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MMDJFORD, OKKOON, SUNDAY, l)KCMLMlil01l 18, 1910.
NO. 230
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DISTRICT RICH
CENTRAL POINT
Assessment of Central Point School
District Is Over $ 1 ,000,000, Aside
From Assessment of Railroad and
Equipment.
Natives of West Africa Clash With
French Troops; Hundreds Slaughtered.
MINERS .SAFETY
GAME LAWS
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No Chance Now to Reach Miners in,
Tumiel No. 2 of Lydcn Mines
Commissioner Urges Safciiuardinn.
of Other Mines.
DENVER, Col.. Dec. 17. All hope
of rescuing alive the ten miners en
tombed In tunnel No. 2 of the Ley
don mine was nbandoned today, when
the first division of oxygen-helmeted
searchers returned to the surfneo nnd
reported that they had failed to find
tho imprisoned men.
A relief corps that followed the
first division then set out to explore
the extreme right wing of the mine,
the only part of tho tunnel that the
searchers Minvo not yet reached. At
0 o'clock this morning the men had
been entombed 02 hours.
State Labor Commissioner Brake,
who has been Investigating the Ley-
den explosion, today predicted that
others of tho samo kind would follow
In mines in this vicinity within the
next six months unless radical steps
are taken to safeguard against it.
v" IK "There will bo more explosions nnd
v' more dead miners unless something is
Fdpne," said tho commissioner. "Tho
Colorado Fuel and Iron company's
mines at Hastini's. Sntiris nnd Eiicle-
"Kvflle. it is my belief, are In partfeu
Mtirlj bad shape, and 1 think explo
sions will occur there unless ladical
measures are taken to safeguard the
5'. men."
D'S INCOME
IS 1119 A MINUTE
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. John D.
Rockefeller's Standard Oil Income is
$170 a minute, according to tho quar
terly dividend of 10 por cent amount
ing to $10,000,000 on nil the stock
which has been authorized by the dl-
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rectors. It was estimated today that
Rockefeller slnco $18S2 has received
$180,000,000 In Standard Oil dlvl-
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ilcnds in addition to $100,000,000,
his equity fn the profits of the con
cern, since lasz tlio company litis
'JOHN
WUtlsburscd $709,812,G20 out of Its
.''profits of $1,120,4 12,001,, leaving a
: surplus of $! 19,679, 111.
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To understand l'cnl estate condi
lions and values in this citv one must
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'stuilv real estate ndortising nnd
i" 'SI'" 1""' investigate advertised prop-
tyaJuTTii's. For tlio advertising columns
'.ToKthih paper uro the textbooks ot
nljlwho really study real estate, and
ho shilling of cciitiT.s of nctiit
and (lie rise and fall of values.
State Warden Would Prevent Slaugh-
tcr of Deer, Elk and Ducks Also
Recommends Closed Season for
Trout on Rogue River.
Laws which would moro stringent
ly regulate tho killing of deer, elk
and ducks tiro urged by It. O. Ste
venson, state game and forestry war
den, in his annual report Just trans
mitted to the governor and covering
the operations of his department up
to December 1. ,
Warden Stevenson declares the '
open season on doer should be closed
on October 1 instead of November
1 nnd ho would also make the owner
or persons having charge of any dogs
found pursuing deer guilty of a mis
demeanor. He snys this would put a
stop to running deer with dogs and
then making tho plea that tho dogs,
had got beyond control.
"There is a widespread feeling, In
which I Join," says Stevenson, "that
tho present penalty providing for tho
killing of nn elk, the most splendid
of our gamo animals, Is not suffl-
clently severe, and I would rccom-
mend that tho law be so amended
thnt the unlawful killing of any elk
oe punished by Imprisonment."
Reaver have multiplied so rapidly
in some localities that their depre
dations have caused injury nnd an
noyance, says tho report. The war
den says he believes It advisable to
remove the protection for one year.
"The present limit on killing ol
ducks is not to exceed UK In any con
secutive cevenu dnys," says tho war
den. "This Is too high. It permits
a veritable slaughter of theso splen
did game fowls, and I earnestly urge
tho limit be reduced to 25 In seven
consecutive days and that no persons
be permitted to have In his posses
sion moro than tho killing limit at
one time. I recommend further that
It bo lawful to sell ducks In the open
market at any time when It is law
ful to kill."
Laws providing a trout season on
the Rogue river, regulating tho fish
ing of snlmon trout in general and
preventing night fishing on tho Co
qulllo river are urged.
There Is $55,107.31 In the gnme
protection fund, uiid tho warden re
ports that under the law ho Is unable
to spend any part of this sum for
trout hatcheries, which are desired.
Ho recommends amendment of, the
law In order to permit this.
Salo of Chinese pheasants raised
In captivity has been satisfactory, it
lb reported, atld recommendation is
mado that this provision bo extended
to all gamo birds during the closed
season nnd to dcor and all other cdl
blo gamo animals.
Tho summary of arrests during the
Will be enjoyed most by the families who live in their
We have furnished the material for most of the homes
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I'nrls Is excited over the fact that i-'rencli troops have been In a number of serious engagements with natives
of West Africa During November, according to cablo it-ports, tho French had three bitter lights, ono battlo ro
suli lug l.i the killing of COO natives and the killing and wounding of many French soldiers. Several garrisons aro
loported surrounded by tribes. The wur department in Paris has cabled for complete details, but no answer Is ex
pected before the last of December. In the meantime more troops are being sent to Africa. The French war do
part,ment has about concluded that a strong force must be bent to tho scene of thu long drawn out conlllcts nnd tho
unlives, who. lime objected to French rule, brought to terms once and for all.
year shows that a totalof 280 cases
wero prosecuted mid fines totaling
$10,055 levied. Thero were only sev
en acquittals and flvo cases dismiss
ed. Six hunters were sont to Jail.
Most of the inefficient workers gel
their joha through tlio "influence of
fiiends" and most of the eflicieut
ones through the purely !iiihine-.s
method of wuiit advertising. iMo-t
employes understand this- so it's
"citing harder all the time to sccire
n good job through "influence."
BIG TACQMA STORE
WIPED OUT BY FIRE
TACOiMA, Wash Dec. 17. Over
whelmed by tho Iohh of their big
apartment store at Fifteenth street
and Pacific avenue, which was wiped
out by fire about midnight, Just as
tho store was beginning to fool the
heavy Christmas rush, Thonins and
James McCormnek of McCormnck
Brothers woro unnblo definitely to
stato what they future plans would
be. The loss practically la comploto
and excopt for u fow thousand dol
lais' woith of siock in tho warehouse
the business of thu firm was com
pletely wiped out. Tho stock was
partially Insured. Tho Iobs will bo
above $100,000 and $10,000 on tho
building.
Tho cause of tho flro Is not known.
Wireless Is Employed to Get Racing
Tip Farmer Becomes Suspicious
and Went to the Authorities With
tho Story.
LOS ANflKLES, Cut., Dec. 17.--County
officers today tiro investigat
ing what Suundcrs Williams, n
Santa Paula rancher, declares to he
ti modern adaptation of tlio nnciont
nieetraeU. wire-tapping game, and
which ho alleges is operated through
u wireless station at Hedondo Hench.
As n result of Williams' charges,
William Laeey and .lames Martin
were nrrestcd under thu "confidence
operator" clause of the vagrancy
statute, and Lacey was sentenced to
six months in jnil, following his plea
of guilty.
Williams told the authorities thai
soon after his u nival in Los Angeles
for n vacation lie met Lacey, who
proposed n trip to Hedondo beach.
On the way to the bench, ho said,
Laeey told, him of ti system ho hnd
evolved of getting rnco' tips via
wireless, nnd later took him to the
room where tlio apparatus was in
stalled. "I mado several hots on the
strength of tlioso tips," snid Wil
liams, "and always won. Finally I
bet .foOO, giving n draft for the
amount. 1 won again, and then the
men insisted thnt I should go to a
bunk with them nnd prove- that the
draft was nil right before they paid
me. I bcptuno suspicious and went
to tho nutliorities."
Martin pleaded not guilty when nrr
raigncd with Lncey. His trial wai
sot and he was released on .$."500 bail.
GREAT SEALSKIN SALE
IS ON IN LONDON
VKTOHIA, Doc. 17. Tho seal
skin sale held ycslcrdav tit Lamp
sou's, in Loudon, tit which ho total
cutrh, over MOO skins, of the Vic
toria pelagic fleet, the United States
catch of 12,000 from tho l'ribyloff
rookeries nnd catches of locally, own
ed schooners in the South Alluntie
and Antarctic, about 10,000 or 17,
000 pelts in till, wero offered, showed
no advance in the price over Inst
year, according to advices received
hero today.
In fact, tlio general nvorngo will
slut va decline in the price of the
Horiug .sealskins, and there was a
l'alliiig-off of 30 por cont in tlio
price of tho South Sen seals. Tito
average ptico brought by tho Iloring
sea seal skins was .fUS per skin; last
year the majority of thu skins
brought $28 nnd $:!().
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Medford Mull Trlbuno want nth
bring results.
own homes.
in Medford.
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CENTRAL TOINT, Or., Dec. 17.
Outsldo tho assessment on railroad
right of way, depot and groundB, roll
ing stock and other accessories, as
well as telegraph nnd telephone with
in tho district boundaries, tho assess
ed valuation of proporty within tho
confines of tho Contral Point school
district amounts to the snug sum ot
$1,099,211, as repotted to School
Clerk Jacobs recently by W. R. Cole
mnn, county clorlc. This Is consider
able Increase ovor any past assess
ment and Insures tho mnterlnl wel
fare ot tho school kids for tho next
year or so.
Jackson county proper la rapidly
ndvnnclng in vnluo with each passing
year, which fact makes nil of us look
pleasant nnd smllo sweetly when wo
pay taxes.
Brokers Suspend.
NKW YORK, Dec. 17. Tho sus
pension of tlio brokerage firm of
Judsoti & Jiulsou was announced
today on tlio stock exchange. Tho
firm was esttiblislicd in 11101 and tho
principal members tiro A .M. Jud
son, George 1'. Judson nnd Percy
Sherman.
MADE GREAT FLIGHT
ACROSS RIVER PLATA
BUENOS AYRES, Dee. 17. Thnt
Aviator Cattaneo's flight across tho
Plata river was as hazardous as ono
ncross tho English channel Is tho
opinion of aviation enthusiasts hero
today. It took Cnttnneo two hours
ind 20 minutes to fly over tho river.
This Is n considerably longer tlmo
than Latham consumed In crossing
tho channel.
Catttinco flow from Buonos Ayrca
to Colonln. n dlstanco of 24 miles. Ho
oncountored strong headwinds, which
accounts for his clow tlmo.
CHICAGO, 111., Doc. 17. "Sid"
Mi.llio. head of tlio alleged Chicago
bucket shops, which woro raided on
Thursdny by ordor of tho lcdorai
authoritioH, surrendered himself to
day into custody. Ho gave 10,000
bonds and vvus released. Mcllio was
supposed to bo in Florida and an of
ficer with a warrant for his arrest
already had slarled for Tampa.
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