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Medford
Tribune
UNITED VtlVm ASSOCIATION
Full Leaned Wire Report.
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Tho only pnpor In tho world
published In a city tho site ot
Mcdforc having a longed wire
FIRST SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 8
.IOTTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1910.
No. 11.
Wl ATT
MAIL
BANK
DEPOSITS li
POSTAL
$21,344 TOTAL
FOR PAST YEAR
Postmaster Woodford Duo for An
other Boost In Salary Postal Flo
eclpts for Past Quarter Surpass
Even Thoso of Quarter Including.
Christmas Great Strides Made.
and postoffice m
1 $363,000 IN 00 DAYS:
RECEIPTS GROW 54 PER CENT
i
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RDWTH
no
Tho qunrtor which jiiHt cloned wan
' tlio Inrgottt in uint of receipts over
soon by tho locnl postoffico. An in
iroaso in Hhotfti uvor nil preceding
quartern, oven (hat including Chrmt
riina.
Tlio receipts for (ho your closing
Mnrch 31, 1010, woro $21,11 1-1.85,
while far 1000 thoy woro $15,151.81,
nn inerciiHo of $ob03.0l, or IIS per
cont.
Tho InoronHo for Murch, 1(110, ovor
March, 1001), wns $7i!7.0, or 54 per
cunt. Portland is boosting of a 'J-
por cont increase.
Tho year cloning in March in til
wnye of interest to tho postmaster,
for it clones (ho pontoffico your, nnd
UK)n tho showing mndo is Limed tho
increased salaries. Postmaster
Woodford is duo for nnothor raise,
hnviug priHHod tlio $'20,000 mnrk.
Tho receipts of tho offioo for tho
punt yenr hnvo boon:
Juno .'10 '...$1,700.00
Soptumbor .10 1,30 1
Dooonibcr 31 , . 5,004.0(1
March 31 . . . . , , . 0,330.(1(1
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Bank Deposits.
January, 1000 $l.'.i01,431
.liuiuary, 1010 1,803,508
Mnrch 'JO, 1010... U.220,08-1
Orowtli Binco Jniiunry,
1000, or M months, $005,153,
or 7(1 per cont.
Growth during pant 00
dnys, $303,01(1, or 10 per
cent. Postal Receipts.
Yenr ending
Mnrch 31, 1000. . .$15,451.81
March 31, 1010... lil.3ll.85
Increase, $5,803.01, or 3S
per cont.
Mnrch, 1010 $2,007.07
Mnrch. 1000 1.310.77
Increase $727.20, or 51 per
cont.
Tho quarter just closed
passed that ending December
31, 1000.
f
4
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&
m PER CENT IS
14 MONTHS GAIN
4
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f
4-
4-
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Banks Show Unexpected Growth In
Deposits and Reflect Prosperity
of City Total Deposits Pass Two
Million Mark and Climb Ever Up-
.ward and Onward.
25 CENT RATE
GRAVEL GRANTED
T0L0T0H0RD
LEWIS HERE FOR
RESEARCH WORK
Horticulturist of Oregon Experiment
Station Hero to Carry on Work
Along Lines of Pollination and Ir
1 rlgatlon Be Hero Some Time.
Professor C. I. Lewis, hnrtioul
turirit of tho Oregon experiment stu
tiou, linn arrived at Medford nnd Is
restored at tlio Nash hot rl. Pro-
foBHor Lowis in aucoinpauied !y
Professor ClmrloH A. Colo, assistant
pomologist, nnd by It. W, Iteos, Bpo
cial iiHHiHtnnt in research work.
Those tnon expect to bo in tho Regno
Rtvor valloy for somo littlo limo in
oonnoatlon with tho dopnrtmont of
hortioulturo in tho Roguo River val
loy. Tho work is largely along tho
liticR of pollinntion nnd irrigation.
Sotto vory fcrntlfyiiiR rosTdta woro
Obtained last Bonson, but in accord
nnco with (lo polioy of tho depart
ment, aro not placod in hiillotin form
Until verified by nt lonst two koii
SbiiB work.
Railroad Commission Grants Per
mission to Southern Pacific to
Lower Rate on Crushed Stone Tolo
to Medford From 60 Cents (o 25
Cents a Ton.
Tho sworn statements of Medford
banks nt tho close of business on
March 20 show an increase in de
posits of $303,010 over tho last
Htntements published, which wns on
Jnnunry 31, 1010, or CO days earl
ier. Tho total deposits in Medford
passed tho two million mark, now
i Aft ttn mi
UOWg 9,J-0,00'i.
Tho percentile of growth is 10
or $0050 each day, including Sun
day a.
Tho hugo gain mndo surprised
oven tho bankers themselves nnd in
no wny is tho growth nnd prosperity
of tho city bottor indicated.
Tho gniu Biueo Juuunry, 1000, or
in 11 months, has been $005,153, or
0 por cent.
' That tho growth hns boon n steady
ono is shown by tho following table:
Jnnunry, 1005 $ 000,408
January, 1000 720,071
i January, 1007 1,081,034
January, 1008 1,251,180
Jnnunry, 1900 1,201,431
UNCLE SAM TO
AID BUILDING
OF CRATER ROAD
Will G. Steel Back In Portland With
Assurances of Ballingers Aid
Head of Coast Forestry Depart
ment Will Bo Here Soon to Confer
With Commission.
Keeping Abreast of the Times
50,000 RAINBOW TROUT
TO BE PLANTED IN LAKE
Medford Near $25,000 Mark Peo
ple Scarce Now In City Who Have
Not Given Encouraging Word Is
Received From Portland.
NEW PRESS FOR MAIL TRIBUNE.
January, 1010 1,803,508 rr i e. , V
Mnrch 20, 1010 2,220,384 f U.mtf f,n,'S fi"J'
l ' ' ' hns ngreeo to plnce 50,
trout fry in Crntcr Lake
m m mm 4 r a. m i.
SALEM, April 2.-Au order waM ! IINI I V Nfllfl WfiKN
mndo by tho railroad commission jo-' UllULL Ulllil IlnllU
day granting tho Southern Pacific
company permission to put into im-
niodinto effect a special rate of 25
cents a ton on grnvul nnd crushed '
rock between Tolo and Medford to'
facilitato strcot imDrovcmeuts. . bimuitancous Raids Aro MatlC on
Tho Bhlpments must bo mndo In, Var,ous Fj Q th Country Rny arc back from Portland, where
onrload lots of uot loss than 10,000. they called upon General Manager
pounds in each car. Tho present rnto. Federal ""Grand Jury Returns O'nrien of tho Southern Pnoific nnd
ON DUCKET SHOPS
Will G. Steel hns returned from
Washington to Portland, bringing
assurances of government assistance
in building the Crater Lake highway.
IIo succeeded in interesting Secre
tary Ballinger, Chief Forester
Graves and other officials in the
project nnd each of them hns prom
ised his hearty co-operation. Each
of them is also planning to visit the
lnko this coming summer.
Mr. Chapman, head of tho forestry
domrtuimit-on. the conti, is civc.au.
ed within a few' days in Modfo'd.
where Iia. wil' consu'f with the local
commission of the Crater Lake club.
Application has been mndc for En
gineer ITcidlo's report, , and Mr.
ITeidlo will bo sent hero to take
charge of tho road building.
Mr. Steel accomplished nil that he
was sent oast for, and m addition
commission
000 rainbow
trout fry in Crntcr Lnko.
Work on tho Crater Lnko highway
KUORcnption is strnniiy progressing
nnd tho total is nenrinir tho $25,000
mark for Medford. Over $1000 hns
been pledged within tho last two
days. It is now hard work for the
committee to find any ono who has
not given who is willing to give, tho
rnnvnss beine quilo comploto.
Colonol Frnnk Rnv nnd Dr. C. R.
Two-Revolution Whltlock Press for Book and Job Work Installed by
Medford Printing Co., the First Large New Press Ever Set Up In
Southern Oregon. Giving Them Best-Equipped Plant South of Salem.
ROOSEVELT IN
ITALY; CLOSELY
G
UARDING
HIM
Colonel Lands at Naples, Shakes
Hands All Around, Protests
Against Guard, Hurls "Liar" at
Correspondent and Is Driven ts
Hotel In Very Short Time.
WELCOMED TO ITALY BY
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
HI
E OF FAMOUS
ALFABERRY SOLD
BY TOU VELLE
Colonel F. L. Tou Velle Disposes of
Famous "Bufck'' Ranch New
Owners Secured Great Bargain, for
It ts a Splendid Place Another
$181000 Sale ?Jade.
MASS MEETING
OF FRUIT MEN
ON WEDNESDAY
Roosevelt Cousins CorrespMdMt
Who Quoted Him on Political Sub
jects to Membership In His Noted
Ananias Club.
NAPLES, April 2. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt landed here today
from Cairo, was given a reception
by prominent Americans, shook
hands nil around, made a speech,
'protested against a special police
Call Is Issued for All Irchardists. guard given him as a. protection from
Interested in the New Association ' membe? of ? "k Hand," de
A .nounced a political interview as-
to Meet in Medford Wednesday ' false, vreitcrafed bis determination
v , li ino talk politics, all within the
Next and Talk Matter Over 8hort between tho docking of
i tho Prinz Hcinrich nnd his arrival
at the hotel.
The Frms Hcnincu, bearing the
Fruitgrowers Discuss Topics.
. . , colonel, ifrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethol
A mass meeting has been called j t- it l o , i
The "Uuick" ranch, renowned as
it 1 it . ..&. i. . i
mo noiao oi iuc aiiaocrry, uas oecn of nii ,i, nv.nr,Yiai nf Ttnmm I
sold by Colonel Frank L. Tou Velle I .. . . " ... . S onung.
soiu oy toionei rranK u. iou vcue n. ,, . ,., . ,. i v . .
to Frank McKec, cashier of the First Rlver va,,oy rom tho Cnllfoa Iinc! Half tho population of Naplw was
National bank of Albuquerque, N.I
is 00 cents a ton.
i Thrco Indictments.
PEARY THROUGH WITH
ARCTIC EXPLORATION
CHICAGO, April 2. Commander
Hobort K. Poiry, who arrived In Cht-
cauo today, daclnrod ho was posltlroly
through with Polar exploration for
all tlmo. "I am nbuolutoly at th end
of my enroor aa an explorer," ho said.
"RoportH that I nin to load anozpodl
tlon Into tlio Annrctla roglons nro not
truo and I cortalnly do not contom
platu another trp to tho ort)i Polo,"
WASHINOTON, April 1, Consul
Alfred J. PloialnB of Yarmouth,
.quotes a lioston man who madua
trip through tho applo section at
Kova Scotln, contracting for some oj
tuo iuio crop, as otating mat inuica
tlmiH nro for an unusunlly lnrgo ylold,
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wuicn moans auoiu i,uvu,uuu uurruiu.
requested n $5000 subscription for
tho highway. Mr, O Rnon was in
formed that ho was getting off very
AHOIf Is. 11. la ...ill 4l.n
Tho crand Jury today returned throo 0r t,ie Tn Ja
...,n ... ... ' .i.- nvo ot least this amount. Mr.
Indictments In connection with tho
oporntion of "bockot Bhopa" In tho
District Of Columbia.
Twonty-nlno brokors, mombers at
O'nrien took the matter under ad
visement and will consult with other
officials.
Joff Honrd and Dr. J. F. Reddv
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AND
i
MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGE
OFF THE AFRICAN COAST
tho firms ot mice & Co., of nailing I ,
ti....i.- n. r... ... . ,,' a,.,Ji h'R0 rotumcd from Portland nnd re-
l.ftO ill... u. w. . .. . ., ... .
Stock Co., of St. Louis aro named In V VV,
Mi a l.lllo W AAmnnnlna r.,,Ann OKA IlHriJ 111 UH-
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f " I Inn nnat twn ilnvc aya P K VopLh.
City and Washington.
Hary Johion, tolograpl.of for Tny- " . " ' """V''. " '" l"'"v
W nn.l OI.ni.lnn Allnn tnWrnnW fnr ". ""Ilium. vuiupnil.V,
n. ; ;;;; tnX;' ; ,;. 5r p- Clinmplln. nvon Brown,
nectlon with tho raids. MS" W' Camnlmn nnd nousto,, Bros.
CHARLIE M0NS0N, POPULAR
TRAVELING MAN, MARRIED
Tho many frioqds of Chnrlos, L.
on tho south to Merlin on tho north, ion tlio quay and half of that half
M., for $300 an acre. There aro 10 to be held in this city next Wednes-, aPPearca 10 00 Americans. All gave
acres in the tract, 30 of which are day, April 0, to discuss the new fruit I !he American statesman an enthus-
plnntod to young orchard, tho ro- and produce association. Uastio reception as ho appeared oa
y LISBON, April 2. Heavy lossAof
lifo and groat proporty dnmago in a
yolono is roportod today along tho
East Africaii, cbast in n .cnblo't ro
colvod horo from tho governor of
Mozambique. Moznmbiquo ia a Por
iuguoso poHSossion in East Africa.
Tlio dispatch says that tho lovol of
the son roso 22 fcot uudor a torrifio
wihd nnd 'nifihod inland for mnny'
lies, inundating tho country.
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Scores of bodibs already have been,
rooovorod from dovnstatod plunta
tiona nnd from wreckage -
Tho oxtont of fho storm was along
100 milos of const. Tho disaster it
ii.- i ii. ..l i '. ....n..i r-.....
lim HOYUiUHl linn uiib viauuu iuuiu
biquo in 20 yoars.
All communication with tin
striakon oonst has boon out off nnd,
details nro lacking.
Itftia. eetiniHtod'.UiM, between 500
nnd 1000 lives hnvo boen lost.
Now Yorkers Arrested.'
NEW YORK, . April a.-r-Rlcjinrd
ProiiBsor, Oliver Itoblnson and .Lewis
1 1 O ,.1 1 .i M.nMA HMAMI.A.t 1. A.. n
..Buu w. u.w.uivu Xr.,A .1.a .-...I. M.
day In connoctlon with tho federal """ - ... 4
bucHotshopcrusado. They woro hold, f"r my, will be pleased to
to S5,000 bail each. Tho men woro JS n h.w vlT . r y;
naniou In Indictments returned by tho Jfnroh 30, to Nellie Pace Mnxon of
foderal grand Jury charBlng a con-' ' - t
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(irAn.Aii anil ia vni iiAlllllni. .1M
nm T ATTIO c A... II O . . MTn I . " I I
01. iiuuia. 1111,., iiit.il frr-nt- mi n ... i i.
. . . .t .num. Aiioy an join 111 oxionding
wnM.a . ,1.. Mol nf T.nw a nnri An. I .... . : r
Mv u.uuj -. "- --" ana plonsnnt voyngo on tho.matti
out of tho city todny. It Is bollovod , , . .
timt thoy aro in now xorK ana tno
roaorai autnomies fiore-navo ooon. . Ony Moore accompanied Mr. and
notified, Lowls Colla Is well known Urrn. o.-r v,,nJn VriAnv '
noro a u turuivr uuw.wj u bauuro. ll,JttP irin a bt..'DI
mninder being in ulfalfu. This meeting is called for the pur-
Just 15 months ngo Colonel Tou pose of imparting knowledge of tho
Velio purchnsed the ranch, paying I benefits of such an association and
!?150 1111 acre. In thnt timo he has to encourage orchardmen to sub
doubled his money. scribe to tho capital stock, 50 per
Tho tnlo is jiot nenrly told yet, ns cent of which must be subscribed by
this place is comprised of somo of April 10, when tho meeting for final
tho finest land in tho valloy,' audi ratification is hold.
within n year will double again. Thef Tho orchardists of tho valley held
entire plnco is under water. a very enthusiastic meeting Snturr
J,. E. Scanthn of La Fayette, Ind., day afternoon. The topics treated
has purchased a 40-ncrc' tract lo- wore frost prevention, codlin moth,
cnted two miles southwest of Tnl- spraying and other topics. A largo
out, formerly owned by George W. number were ppresent
Dewey. I he nnco unid was $lb.
0Q0. ORENDORFF IS TO PLAY
Tho tract is a very fino ono and THIS YEAR WITH ANGELS
contains 11 ncres of 8-ycnr-old
isewtowns. Tho sale was made by LOS ANGELES. Cnl.. Anril 2.
T JTt II T 1 -V 1 I . '
doun a. uiwen mm u. . ortnmp. Jesse Orcndorff, Hen Berry's main
stay behind tho bat last season, is
to return to tho Los Angeles club,
according to a statement by Berry
todnv
At .the closo of last season Oren-
dorff wns drafted by tho Chicago
Cubs. President Murphv paid tho
draft pneo of $100
This spring, when ordered to re
port, Orcndorff held out for more
Jury Gives Young Man Judgment money. This was refused, and ho
Annlnst AsslnneA nf His Pnthpr'c ""dcrtook tho manngoment of tho
, . ; . ... . independent Arizona club. Ho took
uanKTupi tsinie wages uuo lor a stroncr delegation of local semi
CHRIS
KINNEY
GETS VERDICT
Services Rendered.
professional players to tho mining
camp with him.
Tho case of C. J. Konnoy vs. Wil
liam Ulrich, as nssigneo of T. J.
Konnoy, to rocovor wages nllokod to
hnvo boon earned by tho plaintift
whilo in tho employ of T. J. Konnoy,
ocoupiod tho attention of the circuit
court rndny attornoon and bntiu-
day.
Tho plaintiff nsks for a judgmont
against tho ostnto of tho iusolvont
dobtor for $2040, earned by him as
sorvioes as olork in tho merenntilo
establishment conduotod by T. J,
Konnoy.
Tho caso was arguod and submit
ted to tho jury Saturday morning.
Tho jury is qompoBod of J. W,
Hayes, J. E. Davidson, J. D. Pnnkoy,
Isaac Coy, J, A. Cook, Grant Davis,
G. P. Owings, h, C. Pnjuo, Goorgo
Grow, S, W. McCIondon, George Ly
man and A, C Manning.
Aftor debating tho question for
sovornl hours tho jury brought in a
verdict lf6r the plaintiff
Tho next Avnut ad that you onswer
may bo "tho 0110."
the deck of tho Prinz Heinrich and
descended tho gangplank. Celonei
Itoo8ovelt was met by Ambassador
Leishmnn, who hnd come from Rome
to welcome tho former president
Consul Crowninshield, statiouod
here, the mayor of Naples, the pre
fect of polico and other dignitaries
of tho Neapolitan community also
were present to receive tho distin-.
guishod visitor.
As soon as Roosevelt had de
scended from tho ship he whs sur
rounded by a special guard of po
lico in citizens clothos. Naples j
the hotbed of secret sooiotios nnd
anarchistic organizations and Hnv
police used every means known to
them to prevent harm to Roosevelt.
The Americans protested nininst
having a bodyguard attend him, but
was assured that tho authorities
would reast easier knowim? thnt th.w
hnd used evory precaution to pre
vent trouble
Tho formor president waa escort
ed to tho Excelsior hotel. Ono of
tho first things ho did noon his nr.
rival was to denounce as false an in
terview printed quoting him on Am
erican politics. Roosevelt hns stuck
religiously to his detonniuntion not
to talk politics until ho arrives homo.
Jtoosovelt mndo a briof snoenh ..(
thanks in response to snooches of
welcorao by representatives of the
uy.
W. E. Hammil of Eagle Point is
in Medford.
RESIDENTS OF CATANIA
HYSTERICAL AND AFRAID
AFTER SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
CATANIA, April 2. The ronring
furnnco of Mount Aotnn incroasod
its violent nativity today and the?
peoplo of Catania, aftor many sleep
less nights, have bocomo hysterica)
and fonr-riddon.
Every hpuso horo is practically
sealod to provont the inoroasini
showers of ashes from sifting in,
Foar of a conflagration from hot
cinders from tho distant craters has,
added lo tho general nlarm'felt over
tho eruption. Oocasiom;! earth
quakes rock tho island and the ex
plosions of gases in the depths of .the
mountain are becoming 'louder. In
habitants of the little village of, Cav
aliori fled for their lives during the
night when the- lava flow engulfed
tho town, Belpasso and Borello are
in the path of tho flow and oawiot
esoape destruction,
The eruption of Aetna has brokea
all modern records of volcanic activity.