ffl -t ffr T T TT7 A 1" T 0NE thousand dollars reward will i.k paid by the umjersignk to any person who can snow by authentic tes.
S I (Mill KHv X AW ) TIMONY THAT ANY CITY OR TOWN IN THE UNITED STATES, OUTSIDE OF THE ROGUE RIVER VLLEY, HAS TWBOTAEY TO IT
VP JLJVJVJ AVJLL.T Y k.L-S WITHIN A IO-MILB RADIUS, A 20-MILE RADIUS, A 30-MILE RADIUS OR A 40-MILE RADIUS, AS MANY DIVERSIFIED RES01WCB8
II 7 AS MEDFORD, OREGON. HAS WITHIN A CORRESPONDING RADIUS. ' "lEDFORD COMMERCIAL CLUB
Mebfoed Daily Tribune
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1909.
No. 171.
CURTIS WRITES
OF BEAUTIES
LAKE
Gives McMahan a Gentle Little Slap
Tells of Efforts to Secure
' a Boulevard and of Its
Advantage.
TELLS OF GREAT SCENIC
BEAUTY OF THE iAKZ
Also Writes of Plans for Improving
the Accommodations on the
Rim of the Lake.
(By William K. Curtis, Special Cor
rcHpotidcncu of llio Chicago-Record
Ilurulil.) I
Crater Lake, which in tlio deepest
body of llio froh water uii (ho Amer
ican continent, if not in I bo world,
iiikI ono of tho greatest wonders of
tlio west, lies 85 miles nlmoBl direct
ly northeast of Modfonli and tlio
people of that town hope to hnvo a
direct boulevard there within another
year. The movement tins liecn ar
rested by an in junction whieh has
not been (Unsolved.
LiiRt winter, largely through the
efforts of W. 0. Steel of Portland,
who ban olways taken nn aetivo in
terest in Orator Lake, tlio legislature
of Oregon made an appropriation of
$100,000, the commissioners of Jack
Hon and Klntnath counties each vot
ed $50,000 iind the Hnrriman railway
system pledged $50,000 to build a
30-foot boulevard from Medford to
tho lake, following the canon of the
Rogue river, which arises very nonr
that mysterious body of water. It
was intended also to nHk congress to
appropriate ,$250,000 to carry tho
boulevard through the forest reserve,
tlio Klumnth agency and tho national
nnrk. nbont 18 bv 22 miles ill size,
which has boon creatod for tho pro-1
toction of tlio grout natural wonders
in that vicinity.
If evorything had gono through aB
expected tho rood would have boon
under construction at this moment,
but L. II. McMahan of Snlom, a law
yer of small practice, applied to tho
local courts for an injunction prohib
. iting tho trensuror of the atato from
disbursing tho appropriation on the
(round that tho act is unconstitu
tional becnuso the legislature of Ore
gon has no authority to appropriate
public funds raised by taxing tlio en
tire stale to ho expended for tlio ben
efit of n singlo county. It wns dis
covered Mr. McMnliuii pays taxes on
$1400 worth of property and his
shnro would bo 0.1 conts, but tlio
local court grunted an injunction. Tho
Crater Lnko commission appoalod to
tho supremo court, and the apponl is
ponding. ' ''
Tho point at issuo is whether., the
peoplo of tho ontiro state will derive
any benefit from a boulevard con
necting tho railway nt Modfnrd wltn
bolonging to the gov
ernment of tho United States similar
to tho Yosemito and tlio Yollowstono,
v,.r.f noon a smaller scare, or
whether tho movement is puroly a
ii nffnir for tho benefit of Jack
son and Klamath counties. It sooms
to be a question that will bo doomed
according to tlio nronmn or narrow
ncss of vision enjoyed by the mom
i .. P tl.A nnlirf.
Crator Lake is, as I have said, one
TO THE AID OF
JAMES HELMS
Neighbors and Friends Sign Petition
With Mrs. Helms to County
Court for Appointment
of Guardian.
TRIBUNE SPREAD NEWS;
FRIENOS WENT TO AID
Court Will Aqt on Matter This After
noon and Then Suits Will
Be Instituted.
Nearly 100 pioneer nud leading cit
izens of tlio county, especially those
who are friends of James Helms, who
us told in Monday's Tribune, is said
to have ' been unduly influenced
by his son, George Helms, have vol
untarily gone to Mrs. Helms and
usked to sign her petition to the coun
ty court .asking that a guardian be
appointed. The publication of tho sto
ry in Monday's Tribune spread the
news brondenst over tho' eounty'aud
tho muny friends of Mrs. Helms, who
is widely known and has many close
friends, flocked nt once to her aid
by signing the petition of Mrs. Helms
to the county court.
Tho court will pass on tho petition
Wednesday afternoon. If the
gunrdian is appointed suits will be
instituted to cancel the purported
debt duo Oeorgc Helms. Colvig &
Kennies appear for Mrs. Helms.
Thoso who signed the petition with
Mrs. Helms are: Fred Rapp, E. K.
Anderson, O. N. Anderson, J. O. Gib
Sdii, J. A. Copelnnd, J. B. Coleman,
F. B. Oatmnn. O. W. Burnett, C. M.
Shidelcr. J. H. Shidelcr, A. Alford.
W. T. Mason, G. A. Gardner, D. C.
Goddnrd, J. Bishop, C. W. Harmnn,
J. Garrett, F. D. Wagner, F. O. Swc
denburg. E. F. Smith, E. J. Kaiser.
S. Cartilo, W. H. Barlow, J. M. Case
bur, W. T. Smith. John Conway, A.
A. Moore, J. Budgor, C. II. Dunlop.
M. Souiish, J. N. Manning, J. Terrill,
Frank Work, John Beoson, J. D.
Brown, J. R. Robinson, J. C. Mason.
C. M. Chapman, J. Clnnaliun. W. C.
Spitzor, Fred Dunlup, W. F. Cunning
ham, J. F. Norman, J. Sv Spitzer.
I j. A. Rose, L. W aterman, . Joshua
Patterson, F. Moness, V. A. Dunlnp,
O. 'Works, R. W. Loidnor, N. D. Bro-
iiliv. R. Yu Robinson, S. M. Robinson,
W. J. Donn, J. W, Adams, J. E. Foss,
R. B. McBrido, W. T. Burnett, C. Pat
terson, J. Spitzer, C. Terrill, E. T.
Seaman's L. A. Terrill, A. C. Roberts.
M. A. Goddnrd, O. H. Roberts and E.
G. Colomnn. 1
of tho greatest natural wonders in the
world. It lies near tho summit ot
Mount Mnznmn, 0000 feet above the
sea, and occupies a gigantic caldron
or crater, nonriy six nines m uimu
eter and 4000 feet deep. Tt is en
circled by an unbroken wall of cliffs
varying in height from 1000 to 2000
foot, without n singlo broak, and so
nearly perpendicular that it is impos
sible 'to dospend to tho water's edge
snvo in a very few places. Tho wn
tor is of on intonso bluo color, is very
cold and the lake has no visiblo out
lot. It receives the drninngo from tho
upper slopes of Mount Mazamn, but
that' is comparatively small. During
the winter tho lake is not nocossiblo,
on account of tho dopth of snow, and
large masses of snow remain nil sum
mnr wherever they aro protected from
(Continued on page 8.)
CITY COUNCIL
ACTS ON WATER
SEWEPL MAINS
Almost Entire Session Devoted to
Oruerlng In New Names for
Water and Eewer New
Walks Ordered.
BOOTBLACK STANDS
' MUST VACATE ALLEYS
Bass & Hale Granted Liquor License
Bids to Be Called for Upon
City Printing.
The city council nt its regular
meeting Tuesduy evening devoted
most of iu attention to mntters hav
ing to do with the laying of addi
tional water and sewer mains ill the
city, a large .number of additional
ones being ordered in. Sidewalks
were also ordered constructed in va
rious parts of the city.
A moment walk was ordered in on
South Grnpo' from Eleventh to
Twelfth streets. '
A plank walk was ordered in on
East Main from Roosevelt avenue
to the city limits.
A cement sidcwnlk wns ordered in
on both sides of Riverside avenue
from Jackson to Twelfth streets.
Water mains were ordered in on
North Orange, First to Fourth street;
Quince street. Main to Fourth; Cen
tral avenue. Twelfth street, South, to
city limits; Central avenue from Sec
ond, North, to city limits; on Beotty
to Manznnitn; on Mnnznnita from
Bcatty to Riverside; on Riverside
from Manznnitn to Jackson; on Court
street, north from Central nvenus
200 feet ; on Holly street from Elev
enth to south end of street; Cottage
street from Main to Ninth, south to
city limits; on Pint street from Jack
son to end of street.
A six-inch lateral sewer was or
dered in on South Ivy from Ninth
street south to city limits; on' Pine
street from Jnckson to north end of
tho street; on Olson from Second to
Fourth street.
The bootblack stand in the nlley
on Seventh botween Central avenue
and Front street wns ordered out. A
petition for n new one wns also turn
ed down.
Bass & Halo were granted a liquor
license. .
The council, acting upon petitiou
of A. S. Bliton, voted to call for bids
on city printing every three months.
SCHURMAN SENDS
GREETINGS TO PEARY
NEW YORK, Oct. 6. The follow
ing message from' President J. G.
Schurmnn of Cornell university to
Commander Tenry has been received
iu this citv from Ithaca, N. Y.::
"Cordial congratulations on your
H'seovery of tho north polo. Superb
trMimph of organization, skill and
endurance. Regret Marvin is not her,e
to shnro in your triumphs."
Tho report cards for tho first
month of high school wore givon out
Tuesday and as a whole the work of
tho students wns good! One thing
which contributed toward the rnise in
grndes was a plan which wns intro
duced hv Professor Collins at tile
first of tho term whereby a student
could raise his grade by his deport
ment. Many took advantage of this
and by having a higher standing in
deportmont were able to advance
their nvernge. (
CAR OF D'ANJOU
SELL IN GOTHAM
FOR
Bear Creek Orchard Had Car Sold
Tuesday for $5.45 a Box
. Contained 1064 Half
' Boxes.
FRUIT WAS AS FINE
AS ANY EVER SHIPPED
Price Paid Earlier in Week for Mar
shall d'Anjous Duplicated by
Car From Bear Creek.
A car of d'Anjou pears from the
Bear Creek orchard sold Tuesday in
New York city at $5.45 a box. The
cur grossed $2!)00and contained 1064
half boxes. The fruit was as fine
as any of that variety ever sent out
of tho valley, and the price paid was
the same as that for a car shipped
from the Marshall orchard earlier.
Complete, returns on the car of
d'Anjou pears from the Marshall at
Medford s'ut.l September 30 in New
York by Sgobel & Day 'show as fol-
lnwfi '
Forfy-six boxes at $6.75, 254 boxes
at $6, 22 boxes nt $4.75, 8 boxes at
$4.62',, 156 boxes at $4.50, 18 boxes
at $4,121,2; average for car, $5.45,
or $4.12 net at Medford. The car
grossed $2700.
MORGAN BIDS MILLIONS
FOR ROYAL RESIDENCE
VENICE, Oct. 6. J. Picrpont Mor
gan is said to have expressed a desire
to purchase the Reggiu nt Mantua,
formerly known as the Corte Renle,
one of the most famous rovnl resi
dences in nil Europe. Morgan is nl
leged to hnve'offered $5,000,000 for
this magnificent and ancient struc
ture. But the government holds the
Reggin as one of the kingdom's mon
uments and relics, so it will be impos
sible to accept the American's offer.
G000 APPLY FCR INDIAN
LANDS DURING FIRST DAY
-: IERRK, S. I.-. Oct. 6. The actual
registration for le first day in the
hind openii'3 of the Cheyenne River
nnd Standiv.i- Koek Imhan -reserva
tions at tlii r.!ii?e was 870.' names
The registrn'ifm for the same period
reported finni it. other districts was:
Lebeau, 280; . Mobridge. 270; Lem
mon, 262; Bisnwu-V, 677; Aberdeen,
3t:4; Total. CI 3.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
BAND PLAYS DIRGES
NEW YOU.", Oct. 6. A feature of
the local political campaign, which is
now fairly under way is an uptown
storeroom which has been fitted up
by the committee of 100 ns n "cham
ber of horrors." In it a band plays
dirges. On the first day fully 1000
persons visited the hall, and already
the "chamber of horrors" promises
to be one of the attractions of the
campaign. . .
J. M. Cratidnll and son, Erie W.
Crnndall, of Jamestown, N. Y., after
hnving traveled over 3000 miles nnd
visited many townns and cities, stop
pod off nt Medford this week, and
nftor looking nVound stnte -that the
valley heats anything they have yet
seen for fruit. Thev nre so fnvora-
bly impressed that if they ever have
occasion to change their location
MO
they will come to this city.
PAVING PLANT
HERE IN NEXT
TWO WEEKS
Work in Ashland Should Be Complet- f
ed in the Next Ten Days and
the Plant Brought
Here.
WEST SEVENTH TO BE
PAVED BEFORE WINTER
Next Spring Other Streets Are to Be
Improved in Accordance
With Petitions.
Unless unforeseen development ac
crue the Warren Construction com
pany will complete the paving in
Ashland and will commence work on
the streets in this city within ten
days. A number of things have aris
en to block the progress of the work,
but it is now so far advanced that
eight days should complete the work
in that city.
The plant is to be hurried to Med
ford and the laying of 'the pavement
on West Seventh street undertaken
at once. Next spring the other
streets of the city will be paved in
those instances where paved streets
have been petitioned for.
MILITARY SURGEONS OF
MANY COUNTRIES MEET
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Military
surgeons from nil pnrts of the Unit
ed States and from 11 foreign coun
tries were in attendance when the
18th annual meeting of the Associa
tion of Military Surgeons of the
United States began here today. Vir
tually the whole of the first day will
be given over to business, as it is the
desire to devote the Other three days
to the professional program.
ROYAL COMMISSION
ON TUBERCULOSIS
MONTREAL,. Oct. 6. The new
royal commission on tuberculosis held
its initial meeting in Montrenl today
to organize nnd mnp out a program
of work. The commission will make
a complete study of tuberculosis, in
Montreal and other large-cities. Th
present laws on the subject will be
investigated nnd the commission will
report to the government ns to what
further legislative action is neees
snrv to combat the disease.
COCHRAN AGAIN WINS
PRIZE FOR BUSINESS
The cold watch awarded by the
Mutual Life Insurnnce company for
the agent writing the largest amount
of business from January to Septem
ber has been won by J. II. Cochran
of Medford. This is the fifth con
secutive year Mr. Cochran has won
the watch. Medford is the banner
town of the nation for Mutual Life
company insurance, over a million
dollars life insurance in .this one
company being carried here.
CARD OF THANKS.
We extend our sincere thanks to
the neighbors and newly made friends
of North Central avenue for the many
courtesies of love and respect shown
to my beloved husband and father
in his late sickness nnd bunnl.
MRS. WILLIAM OWINGS AND
CHILDREN
J. A. OWINGS.
' MRS. DR. A. C. EMES,
MRS. J. B. MORGAN.
SHORTAGEFOUND
0FS619.I:
IN CITY
BOOKS
Experts Complete Work of Going
Over Books of Former City
Recorder Collins and
Submit Report.
NO DISHONESTY CHARGED;
DUE TO CLERICAL ERRORS
System in Use Is Wholly Inadequate
Says Report Many Recommen
dations Made to Council.
That the system of bookkeeping in
the city recorder's office is totally
inadequate and that the records con
sequently are confusing is the report
of E. H. Collis and L. E. Thompson,
expert accounttants, who have just
completed their work of going
through the city's books up until the
time Robert W. Telfer succeeded Ben
jamin M. Collins as recorder.
In the accounts of Mr. Collins er
rors and-omissions were found to the
amount of $618.95. Some of these
nre recoverable from parties outside
and some are directly to the former
recorder. No dishonesty is charged.
The experts have filed a volumin
ous report with the council, which has
been referred to tho finance commit
tee. The charge for their sen-ices is
$621.60, so that the city is out only
$2.65, provided it recovers the
$618.95 discrepancy.
The report on the books follows:
"We have found the system of
bookkeeping to be totally inadequate
nnd the records confused and con
taining many errors and omissions.
The receipts of the recorder as cred
ited to the various funds in the led
ger nre all duly accounted for in the
turnovers to the treasurer, as shown
by the stubs 6f the treasurer's receipt
books, but we have found various
items which the recorder has failed
to enter in the ledger, nnd also va
rious errors which hnve caused losses
to the city, nnd other errors purely
of a bookkeeping character nnd in
volving no loss. The items of doubt
ful nnd specific errors nnd omissions
loss nre detailed and amount to
$618.95. Some of these are rec- ar
able from the parties, but oth?r. as
iu the cases of fines and licenses
omitted, nre directly chnrgenble to the
recorder. These errors nnd omis
sions are nil subject to explanation
from Mr. Collins. They appear to he
nil of n clericnl chnrncter and no
dishonesty is charged.
"Owing to the confused character
of the books, much more time has
been consumed in the investigation
than would otherwise have been neo
sessarv. (Signed)
"E. IT. COLLIS,
L. E. THOMPSON."
The two experts also mawo several
recommendations regarding the in
stitution of new methods.
Carrol C. Claucus of Cortey, Col.,
passed through here en route to Eu
rope nnd Asia. Mr. Clacus left his
home in Cortez seven days ago with
out a cent of moneny, and is working:
his way. He expects to take two
years for the trip and return.
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