THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, A0ID1?0KD, QKKUON, W.MDNKSDAV, iMAROIl L 1910.
DESCRIBES TRAIN
STALLED! SNOW
Man Who Strunoletl Out From Des
troyed Passenger Train Tells of
His Harrowing Experience.
MS
GILBERT
STILL LIVES
Pioneer Lady Reported Dead Some
Weeks Ago Very Much Alive and Is
Rapidly Improving in Health.
Butte Falls Items
Wo have Loon receiving honvy rains, polutH. It won ti fast, excltlus pnino,
tho mist fow days. A counlo of luchosw lloth teams illtl i;oml work. The olnli
EVERETT, Wash., March 2. Jdo . Mrs. Deniso Gilbert, tho death of
S. Itoccra, a real estate man, who whom was reported to have occurred
with nine others struggled through J at her homestead in the Siskiyous
tho snow from tho stalled Spokane ' several weeks nRO, is still in tho hmd
train which was early yesterday Ao-M the liying, or was on February S3,
troyed by an ava'.anoho at Welling- Under that date She writes to Miss
ton. today told the following? story 'VlrRie Qaltwinkle of Medford that she
of tho situation of tho stalled nasson-', s well and in good health. She had
por train In which probably fifty Lccn tl0 wlK)rt the vallev papers
persons word killed. I4l . . , , , . . ,
... . T , , . , that sho was dead, but refuses to bo-
"I left Soap Lako Just a week ago , ...
by tho Great Northern. By tho tlmolievo lt: nnl .v 5,10 IS liv-
wo reached the mountains the train cor.
had about 150 passenRors aboard.. ifrs- Gilbert is the widow of, the
About 6 o'clock Wednesday morning "" A; ullBtn' " "Mn" wnr VB'"-.
nn, ana was one oi uie pioneers ot tne
we were stopped at tho East Portal
of the Cascade tunnel. We stayed
there until Friday, getting our meals,
two a day at a bunk-house.
"On Friday night we left tho East
Portal, and a few hous later an ava
lenche wiped out the station and
bunk house, killing two men. We
pulled through the tunnel as far as
Wellington, about a half mile be
yound the west portal.
Thiii Trains Stalled. !
"At Wellington thero are three ,
tracks. On the track nearest the . Complete Liquor
mountain-side stood Superintendent '
O'Kell's private car, two box cars, j
the engine and three of the electric
motors used to haul trains through ,
the tunnel. On these cars were the
superintendent, train crews and port
valley. Her many friends here will
be Rlad to know that the report of her
death was an error.
DECREASE IN THE
MIHrKJF SALOONS
License Statistics
Given in Census Bureau Report
Saloons Decerased 6 Per Cent.
of snow fell Saturdny morning, the
2Cth, but soon disappeared. Frost Is
out of the ground now and do not
expect the snow to remnln with us
long any more this season.
The farmers have becun. to got
ready for spring plowing. Mr. Hon
Fredcnburg started to plowing this
week.
The right of way of the Pacific &
Eastern has been cleared Into town,
llrueh all burned and the snwlogs
cut and rolled out ot the way. Every
thing la all ready for the graders, tt
Is reported that a grading camp of
200 mon will soon be established
close to town and the work rushed
to completion.
Mr, Thompson of tho Thompson
grading camp, located about three and
one-half miles below town, reports
work progressing rapidly, although
under great Inconvenience. Ho says
that camp No. 1 will have completed
their work by May 1, and tho other
camps will finish soon after.
II. H. Harris Is pushing the work
on the electric tram road from the
milt to the Pacific & Eastern road at
the edgo of town. The right of way
has been clenred, some grading done
and ties In place. The town Is to bo
wired at an early date so as to glvo
us etectrlc lights.
The water work3 will bo completed
as soon as the rands arc la shape so
that the pipe can bo hauled In. We
will have an ample supply for all pur
poses for years to come of the finest
drinking water that flows with a good
pressure for flro purposes.
Adams & Drlggs, our real estate
will glvo a dunce on March 17, Par
ticulars Inter,
W. W.. Parker was down from his
ranch Betting supplies from our mer
chants. Ho reports high water up
hlsjvay, with some of the, bridges Im
passable. Druggjst ttrlggs has put In n pea
nut roaster and sill supply his cuh
toinors with hot peanuts horbnttor.
Mr. Cook of ll.incherla bus gone to
the valley for a tend of frolglit for
Merchant Hrlgga. Mr. Cook Just re
turned fnpu Modford with a load of
goods for P. Hughes. He reports tho
roads very bad, owing to the heavy
hauling that has boon done this win
ter. S. H. Clasplll Is making the sec
ond trip this week t tho valley for
supplies, It Is very expensive get
ting merchandise In at thin time of
year nnd takes four horses to do
what two generally do nicely.
Merchant Marcy reports business
good and hard to keep supplied.
Ira Tungate and Charles Edmon
son "were at Eagle Point and Med
NEW BANK EOR
JOSEPHINE CO;
Valley Savlnus Bank Incorporated at
Grants Pass' Hewitt Behind the
Institution.
MOHAWK VALLEY
DAMED BY HEAVY FLOODS
UTICA, N. Y., March 2 Many
small towns in the Molmwlc valley
were badly damaged hy tho overt low
of tho Mohawk river.
Hosidonttt of the village of Herki
mer, east of here, were rescued from
the upper storks of their Iioumoh early
today hy menus of boats, Heavy
damage is reported from tho little
town of lllon and also from Mohawk.
Honvy Dninago hy Rain.
WAHCO, Or., March J. Heavy
diunitKo Iiiih Immio done to privtu and
inuiili'ipal properly in Wiimoo hy flood
omisud hy ihe excessive rains of the
past few days and the ('hlncok which
has melted the hiiow. No piisseiiKer
trains or mail has reached here hIiico
last Friday, ovln: to washouU on the
Columbia Southern between ItigH and
Grass Valley.
OU A NTS PASS, Or., March 8. -Yesterday
there was f llwl In the coun
ty clerk's office at Grants Pass ar
ticles of Incorporation ot the Vhlley
Savings bank, The Incorporators ,
wore Seymour II. Holt, H. E, dale
nnd Hobert, 0. Smith. The business
of the corporation will bo the con
ducting ot a savings bank and gen-;
oral banking business In Grants Pass, ;
Or. Mr. Hell, the moving spirit of ;
tho matter, Is connected with tho (
Hewitt Laud company of Tacomn,
Wash., and Is vice-president of the
Hank ot Oregon of North Hend. '
The president ot the new hanking
j Institution will be Henry Hewitt of'
I Tacoina, Wash., who Is couneeted
of vSic&raess
I II 0 N E (I l 1
MEDFORD PHARMACY
Nwir l'ost Olfioo All Night Sorvin Fioo Dolivory
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' llauaon. Tom Moffat
Wo mulct anv kind and stvlo of wiihIowh. Wo currv
glass of anv sizo on hand.
Medford Sash & Door Co.
with several banks In the northwest.
.... i I f iv lt ulari rnmitiut tn li. Ihi. liin.nut
rora tins week for supplies for their I , .. ' . . . i
iuuiyiiiuhi uwuur in iiiuiicr iiiihim in
the United State3. He Is also tho
chief owner of tho St. Paul, and Tn
respective places of business. Charlie
has added butter, vggn, lhrd and
smoked maqkorel and salted meats to
his stock of fresh meat, which Is wol
como news to this customers, as theso
articles have been rather scarce hero
of lato.
Our new mill Is being pushed to
completion, machinery Is being placed
and everything Is moving smoothly
under the management of Frank
era.
On the second track from tho!Per cen'
Netherlnnd. The logging crow un
ilo.ltnr rrtimrl Mmf n nnlnnv nf nlunit .Inn lm tt. .t... i ., l
- " t in iiii(,iit'9 i nurKIIlK DTOn ,,,.
i;t iw..n,uini..Di. .... ... . f o,,v
I ""u",i .-i.-vv iu Him. in,- u.ij nun me weainer win permit.
erslde. Cal.. for Dutto Falls at an Tho
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v.iv uiiuiuvi ji Miuuiia oririv rlnro
There was In 190" a decrease of 6
coma Lumber company, and Wilkin
son Coal & Coke company and the1
Hewitt Laud company, Washington 1
corporations. His Investments are'
varied covering timber lands, banks, '
railroad nnd mining enterprises. !
Heglnnlng years ago on tho sound. I
by his efforts nnd ability Mr. Hew
ttt has amassed a large fortune. For
.years be was one of the large log-j
of Washington.
Through this and his ot!.er outer-'
prises ho has been one of the most
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! BARGAINS j7
Grocery store,'' pnyiug big: cheap rent
Two lots on West Tenth street. $."00 each; closo in.
100x1200 foot on West Main utrcot, fine doparttuont building site.
.180-acro ranch, 2V4 miloH from Medford; l'JO acres sot to orchanl;
price $170 por noro.
103 acres two miles from Phoenix, HQ acres young boaring orchard;
$16,000.
MICHIGAN LAND COMPANY
mountain side stood my train con-'throughout the country, according to to
slstlng of engine, baggo car, two tho United States census bureau's ' one or a parsonage, to tho first de-
coaches, two sleepers and an obser- rortncoming report on the statistics nomination that will erect a church
ration car. On tho third track stood , o( Hie 15S largest cities which had a building thereon this spring. This
lo . lot n for hrr has Quite a crow clearing and pre- Imi,ortanl fn.torH ln llu, ,,.
fZl ! R'?Ir"r. m0!'" lh.a"dP.ar'"R ULe P ,0EKeU (f ,aml for or- of the Industries and wealth of the
colony Is coming with the Intention
of erecting a church. Wo welcome
all such citizens.
B. H. Harris reports the machinery
on hand for the dry kiln nnd that
the fast mall train, on which were i population of over 30.000 each that
sixteen or eighteen mall clerks. .vear
About 1G track laborers tvere also ' Tho report prepared by E. H. Ma
Bleeplng on the train In the day l,n. chief of division, contains coni
coaches. ipiete statistics of the number of liquor
No 'FiipI. I licenses in force at the close of tho
"We all ate at Ballet's hotel tn ! license year In each of the cities nnd!go tnat ry lumber can bo had for
Wellington and while food was p!en-'tno number of Inhabitants to each building purposes,
tlful, fuel was not, so the train was 'dealer selling liquor by the drink, j Medford and Butte Falls business
not run back Into the 'tui.nel. j More than one-fourth of such deal-( men aro subscribing quite liberally
"Years ago tho railroad climbed In the 15S largest cities were re-'to the bank stock with tho Intention
over the mountain on a switchback. ' ported from New York and Chicago: 0( erecting a two-story building with
Sunday we noticed on top of this ' tbe cities of over 30". 000 population hall for lodgo purposos on tho sec-Bwltch-back
far above us an enor-j with the smallest number of saloons omi foor anij starting nn Independent
mous cap of snow hanging precarl-! were Washington. 521. and Pittsburg. ( bank. Both are needed hero,
ously on the side, and clinging to! SIS. In cities of this class the larg-. Tho Odd Follows and Woodmen ot
the sparse timber. The tame day I 'est number of saloons In proportion t tho World are each preparing to or
saw a slide coming down the east to the population were In Milwaukee (gantze a lodgo. The Odd follows are
side of the hotel, carrying timber and New Orleans, where. In tho for-1 to meet Thursday night, March 3,
with It In a great avalanche of snow j mer, there was one dealer selling to take the preliminary steps,
and that night there vas a slide liquor by tho drink to every H2 In- j The Butte Falls Athletic club gave
at the east portal which filled a flf-i habitants and, In the latter, to every another of their enjoyable dances on
ty foot gulch. Wo began to fear for -00 Inhabitants. The number of In-' Saturday evening, proceled by a bas
the safety of the rtaln. I habitants to every' dealer In Phlla- ketball game between Butte Falls
Was Spirit-IAniieiier. delphla was 7G1, and In Boston 738. and Dudley. Butte Falls won by two
Tho menace Immense snow cap The other cities having less than 200
was a pall on our spirits, .It was the I Inhabitants to each dealer were Gal
most enormous acculmation of snowjveston 134, East St. Louis 143, Mo
over known ln the mountains, ac- bile 153, Houston 158, Hoboken 168,
cording to the hotel-keeper. Dur-J Sacramento 18S, San, Antonio 179,
ing all this time it snowed contlnu- La Crosse 183, Springfield 1SS and
ously with terrific winds driving the j West Hoboken 191.
drifts." j -The smallest number of saloons In
Monday noon the party of ten ' proportion to population is shown for
started out for Scenic, and after an 1 tho cities of Pennsylvania and Mas-
r , w,o,- exP.Ti 10 sot out a Soum, cmmtry. sral yoars- ago
great deal of orchard. This section ho orKnnm the Wilkinson Coal &,
will eventually be the cream of the Coko comany, wllch tho ,01lwr
coke producer of the Pacific coast. '
About ten years ago he beran Invest-1
tug In the state of Oregon, and has j
made largo Investments In linker, ,
Itogue Itlver valley for fruit and land
Is very low In comparison with other
parts of the valley. Tho Crater Lako
company has their mill about ready
to start up nnd will hnvo everything
running fuU blast within a short I
time.
Wo are sorry to report thnt Fore
man Ed Walker's baby Is quite sick,
but hopo for Its early recovery. Ed
was about ready to step down and
glvo the boy his position, but do-
Grant, Tillamook nnd Coos counties
Medford, Orcgo" ThU certifies
that wo havo sold Hall's Toms Won
dor for tho cure of all kidnoy, blad
der nnd rheumatic troubles for ton
years, and havo never had a com-
nlftlnt. If f-lvn4 mifptr nnil nnrmnnnnt
l.l . l- . i " -
j m 1,1,1,1 m,cr rellef' Slxt' dny' treatment In each
weather. . , botUo Medford Pharmacy.
It Is with sadness that wo report , - -
mi 1 Urd ZvLTT rT' , PORTLAND HARDWOOD FLOOR
ent, Leonard Brlggs. Ho was an lion-1 pViudamv
ored citizen and spent n long nnd' COMPANY
useful life, but, ns your Eaglo Point ' knrgost slock of Oak, Mnplo, Hooch,
correspondent gave n blogrnpby of Rirch, Mnhojrnny uid Wainut
REAL ESTATE
Farm Land Timber Land
Orchard Land
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
his life a fow days ago, wo will not
repeat It. Mr. Brlggs' family wish
to horoby oxpress tholr appreciation
of the many kindnesses shown dur
ing his Illues8.
ASSESSOR GRIEVE
STARTS '10 WORK
all-day battle with tho snow, reached sachusetts, and the largest for those
Skykomlsh and safety that night.
In the party with Rogers were: E. A.
Sperber, Vancouver, B. C; R,. C. Mc
Knlght, Vancouver, .B. C; Samuel
Field, Vancouver, B. C; Charles In
ohn, Portland; Frank Rltter, South
Belllngham; August Van Larken, Se
attle; Gulseppe Dlnatalo, Portland;
H. L. Wertz, HHIyard, Wash., and
E. W. Bowles, Vancouver, B. C.
Rogers' story Is the most accurate
description obtainable of the situa
tion In Wellington when the slide
came and makes It evident that Spo
kane local, No. 25, fast mall No. 25,
an exclusive mall train, and the su
perintendent's were all swept Into
the canyon by tho great slide.
of Texas, Ohio and Wisconsin.
In comparing the number of retail
liquor dealers ln 141 cities reporting
for both 1907 and 1905, it Is shown
thatt here was a decrease of G per
cent ln tho number of saloons ln
1907. Tho decrease was general In
nearly every part of the country, ex
cept the Rocky mountain and south
western states.
SECOND FIRE IN WEEK
IN FRISCO HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 An
investigation was sturted today to
ascertain the cause of the fire which
last night was resoptifiiblo for dam
age aggregating $50,000 to tho Ban
croft hotel an dits contents.
This is the second ffro in the
Tho first
Only, One Depjily Now, But Will Put
on Larger Force April I When
Work Will Be Undertaken in Earn
est.
Caldwell Suffers.
BOISE, Idaho, March 2.- Trnffio
on the main line of the Oregon Short building within a week.
Line is entirely suspended today on 1 bluzo was caused, it is said, by n de
nccount of washouts near Glenn's j fective switchboard.
Ferry, which will prevent operations I The firo last night started in the'
of trains for tho next 18 hours. All! storage room of the Chnso-Pliillips
enstbound trains are held at Nnmpn building and before it could be ex
nnd westbound trains at Glenn's For-, tinguished th. fourth floor of the
ry, Bojso is entirely out off from the structure was gutted.
east and will be without mail scurv-i The $150,000 stock of tho Butler
ice for two days.
Tho loss suffered at Caldwell hy
tho flood which yesterday nnd 1at
night swept through tho town, is to
day estimated at moro than $100,000.
Lot this day's want ads. he useful
to you I - Lot them find you a buyer,
or seller, or employer, or employee,
or landlord, or tenant!
Exchange "used 'thing for used
things" through a classified nd.
gcttiiig the needed for tho un-needed
article. Just as tho man with whom
you trade will, tool
People have to be told as well as
'shown." That special sale nt your
store miiBt bo advertised iu direct
proportion to its importunco.
Schutze company, wholesale millin
ers, on tho third floor, was badly
dainuged by water.
Investigate Sutton's Death.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March I.
It was reported today that Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon and Represen
tative McCrodio of Washington, have
definitely decided to introduce n joint
resolution in congress Wednesday of
next week asking for nn investingtion
into tho death of Lieutenant James S.
Sutton nt Annapolis in October of
1007.
An evening of profit as well usj
pleasure at tbe First Methodist
church.
W. T. Grieve, county assessor, was
In this city Wednesday starting tho
work of assessing the county for
1910.
Mr. Grieve will personally do the
work In this city and In Jacksonville,
and announces his Intention of mak
ing as nearly as possibles an equlta
ble as sessment.
At present ho has only ono doputy
at work ln tho field. W. A. Patrick,
who has charge of Ashland and Bar
ron preclnc'.s. It is useless to put
out a full force now, owing to trav
eling conditions, and It will probably
bo April 1 before moro deputies are
placed In tho field. In the, meantime
the work In .the two big towns will
bo well under way. As soon as the
weather permits a largo forco will be
thrown Into the field and Mr. Grieve
expects to finish the assessment of
tho county by July 1.
GIRL ESCAPES CLUTCHES
OF CHICAGO WHITE SLAVERS
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 2.- It was
reported to the police that Estelle
Sanderri, aged 12, returned to her
homo todav nffor escaping two men,
who, she snid, chloroformed her and
held her a prisoner for 24 hours.
She claimed that the men started
to take her to Chicago to sell her
as a white slavo and that she escaped
from them by jumping from tho train
just as it was leaving-tho Btntion.
According to her story they met
her on a street nnd overpowered her
and she was hysterical when sho
reached home.
FLOORING
In tho Pacific northwest. Manufac
turers of Parquetry Flooring. Wo
havo n largo forco of Export Mi
chnnics and nro in a position to give
ARE YOU GOING EAST" , estimates of finished floor work. Wo
Havo you a friend coming wost? also uso a SIU1liK 1 scraping m.i
You ought to bring one to Med-' chin? for R"rfnc!"K dn,IC0 unll
oiwtbiiiK unit iiuuim ii u null wiia, 1
wax brushes, funiituro rests nnd
glass sliding shoes. Writo or call at
286 YAMHILL ST., PORTLAND.'
Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building I
ford
Call and see us.
The colonist rates will bo effect
shortly.
Lot us talk routes and rates with
you.
Informatlu . cheerfully furnished.
Phone, address or call on Southern
Pacific Company, A. S. Rosonbauin
at Medford.
ONLY ONE "BEST."
Medford People Give Credit Where
Credit Is Due.
Peoplo of Medford who suffer
with sick kidneys nnd bad hacks
want a kidney remedy thnt can be
depended upon. The best is Donn'd
Kidney Pills, a mcdicino for the kid
neys only, mudo from pure roots nnd
herbs, and the only one thnt is back
ed by cures iu Medford. Hero's Med
ford testimony:
Mrs. C. II. Hoxio, Fir street, Med
ford, Or., says: "I publicly recom
mended Doun's Kidnoy Pills in 1007,
after the)' had honofited me, and
now I am pleased to speak iu their
favor again. I had kidney trouble
for several yenrs and tho bnekacho
gradually grew worso as timo passed.
If I attempted to stoop or movo
quickly, sharp twingos darted
through my loins nnd hips, nnd somo
times I was lame for days. Tho kid
ney soqretions passed far too fro
nucntly, nnd I also noticed sodimout
in them when thoy wore allowed to
stand. My health steadily ran down
and I wns feeling miserable ut tho
timo I commencod taking Donn's
Kidnoy Pills, which I procured nt
Haskius' drug storo. Thoy helped
mo from tho first, although other
remedies had proven useless, and as
I continued taking them, I grow hot
ter, until not one symptom of my old
trouble romnined."
For' sale by all dealors. Price 50
cents. Fostor-Milhurn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y., sole ngonts for tho United
States.
Remember tho namo Donn's
nnd take no other.
A. L. VROMA N
PLUMBING & HEATING
CONTRACTOR
No job too small, none too
large. Twenty-five years'
practical experience.
OFFICE
113 SOUTH FRONT STREET.
Best Groceries
"Ordor
Olympic
Flour-
it makcfl good
broad aiuHi8cuitn."
Mother.
A b b o 1 u t o I y
clean nnd pure,
wholesome una
nutrttiouB
in ado from so
looted North
western wheat
Insist upon
Olympic
"there Ua't
mny jiuim
AT YOUR GROCER'S
At Prices Strictly in
Keeping with the
Quality of Our
Stock which is
Unexcelled
A Trial will Convince You
I
Allen Reagan
The Square Deal Grocers
Now is the Time
TO GET .OUR FIGURES ON WIRING, ELECTRICAL FIXTURES,
ETC., ON THAT NEW HOUSE. DYNAMO REPAIRING A SPE
CIALTY. FLYNN BROS.
13? WEST MAIN STREET.
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