Medford Daily Tribune
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OK KG ON, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1!)09.
No. 58.
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M'MAHAN STARTS
SUIT TO TIE UP
CRATER MONEY
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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
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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-
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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.