Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909, May 27, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI M edford Daily Tribune FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD, ORFXiON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1900. No. 5. V wr AWKES. SCENIC ENGINEER TELLS OF HIS WORK H iliat It Means to Have Man Choose Most Beautiful Route for Road Like That to Crater Lake. ASSISTANCE IS OF GREAT VALUE TO CONSTRUCTION Goes Over Route and Chooses Best Location for Road Remove All Unsightly Angles of Road. Thoiniis lluwkcs, a landscape ar chitect of Portland, who has been in conference with the Crater Lake road commission regarding the route of the Critter Lake road, has pre pared, at the request of the Tribune, the following article relating to his work, and. especially us regards the Crater Lake road. Mr. Hnwkes comes well recommended from the east ns a man who thoroughly under stands his hushtes. 1'ho article fol io w : What Landscape Architecture Is. ''Landscape architecture ij the art of designing a rrnngements of hind juTnces, appropriate to and harmo nious with its requirements and en vironments, with due regard to eli ma(i conditions, comfort and conve nience and to make tint are subser vient to the taste and nsnye of man. "One of the functions of a land scape architect is to select (be route of driveways, find this Crater Lake roadway gives to him a glorious op portunity tn display Itis art, and to justify the appellation which has been given to him in litis community of a 'scenic engineer Is an Art. ."It may be asked what way is landscape architecture an 'art'? Art sanities skill. Skill comes primarily from an awakened consciousness and experience, then observation, than from training, study and long practice, and the appreciation of this art by others is the reflection of their higher consciousness of beau ty. In selecting n route on a hilly and mountainous district, artistic perception should co-operate with en gineering knowledge, with the under standing that is gained by experi ence. "Apart from its utility (which of course must be paramount) the line of road should be carefully consid ered with regard to the scenery und the many views and objects of in terest to be reached, so as to create favorable impressions of the whole. Avoid All Unsightly Angles. "In the construction of the road along thi' selected route great care, should be exercised to make it ap pear as if the roadway must of ne otity be made just where it i, avoiding the usual .engineering abrupt und formal or ragged lines or -lopes or hailway-like embankments and cuttings that denote the artifi cial nature of the work executed. Na t ate rarely gives us smood ground, there are abrupt hnnk or slope and then another smooth surface. It is generally an easy gradation from lev el to level. Xntme rarely makes n - eoiitinit'Mi- narrow level plateau, like a roadbed, with a cutting or em bankment on either side, or a cut ting on one side and an embank ment on the other. Man does so for utility in railway work, or for other useful purposes, but in landscape work we should make tiie transi tion a indefinite and with as easy and natural gradation as nature does, so as to show no trace of hav- (Continned on page 8.) Nation's Heroes Make Plans for a Proper Observance of Decora tion Day Parade on Monday. : SERVICES SUNDAY AT THE J CHRISTIAN TABERNACLE Fire Boys Will March in Parade to Cemetery on Monday Many Will Participate. 1 Decoration day will be generally observed in Med ford on Sunday, nearly all of the churches being de voted to appropriate services in the morning. In the afternoon a special service has been arranged at the. Tabernacle at 2:'M) p. m., which will be generally attended by the veter ans and their friends. The follow ing program has been prepared: Hymn, "Clod J'less Our Native Laud' (Mason ) ; script are lesson, Matt. X:2-M2. liev. M. I Horn; "Peace fully Slumber I ho liruve" ( Si rickland )'; prayer, licv. AY. 0. Heater: "find Uphold Thee. Free Co lumbia" (lieirly) ; sermon, "The Sword t'nshea thed and Sheathed," liev. W. F. Shields; hymn, ''Mv Coun try. Tis of Thee." ( Chester A. Arthur po-t, Xo. 47, jiiiid W. R. 0. have arranged a pro , gram for Monday. May ;tl. The fire ! boys have decided to parade. The program as arranged is: Decoration of the graves of sol jdiers and sailors by Chester A. Ar thur post, Xo. 47. and YV. li. C Pub lic invited to participate. Start front j Angle opera house at !) o'clock n. m., . proceed to cemetery by team, where public services will be held, i lieasscmble at Angle opera house ,al 2 o'clock and from there march to I lie park in the following order: 1 finud. 0. A. W. If. ( school : and civic orders. Service to lite unknown dead by Ihe W. IL C. and school children, then : march to the platform in park. Selection by band. Song by choir. Invocation by chaplain. ! Heading of orders and Lincoln's .Gettysburg address by adjutant. ' Song by choir. ! Address by Rev James McDoiigall MAID TURNED IN FIRE ALARM WHILE ASLEEP XKW YORK. May '27.- For sev eral weeks the night clerks at the St. Hegis hotel have been bothered by mysterious fire alarms and push button calls, coming fnuh the Villi floor. Defective were placed on the case, and late ln-1 night, after a fire alarm and a call for ice wafer had been -cut in from a vacant room on the 12th floor, they apprehended Mntrcie Melntvre. one of lite maid, who was walking in her -ileep. It de veloped that .he was a somnambu list, and had sent in alarms while asjecp. She was .given a vacation to cure herself of the habit MUSKOGEE FRAUD INQUIRY MAY END THIS WEEK TT'LSA. Okla.. May 27. Saturday !of this week, it is believed, will se1 (he finish of the investigation of the Muskogee town lot frauds now ir -ing on here before the federal grand .iury. When the jury resumed its sit ting today 20 out-of-town witnesses. ; mostly from eastern states, were on 'hand ready to testify. There are f" j others in the city yet to be ejenm ' ined. WILL HAVE TO E HANLEY'S LAND Merrick Makes Tender and Gets turned Down as Was Expect edWill Start Pro ceedings Soon. COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER MATTER NEXT TUESDAY Proceedings Are to Be Started in Court at Once so Work May Not Be Held Up. As was expected, Mike Hartley re fused to entertain any proposition which the city might offer htm as to a right of way across his land on Little Butte creek for the pipeline of the gravity wa tcr system, at id the city will at once start condemnation proceedings, K. K. Merrick, chairman of the special water commit Ice. was at a recent session of the city council ap pointed a committee of one to inter view Mr. 1 Inn ley and tender him a certain amount for Ihe right of way. Tins Mr. Merrick has done without favorable result, Mr. llanley main taining as he always had done thai he hiol a contract with Ihe city to sell them his latul and water for Jflio. (UMl. Thi- was exactly what was expected from Mr. llanley. but 'the city was forced to make him an of fer for a right of way before they could start- condemnation proceed ings. The mailer will be taken up at (he itext- meeting of the citl council mid there discussed. In all probability a resolution wilt be introduced to start the proceedings in court at once. JAPANESE BAMBOO TO BE GROWN IN AMERICA ('IIICA(h). May 27. -Japanese bamboo is to be grown in America. William D. Hills, a government ex pert .who has been in Japan for Ihe last 18 months, believes that this can be accomplished. He has shipped HO tons of the bamboo trees which he raised in Japan to the government experimental farm near Yuma, Ariz. The t rees will be set out at once. Should the cultivation of this new and valuable product prove profit able it will mean a great deal to Ihe arid regions of the great southwest. Ms use is constant I y increasing in this country and with the advent of its utilization in aeroplanes and fly ing machines its volue will he greatly enha need. PATHETIC LETTER FOUND IN WOMAN'S PURSE i NKW YORK. May 27. A young .woman who was arretted in a Sixth- avenue dry goods store here Tues ! day, charged with having taken a S handbag from a jewelry counter, said jshe was Helen F. Harris and that she Jived tit the Occidental hotel in I'hil j adelphia. Tn her purse was found a I pnethctie letter addressed to a Mr. ! Turner, in which she begged for funds with which to return to Philadelphia, i fearing that she would "come to ' grief it' -he remained here. She wa j well dre--ed and of apparent reftne- ment. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS OF THE TRIBUNE. Should you fail to receive your paper regularly during the next few days, it will he deemed a favor if you will call at this office and report the matter. Several of the carrier boys have been sick of late, and this Interferes somewhat with the delivery of the pa pers. Call or phone the circulation manager. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GOOD DONE BY RAIN Farmers Rejoicing Over Downpour of Last 24 Hours Weather Man Says More to Come. CROPS WILL NOT MATURE WITH AN ADDED IMPETUS Slight Fall of Hail Brought Conster nation, but Its Short Duration Saved the Fruit. , The life of the farmer is the life of the city, and it was with hmpinli I'ied satisfaction that everyone wel comed the rain of the past 1H hours. KroMf Portland to Ashland the hick of the usual spring rains at first oc casioned some mi easiness, and then a general alarm as the cloudless skies brought lit it promise, and the crops were laM getting lo the sln're when the revivifying drops would lose their power. The danger wa-. imminent, hut il was iioi consummated, and the pre cipitation of hisl night at !d this morn ing means lb ui-:mrU upon thousands of dollars tn the farmers. and grow ers of .liieksiiii county and ieinity. All of Ihe threatened crops are now practically assured, and the im mense profits lluit will accrue to the growers means the continuance of public improvement, as well as the material pro-perity of city and town in the usual manifestation of lively cNpeudilure for personal pleasure and for profit. 1 There was some slight concern during litis morning's hours, when hail fell for a short time. Tl was feared by Ihe growers of small fruits that a continuation of Ihe hail, if even for a half hour, might seriously affect their imporluut part of I lie county's! revenues. The hail, how ever, was (ptickly turned to rain, and this danger, km. was averted. The past 21 hours have, on the whole, afforded more genuine pleas ure than any others since the Christ mas holidays. OLDEST PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN OREGON DIES UlfOWNSVILLE, Or.. May 27. At the age of 00, after "iH years' resi dence in Oregon, to which state he came front Ohio in IHol. lev. Hubert liohe. oldest Presbyterian minister in ( Jregnn. died here yesterday a fley noou. Hi' graduated in 1 SI 7 from Washington college, in Pennsylvania. He organized the first I'resbyteriau church in Kugene in lK"il, anr also Conned the presbytery of the Willam ette in thai year. Me retired in 1H0.1 after an active life, lie leaves a wid ow, a son and I wo daughters in I'rownsville and a sou in Albany. STRIKE OF $1000 ORE REPORTED ON RAINBOW ! ISAKKK CITY. Or.. May 27.--Tn-I formation from the Rainbow mine in J Mormon Tin sin, '10 mile from here, Istntes that a rich strike of $1000 ore has just- been made and that the quantity is large. This- is the mine leecntlv bonded by the Kewhoue in-f..r,.,-.' f 5;,tt Lake. 4 TREASURER OF MALHEUR BEAT Salem Attorney, However, Camping on Trail of Eastern Oregon Treasurer Who Copped the Coin. ' SALEM ATTORNEY RUSHING TO "PROTECT PEOPLE" Leaves for Vale to Start Suit to Tie Up Appropriation of $10,000 for Bridge Across the Snake. SAI.KM. Oi'., Mny 27.-1.. 11. Mv Mulmn, wliu thinks (lint tin lias slop ped tin' cxi(Mi(lihnc nl' $100,000 by llip stnttt fur lh ( lrn tur l.nkc mud by t'ilinir prticci'ilins in tbo cifcui! I'ourt oC Marion county, has 'ono to Vali1 Oi. to tile suit in that county cn joining !hc stall- t i-cnsnrer from ap plying hauls apjii'opiiati'd by tho t'L!t--!n(lirc I'm' the rmislrnctioit of a Uriil'i' across the Snake, rivor from O'llnrin into lilaho. 'riic treasurer of Malheur county !uw already obtained possession of llie sum of $10,(100, lint Mi'Maliau is -.h his trail. LONG LIST OF NEW LAWS FOR STATE OF KANSAS TOPKKA. Kun., May 27. Nearly all the InwH enaeted by the recent session of the Kansas legislature will become effective next Saturday, the date (f the publication of .the 1000 statutes. The most notable exception is the bank guaranty law, which will not come into effect until the last of June. Amonjr the more impovtnnt of the new laws to become operative Saturday are the following: The anti hneket simp law abolish ing bucket hMis llr'ounlioiit the state a child labor lav: h rrihfr child actors in the I renters, mid all hoys under I t years of irv from the messenger j service: n law making' it a crime for j employes of a printing office to smug j le out teachers' examine I ion ipies- j lions ; a law reipiii iug mauauers of ' political campaigns in file a state ment of receipts and expenditures; a; law makiuff it possible for a district j judge to become a eandidale for rep- ; sen In lives in congress or Lulled j Stales senator. j Other laws (o come into effect are, those providing additional fire pro-j teeliou for srhod 'and hotels, mnli i Mil- it a crime to kill Anierieaii eau'e., providing for it comprehensive sys tem of warehouse receipt, establish ing a new . code of civil procedure, making il acrim e for fruit tree agents to misrepresent the brand of fruit trees they sell, and requiring all fac tories and railroads to report acci dents to the stale labor bureau with in 2-1 hours alter they occur'. TO CARACAS TO FIGHT BUBONIC SAN FRAXriSPO, Cnl.. May 27. -- Dr. Wilfred IL Ivdlogg. former as sistant surgeon in th marine hospi tal serviee. today deceived notifica tion of bin selection by the Wash inuloit aulltorities to go to Cnracn-'. Venezueln, to lead the fight new hist the bubonic phi true, which has ap peared there. TCellogL' appointment wn ntndeit (he recommendation of Dr. I'upevt Blue of Ihe marine hospi tal and pnblie health service. It is believed Tellne; will he a - signed fo dufv at La Gunyra to aid in protecting the ennnl zone from the plague. Tie will be nHaebed officially to an American consulate. Marhletaf ttary and marble exhib it will be displayed by Ttaly nf the Alanka-Yukon-Pncific exposition at cSnlfle (hi summer. BENSON MUSI APPEAR IN COURT TO SHOW CAUSE Galloway Issues Order to Benson as' , Secretary of State to Ap- , pear in Court on June 8. TO SHOW REASON WHY HE DID NOT FILE PETITION Secretary of State Refused to File Petition Referring Multnomah County Judgeship to People. SALKM, Or., Mny H7.--Judfro WU iiam Unllowny o1 department No. 2 in the eireuil court of Marion coun ty, todity issued nu order of iiutn dinnuH to Ihe elTeet tint t Oovornor Mensun ns seerelnry of slnle must ni'penr in eottrl Tuesdny, June H, to -how rensoii why he should Ihe petilioiiiresenied by W, S. l:ren to refer to the people the net erent hifr u new judgeship in Multnomah NEGRO POLITICAL LEAGUE IN OHIO roLLMUrS, O.. May 27;-ln re sponse to the call recently issued by rrcsiilenl J. Milton Hrnwn of Wash ington, . ('., a number of delegates gathered in this city, today for tbo second annual meeting of the Na tional Negro American Political league. The sessions will continuo . over tomorrow. Clovcrnor Harmon and ex-Senator Foraker are sched uled muong the speakers, One of tbo sessions will be devnlod lo Ihe mem ory of John Hrnwn. The league, which claims a mem bership embracing over 20 stales, wiih formed at Philadelphia about a year ago as a merger of a number of na tional, slate and local political or ganizations. (Is purpose is to con vince Ihe colored voters, particular ly in the north and weJ. of Ihe tie- . cesstly of using their ballots prima rily (o secure race rights, nil her tlnin in the interest of any political parly. SPANISH FLAG AT HEATLY RANCH NAIIfOlII, May 27. -The Cuban campaign of (he Hough Itii'crs will he recalled vividly to Colonel Noosc vell on Ins return to .the' lleatly ranch, this evening, by the display of a Spanish 'flag captured by the famous corps jtt Santiago, The proud owner of Ihe rel-e ol' Ihe war is a resident of ibis place, and early to day he took Ihe flag to the lleally ranch to he added to the decorations lltaUwill greet lh" e-president on his return front hi succcsHful fide trip into the jungles. A hearty re ceplbin is planned, HOTEL NASH CAFE TO BE OPEN BOTH DAY AND NIGHT The management of the Hotel Nash will, after Sal unlay, keep I heir cafe open day ami night. The popular ity of the cnfe.ouing to (he excel lence of its service, i -uch a.- to in sure success in lu new itudcrlakitoj. Colonel C, S. Jackson, piiblt.-her ot the Oregon Journal, accompanied by Oeorgc Putnam, publisher of The Tribune, left Wednesday evening. Colonel Jackson rein a iked many limes rtf (he improvement- Med ford had marie -ince hi- l.-M visi! to lliis city, which was during the winter. In many ways has Colonel Jackson proven his friend-hip for southern Oregon and Med ford in particular, and it was- highly pleasing to many Med ford citizens that he vns ap pointed n member and elected preMi dent of (ho Crater Lake: road com-' miRNion.