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Medford Mail Tribune
THE WKATHKIt. r?"
Tonight and Thursday,
rain. Tuesday IIIghT 68,
low 62! range 6f; sunshine
KOURT.ll YJ5AR.
MEDFORD, OIMWON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1909.
No. 2.13.
LOSSESFROMIHERMANN UP1
STORMS ARE j FDR TRIAL
HEAVY j JULIO "
Lumbermen Loso Thousands of Dol-'
Inrs' Worth of Lous by Heavy
Floods in Northwest
Streams.
LOSS IN WILLAMETTE
VALLEY EXCEEDS $50,000;
Engineer on Northern Pacific Killed
When Train Hits Landslide.
Storm Abates.
(I'nllmt Vrrtn Lert Wire!
PORTLAND. Or., Nov. Plfiy
thousand dollars i the ontimati'd
toll which roKidcnts of tin Willsinette
vnlloy will pay for tlio high water
of the InM few days according t
reports received tip to noon, lag
ging indiiHtrio-f nud fanner nro tin
heavy lohnrn. I'Vil by molting no
in lite CnMNidt mountain" and heavy
ruins tlu Willamette river is still
rising anil it tributaries in tin Wi'
Intnotlo vnllov have overflowed their
banks, tho Willamette wtodd at 2"
feet and 8 inoho at Salem at no'iii
today.
It in not expected that much more
damage will b. tfaiisfiil bytlie high
wntcr, as Uie Vnihs Jmvo censed' and
the weather has turned cooler.
Although tho Willamette and Co
luinhin rivers nrc expected to rice for
a day oro, it i Jiut thought ihsl
,tht' rihu will lie il'i'iriciit to do much
further damage.
Telephonic and telogrnphiu com
iiiuiiiratioii mifferod the wot nevero
dnmngo yesterday, hut today the
lino have boon practically roMorod.
Quito a number of mil rood bridge
have been wahed out. and land
slides have bloolwd th 0. K. ft X.
in several plnoe. and It inn.v be ev
ornl day before regular mi1iUi
will be roMiinod.
Lumbermen Suffer.
AHKRDF.HN. Wash.. Nov. 2-1. It
id estimated today that tho lo to
lnggrr on Gray llnrbor will total
in the neighborhood of $200,000 ah a
tiQUkmimuico of Ilia high water of tlio
pnf-t fe.w days. Fully 10,000 logs
liave drifted out to mui and many
strewed alon' the beaches of the
lower bay.
The heavy wind has blown down
liuudredH of trees in the woods nnd
logger coining out of the camps tell
of narrow eRcntuw in avoiding them
nu (hey fell over. The loss has been
confined mainly to the C'huhali din
trie.!. Many rancheix along the
river had mortgaged their farms to
get their logs into tho stream, and
f-omo have oven mortgaged tho logs
thoinselveu, expecting to renlire on
them to meet their obligations. Tlu-.o
will be tho greatest sufferers from
the high water, although the larger
logging companies have sustained
heavy losses,
Washington Stream I'lillcn.
HKM,I-N'(IIIAM. Wash., Nov. 21.
Cold, clear weather and a cessation
of tho rainfall have combined to
lower tho Nooksnek river by several
feet during tho last few hours, and
all danger from floods is believed t.i
be rinsi today,
While the yuters reached (he high
est mark in years and considerable
dnmage has been done, the losses nro
not as heavy as they have been m
the past. Tho people livinir nlonir
tho Ktroam scorn to have prospered by
tho oxperiouco of recent storms and
wero prepared.
Mill owners have lont heavier than
others, hundreds of dollars' worth of
bolts have been washed down stream,
that probably nover will bo recovered
by tlio ownors. Tho boaoh-ctfinbors
1 will profit grontly by tho floods,
j Many small bridges havo boon
j wnshod out, but tho larger ones havo
' boon protcoted and stood (ho strain
well. Hailrond companies, are today
repairing tho damage
Tho waters are rapidly receding
today and thoro Is ovory indication
Judyo Wolverlon Dclf nltely Sets Time
for Trial Upon Hearing
From Hermann's
Attorney.
HENEY LEAVES PORTLAND
FOR SAN FRANCISCO
Will Return to Prosecute Former
Congressman About the
First of January.
M-"t,i tt I.fniuHl Wire-
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 24. HlnKor
Hermann, cxcongrosHinan from the
state of Oregon and for many years
a prominent factor In northwest poli
tics, will he put on trial In tho United
States district court January 10 for
conspiracy to fraudulently obtain gov
ornmont land.
Federal JuiJko Charlett K. Wolvcr-
ton today definitely net the date of
trial. followllng the receipt last night
of a terrain from Henryy Worthlng-
ton of New York, chlof counsel for
Hermann, notifying the court of his
atdllty to attend at that time.
Following the trial of Hermann oth
en Indicted of land fraud charges
wlll'lie put on trial. ' On tho Hermann
trial, too, will depend the dismissal
of a score or in Indictments pondltiR
ngalnst others on minor charges.
Frnncls J. Honey, special prosecut-
nr tnr flm I'nltfiil States, flflcr RtlOlUWl
Ing n weelc In Portland In conferoncel
with United Stated District Attorno.'
John McCourt and othors. left last
night for San Francisco. He wlM re
turn to Portland about Jannnry 1 to
take up tho prosecution or the llrr
mnnn case.
ALL BUT ?a BODIES
FOUND IN CHERRY MINE
(V illicit Vrrnm I.ceil Wlro )
CHKIUIV, 111.. Nov. 2J.-A sum
mary of the disaster at the St. Paul
mine here shows that "M men wc-e
in the mine when the fire started. Of
this number it is estimated that 200
men escaped from the mine on the
day the firo broke out. Lnt Sat
urday 20 men were taken alive from
the mine. With the 101 dead bodies
already recovered, 100 bodies were
found in tho lowest level today.
MANY DIE IN BROOKLYN
TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE
(Unltctl rre Loaned Wire )
HHOOKIA'N, N. Y Nov. 21. Six
persons, two women, one mnn nud
thrco small children, wore burned to
death ,ten persoiiH were injured, one
fnlnllv nnd nun wmnnn is missine; as
a vesult of a. tenement house fire in
, Havens Place. Tho ruins of the
structure nro being searched to as
! certain if thcro nro other bodies in
the ashes,
Hdltor, Pat t hou of tho Contra!
Point Herald Ib In town. ,
FOOTBALL GAME TO
ROUND Wi THE DAY
Proverbial Thanksfjlvlnrj Football
Game Will Bo Played on Local
Grounds Tomorrow.
Tho Modford High School team
will bo called upon to dofond its titlo
, to tho championship ol bouthern Ur
.ogon tomorrow ngninst ouo of tho
strongest tenuis it has yot encoun
tered. Kvory mnn, womnii and
child with an ouneo of rod blood In
! their veins should ntt'ond this ganio,
If you don't understand football yon
can yell, and that is ouo of tho mam
features.
1621 . Thanksgiving 1909
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THE TURKEY'S THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
By GERALD PRIME
Copyright. 1909, by Amnlun PrtM AnocU.Ion
GOBBLERS and gobblerines of every kind and station,
1 beg you to give heed to this my proclamation:
Tis now th' very season when our turkey eating foes
Labor briskly overtime to make us adipose.
Temptations strong and subtle lurk ever at our door.
Seek to keep us eating as we've never done before.
We've been surfeited with tidbits dear to th' turkey heart.
Celery and chestnuts a fine flavor do impart
To our ever toothsome flesh, soon to fall an easy prey
To those who thus do celebrate their dread Thanksgiving day.
'Tis cannibalistic, truly, smacks of ancient Rome,
Lucullus and his peacock feast and sybaritic home.
With such views held steadfastly in modern turkeydom
'Tis time that to this massacre a sudden end should come.
And 1 do hcteby give you, O tutks and turkerines,
A recipe forycalltng off these melancholy scenes,
Which, like a horrid pestilence, frequently have come
To mar the perfect peace which belongs to turkeydom.
Our safety lies in fasting. No appetite so keen
As to relish bird anaemic, abnormally so lean
That all its flesh js shrunken and all its flavor pasL
Therefore, fellow victims, 1 proclaim a turkey fast I
'
Tho schools, churches,
tho
towns-!
people nnd tho stranger within tho
gates of the city will unite in tho
proper obsorvniieo of Thanksgiving
day, that festival peculiarly Amon
caii, nnd which is observed in moro
i
difforent ways, nccording to tho lm
mor or belief of tlio colobrator, than
is oven the iintionnl holiday, tho
Fourth of July, From cburcli serv-
. t i n. ii ii il.
ices m tlio morning lou.ooiuau in uiu
afternoon, and thou 'to tho climax f
THANKSGIVING
SERVICES
the turkey dinner in tlio evening, tnej0t.
day U such n festival as coiijil be
mm ATmmr
T
bud
in no otbor country but this.
What tho pilgrim fathers would have
thought of somo of tho menus tlicir
descendants of Inter days havo
adopted to show thoir thankfulness !s
conjccturnblo, but it is snfo to say
that if btoy could view a football
M-rinuungo it wouldn't look much dif
itront to thorn than some of their
own encounters with the red men,
...
w hi o thev wero "nenovtlently n
'filimnilotlnc" the children of tho for-
"(Continued on pneo 8.)"
OM OW
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18 FITTINGLY
OBSERVED
School Children Holding Afternoon
Devoted to Programs In Keep
ing With Thanksgiving
Spirit.
In every classroom of tho city
bchools this afternoon appropriate
programs are being rendered, all la
accord with the Thaniisgivlng day
spirit. Many parents and friends of
tho school children nro In attendance
and tho real meaning of tlio day Is
being brqught out In a vray calculat -
ed to Instill In tho minds ot tho chll -
uren some utea or mo many uungs
rcsldonts of southern Oregon havo to
be thankful fo,. For somo tlmo tho
'children have, been drlllod In the
exercises and thoso attending tills aft
ernoon will to In n,o senso disappoint
ed. ,
In connection with the Thanfcsglv-
'-c nrngr'tma tho children are aiding ident Taft.
n tvo work of tlio ladlert of tlio Great-( The report Is divided Into two
r Vfilford club In planting shado.nnrtH. The first deals with the charges
trees upon tho strets of tho city. The I that Secretary Bellinger technically,
benefits to bo derived from tho shado violated the law In handling tho Alas-!
trees nro bolug brought out and tho
, children nro aiding In no small way.
J Tho programs In tho varlouu class
rooms aro as fpllows:
Tho following programs wero ar
ranged In the Wnshlngto'i, or West
'"j.
First Primary.
Song, "Soptomber," by school; rec
itation, "Whlc'i I Llko Boat," Mario
Walters, Dolllo nrumblo, Boatrlco
Poo'l, Vesta Davenport, Chnrlotto
Stnmmeryhrr:i: recitation, "Tommy's'
Thanknglvlne Troubles," Clarenco
Herbngo; recitation. "Plautlng a
Tree." Claronco Horbano, Walton
Henl' Trowbridge. Frnnkio
Brandon, Lynn n Spragito.
Charles
iContlmied on pago S.)
SEABOARD IS HANLEY CASE
LASHED BY HEARD IN
STORM COURT
Great Damage Done to Shipping
Many Lives Are Believed
to Be Lost Ships
Piled Up.
DAMAGE WILL RUN
INTO THE MILLIONS
Meagre Reports Drifting in Are
Adding to the Tale of De
struction. (United Preen Leased Wlre.
PLYMOUTH, Mas., Nov. 24.
Lashed by the worst storm that has
swept the New England coast for over
a year, a big three-masted sehopner,
name unknown, but which Is one of
a fleot owned by the Gilbert Trans
portation company, Is asnore on Ste
venti flat in this harbor.
The lives of the men who are on
board the vessel are threatened. The
schooner Is loaded with stone.
Every boat In the harbor
except
t,wjj.has been piled on the beach by
trjetorm and some of these have
Wrojn .all. along the coast meager
reporgre dVlttlng In f 8 of 'gx 0F WILLINGNESS
j)amagto shipping. It Is estimated, SHOWN IN COAL CASES
that itkaTcpst will run Into the mil-,
Honp lanaahat many lives have been (United press Leased Wire.)
lost. . ; SEATTLE, Wn&h., Nov. 24. The
proceedings in the Cunningham coal
PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 24. The hearing here has disclosed indications
two-masted schooner PInkey, blown 0f n willingness on the part of tho
ashore In this harbor by the force of
the storm which Is sweeping the New
! England coast. Is being battered to
... . .1. I Mi
I pieces oj me suri una uuctuuuu.
Many small craft are reported
iwreckcM along the Maine coast.
NOMINATING CONVENTION
IS HELD IN GRANTS PASS
GRANTS PASS. Or., Nov. 24.
The electors of the repeetivo wards
in Grants Pass held their nominating
j conventions for the nomination of
j candidates fo reouncilmon at the
coming city election, last evening.
Tho candidates are: First ward, J. E.
Hair and J. L. Calvert ; second ward,
J. T. Tuffs; third ward, W. E. Hair,
and John Sauers; fourth ward, Wil-,
Ham Huppins nnd R. L. Byrd, and
also G. P. Jester. There was some
confusion in the fourth nnd two dif-,
ferent meetings were held. The gon-
cral caucus comes on ' tonight, nnd
from all appearances the candidates
will be II. D. Norton nnd J. C. Smith.
BALLINGER PREPARES
VOLUMINOUS ANSWER
l WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Four
i large onndles of documents comprise
secretary uaumger s
answers to ,
President Tnft's qupestion regarding
the several phases In the Balllnger
Plnchot controversy.
After working nearly all night, Bal
llnger's clerk3 finished the report to
day and It Is understood that the doc
uments are now In the hands of Pres-
V eonl claims, and the scond Is de
elmd to meet the charges that Bal
linger hnd overthrown Roosevelt's
conservation policies.
TIGER FRIGHTENED BY
NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY
.t'.i,o.i press Lea1 YC'
NEW YORK. Nov. 24. The Tam
many Tiger Is a badly frightened an
imal today following the announce-
ment that District Attornoy-elect
Whitman has chosen Frank Moss for
his first assistant,
Moso Is rcognlzed as a reformer
nnd tho hope of tho liberals for an
open town undor Jurgo Gnynor's ad-
ministration has vanlshod.
Judge Hanna Hears Case Argued
and Takes Matter Under Ad
visementEarly Decis
ion Promised.
CASE CERTAIN TO GO
TO THE SUPREME COUHf
City Will Carry It Up if It Loses Out,
as Will Hanley, Should He -Fail
to Win.
The case of M. F. Hanley vs. tho
city of Medford, a suit onjolnlns tho
city' from entering upon his premises
on Little Butte creek for tho pur
pose of laying a gravity water main
In accordance with a Judgment se
cured by the city at a special session
of the court, with Judce Coko pre
siding, was heard In the circuit court
Wednesday morning. Tho case was
argued at length, Judge Hanna taking
It under advisement and promising an
j eariy decision. "When this decision
Is filed the case can be carried to tho
supreme court, as will bo done by
either party should they loso. , . y
nndoffice to facilitate the granting
1 0f the patents to clnimnnts and a
seeming lnck of determination or
1 ' .1..
rvigor on prosecuting me eases.
it developed that last summer, at
tbe time the !and office was forcing
Field Agent Glaus of tho, land de
partment to .trial with tho case, Gln
vi was demanding n field examina
tion for the purpose of nscortaining
the character of tho land of tho im
provements thereon. Failing to con
vince the laud office of this neces
sity, Glnvi appealed to the forestry
service. The forostry bureau inter
vened, nsked for delay, nnd secured
tune enough to make a hasty examin
ation. WOMAN ARRIVES TO MEET
HUSBAND; FAILS TO FIND HIM
Mrs. Strannghan of Sacramento
with five nall children, arrived in
j Medford Tuesday evening, where ha
expected to meet her husband. So
) far, he has failed to show up. Sho
' is at the Hotel Nash nnd would ar
'predate any word regarding his.
I whereabouts.
CHICAGO ATTORNEY IS
NAMED FOR M'HURG'S JOB.
flnH Tribune Special Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Uonja-
mln S. Cable, a Chicago attornoy, has.
been appointed assistant secretary of:
commerce and labor to succeed Cros-
by McHarg.
' FOR THANKSGIVING
Occasional Showers Are on the Pro
gram for Tonight and
Tomorrow.
Twenty ono-hundredths of an ineji
of rain foil Tuesday evening before!
midnight, and showers nro stilPcom
ing. The prediction today is for
showors tonight nnd Thursday, The
total for tho storm is over seven
inches. Rogue rivor is falling and
m further damage along its banks is
evpocted.