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Medford Mail Tribune
IW1TKO VllKHH ASSOCIATION
Pull Leaned Wlro Report.
Tonight nuil tomorrow Fair
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fho only paper In tho worU
published In a cky tho tn of
Medford having u Ioaod lr.
vumi YEAR. ..
MEDFORD, OREOON, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1930.
No. 100.
HUE OF FISH LAKE MPW PUSSES 10 CUMMINGS 10 ASSOCIATES
.
.
WILL SPEND $2,500,000 IN PLACING
ROGUE VALLEY UNDER IRRIGATION
PATRICK WELCH, WELL KNOWN
CAPITALIST OF SPOKANE IS
PRESIDENT OT THE COMPANY
AFTER expending $100,00(1 in
preliminary work mid sur
veys, Fred N. CummiiigH of thin city
anil Ii!h iiKsocictoH liuvu taken up (ho
option (hoy have held sinco March,
10011, mi (ho Finli I.iiko Ditch com
pany mid tho Jackson County Im
provement company, the titlo pass
ing to (hum. Thu purchase price
wuh $125,000, lly (ho terms of thu
purchiiHo Mr. Ciiiiliuiugn ami Iiik as
sociates iiiiihI expend $100,000 addi
tional on construction work within
tho next l'J inontliH. When complot"
cd tho project will represent mi ox
poiidituro of $'J,ri()0,000 and will
have placed 00,000 acrcB in tin
Rogue Hivor valloy uiidor irrigation,
.ntddo from 7000 uorua tho company
plans to roclnim on what Is known
now an "tho dosort." Tho deal Ik
tho greatest in the history of
Southern Oregon.
For tho pant year mid a balf Mr.
worklnf on IiIm plmm to glvo tho Hoguo
HyHtom. Ho Hcctirod mi option on thu
nnd then began thu tattle of enlisting capital. In this ho wan nucccRnftil.
Horently tho Iloguu Itlvor Valloy Canal company, with a capital stock of
$1,500,000, wuh Incorporated to carry on tho work of tho Fish Lake Ditch
company, and ItoguulandH, Inc., with a capital utock of n llku amount, to
Htipplant thu JnckHou County Improvement company. Doth nro closo cor
porations Comprohonsivo Survey First Made.
After hoc n ling tho option on tho FIhIi Lake Ditch company, Mr. Cuin
iiilngR began a rompreheiiHlvo Hiirvey of tho valloy, and In thin work ex
pended $30,000. Ouo of the toruiH of thu option waB that Mr. Cummlngs
nhoiild contlnuo coiiHtructton work on tho HyHtom. This wns done, nnd
to date no Iohh than $ 1C0, 000 Iiiih been expended.
Tho Officors of tho Company.
Tho offlcerH of thu now company are: Patrick WoIhIi of Spokane,
proHldout; It. 1C. Noll, vlco-prealdent; F. . .. CiimmlngH, solo umnagor; Irving
Worthlugton, chlof engineer, and Porter J. Notf, local attorney. Ialiani N.
Smith of Portland headH thu legal department. To Mr. Smith's ability Is
duo much credit for tho HticccHuful conclimlon of tho donl.
Within tho uoxt fow months tho company will huvo nil of tliat land
under what In known iih tho Hopkliirt Canal, comprlHlng 2700 acron undor
wntor. r WWl.
Will Expend $2,500,000 in Valley. "
When Mr. CiimmlngH and IiIh associates liavo completed their plaiiH
thoy will huvo expended $2, 1100,000 and will liavo plncod 55,000 acroa of
land In thu Hoguo Itlvor valloy under Irrigation. To comploto this task
flvo yours will hu noceuHary, although thoy expect wlttilu two years to
liavo throo main condultH completed, When complotcd, tho syetoin will bo
one of tho most comprohoiiHlvo found In any section of tho northwest and
will coiiHlHt of approximately It HO iuIIoh of distributing laterals, aside from
tho main canal from the lutako on Llttlo Dutto crook to tho Urndshaw drop,
which, whon enlarged and completed, will liavo a capacity of 250 second
foot of wntor. Tho undertaking In a gigantic ono, nnd it Is tho groateut
Individual undertaking In UiIh soctlon.
Are Now Expending $10,000 a Month.
The company Ih now expending about $10,000 a mouth In construction
work and nurvoyfl, They are also locating what will bo known nB tholr
hlgh-IIno canal, which will follow tho foothlllB around tho valloy nbovo
tho 101 ranch, lllllmmt and on Routh to Talent, from whoro It will uwlug
mound tho valloy buck of tho Durrell orchards on to tho Jacksonville hcIiooI
Iioiiho and on to tho foothlllB west of Central Point. An Intermediate canal
Ih uIho under way. TIiIh cnnal will llo botwoon tho Hopkins, or low-lino,
canal and tho hlgh-IIno, mid will skirt kouHi mid circle In just south of
Medford. Tho HopkliiH canal Ih now being onlurgod. From theso three
main canals Inuiimorablo luteralH nro to bo conntructed, so that each t0-acro
tract In tho valloy will bo plucod under wntor.
To Utilize Horse Power.
From tho Ilradfiliaw drop around to Yankeo crook tho company will
building a hlgh-lluo canal. In Yankee crook they will construct a powor
Iiouho, utilizing tho fall which thoy can attain thuro to lift wntor Into tho
hlgh-lluo canal, which will puss through tho Owens gup and hug to foothills
until Talent Ih roachod. Tho norongo which this cunnl will plnco undor
water Is Hhown by tho fact that It will pusb back or tho 101, shoot through
ovor tho Ilnzolrlgg dlvldo, across tho upper ond of tho Monick orchard, pass
nbovo Illllcrost, cut iiciohb Westorlund and swing around tho valloy nbout
tho north lino of tho Mountain View orchard, near Talent, This will glvo
an altitude high enough for tho canal to puss hack or tho Ilurroll orchard
and cover that ImmoiiHo tract, Thin canal, whon coinplotod, will run oloso
to tho Jacksonville school and from thonco on north to Central Point.
Will Reclaim Seven Thousand Acres of Land.
In addition to tho Irrigation plmm tho company will roclnim somo 7000
ncroB of land known iih "tho dosort," which Is shown to bo productive
whon water Is placed upon It.
(Continued on
frei) n. ci'mminos.
CuinmlngH liau been tindurntlgnbly
Hlvor valley a first-class Irrigation
Fluh I.nlto Ditch company holdings
Page 8.)
APPLE SHOW IS
NOT TO RAISE
WINESAP RATE
Advise rowers In Wenatchce That
Other Sections Do Not Think That
Variety of Apple Should Be Plac
cd on Par With Newton and Spitz.
SPOKANE, Wash.. July 15.
Trustees of the third National Ap
pie Show have instructed Hen II.
Itice, secretary and manager, to for
ward tho following letter to tho
Commercial club at Wenatchce,
Wash.:
"At today's mooting of (ho Na
tional Apple Show tnibtecri, unsworn
to the telegrams scut lust week, re
questing opinions on u propositi to
raiso thu rating of tho Wiuosnp in
thu suorecard were road, and tho
following results wore neted:
"Three commercial clubs nnd
three carload exhibitors recommend
ed raising tho Winesnp to 0-10.
"Three commercial clubs and
three exhibitors voted against rais
ing thu Wiucsup from 8-9.
"Two commercial clubs wero will
ing tho raiso to apply, provided the
Mclnt6sh Ited were raised another
point.
"Two carload exhibitors failed to
answer, although second telegrams
were scut to them.
"This leaves the situation with a
vote of six in favor, six ngainst, two
conditional mid two unanswered.
"Under theso cireumstunccs the
trustees do not fcol justified in
making tho additional raiso of one
point as requested by you. Wo feel
that it would not ho fair to make
thu change mid that our proper
eourso should ho to adopt tho rat
ings recommended by tho growers in
tho convention last fall.
"In doing thin we appreciate tho
feeling of Wonatuheu growers, (hut
thoy worn not fully represented nt
that meeting, mid wo hnd earnestly
hoped that thu proposed change
would moot with more favor, par
ticularly in view of the fact that
Wenatchce has been most loyal to
tho National Apple Show.
"II is our sincere hopo that meet
ings held during the tipple show
next fall will ho hotter attended by
representatives from all tho dis
tricts, mid that furthur changes in
scoring will ho recommended in fair
ness to the Winesnp and somo other
varieties which, in our opinion, will
place competition on u fairer basis
in tho future
"P. S. One of thu answers con
tained the information that if thu
Winesnp wero raised its requested
there would hu no exhibit from Hint
section."
MEDFORD NATATORIUM
OPENS SUCCESSFULLY
Bin Crowds Fill Shows and Nata
torium Thursday Night When tho
Amusement Park Opens.
Tho Medford Nutntoriuni &
Ainuscmont company opened tho
grounds Thursday night mid it look
ed ns it' almost everybody in town
was thoro.
Thu Miller Amusement company.
which conducted tho carnival font
uros, put up a numbor of good shows
mid thoy wore all orowdqd until Into
NICARAGUA
AFFAIR COMING
TO A
Intervention of United States Is
Probable Cruelty Shown Ameri
can Engineer Adds Another Un
pleasant Chapter to the Affair.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15.
That the Nicnrnguan affair is com
ing to n crisis nnd that intervention
by the United Stntcs is probnble is
tho belief in officinl circles here to
day, following (ho reports of the
inistrcnttneut of William P. Pittmnn,
mi American engineer, held captive
by Mndriz.
Tho latest reports of the cruelty
shown tho American accentuate the
tho feeling already existing nnd
hnvo ndded nnothcr unpleasant
cbnptor to thoso tfcatjihave occurred
sinco tho Nicnrnpian revolution be
gan nnd ono which, it is expected,
Secretary Knox will settle later.
American life nnd property nro
threatened in the little republic, no-
cording to ndviccs received here to
il a j.
Among tho incidents that have oc
curred sinco the beginning of the
war and which liavo given unpleas
unt hours in tho state department
nro the relenso of the stenmor Venus
from tho port of New Orleans un
der nn nllcged falso statement, nnd
tho bombardment of Prinznpuloa, an
undefended city, whoro thoro are a
numbor of American interests.
Tho Venus, which was held for a
time in Now Orleans, wns nllowcd to
clear after llios? responsible 'declar
ed sho carried a general cargo for
Nicnrnguan ports. Tho vessel nfter
wnrds was transformed into n gun
boat for Madriz nnd wns used in his
operations along tho eastern coa.-t.
It wns the Venus that threatened to
bombard Rluofiehls, nn net prohib
ited by tho conunundor of the United
States gunboat Paducah, stationed
there.
Tho bombardment of Prinznpuloa
aroused anti-Amerienn feeling and it
is declnred helped tangle tho situa
tion. Tho detention of Dr. C. A.
Burglioim of New Orlenns, held as a
prisoner of war without cause, has
mado nmttors still moro complicated.
All thoso things, takon together,
hnvo given what is regnrdod in dip
lomatic eirclos horo as amplo causo
for intervention on tho part of the
Uuitod Stntcs. It is oxpeeted that
officinl notion will bo soon taken and
that tho Pittiunn enso will bo dis
cussed nt the state department.
Latest official roports indicate
that Madriz violated his pledges re
garding tho treatment of Pittmnn.
Dr. Durghoiiu is said to have beon
arrested merely boenuso lie attended
tho wounded of flonornl Estrada's
army.
A ton-minuto "fitrugglo" in writing
a want ad and you'll soil thnt
property as sure as tnxoal
in tho evening. Tho "Midway" was
thronged all tho tinio.
Did you ovor seo so many polly
wogs in a pool that thoy could hard
ly wiggle? Well, that's tho way tho
swimming pool looked last night. At
timos if another huthor should have
entorod tho tank it would liavo
overflown, Tho plunge was occu
pied entirely by mon and boys, to
tho exclusion of thu ladies,
While imablo to nunoiinco an ex
act program for tho future, tho ninn
ngoniont has decided to give n "La
dies' day" Monday afternoon from 2
to 'J, during which timo no ono but
ladies will bo allowed in tho plungo.
CRISIS
1
FOR IE00Y
Says West Is Strong for the Colonel
and That His Popularity Alone
Can Save Presidency to the Re
publicansStarted by Thompson.
NEW YORK, July 15. Theodore
Roosevelt and President Tnft will
spenk from the same platform at
Knoxville, Tcnn., in October. Roose
velt todny accepted the invitation of
the managers of the Appalachian
exposition to deliver nn address on
October 17. A week later President
Tnft will make an address at the ex
position. A third-term boom for Roosevelt
wns started today by former Ambas-'
sudor Thompson, who represented
the United Stntcs in Mexico. He
cnllcd onthe colonel nnd after his
conference he said to the newspaper
men thnt throughout the west there
wns nn undcninble sentiment in fa
vor of another term.
"I employ 400 executive officers
throughout the west." Thompson
snid. "I nsked them to ascertain
the feeling toward Roosevelt. They
unanimously reported thnt every one
favored a third term for Roosevelt.
During my travels I have uot found
a single Republican who is not con
vinced that Roosevelt must be nam
ed for the presidency if the Demo
crats are to be beaten in 1012.
iLIS
SURROUNDED BY
CORDON PONCE
Man Named "Most Skillful Crlnlnal
of tho Age" Is Today In Hiding,
But Police Say He Has No
Chance of Escape.
LONDON, July 15. Surrounded
by a cordon of regular police and
Scotland Yard detectives, Hawley
Crippcn, called tho "most skillful
criminal of tho age," today is in hid
ing in Loudon with his beautifift
young companion, Mile. Ethel Lon
ove, with little prospect of escape,
nccording to tho authorities. While
tho police believe thoy liavo Crippcn
caught in an cxtricable web, tho de
tectives aro dircctitng their energies
toward ascertaining the movemonts
of the suspected man at tho time his
wife, formerly Belle Elhnorc, a Pol
ish noblowonian and famous singer,
wns murdored.
Mrs. Crippon was sent to her
death in tho lonely house nt HO Hill
drop Crescent, Islington, nbout Feb
ruary 'J, tho police believe. Tho
Crippens wero alono in the oltt
structure, save for tho frequent vis
its of Mile. Loncvc, between whom
mid tho dead woman thoro existed
bittor antipathy.
Tho mail who is alleged to have
killed Mrs. Crippcn was n trained
physician and surgeon. Ho was a
man, tho polico say, used to tho
handling of- tho scalpel mid tho
kuifo, expert in compounding nnd
giving drugs and scientifically train
ed iu the knowledge of their effects.
All tho timo thu quicklime was
eating the body Crippcn lived iu the
house with Mile, Leneve, whom ho
introduced to neighbors as
Crippon," according to tho
"Mrs.
police
Thoy chnrgo that tho letter to hi-,
wife's stepsister saying Mrs. Crippcn
B OOHD
CR1N
(Continued on Page Eight.)
-J.
KING TAKES RIDE
IN AN AEROPLANE
BRUSSELS, July 15.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
was the guest of Avintor' Do
In .Mains this afternoon on a
brief aeroplane flight near
tho capital. The Bulgarian
monarch was not in the nir
long, as ho experienced con
siderable difficulty in breath
ing. He nppenred delighted
with the short aerial journey,
but expressed no desire to
become a follower of the
dangerous Bport.
PENNSYLVANIA
OFFICIALS HOPE
AVERT STRIKE
Unions, However, Give Little Prom
ise of Not Going on Strike Have
Large Defense Fund and Are Now
Ready for Long Fight.
NEW YORK, July 15. In spite of
the disagreement between the Penn
sylvania officials and the officers
of the trainmen's nnd conductors'
organizations, it is believed here thnt
a strike may yet be averted. The
company positively refuses to ad
vance the wages or make other con
cessions and the men generally be
lievo tho case is hopeless and ready
to strike, but the officers of the un
ions still nre hopeful of amicable ad
justment. Tho unions have" Inrge defense
funds and are ready for a long, hard
fight. Tho railroad officials are
preparing for n possible emergency,
but still give out hopeful statements
when nsked nbout the situation.
Officials May Act.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15.
Chniminu Knnpp of the interstate
commerce commission and Commis
sioner of Lnbor Neill have not as yet
been requested to net ns mediators
iu the threatened strike of the train
men and conductors on the Pennsyl
vania railroad. Thoy are ready to
act if their services are requested
as arbitrators under the Erdmun
act.
PAVING W. 10TH
NOW COMPLETED
Clarke-Henery Company Have Fin
ished First Stage of Work The
Work Highly Pleasing to Property
Owners.
West Tenth street was visited by
many interested citizens Wednesday
afternoon to investigate tho finished
prod net of tho pavement being put
down by tno UJnrKo-uenery com
pany, and tho verdict was unani
mously favorable
Tho paving company is working
every plan to expedite the woik ot
laying tho pavemont, and tho rapid
ity with which they liavo been ac
complishing things augers well for
tho future,
South Holly is now ready for the
top dressing and Central avenue i
being brought to grade in prepara
tion for the cement foundation.
Altogether tho work of tho Clarke
Honery company bus been very sat
isfactory. Evory hour of ovory day tho want
ads aro "settling" things, accom
plishing things iu (his city, Tho
find buyeis, sellers, traders, worker
thoy introduce- pooplo who have
business to do with each other.
F
E
Department Called Out at Noon To
day to Check Flames In West
Medford Residence of W. F.
Isaacs Endangered, But Saved
The season of the grass firo is at
hand. During tho noon hour today
tho department was called to fight
a fire on West Main street which en
dangered a number of residences,
among them being that of W. F.
Isaacs. A barn was burned, but
prompt measures prevented any con
siderable loss.
The fire started from a grass
blaze which escaped from control.
The grass over an entire block was
burned. The only building destroyed
wns a barn.
During the next two months prob
ably a number of fires will be re
ported, as there is considerable dry
grass in tho city. Last year a grass
fire was tho causo of tho destruc
tion of W. C. Green's handsome resi
dence on Orange street.
FAILED
in mm TO
Following Delivery of Pay Checks,
Three Bandits Attempt to Hold Up
Crew, But Run Into Unexpected
Fight Instead.
CLEVELAND, O., July 15.One
man is dying and two aro sufforinjc
from serious wounds today follow
ing u battle near North Oimstoad,
between threo bandits and fortv
members of n Lake Shoro railroad
construction trnng, whom thoy at
tempted to rob.
The laborers received their pay
envelopes last night. Shortly after
midnight tho bandits entered the
camp and with lovoled revolvers or
dered their intended victims from the
bimkhouse. Thoy woro collecting
tho pay envelopes when railroaders,
who had slept outsido tho main
biinkhouso because of tho intonse
heat, opened firo on tho outlaws. The
robbers returned tho firo mid for
sovoral minutes tho fight continued.
When tho bnndits flod throo labor
ers wero found uncopscious on the
ground. Shoriff Heirsius, witli a
posso of doputies, startod for North
Olmstead early today iu automo
biles. Other possos aro on tho ban
dit's trail.
ELKS IN GREAT AUTO
PARADE IN DETROIT
DETROIT, Mich., July 15.--A gi
gantic automobilo parade wns hold
in Detroit today in honor of tho Elks
in annual con vontion horo.
Thousands lined thu routo of the
parado. Automobiles of practically
every maniior woro roprosonted. So
groat was tho throng and so intense
tho boat that tho city automubiles
woro kept busy,
Thu Elks will wind up tholr week
of gaiety tomorrow,
For a city of demoralized 'tret,
Medford, tora up for ptvlag, headf
he list,
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BANDITS
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