Oreuon Historical Society
City Hall
$1,000 REWARD!
ON'E TIIOI SANU DOLLARS I.TWAftlMVIIX UK i'AUt IJV TflK LXDKK.SIONKU TO ANY PERSON. WHO CAN SHOW BY AUTHENTIC TES
TIMONV THAT ANY CITY OK TOWN IN THE l.'NJTEIi STATES. OUTSIDE OK THE ROGUE RIVER VLLEY. HAS TRIBUTARY TO IT
WITHIN A 10-MILE RADIUS. A 'JO-MILE I.'Alill S, A :!().. MII.E RADII'S OK A 10-MILE RADIUS. AS MANY DIVERSIFIED RESOURCES
AS MEDFORD, OREGON'. HAS WITHIN' A COKRESI'ONDINO KAMI'S. MEDFORD COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Medfoed Daily Tribune
J'OUItTJl YEAR.
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No. 122.
DEATH REAPS I rogue river valley melons unsurpassed by any in ngrthwest i
HARVEST IN n
GOTHAM I , f li
Budies of 40 Bullies, Greatest Num
. her Since Slocum Disaster,
Lie In tch Morgues of
New York.
HEAT RESPONSIBLE FOR
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER
No Signs of Abatement of Terrific
Heat Wave Sweeping
Over East.
NEW YORK, Aiisiim lO.-Tlio liml
i:n ,(' 1(1 linbii-s, llli Cl.'llli-l Mllllilirr
i Sin llie ( i-ii I Slm itm iliKiiHlcr,
lie toiliiy in llii' inorjfm-n '( thix oily
lis I ll' result ,,f Hi" liTl ililc lif!
;.m-II tthirli IkiIiN litis I'ily in ' t
i-!mcli.
Five ailiillH it rf iK'iid jiml crnri's
no vnhlrali!l.
Twi'Mly-jti'Vcii of tin- linliii-s ilii'il nl
tin? I' iilliiiK usyliiMi. l.'l in olli-i
In. . Hiils ntiil in hi vn I c liiitni-s.
Tlirip is n h yet nn Bij;iis of nhnlo
im nt i.l' the limtt.
SPLENDID LOCATION
FOR MEDFORD VIEWS
Tlic lurgo views ot th
Kopuo Rivi-r vnllcy xvliicli hit,
ii('iiiicil for llio oxliiliition
tit tin Si-iilllt' Diir liiivc lii'cn
ilni:i!(l. The iiiiilurcs wrc
hull); over tin' oniintor of thti
iitforiimt ion Inui'iiii in tliu
Orcpiu liuililiui;. Tln locnliiiii
could not ho hnttor, iih thou-
sIIIhIs III' vihitOl'H 1111(1 lllMllO-
(Ji'dkurn f'linnnt help but sim
lhl'lll.
Anionic Ihe views is olio of
Crater Lnkc, IS feet long nml
two 1'cet wide, colored, niiide
by Kiser of I'urlliuid. Tin) oth
er views nro orehnrd nml riv
er section in mid near Mod
ford. , G. A. Hover of thin city ia
the mun to whom the credit
of obtaining the splendid posi
tion for the. views is duo. i
FREIGHT CAR THEFTS
AGGREGATE $20,000
SAN FRANCISCO, August '
Thefts of Roods nKKropiUinpr $20,000
in viilne from the freight enrs on the
Southern I'ncifio ditrinpt tho your
hiivo tirouscd the officials of the
company l action, and it is pro
posed to place a number of detec
tives at work, with n view of pro
venting the robberies and appre
benditiR the men oiiRiiiied in tho prac
tice. The detectives garbed like tramps
will Tide on every freight, nnd min
gle with tho professional hobos who
travel in liko manner.
Tn addition ft closo watch is to bo
kept at points, whore tho shipments
are lorried. Ho'oently it was discov
ered that omplnyos had been enlorin
ears by springing the ddo doors at
the bottom.
Tennis and men wanted. Apply at
iiO'iee of Hig 1'ines Lumber Co. 122
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Water Melons, Casauas, Rocky Ford
WOODVELLE MAN
- PROVES LUCKY
Draws No. 45 In Coeur d'Alene Res- i
ervation Drawing Worth
About $10,000.
Oscar Simpkitis of Woodville, Or.,
who is well known iu this city, was
one of the fortunate ones in the bind
drawing Monday at tho Coeur d'Alene
reservation. Mr. Siinpkins drew No.
-I.), and it is estimated that tho gov
ernment will baud him a piece of Ian:!
worth iu the neighborhood of $10.0011.
Mr. Siinpkins is one of the well-to-do
ranchers near Woodville. He ha.
resided in this' county for a number
of years, and many friends will ten
der him congratulations.
Tho Oregon people who drew prize
in Monday's drawing were:
No. .1 Isndor Selig, Myrtle Creek.
No. 1(1- -T-"ii el J.'. Thompson, Ade
na. No. -l.i- ( I.
No. fill F..
A. Sinipkins, Woodville.
L. Koiuitx. North Pow-
dor.
No. 05 August Solum k. Fossil.
No. l.lM-H. Bridges, Portland.
No. 1 10 Carrie N. Hclkunp, Mon
roe. '
No. 1 Tii Wilbur Conlton, Ilmnl
River.
NEW COON IN TOWN
CAUSE OF MUCH COMMENT
There is ii new coon in town one
of those genuine old "way down
south" kind that every time be looks
at yon you begin framing an apolo
gy for laughing. Only in this nasi
thorn is no apology needed, as that's
his business, and if you had been nl
tho Bijou last night you would swear
ho was "on the job" when it came
to producing wholesouled laughter
What's move, when hn drifted inlo
town be didn't drift alone but brought
his chicken, also his wife (possibhlv
to cook tho chicken), and between
the two of them or rather the three
of them they make a team worth go
ing a long way to hear.
Musk Melons, from the Rogue River
When Thev Comp
OREGON FRUIT CROP GOOD
Port'?nd Oregonlsn Sums Up Conditions Thro'uqhout State Best R-
ports From Southern Orego
River
The I'ortlnnd Oregoninn has com I kill county will be the shortest knon,i
pleted its estimate of the Oregon : in .1U years, but the quality of the
fruit crop for 1!I0!I. According svjfniit is pronounced prime. The Se
reports, the fruit crop of Oregon thi -. lent district hud a big apple cm,)
year has turned out belter than ex , InM year and expected u small one
pected. Small fruits on the whole thi year, hunt oaehes are a bump-
have not done well, hut the staple
crops apples, pears and peaches -promise
a yield that will aggivgat
only about 100 carloads less than the
fine crop of 1008.
The apple crop, which u few mouths
ago it was predicted would be a fail
ure, will, from pre.sont indications,
amount to a little over 80 per cent
of last year's output, while the qual
ity will be as good as it ever was. Of
peaches there will be about 70 per
cent of th ."production of last your,
while nearly twice as many pears will
be marketed as in 1908. rrunes are
not grown in all parts of the state,
yet they are one of the most impor
tant products and the crop this year
will be almost a third heavier than
last year.
The best general reports come from
southern Oregon. Medford nud Cen
tral Point, which ar" heavy shippers
of fruit, will have almost twice as
many apples and three times as many
pears as last year, while Ashland will
increase its shipments of apples and
peaches. Oranls.Pass will ship "nl
per cent more apples, l.'it) per ecu
more peal's and fiO per cent nunv
peaches, and Merlin will have ."iO per
cut more peaches than a year ago
Tho neaeh and apple crop of the
Koscburg district will be but a hill!
of last year's, though pears will equal
and probably exceed tho crop of 1008.
, Tho Willamette vnllcy has a light
crop of nearly everything except
prunes. The yield of apples in Yam-
Valley Drive All Other Melons Out o f
n Each Season.
n and Particularly the Rogue
Valley.
er crop. ; Linn county has 70 per
crnt of an apple crop, half a pencil
crop and rip iris- pears practically a
1'iihire, wlr'.e the quality of fruit in
gi neral is an! quite up to the usual
!iigh standard Lane county has half
u crop of apples and pears and a
normal crop of iieaches.
Hood River and Wasco counties
fare about the same as the Willam
ette Valley. The Hood River apple
crop Is Estimated at hut a little ov r
half of .last year's. The quality is
no to . the usual standard and the
fruit is running to good sizes. Pear
are light there. Mosier has half a
crop of apples. There is a fall yiel'i
nl pears, but the acreage is limited.
Last year The Dulles shipped 100
em's of peaches, but this year w;ll
have none for outside markets. Pears
held their own in Wasco county,
while apples are half a crop.
Prospects in eastern Oregon a;-?
fair. Frcewater and Milton will ship
,:hiiost as many apples and fully as
many peaches as in 100S. La Grande
Cive and Ciiion will have half .is
i.i ii .. apple to dispose of n a your
.v.-:'. nnd report normal crops o!
,i. ir' and peiii l.e.s. Late frosts en!
down the Baker county crop mate
rially but the quality of the fruit is
heller than usual,
This increase in the Hood River
'valley this year amounts to about
2000 acres, while much raw laud is
being cleared for plauHngjnnil
(Continued on pngo 4.)
the Northwestern Markets When
NtW INSTITUTION
FOR THIS CITY
Business College Under New Man
agement Soon to Be Opened
Competent Instructor.
This city is now assured of tic
one thing it has lung needed and that
i an up-todatc business college, un
der competent management and witn
a teaching rforee that would com
mand llie respect of students not only
aiinnid Medt'ord. but throughout the
enliie southern part of the state,
well as northern California.
E7specially to that class of youn-.:
men and women who live near Med
ford and who find themselves una
ble to go a long distance from homo,
yet desire a thorough business train
ing will Professor J. B. Mack -with
his modern methods nnd trained
teaching force confer n boon the
value of which can hardly be over
estimated. Professor Mack has had 15 years'
exericnce in conducting his own nnd
other business colleges in the east, as
well as being the author of a num
ber of text books on commercial worn
that are extensively used in the bus
iress colleges of the country. Al
though he is at the present time the
owner of other colleges, he will make
his home iu Medford and personally
supervise the work here, having al
ready made arrangements to secuie
a suitable building and' placed hi
orders for furniture.
ltotb day and night classes in mod
edil business colleges will be taught
here and there is no doubt but what
the institution will be n success from
the start.
.A. F. & A. M.. ATTENTION.
There will he work in the M. M.
degree this evening." A large attend
ance is requested.
Judge Colvig spent Monday in Aslv
luml on professional business.
PIHOISETS
CONGRESS
AGOG
Sounds First Note of Warfare With
Ballinger Before National Irri
gation Congress Uphold
Roosevelt's Policies.
BALLINGER SCORED FOR
ACTIONS IN MONTANA
Bitter War Sure to Result in Spo
kane Ballinger Reaches There
Tomorrow.
SPOKANE. Wash., August 10.
i Sounding the first note of the open
! ing warfare with Secretary Ballinge.
1 bv imholdini? the Roosevelt iiolicie.
denouncing the administration of law
by technicalities, and exploiting the
gigantic water power trust, Chief
Forester Gifford Pinchot today set
the irrigation congress agog with ex
citement, calling the delegates to their
feet time and lime again to cheer
him. The session was most excit
ing. Resolutions are pouring into com
mittees and everyone is awaiting jrirh
the keenest interest Balliuger's ap
pearance here i tomorrow.
The Spokane Press today prints
the following editorial in connection
with the publication of Balliuger's
activities in connection with the open
ing of the water power lands in Mon
tana. In part it says:
"Richard Achilles Ballinger. stand
up. You ar.e accused of maladmin
istration of your high office as sec
retary of the interior. What havj
you to say for yourself? You can
not longer escape issue. In Mou
tana it is presented squarely. Rich
water power lands along the Mis
souri were withdrawn by your pred
ecessor at the direction of Roosevelt,
whose policies your chief has sworn
to perpetuate. You know why these
lands were withdrawn. You were
told by advisors that there was grave
danger that a water power monopot ;
would grab them. Yet you insists I
they be restored the minute you took
office as guardian of the public do
main which belongs to the people.
You said many agricultural InuJs
were included in the withdrawals.
Why didn't you simply restore the
agricultural lands and leave tho wa
ter power sites out of the reach ol
the water trust ? Whv such haste in
the restoration of these lands? Did
Senator Carter influence your de-
cision.? Do you know.be is bound
body nnd soul to W. A. Clark and his
interests in Montana? Why were P.
S. Senators Tom Carter and nughos
permitted to sec the decision of the
rttorney general befora it was made
public? Have these senators any in
trest you feel hound to place above
the interests of those who tilled the
soil and made homes in the grand
valley. Theso are many of the ques
tions you should answer. Y'ou ars
here before? a gathering of people
who have a right to know these
things. Y'ou owo it to your state, owo
it to your chief, who has sworn to
uphold the Roosevelt policies. More
than to these you owe it to the peo
ple, whose servant you are. Y'ou owo
it to yourself to explain."
Mrs. J. H. Bellinger is visiting iu
Baker City with friends.
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