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Pull Un4 Wlnt IWyort
Tlio only pniir, In tho
world pttbllithnd In n city ttio
mIxd of Mod ford hnvkiK ft
lunnod wire
Todny nnd Monday
Rnln Saturday Light
flliovorH; trp.no of snow.
I'WRTH YIDAK.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, .JANUARY 2, 1910.
No. 245.
DC
RITY
ROGUE RIVER
Medford Mail Tribu
NE
UNPRECEDENTED
1
NTO PORT comes the good ship "19.10."
. Men wIioho prophecy deals with statistics mtliur than with emotion, know Blie bears a cargo of prosperity for southern Oregon unparalleled since America dawned upon the council of nations.
The certified pledges of plenty are national. For Oregon thev are intensified; for the Rogue ltiver River valley, particularized. As development grows, so veers the compass of things material in
the It aly of America.
"With the 'fruit of the Rogue River valley rated high, with its quality unoqualed in the world's markets, there is the voice of rejoicing in the cabin, the mansion, the counting house. From all sec
tions)!' southern Oregon that song now ascends in volume and unanimity never before equaled.
This year as never before will vast sums be poured.into every industrial, commercial and agricultural channel, and this great wealth will give all Oregon an unprecedented impulse towards prosper
ity; and, t ruly, expectations everywhere are (if the most buoyant description.. It is the Rogue River valley, however, that has been seemingly chosen by providence for a particular manifestation of its
favor. In other fruit sections the yield in 1009 w.-.s unusually short; here in the Rogue .River valley it was nearly normal. For their short yield other sections received a high price; the Rogue River valley
received the top prices for its heavier yield. Tin tremendous advantage, therefore, of this section over its rivals is seen at a glance. Other infallible portents of section and state prosperity arc militantly
apparent . Never did a new year come in when the future was brighter. Upon this Titanic background of prosperity and development at which the world may well wonder, the Mail Tribune today pre
sents a presentation in type and picture of southern Oregon's performance today and tomorrow.
Dramatic Past ; Hi upendous Present, Challenging Future-will of these stride across the pages of this issue.
"With precision never approached, with completeness never approximated in southern Oregon journalism, the Mail Tribune herein records the achievement and the beckoning destiny
The theme was one of epoch-making possibilities and inspiration. "Wo have taken pleasure in so great a subject.
The flowering of the western states into maturity is as yet the most colossal chapter in the history of the world's most colossal nation.,
Compared with that, as tlio sun at noon to the evening' star, will be tho flowering into maturity of the new state of Siskiyou when its speeding destiny shall have been fulfilled.
Volume and. variety of resources, a monopoly of civilization's most enjoyed product, unrealized assets chartered upon the service of icecold actuality, are pledges to that prophecy.
It is fate ordained by logic, not patriotic fantasies, with which we arc dealing. '
Here, then, is presented a TTomeseelcers' edition, telling but the coldest facts regarding this section. Take it let it circulate to the four quarters of the country. Let it reach more homes, more ;npi
tal, moro pooplo than any previous isnue of any southern Oregon newspaper. ,
A A
E COAL C
185,000 PAID FOR
UNCLEARED UN
Nyiidtrate of .Portland Will Cut the
rrttjHTty Up Into Knmll Tract,
Plant It nnd Offer It
for folic.
OfflPANY
AND
Tho land of tlio Cascades Coal Mln
Inr compnny, Including tho Brondbent
mul other propnrtlo anil comprising
oino 1110 acre have been aold to n
com puny composed of Vincent Jonea, A.
IV Morgan nnd W. If. Chapln of Port
Innil, nnl W. I. Vawter of Medford,
who acta aa truateo for the company.
Tho consideration l I8G.000, nml tho
coal company ntlll retnlna all right to
coal or other mlnarala found upon tho
land a.
It la tho Intention of the new owners
to segregate tho Inml Into amallor traota.
plant It to orchard nml put It on tho
markt. All thin Inml will be under tho
Fish I.nkn high line ditch nnd can bo
mado to produce remunerative cropa
with proper cultivation and Irrigation.
The tract Involved nro tho Broad
bunt, Mouldrn, Andrew, Winn and Mil
Irr trncln nnd comprint' some good agri
cultural land and good coal prospect.
Tho Caacaln Coal company will now
bo In n position to continue devolopmont
work.
Mlaa Ambroalne Murphy, who hna been
ponding tho holidays with lior parent.
Mr .and Mr. J, C. Murphy, left Hatur
dny evening on her turn to Tho Dnllen,
Oregon, whero alio linn boon employed
In tho city achoola for tho pnat aevcrnl
year.
EL PASO PRAYS FOR
ARCTIC WEATHER
1'ollro JiiiIko HendcrvH I'luu
"Intn" iin Tempi! tiro Fulls
in Cold Wnvo
for
HL PASO, Toxns, Jon. 1. Tho mer
cury atlll atnndn nt 10 nbovo zoro liore,
nnd nil tho old tuporn urn praying that It
Willi fnll to 10 bolow, For ycatcrny tho
wlao nnd aympathotlo Judgo Lea of the
polloo court rodiicod tho flno for Intox
ication knocked tt from 3 to $1.
"I don't tilaino a tnixn for getting sup
eroxhllnrntod In thla frigid weather,"
aald tlio consldornto Judgo, who uses tio
flnoHt lnngungfl In Kt Pa ho, "Tho flno
for overstimulation will remain nt $1
until tho weather becomea wnrmor, Tho
law imiHt bo satisfied nnd a certain bo
brloty imiBt bo proaorvod. Hut tho oltt
sens of thla town ahall not frooio to
death If Jimtlco tompored by muray enn
provent It." '
"It's a slmplo mathematical cnloula
tlori, auh," remarked old Col. Tiillman
Ttumford, aa ho took his tlilrtuonth stlm
ulant without vlalblo effort or effeot, nt
tho Thoonlx bar today, "Tho tempera
turo foil from 30 to -0 dogrces. For tha
benefit of wonk-mlnded nnd weak
knood pornons Judgo I.en a gontlomnn,
suit reduood tlio flno from fs to f 1, It
follown that ahould tho mercury drop 20
degrecn lower tho court will owo $1 to
every audi prisoner. To auoh opena tho
vista of an endless olrolo of nloohollo
Joy, lie will Imvo to apond tils dollar
In Cook whlckoy to got nnother dollar.
Bnrkoop, tho anmo, If you ploaao, auh."
Cook whlakoy la n now brand hero. ItH
dlBtlllorn ndmtt frankly tlicy named It
po bccnuBO It In doctored,
ASHLAND CLUB
400 MEMBERS
Srcrelnry Frohlnrk Succennfully Kudo
CuiiiMilgn for IiicmtNCil
Memlx'nuhlp In Com
mercial Club.
NN
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. I. Secretary
Frohbach'a notlvo campaign to boost tho
Aahlnnd Commercial Club's memberahlp
to 400 before tho Now Year arrived,
cloned laat night and Frohbnch la tri
umphantly telling how It wna dona. Tho
laat nnmo aecured yrterday awelled tho
lint to 405, making a memberahlp Hat
that, In proportion to population, la tho
Inrgeat on tho conat.
When tho now secretary who, by tho
way hna Tom Richardson aklnned a city
block when It cornea to real, practical
work took charge about three inontha
ngo, tho total memberahlp wan but ISO.
Tho night ho took office ho announced
that ho would nwcl! tho Hat to 400 by
Now Yenr'a day, nnd wn laughed nt.
Hut he went to work nnd tho way he
hna rubbed tho dry bonea of tho town
wna bcnutlful to nil, nnd ho got results.
-Tho club will hold a Jollification meet
ing In tha near future
ATHLETIC CM'll MEETS
MONDAY NIOHT TO OHOAIK
Owing to a misunderstanding no moot
ing of thoso Interested In organizing an
nthletlo club wna hold Wednesday
night, but n meeting hna been called for
Mondny evening, January 3rd nnd no
tices sent out to all subscribers, and a
good nttennno la expected.
Tho meeting will be hold In tho nth
letlo hnll In tho' Miles building, which
la being fitted up na a gymnasium.
Thero ahould bo n ful nttondnnco ao
that tho club will bo ntartod right nnd
tho right kind of puoplo put In charge
of It
FOREMAN IX T.OOOINfJ OAMl
IXilKHITH LAltdK IXHtTUNE
SPOKANE. Wnah., Jnn. 1 Alex Mo-
Laughlln, foreman In n logging camp
near Snndpolnt, Idaho, hna ndvlso.l
friends In Bpoknno that ho la ono of tho
ton holrs to nn eatnto valued nt $5,000,-
000, loft by hla brother, who died In Aus
tralia, sovernl yenra ngo nftcr amassing
n fortuno in tho gold Holds. Ho hna
gono to Vancouver, II. C, whero ho will
visit relatives to establish olnlm to f BOO,-
000, which ho bollovcn In hla shnro of
tho eatnto In tho land of tho knngeroo.
Ho will go to Sydney rtH soon ns he
comes Into possession of certain dooti
tnanta to provo hla Identity.
E REVELERS
DIE IN CRASH
Itunnwny Cnr Plunges Down Orndc
Cmalilng Into Itoninunuit Fill
ed With Wntchers for
New Yonr.
TAFT WISHE!
. PROSPEROUS
mm
Xntlou'B Executive Central Figure In
Glorious Pageant Held Annu
ally in Wlrft! House
Notables Present.
5 ML HEAVY SNOWS I
I a m mm m av m mt m m v m
N SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REVELERS
mi
CA
0
SE
FIRE
St. Jooili, Mo., Heavy Sufferer From
Xcw Years Itcvcls Fire Stnrta
From Overturned Lamp
In Tenement
IIALTIMORE. Md., Jan. 1. A runn
wny trolley car early thla morning left
tho tracks, plunged Ita way across half
n street and crashed Into tho front
of a restaurant, killing nine person, nil
of whom wcro watching tho Now Year
In nnd the old out.
The crash acmo without warning.
How tho car got started In Ita run away
courso Is a matter of mystery. Tho con
ductor nnd motormnn wcro kilted as wan
a solitary passenger. A score of per
sons In the restaurant wcro Injured, and
six are dead.
hi:d citoss oirrs out
FHOM JOSH MADIIIZ
NEW OltLEANS, Ii.. Jan. 1. A ca
blegram received hero today states that
President Jose Mndrlz of Nicaragua has
given tho Red Cross society $2,000 to
assist Ita representatives In their work
nmong the prlosners tnht ara being held
atniueflelds by tho revolutionists. Tha
work of tho Hed Cross society In the
hospitals thnt were established In Blue
fleldn after tha dcclalvo victory of tho
Insurgents near llama and Recero has
been hampedcrcd by a lack of supplies
and of funds.
Madrlz'a gift ta aald to bo most tlmo-
iy.
NEWTQWNS SOLO Iff
LONDON; NET $2.78
I K. .Merrick Advised of Side of Cnr
by Suobe! Day of Now
York.
kaom: i'L'ts ri oamw
FIOHT WITH COYOTK
SPOKANE, Wash,. Jan. 1. Mnrah hill.
near Fairfield, Spokano county, wna tho
acono of n torrlflo oncountor between a
goldon caglo nnd n coyote, tho latter
omorglng minus nn ciir. Tho big bird
nnd tho coyoto woro captured In traps
aet oloso together by Hod Morrison, son
of Colonol E. II. Morrison. Tha caglo
was heavily handicapped by tho trap
which hold Ita loft claw, but stood ltd
ground well by using tho right spur and
beak. It- dlod shortly nftor bolng ro
leuecd from tho trap and will bo mount
ed. Tho coyoto was tho largest over
aeon In eastern Washington.
F. E. Morrlck wna advised yestorday
of tho snlo of n car of Newtown Pip
pins In London nt a price which nota
him 12.78 a box f. o. b. Medford.
Tho car wna comprised of n flno lot of
fruit. It wna consigned to Sgobel &
Day, commission mon of Now York.
They wrlto thnt tho mnrkot will bo
splendid for Nowtowns.
aijAmkda couxeiii aitku
VNDHAVKD WOM1SN
KTKAMKH, DI8A11LKD,
IS TOWKD INTO POUT
NEW YORK, Jnn. 1. Tho Clyde llnor
Algonquin, carrying freight, la bolng
towod hora today by tho llnor Apache,
according to tho Unttod Wireless roportB.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Jnn. 1. In tho fu
turo Vonoo Domlto, portrayed on tho
billboards of Alamenda, will bo used na
a high art ladles' tnllorod model, In
othor words hor drapery will be re
moved and hor form clothed from head
to foot In "something noat and natty"
of "thla season's novelty."
Tho axo of tho Alamenda olty coun
cil has fallen heavily, All figures of
undrnpod, or partially clothed women
will bo barrod now and forovor from tho
billboards of tho olty, Tho form dl
vino, sung by poots, pltourod by artists,
or sculptored by wteldors of the art
chlsol, cannot find a placo In tho publlo
oye, according to the local council.
Tho billboards camo In for a heavy
aharo of tho council's attention, tho
snmo ordlnanoo fixing tho rata of taxa
tion on them and requiring that thoy
Bhnll bo built strong enough to resist
tho wind,
I WASHINGTON, Jan. J. The cxpan-
alve Taft smtlo overflowed Its usual
I boundaries today and embraced the
world. I
Tho occasion was the first annual
Now YearB day reception of tho new
administration. Tho big. broad Taft
pcraonnllty reached out and gathered to
Us kindly presence thousands from the
courtly members of tho diplomatic corps
to the plainest of the plain people.
It was "open house" at tho president
ial abode, with Citizen and Cltlzencss
Taft as host and hostess.
Long beforo tho White House doors
wcro unlatched tho crowds began to
asscmblo In ino president's front yard.
It was a motley gathering that had
como to wish "Big Bill" a happy New
"Venr, nnd shake his hand In greeting.
Young and old chatted In the line. Fur
lined overcoats rubbed elbow with gar
ments that were shabby nnd thin. Vcn
orable graybcards, young bloods, timid
maids nnd matrons of polso huddled to
gether in a heterogeneous American
multitude.
Started at 11 O'clock.
Aa the great hall clock In tho White
House boomed out oleven nnd four bug'
lera stopped from tho band and sounded
tho presidential fnnfnre, tho executive
and Mrs. Taft left tho family apart
ments on the second floor and started
down tho great main staircase. With
tho Ylco President and Mrs. Sherman
and tho cabinet mombers and .their
wives, they took up their position at
the southern end of the bluo room. Tho
ladles stepped to the right and formed
a part of tho receiving lino. Then be
gan the brilliant, formal reception of
tho dlplomntlo corps, the "ollto" of of
ficial life.
Only one thing that hna characterized
Whlto House Now 'Yenr'a receptions In
tho past was lacking. That was the
gathering of specially Invited guests
who In former administrations crowded
tho blue room. The sole permanent oc
cupants of tho room -today wore Presi
dent Taft nnd his official family. Mrs.
Tnft'n health has forced tho curtailment
of social festivities at tho Whlto House,
nnd It wbb thought best to conserve hor
Rtrength on thla occasion by omitting
tho personal guests.
Army and Navy.
Tho buglers Bounded another call and
representatives of tho army and navy
filed Into tho room. Decked out In all
tho glory of full dress uniforms, the
military nnd naval officers made a
brilliant showing. They were the last
of tho uniformed visitors. The assem
blage took cn a moro subdued appear
ance na they departed.
They were Immedlntoly followed by
the civilian officials of the government
and representatives of various organi
sations, as follows:
Regents and secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, civil service com
mission, Interstate commerco commis
sion, Isthmian cannl commlslon, com
mlssolncrs of the District of Columbia,
assistant secretaries of tho departments,
the solicitor general, assistant attorneys
general, assistant postmasters general,
treasurer of tho United States, llbrarlnn
of congress, publlo printer, heads of bu
reaus, president of the Columbia Insti
tution, Society of tho Clnnatl and a
acoro of other minor organizations,
tadlts Depart.
Then thero wna pause. Mrs.' Taft and
tho Indies of tho cabinet departed for
tho refreshments which tho hostess nl
wayB Borves on New Yeara day to tho
ST, JOSEPH. Mo., Jan. 1. A New
Year revel ended In disaster In this city
when three blocks of tenement houses
were burned. The fire started from an
overturned lamp In one of the rooms
where the occupants were seeing the
New Year in. The buildings burned rap
idly. Two hundred families are with
out homes today. "
Woman Bursa.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Phystclans who
are attending Mrs. Charles Ellis, whose
gown caught fire In tho Cafo Martin last
night while the lights were out and the
guests were drinking to the coming of
tho New Year, stated today that she
probably will recover from her burns,
but that sho may bo terribly scarred.
Mrs. Ellis was seated In a balcony,
overlooking tho revelers. The lights
had been turned out as the New Year
approached.
Dies After Xtnal BaveL
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1. After one
wild, final fling at life at It's height. In
the gay New Year's carnival laat night.
nn unknown man repaired to hla room
In tho Berlin hotel and' there, sitting
erect In a chair, with hla clothes cov
ered with the gay colored confetti, sent
a bullet through hla brain.
"Happy Now Year!" called Frank Wil
son, clerk at the hotel early today, as
he passed the half-open door and saw
the amnalttlng In the chair.
When he received no reply, he looked
again and then blood attracted his at
tention.
An lnvesttagtlon revealed the facts
of the Btrango tragedy.
AUSTRIA CONSIDERS
TAX ON BACHELORS
New lludget Proposed by Government
Which Will Work Hardship
on Unmarried Men,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Austria-
Hungary Is in the throes of a discussion
of a tax on bacholors, acording to re
ports received heer from American con
sular officers In tho dual monarchy, and
every club In tho empire la agog with tho
possibilities of the now budget proposed
by tho government. Tho proposed tax
would fall on bachelors who havo only
thomsolvos or ono other person to care
for, and also upon childless married
couples. Tho estimates submitted to the
Austrian parliament with the budget
deolare that nt least 15,000,000 annually
will bo raised by this unique nex tax.
Tho bacholors nnd society people are
unanimous In condemtng the plan.
1909 WAS GREAT
BUILDING YEAR
No Less Tlinn $2,000,000 Was Ex
pended In Medford Daring lOOO
for Xcw Buildings, Homes
and Business Blocks.
(Continued on pngo 4.)
VALLEJO, Cal., Jan. 1, James Derg-
man, engineer of tho United States tor
pedo boat Truxton, was drowned to
day when a small boat In which he was
rowing capsized, the strong current car
rying tho body out Into tho bay before
thoso who saw tho accident from tho
shore could, reaoh the scene, In a launch'.
It had not beon recovered up a lato
hour today.
COLDEST SPELL
IN YEAR'S REPORf
Indications Arc for Heavy Snow Ovcrr
Oregon Today Gnlo Rages
North and South of - 5
Southern Oregon.
Two million, five hundred thousand
dollars was expended in the city of
Medford during the past year for new
buildings residences and business
blocks. And the building is continuing
without abatmcnt.
All through the business section new
blocks are found. No less than ten of
these large business buildings wero !
erected, and several moro started.
During 190S. 229 buildings outside of
business blocks were erected In Medford
ranging In price from 1750 to J14.000.
Thla year the number of buildings
have increased to over SCO and the coat
runs from the minimum of laat year
up.
During 1909 the several addltlona to
the city havo been building up fast,
and with tho exception of a few sub
divisions whero building restrictions
were in forco the houses constructed
have been not on the elaborate plan.
Nevertheless these cheap houses count
In the upbuilding of the city, for they
are built for homes by peoplo who have
come hore to grow up with tho country
and Investing not for speculation, but
with the Intent to Increase the value
of their property as their circumstances
permit
Quito a number of beautiful resi
dences havo been constructed during
the past year, ranging In coat from
$5000 to $10,000, and It was slmpty be
cause material was short and skilled
labor scarce that thero were not more.
Among the new real' homes which
havo been bullded and Included In the
above class are W. C. Green's, built on
the site of tho ono burned In Bungalow
addition; F. K. Deuel's residence and
thnt of Porter J. Neff pn Oakdale ave
nue; H. E. Boyden's on North Central
avonue, George R. Llndley's on Siskiyou
Heights. S. A. Nye, Bert Anderson, J. D.
Heard and many others'.
A conservative estimate places the
amount expended for building material
In the city at M. 2000,000. tho material is
usually figured at 50 per cent of the
cost of the building, so thero you have
nnother million and a quarter expended
for labor.
With a terrific gale raging
over, Washington and Northern
Oregon, with a heavy snow storm
in progress over California,
Southern Oregon Is experiencing
mild winter weather. January 1,
1910. was a cloudy day but not
uncomfortable. Late last night
a light snow fell but only enough
to carry with It a trace of win
ter. The thermometer ranged 46
all day. The weather man says
It will rain today and tonight,
with slight flurries of snow.
Truly there is no more delightful
climate in which to live than that
of tho Rogue river valley.
PORTLAND, Jan. 1. Tho coldest
spell the west has seen In years Is re
ported from Seattle to San Diego. Thla
city while not Buffering severely, la
feeling the freeze-up. At Seattle a gala
ta blowing 50 miles an hour and Belllng
ham, Aberdeen and all points In Wash
ington report the heaviest weather In
years.
Snow In California.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1. Throughout
Southern California tho midwinter fes
tivals are uttorly demoralized. Heavy
rains are being experienced throughout
nil the valleys there and snow storms
were seen today Inflections where enow
has never fallen lnho memory of man.
EIGHT INJURED WHEN
TROLLEY CARS CRASH
HEAVY RAINS DO
$50,000 DAMAGE
Electric Wires Down nnd Much Dnm
ngo Dona Over Southern
California.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 1. Eight
persons wero injured, none fatally, today
when tho second car of a three-car
train of tho Paclflo Electric railway,
bound for Pasadena was struck and
turned on Its sklo by a Salt Laka Pull
man car, which was being shoved by a
locomotve.
The accident occurred at tho east end
of the Allso street bridge at tho Salt
Lake crossing.
Tho olootrlo train was crowded with
passengers bound for Pasadena to i
witness the roso tournament parade.
Tho electrto cars had coma to a stop
on signal from tho flagmen stationed
mere. Anomer signal was given nnu
the cars started to cross tho tracks.
Tho motor car was safely across whon
tho Salt Lake engine, pushing the par
lor car In front, crashed Into the mlddlo
car.
The side of the eleotrlo car crumbled,
while a panto stricken stream of passen
gers fought tholr way out through the
upper windows. It Is bolleved the ac
cident was caused by a mistake In signals.
POMONA, Cal., Jan. 1, Damago
amounting to moro than $50,000 has been
done by the torrential rains that havo
fallen in this section during the Inst 24
hours. The storm is one of tho most
severe that over visited Pomona and Is
continuing unabated today.
At Camp Baldy, In tho mountains near
Azusa, 15 pleasure soukers who ascend
ed to tho camp yesterday to wutch the
old year out, are marooned. A heavy
landslldo has blacked the trail, and a
roturn trip would bo extremely hazard
ous. Tho county road over "Hogback"
mountain has beon severely damaked
and many bridges arc reported to havo
been washed out.
Gangs of workmen are scattered about
the country roads today trying to pre
vent moro damage being done. Weak
bridges are being braced, and temporary
dykes built along the country road.
Mrs. L. M, Smith of North Central
street moved out of the Toft & Dally
residence Into the Morrison house on
North Bcatty streot today,