Medford Daily Tribune
I
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY (, 10
No. 41.
HAMILTON IS
MISS REIKER
IS OUT TO WIN
AS CHAPERON
THIRTY CARS
OF LUMBER IN
LAST TWO WEEKS
Lumber .Companies Report Great
Strides in Business Leading
Firms Have Hard Time
to Supply Demand.
COLVIG BOOSTED
FOR MEDFORD
AT BIG MEETING
Called Attention to the Wonderful
Resources Surrounding This
Meeting Was a Splen
did One.
OREGON THEME
1 OF PAMPHLET
ON THE DESERT RELEASED ON
COMPANY'S WELL
i
i
Stale Engineer in Government Bulle-
tin Tells of Wonderful Ben
1 ef Its to States From
I - , Irrigation.
ft f
r rf
TRACES HISTORY OF
IRRIGATION IN OREGON
says Introductory Stage Has Long
I Been Passed In Southern Ore-
i
gon Tells of Projects.
tfhe department tit UCTintHure hais
EC ? ..t. .....
ogfiuca a uuiicini on "irnguuou iu
(Oregon," which was prepared by
(John II. Lewis, stale engineer. It
reviews the 'irrigation question thor.
ighy in Oregon, outlining the ef
sects of each system in tho state.
In connection with Jackson couu-
t j it says :
"In western Oregon no expensive
frvviumuiiuii wutks nu,c uceu vuu-
'Btructed. While irrigation has been
practiced in southern Oregon for
many years, it is only recently that
the great value of water has been
realized. Tho immense returns re
fpiirted for orchards in this section
(onnnot be secured without irrigation.
With the growth of the tnuf nidus.
and under tho recpnt favorable
legislation more expensive projects
"iill bC undertaken."
j Regarding Hood River district Kn
gineer Lewis says:
i "The principal crop is upples
though nil varieties of fruit and bor
-ties are grown... Irrigation is ncc
ssary for the highest development.
Three largo canals have been con-
1 traded already in tho broad lower
alley, where diversions are more dif
! icult than in the narrow valleys
j igher up the stream. The summer
; low of Hood River far exceeds the
Iiresent demands for irrigation."
In tracing the history of irrign
ion. the engineer says:
I "Mot until 18110 did irrigation bc-
!:in to be regarded as a pertinent
actor in the future development of
he state. The introductory stage of
irigution in Jackson, Josephine and
louglas counties, in southwestern
yOregon, has been passed long since.
3md it is now regarded as necessary
;to proper cultivation. Irrigation
js gradually creeping northward as
,ihe benefits to be derived from it are
impressed upon the people. How
jner, even today its great impor
tance is not comprehended by the
;in habitants of the semi-humid Wil
lamette valley, many of whom por
iistently dency that any such meth
f agriculture will ever be necessary
here the annual rainfall is 40 inches
While wonderful results can be se
cured without irrigation, it must be
remembered that less than (i per cent
tif the total rainfall occurs during
the summer months, or best growing
jxTirtd of the year."
The undeveloped resources of the
jslate are given in detail and the
:re:it advantages nf irrigation are
s'lown.
i MARRIED.
i l!.li!.'H-.M.-lnY Mr. R. II. liar-
Jl.S ,'UUl .Hl- M I I If .Ufl'OW nm n I
t!ii- city, in IVrllninl. n Tuesday.
(ilMSON'-IlOYn At ill- r.ideiice
r .f i, .,A iK t a jjov.i .... V.t
r.iiirlh src.. Mari'iuvt I'.nyil to Hub
crt I., flibson. both of M.-dford. li.-v.
tl. I..T..V Hall officiated. Tile bride
u ns at tended by Mi- s Mabel fii.ode.
-vlole Mr. W. lloyd nel.-d n l'"-t ina'i.
LOST Indies' gold wnteb. some
where on. the streets of Medford,
between C street and the park. Lib
eral reward to finder. Leave at this
office. 43
Reamer Arrives and Crew Goes Back '
to Work Must Shut Out
Water Before Going
Deeper.
I
QUESTION AS TO OIL SHOULD
BE DECIDED WITHIN WEEK
For Past Two Weeks Well Has Been
Shut Down Awaiting Arrival of
Reamer From the North.
Work was started again on the
oil well, which is being sunk by the
Desert Oil comDunv on the Gore prop-
erty on the desert northeast of this '
city. The work has been delayed for with the larceny of $45,700 of the Alcdlord, is going to try tor the chap
some two or three weeks by the non- state military funds by embe.zle- ' crouship and will attain it if her con'
arrival of a reamer from tho north,
which was ordered to ream the well!
out so that casing could be put iu to
shut out the wator that is in the well .
and which is interfering with the '
work.
Thc indications for oil arc of the
best, and next week should decidedly
settle the question as to whether
there is oil in the well. The indicn-
should no oil be found in the present
well anothor will be nut down o ounr-
ter of a mile distant.
' Hnmilton stated today that ho did her, contestants, that it is the steady, j has been received by them and they ..Tne mKe does a great work in
MISSOURI DISCHARGES ALL not kllow how mnoh he embedded, earnest work that counts; never rest, ; are still soiling it as fast as they oan ,.,,,Ucnting the cities of Oregon into
CLERK8 SAVE 25 TODAY bnt ,hoKht il waa Bbo,lt .000. but always keep at it and speak to, handle it. ,, ,,(imnm.t wh0 , W(rk for the
- ' Ho stoutly denied his "affinity," everyone, because the very one that . The Woods Lumber company v- (i,,v(lnJllu,nt f the slate. I told my
JKFFFKSON CITY Mo' Muv 6 j MiKS Hn'el Moore of Senttle' on 1 PnsK bv m'Khl b! tho one thllt ! ','vml 12 ,,,"'s "f l","l,0,' '"'" ! stories of Medford and her wonder
The resolution which 'wus'Vassed by 'hom he is said to have spent mnn-: would have given you a subscription , past ten days and have five moro r,.H(llll.L.L.s UH the boosters
the house of representatives of the participation. first. due to arrive within a day or two - , ,,,, !11(.h commuuily represented.
State of Missouri discharging all Tho womn" 18 snid to P081"588 au rhe l,"tc,it work ,s "" """"-u ; '" handling a largo number of vel,y ,,,,,,1 jIMp,.,i l(1 ,
hones clerks except 25 takes effect 'llltomobi'c- " P'1"10 nn1 jcwcIs Pr- "' 1,sclf- 14 ,?at'1,e1 on.e how.,, ''- orders for doors and sashes.,. . a H)it.u ()f hrrlK),lv .. prevailing
todav. This was done to forestall
, tw .1 if etnll
the possibility of clerks drawing
SH.50 n day while the legislators
themselves receive bill $1 per day,
which will be the case after the 120
days allowed by the constitution
when the session elapses.
SACRAMENTO PEAR
CROP IS FALLING
Fruit Exchange Bulletin Does Not
Give Sacramento Fruit Much
I of a Boost.
The CiUTumento ofi"ii(j of th t'nl-
itorniu Fruit Exchange has issued '
the following circular to the district
manage i-s:
Crop conditions in some districts
in California have changed material
ly, since ;ur report of Anril 28.
Sacramento River
Pears Hitring the past week the
pears on the river have dropped very
badly, sonic growers reporting that
they have not over 2o per cent of a
crop, while others stale that their
crops will amount to oO to (10 per.
cent. The dropping seems to have
iiccurred in spots. As a whole the
river district will produce about 3"
to 40 per cent ot n norma! crop.
' Plllllis-
These, too. have dropped
Vacaville.
Wc will hn
Clli'lTH'-
-rop of all
the
about 10
liirht
varieties of cherries.
- Con-ervative estimates
(('tantity of apricots at
, l.'i per cent of a crop.
riiii'is A erv fair crop is evpeet
d with the exception of TraLndiennes
ar.il Kel-eys.
Pears At the present the fruit is
netting well and we look for a fairly
cood crop.
Newcastle.
The crop situation in this district
Expected That His Father Will Re- j
imburse State for Amount of
His Defalcations, Wrlch
Are Over $45,000.
STOUTLY DENIES AFFINITY'S
KNOWLEDGE OF THEFTS
Woman Has Automobile and Jewels.
Said to Have Been Purchased
With the Stolen Money.
OLYMI'IA, Wash., May G Kor-,
mer Adjutant General Ortis Hamilton I
of the Washington national guard is ;
out under $10,000 bonds charged ,
ment.
He spent the night ut a local hotel,
where he is under guard. He is try'-
ing to secure additional bondsmen i
today. j
He is ill communication with his ;
father, a wealthy farmer in Whit-1
man county, Washington, mid it is ;
believed that his father will make a j
full restitution to the state of the '.
difference between Hamilton's bond i
and the total amount of the alleged
thefts.
naseo wim ine nnegeo sioien moil-
R0SEBURG EXPECTS LARGE
CROWD AT FESTIVAL
lioscburg, Or., May 6. Arrange-
ments for the Strawberry festival
in this city, Muv 13 14 and 15 are
about completed
The first day will be devoted to
live stock, and the finest array of
blooded stock ever seen in Douglas
county will parade. ' Among the
horses horses will be Frank E. Allen's
itring, one of the finest inthe state,
iind also thoKj of II. F. Deurdoff, ity hus become ko abhnrent to Nan
who hus a Hiring of imported horweK. ; Patterson that hIig was the victim of
Merchants and Childrrii' day a nervous collapse today after rand
will he the second, Friday. On that ing in the newspapers that she had
day the struwberry queen will rule, been identified as the mysterious
Saturday will be the Fraternal day,' woman caller on Bernard Slovens, a
"d'the Klk'sjodije of Ashland, 'J.'0 in
number, will attend in a body. They
win no jonicci oy tiks i nun -ucuioro, un. as ;au raiinron is imw Kiintvn,
Grants Pass und other towns along caused her physician. Dr. .J. Krank
thc foute and will be accompanied by j liu Hilton, to notify the newspapers
their own bands of musicians. today that she is too ill to see re-
Kvervbodv will be able to secure all , porters. The doctor also said that
the strawberries he wishes; as there
will be stands on every comer, where
the luscious fruit can he secured.
Kverv btwines houe in the city will
be decorated in caniivnl colors. Iu
the eeninif the visitor will be en
tertained by play- put on by local
talent. The fptivnn is eNuected to
draw at le;ist l't.OOn vi-itos to tWUficd that the yoiiiiu' teller lias be
ejtv.
.it preccnt is ;is follows:
Cherries ; Hlaek Tarlarians are
very liu'lit: lioyal Amies piiu heavy:
and Ore.ijons good.
Peaches: St. .bdins and Triumphs,
good: Crawfords. fiiir.hut they show
a tendency to drop.
Plum-: Karly plums are fair.
Pea is : Pea r are looking very
good but some are d roping ,
Kvery building on the grounds of
the Alaska-Yukon Paeifis Fxposiaion
at Seattle it- ready to receive exhibits,
Will Assist Miss Hazel Tice and Try
to Poll the Largest Vote in
the Contest for the Trip
to Seattle.
STEADY WORK WILL COUNT
IN PILING UP THE VOTES
Contest Work Will Prove an Educa
tion, as It Will Instruct Contest
ants' in Business Ways.
Hazel Tice, the popular "queen"
contestant, has a very able assistant
helping her now. Miss Klizabeth Rei-
a well known young ludy of
lestant, miss nee, leaus nit oi uio
contestants. Tho young lady that
'""d H '" huve tho privilege of
naming tho lady chaporou. Miss
Reikcr has known Miss Tice for so
long that tho two are always togoth-
er, mid those that tho one don't know
the pther does, so thoy will be sure
to make a hard run for the trip. .
The contestants ore making hay ;
while tho sun shines and all will make j
a good showing when the score corned !
out on next Monday. Hut remem-1
oiess rin,i,n: in u uiiMiirM-uw! mil
pleasant manner and to state in a ;
few words just what you want. The j
care and handling of the money j
teaches one responsibility and ninny
contestants have secured valuable po-
sitions through their active work on
a contest. i
Don't hesitate, but enter NOW , for
there is never any time like the pres-1
cut. Hut still, it is never loo late, i
so they say. and that is true.
NAN PATTERSON VICTIM
OF NERVOUS COLLAPSE
WASHINGTON, .May 0. I'ublic
young bank clerk, who lies wounded
in a Washington hospital. Mrs. Mai-
Mrs, Martin was not hiding
nth-
jug to conceal.
Young Stevens was shot by a lic
irro. he says, in the Fourteenth street
branch of the lTnited States Savings !
hank. J. .Nf. Maker was in the bank ;
at the time.
The directors of the bank are sat- j
tho'Ufied that the yoiiiiu' t
living an .evemplarv I
living an .eyeniplarv life, and they
sec no reason to doubt his story of
the bank. aid that he knew no rea
'snn why the name of Nan Patterson
-hould be drngged into the affair.
SUYMERVILLE WILL INSTALL
GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM
i. LA CrUANDK. Or.. May (. - A spe-
jia from Sni il:,er illc say-' the coal!
i cil has voted to in-tall a grav ity wa
j ter system. The numerous recent
i fires in Summervillp have hastened
i the plans for a gravity system. A
1 committee was appointed to take up
(he preliminaries of the work at once.
GREATEST BUILDING ERA '
IN HISTORY OF CITY i
Improvements Are Being Made In Boosters From All Portions of State
Yards and More Men Put to Attend and Enthusiastic Ses
Work to Meet Demands. sions Were Held.
in no butter way is the amount W. M. Colvig, president of tho lo
ot' building that is going on in Mod- Wl Commercial club, returned' Wed
ford at the present time exemplified nesdny evening from Ktigtmu, whore
than by the large amount oS busi- ho attended the sessions of the Oro
ness that is being done by the two K Development league during the
leading lumber firms of tho city, first of the week. The-judgo hob
Thirty carloads of lumber luivo ur- nobbed with boosters from all por
rived within the past ten days, con- (joim of tho stato and hold him own,
signed to these companies, and aside aH tho judge is wont to do whon he
from this carloads of doors and win
dows have arrived. Ilolh of the com
panies report many moro curs of
lumber on the road.
The ltig Pines Lumber company
have recently been forced to enlarge
their ynrds and nil to their yard
help. New sheds are being erected
and more help employed continually.
Eighteen cars of lumber in two weeks
iue niuiiiigcr oi iioui couipaoi
compiimeH
state that never before was there
the amount of building going on at
any onn time as at present iu this
city. They are sitting up nights to
supply the contractors with the luin-
tier that they need,
SECRETARY MILLER
RESIGNS HIS PLACE
Matter Was Referred tO the 8"'!' Of
Directors, Who WHI Cnrler as
to Successor.
Secretary Miller of the Commer-
eiul club resigned hin office at the
regular meeting of the club Wedncs-
dnv eeuing to take effect as soon as
.. . .
possible, lie matter was reicrml to
the hoard of directors mid will be
I di-cusscd by them al a 'meeting to In;
1 held on next Snturday.
The ino:st important business to
come before the club was the dis
cussion of finances. To date over
.."00 a month has (icon pledged.
Matters look rosy fr (be future
of the club.
DUTCH SUPPER PLANNED
FOR FRIDAY, MAY 7
I The Women's (luild of St. Mark's
church will serve a Dutch supper n't
, Angle's opera house on Friday, May
7. from r::so to 7:no.
Hot rolls
Potato -alad
Li crwurt
Wicnerwur-t
. Ir
Ka -e -andviclies
Imn-r
.:tc
I leviled vnu 5f
Kaffe KucIicm . ,'Jc
Iloiighnnts , 'J
flreen onion- 1
Kaffi-e 5
Supper to be followed bv danc
ing: the order of 10 dances. $1
gle numbers, 10c each.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED
has Medford with her resources back
of him.
"The visiting boosters were roy
ally entertained by tho city of Eu
gene," said Judge Colvig, "und on
all sides the greatest of booster spir
its prevailed. Oregon was praised
in detail for all of its charms, each
ity in the stale of any magnitude
nt all being renrosentcd.
tlirmiKhout tin; KUHsimiH of timjfmpiio
mid thfl uxpraHMcd iiiltMittmiH ot 'tlia ,
ninny itimmu'rviul ImhIh1 n!m;-HiUMl
tn tvnrk top'thcr for n I'uniiiioii noil
nf Hut mI nl I'nnnotinn work will
now o forward with throat iiupnlOK
fin n result f tlm nwLini;.
f.
HUGE STADIUM FOR THE 1
GAMES AT SEATTLE FAIR
HKATTLK, Wn-li
Sliulinrn nf tlx Ai
fie K.xpoHttiun ui'I i
ford went i ni; rnpj't
, Mm.v (f.- T hn
nf-
V I'd" twpiltv
thousand spectutors, nrd every scut
will, c'inimaud an unobstructed view
of (be truck, two base ball diamonds
and football field. It is built on the
edge of Lake Washington and form
the grand stands many of tho lurgor
Hipiatic events may be viewed. Aerons
lne 'akft ,ne Knnw vored peaks of
Cuscadert, Mount Ilnnier and the
. Olympics are close at hand, and sup-
..I.. i i.. i
!. " '"
J he ntiulium track is ot the new
spiral type; it is oval iu form mid
scales four laps to the mile. It con
tains a straight away of two hundred
and twenty yards, and both tracks
are as fast as can he made. Two base
ball diamonds are laid out in the cen
ter, and the football field is placed
het ween the grand stands.
WITNESS ACCUSES THE
TURPENTINE TRUST
SAVANNAH. Ha., May U. Former
Foreman Walter O'Kerfe of the
Piooklya yards of the National Trans
pollution und T'Tinira! company, tes
tified todiiy in the "turpentine trust
ca-e" in Hie I'nited States court (bat
in 1 I months the grades of oO.OOf)
In (i(MM)il Iiarrels of rosin were
"raised" iu the yards, through ; the
simple process of rubbing out the
old crudes and sub-lidding new ones
on ihe barrels.
'fhe w ituc-s sjiid the order of Proc
tor Si Gamble and Tbibbitt A Corn-
sin- pnny were alwnyn filled with "niis
43 ed" grades of rosin.