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PARK SIX FORTUNE LEFT MEDFORD MAN STKWAKT IWTTF.RSOX SHARKS IX :S,(MM,0(M KSTATK. AFTER FIVE YEARS' LITIGATION Oucago lroerty Valued at Three Million IVoIIars Is to lie Shared By Four Heirs, After Hitter Fight Over Tide. Chicago. Corporations which control real estate in Chicago and have no other functions have been Jarred by the decision of Judge Richard Burke in the litigation over the title of the Stewart building liroperty at State and Washington streets, valued at $3,000,000. After five years of fighting in the courts, heirs of Hart L. Stewart, a pioneer of Chicago, came into possession of the property. Judge Burke's decision holds that tne Merrimac company, which has held possession of the property since 1896, never had a legal existence', under the law, because the state charter of 1872 forbids ownership of real estate by corporations. The de cision also holds that the 102-year leaes on the ground, which the Mer rimac company purchased, has be come void. Under the decision the Northern Trust Company is made trustee for the heirs, and Edward A. Shedd, who holds all the bonds and stocks of the Merrimac company, is held to be a tenant at will, subject to ouster at any time. The heirs to whom the property reverts are Mrs. Lorenzo Johnson, Winnetka; Stewart Patter son, Medford, Ore.; Mrs. Augusta Johnson, New York, and Mrs. Sidney Williams, Chicago. Stewart Patterson has lived in Medford several months, is building a home on his ranch southwest of the city, and is one of the incorpo rators of the Medford-Crescent City Railroad. ACTIOX TO OUST COUNCIL. Validity of Gold Hill Charter At tacked in Court. Gold Hill News: The questiona ble validity of the present city coun cil and their official acts was brought to a focus on Wednesday af ternoon by the service of quo war ranto proceedings upon Mayor R. C. Kelsey and his fellow members of the board. Under the complaint brought by the state of Oregon, ex rel. J. C. Bee man, plaintiff, the present citv coun cil nf r.olrt iini i0 jDij . r llLUy'rnurle'd0 K iiuu are now uniawruily holding said offices," aud the complaint further maintains that the former city coun- ciU elected in 1911. are in reality "the actual mayor and men ,Lr nf h! mayor and members of the city council of Gold Hill. Mnvnr ifi - j uu icorLLitrj conncilnien, John Palmer, Joseph Deitrich, W. R. Walker, Frank Will raarth and George Landis, are re- iuired to appear in the circuit court for Jackson county within ten days! r the service of summons to answer ! the complaint and show cause whv 1 their claims as members of the city uiuu ii hiioiiiu ue recognized. ine original cause of the action dates back to November, 1911, when the present city charter was adopted. Through the attempt to sell water uonus provided for In this charter it was discovered that a doubt existed! concerning the validity of the chnr-ithe er. w hich had not been adopted in and Harry . Gallagher, United States direct conformance with the provis- customs inspector, were arrested re 10ns of the law. 1 heelection of the jt-ently after indictments had been re present city council was held in Anrii f this year under the recently adopt ed charter, and is therefore held un der the present action to be equally void of effect. If the complaint is upheld by the court the members of the former uoara. or which J. H. Beeman was inayor and L R Cardwell, Walter j ""fttv, o. ii. iioages and Henrv . t.cvic tuiuiuiiuieu, sun com prise the city council of Gold Hill, and retain their official capacity un til their successors are legally elect- ed. The outcome of the case will be awaited with considerable intercut aa the Intent of the action is not to discredit tne members of the "de facto" council, but to definitely de termine the legality of the Dl'nnnsori lnuid issues and place the town in a position to go forward with certain projected improvements 1 "I am personally pleased that ac- 1 tion has been brouuht in thu m-n. I uer," said Mayor Kelsey, after the service of tho o,,,,r,, m. -Id that the present council has been I i 1otatoe8 weI'e produced from acting under the advice of the city I a ?lnKle I)otat. which was planted in attorney, who instructed that the city I not-ho,'He- A s' a shoot ap--ould be spared expense bv permit-1 ',eared abov the di't It was care ting the action to be instil died from I f"lly re,,,ved and transferred to the another source." l Going to Portland? Suppose you 'e,Tred9fti8 . fat, M l',ssibl- until vant a nice, quiet place to stop?18, y hX I?Ia'tedl from Then why pay from $3.00 to 15 00 , wl lell Vle ?nti.r?.12 lhels were a day for a room at one of the big or h room t on.. f .tr.-lB r-roi vti '! -;et o:i- vlll even niolt conveniences, better fur- j iilshed, Just as central, at the Hotel Clark. Tenth and Stark streets? i Finest 11.00 and $1.50 rooms, $1.50 I iu w.mi M.ie uuin, to e. found In that or any other city. Or ler your mail and check your- bag Rage to The Clark. ii you anew me leai value ot j ure is In gold bars and coin. Rlet Cbamberlaln's Liniment for lame : veld asserts he, Is a direct descendant back, soreness of the muscles, and heir to Henry W. Van Dam of sprains auu riieuiuauc pains, you would never wish to be without it. For sale by Poley's Dru,g Store. The Oregon hop crop Is larger than was expected, and will bring about six millions to the state. DRIVES FHOM OREGON' TO IOWA. A. 11, Veteran Makes Long Drive With Huh. 4 The following article from the home paper of the Tidings city editor tells of a rather remarkable stunt pulled off this summer: "A trip with a team of horses hitched to a heavy bus, from Port land, Oregon, clear to Iowa, over the mountains and across the deserts, seems a prodigious undertaking in these days of transcontinental flyers. Even in the romantic days of '49 a solitary traveler across the long des ert waste was unheard of. And yet D. R. McKinley, a well known old settler of Mitchell county, has made the journey. "He started out April 14 from Portland with the intention of taking a few weeks' trip around Oregon. Af ter driving up through the northern part of Oregon and into Washington lie was suddenly taken with the no tion of driving across the mountains home. As there was nothing to op pose such a trip and a3 time was no particular object, he set out, avoiding the towns and thickly settled places and camping out in the big bus. In the mountains he met with terrible storms, traveling axledeep in the snow and following the drifted trails with difficulty through the heavy forests. He struck off southwesterly through Oregon and crossed Idaho, then followed the southern border of that state and of Wyoming. After getting free of the mountains and foothills, the hot, lonely deserts with their long, flat wastes of sagebrush and sand lay before him. Here he followed the railroad, getting water at the little stations 40 miles apart and buying supplies at the occasional solitary stores far from any settle ments worthy the name. Farm houses were as scarce as the towns; in one instance he plodded along for three hundred miles without seeing a sign of a house excxept at the rail road water tanks. The only people he met was at long intervals, a bat tered automobile party of transcon tinental tourists. One time, in the middle of the desert, he came across an auto stuck fast In a deep ditch, unable to climb out the other side. He stopped, unhitched his team and together they raised the machine up so that It could pull out onto the trail. No sooner had it faded away into the dust of the desert than an other machine, coming from another direction, went into the same rut and the job had to be done all over. Two or three times he came upon motor cyclists, unable to travel in the deep sand, pushing their machines across the desert. "Altogether it was a trip that seems more like a vague nightmare than a reality. Storms beat the trail and thickened the roads, the sun blazed on the horses and sickened them. Only a heavy rain saved the horses and all from death from water in a poison creek, which had killed many travelers and their teams be fore. Often a misdirection guided ! him off on the wrong trail and he "mi "ii on me wrong trail ana r ! SS h is mistake. "When he reached his old home in I New-burg, the horses, worn down by , f 7 , no,r.f' , " by ! I he .fearful expedition had lost fvie l?Jred .Pounds and he himself was i , . . " , .VTT, i . I Mr. McKinley is Mr. McKinley is well known around Mitchell county. He settled here in the early days, but since the war has wandered about the coun i.'' ''T'"11 , ,ien,v,"t 1118 ola T' f fVyB hUtinS the lons a?.ain bef,e many year8 had PROMIXEXT MUX SMUGGLE. i Custom mul Steamship Officials l'B. dor Arrest at San Francisco. San Francisco. Robert Donald- SOU R imprint art flout nf navl(rntn V,-fio sto,.hi n turned against them by the federal grand jury charging complicity in an opium smuggling conspiracy in which it is said many other men are impli cated. The indictments are based on the testimony of David Powers and Emil Hedler, employes of the Western Fuel Company, who were arrested n On kin ml ia.t rc,.ui.i,, .ui, - - . . .uub . v. v ... 1 1 1 n v, i mill Del era! hundred tins of contraband opium in their possession. The sup posed connection of Donaldson and Gallagher with the plot was revealed through a letter written by Fiedler while he was in prison. The federal officials Baid they expect other ar- rests soon A Hoy Itiirbank. Eugene Dumond. a 14-year-old Al- !)any ,)oy' ente,ed an exhibit of 12 bushels of potatoes at the state fair which caused the employes of the fair and the visitors to take notice. The unusual feature about the exhibit w8 me tact tnat the entire 12 bush- wem n wh piaiuea. utner snoots immediately came, which were raisea, u or wnicn are remarkable. To Fijtht For Millions lst Ijoiijj Ago Portland. Ore. Herman Rletveld of Portland has prepared to fight for a share of the treasure valued at more than $6,000,000 now being re covered In the Zuyder Zee from the submerged wreck of the British fri gate Lutin which was lost In a gale more than a centurv ni?o Tim tno,. Amsterdam, to whom th lost ure belonged. SUNSET MAGAZINE and Ashland Tidings one year $2.75 to old or new subscribers. Regular price of Sunset Magazine iu $1.50 per year ASHJiAND MEDFORD M HISSING LuoU Mego, Son of policeman, Thought to Have Been Kid napped Tuesday Afternoon. Louis Mego, the 13-year-old son of Policeman Paddy Mego, disap peared from his home in Medford Tuesday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The police theory is that the lad was kidnapped, after first being forced to write a note to his father in which language and facts known only to adults were used. Searching parties in automobiles searched the valley for the lad that night, without suc cess. The boy, who was a manly little chap, lived at the home of Dick Feif fer, proprietor of the U. S. cafe, and he and his father were the best of friends. Louis returned home from school and went out to play. When he did not show up at dark a search began and the supposition at first advanced was that he had been spirited away by Greeks, the father being active in the securing of evidence leading to the arrest of the three suspects In the Dedaskalous murder. This the ory was later exploded. A description was received by the police of a boy, tallying with Louis, who left Medford Tuesday afternoon on a freight train with two young men, and telegrams have ben sent ahead in an effort to stop them for investigation. The note, which is not believed to have been written by the missing boy, began: "Dear Papa: I am going to run away." Then came remarks in the lan guage of other persons. The writ ing is in the hand of the boy, but the words are those of people of mature years. There was nothing in the daily life of the father and boy to cause him to run away. This incident is a link in the chain of hard luck Officer Mego has faced during the .last two years, typhoid fever pausing the death of his wife and the illness of himself and the lad who is missing. Too Many School Hooks. Portland Telegram: a man count ed 16 books in a package which a young girl was taking with her to the high school yesterday, and asks in indignant surprise what she wanted with them all. The reason she had them is that school books are made to sell. Some of these books nobody would buy unless forced to do so, therefore they are forced. When one considers that there will be about 30,000 pupils in the schools this year, when he realizes how heavy is the burden on each individual fam ily, he will know what a frightful drain it is upon the community as a Whole. Whatever is needful and can not be escaped is borne with patience, but there is a feeling that many books In the lists are rarely used, some not at all and others could just as well be dispensed with. The loss to poor people hore is something startling. When the eighth-grade boy came home Monday he brought a book list of startling length, the cost of which totaled more than a day's wages. The little fellow in the fourth grade needed more than $3 for his books, and that without count ing pencils, tablet and other acces sories. If the children have been in the Portland schools for several years, how many text books of art educa tion can you find around the house from No. 1 In the second grade to No. 7 in the ninth, ranging in price from 25 to 55 cents? Ask the children how many times these books were used during the year. Ask any teach er whether or not she considered these books of sufficient benefit to justify the price. Ask her if a few sets supplied to the building, as is done in other cities, would not have answered quite as well. There is the primary arithmetic, which has proved of so little value that our superintendent has found it necessary to supply each teacher with a typewritten list of problems suit able for the grade, but, nevertheless, the parent continues to buy this book, which is practically unused. The physiology introduced into the latter part of the fifth grade is so filled with technical terms that the child is scarcely able to read it, let alone understand it. This book is merely read by the children, and when a teacher finds that she will be unable to cover the required number of pages in the allotted time, she fre quently resorts to the plan of reading It aloud to the class. The pupils being supplied with more books than their desks will ac commodate, the teacher usually col lects the ones little used and piles them away, which is probably Hhe best thing that can be done with them. But how about the parents who must foot the foolishly unnecessary bills? Hiiigliain Gets lrize. The Louis W. Hill silver trophy cup, worth $50, for the best plate exhibit of peats at the Jackson Coun ty Fair and Pear Show at Medford, was awarded Friday by the fruit de partment, to H. C. Bingham. This prize was the source of much keen competition between growers, and the winner Is highly gratified by the result. The whinln? e'T!b'f. cuirif'nd o' Nellis, Clairgeau, Anjou, Howdl nri'l Rhro npnra rntau:! on thu llannitnn orchard, a portion of the old Burrell tract, tne cnanipion pear-raising or chard of southern Oregon. The re quirements of the exhibits were that no less than four varieties be shown. A. K. Ware, secretary of the fair, received a telegram from Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern railroad, donor of the prize cup, that, belnf! unable to secure the cup he wanted, he had one specially made, which wan shipped from St. Paul the first of the week, and will likely arrive in Medford today, when it will be pre sented to Mr. Bingham. Stand In Fuller's barrel. TIDINGS COST RAILWAY MILLION'S. Great Western Orders Care in Hand ling Eggs. Chicago. Train-scrambled eggs are the latest, and their cost is the basis for vigorous complaint on the part of officials of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company. In a communication issued to all employes of the . road it is pointed out that the company pays large sums of money annually on account of eggs broken in the' loading and stowing of crates. Experts of the department of agriculture recently estimated that $45,000,000 is lost every year through the improper handling of eggs. .v ."This is a very live subject at this season of the year," says the com munication, "when the egg industry is at its height, when thousands of dqzens are offered for transporta tion daily and the hungry hordes of the cities are clamoring for hen fruit fresh from the farms. It behooves us to move the consignments with the greatest dispatch and bring them to the markets in good condition. So far as an egg is concerned, bar ring age, there is only one good con dition recognized by the consumer, and that is that It must be unbroken. Some commodities may be brought to destination in a damaged condi tion and still have a market value as damaged material, but 'eggs is eggs' (to quote Mr. Butler) only when they are delivered to the buyer in the size and shape in which they are produced 'by the faithful hen. The scrambled egg loses its value-unless the scrambling is artistically done by an experienced housewife or chef. "It has been said that most of the scrambling en route is due to the carelessness of employes. Ignorance "'iM. rroio"ly be sr'vn n V( rep-r-. Recent special instructions, if adhered to, will help us to sidestep many a claim and enable us to bring egg shipments into terminals in good condition, thereby increas ing the supply ahd Incidentally making it possible for the eggs to be scrambled in the proper culinary manner." The implicit confidence that many people have In Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is founded on their experience in the use of that remedy and their knowl edge of the many remarkable cures of colic, diarrhoea and dysentery that It has effected. For sale by Poley's Drug Store. Want An Offer FOR: ,. KkSIDEXCE LOT Lot 5, block C. Boulevard Park addition, Ashland, 50x165 feet, several fruit trees. Very desirable location for fine little bun galow; within 275 feet of paved Boulevard and but two blocks from fine $500 8CD001 grounds. Look at it and make offer. Reasonably worth CHERRY TRACT of about 5 acres In splendid location on main county road, 3 miles from Ashland P. O., 1 from Talent and 9 from Medford. This tract contains about 200 Royal Ann, Lambert and Bfng cherries completing their fifth summer's growth, and 100 their third A very few Improved Black Tartarian in the younger lot. This has been cared for by Mr. Joseph Poley. corner Third and B streets, for past two years, which guarantees the orchard has had proper attention. The location is 'deal Tor a suburban home, and garden truck and poultry in addition to .berries should make ample profit. Water may be secured at a shallow depth in this locality and a small gasoline engine will furnish irrigation at a small cost, as has been abundantly and satisfactorily demonstrated in eastern, Colorado. Reasonably worth $2,000. Hl'SIXESS LOT in the very heart of the city, directly acrbss Main YVL m ,0tt' reSn and carrying a half interest in the westerly wall of the Allen-McNair building and the. perpetual free use of the stairway adjoining. The owners of the building are under contract to brick in the light courts of their wall when one builds adjoining unless the builder froSnr,!l UM f f,Urt,SJ- As this 8tairwa' right saves five feet of valuable rrontage to the lot besides the cost of construction and the intrinsic value Svnnt 5i 'f 80UJu ,ndd proximately $1,000 to the value of the lot. Frontage 21 feet, depth 100 and 15 feet on the alley. Should bring $4,000. ASHLAND ACREAGE Block K, Overlook addition to Ashland. This Iff c,t.!leBr,we11 ,and afford8 absolutely the finest view in "Ashland the Beau tiful. Consult a city map, go out the Boulevard to Indiana street, turn south and get onto the land in person take no one's word the view will !?iv ,?Lr hl tro"b,e: T)lere 18 small timber and large nianzanita on this. fot y p.nw and valuableJ for nrewood but worth more as shade to scenic in i'oia f?, v?ac!lea and strawberries. The block east sold for $1,200 for $1.500 1. p0rice0$l,385omP8 ' nrth Wa8 held (Bt la8t report) TIMBER LA XIV- SW. of SW. Sec. 12, Tp. 4 0 S.. R. 3 E., W. M. sinnon w r;'8,9 (ogar and e,Iw- Strategic location. $1,000. SW. of SW. y4 Sec. 36, 39 S.. 3 E., unestimated. Just off county road $750. N of SW. V and S. of NW. V, Sec. 22, Tp. 32 h., R. 2 E. A sworn estimate by Mr. G. C. Prescott, whose integrity is well an- ntr vrie?d8Vlh0WS h'gh qUaUty- 40 Cent b cent No 9 nn Dt ? ?uThe 8"gar pine runs 60 I,er cent e'ear. per thousand account of ita superior quality this should bring $1.25 per LISTEX! Don't hesitate to submit an offer because it Is low, yet re member, if someone else offers more you do not get the property sought and you may not anyhow. You should, therefore, make just as liberal an offer as you can. TERMS Very easy terms will be made, a small payment down and payments monthly, quarterly or to suit, but the larger amount of cash the more attractive the offer. This is a fine opportunity for the wage-earner or man of limited means to buy upon payments he can meet and own an attractive homesite. The speculator should appreciate the opportunity to Fecure a bargain, and the strangers in Ashland or the distant readers of this paper who intend to make Ashland their home should submit their ilrjif&Z11 again" ' He'e 18 JUr opportunity. N. J. Reasoner 556 Gas and Electric Building : : Denver, Colorado. p s- I would exchange for good Colorado realty. U. S. a Great Hull Moose Pasture. A talkative press agent and a tea merchant say Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan are nothing more in the political arena than Bull Moose pastures with fences around them, said Carl Schilling, one of the owners of the Schilling Tea and Cof fee Company of San Francisco, while in Chico recently, relates the Chico Enterprise. ' Schilling has just returned from a six months' trip covering the entire cities and towns having populations of between 5,000 and 20,000 princi pally. It is generally conceded, he claims, that the nresidentinl contest lu ha. tween Wilson and Roosevelt, but that Roosevelt and Bull Moose stock is going up so fast that tickers cannot keep pace with the advance. N. C. Wagner, in advance of "Babv Mine," to appear at the Majestic theater in C.iico next Thursday, is here from New York. During his seven weeks' trip he has been in many cities, and because of his occu pation conies in close contact with a fair proportion of the "live ones" In every community. "The sentiment of the nation shows Roosevelt and Johnson the fa vorites in the presidential race. It's a one-act production this year, with the colonel and Johnson playing the leads," he said. Little is heard, he declared, in the middle west and New England cen ters of either Taft or Wilson, except 1 nthe "movies" or papers and maga zines. The wave of Roosevelt and Johnson permeates the whole politi cal atmosphere, he said. Sacrifice a Leg to Save Girl's Life. Gary, Ind. A hero fund has been started here for William Rugh, who has offered to sacrifice a leg to save t'.ie life of Miss E:hel Smith, win was seriously burned when a spark from a motorcycle set fire to tyre clothing. Physicians stated that un less skin was grafted soon to Miss Smith's legs she would die. Few, if any, medicines have jmet with the uniform success that has at tended the use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy. The remarkable cures of colic and diarrhoea which it has' effected In almost every neighborhood have given It a wide reputation. For sale by Poley's Drug Store. Please phone your news items fo the Tidings, No. 39. Thursday, September 3fl, 1912. COUNTY COURT REPORT Grind of the Jackson County Court Mostly Routine Work for Last Week. Marriage Licenses. William H. Gherkin and Evelyn Mayfield. Ralph G. Bardwell and Bertha B. English. K. L. Burns, Jr., and Hattie A. Dosier. Arthur F. Reinking and Mabel Clara Long. . William Grisson and Minnie Stin son. James S. Bovd and Lvdia Willard K. Royal and Louisa Ol sen. . George Smith and Alice Beck. Circuit Court. Medford Lumber Company, a cor poration, vs. A. B. Zimmerman Ver dict for plaintiff. Medford Commercial Club vs. A. Coleman. Judgment by stipulation. H. E. Morrison vs. Crater Lake Laundry, a corporation. Dismissed. W. H. Tayior vs. F. L. TouVelle and the Howard Automobile Com pany. Judgment for plaintiff by de fault. T. J. Parton vs. J. M. Rader and Bertha Rader. Action for damages Verdist for defendant. Sadie A. Messier vs. J. H. Mess ier. Suit for divorce. Decree by default. State of Oregon vs. Richard Moe and N. W. Dunlap. Indicted for lar ceny in building. Order dismissing Indictment as to defendant Moe Charles Fetzner vs. William Knapo et al. Decree for plaintiff. R. C. Kinleyside vs. Medford Build ers' Supply Company. Decree by de fault. James Barrett et al. vs. Marlon Runyard et al. Suit to quiet title Decree by default. Van R. Pierson vs. Alice N. Baker. Action In ejectment. Reserved - for further consideration. m n- McC"tcher vs. Icedore Viola McCutcher. Case continued. Probate Court. E!if te f , John Jacob Isler, de ceased. Petition for letters of a mSSrtilT rder aPPOlntln ad Estate of L. A. Michels, deceased Order appointing administrator Estate of Frinli Tr-i- ' : """""""s cAexcuior. Bond filed. r