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FOURTH YEAit.
MEDFORD. ORE(JON, TUESDAY, MAftOH 1, 1910.
No. 295.
RAY POWER PLANT REPORTED SOLD FOR $1,000,000
THE WEATHER.
Tribune
B Y COMPANY
250.000
Deal Is Move In War Between Byllesby Company of
Chicago and General Electric for Gontrol of
Power in .Northwest-LoGal Officials Deny Re
port-Have Been Here
CHICAGO, 111., March 1. Negotiations were closed today for the pur
chase of the Condor Water iM- Cower company, oicrntlng plants at Grants
Ca.sM, Medfonl, Central Point and Gold Hay hy the II. M. Hylleshy company
or Chicago. The consideration was $1,000,000. It was stated here that
more than $i!.0,000 is to 1m spent immediately for improving the plant.
This means that the war between the Hyllesby coitiwmy of Chicago
and the General Electric company for the control of electric jKwer In the
northwest lias assumed an Important phase.
The Hyllesby company recently purchased power sites near Coos Hay,
Or.
Dr.' C. R. Ray, president of the
Rogue River Electric company, suc
cessors to the Condor Water & Pow
er company, today denied that tho
deal, as reported from Chicago, was
true. Ho stated that ho know noth
ing of negotiations for tho salo of
tho property.
However, it Is known that a party
of some eight men hnvo heon negoti
ating with Dr. Ray for tho past two
weeks and have been examining tho
plant nt Gold Ray. These men wore
headed by a Mr. Chapman, who, after
spending two or three days In the city
and nt Gold Rayfl left for tho south.
Since that time a Mr. Jones has. been
CALKINS
EXPEDITES
Grand Jury of December Term is to Meet March 21 Business of Court I
Will Be Advanced Will No Longer Operate at Loss to J
the County as Heretofore Has Been the Case. i
Judge Calkins tins inaugurated a
system which will result in more
work being dono than has boon tho
case In the past.
He has issued a call for tho as
sembling of the grand Jury of the
December term of court to meet on
March 21, Just one week before the
Mnrch term of court for Jackson
county opens. The grand Jury will
be in session the soven days before
,tho opening of tho Mnrch term and
fn that time aro expected to have
tho criminal business coming boforo
tho court In such shape that they
may be discharged.
At tho "coming In of the court" on
March 28 tho grand Jury will bo
drawn for tho March torm, and If tho
December grand Jury has completed
TAFT'S SMALL TALK
N0TM EVIDENCE
Investigation Committee in Contro
versy Will Not Call Upon President
to Testify in Case.
WASHINGTON', March 1. The
conversations President Taft may
have had with Glfford Pincbot over
the conservation policies of Secre
tary Balllnger of the interior depart
ment will not be Introduced la evl
deifc for the present.
The question was decided today
by the Balllnger-Plnchot oongresslon
'al Investigating committee In execu
tive session.
NEW OWN
ERS:
IMPROVEMENT
Negotiating Some Time.
I In frequent consultation with Dr. Ray.
Colonel Frank Ray of Now York,
who Is tho controlling owner or Uio
Condor Water & Tower company, Is
oxpected here this week from New
York city.
GOLD HILL CHINAMAN
SHOOTS HIMSELF
GOLD HILL, Or., March 1. Lain
Qunn. n Chinese coook, committed
suieido today at the Menr's ranch,
eight miles south of here, following n
too free indulgence in liquor. While
in n delirium, Lim tired three shots at
tho bothersome "little devils" which
Its work tne Jun"s will bo excused I
on call of tho Judge.
Judge Calkins ba3 aleo made an
order requiring that Ishupt shall bo
mado up in all actions where a Jury
trial Is demanded on the first day of
tho torm, otherwise they will not bo
sot down for trial. lie does not In
tend to hold a Jury panel a, a loss to
tho county and to the Individual Ju
ror while tho attorneys are making
up tho Issues. I
Tho plan Is Intonded to expedite
court matters appreciably. Tho work
of the grand Jury having been com
pleted before the opening of tho court
and tho Issues being all made up,
the court will bo enabled to transact
much moro business.
ROOSEVELT IMMUNE
EROM DISEASE
Teddy Has Dodged Lions and Other
Dangers Now Regarded Immune. J
From Disease.
GONDOKORO, March 1 The peo
ple here today are wondering wheth
er Colonel Roosevolt is disease proof
as well as accident proof.
Soon aftor the Roosevelt party
started down the Kile rJver yesterday
several eases of African ferer broke
out among those who had been In
close toueh with the former president.
Dr. Torsoh, the Frenoh missionary
who diaed with Roosevelt yesterday,
died of the ferer today.
s
Ladies Launch Many
Hotels, Parks, Incinerators, Roses
LADIES TAKE UP
MATTER OF GETTING
MORE HOTEL ROOM
Committee Will Meet With Commer
cial Club ou Wednesday Night
to I)Im'Us Matter in Detail.
The matter of inadequate hotel ac
commodations which has become n
vital question in tho city nt present
nnd promises to become omro aeuto
this spring nnd summer, was discus
sed at length by the ladies of tho
Greater Medford Club on Monday
nfternoon. The ladies decided to take
the matter into their own hands and
find a remedy. They decided to io
into tho rooming house business "on
their own hook."
A committee consisting of Mos
dames Miller, Whetzcl and Hay was
appointed to determine the cot of
renting tho Christian church taber
nacle nnd tho Bungalow skating rink.
It is then planned to fit these up us
rooms in which transients can lie
hnuscd. A committee of the club will
conduct them, placing n matron in
charge. In this way n large number
of additional accommodations can be
secured.
Tho ladies will meet with the com
mercial club Wednesday evening to
secure their support in tho move
ment. Thoy plan to get started and
pay the club back as soon as they
make enough out of tho plan. With
rare foresight they plan to keep the
profits for the work of their club.
had infested his immediate neighbor
hood nnd then seeing that efforts
were futile to rid himself of the pests
he tamed the wenpon upon hini'Hf
nnd sent a bullet throut'li bis !' '
Navy Men Roused by Explosions
On the Hopkins and
if '
LIEUTENANT
X)MMANDEf EVANS
Bennntlouul revelations iu the uuvy department were predicted as ouu rult of the explonlou on the torpedo
boat destroyer Hopkins at Han Diego In which one sailor was killed and suveu badly lujurtd it U asM-rted that
tbe exploMlons on the Hopklus, numbering four In tbt- past ten mouths, and similar occurrence on the armored
cruiser West Virginia and tbe monitor Cheyenne have been tbe result not of accident, but f design. Tbe old
dispute U'twifn tbe line and tbe staff (iMlrers of the usvy Is said to be at tbe bottom of tbe mishaps. Uiunlty
toward .Naval Constructor Kvhih, who holds tbe rank of lieutenant commsnder and who fitted out tbe Hopkins at
tbe Mare Island navy yrd, Hsu PranelMro, is also mentioned In connection with the dlssstor to tho little crafL
When the Hopkins was overhauled some time ko It wss found that some of ber boiler tubes were plugged, either
through accident or deslcn. Tbe exphUn that kllltd and lujured tbe sailors was attributed to "defects In a boiler
tube." Naval Constructor Krans, who designed tbe ProtestbeuH, one of tbe uary's two biggest eolllers, now Hear
ing completion, came Into public notice a year ago when be obtained a divorce from bis wife, naming Lieutenant
Franklin V. Osburn. Jr., another naval otllcer,
oner cunw pi am
FOR COMING JUNE
The ladies of tho Greater
Medford Club nt thoir meet-
ing Monday drew lenntivo
plnns for the holding of a
rose show on n small scale
in June. The show is to be n
yearly one nnd from n small
beginning is expected to grow
into n monster exhibit within
n few yenrs.
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INCINERATOR TO
BE DEMANDED BY
LADIES OP CLUB
Committee to Meet With City Coun
cil Soon Will Also Interview
the Hiislitcss Men.
"Civic Cleanliness" is tho Intcst
slogan to bo adopted by tho ladies of
the Greater Medford Club and as n
mentis to tho end they are to take up
an nctivc campaign to induce the city
council to arnngo for nn incinerator
for tho city. At their session Monday
nlans wore talked over to n great ex
tent and active work willl commence
soon.
The Indies trill meet with the eitv
council soon nnd discuss the matter
with thonwNid see what can be done.
On Friday two committees will cull
upon tho. business men of tho city
and enlist their support. They will
bo armed with petitions and it will be
U) to the men to sign. Mrs. Hal'.-r
New Moves
ENGINEER DRAWING
PLANS TO BEAUTIFY
SEVENTH ST. PARK
Ladles Getting Heady to Fit Up Hc
nmlmler of Central I'ark -Will
Have -Pretty Retreats.
One of tho important matters dis
cussed bw tho ladies of tho club Mon
day was that of improving tho park
on West Main street. Tentntivo plnns
arc now being drawn by tho city en
gineer bor its bcautificatiou and ns
soon as these plans are completed
work will commence.
The ladies plan t have a band
stand erected at the west end of the
park and soveral rustic retreats are
to bo provided as well as a lily pond.
The following new members were
elected:
Mi I,nuie Spink, Mesdnmo.-. 1!. T.
Antle, It. G. Gale, Win. MeXeilly,
Townsond, Chas. Lux, Worthington,
L. K. Wnkcmnn.
The librarian reported that 1000
books were issued last month; that
tho club hnd 55 new pntrons, milking
n totnl of 1205.
and Mrs. Iteddy will interview tho
business men ou the south sido of
Main street while Mrs. Ed. M. An
drews nnd Miss Putnam will sco thoso
on tho north side.
For some time tho ladies have been
disoussing the matter and on Monday
decided to take up tho work in earn
est. To "take it to market" in tho want
ad. way may rcquiro but a few hour
or, in ome instances, a few 'days.
Jnder nil circumstance it's tho sohrt.
est way.
on Other Vessels.
WORKING TO
VICTIMS
Hundreds of Miners Endeavoring to
Dig Four Injured From Packed Ice
and Debris at Mace and Burke 30
Have Been Rescued.
SLIDES NUMBER SIK
Cabins and Small Houses Crushed
Like Egg Shells Occupants Burled
in Tangled Mass of Earth.
WALLACE, Idaho, March 1.
Working desperately and almost ex
hausted by tho strnln and norve-broak
Ing work, hundrodB of minora nro to
day trying to dig from packed Ico,
snow1 and debris tho dead and Injured
thought to bo burled In six Idaho
avalanches which have dealt doath
and destruction In tho Inst two days.
At Maco, whoro tho first avalancho
struck tho sleeping town, 'many aro
known to bo dead and badly
Injured. Sweeping down tho moun
tainside, the great mads of snow and
earth crushed tho cabins and small
houses llko.oggsholls, burying tho oc
cupants In a tangled mass of logs,
snow anil earth. Reports from tho
littlo village say that .lot until thu
nun strikes tho mountain of snow
and tho list of dead bo complete
So far .10 men, women and chll-
(Continued on page 5.)
W. H. Humphrey Plans to Put New
Sixth and Sartlctt Streets R
Stories to Main Street B
A two-story brick building faoiug
123 feet ou Sixth street and OA ou
llitrtlott is among the projected struo
t tiros in Medford this your. W. II.
, Humphrey, who owns the corner,
tuid:
" lain not eortuin, nt present, juet
I what kind of u building will be put
I up. I must consult with my partner
jiu the ilonl. J'.'C, I'erkins, who ie not
'at present in the city, before I onuld
giui out any dclmite information. I
will nay, however, that nt least n two
Ulnrv brick building will he construct
'I'd nu the Inti. the plans and the uwe
Conference at White House to For
ward Legislation An Investigation
Commenced.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 1.
I'roHideut Taft today summoned
Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrioh
to the White House or a eoufereuoe
in which he urged qnl-kor action by
congress on the legislation backed by
his administration and now pending.
The six measure whiah Taft insist
ed becomes laws before tho session
ends were discussed. Aldrieh and
Cannon poiateil out to the president
eertnln features which thoy deemed
objeutionable to many of the legisla
tors and which they intimated were
responsible for the holding up of the
H
BRICK
, measures.
ectective:
HERE fOR
ROACHE
Local Man Wanted In Milwaukee
Starts on His Long Trip East Ac
companied by Men Sent Out Frem
the East for Him.
SAYS HE'S MNG BACK
Tells of His Travels Over Entlro West
Until Ho Reached Medford Where
Ho Decided to Stay.
Special Officers Arthur J. Burns
and J. T. Sullivan of Milwaukee, Wis.
arrived In Medford Monday evening
to tako Join. E. Roacho back to MII
waukeo on a chnrgo of Jumping his
ball.
Roncho wns arrostod Tuosday, Feb
ruary 22, by Shorlft Jones on In
formation furnished him by dotcc
tlvcH who had boon looking for
noacho for tho past flvo years.
Dotcctlves Sullivan and Hums
brought their prisoner from Jack
sonville this morning and will Icavo
with him on this afternoon's south
bound train,
"I wont from Mtlwaukeo to sov
oral cities," said Roacho today. "I
wont to No mo, camo back to Soattlo,
and whon I reached Medford I con
cluded that I would stick as long ns
(Continuod on Pa- j 6.)
Building on His Lots at Corner of
liter and Dunlap May Add Two
ulldlnn In Near Future.
to which the building will bo put will
oomo inior.
"I can say nlso that whatever is
finnuf fiintml t.tlll li. .itn.lni.n
' rospeot, hnsemout, el on in heat nnd nil
tht sort of thing."
j Hitler & Dunlap, nsido from plan
ning to build on their uowly uoquircd
property on South Central avonuo,
jure considering adding two stories to
ihe building, mnking it modem in all
ropcot. A number of oilier build
ings nre contomplntod but tho back
ers arc not ready to give out dotnilu
'nt tlii stiine.
U. P. PARALYZED
BYWASHOUTS
Chicago White Sox Held Up at Ogden
--Twenty-four Hours Before Track
Is Cleared.
OODKN, Utnh, March l.QffiotJ
oof tho Southern Paoifte railroad mA
this afternoon that it would be at
least twenty-four hours before traf
fic could bo opened on the Overland
lino betwoen here and Califroaia.
The Chicago White Sox baseball
aggregation arrived here on a spoeU!
train enrly today and will probably
remain in this oity until lbs traaks
are repaired.
The worst washouts are at Loray,
Battle Mountain and WinnemuooH in
Nevada, a number of ovorland trains
having been laid out at smull stations.
BUILDING
PLANNED