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Oregon's Leading Boosters Favor National Pear Show For Medford
Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, tDlO.
No. 215.
ATTY. W1NIEREE
ADMITS FACT
WHILE ON STAND
Railroad Rate Case Adjourned Until
December 20, When Commission
Will Hear Railroads' Testimony
Medford Present Traffic Aired.
DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE FAVORS
PEAR SHOW HERE
That iliu jobbers of Portland arc
"PPViug the efforts of Medford to
tfoeuro distributing rates in this ter
ritory was admitted by Attorney
Wini frcu, representing tlio rate coiu
ifutteo of the Portland clituulier of
commerce at the hearing before the
stati! railroad commission in Med
ford Tuesday. Medford completed
its ease and an adjournment was re
quested by the Southern Pacific un
til December 'JO, when the commis
sion will hear the railroad's testi
mony at Portland. The Medford
case was merged with that of Bnkei
City.
Kvidcnc' submitted by Medford
wus-iuuoji the same as (hat present
ed a foilnight ago before the inter
state commerce commission. Tin.
same witnesr.es, II. C. Oarnetf, K. A.
Welch, J. F. Roddy and 0. Putnam,
were examined and Medford's pres
ent trnflio thoroughly aired betore
(Jonimissionerb .West and Ailchison.
The railroad was represented by At
torney W. I). Fcnton, General
Freight Agent' Miller and Assistant
General Fioight Agent Lounsbiirv.
Attorney W. A. MuCuue, for tin.
Mcdtord traffic bureau, submitted
schedules of rates and data and ex
amined the' witnesses. Most of the
ornss-cxainiiiiitioii was done by Mr.
Miller, who evidently sought, by re
cording the origin of each commod
ity affected, to lay the foundation
for the defense that the traffic af
fected was-interstate and hence not
in the .jurisdiction of the commission.
Messrs. Welch and Garnctt testi
fied that freight was hauled ti
Rogue River valley towns cheaper b.
wagon than by rail; that conipetitioi.
with Portland could only be met In
the .Medford jobbers (laying the dit
foroncu in freight charges over thai
granted the Portland jobbers, anil
that on account of the differentia
attempts made to do jobbing busi
ness entailed an actual loss to tin
Medford jobber in several places
Mr. Garnctt stated that unless lovvei
rates were secured, he could no
carry on a wholesale hardware bus
inoss, and MY. Welch stated that ii
towns like Myrtle Cieuk groceries
wuro sold at an actual loss. He hut
shipped a carload from Muucic, Ind.
hilled to Sacramento, then 1 chilled
to the California line, and there re
billed to Medford cheaper than In
could have shipped thrpugu the Port
land gateway. Mr. Garnett tin-,
shipped by steamer from the Allunlh
in less than carload fpinntities. and
tlioiico from Portland, cliuupci tln.n
ho could in carload quantities dircd
from the east.
Tim witnesses set forth tin
growth, resources and development
of Medford, its increasing coimnor
oial advantages, its geographical n -cation,
its railroad connections ui.i'
established commercial institution--ae
reasons why this city wa ontitlon
to recognition as a distributing coa
ler. Attorney Wlinifreo iutervoiiod i.i
behalf of Ilia Portland cjimubcr ot
commerce, stating that the proposed
reductions would work an injustice
to Ashluiid, Grants 1W, Rosoburg
and olhor Orosoii eitios. On cross
examination, lie admitted that he
had not been employed by thee
towns, had not oven consulted thorn
and thai he only represented the rate
couiHiittuo of tlio Portland chninliei
of nomiuurce, which was mosth
composed of Portland jobhors.
SPENT $264,000 TRYING
TO DEFEAT RACE BILL
NIJW VOHK. Nv. 30. Tlmt Hi"
Joekey dub spent Jflt.000 for "'e
fll forvjeos" in fighting the Ilushos
nuti-nioolmok gambling measures
before tlio state iogirdntuo, iu addi
tiau to a $300,000 "slush fund" al
leged to linvo boea raised by the rn
iii interests, was lh testimony ot
witnesses lioforo Hie legislative n-voti-nting
committee here today.
'Boosters of State Are Enthusiastic
for Pear Show to Be Held in Med
ford Carey Makes Principal Ad
dress of the Day.
BELIEVE FIGHT
OVER PARTITION
OF PERSIA SURE
Turkish Diplomats Say They Arts
Certain Russia and England Will
Attempt to Gain New Territory by
Underhanded Method.
SAYS EAST HAS
SEEN READING OF
I
CAMPAIGN IN
PRODIGA
SOI
Ami Now, Having Consumed Their
Own Substance in Riotous Use
They Want Paternal Government
to Give Them Share of the West.
ENGLAND
MO
SALKM, Or., Nov. 110. A national
pear show to be held at Medford, Or..
in the heart of what is said to be
the greatest pear distiict in the
world, was heartily indorsed by the
Oregon Development league iu ses
sion here 'today. The committee on
resolutions also reported favorably
in the Panama exposition for San
Francisco.
G. F. Johnson of tlio Portland
Commercial club presided today and
the third day of the development
congress opened bright and clear
The delegates wcro lirst taken tor a
drive over the city ntul through the
fruit district in motor cars.
The principal address was by
Charles C. Carey, chief counsel ol
the Hill system at Portland, in fa
vor of a state bureau of liniiuigru
t ion. President Korr of the Agricul
tural college showed how thai slate
industrial school could he mado to
co-operate with commercial clubs iu
liomoling development of the com
munity. The Snlcm board of trade and cit
izens were remembered for the gen
erous hospitality. The congress con
"ludes this evening with a formal
'inmiuet at the Hotel Marion, which
s free to Iho delegates and visitors.
H which .'100 plates will ho laid.
Prominent citizons ;uvo a $10 plate
'unique! last night to Pi evident Fl-
iott and his parly.
PARTY LINES ARE
PASSING AWAY
So Says James J. Hill Voters, In
His Opinion, Aro Becoming Inde
pendent, Showing That Lahorinp
Man Is Tired of Buncombe.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Nov. .10.
'The recent election indicates beyond
doubt that party lines are being
gradually dissolved," is the opinion
exproftsod by J. J. Hill, who came t)
Washington recently for a confer
ence with President Tatt. "The vot
ers are becoming more and more in
dependent," continued the empire
builder. "There will bo no place for
the demagogue and tlio agitator iu
litis progress.
"Independence of thought in vot
ing is apparently not confined to
liiriiuo men. Tlio loxiilt of Novem
ber 8 shows that the laboring man
i thinking. The laboring man is
tired of buncombe and wauls some
thing moro definite thuu campaign
CONSTANTINOPLR, Nov. 30,
That Russia and England aro ondoav
orlng to secuio by undorlianil means
what they feared to obtain by force,
namely, tho partition of Persia, Is
the belief or Turkish diplomats to
day, mnny of whom privately express
the conviction thnt fighting over Per
sia cannot bo averted.
Hacked by tho triple alliance Tur
key does not proposo to bco Persia
divided, because of political and re
ligious reasons. Turkey opposed a
Husslan grab at Persia three years
ago. Recently sue massed Janlznrlos
on the Arabian-Persian frontier and
caused Knglnnd to hack down on a
Rlmllar attempt.
It transpires today that not only
wero Turkish troops mobilized on tho
frontier, but a strong Turkish forco
crossed Into Persia and occupied a
position near the small British land
ing parties on tho Porslau gulf.
Tho Diitlsh force was suddenly
withdrawn and this was Interpreted
ns meaning tlmt THiiglnnd did not
foci strong enough to ,dofy tho four
continental powers. It develops, how
ever, that England played a shrowd
game, as upon hor withdrawal the
vtgllunco of tlio opposing powers was
relaxed nud Hussla sent n strong
forco into Persia from tho north,
which solzed Umilahnnd Salinas.
It was learned today that this forco
Is merely an advance column of a
Russian army mobilizing north of
the Persian frontier awaiting a favor
able moment for an advance. Menu
whllo Russia and England renewed
that representations at Teheran for
the restoration of ordor In Persia.
Turkey and Germany aro not going
to bo again caught napping, say the
diplomats, and u a result tho great
est activity in the Turkish military
circles in many years has begun.
T
HITTER IN YEARS
Widespread Violence at Election
Rallies Testify to Intense Feeling
on Part of People 200 Policemen
Necessary to Protect Churchill.
HOM
E SEEKERS
SEND SCOUT TO
E VALLEY
ROG
OREGON APPLES
WIN GRAND PRIZE
CANADA WILL
PROTECT COAST
Laurier States That Canada's Naval
Policy Embraces Plan to Protect
Her Pacific Coast Against Invas
ion From Far East.
promises.
"Tlio figures
also feliow that the
negro is awakonjiig to his full re
sxnsibility and the necessity for
lining his head iu voting. I believe
.1 "nail iimny negroes voted tlio dem-ici-Htic
ticket, whii'h is a good indi
cation of their inilepontloiico oi
thought."
MINNESOTA GAINS
ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN'
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. .10.
The ceiisiu of the state of Venue
eo huh announced today by Direc
tor Dnrun as 2,817,080. Siinul
(nneotisly the imputation of the state
of Miuuesota is 2,075.008.
Tumiksmm's gain is 8.10 per cent
and the Mate will not ot an addi
tional eouKressmau under the rean
iKirtinniuont. Minnesota's gaiu i 18.5 per cent,
which entitles the stale to one ad
ditional representative in eongress.
The matter of nceomplliblng things
would have no difficulties, worthy of
the name. If one publication of a want
ad always hrocgtit what you wanted
OTTAWA, Oat., Nov. .'10. -Spunking
on Cauaija's mmi! policy
hefoio parliament Inst night, Sir
Wilfrid l.iiuriur declared Hint Hie
now nnvy was designed for Pacific
coast dofoiifco. llu had no fear Hut
Ihero ever would bo mi Invasion of
Eastern Canada, for such an invas
ion would be made only by the Unit
ed States. Witli Russia, .IiiMin and
China as neighbors of British Co
lumbia, however, the situation in the
Pacific was different. Tho premier
aid Canada must prepare a naval
dofcu on tli" Pacific.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Nov. :0.
Spenkhig before tho conference ol
governors on uniform laws nud oth
er matters here todny, Governor
Norris of Montana oujjiuctl his ideas
of conservation.
"It seems to us of tho wesf," he
said, "as though our bicthron of the
east had been re-reading the story
of the prodigal son. lluUng con
sumed (heir own substance in riot
ous use and abuse, thoy want tho
paternal government to make an
other divjijinn and assign them a
part of our patrimony,
"Let it be said emphatically thai
the people of (ho northwest enthus
iastically and strenuously advocale
the strictest conservation of natural
resources and that they do not dif
fer front the most ardent national
ists in principle, but they do diffoi
most radically in the method thai
should bo adopted to bring about the
enforcement of conservation."
Norris declared (but Iho policy ol
"holding iu the forest reserves land
far more valuable for agriculture
than for growing timber is a most
unprofitable use of the hind and tin
most unwise economy"
"Those who have blazed tho trail '
ho continued, "and have helped make
civilization, who havo made tho de
velopment of the west possible, lie
lievc tlmt thoy thciiiHo!os aic as ful
ly capable of protecting their herit
age iir aro tho people of other Mic
tions to do it for them. This is tin
sum ami substance of (he so-ciillon
dictrine of states rights. In claim
iug this right no ghosts of disloyal!
to the indissoluble union aro raisci1
from the graves wherein southon
hopes lie buried."
WETHER
MN
STILL SWITCHING
Promised Fair Weather Today, Bui
Changed His Mind and Sent Alontj
the Storm Clouds "Possible
Showers" His Prediction.
LONDON, Nov. ilO. Widespread
violence at election rallies continued
throughout Knglund nud Ireland to
day. Scores of meetings last nigh!
and today wero broken up, . the
speakers nud candidatCH egged ai',1
in some places attacked and bciitcn
Winston Churchill, soorotarv foi
homo affairs, was attacked several
times, and when ho spoko at Shef
field it was necessary for 200 police
men to form a hollow sipmro about
him to protect him.
Followprs of Redmond and
O'Brien in Ireland clashed ul ovary
meotiig scheduled.
The ct'iilral issue iu (ho election
is tlio virtual abolition of the house
.. 1 1. mi...
"l jittiiM. i mo conservatives niv
vainly endeavoring to drag in the
(piestiou ot tariff. Thoy have done
their best for ten years to stir up a
sentiment for "protection" and re
newed their cfforls recently when
threatened wit liciirlnilmoiit of their
privileges.
The libqrnls will not attempt to
eliininulo absolutely (ho hoiwo of
poors. As a concession thoy are,
willing (o ot the cliamber exist,' lint
withrtut the power to veto any legis
lation enacted by the people's repre
sentatives th0 house of commons.
Tho answer substantially of tho ior
ie. is Hint the abolition 'of 'the lords
ically is being attempted by. the Irish
nationalists with money furnished
l hem in the United Slntofl,
The principal concossipn that Iho
lords havo aunoiinoed a willingness
to make is a reduction of the mem
bers of the house of peers from (100
!o 200; (hat the peers bo allowed to
led 100 members o the newly oi
ganlzcd chamber mid the remaining
hundred to consist of members
elected generally.
Forty Wyoming Families May Lo
cate in Rogue River Valley If Geo.
V. Pike Says This Is the Place
Much Impressed With Valley.
Unless all plnns laid liy George
V. Pike of Casper, Wyo., prove a
failure, it colony of -10 WynmSng.
tamilles will laid homos tu Southern
Oregon, iu tlio early spring. Mr.
Pike, who is Iho advance agent oi
Iho hoinoR'okors, was in Medford
Wednesday morning, and wliilo he
refused lo give out any slateinciil
..it .1 .i... ... .... .
oiovr inaii mo j net nun no was
merely looking over lite country it,
the interest of those who sent him
and that divcrsifmd fanning would
lie followed Jy the oo1oiiis"Ih, lie let
drop the fad (ha! no loss thuu AC
families from his and m joining
stales mu v bo expected in tho spring
ns (heir coming rests with him nud
lie is much pleased with what ho Iiiik
found hero.
Mr. Pike will visit all sootitiiiH of
Iho Rogue River valley.
AT CHICAGO SHOW
Hood River Spitzcnhcrgs, n Com
petition With All United States,
Takes Premier Honors Oregon
Fruit Attraction at Land Show. -
ARRESTED; DJES OF
HEART FAILURE
OAKLAND. Cal., Nov. .'10.Mis.
Alice ClcniHliire, a prominent Porko
lav woman, nrrcstqd on a clmrgo of
obtaining goods udder false pro-
lenses, died fi'oiniif"aT(TV?rv'onica'rr
failure in (ho county jail hero to
day. Mrs. CloniKliiro was arreslid
Monday on a Warrant sworn to ir
Los Angeles, It was charged Hint
she had represented herself lo In
the wiTc ofa wealthy Sal! Lake Vit
business man ami had secured oi
approval $."00 worth of goods, leav
ing Ilic city without paving for Hioin
PORTLAND APPLE
MINING EXPERT
WORKING
HR
E
MUCH INTEREST IN GO
BETWEEN ATTELL AND MOORE
NEW YORK'. Nov. 30. - Allliuiub
die buttle does not carry with it Die
title of featherweight champion, to
night's mixnp belwcoii Abe AlteJI.
cliamiHon, and Pal Moore is the most
talked of event tlmt has been slauud
in New York sioeo tue dys of (he
old Horton law. The lads must at
13.1 pounds.
Should Moore wm from Ailed, h
nnnouocsd today that he will issue
a cbnllenjse to either Munui or Wol
ml. Hettintf an the oontost hjir.
bceu brink with the price even. At
tell is coiMHrded to be latcr. but
MiMire Mill inilweiu'li him at least
six Miiiiids.
It looks very much today as if the
wcalher man hud icmged on his
promise of fair weather for the ro
inniiidor of tlio week. "Possible
showers" is Ids prediction for loiu
and tomorrow.
It is highly evident that tin
weather mini doesu't know his own
mind. Ho smids along a snow stoim
and just as it got iiiturosliiiK h.
switched to a heavy rain. Then n
a jokor ho sent along a rare dH
Tuesday, givi.ug Southern Oiogou a
sample of hor uvular woalhor. Then
on (op of Hint he hits scattered u few
clouds about and sent out u warn
ing, 'possible shower.
For the first lime iu iniHitbsHt i
impossible to know what to oxpucl
iu the morning. Last uigh( it was
dear. This morning it looked very
much like rain. But he says "pos
sible showers," ami it will havo In
ko at (but.
DOC RYAN MEETS WITH
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT
A iwiuful accident occurred to
Deo Ryan of Ryan & Brown, at 0
o'clock Wednesday ul Hie Medford.
Mr. Rviui hud a call to Jim (ojuphouc
and In arising to ohov Iho onll he in
some manner swung the honvv safe
iloor which caught the tuiddlo fhtuor
of his right liaud, budly amaahbig
tho member. While it fa believed
that amputation will not bo hjcch-
ar, the accident caused Mr. Ryan
extreme Hum and will put him on!
nf i'oiumisr.i)ii for -nine weeks.
Wpll-Known Washlnuton Miner Sent
by Seattle Men to This District lo
Pass on Claims and Prospccls
Near Here.
A'. M. Bnrron, one of Iho host
known mining men of Iho .Mount Ba
ker district, and discoverer of the
Inmous rJurokii miiio, njnr Batloii,
Wash., which propoily was laiei
bonded io Charles I). Lane of Sun
Francisco, visited .Medford for a
short time Wednesday. Mr. Jtor-
ron, who hat been inslriiiiiuutiil in
finding prndieally all of ihu good
claims in Iho Slaje ciook and Ruby
creek districts, Mount Baker, Wnsh
iugton, has boon soul as an cxpcil
lo determine the vulue of mining
claims iu Southern Oregon, and his
judgment will delermir.o the dolin.
of many a claim. Some parties' iu
toresled near Hold Hill, Ashhuid ami
othtr points, whoso homes are iu He.
Altlu nud other Washington paints,
have oni ployed his services lo deter
mine Hie purchase or refusal of cer
tain nliniug properties which are
running pHe ads in the Scsllle and
Tacomn im'ptrs, and should his de
cision he iu favor of our mineral re
source, tlieio will be something go
ing on in mining elrel.
Mr. Barrou withholds the names of
all iwrties concerned, but will louder
a just account of all claims from
Ashland mine in Hrauts Puss.
The iii.xl.-rii More aims to milk
Hie housewife's rknppjug hauc rest
ful and interesting to her not
MircuiiouM and ni'iM"-wrecking. If
Ihi sln'1'H-r i no iid-rc,idrr, thin t
ennv lo do.
SHOW
ON
C. W. Wllmcroth of This City It
Amonji Speakers -Howard Elliott
President of Great Northern
Opens Show.
POltTLANU. Or., Nov. 110. -The
Portland uppb show wns opened to
day by Howard Kllinll, president ol
the Northern Pacifio milroml, lu the
.Majestic theater building.
Apples grown in every suction ol
the Pacilic northwest, Ciiliforiiiu iintl
in British Columbia wore on exhibi
tion when the doorv were thrown
open. The show will close Satunlnj
night.
A large crowd, which included
many apple-grjiwors, was present lo
hour Elliott and oilier well-kuowi
speakers who followed htm.
Dining tho pi ogress of the.show
addresses will be made daily lo
prominent business men and by sn
thoiities on tipples nud their eulture
Among (Imso scheduled to speak
are: Dr. B. N. Ilninin of 1ortlnud
Piofessor C. L. Lewis of the Ore
gon Agricultural college, Profensoi
W. S. Thoruherg, Washington Stutc
cojluga; A. B. Stubeiitaueh of tin
flepaitiueiil of agriculture, Washing
ton; C. W. Wllmcroth of the Rogiu
Itivur Fruit association, Medford
Or.; J)r. F. II. MeCurinnck, president
of the Kugene Fruitgrowers' associ
ation, unit II. B. Miller, Unite'
Stales consul at Belfast, Ireland.
Professor II. P. Van Deuiuu of
Washington, J). ('., will judge (lie p
de exhibits.
Fairbanks Guest of Taft.
.
WASHINGTON. I). C Nov. 30.
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana wib
be the guest of Prescient Taft iicn'
week. The announcement (hut the
former ice-prcsideot and scnutoi
from the Hoo-icr stale is shout In In-rM.-cii'd
iiitiin.iii'lv bv T.itt i- cm
HUT run-nil ruble piililii.it Mi-ip.
' CHJCAOO, 111., Nov. ,30,-Orogou
n'iiplort carried off Iho grand HweOp
alfikoM prize al tho Chicago land -,
show when C, II. Spronl of Ilood"
River won Iho oup ami $1000 for (ho
best carload of apples. This in Iho
same car of applca tlmt won tho
grand sweepstakes prizo at the mi
lional npplo show nt Spokane, aWsu.
This car of KpiUeiilvirgs wtia in
I'oinpolitioii wilh upplcs front all
sections of tho United Slules, nud,
considering the 1'uct tlmt they worn
Imnlod farthor nud- handled twice,
Ibis Ih a romnrkablo reciird. T
lipplcs scored 1107 pohjta out at n
posslfilo 3000 nt tho Spokaijo how'
and havo now captured two wrtrld'a
prizes. ' "
C. IT. Sprout oWiir tho Eldorndo
orchard nt Hood River, consisting
'if 'IO ncros, nud the prizowiiiiiiiig'ear
;viir (iiken from this orchard alone.
This or'liard is not under irrigation.
Mr. Sprout lma been offered nl
'uoHt fabulous Hums for vnriou.
'io.nc'3 of iho iirizowiiiiiing applet, but
;vill probably j-oll the cur iu one lot
to n commission bouse.
Oregon fruit and otller oxhibita ,
.rq attracting ntteiiHon Jjpm. thoij-
ands of people wlfo aro looking
westward and llio fact thai Hood
Klvnr apples havo wop Hie grand
nrizc meaiiH that llio tide of imiui.
rulioii will bo heavier tg Oregon
huu any other slate, judging from
ho comment hciird on all sides,
BANK
ROBBERY
IS REPORTED
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Is
Said to Have Dccn Taken From
the National Mlnlnn Bank of Salt,
Lake City.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. J10.-A
special from Biitlo, MouU litis ul'1
cnioon snya thai tho NulioiiitJ Mln-
ng bank of Salt Lalio Cll.y was hold
up nl noon today by ihrcy masked
neii, and It ir. reported that .flOu,
1100 was secured. Tim robbors s
enpod. FRENCH CAPTAIN IS
CHARGED WiTH MURDCn
PA HIS, Nov. .'IO. Cnptniii .Moy.
oior of (lie French unity, who is hi -ciised
of the murder of the Baiou
cs. Olivier in Ins lodging i Sniiir
I41Z1110 November 17, nud who n
s(iii)ood to have committed nnio! lo
afterward, was arrested here today.
Captain Mmicr was recognized :nid
eized liy detective. a he was on
leiiiiK the Qffices of (he ministry of
marine.
Tho discovery of (ho murder wtw
1 dranuitio affair. A. voluu on ilm
telephoi) adfised (he iwljco that Hie
womau'e body would bo found III,
Captain Moytder's room and Hiai'
Meyuier's body would bo found iu.
lie Seine. . Heforo thu umiiQ of the
iuformant could bo Wnmil Jjijj hi
ceiver was hung up.
DR. COOK CONFESSES
HE DIDN'T REACH POLE
NKW YORK, Nov. 30Al)r. Fred
erick A, Conk, tho Brooklyn o,iihiv
er, iu an article which will ho pulj.
Iwhed in Humpioii's Maguzinc, c,ioi.
fesaes he does not know wlielhor or
not he reached the uurtJi polo.
Dr. ('00k, who has been iu hiding
fur more than n year, linn informed
the iulilnr of the iniigazino tlmi lie
will rotiiru lo the United Stnton wilh
Ins wii and children December '2i
iu order to spend Christmas horn.
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