Society
MEDFORD'S PROSPERITY IS REFLECTED BY HER BANK DEPOSITS-A 50 PER CENT INCREASE WAS MADE IN 1900
I'lllli'il I'i'Jhm AhhocIKIiiii,
Iii 1 1 l.CHNi'd Wlni Itepoit
Tim mil)' impor In tli
world piiWlliilil In h olty IIih
nlM of Mmtfuril having it
lwutd vlro.
TIIK WMAT1IKH.
,, TonU and dnefidny--low,
15 rango, 32 fair.
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M KDl'ORI), OREGON, WKDNKSOAV, JAKQ4R, 1910.
SO. MS. .
ACRES OF
VALLEY LAND
ffrr.iftii Historical
n'.v Hall
5.000
SAM'S
IS UNDER
BOND
MYSTERIOUS SYNDICATE IS
RAPIDLY ACQUIRING OPTIONS
DEAL
Nearly Every Avnllnblo Aero Said
to Havo Been Scoured From tho
Wilson Place to Trail at Prices
From $40 to $200 an Acre.
DurliiK tho print two woolen options
havo been secured on joarly ovory
aero of land In Bantu Vulloy from
tho Wilson placo to Trnll crook, ac
cording to reports brought to this
city by th (iwi owning propurty In that
valloy. Who U back of tho inovo or
for what purpose has not boon dl
rulRcd. Over 15,000 acres Iiub bcon
placed undor bond.
Tho options woro Klvon to dlffur
ont Individuals who nro said to bo
representing n San Kmnasco nyndl
cato. Ovor ll.GOO.00 Is Involved In
tho dcnl.
Ono of tho plncos which linn boon
bonded Is that of Ram McClondon,
consisting of 004 acre, for $60,000.
Tho land has boon bonded at vn
rlous amounts ranging from MO to
1200.
Tho Modford National bank Is tho
local Institution whoro tho options
nro mndo pnynblo but tho bank do-
cllnos to klvo out any Information,
President Enynrt stating that bo
yong Unowlui; that tho options woro
pnynblo thoro, and that ho had glvon
an option on (100 acres of land 'n
Hams Valloy, that ho know nothing
of tho mnttor and that ho would
not until 901110 of tho options catno
In.
It Ih generally hollovod In th0 city
that a syndlcnto of Ban .Francisco
cnpltallstN plan to tnko ovor tho tract,
dovolop It and plnco It on tho mar
hot. Tho optlona for tho most part
wpro fjlvon for .10 days, 1C of which
hnvo nlrondy oxplrod.
INE
..COUNCILrATIENip
Business Goos Through In Clock
Uko Regularity Mall Tribuno
Gots Twn-Yoar Contract.
Littlo nsldo from routine occupied
tho nttontion of tho olty council nt
tho regular session hold Tuesday
ovonlug. City nffnirn woro hnudlod
with olook-liko regularity, billH
piiBRod, mi ordiunnao or two dis
cussed mid tlion ndjournmont.
'J'lio romovitl of Frank Murdoch,
nightwutoh, from offioo by Mayor
Canon, was sustained by tlio council.
'.The roportH of city officials woro
road and placed on filo.
A four-inuh wnlor main on South
Newtown from South Klovoulli stroot
south to Dakota nVouuo wub ordorod
in.
Tho Oarnott-Coroy Ilardwaro Co.
was granted permission to oroot a
briok building on tho oornor of Main
and Grapo stroota.
Tho Modford Mail Tribuno waH
granted a two-yoars' contract to do
all of tho oity printing.
, A number of aid wnrrants dating
baolc ur 1880 woro oanoollod. '
II COMMISiOntRSCOPENTION OF
li liFIGI OPENS !
Trip of Fruit Growers to Jackson
ville Is Callod Off as Commis
sioners Stae Tlicy Will
Continue Warfare.
As tho county commlHloncrs hnvt
signified tholr Intuiitlon to contlnuo
tho warfaro against orchnrd posts
and co-oporato with Prof. O'Qarii In
his cnrnpalgu to clean up tho or
chards by appointing an additional
Inspector to tako tho plac0 of J. C.
Attkon In tho Woodvtllo district, tho
proponed visit of horticulturists and
coininurcl.il clubs to Jacksonville
will bo called off.
Judgo W. H. Crowoll, nl.o was ono
of tho commercial club's committeo
npoplntcd to Interview tho county
court states that both Commissioners
Patterson nnd Owons plodgod tholr
hearty co-opomtlon with tho horti
culturists and that tho contomplntod
visit to tho court will bo unneces
sary.
"Tho commissioners assured mo,'
states Judgo Crowoll, "that tholr ac
tion wan mlsuidorstnod. Thero was
somo dlsputo with Mr. Altkon, ono
of tho Inspectoifl, over nn oxponso
bill ho tur.ied In, nnd hln roslgnntlon
was neenpted. I understood another
appointment will bo made to fill tho
vacancy and clean orchnrd campaign
vigorously continued."
In conBoquenco President Wntt of
tho horticultural socloty has called
off tho proposed excursion to Jack'
sonvlllo.
MERRICK TELLS WHY HE
THINKS SWEET WILL WIN
"I nm not counting ton much on
winning tho rnco in tho First ward,"
bii.vb Councilmnn F. E. Murriok, "as
my opponent is aftor two jobs and
thoreforo can nfford to pay moro for
votes and, nil things considered, it
is a Hweot job anv way."
A E. Roso, of Phoenix, wns in
Medford Mondny on his wny to tho
county sent to attend tho January
session of tho county court.
OR FOR THE FRUIT
Tho Subject of Discussion at Next
Horticultural Meeting Results
of Experiments Told.
.Tho mooting- of tho Rogue River
Horticultural Sooiuty next Saturday
will bo of ospoeial impnrtnnco to tho
fruit growers of tho valley inasmuch
an tho topio to bo discussed will
oovor tho mattor of pruning.
For a uiimbor of yoars local hor
tioulturistn havo boon oxporimoutlng
on pruning. Somo havo ondoavorod
to pruno to tho best advantage in or
der to soonro a hoaltby troo growth,
whilo others havo ondoavorod to
pruno for early bearing and moro ,
fruit.
Tho rosults dorivod from those ox- j
poriinonts will bo tho subject of dis- '
.. !.. ..I II. TT....It..ll......l I
uunniwii til' um i mi i minimal nun
not Saturday afternoon, nnd a big
attondauco is oxpootod. Tho mooting
will open at 2 o'cloolc sharp,'
W. S. Brooko, of tho Snowy Butto
Orobards at Contral 'Point; waa n
Modford visitor Tuosday.
Orcnon Dclefjatlon Prominent In Con
vention Assembled In Denver
Will Flfjht to the
Last Ditch.
niNVI2It, Col., Jan. 6. B. L.
Orano, nt tho head of a delegation of
ctxlit Cnllforuln packers, started a
strong fight today at tho oponlng of
tho Western Fruit Jobbers convention
to Focuro tho next mooting for Sacra
nioiito, Calltronla.
Tlio convention opened at tho
Drown Palaco hotel hero with a large
nttendanco and bids fair to bo the
most successful In tho hstory of tho
organization. What will probably bo
tho biggest bono of contention in tho
session woh thrown Into tho conven
tion. Differences botwooa two fac
tions ns to tho methods of packing
apples Is scheduled to make a warm
fight. vmitm
Declaring thnt "diamond" packing
gives dishonest fruit ralscis n chance
to slip inferior apples into boxes, tho
delegates from Oregon Jntlmntcd to
day that they will mako a strenuous
effort for tho adoption of tho "tier'
(method of packing.
Opposed to thorn will bo tho dol
ogatlons from Colorado nnd Texas
who uphold tho ndvantnges of tho
"diamond" method nnd deny thnt In
fcrlor fruit hns a chanco to bo con
coaled In that wny.
Prominent nmong tho delegates at
tondlng nro thoso from tho Roguo
rlvor nnd Hood Rlvor valleys in Ore
gon. Theso tnon nro determined to
fight tho Ia Fcnn applo bill to n
standstill.
In speaking for tho Orocon delega
tion today, C. B. Whlslor, manngor
of tho famous Bear Crook orchards,
near Medford, In tho Roguo rlvor val-
toy, said:
"Tho sontlmont throughout my
section nnd tho northwest Is unani
mous against this bill. It would
work n great hardshjp on us, and
wo proposo to fight to tlio last ditch."
Mr. nnd Mrs, Rninsford wcro in
Modford Tuesday from tholr farm in
tho west foot hills.
J0HN30N-KETCHELL
Gcnulno Pictures of Fight Between
Johnson and Ketchcll to Bo
Exhibited at Savoy.
Tho mnnngomont of tho Savoy has
Hocurcd tho nuthontlo films recording
tho fight hotweon Jack Johnson nnd
Stanley ICotoholl for tho championship
of tho world and will havo tho pic
tures pa oxhlbltlon Saturday aftor-
noon and ovonlng,
Tho pictures nro clear and distinct
and ovory blow struck by each of tho
combautnntu Is faithfully showu,
It la ono of tho boat sor'cs of pic
tures ever yot made of any ring bat
tle and shows clearly not only tho
fighters but tho faces of th0 audloneo.
Xollcoto Horticulturists. '
Mooting of horticultural socloty
Saturday, January S, nt 'J p, in, at
hall over HasklnH' drug storo, Tho
subjects: "donornl Pruning Prac
tice," "How to Pruno to Produco
Wood Growth,'' "How to Pruno to
Produce. Fruit,"' oto. A hundred now
chairs havo bopn ordorcd and thoro
is plbhty of room for nil.
The Biggest Splash
A stone cist Into a pond makes
Same with news. It makes the greatest commotign where It hippens.
A fist fldht in your block Is more interesting to you than a battle of
armies in s fnroir country. Our paper is the DIG SPLASH for this
vicinity. It itives you the home news as well as that of the world at
lartfc. AHE VOLS A JVBJCRBBA. 7
CONFIDENCE IN
MEDFORD AND
CHARLES A.
4-
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By Charles A. Malbouef, District Freight Agent, Southern Pacific.)
My selection of Medford an d tho Roguo River Valley as a lo
cation for future residence and business interests, was made af
ter several years of close study of tho entire territory which was
covered by my official duties and every part of which I am now
intimately familiar with. I reg ard Medford as the city with tho
greatest future in the entire couu try, and tho Roguo River the very
boat section for investment. With these conditions clearly fixed in
my mind, I shall enter my new field of operations with the ut
most confidence.
0 IN
Coal Famine Gro.vs Severe, in Man
Partialis TleJ Up Every Road
The Suffering
DENVER, Col., Jan. 5. Tho cold
raro of tho last few days which has
resulted In nt least ten deaths in
wostcrn states and has partially tied
up nearly every road, threatens to
bring on n coal famluo throughout
tho entlro mlddlo west.
Demoralized passenger train
schedules havo rando necosnry the
moving of all passonger traffic
ahead of freight, and this held re
sponsible for tho non-dollvoranco of
coal In tho largor cities of tho ef
fected section.
So scrhus is tho situation that
Superintendent Meyers of tho Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad today
ordorercd conductors to hnndlo coal
shipments ahead of nil other kinds
TRAIN
BY
Train Thought Lost Is Located on
Siding Passengers Have
Plenty to Eat.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Jan. C It
was learned hero today that tho lost
passonger ttnlu on tho Salt Lnko rail
road which was supposed to havo boon
cnught by washouts near Callonto Is
safo on a siding at Ecclos, Novada,
six miles east of Callonto,
It Is reported that tho passongors
will not suffor ns thoro Is plenty of
food, water and fuol aboard. Teams
aro on tho way from Uarclny to ros
cuo tho tourists and bring them Into
Uarclny.
Many persons for Douvor and Los
iVttgolos tiro mnroonod on tho stalled
train, Acpordhig to tho lntost roports
onchlng tho Salt Lako offices horo,
ono man was drownod la tho flood
near Callonto and roports of moro fa-
talltlos nro lookod for with tho re
sumption of wlro sorvloo.
Moro than 10U miles of railroad
which two years ago was complotod
at a cost of $1,500,000 has boon prac
tically wiped out by tho flood raging
t P
the bluest splash where it strikes
FUTURE OF
VALLEY BROUGHT
MALBOUEF HERE
COLD WAVE
Western Cities Snow Storms Have
Through Rocky Mountain Region
Is Intense.
of freight, according to advices from
Minneapolis.
Tho first report of suffering from
tho coal situation canio today from
Iowa City. The Iowa sUto univer
sity closed down becauso of lack of
fuel.
Besides tho eight persons report
cd dead la Colorado and Now Juexi
co, two otbor victims aro reported
today.
Gerald Walker was found frozen
to death In tho hills near Judith
Gap, Montana. A farmer named
Isakson pcr!ced of tho cold on his
farm near Coudcray, Wisconsin.
Oscar Mothorn, of Blsmark, N. D.,
is believed to bo dying as a result
of being frozen whllo walking to that
placo.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
MADE $150,000,000
And All In One Year, Says Annual
Report Profits Mako Railroad
Magnates Take Notice.
NEW YORK, Jan. B. Th0 'annual
report of tho Amorlcan Telegraph and
'Kolophono company which recontly
purchased tho Wetscrn Union Tolo
graph company, shows today that tho
concern mndo noarly ono hundred and
titty millions of dollars during tho
Inst year. It was tho most prosperous
year hi tho history of thq Iloll intor
oets. This rocord of profit for twolvo
months made tho railroad magnates
and othor tinnnolal powors In Wall
litroelv sit up and take notice
down tho Callonto canyon aud as a
rogult It Is believed tnht the road
, will not be la a position to handlo
, trauscontlental traffic for throo
montlm.
Mou and material aro being rushed
to tho canyon from both ends of tho
lino and it la oxpected thnt tho work
of building a now roadbed will bo
started us soon as tho waters subside.
itLUruRD IS
Old Depot Completely Outgrown
Freight Shipments Topped
Banner Year
- of 1907.
LOCAL YARD ARE FULL
TO CONGESTION DAILY
No Other Point Between Portland and
Sacramento Can Display the
Same Record as This City.
While official figures from railroad
sources aro not available, tho fact is
so manifest tha it cannot bo con
cealed, that In point of volume, tho
tonnago handled through Medford
depot in 1909, was not only greater
than tho preceding year but so far
in excess of tho phenomenal season
of 1907 as to completely outstrip that
banner year. Tho business of the
transfer companies show this to be
tho case. The utter Inadequacy of
the local depot to accommodate tho
received and forwarded traffic is of
public knowledgo and comment, and
tho decision of the Southern Pacific
officials to contruct In tho lmmedl
nto futuro modern passenger and
freight depots is tho most consplcu
ous admission of the sroring condi
tlons.
Scarcely a day existed In 1909
when the local yards were not con
gested from end to end with loaded
cars. Tho number of cars and ship
raents or nursery stock Burpasa
thoso of any rrevious year and ac
cording to local mercLants tho
amount and variety of different com
modltles received not only in small
lots but In entlro car loads wero be
yond all possible expectation. No
other city between Portland and
Sacramento of tho same or greater
stzo can display tho samo record. No
other point in western Oregon han
dled tho amount of incoming freight
thnt Medford did. No point in that
section of country can show as many
now comers as were recolved in 1909,
and nono received anywhere near.
Medford stands In point of prog
ress today tho banner city on the
entlro Hnrrlman system, and Us pro3-
pecta for 1910 ovon at this early dato
promises not oaly a continuanco of
supremacy in that respect, but its
own pnst record will be small In
comparison.
S. C. McClondou, of Gold Hill, wns
in Medford on business Tuesday.
TELEPHONE LINES
Soon Be Possible to Get Direct Con
nection With All Sections in
Northern District.
Tho Modford and Rutto Falls Tola-
phouo Company, of which B. n. Har
ris is prosident, has purchased the
Eaglo Point-Central Point lino and
ins mado arrangements with tho Pn-
oifio Tolophono Company to build to
Contral Point for direct connection
with Modford. Tho present stations
on tho lmo are Butto Falls, Dorby,
Vostnl and Eagle Point. Thp lino
will also bo oxtondod to Rrownsboro
nt onoo as well ns to n numbor of
othor sottlomeuts in that section of
tho country,
SOLONSTU
POlLibH
Administration Resolution Orderlnf
Investigation of Balllnger-PIn-chot
Controversy Intro
duced into Congress.
TAFT TAKES HAND IN
THE INVESTIGATION
Understood There Will Bo No Chang
in Resolution as Introduced
Into Each Houe.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. ff.
The administration resolution for a
congressional investigation of the
Ballingor - Pinchot controversy was
introduced simultaneously in th
senate and the house today. Senator
Wesley Jones, of Washington, in
troduced tho resolution in the senate
and Representative Wm. Humphrey
introduced it in tho house. Both are
from Seoretary Ballingor's stato nnct
were selected to introduce tho reso
lution for this reason.
The resolution is a joint resolution
which means that it must rocoive the
signature of the prosident to make it
effective and this will give tho execu
tive a hand in tho investigation.
In the senato it was referred to
the committeo on public lands -and.
in tho house it was referred to the-
committee on rules. It is planned
that these committees will report the
resolution back to each house with
out delay so that tho investigation'
can bo set under way. It is under
stood that thoro will bo no change ia
tho measure in either houso.
Tho measure introduced todav is-
swecping in its character and cnlts
for a thorough and complete investi
gation of overj' bureau of the interior
department nnd of the forest service.
Tho committee is to consist of 12
members, sir appointed by tho vico
presidont and six by tho speaker of
tho house of representatives,
CURT1SS IN LOS ANGELES
FOR AVIATION MEET
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5. Glenn
n. Curtiss, holder of tho world's
neroplano records for distnnco and
speed, arrived here early today ovor
tho Santa Fe. direct from New York,
to tako part in tho nviation contests
horo noxt week. Curtiss took apart
ments at tho Alexandria hotol and
went directly to bod.
ACIEIC INDIANS MAY
COME IIEREI AGAIN
J. E. Enyari Loaves Tomorrow Eve
ning for Kelson, B. C Wnere
He Miets the Commitiee.
To bring tho Pacific Indians to.
Medford this year for thoir annual
shoot will bo tho object of J. E. En
yast, who leaves Thursday ovoning
for Nelson, B. C, to moot with a
committeo of tho Indians to solcct
tho 1910 shooting grounds.
The Indians thought so woll of
Medford that it is not thought to bo
a difficult task to bring them back
although raauy othor cities wish to
havo thorn,
J, C. Aitkon, of Woqdvillo, was In
Modford. on business Tuesday.