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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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MI3DFORD, OIMUON, 'PliniKDAY, .JANUARY 25, 1012.
No. 203.
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UNDER SUPREME COURT DECISION, SAYS
NEFF, COUNTY CAN BE SELF-GOVERNED
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NOT ONLY Ci COUNTY ISSUE
TO GET WARM WELCOME -
BONDS, BUT IT Ci WORK OUT
ITS OWN PUN OF OPERATION!
Under the Decision mi Ennbllnn Act liy (ho Legislature Is Saltl to Do
Unnecessary People of Count y Can Pass Thrlr Own Local -Law
Under this Initiative and Refer riiiluni, So Loiiji ns They Do So at
(lit! Time Provided by Law or at n General Election.
IN ALL LOCAL MATTERS JACKSON COUNTY
CAN SECUR E ABSOLUTE SELF GOVERNMENT
Can Work Out Plan for Operations as Completely as Can the City of Med
ford Can AtiollMi Antiquated Road Supervision System
and Place Business on Modern Basis. ' f
Arciinllng lo I'm hi- .1. NY If, nl torncy for lln plaintiff In the .link
mmi county IhmiiI cjim', (In" ilccinloit uitiiil down by l lie Miprt'iuo court
liml.c It Hxlllt fort
The uniiity lit In nlnnlutcly t.clf. governed In nil local outlier.
The county In proceed under Ihi' liil(lnlli anil referendum nl u gen
nil t'liwllmi to Nhiio iHtniN In any ninuiiiil.
'Mix county to work nut n illill of 0h-iiIiii iibolMilug tlu null
qiinlcit itmd MipcrtNInn )(cui, paying adequate utilities null piotldlug
fur doing Id" work on n iimilcm UiIn.
.liirltMin county to hiI, nut Hh nun h)Meni iin completely im Mod
find cull fr.iino Ii oui eliuricr.
ii i m ii tJ ill )
fti n ' wr im fci ji i a i? 1 1 in? mii mnm 11 i H j
UNITED STATES
SENDS EXPERT
TO STUDY HERE
Professor Cox, In Charge of Lake
Region, Will Spend Three Months
Learning How Rogue River Keeps
Jack Frost at Bay.
VIEW OF CHINESE CAPITAL AND PRINCE WHO OPPOSED ABDICATION.
CaKUINA). O'CGNNIXL,
r.rss.
Ciwillii.il 0"( '. m.i i', nidi hit suite
will i.-icji ii.ti.n j.iiiiiiry '.'. ilxmril I
tlir t'niiuii . nf I In1 Wlillc Stir lliu', A
u nr in leceptlmi. like Hint mxuriliil
CiihIIuhI I'urlpy In New rfc, uwiili
till' tJCW C'MllllllUl III ItuMUII.
18-YEAR-OLD GIRL
IS BELIEVED TO
F
IS HIGH COMPLIMENT
TO ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
i
Professor Cox Is Foremost Weather,
Scientist and His Coming i
Will Mean Much. I
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PEK3N-THS OttINE5E CITY FROM CHIENtrEN" dftTMl.
PKJNdS KTOTG.
I
Acknowledging Jlio fMrt t lift t the
Rogue River vtilldy Imi1s the nation I
in tin mailer of gclenlillo Trust pro
vcution, the United SI nl ! govern
I incut has arranged to send its fore-,
most iuvestigntor, Profe-.sor Hurry J. '
I ("ox, in charge of tin lake region I
I i
witli liemliiiirtiTd t (.'liieflco, Jo,
nouijcry Is Tliouglit to Have Been ,"M,"r """- "v "'" "' "
tlircc iniiittliK (luruij; tin TniKt 'a-
Tlie sllnallon In PcUIn Cflcr tlic alKlIcatlon etll.-t hail l.ccn nroparnd nnd apt'rmcd bj Hie heads of the Imperial
Korcruinorit nnJ nw:iltrl thu ecal of the UowastT Hiiiiir-sA. wis tike a o:ianI- orator Antl foreign placards were
IKistvd In tin- South City, nnd foreigners were udbed to move Into the legation quarter.
1'rlucs Kunf bitterly opposed abdicatloii.
BOBPEH
MORRS
KNQWO
MURDER
(II.V I'orlnr J. NVff, AUmiii'V fir
I'lHinlilY in JHikon Cuiinly
Knmt lloml CiitO
TIih hiIh nf .lnckoii county Imvr
Mj?ltjfil'W''',,l " tuiiiH!H8 tmMir-
HiiKKi mill mint of tlio iliiirimoti in
Hid muinty liomt i'iii. In t lit oml it
will hit worth far niorw o lliin tuniiily
ninl In KVory roiiiily in tlu xlHlti thmi
u ilecihion iipliolilini; lh" IihiiiIm.
I'nili'r IIiIm ilfci.ion nn ctinlilin
net liy llio lculiitiii'( i wholly un-
IIIHIWNMiy. Til KMilt) Iff ihU t'Oltll-
ty tMn pimii tltttir own litenl lnw mi
ller llit inilutiv' iwul itrTHnilnni mi
llioriiiiitf I lit iMMiiMiti'ft nf hmiiU in nti.v
MiiioiiHi Iht'v i't 111. U milv
iiomiftpmry lliMt I hoy l ni in Hit
iiiMimoi' ami nl Mm tiiHH proviilml hy
Inw, ulilcli inonnii at h gfiit'inl clot'
lion. Hut whnl Is tivcii iiiiiin iiuiorlniit,
iim I vittw lliu tuHlliu', Ihi ileciHiou
iiiohiim f hat .liicUnii I'oiiuly in nil
Iim'mI iiintti'1-i Iiiim mIimiiIiiIi' noil' gov
urniniHit mid vmi work out it own
ilnn I'lir iiinitinii hm tnntipliiti'ly ti
OMll tlllt ,iy of Mitilfonl. Wu I'll II
nliolitih I lin iiiiliiiiiitil mini wupcr
vlinir hymloMi. We chii proiiln lor
wiln Hit for imii' county 'oiniiiiinioii
'I'm (lint will I'oiiipoiiMnlii thdiu for
tlutir ttiiin unit itiMiiniul lluil duty vsivf
int'ir uiiiiiviudd Htlciiiioii to tlio t'liun
ly'n IminIiiihim. Wo ciiii pioviilo ii wii.v
of plimiiiK n porliou of tint t'ot ol
puriiiiiiuuit iuikU iiKiiiiiMt the prop
tirty upmiiiilly luiiii'liteil. In fuel, no
ouii imml ovi'i' itKiiiu couiplMiii of
iiioHnliiink lnuitjliilliin, or mi iiiillipint
i'i MyNlmii of i'oiiuly Kovrriiinent, for
liii'liNou I'liunty ciiii work out Hhouii
nyl'iii iik t'oinpldti'ly un Moilfonl enn
J'riiiiut il own I'linrler.
Al it Inter (lulu I kIiiiII Iiiivo morn t
siiy on thiri hiiIijcH. I ilo not hit
lii'vn Unit tlicin in any (iuciimIoii for
iliti'oiirnKiiiiitiiit, Wo woro hoi up
Tor u your liy litipilion on our wntor
yHtoin, It wits iliHoouriiKiiii; ut tlio
tluio, hut wo now hnvo tlio fluoht wn
lor Hyeloiu 'of nny city in tlio wowt.
AVIuit iMotlford Iiuh ilmio with itn
wuior Hyntoin, JiioUhiiu coiinly onn
do with Hm ronilH. Wo ciiii do it ho
ouiihi) llm looi in upon unit wo ciiii
provldo our own Hyxtoin nnd our own
Iiiwk unilor whloli to oporuto. Wo uro
no ImiKiir tiod lo (hi. Wilninniolto vnl-toy.
2000 JOBLESS
FAIL 10 SHOW
"Riot of the Idle," Promised at Port
land, Docs Not Materialize So
cialists Round Up 150 Idle Men,
But Only 25 Will Work.
Motive for Murder of Younn China
man Whose Body Was Found in
Trunk at Seattle.
I'OUTLANI). Oro.. Jnji. "if!. Tlio
IiivhnIou or 2000 Joliliwn iiiou on Ihutr
doMcoiit on tho city hall tins not niii
torlullxod and today tho polleo and
city nrnolaltt uro hroathliu; oaslor.
Tho "i lot of tho lillo" waH proinlsod
hy Hovoral hoi'IiiIIhIh and IndtiHtrlal
Worker of tint World HpcmkorH hero
lovoral daH iiko iiiiIohh "aid was ox
toudod to thu tinuiuployod,"
Of 150 "iinoinployod" hordud Into
tho hureau's officii by soolaliHt load-
r, only Zn aeooptod Jolm offured.
Tho roinaludor advaurod varloim ox-
runt', hoiiio wiyliiK I hoy woro not
"stroiiK oiitniKh" and oIIioch that
tlioy "did not waul to loavo lliolr
hoiuoH In thin city."
I'OKTLANI), Jhii. 2... Moinhcrs
of the family of Soid lliiifr. tho Chi-
nt"o whowo iliHtiii'iuliorPil lioily wu
foiiiiil at llio Kin;; Street depot yes
terday, re en route (odny lo Sun
Frnnoieo, SoHttte, Tucoum unit tos
Anolo-. lo cim roll for Choi Sin, tho
ll)-yeurnld Cliinomt hl nnd a "tall,
thin'' CliiiiMiimn, who n ro strongly
iit.Ktcled of SeidV murder,
Dotootivo have triicod the uirl
fntin Tho Dallen ,Oro., where hlu him
rolativex, to Seutlle. It is holieved
hho may ho lit San I'riuloUoo, where
her iaronts rohide. She left them
muiio tiiuo no after a family ipiurrel.
The inline of the Chiiiammi who
oniixotf a sopiirntion hetweon Soid
mid Choi has not hoeu ascertained.
Tho Soid family have turned over
$'J0II to local detectives to aid in the
search for tho couple.
Detective .loo Dny left hint nipht
for Seattle with Soid Hack, head of
the family, to claim the hody. It
will he returned to I'ortlmid,
The fact that .flllll) in oanh and
.f'JUO worth of diamonds were inissiiij
from tho hody indicates that rohhei,.
was the motive for the crimp.
son studyini: local eouditioiis. The
seiidint: of Professor Cox to thi val
ley to study this Htihjeet is n ureal
compliment, uotwub ti Professor
O'dnni. who nW&od' and worked
the mntter up to 1!t present excel
lence, hut lo llio fruit growers who
hnvo co-operated with the local of
fice mid made it possible.
Professor Cox is in charge of dis
trict No. I of the United States
woHther bureau. He is one of the
foremost scientists in the government
service uloiitr these linos and has
much frost prevention work to do m
tho middle west. That he is sent here
to learn the methods followed shows
that the government recognixos the
excellence of the loenl station's cam
paign. Professor Cox will spend March,
April mid .May in the office of Pro
fessor O'Guni, co-operating with him
and studying his methods. He will
then put the plan in operation in the
east.
m BIG PRICE
FiraiMOIT
Demands That State Dismiss 10 In
dictments Against Him Before He
Wilf Take the Stand and Testify
Against Wilde.
Cardinal Welcomed.
NKW YORK. Jan. 25. Cardinal
Farley was today formally received
at St. Patrick's cathedral hero amid
all tho solemn omp nnd splendor
accorded a prince of tho lloman
Cathollo faith, 700 priests and high
er eecloslastle dlKtiltarlos escorting
tho veiiorahlo prelate nnd Cardinal
Ollibona from the cathedral college
to tho church.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 25. Ad
mittedly holding Important evidence
V. Cooper Morris, formerly cashier
of tho defunct Oregon Savings and
Trust bank, who Is Jointly Indicted
with Hanker Wlldo of San Diego for
the embezzlomont of $90,000 from
the Institution, demanded today that
tho state dismiss all indictments
agaltiHl him. Otherwise ho said he
would not take the stand against
Wilde. Unless Morris testifies It Is
believed tho prosecution has no
chance of convicting Wilde. There
are 10 Indictments against Morris,
who is now serving a term in the
Oregon penltontiary.
Whether Morris' demands will bo
granted Is not known.
UNDERWOOD DILL
TO REVISE IRON
TARIFF FAVORED
House Ways and Means Committee
Files Favorable Report Demo-
crats Will Caucus Saturday in Ef
fort to Pass the Measure.
MEDFORD
WOMEN
BALLY TO Al
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F
H
50
E
Two Workers for Votes for Wwwn
Here to Meet Local Women and
Start Movement Will Be BafioSHNjl
On at Election In November.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 2."). The
house ways and menus committee re
jtorted favorably today on the Under
wood bill to revise the iron and steel
tariff measures. The house demo
crats will hold a canons Saturday In
an effort to secure the adoption of
the hill.
Tossed Coin for Property.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 25. Un
able to agree over what each con
sidered an eipiltable division of tholr
fathor's estate. Hoy McCarthy and his
brother Frank avoided litigation by
tossing pennies. Roy wou.
MOMENT'S DELAY IS
CAUSE OF MAN'S DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO. Col., Jan. 2.').
A moment's hesitancy in throwing up
his hands at the command of a high
wayman, who shot him down on his
own doorstep and in the presence of
his lmthor, today may cost William
Deberau his life, lie is at the Emerg
ency hospital with a bullet in his
abdomen. Police are searching the
district for the thug.
Deberan and his brother were en
tering their homo when they heard
the command "hands up." Dobornn
hesitated. Instantly tho thug pulled
tho trigger and disappeared in tho
darkness, Deberau fell into his
brother's arms.
DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT WHICH KNOCKED OUT COUNTY ROAD BONDS
ARGETINA MAY GO TO
WAR WITH PARAGUAY
11UKNOS AYItKS, Jim. '.Vi.-Wnr
between Argentina mid Paraguay Ih
threntoiiod today mid tho Argentine
government Iiuh ordered four wur
hhipw Immediately 'dispatched 0
Paraguayan wuloiw. Diplomatic- ro
latiiuiH between tho two governments
uro expected o ho Hovered tonight.
Pnriignny failed to give Argentina
a nii I iw foe lory iiiihwop to demands for
(oiupoiiHiitiun for iinmerouH Iohhch
caused cltizt'iiH of Argentina, residing
in INiniRiiiiy, through utlucbi on their
holdings.
This suit tt- instituted hy u resi
dent freeholder uud lax payer of
Jackson county, ugaiiist (he county
judge, counuiswionorK and clerk of
(hut county to enjoin them "from)
either ordering, issuing or causing to
ho issued, negotiated or sold" the
bonds or other obligations of tho
county In the sum of $1,, 100,1100 in
e.vcesH of more than $.1000 voluntary
indebtedness, of tho county nl ready
contracted.
The plaintiff asserts that tho do
feudaulH, composing (ho county court
and its clerk, threaten to mid are
preparing lo wrongfully negotiate
.fl,.100,000 of county bonds or other
securities for tho purpose of con
structing pormaiiont roads in that
county in ooiiHcquonoo of which, un
less sumo bo enjoined, his burden of
taxation will bo greatly increased to
his irreparable damage,
After denying in tho nnswer the
wrongfulucKH of tho purposes im
puted (o them, (ho dofoudiiuls trace
with great wealth of detail tho his
lory of tho adoption of tho constitu
tional amendment hereinafter dm
(tunned, even going to tho extent of
(piotiug ut length tho argument pub
lished in llio political paiunlilets for
itso at the hustings when tho mon-
seok to justify under that ainend
menr. Reduced to its lowest terms, tho
stibstunco of the answer is, that be
ing urged thereto by the petition of
numerous taxpayers of the county,
tho defendants, county judge mid
coiniuissiouers, called an election for
September 110, 1011, and submitted
to the electors the cpioslien: "Shall
the county oroutojndebtednoss not to
oceod $1,.100,000 for the building of
pennanciit roads therein, said in
debtedness being in addition to the
interest and lo its present indebted
ness and independent of any other
indebtedness, however created, mid
to bo evidenced by tho 20-year bonds
of said county, drawing interest at
not to exceed (I per cent per iinnuni"
and being so advised by an affinna-.
live ninjorily of tho votes cast at
said election they uro proceeding to
issue and negotiate such bonds, or fo
inuoli of them ns may be deemed
necessary to raise money for the
purpose named.
The oiroult court overruled a gen
eral demurrer to the new mutter of
the auswor and, as tho plaintiff clout
ed to stand on bis demurrer, made
a decree dismissing llio suit. The
plaintiff appeals.
M'UNKTT, J.--At the election
icld in 1010 tho people of tho Htuto,
section 10 of article II of the con- 'untnrv liabilities of the county should j by voting in some manner and that
stilution of the -statu so as to read not ho increased thereby to exceed i no legislation is necessary on th.it
as follews: "Section 10, No count v ,.f.1000. Hitherto the establishment of 'subject. That an election of some
shall create anv debts or liabilities 'countv roads has been one of excu-kind will be necessary to remove the
which shall singly or in tho aggre- sive functions of county courts. Sei
gate exceed the sum of $5000, except ! lions 0117, 0278 et sen h. O. L. Tho
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mo wiib Hiibinlllod to the peoplo, and by (ho initiative process, nmendod ponnmient roads, provided tho vol
to suppress insurrection or repel in
vasion, or to build permanent roads
within the county, but debts for per
manent roads shall bo incurred only
on approval of a majority of those
voting on the itiestion." Of this
amendment the courts will take ju
dieinl notice the snnio as of any
other law of the land. It is unneces
sary to plead the same. Much less
is it requisite to set out tho history
of the adoption of the amendment or
tho arguments used .to carry the
measure.
It is conceded that tho voluntary
debt of Juckson county, incurred
since (he people adopted tho original
constitution of the state far exceeds
$.1000. Tho question presented hero
involves tho construction of the
amendment above quoted in its ap
plication to tho facts stated in tho
answer. Tho issue includes not only
tlio amount hut also tho form of tho
proposed indebtedness,
Tho amendment confers no new
power upon any county. Kvory coun
ty has always had the power to cre
ate debts for, (he purpose of building
ideal of an imporishahlo road sur
face has not yet been attained and
probably never will be, but many
highways have been permanently es
tablished by the authority of tho
countv courts. The law making pow
er has "prescribed the minuter in
which county indebtedness is cre
ated. It is in the form of county
orders or warrants. Only upon
proper orders issued and attested by
tho county clerk is the county treas
urer authorized to disburso tho coun
ty funds. Section 21)34 L. O. L. Tho
only innovation made by the amend
ment upon the previous order of pub
lie affairs is to chango the form of
restriction upon tho power to go in
debt for the particular purpose
named. All the affirmative author
ity of the county court exists now
just as it did before.
The contention of tho defendants,
in its ultimate analysis, is that the
quoted section of the constitution as
it now stands is self executing and
invests the county with full disero
restriction upon the amount of in
debtedness for permanent roads may
well be implied. The question on this
branch of the case is whether an
election has been authorized. The
amendment in question must be con
strued, if possible, to stand with the
rest of the constitution, for the peo
ple inaugurated constitutional gov
ernment and hnvo not yet abandoned
the constitution they promulgated in
the lici'initin.r. Knntiim K 11P nWii.ln
...- ... (,. ,. , ... .,....,
provides as follews: "The legisla
tive assembly shall onaet laws to
support tho privilege of free suffrage,
prescribing tho manner of regulating
and conducting elections, and pro
hibiting, under adequate penalties, all
uuduo influence therein from power,
bribery, tumult and othor improper
conduct." Of courso this section
cannot be ooiibtrued to oxeludo the
rights of tho peoplo to legislato on
tho stibjoct of elections under the
terms of section 1 of article IV,
known as tho original initiative and
referendum section, It is clear, how
over, that until the legislative power
of (ho state has declared that an
Votes for women in the statp of
Oregon will be the object of a, largo
gathering of local women who will
meet Friday to form a local woman
suffrage club and take up the work
of outlining a campaign Jo bo waged
until next November when the state
will again ballot upon the subject of
suffrage for women. Two lending
suffrage workers from California
Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney nnd
ifrs. Helen Hoy Greely are in the
city and are to meet with tho local
women and to advise them in regard
to the formation of n local club.
Miss Whitney is the president of
the College Kqunl Suffrage league of
Sun Francisco, while Mrs. Greoly is
a graduate of Vussar and a prac
ticing attorney of New York city.
These two are thoroughly versed in
the matter of campaigning for equal
suffrage and doubtless will have
much to say of Interest In regard' to
votes for women.
Mrs. J. F. Reddy is lending her
assistance to the two women and is
arranging for the meeting to he held
Friday. Tho nnnouncjement of the
place and time for tho meeting will
follow later. Mrs, Reddy is enter
taining with n luncheon today to
which a number of women interested
in the movement hnvo been invited.
The women of Oregon are planning'
to conduct an earnest campaign for
votes this year, as Oregon is the only
coast state not granting tho right of
suffrage to women.
DUK
Hon to devise the means of securing election shall ho held on a particular
the "approval of thoso voting on the, kind of question no decision of such
question" so long as it ascertained
(Contluuou on Page 8.)
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ENGINE HIMSELF
Makes Democratic Start for Wash
ingtonDuke Says Tunnel Is
Marvelous Piece of Engineering
Work.
NKW YORK, Jan. 2.1. Tho Duko
of t'onnaught iniulo a democratic,
start for Washington at 11:10 o'clock
today when ho himself took the throt
tle and drove electric engino No. 2tf
through the tunnel under the Hudson
river to Hie Manhattan transfer sta
tion at Harrison, N. J.
The duke's private car "Syngat"
was attached to the train ho drovo
under tho river. Coming out of tho
tunnel the duke said it was (he most
marvelous piece of engineering ha
over saw.