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Medford Mail Tribune
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Tonight itinl tomorrow- Fair
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Tho only paper In tho worM
published In a city tho lio of
Medford having a loaned wlr
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JUIfiDFOltD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1010.
No. 94.
ANOTHER MODERN BLOCK FOR MEDFORD
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HOWARD BROS. BUY CORNER AT
SIXTH AND CENTRAL FOR BUILDING
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WILL HOUSE
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LOCAL
Dulldlnn Will Be Modern In Every
Partlculnr Amount Paid for Old
Vawtcr Residence Not Named, But
Is Expected tc Be In Ncliihliorhood
of $50,000.
O. T II. 1). mid J. II. Howard
hnvo purchased tho quarter block at
tho southwest corner of Central nvo
nuo and Sixth ntreot, paying In tho
neighborhood of J50.000. Thoy will
ntart work at onco on tho erection of
a four-story building, which, when
completed, will houoo tho Medford
I'tirnlturo compnuy and tho Nichol
son Hardware company. The build
liiK 1h to bo mu'orn In every respect.
Tho conutr ictloii work will bo com
menced Juki bh noon an tho buildings
nt present on tho grounds can bo ro
moved and will bo forced n rapidly
as possible.
"Our plans ore not fully complotod
as yet," Htn'.ou 8. T. Howard, "but
wo hope to bo la tho bulldlug by
January 1, 1911. That Is a hopo,
ljowover, but cno that wo expect to
ronltxo. Tho building will bo occu
pied exclusively by the N'lcliolson
Hardware company and t'o Medford
Furniture cnmpt.ny and will bo four
storleii hlrflu. 1 can't u'.vo you an
ustliunto of the probable cost, ns our
plans have uot boon finally adopt
ed." Tho silo lonslnts of tho corner, 100
X00, owned by tho Ulg Ilo'nd Milling
company and tho Inside lot, GOxlOO,
owned by Warner, Wortman & Qoro.
GAYNOR IS FRIEND
TO FIGHT PICTURES
BOSTON, Mass., July 8. In vivid
uoiitniHt to tliu assurance of (lover
iiot-H and mayors in other parts of
tho eoiintry that thoy will use tlieir
infliionuo ugninst tlio exhibition of
tlm JoffrioH-JohiiHon fight pieturcH,
Mayor (laynor ol' Now York City to
day notified Soorolnry William M.
Shaw of tlio Christum Endeavor So
ciety that ho could koo no rcno for
getting oxoitod over tho pioturcs. Tho
mayor ridiuulud tlio idon that race
rioting might result in New York.
In his telegram to Secrutary Shaw
who iiHkod the nmyor'H co-nporution
in burring tho pictures, Claynor said:
"It !h impoHHihlo for me to under
stand how it oau enter any mind
thai thoro is danger of raeo riots in
Now York City. I have not tho
right, by mere will, to prohibit nny
thing. I shall consider what power
lios within tlio provincu of any of
ficial to follow your suggestion.
Hut if tho law does not confer such
power, I give you tho solemn as
surance that it shall not bo oxor
oised. I can sou no reason to be
come excited."
WATTERSON WAITS FOR
GRAND JURY ACTION
KINGSTON, N. Y., July 8. rawing
Wnttorson, non of Colonel Hoary Wat
toiHon, tho Loulsvlllo editor, waived
oxamluatlon today before Police
Judge Howo at SnughortloH on a
charge of whootlng Mlchnol J. Martin,
a saloonlccopor. Ho wiih conimltted to
Jnll to nwnll tho grand Jury's notion
on n charge of first dogroo assault.
KNOWN
FIRMS
IMETHODISTS NEWSPAPERS
ARE TO ERECT
NW
CHURCH
Architects at Work on Plans and Colonel Roosevelt Is Bcinjj Rapidly
Work Is to Benin Within a Few, Pushed Into the Insurant Whirl
Weeks A Larnc Amount Hasj pool and Wlillo He Thinks "the
Been Subscribed to the Bulldinrj water's fine," He Is Carried Faster
Fund.
The Methodists of tho city aro plan
ning the erection of n now cliucli to
Hiipplaut their present building on tho
corner of Fourth and llartlott streets,
and work Is to bo started ns soon
as the architects can get his plans
complotod.
A large bulldlug fund has already
been subscribed nud no difficulty Is
expected.
The now building Is to bo a modern
structluro cap'.blo of seating 1000
people nnd will bo In keoplng with
tho progressiva spirit of tho city.
I
TRAIL COLONEL
OVER INDIANA
When Roosevelt Flashes Over Politi
cal Horizon In Hooslcr State, Mar
shall Will Follow Him In Effort
to Counteract Influence.
INDIANAPOLIS, 1ml., July 8.
Thoro will ho a tail to the comet
wliun Colonel Theodore Hoosovelt
flashes across tlio Indiana political
horizon on a speech-making tour on
liehalf of Senator Bovoridgo.
Domoeratio politeal leaders in In
dinua have been awaiting with con
siderable upprcliniiHion the un
uouuecmeut thai "Itwanu Tiimho" is
to invade Indiana, and for somo
weeks past have been figuring on
plans to counteract the effect of his
coming, should he decide to assist
Bovoridgo. As u losult it is prac
tically decided that tho Hoosovelt
tour will ho immediutely followed by
a speecli'innkiiig roimd jiMho stnto
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unNiinnir
PRESIDENCY GROWS
CIIAULEV01X, Mach., July 8.--The
boom for Governor Illinium of
Ohio for the Demooratio nomination
for president in 101 'J, cradled m
Ohio, has slipped across tho state
border into Michigan. The Ohio ex
ecutive has -re-affixed his "O. K,"
to tlio Bummons highor and a mimbor
of Michigan Domocrats arc busily
engaged in increasing tho output of,
liimnon sentiment today.
liariuou's Michigan oiidircni.'ut
cnino nftor a political pow wow ioie,
at which ho was prosout. IIo ns
Burod tho gatliorod party londors that
ho would hoed the cull if it came
"from all the l)emoorat."
If it's "for Mile," want advertise
MARSHAL
WIL
MAKE TEDDY
INSURGENT
Than Ho Likes.
OVSTKIt HAY, N. Y.. July 8.
'Colonel Hoosovelt bns becomo Just a
'trifle nnuoyea nt tho manner In which
ho Is being pitched Into tho Insurgent
whirlpool. Wlillo thoro h no doubt
thnt ho thinks tho "water's flno," tho
rush of Insurget.ts nnd progressives
to Sagamoro Hill and tho graphic
descriptions Bent out by all corre
spondents of tho smiles they wenr as
(they depart hay tended to carry the
colonel along toward u showdown that
Is faster than ho desires.
' On his return from abroad Roose
velt announced positively that ho
would keep out of tho political ewlm
for two months at lonsU Yv"hllo thoro
seoniB now to hnvo been llttlo doubt
that ho was welded to tho Insurgent
canto aftor his mooting with G If ford
Plnchot In Itnly, tho colonol really do-
l sired to remain quot until bo could
'have an oppo-tip-lty to Invcstlgnto
'both nldcB of tho republican political
t fight. With this In vlow ho has been
'very chary of tho Invitations ho has
extended to political nabobs. Tho In
surgents, hovovor, either from Insldo
Information or hecnuso of a "hunch"
hnvo clnlmod T. R. ns thoir own,
jam! havo not waited for Invitations
to visit thoir political mecca.
, On tho other hand, tho regulars,
noting tlio apprront drift oHho wind,
hnvo hold aloof, nnd nbout the only
wheol horses of tho organization who
havo visited Oystor Bay havo booa
those who camo by Invitation. Tho
I result linB boon thnt tho press has
boon by Innuendo unofficially lnbolod
Colonel Roosovolt as tho man bo
jlilnd the gnu In tho Insurgent move
ment. WILL OBEY THE LAW
CHICAGO. July S. A picture film
thnt would plonBo tho public might
bo mndo If tho man bohtnd tho enm
ern would turn tho crnnlc when tho
governors of tho Amorlca Vltngraph
cntnpniiy moot In Now Yoii. tomor
row to discuss tho agitation against
tho display of tho Joffrleq-Johnson
fight pictures. That tho scono will
ho anlmatod whon tlio governors dis
cuss tho crusndo against tho exhibi
tion mid concldor tho enormous out
lay thoy liavo mndo to obtnln tho
films Is consldorod a suror bet than
any that woro laid at Rono.
Tho Vltngraph company, somo of
Its offlcors nnnniincod boforo loavlng
horo for Now York, will not attompt
to opposo tho law, and It is nlroady
a cortalnty that tho pictures will not
bo dlsplayod In cities whoro tho au
thorities havo declared against thorn.
Tho question tho govomora .to ox
poctod to deoldo Is whothor thoy will
show tho pictures nt all. If tho gov
ernors decldo that publlo sontlmont
Is against tho films, thoy dll bo stor
od In tho attic, togothor with a lot
of othor undoslri.bles. Incldontnliy,
If tho pictures aro discarded, a llttlo
Itom of about $200,000 will appear
on tlio profit and loss account of the
company's books.
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THREATENED
BY FLAMES
Hundreds Flee Before Forest Fires
Which Are Sweeping Over Michi
lian Smoke Hangs Over Superior
Endangering Navigation Proper
ty Loss Is Enormous.
LANSING, Mich., July 8. Hun
dreds of personns are fleeing today
from forest fires which threaten the
towns of Hiplcy, Powers and Green
wood in Northern Michigan, accord
ing to reports received here.
Mnny settlements have been de
stroyed by tho flnmes. Appeals for
aid hnvo been received and the state
authorities aro preparing to .'end fire
fighters nnd supplies to the &trickenn
district.
A cloud of smoke from the flam
ing timber is spreading over South
ern Lnko Superior nnd endangering
navigation.
lingo Near Houghton.
HOUGHTON, Mich., July 8.
Fierce forest fires aro raging
throughout this section today. A
fire which smouldered two days
sprang up Into last evening nnd swept J
over n square miio l loresi near ine
vitiligo of Hancock.
Grass fres nre burning near On
tnnagou, 45 miles west of Calumet.
Scores of homestendors, according to
messnges from Calumet, have fled
from their homes.
Damage aggregating hundreds ot
thousands of, dollars has been dorr
to standing timber nnd mnny settle
ments havo been threatened with de
struction in the northern peninsula.
TROUBLE FEARED
WHEN JOHNSON
Number of Bitter Clashes Have Al
ready Occurred and Extra Reserve
Forces aro Ordered Out Many
Revolvers' Arc Sold to Whites.
NKW YORK, July 8. New York
negroes today are planning to sur
pass tho Chicago reception of cham
pion Jack Johnson when he arrives
hero Monday. Tho colored popu
lation won heavily on tho lteuo fight
by backing Johnson to tho limit under
juicy odds given by Jeffries' sup
porters. llarn Wiliks, eloso friends of the
black champion, has oliargo of tho
reception plans and promises that
"San Juan Hill." Now York's col
ored belt, will "agitato" whon John
sou comes to town.
Columbus Avenue, in tho vicinity
Fifty-ninth St root; Thomson Street,
tho San Juan Hill district and the
negro quarter in Uarlo mulready are
nblao with bunting nnd lithographs
of "our champion" appear in the
windows of practically every negro
iipnrtmont in Now York.
"Hell's kitchcr, tho Irish district
adjoining Sun Juan on tho west side,
also is ngitatccd hut in n different
manner. A number of btttor flushes
between whites and blacks occurred
last night and polieo commissioner
linker has ordered extra reserve
forces thrown into tho feud districts
beginning Sunday night. Serious
trouble seems inevitable as Jlu
"cockiness' of the colored population
-.ceiii to liii incensed a hundred
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Darn socks the rest of her life? Shucks, no! She wants to go back on
the stage, and, having n husband with millions, Margaret Illiugton Is going
to take up stage life once more. MKs Ullngtou, who was divorced from
Daniel Krohman because she grew weary of stage life, thinks It ull very
nice to hnvo a homo, but tho footlights havo caused her to forget her state
ment thnt she would rather "darn socks tliuii be the greatest actress In the
world." Edward J. Howes. Miss Illlngton's husband. Is going to play "angel,"
and ho declares he Is not 'going to have a press agent and does not care
whether the public comes to see his wife play or not. She will travel In a
private cur, but, what Is better, will take her company as her guests to a
summer home near Tncomn, Wash., for some two months
HUNDREDS ILL
OWING 10 BITES
OF
Texas Invaded With Pests and Many j
Suffer Necessary in Ono Case to i
Amputate Leg of Woman to Save
Her Life.
GALVESTON, Tox.. July 8. Mos
quitoes havo Invaded Port Arthur
and vicinity .n great swarms and to
day between COO and 700 porsontj aro
111 from mosquito bites. Flvo per
sons hnvo boon seriously Injured by
tho bites of the Insects nnd It was
necessary to amputato tho log of ono
woman to savo hor llfo.
Ten thousand barrels of oil havo
been donated by a local oil company
to bo used In covorlng tho swamp
hinds adjacent to Port Arthur for
tho purpose of destroying mosquito
larvae,
liy a "wiufl ml" campaign" i
meant persistency m vonenting your
ad until yon hnvo gotten your re
sults! That doesn't nlwnvs moan
many insertions or much delay.
MOSQUITOS
PRAYERS ARE
OFFERED FOR
RAIN IN EAST
Unless Showers Come in Next 71
Hours Crops in Dakotas and Mln
nesota Will Be Damaged to Ex
tent of Hundreds of Thousands.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. July. 8. -It
is feared today that unless rain
fulls within tho next sovonty-two
hours crops in Minnesota and tho
Dakotas will bo damaged to tho ex
tent of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. In practically every Minne
apolis church prayers for rain woro
offered Inst night and similar ser
vices wore hold in othor MinnoMitu
cities.
Tlio drouth extends throughout the
Northern wheal belt nnd threatens u
bo the most sorious in yoara. Hun
dreds of farmers will faco ruin if
relief is not forthcoming boforo the
end of tho wcok.
"Put nionoy in thy purse" liv sell
ing through n "for sale" ad- -some
of tlio too-many things you own.
'$38,700 IS
ASKED FOR
RIGHTOFWAY
I. J. Phlpps et al. File Answer fe
Condemnation Suit Brounht by the.
Pacific & Eastern for a Rlflht-of-Way
Into the City on the East
Side of Bear Creek.
Tho defendants in the right-of-way
suit brought by the Pacific &
Eastern Railway against I. J. Phipps
et us., and C. B. Wolvcrton, have
filed their answer to the complaint
and nsk .$38,700 for a right-of-way
across tho Phipps property on the
cast side of Bear Creek.
Tho defendants in a lengthy an
swer set forth tho fact that land of
the valtio of $8,000 will bo used in
tho right-of-way asked and that
adjacent property will be damaged
to nn extent of $30,700.
Tho case will probably como up for
hearing in the circuit court next
week.
HAWLEY SAYS
BA1LINGER IS
TOJISIT LAKE
Representative Says That If Surveys
Are Made This Year That Appro
priation Can Be Counted on to
Open Lake to World.
A Snlem dispatch to the Oregoninli
says :
Representative Willis C. llawley.
who has just returned from Wash
ington, declared today that ho will
bo a candidate for re-election, but is
not certain ns to tho time he will file
his declaration.
"I will spend this summer much
ns I spent last summor," stated tho
congressman, outlining his plans. "I
expect to visit the various plnccs
in tho district, ascertain tho peoplo's
needs and socure a personal knowl
edge of what my constituents do-
siro.
Itnlllnger Will Visit Oregon-
"Just before 1 camo . away from
Washington I received nssurnnccs
from Secretary of tho Interior Bnl
lingor that ho would visit Oregon this
year and uinko a personal inspection
of Crater Lnko Park and tho Kla
math Indian reservation. Chairman
Tawney of tho appropriations com-,
mittee assured me that, if ho received "
tlio proper surveys from the secre
tary of tho interior, that I could
count qii nn appropriation for park
purposes nenr Crator Lnko, includ
ing construction of highwnys.
"Ono important movo I desiro to
uinko ns early as possiblo in n visit
to the Klumnth Indian reservation.
I have a bill pending for the open
ing of time reservation which will
mean 500,000 acres thrown opon to
entry. There nro cortnin points in
tho bill on which further information
is nocossary, and I wish to work
these out with tho people, on the res
ervation themselves.
"0:e thin" tliu; I h.r o Ja .
strenuous effort to bring nbout is
tho opening of ngriouUttro lauds iir
forest rosorvos, when those lands lire
cnpablo of development, nnd with the
-start which I have mndo in this diree
tion I heliovo this may be brought
about.
I.argo Appropi'laltloiiH .Secured.
"I con dr tlio -fusion in ' , .,
has boon n very profitnblo one for
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