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published In a city tho sizo of
Medford having a lenscd wire.
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRARY 20, 1910.
No. 287.
PLAN TO
2,500,000 IN COUNTY
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
SPEND
$
MYSTERIOUS
COMPANY
ATWORK
American Development Company,
Which Asked Franchise Over
' Jackson County Roads, Back of
Land and Irrigation Deal In Sam's
Valley Runyan Refuses to Talk.
It hit developed tlutl tho Aiuvri
can Development company, who ro
cently npplicd to tho county court
for a trolley lino frnnohif over tho
roads of tho county, and who have
surrounded IhemtudYttK with a ccr
tHln degree of tnyntory, is tho .ur.i
company which hntt ben engage!
the pnt two intitb in (.taurine p
tion in Sum' Valley.
The t'omtmnv in Mill Making In
slonk i t h jiovomeiitt in H'crecy, hut
n loal n .hii'f man, who in hi a
position to know of their deals ctnW
ed Sniu.dnv nftcrnoon thnt the com
pany plnnned to place wnter uputi
the io,unu acres they have been c
enring in Sam's Vnlley nnd thnt
their total expenditures in this coun
ty would be in the neighborhood of
ja.fiOO.OPO. The electric rood is snil
to' he n aide imue. ns thev intend to
'use it only if John R. Alien inh to
build Inn road. Their purpose, is to
irritate tho lands in Sam's Valley,
cut them into stnnll tracts nnd sell
PORTLAND. Feb. 10. The jour
tin I tomorrow will snv:
From Medford comes tho report
that the American Development com
unny hns annlicd for a blnnket frnn
ohino for n trolley line over all the
rondH of Jackson and Josephine
counties. A certain decree of mys
tery surrounds the company in that
those whofo names appear on the ar
ticles of incorporation recently filed
refuse to divulge tho identity of
their associates who nro supposed to
be furnishing the financial backing.
An yet the principal work of tho
oorporation. it nunears. has lieen to
secure water rights on the Rome
nve.r in the vicinity of Sum's Val
ley, about U miles north of Medford.
in Jnckson county, and to clone con
tracts for 1.1,000 acres of land to be
included in an extensive irritation
project, the water Mipplv for which
is to be obtnined from Rogue river.
Itunynn Won't Tulle.
13. M, Runyan, rrinnngor of tho
Atnorienn Timber company, with an
office in tho Mnrn,uom building, this
city, is ono of the incorporators, but
in nn interview 'ho denied the com
pany's intention to bnild electric
roads or any other railroads through
Jnokson od Josophino counties, sny
ing that the plans are not sufficient
ly advnneed to warrnnt a public an
nouncement. "Wo nro not working nnon any
rnilwny proposition," snid Mr. Run
yan, "nnd I don't think it concerns
tho pnblic what, our plans or pro
jects nro. Our articles of incorpo
ration aro brood enough to permit us
to' do almost anything, bnild rail
Toads, irrigation ditches or anything
that might bo covered by the n'nme."
Tho cupitnl stock is plncod at $1,
000,000 nnd it is intimntod thnt out
side capitalists are ready to pay up
this stook as soon as tho prelimin
ary details hnvo boen nrrnnged,
Much Quiet Work.
From various sources it has been
nscertnined that the contracts for
lands covering nn nrea of 15,000
acres have been scoured quietly dur
ing tho pnst several months and thnt
water rights on the Roguo river have
nlso beon obtnined to insure a suffi
cient qnnntify of wnter for the irri
gation of orchards, t being osten
sibly the intention to provide for the
irrigation of tho lnnd nnd Its promo
tion on tho market in Binnll trnots.
The land In the vicinity of Sam's
Valley and Eagle Point is n veritable
ideeort, but osce irrigated, it is said,
J. P. Morgan, Leading Figure
In Big Telephone Merger Probe.
At the Investigation Id New York of tho recent purchases of the stocki
of Independent telephone compnnleit In thu middle went It was asserted thnt
the purchases were mnde for the ncrount of the Arm of J. P. Morgan fc
Co. and not for the Hell company. legally known a the American Telephone
nnd Telegraph company. The Inrestlgutlon wns directed towiird J. P Mor
gnti'i pnrt In the creation of whnt bun been railed the glnut telephone merger.
The Inquiry tnny be mnde the haul ofiuitl.tnmt proceedings In (he Ohio and
MU'ourl courts should the views of thoe who declare thnt the merger means
the gathering of all or utmost nil of the telephone Intercuts of the couutry
under one control be upheld.
CRATERROAD PLAN FAVORED
Plan to Have 1000 Persons Subscri be $100 Each and Thus Build Crater
Lake Highway Meets With Instant Favor Large Number
Agree to Give the $100 Asked.
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JOURNAL GIVES $100
TO BUILD CRATER ROAD
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' Portlnnd. Feb. 10.
Medford Mail Tribune,
Medford, Or. Tho Oregon
Journal will bo ono of the ono (
thousnnd to give $100 cash
each toward tho construction
" of Jackson county's Crntor
Lake road.1
C. S. JACKSON.
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The plan adopted by tho Medford
Commercial club for tho building of
tho Crater Lake rood is mooting with
unanimous favor on tho part of lo-
it would become most productive,
nnd as the Rogue river has a strong
flow of water with a good fall it is
believed by those hnving observed tho
contour of the land thnt irrigation is
feasible.
The object of securing franchises
to build railways on county ronds is
taken to be part of tho scheme for
placing the land within ensy reach,
if placed under water and thrown on
tho mnrkot, but it is expected that
plans of the newly organized com
pany will be thoroughly investigAted
before netion is tnken upon its ap
plication for franchises.
Donnld S. Clark, who has been vis
iting his pitronts in tho, east, return
ed to Medford Friday to look after
hta interests here.
onl people, and although the commit
tee has hardly started its work as
yet, n largo number of local business
men hnvo signified their willingness
to subscribe, their $100. Men over
the entire stnto who nro friendly to
the move are expected to be heard
from. Alreudy has C. S. Jackson of
the Journal contributed his $100 and
Colonel E. Hofer of Snlem offers to
coino to Modford nnd urge on the
good work.
Never yet hnve tho Medford boost
ers undertaken n work which they
have not carried to a splendid suc
cess, and it is too Into for them to
get into tho "Cnn-t Do It" club.
It is not bolioved that thero will
be tho least difficulty in securing the
1000 eignors. It is oxpocted thnt 500
of them will be found in Jnokson
county,
HUNDREDS OF FANS GREET
JEFFRIES IN. SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Feb. 10.
Jeffries and his rotinuo are in town
today nnd tho fight fans nro await
ing anxiously the appearance of the
big fellow at Jack Gleason's show
next Sunday afternoon. Jeffries nr
rived at midnight, his train having
been delayed.
Several hundred fans were wait
ing for him at the forry building nnd
he was accorded a warm reception.
With his party ho immediately went
to tho St. Prnnois hotel to rest after
his journey. Tie announced to con
fidential friends that he was never
in better shape in his life and that
he weighs 232.
GLAVIS HAS
HIS STORY
BACKED
Testimony of Hoyt Goes Far Toward
Cororboratlnu Glavls' Story That
Balllnner Personally Directed
Alaskan Coal Lands Investigation
Cross-Examlnation at End.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.Mnn
nger Stephen Birch of the Guggenheim-Morgan
f-yndionte, admitted to
ly in the Bnllinger investigation of
coal property in Alnfckn covered by
Cunningham claims worth from $50,
000.000 to -s-JOO.000,000. Cross-examination
tended to show the syndi
cate hnd previously tried to tdiow
the lands were worthless.
Henry M. Hoyt, attorney-general
for Porto Rico nnd formerly federal
attorney nt Seattle, stated on the
stand in the Bnllinger investigation
today that he agreed to omit the
inline of Judge Bollinger from the
records of the Wilson case because
he thought tho public might not un
derstand and might think thnt Bnl
linger had been mixed' up in some
fraudulent matters, 1
He said that in pursuance of this
agreement he marked the record of
the cose in several places, ' 'omit
Ballinger's name as per stipulation."
Hoyt testified thnt he had seen
this record with the pencil mark on
it since his nrrival in Washington.
Attorney Brnndeis for Gin vis was
on his feet in nn instant.
"You saw it!" asked Brnndeis.
'Yes, sir; Assistant General Law
lor hnd it," said tho witness. "Wo
have been trying to get thnt record
for some time,'1 snid Brnndeis.
The committee decided to order
Lawlor to produce the record nt
once.
Hoyt's testimony and document
nry evidence introduced by Attorney
Brnndeis went toward corroborating
- f i i ! t t ' r
imriM in ivMimnny given uy l,ouis i.
Glnvis, formerly field ngent of the
Seattle land office, in tho lotter's
contention thnt Bnllinger had per
sonal direction of the Alaskan conl
Innds investigation.
When tho Bnllingcr-Pinchot hear
ing was resumed today Attornoy
Vertrees, representing Bnllinger, an
nounccd thnt ho had finished the
cross-exnminntion of Louis R. Gin
vis.
Glnvis has been on tho stnnd for
several sessions of tho committee
and was questioned exhnnstivelv bv
Vertrees legnrding his reasons for
nttnetong the Bnllinger administra
tion of tho interior department.
Attorney-General Henry M. Hoyt
wns tho first witness called fo the
stnnd today. Hoyt formerly was a
federal district attorney at Seattle,
and ns such frequently was consult
ed by Glnvis when tho Alaskan conl
land claims were under investiga
tion.
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl, Feb. 19.
Although ugly rumors of jury-fix-
ing and police inactivity aro in tho
air today, following a disagreement
by tho jury which hoard evideiico in
tho case of former police captain
Michnel J. Conboy, charged with
killing Bernnid Lagan, no direct
chnrges were mado against any one
concerned.
The Conboy jury, when discharged
lato last night, stood ten to two for
conviction. Two of the jurors main
tained that the evidence in the case
did not warrnnt conviction nnd re
fused to change their views during
the day nnd a half that the jury
deliberated tho question.
District Attorney Fiokert an
nounced that a grand jury investi
gation of certain witnesses in the
case probably will take place soon.
WANT HENEY
BEAR STATE
HEAD
Is Two-to-One Favorite In Los An
geles Straw Vote Now Going On
But Francis J. Declines to Have
Anything to Do With Lincoln
Roosevelt League.
LOS ANGELES, Col.. Feb. 19.
According to fipires given out at the
headquarters of the Good Govern
ment league hero today, Francis J.
Hency is n 'J-to-1 choice for the
nomination of governor on the straw
ballot which is being cast here. Phil
Stanton comes second to Hency and
Belshaw stands third.
So far nrmroximntelv 1000 Repub
lican voters have replied to the pos
tal cards which were sent out hero
recently bv tho executtivc committee
of the Lincoln-Roosevelt league u: -
der the sanction of the Los Angeles
Good Government league.
A large number of replies to the
query ns to their choice for gover
nor are pouring in to the headquar
ters of the league with every mail
Will Not Accept
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Feb. 19
The overwhelming vote for Fran
cis J. Hency for governor, cast in n
straw ballot at Los Angeles, will
have no effect on the choice of the
executive committee of the Roose
velt league, according to a member
of the committee this afternoon.
Heney has positively declined the
league's nomination and the value
of the vote nt Los Angeles on the
other respective candidates is de
stroyed because of the vote for He
ney. It is conceded thnt hnd-Heney's
name been eliminated in the straw
ballot a better vote for the pur
poses of the league would hove been
attained. As it stands now, the
vote nt Los Angeles merely is the
expression of the views of the great
minority.
The members of tho executive
committee were divided on the deli
cnte question ns to whether Mnvor
Mott of Oakland could poll a better
vote ncxtx November than C. M,
Belshnw. Early in tho afternoon
session that question was the prin
cipal one before the meeting. When
the committeemen decided on which
would mnko the better run, a hnrd
fight in committee will hnve ended
It wns stated that tho committee's
decision wonld not be announced u
til Into this aftornoon. So strenuous
had becomo the session here thnt no
noon adjournment wns taken by the
committee.
SHOOTS HIS THREE CHILDREN
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 19.
George Stephens today shot and kill
ed his threo motherless children, fa
tally wounded their colored nurse and
then committed suicide.
Stephens was a railroad engineer.
Ho wns 3S years of age. His friends
believe morphlno wns responsible for
his terrible deed today.
Ho returned to his homo after go
ing to work this morning and pro
cured a revolver. Seizing Mary, his
9-year-old daughter, ho held hor In
his arms while ho tired the shot that
ended her life.
Blanche, nged 4, and Jamie, only
IS months old, were In tho nursery.
Tho apparently crazed man rushed
Into the room and with two shots
killed them Instantly,
Ho then pursued the baby's color
ed nurso who fled p'nnlc-strlcken from
the room, nnd sent n bullet Into her
back. She will die, the doctors who
attendod her stated.
Stephens ended his bloody debauch
by firing a bullet Into his head, He
was dead when officers reached the
house.
Is Engaged to
Teddy, Junior
The above Is a portrait of Miss
Eleanor Hutler Alexander of New
York rlty, whosp engagement to The
odore Uooscvclt, Jr., was recently an
nounced. The wedding Is to take
place tliU Mitnmer after the return of
the colonel from Africa.
BITTER ATTACK
ON WILHELNI
INREICHSTAG
Socialist Leader Scores Emperor and
Chancellor In Speech Says Meth
ods Which Have Been Employed
Will Lead to Revolution.
BERLIN, Feb. 19. Emperor Wil
liam, nnd Chancellor Bethman von
Hellweg today were attacked bitter
ly on the floor of the reichstag by
Dr. Frnnck, lender of the Socialists.
Franck declared that the same law
which bronght the reichstak into be
ing wns responsible for the creation
of the kaiser.
Dr. Franck declared that ns Chan
cellor Von Hellwig hnd attacked the
basic suffrage represented by the
reichstag as a demoralizing and dan
gerous influence in public life, he
had tho same right to use those
terms concerning the kaiser.
When Frnnck attacked the knisor.
Vice-President Shnhn, who was pre
siding, called him to order, saying
thnt no speaker would be allowed to
drag the kaiser's name into a debate,
"I will say what I like about the
kaiser," retorted Franck. "We have
no cause to shrink from mentioning
the kaiser ns though he were a di
vinity. "I favor respecting the kniser. but
I must insist that the same respect
be given the reichstag."
Tho conservative side tried to hoot
Franck down, but the Socialists,
though outnumbered, cheered and
applauded wildly. Franck continued:
"Tho Prussinn government is sup
pressing public demonstrations with
such methods hnve been employed
nnd will yet provoke n revolution."
x. Barclay Reslons.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19. John C.
Barclay, assistant general manaeer of
tho Western Union Telegraph com-
panyn has sent In his resignation. He
has given no cause for withdrawing
from the service of the concern, with
which ho has been connected for
many years, but It Is believed thnt
promotion of General Superintendent
Belvldere Brooks to the position of
general manager to succeed Colonel
R. C. dowry has much to do with
his action,
Barclay was appointed to the po
sition of assistant genoral manager
upon the promotion of Colonel dow
ry to the presidency, Clowry retain
ing toe position of general manager.
RACE WAR IS
FEARED IN
CAIRO
Eighteen Negroes Removed From the
County Jail and Taken, to Peni
tentiary to Avoid Arousing Angr
of Citizens Saloons Closed and
Troops In Charge of Town.
CAIRO, 111., Feb. 19. William
Pratt, the negro accused of ourse
snatching, and 18 other negro pris
oners were tnken to the penitentiary
at Chester today to "avoid arousing '
the anger of citizens of Cairo fol
lowing the killing of ono man and
the wounding .of-four others by dep
uties defending the negro.
Although the state troops aro
guarding the Cairo jnil and the sa
loons are closed, there is still danger
of trouble. It was feared that the
presence of the negroes at the jnil
wonld cauEe a night attack, there
fore before daybreak they were
smuggled " away under military
military guard.
The killing of Alexander Halli
day, the son of a former mayor of
Cairo, popular nnd well liked, had
divided the city into two factions.
.One, hended by the coroner, main
jtnined that Halliday died instantly
wben struck by a bullet urea irom.
the jail. The other, headed by Dr.
Walsh, who examined his body,
claims that Halliday lay mortally
wounded in the snow for several
hours and that had he been rescued
his life could have been saved.
Mayor Parsons took a hand in the
affair by sharply criticising Sheriff
Nellis for obeying to tho letter Gov
ernor Deneen's order to keep the
people outside the jail yard. This
order practically resulted in the fail
ure of the friends of Halliday to re
cover his body when it lay in the
yard under the guns of the sheriffs
deputies.
Parsons declared thnt he woulcl
have disobeyed the governor's or
der under such cirenmstances, and'
would have risked his official posi
tion even if the president of the
United Stntes had issued tho order. .;
With state troops on gunrd at the
county jail and every precaution
taken to prevent an outbreak, this
city is quiet today.
.There have been no reports or
tronble since the killing of Alexander
Halliday and the wounding of four
other persons when a mob attacked
the jail to lynch two negro prisoners.
The display of forco by tho sheriff
and the militia has had a deter
mined effect upon the lawless.
The stnto troops will be kept hero
until after the funeral of young Hal
liday. The young man was a son of
a former mayor, was popular and
respected. He had many influential
friends nnd these may endeavor to
make his funeral an occasion for an
appeal to tho mob spirit which is now
held in check.
Other victims of tho hullots of
Sheriff Nellis, deputies will recover.
OLD RESIDENT JOINS THE
PROGRESSIVE ELEMENT
"Prices have been raised on nnm.
age on the Beall ranch," snid V. T.
Beall Saturday. "I nnvn honn in
Jackson county for over 50 years
nnd hnve seon tho time when I
would hove traded the whole dnrned
country to be assured thnt mv
knot would remain whoro nature
nau placed it, but I've concluded thnt
nothing less than $1500 will take
away any part of tho Vint Beall
ranch. I'll admit thnt I have been
among the kickers, bnt T.
my heels noting a mule and have be
come convinced that W to nt.
ing like the "Medford spirit" the
spirit that makes tblntm t,annAn
From this time on yon will find xne
boosting all the time."