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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD. OR BOON, FRIDAY, FlflBimARYrlOn.
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River Greater Asset as Aourist At
traction Than as Fishinn Stream
Say Local Men In Arpument Before
Committee of Senate.
The Snlcm Statesmnn cpntnliiB tl'
following complete uccount of tho
hearing on tlio Plurce fish bill boforo
tho sennto coinmlttuo Inst Wodniwlny
evening:
"'Tlml tho Hume industry had boon
a curso to tho country, that it had
kept the lower ltogue river country
from developing, that it was the most
complete monopoly In the state, that
lis treatment of the people depend
ent upon it for a livelihood was such
that they, after -10 years or service,
were unable to oven own the roof
which' sheltered thent, and that the
wages paid the fishermen at the
mouth of tho Koguo equaled one-
fifth of those paid on the Columbia,
wero the charges made by Ccorgo
Putnam, editor of the Medford Mail
Tribune, before the senate committee
on fisheries last evening, which had
, under" consideration tho Pierce bill
which re-opened tho Rogue river to
coinmorelal fishing.
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INDUSTRY
DENOUNCED
: The Hume Interests and the flsh-
oriHeh -wore represented bofoie tin
committee by tho following speakers:
Herbert Hume, Jr., J. S. Hume, Ivai
Humason, D. B. Keasy, F. P. Kendall,
Senator Norton of Josephlno and Rep
resentatives Pierce of Coos and Smith
of Josephlno.
Their argument was that the Initia
tive bill had been passed by tho peo
ple through misunderstanding and
. that the titlo of tho bill had been de
ceptive In that It claimed to bo for
the protection of salmon, when what
was wnnted was protection of steel
head. Tho speakers contended that tho
people did not have the power to con
fiscate property and declared that tho
Hume plant and land, an Investment
amounting to ?800,000, wan rondorcd
practically valueless. As proof of this
it cited that tho big insuranco com
panies had cancelled 2(1 policies as
soon as they heard that this act had
boon passed.
Tho statemont was mado that thlB
waB simply the result of hard feel
ing between Medford and Grants
Pass,' 'ongendorod 'because tho fisher
men nt (Irnnis Pass caught all tho
fish as they came up tho river
through tho employment of flno-mcsh
nets; :i)bo that It was part of a plan
of real estate dealors to bell.
' It was asserted that tho bill dos
"troyod tho means of livelihood of sov
eral hundred families on tho Regno
.and that tho Rogue had the second
largest pack of mlld-cuied salmon,
ibelng exceeded only by tho Columbia
ilver. Ono of the main arguments ad
vanced In behalf of tho passage of the
rierco bill was that It did not Intor
Joro with the essential Intent or the
initiative act, which was designed to
protect tho Bteolhead, because it is
provided that nets of no smaller mesh
than eight Inches shall bo ponnlttod.
iThls permits nil tho steolhead to pass.
;T1iIb provlblon Is strengthened by nn
:other bill passed tho other day which
makes it unlawful to sell or keep for
-h;io sieeineau.
Other speakers who addressed the
Jcommltteo against tho bill wore Gus
ps'owbury, W. l- Isaacs, J. K Knyatt
land W. M. Davis. These gentlemen
'contended that tho bill had boon pass
by the Btato people In an emphatic
manner and that tho people of tho
three counties concerned Jackson,
Josephine and Curry had Indorsed
tho moasuro by a majority or 2!100.
They took tho position that It was
not within tho province of tho leg
islature to change a law paused b
tho people, that the legUlaturo wan
n meio creatine of tho people and
could not ovonide their will.
Another argument made was that
the Roguo wan a greater niutut as a
tourist attraction than as a salmon
producer. They contended that when
It became known that tho stream wns
elosud to coinmorelal flHhlng and that
it was the only stroam whore big
Hteolheads would take the fly, that
hundreds of disciples of lsaak Walton
would Iock Into tlio state and would
spend large sums of mono) hero.
H was argued that thobo sports
men would purchase land along the
stream in order to enjoy the rUhiiiK.
and tho caso or the Potter Pnlmors of
Chicago was cited with tho declara
tion that tho rouuon this wealthy
family had decided to Invest hoavlly
.in tho valley was through a f lulling
trip to tho rlvor.
Thoso epoakers deolarod that ton
years ago the farmors living along
the amallor tributaries of the rlvor
had been nblo to go out and catch a
wlntor'B supply of flub In a few hour,
but that at this tlmo theie were no
imlmon in nny of these utienuis.
H. I)., Humo, tho founder of the
industry, was dubbed the "King of
tho Rogue." It was pointed out that
the Hume estate ownod 8000 aero of
agricultural and 7000 ncros of tlin
bor land and that It hud done noth
ing to dovelop the property.
CZAR ATTEMPTS
TO FORGE CHINA
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Russia Threatens Military Demon
stration In Attempt to Force Sin-
nature of Treaty With China-
China May Appeal to' U. S.
PEKING, Feb. 37. Semi-official
opinion expressed here today is that
the threatened Juismiiiii military
demonstration against China in Hi.
.Mongolia and Manchuria provinces
i, intended at I his time in order to
take advantage of tho plague and
famine conditions which at pioscnl
are crippling China.
While no official statement lias yet
heeu made, it is intimated that China
will resist the Iiithsian iuva-ion l.v
every means short of cannon, trust
ing that tiie intervention of foreign
powers will present n clash.
Iiishm'h determination to act just
nt thin lime is viewed us n last dc
penile attempt to force on China a
renewal of the treaty of 1881, whiol
expires next month. For neaily n
year negotiations on this subject have
been in progress and China lias
shown great unwillingness to submit
to Russia' demands.
Under the terms of (lie expiring
trcnty Hussin has ceitain trade ad
vantages in nil three provinces, and
she insirts Mini these advantages be
continued. China, while declaring
thai the terms of the 188L treaty
have been observed, is reluctant to
icnew the convention on the same
terms. is (o force compliance
wilh this demand that tho e?ar has
made his threat.
Various considerations, it Is
pointed out here, may intervene lo
balk Russia's scheme. One is the at
titude of .Japan. While no expres
sion lias ye come from Tokio on tlio
situation, it is known that Japan is
watching the developments closely,
am it is not believed that she will
sland idly by and see too gieat an
extension of Russian inlliienee in
Manchuria and Mongolia without a
stiff protest.
Another feature of tho situation
which may have a great effect is the
danger of an anti-foreign uprising.
General dissatisfaction already ex
ists in China over the accession of
certain railroad and trade conces
sions to foreigners and it is said that
if Russia forces the lenewal of the
I rent v of 1881 by force of arms,
dissemination of this intelligence
throughout China will be followed by
outbreaks, perhaps more serious
than the late lloxcr rebellion.
ONLY THE BEST IS
CENTRAL POINTS' NEED
CHNTUAL POINT. Or., Fob. 17.
Only the best goes here.
At an adjourned meeting last night
the council voted unanimously for a
combination sanitary and storm wa
ter sewer system to coer the entire
city.
Provision is made for a city sev
eral times tho sle wo now aio and
tho ultimate cost will he cut In half
by injecting tho cheaper system. The
total cohI will appioxlmate $80,000,
hut when flguiod down to a single
lot frontage the cost to Individual
pioperty owneis will he but a few
dollars yearly under the easy condi
tions of the Bancroft municipal bond
ing act.
Provision was also made for sub
mitting to the voteis the question of
Issuing additional water bonds to ex
tend tlio water system to cover the
entire city, including tho several ad
ditions. SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
GIVEN ANNEXATION
LONDON, Feb. 17. Sorioiu eon
sideration is given here today by
the Kwninjc Staudurd (Conserva
tive) to Congressman 1 Unmet s pro
posal 111 the United States house
that America and Canada unite. The
Standard says;
"V need nut Mippoo that either
Speker-elec Culrk or Congro.niun
Kennel have unfriendly iscutimcuts
toward Kugbind, or that they propose
to accomplish their design of (he an-1
novation of Canudri by any illegiti-1
mate iucmu. Hut they were not jok
ing when tliej expressed their anne
ution nentimriiU, They were only
Keying publicly what thoiuuml f
American nre saying privutely."
Tho Liberal puRrfc ivgurd Mou
nd ' re olution lightly, having it
thinly veils liU puiMse of defeating
rooiprooHly. 1
hi the house of commons todav
Rowland Hunt (UuiouUl) nuuouihmmI
that he would ak Prtiuior Aaiiuith,
un Tuesday whether ISuglmul will,
reply to Ainonon legardiug the Hon
not annexation resolution.
HuikliiH for Health.
TWO MORE ROADS
BILLS MAY PASS
Grangers Experience Change of
Heart and State Aid and Working
of Prisoners Bills May Be Passed
by Legislature Before End.
SALKM, Or., Feb. 37. Severn! of
the grangers in the house have ex
perienced a change of heart con
cerning the good roads bills tabled oi
Tuesday and it i very likely that two
of these, the slate aid and county
prisoner bills will be passed.
Negotiations looking toward the
passage of these hills were stalled
this morning by Representative W. .J.
Mariner, leader of the grange forces
and Chairman Mann of the londs
and highways committee with liepre
sentativo Clemens of llie .Multnomah
delegation. Mariner has never been
strenuously oppo-cd to the state aid
bill r the one providing for the use
of (ho county prisoners on roads
other country districts did object and
Mariner stood with them.
Should Me Passed.
"Some of us have henid 1'ioni coii-
sfitucnts on these bills," Mariner
told Clemens. "And we believe that
it would be a good thing to take them
from the table and endeavor to pass
them."
Members of the special commit
tee on roads composed of MoKinuey,
Bigolow, Clemens and Thompson, in
addition to Mariner this morning ex
pressed themselves as willing to com
ply with the suggestion of Mariner
and Maun and a favorable icport will
be brought to the floor of the hoise
on 1 lie two proposed monsiires.
Sentiment today appears to assure
tho passage of these bills. Members
of the Multnomah delegation hne
never been more thnn lukewarm on
the state aid bill, hut have told the
country lawmakers they would vote
for the bill, if the rural districts de
sired it.
Farmers Want Law.
From the expressions beard to lay
(ho farmers have apparently shown
that 1 1 1 03 are vvvy anxious for the
passage of this bill.
Tlio county bonding act presented
by Gill "of Hood River was re-called
from the senate yestcidny because ol
some minor errors in it. It is being
corrected today, will be passed in
amended form and again sent to tin
senate for approval. The form of the
bill will remain unchanged.
SAN FRANCISCO PLANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Col., Feb. 17.
I'laus for the l'auuma Pacific expo
sition celebration next week were
practically completed today. The
parade on next Saturday promises to
bo one of the most notable in the his
tory of the city. Mayor McCarthy
will proclaim that day a general hol
iday. Tacomn People Coming.
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 17.- Kn
mute to Culitornin 11 parly of Hi re
ideuts of Tncoiuu touched l'orlln..d
today. Alter visiting the city a tew
bonis the traveler resumed their
journey. The party will visit the
principal cities of California.
ItOllllKlt C.VlWItltl!
Steals Kneigy ami Will Power From
Its Victims.
Catarrh robs Its victim of energy
some physicians say of will power.
That ina he tho reason why thou
sands of catarih sufferers haven't
ambition enough to accept this fair
and squaio offer by Chas. Strang,
which ho makes without any whys
and whoioforoK or red tapo of any
kind.
('has. Strang says: "I guarantee
HYO.MUl to cure catarrh, acute or
elu mile, or money hack," and that
offer Ik open to every reader of the
Mall Tribune:
UYO.MUl (pronounce It High-o-me)
Is tho puiett Australian linen
lyptus combined with Thymol and
other germ killing antiseptics.
Pour a few drops into the small
vo.t pocket HYOMICI Inhaler and
hi-OMtho It into the lungs over tho in
flamed membrane laf,tud w lth ca
tarrh germs.
It is ploiiHmit to UW It kills th
germs, sothet the sore membrane,
mid euros catarrh; If it doesn't oui
money back.
A botlo or HYOMIfil cot.ts B0 cents
t Chas. Strang's and tliuggWU ev
erywhere. A complete outfit, which
Include a bottle of HYOUU1. a hard
rubber Inhaler nnd si tuple instruc
tion for me, ousts $1.00.
Uugklus ftr Health.
JURORS' NAMES
KEPUSECRET
Smallpox Almost Halts Seattle Vice
Prohe Names of Grand Jurors to
Be Kept Dark Detective Posed as
Wealthy Broker.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb 17. The
discovery of a caso of smallpox
among the p'rlsoneis in the county
Jail, located In the basement of the
courthouse, nearly called it halt In
the grand jury Investigation of the
police corruption scandal today. Hut
the jail was'runilgati'd and tho small
pox victim removed to the pest house
and the examination of SO venire
men summoned to qualify for mem
bership on the grand jury proceeded
as pieviously arranged.
The identity of the men summon
ed for grand Jury duty has been held
secret to prevent any tampering. Sev
enteen will be chosen to serve and
the evidence secured by Detective
William J. Hums will bo spread bo
foro them by John F. Murphy, the
prosecuting attorney, at whoso in
stance Hums and his operatives were
brought to Seattle for the secret In
vestigation of the alleged vice syn
dicate. Scores of witnesses will be called
and the alleged confessions of 80
men and women said to bo implicated
In the vlco syndicate will be offer
ed, according to Murphy.
It Is said that much of tho evi
dence against members of tho so
called vice ring was secured by a
Hums operative masquerading as a
broker with nothing but money which
ho spent liberally for wine and en
tertainment For Sale
15 acres, 3 miles from Talent,
fenced, timber, alfalfa and fruit land,
good house, pure wator, U mile from
school, :t00 young pear trees, lovely
place; $2000, one-halt down.
This 1T acres is ono of the love
liest small ranches In southern Ore
gon. Sheltered by the hills from
tho cold winds of winter, deep, tor
tile soil, an ideal placfl for health.
ijUiSl Acre.
Also 3 I acres, l mllo from Talent,
12 ncros of frufr, family orchard In
boating; apples, Nowtowns, 12 acres,
poach filled; 7 ncros timber, irrigated,
dwolllng house shaded by largo laurel
trees, plenty of wator; fortllo soil;
garden spot; pumping plant; terms,
$13,000, $7000 caoh, tho balanco In
payments of $1000 yearly at G nor
cent.
siiJKil Acre.
Also 20 acres alfalfa and fruit
land, with tlnibor, 1 mllo from Tal
ent; $6500 cash down; just think
what a snap, .1 ilttlo over $300 an
acre. Whore can you find near tho
dopot and railroad a chenpor place?
$!J1W Acre.
Town lots In tho newly Incorporat
ed town of Talent, Or., on the In
stallment plan.
1'ioni $l.0 to $o(0 n Lot.
A fine four acre ranch near Talent;
very fertile alfalfa and fruit soil. Well
watered, all fenced and cultivated;
Peach oioahrd, young, of 1G0 trees
bore last year Apple trees 3C, Apri
cot 1, cherry 2. English Walnuts 2,
Pear 12. Plum C, Quince 21. Neila
sino 1,
Tokay and Malaga grapes 3 your
old. Strawberries 1-2 aero Raspberries
and Logans for family use. chicken
ranch, chicken house, new wood
shed. Wagon shed, etc., good house,
spring, water piped to house, crook
runs through the plnce. Only $1800
cash down.
Also 17 acres, It acres commer
cial fruit boarlng orchard, 2 miles
fiom Talent; $10,000, one-half on
time.
$580 Acre.
Also SO acres flno timber, $2000,
ono-half down
!?5 Acre.
A fine feit lie Fruit Farm, all un
der cultivation, fenced; now flvo
rooin house, bath room, etc.; out
buildings, barn, etc.; lovol; ono nnd
one-half mllos from Talent, Oregon;
good well of wator; young orchard
of apples, mostly Nowtovvna and
Spit, twelve and ono-half acres in
pouts; two acres In peaches, etc.
Tiees young, from 1 to 3 years, Prlco
S8,7rto, one-half cash, balanco to Biilt
pu 1 chaser.
30 acres sj'.Ji:i acre.
Forty acres , about 3 miles from
Talent and Phoenix. Ore : fruit land;
1 2 good springs, 5-room house, out
j ulldlngs. small fruit. 5 acres cleared;
I a good poultrv ranch, over $1000 of
1 standing timber: $1200 down, bal
ance on time to suit tho biiver; only
.S"SO an acre. Look all over tho coun
try and boo if you can find a place
so cheap.
Also 20 acres, orchard and alfalfa
land; -M-t miles south of Talent,
Or ; 1S00 oung fruit trees, tipples,
peaches and pears; ono acre In bonr-
lug; lionise, barn nnd otttiuiiiuiiigs;
all fenced, most of It being Page
wire fonce, 19-strand, rabbit tight;
sub-irrigated and tiled; $--" acre;
over half down, the rest on time nt
' 7 per cent.
1 Also lands, alfalfa and fruit, from
1 20 to S0O acres. Write, enclosing
stamps, or come and sec mo.
L. N. Judd
I Talent, Oregon
Where to Go i
Tonight 1
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NATATORIUM
!; Roller skating, bowling, pool, bll-;;
! Hards, rifle shooting and tub and:;
jj shower baths for ladles and gen-;l
X tlomon.
I SUNDAY
! All the regular features, Including
? Bkntinc lessons for men by In
structor Tanner, during morning,;;
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in the main ball room.
THE ISIS THEATRE
In Comedy songs aim ijwiukhcb. i
Introducing America's Premier 2
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press and public. j
'.MATINEE RVERY SATURDAY:
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i The Nat Theater has exception-!;
ally good pictures for tonight's!;
2 program, consisting of a strong
? diamn and two good comedies.
1 Pheodra (drama).
2 A Desperate Remedy (comedy)
,tA wise Druggist (comedy).
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Beautiful Four-Act Society Play.
Marjorie Mandeville and lierl!
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PHONE 901
Old customers send ine
your address.
Now Premiums, Now Ser
vice, Now Agent.
Put the same old stand
ard goods.
AGENCY GRAND
UNION TEA CO.
110 Tipp St.
Offutt Rornes
Auto Co.
Automobiles
GENERAL OVERHAULING &
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Medford, Or,
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and your friends, too. If yon hnven't called, we Invite yon to conic i
and examine our new quarters,
Values and Prices Right
Allen Grocery Co.
? South Central Ave.
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Medford Iron Works
E. G. Trowbridge, Prop.
FOUNDRY AND MACHINIST
All kinds of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps,
Boilers and Machinery. Agents in So. Oregon for
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO.
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The QUAKER
Everything in the Nursery Line
See the nice English Hollies. All kinds
of shade trees, shrubbery, roses (only
the most perfect plants), and full line
of pear, poach, apple, apricot, prunes,
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Office Phone 2381
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Arsenic Oxide 15 Per Cent
Lead Oxide, about 32 Per Cent
Soluble Arsenic, under 1-2 Per Cent
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Acetic Acid, only a trace of Free Arsenic Acid, and
from in Per Cent to 17 Per Cent of combined Arsenic
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DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR OREGON &
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