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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1910. DCADnDPURDnCnin !B0AT and riSH confiscated, and men concerned in salmon war which is raging i LmiuiiuimiwJULU Steinway and Other Pianos IT 2375 AN ACHE Victor Talking Machines Sherman JfPlay & Go. New Record for State Is Es tablished by Transaction Near Medford. OTHER TRACTS SELL WELL 5 I a- y : ri ? r . , - , i r i 1 avJ"4 : U I! r lb 3 1 I i e, i til . v tn ! 1 t - : tt" Jk - V t L, 1 I v f- ? 11 J'wenty-Acre Apple Orchard Near Asblantl Brings $13,000 Grants Pass Tract of 7 5 Acres, Part ly In Bearing, la Sold. HAI.ra OF ORCHARO LAND AM ITANTED ORCHARD MAIK AT RECORD PRICES. Twelve acres of Burrell tract, near Medford, sold to Philadelphia man for 2S,00O, or $2375 an acre; aTerage profit from pears for past 12 years. 1300 ail acre. Top Price for Undeveloped land. Sale of John Cox place near Med ford, now In alfalfa, comprising 2SO acres, for 1120.000. or close to $42S . an acre, new record for unplanted ' land In Rogue River Valley. Other Noteworthy Transfers of Week. Near Ashland Twenty-acre or chard, $13,000 cash; owner receives profit of nearly 100 per cent In year. Near Grants Pass Tract of 75 acres, with 43 acres In fruit, of which 17 acres are In bearing, sold for $23,000. Near Medford Tract of 86 H acres, of which 80 are In bearing; pears, 446.000. or $1233 an acre. Part of Burrell ranch, 45 acres, for I9T.60O. or $1277 an acre. Many other sales at prices In pro portion. Sales of Oregon orchard lands last nraek not only established two new rec ords, but they Increased the avenage of prices paid for other lands. Improved and unimproved. Sales were made In the vicinity of Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass. Twelve acres of the famous Burrell tract near Medford was sold to C. H. Burkhart. of Philadelphia, for $28,600, or J2375 an acre. The land !s planted to pears, which are In full bearing and which have brought to the former owners a profit of $600 an acre as an average of the past 12 years. This establishes a new record for the state for orchards In bear ln. A recent sale In the Hood River district at $2200 an acre is the next best record, and the former record of the Rogue River Valley until recently has been $1800 an acre, the price paid for a tract near Central Kails. Mr. Burkhart bought also a small acre ' age adjoining which he will use as a building site, and upon which he will construct a home with every modern convenience. He Is convinced that even at the record price paid for the property It will net him a larger return on his Investment. Unplanted Acreage, $4 2 8. The same valley established a new record for unimproved land within the valley Itself, in the sale of the John Cox place, consisting of 280 acres, for $120,000, or close to $428 an acre. The place is now sown to alfalfa, but will be developed: The portion lying near the city will be platted into city property and the remainder will be divided into one and five-acre tracts. The record Is near the top for property not planted to orchard in an orchard district. The buyers were R. P. Neil, of Ashland, Dr. W. H. Everhard, of Minneapolis, and Oscar Young, of Seattle. Ashland reports the sale in the course f the same week of a 80-acre orchard, chiefly consisting of apples in bearing for $13,000, or $650 an acre. The buyer Is J. F. Sherman, a South Iakota- rail road man, and the seller Vincent T. Bly, who bought the property a year ago for .bout half the price. The Lakeside Fruit Ranch, near Grants Pass, consisting of 75 acres, of which there are 43 acres in fruit, 17 acres being in full bearing, was bought for $25 000 by Henry Hall, of Central Point, and his brother-in-law, M. Folger. of Lockport. he E: B. Waterman place, near Med fbrd. on the north slope of the rise on which the famous Bear Creek orchard Is planted, was sold for $30,000 to Gerald Sooy-Smith. of Chicago. The tract com prises 19 acres, the price being $1675 an acre. Pear Orchard Is Sold. A tract of 36. acres, of which 30 la in bearing Bartlett and Winter Nellis v. sola to doming Kenley. of Chicago, for $45,000, or $1236 an acre Dr. O. M. Moore, of York. Neb., bought ltH acres of the same orchard, apples and pears in full bearing, for $17,500. J:, E- Enyart. president of the Medford National Bank, bought the Tucker place In the upper valley for $25,000 A K Ware, who recently bought the Charles Dlerlien place, has bought for $15 000 '1 J. the 001(1 Ra"Se orchard south of Medford from A. C. Randall. The tract was formerly owned by Colonel F Iv. Tou Velle. .VYV JPOTe 8a,es of tracts in the sub divided Snowy Butte orchard near Cen tral Point were made. The 80-acra Smith orchard on Antelope Creek with 30 acres in full bearing. was? sold to New "iork men for $25,000. Ten acres ?'J;!je Eagle Pomt orchard were sold for ?o000. ( Frank Madden, of Chicago, bought the Symcox and W. C. Leever orchards in the Central Point district, paying $38,000 for 46 acres. The Symcox orchard of 30 Mr8 fo1 or $22,000 and the Teever orchard of 16 acres sold for $16,000. TRANSPLANTING DAY SET Oyster Season to Begin 3Iaj- 2. Eastern Seed Purchased. SOUTH BEND, Wash.. April 24. (Spe Jial.) State Fish Commissioner John Riseland has named Monday. May 2 as the opening day of the season when young growth may be taken from the natural beds and planted on individual bedB. For several weeks following this date this harbor will present a scene of activity and will be dotted with the sloops and gasoline launches of the jyster men. Wallace Stuart, president and manager f the Tokeland Oyster Company, has luFt returned from the East, where he bought 16 cars of Eastern seed oysters. He found the Eastern seed in excellent condition for transplanting and says that his oysters will begin to arrive next week. ' . .. . 1. Salmon Seized Saturdav, 2. 1eputv Warden Hathbun oueu fiNii una Ileal . Ttunrh Ronnln. Which Was Seized, and Men. Who Kwapturnl Iiot NaturOny Nlieht. lour .Mrn In How, left to liiKlit: Mienff Vllite, of Columbia Count v; lelltv Sheriff It niter; John I'. Meehan; Captain K.elly, Miutter of Uunnie. JOBS TO BE FEWER Tacoma Mayor Expects to Save Big Sums. LARGE PROBLEMS AWAITING Xew Commission Government Will Handle Projects Involving' Over $4,00,000"5Iayor-Elect Had Xo Xewspaper Backing. TACOMA, April 24. (Special.) Ta coma's new Mayor and four Commis sioners, elected to govern this city under its commission plan of govern ment, will have some big projects awaiting their Immediate attention when they take office, Tuesday, May 3. Mayor-elect A. V. Fawcett and Com missioners Owen Woods, Nicholas Law son, L. W. Roys and Ray Freeland will comprise the entire city government under the new plan. Among the first things to demand at tention will be a general rearrangement of the city departments. Heads galore are due to drop into the basket, for Mayor-elect Fawcett believes many of the departments are top-heavy with men whose chief occupation is to warm chairs and "chin.A He is confident he can save the city $20,000 to $25,000 pet month on its payroll alone. One of the biggest problems ahead of the new administration is the Green River gravity water supply project. Voted for by the people April 5. This provides for an issue of $500,000 worth of bonds to start work at once, and in volves a total expenditure of $1,888.- 4f. Next comes general supervision of the $2,000,000 electric power plant the city has started building on the Nisqually River. The third important improvement Is three large drainage districts in the West End, involving an expenditure of jioo.uoo, lor which a bond Issue was voted April 5. The new charter provides that where no candidate for office receives a ma jority or an tne votes cast, a second election shall be held to decide between the two men having the most votes. i! w Anicelo Vance Fatvcett, Retired Merchant, Who Becomes Mayor of Tacoma, May 3. Out of a field of eight candidates Fawcett received a handsome majority at the first election, and that after a campaign in which he was supported by no newspaper, appeared before no Improvement club or church brother hood organizations of the two latter class taking a very prominent part in the campaign but relied entirely on "gum shoe" work. ' Angelo Vance Fawcett Is 64 years of age, has been a resident of Tacoma- for x- - '''-V nho Confix- II - - - M l 27 years, and is a retired merchant. He was for years an active Democrat, serving- as chairman of the Board ' of County Commissioners In 1894 and 1895, and as Mayor of Tacoma'ln 1896 and 1897, winning his election by two. lone votes. Three times he has re ceived the Democratic nomination for Governor. A great admirer of Roose velt, he entered the Republican ranks a few years ago, and was a candidate for the Mayoralty nomination against the late Louis D. Campbell, losing' out In the convention. In the first primary election he was an unsuccessful can didate for Lieutenant-Governor. He has always been a great friend of the poor classes, Christmas dinners at which 1000 people were fed, being among his benefactions. Mayor-elect Fawcett represents what is known as the "liberal" element, and is government' of the city will be along those lines. BOAT TAKEN, TAKEN AGAIN Continued from Page l.i) American flag that attracted the atten tion of the pursuers. Waited forRathbun. Boarding the fish boat, the county offi cers found that Deputy Warden Rathbun had departed for Goble, and they waited for him to return, then serving the paper on him. This relieved Rathbun of his charge, and, as soon as the .boats could be made ready, the return to Portland was begun. As soon as the party reached Port land, the salmon were placed in the charge of Deputy Sheriff Preobstel, under whose supervision they were weighed on the Portland Fish Company's dock at the foot of Ash street. Charges of misconduct against Deputy Warden Rathbun are made by Captain John W. Kelly, who Was in charge of the Bonnie and its cargo. at the time they were confiscated. Captain Kelly says that Rathbun, in the patrol boat Astoria, rammed his boat and drew a revolver) threatening to shoot him. John F. Meehan, of the Portland Fish Company, said yesterday that he had information to the effect that the War den intended to sell both fish and launch at Kalama, on the Washington side, for anything they would bring. He says that this action was against the law, in view or tne tact that the question in dispute, with regard to fishing in Clackamas County, had been decided In favor of the fishermen by Judge Gantenbein in Ore gon City. Mr. Meehan said emphati cally that he intended to hold Fish War den McAllister responsible for the loss of the fish. In answer to this. Deputy Warden Rathbun says that the action of Meehan in putting up a bond of $7000 with Sheriff Stevens puts the responsibility on-Mee-han's shoulders. CRAWFORD MAKES STATEMENT Attorney-General Says State Will Eight Pish War to Finish. SALEM. Or., April 24 (Special.) Dis cussing the war between the State Board of Fish Commissioners and the Willam ette and Clacakamas River fishermen, Attorney-General Crawford said tonight: "The full power of the state will be used, if necessary, to uphold the au thority of the Supreme Court and the Board of Fish Commissioners. The Port land Fish Company has obtained pos session of the salmon shipped into Port land Saturday nisht by commencing a replevin action. We are going to fight this action to a finish, and when the proper time comes, will proceed against the Portland Fish Company on Its bond of $7000. . "I fail to see any logic in the Circuit Court's contention that section 5 of the law of 1901, repeals by implication or any other way. section 45 of the same act. The 1901 act is the original act, cover ing the fishing industry fully. "There have been amendments to cer tain sections of the law of 1901, but there has been no new act. and the amend ments simply have been incorporated in and have become parts of the act of 1901. There has been no enactment to alter, amend or repeal section 4106 of the code, which gives the Board of Fish Commissioners authority to close streams under certain conditions. This section was not in conflict with the section fix ing definite closing dates on certain streams when the law of 1901 was passed, and I fail to seew how it is possible for any conflict to arise at this late date." A Realthfnl Hint. A bottle of the Hood Brewing Com pany's famous Bock Beer to ward off that tired feeling. Phone E. 139, B 1319. .y awB M Mill 1HW M J I T WILL ATTEND Open River Congress Exciting Much Interest. OREGON CITY TO BE HOST Campaign for Xew Locks and Lower Freight Rates to Receive Big Boost, Is Hope of Those Who Are Interested. OREGON CITY, Or., April 24. (Spe cial.) Delegates from in the Willamette Valley are expected nere next - Wednesday to participate in the deliberations of the first meeting of the permanent organization, which will probably be known as the Willamette Open River nnrt i---i oV. t Rat. r.. tion, of which Judge H. H. Hewitt, of " jiiesioeni, ana w. A. Shew man, of Oregon City, is secretary. Most of the delegates will reach Ore gon City from the south at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, and they will be entertained until nnnn a a . n . -v a, iclcuuii H, be given by the publicity department of .no uicsuo i-ny commercial Club. Sec retary Charles E. Sawyer is working nam io mane tne airalr a success. Mayor Carll will welcome the dele gates, wno wm te escorted on a tour or inspection of the canal and locks and Clackamas rapids, with side trips to the paper mills and other points of interest. Brief talks by Judge Grant B. Dlmiek. on "The Open River," and State Senator J. E. Hedges, on "Unity, the Factor of success, win conclude the morning pro gramme. Hewitt Will Preside. The business session of the convention will open at 2 o'clock with President Hewitt in charge, and at 6 o'clock the Commercial Club will serve a supper to the visitors. Secretary Shewman has forwarded letters of invitation to the various commercial bodies of the Wil lamette Valley, as well as to the Mayors of the towns where no commercial or ganizations are maintained. Each of UREAMICSPASMS The Linn Drug Company, of Eugene, Or., sent us the names of three patients who had recovered after ureamic spasms had developed. We wrote them and have in hand the first reply Mrs. M. C. Reisner writes as follows: "I feel it my duty to say to you and through you to all who suffer with kidney disease that your Renal Compound has saved my life as I sure ly believe. When I first began taking it after having been under the Doc tor's care. and having suffered several years I was so weak that I had to be helped up in bed to take the medicine. Now, after taking about a dozen bot-l ties. I am up and doing my work and think myself about as well as I ever was. I shall be ever grateful to my neighbor. Mrs. Angle Chapman, of this city, who advised, me to try the Renal Compound. The above doesn't express one thousandth part of what I would like to say to you and to all who suf fer as I have suffered, but will partly make up for it by recommending- your Renal Compound to sufferers." Heretofore chronic kidney disease that has reached the point of convul sions was almost inevitably fatal. If you think anything else In the world reaches chronic inflammation of the kidneys, please turn to one of the late works on "Brighfs Disease," by James Tyson. M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, page 156, and you will find this statement: A to special cura tive measures directed to producing structural chansres In the kidney and return to Ita normal hitoloicy I believe there are none and mmt of the meas ure that have been from time to time BUKKrented are absolutely uarlcm." This was the situation up to the working out of Fulton's Renal Com pound. It is the first thing ever known to reach CHRONIC kidney disease. M A f J MORRISON AT SIXTH STREET. OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE - Expert Opinion A Petition New. York, March 10, 1910. We the undersigned, believing that piano contest adver tising through which certificates or "checks" are given to contestants is detrimental to the interests of the trade at large and tends to destroy public confidence in all advertising, thereby depreciating the value of newspaper space, respectfully request the newspaper publishers of Greater New York and vicinity not to accept any form of this objectionable advertising. STEINWAY & SONS. THE STERLING PIANO CO. W. S. Denslow, Pres. KEANICH & BACH. THE AEOLIAN CO. Romer. HARDMAN, PECK & CO. HORACE WATERS & CO., Samuel T. White, Pres. and Treas. KRAKAUER BROS., Andrew Mangold, Mgr. B. H. JANSSEN. BEHNTNO PIANO CO. STRICH & ZEIDLER. these places will be entitled to two dele gates on ' the floor of the convention, which will be augmented by one dele gate for every 50 of its members or frac tion over 25. The convention at Albany, April 14, was attended by a large number of peo ple, but while there were many from Al bany, Eugene, Cottage Grove and other Willamette Valley cities, quite a num ber of the smaller towns were not rep resented. ' Portland's Aid Sought. It is planned by Oregon City to enlist the aid of Portland In the fight for an open river to Eugene, and to this end invitations have been extended to the Portland Commercial Club and the Port land Chamber of Commerce. The sec retary of the latter organization, E. C. .Glltner, is chairman of the committee of nine men from as many counties, ap pointed for the special purpose of mak ing an examination of the locks at Ore gon City, with a view to recommending either their purchase by the United States and the State of Oregon or the construction of new locks on the east side of the river at Oregon City. This committee will visit Oregon City Tues day, one day in advance of the big con vention. The sentiment at this point in favor of the construction of new locks, rather than the purchase of the present locks, is practically unanimous, and at a meet ing of the Commercial Club last Fri day night the members were requested to point out to the delegates the ad vantages of a new system Just west of the basin on the east bank of the Wil lamette. It is learned that the district engineer's office at Portland has al ready drawn plans for a new system of locks, covering a canal 50 feet In width, with two locks, each 300 feet long. The present locks are only 37 feet wide. SHEEPSHEARING BEGINS Wool This Year Is of Exceptionally Good Quality Range Is Excellent. VALE. Or., April 24. (Special.) Sheen- shearing in Malheur County is in full blast. Shearing at the Hargis plant, near Westfall, began yesterday with a large band owned by Adoplh Krutz. The Dr. Wythe's Dentists, Inc. 148 Fifth-Street, Opposite Meier & Frank's Fifth-Street Entrance pose ol introducing our system. Our prices for this work include a written guarantee, protected by the Wythe's Dentists, Inc. We should not be confounded with dental parlors who have been in the habit of exacting money from people and not doing their work properly. , Dr. Wythe's plan, is to give the public the best work possible for the least money, and not ak pay for the work before it is done. You need have no fear in coming to Dr. Wythe's offices; for even if you have an examination, and an estimate is given you, it does not obligate you to have your work done here We will gladly look your work over and advise you what to do. IT IS TRUE Dr. Wythe's Methods cannot be had In any other office in Portland, as it is absolutely necessary in order to successfully carry on dentistry with these new methods, that the office be eouinned especially for it, as well as to have the desired rooms to operate in. Our operating rooms, in which we have installed the most costly equipment known for the convenience and comfort of our patrons, will convince ihe most skeptical that their work will be a model of perfection. DR. WYTHE'S DENTISTS, Inc. 148 Fifth Street, Portland, Oregon, Opposite Meier & Frank 'b Fifth-Street Entrance Lady Assistants Always in Attendance. Hours 8:30 to 6; Sundays, 8:30 to 2. Signed, JOHN WANAMAKER. ' FREDERICK LOESER & CO. HAZELTON BROS. SOHMER & CO. DECKER & SON, Frank C. Decker. MEHLIN & SON, H. Paul Mehlin. MASON & HAMLIN CO. Lewis H. Clement, Mgr. WINTER & CO. KROEGER PIANO CO. E. B. BOGART & CO. The Musical Age, April 16, 1910. plant is listed to clip the wool from 124.000 sheep. The shearing started early this year, on account of the fine condition of the range, and so that sheepmen can fatten and ship their sheep to market. No. 1 wool is expected this year by the ma jority of the woolgrowersv as the sheep were fed during the Winter and went on excellent range in good condition. Preparations are now being made in Vale for the handling of between 3,000,000 and 3,500,000 pounds of wool this season. WOMEN SEE SNAKES, FAINT Rural! ties Kind Reptiles in Mail Boxes; Excitement Follows. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 34. (Spe cial.) Snakes in rural mail boxes are causing no end of excitement, faintings, hysteria and indignation in the residents near Pioneer, a few miles from Ridge field. Mischievous boys on their . way from school have been capturing small snakes and slipping them Into the mail boxes along the route. Several women have put their hands in the boxes to take out the mail and have been horrified to see a snake squirming among the letters and papers as they held them. They Invari ably drop the mail, snake and all and sometimes faint. Mills Working to Capacity Now. WOODLAND, Wash., April 24. (Spe cial.) Two large" donkeys, one for the Lewis River Lumber Company and one for John Peterson, went up the river today for use in their logging camps. The present season promises to be heavy for the loggers and mlllmen, and espe cially for the mlllmen, as prices are good. All the mills on the river, ten in number, are working to capacity. Fund Raised by Students. SPRINGFIELD, Or.. April 24. (Spe cial.) 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