Orennn .. .
$1,000 REWARD!
ONK THOUSAND DOLLARS RFWAKD WILL UK PAID BY THE UrrflERSIGNEc TO ANT PERSON WHO CAN SHOW BY AUTHENTIC TES
TIMONY THAT ANY CITY OR TOWN IN THE UNITED STATES, OUTfclDK OF THE ROGUE RIVER VLLEY. HAS TRIBUTARY TO IT
WITHIN A 10-MILE RADIUS, A 20-Ml.K RADIUS, A 30-MILE RADIUS OH A 10-MILE RADIUS. AS MANY DIVERSIFIED RESOURCES
AS MEDI'ORD, OREGON. HAS WITHIN' A CORRESPONDING RADIUS. MED FORD COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Medford Daily Tribune
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1909.
No. 130.
FIFTY-THREE
GARS OF PEARS
TO JEW YORK
Crop Going Forward From Rogue
River Valley at the Rate
of Eight Cars
Daily.
FRUIT BUYERS BUSY
THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY
Nearly All Estimates Are Being Ex
ceeded by Actual
Yield.
Thirty-seven earn of pour from
Medford, throo from Talent, one from
Central Point, three from Anlilaild
und two from OriintH Pass comprise
i hi! Burtlutt pear nhipiuonts from the
Rogue River ulley for tbe first wook
of the present season, a total of 03
earn. Tho curs are now going for
ward at the rule of eight 11 day.
which will mcrcuhc daily. A total
of from 275 to .'100 curs will com
prise the orop.
Tcegraphio advices received Tliurn-
duy hhow that price urc hovering in
th vicinity of 1 u box in Now York,
with a strong demand und it rising
market. Commission men arc pronv
'mine grower prices in thin vicinity
Railroad agents und fruit buyers
nrc buny in the valley. Much fruit is
boiug bought outright by John. P.' 01
woll and J. A. Perry, price ranging
from $1.25 to $1.50 u box. The larg
est Hhimioin to date are the Bear
('reck, Burroll and flore orchards.
The HillnruHt orchard idiipH two
curs of HowcIIh this week, and they
tire claimed to be an fine uh any ever
sent from here. Tho Buckeye orchard
nt'Talent has shipped several ears of
BartlettH and tho. Talent Orchard
company will ship a ear of Gravon-
steins. Those' flnivoiiHtemH are av
craging 25 and 30 boxes to the tree
and are remarkably fine.
Nearly all estimates uro being ex
deeded by tho nofuul yield. Fruit is
of better quality and greater quantity
than previously supposed, and mar
kot conditions promise better prices
Efforts of Balfour, Guthrie & Co,
to secure tho local erop of NcwtowiiH
Have so fur resulted in failure Their
Portland agent offered to take tho
pooled orop of tho largest growers,
guaranteeing $1.25 n box nnd offer
ing to split tho profit above this, but
;as informed that no price under $2
would bo even considered.
,: John V. Dennis, the Newtown op
plo king of London, is expected in
Medford in tho next few days to look
over-tho valley and possibly bid on
tbe fruit. Mr. Dennis is tho largest
Newtown doaler in tho world.
KING'S TROUBLES
ARE PILING UP
Canary Islanders in Revolt Garri
sons Etrengthed .Throughout .
'. Spain. ,
MADRID, Aug. II). King Olfon
so's troubles nro increasing. Word
has boon received of a rovolt of the
'Canary Islanders, nnd former War
Minister Martillogui has boon sont to
suppress it. Tho govornmont today
started reinforcements) to tho garri
sons throughout Spain. ' A oonsor
ship of tho press lias boenvro-cntab-
CLUB IS AFTER
FRUIT FOR THE
FAIR EXHIBIT
Every Fruit Grower in Valley Re
quested to Send In Fancy
Fruit for Display at
Fair.
POOR PRINTING CREATES
POOR IMPRESSION AT FAIR
Folders Sent to Seattle Will Be Re
placedCommittee Appointed
to Arrange Exhibit.
Kvery fruit grower in the valley is
requested to send fancy fruit to the
Seattle cxoitioii for display. The
expense of shipment is paid by the
Oregon commission. A. J. Duulup of
Central Point will have churgo of the
exhibit. At Wednesday night': meet
ing of the Commercial club G. A.
Hover reported that tho Medford pic
tures have been hung and that the
Hoguc River fruit already on display
made n favorable impression.
Because the folders printed by n
Medford paper to givo away nt tho
fair at tho instuueo of the special
committee were so poorly printed and
cheap looking thut the visiting public.
refused to accept them, the club or
dercd 750(1 pamphlets on "How to
Get to Mod ford" sent to the fair for
distribution.
Articles of incorporation for the
club were read, accepted und ordered
filed.
Mr. Oscnbrugge of the fair com
mittee reported that it had been im
possible to get ntiy muterial for the
exhibits and' advised going into the
country with an uutoinolijle to got
the same. . Mr. Oscrbrugco nnd Mr.
Wostorlund were authorized to go in
the country and collect au exhibit
The matter of on exhibit at the stute
fair at Salem was referred to the fair
committee. ,
Tho matter of having delegates un
pointed to attend the conservation
congress at Seattje was referred to
tho president.
Hills to tho amount of $040 that
hnd been approved by tho auditing
committee wore reud und ordered
paid. The "Art Works of Oregon"
that was contracted for by Mr. Mil
ler, was ordered returned to the pub-?
Ushers.
EASTERN STRIKE
GROWS ACUTE
Strikers Have Pickets Out to Give
Alarm if More Strikebreak
ers Appear.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 19. Five pick
et boats londod with striking em
ployes of tho Pressed. Stool Car com
pany aro todny patrolling the river to
givo tho alarm should any furthor
attempts to bring in strikebreakers
be mndo. Tho state constabulary is
surrounding tho plant, with orders to
shoot to kill at tho first sign of dis
order. A number of strikebreakers
have desorted to tho strikers. '
lished, which is takon as an indica
tion of Spanish rcvorses in Moroc
co. Nothing has boon givon out offi
cially concerning tho General 'Mar
inas LuU expedition against tho. Riff
tribosmon.
MAY STOP WORK
&
President Allen of the Road Is Ex
pected in Medford Within a
' Few Days to Loog
- Over Road.
DENIES THAT ROAD HAS
BEEN SOLD TO J. J. HILL
Dr. Reddy States Allen Thinks Local
People Do Not Want Railroad
Constructed.
"There will be nothing doing in
the Pneifie & .Eastern until the or
rival of J. It. Allen in Medford. which
will probably be within .the next two
or three days," states Dr. J. F. Keddy
who has returned from Portland,
where he was in consultation with
tbe new owner of the railroad.
"Mr. Allen was very non-committal,
und I know nothing of his plans. lie
denies the rumoi1 that j. J. Tlill bns
purchased the line. ' He says that he
does not think the people of this sec
tion uro very anxious for a railroad,
and it would not be much of a sur
prise if he abandoned present con
struction. He talks pretty indopend
ently. Local people have not fulfilled
their agreements.
"Mr". Allen Is iu poor health. He is
accompanied by bis wife and they
are visiting relatives in Portland."
CLUB MAY AID .
IN ENTERTAINMENT
First Voted $150 Appropriation and
Then Reconsidered Action Back ,
' to Finance Committee.
Tho Commercial club at its regu
lar meeting Wednesday evening vot
ed $150 appropriation to help enter
tain the- Pacific Coast ludians and
marksmen and then reconsidored its
action and passed the matter lip to
the finance committee to conform
with a re.solution previously adopt
ed referring all appropriations to this
committeo before action by the club'.
Tho members of the Medford Rod and
Gun club adjourned their, meeting to
wail upon tho Commercial club.
President Enyart of the gun -club
explained that tho visiting marksmen
were all men of menus nnd possible
investors, that they came for a
week's stay hero and to have n good
time. The gun club has raised $350 to
entertain the visitors and requested
assistance. "" ..
The Gun club hold its regular meet
ing Wednesday to perfect plans for
the entertninmenl of visitors nnd in
dications are for a program rcpleto
with interesting ovents.
Tho sentiment of tho Commercial
club mombcrs is to assist tho Gun
club, but objection was made to tak
ing out of the hands of the commit
tee. A sharp debate over this point
followed. ; .
Hero is a snap. Come and look it
over with us, Eighty acres first
class fruit land in brush; levol, good
soil, well located,, only $1500. J. W.
Drossier Agency, West Main. 132
PACIFIC
EASTERN
MAY; CLOSE THE
MARBLE CAVES
E
Claimed That It Is Unsafe for Tour
. ists to Enter Them Without
Guides, and They May Be
Closed to Strangers.
NEVER HAVE BEEN FULLY
EXPLORED TO THIS DAY
Strong Movement on Foot Since Kill
ing of Frank' Ellis to Have Gov- J
ernment Close Them Up.
Ever since 1874, when Elija David
son discovered the Josephine county
eaves, there has been a tendency on
the part of the public to enter these
natural wonders without a guide.
Three years after the . caves were
known to be of such magnitude, F. M.
Niekerson of Kerby. Or., with the
assistance of others, made a partial
survey of four floor levels and in
stalled ladders where needed at many
of tho difficult passageways.
These caves have never been fully
explored to this day, and it is said
that Uiey extend in and through the
mountain five or six miles from the
main entrance. Once inside there
may be found every variety, of lime
dcposiU. Within the dark cavprns
may b heard the music of -runrSng
wi'itafrom nn unknown source. A
strong breeze that chills is eonstont
1 in motion. The caves are situated
in Cave mountain-, a peak that vaults
ii.to the sky a distance of 6000 feet,
vuA the opening through which tonr-
L-ts may enter is1 found at an eleva
tion of 4000 feet.
In 1897 the caves were withdrawn
from public lands und by late iproc-
lamntion issued by the president the
nicnntain and a mile square has beenj
set aside as a public park. There js a '
strong movement on loot since me
accidental killing, of Frank Ellis to
have tho government prohibit tour
ists and visitors from, entering the
caves without officiul guides. It hns
I: wn suggested that the government
impropriate money and place iron
Elites over the opening aiid that they
be securely locked.
STEEL ARRANGING
8ALLINGER VISIT
Goes to Portland on Request of Sec
i retary for Conference Regard
ing Visit to. Lake.
Will G. Steel passed through Mcd
t'ord. Wednesday evening en route' to
Seattle from Crater Lake, being call
ed there by a communication from
Secretary Ballihger requesting n con
ference to arrange for the cabinet
cffioial's visit to Modford, Crater
I.nke nnd Klamath Falls. Mr. Steel
will also attend a reunion of the Steel
family to bo hold August 22 at the
or.positiou grounds. J
Additional accommodations in the
lino of tents and bedding have been
received at both Steel's camp nnd
Prospect, and there is no difficulty
in securing ample accommodations.
At the meeting of tho Commercial
clnb held Wednesday evening the
president was instructed to appoint
committees on rocoption and enter.
tainment of the Bnllinrfcr party at
Medford.
JOSEPH I
FANCY BOX OF
PEARS PICKED
FOR W. H. TAFT
.
Manager Whistler of the Bear Creek
Orchards Preparing Extra Choice
Lot of Pears for
President.
WILL BE SHIPPED TO
HIS SUMMER RESIDENCE
Carefully Picked and Packed, and
- Sent to Grace Executive's
Table.
Manager C. E. Whistler of ihe liear
Creed orchards is preparing box of
extra choice Bartlett pears, which are
to be shipped to Beverly," Mass., as
a gift to President Taft. The pears
are fit to grace the table o tho us
tion's chief executive, as they have
all been selected with the grealst
care, showing not a mark or a bruise;
and are uniform in size.' Great care
has been exercised in their selection
and they will probably be as choice
as was ever sent east from the const.
The box will be sent east in a'car-
lot Jo New York and from there they
will be diverted to the President's
summer home.
CLUB PROTESTS
MAIL SERVICE
Members Want Mail Car Switched
Back to No. 16 so Mail Will Get
" to Portland Sooner.
The Medford Commercial club at
its regular meetiug Wednesday night
authorized the president and score
tary to draw up a memorial to the
postmaster general protesting against
the present mad service given Kogue
River valley towns and requesting
that the mail car be transferred from
Southern Pacific trains 13 and 14 and
restored to 15 and 16.
It was pointed out that the pres
ent service is the poorest in the his
tory of the valley, mo.st towns vir
tuallv having but one mail a day. It
is impossible to. get a letter delivered
in Portland before afternoon of the
day following which it is written, too
lato for action. Mad is not distribut
ed at Central Point and other places
before the next day.
The thermometer at the Southern
Paoifio registered 100 at 1 o'clock
this afternoon one of the hottest
days of the season.
22
MEN FACE DEATH
FROM HUNGER AT SEA
NEW PORT, R. I.. Aug. 19
Threatened with death nnd hunger
from exposure. 22 men are adrift on
the barges Shawont and Snucon nnd
are being driven seaward by a gal
todav. Rescue tugs are searching for
the barges.
Word was received from Salem ono
day this week of tho death of Dan
iel Smith, who was committed to the
asvlum nearly 35 years ago. Ho was
formerly a resident of Phoenix.
INFANT FALLS
INTO BOILING
TUB OF WATER
Small Child of Mr. and Mrs. H. 0.
Wilkinson Falls 'Into Boiling
Water and Is Terribly
Injured.
FLESH HANGS IN THREADS
BELOW THE ELBOWS
Both Forearms Amputated Accident
Occurred in Seattle, Where
Parents Were Visiting.
Word comes from Seattle that the
year-and-a-half-old infant child of
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Wilkinson fell
into boiling water and was so bad
ly burned abont the arms that th
cooked flesh hung in shreds and the
arms had to be amputated at the el
bows. '
Mrs. Wilkinson, who is visiting near
Seattle, left the babe with relatives
while she went into the city. In some
unexplained manner the infant crawl
ed into the kitchen and fell or stuck
its arms into a tub of boiling water.
The babe was the only child of the
Wilkinsons, who recently left Med
ford af ter a residence here of several
years. .
JURY LBUuR ,
SEPTEMBER TERM
Jury Panel for Term of Court Which
. Will Convene Next
Month.
The jury paucl for the September
term of the circuit court has been
compiled as follows:
Si iS. Hilhs, Wuner, farmer; An-
dren Hearn, Phoenix, merchant; L.
B. Caster, Butte Falls, farmer; Layne:
Wylnnd, Climax, farmer; C. L. Cany
Jacksonville, miner; John Grubb, Bar
ron, farmer; W. E. Anderson, Phoe-
t, farmer; F. W. Hornn, Ashland,'
farmer; J. A. Perry, Medford, farm
er; Fred Copple, Union, farmer; J.
E. Coffee, Gold Hill, farmer; Wil
liam Kahler, Central Point, farmer;
Samuel Duf field, Gold Hill, merchant;
I. B. McDonald, Sams Valley, form
er; Carl Biebcrstedt, Lake Creek,'
fanner';' Robert Boyd, Applcgate,
farmer; R. B. Purvis, Talent, farmer;'
James V. Smith, Rock Point, farmer;
George Owens, Climax,' farmer; E. F.
Jacobs, Talent, farmer; S. Patter-i
son, Ashland, farmer; H. M. Butler,
Medford, merchant ; Alonzo Ord, Tal
ent, farmer; Fort Hubbard, Medford,
merchant; Samuel Mathis.:oodville.
farmer; J. H.-Drake, Meadows, farm
er; R. F. Dean, Willow Springs, farm
er; A. W. Snndors, Foots Cree, tann
er; J. D. Culbertson, Lake Creek,
farmer; Frank Lewis, Eagle Point,
farmer; D. G. Karnes, Medford, farm
er.
PINCHOT-BALLINGER
FIGHT AGAIN ON TAP
DENVER, Aug. 19 The revival of
tho Piiichot-Ballingcr controversy is
predicted today nB the result of the
refusal of tho resolutions committee
of the Trans-Mississippi commercial
congress to submit a resolution en
dorsing Pinchot's policies.