Oirgon Historical Society
City Hall
"Polly of the Circus
JJJ fty MargafefMayo, illiifltrak-rl by Ryder, novelized from tho play that is the rage in New York and Chicago,
m the new serial that will begin in the Tribune this week. One of the most fascinating and attractive stories
ever written. Wateh for itthe hit of the year, both as play and novel. ' .
EBFORB B AIL Y TRIBUNE
FOURTH YEAR.
M KIH'OKI OREGON, MONDAY, AUMUHT 30, 1909.
No. 139.
M
VAWTER LOSES
AUTOMOBILE;
NO WE
FOUND
Disappeared on Saturday Evening j
From Circus Groi'nris Nothing
Has Been Learned of
It as Yet.
OWNER WILL OFFER REWARD
FOR THF CAR'S RETURN
Network Spread In All Directions,
but It Is. Not Known Whether
Car Has Passed or Not.
Late this afternoon the authorities
are on the trail of a well known Chi
cago crook who came Into Medford
Saturday and was recognized by a lo
cal man. It was found that the man
under suspicion had purchased gaso
line Saturday. He was seen again
Monday morning, but eluded capture.
Pursuit Is now under way and he may
be apprehended before morning. It
is believed that he took the car away,
hid it and returned to throw suspic
ion fro mhim.
W. I. Vawtor Iiuh found do truce of
his automobile, which disappeared
from tin; circus grounds " Saturday
afternoon, although a network lias
been spread in nil directions to slop
its getting away. liellior il sue-1
cccdcd in slipping through or not is
nut known. No trace of nn.v kind!
tins been found of il. i
Tho our disappeared while Mr.
Vawter und his family were ntlond
ins tho evening performance of( the
circus. Tho car was standing near
the main entrance to tho big show, but
it was nowhere in pijjlit when' the
show wiih over.
The car was ti large "Olds 40." Tt
was in splendid eondition iind is near
ly new, having received splendid eare
moe it was purchased last year by
Mr. Vawtnr. It wns registered in mis
state,, its number being "47'2."
The police were nt once notified
und n network spread to apprehend
ihe cur nnd to arrest tho driver. So
far no eluo of nn.v kind has devel
oped. Mr. Vawter is now milking ar
rangements to offer a reward for its
return. , "
DISTRlilGPIPf
WATER SYSTEM HIRE
. ... v.
Work Will Soon Start on Laying of
Additional Pipeline In
the City.
Tho cast iron pipe for tho water
diMribuiing systom of Modford is be
ginning to arrivo from Ahibuma nnd
work will soon bo undertaken in lay
ing tho mnins. ' Tho contract wan
lot siniio weeks ago und tho doluy bus
been canned by non-nrrivnl of tho
pipe.
r:n. Immn within wnllcincr dis-
, , 1HI
tanco nnd on tho intorurbnu car lino,
6-cont laro, you wm uiu no "-
...ill lmild (I. TimiRon In-
HIKO. !" --
vostmont Co. I3"
ITMP SHOOTERS
PLAN A GREAT
! IIWE MEDFORD
Special Meeting of Gun Club Called
for This Evening to Arrange
Details for Next
Week."
ENYART BACK FROM
SHOOT IN SEATTLE
Marksmen Said to Be Whetting Their
Appetite for Good Things' to
Come in Medford.
" The greatest trap shooting tourna
ment ever pulled off outside the larg
est cities in the United States will
be held in Modford September 7, 8
and 0. Two special Pullmans loud
ed with the crack trap shooters of the
country will urrivo in Medford Sat
urday on truin 15 from tho annual
national shoots nt Seattle and Port
land. In all over 00 shooters will ur
rivo on this train. With tho attend
ance of the iimnteur shooters of tho
nearby towns from both his state
and California tile event will be one
of the groutcst advertisements Med
ford has ever received.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Knyurt returned
Saturday from the uiiniial shoot in
Seattle, and tluvshootors ut that city
were w hetting their appetites for Med
ford and planning to remain hero a
week at least, and if possible for ten
day Tho'' entertainment afforded
these visitors at the shoots of for
mer .veal's bus spread far and wide.
Trips to ltogiie river have become tho
bright particular spot in every shoot
er's heart that has ever visited Med
ford, and this ttlono will be largely
resmsible for the attendance ' this
year, which will be at least three
times that of any former year.
Accommodations have been reserv
ed in two of tho local hotels, with the
result that both these liostclries will
be over-crowded and a number of en
thusiastic Medford members arc mak
ing arrangements to ueeommodalo
part of the shooters at their own
homes. .
Committee, bavo been appointed on
reception, decorations, accommoda
tions and various other necessary
departments of the event, and a great
slrcot parade in Indian costume will
bo, one of the events of tho wook's
festivities.
A" now I.eggett trap of the latest
design :. has boon installed ot the
shooting grounds nt the junction of
the .Pacific & Eastern und tho
grounds nro boing generally fixed up
und put in first-clnss condition.
President Daniels of the local club
has called a special mooting of tin,
Medford Gun club to bo held ut the
Med f mil Hardware company's store
Monday evening to hear reports of
Ihe various committees and arrange
for other necessary arrangements for
the reception, and every member of
tho club is urgently requested to bo
prsent. This organization is ono that,
is deserving of tho support of ovory
citizen, ns tho benefit; Hint, will ho de
rived for Medford ns a .live town and
tho best sporting point between Sim
Francisco and Portland lias hlroudy
boon established in past yours' shoot
ing tournaments, nnd seven or eight
of tho best known professional shots
in tho west hnvo invested in orohnrd
hinds in tho vulloy.
' Another 10-ncro tract sold. Why
don't you tako tho noxt 0110? "A good
businoss tnvoslniont. Bouson Invest
niont Co. ' ' 130.
LOCKED FOR HOURS
IN COLD STORAGE
Contractor Schemerhorn and friend
have cool time in vault of Medford
Ice and Cold Storage Company
Sunday afternoon
While the majority of the residents
of Medford on Sunday afternoon
were making remarks about the
weather man .and trying to gain n
brief respite from the heat by resort
ing to various cooling concoctions,
(i. L. Scht-roicrliorii nnd a friend were
talking, not of the heat, but of the
coolness of their situation. For sev
eral hours they were looked in o.ne
of the cold storage vaults of the
plant of the Medford lee & Cold
Storage company in South Medford
and were released only after they
hud buttered the hitch loose on the
NEFF ASKS THAT
8E TAKEN AWAY
Courthouse Rings With Oratory This
Afternoon Neff and Reames
Argue Motion to Dissolve
Injunction. .
PROBABLE THAT HANNA WILL
TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT
If Motion Is Granted, Work Can Be
Started at Once by City If De
nied Then Case Will Go Over.
The walls of the courthouse in
Jacksonville are. this afternoon ring
ing with flights of. oratory on the
part of Attorney "Ncff for the city
and Attorney Kennies for M. F. Ilnn
ley in tho case of the city of Med
ford vs. M. F. Ilimlpv for n right of
way across tho Hunloy premises 011
Little Itfctte creek for tho gravity wn
tor system." Tho argument is on over
a motion offered by City Attorney
Nol'f to dissolve the temporary in
junction issued recently by Judge
Iliinnu.
In all probability the judge will
lake tho matter under advisement for
a day or two. If he decides in favor
of the city, the city can commence at
once the construction of the remain
der of its gravity water system. . If
the motion is overruled the case will
go over until tho September term.
OREGON RECEIVES $31,000
FOR BENEFIT OF MILITIA
WASHINGTON;. Aug. .'10. Four
million dollars, appropriated by con
gress for the militia, has been allot
ted among tho scvornl states nnd ter
ritories by Lieutenant General Wea
ver of tho general staff corps of the
army. Tho allotments for the states
and territories in round numbers in
cludo tho following:
Idaho $10,000, Montana $18,000,
Washington 33,000, Oregon $31,000
HANLEY
large door to the vault. Had they
fuilcd in this they would have remain
ed in the vault until Monday.
Mr. Sehermerhorn is a local con
tractor and has had chargo of most
of the building of the plant. Sunday
afternoon he was showing a friend
through the. plant and entered the
cold storage vault. The door swung
shut, the latch caught from without,
and in they were.
The two men devoted several hours
to battering the door, finally forcing
the latch and making their getaway.
Next time more care will be exercised
in shutting the door.
STANCH FRIEND
TO CRATER BILL
VISITING CITY
Senator Beach of Portland. Recently
Appointed Census Supervisor,
In Medford on a Busi
ness Trip.
WILL BEGIN WORK OF
- COUNTING PEOPLE SOON
Senator Beach Has Long Been Friend
to Southern Oregon Former .
Resident of Lakeview.
Senator Seneca C. Bench of Port
land, one of tho leading republican
politicians of Oregou, for many years
a member of the upper house of the
state legislature, who has recently
been appointed census supervisor of
Oregon by President Tuft, spent Mou
day in Medford. - Senator Beach wns
one of tho foremost advocates of the
Crater Lake road bill at the recent I
session nnd in mniiy ways, proved a j
friend of southern Orogon, where he '
formerly resided. For many years he
published tho Examiner at Lakeview. 1
"Tho census is on a business basis
thi-s year." slated Mr. Beach. "The
Inhalation work has been left to ex
perts in the census bureau, so that
eniiinerutioii of peoplo is nil tho work
lci'l for the supervisors. Wo begin
our work in the nenr future, but tho
enumerators will not begin, work un
til next spring.
"The republicans will hold a state
uolibly next year and name n tick
et. Who the nominees will bo I hnvo
no idea, but there will be no lack of
eiindidutos."
I' J. Aikin of Prospect was n re
cut visitor in Modford.
Listen : Two years from now don't,
say "I wish I had," but say "I am
glad I did." That is what will happen
if you buy n lot in Onk Grove addi
tion. Benson Investment Co. 130
OVER 13,000
PEOPLE SAW
BIG CIRCUS
Record Crowd Turned Out to Greet
Ringling Brothers on Their
Appearance Last
Saturday.
JUDGE KELLY STOPPED
HIGH-PRICED MOTORISTS
Refused Admission to Those Drivers
1 Who Charged 50 Cents a Trip
to the Grounds.
A total of 13,000 people saw Ring
ling Brothers' circus Saturday, 8000
in the afternoon and 5000 in the eve
ning. The attendance was a record
smasher for Medford, though. 11,800
attended the one performance that
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show gave
a year ago, which stands as the rec
ord crowd at one performance.
On account of the oppressive heat
in the afternoon, much discomfort
attended the .performance, though the
heat was not as intense as Jt was
Friday at Roseburg, where" the eve
ning performance was abandoned be
cause of the exhaustion of perform
ers: .'Five thousand is the. record
crowd for evening performances in.
Medford. . .;' ".V..' . . '
Because part of. the automobilists'
charged oO cents a head for taking
people to tho circus instead of 25
cents, which has heretofore been the
chnrgc, Judge E. E. Kelly, owner of
Queen Anne addition,' on which the
circus tents were pitched, refused
entrance upon his property to the 50
cent motorists and thereby occasion
ed quite a little excitement on the
grounds.
' Sheriff Wilbur A. Jones and Dep
uty Sheriff William Ulrich spent the
day guarding the county bridge over
Bear creek, forbidding fast driving
or motoring over the bridge. Several
who attempted to disregard warnings
were threatened with arrest.
SUMMERVILLE BUYS
NOE BARBER SHOP
Will Refit Establishment Throughout
Takes Charge on Next
Wednesday.
. ' J. T. Suiuraervillc has purchased
the C.'E. Xoe barber shop iu the
Pulra building, Main street, and will
take possession on Wednesday morn
ing, September 1. Mr. Summerville
is a barber of much experience and
no doubt the establishment will thrive
under his management.
Mr. Summerville plans to refit the
place throughout, adding many new
I'b.lnvcs. Jack has a host of friends
who wish hint well in his iiew ven
ture. RECORDER DISPOSES OF
MANY MINOR CASES
The record of tho recorder's court
following circus day shows as fol
lows: John' Buckley, fighting, $10;
Walter Jacobson, fighting, $10; Hen
ry Flurry, resisting an officer, $10;
J. J. Flurry, resisting nn officer, $10 ;
J. R. Wright, jumping off moving
rtnhi, dismissed ; Q. Shon, drunk, $5 ;
G. II. Under, figbting, $5. .
MEXICAN FLOOD
SITUATION
FAST
Estimate of Dead Reaches '1200
River 'Again Within Its""
Banks Rain Has
Stopped.
PESTILENCE IS FEARED
DESPITE ALL PRECAUTIONS
Streets Are Being Rapidly Cleaned
and the Dead Buried Poor
People the Sufferers.
. JUU.NTkKta. Mexico, Aug. 30.
The Santa Catarina river is today
within its banks, and rescuers are re
t,n:c p n,..,j ..;:
It is reported that the number of
deaths will total at the least 1200.
The rain has stopped and the au-,
thorities are caring for t home
less. , -
Despite all precautions, pestilence
Is feared. The streets ore being
cleaned and the dead buried, ..
In the smaller towns the people
suffering the most are poor. Those
residing in unsubstantial houses suf
fered the most.
TRAINS DELAYED
BY FOREST FIRES
For the First Time in History Trains
Were Dispatched From Med
ford on Sunday.
Forest fires iii !
... vu m vici;a Villi
yon have raised havoc with the train
semce north, as well as breaking
telegraphic communication. Wires
were down, trees across the tracts
and ftrcs raging so close to the line
ns o delay trnis Ilnd c
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Vu 7 r,,Ill-ad circles,
for the fimf : ! xt. . . . .
i, ,, - ,, "" 'u me History
dispatched Sunday from the local of-
M,e th assis'ant superintendent of
tlto Sniillinr,, T.,..:" , . . .
i.lf. , unarge.
SHOT FRIEND WHEN
MISTAKEN FOR DEER
John Matlmu-s. nt r-..i .
, x wimiiv. was Shot
....i,e m me mountains
nor east of Eugene Friday aftc"
noon. Clover mistaking him for a
Ioer. The rifle bullet LZ Zh
ews groin iiii,! .
i,: . i. j tr h ""oiewiierc m
I s body Mathews was taken to Co
btiiR last night and brought to the
B-ugeno hospital Saturday. While the
snrgeons express hope for his re
covery, they say the wound is very
serious.
Mathews and Clover, accompanied
hy Knoel, Stewart nnd W. Bccson, all
I, L x' T h,m,inK nenr D.
the Mohawk valley. They were sep
nrated u. tho woods, whon Clover saw
Mathews at a distance through the
thick brush. nnA t,:u
deer, fired.. Mathews is aged abont
3., and has n wife and five children.
IMPROVES