THIS MEDJTOKD MAIL lUtlBIJJpEDFOUD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 33, 19J0.
COUNTY COURT
TO
JiAJJJNGWK-PlNOHOT INVESTIGATORS
AND MAN WHO REFUSED TO SERVE.
A Few of
ENTER SEATTLE
At Atljournoil Mcctlun the Board 'Denver, Laramlo and Northwestern
AYLOR
BARNET1S
Considers Various Questions
of Highways Over
the County.
Is ncor(janizlni) With Capitali
zation of $30,000,000
May Reach Sound.
ANOTHER
ROAD
DISCUSSES
At dig adjourned mooting nl' lliu
ciiii.,., court .Sutuidny uiuiiiiiig lliu
(hue of tint court was taken 1 1 1 piiii-
C 1 1 M 1 1 Willi lliu llisllllMHioll OL Villi
oim mad iniittttirs. ',
Mr. Miller, lupni'ioiithig tliu Went
SKATTLF., Wash., Feb, 12. -That
iIih plitiin of tho Denver, hiinimio &
Norlhwiwloiii railway company, re-
organised with it onpitnlmitlnii of'
$.10,0011,(1110 nt Laramie. Wvo ve
Hide It.ipiovoinont Cluli, naked lliat!k,r,Vt (.,M11,,.M,,., cxteumo.i of1
(ho county "put In" with (ho dill. ii.j,lt roiu ,Vom u .mwnt (ailiuilH ,,
Fort Cdlliii, Coll.. to Senilis, is Ihf
opinion of railroad men in thi ci'y!
tmlnv. Hccnii.o ihc Denver. Linn
piic A: Northwcterp purpose roach-
rolcioncc to thu np'kmip of tho roml
in (In Nun luiif. It wiih tnoililly
agrc.il that thu court woiilil alii thu
club,
m. v. inn uv iiiuiourod buloro t ho i,,,. i... .t... i . ...
board in roloiuneo to tho ii.i.rov. , vv ,.nj tuntm ,,, H., llivt,'
merit ot tho road bntwoun Mudfoid l(l walching the progrcm of the
anil Jacksonville, mi that it wonht ho(,.,, KK(.H, ,. ,,MMil,jlitv of mi'
(mumble lor aiitoniohiloN at all times ffilialion with the Chicago k North-'
'"" " w.Mtcrn. Tlio latter lino ha it ttr-
stand that whatovor tho autoiaohilo al Lander ami it htiihlhi"!
.lll'ltllt'M .1.1.1 lllll ......iililllt.. llllilli, lll.i . 11 . . '
, """ " i ihiiiih arc sum 10 embrace an cvlcn-
road would contribute to that t.joii In thi eil y.
Ollll. tllll cill.lllv U'lillliI llltltiili U'ilfi mi t. i . . .. i .-. .. .
' i : I 11 oi'ou tieiiniKiiy aniioiiuc-
'iou num. .niai tuo county win,,,..! what route will he followed I
reuilv (n imtiil urn ...iniiiiiiiiii t I . . . 1 1' .i i. i ... .
. ,. " ' . , , .. . .innniKH iiiaiio io niKoi .si.nnd. lint
way in tho matter of mail building. l0 company i known to have m-ch-
in uiu ..inner o uiu euaiiL'ii 01 a ..( vn Inn I, .. ,l.,r -..i.i, iJ
road near (ho Central Point cei.io. I f wnv pro(,rVi
(ory, it wiih ordered that tho county Since the oriranixation of tl. Den.
ttiiryoyor u.ako a Hiirvoy and report ver. I.nnunie & .VorthwcMem ofieerM
Oil III.. Illll'luillillll v itf mm i ..t.i.ii.l.. I ii.
. " " "'.i 11 K1 i nil vn oecil I 4ie Hied In invn i.i.v ...I
lu the mutter of the appointment of
additional county fruit iiwpeotorx
(he reeoiamoudatioii'i of tho commit'
(ten from tho Ilouuo Kivor llorticul
vSNAPS
!jil,(oo Income btminess property
In the center of the (luslnesn dis
trict of Medford; will pay 0 per
cent net on the Investment.
2 acres on North Central av
nuo; It will subdivide into 13 large
building lots; terms.
$1000 l ucre on Taylor street; good
r,-room house; good barn; well and
bearing fruit; terms.
8i!HO( South King street; modern
5-room bungalow; large lot; half
cash, balance 6 per cent.
90OO South Central avenue; fine
building lot, 60x200 feet; 18 large
bearing fruit trees; $200 cash, bal
ance terms.
fonnnliou fniirc-rniiit: their fiim
hankiiifir. It win incorporated four
yenni ntro by Jiid!.v John I). Milliken
of KatiKn former Tniled Siiii
....... 4......... ... i
... mmmy woro nocopiou and tlieSerwtor llarrii of KmiMw. WiNon I
.... inM.it: iiHpcciorrt woro fijKinitil. n.nvenport of New York. II. II. I)wv
J. U. Wchntor, Clyde Ilarnum, II cr, fonnorly will, the Mionri Pa
I . Ironson. Irank E. I nil K. .V. clfio railroad and other,. The com
Hohiu,,,,,, J. 0. Medloy. A. E. ftStov-.py m n.lfB their train,
"H, I hot ween Denver and For(Coiim
fl.&R.G.ROAD My iuss MEETING
GET WESTERN PACIFIC NAMES CANHiTF!!
Tile InveHtljcatlon by a Joint committee of twelva members of congress, six senators and six repriweututlve of
(lie clmrKei of participation In land frauds made ngulnst Secretary of the Interior Itlcbard A. HalllnRer promises to
im one or tlio most sensational In tbo bUtory of tbe United Stutcs. It Involves the conduct In ..nii ..mi , ..r nm
of a moiuoer of the president's cabinet and the recent dismissal from tbe public sen-Ice of CilTiinl IMucbot, chief
forester, who has been tbo most prominent of the accusers of Mr. Halllnj:cr The six senator selected to act as
Jurymen lu the case nro Senator Knute .Nelson of 3Ilnnesotu. chairman; Senators Hoot of New York, .-'lint of Call
fomlii mid Sutherland of Utnh. four Iteptilillcans. and I'aynter of Kentucky and Fletrbcr ot Florida. Democrats.
The members of tho house of representatives chosen to represent the Itepublican majority are Mi-Cull of Mnssa.
chusetts. Olmstetl of Pennsylvania, Madison of Kansas and Denby of Michigan. The D-mncmt selei'ted by tbe
house nro James of Kentucky nnd Graham of Illinois. Iteprcscntatlve Lloyd of Missouri, Democrat, was appointed
bv Hie house, but refused to serve.
$1000 South King street; 4-room
cottage; cement walks; half cash,
balance 6 per cent.
$500 1 1th street, off Oakdale; fine
1 large building lot; east front;
terrils.
j 92000 Hamilton street; one -acre;
all in Oak grove; 5-room plastered
house; easy terms.
floads Willi Prouably Be Operated citizens of Jacksonville In Mass
By Gould Interests as Trans- ; Mcetlnq Nominate Municipal
MAhIIh.m1.i rt it i I
J)BNVK, I'eh. J'J.Tho Itepuhli
oau today slates t lint it has smi. of
ficial iuforuiatioii that tho Donvor
iV Itio Orr.ude railroad hooii will ah
Horh tho Woitorn Pncific and that
(he two will ho opomlod top'ther hy
(hu (lould intcrestH ns one transcou
tiuentul lino.
The iuiprcMdon loan hnH hcon prov
nlont hero that ultimately the roadft
would hn operated iik ii traiihcouti
nontnl lino, and the announcement oc
casioned u mild Niirpriso only. Tho
fact that tho YHtorn Pacific with
021 niilcM of track i prnctionliy a
hi audi lino of tho Denver & Itio
Oraudo with its 12(500 miles and that
tho lurccr roml owns two-third, of
(ho Western Pacific' Htock was re
garded as H.Kiiificnnt.
PROHIBIT EXCLUSIVE
TERRITORY TO AGENTS
TOPBKA, K'aiiHas, Koh. 12. Tho
mipremo court of the ntnlo today
Kratited a limited writ of oustor
aK'aiiiHt (lie International Harvester
company.
Under Iho terms of tho writ the
company In prohibited from givine;
oxnltiHlvc contrnctn to a;ontH; from
limnitiK territory and tukinj; othor
fltopH which tho court holdn nro in
violation of tho anti-triiflt Inw,
Tho court reserved tho right to
take lit) eoiiuiluinlH in tho futuro and
NOttlo Ilium iih it Kuoa fit, thus ro-
(ntniiiK Bitporvisory power over tho
compnny'H hiiHinosH in this Htnto.
Tho court holds:
"Undor tho ovidonco, n coinplolo
fot-foitiiro of. tho oompatiy'fl ehartor
nnd itn riuht to do husinosfl in insti.
fiahlo hut tho court doos not doom
Bitch notion nocofiHnry. nt this timo."
Tlio roforoo who hoard tho ovi
donco in tho enfio reported to tho
court that Iho Itituri.utioi.nl' HnrvoH
tor company wns a tritRt, hut do
clarod that it was u "),'"d trust."
Tho roforeo stated Hint the farm
ers cainod soino honofits from its
oporatioiis.
.Al n (invention of tho oilixons of
Ja.iksonvillo hold TliurH.lny cvouinp; a
full ticket whm iiotninatuil.
The prosont hoard of couueilmon
worn rouomiiintod: T. T. Show, may
or; E. Hritt, Win. (Iriovo,, ("has, Dun
ford, Fred Fiokc, coiinoilmou.
J. II. I luf for wns ro-nominatod for
mnrshal nnd Jnmos Croncmillor for
treasurer.
The nominee for atro'j( coinmis
sionor wi. Jits. Youiik.
II. M. Collin, va nominated for
rocordor.
Coute.stn nro peotod for the of
fice ot marshal ami si rout com
missiotior. If is understood that M. I). Jones
will run ns uu iudoper.dcnt uaudidato
for uuudir.l, while H. E. Iltinoy, tho
for tnnrshnl, whilo D. E. Ilauoy, the
for ro-oloction.
AFTER LONG YEARS
HAS FAITH IN VALLEY
Pioneer of Meadows District Invests
In Tract In Snowy Butte Orch
ardsIs Pleased With Buy.
campaign In advance, among our this Btore to overflowing with eager
regular stocks. Every week and ev- customers.
ery dny during tho month will be aj We are telling you of these spe
week and a day of special money- Jclal oferlngs In this paper from day
saving opportunities at this store, to day throughout the month.
Kvery day, every stock In the store
will offer somo special value some
thing much better for the money
than can be obtalued elsewhere. Ev
ery weok wo have a special sales
day of certain bargain lots at such
low prices that tho Inducements fill
i $000 King and 13th streets; fine
I corner lot; east front; 60x100 feet.
But
It may be that you will not read all
of our advertisements published In
this paper. So we say It NOW: Come
to tho store any day during Febru
ary expecting some grand shopping
opportunities. You are sure to find
them.
$230 Mountain View; fine, large
building lot, 50 feet above seepage
level of the city; easy terms.
j$lMO0 West 10th street; 5-room
strictly modern new bungalow;
j bath, screen porch, plastered
! throughout; large lot.
CENTENNIAL MINE GIVES
UP SOME GOLD DUST
FORMER LEAGUE PRESIDENT
DYING IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FHANC1SC0, Fob. 12. Eu
roiio V. Borl, former prosidont of tho
Pnoiflo Coast nnsohnll Iohriio, is'dy
inr in tho Kniornonoy hospital in this
oily of ntt oyorimtu.Konoo in liquor.
NOTICE.
I horoby glvo nodco that my prop
erty la not on (ho market for sulo at
tho prosont tlmo,
283 MnS. ADA WALZ.
GOLD III LI., Fob. 12. Froo jjold
to tho amount of twenty-five ounuos
and u fraction, which at an
ounce brought $420 at tho CI old Hill
hank, , wns tho result of -two days
work for two men nt D. P. Ditto's
Coutoiminl mine on Kauos crook
last week. Tho inon woro working
with a hydraitlio outfit and struck a
hunch of uruvol in which (ho yellow
motnl showed so plainly that tho
stream was turned aside, tho dirt wan
taken out with pick and shovel, and
panned with rosults already stated.
Tho Contonuinl, although it has
boon mined almost continuously since
157, is ono of tho host paying initios
in southern Oregon, and novor fails
to tnako a good showing at cloan-ttp
timo,
F. X. Musty, for many years a
resident of tho Meadows district, and
who hns ,-tMcn the Hogue river valley
develone from n region when a few
scattered farms nnd two smnll vil
lage. coutuncd tho population to a
community, the growth of which has
boon romarkablo that it oven makes
tho tno,t optomistic of us Imrrv to
keep paco with it, has a place in the
ranks of progress by acquiring one
of tbo tracts into which the Snowy
llnllU n,l.J l...o l.. .!. !
.'i.i.tu ii. v.i... i. ii. iruuil Wl.llll'll.
No greater proof of the intrinsic
values of the land offered in these
tracts could bo given than tho fact
that a tnnn who has had overv op
portunity to choose among the latuU ,
in tho vnlloy fdioiild bo niaong tbe I
ri-... ... .... j i. .
i.rsi io pick up ouo oi moso tracts.
Fire Damanes Mill.
11EI.UNOHAM. Wnsh., Feb. 12. J
Fire that damaged the plant of the
' It. Wo3t; l.um'er coniiany to tro;
extent of '$00.0011 occurred hero at t
. . . . ... i
an enriy nour louny. i irni reports
Hcnt out Indicated that the entire
mill, worth $300. ooo. would bo wlp. i
od out, but the firemen mnnnged to ;
get tho flntnoa titular control. Only
the north wing !, gone, and as this'
Is nu uutmportntit section, It Is ea-.
(limited that tho plant will be run-'
ulng again In 30 days. The loss Is
partly covered by Insurance. Tho
origin of tho flro Is unknown.
I
' mmw m'm hub i;ifhsff4 v iilmw
$."00 Hafer's addition; east front;
fine large building lot; $10 per
month.
960 acrea -Rogue Illrer.ralloy land,
nearly all lovel land; only 2 miles
from railroad; well located and
good" fruit land. Let us show you
this tract nt $30 per acre.
5 acres Adjoining city limits; largo
10-roomhouse; large barn, 30x44
feet: Pll In bearing orchard. Let
ns show this tract. '
10 awes Finest level land, free soil,
1 1-2 miles from Central Point and
5 miles from Medford; 0 acres set
to Bartlett pears; good small
hous e.horses, cow, wagou and nil
Implements go with the place at
$3200.
8 acres Between Medford and Cen
tral Point; all under ditch, with
plenty ot water tp irrigate; $200
per acre.
350 acres the very best land In the
alley, oonly 3 miles from town.
Call at our office and learn particu
lars of this tract ot land.
6 acres All In Bartlett pears; good
4-room house; good barn; all un
der fence; Is this a snap at $2000?
5 acres halt mile from Phoenix;
small house, large barn, 50 bear
ing fruit trees; only $1200.
100 acres--l 1-2 miles from Phoenix,
small house, 30 acres In 6-year-old
commercial orchard, 10 acres In al
falfa, balance brnsh and timber;
all fine land when cleared oft;
$150 per acre.
$fl."50 North Central avenue; large
lot, 75xl'S; a real snap.
$2100 North Holly street; close In;
5-room house: lot 75x100; good
well and outbuildings; a bargain;
your own terms.
$6500 South Holly; next to city
park; 11 -room modem house, large
lot, 75x100; rents for $50 per
month: will sell on easy terms.
$3000 South Central avenue; lot
100x100, east front, 6-room modern
house; a fine home at a reasonable
price.
$:?0O South Peach street; city wa
ter; fine building lots; monthly
payments.
$800 Palm street, uear Oakdale av
enue; large lot, 75x100; city water;
3-room shack.
5-acre tracts From $750 up to
$1000 according to location; easy
terms.
120 acres Genuine black sticky; T
miles from Medford; this tract.. of
land Is all practically level and Is
a bargain at $150 per acre.
18 acres 3-4 mile from Phoenix;
good 5-room house, large barn,
electric lights, phone, 25 bearing
trees', 8 acres In alfalfa, 10 acres
of which Is tho very best creek
bottom land; this place ought to
soil quick at $6000.
7 acres Very best rich creek bottom
land; 3 acrea in bearing berries;
good small house and outbuildings;
a good buy at $4500.
40 acres One mile from Phoenix;
half tinder plow; 6 acres la alfalfa,
all best deep, tres so'll; $4000;
terms.
$1S00 Tuttle addition; lot 59x163;
new 5-room house; screen porch on
two sides; all plumbed and wired;
rents for $16 per month.
!20 acres 1 1-S miles from Central
Point; 14 acre3 in 1-year-old com
mercial orchard, $6000.
TAC0MA MAN SHOT BY
OREGON STAGE DRIVER
SIIANIKO, Or., Feb. 12.Word
was rocoivod horo today from Hois
lor, thirty miles west of Shaniko, that
Qoorgo Httssoll, a woll known liorso
buyer front Tacomn, was shot and
mortally wounded by Lloyd Johnson,
a stago driver for tho Contott Stago
& Stable- company. HubsoII was a
pnRsongor on tho stago to Prinovillo,
leaving Shnniko about 7 o'clock (his
morning. Ho had words with John
son nt Cornucopia which continued
until Iloifllor wns raichod. Aftor that
tho qu.irol wns rosttmod wboroiinnii
Johnson drow n rovolvor and firbd
four shots nt Ritssoll, ono taking ef
fect iu hia right Bldo. JohtiBon was
plucod undor arrost nt Willow Crook.
Cnpt. J. J. Reynolds of Englo
Point wns n Medford visitor Satur
day. FUimUAUY STORK SEWS AT
MEEKER Jfr CO.'S.
Owing to tho ways of tho woatltor
In this section of Amorlca and tho
custom of tho buying public In gen
oral, February, with the morchnut, Is
tho hatdoct ot tho yonr. It Is too Into
for buying winter wearables and too
onrly (o soloct spring stylos, and tho
prevailing custom of tho shopping
public Is to fool that It uhould stay
nt homo. And tho most of them
would stay nt homo should wo tuor
ehnnts lay down our oars. Hut this
store Is not tho Inylna-down kind.
Wo propnrod for, February two
months ago by buying lots of ntor
chnndlao from Jobbors nnd manufac
turers at doop prlco concessions, so
that wo wou'd havo something oapoc
lally good for you lu Fohrunry
something so good thnt you cannot
resist comlug Bhopplng ovon If you
had decldod to stay at homo. In
addltton to those now bargain lots
specially bought for this month's sell
ing, wo planned out our February
'Taint No Use Lookm' for
Fiah, Honeys
under a 'lectrical cooker. I turns
on de switch and de 'lectricity
cooks de oatmeal ! Cooked evenly all
overwithout no bother and no fuss.
De cutest lil cooker you ebah see.'
Why should any housewife
4H ' drudge over a kitchen fire when
General Electric cooking utensils
as simple and inexpensive as this
cereal cooker can do the work
for them. We will be glad to
f 1(1 show visitors how to cook with
electricity
THE ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO.
nt
$2000 Peach street; four large lots
and two new bungalows; 4 rooms
each, closots, pantry ; this Is a
snap.
$2100 Corner Myrtle nnd Taylor
streets; lot 100x145; 6-room houso,
3 closets, fine garden land and a
good comfortable cheap home.
112,0,00 Folno business corner right
In the heart of tho city, 50x100
feet; this corner In ono year from
today will sell for $20,000.
$!JOO Walnut Park, West Mala st.;
fine large building lot; a snap.
$t (no 5-room completely furnished
houso and 2 largo lots, near North
Central avenue; tho best buy In
Medford.
1060 acres Good foothill unimprov
ed orchard land; only about six
miles Talent; a tine proposition to
subdivide, $45 per aero.
400 acres 5 miles from Medford;
best foothill land; all fenced; good
houso and bara; 160 acres In cul
tivation, balance 'timber and brush
pasture; $67 per acre.
6 acres Near city limits; Rlversldo
avenue; 3-room bungalow, barn, all
fenced, beat saudy loam garden
land and all under ditch; terms;
$3500.
10 acres Near Contral Point; flnoat
soil and best location.
10 acres Full bearing orchnrd, com
mercial varlotles; good house and
barn; this Is a bargain at 3500,
- - ii
1-ncre tracts Adjoining Medford,
under ditch; half cash; $300 per
acre.
80 acres 1 1-2 cnll63 from Wood'
ville; good treo soli, all can bo
planted to fruit. This tract Is
worth more than double tho prlca
wo are asking; $40 por acre.
THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS IN SOUTH.
ERN OREGON. j
OFFICE N1SXT DOOIt TO MAIL TRHJUNE.
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