Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909, April 23, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTTCvJ X J lP iu 1.11c i Liaoiva x unwii-i auiiu JLAyuaiuuii uiu vjwiiiwji xtx aiiaci f! Medford Daily Tribune isb FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909. No. 30. jPHAMPLET HAS j BEEN RECEIVED FROMPORTLANU First Shipment of 500 Received by I Commercial . Club and Are Beady for Distribution by j Club Members. j CONGRATULATIONS WIRED j TO THE COMMERCIAL CLUB Pamphlet Is Attracting Remarkable Design Not Complete, but Will Prob Attention in Portland Is a ably Be Surmounted by Apple Thing of Beauty. and Pear. JORTLAND, lr. April 22. Booklet Commit toe, Med- ford, Or.: Medford's beauti- All booklet just off press. Five hundred go forward to- night and daily shipments hereafter. It is attracting re- markablo attention ami Med- ford is being eongrntul.i.td on nil sides. It will uiiquestion- nblv be a mighty power in al- trading people to your city. W-; extend our hearty con- eruUilntions to yonr commit- tee. the Commercinl elul) and the ''v of Mod'oui. WM. MeM'CJBKAY. General Passenger A-.;ent Southern Pacific. i may bo changed to some other design, Mcdford's long expected pamphlet but thnt is the idea held at present has arrived. It is a thing of bc.ir'.v j as the most appropriate for Medford j ii ! fP it ! and the Rogue River valley, and consequently a ,o for., r. It re tolls the story of Medford md Jnek-, a mm)cr f grnniti; son county as it was never told be- , boc,s ln (np (,;ty 0f Eugone for the fore both by word and picture. It ; entrance to a park of the Southern is a pamphlet among pamphlets and Pacific company is building near the beyond any question the finest book- depot in that city. The drinking . ' , , .... P,! fountain, however, is so much more let ever issued by any omnv.l for , olnborate that (he mM , publicity purposes. Medford. wmeh : b(J jUHtified ; givinK jt t the city, first set the pace in community nd-, Rut they will do the work for less vertishig, maintains her lead. ' tnIU, ,.ost. From un artistic viewpoint, the i booklet leaves but little to be derived, j REOPEN LARGE and has never been surpassed. It is j TRACTS OF LAND elaborate in details, profusely iilus- j trated und its striking cover bespeaks 1 for it the attention that ill not lag WASHINGTON B. C, April 23. until every word has be -i, devoure The Taft administration is not going by the homcseeker. as far as the past administration iu Beautiful landscnrw- thai so la tying up public lands, in furtherance cinate the eve of the ea ;tu -ner form j of the conservative policy. It has a special feature ji ill" Jklet. Or- j leaked out that during the close of chards and fruitraising, mining and j Garfield's term in the interior do timber hunting and fishing, are fully , partment several million acres of land treated, and amply illustrated. It is were withdrawn from entry in order doubtful if any collection of pictures I to "conserve the stream flow." so amply illustrate the beauty and The administration holds there is resources of the Rogue River valley no authority of law for making such as those gathered in this booklet. withdrawals, and today Secretary The printing is excellent, the color ; Bnllinger ordered restoration to en work perfection, the typographical try of l,170.!2!i acres of this land, features such as to arouse the envy . including 439,000 acres along the of the printer. A few minor errors Owyhee river, Oregon. Until notice Wcur iu the booklet, due to wrong, of restoration was given, the public captions finding their way onto cuts .hud not been informed that withdraw through the separation of photo and : als had been made. Further restora label, while in the photo-engraver's lions, ai-e to follow. hands, but these are immaterial and do not detract from the general at tractiveness of the pamphlet. The most important error is the caption for the artesian well at Talent, which i OLYMPIA. Wash., April 23. State is mislabeled, as is a packing house, j Insuraneec Commissioner J. P. Shive The pamphlet is the production of ley was arrested last night at the the special committee of the Com-; conclusion of his testimony before mereial club. Messrs. S. A. Nye, A. j the legislative investigation commit H. Miller und 0. Putnam and Wil- tee, by Sheriff Oadton of Thurs- liam B. Wells, nqrthwest representa live of Sunset Magazine, under whose direction the pamphlet is ixsned. Circu tUy-T-rMcLaren's and Dutch cheese, 2Qc nd 40c per can. Rei Grocery, Mission block. . 30 MAKING SMALL MODEL OF NEW WUUONIAIN Manager HicKs of Oregon Granite Company Will Prepare Cast to Submit to the Greater MtAiori Club. WILL BUILD FOUNTAIN OF GRANITE AT LESS THAN COST Klmer A. Hicks, general manager of the Oregon Granite company, is i preparing a small plaster paris mod- el of a drinking fountain to be creel - ...i ........ il, ,.vl,;inl lii.il.lm.- hv the Indies of the Greater Med ford club. As soon as the model is completed he will submit it to the Indies of the committee appointed by the club, who will in turn submit it to the club as a whole. The members of the com mittee (tailed upon him Thursday and i left with a promise to have the foun tuin constructed and erected by the ! company at less than cost. i While the plan of the new foun- i tain has not been decided upon, Mr. j Hicks is at work upon preliminary plans, which will have the fountain surmounted by a group ot apples ana penrs. It will bo necessary to make the east before knowing whether such la desimi will be practical or not. It SHIVELEY IS ARRESTED CHARGED WITH THEFT ton county upon telegraphic infor mation from Spokane that Shiveley had been indicted by the grand jury, charged with embezzlement. Shive ley expressed a willingness to go to Spokane. . The: sheriff and Shiveley will leave for Spokane today. BERT ANDERSON'S OF MEDFORD'S ROOSEVELT IS INLAND Arrived ai Inland Town and Greets : Besieging General Sends Formal De Missionaries Will Reach Des- mand to Sultan That He tination Late This Surrcrtder the Afternoon. Palace. MAKINDUK, British Kasl Africa,: April 23. Colonel Roosevelt and hiH i parly arrived here this morning on j his tpcciai train en route to Nairobi,! wl.'Hi pi.-uc !:. will reach lute this! afternoon. - I Upon his arrival here from Mom- ! basa he was greeted by the American missionaries. He breakfasted and re-1 sumed his journey. HTe reports that ; he is having the time of his life. All of the pnrty appear to be in good spirits. ALL INSURANCE CONCERNS MUST PUBLISH REPORTS SALKM, Or., April L'.'i. Insurance Commissioner S. A. Riser in accord ance with an opinion given by Attor ney General Crawford, has drafted a circular letter to be mailed to resi dent agents of nil of the fire, marine, fire and murine, life, accident, plate ghiss, burglary and steam boiler in surance companies, faternal, surety and all other insurance companies, comoriitions or associations doine i Knuiniidc n tltlu Inla jinHiixr thai attention to the provisions of the act passed by the last legislature requir ing them to publish a full synopsis of their annual statements, showing the condition of their business and set ting forth their resources, liabilities and responsibilities in at least four newspapers in the state. HIGH SOCIETY INVADED BY POLICE OF TACOMA TACOMA. Wash.. April 23. Ta comu Kjlice have issued warrants for the arrest of C. W. Huotori of Aber deen, Chamber A. Wright of Seattle and Mrs. Mary Keller of Puyallup, charged with exceeding the automo bile speed limit on Pacific avenue on last Wednesday. Mrs. Wright is a member of the Seattle "400." The warrant will he served todav. MRS. A. E. SCOTT IS NOW PRESIDENT 0FJTHE D. A. R. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 23. Mrs. A. E. Scott of Illinois, the ad ministration candidate, was today elected president of the society of Daughters of the American Revolu tion by defeating Mrs. Scott of New York, the anti-administration candi date. The victor received 436 votes and her opponent 428, Btanmpint; the election one of the closest ever held by the organization. RESIDENCE; ONE BUNGALOW BONES SULTAN ASKED TO STEP CONSTANTINOPLK, April 23. The besieging general todny sent a formal demand for the surrender of the palace, threatening iu caso of a refusal to force the abdication of the sultan. The sultan has asked until tomor row to considor the demand. In all likelihood he will accede to the de mands made. The day has been comparatively quiet, rioting being held well within check. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE IS BUSY N POLK COUNTY DALLAS, Or., April 23. The first of a series of liquor cases instituted in Polk county by the Anti-Saloon league was tried here yesterday be fore Justice of the Peace Hardy Hol man. The defendant was J. R. Coop er, proprietor of a soft drink estab lishment iu Independence. At 8 o'clock in the evening the .jury, una ble to agree upon a verdict, was dis charged. The testimony for the prosecution is being furnished in all of the cases by two detectives from Portland, hir ed by tho Anti-Saloon league of Ore gon. District Attorney Sibley of this city and Attorney Wilson, represent ing tho Anti-Saloon league, are con ducting the prosecution. Attorney B. F. Jones of Independence and Oscar llnyter of Dallas arc acting for the defense. The trials will probably consume the remainder of this week. SNOW MENACES FRUIT CROPS IN COLORADO DKNVKIt, Col.. April 23. Nearly two inches of snow fell in Denver last night and more is predicted for tonight and tomorrow. This is the eighth day in April on which snow has fallen. Snow is also reported south and west in the state and fruit growers arc building smudges to pro tect the fruit trees from damage by frost. TAFT WILL PROTECT MISSIONARIES ABROAD WASHINGTON, D. C, April 23. President Tuft today directed that dispatches be sent to American rep resentatives at London and Constan tinople inquiring what action Great Britain has taken to protect the mis tionaries in Turkey. RATES TO EAST FROM OREGON MUST LOWER Railroad Commission so Notifies All Railroads Doing Interstate Business From Oregon. RATES SAID TO BE RAISED WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION Will Affect All of the Roads in Ore gon Commission Decided on Step Yesterday. SALKM, Or., April 23. A loinial notice was given all of the railroads doing an interstate business out of Oregon, including tho Northern Pa cific, the Astoria & Columbia Kivor, the North Hunk, Oregon Short Line, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company and the Southern Pacific, that the recent iucreaso in rates in castbound traus-eoiitineutal rates is unreasonable and without the least justification. Tho commission decided upon tho stop yesterday. Mrs. Charles Prim of Jacksonville spent the day in Medford Thursday. J. P. Well, school superintendent, is spending a few days ut his homo in Ashland. A. II. Fisher of Phoenix was ut the county seut Thursday on business, stopping some time iu Medford. Mrs. W. R. Coleman was a Medford visitor Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Williamson of Medford spent Thursday with friends living in Jacksonville. Miss Kuthryn Chapman left for Hornbrouk Wednesday on a short business trip. UMATILLA'S DEBT IS LESS THAN $100,000 Umatilla county is in debt less than $100,000 practically nothing com pared with the resources of the coun ty according to the semi-annual fi nancial statement of Umatilla coun ty for the term ending April 1, re cently made public. The report shows the affairs of the county are in ad mirable condition. There is $23f),0Ult in the treasury. By the time this is paid out there will only be left an outstanding indebt edness of all kinds of about .'r7f,000. County Treasurer Bradley says that but for the building of the new sice) bridges all the indebtedness would have been practically eliminated. PLUNGER LOSES $17,000 IN POKER GAME HKNO, Nev., April 23. John Hnr mati, at one time a millionaire own er of Cripple Creek, is $17,000 poor er as a result of u spectacular game of poker in which he engaged with Plunger (He Klliott last night. The session lasted all night, two book keepers keeping a record of the bets. Ono pot contained $8,100 and anoth er $2300. The pots averaged $3r,0 in value. Klliott is a partner of Tex Ricknrd of Goldfieli and Rawhide fame. WANTS TO SEE HANGING BEFORE HE IS EXECUTED KRKSNO, Cut., April 23.- Charles Ijopcr, who was sentenced by Judge Austin to be hanged at San Quentin on June & tor the murder of Joe Vemct in this county, has request cd of Warden Hoyle that he be al lowed to witness a hanging before he is forced to pay the penalty for his own crime. Hoyle intimated that the request will be denied. L WAGE WAR IN 1 91 0 FOR A WHITE OREGON Anti-Saloon League Will Put Fin ishing Touches on Plan for State-Wide Prohibition on April 30. WILL TRY AND PUT THE ENTIRE STATE IN DESERT During Past Few Weeks Many Meet ings Have Been Held Will Start Active Campaign. PORTLAND, Or., April 23. Tho Anti-Saloon league will put tho fin ishing touches on their plans for u. state-wide local option cumnaiim ut u meeting to lie held in Portland ou April 30. it has been definitely decided to wage war at tliu next general election agaiustlhe saloon over the entire state. During the pust two weeks meet ings have been held iu a largo nuin of phiccs. It is exnecled that the work will bo started ut onco and be carried ou tor over tho intervening year und a hull' before the next general election. APPROPRIATION TOO SMALL; CLERK MUST MAKE IT UP SALKM, Or., April 2.1. Through an error the legislature failed to ap propriate enough money by 73 cents to cover the deficiency of salaries of the circuit judges with interest thereon. Auditing Clerk Corey will be compelled to appropriate the ad dition deficiency from his own pock et. FAST FREIGHT WRECKED; NORTH TRAINS DELAYED Southern Pacific fast freight No. 221 that left here Wednesday night, wus wrecked near Delia, Oil., ill' 2 o'clock Friday uioniii:g. The engine and 15 ears were doniilcd. Whether anyone wus injured or not was not reported at the locul office. As a result of the wreck, train No. 11 was delayed and will come through on No. Ki's time if the track is clear ed in time, which il is expected to do. I he railroad otliciuls sav that t in .Vims & Howe circus train, which also Held up, will probublv unt tlirough in lime to ulii v at Medford Saturday us scheduled. PROSECUTION SCORES IN ROOT-GORDON CASE UIIJII.' I ML' 11' I. A i it', prosecution m (he Root-Cordon irrnnd Inst victory, when the court refused io iiom iicmiiiv i roseci lor l e iner mii -iiiim:iiiii fill nil' I'lllirge OI lUKIIlg sm-iiiilm ilium- limes OI lesiimonv 111 :ne Ltritiiu jury room. i ne uilomev f..- f i ft i , .i i- mm . .iiiiuiiii, wil,, vcHicrouv was IIIIIII'M'll. I'll ILO'O Willi IT! IP77 mir &IIOIIII I" II... I , VT iiinii inu muni. iKonncrn as ' '""i-s"i, uiiiiiiiiii'u iv ine conn io :..i...i i... ,t . . prosecute I'ellitier, hut the affidavit in the case was faulty. NORMAL REGENTS TO ACT ON INVITATION SALKM, Or., April 23. A cull has been issued for a meeting of the stale board of- normal regents in Salem May 8, when it will be decided wheth- ot tho board will go br fore the peo ple at its next general election with a solution of the norma) Mbool difficulty.