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Tribune FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD. OKEUON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1909. No. 37. 10 SURVEY ROAD FERRYBOAT HITS SMALL CRAFT: 10 PERSONS LOST STORM CLAIMS 182 LIVES; 700 Medford Daily DEVELOPMENT CELEBRATION OF GLORIOUS FOURTH SURE Committee Meets With Great Success in Soliciting Funds Over $600 Has Been Secured From the Business Men. EASTERN BROOK FRY PLACED IN LOGALSTREAWS Rogue River Fish Protective Associa tion Plant Them After They Were Brought Here by Supt. Berrian. CONGRESS IS "TO THE COAST TALKING ROADS New Railroad Company In Process of Being Incorporated East ern Capitalists Are Interested. TJ Southern Oregon liaili-unil cum piiVXiii n-iees ul' im-orponitiun here lor 'the imrjiuti ol making u thor ough survey 1'or ;i rnilnind 1'rom Med loi'cl Co Cie-eenl lily. The new com pany. i( is i i'x i rtoil, is working un der nn nreeinenl wilh an eastern syiilicnle of sniilalists, who have n.Uived to ciinMriiet llie railroail, pro vidril thf surveys demonstrate its feasibility. A bond to this elTeel is sa'iii to have been put up. The sur veys wiii eoiiunenee as soon as details of oraiii.ulion are complete. Murk (inives, llie Seattle capital ist, who made a fortune in tideluudd, is i of the lending spirits in the new orani.alioii. Klias Hoot, eon Milliuj; engineer for the eastern syn di.-ate, and W. T. Heverid.-e. eivi en-'ineer of Medfonl, are interested in llie orfranizulion and will have eharee of the surveys. As the rail roail will furnish tidewater outlet for the product of Modl'urd coal mines, an assured toniiH"e is ill sijiht for the new road. Beveridpe the Pioneer. The attention of Engineer Hoot and the .syndicate he represents was lit traded here by Knginecr Beveridge. lie stales that the money for the road nc.t;n,..rwi im .nut in the vicinity of lV.i.OOfl.000. is assured, provided the mirvw is fortheorauie. It will tune thru 3 veins to construct the new line. Thfrc never hus been a thorough survev made of a railway route to Crescent City. A portion of the rente hue hoon snrveved. una rougn esii ufficient Mna hot not 01 value to enable an accurate figure upon construction. It is to secure this data under a bond from the proposed builders, that the Southern Oi-egon Railroad company is orgim used. . . Terminal in Doubt Whether Medford will be the ter minal or not depeuds largely upon inducements offered. Central Point ..ifivoni: nre at work raising a cash bonus, securing u 40-acre terminul, righet of way through the city and depot ground's. It is probable Med ford citizens will also offer induce ments. "Nothing is 'wanted." said Mr. Keveridge. "until the completion of the railroad and its actual operation. Nothing will be asked of citizens un til the builders have made good. It will not be a case of asking promo lion moncv. or seeking anything in the way of bonus or subsidy. Central lmt shortens Ihe line considerably, .. .. . x : t K Voro. some 80 li me lennuiuB ia " . . . mi I. ..1.1 , 1, nleH lcemeni-. .., ,,..,.,,, . bnng it. ..,n mm r nnu'T ,Un""" ,Dr,r,r? n.innrFl., trifle st,,e,-. about four and n juii tui ' i - lViiKTLAND, Or.. May I Maybe 1g umnpthiiiL'' in n name after . .. t:..j :.. ir. , A .i.voree sun ... ' '' ouit court yesterday shows that a airl named Iiible married a man n ed Turk. Turk was sent to the pen itentiary for four years, mid the wile chihil In-r prefer -e for her de vout maiden name by a-kiivj that -he he permitted aaiu to call hel-elf Iii ble. Il is alle-red that fiertnule Bi ble niarried Kdward K. Turk at Ham ilton, in Orant nty. Oie-on. in .1 Ulllli Three uiontlis later, it "j iT WuirL'O'l. Turk wu ennviotori ot , urund lnreen'y and wns enteneed to four ye;irs in the penitentiary. j The ro-e i in hlo..m in many Med ford (rarden-. and the-e fragrant flowers pronii-e thi year to excel in ( numbers .ul benuty H previous vears. Fog on San Francisco Bay Hides Smaller Craft Three Saved by Prompt Measures of Ferry Boat Crew. S.N I'liANl'ISCO.I Cal., JlnyL Ten persons were lost in the witters of tin' liny this nioriiiiisr. when a small launch was run down by the ferry boat Alameda. Prompt measures on llie pail of the ferry boat officers -ned three of Ihe l.'i persons who .vere on llie launch. A dense foj." hid evervihiiis: from icw. The fog siren was sounding at regular intervals, but, according to llie s:irio;-s, tin- direction was mis judged. 'flic launch'-, parly was made up of a number of net-sons who were on their vyiy up llie bay ie piennic the bench. YOUNG BOY INJURED IN AN ASHLAND RUNAWAY ASHLAND. Or.. May J. A serious riinnwny accident occurred in this city this morning in which the 10-year-old sou of James Wiley was badly injured by being struck by the carriage as he was thrown out. Mr. Wiley was in the rig at the time and was also hurled out. but escaped with a few bruises. PLUNGES HAND INTO POT OF BOILING TAR; MAY LOSE IT ASHLAND, Or., May 1 Tom Roberts, employed in constructing the roof on the Swedenburg block, may lose bis right hand by inadver tently plunging it into a pot of boil in? tar this morning. He was at WOrk on the roof when be slipped. To eheek his full he reached for the first thing in sight, and the result was that he plunged his hund into the tar. FISHERMEN TROUT CLIMBS HILL; LEAPS 496 FEET "Ye," remarked Jesse Euyiut, "the trout possesses remarkable qualities when it comes to jumping. 1 reenll one summer, when we were cumping at l'rospeet, of seeing a trout pur sued bv a wild eat. "The eat saw n huge trout in a punl at the bottom of the mountain and made n grab. It missed the fish liv the liaction of an inch and be fore the wild eut eould make another try the trout had leaped into the pool above, a jump, 1 should say, of three "'pt "When it pursiier elimuen 1 ("el u(ij.( ! tin I .. .... i ... tlir- series of Name di-tanee The next jump was I half feet, and when the tisli lainieoj i the pool it lumen ami ioo,-., the edeo of the fulU to see whether ! , m ,m the joll. ta -Thfii the bin Mtted fish lost no. tune, hiit -tinted iu to elimb the -ide of the mountain. bre:tkins every trmit r.M-utd. It never -topped until it br.mhl up at the eroM of the -lop. The ild -at took iN time but k-pt ll'ht om. -It evident thai the trout . t. j .t- ..l , eould ii" turner huh h- of thai wild eat'- diidntr "n fih l""k-,-d hri-hi. When the wild eat was .,.,H- tu-n d'ol w:v and the trout ,.(ih! feel it-. h" breath thai fi-h took a numim: -tart and. Iwipinp far oot intri the valley, lauded in a rtee( .1 nt the bottom f he valley. H i jis n jimp of 40i ft. it myself." measured Civl Engineer States He Knows of 'ass in Cascades Through Which Road Can Be Built to Coos Bay. WasKli. Idaho. May 1. During Ibis doming' s session of Ihe Idaho Ore n development congress, N. A. Iliiriurl, a retired civil engineer, cre Mled rent entliii-iiisin by staling that he kmv of n pass through ihe Cus- cude-vi hich would permit of Ihe eon si rue on Ihrnnh i 1' a railroad from Idaho 1 nlial Oregon to Coos Bay! one Jinio or coat grade. He slated that believed the pass to lie nii knou::to Ilarriaian. Thi f.o-ioii of the congress will ho deviiltb to iho mailer of di the si met i m of railroads -cnssnnr throu-li i eeiilrn pregon. Ufhaics from all parts of Oregon oontini to arrive and are taxing the cneiiy of Ihe Weiser hotels to Ihe niiiist. Over 10(10 people at tended lie session this morning. 1 ASHLND SAWMILL TO RESUME OPERATIONS The wmill plant of the Ashland Munufiiuriug company, which has been lig idle for the past year or more. i be started to manufactur ing lunar out o fthe fine pine and fir in tl Neil creek timber belt, with in the est week or two. Logging has bee tinder way for over a fort night pt) and a supply of logs is al ready ci hand for the big upper mill to worktpon. Uudethe new management of the Ashlunr company, in which J. H. ChBmbe js now the moving spirit, it is expeed that there will be con- siderablictivity in all departments of the mpany's plant throughout the sen9jnow opening. Tidings. hiND GREAT CATCH Lea pi.TR word Broken by Athletic Trout; Trained Trout Dig HIGH OE FATAL i TO TRAINED TROUT .left' Ilfd's trained trout died yes terday ln injuries received two days agv. It broke its back while making higb dive, and although everylhuius done to suve its life, it pussedwtt.v peacefully. The trobad been raised from in faiiev bvi Heard. It was an or- phait troubnth parents having, in moments over-coniineiiee swal lowed 4 with hooks attached. So the lit'trout was left to make its wav ;the world alone. M. h,.; ,.,) it ni.)llv ,.,.v(.r tricks. Itmld turn three flipflop- with rfk ability: it eould -wiin on it band it emtd stay under water loii than any other trout in the pon It wuirired it" tail when Mr. Heai'troked it in the doral fin and iiu ked wilh joy when it hen rd hitiili-tle. In the -liu il would -wim ut and down J stream ffathenn? to- , . j ! I ' " ther the t of the trout tor teed- r lime. ier stayed out late at iiiuht and Miot a--ociate with dis solute troii, Mr. lloiihnd been traininp ihe iron! to hifliviiij; and it had de velonod oMhat it could leap 1 feet into lilir. It wm in one uf ihoM- ui! pl il ilruek the limb of a iree atnrncturrd If) vertebrae : and 42 rib i Terrific Storms Rage in Mississippi Valley Property Loss Will Reach Millions List Sure to Increase. .MK.MI'IIIS, Tenu., May 1. One hundred am! eighty-two persons are known to Ik' dead, more lhaii 700 in jured iind al least -10 (owns of the Mississippi alloy are in ruins aw t lie rosiill of torririo storms that have boon raying Mart! Thursday night. Tim properly loss is certain to roach into millions ol dollars. Whoa iho wire are restored it is certain that the lis of dead will be greatly increased. The stonn lias evidently force. I spent 1 1 - G3AN0 JURY INVESTIGATES TACOMA'S SOCIAL EVIL TACDMA, Wash., result ot' II lellglhv 1;IV j vs (le ' investigation of - T.'iconia's social evil, the grand jury . indicted Peter Snnilberg, malinger of . t the tenderloin district, charging the CONDUCTOR FORGETS HIS ownership of Ihe (llobe hotel in the: TICKETS; 14 HELD UP rest ricted district. The indictment is , the result of the testimony of Arthur' lieciiuse the conductor on I ruin 14. Kuhl, formerly manager of one of northbound, forgot to get Ihe tick Sandberg's resorts. etH of the through passengers from the conductor, who luys over in Ash- WORD "DESERTER" WILL land, the train was delayed ill Med- BE ERASED FROM RECORDS ford Saturday morning until the enn- duetor had lime to return on Iho en- JKKKKRKOHN CITY, Mo., May 1. to Ashland and get the tickets. The senate yesterday passed a The train was delayed Hume two house bill to clour the civil war rcc- hours. Agent liosenhaiiin took titl ords of the word "deserter" after the vantogo of the holdup to put a nnm numo of William Estes, a Newton bor of Medford' magazines on the eounty farmer.. Estes was a Union 'rain for the passengers, soldicri and obtained permission to , go liorje after the death of his fath- er and brother. Through some error be was booked as a deserter, but did not learn it until a few years ago. Since (hen he has labored to have the stigmu removed from his name Well When Stream Goes Dry LANDS BI6 STRING; LIVER HIS BAIT Aji uniifUut trout story was' brought here yesttirdny hy I'ug Isaues, who hud been sjendmtf hcv- j era! days fishing in liltle Butte , creek. At first his tule was received1 with doubt, but when .Mr. Isaacs ex hibited 2H fish, all of them more! (ban 15 inches in length, he received j a respectful hearing. 'Ilearned from trustworthy author-! ily, said Mr. Isaacs, "that a num ber of fine trout had beau placed iu ill" run about four years atro. Al though the slream had been fished refloated I v and by careful experts, f' W of the-e trout had been CHiiffbt. Indeed, it was feared hy oine that the fih had all died. n walking along Ihe creek I i-attght si'hl of many bijr fih. hut I could int catch them. They re- ftt-ed 1o ri-e to the ordinary flies, and lhc wotihl have nothing to do with worms. "Along a bo ul noon I It nil t a fire on the bank of the stream and, get ting out my sauepan, I proceeded to fry -nine liver ai.d biieon. A eommo turn in the uater attracted my at teution. f looked down and saw the run alive with the finest trout I ever bfheld. Then T understood. Thofe. trout hud been raised on liver, and Ihey recognized ihe odor. T nsed my fried liver for bail nd her is th result." Med ford will colehrnte the Fourth of July in an elaborate manner this year under the auspices of the fire men. The commit Ice appoint ml by the hoys to solicit funds met with instant success nnil ill one tlfternoon secured over iflintl wilh which In properly round out the day and ar range for un nppropriule program. During Ibis nionili the various cotu iiiillces who will make the deluiled arrangements will he uppoinic,! and will lie ul work before the first of June so as to have evervl lling ill proper shnpe for the celebration. The committee in charge of the work of raising the funds is eoni- posed ot Horace Koherls, llarrv Vming, I'. C. Itighnni, K. ('. Ii'obbins mil ,ou Itiiilcr. NW Wireless Stations. OULFPORT, Miss., Mav 1. A wireless station here mid another at Ship Island were completed today, A steel tower 100 feet high has been constructed at each point. OF TRUE FISH STORIES Meets Tragic Death; Others FISH DIG A WELL IN DRY SEASON How Little Itutte oreek was pre served us a trout stream through the efforts of the fish themselves is told in simple und olahi lunguuge, which arries all the imnre-s ' truth, by .Judge Kelly. You know." aid Mr. Kelly, "that the drought of last year was one of Ihe most severe on record. All the lers of the mountain streams dried up, and the creeks hardly had enough water to float a good -sized cricket. Of oonr.se. Little Uutte suffered with the rest. "For a time the Iroul lived iu the lios, but these, in time, hegan to be overcrowded, and. whnl was still worse, the water became warm. Trout annol live in warm water, llundred- of the fish were dying daily, ami the -ilunlioii wa- fa-t hiM-nouniM' crili- -al. "In this emeritrfM'V in-tiuct came to Ihe rescue. The large-t ami -trong-"t of the fi-die- beirnn to drill a well into the side of ihe mountain. As fa-it as Ihe teeth of one fish- won out hi place was laken by fl f re-h fish, nnd the work of drilling never stopped. "Twenty fet jn the mountain, part of it through rock, the fish struck a large cold spring. Thtring the rest of the year lhi spring supplied the creek nnd saved te lives of thou RandH of fish." Fifty thousand small eastern brook I font fry, the first to lie planted in llie stromas of southern Oregon and anion the first trout ever planted hy the slate, wore taken out to the Apph'Lrate river and latllo Hullo oroek Friday hy the K'oyuo liiver Kish Pro teetive as-.oeiation after Ihey had ar rived in Medlord in earo of .1. V. lieriian, Mtperinleudont of the rail ed St :i tes fish h;i teh cry at Ontario. Otie-ihinI of the manlier wore plant ed in Ihe Applonle. (he other twn-llit'.!- ! m i : , u plmilt'd in Little Hut to .1 1;. The vt.-tic h;i hut reronlly taken up the ituiM'T tt' pla"tiit tt'oat. hav i r -r . iu ihe pnM. eon fined I heir at lei it inn to siihaoa prop:iMiitiui. The fry wore halehed al the Mate hatoh ery on the MaeKen.ie river about 110 miles from Kaeno. Originally Ihey were ohlaiued from the Puited Stat(!s iiatohory ul Loadvillo, Col. The Iroul is a smalt one, but is an Hxot'ptionatly Kploudid fish. Il is be lieved that they will do very well in Little Itutte and should greatly im prove fishing conditions alone; that Ktream. STATE LIBRARIAN CONFERRING WITH LOCAL LIBRARY BOARD ; Miny ('oraelta Marvin, Htato libra rian, is in this city for tho purpose of conferring with the litirur bourd of the Greater Medford Hub and to of for them MU'ostions nlonjf linen eonneeted with the uttli'-iloiny; of Ihe . loeal library. A sif'-rol soskhui of the (dub wilt hi hold on aexL Monday afternoon for the irjrOM; of meol in MisH Marvin. All inernbers of th club are urged to attend. The meet ing will be held in the eity bull, ITS PRIDE HURT, BIG TROUT SHRINKS "Far be it from me to appear in a boast ful light," miHiinlly commented Bob Drrw, when the subject of big fish was brought up, "but there urf those present who reenll tilts huge rainbow fellow 1 hooked up iu Big Bulte. They will bear witness that il was the largest fish ever seen in the valley, and 1 do not make, nn ex-; f.'plioii of the trout Hill Isaacs Mad to haul home in u wheelbarrow. Tins trout hud lived in a pool for at least 15 years. No person had been able to land Ihe trout ni.d ha kept gelling puffed up wilh pride until competent judges declared he was three feet long. He broU- every line thnt held him and he look a delight in crushing hooks. Ie was a mon ster. "Well, I went up 'o fti Unite wilh a few sleel hooks cud a reel of sil ver line. It was no trouble to honk the trout. Then the li-.hl began. T could not land Ihe fKh and the trout could not L'i't away. At first he -ei-med -oil of -urpi'i-i'd and I hen he grew seriou. "Finally the rainbow fellow real ized that he was up against it. He leaped into the air. ho turned over and over, he reared orn nnd like a crazy man. Then be hcr'tiii to get a-hamed of himself. He lost nil his pride. lie began to leoj smnll nnd he commenced to fudo awny. "That fish never slopficd shrink ing; he grew smaller ami smaller and nv th" time 1 lauded bin on the bank he w-fiR only 20 inohrs lonp. Pity, wasn't itt"