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iTr W&" f'lW Mall m irvwiey ntmwnHww fcuwwr . mats,, -x na$mw- mttmm,mimm , fe J Medford Mail V'S':)!?' ''t VV BNITK1) FRMM AMOClAVtONf FBI! Z4?M9fl WlffV RMNff PAGES 1 TO 8 FIKST SECTION published la a eltjr the ef I Medford having a 1m4 wtrt. ! FIFTH YEAK, MEDFORD, OREQON, SUNDAY, SEPTEftCBER 11, 191b. No. 149, SITE IS PURCHASED $100,000 HOSPITAL L Tribune u. . ,&iw t. . . $8378 NOW IS PLEDGED AS SUBSIDY Committee Makes First Payment on Nob Hill Site Builclinn Will Be In Full View From City Location Was Orlnlnally Chosen by Arch bishop Christie Two Years Aflo. I In nccordnncu with tho rcquont of tho Slalom of Providence, who no loclou tlio nltr, tho hoiipltnl comtnlt I'o of tho Medford Commercial club ' fisturdny mndo tho Initial pnymonc ' and purclmsoil from J. 13. Woodruff . tho noutli half of Nob IIIII, connlst Ing of nbout two nnd n half acres, as a alto for tho proposed 9100,000 hos pital, which tho 8lstorH havo ngrood to erect and maintain upon tho pay- , mont of a $10,000 bonus ankod from tho people of Medford. Part of tho first payment of tho subscriptions pledged has boon col lected, and tho commlttoo Individ ually wont socurlty for tho balance of tho $3000 paid, an It wan neces sary to net at once. Tho cost of tho slto Ih $7000, nnd tho romalndor of tho subsidy Is to bo paid In cash. Not "onouijh monoy has yot boon subscrib ed, but tho committee hopes to socuro It during tho coming wook, nn well as collect tho first payments on tho subscriptions already secured. Tho slto wns originally noloctod by Archbishop Chrlatlo two yoars ago and Is Idoally situated, commanding n superb vlow of tho ontlra vnlloy. Tho hospital, whon oroctod, can bo scon from ovory part of tho vnlloy and is In full vlow of nil pnsslng trains, nnd will of Itsolf bo a considerable ntl vertlsomont. It Is conveniently Blt unted nnd closo to tho city. Right thouiiand three hundred nnd Heventy-olght dollars Is tho total amount of subscriptions socurod to dato to tho $10,000 bonus required to uecuro tho hospital. This loaves $1022 still to uecuro, nnd tho patriot ism of tho cUIkouh Is npponlod to, to socuro tho needed amount. Now subscriptions to tho fund, so ' cured ulnco tho Inst list wan publish ed, nre: Dr. S. A. Lockwood, $100; Drs, Carlow nnd pirlow, $C0; Edgar llafor, $100; Clark nnd Henory Con struction company, $100; Medford Bash & Door cotnpnny, $100; Chnrlos Strang, $100; O. H. Helchmnn, $25; Jackson County bank, $250; Medford National bank, $350;. First National bank, $200 (to bo paid whon Slstorn of Provldenco hnvo $20,000 Invested In hospital); Medford nook Storo, '$25; A. Conro Fieri), $2G; II. D. "Tronson, $15; Howard S, Dudloy, $25; W. II. Kvorhnrt, $10; Tom Mo (Continued nn I'mio 8.1 HILL CREW NEAR (Such Is Report, But Local Officials Know Nothing of the Matter Clash on Rogue River Similar to That on Deschutes Is Predicted. GRANTS PASS, Or., Sept. 10. A crow of nurrvoyors who admit that thoy aro in tho employ of tho Hill interests is taken as ovidouuo today that Hill is opposing tho Grants Pass & Western' railroad from this city t Northern California. Tlio QrunlH Pass lino is part of tho llarrimnn systom, Hill Hiirvoyors aro working along tho Hoguo river, This loads to thu boliof that tlio projootod lino will follow tho Iinguo pvaotioally to its month and thou strike up tho coast to Mnrshfiold, Or, This would give tlio.; lino practically water grade. BALLINGER COMMinEE DEADLOCKED Anti-Secretary Members' Decision to Ignore Nelson's Call, If Carried Out, Will Leave Their Collcaque in No Better Shapo Than Themselves Matter Is Provlnrj a Joke. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., 8opt. 10. Tho decision of tho antl-Dnllingor mombors of tho congressional Inves tigating committee to Ignoro Chair man Nelson's ordor to moot In Chica go next wook, If carried out, will leavo tho pro-I)alllnger mombors of tho commlttoo In no bottor shapo than tholr oppononts. Without tho bolters thoy will bo unablo to muster a quorum. It is believed hero that tho Dnlllngoritcs will adopt n report that tholr Chicago mooting which will later by signed by Senator Flint of California. In this ovont thoy will havo a ma jority of tho commlttoo, rendering their roport a majority report, Tho Chicago findings, it Is bollov od, will bo published Immediately nfter adoption'. Iloforo adjourning to meet in Washington December 3, tho antl Halllngorltes reiterated formally tholr claim that tho meetings thoy havo hold In Minneapolis aro legal mid that thoy constitute n committco undor tho congrontilonnl authorizing resolution providing tho commlttoo. Thoy elected Itopresontatlvo Graham temporary chairman of tholr commit tee. A resolution sustaining Louis It. Olavis nnd Clifford Pinchot wnB pasBod. CHECKING IIP WATER USERS Junius T. Chiunock, scorotnry of tho wntor board nnil candidate for superintendent in this division, spent neinly nil of this week in tho Rogue Ilivor vnlluv checking up tho names of water-users along tho Hoguo rivor nnd its tributaries preparatory lo nn adjudication of tliu wntor rights to that htream. It is not expected that tho board will gut to tho adjudieutioii of right nlong these streams for sou'riil months; however, tho board is buny gathering tlio necessary data and making tho surveys. Mr. C'hinnnok w1 nlm looking af ter his candidacy in this part of his district. Ho is l'i direct primary ( Continued nn Pairo 8.) GRANTS PASS? It is probable that another fight such as marked tho construction of opposing linos into Central Oregon up tho Deschutes river recently will ho ro-onnolcd in this district) along tlio ltoguo. Hoth sides aro assembling abund ance of iustriuuenls for construction and nothing is being left undone that will gain an advantage over tho other, Local Hill officials state that lliov know nothing of such a party bciiu a(, work noar Grants Pass. TO OFEER WASHINGTON . SCHOOL . i FIRE LOSS IN CRATER FOREST TOTALS $700,000 After n month of strenuous lif s the local forestry officials have ; sumed the even tenor of their way. With nil of tho fires which have r'c centlv devastated largo tracts of timber in the Crater national forests extinguished, tho tired rangers are resting, but withal, keeping a weath er oyo open for fresh outbreaks which nro still liable, as tho danger will continuo until such time as the forest is drtinched'by old J. Pluv. Tho recent fires burned over 100 square miles of Southern Oregon for ests, and Supervisor Erickson has estimated tho damage dono at $700, 000. This estimnto is based upon re Hrts reaching him from nil sections of tho district in his charge. Of tho 100 square miles burned over, timber valued at $50,000 was destroyed. Tho greatest loss wns to the government nnd consisted of the total destruction of all young trees from 1 to 20 years old. To replace these would cost from $10 to $30 an acre, which brings (ho cost up to $(100,000. Then the cost of fighting the firo cost nn additional $30,000. "What wo need," states. Supervisor Erickson of tho Crater forest, "is n better patrol of (ho forests. As It is now, ono ranger patrols about five townships and at least ono mail! should bo detailed (o each township. Hut this cannot bo doue until our ap propriation is inerensed. This would be vastly cheaper and would, besidf-, save (ho timber." TEDDY TALKS OF LAW MID ORDER COLUM11US, O., Sept. 10. Whllo Mayor Mnrsltnll of Columbus was sitting on tho platform and troops, sent to keep ordor during tho strike, patrolled tho crowd, Colonel Roose velt today discussed tho strlko situa tion and denounced tho authorities for tholr fnlluro to suppross lawless ness. Tho address was dollvorod boforo a monster crowd In Goodalo Park. "Ueforo I ramo to Ohio I know tho lamontnblo condition In Columbus," said Roosevelt, "I havo boon ask ed by letter and personally by mem bers of both eldcs of tho controversy hero to slenk. I will Bay frankly tbnt 1 didn't llko to como, but I llko dodging less, so I came. It has boon advertised that I would speak on law and ordor, and so I shall do bo. I shall also dlbousa Justice, "Tho first, roqulslto of Justlco Is that of establishment of law and or dor. "My conclusion is that It becomes tho highest, most pressing duty to soo that comploto Justlco Is guaran teed both tho omployor and tho em ploye, as well as tho pooplo thom-solvos, FORENSIC BATTLES CHARACTERIZE Forensic battles oharautorized a meeting of tho city dads Friday eve ning. Different mat tors woro dis cussed in terms strenuous, among them being a boated discussion be tween Mayor Canon and Contractor Shirloy linker over u bill of $140 which was followed by an eloquout appeal for a sower from an incognito representative of 2(1 families m West Ninth street. Then Councilman Dtyimior was ordered by tho council to have a now roof put on tho oily hall, At this point the mayor re momboied how dark iv walk ho had lo TWIT BUILDINGS i TO BE ERECTED Ill IIS STEAD At the next meeting of the Med ford school directors a tlmo will bo sot for the salo of tho Washington school, it is the belief of tho di rectors ana of the property holders on tho West Side that tho present school slto is too valuable for a school building. Also It is believed that students would find it much moro convenient to attend two schools lo cated to tho north and south of the Washington school. Tho west part of town baa grown too large to be served by tho one building, and as it is wrongly situated to bo ono of the two schools that are necessary for tho growing needs of tho locality. Tho Washington school Is tho old est public school building now In uso in Medford. It was built on tho site of a former frame structure which was burnt b7 an Incendiary Just be fore tho schools1 opened in tho fall of 1897. At that time Medford was at tacked by an incendiary who burnt most of tho public buildings of Med ford. The Presbyterian church was burnt and the present brick structure of that congregation was erected. HAMILTON HURT BUT DETERMINED SACHAMKNTO, Oil., Sept. 10. "I'll fly again as soon n& I am able to sit in my sent," wns tho deter mined statement today of Charles K. Hamilton, the aiator, who wns seri-)J ously injured last night when his aeroplane came tumbling to the ground from a height of 30 feet. Hamilton's first thought on awak ening this morning wns about his big machine. . , "How are the engines f" he asked n visitor who had been at tho ground when the accident occurred. "Aro thoy broken?'' Hamilton's fnco lighted with pleasure when he wns told they probably were not. seriously dam aged. Hamilton is much belter today and unless internal injuries were receiv ed, soon will be, well. Hamilton'!- fall followed an unus ually good flight, which was witness ed by a largo crowd. He had raced with an automobile, easily outdis tancing the car. As he was making; a spiral de-cent his rudder jnmnud nnd his machine turned over. It was (he second accident if (he day to the machine, the one last night prob ably being duo to the earlier mishap. Hamilton'- head wa- badlv cut, Ins left log was scalded and he wns crushed about the hips. Tho physi cians in attendance say ( will bo several days before tho exact extent of his injuries can bo determined. J. J. Knapp of tho forestry sorvlco arrived In Medford from llutto Falls Saturday nftornoon. (make to his homo after tho meeting and asked that tljo light committco go through tho oily m the near lu turo, ascertaining whoro now lights should bo placed. Following theo important notions., E. C. Undoliff & Co. was given permit to sell less or moro thuii gallon quant ilie of fiiv wa(er, according to the capacity of tho buyer, In addition to (hese, some excitement and sonic umusenuint were caused bvtho emphatic demand of L. C. Ilinnsoii for a li-t of (ho month ly bills passed. Ho accused City Re corder Tel for of withholding thoin. EOR SALE SOON . . . SOLDIER BOYS TO BE WORD'S GUESTS TODAY Major Martin nnd his command of over' 200 men will arrive in Medford this morning at 11 o'clock. At half past twelvo tho 13 commissioned of ficers of the troops will be guests of the Medford Commercial club at the Nash Grill. From 12 until 2 the Nntntorium will be given up to the soldiers. Tho firefighters will spend tho rest of the afternoon viewing the sights and at 5 o'clock will board their special train for Vancouver. The officers of the First infantry, Captain Offlcy, Lieutenant Hatic and Lieutenant Noland, were in Medford Friday. They returned to their companies, encamped at Eagle Point, Saturday morning. While in .Med ford the soldiers had many stories to tell of their experiences while fighting fire. They said that while up in the woods the soldiers killed five bear and eight deer, all of which made substantial additions to the mess. The officers who visited Medford spoke enthusiastically of the loyal work of their troops. Not once dur ing the long fight with the flames did tho soldiers murmur or com plain. Captain Offley, who was in cora mnnd of tho troops battling with the fkuae&'-nround Butte Falls, until Ma jor Martin arrived with reinforce ments, stated that his men, without stopping longer than to get a light supper on arrival at Butte Falls, mnrched 14 miles into (he fire dis (rict to nid peoplo at Emerson's ranch.. They found thnt the ranch was not in danger ns reported by the hairbrained messenger, who ar rived in the camp bareheaded, but the men wasted no time in doubling back to savo tho homes of the Dud ley homesteaders, where for 24 hours they fought the flnmes around Dudley postoffico without sleep and with little to ent. Captain Offley's words of praise aro amply homo out by statements of Butte Falls residents. JIM HILL SAYS F. J. HENEV LIED ST. PAUL. Minn.. Sept. 10. Jns. J. Hill today called Francis J. Ho ney to task for tho address ho deliv ered yestorday'beforo tho delegates in thu national conservation con gress. Ho accused the former Snn Francisco craft prosecutor of "wil fully falsifying," and declared that ho mndo statements that cannot bo passed "in silent contempt." "Hciiov mndo his statements so rooklessly d maliciously thnt thoy must bo answered," Hill declarod. "He wilfullv falsified certain facts. Tho Hotel Moore has just Installed, through tho Home Telephone com pany, tolophono connections In every room. COUNCIL MEETING Tho Ho wns passod and Mr. Branson informed that ho could seo (ho bills us soon as (ho warrants were drawn, or ho could take a shorthand roport of tho bills as they wore called out in coutioil mooting. Contruotor Uakor, in his ploa for tho paymont of $140, waxod vory eloquent, showing such i'oim that oven an ordinary oiUzon could see that nfter a few months' practice ho would rival W. J. Aryan for foien sic powers. His ploa was that he had placed a man, Tnokor by name. (Continuod on Page Eight.) REGISTER! REGISTER! REGISTER! Only 2868 Voters Have Signed the Rolls Lists Will Clese for the Primaries Next Wednesday Hert ford StHI Far Befew Her Veting " i - Strength. -- -f . The total registration when the county clerk's office clos ed Saturday night was: Re publicans, 1685; Democrats, 707; Socialists, 141; Prohibi tionists, 51; independents, 194. Totnl. 2868. 4 Register! -Register! Register! After Wednesday it will be too late if you want to vote at the primaries. And it is the primaries that count. The voting strength of Jackson county last year -was over 5000. Only half that number are on the rolls. Medford cast 1100 votes at a city election la$t, winter. The voting strength of her precincts total near ly 2Q00, yet only 900 have regis tered. . w ,Jf you are n ood citizen yon will register. Yon will do it now. TRACKS MIIS1JIE PUT ON GRADE Unless the Rogue River Valley Railway company immediately lowers its tracks at tho crossings oij Fir and BnrUctt streets it stands liable to loso its franchise. Tho railroad's agreement with the city specifically states that tracks must level up with tho grades of the streets. Several months ago the couucil asked Mrr. Barman to lower his tracks at these crossings, but thero hns been no a v.- Z"s iio twp'S - oT - i - i road company toward this end The attention of the couucilium wns called to the non-periormnnco of thoir edict (his Inst week by a serious accident which occurred ut tho Holly-street crossing to nn un known man. Members of the Enter ick family heard somo one fall hoair ily on (ho crossing next to their home. Whcil they went out to in vestigate they found a quantity' of blood on the track, but the stranger who had fallen had been nblo to go oif his way. Tho coutioil considers that tho ENGLAND FORCES NATIONAL SIR KE Situation Is Rapidly Becoming Critical anil a Crisis Is Feared Within the Next Two Weeks, Unless Strikes Now in Progress Are Speedily Settled. LONDON, Sept. 10. Englnnd to day is face to faco with the, danger of a national industrial strike. The repudiation by tho boijorniak ers' union today of thtf efforts of thoir leaders to sottlo tho s(riko be tween tho boilcrmakers and tho ship building employes moans a pro longed lookout affecting 50,000 men. Moro than 100,000 others will bo idlo if the strike is not spou set tled, Tho cotton mills of Lancastor shiro aro, threatened with further troublo with their union employes, LIGHTS PUT TO E 8Y III His Incandescent Periods am) Fwm- sic Fireworks Cause Fewer Plant te Desert the Field Uncle BiH Tells Why He Joined Uncle Joe as a Jonah. - Judgo William M. Colvig mada such a strong speech in favor of that stalwart reactionary republican that rum friend of' the assembly, that staunch enemy of Statement No. 1, and that invinciblo opponent 'of tho rule of the pooplo, William M. Colvig, and indulged in so many in candescent periods and verbal fire works that the electric light plant got ashamed of itself and went out of business Saturday eyening, leav ing tho orator the only luminous ob ject in the city. Judge Colvig Bpoko on the street corner like a meek and lowly social ist, but unlike tho meek and lowly socialist, ho spoke from that emblem o tho rich and the four-flusher, th automobile no popcorn stand for this champion of tho rights of the few in their rule of iho many. He had a good audience to start with, bit when the lights began to fudc, so did the audience, iff spite of the brilliance of the speaker. "The Two Georges" might have been styled tho subject of the judge's oration, ns most of it was devoted to Gcorgo E. Chamberlain and a local George much loss known to famo. The heartiest cheers drawn forth were when he said ho was a friend of "our George." With honeyed words he depicted the benefit nccruing to tho people by lotting a few choice spirits 'do their thinking fof thorn and se lect their candidates. He lovingly dwelt upon tho glorious charncter of tho 1200 eminont citizens and cor poration employes who constituted tho assembly, and choso for the in competent, people their candidates. Judge Colvig spoko of Congress man Hawloy's admitted incompo tenco and told how he had advised Mr. Ilnwloy never to show up in Med ford unless ho got nu appropriation, - ? ?-KL!2? rd? good by selling his birthright for a mess of pottage, and thereby become worthy. At the conclusion, (ho crowd dis persed in silence and no collection wns taken to aid tho candidnto in his Don Quixoto tilt against tho wind mill of popular government. , rnUed ciossiugs nro a morinco to pe destrians, who chance to cross dur ing darkness and havo detailed Mr. Emeriok to seo thnt W, S. Barniim, tho owner of tho railway, immedi ately complies with tho terms of (he franchise. while at Cardiff, 12,000 'coal miner aro restless. Employes of 'tho Great Notthera railroad aro reported to be planning to make demands foi better wages and hours. These demands, it is said, will be presented within the (text two weeks. Unionist loaders aro openly defy ing tholr employers. TI13 situation U rapidly becoming critical anrt a crisis is feared within the next two weeks unless (lie strike now in prog ress aro speedily sttl4. AM i fprf --nft & - "r,mr-i 4. U