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CilV Hall
What Other City in the Northwest Can Show a 33 per d: Increase in Postal Receipts?
tfnlU'ri IV'hh Atwocinfc.au,
Full LrmxHl Wire lUpoH
Thu only pnpor hi tlio
world pMbtlMkdd In u city thu
mIo of Modford having n
limited wlro.
Medford Mail Tribun
THE WEATHER.
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Tonight and Tuesdny
Ilnln. Sunday high, 4S;
low, 20; rango, 37; fair.
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1910.
NO. 24G.
P0ST0FFICE MAKE GREAT GAIN
BAN Ko.
DEPOSITS
RE
FLECT
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Mndford's unprecedented prosperity is shown in no butler
wiv llmii In tlio viiHt HtriiloH mniln liv Ini-nl hntikiiiir liiMtiluf imm
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"f imil by tliu poHtoffico during the
local postofneo linvo incronHcd 33 per cent, while doposits linvo
boon increased by $000,000 truly t wonderful record for ono
year.
All Indications point toward a greater ndvnncomcnt during
1010. Never boforo in the history of Modford was tlio fnturo
more challenging.
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DEPOSITS GAIN
OVER $600,000
Tho deposits In tlio bankn of Mod
ford hnro Increased over Uiobo of
1008, $000,034.88. Tho dopoltaln
tho throo lmnkn then In oporntlon
In 1908 totaled f 1,240,086.31. At
tho close of bunlni'MH December 31,
1000, tho throe old lmnkn hud on
dopottlt $1,773, G33.RG, and tho now
FnrmurH ami Fruitgrowers bank,
fitter being In btiHlncna J lint nix days
showed deposits amounting to 173,-706.0-1,
nuikliiK n grand totnl of
$1,847,300.10.
In litOS only ono bank showed de
posits of over half n million, tho
Jnckson County banlt. Thin your nil
thro of tho old banktt nro In thu half
million cIuhh.
TIiIh phenomenal growth In bank
dopofiltH shown tho prosperity of
tho country and tho coufldenco of
Investors In tho fnturo of tho Itoguo
rlvor vnlloy.
Tho growth In tho banks Ih great
but no groator than that of other
enterprises, nor of tho country at
largo.
Following In tho list of tho do
poHltH In tho Hovoral bankH!
Jackson County, 190S, $ri80.030;
1000, $053,000.
Modford National, 1008, $2GS,
G08; 1009, $1520,214.
First National, 1908, $392,1 17;
1909, $893,719.05.
Farmers and Fruitgrowers, 1909,
$73,700.04.
Total, 1908, $1,240,745; 1909,
$1,847,309.19.
AEROPLANE TRANSPORTED
OVERLAND IN THREE TRUNKS
SAN FUANCI8CO, Jan. 3. Frnnk
H, Johiifltoti, n eluhmnu of this city
and Ban Hnofnl, Ih In Snn FranclHCO
today with the aoroplnno which ho
pnrchnRod In Now York. JohnHton
will tnko tho mnchluo to Lou Angolos.
Ho stated that olthor liluiHolf or
Olon Curtis, tho tnvontor, will drlvo
during tho aviation moot thoro thlR
month. Tho noroplano occupied
three trunka and will .lot bo net up
until n fow days before tho Los An
golctt moot.
.lohnston stnted yostordny that
Curtlit will probably bo his guest
after tho contostB nnd guldo it Curtis
In n boi-Io3 of fllghtu about San Francisco.
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Begins Today
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This latost nnd groatcst dotootivo story, outclassing Connn
Doyle's famouB olmruotor, "Sherlock llolmos," UOfjIllS totlay 011
ia(0 8.
Tho baffling situations of tho romnneo solved with suoh
Avondorful skill by Houlolnbillo fascinated tho pooplo of the
grout French capital and tho story is bound to catch tho fancy
and appeal to tho imagination of tho American public.
There nro plots within plots, siluationti solved only to bo
followed by others seemingly more difficult, each n story in
ilself, n link in tho cliniii. As "a chain is ns shong us its weak
est link" tlio plot of "Tho Porfumo of tho Lady in Black" is
Ihuiofpro n strong chain of soquonoos, 11 has nn weak links.
You aro suro to llko It. Commoiico totlay anil not It all.
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AND RECEIPTS
M
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pant year. Tlio receipts hi tlio
POSTAL RECEIPT
GAIN 33 PER GT.
During tho pnBt year tho postal
rocciptH of Medford increased 33
per cent oror tho receipts of ono
yenr ngo. Eugene's receipts in
creased 10.0 jier cent and Portland')!
5.00.
During tlio year ending December
31, 1000, tho receipts tMnled $10,
013.08, while for 1003 tlioy totaled
KG01.fll, un incronso of $1,421.09,
or a littlo ovor 33 jwr cont.
Tho receipts for December, 1009,
wcro $2,403.50, while for December,
1008. thoy woro $1,733.40.
Itcccipts by quarters during tlio
pnst yenr woro:
Mnroh 31 $ .,10I."J5
Juno 30 -1,700.00
September 30 4,30 1 "JH
December 31 . 5,015.'J0
Totnl $10,013.08
Tlio rocoipjs for December, 1110'J,
show nn incronso of 20 per cent ovor.
December. 1008.
An additional mail carrier hns
been ordered for the Medford ser
vice, Postmnstor Woodford being s
advised today. This mnkes threo for
tho oity. This action comes ns tho
result of n visit by tho postoffieo in
spector last Tuesday.
MARATHON RACER IS TO
APPEAR IN SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE. Wnsh., ,Tnn. 3.
Henry St. Yves, world's champion
Murnllion runner, his mnnnger, John
S. Barnes, and John Mnrsh, tho Cn
nndian llyor, nro today on thoir way
to San Francisco, whoro Barnes pro
liosoB to pull off n Murnthon dorby.
Hames mnnaged tlio lfi-milo nice
between St. Yvos nnd Marsh horo
last week, in which tho Frenchman
Huccoodod in winning from.Mnrsh by
iv yard.
Bnrnos proposos to bring Johnny
Ilnyes nild Dornndo to Snn Frnn
eiseo to eouipoto nguinst Mnrsh and
St. Yvos, and announced boforo
leaving yostorday tlinf Fitr.gorald
hud assured him that ho would run.
Besides tho mon mentioned, Bnrnos
expects Mint threo or four othor run
ners will sign contracts, making iv
Hold of eight or ten runners.
EDFORDS GROWTH
- ' -r -f-f--t-rt 'r---'
MAN BLOWN UP
PREMATURE
BLAST
John Mcwlno was blown twenty
feet by tho promaturo oxplonlon of
a blast at ono' of tho campa on thd
Pacific & Enstorn cxtennlon Sunday
nftornoon, and now lies a badly
brulHed and battered tmin at tho
Conroy & Clancy hospital on South
Central nvonuo.
Mesfllno was Umplnjr tho' cUargo
when tho cxploalon took placo and
rocolrcd a connld'crnblo portion of tho
full forco of tho charge
Ills body was blown Into tho air
and twenty feet away from tho spot
whoro tho oxplonlon occurred. Tho
principal injuries nro about tho head
nnd back. Ills head Is cut In num
erous places, several deep gnsbes be
ing made, and his faco Is a mass of
powder burns, nnd bin back badly
contused, tho latter Injuries probab
ly received when ho struck tho
ground.
Ho wnn niRlied to Eaglo Point nnd
brought to Medford on n special
train, tho run being mnde from Ragle
Point to Medford In 24 minutes,
which Is a record considering tho
stnto of tho roadbed.
Tho Injured man Is still suffering
Bomowhnt from tho shock, but unloss
unfomcon compllrntlonn occur hns
good ohauco of rocovory.
This is tho flrat serious nccldont
that hns ocourrod In tho construction
work of tho Pacific &Kstorn nnd
npponrs to linvo boon ono of tlioso
unnvolahlo kind.
It is snid that in Cntlow vnlloy,
J.ako county, tltero nro still somo
flno sagebrush homostonds to bo
tnkon tip. The "dry fnrming" fnnn
ors say this is about tho last of it in
that section of tho stnto.
BETTER FISHING NEXT
YEAR SAYS 01A1LEY
Superintendent of Bureau of Fish
eries Says River Is in Better
Condition.
llonry O'Mnlley, superintendent ot
tho U. S. buroau ot flshorlea for Or
egon, and II. Ii. Kolly, Jr., returned
Sundny from a trip to tho 121k crook
hatchory, whoro Mr. O'Malloy was
Inspecting tho work of tho past sea
son.
Thoy will lenvo this, evening for
ClrautB Pass whoro they will look
ovor tho work on tho, lower river, In
cluding tho fiBhwnyB, laddora and
othor mnttors.
"Tho govornmont work will bo
this year," said Mr. O'Mulloy, "about
tho Biuno on tho upper river ns it
was last, what will bo dona on tho
lowor rlvor I urn not now propurod
to Btato, na I hnvo not thoroughly In
vestigated It."
Tho conditions ot tho dams at
Grants Pass last year nro modified
thl? year and tho now flshory at tho
Amont dam- which was not con
struotod until tho fishing season was
nearly ovor will onnblo tho fish to
got ovor tho dam much moro easily
than before.
Tho flshway at tho Uny dam had
boon repaired and Mr. O'Malloy opin
ed that tho rlvor would not bo so
badly obstructed noxt year.
CAPITALISTS
CONFER
As a Result President's Message on
Proposed Amendment to Inter
state Commerce Act Will Not
Go to Confress
OFFICIALS REFUSE TO
DISCUSS CONFERENCE
Railroad Magnates Do Not Appear
to Be Particularly Happy
After Meeting!.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 3.
As a result of a conterenco today
between President' Taft and tho
hcndB of somo of , the grcatdst rail
roads of tho United States tho pres
ident's mcssngo on proposed amend
ments to Interstate commerce com
mission will not go to congress Wed
nesday. President Lovott of tho Hajriman
system, President naer of tho Phila
delphia and Roadlngrcsldcnt Fin
Icy of tho Southern. President Brown
of tho New York Central, President
of tho New Haven, New York and
Hertford and President McCrea of
tho Ponnsvlvanln railroads attended
tho Whito Houbo conforonco.
President Brown rofucod to com
ni out. Ho Bald:
"Wo camo to make some objec
tions nnd wro listened to. I can't
discus the mattor any further."
President Lovett, was equally ns
short in his nnswer to a roquest for
Information. Ho said:
"Today's discussion will probably
bo explained in n stntomont from tho
Whito Houso later."
It is generally believed that tho
conforonco Is n direct result of J.
Plorpont Morgan's visit to President
Taft Friday. The railroad mngnntos
didn't appear particularly happy
whon they loft the Whito House to
day and It is believed horo that their
mission failed.
WITH HER HUSBAND i
Sho Is Determined if Possible to Have
Some of the Money Secured by
Her Husband Returned.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. That Mrs.
Frederick A. Cook Is dlagusted with
tho actions of hor husbaud, tho dis
credited Arctic oxplorer nnd 13 de
termined If posslblo to wocuro tho ro-
turn ot somo of tho monoy sho Is said
to hnvo advanced him nt tho outset
ot his recont Arctic trip, was tho
stntomont today ot Mrs. R. C. Stob
blns, a closo friend ot Mrs. Cook and
tho wlfo of a member of the Arctic
Club ot this city.
Mrs. Stebblns declared that so far
as sho Unov Cooi has glvon his wlfo
no iait of the monoy ho Ins roallzod
from hi Blecturo tour. Sho also
hlntod that Mrs. Cook la withholding
certain records ot tho questionable
Arctic trip until sho Is reimbursed.
rravejing mon who have been in
Wtillown county sny that the winter
view of tho mountains from Enter
prise surpasses anything in nil tho
west. Rising up from tho south like
a great wall of snow mvd cloud
ouuliml battlomonts the Powder river
nwuiitiiins sliiup, thvojtgh tho. wondor-
ully olonr ntniosphoro na xroin a
mirror.
NEW JUSTICE SWORN IN
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 8. Uornco Harmon Lurton of Tcancssoc
today tvns sworn In ns associate Judge of tiic United States supremo
court. He succvods tho lat Justice Hufus W. Peckhain.
Justice Lurton is a warm personal friend of President Taft, whoso
recommendation of bis appointment was confirmed Immediately by tho
M'liute. He is OO years of age and since 1803 had served as Judge of the
sixth Judicial circuit of the United States circuit court. . . .
liiirton was !orn nt Newport, Kentucky. He was graduated from
Cumberland University in 1807 nnd was admitted to the bar in the samo
year. lie has held many Judicial honors lu Tennessee and served as clilef
Justice of the supremo court of that htnte.
IS WILL
CLOSE 'AT 5 O'CLOCK
Limit In Which Petition Can Be Filed
Expires at 5 O'clock This After
noonTicket Is Complete.
Tho tlm0 limit under which nom
inations by petition may bo mndo tor
municipal offices expires this after
noon at 5 o'clock. Should other can
didates for office como up after that
tlmo their names will not nppoar on
tho official ballot. ,
So far thoro aro two contestants
.
ON TOBACCO TRUST;
Suit Begins In Supreme Court For'
Dissolution of Ono of Biggest
Monopolies in U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 3.
Argument was begun today boforo
tho United States supreme court In
tho suit for tho dissolution of tho
Tobacco Trust, ouo of tho biggest
trust busting actions undertaken by
tho govornmont.
Tho suit seoks tho appointment
of a receiver to segregate tho sixty
odd combined corporations into in
dividual concerns, and to rostoro
competition In tho tobacco Industry.
Tho officials ot tho department of
jnstico hopo that tho supmoro court
will stroncthon tho Shonunn anti
trust law with a swooping direction
against prodntory coucorns.
FIFTEEN MILES WATER MAINS
ASKED FOR NOT LAID
In tho nvticlo appearing: in tho
ITomesoekors' edition of thu Mail
Tribune, uuilor the unmo of W. IT.
Canon, mayor, thoro npponred
through error n statement that 15
inilos of water mains woro laid dur
ing 1001). This should hnvo rend
that 15 niilos of niuins woro petitioned
for, but hnvo not as yet been laid.
for councilman in each ward. Thoro
aro two candidates for recorder, and
Lee Jacobs for tarnsurer is tho only
unopposed candidate.
Petitions for the following candi
dates have been filed:
For Recorder Robert W. Telfer,
Bob Taylor.
Treasurer L. L. Jacobs.
Councllmon First ward E. E.
Morrlck, Dr. A. B. Sweet. Second
ward H. G. Wortman, H. G. Nich
olson. Third ward W. W. Elfert,
J. B. Wood.
Arleta ib n part of Portland now,
but it still keeps up the Mount Scott
News, which is n local paper with
some sensiblo inclinations. Tho News
says that great developments are to
be carried out all along tho lino.
MAIL GOES NORTH
NOW ON TRAIN 16
Old Servico Restored to Early
Train North, Adding Much
to Service.
Tho mall car going north In tho
ovenlng hns been restored to train
1G and hereafter Portland mail will
leavo at 6:34 p. m. instead of 8:39
p. m. on No. 14, which will not carry
mall.
This service adds much to tho val-
uo of tho local servico as letters will
now roach Portland nt 7 a. m. In
stead of 11 a. m.
BEAUTIFUL KIDNAPPER
IS SUFFERING ILLNESS
PITTSBURG, Pa, Jon. 3. Mrs.
llolon Boylo, tho boautiful wife of
Jimmy Boyle, ono of tho kidnappors
of littlo Willio Whitla, of Sharon, Pa.,
will probably bo oporntod on today
for nppondioitis. Mrs. Boylo is serv
ing n sontonco in tho penitentiary.
The woman was striokon Now Years
day whilo n moving piotnro show was
in progross at tho prison. Sho Avns
hurriod to tho institution's hospital
whoro her nilmont was diagnosed as
nppeudioitis. Jumos Boylo, who is
serving n lifo sontoupo in tho siyno
institution for his mu't ill tho kidnap
ping, was notiflod of his wife's condition.
TRAINS ARE
WRECKED
BY RAIN
Southern California In Throes' of
Heaviest Rainstorm In Years
Trains Piled In bitches as
Tracks Give Way.
SALT LAKE R (JAB
AT A STANDSTILL
Southern Pacific Trains Are Oper--afed
But Are Far Behind
Their Schedules.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cat, Jau.
A Southern Pacific locomotive and '
two baggage- coaches are Ib the ditch'
south of Colton, a Santa Fe engine
and thro coaches plied by the side of
tho track in Cajon Pass, numerous
washouts along tho Salt Lake' and:
Santa Fo lines In tho desert, impas
sable foads and Inundated xaches,
are a few reminders today ot tho
heavy rain storm which ceased last
night after an almost continuous
downpour for 48 hours. ,
Tho Canjon Pasa wreck occurred
when tho traews gavo way beneath
a relief train. The ensino complete-
In a heap over It. Tho engino crow
remained In tho cab until tho cars
came to a standstill whon they es-
capod by crawling through tho wln
j dows.
Tho oSuthern Pacific wreck re
sulted from a similar cause. As
thoi engine toppled ovor Engineer
Rhinobart shouted for tho fireman
to Jump.
Hcj'.was caught in the cab and wont
to tho bottom of tho ditch with his.'
locomotivo.
Salt Lnko Tied Up.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 3. Not a
whool on the Salt Lako railroad- ia
turing In th's district today, all lo
cal trains being tied up by washouts
In California and Nevada.
T
He Is Told Not to Use Parts of
Aeroplane Upon Which Wrights
Claim Patent.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 3. Fod
oial Judge Hazon today granted tho
injunction against Glonn Curtiss, tho
aviator, which was naked by Wright
Brothers. Tho Wrights allogod in
fringements of certain of thoir
patonts.
MAX 50 YEARS IX PRISON
AGAIN REFUSED PARDON
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. Now
Year's neutn found John Warren, con
vict No. 1, tho WUHngton wlfo murUor
or, behind tho prison bars for his fif
tieth New Year's dinner in tho Wetlicro
fluid penitentiary, tho state board of par
dons, falling to act ununlmously on his
petition for release.
It Is doubtful if Warren will petition
at tho next meeting of the board, tn
June, 1910, when tho personnel will bo
the samo. The decision was a disap
pointment to the public conorally.
Tlio Klamath Express poiuts out
that a proposed now sowor can bo
built by n local firm of homo manu
factured materials without Bending
outside for civil onginoora or supplies.