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GULF
LOSS OF LIFE
RUNS UP INTO
THE HUNDREDS
Immeuse Loss of Property Several
Cities Partially Destroyed New
Orleans Heavy Sufferer No Abate
ment in Storm.
VICKSItl'RG, Mix., Sept. 21. A terrific storm is sweeping over the
nlf state today. Tlie loss nf life ami property loss is tremendous.
Hut lit t lo communication mil be hnd with other cities, ns wires ure down.
All communication with Now Orleans wns cut off early today. Tin?
Htorm 1m raging front Texas to Florida. '
The total loss of life and nmoun) of property damage is unknown at
t Inn time. N . .
Fifty are known to he dead in New Orleans and nt least 20 fi.-her-niiiti
perished along the shore.
The gulf waters were driven ncros stretches o marsh land and is
washing out railroads. Before the wires went down it was reported that
the storm was increasing in fury.
Natchez Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21. (Bullet in.) Cotton dealers today received
in unverified report to the effect that one-half of the city of Natchez.
Misn has been destroyed by the sto rm that is sweeping the gulf, states.
Natchez is n city of 12.000 people.
Another City Wrecked.
MEMPHIS, Teiin., Sept. 21. A report has just reached this city
that Greenville, Miss., has been wrecked by storm. At least one-half of
the houses have been unroofed. A large number of people have been
reported killed. The wires lending into that city are down and it is im
possible to verify the report.
66,000 BOXES
APPLES SOLD
Good Prices Paid for Wenatchee
Fruit Will Make Seventy
Five Cars.
WENATCHEE, Wash., Sept. 21.
The. bids of the Wcnnteheo Produce
company nnd the Gibson Fruit com
pany of Chicago for the npples in the
Wenntcheo Vnlloy Fruit Growers' ns
soointion pool have, been accepted nnd
the npples sold nt the following fig
ures: Spilzonborgs, $2.50; Winosnps,
$2.25; Black Bens, $1.75; Jonathan,
$1.75; Missouri Pippins, $1.50, be
ing the price paid for the. fruit award
ed to the Gibson Fruit company.
The Wcnntchce Produce compnny
bought the Delicious at $3; Arknnsns
Blacks, $2.10; Stnymen Winesnp,
$1.05, and Ben Davis nt $1.40, nil
other choice grndes at $1.10.
The bonrd of directors of tho Fruit
Growers' nssocintion, consisting of
F,. T. Buloh, William Turner, II. W.
Otis, William Edmunds, C. B. Clorkn,
Grnnt Pnlon nnd P. P. Holeomb, were
in session for nboitt 3(1 hours nwnrd
ing tho bids.
Tho hoard nt first considered tho
price offered for Winosnps too low
Ik
HORRIBLE CRUELTY
INFLICTED ON JEWS
Women Striuped Naked and Paraded
Through Streets Jews Thrown
to the Flames. .
BERLIN, Sept. 21. Anothei mns-
sncre of Jews by the Russians hns
occurred nt Kieff. according to nd
vices received .here today. The
slaughter began Thursday nnd Insted
until Mondny. Thirty were killed
and 120 injured. The Jews wore
stoned to dentil.
, Hundreds of Jewish women nnd
girls were stripped naked, chained
and then mnrehed through the streets,
Iranian and spnt upon by the mob.
Jews who attempted to interfere were
thrown into n bonfire and burned.
Several women were scalded to death.
The authorities this afternoon cnlled
out the troops.
The Big Pines Lumber Co.' wnnt to
buy n horse of good weighdt nnd
color, young nnd sound. 150
of $2.25, but it wns finilly decided
that thoy should ho sold at that fig
ure. There are 75 cars of npples in
tho pool," or 00,000' boxes.
ES
HEL10 BILL BOYS ASSESSMENT OF DR
I HAVE ISSUED S. P. RAILROAD
BIDS TO BIG III COONTY
TIME IS RAISED
All Elks, Far and Near, Invited to
Attend Institution of Local
Lodge on Next
Thursday.
INVITATIONS SPREAD
WORDS OF GOOO CHEER
Invitations Contain Much of Serious
and Foolish Matter, but' Prom
ise a Good Time.
The invitations issued by the local
Elks to their brethren have been re
ceived from the printer and contain
a wealth of matter serious and other
wise. It consists of a 12-puge folder,
printed in purple upon white. The
invitation reads:
To nil Brother Elks, whether in or
our of Oregon, in or out of bed in
fact, w hoever you may be or wherever
von mav be just so you are an Elk:
At the last session of the grand
lodge of Elks, recently held in Los
Angeles, a dispensation was issued to
us, authorizing the institution ot a
lodge of Elks in this city; so we bear
tho tidings to you that on Thurs
day, September 23, 1909,' iu order
that those of the herd who range on
the fertile plains of the Rogue River
vnlloy mny officially be bnnded to- j assessed.
gether for the promotion of the best Assessor Grieve is getting the fig
interests of our beloved order, a ures for this year well in hand and
brand new baby lodge of Elks will will have everything ready for the
make its initial bow to tile outside hoard of equalization when it meets
world to the end that we may ns- in the third week in October. He has
sist in teaching the beautiful lessons assessed nil of the timber in the
of Elkdoni. i county, something that was never be-
We wnnt vou nil to be our guests fore done.
upon that day; we wnnt you to come
and make merry with us; come down
to our house nnd see us; come nnd
see tho sunshine, the automobiles, the
big red apples, the luscious pears, the
juicy watermelons, the big Rogue riv
er, the clustering grapes, and the
fruit thereof, the gold mines and the
orchards, the coal mines nnd the oil
wolls; come wny down south nmong
tho daisies nnd the flowers; come I
see the orchnrd where . the children j
used to piny, the old swimming holy,
tho old onken buckot nnd the brand
now pump, the majestic Table Rock,
the Crater Lake rond nnd the pretty
girls with their new white dresses;
come nnd see it nil for the price of
just n plcnsnnt smile.
The entire dny will be taken up in
showing you tho good things.pf our
vnlley nnd nllowin'g you to eat and
drink thereof In the' evening there
will be n big pnrnde; we will wnnt
you in it ; you will be iu it if you
are in range. We wnnt yon to wenr n
, well you pick out your own
dress but the police say tsot some
kind must be worn; don't wear any
thing yon ever expect to wenr ngnin:
'twill be no place for jewelry or pock
etbooks; then there will he the cer
emonies at tho hall and then the
(Continued on page 12.)
SWEPT
Hereafter Southern Pacific Will Pay
Taxes on Valuation of $38,000
;t." ' a Mile for Their
Line.
ASSESSOR GRIEVE HAS
NEARLY COMPLETED WORK
Has Previously Been Assessed $30,
000 a Mile Will Be, Taxed
o'n $2211,600.
Here after the Southern Pacific
railroad will pay taxes on their road
at the valuation of $38,000 n mile.
Formerly the roadbed was assessed
at $30,000 a mile, but this year the
valuation has beonr nised in this
county by Assessor W. T. Grieve in
accordance w ith the 'increase in oth-
cd counties of the state. There are
58.2 miles of roud in Jackson conn
ty, which makes the assessed vulua
tion of the tracks total $2,211,000.
The reason for the raise was based
on an affidavit 'filed by the Southern
Pacific with the railroad commission
stating that their road represented a
cash value of $65,000 a mile. This
led the assessors of the state to raise
j the amount nt which the rond was
FARMERS BUILD
i LARGE NEW DITCH
j
Ranchers Near Central Point Co-Op
erate to Build Drainage
System.
Nineteen of the fanners of the
Central Point district have gone to
gether nnd nre constructing n big
ditch to drnin the wnter off their
lnnd nnd to chnnge the course of
Barron creek. The ditch, when com
pleted, will be three-quarters of n
mile in length nnd of considerable
width, nnd will empty into Benr creek.
The expense is being apportioned
nmong tho fnrmers, nceording to the
extent to which they will be benefit
ed. They will work much of this out
themselves.
The movement wns originated by
T. J. Willinmson. L. Neideiuier nnd
P. M. Jenny. It pnsses nlong the
line which sopnrntcs the Neideiuier
land from Jenny's nnd is so wide that
COOK
AGAIN NEW YORK
Deplores Controversy with Comman
der Peary and Refuses to Discuss
Matter-Will Give Public his Facts.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. The steam
er Oscar II, bearing Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, arrived this morning at 4:20
o'clock. Even at that hour Cook was
ou deck surrounded by passengers.
Dr. Cook refused to discuss the
Peary controversy. He stated that he
had the original notes of bis expe
dition, while Harry Whitney carried
duplicates. In speaking of Whitney,
he snid: "He is a noble gentleman
and can be trusted. When the time
conies he can be depended upon to
speak the truth."
NET
EIGHT ACRES
W. G. Estep Reaps Rich Harvest
From His Small Orchard Near
This City.
From his eight ncres of pears W.
Q. Estep of this city this year has
made n net profit of over $6500. His
pears have all been marketed, bring
ing good prices, nnd grossed over
$11,500.
Mr. Estep is doing what many oth
er successful orchardists in the val
ley are doing getting rich off of
small holdings. His orchard, the
Buckeye, is well cared for. as it
should be when it pays $0500 in
profits in one year. The fruit from
the place has been uniform this year
and of splendid quality.
PACKARD BREAKS
RECORDS TO LAKE
In four hours and 45 min
utes, nctunl running time, the
Packard "30" raced from
Medford to Crater Lake and
lost but 18 minutes in passing
tennis. The car raced on to
The Dalles, arriving in that
city nt 0:10 p. m. Monday. It
left here nt 5 a. m. Sunday.
Three hours were spent nt
Crater Lake. '
Edgnr Hnfcr received a
teelgrnm Tuesday morning
giving the time consumed on
the trip. The Pncknrd wns
demonstrated here for two
tnrs iim-iniK to flip run.
no fence will be built between their
places.
Not only will it reclaim much
swamp land, but it will also benefit
the county in thnt it mnkes the
bridge, which is loented enst of the
Central Point Benr creek bridge, use
less. Thnt structure hns nlready
been torn down nnd the place where
it stood graded ovw.
6500
STOIRi
ARRIVES
Sneakmg of Peary, Dr. Cook said:
"I deeply deplore this controversy
with Commander Peary and feel that
nothing more should be said on the
subject. I shall let the public decide
whether I reached the pole. They
shall have all of the facts iu the
case."
Peary Coming.
SYDNEY, X. S., Sept. 21. The
steamer Roosevelt, bearing Comman
der Robert E. Peary, is 12 miles out
of this port and coming at full speed.
It is expeeted here this afternoon. .
GOV. JOHNSON
PASSES DIVIDE
One of Most Prominent Statesmen of
United States Dies in
Hospital.
ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 21.
Governor John A. Johnson, looked
upon by thousands as the possibla
democratic candidate for the presi
dency hi 1912, and thrice elected gov
ernor of Minnesota, died at St..
Mary's hospital at 3:25 o'clock this
morning, following an operation on
Wednesday for intestinal trouble.
Mrs. Johnson is on the verge of
collapse and is under the core of
physicians.
The governor seemed to know the
end was near. He was unconscious
for two hours before his death.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota
was born at St. Peter, Minn., July
28. 1801. He was the sou of G.
Johnson and Caroline linden John
son, both natives of Sweden.
At the age of 12 he worked iu a
drug store nnd supported his mother
nnd the rest of the family. He man
aged to attend the public school. He
worked several yenrs in a drug store
and then obtained an interest in the.
St. Peter Herald.
He was a captain in the Minnesota
National Guard and was in service
seven years. He became state sen
ator from St. Peter and wns elected
governor iu 1004 on the democratic
ticket. He was re-elected in 1000
and 1908.
IMMENSE PEACHES GROWN
ON OLD VAN DYKE PLACE
J. F. Workman, who owns the old
Vnu Dyke place south of Medford,
has brought in to the exhibit building
n number of Ornuge Cling lynches
12 inches in circumference.' They
are very fine. The Oregonian Mondny
told of peaches 10 inches in circum
ference grown iu Gletidnlo, but Roguo
River bouts tho world.