v lttmtcti.-tHr -- mm WM mm V Subscribers Not Receiving Their Papers Promptly will Confer a Favor by Notifying' This Office. Medford Mail Tribune UNITED PMtm ASSOCIATION Fall Lmc4 Wire ftefwrt. PAGES 1 TO 8 FIRST SECTION The only paper In the worldl publtohed In a cliy the bIm of Medford having a leaaed wire. G FUmi YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1910. No. 59. A Jk, w IS WATER FOR Over 200 Property Owners Meet to Consider Water Propositions Of fered No Choice Is Made- But That Submitted Ity Fred J. Blakc ly Is Favored Will Utilize Stor aiio Waters of Applcnato Basin. For many houre Saturday muiio -00 inteicHted pinpuily owners in OrillltH I'llHK WOIO III hUHHUHl in tliu oiktii Iioiiko in tliut city discussing tint relative mnrith of two water jirop oHilioiiH offered them lint no dociHioii vwih urrhed nt. OriuitH I'iihh people want wntor bndly iiml uro doing what thov unit to settle tho mutter. Tim recent local troubles uliieh entangled tint nffnirn of the Ololilon Duit Mn- (Continuod on Pngo Eight.) .in mmmm"-irm SNAKE RIDES IN AUTO: LIKES A Ht range pnnaongor camo from Klmuntli Knllit Mnndny In T). II. Hnr rltt' lil; touring enr, which vtnn drlvori hack wlthovt othor cargo for tho hundred m licit, nayn tho Xowa. It wan ono of tho big wator snnkofl which InfOHt tho taken and rlvorn of Klamath county. Tho driver put It In tho car "JiibI for fun," and rolrased It on Mnln street when ho nrrivod horo It drew a crowd, vho npecu luted on Itn npoclcfl, and co on, until thoso who know told whoro It camo from nnd thnt It wan porfoctly hnrm lesB. Tho traveled roptllo wan ahout two and n half foot long, and looked much like a common carter Bnnko, although darker In color After tho crowd had natlsriod ItH curlonlty tho snnko wiih allowed to wlgglo peace fully awny. Tho wator nnnkon nro ono of tho votidoro of tho Klamath country, Thoro aro no many of thorn thnt In tho spring thov hnvo boon Boon on tho hank of a lnko or rlvor whom thoy Imve crnwlod to nun thomnolvon In n iiolld mans IS InchcH doop nnd porhnpn 100 ynrdn In length, They aro equally nR woll i.t homo on Innd an In wator, nnd It linn hoon n common Blfjit to noo thorn nttcklng tholr heads up through holes and crnckH In hoard sldowalkH at Klnm nth Fnllfl. Rome yenrs ago nomonno conceived tho li'en of utilizing tho nnnkeii for tho oil contnlnod In tholr hoilien, nnd got tho Induntry woll ntnrtod, when tho cltlr.onn protoRtcd. Thoy objoctod to killing tl o nnnkca bccniiflo tho roptllon dostroyod ho many mlco and othor vormln. Tho Bnnko oil hunlenn had to ho aban doned, and tho nnnkcR now Incronno and multiply unmolested. COLEMAN TO RUN FOR THIRD TERM "If tho votors of JnokHon CoiinlV wnnt mo to muko tho race for coun ty olork again, I will do no," stated County Clork W. R. Columnn yostor dny, "However, I will not go Book ing tho nomination, an tho roul oatato game in Medford JooUh hIioiUu hours nnd more pay nnd besides T holiovo tho old ranch will koop mo in grub. "Already I hnvo been urged by my frionds to again ho ii candidate, hut I have thought Homothiug of quit ting while- tho quitting wns good. Ilowovor, iih all of tho boys aro urg ing mo to run again I wouldn't lie surprised if I did ho. Rut no hnrd campaigning for mo." As Mr. Colomnn is ono of tho most popular of tho county offioials nnd lias u host of frionds throughout tho county thoro is hut little doubt of Ilia roolootion if ho wants tho offioo ngniu. ITq is now serving his soeond torm. PASSWAN IRRIGATION TO E BOUNDARIES County Court Willi Create Six Pre clncts Instead of the Two at Pros cnt Registration of Voters for Comlnn Election Will Open on June 7 Councllmen Will Confer With Court in Matter. At tho next meeting of Mic coun ty court, which will ho hold on Juno 2, thnt body will cronto nix voting precluctH out of tho two which nro now known aB North and South Med ford. No dlvlHluu n H yet linn been decided upon, but tho mattor will bo gone Into thoroughly at that tlmo. It Ih probable thnt tho city council will hnvo a committee constating of two or throe momberH of tho council protiont to confer with tho county court In regard to the mnttor. At tho prcHcnt tlmo tto products aro vnHtly ovorcrowdod and It Is bo- lleved that It would bo ImpoHRlblo for all of tho votora residing In them to caul their br.llotn In ono day at tho election In November an the ballot will bo a long ono. While the county court haB not SB yet decided upon any particular mat tont, It 1b believed that tkreo of tho new precluctH will be on tho south Bldo of Seventh street and three on the north. It will bo hupohslblo to make tho precolnctn conform with tho city limits, as lino been proponed In tho past, without changing tho boon dnrlen of six or seven precincts sur rounding Medford, nnd thin Ih bo Moved to bo took great n tnsk nt the present time, ns tho registration of votorn for tho coming election will commence on Juno 7 nnd tho mnttor must bo doflnltoly settled before that tlmo In on'or thnt tho votorB may know In whlc'i precinct thoy rcsldo nnd nro ontltlotl to voto. STATION FOR EXPERIMENTS Renent Olwcll Presents Agricultural Collcno Proposition from Ray Brothers, Which Will Probably Be Accepted Durlnn Coinlnrj Wcok. John 1), Olwcll, logout for tho Btato agricultural college at Corval IIh this weok placed boforo tho ro gentn tho offor of Colonel Frank Hay nnd Dr. C. It. Hay to donate groundB, hull.'.ng, wator and elec tricity for an agricultural exporimont station in tho Hoguo Hlvor valloy near Tolo. Tho ptoposltlon was favorably con sidered and definite nccoptauco by both regoutB and faculty la oxpectod this wook, Tho establishment of such n sta tion will do much towards ascertain ing both tho offortB of electricity and Irrigation upon hoitlcultural and ag ricultural products, ARM WHILE CRANKING HER AUTO Mrs. W. C. Green, while attempt ing to crank hor mitomobilo last ovoning preparatory to starting homo from down town was unfortunately caught by tho "kick" of tho ongiuo and suffered iv fractured arm. Sho was hurried homo wlioro medical at tention was given, At a Into hour lut ovoning sho was reported ns resting onsily. Mrs, Green is ono of Medford's most export lady drivors and has long oporntud hor mnohino without iiijury to horsolf or to tho motor oar. One Wants Help, One Arrested, and The Third Has a Fight on His Hands. fjifaifc m, Kr mm Wiw 'm -m, . warn r " khm yv Br t- vi mCb lSwSSm GOV.J.N.GIl.LETTj W. J. Calhoun, United States minister to Peking, hns notified the officials at Washington thnt Rear Ai mirnl John Hubbiird nnd his war vessels bhould bo ready for quick work. Natives have destroyed mucl proporly. Frank W. Rollins, ex-goveinor of Now Hampshire, has declared ho did not intend to defrauu tho United States government by smuggling goods through the customs Loose. Ilowevcr, Collector of the Port Locb hns his case under consideration. Governor J. N. Giilett of California has notified n delega tion of preachers that tho Jeffries-Johnson fight will take place ns far as he is concerned. LQRIMER IN OWN DEFENSE Accused Senator Places Blame for Scandal on Chlcano Tribune Which Ho Alleges Has Been His Enemy for Many Years Past.' WASHINGTON, D. C. Mny. 2S. Demanding, an Investigation of tho bribery charges In connection with his election to tho United States sen ate William Lorlmor appeared boforo tho sennto today with an explanation of tho caso thnt blnmod tho Crlcngo Tribune. Tho resolution demanding an Inves tigation wbb roforrod to tho commit- too on privileges nnd elections. In his explanation Lorlmor rovlow ed bla 25 yenra' warfaro with tho Chi cago Trlbuno nnd doclnrod tho pnpor Hod whon It mndo tho chnrgca ihnt his olectlon wob tho result of bribery. Ho denied that any momber of tho Illi nois legislature ovor received a dol lar from him. Ho nllogod that tho at tack by tho nowspaper wbb directed not only nt hlmsolf personnlly, but nt a now bunking association which ho and his friends nro organizing. Ho doclnrod that tho charges ap pearing in tho pnpor nnd purporting to hnvo boon wrltton by Chnrlcs A. Whlto, a mombor of tho logislnturo, woro plainly not wrltton Vy Whlto nt all, but woio tho work of a tralnod nowspn'por man. "It la plain ovory word was pnssod upon by a lawyor," said ho, "boforo It was signed by thnt poor, low croa turo, Whlto, who didn't hosltnto to (Continued on Pngo 8.) JACKSON COUNTY TO BE IN THE ASSEMBLY Qulot discussions among tho faith ful dlsclplos of tho Q. O. P. nro be ing hold ovor tho county and It la pre dicted a goodly coutlnaont of dolo gatea will nttond tho stnto ropubllcan assombly to bo hold In Portlnnd In July In rosponso to Chairman George's lottor, Forty-ono dologatoa la tho numbor apportioned for Jack son county. This mooting Is callod to dlsoi sa men nnd monfluroa prepara tory for tho primary soloctlon to bo hold throughout tho stnto, MAY FETf 15 Bill SUCCESS Crowds Flock to Park and Witness . ,..,. n.e ,h Thotr P.d,rc Tidy Sum Netted for Civic Improve- . lllwllltf Tho park was the scene of n great May Duy fete Saturday afternoon nnd veiling, when Uio ladies of the Greater Medford Club took posses sion of tho place. Tho place was, crowded nil nf teraoon with the chil-1 dren and their mothers nnd n very he was willing to do at Plnchofs aug deliL'htful nrogrnm was rendored.'geslon," declared Vertrees for Bnllln- Tho Misses Crowell nnd Crawford I gor. summing up today before tho opened tho entcrtninment with sev-' investigating committee, crnl selections. Judgo Colvig then I Vertrees dofended Bnllingor's policy mndo n ory appropriate &i)eech and 'in regard to the Cunningham claims, introduced and crowned tho Queon declaring it was single-minded and of tho May, Miss Jofaophino Root, i straightforward. This was tho bn who presided most graciously over" sis of his argument today before tho hor loyal bubjeets in queenly fashion, Tho maids of tho queen, the Misses Jean Andeison, C. Kmig, Caroline Andrews, V. Cluldei, V. Throu- nounccd as roonsn nnu visionary ino burg, B. Brown, I. Brown, L. Arzner, men whoso names, ho linked togothor. A. Chnndlor, L. Harry, M. Rolfe, A. He declared that Richard A. Bnl Rolfe, E. Townscnd, E. Miller, II. linger, secretary of tho Interior do Ponningor, L. Slover, S. lhuekuer.'imJtmont, was a public servant wlth- A. Simons, C. Douol. Thcso danced ' t a peor. tho Maypolo dnnco most gracofully. , ' Tho High School Gleo Club, wi hvi (Continued on Page 8.) Pi-.f Pitllinc liilneinnl nf tlin h'.r i school, sang "Aeoda" fiom tlu ; "Fairyland Waltzes," and very woll) dono it was, Prof. Collius having tho chorus beautifully trained. Fol lowing this was tho buglo song,, which wns very woll dono in pan tomime, by tho Miss A. MoMnhon, A. Dietrich, 11. Reddy, M. Rolte, M.I Brown, D. Howard, N. Snmuels, . sinco 1851f joluj n. Downing has Larouoho, F. Tcnny, T. Frnzior, E.lnpp;0(l for naturalization pnpors m Trhnblo, L, Siuoot, A. Vogol, . orclor that ho may file upon n homo Gordon and L. Weaver. sioM -m tuo C0Unty. Mr. Downing Tho high school orchestra, mutor (Contlnuod on Page 8,) - - - inp. jm8 O0OIl n votor. Ho camo to "" this country whilo u child, being ""BRIBERY CONFESSION "".born in Englnnd in 1818. His fathor IN L0RIMER CASE. ""wns nnturnlizod and ho oxorcisod his "i right to voto ns his fathor was a SPRINGFIELD, 111., Mny 28. "jcitizon boforo ho boenmo of age. "" Stato Senator Ilotslnw con- "nowovor, whon ho enmo to filo on " fossed today to tho jury that ho ""jn horaostond ho found that ho would "" had i-eeeived $2,500 for his "" hnvo to produco affidavits showing " voto for William Lorimor for thnt his fathor had beon nnturnlizod. "" United States sonntor. no ""Not having a record of whoro theso "" also r.oceivcd from a jackpot "" pnpors woro issuod Mi", Downing f $500 and $100 for his voto in thought that tho shortest way out of " tho furnituro donl. " i ! 99iHHHKvRraHBKHi w.& v''!'zj''j sjrm m m . ? W.AJCAl:H6tMg Attorney Vertrees Grill Pinchot- Mnmn-uiam du..g.. . ...u ii.i.i m...i. tm l.lt A Styles Them visionary secretary Basely Assailed- WASHINGTON, D. C. May 28. "PIncnot Pinchot the pure con trolled Garflold Just as ho pleased. Everything wild and chimerical with reference to a treo to a forest reservo committee. He bitterly arraigned tho 'Gar- fleld-Plnchot-Glavls bunch," and de- llfj f DC PITI7FW ifUULU DC Ul I IlLII AFTER SIXTY YEARS Aftnr msi,!;,.,. ? Jnokson Countv :s wjgidout of Coutral Point. Although ho hns just applied for his naturalization nnDors Mr. Down- his difficulty wns to toko out papers himself nnd this ho has just undov- taken. V c mmfL. imsmx BALLNBER PERSECUTED NO BLIGHT HOOD RIVER SAYSO'GARA Pathologist Returns With Word That Hood River Scare Was All for Naught Some Incompetent Per son Passed on Diseased Tree and Named It Blight Says Large Crop There but Rogue Looks Good. As near as it is possible to get a government official to state, Profes sor P. J. O'Gara, who returned Sat urday from Hood River, says Rogue River ha3 the best of Hood River as n fruit growing section when this j'ear's crop is considered. Bub the professor says it would never do for him to make such a statement. "However," he continued, "Rogue River will lose nothing by n compari son of crops at this time with Hood River. "There is. absolutely no blight at Hood River. Some person stated that he knew there was blight there but it proved a false alarm. I warned them to keep n weather cj-e open, however, as tho blight is spreading in Wnlln Wnlla and other Washing ton fruit centers nnd will eventually reach Hood River, but if care is taken there is nothing to lose. "Hood River will probably shpi 500 cars of fruit this season. When tho professor reached home he found telegrams calling him to Roseburg and to California. estradall fleejoontry Revolutionary Leader Abandons Hope of Entering Bluefields and Will Escape With Staff While the Running Is Good. POUT LISBON, May 2 S. Mes sages from Bluefields today say that Provisional President Estrada, tho revolutionary lender, has abandoned hopo of holding tho cltv against tho Madrlz forcos, and Is preparing to flee. Ho plans to take his staff with him, It is declared. Bluofiolds, according to Informa tion received horo today, Is surround ed by tho Madrlz soldiers. Flvo hun dred Madrlz troops aro on the bluffs overlooking tho city and command ing tho ontranco to the port. General Arias has made a second demand for tho surronder of tho city, and if It Is not nccepled soon it Is bolloved a general attack will follow. If Captain Gilmer of tho Pnducah continues his refusul to allow tho bombardment of the c'ty, It is report ed tho Madrlz gonernlf. plnn an ad- vnnco on the city, which will bring tho fighting to tho vo-y doors of tho homes In Bluofiolds. RIGHT OF WAY TRIAL SET FOR JUNE 5TH. In tho buU brought against I. J. Phlppa by tho Paclflo & Eastorn Rail road company to condomu a right of way through tho Phlppa proporty on tho East Sldo, Judgo Cnlklus has ovor- rulod n motion by tho dofondant to mnko tho complaint doflulto nnd haB glvu'ji tho dofondant until Juno 6 In which to innko further pleadings to tho complaint. This suit for right of way was In Btltutod somo wcoks ago 1. ordor that tho Paclflo & Enstorn might roach tholr proposed dopot groundB on tho onat Bldo of Bear creek near Main street. MEMORIAL DAY TO BE Tomorrow Medford Will Pay Tribute to Gallant Boys of 6f-5 Stores Will Close During After noon In Order That All May At tend Exercises in the City Park Decorate Graves In Morning. Tomorrow Medford will still tto bustle of her commercial pursuits for a tlmo In order that honor may be paid to tho heroes of '61-65, both those who have answered tho last great roll call nnd thoso who still remain to constltuto tho thin blue lino -tho remnant of a onco groat and powerful army of freedom. Darl ing tho afternoon when exercises -will bo hold In the city park, nearly nil of tho business houses In tbo city will bo closed In order that all may at tend. The membore of tho'local Grand Army post will gather wltl. their fam ilies In tho hall of tho post early to morrow moraine and during tho fore noon they will visit tho comctory an place their floral offorlngc upon th graves of their dear ono3. Return ing to tho hill, thoy will partake of tho luncheon to bo provided by the Women's Relief Corps, r.nd at o'clock they will marc.v In a body to tho city park, whoro an approp.t ate program will bo rendered. A grave, symbolical of thoso heroes who laid down tholr lives In an effort to keep a great country united, will first bo decorated, and then tho veterans and their friends will listen to a speech by the Hon. P. H. D'Arcy of Salem and to Rev. Belknap. The Med ford band will furnish music. A request has been made by tho veterans that all of tho fratornal and civic bodies in Medford Jcln thera la tho cervices. Tho memorial sermon will bo de livered at the Baptist church today by Rer. Holmes. All ara Invited. JUDGE FOE, BILL FRIEND'TO CUPID: Judgo Calkins continues to carry- on his work of undoing tho work of n rash Cupid and Is grinding out ninny divorce cases. He and Bill Colomnn nro scrapping It out, for BUI continues to give basl ful couples their HconsoB to wed and tho judgo- continues to givo couplos (not so bushful) tho licenses to Hvo apart. At Inst roports It was nip and tuck botween Bill and tho judgo. Gonovlovo Goodwyn hr.s brought suit for divorce against Thomas Jof- fersou Goodwyn, alleging that her husband, emulating his famous namo 8ako, signed a declaration of indo pendenco and skipped out. Upon tho ground of dooitlon, sho asks .-. disso lution of tho ties that bind. Tho couplo was married In 1881 In Lnko county and havo two children, botlu over 18 years of ago. G. W. Daloy Is suing Bcllo Dalojr for a dlvorco upon tho gtounds that his wlfo told him to "pack up and get out." Ho furthor alleges that sho likes his cousin, Lynn Daloy, bet tor than sho doos htm. Ho makes a complaint thnt sho will not e to tho theators with him, bo ho asks the custody of tho two chlldron nnd a dlvorco. Cupid evidently beat tho Judge to It In tho caso of Louisa Howard va. J. W. Howard for divorce, aa the cou plo mndo up and asked that the com plaint bo dismissed, 'Tw.ib so ordor od. Tho county clerk atolo ono on the Judgo yeato-day whoa ho Issued li censee to wod to Clarence L, Boun sum and Cora I, Wolsa nnd to Orlle B, Rush nnd Mabel L. Atken, "Your" atoro, perhaps, advertfM "your" bargain today! Look nd know. D II 1I i i ". v IM ' fll