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MEDFORD, OM300N, WLDNIOSIM Y, OCTOBER 2G, 19.10.
IWrHYJCAR.
No. 187.
BRIDGEAPPROACHESCRUMBLE;EXPL0SI0N0NCARfflLLCRESTCOMICEPEARS
SHOWS PATTERSON'S ABILITY
AVERAGE $10 BOX IN LONDON
GUN-BOAT
com
SSIONER
TRIYNGTOPATCH
UP POOR WORK
Bridge Acr'Js Bear Creek Near Cen
tral Point Falls to Stand Even Un
til Jul) Is Completed Loam Used
Instead of Sand for Mixing.
Tim Central Point bridge Ih a
MtatiilltiK, (if rnlhor throiitoiw to be
come u crumbling inoiiuiimnt to
County Conimlmiloimr Joshua Pnt
tornon'H ntilllty no a bridge builder.
Tim bridge I.iib boon In procoHH of
rebuilding bIiico early RUininor, forc
ing everyone to fonl IK'ar Creole In
order to rroHM tho stream, anil tho
probabilities aro that tho winter
floods will iirrlvo before the bridge
ran again bo lined tbat Ih, If It
htlll Manila up.
Instead of rontrnctlni; tho repairs
anil giving tlm owrk to tlm lowoHt
bidder with a time limit, CommlH
nloner Patterson followed his uhiwiI
mothoil of hnvliiK the county do tho
work by day labor and ban taken
all mininmr and iiiohI of autumn for
It. At each end of tho brldr.o commit
retaining walls for tho approaches
have been constructed. Tlm north
wnll of tho oat npproach, nbout r0
fool Iciiik a..d 12 foot high, though
but recently completed, ban egrncked
from end to end from ItH own weight
To braco It Mr. Patterson hint boon
busy tbo pant Hovoral dayH, boring
holoH tbrounh It and running Iron
rodti to bold It toKothor.
. ItoHldoutB who watched tho con
Htructlon Hny that, lnstond of select
od Hbarp Hand and gravel bolng used
for tho coi.croto, Handy loam wnB
used, which nrcountn for tho crack
'Iiik wiiIIh. It lu ovldont that tho
wallH wore not reinforced with Iron
or Htool ImrH, aB would bo required
cif contractors, but then tho county
noovr doo nnytlilitK with spoclflca
tlonn. Central Point people nro wonder
ing whether tho wiiIIh will continue
to btand after pressure Is put upon
tlmm, If they crumble without any,
and whether tho first time Hear
Creek net" rampage, there will
bo any brldio loft.
lUNTMTLET
Thirteen Applicants for Position of
Ranner Take Examinations Con
ducted by W. 0. Warner, Civil
Service Examiner.
Thirteen applicants for tho iost
limi of foiost runner run tho gauntlet
before (lie examiners of the forest
survioe Monday and Tuesday of this
week.
The written examination was con
ducted by W. 0. Wnnier, eiil en
ice examiner, at the high school
ltuildiuir. Monday, anil the field tests
wore hold uiiiler the supervision of
M. L. Eriokson, N. S. Nwoniiing imil
J.-E. (Irilihle of the foYcsl office in
Med ford.
Tho IokIh isistod of bridling,
saddling and riding n horse (no
lironehoH), packing n horse, any rog
iilatiou liileli being allowed; bundling
a rompiuiH and measuring u tract of
ground liy pacing and other stunts.
While tho candidates as a rulo
came through the tests in good shupo,
as one grir..ly-bonrdod old minor ro-
' marked, when ho turned n.kay from
tho scone, "I'd hnto like h 1 to trust
my grubstnko on a pack animal puck-.
od like some, of those were."
"The following is n list of tho np-
, piieantH: V, L. Carlton, A. L.
T'onohoy, A. S. Kerby, D. L, Hummel,
L. H. Noil. A, L. Eisonhiirt, J, M.
Hook, 11. A. Nnson, K. A. Thompson!
Frank Allen, Tom C. Whito, II. 13.
JaooiiIz, W. S. rnmpholl.
To write a property-soiling nd U
simply to writo tho truth about tho
.property and print it more than
onoo, if noocssurry.
MBRYO
RANGERS
ROGERS
REACHES
LOSANGELES:HAS
FIFTY SUBPOENAS
Has Himself Sworn In as Deputy
Sheriff In Order That He Might
Scrvo Warrants In PersonRe
fuses to Give Out Names.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2tl.
Annoil with 50 or more subpoenas,
which it is understood will ho horvud
on residents of this city, Attorney
Karl Honors, speoial investigator of
the Times dynamiting eases, arrived
from l.os AncoIeH today.
Tho subpoenas were issued in I.os
Auuclch and Honors had himself
sworn in as a deputy sheriff in or
der thai ho may serve tho warranto
in iiersou and tlius keep his move
ments more xeeret than lie has been
able so far to do. Tho subpoena
HUinmon wituosies to appear at the
coroner's iiKiuesl and they will oe
used to secure witnesses before the
special nrand jurv which was empan
eled in los Anneles yecterdav.
Honors refused to untnc the per
sons for whom the subHieuns were
intended until after lie had served
them, hut it is uiiderntood that m--eral
men prominent in the Inlwr
world are included.
BUTCHERS ALL
DIG UP n BUCKS
Proprietors of Every Market in Town
Fined for Use of Frcczlne, Which
Is Misdemeanor Under Orcnoii
Puro Food Law.
The proprietors of every meat
market but one lu town wcro taken
Into court Tucsdny to aiiRwer to n
eharno of having violated tho Or
Kou pure food laws by tho uro of
a proparatlon called Froozlno, In
tended to preserve tho color on tho
aiirfaco of chopped meats and bo
lonnn, and tbo uro of which was
admitted by tho stato foo Inspector
to bo approved by tbo United States
Kovorumoiit. Still It Ir a misde
meanor under tbo Oregon law to uso
It. The local meat men, relying upon
permluHlon of Undo Sam to uso tho
article, employed It In tholr busl
iicHH, as It Ih guaranteed harmless.
They plead guilty and pnld $25 fine
each, ami tl.ero wbb a "ditching" of
the preparation at once.
"Wo won't uho anything of that
nature from now on," Hay tbo butch
ers. "Wo thought wo wore within
the law lu using a harmlcBH coloring
which Increased tho attractiveness of
tho attractiveness of our goods of
certain grades, but as it Ih against
tlm law, which wo did not know, wo
cut 41 out from now on,"
IS
PUTONpH
Gold Hill Railroad & Lumber Com
pany Hits tho Bumps John A.
Baxter Says Ho Will See That tlio
Creditors Aro Protected.
W..T. O'lhien of the Hallway
Kiiuipiuciit eompauay of Portland
lias attached tho property of the
Child Hill Hailroad & Lumber com
pany for n bill of ifl'JD-l.'Jl, $000 of
tlio amount beinn for tlio rental of
a locomotive.
John A. Baxter of the compniiv
states that iusido of ten days a de
murrer will ho filed mid that he will
do his host to protuot tho interest, of
ovor.y creditor.
This evoiiiun tlio company is pluu
illnn to give tin option to a Portmnd
man who savs he will lot thorn kliow
soon whether ho will take tho rail
road, tonothor with other property
not the company's.
m m t
STEEL IS
M
WITHIN FOUR
MILES OF FALLS
Work Proiircsslnji Rapidly on Pa
cific & Eastern Remodclinii of
Brick House to Serve as Tempo
rary Depot In City Under Way.
Steel on the 1'aeifie & ICustein
railroad has been laid to a point
within four iiiileu of Hutto Falls,
where it is anain halted by bridn?
work. Two more trestles uro to b
erected and then the progress into
the city of the hills will be most ripd.
Chief ICnninoer Cleric state, that tin
work will be completed between the
.th and 10th of next mouth.
Work is processing rapidly on the
remodeliuc of the brick house jut
across Hear creek, which will serve
as a temporary depot until the line
nver the CaKcades has been complet
ed. The ceneral offices of the Pa
cific & Eastern will als be moved
across tho creek. Work is also be
iuc rushed on the depot nt Hanle
Point. A biiildinc is also to be erect
ed at Butte Falls at once, plans for
which nre now beinc prepared.
WEST BRANDS OREGONIANS STATEMENT ON
MILEAGE A LYING BIT. OF LIBELOUS SLANDER
WATSON SAVS
WEST IS CHOICE
Correspondent Who Has Accompan
ied Candidate. Throughout Cam
paign Sanrjuinc as to Anti-Assembly
Candidates' Chances.
Halpli Wntson, special correspond
ent of the Portland Journal, who nc-
companled Oswald West through
eastern Oregon, Joined Mr. West In . Portland Orenonian's statement eon
Metlford Tuesday. Ho stnted that corning the mileage which 1 collected
ho thought, without doubt, tbnt Mr. liVom the government and turned over
West would bo elected by a largo '
majorlty.
"Kvorywhoro lu eastern Oregon
flntterlng recoptlons woro tmdorod
Mr. West. In somo of tho towns,
like Weston, Umatilla and Condon,
the entire community turned out to
cheer him," said Mr. Watson. "I
was with Chamberlain In his cam
paign for senator, and' at this tlino
of tho campaign his prospecta woro
not nearly so bright as West's are
today.
"Tho Biipport West is receiving
comes from all quarters, from tho
state grange, from organized labor,
from merchants and shippers, and
from fnrinortf. Tho ontlro nntl-ns-sonibly
strongtb, regnrdlesa of party,
Is for West.
"Tho Southern I'nelfio and tho O.
H. & N. are actlvoly fighting West.
All nlong the O. R. & X. flaring
pouters adorn the railroad yards, toll
ing employes that reduction In rates
moans reduced wagos. Kvory em
ploye is receiving a personal letter
from tho railroad officials telling
thoni to vote for the railroad Inter
ests by voting for Iloworm.in. I ex
pect tho Southorn Pacific will do tho
same. Yet West will got their
votes."
Crlppen Appeals.
LONDON, Oct. 'JO Dr. Ilawley II.
f'rippon, convicted of the inurdor of
his wife. Belle Hlinoro Ciippon, and
sentenced to hang November 8, an
nounced today his decision to take
an appeal from Lord Alvorstono's
judgment to tho criminal court of
appeals, Tho aiiuouneeuient w.is
inado following u conference with
Arthur Newton, Ciippon' attorney.
Work-seekers read every help
wanted nd. Your ad will get you np
plieations from tho best of tho "oli-gibles,"
KILLS 50
Haytlan Ship La Libcrtc Sinks Fol
lowed Explosion Great Hole
Torn In Side Vessel Shrouded In
Steam Cause of Explosion Is Not
Given Officers Killed.
PORT AU 1'HINCE, Ilayti, Oct.
'20. Fiftv men, iiicludmc the rank
inc oftieers and part of the erew of
the Haytien ennbout La Libcrtc, are
believed to have been drowned when
the La Liberie sank early today off
Port de Paix.
The sinkiuc followed an explosion
in the boiler room. Twenty men were
reported rescued.
The La Liberie sailed Monday,
tiikiuc the officers northward.
Accordinc to the ailwces, the ex
plosion tore a crcat hole in one side!
of the cunbont, which sank in n few
minutes. Tho vessel was shrouded
in steam and wild ccqfiisioii reicned
on board.
The crenter number of those miss
inn leaped into the water without nt
temptinn to launch the lifeboat.
Thev were swept away by the waves
and drowned within uinht of their
les hasty companions.
The cause of the explosion wns not
niven in the first dispatches that
reached here.
MAKES STRONG
SPEECH HERE
Tells Facts-in Regard to Mileage in
Connection With Trip to Washing
ton Will Make Oregonian Retract
When Campaign Is Over, He Says.
"As mean and contemptible a ly
ing bit of libelous slander as was
,.,.,. i,nblisb..d about nnv one is the
to the Mate." stated Oswald West,
anti-nshoinbly camiidato for gover
nor in his speech at Medford Tues-
day aiternoon.
"Tho facts of the matter are these:
1 was -cut to Washington by the
state railroad commission to scenic
data on file in the offieo of tho in
terstate commerce conmrission for
ate in our effort to reduce express
rat en in Southern Oiegon. As 1 wns
taking the train, 1 was subpoenaed
us u witness in the Biuger Hermann
trial at Portland. I could only stay
one day in Washington ami had to
employ clerical labor to secure the
statistics.
"I wns sent to Washington at the
expense of the state and 1 demanded
that tho government reimburse the
state for the money my trip cost.
The government s.id they could not
do it, nnd could only pay me the
mileage. This I took, nnd deducting
my oxpen-es while stopping in Port
land as a witness, I iinmediatelv
turned the balance over- to the statu,
for the state was entitled to it.
''If the transaction was wrong, the
federal 'officials- should not have
permitted it. If it was wrong, 1
should have been prosecuted. But
the only thing thev couldn't compre
hend was why 1 didn't keep the
money nivself. I ask you, wits this
grafting?
"As soon as the campaign is over
1 shall force the Oregonian to retract
its lying accusations or go after them
for libel. My retard is clean. No
one can call me a grafter. I may md
be the best man for governor, but 1
am not a grafter."
Mr, West's remarks, which were
made from an automobilo on Mniu
street near Front, wore greeted wilh
applause imd h mule u most favor
able impression upon his audit i
Continuing, ho explained tho railroad
rate sitnntion and ronuosted nil
(Continued on pngo 8.)
LOCAL UNIONS TO
FORM CENTRAL
LABOR COUNCIL
Dclenates From Every Labor Union
in City Meet to Form Central
Body Will Work for Harmony
of Laborers and Employers.
Dclcnate.i from every organized la
bor union in the city met Tuesday
eveninn and organized a central la
bor council for this city. Temporal y
orennizntion was effected nnd offi
cers named and committeen apiwiiit
ed. and at the next reculnr meeting
bylaws will be adopted and perma
nent orennizntion completed.
The new council, when fully or
ganized, will apply to the American
Federation of Labor for a charter
and it is expected to bring every
trade in the city into the council. At
present the local union-! represented
are the carpenters nnd joiners print
ers, painters, electricians nnd granite
cutters.
It will be the object of the council
to proteetthe laboring clashes, fnni
Mi employers with skilled lnbor and
work for harmony.
OEATH LIST
IN ITALY 400
Government Attempts to Belittle Ex
tent of Volcanic and Elemental
Disturbances on the Shores of the
Gulf of Salerno.
NAPLES. Oct. 26. In splto of
attempts of the government to bellt
tlo the extent of the volcanic and
elemental disturbances In the vicin
ity of the Neopolltan bay and the
Gulf of Salerno, it wns learned today
that the minister of marine notified
King Victor Emmanuel that tho
death list from temblor, flood nnd
eruption would exceed 400.
The minister of mnrino also Is
authority for the statement that the
loss caused by the combined storm
and earth disturbances nt present is
incalculable. Ho added that the
government officials had been in
structed to make their official re
ports of the loss of life and property
purposely small, so that foreign
tourist traffic would not bo deflect
ed from the region and further loss
thoreby accrue to the people of Na
ples and Salerno.
Tho worst dantftgo wns done at
Isehla, where the minister of marine
personally Is supervising the work
of relief. Every coast town In the
provinces of Salerno and Naples has
been damaged. Tho water fronts and
lower portions of tho towns nre filled
with the flotsam of the sen. the bod
ies of ninny persons and tho carcass
es of animals. Inhabitants of sov
oral smaller towns aro homoless nnd
tho survivors, fearing fntnlno and
postllonco, the spread of cholera and
the lack of supplies, rush to tho aid
In tho work of rescue.
Word was received hero this aft
ernoon that King IVctor Emmnnuol
Is already on his way hero from Rome
aboard a torpedo boat, oil will per
sonally Inspect tho devastated area
and direct measures for relief.
Popo Plus has authorized tho cler
gy tho government In tho work of
nursing tho sick and wounded, feed
ing the hungry and sheltering tho
homeless,
Derby Run.
LONDON, Oct. 20. Tho Cnni
bridgoshiro derbv wits run today be
foro a large crowd. Christinas Daisy
was the winner, Mustaplia second
and llalcvon third.
GENERAL STRIKE
IN PENNSYLVANIA
ON ELECTION OAY
State Federation of Labor Calls Out
All Union Workmen for Twelve
Hour Strike To Make It Possible
for All to Vote.
"WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 26.
Pennsylvania will have a goncral
strike on election day. Tho state
federation of labor has called out all
union workmen for November 8. The
strike will last from 7 a. m. to 7
o'clock at night. The purpose of the
strike is to make It possible for ev
er working man to go to tho polls.
Non-union men will be asked to
Join the strikers and if the plane now
formed are carried out and non-union
co-operation Is secured the in
dustries of Pennsylvania will be tied
up completely election day.
"The working men of Pennsylva
nia, being true believers In democrat
ic principles and popular govern
ment, have resolved to Inaugurate a
state-wide strike on November 8.
The call for the walk-out says:
"The purpose of the strike is to
restore to the people of Pennsylva
nia tho government of tho state.
"From a political standpoint the
affairs of the grand old common
wealth arc a disgrace to a twentieth
centur civilization. The black flag
has been hoisted over the ramparts
of the money lords and the only star
of hope to check their plundering
career is the true awakening of that
force of united independence in po
litical action. Further triumph of
the black flag means the destruction
of popular liberty."
"Our duty, therefore, Is plain,"
tho call continues. "All worklngmen
are hereby called on to make elec
tion day a holiday In fact as well as
In name, to gather at the polls In
an orderly manner to work for the
election of trade unionists to the sen
ate and house of representatives of
the state legislature, for representa
tives In congress and to all candi
dates for state offices friendly to
the cause of clean politics and hon
est government, to tho end that men
and not dollars shall rulo in Penn
sylvania." The call was signed by E. E.
Greenwall, president; C. F. Qulnn,
secretary-treasurer and seven vice
presidents of the state federation of
labor.
TROOPS ASKED TO
QUELL STRIKE
Turbulence and Rioting Occurs in
Jersey City, Owing to Trouble Be
tween Union and Non-Union Ex
press Wagon Drivers.
JEKSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. "20.
Kollowing turbulence and riot dur
ing the last 24. hours in connection
with the strike of express wagon
drivers, the United States Express
company today called upon Governor
Fort to order out state troops to
protect its nonunion drivers.
The strike resulted from tho de
mands of tho wagon helper for an
increase in wages of .f." per mouth.
The eonipnnv imported strikebreak
ers, but were unnblo to move the
wngons. When an attempt was made
the uonuuionists wero attacked with
stones and clubs nnd in somo in
stances revolvers woro fired at them.
LIFEBOAT FOUND IN
THE NICK OF TIME
L'ONDON. Oct. 2(1. Tossed about
in a lifeboat in inidoeenu, the cap
tain and four of the erew of tho
American schooner Florence Leland
woro rescued, according to a wireless
dispatch received by Lloyds today,
and tnkon aboard tho British steamer
Commodore
Tho Leland, it is believed, will bo
a total loss.
ORCHARD NEARS
WORLD'S RECORD
WHICH IT MADE
Car Contained 428 Boxes of Choice
Fruit Both High Marks in Lon
don Market Are Held by Hlllcrest
Marie World's Record in 1908.
The Hillercst orchard, which holds
tho world's record for prices paid
for fancy fruit, its pears having boon
sold in the London market for $10.0S
a box two years ago, has agan nenr
ly eqtinllod its former high marie.
Returns have just been received from
London on a car of Cornice pcnrsr
containing 428 boxes, which averag
ed an oven $10 a box only 8 cents
lower than its previous record, which
has never been touched by deciduoim
fruit from any section of the globe.
The Hillerest orchard is one of
the finest properties n the Rogue
River valley, as well as being one of
the best-carcd-for orchards in the
local district. Its product has con
sistently been sold for top pricc3-
throughout the markets o the world
and the Intcst triumph cqmes without
surprise to those wh'oknow tho or
chard nnd the wny in which it is-
managed.
CniLD-WiFE TO
ATTEND SCHOOL
Man Marries Girl Twelve Years of
Age and Nov is Informed That He
Must Send Her to School in Ac
cordance With Law.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 26. Al
though a girl may be married in Colo
rado at he age of 12, tho laws do
not exempt her from attending
school, according to Trunncy Officer
Smith, who today sent the following
notice to James II. Taylor, 3e:
"'As tho records of the Maria
Mitchell school show that your wit'o
(aged 12) is not attending school,
as required by tho compulsory school
law. you aro hereby notified that un
less sho is enrolled within five dnys
nroeeedings will be stnrted against
vou in the county court ns contrib
utmg to juvenile deliiupieiiey. You
will bo held liable to fino and im
prisonment nnd tho child tuny bo
sent to an industrial school for
girls."
Taylor's girl-wife was formerly
Jennie Trammel. She was marriod
to Taylor, who is a brothor of tho
child's stepfather, several weeks ago
by a justieo of tho peace. The mar
riage caused great indignation at tho
time.
Commenting on tho child's non-nt-tendnneo.
Superintendent of Schools
Chadsey snid:
"Not even iiinrriago can excuse u
child under school ngo limit from at
tending school. In Colorado the law
docs not provide for tho husband's
supromaey in cases of this charac
ter." "OLD KINGIOLE GETS
THREE YEAR CONTRACT
CHICAGO, Oct. 2C "Old King
Colo," tho young pitcher or tho Chi
cago Cubs, who, with tho nB8stnnco
of Mordocnl Brown, wns tho only
man ablo to stay tho victorious ad
vanco of tho Philadelphia Americana
In tlio world's eorles Just cIohocJ, to
day was glvon a threo years' con
tract. Tho long term document cnlls
for a salary twice that which Colo
recolved in 1010. The pitcher will
also receive a bonus of $1,000 for his
good work trie season.
Itis fortunnto for n real merchant
if his corapotitor iu n live advertiser
who, now and then, oven tries to
"sot tho pace for him." It make
storeiimkiug a task for men,
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