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AllCDKORD, ORKCION, TJ I ( TRSDA Y, J ULY 13, 1911.
No. 9G.
ESTIMATE OF
IE SLAIN IS
II THOUSAND
Millions of Dollars or Property Loss,
Thousands of Acres of Tlmhcr De
vastated Many Minos Ruined and
Flames Still Unchecked In Ontario.
MICHIGAN PENINSULA
FIRE BURNING ITSCLF OUT
Ruler of Wales
Twenty-nun Counties Swept With
Ruin and Desolation Villages
and Towns Dcstoyt'tl.
COIIAI.T. Out , July 13 Tlml
full) 1 .0110 liven hrlVn I ii IiihI III
thn fini-Kl llri'ii which today are
nitiK lint greater purl of 30,000
milium Milieu In Northern Ouliuln,
III" I'nrt'upluo district, In (ho iwll
iiiulo ttiln afternoon of ninny refugees
finin tli stricken district.
Tint luwitMt death iwtliuiited, iiiihIi
liy any In that 200 have perished inn)
iniitiy declare tlml (hi) liiMit In al least
Ron, lint a mujnilly of those who il
for lift thinugh I ho hell of flames
decline the largest iiuiiilir will be
found hiiiiiII enough till tho total
of ilwalli In completed
Thom who linllntu 1,000 have died
point lo tho fuel that al thn town of
1'nreiiplno alone several bundled per.
xiitm wnru driven Into tho lake liy tln
roaring flumes ami thai fully 100
of thi'in mo known to huvit iktIkIu-iI
In aililltlou otio launch there holding
twenty-lun persons, wan noun to o
or nml all trlnlil. Six or seven
oilmr lioutH wen) a I no scon to sink
with all tlo'lr occupants ami upset
namioM havo been foiiml floating all
'Along ilut tuku, shore.
1 It In believed that 300. perhaps
30i) persons, perished at I'nroiiplno
lllOIIK.
. COBALT, Out.. Julv l.'l. Mon
tliNit ,'tllO ili'inl liy fore I fire in tin
l'ori,iiiiui dWlriot of Oiilnno tndm
in n record for holoenimlH in the )n
minloii i' ('lunula. Uninngo to (he
extent of millions of dollar Iiiih horn
done, tliniiMaiiiU of acre of litulici
linn Ihikii dewirtttitcd, uiaiiv tuition liuv
been ruined nuil Htill tin Hume ihkc
lllicliooktttl.
Il in feared many liven lime been
IiinI in Hpolions from which iik jel
have not been reported.
The following mines wctc lotnll
ruiui'il:
Tim Doiiid, North Dome, Viioml
I'jiIk.v, O'Biien, Philadelphia, Unitei'
Porcupine, Standard Imperial, WeM
Douti) nml Ilia 111 Doimlo Poteiipino
At thn Proton KiihI Dome nnm
siumon of which ri'ai'ht'il I'nti'ti
pine tndnv, niiiii v miners ciawled iiiIi
mi unliinhcied tunnel carrying with
llu'in food ami wnli'i- nml iiiiiiinui'il
lo liw, nliuiiKt roiiHti'il until tlu Kioat
wall of roiiiinu' llami'H had piiMNul
IIhmii liy. OlhorH in llio hiiiiu' mm
lion look mfiiKo in oirckH nml lukcn,
Hlamliiu; iu Ilia wati'r lo (huh- neck
nml dui'ldUi; IIiimi' IiciuIk iiihIim' tin
Hiiil'acM until Hit' llami'H iojiitiI pal
Al Son t Ii Portnipiiin while womrii
nml clnlilit'ii w'imo ln'int: liuriioil u
(CiiiitliuiPil nn iwiuii :,)
H v vi J
L I. riiftilf
S
T
R
nance, i'dward or alcJ
tmrta -v KI,tuutt
100.000 CHEER
N EDWARD
HEAT RECORD OF
1910 REACHED
Yn&trnlny tho Tlienmimnter Snarr.tl
to 102 Which It Was tho Hluhcst
I Mark Readmit Last yW Cooler
hut Sultry Today.
Tim hnat rcconl or IIMO In thn
Itomio Hlvur Valloy wan oiiiiiiIimI
WtMlnt'Hilay aftoriHKiii wliun tho tlior
iiioninlar aoarcil to 103 anil romalii
I'd I Ian o for a idioiL tlnio. On July
Id ono your nn thn ninniury ronch
od 103 which wiih thn lmltoHt tiny ol'
tho your.
11 Ih iniioli roolor toilny than yon
Itinlay altlimiKh tho nultrynoHu In tho
wuiithor inultcH It nppnar iih warm.
Tho oloodicnl Hlorm ami accompany
liiK'Hhowor of Woduomlay iiftornoou
piovcd a wolcomo rollof. Tim woath
or iiiau cuuulit ,01) or mi imih In IiIh
rt'tjlutor,
luvrstincnt of Nominal Ruler With
Ceremonies of Quaint and Media
val Mniinlficsnco Brlijhtcns Cara
voii Castle Speaks Welch.
. CARNARVON', WiiIok, July I.I. -Cli.'1'ri'il
Ity 1(1(1,(11111 loyal WYUhint'ii
who kiiIIiimiiI hi'rn toilny to uro'l
thfir noiiiiual ruli-r, Ktluuttl, tho 17-.mr-olil
miii of Kiiu; flwirKti V. of
(Irt'itl llritniii, wiih today invilcd
with t't'ti'iuonit'M of tiumiit nml medm
val ina(4uifit'tinno im I'rincn of W'hIis;
Kins ()iMnj,'o nml Qiit'ou Mnry playt'd
iiiiuor pnrtH in I lio pniup ami pag
eantry whii'li hriuh ten ctl mutii-nt Cur
naron t'liKtle, while, their mui oecu
pieil the center of thn stnpi iik the
leailuiu Htiie Hi (In) hmiorit) ceremo
nial. Hi'luiniiiir from Ireland in Hie royal
,yalit the Prinun tMVflet with Ktuj;
(leojj;o ami htH ipieen hoarded a w
eial t niiii at Holyheiitl today and
were nt miee taken to (IriffithV
I'mHuiiij;, where they left the tia.u
ami prueeeilfil hy eoacli lo Curnnr
von. TlirotiKh the Imihhly dceorntetl
main hlieet of the little lowu the
toyul parly piiM-eil to the Rreut ciik
tle Mpiare, in thn center of which
a platform had heen peeinly cou
ilriieled. Hero the mnor nml inem
IteiM of the corpiiratiou prcHenled ml
dreMen of welcome, to which the
iomnf piince roHpomlctl m the WVNh
toiiKiie, which lie Iiiik heon Hliiilyiu'
for muiitliK.
Am the ron WeUh choir of 10(1
video hroko into wonj; the royal par
ly enleicd the cnstln nt (he nucieut
water unle, the I'tinee of Wnles mid
In t'M'oit in the lend nml the ro,.il
pin I v hiiiiciuc up (ho rem. An the
piincn set font in Dm eiihtle entrance
the ancient Maudiinl of Meilin w.ik
TO BE
A
MO
E
AR SilllW
Mass Mi;c!lti Called for Monday
Evcnlnii to Discuss Plans for Corn
inn Event Plan to Make It An
Annual Affair to Advertise Valley.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
TO ARRANGE FOR ESSENTIALS
August 29, 30 and 31, Favorably
Considered as Dates Best Suited
to Draw Attractions.
(fimtlniKMt mi P,iui a
A iiiiimh meeting will he held in (he
old Kmpoiitiui room in the MiIhk block
on .Monday owiiiiiK next, duly 17, for
the purpotni of completing permaneul
airiinucineiiU for a district fair lo he
held in Mctlford this fall.
It wiih the intention of the com
uitlce which imuiKunited the Fourth
of duly eelehrntmn to make that
event tho forerunner of n pennn
inciit orpiuixation lo hold n Hoiitliorn
Drepni fair. So fur the Mule Iiiik
Kien nn appropriation each year to
Medford, (iriinlK I'ash and Abhlaud
ulternntely, Medford uelliii,' the ap
propriation every third year, nml
little Iiiih been done oil the part of
either of these towiiH to give n
fnir anywhere near ndeipiale to Ihe
poHHihililioK nml resources of the
KoKHe Rimt valley.
It ik the ohjoet of the propon-d
mcetiut; to form a poruiiiuent iirpiii
iatiou which will hold u fair thift
year on the grotmilK where the Fourth
of duly et'lehration wiih held, mid af-
terwnrdH to jiurehiiHe a piece of
ground ujid tnnku permanent mi-
provements.
There aro imw so ninny res-oureet.
little known und undeveloped in this
reciou, which would henefit hy the
adequate publicity tlmt would he
Kiwtn them ut a district fair if pmp
erly mnniitfcil. For iiistuuee, many
of the ranch owners have umo into
Ihe In coding of fancy stock, hoj;s,
cattle, minora ioats, draft and fan
cy hariie-K hordes. Tho industry
kIiuiiIiI ho known nml encoiiniKed.
Airain u splendid mineral exhibit
eoidtl be shown, which (he recently or
Kiinired miiiiuc bureau could supply.
Local coal, lumber and clayri should
also bo exploited. In fact each brand
of industry peculiar to this legion
could und should bo afforded an op
portunity lo ninke a public display
til its best product.
Med find is- the center of the great
est pear producing' country in the
woild, nml there is no iviihoii whv
New Building Planned for Corner Riverside and Main
.MEDTD&D.Of;.KCON'
!
nrn ifi ; miiiJLl M i r s t W r-- -f
MASONS ORDER CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TEMPLE
TO BE ONE OF HANDSOMEST STRUCTURES IN CITY
WATERFRONT AT"
DULUTH
BURNING
Many Spectators and Dozen Firemen
Have Been Overcome One Crowd
ed Steamer Narrowly Escapes De
struction In Flakes,
DULirril, Minn.. July 13. Tho
entire water front and most of the
wholesale tllHtrlrt of Dtiluth Is threat
ened with (Icbtrtictlon hy fire tills
afternoon.
Tho flames started In tho ware
house of Cowan and I'crton, and nil
tho luuihor yards and warehouses In
that section of tho city aro being
Hwept.
More thnn a dozen firemen and
spectators have been overcome.
Ono crowded excursion steamer
was towed to safety barely In time,
whtlo on board, tho women and
children who composed most of her
passetiKers shrlkcd and creamed In
wild terror.
4 STORY BUILDING
PLANNED BY LODGE
FOR ITS NEW HOME
M'nntlnunl on Puco
IMTTSHUKO, I'a. TipMavos have
been kept busy hero lately. The
judges havo ruled shirtsleeves in
contempt of court.
TA TOILETTE CALLS TAFT A BETRAYER OF PARTY
Canadian Reciprocity Condemned
and Its Author Grilled hy
Wisconsin Proijrcssivc.
WASHINGTON, I). (', July 13
III a speci h hilHtlltiK with luveelho
ami satire, Senator Itoliert M. I.a
Follcttc of Wisconsin today on tho
floor of tho Hciiuto hlttoiiy denounced
Canadian reciprocity ami it h spoiihor
Pieslilent Tnfl. Ilo flatly accused
Taft of not having kept IiIh proiulseM,
of IuuIiik added hotrayal to hotrayal
ami of havliiK Hiicraflccd tho progres
sive policies to Aldiichlsm and tho
leactloiiaiies,
lleneflls Only Trusts.
"Tho advocates of Canadian ro
tipiiHity," ho said, "promlHo lo io
tluco diidefl for (ho benefit of tho
peoplo. It will leduco duties tho of
feii of which novor reaches tho peo
ple, but It will rediieo thorn for tho
killers, (ho puckers, (ho browors,
Standard Oil mid (ho coal companies
who mo already KiosHly protected. It
Is notlilibr (hat It protends to bo and
professes to ho nothing that It Is,
It Is a 11 tt lo hrothor to tho l'ayno
Aldiic.li bill, tho greatest legislature
wiong lufllctod on tho American
people In halt a century,"
I.aFollotto said that In Ills earn
palgu I'reshleiit Taft had promised a
downwind revision of tho tariff, add.
lag;' '
"It la an Interesting study In poli
tical pysuology to obaorvo his cam-
palgu dovollon to ltnoanvolt and tho
ItoitBOVolt imlltleles. Tho peoplp
oloctoil Tart In tho belief that ho
would hold fast all Hoosovolt had
gained and-not that ho would io
voko his orders mid rovorso Ills ac
tion." Condemns Aliltich Tariff.
Tho Wisconsin Insurgont deelnrod
that after tho election tho Aldrleh
tariff bill wiib passed rovlslng tho
tariff upward. Ho charged that Taft
hud co-oporatod with Aldrloli to kill
tho Income tax featuro of tho tariff
hill which tho progressives had of
foied by ouactlug mi alloged tax on
the. corporations,
"Tho stnml-imttora know," ho snld,
Reduces Tariff for Packers, Brewers,
Oil and Coal Trust but Not
For the People.
"what Aldrleh and tho president
know that every corporation would
add tho tax to the fixed charges of
their business, exacting from tho pub
He through Increased rates and prices
every dollar paid to tho government.
Thn corporation tav amendment fit
tingly enuio from Aldrleh but wiint
will ho said of the president of tho
United States who In his campaign
gavo tho voters to iindorstnnd bo
would favor tho hicomo tax?"
Iiirrcascti thn Ituitlens.
"It was Increased tho peoplo's
burdens mid adds to tho long scoro
of betrayal after betrayal which can
ho laid at tho door or Taft."
Summing up his Indtctmont of tho
presldont, LaFollotto assorted that
ohlof oxocutlvo had nttomptod tono
euro tho enactment of an Intorstnto
commorco law favorablo to tho rail
roads; that ho throw opon controllor
Hay to tho "Interests," and that ho
had removed "honest mid efficient
Garfield" from tho Intorlor dopnrt
mont and replaced him by KalUngor.
Ilo declared that Tuft's course had
boon viiccllutlng and without doflnlto
polloy, "bccniiBO, npparoitly, thoro
has heon throughout tho administra
tion no deep conviction othor than
(Continued on Pago Two.)
The Medford Masonic Building As
sociation held its annual meeting of
stockholders at tho Masonic lodge
rooms Wednesday evening and after
adlscusslon of plans tho old officers"
wero continued In office. It was de
cided to proceed with tho erection
of a temple Iu tho Immediate futuro
and tho committee was told to get
busy.
Tho building commlttco In charge
of tho work Is composed of tho fol
lowing men: It. H. Whitehead, Leon
11. Masking. V. C. Page. H. C. Garnett,
Harry G. Wortman. Elmer A. Hicks
Is secretary.
This building will bo second to
none In the stato ,ln point of beauty
and utility. It will have a frontage
of 45 foot on Main street and 141
feet on Illversldo avenuo.
In addition to tho four stories,
thoro will be a full basomont undor
tho cntlro building.
Tho first story above basement will
contain two mercantile storo rooms,
tho air lobbys, vestibules and rcsr
rooms.
Top Moors for IiOtlge.
Tho second story will consist en
tirely of office suites and rooms, to
gether with wide corridors, hall
ways and stairs. Tho third and
fourth stories will bo used for lodge
purposes exclusively. Rest rooms,
parlor, library, commandery mid
othor lockers and dressing rooniB,
banquet hnll. ante rooms, kitchen.
lotlgo hall and supplementary pay
ments, will all ho arranged admira
bly nnd provided with every facility
essential to comfort of lodgo attend
ants nnd tholr friends.
Tho ventilating nnd heating sys-
tom throughout the building will bo
Ideal.
Tho oxtorlor of tho building will
bo of whlto pressod brick and gran
Ito with term cotta trim.
Tho building design throughout Is
niasstvo nnd will, whon complotcd,
Impnrt mi aspect of dignified gran
Tho designing nml decoration of
tho lodgo room and fixtures will bo
a anodorn adaptation of Egyptian
modes.
Tho firm of Power, Keoves & West
aro In charge of tho work. It la tho
Intention that nil work and all ma
terials shall bo provldod, as far us
possible, with local peoplo. All ma
terials must bo of Oregon production.
Tho speclnl furnlturo of tho lodgo
room will bo deslgnod by tho archi
tects and will bo built In Medford
shops of natlvo woods and finished
In a way to procuro unique offects
of tho hlghost dogreo of perfection
known to tho craft.
COKE RECALL TO
FALLJHROUGH
Not Enough Signatures Have Been
Secured On Petitions to Make Re
call Movement a Success Against
Judge. ,
PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. That
the agitation to invoke the recall
against Judge J. S. Coke of Marsh
field, who presided over tho Roy Mc-
Clallcn murder case at Roseburg has
reached Its zenith and enough slgna
tares will not bo secured to submit
the question to tho people, is tho op
inion expressed today by C. F. Mc
Knlght of Marshfleld, who was ono
of tho attorneys for tho defenso in
the case.
"My opinion Is that they will not
rccelvo tho required number of sig
natures to pi? co tho matter before
tho people," said Attorney McKnlght.
"And If they should secure enough
names, I don't bollevo they would be
able to get any roputablo attornoy to
run against Jutlgo Coke."
THREE FOREST
RE SAD
BY
L6HTNNG
Flames Break Out On Wagner Creek,
Griffcn Creek and Grizzly Btitto
Durinp, Electrical Storm Ranch
ers Get One Under Control.
ERICKS0N AND SWENNING
IN CHARGE OF OTHER TWO
Fire On Wagner Creek, Within Na
tional Forest, Is Spreading
Fire Season Now Here.
PEARCE ELECTED
TEACHERS CHIEF
PORTLAND, Mo. Tito National
Youuk Peoplo's Christum union of
tho Univorsnlist ohuroh in tho United
Stntos mid Canada began its 23d an
nual sossion. liovo today.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 13. -Winning-
all along tho lino tho "insur
gents" o Iho National Educational
asocintiou this afternoon hroko the
power of tho "old guard" in that
body when, nt ft general session of
tho convention, Carrol O. Piereo of
Milwaukee was elected president and
Miss Knthcrino Bluko of New York
treasurer of tho association.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 13.-
Carroll O. Pearso of M"dwaukeo will
bo the next president of tho National
Kduentioul association. Iu tho uom
nintion session this morning Pcnrce
had 27 votes to 20 for A. E. Winship
of Boston, tho "old gutud" candidate.
Uurmid W. Springer, tho present
trensuror, received 21 votes to 23 for
Miss Kathorino Dovoreaux Illnko of
Now York, tho insurgent candidate.
Undismayed by this, tho insurgents
will carry tho fight for tho tveasuro
ship to tho floor of tho convontion.
Tho following woro nominated for
viuo profeidont:
Mrs. E. P. Young, Illinois; George
II. Carpcntor, Toxus; C. W. Phil
brook, Arizona; Mrs. Ilelon M. Wix
on, Colorado; Dr. Sam Andrews,
Ponnsylvnnin; R, II. Wilson, Oklaho
ma; P. S. Slookwoll, Wyoming; Ed
ward Hyatt, California; Woodland C.
Phillips, Maryland; E. I). Kcsslor,
Oregon; Vuuglitui McCnughey, Hon
olulu. As thoro aro but 11 vice presidents
to ho elected, tho nomination of thoso
named aro equivalent to their eleo-tiou.
7jj.uswvn
The electrical storm Wednesday
afternoon started threo forest fires
in this district, two of them bc.'ng
within tho territory covered by tho
forest service. Tho third flro was on
tho slopes of Grizzly Butto and was
watched last evening by many peo
ple In this city.
A flro started on Wagner Creek
within tho national forest lato in tho
afternoon. Supervisor M. L. Erlck
son of tho Crater National forest loft
at onco to direct tho fight against It.
ReportB reaching Medford today from
that section aro to tho effect that
tho fire Is spreading rapidly but that
tho rangers expect to get it undor
control before much damage Is done
Flro also broko out on Griffin
Creek about a half mllo from tho
forest boundary. Assistant Supervisor
Swennlng left for the sccno and now
Is endeavoring to get it under con
trol. Ranchers living at tho baso of
Grizzly Butto left last night to fight
tho flro near tho summit and reports
today ario,tchpf,ejibJttnrAv
Is under control. Thoflamcs couIU
bo plainly seen from this city.
Tho foreat firo season is now at
hand and tho forest service is tak
ing every measure of precaution to
prevent tho flames from gottlng away
from them, as thoy did last year.
when troops wero imported to fight
tho flames.
Tho valloy towards tho south Is
filled with smoko today. LaBt year
so hoavy did tho blankot of smoko
becomo In tho valley that It created
considerable discomfort.
ORANGEMEN PARADE
STREETS OF OTTAWA
OTTAWA, Out., July 13. For tho
first time iu tho history of tho Orange
order, members of tho order, 1000
strong, paraded tho streets of Hull
City yesterday. Trouble was expect
ed, but nothing happened. Tho chief
of police walked in advance of tho
parade, mid warned the peoplo not to
interfere. The crowd was good na
t tired mid mndo no demonstration.
When iho rmrado was over tho Or
angemen cheered the chief.
$4,10 PER BOX
FOR BARRETTS
First Pears Offered In East Bring
Higher Price Than Opening Offer
ing of Last Year at Chicago
Prospects Good for Big Prices.
Advices from Stewart Fruit com
pany to Roguo River Fruit nnd Pro
duce association stuto that tho fivdt
Sacramento Barllott penfa wero sold
in Chicago yeslorduy averaging $4.10
por box. This starts tho season
falrong and as Roguo River pears will
como at least u week later than lust
season wo can look for a good aver
age tho season through. Many or
ohardisls do not expect to begin pink
ing until August 15, but tho earliest
pears from tho valloy will bo picked
about August 7 or 8. Tho crop will
bo of bettor quality thnn tluu of 1010.
Tho first Barllott pears from Cal
ifornia havo reuohed tho Now York
markot mid wero a feature, averag
ing $1.22 a box. The fruit was in
good condition, but soniowhnt green.
Tho domiind for good fruit of all
kinds is active, but tho ratio to thft
total receipts is companiUvoly small.
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