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Medford
Tribune
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WlUIITH YEAR.
MKDFORI). ORISON, TUESDAY, FEBKrARY 22, 1910.
No. 289.
UILDING
STARTS WITH RUSH
Mail
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OF ROAD
President Colvig Names Commlttco
(o Take Charge of Crater Lake
Highway Subscriptions Will De
Asked In the Sum of $100 Each.
WILL BE USED JOINTLY
WITH THAT OF COUNTY
New Commission to Organize Along
Lines of State Commission
Engineer to Build Road.
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President Colvig of llio
Medford Coinrncrciul club hns
appointed tlio following com
initlco to tnko chnrgo of rais
ing funds for tho Crntcr
Lngo highway nnd tnko
charge of tho work, to bo
known as tho Crntor Lnko
Highway Commission:
W. I. Vnwter.
W. 8. Crowell.
J. E. Enynrt.
Qcorgo L. Davis.
Gcorgo Putnnm.
J. M. Koene.
J. D. Heard.
W 8CHEIVIE
10 BOOST
VALLEY
Earl C. Hubbard Has Secured Prom
ise of Scllu to Visit Southern Or
cgon and Take Moving Pictures of
Scenery and Orchards.
CONTRACTS TOTALING HALF
MILLION HAVE BEEN LET
WILL COME AT BEST
SEASON OF THE YEAR
Views Will Be Viewed by Hundreds
of Thousands When Placed on
Moving Picture Circuit.
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At a meeting of tbo directors of
tho Medford Comtnorolnl club Inst
night the Crntor Lnko rond Hituntion
whs thoroughly discussed nnd tho
president wns Authorized to appoint,
subject to rntificntion by tho club nt
its noxt meeting, n Crntor Lnko high
wny commission, which will 'tnko
chnrgo of raising the funds for the
conHtniction of the Crntor Lnko
highway.
It wns decided thnt tho Medford
CommorcinI club should nssumo i'ull
responsibility for tho collection nnd
expenditure of funds. Subscriptions
will bo nsked in tho sum of $100,
paynblo in two annual installment,
although no limit will bo placed upon
tho amount nny ono mny suhsoribo.
Nono of tho subscriptions will bo
pnynblo until nt lenst $?50,000 has
beon subscribed, nnd nono of tho
money will bo oxpouded until tho
$25,000 lias boon collocted.
Tho money will bo dopositcd in
tho four banks of Medford, nnd tho
presidents of theso bnnks, Mossrs.
Viwtor, Crowoll, Enynrt nnd Davis,
aro on tho commission. Othor mem
bers named by Presldont Colvig nro
J. M. Kcone, J. D. ITenrd nnd George
Putnnm, This commission will fill
tho plnco thnt would othonviso hnvo
boon filhjdby tho state Crntor Lnko
road commission, had tho stnto ap
propriation h boon availnhlo. Tho
commission will moot Wodnosdny
evening nt tho CommorcinI club
roomB for organization.
Tmmodinto notion was decidod ne
cessary. Tho monoy rnised by tho club will
bo used jointly with thnt supplied by
tho county nnd spent only under tho
dirootlon of tho onginoor supplied,
by tho national govornmont, who will
hnvo entire chargo of tho proposed
highway. Tho members of tho com
mittoe will not in harmony with tho
county commissioners and county
judge.
"Tho appointment of n commission
to tnko chnrge of tho mntter hns
been nooossitntod by the nood of
immodinte action, and tho nooossity
of having n hond to tho movement,'"
ntatod Prosidont Colvig. "It is, of
courso, out of tho quostion for mo to
dovoto my time to it, and the club,
can handle it only through a com
mittee, which will report dlreot to
tho olub nnd bo responsible to it.
The club is an incorporated body
jtnd enn undertake the work bettor
Through tho efforts of Enrl C.
Ilubbnrd, manager of tho Savoy the
ntur, this noxt summer will sco one
of Sclig'ri expert moving-picture op
oralis in Medford, to tnko views
of locnl sconcrj nnd of Roguo River
vnlloy orchnrds. Those views will
then bo plnced on tho circuit of
moving-picture houses over the en
tiro country nnd nro certnin to bring
splendid rusults along advertising
linrs.
Mr. Ilubbnrd took the mnttor up
somo tirno ngo with Sccrctnry Con
rnd of tHe Commercial club, who for
wnrded the company dntn on South
ern Oregon nnd urged them to come
hero nnd oxploit this section.
Mr. Conrnd is in receipt of n let
ter from the Sclig company briefly
as follows:
"Wo nro very highly impressed by
tho views nnd literature you hnvo
sent us, nnd believe that n great scr
ies of views can bo secured in your
locality.
"If you will send us information
ns to tho best timo of tho yoar in
which to tnko tho views, wo will ar
range to have nn operator on the
LTOiind nt tho propor time."
Tho ndvertising value of a series
of viowa such as this vnlloy can pro
duco ia very grcnt, ns they will be
seon by thousands of people that
othor advertising does not reach
And another splendcd feature is that
t ho jjoryipq doesn't cost nnyjhijig.
than nny ono else, and is responsible
both for tho collection of funds nnd
for their distribution. I hnvo en
dcavorcd to nnmo tboso of wide nc
(iiaintnnco in the state, who can aid
mnterinlly in raising funds nnd who
hnvo sufficient timo to dovoto to the
work. Tho two Medford members
of tho stnto commission nro both
placed on tho new commission."
Tho commission will orgnnizo
along lines of the state commission,
tho Commurcial'club tnking tho plnco
of tho stnto. Those wore ns follows
(modified to suit now conditions) :
Thnt said commission shall roceivo
no compensation for their services,
excopt thoir actual exponson when
engngod in tho business of such com
mission. Tho business of such com
mission pbnll ho to co-oporato with
tliQ county courts of tho sovorul
counties through whioh said rond
passes, and the propor fodoral au
thorities in tho solootion of n propor
nnd fonsiblo routo for a road thnt
may bo constructed by tho fodoral
govornmont through tho govornmont
rosorvo surrounding Crater Lako,
nnd to suporviso the expenditure of
said sum of $100,000, raised by sub
scription by tho Commercial club;
tho $50,00Q appropriated by Jaokson
county, nnd all other moneys provid
ed for tho construction of tho said
road not in the boundaries of gov
ernment resorve. Said commission
shall have entire charge of construc
tion of said road. ,
That such monoy shall he expond-
od only upon a county road, legally
established, and no part shall bo
expondod for securing a right of way
for said road.
That said commission shall oleot
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RECALL DOES
1 NO! RECALL
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Ashland's Mayor Wins Sweeping
Victory at Polls Second Ward,
Home of Recallers, Gives Major
ityCunningham May Resign.
WOULD HAV
ALL WALK
OUT
IS VICTORY FOR LOVERS
OF CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Believed Now That Ashland Will
Forget Factional Strife and Pull
Together for Common Good.
EALS ARRIVES
TO MEET WITH
FRUIT GROWERS':
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Chief of Portland Weather Station
Will Make Plans for Better '
Forecasting Weather to Aid
Local Fruit Growers.
E. A. Deals, chief of the Portland
weather bureau, hna arrived In Med
ford to moot with local fruitgrowers
to arrange a better weather forecast
ing sorvlce to aid in tho fight against
frost during tho spring. Ills visit Is
tho direct rcoult of C. E. Whlslor's
trip to Washington recently, when ho
socured tho promise of Chlof Moore
of tho wentuor bureau to have tho
govornmont gtvo Its aid to tbo fruit
growers of tho valley.
Mr. Deals will spend ono or two
days In Medford looking over tho
valley and boforo hq leaves will do-
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Tbo above cut shows the
projected St. Mark's Episco-
pal church, the cornerstone
of which is to bo lnid on
Wcduesdas', Mnrch 2, at 2:30
p. m. The Right Rev. Charles
Scndding, D.D., bishop of tho
Oregon diocese? will' officiate, "
assisted by Archdeacon II.
D. Chambers of Portland, tho
rector, Rev. William Lucas,
and neighboring visiting cler
gymen. In the evening of that day
a public rally will be held in
tho Opera house, with ad
dresses, and an excellent mu
sical program furnished by
tho choir of SL Mnrk's
church.
RAIN GREETS
FIGHTERS
AT
PT.
RICHMOND
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Nelson Favorite With Fans at Odds
of 2 to I Even Money Offered
That Wolgast Will Stay
Twenty-five Rounds.
President of Labor Council in Phila
delphia Issues Call for General
Strike His Authority to Qe Sa Is
Questioned.
RIOTING CONTINUES ON
QUAKER CITY'S STREETS
Leaders of Strikers Are Aroused te
Resentment at Arrest of. Na
tional Organizer Pratt.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Fob. 22.
.FlBtlc Promoter Sid Hester announc-
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jed today thnt, rain or shine, Battling
Nelson and Ad Wolgast would battle
EVER before In the annals of at PoInt Richmond this afternoon for
Medford has the building sea- the world's lightweight title.
son opened with such a rush Desnlto lowering cloudc and ure
as the present one. Last year ?2.- dictions of a heavy downpour, Hes
500,000 was spent In the city for new tor stated his lightweights would
buildings, but from all Indications , fight. Whether or not he lost money
this mark will be exceeded durlnB pn the venture ho declared, he would
jciiie uiu mm as uuuuuutuu 10 mu
1910. Alrendy tho business blocks 1
public
Piannvu lomi nr.y iwiintni Jnck Robnson( manager of the
of a million, and It Is known that h , wh - th
cldo upon Bomo plan of action. He Is otlier huildlngs aro contemplated for( cloudcd akVt sald lhat tha Battler
nt present spending his timo wlththo business district, to say nothing . j,a(1 weathored more storms than any
01 mo myriad 01 Dwelling nOUSeB COn-"CM TInctnrn In cromn tnrfnw
Profossor P. J. O'Qara.
"At prosont." sold Mr. Denis, "the
bureau Is forbidden to mnko any ex
tensions, but a city as enterprising
nnd progressive ns Medford Is should
liavn a volunteer observer at loast.
,It hns beon tho policy of the bureau
horotoforo to furnish tho Instruments
provldod thnt a volunteor observer
could bo socured, but wo nro cut off
jfrora thnt now. Howovor, the nec
essary instruments can 00 sccurcu
for not more than S25, and I think
t-our ontorprlslng commorclnl bod-
lea could easily secure that sum, and
find a man to take caro of tho rec
ords, Medford has no dof Inlte weath
er rocords. At tho Portland station
wo aro obliged to rely upon reports
from Ashland and Jacksonville. Whon
thoy hnvo a Borvlco similar to tho
one I havo suggested for Modford,
.but thoro Is a great difference bo-
twoon olthor of theso points and Mod
ford. I have arranged with Profes
sor O'Qara to institute a system
whoroby tho orchard mon may be
warnod of coming frosts, and the tel
ophono companies have also agroed
1.0 transmit tho news along tho farm
er lines to tho various orcnards, dui
really, you pcoplo should take .up the
Idoa of establishing a volunteer sta
tion."
Traffic Blizzard-Bound.
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nUICNA VIBTA, Col., Feb. 22.
Trafflo in westorn Colorado Is bllz-
rard-bound today. Midland pnsson
gor trains aro etnllod at Havor, Dnth
and Sollar and two freight trains aro
blockaded at Haver,
trnctcd for throughout tho city.
Tho greatest difficulty which Is
confronting prospective builders Is
the finding and securing of suitable
sites. An lnstnnco of this Is the dif
ficulty which the local lodge of Elks
and of Odd Follows are at present
experiencing. Each of these lodges
aro planning a homo of their own,
but so far havo been unsuccessful in
their efforts to find a suitable build
ing location.
Now Dnliatngn.
The buildings on which work is
elthor startod or will start within a
few wooks are: f
Building Estimated cost.
Roddy 160,000
Masonic Templo 45,000
Page 60,000
Davi 40,000
Southorn Pacific 50,000
Natatorium 30,000
Episcopal church 30,000
Episcopal block 30,000
Tolephono 10,000
Modford grocery 25,000
Rogue River Eloctrlo 16,000
Modford Dutldlng Co 45,000
J. M, Root and associates . . . 30,000
Lodges to Italld.
In nddltlon to these' which have
beon assured It In known that the
Elka aro considering tho erection of
a building to cost between ?30,000
and M0.000, the Odd Fellows a
building of like cost, while tho school
board is planning tbo erection of a
new school building on the East Side,
Other possibilities includes a fed-
oral building and a 40,000 hospital changes tho prevailing odds of 2 to
(Continued on Page 2.) I wUn Ne,8n favorite, being record
Sid Hesters In tho game today. "Nol
sou will fight If he has. to stand up
to his neck In water."
Weather No Odds.
POINT RICHMOND, Cal., Feb. 22.
"My boy will fight Nelson In any
kind of weather and under any con
ditions. It Bat shows up in tho ring
today thoro will be a fight If both!
boys have to wear overcoats and have
their seconds hold umbrellas ovor
their heads."
In the foregoing words Tom Jones,
manager for Ad Wolgast, affirmed
Hester's declaration that the Nelson-
Wolgast battlo would tnko plnco as
schodulcd this afternoon.
The rain coased falling hero early
today, nnd the dark sky cleared Just
a trlflo. This much, howover, was
sufflclont to fill tho hearts of tho
Richmond fans with joy.
AVolgnst Sleeps.
Wolgast slopt late today. After he-
awoke ho Indulged In a bit of horse
play In his room with Jones, and then
domanded breakfast. The challenger
was in the best of spirits, and pos
sessed ovory whit of tho remarkablo
confldonco ho has displayed since he
started training for the biggest tight
of his careor.
At 9 o'clock the first special train
bearing fight fans to the battle
ground arrived. Dy noon Richmond
was thronged, and the lines before
tho bloachor ticket windows began to
straggle far down tho street. '
Wagering on tho outcome of tho
battlo was light tKIs morning, no
ASHLAND. Or., Feb. 22. The
I good red blood of Ashland won a
! sweeping victory at the polls yester
tday In the recall election. As pr&
i dieted by tho Mall Trlbuao correspon-
i dent,. Mayor Snell's vote was two to
one over w. N. Grubb, the candidate
of tho recall petitioners. The vote
was light, only 665 being cast In the
three wards, and the fact that Grubb
received but 218 Is satisfactory proof1
that the electorate of this city Is still
safe and sane.
The Third ward register R. Tote
of throe to one for Mayor fo!l jinn
the First ward did nearly ftj.w.ell.
Tint fhn Rewind ward, which Is the
home of Councilman Cunningbag
Recorder Egglcston. Water Commfr
sloner Patterson and E. E. Phipps,
and which has long had the unen
viable reputation of being the most
unprogresslvo ward In the city, gave
Snell tho scant majority of 11 votes.
Now that the people havo spoken so
decisively for a progressive adminis
tration of public affairs, It Is thought
possible that Councilman Cunning
ham will resign. At any rate, it Is
hoped by many that ho will consider
tho matter seriously before embark
ing upon a policy of captlousness that
will tend to retard much needed Im
provements. Immediately following the an
nouncement of the result of the elec
tion, tho victors started huge bonfires
on tho plaza, bought up every old
stock of fireworks in the city and
celebrated noisily until a late hour
in a manner befitting a community
that had effectually and permanently
laid a certain element gently but
firmly upon its doar old moss-covered
back.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22.
Scores of rioters woro
beaten by police in a great
riot this afternoon in front
of the postoffice. Police and
rioters exchanged revolver
shots and two women were
reported injured. The po
lice used clubs and revolvers
in an effort to disperse a
mob numbering some 25,000
which attempted to wreck the
streetcars.
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CHINESE WOMAN AT WORK
FOR U. S. GOVERNMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 22. Tye
Leung, a woll educated and domuro
Chinese girl, today ia preparing to
assume her duties as assistant to tho
matron at tho now government Immi
gration station at Angel Island In this
harbor.
Miss Tyo Is the only Chinese Wom
an In tho employ of the Untted States
government as far as federal offi
cials hero are awaro. She was ap
pointed by Immigration Commission
er North from tho ranks of the girls
attondlng tho Occidental Mission
school hore.
8ho was rescued when a child from
dangerous environments In the Chi
nese quarter and since has been a
ward of Miss Donaldlno Cameron, su
perintendent of tho mission.
od. Sovoral small bets were made at
10 to 6.
Even monoy ruled on the number
of rounds tho fight would go. The
bettors, laid their money that Ad
would Btick with the Dane for 26
rounds. Other bets wore made that
tho Mllwaukean would go 30 periods,
In one Instance 5 to 4 being given
that Nelson would lay him low before
that time.
B, W. Dennis of Portland is reg
istered at the Nash.
PfflLADELTHlA, Pa.f Feb. 22.
A general strike of all union men in
Philadelphia was called today, ac
cording to President Murphy of the
Central Labor Council, but other la
bor leaders declared that they had
received uo official notice of the
general strike and declared that such
action would be taken by the local
unions.
Murphy previously announced that
he intended to go to Washington to
consult President Gompers and Vice
President Mitchell of the American
Federation of Lnbor nnd endeavor to
get their sanction to a general strike.
Murphy, however, did not leave the
city.
Questloa Ills Authority.
Later tho president of the labor
council announced thnt ho hhd called
a general strike Other nnd cooler
lenders declnred thnt Murphy has no
nnthority to call such n strike.
Shortly after making his an
nouncement, Murphy disappeared.
and rumor had it that ho had been
arrested nnd wns being held on
chnrgo of inciting riot.
The lenders, however, are aroused
to resentment at tho arrest of Na
tional Orgnniser C. O. Pratt of the
Cnrmen's International union.
Pratt is charged with inciting riot
and it is reported thnt he will be
held by the police for some timo
without bail in tho hopo that the
carmen's strike will bo broken.
Union Men Iaecased.
Union men aro inconscd at the ar
rest of Pratt nnd threaten both
criminal nnd civil notions against
thoso responsible for bis arrest nnd
detention.
While tho specific, cause leading to
the arrest of the national orcranizer
is kopt a secret, it is undorstood to
have resultod from an attack on a
oar by a mob whioh Pratt had pre
viously addressed on the street.
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company today issued a statement
saying that the company is operat
ing 725 cars out of a normal 200O
and that it can put 1200 more oars
in operation ns soon as it ia afforded
police protection.
President Krueger today set at
rest ail rumors of compromise of the
questions nt issue by announcing
that the company would consider no
proposition from striking men save
unconditional surrender to the die-
tatjon 61 the corporation.
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