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publtohed la a city the ilse ef
Medford haying a loaned wire.
1OTTII YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, IAY 19, 1910.
No. 51.
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COMET MAY
I
LONG TAIL
Scientist Declares Comet's Tall Did
Not Enwrap Earth Last Evening
But That It May Do So Soon
Three Possibilities Pointed Out by
Leadlnn Astronomer,
W1LLIAMH HAY, Win., Mny 10.
Hiilliiy'n comet tuny hnvo IohI part of
Kit tall, perhaps all, according to Di
rector KroHt of YorkoM obnurvntory
toilny. Tho dlroctor doclnn-d that tho
oarth dl (J not pans through tho tnll
of tho comot Inst night.
Dlroctor Front nnltl that tho tnll Ik
Htlll In tho uatitorn sky, whoro It
showed from 10:.'IK lant night until
3:20 Hi Im morning. Ho nlito admitted
tho poHHllilllty that It lm.1 not yot be
Kiin tho rori'KMlou Journey on Itii orbit.
Frost declared that, tho npicnrnnco
of tho tall In tho cant nftor It hail
been HiippoHoil to hnvo pns.ic;1. to tho
wont muaiiH ono of three poHBlhllltlee:
1. Tho ciirvntnro of tho tnll has
grown no groat, posHlbly by roaoon of
tho earth's nttrnctlon, that whllo tho
head linn panned tho tnll 1i:ih not.
2. Tho com tit may hnvo conned tta
tnll-iunklng capacity, II ho Ilorcnl'n
comot of 1003, ami gnno went, lonv
lot: ItH tnll bohlud.
3. All calculation mny ho wreni:
nud tho comot may not hnvo panned
iih yot.
HAVE LOS
MR. COMET AND HIS TAIL
DIDN'T KICK UP RUMPUS
MANY PEOPLE
DISAPPOINTED
Failure of Celestial Wanderer to
Mako Moro of a Row With His Tnll
Caused Expressions of Regret
Hoped Somethlnn Would Bo Doing.
Yoh, Arnhel.n, wo wont safely
through tho romct'H tnll. It w.ih ton
bad you wore cUnappolntod, hut 'twas
over thus.
For flvo hours last ovonlng wo woro
In tho tnll of n comot, hut It fnllod
to do anything to tho Rogue Iltvor
valley. Not ovon one little Hhootlng
star wnn ueon nnd recordod. Tho
world lu nafo again for nnothor 75
yonrn.
A lnrgo number of local pooplo
wntched for rosults laBt ovonlng, but
there was nothing doing, Tho sky
wats tho name n tiHiial, much to their
disappointment.
Mr. Comet, no moro will vo fonr
you, or Bponu your nnmo in rwo
wo nro OrogonlniiH, but our nncoa-
torn woro MlncHourlnnH and you'll
hnvo to flhow ub.
HOLDS ALL RECORDS
FOR LONG APPENDIX
Montana Man Has Vormlform Ap
pendix Nino and Half Inches Lonu
It Was Wrapped Around Liver.
BUTTE, Mont., Mny 10. An nu
topsy ovor tho body of W. Q. Mof
fntt, who dropped dond lodny, ro
vonlod ft vermiform nppondix niuo
nnd a half inohoa lonr, tho oud bo
jnp; wrnppod nraund n portion of tho
livor.
No similar onso is known in mod
ioli! ainialfj
STEAMER IS
BURNED BUT
CREW SAFE
Fire Breaks Out In Engine Room
Captain and Crew of 10 Men Land
at Newport Ono Man Dies of Ex
posureTerrible .Hardships Arc
Encountered.
NBWI'OItT, Or., Mny 10. Kngln
oor llmttrof ami two momborn of tho
crow of tho oil burning steam bcIiooii-
or J. Ilnrhoffor, arrived hero on foot
today, lirliiKlnj; iiowh of tho burning
of tho vessel WcdnoBdi'.y afternoon
and tho death of n member of tho
crow from oxpomiro following tho
abandonment of tho vcbhoI,
Captain Peterson, It In rlfo and 19
memberH of tho crow hnvo boon en
camped In a iiliack at Not;nrty croek
nnd will be bn light to Newport this
afternoon In carriages nnd nutomo
blleH, which hnvo been Kent to bring
them In.
Tho alilp burned to tho wntor'n
odgo nnd uov; lies on tho rocks nbout
17 utiles no'th of Newport.
Whllo racing townrd Portland hnt
tllug ngalnct n northwctit gnlc, flro
broke out In tho engine room. In a
moment tho blnzo had aprend nnd
tho terrible bent drovo tho flromcn
nud engluomeu out of the hold to tho
dock
LOUIS HILL AND '
PARTYDUETONIGHT
President of Great Northern, Who
Has Been Touriurj Central Oregon,
Will Arrlvo In This City Soon
Commcrc'al Club to Entertain.
LouIh Hill, prculdent of tho
Groat Northern railroad, with hla
party of railroad inon, who have boon
touring central Oregon In nutom
olilU'H, nro duo to arrive lu tlila city
Thursday ovui:lng. Tho oxnet tlmo
of their arrival Is lu Question, owing
to tho fnct that they nro trnvollng by
automobile.
Tho Commercial club ;lll entertain
tho party whllo hero nud will hold n
mnuB meeting If It la ngrocublo to Mr.
IIII1.
John V. StoveiiK, who lu In chnrgo
of tho Hill lutorcuta In Oicgon, U nt
IitoHont lu th city and will meet tho
party hero.
JAMES WICKERSHAM
IS TO RUN AGAIN
Has Announced His Candidacy for
Ro-olcctlon as Delegate on Con
gress From Alaska.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Mny 10. JnB.
Wiakorshnm, dolcp;nto from Alaska,
nud nuti-QuKKOuliohn man, an
iiouncoB kia onndidnoy for ro-olcotion
in ft mossnRO from WnshiuRtou to tho
Daily Dispatch hero. Tho cable
rottda : ,
"In answer to iiisistont domnmls
of my friends iu ovory sootion of
Alnskft and in uunltornblo opposition
to tho BovonuRo bill mid Quezon-,
hoim doininntion in Alaska, I doom it
my duty to ngnm bo n onndidnto for
doloRiito from Alnskn,"
King George V. and Queen May, the
King Edward and the
MiHlflr yffi XMvlBBgftflBWW king
HV ' mWBBHMmBL- queen
FANATIC OFFERS
TO KEEP
JACKSONVILLE
TO MAKE EAGLE
SCREAM JULY 4
Jncksonvillo will colebrnto the
Fourth of July this year and has
served notico to thnt effect on other
Southont OreRon towns. Two yeur3
io Ashland pulled the cukIu's tail
last year Medford sent her howls of
patriotism Bkywnru, nnd tins yonr
Jncksonvillo claims tho honor.
Thnt Jncksonvillo will mako good
is n foregone conclusion. The nat
ural ndvnntnKCo of tho littlo city in.
tho hills nro idonl for n day spoilt in
picniokiup; or eolobrntlnp;, whilo tlio
hospitality of the Jncksouvillnus is
woll known.
It is up to Jnokson county to help
tho county sent out.
SCIENTIST SAYS THAT AT DAYLIGHT TODAY
WE HAD NOT YET ENTERED COMET'S TAIL
L1CIC OI1SEKVATOHY, Cal May
19. Up to dalllght this morning tho
onrth had not ontorod tho tnll of tho
comot, Unloss It passes through tho
tnll this forenoon It will not pnss
through nt all. This Is tho statomout
todny of Dlroctor Cnnipboll of tho
Lick obsorvntory.
"Wo will not bo ablo to ascortaln,"
said Cnmpboll 'loflnltoly thnt tho
oarth hns pnssod through tho tnll of
tho comet todny until dnrknoss comes
and an obBorvatlon can bo inndo. Thon
wo must Judgo by tho position of tho
HIS DAUGHTER AS SACRIFICE
THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION
AUTHORITIES
JUST IN TIME
PREVENT CRIME
ALINE, Okln., May 19. Becnuso
Hor.ry llelnman, leader of a band of
religious fanatics, wantoJ to sacrlflco
his lG-yoar-old Etep-dnuj;,,tor, Jnno
Farflold to b.ivo the world from tho
comet, mob vlolcnco la feared hero
today. Holnmnu was arrested nud la
lundor guard at tho county Jail.
Uolnmnn was n leader of a band of
40 rollgious fanatics. Thoy dcclnrod
tho coming of tho comot was tho ven
genuco of tho Lord ngaliut tho world,
nnd only n human sacrlflco would pre
vent a groat catastrophe Uolnmnn
otfored his step-daughter ns tho sac
rlflco. Plans for tho "offrlng" woro mndo
and Holnmnu nnd hla followers woro
(Continued on Page Five)
tnll whothor tho oarth passod through.
Thoro Is no posslblo way to obsorvo
tho tntl in daylight. Tho scloutlsts
horo fool cortnln that tho oarth on
torod tho ta'l of tho comot this fore
noon, but thoy hnvo no way of defi
nitely ascertaining this fact as long as
daylight lasts.
"Tho figures of Profossor Lousch
nor, corroborated by Profossor Kroutz
of Klol, Oorninny, and ondorsed by
Profossor Tlckorlng of Harvard, aro
correct aB far as thoy rotor to tho
transit of tho comot across tho disc
Late
Dowager Queen.
DELEGATION IN
CONGRESS WILL
WORK FOR PARK
That tho Oregon delegation in con-
press is doing nil in its power to get
a federal appropriation for tho im
provement of tho Crater Lake na
tional park and for tho construction
of a road to tho park is shown by
tho following lottors from Washing
ton, which nro solf-oxpluuntory:
'Washington, May 12. Secretary
Commercial club, Medford Or.
My Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge
tho rocoipt of your rocont communi
cation inclosing copy of resolutions
adopted by your body, urging tho
Oregon delegation in congress to so
curo an ndoqunto appropriation to
carry on during tho present season
tho work of surveying, mapping,
(Continued on Page 5.)
of tho sun, but up to daylight this
morning tho onrth had not passed
through tho tnll of tho comot,
"I obsorvod a faint glow In tho
southeast boforo daylight today,
which indlcctod thnt tho comot's tall
Is near us, but ns wo do not know tho
dlstanco of .tho tall from tho oarth,
wo cannot predict tho oxnet tlmo of
transit oxcopt to say that If tho oarth
I does not pnss through tho tnll boforo
, noon It will not pnss through during
(tho present visit of Halloy's comot
, in this portion of tho universe."
IMPORTANT
RULING SOON
BY CALKINS
Will Rule on Reames' Contention This
Afternoon, Which Will Decide
Whether Condemnation Suit Will
Be Tried Out Now or Suffer An
other Long Delay.
Whether A. E. Reames, attornoy
for M. F. Hanley, will again block
tho city in tho effort to secure an
early trial of the condemnation Bult
whereby the city will gain entrance
upon tho Hanley premises on Littlo
Butte creek will bo decided this after
noon, whn Judge Calkins rules upon
a contntlon of Mr. Reamcs that tho
suit In equity upon tho alleged con
tract Hanley holds with the city bo
tried first. If Reamcs Is upheld this
suit will como up at once in court
and bo threshed out, tho condemna
tion suit awaiting it; but if his con
tention Is overruled tho condemnation
suit will start in tho circuit court
Friday.
Mr. Reames has long contended that
Hanley holds a valid contract with
tho city whereby ho Is to sell tho
Wasson canyon water to tho city for
$25,000. Tho city claims that no
such contract is held. Reames now
asks that this be tried out before tho
condemnation cult is tried.
COMMERCIAL CLUB IS TO USE
COUNC ROM AND SAVE RENT
O'GARA CALLED
TO HOOD RIVER
Pathologist's Services Are Needed in
Fruit Section, Owing to Blight In
fection, for the First Time In Their
History.
Professor O'Gava, assistant pathol
ogist of tho department of agricul
ture, has been called to Hood River,
owing to a blight lufectlon there
among the Spifzenberg apples. This
Infection is tho first In their history
and while not serious now Is exceed
ingly dangerous and tho orchardists
are taking immedlato steps to check
its spread.
The Umpqua section is also calling
for the services of Professor O'Gara,
owing to an outbreak of blight.
HALLEY'S COMET
DRIVES MAN INSANE
Washington Sheephertler Confined in
Padded Cell as Result of Worrying
Over Approach of Sky Wanderer.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 19.
Potor Augusta, n French shoop
hordor, is confined in a padded cell
in tho city jail today, suspected of
boing iusnno ns a result of worry
ovor tho approach of Ilalloy's comot.
Tho man was brought to Walla
Walla sovoral days ago from tho
Snake rivor distriot.
Sinoo boing placed in tho coll ho
has talked insistently iu his own
tonguo about tho comot, and showed
ovory ovidonoo of torror on account
of its approach.
Pronchmon who hoard Augusta'8
ravings said that tho man's talk
showed thnt ho is n oloso student of
litornturo printed about tho comet.
ROYAL TEARS
FALL WREN
King George and Der Kaiser Fall en
Each Other's Necks, Plant Chastt
Kisses, Weep and Separate Many
Persons Striving to See Body ef
Dead King.
LONDON, May 19. King George
met Emperor William of Germany at
tho Victoria station at noon today.
Doth monarchs were weeping who
they embraced and kissed each othor.
Tho kaiser apparently was affected
most deeply. After the greetings were
over tho kaiser was driven to Buck
ingham palace.
A lino of people two miles long
was In waiting when tho doors of
Westminster hall woro thrown open
today. This is tho last day on which
tho public may pass beside the coffin
of tho late king, and thousands re
mained up all night to hold their
places in tho line.
Three thousand soldiers and police
were ordered to bo ready to repel any
attempt on tho part of tho disappoint
ed thousands to "rush tho doors"
when closing tlmo comes.
William Henderson of Ashland
spent Thursday with Medford
friends.
STILL LOOKING
BUILDING SITE
McAndrews Lot Is Favored as Site
for Club Building Will Move to
City Hall July I and Occupy Coun
cil Chambers Free of Charge.
At tho regular mcotlng of tho Com
mercial club Wednesday evening A.
S. Rosenbaum reported fo" tho build
ing committee that tho Me And rows
lot was again on tho markot foi $8000
and although ho had boon unable to
sco tho other members of tho com
mittee ho was cortaln that thoy would
consider tho property a good Invest
ment for tho club.
Ho also said tlnt tho nayor and
city council had offered tho club the
uso of tl'o council rooms for club pur
poses, absolutely froo of chargo, and'
recommondod tho club accepting" tho
offor. Tho club accoptcd tho offor of
tho city and will movo Into tho couu-
cll rooms on Jrly 1.
Tho committee woro given more'
tlmo In which to seo Mr. McAndrows
and find out vhat torms tlo lot could'
bo purchased on.
TO URGE BONDS
TO BUILD ROADS
Tho mattor rf circulating Initiative
potltlons for tho purposo of having
tho pcoplo voto In Novombor on a lavf
allowing countlos to create a bondod
Indebtedness for road purposes hns
again boon takon up by tho Commer
cial club and tho mattor will now be
attondod to. Last evening a commit
tee consisting of G. Putnnm, Porter
J. Noff nnd G, L. Roamor, was ap
pointed to proparo tho potltlons anft
launch tho work. Tho committee will
got In touch at onco with tho Oregon
Good Roads association' and work
with thom.
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