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MEDFORD SPENT $2,500,000 FOR BUILDINGS -URING 1909 - AND 1910 PROMISES TO SURPASS THIS AMAZING RECORD
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THE WEATHKR,
Today nnd Monday
Cloudy. Saturday cloudy;
high, I t; low, 28; rnngo, 30.
FOURTH YJQAB.
MISDJTORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JAN CJAIIY 9, 1910.
NO. 251.
WHISLER IS SENT ON TO
HINGTON
Vi AS
WILL FIGHT
LA FEAN
- BILL
Representative of Local Fruit Grow
ers Is Wired Two Hundred Dollars
and 'Told to Proceed to Washing
ton to Fight Apple Dill Now Be
fore Congress.
Disappointed by th notion of tlio
Western Jobhern' convention In Denver
yesterday. In endorsing tlio I IVan ap
ple bill, now l) foro congress, tlio local
fruit growers wired C. 11. Whlsler f;0O
nml Inat ructlotiM to proceed to Wiudilng
ton In order to oppose tlio menauro there.
Mr. WtiUlcr Mi In Denver ns a rcpro
nnntntlvn of tlm growers of thin section
opposing tlio bill, tin wna J. A. Writer
lunri. nnd now Mr. Whlalcr will ilo what
lio ciiii In Washington. Ho enn linn up
tlio Oregon nml Washington delegntlotia
and by n concerted nttnek may bu nblo
tO llfifl'll It.
Tlio I. IVnn apple Idll In a in en mi re
backed by tlio Jobbers of tlio east, nml
provides for tlio creation of n standard
box, nml grading of fruit In n way that
would work ii great hardship on tlio
grower of tlio northwest, aa tlio box
provided for In tlio bill I ono not suited
to thn apples grown In thin section.
Hood Xlvtr Acta.
HOOD ItlVKH. Or. Jan. . (Bpeclnl)
Tlio nppln growers of thla-aectton ore
taking steps to send tlielr delegation nt
Denver on to Washington to protest!
ngalnst tlm I.n. IVnn npplo bill. Thin
notion follow tlio report Hint tlio
western Jobber hnd endoraed tho bill.
It la reported hero thnt the npplo
growing sections of Washington will olio
send on n strong delegation to lobby
against tho passage f tho meaitiro.
BIG FIGHT IS
NOW ON
TUP
Dismissal of Plnchot by Taf t Means
That Troublo Has but Bcgun-
May Lend Impetus to the "Back
From Elba1' Move Only Two of
Roosevelt "Tennis Cabinet" Left.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. B.Glfford
rinrhot, dismissed from offlco na chief
forester of tho United Htatoa, cleaned
out bin desk today, while hla frlcnda pol-
lulled t heir trimly linmmera nnd thn I in
prvKNlou everywhere la that the biggest
rlKht In now on.
With tho dismissal of PJnoliot. only
two of tlio fnmoua Itooaovolt "tennla
cabinet" remain In office, Lawrence C.
Murray la atlll comptroller of tho cur
rency nnd Herbert Knox Hrnlth remains
In III ponltlon.
After the official nxe had been whotted
at Mix hourn of cabinet meeting, the of
ficial hendii of I'lnchot, Associate For
ester Trice, nnd Assistant Law Officer
Hhnw of tho forestry bureau, were chop
jMd off at n slnglo blow.
Waa Wot Barprista.
Tho frlenda of I'lnchot hero today any
Ihut lio wna not surprised at tho result.
They assert that ho belloved bin lotler
to Henalor Dnlllver would reault In no
other way. It wna looked on hero na &
practical deflnnre,
Plnchot's Intention throughout tho
controveray with Secretary Ilalllnccr haa
the reault of upholding the Itoosevelt
pollclea and thnt Italllnger waa opposed
to them.
Raa But Started.
With tho fluht having Kono to audi ex
tremea. It la now conaldured practically
certain that I'lnchot and hln adheronta
wilt roiitlnuo tho atrugglc, and aoma of
(Contfnuel'on page 8.)
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JAMES B. WOOD WITHDRAWS FROM RACE
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INSURGENTS
SCOIE OH
CANNON
For the First Time In Thirty-Two
Years the Speaker of the House Is
Over-Ridden Uncle Joe Cannon
AjJmlts Letting the Reins Slip for
an Instant.
LAKE LOSES
ERIEND IN
PINCHOT
Chief Forester Was Greatest Booster
Crater Lake Ever Had In Wash
ington His Removal Is Distinct
Loss to the Interests of the World's
Greatest Wonder.
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FAMINE IN
CHICAGO
Rich and Poor Alike Suffer From Intense Cold
Result of Factories and Offices
Down.
Thousands Idle as the
Closing
CIIICAOO, Jan. 8. Rich nnd poor
nllko nro Buffering from tlio cold today.
Tho mnjjorlty of tho coal ynrda of tho
city nro down td tholr lout bunker and
there la little likelihood of fuel auppllea
reaching CIiIchko for many daya.
Tho condition oxlatlni; nmonir tho
poor la pitiful nnd thoro enn bo no relief
until clutrltablo oriranUntlona can acouro
fuel from aouio eourco. Thouaonda of
application for relief woro received by
tho police today, but none wna forth-
coming. Tho chaotic conditions of rail
road schedule, duo to tlio storms and
cold of tho last week ban tnado Impoaal
bio tho transportation of coal from tlio
mlnca.
Thousands of men nro idlo as a result
of tho closing down of factories nnd of'
flea forces will bo reduced today until
tho blK town buildings nro niratii heated.
Tho school board reported today that
tho public schools will bo closed In three
dayn unless the fuel fnmlno la broken
Htrlko la On nml Over Fifty Print
HIiojih Aro HrniidliiK Afrnln't
Donmnd for IIIkIut l'ny.
l'OHTLAND, Or., Jnn. 8. Whllo for
warders, finishers, and rule.ru' of local
Job printing nhops holp tho ntrlklng
blndory womoii nrrnngo dotalla of n
rnammotli IjenolH entertainment nnd
ball, tholr atrlko, following thnt of tho
womon, hat) prnotlonlly tlo.d up tlio print
ing business of I'ortland. Tho Immlnont
atrlko of composltora nnd fvodora can
only prolong n sorlouu situation, employ
ing printers says.
Kfforta to nrhltrnto tho differences of
employcm and employed In local print
ing offlcuH liavo fulled ho far. A can
viimh of omployora undortnkon thla morn
ing, resulted In u vote similar to that of
ThurNdiiy'H mooting. Fifty Portlnnd
print bhopH HtlU Ntiuid dutormlnodly to
gother ngnliiHt thn denmndH of tho Jour
noyinon for hlghor wiikoh. Ono,' tho I'n
clflo rrlntliiK & Stationery Company,
has already granted tho Inoronso anil h
running full (lino.
ICE STRONG AT
GOLD RAY DAM
For I-'Irot Timo Ic" Rtrong KiioukIi
to Hoar n Miiu'h WdKlit nt
flold liny.
or tno nrst tlmo alnco tlio dam nt
dold Itny waa conatruatod, Ico sufficient
ly strong to bear a man up was formed
on tho alack water nbovo tho dam tho
first of thla week.
Of course, audi conditions did not last
long, but It was a llttlo bit out of tho
ordinary.
Tho river la muoh lower than ordi
narily nt thla Honson, but plently of wa
ter la oxpootod during tho aprlug nnd
summer, na tho snow la nooumulntlng In
tho high mountains. Twenty.stx Inches
of snow fell nt Prospect during Decern-bor.
.lOHKI'J INK COUNTY'
TAX IS, 11 MILLS
Tho county court for Josephlno county
ImB mndo tho following tnx lovloa for
, 1810, bused upon t valuation; Bohool
purpoNOH, inoiuiiing por capita tax, high
' 1 Huimol nml nchool llhrnry luirposon, s
Aliioiuj IIioho BpondliiK Now Ycnr'a1 iiiIUh: to cover atntn tax, 2 2-10 mills;
III Sim FranolHco wits J, W. Ilondrlckfl , county tnx, general purposes, 2 S-10
of tlilH city, who roturnod lust ovo-, hiIIIh; road pmposuH, 3 mills; total ii
n'lnt'. mills. ' j
EIFERI HAS CLEAR
FIELD, 3RD WARD
WoimI Insiioh Stiitciiiciit Snylii Ho
lU'llcivoM IW-st IntcrcNtd of City
Denuuul the Hotviition of
the Old Officers.
f To the Editor. I horcby with
draw na a candldato for tno offlco
-f of councilman for tho Third
ward. After consulting with my
friends, I bellovo that this atop
f will beat consorvo tho tntorcsts
4- of Medford. I look to the com-
lng year na tho greatest In tho
history of thla city In tho way
f of growth, advancement and tho
concomitant clvlo improvements
f that go wltii tho samo, and I also
regard tho present olty admlnla
f tratlon na moat capable, honest
f and efficient, and sincerely bo-
f llovo our municipal progress will
bo beat conserved by their roton-
f tlon In offloe.
4- Thanking those -friends and
f follow-cltliona who havo sup-
f iortod my candidacy, I am, very
f respectfully, J. 11. WOOD.
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Ily withdrawing from tho raco In tho
Third ward in favor of W. W. Elfort.
present Incumbent and enndtduto for ro-
election. J. D. Wood han placed hlmaolf
In line with tho great majority of tho
citizens of tho city who favor tho reten
tion of tho proaont officials during tho
noxt two years, so thnt there will be no
"swapping horses whllo crossing a
(Continued on page f.)
LOCAL SHRINERS
HM BIG TIME
Outlier In Ashland and Pitt Sovcntorn
Candidates Across tho Hum
Iiir Bands.
IIKAVV QUAKKS
DO GHILVT DAMAGK
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P.0 ME, Jan. 8. Two heavy
cnrlliQiiakes were felt todayat
Qallnln, In tho province of Ca
Inbrla. Great damago was done
and It Is feared that many Uvea
wcro lost. Details are lacking,
aa all communication has been
broken.
LIGHT THROWN DN
NEWAMENDMENTS
WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. 8. The
Insurgents are pleased today over the
wallopplng they gave Cannon In taking
from him the power to appoint the com
mittee to investigate the Interior de
partment, but protest that they are still
loyal to the "Taf t" party when the party
Is right
Friends of Cannon admit that ho lost
the reins when it was decided that the
Invcatlgating committee shall bechosen
through tho election of its members by
the house. While they concede that this
was a severe Jolt, they declare it will
not happen again, and say that the "per
sonal equation" entered into the ques
tion aa friends of Chief Forester Plnchot
held tno balance of power.
The insurgents "today say that the
"personal equation" will enter to a great
degree into the lights that will be made
against Cannon In tho next session. Both
sides are lining up their forces as this
first real victory over Cannon has put a
somewhat new light upon the situation.
Following the tense events of-fyester
day, culminating in the dismissal of
Plnchot. it is expected that the fight will
develop rapidly.
It is said here today that the demo
crats who heretofore have usually voted
with the republican machine in tho
house, have reached an understanding
with tho Insurgents, which was responsi
ble for the defeat of Cannon yesterday.
iiKEPLAiTf
SOLD EOR $50,000
Southern Men Purchase Old Sam Van
Dyko Place Sold Two Years
Ago for 23,000.
.Major Canon Issues Statement lle-
KiirdliiR the. Various Slens
ures to IJo Voted on
Next Tuesday.
(Continued oa page (.)
In tho removal of Chief Forester
Plnchot from his offlco by President
Taft. Crater Lake has lost its enter
booster In governmental circles ln
Washington. For several years Mr.
Plnchot has been Interested In'' tho lake
and has in many ways lent his influ
ence to movements which tended to mako
the lako a better advertised and more
accessible attraction. He has been ac
tive in many ways, especially so during
the recent trip of Will G. Steel to Wash
ington to urge governmental nld In
making the lake accessible.
"I consider Forester Plnchot the
staunchest friend Crater Lake has in
Washington," stated Mr. Steel, upon t)la
return from the cast last summer, "and
as long as he retains his office, I know
that we can count on all of the assist
ance it is in his power to give."
And bo, through his removal of
Plnchot, President Taft. though uncon
sciously, has struck a hard blow at tho
greatest natural wonder of the world,
and one that will be felt by Southern
Oregon.
Perkins Improves.
WASHINGTON". D. C Jan. 8. United
States Senator George C Perkins, of
California, who was injured Thursday in
a fall on an icy pavement, passed a com
fortable night. Ills physician declared
that he was much Improved.
PAISLEY. OR.. IS AOANDONE
J. R. Pepper, a banker of Memphis,
Tona, and Edmund Taylor, a wholesalo
dealer of Greenville, Go., have purchased
tho old San Van Dyko place, next to
Gore's, south of Medford, paying BO;000,
Two years ago the place was sold to
Frank Wortmnn for IJ5.000.
The placo consists of 160 acres, of
which 30 acres Is in fruit. Five acres
Is In' Dartlotts. Mr. Wortman will re
main for some tlmo on tho place to care
for It hijF
GLAVIS SAYS HE IS
TO "SHOW 'EM UP"
Former Special Land 'Af?ent Located
Near Whlto Sainton Starts
Soon to Washington.
ARIIIiAND, Or., Jan. 8, For tho past
two days pilgrims havo boon arriving
on ovory trnln en routo to tho Mystlo
Shrine to attend tho third semi-annual
'Ceremonial" of Illllah Toinplo, hold In
this ol(y tonight. Nobles from all ovor
thlH state and nortliciui California woro
present to witness tho upootnolo of
Hovonteon aspiring nnd porsplriug can
didates, hot-footing across tho burning
sands of tlio desert. Tho third floor of
tho Elks' toinplo was ongaged for tlio
occasion, nnd from tlio oluhornto prep
arations, It was ovldont that tho event
wns n moinornbla ono.
POItTLAND. Or., Jan. 8. After nn
oxcttfng chnso that lasted all day a cor
respondent of tho Orogon Journal located
G. I.. Glavls, former special land agent,
whose charges have played a prominent
part in tho Balllngor-Plnchot contro
versy, at n ranch 15 miles outsldo of
Whlto Salmon.
"I am not surprised," said Glavls,
when told of Plnohot's removal, "and I
expect to go east in threo days. Plnchot
knows whnt he Is doing and tho Polllver
lottcr means that ho has taken It upon
himself to forco tho Issuo.
"I will tell congross boiuo things that
will surprise them. I stand Just whero
I did when I stnrtod out, nnd I'll mako
good nnd so will rinchot."
PAISLEY. Or.. Jan. 8. (By courier to, xero weatlw tho record' cold In this
Lakevlew) Terror stricken families are .octlonautrmentfi.i th I i.m i h
their homes In this town. . . . .
Mayor W. IL Canon has prepared the
following statement for tho citizens of Trrrnr.Sfrlnbim Cimllloc CIm EVnm
Medford rerardlnir m nmrtm-,. . I " "" 'U"S" J ..ua...M ui
be voted on next Tueday: rent Townslte Is Dannerouslv Situated Town
Thn nrrtrstsa1 Yi n a I
which aro to bo voted on next Tuesday Will ProbablV Be Moved.
cru irumeu ay mo city attorney under
tno direction of the council to meet
what seemed to them to be needs of tho
city. It la felt by all tho members of
tho city council, as well as tho writer.
that It would be unfortunato If any of
these amendments wcro to fall of pass
age, and It Is for this reason that I
desire to briefly Bet forth. tho reasons
why they should receive tho support of
tno voters or the city.
Foliee Court
The first charter amendment provides
for a city court, of which tho mayor is
to bo the Judge
Herotoforo this work has been dono
by tho recorder. The work of tho re
corder's office has been erowlnir so
heavy, by reason of tho largo number
of assessments for street improvements,
water mains, sewers, etc., which must
be entered, collections on which must be
noted and accounted for, that It seemed
wise to rellavo the recorder of tho police
Judgo work and to put It on tho mayor's
shoulders.
To meet tho possible contingency that
the pcoplo of tho city might at sumo
f ii film llrrtA wnnf nn ?-
who would bo unwilling to look after Porn,cr Mayr of c,cnK Ur8CS In-
stirgents nnd Democrats to Stand
abandoning
preparatory to establishing residence
elsewhere An unexpected drop in tho
temperature has choked tho channel of
tho Chewaucan river and tho diverted
waters aro rushing down tho canyon
upon Paisley, partly inundating the
town.
It was thought all danger was past
as tho weather had begun to moderate
and tho high waters In the Chewaucan
Chewaucan and has deflected the stream
Into a courso that crosses the townslte.
Ice forming rapidly and this adds to tho
gravity of the situation.
Since tho unparalleled weather condi
tions that havo prevailed here for the
past week. It Is the concensus of opinion
that Paisley's townsttu Is dangerously
situated. Whllo the name o Paisley
will be retained, the town will In all
had begun to subside. Twelve below probability be moved to a safer site.
E FLAYS TAFT
IN FERVENT SPEECH
(Continued on .page 4.)
FINAL ORGANIZATION
POSTPONED A WEEK
.Shoulder to Shoulder.
Committed Not Ready to Report, so
Organization of Medford Athletic
Club Has Ilcen Postponed.
Cniiiion's Partner Killed.
MEMPHIS'. Tenn., Jnn. S. David A.
Smith, of Danville, III., was struck by n
locomotive hero today nnd kflled, Smith
Is reported to lmvo been a partnor of
Sponltor Cttmion'
Owing to tho fnot that the committee
appointed to draft n constitution and by
laws for tho Medford Athletla Club wore
unablo to report fully, having sont for
copies of clubs already organized nnd
not having received them, the perma
nent organization of tho club was post
poned until a later dato at tho meeting
Friday night.
Tho next meeting will bo hold the
ovenlng of tho 11th, wlion a couplo of
good bouts between local boxers will bo
put on.
JACKSON, Mich., Jan, 8. Former
Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, in a speech
at tho annual luncheon of the Jackson
Socloty today, soundly flayed President
Taft, his cabinet and the republican
party and made a fervent appeal to In
surgent republicans and democrats to
stand shoulder to shouldor In the strug
gle ho believes Is approaching.
Dunne was scheduled to speak on the
domocratlo position In regard to tho
Payno-Aldrlch tariff. Ills romarks led
to an attack upon President Tuft, whom
ho charged with breaking his promises
of tariff rovlslon downward. i
Tho people, ho said, had hoped Taft
SPECIAL AGENT IS
ACCOSJDJF THEFT
Letters of Attorney General Aro Stol.
en and Published Special in.
vestlgator Is Arrested. . - ,
NEW YOItK. Jaa 8. Thomas L,
Riley, a special Investigator in the em
ploy of tho Interstate commorce commis
sion, was arrested today and charged
with stealing lotters and documents
fro mtho office of District Attorney
Wlso.
Tho papers alleged to havo been stolen
include a letter written to Wlso by
Attornoy General Wlckorsham, two let
tors written by former Chief Consul
Parsons, of the sugar trust, and much
documentary evidence prepared for use
In tho prosecution of tho sugar trust.
Wlckersham's letter recently wn
printed In the Cosmopolitan niagazlno.
the interests of nrlvute eradicates nrn
would select cabinet advisors whq had ' Involved, and who Is now under lnveatl
honor and manhood nnough to advlso gation by congress,
him to keop tho pledges ho hud mado) "Hitchcock, tho past-master of prac
durlng tho campaign. Judgo their as- tlcal politics.
tonlshmont, ho said, when tho following ' "Illinois Central" Dickinson nnd
appointments woro mado: "Swell Canned Goods" MoVelgh, and ex-
"Knox, tho handy man of tho steol cor-, democrat of most cxoluslvo, arlstooratlo
Frd Stennott returned recently from
i lalt Is his parents in Ashland.
poratlon and other Pennsylvania monop
ones.
"Nagel, a Standard oil attorney.
"Strict Construction" Bollinger, who
believes in tho strict construction of
every law against tho government whero
and plutocratic predellotlon."
Dunno further charged that th,0 re
publican party sold Its policies and lead
ership to tlio men and corporations who
had contributed tho most generously'lo
Its campaign funds. ' .