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FOURTH YEAR.
DEAL PENDING
FOR SALE OF
' P. & E. ROAD
Eastern Capitalists Negotiating for
Purchase of Local Road to Ex
tend It to Timber Belt
Identity Kept Secret.
ROAD WOULD PAY
FOR ITSELF SHORTLY
Taps District Rich in Resources and
Means Manufacture of Lum
ber Locally.
A deal is ponding for the sale of
the Pacific & Eastern railroad to
eastern parties, who expect to extend
the line to the timber belt. Negotia
tions are not closed, so the identity
of the parties interested are not di
vulged. Th Pacific & .-Eastern now ex
tends to Eagle Point, a distance of
ii ;i- from Medford. The pur
chasers fould extend it some 20
miles to Butto Falls in. the heart 01
the sugar pine timber district. From
here the road could be extended into
central Oregon if deemed advisable.
It would eventually require approx
imnti.1v 11 hll If million dollar invest-
men to put the line in operation to
Butte Falls.
Taps Rich Region.
One of the richest districts in Ore
.. trnvsrand liv this road. There
are thousands of acres of orchards
planted along this luie, and its ex
ui.a nnomtinn will mean the
additional planting of many more
thousands ot acres. 1 nere are i-,-
nAn iinA foot of merchantable
. '.luv.uw.wuw 'cm .
J sugar pine, yellow pine and fir in the
district that the roau wouiu iup, ou
it is estimated that it would require
oil years of continuous mnnufactur-
:..-' vnm,l this SUDDlV. As fast
as the forest is cut, the land will be
cleared and planted to orchards, as
....nHliinns are oerfect for fruit
producing, provided transportation is
furnished.
If the sale is made, it will mean
more to Medford than almost any
other news that could be announced.
Since the failure of the Oregon Sav
ings and Trust company the road has
been in u bad way, and many efforts
made to straighten out the legal tan
gle arising through the receivership
of the first company aDd the bank
failure have hampered the sale of the
road to those with the money neces
sary to construct.
Business in Sight.
In addition to the timber now in
sight and the orchard business, pres
,,.,.1 ,,msiwtive. a large agricul
tural section will furnish business for
the railroad while the coal and cop
per mines now being developed would
alone pay for the mad i" a short
lime. An nil well is now being drill
ed adjacent to the road, and if oil
is found it would furnish an immense
business for the line. Even upon
present showings exerts as well as
all residents of Jackson county who
have sied up the situation, believe
that the road would pay for itself
within five years.
Butte Falls, which would be the
terminal of the projected line, is sit
uated in the heart of the timber belt
at the falls of Big Butte ei k. where
immense water )Kjwer can be devel
o'd. thus furnishing an excellent lo
cation for a diver-ily of manufac
turing plant-, being so situate! :i to
furnish these plants with an unlim
ited supply "f f""'st products for
manufacture.
Awaiting Transportation.
Sawmills of l.W.unn feet daily ca-
(Continued on page 8.)
50.000 EASTERN
BROOK FRY DUE
HERE ON FRIDAY
James W. Ben-Ian, Superintendent of
Ontario Hatchery, Bringing
Consignment of Trout for
Local Streams.
SPECKLED BEAUTIES ARE
PIONEERS OF SPECIES
Cost Defrayed by Local Anglers, All
of Whom Are Asked to Join
the Association.
J. W. Berrian, superintendent of
the Ontario fish hatcheries, will ar
rive in Medford Friday with 50,000
eastern brook fry, consigned to the
Rogue River Protective association,
which will probubly be placed in the
waters ol Mine nunc. . . t
These are the first eastern brook I
to be planted in local streams, though
a shipment, destiued for Crater Lake,
was dumped in Union creek some
years ago, and they have now spread
into the upper Rogue above the nat
ural bridge. These trout are a species
of char, are speckled with red spots,
one of the prettiest and gamest trout
known.
Funds Needed to Pay.
The fry were procured through the
courtesy of Mu.sler Fish Warden Mc
Allister, the expenses being defrayed
by local enthusiasts. Everyone inter
ested in angling is requested to join
the Fish Protective association, thus
furnishing funds to pay for these
and other consignments expected. J.
E. Enyart is president and Dr. Louis
Bundy treasurer and either of them
will issue membership curds for $1
a year.
Mr. Berrian is well known here,
having been in charge of the Rogue
rtt-pr h.iteherv. That success has
.,JA hi. work in his new field s
shown by the following from the On-1
tario Optimist:
He Makes Good
'Mr. Berriuii, who has had much
experience with fisheries work and
is deeply interested in it, has been
very successful in the hatchery nt
Ontario.
"Mr. Berrian was for several years
in charge of the I'uited States hatch
ery on Rogue river, and during his c
successful operation of it he won for1
himself a reputation for skill and in
tegritv that made his southern Ore-
ron friends colli
i;j..i iv... t ho wnn I.I
win out, wherever his duties us a fish
eulturist might call him. 'Jimmy'
Berrian, here is wishing you still
greater success."
JUDGE BECKER WILL
HANDLE LAND CASES
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llccki,r has arrived
',. i ,'. ,., .,,,A fraud
i ' - V
trials. Hi' will a pi
,.,n....ir hetnre rede-
I ral Judge Hunt on Friday or Satur
day as special prosecutor in the dis
I position of cases the trials of which
I wer mmenced two years ago.
i Judge Hunt will arrive in Portland
'from his home in Helena. Mont..
I Thursday evening, nnd will hold a
I special -e-ion of the federal court
i hemmus on Friday morning.
' At Ibis time per-on
convicted of
fraud in laud cases will he present
for -enti nee. All other mailer- immiiI-
ing from the last term of court held
l.v .Indue Hunt will be dism-cd of
e;ihcr Friday or Saturday if po-si-jlile.
.In. lie Beck, r -pent a large part
,of today in consultation with railed
Stale- District Attorney .1 hn )li'
Court, as to Hie best plan of proced
ure in the ilisiosition of the laud
fraud cases now tending.
MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909.
SMELTER SITE
IS PATENTED FOR
BLUE LEDGE MINE
Seattle Bar Patents Secured Prob
ability of Early Construction of
Smelter and Railroad to
the Mine.
GREAT BODY OF RICH
ORE AWAITS SMELTING
Investment Too Heavy to Permit the
Property to Be Long
Idle.
Superiiitctndent Camahan of the
Blue Ledge mine spent Wednesday in
Medford patenting the company's ti
tle to the Seattle bar, the site of the
proposed smelter. He was unable to
state whether the construction of a
smelter and railroad to the mine was
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contemplated by the owner, Robert S.
Towne, immediately or not,
Dr. ,J. F. Rcddy, who recently re
turned from New York, states that
Mr. Towne informed' him that he
would make up his mind within a few
days as to whether he would build
the smelter and railroad at once or
wait until some future date. At
present the mine is shut down, though
the investment is so heavy that the
owner probably cannot afford to let i
the property lie idle for any length !
of time. !
Dhannman.il Chnuinn !
It is stated that thousands of feet I
of development work upon the ore
body has been done, and that the
t-i.in in ni Injiut fiflO foot Aoon. as I
shown bv tunnels constructed. The
ore is said to average better than 8
per cent, including the gold and sil
ver that is found with the copper.
Several millions of dollars' worth of
ore has been blocked out.
The showine made by the Blue
Irfdgc is pnenomenai
It is said that
only the famous Copper Queen mine
at Bisbee, Ariz... carries ore that ap
j proximates as rich in value us that
jof the Blue Ledge. Probably a mil
lion dollars and a half have been in
vested in the mine in the extensive
development work that has been car
ried on for three years, and unless a
railroad and smelter are built the ore
is valueless.
Smelter Once Ordered.
It was Mr. Townc's intention when
he first purchased the property to
I construct this railroad and smelter
before tins lime. i ne maicrun iui
the smelter had been ordered when
the panic of 1 007 caused the can -
cellation of the order.
The road to the mine will tap a rich
agricultural limber country as well
as to furnish outlet for the product
of numerous mines. There is every
indication that the ron.l will be built
in the near future, and with the need-
ed coal and coke developed at
the
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mines near nemoi.,. ..,n.i ..
itabl
e venture
OPINIONS RENDERED
BY SUPREME COURT
The following opinions Iuim- been
handed down by the supreme court
of Oregon :
Kd. Tliomp-on. resoniieiit. vs.
Kolilvin ; from Josephine county: n.
l. Ilanna. judge: athnned: opinion
by .lii-ticr Kakin.
(iiant Powdi-r company. ap)elkant.
vs. Oregon Western Railway Com
pany: from Doughi- county: J. W.
Hamilton. judge; motion to dismiss
apHal allowed: opinion per curiam.
William M. Brown, appellant, vs.
U ',. Moss, from Salt Ijike County;
II. T.. Benson, judge ; reversed and
remanded: opinion bv Justice Bean.
BALLENGER FARM
PURCHASED FOR
R. W. Clancy and Associates of Idaho
Buy Well Known Ranch and
Will Plant It to
Fruit.
$30,500 PRICE PAID
FOR 140 ACRES OF LAND
Property Now in Grain and Alfalfa
On Griffin Creek Irri
gation Easy.
The Merritt Ballinger ranch, be
tween Medford and Jacksonville, con
sisting of 140 acres of fine valley
laud, has been solrd for $30,1)00 to R.
W.f Clancy and associates of Idaho.
The land is adapted to fruitgrowing
and will be pluntcd as model or
chard. The sale was made by W. M.
Holmes.
The farm is one of the best in the
valley and is now in grain nnd al
falfa. Griffin creek runs through
the land and in addition there is an
underground stream of considerable
volume, rendering irrigation, if de
sired, an easy proposition.
RICH STRIKE REPORTED
NEAR TOWN OF KERBY
The rich lellurido discoveries made
on Canyon crock, near the old min-
"JR
g town of Kerby, western .Jose
phine, have resulted in the striking
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WHS IJt nilLTIU 111 Ml HI II 111 I lilMl
wcek a T".1'"'.!? "'' r.e.
from the
(flaims of Phillips & Miingum, thut
dimes sold at the rate of $20,000 a
ton. The tfold nm be whittled from
the rock with a jack knife. The ore
is thickly studded with wires nnd
layers of the pure yellow metal.
Some nt" the quartz is almost half
gold. The strike was made in a
"Kcket," but on a well-defined ledge
Ihtn is being opened by a tunnel. This
ledge has a width of four feet, and
will be more deeply developed by a
longer tunnel which hill be driven
in at a point lower down the moun
laiuside. The five claims of the
group on which the strike was inude
are owned by C. I.. Manguui and
Charles F.. Phillips.
BILLION DOLLOR ROAD
IS HARRIMAN'S SCHEME
A billion-dollar corporation is the
j latest project from the brain ol h.
j, Harrimnn, planned by the Napo-
j ( of the railroad world with a view
,, eonsolidating and solidifying the
j Vas railroad mileage represented hy
tl(. ,,w Yo:k Central lines. A dozen
! m,,-,. ,,f the most eminent corpora
, ij,, lawyers in this city, in Chicagu
i "ini-iiiinilt i. Cleveland and Buffalo
working on the nroblem of
this ureal corporation, which llarri
u. an hope1
fort of hi
to make the crowning ef
. railroad and financial
career.
Legal men in Ibe Harriinan employ
have been told to discover a way in
which more than 12,1100 miles of rail
road miller Ibe control of the New
York Central, and representing u
capitalization of nearly 1 .1)00.000,-
OnO. may be made over into a homo
geneous rpiantity with central maun
ii'.'emeiit, with one treasury and one
purMisp- to enable it to assume the
most commanding posilion in Ihe
transportalion world.
The
iii a li
houses of Khglunil. if place
ic, would reach 27 '100 miles
London imports 1.000.000 pound!
f butter a week from Siberia.
SCENIC DISPLAY
FOR EXPOSITION
Commercial Club Decides to Make
Exhibit of Kiser Paintings of
Natural Marvels at the
Seattle Fair.
OIL PAINTINGS OF
CRATER LAKE ORDERED
Officials of Southern Pacific and
Sunset Magazine Bureau Are
Thanked for Pamphlet.
At a special meeting of the Com
mercial club held Wednesday cvo
niug, the finance committee was in
structed to arrange with F. 11. Kiser
for a scries of oil painted photo
graphs of Crater Lake and other nat
ural wonders of this vicinity. Sam
ples of the work done by Mr. Kiser
showed the paintings the finest yet
undertaken to reproduce natural ef
fects. The cost of the exhibit, which
will be the property of the club, will
not exceed $350, and it nan be used
other places or used to adorn the
club rooms.
The special finance committee ap-!
pointed to secure publicity funds for
the ensuing year reported that with
about half the possible subscribers
seen a fund of .$:N00 had been pledg
ed in monthly subscriptions. A vote
of thanks was iiiinnimonsly given
William McMnrruy, William Kittle
Wells and other Southern Pacific and
Sunset Magazine ufficials, for their
interest nnd assistance in gelling out
the Medford pamphlet.
II. C. Bouncy, I.. A. Gregory, (leorge
II. Bordeaux, Oeorgc Carter and A.
K. Woolvcrtou were elected members.
At the next regular meeting Wednes
day all citizens desirous ol joining
arc requested to be present and join.
GRANTS PASS BLIND
PIGS PAY BIG , FINES
Over 'iOU in fines was on Satnr
lay paid by violators of the local
option law in Josephine county, in
dicted by the grand jury, and who
pleaded guilty before the circuit
court, Ten other indictments were
returned by Ihe -rind jury, against
parties who have been engaged ill the
sale of liquor contrary to the law.
Daniel Johnson, one of the pro
prietors of the I.ayton Hotel, pleaded
guilty to the sale of liquor over the
hotel bar. and was fined $200. His
brother Frank J. Johnson, pleaded
guilty and was fined $100. .1. II.
Messier pleaded guilty to selling
within :I00 feet of the school house
at (lalice and was fined $100. A pe
culiar incident in this case was that
District Attorney Mulkey, the prose
cutor, was the legislator who intro
duced the passage of this law sewn
or eight years ago. as a representa
tive from Polk county. F.noeh Irwin
pleaded guilty to selling in prohibi
tion territory, and was fined $50.
Mike Brady pleaded guilty to in
terrupting and disturbing a country
school while under the infliiem f
liiinoi' and was fined $75.
MAN AND WIFE PAN
OUT GOLD AT TALENT
J. K. Steele of Talent spenl Thurs
day in Mcdfonl and astonished many
of his aeijiniintauees and friends with
the quantity of gold he had wilh him
Mint he and his wife panned onl on
their mine two miles from Talent, the
old Anderson mine. Within two hours
nod a hall' they took out gold amoiinl
ing lo about $75. Mr. Steele remark
ed that "talk about there not bein
any gold hen', well, who ever say
that should just see thai mine of
mine."
No. 35.
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FOR DEATH FACES
SULTAN ABDUL
Former Aboslute Monarch of Turkey
Is Stripped of Fortune and
Power and Imprisoned
In Salonlca.'
ECONOMY WATCHWORD.
OF MEHEMMET FIFTH
Thousands of Useless Government
Employes Discharged Guard
Same as White House.
CONSTANT1NOPI.F., April 21).
Imprisoned ul Salouica, stripped of
his fortune and power, the deposed
sultan today faces court martial for
death within the next few days, ac
cording to rumor.
The new sultan has inaugurated an
economical olicy and has already
discharged thousands of useless gov
ernment employes. The force at the
palec is now the sumo as at tho
White House.
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD
SPENDS DAY IN MEDFORD
William I). Haywood, chief of the
Western Fcdcrntion of .Miners, who
recently focused the world's atten
tion during his imprisonment ami trial
at Buisc, accused of .complicily in
the murder of cx-Oovcrnor Sleunen
berg, spent Wednesday evening in
Medford, leaving for Portland Thurs
day morning, where he is May day or
ator al an immense socialist gather
ing scheduled lor Saturday evening.
Mr. Huywood is much improved in
health since his release from his long
imprisonment and tedious trial. His
looks suggesl tho able, ernfty leader
of labor thai he is, while his one eye
lends him a sinister iispecl in keeping
with his reputation.
Mr. Haywood is looking aflcr so
cialist interests and spent the eve
ning in consultation with local social
ists. LUMBER DEALER IS
CHARMED WITH VALLEY
I!. I). Ivlcppiugcr and family ar
rived here yesterday from Belvedere,
Neb., and will make Medford their
future luilnc.
Mr. Klcppiiiger is one of the owu-
rs of the Medford Lumber ciuupuuy,
ullhough this is his first visit to Med
ford. Hi1 has mil been afraid to in
vest here.
"Von may iiiotc me as saying that
this is one of the prclliesl vnllcys
have ever seen, nnd my wife and
are delighted wilh it," said Mr. Klc
pinger this morning.
lie also slated lllal lliel-e would be
nianv changes made in the Mcdfor
Lumber companv's yard, New shed
and a new office building will h(
erected at once and other improve
incuts will be made.
WATCHMAN KILLED
BY SAFE CRACKERS
SAN FIfANi'ISCO. (al., April
--A ruled onlv w ith a lantern, whicl
lie used a- a weapon. Stephen Tud
ziu-ki. a wali'lituau at Ihe F.ngle tan
nerv on die San Bruno road, hatlei
two sale crackers last nigh! and wa
killed. Hi- Imdv was found in th
yard this morning with u bullel
his breiisl. the lanleiu clutched
hi- hand, ll is supposed the wnlcli
man iiitcrft.red when Ihe robbers nt
telnploil to blow the safe.
From coal arc produced more tha
400 different colored dyiw.