Too Late to Classify
TOll SALE 8omo good buys. He
acres just outsldo Ashland city lim
its, soil deop black, nood orchard,
alfalfa or gnrden land; has good
Improvements; nicely located to cut
in aero tracts; this is a bargain at
$14,250. Also
.100 acres beat soil and best Irri
gated tract In southern Oregon; can
not bodupllcatod na a fruit or alfalfa
venture; will pay 20 per cent on In
vestment as an alfalfa farm.
We havo other tracts, both large
and small, with prices to suit any
purse; also some good buys in Ash
land city property. For particulars
call on or address II. L. White & Co.,
No. 25 North Main street, "room 7,
Ashland Imp. block. 321
FOHSALBI can-deliver" 3 gallons
mborainc's milk from sraln fed Jer
soys dally at S to one party wanting
milk, wholesale. Dox 73S, Medford.
"WANTED bright, anibbitious boy"to
learn the printing trade. Good
chance to fit yourself for life's work.
Apply Foreman Tribune office.
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THE BIG RED APPLE i
BULLET CHECKS A
100 ARDENT LOVER
Portland Woman Stops Advances of
Fisherman With Leaden Pellet
! Says She Warned Him to Keep Out
i But He Failed So to Du.
VAUDEVILLE AND SERMONS
IN SEATTLE DANCE HALL
PORTLAND, Or., March 3. -While
, protecting herself from the alleged
advances of Peter Peterson, an Alas
kan fisherman, Mrs. Mary Carlson
of 930 Minnesota nrcnuo, sent a bul
let into Sis head shortly betoro mid
night and Peterson ia now at St.
Vincent hospital where It is stated '
; today ho has only a fighting chanco
for his life.
Androw Benson, a companion of'
Peterson and witness, was taken to '
headquarters along with Mrs. Carl-I
sou.
Carlson is a sailor and is now
aboard the steamer Alliauce nt sea.
Mrs, Carlson told the police that Pet
erson and Benson knew of her hus
band's absence and were attempting
to break Into her house. Falling to,
heed her warning that she would
! shoot unless they wont away, Mrs.
Carlson says she fired through a
screen door as Peterson tried to tear
it from its hinges.
SEATTLE, Wiwh., March LV
Thero will bo vnuitovtllo nml prenoh
ng nt Dreamland rink Sunday
night. Michael Angoio Fishor, some
time a baseball magnate, who con
ducts tho d.utco hall on woek days,
will provide- tho vnudovillo nml Nov.
Frank E. Hcrthum, pastor of tho
j Union Christian church of George
town, will furnish tho sermon.
Row Uorthum oullinod tho kind of
program ho thinks will bo "innocont"
nnd Michael will furnish it. Mr. Hor-
'thum has liberal ideas about nmuoe
imcnts. Ho can not sso why the
young peoplo who nttund tho dances
week nights wouldn't bo given some
I thing in thowny of nmusouiont that
will plecso thorn Sunday night.
"Maybe wo won't do them nil good
but wo won't do them any harm," is
tho way tho ministor looks at tho lat
est innovation in tho amusement line.
YOUTH DETERMINED TO
DECOME PRISON INMATE
OAKLAND, Cnl., March 2. De
termined to sorvn n term in lmsmi
llnrry Stownrt ,a youth of 18 years,
touay is sntuuiou as ho has accom
plished his dosiro though it took him
over a yonr to do so. (
Stownrt nlunilml milUv io liiitvlnrv
and declared that ho did not want to
bo placed on probation. Tho court,
howovor, ordered an investigation'
nnd Stownrt was doniud his wish to
become a convict. Ho was sunt to
tho rroston School of Industry at i
lone.
Tho hoy thereupon started n career
of breaking rules nnd stirring up re
volt. After seven months, the au
thorities nt tho school gave up in
despair.
The court then ntomptcd to send
tho young man on a sua voyage, hut
the sailors union obiootod nnd nn
ship-owner would allow him to sail.
As n last resort Judge Brown Bout
Stownrt to San Qucntin for ono yenr.
btowart will be taken to tho prison
Into today or tomorrow.
HUNTER
Tho New York Globe of Feb. 23
takes the Portland Oregoninn to task i
for what it terms "treason" to the i
""Oregon Apple. Tho Globe says: !
Every now and then some land
agent from Oregon or Washington or I
other paradisical good ground comes
to our town with n ton of apples and '
lelds a public exhibition. His ap
ples are as big as egg plants, 6r big-
gtr. Ho puts them on the scales, and ;
some of them weigh n pound apiece. Says If He Escapes Sleeping Sick
lie delivers lectures on the fortunes
FEARS
FOR TEOOY'S LIFE
ENSON
BARGAINS
ness It Will Be the First Time a
Party Has Come Out of Africa Unscathed.
Modern Bungalow
Five blocks from business center, east frout for $.1SOO.
terms.
W hy Pay Rent?
$S00 will buy a five-room bungalow in "West End, just
completed, and a good lot; $400 cash, balance $20
monthly.
A Snap
In them. "Buy an orchard in Ore
gon nnd enjoy n substantial income
for life." Ho gives the gaping listen
er to believe that there is more gold
in his big apples thou therogis in Se- I
attle corner lots or Alaskfb mbun- WASHINGTON. March 2. Friends
ius. J of Colonol Theodore Roosevelt are
How, then, must ho regard the worried today over the statoment of
treason of his own house nnd home- j Captain Fritz Duquecne, a noted Afri--stcad
of the Portland Oregoninn, can hunter, that RoosoveU, Kermit
-which has just come out with an ia- and their companions aro likely to
aictment of the elephantine applesT J be stricken with either Bleeping sick-
iSTiSSr L Is SSI'S, ! "L!? thcr havo Four-room house, with two porches, electric lights and
n - - " - I ViUt UVU W UltlUAUUUi
eooking, for drying, for apple butter,
and for tho cider press. The small
er sires, each apple a perfect speci
men, were sorted ont nt the fall pick
ing for eating ont of hand. Further
more, the idea was prevalent then
that the apples of medium size were
of better flavor thnn were the over
grown apples.
It is not improbable that this belief
has basis in fact. It is a matter of
common knowledge that overgrown
vegetables are inferior for table use
1o those of medium size. This fnot
i
News ftom Africa tbaw fever has
been appearing in tho w.nkopf thet
nnrtv nrnmnturl (ho nro1 fo.
Du-
quesne is regarded here as an author
ity on the subject of African climatic
conditions and the dangers ofrdifsease
in the Dark Continent.
He declared:
"The party has bceathrough a
score of sleeping sickness zones and
! it ia probable thatevery member of
the party nowjhas tho virus in his
veins. s JP
4Thf H (not Ca mow nnf ifavalnn nHl
nnKno nil nTnH 41. H ' C ' J
-..,-. u wk hob irem me they reach Europe or even America
overgrown turnip and beet. The best
sweetest, most palatable, nnd most,
nutntous in all lines are those neith-q
r pinched into smnllness nor coax
ed into bigness, but those of medium
And this, the Orggont&n believes,
is truo of apples jftA other fruits
Bnch as blackbcrrieC and strnwbor-Ties-a
familiar specimen of the
fyterge strawberry being the vn-
yTfccown as the "Sharpless,"
Ji is "shunned by housewives
cannery men alike as pulpy, pale
tasteless." Ihe observation, we
Mrikt add, need not be confined to
IW and other objects of the veg
tak) -world. It applies as well U
oystfra. Why, any ono can prefer
ho jrge, flabby, tasteless, nnd
8otftimes sickening Cape Cod oys
4futo tho small, firm, and finely
ifWvored Blue Pomts and pay five
vjijr ten cents a dish more for thorn
tSt thathas always passed the un-
vTho Portland Oregoninn does not
ep here, however, in its betrayal
of tho deeply sympathetic hie nnnle
I orchard agent. It in effect declares
" that the "high-priced, overgrown,
and out-of-sizo apples" have been
overdone relatively, nnd that an ap
ple producing state or section will
never reach the acme of development
.until produces quantities of medium
sized armies. PIninlv. if ntmlitv nml
jHufitboth conspire to such n degree I tho bank' but was mere,y cu8tollan
in favor of tho medium-sized apple, ' ot tho bonds n,ter thejr had been nur'
a man mnst think twice before h , chased by other "cers of tho bank.
leaves this reirion for that of th nnl. i "e was manager of the bond and
jiy and less pnlntable giant pome. Jf 1 truBt department from Norember 1, 1
the big apple is not so good as tho i 1906' to May 1B 1807 He den,M
.smaller erne even the fashionable e I conEPr,n3 with W. II. Moore, W.
Imre will sooner or later noknowl. cooper Morns, a. w. strykor and J.
ege that fact whereupon the big'F Reddy to acquire tho Modford &
apple onco more will be given over to
cooking, drying, nnd the cider precs.
Sfust Examine Them.
'It'ls positively danserous to al
low the party to return to this coun
try without a bacteriological examin
ation of their blood.
"If all the members of the party
escapo both of these diseases It will
be the first instance on record of an
African party getting out of the Jun
gles 'Scot-free.' Attention Is direct
ed, however to tho fact that probably
no expedition over took such careful
and scientific precaution against dis
ease as did tho Roosevelt party. The
great care taken by ColoneJ RoosoveU
and Kermit to protect themselves
against the germs of disease was com
mented upon often by other members I
of the party. The utmost care was
taken, especially with regard to drink
ing water. No member of the Imme
diate party drank any water except
that which they took Into tho Junglo
with them.
All the newspapers of Philadelphia
have Joined In urging both sides to
make concessions In the Interest of
peace, Tho demand is becoming Im-
jperative And all classes are Joining
I in the movement to uree the city
council to Interfere if necessary to
prevent financial loss, misery and
possibly bloodshed and riot.
THROWS BLAME ON DEVLIN.
(Continued from page 1.)
well;! lot 50x106; price $1000, $600 cash.
Modern Home
Close in; one of the finest homes in the city; nine rooms
and bath; $3850; terms.
Forty Acres
Sixteen miles from Medford; four acres in fruit trees,
four to 10-year-olds; small house, barn and other build-1
ings; no waste land; $2000; terms.
Twenty Acres
Two atfd three-quarters miles from Medford; 16 acres
7-year-old Newtowns, four acres 2-year-old Bartletts:
$13,000; terms.
Timber Claims
TTe have customers for your timber claims, or can locate
you on a timber claim or homestead.
fjJTHERLIN TERRACE
Is in one of the finest residence sections of Medford. It I
is surrounded by fine modern homes and we have plac- J
ed a building restriction on these lots which will insure
a good class of buildings. "Water and sewer mains will
soon be laid. These lots are the best buy in town at
the price $400.
xr,-
Crater Lako road for their ladltld-
; ual profit.
He says be purchased the road from
AND Receiver Reddy for $82,600 and or
ganized tho Pacific & Eastern, to
' , which It was transferred. Tho prop-
On and nfter April 1, 1910, the , erty was worth 1165,000, ho asserts;
.TIa!mura scale of carpenters' wages i the $100,0vo In bonds sold to the
BENSON
INVESTMENT
JTOTICK TO CONTRACTORS
BUILDERS.
-will be $3.50 for olght-hour days.
CARPENTERS' UNION,
Local No. 180.
January li 1910. 252
Oregon Trust were worth par, and
he denies that directors or officers of
the Pacific & Eastern drew out $18,
for their own use.
COMPANY
OVER PRTJITGROWERS' BANK
OPEN EVENINGS PHONE 541
Tract "G"
This tract is an exceptional
ly good buy; thoro aro 218
20-yoar-old Spitzonborg ap
plo trees on it; forty 4-year-old
Nowtown Pippin grafts,
twonty-threo -1-year-old Bosc
and Comico pear trees. This
tract ought to produce a net
rovonuo of $3000 annually.
Tho price is $9000, 25 per
cont in cash and 25 per cent
each year for three vears.
Tho fruit from this tract, will
more than pay for the land.
ii act iw
This tract is not in boaring.
There are on it 465 4-yoar-old
Bosc pear trees, 228 4-yoar-old
Bartlott pear troos,
a total of 693 trees. Every
ono of these trees is in splen
did condition and thoy aro
all unusually Utrgo for thoir
age. Thoy will produco
some fruit this coming sea
son. Whon thoy aro 6 and 7
.veal's old thoy ought to pro
duco a not rovonuo of from
$500 to $700 per aoro. Tho
tract will cost $6500.
NOWY BUTTE
Orchard Tracts
Are Money Producers
After first payment the net
revenue from fruit producing
tracts will more than take care
of all subsequent payments as
they become due.
After one year the now grow
ing trees will then be in bearing,
and they will then produce
enough fruit to more than pay
tho two last payments; this from
the net revenue.
Let us drive you to the or
chard and show you some of
these tracts.
Medford Land
6 Orchard Co.
i
18 N. Front St. Medford, Ore.
' hp jl un
Perhaps you would prefor a
tract of raw land that is,
land upon which there aro no
trees planted. "H" is just
such a tract, and it will cost
only $250 an aero, 25 per cont
down and tho remainder in
three annual payments. This
is all good fruit land and is
cleared ready for planting.
JUUUl Li
This tract is tho' best located
of any in tho orchard. It is
at tho southeast corner of
tho orchard and has a public
highway on two sides, but
the location is not all that
commends it tho trdes aro
in boaring and ought to pro
duco this season a rovonuo
of $3500, not.
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314 E. Main.
Ho started back in his alarm, his ee owe it to bun and to yourboir. to Una 'I
almost blinded by the unexpected flood 1U J
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