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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
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The only paper in tlio world
publlahod In u city the aim of
Madford navlng a longed wire.
FIRST SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 8
FOURTH YEAR.
MISDJVORT), ORJOdON, SUNDAY, FlflBRUARY 27, 19.10.
No. 293.
249,000 PAID FOR HARGADINE TRACT
STEEL 10 G0i
EAST FOR
, AID
Assistance of National Government
Will Be Asked liy Will G. Steel,
Who Leaves Soon for Waslilnnton
un Behalf of Crater Lake Road.
AFTER HEIDEL'S REPORT
Committee Confident of Raising Suf
flclcnt Funds With Which to
Carry on Work of RoaiL
Fioin vnrioliH Kitetions nf
llm hIiiId woi'iIh of encourage- 4
t muni nin drifting in, priiiKinj? f
tho Medford Mpiril in dolor- '
mininc to Imilil (In (Valor
Luke roadl despite nil ml-
vorjo doeiidnu. in Hut supremo T
court. Nt only nrc oiioour- 4
" aging words being received,
lint 'money i being pledged;
i Ono of tho Inliml pontons
"outside. Iif llio county to ' 4
4 ptftlKU $100 town id I lie build-
ing of llio ronii in Frank M.
f Wuite of Roschurg. Or., who 4
4 was in Medford lux! ove- "
ning.
4 "I ndiniro Ihe Medford
spirit," Minted Mr. Wuilo,
"and I believe Hint in no bet-
tor wny can Ihul ndinirntion
ho shown lliiin ly pledging
$100 Inward tho building of
tho road, And limit are olh
" ors In my mvtioii who do 4
likewise."
Tho rrnlt'p Lake highway com
mllti'o of tho Modford Commercial
oliili held tin oulhusiuslio mooting
Saturday evening nnd outlined plans
for conducting n most nggiossivo
campaign for llie popular suhsorip
t in ii to build the road to Prater Lake.
All nieinlierti of the eoiniuittee were
present mid pledged Iheniselvt'H to
nelivo Hiippail of 'the effort lo mine
$100,000 l.y Huhflcriplinus of $100
each.
An a preliminary move, (he com
milleo will Head Will O. Steel to
Washington at onee lo nocure from
the liurenu of foroHlry the money up-
(Continued on Pago 8.)
REDDY'S PETITION
HEARD BY COURT
Judge Catkins Takes Matter Under
Advisement Until Next Thursday
A. A. Davis Protests.
Tho potilion of Dr. J. F. Roddy
thai lio ho allowed n Too of .$(1000
and $1000 nxpnuHdri for Ida services
an receiver of tho Medford & Orator
Lake railroad, oumo up in tho eireuil
iiourt hoforo Judge Oalliina for hoar
K Salurday, tho judio taking liin
piitilinu and that of Attorney A. M.
IloaiiuiH for .$7300 attorney foo uii
dor adviHoiuoiil until next ThurH
day. y
Tho hoariux waH leimlhy, iih Hie
olaim of Dr. Iteddy uiih opponod h,v
A. A. Davin, nu unpaid erodilor of
tho company. Dr. Hoddy put on
Koveral wIIiiohhoh to hIiow tlial Id
polltioii wiih roiiHonaldo. Colvin; &
Purham appoarod1 I'm Nv, Davit,
whilo A. W. ItoamoH appeared for
Dr. Jloddy nnd hhuaulf.
Whisler to Washington
WiU Fight the La FeanBill
. I Uln It-r mil
eue on nevl Mond i
to appiiir hi-loie Un
ennj;nMiiiiiil ciuiiiiiii
lee till llMlieulluie,
when it uieetM on
iMareh 1', lo consider
the l.a I'Viiu apple hox
l.ill. Mr. U'hihlfr will
tueel llio pre uli'iil
and hi'iMi'larv of the
WiihhiiiKlou I lot I n I
turnl iiMxoeiation aid
oilier men from Ore
Kou in I'orllaud and
will eouliliiie cam with
them.
On a leeeut tup to
WaMhiiiKtoii Mr. Win
er tlid Mplcudid work
on hehalf of the frail
Krowerrt of the ie,
and hi trip at tin
time is of Kcat mi
porlnuee. The com
notice will near .ill
tide of Ihc 4iu-.oii,
ami it in doiihlfu! it il
will he pilled uillnoil
the elimimitioii of it
nhiioxiniiH IValuiett
Jfr. Whixlor is one
of the iiiohI 'ulluiHia
tie workerx for the
eaiiHe ol Hie l ruts -
grower in the vallev.
and il in at no hiiuiII acrifice th l
he airrced lo relani to kWunhiiiKton
lo fight the I .a lVau liill. '
The hill wax lo have come up m
committee on I'Vliruarv l!l. hut was
STRIKERS AND
POLICE CLASH
Streetcar Is Attacked ami Burned
by Rioters Police Reserves Or
dered Out and Pitched Battle En
sues Fence Ufcd as Fortress.
lMIlLADUU'lllA, 1VI. 20. The
Htriko Hilualion tonight in llio mo it
Htrnineil nineo tho trouble bewail.
The Contra Mm dim: TrmluH coun-
oil. whilo denvini: that tltero h n
poKitihility of a f-enernl strike, has
held Hovera secret eontcrencoM iiutl
il in a foiVL'one coueliiAiou tliat all
union moil will he out within 'IK
inurM.
Two fii'litH took nlaco toiiiultt.
fhree wore injured. Dariair llio uf-
teriioon 110 pornoim were injured, iu
eludiiiK four policemen, three filially.
IMIILADKM'IIIA, la., IVh. 12(1.
A Hlroolear wiih allaeked anil hiirued
by u molt of rioters in front of llio
Allen millH Huh al'lornoon. " Thn po
lice, answering a riot call, niHlieil lo
tho Kcoiiu and a pitched luittlo oc
curred between the offioorn and tho
mob.
Ono man wan shot in llio fdiouldor
and tho riotoiH woro driven bank and
forced into tho mill yard. Usinu' tho
mill fonoo as a fort, thoy hurled
miflHiloH of all klntk at tho police,
and Hovoral'woro snKhlly injured.
Tbu ear wan stopped in I mnl of
the mill whore the mob bad piled dirl
oil llio I racks ho iih lo make lis
piiHHiiKO impoHHible.
Tho rlolom onlorod llie ear, hoik
od both tho motoriiuiu and tho con
ductor, whom limy Hiibinitled to ho-
voro boatiiiKH Itefore llie police could
interfere.
Unserves were soul lo the hccuo
from two police hlalious and after
a fit;ht which laslcd pevoral ininiiloH
and for llio lime Ihroatoaed to he llie
nioHt HorioiiH euootiutor of tlio )ioh
ent Rlriko, tho riotorrt were dinporsed.
The newH of the trouble Kpreatl
rapidly lluoiiuli Hie city and there
wiih a feeliiiK of ureal anxiety Ibis
afternoon for fear Hint further act
of violence would bo attempted.
You'll iiHiially find stoma "tjoinpo
tilion1' In niiHW'orlnc want udaso
i;ivo youmplf a fair uliaueo by boinjj
widli'RWnlCQ. ,
po Ipoucd in order that the ndvn
cateii of each Hide could lie prutiont
Itcccnl dinpatcheH have lieeu to the
etleet Hint llie lull will . lie n
drafled.
TO PAVE 47.000
FEET OFSTREETS
Harry E. Foster, City Engineer,
Completes Description of Streets
to Bo Improved hy Laying Hard
Surface Pavement.
City Knuincor Harrv K. Foster bns
compleled hiw descriptions of Hie
proposed atreel improvcuieiits for the
city which are to be lot by contract
on March 8, MHO. and they ate com
plete in every, detail. The streeU
ordered improved by pniiig total
17,051 linear feet, ami the total area
to be paved is .0!t,0i!7 atpiare yards.
The Hitmen of the streets and the
linear dmliineo they are to be pa veil
follow:
Alley off Sixth -Hfl
Marllelt U00
Conlral avuniui Norlli,,. I,8H.'
Central aveuiio Koulli 'J,-!B0
D'Anjou j 1,837
KiKblb 4.. IWII
Fir ' vA- -e,:,n
Koiirlb '-',801
floncMsee ...... . ,v.rt. t ... . 1,1-0
Orape -. 000
Holly North 1,080
tr,.n.. o .'..ii. o s'i;-.
iioiij niiuiii .......(....
Jackson v..,.... -1,581
l.nurol l.-i'i
Main d.p
Orange North 7.r.)
OraiiKO South .............. HIS
Poach 7, l.UII'l
Queen Anna 1,0011
Itivorsido North . . J.-JOIl
Hiverside South 1 .7T-I
Sixth ' 800
Sixtli 1,000
Suimnit 7.'i!)
Tenth 2,(ili:i
Tolnl I7,!lf) I
CHARGE OF UNCHASTITY
IS REFINED BRUTALITY
OLYMITA, Wash., l-'eb. 20.To
id in rue an iuuoeenl, Kensilie wife
with uueliUHtity coiiHlilule a cruelty
compared with which the iuoh brutal
phynical assaull would bo a soothinu
halm, miid tlio Hiipremo court yostor
day afleruoon, and today Anna Mor
ris possossoH an aliHoluto divortto
from Mylott C. Morris on urounds
o,f cruelty, nltbonh alio failed lo
prove pbysioal violenco.
WIFE PLANT
ACRES
L. D. Cole of Portland Buys Large
. Tract of Land Three Miles East of
Ashland anil Will Plant, Subdivide
and Cultivate.
IS WORKjFPAMPHLET
' Is Largest Single Tract of Land Left
in Valley Has Been Used Many
Years as a Sheep Ranch.
,. 1). Cole of I'oitlnud. who last
December purehnHcd ol Mayor Jo
nupli Simo'ii and Men Pellinu tif l'oi t
land llui' HarKiidiiic tract, three miles
east of Ahhlnnd, has sold il for
fj lO.OOOTohfi I.inctdiiJl'riist Co. of
Now VorkuGity, wlm will plant, sul-
divido anuVt'olouize the 40S0 acres in
the traut. This is llio largest' siuule
traut ofbuid left in Hie valley.
Mr. Colc arrived in Modford Sat
urday evening on the way home from
New Yoi-k. -'Hnidj
"Medford's fine literature and
Kounc Hiver tipple and pears made
the sale. I bad with me samples of
the soil, a report upon the proierty
by an enuineor Mid a panoramic
view of it. I displayed prir.e Spitz
cnberu nnplc and tho pears that sold
in Now York for $7 a box wholeMilc.
"The oast is apple e.raz.y, and the
Itouuo River tin the eduo on all the
fruit districts. Thoy no longer talk
Hood K'iver or Wenatcbec, but Itogtie
River. As Ibis was the only large
tract loft in the valley, there was i
ureal demand for it."
Tho land has been used for many
years as a sheep range. Much of it
is excellent fruit land. .U also con
tains deposits of coal.
Mr. Cole, who has been prominent
in ixditics in Qi't'gon for years, and
is a well-known business man of
Portland, contemplates other invest
ments here, lie leaves for Portland
Sunday evening.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
GIRLS GIVE DINNER
Young Ladles of High School Enter
tain Friends at Dinner of Their
Own Preparing.
Tho young Indies of Hie domestic
scieiico class of the high school gave
an elaborate course dinner Friday
evening to a number of guests. The
diunor was jlcsigned and served by
the young ladios themselves, ami
nothing could bo asked in the way of
service. Klahorato salads and dainty
dessorts were prepared iih well as tho
more substantial dishes.
Tlio dining hnll (west basement)
was tastily decorated with ever
greens draped with college banners
and colors', nnd cut flowors adorned
tho table. In ovory way the event
was most successful. Those who
prepared and sorved tho menu were:
Misses Citrdolia Ooffe, Isolo F.w-
bank, Leolu F.wbanlc, Grace Mitchell,
Ivy Moeck, Wray Curry, Lillian
Pierce, Mable Thomas, .lcanelt Os
good, Mary Deuel, Ethel Eifert. Mil-
tireti AWlo, Ainnuo awnn, iuutireu
Gorig, Josopldno Riley.
Tho guests woro: Misses Cum
mings, I.awpon, MoPormolt, Foster,
Ulricb, While; Mes'dames Stein,
Smith; Messrs. Smith, Hall, Putnam,
Wutther, Stuln.
Senator Tillman Is Better
7 j7 j JZ? j?
Is Again Able to Speak
I
WASHINGTON. Feb 'JO. Senator
Tillman is considerably improved in
health and Iioih? is how being held
out for his ultimate recovery, but. Ids
SNOW BLOCKADE
8 WORSE
OROWIN
Great Floods Are Expected in All .Southern Pacific Engineer Makes
Parts of Northwest Heavy Snow) Ready for Coming of Contractor
Is Followed by Warm Rains; Work on New Depot Is to Start In
Traffic Is Demoralized.
EVERETT, Wash.. Feb. 20. The
snow blockade on the Great Northern
mUmml wows worse each hour, in
stead of better. A heavy snow fell
all 'night in the mountains, complete
ly wiping out what little work has
been done to clear the tracks. The
:iv stalled nasseiicer trains , are
standing today in the same spots
they have been blocked tor three
dnys.
Whilo tbo snow was stopping all
traffic in the Cascades, heavy, rains
were laying havoc with the coat
lines. Two trains wore wrecked last
night botween Seattle and Rell'mg
hiim. Northbound passenger N.
278. duo in Everett at 7:20 p. m,
ran into a washout south of Mnkil
teo, tho engine turning over and the
mail ear leaving tho tracks. Firo
nmn Milled iiiumed and was injured.
but not seriously Passengers walked
to Mukilleo nnd took a boat to Mel
linghnm. The next train nlong ran
into a washout south of llelliuglinin
and was ditched. , Tbo lino will be
cleared at noon.
Floods Kvpcttctl.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 211. Tho
weather bureau here issued Hie fol
lowing warning today:
"Conditions are favorable for dis
astrous Hoods in streams draining
the Cascades in Western Washington
and Hie coast ranges."
Thoro is more snow in tho moun
tains now than there has been al litis
season for many yoars, and with the
prospect of warm weather and more
rain, Hto outlook is sorions.
Tucson Paper Sold.
TUCSON, Arir.., Feb. 20.--The
Tucson Evening Citizen, n daily pn
por, was sold today to the Tucson
Printing & Publishing company, of
which James T. Williams, Jr., of
Washington, former United Stntes
oiviL service commissioner, is presi
dent. Tho paper hereafter will be
published as a Republican orjjun. It
formerly was Demooratio.
splendid voice will never be the same
again. However, be is able to make
bis wants known, and it is thought
that he will soon again be able lo
converse with friends.
M DEPOT SITE
IS STAKED OUT
! Immediate Future.
An engineer of tbo Southern Pa
cific company on Friday afternoon
staked out the silo of tho new $50,
000 passenger depot for Medford,
and tho work now awaits Robert
Wakefield of Portland, who has the
contract for its creotion, and who
will be here early this week to start
the construction.
Fred Beagle, tho engineer who
staked out tbo site, stntes that tho
company has received word direct
from Chicago to give Medford 'a
good job," ami that nothing will be
spared in thoway of expense in fit
ting up tho depot in the most ap
proved way.
Mr. Wnkofield, tho contractor, has
advised a number of local contrac
tors that ho will call upon them soon
nnd ask them for bids on different
portions of the w'ork.
SAYS THAT BALLINGER
DECEIVED PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20.
Gifford Pinehot took the stand in the
Mallinger investigation, wbeu the
congressional committee convened
after lunch this afternoon and im
mediately read a statement in whiok
ho charged Secretary Ballingor with
being falso to his trust and with hav
ing deceived President Tnft.
"I desire, boforo being sworn, to
give the committee a hriof statoinont
of what T shall attempt to prove, fol
lowing tho precedents sot in the
Glavis p('eedliR8,' " snid Pinehot.
There was no objection nntl Pinehot
wits nllowod to procoed,
no read his statement through and
it was heard with intense interest
throughout. It was a severe ar
raignment of Rnllinger and it caused
a slight flutter of excitomont in the
nudienco, but thero was no attempt
at applause,
Pinehot referred In the statement
to a loiter he sent to President Taft
bn November 4, which roveala the
situation.
INEW BRICK
ON CENTRAF
AVENOE
Ritfer & Dunlap Buy Court Hall
Property From Keenc and Allen
Mrs.. Enyart and Mrs. Carnahan to
J-
Ho.- New Three-Story Brfck.
WESTERLUND ISIBUYER
Sales Are Brisk Over Valley Flero
Buys 160-Acre Tract in the
Neighborhood of Talent.
Ritter & Dunlap Lave purchased of
Dr. J. Kcene and Joint ft. Allen
the Court Hall property on South
Central uvennc, paying $15,000. Thi
sale follows close upon tho safe of
the Belle Nickell nrcbortv. atlioin-
itig, to Mrs. Ltrcretia Envurt - and
Mrs. P. W. Carnahan for $16,000.
Both sales wero made by Aylor &
Barnett.
The new owners of fhis Dronertv
propose to erect at once a modern
three-story brick block. This will
have a frontage of 140 feet on Cen
tral avenue nnd will h'e' 100 faet daeu
on Eighth street. Tho Ritter &' Dun
lap building will cost $10,000 and
that of Mrs. Envart and Mrs. Cur-
nahan $25,000. Work hi to start in
the immediate future.
Another deal on adioininsr uronurlv
was made by Aylor & Barnett, sell
ing Mrs. Krooka' property to Mw.
Enyart and Mrs. Comahan for $10,
000. WesU'rluntl Buys.
J. A. Westerlund, for tho Western
Oregon Orchards comnanv. has pur
chased 175 acres adjoining their
largo holdings, known as the H. II.
Taylor plnce, paying $100 nu ncre.
This trnct adjoins tbo famous I fill -
crest orchard. This will make 2300
acres in the Westerlund orchards, of
which 1200 ncros is planted. Thav
are most optimistic rcgnrdiug the fu
ture of the Roxv Ann district. This
new tract is to ho planted and im
proved.
Hero lluys Again.
A. Conro Fiero has tmrcliased
from A. Alford 100 nores adjoinuts
Talent on tho east, for $25,000.
Tracts "T," "U" and "V" in the
Snowy Butte orchards have boon
sold to Edmund Burke of Chicago.
(Continued on Pago 8.)
"HAS ANYBODY HERE
SEEN GALLAGHER?"
'opular Song Is Paraphrased by
District Attorney FIckert "Big
Jim" Cannot Be Found.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Feb. 20.
"Una anybody here seen Jim flal-
ughorT"
District Attorney Fiolcort finds
now meaning today in tho slightly
paraphrased words of tho popular
song, "Ilns Anybody Here Soon
Kelly f"
Jim Gallaghor, self-confessed go
between of Abo Ruof, fallen Iiohk ol
San Francisco, left this city Homo
months ago, just after the election
of District Attornoy Fiokert and the
ending of tbo graft prosecution by
tho defeat of Francis J. Honey nt
tho polls,
Since then Fiekort has charged
that "Big Jim" departed with tho
connivanca of tier prosecution' le
gal force. This the recent proscou
tors deufcr.