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Medford Mail Tribune
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Section
l-OUHTH YEAft.
MEDFOUD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1009.
No. 239.
ENTIRE WORLD OBSERVES CHRISTMAS
'prim u
Pa&es
lto8
BOGUS FRUIT' MEXICO HHP demanp congressional action
LONDON UNCLE SAM I lUBj
SALE AT OUTS Ull
Boar Crook Labol is Placed
on Cor of Fruit That Did
Not Come Prom Local Or
chard Hood Eiyor Dole
gatos to Donvor Mooting.
HOOD HlVHIl, Or., Doc. 20. Ho
Kiih Oregon apples nrw bolus put
on tho market In London. Hnaland
urcordlng to a lottor rocotvod by
tlui Applo Grower' union horo trojn
(inrcln. Jacobs & Co,, fruit uoaiors
In Loudon. Hood Illvor apples havo
nol boo fnkod and none of thorn for
till Hi.nnon btiru yot boon nut on til
innrkot by Stolnhardt & Kol
luy of Now York, who bouBht tho
omiro cron. but tho English frulo
mon say that'll carload of Nowtowna
benrlnK tho well known Hoar oreoa
labol of tho Koruo Klvor valloy woro
Bold In London which thoy bollovod
did not como from Oregon at all. In
tlmlr lottor thoy said:
"Tho troublo la that applos from
Oregon, Washington and Idaho aro
advertised horo Indiscriminately as
OrcgoiiM, and wo think this la a mot
tor which should bo taken up by
tho nsMorlntloiiH on your ldo.
11. C. Sprout, sccrotary of tho Hood
Illvor Applo Growors' union, will ro
to Denver tho first week In January
to represent tho union nt tho Colo
rado National Amdo exposition ami
tho mootlnR of tho Wctitorn Fruit
Jobbers' association. A half day will
bo devoted by tho Inttcr organization
to the discussion of "Standard rack
ages, Grades and Marks for Apples."
H. H. Shepnrd, editor of Dettcr Fruit,
of this city, Ih on tho proRram lo
tak0 part In tlilu discussion, which
will huvo to do with tho Iafoan ap-
tiIo nitckaRO bill now before tlio na
tlonnl congress. Mr. Shopnrd nnd
"Mr. Bnrout will tako the stnnd with
other npplo groworn of tho northwest
naalnst tho bill, nnd contend for tho
Htnndard appl0 box now bolng usod
throiiRhout tho northwest districts
Instead of tho ono propoBod In tho
Latoan bill, which Is held to Uo uau
ly ndapted for Rood packing.
. C. K. Whlslor, mnnaRor of tho Boar
Crook orchard, statcB that ho has
not boon ndvlsod as yot of tho offor
lnB of fruit-trader his label nudro-
grots It very much In splto or tno
gratification of knowing -that his or-
vhnrd has becomo a by-word of anal
Ity In foreign marketH.
Mr. Whlslor will also attond tho
convention of fruit mon In Donvor to
iisslst In tho ftRht nRnlnst th0 La
toon npplo bill In January. Ho plana
Ifi leuvo Monday ovenlng fo' Donvor.
ADMINISTRATOR GIVEN
:$40,000 FEE BY JURY
CHICAGO, Doo. 25. Fonnor Judge
Ilinun T, Gilborl'H contention that ho
is ontitlod to u $10,000 feo for his
HorvicuH in administering tho $(1,000,
000 estate of tho Into William BroBB,
fonnor litentoimiit- governor of Illi
nois, was BUBtainod yesterday by. a
jury in Municipal Judgo Dlttk'o'H court
Tho jury wrestled wth tho problem
for f ivo hours before dooing to award
-tho total amount of tho claim.
CHICAGO, Deo. 25. Dinmonds
valued nt aloniHt $100, aomo in soi
lings nntl inoro of thorn unsot, woro
fltloon yoHtenlay fro ma jowol ouskot
in n drosod -drawer in Mrs. William
Austin's bodroom nt hor homo. A
maid who wont to work in tho Austin
homo only yesterday morning had
disappeared. 'Tho polioo worn look
ing for hor last night. Mrs. Austin
was down town shopping when tho
;theft occurred..
Zolaya Flooa to Salina Cruz PpRJIH f Sp?
to Escape From Nicaragua lliSScMP JL &Sr
Looks Like Defiance to j'r . ..., , ,
Knox's Determination to ISlB
Punish Zolaya. BHpjL jJ
SAN JUAN, DHL SUIt. Nicaragua
Doc. 25. Jose Santos Zolaya who
recently resigned tho presidency of
NIcaraRtia, Is' now In full flight from
that country and ' hound for Sa
lina CrtiE, Mexico.
Zolaya fled from Managua to Co-
rlnto, whence do departed at :
o'clock yesterday afternoon for 8a
Una Crux on tyoard tho Mexican gun
Roat Ouorroro. Zolaya's party In
cluded 100 of bis most Inllmato
friends, .among them bolng Joaquin
Pasos and Louis Cousin, his two sons,
Horatio and Alfonso, hts prlvat0 sec-
rotary and James Hall, tho American
partner of Zolaya In tho Nlcaraguan
gold mines.
The affair Is likely to causo stdala
cd relations botweon tho United
States and Mexico, as It looks llko
like a doflanco to Knox's dotormln
ntlon to punish Zolaya as n common
criminal.
THIEVES HIRE AS EXTRA
CLERKS TO LOOT STORE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25.
What in believed by tho police to bo
an organized eampnigu to rob tho
merchants of Snu rranoiHco during
tho rush niul bustlo of Christmas
shopping was discovered last night
through tho arrest of James Kelly,
who lias been owrking na an extra
clerk at Roos Bros.' clothing store
Kelly, when nrestod, wns wearing
two suits of clothes niul had on his
person a large number of small ar
ticles ho h alleged to huvo stolon
from his employods. In his room
several new suits of clothes were
found, nnd tho poljeo think ho has
made a practice of wearing nn ex
tra suit of clothos homo oacli night.
Detectives Kelly and O'Dou woro
detailed on tho case and after an
investigation doclarod their beliof
il.'.i .1 I ! ll .!.....
mat mo iuouiuors ul a H""K ul
had hired thomsolvos out as clerks in
downtown stores and had systemati
(tally robbed their employors.
CLUBWOMEN. EARN $1000
ON $50 INVESTMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 25.-
Nineteen hundred por cent is tho
nmnting profit mado on an invest
ment of $50 by tho Woman's Club of
San Matoo, and tho club treasury
now contains $1,000 as tho rosult of
tho publication by tho club of a cook
book. Tho publication wns compiled
by tho monibors of tho club from
their private records of all sorts of
rare recipos ,nnd when tho book was
placed on snlo it sold with tho rapid
ly of a now addition to tho "ton
besl Bbllors." May Robinson was edi
tor. Tho iirofits oumo not alono from
tho sale of tho.housohold work at SO
cents n copy. Twenty pngos of ad
vertisements woro sold by tho w'omon
to merchants of tho county and more
thnu $500 was realized from that
sourco.
Tho, first edition wns limited to 1,-
000, but its popularity has stirred up
a domand for n socond issuo of tho
cook book, A Snn Francisoo pub-
islier printed' tho work. '
Tho roads In many parts of tho
rtoguo Iltvor valloy aro alroady In
very good condition, and In aomo
parts dust can nctually bo ralsod,
Wrlta.your eastern . and Portland
trlonda of It,
iii I
TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS WHO HAVE DECLARED THAT CONGEESS MUST PEOBI
. , BUGAE, TEUST SCANDALS.
Both Senator Culberson of Texas, Democrat, and Senator Donah - Republican, bare announced that they
will unto congress to InvcstlKato tho scandals growing out of the sugar trust frauds In New York. Each of tho
senators mado Uio statement independent of tho other. Senator Culberson said tho resolution should come from a
Republican member, but that If nono was offered by a representative of tho administration party he would take tho
initiative himself. Senator Itornh declared that he would lose no time tn urging the Inquiry. It la believed In
Washington that tho Insurgent Republicans and Democrats will combine to force the most searching Inquiry Into
the methods of tho sugar trust that any trade combination baa ever been subjected to.
FIERCE STORMS
BESIEGE EAST
New England and Middle
West in Grip of Fierce
Snow and Sleet Storm
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Tho weath-
or broko"froii4, n i'odrnt) lompeia
ture during tin day to a raging bliz
zard tonight. Car traffic is badly
doloycd. Tho mow fall tonight is
hoaviost this winter,
Bos'oi In Storm.
BOSTON, Mass., Doo. 25. This
ity is tonight in tho grip of a fiorco
sleet and snow storm. Tho thor
momotor foil rapidly this afternoon.
A high wind provnils and it is foarod
that thoro has boon a hoavj damage
to shonniuc From all ovor New En
gland reports nro coaling in of a
gonornl storm.
CHICAGO, Doo. 25. Reports
from different sootiohs. sny that a
fiorco storm is prevailing gonornlly
ovor tho middlo wost. Traffioo is
blocked hi this city,
ST. PAUL. Doo. 25. A sovor
snow storm is prevailing horo. A
igh wind ncompanioa it.
KANSAS CITY, Doo. 25. All
outlying districts nro cut off from
this city tonight by tho hoavy storm
which is raging. No damage ha
boon dono na yot in this city.
NEW ORLEANS, Doo. 25.--A
tonvy nun storm visuou tins scut ton
odny, Floods are oxpooted. Tho
storm wob gonornl ovor tho south,
A Potato
Has Eyesj .
but It doesn't read this paper.
You ouflht to be different. Doa't
be a potato. Subscribe titrw.
CASEY'S COLTS TO
LOSE THEIR JOBS
Portland Will Drop From Member
ship In Northwest League Ac
cording to Water
McCredle.
PORTLAND, Dec. 25. What is
thought to bo tho most potont indica
tions that Portland is dono with tho
Northwostom Longuo wns tho re
quest Friday on tho part of Manager
Waltor MoCrodio of tho Paoifio Coast
Longuo for tho return of tho $1000
guarantoo tho MoCredies put in tho
hands of President Lucas, to assure
their staying in th5 class D'leaguo
throughout tho season of 1000,
Furthermore, Waltor MoCrodio him
self said today that' it was a 100 to
ono shot that Portland would not bo
roprosontod in tho Northwostom
Longuo and enough wns rovonlod
from his tone of discourso to nssumo
that tho judge cordially socondod
his southnonts.
"Yos, it is truo that wo mado a
MULKEY TO GO IN
RAGEJFOR TOGA
Says Primary Issue is as Yet
Untried in Oregon Next
Election to Decide It.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Former
Senator Mulkey was quoted in a lo
cal newspaper today saying that he
would not be a candidate for tho
sonata against Senator Jonathan
Uourne, Jr., but would against Sen
ator Chamberlain flvo years henco.
"Tho direct primary question was
not sottled In Oregon b ytho, elec
tion of Chamberlain," he said, "and
nuothor skirmish must bo fought out
nt noxt year's stnto olectlon.
"It Is my beliof that Fulton would
now bo In tho sonato Instead of Cham-
borlaln If a strong faction of tho
republican party had not antagon
ized tho primary law."
dnmnnd on Prosidout Lucas for tho
r.ifurn of tho thousand dollars that
was deposited with him as a guaran
too of good inith," saiu waiters.
"Wo unit uso that tohusand to good
ndvnntago rixht now. I hope that
. r r ...Mi i 1 1. .. .
:ur. ijuuus wut nun wiu luruuv uvui
to us nt once nnd that our relations
with tho Northwostom League, shall
vinco oneself that Portland people
enro for class D ball. Nothincr but
financial failure can como from any
team that Portland keeps in tho
Northwest em Longuo. Its no use
and wo might as woll admit it now
ns any other timo that wo nro-not
in favor of a Northwostom Longuo
basobnll."
MOST PROSPEROUS
IN STATE'S HISTORY
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 25. Today was probably tho
most prosperous Christmas in the history of . the state
A large increase in bank clearings in the city over the same
period last year was reported last night when the banks
closed.
With other Christmas cheer comes the story of railroad
building all over the state, not the least in importance1
among the reports being those from southern Oregon that
the Oregon Trunk is preparing to build to the coast via
iledford. Further reports verifying this were secured today.
LOCAL MERCHANTS
PLEASED WITH
More business, better class of
goods demanded, and more money
to pay for goods, is tho verdict of
the merchants of Medford. Tho ver
dict is unanimous and required but
on0 ballot.
Tho people most enthusiastic con
cerning Medford are those who have
engaged in business here recently.
Without exception tfey declare that
not only tho Christmas trade, but
tho regular trade excels their most
sanguine expectations.
Following are a few of the many
expressions of opinion gathered from
tho different merchants Christmas
morning:
Whltsel Music Co.: "Satisfied? I
should say we are. The business has
been better In every way than wo
expected. Medford for us."
Merlvold Shop: "If we had aver
aged ten dollars a day for tho first
few weeks after opening our shop wo
would have thought we wero doing
finely. It was morq than that and
the only town that beats Medford in
our opinion Is 'that dear Chicago.' "
Manager Campbell of Sherman,
Clay & Co.: "Wo all f,eel good hero.
Trado is good, peoplo appreciative"
Flynn Bros., electrlclons: "The
only kick wo have coming concern
ing the Christmas trado Ib taht we
havo to work today In order to com
plete our orders."
Hussey: "Look at tho store and
you can Judgo for yourself. A cyclone
couldn't mako It look worse."
Toggery Bill: "I'm not hollering.
Can't U8ft breath enough to hollor.
I don't caro to say what Increase there-
has beon in' my sales, but tho in
crease has ben very satisfactory to
me."
Daniels: "Sold twice as many
duds this year than over before."
Th Model:. "Wo sold more and
n better class ot goas tnan in any
previous year."
Van Do Car ft Jasmrnn: "Al
though wo oponed our Jewelry store
but a tow weoks ago, we have had a
surprising trado. The goods demand
ed aro high class. Wo havo sold with
lees difficulty In Medford, na high a
grade of goods as demanded In Salem
or Portland. Medford for ours."
Glwood Jewelry Co.: "Trado bot-
'tor. Goods higher class. ' Christmas
has boon good to us."
Martin J. Iteddy: "Wp havo dono
all kinds of, busluess. Just how -much
don't know now, but If ovoryono
olse In my lino has dono na woll, tho
Jowqlora have flo kick,"
Tho samo sentiment wnB expressed
in evory place of business. Tho vol-
umn of trado was greator and tho
class of floods domnnded hotter. Ev-
kybody had money and were ready
coods thnn ovor: poultry dealers
wero Bwamped with doraandB for tur
keys, chickens, tc., the butcher shops
woro working overtime, and as one
man expresses it, "tho roiiow" wno
didn't do a good business has only
hlrasolf to blame." ' 1
BUS
SS
EHOMALLStCTiGnS
E TALES OF
S
NEW YORK Dec. 25. After a da'v
of strenuous' shopping, which left
many stores with their holiday stocks
decreased to the vanishing noinr. Now
J York last evening began its celebra
tion oi tno gladdest holiday of tho
year. While Christmas ove in the me
tropolis lacks the boisteroas features
and mado revels of Now YearB ove,
it is yet a time of joy, when million
aire and day laborer alika throw aside
me rretrni eares or their workadav
existence.
At all the theaters special per
formances wero riven, nnd at soma of
them wero Christmas trees for mem
bers of the companies. For the peo
ple of the stacre. Christmas was n
day of more lhan usual activity, but
most or them found tune for little
celebrations of their own.
The Salvation Army, the Voluntee-s
of America and tho scores of other
charitable onranizations were nctive
and saw that all of tho poor folk of
tho city were not without tho inatorial
necessities incident to a nronor oh.
t rvnnco of tho holiday. The spiritual
significance of the anniversary was
not lost sight of, and in many
churches today services of an elabor
ate nature- were held, f
Christmas In White House. '
WASHINGTON, Dec.- 25. Scores
of big, fat turkoys wero distributed to
tho Wliito IIouso servants, policemen,
mossongers, ushers, gardeners and
stablemen last evening ns Christmas
gifts from President and Mrs. Taft.
Each big bird had on it a Christians
enrd signed by tho president and
thoso nro highly treasured bv tho re
cipients. Tho Whito House steward
was in chnrgo of tho distribution,
which was among tho largest in yonrs.
Tho usual busy scenes were wit
nessed nt tho White House yesterdny,
a constant stream of express wnirons.
mail carriore nnd special messengors
Hearing guts to tho president nnd
members of his family. Tho collec
tion of ctfts is tho riuoorost imapinn.
bio, ranging from a pair of carpet
Blippers sont by an old lady admirer
of tho president and a iiip nf mm
whisky from a Southern colonel, to
presents of great beauty and intrinsic
worth.
Cheer In Wall Street.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. With tho
fi'innciers of Wall Street reassured bv
tho many symptoms of returning
prosperity, tho Christmas fund which
is annually distributed in "tho stroot,"
reached tremendous proportions.
None of the vast army of workers
in tho banks, brokerage houses and
tho various exchanges woro forgotten
in its distribution.
Many of tho banks mado it a rule
never to distribute more than 10 per
cent bonuses. J3y far tho largost
part of Wall Street Christmas fund,
was apportioned ninontr tho omolovos
of tho great banking, houses and the
more promlnont stock brokerage con
cerns, but tho messoncor bovs. olevn-
tor runnorB nnd tho host of other cm
( Continued on pace 1) ,
OM
CHRiSTMA