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VOL. XXVI.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910.
33.
ATTEMPT ON LIFE
OF EO CARDWELL
REFUSING TO GIVE WARK SAID
TO RE THE CAUSE
HYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE
Cardwell Rec overing Ffom Wound
But Will Xot Talk About
Cause of Trouble.
Angered because Ed Cardwell did
not offer him a job on the gang
which is building a road to the Al
meda mines from Leland, Lige Boy
att, constable-elect, Sunday after
noon, about 5 o'clock, shot Cardwell
at the road camp, seven miles from
Leland.
One shot was fired by Boyatt
which struck Cardwell in the arm
and passed through the fleshy part of
t t V. AJ 1 , T J 4,.,,. 1. -a
it, iuiu mc umii nuu wugcu juai uc-
low the shoulder blade. Cardwell
-arrived in Grants Pass Monday after
noon and was taken to the South Pa
cific hospital. Boyatt took to the
lillls and so far has not been appre
hended. Sheriff Russell is search
ing for the alleged would-be mur
derer at this time.
The cause of the shooting is en
shrouded in mystery, for it is be
lieved in many quarters that there
are other causes for the affair be
sides the fact that Boyatt was re
fused employment by Cardwell on
the road gang. Officials who have
been Investigating the shooting have
been frustrated in arriving at a
solution of the trouble by the appar
ent disinclination of those who are
eve witnessed to the crime to talk
ing.
Cardwell was sent to Leland to
engage men for the road gang one
day last week. Boyatt was a can
didate for a job, but was not asked
to Join the crew by Cardwell. Brood
ing over this fact, his friends assert,
he visited the road camp Sunday.
About four-thirty the crew, together
with Boyatt, had supper. When he
had finftshed his meal, Cardwell and
two other men adjourned to a
sleeping tent. Boyatt followed and
engaged Cardwell In a quarrel, ac-'jng that nothing within the low
cording to the testimony of those jeelllngcd, somewhat barren plastered
present, which Is somewhat confused . studio of the great writer should be
and contradictory. The argument j changed from Its position.
soon reached the point where Card-i
well, so it is snld. called Boyatt aj LOIHiE Oil Kilt HE HE
liar, whereupon Boyatt commenced j
to unbutton his overcoat. Cardwell j Em-st Pndcn. president of the
then left the tent and Boyatt follow- Lincoln Amity union, whose home
ed, exposing his revolver in the nnd headquarters are In San Fran
meantime. When Cardwell had gone cSro, stepped off the southbound
five or six feet, he turned and Boyatt afternoon passenger Wednesday for
fired. The bullet entered his up- n social and business visit 'with the
raised arm, passed through It and en- members of the L. A. U. in this city,
tered the back. I He Is returning from Portland and
His wound Is not serious, and un-'other northern cities, where he has
less blood poisoning sets In he wllljbo-'Mi looking afw r the welfare of the
recover at the hospital. Immediately order. He will go to Ashland Thurs
after the shot was fired Boyatt enter- day Wrnlng, visit, the assembly
ed the brush, soon struck the trail
and about halfway to Leland again
re-entered the brush. So far the of
ficers have not been able to appre
hend him.
Boyatt has sworn, so his friends
and relatives say. that he win not
be taken alive. His previous repu
tation bears out this belief. It is
current gossip In Inland that he Is
"bad man" nnd that he has been
pining for a gun scrap ever since he
rame there. He has been fond of
boasting of his proclivities In this
direction.
It Is said that he has been In sev
eral gun fight:' and that he bears the
marks of several encountets of this
type. Some of his neighbors asrt
that he bears the wounds of at least
three gun battles before coming
here. .
It Is believed that rioyntt, who was
elected constable St the recent clec
tlnn. will he romp"l!id to give him
self tin. as the hills St thl time of
th year nr e mnr ntsre In whH
to 1lv. rr tht r will b fniid hv
te offir" tn event t l r-
" t wl't re"H h,"t
I't pnd H either "Tdv, If the
tf n.
RAINFALL RECORD FOR
YALLEi' MADE THIS WEEK
Tuesday morning a rainbow greet
ed those who were up and about early
and the greatest rain storm that has
visited the Rogue river valley was
over. The rain ceased falling about
midnight.
Since nine o'clock Saturday morn
ing there has fallen 6.16 Inches of
rain, according to the observations
of J. B. Paddock, government ob
server at this place,
Mr. Paddock reports that as far
as his records show for the past
eleven years, the heaviest rainfall
within forty-eight hours was a little
short of four Inches. During the
recent storm there was a rainfall of
3.20 Inches in 18 hours.
The river is rapidly falling and the
Golden Drift dam passed through the
ordeal without any damage what
ever. The rain was general through
out all southern Oregon. Medford
was flooded and basements were
filled. The same was true at other
towns of the valley.
School was renewed today at the
Lee school house. The rain has been
of great benefit all around. It
moans more water for the miners
and irrigators. The streets have
been washed clean and today is one
of the beautiful days that has made
the valley famous for its climate.
THE DEATH OF TOLSTOI
AFFECTS COUNTESS' MIND
ST. PETERSBURG, Dee. 1.
Grieving over the death of Count
Leo Tolstoi, the Countess Tolstoi is
dying at Yasnaya Poliana, messages
from the country estate of the late
writer saying that she is stricken
with a serious fever and that the
end Is very near.
The countess suffered mentally
and physically following her hus
band's dramatic leave-taking and
sought In every way to bring him
back. When he refused the countess
used every effort to persuade the old
man to permit her to go to him, nnd
It was only when the count was on
his death bed that she was permitted
to see him. After Tolstoi's death
the countess could not leave his body
until It was placed In the sepulchre
under Poverty Oak. and on the beau
tiful Tolstoi estate at Ynsnnya Pol
iana. One of the most touching trib
utes paid by the countess to her hus
band's memory was an order direct-
there. Intending to arrive home Sun
day morning.
Mr. linden reports the Lincoln Amity
union In a prosperous condition and
holding its own with other Insur-
;ance orders, but regrets the lack of
interest the younger generation
takes regarding life Insurance pro
tection. "Picture shows and like
places of amusement have a greater
fascination than a life Insurance
policy.'
Th gentlemon Is a most loyal
San FratiHsclan, Is proud of Its 420.
ono population, but adds that the
reconstruction period of the last four
years has been so rapid that there
are several thousand vacant build
ing awaiting occupants. Yet he has
unbounded faith In the upbuilding of
an unconquerable city, that may not
have another earthquake In a thous
and years."
Mr. Duden wits very pleasantly
'tprNed st the many Improvement
he found since his lad vlst to Grant
''" five years sko. Th fine new
dfin.t. s,h iiived and btilllnntlv
Hchted 'itreit and the manv new
rl(etiro nnd hulrem blocks, Were
each given a share of his approval.
om tMnnr, ft rents bundle, at the
office.
HILL LINE MAY
BUILD TO COAST
BUILD FROM THE DALLES
KLAMATH PALIjS.
TO
TO USE THE BARNUM ROAD
Medford People Have Hie Route All
Mapped Out for J. J. Hill,
the Empire Builder.
MEDFORD, Nov. 30. There la no
further use of any of the Interested
ones in Medford, or elsewhere mak
ing denial, the fact Is that James J.
Hill intends to build a railroad from
The Dalles, on the south bank of the
Columbia river, south to Klamath
Falls, through Butte Falls to Med
ford, to Jacksonville over what is
now the Barnum railroad (Rogue
River Valley Railroad company),
up Jackson creek over Into Applegate
valley, to Illinois valley, down the Il
linois valley to Crescent City, a port
in California on the Pacific.
The first link in this great chain
of Hill railroads by which the
"empire builder" expects to wrest
Oregon from the control of the
Southern Pacific railroad Is the
Oregon Trunk. Building of the
Oregon Trunk was begun about a
year and a half ago by Porter
Brothers, who have been for1 years
the main contractors for the Hill sys
tems. At that time everyone supposed
and the newspapers printed that this
was the beginning of the long-sought
Hill invasion of Oregon.
The new line will start from the
south bank of the Columbia river at
The Dalles on the Oregon Trunk.
The new line by means of ferries will
connect with the Portland and Seattle
railroad, known as the North Bank
road, which in turn connects with
the Northern Pacific.
Seven mile above The Dalles the
road goes u; the Deschutes river to
Madras, thence to Prlnevllle and to
Beud. This ends actual construction.
From Bend the line Is surveyed to
Klamath Falls. Here It connects
with the Pacific and Eastern prelim
inary survey, which was run by Lo
cating Engineer 3. S. Cranshaw, who
at present Is on the extension of the
Barnum road.
The Pacific and Eastern survey
runs from Klnmnth Falls to a pass
twenty-two miles south of Crater
lake, a little south of Mt. Pitt. From
this pass It goes to Butte Falls, con
necting with the Pacific and Eastern,
and Into Medford.
From Medford to Jacksonville the
road will use what Is- now the Bar
num right-of-way, retracklng and re
ballastlng It.
At a point about one-quarter of a
mile this side of Jacksonville the
new road will swing to the right and
over the low gap through a sixty
foot cut on a one per cent grade In
to Little Applegate valley; then
through the Big Applegate valley to
the upper Illinois valley; then down
the lower Illinois to Monkey creek In
California; thence to Smith river and
down the middle fork of the Smith
river to Crescent City Cal.
Entering the Illinois valley the
railroad crosses a summit 1600 feet
In elevation, and from the summit of
Illinois to Monkey creek the railroad
crosses a divide 2200 feet In eleva
tion with a fiOO-foot tunnel. Tl"
new road will get to Crescent Cltv
on a grade of between one and two
per cent. The I'aciric and hastern
hni a grade not exreedlng 2.5 per
cent.
Th harbor at Crescent City will be
medo op of 'he finest on the coast.
lettv frn'W th" lighthouse to Steam
boat ro'l- m'M t, built. The jetty
will be I'.o f..et long and will be
e'ebt to ten feet above high tide.
This work will roMt about $3S,0i0.
snd wlU break the wclls from the
imvsIM" wnd, which will
lv Cre.rrM f'v n harbor a half
fiiire e"d for'v-one feet dee)
TW wt ""omnuirlnte the largest
ve"N on the Pacific.
ORGANIZATION OF A
MEN'S SOCIAL CLUB
In answer to a call from a com
mittee appointed by te Newman M.
E. church last Sunday a number of
men met In the parlors of that church
Tuesday night for the purpose of ef
fecting a temporary organization of
a men's club. II. H. Basler was
chosen temporary chairman and with
well considered Intervals for re
freshments, consisting of Rogue river
appler, fresh popcorn, pineapple
punch and wafers, he placed the vari
ous motions, amendments and
amendments to amendments before
the club In a manner that would
make "Uncle Joe" sit up and take
notice. James Martin was elected
temporary secretary.
Nearly everyone present was called
upon at some time during the even
ing for an Impromptu speech, which
was responded to In every Instance
but one. The gultly one In thlscase
was Sam H. Baker, who, after plot
ting against the others, was called
upon for a solo. He temporized with
a short talk, but his hearers expect
a solo at the next meeting.
Owing to the lack of publicity and
limited time between the call and
date of meeting it was decided to
hold the charter list open till after
the next meeting, which will be held
at the same place on Tuesday, De
cember 13, when It is expected that
not less than one hundred names will
be added to the list, as the purpose of
the club is of a social, literary nnd
musical nature and strictly non-pollt-
lcal and non-sectarian In character.
The treat of the evening was the
Instrumental selections by Prof.
Fields.
The following temporary commit
tees were appointed for the next
meeting:
Nominating committee H. L. Gil-
key, M. C. Flndley G. H. Kesterson,
D. H. Leech, James Gibson.
Committee on constitution and by
laws H. H. Basler, S. H. Baker, J.
E. Hair, L. L. Herrlck. John Minor
Booth.
Program committee J. M. Isham,
D. 11. Graham. L. W. Turnbnll, Geo.
C. Sabln, W. B. Field.
Refreshment committee A. B.
Cornell, L. E. McDanlels, E. R. Hul
blrt, H. G. Klmberley, M. S. Sturte
vant. Those present last evening were:
J. E. Peterson, Geo. C. Sabln, John
Minor Booth, M. C. Flndley, M. O.
Evans, jr., D. H. Leech. Adolph
Maler, H. E. Hnefuer. M. K. Sturte
vant, II. G. Klmberley. C. W. Court
hoy, Gideon Chadbonrn, Leon L. Her
rlck, Ciithhert Courtney, Arthur L.
Wlble, D. H. Graham, G. 11, Kester
son, L. W. Turnbull, C.corge P. Mar
tin, Eclus Pollock, E. R. Hulblrt, J.
O. Gibson, fieo. L. Yonker, Sam H.
Baker. L. E. McDanlels, T. W. Der
rick, T. Allison, H. L. C.lil.ey, James
Martin, II. H. Basler, E. E. Rora
paugh, Walter Harmon, J. E. Cox,
Ben Batty, Clarence Smith, D. A.
Harmon, M. T. Utley, John Patrick,
W. B. Fields.
The meeting was brought to a close
by singing the national anthem.
SAVE MONEY BY SLEEPING
IV UPPER BERTHS
CHICAGO, Dec. 1. Threatened
with arbltary reduction of sleeping
car rates, through an order of the
Interstate Commerce commission, the
Pullman company today submitted
an offer of a voluntary reduction of
20 per cent In Its rates. It proposed
to cut rates on upper berths 20 per
cent where the charge was over
11.50.
The offer was made at a hearing
today by Interstate Commissioners
Lane and Clark. Recently the United
States circuit court denied the Pull
man company's petition for an In
junction restraining the Interstate
romniPrre commission from ordering
the proposed reduction.
MRS. BKI.IIE u ll.TV
WENATCHEE. Wash.. Dec.
Mrs. Hannah Beebe, age 7.". was
found guilty of ninnlatiKhtr by i
jury today after It bad remained out
all night. Mrs. Beche wan convicted
on evidence which tended to prove
that she had forehand knowledge of
the lntnton of her daughter, Mrs.
Leila Tot ten. to kill Jamei E. Sutton,
a farm hand who had trcspuimed on
a ranch owned by the two women.
11 ON REPAIR
OF DAM TO BEGIN
CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
WILL BE ISSUED.
WATER FOR NEXT SEASON
Court (Slants Order Making
This
Possible and Instructs He.
reiver to Start Work.
An order was filed at noon on
Wednesday by Judge Calkins author
izing Receiver Wharton of the Gold
en Drift Mining company to com
mence at once and repair the dam
and Instructed him to issue certifi
cates of Indebtedness to cover the
cost. We understand that tho work
will proceed without unnecessary do
lay. It will take Bonio time to as
semble material and secure proper
help to go forward with the repairs
and if the weather Is at nil favorable
there will be little or no delay on
the job. It has been said that the
first work to be done will be the
construction of a cofferdam to drive
the water over the spillway and this
will make It possible to start tho re
construction proper and at the same
time should the water get low enough
the big centrifugal pump will be
fished out of the stream and placed
In position for future service.
Too repairing of the dam Is of the
utmost Importance to this city and
surrounding country, ns It will make
It possible to Irrigate a considerable
acreage the coming season. This re
pair work by the receiver will be sat
lafactory, It Is said, to all parties In
Interest, the money being furnished
by the minority stockholders of Chic
ago. This will bo acceptable to the
Josephine County Irrigation nnd
Power company, iis well as the Rogue
River Irrigation and Power rompnny.
The water users care little who
furnish the money or repairs the In
Jury to the dam, all they want Is
the water for the season of 1911.
WEST RESIGNS
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 1 . Ha 11 road
Commissioner West today tendered
bis resignation of that office, to take
effect December 2. He Is arranging
to go to California In a few days, and
as Tom Kay, state treasurer-elect, Is
to accompany him, nnd the two nre
warm personal friends, Ihe political
ly wise think they sep an arrange
ment between the two men for cer
tain appoint nienls, such ns super
intendents of the state prison nnd the
asylum for the Inwine,
DIAZ IS SWORN IN AS
PRESIDENT, 8TH TERM
MEXICO CITY, l)ce. 1.-Precau
tion against disorder In the city ami
violence In the palace marked the
Inauguration of I'orflrlo Diaz as
president of Mexico today. The Mexi
can president enters officially upon
his eighth term with a country dis
ordered by tho most seiioun upris
ing that has yet threatened his ad
ministration., Tho populace was bar
red from the hall of congress and
the only persons admitted to tho In-
iiiiKunii ceremonies were nign riv
erntn'nt officials, members of the
diplomatic corps and representative
of the loyal press.
Following the Induction of Diaz
Into office, the president, assisted bv
Vice-president Ramon Corral, re
reived the diplomats ami officials at
the national palace.
SMALLEST I'llltSON
" "f'T. P. ('.. Dec. i.. M,,ne
Pickett, nt-e 3 years and four
months ami weighing nt the time of
her dentil but 14 pounds, died here
v-ierdav. While dellmte, nhe has
been of generally fair health. She
l believed to have been the smallest I
person of her age In the civilized I Get her a Navajo rug for Christ
world. Her parents were o normal inns. You will find them at Pom-a10-
amy's drug store. ,;
TRAIL SYSTEM FOR
THE SISKIYOU RESERVE
On the theory that the time to
fight a forest fire Is when the fire has
just started, Supervisor R. L.
Fromme of the Siskiyou national for
ests has prepared, an exhaustive re
port on the fires of last season for
the district office, tn which be out
lines plans for repairing old trails
and building new ones, with a mile
age of 492, at a total estimated cost
of $50,745.
In his report Mr. Fromme points
out that so many portions of the
forest are Inaccessible that a ft
can get a start of several days be-
fore It Is reached. Better trails and
plenty of them will obviate this con
dltlon greatly, because It will en
able the rangers to reach" the fire
more quickly. Mr. Fromme also
points out many of the present trails
run In the bottom of steep canyons
and are practically valueless fro.. a
patrol point of view.
He advocates the building of some
trails along the ridges o that the
man detailed to watch for fires In
a large district may be enabled to
look over a larger scope of territory.
''e supervisor's scheme also in
volves the bulldln of 379 miles of
telephone lines within the forent at
an estimated cost of $16,510. This
will make comunlcatlon with every
part of the forest easy and will re
sult In getting men to fires more
quickly than would be possible other
wise. The report also urges the
erection of more rangeri cabins and
stables, to the estimated value of
$5395 and pasture fences at a cost
of $2395.
Showing the Inadequacy of fire pa
trol In the forest with the limited
number of men now on the force and
with the poor system of trails, the
report points out that district one
of the forest, In charge of Ranger W.
B. Mllbury, embraces 155,000 acres.
To patrol it efficiently wbuld require
300 miles of travel each day of the
tire season.
In district two there are 200,000
acres to be watched. 150 miles must
he traveled each day to patrol this
area during the fire months. Ranger
IT. B. IIUlls Is In charre.
Ranger Wlttrock has charge of dis
trict three, embracing 230,000 acres,
and must travel 300 miles a day, If
ne would patrol It as It should be
done.
Ranger Anderson has charge of
district four, which has 19S.0O0. Two
hundred miles of travel are required
daily to patrol this territory.
Ranger Jones In district five baa
300,000 acres to care for, which re
quire 250 miles of travel to efficient
ly patrol each day.
District six contains 220.000 acres
and Ranger Me LeWg n charge
must travel 300 miles a day.
Attended Big Booster Meeting,
George, S. Culhoun has returned
from Sulem, where he attended the
'lings of the Oregon Development
league. Mr. Calhoun highly enjoyed
his trip and says that the league Is
doing a grent work for Oregon and
that these conventions are bound to
bo of benefit.
"There certainly was a live bunch
of boosters present." said Mr. Cal
houn. "It Is to bo reirrette.l fhnf
through a series of circumstances
which could not bo helped Grants
Pass did not have a larger represen
tation than It did.
"The talks I heard were all prac
tical and to the point and I am sure
that everyone was helped by tho In
terchange of Ideas. Wo will have to
go In force nt the next meeting.
A. V. Ilannard also was present
and took part In the proceedings.
PENNSYLVANIA WILL GET
SIX NEW CONGRESSMEN'
WASHINGTON, Dec. ..The pop
ulation of Pennsylvania Is 7,655,111,
according to the census bureaj to
day. This Is an Increase of 22.8 per
cent. This entitles the stato to six
new congressmen.
The census bureau also announced
the population of West Virginia as
1,221.119, an Increase of 27.4 per
cent.
West Virginia will get one addi
tional congressman.