Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909, May 26, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMedford Daily Tribune FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OK KG ON, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1!)09. No. 58. 1 1 v '"4 .1 M'MAHAN STARTS SUIT TO TIE UP CRATER MONEY . i ,4 ' J.K. Sears, a Taxpayer of Polk Coun- j ty, Made Plaintiff in Suit ! ( Starts in Marion Coun ty Court. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL CONDUCT THE DEFENSE Prominent Attorneys From All Sec- tions of State Volunteer Serv- ices on Behalf of Bill. SAUS.M. Or., liny '()..). K. Scnrs of Met'oy. it taxpayer of I'olk county, was mnde Ihe plaintiff in the L. It. MeMuhun propppdhifrs to enjoin the stute treasurer from paying tlie snui appropriated to construct tho drater Lake road. Suit was started in the circuit court in Marion county yesterday. The attorney general will proba bly take charge of the defense. Sev ern! prominent attorneys in the state have volunteered their services free of charge to the state in the ease. SALVATION ARMY CONGRESS ( . CONVENES IN NEW YORK NttW YOliK, May 'JO. Distinguish ed (fl'ficcrs and high privates of the Salvation Army forces of the I'nited States gathered at (lie rendezvous at army henchpuirlcrs in West Four teenth street this morning to begin the annual national congress. A wel come meeting was held last niglit. and this morning was occupied with pri vate councils i,f the officers. Another session was held this afternoon, when the affairs and plans of the army were discussed. The councils will eon . tinue through tomorrow and rYidav. On Saturday an open raeetincmfw On Saturday an open salvation meet ing will be held. The congress will eonclude Sunday with three grout mass meetings in' Carnegie hull. Coiuiuaiiiler .Miss liooth is leading the congress meetings, and Commis sioner and Mrs. Kstill of Chicago are also taking a prominent part in the conference. Nearly a thousand offi cers and as many sotdiers are here for the congress. TILLAMOOK DEDCIATES NEW FISH HATCHERY , TILLAMOOK. Or.. May 21!. The new Trask fish butchery was for mally dedicated yesterday in the pres maHy dedicated Saturday in the presence of a large crowd. Speeches were made by a number of prominent ' Tilbiinookci-s and the Cnited Slates flag was raised for the first lime over the hatchery building by Miss Mattie Himes. the 12-year-old daughter of J-V.remnn V. .1. (limes, the oldest em ploye of the hatchery and a pioneer of Tillamook county. A letter from Master Fish Warden McAllister regarding his inability to attend was rend. Superintendent A. Chester KecJ cniolncted the ceremo nies. The new locution and building'2 are a great improvement over the old hntcherv. The hatchery will he nhle to ship egg- to the central hatcheries. About K.iiiin.nnn eL.gs have been sav ed so far. Hello, Tribune! Just rpeeivprt a wireless cheek from Admiral Put nay.i of Ihe .Inpaiie'p navy snyinc hp would lp.ive San Franei'-po today for the Seattle fair and would steam up Ttear erppk to Hip SpvpuiIi street hridsp and has his four war vessels pniutpd thronuhoul. as the peaee eon grp.s at thpir last session decided to have me do the work for nil nations on war vessels. Bob Taylor. UNION SERVICE AT HIGH SCHOOL SUNDAY EVENING Rev. W. F. Shields Will Address the Students Closing Exercises to Me Held Friday Evening. June 4. EXAMINATIONS NEARLY ' COMPLETED IN SCHOOLS Superintendent Smith Has Done Good Work Durinn the Past Year and Has Improved Schools. On Sunday evening a union service is to be held in the auditorium of the high school, at which time Kev. W. F. Shields will deliver an address to the graduating class of the school. This address will be the first of the clos ing exercises of the year. On Friday evening, June 4, the exercises by the high school pupils will bo held, the program for which is being ananged. The examinations in the vanoun school of the cilv have been held this week and have been very nearly com pleted. Satisfactory proof is said to have been furnished by the majority of the students as to their proficien-P.V- The schools during the past year have progressed vcrv much under the s'uperintondeucv of V. 0. Smith, win took up his work at (he beginning of the year in this city. The courses laught have been thoroughly revised anil the standard of work under way is on a higher plane than ever before. All of the churches have signified their willingness to meet with the high school authorities on Sunday evening. The Presbyterian choir will furnish the music. All friends of tho school are heartily invited to attend CHICAGO PAYS $1.25 EACH FOR FIRST FRESH PEACHES CHICAGO. Muy 'Jli. Chicago is eating peaches at Jrl.'A'i apiece. lialher sleep, but they cannot be had for less at this time of the year, because they come from liclgiuin, neatly done up in cotton and packed in a refrigerator, lest they be injured in transit. They are declared to be excellent, and, as one man remarked, "They ought to be at the price." lb-sides this, some two dozen can taloupes have descended upon Chi cago, for which the same identical price is demanded as for peaches, despite the difference in size; for the cantaloupes come from Uiudon. where they have been carefully rais ed during tin Id weather, mostly in hothouses. They are better taken care, of in crossing the ocean than a child. EVILDOERS AT ROSEBURG G3 TO PENITENTIARY KUSKBI lit!. Or., May 20. It. Wil son and R. L. Memtt. eonvieied in the pircuil court lar-t week for ernck ini; the s;ie of the b'o-ebul'.' I.aun dry company iu February, were siv en mii'iiniiuu seiiteuep- this iiioriiiiii: of five yeurs eni-h. Kd 'I'rncey. who robbed Wildpr & Akpp's i-lothiiu! -lore :ii Iioseliur-r in April, wpip iriven three years. I FN partner. James .I.ihu--on. ueeil IT. wa. ipu one par. Wilson and Menitt are known to the police of we-tern Canada and Wash ington. Jiidtro I liiiiilin told tliPm if Hip maximuin was "i-caler he would live it to them. Tracpy has sened five years in Sau tupiitiu. Don McOlnshnn. who hap been eu joyine an outing on the Rogue river, returned YVednesdn v. He reports fishing good. HANLEY TRIAL WELL UNDER WAY IN PORTLAND Witnesses Testify That He Control- ed Forty-Acre Lots Complete ly, Circumscribing 85,000 Acre Tract. ALLEGE THAT ENTRANCE BY SETTLERS WAS BARRED Sheepmen on Stand for Government Contention of Uncle Sam Sus tained by Today's Evidence. PORTLAND, Or.. May 2(i. Evi dence was riveu today in the govern ment's suit against William llauley, who is accused of illegally f wiring So, 000 acres of public luwls in Har- lioy county, Oregon, which helped sus tain (he contention that the lands were barred against entrance by pri viate. individuals. li. A. Smith and Charles Wells, sheepmen of eastern' Oregon, testified for the novennnent that the Innds were enclosed by Htiuley with a fence and that they were not easy of ac cess, ruder present conditions they had grazed their sheep outside. Frank C. Dnvey, receiver of the laud office at Hums. Or., showed how an original purchaser, Peter French, houiiht parcels of -Ill-acre tracts so eon nee ted that they completely cir cumscribed the Ho.OIHt acres. It is f'urlaher alleged that llauley is keep ing others front settling upon the lands. NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH WIL COST ABOUT $50,000 Kl'GKNK. Or., .May 2li.--nt a bu-i-tiCNS meeting of the. members of the First Chri-dinu church of this city yesterday it was decided to erect a splendid stone or brick church on the Mte of the buibliiur they now occupy, at the corner of FJeventh and Willam ette streets. The old building, which was erected at a cost of about $8000 12. years ago, will he moved to the rear of the lot, and then l another part of the city, for a uiUmou when the new structure is completed. It is proposed to make the uvw church (he finest in the city, and it is probable it will cost in the neighborhood of ;."( I.OiHI. The Chri-liau church is the lar-re-d church in niul of member ship iu the ci( v. there lieiuir over 1000 names on the active membership roll. ev. ,1. S. MeCalhmi has been the pas tor for the jt;i-t -ix years. ELLSWORTH BUYS TRACT OF LAND NEAR CENTRAL POINT It. II. Kllsworlh last Salurdiiy. May 'J'-'. I'lospd u deal for a five- i acre trad lyiue; due we-t of Central I'oiut. -onip of Hip O. li. Kobinson , tract. Mr. Kllsworth is from Mich- j i iLan anil at'ler lookiliL' oer Hip en- ; 1 i i-i' northwe-t Iip decided that there; i was no place like southern Oregon, i j This -ale iva made by W. K. White- ! -idp of Central Foint. 1 ANOTHER BRICK BUILDING GOING UP IN CENTRAL POINT There are now men on the ground rnnkintr ready for the building of a Uvn--.ti.rv I. rick bloek .r"i fet fro(t hx (10 feet deep, to have two big wtore rooms below and 1 offien rooms on Ihe second floor. The low er floor i already rented, and more could he rented with little trouble. Ktmer Childer- has secured the con tract. This building if to be built on the corner of Third and Pine afreets and belongs to 0. B. Rostel. This enterprise was Ptarted through the efforts of W. K. Whiteside. MAY FORM LOCAL EXCHANGE FOR FRUITGROWERS Owners of Large and Small Tracts Are to Be United in Effort Better Fruit Market ing Conditions. WOULD INSURE LARGEST RETURNS TO ORCHARDISTS Uniform Packing and Community Marketing of Fruits Are Objects 1 Sought by the Promoters. A movement is under way to unite all fruit raisers of Rogue River val ley in a fruit growers exchange, that will include all the orchards, big and little. One meeting has been held and preliminary steps are being taken to perfect organization. Among the orchardists interested in making a success of the movement are K. II. Parsons of the llillcrest, F. II. Hopkins of. the Snowy Kittle, V. chnrds II. T. Finley, Captain Jack A st bury of Gold Hill, Trotison & Outhrie of Kagle Point, H. C. Wash burn of Table Rock, W. II. Stewart and Kd llauley. the Hurrcll orchard, A. C. Alh . C. Randall and nihet fruit growers. Triform packing and community marketing of fruit are the objects nought, mi that fruit growers may jenli.e fullest returns on fruit through excellence of pack and effi cient representation in marketing centers. It is probable that at least a portion of the growing crop will be marketed bv the new association. OIL WELL DRILLS REACH OAKLAND OAKLANI), .Muv 'Jli A carload of ..il drilling machinery hus arrived here, l ou-tiluliii!; the first lot nf 1 rill in;; apparatus flint will soon hi' ut work In this locnlitv. under Hip dir ection of the Staiiiliir Oil company which will sink several wpIIk iinuic iliutclv near Oakland unil iu the Sutli- erliu valley. Hcprcsculutivcs of tlip sompuny have been busy I"" past mouth in amiunintr details mill ;ptt iii): tin' leases signed, unil now huvp uhoiit MO.OOu neres IpiisciI for from one to five yeurs. Kor ypars this locality lias shown I nonii-intr prospppts of oil, Iml not until now has it liepn posviblp to tulip lli Hip development of them, ow ing; to Hip opposition which Hip representative,- Inivp nipt with in jruininc. I In, eoiippion u-kpd for. 'flip first well will hi' sunk on Hip much of .lump" Hunt. one mill' pu-t of this cilv. IDAHO MURDERER WANTS IT OVER WITH POISK. Idaho. May -JC--"If they nre going to bump me off. T would like In -ee them get bn-y." was the enol and unconcerned statement made bv John Fleming, awaiting execution at the Idaho prui!euliary. when in formed that no action had been lai- en tin his apH'.il in the --uprenie court of the state. Penitentiary officials MMe that Fleming seems impatient at the law's delay. The date for his evecution was fixed for December 4. PI0H, but an appeal was taken. Flem ing wii4 eonvieied of the murder of a neighbor rancher on the Minidokn tract, it result of n dispute over a line fence. Insanity was the plea of the defense. N'AIROIU. P.riti-h Kt Africa. May 20. Colonel Roosevelt and Her mit were out Monday on a buffalo hunt. They trailed a herd of seven buffalo but rode for hours without getting a trace of the game. TALLY-HO FOR MEDFORD FOLKS E L Commercial Club Will Entertain Sug gestions From Portland Man to Representation in Parade. MATTER WILL BE DISCUSSED BY COMMERCIAL CLUB TONIGHT Medford Boosters Will Be Asked to Ride in Tallyho It Will Be Decorated With Signs. 'Pike" Davis, a well known Port land attorney, chairman of the rose carnival horse and vehihle, writes to the Co m me rein I club requesting that Medford be represented in tho horse and carriage parade June 10. Mr. Davis savs: "We are fioine; to make this tho principal day parade and will huve ft procession five miles huir. Wo would like to have Medford boosters come to Portland on that date, and if they will do so I will see to ettinp; u tul lylm, or some other vehiclo and have it decorated for you, and some kind of a sin put on ndvertisiu the Med ford Commercial club or any Kiies tion that you may offer. "Please let me know at earliest convenience if youwati pet u few of your enterprising citizens to come up on this occasion." fhp innttpr will lie l.rouj;ht l.pforp j Hip rouiiuprpiu eluli tuuis'lil. ASHLAND REAL ESTATE MAN WATCHING OIL WELL EAGERLY 1 (I. Mi Williiiins, Hip wiilp-nwiiku renlty broker of Asliluuil, spcnl Tiips ihiy iu Mei'fonl. lip. states Hint the people of Ashland ale cdgei'ly will oh -iui; the protr i-ss of the oil well unil expeet a jrrt'nt oil boom in the valley if Colonel Mnnitv sueceeiU ill striking oil. ' ' oiA yum it At.. "f..v;i I luims, "we organieo a company iu j drill tor oil mid sank a well a iuiip ; mid a half east of Ashland. The: -WI. p,-. -til Ml (mho's session slock wuk nioslly subscribed by rail- j ,.,,.. Colonel C. S .1 s. f ',,ri- road employes. We had bud luck 1 1 , , . . . ). Sor I (liaiils I'ass. from Hip slurl. HioukIi we succeeded ,;,.,.,, T !,(viM ,,, ,1 I, T. Willels in drilling to a depth of lS:m feel, orr 1M, ,'K, .;, v. Carter of lli.'i feel above spa level. We did not Asi,i i i,,. i i Keene. J. !' Kn- strike oil. but we did (nis. nlll just us we hud siened a conlraet to .yn down '.'(itm feet fiiriber. the ens cnuirht firp and burned Ihe derrick and drilling apparatus, ond he pro-' jccl was abandoned. " I'liere was not a ereal (plant ily of , v'lis, lhoiigh Hip flniups shot fifly feet into tin- nir nuil burned all dny. The well cost Jftiniio. It i- now filled with water." COMMANDER SCOTTISH RITE TOURS COAST SAX FRANCISCO. May 2f. Mem bers of the Seiitti--h Rite organiza tions of tilt-; eily will lender a re ception Sal urday evening lo .lome Daniel RichanUon of Wahinlon, D. ('., overeiu raud commander of the Alieietil and Accepted Seolti-h Rite of Free Masonry. Richardson is touring the wet. in Ihe interest of the lodre, and before retuniimr to Wabincton will visit Portland ;tnd ihe Scottish Rite biMlies of Washinptmi, Idaho and Montana. Rope Breaks, hut Mob Hnnys Negro. PINK PJ.FFF. Ark.. Muy 2i. T.oveft Davit, n neuro eharyed with a criminal anu!t on n 1'-yenr-old trirl here. Friday tupht. was taken from the jail at midnight by an nn- masked mob of 300 men and hanped to a telephone pole on one of the principal streets. SESSION HELD By-Laws Adopted by Crater Lake Road Commission McMahan's Suit Raises Slight Interest. PLANS FOR FUTURE WORK THOROUGHLY GONE OVER County Courts Will Be Asked to Con sider Road From Idaho Boun dary to Pacific Ocean. In order to dispose of preliminary matters that they miejit jret started on the work which is before lliem, the Crater -hake road commission ap pointed last Saturday by "Govonior Itenson met in this city today and disposed of much work iu eonnuu tion with tho organization of audi a commission. Hylaws were submit ted, read and adopted and many mat ters discussed in connection with the road. , Tho commission does not seem very much alarmed at the report that At torney McMahau of Salem has sturl ed suit to tie up the slate appropria tion. The consensus of opinion ia that, the bill will not hn declared un constitutional. No one was etnployod by the commission to take up the defense, this matter being iu the bunds ipf the attorney general. 0n(1 ()f h(, lm)(M.s ois(.1KS,,( ,jy the commission was the malter of raising additional funds with which to const met ihe road. A contribu tion is expected from K. W.t Ilarri imui and from other peisous and its snciatiou, hut this mailer Wilt not be gone inlo until such lime as tho money ia needed. The commission plans to follow out the intent of the bill by commu nicating with annus county courts along the line of a proposed road from the Idaho houudarv to the Pa- ... nfic ocean. The courts will be asked 'oiniriil tees to eotisider jumuint .In.i ii, i;i(, ' vart and Will (I. Steel. CONGRESS PLANS TO ADJOURN BY JUNE 25 WASHINGTON. May 2ll. KelieV inv 'hat th" i'1'it' -onlil have com pleted iN work on ihe tariff bill by J'me 1't, ihe meitili" of the rom ni il lee on finance will ajrree to I bo taking of a ote oti the income (ax bill on that, day if Senator Bailey renew his. mot ion lluit a lime for vol in y be fixed. Vlen this is dono Senator Alnrieh will try to obtain an airreemeiil for a ote upon the hill il-elf. If a ole i- taken on this aiueiolnieitt . Se)ial ti- Ablrieb believes con:rc-- wiM be ;ibi- to adjourn u- fore June 'M) and efi-latiily no biter than June 25. WOULD INCREASE PAY OF RURAL CARRIERS i WASHINGTON. May 'Jii. An iu c rr-ji-ie in the r.ile- of pcy l'r rural free delivery mail ca riier i" pro- ided for in a bill int rodneed by Re presentative Sleienei-s-uit. T Minne sota. II provide thai after .luv 1, 1011, letter carriers of the rural free delivery upon routes exceeding 2( niile in lentrth shall be paid at the rale of $'l"."i0 per mile per aituiim for the 21 mile, and ?M8.7" per mile ! por anniiin for each additional mile 'of route ovsr 24 miles.