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ford Daily Tribune
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, ORI'XJON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1009.
No. 150.
Med
THOUSANDS VIEW
HARRIMAN'SBODY
LYING IN STATE
Magnate Popular Among His Work
men, as He Employed Only Amer
icansHundreds of Messages
of Condolence Received.
AUSTRIAN SPECIALIST
. ADMITS HIS FALSEHOOD
'Prolonged Life of Magnate by False
Diagnosis to Enable Him to
v Reach Home.
TURNER, N. Y., Sept. 11. TUo
lody of Iliirrimnn hty in stuto today
viewed by thousands of workmen on
liis 4tluti mill from llio surrounding
villages. Tlio mugnnto was popular.
All hi workmen were Americans.
Hundreds of message of condolcnoe
have been received.
TlERLIN, K...t. 11. Through u de
liberate mid admitted untnitli, tho
lust days of E. II.' Harrimun were
made happy and his life prolonged,
according lo tin? frnnlt sliitorncnt
Hindi! by Professor Adolpli Strcuiu
pi'l, llm famous Viennese, HXM)iulist .
who diagnosed the railroader's af
fliction this Kimitin-r and found ho
ns suffering with cancer of tlio
Ktnmmdi. Hu Kiiid:
"I communicated tlio wholo truth
to bin physicians in Now York in n
Iirivnti! riMirt. When ' ho arrived
thoy found his cnso already hopeless
4ind communicated a false favorable
diagnosis to" Ilnrriinan and his fam
ily. I didn't want to witness their
sorrow, nnd knew the truth would
only shorten his life. I didn't want
to sudden his last days, and told
him that nil operation would not bo
necessary, whinli wan true, as it
wouldn't havo dnno any pood."
Physicians hero npprovo Streum
pol's action and believo the fnlso di
agnosis lengthened Hurrimau's life,
so that ho could return to America
and din peacefully.
LARGE CROWDS SEE
FAIR AT EUGENE
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 11. Perhaps
10,000 people attended tlio second
'Southern Oregon district fair here
yesterday. Yesterday was Merchants
day and nil the Htores in the eily were
n-losed during the afternoon. The
grounds were literally packed nil aft
ernoon mid it is said by men who have
-nttondcd all of the fairs in this (lis-,
trict in tho past few years that the
erowd yoslorday wns tho largest in
the history of tho fair association.
A feature of the exhibits is tho dis
play of farm products and the hand
iwork of school children. Junction
City won tho grand prizo of a piano
for tho best collective school exhibit
for districts employing more than
three teachers aiid Coast Fork won
the prize of an organ for the best
exhibit in display.'., . -
MEDFORD TEAM PLAYS
CENTRAL POINT SUNDAY
Sunday (lie Med ford baseball team
crosses bats with tho Central Point
team on tho'loeal grounds. Tho Cen
tral Point tonm Iiiih been grontly
strengthened. Tho local team hns
also been Htrcngthonod.
Last Sunday tho Modford boys met
the tonm from Ashland nnd defonted
them by a snore of 13 to 3, Wicks,
tho crack pitcher from Hilt, twirling
for Ashlund.
IJDIANS LEAVE
WITH
PASS
FOR MEDFORD
Best Shoot Ever Attended Is Verdict
of Departing Marksmen, Who
Are Delighted With
Entertainment.
BAND OF TRAVELERS
HERALD CITY'S FAME
Fishing Trip to Rogue Great Success
Week of Good Time
Is Ended.
Voting Medford the best town in
America for its size and the recent
(.hoot the best over attended, the Pa
cific Indians and crack marksmen
of tho world and their .wives Satur
day left in special ears for San Fran
cisco and Portland. Every Indian
was enthusiastic, in his praises of
the entertainment furnished and ull
express tho desire" of returning!
"Marksmen from all sections have
heard about Medford nnd the good
time uud good fellows here," said
Frank C. Riebl, chief of the Eastern
Indians and organizer of tho Pa
cific tribe. "Beforo I came to the
const I hciml.uf Modl'or through the
first ' shoot. These shoots are the
best advertisements the city has, for
it is equivalent to placing a score of
men traveling all over the country
talking Medford. In nddition every
sporting paper in tho country con
tains a page about Hie shoot."
"We hnvb had a most delightful
time, but I understand you ulwnys
have," said Fred Gilbert, world's
champion, "and we will always be
glad to return, whenever you hnvc
a shoot." and this is the opinion of
nil.
Friday a picnic was hold on tho
hanks of the Rogue and n good string
of fish caught by tho visiting marks
men, despite the unfavorable weather.
Medford business men volunteered
their nntos and acted as guides for!
the visitors. Mr. Wortman had
Messrs.- Hiehl and King and their
wives; Mr. Dttnlap had Messrs.
Thorpe mid Fuedner and their wives
with Toggery Hill ns guide; Mr. Da
vis had Messrs. Haight, Holohau and
Adelmnn; Mr. Hufer had Messrs.
Gilbert, Marshall and Burkloy; Mr.
True bad Messrs. Diok Roid nnd Hil
lis nnd wives; Mr.. Enynrt hnd Mr.
nnd Mrs. Dillon; Mrs. Reddy's car
earned L. II. Reid and ,1. E. Rcid
nnd wives; Mr. Perry hnd Ed Mor
ris nnd Mr. Naquiu and wife ; Messrs.
Posten nnd Orenr wer(,.,yithi Put
nam. ONLY ONE HURT IN
RAILROAD DISASTER
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. U. The
Great Northern flyor No. 44, east
ward bound, going at 40 miles nn
hour, crashed into nn open switch nt
Eydcn, nine miles from Lenvcnworth,
Wash., nnd telescoped the ongine,
hnggugo car nnd smoker. Engineer
lost n finor. Others were unhurt.
WAKEFIELD COMMANDER
OF SPANISH WAR VETS
TACOMA. Wash., Sept. ll.The
Spanish war veterans and woman's
auxiliary left for Scuttle today after
the convention. They elected officers
Inst night. Colonel Edwnrd J. Gi
hon of Wakefield, Mass., is tho now
ennimimiler-iti-chief.
Phono 3303 for ton or coffee.
PORTER BROS. GET CONTRACT
PACIFIC
ConstnictionjiLJw Road to Butte Falls
to Begin mt :nce--Present rpad to be
Regraded and Ballasted-Employment
for 300 Men ProvidedRails, Ties, Roll
ing Stock, Steam
PurchasedWork
in Portland.
Porter Brothers, tho contractor who are constructing; the Hill line in
the Deschutes canyon, have been awarded the contract for the extension
of the Pacific & Ensteni for 18 miles from the eud of the pre.-ent construc
tion work to Itutto Falls. John Porter will arrive next week to establish
the 'camps and two trainloads of equipment are being loaded in Portland
for the work. Two hundred men will bo employed on the work.
The present line from Crater Lake Junction to Eagle Point will be
rebuilt at once by the compnuy under the direction of Chief Engineer Gor
rish. A stcum shovel has been shipped from Portland for the work. The
grade of the line will be rebuilt, nnd tho tra.k will be ballasted with gravel
from Hu t to creek. Tho present bridges over Bear nnd Butte creeks will
be reinforced for the coming winter nnd new steel bridges replace them
next summer.
Buy Ralls From Harriman.
Three miles of rails, nil the Harriman system had on hnnd, have been
purchased nnd shipped to Medford to complete the road to a distance of
five miles from Eagle Point, the roadbed for this distance is graded. This
new trnck will also be ballasted by the company. Two thousand ties, were
bought Saturday for immediate shipmeiil..iOtie hundred men will be given
employment on this work.
Twcnty-five-poiuid rails will be used on the upper section of the exten
sion. The ties will be supplied by tho Butte Falls mills, which will probably
reopen nt once to supply them, affording work for many lumbermen.
Porter Brothers' contract calls for immediate construction, and it is
planned to have the road into tho timber belt by the time the 'winter rains
begin. The rock work will be done next winter, and the line be completed
by spring. An additional locomotive is on the way, and rolling stock for
tho rond is purchased.
Two Branches From Butte Falls.
Chief Engineer Gerrish 'returned Friday from Portland and Spokane,
where with President John R. Allen he awarded the contract for the ex
tension of tho road and made arrangements for the company to robuijd the
present line and complete the extension now under way.
Tho construction of the Pacific & Eastern means more to Medford than
any single event of recent years nnd the letting of the contract is the crown
ing feature of four years of work on tho part of Medford citizens. A
timber belt of eight billion' feet is topped, and a rich .agricultural and min
ing section opened for development.
Tin road will probnbly be extended in two. branches from But to. Falls,
ono to the Fish Lake pass, which will tap the timber belt nt the base of
Mt. McLaughlin, and eventually be extended to Klamath Falls, and the
other to the timber belt nloug the upper Rogue nnd eventually to Crater
Lake.-
C0GGINS TRACT SOLD
TO CALIFORNIA COMPANY
Eighteen thousand ncrcs of timber
land, known ns the Coggins trnct, ly
ing half in Oregon nnd half in Cali
fornia, were sold Saturday afternoon
to tho Northern California Lumber
coyipany. Tho owners were former
Senator Clifford Coggins, Lowell Cog
gins nnd Mrs. Mnry Coggins.
It is estimated that there nro 4"0,
000,000 feel of standing timber on
the bind, of which 70 per cent is
sugar nnd white pine. It lies west
nnd adjoining the holdings of the
Vnvtltnvn tf SilifVirtiiii T.ionher conmnnv '
and makes this company now rank
with the Weed Lninher compnuy, Mc
Clond River Lumber company nnd tho
Dinmond Match compnuy in magni
tude. It hns 12 miles of rnilrond run
ning from its mill nt Hilt up into the
AND URN:
Shovel and Equipment
Trains being loaded
timber belt and it will bo extended a,s
mny bo found necessary. '
The deal was negotiated by eastern
stockholders of the lumber compnny,
nnd the consideration involved is not
known. Tim compnny is running its
mills nt full capacity and has cut
14,000,000 feet of lumber this year.
It has 3f)0 men employed nt present.
Its holdings of timber lands now
amount to 38,000 ncrcs.
This dcnl tnkes from privntc own
ership tho largest remaining trnct of
land so owned in this part of the
stale.
LARGE SUM NETTED FOR
PARK IMPROVEMENT
Ladies of the Greater Medford club
sold $"f1.ul worth of tngs on tag
day for the park improvement, fund.
Expenses were $11.40, net profit
.$540.74. The money will be devoted
to n removal of the old water tuwer
nnd the fixing up of tho pnrk.
MORGAN MAY
TAKE CONTROL OF
HARRIMAN LINES
Wall Street Financier to Assume
Charge of Railroads Controlled
by Dead Magnate, According
to New York Rumor.
SON TO BE ELECTED
TO FILL DIRECTORATE
All Harriman Aides to Be Retained
and Advanced and Organiza
tion Undjsturbed,
WNEW YORK, Sept. 11. That J. P.
Morga1 will take the center of the
railroad world and naslimO Control
of the Harriman lines, which com
bined with his present enormous in
terests will make him a greater mag
nate than Harriman is believed upon
good authority here today. It is said
that Morgan, Jr., his son, will be
elected a director in the Union Pa
cific next Monday, filling Harrimon's
vacancy. The Morgan company has
enough Union Pacific stock to gain
a pluce on the board, and it is de
clared that he could probably make
his son chairman. It is. understood
that Morgan will follow Harriman's
plans nnd make Judge Lovett presi
dent of the Union Pacific nnd that
all Harriman aides will be retained
nnd ndvanced. Morgan is one of the
lust men with whom Harriman talked
business. ,. ,
narriman's will is carefully secret
ed nnd it is believed that it Drovidcs
for keeping his' securities together
tor a number or years.
EXTEND CAMPAIGN TO
PREVENT FOREST FIRES
Distribution of the new leaflet is
sued by the state forestry board, en
couraging fire protection nnd general
conservation work, is going broadcast
over the state very rapidly. The O.
R. & X. has agreed to distribute 3000
of them nmong its employes. In the
stations and depots of all the Harri
mau roads in this state warnings
have been posted, and a special ef
fort has been made by the officials
to have all employes give their best
assistance to tho work. :
Tho Portland Railway, Light nnd
Power company has also taken n con
siderable number nnd is distributing
them on its Trontdnle, Cnzadero and
Oregou City lines and among all o,f
the employes engnged there.
Many private individuals residing
in the forests hnvc written for more
than was at first sent, nnd prniso the
campaign that is being wnged by the
Conservation nssocintion through the
forestry board. Seeretnry Wastell
stated this morning that the senti
ment of the people wns gratifying,
nnd he believed contimmnce of this
work a year or two would have nil
tho residents of the state thoroughly
aroused in fire protection worlv.
ALL HARRIMAN TRAINS
TO STOP ON SUNDAY
At 3:30 p. m. Sunday, New York
time, nil trains nnd equipment of the
Hnrrimnn railway system are to' be
brought to n dend halt for ono min
ute, ns a mark of respect for the
dead magnate, who is to be buried ut
that time. Time in the west will be
computed so that the halt occurs
everywhere at the same moment.
Open all the time the Nash Grill.
CLAIM PEARY
DAS PROVED HIS
POLE DISCOVERY
Secretary of His Own Club Loud in
His Assertion That Commander
Is the Real Article in the
? Discovery Line. ;
ANTHONY FIALA WRITES.
OF PEARY'S FAST TRIP
n
Only Perfect Equipment .and Favor
able Weather Permitted
. .... w
Success.
(By Herbert L. Bnaatl, Secre
tary Peary Arctic Club.)
SYDXEY, X. S.i Sept. 11. In my
opinion Peary's statement is a clean
cut narrative, devoid of thrills and
claptrap, and undoubtedly the best
answer to the question : "Who discov
ered the pole?" I have contender! nil
along that there is no need for con
troversy, that the facts o the case
will settle the ciuestion. Persnnnllv
speaking for the Arctic club, I want
io say we are not engaged in a con
troversy with Dr. Cook. I haven't
even a statement for the. public ns to
the correctness of Cook's statement.
I do suy, however, that Peary set
the standard in the world in the mat
ter of proofs of his achievement and
I believe the people will insist that
Cook present equally yalid proof..
(By Anthony Fialn.)
XEW YORK, Sept. 11. Comman
der Peary's- success- iu . reaching the
north pole was possible through a
combination of favorable conditions,
through his fine equipment, his own
men, his party's enterprise. Without
ice, and conditions being just right,
the pnrty had been doomed to fail
ure. Pearv's account of his trip is
different front the accounts of Nan
sen and Cagni of their record break
ing marches northward.
Funeral of James Carr.
The funeral of the late James Carr
took place from the Church of the
Natvity Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
Solemn requiem high mass was sane,
the celebrant being Rev. F. Van Clar
enbeck, the deacon Rev. Father Mae
der. O. S. B., of Grants Pass, aiid
the sub-deacon Rev. Charles Mackin,
S. J., of Ashland.
The mass was sung by an augment
ed choir under the -direction of Mrs.
Krause. The solemn requiem music
of the Gregorian Chant was heard'
for the first time in Medford, nnd
made a deep iumrcssion on the con
gregation nssemblcd to pay the lust
honors to a depnrted friend.
Father Van's sermon was a touch
ing tribute to the virtues of the pion
eer. He said in part: "Placing pat
riotism next to love of God, James
Carr, at the call of his country, left
all who were near and dear to him
and enlisted in the Union army. Ho
was kindly and charitable to all. No
one in want was ever turned from
bis door without assistance. Then, in
tho name of his absent brother, Fath
er Carr of New York city; nnd of
his relatives and friends present, I
bid you farewell until wo all meet be
fore the throne of our Father in
Henven."
Marriage Licenses.
B. F. Swnyno and Rebecca Camp
boll. '
Abe Humphrey nnd Grace Bell
Pntch.
Reuben T. Cnine and Ella May
Conrad.