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Medford Mail Tribune
UNITED PKH0B ASSOCIATION
Full Leed Wire Repwt.
FIRST SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 8
The only paper (a the werl
published la a city the site ot
Medfor kavlajc a Iqated wire.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1910.
No. 23.
FRUIT MEN'S ASSOCIATION PERFECTED
SUBS
s
CRIP1NS TO CAPITAL
TOOK ARE LIBERALLY MAUL
Directors Aro Ohoson and By-Laws Drawn by Committee
Adoptod Now Association Will Prove of Great
Bonofit to Orchardiste of Valloy.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
President H. C. Washburn of Tnblo Hock.
Vice-president H. II. I'nrxons of Medford.
Secretary K. S. Miller of Central Point.
Directors C. E. Wliisler, W. A. Sumner, A. C. Allen, V. E.
Morriok, R. II. PursoiiH, Medford; 0. A. Hover, Phoenix; H. E.
Gnlo, Merlin; C. E. Selliok, 0. A. Hamilton, Grants I'nus; L. K.
Hunk, Kaglo Point; H. C. Wash burn, Tnblo Rock; C. II. Gillette,
H. H. Warren, Awhlnnd; A. 0. Handnll, Talent; K. S. Miller, Cen
tral Point.
AT what wau probably tho moat
iuiMirtuut meeting ever hold by
tni.li rtmroMtMitinir tho horticultural
and agricultural resources of the
Hoguo River valloy, tho proposed
Hoguo River Valloy Fruit & Produce
uKHoointiou waa ratified ami tho or
ganization perfected. Over half of
tho capital ntock, or $20,170, wuh
subscribed, or $1-170 tuoro than was
tiocesimry for organization. Tho
tncotinic couvencd Saturday morning
and continued throughout tho day.
A Htvp Forward.
Tho movement inaugurated at this
meeting, whoreby tho Rogue River
Fruit & Produco association was or
ganized, ia tho moHt important step
aa yet taken toward tho emancipa
tion of tho northwest from tho dom
ination of tho commission man.
Tho meeting waa nttonded by rep
resentative fruitgrowers from every
district in tho valloy, from Merlin on
tho north to tho California lino, and
nil woro cnthuNinatio in their efforts
to promulgate an organization which!
would bring nbout tho objects do-J
NEW AUTOS III!
YEAR TOTAL 100
1
Totatl Number of Machines in Med
ford Now Estimated at 350, or One
for Every 25 Inhabitants Many
Makes In Demand.
s
sired, namely, n pair and equitable
price for fruit and produco of the
same quality.
WhlMer Chairman.
Tho fruitmeu met at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning and lost no timo in
getting down to work, by tho election
of C. E. Whislor as chairman and
C. E. Scott of Phoenix secretary. The
chairman at once called for tho ro
port of tho committee, headed by K
S. Miller, which was appointed to so
licit atock. Mr. Miller reported sub
icriptioiiH aggregating 1168 shares
being less than half of tho amount
nocosBary to bo subscribed, in ordor
that tho association might bo per
fected.
Many Subscribe.
Within a fow minutes after this
announcement was made patient woro
being circulated and announcements
woro coming in rapidly from differ
cut parts of tho hull to "double my
subscription," "make initio read 100
instead of 00," and tho liko, until tho
secretary was forced to call u halt
Ono hundrod now nutos lmvo boon
shipped Into Modford so far this soa
son, according to Southorn Pacific
Agent A. B. Rosoubnum, and tho auto
season hftB only begun. Probably an
other hundrod will havo boon rocolv
ed before fall. Tho total number of
autoa In Modford Is now ostlmatod at
3B0, or ono for ovory 2G Inhabitants.
Saturday' six autos woro rocolvod
from tho various factories, making
12 for tho wook, though Dulcka and
Chalmors-Dotrolts aro tbo ruling fa
vorites, Tho Modford Dulck company roport
tho salo of 22 cars slnco tho season
oponod, all IJuIcks. Tho Valloy Auto
company roport tho salo and doltvory
of 10 cars, Ohalmors-Dotrott and Hud.
sons. Tho Snydor Motor Car com
pany roport tho salo of ton Cadillacs
and sovoral Jackson cars. Judgo Kol
ly rocolvod four additional Ovorlanda
this wook,
Among thoso wIiobo cars nrrlvod
Saturday woro J. A. Porry'B 40 horso
powor Chalmors-Dotrqlt and William
von dor Hollon's 40 horso powor Du-
. 'OT
MANY PEOPLE ARE
RUSHING TO ALASKA
FAIRBANKS, AlnBkn, April 10.0
A big shift in tho population of in
terior AlnBkn will bogin- with tho op
ening of navigation immodlntoly nf
tor tho loo on tho rivor broaks up in
tho second wook of May.
(Continued from Page 4.)
OLIVER MEETING
IS BROKEN UP
Has Been Bitterly Arraigning Elks In
Ashland and Last Night Bottle of
Ill-Smelling Fluid Is Introduced,
Breaking Up Meeting.
ASI1LAND. April 10. Tho Oliver
meeting, bold in this city tonight,
enmo to nn abrupt closo when n bot
tlo of somo ill-sraolling fluid wns in
troduced, tho odor from which drove
tho nudicuco from tho tnbornnclo.
For somo timo during tho courso of
tbo mootlngs bolng hold by Rovivnlist
Oliver, ho baa bcon scoring tho mom-
bora of tho B. P. O. E., and ia said
to havo roforrod to them ns
"Bkunks."
Tonight as ho grow bitter in his
denunciation tho bottlo waa intro
duced.
"I smell nnothor Elk," said Oliver,
when tho scent first roaohod him.
About this timo tho nudionco bognn
to rush for tbo doors, holding thoir
noBos.
Lator n bottlo wns found outsido
tho building which had contained tho
fluid. This is tbo lnat of Olivor'a
moottinga horo, us ho goos to Med
ford to bogin n four wooka' campaign
Monday.
HOME PHONE COMPANY
HAS RECEIVER NAMED
TACOMA, Wash., April 10. Tho
Homo Tolophono company of Pugot
Sound, owning the automatic tolo
phono systoniB of Taoomii and Bol
liughnm, nnd tho Nortltwostorn Long
Distnnco Tolophono company, oper
ating nil tho nutomntio long-distnuco
tolophono linos in tho iiorthwost, woro
both forcod into tho hands of n ro-
celvor yesterday by a Butt brought
by tho Homo Tolophono company of
Portland.
364 CARLOADS
OF CEMENT FOR
STREET PAVING
Partners Fall
Out Over "Who
Shall Be King?
99
Big Pines Lumber Company Has
Contracted With Clark-Henery
Company for Delivery of 40,000
Barrels of Cement for Street Pav
Ing.
PAVING COMPANY WILL
FAVOR LOCAL FIRMS
Sixteen Thousand Additional Barrels
Will Bo Needed In Medford for
Other Work Durlntj the Year-
Much Building in Sight.
Tho IJIg Pines Lumber company has
contracted with tho Clerk-Hcncry
company, pavlnc contractors, for tho
dollvory of 40,000 barrels of stand
ard Portland cement for tho uso of
tho Clark-Honory peoplo In the fill
Ins of thoir contract with the city.
This ordor alono will fill approxl
mate!- 364 cars.
Contrary to tho usual procedure
of largo contracting firms In cltlea
of Medford'a size, tho Clark-Honory
company aro inclined to give tho local
dealers In supplies they may need tho
benefit o ftho trado. Tho comont,
lumber, etc.. needed in their work
has been ordered through local deal
ers whorovor possible
This ono cement ordor, however,
does not comnrlro all tho cement
which will bo used this year. Orders
now filed with and'' to como to tho
Dig Pines company will aggregate
16,000 barrels more within tho next
eight months.
When ono stops vto figure tho brick,
lumber, hardwaro nnd labor neces
sary to uso up this amount of cement,
and tho fact that theso figures aro
from ono firm only, It Is a caso of
gtvo up tho job of computing tbo
building In storo for 1910.
MOORE BUILDING LARGE
HOTEL IN ONTARIO
ONTARIO, April 10. Work has
been started on a five-story nnd
basement hotel opposite tho postof-
fico on tho lots recently purohnsed
by T. H. Mooro.
Mr. Mooro, who is erecting tho now
hotol, ronlizcd that Ontario had out
grown tho prosont hotel facilities and
purchased tho sito. Soon as ho got
tho deeds ho let tho contract for tho
oxcavation of tho basement.
All tbo plans and snooificntions
invo' boon drawn nnd thoy call for a
thoroughly modern building and
equipment.
Tho building eito is 125 foot on
Main strcot with a depth of 120 foot,
ami tbo first unit of tho hotol will
00-foot frontngo by 115 foot
opth, five stories high and 00-foot
frontngo by 75-foot dopth, ono story
ugh.
Tho front of tho building will bo
of pressed brick nnd nil tho wnlls
ill bo of bnok.
Thoro' will'bo nn olectrio olovntor
nnd n private water system in tho
lotol.
Tronitnn & Guthrie Agree on Every
Particular Until QucrtJon as to
Who Khali lie Apple Klug Arises.
There are now two official Apple
Kings of America. ' aJoth nro: resi
dents of the Rogue River valley, and
so it is needless to become alarmed.
II. B. Tronson is Rex I nnd E. F.
Guthrie Rex II, or visa versa as
you will. And thereby hange a tale.
When Tronson & Guthrie, who un
til lately were joint owners of the
now world-famous Eagle Point tract
of land, recently decided to. dissolve
their partnership, no difficulties were
experienced at all, as far as the
property was concerned. An ami
cable understanding was reached on
all matters and a lawyer summoned
to draw an agreement. It was then
that Mr. Guthrie bethought himself
of tho title, "Apple Kings of Ameri
ca," which was won by their fruifc
last November in Spokane.
"Who ib to bo tho apple king 7" he
demanded of Tronson.
"I am," wns tho instant reply.
"And whnt am If" parried Guthrio.
"Ob, you can be queen."
"Not much that might prove em
barrassing," was Outline's flat re
fusal. Jk
Whereupon Tronsb proposed in
turn that Guthrio be prime minister,
secretary of state, crown prince
anything but king. But his sugges
tions fell on deaf cars.
By this time thoy reached tho law
yer's office.
"Why," said that worthy, "it is a
very simplo matter. You can both
bo king."
Thi3 was satisfactory nnd was in
corporated in tho agreement.
And so Roguo River volley boasts
of two apple kings of Amoricn.
UPRISING MAY
BE WORSE
THAN
THAT OF 190
China Situation Grows Serious-
American Gunboat Ordered to the
Scene London News Says What
Is Happening in Chang Sha Is
Symptom of What !s to Come.
NO FATALITIES AS YET
REPORTED FR071 MISSION
British Warships at Scene of Trou
ble, But Have Taken No Action
Mob Is Still Destroying Much
Property.
PRO
F. SMITH TO
00 TO ALBANY
Report From Willamette Valley Town
to Effect Local Instructor Is to
Accept Position In Schools of That
City for Coming Year.
ALDANY, Or., Apjrll 16. -It ia re
ported hero that the school board of
this city has engaged the services of
Professor U. O. Smith, superintend
ent of tho Medford public schools, for
tho coming year.
Professor Smith Is said to be an
instructor of unusual ability.
It was impossible to got in touch
with Professor Smith last night, and
secure an confirmation of tho fore
going dispatch, Thcro has been no
Intimation horo that ho intended to
loavo.
A morchnnt must tunko his adver
tising "as good as his store" so
that whou someone judges his store
solely by its advertising ho will not
bo doinc it an injustice.
LONDON, April 16. Tho newspa
pers here take an alarming view of
tho anti-foreign uprising In China.
They express the fear today that the
uprising will be worse than the Box
er disturbance of 1900.
The opinions are based on govern
ment advices, Indicating widespread
Increasing hostility on the part of, the
Chinese toward foreigners.
The News today declares tho trou
ble Is due to a "recrudescence of the
national movement against foreign
ers who generally and often Justly
aro regarded as mere concession
hunters.
"The anti-foreign movement Is no
longer In tbo hands of fanatics," the
News continues, "but Is directed by
a new generation ot student Chinese,
Tho authorities are constantly encour
aging the movement."
Only a Symptom.
"What is happening In Chang Sha
Is only a symptom of what is boiling
hi tho people's blood throughout tho
Chinese empire."
Government circles are likewise
tak a pessimistic view of tho upris
ing and fear that tho uprising may
grow to alarming proportions.
Tho Wcsleyan missionary society
hero today has been notified thqt the
threatened missionaries have fled to
Hangow for safety.
No fatuities have yet been report
ed, but Chang Sha Is In the bands ot
the mob. Thet' destruction of the
Wcsleyan Methodist China Inland
mission and tho Norwegian mission
havo been confirmed in dispatches
reaching hero today.
MISSISSIPPI'S CAPITAL CITY
BADLY WRECKED BY TORNADO
Feared That Many Lives Were Lost Wire Communica
tion Cut Off Storm Does Damage Over Five States
Railroad Traffic Completely Demoralized.
Gunboats Arrive.
PEKIN, April 16. Ono of tho Brlt-
Is hgunboats arrived at Chang Sha
today, but owing to the number of
rioters In tho city did not attompt to
dock. It is anchored In midstream,
whero It Is waiting for tho three other
gunboats now on their way up the
river.
Cleveland to Scene.
AMOY, China, April 1C Under or
ders from Washington, tho American
cruiser Cloveland started today for
Hankow to aid In suppressing the
autl-forolgn outbreak. Tho Cloveland
will tako an active part only It It be
comes necossary.
Text of the Medford Federal Building Bill
fcr '
In tho IIouso of Ropresoutntivos on April 8, Congressman Hawloy introduced tho following
bill, which was referred to tho committee on public buildings and grounds:
A Bill for tho erection of a public building at the city of Modford, in tho Stnto of Oregon,
and appropriating moneys therefor.
Bo it onnotod by tho sonnto nnd house of ropresoutntivos of tho United States of Amoricn,
in congress nssomblod, That tho socrotnry of tho tronsury bo, and ho is horeby authorized and diroot
od to acquiro for tho Unitod Statos, in tho city of Medford, in'tho stale of Oregon, in such manner
ns to him shall soom host, n suitable sito, nnd onuso to bo orocted thereon, according to plans and
spaoifiontidtis to bo npproved by him, n substantial building, with good modern improvements and
oonvonionoos, for tho postof fico, forostry tservico, United States distriot court, weather bureau, nnd
othor government ubos, at n totnl cost of npt moro than ono hundred nnd twenty-fivo thousand dol
lars, said building to bo distant at least forty foet in ovory direction from any othor' structure.
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 16.
Several deaths are reported as a re
sult of a second heavy storm which
swept Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan
sas and Tennessco today. Tho storm
followed one which occurred late yes
terday and did considerable damage.
The damage by tho second storm
brings tho loss up to an appalling
total, according to reports slowly
coming in.
Communication with Jackson, Miss.,
was restored at noon today, follow
ing the isolation of the city since
last night when It was reported struck
by a" tornado. It Is stated that heavy
property damage was done in Jack
son, but none ere reported killed
there.
As yet only threo deaths havo been
reported, but It is believed that oth
ers bave lost their lives.
Fishermen Missing.
A number of parties ot fishermen
along the Louisiana coast are miss
ing and it is ferred that toey may
have perished.
More than a hundred miles of wire
are down In the Jackson region and
It la feared that the storm whlcn
struck has played havoc not only In
of the storm. Houses were unrooted
and somo were lifted from their foun
dations. The storm, which was at first. a.
violent gale, developed later iato a
driving rain, which added to tho,
heavy damage wrought by the wind's."
In some' regions five Inches of water
fell. Streams today are out of their
banks. Livestock lias been killed and
the farms and plantations' are heavy
sufferers.
Swept Five States.
The first storm did the most dam
age In Mississippi, Tennessee, eastern
Arkansas and Kentucky. The second
storm covered a wider area, sweep
ing through Louisiana as well. The
second storm was preceded by a brisk
wind which rose to a gale and fur
ther damage to house's and to tele
phone and telegraph wires resulted.
Before the storm broke reports of
alarming conditions In the storra-
swept regions caused grave apprehen
sion. It was feared that a number ot
persons bave been Injured in falling
buildings. Efforts ate being mads to
restore communication. It Is report
ed that the city may be cut oft from
the outside world for several hours
yet. No effort at organizing rellet
the city itself, but in the surrounding untu moro definite newa of the da-
community. The first storm, whlcn
swept tho states, affected late last
night, did heavy damage.
Railroads have been washed out,
telephono and telegraph wires are
down, plantations wrecked and many
of tho smaller towns and cities heav
ily damaged.
Honses Unroofed.
Coma, Marlgol and Johnstown,
age has been received.
Reports received tonight show one
person killed a- Columbia, Misa.
A negress waa crushed to death in
the wreckage of a building at Jones
town, Miss.
J. V. Brandon and his wife were
fatally injured In their homo near
Scottsboro, Miss., and their little
daughter killed. Their home waa
Miss., were struck by the full force strucy by lightning.
NOT SORRY LAST
YEAR, SORRY
Supervisor Anderson of Siskiyou Na
tlonal Forest Says Gardner Set
Fire to Forests and Made Much
Trouble for Foresters.
PORTLAND, Or., April 16. Trav
eling 127 miles on foot from his
wooded homestead in Curry county,
in tno southwestern corner oi ur-
egou, to Grants Pass, whero he took
a train, Edward G. Gardner has nr
rived hero and surrendered in tho
Unitod Statos court to answer tho
charge of having wilfully set u for
est firo Inst your that destroyed a
arge part of the Siskiyou national
forest reservo.
Racccd and footsoro, his face
gaunt, wrinkled and brown from ex
posuro to tho weather, Gardner up
nearod in court and pleaded not
guilty.
M. J. Audorsou, suporvisor of tho
Siskiyou forest, was in Modford Sat
urday and whou shown tho above
dispatch, said: "I am sorry now for
tho man, but I wouldn't have boon
nearly so sorry when I wns in that
section last season, when forest fires
woro boinp; started in ovory direc
tion. Gardnor, whoso name, by tho
way, is Ernstus, instond of Edward,
confessed to two of my rangers that
ho had sot firo to tho Siskiyou for
est, and it was upon thoso affidavits
that ho was indicted by tho Unitod
Statos grand jury in March. Tuoro'
ins beon a continual contest botweon
tho forest officials and tho old rosi-
cnts of that section, the former
triving to onforco tho government
regulations nnd tho lattor fighting
against what they considered tho
REPORT ALDRICH
00N TO RESIGN
Senator Will Neither Deny or Affirm
ReportFriends Say He WIH
Probably Voluntarily Resign In
1911, Unless Fight Starts.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 10.
Close friends of Sonator Nelson W.
Aldrich today declare that his healtii
is excellent, but that he will prob
ably voluntarily resign from the sen
ate at the closo of his term in 1011,
unless a fight is made, against him.
If a fight is started Senator Aid-
rich will bring all his resourcos into
the fight to retain his seat. Ho will
assumo the belligoront attitude, it ia
declared, if peoplo in his own state
start a fight to oust him, or if the
fight against him in congress continues.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 10.
Sonator Nelson W. Aldrich today
flatly refused to discuss a rumor
originating iu Washington that he in
tends to rotiro from tho souate at the
ond of his prosont term, which ex
pires in 1011.
Tho Washington roport intimated
thnt Aldrioh's health has been un
dermined by closo application ta his
work and tho heavy study since he
booame a member of tho monetary
commission.
rights accruing to them by long ros
idenco and adverse possession, Tbe
fact that Mr. Gardner mndo tlu long
trip indicated iu the dispatch you
invo shown me ereatos tho impres
sion in my mind that tho people of
that portion of Curry county have
becomo moro convinced of tho wis
dom of tho government's conserva
tion of the forests in Westorn Ore
gon."