Omion Historical Society
City Mil
Medford Mail Tribune
First
Section
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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDPOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1909.
No. 215.
1000
G RETURN
MADE THIS
Many Wonderful Records Made by,
Routic River Valley Orchardlsts
Most Prosperous fit
All Years.
WITH SPLENDID CROP,
PRICES WERE GOOD
To Grow Fruit With International
f Reputntlon (or Quality
Pays Well.
KiiitriiiAt'y of IIouud Hlvcr apple and
Iriri Iiah long been acknowledged In the
fruit iimTkrU of Mm world, though thl
In tUn fir! year gruwrr nvrr offered
their product In competition with the
world nt Hpplo show, Knulatitt
Inkrn nil if tlio Newtown
Pippin produced, Now York City
thn HplHrnberijj, While. lr. H'iJ
verwtllr conceded in finest irrown, bring
".the lilKlimt price In nit tho market of
th world. Return for the present jwir
,nr not ii U In, but th following show
vrhnt Itofftln Itiver orchard nro doing
n.tie year of our I-onl, ISQfend Hint
'$1000 nn 'aero net la ft common occur
Mieer Tb Kororois Orchard.
from hi f7-year-old HidUenberg or
chard neiir Control Point W. It Nor
oroM averaged ISO boxes per acre, which
nrltiyl him I! SO n tiox nt the orchard,
' or $1050 pr ncre. Thn fruit wn mar
, krtrri In New York city. From It-year
' old Newtown IMppIn treea 3 boxes
' per ncre, which old, f o. ti. orchard,
for $240 n box, or $1420 so per ncre
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Mountain View Orchard.
A. C Itnndnll picked, from thn Moun
tain Vlw nrrlinrd nt Tnlflllt till fall
13.&00 box. of Newtown I'lpplna. Twenty-three
ncre yielded 12,000 boxen,
f which will net IS n box, or over 11000
nn ncro. Ho fnr'n aold, hla Newtown
have netted $2.25 n box. One tre yield
ed 57 boxen, n record yield for nny ee
tlon. From 2S Ornvcnsteln applo treea Mr
, Rnndhll aold $00 worth of apple, the
crop being 460 boxes, nn average of
over t boxe to tho tree, or over 121
per tree. One tree of . Grnv'enstelns
V, yielded 35 hoxea
Prom three nnd n half acre of Ine
. anp nnd Hpltzenberg. Mr. Randall aold
U.00 boxe of apple at z a nox ni, ur
$3000, nn overage of an nore.
' Tronton uutnrio.
Tronnon & Guthrie from flvo acre of
lo-yenr-old Hpttnenbens. averaged 520
boxe lo the ncre, which netted them
nn nvcmge pilce of $3 n box, or IIB00
-.. ... , i..i... ..nr.,i tuna
nn ncre. in nun inn iii " t..--
In prize nt HioUi.nn nnd h higher prlco
for their premium cnr. T.ntt yenr they
ftvernk-ed 12 47 a box for their npple.
It C. K. Aalbury, fromJIOO trooa on
hi lUveraldo orchard, near Oold lltll,
hriN mnrkeled four car of Hpltzenboru
nnd lien llnvl. principally tho Intter,
which hn Kroaned him $5000. or n not
profit, deducting all expeimoB of oporn
tlon, of $3000.
The Burrcll Orohard.
Tho Ilurri'll orchard, ownod by tho
Hurroll Inveatinont company of Port
land, brolio nil record for Quantity this
year, HhlppliiK 40 cnrH of peara from
4ft ncre, which avernKed (J ft box nt
the orclmrd, $IO;000 for tho crop. Their
llnrtluttH netted $1000 nn nurn nnd for
tho punt nlno ymirH Imvn netted iiiinuiilly
' $000 nn ncre. One car of IlurtlnttH thlH
yonr wold for $125 n box In New York
city, tho hlith rocord of tho year for
Hai'tlntlM.
YOUNG DANCING
GIRL SUES GOULD
Ninv YdlllC, Jov. 27 rrnnk Jay
Qould, tho multl-mlllloiuilro, who wn
hut rccoutly divorced from Helen Kolly
Omild, hns been sued for $200,000 by n
younif dnncliw Klrli Known to tho pnbllo
nil "IIonsIo IioVoo." Tho fact thnt aorvlco
In thlH notion wum ohtnlnod upon Mr.
Oould JuhI before hi departure for Hit-!
ropo was rovenloil tonlKht by a spcolnl
dlspatoh from London, nnd tho London
report wn confirmed Inter. It wn
learned that MtrenuouH effort wcrol
inmlp to pros tho notion to trial In tho
AN ACRE A
SIRIVERWORKS
: HAVOC Al l
MMl
'Thousand of Dollars' Loss Caused
I.u D.n.nl Ul,.l. Unlnr- Cll
UJ 111.1,1.111 U" IIUIU Ml t,
Creek Dam Carried
Away. I
MANY EGGS AND SALMON
&
FRY ARE TOTAL LOSS
Found Necessary to Establish Sup
plementary Hatchery by Tap- J
ping Irrigation Ditch.
Tlioitaanda of tlollura' worth of dam
nit wum dono to tho 151k croe.k rialcU
ery by ilia recent hlxli water In llottue
rlvi"-
Over 1&.000 rcK wvrajoit nnd a larc
niiinbr uf caluuin fry lmd to bo nlnnt-
.m1 before the lima had comu nnd tb
percvntatle of lot will bn Rreat.
II wik found neceenary to muko n
BUpplvinviititry .hatc)ery,t ty tapplmr n
Uhh.1 Irrfa-ntlon dltcho In order to 4Vo
eKK In procen of Incubation
Thn raat wlmt of the dam In Elk
creek, where It hn been the cUKtom
lo Inko Hletilhend cit, wn taken out
by tho WHternnd that will lv Ui
repinoeii.
The water from the Jtoifue did alt tho
dninauiunnd Imd.Klk creek rlon In pro
portion to the rl In tho larger atrennt
tho plnnt would hnvo been practically
wiped out.
Had not the water fallen when It did
there I no lelllnK what would have
been left., n u crlal wna rapidly np
pronchlm;. The bank of the river nro badly torn
up nnd the channel hn been ehanRed
In nevernl place
The road nbova the lintchory built by
the county lt aumtner hn been bad
ly dumnKid. It I reported to bo im
paMable.
ii l.. Kelly. Jr.. auperlntendent of
the hatchery, wn In Medford Saturday
nlRht. He report that ho never wit
need ft mora rapid rlia of water In,
the ItORUe thnn tho recent one. Ho aaya
Umt tho plnnt will bo working npaln In
n abort time.
Kolir car of Howell were aold nt
$2,66 u box f. o. b Medford.
In nddljlon ten car o Newtown njld
ono cur at Jonathnn havo been nhlppod,
rutirn for which nro not In. -.The
' dor Orchard.
Tho seven nnd n half ncro llnrtlett
pear orchard owned by John O. Ooro,
aoutli of Medford, I nlo the record
breaker of tho vnlley for yield nnd
price. Mr. Ooro thl yenr shipped 12
cnr of penr from tho orchard, which
netted him $9335.10, or $t244.6S per
ncre.
Krom nn npple prchnrd of the nmo
wlio Mr Ooro hn picked n crop of Now
Jown that will run n carload to tho
ncre,
Vrom Hoven ncre of 10-ycnr-old ltnrt
lott penr. W. O. KHtep from hi Talent
orchard aold nn nvernco of 514 Iioxch to
the ncre, which netted $2 n box to tho
ncre. Tho entire crop Kroed $10,750,
or $7000 net, or $1000 nn ncro Kro.ia.
Bear Greek Orohard.
Trom thn llenr Creek oroltnrda C, 13.
Whlalttr aold from wlx noro of 7-yoar-old
nnrtott penr 230 boxeH par ncre,
which Hold In Now York for $3 n box,
aettliiR $500 ( nore. Four nore of
21-ycnr-old llnrtlott penr yielded 600
boxe per ncre, which aold nt $2 per
box In Medford, netting $1080 nn ncro.
Tour (icroH of d'AuJou penra 11 yonra
old yielded 250 boxen per aero, selling
(Continued on pace 8.)
court, but that a stay wati procured
I.nwyorfl from tho 'office of Delnnooy
Nlcoll nppenrcd upon tho soono In bohalf
of tho youiiK inllllonnlro, Thoy feared
nn nttempt to soouro JudRinont by do fault
whllo tho dofondnnt la traveling In Eu
rope. IIphhIo IioVoo Ih now HvIiib In Now
York, whoro sho Iiiih kept In seoluslon
hIiu'o tlilH notion wuh commonccd, Pur
Iiik tho pnut yenr her nnmo lm fre
quently boon linked with that of Mr.
Gould.
JOSE SAKT0 2F.LAYA, PRESIDENT
UNCLE SAM
CONSUL-GENERAL
DISAPPEARS: MAY
E IMPRISONED
Zclaya Has Until Monday to Answer
Demands of Government or
Country Will Be
Invaded.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27 Iteiwrt
came here from New York that Zelnyn
hnd been Riven until 1 o'clock Sunday
morulntr to mako natlafactory nrrance
mont with the United States. In cnae
of failure, tho United Btnto will land
marine at Corlnto.
Tho Btato department refunea to con
firm tho Renernlly published statement
today that tho Roverntncnt contemplatoa
dlspntchlnc thro nniiy transport to
NIcuniKun. Tho navy department on tho
other huiind partly -confirm tho notlv-
It I conceded that the Rovernmoni i
nbout to tnko nn Important step and end
for nil tlnio tho pcrtlferou Contrni
American iurrul. Tho Indeolslon la said
Ito hnvo been caused by u determination
lo first consult Mexico.
It Ih understood thnt the United States
wilt recelvo tho moral support of Diaz,
NP.W Oltl.KANS, I.n., Nov. 27. DIs-
n.lehea received hero atnto that Amer
ican Vlco-Conau Cnlder, stationed nt
Managua, hn been Imprisoned by tho
forces of l'rcsldent Zelaya. Tho rumor,
howovor, ha not boon confirmed.
Acrordlnc to tho mrs&ai;e. Colder ha
livii missing for tlmo nnd It I
Konornlly believe 1 thn he hn bsen lm
pi laoned,
I'rlend here of Cnlocrn for ncme time
In -o been try'lnn t ccmmunlcnto with
him, but In vain.
Declare He I In Jail.
Today' messages declare that Presi
dent Zolayn Imprisoned Cnldern becauso
ho wanted to hide from tho Amorlcan
Kovornmcnt tho criMtles Incldontnl to
tho oxeoutlon of Cnnnon nnd Clroco. It 1
known that tho stnto dopnrtmont hns
been unnblo to get any replies to Inqui
ries regarding tho execution.
t;o report declare that only tho Im
prisonment of Coldera could koep Es
trada' forceH from finding the vice
consul Castrnllo, representing tho Estrada
government nt "Washington hn been
nsked to assist In finding Cnldorn.
Friends of Castrlllo declare that He
ha received advice which couse him to
bollevo that Caldcra I hold a prisoner
or that ho poNslbly hns boon shot nt
tho ofdors of President Zolayn.
Beport Meager
neports from tho Intorlor via Blue
flolds today are meager, but It U said
YEAR
OF NICARAGUA,
AGAINST HIM.
AND
READY 10 WAR ON ZELAYA
f 4 -f -f-r
RAIN AGAIN, SAYS
MR. WEATHER MAN
After n dny of splendid
Trentlicr, not ico cool nnd
with much sunshine, the '
weather man ngnin predicts -(
rnin. A trace fell Saturday
and more is iu sicht for to
day. Tblo thermometer rang-
od uroitnd (It! Sntunlny.
PROPOSE CHANGE
CITY CHARTER
Citizens Will Vote December 14 on
Amendment to Charter To
Give Council Further
Power.
A apeoial olectlon ha been called by
tho city council to bo held on Decem
ber 14 for tho purpose of voting upon
nn nmendment to tho city charter In tho
matter of granting franchises.
The election Is for the purposo of
amending sub-section 42 of section 25
and section 100 of tho charter Tho
amendment to sub-section 42, supra, pro
vides that no franchise may be granted
by tho city for n longer term than ten
years, excepting street railway fran
chises, which may be granted for such
porlods ns the council or tho voters of
tho city may decide. Tho nmendment to
section 100 la tho same, with the excep
tion that no excluslvo rights nro to bo
granted.
Tho nmendment define the manner In
which contract may bo entered Into by
tho council nnd franchises granted nnd
Is designed to give tho council nnd the
people more latitude In these matters
that conditions nro unchanged nt Mana
gua. It I roporled thnt tho surrender of
Zolaya may como boforo night. Tho
Insurgents nro woll armed nnd have
plonty of provisions, whllo they havo
cut off V.olnyn's food supply.
A cablegram this nftcrnoon from Blue
flolds nnnouncod thnt Yloo-ConBiil Cnl
dorn hns succeeded In communlcntlng
with tho stnto department nnd that his
report bonrs out tho stories of bar
lmr6us cruelties Inflloted upon Oroco and
Cannon boforo they wero executed. It
Ih saldthat tho report of Cnldera was
forwarded sovoral day ngo. Nothing
Is known, however, of his presont where
abouts. Advlcos received nt the local consul
ato from Bluoflold tndlcato that a crisis '
In Nlcaragunn affairs Is at hand. A
(C($!nued on page 8.)
FROM
PRI31DKNTJ63a SANTOS ZSLVTA
SCENES DJixI.U REBELLION
LOVETT WILL
SPEND HOUR
IN IS CITY
Successor to E. H. Harriman Will
Arrive in Medford -Will fit
Presented With
Fruit.
This morning tho leading officials of
tho Harriman lines will be met by a del
egation of citizens, headed by Judge
Colvlg, president of the Medford Com
mercial club. During tho two hours'
stop of tho party they will bo given
ovory opportunity to see the city and
will be presented with some of the samo
kind of fruit that won tho grand prize
at tho Alaska-Yukon-Paclfla exposition
nnd at tho Spokane apple show.
Tho party will consist of Robert S.
Lovett, president of the Harriman sys
torn of railroads, who was named by
Mr. Harriman his successor before he
died, ns bolng the man who would beat
fill tho position; Julius Kruttschmttt,
director of maintenance nnd operation;
J. C. Stubb. freight and traffic dlrec-
tor; It. O. McCormlck. passenger traf-
, flc director; J. P. O'Prlen, manager of
tho lines In tho Taclflo northwest; R.
n Miller, general freight agent; Mr.
Stlllman, a prominent banker of Now
York, and other guests and officials.
These distinguished gentlemen will bo
given a warm reception by tho Commer
cial club nnd It will bo the Idea to show
them something nt least of the capa
bilities and resources of tho Roguo River
valley.
HAUNTED BY IMAGINARY
ENEMIES, KILLS HIMSELF
(United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN BEItNARDINO. Cal Nov. 27
Haunted by tho fear that he was mark
ed for death at the hands of an assas
sin sent by n secret society to kill him.
Poro Konotovlch, a blacksmith here,
blow out his bruins In n local lodging
houso last night. Konotovlch notified
tho foroman of a rock cruoher Wednes
day that he wn going to leave, as his
llfo wns In danger. Shortly afterward
two men arrived nnd the Russian fled
In terror from tho place
PRIEST EXCOMMUNICATED
FOR DISOBEDIENCE,
(United Press Leased Wire )
DENVER, Colo.. Nov. 27 Father J. 1
?L?",rr'B.ft";,0"6 f iU., 0!,l,08t ?nd. mo.at;
Colorado, has been excommunicated, fol-
lowing his refusal several months ago
to obey tho mandato of Bishop Madatz,
transferrins from Denver to Pueblo.
ORCHARD
PANIC CAUSE
OE MANY
DEATHS
Meeting of Red Cross Convention in
Japan Terminates in Awful
Tragedy Crowd Panlc
Strlcken. MEN TRYING TO GET IN
AND OUT STARTED TROUBLE
I
Crowd So Tremendous That It Could
Not Be Controlled When
Once Shrted.
TOKIO. Nov. 27. neports from Osaka
say that more than 100 persons were
killed In a terrible panic at the gener
al meeting of the Ited Cross society In
that city this afternoon. Several hun
dreds were Injured and many of these
may not recover.
More than 30.000 person gathered at
the Temple ground to attend the meet
Inc. There was only one doorwar for
cither entrance or exit at the building
where the ceremonies were held.
As the crowd struggled to get in and
many of thoso within began straps': ng
to get out, a great panic ensued Men
and women lost their stmses and in their
wild fright struggled and fought with
each other and trampled hundreds un
der foot.
Tho crowd wa so tremendous and
drawn from both direction to the door
way, like the center of anyhour-glass
that It was Impossible for the officers
to restore order for some time. M
When a mail became frlghtenedland
began struggling he wa crushed by tho
tremendous crowd through which there
was no possibility cf a person forcing
his way
The result was that when the crowd
finally was cleared there was Imme
diate work for tho Red Cross society
nnd the" agents of .trie society at once
took charge of the dead and wounded.
ENGLISH PEOPLE WILL HAVE
OWN WAY, SAYS DELMAS
(United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 27. "Tho crisis of
the budget has been brought about the
world-old fight between those who have
much and want more and those who have
nono and want some," said Attorney
Dolphin M. Delmas on his return from
London, where ho went in th elnterest
of Walter A. McCreery. the weoltthy
American who alleged that his wife and
his brother were trying to confiscate his
estate.
i
JOHNSON SAYS HE IS
WILLING TO MEET SAM
PITTSBURG. Pa , Nov. 27 Jack
Johnson, before leaving or. tho Manhat-
tan Limited, was told that Sam Lang-
ford has posieu iu.uuu
In Bostton to
mako a match with him.
"Let Langford put his money up with
tho Chicago American. $ will fight him
for any sum."
Mystery Surrounds Orders.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Nov. 27. The
mystery surrounding tho reception Fri
day of secret ordors directing tho depot
quartermaster to stop nit work of load
ing the army transport Logan nnd to
hold the vessel In readiness for further
orders had not abated today,
ALL BUT THREE OF
ARGO CREW SAFE
TILLAMOOK, Or., Nov. 27. The
steamer Argo. which grounded on Tllla
mook bar yesterday afternoon and aft
orwards floated herself, foundered at 0
n'oinek last nlcht. The 21 persons on
board, Including passongcrs and crew,
wero compelled to tako to the lifeboats.
One of
tho lifeboats, containing Mato
Johnson and nine others, stayed at sea
aiul drifted for sovoral hours, when It
was finally plokud up by the steamer
Oshkosh, which had been In the vicinity
for about 12 hours. Captain Snyder
30 PERISH
PITTSBURG
Firemen Sacrifice Lives in Vain At
tempt to Save Number of
People Froia , -Deatk
4 " '
PROMPT ACTION SAVED
URGE NUMBER FROM DEATH
Property Loss Will Exceed $250,000
Hard Ranting Got FIam
Under Control.
PITTSBURG. Nov. 27. Thirty axe
known to bo dead and many more ar
thought to bo burned to death In a,
flro which destroyed tho Royal hotel
In this city tonight. Two blocks wn
burned, the property loss belns 1250,
000. Six of the dead are firemen ,who wcr
burled beneath a falling wall, whera
they were working In an endeavor to
get a number of panic-stricken peapl
out.
Tho fire started early In the evening.
Over 400 guest were In the hotoel, but
pronjpt action on the part of the hotel
employes cot Uie people out. It lm
feared, however, that the death list will
go 'much larger. '
The fire spread to nn adjoining block
occupied by a clotrhlng house, in spite
of the effotts of the firemen? to control
It. t J J
The "six firemen who were burled In
tho ruins knew they wero risking their
lives, butthey werW undaunted whenVlt
wns seen thero was a chance, to save
a number of people. No sooner had they
reached the persons they hoped to savat
when the wall fell.
CANNOT OPEN BIDS FOR
BIG FIGHT IN HEW YORK
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NEW YORK. Nov. 27. Unless Com
missioner Baker change hi mind the
plan to open the blda for the Jeffries-
Johnson fight In tho presence of a great
crowd In Madison Square Garden on the
evening of Decombcr 1 will be nlppedjln
the bud. he commissioner salad today
that If the promote' persisted In this
course he will have a sufficient number
of policemen on hand to arrest the pro
moters and principals, too. If necessary.
Tho police commissioner said such a
plan would be in direct violation of ho
law.
"If the bids aro opened In this city,
will advise the fight promoters Ito
open them on the quiet and not let jm
, . . . 1. 1 al.nti. ( f
4,
HAD A GOOD TIME WHILE t
HIS MONEY LASTED
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Nov. 27. Af
ter spending $6000, the proceeds or a
land sale. In two months on Joy rides
champagne and other sorts of tipectae
ular pleasures. Carl Stoof, n elderly
and eccentric Gorman, Is a patient at
St. Joseph's hospital today, following hl
attempt last night to commit suicide la
tho city Jail by hanging nimseir ww
hi suspenders. His recovery i rv
garded as doubtful.
Stoofs career as a spenuor im u
meteoric. At no tlmo since no
possession of the small fortune has tM
old Gorman been In such a' plight.
and ton of tho crow were picked up fcy
ttug late this evening and are safe. Tb
only persons drowned were Mrs. NellU
Hunter of Portland Mrs. A. We
rldgo of Portland and Henry "WlcWiam
of tho llfo-savlng crew, when the Ufa
boat upset In tho surf.
After striking tho bar last night t
Argo drifted out to sea, but her engines
wero disabled. Rockets were sent up.
Sho began to slnlt and thoso on board
put off In tho lifeboat. The a wa
rough and U was not thought that tl
could live.