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WEATHER
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Mean 88,
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MAD-FORD, OKECION, MONDAY, JULY 17, J911.
No. 99.
COUNTY COURT PROMISES TO CALL
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR GOOD ROADS
illllD
AS
WIIIIIIIJI ANY
Bought His Seat
BOND
ISSU
E
People of County Will Be asked to
Authorize Indebtedness Incurred
(or Permanent Highways, anil
Thus Legalize Warrants.
NOT NECESSARY TO WAIT
FOR LEGISLATURE TO ACT
HOT SPELL IS
WLLJA.r XOKiKL&Si
Warrants Can Later Be Redeemed
Willi Band Issue When Laws
Are Perfected If Nrcessary.
A way o Ij ii I Id u good system of
lilr.lnvajH n Jackson county without
a bond Inmie -which U huponxllilo
without a special mwilon of (ho leg
iHtnlurit to pttMtt needed laws Is be
lieved to linvii been found, atlnrtifjH
for Iho nionty court having advhicd
It to tlio effect that (tin people mil nt
a Kftinrnl or special election, author
ize tlin Incurring of Indebtedness for
building highways, which Indebted
lie would Itn In Iho foim of war
rants to ntiy ntnount which warrants,
Imlng legalised, could find a ready
Halo In milaldu money marketi). After
ward, when th lioiul statutes have
Imxiii cnnrti'd, thenu warrnnln could ho
jajtuid With tiQjudfl. ( dcJIrcd.
Such wan tho announcement made
hy County Commlnflloner (Jeo. I,
Davis In a talk mmln Katiirdny oven
lug lo tho Medford visitors at Pros
pect. Ho Mated that tho no vera I at
torney ho hail cnnmiltcd hold that
tho coimiltutlonnl amendment adopt
il last fall rending that "debls for
permanent roadit Nhall ho Incurred
only on approval of a majority of
Chono voting on tho itucntlon" would
penult tho county court to call an
election and nuhuilt the (mention of
Incurring hiic.Ii ItidehtedueHH to a volo
of the people, and that hiicIi ludehted
m; being approved hy a majority of
I hone votliiK. no iucHtlon an to tho
legality or validity of the warrants
iHHiied In payment could ho rained.
Mr, Davis pledged hln support
lo Much a movement, and Hinted thnt
he would do all In IiIh power to hiiIi
mil the question Hpeedly to the peo
ple. Attorney Kvnn Heaniea la now
nt work preparing n written opinion
upon Iho subject for guidance of the
county court.
County Judge Nell Hinted (hat he
wan In favor of spending a largo huiii
for perinnueiit hlKhwayH and would
certainly do Ii Ik Nharo In submitting
the propoHltlon to tho people. Hpeed-
ny.
County CoiiuulHHlonor Owciim Hint
ed that he fa voted Dtihuilttlng the
question Id the people and If a ma
jority voted for Incurring tho In
ilchledncHM, ho would most certainly
work lo give tho people what thoy
wanlcd. Ho IioIIovch tlioroiiKlily In
good reads, hut did not want to
plunge I he county Into deht on IiIh
own responsibility without being u
tho i' J zed hy tho people.,
TIiIh annotincnniout hy tho county
court worn recolvod with gient up
plauue both by tho Medford visitors
iih well an icHldontii of Propped who
heard theni, Judge Cnlvlg followed
with tho Htatoniout thai lie would
bring tho Htibjout boforo tho Medford
and other Commercial Clubs of the
county in secure their endoriiomonl.
Ho at a ted that 1io bolloved Dial thin
was u way out of tho difficulty Hint
Interfered with Iho good rontlH pro
i;ram, Col, Frank II, Kay upoko euthiiH
liiHllcally of Ihu prnpoual and prom
hied IiIh iiHHlntanco and co-operation
iih one of tho lament tax-iuiyerH of
Iho county. Othoni prcHont Hpoko
HtroiiKly In favor of tho Bpoclal oloc
tlou at oiico,
IELLS OF GIFT
F
0 SLUSH
UNO
IN
NORTH
OR
SOON
Official Temperature Sunday
Smashes All Records In Years In
This Valley Nearly NO Degrees
Registered Minimum Was 67.
HOT SPELL CONTINUES
IN THIS SECTION TODAY
Believe That Heat Will Break To
morrow, As It Has Done
Further North.
Electrical Contractor of Duluth
Swears That C. F. Wclho of Chi
cago Contributed $10,000 to Aid
In Election of Lorlmcr.
Explosion Kills Thron,
DBNVKIt, Col., .July 17. Throe
men wore killed today in nil osplon.
ion nt tlio Diip-ont Powdor Works ut
Louvlur, near hovo.
WASHINGTON', I). ('., .Inly 17.
That C. V. Weihc, n Chieiipi linn
bcniiaii HiiltHerihcil fI0,00U to I he
f 100,011(1 ".luli f 111111" lo elect Wil
limn Lorimer (o flic United HlatcH
Hcuale- or that ho Haul ho did - wiik
worn todny before the l.oritncr cn
nlo IiivcHtieatliiK cnntmitlro byWil-
liam HiirKuxH, an clcelncnl colli rac
ier of Dulitlli.
Weibe in Hccrelary of Iho I'M ward
IIiih'm Lumber rompiuiy, whose preM
ulciit h Hiiiil lo have been Collector
of tho "sliihli fund" uml who wan
lirsl iiniiicd when (lie expose enmo
in CIlieuiM).
HurptMH named Kudolph, John and
Carl Wo.voihinit.er, the lumber kiiif-'n
hoiik, and "a ymiiii man named John
won from 0111111(111" iih fellow pasHen
Kers with him in Ihe wuioker of the
Winnipeg l-'lyer, bolwccn Diilulh mid
Virginia, Minn., mi the uiKhi of
March 8 IiihI. The parly, ho swore,
dwindled until Hun.'ChK, .IoIiiihoii mid
Weilie ulone remained. Hunjcs- did
nt know Weihe'w identity nt the time.
''I think (he eonverwnlioii drifted
lo I.orimcr," xaid liurKows. 'i waiil
it was Konornly helievcd Hint l.ori-
mer had wpeut 11 laif;e niiiii of money
lo Hceure Iiih elceliou In Hie mmiiiIo.
Weilie hroko in: 'You don't know
very damned much uboul il. F.ori
mer did not spend ituy of his ouu
money. A jnckpot wan riiiscd for
thai piiriMxc, I know what 1 mu
lulkiiii; aboul because I subscribed
?1 0,0110 to it.' '
"Wethe waiil Ihe jackpot mnoiiiiled
to $100,01)0.00
On eroww'-exiiiiiiiiiitioii Hurness de
clined .thai dolcelivcrt who had hceu
employed lo piil oviileneu aaniHl
Lorimer wenl to Kulher (live no of
I'liieaijo o kc 11 confession He do
ehucil (he priest suid tho detectives
were doiiiu Loriiuer an injustice.
Hinges fnrlliei' testified Hint
Weiho told him Unit n newspaper
which employed Iho hIoiiIIis tele
phoned Kntlior (lieeue thienleiiinjr lo
pithlish his pielnro full pajio for his
refusal lo "jivo up." Tlio priest,
Weilie suid, llrcpliciNliul. if the paper
did so it would reduce its oirciilnlion
fiO per cent.
I'OIITLANI), Or., .July 17.
Clouds that obscured the
huh and cool breezes today
dissipated the hot wnvo that
has canned tho entire north
west to swelter for several
days. Tho hi;hcHt tcinera
lurc recorded yesterday was
'111) at Kltopui, in eastern
Washington. Alnrshficld, Or.,
on the const, was apparently
the only cool hol in Ihe
northwest, the maximum there
hcinj; only 70 degrees. In
Portland 117 was registered,
nt Tacoma it was 88. Oilier
hefltcd centers, included Walla
Wulln, 108; North Yakima,
100; Spokane, 111); Itoschtirj,
1Q.P, and Lewiston, Ida., 100.
Two prostrations were re
ported in Portland yesterday.
Won't Apologize
JOMTI
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Tho teuiiHnitiiro is dropping (hln
afternoon, mid It U Ndlevci tho pres
ent hot hkU Ims lecn broken. At
12:110 p. 111. (lie mercury ntcxxl at
10(1. At 15:1.1 p. 111. it stood nt J 02.
A breeze liai sprung up am It in
thought tlio mercury will roiitinuo
to fall. Tlietio rcadliiRN wero made
hy I he. local ueatlicr bureau. The
forecast from I'oilbuid uas for cool
er Mcatlier tomorrow.
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LABOR IFADFRS
AGAIN APPEAR
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
Again BeforejJSuprtme Court of
District of Columbia to Show Cause
In Contempt Case.
raNIGAL TO
FACECONTEMPTCHARGE
l.OS ANUKIjKS', I'nl., duly 17.
Mrs. Ortio MoMnniKitl, wil'o of llio
solf-ooiilVsscd dynamiter, will ho ur
rnlKiiod hel'oio Jutu Hordwell this
nfloruooii on oIiiukch of contempt of
omirl for hivviug refused lo answer
liieslions by Iho Ki'iind jury in 0011
iieotimi with Iho MoNnitumi ease.
jludgo Hordwoll'H decision would
ho of Iho utmost imporlnuuo hIioiiIiI
ho hold that Mrs, MoMuuij;al must
answer, llor ooininitiiiont for eon-
Wilh Iho official Iciniwraturo ro
corded nt 10D.fi Sunday all heat 1 co
ords in many years in Iho Iloguo
luvcr valley have been smashed.
Last night Iho minimum tempera
ture recorded wits 07 but in spite of
this there was little complaint after
(ho sun had dropped below tho lior-iron.
It is believed that cooler wenthor
will succeed tomorrow inasmuch us
tho heat wave is reported broken nt
northern poinls. "
No pi-ost rations wero reported in
Iho city or valley. It was simply in
oonvunicnt to live in hot weather.
Tho oily is remarkably froo from
disease. In fact, no had results arc
expected as a result of tho heat.
It has proven, on Iho other hand, of
much benefit to Iho fruit crop.
Sunday Iho streets wero practical
ly deserted as nearly overyouo sought
relief either by remaining nt homo
or by fishing in tlio nearby streams.
Much Land Opened.
LAKKV1KW, Ore.. July 17.
Twonty-threo thousand ncrea of flno
agricultural lands havo boon just op
ened to entry In I.ako County, com
prising purl of 0110 of tho bOHt town
HhlpB, which recently wbb survoyod
and tho plats filed with tho govorn-
mont Innd office horo. Tho district lu
In 0110 of tho nrtoslau well basins
that tho United Stntos goologlcnl sur
vey snya will produco 11 strong flow
or water, If It Is found that Irrigation
Is nocosBary to Insuro crops.
tempt of court is probablo, ns hor
utlornoyH havo ndvisod hor to do
olluo to niiKWor. If Judgo Bordwell
dooides that slio need not niiHwor, tho
proseoiition will loso tho opportunity
to gniii from her what its nttornoys
boliovo would bo oorroboration of hor
huabnmVs oonfossiou.
WASHINGTON, D. ('., July 17.
Whether Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of La
bor, John Mitchell, its vice president,
nnd Frank Morrison, its secretary,
will go to jail for contempt of the
court of Just ice Wright of tho su
premo bench of tho .District of Co
lumbia, probably will not bo decided
until October.
Tho three labor lenders were pres
ent in Wright's court today when
their attorney, Alton P. Parker, ar
gued that his clients were not pun-
isnabic tor contempt. A the conclus
ion of Parker's nrcument Justice
Wright look the nholo matter uudor
advisement.
NEW YORK IS
THREATENED
BY CHOLERA
Three Dead and Fifteen Cases Is Rec
ord to Date Uncle Sam Sends Ex
perts Scurrying to New York lo
Help Stamp Out Menace.
May Lose Job
GOVERNOR DIX TAKING
PR0MPJ ACTION IN MATTER
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Demands Full Report
On Matter.
WASHINGTON. D. C July 17.
RopudlatltiK the BiiRKcstlon of offer
ing an apology as reparation, Saniuol
Gompers, president of tho American
Federation of Labor, toRetlior with
Vlco President Jolm Mitchell and
Secretary Frank Morrison, appeorod
today beforo the supromo court of tho
District of Columbia to show causo
why they Rliould not be sentenced for
contempt of court.
Some 1 1 inn ago tho tlirco labor
leaders wero sentenced to Jail terms
for having disregarded tho court's
order to illscontlnuo publishing In
tho "American Fedoratlonlst" tho
namo of tho Hacks Stovo and Rnngol
Company of St. Iiuls, In tho "Wo
don't patronlr.o" column of tho Fed
oration official organ.
Tho United States supreme court,
on appeal, sot nsldo tho Jail sentonco
on technical grounds, but left the caso
open for resumption of tho contempt
proceedings.
Tho Ducks Company hns slnco ad
justed Its difficulties with Its union
employes and Is now on tho fair list.
NEW YORK, July 1 7. Terrified
by the possibility that an epidemic of
cholera may sweep New York, Gov
ernor John A. Dlz today telegraphed
Or. Alvah Doty, health officer of tho
port, and Judgo Charles Bulger per
emptorily demanding it complcto re
port on tho bold tho dlscso has al
ready secured.
Tho governor aroused by tho be
lief that the city Is In serious dan
ger, minced no words In his tele
grams but Insisted on a full and
complete explanation. His action
was taken as the result of tho deaths
of six cholera victims from Iho liner
Mbltke, which arrived from Mcdltcr
rancan ports, and tho report that of
nearly a score of others confined on
Swlnburno Island several will surely
die. About 200 others aro held for
Investigation.
Should tho reports of Dr. Doty and
Judgo Dulgor sho wthat the situa
tion Is as serious as is feared, It is
thought Governor Dlx will, on his
own initiative, closo tho port of Now
York to all ships from tho cholera
Infested Italian ports and possibly
to nil vessels clearing from tho Mediterranean.
Operators May Strike.
HKLKNA, Mont., July 17. Telo
graph operators on tho Rooky Moun
tain division of tho Northern Pa
cific, railroad aro voting todny
whether or not lo striko ngainst tho
announced Iroduetsion of wngos by
tho company of $10 per month. A
meeting; was held at Missoula Satur
day nt which officials of tho ordor
of rnilrond telegraphers and a num
ber of tolcgrnphors woro present, to
consider the situation. As a result
of this eonfereneo nnd similarmcot-
ings which nro being hold nt diffor-
out points on tho lino, it is reported
tho company will bo notifiod that a
walk-out will bo ordered unless tho
objectionul ordor $ ''aHeuV
NEW YORK", July 17. With
threo dead hero from cholera within
the last 48 hours mid with 15 other
cases in tho detention hospital nt
Swinburne Island, New York faces
a visitation of tho plague. United
Stntcs experts nro scurrying here
from Washington to help stamp out
tho menace. Half n dozen of the
patients under observation aro in u
serious condition nnd the jjrnvest ap
prehension is expressed that if the
disease once begins to run in tho city
the wholo East Sido may bo depopu
lated. Most of tho cholera victims al
ready in quarantine cnuio from the
Italian liner Mol&c, and tho deten
tion period for nil passengers from
infected districts of Italy hereafter
will bo doubled. Even though the
pnssengers appear to bo normal,
their iuteuiiual secretions will be
carefully examined to see if they are
cholera carriers.
To ndd to tho danger of tho public
health, Dr. Doty, publio heulth offi
cer of tho port is under firo nnd
Judgo Charles Bulger, representing
Governor Dix is investigating charges
thnt Doty has treated immigrants in
an inhuman manner. He probably
will recommend Doty's removal.
Doty, on his rmrt, declares that
with proper precautious thero is lit
tlo danger that tho cholera will spread
throughout tho country, and that ho
is being hampered by tho fight upon
him, which he asserts is backed by
Tammany hall politicians who want
his job, one of Iho richest in the sor
vico of tho stato.
Tho charges ngainst Dr. Doty in
elude, failure to separata tho sexes
nt Iho detention stations; forcing
women to work 10 hours, tho uso of
impropor food nnd dirty utensils;
wishing Hvo nnd dead babies in tho
sumo water and that his subordinates
in 0110 case olosod up the mouth of
a sick child with sticking plaster to
prevent its orying.
Tho third oholern victim from tho
Moltko's pnssengers died onrly todny
in the detention hospital. His body
was immediately cremntod.
MAY IMPEACH
DE LA BARRA
Conditions In Mexico Are Bordering
On Chaos and Revolutionary Or
gans Characterize Madero's Re
gime as a "Disappointment."
MEXICO CITY, July 17. With
conditions here bordering on chaos
and revolutionary organs character
izing Madero's regime ns a "disap
pointment" Jose Gamboa. former sec-
retnrv of the committee on foreicii
relations, is threatening to ask for
tho impeachment of President Do lu
Barm. Gntnboa charges tho cabinet
and the president with gross negli
gence in not preventing tho riots nt
Covodunga nnd Puebla.
grmy
enter race
La Follette Has Not Announced His
attitude But He Will Probably
Withdraw In Favor of the Onion
at the Proper Time.
POWER PLANT
TO BE READY
BY OCTOBER
First Unit of 8000 H. P. Will Be
Pushed to Completion Rapidly
Intake Flume Is 20 Feet In Width
Perpendicular Drop of 500 Feet.
HUNDREDS OF MEN AT WORK
UPON $1,000,000 ENTERPRISE
Temporary Power' Plant Costing
$10,000 Installed at Prospect
Pole Line Nearly Finished.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Julv 17.
A ripple of somo magnitude is abroad
today nmonc the insurgent republi
cans, following tho announcement
that James A. Garfield, former sec
retary of tho interior, is to be the
progressive candidate for tho presi
dency iu 1912. Garfield is in Wash
ington nnd hns not denied tho story.
Ills friends say the announcement is
premature, but that it is true.
Although Senator LaFolletto has
not nnnounced his attitudo on the
Garfeld boom, his friends nssert thnt
ho is ready to withdraw in favor of
tho Ohiun nt the proper time.
It is said that Gnrfield has con
sulted his former chief, Theodoro
Roosevelt, nnd that bo secured his
npprovul nnd support beforo ho con
sidered opposing Tuft.
Tho old guard element has so far
mado no comment ou tho Garfield
movement.
TELLS MISS BARRYMORE
TO TEND HER OWN KID
SACRAMENTO, Cab, July 17. "It
Miss Barrymoro would pay niaro at
tention to hor own child sho would
not mind tho crying of mlno," said
Chief of Pollco William Ahorn to Miss
Darrymoro'a manager when tho lattor
roquostcd him to tako tho child out
ot tho Clunto theater horo previous
to tho opening of tho show.
Ahom's baby bocamo frightened
upon onterlng tho dnrkonod theator
from tho lighted foyer nod lot out a
wall that was hoard by Miss Marry
moro, whq was standing on tho stage.
Sho Immediately sont word to tho
front of tho house to hnvo tho baby
romovod.
Rapid progress Is being mado up
on tho Preapect power plant now un
der construction at a cost of $1,000,
000 by Col. Frank II. Ray. Tho wntor.
is taken out from tho Roguo a m lie-
above the Prospect bridge at tho head
of tho Cascades, and carried In an
immense flume two rolleg across a
pumlco flat to tho river bank and
dropped over COO feet to tho power
house site below, tho oal capacity ot ,
the plant will bo 24,000 horsepower,
in threo units of 8000 horse power
each. Tho first unit will bo In. opera
tion by October 1 and tho others con
structed later as required.
A temporary power plant, which
furnishes power needed tor cohstruc
lon purposes at tho powor house- slto
and along the pipe and flunio lines,
has been Installed at tho Prospect
bridge, at a cost ot $10,000. It
generates 250 horse power which Is
transmitted to tho Inako, a mllo
above, as well as to tho power houso,
a mllo below. It will bo abandoned
after tho now plant Is in operation.
Tho flumo at tho lntako Is 20
feet wide, and Is later reduced to 10
feet, for tho first unit. Tho flumo
has a gradient of 90 feet In Its
length. Tho wator will bo dropped
over tho rlvor bluff In an immonso
plpo, sections ot which aro now bo
lng unloaded at Derby.
Fifty miles of heavy copper wlro
stretched on cedar poles will trans
mit tho power to tho cities ot tho
valley. Tho holes tor tho poles of
this transmission lino havo been dug.
A gang ot men Is busy clearing trees
and brush tor a right ot way stretch
50 foot In width. Poles havo been
loft besldo tho holes, and across arms
attached. Hugo earthen Insulators,
a foot in dlamotor, will adorn tho
cross arms.
A largo forco of men aro at work
blasting rock along tho drop plpo and
power house slto. Great boulderti
and Jagged bluffs aro being torn out.
Halt a dozen buildings shelter tho
machinery used. Elcctrio hoists,
hugo drums and translct tho heavy
machinery over tho bluff down a 100
percent and steeper grade. Electric
drills and all modern construction de
vices nro mado uso of and whllo
$10,000 for a tomporary power plant
seems n largo sum, construction tlma '
has boon shortened two years by it.
A hundred teams nro kopt busy
on tho road hauling matorlal and
soveral hundred men druw pay
checks In tho various construction
gangs.
Tho Prospect powor plant will bo
tho biggest thing, in a powor way In
Southern Oregon. It will supply
power for all purposes concolvablo In
sufficient qunntlty no matter how
rapid tho growth of tho Roguo Rlvor
Valley and Us cities.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17,
Tho announcement that tho young
Princo of Wales will soon embark
from England on a tour around tho
world for tho purposo of bocoming
acquainted wtib tho vast territory
which bo will somo duy rulo, is nrous
ing interest horo todny in diplomalio
circles ns significant because tho
voyage will bo westward.
It is understood hero that U'u itin
erary to bo accepted bv tho prince
will bring him into tho United Statoa
within ft f ow weeks nf tor leaving Etig
lonO. ... .jiLlm
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