Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDtfORD, OlflWOX, .MONDAY, MAY 2, 1910.
JSTo. 36
TIIK WKATIIICIt.
TIPTOP PRICES
FOR FRUIT OF
ROGUE VALLEY
Horace W. Dny of Snolicl & Day,
New York Fruit Brokers, Here
Paylnrj Annual Visit to Fruit Men
Says If Quality Is as Good as
Usual Hluli rices Will Do Paid.
CALIFORNIA HAS ABOUT
TWO-THIRDS OF CROP
Ruination of Middle Western Crop
Will Raise Prices Paid for Ronuc
River FruitMr. Day Urges Qual
ity as Usual.
That hlKher irIco will do paid
for ItoKiio Hlver fruit ihU year than
ivur before, If tho uunllty In on u pur
of tlmt of former yonra, mid It will
ho, l tlio prodlctlnn of Ilornco W
Pay of tho firm of Hgobl & Day. tho
Inrgimt fruit h.okontKo firm In tholr
lino In Amurlcn, who Ih In Modford
iiifolltiK with local fruit grower. Mr.
Day Ih accompanied hy It Ih son, Kon
nott II. Day. Thoy will remain until
Ha turd ay.
.Mr. Day biuoH IiIh prodlctton that
tho record prices for Roguo River
fruit will bo nmached thlu year upon
aovdrnl facts. One Is thnt tho ui.tlre
mlddlo wcHttotn crop Ih nil nod and
that only two-thirds of tho Cnllfomln
Ilartlott pear crAp will go cant thlu
year. All thtough tho Eucramonto
valley tho fruit Ih dropping badly
nnd tho cnnuorH nro out nftor tho
fruit, bidding 9-t2.no n ton, and It Is
reported that thlH bid will bo lucreis
cd to C0.
"Tho Ilartlott poara nro dropping
rory badly," Htato Mr. Day, "all
through the Sacrninonto valloy. They
nro Rhort at HuIhuii nuil only CO per
cent of n crop nt Vacnvlllo, tho two
Inrgost districts: In tho atnte."
Mr. Day lino nlwnya urged quality
upon tho lo 1 fruit growers, nnd to
day qualified 1.Ih etatomcnt regarding
prlcoH, Htntlng thnt tho l.lgh prices
would obtain only If tho quality waH
up to ltd UHiial stmidnrd,
JEFFRIES AT WORK
News That Mrs. Jeff Has Recovered
From Operation Bin. Fellow In Ex
cellent Spirits Hits tho Tralnlmi
Program Hard.
UOWAUDENNAN TUAININO
CAMP, Cal., May 2. Inspired by tho
good nowa from Oahlnud that Mrs.
Joffrlon ban ontlroly recovered from
tho operation poi-formed upon her
two weeks ago and that alio In now
ready to rojoln hor husband, Jim
Jeffrlos, fooling hotter than nt nny
time hIiico lila nrrlval horo, today
wont at IiIh work with gront vim. Ills
bottor niontnl stnto nnd last week's
roat brought out nil his old sprit
when ho boga.t tho dny'H grind.
Ho folt so good that ho vnrlod his
usual program on work dnya by go
ing Into tho gymnasium a cotiplo of
hourH nftor broakfest Instead of walt
lng until afternoon. Ho was on tho
road nt tho samo old hour, doing tho
trip to tlouldor Crook nnd rotum In
fnst tlnio. Tho sun bath followed
broakfast nnd thou ho wont Into tho
gymnasium. IIo plana to do somo
boxing this nftornoon.
Joffrlos will probably tro to Oak
land on tomorrow nlght'fl trnlu to
bring Mrs. Joffrlos back, lonvlng on
tho roturn trip Wodnouday morning.
IIo, had not hoard of tho postpone
ment of tho soloctlon of tho roforoo
for 1G dnyn, but as ho la loavlng thnt
mattor ontlroly to Ilorgor, It Ih giv
ing him no concorn.
WITH
OLD
VIM
DEL MAKING
GOOD HEADWAY
ON CRATER ROAD
Hluliway Engineer Will Soon Be In
Shapo to Call for Specifications
for Actual Construction of Sec
tlon of Highway Nttor Puumlcc
Hill.
SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING
INTO HIGHWAY FUND
Commission Will Leavo Soon to Visit
Commercial Club at Northern
Points Interest and Enthusiasm
Keeps Up Well.
Word Iiiik been rcffivcil from Hon-
jnmiii V. Iloidol, highway engineer.
office of liulilio roailn, who ih nt
work surveying.' nnd preparing peei
ficati'itiH for that portion of tin
Crater Lnko road nonr Pumice Hill.
that ho is making conmdomhlo pro
trnK8 and will be noon able to call
for bids for tho actual construction
of the rond.
Tho crnler Lake road rommiKfiioii
is making coiiBidcrahlo headway with
the Holicilint: of subscriptions over
tho state. Nearly every mnil bring
in Home reply, the majority of which
nro fnvorahlc. It will not he lone
now before the commission lonvcH to
visit commercial clubs in northern
centers.
"CONSPIRACY.'
HOPE OFDEFENSE
Hydo's Lawyers Decide Upon Course
of Argument to Be Employed Be
fore Trial Closes Will Also At
tack Miss Swopo's Testimony.
' KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mny 2. In
tho enso of Dr. C. H. Hyde, chnrged
with the murder of Colonel Thomas
II. Swopb, tho defendant's lnwyora
liavo decided upon what deflnlto
points 0 "tho allogod coucplrncy of
tho prosecution" thoy wjll prcsont to
tho Jury In their arguments. Tho
two main polntH ns ovldouco of such
"conspiracy" In tholr opinion nro tho
hostility of tho Swopo family to one
whom they reenrded ns an Interloper
In competition for tho good will and
millions of tho eccentric philanthro
pist, and hostility of tho nurses.
Tho defense will also r.ttnek Miss
Margaret Swopo'o tostlmony, which
wan inoro brlof thnn the Interested
throng In tho courtroom doslred It to
be. It wns, nevertheless, full of cir
cumstances of a strongly accusatory
1111 tu re.
E
F
Only Short 'Dlstnnco Remains to Bo
Paved Company Mot With Hard
Luck on Account of Many Soft
Spots.
This wook will soo. tho comple
tion of tho Wniron Construction com
pany's contract for lmvlng In this
city, thoro bolng only a short dlstnnco
loft to pavo on Wost Mnln.
Tho company has had consldornblo
hard luck In connection with tho pav
ing of this utreot, soft spots dolnylng
tho work. Hut now tho finish is In
sight.
With tho complotlon of this etroot
and tho macadamizing of tho county
road to Jacksonville nutomobllo drlv
ora will havo tho tltno of their lives.
PAVINGW
MAN
NEARLY
INI ED
Taft, Wilson and La Follette Back to Nature
At Farmers' Convention In St. Louis
ml vl
ST. LOUIS, May 2. Tho Fumcrs' Educntionnl nnd Co-operntivc Union of America, with 90,000 dele
gates, opened its session herotodny. President Taft, Secretary Wilson nnd Robert M. La Follette will nd
drcss tho delegates before tlio soHfion comes to n close. Educntionnl exhibits is one of tho attractions of
the convention, nnd farmers will ho Riven pointers on hor to gather the harvest as well as the best way
to plant tlio seeds in tho spring. Tho uniting of the southern agriculturists nnd tho American Society of
Equity with tho Farmers' Educational union gives tho convention n nation-wide importance.
IS
SENATECOMMITTEE
Protest of American Anti-Trust
League Does Not Deter Action of
Judiciary Committee of Senate
No Doubt of Appointment.
WASHINGTON, May 2. Tho sen
ate this nftornoon confirmed tho nom
ination of Governor Hughes as asso
ciate Justlco of the supreme court of
the United States.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mny 2.
Tho senate judieinry committee to
dny decided to recommend tho con
firmation of Governor Hughes of
Now York to ho justice of tlio su
premo court. A protest of tho
Americnn anti-trust leuguo did not
dotcr tho committco in its action.
Ono member of tlio committco said
today:
"Tlio momhors of tlio committee
know Governor Hughes' mind, char
acter nnd rocord ns woll ns nny per
sons in tho country. Thoro is no uso
in wasting time- investigating n mnt
tor upon which wo nro nlrondy in
formed. RUN STARTS ON NIGHT "
BANK IN LOS ANGELES
I.OS ANGELES, Cal., May 2.
A run on tho Los Angolos All Night
nnd Dny bank stnrtod shortly aftor
noon todny, Hundreds of dopoBltors
Jammed tho building and filled tho
streots.'
A long lino which wns formed grow
constantly Tho All Night and Day
bank Is tho only Institution of Its
kind In southorn California. It was
organized under tho stnto banking
laws a year ago. It rccontly rofusod
momborshlp In tho Loa Angolos clear
ing I101180,
To got tho host nvailttblo stonog
rnphor is worth somo want advertis
ing nnd would ho ovon if wnnt ad
vertising woro tho costlioct, iustend
cf tho cheapest, thing in town.
HUGHES
GIVEN
RECOMMENDATION
Postal Receipts
For April Show
Great Increase
I'orty-Klve IVr cent Growth Over
April a Year Ago Receipts'
Over $2300.
Tho receipts of the local post
office show nn increnso for tho
month of April of -15 per cent
ovor April ono year ago.
Tho totnl receipts for tho "
month just closed wcro $2,-
578.12. Of this amount S2.144
rna f tvitvi ct ntm cnlnc f tin lml-
mice boine for box rent. The
receipts for April, J9b0, wero
$1,831.81, tho gnin being
7-1G.81.
"
Rise Early To
See Mr. Comet
Comet Visible Tomorrow net ween
U: H mid Sunrise Now Is Your
Chunce to Got Up.
Amntour astronomers who want to
got up before Hnlley's comot any day
this wook will havo to rlso early.
Tho comot will bo vlolblo along tho
Pacific coast from Its rising tlmo un-lbo
til tho sun rises. Horo is tho com
ot's rising tlmo during tho wook:
Tuosdny 2:49 a. m.
Wodnesday 2:48 n. m.
Thursday 2:4S n. m.
Friday 2:48 a. m.
Saturday 2:47 1-2 a. m.
Sunday 2.47 a. m.
Land Is Opened.
WASHINGTON, D. 0 May 2.
Tho Interior doportmont today opon
od for ontry and sottlomont tho fol
lowing Indian reservations:
Flathead roaorvatlon In Montana,
comprising 1,000,000 acres.
Coour d'Alono reservation In Idaho,
200,000 acres,
Choyonno Itlvor nnd Standing Rock
rosorvatlons In Idaho nnd South Da
kota, 150,000 acres.
MN
WO
WORK
ARE WATCHING
MAYOR SEIDEL
1 t
Gompers Says Executive Actions of
Milwaukee's Mayor Will Have Ef
feet on Cause of Labor Throughout
Country.
WASHINGTON D. -May 2.
The executive actions of Emil Scidol,
Socinlist mayor of Milwaukee, will
piny a big part in tho coming elec
tions, according to Snmuel Gompers,
who declares tho "man who works"
has his cyo on Milwaukee.
"Whatever othor influences brought
about his election," said Gompors,
"ono iinportnnt fnctor wns tho vote
of protest. Tho indignation of tho
man who works nnd is boing floutod
by tho courts, neglected by congress,
scorned by tho attorney general's do
pnrtmont nnd probably by tho trusts
and othor intorests is passing boyond
tho bond hitherto gonornlly observed.
"IIo is not going to hesitato to vote
under tho unmo of socialism though
ho may reject socialism's finnl prin
ciples. IIo wnuts a slap nt tho party
mnchinos. IIo would rather bo for
n timo with tho crowd that declares
itsolf for tho peoplo than with tho
rinRg tlmt bnvo shovn thomsolvcs to
ti10 nnl(1 aorvnnts of ohmdorors
as woll ns traitors to tho gcnornl
welfare"
MAN'S LEG CUT OFF
IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
VALLEJO, Cal., May C. Attorney
Charles W, Laugan of tho law firm
of Langnn and Merranhal of San
Francisco is near death this after
noon nt tho railway hospital at Vallo
jo Junction, from lnjurlos rocolvod
whon n train passed ovor his logs.
Tho man's loft leg was sovored at
tho kneo and tho right log nt tho an
klo. Surgeons hold out no hopo for his
recovery.
Lnngnn rushed In front of train No,
9 of tho Southorn Pncltlo horo while
ondenvorlng to reach another train.
SEVERE STORM
AGAIN SWEEPS
DIE WEST
Thousands of Dollars' Damage Done
Buiidjngs Wrecked and Trees
Uprooted Crops Injured Last
'Week Further Damaged Large
Number of Persons Injured.
CREEKS AND RIVERS HAVE
BECOME RAGING TORRENTS
Heavy Rain In Many Places Wash
Out Newly Planted Crops No Fa
talities as Yet Reported, but Sev
eral Are Expected.
ST. LOUIS, Mo , May 2. Ono of
tho severest storms of yoars swept
Missouri, Kansas and southern Illi
nois today and as a result several
persons arc injured and thousands of
dollars' damage has been done.
The storm started last night and
continued today. A heavy wind
which In some cases reached tho pro
portions of a tornado was followed
by a heavy rain that fell In torrents
and flooded creeks and rivers.
At Emporia, Kan., tho wind was
so heavy that trees were torn up by
tho roots and buildings wrecked.
Windows wero broken, signs torn
down, roofs lifted off buildings and
telegraph and telephone wires pros-
(Continued on Page 8.)
COMET TAIL WILL
NOT INJURE EARTH
Scientist Says That Haze Will Hang
Over Mother Earth Which Will At
most Amount to a Twilight No
Need for Fear.
LONDON, May 2. Having com
pleted n series of observations nnd
computations, Professor A. C. D.
Crommelln of Greenwich obsorva
tory, declared today that tho tall
of Halloy's comet Is only 4,000,000
miles In length and It Is becoming
shorter each year.
This process of diminution, ho
said, has been going on for 650 years.
Professor Cmommclln scouted tho
theory that tho earth would bo en
dangered by poisonous gases compos
ing tho comet's tall. Ho declared
that the earth's Inhabitants will know
thnt this globe Is passlug tho tail
only by n haze that almost will
amount to twilight during the pas-
sago.
SPEED LIMIT ON
County Court Will Probably Head Off
Any Attempts to Travel 60 Miles
an Hour on Road to the County
Seat.
Any visions of speeding locnl joy
ridors may havo in regard to tho ran
endnmizod road botweon Medford and
tho county seat aro apt to fade awny
in tho near futuro, for tho county
court will in all probability wako
them from thoir tiny dream with a
restriction ns sto speod.
Tho court is considering placing
n limit of 20 or 25 miles nn hour
on tho rond now boing mnendnmized
nnd thoso who hoped to touch up
50 or 00 will bo disappointed.
Tho road, however, will bo splon
did for mnchinos nnd will probably
bo ono of tho most popular in tho
county.
IMPROVED
D
California is
up in arms
NST EIGHT
Pulpit and Press Join In Protest
Against Big Mill (n July Popular
Agitation Gains In Strength and
Volume Churchmen Adopt Reso
lutions. MASS MEETING SOON IN
OAKLAND TO PROTEST
Little Doubo But That McCarthy's
Death Will Lead to Blocking Big
Fight as Far as California Is Con
cerned. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. Whllo
the body of Tommy McCarthy, tho
boy fighter killed In the prize ring
last Friday night In tho 16th round of
his contest with Owen Moran of Eng
land, awaited burial today, popular
agitation throughout California
against the Joffrles-Johnson contest
planned for July 4 gained strength
and volume.
Pulpit and press aro joining In pro
test against the big fight, and tho
Sunday lull afforded scores of minis
ters opportunity to denounce tho
heavyweight fight and to urge tholr
hearers to uso every power at hand
to prevent It.
Tho keynote of tho outburst against
the big- tight, following young Mc
Carthy's death. Is struic by tho mem
bers of tho First Congregational
church of Oakland, which has ap
pointed a committco to nrrango for a
mass meeting of protest against tho
fight.
Tho churchmen adopted tho fol
lowing resolution:
"Whereas, tho laws of California
permit tho holding of sparring ex
hibitions by domestic clubs under
certain conditions, but absolutely pro
hibit prize fighting, and,
"Whereos, it Is understood by all
that the contest scheduled to occur
nt Emeryville race tra.k on July 4
bo.tween Jack Johnson, n negro, and
James J. Jeftrles, a whlto man, for a
purso of over 100,000, wll' not ho
a mere sparring exhibition, but a
prize fight for the heavywolght cham
pionship of tho world; and,
"Whereas such unlawful contests
aro ovll in tholr Influences, especial
ly upon tho young, and are outlawed
(Continued on Pago 8.)
HOT TIME SOON
IN OLDENGLAND
Coming of Roosevelt Will Be One
Great Ovation Ambassador Reld
Will Be Colonel's Principal Enter
tainer Aside From King.
LONDON, May 2. Tho nrrivnl of
Colonel Roosovolt in London on May
10 will mako tho early part of Lon
don's "season" tho liveliest tho Brit
ish capital lias ovor known.
Already every prominent hotol in
tho city has its rooms enpngod for
tho threo wcoks tho colonel will bo
horo and tho orush o visitors prom
ises to bo tho greatest in yoars.
Ambassador Iteid will bo tho
Colonol's prinoipal entertninor, nsido
from tho king, of courso, and Dor
ohostor IIouso nnd Rost Park, thoir
country placo, will bo temporary cen
ters of English activity.
Tho king and quuon will givo tho
first stnto bnll of tho season nt Buck
ingham Pnlaco, muoh onrlier than
usual that tho Roosovolts may at
tend. Sutherland nnd Fiold mid Itoohcst
Dorchester House, tho Duchoss, of
Roxburgho anil Mnrlborough, for
merly Miss Qoolet and Miss Vnndor
hilt will ontortain big companies of
Americans brought to London by
Roosovelt's presonco.
AGAI