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MEDFOKI), OM3CION, FRIDAY r DECEMBER 31, 1909.
No. 21!.
CLOSE ONION RAILROADSTD
MEETING'S COMBINE
RESULT OFFICES
Fruit Mon Hold Most Rep
resentative Mooting Evor
Oonvonod in Modford
Committoo Appointed to
Formulato Plana.
On i! of tlin most roproaontntlvo
gathering! of fruit growera ovor hold
In ihe Rogue Rlvur valley waa that
htdd nt tlio horticultural rooma In
tlio HnHklnH building yesterday nftor
noon. Thu meeting was called for tho
purpoao of Inaugurating a movement
toward creating a union of all tho
fruit growera of Uoguo ltlvor valley,
Irroapectlvo of location, covering tho
wholo fruit growing territory from
tho Siaklyoua to tlio gorge of tho
Rogue, and roprwwntntlvoa from ov
ry section woro present.
Thorn was no dolmto upon tho
qiitiHtlon of tho noceaalty of auch nn
organization, hut thoro woro a num
her of addroasva upon tho main point
and other subjects, all of which woro
full of Information for tho fruit
grower, whothor votornn or novlco.
Profeasor O'Oara waa t ho first
apookor nnd told of tho work which
had boon accomplished hy tho orniu;o
nnd lomon growera of California In
thla respect and tho aid which had
boon given tho aouthorn California
growera hy tho Kovornment. "Hocniiao
thoy asked for It," aald Mr. O'Oara,
"and tho fact that I nm hero aa a
reproaontatlvo of tho dopnrtmont of
agriculture ahowa what enn ho dono
hy asking. Tho 'orange nnd lomon
growera o( California got tho beat
prlco going through their orgnnlzza
tlon, and you pooplo should ho got-
tint: vory tlrod of having tho main
profit of your labor and Inveatinonta
reaped by curhatono brokora on tho
other end of thn lino."
George A. Hamilton, ono of tho
prominent fruit Krowoni of Joseph
ine waa In favor of n union of tho
fruit growora of tho wholo vnlloy, Ho
thought tho fruit hualneaa should ho
tnkon out of tho lunula of tho com
mlHHlon men. In hla oxporleuco ho
had found that tho grower received
tho commission nnd tho other follow
got tho roat. If you kicked, tho noxt
Hhlpmeiit would glvo you no returns
whatever, hut you would havo tho
prlvllogo of paying tho freight. Mr.
Hamilton bolloved In organizing and
so plodgod hlniRolf, and tho fruit
growers of Joeophlno.
D, T. Lonnlugor of tho Ashlnnd
Fruit nHHoelatlon wuh not prepared
to talk, hut was heartily In favor of
organization,
G. H. Bnoll of Ashland thought or
ganization waa n good thing for npplo
and pear men, thut did not boo how
growers of small fruits nnd borrlos
would ho heuofltod,
A. U. Parsons of Qrauta Pass
.bought berries and peuchen mora
at tho morey of tho commlsalon donl.
era tlinn othor fruits, as thoy could
(Contlnuod on pa no 8,)
ROBBERS MEET WITH
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okln., Dec. 31.
Ono robber wuh Instantly killed, a
h. com! fatally wounded and n third
escaped early today whoa tho Okla
homa city police frustrated nn nt
tompt to rob tho Btnto bank nt Har
rnh, a small town oast of horo,
Tho doad robbor was Idontltlod na
Frank Qulgga of Knuana City, nnd
tho wounded man gnvo tho nnmo of
Frank Onrpontor. OfflcorB hero who
discovered tho plot to rob tho bank
hurrlod to Hnrrnh last night, Thoy
couconlod thomsolvos noar tho hank
nnd wnltod. Mnrly today tho throo
mon npponrod; nnd tho pollco ordor
od thorn to Btirrondor, Tho. men fled
nnd tiio pollco fired, killing Qulggs
and fatally wounding Cnrpontor.
Pacific & Eastern Business
Will Bo Transacted at the
Southorn Pacific Depot,
Boginning With Tomorrow
Morning, January 1.
Tho Pacific & Kastern haa complet
ed arrangements with tho Southern
Pacific for the establishment of n
joint agency and commiiclng with
Snturdny morning, Jnnunry 1, It will
ho posslhlo to transact all bualnoaa
with tho Pnclfc & Kaatern nt tho
Southern Pacific depot, Tickets may
bo purchased, frolght ahlpped and all
JtiMt aa If tho Pacific & Eoatern waa
a Southern Pacific lino. All locnl
freight, paasengcr and haggago bus
Inean will bo handled at tho dopot.
A. S. noHcnhnum, tho loeni Southorn
Pacific agent for tho Pacific & Hast
en, and hl forco will assist In ban-
filing tho Pacific & Kaatern business,
More .Men rsreoou.
Tho work on tho extension of tho
Pacific A Kaatern la rapidly pro
grossing. Chief Kngluocr Gorlg
states that tho worst handicap la lack
of mon, COO being needed now.
Tho lino botwoon Englo Point and
this city hna all beou ballasted to n
point within two miles of Medford,
and tho road la In much bettor ahnpo
than ovor before.
NEW COMPANY TO
HANDLE LAND FORMED
Company Capitalized at $200,000 Is
Incorporated to Deal In Rogue
River Valley Lands.
Tho Roguo Hlvor Orchards com
pany, capitalized nt 1200,000, with
offices at Kansna City", Portland and
Merlin, la tho latest ayndlcato to un
dortako tho clearing, planting and
vnlo of small tracts of tho Koguo Rlv
cr valley. Tho Incorporators of tho
company nro W. T. Rood nnd T. K.
Iloed of Kansas City, V. F. Williams
and S. D, Wllllama of Portland and
W, H, Sherman of Qrauta Pass.
Tho company has mado an Initial
purchnso of 5000 acres of land near
Merlin, Tho land la now bolng eloar
ed nnd 100 ncrcif of It will bo plnntod
to fruit HiIh year nnd 1 COO noxt year.
ALBERT KICKS OUT
RRUSSKLS, Deo. 31. -An nuthorl
latlvo nnd official announcement was
mndo horo today to tho effect that
King Albort had accepted tho reslg
nntlon of tho ontlro civil nnd military
staffa of tho Into King Leopold, In
cluding Ilnron Wnhls, governor gon
oral of tho nolglan Congo, This ac
tion Ib nccoptod m n preliminary atop
to stumping out tho old roglmo in
tho Congo and tlio ending of repent
ed abuses thore.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
DISCUSS RECENT STRIKE
WASHINGTON, Doo. 31. H. 11.
Porham In chnrgo of tho railway
division of tho Amorlcnn Fodorntlon
of Labor, today hold a long confer
ence with IntorBtuto Cmnmorco Com
mlBslonor Knnpp and Labor Commls
Blouor Nelll for tho purposo of bring
ing about nn adjustment of tho dis
pute botwoon tho striking awltchmon
and tho northwoatorn roads,
Following tho conforonco, which
lasted for throo hours, It was nn-
nouncd that no settlement had boon
effected,
FRANK B. KELLOGG, NEMESIS OF TRUSTS,
SOON TO SPRING A SENSATIONAL SUIT.
Washington la stirred over rumors that nt least one aentatlonal .trust exposure la being prepared by the govern
ment's legal department. Frank It. Kellogg, the Mlnnesotau who fought the Standard Oil company to a standstill,
Is nt the caplinl and has been working steadily for several weeks preparing an action that the wise ones say will
rival thu light against the oil trust. It la known that tho sugar trust and the telephone nnd telegraph merger are
under consideration In the attorney general's otllce, but those who profess to know will not disclose whether Mr.
Kellogg In engaged In these ensea or la Investigating some other gigantic commercial organization with a view to be
ginning proceeding. Tho prominence gnlned by Mr. Kellogg In tils anti trust fight prompts his friends to put him
fnrwnni mi h cMmtlrinlo for United States ocnator to auccced Senator Claop of Minnesota, whose term expires In 1011.
CRATER LAKE CASE UP JAN. 1
ATTORNEYREAMES
IS SO NOTIFIED;;,
Tho Crater Lako road caso has
boon act for hearing In tho eupromo
court on January 12, 1910, at 10
o'clock a. m. Attorney Clnrenco L.
Heamea was bo notified Friday.
Tho Crater road caso Is most Im
portant to southern Oregon nnd to
tho atato nt largo. Tho recent logla
laturo appropriated S100.000 to aid
In Its construction. Later ono Mc
Mnhan, a cheap attomoy in Snlom,
developed a had grouch nnd in tho
nnmo of n taxpnyor in enstorn Ore
gon brought suit nnd enjoined tho
8tnto from oxpoudlng th0 money,
claiming such nn appropriation la un
constitutional. Tho suit waa won by
McMnhnn In tho circuit court nnd
was tlmmedatoly appealed. It will
now ho Bottled In tho auprom0 court.
SEEMS NO HOPE OF
PARDON OF NIGKELL
All offorta appear hopeless to bo-
curo n pardon for Charles NIckolI,
tho formor Jacksonvlllo and Medford
nowspapor man, now Borvlng a four
yenr term of Imprisonment na tho
result of his conviction In tho United
States court at Portland of 'conspir
acy in laud frauds. Sonntor Uourno,
looking aftor tho mattor nt tho ro
quoat of NIckoll'B frlonds. hntf beou
notltlod by tho department of Juatlco
that uulosa roaaons for NlckoU'a pnr
don additional to thoso upon which
tho prosldont has horotoforo rofuaod
to grant It ahull bo advnncod tho ap
plication cannot again bo called to
tho presldont'B attention.
Splendid Flight Made.
PAUE, Frnnco, Doo. 31. Paul
rispndir todny flow ovor this city
for hnlf nn Itour in n Wright In
ane. ITo wns nooompunioil liy
Cuunt rnlinski as a pnssanKor.
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IN EFFECT JAN. I
f
A now tinio tablo on ho
' Southern Fncific goes into
effect tomorrow. Only two
changes nro made here. No.
12, tho Shnstn Limited, will go
north nt2:3G n. m. intend of
0:27 n. m. nnd No. 10, tho
Ashlnnd locnl, rocs south nt
11:22 p. m. instead of 11:43
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u. m.
JUDGE SILAS J. DAY,
CLOSES USEFUL CAREER
and Respected Pioneer Passes
Old
.Away at His Home In -.-Jcksonville
Lived There SIllCO 1852.
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With the pnssinc; of Judge Silns J.
Dny of Jacksonville, who died nt his
homo in Jacksonville, another vu-
ennoy has been mndo in tho fast thin-
nine; ranks of tho pioneers of tho Pn- 1
eitio const, and besides one of tho
men who holped to mnko OreRon his-
torv hns gone to his rownrtl.
Judgo Dnv wns ono of that littlo
hand of indominitnhlo mon who
hrnved tlto daiifrors of tho six months'
journey across the plains in tho enrly
fifties nnd who finally sottled down
niul holnml eronto n cront common-
wonlth in country then unknown
nnd unexplored
Htillt Courthouse.
Judgo Dny was county judgo of
Jackson county when tho prosont
court houso wns oonstructed in 1883,
.nnd it stnnds Mow a monumont to his
memory in solidity nnd honest' of
construction.
Judgo Dny was n momhor of tho
I. O. O. P. nnd Jmd passed through
ho chairs in ovory branch of tho
ordor. Ho has boon for many years
tho soorotnry of tho Pioneers Associ
ation of Southorn Orogon.
ITo lon'03 n wifo nnd two childron,
Mrs. Mnmio Dox, now in tho oast,
nnd 13. M. Dny, who wns with him
(Continued on rage S.)
ASHLAND GROCER
GIVEN U FINE
ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 31. (Spec
ial.) Tho second caso of tho state
,vb. H. P. Holmea was heard yeater-
day before Recorder Eggleston. and a
Jury, and resulted In conviction.
Holmes was fined $50 and costs. His
offense consisted in selling Hazel
wood Creamery butter not properly
labeled. It was really tho Hazclwood
company, and not Holmes, that waa
on trial, and it la understood that
tho Portland concern will pay
Holmes' fluo and coats of suit.
Miilkry Wages "War.
I District Attorney Mulkoy Is doter-
mlnd to nforc th pur food law In
this district and win vigorously pros-
cuto every caso reported If tho ovl-
denco Is sufficient to gain a hearing
In court, bolloving that that Is tho
only tcourso that will bring out the
wen kpolnts In tho lnw, and educate
"o masses to take enough Intereat
111 Blch matters to prevent in futuro
io pnssngo of laws framed In auch
n wn' ns to bb ea85" ot evasion,
Grocera Want . lnvoMlgtion.
T lca I?rocera aro ps anxious
s nnyono to havo tho puV0 food law
properly lntorproted In ordor that
1I10W wl,oro thoy stand,
Tio: ro tired of bolng uaed by
crenmorles to impose their .wares
Pn l'"0"3. Tho crenmory that
persists In putting doubtful labels on
tho butter sent to Ashlnnd will quick-
ly find that a community that will
discipline homo ludustry for practic
ing unscrupulous business methods,
will n'ot hesltnto to refuso to patron
ize a questionable- outsldo concern.
RAILROAD CLIMS IT WAS
. DEFRAUDED OF $600,00
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 31. Tho
fraudulent disposition ot freo trip
passes has cost tho Great Northern
railway upwards of SfiOO.000 In tho
past four years, It la tillcgod, as tho
result of an organized system sup
posed to oxtond throughout tho west.
Spoclnl Agent A. h, Ray haa boon
working oh tho caso for the govorn
mont for ovor a year,
ZELAYA SAY!
REPORTS
WRONG
Laughs at Report That He
Plundered the Nicaraguan
Treasury Says Stories
Regarding Him Were All
"Made-to-Order."
MEXICO CITY, Mex., Dec. 31.
"Americana havo been mlaled by bi
ased rcporla and made-to-order ato-ric-a
of tho alleged crimes and de
falcations In Central America, but 1
feel that since I have been given an
opportunity to atato my side of tho
caso they will begin to understand
the tru0 atato of affaire."
Thla was tho statement mado to
day by former President Zelaya of
Nicaragua to tho United Press corre
spondent. "While It Ib true, ho continued,
"that I havo enemies In tho United
States, I also have found friends.
The latter firmly believe that no mat
ter what faults may be found with
my policy In governing Nicaragua,
the action of Secretary Knox was far
from proper from a diplomatic point
of view."
Zelaya laughed at tho story that
ho had plundered the treasury and
declared that he had paid the $50,
000 Emery claim out of his own
pocket. Tho former president seems
undisturbed by the rumors ot a plot
to assassinate "him.
A sub-secretary of foreign affairs
today denied that Zelaya was a vir
tual prisoner at tho Mexican capital.
Ho stated that Zelaya was at liberty
to go and come as he pleased.
"Zelaya," aald the secretary, "may
spend, millions, drink, talk, gamble,
sleep and live In Mexico without fear
of molestation aa long as ho care's
to."
WILL SPEED THE PARTING
AND WELCOME THE NEW
Tho coming of 1010 will bo duly
nn dnppropriately welcomed by tho
people of Medford. Watch parties
will be held nt tho different churches
nnd many private affairs of liko
kind aro beinp; arranged.
Tho hotels and restaurants have
prepared to accommodate the cele
brntors of tho passing of the old and
tho coming of tho new year.
Tho speeding of tho parting guest
in tho shnpo of 1909 will bo celebrat
ed, ns well ns tho coming of 1910.
TO GIYE PERMANENT
RELIEF CHERRY WIDOWS
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Plans aro bo
lng made horo today by Earnest Dick
nell, national director of tho Rod
Cross socletv, for calling a mooting of
tho Red Cross councils and tho oxo
cutlvo commltteQ ot tho United Mlno
Workers for tho purposo of giving
pormnncnt relief to tho survivors of
tho Chorry disaster.
In replying to charges that tho
Red Cross had not properly relieved
suffering at Chorry, BIcknoll said
that tho organization had spout near
ly $200,000 and that tho families ot
tho doad minors woro bolng carod
for ovon bettor than their own broad
wlunors could havo done.
MAN THREATENS TO
BLOW UP THE SENATE
CHICAGO, Doo. 31. A lottor writ
ton to a Chicago nowspapor stating
that tho writor had only six months
to live and that ho intondod to blow
up tho United Stntos sennto with
nitro-glycorino, caused tho fodornl
oproativos and Chicago polteo to hur
riedly search tho city todny.
Tho lottor wns at first thought to
ho a hoax, but it is now bolioved to
havo boon from n sorious man who
hns beon drivon .irrntionnl by
though.s of death.
OLD YEAR TO
Sight
Number of Watch Meetings
Have Been Arranged for
This Evening Will, How
ever, Be Quietly Observed
in Medford.
"The King is dead, long live the
King."
Snch will bo the cry within n fow
hours when 1009 passes out into tho
night to make way for a brand new
youngster another year of promise.
The inocming year will bo hailed tho
world over, in somo places quietly and
in others madly, roitonsiy, tumult
ously. In Mcdfoi J the greeting of tho now
comer will bo quiet. A nnmbcr' of
watch meetings will be held nnd tho
leading cafes will be open until 1010
is here.
Sitting by tho besido of a dying
year nover was a sad rite, nnd tho
annual porfornmnce seems to take on
a livelier tono every time. Brenthinp;
its last, in wheezy gasps, the waning
year is forgiven for all the evils and!
tribulations it brought, and thought ia
given onlv of the plensnnt things with
which its memory wil always be link
ed. But tho dying year is really giv
en scant attention for most of the
siting-up solicitude is for the new
year and in the natnre of a reception,,
a glad, gay welcome, if yon please,,
Tho girls nt the Nash grill intend'
holding nn imitation Irish wako at
that pooular resort tonight in their
efforts to welcome the New Year in
and thev assert that when it comes
to making a noise they will bo, there
with bells, and cowbells at that!
$IIawrJWcdncs 1
FIELDER JONES MAY
MANAGE QUAKERS
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. -If "brother"
Charllo Tatt Is willing to let Fielder
Jones In on some of the stock of tho
Philadelphia Nationals, which he pur
chased yesterday, ho can probably got
Jones to manage the Quaker team.
At least this la the report current
hero today following tho visit yes
terday of Wlllard N. Jones of Port
land, Or., a brother of tho former
White Sox manager.
Wlllard says that Fleldor Jones is
prosperous, but atlll yearns for baso
ball. Tho local fans bollovo that It
Taft cannot get Johnny Kllng to mnn
ago tho Philadelphia team, that a
strong effort will bo mado to land
Jones.
POLICE SEARCHING FOR
BOLD NEGRO BURGLAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. Tho
ontlr0 pollco forco Is searching to
day for a negro burglar who at mid
night entered tho room of Mrs. Bos
slo Huntress at 1434 Turk stroot and,
finding no money In tho room, bru
tally attacked the woman.
After binding and gngglug the
woman and leaving hor half dead, the
burglnr escaped. Sho was found un
conscious In her room this morning
by tho landlady. Mrs. Huntress was
rushed to an hospital, where hor con
dition Is said to bo critical.
Tho woman separated from her
husband somo tlmo ago and alnco
then has boon working as n bookkeep
er. AVIATOR MEETS WITH
ACCIDENT NEAR PARIS
MOURMELON LE GRANDE,
Franco, Deo. 31. Tho life of Avia
tor II. Bnordors wns probably saved
today whon his biplane foil into a
troo. Although tho nvintor escnpod
unhurt his mnohino wns totally
wrookod.