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MEDPORP AIAfL TRIBUNE, I.IEPFORP, OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 2.1, 19,10.
BANDIT CAUGHT:
NEARLY ALL IN
Robber Who Escaped During Run-
nlnn Fight With Sheriff, Is Run
Down and Captured Showed No
Fight Owing to Wound.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aur. 20.
Oscar Chitwood, who escaped from
Sheriff after a running fight In
tvhich his brother George Chitwood
was killed and tho sheriff fatally
-wounded, was captured In tho moun
tains near Llttlo Rock today. Mem
tors of ono of tho many posses that
vere searching tho hills effected tho
capture. Chitwood was wounded
when ho escaped and showed no fight
when taken, Lis wound having weak
ened him.
The Chitwood brothers were want
ed by tho sheriff for horso stealing.
Last Monday they entered tho sher
iff's office, heavily armed, and sur
rendered. While being tuiten to jail
the two men suddenly leaped from
jtho vehicle in which they were rid
ing, shooting tho sheriff and terror
izing tho town.
IS Aftnr n. nnoptneular running nlstol
jfbattlo Oscar Chitwood succeeded In
If reaching a stable, where ho seized a
horse. From Little Rock he fled Into
lithe wilderness, pursued by several
inunurea men.
MAN-OF-WAR
RUNS
AM CK
South Dakota Breaks Loose From
Her Moorings, Smashes Tug and
Then Goes Ashore Investigation
to Follow.
VALLEJO, Cal., Aug. 20. Tho ar
mored crutser South Dakota "ran
amuck" at tho Maro Island navy yard
today, smashed tho tug Unadllla and
wont aground near tho recolvlng ship
Independence. N'nvy yard tugs tried
unsuccessfully to refloat tho war
ship. The South Dakota broko from her
moorings at 3:15 p. m drifted In
near tho traveling crano and smashed
tho piling of tho yard wall. Then
tho cruiser ran down tho Unndllln,
staving a three-foot hole In tho tug.
The tug Is still afloat.
It Is probable a board of inquiry
will bo appointed to investigate tho
Incident.
EXPECT CLASH
AT ST. PAUL
Since tho Proponents of Two Dia
metrically Opposed Theories of
Conservation Will Meet, Big Fight
Is Looked For.
DICKERSON NOW ON
W.C.T.U. BLACKLIST
TO PROBE CHARE OF
WEST POINT, N. Y., Aujj. 20.
To restore the departmentnl-eq'uilib-
i rium upset yesterday when the navy
(department turned a deaf cur to tho
.IIIBV TiHPFBINR ipta'nce'of'iOO cases of wine by the
UU11 I I null L.I1IUU crH;ser California, the war depart-
' ' ment today ordered four senior ca
dets into seven months barrack con
finement for drinkinjr milk punches.
This sentence is n commutation by
ST. PAUL, Aug. 20. SInco tho
proponents of two diametrically op
posed theories of conservation will bo
In St. Paul at tho samo time, during
tho big national consorvr.tlon con
gress from September 5 to Septem
ber 9, it is expected that there will
bo t. bitter clash.
Colonel Roosevelt, advocate of tho
prlnciplo that the fee simple of tho
public domain is tn tho fodornl gov
ernment, is scheduled to speak be
foro tho congress on Soptomber 6.
Senator W. E. Borah of Idaho and
Senator Reed Smoot, wanted In Utah,
both vigorous advocates of tho tho
ory of tho right of ownership of wn
tcr power rights, Is Included in tho
sovereignty grt.nted each stato by tho
Constitution, will be floor managers
of tho conclave.
It is believed that if tho advocates
of tho stato control theory assail tho
policy of government control, Col
onel Roosevelt will defend tho poli
cies he has advocated throughout.
State's rights will bo thu chief top
ic of the entire congress.
NEWSPAPER MEN RIDE
ON NEW SPECIAL TRAIN
CHICAGO Aug. 19. The trial of
Lee O'Nell Browne, which will begin
ilia earnest Monday, will be followed , President Taft of one of dismissal
.toy an Investigation or the attempts from the service, imposed by tne
Jglnade to lnfluenco veniremen sum-; judge advocate of n West Point court
Jmoned in tho case. The jury was(niartial
completed late yesterday and the
tearing of the case will begin Mon
day. State's Attorney Wayman said
today that the grand jury would be
gin a probe of tho attempted Jury
Using on September 12.
Eight hundred veniremen were
.summoned before the Jury was fl-
!nally completed. Many of the ven-
'had been approached, either directly
'or Inrllrectlv. Thev will be asked to
go before the grand Jury and repeat
the stories told to the Judge. .
DEATH SEPARATES
SHOEMAKER TWINS
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 20. Death
today separated the Shoemaker twins
the first ones ever housed in an in
fant incubator in the state of Ore
gon. When the babies made their
appearanco at tho Good Samaritan
hospital August 9 and seemed to
thrive, the attending physicians were
hopeful after tho first week that both
j infants would live.
The llttlo girl, tho older of the
twins, died, however. Each of tho
babies weighed exactly three pounds
at birth. The boy will live, It Is be
lieved. The mother of the twins is Mrs.
II. R. Shoemaker, 145 East Sixty
Eighth street.
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jROSEBURG TO ADVERTISE
RESOURCES IN THE EAST
As a result of the action, the W.
C. T. U. is jubilantly claiming that
Secretary of War Dickinson is a
prohibitionist, and Secretary of tho
Navy Heyer is .permanently on the
blacklist.
The culprits are: Wilfrid Blount of
Maryland; Charles L. Bryne of
Washington, D. C; Harry James
Keeley of Illinois and Bethel Wood
Simpson of Michigan.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 20.
Carrying more than a hundred
newspaper men from all parts of the
United States, the luxuriously equip
ped Wcy-tern Pacific special, the first
westbound passenger train over the
new transcontinental line, steamed
away from Snlt Lake today. The
train will arrive at Winnemueen,
Xev.. tonight, where Another cele
bration await the travelers. They
will continue on to Oroville on Suii
dny. This arrangement has been
made 13 the Western Pacific offi
cials so that the pioneer tourists can
seen the entire road by daylight.
Sunday night will be spent in Oro
ville, the trip to Oakland being con
tinued on Monday morning. In Onk
land n monster jubilee will welcome
the opening of the new line.
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LONDON, Aug. 20. Port authori
ties of the United Kiugdom today
were ordered to examine all arrivals
from the continent to prevent the in
troduction into England of cholera.
Reports from Russia indicate that
conditions there are far worse than
the Russian officials will permit to
be published. English health offi
cers say that estimates of 112,000
cases and 50,000 deaths are not half
the total actually existing .in the
czar's domain.
A report that cholera had gained a
foothold in Rome wus officially de
nied today.
EXPECT H0D0C RAILROAD
TO BE BUILT AT ONCE
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug 20. At n
lniibs meeting of tho citizons of
Ifoseburg in tho Commercial club
rooms, the question of instituting an I nt Neu. York the contracts for build-
MERRILL, Or., Aug. 20 An
nouncement is expected any day that
construction has been ordered be
gun on the Modoc Northern railroad,
tho local officers of the Southern
Pnuitio company having forwarded
their reeoinraondation that tho road
be built immediately, and as soon
in, it i npproved by the head office
campaign in -m will bo open for bids.
extensive advertising
iiouffias county una tho Linpqun Ti10 mii-vcv nf tho railroad throueh
valley was considered nt length. Mulin, the Bohemian town ten miles
Jt is tho plan of the club to in- at nr Hi!c ni,i. lm rniiKnl lw,
duce tho eastern homcbccker to Io-jnew 0f ti, townsite to replnt
cato in tho Urapqua vnlloy. As wn .i,-,:,. lm!,lin.- mid oxMinnc lots In
. generally expressed by members ofj(ho ew I)Iat for tj10Se already dis-
i uKu.uw.iii i uiu HicciHiK, me p06C, of in tho old plat. Tho rail
TJinpn.ua valloy is well adapted tolrond cros6eg the town diagonally
care i for tho man or woman withi.,,,,1 Cl,ts through tho business seo-
biuan capimi in senron oi a noino.
1 C. C. Chapman of tho Portland
Commercial club wan present, ami
j upon invitation of Pre&idgut Seuly
addressed tho assembly briefly. Mr.
Chapman snid that Inn vihit to Ro.se-
burg, although of brief duration, had
- caused him to wonder nt tho prog
; ress that had been limdo in Doug
jlas county the pn&t two years. It
! was tho speakor's nim to impress
upon tho minds of Jus listeners that
ihoy had made an excellent begin
ning, and ho encouraged them lo
eontinuo their offorts until llio Val-
fley is fully developed.
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If there's a good storo in tsIs city
that's not woll-ndvcrllced, Jt desorves
to have a more progressive manago-
ia&t. '
Don, which has been located in the
resiirveyed plat a couplo of blocks
ti tho south, bringing it closer to
Tule lake and allowing the residence
lots to occupy tho higher ground
near the Point. The drainage of tho
lako will reclaim many acres of lund
that will lio between tho new town
und tho lako proper when it is re
duced to its former bed.
Molssant Delayed.
UPCIIURCII, England, Aug. 20. -John
Moissunt, exlir'jFQlr-dwp-R
John Moissnnt experienced another
dclny in his neriul flight toward Lon
don today. Ho left Upchurch at 0:15
this morning and after flying a milo
Jiis motor balked and ho was forced
to descend.
K. OF P. AT
KLAMATH FALLS
A great deal of intteri'st is being
aroused in the Southern Oregon
District Convention Knights of Py
thias which is to convene in Klam
ath Falls on Septt. 7.
The Klamath FalN Knights lire
figuring on a large delegation from
Ashland, Grants Pass and Medford.
About 50 Knights" and Ladies nro
going from Medford.
If you are a Knight of Pythias you
surely are getting ready to go. The
Klamath lodge promises the finest
time ever known in that counttry.
We want to toe what will be doing
There will be several Mdc trips
nnd everj' delegate will be -.hown a
first clnss time.
ly S00 cam. Tho Cashmoro Vnlo will
put out from 300 to 2C0 enrs, and
tho Entlat district between Wouat
cheo and Lake Cholan expects to find
markets for 100 cars.
Tho Cholan dlctrlct. 40 miles above
Wonatcheo, yot In Hb infancy, will
ship moro thnn 12G cars, exclusive
of largo Quantities contracted for by
mining camps and hotels in north
central Washington, nnd orchnrdlsts
In tho Ilrowor illotrlct, 30 miles north
of Cholan lock for from 40 to CO
cars. There will be sufficient fruit
for moro than 100 cars, but there aro
no facilities for getting It to trans
portation lines at tho present time.
Upper Hirer Country.
Tho Methow valley and Okanogan
and Stevens counties will sond out
sovernl hundred cars, as will tho
growers at White Salmon, Undor
wood nnd Goldendalo, and it Is esti
mated that other dlstrlcta In Klicki
tat. Ponton, Whitman, Columbia, As
otin, Franklin and Spokane counties
will hnvo from 100 to 1G0 cars. Tho
crop of the west sldo of tho Cascado
mountains Is estimated at from 300
to 350 cars.
Thero aro many growers In tho
stnto who bollovo tho crop will go
above 5,250,000 boxes or moro than
7250 cars, and In proof of this thoy
point to tho fnct that orders for 10,
000,000 boxes havo been placed with
mill companies in Spoknno and other
parts of tho stato this year, and that
less than 4,000,000 boxes fill go to
tho adjoining states.
Competitors of Washington.
Colorado and Oregon, tho chief
competitors of Washington In the
box npple Inductry will havo good,
but not exceptionally heavy crops.
The Colorado crop of this year will
bo considerably lighter thnn thnt of
1909, but the yield promises to bo
much better. Delta will havo only
ono-thlrd of what It had last ceaaon,
whon the crop was 75 per cont nor
mal. Grand Junction will havo about
tho samo as last year, or S20 cars.
Silt, which had 90 per cent of a full
crop last year, will ship only 10 per
cont of a normal output. Rocky Ford
will hnvo a normal yield, or about
300 cars, while oMntroso will have
only 30 per cent of a full crop. Oth
er sections will show i falling off,
except Manznnola, which will havo
four times the quantity It had Inst
year.
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Win. H. Crime!!, President
M, 1 1. Alfortl, CnMilor,
OiIn Omvfonl, AM, Onulilor,
ST.
ALWAYS THE
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NATIONAL BANK
OF MEDFORD
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Resources
MILLION DOLLARS
Idaho Crops.
ROISE, Idaho, Aug. 12. Tho bum
per fruit crop from tho Bolso, Pny
etto and Wclser valleys will net tho
raisers this year tho lump sum of
$1,900,000 in profits. Xo less thnn
2000 carloads of fruit, consisting of
The Leading Bank of Southern Oregon
It Leads Because it is Safe
Your Money is Safe
You Feel Safe
You Sleep Well
Because You Are Safe
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apples, prunes, pears and porches, Juttt returned from an iiiHpcctlon of
will bo shipped out of this district, tho crop.
Thcflo nro the estimates of Charles ! Tho fruit crop for 1910 will bo by
.1. Slnsol tho authority on fruit and ' far tho greatest ovor gathered In thu
extensive' pneker of this city, who Iibb ' state. TIiIhI n truo of all sections and
till kludH of fruit. In many plncec,
In cplto of the f.ctt hat tho orcliunln
havo been hnnd'thlttnod, tho trees are
breaking down beneath their bur-denii.
IN THE FRUITGROWING WORLD.
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1,1 2"&70'0"0 boxes were sirippe(lout"of
tho state, while officers of tho Wash
ington Horticultural ."nsocirtlon aro
of tho opinion tho yield will bo from
125 to 1C0 per cent larsev than any
yot boxed.
Yakima's Khtimated Output.
Growers In tho Yakima valloy ex
pect to ship from 2250 to 2500 cars
and shlppom in tho Wonatcheo vnl
loy predict about 2500 cars will go
forward from hero. Wclla Walla
and Spokane valloys should ship ful-
Keep Your Eagle Eye on
The Medford Furniture Co.
for the next GO days. Furniture and Carpets have
got to move, regardless of price. AVe must have room
for the vast amount of goods in transit. You name
your wants, we'll name the price and guarantee you
will ho satisfied.
. Medford Furniture Co.
THE OLD RELIABLE HOUSE FURNISHERS
Sole Agents for the ARCADIAN MALLTCAI3LI0
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