BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. .TUN13 0, 1010.
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Medford Mail Tribune
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A oonnollilntlon of the Mcilfortl Moll,
CBtabllBtieil 18S9; tlio Southern Ore
ronlnn, rMnMIMiod 1902, tho Democratic
TlmcB, osIalillKliCil 1872; tlu Ashland
Tribune, cstnbllBlieil 189C, nml the Jled
ford Tribune, established 190C.
OliOHOE PUTNAM. Bailor nml MnnnRer
Kntored ns scconJ-cluss matter No
Tembcr 1, 1909, nt tho postofflco at
itedford. Oregon, . under tho uct of
March 3, 1879.
Official Paper of tlio City of Medford
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SWORN CIRCUXATIOIT.
Avcrngo Dally for
November, 1909 1,700
December. 1909 1.S42
January, 1910 1,925
February, 1910 2,122
March, 1910 2.203
April. 1910 2,301
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TILE destiny of tho Rogue River country in the future
is closely allied with irrigation. Without irrigation
the future development of this country will he greatly
hindered and in a measure destroyed.
The other night the Commercial club passed resolutions
directed against the appropriation of the waters of Rogue
river for power purposes unless such appropriation was
made subject to the future uses Tor irrigation. This pro
test, even if heeded, will be of little avail, for the reason
that another corporation has made two appropriations on
Rogue river in .losepliinc county which, if approved and
utilized, will seal the waters of this river against use for
irrigation from the source to a point ten miles below
Grants Pass.
Strange to say, one of the prime movers in this corpo
ration which seeks to take all the waters of this stream
and dictate the terms of irrigation to the people of Joseph
ine county is tho attorney general of the state, to-wit:
A. M. Crawford, who is under the law the legal adviser
of the board of control.
Complaint is made from Josephine county that the
state engineer, Mr. Lewis, has given out letters discredit
ing other projected plans of irrigating in the Grants Pass
country without personal knowledge or personal investi
gation, which are denounced by engineers who have made
examination as being absurd m their estimates aud de
ductions. These have been published and paraded by the
attorney general and used as argument in support of the
scheme of his company, which seeks to sequester the whole
river so that those who wish irrigation must come to them.
or had the vigor to exploit it the lake would have forever
remained inaccessible and wasted its beauty on the silent,
air.
Compared with Myrtle Creek, Medford mav indeed
by a "Callosus," whatever that may be. We liope it is
something as big as the Myrtle Crook Mail is small. Tho
Mail's argument is typical of the provincial, narrow, moss
back spirit, that so long retarded the development of Ore
gon. It is unanswerable, for who can refute the logic of
the brav of an ass.
GETTING READY FOR STOCK COMPANY
INDIAN WARS OF SOUTHERN OREGON
(From J. C. Walllnn's History of Southern Oregon.)
Tim time wns November; Iho river
was very low and luul two bunks,
forming u IurIi nnd n low torrnuo. On
the higher one tho whites slept, while
they cooked and ato on tho lower
one. Tho Indians, camped but a Tow
yards away, mingled with the whites
during eating times, both parties
leaving their anus in camp. Wright,
it is said, discovered a plan on tho
part of tho Indians to .surprise and
massacre his force; but bo that as it
may, he was too quick for them and
put -in effect his own plan without
delay. Sending six men across tho
river to where they would bo oppo
site tho Indian enmu and henco able
to cut off their lmsnirn nnrima Mix
Both the attorney general and the state engineer are strenm, Wright himself sent down
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Total 65,100
Less deduction and special edition 1,400
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63.700
A vera Re net dally, 2150.
STATE OF OnEGON. County of Jack
son, 88:
On this 1st day of May, 1910, per
sonally appeared before me, G. lmt
num. manager of the Medford Mall Trt
Dune, who, upon oath, acknowledged that
tho above figures are true and correct.
(seal) m. rs. yuckgv,
Notary Public for Oregon.
XEsroBD, ORsaozr.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
Northern California and fastest-growing
city In Oregon.
Population. 1910. 9.000.
Bank deposits, 32,750.000.
Banner fruit city of Oregon Rogue
Ttlver apples won sweepstakes prize and
title of
"Appla Xlnffa of the World"
at National ..pple Show, Spokane, 1909.
Rogue River pears brought highest
prices in all markets of the world dur
ing the past five years.
Write Commercial Club, enclosing 6
cents, for postage on finest community
pamphlet ever written.
It's a railroad bluff bnt it won't
work.
Teddy bearded the lion in his den
and pulled his beard.
Next Saturday will tell the story
whether Ashland is too slow for a
trolley liuo or not.
Is Attorney-General Crawford
paid by tho people for gobbling tho
Boguo river water rights?
Medford school bonds sell above
par1 which shows what capitalists
think of tho city, despite its big indebtedness.
officers of the state, and they should know that they are
expected first to protect the interests of the public to the
extent that the waters of Rogue river shall not be tied up
to private corporations to be used to exploit the public.
Section 47 of the water code provides that if a proposed
use of water conflicts with the public welfare that it shall
be referred to the board of control, and that it shall be the
duty of the board to refuse an application if the public
interests so demand, and that the application may be ap
proved for a less amount of water than that applied for if I
there exists substantial reasons therefor.
Under these provisions the board of control has ample
authority to protect the people of this part of the state,
and it behooves the people of Medford and of the entire
Rogue River valley to see that they are protected.
Abundance of power can be generated from the streams
in southern Oregon in the mountains above the irrigable
lands, or down Rogne river below them at much less cost
per horse power than by the erection of dams where the
water is needed for irrigation.
It is time to move, and move quickly. A few days'
delay may mean the approval of these applications. If
we are to save the needed waters for irrigation, protest
must be made against all these applications for power and
means must be taken to see that the' are properly pre
sented and prosecuted before the state engineer and the
board of control.
The question is this shall we fight for the future irri
gation of this county and its prosperity, or sit in idleness
while Rogue river is gobbled by those who wish to exploit
US'?
among the Indians who woro scat
tered about tho camp fires, and shot
dead, as a preconcerted signal, a
3-oung buck. The other whites, being
roady, continued tho work of de
struction and soon no men woro left
alive except John Schojichin and
Curly-Headed Doctor. These- two
escaped and were hoard of 20 years
after, in the murder of Cnnby and
l nomas.
Forty-soven braves and several
squaws were killed. Wright's mon
numbered but 10, including two In
dians. Their casualties consisted in
severe wounds to Isaac Sanbnuch,
Poland and Brown. Tho rest were
uninjured. Wright's company then
returned to Yrekn and were grandly
feted by tho people. They rodo into
town accompanied by a guard of
honor, their 40-odd scalps and sun-,
dry other mementoes dangling from
their rifles, hats and horses' heads.
Cheers rent the nir. Tho outhusius
tio crowd lifted them from their
horses and boiv them to the saloons,
where tho best was none too good.
Whisky was free for all, and a grand
dinner wns given in honor of the re
turned avengers. 1 r a week high
carnival reigned.
Wo have seen how these accounts
vary, and probably tho reader, in
trying to settle his doubts, conscious
ly or unconsciously inclines to the
last version. Heine; tho result of long
and careful investigation and weigh
ing of testimony of parties of all
shades of opinion, it should be ac
cepted iu preference to tho idea of
any one man.
That poison wns prepared liv par
ties iu Yreka is true, but all thu sur-'
viving members of Wright's company
deny any attcmnt to use it, and give
as their reason the very evident fact
that thro was no fuu iu it. Moso of
thorn were there killing Indians for
tho pleasure of doing so, and the use
of poison would have. taken all tho
amusement nwav. In killing them
with bullets and knives from uu ntu
buscado all iho conditions requisite
to pleasure iu Indian killing were
satisfied. Only sickly sentimental
ism could regret tho worst fnto which
might bo motcd out to such monstors
of cruelty and wickedness as tho Mo
docs. It is apparent that in point of
cmol vindictiveness mid unsparing
malignity tlioy were tho worst sav
ages who over inhabited this coast.
?To Bo Continued.)
JmIsssssssMVS 'HHRHbcbsbsssssbssssssI
Mr. Bert Hoycs, Juvenile Man With tho Athon Stock Company.
Tho Medford opera house htngo Medford's first dramatic stock corn
will bo n strenuous place next week, puny in "The Powers That Ho." A
Tho scenic artist's brush and thu part of tho company arrives tomnr
stago carpenter's hammer will vie row, and by Monday morning the
with tho voices of actors iu rehears-1 entire company will he here, ready
al in preparation for the opening of for work.
MRS. LINDLEY ENTERTAINS
IN HONOR OF MRS. ULRICH
A MOSSBACK'S VIEW.
The "unsurveyed" is finally open
to settlers. Howevor, squattors never
wait for such formalities no con
servation hero.
Ashland asks tho rest of tho val
ley to aid tho Normal school, but
what kind of co-operation does Ash
Band return when only n few citi-
xons aid tho Crater Lake road and
ether citizens threaten to block tho
electrio line, wanted by all the vol
byt
NOW comes the Myrtle Creek Mail and pays its respects
to Medford and the Crater Lake highway as follews:
"Medford, the home of "Reddyites" and "Reddyism,"
strides this puny world like a Callosus and declares her
will to be hierher than Jackson Countv or the state of Ore-
rrnn fnr vprilv slin (i rlnnlnrn that, shft was preatnr than M'10 rebuilding of the cabin Mr. Mil-
the County in the local option issues and even talked of j 1"" "'",: fro.m .t,ho ,!nc.0'. n"d u
were bused when Miller undertook Ij
prove up.
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A NOBLE ACT
Editor Mail Tribune:
To discover in these days of su
preme selfishness occasionally a man
who shall be found to bo kindly,
courteous und sympathetic, aud
whoso friendship is really worthy and
who is concerned of duty apart from
any materini considerations or n de
sire to profit through another man's
misfortune, is really refreshing. Such KNIGHTS WILL HOLD THEIR
a man is Attornoy P. J. Nowmnn. MEMORIAL SERVICES TODAY
Bocontly John X. Miller wns about i
to become dispoascssed of a home-1 Talisman Lodge, No. 31, Knights
IlrlRBH, O. Hendricks, I. A. Mlllor,
Jonnio .Mnhonoy,
A majority of those applicants hnvo
gone throiiBli all sorts of poraonnl
hardships iu order that thoy might
becure a title t tho land, besldo over
coming tho Inertia of tho government
Iu securing a survey and removing tho
stumbling block of forest conserva
tion from their wny.
Nearly tho ootlro area thrown open
In township 34 Is claimed and tho
tracts loft vacant nro fow and far
between.
stead on which he had lived during
tuo past seven yenrs. About two
years ago Mr. Miller's cabin burned
down aud tho neighbors kindly re
placed it for the old man. Dunne:
"The business of tho country is
loo big for a little matter like this,"
says Jim Ilill, in speaking of tho
jfovornraont'B check on railroad ra
pacity. Jim Hill hits tho nail on
tho head. Tho only result will bo
to prevent tho unloading of now is
sues of watered stock on the public.
fn agreeing to retain Professor
d'Gara und place him nt tho head
of fruit inspection iu Jackson coun
ty, tho county officials have done
tho wisest thing of their official ca
recr, and one that will bo unani
mously indorsed by the fruitraising
and commercial interests of tho val
ley. It is a movo that will be worth
many thousands of dollars to tho
entire county and insures tho future
protection of orchards.
Candidates aro announcing them
selves for office. It is to bo hoped
that Wilbur Jonos will consent to
Tan again for tho shroivalty. Jack
son county nevor had a better sheriff
r the tax-collecting department a
Kore businesslike administration
than ho lias givon it. Partisan pol
itics in county affairs should cut no
figure tho best man should bo
elcoted, no matter who ho votes for,
and Sheriff Jonos is tho best man in
the county foV tho job and will bo
iected hands down, if ho will but
irmir.
withdrawing from the great commonwealth of Oregon and
forming a state of her own, and then in the face of these
rank indignities she would ask a decent and self respecting
people to go down into their pockets to pay for a highway
for her sole benefit. Crater lake is one of Oregon's beauty
spots but it don't belong to Medford. Every lover of nature
and her masterpieces should see Crater lake but should
not be forced to go through Medford reeking with her cor- J
ruption to see it. Medford is 100 miles away from this
wonderful summer resort and a most difficult route to
reach it. Crater lake is just 48 miles by township lines
east of Myrtle Creek and an easy route with simple road
building and less than half the expense that Medford would
reqmre, ana yet wouia Myrtle ureeK nave tne nerve to
ask anybody everywhere to give from $50. to $100. to en
able us to get the whole cheese? Not a bit of it. Nor
would any other self respecting city, but Medford."
Avouldn't that nar yoin Sounds in spots like Dr.
Oliver.
And now the query naturally arises, where and what is
Myrtle Creek? for the world at large never heard of it.
Myrtle Creek is a hamlet 18 miles south of Roseburg.
It has quietly vegetated since the days of the pioneers,
hence the opposition to progress. The young editor dem
onstrates his enterprise by permitting one of the born-in-the-rut
raossbacks to write his editorials for him typical
or the energy or the village.
The writer should have studied his geography. He
would have found that Crater Lake is nearer, in an airline,
to Medford than to Myrtle Creek, and that between Myrtle
Creek and the lake rose range upon range of lofty moun
tains. He should have read the testimony presented by
government engineers and old army officers at tho Crater
Lake hearing, that the Rogue river was not only tho most
scenic, but the only practical route to Crater Lake from
the west; and he would have realized, from evidence pre
sented by tho most progressive and far seeing citizens of
tne state, tnat tne proposed highway would be a benefit to
all of Oregon, and not to one locality.
But it would have made no difference if Crater Lake
was in Myrtle Creek's backyard the world would never
have known it Myrtle Creek would nevor have appreciat
ed its sublimity and grandeur, or realized its possibilities,
of Pythias, will today hold the an
mini memorial sorvicos in tho Med
ford opera house nt 3:30 o'clock.
Tho following is tho pregram:
Mcmbors form at Temple nt 2:1.)
p. m. and inarch iu a body to opora
house Officors take stations nnd
members and officers remain stand
ing during singing of oponing ode.
Prayer, Kov. Qoulder; service iim
Miller, who is u broken-down old! Panted iu memorial ritual; solootion,
man without meuns. was unable toieuartet: "In Momonnm." Kov.
Mrs. George Liudlcy eiiteitained at
hor homo on Siskiyou Heights in
honor of Mrs. George Ulrich and
Miss Ulrioh, who expect to leave soon
for the east.
Various games aud a short inn
sical program was rendered. Dainty
refreshments were nerved, fiius'inting
of salads, coffee, ice cream and
cake. Those present were: Mrs. I'l
rich nml G. Liudloy, L. H. Brnmi,
Canon, C. II. Corey, Allen, MrDo.i
ald, Duulop, Whotbcl, Kdiiieads,
Meeker, Van Scoyoc and Mimm-m.
Ilaskins, I'icldorn, Talbeit. Kiibatik,
Potter, Ulrich and a number of nth
el's whose names were not leaiiicd.
TAFT RECEIVES LETTER
THREATENING HIS LIFE
DKTItOIT, Juno 4. I'renldont
Taft rcceovci! a tl.rottoilng letter to
day declaring thnt pllts for hie mumus-
In it Ion, mid the iiHHawilaaUon of
Itoonovclt anil King (leorgo uoro un
der way, Thu letter wtltten half Iu
Knhllflh and half In I'olloh warmieil
tho president to take Hpcclnl porcnu
tloiiH to ituaril lib life during July
anil August.
Tho letter linn canned tho tiocrot
Horvlro men In tho prcHlilnnl'H party
connldornhlo worry, but tho president
In not troubled over It.
PRESIDENT TO CONFER WITH
OFFICIALS ON FREIGHT nATES
DKTltOin, Mlrm , June 1 It was
reported I'oro today that I'renldont
Tnft ban contented to confer with
tho prenldoirn : -fvornl Wonturn
roads affected by tho Injunction re
cently effmtlvnneiH of freight rato
IncresHo. Thu railroad men nro raid
to bo dCHlrniiH of iIIbcuhoIu personally
with the president, tho government's
iikimi ngnliiHt tho roadii,
Tlo confo"i ro will probably bo
held next Monday,
defend his rights. Henring of tho old
man's plight, F. J. Newman took tho
case without a fee.
Lot you and I, mon, bo broad
enough nnd generous enough to givo
Air. Newuiun credit for so noble a
deed, and may nil discredit fall' upon
those "hinart" officials who would
would hnwi deprived Miller of his
modest little mountain home.
D. II. HAWKINS.
PULLMANS FOR CARNIVAL.
(Continued from Page 1.)
8orvice will bo of matorial conveni
ence to summer Newport travel, No.
14 reaching Albnny nt 7:18 n. in.,
whorons No. id reaches there at 4:18
a. m.
Two extra sleepers will accommo
date rose carnival visitors, ono each
Sunday and Monday on No. 10. Ash
land has two sections mid Mod ford
twelve on these extra sleepers. In
addition, tho regular car, including
drawing rooms, have all been sold.
Goulder; vocal solo (selected). Henri
Guiiboh; oration, Kov. Paul Handy;
seloction, qunrtot; services ns print
ed in Memorial Ritual; soloction,
qunrtot; closo of sorvico by Clinu
cellor Commandor.
SQUATTERS FILE ON LAND.
(Continued from Page I.)
Tho list of claimants In tho soctlon
abovo montlonod Is as follews:
Newton L. Smith, Oeorco P. Jonos,
Prod Ford, Zora E. Dahack, Prank
Jones, A, L. Jonos, S. S. Prlnco,
Fletcher Bruce, W. W. Sponcor, N. I),
Spencer, Mrs, Wilson, J. A. Mooro, A,
uuproy, D. W. Reed, J. T. Sponcor,
Ohnrloa W. Jeffries, Martin Sponcor,
C. W. Austin, S, M. Hawk,, B, 13.
Sponcor, Slnoot, J. B. Illayo, W. W.
Scott, B, B, Emerson, Mary Abbott,
Joo Hendricks, O, Adams, J. II, Down
ing, P. K, McNally, M. Mnhonoy, G.
W. II, Albort, S, M. Clovoniror, Leon
ard nriggs, j, is. lioaweu. a. p.
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for this high grade
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J. W. DIAMOND
115 Kast Main Stroet.
CLINTON N. HOWARD, of Korhoor, N. Y Will Speak at tho
Tabernacle on Tuesday
Eve., June 7
Subject, "A JOY RIDE ON THE WATER WAGON.".
Miisio by tho Mulo Quartet.
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