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Medford is the Best City in .the State Says John M. Scott
Medford Mail Tribune
BANK CLEARINGS
TODAY-
$44,576.71
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and tomorrow.
The Meiing of the Tint.
White Fair weather,
llluc -Italn or snow.
White and blue Local showers
Black triangular Abovo white,
warmer; below white, colder.
White with black center Cold.
FIFTH YEAR.
JNEEDFORD, OREGON", FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, .1911.
No. 259.
REGULATION OF
SALOONS PLAN
OF CITY OADS
k Model License Law Is' Being Draftr
cd Which Will Put Local Booze
r ... ... .
vendors Under Much Stricter
Supervision.
ALL SCREENS AND CARD
TABLES PROBABLY GO
New Ordinance Will Probably Be In
troduced at Next Session of
Council Early Closing
The innyor niul members of the city
council are working upon n model
license law, which is being designed
fur the purpose of more strictly reg
ulating Medford saloons, Tho mem
bers of the council are consulting
with various business and profes
sional men in tho city and giving
the mater a great deal of thought, in
all probability tho new ordinance will
bo presented at the next session ot
the city council.
Three points in particular arc be
ing given much consideration. One
is for an earlier closing hour, one
does away with card rooms and ta
bles and one provides that all screens
shall be removed.
Jn tho opinion of many who have
given the matter thought, it will bo a
decided change for tho betcr if the
barrooms of tho city close at an
earlier houh than at present. In
all probability tho saloons will be
forced to closo either at 10 or 11
o'clock in tho evening whereas they
close at L o'clock now and at 12 o
Saturday nights.
Card rooms, chairs and card play
ing will probably bo eliminated, as
these are sahl to constitute consider
ablv to drunkenness and 'loafing in
saloons.
All screens nro to bo removed with
the execcption of those five feel
in height which will prevent children
looking into barrooms. Hut above
five feel in height tho view must br
unobstructed.
The details of the law have nol
n ,cl been fully agreed upon but
I he councilmcn feel that the saloon
should he more rigidly regulated and
are working toward that end.
NEW RAILROAD IN ALASKA
TO BE OPENED SOON
RFATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20 Ac
cording to advices from Cordova to
day, tho Copper Hivcr railroad
Alaska's greatest system will be
opened on March lf, the dato orig
inally set two years ago when the
roast ruction work began to assume
material proportions.
Only fl" miles of track now re
main lo be laid into Kcunecott, the
terminus of tho line.
Grading into Konnocott is practi
cally completed and rail laying i
being pushed by day and night
crews.
California Girl Meets Kaiser.
PER LIN, Jan. 20. Mrs. Dartimo
itch,"wil'o of tho Russian consul gen
eral here, who was Miss Jonos ot
dhiornia, today enjoys the distinc
tion of being among the feww Ameri
c.'iis who linvo intimatoly conversed
with the kaiser. Mrs. Dartimovitch,
Mtli her daughter, was presented at
1 t night', drawing room and for
sm minutes talked with the om
pci "SIMPLE' LIFE" TOO
The bring that she preferred a
f-treii mil-, business existence in Med
i.nd t. a Quiet and Simple Lifo in
A-tit.iiifl, Mrs. J. L. Stone, who, nf
tcr pur.h.tsing a carload of funii
i hi nvif a weak ago went from
M dt.inl to the latter city to onibnik
in t!..- lmtel business, roturaed and
WiU n-opi-a the rooming house at 10
V'lth (ir.iie street which sho for
um i ran.
Mi.- piiivhiiMtl tho old Vendome
b i in A-hlund but only remained
tin ii- -eveu days,
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CARNEGIE GIVES MORE
TO ENDOWMENT FUND
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. An- ""
" drew Carnegie today announced
the addition of .MH.OOO.OOO Jo "t
"" the Carnegie Institute endow-
"" ment fund. This makes a total
of $2f),000,000. Tho addition
" wns made, ho said, beenuso the
"" work of the institute had been
unexpectedly satisfactory.
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II 60.000 LOSS
Willamette Still Steadily Rising but
Weather Bureau Says It Will Soon
Fall Dozen Homes Are Washed
Away.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20.
Flooding of tho lands along th0 up
per reaches of the Willnmolto river
have practically removed all possi
bility of a bad flood in tho vicinity
of Portland and though tho high wat
ers and rains combined have caused
an estimated damage of $00,000 in
Portlnnd and its suburbs it is believed
today that but littles further harm
will result. Tho Willamette is still
rising slowly but the weather bureau
predicted today that it will soon
begin to recede. A few of the lower
docks nre flooded. '
Reports from Oregon City indicat
ed that the paper mills, endangered
yesterday, are now safe.
It is believed that the crest of the
flood will strike Oregon City some
time this afternoon and Portland this
evening.
The heaviest damage sustained
from flood waters in tho vicinity of
Portland was at Lents, a suburb.
Johnson creek, a tributary of the
Willamette river, overflowed its
banks and earned away a dozen
homes and rendered ovor two scoie
persons temporarily homouess. The
damage was estimated at .$-10,000.
TO INVESTIGATE
ASYLUjHEXPENSE
Bowerman In Senate Attacks Pres
ent Asylum Regime Says Wan
ton Extravagance Has Held Sway
of Late.
SALEM, Or., Jan.20. It Is i rob-uble-that
a ilomaml will bo made for
an Investigation of tho administra
tion of Dr. L. 13. Stelaoi, superin
tendent of tho Oregon Incnno asylum,
as a result of the outburst In tho son
ato yesterday afternoon, when Sena
tor Boworman attacked tho present
asylum regime and charged that wan
ton oxtrnvaga'neo obtained since Stoni
er took control. In an Interview
Stolner admitted that tho cost of op
erating the asylum Is high or than It
has been previously, but ho excused
himself by assorting that tho "higher
cost of living Is responsible"
Bowormnn's speech was delivered
In upholding his action in appointing
Dr. J. D. Plamondon as suporlntond
of tho Eastern Oregon branch asylum
whllo ho was acting governor. Pla
mondon was removed by Govornor
West immedlf.toly nftor West was
Inaugurated, as was expected by both
Howerman and Plamondon.
Bowerman nssortod that tho cost
of caring for tho asylum patients has
Incrensod practically ono-third since
Stolner took charge, and that whllo
ho was acting govornor he was com
pelled to tell tho asylum superintend
ent that ho would havo to cut down
his oxpenses materially.
In support of his contentions Bow
orman read a largo numbor of vouch
efs which showod among othor things
that 112,000 had boon spent in com
pleting tho farnlehlng of two physi
cians' cottagos for which tho legisla
ture appropriated $7500. Wlno
glassos, automobllo up-keep mounting
Into tho hundreds, oxpansivo walnut
furniture, Into curtains and valuable
rugs, all figured In tho vouchers as
read off on tho sonato floor.
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PORTLAND
MEDFORD TO BE
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Camping and Maneuver Grounds
Containing 126 Square Miles, Is to
Be Set Aside Within Crater Lake
National Forest.
PACIFIC & EASTERN WILL
CROSS GROUNDS WANTED
General Maus Makes Request Follow-
lowing Exhaustive Examination
Made Late In Summer.
In order to establish a camping
ground for tho troops assigned to tho
department of tho Columbia, tho sec
retary ot war and tho department of
tho interior aro in communication
relative to tho turning over to tho
army of a, territory of 12 G square
miles now a part of tho Crater na
tional park and the Crater Lake na
tional forest.
Brigadier General P. II. Maus,
commanding the district of tho Co
lumbia, visited tho site of tho pro
posed camping ground last year and
it is believed that tho present nego
tiations nro tho outcome of his rec
ommendations.
Tho territory embraced In tho pro
posal consists of townships 30, 31,
32 and tho northern half of 33 south,
In rango C east, and It comprises lGxC
miles of tho Crater national park
and 7xG miles In tho national forest.
Tho location at tho headwaters of
Klamath lako and on Soven-Mllo and
Anna crcoks will, when tho P. & 13.
railroad Is completed through thore,
place tho grounds In direct proximity
to Medford. This, together with tho
establishment of proper frolght rates,
will mean that Medford will not only
become tho largest Jobbing center,
with tho exception of Portland, In
Oregon, but also a supply base for
tho army.
Considerable talk of establishing
tho camping ground on tho Indian
reservation near Klamath Palls was
made prior to tho visit of Gonoral
Maus to tho alto at present unjlur
advlsomont, but slnco that tlmo no
mention of such a move has boon
made.
Tho soloctlon of tho local slto will
mean that tho soldiers stationed at
tho encampment will, upon tho com
pletion of tho P. & 13., como to Med
ford to spend their leave of absence
This foaturo alono promlsos tho
monthly circulation of large sums of
money la the city.
MIKADO TAKES
SEVERE ACTION
Demands That His Ministers Keep
Their Places Action Is One of the
Most Momcntuous In the History
of the Japanese Empire.
TOKIO, Jan. 20. Indication that
the mikado has decided on the most
severe action to dam tho rising tide
of socialism in Japan camo today
when ho summoned Premier Katsura
and Ministers Oura, llirata and Ko
amtsudara and refused to accept the
resignations of their portfolios, ten
dered as a result of the condemna
tion of 20 socialists alleged to have
conspired against tho life of tho em
peror. Tho net ion is taken horo as
being ono of the most momcntuous
in the history of tho empire.
EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERIES
STARTLES LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Cul., Jan. 20.
Following scoroa of robberies which
havo occurred during tho past three
weeks, a streot car was hold up nt
Forty-eighth streot and Arlington
avenue by two maskod and armed
mon early today. Conductor Groer
and Motormnn Patton wore relieved
of $-15 and two gold watches,
Someone's neoosfcily as indicated
in a classified ad is probably your
opjwrtunity.
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LOCAL TRAFFIC
BUREAUSEEKS
CHANGE IN LAW
Jackson County Delegation In Legis
lature Is Requested to Amend Ser
ious Defect In, Railroad Commis
sion Law, Now Hardship.
WANT TESTIMONY FILED
AT OPENING HEARING
Present System Gives Railroad Great
Chance to Stall Around and
Keep Justice at Bay.
Jackson county's legislative dole
gatlon has been requested by tho
Medford traffic bureau to amend a
serious defect in tho railroad commis
sion law, which at "present works
grently to tho disadvantage of com
plainants and to tho advnntngo of tho
railroads. It Is to compol both par
ties to file their testimony at tho
opening hearing, as Is dono In civil
cases.
At tho hearing of tho Medford
cases tho complainant mado Its caso
fully at tho opening Wiring, but no
attempt was mado by tho dofondant
railroad to introduce any ovldonco or
pwear any witness. An adjournment
was asked for and all dolay posslblo
secured. This gavo tho railroad tareo
weeks in which to nnnlyzo tho ovl
denco ot tho complainant and result
ed In great disadvantage to Medford,
working an Injustice in permitting
tho dofondant to liavo all tho ovl
donco of tho plaintiff boforo answer.
Medford urges that tho law bo
amended so that principal ovldonco
of' both parties Is submitted at tho
opening hearing, ns In civil cases.
A RANCH FOR
STRIKERS PLAN
From Thirty to Fifty Thousand
Acres to Bo Purchased On Which
Strikers or Men Out of Employ
ment Will Be Taken Care Of.
SAN HAFAEL, Cul., Jan. 20. A
committee to bo appointed at tho ses
sion of tho state building tradou
council hero Into today will bo in
trusted with the purchase of a big
ranch to be used as a baso of sup
plies in times of industrial war, ac
cording to Secretary Tveitmoe of tho
council.
Thirty to 50,000 acres will bo pur
chased and strikers or men out oi
employment will be cared for on the
ranch, according to tho plan. Funds
of tho council in times of peace will
pay for tho original cost.
"Wo hope to secure tho ranch
within tho present year," said Tvoit
moo. "Not only do wo expect to em
ploy idlo members on it but its pro
ducts will incronho our slriko funds,
wo boliove."
Tvoitmoo said tho ranch plan had
boon widely discussed in labor cir
cles before this, but so far as he
know had novor been put into oper
ation. CREST OF FLOOD
PASSES IN YAMHILL
M'MINNVILLK, Or., Jan. 20. It
Is bolleved that tho crost of tho flood
In tho Yamhill rlvor has passed. Tho
river gaugo rogistorod 44 feot short
ly aftormldnlght and tho waters aro
falling. Whllo tho uky Is clouded, In
dications aro that only a llttlo rain
will fall, If any. Tho lowlands aro
Inundated nnd sovora homos In the
lowlands have been washed away.
There was a small loss of livestock.
To find a bettor furnished room
porhapg at oven lc rent than you
now pay is stiroly a tank worth n
fow hours of your limo. Arm your
clf with some clipped adb and start
on a "liltlo journey I'1
MEDFORD BEST
CITY IN STATE
SAYS J.M.SC0TT
Assistant Passenger Agent of Oregon-Washington
Roailroad& Nav
igation Company Has High Words
of Praise for This City.
GREAT INFLUX DUE
FRO MEAST THIS YEAR
Says Special Train Will Bo Provided
for Medford Excursion tri
South Next Year.
That Medford Is tho host city In
tho Btato In onterpriso and tho "do
something" spirit, Is tjio, bollot of
John M. Scott, assistant passenger
agent ot tho llnrrlmnn lines In Ore
gon, who arrived In tho city last eve
ning with tho Canadian excursion
south. Mr. Scott is unstinted In his
words of prnlso for Medford, classing
It among tho front ranks of tho pro
gressive 'cities on tho Pacific coast.
Mr. Scott states that in his bollot
tho year 1911 will seo a groator In
flux of pcoplo Into tho northwest than
ever boforo In history. Tho railroad
offices nro bolng flooded with Inqui
ries, ho nsscrts.
Tho colonist rntes for 1911 will
probably go Into effect In tho spring,
ho says, as thoy will bo agreed upon
at a meeting to bo held nt tho first
of tho month In Chicago. j
Medford will la all probability, says
Mr. Scott, havo a special train next
year fo rtho annual January excur
sion to Los AngoloB, as tho showing
this year Is remarkable, 212 pcoplo
leaving Thursdnynlght.
"This Is tho largest excursion,"
states tho railroad man, "ovor loav
Ing a town tho slzo of Medford that
1 know of. It shows that Medford
peoplo aro tho 'ready monoy' kind."
BEAR CREEK
IS SAFE NOW
Danger From Logs Great Whllo High
Water Was On Creek Goes Down
Three Feet During the Night All
Danger to Property Is Now Past.
Fears for tho safely of prouporly
along tho banks of Pear crook woro
dispelled this morning when it was
discovered that the waters had goao
down about three feot during the
night. Up uutl last night, tho crook
remained at tho high water level,
about six feet higher than under or
dinary conditions.
Fearing that tho logs in tho stream
might jam ata the bridge approaches,
Street Commissioner W. P. linker put
a crow of men to work with pike
polos to keep tho logs from piling up.
Several jams occurred (that
proved difficult to dislodge, but this
morning all danger was found to be
over.
EVERY DOG SHOT IN
DURKEE BY CITIZENS
IlAKEIt CITY, Or., Jan. 20.- Fol
lowing a charge of rubied coyotes
into tho villago of Durkee lust night,
citizens armed thomsolvofl and until
early today hunted down and shot
every dog that thoy could find. Not
a livo canine could bo found on the
at roofs today, Sovoral persons
woro attacked by tho mad coyotes ac
cording to a telephone mossngo re
ceived horo and it is probable that
thoy will bo sent to Portland for the
Pasteur troatmont.
Tho doge were killml as a numbor
of tliom woro button by tho coyotes
and it was feared that thoy would
go mad.
Thin is tho first timo in motnory
of tho olde-it inhabitant that mad
coyotes banded togitber.
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4 SOME BELIEVE IN
MR. PEARY, ANYWAY
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jnn.
"" 20. Tho houso couunittco on
naval affairs this afternoon ""
"" submitted a report declaring "
"" that members believed Pobort
"" E. Peary had reached tho North ""
Polo and was entitled to official
" recognition at tho hands of his
" countrymen. "
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RAYNOR PLEADS
FORDIRECTVOTE
,s.
Urges Every Member of Senate Fa
voring Direct Vote to Prevent Un
necessary Obstacles Being Placed
In Way of tho Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 20.-
Plcading that every member of I ho
sonato in favor of direct election of
members to tho upper house of con
gress do everything in his power lo
prevent unnecessary obtaclos being
placed in the way of tho measure
Senator Unynor of Maryland spoke
today.
"It is evident that ovcry momber
of tho sennto has already decided
how ho will cast his vote on this
proposition which Avil mean its denth.
I urgo tho into givo their earnest and
sincere support to the measure"
HIST! 'TIS 60ING
TO CLEARJIP SOON
Local Weather Man Dopes It Out On
His Little Barometer Rogue River
Falling Rapidly Reached Twclvo
Foot Stage.
It In going to clear up.
At least that Is what Professor P.
J. O'Gara, tho local weather man,
says, and ho doped it out on a llttlo
clock looking nrrangomont ho calls
a barometer, which has moved up
two points slnco yerttordny and now
registers .'10. lly tonight tho vonth
or should clear, ho sayc, and tho
Itoguo Rlvor vnlloy got somo of Its
ordinary weather.
Reports from tho north today show
that tho backbone of tho recent storm
hnB broken in tho Willamette vnlloy.
Rivers aro falling and mattors aro
being again adjusted.
Roguo rlvor Is down to tho six
foot lovel today. Tho erect of tho
flood was reached about 8 o'clock
last evening wlion tho 12-foot stage
was reached. Since then tho stream
haH been falling steadily.
Dear creek Is also falling steadily.
Tho stream at. no tlmo wns high
enough -to do uuy damago.
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FROM POLICE FORCE
Patrolman William Ilinton of tho
pollco forco tendered his resignation
to tho mayor last night. It will
take offoct when a rollof Is appoint
ed to fill tho position.
Ilinton gavo as his reason tho fact
that ho did not caro to aorvo longor
la tho departmont slnco all of his
formor associates havo bon replaced
by now mon.
NO LATE APPOINTMENTS
IF THIS BILL IS LAW
SACRAMENTO, Cul., Jan. 20
Governor Johnson today sent to tho
Jogislaturo making a law whioh
would provont eleventh hour ap
pointments by outgoing govornors.
lie rofurrod spoeifieally to Gillett'o
naming of Aldeu Anderson as bank
inspector, T. F, Grant, Jr., labor
labor commissioner; Charles Curry
and Jacob Trausuo, building and
loan oommisHioners, characterizing it
as "appropriating the public sorvieo
of the blate."
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SENATORS
BITTER FIGHT
S N W N IN
LEGISLATURE
Eaton Attacks Buchanan, Fouts
Thompson and McKinney and
Makes Specific Charges of Ex
travagance and Spite.
McKINNEY SAYS EATON
IS BOLD LADY KILLER
Roww Occupies About Half Morning
Session Insurgent Fight oLoks
Imminent In the House. J
SALEM, Or., Jan. 20. All chanco
ot thoro bolng nny harmony In tho
house this session vanished this
morning, when Eaton, defeated can
d Ida to for spoakor, attacked' Buchan
an, Fonts, Thompson and McKlnny,
loaders of tho organization, and mado
specific charges of extravagance
Bpito nnd favoritism against thorn.
In return Buchanan charged Ea
ton with tolling untruths, McKinney
said any extra fomalo help hired had
boon omployed becauso of Eaton's
lady-kllllng propensities. Thompson
said that Eaton was obstructing tho
houso becauso ho was sore over bis
defeat.
Tho row occupied about half tho
morning session and was occasioned
ovor tho unfnvorablo report of tho
''csolutlons commltteo on Eaton's res
olution domnndlng that all resolu
tions bo roportcd back from tho oora
mlttoo In tho order rccelvod.
During tho hot debate othor sup
portors of Eaton took a hand and
frankly Btated that If tho leaders
wanted an Insurgont fight, that; would
go through tho entlro session, thoy
could got It aiiy tlmo.
Food nnd Dairy Commission Bal
loy's Job Is likely to go, ns woll as
Balloy. A legislative investigating
commltteo Is already on his trail and
this morning Malarkoy of Multnomah
Introduced a bill in tho sonato that
doos away with tho position of food
and dairy commissioner and puts tho
work into tho hands of' tho slnto
hoard of health. Inasmuch as tho
houso and sonato havo already unani
mously decided to Investigate Balloy,
thoro Is ovory Indication that this
measure will pnsa, and tho entlro
work bo handed ovor to tho health
board within thrco months.
J ml go McGinn's policy ot pardon
ing first offonso culprits will bo tho
policy of all tho criminal courts in
tho state, If Clydo's resolution Intro
duced In tho houso today Is heeded.
Tho resolution states that tho torm
ex-convict Is not fit torm for nny man
who might bo honest if ho had a
chanco, and urges that McGinn's pol
icy on tho sorlous attention ot all
Oregon Judges bo paid.
Bryant, Bonobroalc and Mann woro
named by Speaker Rusk as tho houso
committee on tho investigation ot tho
Pendleton asylum site. This gives a
majority of tho commltteo to tho
Howorman supportors and to tho as
sembly forces. Mann hlmsolf Is from
Pendleton, nnd tho chances ot Buker
City gottlng a chanco to havo tho"
site matter again considered Is mighty
slim.
From tho houso nnd sonato bills
already in it 1b certain that mora
laws will bo considered by tho present
legislature than by any provlous sos
slon. Instead of decreasing, as ex
ported, tho numbor of legislative
measures, tho Initiative is Increasing
greatly proposed legislation, chlofly
becauso a largo per cont of tho mem
bers havo bills either enlarging or
cuiblng the Oregon system.
TOO MUCH UJUTPUIS
WOMANJO THE BAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Cab, Jan. 20.
Too littlo hair put Sampson to tho
bad, but it is becauso slto has too
much sonlplook that ltoso Burns, af
ter boating up threo husky pqlico
men, is today starting o. "thirty"
in the county jail.
Itoso, who is no fragile flowor, jug
glos sohoonors of beer in a danco
hall for u living. When tho threo
cops saw tho dance hall patrons
coming out of doors nnd windows
as though shot from a gun, thoy but
ted in, M.v 1 m ta
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