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Medford Mail Tribune
UN1TKD PRHM ASSOCIATION
FhII Lcaaed Wire Report.
FIRST SECTION
Tho only paper In tho world
published In a city the itse of
Medford having a loaned wire.
PAGrES 1 TO 8
tfJOTJI Y.IQAU.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1910.
No. 53.
LOOK W. Hi SAYS VALLEY OF 1 ROGUE IS RICHEST IN 1 WORLD
SAYS
CONDITIONS
THEY APPEALTO A RAILROAD BUILDER
SPEAKS FOR AN HOUR
AND A HALF TO
BUSINESS MEN
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Following n few of thu pertinent purtn of the- address of
Louis W. Hill, president of tho Great Northern railroad, to the
biiHinoHH men of Medford on Friday evening:
"Wo dropped over tho mountaiiiH into tho Rogue Kivcr vnlloy
and found tho richcHt valley in tho world. I Hny this advisedly
and after traveling over 100 milcH throughout it IoiikIIi and
brondth. I have traveled extensively, but nowhoro hnvo I ever
found a richer or more beautiful valley."
"RegnrdlesH of wlint tho Great Northern may do for that
hnH not yot been determined hihiii conditions horo nro thoeo
which appeal to a railroad man and tho railroad companies induc
ing them to invent their capital in certain sections."
'I thought wo hod a greater intorcst in tho Pacific k Eastern
than wo hnvo. Hut I think I see tho time coming when this little
rond will bo identified with a gnat system."
"Ily all moans, build tho Crater Lnko road, for" it will bring
hundreds of thousands of dollnre into tho country."
"When a man once sees tho Roguo Hivor vnlloy ho gets an
impression he will novor get over it is wonderful!"
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For an hour and n half Friday
evening Louis V. Hill, president of
tho Qrent Northern Itnilroud com
pany, nddrosned tlio bitninoBB men of
Medford who had gathered at tho
batuiuot board to welcome tho son of
thu great emplro htiildir." Mr. Hill
spoko on many topics, pnid n high
tributo to all Oregon, named this vnl
loy tho richest in tho world, spoko of
tho Hill invasion of Oregon and of
what tho futuro would bring forth,
Mr. Hill proved himself n closo ob
server, for in his nddress ho brought
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COMET VIEWED IN
BUT IS NOW WITHOUT TAIL
LOOKS LIKE HUGE
STAR IN WEST
Sulphurous Rain Falls in Franco and
Is Attributed to Passauo of Earth
Through Tall Visible Now for
Sovcral Evenings.
A largo numbor of local people
viewed Hulloy's comot Fridny nud
last ovonings whon it apponrcd nftor
sundown in tho western horizon,
Ilowovor, it wns without its tail and
is not tho bountiful Bight it was ItiBt
week in tho oast. Tho comot will bo
visible sovoral ovonings in tho wost.
Monday night it will begin to fade
rapidly.
Sulphurous Rain.
LEMANS, Franco, May 21. Sul
phurous rain foil horo today. Tho
phonomonn is attributed to tho pass
ago of tho oavtli through tho tali of
Ilnlloy's comot. Thu country is cov
ered with a yellowish subslnnco while
tho nttnoBphoro is improguablo, murky
and of a sulphurous odor,
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 21.
Tho "Gotnwny" journoy of Ilnlloy'B
comot will tnko plnoo ncoording to
tho nstronomionl sohodulo miulo sov
ernl days ago,
Professor Ilussoy of tho Univer
sity of Michigan uunouuood today
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Leading business men of tho city
to tho number of 70 gathorcd Fri
day evening at tho banquet board to
greot Louis V. Hill, president of tho
Great Northern railroad. For sov
ornl hours tho business men nud Mr.
Hill dismissed nn olnbornto menu nud
got better acquainted. Speeches
wore mode tolling of tho marvelous
rosources of this section, toasts wore
proposed and it wns in tho woo sma1
hours that tho gathering dispersed.
A. H. Iteamcs presided as toast-
master and discharged his duties
" (Co utiu'uoil'bn 1'nijo S.)
GIVE LOTS FOR
NEW
Queen Anno Addition Offers Four
Lots Near New School Building as
Site for Proposed New Carnegie
Library.
Tho Queen Anno corporation litis
offorod tho oity four building lots
nonr tho now school building to lie
orootod on tho oast side as n site
for tho now .Cnrncgio library, which
iwill bo Boourod (shortly nftor tho
ooiibus roturu is nnuouuood. Tho lots
nro givon voluntarily, tho donors o.
pooting no return other than that
whlcli would naturally rosult from
tho erection of such n building.
Tho site propoBod previously wns
that on which tho old wntor tank
stands, but sotno opposition hns boon
voiood in that rognrd, as it is boliov
cd tho ontiro spnao thoro should bo
dovotod to park purposos.
that tho comot will ho visiblo to tho
nnkod oyo for Bovornl ovonings on
tho wostorn horizon. Tho professor
sightod tho oomot last ovoning nonr
tho sun, hut n bright moonlight pro
vontod him from Booing moro than n
faint outlino of tho tail. Tho hond
appoarod tho Bamo ns it did boforo it
pnssed tho sun,
EVENING
LIBRARY
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WEUUCKYOU'
CLARKTO G.O.P.
Minority Leader Says Proposed Tar
iff Commission Is Plan to Postpone
Peoplo's Verdict on Paync-Aldrlch
Tariff Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21. -Declaring
tho proposed tnriff com
mission is a plan to postpono tho
peoplo's verdict on tho Puyne-Ald-rich
tnriff mcasuro, and denouncing
thu encroachment of th6 oxecutivo
on tho legislative brunches of the
government, Chnmp Clark, in the
houso today, sounded tho Democratic
koynoto of tho coming congrcssionnl
enmpaign.
"Tho proposed appropriation of a
quarter of a million annually to sup
port tho tariff commission," ho said,
"should bo entitled, 'A motion to
postpono thu peoplo's verdict on tho
Pnyno-Aldrich tariff bill to a sen
son moro convenient to tho stand
pat Icndors.'
"It is another desperate Effort to
hoodwink tho voters. Tho creation
of such n commission would bo an
other startling illustration of how
far tho legislative branch of tho gov
ernment has surrendered its rights
to tho oxecutivo branch. Tho power
of congress hns steadily dwindled for
tho pnst quarter of n century, while
no (7 tho oxecutivo mounts to imperial
jind oven autocratic proortions.
"Members of congress anxiously
inquiro whether bills hnvo been rcc-
.ommcudod by department heads.
They forgot thnt tho department
heads aro moro appointees of the
president, bond olorks who hold of
fice at his pleasure Some of them
could not bo olocted to congress from
any constituency.
Chirk declared tho administra
tion's promises of economy in gov
ernment vanished with its promises
of n downward revision of tho tnriff.
Ho predicted that tho Democrats
would win n victory in Novombor.
Turning toward tho Republicans
nud slinking n long finger in their
direction, ho sheuted:
"You'll rocoivo tho bloodiest licking
you hnvo had sinco 1892. Up,
guards, and at them!"
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ILL; CAUSED CHANCE
PLANS EOR WEDDING
Was to Havo Been Best Man at Nup
tials of Miss Grace Andrews and
A. Conro FlWcro, But Is Unable.
CHICAGO, May 21. Miss Dooskn
Jtnh, who hnd planned to go abroad
for tho summor. hns chnugod hor
immodinto plans on' account of tho
illnoBs of lior finuco, W. Houdinot'
Connor, of Medford, Or., who is ill
with mnlarin fovor nt Honrotin hos
pital. Mr. Connor arrived from Oregon
on businosB two wcoks ngo. Tho on
gngoinont of Miss Rub and Mr. Con
nor wns anuouncod in March, whon
sho wna visiting Miss Emily Fioro,
and followed n short and romnntio
courtship.
Mr, Connor wus to havo boon boat
man on Juno 0 nt tho mnrringo of A,
Conro Fioro and Miss Andrews nt
Medford, Or., but it ft) not probnblo
that ho will bo strong enough to tnko
such n long journoy.
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10 ENTER
THIS CITY
Oregon Trunk Files Supplementary
Articles With Secretary Articles
With Secretary of State, Declaring
Its Intention to Build to a Point
in the City of Medford Decision
Was Unanimous.
SALEM, Or., May 21. In supple
mental articles of incorporation filed
yesterday in tho office of the sec
retary of stato, tho Oregon Trunk
Railway company declares its inten
tion to build up tho valley of the
Deschutes river and its tributaries
and in a general southerly direction
to a point at or near Klamnth Falls,
in tho state of Oregon; and also from
a point on tho main line of tho rail
road of tho said corporation in
township 35 south, range 7 cast, of
the Willamette meridian, in Klamath
county, Oregon,- to n point in the city
of Medford, Jackson county, Ore
gon, a distance of about 70 miles,
with such branches and extensions as
tho corporation miy hereafter dc
cido upon."
This decision was taken nt a meet
ing of tho trustoes held in Vancou
ver, Wash., May 11, 1910, and rati
fied by a unanimous vote nt a meet
ing of tho stockholders held the same
dny, nt which 49,999 shares being
all but ono share of tho stock of
the corporation were represented.
HILL NOT BACK OF
ALLEN TROLLEY,
LINE PROJECT
President of Pacific & Eastern An
swers Question Louis W. Hill
Promised to Find Out About and
Tell tho People of Ashland.
Como West.
John R. Alien, president of the Pa
cific & Eastern rnilroad, mid who
is soouring rights of way for nn
olootrio road throughout tho valley
and is nt present applying for a
frnnchiso for a trolley lino in tho
city of Ashland, announced yester
day that tho Hill iutorosts were not
behind tho electric road, but that It
was a privato outerpriso of his.
Tho question nroso in connection
with n stntomout mndo by Louis W.
Hill while in Ashland Thursday,
whon ho informed tho peoplo of that
city that ho know nothing of tho Hills
boiug bohiud a proposed trolloy lino
in that city, but that ho would find
out nud lot thorn know.
"I hnvo stntod on uumorous occas
ions," said Mr. Alien, "that I did not
roprosont tho Great Nurthoru rail
road nor Jnmos J. Hill. In fact, for
soma timo pnst I havo boon endeavor
ing to bo relieved of tho duties of
tho Pnoifio & Enstorn in ordor to
devote nil my timo to my othor iu
torosts, including tho olootrio line, tho
franchises for which I hold in Med
ford nnd Grants Pass and for which
application is now on filo with tho
oity counoil of Ashland. I ropro
sont no ono in theso mattors othor
than mysolf. I boliovo that tho frnn
chiso in Ashland will bo granted."
It's hard to koop tho monoy-supply
nmplo, unloss tho buying Is dono with
ns much skill as tho raonoy-onrntng
roqulros. That menus porsistont ad
rondtng.
WATER CONTROVERSY SETTLED; CITY TO
PAY HANLEY $2000 AND CROSS LAND
NEW COURSE IN
LOCAL SCHOOL
Horticulture Will Be Taught Next
Term and Medford Will Have the
Only High School in State Offer
ing Pupils This Science.
In addition to the domestic science
and manual training courses now of
fered in the Medford high school,
tho school board has decided to in
stitute a coarso in horticulture the
next school year, and offer local boys
a course which is not given in any
other high school in the stato.
The course will be under tho direc
tion of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege, which will place Professor Hall
in charge. It will be complete and
up to dnte in every' respect. Ar
rangements have just been concluded
by Edwin D. Ressler of the depart
ment of industrial pedagogy, O. A. C.
The local high school is the only
one in the state outside of Portland
to offer a domestic science course
and will bo tho first in the state to
offer a course in agriculture. It will
be of great benefit in this section,
where horticulture is practiced so ex
tensively. FINDS CHILD THOUGHT LOST
IN THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
FORT SMITH, Ark., May 21. A
father nnd daughter who were sep
arated by tho great Johnstown flood
iu 1S87 and had not seen each other
since, wero reunited when Abraham
Price, n con! miner, met his child in
Pittsburg, Kan.
Price with his wifo nnd child was
living in Johnstown nt tho time of the
disaster. He saw both of them dis-
appear in tho flood, but escaped with
his own lifo nfter a hard straggle.
Ho searched for dnys, but no trnco of
the bodies was found. Finally Price
left Pennsylvania nnd settled in Ar
kansas. Prjco left money with friends in
Johnstown to defray tho bnrinl ex
penses of his wifo nnd child if tho
bodies were found. Tho daughter
escaped death, but tho mother per
ished. Grown to womanhood, Miss
Price sent inquiries brondcist seek
ing to lenrn the whereabouts of her
RIVER HAVING
TIME GETTING
Ferrying Strawberries Across the Co
lumbia In Order to Tako Advantage
of Low Rates on Hill Road.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 21. The
strawberry situation in Hood Rivor
is iu n critical condition. Tho wu
days havo ripened tho fruit i
,tho nbility to got pickers. Mnny
growors did not got ovor thoir
patches Saturday, nnd Monday will
find hundreds of orates of ovor-ripe
fruit. Tho vnlloy is in desporato
nood of piokors.
Hundieds of oratos havo boon fer
ried across tho Columbia nnd shipped
via tho North Bank road. Tho grow
ors nro indignant over tho high ox
pruss ratos to Spoknno, as tho Hill
linos aro carrying borrijs to Spoknno
for half tho amount chnrgod by tho
Amorionn Express company, al
though tho local ngonts havo said that
tho company would out to meot tho
Hill rates.
BILL HANLEY MADRIZ WILL
TAKES A HID DISREGARD U.S.
He and the Mayor Get Together and
Bring Long-Drawn-Out Litigation
to an End Case Would Have
Been Heard Monday.
The long-drawn-out right-of-way
controversy which the city has wag
ed for the past two years with M.
F. Hanley is at an end. Mayor W.
EL Canon and William Hanley took
matters into their own hands yester
day afternoon and after a short con
ference, from which newspaper men,
lawyers, councilmen, relatives and
all were excluded, succeeded within
a short time in getting together. The
agreement reached was that the city
is to pay Hanloy $2000 and allow
them the use of the surplus water
the city has in little Butte creek,
which is in the neighborhood of 50
inches.
The- news that an ngreem,enjt had
been reached spread like wildfire
over tho city, and it came with
pleasure to all. Tho city has fonght
Mr. Hanley once through the su
preme court and had started in again
in an effort to get a judgment
through condemnation proceedings
in order to cross tho Hanley premises
nnd supply the gravity wnter system
with pure water.
William Hanky's connection with
tho matter dates from his visit in
Medford two wcoks ago, when ho
promised that the matter would be
settled and that if his brother aud
tho city could not agreo that ho
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TERRIFIC DAMAGE
Oklahoma Town Is Razed by Storm
One Person Known to Be Dead,
Many More Thought to Have Per
ished. SHAWNEE, Okln., May 21. Lat
est reports from tho vicinity of Mo-
Arty iudicnto that that village, num
bering 100 inhabitants, was the only
town to bo completely dostroyod.
Agnes Dewderry, 20, is tho only per
son reported dead. Rohof parties
loft horo today for Paul's Valley,
which was swept by a oyclono yes-
torday. All wires aro down, but
couriers roport that sovoral wero
killed and many injured at Marys
villo, McArty, Madill and Pnoli.
Tho 13-yoar-old daughter of Rob-
ort lark of Paul's Vnlloy sought ref
ugo iu n cavo and was injured by a
timber which wns blown through tho
roof of tho cavo.
Tho tornado originated thrco miles
oast of MoArty and Bpout its force
in Paul's Valloy. Buildings, fences
and polos in its path woro blown
nwny nnd crops woro boaton into tho
earth by hail nnd wind. Horses nnd
onttlo woro killed by hail.
Evory physician hi Paul's Valloy
was summoned to attend injured por
sons and sovoral moro accompanied
tho rohof parties that loft here today.
TEDDY'S PERSONALITY BREAKS
DOWN ALL RESERVE OF KINGS
TORNADO
DOE
Orders His General to Bombard Blue
fields Regardless of Orders Issued
by Americans to tho Contrary
May Make Trouble.
COLON, May 21. It was learned
here today that President Madria
sent an order by wireless to General
Arias, aboard tho Nicarnguan gun
boat Venus, to return to Blueficlds
and bombard tho town, regardless of
American orders to tho contrary.
Tho notion of Madriz is believed
here to foreshadow a fight between
the Venus and the American gunboat
Padncah. Tho possibility of an en
counter is regarded ns certain if
General Arias carries out the order.
Recently tho Paducah ordered the
commander of the Venus not to
bombard BlueCelds. The order was
obeyed and the Venus left the har
bor.- ...
It is believed that should sho re
turn and begin a bombardment the
forces of President Madriz, outside
Blueficlds. would commence a land
attack. This also has been forbid
den by the American commander, who
landed marines and gatling guns os
tensibly to protect tho American
consulate, but in reality to keep
peaco in tho city.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May '21.
Fighting in the neighborhood of
Rama, Nicaragua, was reported to
the state department late this after
noon. Communication with Rama has
been cut off.
MONARCMSK
Royalty of Europe, Asia and Africa
Crowd About American and Dfr
Him Homage American's Person
ality Sweeps Aside All Thoughts.
LONDON, May 21. Tho spectacle
of tho royalty of Europe, Asia nnd
Africa, who had not yot been pre
sented to Theodoro Roosevelt,
crowding nbout tho American nt the
luncheon at Windsor Cnstlo, follow
ing Edward's funoral, is described
today by nowspapors horo as a
"wondorful persouul triumph for
Colonol Roosovolt."
Tho Amorionn was tho dominating
figuro at tho luncheon. Ho wns tho
particular agont of King George and
was assigned n plnco of honor with
Emporor William of Germany.
Tho luncheon was marked by a
koon passage of wits nnd Roosovelt
cnjno off first best. Tho mounrchs
of Europe plied him with questions
for nn hour concerning his views of
politics both iu America and Europe.
Tho colonol countored with questions
concerning the duties of kingship as
understood by his host and his host's
guests,
Tho Roosovolts aro staying at
WroBt Park, Ambassador Reid'
country home, and will remain then
until Monday,
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