Boost the Development of the Rogue River Country by Subscribing Liberally to the new Medford Pamphlet UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES By far tba largest and best newa report of any paper in southern Oregon. The Weather Ths wetttW mail says: Indications promiso fair weather fr tonight and tomorroy, with northerly winds. Warmer, Sr. THIRD YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 1.1. 1909. No. 300. BUT LITTLE HOPE FOR NORMAL SCHOOLS ASHLAND GET FREE CARRIER SERVICE II CHANCE Ft HIE IITIZEIS tfliMIl II MIIS PISS ATTEMPT TO CHANGE MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL FRIENDS OF PACIFIC COMPANY ALERT. GRANTS PASS, Or., March 15. The telephone situation, to all appear nnccs, baa quieted dowu iit this city. Howover, the business men are alert to any trickery that the Citizers ' Tele phono people might pin up. In re Ki.rd to their asserting that ihe vole on the mnyur ti veto was irregular, (lie matter is taken as a huge joke. The mayor, city auditor and police judge nnd pity attorney, together with sev er:.! of the citizens who were present at the last council meeting, have investi gated the matter and have found that there is no chance for t lie Citizens' Tel ephone people to crawl in under the innvjiH, The filing of affidavits by some of the conneilmcn that the meet ing was irregular turns out to be only n bluff for the Citizens' telephone peo ple to gain time and hold tin1 matter up until after the election at Medford. There are many peculiar cireum Dtnnees that have recently come to light in the matter that look st range. For instance, one of the prime movers in t he Citizens ' Telephone eomnany is Arthur Cnnklin, publisher uf the Pa cific Outlook. Councilman Fetsch was formerly a strong antagonist of Mr. Oonklin, but has been doing everything he could to further the cause uf the Cit izens' Telephone company. Council man Higgn is a new man in the city, nnd when lie was elected it was n ques tion whether he was qualified to take his seat in the council, ns it was a question whether he had resided in the city one year. Ho has been talked tu by the best business men of the city, e.nd his excuse for staging by the fran chise was that he had promised to do no and would have to stay by his prom ire, but intimated that if he had a (hniien to buck out he would do so. Nev ertheless, he was one of the first to wear to an affidavit that tin voting on the mayor's veto was irregular. City Attorney Ceorge II. Durham re turned from Portland the first of the week, where ho met gentleman who in familiar with telephone affairs. Mo fore meeting the gentleman in Port land, Mr. Durham was inclined to favor the Citizens' Telephone people, but now he has changed as the report that he brought back with him is not very fa vorable. If the matter ohould come to a vote of the people there is no question that it would be turned down, as the matter has been so thoroughly discussed that they nrc acquainted with the situation ; and object of getting a franchise. Many people at first would against the old; company because they were a eorpo- j re.tion, but they have now realized that j the new company would nb.o be a cor purr.tion, nnd if one is an evil they . would then have two evils. Also it is, thought that the Citizen Telephone J company do nut intend to construct a telephone system, but that they only want a franchise fur what they can gel out of it. The people of this city consider it a purely promotion scheme, ' and the jeople are not in favor of grant- 1 ing them a franchise gratis end giving j them something for not hi nil to specie, Int' with. That the Citizens' Tele phone company will never get a fran- : chine in this eity is a foregone conclu sion, as n franchise is a valuable thing rnd should not be given away promis cuously. Many Medford citizens took .id.:'n tage of Sunday's h-ilmy weather t i g-t rut in the country nea-- to nature. Tinny "disciples of WnP i-i c uld not re-st 'emptinj 'he fi-1 with the li.fi.v . ronsequer.tly the iirrv n-en bad id h . usiress they could h-i'Mc. Jesse Ilouck ief-, ivc ndny f - h 1: nd on a short hnriniw trip. Earl B. Moore of Jacksonville spent Sunday in the eity. A. S. Beunett of Ashland spent Run- dav in Medford and returned .Monaa ... A.hlnnd Mr. Dennett is the owner of the Valmont ranch, close to this city, hnd eamc down tot look after his young orchard. Talk with Dr. Pag should too detire orchard tr.ts or miiinc3 property. AND GRANTS PASS ASHLAND WILL HAVE THREE CARRIERS Ai GRANTS PASS TWO WILL BE INSTITUTED IN .TUNE MEDFORD HAS LARGER RE CEIPTS, BUT LACKS HOUSE NUM BERS AND STREET SIGNS. WASHINGTON. March 1.1. City mail d. livery will be inaugurated on June I". at Mood l.'iver. MeMinnville. Ashland and (.rants Pass. Or. with two regu lar carrier at .-:m h eity. save Ashland, which will have tin and one substi- iiilf enrri. r each. Kach of these cities M-e irispe.-ted and p-.vsed upon in the fall, but were fore -d to await until : ppropriatioiiH made by the late eon grcse. became available. I Medford y thus left out in the cold 1 for want of some three days' work, in , which time the Ionise numbering nnd : naming of street con!.! easily be eoui- pleted if the work vas undertaken in ; : businesslike manner. If this work 1 undertaken and completed at once, ! Postmaster Wont-ford is of the opinion Mrtt a like service cmld be instituted ; in Medford nut later than duly 31. A rding to tl fficiul po'itoffiee I report. Medford has the largest postal ; receipts of any city west of the Hurley j rn(,nnt-i;ti; without a f -ee mail delivery, t iVr u'. er two years the receipts have parsed the requirements fixed by t he pevtal department for the institution of such a service. Lack of house num bers, street signs and sidewalks have kept this city in the background until her sister cities in the KoLnie liiver val ley have surpassed her in this regard, in spite of the fact that neither of them can keep in siyht of her constantly in erear.ing business. GOLD HILL REALTY BUSINESS IS BRISK .Full li M. Ilatumersley has purchased the Alex Morris property on A street and will mow into tin same as soon as il is vacated by A. IV Kellogg. Mr. Ilamnierslev paid $oTfi fur the property. j which consists of a quarter uf an acre of ground and five room house, savs the News. A. K. Kellogg has purchased six lots f'-utii the Chavner estate and will sunn commence the erection uf a residence and business building upon the same. Four of the lots, upon which he will erect his residence, aie located on the corner of A and Second streets, and the ,two iqx.n which he will build for bnsi- ness purposes are located on C and Sixth i streets. The price paid for these lots was not made public. I William Pauley, the jeweler, has pur chased four lots from the Chavner es ' tate paying therefor $:(".". The prop , erty is situated on H street, and is di ! redly in front of the residence of Dr. j Kelsey, Mr. Pauley will soon eom ' menee the erection of a residence upon his newly acquired property. The Medford P.ri -k coinp my put eight men to work Monday laying the foundation for the new Wicks & Me (iowan building u -t Sevuith street. Jesse W. Adams of Talent was Medford Saturday. SITUAINJSJIEAREO UP Says All Reports Regarding Telephone Sys tem as Published are Paid for by Company There are a f.-w ford it seems that thai is appearing in n the telephone tu lished as a matter hottest expression "1 eplf lo-re in Med believe the Stuff the dailv papers ti.-n i being pub f new, nn-l a rut ' fr:,t. Now the truth is .in -1 tin reotten out bv th !1 .!" tin Teh rot P: t : ..ne g.,0,1 11 tire ! IlloneV i Me.i : Telegraph Co. and pi stiff advertising rr ; liable outfit had p nt in installing a deceit id for ai If thn half The service i ford four or six months ago that th'-v ! fcave spent in sending spcciU acDts E CO. EXPECT BUST YEAR EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PROSECUTED ON QUARTZ AND OTHER PROPERTIES PLAN TO OPEN LARGE RESERVE. (i HA NTS PASS, Or., March lf. Colonel T. W. M. Draper, manager of the copper mines of the Waldo Smelt ing & Mining company, and chief en gineer for (he proposed California & Oregon railroad, left thin city Satur day on his return to San Francisco, ac companied by several gentlemen, stock holders in his companies, who have been inspecting the Waldo properties. While here. Colonel Draper and his associates laid extensive plaim fur the develop ment and operation of the Waldo mines this season. The Takilma smelter will be operated all slimmer, principally on the ores from the Queen of Hronze nnd Cowboy mines. The crew has beeu increased, and a large ore reserve will bf opened up before the smelter is blown in for the season. Colonel Diaper has also re sumed his task uf constructing n rail road from (.rants Pass to Crescent City, t he final survey for which has been made and right of way secured. Active Mining Year Promised. Prom all indications, mining will be mure active in Josephine county this ison than for several years. Many of the quartz properties which have mnde rood on values will be equipped with stamp mills or red net ion plants. A new five stamp mill, with complete aux iliary equipment, is being placed on the properties of the Shkiyou-Sunset Min ing & Development company, located in ar the old mining camp of Kerby. These mines have been under develop ment fur the past five yean. Manager O. A. Thomas, who has been in Portland. Seattle ;:nd Spokane for several weeks conferring with his asso- iates of the Puited Copper-Gold Min :ur company, has returned to southern Oregon and begun operations on his company's properties. These mines are located on Pickett creek, near Marlin, and contain immense copper-gold ledges. WRESTLING MATCH PROMISES MUCH TO MEDFORD FANS The wrestling match between Louis Walters of Medford and Con Albright of Itoehrstor. N. V.. which is to take pla.ee in the Medford opera house on Wednesday evening. March 17, promises to be the best mat contest ever pulled ff in southern Oregon. Mr. Albright has the best record of inia.y welterweight wreytler in the Unit ed States and has defeated such well known wrestlers as Ilasen, WHIowIey and Johnson, topnotchors in his class. Mr. Walters is training very hard and will make Medford iovers of the mat it up and take notice. Two of the best lightweight wrestlers in North America Kid Cordon, champion of Vancouver. 11. '., and Fred liyington, former light weight champion of the middle west will go on the mnt in the preliminary. Kvery lover of good, clean athletic port should nut fail to attend this tie;:t. id wire pullers in li' Te in buying hig hn'k of space in the daily papers and it "pending money in other ways that i . Lord only know of, the Citizen"' !i:panv would not tw be asking for f nnchise. The f'itizenH Telephone company la born at (.rant Pa") and at Medford n a p;nt of revolt and rebel! if in i,i;iit the p""r .ef ice and nutrage eis iii'tho'l's of the Pacific Telephone 'ompanv. and almost every titer in thus (Cootinas4 on paf ) SPORTSMEN ME rnn uniirw run iiiunn Bowers Writes That Con servation of Commercial Fishes Is Worth More to Oregon Than Game Fishes Are The federal government, according to a letter received from George M. How era of the bureau of fisheries of Wash ington, is of the opinion that the con servation of the salmon fishery on Rogue river is of much greater impor tance than the fishing of sportsmen. They believe in propaimtinc the com mercial fishes of the country, less than .'I per cent of all the fish propagated being what tnav be termed game fishes. They believe that th revenue to the country is greater when derived from the commercial interests than from the advertising and benefits derived from making a fishing stream a meeen for tourists. It is the intention of the bureau to contract for the collection of eggs from the early summer run of salmon at Ily be bridge, which inans that the racks must be installed nut later than the middle of May or firnt of .Tune, if the weather conditions permit. The col lection uf eggs from the later run of sal mon will be mnde at Fin ley eddy, racks being installed so as to close the river about September 1. Quoting from Commissioner Dowers' letter: "The chief function of the bu reau of fisheries is to conserve the coin mrrcial fishes of the country. Tt is be lieved that the revenue to the country end more part icnlarly to the inhabi tants of the state of Oregon, is due to the conservation of salmon fisheries on the Rogue river in of much more impor tance than the fishing of sportsmen. However, the bureau iH giving some ttentmn to the gam? fishing in Ore gun, although it seems preferable that the state should so far as possible look after that branch of the service. WIRELESS FROM THE CANARIES TO AMERICA MADRID , SPAIN., Mraeli lo. Das Pal mas, the chief ci'y of the Tsland of Gran Cnnnrin has de- ided to subsidize French company to establish wireless telegraphy between the Canaries and the Tailed Stntes. Spain owns the Canarie Islands no this news comes bv 'hr wnv of Madrid. Das Pwlmns is 3.000 miles from New York. The Mnriconi stations in Ireland i.nd Nova Scotia are. about 2,000 miles apart. The 1'nited States Government wire less stntiou at Point Domn, Calif., com mu nica ted with Admiral Sperr 's flag ship, the Cnnnetieu, when she was ...nOO miles out on the Pacific Ocean last July. San Francisco picked up a wireless message from one of the Ilawa iian Inlands 2.00S miles away. Thin go vein men t will soon have a station that will send a message 3.0HO miles. JACKSONVILLE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. Dlake Adams cano down from the Itlue Ledge on Wednes day 's stage. George W. Trefren. the Ashland at torncv, was in town on professional business Wednesday. Mr. nnd Mrs. H. P. Miilkey and chil dicn left for Stavton, Or., where they will visit Mrs. Mulkey's sister for n short time. L. L. Nf til it was down from Ashland Wednesday on pro hat business. Mr. Ilarbnugh. who leased the Nunnn ranch fur a number of years, was shak ing hands with his friends Wednesday. He is now a residen. of Brownsville. Mrs. John Trenberth and daughter havp returned to their home at. Kedding. i Cal. J. T. Summervilh. the insurance 'agent, was over from Medford one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn and son drove down from Perron Wednesday ::nd will remain a few days at the home of Dr. It. T. Burnett. 1 Mrs. Mary Miller and Miss Issie ' MeCiilly went to Grants Pass Wedne J,"v to consult an oculist. Mr, f'barl'-i H'.i .!mnr. dropi' l tin 1 v,ni'inn "n ""' nth trwl iiii ' 4y nft'Ttmi'n. Mi takrn ti li 1 k,,nir in mi miln.ihiln nml -, ' MAKERS BOUSE MAY COMBINE TO FAPfF IfTinN i vuvn uviivn STEVENSON TO APPOINT SANDRY GAME WARDEN WILL ASSIST CHARLES GAY IN PROTECTION COUNTY GAME WATCHING THE HUNTERS VERY CLOSELY. H. O. Stevenson, state game warden, panned through Medford Saturday on his return home after visiting Jackson and Klamath counties on official busi ness. Primarily to hi.i district was made to ascertain why these two comities has lave paid nothing in the way of fines to the game law, bofh of them being splendid game countie:;. Mr. Nteveasun stated that he would appoint Sam San dry to assist Charles Gay in looking after the protection of game in this county. Between th two men the law will be strictly enforced, and it will go hard with those who have been in the habit of violating ;l,e game code, if they persist in their transgression. Mr. Gay has lately beeu doing con siderable work along these lines, and left Monday fur the Big Butte country, where he has his eye on two or three who have been violating the law. Last week he secured considerable evidence and has stopped tu a certain extent Ihe 1 1 a IT ic in venison. Mr. Sundry has been out with him on a number of trips getting unto the ropen and will make his headquarters probably in Gold Hill looking after that section. "I am confident," said Mr. Steven on, "that with these two men in ac tion the game in Jackson county will be limply protected. Hereafter the state game warden's office will bo run upon st riclly business principles, and no political pull v-ill have the least influence. If Ihe office cannot be run open this b::sin someone eb:e mav have Success of Grants Pass Girl, It will interest the friends in t his section uf M in Kula Howard, t he Grants Pass piauiste, to know that she recently gave another piano recital in San Francisco, larg dy composed of Clio liin numbers, with marked success. A frii ltd who was present writes: "Kula Howard possesses i mind that seems all music, and she has an intuitive know! edge of Chopin meanings entirely be yord her years and xperience. Miss Howard, who is still in her teens, play ed with poetry and musical feeling quite surprising in one so young, and with a vigor and slnrdiiiess which wen1 pleas ing and unexpected features, for she is most dainty in appearance and almost as tiny as a minute. Iter Kuropeau tour is already being talked of." HE MUST WORRY ALONO TILL HE IS 35 YEARS OLD NKW VolfK, Marel. Il.-llnut Til ford Dickinson, a grand nephew uf Wi slev 1 1 Tint Til ford, vice president and former t rea surer of I he Standard Oil company, who died on March 2, is 1,11011.11(1)1 richer by the terms of Ins gieat uncle's will. Young Dickinson is to have as much of the income from ihi;- amount ::s the executor rind trus lie, Henry M. Til ford, thinks advise tile, until his 21st year. From hid 21st to his .Villi year he is to have the total income, and when he becomes 35 the l.imn.noo will become his absolutely. TARIFF SESSION BEGINS Uncle Joe Very Much on Deck and Re elected Speaker Without Fight Message Tomorrow WASHINGTON, March 11. -Promptly at noon today the special session of congress to ennsider revision of the tar iff convened. Vice President Sherman called the senate to order and clerk McDowell ; I In house. j Joe Cannon was re elected speaker , without a fight. The republican insurgents held a ape- j cml cunens at 10 oVmek this morning! and completed plans for fitting for a change of rul. VOTE ON MATTER THIS AT 4 SESSION PROMISES TO BE BRIEF ONE THINGS LOOK BLUE FOR THE NORMAL SCHOOL MAIN TENANCE APPROPRIATION. CAPITOL BUILDING, Salem, Or., March 1.1. Nearly all hope for the i, urinal school bills is gone. The senate I as refused to take any action nnd unless forced to do so by the house, the endeavors of the normal supporters will come to nniight. The legislature met in joint session at noun today. A combine is being arranged in the house whereby any legislation in the senate will be held up in order to force favorable action on the normal appro priation. A vote is to be tnkeu nt 4 o'clock i his afternoon. K. S. (iuthrio of Kngle Point was a recent visitor in Medford. L. J. Butterfield spent Sunday in i rants Pass. I.. I'!. Whting spen: Sunday with his wife on their homestead near Kngle Point. Harry Messier uf Merlin is visit ing in Medford. A lo ot her of M is. Kobert Anderson spent Sunday in Medford from Kugene. W. B, Sherman, the well known tim bennan of Grants Pass, is making a business call in Medford. (J. W. Nelson uf Tacuma is registered al the Nash. I. L. Hamilton has returned from a business trip tu Sun Francisco. Hale- ial fur the new pipeline should soon begin to arrive, stated Shortie. Daniels fur Duds was an enthusiastic router in Jacksonville Sunday at the ball game. The city council is due to hold a reg tilar meeting Tuesday evening, when paving will be the principal topic. AMERICANS NOT BARRED FROM OWNINO CUBAN LAND HAVANA, March I.I. The bill for bidding the further purchases uf lands in Cuba by aliens waa defeated in the hoii'ie of representatives today by n vole of I!' to 11. Congressman Arteaga, the author of the measure, made no argument, ill its support, saying he knew from the first hat there was no chance fur the ad op tiun uf Die bill. Congressman Yioiidi, replying to the complaint of Congressman Garcia that Americans are rapidly absorbing all the land in Cuba, said: "I want to say Ine Americans are our friends. Tin world has marveled at " p"oplc who twice have had our liberty in their hands and permitted us to be come free and independent. I, as a lover of mv country, was as much con c'tiied and jealous as anyone on the two occasions the Americans occupied the palace, but I have seen them go and feel they are uiir friends." Arthur II. Davis return-d Sunday fidia Ashland only to g, back again Monday on a businets trip. Represent at i e Payne of Now York announced that the tariff bill will be presented to the house after the receipt of Taft 's message. Word from the White House to the effect that the n sage will go to congress tomorrow. The wa v and means committee, which made the tariff oi nvest igat ion, I"' "M Gio finishing touches this morn- ing. Speaker Cannon in Id a conference , with Tafi tfcn tturn in before congress i opened. IN WN1TR in vulmii mu JACKSONVILLE IS VICTOR IN FIRST GAMEJOF SEASON ERRORS WERE PLBNTIFUL LACK OF PRACTICE RESPONSIBLE FOX. NBIO 8CORE OF TWENTY TO NINE BY JACKSONVILLE. (Joe! Muhel, ain't it uwfull .lu.-kmui ville 20, M ml ford 9. Cnn't liclp it. That', what the scorn tmuk Htiys. In tlio firxt game of tho season lack of prnt'tice, team work and fine points of the game tho M.-dford nino were nli iikIiIctocI by the Jacksonville ball lomiTH in nine nwful spasms. It start nl in tho first, continued through the iiooonil, Hkippnl tho third, and bobbed up in lln fourth, made one in the fifth, skipped two nnd made the total in the eighth. If thoHO Jacksonville boys had wanted any more, they might havo had them, nnd even then not played ball. The first four rounds of pleasure net ted Medford only pleasuro. Then in the fifth they chalked up one, followed this with four in tho sitth, two more in the seventh nnd made it nine with two in the eighth. Then in the ninth they gave Medford a topctition of what t)ey did in the first four innings. Kifert. nnd Wilkinnon nt third and i-liort plnyed hall for Medford. One might mention Itordeaux, who proved a lucky kid in the fifth nnd was dubbed Casey nt the hut. The outfield couldu't 1(11 within 7o feet of where the ball was going to Htrike tli le.wn. Kven old S'uroHhot iHilaea mnde somo bad ones. Medford neils a battery. Sabin on t!ie hill in the first gbve four hits, all of them had ones. Pinko was put in mid with bases full walked two and Kiiv? a three-bagger. Habin wont In ege.in and got a little better toward the nd of the game and gave promise of better work with more practice. .ri'.eksonville plnyed as if they had lie.'l a few days' extra practice. Their biitii'ry wasn't no rotten and their out f;eld only fell down a few times. The next game will be played on Medford diamond next Hunday and will probably be a faster game. Wo hope so. The inp.n with a pencil figured it out thurtv: MKI1FOHI). ah. r. in. r.o. a. k. Kifert 31 S 0 .1 1 Miles. 2b 4 .fopes, rf ,r Isnacs, rf 3 Antel, If li WilkciiHon, sh . . a l.nwson, Hi ... 2 llersel, c 2 Sehin, p 1 Ihirdeniix, e . . .'I Clark .1 Total .11 14 23" 8 -WilkeiiHon cut out at first base. JACKSONVILLE. AH. U. III. P.O. A. K. Wilson, e Oonegiin, 2b . 10 4 I 0 1 1 8 t 0 Hexton, ss . . Wilw.il, K Den.lt, ef . riiiskin, If . Clrich, lb , Stout, 3h . Melntyre. p if. Total .4o W Id 2R 17 'Wilson out on pop flv, infield. SI 'M.MARY. Three base hits Habin. First on bull!-, Hal. in 4. Fisko 2. Melntyre 3. Two base hits Kifert, Wilkenson, Set t..n, Htout, ririeh. Home runs Wilt-on. Htruck out Ry Sabin 5, by Me lntyre H. Double nlays Melntyre to Di.negnn to drier., Wendt to Donegan. 1'asse.l balls Wilson. Scorer James D. Fay. Cmpire Hob Brouse. PENDLETON FARMERS BUY OVER MILLION DRAIN BAOS PKNDLKTON, Or., March If.. Con tracts to furnish 1.250.000 grain bag. to the farmers of Ctnatilla county will be made as a result of action taken at double meeting nf the grain growers ..f this country. The meeting of the Fanners' union was rohahly the larg est of any similar gathering ever held in Pendleton. Tho attendance was so great that all could not get Inside the t,nii Hn..pnl new members were Ini- Ltiated and additions !o the different lo- al unions were reported.