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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 3910.
No. 111.
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ATE BUILT HIGHWAYS
CONVICT BUILT ROADS
COL HOFER'S PLATFORM
Salem Journalist to Make Whirlwind Campnlnn for Good Roads
Throughout Oregon In His Effort to Land Republican Nomination
for Governor Anti-Graft Also a Plank Would Cut Out Half Million
Dollars of Frauds Imposed on People and Build Highways With It
Main Roads Should Not Bo Built by County Bend Issues.
Colonel E. Jlofor of Biiloin, tho well
known booster and champion ot de
velopment was seen by n Mull Tri
bune man end uhIcoiI for u statement
of tho political Httuntlon. IIo In limit
ing a fight for tliu nomination for
governor, and Ih n representative of
tho strenuous newspaper man In nc
tlon. Asked n to tho assembly nominee,
ho declined to bnvo anything to nay,
saying ho had not participated In tho
wholesale embalming process that
bad prematurely sent to tholr grnvoH
ho many prominent and t;b!o pollll
clatiH, Two Line of Fight.
"I am In tho flcht on two distinct
lines. Wo haven't a dollar of craft
In our city or county Kovornmont at
Salem, and I do not boo why tho old
grnftlng propoMltlonit hIiouUI bo con
tinued In our stato government, I
am In favor of cuttlni; out $500,000
ot tho ancient hoary, untnltlijatcd
frauds that tho legislature imposes on
tho long suffering and patient pooplo
of Oregon and spending that monoy
on Htnto highways. Ily lining convict
labor and adding anothor half mil
lion dollars In tho shnpo of an ap
propriation, wo can build several
hundred miles of first-class Htnto
highways and advertlso Oregon nH
being no longer a moHHbaclc common
wealth on tl In question.
( 'nit or Ijikn Derlnlon,
"I feel nflhnmod for tho wholo Htato
that you pooplo were blocked in your
effort to get Htato aid to build tho
highway from .Medford to Crator
Lake and Klninntb Falls, Tho Htato
of Washington Ih building 20 hiicIi
blghwnyu and sllurlnns are perfectly
bnppy to otny In tl.elr IioIch when It
raliiH and come out, pang tho hat for
an Injunction milt to stop cntorprlHOH
llku the Crator Lr.ko rond or n little
bridge acroBH tho Snake river to get
tho people of southorn ldnbo to como
ovor and drop tholr money Into tho
coffeni of e.iBtorn Oregon merchants
and banks.
"I am going to mnko a whirlwind
campaign of tho wholo atnto for a
state highway ayBlom on tho plan of
tho Htato of Washington, where they
WRECK DELAYS "
P.&E. VS. PHIPPS
Failure of Motor With Attorney
Aboard Postpones Condemnation
Suit Resolutions of Respect for
Hanna to Be Drawn Up.
Owing to the delay In tho arrival
of tho Bouthorn v Pacific motor from
OrantH Pass, whereby II, O. Smith,
ono of tho attoruoys In tho enso of
Phippu vs, tho Pacific & lOastern rail-'
way, was prevented from nppoarlng,
tho session of tho circuit court was
short thlti morning.
Aftor passing an Indotormlnnto
sentonco upon Lloyd French nnd Nor
man Oriutham, Judge C"lkln ap
pointed tho following commlttoo on
tho framing of rosolutlocs to tho
memory of tho Into II, K, Hanna:
William M. Colvlg of Medford, W. C.
Halo of Grants Pnss nnd 10, D. Brlggs
of Ashland.
Whoroupon, owing to tho cause
aforesaid, tho court took a recess un
til tho cnuusel should arrive,
Tho poor old Pullman company
claims now that It runs Its enra at n
loss.
are building Htato hlghwr.ys, helping
rouutloH to build highways and work
lug 4 00 convlctH on tho highways. Wo
are not doing a blessed thing. (Col-
houel Hofer liucd a HoorovcU word
hero that Is not printable), Tho firm
bill that goes through tho leglnlnturo
ought to be a Htato highway bill, pro
viding for ( Htato highway cornmls
Hloner, with power to employ convict
labor and opon to every county in
tho Htnto on equal termu, so it can
not be attacked In the supremo court.
I have talked with tho Judges of tho
Hiipreme court and they tell mo that
that kind of n bill would be conntltu
tlonnl. On Htnto Highways,
"I bnvo gatl-ored statistics on the
subject and find that innln state high
ways ought not to bo built with coun
ty bond IsHues. Only about 26 per
cent of the tn.fflc over a main Htato
highway Is county traffic, the rest is
Htnto traffic and tho state should
build It and tho county maintain It?
If any of tho counties want to Issuo
bonds for highways on Judge Web
ster'B plan they would find plenty of
use for the money. Hut the county
bonding system will not give us state
highways. Ono county will Issue
bonds, nnother county will refuse.
"Wo will get no stato hlghwnys on
the county bonding plan. It Is1 not
right to bull I Htnto highways at tho
exponso of tho abutting property, Ite
rance all uuch proporty will nlvance
In value from two to COO per cent
(Continued on Pace o.)
CALKINS GIVES
maun
Makes First Decree Under 1905 Ses
sion Law, Providing for Indeter
minate Sentences in the Case of
French and Grantham.
Judgo Cclklns Thursday morning
mndo tho first commitment In tho
First judicial district under act ot
tho session Ir.WB of 1905, providing
for an Indeterminate sentonco for
parties who plead guilty or nro con
victed of crimes tho maximum pen
alties for which Is 20 years, a Ben
teuco dependent upon tholr good bo
havlor, outsldo of tho minimum pen
alty. There was a great hunting up of
authorities. Every lawyor In tho
courtroom war "satisfied there was
such a statute," but nobody could
IContiinudon Page S.)
NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL ROAD CAUSE
OF RALLY IN THE PRICES OF STOCKS
NEW YOKK, July 28. Thoro was rood. The Hock Island, Missouri Pn
an advanco In prices of stocks at the elfle, Kin Grande, Wabash and tho
opening today, tho market being Lehigh Valley aro reported to bo In
flooded with buying ordors. United cl.ided In tho projoct.
States Steel gained 1 3i points, Tho Pearson syndicate has boon
Union Paclflo 1 C-S nnd Hock Islam! anxious for douio tlmo to build n
a 1-2 and Amorlcnn Smoltlng 1 3-4. now trons-contlnontnl railroad, but
Tho rally Is bolloved to have boon numy difficulties havo boon oncaun-
duo to tho purchnso of $30,000,000 tered. A dlspr.tch from Toronto to-
from tho syndicate bonded by Dr. day attributes tho transfer of tho
Pearsons by tho bnnklny banco of Pearson secuirltlos to tho failure of
Kulin Loeb and compnuy. Tho pur- the syndicate to carry out Its plans,
poso of this transfer, it Is snld, Is tho K'uhn, Loob & Co., It is said, has pur-
orgunlzntlon of plniiB for tho build- chased tho soourltles with tho object
lug of a now trnns-contlnontnl rail- r currying out tho syndicate's plnnB.
TROOPS TO
QUELL RIOT
OF STRIKERS
Two Thousand Ohio Militia Ordered
Out at Columbus Mob Attacks
Troop Train Strikebreakers Are
Beaten and Ralls Torn Up by
Rioters Efforts to Run Futile.
HAMILTON, 0., July 28. A
troop train carrying Company 1
Third Ohio infantry, to Columbutj, to
lie held in readiness lor strike duty,
wiih attacked todny by sympathizers
of. the Columbus strikers. A shower
of iron holts fell upon the earn and
many windows wero broken. It was
offieinllv reported that none of the
soldiers was struck by the missiles.
COLUMBUS. O.. July 28. Two
thousand stato militiamen arrived
here today to nucll rioting which fol
lowed an attempt on tho part of the
Columbus Hnilway & Light company
to operate streetcars manned by
strikebreakers.
Mobs of strikers and sympathiz
ers, augmented by the rnilroad men
of the city, nttneked the cars, beat
tho nonunion crews and tore the
tracks up. The polico were powerless
to prevent rioting nnd Mayor Mar
shall called on the state authorities
for troops.
Governor Harmon ordered Adju-tnnl-Gcnornl
Wcybrccht to call out
the Second, Third and Sixth Ohio in
fniitrv, tho Clovelnnd troop of the
envnlry, n signal corps nnd hospital
ambulance company. The ndjutnnt
general sent orders to the Fourth,
Fifth. Seventh and Kighth Ohio regi
ments to hold themselves in readi
ness. Until military control has been es
tablished the traction company will
make no further effort to operate its
ears.
DEMOCRATS TO
NAME LINO
Minnesota Convention Solid on Anti
Local Option Platform Initiative
and Referendum Plank to Be Fa
voredSpeech Attacks Tariff.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 2S.
Tho democratic stato convention Is
expected to nominate John lLnd for
governor If Llnd will consont to run.
LInd hns tho solid bncklng of tho
opponents of local option nnd they
enn easily control tho convention.
Though It la tho doslro of a small
minority to mnko local option ono of
tho Issues of tho convention, It Is bo
llovod that tho question will bo Ig
nored altojj'jther. Tho plntform prob
nbly will lncudo a plank favoring Ini
tiative nnd roforondum.
Tho koynoto speech of tho conven
tion was delivered by Congressman
Hammond, who strongly donouncod
tho Aldrlch-Pnyno tariff lav.
Walter Wellman Declares He Will
Cross the Atlantic In an Airship.
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Walter Wolltnan. explorer and Journalist, unsatisfied with being blown
around the reglou of the north pole In u balloon, has declared he will try to
cross tho Atlantic wean from New York to London in the motor balloon
America. Mr. Wellman is about ready to try n number of bind trips around
Atlantic City. He will take his big balloon to New York city next month nnd
by tho last of August Iiojmjs to bo well under way for the long ocenrrtrip. Mr.
Wellman will carry a wireless outfit with him and report his progress as be
sails along. London, New York and Chicago papers are to pay Mr. Well
man for his efforts. IIo Is to be nccompnnipd by Mclvin Vanlman and an
engineer nnd a fourth companion, yet to be selected.
STRIKE MAY TIE
OPJWUWD
General Walkout May Result From
Teamsters' Strike Unions Con
sider Plan to Call All Men Out
Declare Stand Threatens Labor.
PORTLAND, Or., July 2S. -Unless
tho toaracters' strike, tho me
chanics' walkout and othor labor dis
turbances In Portland nro settled
booh It Is highly probablo thnt every
labor union In tho city will havo bo
como Involved in a genoral strike bo
foro autumn. Eight thousand union
ists would bo affected by n gonern!
strlko order.
At a Joint meotlng of a committee
from tho Central Labor council last
night, tho plan of calling out ono
union after nnother until nil woro on
Btrlko was considered. It was pruc
tlcally ag-eed upon that such action
might prove necessary on tho part of
tho unionists to protect themselves
In tho campaign being wagod by em
ployers an J business coneorns to
mnko Portlvnd an open shop city.
In summing up the situation ns It
stands, at present, WUll.un Dnley,
president of tho Oregon Federation
of Labor, said:
"Tho huukvs and inorehnnts havo
taken such i. leclded stand against
tho advanco "sked by tho toninctors'
union that wo feel that It Is tlmo for
tho Various labor uiiIohb to tnko a
hand In tho niater While I am not
ready to sry wha' othor unions of
tho city will go out on . sympathetic
utrlko, I bollovo that unlosB tho mer
chants and bushecs mon of tho city
retront from their docidod stand
nar.lnst tho labor unions It will bo
nocessary for us to tnko boiiio stren
uoub me.'tauro to protect oursolvoa."
Why not orgnnlzo a "swat tho fly"
club In every school district?
CHINESE
PRINCE
LOSESJPOSITION
Shakeup in Ministry Due to Prelim
inary Precautions to Avert Dem
onstrations Over Railway Conces
sions and New Treaty.
PEKING, July 28. An importnnt
shakeup In tho foreign office occurred
today, following tho publication of
an Imperial edict announcing that
Llnng Tun Yen had been "permit
ted to resign ns senior vice-president,
owing to 111 health."
All Important officials of tho for-
elgn office, with tho exception of
Prlnco Chlng, president of tho conn- k
cll, wero transferred to other depart
ments of the government.
A reason for tho changes Is not
given, but It Is bolloved thnt the 1m
porlnl govorument Is taking prelim
inary stops to avert demonstrations
ovor tho recent Russo-Jnpanoso-Mnn-churlnn
convention nnd over cortaln
railway concessions In tho empire.
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CRIPPEN ABOARD" STATES WIRELESS
FROM STEAMER MONTROSE STILL AT SEA
MONTREAL, Quo., July 28. A
wlroless dispatch to tho Montreal
Star from the steamer Montroso snys:
"Crlppen aboard."
FATHER POINT, Quo,, July 2S.
Chief Constable McCarty and Inspec
tor Denis of tho provincial polico
nrrlvod bore today to sslst Inspec
tor Dow of Scotlnnrt Ynrd In arrest
ing Dr. II. IL'Crlppon, tho Amorlcnn
dentist whom tho polico cle.rgo with
murdoring his wlfo in London, and
.Mile. Leneve, who la snld to bo with
Crlppon on board tho steamor
DEATH RIDES
T
E
Many Fatalities Reported at Chicago'
Hottest Weather in Years at
Omaha Drouth Causes Crops to
Wither Churches Praying for
Rain Mad Dogs Bite People.
CHICAGO, July 28. Four per
sons arc. dead today and scores are
being treated at hospitals as the re
suit of the terrific heat of tho last
24 hours.
Three persons, in addition, were
bitten by rabid docs Inst evening.
They were taken to the Chicago Pas
teur institute.
Special prayer services for rain
were held in several churches last
evening. Crops throughout the
middle west nre suffcrine because of
the continued drouth.
OMAHA, Neb., July 28. Omiilui i.
Mifferins todny from the hottest
weather known here in years. The
thermometer registered 104 degrees.
Many prostrations were reported.
Reports from surrounding sections
of Nebraska nnd Iown say that the
crops had been severely damaged by
the continued dry. hot weather here.
Corn ha.-? been withered by the sun,
and unless the drouth is soon broken
the loss will be very heavy.
REGIMENT 10
STOP RIOTING
Michigan National Guard Ordered to
Durand .to Protect Grand Trunk
Property Yardmaster Told to
Leave, on Penalty of Being Shot.
DETROIT, Mich.. July 2S. Four
companies of the First regiment,
Michigan national guard, were des
patched to Durand today, whore the
striko situation on tho Michigan
branches of tho Grand Sruuk-Pnclfic
rnilroad Is acute.
A battalion of Infantry from Grand
Rapids also Is en route to Durand.
The troops are under command of
Major John S. Horsey.
Durand Is ono of the central points
on the Michigan division of the Grand
Trunk system.
Tho troops wero sont to Durand
following nn appeal by Sheriff Wat
son.who claimed that tho situation
there was beyond tho control of tho
local authorities. Watson declared
that tho strikers and their frlonds
had Intimidated strikebreakers and
hnvo completely provonted any traf-
flc In tho rr.Urond yards.
BUFFALO, X. Y., July 28. Tho
Grand Trunk strlko took on a more
serious aspect today, when a dele
gation of strlko sympathizers noti
fied Yardmaster II. G. Foster ot
Drldgeburg that ho would bo Bhot
unless ho leaves Buffalo.
rose.
McCnrty and Donls caino loro un
der orders from tho nttoruoy gonoral
or tho province of Quobec, who In
structed thorn to do ovorythlng In
tholr powor to secure tho arrest of
Crlppen nnd his companion In caso
they aro aboard tho Montroso when
the vessel docks.
Inspector Dow Is to arrlvo hoie on
t'o steamer Lrurontto In tlmo to join
.the Cannllnn offlcors. No wlroless
communication has yet been hold by
tho Labrador stations with tho Lau-
Mont-.rontlc or tho Montroso,
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BARRETT
SHIPMENTS
UNDERWAY
First Car of Rogue River Pears
Leaves for Chicago Tomorrow
Fruit of Very Fine Quality 0thr
Shippers Prepare to Begin Picking
Next Week Bright Prospects.
The first car of Rogue River Bart
lett pears for tho season of 1910
will bo shipped Friday. They are
now being loaded at the Voorhlea
spur by tho Eden Valley orchard.
Tho fruit Is said to bo very fine la
quality. It Is billed to Chicago and
will probably be diverted at that
point to a market further east. Splen
did prices are expected.
All of tho largo orchards In the
valley are preparing to open the pick
ing season with the first of the week.
A few are delaying tho work as much,
as possible in order to allow the Cal
ifornia crop to bo cleaned from tk
market beforo local fruit goes on.
Fully 350 cars of pears will ba
shipped this season, according to es
timates of prominent fruitgrowers.
WILL DEVELOP IRRIGATED
ORCHARD IN "THE DESERT"
Clyde E. Niles, recently from Spo
kane, has purchased 20 acres of
fruit land from Roguclnuds, Inc., nnd
the land is now being plowed and
leveled bv the compnny. As oon nsr
the planting season opens the entire
frnct will bo planted to Spitzcnbcrgs
and Newtown Pippms.
This tract lies directly south of
the townsite of Roguelands, which,
borders the desert boulevard and
lies along tho right of way of the
P. & E. railroad. Mr. Niles has al
ready let a contract for the con
struction of n modern ;?2o00 bunga
low and the carpenters will begin,
work ns soon as the material is oa
the ground.
BRYAN'S FIGHT
NOT IN VAIN
As Result of Local Option Struggle,
Both Parties Declare for Initiative
and Referendum Oregon Plan for
Senatorial Election to Be Followed
LINCOLN. Neb., July 28. Wil
liam J. Bryan today issued u foi-mul
statement regarding the present
htatus of the county option fight in
Ncbrnskn.
"Tho failuro of tho Democratic
stnto convention to indorse county
option is disappointing,'' says Iiryun.
"Still tho fight has not been iu vain.
It has helped to see nro u declaration
favoring tho initiative and referen
dum by both parties and no doubt
such a necessary amendment will be
submitted to the next legislature.
"Wo must now secure county op
tion delegates iu every stato assem
bly district. If tho Democratic con
vention hud indorsed county option
it would have eliminated tho uccoh
ity of u stnto campaign, but, even
us it is. there is no reason why any
vote lor stnto officers except tlmt
of governor, should bo influenced
bv the candidate's attitude on coun
ty option.
"I boliovo lite Democrats hnvo tho
udynutnge iu the (!!r.'UMuiu on na
tional issues. Every legislative can
didate should be urged to Mippnrt the
candidate for United Stater. Mmntor
receiving the largest vote under the
Oregon plan, thus eliminating the
option iiuestion in selecting (I neim
tor. The Democrats ought to elect
a senator. Tlioro is no reason to he
discouraged and loso intorcHt."
Marriage Is Indeed a failure whea '
lovo grows cold before tho bride. Rets, ''
all tho rice out of. her hair. uL'MB&titiftA