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Medford Mail Tribune
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Aii'jjoxtu, oimooN, Wednesday, may ru, 3911.
No. 60.
BANNER PEAR
CROP N
OGU
E
THIS SEASON
So Suys Professor O'Gnrn After
Visit to All of the Lnrijrr Orchards
Trcrs Am In Excellent Condition
and Fruit Heavily Set.
WINTCR NELIS ALONE AF1E
UNDER USUAL ESTIMATE
Apple Crop Will Be About 50 Per
Cent of Last Year's
Production.
Tim pear eiop in the Rugim river
valley thin mmimim will lin a banner
vrv, Vint punning InM year's pi iii
Itnu In ii eonsiileinhlo extent, iiecotd
illiC I" 1'iulVxHtir I. .1, O'Oiirn who
hill jlllit l'llli'll'l t Oil I III' III!
principal oichunU in I lie Willi'). 1 111
cionl, Mm ioII, Ohio, Allen, Muu
crock iiihI other nuiiiinU wore iil
i'l mill tin' crop will hi a splendid
olio.
Winter Nulin iiIhih! of the ihmi
family will not produce a largo ciop
owing Id defective pollination. Tin
I'lop will Im nliMiit lit) per cent ol
tint nmt hiirvonlcd IiihI your.
Tim apple crop in Hit valley will
range between in ami oil ptf oont l
litwl jour'n pioilitotiou, this being an
oil car for npplo.
"The orohaitU won never in a
healthier iiiinililiini tlimi at ptcsunt,"
stale Profoir'Giiin. "IlligliUia
lioon ontiioly orailioatoi! ami evciy
thing lends lo iiHhiuo a largo pent
lop. A largo niimlior of rcwilM
have roaohoil this ulfioo , the offool
I lint, fcuiuriil uichards hud hist iiimiv
nrilirlHffrmnMriU'rriMiiin mTny in
Kpiii'tion thai thesu ropoits wcio mi
foiimloil, "I'rota present indications pom
will proilueo won' tin your tlimi ovoi
lioforo with llio exception of W'intoi
Nell. Those did not pollinate a
the) should."
OPIUM SMUGGLING INTO
AUSTRALIA IS LUCRATIVE
Mr.MloritNK. May :i. Opium
smuggling into muioiih pints of Aus
tralia in viiMly lueiiilivc hiiimns, it
one is tu judge from the facts ie
J wiled in a case lientil in the omul
in .S.vdnoy. The erown niithoi itii"
is making out of Cttoir charge against
jnuiig mini umiioil Water
house who wiih involved in eiiminal
piouoodings, nssoiloil that he itiiuli
iin mui'li iin $,'1,10 in the cotiisc of a
Millie nighl. His iiioiIiih operandi
win deehiied to he us followh: lie
iniliieoil lluropeaiiri to In tnvr opium
' i "in ('limn to CiiiiihIii. rohhoil them
theio, and thou escaped to (Juccns
hind in older to dispose of lux ImmiI
lie wiih Heuteneoil to tliiee yearn Illl
plisnillllOul, GENERAL BURKE'S FUNERAL
IS HELD AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Or., .May .'II. Tin
funeral of Brigadier flenoial Dniiiol
Ihnko, II. S. A., ieliie.1, wiih hold
lliis foroiiooii at the nCtholie oathe
dial. The body mis intoned n:
.Mount Calvary cemetery. The huiiiil
oeioiuonv wiih simple and M'ini-pn
Mile, .Mih, Mm l.o ovoi ruled the wig
giwlinu of n iiiililtiiy ftiuural.
(leneial Durko died lute yesterday
from a coiuplieutinn of various tils
eiiHOH fioiu whieh he liml Hiilfered foi
months. He wiih 70 years of ago and
hud risen from the rnnkH. lie fought
throughout the si i war and won
niplil promolioiiH for hniver.v.
I In was hoi ii in Conneelieut.
Celebrating Beginning of War
MRS
HARIMAN
m-jssszz
acTij-rvz n't' j.UKznvmrrri
CINCINNATI, Ohio, May .'II. Old, yet luila ami heaity, tin; Himiv
liiK' nieuihoo of the Ninth Ohio Volunteer infiinliy, whieh herved
Ihroiiholit the war of the reliclliou from the lirnit; on Vmt Kiimter to
the fall of Apxiiiinlt, met in Ciiicinuati ami eeleliralid the fiftieth an
niM'i'warv of their enlistment. They had a hiunpiet, provided for hy the
hiimukm of I'nvale ('. W. II. I.uehlieil, of tlui) leomeut.
The method wherohy .Mr. laiehheit fin oil hi money is perhaps the
finl vir uxod for a like oeeasioa. Koity-tive yearn iin he ntartod to
xiive the iiuuii'v for the haiupiel. Kiioli mouth In wont to the hank mid ile
posited the niiiii of 10 eeuH, In nil, ho made ft 10 trips to tho hank.
This in itM-lf meant onl fil. However, the intorohl mi the money
luoiuhl the hiiiii up to .fj'lll.77.
Stocks Pcsslnilstlc.
NKW YORK", May HI. . A eoueni
f raled diivo hy Hie heaH deprofihiul
piieen todav in the iiiiihI aelivo in
hiiiih. United KIiiIoh Steel ami Ainiil
cmiuiled Copper vein heavily hold
ami it wiih rumored that Ihese eor
)ionilioMH would he allueked in a
way Himiliir to Die tSiiuilard Oil eiuu
pnuy and iho Ameileau Tohneeo com
pany. Tho mnrkel huidened uflor
llio opeuiu: and tlie rally wiped mil
eaily Iiishuh, Cauudiiiu I'aeilio nmo
!i; Union I'aeifio l''u Noithein Pa
eifiii Tii SI. Paul, Mriu fiihl nro
furred mid Roiidiu 1 ; United Stulori
'Sleel mid A'nmlgmiuik'd CoppDi" do
oliiiud J.
Tliu tiiiukut closed uluady.
ARMOUR CLEARS
UP A FORTUNE
Dumps Immense Quantities of May
Wheat Into the Pit When Price
Readies $1.0-1 and Prevents
Stuerzlnn of Shorts.
CIIICAOO. III.. .May .'Il.-'-Hy dump.
iiiK iiiimeiii-e (iiaiitilicH of .May wheal
into the pit today when the pi ice
reaehed 1 .0 1 and preventing the
KipieeriiiK of xIioiIh, .1. Odeu Armour
eleared Up a furmiio and proxented
a i t hoaudul. The hulls hud planned
to corner Iho cereal. The options of
many hIioiIh expired at noon todav.
Heavy anivals of wheat horn etc-
vatorn iiImi helped prevont the panic
whieh threatened (he pit today. The
liiealesl exeiloinent marked the trad
ing Armour hud hoaw holdings
which he had aeipiired at lower
prices. Whoa the hulls emlejivoied
to htmiipodc the pit he lei pi of liue
(piiinlities, iHM'iuittiut; the shot Is lo
cover hoforo the prices Miurod higher.
.MiVV wheal at the opening jumped
a full cent. This followed an ad
Milieu of III A eolith .Monday. It wan
eatimated that the hlioits were coin
polled to deliver .',1)110,(1110 iiiIh'N to
cover hhort hales.
A. .1. I.iehsleru, was the chief hull.
II with icpoited (hat ho controlled
11,0(10,0(10 hushelh. lie hied to l'oi-e
the hhorlH to cover at tho IiIkIu-.s!
piiee.
GENERAL PRYGE HAS
DROPPED FROM SIGHT
BECKER GIVES
UP2 LITTLE
Makes Partial Confession Regarding
Forging, of Check Anxious for
Trial hut Must Walt Until Grand
Jury Meets.
J. V. Ileekor, who is aliened lo
have sreiired various hoiihchold ar
ticles from tho .Mordorfr & Wool!
Kiiruituro store, Kivinj; in payment a
cheek which wiih aflorwaidH found
to ho forced, nnidu a lmrtial confes
sion Tuohday when Alrx. William
Hooker, a Hister-iu-law who rohideh
near Jitcksouville, hroiihl muuu of
the arlielcH o .Medford. Mrw. Huck
or was entirely innocent of tho fad
that tho Koodn had hoen hccurod hy
irregular mctlioils. Hooker is anxious
lo ho Kivon a heariui; and have the
matlor over with hut tho laws of the
Mlnte provide that ho miiHt stay in
the county jail iiutl tlm Brand jury
convener in Iho fall.
SENT REQUEST
Lengthy Telegram Is Forwarded to
Order, New Yerk, Advising Mag
nate's Widow of Rogue Valley and
Its Natural Resources.
BUSINESS MEN; RALLY
TO SUPPORT OF MOVE
Dr. Reddy Declares That City Will
Give 100 Acres of Land and
Bonus if Needed.
GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO
EUGENE ORGANIZATIONS
KUflKNi:, Or., .Mav 31. Governor
Oswald Went spoke lo stuilouU of the
t'nivei-hit.v of Oregon Wcduchday
morning. Oovenior West will alh'o
Hpeak twico to the citizens of Kiirciip.
Tonight he will alldresvi the Municipal
leiiRiio at Iho Oslmni hotel, nnd to
morrow iii)ht tho Woodmen of the
World.
A lengthy lelenun, delineating the
ndvautiiKCH of the ItoRiie river vallej
iih tho hile of tho jprojwsed l'dwaid
II. Ilarrimmi university wan hunt n
Mrs. E. II. Harrimnii at Ardcu, New
York, Tuesday, and a reply in a wail
ed with much intercut. The telegram
after recitinjr tho natural ailvniituKC"
of thirt valley HibVc of Sir. llarn
muii'ri oxprcHsed tclicht with Med
ford and Iho hiirroiuidiiiK territory.
Tho telegram wan signed hy Mayor
W. II. Canon, President Colvig of the
Commercial luh, and K. V. Hetrkivilh,
president of tho Univciily flub. Srs.
Ilnriinau was nwked to exprchH her
I ilea miro in the matter.
"The litihiuesH men of Medford
Ktnnd ready to give 100, f00 or 1000
acres of land and $2.'.,()0(l or i.'iO.OOO
with which to improve it, if Mrs. Har
riinan will he influenced hy such an
offer," states I)r.4J. F. Reddy, who
is fathering the movement. "I have
had a largo number of them come to
mo and volunteer their aid financial
ly or otherwiho, if it be needed. We
can well afford to make such mi of
fer as the building of 'greatcht uni
versity in tho world menus the pour
ing out t milliom.OT'buildiiipj, im
provement of grounds, equipment and
tho like. It may he that Mrs. Har
riuimt will not reqtiiro a bonus but if
so wo will give one."
Hii8iuo.sk men generally throughout
tho city are rallying to the move.
Medford has struck ono of her gaits,
Hint has made her a leader of prog
ressive cities.
Utilizing Worn-out Warships
LlNOGRIMQf
M MMMW Ml- I - ! i-lH
ft f rf If ill 1 il I I JiVE mi $A "" 1? iiillH
HARRY KNIGHT
NERVOUS
WRECK
Driver of Racing Car in 500 Mile
Speed Test is Kept Under Influ
ence of Opiates May Never Drive
Another Racer.
HAN DIKCJO, Cal, May 31. KoU
lowing Iho execution of Captain Kriui-
cIhoo VIj-.ii at HiihiIho, It wiih learned
today Unit (leucral Pryeo and ltl
alile, Catitaln Melvln HopUlim weio
mlHHlng riom (ho camp.
Whether 1'rjeo hud left llio ioIioIh
for gcmil, whether ho hud gone tu Iho
I.oh ArtgolOK Junta on IniHlnesH r
whether lio had met with foul piny
wiih niiOHtlonod by bin iiuju. It was
gunorally lielleved Unit I'ryco Iiiih
Kono to I.oh Aiigoles. Mont of tln
vvhlto ofrieorrt of his Torre, It wiih re
nin led. also hail loft camp, l'ryeo
mid IiIh orrieors, It wiih mild, hud
Umrneil they weio to bo lephieod by
Mexicans.
VIiih' oxeoulloii was nulto diniu-
alle. Ho wiih led lo Iho bills near
Tin Jiuina at huiiiIho and shot by
MoxleuiiH,
"1 am nrrald or AmeileaiiH," wild
llio oniiiloninoil mull "ami I rnfllHO to
bo shot down by wblto nion." V
MoxleuiiH cninpoHod tho firing hiiuikI.
Ho Jouroil at IiIh oxecutlonoiH. Tho
rlfloH rruoluxl mid Vln foil forward,
a hiiiIIo oi) bin face, 11 Ir body wnR
Htlll lyliif at noon wlioio It foil.
WINDOWS USED AS
;T
BILLBOARD
I'ioiiiIhwiis advortlblng of ones
biiHlnoKH by jilarlng Htlekors on doors
mid windows In the lumlneHB district
Is becoming a favorite nnd of tho snmo
time dangerous custom for thoso en
gaged In It.
i:ory morning for tho past week
ono or moro show windows ro plast
ered with red, blue and other cqlorod
paHtorH and tho merchants nro having
cousldernblo difficulty in keeping tho
storo fronts pieseiitablo.
Thoro Is no difficulty In finding out
Iho Identity of tho parties txiiiBorned
ns tho niiino Is usunlly nulto prom
inent In tho advertising sqhoiuo. Tho
vmioiiH sign boards about bo city aro
morn apiu-oprliito for ndvortlsliig tliiiu
thojilucoH now used.
Repnlrinrj Linos.
i ij
Kb I'ASO, Toxim, Rrny ,'U. That
tho Southern Paeifio line, washed out
by (doudhnrst ISO milos oast of
hero, would bo ready to resume traf
fic! today was Iho expectation of tho
offioials of tho road horo. Five miles
of traok woro carried away by a
iilondburet mid traffiu was completo
ly tiod up,
INDIANAPOMS, Ind.. Mny 31. A
nervous wreck after tho torrlblo
strain of yestorday's G00 mllo auto
mobile race, Harry Knight, who drove
tho Wcstcott car, was under tho In
fluence of ophites today. Although
Knight was uultijurod yesterday, tho
strain on bis nerves wns too sovero
for him, nnd nftor tho race wns end
ed bo collapsed. Today It Is predict
ed that ho will never bo nblo to drive
Another racing car. Ills physicians
fenr bo mny suffor a parmanont
breakdown of tho nerves.
Tho men Injured In tho raco yes
tordny nro resting onslly this nfter
noon. Archlo Orelnor, whoso Aniplox
wns dnshed fro nitho track following
n tiro explosion, v. as Improved today
nnd his physicians believe ho will
surely recover. Tho body of his
mechanician, S. V. Dickson, klllod In
tho Biuno nccldent, wns shipped to Chi
cago.
The Newport oiicu a celelirotcd gunboat.
NEW YOKK. Juno 31. Eighty able youths fu,ll of the call of tho
sea, were on board the Newport, a one time gunboat in the United States
Navy, which left to begin Its annual cruise of four months.
Tho vessel Is now used by the Board of Education as a training school
designed to fit young men for the merchant marine. Relatives and friends
gave the young men good advice, countless articles for personal use and
a rousing and lingering send off.
The school ship Is officered by retired men from the navy: Captain,
Harry. Mason, Dotnbaugh; Chief Engineer, Claronce H. Matthews; Execu
tive, Officer Follx Gross; Senior Instructor Charlea.E Morgan, and Junior
Instructor. Derthold Ackerman. The bodily ills of the boys will bo looked
after by Dr. Richard A. Warner, U. S.N. The party will travel between ten
thousand and eleven thousand miles, before returning. September 2S.
Tbcy will visit twenty places along the Sound, the New England coast,
going as far north as Halifax, N. S and making a run to Hamilton, Ber
muda, and calling at Southern ports during July and August, coming back
and making a second visit to Sound and Now England points, Boston and
Portland, Me.; Fort Monroe, Annapolis and New London will be a few of
tho places visited.
MAY MAKE EAGLE
SCREAM JULY 4
Mass Meeting Called for Tonight to
Discuss Plans for Observing Un
cle Sam's Birthday All Are Urged
to Attend.
MISS AGNES H0BS0N
DIES ON JACKSON CREEK
Agues Uobhon, the 17-yeiir daugh
ter of Mrs. Lucy llobson, died at the
family homo on a.lekson creek, at 11
o'clock Tuesday morning. She is sur
vived by three sisters, Mrs. Ijillic Gil
bert of Rainier. Or.; Mrs. Einnm Grot
'of Vinn.Oal., and Hiuol llobson of
Jacksonville; two brothors, James
llobson of Redding, On)., mid Harry
llobson of Jacksonville mid ono half
sister, Ruth Armstrong, of Galves
ton, Texas.
Tho fuuural will bo hold from tho
homo ata 10 o'eloek Thursday morn
ing, Interment will bo in Jackson
ville, ooinotory,. John Perl 1ms ohargo
of thu fuuoral arrnngomonta,
Tho glorious old bird of freedom
mny havo his tall tweaked In Medford
on tho coming Fourth of July and
mighty screams of patriotism may
ascend In volumno nevor before ap
proached. The matter will bo decid
ed at a mass meeting of citizens to bo
hold tonight in tho rooms of tho real
estato exchange to which nil patriotic
Americans residing in this city nro in
vited nnd urged to attend.
AVIATOR
SMEN
NOWJN CITY
Work of Setting Up Biplane Begins
Grounds Are Examined Plane
Hero is New Ely Will Arrive on
Friday Evening.
ROME. May 31. Archbishop
Keano of Dubuque, lovvn hns resign
ed to accept appointment ns titular
archbishop of a qcq which hns not yet
been designated.
Tho blplano used by Aviator
Eugeno Ely arrived in Medford Tues
day afternoon and Wednesday two of
Ely's mechanicians arrived and Im
mediately went to tho ball park with
Court Hall and a thorough examina
tion of tho grounds was made In pre
paration for determining tho starting
nnd landing points nud tho gcueral
direction of Iho flights.
The blplano Is said to bo now nud
while similar In design to thoso gen
erally used by Ely has never been
used except for trial flights. Great
interest is being shown by tho peoplo
of tho surrounding country.
P. LINDLEY
IS LAID AT REST
Th'o funeral of Georgu I', hiudlcy,
at ouo lime county treasurer of this
county, president of tho First Trust
& Savings bank of Klamath Falls
and a director in tho Jackson County
bank was held from tho family resi
dence, 10H North Roosovojt avenue nt
10 o'eloek Wednesdny morning, in
terment being hold in tho Odd Fel
lows cemetery. Tho services wore
woll nt tended and thero were numer
ous beautiful floral offorings. Rev.
Rolknap of tho Methodist Episcopal
church, directed tho last- rites, Tho
pall bearers were R. II. Whitehead,
V. J. Kmorick, V. H. Canon, J. W.
Siemens, W. I. Vnwter nnd D. II.
Dunseom.
Mr, nud Mrs. King of Nebraska
TRAIN DERAILED
TWO ARE DEAD
DETROIT, Mich., Mny 31, Michi
gan Central West bound express No.
9 was derailed near Rldgotown, On
tario today. Tho engine turned ovor,
killing Engineer Qululoii and Fire
man Oakos. Their bodies wero crom-ated.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May :U.
The annual garrison review at Van
couver barracks was held today. Tho
troops wero reviowed by Colonel
Georgo K. McGunneglo, commanding
officer of the post. Colonel James
Rogers, First infantry, 'unnssiguod,
was in command of thu soldiers.
CHANGE S N
E
ROAD WAR TO
WASHINGTON
Harriman and Hill Lines Will Next
Engage in Railroad Building War
fare in North Central Washington
According to Report in Portland.
HARRIMAN FORCES HAVE
SUDDENLY BECOME ACTIVE
Surveys Are Being Followed Up hy
Right of Way Parties Has J
Been Hill Territory. U
PORTLAND, Or., May .11. That
North Central Washington will bo tho ,
noetic of the next big railroad build
ing war between the Ilarrimnn anF
Hill force is reported here todajv
The report is based on activity shown
by the Harriman forces in Washing
ton under the guidance of R. E.
Strahoni, general malinger of tho
Third district of tho O. V7. R. & N.
company, with hendqunrters in Spok
ane. General Mnnnger J. P. O'Brien of
the first district with hendrpinrtcrs
in this city said today that any ac
tivity on the part of the Ilarrimnn
system along the Upper Columbia,
above the confluence of the Snako
River could come nndcr Strahorn's
jurisdiction.
Surveys were mnde by tho Harri
man people ntong the Upper Columbia
some time ngo into the territory
which so far has been covered ex
clusively by the Great Northern. That
theso surveys will be followed up
soon by the right of way and even
tually jrojibtruction .ccewjija novy pre-
dieted. '
North Central Washington con
tains 11,000 squnre miles of which
5,500,000 acres arc said to be suiti'd
for agricultural purposes. About ono
fifth of this enormous area is. now
under cultivation nnd producing a
tonnage that is said to be ono of tho
richest resources of the Great North
ern. It is Ibis tounnge nnd tliat to
bo develoed by further railroad
building that the Ilarrimnn peoplo
would shore.
ATTORNEYS TO DEFEND
C0NNERS AND MAPLE
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 31.
The attorneys engnged by the Iron
workers' union to conduct the do
fense of the McNamara brothers will
also look after the interests of B. II.
Connors and A. B. Mnple, indicted
by the grand jury, in coiiuectiou with
the attempt to dynamite the hall of
records building hero last September.
This fact become known through a
visit of Attonioy Job Harriman to
tho cells of Conners and Maple. Chief
Deputy District Attorney llorton de
clared today that Conners and Ma
ple would probably bo tried before
tho McNamara brothers.
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for
the McNumaras, will leave this after
noon for San Francisco to confer
with labor leaders there.
From San Francisco he will go to
Indianapolis to investigate ovidoneo
unearthed by Attorney Leo Rnpp.i-port.
MAN PARDONED BY TAFT
IS WITNESS IN CASE
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 31.
When tho trial of Atloruoy Fred II.
Thompson charged with having re
ceived stolen niouoy, was resumed to
day, Orlando Alterre, tho postoffico
dork, who wns pardoned by Presi
dent Tuft after being convicted of
perjury and embezzlement of .$15,000
again took tho stand. Alton o has
testified tha.1 ho told Thompson of
tho theft and that ho also icvealed
to him tho hiding place of tho first
.fSOOO ho took from tho postoffico.
Today's testimony dealt with tho ro
maining .f 10,000, all of which,' tho
prosecution claims, Thompson so
cured from Altorro as attorneys fees.
Sunstar Wins,
woro present, Mrs. King being u sis
tor of Mr, Iandloy.
Tho Jackson County bnuk was
olosod during the sorvices.
EPSOM DOWNS, England, May
31.- J. B. Joel's Sunstar, the most .
heavily backed favorite in yours, won
Iho Doiby today, under an overcast ' t
sky, n crowd cheoring the winner na '
ho flashed under tho wiro in tho .
great English turf classic
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