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CONGRESS ASKED TO REOPEN SUTTON CASE Resolution. Introduced Calling for In vestinatlon Lato This Month Mrs. Sutton Requests Move. 1 THE) MEDFORD MAIL TK1BUN.B, MilSUFORD, OUECION. MONDAY, HTOIUJAUY 7, 10.10. 1!JH t.l-l LiaSAIim-LI 1' i WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 7. It nns reported here today that con gress will be uwked by resolution to investigate thoroughly Uio iroiin ptnnc.es surrounding the mysterious 3eath of Lieutenant Juaues N. Sutton of the marine corp., whoso body was found on the grounds of the United States Naval academy on the evening of November 33, 1907. Earlier in the oveuinfr Sutton had been engaged in an altercation with brother offieors that had resulted in n "fist fight." The resolution asking for a eon ETCSsional investigation will be pre sented lato this mouth, according to the report. Simultaneously, tho at torneys of Mrs. Sutton, tho mother of tho vounsr officer, will take tho mater up with the federal, grand jury in Baltimore. Mrs. Sutton claims to have secured additional evidence to that which was presented during the investigation into the affair conducted by the naval academy authorities. She says she has found the man who was doing sentry duty when her son was killed and that this man saw another offi cer shoot Sutton. This evidence will be presented both to congress and u tho grand jury. cully nothing of what 'ws done, and definite information will prob.lbly bo Inching until next month, when it is oxiuietod a number of the officials will visit tho eastern markets. The News received a telegram from F. 11. McKovilt, munngor of the dis tributors, Wednesday, stating that tho annual meeting was held at San Francisco on the "JOth. The old board of managers was re-elected, with one exception. All of the old officers wcyo re-elected, Thre'o years' con tracts were entered into with the members in place of the ono-eur contract, us previously. I WASHEO AWAY HOME. Tht Fortuno That Cams to a Man and Hit CUvc, Wife. An Irishman uuuicd Whalcn fouml n fortune In a very amusing way, says the Cupe Town Argus. With the saving of his wife he bought not far from llallnrtit a tew acres of ground containing a water pool and a sluggish spring. With the mud and gravel from tho bottom of the pool he made sun dried bricks and, building u cabin for himself and family, started a bar 'for the miners. Quite contrary to their usual habits. a coluny of Chlunineu living near by commenced to visit his bar every ' I I) WIC AI.li KINDS OI' DHY coitmvoon ixm hami My best tb, $7.50 per tord. And I have some good fir for $11.50, ,,nd If you want It buwou Into utovowood i will v-Hst 50 cents per cord more, As soon us roods nro bettor wood will ho clionnei'. 1 rlno ilo woml nnwlng by tho cord or by tho hour. I nli'o take orders for our ta.l wuud I will hnvo yo.tr woo.', cut now and deliver tho smo to you any tlaio next summer, and you do not hnvo to pay for it until uouvqmm. For fu tin r tufoi-inuMuu call unu ceo mo at 4SI South Urapo -vei, .Wtiford, Or.. or phono rM .v 'in atelu. sow All kinds of rumors were iu.eirou-: . -then Airs, w union discovered lation and if was Iwrd 16 select the iwu mmw one mui wt By lilt curried wheat from tho chaff. ' There is one MAN FATALLY BURNED IN CYANIDE TANK BAKER CITY, Or., Feb. 7. While painting the interior of a tiwp cyan ide tank, tho gasoline toroh which J, F. Churchill of Portland was carry ing was overturned and tho man wnt fatally burned. The tar in the tank immediately caught fire and almost instantly Churchill was in a rowing furnace at the bottom of an inverted cone 2 feet Inch. The rope with which ho had dosconded into tho tank gave way when he tried to scape. Do- spite the fact that he had been hor ribly burned from head to foot, when found five minutes later Churchill "was conscious and gave a desorip tion of the accident. INFANTS TRAVEL 75 MILES IN TRUNK AS INCUBATOR LOS ANGELES. Cnl., Feb. 7. Af ter a journey from Iicdlands to this city by rail in a trunk transformed into an incubator, the twin baby boys of Mrs. Kohort Mulholhiiid nro in a hospital here today. It is probable that their lives can bo saved. WRIGHTS' SUIT ANSWERED BY AVIATOR SAULNIER NEW YORK. Feb. 7. In behalf of Ralph Saulnier, who has been sued by Omlle and Wilbur Wright for in fringements of their aeroplane pat ents, Attorney Emerson Newell today answered the suit by declaring that the Wrights' patents were inopera tive because midlines built accord ing to their specifications will not fly. Saulnier owns a RIeiiot monoplane, a type which the Wrights declare in fringes certain of their patents. It is upon the use of this machine that their suit is bnsed. s. ' r ' Powderman Killed. ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 7. Awaiting word from relatives sup-'l poseu to live in han Kruncisco, the thhur nrotty certain, ."however, and that is that a quietus, as fur as the distributors are concerned, has been put on George Kae, who mt year handled the accounts of tho Pioneer Fruit company, Piiikham & McKovitt and the Producers Fruit company Rae has made himself decidedly un popular with the trade here, and the fact that he had been turned down was not surprisuiR and cnuseil no grief. He had a two years' contract, which expired December ,'U. He was on the const and attended the meet ings and put forth every effort to re tain the business, but it looks ns though ho had been eliminated. Throuuh what auction company the fruit will be sold vis not known, and probably will not bo decided until la ter. . It is understood that a part of the nureemcnt was that each member reserve the richt to select his own miction house. It is understood that Messrs. Bills of the Pioneer, Deweesc of the Eal Fruit company and MoKevitt of the distnhntors will leave the eon-t at once and visit points throiiirhout the ent and settle the representative in eneh place as thev iro alnnir. It i off thu unitl nlgstyu ml Its surround lug wall so gradually that It had ! most gone before she noticed It. Soon the ctitmney and the cabin walls also I lfc'gnn to vanish. 'After a careful i wctch Mrs. Wlmlen discovered that while one baud of China men kept her husband busy In the bar another baud wns stealing the chimneys and walls. Whnleu knew the Chliiaiuen were uo I fools, and, acting on his wife's sugges. j tlou, he also "stole n pan of dirt" from ' hlft mm olitnttiitv mill vnli.wl It- nut I Then he ordered tents for his family to live In and wnshed nway the eutlre bouse. It was literally built of gold dust. After that the pool and the spring were also attacked, and the re- suit was a big fortune for the lucky Irishman and his cute little wife. FOR Iinml THEIR FATHERS. All Three Were Trlmmert. but Ono Was a Star. The story, long since famlllnr, of the little boy whose boast that his father bad put a cupola on his hou.se was capped by his playmate, who remark ed proudly that his father had Just put a mortgage ou theirs, Is brought to mlud by an occurrence which was told the other day by a prominent poli tician. The small son of a man who was In politics for revemie only on moving 100 Acres of Goofl Fruit 1 miles west of Grnuts J'aus. Forty seven lots In Jacksonville, fine locution, I have also got n tmlr of fine Cougar Kittens, ftvo months old, which can bo bought ii n rcuflonnble price. KNQUIUK J. Lewis Jacksonville ,. nf .it-,-1 nto a new district went out and . .... , . , , , , . , ' struck up an acquaintance with u iiiiiii'riiHi, in iinve salaried rei roentatives at many of the lsrve ' o. !. points, like Denver. Knnsns City, Omaha and Minneapolis. There w'W ho an executive committoe. who. duty will bo to daily aMst nixl ndvi.t with Mr. M'Kevit to nrrv n tht i work more effectively thin it Imsl been done in the ot. This exect-l i Bargains For Buyers CALL i and see us in our New Quarters, 108 W. .Main St., next doou to York & Go. Realty Office. SRex Market Huth & Pecii Props. Phone 3071 i tm mi m. i . .'. REAL ESTATE 110 acres, $l'Jf per acre, one mile live committee will be composed of J he's twletj as big as yours. M5sr5. Deweese. Iillf and F5'-1 It was plainly up to the strauger to banks. It is understood tliftt the new'""k Kood. And he did It with much threc-yenr contract irive Uio distrib- 8".8., , ... . , r . , , , utnr. the power to operate trirlly a .1 ,.bt , teU hlm'lasT S h cleariii'." hone and Mnripinir nuifncv if i... ,v.m rim hi, .r iri,.,,nr in for its-fruit alone, with no finnnciiil I this ward." responsibility, the cost of innint" I And It was nnnareut to any ouo that nance to h nnid bv each !iipiier mi I the wiv kkl had mnde a strong lm i i t,. ... 1 nrptuimi itihit iiuuiiif uniix. iv'iiiis ine mien up an acquaintance with two other kids of the same age who lived In the neighborhood. They were In terested In the newcomer ami began to try him out as to what his parents "My father Is a window trimmer and V t,,"Uui- oloHrel; wl 8ul,tli an awfully big man." said the tlrstjv,"c' kid. rtercs, 1 2 milos from station; "Ah, that's notliln:" said the second, .finest alfalfa and njiple land; nt n My father's a duuip trimmer, and bargain. tion of the distributors ns an organ isation can be iriven to the ditribut ing and sale of its diipmcute. Wcsd Too Hard to Burn. There nro curtain kinds of wood that are too hard to burn or refuse to Ignite for some other reason, such as iron- wood and the good brlor root, but It Is curiosity to come across a piece of common dual the soft, light wood of which so nany uoses arc mnde that cannot bo set tire to. The piece of wood in question was common white prcsalou uixni tin? neighborhood. New York Herald. ! CITY PROPERTY. 1 New fivc-room house nn'd four lots jfor JflOO: with terms. Xow five-room modern bungalow ; on King street, for $2000. j 10 acres adjoining tho city limits. for .?000 per ncro. This is u splendid proposition for subdivision. HUNTLEY-KREMER CO., 21-1 Fruitgrowers' Bank bldg. Phone 3191. Farm Land 3 Timber Land Orchard Land Residences City Lots Orchards and Mining Claims edford Realty Co Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building M -. .---. Victorian Gods. If Thackeray, with a brnln weighing ; flfty-cight and one-half ounces, had tho biggest bond among Victorian writ ers who had the best features? Tho choice would scum to Ho between Ten Dyson and Uemy Taylor. "That man must bo a poet." remarked one of his Cambridge contemporaries when ho I I first saw Tennyson come Into tho ball i at Trinity, and another friend de-1 ltfWJ lllfri In t, Im li,iln.nMit.ii. .1. deal from .Sweden, but was remarka u vW fMt .,.,, ,.,. ' I "v. vuunivu, IIUU, limbed, bis face Shakespearean, with deep eyelids; ills forehead ample. , crowned with dark wavy hair; bis head finely poised, his hand tho aduil- ; ration of sculptors. But tlmo dealt j none too gently with Tennyson, where as Henry Taylor. oIwoth a dlsUn. seems to have ble for Its comparative weight. It had formed part of a boat belonging to a whaler aud had been dragged below tho surface of the water to the depth of more than half a mile by a bar pooued whale. Tho length of lino aud tho short distance from the noint of f,!Tf".' b?inf..!," 'h.,C? !hed looking man. REAL ESTATE SNAPS fill H' in hi fAdii "k ttk itnernAA tua . ' re r Z :,;,, ,0"Xu , h, (ownslngulariy majestic with years, dragged the boat. Only part of the boat came up again at the end of the line, and It was taken on board when tho whalo had been killed. That piece of wood was so bard that it would not burn in a gas Jet. Tho weight of wa ter had compressed It. London Standard. j Grant Dnff, meeting him when bo was over eighty, notes that 'Taylor looka more iiko Jupiter than over," and con temporary memoirs are fall of refer ences to his Jove-like appearance. London Standard. They Were "Over." No Chanco In History, 1 Muzzinl said that ho did not believe that chanco existed in history. "A. ITn wan rntmh.r nifrnn nr tlm r. M-uuoo mum UfCCBBUniy UDUOrilO eTeiT .. ' J ' nrnnt nUhiMmh 1. - . . nouy or Thomas Smith, killed bv taurant. Perhaps that Is why he felt muwcui u may blast of dynamite in the enmn of Justified In making clever remark to . taVli0' J? the Gray's Harbor Loemn- mm.n. uie waitresses. rcmarKS wmcu nicy on the Wshknh river, lies in the morgue here today. .Smith was em ployed us a powdermui! and wns kill ed by a premature explosion of dvnn- mite while blnsting stumpfi. In a I Aoiebook found in the remnant nf' his clothing was the address, "John McCnrty, San Francisco," and tho direction that ho was to bo notified in ease of Smith's death. A bargain 41 acrs fruit or al falfa land, 2 miles from station. Finest fruit aud alfalfa ranch in Applegatt valley, ditch and water right with place; $60 an acre; easy terms. tin ACUKH of timber seven miles from Medford for ralo or trade. Three tlmbor and homostend relin quishments for sale cheap. Money to loau on city property. SiskiyouLandCo 206 Phlpps Building, Medford, Or. RESOLVED The best resolution for you to tunko Is to come to uh for your nnxt suit, if yoti want Homothing out of the ordinary Wo do tho best work and charge tho lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT rra rRoaRtasivE tajlox , - vSEE US FIRST When in need of Electric Wiring, or Fixtures, mid snvo Money by get ting best w&rkwmiHhip. Dynamo Ilepairing n spcciulty. FLYNN BROS. MEDFORO'S PREMIER ELECTRICIANS. 13? WEST MAIN STREET. CALIFORNIA FRUIT DIS TRIBUTORS' ASSOCIATION The following from tho Now York Produce Nowh will bo of interest to Jooni growers from the fact flint gives an outline of the methods of tho organiation, which ib similar in its onjcotH with tho one to be organized nere : Vnw V.fcl T.... nn rni topio of interest in the,, fruit trndo this week was the annual mectinir of . v-iiujniia irnit iliHtribntors, "men was iieia in Hnn Francisco, and occupied three days, Thursday, tho 20th, Snhirdny and Inst Tuesday. The main interest was ns to how tho accounts of tho different distributor membors would be handled hero I be coming sonson. Although the mutter wns probably sottjed nt the iricpfin. no d.'fiuife iiifonimlioii in rcjmid "i it bus remshed the trade horo, Tim1 iisltihiitors have given out prncti. were puzzled to know how to answer. One day, however, tho smallest and tlmldest girl happened to be serving this Irritating customer, and It fell to her to answer him in kind. "I'll have some steak," ho said, com log In lato for dinner, "and some squash, and some- Got some baked potatoes, fine, brown baked potutoes?" "Baked potatoes are ull over," said the girl. Ilo leaned back in bis chair and gazed at her quizzically. "Baked potutoes all over, are they?" ho replied. "All over what?" "With," she replied simply,-Youth's Companion. Chivalrous Johnnie. "What's tho mutter, dear?" "I have just bad a tight with John nie over dlvldin' the candy you gave cs." "Was there no one to take your part?' "Yea'm; Johnnie took it." Houston Post. A Cruel Stab. Katie What a lovely ring! Utile Isn't it? This ring was given me on my twenty-first birthday. Katie Ileal ly? Why, bow well preserved It lal It's hardly a bit worn! ClrrehMd Leader. Her Choice. "May I offer you my umbrella asd ny ci-ccrt home?" "Muny lliuul:s. I will take t!u urn brclla."-nicgende Blatter. cldental circumstances. An Alexander. a Caesar, a Napoleon, are not the re sults of accident, but the Inevitable product of the tlmo and nation from which they spring. It was not Caesar who destroyed tho Roman republic. Tho republic was dead before Caesar came. Sulla, Marlus, Catiline, preced ed and foreshadowed Caesar, but he, gifted with keener insight and greater genius, snatched tho power from them and concentrated It in hlu own bands. For there was no doubt that ho was fitter to rulo than all tho others put together. At tho sumo time, supposing he had appeared ICO yearu earlier, ho would not have succeeded In destroy- lng the republic. When ho camo tho life had already gone out of it, and even Caesar's death could not restore that." Tk JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y 604 WEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET. Nicely Graded. Jt Is still a tradition that the people of Manchester, Hugland, should gibe at Liverpool with the proverb, "A Manchester man, a Liverpool gentle man;" but, It is said, classification la not so strongly marked in Lancashire- as in tbo old days. Whon stagecoach es were running a guard was once ask ed, "Who has tha' getten inside, Billy'" Dlily consulted his list and replied, "A gcntlemon fro Liverpool, i mou fra Manchester, a chap fra Owdbam and a fellow fra Wlgan," MEDFORD OREGON Office In residence, cerncr West Tenth and King Streets. Always prepared to show yen the but Jack son county has In the real estate line from the unimproved land to the best bearing orchards, farm land or stock ranches; also city property. The manager has had1 ten years' experience In the county, which will aid the prospective purchaser. Stelnn is knowing. We also have modern rooms to accommodate our patrons. .tP-iWMmW&$ Following are Some of our Good Buys Worda of Different Six. "Did they exchange worda?" ics.- nut it wasn't an oven ex. change. One 'spokeIn English aud the stker In Russian," -New York Trets. 16 acres NewtowiiB and Spitz apples, $16,000 easy terms; jukt ready to bear. 10 acre8 Newtown and Spitz apples, 4-year-old trees; $5000, easy terms. Several nice small tracts near town just coming in bearing. 360 acres 1 1-2 miles north of Kairlf T'l.in'. $18,000, easy tonais. 29 acres seuth Eagle Point, $10,000, easy terms. Houso, two lots, well locat ed; price $1700; torms. 293 acres near coal mines, $9000, cosy terms. ALSO AOENT FOU TUB SNOWY BUTTR oncuAitn., Two lots, $1500. fine location, Several acre tracts, fine lo cation to surxllvji', lots for salo. nr