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WITHIN A ID-MILE RADIUS, A 20-MILE RADIUS. A .'JO-MILE RADII'S OR A 40-MILE RADIUS. AS MANY DIVERSIFIED RESOURCKS
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No. 129.
Daily
JlRJ
SUPREME COURT
GIVES NEWTRIAL
THE BEST ' BAR FLETT PEAR ORCHARD OK EARTH
T
0 WALSWORFH
Jutlae Hanna Reversed for Refusal
to Instruct Jury in Behalf of De
fendants' Riytit to Resist At
tack Mother In Danger.
SLAYE2S OF MANKIN
SERVING LIFE SENTENCE
History of Case That Resulted in
Pitched Battle Between Two
Families Near Jacksonville. .
SALEM. Ai. IS. - -Tin
iriMn t'niirt yesterday. revcrM-d an
other ease from .liuksim county l"
cause ul' On' error of Judge Dunlin,
nnd Oh nolorioim Wnl-wurlli case Iiii.i
hem remanded buck lor inio.lli''i- I i-I-t' -
About a year ago Charles II. Will..
worth unci Nonal Walswoith, falhei
anil Mill. were sent U for lift' '
. Ii-ihc on n verdict ol murder in the
second degree, aii'l "I"'" 1'u' appeal
of I lie Walsworths t case was yes
terday reversed anil ordered buck for
a new trial.
History of Case.
Tlic luol itiK affray which result
'il in On' killing of JumuH Maiikiu n
g,r ago last Christum was one ul
llio lilooilii'Hl affairs in til" aiiaiilii ft
Jackson county.
Tim Wiilsworllis were ul that lino:
residing in " cabin upon l'i'-'eo f
land owned liy the Minikins, and the
rouble grew out of an attempt to
i j.'cl Oil' Walsworths l'rutii tho Imi-I.
Origin of Quarrel.
Hi'iiry Minikin wciil In ihc Wals
uortlt place ill company with u wit-
riess lo serve ii notice to vai'iito on
On' filler Wulswi.rth, and bccuiiu! in -volvcd
in a iUiirrel with the laili.r.
The minrrel look lilliec ut tho stable
of the WalHwnrOi ilm-i. During tho
altercation James ManUin came over
mid, it in charged, took up tho quar
rel of liiH brother Henry.
In Ilia meantime Carrol Minikin,
another brother, being nltrncled !
tho loud noise, ennie hurrying to'llus
secne, armed with a large HlieK. ywiis
worth, noticing the. hitter's nppraarli.
and mistaking tli slick for u pun,
Tim to Ok' house crying. "iL'.H gun
you want, in it?"
Up lo this point Norvul Walnworl'i
who had taken no part in tho afl'rav,
milled to his fiither that it was nut
a (run, hut u stick.
Brought a Rifle.
The older Walsworth, upon reach
ing tho house, (miiiic to tho door with
a rifle, and an he claims, fired a shot
in the air for the purpose of fright
ening away tho Minikins.
Belle Minikin, u sister of the belli;.
grouts, upon Insuring tho report of
Wnlsworth's riflo, hurriodly brought
p, shotgun nnd lntor a rifle, mid then
followed 11 duel in which a number
' shots were exchanged. Jiiiiii'h Mini
kin being fiitall.V wounded nnd tho
elder Wulsworth receiving a serious
wound in tho head from n rifle- ball
and a number of gunshot wonndM
about tho head and nrm.
Youth Fired Fatal Shot.
It appears Hint the hIio! which kill
ed Mankin wim fired by Norvnl WuW
worth from tbo roar of llio house, il
bciiiR bin elnim thai be thouRbt bin
mother wnH in tbo Iioiiho lit tho limo
and that bor lifo wns ondnnRorod by
the MunkinH firing throiiRh tho lioiwo.
BcenuKo Judtjo Ilnnna n.fnKod lo
inHtruct tho jury to the offoct tbut
where ono had ronsoimblo ground for
tho beliof that his mothor'a lifo wn
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SKULL SOLVES
MYSTERY OF
L
KING
Bbached Bones Believed to Be Those
of Medford Man Who Strangely
Disappeared Four Years Ago
Near Mountain Homestead.
BULLET HOLE HINTS
AT TALE- OF MURDER
Erother Identifies Remains as Those
of Missing Homesteader Foul
Play Is Suspected.
THIS SEVEN AND ONE-HALF ACR OF IlAll'l LETT PEARS, OWNK
WILL NET l:'.0(l PER ACRE T . YEAR. MAKING AN AVERAO
!'.v .inijN a GORE. LOCATED T WO. ?.'!I.HS SOUTH OF MF.DFORlV,
YIEL!):OF $1000 NET PER ACR : ;;,Oi HIE PAST FIVE YEARS.
HARRIDAN TOO GORE BARTLETT ORCHARD WILL - BEGIN SWSELTINS
WEAK TO WALK . NET ABOUT $1500 AN ACRE; ORE AT TAMA
,i
Railroad Magnate Carried Aboard Few Trees Will Yield Less Than Twe -ty Boxes Orchard Has Never Miss- Copper Smelter Reopened by San
Liner on Homeward Trip Search
for Health Proves a Failure.
CHERBOURG. Frmiee. Aim. IS.
All ilniihl of the scrion-- eunililiim of
Edward II, llerriiiinn war" ivmocil
toiliiy when the riiilroad kine, was
inriied nlioaid the liner KiiUi'i- Wil
lii'lni the Sei'ond. npparonlly too weak
In walk. It is apparent from his eon
ililioii tliat his trip in M-nreh of health
has been a failure, lie allenipliil lo
veil the evideliee of his weakness, so
that it wouldn't nffect the stock mar
ket. . He said: "1 am nut in a serious
condition fit all. The hnllis al liail
iraslien have weakened me and' the
Oerinaii food disagreed with mo. I
was also aiMiuyed by the crowds at
the hotels.."
ed a Crop Since It Beyah to K? . r and Has Averaged $1000 an
. Acre Net to Grower f or the Past Five Years.
Francisco Capitalists, Owners
of Waldo Mine.
Pear pirkiiif! anil shipping i in
full blast on the model Gore orchard
two miles south of Medford. nnd
ii Si this yerr ibis remarkable grove
is juslifyiiiR tbo claim of being the.
best liartlett pear orchard in the
world. The trees arc heavily laden
with perfect trail, few trees contain
iuir less Oian 20 boxes to the tree.
This year's crop, estimated tit the
prevailina prices, will net $1."(I0 an
tiere. hriimim; the average yield for
On past five years up lo .'flOOO tin
Hire net to the owner.' In 1007. the
crop netted $10,000. In 1008. the
vioM was lieavier. but the price of
pears lower. Slill there was-a bnnd
Miine revenue.
The orchard i the property of
lohn C. (lore and consists of. seven
and one-half acres of 10-vwir-old
the grove. j Tu. Takilma smelter at Takilma
Mr. Gore was the first oieluudisi llus b(.e;, Ipnsil(j , ,vi b,. oporatd
lo practie-j Mnuilitinjt us a protoclioii ln,m mnv 0, by j q-b 0unn the
a.u'iiinst frost. Oi.ly two years, 1008 ; Sun Fraueiseo eapitalist. nnd Colonel
and HIOO. ha t'n:st Ouval :-:i d Med- T Walu-Morsam Draper, of San
i i.nl urehards. Last year he saved , Krancisco. owner of the Crescent City
hi catire crop by smiulgiag ami H ! railroad survey, who are owners 'of
example, was generally followed I I.i-; , do Waldo popper mine, which they
. ,ie prac'.ic" .;a- eo.vo 0jnv developing upon a large scale.
I The reopening of the smelter means
.vas also ouo of On; first ! ;;.,V!, jM . workii force to
Fdim a well J0 feet dcepj o.-, men.
The bleached bones o a man, be
lieved to be those of Will King, who
mysteriously disappeared four years
ago, were discovered Tuesday along
Trail creek. A bullet hole in the skull
between the eyes indicates foul play
and such is the belief of the family ;
of the missing man.
The remains were discovered on
Trail creek near tho cabin of Charles
King, a brother, at whose place the
missing man was stopping at the time
he disappeared, some four years ago. '
The last seen of him was at a
neighboring ranch some four miles
from the King homestead, and it is
presumed that in making the return
trip he. jn .some unaccountable man--ner
met his death, cither through ac-'
cident ordesign. as the skull shows
evidence of having been pierced bv a
bullet.
As soon as the news of the dis
covery reached the city Ed King, a
brother of the missing man. accom
panied by Coroner Kellogg, hastened
to the scene nnd brought the remains
to this city, where they will be held
pending further developments.
No suspicion is attached to anyone,
and as the bones were rather broken
up, it is hardly probable that they will
ever be properly identified unless
something develops from the coron
er's investigation. .
-.ii-oii awl
.lay.
Mr. Gore
io irrigate.
1; I 'linps mill itt-li"s. power e i-'j'li-
sult'ieL;:t wa'.i-r fur Imth !:
pern anil iup!e orchard-, and has
preien i that it is safe and beneficial
;:ivp the trees a drink v.liei i lis
i T"0 is on Hi., trees to swell the ';.
!': to the middle ol Juiy Mr. Gore
I-'cos bis orchard well jjuliivnte.i.
I'luiil then h.i lets the inornieg glory
iiies and weeds urow, clainiiag that
: trees. It has never known a crop jit is heupfieial to plow then; i:i : the
full.
REDS DRIVE DEFENDERS
FROM BOSTON SUBURBS
ItOS'lON. Aug. IM.- tae j failure since il first began to bear.
army attacking nosion. commniiueu : lm() jls V(,(1. r,. (;,.,, ,.,.'sl,,i im The soil is rich Bear eivek bottom
by Brigadier General Tasko Jlhss., ., p:m s))ot (,llsll ,.,,, 11u) u N(MV(;)WII ..M,1(, oivlmrd
drove back the defending "bines ' near Ml, (()1.( )1M tllt.WH oriiiinal a.lioininp. also the property of Mr.
nluldlelioro tins moinmg. inn oiuch lims in ,ju, 0f tu, orcjinr,j( ftmi (j,,,, js ,,m,Uy ,;s productive as the
relreated in good order through mud- ,,,.)(,,,, enndiliim bespeaks llio ro-1 pears, provinu' the value of this soil
suit. There is not a blighted limb in lor either apples or pears.
dy fields and voads. The "Reds
landed 800 men tonight. Tho entire
"red" advance was opposed by only
three regiments of "blues." Tho de
fenders are rushing reinforcements
to Iho threatened point.
endangered by a felonious assault, bo
hud n right to resist tho assault, even
to Iho taking of human life.
Reunion & Ronmos appeared for
tho slnto in tho trial nnd tho defend
ants wero represented by R. O. Smith
and E. K. Kelly.
PELICAN BAY ST'LL
YREKA. Oil., Aug. 18 Tho trial
of James R. Stanley, who was bound
over by Judge Clarke of Dunsinuir
last week to answer to the superior
court on a charge of forgery,' will
i ...... i. ..i.i,- .,. ....,., r. i,,.c.,. tl,,, n,M-
EXPECTS HARRIMANj purpose of enjoying. the beautiful fall dlo of Septomber or later. Judge
weather and getting m close touch Lodge is uway on his vacation, nnd
with the Oregon railroad sit nation, there will bo no more, court until Sep
t. .1 . , ,, . . J ... - I l. I...., .! l l1 I.
hut he is coming here for tho dual
The smelter will be blown in Mon
day, having been leased from the
est a of Charles E. Tattle of Colo
rado Spijn-'s. . and it . will probably
be eventually purchased and enlarged
or a new smelter built.
The Takilma smeuter was built
five years ago and has a capacity of
200 tons a day. It is located about
10 miles from Medford in a good
copper district.
FORGER TRIAL AT
YREKA IN AUTUMN
START WORK BUILDING
YREKA COURTHOUSE
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 17.
(s is impossible to confirm lite re
It seems that most of the report;! lembei 1. Stanley will probably bo
his trial
fixed at
Mrts that Mr. Harriimiu is coming i concerjiing the coming of Harriuinu arraigned at that time
rlimnt 4Vm Vjimnn i.iniiniilo rViiin PnKfiiin T.rtitiTA nn uvi enf slliinlnv'a Knil iri.
direct from Europe to Pelican Lodge,
but nevertheless tho general opinion
seems to bo that tho Southern Pacific
chief will bo in this section nbout tho improvements since work was begun , county jail. Ho is a lawyer and may
cinanute from Pelican Lodge,. and ara sot. Stanley's bail wu
caused by tho fact that there has J $5000, but as yet ho has been nimble
been no cessation in the making of j to give the bail and is confined iu the
middle of September. It is now said In t spring.
i plead his own case in court.
YREKA, Cnl., Aug. IS. The Rob
erts Brothel's' Construction company,
which has the contract for building
the new $38,500 hull of records, is
getting its apparatus on the grounds,
preparatory to starting in actual
work at an early date. Excavation
for the basement which will .coiw
tain a heating plant, will be com
meucud within a few days, and tho
work will then be pushed as rapidly
as possible. The building will have
an east exposure and will rest on tha
south side of tho courthouse square;
The contract calls for a first-class,
fire proof building in every partic
ular. When completed, it will be one of
the finest buildings in the northorn
part o ,the stato. Tho contractors
expect to have tho building ready for
occupancy in about, five months.
M'DONALD REMAINS AS
COLONEL OF 0. N. G.
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. IS. -With
tho definite announcement that be
cause of the notoriety .incident to his
verbal resignation as colonel of Iho
Third regiment, Oregon National
Guard, and the ugly but uniust ru
mors which havo been circulated as
to shortages in his accounts, Colonel
C. E. McDonald has reconsidored his
decision and will remain as the com
manding officer of the regiment.