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THE WEATHER
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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i which hi ilcparriueiil proposed. The
1 hiel objection, lio bald, to proponed
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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.-
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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.
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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
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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.
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