Medford daily tribune., July 20, 1909, Page 1, Image 1

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edfoed Daily Tribune
FOUItTII YEAR.
MEDFOIil), OUHOON, TUESDAY, .JUTA' 20, VMK
No. J 04.
PREACHER HITS
CLEVER SCHEME
IN SOLAR PLEXUS
i
Coterie of Citizens in Grants Pass
Plan to Obtain Monthly Rev
enue From '"Blind Pigs"
Scheme Frustrated.
REV. M LEAN INVOKES
STATE LAW IN MATTER
If Plan Had Worked City Would Have
deceived Revenue of About
$300 a Month.
Through Hi.- effort of Kev. Hob
rt McLean of (InuiU Iuhh, it clever
scheme whereby tlio city would ob
I, n,. a monthly revenue of Homo $300 i
im m unmj i.m.vn"""'"
moist and lively, straight and cheap, I
fur which they longed, has been dealt
a Holur plexus blow. The Kev. Mc
Lean in tho l'reHbyterian ininiKtcr ii)
that city and withal a fighter.
A coterie of citizens doped it out
IhUHly: They would ropo in the dif
ferent bootleggers of tho city, annoi
u reasonable fine and then allow
Ihcm to continue in business Without
further molestation until the follow
ing month, when the mime procedure
would be followed. In thin way,
fhroughh u method of fines, tho city
would derive nn income of Home 300
monthly, which would very nicely
take the place of the regular license
puid by Miliym keepers in "wet"
towim. And for o while everytbb?
looked lovely. '
Hut at this juncture the Ilcv. Ml
onn got wind of tho affair and jump
cd into tho arena. GrantH Pans had
voted; "dry." and "dry" it should be
lie if fighting could make it so. So
he went to the district nttonioy, bad
the offender taken into tho justice
court and heavily fined. The mai
ler was taken away from the citizens
entirely. Ucv. McLean succeeded ''I
IHitiing a crimp in the whole nffair.
(iriuils Pass .gets no revenno
through nominal fines and the thirsty
Hies of that city arc shipping tho
stuff in.
LC0$T OF ILLNESS
Wt A
il n
nnuai waste on rreveniaoie uisease
Appalling, Says Professor
Fisher.
NEW YOKK. July 20.-Thnt tho
people of this country) aro annually
throwing away a sum of money thai
represents 50 per cent more than it
Mists to operate the government i"
bold figures, $l,!i00.000,000 is sta
'listicnlly shown in Proficssor Irving!
Kishor's new work, issued by the
:rovernment printing office, and en
titled "A Report on National Vital
ly."
Professor Fisher is a member of
he faculty' of Yale university and t
member of a national conservation
wmmission, appointed by President
Ifoosevelt, lie is nlso a member of
the committee of .100 on national
hi'jillli. In discussion of the nntional
'Jniste in lives. Professor Fisher
jlhows that there are 3,000,000 per
sons needlessly and constitutionally
til in the United Stales, and this con
' lil ion might well bo prevonted by
Jjtriet attention to eren tho simplest
ygienic measures. Ho shows also
tint tuberculosis alone keeps 500,000
ersois opiitmnully ill, and that it ifl
iitfely jiossibln thnt this Bcourge be
'pea out. within ono generation. Ty-
moid ulone uosls tho nation $30V
100,000 annually, ,..,., ,
ENGINEER
H
COMPLETED HIS
FIELDJABORS
All Preliminary Exploration Work
Between Medford and National
Park Finished Off to
Klamath Falls.
14 DIFFERENT ROUTES
EXAMINED BY HEIDEL
Will Soon Report to Commission as to
His Choice of Route Will Talk .
It Over on Thursday.
Engineer Benjamin F. Iliide! who j
ha been engaged during the l'- ;
few weeks in locating the route f ;
h f ' f fc ,,,,,,,,.,,..!
h - A ,vorI( ,(.(,vc,.n Medford and the
national park. Fourteen different
routes were examined by Mr. Ilcidel,
who is now preparing bin report to
the Crater Lako rond commission.
ITntil the report has been filed with (
theni, tho engineer declines to siaio
which of the proposed routcR he has
decided upon. On Thursday he will
talk the matter over with certain
members of tho commission, and will
then leuvm for Klamath Falls, then!
to study the route from that side.
The prentest interest is being man
ifested by residents of the county as
to the location of the road. Two of
the 14 routes may bo culled important
ones, one bv tho way of Big Nntto,
the other up Rogue river. Engineer
Heidel Mates that ho docs not care
to give out the matter until he r.v
ports to the commission.
"I expect to tnlk the mntttr over
with members of tho commission on
Thursday." said the engineer, "and I
will then leuvo for Klamath Fulls to
examine the route ou that side. My
formal report will not be tenilorcl
until it can be done in full, over the
entire route. . I have examined I I
different proxscd routes between
Mod ford and the park."
CORPSE LOST FOR
MORE THAN AN HOUR
ltl'HLINOAME. Cnl.July 20.
Knowledge of a midnight search along
!h county rond nenr this city for a
corpse that disappeared from Depu
ty Coroner J. Jj. Elder's wagon, be
came public today.
Saturday evening Elder, accompa
nied by two assistants, started fur
San Francisco with a corpse. A shoi!.
distance from that city the wagon
struck au obstruction in the road I
and the three men were hurled to the
ground. After righting the rig. Elder
opened the door to assure himself
that the corpse was safe, and was
horrified to find the black .wagon
box untenanted.
A hurried search was vain and it
was nenrlv an hour before the corpse
was found by the roadside, where it
had fallen.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING
, -
Tomorrow (Wednesday)
evening, July 21. the regular 4
meeting of the Medford Com-
mereinl club convenes in the
club rooms, and ns two or
three mutters of 'importance
are to come before the meet-
iug. it is essential that the
members endeavor to bo pros-
cut. Thn clnb rooms are cool.
he chairs aro comfortablo, so
. please, for your own benefit,
come to tho meeting and boost .
he business. .
r . TUL L, CON-RAD, -
Reeretnrv.
-j .:V:v 1
i t 4 -f
$800 CLEARED
BY CHAUTAUQUA
THIS SEASON
All Records for Crowds Broken on
Friday, When Innes' Band Was
the Attraction Billings :
Is Re-Elected.
SOUTHERN OREGON HAS
THE CHAUTAUQUA HABIT
Pays $3300 for Platform Cost Alone:
Great Progress In Seven
teen Years.
The J 7th anniiiil assembly of the
Slmil ln.rn flroimn fliiinl iifinn ivhu'li
(.,(1HC(, iu Ashland on Saturday, was
, sm.,.,.S(iri fiimnciallv as well
as every other way.. The net profits
will amount, it is estimated, to ap
proximately $800, which will place
the association in the best of finan
cial standing. The first assembly,
held 17 years ago, staggered under
platform expenses of $300. This year
the cxcnses of tho platform exceed
ed $3300,
Friday was the record day in the
history of the assembly in point of
attendance, which exceeded that of
Brynn day a number of yeurs ago
which bold the record up to this as
sembly. Innes' band was the uttrac
tion, Avith concerts afternoon, and
evening. The evening uudiencc which
gathered from many points in the
Rogue river valley is confidently be
lieved to have been the greatest cvo.r
assembled in this rgion. Two thou
sand to 2."00 eoplc were jammed in
side the tabernacle, whilu a lurg
number of people were accommodnt
ed on the outside near the building t
listen to the program
J in closing urogram was give::
I Saturday night, and was a grand
neiieert by the chorus class under th
direction of Professor Charles E. H
zelrigg, conductor of Chautauqua mu
sic at this assembly. "II Troratore
was presented.
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( haulaiKiua association Saturday
afternoon President and Mummer O.
F. Hillings was re-elected, a position
he has held continuously since the
organization, with the exception of
tho first two years of (he association,
when the place was filled by J. S.
Smith. Southern Oregon seems to
have the Chautauqua habit, and the
future of this assembly, with all its
advantages of location and the pres
tige of its ycrs of success, looks
brighter than ever.
TOURIST TRAVEL HEAVY
TO OREGON METROPOLIS
PORTLAND, July 'JO. As expect
ed by hotel and transportation men.
Hie volume of travel to Portland is
still showing on upward trend and it
is believed it will continue to increase
until well along in August. Compila
tions made of the daily arrivals
at nine leading Portland hotols show
that the average for last week for
707.
There are a dozen n,more. smaller
hotels which do not publish lists an!
scores of visitors come to Portland
to pass a week or more with friends.
Considering these conditions, it is
safe to say that the number of stran
gers arriving in Portland daily is no-,r
in excess of 1000.
As indicating the increase recorded
by the first part of July, the inter
esting fact; is shown that the daily
arrivals for Juno averaged 545 or
222 less than for tho last week. Tho
hotol registers contained names of
arrivals for each day of last wee's
as;: follows: Sunday 603, Monday
907,, Tuesday 700, Wednesday 813,
Thursdoy 72(1, Friday 815, fiirtnrdu?
736. or a toUl of. 5309 and a doilv
' ttvo.ra.R8 of 70T. '..J.... :'.. ; '; .
MRS CONRAD
L
CONTEST TO WIN
Is After That 1909 Buick Automobile
and Medford People Should
Rally to Her Aid in the
Matter.
WILL BE DEVOTED TO INTER
ESTS OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
Will Be Advertisement to Medford
Which Has Name of Getting
What Is Goes After.
Newspaper contests are not yet a
thing of the post, even though that ot
the Tribune closed with a flourish
Saturday evening. Miss Hazel
Tiee did herself credit in winning the
first prize offered by The Tribun-j,
but now the Oregon Journal publish
ed in Portland is offering a Buick,
1909 model automobile, for their first
prize in a contest, and Mrs. Lucile R.
Conrad, assistant secretary of the
Medford Commercial club, has en
tered as the Medford contestant. Med
ford has the reputation all over the
state of never going after anything
thnt she does not get and if energetic
work on the part of Mrs. Conrad has
anything to do with this affair, Med
ford will not lose thnt reputation
through Mrs. Conrad's name.
The fact that Mrs. Conrad's mo
tive in entering this contest is an en
tirely unselfish one it sliould meet
with the combbioed and earnest ap
proval of every business man in Med
ford. If Mrs.Conrad wins the auto
it. will be an advertisement for Med
ford and the Rogue Hirer valley
scarcely to be realized until duly
considered. Hut further than that.
the machine will be devoted to the
interests of the Commercial club and
the many influential people who come
to this ciiy will be shown out into the
valley, where now the Commercial
club is nut in a financial, condition
to hire livery or nntos and do the
tiling that should be done, namelv.
. . . , , .,
bowing the proper people around the
city and valley. Go to the trains as
they come in and see the stnmgeis
that pet off from every train and se
whether or not they need courtesies.
Not only Medford is going to reap
the benefits of this advertisement,
but the whole of the Rogue Rirer
rallev. A contestant at Grants Pass
is the only opixisiliou that Mrs. Con
rad has south of Salem, and she will
endeavor lo ennrass erervbodv in
the raliey. Tomorrow morning she
will go to Ashland for a time and it
is enrnestlr hoped that erervone she
calls upon in this valley will meet her
proposal with consideration and
little of the actual cash, for that is
what counts on these contests.
Now, you Medford booster, show
your pride and interest m your city
by a substantial bucking for Mrs.
Conrad, whose every effort is being
put forth toyinthis automobile.
BABY WITH MATCH
BURNS UP THE HOUSE
LEBANON. Or., July 20. Yester
day afternoon, while Henry Zastro.v
was away from his home and his wile
was working in the garden, the 4-ycar-old
daughter held a lighted
match against some clean clothes tho
mother had piled ou the sofa and
the flames soon leaped to the ceil
in, the wall paper caught and hefoP!
the mother could sure anything the
whole house was aflame. In trying to
save a trunk of clothing the mother
was bndlv burned. A small babe was
rescued by a neighbor barely in time
i to save it. 1 turn snlfoeution. Every
thing they hud wns consumed and
there was no insurance. Mr, Znstrow
is a very industrious laborer, a painf
nii by trade, and ban a farg family to
ENTERSJOURNA
ELECTION AS
TO CITY LIMITS
NEXT FRIDAY
From All Indications Outside Terri
tory Will Be Brought Within
Boundaries of the
City.
BUSINESS MEN ALL
SEEM TO FAVOR MOVF
Residents of Outside Territory Anx
ious to Come Into City and
Receive City Privileges.
From all indications Medford will
extend her present city limits on next
Friday, when the matter is voted upon
by citizens of Medford and of the
districts to be brought in. A canvass
of the business men of the city afils
to show anyone who is not in favor of
extending the limits to iucludo the
territory which has petitioned for ad
mission. Residents of the outside
"districts nearly all wish to come in.
The election will be held Friday.
In the city the polling places will be:
First ward. Commercial clnb; Second
ward. Hotel Nash sample'room ; Third
ward, city hall. The polling place in
the outside district will be at the res
idence of E. E. Kelly in the Queen
Anne addition.
THINKS TAFT WILL GO
WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY
criT-rir. t . on n " "
SEATTLE. July 20 General
utimw "Btter, twice u cuiiuiumq lor
the presidency of the United States
on the populist ticket, visiting his
daughter here, in discussing the tar
iff today said : "I think Taft would
like to keep his campaign pledges
but if compelled to make a choice
between those pledges and his duty
to keen tho republican party together
he will serve the party rather than
the country and thus make the great-e.-t
mistake of his life.
"The people understand the re
publican pledges to mean n revision
of the tariff to relieve them of the
burdens of taxation and free them
from the clutch of the combinations
and trusts."
CONGRESS ASKED TO MAKE
3 TERRITORIES OF ALASKA
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 20. Mas
meetings held at Fairbanks, Junea-i
and other points in Alaska has pass
ed resolutions asking congress to di
vide Alaska into three distinct terri
tories, with three territorial seats of
government, to be locnted nt Juneau, ' r,,r equipment and betterments bv
Fairbanks and Nome. thc railroads. These infallible arte-
They contend that thc extent ' f 0f trade must speedily adjust
Alaska is so tremendous and (lis- themselves to the rising flood ot but,
(iinees so great that it would be next iess ana their orders mean addition
to impossible to maiutaiii a govern- ; 1(i prosperity for mills and mmmiite
nieut that would give satisfaction lo turers.
the people, and the needs of the thre.) 1 The Pullman company of this city
sections are so different as to ncces-' ;s ow turning out a heavy order
sitate different legislation. from ,he S.ulta F(?i the first passen-
onucrDrrf DsieTiemi w sr csuiPment purchase by that sys-
CONFEREES PRACTICALLY : tem since 1Q06, owing to the depres
CONCLUDE BUSINESS! sion in business. This order is made
WASHINGTON, July 20. The con i imperative by tho Bnlen cutoff and
gressioiial conference committee to-! other new lines. It calls for 130
day practically completed the work! steel passenger cars,
ou the tariff bill excepting mailers j The Baltimore & Ohio is in the
in which Taft is particularly inter- , market for 0000 freight ears, HO pas
ested. At today's meeting the col- senger cars and lid locomotives for
ton schedule was adopted. Material immediate delivery. This order
reductions were mado in tho duty on, order amounts to $10,000,000.
lower grades of cotton goods, but ( The Chesupeuke & Ohio road has
on the higher grades the rate pro-1 ordered 50 new locomotives. The
vided bv the senate was maintained. Chicago & Northwestern has placed
Cnurt Hall arrived Monday evening, dolus and 500 ore cars,
from Los Angeles, where ho has been j Tho Missouri Pacific will recoivo
in attendance on the grand lodge of in August the first 23 of an order for
the Elks. Court says Iios Angeles ! 100 locomotives.
is the banner entertaining city of his j In addition to these, there aro' mm
ejtperienco and that the- citizens .of ( celuhieous orders placed in smaller
that city showed the visitors a royal j lots for ;2000 mining care and ,..001)
good time'" '! Jj. . . ' I other cars of descriptions.
5
PORTLAND
PEOPLE VISIT
AT
Strong Delegation Celebrates Port
land Day at Seattle Fair
It Is Also Baby
Day.
THOUSANDS OF ROSES
STREWN OVER GROUNDS
Formal Celebration of Portland Dry'
Began With Addresses of Wel
come at Oregon Building.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 20. Fiva'
thousand strong, Portland folk to
day celebrated Pdrtland day nt the
exposition, which was also babv day.
On ven three" dozen babies were
christened in the auditorium and each
presented with a certificate of at
tendance, and a silveer souvenir cup,
while the band played "Babes in Toy-"
land.
The Portland people strewed thou
sands of roses over the fair grounds
and dominated all events of the day.
The formal celebration began with
addresses of welcome at the Oregcii
state building at 3 o'clock this after
noon. BALLINGER TO INSPECT
THE MALHEUR PROJECT
. ONTARIO, . Or., July 20. Secre
tary Bollinger wil arrive here July
24 to olnsPct the Mahenr project
Tho Mnf K- , . ,- .
the ehiet object of his visit is-to
sound the sentiment of land owners
toward government aid in . building"
the irrigation system. The people
north of Arcadia, including those in
the vicinity of Ontario and Yi!e and
Head Ox Flat, favor the government
project. Those living in the vicinity
of Nysssa and The Owyhee favor .1
high line ditch company.
ROADS ARE INDEX
GREAT PROSPERITY
Demands Fatcories for Rolling Stock
Millions of Dollars'
Worth.
CHICAGO, July 20. The best evi
dence that the country is again ou a
firm basis of prosperity is thowu
in the enormous purchases and bids
orders for 1000 box cars, ii00 gou-
EXPOSITION
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