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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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MEDFORD, OIMWON, WJODNKKDA V, KICBIUTARY 21, Jf)J2.
No. 280.
URGENCY A
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ROOSEVELT PLEDGES
I NITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM,
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LUMBUS
NOMINATIONS BY THE PEOPLE
AND RECALL IS PLATFORM
Short Ballot, Election of United States Senators by Direct Vote, anil Other
Pronrcsslvo Measures tnvorcd by Roosevelt In Speech Before Ohio
Constitutional Convention Quotes Lincoln ami pleads for Masses as
Analnst Classes Rljihts of People Above Those of Capital.
SAYS EFFORT TO BREAK-UP BIG BUSINESS
IS FOOLISH RETURN TO ANCIENT FORMULAS
Rcoulatlon, Not Destruction, Is Remedy SnoncMed Administration of
Law Has Become Technical Instead Just Jucl(jcs Arc Servants of
the People, Same as Other Officials Most Rad
ical Uttcrauco Yet Drllvrrcd by Colonel
rOM'MIU'S, (Hit.., Feb. 21 I'IwIk
in; IiiniM(ir fttill n I'm- (ho iiiituituu
Mini lPfewMidiiHi, Ihe uliiul bulbil, dir
ect iHimiimlluiw by tho KMiplo, I !
prwdilentiKl preference primary, the
ulocitiuH of United SIhIoh noun lor by
llillM'l Vol It Htltl, ill H llltlHltlllf, goillg
iih word for Ihe inndl, fotmor Pres
ident Thwuliiu iHii'Vfll, hcio ml
tlrtM(til tti Ohio Mate i'(itiHiliitiiiMil
convention nml nallmed, he hit
never iIimk fully belit. ut whole
Iii mIwiuIm hm to (ln prnKroivo mI
ii'in on which it U believed ln iimy
HKHIII llWUMU H CHlldldlltc Jur lilt" pie-
wdenoy.
Welcomed to OIiimiIim by tdimrinu
urowdt, Colonel l(MHHvlt itU if-
tirWwPwiilftii hH. Wnhlfit7 i-
Itty h plunged into hi wpeceh, which
wimi dtMt rilnKeil for nililii'lniu to the
new Mgeiieieti under tin- title "A
C'liHt lr of Denim no-v."
Mr IUmmwjvcH mi I) I lit purl.
"I liolUtwi In lniic denim ntcy
With MiiCiitn, I hold tlmt "lliln eoun
try, wllh Itn limtltntluit. IioIoiim l
Old llfKlfllH Will) ItlltHllll It Wlieil-
ovor lliey kIihII how weary of tin'
I'xImUiik n eminent (hoy emi oxor
elm tlmtr eoiutlliutlomtl rlRlit of
HimtmllitK It."
Heller III People' Power
W'h irorowlo hollovo tlmt the
people have tha rlnht. tlio power unit
tho iluty to protect Ihoiuimlvoit iul
tholr own wnlfnio; (hut Iiiimihii
rllit Hrc unroiim onr Mil other
iIkIiIx;' tlmt wtMlllt hIiouIiI l the
iK'rHHt--liot I tin manner - of the two
plo. Wo liwl the worth of nil men
hih! nil moutninm by uk!iiK how they
eoiililbiitu to I Iih welfare of tin men.
woman nml children or whom thU
iintloii Ih eoiniooi.
Wo mo tni(;iiK(Ml In one of the
Knmt hit It leu or tlio line- loll i'n
tNL waned iiiiuliiMt iirlvlleKo on ho
hitir or tlio common u elf me. Wo
hohl It ti prime duty of the people
DIRTY MONEY OF
RYAN'S REJECTED
BY PROF. MSI
Marso Henry Kicks Woodrow Up
Another Stop in White Houso
Stairs Says Wilson Stiffly De
clined to Touch Wall Street DoumJi.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., I-Vli. -M.
W'ooilrow WilHiin loilnv i lelieeil to
Imvo lii'nii kinked up nitotlier step on
llio While lloiinii hlltii'M by ulleniliceh
of L'iiIoiiiiI Henry Wnllcrhon. One i f
llin iilluKiitiiinw ("iiIiiiioI Wullei-xoii
milker in liin ullnek on Wilt-on ih Unit
I hi tut tor win "ruilo" in IiIm lofiihiil
to lake mmpiiii:u eontrilnitioiiH from
Tlioinim K. Kymi when mii'li a eonie
wiih wiiyt'OHlinl by Colonel Wullurnoii.
Ho HiiyA Unit WiUnn Htil'Hv ili'dlinml
to tako what ho turmoil "Hynn'H dirty
moiioy."
"Miii'ho lluiiry" nlho asworU that
while ho wiih eiiKiiKOil-iii fuillmrbij,'
the uuiiNO of Wilmin, tlio lattor vn
corroNpondluK with rolonol Walter
Biip'b ciu'iaiort in Kt'ului'Ky,
to free our Koternmeiit from (Iih
tontrol of iiioiwy In pollllii. Tor
till PUIHHH' wo HlhllCHte. not um oikU
In theinolve. hut h wiwpoiiN In the
llHHlU Of IhO piMlph'. Mil ROM-Ill-
UieiitHl ilpxlrim which will make the
rtpreMitHtle of the people more
mIIy ami reilMluly MMipimnllilo to
tlio iMMiple'H will.
Uinil lleloiiK" ( Ihe People.
ThU loiuitr), mm l.liicolu hmIiI. he
Ioiirm to the people Ho io the ititt
ui al reMtutcet which make It ilcli
In preiliiK them, which U an tul
illtloiml iliily. we iiiiimI not forK't
UtHt monopoly U hawed on the mu
(ml or iiHtnral remmrcw mul nt
iirnl HilvHiituRHfi. mul that It will
belli the Hwpl llttlf to cuiihurvo our
imtiomtl tvm 1 1 11 tllUO uie ueueiiiH
which It cmn ylolil tiro nociiroil to tho
ptHtple. Let um remeiiiher, ttlno, that
conwrvHtlon ilooa not itop with tho
iiittuml reiurcei, hut Unit the prin
ciple of innkliii; (he houl tine or nil
i Imvo ui'Miiliml with eiutil or
Kieuter limUionio (hut wo xltiill Mop
the wiADlo or huiiiHii wnl fit ro which
flown from the unfair tie of concvii
irateil Miwir mul wtmlth In the
IihiiiIm or moil wIiih enneriKHW for
! profit IiIIiiiIh thuiii to tho col of
whiit they lo.
I mu iiiuphatlcwlly a hollnvor In
coutitlttitlouallMiit, mul Iioouuho or
thU fuel I no lew einplutllwtlly pro
ihmI iiKtiltiMt any IhiHiry Unit wouhl
make of the roimtlluttou it nuiaiiH or
tltwHrlliiK liiHtttiut or M'ciirliiK tlio
HlMolute iIrIi! or the peoplo to rule
tliemeheit. All coiiHlltullniiK an1
ilenlKiKHt nml iiiUMt he Inturpruteil
Hinl inlitiluUtereil mo um to fit hu
iuhii rUliU. l.liicolu m Inturpruteil
mul lulnilulHtercil tho nntloiuil con
Ht It lit hni. ltiichaiiau atteuipteil the
iinerae; uttempteil to fit human
iIrIUm to anil limit them hy tho
cotiHtllullon.
I.lniolo Is l.iiiotril.
We Miami ror iipplyhiK ('"' coiihII
tutloii to the Inane or toiluy as Lin
coln uppllml It to the Ihhiic or IiIm
iluy Lincoln, iiilml ou, mul not
I lliichmimi, wiim tho real upholder
J unit piewerver or tho constitution,
'for I ho true prourcHHlvo Ik the onl
truo coiiHtllutlonallHt, tho only real
roiiMorvutlvo. Tho ohjoct of ovory
Amorlcmt coiiHtltutlon which Ih
worth ciiIIIiik Hitch miiHt ho what It
In Hot forth to ho In tlio proumhlo
to tho niitloiiul constitution, "to oh
lahllHh JiiHtlco."
ir tho coiiHtlliidou Ih HiiccoHHrully
Intokod to nullify tho offort to loin
edy luJiiHtlco It la pro or poHlllvo,
olthor Unit tho constitution mmdti tin
medlato uiiumilmout or olao that It
Ih IioIiik wrongfully mul Itupioporly
const mod. Tho power Ih tho poo-
pie's mul only tho pnoplo'ti,
1 emphatically iIIhhuiiL from tho
view that It Ih olthor wlso or iiocoh
nary to try to iIovIho iiioIIioiIh which
under tho coiiHtltutlon will automat
loully pi event (ho iiooplo from do
clilltiK fur tlioniHolvea what Kovnrn
mental actlnii (hoy doom Jimt mul
pioper. It Ih ImposHlhlo to Invent
mstltutloiial dovlctiH which will
Itrovoiit tho popular will rrom IioIiik
ori'octlvo ror wrtiiuJi without iiIbo
provontliiK It from IioIiik ofroctlvo for
rlKltt. The only Hiiro courHo to fol
low In (IiIh isrout Amorlcau damoc
racy Ih ( prpvldo for maltliiK tho
popular JudKiiiont roally orfocllvo.
Tho wisdom of framliiK any partlo-
(Coutliutod on PitKo iwo.)
Cw'lyrr asf: ""
Sketili of Tlieoilore KooHi'ti'lt.
E
FIRST FRUIT IN
E
Jrtck Asthury as Guest of John W.
Dennis Sees Car of Local Cornice
Sell for $9 a Box at London Auc
tion. The kcopnijj ipiiihly of Knuc iier
pour, the o.eelleiteo oi their pttek ami
the lepulntioii they httvu in tho Hiitc
lihh nmrkutti ih iewHiiihihu for the
high iniceM paid for tlium, according
to It. F. C. AMhiiry who recontly in
turned from mi oiht inoiitlih visit in
F.ti;lmitl. Mr. Antlmry itnei-M'il the
miIo of a ear of Kexiit: river I'omiv'o
li .lolin W. Doiinif. mul Soiin at t'ov
iUf,'tou (liinlcns, London, which
hrouglit an av oritKO of .!) u box. At
the (.aliie time ho miw a ear of Fieueli
Ciinnce, iippiiicully iik e.eellcnt n
the Koiio river aiioty, Mill at mi
uvorup' of .i'J a box, due, he Hatoo,
to the luet tlmt tlicv will not keep mul
dealer are tberofoie tifimd to dual
in them e.teiiMvoly.
.Mr. Ahtbury wn u ,'tiot at (be
Mile of John W. Deiuiit., well known
lo loual (iiohiuilihth. Air. Deuiiit, bail
iitiieh ipuet enjoyment out of the fact
that be introduced Mr. Atbury us the
Ki'ovwir ol the ItoKim rivor fmit, while
hi reality they came from Ilillcrot
and Hollywood orcburil. However,
Mr. Ahtbury ui mi well potcd ou
local conditions tlmt ho auswerud
maiiv iiichliou ami listened to ninny
sic.'goslion-, the KiijliMi dealers hail lo
of tor.
"It ih u wonderful MKht," hlatch
Mr. Ahtbury. "and one which I enjoy
ed very much indeed. !' m'o n far
of fruit iiuetioueil on tho oilier Mile of
the woilil when I knew almost the
very tree that bore thorn, wiik most
iiitcrcMiiiK. Mr. Dennis ilifplaycd the
fruit to Um ulinoht uilviiiitiiKO mid 1
saw it M'll for $11 n lio.
"Tho MiiKliMi dealer' offorcd me
a nuinbor of hiiootious, tho princi
pal one lioinu' to double eleat (lie
boxcx, to iiiMiio the fruit V arrival in
firM clah hbape. It is a splendid
Hiij,'KOslioii.
"KoKiie river fruit bus mi ovecllont
reputation in Kiifjliunl, hein the lioi-t
frohh fruit tlmt rcnelio that market,
I saw Freneh I'omieo sell by its side
ut .f2 u lio., duo to tho (m'l that the
lronoh J'ruit a poor koopor.
"I boliovo that noarly tlio entire
fruit mop of tho Kopiu rivor vulloy
bboubl no to KiikIuuiI."
Died
At Ibo homo of her daughter, Mrs,
William F. Hammoiid, Amorioa 1-3,
Oillnin, at 2:lfl . in., Frb. 21, 31)12,
iiKod 7fi years, 2 mo., 1 day. Sho
wiih a native of Indiana. Fituorai
Hcrvioos thin afternoon at 2 o'clock
from tho Into vc&idottoo.
ROGUE
PEARS nR
GUSH
m
,. Jk GOLD R DBE
MUST
RUSE
CO N
ENOUGH TO PHY TO
SECURE STREET
Jc
Street Committee of City Council
Meets With King Street Advocates
But Fail to Find Way to Open Pro
posed Street.
Following n lengthy conferenco
WodnutHiay mornliiK hotweon the
commitiae or property ownorH In
toroHtod In the opening or KIur
street mid the utrct'tcoutmltteo or
tho city council, tho lattor commit
too announced their determination to
report iinfnroralily to tho city coun
cil ou tho petition unless tho prop
erty owiiera rnlied money enough to
pay ror tht opening or tho street.
About $.1000 Is Involved, $1500 or
which the property owners havo
raised.
In tho opinion of tlio memhors or
tho council tho city cannot nffurri to
pay ror the opening of KlnK street
from Oakitale to tho city limits mul
thai it Is lin ponsllilo for thorn to
act favorably upon such a request
(nit II tho property ownora can afford
to pay for tho improvement.
On the other hand tho street com
mittee believe it will ho possible to
open King street between Kloventh
mul Tenth htreots with tho amount
of money now Mibscribod hy prop
erty owners. This would bo of con
siderable advautiiBO.
Tho mutter was brought up at the
council meeting Tuesday evening.
wiih referred to tho street committee
and tho mooting Wednesday morn
ing was arranged.
BRANDT WINS FIGHT
FOR HIS FREEDOM
Al.HANV. X. Y. Veli. 21. Foulke
Hrniidl, formerl.v valet lo Mortimer
Sehiff. who mil sentenced to thirty
years, for bui-rlarv on what was al
iened lo Imvo boon a tramo-iip today
practically wen his fiejit for ftrce-
dotri. Attorney (ieueral Carnuuly
notified fliivernor lhx (lint there was
no evidence in (be oiiso to warrant
Itinnilt's conviction tor huruliirv.
C'armoil.v leiiucstcd a fnll pardon.
IJraudt was scutencoil by Justice
ltosnlsky.
HfH
FIGHT EXTRA TOMORROW 4
Tin, Mail Tiihuno will issue. "
" mi u.tra edition uoutiiiniuir "
tlio fidit al Los Anirtiliw to-
" imiriitiv Hfternoon. Tho l'iulit ""
" stalls at II o'clock and should
"" bo over by .r o'clook. ""
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MINE SCENE
Ir 1
T. M. Anderson, In Following Ore
Chute Strikes Base Ledge Which
Shows Gold to Extent of $6000 a
Ton.
OVER $900,000 IN GOLD
ORE NOW BLOCKED OUT
Brings Ore to City Where It Attracts
Much Attention Only in
60 Feet
T. .M. Anderson, owner of Uiv Gold
Kldgo initio on the divide between
Josephine mul Fall creeks, eight
tullos northwest of KlrlJy, Is hi the
city with a sack full of specimens
taken from the mine, which shows
IG000 In gold to the ton. This ore
Ik taken from the base ledge which
proves the Immense richness of the
mine. Complete prospects show ovor
$900,000 In sight at the progent time
before the oro chute and base ledge
drops and there be that much again
below.
Mr. Anderson has been following
au ore chute for some months, which
Is filled with free gold. However,
ho was moro Interested in tho base
ledge, which If It should show a
good value would mean much to the
mine. He started in on this and on
last Wednesday a blast opened It up.
Tho ore goes a trlUe over $G0OO.
which Is Immensely rich, tinder the
circumstances.
The ledge of high grade ore Is 12
root wldo and thirty Inches high.
Tho oro chute cuts Into It diagon
ally. The property bids ralr to prove
one or tho richest In the district.
From tho ore chuto alono Mr. An
dorson haa taken a largo amount of
gold, $20,000 from tho surface when
ho was prospecting to determine the
extent or tho ore chute.
Mr. Anderson has a largo amount
or ore at the Medford National bank,
where It Is attracting much atten
tion.
MAY PAY SIX
FIREFIGHTERS
Fire Committee of City Council Has
in Preparation Ordinance Providing
for a Paid Department for This
City.
The file committee of the cit.v
council has in preparation mi ordi
nance providinj; for a paid fire de
partment for tlio city. While many
of the provisions liuve not as yet been
determined upon it is slated that six
men will be employed by the city 'to
remain ou duty at (lie fire- hall.
It is stated that this improvement
in (bo department was made neces
sary by tlio purchase of (bo new auto
truck as it gets away from the barn
so rapidly that tho volunteer company
ciinnol hoard it as they did the tenia
drawn chemical.
The mul tor did not come before tho
city council Tuesday evening- as tho
tiro committee was not ready to act.
PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL
BE CLOSED TOMORROW
Tlio Medford public library will bo
closed all day Thursday, Washing
ton's birthday,
Tho library board bus appointed a
building and grounds committee, com
posed of Mnyor W. H. Cation, Mrs.
H. 1 Tlieiss, and Mrs. V. W. Hollis.
HcquchtH for tho use of tlio library
auditorium should bo made- to this
commit too.
ISASTROUS COMFLAG
CAUSES LOSS
IN CITY OE
Burned Area Comprises Section Seven Blocks Wide and Eighteen Blocks
Long and Not a Building Is Left Standing In This DistrictThous
ands of People Huddled Homeless in Parks and Houston Threatened
by Food Famine Work of Volunteers' Saved Bafance of City.
THIRTY MILE GALE DRIVES FLAMES WHICH - '
ARE ONLY CHECKED BY'USE OF DYNAMITE
Two Million Dollars Worth of Cotton'bcsiroycd, An Ent!retBlbck of Hous
es Blown Up to Stop Fire Hundreds of Residences,
Churches, Schools, Warehouses, Lumber Yards and
Cotton Compresses Destroyed. -
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HOUSTON', Texan, Fob. 21.
The lire started in a hotel
in South Houston. After u
visit to tlie burned section,
city officials at noon placed
(bo fire loss at tt,000,000.
The flumes destroyed ,"7
blocks of residences, churches
school., warehouses mid other
buildings.
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HOUSTON', Tex., Feb. 21. The
most disastrous conflagration iu the
history of Houston swept the city to
day mul before it wns brought iindor
control at 10 o'clock this morning,
seven hours after it started, proper
ty valued nt $.i,000,000 was destroy
ed and several thousand persons were
rendered homeless. The work re
lieving tlio fire victims lias already
been hcgim.
The burned area, which adjoins the
railroad yards of the Southern l'aei
fie company comprises u section of
seven blocks wide and 18 blocks lonjf.
Not a building was loft standing in
this district.
Thirty Mile Gale.
Starting shortly after 2 o'clock
this morning, the llamos, funned by a
HO mile wind, spread witli incrcdiblo
rapidity. Firobrands were blown lo
all sections of the city, and for hours
it was feared tlmt Houston was
doomed to destruction. Hundreds of
citizons aidod the firemen by going
to the roofs of tboir homos and ex
tinguishing firebrands hy moans of
wot blankets. This action on the part
of the residents is admitted by tlio
firemon to have saved the city.
The heaviest individual losers are I
the McFadden and Cleveland com
prosses and the plant of the E. 1.
liarrell lumber company. Sixty thou
sand bales of cotton were destroyed,
the loss to the cotton dealers aloio
exceeding $2.00,100. In addition o
churches, schools, factories and lum
ber plants, n hundred private resi
dences were destroyed.
The fire finally waa controlled, fol-
PLAN 10 WAR ON
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Tho citizens of N'ortb Medford Imvo
decided to wage war upon the slaugh
ter house conducted in their neigh
borhood by Smith mid Lawton and
will appeal to the county court for
relief. A committee consisting ol
Goortro Andrews, Frank Conlor mid
John Multy are in charge of tho fight.
If otlior measures fail tho residents
of tho district will apply for an in
junction restraining tho owners off
tho slaughter houso from operating t
upon tlio ground that it detracts from
tho value of residence propoity in
tlmt section.
POWER IS BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
Juntos A. Power who is said to
Imvo forged Hex II. Lumpniun's namo
to u eheok was this aftornoou bound
over to await notion by tho grand
jury.
RATION
OE S6
fowinjr the use of dynamite. An en
tire block of lioitsoH wero destroyed
by this means to prevent the spread
of the flames to tiie downtown sec
tion of the citv.
.The pnrks and other open spaces
arc jammed with homeless men, vvontr
on mid children. City officials an
nounced that the fire victims would
be cared for and that aid from out
side cities probably would not bo
needed.
The fire started at about 2'J)0 this
moniinc and has been rngiiij: fiercely
for seven hours. Soon after the
flames started a IurIi wind sprang up.
A hundred residences, a number of
ehurelios, school houses, wnrehou&es
lumber yards mid cotton compresses
have been consumed.
Hundreds Hoinclcvs.
Hundreds of persons are homeless.
Mounted jKtliee are hurrying abend
of the llamos, notifying everyone cf
tho danger. So far no casualties
have been reported.
The parks ami otlior open spaces
are crowded with women and chil
dren. Citizens fortified by wet blankets,
are standing on tlio roofs of their
homes, endeavoring to extinguish firo
brands.
At 10:30 o'clock the firo had
spread to tho big shops of tho South
ern Pacific company, mid at that hour
a score or moro box cars, containing
provisions, wore on fire.
Engine, have been pressed into ser
vice, mid despite the terrific heat, an
heroic attempt is being made to draw
otlior cars loaded with foodstuffs to
points of safely. A food famine is
threatened if the fire spreads to tho
business section.
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SOUTHWESTSTATES
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas Shivering A Foot of Snow
Has Fallen and More Is on tho Way
Suffcrinn Is Intense.
ST. LOL'IS, Mo., Feb. 21. The en
tiro middle southwest, comprising the
statos of .Missouri, Oklahoma mid
Texas, today is sli'ivoring in tlio wort
blizzard of tho winter. A foot oi
hiiow is reported in Missouri, ICausus
and Oklahoma and it is still falling.
All trains running into this city are
from two lo five bourn late and thu
telegraph is badly crippled.
Business both in Kansas City ami
St. Louis is virtually at a standstill.
Street ears uro blocked bcciiuso of tho
heavy fall of snow, and traffic is
completely demoralized. In the poor
or seulious of tlio cities tho buffering
is intense. Delivery of coal is out of
tho question and this lias added to
tho niisory.
Hundreds of huad of cattle mi
doidjo(lly huve perished on tho ranges
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, Tho
loss from this source is certain lo
run high into the thousand).
,000,000
HOUSTON, TEXAS
WORST
BLIZZARD
OFYEARS
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