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Boost the Development of the Rogue River Country by Subscribing Liberally to the new Medford Pamphlet UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES By for the largest awl best news report of any paper In southern Oregon. The Weather Indications mint to fiiir weather for tonight mid ThtirHilny. Easterly winds. FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OKlttiOX, WEDNESDAY, MARCH J4, 190!). No. 4. COUNTY COURT APPROPRIATES $50,000 Gribune INDICATIONS FOR OIL ARE CONSTANTLY INCREASING CITi W1IFB mi mi 101 HI dllll ISI Shlrlsy Baker Is in City tfl Aifi Shnrtie Hamiltnn in Rushing Work H is the plan of the contractors i': charge of the const ruction of the new gravity water system to deliver water to the city from the Hradshaw drop by July, or a month ahead of the time specified in the contract. For this purpose Shirley linker of the Redwood Manufacturers ( j. puny of San Francisco has arrived in Medford to co-operate with I. L. Hamilton. About April 10 the pipe and other supplies for the system will begin to r.rrive in Medford. Men and teams have been engaged and the work is to be rushed as much as possible. There is a bonus of $30 a day for each day before August 1 that water is brought into Medford and u penalty for each day theerafter that the sys tem from the Kradslmw drop is not completed. Nearly 2."0 feet of the tunnel which is (il," feet in length has been com pleted and the work is going ahead rapidly. The work of excavating the res ervoir is proceeding rapidly. This must be completed by May 1.1 ac cording to the sub-contract. There will be soon some 100 men at work on the line. OVER SIXTY COUGAR PELTS BOUGHT IN R0SEBURG HOSKlU'IiG, Or., March '21. Ow ing to the heavv snows ia tin- Cas cade and Coast ranges of mountains! the past winter, nud also owing to the further fact that there have been many trappers more afield in Ihe higher altitudes since the pells of wild animals was pronounced "good fur" last fall, the killing of wild ani mals has been larger than recorded in the past history of the county for one single hunting season. There have been ninny mink, a very few lishers, a hundred or more bobcats, several hundred skunks and a large number of coons trapped and their pelts shipped to Minneapolis, and we Jearn from J. li. I'npe. the taxider mist at the depot, that he has alone bought 00 cougar pelts since last fall, most of which he shipped enst. KLAMATH FARMERS ARE TO BREAK NEW LAND KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 21. Thousands of acres of sngchru-h lands will be transformed into alfal fa meadows and '.Main fields in the Klnmath basin this year. All winter the clearing of land- has been in progress, and with the first signs of spring farmers were breaking the newlv cleared areas. I'tidcr the first unit of the irrigation sysicm there lire more than 30.000 acres, anil li the farmers must pay tax. whether or not I hey use the water, ino-l of them are putting forth strenuous ef forts to get the lands into crops. When the reclamation service fir-l began work on the project, settlers and home builders flocked int.. thi ennntry. but most "( them were con tent with the cultivation of a small acreage. OREGON JUDGESHIP STILL IN BALANCE WASHINGTON. March 24.-No consideration was (iven the Oregon judgeship upiintment at the cabinet meeting today. The attorney general is not vet ready to report to the pres ident, ns he has not had sufficient opportunity to examine the prole-Is of Hcncv and Pecker. I'ntil he re ports it is understood the president will make no decision. Dr. J. M. Keene vi seat on Wednesday. ited the county IniMMn MHtJM HjlFHDIll Oil Shale Has Been Encountered for Past 200 Feet-Trace of Gas Is Discovered Prospects Are Grow ing Brighter. As depth is acquired in the well being sunk by the Desert Oil com pany on the (lore place on the des ert, eight miles northeast of this city, the indications of striking oil arc constantly growing brighter. Indica tions are becoming more numerous. a 'ding to the drillers, until there -ccms every hope of striking oil. A truce of gas has been found, and it is probable that this will be found also. The well is now down about 000 lect ami the drillers ore progressing at the rate of some .10 a day. Two shifts are at work, the rig being in constant operation. "Never before were the indications as bright," states Howard S. Dudley of the company, ''and as each toot of depth is acquired things look better. Oil -hale has been encountered and we are Inn hnli' of tin' estimated (lep h. 11 nothing goes wrong, we v ill strike oil at 12(111 feel, and we are sinking at the rale of .10 feel eaeh day. "We baled some of ihe water from die bottom of lbc well anil tin; in dieationsc of oil were most pronounc ed. A Iraee of gas was also found.'' If the rale of 10 feet a day is maintained it will only be a matter of 10 or 12 days until the question is settled. NORTHWESTERN SENATORS ON MANY COMMITTEES WASHINGTON". March 24. Dur ing the lilst congress northwestern senators will have committee assign ments as follows: Kourne - Fisheries, chairman: coin met public expenditures, printing. i oust defense, prslofl'iee. public health, railroads. Chamberlain Agriculture and for estry, public lands, irrigation, Phil ippines, printing. Pacific railroads. expenditures in interior department, i Piles Coast survey, chairman', commerce, .judieinrv. revision of laws. Pacific islands, pensions, territories. Jones Industrial expositions, chairman: public I: nd-. irrigation. Canadian relations, i-mi-l defenses, (ollservation of natural resources, corporations organized in the Dis tiict of Columbia, fisheries. GETTING READY FOR THE NEW TARIFF STAMPS WASHINGTON'. March 21. I'n-u-ual activity at the bureau of en graving and printing in the installa tion of machines for the printing of -tamps ;,ud the working overtime of lh llire stamp printing force, gives , olor to the belief that the new tariff bill will contain clauses re-enacting the stamp lave- that were levied dur ii g the Spani-h-Amcriean war period. The bureau ha- been ha-.v printing millions of -tamps and it i- believed that the bureau officials anticipate or have been ndvi-od by the tren-ary department that the ta-k will fall on Ihe bureau to produce adhe-ive -tamp- for u- i proprietary medi- I ,.;., perfumery. chewing gum. check-, noli and other commercial paper, light win"-- He. "JIM" FAY TO RUN THE GOLD HILL NEWS James D. Kay. who is perhaps the best known new -paper man in south ern Oregon in point of per-oiial ac quaintance, ha- ace, 1 the man- agemenl'of the Gold Hill New-, and after April 1 will be its editor ai d proprietor. The place could not he better filled than bv Mr. Kay and a ho-l of friends wi-h him -iiecc-s n his new venture. TWO TRUE BILLS ARE RETURNED Grand Jury rndUts Ross Wern and J.C. Cosgrove -Smith Wins Suit True bills have been returned by the grand jury now in session for Ihe March term of court, one against lioss Wren for housebreaking and the other against J. ('. Cosgrove for lorgery. When, it will be remembered, last week entered the house occupied by Ifulus Edwards at 2 a. m. and was 'aplured after a rough and tumble tight, lie was bound over by Justice Canon. Cosgrove some time ago passed a bogus cheek on T. K. Daniels for some $110 and was bound over. The case of K. I.'. Hughes el al. vs. F. P. Smith to recover money was eccided in favor of Ihe defendant. Itauk of Ashland s. C. W. F.vaus: action to recover money; dismissed. A. W. Walker vs. E. I,. Ouriiea et al.; action lo recover money; dis missed. Gold Hill Dank vs. Gold Hill Canal company; action to recover money; plaintiff's second cause of action di-misscd ; st ipulatiou. .1. W. Mitchell and K. C. lioeek s. F. W. Settlemeiel and L. E. Hoo ver: dismissed. O. M. Selsb vs. II. Peiffer; dis missed. N'anaii Taylor company vs. T. C. Norris; action to recover money; judgment by default. Black Channel Mining & Develop ment company vs. Abbie J. Cliuinp lin et al.; suit for damages; dismiss ed. Isaac Dornberg vs. J. F. lieddy: i rdered that demurrer by withdrawn. P.. X. Provost vs. I.ola Hailcy et al.; temporary injunction order filed. Crater Lake Lumber company vs. A. S. Mayer; dismissed. J. II. I'.eemau et al. vs. W. M. Men denhall: injunction ordered dissolved and decree granted. State of Oregon ves. 0. Zieglcl". found guilty of selling liquor to min or and fined $.10. FINANCES OF STATE ARE IN GOOD CONDITION The cash statement issued by Slate Treasurer Steel on .March In fbows that at the close ol two months ending February 28. 1000, the total amount of money in Ihe general land of the treasury was $ 18.1,88.1, and that Ihe total receipts for the two uion ths amounted to .fTX.IOO. The statement also shows that the cash on hand in Ihe common school fund. principal, February 2H, amounted to 200,4li:t. and that there is now cred ited to Ihe common school fund in terest .102.7K!. which is an increase of over $10,000 in that fund over the corresponding criod of last year. The total cash on hand in the treas ury at the close of this statement was -1.220.700. DELIRIOUS: SHOT AND WOUNDED HIS WIFE SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl.. March 24. Thomas W. Grant n retired expert a, uniant. aged .11. while dcliriou- lr -i-i-kne . Ined three -hols at hi- wife today, fine bullet entered her abdomen, the oilier her right hip. 1 1 i-i- condition i- -eiio.i-. lie fired v. hen his wife called him for break fast. GILLETTE WILL SIGN DIRECT PRIMARY LAW SAf liAMI'.NTO. ( al.. March 21 limernor Gillette nil1 -ign the direct primary bill pa--ed by the legi-la-ture yesterday, although lie docs not favor it. Tulk with Br, Pug nheiild Iron nir orrhM trp-H oi inninMs prprlf. RETAIN F W)li Employ Louis lluillier to do the Work Under His Supervision - Will End Scramble For Place Yielding lo pressure brought to bear by local business men, Secre tary Miller of the Commercial club has hit upon a new scheme which bids lair to put an end lo (he scramble for his position. And he will proceed at oacc to put it in operation. lie has retained the services of Louis lluillier, a lecent arrival in Medford. and will place him in the office of the club to do the work under his direction. This will give Mr. Miller the lime needed lo handle his business in the book -tore ami -till give his lime to the club by over seeing the work. He will remain as secretary and do as effective work as in the past, and simply employ Mr. lluillier as one would employ a chief clerk. Mr. Miller lias made a success of bis position in the club nud from all sides have come requests for him to lontiiiue ill that position. In Ihi manlier the question id' a change will he sctllcd. This plan is to he put Into opera lion at once and a thorough test can l.e made before the next regular meet ing of the club, which will be held on April 7. JUPITER PLUVIUS ANSWERS A MILL HAND'S PRAYER KOK1IOMA, Okla.. March 24. The Key. Charles Ford, a holiness minister, formerly employed al the Frisco lumber mill, and. claiming I lint hi' did not receive all Ihe wages due him. prayed that the Lord would withhold rain from Kokhoaui indef initely. For three months not a drop of rain fell. The mills closed, hundreds of men were thrown out of work and l.u-iness was demorali.eil. When the workmen's families be gan lo suffer, the minister again prayed, this lime for just enough wa ter to relieve the suffering. Then il iniiied enough lo enable the mills lo resume operations exactly cighl day-. SUNDAY LAW CAUSES UPROAR IN UNiON 1'NION, Or., March 24.-City i fairs are in a demoralized slate the re-ult of the passage of the Sun day closing ordinance, which was vn iaie.1 la-l Snndav bv several mer chants. It i- understood that arre-l will be made. Opposition to the may or'.- law administration is strong it i- reported that a petition leinanil in" the mavor and couucilnicn to re si. .n will be nre-eiited at toiiight'- council meeting. SNOWSTORM SWEEPING OVER THE ROCKIES SAN FKANCISCO. Cal., March 21 -A heavy snowstorm i- sweeping over Nebraska, Colorado and Wv mill". All means of communication are crippled. Dcin-i is isolated. N'c wire mc-sllges arc reaching Colora do Hiint-. The snow is -aid to In Ihe heaviest this winter. i FIRE FOLLOWS TORNADO; ! EIGHT LOSE LIVES i ! li.W.LAK. Tex., March lib--J. I). 'Wnl-h. "lie anil five children, with i a farm hand whose name is unknown. were burned to death in ihe ruins of ! their home, which was wrecked by a j tornado. Recent addition- I" the French i ,. r.e's t'eld eoiiiiimeut were several automobile re'.'riu'erators for the tj'ansjiortHl i.ui of fre-h moat. PLAC NOTHING TO STOP WORK OF BUILDING THE CRATER ROAD WILLCONFERTO Northwestern Governors to Meet for Purpose of Formulating Plans SAI.L'M. Or.. March 24.-Pursu-tit to b'oiiscvell's plans for the up lifting of country life, Morval I). Kemp of Dayton. O.. a member of the uintry life commission, suggested to Governor llenson today a coufer- e of Ihe governors of Ihe north western slates to lie held in Spokane on April 11 to formulate plans for the orgaiiizaliou of a Country Lite issocialiiin. The governors of Ore gon, Idaho, Montana, Washington md Wyoming will be invited to at tend the conference. ZEALOT OVERBOARD: FEAST FOR SHARKS VIC'I'Ol.'IA. It. C. March 24.- The Mine Fund liner Caufa arrived here this morning from Liverpool via ori ental ports with 701111 Ions of cargo and 72 Chinese. The latter were landed here nnil the -learner departed lor Ti ma. At .ledilah 10110 half-clad pilgrims from Mecca were taken on hoard Ihe Canfa and conveyed to Singapore. Soon after I hey embarked smallpox broke out 1 was with difficulty i I ke.l. One of the religious culliusin-ls leaped overboard in broad daylight. but no sooner had bis bony struck the water than he was seized by a -hark and devoured in sight -of the passengers and crew of the steamer. FRANCHISE MATTER SETTLED AT LAST KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 21. Indications arc tlial tile city collll i il and ihe Light and Water com puny are about to settle Iheir dispute over a fraiichi-e. For a lime it look ed as if there might be a rupture that would work a hardship upon the entire city. The company llirenl eneil to shul down both its lighting cud water systems ii' Il tiucil did not grant a renewal of the franchise, which expired a few month- ago. It i- now iiniler-lood that a com-pl'omi-e is lo be effected which will le-ull ill a renewal of the franchise lor a term of five years. t living; to the rapid grow th of this city it has heel eessnry for the light and water pany to make ex tensive iiupi'oi ciaent s in the exten sion of its systems and in increasing the capacity of the plant-. LEASE OF LIFE GIVEN OREGON NORMAL SCHOOLS SAI.I'.M. Or., Match 21. - At a Illig of the executive committee ..I' the normal -chool board, held in the olt'ii f the governor yester- ilav. the -chool- at A-hland and We-- were giien a lea-c of life until Friday night . I'lile-s satisfactory arrangements -ball be made by thai lime lor tin' Cliliiiiuinee of lb1' schools the board has deer I that llie-e in-liliitiou- nni-l clo-e. Mon mouth already ha- made a deposit with the sl.vc trca-urer that i- -ali laelorv and will continue to operate. EUGENE ASPARAGUS GROWER TO BUILD NEW CANNERY I'.nH'.NK. Or.. March 'J I. George A. Ilorris, who ha- a '-'Vaerc aspara gus farm near Ihi.- city, i- building .. ..him, en- to bun. He In- crop each year and al-o that ot F. K. Dunn and A ('. Woodcock, win. are plaining .itl acre-. Mes-r-. llunn and W I- k recently purehn-c.l a tract ol land near Kugene for lbc cvprc-s piirpo-e of rai-ing asparagus. I',. K. Miner of lien r Central I'oint was a vi-ilor in lb- city this week. D FARMERS WERE EL00DEO WITH PETITIONS OE ALL SECTIONS Court Acted Unanimously in Making the Appropriation Crater Lake Boulevard Now Assured Means Much to County. Tin county iMMtrl appropriated ."0.mill tor the construction of (he inter l.nko mini nl 1 o'clock this ii f lernoon. Action w;ii at the second i.t1 imiriK'il meeting of the court and iihM tin court fin ft received pot i lioii from nil sections of the county Unit ihe money he appropriated, Hy this action the court has prob niily done more tor the county than they could have in any other man ner. The appropriation is as follows: In Ihe matter of the slate road le l worn Mrdford and Outer hake. It is ordered In I ho court that I illy thousand dollars .'.), 0011) he and the same hereby is appropriated hy Jackson county to assist, in build in l' i si a te road bcl wenn Medford :ind the Cascade forest reserve, near ( "rater Lake ; one-fourth (1-1 ) of I hi-- iimouut shall be available annu iilly, curninenciiitf with the year 1!HM. And annually hcr'ufler this conn will levy a tax sufficient to pay oue InMi'tli (I-I) of Ihe tolnl sum hereby uppropritiled. lie fore any pari of Ihe sum appro priated shall he expended the route and phtii for said slate mad shall be -iibrniltod to this court for examina tion and approval. All moneys paid on) under lliis ap propriation shall le upon warrant i--ued by I ho county court based upon orders or vouchers of the road ( onimisMoiiors in charm! of the enn trucliou of the said stato road, and -iiMiurd by its president ami socro arv, which have been approved hy this court as proper expenditures from the fund hereby appropriated Dated Miireh Jlth. 1M!. .!. K. NKIL County Judiro. JOSHTA PATTKIfSON, .1 AMI'S OYVKNS. Commissioners. SAYS NERVOUS DEBILITY IS ON THE INCREASE HERE XI'AV Vlib'K. March J I. -"In the big cities of Auieric i and Kui'npc and particularly the American ones, there is ii eon-tant increase of nervous de bilily. paralysis and softening of the brain, due to a strenuous life ill bus iness and society." said Dr. Sieg fried l.ilienstein, the famous ncurol-ogi-l and hearl specialist of Niiu heiin, Germany. "I am greatly surprised," said Dr. I.ilieii-iein. "at the number of ipiacks ii Im seem to thrive in this up-to-date country. That is one thing I can't iihderstand." GOVERNOR COSGROVE IS REGAINING HIS HEALTH I'ASO KOIILFS. Cal., March 24. Goiernor Cosgrove of Washington i- -o L-icaily improved in health thnt In- i- expected to be able to return wiihin a few day-. He takes long nalk- and auto rides and it is thought that be will reach Olympin May 1. lie looked especially healthful to day. E000 CHICKS ARE DUE AT WAC0NDA SOON s U.I'M, dr.. March 21. The .iisi chicxen ranch in Oregon be an 1. 1 vield returns al the Krrbs' h..p farm near Waeoi.da. on the Ore gon F.lectne recently, when Ihe first hatch of chickens was hatched by incubators. There are now (1000 chickens in process of incubation. and due for hatchiiijr in u few days CLARK SAYS I Declares That Tariff Is Paid Eventually by Consumer-Increase Rates WASHINGTON, March 24. Chump Clark, the leader of the minority in tin; house, today declared on the floor dial (here was no time for a continued dismission of the tariff. Me said tin! minority did not desire to -.vnsle a moment, but ivunted n thorough consideration. Ho said the lariif was paid eventually by the coas iiaer and met lioucd the fuel fiat nii.iesses before the. wnys nnd mcaiiH committee wanted cither itn increase in the. Dingley rates or the tariff held in stains quo. CURRY WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION SANTA I'M:, N. M March 24. At the request of Prosidont Tuft, Gov ernor Curry of Neiv Mexico today reconsidered nnd withdrew his res ignalion. The president asks thnt Curry stale by lellcr his reasons for resigning. Il is expected Curry will receive a leave of absence within two weeks to go lo Washington. Curry recently asked for n lenve of absence, but was directed by Sec retary Mallinger of the interior de partment lo take up tho mntter by letter. When he received the let ter Governor Curry telegraphed the resignation which he withdrew todny. CLACKAMAS FISHERMEN WANT SEASON EARLIER SAI.L'M. Or., March 24. On the ground that if the ruling of the board of fish commissioners, which closes the Willnnictte and Clackamas rivers lo salmon fishing from April 15 to May 1, lo conform with the law per taining to ihe closed season on the Columbia, is adhered lo, that it will deprive the Willamette and Clacka mas river fishermen from fishing al together during the best pari of Ihe season, ihe Clackamas county legis lative delegation and n delegation of fishermen from that district have en lered n protest. FILIPINO STATESMEN FEAR TARIFF BILL MANILA. March 21. The Philip pine assembly is considering infor mally the tariff legislation now pend ing in Washington. It is planned to take up lbc ipicslion tomorrow nnd to embody Ihe views of the assembly in n sol of resolutions, which will be forwarded to the Filipino representa tives in ashington. II is manifest that a majority of the members of the assembly t'em- that closer trade relations will load to closer political relations, which will interfere with the ultimate independ ence of the islands. HELEN EMERY READY TO WED JAPANESE SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., March 24. - Melon Finery, ihe daughter of Archdeacon Emery of Ihe Episcopal diocese of California, despite strong unfavorable public opinion, is said loday to he preparing to flee the chy le wed Gungiro Aoki. a Japanese. DISCUSSION OVER LAND ENDS IN A TRAGEDY SANTA ROSA. Calll, March 24.--C. M. Gary, a real estate dealer, whs shot and probably fatally wounded today by Edward Rninert of Bur hank. The shootimj followed a dis cussion over property in Ihe office of Attorney II. J. Korgy. Rninert surrendered. Til