Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1910)
Wrtortori toriW ..Mnn wp1whrw Medford Mail Tribune DNITKD PRB8S ASSOCIATION Full Leaned Wire npert. TIIH WISATIIICH Tonight and tomorrow Fair mid coolor. Tho only paper In the werlt published In a city the stie et Medford having a leased wire. FIFTH YEAJB. MEDFORD, OREOON, WEJ)NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1910. No. 146. INSURGENTS VICTORS IN MANY STATES ' v. BALLINGER IS CENSURED BY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE SECRETARY IS DECLARED 10 BE UNFAITHFUL Stronii Resolution Is Adopted, Five Affirmative Votes Belno Cast Nelson Declares No Quorum Was Present and Action Void. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Supt. 7. Tliu Dallinger-Pinchol investigating committee today adopted a" resolu tion, introduced by Senator Floteh or of Floriiln, declaring Dnlliugor 1111 l'aitlit'til to his tniHt ami tluitiitittltiiu his removal. Tltu resolution, as introduced liv Sonator Fletcher, wiih worded so strongly that Representative Madi noii demanded that it ho amended. After u tdiort discussion tho text wwh changed' slightly. Whim tho resolution wan ready to bu submitted to a vote Sonator Suth erland (Hop.) of Utah anil Hopre Hcntatlvo McCnll (Hop.) of Massa elniHottti alimptly loft tho room. Tho rcKoliition wax adopted, five affinnativo votes licinir east. Chairman Nelson held that no iliiorum wns present and refused to vote, declaring (lie resolution had failed. Telegrams summoning the nliHont memhorh of tho llulliugcr-Piuchnt inwstigutiug committee were cent out hastily today after the commit teo wan called to order here, ami tho nuti-HulliugoritcH, who eontrolled in the ahhoueu of Senator Hoot and Representatives Olmstond ami Hen hy. iiiHJKt oil on notion. Tho Demo - (Continued on Page fiteht.) YOUNG MEN TEST IRRIGATION Ex-Students of 0. A. C. Havo Been Conducting a Number of Experi ments in tho Valloy During Past Year With Good Results. 8. A. Hall anil It. W. Itooao, ox Htuilonta at O. A, 0., havo boon con ducting amumbor of vnluablo ox porlmouta In tho lloguo Hlvor valloy this Hiimmor. Thoy havo boon nnilor tho direction of tho Oregon Stato Ex porlmuut Station outabllahoil at Cor valllH. Tho two oxporlmontor's havo boon dotormtnlng tho propor amount of water to bo used on trooa In dif ferent Idndu of hoII. Thoy hnvo practically had chnrgo of tho Judy, S. L. Ilennott, ami Talent Orchard company orchards this summer and havo bundled thorn to tho comploto satisfaction of tho ownora, Thoy havo bottled hundreds of. HoII anmplou taken at tho depth of each foot of ground around tho troou, boforo and after Irrigation and havo Hhlppod thorn to tho agronomy dopnrtmonOnt O. A, 0. At Cor vallla tho BtunploH havo buon tcatod na to tho amount of soil thoy con tain thuu allowing, tho rapidity with which tho wator aproada through tho dlfforont Bolls. Hall nnd Rooa havo alBO conductod oxporlmouta on croas pollaatton, boglnnlng thin work last spring whon tho trooa woro In bloom, Mr, Hooa will contluuo oxporlmontal work In tho v.Mloy aftor applo pick ing whllo Mi. Hull liaa discontinued hla oxporlmontal work to aaaumo hla dutloa as toachor In tho aolonco do partmont of tho Medford high school, RICHARD A. BALLINGER. Whoso career as secretary of tho Interior has been stormy, to say least. NEXT ASSESSMENT WAY GIVE CITY S6.000.000 VALUATION County Assessor W. T. Qriovo ban practically completed tho work of assessing Medford property and within a Nhort time will havo definite figures, Ho ban a few blocks on Main street yet to assess and then ho will begin to prepare his rolls. Tho assessed valuation of Medford for 11)10 will ho close to $0,000,000, whereas last year it amounted io .',0(10,000. Tho ureal increase in tho assessed valuation of tho city is not duo alone to tho advance in values which havo been general over tho valloy, but is duo in a irroat respect to tho vast EXPERIMENT President Kerr of 0. A C. and Chairman Burden of Board of Regents Assure John D. Olwell That Branch Station Will Be Placed Here To Test Electricity As Applied to Plants. Dr, Kerr, president of tho Oregon Agricultural college and chairman of tho board of rcgonts of that lustl tuolon, who visited Medford a short tlmo ago havo assured John D. ON well that tho collogo will establish a branch oxporlmont station In Med ford as soon ;.a poaalblo, Colonel Frank Ray laat Bummor offered tho ututo, land, electricity nnd wator If It would ostr-LUah an oxporlmont station at Gold Ray, Tho recent vlalt of tho O, A, C. pooplo was to look Into tho proposi tion, Tho branch of oxporlmontal work that will bo apoclallzod lu at amount of improvement work which has been done in tho city. Over rll.OOO.OOO'has beon oxi stautial structures alouo since the previous assessment was made and property throughout tho city has been greatly enhanced in value hy reason of the largo amount of city improvements which havo beon made. "I feel," stated Mr. Grieve, "that the assessment in Medford this year will he far more satisfactory than it was last. I have personally super vised tho work in that city and havo endeavored to comploto tho work on a fair, reasonable basig." E Gold Ray will bo na to tho offoct of electricity upon plant llfo. In Bel gium and England considerable suc cess hns boon gained along thoso lino. It has boon found that elec tricity appllod from a network of wIjob ovorhead to an orchard or gar don Increases tho slzo and tho amount of migar contained In tho fruit of vogotablos nnd hastens tho maturity. Exporlmonta along this lino of oloctrlcal activity aro but bo gun and many scientists think that hortloulturo offors a broad flold for tho application of olootrlclty. ON ON OLD Ht REGULARS SWIPED New Hampshire, Wisconsin and MichlganJ oin in Handing Bunch of Regrets to Standpatters Ver mont Republican Majority Badly Falls Off. f-f ' . " IJcrc are u few results of "" the primaries hold-Tuesday: "" In Wisconsin, Senator La "" Follette was indorsed for tho " senate by a plurality of 100,- "" 000. Insurgents' carried near- "" " ly every district. "" "" In Michigan Charles E. "" "" Townbend, insurccnt, won "" " over Seuntor Burrows, "" standpatter, by a' majority of "" "" 20,000. Insurgent candi- "" "" dates for congress were gen- "" " erally nominated. "" " In Now Hampshire, Robert "" "" Bass, proKrecssivc, was nom- "" " inatcd oer Bertram Ellis. "" reuular. I "" Republicans lo, h'eavily in " Venuont nt tho state elee- " " lion, Mead's plurality being " r -1000 below nonnal. " Tho only setback of the "" "" day received by progressive Republicans was in New Mcx- "" ico, where tlio election result " " forecasts tho defeat of tho "" plan to incorpontto the initi- "" ativc and referendum in tho "" " tentative charter for tho new "" state. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 7. Re turns from two-thirds of tho stato today show that Congressman Charles E. Townsond la leading Son ator Julius C. Burrows for tho on dii'somoat for United States senator by 19,000 votes. Townsond Is a progressive; Burrows a etrlct admin istration man. Chaso Osborno Is leading Droyo for tho governorship. Hli plurality In tho district already reported Is 1S.000. J. C. M. Smith, Inaurgont, has de feated Congressman Gardlnor In tho Second district for congressional dis trict. Gardlnor la a regular. In tho Fifth district Congressman Diukomnn has been renominated, but his plurality Is greatly roducod. Dlekeman was opposed by Ellis, an .Insurgent. In tho Toath district, whoro thoro Is a contest botweon Congressmen Loud and Ruell, who Is opposing him, nnd lu the Twelfth, whoro Congress man Young la opposed by Korr. tho result Is In doubt. W. W. Wedemyor was nomlnatod for congress from tho Bocond dis trict, formerly represented by Town sond. In VcriiioMtt. MONTFEL1ER, V(.. Sept. 7. -With two counties and eight towns still to hear from, Dr. John A. Moad (Hep,) has beeen elected governor of tho stato by 10.000 plurality. This is -1000 below tho normal plurality and has reached thoc figures which political forecasters considor an in dication of "broakers ahead" for tho Republican party. Tho Republican plurality in Vor inont in tho last general oloctiou was 120,(1 15. Today's returns indionto a drop of lil.OOO Mites, which, in tho faco of tho coming congressional oloctiou, is considered nu indication of Democratic gains in othor states. When tho plurality tho stato is loss than 20,000, politicians doolaro that it presages Republioan losses in similar proportion throughout tho Unitod States. (Continued on Page 8.) BY OVERWHELMING VOTE OF 4 TO 1 LA FOLLETTE IS NAMED liiJBA' , c'. T',fi,-J"rfv HaKW "f-i ,'HSscfe'l WBKHKBf': -&w IIIHhmw HiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiilliiiliiBk- vjI IlliiiiiiHHliillliiHliiBBiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii SENATOR ROBERT M. IA FOLLETTE. The "Litttln Giant." who cleaned 'em mi vesterdav to the tune of 100.000. COMPLETE ROUT ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 7. Tho eompleto rout of the state's right ors and a sweeping victory for lie followers of Giffmd Pinchot. Theo dore Roosevelt and other advocates of natiouar control of the country's natural resources is indicated by tho personnel of tho resolutions com mittee of tho national conservation congress. Following Roosevelt's speech of yesterday, there seems to hnvo been a decided change in tho attitude of several of the delegates, and dissen sion ami argument stalked through tho meetings of tho representatives of several westeni states. Some ad hered to tho plan for state control, whilo others insisted that Roosevelt wns right in saying that the ques tion is: "Which can attend to the matter host?" Thoy inclined to the belief that tho federal government wns in a better position to servo tho country in con- GREATINTERESTTAKEN IN CONTEST A Splendid Array of Gifts Worth More Than $2500 Any Lady in the Two Districts Is Eligible to Competition for These Prizes Make a Nomination at Once Don't Put It Off. Remember that each nomination blank counts for 20 votes. A girl can bo nominated ns many times as sho can got blanks. Thoro is no re striction placed on a contoslnut us to where sho can go in soliciting sub scriptions and gathering votes, For cxamplo, a girl located in district No, 3' cnu solicit votes in nnv terri tory, but she does not havo to com poto with any contestant oxcopt those in her own district. Tho contest will bo conductod in a strictly fair and impartial mannor, ami, tho fullost investigation is court oil ut all timeB. The offico records OF STATE i IS P ED scrvntiou matters than the states. Senator Albert . Boveridgo of In diana was among the speakers today. He was accorded a tremendous ova tion. A gray-haired woman cheered shrilly when Gifford Pinchot's nnme was mentioned by Senator Bover idgo, and an ovntion lasting three minutes followed. Climbing up in her seat nnd wav ing her arms frantically, Pinchot's aged admirer led the applause. Pinchot followed Boveridgo in a brief addiess. Ho spoke along the lines of Roosovelt's speech of yes terday, lnuding the movement for government control nnd pointing out tho fallacies of leaving 6iich an im portant duty to all tho people to tho scparato states. As tho result of tho fight in llio Illinois delegation, Delegato IHnes was removed as chairman of tho cre dentials committee will bo open to candidates ov friouds, assuring every one that everything is sipinro and impartial. No om ployo nor member of an employe's family will bo allowed t o compote, nor will any favors bo shown to one that is not shown to nil othor can didates. Tho Mini Tribuuo will as sist all candidates in any way pos sible, but in so doing will trout all alike. Candidates should at onco intorost thoiv friends in tho contest, and by united and enorgotio notion induco as many peoplo ns possible to voto for thorn. Each nomination coupon cut (CoatistMj ob Fagt S.) PROGRESSIVES SWEEP STATE OFWISCONSIK Burrows Is Defeated in Michigan by 20,000 Votes Attempt May Be Made in Legislature to Down the "Little Giant" Teddy Indorses. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 7. Senntor La Follett's plurality over Samuel Cook at yesterduy's primar ies is estimated today to bo 100,000. Returns from many districts are in complete, bnt indications arc that L.a Follette's margin will reach that figure. His supDortors refuse to credit a report that an attempt will be made in the legislature to prevent his elec tion". MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 7. Robert M. La Follettc has been en-. doreed-for re-election tothe Unite- -Slates senate0verSamuelA-,Cook,',. by a vote of at least 4 to 1, accord ing to returns received today from all parts of the state. The entitro La Folletto ticket, in cluding Frank Tucker, tho candidate for attorney-general, who killed him self recently, wns nominated by an overwhelming plurality. Tho insurg ents carry the nominations for the legislature and control the delegates to the state convention which will frame the Wisconsin platform. Little Giant Talks. "The result shows that the people ure awake to their interests and are determined to restore representative government," said Senator La Fol letto today. "Tho victory is nothing personal it is simply a sign that the peoplo aro onco more in command; that thoy chooso to rule themselves. Thoy will no longer suffer tho inter ests to dominate them." Frauds McGovoru, insurgent, was nominated for governor by a plural ity of 20,000. Thomas Morris, in surgent, was nominated for liuuteu-nnt-governor. Ho was opposed by George Hudnull. Great Insurgent. James Frear, insurgent, wns nom inated for socretary of stato, and Andrew Dahl, insurgent, for treas urer. The state commission, dominated by the progressives, will uamo a can didate to fill Tuckor's placo on the tiokot. Tho insurgents swept tho con gressional districts, nominatiug Cooper over Ingnlls in tho first dis trict, and Nelson over Gilbert in tho second. Kopp was nominated in the third, Cary over Page in tho fourth, Cochems over Stafford in tho fifth, Frolich in tho sixth, Esch in tho sev enth, Davidson ovor Bccdlo in the eighth, Morscmau in tho tenth und Leuroot in tho eleventh. Each was nominated on an uuti- Cannon platform and is known in his district as a half-iusurgout. lu tho ninth, Kustermann, who claims 14 have been convorted to insurgency, was nominated over Spencer. Tho total voto cast was about 130,000. Statement an Indorsement. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sopt. 7. - Things began to move almost (he moment Colonel Roosovolt stepped from his train here today. Wheu told that an effort may be made to defeat Sonator La Follotto for re election whon tho legislature 00a vcuos nt Madison, although the seu ntor scored an overwhelming victory in yosterdny's primurios, Roosevelt declared : (Continued ob Page Pr) wa '' tM.r 9 ii
