MEDFOftD lLUX TRIBUNE, MEDFOKP, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1911.
PETTY ROBBERIES TENNIS COURTS
ARE NUMEROUS ARE IN READINESS
WATT BACK FROM
INSPECTION TRIP
IE IS
"Old Homestead" Coming
RAGIIfGJN GULF
Scores of Fishermen Are Believed to
Have Perished When Power in
Their Little Launches Gave Out
Gale Started on Tuesday.
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Asks Legislative Committee for Lit
tle More Freedom and Permission
to Work Is RefusedMost Fa-
mous Prisoner In America.
Other City Dads, However, Continue
Their Journey Southwards Inspect
ing Fire Apparatus and Pavements
Carpenters Seem to Be Losing Tools
With Clocklike Regularity Many
Woodsheds Are Being Entered by
Pilferers.
Season's Playing Will Soon Open sn
New Club Grounds on Oakdalc
' Club Hotise Is Tp'Be Erected In the
Near Future.
of Various Makes.
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IJO.STON, April 29. Condemned to
solitary confinement for IiIh whole II fo
for unnatural hutchcrlci. committed
when u boy, Jennc Pomeroy, tho most
famous prisoner In America, nftor 3G
yearn .In a cell, Iiuh ot Inst become re
conciled to Ills fute, '
"All I ask Is a llttlo more freedom
ud permission to do some work," suld
Pomeroy today to the memberH or n
leKlsIatlvc committee on the one day In
tho year on which In- Is allowed to ee
the facn of any HviiiR pernon other Minn
Ms keepers and hln uijed mother, who
visits him every nix jnonths for u few
ho urn.
Cooped up In IiIh cell In the old Cherry
Hill flection of tho Charlestowii prison
with only one window hlRh In the wall,
Blvlnir him h view of a. wiuare of blue
8lcy, Pomeroy han spent the long, dreary
years slncii he was H years of lice, he
has become an export UiiKUlst and can
read with falrllty Lutln, CJreok und al
most all the modern lajiBuaRes.
Pomeroy, while a solitary prisoner. Is
not so In the Hnso that he In cooped up
In a silent cell. Juh Insldo the. door of
the Cherry Hill annex, tho oldest part
of the rny old prison, Is the homo of
the Murdererou Pervert, whose utrool
tjes convulsed all New midland 3C year
ano and whose fate Is unliue In the
nunnln of American Justice.
Ottards Preient.
When only tho Kiiards of the annex
are present, Potnerny's cell Is cut off
from the main corridor only by a irrated
Iron door through which ho can see
and conversn with tho urmed men who
are always on watch. Hut the Instunt
thn lock of the outer dbor clicks, the.
world, for Pomeroy, Is blotted out. Ho
forn the door can open nnd a visitor
enter, tho Ruard steps across the corri
dor, nwliiRs to a solid steel door1 which
cIohch completely all entrance tn Pom
erny'H cell und barn his Might of any
facn which would break, even for a
moment, the mntoiiy of IiIh duys.
Xo Complaints.
"No complaints,'1 until today Iiiin been
I'omeroy'H reply to the questions of the
various committees of the lenlslature
which have visited him through tlie, Ioiir
years. Today ho broke silence. Asked
If ho suffered through IiIh Holltude,
Pomeroy told the cemmitteemen:
"Yen, but T appreciate what liberty 1
lime. The bright spots In my llfo are
the vIsIIh of my mother twice n year.
Phe In the only person except my keep
ers who I am ever permitted to see
The walls of this cell have become the
bnundarleH of my life. I do feel UioiikIi
that I have recoveied from nil the
telidenolen which made me duiigerntiii
Councilman J. K. Watt, returned lo
Mcdford evening from Hnri allien to,
where he, In company with Tduyor W. II,
Canon nnd Councilman . .t, Emorlek and
If, O Wortman, went to invcH'.tgnlc the
paving In that city A thorough Inves
tigation wus conducted by this commit
tee n .Sacramento, Hun Mulen, and Htock
ton und the pnvenier.tH there found to be
excellent nnd capable of supporting
heuvy traffic.
The difference between tho puvementH
previously luld In Medford und that pro
posed Is un follows. Tho old style Iiuh u
concrete bune und Is connected with thu
wearing surfuce by a 1 1-2 Inch binder
while the proposed pmement consists of
a r, 1-2 Inch OHpliultlc bust! upon which
the wearing surface Is poured and rrtlled
without necessitating tho binder. TIiIh
makes the pavement thinner and there
fore less coNtly.
Hcveral well known engineers oh well
ns property owners were consulted and
all spoke well of the Chirk & Henry Con
structlon company and, of thu tiu1lty
of their work.
Mayor Canon and MensrH Wortman
und Hinerlck continued their Journey to
I .on Angeles, Hnnta Harbani, where they
will Investigate the automobile fire np-.
parntim used ther. They nio exiected
homo the beginning of next week.
NKW OUI.HANH, April 2?.- With
scores of pnrsonH missing and sit
schooners blown ashore off Pass Chris
tian, pntrnl bouts today tiro snatching
for flshurmen vio were miles ji way, from
nport when the fierce West Indian hur
ricane In oka Tuesday anil which con
tinued Wednesday and Thursday. It
Is believed that a number of fishermen
took refugo from the gale and hnve
been unable to reach home. It Is known
Unit the power of many a ft he flhhlng
boats has been exhausted and grave
feurs are entertained for their safety.
and I Hhatl he glad If thn legislature
could make It possible for me tn hnve
n llttlo more rieedom and u llttlo work
to do."
Was Kfuid.
Modest iih his request wuh, the chair
man of the visiting committee was forc
ed to refuse.
"We can do nothing for you Pomeroy,"
he said "except to see that you do not
miffer In prison."
Then tho committee filled out of the
cell, tho door was closed nnd .leHse
Pomeroy wuh left to face thn years.
Insurgents Active.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 29.
United Htatcs Consul Schmucker at Hn
senuda, lowor California today udvlscd
the Ntate department by telegraph that
tho city Is In danger of cupuiuro by tho
Mexican Insurgents. The rebels, Hch-
muker's tolegrnm wiys, huvn re-oecuplod
Alamo und uro expected to nttuck Un
senada at any hour.
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Bctne Prom Senman Thompson's Celebrated Play, "The Old Homestead."
IJenmun Thompson's "Thu Old llome
Hteud," now In ItH 2filh yeur. Is ono of
tho rich treasures of the American Htuge.
The old play, being fumlllur to all HortM
und conditions of men, Ix, the finest
blend of quaint humor und helpful pre
cept current In tho theatre IIh per
vading spirit In that of tho tender and
simple love of an old man for ull that
Ih simple und lovely, of an old man who
might sing with Jeun Ingclew:
"1 opened tho doors of my heart and
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Thero won music within and a song.
A number of petty robberies extending
over n period of three weeks, have been
committed In various parts of the city.
Carpenters seem to be the principal los
ers, saws, hammers and other tools be
ing tuken. The thefts nre nearly a!
ways reported from unfinished houses
where the tools are left over night.
Woodsheds and other outbuildings are
also being entered and fruit of nil
kinds tuken. No trace of the thieves has
been found but u sharp watch Is being
kept by residents of the disturbed dis
tricts and If the depredations continue
the thef or thieves will walk Into a neat
ly luld trap-
And echoes did feed on the sweetness,
repeating It long,"
To go und Nee "The Old Homestead"
Is like going home for a visit. Joshua
Whltcomb Is ono of tho most beautiful
characters on tho Htuge.
The Oakdale Tennis club Is now pre
pared for the playing season with three
courts finished and another rapidly near
lng completion. A club house to coat
In the neighborhood of 1600 will proba
bly be erected on the grounds ut the In
tersection of Whitman and Jasper;
streets. The membership Is Increasing
rapidly and the tonnls tournament urn.
already uh good an won In'the estima
tion of thoso who have watched the
practice games.
TTnnklnn for Health.
Xotte.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
deralgned will apply at the next regula
meeting of tho city council of the ctt
of Medford, Oregon, on May 2, 1911. fo
a license to sell spirituous, vinous an
malt liquors In quantities leas than
gallon, at their place of business at 3
Front s.. tn said city, for a period or
six months.
M. A B. J. ADAM&'
Dated April 21, 1011.
Unnklns for Health.
Two Days Only
Speolal Bale of Bteelea Mastodon rabalet.
All In Sloiiom.
39 CUNTS PEK DOBBST TO TWO
DAYS OMX.T TVSBDAY AMD
WEDNESDAY, APBXX, S3
AMD 30.
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investment, for platting, for a small syndicate, also as a speculative
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from Eagle Point. There are about 40 acres in pears and the same
acreage in Newtown and Spitzenberg apples, all in their fifth year, and
about 60 acres, mostly in pears from one to four years old. Balance
of the tract nearly all good fruit land. There is a good house and barn,
bunk house, drilled well, etc., The stock and machinery, consisting of
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