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MAIL TMSUNE'S CIRCULA'
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1910.
iii-UJJ-'A' viuu, vifciauwu, wuwwil, XNVM JlUXLUitilli, J.V, LULU. -jr, ny
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTSGATHERING
TEXAS RflJGBS ARE ORDERED OUT
TO BREAK UP BANDS OF ARID ffl
1000 MEN SAID
TO BE WAITING
If
SIGN
TO MM
Waslilnnton Officials Learn of Plan
and Ask Governor Campbell to
Stop Any Armed Men From Lcav
I(i(i United States to Start Trouble
IMS SEASON'S PLANTING WILL
COVER 20,000 ACRES OF LAND
Mf. II, CANON
TO ENTER
RACE
Champ Clark Looms Up
- As Speaker For Congress.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 11). Gover
nor Campbell ordered today tliu en
tire force ol' Texas Rangers to pro
coed to tlie Mexican border to break
up armed bund of Mexicans form
ing I'tfre for tbo supposed invasion
of Mexico. Goxernor Campbell di
lectod tliu rangers to art est all who
attempted to cross the hinder on
the ground of a violation of the
neutrality law.
Hungers in Honk Springs who have
been mobilized there for the purpose
of preventing a clash between cow
boy and Mexican? believed to he
marcHlni: toward Hock Springs lell
early today for Del Rio to patrol
that section of tho river between Del
IfliiTrtWKSii'lii PiiCk. f II lint rnmrnis
are gathering at San Avtonid to bo
carried to the border by railroad
Governor Campbell announced he
would patrol every section of the
border between Texas and Mexico.
Unlets From Washington.
Tho older followed the receipt ot
ndxicos fioin Washington and cou
ple! with confirmation fiom nt-eii li
on the boundary that (limed hunri-
of Moxicnus were gathering and thai
American residents were in fear ol
an invasion.
According to ndvices received
from Del Hio and I'.ale Pass more
than 11)00 Moxieiuis are encampoi1
along the Hio Grande in bands o 2(
to 100. Karly last night these bands
begun a cnmjonl ruled movement n
cross (ho river, Watchers on the
Aineiican side hastily spread tin
alanii and within a short time ranch
ers and cowhovs were gathered in n
small group awaiting the first hos
tile move before advancing and at
tempting to drive tho invaders Injok
Conspiracy Charged.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. It).
Kuowledgo of a gigantic conspiracy
lo start u revolution in Mexico is
cauiing the state department n
gieat ileal of worry today. From
authoritative .source, it was learned
that cYidoucu of the plot had been
dicnvoicd in all four of tho hol
der states and so far had the plans
progressed tli.it the revolutionists
weie about to start expeditions to
mxudo Mvxieo and attempt to cap
ture Mexico Citv.
Hi'voliitionary loaders in Califor
nia. New Moxieu. Arizona and Texas
aic under surveillance by secret ser
xice men who have older.-, to pi event
a mobilization of force-, on United
Stale, soil at any cost.
While Texas ostensibly is tho hot
bed of the i evolution, from an an
tlioiitntivo source it was learned to
3iiv lliut Now Mexico and Arizona
are equally populated with revolu
tionists. At a sijinl from then
leader. ' is said, 1000 men from
the Milled .States side and at least
ten times that many from towns in
N'rlbpru Mexico are ready to take
the t1ld and equipment for twice
that umubrr iw in K.es,ion of the
lcvolutiuuiMt.
All talk of trouble batweon armed
Mexican ami Anwrieans in Texas
i foolish, nr.d U starlod vlh
piii-potM-, ' ' '-"ding to another offl
ciul tll m "" Mexican nfjairs. The
"war lalk" i- Iwdioved to bo a blind
behind vim h the revolutionist are
worth.' ! dodge to stir up Am
erican vniMtHV after the fight is
sl.irtd. I i said that at leu. I a
lenili at the revolutionary nnny will
he Aaturiian cowboys and ranchmen
in th cvrnt that a revolution actu
al!) w iHUUehcd.
Approximately l,fil)0,000 ' fruit
treVs- will bo received and planted in
tho Hogue Hivor valley, according to
an estimate made by Professor P.
J. O'Gara. This number of trees
will bo sufficient for .20,000 acres,
Which will make' the total planted
area in the orchard district of the
Hogue Hivor valley 8."),000 acres.
The majority of tiees to he plant
ed this season will bo pears, nl
IhmiL'li inntiv nnnlos will lie. nlnntcd.
A considerable acreage of foothill j
laud will ho planted to poncho..,
while 'ninny Tokay grapes will be sot
out.
Professor O'Gnrn, having found it
impossible for the inspectors in the
valley to find time to take a census
of trees, has uuiIertuUcn'(liu matter
in person and is sending out circu
lars and blanks to every owner of
n fruit treo in tho valley, with a re
quest that a report be made to him
on the number, age and Variety of
trees .grown. In this way a com
plete count will bo made.
Tito fruit inspectors have jnl
completed a tree-to-treo inspection
of every orchnrd in tho vnlloy and
rennrt ovorvt niiir m sn cndid sliane.
"Never before." states Professon
... ,, .. . , .. t
u unrn. "wore tiio orciinnis oi mo
Hogue j better condition."
Will Be a Candidate for Re-election
at Next City Election Asks Sec
ond Term otnStrcnntlv of Admin
istration He Has Given City Is
First to Come Out.
5000 PEOPLE
AREJEXPECTED
Good Roads Meeting i.n Portland
Called for December 12 Special
Invitations Will Oe Sent All Com
mercial Clubs and Officers.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 1!). There
will ho a great good roads meeting
In I'ortlnnd December 12. Proposed
good roads legislation will bo taken
up nml a (IccIbIoh innde as to whnt to
ask from the legislature at tho next
session. It Is tbo expectation of the
State Good Roads association that at
least GO00 Interested persons will bo
In nttondiinco at this convention.
Special Invitations to attend will
be sent to all the commercial bodies,
boards of county commissioners,
county judges, road commissioners
and threshermon and to each member
of tho legislature.
Prosldcnt Smith of tho association
lias appointed a committee to drnft
bills to bo submitted to tlto conven
tion fox consideration and then put
In final form for nrosentntlon to tho
legislature for passago. Mombors of
this committee, aro: C. Bristol, Llonol
K, Webster. C S. Jackson, Frank C,
Ulggs and John S. Hoall.
15.0 00 MAJORITY
FORJSH BILL
Nearly Every County Heard From
Piles Up a Bin Vote in Favor
Wheeler, Dounjas and Coos Arc
Fornlnst.
To the Editor;
I wish to announce through
"" vour minor (but 1 ulmll lu
candidate for re-election lo f
tin itffiiwi nf iiiiiv,ii. .if Xf.i.l-
ford at tin, niiiiiml nliuilim, in
"Vjannnrv. '
.f Imvo nerved in that en-
J .pacity for on0 term and "
" lmvo devoted wluit energy ""
"" and ability I possess to (lie "
T Wlll'l llP Itlil ,i(l'i..i. IC II... "f
"" 1'eCOrd of inv Ililnmiwlrntimi f
itppeai-s to the voters of tho
city as worthy of an endorse-
mont, I nhnll bo gratified to
receive iLnnt tlioir hands.
I - W. II. CANON.
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WILL MANUFACTURE
PIANOS IN THIS CITY
Medford is to have n piano man
iifnetiiriug business some time in the
near future.
II. II. Achor, recently from Mis
mhiIm. Muni., and oi'ii'inallv from
Now York, is now connected witli the
Hale Piano house and nine time
soon will establish a nlnnt whole l)i-
anos will be repaired, cleaned, tuned
and actually made lo order.
Mod ford wdll eniov tho distinc
tion of being the smallest city in the
west with a real slim for building
pianos.
Mr. Achor is a man of wido expe
rience, a brother-in-law of George
('. Liudlev, in the Jackson Counts
hank, and will he wvlcomod to the
Hoguo Hivor valley.
Tbo bill to close tho Hoguo river
to commercial fishinir missed hv a
majority of at least lfi.OOO. accord
ing to returns thus far received. Hut
threo counties voted against tliu hill,
Coos, Wheeler and Douglas, the lat
ter two by small majorities. Prob
ably Curry nho voted ngninst the
measure, but the vote of this county
is very light.
Coos county is tho only one Hint
has so far returned a substantial
majority against tbo measure, its
inujority biyng Ob'2. Josephine
county voted for (he measure by n
majority of .'11, despite the fact that
the Grants Puss papers vigprouslv
fought it, showing Hint tho sentiment
of tbo counties affected is over
whelmingly in favor of tho bill.
Multnomah bad the record inujor
ity for the hill, TO.'ji). Jackson coun
ty gave it a majority of ir:;), or
fivo to ono vote. Willninetlo vnlln.-
counties returned substantial ma
jorities. The opposition of Coos is explain
ed by tho fact that the Humes have
extensive interests m ,is county
and n considerable levenuo is de
rived tlierofiom. Also by tbo fear
Hint tho oxnmple of a ohisod iiv,.p
would bo followed by lesidouts along
other streams monopolized by fish
lings.
So fur ns offieinl rotums have
been received, tho voto on tbo bill is
ns follows: .Multnomah, yes 12,871.
no f)812; Jackson, yos .'11132, no (12!);
Hood River yos (101.no 211); Yam
hill, ves 1281, no 100.')j Henlon, vos
008, no 002; Lane, ves 2107, no
20f0; Marion, yes 2821, no 2207;
Josophinc. yes 814, no 810; Grant,
ves 411, no 411: Polk-. vu inn .,
027; Wheeler, ves 110, no 180; Coos.
ves .), no 1721.
In tho foregoing statement, Mayor
V. II. Canon of Iho city of Medford
announces himself a candidate for
ic-cieuiion, inun putting an end to
street reports that ho would not con
sider a second term.
Willi tho stale election over, local
politicians are beginning . to tjini
tlioir ntlculioii to city nffairs. The
iinniml citv election will ho held
early in January, mid at that time
a mayor and three couiioibuen aro lo
bo elected.
Mayor Canon is tho first 'to. an
nouiico his candidacy, Whether
others will oonlesf with him for llio
mayoralty -cumins to ho seen.
LOOKS LIKE 25 C
FOR THATTHRKEY
Prices Golnn Up for Tliank'snjvinii
Birds Could Have Been Bouqlit a
Week Arjo for 16 Cents, But De
mand Forces Prices Upward.
Photo by American I'ross Association.
NKW YORK, Nov. 10. "Those ntei.dmj, lo suppoit Chump Chirk for
speaker of the house cannot bo ton muck m ainoiiiicipg the fact. The
enemies of turif'f reduction are not i -lecp," .aid Congressman - elect
Henry Geoigo today in declining that "ested interests" are opposing
lilo Missouri democratic leader.
"They will lesist at every slop,' ho continued. "The next stand will
bo sure to bo oxer Iho speakership. ' Tbev will oiicoiirngo dissension
ami confusion with a view to slipping it 'safe' man into the speakership
who will impede tnd possibly thwart th popular inaiulato for tariff reg
ulation It behooxes tin, new ciumicssmcu lo gather around Iho man of
dcaicst standiinr lor tln real (i-Jit ng.nn-l high tariff."
To Fly Over Tehachapl.
nAKBUSFIKLD. Gal.. Nov. 19.
Captain Vana Tassell, the aeronaut,
has commenced preparations for a
dirigible flight from this city to Los
Angeles. The route Is over a wild
country, where landing In case ot a
breakdown will bo difficult, and In
cludes the crossing of the Tehachapl.
several thousand foot high. Captain
Van Tassell plans to take with him
possibly threo passengers. No date
has been set.
$12,000 SUIT REVEALS
SECRETS OF HIGH FINANCE
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 How Gen
oral Rrayton Ivwi, presdent of tho
Metropolitan Trust comuanv. rr.,iv-
ed 10,600 shares of stock of two
railroads for loaning I1C0.000 to tho
Alabama Securities company, Is set
forth lu an affidavit filed with Jus
tice Davis In tho supremo court by
counsol for tho Alabama Seoiiritlos
company to have bet aside a Judg-
mem lor I2.000 obtained against it
by Edward V. Harman.
Herman sued on a claim nimiimn.i
him by Jamos T. Odell. a director In
many railroads, it Is clian.-...i n.-.
Odell ontiirnil ini, nn ....! ..,
I vv IHlIIKUt Willi
I the late R jj HarrJman.
It looks very much an If It Is up
to Mr. Ilouneandlott to nay ; iuimIh
a pound for tbo privilege of sitting
about the ThanksglvliiK board thin
year ami partaking of tho great tin
tlonnl bird Prices aro on tho up
ward trend and as tho domnnd fur
uxceods the ability of tho merchants
to supply fiom the .local flold, prices
aro tortnln to go to 2G cents.
At tho first day ot last week tur
keys wore ipiotod at 10 and 17 cents.
Tho 20-cent mark Iuib now boon pass
ed and tbo prlco Is still climbing.
Looal markets will bg woll sup
plied with birds tbo first of tho week,
us local merchants aro drawing upon
Douglas county for them.
TOLSTO
IS REPORTED DEAD
NKW YORK, Nox. 20 (Sunday. Report-, tonight slate Hint Iho enti
ling). The New York Herald ''bin f Count l.co Tolstoi is graxc
morn
bus reccixed u "Hash" stating th.it
Count Tolstoi h dend.
ST. I-r.TI.KKin((i, Nox.
20
in I hi extreme. Durim: I he dnv la
experienced a serious cardiac seii
wii'. hut (his passed uwav.
Tin nut roalizoH that his illness
is rrituiil jind is prepnred for deitlli
Makes Report on Dr. Cook.
COPKNHAGKN, Denmark, Nov.
ID. The ship which took Ktiud Ku.
iDiiwtuu, the Danish oxploror, to
Capo Yoik Jint sinniner has loluiii
ed. The captain brotn-hl a ronoH
from Husiuiistton, who was a stanch
mippoiter of Dr. Cook, which n. n
complfte refutation of the doctor's
stHtemeiit thut he hajd rouuhod the
pole.
HiiNmussou yi bo hunted up the
two Kskiino bovh, Ilmikiisuk aud
Apiluk, who were with Cook, ami
from them lenrned tlmt the psemlo-j
expli.iei had not xenturcd into liic
far north it t nil
The l.skinios nlsu asserted lh.il
Cook hud swindled them in t. nul
icr of pay for the try.
PASSENGERS
SIX TEAMS NOW
10 FALLS AS YEI AI WORK ON LINKS
Rain Softens Roadbed and Ballast
Inn Is Delayed Train Service Not
Yet Inauniirated and May Be De
layed for Some Time.
Th Pacific & KnWeni railway
will not inaugurate u train service to
Hutto I'nlU for moiui little lim. no
cot ding to Chief I'lniin.-er Goiv.
owing lo Iho fact that tho wunl ruin
has softened tliu roudbed to micIi on
oxtojit that the laying of ballnst bus
hoen dolayod. Thtre rtiiimiiis three
uiilos ol tmek to hn bajaited.
it dopeiidM entirely Ujs.ji the
weather when tin track U ojjjploti.,l
iitl a regular train nevvieo inuugu
rated.
Early to Bed In This Town.
OHOVK CITY. I',.., Nov. io. A
curfew law for udulN is hJng rig
idlv eufon-ed here by tl. wnot !
pohee, nn inslriii-liiiiiN immi h tin'
borough c-oiim-il. 'flu- idin.uii ,.' j.,.,
xidcs that no .iilult M.,., ,).
streels Iji iv . ...i i., ...t -
I -", .uni i ii
m. may bo ain ted. uoli-, ., ,,.,,
Joimble enplan.iliuu 1- Um
Country Club Is Active Golf Links
Arc Beinii Put in Shape and It
Will Not Bo Lortn Before Game
Can Be Played Locally.
Six teams aro at' work on the, grjlf
llnka of the new country club, and It,
will not be long before tho gaum
will Is. pluytul locally Tho links are
lidng put la condition aa rapidly as
possible.
linn Hi hulim drawn for n mod
oru couutry club home and work
will soon utArt on tho (minis grounds,
ilany uw itiemliorH tiro being ro-
clvel uad the club's prospocta for
iho future aro bright Indeed.
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CHARTER OF
CITY
Australia's Population.
WASHINGTON'TlfTa, Nov. 10.
Adxuur tMthimtes of the population
of tbo commonweulUj of Australia
imidf bj tho fedeial statistician places
tolul number of people lu the six
, ain .it l.u I. ooo, according to con
Kiil.n it-ports rcetved r.ero The tak-
io" nr Mm (lennal cciisuh will be
I" t'MIl Oil plU t.
Commission Named by Mayw l
Work Over City Charter and Rec
ommend ChanRes Necessary WIH
Be Submitted te People Later fr
Their Approval at Pslls.
In ordor to mak'e the city charter
an up-to-date Instrument, embodying
tho various amendments which have
boon mado from time to time, and
thus facllltato city business, Mayor
Canon at tho last regular session of
tho city council appointed a commit
teo of citizens to xvork tho cbartor
over and submit It to tho people for
uieir action nt the next regular elec
tion. f
The porsonnol of tho committee to
Jo tho work Is W. S. Orowell, C. L.
tloames, W. I. Vawtor, O. C, Doggs,
'.. O. Porter, W. N. Campbell and II.
C. aarnott.
This commission will recommontl
inch changes In tho organic law of
the city as they may agree upjin, Bub
lect to tho approval ot tho council
intl tho poopld.
In, thq mntter, of t,ho opcnlnKer a
street from Dakota nventfe an ox
'onslon of Orango to tho county road
uiutli tho enso xvna roforred to tho
ilreot commltteo for furthor action.
Tho mattor of tho loaso of tho
.'round upon which tho Warron Im-
nrovemont company's plant xvas lo-
rated nnd xvhoro thore Is still qulto
quantity of rock. WHS Mho rnrnrrml
for furthor consideration.
Ordinances xvoro passed fixing ns
lessmonts for eight-Inch lateral aoxv-31-s
on East Wuahlngton from (lon--seo
to Itooseovltj on Tripp from Kast
Main to south ond of Trlppj on How
ard from UtiHt Washington to Ilon
nott; on Uennott from Howard to
Uoosovolt; on (lenoseo from Rast
Main to Washington.
An ordinance waB passed calling
for bids for 144.500 lmprovomont
liondri.
The Chirk & Henory company pre
anted n bid for IM.C00 of Improve
ment bonds xvlth accrued Interest, ac-
coni'ianled by a check for 7G0, one
fifth of tho nmoiint of tho bid, which
bid was accepted.
Tho Woods Lumbor company nskod
permission to eroct u frame building
covored with flro jiroof material pn
tho north sldo of Tenth street near
the Southern Pacific track for stor
ago purposos. Dominor move tho pe
tition bo granted, but his motion, re
ceiving no second, no action xvas tak
en.
ltesolutlons for tho construction of
sldowulks on tho xvest side of South
Central from ICIovcnth to Twelfth
und on both shies of Hast Twelfth
from Central to Front, passed.
Tbo recorder was ordered to post
legal notice in tho matter of the va-
atlou of Palm street.
GOVERNORSHIP COST
OSWALD WEST $450
SAL KM, Or., Nov. lD.Oswuld
WiM, governor-clou., expended only
$l,'i( in scouring tbo office, nccord
iiiL' to it statement of onimmiLMi ev-
lieiioifH wliteli xvuh filed by him xvilh
the suerotary of ftato lale tins aft
triioou.
It is understood that John 11.
Hx'iiu of the Doutuoriititt central coin"
mittee will file a statement in ft
short time showing capojidiluros of
about .f-PKJU in support of demo
cratio nominees.
Aped Bride Is a Suicide.
imiDOHI'OItT, Conn., Noy. 19.
Despondent over tho fact that ska
had quurrelod xvlth her 70-yoar-oM
husband, utter she had lived xvlth htm
only a day and a half, .Mrs. Ell-
both I ngor, ugor 7it pommUtwl wf-
dd by lnlmlltig lllumluaihig hhs.
body wuh found late last Might.
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