2 THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OKKCIOX, MONDAY, OCTOHKK 1S, 1)0I). ABSOLUTE PERFECTION As regards durability and beauty of finish is found In Maple Flooring as well as enhancing the value, and artistic appear ance of your home. Let us demonstrate this f adt to you BIG PINES LUMBER CO. IS NOW BRISK Lumber Dealers Meet and Report Ac tive Market with Bright Outlook. Demand for Oregon and Washing ton lumber has greatly improved dur ing the last month, and manufactur ers are looking forward to an un usually busy season next year. The . gratifying increase in business, 'which has been quite dull during the last two years, was a topic of general dis , cussion at the regular monthly meet ing of the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturers' association, held in Portland Saturday afternoon, .and nearly every member present tes tified to his own knowledge of the growing demand. Since the panic of 1907 the lumber business has been depressed and not until recently has there been much of an encouraging improvement in the conditions. The improvement in the demand for lumber is taken as a proof of growing prosperity in all sections of the country. , . . The selection of the rarest quality of Oregon fir for the interior finish of the reception room of the inter national bureau of American repub lics, to lie built in Washington, D. C, formed a live topic at the meeting. The association has requested every manufacturer to ship to Portland at least 1000 feet of his choicest green fir, and from the 20,000 feet thus to be sent the final selection for the 4000 feet to be used in the building to be constructed at Washington, D. C, is to be made. John Barrett, direc tor of the bureau of international re publics, was formerly a Portland newspaper man, and his loyalty to the state of Oregon caused him to fin ish the reception room of the new building with Oregon fir. One of the more important features of the meeting Saturday was the agreement to star.dardiza odd lengths of higher class lumber as a matter of economy. It has been found that many contractors desire odd lengths, and instead of selling lumber in the future in lengths divisable bv two feet, the higher grades will be placed on sale at odd as well as even lengths. Herman Bros., the saddle and har ness makers, desire to announce to the trade that they are not only pre pared to fill all orders at short no tice, but carry the most complete line of harness, saddles, bridles, whips, robes, blankets, wagon covers, tents, etc., that can be found in southern Oregon at prices that cannot fail to please when quality, of stock and workmanship is considered. Don't forget the place, 317 E. Seventh street, Jledford. ' . COOS APPLE CONSIGNMENT NETS 95 CENTS A BOX MARS1IF1ELD, Or., Oct. -S. G. G. Swan, secretary of the Coitiille Valley Fruitgrowers' Association, has received returns from the marketing ,of this years's crop of apples. The entire shipment of 900 boxes sent out by the association found a market in Portland. Only one box of the fruit was damaged in shipment. The growers received 95 cents net a box for their fruit. This is the first time the members have attempted to mar ket their fruit as an association, and the pluji will be followed next year, as the price received was gratifying to the growers. While the price was not as large as that received by the Hood river growers the members of the association feel that they have made a step in the right direction. Last year only about GO cents a box was realized. The price was bettor and the shipment was, larger jmder the association plan than any prev ious year in the CWnille valley. KING MANUEL FEARS JOURNEY TO MADRID LISBON", Oct. 18. The advisors of King.Manuel of Portugal today noti fied King Alfonso of the cancellation of Manuel's intended visit to Madrid in November, owing to the disorders following the execution of Ferrer. Alfonso is bringing great pressure to bear in an attempt to induce Manuel to reconsider his determination not to visit Spain on the date originally agreed upon. GOVERNOR HADLEY IS TO BE SHOWN With Moving Picture Machine Party Will Rough It To Exploit Missouri Resources ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18. Gov. Hadlcy will start Tuesday on a trip of ex ploration in his own state which will include camp life, horseback rides and flioting on n barge down the Cur rent river Immigration Commission er Currau worked out Hie details ns a means of exploiting the agricult ural possibilities in the Ozark regions through which the governor and the state immigration and waterways commission will pass. Two thousand feet of moving picture films will be taken and afterward shown in the uickclodiaiis. Going to Salem tho party, on horse back and in carriages, will travel 18 miles to the Current river, where, dressed in hunting and khaki uni forms, they will board a big flatboat and drift down stream. At night a landing will be made and tents used. At towns along the rivnr where stops are made (hero will bo speech making and jollification and excur sion trains will be run from points nearby. Tho trip of tho governor and other officials is for the ptirposo of becom ing familiar with river resources and of the laud locations in that territory for f tit tiro industrial and agricultural development. It also hoped to urouso local civic pride in that part 'of (In state to aid in its development. SUFFRAGETTE SAYS TAFT IS MAN OF CLASSES SPOKAXK, Wash., Oct., 18. Mrs. May Arkwright Ilutton, of Spo. knnc, wile of I.. W. Hutton, a million aire iiine operation who has just been elected president of the Washington Political l'!iiiality league, says in n signed statement nnent the receptions accorded President Tall ami William Jennings Hrynn on their tours of the Northwest, that the majority of vo ters of the 1'nitcd Slates made their choice lust November and elected "a man who stands for tho classes" as "against the man of the masses," ad ding: "women as a whole have to voice, and in this election they can not be held responsible. I believe there will be a new organization, which will embrace the righteous principles of all the old parties mid promote ideas under which all the people can live. The thinking women of America stand ready to aid this great movement, but they must be given the ballot to make their work effective." MABEL WYNN. TROTTING MARE, DIES AT R0SEBURG ROSKHl'ltO, Or., Oct. 18. Mabel Wyiin. olio of the finest stand-aril-bred trotting marcs on tho Pac ific coast, winner of the senior and grand championships at Salem, Port laud and Seattle this year, died at Kugene last night of pneumonia. She was ten years of age ami was owned by Frank K. Allay, of this city. Her racing record was 2:121, but at public trial she had a mark of 2: IX Mabel Wyim was insured for JjOiHO. A pur chase offer of four times that amount was refused by Mr. Allay at Seattle. The offer was made by ProlVsnr K.iiiiincl, superintendent of, the government horsehrccding ranch at I (cover, Colorado. SHE MUST SUFFER DEATH BECAUSE HER AIM WAS BAD (i('STI(l)W, (ienitiiny, Oct. 18. Augusta Zolii l, a Merlin milliner, bus been sentenced to death fur the mur der last march of Freda Murthold, a young opera singer, through jealousy. Although she pleaded guilty, Frau Icin Zobcl averred that she intended to shoot the singer in the throat to ruin her voice, and that it was by ac cident that the bullet penetrated her eyo and killed her. Advertising is tho breath of lifo for weak husinesH lungs how is I yonrsf F. PERRY SUBDIVISION This place popularly known as the I. W. Thomas place is to be divided into 10 ACRE TRACTS Best Land in Rogue River Valley for sale by White e Trowbridge or J. A. Perry, AGENTS Now is your chance to get something good OWNER