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MEDFORD A AIL TRIBUNE, MEDlOR!), OR ISO ON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, .19,10. MHBFORD Mail Tiubune Cumpiote Series: Thirty-ninth Year: Dnlly, Fifth Ycnr. rUBlaSKED DAILY UXCETO SATUH DA.V BY THE MEDFORD l-BINTINO CO. HILL A BIG ASSET. A consolidation of the Medford Mall, estitbllihcil 1SS9; the Southern Ore- fonlan, etnbllnlietl 1902: tlio Democratic Imen, established 1872; the Ashland Tribune, established 1S96, uiul the Med ford Tribune, catabllshod 1906. OEOHOn PUTNAM. Kdltor anil Manager ISnteied ns necond-clnss matter No vember 1, 1909, at the postofflco at Medford. Oregon, under the act of March S, 1879. Official Paper of the City of Modford. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year by nmll 15.00 One month by mall SO Per month, delivered by carrier. In Medford, Ashland. Jacksonville, Talent, Phoenix, Central Point. Gold Hill and Wood vl lie SO Sunday only, by mall, per year... 2.00 Weekly, one year... MVi. 1,50 Dl- TaU x.ascd Wire TTnlUd Frcis ptchs- the INDIAN WARS OF SOUTHERN OREGON (From J. C. Walllim's History of Southern Orcuon.) (Contlum'J.i QUA l'TH U KFFUCT OK WU1TH TION'. I The position in which those In tliiuiH found themselves at tho era of IMMU1UA- (10 VU,iti influx of white men was anomalous. Thov wore suddonlv Coining of tlio White Cloiiorul Unw surrounded hv n white population nnil the SlnustiiM Divisions of tlio a,voy exceeding their own numh..ii, SlmstiiM Their Hilofs Koguo onenuml in tlio nms.iit of irol.l. Nor Tho Mall Tribune Is on sale at . VV. . O.M...I Cm VMIiif.lai.rt vi . ( . . , . . 1 . i 1 1 t'oruanu uuiei j3iitu, i u. uwiu. Bowman News Co., Portland. Or. W. O. Whitney, Seattle. Wash. , Hotel Spokane News Stand. Spokane. Itlvor Indians Applcgato .loliu liiiiipy. (Joorgo mill (licit IIiiihN Table Hock Hmul Smu mill .loo Census of Indian Diminution of tlio Indians Ucfltvtlou on tliolr Condition - Sentiment of the Whites Discussion on tlio Census of tlio Wnrs. The bust oviiioueo exists to show was this white population of u char actor to enable the Indians to re main in iuiet. Ordinary observation speaks loudly to tho contrary. Says .J. Hoss Hruwne: "Tim earl iest comers wore a wild, reckless and daring race of men, trappers and hunters, whose intercourse with tlio Indian;- was not calculated to afford them a high opinion of Americans as Postage Bates. 8 to 12-pago paper IS to 24-pago paper 24 to 36-pase paper distributing CCUtcr. but that it will be the metropolis Ot Jill tion between the years 1854 and apply to tho travelers who came prior lclifc f KiKiif nm- frtw?friM it-litstli it,ilnlnc ciMiflwii'n fll'inrmi IOJi. u uttt Average Dally for November. 1909 l.TOO December, 1909 1,842 January, 1910 1,925 February, 1910 2.122 AFRIX CXRGUZJITXOir. is and northern California. s 4 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 IS. 2.300 .2,350 2,300 2,300 2,300 2.300 2,300 2.350 2,300 2.300 2,300 14 2.300 IS 2.325 17 2.375 18 2,325 19 2.325 20 2,325 21 2,325 22 2,325 24 2,400 26 2,350 26 2,450 27 2.350 28 2.350 29 2.350 Total , 58,325 Less deductions 800 57.525 Ave race net dally, 2.301. STATE OP OREGON, County of Jack son, ss.: On this 30th day of April. 1910. personally appeared before me, G. Put nam, manager of tho Medford Mall Tri bune, who, upon oath, acknowleu-ceu that the above figures are true and correct. (Seal) H. N. YOCKET. Notary Public for Oregon. UESrORD, OREOOIT. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and Northern California and fastest-growing city In Oregon. Population. May. 1910, 9.000. Bank deposits, 32,500.000. Banner fruit city of uregon Rogue River apples won sweepstakes prize and title of I "Apple Kings of the World" 1 at National Apple Show, Spokane, 1909. Rogue River pears brought hlghteat Jirices In all markets of the world dur ng the past five years. write Commercial Club, enclosing 6 cents for postage on finest community pamphlet evar written. HpIIE fact that James T. Hill owns the Pacific & Kastern and will develop Southern Oregon is one of the big gest assets Medford could possibly have. Hill ownership insures a second and shorter route to the east, and a second outlet for the enormous fruit production of the Rogue River Valley, which within a few veal's will roach astound ing proportions. jMa Kill is and always has been a developer of the, country. When he invaded Central Washington it was no more developed than Central Oregon is today. Thej land was considered as worthless as the Central Oregon plateau has been deemed. The Hill invasion means to Ore gon what it has meant to Washington, the populating of J the country, and the utilization of its natural resources, ; Medford will have the distinction of being the onlv city in Western Oregon, that is west of the Cascade range, with i two transcontinental routes, it means tnat tne eu win that tUu lndilul W,,U,,tj0 f the a people." not OlllV be a railroad center and tlieretore a lObblllg and valley suffered very serious diminu- Those remarks were iutendod to tho extent of this do- to tho discovery of j;old. Willi a ! crease was, or now lotu its causes snj-ni mouiucauon tney will apply . Iiml Ii,ii in iiMiti'iitimi i-j luil iimi'iiI". nerfoellv to it vnrv Innm tiiitnliitr nt'l .Nature has done much for Medford. The Hnrrimnntniimbio. u n vory common ex- subsequent arrivals. ! lines have contributed greatlv in the upbuilding Of the pression with the earlier white sot- Conconunu tho character of the Citv. The Hill lillCS Will probablv do more. The balance that tho Indians woro much j-onornl white population in 18fll.fi. rests With the people of Medford. TllCV must maintain moro nunwrous nt f.t. Aent Cul- nothmi; need bo said. Men of nil . . 1 1 j . m, vor remarked that the loss to tho ranks in Iilo and ol all conceivable their aggressiveness and their progressiveness. There,,itrcaty ImHun8 coii00tcd at Table characters ero there. There is no must be no let-up in their publicity Campaign, in then iHock reservation amounted .dnrinc occasion to go into raptures over the program Of public improvements, and in their reaching the first twelve months to not le-is Konorosity, mnpinnimity and bravery, after things that gO to make a Citv. Factional disturbances !tlm" ono-fourth of their whole num- of tho better sort, nor to miter Umii ,.-.,,r,4- L 4.1,0, ,t,i i.r.fi.,. her. Anion); the several strong bands a lontr description of tho vices of the must not be encouraged but the people must work togethei (of Indiiuis resjhlciit thGrnV0iWon,c. Qood mcn wore thore, nml. as a limt to bring about the realization of their dreams. I creek, Wolf creek and Jump-Off oJe bad. The same vicious qualities' Tlie railroad tO the Jillie .Ledge means a great deal torlrecion, tho mortality was still treat- "Inch characterized the ruffian in the fint.ire vnllev. A lnrn-n mini find n lnro-p. smnlter mnnns or, and those intractable bands, dan- more settled communities marked' the employment of hundreds of monev-spending men. The cr?us f whites (they !! career in this except that cit- r n ii i r ii i i i.i i i , ; spoke the Umpqua ancuage, but enmstnnecs may havo pivcn him u opening up of one nune will be followed by the develop- tw'erc I10t of ,))oml) ;icnrv hotter chance here to displav himself ment ot otheis. iNot only copper, but crold nulling will blotted out of existence. "A majority of white persons came get the share Of attention from the world, Which it merits,! This history of the diminution of to the country with kind feclinpi for1 but has never received ill this Section ! tnc Vidians will help to explain tho Indians and not wishing to in- The railroad to the Blue Ledge means much, but a rail-!n'p"rcnt,i' monf9.tn;u.!' .T-fT inillhe7J 7" T-y ' j . . , , .,, t, , Ir , , Jot those who first battled with tho nnunc opposite sentiments." Tins l'Oad tO the COast Will mean more. It IS Up tO Medford to EoKlie RiVOr3-an exaeration in- ontcnco sets forth tho condition of peiSUade "Mr. Allen and JSh Stevens to extend the line to I explicable on any other hypothesis, affairs as forcibly as if it were ox-, Crescent Citv. This is the One great tiling that lies before (Thus Major Kearney, writiiiR to his panded into a volume. A imrtion the people Of Medford tO accomplish, and tllCV call aCCOUl- 8U,orior officers conccminp; nn en- wore ready to do the rndiau harm, i;", 4.1,.1 j iraeement, professes to have been'""" circumstnnces never could have. piooii uiixa, ..a uiC mivt: uuuuiupiisiiiru ulirt iiui.gs it uiu.i ,opposed by from 300 to 500 ImHnn3i hoc more BASE BALL At Medford SUNDAY, MAY 15 Medford vs. Central Point This should be a good game, as Central Point has secured one of the best amateur batteries on tho Coast, CIAMK OA L MOD AT 2:10 I M. Last call for the census. All await the water wagon the new ono tho city has purchased. The Oregon rivers and h-rbors bill is safe but it contains nothing for Southern Oregon. will but go after it. CRUELTY IN THE ARMY. pposert by irom 300 to 500 Indians. "'' more lavornnie to tlieir malice. Many such statements might bo ad- justice wore not, nnd when- dueodk which, with the above theory, , ever and wherever a white man's lust nro mutually supporting, though thev or love of violence led him. then and You are Welcome to wait here anytime SEE THE NEW FOUNTAIN PEN. On your way to or from the postoffice, just drop in and allow us the ploiiHiiro of Khowinu you the lines of SUNDRIES. Medford Pharmacy Near P. 0., Medford. All night service. Phone Main 3641 I do not rest on the ame class of John P. Stevens is in charge of Hill lines in Oregon. A better man could not have been selected. Grit, vim, push, snap and energy are essential in building up a city. Medford has them all and must use them. Taft is said to have joined the in surgents. Uncle Joe and Doc Keeno come next, and the party will be saved. Do you want to help bnild that park grandstand T Then advertise in the Sunday issue of the Mail Tribune. A remarkable statement by Kepresentative Thomas t cvillo"co by ""y '"e""s (Dem., Ivy.), in the House, a few clays ago, led to the' Z immediate adoption of a resolution to wipe out a charge iTfjj fj U L AQT of desertion standing against Joseph Dobson in the War ULU SO fnU I Department records, and shows an unreasonable severity ' and cruelty equal to that practiced in darkest Russia. j twelve months in the regular army with a good record. He obtained a leave of absnece, as he states in his affi davit, to go and see a girl of his acquaintance. He went to see the girl, and, like manv vouug men and for that matter, old men, too he got drunk. He started back, butg got tiiirst and went out into the toothills to look tor some water, and he got lost and made his way finally back to j his post. As the report of the adjutant-general says, he; was absent a part of one day berond his leave of absence. He was arrested as the proof shows and the recital of this case is more like a romance or the account of some Russian companies and atrocity. He was arrested, carried to a blacksmith shop towns of the Rog and irons nut around his ankles, a heavv chain was at-'fair to become the there an outrage was perpetrated. (To He Continued.) BECOMING UN INDUSTRY CENTER Fast Getting in Shape to. Manufacture All Kinds of Building Material, Which Includes Lumber, Brick, Granite and Sand For First Time in Valley Systematic Attempt Is Being Made to Develop Latent Re sources of Valley Development Due to Enterprise of May Brothers. Tolo, long the butt1 of theatrical cated along the lino of the Southern modern and up to date. It hns capacity of 100,000 feet pr day. llrlik mid Tlio Workn. The brick and tile works arc local ed a (uartor of a mile Houth along tho edgo of tho lake. The Southern Pacific is now building a niilutra.-l to tho works. Clay, of which a largo deposit exists at the site of (no kilns, will also bo brought from th old Price ranch by means of an eloc trio trolley line, which will be con structed for tho purpose. Tests show that both those dcosits of clay mak excellent brick and tiling. In addition to supplying lumber. brick, cut stone and crushed rock fo cement work, it is the intention alsi to supply sand for building purposes and a large pump is being iustallm I to pump sand from the sandbar in tached to them, and he was kept in that condition for three jf Southern Oregon, the city with months, until the irons around his ankles had worn the Jll ma ofherdu a joke among the noifie between Tolo and Gold Hay ,,,,, ,af() illlo am , , mrry ;uo River valley, bids I.owfp '8nf"rn'8he1 th, Pwur track. Thus nearly all essentials fr the construction city i ""1,, Li'i ""TA. "'8" pUmjS '""il.Jinu will be manufactured at ., . . , tlio necessary water. Tho 150 work- Xolo X hecUvyw2 rn n,feBd ai. .r80"1"!" "c'l The road between Tolo and flold Transmission of photographs by wire has become n reality. Now will somebody please photograph good intentions f t)rcgon irrigation projects will bo 'pushed to completion, stutcs Engin eer Davis of the reclamation service. 'It's about time. Seattle and other cities have n simple contrivance for flushing streets. It could be used in Medford to advantage. Aro you public-spirited? Then lielp tho Greater Medford club ladies who are doing so much to make Med ford a hotter city hi which to live. Tho comet is growing brighter nightly. Its tail now looks like a Kipnt searchlight playing across the 'heavens. Perhnps when it strikes us )it won't look so bright. 'Hailstones in Roscburg broke 103 utroot lamps. It would be a good thing if some of tho old streot lights 3n Modford had been smashed the now ones nro so much brighter. Tho now Hill lino to tho east from Medford will bo several hundred miles shorter than any present lino and place Medford nearer the east ern markets than Portland. It will not be necessary to go around two sides of n triangle. Tho weekly letter issued by the Portland Commercial olub to country papers speaks of the potatoes and strawberries placed aboard tho Portland business mon's excursion train, What's tho matter with tho Newtown Pippins, Modford's con tribution t Weron't tlioy nR well worth mentioning as potatoes? flesh nearly to the bone before Dobson got the irons re moved rrom his ankles. He was then tried by a court martial and was sentenced to imprisonment for four years, and given a dishonorable discharge. After that the irons were put back upon his ankles and he was sent back to prison, and remained, as I remember, something over a year, and appealed the case to the War Department. i "The Adjutant-General, in his report, states that the stalled. punishment was unaccountably severe; that this man was absent from the post only a part of the day; and that there was lacking in his conduct that animus to show desertion. "I am personally acquainted with Dobson. He made a good soldier. There is nothing against his record. He is a good t?itizenr and this stain should be removed from his record." Minor ai me uam is used lo pump water for irrigating several thousand iicros oi urcuani which is Doing planted on tho foothills west of Tolo ONE NOW BEATS A HUNDRED NEXT YEAR. for tho cities of tho country, as woll as supplying a limitless quantity of crushed rock for street and road im- TTViv flin nnvf frm vnnvc wlifui Tiu'fvr ic iifil.-rm nf i in tt. i. at. 4. i. .-i... . without an effort to utilize JUOU1U Will 1UUK Ut 11 C t'UUSUS ll'll J h IW I MI'tTL I 11 LH III l ,., . , . .. l x i i.r ,, ,, M1 .' ' . Three Orcnt nidustrlcN. lation and the result set forth there will govern their esti-l ,. ..... . .. i ii -I, p , m, I ho initial one of -these enter- mates of the city, regardless of its future growth. There-1 r,rihehf u.hi,h ,,. , ,)0 folIowe(1 ,JV fore one person added to the census before the lists are j other of similar nature, was tho op closed this week, means more to the city's standing in the ening up of a largo granite quarry, world at larcre than 100 nersons would mean next vear. w,lieh wi" funiwli fin building rock when the world won't know it. It is every one's duty to see that Medford gets proper representation in the eves of the world. It is every one's pro vement duty to make it a business that he himself is enrolled and j Second on the list is a lumbor mill, that his acquaintances are. Time for action has nearly fusing wood worth of machinery passed, there is still a day or two of grace. If you have not done your duty, do it now. How will it look to see Medford, which has so aggres sively boasted of her growth, enumerated in the census as being smaller than rival cities 1 If Grants Pass or Ash land show a greater population than Medford, for the next ten years people of the country as a whole will consider them larger cities. This is a condition which does not exist and the world should not bo permitted to think that it does exist, simply through our own lethargy. Get busy, the time is short. You will find blanks at the Commercial Club, which you 'can fill out. Ai& the enumerators. . . -r ,n', Mi:M Tlio road between Tolo and flob ... ,, ,u; .u xo.o rai uom uay. ny ifj mnciM,nrnj7C1 COIlfli(ior. A year or so ago tho Rays bogan Mncailiimlzod RoaOn. Milk lntltVH MB M r.knlt ....... . . i . After a long period of lethargy. 1 "mr. Z h H . i ' " fetches having already been which followed the completion of The J0, T7,L ,i "Tu WW" ! lnniinontly improved. The surplus the railroad track. Since then de velopment has shown the existence of a practically limitless qumitity of Hm p;....... I...:i.l! i - . rm I ized and water and sewer systems in- J. , ' 7 V, '"""'homo eight miles of eight and six I , ,. . ........r. ... ni'iiiim nil. ill in mil lllll'Hl quarrying ninchinory bus been in stalled and a largo force of men are kept busy cuttin" stone, drilling and quarrying the rock. Tho most im proved crushing machinery hns n- fiAllflv tinnti f,ic4i11i.1 .1 industries, each of whirl, will give ;nrIo(lfl f(f fi employment to from 50 to loO men, hol 8hi , ,, Pniollc n and each of winch represents n. in- (Il0UHnm of rmm roo, , first time n the history of tho valley ,re(lfnli o00 f(. Gl.(lltH p , a systematic effort is being made i ,00 m:Hf,nl,nnna T ' iiiiii 1 1 inn . to siinplv Ashland nnd les. power plant at Gold Hay, Tolo has taken on a new lease of life, extens ive civic improvements are planned, the town rebuilt, streets rnacadam- Tolo owes its awakening to Colonel Frank Hay and Dr. C. H. Hay, who have started out to mako it an in dustrial center. They hrtvo estab lished in tho last few months three develop tho latent- i i resources wnum ju v,,n,.f.wi hnvo been gazed on since time began,, jno Comity. quarry is being used in tho now Episcopal church nnd block at Mod- inch pipe havo been laid and it is the intention to extend this system south toward Central Point, making it possible to irrigate this section of tho valloy. Tho water from this Hystem will supply tho town of Tolo, which is to be rebuilt on modorn lines. Pioneers In Development, The Hay brothers are pioneers in itho development of the resources of i tho country. They nro showing what (can ho dono with the nativo matori ulu ii. wl ti,,.;.. .., i,. ...:n ....i.i n. 'iv . a ., ' .JAiiiiiiini iiiiiiiiiiui nililding Htnno from ihn ' .ii.. i . . . ii i v ill I til iii i ii I tw iriiAva i.t J t,x niwii ifj wuii;i ni Illl fill section of tho world offers rnoro op portunity along theso lines of dovol opmont than tho Hoguo river vallev. Ihoy aro also sotting a good o.xiim plo in building maoadamizod roads and will bo hblo to furnish crushed rock sufficient for all tho roads tho county. nay Tho San ror cutting up tlio logs wlucli nro floated down stream from tho forosts of tho upper Hogue, into lumber for usb in building up tho cltios of tho valloy. Third and lutest of tho enterprises is tho establishment of a largo brick and tile manufactory, which will havo a capacity of 100,000 bricks por day, and which will go far to re lieve tho shortage in building mate rials caused by the building boom in Modford. This faotory will bo rondy for business about July 1, Tlio flranKo Quarry. All threo of the enterprises aro lo-j tord, as well as in tho now building, under 'const ruction, rook also finds a market in Francisco and Portland. lagging OjioratloiiH IJcgln. This week logging operations begin on a large scnlo on tho upper Hogue, and between -1,000,000 and 5,000,000 foot of logs will bo floated down lo the river to tho mill. I.umbcrmon for yonrs past pronounced logging im practical on tho Hoguo, but experi menial drives made by tho Hay Hros. during tho past two yonrs havo proved it feasible. Hocks havo been blasted from the rivor channol, and i-outrnctor Pankoy expects to have littlo trouble in bringing down the present drive. Tho mill is silimtod between tho rnilrond nnd (ho lako, formed by tho dam. Tho logs nro drivon lo (ho mill in water; hero Ihoy aro out nn nml placed abonrd cars, and tho lumbor filstrihutcd throughout Southern Or egon. I ho mill was oreclod Into last fall and nil tho machinory is most in A Snap. 'Ion nores good fruit Innd, half milo from Eaglo Point; prico $800, fpnjl) onsh, bnlance ono yoar at 8 per cent. Aylor & Huniolt, noxt to Mail Tribuno office. .15 Hnrdon's new fountain has Sis kiyou mineral water on draught, 5c por glass, BENSON has 47 lots for sulo 4- at goniilne bargain pricos. 4-4- 4- -- ff-f Twice a Week Monday and Thursday SISKIYOU MINERAL WATER Siskiyou Natural .Mineral Wuter, bottled at tho spring by J. M. Wagner a clear, sparkling, health-giving drink. Delivered to your homo by B. C. BIGHAM, Agent. CONKLIN'S Self-Filling FOUNTAIN PEN If it should run dry whilo writ, iug, you would not feel in tho least annoyed, not even a little bit, bo ciiiiho yini can calmly reach over and dip pen in nearest inkwell, press tho "Crescent Filler" once, mid instantly pan is full of ink. Done so quickly that your train of thought is not oven broken. Moreover, that filling operation keeps tho food channols clean and Jinclogged so that tho flow of ink is always certain and continuous; never a balk, blot or skip; makes writing delightfully easy. All sizes and points; coino in nnd try them. MER1VOLD SHOP WEST MAIN STREET. X Notice Tho old outablluhod Modford llnkory and DollcatonBon havo again resumed bui)lneii with now mon, bottor coodn, prompt aorvlco. javorythlng un-to-dnto, Our motto In to plonHo our pat rons. Gtvo iih a trial. Ho Hpoctfully, A. F. REINKING & Co. SOUTH CI3NTHAL AVlfl PHONlfl MAIN 8202. Haskins for ttealta.