Hall
$1,000 REWARD!
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD WILL BE PAID BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO ANY PERSON WHO CAN SHOW UY AUTHENTIC TES
TIMONY THAT ANY CITY OR TOWN IN THE UNITED STATES, OUTSIDE OF THE ROGUE RIVER VLLEY. HAS TRIBUTARY TO IT.
WITHIN A 10-MILE. KADI US, "A 20'MILK RADIUS, A 30-MILE RADIUS OR A 40-MILE RADIUS. AS MANY DIVERSIFIED RESOURCKS
AS MEDFORD, OREGON, HAS WITHIN A CORRESPONDING RADIUS. . MEDFORD COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Medford Daily Tribune
Fouimr YEAR.
MEDFOIil), OKKUON, TUESDAY;, AUHJST 17, 1909.
No. 128
NEFF ANSWERS
IN HANLEY CASE
Highly Probable That No Move Will be
Made Until the September Term of
Court. Offers no
' Injunction.
"H Monday nftcriioiion Cil.V Attor
ney Ni-tf filed hi answer in the en"
nl .tint city vs. M. F. Hunlcy- for n
i-iulit nl' way noroM tho Ilutilcy prcm-i-iH
on Liltlo Itulto creek., Tlie on--ttor
wuH brief one, more in this
niitiiru nf n demurrer than an mi--wit.
Ihe only mutter affirmed be
ing llml tlm judgment obtained nt the
recent special term of court wm n
ll-i-tll 0I1.
Attorney Ni'lT bus decided
FLOUNCE ROCK
During Coming Two Months Exten
' slve Repairs Will Be Made, to.
Upper Rogue Bridge.
BRIDGE
CLOSED
- JiiK.ni llaiKoiiii. county - bridge IViccs on Ilartloit pears are avor
linil.ler. left Monday with n force of aging W box in ciislern markets,
men to start reconstruction work on Local shippers are paying l.2. a
the Flouiico Rook bridge over the box nt Medford inr small quantities
Rogue river, 40 miles above Medford. mid l fi0 u box for large qunnti
The bridge will bo closed to traffic tics- Growers are asking $2 n bos
for the coming two months, f. ' b. ears mid not anxious to se'l
Tho Floilnoo Hock bridge has beo.i at this figure, nearly nil shipping o.i
condemned for four years us uimafo eousignni?'it. The market has an up
and notices have warned the public ward trend, mid it is expected that
that tho county would not bo rospon- us high lis $4 will be received for
sible for accidents. Concrete pieri fancy Rogue Hivcr Burtletts.
will replace the piling now in uso, Tim outlook for high prices for
new limbers nnd enst iron nnglo .Cornice. d'Anjous and Winter Nollis
blocks are now on the ground fltid
Ihe much needed work will soon be
i-'-dcr wns'.
Tlie closing of tho bridge at this
-euson will work n hardship on tour-i-ts
from the Big Butte section, who
reach Prospect and Crater Lnko via
this rotito. It is tho only bridge
across the Rogue above the Ttyben '
bridge and will necessitate a long de
tour via Eagle' Point and the fcrrv
near Trail. Tho bridge is at the
Coot of thg Flounch Rock grade or
"Puinmico Hill," ns it is better known,
the steoposl. grade on the Crater Lake
route, '
HARVEST FIELDS
CALL FOR 20.000 MEN
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17. Twen
ty thousand inch will be needed by
Ihe wheat rais'i's of Minnesota and
the two Dakota to harvest the 10(1(1
crop, according to Ihe estimates .(
oinploynienf agents and crop experts.
Thousands of men lire coming from
Ihe wheal fields of Iowa, Wisconsin.
Illinois mid Indiana, but the farmer''
are already complaining that there
will be a scarcity of labor.
"leu tlioiiMunil men is n upuscrva
live cslimalc of the manlier needed
lo harvest this wlicnt crop," snys S
M. Owen, editor of the Farm, Stoeji
and Home. "All available sources of
information indicate that there is a
larger wheat acreage in Minnesota
than over helore, nnd that tho m
iTonso in" tho Dnkotns is from 8 lo 10
per cent.' Hoporls indicate that the
spring whont harvest will begin m n
very few days." .
Motion to Dissolve
whether Ik; will make u motion to di.v
Mihe llii' injunction mill arguu tin
unine next week or wail until the
opening of till- September term of
court. In miy event mi amended iui-
r will bo filoii.
Attorney Nell ik ol I lie opinion
ihut if ho wails until I lie September
term of court that lit; enu win the
ease without going 'he supreme
court to do ho. I In leave soon for
n business lri of a few days to Iais
Angeles.
PRICES FOR
RARTLETTS
Prices In Eastern Markets Are Goiti'j
Up Local Growers
. ' Rejoicing.
i excellent, i oioruuo. tnc oniy com-
elitor in d Anjous, lias a light ccop.
Keports from other fruit sections
show a decrcuse in production of Into
pears. In Cornice nnd Winter Nollis
the Rogue River lino nothing to fear
from competition, having virtually n
monopoly,
GLASGOW SUFFERS
MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE
nr.AKnnw m it a
,
million-dolhir firo bore today "
tlirentennd the destruction of
the business soction boforo it
wns controlled. Fulling walls
buried the fire headquarters
nnd tt number of firemen mi-
raculouslv escaped death.
MIGUEL'S CREDITORS
CLAMOR FOR THEIR MONEY
V1KNNA, Aug. 17. A petition lo
declare Prince Miguel of Itrngaun.i
n bankrupt lias been drawn nt the
instanco of creditors to the amount
of $10,000 nnd submitted to the Vi-1
ennu courts.
The petition was not granted, how
ever, owing to tho absence of Prince
Miguel, who loft Vienna some time
ngo and In believed to bo in Scotland
on a shooting expedition ot the pres
ent time. h . .
Prince Miguel's ongngemcnt to Miss
Anita Stewart of Now York wns re
cently announced.
SOAR
HILL TO TAKE
OVER IHE
John Roberts Allen, President of the
Pacific & Eastern, In Conference
With Stevens, According
to Telegram.
ALLF. NDENIES IN JOURNAL
THAT HE HAS SOLD ROAD
Says He Will Build the Road, but Has
Not Entered Negotiations With
Hill Interests.
Is a sale of the Pacific & Kustor;
railroad to James J. Hill, who con
rols tlie Oregon T4'uuk line, pending!
In the Telegram of August 10 it
appears that such a sale is pending.
while in the Journal of the same dat?
James Roberts Allen, president of tho
P. & F... denies that he is carrying o
any ui-uotiations witli the Hill inter
ests.
The articles follow :
Telegram: Iirnn official statement
volunteered by himself, John F. Ste
vens, personal and confidential rep
resentative of Juntos J. Hill, yester
day afternoon admitted his own con
nection with and his sponsor's finan
cial hacking of the Oregon Trunk
line. Stevens discussed the deter
mination of Hill to build into central
Oregon, frankly and with some of
that resoluteness which characterized
him when he was on the Isthmus' and
refused to let Uoosevclt tell him how
to dig the big ditch. Hut when it
comes to feeling tho great engineer
mind constructive railroad genius on
the project of invasion of California
he becomes evasive. However, his at
titude on this subject is not so much
to the point ns the three indisputable
facts:
First N. W. Kethel, location en
gineer of the North Bank, and only
lately locution expert oh the Oregon
Trunk, has taken up the task of run
ning surveys for this rond south from
Madras nnd toward Lakevicw. ne
will probably have crows in the field
in n very few days. As construction
engineer, Kethel has been succeeded
by George A. Kyle, assistant chief
engineer of the Pacific Sonst exten
sion of the Milwaukee. This leaves
Bethel's hunds free to project the
Hill line to tho various rich sections
which are to bo topped on tho way
to San Francisco.
Second Oregon Trunk people are
today endeavoring to round up on
gincers nnd surveyors for this work
in Portland.
Third John F. Stevens nnd Presi
dent V. D. Williamson of the Oregon
Trunk have been in extended confer
ences with John R. Allen of New
York, owner of tho Pacific & F.nstern
railway, at the Portland hotel today,
and it is roasounbly certain that Hill
will take over this rond projected
'twoen Medford and Crater Lnko in
the near future. This does not giva
a direct outlet into California, but it
will tap a bountiful empire in south
western Oregon, which has almost un
limited possibilit ies iii I lie develop
ment oT various industries. Hill's uc
quiromont of this property would
make it easy enough to eonnoot it
with tho rond which the Porter broth-
DATE OF INSTITUTION ELKS
LODGE POSTPONED
ST. LOUIS STILL
IN HOT WAVE
Seven Additional Deaths Were Re
corded This Morning Many
Horses Die.
ST. 1-OlilS, Aug. 17. The heat
wave is continued today and if the
pause ofnueh suffering in this city
and btuto. The thermometer is ris
ing from 0(1 this morning. Seven
deaths were reported during the night
out of 0 prostrations yesterday. Tin
hospital arc crowded with victims.
Eighty, horsiis have, died during the
last 48 Honrs.
UNIVERSITY MASONS
. BUY NEW CLUBHOUSE
F.l'GKXE. Or., Aug. 17. The or
ganized Masonic fraternity at the
University of Oregon .today purchas
ed the E. C. Smith residence at East
Ninth and Ililyard streets, one of the
hundsotoeM residences in the city, for
f 1 n.000, to be used as a clubhouse.
It was occupied by Honorc Palmev.
he Cliioaco millionaire, nnd bis fum
il itnA;g their short n-t-idence hor
two years ago.
HONOLULU ATTORNEY TAKES
OPTION ON LOCAL ORCHARD
Charles C. Clemnions of Honolulu,
If. I., who has been visiting m the
vnliev for a number of days, is so
well pleased that be has secured nn
option on n large orchard tract in tie)
valley ond will probably return to
purchase the property. Mr. Clem-,
mons is n member of the firm of
Thompson & Clcminons of Honolulu,
who enjoy ono of the largest if not
the largest practice in the islands.
Mr- ("lommons cxpeces to leasee for
his island home on August lit.
Hunt Lewis arrived from Portland
Tuesday to look o-er his Central
Point orebard?. He is the guest of
Frod H. Hopkins.
crs are now building up he Deschutes
canvon.
. Allen's Denial.
Journal : John Roberts Alleu, pres
ident of tho Pucific & F.nstern rail
way, which nt present ryns 12 miles
west of Medford towards Crater Lake
is in Portluud nnd stated this mom-,
ing that he wns not thinking of sell
iiii: his railroad to anyone nnd thai
Mr. Stevens had not offered to buy
it and would not buy it. He said:
"All reports that the Pacific &
F.astern has been sold to Hill or to
nnyone else nre untrue," snid Mv.
Allen. "I am the owner of the road
and havo entered into no arrangement
for the sale of it to Mr. Stevens. Mr.
Hill or anyone else. My purpose in
buying the rond wns to extend it to
Unite Fulls mid perhaps further, and
a grontcf part of the right of way
across Oregon has been secured.
"1 am going to Medford within two
or three days to look the rond over,
for I haven't seen it for three years.
It is not likely that we will build to
the const. You can readily seo thnt it
would bo impossible for me to sell
the road to Mr. Stevens or Mr. Ilib,
for thnt would cut me off nt once
from all traffic arrangements with
the Southern Pacific. I couldn't af
ford to make such a deal, and do not
eoutemplnte it."
Ill
ELKS EXPECTED
District Deputy Wires That He Will
Be Unable to Be in This City
on September 15, as Orig
inally Planned.
The date of the institution of the
lacol lodge of Elks has been post -poned
until some date in October, as
the district deputy, William S. Lev
ers of Baker City, is unable to arrive
here in September.
The committees are today in tele
graphic communication with the
grand lodge officers and a definite
date will be agreed upon before the
next meeting of the executive coin
mittee Thursday evening.
The banquet committee will most
this evening and every member is
urgently requested by the general
committee to be. present.
The invitations were ready to go to
the printer, but the uncertainty as
to the date will delay them for
few days. . The invitation is a iminim ;
MIIU IIUUH.H.UI- lITtlllUl, l.-ir,Miuiui u
urgent fraternal request to nil broth
er Elks wherever they may be and in
closing the following promise is made
to all :
When the big time is all over
You'll want to come ngaui,
For you'll find there's no one in the
bunch
P.ut n lot of happy men.
The executive committee of the
Elks tuej last evening in regular ses
sion at their club rooms and receiv
ed detailed reports of all the sub
committees. The various committees
reported thai nothing was being spar
ed to make the dny a perfect success.
From the amount of work and labor
lafd out for the various committees
it is evident that the institution of c
new lodge of Elks is considered to be
quite an important event tor the city
thnt is so fortunate ns to have the
distinction of an Elks' lodge.
The following are the committees
in charge :
Executive John S. Orth, J. D.
Heard, J. G. Goble, C. L. Reame-?,
Fruuk Hollis, C. W. Hcilbroraer. W.
T. Beveridge.
Programs and invitations C. L.
Rcnrnes, W. S. Crowell, A. C. Bur
gess. -
Banquet C. W. Heilbromer. J. W.
Jacobs. John J. Wilkinson, T. E. Dun
icls, D. B. Russell, H. L. Montgom
ery. Decorations J. G. Goble, M. G.
Mordorff, Earl C. Gnddis, Fred Col
vig, J. T. Phleyn.
Finance -Frank Hollis, A. n. Mil
ler. Ed A'nn Dyke.
Parade A. C. Burgess. George
Merritnan. L. L. Jacobs. P. H. Hu
sey. In addition to the above, John S.
Orth is chairman of the reception
committee and J. D. ITeard chairman
of tho entertainment committee, ond
those two will at the next meeting of
tho executive committee name the per
sonnel of their respective committees.
Delegations are expected from
Portland. Astoria, Pondlcton, Tho
Dalles, Koscburg; Salem, Baker City,
Eugene, Heppnor, Albnny, La Grande,
and Ashland lodgos, while tho cities
) of Grants Puss, Gold Hill, Duusmuir,
OCTOBER
PINCHOT STILL
Trans-Mississippi Conress Meets in
Denver Plnchot Awaiting the
Moment to Appear.
DENVER. Aug. 17. Addresses of
welcome occupied the morning ses
sion of the traus-Mississippi congress
today. The city officials welcomed
the organization and its officials re
sponded. This afternoon John Bar
rett is among others, scheduled to
speak. . ,
Pinchot has not as yetappeared
publicly, though his friends say he is
in the city.
It is considered significant that the
government has started a suit against
Judge D. C. Beaman, one of the lead
ers of the fight against Pinchot, de
manding the return of coal land3 al
leged to have been obtained by fraud
ulent entry. Beaman is generaloun
'sel forjlhe Colorado Fuel Iron com
pany. MR. HUTCHASON SECURES
BARGAINS IN NEW YORK
J. F. Hntchuson of the Hutchoson
Co. has returned from bis eastern
trip nnd is now actively at work
preparing for the reception of ont
of the finest lines of fall and winter
goods ever handled in this section of
tlie state. He says that the "big
store" will have a number of sur
prises for the ladies of Sledford, as
a mere statement of what he has se
cured in the way of Indies' wear and
novelties of all kinds would but poor
ly convey to them a correct idea of
their excellence and variety, and it
will be necessary for them to call and
sec for themselves. Due notice of
their arrival will be given in the Tri
bune and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all.
WOMAN WOULD WED
CHAP IN OVERALLS
'.' CHICAGO, Aug, 17. Sen
ator Borah of Idaho is look- .
ing today for a man in over
alls to marry Mrs. Grnca
Hartman." a ' Chicago club
woman. Mrs. Hartman wrote
Borah urging him to find her
an Idaho husband. She said:
"He must be n working man
wearing overalls. 1 want no
dressed up chaps for mine.
My experience is thnt Chica
go men are looking for snaps
for n woman to support
him."
Yrcka, Jacksonville and Klamnth
Falls, though having no individual
lodges, each hnve a large number
of resident Elks nnd will all come to
help fill out tho circle.
Special trains will bo run into the
city from both north and south, nni
it is the wish of the local members
that the e.itv on the day of. the big
event turn the occasion into ono big
jollification. Every businoss place in
town should bo docoraled in the col
ors of the order purple and white - -ond
nil should unite In making tho
visitors have a royal time and one
that thoy will long remember.
INCOG
DENVER