UnKrrsUV He Office K Medford Mail Tribune ? WEATHER Itar., UU.8; Temp., oil. Fair today. FORTIETn YEAR. SIXTEEN PAGES. jSLEDJFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FICBRIURY 2G, 1911. TWO SECTIONS. No. 290. I FIRST 1 SECTION T 1 GOOD ROARS BILL VETOED BY GOVERNOR Badly Drawn and Unconstitutional They Would Only Result In Endless Complications No Chance for Bondinn Counties for Two Years SEVENTY-TWO MEASURES FEEL OSWALD WEST'S AXE All Records in Vetoing Broken by Youthful Executive Reasons Accompany Each Rejection. SALEM. Ore., IVh. 'J.V With the veto of tho Rogue River fish bill. Ciovernor West brought to a close t lie inot strenuous campaign of nxe wielding ever conducted by u gover nor of Oregon. A total of Tl lulls were disapproved bv West and a total of :;(( ',S74.r:) was lopped from from the appropriations made by the last legislature. Governor West is well nigh exhausted and will lake il easier the coining week. He expects to visit Medford within the next few days. Almost every bill for the rai.Miig of salaries, except those purely local, met with the governor's displcn.Miie. Most of tho game bills passed by the legislature were vetoed. Tiio four good roads bills were vetoed among the rest. The governor says that they were hnstily and faultily drawn. Then constitutionality and practicability is questioned even by the good roads advocates. The governor says: "Tuder all the circumstances, T am convinced that the best interests of the state require that this subject and the laws necessary for econo mical and effective operation under this section of the constitution should have further and much more deliber ate consideration by the people, and ((specially by the legislative assemb ly." Ust of Xcw Vetoes. Among other bills vetoed are the follewing: If. I?. 2'M), Warner Valley Laud bill: S. 15. M, preventing officials selling goods to state; S. 11. 411, creat ing board for eradication of diseases among animals; S. 1?. 2'M), increasing salarv of prosecuting attorney fourth district: S. II. l.'MI. increasing salary of prosecuting fifth district; S. H. 217, bringing actions against corpor ations; S. 11. lffl, providing for di vision of counties; II. 15. 401), election of ono railroad commissioner from Eastern Oregon; S. 15. 170, requiring bonds of contractors; II. 15. HSO, re lating to loaning public money; II. 15. 554, unknown hoirs bill (Oliver's) re storing lauds to hetr of Morrison in Union Comity. InsMH'tloii Clause Omitted. Tn offering his reasons for the voto of Sonntor Wood's county divi sion bill, which by many was consid ered a measure of considerable im nortauee, one of the most important, in fuct, passed at the session, the governor says; "Xo provision i made for the in vestigation by any poi'son, on behalf of the state nt largo, as to tho merits of the proposal to divide a county or croato n now one. It does not pro vide any accuruto manner of conduct ing an election when a new county is to bo carved out of two old on- and where tho boundaries of the pro Mj.d county would cut through an election precinct. Owing to this nothiug but the utmost coldfusion could result in counting the ballot cast for or agaiu&t tho measure, mi : ..- ......:,-:.. :.. ,i... i.ai u.i.:..i. jwr..iuuH.Bi.il.uH....m.-., win prevent me nung oi icuuuui . . i, ..... - .. opeiiuiir ot the stock exchange, for wo or more counties covering "' ' , K ' . ,. ,. ., .z. p !i oo.. ,..j(.... .i Southern Railway, Southern l'acifio portion, of the same temtory and fractional losses with conflicting boundar, . . Governor Sees Plot. iQQa qb ,u III vetoing the bill providing th.it Realising that all danger of a ser- easlern Oregon hall have one roein- jous slump bad pasted, the big fin- br of the state railroad commission, aneers mailed to get their money out the governor says: ' ''of the market. As a result New "Ostensibly the purpose of the bill York Central, .Missouri Pacific, Head in to secure for eastern Oregon rep- W(r and other prominent issue de rexentation upoo the railroad coin- dined nearly a point from yeter inix'iion, but its real purpo s to, day. legislate out of office a member .u the couiun-icm who has been and i HOW STlMllg tfiiiid ene-i- U".i I wboj 1 a a should by all weans b retainer iiii-iiilir i'f "flid cnninu-iin. There ll'untinueo1 vii Page -) R COMING YEAR VERY BRIGHT Contracts Let for Construction Work Costing Several Millions and it is Expected That Total for Year Will Reach Five Million of Dollars. QUARTER MILLION YARDS PAVEMENT TO BE LAID Paved Area Will Exceed 20 Miles of Streets by Close of Year Many Buildings Planned. Construction work. Involving a to tal expenditure of several million dol lars, is part of the Industrial program In and near Medford for 1911. Al ready contracts have been awarded or are In an advanced stage, for Im provements to cost fully $2,000,000 and It Is expected that railway, hotel, store, offleo and residence' building operations will bring tho amount to $r,000,000. Work has been start ed on several projects. The city or Medford will spend over a million dollars In street Im provements. Contracts are already awarded for 14 0,000 square yards of asphalt paving, which will add six miles to the city's paved thorough fares. In addition, between 75,000 and 100,000 square yards additional pavement has been petitioned for, and contracts for which will soon be awarded, bringing tho total paved area up to 20 or moro miles. In ad dition, there will he many miles of sewer and water mains laid. Work will soon begin upon a ? 100,000 hospital, upon tho $110, 000 federal building, upon tho Mn boiiIc temple and many other struc tures. The new $100,000 flvc-story Medford hotel is being rapidly con structed and other partially built buildings being rushed to comple tion. Including tho Wosterlund and Sparta and Medford Furniture and Hardware block. Extension of the Pacific & Eastern to connect with the Oregon Trunk at Pelican Hay, Involving tho expendi ture, of several millions, making Medford tho terminal of the Hill sys tem in Oregon, Is expected to bo among the developments of the year. Meanwhile tho Koguo Itlvor Valley railroad Is being extondod up the Applegute towards the Hluo Ledge district. The Hogue River Electric company has bogun tho construction of a 25, 000 horso power oloctric plant to harness the Roguo near Prospect at a cost ot a million or moro and has awarded contracts for machinery to equip it. This will glvo powor onough to turn nil tho wheels of southern Oregon. Tho .irosent plant at Gold Hay will bo usod for emer gency purposes. Mining Is receiving more attention than since tho days of '49 and de velopment work on many claims is under way. Preparations aro undor way to manufacture lumber upon a largo scale along tho Pacific & East ern. From 10,000 to 15.000 acres of commercial orchard aro being planted, making the total plantod or chard area over 7o,ou0 acros. ALL DANGER SLUMP OVER NEW YORK. Feb. 2"..- At the Canadian Pacific advanced two points during the early trading. Reading had goal buying m I'nion Pacific during the last did nn.i- Xi(, Tl II, .11 k' I I "-r-il -tl. ,li'. Governor West's Fish Bill Veto Message ';V- fi ,,rmi "4- To the Honorable, the Speaker and .Members of the House of .Representatives: I herewith return house bill No. 218 with my disapproval. The purpose of this bill is to nullify a law, passed by the people of the hist general election, whereby the Kogue river was elosed to eon mir. Phe commercial fishing man, who, through riparian ownership, has maintained a complete monopoly upon the industry. Through the enjoyment of this monopoly he grew wealthy and was absolute dictator as far as that stream was concerned. Deriving hm revenue from Oregon, lie spent it in California, where his family resided and his supplies were purchased. The money he spent for the propagation of fish he spent because it would ultimately add 'to his revenue. Such streams as the Roiruc and the fish therein are given by the laws of God to :: the people, for their common use and benefit, but this one. through the favoritism :: - of man made laws, was given over to the sole use and benefit of this one man. Kor every dollar expended in equipment and propagation, Hundreds were raicen in profit. Therefore the charge that the closing of the stream is unjust and confis catory is without foundation. If, through laws passed by the legislature, one man was permitted for years to eniov a nionopoly. which, while making him rich, retarded the growth and devel- - opment of the country, his heirs have no right to complain when the people see fit, ;; ;: through the passage of another law, to break the said inonopolyand plaee the con- ;; :: trol of the stream back in the hands of all the people, where it rightfully belongs. ; I, therefore, return this EXTRA SESSION APRIlFOURTH Taft Set Date for Reconvening Houso Passes Sundry Civil Appro priation Bill Panama Canal to be Fortified. WASHINGTON, n. President Taft today Foh. April 25. I as it tho dato for an extra session of con gress In case he Is obliged to carry out his threat. The session will he called In case thero Is no voto on Canadian reciprocity. Tho houso tonight made a record In passing tho sundry civil appropri ation bill, tho largest supply measuro of tho session, which had been up only two days. Tho bill carried more than $140,000,000, and usually takes from flvo to 15 days for considera tion. Only threo minor alterations woro made on tho floor. Without a dissenting voice ?1 5,500,000 was appropriated for continuing work on the Panama canal, something unpre cedented. Tho bill carried $350,000 for raising tho battleship Maine, $400,000 for continuation of tho tnr Iff board for two years, and $11,000, 000 fortifying canal. PROSPERITY 1 NKW YORK, Feb. 25. Reports tonight of tho development of crops and financial condition In various parts of tho country, specially collect, od by tho United Press, Indicate a porlod of prosperity in promised for 1011. Financiers point out that moro money is In possession of farm ers and that high pi Ices in tho Inst throa yoars havo Inci eased tho Hav ings, and also tho production ovory whoro. Tho Pacific coast, California, Oro gon, Washington and Idaho particu larly have progressed, bank oloar Ings Incroased materially, railroads are spending millions for Improve ments and extensions and tho Influx of homeseekers now starting Indi cates unusual prosperity In tho webt. TAFTS ATTEND FUNERAL OF HEROIC COACHMAN WASHINGTON. I). '.. 1-Vli. M. President Taft and Mrs. Taft, with many high ofticials of the govern ment, today attended the funeral if Kdward McQuaide, Secretary Dickin son's ooachman, who was killed here Thursday while aing the life of Secretary Dickinson daughter Helen, during a runaway. JACK FROST SHOT BY UNKNOWN ROBBER SALEM, Or., Feb. '1't. Jack Frost P 50, proprietor of a small eonfee.j for the feeble it i-dr-d Tho appoint-1 roads from March 10 to April 10. tionery store, was held up and shut incut was made i-terday bv the state1 may get the same bv applying at three lieiiix la-t etiilii' li .ill u.- board. Je Mil .. iU II. ). Iiickci-, the cluli room-, in the Natatorial!! 1. .'vii I 1 1 1 I i r . mini rci i M l j .'iiCil. jlmiMiii;'. on the said river has for years been eoni rolled by one bill with my veto. RAILROADS 10 Belief Growing That Lines Will Make No Protest Against Decision of Interstate Commerce Commission Forbidding Increase. NKW YORK, Feb. 2."i Ilclicf is growing hero today that the railroads will make no proto.. -against tho de cision of the intor-wtnlo commerce commission in refusing to allow nd vjhiccs in rates, and that they will retrench to meet current obligations. Tho chief public concern over the situation is whether there will ho a reduction of wages to the level pre vailing before tho recent concessions to employes. In (his connection the statement of Oeorgo F. Itaer. presi dent of the Rending railroad, that the workingmnn might suffer from the refusal to allow the rate raise, is causim; surprise. Referring to liner' statement, u big labor leader said teday: "There will be no reduction in wages now. The eastern and most of the western systems have signed up with tho various brotherhoods for a term of years. If the railroads b late their contracts which is unlikely we will have the biggest raiiropd strikes in history. The impression among financial men here h that everything soon will be adjusted, 'that the roads will crrv out their contemplated improve ments, nod that no fight for higher rates will be made. c TU III L UL LIST TOTALS 1 1 ..mm ,. i.,i TONOPAII, Nov. Feb. 25 tho rocovory toda of two moro bod OT M nu les from the Delmoat mine, tho death ! uinign.li..i, lmv and treaty res . ii.. ...... ...... it c...M., i.frt'"ns on the subject. Remove these JJHl IIWW kWUUV - I. .Jl.w. ..,, l.v...v noon a rosculng party found tho body of Frank Burke, a shift boss, lying at the bottom of the 1100-foot level. and that of an unidentified Slav In a stokehole Just abovo tho 1100-foot level. Rescuers today made a complete search of tho inlno, but no other re coveries wore made. With tho find Inif of tho bodies of Ilurke and tho Slav It Is believed all tho in In lug men ari accounted for. A coroner's Jury was called this afternoon to view the remain and an Inquest will be held either Sunday or Monday. With the fire out and tho siuoko and km tapldly clearing, the officials expect to resume operations Monday. NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR FEEBLE MINDED SAI.F.M. Or.. I'Vb. 2."i.)r. Frank K. Smith of Sal'm was apsiinted su pcrintendent ol the state institution! perintendent ol the state institution for the feeble it i-dr-d Tho appoint - Salem, Oregon, February 2-lih, 1911. this state at nnereial fish OSWALD "WEST, Governor. W N IS Deposed Chief of Police at Seattle Indicted by Grand Jury on Charge of Having Accepted a Bribe to Per mit Gambling House to Run. SI3ATTLK, Wash., Feb. 25. Charles Wappenstoin, former chief at police, reomitly dopoaed, was nrrost- ((1 this afternoon upon Indictment of tho grand Jury charging him with accepting a bilbo of $2C00 from Old eon Tapper and Claronco (lorald for permission to conduct a gambling game. Tho grand jury has boon Investi gating for over a week. Tho evi dence was collected by William Hums, tho San Francisco graft do- tec 1 1 vo. Wappenstoin tonight denied hav ing accepted a bribe. WEST OPPOSES JAP TREATY KAKKM, Ore., Feb. 2.').--"! look upon it as itn entering wedgo to op en tho dooi'K for coolie labor on the Pacific Coast," said (lovoruor Waal this afternoon when asked for an ex pression of ipiuiou relative to the treaty entered into between .lapaii and the Fnited States and which congress has ratified. "Labor conditions on the Pacific Toast," continued the Kovornor, "are loday better and superior to those prevailing on the Atlantic. On the prossiou of opinion relative to the I compete with foreign labor and it has. Atlantic coast American labor must would hao had to compete with ' AmorVuii labor on the Pacific coast , , . . . . . ana an invasion oi imuuiu numr m the Pacific coast and the placing "f American labor on an erpialitv with Asiatic labor will be tho rosult." TAFT TO SPEND THREE WEEKS IN DIXIE LAND WASHINGTON'. I). ('.. Feb. 25.- Pri'iidcut Tall is contemplating spending tun or three weeks in the south, hcirimnnir .March in, wuen lie speaks at Atlanta, it was learned to night. He feels his long siege sinco December 1 is entitled to rest be fore tho extra session. COLONIST FOLDERS NOW ARE READY Manager Charles A. Malboeuf, of the Commercial club, issued notice toduv to the effect that awy persons wishing to secure data on the col onist rates from the east to be in effect on the transcontinental rail- FINE OUTLOOK I FOR 010 YIELD OY ORCHARDS Professor O'Gara, After Examina tion of Groves, Reports Both Ap ples and Pears Heavily Set With Buds Better Than a Year Ago. FIVE INCHES EXCESS IN RAINFALL OVER YEAR AGO Up to Present, Conditions Have Been Ideal Cool Weather Hoped for to Hold Back Buds. lty P. J. O'Gura. The prospects for n heavy yield of apples and pears in the Hogue River Valoy woro never better. Dur ing, the past couple of weeks I have been pretty well over the orchard districts of the valley from Ashlain1 to Grants Pass and find trees ol practically all varieties of pears and npplcs heavily set with buds. A cri tical examination oL the pear or chards, in particular, shows that the aro more heavily set with fruit bm'U than a year ago. The Bartletts un perhaps in the lead, but this is nat ural vince this variety is not onl, un curly bearer but a vorv regulai ono. The other vurities, however, arc well set, nnd there should bo ono ol the best crops of pears of all vnri ties that tho vnlloy has over seen Tho presont prospects for a hcav, crop are brightened by tho fuct that nt this time tho excujis in precipita tion over last year is more than five inches. Up to this time, weuthci condilioiiH have been ideal, tho bright but cool weather has held hack tin buds, nnd it is to be hoped that it will continue for some weeks. Wi hope to sec the blooming season fur all varieties more nearly the normal this year. Pears should not come into bloom until nftor the first week in April; nnd npples of course, from a week to ten days after that date. The number of acres of nil varitie of fruits to come into bearing thif year is uhoul .1,000. Of course, this is u very heavy increase over las year, but this increase comes from n number of very fine young orchnrds planted from six to eight years ago and which havo been given (he best of care. Naturally, we expect such trees to help to swell tho grand total. It ia u little too early to o limulc tho number of cars which we expect to ship, but to be very con servative, the ninounl of fruit to he sent out of the valley this year shouh' easily double last year's output. Ic connection with this Htalemcut I wis), to say thai every orehardist should avail himself of every opportunity to keep posted on weather conditions Winn for spraying, and for everv other orchard practice which wil1 help him to protect his crop. There is no trouble in saving cropx from any cause whatever in the Rogue Riwr Vnllev if the orehardist will give intelligent attention to the de tails of the business. PAIR VICTORY IS CELEBRATED SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. With parados, bund concerts, receptions and speeches, San Francisco today celebrated her victory ovor New Or leans In socurliig national endorse ment as the site for the Panama ex position. Hy proclamation of the mayor, tho tores were clowed for the afternoon, and when the groat parade started down .Market street at i:'.0 o'clock 8au Francisco outdid herself In wild demonstration. Promptly with the starting of the parade every control ler or a steam whistle or siren In the city and harbor was tied down and the resultant roar shook the nearby hillH. A large contingent of militia and regular troous figured In the parade. Tonight band concerts, confetti throw ling aud general Jollification will ikei tho city nwuko until long nftor Imidiilght. DEATH STALKS I w DIRE POVERTY Youth, Dyiiijj of Galloping Consump tion, in Destitution Amid Squalid Surroundings Family of Or phans. DEATH 0FPARENTS SHROUD CHILDREN IN MAZE OF DEBTS Physicians Not Summoned in Time to Render Material Aid Must Depend Upon Charity. Every moment nppronchiiig nenror to tho iuovitublo end, Clareiico Veach, seventeen yoars old, n suffer from galloping consumption is confined lo tho two room "shack" homo on outh Front street which ho, fou brothors and u sister havo shared together since, two months ago, their mother fell a victim to tho samo dread de scase. Save for the attention givon tho boy by City Physician R. W. Stcnrns nnd the aid given tho family by kind hearted neighbors, tho dying boy. whose end is daily expected bv thoso now ministering to his wants, would be forced to suffer the pangs of destitution in addition to tho tor tures of the disease he is feebly combatting for his life. Ono reason for tho prosent con dition of the hoy is tho fact that," al though ho has been seriously ill for almost a month, medical aid was not summoned until last Monday. Dr. Stearns, when he answered the call in that day disco vorcd that the boy's temperature had reached T0U degrees and that the entire upper lobe of ono lung hnl already consolidated. Since that day Dr. Stearns has at tended the boy regularly but follow ng u visit paid (ho patient by him lust night he held out littlo hope for rocovory. Children Left Orphans. Sinco tho death of the father, a painter, from injuries received when, ho fell from u scaffolding two years ago, the J'liiuilyj which consists of David, aged It) years; Clarence, tho sick boy, aged 17 yoars; another boy, 14 years old, who is ulso on the sick list; two small boys, aged seven nnd five years; it married daughter, whoso husband h away; and until two months ago when she died, of tho 'not her, has been dependent for sup nort upon the onrninga of David and what money Clarence was ablo to "r.ru from lime to time. Although David is regularly em ployed, and is favorably though oEby his employers, a grocery delivery company here, the family, just ns thev were recovering from tho desti tution in which the sudden death of tho father loft them, woro again shrouded in a innzo 'of ilobte when the mother died. Since then, however between them, the two older boy havo paid up all of; the obligation but about $.Fi. For a short while Ihoy kept board ers out at their small homo, but the cramped (piurturfl prevented this when sickness visitad thu house, with tho result that the Missos White and McDurmntt, school teachers in the city schools, who visited the homo last week discovored that the young er children were without sufficient clothing to withstand the cold. They secured some clothes and left them at the hotte. Doctor Called Too Tjitc. According to Dr. Stearns, who also attended tho mother before uou suuiptiou earned her off, both tho oases of the mother nnd tho boy Clarence could have boon eombattcd bettir had thero been any oiiu in tho family to summon mudicat holp when the patients first heoaiiio seriously ill. When summoned to attend tho moth er about two mouths ago, ho found that the woman was beyond all medi cal aid, and In the prosent cuso not only was Clarence almost nt that stage but tho the next youngest child had also succumbed to au attack oi! sickness. The houso in which tho children make their home Is very squalid and, situated as it in upou a vacant lot to the south of tho Medford grocery AoiiiMiuy's now wnrehouso on South Front street is without any aanitnvy arrangements. Within the past few days, tho ut (Cuiitinuitl on I'ufe'q 4.) Si