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MEDVOHD, OHNKION, TJI URS1MY, .TOOT 30, 1910.
No. 87.
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STATE BOARD
TO WAR ON
HOUSE FLY
Will Conduct Educational Campnlun
Tlirotiijliout Stnto Rcuardlnu Com
mon Pest Which Docs So Much to
Spread Disease Splendid Session
Is Held Hero.
At tlio session of tho state hoard
of lioaltli Wednesday afternoon
ninny mutters of moment woro diH
CUSsud. All tliu memhersof tliu liounl wore
prosunl excepting Dr. Kinney of As
toria, win. was unavoidably absent
from tliu nioi'tinu'.
It wiih resolved to inaugurate mi
educational campaign against tliu
housu fly, regmded by tliu physicians
iih tho most coiiHtanl and pernicious
disseminator of contngiotiH and in
fcctioiiH diseases known. It is pro
posed to conduct tliu campaign alone
tliu lino of itiHtriictlou In tliu way of
elimination; tliu iH'Ht.
"Garbage and innniiro piles arc tliu
principal brooding places of flies,"
said Dr. K. It. Picket, "but you would
ho surprised to see what can ho donu
ovun with those sources, if properly
handled, and outside of -breeding
places may bu practically
cliininatod,"
Tho board is also going to use its
authority to requiro tho improved
sanitation of school buildings nud
will insist upon a moru rigid inspco
tiou of nil schools iih records sani
tary observances.
Slaughter-houses will come in for
thoir share also, and the butcher
who sells carrion-fed meat is likely
to find himself up nguiust it. In
stances were related at tho meeting
wheru dead horses and other nuimals
wuro found in tho feeding pen of
hogs mid carcasses hung up to cool
within a few feet of tho fostering
Varrion, with nothing to prevent flics
from (raveling hack and forth. This
violation of tho law will ho rigidly
dealt with hereafter.
DECLINES ARE
GIVES AUTO
TO INCREASE
ROAD FUND
Roosevelt's First Speech After
His Arrival In New York.
TOWN SURROUNDED BY FIRE
State Anent of Studchakcr and "E.
M. F." Cars Tenders Commission
101 1 Runabout to Bo Sold by Them
for Benefit of Crater Lake Hlflh
way Fund.
It. l Weaver, statu agent for tho
Studchukor and B. M. E. autoiuo
hitcs, lias advised John M. Hoot,
president of tliu Crater Lnko high
way commission, that his companies
will jointly furnish one 'JO.horsc
power runabout, model JOJ 1( to be
sold by tho highway commission and
tho proccedH devoted to tho Crater
Lake highway fund. Mr. Hoot has
accepted the offer in the iiamo of the
commission,
Mr. Weaver's tender onmo in tho
form of a telegram from Detroit,
Mich., where he in at present. The
car sells at tho factory for $1300,
which would make the cost here in
tliu neighborhood of $1,000.
Mr. Weaver also slated in his
telegram that he would return in
some two weeks and that hu would
advise tho commission fully at that
time.
In all probability tho ear will bu
raffled, in which case fully S'JfjOO
could bu realized from tho sale of
tickets.
EVERY MAN FIGHTS FOR LIFE
LEVALEE, Ont., June 30. Fort Francis Devlin and its Inhabitants
arc reported surrounded by a great forest fire. Before wires to tho town
went down frantic calls for help wcro received here,
Levaleo is unable to give aid as tho town itself Is surrounded by a ring
of fire.
Women and children here have been sent to safety, but tho men are
fighting to save Levaleo from destruction.
Every man here is fighting for his life.
The last word received from Fort Francis Devlin was that thousanda
of acres of timber had teen destroyed and that tho flro had surround
ed the twon. Threo men oro ablo to break through tho cordon of flames
and reached here with news of its danger.
The men at Fort Devlin are resorting to back-firing in order to savo
the village from destructicn.
Forest flren spread during tho night and today tho flames increased so
rapidly that Levaleo practically was cut off from tho outsido world.
POWDER
WORK
I
T
N. Y. MARKET
Railroad Stocks Aro Heaviest Suf
ferers, Attributed to Yesterday's
Decision of Interstate Commcrco
Commission.
CAPTAIN'S WIFE
SAVE MANY FROM
DEATH AT SEA
Plays Piano In Cabin and Gets aPs
senners to Dancing, Averting.
Panic, While Ship's Crew Fights
Firo In Oil-Laden Hold.
BLOW UP; THE
MEN ARE DEAD
Third Fatal Blow-Up at Factory
Near Tacoma in Four Months Oc
cursPart of Factory Demolished
Men Blown to Atoms.
NEW YOHK, Juno 110. Violout
declines followed a weak opening; of
tho stouk amrkut today and thuro
wiih considerable HtihsuUont liquida
tion. Kailrond stocks were tho, heaviest
sufferers, attributed to yesterday's
decision of tho intdrstulo commurco
commission. Southern Pacific and
Chesapeake & Ohio dropped !2 .'1-8,
Northern I'acifio 12 Vt . United States
Steel 1 fl-8, (lonoral Eloutrio l'4 and
Union Pnoifioj Groat Northern pro
i'orrod and Haltimoro & Ohio 1.
Huadinu' showed stubborn rosistanco
to the decline and remained at last
night's closing level. Effective sup
port was given when tho market was
wonkost and many issucH mado up
Home of tho losses.
Houds wore weak.
QUEEN OF ROMANIA
PHILADELPHIA, l'a., Juno 30.
While the crew of the liner Grecian
was engaged in a racu with death
by a lire in the oil-laden hold of the
vessul, 80 passengers aboard the
vessel danced in tho ship's saloon,
oblivions of tliu danger.
The nuws of tho firo had been
kept from tho passengers, savu only
the plucky wife of the captain, who
volunteered to play diincu music for
tliu passengers to prevent iv panic.
The firo was discovered at mid
night, tho vessel arriving at dawn.
The woman played almost continu
ously during that time
TACOMA. Wash.. June ."10. In a
terrific explosion at tho Dupont
powder factory near here this morn
ing threo men were blown to atoms'
and part of the factory wa demol
ished. The dead:
JAMES SMITH.
THOMAS J. HLAKE.
GKOHflK STHOUSK.
This is tho third fatal blow-up u(
the powder works within four
months, two men having been killed
in each of the previous accidents.
JOE WOODMAN
GETS IN WRONG
RENO, Nov., Juno 30. Joo Wood
man, malinger of "IJono Crushor"
Sam Langford, and pnrtlal owner of
rights in tho motion pictures to bo
takon of the Joffries-Johnson fight,
was ejected from Jnck Joh Jon's
CHARLTON IS TO
8E TRIED IN ITALY
BUTJY PROXY
Then If Found Guilty He Will Be
Liable to Arrest If He Ever
Leaves America He May Be Ad
judged Insane.
HOME. June 30. Porter Charlton,
who confessed to the murder of his
wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton,
will he tried at Como. whether or not
he is present in the Como court. This
announcement was mnde today by
tho president of the Como tribunal.
Unless Charlton is surrendered to
the Italian authorities ho will be ad
judged guilty of murder by proxy.
In that case if he should leave Amer
ica he would bo in danger of ronr
rcst at the repicst of the Italian au
thorities. It is not believed here that Charl
ton will bo extradited. Even though
he bo adjudged guilty at a trial at
which ho is not present, he will not
be punished unless ho departs from
America and is within reach of
Italy's courts.
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WELL! WELL! WELL!
HERE IS A VOICE
FROM DARK AGES
Mr. Thomas Sharkey Makes Certain
Remarks About His Ability to Slip
One Over on Winner of Big Fght
Has $25,000 to Post.
JACKSONVILLE
TO BE "SPOTLESS
TOWN'IFOORTH
For Past Two Weeks Authorities
and Citizens Have Been Preparing
for Celebration Town Is Putting
on Its Best Bib and Tucker.
camp at Hick's today. No rudo hand
Tho (Iroeinn was laden with wool wnB ,n'l l-nngford's mnnngor. but
DYING OF APPENDICITIS
30. Quoon
s dying of
nUCIIAHST, Juno
Elizabeth of Koumauiu
appendicitis, following a rolapso to
day. Physicians in atlondanco havo
littio hopo of tho quoQii's recovery.
and turpentine for Hoston. Tho firo
was discovered in tho after part of
tho hold and gradually worked its
way forward toward tho inflammable
cargo. When told of tho danger the
captain headed the Grecian bad; to
port and ordered full speed. Mean
while the crow was sunt to fight tliu
flames, which, had they reached tho
oil, would have resulted in a terrific
explosion.
Tho unusual noises aboard the
vessel brought tho passengers from
thoir berths. At this juncture, when
pauio threatened, tliu captain's wife
volunteered to (piiet tliu alarmed
passengors. Shu told the inthat thuro
wiih littio danger and that the ship
had suffered a slight accidunt. Then,
to ruassuro them, she sat at tho pi
ano in the cabin and began to play.
Tho spirit of the music soon pos
sessed tliu passengers and tho re
miruidur of tho night was spent In
gaiety. Whilo tho men and womon
above decks danced and laughed, the
men below wore fighting for their
lives and tho lives of tho passengers.
Port was mado at dawn. A wire
less message already had summoned
tho fire doparlmuiit to tho water
front. Kirobouts. mot tho linor down
stream and soon wator wns hoing
thrown into tho hold and tho sailors'
unoquul fight was at an end,
ho was polntodly requested by John
son to leave.
Woodman, accompanied by sovornl
frioiuls, arrived at Rick's at 10
o'clock to witness tho tnking of tho
moving pictures of tho big black In
training.
lloforo tho camora arrived Johnson
returned from his road work and
learned that Woodman waa at tho
camp. Ho sont Harry Hnmmoll, his
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY
SHOWS GREAT REGARD
FOR HIS SICK MOTHER
body guard, to request Woodman to!
leavo.
lloforo Woodman had a chanco to
depart, Johnson, attired In a largo
bath robo, appoarcd on ni ndjacont
porch and emphasized tho roquest.
Johnson, very nlco and qulot, Bald
to Woodman in a low volce:
"I wish, Mr. Woodman, you would
vacuto tho promlaos."
Woodman domnnded to know why,
and Johnson replied: ("Now, Mr.
Woodman, you know vory well what
It is hotwoou us."
"Then you roally want mo to go?"
HBkod Woodman.
"If yon ploaao."
Woodman loft tho placo a fow min
utes Inter, Sovornl hundred ponsona
witnessed tho colloquy and departure
It tho atoro ads woro not worth
your whilo thoy would not bo pub
llshod at nil.
POHTLAND, Or., Juno 30.
Suffering intense agony
from carbolic acid which ho
had swallowed by mistake,
4-year-old Floyd lioltou risk
ed his life while trying to
stop the pain, bccnuo he did
not want to wake his mother,
who had been ill. Physicians
declare that the lad will re
cover. Early today the boy went
to a medicine chest to gut
some cough medicine. In tho
dark tho boy measured out
Movcrnl teaspoons of embolic
acid in a glass and swallow
ed it.
As the acid ato into his
throat the littio follow silent
ly ('limbed wp to a shelf and
searched for an antidote. Ho
secured a bottlo and poured
some into a glass. It was
carbolic acid also. Tho boy
only sipped at it. Thou hold-
"ig his mouth so ho would not
scream tho plucky lad tod
dled into his father's room
and awakened him.
Still thinking of bis hick
mother, the child sat on the
bod and stifled moans until
his father sooured medioal
aid,
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OMAHA. Neb., June :iO. Thomas
Sharkey, heavyweight, former chal
lenger for the championship, is on
his way to Reno to see the big fuss
July 4, and announced here today
that ho will challenge the winner.
He is accompanied by bis manager,
Frank G. Brady, who displayed a
certified check for $2o,000, which ho
said would be posted to bind the
match.
'Feel my nrm, kid," said Shnrkey
to a reporter who met him in Omaha.
"Hard as steel, ain't it Now hit
mo in tho stomach; u&e nil the steam
you have."
Tho reporter endeavored to imi
tate a Jeffries jab and landed right
ovor the place where the sailor had
stowed nwav his breakfast. Big
Tom never winced, the only sign of
pain tho jolt gnvo him being a pleas
ant grin that oversprea'd his battle
scarred features.
Jacksonville will be the "spotless
town" when dawn comes on July 4.
For the past two weeks the property
owners and the city authorities havo
been straining every nervo to put tho
old town in its best "bib and tucker."
Grass and weeds alone the side
walks have been removed, houses
painted, fences straightened up, and
a general air of rejuvenation given to
the old city.
Besides this the most elaborate
preparations are being mado for tho
reception of the big crowd3 which aro
sure to throng tho streets of Jackson
ville on July 4.
Everything possible to ensure tho
comfort and pleasure of the visitors
will be done, and if you don't enjoy
youself at Jacksonville on the Fourth
it will bo your own fault.
EASTERN MAN
BUYS STORE OF
PIONEER FIRM
J. G. Van Dyke & Company, Who
Have Long Been in Business Here,
Sells Store to F. W. Gray of Ponca
City, Okla.
ALASKAN CONVENTION TO
NAME DELEGATE CONGRESS
BIG HEADS SECURED
NORTH HAVE ARRIVED
Two of tho Woodland caribou
heads secured by tho Emorick
Huuiphroy party iu British Columbia
last fall, which were mounted in Ta
coma, wcro received this week and
aro now on exhibition in Humphrey's
gun .stone of West Main street.
One of tjieso heads is claimed to
ho tho second largest of the specie
ovor brought to tho United State.-.,
being onlv o.cellod by one, in the
New York museum.
Both aro mngnificent specimen
nud worth nil the time, money and
troublo required to socuro thuni.
Tho animals me a species of rein
deer, and the two whoso heads are
shown would weigh between 800 and
1000 pounds enoh.
One peculiarity of tho caribou U
that the lower jaw is in two sections,
on the sumo plan as that of the
camol, and ono side can bo used
whilo the other rests.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Juno 30, Tho
"progressive" or Insurgent republi
cans in convention hero today will
nominate a delegato to congress from
Alaska. Tho regular or administra
tion republicans in convention at
Douglas yesterday nominated Edward
S, Orrof Valdez, a former mayor
of Tacoma, for congress to succeed
James Wickersham. Tho nomination
was mnde on the third ballon, when
Loroy Tozier of Fnlrbanks, who had
been running a closo secoud to Orr,
withdrew In favor of tho Valdez man.
The convention adopted a plank
favoring homo rule when tho propor
time comes. Tho convention asked
for tho division of tho territory and
opposes conservation as now prac
ticed In Alaska, Resolutions woro
adopted lauding Taft and Governor
Clark.
F. W. Gray of Poncn City, Okla.,
has purchased tho dry goads ani
merchandise store and business of
J. G. Van Dyke & Co. and will herc
nfter conduct it. Tho btoro will be
enlarged nnd remodelled, the stock
greatly increased nnd overy effort
mado to give Medford a first-class
establishment.
Mr. Gray until recently conduct
ed a large merchandise business in
Oklahoma. Selling out, ho came
west, visited Medford, Ml in love
with city and country and made n
opportunity by purchasing tho old
established business for tho past ten
years so .successfully conducted by
tho Van Dykco.
Ed Van Dyke, who has managed
tho store for a number of years, will
enter the rcnlty business and has al
ready secured an office for tho pur
lMse. His wide acquaintance an?
knowledge of tho country bcspoaV
him a successful career.
THREE BADLY INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
SLOW RETURNS FROM
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BISMAKCK, NT. I) Juno HO.
Definite returns of the preliminary
election in North Dakota yesterday
will not be availnhlo until this aft
ernoon. Wires down iu tho western
part of tho state as a result of the -s-tonus.
Returns received before the
wires went down indicato that Me
I'umber, Stalwart Republican,
Congressman Gronna, insurgont,
were nominated for the senate and
that Hannu, Stalwart, mid Ilolgeson,
insurgent, received the congressional
nomination.
TOKYO, Juno 110. The wholo wos
torn harbor of Port Arthur will bo
opened to commcrco on July 1. Tho
only restriction will bo that ships
of tho f00-ton clnss or ovor must
uso the pilot whon entering tho harbor.
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio, June
30. Ralph ollldler is dead nnd Rov.
E. E. Lashlet and N. M. Stonobur-
gor are fatally Injured as a result of
an automobilo accident near hero to
day. Tho machine plunged ovor a
20-foot embankment.
Beldlor was not Instantly killed.
Ho crawled from undor tho wrock
age, climbed tho ombankmo'it and
then dropped dead.
PACKERS FILE DEMURRER
ASKING CASE BE DR0PPEO
No Bibles in Schools.
CHICAGO, 111., Juno HO. The de
cision of tho Illinois stnto supicme
court barring tho Bible from public
schools will linvo no offeot on the
Chicago schools, as tho lliblc is pio
hibited in the local schools. Tliu su
premo court hold that it is impossible
to teach all creeds, and that if one
is taught and the others me ignored
this would be a violation of consti
tutional religious liberty,
JEEEERSON' CITY, Mo.. Juno ,10..
Paokors churged with combination
in restraint of trado iu an ouster suit
brought by Attoiuoy Geuoral Mnjoir
today filed a demurrer asking that
tho proceedings bo dismissed. Tho
demurrer alleges that tho fauts stat
ed in the petition aro not suffiuiont"
to form a catiso for notion.
It is contended in tho demurrer
that tliu alleged relations between
tho parties to tho suit, which is part
of tho cause for action, is not prop
erly stated iu the petition filed b
tho state.
Tito demurrer also contends that
the Missouri supremo court has no
jurisdiction iu the matter. The suit
against tho packers was brought un
der tho Missouri anti-trust law..
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