M
FOURTH YEAE.
BIG HARVEST
IN SIGHT FOR
LOCAL GROVES
Investigation Shows Early Promise
of Abundant Fruit Crop Will
Materialize Little Dam
age From Frost, j
RECORD PRICES FOR
FRUIT ARE PROMISED
Here and There a Grove Has Been
Slightly Touched, but Little Real
Damage Has Resulted.
"I find but little damage done Mod
ford orchards by frost," said ('. A
Malboeuf, district freight agent of
the Southern l'acifie, who spent Wed-'
nesday looking over Kogne Kiver val- j
ley groves. "Here and there urc spots .
where llie Host tins touenea, uiu ine
damage will not materially affect the
total output."
Fruit Inspector Taylor and Pro
fessor O'Gara both state that the
damage by frost is not heavy only
a few orchards having been touch
ed. Some damage has been done
to Hurtletts and Oargoe pears, but
none to Cornice or d'Anjous, and but
little to apples. .The apple crop will
not be as heavy as first expected,
except in certain localities.
None of the foothill orchards were
touched. The Lewis, Iturrell, Hop
kins, Gore, Myers, Bennett and other
famous groves were but . slightly
touched, und in most cases not dam
aged at all.
Record prices are assured by the
failure of the crops in so many pro
ducing sections.
ROGUE RIVER SHEEP
BRING GOOD PRICES
K. K. Ilanan has purchased along
Hip lower liogue country in Curry
county .10(11) head of sheep for J.
'.. I'clton & Co. of Hoseburg and
Ashland. These sheep include about
20110 wethers and :!000 ewes. Of this
number about ,'iOOO head will be
brought to Douglas county ranges
and the remainder pastured in the
const districts during the summer.
Sheep prices average aboiil the same
as lasi year, or possibly a litllc bel
ter. Messrs. Pelton and Hunan have
ul-o purchased about Sltlt head of
young steers in I Cumins county which
they are preparing to drive to their
ranges at Fort Khtinalh. Tin- first
drove of -too will start about May 1
anil the second about Ihree weeks
later.
NEW GROCERY STORE
BUILT BY CALIFORNIA
About two necks, ago ('. A. Fowler
left bis California home and cuine to
Medford. Like nearly everyone else
in the civilized world, be had heard
of Mcdfonl and its r ir
Il didn't take Mr. Kowlcr very long
to make up bis mind that this was
exactly the place he wanted. lie pur-clni-cd
some bits on Jackson and
Woodcock streets, went to the Woods
Lumber company and ni-dered lumber
for a store building and put some
cai iicntors to work.
Mr. Kowlcr will carry a complete
stork of general merchandise.
WASHINGTON. I). C, April 28.
The ceuate judiciary committee has
re(Mirted favorably on the nomination
of Judge Hean.
The president nominated Kdward
K. Ciishnian. a brother of Represen
tative Cushmun of Washington, for
federal judge of the Third Alaska
division.
edford Daily Tribune
ROGUE GROVES :
i
BIG SUCCESS
Professor O'Gara States That No
Damage Occurred Wherever
Fires Were Built Cool
Nights in Groves.
SUCCESSFUL FIGHT
AGAINST JACK FROST,
Hereafter Fruitgrowers Need Not Burned to Death in Church After Be- Advocate, Closing All Mills Until the
Fear Loss of Crops Through i ing Murdered In Adana j Prices Are Sent Skyward Man
Unseasonable Weather. I ' District. ' trfacturers Meet In Tacoma.
"Smudging in Rogue River valley j
orchards has proved ti big success,
this year," states Professor O'Gara.
pathologist for the department of ag-;
riuulture, who has superintended the,
fight against .frost und pests in this j
section. "No orchard in which
smudges were built have been touch- '
ed by frost.
"Fires were built through the or
chard at intervuls. Old fenco rails,
stumps, logs und any kind of refuse
were used. Sacks filled with shavings
waste, etc., were saturated with oil
and placed under the logs. When the
thermometer nearcd the danger point
these were fired, and the heat thus
generated saved the fruit.
"A remarkable instance of the ef
ficiency of smudging was shown on
the A. C. Allen place, where the house
orchard, located oil u hill, was Dip
ped severely, while the commercial
orchard, ou the surrounding lowlandL
was untouched. Smudges were used
on the latter.
".Many of the fine orchards, such
as the Marshall, Gore and Meyers
tracts, will have fine crops through
smudging."
On the other baud, those orchards.
like the Hopkins and Hurrell, which
did not smudge, will have fine crops
also.
CASEBIER FARM ON
BEAR CREEK SOLD
The sale of the J. M. Casehier farm j
of It.ll) acres, situated on Hear creek.
between Ashland and Talent.' for a I
sum amounting to $110,000, is report-j
ed. and the survey for the final pa-1
pers is now under way. The buyer j
is an eastern man named Glasgow, j
Most of the acreage? of the place,
is cultivated land and (here is a con
siderable amount of fine Hear creek
bottom land included in tile deal..
There are Icn acres set to grapes and
five acres of orchard, the whole tract
beiui: rouiiled valuable fruit aereau'C.
Tidings.
S'POSIN' BIG BILL
GOT THE MEASLES
WASHINGTON'. I). C. April 28.
Iniauine tile White House being quar
antined, and against -ucb a childish
di-ca-.e-ns the measle-: yet that's
nbat may happen.
Young Jim fox six year old. son
of Representative Cox of Ohio, a
democrat at thai, visited the prrsi
deinl with bis lather last Wednes
day. Young Jim is now down with a
well developed ca.-e of measles and
Ibereb hangs the tale.
Had the pl'esjilcut been infected?
It happen in this way. Jib Cox
ha - a great admiration for President
Tafl. For a long time he has been
anxious lo go and see him. On Wed
nesday of last week his fnther took
him over to the White House. In his
usual fashion, the president received
his young caller, tniked things over
with him nnd finally gave him one
of ' his autographed photographs.
When Jim went away he was the hap
piest boy in Washington.
MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28,
SLAUGHTER OF
CHRISTIANS BY
Massacres Continue in Ttowns of
Asia Minor and Africa Meager
Reports Indicate that Thou
sands Are Slain.
HUNDRED MISSIONARIES '
SLAIN BY FANATICS
BEIRUT. Apjril 28 Scores of
scattered villages in the Villayet of
Adunn were the scenes of massacres
today. Meager reports indicate that
thousands were killed.
KASABA, Africa, April 28. It is
reported that the Moslems have kill
ed every Christian here.
LONDON, April 28 A hundred
Protestant missionaries have been
killed by the fanatical Moslems in
the Adana district, where their char
red bodies were found in u church
which hud been burned to the ground.
The missionaries were either burned
to death or murdered.
ASHLAND TELEGRAPH
OFFICE IS ENLARGED
Owing to the increase in business
in. southern Oregon, Manager Wilson
of the Western Union company at
Ashland was recently appointed tele
graphic money transfer agent for all
of southern Oregon and muny points
in northern California.
A consignment of instruments for
the installation of the i-uad repeating
Dipiipment for the new printing tele
graph system to be set in operation
over the Western linion Hues has
been received for the relay office at
Ashland and experts ure expected
within a week or two to install the
same. With this appliance it will be
possible to send tit) words in a minute
over one wire anil the message, fed
into n machine at the initial point
will come out printed on a perinn
nenl record from a inacliine in the
destination office. The equipment
is an invention of one of the offi
cials of the W. I', company and is
called the improved printhi'-' tele
graphy. MONSTER CHEESE IS ,
OVER A YARD ACROSS
Thte largest head of cheese that 1
was ever shipped to Medford was re-
ceived by the Rex Grocery today. It'
is a large 'unpolled Swiss cbce-e and
measures a yard across and weighs j
over Kill pounds. It lias been long J
claimed Ibal a perfect cheese must I
of necessity be large ill order to prop- j
erly cure the interior lo the uio-t
perfect flavor. Il ibis i- true, the
lex cheese niu-t be a dandy. (
Hitherto merchants have been
afraid to order In such quantity, even
knowing thi' superiority of the arti- 1
cle. for fear the trade would not
justify it. Hnl Medford is progress-
GAME WARDEN UP
FOR FIVE YEARS
KKII BUFF, fnl.. April J8. I).
: M. Bond, deputy fish and game war
1 den. wa sentenced today to five
I years at San Quentiu. Bond was
( convicted of killing an Indian whom
i hp caught f ashing out of season. The
defendant made a motion for a new
I trial, which was denied.
LUMBER MILLS
ISORDERED
Timbermen Plan to Curtail Output'
in Washington and Oregon
Until Conditions
Improve.-
WOULD FORCE BRISK
DEMAND FOR MATERIALS
SEATTLE, Wash., April 28. A
delegation of prominent Oregon lum
bermen are today conferring with
leading Washington millmeu discuss
ing ways and menus of improving
the condition of the northwest lum
ber market. They plan for the fur
ther curtailment of the output from
Washington and Oregon mills until
Conditions improve.
The plun will be taken up in de
tail. Many lumbermen of both states
are openly advocating the closing of
all mills until the demand becomes
brisk.
INCUBATOR NOT SURE
SUCCESS IN OREGON
The incubator has not proven u
pronounced success in the hatching
of chicks, according to the results of
an extended series of experiments
carried on by the department of ug
ricultpre. At the Oregon station it was dem
onstrated that, notwithstanding the
fact that hens sometimes break eggs
and that they sometimes quit their
jobs and go off to woman's club
meetings things the incubator is
never guilty of still the hea is a
belter brooder than (be incubator.
The incubators used hatched 78. .1 per
cent of eggs, and the Ileus !)(!.. 1 per
cent.
Hut the most vital point is that the
chicks hutched out under hens weigh
ed heavier Ibau those hatched in in
cubators. The mortality of hen
batcbed clucks was but 10.8 per cent,
while the mortality of incubator
chicks was M.'t.l per cent. Ilen-hntch-cd
chicks made a greater gain in
weight than inc uhutor-hnlchcd chicks
whether brooded by bens or brooders.
All epeiiiuents showed that the hen
hatched chick is stronger und belter
than the other.
ONE HEATING PLANT FOR
ALL BUSINESS DISTRICT
N'liHTII YAKIMA. Wash.. April 28.
North Yukiinu will lorn a central
bcjiling plan! by which the business
ili-lriots and a portion of Ibc resi
dence districts will be healed. The
plan! will be in operation before Ihc
return nt coin uculher in Ihc 1
After an in e-l igntion which has
leaded oer n veal' a corporation of
leading Ini-ine-- ine'i has been formed
at il articles of iiicoi-Hiratioii of the
Ynkiuin Ccnll'al
filed with the i
tru-tces of llie
alntg company
v audilor.
The
ii'aliou are Alex
Miller. A. K. Larson. O. A.
II. It. Scolder and John 1
Fletcher,
Hughes.
Be-ides I'tirni-hini; li-jht. tin; company
uill furnish 1 1 t water on a meter bn-
TERRIFIC HAILSTORM
SMASHES WINDOW PANES
OKLAHOMA CITY. okln., April 27.
- Dozens of window panes were
mashed in residences and downtown
biisines-t house her last night by
one of the most terrifie hailstorms
evirr known herp.
190!).
TO DISCUSS
EXHIBIT FOR
SEATTLE FAIR
Commercial Club Meets Tonight to
Dispose of Question of Adver
tising County at A-Y-P
Exposition.
MUST ACT NOW OR
LOSE OPPORTUNITY
Kiser, Whose 011-Painted Photos of
Crater Lake Will Be Considered,
Goes to Northern Pacific.
The Commercial club w ill meet to
night to discuss the proposed exhibit
at the Alaska-Yukou-Pacifie exposi
tion. Speedy action is forced by
the fact that Mr. Kiser, who will pre
pare an exhibit of Crnler Lake paint
ings, has joined the forces of the
Northern Pacific.
A letter from Will G. Steel from
i t land tells of the need for aetion
as follows:
"Two or three days ago 1 saw
something about the proposed ex
hibit of Kiser pictures, and us 1
knew there was a probable change in
Mr. Riser's business, I took it upon
myself to hunt him up yesterday and
learn the condition of affairs.
"While in Portland a few days ago,
Mr. Louis Hill, president of tllu Great
Northern railroad, entered into u can
tract with Mr. Kiser by which he be
comes the official photographer of
thnt company, under extremely fa
vorable circumstances, and wil) enter
actively into the work just as soon as
a cur can be properly equipped, which
is being done regardless of expense.
How long this will take I do not know,
but certainly not very long, so 1
would suggest that if anything is to
be done at Medford it had belter be
done as soon as possible, or it may
be too late. I think it is mi important
matter, and believe you feel the .same
way: so I have taken the libery of
writing to you about il."
R0SEBURG SECURES
ADVERTISING BOOKLETS
The new lioscbuig and llouglas
(oiuity booklets were delivered Fri
day, the edition comprising 20.000
copies. 'fbe cover is somewhat of
an improvement over llie former one,
being printed in a combinalion of
color- appropriate lo Oregon. Tile
illu-t i'n lion- iiri well printed, show
ing to a inca-iire llie fruils Ibal can
be grown in itoiighis county. In its
eiililely the book is well golleu up.
and it is needles to as-crt that it
will be ihc menus ,,f bringing many
comers to this section of the
great northwest. I'mpqiia Yallcv
News.
MEDFORD AND ASHLAND
ELKS TO SEE ROSEBURG
id and Ashland Klks are
j Medio
planning
lo attend the lioschillg
trawberry fair on May 11, which will
lie 'Llk- dav" in Ito-ehing. and from
I indical ions t be
eitl will prove. ino-H
, inter
-ling. In re-ponse to invita
tion the member-, of the loci I herds
will vi-it Ifowi'hiiri on llie above dale,
'J-'iO troii''. making the I rip by -pecial
train. They will tr accompanied by
a musical organization. Among the
feature- of thi' day will be a grand
street parade, in which it is expeeted
that several hundred Klks will lake
part. In the evening the visitors will
be entertained by the members of the
local lodge, it being the intention of
those interested to initiate a npmber
of candidates into the mysteries of
the order - just to entertain the atran
ffera.
No. 34.
UNCLE SAM IS
FIRST TO BOW
TO NEW RULER
United States Immediately Takes
Steps to Recognize Reschad
as the Sultan of
Turkey.
DETHRONEMENT OF
ABDUL PERMANENT
Mehemmed, the Fifth, Is Official Ti
tle Formal Decree of Re
moval Signed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 28.
The United States will immediately
recognize Mohemmed Rechnd Effondi
as Iho lawful sultan of Tnrkoy, uo
cording to an announcement made ill
the stale department today. Ameri
can Ambassador Leishman has sent
an official notice of the dethrone
ment of Abdul Ilamil II.
Tho formal decree removing Abdul
Humid from all power of the Turkish
empire was issued by tho Sheik Ul
Islam, the head of the church, in the
regular form prescribed by tho tenets
of the Mohammedan faith.
Mehemmed Reschad El'fendi was
proclaimed as Mehemmed V.
MEQF0RD TO PLAY
HILT ON SUNDAY
What p mini sew to he the best base
ball game of the season will he play
ed at the ball. park Sunday between
the Hilt baseball leain and the Med
ford Colls for a $l."n purse.
The Hill team is managed by Pres
ident Leaeh of the Northern Cali
fornia Lumber company, anil under
his management last season won the
championship of the Northern Cali
fornia league. A number of this
team are imported for the ball (earn
every season, and consequently the
the team is unusually strong Cor an
amatenr organization.
Crippled by the lo- of c mil of
llie regular leain two week.-, ago, tin?
Mica I team- was ea-y prey for tho
Ililt team al the laiie: place. Sun
day Medford will Irr e the regular
lineup nnd witl he out to win if it is
in then:.
The team deserves llie support of
ex cry live man in Medford. Backed
by no one, the boy have purchased
1 he be.-t suits procurable and are
pulling up gilt -edged ball. Kvery
i:ame Ibis season has been well worth
llie admission, and atl that is needed
lor a winning learn is the support the
learn justly deserves.
The O. It. A: X. team of Portland
will probably meet the local team in
the near future, as Manager Daniels
innw negotiating for the game, and
a trip lo llie noi'lli for llie local team
laler in the season is probable in case
the -eason proxc- a successful one.
In order to -end llie Hill I-nuii back
the -nine day. ihc game will hi' called
:tl I :M S lay,
GRAND GATHERING
OF SUFFRAGETTES
LONDON. April L'H. Many prom
inent women are arriviu? in London
lor I he quinquennia I convent ion of
llie International Women's Suffrage
alliance, the se.-sioiw of which will
begin in St. .larue' hall Wednesday.
The congress undoubtedly will be the
largest and most influential gather
ing that has taken place in the his
tory of the woman suffrage move
ment. No less than 'JO eonntrien will
be represented at tho nonprenf, and
the speeches, which are to be hi
terpreted, will be delivered in every
European language.