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BPWJT V it-, tf " w It I. ' '-y j j Work Begins This Week on Interurban Trolley Line THE WEATHER Continued stonns. i The Mauags of the JTUfa. White Fair weather. Blue Italn or snow. White and blue Local nhoweni lilack trlangulnr Above white, warmer; below white, colder. Whlto with black center Cold. SECTION ONE Medford Mail Tribune FIFTH. YEAR. SIXTEEN PAGES. MEDFORD, OR13GON, SUNDAY', JANUARY 15, 1911 TWO SECTIONS. No. 254. (Contracts Let for Two New Schools NEW TROLLEY BEWETORDRY? EXHIBIT B'lD'G J& J& ? J& J& J& ? & Each to Cost $33,000; Ivey Is the Contractor FOR GRANTS PASS TO CLUB av "i ji I Work Starts This Week On Con struction of Rogue River Valley Trolley Line Franchises for Which Were Granted John R. Allen. WELSH, NEW OWNER, IS THOUGHT HILL FORERUNNER Corps of Engineers Will Get Busy This Week antl Matter Will Be Hushed Will Be No Hitch. A ourlnr-d of lies arrived Saturday and two more are on the way for uo in construction of the Kogue Kivor Yi'.lloy Intorurbun troiloy line, fran chises for which weld granted John H. Allen a year ago, but which has recently been aciiiired by A. Welch, builder of troiloy lined in the Wil lamette valley. A corps of engineers will commence work at once Attorney S. V. 13eckwilh who is at the head of a local syndicate to whom Air. Allen assigns the irancliise, cou linucd the report that active con struction work would be begun this wcok. "It is true," he said, "that we have triMi-l erred to A. Welch ol Portland, control of tho trolley i'rnnchihes in Medford, Grants laiss and Ahhlaud. One carload of ties hns already uv rived and will bo laid down on .Mon day next. lOngineors will coinincnec "work at once. "Air. Welch is a man of huge ex pel ienco in the building of trolley lines, both in this state and the stale of Washington. He was largely in slrumentul in building the Oregon Electric line, and nt present controls several lines in Oregon and Washing ton. 1 feel that his interest in the franchises in this valley insures us a well equipped trolley road in the near-future." John K. Stevens, Hill's represen tative in Oregon, has acquired all 01 the trolley line.s so far constructed bv Afr. Welch and the general sup position is that Air. Welch is uctiiig here as a forerunner for the Hill in terests. FLORENCE GOFFE ASKS COURT TOR FREEDOM Papers in a suit for divorce were filed by Florence II. doffe ihroiit'li her attorneys, Neff and Al'ih, mt Wednesday MAN DIES ALONE FAR FROM HOME Papers Found On Body of George Bonus Who Died In His Lodgings On Oakdale Show That He Has Two Sisters In Chicago. Following a lingering illness of 111 weeks, Wallace G. Bishop, 7S yeuis old, a native of Jefferson county, it will bo Hi feet high. Tho first floor New York, but a resident of Hoguo Kivor valley sinco 1&2, died at his homo near Phoenix Friday. Doatu win due to a complication of kidnev mid bladder troublon. lie is survived by u widow, three horn, J. A., W. G. Bihhop of Phoenix mid Oinin Hifehop of E.u,tor, Cal.. and four daughters, Mi's. Nora Ktl&all of Kaslo Point, .Mr. J. A. Wright and Alias Ida BUhop of i'houni. and Mr. J. S. Owuns of Wellan. The fituaral wil take phieo from tht) homo Sunday afternoon and in -termeut will follow at tho Phoenix cemetery. PATHFINDER CAR HAS REACHED FRISCO SAN FKAXC1SCO. Cal., Jnu. 14 The Ohio pathfinder car, which made the l lip trom const to coast, over nu cntirel new route for automo bile, linked m San FruncUeo today shortly alter 1 o'clock alter uu e. ccedingU wet trip 1 he eoat. Case Deciding Future Fate of Sa loons There Will Be Argued This Week Before Judge Calkins In the Circuit Court Mulkey Gets Busy. CASE CERTAIN TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT Point Will Be Raised in Arguments On Demurrer In Cases Against Blind Piggcrs Now Pending. Whether or not Grants P:ss will remain' dry for the next two years or whether she will be wet as the citi zens voted on December ill, will be determined in a case to be argued be fore Judge Calkins this week. Tho decision will be carried to the su premo court and the important ques tion settled as to the construction ol the home rule nmondVent passed ai the November election modifying th,n operation of the local option law ol cities. Josephine county voted dry in No vember, but the citizens of Grants Pass felt that the amendment con ferred upon them the right to deler maii at once whether they could regu late t.heir own liquor traffic. In the Harrisburg case Attorney General Crawford .ruled that a wet or dry election could not bo held in a city in a county which had .just voted dry, and that the wording of the home rale amendment made it subject to Hie conditions of the local option law. which were that the issue could not coiim up for two years after an elec tion where the county had voted dry. District Attorney Mulkey holds the same view, and will endeavor to es tablish the fact that Grants Pass' election was held prematurely. The point will be raised in the ar gmunents on demurer to indictment in l.'l cases now pending before the circuit court wherein the defendant.', are accused of violating the local op tion law. The defendants have raised the point that since the local option law has been aiueiidci provid ing home rule for cities 'lie indict ments are not valid. The blind piggcrs under indictnienl arc G. D. Williams, Linn Martin ol Galice. Millard Hall, John Doc 1 lab bard, Fred Pilkin-iton, Dim Johnson J. F. Whitsctt and Fern West. One of the indictments against Wlllams is for selling liquor on Sunday and one of those against Fern We&t is for keeping a bawdy house. The defend ants arc represented by Attorneys It G. Smith of Grants Pass and W. A Caidwell of ltoichurg. T APPROVES BOND Board of Commissioners Passes On Surety Bonds of County Justices and Officers Sheriff's Tax List Received and Approved. The tax return for 1000 submitted by Sheriff W. A. Jones to tlyi county court at its last tossion showed taxes to tho amount of .flOO,4:)4.11 ac counted for. Of this amount, .fJ7, K10.51 vib delinquent on October i JUKI. Surely bonds of all the jus tices of the peace in Jackson county and those required by law to be filed by other county officers were passed on and approxed. WORKINGMEN'S LAW IS BEING CONSIDERED NF.W YORK, Jan. 14. A work inginen's law was the principal Mill ject boforo the national ciic feder ation today, although uinioim state luxation puru food, the luxation of corporation and uniform banking hanking law also were diseased in several paper that woro road. Col onel KooMovolt and Andrew Carnegie were scheduled to ddie. the meet ing today. P. Toeiunueh Sherman, chairman of the lege! cominittoo of the department of compensation for industrial worker, explained a law r o i which hi ilcparriueiil proposed. The 1 hiel objection, lio bald, to proponed I Slndicatc of Local Business Men Complete Arrangements to Buy Building and Turn it Over to Com mercial Club. OLWELL SAYS HE WILL SELL IT FOR $2000 Club Unable to Buy Say Directors Local Business Men Take Mat ter Up Success Follows. Unless unforscen developments o cur. Aledford's fatuous Kxhiliit build ing will be purchased by a syndicate of local business inu-- and turned over to the Medford Commercial club, .which will maintain the exhibits and use the structuro as headquarters for tho secretary of the club. This is made possible through the co operation of John D. Olwell, who built the building and has maintained it so creditably since, that for th past seven yearn it has been one ot the most effective advertisements ol Med ford and the Kogue Hiver valley and a model for many other commu nities in the northwest. The committee appointed by the Commercial club .secured a price ol .KloOO from Mr. Olwell for the exhib it building. The proposition to pur chase was rejected by the directors of the club, who held that the club's linan's at this time did not warrant such an investment. When the club dropped the proposition, a committee of business men took the matter up with Air. Olwell, who stated that he desired to co-operato, as he had al ways done in the past, in any effo.t deemed desirable for the welfare of Afedford.. and if the time had come, when it was thought best that the community should acquire the build ing, ho stood ready to meet it hall way, even to the extent of personal sacrifice, and would sell lor $2000. A committee of real estate men volunteered to finance the purchase and turn the building over to the Commercial club, and upon theso terms, arrangements are being made to close tho deal. It is figured that the rental now paid by the club for quarters will pay for the maintain mice of (he building mid exhibits, while the semi-monthly meetings ol the club can be held at the city hull or some other public building. No ar rangements for lighting the btructiuv have been made, but it is hoped that I lie Kogue River Kleclrio company will make some concessions to the club. Acquisition of the exhibit building by the Commercial club will settle a long drawn out contention between real estate incut, who have for some years contended that the exhibits should bo controlled by the club. The building was built seven years ago by Air. Olwell, who originated the idea and secured from personal friends, contributions to erect it Since then ho has maintained it in i amiinre to reflect credit upon him self and the community. ANOTHER COUNTY TO BE INVESTIGATED PORTSMOUTH. Ohio, Jnu. II.- i.. : i- ...: ..it.,. ....I .,i,.,.i!.... All IIIYCSIlgailOII Ol lllii:u uiui'iiuii frauds iu Scioto county similar to one recently held iu Adams count ', was announced today by Judge Blair and County Prosecutor Howard Small. A special grand jury to heur en timouy in tho investigation will meet Wednesday it was said. Tho investi gators declared that conditions in Scioto county at the election hist November wan ok bad as iu Adams county whuro more than 1200 indict ment for fraudulent voting wor re turned. inonf.il res, was a intention of cousli tutiouaty. Tho committee, he )aid, taking (hie into consideration, de elded to limit tho proposed law to one involving hazardou occupations. "The leal comtitutrniinl danger," ho inid. "i that a law limited in application to the more hazardous occupations might bo held as offend ing another constitutional pioii.-i foihcddiug unreasonable dicriiniu tion beta ceu jier.ous and cbibe." t'i!tS8ifvt i r' -V a vVVrfWb-fc.. ' 4fs- r , "s" 4,PVte-pJl&s. ' sJ.lin . Utr m B 2ZI fi i- y if va""f sSL iVm 9f fl f s5 9 1kIik iB-jcS. fr JBc. W r i . 'If j t if -i :, fr?l vL'W WW1 W lit IB ilPNWP'n t ijU'Vv ' 1 C '9 H , Wis aHfiil wtm. "3 Til ) 31 - i.-Vi "t i R J 1' tlptjWI ( lit II b iQ -- M 11 m iH i hiutfim 's II ill n- w m S3 of IffllH H lliBS The Above Cut Is Rcprotlticcd From the Plans for Metlfortl's GIRL SAYS SHE WAS OFFERED 1 000 TO KILL SCHENK ASSESSMENT SET 1FE PRAYED EOS BY STATE BOARD1 HUSBAND'S DEATH Taxable Property Owned By Corpor ation in Jackson County Placed at $4,033,315.00 By State oBartl of Equalization Nets Big Returns. Taxable property", to tho value of .tl,0:i.'l,:U o.OO i owned by corijora tious operating within the boundaries of Jackson county, according to the ciinli.atinfi htatcments l'iinii-liul Comity Clerk William If. Coleman by the htate tax coinini&Monor Satur day. The.sc ligurcs include the valua tion for taxation purpose "placed lv the county on railroad properties of all descriptions; power plants, dams, transmission line', teclgrnph and tel ephone companies holding; and roll ing stock owned by the Pullman Car coinpany, express eoinpuuicH, tank cars, etc., operating through this county. , The' highest taxpayer in Jackson county in the Southern Pacific rail road, or a., the company appears on the records, tin California,, and Ore gon Railway company. The assiW'd valuation of Pic holdings of ihis cor. poralion.in ibis county is $;i,r(l'J,(i."iO. This makes if.)l,(i(() for every mile of track, The next highest b. the Kogue Hiver Klectric company whose high tension lines alone are assessed ut .f 71,. "578. The dniii and power house owned by the -nmo uompaiiy at Gold Ifnv is valued at JJS'PJ.OOI). Tl.o Pacihc Telephone and Tele trrupli compi'ii io ailjudged woilh .f ioH.oo:t. The other principal corporations doing biisiucs in thirt county with their as'.e scd valuation aie: The Hoguo Rivir Valley railroad, .$J7,7'J0; the P, & H railroad, $(18,040; West ern I'nion Tchgrilph company, :r'20,. .')!)(), and thi' 1 tslal Telegraph and Cable coinnui". 88'J0. ON SKINS OF LYNX Count v Clerk W. II. Coleman paid $0 in ici.lp bounties Salurdav. IHuiviv, Hall, who brought in the ttkiuu, imported that lie hud nhot the anitnulh two l.snx and ono giev wolf, near Uiu linadttiitor of Little Apple gate. Tho boiiuli on Lvtix if $2 while ' i. paid hi the county for ?oy wolves. If tho patronage of th roador i' this newspaper i impoilunt Io io. 'mako'vour spire adverlixiug import limt to TIIIvM. , v; , -7,:'t h Detective Nurse Gained Woman's Confidence and Found Out Plans for Doing Away With Millionaire Mrs. Schenk Is Not Worrying. WIIKKUNd, W. Va Jan. 14. Dcclaring that Mrs. Schenk had of fered her $1000 to kill her husband, .Miss Kluoru Zoecklcr, on the witness stand today detailed a conversation with tho woman accused of poisoning! her husband, John C. Schenk, iu!f t kH during a cpinrrel with which she said the deal was nronosed. ! Charles HobliiHon, a tr.-your-old boy, The conversation came, Miss Zoeck lcr, known as ".Mrs. Klein, the dotee-tive-uursc," alleged, when she wus iu the hospital and when Mrs, Schenk had come to visit her husband. The girl, who war. the alar witness tor the state, admitted firat that she had been hired by a detective agen cy to work on the" Schenk case, and told of going to the hospital, whore sjio talked with Mrs, Schenk and gained her confidence. Prayed for Ills Death. During a conversation in which Mrs, Schenk said she wished hur husband were dead, the uurmo testi fied, hIic asked tho woman why she did not kill him herself. "Mrs. Schenk i.uiil Io me," Mits Zocckler testified. 'I pray nightly that I may bu culled mid (old that uiv hiiMband i dead. Sometimes I feel us though 1 could kill him.' 1 said io her, 'why not try it'' "She looked ut me a moment and then replied: 'Would you, if you were mo'' then, u snuond later she added, 'what would you take to kill him for mo' "J Raid, '.f.'iOOO.' Shu said h. could only give me $1000. I told her that win not much for the job, but finally I agreed. I aftkod her to make u contract, but uhu lionituted. 1 told her I wanted enough money to gel out of thu country. She ploaded with mo not to think of that, pro tecting 'Ihoy'll Hiispeot mo.' " "('ivo Mini Stuff." Tho "doted ivo-nurso" mi id Mi. Schenk had akud her to ghu Sehonk "tiift." Slitf iNkad th de fendant, klio teiftifiiyl, what he ineaat by 4liiff." "Poinon," Mr. Sehunk raiiliod, the witiKMH lefclified, "I e.xproiisod thv fr lliut I niiglil bo caught," Mi Zoeuklor continuud. "Thu defendant poohpoohod the idea and suKKPtod that I put "dun" iu (he medicine on the table beside tin bed. I aked her how she cmild dissimulate after her huhaudV death. 'Oh l.ord !' she ii-phcd, Td III' -o hlllillN that I could dl It (I'oiUlniu il on I'ugt- I j j . rrYTff"lMMraHr Two New School Buildings. jASSAULT VICTIM STILL BREATHES Assailant Held In County Jail In Default of $5000 Bail Pittman Has No Chance for Life Say At tending Physicians. Still hovering between llfo and death, and without having regained coiiHcImiHucRB since first admitted to tho Southern Oregon hospital hint Tuesday morning, Sidney I'lttmnn, who HtiHtulnod a compound fructnro continues to hattlo agaliiHl the Orhn Konpor for possession of the tiny Hpark of life loft iu bis body. Tho hoy responsible ror tho Injured man's condition and who claims that ho struck I'lttman down with a shov el only after tho latter had drawn a knife and attempted to stall him, Is held a prisoner In tho county JalV, In which place ho wus hold by Justice or tho I'oaco O. O. Tijylor In default or K'000 bull. From HoIiIuhoii'h mother, now cm ployed In a downtown rooming house, the police learned Unit l'lttmau has a sister, a Mrs. Ida La liar, living In lOvanston, III., but telegraphic com munication with that city has so far fnllod to elicit any word from her. Itohlnson ndmlttod Btrlklng tho blow, hut told tho police that ho W(M1(l JllHtlfy MmMt nt tjio proper time. IIo HtlU maintains thnt Hu man forced lilm to hla action and holds to hlH original story of having been with his mother In her lodgings on South Ciiapo street when l'lttmau camo In and abused him. NEWS AGENT OUT OF JAIL ON BAIL li .WutMon, train imw njiont on Pie Soullioni Paeilic railroad, arretted oorly hint week bv Deputy Sheriffs on a oJiarge of helling ohcuuo litera luro, vei reloiued Weduesdav on .'i()(l bail Hi eanu will come up bufortt the next session of tho grnd jury. Tho ne.t dozen elasifiod ads you aonuiuitod will a dozen lihasos wheh yon uiwwor, will probably got ydu acquainted with' a dozen phases of. tin, city' lifo thnt you never en countered before. II vmi trn Liir.k tli ,i fr vmii clnrn nP. fnis. Imtir.r vnlniiu Hum nnv nltmr in I w.,i I.m, l,i nn.mlK. tn in Mini il it I belter ndvorliscd. MUSI BE READY FOR USE BY AUGUST 15TH Gnrnett-Corey Hardware Company Will Do Plumbing Ode On West Jackson, Ono In Queen Anne Will Bo Modern Fireproof Build Inns of Brick and Concrete Will Accommodate Four Hundred Pupils Tho school board Saturday, award ed the contractu for the construction of tho Queen Anno and Jackson boulevard schools to Alfred Ivey, a local contractor. The plumbing and heating of the two new buildings, however, was awarded to'the Gnrnett Corey Hiirdwffro company. The estimated coot of the schools, when completed, will be $X),000 each. According to the contracts the build iiigs will be completed throughout with the exception of tho upper or second floor iu each building, the in terior work iu which will bo allowed to go until n later date when the rooms on those floors will bo needed. The plaits provide for modern fire proof buildings of brick and con crete. When finished they will ac commodate 400 .pupils, and will, inso far us possible, he identical, Thoy will be two Htorios high and built with a surface basement the floors oi which will bo built ore foot lower than tho street lovel. Every endeavor will he made to make the buildings us at tractive as possible and when fin ished thoy will be furnished after the "micsion" style. in the bnseniontrt will he three rooms and a gymnasium. Tho ceil ings of these will bo 10 foot 0 inches high except in the gymnasiums wheio it will be 10 feet High. The first floor will have five class rooms and will be Kl feet from floor to ceiling, Hotii will Ijc 70x105 feet. The Queen Anno schooj will he built facing laiplley avenue with the main entrance iu the center. Tho other school will fnce Jackson houlo- viml. v Work Will bo started on (hem as soon as jho weather permits. Thoy miis-( bo QoiiipIet"d and ready for oc cupancy by August 15.. MEDFORD CAT IS A WINNER "Flying Fox" Entered at San Fran cisco Cat Show hy Mrs. Paul Jan n ey Is Almost Certain to Win a Prize. SAN FHANCISCO, Jan. 14. Fly ing Pox, u silver, male, long haired cut entered by Mrs. Paul Jon- uov of Medford, CJr., enpliircd.tliu' trophy as second iu the show ' being made by fancier at iho show of Uio Pacific Cat club thnt opened Friday in Sun Francisco. Judge A. Fiiirluud of Quimby, Out, litis not fiuiUied his work, but the club members me enthusiastic over Flying Fox, who U pointed out to all visitors us the stellar attraction. Turk May Meet Pole KANSAS CITY. Jan. 1 4. Youssof Mnhmout, Iho Turk, was today of fered n $0000 pursq to wrestle Zyby szsco, the Pole, Mnhmout disposed of Demetrul, tho Greek cltnuipiod, hero last night easily, Ho won lw contest with a loo hold in 25 iuiu- i nil's Hi'met nil cliffnynd n sni'ithiiMl ankle and was unublo to continue. -i M gfrliy1L 'i1! "'"" V'J TlTMBiifiV s 'PE'uKI