cm
Medford Mail Tribune
united vnma AsaooiAxaojs
Full Loured WIro Rperi.
FIRST SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 8
The only paper in tho worli
published In n city the -lie &t
Medford having a leased wire.
FIFniYEAU.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1910.
No. 17.
ENGINEERS OFF
TO
ST
it-7 .
W. E. Herring and D. F. Hcldcl Leave
Tomorrow (or Crnlcr National
Forest, Whcro They Will Go Over
Selected Routo of Crater Lake
Highway anil Prepare Plans.
WILL CALL FOR BIDS
- SOON FOR ROAD-BUILDING
Engineer Heldel Will Also Prepare
Estimates for Contracts for That
Section of ' Road to Bo Built hy
Popular Subscription.
W. K. Herring, dUtrlct engineer of
lliu fortmtry Hurvau, mid II. K. Holdel,
highway engineer, offlco of public
nmiln, department of agriculture,
lonvo Medford Monday for tho Crntor
National l-urvftl, wlioro tlioy will ko
ovor thu noU'dtojl routo of tint Cmtor
Lake rlghwny nnd prnpnro plans nnd
imtlmntoH for bid to bo called for
within ii month for coiiHtrnctlon of
tho highway within tho limits of thu
format renorvo,
At thu name tlmo Engineer Huldel
will prepare catlmatuM for contractu
for that ucctlon of tho highway ad
Joining tho renorvo to bo built by pub
Ho aulmcrlptlon, to that both con
tractu nmy bo lot at tho name tlmo.
Tho forestry bureau vlll upend
I&000 buforo Jtily 1 In honoring tho
highway In tho ronorvo. Seventeen
wiles of tho highway extend through
tho roucrvo, boforu tho national park
boundary reached, Within tho park
tho department of tho Intorlor will
hnvo chargn of thu construction. Tho
fifty iiiIIoh between tho rcaorvo nnd
thu Southern Pacific railway mtiHt bo
built by public subscription and
Jackuou county.
Tho routo tho road will trnvorBO
will not bo decided upon until Engl-
noor Huldcl cotnplotoH his estimates.
Preliminary oBtlmatos mado last year
will bo rovlsod to moot tho chnngod
coudltlonu.
Mr. Iloldol plana that tho highway
will vary In width according to tho
nature of tho country trim-rood.
Sharp curves will bo rounded with nn
extra wldo roadbed so thut thoro will
bo no danger of colllitlons. Tho dis
tance between cutters will average
34 to 3C foot. At all points tho road
will bo wldo enough for teams to pass
each othor. Mutorlnls usod for road
bod will vary with tho character of
tho country, whero tho necessary
macadam will vary In thickness from
four or flvo Inches of rolled crushed
rock up, nccordlng to soli conditions.
Homo soils, llko puinlco, roqulro spe
cial treatment, nnd In some no ma
cadam Ih needed,
POLICE SAY BANDITS
ARE MESSENGER BOYS
LOS ANC1KLUS, Cnl., April 0.
Tho police today nro working on tho
thoory that tho masked bauditH who
shot nnd killod Officors David
llrooks shortly nftor midnight wero
wossongor boys. Furthor than stilt
ing that porsons who saw tho thugs
doolarod thorn to ho more youtlis, tho
officcra .jefuso to tell upon whnt tlioy
bauo their boliof,
Brooks was sliot down by tho
holdup inon in South Grniul avenue,
a fnHhionnblo rosidouco sootioii of
tho city. When ho showed fight tho
shot thnt ended his lifo wn firod.
Brooks lived with his wifo nnd
three littlo sons within half n block
of whoro tho shooting ooourrod. Tho
wifo nnd ohildron woro waiting for
Brooks to oomo from his rounds nnd
nishod to tho stroot when thoy hoard
tho allots. A honrtronding soono fol
lowed Mrs. Brooks' rooognition of
hor b'ii'K hushnnd, around whom a
orowd hnd hnstily gathered, Tho
mon who shot Brooks nro thought to
bo tho pair who hold up tho Vornon
saloon in Grand nvontio half an hour
previous to tho shooting, PorsoiiB
who woro in tho saloon furnishod tho
polloo with a fair description of tho
mon. Tho fneo of ono rohhor was
covered by a whitw hniidkorohlef.
MONDAY
Fate of La Fean
Bill Up Soon
Hoiinh Comiultlco to Vote on Whether
to Hoport It or Not Next Wed
IKffday May Table It.
WASHINGTON, April 0. Tho
house committee on ngrioullure will
take up tho Lnfcnn applo-box bill
next Wednesday, nnd a voto will bo
taken to determine whether it shall
ho reported or tabled.
Tho motion to tnblo tho bill was
made by HoprcHontntivo Howell, hut
na several memhorH were absent the
uhainnan decided to postpono ludion
until noxt week. It is believed n ma
jority of tho committee will voto
to table thu hill, which will menu thut
it cannot ho considered this session
or next.
1100 One Week's
List of Dead
'Ifii TIioiiniiiiiI Turkish Ttitopn Mobil'
Jrd on Albanian llordcrlnml
Much Fighting In MouiitnliiK,
CONSTANTINOl'I;!:, April l).
Teu thotiKiuid Turkish troops are be
ing mobilized on tho Albnninu bor
derland to go to tho aid of tho hnr
iihmi.'iI forcoH that nro riUtinn the
Albanian iuRurrcctionixtH.
Several wurships wero ordered to
day to proceed to tho Albanian const
nnd bombard thu towns which have
proved rebellious. A careful osti
mate of tho week's fighting in that
noil nro dead on thu Turkinli bide and
(100 rebels dead. Thu number f
wounded oxcouiIk tho dead.
Monopolies Are
Alone To Blame
So Say Attorney (,'cnrnil Wicker
kliaiit In DlHciiMHlng Prvnent High
Cost of Living.
CHICAGO, 111., April 0. Tho rem
edy for tho high cost of living is to
check tho growth of illegal monop
olies nnd combinations and provent
practices tending to increnso tho cost
of food, declared Attornoy-Qeneral
Wicktuham horo today. To do this,
hu snid, wo must indict tho persons
responsible and ask tho dissolution
of tho combinations.
Wickorshnm stated furthor that
tho government wns proceeding
along tho lines ho indicated and is
seeking thu dissolution of tho com
binations which, though apparently
legal, enabled certain persons to get
illegal control of commodities.
Guard Shoots
To End Fight
Prisoners at Walla AVnUn Kngugo In
Combat and (Juurtl Hhoots Iloth
In Order to Put lCnd to Scrap.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 0.
Firing when two convicts would
not stop fighting nt his command,
Frod Staff, a guard at tho state peni
tentiary, this aftornoon shot and se
riously woundod Jack Johnson, col
orod, and Jnmos Casoy, a white pris
onor. Tho men woro working in tho
juto mill nnd hocamo engaged in nu
altercation and thon wont to blows,
Cnsoy, who is more than six feet
tall and woiglis ovor -00 pounds,
soizod a big wooden spool and hit
Johnson ovor tho head. Staff saw
him anil ordered that tho fighting
ho otoppod, Neither paid any atten
tion nnd ho firod, broaking tho log of
Cnsoy abovo his knoo. 'Casoy foil to
tho floor, whoro ho writhod in agony,
while Johnson, grabbing up tho spool
ho dropped, in turn usod it for a
club, Staff again firod and Johnson
fell, shot through tho hips, hut not
fatally hurt.
FINE DEPOT IS
PLAN OF P. & E.
Will Bo Situated on East Side of
Bear Creek, Between Main and
JackSdn Streets', and Will Bo a
Handsome Edifice Will Bo Erect
ed In Near Future.
NEARLY ENTIRE RIGHT OF
WAY SECURED; SUIT STARTED
Roundhouses and Yards Will Be Lo
cated at Junction Is Probable
Site of Central Station of New
Electric Road.
Tho Pacific & Eastern Railroad
company plans to hoon start work
on tho erection of n hnndsomo depot
between Main and Jackhou streets,
just oast of Bear creek. It is prob
able thnt near, this depot will bo es
tablished tho central station of tho
new electric line.
All of tho right of way for the
rond has Hoon secured, with tho ex
ception of ono tract where (ho own
ers wero unrcnsonnblo nnd suit hns
been instituted in -tho circuit court
to condemn a right of wny through
this.
Tho cnrbarnR and roundhouses of
the company nro to bu loented at the
junction, but tho terminal of tho road
will be across Bear creek from the
now. tintntorimn.
Thu company plniiB to erect n
handsome building and it is probable
that thu central station of the elec
tric rond will bo situated on this
tract.- , ,..,,
Pnclfio & Eastern trnffio is in
creasing by leaps and bounds nnd a
better train service is promised when
thu rond is completed, in June, to
But to Falls.
MAY BUILD COLLIER AT
MARE ISLAND NAVY-YARD
VALLEJO, Cah, April 9. The
government collier Jupiter, for tho
construction of which congress ap
propriated n million dollars n year
ago, may yet bo built at tho Muro
Island nnvy-ynrd.
Todny a totlcgrnm wns received by
tho Vallojo chamber of commerce
from Congressman G. R. Knowlaud
nt Washington. It rend:
"Tho attempt to givo tho contract
to build tho collier to n privnto yard
by a paragraph in tho naval bill wns
stnekon out hy n point of order
mndo me. Tho houso voted thnt all
futuro contracts with private yards
shall he mado under an eight-hour
day. This places navy yards on
greater oqunlity with' private yards."
When tho bill appropriating tho
money to construct tho Jupiter wns
pnssod it wns stipulated that tho ves
sol was to bo built nt the Muro Island,
navy yard.
OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS FIGHT:
RESIGNATION TENDERED
GUTHRIE, Okla., April 0. Fol
lowing n clash hotween Governor C.
N. Haskell nnd Adjutnut-Gcnornl
Canton of tho Oklahoma National
Gunrd, which nearly resulted in a
personal encounter Inst night, Gou
oral Canton todny tendored 1i5h res
ignation. ITaskoll lias not announced' wheth
er ho will accopt tho resignation, bit
it is Iroliovcd that ho will.
Genornl .Canton's resignation wns
tondored nt tho advioo of frionds,
who in this wny hope to provent nny
further differences between tho chief
excutivo nnd tho commander of tho
gunrd.
Tho quarrel which resulted in Inst
night's olnsh wor ovor a polititonl
muttor, Frionds of tho govornor nnd
Gonernl Canton sopnrntod them.
HAD 16 SONS IN CIVIL WAR,
IS LIVING AT AGE OF 102
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Vn April 0.
Still living in Moundsvillo nt tho
ago of .102 is Mrs. Sarah Brandon,
who holds tho United States record
as tho mothor of tho largost numhov
of civil war soldiers, No loss than
lfl of hor boys sorvod in tho battloa
of that war, 14 on tho Union side nnd
two with tho Confederates.
T. R.To Be Chief Insurgent of All?
Jc? 27 27 S7
-Such Is Opinion In Washington
MACADAM
ROAD
TO COUNTY SEAT
County Court Orders 14-Foot Road
way of Crushed Rock, Rolled, Be
tween Medford and Jacksonville
Work Starts at Once.
Tho county court has ordered
thut & 14-foot nmcndnui road bu
constructed between Medford and
Jacksonville, and that tho work start
at onco. The foundation of .tho road
is to bo of coarse crushed rock, roll
ed and tho top dressing of finer rock
well dampened and solidly rolled.
Thoro was cousidernblo discussion
ns to tho width of tho road, Judge
Noil wishing to make it wider, but
it wns thoght that tho road would
cause too great nu oxponso,
Tho court nlso decided to build a
bridgo across Boar oreek at Phoe
nix and hnvo asked for plans and
specifications from tho Columbia
Bridgo company, which company
constructed tho Woodvillo bridgo.
Tho plans will bo considorocyat tho
May term and bids ndvortisod for
thereafter. v.
In tho muttor of a chaugo of tho
rond in Saldino crook district peti
tioned for by a nuiubor of citizons
it was found that tho portions woro
irregular nnd while tho court was
satisfied that tho road should be
ordered it could not do s,o undor
tho oiroujustanoes. As a' cohso
quouoo it will bo Juno boforo tho
rond can bo ordored. , '
Tho following plats of tracts nnd
additions woro approvod: Midway
tract, noar Talent; Hoso Park addi
tion to Modford Wost Walnut Park
addition to Modford; Palm's Second
addition to Modford; Donognn Orch
ard tract; Hall Yiow addition to
Peru Makes Up
Mind To Fight
Starts Negotiations With Franco to
Socuru Loan of $1,C32,-I()0 So War
Can Bo Wngvd on Ecuador.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 0.
That Peru is detormiucd to go to
war with Ecundor was indicated fur
ther today when tho state depart
ment hero received notification
from Charge d'Affaires Cresson at
Lima that tho Peruvian government
is negotitating for n loan of $1,65-,-400
in France.
Tho dispatches from Guayaquil
oxprcss 'egret over tho attack of
mobs of Peruvians. Tho danger of
war remains unchanged, however.
From information rocorved nt Luna
from officials along tho border, it
Jjns been established that tho Eoun
doronns hav dispatched troops for
tho boundary presumably to prevent
tho Peruvian troops now marching
toward tho lino from invading Ecua
dor in tho event that war is doclnred.
A largo forco is cuenmpod at Lorjn,
according to information from Lima.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MARTIN
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
Tho funeral of Mrs. Mamio Mar
tin, who died at tho Southern Oro
gon hospital Friday morning, will be
hold this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Tho servioos .will bo at tho South
Methodist church, cornor of Main
stroot and Oakdnlo avonuo.
Mrs. Martin wns 10 years of ago
and loaves a husband annd babo 17
mouths phi.
Medford; Summit Avonuo itoights,
Modford; Modford' Hoights addi
tion, Shields addition to Contral
Point.
HISTORY OF ROAD
TOLD IN COURT
Interesting Data Concerning Med
ford & Crater Lake Railroad
Comes Out at Hearing of Claims
of A. A. Davis and Others.
Interesting data concerning tho
organization of the Medford & Cra
ter Lnko railroad was brought out in
tho circuit court Friday ami Satur
day in tho suit brought by A. A. Da
vis against Receiver J. F. Ileddy to
compel payment of Davis' claim of
$19,400 and interest tor money
loaned the railroad during its' initial
construction. The plaintiff,' Attor
ney Holbrook Withiiigtou aud oth
ers gave testimony.
Vouchers for $10,400 woro sub
mitted by Mr. Davis, who stated that
tho money was advanced by him
whilo president of tho r rond and ox
ponded in construction work in 1005.
The claim with interost now exceeds
$23,000. Tho receiver claims that
tho money should bo regarded as
payment on tho stock hold by Davis
and not paid for, or for an assess
ment levied ' against stockholders
which, though shown by tho minutes,
was never paid.
Tho history of tho rond, as brought
out by oxaminntiou of tho witnesses,
shows that tho promoters put in but
littlo monoy and paid nothing for
thoir stook, but that after $200,000
in 6took hnd been taken by them,
$27,000 worth of stook was subr
scribed and paid for by tho people
of Medford, Tho records of tho
company show that on January 21,
1005, tho dirootors levied an assess
ment of 100 por cent, payable March
10, 1005. Thoro is no record of its
having boon paid,
A resolution was passod authoriz-
PINCHOT WILL
MELT WITH
TEDDY
MONDAY
Politicians Believe That RooevK
Will Make Declarations on His
Return to United States, WMafa
Will Place Him on Record as Um
"Greatest Insurgent of Them AM"
POINTED OUT THAT HE
IS FOE OF ALDRICHISM
Republican Party May Split If ik
Colonel Sides Against Administra
tionPoliticians Are AH Ag
Over Situation.
4-
4-
Tomorrow Colonel Roose
velt Is to meet Oittord Pin
cbor, cx-f&rc.ster, and ,at ,that
tlmo thoro will ensue ono of
tho most Interesting meetings
from a political standpoint
which has occurred In many
months. It Is unlikely how
ever that any intimation of
its result will be given to tho
world, at tho present tlmo at
least.
-f-4-
Tho meeting is ono which
was requested by Colonol
Rosevelt. Without doubt the
Balllnger controversy will be 4-
threshed out and later Col- 4
onol Roosevelt Is expected to
give his vlevB. -
WASHINGTON, Apr. 0. All Indi
cations horo today aro that -she
Theodora Roosovolt returns to the
United States June 15 ho will corns
out with statements which will cbua
him as "the biggest Insurgent o
them all."
The last doubt la the minds o
politicians aa to tho probability ot
Roosovolt plunging into tho political
battlo royal vory soon, has disap
peared, following the authoratira
statement yesterday that ho wilt dfat
cuss poltical matters at homo as soe
as ho has talked with. FoceaUe Pla
ehot and ex-Son ator Ellhu Roof. M
Ready with open mind to hear
both sides of overy controversy which
has developed In tho United State
during his absence, the ex-prostdoat
will be vUlted on Monday at Porto
Maurlzo by Qltford Plnchot, ox-chid
forestor ot tho United States
The fact that RoosoreTC wfTf moat
Plnchot Monday and has asked Root
to cross the Atlontlo for a confereaea
means that when ho arrives In, Ne
Tork ho will have at his fingers' ends
the details 0: tho political moves
mado during 1 Is absence, and that
ho will know tho whys and where
fores of tho changes that havo came
about.
"Whllo It Is believed that he will
keep out of tho Insurgent fight long
enough to foicatall charges of 111
consldorod action, It is pointed oat
that ho still has tho habit of doing
tho unexpected and a statement re-
(Continuod on Page 8.)
ing tho directors to pay $2G0,OM
cash to tho organizers for promotion
work.
Tho enso was contiuuod until after
tho Josephine county term of court,
whon more ovidenco will bo subaait
ted and' nrguraonts made. Colvig 4k
Durham roprcsont Mr. Davis and" Ju
E. Reames and Franklin T. QriltUk
of Portland tho receiver.