MEDFORD HLVTL 'JETTONS, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY. APKXI, 22, 1010.
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FRGMILEGISLATURE
10 UUL IN 5 YEARS
Washington Han Formerly embcr
of Legislature Sentenced to
for Embezzlement of $500..
Jail
SPOKANE, Wash., April 22.
Prom tho state legislature to the
penitentiary in four years is tho
story of tho fall of Alexander II.
flmm. Trlin xenn n mpmlitsr of the
i : n, ooCj nf -inn.T
Gregg is in tho Spokane city jail
todnv and will be taken to the peni-
tentinry probably tomorrow to be -
gin serving an indeterminate sen -
fen nf r5x months to 13 vears. In
AAiirt 111 wit 5,0, Iia farmm-lv nrno-
wept when arraigned on a charge of
embezzling $500 belonging to Mar
garet M. Bnckel.
"I withdraw mv nlen of not
guilty," he said, "and plead guilty."
Judgo Kennan excused spectators
from the room in his
sympathy
lie prisoner.
"Although you are coinc to
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penitentiary," said the conrt, "you
Hst not forget that yon have
friends hero who feel that for some
Teason yon have drifted away and
"that you will regain a good reputa
tion." SALES THIS WEEK $500,000.
(CeatiaQecl fresa Pace 1.)
Kites made the sale. Mr. Wntterman
3ms not announced what he Intends
te do, but will probably reinvest In
Ike valley.
Barrcll Tracts Move.
Tour sales ot tracts In the Burrell
orchard, which was. recently subdi
vided, havo been sold, and it was tho
sale of one of these tracts that smash
ed all records paid for bearing or--chard
land in tba northwest This was
He sale of 12 acres of pears to C. H.
'Burkbart of Philadelphia for $28.
b80, or $2375 an acre.
A tract consisting of 36 1-2 acres
et which 30 acreu Is In bearing Bart
lett and Winter Nells pears has been
Mid to Corning Kenley of Chicago.
Tho price paid was $45,000.
George B. Carpenter ot Chicago
is another to Invest In one of the
Burrell tracts, paying $57,500 for 46
acres, 36 of which are In bearing
Hartletts and "Winter Nells, the other
eight acres being a splendid building
'alte, on which Mr. Caj-penter will re
alde. Dr. O. M. Moore purchased a slice
et this orchard also, paying $17,500
Jor 16 1-2 acres. This tract consists
of apples and pears in full tearing.
Dr. Moore's home is in York, Neb.
Kirart Buys Place.
J. E. Enyart, president of tho Med
ford National bank, has purchased
tlie Tucker place on upper Rogue
Tlver, paying $25,000. This is known
ever Jackson county as beinc one of
ho best up river ranches in the coun
ty. Mr. Enyart will Improve the
placo by planting much of the acre
j.50 to fruit and the remainder to al
falfa. The majority of the ranch con
sists ot bottom land and Is exceed
Jagly rich. It Is situated above Trail
en the road to Crater Lake.
Ware Bays 3Iore.
A. K. Ware, who recenUy purchas
ed the Chnrles DIerllen place, has
invested In another Rogue river tract,
bnylng a portion of the Gold Range
orchard south of the city from A. C.
3tandall. This tract was formerly
. owned by Colonel F. L. Tou Velle.
Mr. Ware purchased 21 acres, paying
$15,000. Tho placo is exceptionally
Taluablo, owing to Its location and
accessibility.
Snowy Butto Sales.
Tracts In the Snowy Butte orchard
near Central Point, which has re
cently been subdivided, continue to
TmovQ rapidly. Three additional sales
-are reported for the past week
Georgo. H. Beddoe of New York city
purchased Tract M, paying $6500;
John Mclnernyl ot New York, Tract
N, paying $0750; and Thomas Parker
of New York, Tract J, paying $5000
Antelope Ranch Sold.
Messrs. Burgess and Barber of New
York city have purchased the Smith
orchard on Antelope creek, consisting
of 80 acres, of which 30 acres are in
full bearing, for $25000. The Rogue
River Orchard Land company made
tho sale. This firm also reports the
Mlo of ten acres of their Eagle Point
orchard (Hamilton tract) to George
A. Rosenburg of Skagway, A. T., for
16000,
Leever Sells.
Prank Madden of Chicago has pur
chased, through Anderson & Green,
tho Symcox and W. C. Leever or
chards In the Central Point district,
paying $88,000 for the 40 acres, The
Symcox orchard of 30 acres sold for
?S2,000 and tho Leever orchard of
II acres sold for $16,000, or $1000 an
jusre,
Mr. Madden has been here some
tlwa and has closely Investigated the
'properties purchased, as well as the
i too Late to classify SEATTLE BAR .FIRM
VOW KENT Furnished rooms. Call
at 125 South Onkdnle.
prospects ot tho valley, ami convinced
himself of a profitable Investment be
fore closing tho deal, The orchards
are Among tho finest In the valley.
HUMORIST HAD UNIQUE CAREER
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claim in Nevada.
Twain goes to care
ter a sick friend and Hlgglns on an
errand, thereoy losing a claim that
i nado millions for others,
1S67 Ho published his first book,
j "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras
; County."
I 1S07 Traveled abroad. Met Ollv-
1 la L. Langdon of Elmlra. N. Y.
ed.
1S"0 Married Miss Langdon.
1S71 Joined lltorary colony
at,
Hartford. Conn., where ho lived many
! ears and dld a greater part of the
: was aesuncu iuv ",ciearcd. Iunsmuch as Colliers
for;namo immoriai. .itcgoxaing mis solchnnrej
I. A . II 1 . ll.l.l ' O
joura nc wrote i uecaiuo a aumuiu
fii nnnL'B nnn I tti tt! fi :i ji i m iiil ru
. -ww.
among we oiuer roc. ol " -
land"
1S72 -"Roughing It" and the
"Gilded Age" appeared.
187S "Tho Prince and the Pau
per" appeared.-
1885 "HuBclcberry Finn" appear
ed. Twain entered the firm ot C.
L. Webster and company, publishers.
1S90 "A Connecticut Yankee at
the Court ot King Arthur" publish
ed. 1893 "Puddenhead Wilson" pub
lished. 1894 "Personaf Recollections of
Joan ot Arc" appeared. In this year
his entire fortune was swept away by
the failure of Webster and company,
which had been financed principally
by himself. This left him deeply in
debt at 54.
1896 While struggling to clear
the debt his eldest and most accom
plished daughter, Olivia Susan Clem
ens, died at the hour of her greatest
promise while he was abroad.
1897 Reported destitute and dy
ing In London. Friends in America
raise a purse of $3000 for him. He
refuses to accept tho gift, saying his
"case is not hopeless."
1901 Yale university conferred
degree of M. A.
1902 University of Missouri, his
native state, conferred L. L. D.
1904 His wife, "Who was our
life," died In Florence, Italy, whith
er the family had moved in the hope
that the climate would restore her
to health. He is forced into a law
suit with the Coustess Raymandl
Massaglia, from whom ho had rented
the villa in which his wife died.
1907 University of Oxford con
ferred degree of Lltt L with great
ceremony. He lost bis investment of
$32,500 by failure of the Plasmon
company of America, of which he was
, , . . ... . . .
refused to give shelf room to his
book "Eve's Diary," declaring it
"shocking."
1909 Illness prevented bis taking
active part in reform In the Congo
crusade he had prosecuted with bis
pen, with the lato King Leopo.ld of
Belgium ns the arch offender. Chil
dren's theater founded by bim In New
York, representing one of Twain's
life long ambitions failed. Later In
the year he breaks dovn and Is forc
ed to rest at bis Connecticut villa.
His close friend, H. H. Rogers, died.
Ho went to Bermuda to seek health
and on Christmas eve was cabled
news of the death of his daughter,
Jean, at their Redding home.
1910 Twain's health continues to
depreciate and ho passed away April
21.
CHILDREN'S
BAREFOOT SANDALS
ROMAN SANDALS AND ANKLE STRAPS
AND FINE LINE OF OXFORDS
The most complete line of children's shoes shown
in Medford. Our prices are right. Investigation
will bepositive proof to 3rou.
I IULI1U UnULIIlUL.ll
Resolution Adopted Flaying Colliers
for Their Attack on Secretary of
Interior Friends Arc Jubilant.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 22. -1
Characterizing n recout attack on
Secretary Ballinger, dealing with his!
Seattlo history by Lowers nooki.v,
"wt0 nu vicious nssnim
Wlluoiu aii) luumiuuuii iui nnu uimj, uvn uivtun miuiuiK
fact," the Soattlo Bar association ; olso in sight they siring some ham
today mado public tho result of their 'promoter into matching them,
investigation of tho charges. j Pittsburg, which fell for the
A special meeting of the Bar as-, Klaus-Ketchel twostop, was' tho
soeintion was held last night, where .scene of their latest spat. It took
J a resolution lauding tho secretary of
mo interior nnu iinying me uck-
ly was drawn up.
Somo of tho same charges made
ngaiust Bnllinger in Collier's of April
1 2 pr inviistirntivl soma vonrs nio
, R ftSSnG:nt:01. nn.r tlm tires-
sccretnrv 0f the interior win1
that the former investiga-
. on wn
not mado in good faith,
r ... . ... . . i
niamugers critics iioro regnra uie
j present investigation as a mere
"whitewash," with tho avowed pur-
of nt f-ollinr's.
The secretary's friends, on the
other hand, are jubilant that the
men who knew him as a business as
sociate and friend should vindicate
his honesty.
TRIBUTE PAID BY FRIENDS.
(Continued from Page 1.)
death of Mark Twain, today said:
"TTa rrn a Hi, frnntncf living Am.
erican humorist when ho was alive, !
nnd he is the greatest dead American'
humorist now that he's dead."
Boyhood Friend Weeps.
PARIS, Mo., April 22. B. C. M.
Farthing, a friend nnd schoolmate
of Mark Twain, and the original !
"Huckleberry Finn," was profoundly
affected by tho death of the noted
humorist. Tears stood in his eyes
today while he spoke of his old-time
companion.
"I knew Sam well," he said, "lie
was the greatest literary genius of
the ago in his particular line. I
can't talk much about him, for what
ever I might sny might be consider
ed as n boast of intimacy with a
great man. Tho old days are pass
ing and with them the- men who
marked them on the historv pages.
I mourn his, passing. lie delighted
the whole world and as a citizen of
the world his death will be mounted
by all nations."
Mrs. Julia Ward IIowo of Boston,
who is now in her 91st year:
"The news of Mark Twain's death
will be sad to many people. He was
personally highly esteemed and
much beloved, a man of letters, with
a genuine gift of humor and of se
.".
rions thought ns well."
William Lyon Phelps, professor of
(English literature nt Yale unfver
isity: I "The death of Mark Twain is n
very great loss to American letters.
J regarded him as our foremost rep
resentative in literature."
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Hig
gins: "It is impossible to exaggerate the
loss to the country. It is something
uniqne in itself."
Hamlin Garland:
"Mark Twain's death marks tho
exit of a man who was as distinctly
American as was Walt Whitman. No
one ever heard him speak without
BOYS IN RING GOT
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Kaufman-O'Brien Go Was Tamo
Affair Until the Two Men Mixed
tno Ono Round.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cnl., April 22.
It looks very much like Al Kaufman
and Philadelphia Jmk O'Hrion are
going 10 uccomo remty ami iruiy al
i iinincs, n in sam won. aim
place last night and for three
; roumis u whs u poriucuy proper ic-t
union. Then O'Brien got faux pas;
j out of his system and slapped Al-1
' bert on tho bonk, bringing tho gore, j
' That mado the liii hov real niiirrv .
!nnd therenftor ho mvc 'tho eonfossnVI
quite an exciting
time. The first "
the second fier '
round wns punk,
tho third rotten nnd the crowd hiss-
cd. It had had its dose of nn "un
derstood" fight beforo nnd wanted
some real action. Then camo the bat
on the noso and a few fireworks.
Louis Blot is paying nn awfully
big price for the Tommy Btirns
Langford fight when ho agrees to
split $35,Q00 between the fightors.
How he figures it will bo worth that
much coin is hard to understand.
Ncithor man is a champion, one is
nn ex-champion nnd a business man
nnd the other hns never figured in
a fight that hns drawn oven $20,
000. Burns' showing against Bill
Lang did not enhance his reputation
vei?' and in tho face of this
nml h Meat hy Johnson ho has
mi nniui cruMi 10 asK 11 sniuii lor-
tune to fight Lnngford.
Tho ono thing that stands in Blot's
favor is that hp will bring tho men
together in an accessible spot, which
fil1 'cntc! to he,.p thm,8c- 0 bet
ter fight location than old Central
Park, in tho very heart of tho city,
could bo found.
I. 0. 0. F. Notice.
All members of Itoguo Ilivor En
campment, No. 30, are requested to
ho present Saturday, April 23. It.
1 P. degrco nnd refreshments. Visit
ing members always welcome. By
order of the C. P. '
WM. L. MILLER, Scribo. 27
being inspired, and no one ever saw
him without being proud of him."
James Whitcomb Riley:
"I cannot realize that Mark Twain
is dead. I hnd tho privilege of
knowing him ouitc well, and I re
garded him as indeed n great man
great in mind, great in heart nnd
great in soul, and his modesty wns
equal to his great gift of genius. Ho
was oven great in his humor, though
it was grounded on detestation of
shnm. Ho wanted n man to bo a
mnn. His misfortune in later years
brought out his character to tho full,
for, his fortune lost, ho turned to
his work to repay all who had lost
through his business, and ho died
freo from debt."
Tender Feet
NEVER COMPLAIN WHEN IN A
PAIR OF MEN'S "EASE" SHOES.
You will find them as ensy on your
feet as an old nnir nf nllnnors. and
for service you will nover soo their
equal. That may socm like an im
possible combination in ono pair of
shoes, but you will find it in tho
Menz "Ease" shoes. Menz "Euso"
uppers are not mndo of the ordinary
stiff, bark-tanned leather you are
used to in work shoes. It reminds
you of glove leather it's so soft
and pliable. You enn travel through
mud and slush all day long nnd then
put your shoes undor (ho stovo for
an nll-nlght's drying without injuring
tho softness nnd plinbility of tho
leather. "Better work shoes man
novor mado."
The Wardrobe
Farmers & Fruitgrowers
Building
Tfl BE GIVEN AWAY
ABSOLUTELY
JL XV jLJ jlu
Saturday, July 6th
Saturday
Your choice of any 15c
article in the stpre,
2 for 25c
Your choice of any 10c
article in the store,
3 for 25c
Men's
Work
Gloves
$1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and
$2.00 qualities; sale price,
$1.00 and $2.00
a pair
Call and see
this Writing
Desk
GOOD CARD SOON FOR
PORTLAND FIGHT FANS
PORTLAND, Or., April 22. Abo
Laboll of San Francisco and Roscoo
Tnylor of Seattle will furnish tho
main event at tho noxt boxing show
of the Oregon Athletic club on April
20. Taylor rocontly mado a fino
impression on tho fans by clouting
Jack Lessard of Oakland so em
phatically in ono round that tho
horrified bluocoats at tho ringside
called off tho slaughter that appear
ed imminent Tho club mnnngo
in out began casting about for a
speedier boxer to go with tho human
toothpick from Scuttle, and Laboll
was finally solooted as tho right ono.
Frank Fnrroll, a sailor man from
San Francisco, who lammed a num
Tree Auction
A Ladies'
Beautiful
Mission
Writing
Desk
Value $35.00
Tomorrow we will put
on sale 1000 boxes of the
well known
Quality
fnnev box Stationery, salo
prices, 20c, 25c, 30c, 50c,
75c and $1.00 per box. For
every 25c worth of this sta
tionery you buy we will
give you a ticket on this
$35.00 writing desk, which
we will give away
Saturday. July 6th
ber of his salt-water conlomnorarieH ' Storo-charm Is everywhere ompha
into tho land of Morpheus during his now-thoro's not a dull nor
career in tho navy, will trade common place corner In any worth
punches with "Kid" Hubbard, tho while storo those daysl
idol of Portland's Pullman car pop-
ulation. Raskins for Health.
MEDFORD BAKERY
NOTICE.
A. F. Roiking & Co. hits reopened tho Medford Bakery & Dolicatcs.
sen. Everything is to be remodelled, ropnirod, thoroughly cleansed
nnd fixed to givo tho public quick, satisfactory service Tho now
mnnngemont desires the patronage of tho good pooplo of Modford nnd
will endeavor to merit tho snmo hy placing on tho markot a first-olnss
lino of everything thnt a high-grado bakery is supposod to carry.
You nro cordially invited to call and tost our goods. Rospootfully,
A.F. REIKING (EL COMPANY
SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE.
Ladies of the Greater Modford club will on Saturday
morning, April 23, at 9 o'clock, sell at bargain prices, at tho
Exhibit building, the shade trees ordered for planting
along streets, but refused after being ordered and loft
on the club's hands.
This is your opportunity.
Pooplo who havo contracted for trees must secure them
before Saturday. They will not bo hold after that date.
Greater Medford Club
Saturday
Your choice of any 25c
article in tho store,
5 for $1.00
Tho above includes Ho
siery, Combs, Brushes,
Suspenders, Glassware-,
Fancy China, Enamclwaro
etc., in fact any 25c article
in the storo,
5 for $1.00
Ladies' Summer Vests,
long and short slecvos,
knit goods, etc., popular
prices.
Call and see
this Writing
Desk
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