CONGRESS ASKED TO
REOPEN SUTTON CASE
Resolution. Introduced Calling for In
vestinatlon Lato This Month
Mrs. Sutton Requests Move.
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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.
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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
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Bargains For
Buyers
CALL
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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
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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.
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