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rr' MEDFORD MAIL TRTTttTNR MElXFOnT), ORKOOX. MONDAY, .TANTAKY 8, 1012.
OHAPIN AND KOLLOCK. PROMOTERS ROADS' REVENUES
' SOUTH GRANTS PASS, INDICTED
LOTTERY UNO MONEY
BY FALSE PRETENSE
ARE THE ACCUSATIONS
plnltini; I ho tnwiiMto over tho oounty
rontl which menmlereil riingoimUy
through the trael, the company was
to make the streets uuhlc so the roml
would he unneeeesnry: hut this it i
nllepxl, thev never thth And when
the purchaser of n lot einhrneiu; a
portion of the mail luttl the founda
tion of his houe in the rontl, he was
stopped by the eounly authorities.
Georjje K. Wtildrom of Med ford bejrun
the investigation, and from bin inVia
tive eame a Ihoroneh overhauling of
the doings of the land company with
the result that indictment followed.
Howen was mom closely connected
with the railroad company, hence
pels off unscathed.
Messrs. Kiirs and Lucas of Omuls
GKANTS PASS, Jan. 8. II. L. Pass prominent in the n (fairs of the
Cbnpin of Portlnnd, said to be or two companies, stale that tliev were
was, the president of the Portland '"5 hkcihs oniy; inn iae.r com-
The band plnyed, the silver spike
was driven, the "tumult and tli
shontintr dies" and the railmnd it
Tclecram Is Sent to Portland to
Take the Man Into Custody Case
Grew Out of Railroad Projection.
realty board, and John K. Kollock, an
attorney of Portland, woke up Sun
day morning to find that they have
been indicted by the Josephine coun
ty grand jury. The indictments were
tiled nt about 2 o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon. A message was sent to tho sheriff
oT Multnomah county to nrret both
Cbnpin and Kollock. They may give
bond there or they may be hrouuht t
to Grants Pass.
There are two indictments against '
each man. The tlrst is "indictment i
for running n lottery;" the second
rends "indictment for obtaining
money under false pretense." The
indictments grow out of the promo
tion of the "Grants Pass and Hogue
River Railway company" and the
"Hogue River Townsite company."
A. D. Bowen happened in Grants
Pass during the spring of 1911.
Messrs. Riggs & Lucas met him. A
railroad was proposed up Williams
creek. Rowen brought Chapin here
from Portland. The Grants Pass
and Rogue River Railroad company
was organized. The Rogue River
Townsito company was organized.
The people were asked to put up
money to the railroad company, to be
went nowhere. About all the visible
assets of the railroad company is a
little 'locomotive familiarly known as
the "One Spot"' and a long-legged,
spidery trestle across Rogtie river
which is counted on to go out at the
lirst floodtide and splatter all over
the Sixth street iron bridge.
TAKE SHORT COURSES
CORVALL1S, Ore., Jan. S.-The
initial registration of over .101) stu
dents in the Oregon Agricultural col
lege short Course is eomjoed largely
of those who have had the advan
tages of. higher education, many be
ing graduates of eastern colleges ami
universities, while but few are lim
ited to elementary school training.
Harvard, Yale, Cornell, West Point,
the Universities of Virginia, Pennsyl
vania, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana
HERE $2 7,630,425
Annual Report of Orcnon Commis
sion Gives Fifiures Up to June 30,
1911 Total of Business Repre
sents Hlnli Figure.
paid in installment as the wo'rk pro-1 -Michigan, Oberiin college and the
gressed. The people did. The track Imha,m ta . normal are among the
gressctl. J lie peopi
got across Rogue river, but never
farther. The people of Grants Pass,
Josephine county and elsewhere were
asked to buy lots hi "South Grants
Pass," n beautiful thing on the maps,
but nn open stretch of land in reality.
The M?ople responded, making fir-t
payments on contracts.
Regarding tlie lottery charge Dis
trict Attorney Mulkey last evening
said :
"Tho way the lottery indictmont
came about is because the townsite
company pulled off the following
stunt : A purchaser of a lot was al
lowed the privilege of drawing. If
he drew any one of 47 lots, selected
by the townsite company, among tho j
100 remaining lots tie luitl ttie privi
lege of buying such 'drawn' lot at
half its value. These lots were desig
nated by the townsite company as
'prize lots.' "
Regarding the indictmenls charg
ing obtaining money under false pre
tenses they came about from the
fact that the townsite company is al
leged to have sold lots in the county
road. This came about in this wise:
It is alleged that for the privilege of
eastern institutions represented by
jone or more students. Pacific coast
institutions linve also sent a large
number of graduates, including those
of the University of Oregon, Stnnford
university and many Oregon colleges.
RICHESOrTNOt'fONOW FATE.
Continued from Page One.
ous slaying of the girl who trusted
him.
Claim IMchcson Abnormal.
Lawyers of the slayer admitted to
day they hoped jhe death sentence,
almost certain to be pronounced by
the court, would be commuted by
Governor Foss. They argue that
Riehesou is abnormal. District At
torney Pelletier denies this, asserting
that alienists who have examined
Rieheson declared him perfectly
sound mentally. Their depositions
will be filed when nn application for
commutation of the sentence is made.
Rieheson spent Inst night tpiictly
nnd seems confident of a commuta
tion of his sentence to life impris- j
onment. Ife spends bis time rending
theological works.
SALKM, (lie, Jan. 8. The gross
revenues of alt the railroads operat
ing in Oregon far as Oregon's
snare of the business is concerned
were .$27,(UUVI2, according to the
annual report of the state railroad
oounuUsion which was completed
Saturdny.
Te railroads imid ta.xes amounting
to :?l,.V'2,o.V2 and enjoyed a net oper
ating revenue, le-s taxes, of ?D,S70,
097. Teh operntintr expenses, exclu
sive of taxes, port' jflbY-W.ltiti. these
being tho operating oxihmim's assign
able to Oregon. These figures repre
sent business for the year ending
June ill). 1911.
Of the operating revenues n
shown, tluiso fur the state of Oregon
exclusively totaled j?1.'U!I0,7o7. and
the Oregon proportion of the inter
slnte revenue was .?lJ,9ii 1,-177.
Steam ltoiuK Jam (I All.
In the total of business transacted
commercial steam rotuK loud the rct
by a big margin. Their total operat
ing revenues were ;?--.m.:t 10, while
the totnl operating revenues! of the
commercial electric roads were
.?-J,(J7ri,SHl. To taxes represented ny
the commercial steam mails was over
$1,187,000, while the taxes of the
commercial elect rie roads were .flltl'J,
91(i. Te industrial sIomiii roads hnd op
uniting revenues of but .fl'Jl.'Jt! 1 and
paid only .flSIM in taxes.
Of the complete summary for all
the mads of the state some inter
esting figures are shown. The total
freight revenues were $KI,S2-I,7.'8.
Teh pa.ssenger revenues were .1'J,
288,548. Otebr passenger train rev
enues, including mail and express and
miscellaneous were $l,07S,ftl(i. and
all other tranxjxirtation revenues
wore .f'217tti.in. ,
Itevenuo Figures SjKWl.liUJ.
Revenues fro moerations other
than transportation amounted to
.?:i8i,in9.
For operating expenses nssigned to
Oregon, Maintenance of way and
stnicturcs costs $3,2K1,(1HS'; main
tenance of equipment, .f'.:i-.'I,(i 1 1 ;
traffic expene.e, .'51114.143; transpor
tation expenses, .fS,941,4"i(J; the net
operating revenue, exclusive of taxes,
being .?ll,42:i.,249.
Traffic statistics show there were
31.1,194,483 passengers carried one
mile in Oregon and the average re
ceipts per passenger mile are 2.0
cents. The number of tons of freight
enrried one mile totaled 978,700,409,
and the average receipts per ton mile
were 1.351 cents.
TAFT
TO
DECIDES
NAME
00
Dcsplto Protest Callers Arc Toltl
That Ho Will Nominate Hook for
Supreme Court Fight In Senate
Is Expected to Follow.
WASHINGTON. -Ian. 8. - President
Tuft told callers :it the White House
who urged consideration of various
CHndidutos for 'the I'nited States su
premo court that lie had decided to,
nominate Justice William Hook of,
Kansas City, All information con
cerning this discussion was refused
at the White lloiie. but the report s
generally accepted as true.
A bitter tight in the zonule on the I
nomination is forecasted. The pro
gressives declare thev intend ugor-
onslv to oppose Hook's continuation
on the ground that his past decisions
stamp him as a rencliuuarv.
Ilasklus for health ,
Died.
John J, Shul'er died Monday morn
ing, January 8, 1912, of hemorrhage
of the brain, at the home of hs sou,
Henry Slid for, in Phoenix.
Deceased eauio to Jackson county
in 1899 and was aged 03 years, 1
mouth ami IH days. Ho leaves to
mourn his death a wife mid live chll
then. Tim chlldicu are Mn. Kale
Yaul; of Cnillon, Oklti., George .1.
Sliafer of Jacksonville, Miss UlU.i
belli and Henry Shuler of Phoeiilv
and Mrs. Mnrv Di'iniuer of Medl'oid.
Funeral service will be held nt the
German l.utheruu church in Mcdl'ord
oil TlturMilnv at 2 o'clock p. tu. In
lei'ineut will he in Jacksonville, cciiie
I cry.
rite Carta In a to 14 pr
Vour ilniKktlKt wilt mruim iiionny If
PA'.O OINTMKNT full to mire (tuy cwm
of Itchltiir, mind. lllepilliiK or I'rutitiillntt
1'llrn In 6 to li .lay. 60o.
I
Rog'uelands Irrigated Tracts
$450 per acre, plowed, fenced, leveled and
planted to a standard variety of trees, with
a perpetual water right.
The terms are easy : 10 per cent down, and
the balance in monthly or yearly payments.
ROGUELANDS INCORPORATED
FRED N. CUMMINGS, Manafjor
Shoplifters Cauqht.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 8.
Paul J. Horg and his wife, Louise,
who ro declared to be from McLeoil,
Alertu, were taken into custody to
day on charges of shoplifting.
Unsklns for health.
SPECIAL SKIRT SALE
AT THE
GOLDEN RULE
Tuesday, January 9th, to and including Saturday, January 13th
We have just purchased an entire line of sample skirts, which
includes all the newest styles and newest fabrics. We bought
these at 33 1-3 per cent discount from the regular prices and
are going to give our customers the benefit, of our saving. So
beginning Tuesday morning we are going to sell any( of these
sample skirts, and a great many from our regular stock at
33 1-3 OFF THE REGULAR PRICE
Also, watch for our GREAT WHITE SALE, beginning Friday, Jan. 12th
AKINS, BENTON & CO.
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THE BEST BOXING BOUT
Ever held in Oregon TONIGHT January 8th
In Natatorium Large Skating Rink
6 Rounds, 154 Pounds
RUFUS WILLIAMS vs. YOUNG JACK JOHNSON
Sixth Francisco's CracKerjacll MiddleweigHt
of Boston
JOE BIFF
GENERAL ADMISSION
SPECIAL EVENT
160 Pounds
WALTER JAMES
75 CENTS
Reserve Your Seats at Nash Hotel
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