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Rogue River This Year Will Harvest the Greatest Fruit Crop In Its History
Medford Mail Tribune
BANK CLEARINGS
Teday: $57,521.73.
Saturday: $28,018.76.
For week ending January 21:
$206,641.88.
THE WEATHER
IUiln tonight; warmer.
The Veiinge of the nsga.
White Fair weather.
Ulue Itftln or snow.
"White and blue Local showera
ISlack triangular Above white,
warmer; bolow white, colder.
White with black center Cold.
FIFTH YEAtt.
3HEDFOJRD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANITA11Y 23, 1911.
No. 2G.1.
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MODIFICATION
OF ROGUE FISH
LAW UNLIKELY
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Solons Realize That Some Injustice
Has Been Done to Hume Interests
but They Feel That If an Inch !s
Given a Mile Will Be Taken.
EGGLESTON IS VERY
BUSY IN THE HOUSE
Eggleston Will Introduce .a Bill Pro
viding for a Branch Experiment
Station' J for Southern Oregon.
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SALEMOr Jnn. 23. The offorts
of Messrs,; i'jumo and Huranson to se
cure a modification of the Initiative
law closing the Hoguo river are not
vory bright In the house. It is realiz
ed that some injustice hns been done
by the law, but most of the legisla
tors are chnry of repealing a law so
strongly endorsed by the people. Re
sides it is realized that any modifi
cation In the Interests of the Humes
would arouse Josephine county fish
ing iutercsts, who would also demand
privileges and open the door for fur
ther abuse and evasion of the law.
Captain Eggleston introduced the
first road bill Thursday evening and
had It passed to third reading and
up to a vote on ndoption, but some
of tho grangers objected to tho sec
tion which provides for expenditure
of tho money under supervision of
the highway commission. He didn't
want to amend this section, otherwise
he could have gotten It through the
house than, tho plan- being to havo
this hoctlon amended In tho senate In
caso tho highway bill failed. The
lirlnclp.il opposition will ho centered
on tho highway bill. There are a few
grange members represented in the
houso here nnd they can bo depended
upon for opposition to nny efficient
mensuro for road construction and
road administration in this state. It
is believed, howover, that the prin
cipal road bills will got through the
house.
CoiiMnblo 11III Recommended.
Eggleston's constable bill has been
recommended for passago by tho re
vision of laws committee with cer
tain amendments, which ho recom
mended himself.
Saturday Eggleston was before the
commltteo on elections at their re
quest, and his bill providing for a
commltteo to advise voters on initia
tive measures. They will recommend
the passage of tho bill, amended so
that this commltteo shall prepare tho
ballot title Instead of tho attorney
general ns now provided by law. Uren
Is Inclined to oppose tho bill, but he
is the onoly man so far seen who ob
jected to It.
Eggleston will introduce the bill
the first of noxt week providing for
the establishment of a' branch exper
iment station In southern Oregon.
This meanB a station for Jackson
county.
Insane 'Asylum Grilled.
Tho fenture of the week was tho
grilling that tho Insane asylum ad
ministration received. There wore
nlbo criticisms of one or two other
Institutions. Thero Is politic exag
geration on the Doworman side. Tho
trouble with the administration of
these stato institutions is that they
have not had any proper supervision.
Too much has beon put upon tho
s.tato board, and tho stato board has
comprised only one man for part of
the time. Benson has really been
unablo to attend to It. and Steolo has
paid no attention to his duty as a
member of tho board. Tho rosult
has boon thnt tho secretary of stato's
office, governor's office and tho board
of administration havo been control
led by a lot of clorks. Mombors of
the logislaturo with a 40 days' session
are unnble to gain tho Information
that thoy should have rotative to tho
management of those public institu
tions. The htato makes no money by
paing legislators ?8 per day and lim
iting tho sosslons to -10 days.
Tho othor night tho ways and
menus commltteo had a Joint session
with tho henate and listened to the
Astorlans asking for $1 00.000 for
their contonnlal celobration. Albee.
who was In tho chair, atteinptod to
commit tho mombors by assuring the
delegation thmat he felt there was no
mombor who would not gladly give
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PROSPECTS FOR
CRPISY
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Pears and Newtowns Set Well, and
Trees Give Promise of Surpasshifl
Themselves, States Professor P. J.
O'Gara, Who Is Closely Watching
PLENTY OF WATER IS
STORED T 0ASSURE CROP
With Opening of Spring Trees Will
Be Ready to Start Out for Rec
ord Breaking Season.
That tho year 1911 will witness
tho harvesting of tho greatest fruit
crop apples and pears tho valley
has over seen,. Is tho prediction of
P. J. O'Gara, pathologist, who bases
'ils statement upon conditions now
existing. Never before slnco Ills ar
rival In tho valley, ho states, has
climatic and other conditions prom
ised more for a crop. While he has
as yet been unable to get over the
entire valley, ho has seen enough to
warrant his prediction.
"The pears and Newtown apples
aro already heavily set with buds and,
Judicious th.nnlng will causo this
fruit to fill out nnd color highly.
"Thero Is a great recorvo supply
of moisture In tho ground. Tho snow
storm worked a great benefit. In
fact, everything tends to assure the
greatest crop in tho valley's history.
"Many additional acres will come
Into bearinc this next year, which
will increase the number of cars to
bo shipped. I havo noticed many
predictions that 1911 will bo a ban
ner year for building in Medford.
I wnnt to say that tho year will be a
banner one from the fruit shndpolnt
also."
LAST DAY OF MONTH
WEST'S "PARDON" DAY
SALEM". Or., Jan. 'J.'!. Oovernor
Oswald WW has Mt apart the Inst
day of every mouth lor the purpose
of henriiij; petitions for pardon. The
governor cays he will not be bothered
with petitions for pardons on any
other day of the month unless- the
nuttier is urgent, but that, ho will
gladly devote the entire day on the
Inst day of each mouth to pardon
mutters if it is nceor.sary. Such n
rule lias been established in other
states, but never before in this state
Persons hearing minions for execu
tive clemency have made it a prac
tice to come with, them to the irnv--ernor
whenever tliev could get a hear
ing or imd him t the capitol.
ANTI-RACE LAW
KNOCKED OUT
New York Supreme Court Rules That
Law Is Confiscatory and Is There
fore Void Newcomers in Private
Dispatches.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Prl
vato dispatches to racing mon horo
today report that tho stato supremo
court of New York has ruled that tho
anti-racing law fathered by formor
CJovornor Hughes Is confiscatory and
therefore void.
No Senator Yet In Colorado.
DKKVKK. Col., Jan. 23. Failure
of n democratic cauciib called hoie
for tonight to holed a United States
honatorinl enndidnto to succeed the
late Sonator Hughe h predicted to
day through tile aliened hick of proi
rofesivo inclinations in Kpuer urn! Ad
ams, the prineiiml iipiraiiU.
Twenty-one of the democratic
mouthers of the legislature are
pledged to vote for no uawliilate for
euutor until assured that certain
nrogrcfehho lejn Nation demanded in
the last platform will be paused. A
no iihMiniunrf of an agreement on
thexe matters have vet been reached.
t ii. believed I hcii' will be a deadlock
mi till- seii.it'ill.il sclcrtidll. I
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Judge Blair, Undaunted by Death Threats, Continues
To Punish West Union (0.) Vote Sellers.
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Judge A. Z. lllulr of West Union, ()., Is going ahead with the lining of the hundreds of citizens of Adams coun
ty who have confessed to selling their votes for many years. The number of bribery cases Is sure to reach 3,000,
Judge irialr declares. Threats have been made ngalnst his life, but they do not seem to worry him.
RUNAWAY TEAM
HUflTSJLD MAN
John Schankler, Elderly Rancher of
Thompson Creek Sustains Painful
Injuries When Buggy He Was
Driving Is Crashed Into.
John Schnnkler, 03 years old, a
rancher near Thompson creek, uns
tained severe injurie.i last Friday
when n buii'.'.v in which he was driv
ing wiu run down by u ruimwn.v
tea in.
Tho injured man wus badly cut
nbout the head mid face nnd suf
fered u severe shock.
lie was driving along towards his
home and had just oro.sscd the lower
ford when nnotlior team, in cltnrge of
Henry Knutzen of Jacksonville, be
ennie frightened when the wagon ;o
which they were attached broke
down half way across the ford.
When the team started to run to
wards Sc!.ankler's buggy Knutz'ii
endeavored to attract the old mini'
attention but as Schankler is partial
ly doaf ho knew nothing until the
frightened team deahed into the rear
of his huggy.
A physician fiom .Jacksonville who
attended Kchcnklcr ittu his homo
aid that his injuries are serious
but not i'nti.l.
NOTED AUTHOR
IS SHOT
David Graham Phillips Is Seriously
Wounded in Cluh Five Shots
Fired Into Writer's Body Man
Kills Himself.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Huid Gra
ham Phillip, the author, wis shot
nnd heriotuly wounded at tho Prince
ton cluh, on 1'ibt Twenty-first street
today by a man who afterward com
mitted suicide by hooliiitf himself
through the hond.
Tho hliootiug occurred in front of
tho I'rincesri club. The assailant
fired fio shots into ritillips' body,
and ut.ed the sixth to kill himself.
Newton Jumes and Fruit k Uini.
menthol's of the club, were descend
iNK tho steps of the building al the
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tune and en unlit Phillip hh he
I'lulli.m m l.a u..,u
Amrrm n lV WW l P
falling. The cuthor iriuped: "Some
fellow sh,ot me." Me was earned in'o
the cluh and later rushed to lklle
vue hospital. I lie, condition is ent-
icul. l'eiidintr the arrival of the cor -
oner, ilo attempt h.is Ihm-h made
identify Phillips' assailant.
Medford Mall Trlbuno
aro builnoss bringers.
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SPOILS IT ALL
Just as the Valley Was Beginning
to Flower Under the Rays of an
Effulgent Sun, Ha Comes Along
With a Rain Storm.
J. i'luvins O'Gara hits spoiled it
all.
After Idling Medford mid the
Rogue l'iver alley bask in the rays
of as fair a sun as (lie world has
ever seen, lie comes along witli a
gentle little announcement that to
night it will rain. But one exleii'i
uting (iiiciunstauce takes the edge
off the ultimatum and that is that
it will be wanner.
During tho pasit two days the
JCoguo River valley lias been enjo
intr it i ic mil fine weather. It was
hoped that it would continue for .i
week or t o at least but the wciilhur
mi'Ji has poile I it all.
TRY ALLEGED
Case of State Against John 0'Con
nor Begun in Circuit Court This
Morning Charge of Grand Lar
ceny Preferred Against Defendant.
Tho tilnl of John O'Connor, rhnrg-
! ed
wlth (ci and larceny, was started.
before Judge F. M. Calkins in tho
(Ircult rou it in Jacksonville this
morning. j
O'Connor, who live near Iluttu
cieek, is alleged to havo stolen a,
number of pigs from F. Y. Allen of i
Trail last September and to have dis
poned of tlieui as pork. In the war
rants swoiii out for tholr arrests,
Everett Kdsall, O'Connor's brother-
in-law, was named as an accomplice, i
Doth mon disappeared before the war-1
rents wero served, but O'Connor was
arrostot by the police authorities of
Vallejo, Cal., ami brought back, Ed
sall In still at larco.
At tho session this morning work
of empaneling the Jury was commenc
ed, but It is not expuotod that the Jury
blx will be filled until tomorrow.
District Attorney II. F. Mulkey Is
prosucuting tho case ami Attorney
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uu wiry is appearing lor me oe-
lOIHIUIlC.
lf the real estate ad "reads all
right," go and ce tho projiei'ty, and
you'll probably find that the ad n
' "stiuixltt" and candid
Perhnps most of your "had luck"
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'consists to lulling lo answer tin
Want ads Hnt nds tbat coiitniu opp.it tumli -'for
j on.
WEST UNION, O.
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UNITED WEST IS
VS. SOLID SOUTH
President Receives Over 30,000 Tel
egrams From West Urging Him lo
Work for San Francisco as Sito
for Exposition.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jnn. 23.
As a result of annouucementH pub
lished In wubtorn papers today, Pres
ident Taft recolvcd this morning tolo
grauiH from fi0!) commercial organiza
tions demanding consideration of tho
United west as against tho "solid
south" In placing tho sito for tho Pan
ama fair In 1915.
At noon moro than .'10,000 tele
grams had been filed In wOHtorn com
munities for tho president, accord
ing to an announcement from tho
headquarters of tho S.in Francisco
boomers. All tho messagoB prosontod
the domandK of tho west that Presi
dent Taft vigorously aid in securing
tho fair for tho coast.
Activity of tho westorn boomors
today mnkCK tho offorts of tho Now
Orleans backorn appo.ir tamo. Tho
capital ban seldom seen uuch a flro of
demands, pleas and protestations as
S.in Francisco concentrated on con-grr-HH
today preparatory to tomor
.ow's contest, and It Is gonornlly
silil "IT hustle will get tl'o fair, San
Fianclsco will win."
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Supremo Court of California Gives
Frisco Boodler Another Chance
Appellata Court Turned Him Down
Some Months Ago.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 23. -The
state supreme court today or-
Klcicd a lli'lieui'iiig nuioro uiu upptn
I ate court of the plea of Abraham
Knef for a new trial on tliuiudiet-
meat under which lie was convicted
of bribery and sentenced to id ysnrs
iinprit.oumeiil al San Quontiii,
Tim indictment was brought in
! tho "trolley" case aud was tri.'d
I before Superior .Indue Luwlor.
II iief wan couicted in November,
,1007, and niece then lias had his
case on appeal. The apMal was de
nied bv the appelate court v'mht
mouths auo.
HAIISIIFIKLD, Mo., Jan. 23. Ad-
niittiiiif onlv of a verdict of first or
' second degree murder, Judge Skiu-
1 ner read his charue to the jury i".
ilir trial .if Waller J)iU'v and Gl
die Smith, chin i.'1-d with the murder
i Mill. II. vm lii li.iiii.nu Staul.
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GRANTED
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WILL PUT BAN
ON SALE OF ALL
FISH OF ROGUE
Bill to That Effect Is Introduced In
Legislature Eleven New Would-Bo
Laws Arc Introduced In as Many
Minutes.
EXPERIMENT STATION
FOR ROGUE IS ASKED
Clyde's Freo Text Book Bill Pa
New Masonic Body Is H li
Buchanan's Measure.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. ElqffcnJ
would,-bo lawa hit tho houso In ten
minutes thin morning. This makes
18-1 In one branch of tho lcglslnturo
In two weeks, which is a record down
this way. A southern Orocon experi
ment station, now nnd higher bonds
for tho treasurer of Multnomah coun
ty, a ban on tho sale of all fish caught
in tho Hoguo river, aud forbidding
tho pursuing of nny business undor
an assumed name, unless said nnmo Is
registered w'tli tho county clerk, aro
among tho things provided for in tho
new measures.
Clyde's freo textbook bill passed
tho houso almost unanlmoiioly thin
morning aud favorable action from
tho soiinto Is expected. This bill
rives tho voters In any school district
tho right to decldo whether tho dis
trict aliall provldo booka freo to all
tho pupils or not nnd to a certain
extent curbs the ; present graft of tho
school book trust by taking out of
tho I nnds'oT the book cliijuo tho se
lection of textbooks.
Houso bill number li by Iluchnuau
pnssed this morning In tho house. Tho
measure Is directly aimed at tho now
Macouic body that Is operating In
Oregon and that clalmu It han Its au
thority direct from tho Scottish char
ter body. This bill provides ponaltlcs
for tho iifo oi tho Insignia, passwords
or other secret lodgo credentials by
anybody not authorized by tho Htato
grand lodgo. Thin nffecta practically
only tho Masons, makes tho Oregon
f, nil id lodgo tho controlling body of
tho state, aud makes 'it Illegal and
a mlsdomeauor for any other body of
Miisoiih to scok or arcept mombors.
Houso bill No. 173 Introduced this
morning will gjvo Multnomah county
two moio clicuit JudgcB at tho same
si'larloH $ 1000 tho present judge
receive. This will give Multnoiunh
county seven judges, and tho mato
. Iiil Increase, costing moro th.in $10,
000 a year, was nelthor oxpoctod by
monibors of tho Multnomah delega
tion, nor, so far as can bo discovered
hero, regarded as nocosnary ovon by
tho Multnomah liar association. Tho
two additional Judges ,"ould bo ap
pointed by tho govnrnor to servo un
til tho next general election,
WILL BURY MAN
WHO DIED ALONE
Aged Carpenter, Who Was Found
Dead in Bed, to Be Interred in
Cathplic Cemetery with Catholic
Rites Sister Telegraphs .
George Hogc, ''5 years old, who
was found dead In hod at l.ls lodgings
at 700 South Oakdale street a weok
auo last Saturday, will be burlod to
morrow In thu Catholic comotory at
Jacksonville.
Hoggs' death was caused by an at
tack of heart failure, suffered during
tho night, ami ho was found to have
expired when called for bronkfnst.
The deceased was a carpenter by
trade and formerly a member of tho
union, hut Investigation after his
death revealed that bis anion card
wus not up to date, nnd on thoso
(rounds the local lodge of the organ
ization refused to assume- tho respon
sibility of the Intormo'H.
from bin affortH. Ilmnllv Pnmiinr i
.1..1.1. a iwi i.n tnnv ,.'.,. f .hn1
body, discovered that Hoggs had a
Hlster in t'iruK, and a telogram to
hor brought an answer this morning
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PROGRESSIVE
REPUBLICANS
GETTUGFTHER
Formal Announcement of the Na
tional Republican Progressive
League Is Made Senators, Gov
ernors and Congressmen Sign.
BOURNE IS PRESIDENT;
N0RRIS, VICE PRESIDENT
Object of League Is Promotion of
Popular Government and Prog
i rcssivo Legislation I ti Nation.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 23.
Formal announ'ceniont was made to
day of tho organization of tho nation
al republican progressive league. It
was formed by progressive republic
an senators, governors, congressmen
aud othors to make n nation-wide,
systematic fight for popular govern
ment. Plana that hnvo been under way
slnco tho opening of congress wero
consummated at a meeting Saturday
night, when a declaration of princi
ples wns signed and a constitution
adopted nnd tho following officers
elected:
lloiiruo In President.
President, Senator Bourne of Ore-
gon. ' -l
First vlce-presldont, Congressman
NorrlH of Nebraska.
Second vlco-prealdont,
Osborne of Michigan.
Governor
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Treasuror, Charles Crane, Chicago.
Executive commltteo Senators'
Clnpp of Minnesota nnd Drlstow and
Lenroot of Wisconsin, Itoproscntntlve
elect William Kent of California, Glf
ford Plnchot of Poiinsylvnnla, George
L. Record of Now Jersoy.
Want .Popular (Jovcnmient.
Tho declaration of principle.1) was
signed by nlno ropublfcnn United
States senators, tho governors of six
republican states aud 1G members of
tllO llOIIKO.
Tho object of tho leaguo Ih tho pro
motion of popular government and
progresslvo legislation.
"Popular government In Amorlca
has beon thwarted, progresslvo legis
lation strangled by Hpeclal Interests
which 'control caucuses, dologatea to
conventions and party organizations,
and through tho control of the ma
chinery of tho govornmont, dictate
nominations and platforms nnd elect
administrations, legislatures, repro
soutntlvcH In congress, United Stntes
hountoi'H and control cabinet offices,"
says tho declaration.
Public Iutctv.st Thwarted.
"Under oxlstlng conditions, legis
lation In tho public Interest has been
muffled nnd defeated. This Is ovi
deuced by n long struggle to securo
laws but partially offcctlvo, for con
trol of railway rates and services and
a icvialon of tho tariff In tho In
terest of tho producer and consumer;
I HtntutoM dealing with trusts and com
' bluatloiiH, based on sound economic
1 principles ns applied to modern In
dustrial nnd commercial conditions;
wise, comprehensive and impartial
' construction of thu banking aud mon
jctnry laws; cousorvnlion of coal, oil,
I gas, timber, wnter power sites and
i othor natural rosnurcea belonging to
tho people, and for tho onnctmont of
all legislation solely for tho common
KOOtl. j j
States Point tho Way.
"Just In proportion as popular gov
ernment has in certain stntes super
ceded tho dolcgato convention system
and tho people have assumed control
of the machinery of government, hns
govornmont become rosponslvo to tho
popular will and legislation beon so
citrod. l
"Tho Progressive Republican leaguo
liollovos that popular govornmont is
fundnmontnl to all other questions.
To this oud it advecates:
"1 Kloctlon ot Unttod States sen
ators by direct voto of people.
"2 Dlroct prlnmrlofi for tho noui
luntlon of all oloutlvo officials.
"3 Dlroct election ot dologates to
national conventions with tho oppor
tunity of tho votor to express his
choice for president and vice-president,
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"4 Amondmont of stato conatltu-
,lonB Providing for tho lnltluttve, ret
eroudum and rcciill.
"5 A tliorugh-golngeorrupt prac
tices act." ii
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