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FORTIETn YEAR.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
jSLEDJFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FICBRIURY 2G, 1911.
TWO SECTIONS.
No. 290.
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SECTION
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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,
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win prevent me nung oi icuuuui . . i, .....
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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
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should by all weans b retainer
iiii-iiilir i'f "flid cnninu-iin. There
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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
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Governor West's Fish Bill Veto Message
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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
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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!!
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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.
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TONOPAII, Nov. Feb. 25
tho rocovory toda of two moro bod
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les from the Delmoat mine, tho death ! uinign.li..i, lmv and treaty res .
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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.
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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
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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
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