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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, ATRIL 14, 1911
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THE MIDDLE 1ST
TOWNS IX THREE STATES ARE
DEVASTATED
TWENTY FIVE ARE KILLED
More Than 100 Are Injured and
Half Million Dollars of Property
Destroyed
KANSAS CITY, April 13 Twenty
five dead, 114 Injured and damage
uf more than half a million dollars Is
computed today as the toll of a tor
nado which last night wrecked 14
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
towns.
Following are the more serious
casualties in some of the larger
towns devastated:
Oklahoma-r-Big Heart, 8 dead, 40
Injured; Checotah, 2 dead; Meeker,
4 dead; Neetwaka, 3 Injured.
Kansas Hiawatha. 3 dead; Law
rence, 3 dead, 10 Injured; Manvllle,
1 dead; Powhattan, 2 dead, 1 in
jured; Whiting, 1 dead, 30 injured.
Missouri Joplin, 1 dead, 4 in
jured; Webb City, 4 Injured1.
The" town of Whiting, Kas., was
absolutely destroyed, 60 buildings
being leveled to the earth and prac
tically every one of their inhabitants
.Injured. Mrs. David Stone, the wife
cf a Whiting farmer, who was killed,
was carried half a mile by the terri
fic wind and every bone in her body
broken.
At Eskrldge 20 school children
were Injured when a school house
was demolished. Passengers on a
Santa Fe train which was stalled
near Eskrldge witnessed the destruc
tion. MUSKOGEE. Okla., April 13.
Forty persons, seriously injured,
were taken from Big Heart to Tulsa
In stock cars early, today. The Mid
land Valley railroad officials report
four dead, instead of eight as other
reports said, and more than 100 in
jured at Big Heart.
Many of the Injured, It is said, will
die.
BIG HEART, Okla., April 13.
Three dead in yetserday's tornado
were identified today. They are:
John Kerns.
Fred Hammond.
William Marlow.
The Tornado was accompanied by
a driving rain and swept everything
in Its path. Houses were blown from
tlu'lr foundations and the occupants
whirled through the air. The town
was demoralized and telegraphic
communication cut off. Big Heart
lias a population of 400.
OMAHA, Neb., April 13. The
towns of Snnll and Oi-onto, Neb.,
were visited by tornadoes last night.
Considerable damage was done but
there were no fatalities.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 13. Five
unidentified persons were killed and
seven are missing, according to a re
port Just received here, as a result of
a tornado late this afternoon which
wiped the little town of Valley Mines
off the map. Valley Mines lies 15
miles south of Festus, Mo.
All wires between Festus and Val
ley Mines are down and It is Impos
slble to secure details.
The report of the disaster was
brought to W. P. Brenf, editor of the
TrI-CIty Independent at Festus, by a
railroad engineer. Valley Mines has
a pomilatloti of 2S0.
WILSON WILL BE NOMINATED
HELENA. Mont., April 13. Just
before lending Helena for St. Paul
farly today, Colonel Roosevelt ex
pressed the belief thnt Governor
Wood row Wilson of New Jersey
would he nominated by the demo
crats for the presidency.
Roosevelt said he had sen noth
ing on his preent trip to cause him
to believe thnt the people were anxi
ous to have him run for the presi
dency again.
BOTTLING WORKS BROKEN
INTO, REGISTER ROBBED
Last night the bottling work of
John Sauer was broken Into And the
cash register robbed of some ten
dollars, as near as the proprietor
can ascertain. An entry was effect
ed! through the window on the south
side, the screen having been removed
and the window pried up. Who ever
did the Job was a bungler and a nov
ice at the business, aa the register
was unlocked, yet, without trying the
keys, any of which would have open
ed the drawer Instantly, the burglar
pried the entire front off the machine
In getting Into it, making a wreck of
the machine and putting himself to
a lot of unnecessary trouble. An
other feature of the affair was the
fact that beBlde the money in the
front compartment of the cash draw
er, in the rear was a gold watch and
a stick pin that were valued at about
$50 dollars. In turning the register
upside down to get the money out,
these two articles had fallen Into
the back of the machine and were
overlooked. No other articles of
value were taken, outside of a few
cigars.
No clue has yet been found as to
who the party is who did the Job,
but It Is said to resemble the work
of a boy rather than that of a man.
OREGON DEFEATS WHITMAN
IN FIRST RASEBALL GAME
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, April 14. In the first baseball
game of the season of the Northwest
Conference Colleges, Oregon defeat
ed Whitman college by a score
of five to four. Despite the
muddy field a classy game was put
up, almost free from errors. Ore
gon's freshman pitcher, Bryon
Houch, was the star of the game,
fanning out ten men In six innings,
and allowing but two hits.
COURT MAKES DECISION
IMPORTANT TO MINERS
Attorney Robert G. Smith gave
The Courier today a decision
handed down by the circuit court
cf the United States for the district
of Oregon, which, he says, material
ly affects mining men whose claims
are within the lands of the Oregon
and California railway grants. The
decision is one in which certain min
eral claims were within the Grant of
a military wagon road, on which the
interior department were enjoined
from issuing final patents, which Is
a parallel condition, he declares, to
mineral claims within the railroad
grants in this county. The para
graph in tue court's decision bearing
upon the local condition follows:
"Complainant Insists, however,
that the issuance of patents by the
Government of the United States to
Its predecessor in interests Is a con
clusive adjudication that the land
described therein are non-mineral.
That would probably be true if the
patent contained no reservation, but
It contains a clause 'excluding and
excepting all mineral lands should
any such be found in the tract afore
said.' This manifests an unmistak
able lntontlon on the part of the gov
ernment not to convey mineral lands
and repels any inference that the
department adjudicated or Intended
to adjudicate that no part of the
land described In the patent was min
eral." While this case has not as yet
tten taken on appeal to the United
Ctatog supreme court, It In all prob
ability will be, and should the de
nt Ion of the circuit court be sus
tained the interior department will
be called upon to Issue final ratents
en mineral claims within all gov
ernment land grants.
J. W. Berry, of Medford, was
transacting business In Grants Pass
cn Wednesday,
Mrs. R R. Seel rame In from
Kerby Wednesday tg spend a fen
days with friends.
J. W. Grlnnell, who ling been
spending several days in this city,
left Wednesday evening for Huron,
S. D.
Miss Winifred Flanagan Is spend
In? Easter week with her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. Flanagan, of this city.
Miss Flanagan Is a student of St.
Mary's academy at Medford.
YORK
NEW
HOTEL BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS BEING
RI SKED FORWARD
COMPLETE HEATING PLANT
Forty Guest Rooms, Many
Private Outh and Other
Conveniences with
Work on the new hotel, urner
Gth and K streets, is progressing rap
idly. The concrete foundations are
all in and the masons will commence
to lay brick at once. There are 60,
000 common brick on the ground
and it will take 140,000 more of this
kind to complete the job. These
have to be brought from the outside,
being made at Tolo. It Is learned
that O. B. Steward, the proprietor
of the new hotel, has made a con
tract with McKlnstrey, Courtney &
Hair tor the face brick to be used on
the building for the front on 6th
street and the side on K. They will
be what is known as a cement brick,
the body being the natural cement
color while the trimming will be of
pure white brick also made of ce
ment. These will be laid in black
putty or mortar three-sixteenths of
an Inch In thickness so there will be
rate of 3000 dally. The front and
side. This Job of cement brick mak
ing will be the first work turned out
by the new plant, which Is now be
ing rushed to fill the order at the
rate of 2.500 dally. The front and
Bide of the hotel, being finished ylth
these handsome brick, the building
Itself will be one of the finest arch
itecturally considered, to be found In
any of the towns In the Rogue River
vn'ley and Its interior in like manner
will be up-to-date in every parthclar.
It is estimated that It will take 40
days to run up the three stories and
enclose the building.
The heating plant, which Is" to be
put in this hotel, will have 1,800 feet
of direct radiation of a system known
as the single-pipe, low-pressure grav
Ity. There will be a fire box or lo
cjmotlve type steel boiler, which will
do efficient service In this model
heating plant. F. E. Church, who is
parting In the steam plant, Is inves
tigating a gravity burner for crude
oli, which promises a possibility of
cheso fuel. The steam plant will bo
here In about four weeks, when It 1b
thourht the building will be far
i.ourti along to allow the pipes and
radlato-s to be placed A vacuum
bvstem, to be added to the heating
piant later, is now under considera
tion. A. J. Green, who is the en-
Bineer ana nrmuect ,n enarge ot;Cari)0n ranch 8tatfiB thftt the ther.
(( nstrnetion. is giving rarerul atten
tion to all the details of the work,
ps It progresses and he reports that
the hotel will be, when completed, In
every respect, a structure which vill
reflect credit on the architecture of
Grants Pass.
This new hotel, which will Ime
rooms for guests all of large she and
each supplied with hot and cold wt
er, and eight of these having private
haths, will become a popular resort
for the traveling public and that
i , ,e woo apprerinieino aaniBK donPi u WM fIoudy
me cunnons una ncance oi a iirsi
c'ass hotel. The cafe or grill will
te on the first floor and will occupy
a spacious room, fitted up In the
very best style.
The people of Orinti Pass have
for several years stood greatly In
need of a modern hotel and when
there will be great rejoicing not only
among our home people, but travel
ing men and all visitors. Fviry
progressive (own needs good h 'els,
and It Is safe that a city without these
ti so far behind the times that It
1 a disgrace on the map of progress.
The people are willing fo pay for
the best , and, therefore, there Is no
rniso for thlrd-rlnss hotels or third
rate service. When the new hotel Is
completed It should be opened with a
teceptlon and every loyal, progressive
and appreciative citizen Invited.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
LISTENS TO TALKS
Th,e regular monthly meeting of
the Commercial club was held Mon
day night, and while no business of
importance was transacted the meet
ing proved a very pleasant and satis
factory one on account of the pres
ence of H. B. Miller and Attorney
Muikey, both of whom gave Interest
lug talks. .
The board took action on the mat
ter of assisting the Ladles' Auxiliary
In planning the roBe festival for this
year. A committee of five will be
appointed, who will confer with the
ladles as to the date of the festival
rnd other arrangements connected
with it.
There was a motion unanimously
carried that it be the sense of the
club that this city celebrate the
Fourth of July.
The matter of the June Issue of
the Sunset Magazine was thoroughly
discussed and 1500 copies of the
magazine subscribed for. A large
number of these were purchased by
club members present for distribu
tion. As Is generally known, the
Sunset Magazine for June Is to be
an elaborate l?sue, the subject mat
ter of which will be chiefly devoted
to the Rogue River valley and south
ern Oregon A four-page write-up of
the city of Grants Pass will bo one of
the features, together with the regu
lar page advertisement carried by
the club and another that has been
taken by the real estate men of the
city. Twelve pages of the magazine
will be devoted exclusively to the
Rogue River valley.
H. B. Miller, one of the pioneer
residents of Grants Pass, who re
cently returned from the continent,
was guest of honor of the club and
entertained them with a pleasing
talk on early days In this city, com
paring what he finds here today with
Grants Pass 35 years ago.
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
BY FROST THIS WEEK
While there was a heavy froHt last
night, reports coming In from the
different localities do not show any
damage done to the fruit crop where
the most ordinary precautions were
taken. The smudge pot has been
gonerally In use for the past three j
nights, but last night the thermom
eter at the weather station here reg
latered 24 degrees above, the coldest
right for more than six weeks. Ac
cording to Prof. O'Gara, 26 above Is
the danger line. $
Early Thursday Fruit InHpector
Burke was one the road, keeping
In touch with the conditions In the
surrounding country. His opinion
Is that very little damage has been
done where the smudge pots have
been used. Peaches and pears,
where the blossoms havo pretty well
fallen off, do cot seem to have been
greatly hurt, even where they were
not smudged. A report from the
rnometer was as low as 21 above and
that people were generally keeping
the smudge pots going. At the
ShaDk and other large orchards
down the river the frost was heavy
and the night cold, water freezing
lo vessels outside; however, every
one worked hard nid wcrn well
' qupped to prevent a bad freeze,
with the result that, so far, praetlr-
ally no damage was done.
Reports from Medford tell of a
very cold night. In that locality, but
through the night and until late this
morning.
KIRGLARY EPIDEMIC
SPREADS TO MEDWHI)
MEDFORD, Ore., April 14. An
epidemic of burglaries has broken
out In this city during the past week,
culminating last evening In the bur-
Itlarhlng of the furniture store of
Weeks ft McGown, where much loot
was sec urea. During toe week a
dozen residences have been entered
and pilfered of varying amount;:.
The police have as yet iot been able
to secure any rlue. Every tramp or
vagrant found within the rlty has
been given the "On your way" or
Or, but the burglarl serin to keep
mi without dlmlnhlng.
HAHN
ARRESTED
FOR AUTO THEFT
SAYS
HE. BOUGHT MACHINE
AND CAN PROVE IT
LAND TITLE NOT RECORDED
Wife Slut res Hubuds Cell
County Jail Says All a
Mistake
In
Chief of Police McLean received a
warrant from Portland Tuesday for
the arrest of one Fred Hahn, who Is
charged with the larceny of an Olds
moblle from a Portland auto concern.
O. E. McCarthy, a member of the
firm, arrived on the morning train
Tuesday and the telephone , wires
from this city were kept hot, with
the result that Hahn was located be
fore noon at the John Rauch ranch,
north of Glendale. It aeema that on
account of the almost Impassable
roads Hahn was forced to pass
through Glendale, which had not
been his intention, and was appre
hended there. Chief McLean, Mr.
McCarthy and A. McLean, of the
auty livery, left here for Glendale
and upon arriving there at 4 p. m.
found Hahn In custody and he was
brought back here Tuesday night
When arrested, Hahn made no re
distance and claims that he bought
the auto, that he was going to Med
ford to buy land and that things will
come out all right when he gets to
Portland. The auto people say that
Hahn purported to buy the car and
pave them a mortgage back on It and
also one on 160 acres of land In
Washington, but upon investigation
It was found that Hahn had no land
and had disappeared with the big
C-paasenger car for parts unknown.
(From Thursday's Dally)
It was rumored that a lady, who
with Hahn spent last night In the
rounty Jail and who came down with
h!m from Portland, was under arrest
and that the affair was an elopement,
Hahn having left his wife and chll
dren In Portland.
When seen at the Jail this Worn-
lug Hahn and the lady were sitting
In the corridor warming themselves
r a fire. DresHed In black, with a
tired but pretty face and a very
ladylike manner, Mrs. Hahn, for so
she proved to be, said she was not
under arrest. She said she came to
Grr-nt Pass and was In Jail because
she wanted to bo with hor husband.
She did not seem Inclined to do miich
talking, but Hahn told his side of the
affair. He claimed he had no Inten
Hon whatever of stealing the auto
mobile, but bought It In good faith
mid believes that h" wl'l be able to
Move his assertion.
"Von see, the way It was," said
Hahn, "I gave a mortgage on a pleco
(, land for additional security on the
purchase price of tho car, $ 2 7 r R
When the people I gave the mortgage
to commenced to look up the tltlo
It seem they couldn't find thnt
I had any title of record. I had as
signed my Interest In the land and
that party for some reason failed to
file his papers. Thnt Is why they
didn't find where I enme Into tho
deal. I don't see why they have
not found this out before and let mo
f o. I am expecting that such will bo
the case at any time now, as I have
wired them at Portland. As to my
wife, I have been married before, be
Ing divorced from my former wife,
who Is In Spokane, Wash. She re
reived my share and hers of what we
had over a year ago. Since then I
married again and this Is my wife
and she Is here In this Jail because
she was bound to stand by mo and see
me through. This affair Is n great
mistake, Why, I wouldn't have writ
ten from Cresco to tho sellers of the
car telling them -where I was golnfl
If I were trying to steal It, would If
I mailed this letter Tuesday from
Wosebiirg, but, of course, they didn't
rt It before they started out for me.
I am sorry that this matter hat got
ten In he papers, win hoping that
It wouldn't, but I wish you would tell
the facts now that something has
been laid."
CONSTRUCTION CEMENT
FACTORY PROGRESSING
The Cement Products Mfg. Co.,
composed of Messrs. McKlnatry,
Courtney & Hair, is making raplld
progress in the matter of the con
struction of their factory building.
The company was fortunate la se
curing a location with spur track.
They have a location directly oppo
site the new Southern Pacific pas
senger station. The building is 70
by 160 and extends through from V
street to the railroad tracts.
A part of the machinery has al
ready arrived, Including a 15 horse
power motor and transformer. Thla .
plant will be one of the largest and
most up-to-date on the Pacific
slope for the manufacture of pressed
brick, cement blocks, tile, pipe and
artificial stone, and when In full op
eration will work from 15 to 20 men.
The company Is already in its old
location turning out pressed brick at
the rate of 8,000 per day to be used
In construction of the new hotel.
All brick and blocks are manufact
ured under a hydraulic pressure of
80,000 pounds and strictly according
to government formula. The com
pany expect to he fully prepared to
fill orders accumulatllng within the
next 30 days.
MEN'S CLUB HAS A
MEETING OF INTEREST
The Men's club enjoyed a very
pleasant evening In the parlors of
the Newman M. 13. church on Tues
day, the occasion being the regular
monthly meeting of the Men's club.
Appropriate remarks were made by
the guest of the evening, Hon B. F,
Muikey, and Mr. Townsend gave an
Interesting talk about hotels In
Japan. Prof. Fields delighted the
club with a finely rendered Interpre
tation of Paderewskl's Minuet, which
was encored. The remainder of
the evening after the rendering of
the program was devoted to a toclal
hour and ended with the serving of
refreshments.
The club was organized last De
cember-and already has 100 mem
bers, who look forward with Interest
to Its mettlng held on the second
Tuesday of each month. A general
ntandlng Invitation Is extended to the
men, irrespective of religious belief,
to attend these meetings. The club
offers a good opportunity of becom
ing acquainted and establishing con
genial relations between strangers
and citizens.
NEW
PLAYERS AI)IER
TO LOCAL BALL TEAM
The opening baseball game of the
1911 season will bo played at the
baseball park on Sunday afternoon,
when the local team will meet the
Medford nine. Tho game will be
opened by Mayor Myers and City
Auditor Opdycke. Manager Roper
has spared no pains this season to
make his team one of tho strongest In
the valley league. Ho has acquired
seven new players, all said to bo good.
Among them are Pitcher Wilcox
from St. Mary's academy, Oakland,
Cnl., and Catcher Ilaker, also from
Oakland.
Medford Is said to have a good
teum and has been working hard
to get In pennant-winning form,
llaseball fans, In consequence,' have
it doped out that Sunday's game will
be one of the most exciting and en
thusiastic games ever witnessed ou
a Grants Pass diamond In yoars.
ItOKKM Iifl PLAN'S 1HG FESTIVAL
Ileglnnlng on May 11 and continu
ing for three days, Roseburg will
celebrate Its third annual strawberry
festival. Preparations are being made
for an Interesting time throughout
tho carnival. It Is planned to have
a rose show of no mean proportions
at the same time and another Import
ant feature In connection with the
s'rawberry festival will be a coin lave
of Elks from all over southern Ore
gon. There will also be a livestock
parade, a decorated auto parado and
a. fraternal congress. Flro bands
have been engaged to furnish muslo
snd children from schools In neigh
lortng towns and villages will be In
vited to Join In the parades.
The Roseburg district It noted for
Its early strawberries, Its contention
being that for 14 consecutive years
Roseburg strawberries have beea th
fliV In tl-i. l'.-Jaud markets. '.