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Medford Mail Tribune
UNITE!) PTtBSS AHSOOIATIOS
Full Leased Wire Report.
PAGES 1 TO 8
Tho only paper in tho world
published In a city tho site of
Medford having a. loascd wire.
fifth YEAR.
MEDEORD,
OREOON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1910.
No. 137.
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182 BURIED
94 MISSING
FIRE TOLL
Elnlitcen Firofluhtcrs Buried In One
Trench Only Mark of Grave Is
Penciled Cam Inscribed, "Elflht
een Men Buried Hero" -Figures
Today Are Authentic.
SPOKANB, WuhIi., Aug. 27.
Following tho receipt of news at mid-
nlelit tlmt tlui iiiiNxiiiL' imrtv of i.i
L firefighters ijiulur Hunger Joo Iliilm
wont Htifo, lliu lint of missing today
wiih reduced to 1M, while tliu official
lint of doad wiih given out an 18.1.
Among tho missing itru thruo pnr
tieH of firefighters who nro sur
rounded liy fires in the Cloiirwittur
district of Idaho. It in believed that
the men are in litttlo danger, an it it
known that their camps arc located
in cleared (treat.
The message iiniiuiuicing the safe
ty of llalin ami his party wax dated
Iron Mountain, Mont., ami wiih mail
ed hy Kaiiugcr llaiucH, who left on
Tuesday at thu head of a relief party
to search for I (aim at thu headwa
ters of the .St. Joe.
While thuro in little indication of
ram, the forest fire situation con
tinues to improve, iih ninny of the
conflagrations have practieally
burned thcmKolvas out.
Thu HtorieH told hy tho survivors
who fought in the hotteHt part of the
XireH Indicate that the lohH of lifo
would have been greatly lessoned had
emergency men under the rangers
showed a greater inclination to ohey
order. The -1 men who died on
.Seizor creek hud hceu warned to
leave, hut thev declined to move.
The 'JO men who met death near Av
ery had heeu warned to flee. They
run down the mountain until they
found u clearing. They perished
there.
All that remains of the IK fire
fighters who nerved under Rancor
liolliugHliond are huried in a trench
ut Ditttuuin's eithiu, in the St. Jou
district. Their tombstone is it pen
ciled card, on which is inscribed,
"oiirhtoeii men huried here."
The fire-Hwept area north of the
St. Joe river in lf miles wide mid
30 milcH long.
On the Koiith Hide n nuiiihei' of
compreheiiHivu fires extend ovor n
largo diHtrict. Until tho raiiiR como
and the confliii'rations are extin
guished, it will he impossible to osti
mate the damage done with any de
gree of accuracy.
PROF. OWA NOW
HAS FULL POWER
Prof. I'. J. O'diiru is in receipt of
the following Htatemeut from Com
missioner I'nrsou which is solf-ox-pluuatory:
Office of'Conunissionur Third DiH
trict, Murphy (GriuitH I'nss) Oregon.
AugiiHt 2 lib, 1010.
To whom it may cencern: I, A. II.
Carrion, horticultural cominiHHiouor
for the third diHtrict of Oregon,
herehy appoint and coiiHtitutul 1'. J.
O'Oara of Medford, Or., deputy hor
ticultural commiHHioiier of the third
district, in full charge, and doputy-in-chief
for the county of Jackson,
state of Oregon. That said l J.
O'Clura IniK full charge in diiocting
tho work of all county fruit inspect -oi'H,
and any and all deimly diHtrict
commiHHiouerH in said county of
Jackson. That any and all nets that
Haid P. J. O'Oara may perform as
deputy diHtrict ooiumiHHioucr in Haid
county of Jackson hIiiiII he the Hume
iih though performed hy myKelf, and
' reiiure ol all inspectors and dep
uty commissioners in said county the
performance ol all orders thai Kind
Deputy in Chief P. J. O'Oara may
hereafter make, thu hiuiiu iih if
though given hy inyHulf.
WitncHH this, my Hignaturo.
(Signed.) A. II. CAHSON,
CommiHHioiier, third diHtrict.
HOOP-EE"
"YIP YIP!"
-COLONEL
Roosevelt Has Hiuli Old Time at
Frontier Celebration Cheered by
Thousands, Ho Dashes About
.Track at Roundup and Yells Like
Comanche Indian.
CHKYKNNK, Wyo., Aug. '27.
Careening wildly about Frontier park
on the hack of a hig white cow pony,
Theodore KooHovcIt camu hack to
the west today. Standing in thu stir
rups, he held up Ii'ih horse with ono
hand and waved a hig black felt hat
with the other ut 10,000 people in the
stands and yelled "Whoop-col" and
thu thoiiHaiulH, witnuHHing Ii'ih act,
went wild with oiitliuaiaHin. He
spent thu entire day in one wild con
tinuoiiH rush of weateni ovonts. Cow
boys, cowgirls, ludiaiiH, bucks,
HiiuawH, papooHCH and uveu horses
were objects of his enthusiastic at
tention. At the park today wiih had a big
frontier day celebration in which
ltooHcvelt wiih tho central figure.
.Significantly hung in plain view bo
fore the judges' stand wiih n big col
ored banner inscribed, "Wyoming's
Choice for 1012 Theodore llooso
velt," with a big picture of thu colo
nel. When Koosevelt arrived heie he
was met at tho station by Senator
Warren, Senator Borah of Idaho,
General Frederick A. Smith of thu
district of .Missouri; W. E. Stone,
chairman of the frontier celebration
committee, and it yelling escort of
cowboys. Soiuo fiOUO soldiers wore
in line and lollowiug them came a
hundred more Shoshone and Sioux
Indians in war paint. The colonel
knew home of the older braves, whom
he greeted with real Indian war
whoops as they passed the stand.
They hulled and returned his re
spects by yelling back. Immediately
after arrival at the park thu Colonel
deli vol cd his hpecch.
At its conclusion Roosevelt was
given a white pony to ride about the
track. He took the turns at it gal
lop, ipiug like a brainier at a
roundup. He got the greatest ap
plause when he came down the
stretch in front of the grandstand
standing in the stirrups.
NEW BUILDING
STARTS TUESDAY
Work on the election of the new
business block to be erected nut the
nitceetiou of Mum and Hurtlctt
streets by John M. Root mid San
rraucisco associates will start on
next Tuesday morning.
Hie contract I
haus been let to It. J. Stewart who is
ut ttho present erecting thu Nit tut or
itmi. Thu new building will be known
tts jhu "Sparta" block, Thu namu
waas chosen hy Mr. Hoot and is the
samu an that of ttho town in which
Mr, Itoot was reared. It will be a
handsome structure of while enam
el brick, two stories in height, and
70x111 in size. The entrance on
each street will have over them it full
inariiiiH. It will he one of thtu most
haudsomu structures in thu uitty and
will represent an investment of $10,
000. Body Is Found.
POINT MAHION, Pa., Aug. 27.--The
body of Prank ltingle, who dis
appeared August HI, wiih found to
day buried under thu floor of tho
garage of W, L Hinvr, a wealthy
residonl of Aluriou. ltinglu's head
had hceu orushod by a blow and tho
police arc certain he was murdered.
Ifarvuy yestordny noticed blood
stains in tho garage.
Krlo Erlckaon, ono ot tho plonoors
ot tho nitio Lodge soctlon was In Mod
ford Saturday on n business trip.
Pictorial Phases
And
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DEMANDS THAT
PASSESBESHOWN
Sensation Is Sprung in Trial of Lee
O'Ncil Browne for Bribery 13,-,
000 Illegal Passes Arc Said to,
Have Been Issued to Politicians. '
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. States At
torney Wiiymati .started a sensation
this afternoon in the trial of Leu
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nlilv will "throw u scare into scores
of "Illinois politicians. Wnyninn de-
munded that the Illinois Central rail-'
t-owl shall produce on Monday all
coupon passes issued to members of
the legislature and to politicians dur-
iug the last yenr.
Wayman declined that complinneej
with the order would show that 111,-1
000 illegal piissorf had been issued to
politicians, who easily were able to
get passes for their friends.
Wayman also charged that a con- i
spiraey is mulor way to bring aliout
the'aeipiittal of Hrowne. A special
grand jurv convened today to in-
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coiiueciiou wini me jiitiwue case.
The jury called former Statu Senator
Alsehuler, who testified at tho
Urowno trial, and contradicted wit
uesbCh for thu statu regarding thu
actions of Urowno on tho day Wil
liam Lorimor was eleotud , to the
Pnited States sonato. Urowno is on
trial a second time for alleged brib
ery in connection with
election.
Burns to Play Lacrosse
VANCOUVER, P. C,
ug. '27.--
Tommy Hums,
former
uiiiiniiiii .
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heavyweight fighlor of tho world, to
day signed a contract with tho Van
couver Lacrosse club to piny one
match Labor day, September .",
ugaiusl Now Westminster. Ho will
receive $1000 for tho afternoon's
work and will play outside home,
checking Tommy Clifford, the famous
defence player of (ho world's cham
pions. Mv, and Mrs, J, C. l,ItUl and son,
Sooloy and Prang Isaacs, who liavo
boon hailing on tho uppor Roguo,
roturncd homo Suturdiiy, Too much provomenta nro pmnnou tu una sonooi wj(1, aostruotioii and several house
Hinoko and cold mornlngB apollod tho 1" tho way of beautifying tho wjeY6 moved their effects out tro
ploaauro of tho trip. grounda. pnratory to deserting thoir liouseh.
of Colonel Roosevelt's Tour
Map Showing Places He Will Visit.
13 MILES GAS
MAINS ARE IN
Work on System Pronressinn Rap-
idly Medford Will Bo Burning
Gas by October First If No Hard
Luck Is Encountered.
The Kogue 1th er Valley Gas com-'
puny U pushing riyht along with tho'
iiistulliiig of their system. They al-
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ireadv hitve 13 miles ot streot mains
t
' Tho ditchimr and piping crows
ate now working on the main lino be
ttween the city annul the plant loca-
tiou
nenr oorlues -minon. 11ns
work will he completed Soptcmber 1.
The conorcte fouudatiiions nro all in
and icady for the machinory and
gas holders. Pnrl of this nmtcrinl
i now on tho ground.
President Anderson says ho ox-
pects the erectors here oniMonday
to start wirk on the lni' bolder, and,
uurriug owi hick, iney win oo iiiiik-
imr and serving gas October 1. the
service men are all busy now mnk-
in if fnkiit.it ni'i'ijin tinlinililtto nml
,"h1. ''""7 ," ..:,, V" ," 7 '
" nunc iiiu-r mi "in w niiuniuuvu
n Ashland to follow ii the work
tlere.
SCHOOL OPENS
ON SEPTEMBER 5
,. ,, , " . . ... 'front, burning ovor five acres of vnl-
Tho Medford piibllo schools will ,
open for tho fall term on Monday,1 , , , ... lllllllt ..... stopk .... ...
Kvorythlng la now in
1.-1.t.v, w
,.,11,inOB.
Tho real work of tho torm
will begin on Tuesday morning aw-,
lug to the fact that Monday Is Labor
T)n'' , , '
. The school board has dorldod to
open two additional rooms In tho
High school building for tho grndos
until Bitch tlmo as tho hast sldo
school can bo built. Improvomonts ajU(1 T,,0 firo rn,,i,uv it.apeu p th0
In tho Washington school havo also (h.y wns ()f ti,0 i,0jor ,., im Ul,.
beon delnyod. f0"ro ;t wns discovered had tho build-
Tho hoard lias purchiisod olght ad- -mi, (m.0UKi,iy , its grasp,
dltloniil lots at tho North Bchool in jrunv i,oim',s 0 ti,0 i,iff 0Ver
ordor to provldo play grounds, Im- 1iu1ic;l; titho mill woro threatono
TO WORK FOR
HOSPITAL FUND
Committee Meets and on Monday So
liciting of Funds Will Commence
Hospital Will Be Largest in the
State Outside of Portland.
Work on raising the $10,000 bonus
to secure tho $100,000 hospital of-
fcred by the Sisters of Providence
will be begun Monday morning, by
the Medford commercial club com
mitttee, consibting f Dr. Piekel,
Conroy, Porter, mid Heddy and 0.
Putmiin.
Tho committee held a meeting Sat
urday nnd decided thutt every effort
would he mndo tto secure the needed
subscriptions, wluch will be mndo
payable in several installments.
'rh0 hospitnl will contain 75 bedds
for patients and bo the largest strue-
ture of its kind outside of Porttlnnd
m Oregon.
HEAVY DAMAGE
TACOMA FIRE
TACOMA, Wut.li., Aug. 27.- Fire
that broke out an hour before mid
night and which was not brought un
der control until early thi morning, I
did damage estimated at nearly in
half million dollars, on tho wutor-
,rv,v nnmilIlllv Wnr ,i0.
, ,, Twil ' ns r0 iilll0d.
T,o ,. ftIul J)tul(i V1,uwl ,
oflO.OOO, with $50,000 htock, woro
destroyed. The fire originated in
(ho boii,r r0()IUi )0 of (ho ,,iR n,m
,)oi,ors ,UvIB bocomo luatt,(i lo ox.
10SS its mis'u0 eovering, causing
.,,,.: ne refuse to become iir
s
ARE 10 BE
County Court Asked to Give Reward
of $500 for Fire Bugs Buck Said
to Have Recommended That Re
ward of $2500 Be Offered by the
Government.
District Attorney Mulkcy haw asked
the county court to bold n special
meeting within the next few days and
offer a roward of S500 for tho arrest
and conviction of 'he incendiaries
who have been making so much
trouble throughout southern Oregon
during the past two -weeks.
While Assistant Forester C. J.
Buck declines to discuss tho matter
it became known yesterday that
he has recommended to tho forestry
officials In Portland that reward of
at least J2500 be offered by the de
partment for Information leading to
tho arrest and conviction of those
responsible for the present fires.
Xo longer doubt remains as to the
fact that the fires are being set.
Those on tho firellnes throughout tho
Crater Forest have gathered enough
evidence to show beyond doubt that
the fires are belnc set out.
Two men, S. Crosby and Arthur)
Frenche, were nrrccted yesterday
on the fire line back of Ashland and
charged by Ranger Grabble with set
ting out the fires which have been
threatening Ashland for a week past.
The men were given a hearing im
mediately before Judge' EegJeston in
the Justice's Court but wore allowed
to go, there not being enough evi
dednce offered to warrant the court
in holding them. The men were
found in the neighborhood of n new
fire and were asleep. It appeared
that they hnd been responsible, hut
enough evidence could not bo se
cured to convict.
In tho Butte Falls district there
are a number ot secret service men
looking up evidence against sus
pects and it is expected that several
arrests will follow.
It las been authorltively reported
that no less than six new tires have
beon set out in ono neighborhood in
a single night.
Tho most terrific firo now raging
in tho Crater National forest Is onl
tho south fork of Rogue river. Horo
somo ao sectians or timuer nave oeen
burned ovor. Tho timber in this;
neighborhood runs from 30,)00 to
10,000 feot aa aero and fronj auth
entic reports from 60 to 100 per cent
entlc reports from 60 to 100 per cent
ot It has been rostroyed. This fire
jumped tho middle fork of, ,RoKf
river and endangered Prospect out
wns controlled by tho soldiers. So
far it has not again jumped tho mid
dle fork. It Is still far beyond con
trol and It Is not considered im-
probablo that it will escape its pres
ent Dounus ami wipe otti a i.trgo num
ber of homes.
Tho Dudley, Cat Hill and Big Elk
fires nro being hold.
Favorable reports aro holng re
eelved from Ashland and Colestln.
A firo Is binning within a mllo of,
Ituch on the Applegate which all of
tho settlors in that neighborhood aro
fighting. It Is thought that It will
ho under control within tho next 24
hours.
Tho settlors near Asbestos havo
saved their homes by hard fighting,.
CONGRESSMEN WILL NOT
TALK OF INVESTIGATION
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 27. Con
gressmen Miller and Burke of, tho
hpcoinl investigating committeo thnt
has been probing tho Indian con
tracts in Oklahoma, arrived hero'it6
dav. Heyoud onying that "McMur
ray seemed- to have , the t Indians
hypnotized and had o'(
i-erythiiig 'his
own way," the congressmen rofusoO.
to discuss tho hearing.
County Clerk Coloman Is taking a
vacation In tho tall timber, whore
tho applicant for registration and
tho candldnto trottbloth not, BUI
Isn't wearing heavy phqes howov,ojv
REWARD
OFFERED
TO COLLECT
$8000 DUE
ROAD FUND
Crater Lake Highwaiy Commission
Holds Session and Hears Report
on Finances Will Meet Tuesday
to Consider Letting of Contracts
for Building Road at Pumice Hill.
At a rnectin;; ct the Crater L.ike.
Highway Commission Saturday even
ing, tthe report of the auditor, Geo.1'
L. Davis, showed in round figures, -'
.30,000 subscribed to tho Crater
Laako highway fund, of which $2G,
000 was subscribed in Medford and ;
vicinitty and $4000 in Portland- Of
this $30,000 subscribed half of -whtcH
is past due, but $7000 has been col
lected, and the auditor was author
ized to take necessary steps to col
lect the $8000 now due, add unpaid
through tthe negligence of 'tho sub
scribers. '
The commission has expended for '
the saving of the road hpproxi- ''
raately $4000, which will leave a
fund of approximately $11,000 avail
able for road construction 'this fall.
This money will be used to build the
new Florence rock grade, " witH ac
maximum grade of 4 per cent.
Tuesday evening the commisiori
will meet again to discriss the con
struction oFfhcTdnd with contract
ors nnd arnngo to advertise for bid:;. '
VAN UEwTs"
KICKED OUT
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 27.
Deserted in the final vote by Trus
tees Coggin and Campbell, who' had
hitherto supported him, 'Dr. O. C.
Van Liew is today deposed as prin
cipal of tho Chico Normal school.
Van Liew declares that hd will not r
tight the unanimous decision of the
bonrd thnt ousted him for tlie0besr
interests of tho school."
The educator's diiniisSnl chine hs '
tho result of chnrges of improper"
conduct in the administration' Of tile
Chico institution. These Wl f7r
,... ,,. niBor.inn0 , -f;KC ah..
c, , t t t , T . r; .
, tcmptetl to 11nco ljs ftrm arrtHnd hot-
waist in his trivat offioo. Van
h ieu. was trio(1 boforo tii0 l)oart bf
trustees on those charges? which
LvvQrp tf ormnlLw preferred, hy -.GAveainr
Gillett. By a vote of thrco to two
he was acquitted.
Among tho applicants for tho va
cant position is J. IT. Ackormatt,
state superintendent of public in
struction of Oregon.
DR. CRIPPEN IS
NEARLY MOBBED
LONDON, Aug. 27. An attempt
lo lynch Ljr. II. II. Crippen, suspect
ed of having" murdered his wife,
jeno minora urtppeit, wus imiiio uu-
afternoon when tho American doc
tor and his companion, Miss Ethel
Leneve, arrived in London.
A great crowd at tho railroad sta
tion broke through tho polico guard
ht 5I10 depot and rushed for tho ac
cused man. Crippon cpwored beside
Inspector Dow and Scrgoant Mitchell,
appealing to thom to protect him.
By a dosporato offort tho polico
.succeeded in driving back (ho mob
boTore thoir prisoners had boon
roughly handled.
LIVKIU'OOL, Aug. 27. Or. II. II.
Crippen and Miss Ethel Clairo Lon
ove, with their polico escort under
luspoetor Dow of Scotland Yard, ar
rived horo this afternoon on tho
titeumhip Mcgtintitt from iQuchec-. 1