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ASQU1TH TRIES
10 AVERT STRIKE
Over 600,000 Mine Workers Arc
Plnnntiif to Go Out and Already
Coal Famine is Felt Throughout
the United States.
LONDON, Fob. 28. Promler As
qulth mot the con I operators nml rep
roRcntntlvofl or tho miliars here lodav
In an effort to avert a threatened '
Htrlko of (500,000 mine workers
throughout two United Kingdom, Th
men want tho minimum wage plan
of payment and while the owners .u
willing to grunt this scnlo In ab
normal places, they havo flatlj re
fused to consider tho minimum wa,i
scalo n general thing.
If tho scalo Is carried Into effect
nt loaBt ,200,000 peoplo besides min
ors will bo thrown out of emploj
mont Hlg Iron works, believing that
tho strike la siiro to come. alread
liavo served notice on their employes
that their sorvlcos will not bo needed
after Fobruary 29. when tho coal
miners aro 'scheduled to quit work.
In all big trade centers tho price
of coal Is nonrlng and Is already be
yond tho reach of tho poorer class.
Mutt and Jeff at the Medford Tonight
BLUE LEDGE SHELTER
RUMOR GAINS CREDENCE
Tho rnmor to the effect that the
Dluo Iedgo mine was to erect a
smelter, probably In or near Med
ford, and that they aro to build a
steam road for the transportation of
their oros, which was current In this
city January 23, when It was learned
thnt the company had rocelvod a pat
ent to twenty-four claims, has boon
confirmed to a degree by news dls
patchos from Washington.
In tho course of tho article Hon.
W. C. Hawloy states that ho has been
given to understand that tho above-
mentioned action will be carried out
In the near future and that the mine
will employ about 1500 men regu
larly. This statement from "Washington
comes In a way of a confirmation of
tho opinion of tho mining men and
others of this city who have been in
terested in the matter. Howevor, as
yet thoro has boon no definite state
ment from Kobort S. Townc of "New-
York City, owner of tho property
and this is being considered in con
nection with tho report.
Somo of thoso who know condi
tions best nre of tho opinion that the
statement, while not coming dlrootly
from Towuo, is given with his knowl
edge, and therefore authentic.
BELIEVES THAT WOMAN
VAS SHOT BY ACCIDENT
BEST TREES IN WORLD
GROW IN THE WEST
SAX FKANVlsro, Feb. 22.
a thorough investigation the police
here an satisfied Unlay that Mr.
F.lise Hhoe. seMer-m-law of Adorably -mnn
Xntluut Coghlan, who was fatal
ly shot in the attorney's room, met
her death through accident.
A second march of the apartment
AtivTi Throughout the FneihV -Ion and
Koekv mountain region- grow the
largest and imn-t valuable eoniferous
tree specie of the world, the pine.
the spruce, the Douglas fir. the bal
sam ftr. the hemloeka, the cedars
and the Sequoias (redwoods). Kach
'WILL REBUILD
! BURNED AREA
' Houston Loss Is Placed nt $6,000,000
While tho Insurance Will Not Ex
ceed AQ Per Cent of tho Whole
Structures Will Be Much Better.
HOrSTON, Texas. Fob. 22. Al
though tho ruins or Houston's moat
devastating fire hu still hoi, tho
work of clearing away the debet
started in earnest today for the pur
pose of rebuilding the binned urea at
once The cotton plants diwtro.vod
also will bo rebuilt, the contractu In
xoventl Instances alreudv tuning been
let I
A roiiKorvnttvo estimate today
place the losses at $t,lHiO,000. while
the InsuiaiH'o'. will not exceed 10 per
cent.
KAll.UOAII II. MIC TAI11.K
Southern 1'mlrio
NOKT1I HOUNH
No. One.
20 Portland passenger.. . S:0l a. in.
24 Valley motor car. ... 10:21 a. in.
32 Valley motor car.... 1:4s p.m.
10 Or-gon Kvprom fi.'J I p. in.
1 1 Portland express .... R: 19 p. in.
SOUTH HOUND
2:5 Valley motor car.... S:irn. in.
10 California Kpres. . . 10::U. a. m.
:tl Valloy motor car.... 2:2 1p.m.
K! San Francisco Kxpross 3:32 p. m.
It Ashland Local 11 :22 p in.
BAPTIST YOUNG
PEOPLE MEET
The Uapllst Young People's I ulon
met In the social hall of tho Hnpllst
church Wednesday evening and a de
lightful time vim enjoyed by the
1'0-odd nutniher In attemlanco.
A burloHinio college moot was put
on In wliluh tho college loprosonlod
wero "PunUIn Centor," "Puuluird"
and "Spugetto." All of How par
took In an International track meet.
Puukla center coming out first..
11. DcAriuoud wan awarded first
prlie for being the smartest mnn on
earth and (leo. Hawkins for being
the dullest.
The. coininlttee In eharge wero the
Misses Nellie forum, I'm lie .loliiiHoiili
I'loicueo lliwelrlgg. Harriott CnnUlIll
Olive Johnson. Mabel Kvoilinrdt, and
V K .Muedenhall, Muhhih. Chiiilem
Ibuner. Karl KImim". II. II Conwoll.
The evening was delightfully cloned
with a light lum-heoti.
BUCKET SHOP MEN GIVE UP
WITH ADVERSE RULING
NNW YOHIC. Feb Hit -Having fail
ed to have tho nntl-hitcket shop law
In tho District of Columbia declared
uut'oustltutloiial. I.ouIh and Angolo
Colin of Ht. Louts and Hnmiiol Adler
of Now York, Indicted In IIMO on n
chat go of coiiHiilracy for oieiatlng
bueket shops III Washington, today
siiriendorsd to I'nlled States Marshal
llonkol mid wero admitted to ball by
United States Commissioner Shields.
They probably will n onloiod to
Washington for trial.
iiSIOVELL CASE GOES
lleil Stoel, aricHtiMl Wednesday
charged with an iihniiiiU by Mih. Kffln
Jones, was leli'Mhc'il on his own iettg
nlxnino Woduomlny evening by Jim
tiro Taylor, to appear for lilnl tit (1
o'clock Hot ill (In y inoiuliig.
Mis. Joiios, tlio complaining WlU
liens. Is Hiild to luive doi'iiiiiied.
MILWAIMCK1C. Fob. 22. UltiUHll
fled approval was given President
Tuffs administration by a largo rop
lorfoiitntlnn of his follower finm t
pints of Wisconsin at a bauiiiet iuro
tonight,
Progressive
Aggressive
in which the tragedy ooeurred showed I w of these has at least one insect
GIRL CLAIMS SHE IS
DAUGHTER OF MILLIONAIRE
DENVER. Col., Feb. 22. That her
real name i1 Heine Axelhoimer and
that she is tlio daughter of a million
aire living in Roeliestcr. N. V., is tire
claim made heio today by Mi Kwie
May Fooler. Miss Foster sa' .-he
will he aided by Iter lather to obtain
the $100,000 estate of tho late Mr.
Ilanniih Foster, with whom the girl
lived nearly all lior life, and whom
bhe tliotight until rceeutly wa& hor
real mother.
Mihs Fobtur say.s she was kidnap
ped when only a fow months old and
taken from her faihur's home in Ho-cliesler.
Rebels Defeated
EAfiLE PASS, Texas, Feb. 22.
Reports received here today are that
the fcdcraU, oomniamled by Kmilio
Madero, hrntlier to l'reideut Fran-fii-eo
! Madcro, dufented the rebeife
nt Kan l'edro. near Torrcon.
TELLS HOW SHUSTER
v, LEFT TEHERAN being held at the arlatlon field,
that the bullet which eau-el Mrs.
Kluve death pa.el Jtheongh her
'knit and lodged in the eeiliug in
direct line with a wnall dent made
in the brickwork aboat the firepiaee
where the revolver fell a the womau
picked it up to cxainiue it. Thi ac
counts for the nlteienee of powder
mark, which at firt led the jMdiee '
believe flint Mr, ifhoe met death m
other than aceidenlal ma'iuer.
SHOOTING AFFAIR LEADS
TO RECONCILIATION
SEATTLE, Feb. 22. Ffeeom-ilia-tion
with his wife, from whom hu ha
been divorced, wax the rexult of n
shooting affair yetenlay. in wlti h
Levi T. Iaoe, a contractor, wax
wounded by John Perorieh. a laborer.
When Mrs. Lane heard of the shoot
ing ahe rothed to the hospital and K
staying by the bedside of her former
husband. It stated today that the
couple have forgotten their enue of
hI mi ration and he deJ.U-d to re
marry ax Boon a Iane recovers.
To Transfer Wireless Force.
VALLBJO. Cal., Feb. 22. Word
was received that tho Mare Uland
wireless force will be transferred to
Alaska May 1. It will practically
rebuild several northern plants anil
daylight service between San Fran
cisco and Alaska will be established.
Lieutenant II. K. Dodd will be in
command of the party, which will be
absent about four months.
enemy which ha killed tree in the
paat and if actually doing ?o today.
In a paper recently prepared and
read by a government expert on for
est tree inseets and dis-eaxe. it wa-.
found that in a national forest where
there was no evidence of destructive
Ores for the lat 20 years the stand
ing and fallen dead yellow pine thnt
had died within that ieriod and which
had heretofore been coino'dared a a
natural and inevitable forelt condi
tion, represented in board feet near'y
half a? much timber as w lheu liv
in?. The sugar Hiie and Douglas 11 r
repreftented one-fourth as much dead
a was then living. Every dead tree
examined in Ibis estimate showed evi
dence that it had been killed by in
sect. An irreparable Ion wo caused
from an aesthetic point of view in
1904 and 1905 by the death, througl'i
the attack of the mountain pine
beetle, of the three giant sugar nin-
on the trail from Wuwoua to Glaeur
Point and the Yosemile nllev. T'ic
veteran sugar pine known a "I'nele
Tom," along the mad entering the
park, was also killed by this beetle.
The fact that it is plainly shown
that this waste of natural resource
can be prevented must intere-t not
only the officials of our national mid
ktute parks nod forests but eveiy
owner of timber large and small.
Pacific and l&isU'ni
LKAVK
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1 Paseungor
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3:15 (. m.
10:20 a. in.
llogue ltlver Valley It. It.
LKAVK
No. Medford.
1 Motor S:0fia. m.
3 Train It : 00 a. in.
7 Train 0:00 p. m.
9 Motor S-30p. in.
5 Train .1 00 p in.
All Trains Stopped
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Fob. 22. All
schedules wero abandoned on tho
railroads onturln; Springfield and
tho railroad serrlco Is almost nt a
standstill as a result of the blizzard. I
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Shut Your Mouth
and Save Your Life
This refers to hieiithlug -particularly children- nothing else;
Tnlk all you want to TALK AllOHT 1H but broatbo through our homo.
Chlldrou vvllh AI)I:N0I1)K bocouio mouth brmitliers.
Any llilcrfeieucu with nasal bronthlug RKTARDH developniont both
PHYSICAL and MKNTAL
A Iniiluuss tlmt doe not advcillno has ADKNUIDH poor iloveloiununt.
WK IIAVR NO AWSNOIDJ4 AND WIC WANT YOUR WORK
W'u offer the iiwt of ability and tnUnlug at a modorato foo Mild UNTIL
.MA ROM ITU A DISCOUNT OF xf. PUR CJKNT 1'OR Tfllg ADD.
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CONSlti.TATlON ALWAYS FRKK
Clsik E. SHiiuders, M. I).
It. Iv Oiueti, M. I).
Drs. Saunders & Green
Practice limited 'to EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT.
GARXETT-COREY RLDO.
MEDI'ORl), OKKOO.V
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Obsorve Washington's Birthday
OAKLAND. Cal.. Feb. 22. Wash
ington's birthday was fittingly ob
served here today, a regatta on Lake
Merrltt, the third day's program of
tho international aviation meet now
a
baud concert at Lakeside park by
Paul Stelndorffs band and athlotlo
contests of various kinds In the play
grounds of the city.
Jealous, Kills Rival
NANAIMO, D. C, Feb. 22.-
Crazed by spurned affections, a. Jap
anese named lilkidah fired four shots
at his rival and wounded pretty 17-year-old
Klko Mowelda In the lioad.
Later he returned to the scene of
tho crime and was arrested. It is
likely both victims will die.
Casper Drops From Sight.
OAKLAND. Cal.. Feb. 22. That
Sir Harry Woatwood Cooper, '
known hero as "Dr. Abraham," whs
rcrsla Is described as one of thd1" Montreal with bis bride, Miss Ahum
Mllbiath, last Monday, February IV,
Is tho Information that comes to the
local rtuthorltieg through a telegram
koitt from Gary, lud., by Hen Mil
brath to tho Mllbiath home In this
city.
Since Monday no further trace of
him has beou leceivod.
most delightful places of resldonco In
Uio world by Mr, IMward licit, First
Secretary of tho American Legation at
'J'eberau. Ho loft that city January
11 In company with Mr. Morgan
ShUElcr and liua Just returned to this
country,
Ho will return to Teheran In a month.
jlo Ml" uo W11S onx,ous to correct a
report that Mr. Sinister loft Teheran
under escort of n troop of cavalry,
whoso captain was ordered to seo him
across tho Pcrfilaii frontier.
Mr Sinister and 1 left tho citv .m.
lemlcd lu uu automobile," J
TORONTO, Out., Fell. 22. -The
worst snow storm of tho year i rug
ing today ull over Ontario Tram
nro four to ten hum-. Kite and ,ill
sticci cur trutlic here is tied up.
Bribery Cases Stir Senate.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. Tho
Irlmer and Stephenson cases occu
pied the entire lime of the senate
today. Senator Ileyburn, who wrote
a majority of tho oplulon exonerating
Stopbeuson, drew a hot reply from
Senator Hiislow when he announced
his Intention to press the Stephen
son case for continuous considera
tion until disposed or. Drlstow de
clared If Heyburn thought he could
drive the matter along he would find
he was mistaken.
"There may be some reasona why
hs does not want the details of this
case exposed, but they will bo pre
sented, " Lorimer's caso came up
during tho discussion and Senator
Crawford wanted to know when tho
senate might expect a roport. Chair
man Dillingham of tho Investigating
committee was unable to glvo any
satisfaction.
Postal Clerks to Meet
TACOMA, Wn., Feb. 2'J. Fully 1'jO
mail officials, postal clcrU mid let
tor camels left today ior FAerett
to attend the uunual convention (,
(ho Washington Letter Carriers' iisko
eiatinu. (icuige Sweeney will lie
bucked by the Tncomu dulegate Joi
prusulunl of (lie organiatiou.
St. Louis in Crime Throes.
,ST, LOUIS,- Mo., Fob. 22. Ht.
Louis today was In tho throoa of a
lawbreaklng carnival. Tho police
igomod tumble to lepress a wavo of
during crimes which swept tho city.
Ono of the startling outiagos was tho
blowing of n theutro uafo after two
employes had been bound to watu
where they could wadli the hafe
c rat king.
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27th Friday and Saturday
We have selected Four Big Specials for this sale.
They are the best ever offered. You cannot afford to miss any
of the
BIG FOUR
Regular $1.50 a yard 50-inch, all-wool Serge, in Navy, Red
Leather, Brown, and Tan, sponged and shrunk
At the extra special price of, yard
A full-sized Bed Spread, a big bargain at $1.50
For the two days only, each
27 inch silk Foulards, and fancy cotton and silk mixtures
Values from 58c to $1.00 per yard
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19-inch Wear well silk, regular 58 cents a yard, all colors,
For the two days, per yard
$1.29
98c
38c
38c
Hutchison & Lumsden
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