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jjDFOED Daily Tribune
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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OR KCOX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, VMl
No. 114.
Mj
liEXIGAl!
QUAKE
r
FIVE TOWNS ARE WIPED OUT;
OTHERS PARTIALLY WRECKED
iff MANY KILLED;
"J f BY FALLING
Government Takes Steps to Quell
Civil War on Verge of Outbreak
Throughout Kingdom.
P.AKCKLON'A, Sprain, In')' HI. --
Over 'JOO rioters, who have bwii ar
i-.iKt. il durimr llm past IV' days wore
summarily court murtiuled this morn
ing, lini'il up against :ill 1111,1 l,,"t
"Th authorities hn '' """''
u nxcc nl'miis in view of the
public to awe the inMurroolioiiintH.
Tlio situation throughout llic kiny
lon i- somewhat improved today.
ELABORATE SONG
SERVICE SUNDAY
Best Talent In Medford Has Been Se
cured for Sunday Evening Ser
vice at Methodist Church.
Arrangements have been made for
one of the most elaborate song serv
ice ever presented in n local church
Tor ni-xtr Snmliiy evening at the Meth
odist Episcopal church. Tlio best
tulenl nvailahli' linn been secured for
the choir, which will bt comprised '.
20 voices. The choir will be assisted
by Mrs. llnzelrigg, soprano; and Mr.
Florence (1ayl ilralto of Min-
nepnlolis. The program follows;
Organ prolndo; invocation sentence,-
Harrington; processional, "0
Mother Dour, Jerusalem" (Ward);
anthom, "Snvior, When Night Involves
the Skies" (Shdlcy): congregational
hymn, "How Sweet tlio Name of
Jes Sounds' (Newton); prayer;
response. "My Ood, My Father
(Trovto); announcements; anthem.
"The Radiant Morn Hath Passed
'Away" (Woodward); scripture les
Hon;""aioria Putriu" (Meinekc) ; con
tralto solo. "My Hedeemer mid My
Lord" (Hack), Mrs. Florence Clay
ton; nnthein, "No Shadows Yonder
(Gaul); congregational hymn ..Je
rusalem the Golden" (Ewing); enl
lection; offcijlory sentenec. "All
Things Come Vof Time"; nnlhein,
"There Is a tfSSIri,'V" (Sll(,1,u-V '
nnmn-eLmt;o,;;:;P. "Crown Him
Will, Many CiK' (Klsoy); nn-
1...... "lVnisoVtoKS? Fi
m. "Praise ", I
, : voc.cssi..nfSninvk Ten Thou
od)
sand Harps and' Voices" (Mo.art) ;
benadiclion ; organ postludo.
The M. I''. Church Soulh and th-?
Paptist .cliurch nrc setting tho pace
fr civic improvement in the city as
regards the churches. Both hnvn
. ..I i.,,,.., inr iii excellent
Tilitntnu mm "i imhi""b - ,
condition largo lawns
which add
much I"
grounds,
the iippeaTiuiao
of Iheir
VVHLLU
Reports Not as Yet Received In Full
Government Rushing Aid to
Stricken People Fire
Adds Destruction.
CITY OK MEXICO, July 31. Ho
porl received by I hi! government to
day indicate that at leust 500 persons
wen- killed by the earthquake early
yesterday morning. At least rive j
towns arc completely wiped out nu-1-n
score of others were wrecked. I
Tin. Iwiivii'Mt dainaL'e was done at ;
ehilnpu, ".' miles from fcapulo.
It is believed that Chilapa has been
completely demolished.
Scores of peoplo were crushed by
railing walls.
Their bodies are being cremated by
the l';ro which follows the quake.
lieporlH uru still very incomplete.
Tho government is lakinn steps for
ihe relief of the stricken towns. Four
regiments of soldiers have been or
dered to the scene. '
Five train loads of supplies have
been dispatched.
EXPECT HARR
TO VISIT KLAMATH
Imnrnuements Made at Pelican Bay
Lodge Report Out That
Magnate Is Coming.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. July 31.
Earlv'lu the spring extensive im
provements, woro begun at Policna
Hay lxdge. Despite the fact thai
llarriman left for Europe, the rcpovt
came from the resort that the summer
will not pass without seeing him.
These reports are still current and
the best information obtainable, has
if that upon his return from abroad
llnrriman will come almost direct to
Pelican Lodge. .
Tho improvements at tho llarrinian
home are still going on. Colonol W.
II. Holabird is at tho resort giving
personal supervision to all work done,
lie says ho does not know it if llur
riman is coining. It is, howovor. n
matter of common knowledgo that
Colonel Holabird does not know any
tniug about matters in which llar
riman is concerned. For tho past two
years the rosort and all preparation
lor Ihe Hnrriman party has boon in
charge of Holabird, but up Io tho day
that, tho party of tho railroad mag
mito arrived, tho faithful colonel
niaiiitninod that ho did not know ,(
'Hnrriman was coming.
NEGRO
KILLED Si
Taken From Officers, Shot to Death
Bodies Left on Open
Prairie.
NEW ORLEANS. La., July 31. -
Two negroes were taken from the of-
cers near Grand Prairie lust niglil
and shot bv a mob of 30 men, who
quieilv dispersed, leaving the bodies
on the open prairie without the city
The negroes were nceuscd of com
milliner n series of robberies and
) wounding u white man while attempt
I nig to, enter n nouse.
MADEJN THE 70'S
Applcgate Mapped Out Road From
Roseburg by Fish Lake and on
to Klamath FRalls.
Jesse Applcgntn in the early 70
nuido a survey for a railroad rim
ning from
Uoseburir. erossiiiL' th
' I '....wniiw nt Trnil iuiks mid lltl
Hi
Hutlo and Willow Creek to Fish Luki
thence to Pelican Ray, Klamath Fall
and across to the head of Pitt river
thence down to California.
"The survey was made, 1 think, a?
speculation on Mr. Appleguto's pari
states J. S. Howard, the veteran ei
nincor who remembers the detail
"It was made Before the Oregon
California railroad was built, and
was uopca io sen mo survey iu
railroad company, as other survey
have been sold. The railroad ha-
not roaohed Roseburg, and Mr. Ap
plegate, who lived at Yoncnllu, sought
u road to avoid tho high grades of the
Siskiyou"! and tap tho Klamath coun
try. Ho found it through Fish Lake
Pass, whore the maximum elevation
is- 4G00 feet. However the railroad
rejected his routo and took the Rogue
river valley Siskiyou route.'"
A copy of the survey is in Ihe pos
session of H. H. Harris, who secured
it from Capl. Applcgate. It shows u
maximum grade of 18 feet to Ihe mile
against a three and a half per cer.t
grade on the present Siskiyou line.
The route ran past Finn, Lake and
Lake of the Woods, down Clear Creel;
to Pelican Hay, thence to Klamath
Falls, Hananita and Pitt river. It is
comparatively free from snow in
winter, cheap of construction and
easy to maintain. It is thirty miles
from But to Falls to Pelican Hay. or
(12 miles from Medford.
MB
11. M. Collins, Shirley Baker and
P. A. Damn of Carrolton. Wis., are
back from a successful fish'iig trip
to Fish lake, where they wore guest'?
of Mr. and Mrs. V. T. McCray.
Tabla d'hote dinnor at the Fash
grill S tndny evening. Special mu
CITY VS. HANLEV
10 COME IIP 1
NEXT MONDAY
Reported That Attorney Reamcs Will
Raise Constitutional Question
' Regarding New Law Under
Which Governor Acted.
LIVELY FIGHT IS ON
TAP FROM START
Special Session Will Open on Monday
Morning at 10 o'Clock Fist
Action Under New Law.
It is currently reported that At
toruev A. E. Keames will raise a
question as to the constitutionality of
the law under which Governor Ben
son took action when he ordered
Judge Coke to hold a special term of
court in this jurisdiction, when Jhe
case of the city of Medford vs. M. F.
Hanlev, condemnation proceedings.
comes up on Monday morning. The
action is without parallel in the his
tory of Oregon, and was taken unde
a law iisscd during the last session
of the legislature.
It seems certain that the case will
fie bitterlv fought and it may be that
Attorney Reamcs will carry tho cas?
to .the supreme court before he i
through.
Mr. 'Kennies was asked what his
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of action would be regarding
eimr
the mutter.
11 . i 3 , I
1,111 111.' lii-lllll'll Il Illl-
cuss it. saying that he has not as yet
decided.
TO INSTITUTE NEW
LODGE SEPTEMBER 15
If Plans Do Not Miscarry New Elks
Lodge in Medford Will Soon
Be Instituted.
If the plans do not misearry the
local order of Elks will be instituted
on or about September Ij. At an
enthusiastic meeting of local mem-
bers of the order on Friday evening
plnns were discussed which, if carried
out, will make the institution ot tne
locnl order one long to -be remember
ed.
Committees were appointed to make
preliminary arrangements, such as
finding a suitable hall, arranging for
demits of members from their horn-)
lodges and tho like. The boys have
entered into the matter with an en
thusiasm that amrtirs well for the
successful institution of the local
lodge. '
SNEAK THIE FR0BS
GEORGE PRIDDY'S HOME
George Priddy awoke Friday morn
ing to find that a sneak thief that
chews tobacco had visited his north
Oakdale residence during the night,
spending some time in his bedroom
rummaging among his personal ef
fects. He did not discover much
plunder, evidently being scared away
before completing his search. From
the pockets of Mr. Priddy's trousers
tho burglar took a watch, $3 in
change, a bunch of keys and n plug
of tobneev; The keys were found
on the lawn in front of the house tho
next flnv. Entrance was made throncH
tho front door, which was left open
to cool the room.
SCORES
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U I L
OSAKA,-Japan, July 31. Over
5000 homes have been destroyed by
a fire now raging which threatens to
destroy this entire city.
The loss of life has been enormous,
Over three square miles of the city
has been wiped out.
A whole army duvsion is fighting
the flames. The constant detonation
of explosives is adding to the terror
of the inhabitants.
A high wind is blowing the flames
toward the unburned section.
Osaka is one of the commercial
centers of Japan and has a popula
tion of over a million.
TO DEVOTE HILL
LAND TO GRAPES
Chicago Syndicate With Experience
in Madiera Planning to Plant
Large Acreage.
The representative of a Chicago
. , .
syndicate is at present m the city
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1... rt 1 I 1 , i
lui'lvliii; uici llic iicivi ii.u c.ii .-.
ill VlW,OL OiMUUUIIg lUlgU UUUia ul
hill laud surrounding the valley, es
pecially in the neighborhood of Jack
sonville, and setting out several thou
sand acres to grapes. The men i.i
the syndicate, it is understood, have
had great experience in the growing
of grapes in Madiera and also osn
extensive orchard tracts, devoted to
oranges, in Cuba.
A representative of tho company is
in Medford looking over the field. Ho
JAPANS
states that the soil and conditions are j any markets except those of Cali
s'milnr to those of Madiera and be- forma. The completion of the railroad
iieves that the Rogue River vallsy .to Klamath Falls makes it possible for
can produce grapes tho equal of
those to- be found in any quarter of
tbe globe. If arrangements can be
made it is highly probable that tho
valley will become renowned owing to
jf grapes, as it has with the raisin,;
0f apples and pears.
BIG CROPS EXPECTED
THIS YEAR IN KLAMATH
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. July 31.
Never in the history of Klamath
Lolmtv ms tiloro been a year when
the crop conditions were better than
they are at the present time. Wheat
will yield from 30 to 35 bushels per
acre, and the first cutting of alfalfa
is averaging clo'.o to three tons per
acre. Oats and barley will be excep
tionally heavy, as will also be the
yield of wild hay.
With indications of prosperity on
every hand, there is a rapidly grow
ing demand for a county fair this
fall. Until last year the fair was an
annual event. The grounds purchas
ed over a year ago have been par
tially graded. The racing course is in
good condition. The erection of the
necessary buildings will put the
grounds in shape for tho best fair
the county has over held. It is not
known if tho ninnngeinent of tho Ag
ricultural association will undertake
to promote a fair nud race meet, but
tho indications are that the enter-
priso would have tho hearty suppo-.t
of the entire county,
HOT WAVE AGAIN
niiirrnuin nurn
uWtLTlMi UVtK
MIDDLE WEST
Rainfall in Chicago Cooled Weather
Only for a Daiy--vSix;D,6athS' ;
Reported Today Many
Prostrated.
ST.
LOUIS HOSPJTALS ARE - .
CROWDED WITH' SUFFERERS
No Relief Is in Sight Bureau. Pre
dicts Hotter Weather
Tomorrow. -I ' " ' "'
CHICAGO, July 31. The heat
again today became intense in thu
city and claimed six victims. Score
were prostrated. Hotter weather i
predicted for tomorrow.
All effects of the recent rainstord -have
passed, and no relief is in sight.
Hundreds slept on the sidewalks ami
in the parks lust evening.
ST. LOUIS. July 31 The hospi
tales of this city are jammed with
persons prostrated by the heat. Two
deaths have been recorded. Hunt
dreds are forsaking the city for tho
country.
RAILROAD GIVES
T
Stockmen of Klamath Fails Pleased
With Advantage Given Them
by New Road.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., July 31.
Heretofore it has been impossible
for stockmen of this section to ship
stock of this section to be transport-
ed to all of the Pacific coast mar
kets. Buyers from Portland and Pa
get sound points are looking toward
this section with a view of getting at
least a part of their beef and mutton
I supply from the Klamath feeding
grounds.
The completion of the Klamata
Falls-Natron road will put all south
ern Oregon in direct connection with
the northern markets. It will enable
tho stockmen to ship to the places
where the demand is the strongest
and where the best prices prevail.
With the shipping point near at
hand the feeders of stock find that
they can get the cattle to market in
much better condition than when a
drive of 00 miles was necessary. Tho
result will be that the Klamath stock,
which has long been known as Uio
best on the coast, will roach the mar
kets in still better condition. Tho
development of this section does not
mean tho discontinuance of the stock
industry, but rather marks the bo
ginning of a new era in the stoc
business, an era that will prove prof,
itable to both the large and the small
stockman.
The stock will be in priiuo condi
tion when placed on the markets,
conseuently commanding the highest
price. The vast acreage that is he
iug sown to nlfalfa will make tho
country more of a livestock producer
than it was whon the cattle grazed on
tho sagebrush plains.