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Medford Daily
Tribune
FOURTH YEAR.
MED FORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, VM).
No. 161.
! THOUSAND DOLLARS RFWARO WILL UK PAID BY THE L'NtJERSIGNrTr TO AST PERSON' WHO CAN SHOOT rv ATTTPiPVTrp Tffn.
THAT ANY CITY Oli TOWN IN Till. UNITED STATES, OUTSIDE OF THE ROGUE RIVER vr.nrv :r,c tb oiwadv ii
A 10-MILE RADIUS. A 20-MILE RADIUS. A 30-MILE RADII'S OR A 40-MILE RADIUS, as uakv nrvpBnm DMnn'
MEDFORD, OREGON. HAS WITHIN A CORRESPONDING RADIUS. wpnVnpn nnwwiTn.r
OF
LODGE 1168
Visiting Members 'of the B. P. 0. E
Depart After Having Most En
joyable Afternoon and
Evening.
T. E. DANIELS IS NAMED
EXALTED RULER OF LODGE
Banquet Largely Attended and Splen
did Time Had Many Speeches
Were Made.
Medford lodge, No. HIM. It. P. O.
V... has been instituted mill liicii Elks
now have a homo lodge of their own
t'linseoiicntiv tlii'V nr all satisfied.
The lodge ai instituted, officers
Elected mid installed Thursday ove-
iiinir following an afternoon of pleas
lire. Following the institution stunts
it huge l)iiiiiiii't was enjoyed in tho
skating rink. which was fittingly dce-
,i nti'il fur the occasion.
Tin' officer of tin- new' lodge ns
elected Thtirsdnv ovenine are:
T. E. Daniels, exalted ruler; V. Ei
ii'il, esteemed lending:, knight ; F. W.
Mollis, esteemed leading knight:
' I,. Kcaincs, etccmod locln riujf knight ;
C. W. Palm. IvI.t: W. C. Crnwcll
representative of the grand lodge:
1). H. Hiikm'II, MMTctary; John WH-
keson, treasurer; trustees, I. I.. Ham
ilton, three-year term: A. At Pnvis,
two-venr term; II. von dor Hollon.
oue-vcar term.
In llio election of Mr. Daniels as
exalted ruler a fit tin).' tribute was
naiil to (hit work which ho has done
for tin! now lodge. He lias worked
early nml Into, spending much of Ins
limn ami money on behalf of the
lodge. He will no iloiihj eonlinuc his
lahorii on behalf of the lodge for he is
an enthusiastic member of the order
anil will ever have the interests of
his loilL'ft at heart.
, During the al'teruoon nml evening
nqvoral novel stunts were pnlleil off
w the Elks, finer among wlucli was
that of arrest hit:- citizens, casting
tbem into iail anil fining tbeni vit
' rious sums for various offenses. Jeff
Heard presided over the court nml
levied fines with (l lavish hnnd.
Following n street parade in whieh
over 400 members of the order march
ed down Seventh slroet, tho insti
tution ceremonies were put on in the
Redinon's hall. Then came n large
bnnciiot. A. E. Renmos presided as
loiiHtmasler and many speeches wore
made.
The Ashland contingent arrived on
train HI, headed by the Ashland hand.
A special took them home nl 3 n. m.
Tho Rnscburg, Cllendnle, Myrtlo Creek
Grunts Pass nnd other F.lks from the
north left on the 7:45 local.
Fred Stewart, formerly sheriff of
nonplus county, and a prominent real
estate broker of Rosohurg, was 'he
victim of n calcleptic fit Friday
morniti'.' just before the Rosohurg
local train left with tho Roscburg
delegation nC 1''1,h- ITo wns soil!,M
on the depot grounds with convul
sions mill fell unconscious.
ATTENTION, A. F. & A. M.
There will ho n mooting of Medford
lodgo, No. 103, A. F. & A. M this
evening, for tho purpose of confer
ring the M. M. degree. All master
Masons are urged to attend. Visit
ing members are invited.
BUIIO
W S 6R
SUCCESS
NEW FESHWAY AT
ANIENT DM 10
OPEN SATURDAY
Best Fish Ladder in State Has Been
Constructed on the Rogue
River Near Grants
Pass.
NINETY TONS OF FISH
WAITING TO COME UP
Master Fish Warden Was in Medford
Attending Elk Doings on
Thursday.
The new fishway, the finest in the
state, which has been constructed nt
a cost of $:i()()0 over the Anient dam
near Grants Puss, ha been complet
ed and will be opened Sahirday. A
(treat elianuc will then he noticeable
above the dam in Rkiic river, as,
according to Muster Fish Warden Mc
Allister, there nre over 90 tons of
fish below the dam elisor to come up
stream. Mr. McAllister lias been in Med
ford since Thursday moniini; attend
ing the Elks' jollification. He states
that the new t'ishwny has been eon
slrueted according to the moot im
proved methods nnd that it is tho
finest in the stnte, costing $30110,
''The new fishway will bo opened
SiiturMuy," slates Mr. McAllister,
"and no doubt n change for the bet
ter will be noted when it is opened.
for many steellieads are wanting to
come, ii t the river."
Mr. McAllister is one of the most
popular officials in the state, mid
iiis visits in Medford nre all hailed
with delight by bis many loco!
friends.
Mr. McAllister visited the dam nt
Oold Ray Friday and found that nil
repairs ordered had been completed
and the 'fishway working most satis
factorily. "Everything wo wished done has
been carried out by the Rays,' said
Mr. McAllister. "All repairs and
work ordered lias been finished nc
cordinf to our instructions nnd su
pervision, nnd the Oold Ray t'Uhwny
is working most satistnetonly. We
have found the owners more than
willing to meet us half wn ."
HARRIMAN LEFT RAILWAY
HOUSE iN FINE ORDER
OODEN, Sept. 24. Vice-President
Julius Kruttschnitt, director of mnm
tennnoe and operation of tho Ilnrri
miin lines, arrived from Chicago yes
terday and departed for Salt Lnke
later to confer with Ilarriinnn offi
cials assembled (here to attend n
mooting of tho interstate commerce
commission investigating freight nnd
passenger rates in the iiitermountnin
region.
"So far ns I know,'' he snid, "there
will lie no radical or important
changes resulting from Mr. Hnrri-
inun's dentil.
'President Ilnrrimnu left all mat
ter... in Mirli admirable condition that
tin! work could go on over the entire
system for an interminable time with
out friction."
BATTLESHIP 0REKON HERO
VERY ILL AT FREM0NJ. 0.
FREMONT, P., Sept. 24. Rear
Admiral Charles K. Clark, United
Slatos navy, who commanded tho
battleship Oregon ' during tho Span-
ish-Ainorimm wur, was taken serious
ly ill yesterday.
REPORTS FROM
STORM CENTER
HORROR
Over 200 Are Known to Be Dead as
Result of Gulf Storm and
List Increases
Dally.
PROPERTY LOSS WILL
EXCEED FIFTY MILLIONS
Sugar Cane Crop Has Been Entirely
Dehtroyed Hundreds of
Hones Wrecked.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 24-With
2 00 already known to be dead in
Louisiana alone rind n number of oth
er villages and hamlets yet to be
beard from, it is certain tlint the list
of casualties in Monday's tidnl wave
w ill exceed 301).
Communication is gradually being
restored and ns a result the list of
dead is being increased hourly. Con
servative estimates nlaoe the loss nt
$.")0,000,000. The sugar cane crop
is a total loss. - Hundreds of houses
are unroofed and buildings thought
substantial have been reduced to kin
dling. CURTIS WRITES OF
MEDFORD LEADING
Curtis Tells Chicago Readers How
Medford Led in Community
Advertising.
William E. Curtis writes as fol
lows in (lie Chicago Record-Herald :
A great part of the success of
Portland is duo to judicious adver
tising. Tho people bonst a grent deal,
but seldom go beyond the truth. Tho
advertisements approximate the
facts. It is a bad thing for n town
to attempt to promote immigration
and investment by misrepresentation.
Everybody who is induced to come
by reading advertisements, is sure to
investigate for himself, and those
who discover that they have been de
eeived, nre apt to resent it and give
tho place a bad name.
There has been a great improve
ment in the advertising mot hods of
the towns out here, both in the np
pearnnce of the printed matter as
well ns the contents. This -is chiefly
due to an intelligent, comprehensive
and systematic co-operation between
the railway companies and the com
mercial clubs nnd similar orsnnizn
lions which was organized two years
ngo by William MeMurrny, general
passenger ngent of the Oregon Rnil
vond nnd Navigation eomjwiny nt
Portland. It is known as "commu
nity publicity," nnd is under the man
agement of William Bittle Wells of
Portland.
Until nbout two years ngo the pro
gressive towns in tho state of Ore
gon wore issuing proniiseluous ad
vertising nnd eiroiilnting it the best
way they could. Much of it was
wasted, much of it was ill-advised,
nml full of misrepresentations. The
lack of system nnd of proper methods
of distribution prevented the greater
part of it from being ns offoetivo
as it should have been. Roeognir.ing
that a great opportunity was hoiug
wasted, Mr. MeMurray undertook to
STATE SENATOR
PLEASED WITH
IS VALLEY
Senator Coffey, Popular Politician
of Portland, Has Words of
High Praise for This
Section,
NAMES MEDFORD BEST
. , SMALL CITY IN OREGON
May Possibly Return to Medford in
Order to Purchase Orchard
' Tract in Valley.
"Without a doubt Medford is the
second city in the state of Oregon
and run give Portland pointers iu
muny matters." states John B. Cof
fey, stnte senator and candidate for
secretary of state, who was in Med
ford intending the Elks' jollification
"Not'n place in the state approaches,
save perhaps Eugene."
Senator Coffey is one of the most
populur members of the state sen
nte. lie has been prominent for many
years in politics of the state nnd nt
the next republican' assembly he will
actively contest for nomination for
secretary of state.
"I, nm charmed with this city nnd
valley." continued Senator Coffey,
"and 1 found that nil I had been toid
of jp.was true. It would not sur
prise myself iniicb if I secured on
orchard iu the valley and eventually
made my home here."
Senator Coffey is also a prominent
Elk, being a past exalted ruler of the
Portland lodge.
OMAHA STRIKERS STONE
PASSING TROLLEY CARS
OMAHA. Neb., Sept. 24. Riots
resulting from the street car strike
caused serious injury to nine men
last night. Two of the injured are
motornien who were struck with
bricks. 1
James Fitz.patrick, one. of the im
ported workmen, was attacked while
trying to shield a woman and her
child riding in his car. He was not
seriously injured.
Kight oars were wrecked during
the rioting.
KERSHAW ADDS TO HIS
HOLDINGS ON ANTELOPE
James Kershnw, tho angora goat
king, on Antelope creek, has purchas
ed 320 acres of land adjoining hi
place from T.nne Wyland, which
ninkes his total acreage 720 acres.
The plaeo is a splendid one and
gives Mr. Kershaw n larger range for
iiis goats. There is a large body of
timber on the place; also a small
sawmill.
inaugurate a reform, nnd began with
the Commercial club of Medford, Or.,
which is the center of the great pear
district. That organization agreed to
share with the puhlicity bureau of
tho railway company the expense of
publishing an attractive book des
criptive of that city nml the Rogue
River valley, nnd the railway com
pany agreed to undertake its distri
bution. The plan worked so well
that it was followed up by other
towns, until now, Mr. MeMurray tells
me, the railway company is co-operating
with fifty eommoroial clubs in
Oregon and twelvo in Idaho, and the
list is receiving additions every week..
BROPHY NABS
THOUGHT
TO BE BURGLARS
Brings Back Three Men From Sis
kiyou, Who Are Wearing
Clothes From Kent
ner's Store.
EVIDENCE SEEMS TO BE
COMPLETE AGAINST THEM
Japanese Home Burglarized in This
City Friday Night Watch
and Suit Stolen.
Jeff Brophy returned this morn
ing with three men whom he caught
in Siskiyou at midnight last night,
who give promise of being the bur
glars robbing Deuel & Kentuer's de
partment store on Tuesday evening.
The men . were dressed in clothes
identified by Mr. Kentner. They are
lodged in the city jail pending fur
ther examination.
Mr. Brophy found the three men
nsleep back of a toolbouse in Sis
kiyou.'He had no trouble iu getting
them. He came in on a freight train
this morning.
The men did not have any suit
cases with them. These are thought
to have been hidden somewhere along
the line. They refuse to give their
names.
Another Burglary.
Another burglary occurred in Med
ford Thursdav night, when the home
of a Japanese on Bear 'creek was
entered nnd a gold watch and a suit
of clothes were stolen. No clue has
been found.
Local householders should care-
, fully guard their homes at present.
as a large number of "hard lookers"
are frequenting the city. The mi
gration to the south begun for the
winter and many "bad ones" from
Seattle nre traveling south.
OUNLAY SAYS
Returns From Seattle With Praise
for What Is Shown by This
. ' County.
A. J. Dunlup, who for the past
month has been in charge of the
Jackson county horticultural exhibit
at the Seattle fair, returned home
last Thursday, having been forced
to give up the work on account of
private business. Mr. Dunlup says
that the Jackson county exhibit has
anything beaten by a mile when it
comes to peaches and pears, says the
Herald. He says that Medford pears
are hotter than anything that has
boon shown from any other section
of the const, both in quality nnd
size, and that the Ashland peach ex
hibit is the same. When Mr. Dunlap
returned it left the county without
anyone to look after their fruit ex
hibit, as none of the other fruitgrow
ers seemed willing to devote their
time to the matter ns ho did.
Julius Beeman of Hillsdale, Mich.,
is stopping off hero to attend the
Elks' jollification.
Hurry MoClallen, proprietor of the
Hotel Mc.Cbillen nt Rosehniv. in
' among the visiting Elks in Medford.
MEN
HOWARD TELLS
OF INCREASE
IN REALTY
VALUES
Pioneer Resident Has Lived to See f
Realty Values in Medford
Increase Many
Fold.
GIVES FIGURES-'ON LOTS
SOLS IN THIS CITY BY S. P.
All Indications Are That Increase In
'Past Will Be Made Again '
' In Future.' ' ' ' '
J. S. Howard, pioneer and in many
ways-fitted to be called "the father '
of Medford," having had a hand in
its rearing from its infancy until
now it has become a thriving, lusty,
child, has been comparing of late
realty values wjjn those of 1890
nearly 20 years ago. The increase
has been phenomenal and there is
no doubt but that history will re
peat itself again in the next few
years.
Mr. Howard was agent for the
Southern Pacific eompany in 1890,
and at that time many of the lots
Tecently placed on the market and
sold Jjv the company were offered
for sale. Here are a few of Mr. How
ard's figures:
TH lots on the comer of Fifth and
Cent nl avenue, whieh were sold re
cently for $3600 to A. A. Davis were
listed at that time for $350 and found
no takers.
The lot purchased by Judge Crow
ell at the corner of Main and Oak
dale for $7250 was listed in 1890 at
$250.
Lots on North Oakdale listed at
$50 have just sold at $1000 each.
Block 7 near J. E. Watt's resi
dence was listed at $700 fenced. This
has just sold for $4950.
Block 82, back of the baseball
grounds listed at $50, has sold for
$400.
Block 02. listed at $75 has sold
for $550. '
In block 75 fine lots were listed
at $2fi0 and these recently brought
$3100.
EUGENE ERECTING NEW
$60,000 Y. M. C. A. BLOCK
EUGENE, Sept.! 24. Tho Young
Men's Christian association building
new under construction in Eugene will
be the finest structure of its kind in
the state outside of Portland, accord
ing to II. W. Stone, general secre
tary of the Portland association, who
returned yesterday from the Valley
city, whore his daughter entered the
University of Oregon. The Eugono as
sociation has a large membership and
is rapidly growing. The now building
is a three-tory brick, to cost $(i0,
000. It is expected that it will be
ready for use by the first of the year,
nnd its location on Willamette street,
the principal thoroughfare, will mako
it the center of religious and athletic,
activities in Eugono. This building
is owned by the city nssooiation,
whieh is entirely separate from the
Y. M. C. A. nt tho university. Tlio
latter organization, however, owns a
building site, and also hopes ulti
mately to erect new quarters.