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WEDlORD, ORKOON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1910.
No. 28.
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NEW MARKS SET IN PRICES
$2375 AN ACRE IS PAID FOR BEARING
ORCHARD; $428 FOR UNPLANTED LAND
SALES THIS WEEK
T0TAL1500.000
local Real Estate Market Is Brisk-
Many Sates Arc Reported by Lo
cat Dealers Good Buys Are Made
Over the Valley.
During tho punt three- or (our days
alo Mof orchard land In the linino
dlnto vicinity of Medford total nearly
$(00,000. Only ono of tho Balua
that of tho Cox place ran ovor
$100,000, tho othorx being aniall
tract. Ileal en'.ato dealer pronounco
tho innrlcot mortt brisk nnd buyers
plentiful. A brief nummary of tho
inoro Important iralea follows:
Cox, $120,000; Ilurrolt tract, $15.
000; lJurroll tract, I57.G00; Ilurrell
tract, $17,500; Iturroll tract, $28,
600; Tucker ranch on Iloguo rlvor,
$25,000; Gold HanRO tract, $16,000;
Wnttcrinan, $30,000; Tract M, Snowy
Ilutte, $CG00; Tract N, 8nowy llutto,
$0750; Tract J, Snowy llutto, $5000;
portion Hamilton tract., $6000; Smith
place on Antolopo, $25,000; Leaver
tract, $1C,000; Bymcox tract, $22,
000. '
Wutteriiinii Place Bold.
B. 1). Wnttormnn haa sold hla placo
on tho north itlopo of the rUo on
which tlio famouii Hoar creek orchnrd
in looatod for $30,000 to Gerald 8ooy
Binllh of Chicago. Tho tract constat
of 19 ncre of what has boon pro
nounced by expottR ono of tho bet,
if not tho host, orchard tract In tho
valley, and Is a splendid buy at tho
prlco paid, or $1C75 nn aero. Claude
(Continued on Pnco 8.)
IS BOSS; THREAT
General Drayton Says Man of Aid
rich Stamp Will Be Sent to Senate
From Rhode Island Says Aldrlch
Does Not Have to Quit His Job.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 22.
Tho noxt sonntor from Rhodo Island
will bo n man of tho Aldrich stamp.
That is tho inforonco that is being
drawn here today from a statement
mndo by Gonornl Urnyton, tho "blind
boss" of tho Republican nmchino.
Gonornl Rrnyton doolnrod Aldrich is
retiring becnuso ho wants (o, and not
bocauso ho has to, and that tho re
tiring sonntor will tnko an notivo
intorcst of tho euocossor.
Gonornl Drayton doolnrod if a
man not of tho Aldrich typo woro
bo nt to tho Bonnto it would appoar
ao though Aldrich hud boon forced
to quit.
Aldriah had notifiod him, ho said,
that ho took tho liveliest intorost in
tho mnttor of his successor nnd Hint
ho would continuo this intorost until
tho now sonntor is soloctod.
Tho stntomont has arousod con
siderable intoroHt Iioro in political
circlos. It has Blronglhonod tho bo
Hof that Aldrich and Brnyton huvo
nlrondy disoussod tho mattor at
longth and that tho two men hnvo
prnotianlly ogrood not only ns,to tho
"kind of man," but dofinitoly as to
who tho man will bo.
Tho want ads that grow out of
"tho prosauro of ovonts" In dally
llfo aro UBiiBlly rooognltable, and us
ually protty Important as opportun
ity duos.
SECOND
ALDRICH
12 ACRES PEARS
SELL F0H28.500
All Prices for Orchard Land Hopped
by Sale ofTract In Burrcll Or
chardConsists of Bearing Pears
and Is Splendid Block of Orchard.,
The highest price for orchard laud'
ovor paid in the northwest wns paid
during tho pnM week when C. II.
Hurklmrl of I'ltilndelpliin, Pn., pur
chased 12 ncrca of bearing orchnrd,
planted to pears, a portion of tho
famous Burrcll orchards, southwest
of tho city. Air. Iturkhnrt paid
$28,500, or $2375 an ncre.
This block of pears was ono of
tho best rovenuo-producerb in tho
Ilurrell tract, and from its history
is known to bo worth tho inonny
paid. For nine years it JiaH nvcrng
cd n profit of $500 per acre. In ad
dition to tho orchnrd, Mr. Iliirckhnrt
secured nn ncre or two on a nearby
knoll, whoro ho will erect a hand-
Homo bungalow and make his home.
Tho closest approach to this price
was mndo last fall, when n traot
noar Central Point sold for $1800
an aero. This wns the record north
west prico until a short timo pgo,
when $2000 nil ncre wiih paid tor
bearing orchard in tho Hood Rivor
district.
Mr. Iturkhnrt is exceptionally well
plonscd with his purchase mid haw
ronson to be, for ho secured a bear
ing orchnrd which, in view of its
rocord in thu past, will pay big
monoy on tho investment.
All Foreigners in Outlying Districts
Ordered to Return to Cities Chi
nese Rioters Slaughter Larflo
Number of Convicts.
WASHINGTON, D, C. April 22.
Tho situation nt Chang Sha In omin
ous today, according to reports from
Minister Calhoun and Amorlcnn Con
sul nnugh nt Hankow.
Mlulstor Calhoun has roportod to
tho stato dopartmont that thoro Is no
Improvoiuont In tho situation In tho
Hunan provlnco and It Is fearod that
tho troublo will spread. Ho has nd
vliiod Amorlcans In tho outlying dis
tricts to return to tho city.
Ilnugh reports that furthor dis
turbances hnvo brokon. out. His mes
sages confirm roports recolvod from
otlior Bourcos.
Many Slaughtered.
PEKIN, China, April 22. Itofu
goos from Hankow who nrrlvod horo
today from Chang Sim, whoro tho
methodlst mission was burnod by an
Infurlntod mob of Chlnoso, who thon
nttomptod to kill toh missionaries,
say (hat conditions nt Chang Sha
woro sorlous whon thoy loft Wednes
day. Following tho destruction of tho
mission mobs bogan to wrock tho
proportlos of all forolgnors,
Tho whlto porsons who nrrlvod
horo assort that thoro Is not a houso
which bolongod to an ocoldontnl re
maining In Chang Sha, All hnvo
boon burnod or wrecked,
Many converts to Christianity lmvo
boon slaughtorod and dozoiiH of stu
dents who attended tho mission train
ing school woro burnod nnd tortured
to death,
SITUATION
CHINA
SERIOUS
ACRES SOLD
EOR SI 20.000
John Cox Place Sold at $428 an
Acre, or Highest Price Ever Paid
In Valley for Unplanted Orchard
Land Hughes Makes the Sale.
The highest price ever pnid mi the
Horuo River valley for implanted
orchnrd Innd was paid Thursday,
when tho John Cox place, a mile
southwest of the city, was sold for
$128 an aero, or $12,000 for tho
tract, which consists of 280 acres.
Tho place is considered ono of the
best in the valley winch lias not yet
been planted to orchard, and tho new
owners plan to start work soomget-
tmg tho land m condition for plant
ing orchnrd. Tho plnco adjoins that
of John M. Root,' who is n friend of
tho ptirchnsors. The lnnd is just on
tho outskirts of tho city. Forty
ncrcs will be platted in city lots, 40
acres m onc-ncre tracts ami the
balaiico in five-aero tracts.
Tho now owners nro R. P. Neil of
Ashland, Dr. II. Evorhnrd of
Minneapolis and Oscar Young, nn at
torney of Seattle. Tho salo was
fhado by John M. Root of Medford
nnd Edwin P. Hughes of Ashland.
No time wns lost m closing the
donl. RDr. Evorhnrd arrived in
Ashland on Tuesdny and wns imtno
dintely shown over the valloy. Tho
deal was closed Thursday.
. , This price is the highest that has
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ji'i noon I'nui jur iiogiiu iwvur
valloy land which was not planted to
orchard. It is in alfalfa for tho
P"rt "t tho present time
18 TRAPPED BY
E
Six Bodies Recovered At Birming
ham 26 Bodies Aro Recovered
Coal Mine Disasters Are Numerous
Rescuers Are Beaten Back.
AMSTERDAM, O., April 22.
Eighteen minors were entrapped Into
last night by firo which followed an
oxplosion of firodnmp in n mino op
erated by tho Yougheoghcny & Ohio
Coal company near this city.
Tho bodois of six minors were re
covered today from tho ruins,
Twolvo other tfodios nro boliovcd
to bo in tho shnttorod mino, nnd thoro
is no hopo that thoy nro nlivo.
ltmlics Itecovcrcd.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 22.
Twonty-six bodies hnvo boon recov
ered from tho Mulga mino, whoro nn
oxplosion occurred Into Tuosdny.
Rosouors putorod tho mino today nud
tho bodies, woro brought out. Ono
minor, known to hnvo boon in tho
mino nt tho timo of tho nccidont, is
still missing,
Tho resouors yostordny attempted
to ontor tho mino, hut though thoy
woro oquippod with oxygon holmots,
thoy woro drivon back by tho gnso9
thnt formd aftor tho oxplosion. The
mino wns oloarod by tho fans nnd
tho rosouo party ontored onrly tdny.
MAN KICKS WIFE'S HEAD
IN WITH BOOT HEEL
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., April 22.--Following
n quarrel, Ernost Wirth,
40 years of ago, today murdorod his
wifo by stamping hor brains out
with his boot heel.
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EXPLOSION
"IF TENT GOES
e eo I
SAY FIRE BOY
Row Is Kicked Up In Official Clr
cles by Council Giving Permission
to Cuthbcrt & Co. ,to' Erect Tent
on Central Avenue and Sixth for
Temporary Store Purposes.
FIREMEN VOTE TO, RESIGN
IN BODY IF TENT GOES UP
Council to Consider Matter Again-
Other Requests Come In, Say
Firemen, as Result of Permission
Granted Cuthbert.
The citv council is in session this
afternoon considerinc the oucstiou
as raised by the firo company, but
had taken no action at the timo of
goinj to press. "
Tho Medford fire department lint
put it up to the city council to
cither reconsider the j motion by
which Cnthbert & Co. were allowed
to siari u icni uunaing;to oe useu
as a temporary store at tho" north-
cast corner of Sixth and Centra!
avenue, or be without tho services
of tho firemen.
The ultimatum was caused by tho
fact that aftor tho council had
passed tho motion above mentioned,
other applications for similar build
ings within the firo limits caino in
and pleaded as a reason for grant
ing that tho Cuthbert company had
been granted permission to do what
thoy asked.
Tho firo companies called a meet
ing Thursday night for tho purpose
of discussing tho matter and invit
ed tho council to bo present. Messrs.
Wortmnn, Merrick nnd Demmer were
present nnd tho question was placed
squarely beforo them.
Tho ordinnnco governing the fire
dopnrlment provides that tho chiet
shall havo jurisdiction over tho erec
tion of temporary structures inside
tho firo limits. Tho chief refused to
sign any permit, and tho firemen, bv
a unanimous vote, decided thnt un-
css tho motion wns rescinded tho
firo department would resign as a
"1 do not bchovo tho action of
tho council was legal in tho first
placo," said Mayor Canon. "It
would requiro nn nmendmout to the
ordinnnco forbidding such structures
to mnko tho motion effective."
"T will rofuso to sign such n per
mit," said Chiof Annum, "nud if tho
boys go out I will go with them.
Thoro nro two paid members of tho
dopartmont, tho rest of us nro work
ing for fuin and wo don't want a
firotrnp in tho center of tho city.
uuimiort Co., who want to oo-
oupy tho quartors ponding tho com
pletion of thoir now storo noross tho
street, assort that tho firemen's no
tion is duo to tho efforts of rivnl
storokoopors to shut them out Thoy
clnim thoy lmvo already invostod
ifoUU in construction mntorinl fnr
tho canvas storo nnd floorine. nnd
ordered a largo 6tock in expectation
of oponjng up, upon tho notion of
tho council in granting tho permit.
GIRL INSTANTLY KILLED
BY SPEEDING AUTO CAR
SEATTLE, Wash., April 22. Run
ning across tho street to moot lior
father, David Wnttora, a laborer, at
Sovontoonth nvonuo and East Union
street last night, 8-yoar-old Dorothy
Wattors was struck by a hoavy spood-
ing nutomobllo nnd killed boforo her
fathor's oyos.
Tho mnchlno was drivon by Wil
liam Lyons, ti nephew of Dr. J. H.
yons, promlnont in local politics, tho
ownor of tho nutomobllo. Tho driver
saw tho llttlo girl and threw on tho
brakos, but tho momentum carried
the heavy machine on and it slid
ahead 15 feet after striking her,
UP, W
U
limnin n
u huklu, r
ANGEL OF DEATH
CAME QUIETLY,
Peacefully, as (f Dropping Into
Slumber, America's "Greatest Hu
morist Passes te Great Beyond
Will Be Buried Next Sunday.
REDDING, Conn., April 22. The
body of Samuel I. Clemens, known
to tho world as "Mark Twain," lies
in an upper room of his villa nt
Stormfield here, today, awaiting
transfer to its last resting place at
Elmirn, N. Y.
Clemens died Thursday evening.
Tho end came peacefully and the
aged humorist passed away sur
rounded by friends. It was known
that he conld not live through the
night.
In Elmirn, Twain will rest beside
his wife, "who was our life"; his
eldest daughter, Susan, tho apple of
his eye; his youngest, Jean, the most
beloved, and his infant son, Lang-
hornc.
Twain will be buried in the family
plot next Sunday.
The great library here, in which
the author spent so much of his
time, hns been turned into a tele
graph room, where an operator
worked nil dny receiving messages
of condolence from all parts of tho
world.
Tho body of the mnster of Storm-
field will be taken toNew York. It
will be plnced aboard an express
train and taken to tho Presbyterian
church nt Fifth nvenuo nnd Thirty
seventh street,' of which Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, preacher and litcrnteur,
is pastor.
TWO DIE WHEN
TRAINS COLLIDE
Switch Left Open by Mistake and
Result Is Disastrous Five Injur
ed So Severely That They May Die
Passengers Terribly Jolted.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 22.
Two men were killed nnd five injured
so sovoroly that thoy will dio when
Big Four passeugor train No. 40,
running at 45 miles an hour, rau in
to an opon switch and orashed into
a construction train stnnding on n
siding at Snnford, ton miles cast of
hero, today.
Tho doad:
ENGINEER ROBERT ELY, of tho
passongor train.
SWITCHMAN n. DRISCOLL.
Tho following aro tho injured:
narry Gillott, Hnrry Clark, Sam-
uol Moffntt and L. B. Donnelly, all
of Mattoon, III,; T. D. Griffith, In
dianapolis, passenger brnkoman.
Four othor trainmon woro Bhghtly
injured.
It is supposed tho switch was loft
opon by mistnka after tho construc
tion tram had taken tho siding. Tho
passenger following struck tho opon
switch and dnshod full speed into tho
standing, train.
Pnssongors on tho conchos woro
torribly jolted by tho impnot and a
numb or of slight bruises and othor
injuries nro reported.
Chinese Prince Arrives.
SAN FRANCISCO, Col,, April 22.
Princo Tsni Tao, ministor of war
of China, undo of tho omporor and
brother of tho princo rogont, arrived
hero today aboard tho Chi Yo Maru.
ELOVED I
ASSES PE
HUMORIST HAD
UNIQUE CAREER
Man Who Made Th&usands Laugh
and Weep Had as Checkered Ca
reer as Any of His Characters in
His Immortal Writings.
Samuel L. Clemens, belorud citi
zen of tho world, whoso writings un
der the nom de plume "Mark Twain"
have mado thousands of readers
laugh and weep, had as checkered a
career as any character he ever drew
in his own Immortal writings.
Twain's road to fame and fortune
was not royal and he suffered manr throughout the literary world. He
vicissitudes before he won his ntchoVas not only a real humorist, but a
niuenearisoiuiereaainsanauiiuK-
ing public. Nearly every largo city
of tho United States contained a
friend of tho great arch-Jester.
The following is a brief epitome of
his career:
November 30, 1835 Born at Han-
nibal. Mo. ,
1853 After meager education in
ing with an elder brother ho left
Hannibal and became a wanderer.
185$ (about) Bccamo river pilot
on tho Mississippi and acquired In
sight into r'vor life revealed In bis
works.
I860 Mark Twain lost his money.
coat, trousers and boots playing cards
with General Bunker.
1861 Enlisted In a confederate
compan of infantry, but was muster
ed out a few weeks after enlistment.
1866 Twain and a friend named
Hlgglns staked out a silver mining
(Continued on Page 8.)
NEW DAILY HITS
Libel Suit for $200,000 Filed Against
Chronicle In Klamath Falls A
Warm Scrap Is On Over Court
house Removal.
KLAMATH FALLS, April 22.-
Criminal libol suits aggregating
$200,000 havo boon filed against tho
Klamath Chronicle as tho result of
a bitter 'factional fight regarding
tho romovnl of tho courthouse.
The suits wero brought by tho
Klninath Dovolopmout company. The
company asks dumogos iu an
amount of $100,000, its president
wants $50,000 and its secretary
$50,000.
Tho Chroniclo was started n short
timo ago by, Klninath. Falls business
men, who claimed tho old dailies in
tho field did not answer thoir wants.
Recently tho now paper has been
making allusions to tho passage of
bribes about, and it is now tho de
fendant in theso libol suits.
PRISONERS ARE STILL AT
LARGE FROM LEAVENWORTH
LEAVENWORTH, Knn April 22.
Theodore Murdook nnd Frnng
Grigwnre, two of tho six fedornl
convicts who escapod from tho
Lenvonworth prison yesterday, nro
still at largo. Tho others hnvo boon
recaptured.
It 13 boliovcd tho fugitives aro un
armed, as those rooaptured had
dummy revolvers mado of pnintod
wood.
Tho entiro countryside is arousod
nnd the farmers aro on tho outlook
for the fugitives.
ROUGH
GOING
TIZEN OF I
AGEFULLY AWAY
GREAT TRIBUTE IS
PAID BY FRIENDS
Men In All Walks ef Life Prmwmct
Mark Twain Greatest America
Humorist Reescvelt Greatly Mev
ed by News ef His Death.
(By Theodore Roosovelt, Special
Cable to the United Press.)
PARIS, April 2 It is with deep
and sincere regret that I learn of
the death of Mark Twain. His po
sition was like that of Joel Chandler
Harris, unique, not only among
American men of letters, bat
t DhiIosoDhe ami writing
fonn one of the 8S8ets of tho woridr8
achievements of which we have a
riKatl as a nation. to be srenerallv
proud.
PARIS, April 22. Theodore
i Roosovelt was greatly moved when
b,e hear4 Qf tB0 tleatk of
Twain. Roosovelt had a hieL nor
sonal regard for tho humorist as well
as a deep admiration for his work u
an author.
In the littlo "pigskin" librury
which Roosevelt carried throughout
Africa, containing works of his fa
vorites, "Tom Sawyer" nnd "Hucklo
berry Finn" were two of tho most
prized volumes.
Ely tho Praises Him.
WASHINGTON", D. C, April 22.
Samuel G. filytho, correspondent
and humorist, commenting on tho
(Continued on Pago 8.)
WOLTER CASE TO
JURY TONIGHT
Placed on Stand In His Own Defense,
He Positively Denies He Killed
Ruth Wheeler Tries to Prove an
Alibi.
NEW YOUIC, April 22; Albert
Wolter, charged wjth tho murder of
Ruth Wheoler, took tho stand today
In hla own behalf, iu his trial herei
Wolter positively denlol that he
had killed Ituth Wheoler.
Wolter had nerved himself for a
trying ordeal and gave his answer
firmly, looking squarely Into tho oyea
of the jurors in turn, ns be eavo his
testimony.
Tho youth admitted that ho had
lived with Katchcn Mueller without
tho formality of a marriage, He said
that the girl had paid Ms expenses
with money sho earned in a bakery.
Ho said that ho had trlod to find
Work, but could not.
Woltor said ho left home at 8
o'clock on tho morning It is alleged
tho murder was committed. He re
turned at 3 o'clock In the afternoon
nnd found Fred Anhor, a Coney Is
land waiter, thoro.
Anhor, ho said, was tho man with
whom ho had ngrood to opea a
school of German and' shorthrjad, It
was at Anhor's suggestion ho said
that ho had written Ruth Wheelerli
name in a notebook.
Woltor declared that Anhor had
told hm that sho would bo a goo
gtrl to get into the school.
Woltor's fato will bo in tho haaito
of the Jury by 7 o'clock tonltht, TJrt
dofonso was completed this afterftoe,
all tho witnesses being esamliiwt tft
lous than two boHM