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COLI) HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1912
VOL. 15
NO. 33
MEDFORD WINS CUT ON N EW BEAR CREEK BRIDGE
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Slayers of “Curly George"
Await Sentence of Death
Yes, We Know Better—You and 1
A Christmas Protest
Brutal Murderers
of Greek Must
Tread Air
By Ben ti. Lampman
WHITELAW REID
HELEN GOULD
HEY say Old Santa comes no more,
But we know better, you and I —
His sledge has left the Northern shore,
His reindeer trample down the sky;
Along the Merry Christmas sky
A tinkling happy music swells,
It is his reindeer drawing nigh
With tuneful bells.
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Both Spanns anti Seymour, isillfeswil
m urderers of George Ihsluskalutis, who
ii(ii ru » ri| re p u d ia te d th e ir staU itii tits am i
made u liuril light for lib' at tilt' present
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Supreme Court Settles
Controversy by Decision
term ■>( court, h a w Isvii found utility of
m urder in III«' first degree Sentence will
Yes, we know better, you and 1;
In* paaM'il Psluy
Tlii' verdict against Spanns »11» return-
We know the gifts he brought of yore,
ed mi Saturday ufternisiii last, ami tlie
The really-truly dolls that cry,
trial of Ilia arcomplice, Frank Seyiuiiur,
The bug thiit buzzed across the floor,
wan In Inn up uitliniit delay, tin' ch —
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The elephant of Hindustan,
ending ami llii' verdict Is'itig t i t lives d
TliurMlay afti riiimii.
The camel of the Arab plain—
Till' defense in laitli eases constituted a
They
say his reindeer never ran?
complete repudiation of th<' former roll-
He comes again!
fesslon, attorneys fur tlie disimcd men
eliargitig that tlie tlu t'illu e lils » l i l t 'l l told
tin' Httiry of tlii' brutal murder luuI lux 11
We know the mettle of his steeds
secured through the practice of the "th ird
degree” by tlm shcriffa office. Harry
That champ the bit and toss the head,
W h ite la w Reid, Ambassador to Eng
llleks, star reporter of tilt' Medford Mail
Where
Yuletide’s star above them leads
land, who died in London a fte r a short
Tributit', Sheriff Jones, ami Jailor Eaton,
Ml«» Helen Gould, daughter of the
To cot and little trundle-bed.
Illness.
» ere roundly seonsl by the ilefensu in late Jay Gould, whose engagement to
both raaea fur the nietlusls allegrsl to a prominent railroad man of St. Louis
We know, my sages of the knee,
have lawn naw| in securing lIs* ctuifi—ion. la announced.
The simple faith that Christmas brings—
Tin* crim e of which these men were
The
gifts he hangs upon the tree,
convicted wax une of th e »mutt brutal in
the annals of ( Iregoli. Their victim ».'•
And lots of things!
••Curly George” Ikslaxkulous, a Greek
flection hand—reputed to carry a large
Hum of money in a lielt almiit bi" person.
They say Old Santa comes no more? . . .
Intent ii|H>n ro b lsry , the pair luted
The town is still, the moon is high;
Milo 1*. W ard, well known in Gold Hill
Ikslaskalotis, on tile night of Sept 'inlier
and
vicinity as prom oter and general
He
cannot
fail
who
came
before,
22, to a lonely warehouse near the S. I’,
manager of tlie High Line Ditcli company,
tracks in Medford, and there la at him to
And
we
know
better,
you
and
I.
At the election belli Wednesday in
lias brought suit for an aeeouniing in tlie
death with »rapped uaa pi|» a, afterward (■rants I’ m --, a majority of 1130 vot. - de
Their hoofs ring down the starry track,
eirciiit court a t Portland- jeg ik-r I. G.
slushing Ida throat with a p 1 It 1 knife
cided in favor of the Issuance of $'.”>o,(ks)
Davidson, ex-treasuter of the concern,
They rush before the heavy sled;
The evidence against Imib men wax Isinds for the ooiK rtiction of a railroad .
claiming
that in ids official capacity lie
dam ning, even without their own con from G rants Paxx to On—•cut C ity, th e ¡
Hark! ’T is his reindeer racing back—
mismanaged the affairs of the company
fessions, the repudiation of which lent piiijeci Dr. J . F, Reddy, has, been .
Be off to bed!
to the tune of $1(0,000.00. Mr. David-on
little Htrenulh to th e dcft'li-v ill cither developing. (hit of 111(2 Votes tiler'' were
is also well known in Gold Hill, and is
cane.
latt 02 against the plan, and it is stated ,
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brother of Jay Davidson, road -iqs-rvi-or
that these unfavorable votes »ere line to i
of this district. The High Line Ditch
H eppner - The first poultry allow error-' of the hand in m arking, and not .
company tlourished five years ago as one
for Morrow comity will lie held at tlie li art. There was nn np|M>' iiioii to
of tlie great projects of Southern Oregon.
H eppner D ecem ber 24, 26, 26 and 27. the move, the city pn -enting a solid front
It wits propostsi to convey water from
in
favor
of
Ila-
move.
T he poultry men of thia county met
upper Bogue riveralwve Prospect, follow-
here unit decliled to hold the »how on
the course of the hills, to this city, and
the d ates named, und have engaged
E fforts will be m ade to hasten In 1 WASHINGTON, Dec l i t — W inter engraved the words, “ U. 8. Parcel Post.” I providing unlimited irrigation facilities
the services of W. M. Coates, of V an
th e sen ate conclusion of the im peach styles in portage stumps »ere an n o u n m l The up|sT corners lull lie otvnpicd by for tile entire valley. Consiiieralile m on
couver, B. C., to net ns Judge.
m ent (rial of Judge Archbald, hut It Sunday by (lie Post Office Department. triangular o rn am en t* I-arge numerals ey was expended in construction work at
Is expected th e Ju rists' atto rn ey s will An Mini hulk intermingle in the newest in the lower corner» will indicate the both ends of tlie proportsl ditch, ami tlie
waterway mapped out and sla-lied along
not close th e ir case th is week.
of Uncle Sam’» paper square«, »hit'll now stam p denominations. The only differ
H earings before th e cam paign ex- ! are lain:: ran from die p n - - - in the ence in tlie ‘‘due” stamps will be in the tlie m ountain sides still bears testimony
to the splendid dn-am of it» promoters.
p enditure investigation
com m ittee goverm nelit's printing offices, so as to I*' color.
w ere resum ed Tuesday. W illiam It. ready to go into serviee when the new
The art work on the stamps will vary Although the plan was pronounced by
H earst, ex S en ato r Foraker, of Ohio, j Parcel Post net liecture* njierntive "it J a n according to the price paid for them. competent authorities to lie al — ilntely
G overnor-elect S u ite r of New York
and several o th er w itnesses have been ¡ uary I. There are two eolor schemes, Tile illustrative suhjeetst will lie as fol feasible, lack of capital and dis-ention
I111H resigned as a m em ber of the
among tlie stts-kluilders speedily puslajd
asked to appear.
n'd stamps for general use of the public, low-: One cent stam p, post office clerk,
house of representativ es.
The In te rsta te com m erce commls- and green, to lie known us "d u e ” stamps, two cent, city mail carrier; three cent, the project to extinction. Tile survey
G eneral Ixiuls llolha resigned th e 1 slon ruled th at under th e act m aking ¡
railway postal clerk ; four cent, rural car still remains, however, waiting for some
prem iership of the union of South Af telegraph and telephone com panies designed m en ly to witness collection of
rier: five cent, mail tra in ; ten cent, fairy prints' of finance to convert its pos
rica, which he has held since May 31, common carriers. It has Jurisdiction 1 |s'Stage on short paid m atter o ftla' fourth
steamship and mail tender; fifteen cent, i sibilities into vast benefits to tlie Bogue
class.
ltilo
over w ireless m essages from a com- j
automobile service; twenty cent, aero-! river valley, and transm uting thousands
President-elect Woodrow Wilson, tncrcial statio n In th e U nited S tates J The stamp» with which the parcel
of acres of waste land into fertile green
mailers among the general public nil! plane carrying m ail; twenty-five cent,
with Mrs. Wilson and th eir d aughters,
to a ship at sen, w hether u U nited ] struggle will lie n-d for all denominations, m anufacturing; fifty cent, dairying; sev- | fields and lilossoniing orcluirds.
have returned home from th eir vaca
State* or a foreign ship.
and will measure one by one and one-half enty-livc cent, harvesting; $1, fruit
tion In Bermuda.
inches hetween the |>crforation lines. grt 1 wing.
The Sw iss federal assem bly elected
O rdinary postage stamps will not be,
The stamps now in use for ordinary m ail
as presideut of the Sw iss confedera
accepted as portage on fourth class m a il!
ing
purpose«
a
n
'
only
seven
-
eighths
by
tion P resident Muller, at present chief
m atter alter January 1. N either will
three-quarters of an inch.
of the m ilitary departm ent.
parcel |w rt stanqis he valid for payment
In
a
curved
panel
across
the
top
of
the
Because he assau lted a new spaper
new stanqis, supported by a paneled |«'r- for postage of tile first, second and third
photographer, Jack Johnson, negro pu
London.—W hitelaw Reid, U nited
prndiculur column at either end, will lie classes.
gilist, was fined $6(1 and costs by Mu
S tates am bassador to G reat B ritain
nicipal Judge Goodnow a t Chicago.
Portland, Ore. -Counsel for the Hill
since 1905, died in his London resi
W hat Is said to be th e w orld's rec nnd H arrim an lines, Ht a h earin g in i
dence, D orchester house, shortly a fte r
ord for Masonic incum bency is e sta b the federal co u rt here, Joint'd in a I
noon Sunday, from pulm onary oede
lished by the Installation of E. 1*. vigorous legal assau lt on th e co n stitu
ma. T he end w as quiet and peaceful.
K ingsbury as tre a su re r of Union lodge, tionality of th e Medford ra te hill, the
W hile Mr. R eid's condition had been
at S cranton, Pa., for the fiftieth time. Initiative m easure adopted by the peo
serious only since T hursday and he
Attorney J. H. Beeman, of this city, mineral in character, a numlier of local had been confined to the house only
A boom for D istrict A ttorney Chas. ple In th e N ovem ber election. By the
H. W hitm an for m ayor of New York railroad law yers the law w as pro representing J . J. Bitter ill tlie defense of witnesses being called to substantiate Mr. a fortnight, his illness really d ates
Is the outgrow th of a banquet to the nounced Invalid, because It proposed a contest brought by tlie Oregon A Cali B itter's claims.
from his re tu rn from New York last
prosecutor which was attended by arb itra ry class legislation as to rates, fornia Bailroad company against claim
The 1’refountain group has been suc F ebruary. On the voyage he co n tra c t
1000 guests, rep resen tin g nearly all destroyed th e au th o rity of th e ra il to patent for certain m ining claims, lias cessfully and alm ost constantly mined ed a cold and found g reat difficulty
political creeds.
road com m ission to determ ine the re a received notification from tlie land office since the early ’50 b , m any thousands of in shaking it off. W hen he did, he
Miss Carol H arrim an, d au g h ter of sonableness of rates nnd d iscrim in at at Roseburg that the case 1ms been d ecid -! dollars having been taken from the rich w as for a tim e quite feeble.
the late E. II. H arrim an, will be com ed ag ain st th e sm all sh ip p er In favor ed in favor of Ms client.
placer di-posits liy former operator». Tlie
W hitelaw Reid w as in his 76th year,
Claiming the land to be largely agricul testimony introduced by Attorney Bee having been born O ctober 27, 1837, io
pelleil to carry her rig h t foot Incused of th e large shipper.
in a p laster cast for some time ns th e
A rgum ent touching on th e co n stitu tural in character, the company institut man e<inclusively dem onstrated thai they Xenia, Ohio. He becam e a new spaper
result of an Injury received when re tionality of the bill wns heard by ed a contest for the mining claims west may yet be profitably operated, anti t h a t ' w riter as a young man and never end
hearsing a Scotch dunce In which she United S ta te s Judges G ilbert, W olver of this city known as tlie Prcfottntain tlie general character of the land unfits it j ed his connection w ith the public
was to have appeared at a ch arity ton nnd Bean, sittin g en banc. The group, and effectually tied up for a time for agricultural purport*.«.
press. He w as editor in chief of the
function.
U nder the term s of the original railroad j New York T ribune for many years,
court announced, following th e h e a r Mr. B itter’s endeavor to secure mineral
grant the land would have reverted to the I and afterw ard becam e p ro p rieto r of
Thai Colonel G eorge W. G oethals. ing, th at a decision as to the applica patent to the properly.
chief < nglneer of tho Panam a can. I. tion of th e railroad com pany would
Testimony in tile case was taken W o re O. A C. B. R. if agricultural in char th a t journal.
may bo secretary of w ar In W ilson's be m ade In tw o or th ree days.
United States Commissioner W. II. Can acter.
cabinet Is the belief of congressm en,
A ttorney-G eneral C raw ford, ap p ear on, at Medforii, on OetolaT 14, and the
T he voters of M arshfield, by a vote
who conferred with th e president-elect ing for th e state, urged th at th e en act derision was rendered by (lie receiver of
Of th ree to one expressed them selves
Medford will have a cannery. Com
recently a t Bermuda.
Wilson Is m ent of the measure came clearly the Roseburg land olliee on Decemlier 12.
at th e city election as favoring a mu
known to esteem Colonel G oethals w ithin th e rtiffits of th e electora of By (lie testimony adduced it. was etearly mercial club nnd Merchants' association nicipally owned w ater works.
very highly.
s tabllshed that tlie lands involved wen' have combined in tlie venture.
th e sta te u n d er th e Initiative.
Milo P. Ward, of
High Line Fame,
Seeks Funds
Grants Pass Votes
to Bond City for
Line to Surf
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Parcels Post Stamps to Portray
Work Day Scenes of Mail Service
People
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Ambassador Reid
Dies at London
Railroads Attack
Medford Measure
Landoffice Renders Decision for
Contestée in Mining Claim Case
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County Must Con
tribute to Greater
Medfordtown
SALEM, Ore., Dee. 17.—In an opin
ion written byjJnstice Bean tlie supreme
court today in tin-case of Benton B"wers
anti S. A. Carlton, re-pontlents against
the county court of Jackson county and
; others, appellants, deeidi <1 in favor of the
! appellants, holding th a t the Medford
charter compelled the county co m t to
1 build the bridge across Bear creek in the
I city of Medford involved in tin -nit.
The higher court restrains tin- issuance
of paym ent of any comity w arrants on
account <>f the bridge contract, in excess
■ of $18,000, the am ount the county agreed
to pay until such time as the city of Med
ford and the Pacific A Eastern railway
company -hall have paid into the treas-
, ury of Jackson county $18,000 according
to agreement.
Ti»' plaintiffs in the suit m aintained,
first—That the bridge in question being
in tlie incorporated city, is not upon the
; county road, and th at the county has no
authority to build such a bridge, and sec-
! ond—T hat the carrying out of the con-
1 tract in question would increase the vol
untary indebtedness of Jackson county
beyond the constitutional limit.
Concerning tlie first question the opin-
! ion says in p art:
Aceording to tlie plain provisions of
section 106 of the charter of the city of
Medford, it is incum bent upon the county
of Jackson to build, m aintain and repair
all briiiges and culverts upon county
roads in the city and road district, the
cost of which is in excess of $20. Taking
this section' together with other -ections
referred to and in view of the general
legislation of the state, we think it was
the intention of the legislature that tlie
county of Jackson should retain jurisdic
tion over the comity roads within the
limits of tlie city of Medford to that ex
te n t; unless this requirem ent is clearly
within some inhibition of tlie constitution
the m andate should be obeyed.
“ Tlit- highway upon which the bridge
i- supposed Pi be erected is embraced
within tlie provision of section 93?, sub
division 4, L ord's Oregon laws, author
izing the county court to construct tlie
bridge, und for such purpose is to all in
tents and purposes a county road,”
News Notes
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New Y'ork w as selected as th e per
m anent h ead q u arters of th e executive
com m ittee of the progressive party a t
the re cen t C hicago conference.
Following th e lead set by th e wo
men of Philadelphia, the W om en's
Clean Food League of Chicago is pre
paring a w ar for low er prices for eggs.
A handsom e m onum ent erected by
the s ta te of Illinois in m em ory of h er
soldiers w ho a re buried In the national
cem etery a t A ndersonville, Ga„ w as
dedicated F riday.
"L ady Show You,” a hen th a t won
the n ational egg laying co n test a t th e
M issouri P oultry Show th is year, w as
sold for $800 by J. A. B ickerdite, of
M illersville, 111. T he hen laid 281
eggs th is year.
F or the firs t tim e in nearly 40 years
the D em ocrats will be in practical con
trol of both branches of the sta te leg
islatu re of C onnecticut w hen th a t
: body convenes for its reg u lar session
early in the com ing year.
T he la rg e st force th a t h as ever been
1 engaged a t one tim e on th e construc
tion of th e P anam a canal w as w ork
ing a t th e end of N ovem ber when
40,159 m en. of whom 5816 w ere A m eri
can citizens, w ere employed.
G rain m en all over the Coast are
w atching w ith keen in te re st a b attle
betw een th e barley bulls and bears a t
San F rancisco. T he price is being
forced steadily upw ard and an explo
sion is likely to occur any day.
F ifty-three vessels carry in g cargoes
aggregating 15,000,000 bushels of ex
port grain, virtually all of it being
w heat, a re riding a t anchor in the
harb o r of Buffalo, N. Y. T he to ta l
cargo value of th e fleet is estim ated
at »20,000,000.