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1 THIfl WKATIIKIL Medford Mail Tribune UN1TKD VllKm ASSOCIATION FhII (Leased Wire Report. Tonight Mini Friday Condi tloim fnvornblu for front to. night, Cull control nftor 7 p, in, No (liuniiuo Inst night. The only paper In the world published In a city the tlse e Medford having a lqawd wire. MFriEYEATI. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1910. No. 21. MANY NOTABLES VISIT LAKE Will Q. Steel Arrives From Portland With News That Many Notables Arc to Pay a Visit to Crater Lake List Includes Balllnycr,, Wicker sham, Plncliot, Graves and Hill. ROOSEVELT MAY ALSO VIEW LAKE'S GLORIES Chief Forester Will Be First Visitor of Note and Will Arrive Next Month Much Interest Displayed In Washington. Will 0. Steel nrrlved In Medford Thursday on IiIh wny to Critter Lnko nnd brliiK'H tho good news thru Jninos J. Iltll, tho onr -o builder, nnd Loul W. Hill, preald-rt of tho Great North cm railroad, nnd Samuel Hill, pro! dent of tho Notional Good Road ns noclntlon, linvo nil nccoptcd Invltn iIoiih to visit Crater take this coming nn miner. In addition to thcao rnll rond men, Sejcrotnry of the Interior It. A. linlllngcr. Attorney Goncrnl Wlckornhnm, former Chlof Forester Glfford Plncliot nnd prcaent Forester II. M. Graven hnvo nil nccopted Invl tntlotii to visit Medford and tho lake An Invitation has been extended to Theodore Itooiiovolt, nnd Mr. Plnchj hoped to brine him wont from Kansas City conservation congrcii. fJmven Hero Soon. Chief ForeHtor Graves will bo tho flrat vUltor of note. Ho will arrlvo next month and, although It will bo n little enrly for tho Crntor Lnko sen son, tho Commercial club, whoio In vitation both I o and Secretary Bnl linger accepted, will ondenvor to seo that thoy nrrlvo nt tho lnko. "I found when In Wnshlnnton,' Btnted Mr. Stool, "that thoro wns n stroong sentiment ngalnBt doing nny thing for Crntor Lnko becauno of tho decision of tho cupromo court holding tho rond a local affnlr. Evorywhoro among tho government officials wns nnkod: 'la tho Yosomlto n locnl affair; 1b tho Yollowstono n locnl af fair; how can Crntor Lnko bo a locnl affnlr?' "Tho only thing that, won tho dny nnd sccurod tho forestry-' npproprla tlon for a road In tho rosorvo was tho nssuranco glvoL. by tho Medford Com- morclal club that Its mombora would build tho highway. All nt Lecture. "After making a thorough canvass among tho offl ctnls I naked them all as a personal fa'or to nttond n lecture 1 gnvo In ono of tho churches. This gavo mo nn hour nnd n half to talk Crater Lnko nnd show my UluBtrntod views. I grilled tho supromo court for Its doclslon ngnlnst tho highway and brought out tho fact na n climax that tho rond would bo built nnywny, and thnt tho Medford spirit would build It. Tho nnnouncomont wns ro- colvod with cheers, "Wo expect n hoavy sonBon at tho park this ypar. Crntor Lnko Is be coming bottor known than over, and If It can bo mado accesslblo there Is no limit to tho number of tourists who will annually visit It. As soon as tho roads aro opon wo will rosumo construction work and expect to have the Inn on tho edge of tho lako rondy for ubo as gooi: us travel opens." Mr. Stool loft this nftornoon for Klamath Fi.lls. DAUGHTER AIDS MAN TO KILL FATHER UNWITTINGLY ROSWELL, N. M., April 14. W. 13. Arnold, who shot nnd killed A. S. Luokio with fi rovolvur hnndod him by Luolcio'fl 12-yonr-old dnughtor, is out on bnil todny, following Ms nr roHt for tho shooting. Tlio men qunr roliod nt Turkoy rnnoli, mmr lioro. Both rushoil to tho rnncli house for thoir rovolvors. Arnold enllod to TillnlrtAa .Innrrlif At tn linti.l Titm Uln wonpon nnd alio gnvo liim tho rovol vor bbforo hor fnthor could shout n warning to hor, Arnold turned and fired at Luokio, killing him instantly, Barrill Hurls Lie At Party Mim Who .Mnl Affidavit Thnt Cook Did Not Scale Mt. McKJnlcy Says Nelllier Did Lloyd I'nrty, IIUTTU, Mont., April H. Kdwnrd Hnrrlll, who accompanied Dr. Fred erlck A, Cook on !Ih Mount McKIn ley expedition, and who recently sign ed nn nffldnvl. In which ho declared that Cook nover reached the sum mit, said tcdny that, In his opinion, tho Lloyd party did not ncnlo Mount McKlnley, ns lu claimed. llarrldl snld that ho bollevcs that It would be ItnpOBBlble to' reach tho top of the mountain, nnd especially nt this period of the year, on account of tho snow and ice. Tho Fairbanks expedition, which has J utt returned, claims that no trace of Cook's camps were found on the' mountain or In tho vicinity. Ilnrrill ansorts that this report in dicates thnt tho expedition was un successful, as Cook established sev eral camps on the mountain on 'tho direct route to the top. Ancient City Is Unearthed ItiittiN Foiuul Which Date IUick to 11100 II. C. lAK-ntlon Secret So Work Mny Ilv Unhampered. 1JBHLIN, April 14. Tho ruins of n pro-historic city .belonging t,o a period dating back to 1000 D. C7, has been unearthed by archaeologists of tho I'olsdam tnu.oi.m. Hy theso discoveries and others made olscw!toro In tho Ilerlln district It is hoped the scientists will bo nblo to show that this is tho homo of tho scientists will bo nblo to show that this Is tho !oxo of tho Somnones, tho earliest forerunners of tho Gor man race. Tho exnet location of tho discoveries nre kept secret In order thnt tho work of unearthing thorn may be unhampered. Medford Gives toY.M.C.A.Work Akslstnnt Statu Secretary Snyc This City Is Largest Contributor to Work of Any Town la Stntc. "Medford contributes moro to tho V. M. C. A. movement in Oregon than nny other city in tho state, outsido of Portland, and bents thnt city por capita," states Assistant Stnto Soo rotary Smith of tho Y. M. C. A., who had been m Medford tho past fow days attending to matters conncc lion wiiu tno nssoointiou. "It is n pity thnt Medford bns not a 1 . M. C. A. cstsnblishcd in tho city nnd I liopo to eco ono ostablisliotl hero in tho near future. Tho city (loos moro in tho wny of contnbu tions than nny other in tho stnto, nnd could certainly bo relied upon to build up a largo membership lo cally." NO WHISKERS FOR MALE TEACHERS IN CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 14. School tcnchoie Lavo rocelvod a quiot tip that tho state board of health is about to lamio nn odlct thnt nil malo teachers must cut off thoir mustacho nnd whlsltori. It Is undentcod that tho complaint ngalnBt hirsute adornments Is that thoy aro llkolr to catch germs and thus sproad dlsenso, Universities Play Ball. SEATTLE, Wash., April 14. Tho Untvorslty of Washington bnsobal! nlno will nu.lco Its first nppoarnnco In nn Intor-collochito gnmo this nftor noon on tho Uaiorslty campus ngnlnst tho Unlvorstty-uf Oregon squad, This will bo Oroon's fifth gnmo in tho chnso for the pom nnt, and thoy hayo stowed away four preceding, taking two from Idaho and two from Whit man, i 10 CENT CUT GRADING BID Clark-Hcnery Construction Company Lower Their Bid on Excavation for Pavlny From 65 Cents a Cubic Yard to 55 Cents Saving Will Be In NcJohborhood of $15,000, RAILROAD FAILS TO GIVE LOWER RATE ON CEMENT Work Will Soon Start Construction Company Experiences Delay in the Arrival of Their Machinery for Grading. Tho Clnrke-llcncry Construction company of Sacramento, who hnv tho contract for paving the various streets of the city, hnvo reduced their bid for exenvution 10 cents n cubic ynrd, or from C.r to 55 cents Tho saving to property owners will bo in tho neighborhood of $15,000 Mnyor Cnnon bns returned from Portland, whero bo went in nn en denvor to secure n lower rate on cc mcnt, but in which be failed. It wns thought thnt another $10,000 could be snved in this manner. The contract with tho Clnrkc-llcn cry Construction company bns been signed nnd everything is in rendiness for tho work to stnrt. However, the grading machinery bns been dclnycd It is behoved work will stnrt nex wock. itio contract with tho compnny calls for tho following items: Lxcnvntion, per cubic ynrd, 55 conts n foot; curb, 40 cents a foot combination curb nnd gutter, (14 conts a foot; gutter only, 10 J cents a squaro foot; pavement, five- inch bnsc, ono-inch binder, two-inch wonnng surfnee, $l.fl n snunro ynrd; pavement, four-inch bnso, ono nnd ono-hnlf inch hinder and one and ouo-hnlf inch wearing surface, per squaro yard, $1.52; six-inch cnstiron pipe, lnid, $1 a foot; six-inch vitri fied sower pipo, 50 cents n foot eight-inch cnstiron pipe, por foot ifi.u'o: cignt-uich vitruicd sowor pipe, per foot, 05 conts; cntchbnsins $21; monument cases, $2; meter boxes, $3.75. Work must bo stnrtcd beforo Mny 10, 1010. The contractor is requir ed to furnish a $100,000 bond. GYPSIES MAY HAVE GIRL WHO WAS KIDNAPED LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 14. Acting on tho possibility thnt n 10 year-old white child roportod to hnvo been seen witli a band of gypsies who woro camping in tho Arroyo Seco, near Los Angoles, mny .bo Alma Roll nor, who wns kidnnped in Louisvillo thrco months ngo, tho polico todny aro making ovory effort to find tho child. Tho gypsies enmo hero from Co- vinn. While thoro ono of thoir num- bor stated thnt thoy had coino from tho Ohio rivor district. Tito child wns scon in thoir camp, but tho wnn dorors refused to nnswor questions concerning hor. SPOKANE WANTS COMMISSION FORM CITY GOVERNMENT SPOKANE, Wash., April 14. Oust tho city council nnd glvo Spokano a commission form of government; ro vlso tho city chnrtor to provido for tho nocossary change nnd call an oloctlon at onco. Such Is tho object of numorous pe titions bolng cUculntod throughout tho city today, end which aro expect- od to bo clgnod by onough qualified votors to foroa tho city council to call tho spoclal election nekod for In the potltlon, thirty days honce. MAY YET BRING LEADING AUTO DRIVERS TOGETHER LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 14. Promoters of tho Playa Dol Roy mo tor rncos hnvo not glvon up hopo of bringing narnoy Oldtlold nnd Ralph Do Palma togcthor In a speed trial, nnd today no&otlatlons aro ponding that may result In a throo-cornerod contest betwoon the two great drivers and All Livingstone, A Glimpse of the Enumerators at Work j& jg? j& jg? j& Will Start Counting Noses Tomorrow PUMICE HILL IS' TO GO FIRST At n mooting of tho Crater Lnko highway commission of tho Com moroinl club Thursday morning En ginoors Herring and Hcidol told of thoir trip into tho forest resorvo and brought forth tho fact that it was practically impossible to make n suv voy of tho road beyond Union creek at tho present time, on account of tho snow. Tho commission decided, nftor con sultation with tho cugmoors, that tho first stretch of road to bo con struotcd would bo that lying botwecn Flounce- Rook bridge and Prospect, work boginning at the rrospoct oud 11ns section calls for tho heaviest coonstruction work of any portion of tho .roiito and will removo tho greatest obstaolo nt prosont, tho Fiounco ook grade. The following committees wero ap pointed: Engineering committco to work with tho government engineors and to contrnot for tho building of tno Highway, J. D. Heard, J. A. Wes torlund and E. D. Wntormnn; audit ing oommittoo, W. I. Vawtor. Georco A. Davis and G. Putnam; oommittoo on collodions and to mnko purohnsos, Dr. c. It. Raj', Dr. J. M. Keeno nnd J. M. Root. It wns dooidod to begin tho survov of thnt soction of tho highway, for ...l.S.I. i . ... I . "I ien eouirnoi8 win no asked at onco, so that contractors onn figuro on building tho rond in tho forost rosorvo and thnt portion to bo built by contributions, in ono contrnot. Mrs. W, A. Sumnor nnd Miss Sutnnor, wifo and dnughtor of W. A. Sumnor of Modoo orcbnrd, arrived Thursday to make thoir home in Modford. Jeff Is Ten To Six Favorite netting Commissions In San Francis co However, Look for Better Odds When Ulnck IJcgins Training. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. April 14. Jeffries is n 10 to G favorite hi the betting on tho Emeryville fight, schedulod for July 4, according to tho hotting commissioners in Snn Francisco. Thoro is littlo hotting on tho out come of tho big go thus fnr, accord ing to local sportsmon. Dotting Commissioner Tom Cor bott, who is well vorsed in such mnt- tors, said today that (hero will bo no raonoy action until Johnson gots busy and shows an inclination to do something more than talk nbout what training ho is going to do. Tho fans intimate that thoro may bo n sudden switch in tho presont odds when Johnson makes his ap pearance on tho Pacific coast and settles down to grinding nt tho Seal Rock inn. JOHNSON NOT COMING WEST AT THE PRESENT SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. Tho Jack of Hearts (alias for Jack Glea- sou) la on his way homoward and is duo horo noxt Saturday on tho Ovor- Innd Limited. Tho Jnulc of Spados (Mlstah Johnslng) will not bo with him. Whon Qloansou startod on his homoward Jom-uoy ho vns told to bring Johnson with him or not to re turn , Gloason evldontly failed to carry out hta Instructions from tho local end ol tLn firm of Riekard nnd Gloason, for tho big black Is not on tho train, acceding to roports from the firm's headquarters, hero. HEAVY FLOODS DAMAGE ROADS Engineers W. E. Herring of tho forestry buroau nnd B. F. Holdol of tho federal cood roads section re turned Wodnosday from a trip Into tho Crater national forest, whero thoy went over tho proposed route of the Crater Lako hlghwny ns far os tho snow lino would permit thoni. Thoy decided that tho money that tho gov ernment will expend this year will bo put in on tho road east of Union creek. They found that the heavy floods of last winter had done considerable damage to the roads. Tho nowly built road between Trail and Fiounco Rock has been vashed so badly that It la Impassnblo for an automobile, High water marks loft by tho flood shows that tho wator woro higher last wlntor than ever befor, Tho bridge built across Union creek last year was carried out by tho flood. It rarely happens that the waters of Union crook overflow tho banks, but It happened last winter. Snow Is practically oft tho ground except In tho occasional drifts through tho forests up to Union creek. Thero the snow lino begins and thoro aro drifts of four and flvo foot deep across tho road a mllo or two from tho creek, Tho further toward tho lake tho doopor tho snow and tho uppor road brldco Is altogether Im passable ovon on horseback at the presont tlrao. T. O. Eriokson and Arthur Brown aro in tho wilds of tho Applegnto soction. Tho former, who is nn ex pert nnglor, following thnt avoon tion, whilo Arthur seeks inspiration for the pootionl effusions which hnvo come from his pen nt different times since ho bus bovn a Medford resident. BE READY. WITH ns FOR THE CENSUS TAKERS ' Tomorrow Uncle Sam Will Start In to Determine How Many He Has In His Family and Whether Ttoy Are Out of Work or Not De Hoi Let the Census Man Alarm Ysu. THE QUESTIONS ASKED. What i3 your house num ber? What is your name? What are the names of the 4- : members of your family? What is their relation you? Male or female? Red, black, brown to or white? What is your ago? Are yon single, married, widowed or divorced? How long married, if at all? How many children have you? Whero were you, your fath er and your mother born? How long have yon lived In Medford? Are yon naturalized? Can yon speak English; if not, what language do yon speak? What is your occupation? Aro you employed or an employer? Were you out of work on April 15? How long out of work in 1909? Can you read, write, spell and cipher? Are you a property owner or do you rent your home? Is there a lien on your property? Aro you a survivor of the Union or Confederate army or navy? Are you blind ono or both eyes? Aro you deaf or dumb? 4- : Aro you ready for tho census? nave you read tho almanac? Have you studied your ancestors For a dozen cycles back? Have you counted up your freckles For you know you'll have to tell Tomorrow when tho census men bo gin. Have you added up your children? Have you figured np your cash? Did you ovor find a button In n dish of corned beef hash? Are you deaf or blind or ugly? Do you too out or too in? All of this you'll hnvo to answor Tomorrow whon tho consus mon be gin. Do you lisp or squint or stammer? Ever have tho whooping cough? Are you handy with tho hammoy? Ever fnll nnd break your shin? Do you swenr, you'll have to tell It, Tomorrow when tho census men be gin. Ever wear a porous plaster? Was it hard to get it looso? Are you fond of pickled onions? Do yon smoke, or chew, or swear? Hnvo you any corns or bunions? What's, the size of shoes you wear? Oh, you might as well look pleasant, If your hat is dented in. For you must confess tomorrow When tho census men begin. i Thoro is no cnuso for alarm. Tho citizons need not worry whea an onorgotio man with u shining bndgo, "Unitod Statos Consus, 1010," and armed with nn expoatnnt pencil, appears at your door or hurries inte your offico to ply you with tho abova disconcerting questions, between Ap ril 15 and May 1, Tho ceneu man. after tomorrow, will be busy every where This is the ediot of President WM- (ContiaHtd a Paf 8.)