JtM M yesterday for
this purpose and appointed a commis
i-.ioii consisting of five members of I he
hoc nl and F. J. Xnltoii, secretary of
the Yrekn chamber of commerce, to
piepaie an exhibit as nearly complete
as possible of the varied resources and
vast wealth of the empire of Siskiyou.
In anticipation of such action. Sec
retary N id ton made t he first applica
I ion of any county in California for
'ii;ire and secured the most desirable
assignment in the state building. Possi
hly $5ihmi will he the total amount spent
by the county to advertise the extent
of its resources in precious metals, tim
ber, water power and fertile ranches,
I he assessed valuation of the whole lie
ing in excess of $ ti,000,(tOl).
LOST FERRYBOAT
FOUND ON RANCH
KBBBIN'ti, Cal., Feb. 1!0. The ferry
at that was washed away from the
vmllium crossing of the Pit. during the
orni period lias leen found .'10 miles
otn home, and the cleft is unharmed.
ie ferryboat was discovered yesterday
HeliMiev Hampton 's pasture, three
ties MnitliP'ast of Wedding.
Hampton's p:: stu re fronts on the Sac
mento rivet. tioing into tin- tjg
t ure yesterday to look for slock ,
; nipt on found th- boat landed safe
d sound on a high bank. The craft
I marie a voyage of 0 miles down
e Pit ami then down the Sacramento
The boat cost . . B is not too large
be moved by wagon back to Wynd
nu dossing. The cost ((f taking it
'Hand to its proper place will be
.out lfiO.
SLEEPS ON WHILE WIFE'S
SCREAMS SCARE BURGLARS
KBMIH'ltST. Feb. I'M. Awakened by
noise in Iht loom, Mrs. A. Alves, wife
I' a streetcar employe, was n startled
t seeing a man near her bed searching
i i husband's clothes that she screamed,
'lie burglar fieri with a f.'r gold watch.
Alves did not awal cn until the thief
i."d gone with his 'llliepieee. lie slept
hripugh the intrusion and the screams
i.d was aroused only when his wife
I k him.
Then he began to seek the burglar
nd found merely a trail of his clothing
. at), red from his front door to a fence
et whii h th" burglar had vaulted.
SUES MAN WHO ACCUSED
HIM OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Y . BBK.IO. Feb. tin. Albion II.
Moise, who was arrested a month ago
at t he instance of Charles Bang, a
former partner, who charged that he
had mitappropriated funds, has brought
suit f..r $15,niio damages against Bang
for defamation of character. Morse
v:'n released at the preliminary exam-
I luation for lack of evidence ami he now
seeks not oidv damage';, Imt also insli
tute.l n second "nit in which hn de
mands an account ing for the business in
which he and Bang formerly engaged in
operating gasoline launches in this vi
eiiii! V.
WILL INVOKE
VOTE ON
BILL
Effort to Concentrate
Strength Would Have
Jeopardized Crater Lake
Bill - Hume Defended
STAT F. HOUSK, Salem, Or., Feb. SO.
At I o'clock this morning tho sennto,
worn out by strenuous day 'a work, tired
and in a vicious mood, Bounded tho
deaih knell of the hopes of the Rogue
river anglers by tho defeat of houso
hill -Oil, which limited tho open season
to three months, by a. vote of 15 to 13.
The bill was drawn by tho master
fish warden and endorsed by tho ltoguo
fiver Fish Protective association, nnm
bering r.oo anglers and sportsmen of
southern Oregon, and ngreed to by the
.lacksou and Josephine county delega
tions nnd approved by all tho cummer-i:-
organizations of southern Oregon.
Its provisions were designed to curb the
Hume monopoly of fishiiiur m the mmtih
of the river and prevent its extermina
tion oi steeiiienii trout. Tho majority
report of (he committeo favored the
bill, a minority opposed tho measure,.
All effort (0 adollt the lninnritv rnnnrl
f: ib'd. and the senat" then showed its
tickleness hy defeating the majority
report.
Hiiiuo Interests Dofonded.
The Hume intereU were warmly de
fended hy Hedgen, Chase nnd Abrn-
ham. Norton and Mulit led the forces
in support of the bill, Norton making
an effective talk for the measure, The
Itogne river sportsmen slate that since
the legislature refuses tho request for
(protection ami desires a single firm to
uitweigh the wishes of -lo.OO residents.
their onlv recourse is an initlntivn hilt
dose the river entirely. An orenn-
ted effort lo do this will heirdn at
once. The Mod ford hihhv noden vnrerl
for two weeks to get the bill out of the
ommittee, hut it was S o'clock before
the committee rctiortcd.
Concentrations of efforts on tho Oh-
tor bill prevented en effective combin
ation that, otherwise would havo ear
ned the fight, for the fish bill.
The game coile nasscd the house tnrhiv
which provides an iqien season for nn-
gh-rs on the Rogue.
BUTTE FALLS ITEMS.
Mell Houghton brought J. IB Miller
down Bp Meilford on Wednesday. Mr.
Miller starts for Michigan with his
ft niily in a few days.
The talk of an electric line is rerided
since tne visit nr t oionel Dewing to
the Falls, ns Mr. Dewing has the power
i ml the money, and the route is survey
d. He in the man to build the rond.
is he has the confidence of the people
and has never flimflamed anyone.
Fmanuel Poole hrs been visiting in
Medford nnd Jacksonville on business,
Mr. Poole has lately invested in Butto
Falls business ami residence property
and has built for himself a nice home
and rented his storeroom.
Professor Wright has returned from
t he school examinat ion nnd is lit his
post, teaching.
Ilia hoped that the Ontor lake road
engineer will thoroughly view out tho
proposed route to the lake, ns it is quite
pot-si hie to shorten the distance be
tween Medford nnd this famous lake
several miles if the proper route is
chosen.
If. H. TVad'diaw of Little Butte dis
trict toidx a hnrsehnck trip to Medford
on Satnrdav as he found the ronds too
Vd f,.r other travel.
Butte Falls tn ill Ins a fine stock of
reasoned lumber on hand preparatory
t. the spring and -nmmer trade, which
is cnnfideiitlv expected to commence ns
soon as the weather settles down.
This is the first winter season for n
long time that someone of our country
men has not killed a panther or slnin
:i wolf, as there rre quite n number
around through the timber, which de
trnv many deer.
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