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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
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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.