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MJflDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1910.
No. 184.
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COUNTY GAINS $10,000,000 IN WEALTH
ASSESSED VALUATION OF
JACKSON IS a,ooo,ooo
LAST YEAR $26,000,000
During tlio tviHt year Jackson
comity Ima Incroimod $10,000,000 In
valuation, according to tlio figures
of County AHnoiior Grlovo. Hvory
product In tlio county hIiowh u ma
terial caln, hut Medford loudn nil.
Tlio mniuHayd valuation of JnckHon
county, iih determined by tlio county
niwoHHor uno your iiko wan f2G,000,
000. TIiIh year It will hu In tlio neli;li
horhood or 130,000,000, nltliour.li
tho oxnet figures will not ho known
until tlio Btnto tax cuuuulHHlon flxcii
tlio valuation of railroads and other
corporations In tho county.
Tho advance mado In tho valua
tion of tho county !n In keeping with
GOLF CLUB 10 BE
ORGANIZED: ALL
PLANS ARE MADE
Properly East of Hillcrcst Will Bo
Slto Gojf Course Will Bo Laid
Out, Clubhouse Built ami Tennis
..Courts Constructed.
Stops nro being Inkon for tlio or
guniruliuti of n Golf ami Country
club, with links covering Bonio 20u
ncros oaHt of Medford on tho Hill
oruAt road.
All tlie preliminaries liuvo boon
arranged for llio taking ovor of tho
propurty ntifl "llio oinni.iitiou of tho
club.
It is the intoiiliou to establish a
.golf course of ntiiu holes in tlio first
instance, together with lonuiM
courtH. A clubhouse wilt also ho
constructed and tutor tlio golf
ooiin.0 will lu increased to niuo
holes. '
Tlio intention in to form a coun
try oluli in all tlio naiiii) implies. At
the present time tlio organization has
nearly f)0 signers nnd liv lho fii-1
of tlio year oxpoot to double tho
uutnher.
Tlio grounds 1,ro admirably situ-
ntud lor golt iuui u ncuuiuui io:a-1
tiou for a clubhouse overlooking (ho
valley and at the hiiuio timu riving u
good view of tho links Iiiih liuou k
leoted. Tho distunco .from the ven
tral part of tlio city to (ho clubhouse
Ih bo short that any one who wishes
to make wild swats at an elusiio
white ball can indulge in (lie upoU
without requiring an uiuiiuliiuce in
ordor to got homo.
Tlio project itf ono which should
incut with tlio approbation of every
lover 1)f outdoor exercise Too
ninny of wo iiiHido workers fail of
tho noeossury exorcise inMho open,
and tho game of folf in tho game that
givos tho maximum amount of
tramping with tho iniuiniuui of net
ually violent effort.
LOGGERS SHUT
DOWN MILLS
Deplorable Condition of Market for
Lumber Responsible Prices Will
Not Be AffectedHundreds of
Men Aro Idle.
AUiailDiaiON, Oct. 22, rHoprOHOii.
tntlvos of ovory loggliy? company In
tho Gray's Harbor country today
decided to shut down all, tho caiupa
In this Boctlon "within tho noxt 00
davu for an Indoflnlto norlod, Hun
dreds of mon will bo thrown out of
work as a result" of tuiupoiiBlou of
operations in tho woods.
In Gholialls county slxtoon camps
hnvo nlrondy coaaod operations ow
ing to tho doplornblo condition of
tho markot for lumber. Prices will
not bo affoctod by tho ourtnllmont
of tho output, according to tho log-goru,
tho inuny Improvements mado along
I linos of development of various re-
tiourcoH duil iik tho year and tho
erection or tunny hulldliiKU through
out tho valley.
Tho nHHOHHinont roll now, without
railroad rolling Htock and road hod,
telephone UneH and telegraph linen,
and othor foreli;u coriioratlona shown
tnxnblo property worth (30,220, 989.
Tho UHKOHHor estimates that tho to
tal will ho In tho neighborhood of
jao.'ooo.ooo.
Following Ih tho nHHCHBinont of tho
various products In tho ceunty:
Antloeh, $201,358; Applcgnto,
(Cmitlmn-il nn piujo8 )
FIREBUGS" WILL
SOON BE ASKED
10 EXPLAIN FIRE
Witnesses Arc Summoned to Appear
In Court In Relation With Forest
Fires In Elk Creek CountryFor
estry Officials Active.
A numbor of witnesses have been
summoned to appear before the fed
eral district court at Portluud in
relation to the forest fires in the 101k
reek country last fall. lOvidoneo
lias been hoeuretf pointing directly to
ono party, which, after being depu
tized us firefighters, deliberately set
other fires. Tho accused men were-
uractieally caught "with tho goods"
and sumo ttoiibutiounl developments
are expected from tlio investigation.
For tlio past few weeks binco tho
fires in tlio Orator nntional forest
have been extinguished tlio forestry
nlTiidnlu 1 in ve been conducting u
ports which roaehod them during the
course of tho fires in August. Tho
Kupunoniug of witnesses to court is
tlio direct outcome of thitf investi
gation. - m i l
Brooklyn Hotel Burns.
NIOW YORK, Oct. 22. Tho Clar
endon hotel in Brooklyn caught fire
in tho niulit and at 8:15 this morning
wiib burning fiercely.
Hohorl Buddie, an engineer, was
burned, probably fatally.
DARROW IS TO '
DEFEND DIETZ
Speaker for Orcflon Home Rule As
sociation Will Go East 'Soon to
Take Dofcnso of tho Noted Wis
consin Man.
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 22. Glar
onco Darrow, apakor and formor
atlornoy In tlio Stounonborg caso,
tonight slgnlflod his willingness to
procood to Wlutors, Wis., and act
as atlornoy for tho d,ofonuo of John
I Dlotz, who for dayB dotlod tho
authmltlea to tako him from hlfl cab-
.lii on a grant claimed' uudor tho
Jurisdiction of lumbor doalorB of
Mllwaukoo and othor cltloa.
Dlot-. claimed that ho could not
lm removed fiom his claim on ac
count of his huvliiR mado armed ro
BlHtanco .to deputies tonrlag down a
dam on his claim for tho purpoao of
lotting logs down n stream. Dar
row rocolvod a inossatto tonight ask
ing hlni whothor ho would tako tho
caso whon through with his work In
Oregon for tho Home Itulo nssocla
tloiv and ho ropllod that ho would.
HAN VKAN0I8C0, Oct. 22. Tlio
noigliboiliood of Webster nml Oak
slrootH is today in u stalo of high
toiihiou us u result of threatening
blnekinnilipir lollors recoived by B.
KulseliiuHki, a merchant living at 301)
Webster street.
CRIPPEN IS GUILTY; MUST HANG
TT ONDON, Oct. 22. Stnmlliis I"
Lliuvo hoard their doom, Dr. II. II. Crlppen, convicted of wlfo mur
would bo hanged on either Novombor 14 or November 15.
"And I ndvhfo you -to entortalu no hopo of escaping the gallows,"
slono In pronouncing tho sontonco.
Crlppen nrono briskly to learn his fate. Jle seemed fairly com
verdict of tho Jury, but as tho sontenco of "death was pronounced ho b
In a trance. As Lord Alvernlono concluded, Crlppon said:
"I still protest my Innocence,"
Tho prlsonor then relapsed Into u stupor and remained In that condition until long after ho wan taken
to his coll. "
. (Con tinned on pnga 8.) "
BALLOONS SAIL
UNCHECKED INTO .
FAR COLD NORTH
America II Sweeps Northward Over,
Dense. Canadian Forest Indian
Runners Are Sent Out in Order to
Locate Its Descent.
MONTREAL, Oct. 22. The first
news for four days of the balloon
America II of the United Stated and
tho Dusscldorf of Germany, that
were last seen crossing tho groat
lakes, reached hero today in a tele
gram from 1'ogamasing. Tho jiics
sago said that one balloon had been
seen lauding 50 miles west of Hint;
another was reported sailing along
in tho teeth of a galo 300 miles lo
tho west, headed toward Hudson
liny.
Holiof expeditious wore boing
formed and have been rushed to. the
sections where tlio Imllooti was re
ported to have lauded, and it is ex
Dcctcd that within 2-1 hours ouio
definite nowa of the two balloons
will bo recoived.
Tlio gas hag that came down is
believed to bo tho Dusscldorf. 'Set
tlers saw tho -balloon come to tho
earth nt nightfull, but none was able
to stalo its exact lauding place or
obtain any Iraco of its occupants.
Tlie othor balloon, presumably tho
Amoriea II, was high in tho air and
was about to pass ovor a dense for-
(Continued 6ntmRo8.)
MINT EMPLOYEE
PROVES A THIEF
United States Secret Service Man
Succeeds in Getting Confession
From Man Arrested Had Robbed
Mint of Moro Than $10,000.
SAN VHANC1SCO, Oct. 22.
Uniled Staler sourot service oper
ator Ilany Idlffitt thio aftornoon
arrested and scoured a confession
from Waller Power of -1035 Geary
street of having robbed the United
States mint' during tho past year of
Mnoro than !?1 0,000. Other arrests
may follow within a short time.
Fewer had been a helper in tlio em
ploy ofv tliQ mini for tho lust thrco
yours and was among tlio most
trusted employes. Early last Sep
tember Superintendent Sweony dis
covered that between $100 and $301)
in golVI deposits wore boing stolen
from tlio mint.- Harry Moffitf was
ipimudiately put on tho ease and
within a brief time niter ho had
hoard (lint tlio thol'ts wore commit
ted iu the refining room he an
nounced to -Sweony that FowoV prob
ably wan tho guilty man, Accom
panied by Or-A. Porter, Moffitt this
afternoon went lo tho mint nnd plan
ed Power under nrrost, o brought
him hoforo Siiporintcudont Sweony
and nfter being thoroughly swoatod
Power mado u full confession. Ho
was astonished when, ho lenrnod that
tlio bullion ho had stolon nnd sold
to wholesale jowolors hnd boon turn
ed over by tliom lo (ho secret sorv
ico ngouts. Powor is 31 yonrs old
and was only recently mnrried.
You "pay" for noglootlng to road
olaealflod ndvortlsomonta and eomo
tlnio8 you pay a big prico. Maybo It's
In tl-o guleo of too much -out or of
too Biiinll vngoa. Inovlhbly, you
"pay."
Old Ilnlley court at a bar whoro iicor
"I Imploro you tq make your poac
VESSEL LOST;
60 PASSENGERS
AREJROWNED
Every Effort to Save Victims of the
Storm Were Futile Fiercest Gale
in Months Sweeps the Southern
Seas. ,:
MO DK JANKIHO. ii
oo .
Forly-fivo pnssciiL'crs nnd 15J mem
bers of tho ;rew of ' the steamer
Wnlley were drowned eff I'nrn. in a
terrifio south Atlantic sloruY that
raged yesterday. Word wasjjreceiv
cd here today that 75 passengers
and crew have been rescued The
vessel was a total loss.
There is small doubt thats't Jensl
50 persons on the ill-fated Jj3camer
perished. Every cffortf'ttTScj'ilio
victims' of ttio storm was futile.
Tho storm that forced tho Wiillev
on tho rocky projections near the
Arrozales lighthouse, ofLPara, was
ono of the fiercest that has swept the
coast hero in months. All efforts to
reach tlio doomed craft were unsuc
cessful.. 200 ACRES ARE
SOLD AT M000
Parjo and Knight Sell Ranch Just
South of Talent for $200 an Acre
Ninety Acres Planted to Younfl
Trees.
Tin? 200-ncro ranch owned by
Page & Knight, about a 'mile sonlh
of Talent, along tho main oour.ty
road, was sold last evening to T. 10.
Snlie of Texas, tho qonsidoration
being $200 an aoro, or 10,000.
Ninety acres of tho tract is planted
to young trees.
Tho prico nl which tlio Inta own
ers sold is not a great advanco over
tho price thoy paid for tho property
and tlio i mnrovonients fliov have
made. Mr. Salio may consider that
ho has mado a splendid pur-ilmsc
and nn investment which is -.urc to
bo rcinunorntivo.
MAYOR CANON FALLS
A
Mayor Canon is nnolhor of those
of llio Medford people who have nc
eoptod bad chocks.
After n chnso of several mouths,
ono Will Teotors, as ho was known
hero, wus taken iu chiirg on a oom
plaiut fiom Willows, Cal on a
charge of having collected nionoy on
fulso representation. Marshal Haul
inoruly of Gold Hill mado, llio nrrost,
on instructions from California of
fieors, and brought Teotors, or Tate,
as ho was known liovo, baforo Jus
tice Canon, Tho justice released tho
prisoner on $200 cush bail, represent
ed by a chock, and when llio ehoek
was prosentod Saturday, morning
I horo wore no funds, In tho juoan
tiuio llio accused had plnood all tho
distance possible1 bolweou himself
and Medford.
Lalor tlio chock was mado good liv
his partner, but Teotors is" still at
largo.
hh of murderers and other criminals
dor, this afternoon learned that ho
added Lord Chief Justice Alvor-
o with God."
poMbd while tho court announced the
ccame perceptibly paler and seemed
FEDERAL COURT
TO HEAR CASE ON
RATES JIEIE SOON
Injunction Suit Brouflhtby Southern
Pacific Against Railroad Commis
sion to Be Argued in This City
Many Witnesses From Medfond.
The United Slates court will con
vene in special session' in this city
on Monday, November 14, for the
ptirposo of hearing arguments nnd
testimony iu the case of the. South
ern Pacific railroad vs. the state
railroad commission, in which a re
straining order is asked by the rail
road to prevent tho placing in oper
ation of a reduction iu rates be
tween Portlnnd nnd points of the
Southern Pacific , south of Eugene,
wliicll reduction was recently order
ed by the railroad commission in nu
opinion written by State Hailroad
Commissioner Oswald Wqst.
The case will bo heard by Exam
iner Pugh. The cage is being heard in
Medford, ns most of tlie witnesses
subpoenaed are from this section.
Recently a temiwrary restraining
order by Judge Wolverton was issu
ed which prevented the placing of the
now rates in effect. If tlio com
mission wins its case it will mean
a saving of many thousands of dol
lars annually to the business men of
Mcdford nnd of Southern Oregon.
LANGFORD GRABS
MEL'S TITLE
Manager Woodman, for. "Tar Baby,"
. Issues Sweeping Challenge to All
Middleweight Aspirants of the
Squared Circle.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 22. The
middleweight championship of the
world, mado ownerless through the
death of Stanley KetcheJ, was offi
cially usurped by Sam Langford here
today. Manager Joo Woodman, act
ing for tho Boston "Tar Baby," is
sued a sweeping challenge to all as
piring middloweights to como and
tako tho title away.
Woodman nnd Langford visited the
offices of a local newspaper and U
demonstrate that Langford could
make the middleweight limit, he
stepped on tho scales, tipping the
beam at 100 pouuds, Ho declared it
would bo easy to tako off tho eight
excess pounds, as ho had not train
ed for sovoral months.
Woodman said his man would meet
either Papko, Klaus or Hugo Kelly at
any tiuio or placo'and under any con
ditions thoy imposed, and .would hot
any sum up to $10,000 that ho could
boat them. Ho preferred to fight
Papko first, behoving that the Illi
nois Thundorbolt had tho host right
to dispute tho Langford claim to
tho championship.
PUBLISHING HOUSE
IN CHICAGO RAIDED
CHICAGO, Oot. 22.--Secret sorv
ico officers today raided tho of
fices of a loading publishing house
nnd, nccording lo roport, two of tlio
officials hnvo heou placed imdor nr
rost. Tho rnid followed tlio alloged is
suance of millions of counterfoil
Nicariiguuu notes which woro said to
havo been widely circulated. Other
arrosts aro oxpeotod to follow.
AFTER Mill GAMELI
FOR TEN INNINGS, CHICAGO
CUBS WIN FOURTH GAM
CIHCAC-O, Oct. 22. After bat
tling gamely for ten innings in a
game in which they solved Pitcher
Bender's delivery, the Chic'agii Cubs
won from tho Philadelphia Athletics
by a score of 4 to 3 this afternoon.
It was a superb gamo and saved the
Nationals from what appeared to be
certain defeat for the championship
of the world. The great crowd that
attended the game went frantic when
the Cubs tied the, score, nnd became
insane with joy when Archer crossed
the p'ato in the tenth with the win
ning run.
"King" Cole," the young Chicago
pitcher, was hit freely, but wonderful
fielding behind him saved the vonno
OSWALD WEST
TO BE IN CITY
THIS AFTERNOON
Statement One Candidate for Gov
ernor Is Due Today on 3:30 Train
Will Be Velcomed by Local
Supporters In Ashland Monday.
Oswald West, stale railroad com
missioner and Statement One can
didate for governor, will arrive in
Mcdford on the 3:30 o'clock train
this afternoon. He will bo welcom
ed by local supnortcrs aud visit with
Medford people until 10 o'clock
Mondnj morning, when ho will be
taken on an automobile tour of the
valley towns.
Mr. West is scheduled to visit Cen
tral Point at 10:30 o'clock Monday
morning, Gold Hill nt nqon, Woou
villo at 1:30 o'clock, Jacksonville at
3 o'clock. Fro mthere he will go.
via Pho.cnix and Talent, to Ashland,
whero he speaks Monday evening.
Efforts are being mado to induce
Mr. West to speak at Medford Tues
day evening. It is not known what
his schedule after leaving Ashland
is, except that ho will spend a day
each in Grants Pass and Roseburg.
Anti-nssembly republicans and
democrats will accompany Mr. West
to Ashland.
PRIZE WINNERS
OFFTOWIKGLORY
Car of Newtowns for Vancouver and
Spokane Apple Shows Goes For
wardFruit as Fine as Any Ever
Grown.
Tho finest cnrot yellow Newtown
Pippins ovor dlspntchod from tho
Roguo Rlvor valloy was sent north
Inst ovonlng and will bo exhibited
at tho Canadian International npplo
show on October 31. Prom Vancou
ver It will bo sent to Spokane and
from thero It wrll bo forwarded to
Chicago.
Tho car contains C79 boxos of aa
flao fruit as wes ovor grown In tho
civilized world. Of this total GOO
boxes comprlso tho carload of Now
towns and tho other 79 boxos aro
mndo up of ton box exhibits of dlt-
foront varlotlos.
Tho car of apples was grown on
tho Ronshnw orchard and aro worthy
In ovory roauo
In ovory respect to ropre3ont tho
Uoguo Rlvor valloy, tho premier
fruit growing soctton of tho world,
it tho International show.
WANT IMMEDIATE
ACTION ON NORTH CASE
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WASHINGTON, Oot. 22. Rccom
niondation for immediate action on
charges ponding ngainst Immigration
Commission or Hart II. North at San
Francisco woro filed today with Soo
rotnry Nagol by Immigration Com
missioner Koofo.
E:4-3
slcr many limes. Bender, who was
thought to he invincible, was hit hard
toward the end of tho gamo, and al
most every hit counted.
Tho fifth game "will bo played horo
tomorrow.
Although they had every reason .to
bo clntcd, tho Philadelphia Athletics
were not frivolous, and Connie
Mack, their wily leader, this morn
ing wore, tho jovinl appearance of a
sepulchre as he conferred with his
lieutenants over tho outlook. Mack
looked as though ho were" tho loser
instead of a winner, with a world's
championship already within his
grasp.
(Continued on' Pace 2.)
TIES SUSPECT
IS NOW SAID TO.
BE IN PORTLAND
Detective Burns Appears in Oregon
Metropolis, But Is Keeping In the
Dark Man Who Posed as William
N orris Said to Be Oregonlan.
PORTLAND, Oct. 22?--ThV"srcno--'
in the investigation of tho Los An
geles Times dynamiting case has,
shifted to Portland, inasmuch as tho.
third man in tho Bryson incident was
once a resident of this city and is
supposed to have mado bis way to
Portland after tho Times building
was destroyed.
Detective Burns arrived in Port
land yesterday afternoon and this
fact was not known until today.
Burns cannot bo located this hvo
ning nnd is keeping in tho dnrk.
The man when ho lived in Port
land went by tho name of David
Capp, though ho gives the namo now
of David Kaplan. Ho is beliovp.l to
bo tho man who posed as William
Morris when tho dynamite was puc
chnscd. no is a Russian and is said
to bo a nihilist. In ovory clue in
vestigated so far Kaplan figures.
His wife lives in San Francisco and
she is quoted as saying that ho dis
appeared from .their homo on October
5, saying ho was "going -into tho
country."
Developments In Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.--That
startling disclosures hnvo been
wired from Los Angeles to Chief of
Police Sovmour this morning bearing
on tho wrecking of tlio Times build
ing, is tho rumor ubout police head
quarters today, following a three
hour conferenco between tho bond of
the force and Mayor P. n. Mc
Carthy, to which conferonco Andy
Gallagher, secretary of tho labor
(Continued on natro 8.)
MADE BV GOTHAM
Interesting and Novel Plan Is Inaug
urated by Mayor Gaynor Whereby
Mr. Common Pcoplo Can See His
Money Spent.
NEW YORK. Oot. 22. As inter
esting an exposition as ovor charg
ed a dollar at uio gato or Donated
a midway of unoxoelied vice and
virtue, Is in progress in Now York.
It's tho famous "budget" exposition
of tho Gaynor administration, and
is conducted, frco of ohnrge, by tho
City of Now York, to show tlio peo
ple oxaotly how every cont of tuxes
is expended, and what thoy aro get
BUDGET
H
ting in uio manor or ucnuu, pionsura
nnd protection for tho millions thoy
pay annually into Futhor Knicker
bocker's coffers.
To tho avorngo citizen, the word
mass of fignruIJFgohCHeETAOINN
(Continued on pay "I",') " """
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