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Oregon Historical society City Hall Subscribers Not tr. ... Receiving -flieir Papers Promptly Will Confer "at .Great- Favor by Notifying :' the Office ''M0nc&' THE WEATHER. Tonight nnd Saturday Clear, cooler; frost. Thursday -High 48, low 30, range, -10. Medford Mail RIBU .Full Leased Wire Report. United Press Association. The only pnpor lit. the., rorld published in h city tho size of Medford hav .ng a leased wire. ri , FOURTH YEAH. MKDFORU. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1909. No. 203. Superintendent Kelly of Trail Hatch ery 'Prepares Large Shipment r of Eggs to Be Planted In Mouth of Rogue. Miners Declared Spokane Unfair to Labor Because D,sPatch From Hood mver Sflys nf Un vtu a nriinn i, iwi, That Secl,on Cannt Compete Ut lid Mljlll HJdlllL IIIUILHIIM WUIIVCla 2,000,0000 EGGS WILL BE PLANTED DURING WINTER Chamber of Commerce. BaGks up City Authorities. for Carload Sweepstakes, as Rules Are Changed. HOOD RIVER EITHER RENIGS OR ROGUE, RIVER IS EFFECTED Last Year Approximately 1 ,000,000 Fish Eggs Were Planted The 'Number Is Doubled. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 12.-- of n citizens' alliance to quell tho In- Spokane has been boycotted by tho dustrinlists. They also voted nearly local union of the Western Fedora- n.1 "S"1 dollars to assist tho Na i:, , ... e -n , T1 , tional Guard intense it is sent to tion of Minors of Burke, Idaho, as aid tho poHce . unfair to labor, because of its fight j The ietltiors ea;m that thero arc against tho Industrial Workers of 20,000 men ready to help tho Work tho World. . ers in their fight, nnd that they arc US U Kelly, Jr., superintendent ot yiu vu uuopieu u reso-, prepared to ngnt tor a wnolo year the United States hatchery on iution s"i"g oil trade to tho en-'ii necessary to win out. Five hun 1?oguo river near Trail, has prepared tiro Co0lir d'Alcno mining district drcd men arc reported to have loft a shipment of 000,000 snlmon eggs, AloI. opuivune, wmcn norcioioro nas umcngo lor Spokane which will go forward Friday night botm tllu distributing point for tho and will be planted in the mouth of "e"til' region. ttogue river. During the wintor this Reports reached here today that iiuuny iuuu miners in iNortiiorn Local Fruit Men JDo Not See How Rules Could Have Been Changed This Late in the Day. - number will be increased to 2,000, 000, which will ho double tho num ber planted last year. The eggs aro in a splendid condi tion this year, according to Mr. Kelly. They will go forward Fri , day night by way of Portland, catch ing the steamor thero Saturday. They nrc to be planted in the very mouth of tho Iioguo. . miners m Washington nnd British Columbia aro also ready to assist the Indus trial Workers. -Information disclosed last night wns that tho Spokane chambor of commorco and tho booster club had both voted favorably to tho forming HOOD iayER, Of, Nov. 12. Hood River cannot compoto'at tho Spoknno applo show this year for tho grand prlzo offered for tho car- Illlbons ' nnvniis nrnpnor1iiina urn being instituted today in more than Iond npi),eB of n BlnfJl0 vrloty and u score of cases whoro Industrialists grown from a slnglo orchard. C aro charged with disorderly conduct II. Sprout, ono of the largest applo for speaking, growers in Hood Alver valley, had iuio rnoy itogers- nnu juoore, boen p,aanns to ontcr a wuuiiBci nn inu iiujmisuiiuii men, are a car of Spit- taking their cases direct to tho sit' perior court, declaring thoy nro un able to got justice before Municipal Judge Mann. FIGHTING FOR NEW TRIAL FOR FIVE TRAIN ROBBERS (United Press Leased Wire.) OMAHA,, Nob., Nov. 12. A mo tion for a now trial is being argued today by the attorneys of fivo men who were convicted last night of holding up the Cleveland limited last May. ' Tim rnnv5ntflfl mon nri Willi. im Matthews, Fred Torgenson, Daniel Ladles -of Greater Medford Club In BUSINESS MEN ALL FAVOR THE TREE PLANTING MAIN LINE OF ROD AGAIN Downer, Frank Qrigswaro nnd Law rence Golden. The men hail from Colorado, Washington nnd Idaho. If the motion is ovorrulcd, tho man probnbly will bo sentenced late today. Each man is liable to a sentence of lifo imprisonment. MANY PHYSICIANS ATTEND ACADEMY OF MEDICINE (United Press Leased 'Wire.) NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 12.--Famous physicians from points throughout the country are in at tendance today at the final sessions viewed many terview Business' Men and.Re ceive Words of Encouragement. of the American Academy of Modi cino. One of tho main events of tho day was a conforonco on tho subject of prevention of infant mortnlityi In order to learn what the various citizens of Medford think of thoir plans Jor beautifying tho streets of the cit by planting shadp treos on tho various streets tho ladies of tho Greater Medford cljub have iater- promlnont business PROSPECTSSCHQOL IS 'NOW FINISHED Aiken Ctmes Down for Visit and Re ports Schoolhouso Ready for Occupancy. S, S. Aiken of- Prospect, who was in, Medford Friday, roporlu that tho now schoolhouso at that place Is now finished, and to the entire- (satisfac tion of the directors and p:.lrons of tho district. Tho contractors, Lyon & Lyon of Medford, Mr. Aiken states, hnvo dono an exceptionally good pleco ot work, , The etructuro is 40x40 feet In size and is divided into two rooms. Ac present only ono room will T) used, men with tho following results: Tnl.i T . U . mi. 1 - uuilll , lilt, lUUVUinUIH IB a most worthy one. Prominent ex amples in other cities are Sherbrooko avenuo In Montreal and Euclid ave nue in Cleveland. Nothing adds more to tho attraotlvoness of a city. By all means continue the work, J. A. Tornoy: Tho plantirg of trees is secondary only la Importance to street paving. A thousand dollars spent in properly planting shade trees will Increase tho population of tho city 1000 a year. J, E. Enyart: Ono of tho finest propositions over brought boforo tho residents of Medford. It should have started years ago under proper su pervision. J, D. Olwoll: The best advertise ment Medford can have as bolng an ideal residence town. A. A. Davis: An excellent idea, provided you guaranteo proper care and supervision. Those trees will need lots of water, Neglect them for a short tlmoand they will die. By all means beautify tho city in this way. A. S, Rosenbaum: I am heartily in favor, of tree planting. Passengers zonborgs of 000 boxes' for tho Elliott prize nnd sweepstakes. Mr. Sprout had packed, his fruit according to tho printed rules gov erning tho pack and ma..nor of ?x hlibtlon, which call for adhoronco to the .follpwlng: ?AU ;jpnlos must bo vrrnppcd whon received. Top layor of apples in each box shall havo tho wrappers removed after bolng placed upon exhibition." Mr. Sproat prepared to placo his car pf commercially packed apples,, with wrappers on, at tho pavilion of tho Spokane ipplo show, tho wrap pers then to bo romovod according to tho printed rules. Now tho Spokano management an nounces that It has changed the rules requiring applos to bo placed on ex hibition wrapped, nnd that tho ex- I ll 1 1 1 1 - n mn, itn.V Mini. - 1 . 1 . 1. Tlio Southern Pacific has succeed- . . . iv faw "HWFliViai l MUOU Til U WIIVU IN OPERATION Tunnel Cleared This Morning and Train Schedule Will Be Resumed Soon. JAIM IMSUMS Trap is Sprung Promptly at' 12:30 Pitiful SGene in Penitentiaty This Morning as Murderer's Wife and Aged Mother Bid Him Good Bye History or the Crime - (Unltod Press Leased Wire.) SALEM, Or., Nov. 12. -At 12:30 today James Anderson Finch, un at torney at law, newspaper man and politician of prominonco in Oregon, Wns hanged by tho neck until dead' at tho Oregon penitentiary for shootinc to death ltnlpa Fisher In his law offico at Portland on No vember 28, 1908. Tho trajt was sprung on time and Finch went to moot his Mnkor. Finch loft tho coll at 12:24W, loft chapel at 12:25. At 12:28 was dropped and at 12:32 pronounc ed dead just 3 minutes from tho time tho trap dropped. This boatw all Oregon -ronords by.oight tninutcH. lusher had been nppointed bv the Oregon Bar association to nrosoouto disbannont procoodincrs ncainst Finch for drunkenness nnd oondnnti unbecoming to tho profession', nnd it did not appear on tho trial that th'jrc was any othor cnuso for fooling' u.o tweon tho two men. Fisher1 was a mnn of high character, a brother-in-law of Senator T. B. Kay of Salem. Tho dofonso made a stubborn Piiriit to savo Finch to tho last hour, bring ing his aged mother and wife to Sa lem and besieging Governor Bonson with petitions from .prominent mem-. hers of the bar. Governor Benson did nlmost nothing tho past wcok, day and night, but consider docu1 nients bearing on tho enso and re viewing the- cvidonco. Ho wns sustninod in his final do oiMirtn to not interfere with tho exe cution of Fipeh by pistriot Attorney Cnmoron, tho trial judgo, and tlio su promo court of Oregon, that unant- (Contlnued on pace 8.) Chief of Engineering Department . Makes Recommendations for Various Amounts to Be .. . Expended on Rivers. CRATER LAKE EVIDENTLY LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Yellowstone Gets $150,000; Mt. Ra!- nicr $125,000, But Southern Or egon Park Is Neglected. ml In riA(itlv flirt .ln1.HH At. l " : . . advantngo ef tho later ruling will by tho cave-In at Coram. Tho track was opened Friday morning. - Tho train sorvjeo from tho south will again bo placed on schodulo aft er tonight, when it Is believed that 14 and 1C will he soveral hours lato. I Matters should bo normal Saturday. havo apple- of a much moro hand somo appearanco and also a closer pack, and will mako much hlghor scores, Is It Cold Feet? Tho nbovo dispatch Indicates that oithor the Spoknno management Is trying to "slip on on growors from a distance, or that Hood IMvor growers aro gottlng cold foot. Tho Hoed River crop hns been short this year, and it Is among tho possibili ties that when tho time enmo to make up tho car of applos for showV that GOf ERS SAYS Of OAS ABIDING FAITH IN COURTS "iff? States That He Does Not Know When He Will Go to Peni tentiary With Other Leaders. TEDDY'S FRIENDS DISCOVER DEEP S DARK CHEME Say That Attempt Is Being Made to Discredit His Reign Death Rumor to Test the ".'J;.. Public. (United Frew Loaned Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 12. - Colonel W. L. Marshall, chiof of tho Unit'ed States engineering depart ment, in his annual report made pub- lio today, rocommonds that 1,G(J0, 000 bo appropriated for tho improve- tnont of tho mouth of the Columbia rivor that $1,000,000 bo appropri ated for work on tho Columbia river botweon tho foot of. the Dalles rap ids and tho hoad of tho Colilo Falls, and that $315,000 bo appropriated for tho improvement of Oakland hnr- hnv. ' Among other important recom mendations for appropriations af fecting tho Pacific coast states -tre tho following: For San Luia Obispo harbor, $100,000; for tho Columbia and Lower Willamotto below Portland, $175,000; for Pugot Sound nnd trib utaries, $120,000; for tho Sau Joa quin rivor, $35,'000 ; for the Sacra- 1 mento and Foather rivers, 30 000; for tho Columbia rivor and n 'tr-. jos abovo Colilo Falls to tlu ....itiftt of Snake river, $00,000; for l! nor portion of Gray's Harbor, .j 000; for tho Willamette river nU but it la expected that both rooms will bo necessity In a short time to on tll0 Southorn Pacific ought to see accommodoto tho rapidly lncreaning rowa of treea on elther Bjde ot thom number of pupua in tne district, rue i th(J tra,n come8 mto tho cUyt per. building cost 2500 and is ono ot themanent resldont3 would bo attracted most modem country echoolLouses jn jnjB wnji In tho county. Jt F xiy: The town ought to George A. Crain of Douglas coun- haVo shado tro08t No town necdB ty has been cngsged to teact tho , troeB worBO than Medfo'rd lu summer winter lorm, ana openea scnooi a law time. The city could not better spend 1 days ago. (Continued on pace f.) Mrs. Urlnh Gordon, n woll known pioneer lady of Flounce Rock, North Roguo River, has rented ono of Mr. Hafor's pretty --osidoncos on North Jackson street and will movo at once from her old homo of 50 years con- thoro wafm.t a flll, car of fr8t.claBS unuous roaiuonco, wnoro sno can en- fruj jn tn0 vf.lley jujr uu upprccmco vne many oicssings RoBe Rlver comuotltora have ro ot cnurcii ana social wo our city at- Celved no notice ot a change In tho scoring rules and have shipped thoir exhibits in accordance with the rules first published. Kxcct to Hear, "I am expecting a telegram either this evening or tomorrow morning from William Hookor, who wont to Spokane with the Tronson & Guthrie car," said J. A, Perry of tho Rogue River Valley Fruit' Growers' union, "nand if there Is anything in that story ho will advise mo. I gave hlra Instructions to wire me fully as to tbo situation and the rules of competi tion. Mr. Tronson la also with tho mention such n radical change. If . this story fords in her declining yeare. CENTRAL POINT LADIES FIRM NEW CLUB Similar to Greater Medford Club and Will Devote Its Ends to Im provement of City. (Mnll Tribune Special Service.) CENTRAL POINT, Or., Nor. 12. A number of ladles met Thursday car, and would naturally afternoon in tho Commercial club rooms for the purpose of organizing I la true It will, of course, affect tho a ladles club. Aftor discussing tho 8Coro of our apples, but whother Jt object aimoJ at It was decided to would affect it sufficiently to keep name tho now organization the La- them out of tho competition or not I dies Improvement club, the object of am uncertain." which shall "ho to promoto the social "I am unable to see how tho rules welfar of tho town and to encourago could bo changed at this lato dato," needed civic improvements. said J. E. Watt. "The entries closed Mrs. Stella Fox was elected presl- a wtok ago Wednesday and woro dent of tho now club, Mrs. Hattle based on tho published rulos. Changes Hatfield chosen as vice-president, in the rules after entries had boen Mrs. Josephine Kahler secretary and made in good faith would he Illegal, Mrs. MlnnioPlnlqger treasurer. i should Judgo." Portland and tho Yamhill rivor, $u0,-" 000; for tho canal at tho Columbia rover betwodti VflliCdlivor mid thV X,. . mouth of tho Willamotto, .WO.OOOs (United Press Lead Wlr.l i NRW vnntf id tnl.i For Xollowstono Park. SlfiO.nfin- ( nar nc to flirht whnt M.nv mil n ,u. -i umiur muse, i-or bollcal plot to discredit tho former f?"lru"LB?in,0P 0,1 npP.ro" proslddnt'a reign by nn 'attompt to a.-Z tXJ. 7 - T":TL"1"' ti ii ...... juuiuiuiv iiuKuibon cm .uuu.- " ivuuDuyvu pruiucieu sugar, nnn n. . i ' tobacco nn,! nw.i, ,.., m. ".i 0o" Uw onguml rocommondntipns Ohnrl.- J n nn . bY M,lh f" fortification Tl,n -romnf nr,1 f t ,,, "uiuoi- HuiirovoraeniB. wwwjv i 'Inn linti ttmat n it rlonfh W lc ,lnnlnn,l !... """woo "1'1'iujujunuiia lor " . , ; 7' a", " waterway improvement on tho Pa foolor to boo how strong public son- Liri,. ooi - i 1, . V ' "m ' IColumbitt rivor and tho lower Wli. Inmntln. wlitnli A NOW York nowsimnnr. ..innn.d bb-H "CMi:,y " i n.i.ii iiii.iii ii i. i i. - -1 11.. 1L. . .-,--,---. io uo uiubo mo ino money power, nns printed a pago nnd a half artlclo to I show that Roooovelt protected the sugar trust annd proyentcd Its pros ecution. Tho "Interests" havo not much use for tho sugar trusts. It la a closol corporation and will ho sacrificed. Everything 'known about It will bo placed, at tho disposal of Attorney A. H. Miller Brings In Four Crates Goneral Wlckorsham, so that It will convention of labor today Samuol Gompors, prosldont of tho labod body saiu: . "As to when wo aro going to tho ponitcntlary I cannot say. Many noo- plo havo said to us that wo won't go to Jail. A number of these pooplo said that Justice Wright would not find us guilty, but ho did. Howovor, I hnvo an abiding faith in our courts. "I hopo tho courts will immortal Izo thomsolvos by rehabilitating tho principles of Magna Charta. I know no case bo Important as thla oinco tho civil wnr. I did not dofond tho caso becatiBo I wanted to test tho free speoch and freo press." Gompors declares that tho court made a cowardly evasion of the Is sue, ''''WXU NOBLES OEF TONIGHT BIG TIME IN ALBANY Large Delegation of Shrlners Sig nify Their Intention of Attend ing Ceremonial. fevory noble of the Mystic Shrhio who can break away from othor en- gaguiuonls will don his fez this af ternoon and join tho caravan of his borthors on tho pilgriraago to Albany Saturday tho nobles will gather at Albany and proceed to apply tho tor tures which mako good and truo no bles of tho neophytes who hnvo been gathered, and who aro cagor to try the trail across the burning snrwle. ' Thero will ho n largo delegation boar! No. 10 at Ashland tonight and FINE STRAWBERRIES IN MID-NOVEMBER have tho crodlt of dissolving accord' Ing to Roosovoltlans. If that Is in sufficient, thoy say, tho tobacco and powder trusts must go. Thoy also nro cJoso corporations. From His RanchProbably Last of Season. It. W. Harris, agcu uuuiu HQ years, dlod at tho Medford hospital of ly phold fover Thursday aftor an Ill ness or several weeks, mo was a recent arrival from California and his remains aro being hold pondlns advices from his rolatlvs lu that stato, In spite of tho fact that U Is mid-November and that tho sur rounding meun'talns are donning their winter mantles of whlto, A, H. Mlllor Friday morning brought Into tho city cour cratoa ot as tine strnwborrloa as havo boon shown this season. Thesa aro probably tbo last to be harrcstod this year. O'GARA AND TAYLOR OFF TO ASHLAND ON BUSINESS Professor O'Gara, county ento aggregation horo, Among thoso who have signified their intention of attending if pos sible nro: Lonia Warner, C. I. Hutch- mologist G. W. Taylor and others iT ison, A. S. Iiosonhauin, Loon Has- terested in fruit growing will attend kins, Dr. PJqKcI, W. T, Vawter, Po- tho horticultural mooting at Ashland tor lioronzotii W. M. Colvig, Dr. Saturday from Medford. Pago, J. E. .Enyart, D. T. Lawtou, J. Professor O'Gara will address the J. Buchtor, There ato a number of meeting on tho same sjubjoct as ha otnors wno aro contemplating tho did at the mooting of tho Uoguo IUvr tnn. nnu the list will ilnnhHnaa lin Horticultural unit n v in Un.lf.ml loot .1 Ill 1... jr!...T I... H..l....l . . " . " hhjj nui uo jojinju u- mo iieuioni nioreaseu. Haturday. j,