THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFQRD, OKKOON, WEDNESDAY, AUOUST 11, VM).
Medeord daily Tribune
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
Published every evening except Sunday.
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TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION.
.. Clear today and tomorrow. Warmer. . .
A rare and salubrious climate soil of remarkable fertility
beautiful scenery mountains stored with coal, oopper and gold
extensive forests streams stocked with speckled beauties game in
abundance a contented, progressive people such is the Rogue
River Valley. ' : - ' "
Average mean temperature..., 55 degrees
Average yearly precipitation 21 inches
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JJJST A
'. ft is inconceivable that
'A. E. Reames should have overlooked the charter provision
published elsewhere in this issue.
Mr. Reames knows that M. F. Hanley has no contract
;with the city of Medford.
.Yet Mr. Reames, as M. F. Hanley 's attorney, has flaunt
ed this worthless bit of paper in the face of the city for
the past year.
"With it he has tried to bluff the city into paying his
client $25,000 for a semi-arid stream.
By holding the city up in its endeavor to complete its
;water system he has hoped to force the city to settle upon
the provisions contained in a purported contract.
It is time this barefaced attempt at a hold-up cease.
The city of Medford will spend thousands to defend
this case, but not one cent will it pay in tribute.
It is a cute game, but it will not work.
Medford pays no blood money.
KLAMATH FALLS
PLANS ENTERTAINMENT
Steel Confers With Chamber of Com
merce Regarding Ballinger's
Visit.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., August li
Will G. Steele of Crater Luke Park
arrived in the city last night and had
a conference with, the officials of the
chamber of commerce as to the enter
tainment and care of Secretary Bal
linger, whose visit to this section is
now an assured fact, t'pon Mr. Bal
linger's arrival at Medford he will ho
rnet by the Medford Commercial cIim
and taken via auto to Crater Lake,
arriving there in the evening. lie will
spend the night at the rim in an es
pecially prepared tent. The next
morning the secretary will be taken
down to the lake, where a boat will
lie in waiting to take the party for a
ride.
During his slay at the lake he will
designate the 'location fur the big
hotel that is proposed to be erected
there.
At the conclusion of his stay at tin
lake he will he taken in charge by
the Klamath chamber of commerce.
The trip to Agency Landing will be
made by milo, where connect inn wicl
be made with the boat. This will
nfford the-secretary an opportunity
to see the source of the water sup
ply for the great irrigation system. '
Being pressed for lime it is doubt
fill if ho will remain here for a day,.
but every effort twill be put forth to
. get him to do so. One o the peculi
arities of thet secretary is strict n-,1-Jii-rence
to his schedule. In this i---
fipeet he is like President Tuft. If
lie decides that he cannot remain any
longer thnu the time now allotted
and the chamber of commerce of this
city and Medford can put, him through
without apparent difficulty it, will
have n considerable weight in the
effort that is being made to induce
President Taft to forsake the rail
way and jnnke the journey to Crater
Lnke when, he is on the coast two
months hence.'
.15.00
TIOLB - TJP
such an able attorney as Mr.
T
While the Company Is Not Enlarging
Its Plant, It Is Refitting
the Old.
The Weinhart brewery in this city
is being completely overhauled, and
while the ice plant is not being en
larged, it is being refitted so that 'the
usefulness of the plant will be greatly
increased.
A force of men for some time have
been busily engaged in making alter
ations and it will soon be in first
class shape.
rtARD TO BEAT TRIP -
MADE BY TEDDY R.
PORTLAND, Aug. II. "President
Roosevelt's tour of 1904 exceeded
in texensiveness if not in length the
tour proponed by President Tnft,"
says Steve Council, head of the Ore
gon secret service department.
"As one of President Roosevelt's
body guard, I trawled with him 13,
000 miles, entering every western
state and missing no point of any
possible, importance.
"We rode in a special train of sii
coaches and everything was conduct
ed on an elaborate scale. President
Roosevelt during that time made at
least two set speeches anil eight shorl
talks from the end of the train daily.
T have heard it said that President
Taft will make the greatest tour eve-.-in
dei-taken by any president, hut 1
am sure, unless he changes his plans,
ns announced, that he will not exceed
that made bv Roosevelt."
PLACER DISCOVERY AT
MOUTH OF DESCHUTES
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 11. Three
claims have been filed for placer
mines on nn island in the Columbia
river at the mouth of the Deschutes.
Gold was discovered several days ago
but the find was kept quiet until the
filings we're made. The island con
tains about 60 acres, and tho gravel
jnuns 50 cents to the cubic yard.
the towN that
PUSH BUILT
VIII. The Up to Date Jeweler
THIS ia the jeweler who needed
Soma boota and aheaa and
wisely heeded
What ha was told by tha ahoa man'a ad.
And went and bought tha beat ha had
And paid with the hardware merchant'!
bill
Which came from the furniture dealer'a
till,
Where it went when the clothing deal
er bought
From the dry gooda man, which thu
butcher got
From the grocer who had eettlement
made ,
With the money the honeat workman
paid.
P.S.The local dtaler tuba's up to snuff
n ill always advertisi bis stuff.
DIVERSION OF WATER
CALLS FOR PERMISSION
SALEM. Or., Aus. 11. Comnara-
tivcly few people are aware that un
der the provisions of the new water
code, enacted by the last. legislature,
it is a misdemeanor for any person
to divert water in any quantity what
ever from any stream in the state
for irrigation, ixnver or other nur-
pose without first securing permission
irom the -state board of control of
water rights. This law is heinir cnii-
stantly violated through general igno
rance ot its provisions, and in order
that all may be fully informed upon
the subject and be guided according
ly in future. State Engineer John II.
Lewis hns drafted a circular letter
contaillillL' in brief the full niinui-l
of the provisions of the code with full
instructions ot how to proceed to ap
propriate water under it. These circu
lars will be scut broadcast over the
state to b cposted in the postofficcs
and courthouses and published in lo
cal newspapers.
NEW TARIFF LAW
AT WORK ALREADY
WASHINGTON', Aug. 11. Hide
imported under the Dingley act but
held in bonded warehouses now may
be taken out without payment of duty
getting the udvuntage of the new
tariff law.
This same ruling applies to Philip,
pine cigars and other articles which,
under the new tariff law, are admit
led free.
The decision to this effect was
made today by thtf treasury depart
ment. The new law is already , working
smoothly in the eastern ports.
It is expected that all custom house,
collectors will have a certified copy
of the law in their possession tomor
row, making the tariff effective in
all ports.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
At the Nu sh P. Mason, S.
Churchill, SaiT Francisco; Daniels for
Duds, Sccley for Suds, city; ,1. -.
Ware, Kansas City; W. V. Rartletl,
Sisson; Thomas L. Mulken, Sacra
mento; J. R. Brown and wife, Chica
go; W. G. Bandon and wife, A. Mai
ler, W. II. Jones, Will C. Smilh, San
l-'rancisco; C. 1). Lump, Chicago; .1.
Fielder, Chicago: L. .1. Gillespie, Kan
sas City; L. F. Price, Walt re; A.
Good and wife, Newport ; J. I-'. Walloon-,
Denver; J. F. Blakeley, Rose
burg; B. F. Forties, Butte.
MILLIONS OF ACRES
FOR DRY HOMESTEADS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Acting
Secretary of the Interior Wilson to
day designated 1,658,040 acres of
land in Montana as coming within the
enlarged homestead act, making a
total in that state of 25,400,200 acres
BUMPER CROPS IN
KLAMATH THIS YEAR
Alfalfa and Grain Crop Will Bo
Enormous Prosperity
on Tap.
KLAMATH FALLS, August 11.
The quietness that is existing in bus
iness circles throughout tho city, d-te
to tho absence, of so many of tho cit
izens on their summer vacation, is
simply tho culm before the. storm.
Business men arc expressing no re
gret over the lull, for it gives them
tho opportunity to mako their annual
inventory and mnko preparations for
the receiving of tho immense full
stocks that have been purchased this
year.
Word comes in daily from tin'
fanning districts that this will be the
banner year for crops. The fir-,',
cutting of alfalfa is in the stuck and
the yield has far surpassed tho ex-R-ctatioiis
of tho ranchers. Tho warm
weather now prevailing is bringing o.i
tho second cutting with speed and the
in dications arc that it will exceed
the first by considerable per cent.
I ho average tonnage to the acre will
net n boost this year that will place
it close to the four-ton mark. 1 Iih
is due more to the improved mcthoiU
ihat were adopted this year. There
were many fanners who were wont
to believe that they wero getting tho
full tonnage from their land, but soon
began to realize that they were cither
mistaken or their lauds were poor,
for their neighbors wero each year
passing the mark ut which they were
willing to remain. This started the
movement to try and increase tho
yield. The results were so astonish
ing that next year will certaic.iy sec
tho four-toil mark passed. It will be
passed in many instances this year,
but the average will fall below it.
- The wheat crop will be a bumper,
and if the price stays above a dolhir
the fanners will bo a happy crowd of
citizens. The same is true of barley,
rye and outs, in all of which the av
erage yield will puss any record here
tofore made. Tho potuto crop will
be bigger than over, very few of the
crops having bemi touched by frosr.
The result of such u harvest will
be a boom in the business of the city
after the first, of the month, when the
fanners will begin to come in for
their winter supplies.
Strife of Intellects.
'Why don't DIekliw and Wlcklns let
their children play together any
more?"
"They both think they luire the
smartest children on eartli, and the
two families arc accusing ciich other
of plagiarism."
GOVERNOR NAMES
CONSERVATION MEN
SALEM, Or., Aug. 11. Delegates
to the first national conservation con
gress to be held at the auditorium of
the Alnsku-Viikon-Pacific exposition
in Scuttle, August 2(1, 27 and 28, have
been appointed by Governor Benson
us follows;
J. N. Teal, chairman, Oregon con
servation commission, Portland; Kd
ward II. McAllister, denn of the
school of engineering, University of
Oregon, Eugene; George M. Corn
wall, editor Pacific Timbormun, Port
land ; W. K, Newell, member of slate
board of horticulture, Gaston; and
10. W. Wright, editorial writer, Port
land. ' .. . i ..
UNCLE SAM HAS
GREAT FUTURE
Great Era of Prosperity Ahead for
the United States Must Learn
, to Think In Billions.
Unless the unforeseen occurs, the
decade upon which the United State-
is now entering promises to be one
oT unexampled prosperity. It wiil
in reality be a decade in which the
country must leuru to think in bil
lions, for it! the rule of increase of
tho ten years past is maintained, as
is probable, the statistical totals,
most of them will bo found rapidly
ascending the billion column. Nat
urally, when that occurs. Ilio odium
of tho billion-dollar congress will
disappear. J lie tact is tho United
States is a rapidly urowinir iriiuit
among tho nations, mid it is still far
from having attained the size to
which it is destined.
Tho statistical expert of the Man
ufacturer's' Record bus been figuring
out what is going to happen willrn
tho next ten years of the nation';'
progress, mid the very viistuess of
the conclusions he reaches makes a
stiii-lluig exhibit of the count nV
financial and industrial nnwer. He
estimates Unit in IMS the total
wealth of the country will be the
enormous sum of $',l(),(l(l),0l)0,0ll().
In IHIIl) it was $05,00(1,0(111,000, and
the estimate for ,11)18 is bused upon
the average annual rate of increase
from 181)0 to 1!)08. Of course, the
human mind can grusp Ibis huge to
tal only in the vaguest way. ' To
the ordinary man it means superla
tive vastness; it is nu exclamation,
not a clearly defined idea.
The population for .1018 is est,,
mated ut 100 million, bank deposit -i
$30,01)0.000,000, value of agricultur
ul iiroiliictu Kt snn nnn nnii ,,..;ti
and products of manufacturer $02,. !
01)0,000.000. gross cuniings of rail
roads $4,000,000,000, with u mileagsl
of 284,000, und freight, inilcugc of
422,000,000,000. ,
But while this optimistic prcdi
tiou is dazzling in its brilliancy,-it
must not bo forgotten that there wi'd
come with this expansion of industrv
great problems that will tax tho wis
dom ol statesmen to the utmost. It
will make acute the question of regu
lation of corporations; it will create
lien- and pressing demands upon the
central government for the improve
ment of waterways in coiiuecti.ui
with intricate transportation prob
lems; it will call tor largely increased
taxes, perhaps by new methods, and
with enhanced prices of commodities
it will make critical in many way-)
the present system of the 'ecoiionii-3
distribution of wealth. All simif
Hiiut to u period of economic adjust
ment to new conditions.
LANE LUCKY THIS YEAR
REGARDING FOREST FIRES
SPRINGFIELD, Or., Aug. 11. One
forest fire has been reported in Lnnc
county so fur this season, ulthougti
up to two years ago every season
saw 'many disastrous ones. The only
report came from near Halo, and no
dair-ngo of consequence ' hud been
done. According to forest servi"c
of liters of tho government, each for
est tree is worth from $4 to $10.
When in the pond, each log is worth
treble that amount. When built into
tho honso the value of each tree may
be anywhere from $40 to $100.
Bargains in Real Estate
A few investments that will make money for you
40 acres fine fruit, hind near railroad station, 81) per acre, V3 cash,
easy terms on balance at ti per cent interest.
100 acres of the best orchard hind in the valley, UN K MILK FROM
RAILROAD STATION, $'i0 per acre, (INK-l-'OURTH cash, easy
terms on balance at. 0 per cent interest.
10 acres of choice orchard land close to railroad station, $100 DOWN
AND $10 A MONTH BUYS THIS. You will regret if if you
4 largo city lots in West Mndfovncrcs 011 Iho above terms.
neglect to sectiro this ten ,d joining Kenwood addition, $200 en.
Tho owner of the above properties purchased them four years ago
before tho advance in prices-and will sell at a very moderate profit. ,
Considering quality of land and locution, these arc among the
chenpest hnys'in tho market today.
J.C.BIOWN
Office ii Palm Block, Upstairs . ' , , Mfldlord, Oregoto
NEAR ETERNITY
Popular Ashland Young Lady Hai
Narrow Escape From Instan
taneous Death.
Miss Kduu Tosleviu of the Ashland
central telephone office and a most
popular young ludy, hud a narrow
escape from death Monday, says the
Tidings, when a surrey party ol
which she wus one while driving down
the second grade this side of Long's
Lodge in Ashland canyon went over
the precipitous hunk and landed 40
leet below, horses, surrev, Driver
l'crnoll Whitmorc, and Miss Tosteviu
piling up in u heap in the rocks, Tin
other two occupants of the surrey,
Sidney Allen and Clarence Tosteviu,
jumped from the surrey as it wont
over. At first it was thought that
Miss Tosteviu was most seriously in
jured, but fortunately her injuries
t anted out to be superficial and she
escaped with some severe bruises and
a bad fright. Whitninro was bruised
up some, but not severely hurt. Dam
age to the horses, hnrnexs and rig,
after they were gotten out, were c
timuled at $50. The accident wit
tine to the fact that the surrey did
not have a brake on it and in com
ing down the grade the near horso
crowded the off side nuiluul over un
til he lost Ins folding on the narrow
grade and pulled the outfit down
with the ilisitHt roiis results stated.
Immediately behind the wret-k-d
rig in another carriage wero F. L.
Nelson ami wife und Will Dotlge and
wife. Tin! parly had been making
the ascent of .Ml. Ashland, having
driven curly in the morning to Long'"
Lodge. They were returning with
their tennis to town about (I o'clock
in the evening when the accident hap
pened. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
I Northbound.
No. 20Rosoburg Puss... 7:41av .
No. 12jShosta Limited... 025a.m.
No. lGlOregou Express. . G:24 p. m.
No. 14!P.rthmd Express. 8:39p.m.
1 Southbound.
No. njShnsta Limited., . 5:50 a.m.
No. 15'Califorliia Express 10 :35 a. m.
No. l.'ljS. F. Express.... 3:32 p. m.
Medford to Jacksonville.
Motor cur leaves
Train leaves
Train leaves
Train leaves
Motor ear leaves .
8:00 a.m.
10:45 a. in.
3 :35 p. ni.
0:00 p. m.
0 :30 p. m.
,Jacksonvijtoto Medford.
Motor leaves 7:00 n. m.
Train leaves 8:45 a. in.
Train loaves 2:30 p.m.
Train leaves 4 :30 p. m.
Motor car lenvos , . 7 :30 p. m.
No motor car scrvico until about
July 20.
PACIFIC & EASTERN RAILWAY.
No. llLoavcs Medford'. .
No. 3!f.envcs Medford..
No. 2 Arrives Medford..
No. 4!Arrives Medford . ,
No. ljArrivo Kaglo PL.
No. 2lLcaves Kaglo Pt..
No. 3Arrives Kaglo PL.
No. 4!LeavoK Kaglo Pt.
00 a. m.
20 p. m.
10 a. m
00 p. m.
45 0. m.
05 o. v
:05 p. m.
:15 p. m.
MAIL CLOSES
Northbound .
Southbound .
Kaglo Point.
Jacksonville ,
8:55 a. m,
0 :00 p. m,
10:40 a. m
:10 p. m.
:()() p. m.
:00 p. in.
:15 p. m.