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FORTIETH YEAR.
ALEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, ibll.
No. 277.
0VERN0R WILL VETO PIERCE FISH BILL
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GOOD ROADS IS
TOPIC IN HOUSE
SESSION TODAY
Strong Opposition Crops Out in Re
gard to Joseph Bill Creating Stale
Highway Commission House Con
siders it as Committee of the Whole.
CONGARS, WILD CATS AND
BOOZE DEALT BLOW
Strenuous Struggle is on in House
Over Highway Bills Numerous
Tilts Occur Between Members
SAIjKM, Or., IVli. 10. Governor
West Mill i(o tlio Plcreo hill lUISSLMl
yesterday in (lie house. Tlio hill
wipes out (lie people's initiative meas
ure closing (lie Jlnguo rier to net
fishing, wlildi passed hy a largo ma
jority at (In Xovoiuher election. Nu
merous friends of the initiative have
asked the governor to step in and
disapprove the l'lerce hill.
A strenuous tussle is on in the
Iioiiho of representatives today over
the varloiiB good roads bills which
aro up for discussion. The bills
were niudo a special order for today
and the liouso and lobbies aro packed
with friends and foes or'ttie differ
ent measures.
Strong opposition has cropped out
In the house to the Joseph hill cre
ating a stato highway commission,
and much feeling was shown in the
numerous tilts between Its friends
and enomlos while it was tinder con
sideration In the committee of tlio
wholo tills forenoon. Hx-Judgo Web
ster of Portland, who is making u
strong fight for this bill, was ex
tended the courtosy of tho houso for
15 minutes to explain tho real pur
pose of the moasurc.
liouso bill 230, introduced at the
request of tho stato grango, Is dia
metrically opposed to the Joseph act
in that It would havo nil road work
supervised by the stato engineer. Its
passage would block the largo ap
propriations asked for in tho Joseph
bill and would keep all road work
under control of the dlfferont county
courts subject to supervision of tho
state engineer.
It is probable now that tho ontlro
session today will be devoted to tho
discussion of thofco bills.
Cougars, wild-cat and boozo woro
deulth a blow In tho sonnto today.
Hills woro passod in tho upper houso
increasing tho bounty on cougar
scalps to 1 f and tho bounty on
wolves was raised to $25. Another
measure passed mnUots the possession
of liquor on any railroad train a mis
detuuHiior punishable by flue and Im
prisonment. O'URA'S BILL
PUSSES HOUSE
Measure Drawn By Local Patholicjist
Passed in House Without a Single
Dissenting Vote Sure to Become
Law.
The insecticide ami fuunjicido hi'!
ifrepnred by Professor O'Gura of tliu
oily mid introduced by Rpreeuta
tive Witetoi'luiwl iaw)(l the house
Thiii-Mlay without a single ditoentiutr
vote.
Taft Cancels Speeches.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 10.-U
wan announced this afternoon that
President Taft bad canceled ull hi
Coluinbu eiiKagenwnU, except hi
M'wh at tin Com Klmw here, on
.i. tint f .1 sole 1 111 oat .
E CASE IS
BEING HEARD
IN THIS CITV
Examiner Prouty of Interstate Com
merce Commission Begins Taking
Testimony in Medford Traffic
Bureau's Case Against S. P.
LOWER RATES SOUGHT
ON 23 COMMODITIES
Medford Would Enjoy Benefit of
Lower Rates Claim Present
Ones arc Exhorhitant.
Tho case of tho Medford traffic
bureau -against the Southern Pacific
Railroad company for tho establish
ment of lower freight rates between
San Francisco nnd this city was bo
gun shortly nfter 11 o'clock Friday
morning beforo Special 13xamlnor
Prouty of the interstato commerco
commission.
Tlio case Involves, tho reduction of
tho present rates on 23 commodities
nnd Is being pushed in an effort to
give Medford an equal opportunity
to buy In the open market that Is
now enjoyed by cities having a ter
minal rate.
.Mt-Cuno Is Counsel.
Tho traffic bureau Is represented
at tho hearing by Frank II. McCune
of Portlnnd, counsel, and Messrs. II.
C. Garnett, Kihvnrd A. Welch and
George F. Cuthbert, local merchants.
Tho railroad's side of tho hearing Is
In tho hnnds of William D. Fenton,
and Messrs. II. E. Lounsbury, S. N.
Hostwick, J. K. Butler and E. C. Mor
rison. Garnet t on Stand.
II. C. Garnett, tho first witness
enlled, tostlfied In regard to the pres
ent rates In force between San Fran
cisco nnd this city, and In answer to
quostlons put to him from tlmo to
time by Mr. McCuno nnd Examiner
Prouty, endeavored to show that
Medford merchants, because of tho
lnck of terminal rates, aro provonted
from entering tho Jobbing field out
side a district lying Immediately ad
jacent to tho city. In nddltlon to this
fnct, the dlfferont In rntes now exist
ing between San Francisco by rail
direct and from that city to Portland
by bont, thence here by local freight,
Is so great that tho local market can
only secure Its supplies through Port
land houses or by using that city as
a shipping point.
Can't Compote.
Uudor examination by Mr. Fonton,
counsol for tho rnllroud, Mr.
Gurnett testified that undor tho pres
ent conditions It wns linposslblo for
local merchants to entor tho Job
bing field In competition with Port
lnnd and outside houso.
Operating oxponhos, wages and
rentals in this city," ho said, "nro as
high as t hoy are In Portland, and
whilo our company has kept paco with
the growth of tho city slnco Us es
tablishment In Hton, wo havo boon
prevented by high rntes from com
peting for business In Hoseburg, Sa
lem and ull othor cities along tho
Southern Pacific railroad lino hy tho
fact that in addition to having to pay
local freight rates on articles which
wo bring In hero, ho would havo to
pay local rates when shipping thorn
out again."
.Must liny In F-ast.
A detailed list of tho particular
commodities In which Mr. Garnott's
firm deals was gone ovor, article aft
er article, and the difference In ratos
on thoso things shlppod from Port
laud as against thoso shipped from
other points was gone Into. It wns
shown that' in tho caso of many arti
cles, local merchants woro unable to
purchase in the California mnrkots,
but were forced to do their buslnoss
ia the oast.
Is Entitled to It.
la answer to seeral questions by
Jlr. Teuton asking why Medford
should receive terminal rates In pref
erence to other cities aloug the line.
Wr. Garnett stated that this city Is
situated approximate! half way be
tween Portland, the present Jobbing
(C'unUiiUnl on l'dgu 8
Luke Lea,
Is
Luke Lea, the newly elected senator from Tennessee, Is one of the youngest members ever elected to tho upper
branch of congiess and Is also the possessor of one of the shortest names that ever figured on Its roll call. Loa
Is but thirty-two and will form quite a contrast to the eldest senator, Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin. Senator
Stephenson hrs not much of an age margin over Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, but he bus It, having been born In
New Hririswick June IS, 1S2!), ns against Cullom's Kentucky date of Nov. t!.! in the same year. Lea comes o' old
Tennessee stock, Is owner of ji Nashville newspaper nnd has been admitted to the bar. lie Is credited with being
the man who made former Governor Malcolm It. Patterson and also with being his detbroner. Former Senator Ed
ward W. Carmack, who wns killed by tlio Coopers, father and son, was editor of Lea's paper at the time. Lea also
hnd much to do with the election of Ben W. Hooper, n Hepubllcnn. to the governorship on a-fusion ticket Inst fall.
TAFT BOOSTS
FOR NEW MATY
Speaking at Annual Corn Show Presi
dent Urges Adoption of New Cana
dian Reciprocity Treaty Says it
Will aid Farmers.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 10. Speak
ing at tho annual corn show hero
today, President Taft urgod tho adop
tion of the new Canndlan reciprocity
tronty.
"Tho greatest renson for adopting
tho ngrooniont," tho president said,
"Is that It w'lll unite two countries
of kindred people In a conunorclnl
nnd social union which would bo of
groat ndvantngo to both. Such a
result does not need justification hy
a nlco balancing of pecuniary profit
to ouch. It Is meioly a truism to say
that a country's fnrmnrs aro tho
greatsot wealth producing class and
Hint It Is most important that thoir
wolfaro shall be conserved. Anyone
Initiating a policy Injurious to tho
farmers has much to answer for bo
foro tho bar of public opinion.
"I am a republican bocauso tho
republican party always has pursued
a policy of protection for American
industries and manufactures, later
limiting Its pm poses in tho matter of
protection to tho difference In tho
cost of production hero and abroad,
with allowance for a reasonablo prof
It for the American producer. Pro
tection thus stnted removes Justlflca-
(Continued on I'ni;a
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Medford, Or 1911.
To the Sunday Editor, Medford Mail Tribune.
Sir: In my estimation, Medford at the the present time needs more than any
other thing ,
Can we use your Name?
(Mark with eross)
Tennessee's Newly Elected Senator,
Youngest Member In Congress' Upper House.
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WATCHES
Secret Agents Arc Sent Out to Report
on Escapades of Ruler While in
Paris Known to Travel Under
Aliases.
LONUDN, Fob. 10. Despite offi
cial denials from tho Spanish court
that King Alfonso's escapades In for
olgn capitals brought about mnrltal
differences, governmont agonts sent
out to get tin official lino on the
Spanish king's Jnunts learned today
that ho traveled under aliases. In
tho cnfoB of Paris ho was known ns
"Monslour Lamy."
As it has been months slnco the
United Press sent out tho first re
ports of dlfforonces between Alfonso
and Queen Victoria, It Is pointed out
that tho royal couple havo had am
ple tlmo to become reconciled. It Is
Intimated Hint a reconciliation was
brought about, tho king ugroolng to
forogo nnothor trip to Paris.
Now that all dlfforoncos betwoon
tlio royal pair have boon patched up,
tho Spanish court comes out with
strong denials that any dlfforoncos
ever oxlsted. They declare that tho
queen was aware that tho roports of
Alfonso's "unkingly" conduct In tho
Parisian cafes weie circulated by po
lltlcul enomlos.
The Identity of two Spanish noble
men who made tho rounds of tho
Paris oafos with Alfonso Is being
kept secret by government agents
Yes.
No...
(Signed)
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BILLS ARE AIMED
- AT JAPANESE
Questions That Two Years Ago Shook
Relations of United Suites and
Japan are Again Introduced In
California.
SACHA.MKNTO, Cul., Feb. 10.
Tliree bills aiming agniiisl .Japanese,
Chinese and oilier Abilities, reviving
tlio questions tlinl two years ngo
threatened the peaceful relations of
tlio United States and Japan were
introduced in (lie legislature today by
Senator Finn of San Francisco.
One meusuro directs (lie district
attorneys of counties to proceed
against Asiatic owner of land with
in a certain period niter the bill shall
bccoiuo a law.
The second bill provides for segro-
guliou of Oriental .school children in
buildings separate from those occup
ied by whites.
Tho third measure enables muni
cipal or county utithorities to restrict
Asiatics to certain localities.
TRUST COMPANY NOW
OPERATES AUTO VAULT
J'ATKUSON', X. J., Fob. 10. A
local trust company loduy is operat
ing n steel lined automobile with of
fice equipment and u steel safe which
is intended to gather up Into luccpla
in Hie restaurant belt of I urge cities
and catch wayside depositors in the
country disliicls.
TOBACCO JUICE
IS HURLED IN
FAIR ONE'S EYE
Complaint is Laid Before Justice- of
the Peace Wcrtz, of Woodvillc Who
Has Requested District Attorney
Mtilkcy to Draw up Complaint.
IS ANOTHER EVIDENCE
OF EVANS CREEK FEUD
District Attorney Mnlkcy is Planning
to Brinr About Change of Con
ditions in That Neighborhood
Juekson county's "Old lCoutuok,"
ns the settlement on Evnns crook
about twelve miles east of Woodvillc
might well be culled, is again in a
state of turmoil, this time, it is nl
lcgcd, because "Hill Hillis ungnllnntly
expectorated about n pint of tobneco
juice in the eyo of Jorushn, the wife
of Dill D. Moore. The notion wns the
outgrowth of ii neighborhood feud
Why Dill, tlio son of Hillis, resort
ed to go uiigentfomnnly a means of
bringing un nrgument with a Indy to
a close in long Btory, but liko in Old
ICnintuek, in the settlement to the
enst of Woodvillo everything that is
nnylliing bears a dato lino upon its
commencement rending nnywhero up
to five years ngo.
Incensed nt Ibo somewhat rude do
mennor of Hillis towards his Bpouso,
.Monro Friday inndo objection, with
tho result flint Justico of tho Pence
O. P. Wcrtz, of Woodvillc, requested
District Attorney D. P. Mill key to
furnish him with tlio legal language
necessary lo tho proper milking out
of n couiplnint in a case whore to
bneco juice was tlio weapon and tho
optio of a lndy tho tnrget.
According tlio tho brand of eti
quette lived tip fo nlong the banks
of Evans creek, ono is not in style
unless "toting" a gun of leust n foot
in length. Tn order to circumvent
Ibo stnlo law ngainst currying con
cealed wenpons, tho guns nro usually
carried m Rtieh n mnnnor Hint they
may bo Rwung into inslnnt view so
ovorv effort of llio slnto to secure
convictions under the sfnlulo havo
proven a failure. Tf is nlso fashion
able lo be "goin ler git" somebody,
but Ibo inflexion fo bo rightly placed
must nlwnvs bo on the "goin",
Mrs. Grundy nlso porniils much
bnnfor botwoen tho members of the
sotlleinont which on Fifth uveiiue
tend lo demorolize traffic.
It is considered quite 'conuno il
fuut' when two members of one elan
meet one member of another, to hurl
nil manner of epithets at him nnd to
make motions towards ones gun, nnd
it is cqunlly permissible, when baled
iulo court for the offense, lo stnilc
bhiudly, declare Hint you only greet -
od Ibo plaintiff with n polite "hnw'dy"
nnd to, Hloutly deny that you ever
carried n gun. If properly brought
nil, your companion cuu always be
counted upon ns nn excellent witness
for you.
Nobody lias ovor gof murdered in
(lie soltlornont yet, duo perhaps tn the
fact that the time specified by the
term "goin" bus not yot arrived, but
District Attorney Mtilkcy is planning
to bring about inch a chango in con
ditions there in the near future that
tlio residents will "pack" nn olive
branch where now tlioy "loto" n
Wrong Girl Found.
DKKLINGHAM, Wnh., Fob. 10.
Dorothy Arnold, who wan said to
have boon "almost" discovered in
Vancouver, D. C, through loiters foi
wardod to hor there by n local at
torney is still in Vancouver, but slio
is not tho Dorothy Arnold of New
York fame. Tho woman wiio was
traced b ytho loonl sleuths lived in
Delliiigliaui for sovoral yeniv. Sho it
tho wife of O. H. Arnold of Winni
peg, formerly a book koopor for a
loontl lumber firm. She is several
years older than the nisising girl and
rcMiubles hor hi nuuio only.
FEDERALS TURN
GUNSONWHEN
AND CHILDREN
General Luque Is Again Defeated By
Rebels With Which He Has Been
Fighting Querrila Warfare for
Week Past.
FEDERALS DESLIKE TO
FIGHT IN COLD WEATHER
Telegraph Lines Down No Direct
Word From Navarro Who Is
Coming to Relief of Juerez
MA UFA, Texas, Feb. 10. Messag
es hero today from Mutato, Mexico,
say that General Luquo wns ngnin
defeated yesterday by tho relicts,
whom ho hns been fighting querrila.
war for u week. Tho federals as
sailed the rebel trenches nt Mulato
and were repulsed nfter a fivo hours
ffehting. Troop IT. of tlio Third
United Slates Cavalry, which was on
patrol duty ncross tho Rio Grande,
woro several limes exposed to tho
federal shells, and ono mnn wns
killed whilo standing near Captnin
Williams of tho cavalry.
After lite fight it was declared by
witnesses that the Mexican federals,
furious nt their dofoat, deliberately
turned their guns on groups of wo
mon nnd children who bad fled (U
the Amoricnn side of the river.
On tho last charges of tlio federals,
P. S. McConibs, a a Americnn, wns nt
tho bend of tlio rebels who numbered
about 200, nnd the 350 troops of
Luquos command wero ensily driven
back. Only insurreclo was killed but
eight federals nnd others wore enr-
ricd off tho field. It is believed thi
fighting is still in progress today.
EL PASO, Feb. 10. Colonel Ra
bngo's troops made no uttompt to dis
lodgo Orozco today, preferring to ro
mniu.wnnn in burrocks to ventur
ing on tlio chilly firing lino nnd of
fering themselves ns tnrgets to the
concealed rebels. As nil telegraph
lines nro down, there is un direct
word from Genornl Navarro, but his
commnnd is expected in Jtinrcz to
night or tomorrow to relieve the gar
rison in its strenuous duties of guurd
ini' fbo old church and carrying hot
tnmnlos nnd frijoles to tho officors.
Americnn nmiy officers hero de
clare I lie .liiurez garrison will soon
be inorimscd fo 2,000 and though none
will admit it, tho belief is strong that
Home news of tlio Moxicnn fodornls'
movements hns loaked to them ncross
the line.
Ono cnnipnny of infantry nnd two
troops of cnvnlry wero today rushed
to 1'elea nnd Noria, N. M., where the
Moxicnn rebels nro uctive. Captain
O'Sliea of tho Fourth United States
Cnvnlary went in command of tho
dctiichmout.
OEKPOSD
Rebels Suffer From Internal Troubles
Row on Between Commanders
Bianco Refuses to Join Orozco's
Forces Near Juarez.
PL PASO, Texas, Fob. 10. It was
roportod today that tho Mexican
revolutionary junta has decided to
depose General Orozco and niako
Gonorul Solo commnndor of tho in
surgent forcos besieging Juarez. This
notion is said to bo contemplated us
tho result of u row botjveon Orozco
nnd Blanco, whoso enmity for tho
couunnudor-iu-uliiof is deeinrod to
account for his failuro to join his
superior officor. Provisional Gov
ernor Gonznlos ropoatodly has order
ed Dlnnoo to reinforco Orozco, but
the rebel general hns refused to obey.
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