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FOURTH YJSAK.
MLODFORD, ORK(K)N,AVICi)NESI)AY, FEBHTARY 10, 1910.
No. 284.
NOB II IS
James N. Smith Sells His 40 Acres
on East Main Street to Philadel
phia Man Is Sluhtly Residence
Portion of City.
WILL BE CUT INTO
LOTS AND RESOLD
Deal Was Partially Closed Several
Days Ano, Out Was Not Finally
Concluded Until Today.
Tho negotiations for the biilo of
the JiuiiPH N. Smith property on Iiiist
Main Hired have reached it satgo
where the bargain may bo'haid to ho
definitely eoneliided. Tho proporty
cotiipriHUH -10 no rut. mid a fraction,
including the Nub Mill Miiiiniit, thtt
rook (iiarry and tho home place of
Mr. Smith.
The purchase ;vax made scvoral
days ago, hut had not hcen given out
definitely until lately, although ru
mors had heeu flying- nhout town for
Homo time, llio purcunHorn are A
11. Scott and otherH of I'hiladelphia
and tho prico was ((10,000 cuhIi.
Outmdc of tho value of the prop
erty an a nightly residence nection,
it iiIho cnutaiiiH a valuable HaudHtone
quarry, from which a great deal of
tho foundation Mtnno for Medford
buildings lias hern taken.
Knginooin have hecn at work sur
veying tho property and platting it,
but Mr. Scott, who in hero, declines
at proHcnt to give out anything con
coming IiIh plans for the future.
It is nafe to nay, howuver, that
tho property will ho improved and
will ovontnnlly become ono of tho
tnoNt beautiful sections of tho city.
BIG MEETING OF
JI
President W. K. Newell to Bo Sent to
Washington by Willamette Fruit
Men to Combat Lafean Dill.
C. E. WhiHlor returnod yestorduy
from a (rip north.
"Thoro waB a rouning mooting at
Eitgono Saturday," snid Mr, WhiH
lor, "and frnitmon from tho Willam
otto valloy woro prosont in lnrgo
numbers. Thoy nro waking up in
that part of tho state on tho Lafean
box bill mutter, and at tho mooting
at Eugono it was decided to send W.
K. Newell, preflidont of tho Stnto
Horticultural sooioty, to Washington
to combat tho pnuaago of tho Lafean
hill. That thing is not dead, by any
means; it ia not ovon slooplng. Neith
er nro tho follows, who are pushing it
aalocp. Tho fruitgrowers must watch
ovory comor from now until tho hill
ia finally and completely burled, or
thoy will Iobo out. Evory fruitgrow
er and, iudeod, ovory mnn who is in
terested in tho progroPH of tho fruit
growing sections of tho northwost
should bring ovory influonoo nnd ar
gument posslblo to bonr to dofoat
tho bill, and you can't mnko that too
strong, either."
MANAGER JONES WILL
QUIT IF WOLGAST LOSES
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Fob. V.u -If
Ad Wolgnst loses to Hnttling Nel
son at Port Richmond on Washing
ton's birthday his manager, Tom
.Tones, will drop from tho fighting
game, according to his positivo doo
laration today,
"I ant morally cortainly that my
boy is going to win this fight," Jonos
said. "Theroforo I nm going to back
him with my pile, If ho loses, I'll
bo down nnd out, and it will bo up
to mo to got into another sort of
gnnio.
MINES SHUT
001; OVER
Union Enqlncers' Attempt to Leavo
Western Federation Results In a
Tie-up of Butte Mines Smelting
Works Close.
THREE MINES RUNNING
UNDER DIFFICULTIES
; Closlnn. Means Determination of Op-
crators to Throw Off Domlna-
tlon of Western Federation.
HUTTI3, Mont.. Fob. 10. Kvory
inlno In and around Hutto with the
exception of the Silver llow, tho Ilork
eley nnd tho Mountain Connolldatod
Nimpondod operations today.
The sunponslqn was tho result o
an attompt on the part of tho union
t'tiKlnt'or employed at tho miaou to
separate from tho WcBtom Fedora
tlon of Miners nnd organize a union
to affiliate with tho International
Englneor'a union.
Nine TliniiNiiml Idle.
It was cittlmatcd today that upflo
men aro Idle.
Tho smelting works of former Sen
ator V. A. Clark closed thU morn
I n I- According to Genornl Managor
John Gllllo of the AmalKamatud Cop
per Mining company, tho Washoe
smelters at Anaconda, employing
3000 men, tho IloBtou nnd Montana
smelters at Great Falls, employing
2000 men, probably will have to close
within four days.
The three mines In this city which
have not closed all bolotin to tho
Amalgamated company. Thoy aro run
nlng under difficulty with crippled
forces.
Trouble Long Ittvwlng.
Tho trouble between tho hoist on
Klneeru and tho minora has been of
long standing and enntntned much
bitterness on both sides. It reached
ii point last fall whore the miners re
fused to go Into tho shafts whoro on-
gliioon who refused to affiliate with
tho American Federation were om
ployod. Tho miners demanded Hint tho en
gineers elthor Join tho Western Fed
eration or leave tho mines. This tho
engineers refused to do and tho min
ors appealed to tho operators to dis
charge tho engineers or endure a
strike
BUYS FOR THREE
SELLSJOR EIGHT
W. L. Orr Makes a Neat Profit on
East Side Property Loss Than
Three Years, $5000 Advance.
W. L. Orr has sold his rosidonco
and business property on East Main,
oornor of Gonossoo street, to J. C,
Brown for a consideration of $8000.
Mr. Orr purchased tho proporty
just a fow years ago for $3000, nnd
last year orootod a storo building
fronting on Main for uso as a gro
cery storo, at which placo ho has
toon dome a nico little busiuoss,
Mr. Urown paid $8000 for ono noro
of land and tho buildings, hut allows
Mr. Orr to koop tho grooory business.
"I soli dirt," said Mr. Brown, "and
don't want to ongngo in tho gro
cery busiuoss for foar thnt suspicion
might attach itsolf to tho sugar,
though that is hardly possible with
tho price Roguo River, valloy dirt
will bo in a short timo,"
Mrs. M. M. Avory of Gold Hill was
in Juodlord Wednesday, aooompan-
od by Mrs. L. A, Shaw of Wost Con
cord, Minn,
PARI? THREA
BY SEGOND
aiuo, roil. -lu. ino river ocmu
.till. T- 1 it ftM - O
is rising again loony and tne noon
situntion is assuming an alarming
aspect. Indications nre that Paris
is about to suffer auothor great dis
aster. Houses nt Alfortsvillo and in
othor low-lying suburbs of tho cap
ita! nro being abandoned by their in
habitants, who aro moving to the
higher ground.
WITH THE MUNICIPAL FOLK
NO ONE PROTESTS
STREET PAVING
City Council at Appointed Meeting
Finds No One Who Objects to
tho Pavement of City's
Streets.
Not a singlo protost was voiced at
ast evenings mooting of tho city
council, although that was tho dato,
sot for hoaring protosts in regard to '
paving of over ton miles of tho city's ;
Btroots. Instead of protests, other
portions woro filed, tho total amount
of pavoment now asked amounting
to over 12 milos.
Resolutions to pavo the following
stroots woro passed: Jackson fromj
Riverside to Columbia, South Holly,
from Main to Thirteenth, North j
Poach from Mnin to Fourth, Summit ,
avonuo from Main to Fourth, Grape,
from Sixth to Eighth.
A petition to grade Cottago street
was roforrod to tho streot and road
committee. Tho residents of this
stroot ask thnt gravol bo laid and
tho snmo rolled down.
A petition for a stroot in tho Anderson-Toft
nddition and ono to
grndo Rivorsido was roforrcd to tho
stroot and road commit too.
It is ovidont that this is the last
wintor Modford will go without hard
surf aco streets if tho peoplo havo
tholr way.
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General rains throughout the
country nnd melting snows nt the
headwntors of tho Seino and Marne
are responsible for tho serious con
dition confronting tho city. A fur
ther rise of four or five feet is pre
dicted and today (ho Seino nt the
Pont d'Austerliti measured a depth
of 10 feet nnd 5 inches.
Tho hydrometric bureau announced
today that tho indications flro for a
general riso for the next two days,
nnd that it is possible tho river may,
ff H
CITY DADS WOULD SEE
COLOR OF THE COIN
Tho City council declined to
tnko any action regarding tho
submission of tho charter
amendment allowing them to
grant a 30-yonr franchise for
a gas plant in tho city, owing
to tho fniluro of tho appli
cants putting up tho money to
defrny election expenses.
Eneh of tho two applicants
had promised to do so, hut
noither took tho necessary
stops to show tho color of
their coin. So tho mnttor
went ovor.
NEW FIRE DISTRICT
PLACED IN EFFECT
At Tuesday ovoninc's session of
tho city council nn ordinance was
passed extending tho firo limits as
follows: Commonoing at tho corner 0,1 Ihirteonth from Newtown to
of Mnin nnd Onkdalo, thonco north PoiK'h' 011 Fourteenth from Nowtown
on Onkdalo to Fifth, thonco east to to Poftoh' on No,'th Oak from Jaok
Grano. thonco north in finnnn.l. nnt smi to north end of streot. on Al
to Hnrtlott, south to Fifth, east to
Boar orook. south fn vtntii. wna
Contrnl avonuo, south to Tenth, wost
to - Grnpo, north to. Ninth, west to
Oakdnlo, north to placo of boginning.
A pormit was granted tho Biir
(Continuod on pago 5.)
7 ENED
S TORM
go to tho high level of two weeks
.ago,
Following their custom at tho re
cent flood, hundreds of poor families
from tho suburbs aro flocking into
tho city. They bring tales of dam
age and disaster such as preceded
the great flood of a fortnight ago.
Tho present rise of tho waters is
seriously hampering tho work of
government engineers, who have been
rushing the repairs to dykes and
levees in and nbout Paris.
WATER 10 SEWER
Council Devotes Much of Its Time
to Passage of Resolutions Or
dering In New Mains
Various Streets.
on
Although early in tho season, prop
erty owners nro already after water
and sower mains, nnd it looks as if
'this year in this particular as dur-
j lftSt At tho mating 0f tho coun
cil Tuosdny ovening mnny resolutions
woro passed ordoring in wnter and
sower mains. Lateral sowers wore
uiuuivu uu lug luiiuuiufi ouuuio. uu
Cottage streot, on Fourteonth from
Now ton to Poach, on Thirteenth from
Resolution pnssod ordoring cement
wnlk 011 onst sit, of TPP street.,
Kosolutions ordoring wntor mains '
011 tlio tollowing streots woro passed:
moml from Mnin to om1 of stroot ,m I
Jnokson from Central avenue to Yor-i
Iuont
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Stownrt Wilson, A. D. Hodgson
aml QoorRe MoCullook, prominont
oitizons of Fargo, N. D., aro in Med-
vford looking ovor tho country.
MANS
WANE
QCIALISTS
AND TROOPS
Gathering of Socialists in Berlin Re
fuse to Disperse When Order Is
Given and Troops Charge Into
Them.
RIOTING GENERAL OVER
COUNTRY OF KAISER BILL
Many Victims Taken to Hospitals
Suffering Terrible Mutilations
pajnfui 9J3M S9J00S
BERLIN, Feb. 16. Socialists and
their sympathizers who gathered in
the streets of Neumunstcr today and
! refused to disperse at tha orders of
tho military, were charged by the
troops and scores were taken to hos
pitals suffering from horrible
wounds.
The soldiers sent to break up the
, Socialistic demonstrations charged
with fixed bayonets into compact
masses of men who were unable, ow
ing to the crowded streets, to escape
I tho weapons of the troops.
Driven at bay by their very num
bers, the mobs turned on the soldiers
J and hand-to-band conflicts raged in
I the thoroughfares. Cavalry was
I used to break up the fighting hordes
and only when they were ridden
down, trampled beneath horscs"hoofs
or slashed with sabres did the Social
ists break and run tomheltr in door-,
ways, courts and houses.
Those tnken to the hospitals were
suffering from terrible mutilations.
Mnny of the victims lost ears, noses
or hands from the sabre slashes.
Heads were laid open and deep stab
wounds from bayonets were inflicted.
Many of the injured aro in a precari
ous condition and several may die.
The toll of blood paid by the Social
ists today emphasized the protests
of their delegates when tho Prus
sian government's new franchise bill
was adopted.
Following tho adoption of the
measure, noting by bocinlists oc
curred in various parts of the em
pire. Tho disorders today aro an after-
Imath of more than 50 riots through
out the country Inst Sunday.
Orders have been given to com
manders of departments throughout
Germany to hold themselves in read
iness for activity nnd it is reported
that if tho disorders increase troops
may supplant tho police in the work
of maintaining order.
REAL ESTATE MEN
AWAIT JAS. M'INTYRE
Popular Comedian Is Buyer of Real
. Estate and Ho May Join Others
in the Rogue River Valley.
There will bo a convention of real
ostato men around tho theater during
tho engagement of Molntyrc & Heath,
for tho famous comedian, James Mo
Intyro, is unquestionably tho larg
est buyer of real ostato, whether it
bo for farming purposes, mino do
velopmeut or investmout, there is on
tho American stngo.
On ono of his wostorn visits sov
oral years ago ho purchasod a cor-
"or lot in Bollinghnm which could bo
sum muuj' ui u mill uozcu umos us
purchase prico; ho bought n largo
share of tho stock of a Colorado min
ing proporty simply beoauso its own
er had helped him iu ono of tho
"stranded rainstrol" days of yours
boforo and is today drawiug substan
tial dividends on it; ho owns groat
traots of Long Island "roperty, to
which Now York City is now turning
for its outlot, and all ovor tho broud
country nro to bo found nores boar
ing his mark.
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TAFT MAY
HAND ROAST
I TO SOLONS
Uniess Solons Get Busy on Legisla
tive Program Outlined by Presi
dent, He May Send In Special Mes
sage of Forceful Terms.
BEEN IN SESSION NOW
FLEVEN WEEKS; LITTLE DONE
I f
Sponsors of Various Proposed New
Bills Summoned to the Whlta
House for Conference.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1L
A special messago to congress,
couched jn forceful language, may bo
sent by President Taft within a few
days unless the congressmen got
busy on tho legislative program as
outlined by President Tnft at the.
beginning of tho present session.
The congress has been in session'
for 11 weeks and it is intimated that
the president is becoming impatient
because his program of legislation
is practically untouched.
Senator Beveridge, sponsor of tha
Arizonn-New Mexico statehood
measure; Senator Carter, who intro
duced the postal bank bill, and Sen
ator Borah, who has been entrusted
with n number of Taft measures,
were summoned to the White House
today for n conference with tho pres
ident. ,
More land Opened. " ii
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 16.
The senate today passed a bill open
ing lands in tho abandoned military
reservations Nos. 23 and 24, in tho
state of Washington, to homestead
settlements. Tho allotment for oack
entryman is limited to 20 acres at
$2.50 per acre.
JAPS GROW TIRED
OE AMERCIAN SLURS
Japanese Newspaper Says It Is Time
They Came to Better Under
standing With America, v
TOKYO, Feb. Iff. 'We aro tirod'
on tho auti-Japanism of American
politicians," declared tho Asabi to
day in an editorial which is typical
of tho general comment upon 'the
Hayes bill iu tho American congress.
"Tho question of the naturalization
of the Japanese in America is one
of tho most important mnttors of the
present time," continues tho AsahL.
"The timo has ripened for Japan,
to take a decisivo step toward co-operation
with tho bettor elements of
America such has that represented
by former President Roosevelt.
"It is timo for this country to bo
gin negotiations with tho better
classes of Araorioans looking toward
tho legalization or naturalization of
Japanese. Tho naturalization will
bo the end of tho controversy.
"Such nttnoks as that mado upon
thho Japanoso in tho Hayes bill aro
becoming wearisome. It is timo for
Japan to not."
Tho Asahi is ono of tho leading
nowspapors of Japan nnd has a wide
influence. Sinco tho roport was pub
lished hero that a committoo had re
ported tho Hayes bill favorably tho
papors havo boon strong in thoir ex
pressions of indignation.
General Wood Very III.
BALTIMORE, JId., Feb. 15. It
was reported this afternoon that Ma
jor General Leonard Wqod, who waa
oporated on last wook at the Johns
Hopkins hospital la in a sorlous con
dition. Following tho operation Wood ral
lied and tho surgeons anticipated his
early recovory.