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MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1G, 1910.
No. 306.
RAILROADS AND FIREMEN MARK TIME
'I'll IC WICATIIICIt.
UNCLE SAM IS
10 ACT; BELIEVE
DANGER PAST
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Chairman Knnpp anil Commissioner
Noll Are Spcctilnu to Chlcano To-.
day to Act as Mediators In Effort
to Avert Blmjest Strike of Ccn-'
tury Arrive Tomorrow.
BOTH SIDES HOPE TO
AVERT DRASTIC ACTION
Subject of Wages Is One for Arbl-
tration-Howcver. Working Rules!
May Not Be Submitted If Firemen ,'
Havo Their Way About It.
Extent of Proposed Strike.
Tho following Htimmnry will
t give nn Men of tho extent of ""
the proKiHod striko of fire-
men :
" Number of railroads torn-
pornrily tied up, -17. "
Miles of rnllroml, 150,000.
Firemen out of employ-
mailt. 26,000.
Other omployeH lempornr-
ily thrown out, 125,000.
Tcrrilotry involvod, the en-
tire country' west of n line
drawn from Chicago to New
Orlonns.
Cost to country of strike in
180-1, $100,000,000.
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CHICAGO, III., Mnrah 10. The
officlnlB of tho railroads and the
firemen nro marking time tmlny,
nwnitltng the nrrivnl of Chnirmnn
Knnpp of tho intonitnto coinmorce
comminHion nnd ConimiHHioncr of
Lnbor Noll, who will attempt to
avert tho throntoned fitriko of 27,
000 firemen throughout tho west.
The government officlnlH nro ox
peoted to bo horo tomorrow morning,
rendy fo take up tho questions nt is
Biia immediately.
W. 8. Cnrtor, president of tho
Brotherhood of Locomotivo Firemen,
todny expressed hopo that tho medi
ators would bo successful, lie said,
howovor, thnt tho men hnd wished In
arbitrate from tho find nud thnt tho
rnilrondn would havo to change their
attitude if n Btriko in nvorted.
Cnrtor stntod thnt tho most im
portant fontura of tho work of the
modlntors will be to dotormtno just
what phaHo of tho differences nro
tho propor subjects of arbitration.
The rnllrond officials nnd the fire
men hnve agreed that tho subjoct of
wages 1b a mattor for arbitration.
AFTER TOMORRO Wf NO MORE
BEAR CREEK WATER NEED BE
USED; CANAL IS REPAIRED
Aftor Thursday morning tho peoplo
of Medford will no longor bo com
pelled to dopond upon tho wntor (T)
of Boar orook, as tho Fish Lake com
pany is now prepared to turn tho
wntor in nt tho Brndshaw drop and
givo tho pooplo of Medford puro
mountain wator.
Tho cnnnl from tho intnko nt
Fish Lako to tho Brndshaw drop,
whoro tho tompornry pipo , lino to
Modford takes tho flow, hlis boon
olennod nnd onlargod, and nt the
prosont timo tho oompnny is in po
sition to furnish nil tho wntor no
oe8Bnry, Wednesday n general tost of tho
pipe line was stnrtod, and if no ma
terial faults nro found tho Butto
creek water will be turned in.
Repairs are being made in the res
ervoir, which will require some time
to complete, but in the end there
CARTER
S NEW
PRESIDENT OF
BANKERS ASSN.
Third Quarterly Mccttlng of Jackson
County Bankers' Association Is1
Held and Semi-Annual Election of
Officers Takes Place Many Are
In Attendance.
50 BANKING MEN MAKE
MERRY AT BAHQUET BOARD
Addresses Arc Made by Different
Prominent Banking Men Upon
Timely Subjects of the Day
Splendid Meeting Is Held.
Tho third quartetrfy meeting of
the Juckson County Bankers nsso
ciation was hold at the Commercial
club rooms Tuesday evening.
Fifty of the men who nre intcrcM
ed in tho various brinks of the coun
ty wore present nnd took pnrt in tho
proceedings of tho meeting.
Tho semi-annual election of offi
cers wiib held and the following of-
St l--i-J. . "
E. V. Carter, of tho Dank of Ash
land, prosidont; O. L. Davis, of tho
Fanners' & Fruitgrowers Hank of
Medford, vice-president; J. E. En
yart, of tho Medford National bunk,
secrctarly; J. L. Hnmmerslv, of tho
Gold Hill bank, trensurer.
At tho mooting every bank in the
county, with tho exception of the
Contrnl Point bank, was represontod.
At the meeting in the Commercial
club roomB Hon. W. M. Crowo!!
spoko on "Tho Contrnl Bank"; J. L.
Hnmmersly on "The Postal Savings
Bank"; J. E. Enynrt, "Benefits Tint
Might Accruo Through tho Joining of
Josephine nnd Ivlnmnth counties."
Then followed an informal ' discus
sion of mnttors portincn to the as
sociation. At tho bouquet Judge W. M. Col
vig was tqnstmnster but Hint is an
other story.
Tho uoxt meeting of the associa
tion will be huld in Gold Hill on
Juno 18.
Tho banquet wns held in the Nnsh
Grill nud was most elaborate in ev
ery pnrtioulnr, The menu which wns
disausscd whs selected by h com
nilttoo of tho association and wn
Tho fircmon, howovor, insist thnt
tho question of tho representation in
tho union nnd othor tochnlenl phases
of tho relations of tho companies
nnd tho mon should also bo submit
ted to 'arbitration.
Tho railroad officials today ev
press oonfidonco that mediation will
bo Biiocossful. Thoy say that I ho
danger of a strike is over.
will bo n conservation of wntor in
tho rosorvoir which will bo of groat
bonofit.
For tho past two months tho suo
cossors to tho Fish Lako Ditch oom
pnny havo boon nt work oloaning tho
onnnl nnd tho city hns in conso
quonoo boon forcod to fall back up
on Boar crook wator, which was fit
for irrigation purposos only.
Old-Timer Is Dead.
BUTTE, Mont., March 10. Louis
Donmrs, ngod 7-1, tho first whito
man to sot foot Upon tho trail which
now ombrncoB tho city of Butto, and
probably tho oldost Mason in the
northwest, 'founder of Masonic
lodges in Butto, is doad horo aftor a
protraotod illnoss. Doinara, onrriod.
on an extensive freighting business
in tho early days bofore the coming
of the railroads,
WITH THE MUNICIPAL FOLK
DECIDE
PAVING
THIS AFTERNOON
City Dads Meet Late This Afternoon
to Conclude' Deliberations Regard
inn Paving Bids Large Crowd Is
Disappointed Last Evening.
The mayor nnd city council will
meet late this afternoon to take final
action in regard io the bids rccoiui
on March 8 for tho paving of ten
miles of tho city's streets: A largo
crowd gnthcrcd in the council uham
bors Tuesday evening to bo present
whon (bo mutter was decided, but
were disappointed.
Tho council will not decide until
late today just what action they will
take. It is probable that all of the
bids will bo rejected and new tendors
asked, as the bids received on
March 8 wore all disappointingly
high.
Tho matter is to bo decidedly one
way or the other definitely this aft
ernoon. i '-
prepared and served as only the
Nush Grill can prepare nnd serve
such n repast Tho iniibic by Misses
Crowell and Crawford was excellent
and well received.
"ST. ELMO" ALWAYS FIRST;
OTHERS ALWAYS FOLLOW
The recent merger whereby Bc
lasco & Mayer, owners of the Alca
zar lhentor, San Francisco, and the
Alcazar Touring companies; Olivor
Morosco, proprietor of tho Burbnnk
and Majestic theaters of Los An
geles, nud George L. Baker, propri
etor of theaters and companies in
Seattle, Portland nnd Spokane, nil
co-opernto together to secure, re
gardless of cost, the New York plays
as soon as they are pronounced suc
cesses, enable theatorgoors west of
tho Missouri to see nnd enjoy these
productions.
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ACT UNDER WHICH
GOVERNOR ACTED IS ASSAILED BY RE AMES
SAl.H.M, Or., March 10. Validity
of tho action taken by Governor
Bonson in directitng Judgo Coko to
Jnckson county to condemn a right
of wny for a pipo lino across tho
fnrm of M. F. Hnnloy is tho solo
question involved in tho injunction
cuso of Hnnloy vs. tho City of Med
ford, which was argued beforo the
supremo court today, and by which
Hnnloy is endeavoring to restrain tho
city from entoring upon his land nud
laying their pipo line.
E. A. Rcnmcs of Jacksonville op-
onod tho argument for Hnnloy nud
Robort G. Smith of Grants Pass ably
conducted the argument for tho city
of Medford. Fivo distinguishing
points were mnde by Mr. Ronmos. Ho
argued that tho law of 1009, by
which authority wn8 given to trans
fer certain judges from ono cirouit
to nnotlior is unconstitutional, in
that a section of tho constitution
provides that circuit judges shall
perform duty in one district only.
SEND YOUR FRIENDS A PAPER
The Big Easter Edition
WILL BE PINE PRINTED SUNDAY, MARCH 20.
Your friends in the cast nro looking towards tho Roguo River valley and anxious
for news. Tho Eastor edition is the vest thing to sond, for it more clearly show 3
tho spirit and class of peoplo living here gives them a clear idea of tho business
being done and shows to a marked Meerco tho progress of this section. Kr.ng
your orders for papers in as soon as v ziiblo.
Our ad man will bo pleased to call md help dress up your advertisement, so that
it will bring tho best results.
Fortune smiles on tho persistent advertiser.
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INCINERATOR TO
HEALTH COMMITTEE
Tho matter of obtaining nn 4
incinerator for the city came
beforo tho council Tuesday
night nnd wan referred to the "
health committee. It will ""
" probably be reported bnek at
the next regnlfir meeting.
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SYSTEM OF STORM
SEWfRS PUNNED
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By next winter the city will bo in
far better shape to cjire lor flood
I waters on the streets ( than during
nny previous year, if, the plans of
; the present council are enrried out.
At Tuesday evening's Session of the
council urns were caucu ior tne
construction of a storm sewer along
Riverside avenue, and 'this will be a
continuance of other parts of the
Byston.
During the winter n storm sower
wns laid on Eighth hlreet which was
of much benefit.
COMET MAY "GET" US,
SAYS ASTRONOMER
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 10.
"No onji CAnTiprsdicLitU .certainty
what will happen oiPMay 18 or 10.
when the earth passes through tho
tail of nalley's comet," 6nid Profes
sor Edward C. Pickering, the di
recctor of the nstronnmicn! observ
atory of Harvard, in an interview.
"There is more danger of serious
consequences than the ordinary pub
lic is likely to believe. If the poison
ous gases nnd the meteors of which
the tail is composed pass near the
earth, they will undoubtedly fall on
the sphere and dnmngo many build
ings nnd possibly suffocnte many
people.
"I quito agree with tho French as
tronomer, Flnmmarion, thnt such
collisions will be matters of great
public dnnger."
Ho argued further thnt the law
was of no effect becauso it had beeu
repealed by implication; that even if
ttho law was valid and had not been
repealed, it did not confer ukiu the
governor nnd Judge Coke tho au
thority to do what waB done; lastly,
that tho order calling the special
term wns not lawfully made or prop
erly sorved and that tho city of Med
ford nnd its, officials wero guilty of
fraudulent representations to the
county judge, whereby ho was in
duced to make certain false state
ments in his implication to Governor
Bonson, nnd the governor was there
by decided nnd defrauded into mak
ing tho ordor which would not other
wise havo been mado. Attorney
Roamos designated those fraudulent
representations to bo such nsMhoso
sotting forth that Modford wns in
danger of nn epidemic of disease if
tho wator system wns not completed
immediately, nnd that Judgo Ilnnua'h
timo wns too fullv occupied to henn
10 BUIL
DOE
ON
T.
City Council Calls for Bids for
Erecting Piers and Buttresses for
New Bridge . Over Bear Creek- at
Jackson Street
At their meeting Tuosdny evening
the city council instructed the city
recorder to advertise for bids for the
construction of piers and ubuttra'cius
for n bridge across .Bear creek on
Jackson street. The bids will be
j opened March 23.
Tho construction of a bridge at
this point has long bccti needed and
will make Jackson one of ifie best
residence streets in the city. It will
extend in a straight' line from tho
heights on the cast to tho city limits
on the west.
Much routine business was dis
' posed of.
Petition for grading of Myrtle
and Taylor streets gralited.
A permit wns granted the South
ern Pacific company to- erect a de
pot building.
City recorder ordered to advertise
for bids on sewers nnd water mains
opened March 23.
Health committee's report that li
cense of $60 per year be charged for
selling ice cream cones on the street
wns accepted.
City attorney instructed to draw
up ordinance pennittitng mailcar
ricrs to ride bicycles on sidewalks
outside of business districts.
Ordinnnce for lateral sewers on nl
loy in Laurel addition from Wash
ington to Prune streets, on Washing
ton from Howard to Roosevelt, on
Ivy from Third to Fourth, passed.
A resolution for tho establishment
of a water main on Washington from
Howard to Roosevelt passed.
J. W. Slinger was granted n license
to sell liquor for six months.
Petition of F. M. Wilson to remove
building from North to South Central
avenue granted.
the proceedings.
Mr. Smith produced abundant au
thority with which to show Reame's
position fallacious and his inferences
faulty.
Tho argument took up the entire
forenoon. The decision will bo hand
ed down within a few weeks.
TRAIN OF BOOSTERS
T0BE HERE SOON
Word comes that a special train
en routo to California will linger in
Medford for half an hour at noon.
Sunday, March 20th. Tho party
promises to bo n very representative
ono is nud mndo up of peoplo from
Olympin, Tncomn, Centrnlia, Aber- I
deen, Chehulis, Hoquinm, Raymond
and Bellingham. It is very desirable
that theso people get a favorablo im- t
prcssion of the Roguo river valley,
including Medford, nud it is hoped
thnt special efforts will bo made to
enturtnin them during the short stop
JACKSON
HYSTERIA AN
HYP
OA!
S OF MOVE
So Declares Secretary Balllnger With;
Reference to Insurgent Movement
Says the Move Is Waning for
want of Something Real Upun
Which to Base Charge. .
SAYS PEOPLE HAVE NO
GROUND FOR COMPLAINT
Declares Investigation of Charges
Against Him In Washington Suits
Him Says the Whole Matter Is
a PloL
ST. PAUL, 'Minn., March 16.
"Tho insurgent movement is merely
an ebullition of spirit and hysteria,
with a taint of hypocrisy as well,
and it is sure to dwindle in import
ance and extent ss the next national
campaign approaches," declared
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger in
an interview here today.
"I do not think that the so-called
spirit of insurgency is obtaining
much of a foothold in the enstctrn
states," continued Ballinger. "I be
lieve the feeling against tho Payne
and Aldrich tariff is the strongest
in the middle west. In my opinion,
it gave the real impetus to the in
surgent movement which is now rap
idly waning.
"The people of this country never
hnd less ground for complaint thnn
right now. Prosperity is general, all
classes sharing in it, but there will
always be criticism of a carping
kind, as I have had good reason lo
know, in tho last few months."
Ballinger declared the investiga
tion at Washington is proceeding too
slowly to suit him. He said ho is
confident that he will be vindicated.
"Tho whole thing." he said, "is
purely nnother simply gigantic con
soirncy, the object of which is to
ruin mo politically and through ma to
strike nt President Taft.
"This conspiracy wns hatched last
year at the Spokane conservation
congress."
MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT
NOT AFTER A DIVORCE
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 16.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
who arrived here lato yesterday from
her homo in New York, reiterated her
denial today to the rumor thnt she
was in tho west to secure a divorce.
"I havo just como west to visit
San Francisco," said Mrs. Vander
hilt at the Fairmont hotel.
DD3 THE LOCALfBOOSTERS
BITE WHO WERE CARTOONED
RECENTLY? WELL-MAYBE NOT
PORTLAND, March 16. That the
American Progress Mngazino is a
bona fido proposition and that tho
Moiuord mon who subscribed for
copies of it nro greatly in error in
assuming they havo been buncoed, is
tho statement of G. D. Hoisley and
C. J. Wilson, tho two young men
mentioned in a dispatch from Mod
ford ns having mado contracts -with
many Southern Oregon boosters nt
$5 ench and having failed to dolivor
tho promisod mngarino. Mr. Hoisley
nnd Mr. Wilson snid today; "Tho in
itial number of tho Amorioan Prog
ress Magazine wns to bo the May is
suo, which was to bo delivered to tho
various towns, Medford inoludod,
about April 25. Here March is not
half over, yet the forma for this is
sue are made up and the mngarine
will be run off in time to deliver next
FUNDS GROW
BROWS
GROWS GROW
Seventeen Thousand Dollar Mark Is
L Passed and CamwHtee Antltd-
pates He Trouble In Making $25,-
000 by Saturday Night, Which Is
the Mark Set.
SEPTICS BEGIN TO SEE
ROAD WILL BE BUILT
Roll of1 Honor Will' Be Published In
All Its Glory Sunday. Is Yew
Name Written. There? If Net,
Why Not?
$17,400. '
Noon Wednesday.
Guess that is goin' some.
ai 'twill go some more.
$25,000 by Saturday.
Medford has said it
Medford makes good!
Get in and help.
Doe Ray has retaraed froa Frieeo
and is ont with the, bunck.
He likes to tackle the hard ones.
He is going right after it
And ho is doing some tall easiness.
Results count
Doo knows it.
Watch him got 'em.
Dr. Reddy is also out
He is another hustler.
And he will go after the eoia, too.
If you haven't signed ap get
busy. '
Baron Westerlund has had a
happy thought.
Ho dug up a hymn.
He is now making music in the
air.
Its title is, "Is Your Name Writ
ten Thorel"
If not, why nott
Remember, $25,000 by Saturday
night
$17,400 today.
Let's subtract.
$25,000, less $17,400, leaves
$7600.
76 names more. ' 1
Now, altogether!
Let's mnke good!
Let's go and sign.
JAPANESE FINED FOR
BREAKING BIRD LAW
HONOLULU, March 16. Twenty,
three Japanese who wore convicted
of killing birds on islnnds within the
bird reserve, begnn 24-hour sen.
tences in jail today following thoir
conviction boforo Judge Robertson
of the circuit court.
week, n month ahead of contract
That this is truo can be verified nt
tho Portland Printing compnny's of
fice. Tho Medford boosters merely
bought mngarines no advertising
was solicited or accepted nnd no
caricatures mado for monov. We
confined ourselves to a boosting
proposition nnd cannot understand
tho premature attack from Med
ford." The report that local boosters
wore "stung" by tho representatives
of the American Progress Mairazlna
came from Chico, where nearly 100
prominent citizona, were cartooaed, If
the supposition was nremaiure. It
would seem that somo of the valley
towns in California woW have
found it out ere this,
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