$1,000 REWARD!
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWAHD WILL BE PAID BY TflE UNDERSIGNEir TO ANT PERSON WHO CAN SnOW BY AUTHENTIC TES
TIMONY THAT ANY CITY OB TOWN IX. THE UNITED STATES, OUTSIDE OP THE ROGUE RIVER VLLEY HAS TRIBUTARY TO IT
WITHIN A 10-MILE' .RADIUS, A 20-MILE RADIUS, A 30-MILE RADIUS OR A 40-MILE RADIUS. AS MAW niVFRSiFiPn Rir.snrTRPii'.s
. . AS MEDFORD, OREOON. HAS WITHIN A CORRESPONDING RADIUS. ' MEDFOHD COMMERCIAL CLUB.
ebfomd Daily Tribune
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREUON, WEDNESDAY, KEPTEMHER 8, 1909,
No. 147.
M
HANLEY DECISION
FIRST NEXT WEEK
HANNA DELAYS "IWALSWORTH CASE
HIS DECISION1 ON NEXT WEEK
Informs Attorneys That as Yet He
Has Not fully Covered
Points of Law.
Judge H. K. Iliuuin of the eirouit
vourt niiiioiiiii'ifcl mi Tuesday that ho
woiJd la render n decision
in tlii cusc nl' the city vt. M. F. Han
ley before the first of next week, ns
tie had not in yet been able to go fully
into nil of the point h of law offered!
by the atlnmuys in the case.
Grout interest in manifested regard
ing thin matter, uh the decision of
Judge Haiinii will menu whether tlio
gravity system cull be constructed at
once or whether the supremo court
will hp appealed to.
ESIES TELLS OF
P. S E.
Tells How Oregon Trust & Savings
Company Handled the
Deal.
The history of tlio Pacific & East
ern's fonnalion nnd the purchase of
tbo Medford & Crater Lake by George
l:Vis t'oi 'he Ouion Trust and Sav
ing bank he l'"eu given by Mr. Estert
in reply to questions bused upon ox-(
nniiuution of records now ' in the
possession of Receiver T. C. Devlin
in the inquiry into the defunct bank's
affairs now being eonducted nt Port
land. Mr. Estes states that the purchase
price was if81,.r00, nnd the funds
came from tho sale of bonds of the
P. & E. as the purchasing company
through Estes ns agent. Mr. Estes
states: ' '
Estes' Statement.
"The bank purchased $100,000
worth of the bonds of tho Pacific &
Eastern railway, to he delivered un
der aiuagrooment nt a later date, the
delay in delivery being ociuisionod by
lognl formalities in connection with
1ho organization of tho corporation,
with the bond issue and in lithogrnph
ing tho bonds. The bank placed that
sum, less $!i000 in commissions, which
went to tho bank, to the credit of the
Pacific & Eastern railway. Out of
this hiiiii tho certificates of deposit
wore issued.
"An agreement, wns .nindo. by the
bank with the incorporators of the
PaVil'io & Eastern railway to deliver
it. $100,000 in bonds as soon in they
could ho issued, which agreement was
afterward secured by n trust deed of
the railway, including nil of its ter
minal grounds in' Medford, 11. miles
of deeded right of way, rondbnd,
equipment, surveys, franchises, and
nil tangible nnd intanhgihle assets."
Under Morris' Orders. ,
"I was neither stockholder nor di
rector in tho Oregon Trust & Savings
bank, nnd wns never admitted to any
mooting of its diroctors. I have no
knowledge of who authorized tho bond
mirehnsos. While the ostensible man
HISTORY
.aeer of tho bond dopartmont, my sole
Famous Murder Case to Be Heard
Again Beginning
Monday.
The rehearing of tin) Walsworth
murder case will bo commenced at the
first of next week in the circuit court.
The ditto for trial wax fixed by Judge
H. K. Hauiia Tuesday, the first day
of the September session of. the cir
cuit court.
About n yeur ago Charles II. Wals
worlh and Norval Walsworth, father
and hoii, were Kent up for life scn
tence on a verdict of murder in the
second decree, and upon the appeal
of the Wulsworths the cane wan re
versed and ordered back for n new
trial.
History of Case.
The shooting affray which reunit
ed in the killing of James Munkiii u
year ago last. Christmas was ono of
the hliiodlcst lifta
iiirs ill the annals of
Jackson countv
The WalswortliH were at that time
residing in a cabin upon a piece of
laud owned by the Minikins, and the
(rouble grew out of an attempt, to
e.jcct the WnUworlhs from the laud
Origin of Quarrel.
Henry Mankin went to tho Wills-
worth place in company with a wit
ness lo serve a notice to vacate on
the elder Wiilxworth, and become in
volved in a quarrel with the latter,
The quarrel took place at the stable
of the Wnlsworlh place. During the
altercation James Mankin came over
yid, it is charged, took up tho quar
rel of bis brother Henry.
In the meantime Carrol Mankin,
another brother, being attracted by
the loud noise, came hurrying to the
scene, armed with a largo stick. Wills
worth, noticing tho hitter's approach,
and mistaking the slick for n gun
ran to the . house crying, "it s guns
you want, is itT"
Up to this point Xorval Walsworth,
who had taken no part in the affray,
Willed to his father that it was not
a gun, but a stick.
Brought a Rifle,
The elder Walsworth, upon reach
ing the bouse, camo to the door with
a rifle and, as ho claims, fired a shot
in Hie nie fin llin niii-nnsn of frit'lit-
ening away the Mankins. (
Hello Mniikina sister of the bellig
erents, upon hearing tho report of
Wnlsworth's rifle, hurriedly brought
a shotgun and In t of h rifle, nnd than
followed n duel in which a number
of shols were exchanged, James Man
kin being fatally wounded and the
rider Walsworth receiving a serious
wound in the head from n ri f lo ball
nnd'n number of gunshot, wounds
nboitt the hoad and arms.
Youth Fired Fatal Shot.
It appears that tho shot which kill
ed Mankin was fired by Novvul Wals
worth from the rear of the house, it
being his claim that ho thought, his
nio(lior was in the house at. tho lime?
nnd that her life was endangered by
tho Mankins firing through tho houso.
duties in connection with tho bonds
owned or hold by the bank wore to
sell those bonds In such customers
as desired thoni at' prices fixed for
mo hv Iho innnngomenl. My orders
camo directly from Cashier W: Cooper
Morris in nil things pertaining to tho
bank's affairs."
ALLEN TO BUILD
ROAD FROM
ID
SEA?
Indications Are That Owner of Pa
, cific and Eastern Is Back of
Central Oregon and Pa
cific Company.
LEAVES TO MEET THE
BIDDERS FOR CONTRACT
Known That Allen Represents Great
Amount of Eastern Money Seek
ing Oregon Investment.
Is John R. Allen, having success
fully financed the Pacific & Eastern,
going to build another railroad?
Is ho to construct a line from Coos
Hay to Idaho f ,
Is ho the power back of the recent
ly incorporated Central Oregon &
Pacific Railwny company?
Franklin T. Griffiths, ono of tho
incorKrators of the now company;
Allen's chief attorney. C. II. Wat1-
nor, promoter of the Central Oregon
& Pacific, is a cousin of Allen by
marriage
1- Before his departure for Portland
and SM)kane Tuesday evening, where
he will meet the contractors who arc
bidding on the construction of tho
Pacific & Eastern, Mr. Allen refused
to nffiml or deny his connection with
the Central Oregon & Pncific.
May Be a Hill Line.
It is known that Mr. Allen repre
scnts n great deal of eastern money
that is seeking investment in Oregon
and that ho has grout faith in the fu-
IDAHO
tare of the state. Whether he haslNaqmrn 171, Thorpo 161, Wells 135,
connections with 1 1 ill or not is known
only to himself, but it is not at all'
improbable that tho Central Oregon
& Pacific, as well as tho Pacific &
Eastern would bo a dosirublo feeder
for tho Hill lines in central Oregon.
A Brownsville dispatch states that
C. II. Warner has started tho survey
(Continued from pago 5.)
WORD'S TAG DAY PROVES A GREAT SUCCESS
Ladles of Greater Medford Club Realizing a Tidy Sum for Park Improve
mentDavis, Ray and Palm Are the Champion
Tag Purchasers. -'
Tag day has been a great success
in Modford. - Already thousands of
tags have been sold, although the la
dies expect to make the biggest kill
ing this evening, when tho crowds
turn out to view Iho Indian pnrado.
As a result, a goodly sum for park
improvement will be realized.
Tho champion tag purchasers np
to noon were A. A. Davis, Dr. C. R.
Ray and Charles Palm. Each of
those gentlemen woro covered with
tags. They hung in bunches all over
thorn and their hats fairly bristled
with thorn. It, is estimated that ench
probably purchased from $40 to $50
worth to aid the cause of Mcdfovd's
park. ,
All tho ladies of the Creator Mod
ford club spent a very busv day. They
were up with tho dawn nnd hut "few
men oscnpod. . One tag did not pur
chase immunity it took half n doz-
on or moro nnd even then n mnn wnsdtmcd him as hopeless.
NELSON IS AFTER
1910 SHOOT
OF
British Columbia Town Wants 1910
Shoot of Indian Band Will
Probably Get
:- It.
MISSING INDIANS WIRE
REGRETS AT THEIR ABSENCE
Second Day's Shoot Passes Off in
Great Shape Good Scores
Are Made.
Nelson, B. C, is after the 910
shoot of the Pacific Indians hot and
jjheavy and will in all likelihood secure
it, asaa consensus oi opinion on tne
part oi the members of tlio orguniza
tion m any criterion. The city is a
"live one" and is favored by a "live
hunch."
The organization Wednesday receiv
ed .a wire regret from two of - its
members, the only ones unable to at
tend this year's tournament. From
Spokane they wired:
"While unable to attend, our hearts
are with vou. Go to it. Take a few
sc.ulpXpr us." Signed "E. J. Chin
dren nnd Tom B. Ware."
' The second day of the shoot pass
cd off in fine shape. Several goorj
scores were mode. Tho scores today
were as follows
Out of 180 birds, King broke 144
Friedman 106. Hafer 134, Dillon 170
Heard 147. Gilbert 177. Willett 163
Barkloy 177, Gottlieb 148, Marshall
ICC, Cullison 166, Forbe. 162, Abra
ham 160, Enyart 162, Sceley 152
Holohnn 165. might lo, Kiehl 11,
Converse 149. Miller 163,. Adelman
163, Ellis 108. Poston 170, L. Rcid
167. Hauxhnrst 164, Bordeaux 144,
J. Keid 165, Hcllmnn 169. Daniels
13.), Bigham 83, Minard 153.
Out of 140: Bidon 121. Whitney
122.
(Continued from page 5.)
not snfe. Early in the day the stores
ami shops were visited and the dimes
caine forth by the score.
It was easy to tell a niossback he
wouldn't buy a tag. He thought more
of his dime than of tho oily park, but
the scarcity of mossbaeks in Med
ford was never so apparent. Almost,
everyone woro nt least eno tag and
those who sneaked through alloys to
escape were few nnd far between
although there were some such.
Interesting stories nre told by the
ladies of their efforts to sell the
tags. . In most cases the men ap
proached were willing victims and
readily shelled out tho coin, cspeeinl-
l Iv when surrounded by. a score of
Indies, as was frequently the ensc.
Once in n while, however, the united
efforts resulted in failure, nnd then
the ladios know they wero working on
a hard shelled niossback, and nbnn-
INDIANS
PUTNAIW
IS
ilLKEY OFFERS
IIUIIUI1 U 01
Famous Libel Case at Last Passes
Into History Was Noted Over
the Entire Coast '
Upon motion of District' Attorney
B. F. Mulkey, Judge H. K. Hanna
Wednesday morning dismissed ihe
case of the state vs. George Putnam
for libel. The supreme court ordered
a new trial on appeal, but owing to
the. lapse of time between the re
turn of the indictment and the im
probability of securing a conviction,
the district attorney offered a mo
tion to dismiss, which was granted.
Much Interest in Case.
Putnam's case aroused much in
terest throughout the state two years
ago on account of his sensational ar
rest on the indictment for libel re
turned by a Jackson qpunty jury
Christmas eve a year ago. -.5 Jig .was
pulled from his berth in a "Pullman
at Roseburg while on his way to Port-
laud to spend the holidays, denied the
privilege of communicating with his
friends cither by telephone or tele
graph, refused all courtesies and
thrown into a cell in the - Douglas
county jail, and confined until the
o.ftcmoon of the ticxt day, when he
waS released upon his friends hear
iug of his condition.
Fined $150.
Putnam was tried and convicted of
the crime of libel a week later aiid
fined $150. . From the judgment and
sentence he appealed, claiming that
the court erred at the trinl in receiv
iug and refusing evidence and in giv
ing and refusing certain instructions
The supreme court reversed Judge
Hanna and ordered a new trial.
The offense charged in the indict
mcnt grew out of an article published
in the Medford Daily Tribune, of
which Putnam is editor and mannger,
commenting upon the work of the
jury in investigating a charge of as
sault with' a deadly weapon made by
W. S. Barnura. a resident of the
Rogue River valley, upon Dr. J. F.
Reddy, mayor of Medford. Barnum
had been held to answer to the grand
jury by a justice of the peace, n-id
that grand jury returned not a true
bill. During the trial tho defendant
offered to prove tho truthfulness of
tho article, show that Barnum had
committed a murderous assault upon
Roddy, and that the grand jury did
not make a proper investigation of
the offense committed. Judge II. K.
Hanna, before whom the case was
tried, held that the defendant had no
right under the lnw to go into the
question of the manner of the inves
tigation by the grand jury to offer
any evidence concerning the nature of
j tho assault made upon Roddy by Bar
num. ! m.- ..ii .1 i : i t i:.,.. P !..
1 uu uneven uueii'ii?, r-i-.-iiui vi m-
nain's editorial was as follows:
The Article in Question.
"It took thenf (tho grand jury) just
15 minutes to indict a friendless
horse thief, a poof old woman and a
j penniless forger. They spent throe
) days on the Harniim case and then
.lustiticrt the mnroorous assault, nep-
uty District Attorney Reames is a
l most relentless prosoculor when a
man drops n nickel in a slot mnchuie
or tnkes a dring on Sunday, or a poor
fallen creature, is cnunrht sinning.
j Suuh henigus crimes must be pnn-
nioMioo
1100
CASE
DISMISSED
COSS CASE UP
MARCH TERM
Continuance Asked for and Granted
No Witnesses on
Hand.
District Attorney B. F. Mulkey has
askea lor a continuance in tne case .
of the state vs. H. M... Coss,' on a
statutory charge,,. until the next or
March term of court. The continu
ance will probably be granted.
ine continuance was asKea lor Dy
tho district attorney upon the ground
. 1. . i ,j i i . a 1 1
Linn ue uouiu iiuv gei uuiu oi ine com
plaining witness, Carrie Stagg, at the
present time.
Coss was tried last year, found
guilty and sentenced to serve a term
of seven years .Upon appeal his case
was reversed and a new trial order
ed. Coss is nt present out under
bond.
PEARY DOUBTS
COOK'S STORY
Begin to Look as if Controversy
Would Result Over Discovery
of North Pole.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8. The United
Press today received the following
message from Commander Peary,
dated Indian Harbor via Cape Ray:
"Dr. Cook's story shouldn't be tak
en too seriously. The two Eskimos
who accompanied him say he went
no distance north nnd was not out of
sight of land. Other men of the tribe
corroborate this statement.
(Signed) "PEARY."
Cook Keeps Still.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8. When
Cook was shown the statement of
Peary this morning questioning
Cook's veracity, Cook,said: "I'll not
demean myself by answering Peary's
charges until the accusation is mndo
on scientific data." ,
Cook refused to say anything more,
l.itl vtlninli ufinu'od IVint lia umi3 nti.
gry. The Pcnry message created ii
sensntion here. Already the lines are
sharply drawn. and ill feeling is ap
parent between the Cook and Peary
supporters. :,
-t-
CALL ISSUED FOR
BANK STATEMENTS
-f
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.
Tho comptroller of the curren
cy today issued a call for a
statement of the condition of
national banks at tho closo of
business Wednesday, Septem
ber 1.
ished; they arc dangerous nt once to
life and limb. But nnyono can try to
brnin n mnn with an ax and secure
immunity from n blindfolded repre
sentative of justice."