ttuon HWorloal Society
TitV Halt
UnlU'tl IVm AnnocIiUIoii.
Full Loumsl Wlnt lloixirt
Tim only popor In tto
world publlMlioil In u city tho
nice of Medford having n
loaned 'wire.
Medford Mail Tribune
TIIK WT5ATHKR,
Tonight, nnd Sturdny ,
Fair. Thursdayhigh, fi2;
low, .'IS; range, 40.
FOURTH VWAlt.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1909.
2To. 232-.
ZELAYA HA:
JOB
Cables Taft That Ho Hn Ro
oigiiod and Will Show His
Good Faith by Loaving
Nicaragua -- Govornmont
May Ask Punishraont.
IS -MANAGUA, Duo. 17. It wan mil
nounced horo today Hint Pronldont
nm I tlio following to President Taft
liint night:
"On Dncomlior I I lmbled to Wash
ington tlild iiioBnago:
"Secretary Knox: I bollovo that
t ho source of your Information aro(
prejudiced ninl roiiiol of tho United,
Slaton to Hutul n commission of Inrcu-J
ligation. If IIh flndliiK show my wl-1
mliihttrntlon to bo dtorlmcntnl to
Central Amorlcn, I will rofllRn.' j
"I hnro rocolvoil no reply. I novor,
did liarm my country ami iK-Hlro
friendly relation with tlio United
States. I linvo tendered my rcBlgim
t Ion (o cotigreHK. I propose to show
my good faith hy lenvlng Nicaragua."
It wan stated Hcml-offlrlally today
that Provisional President HHtrnda
nnd IiIh chief lli'titonnnt. General
Chnmorro, havo agreed with Gonernl
Vanqunz nnd General Tolodo, the Zo
layan loaders, that thcro shall ho no
fighting at niuofloldd.
It was reported that tho American
govornmont Iibh lcn notified of
tholr Intention to kcop tho city out
Mtdo tho fighting zono.
Th Hltuiitlon at Itnmn 1h nnchang-
nd.
Attention Orchardists
T.1 1 10 MIODKORD MAILTKIBCNE will i.ssuo a lioim'scokcrs issue on New
Years, wjiich will contain the reeprd of tlio past year of .Medford and the
KotfiK' River valley, and data of interest (o Hie lioine.see'ker. It is desirous of se
eurhitf at. onet! data eoneernin fruit records 'made the past season. I f '-ouiplete
returns have no! been received, fruitgrowers can give the yield and the expectyd
prie((. Uy so doing you will help advertise the Rogue River valley to the world.
Cut this out and' mail at onco to New Year's edition, Mail Tribune, .Medford,
Or.
From acres of T. picked
boxes oV .-. for which I received $ per box gross, or
$' j er box net. Tho trees are veal's old. Tlio greatest
age yield for any one tree was .....boxes, which netted $ JtIio aver
age yield per acre was boxes and the average return pcjrlacre was
$ I exhibited ,
awarded the following prizes
,..at ,wlinh were
: 4
&a
Name
Address.
If instead of fruit you raised alfalfa or vegetables, or turkeys or hogs, or any
thing cists, send it in, so the world may know what you arc doing.
IT CAN'T
BE DONE
LEOPOLD, REX
CONGRESS TO
LOOK INTO
JOE
SELLER.DRAVUS
BROWMIRI
ORCHARD
DEMAND
SHRINERS DO NOT
CARE FOR WATER
Proposed Stunt In Ashland Natator
Itim Called Off Will Use
Elks' Temple. -
Shrinnrs nud prospective Shrinors
didn't tnko as kindly ns cxpodod to
tho suggestion of water embodied in
thu nniioiiucoinont tlmt tlio ow.ing
corcmonint session of Hillah Tonplo
of tho Ancient Arnhio ordor on Jun
unry 8th would ho hold nt tho now
imtntorium in AHhlnnd, nnd ho tho
Elks' Tempi o Iiiih lieou sooured for
tlio occasion instead, which ninniu-
fipont new Htruduro nnd particulnilv
tho splendid lodge room, will give tlio
stumors nmplo accomodations.
Preparations nro making for the
coming ovont hy tho Shrinorn, nud
delegations nro oxpootod to ho pres
ent from nil ovor tho now ditto of
Siskiyou, nud othors from distant
Oregon nnd Cnlifornin points will
also ho wok'omo.
PROSPECT GOT 19
Tho rainfall nt Prospect is ono of
tho big ones for tho seasoli, During
tho month of November K. V. flrn
linm, voluntoor obsorvor, roporls n
precipitation of ninoteoii inches nt
Ids station. Mr. Olrnhum is furn
ished, ns nro nil voluntoor observes,
with npplituiooB for tho noournto
inonsuremout of prooipitntion nnd tho
registration of tho tomporuturo. Tho
station has boon established only n
few yours, so that tho obsorvntions
do not cover n wido rnngo. Tho grout
ost precipitation horotoforo rocordod
for a oinnth wna in Docoinbor of Inst
yonr whon tho record wnB a littlo
ovor 13 inohos,
Tho pronipitntion of nonrly 20
inohos nt Prospoot during Novombor
e.vplniiiK tho phonoiniiml riso in
Hoguo rivor,
JANUARY
If County Officials Cannot
Bo Prevailed Upon to Em
ploy Inspectors Business
Men Will Take Action.
Tho meeting of tho Itoguo Rtvor
Horticultural society, hold at tho of
flcos of I'rofoBBor O'Qarn Thursday
was nttonded by tho roproncutntlvo
fruit growurH of tho valley and by
liUBlnefli) men of Medford who nro In
toruBted In tho IceopliiK up of tho b-b
tern of county Inspoctlon.
Tho ineetlni; wob called for tho pur
pose of dovlslug ways nnd menus to
retain tho prcflont corps of county
fruit Inspectors, nnd oven to tucrenao
thu numbor.
O'Gnrn Sick.
Profoosor O'Gnrn stated Hint ho
hnd coma to tho lloguo Hlvor vnlloy
to aid In tho fight against cortntn
dtBooscB of fruit treoH. Sluco coming
hero gront work had boon dono In
tho way of tho eradication of certain
dlBoaBCB, particularly blight, but tho
fight must bo kopt up, ols0 conditions
will rovort to what thoy woro boforo
nnd ovon worso, If tho county would
not glvo him tho proper assistance In
tho way of Inspectors ho would bo
recalled by th department, ns It !b
lmposBlhlo for him to do tho flold
work nud otflco work slnglo-haudod.
To llliiBtrato how rapidly tho blight
will work ho montlouod tho enso of
San Joaquin valley, California, whoro
dOO.OOO trees wont out In ono year,
practically ruining tho penr Industry
of tho vnlloy.
Vawtor Speaks.
W. I, Vitwtor of th0 JackBon Coun
ty bank spoko on boliulf of tho bus
iness mon. "Tho fact of Profoasor
O'Cnni's preBonco horo and tho scl-
entlflo hnudllng of tho post problem,"
snld Mr. Vawtor, "has beon a big
factor In nttrnctlng doBlrablo pcoplo
and cnpttal hero, Tho short-sighted
policy of cutting down tho force on-
gngod In tho battol for tho eradica
tion of fruit posts should bo uhnu-
douod. Profossor O'Qnra Bhould not
bo nllowod to go, If wo uood four
Inspectors, lot us havo thorn; It six,
lot us havo thorn. Lot us havo ns
ninny ns nro nocossary, and If tho
county will not pay for thorn, tho
progressiva bualnoss mon will aid, and
find It n paying Invostmout."
TO MEET COUNTY:
COURT EARLY
IN
-f-f-f-f
COMMERCIAL CLUBS
OVER VALLEY TO ACT
All of tho commorclal clubs
of tho vnlluy will tako action
In tho Immcdlato fittiro In
connection with tho matter of
rotnlnlnc tbo fruit olnspcctors
similar to that takoa by tho
Medford Commercial clog.
Gold Hill, Central Point nnd
Ashland all havo signified
htelr Intention to :i?t soon.
INSPECTORS
i
DELEGATION 10
WORK SOON START
ON ELECTRIC ROAO
John R. Allen Leaves for
New York Promises That
Work Will Start Soon.
"Whllo I cannot mnko any defi
nite statument at this tlm0 regard
ing commencement of 'work on tho
olectrlc road, I do not think local
pcoplo will bo dlsappolntinl by nuy
great dolny. Work will start aa soon
as posalblo and when onco started
will bo rushed to completion.
FIGHT LAXEAS .
APPLE BILL
John R. Allen Gives $200 To
wards Sending Orchardists
Back to Denver to Defeat
Measure in Congress
The orchardists of tho Regno river
vnlloy nt their inentinp; Thursday af
ternoon voted to send n delegation to
Donvor, Colo., enrly in January to
ho on hand when the La Femi npple
hill, now before congress, is dis
cussed. A number of contributions
woro mndo for the purposo of de
fraying' the expenses of tho delega
tion, nmonp; them being ono of .$20?)
by John R. Allen, rho t-tated thn;
Roruc nvor pvodwoii npples l.irgo
enough nnd fino enouh to pack in
whntever size boxes tho orchardists
saw fit. "And," and snid Mr. Allen,
"if you need any moro como to mo
ngnin."
C. E.
King of the Eelgians Is Dead,
rnnce luaerx. wm -ascend
Throne People Show
Little Grief at the Public1
I Yet you might as well try to lift
Announcement. 'yourself by your boot ttrap as try to
; keep up with the times without read-
" !ng your home newspaper. By the
Tho National Monitor announced to way. come to think of It, wouldn't to
day that ponding the accession ot da' bo a God tlme t0 "bserlbe?
tho throne of Prlnco Albert to suc
coed tho lute King Leopold, Belgian
affairs would bo administered by a
rogoncy consisting of a council of
j
ministers.
The king dlod at 2:35 o'clock this,
morning. Tho Immediate cause of!
his death according to Dr. Thlrrar,
his chief physician, was embolism of j
tho heart.
llcnrt Trouble.
"Wo were most annrehenslvo when
wo performed tho recent operation
of tho king." said Dr. Thlerar today, I
"because we were aware of the heart! When He Consented to Run
trouble, but the operation was abso
lutely necessary to advent terrible.
Thonks to th0 operation, tho king's
death was painless."
Leopold's death occurred on the
Nth anniversary of his formal suc
cession to the throne, although his
kingship dated from December, 18G5.
. Iiittlo Mourning.
All tbo -dally papers, of the capital
appeared today with great black pag0
borders. Aside from this tribute,
howover. there Is Httlo manlfestnUon
of public grief. Tho little affection
for tho king that remained In the
hearts of his people was decreased
during tho final few days of his Ill
ness when ho refused to become rec
onciled to dls daughters, the princess
Stephanie and the princess Louise.
i Sensational Attack TJpoir
u
Ballinger in House Makes
It Certain That Investiga
tion of Land Offices Must
Soon Follow.
mi RACE
It Was With Understand
ing Wortman Would Not
Be Candidate.
If there's some needed thing you're
wnitinfr to buy nt n bnrpnin, you
hnve a direct object in rending the
nds.
SILAS J DAY PIONEER
IS LYING VERY ILL
AVI-slor to Go.
'Vhislcr will i.t ad tho delo-
'I expect to return from Now York' J-'"''0"""! sti!' tllf,t will pny
between March 1 and ID. Whonlj 'V1101 ms own exPenses- J. A.
do return It will bo to carry on con-' "f torlwml is nnothor who will prob-
Btructlon work In rapid 'manner.
I think a groat deal ot Modford.l 1 10 lM l'c,m m 1,111 1S sni" 10
I l,nv hiuni rnnm1 w)l. nn.l wll) In uu l result III JfaiOUSV Oil 1110 part
" r i , .. .... . ... . ... , ! i
turn endeavor to treat tho cltv well." "l ' PI"e K'e who wouiu
Judfio Day Has Been Identified With
Jackson County Since Early
Days Now Very Sick.
Silas J. Day, ono cf the sturdy
pioneers of Southora OrtgoK. is ly
ing very ill nt h's homo in Jackson
ville Mr. Day is nro of tho most
highly respected citizens of Jackson
county nnd has a host of friends
whoso sympathy is with his fnmly
during his illness. Mr. Day's only
dmightor, Mrs. Mnmio Dox, is now in
tho oast for medical trntmont nud
4
.
To the CitizenTof the Sccorid
Ward:
In withdrawing my nnmo as
n candidate for member of tho
couiuri, I wish to mnke tho
following statement:
At the time I was asked to
nllow my name to be used, it
was with tho understanding
that tho present incumbent,
Mr. Wortman, had refused to
serve another term. But as it
seems to be the wish of tho
majority of the present coun
cil that there be no chnngo
mndo until tho many prob
lems now pending havo been
settled. I herewith withdraw
my name as n candidate.
Thanking my friends for
their good intentions nnd as
suring them of my lienrty
support in everything for tho
upbuilding of our city's in
terests, I remain yours sin
cerely, JOE BROWN,
"The Man Who Sells Dirt."
.. i , i i . . . ., - nnrt nr Inn nhnenc nt iIia nncn whtmi
Such worn thn words of Tolm II " " mru onx, nun ono not Slut- I ' ' V V
OUCH urO lUO WOUIH 01 JOlin It. , . ., . Lnnan in ftiA fnntwla nf Tiwlrro T)n.
is tho fnet that hor condition pro
Thursday evening Just boforo c to tho western growor. It will rc-
AUcn
i. .... i . i.., . tiiiu ii i-iriu tit'iii in I'oiiMKiuraiinn
rl: V. . ... nt tho nnnuol convention of tho 'vents hor bomg at tho bedsido of hor
In New York, ho w rotum oaiiv ... " "'U101 comenuon ot tho, -...
IVao.im.. 1.1... .11 Inl.l I lllllltll.
Mnroh with nil of his nlnna inn. itiui umiuora s.socuiuou
.-iarcn Willi an oi ins pinna ma- . n .Tiidcro Dav hns boon idenlified with
. bo that ho can direct tho con- '.' "t " "s uio , " - - -
, bu nun no vim uucti, wio ton- .,, ,.., ... . . I.Tiieksoii eimntv from monoor ins.
A . IIOOUUIlllllJIl HUN I L ILhllltt I I II III1V
rnciuo s i-;asiorn . .. ; ""',tt ...nQ
In
tured
structlou ot tho
and tho trolley lino.
"I inn nlso pl.ensed with progress
bolng innd0 on tho Pacific & Kastorn.
Woik la going ahead rapidly and with
pioneer
for tho consideration of this mnttor.l110 wns com,ty !orK tho cnrl'
,ppu snow, too. unys wnon uio iiusmsss ot tuo wimio
As tho Donvor Nationnl Apple of Jnckso county, which nn tlmt
show wm bo held tho snmo wook tlmt tiino nl1 f tho P;cuut Klnm-
tho nssociution oonvonos there will "" Pftrt ot ljnK0 n,m Part 01 dos-
pmno, ana wns county juago nt tuo
timo when Jnekson mndo her first
Lstep townrd progress, in building n
brink court house, tho only ono nt
... Bww., ........... ...... l. I,1.. I i ....
strides will bo taken by tho graders. " "ou""-", u "munu 1 1
' t I A (TIAlnnM.-l riml ,l t m.. m. ............ 1 1.
Tho right of way has beon cleared , B"'',uls l"U!,u"1
j . . discuss tbo matter,
to llutto Falls nnd tho honvy rock m, , . . ,
work Is bolng rapidly coniplotod. The F ,0vbni ns drafted nnd intro-M1'"1 'm ho stllto ot 0reK ut
road will bo in Dutto Falls In tlo cluco i,' on,, ' " , Udo of Portland.
spring."
duced in congress follows:
Tho provision of tho net apply to
closed packages of npplos intended
Ashland Aids. lor trnnsportntum trom ono stato to
Socrodu-v Frolineh of Mm Adliiniut i 11,1 niory ot tlio uuted btntos to nnv
Commorclal club spoko In tho sarao ",nor ,,nco in tl10 s" territory, or
strain and plodgod tho Bupport of f,rom nnv P,nco in the United States
tho Ashland pooplo. juirougu n to reign country to any
"Tho commorclal orchard Is usual-. oulor P1"00 "V t' United Stntos.
ly oloan," said Mr. Frobnoh; "It Is tho1
old family orchnrd which la tho brood' , I,,0t s;nndnrd box paokngo for np-
.. -. pies snnu uo n nox having n onpnoity
(Continued on p 8.) ot not loss thnn two thousand thre'o
hundred nnd forty-two iuchos, when
monsurod without distension of its
parts. Any box of less enpacity,
when used for npplos, shall bo mnrk
od on both end nud sido, in a plain
nud indoliblo mnnnor with blnok lot
tors of sizo not loss thnn sovonty
two point block Gothio, with tho
words 'short box,' or with tho num
ber of oubio inchos it actually con-tnins.
Owing to tho wido sprend senti
ment that tho present members of the
city council should bo retained until
after tho present wntor problem lias
been settled, Joe Brown, dirst seller,
business man nnd largo proporty
owner, has withdrawn his name ns a
cnudidnto, leaving the field ,opon to
Ilnrry O. Wortmnn.
By this action Mr. Brown has
shown that ho has tho wolfaro of the
city at heart, and ho deserves the
thanks of the community. Mr. Brown
only consented to run after his
friends had shown him of tho need
of somo business man running to it
sure a continued successful city ad
ministration. At that timo Mr.
Wortninn refused to consider nn
othor torm. Ilowovor, businoss men
of tho city ronlizod that ho, moro
than nuy other porhnps, understood
tho oxnot situation of the wutor mud
die. So prossuro wns brought to
bonr and Mr. Wortman consented to
run. Thereupon Mr. Brown with
draw from tho race
From present indications thouj
will bo no ono to entor tho lists
against tho present offioinls, nil of
whom havo consonted to run ngnin.
Their election monns n continued
era of ndvancomont in civio improve
ment and thoy will bo rotumod by
overwhelming mnjoritios, ovou if op
ponents onu bo found in tho various
wards.
ITomo cooking, canned fruit nnd
fancy articles on snlo at Anglo opern
houso tomorrow, Docombor 18th.
WASHINGTON, Dec 17. Tho sen
sational attack upon Secrotary of the
Interior Ballinger, made upon the
iloor of the house yesterday by Rep
resentative Hitchcock of Nebraska,
makes It practically certain that the
houBo organization cannot stavo off
an investigation of the general land:
offices after C'irlatmas.
The general sentiment of the houso
today Is that there should bo full In
vestigation of tbo charges brought
against tho secretary by L. R. Glavls,
former chief of the field division of
the land office In connection with tho
Alaskan lands.
Itesolution to Committee.
A resolution demand such an Inves
tigation Is now In the hands ot tho .
rules committee, having been refeN
red tothat body by Speaker Cannon.
The resolution cannot be dragged
from the rules committee unless
enough strength Is mustered to over
rule Speaker Cannon, who Is known
to be opposed to an Investigation. Thg
democrats and tho conservationists
bollovve today ttyit this can be dono.
Matter Up to Congress.
Tho speech of Hitchcock put the
matter flatly up to congress in plain
terms, and tho representative from
.eurasKa maae nis aemana ror an
Investigation In strongest possible
terms.
Those men who have lined up
against Ballinger in what they term
tho fight for tho, "Roosevelt policies
of conservation" look upon the Hitch
cock speech as the real opening ot
tho battle before congress. They say
that they are prepared to meet pow-
(Contlnueil on page 5.)
MONEY FOR BOOZE
FLOWS LIKE WATER
Man Comes to Town With $150 and
in Few Hours Nearly All Is
Gone Is Arrested.
. Martin Duffy, who has been work
ing on tho P. & E. for tho past two
months, camo to town yesterday af
ternoon and proceeded to satisfy tho
thirst ho had accumulated during
that timo.
At about 11 o'clock last night
Martin was gathered in by tho po
lico nnd enrao boforo Recorder Tol-
for iu tho morning. When ho start
ed on bis thirst quenching expedition
Martin had in tho neighborhood of
$150 on him, when nrrostod he pan
ned out just $14. Soraowhero nlong
tho primroso path ho had scattered
tho balance of his hard earned
shekels, but that didn't phase Duffy.
Whon Kocordcr Tolfor told him thnt
$5 wns tho cost of his accommoda
tions nt tho city bnstilo, ho prompt
ly dug up tho $5.
"Como down nn' havo a drink,,
judgo," ho said.
"No," tho rocordor responded, "and
it would bo a good idoa for you not
to drink nny moro today."
"Aw, have ri cignr, inywny, jodge.
Don't bo mano wid n fellor. I hndn't
taken n sup for two months until yis
tordny and I falo loik I uadod ono
now. What tho divil if they did
tnko somo monoy nff mo. Vo
wouldn't want to say n poor divil
goin' hungry whilst yo had tho mon
oy in yoro pocket, now wnd yo? Its
nivor broko am I until mo lasht cinb
hns been spint."
And Martin Duffoy rolled nwnjt
to git rid of thnt last $8.00.