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tEDPOM MAIE TOTRTTNE, MttDFORn', CmriO. TUESDAY. FTCDttTTA'RY 57, 1012.
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uniiHUitl dry weather. II In vopurti'tt
Unit In the pear iIIhIUpIh of Ui Hue
ramouto Milloy Uio muim punipii mo
now being iihi'iI tn iiinii water until
Uio iiri'linvilH fiiini Uio rlvoi" Unit i
KOiiorully iimimI Hi iiiiiii Uio wutoiMiff
ill ttilK oanou of Uio your. Thin con
dlt Ion Ih mild to ho nouoinl mul to tio
working huvoo with UiIk yonr'H noi.
HopoitM from Hoiillioiii ('ullfornhi
u ro to tho effort Unit scarcely any
mill Iiiim fiilluu thoio UiIh umiHon.
1.01'tll pooplo who Intvo vUHi'il lam
AiikoUm recently stale Unit diiHty
windstorms mo detracting gieully
frftm Uio jiIojimiiio of u vliill Uieio.
TWO ARRESTED:
FALSE PRETENSE
Men Who Soli! Lots for $10 Each to
"Lucky" Holders of Tickets at
Theatre Now In Durance Vile
Caught Many Suckers.
KENTNER
OPTIMISM
FINDS PROTEST CLOSING BARBERS
EAST: OF FRISCO MINT; BE
WOLD
CONSTABLE
G. W. ITolisliton nntl W. V. Uow
nrd, two young men who recently
"Gave lots mvny'' nt n local theatre
wore taken into custody nl Vnneou
vor, Wn., Monday ukw a warrant
iiiied by Justice of the Pence Glenn
0. Taylor of Ibis city on complaint
sworn to !iy Henry Lenroli, n second
hand dealer. Obtajnint; money un
der fnlso pretense is charged.
Tlie two young men are said lo
have given coupons nwny with each
ticket issued at a local tUentrc and
the holders of the "Lucky number"
paid ten dollars and secured n deed
lo a lot near certain famous hot
springs in California. Learch wa
"lucky" in two or three instances
and stales that he bought a number
of lots. Now he can't locate the
property.
Constable Singler will probably
leave Wedncsdns to bring the men
back to Mcdford.
Tho men operated in Ashland be
fore visiting this city. It is stated
that they took the $10 in a number
of instances promising to send the
deeds Inter. To date these deeds are
still said to be "on the way."
MRS. ANNIE CHAPMAN
DEAD AT JACKSONVILLE
Merlford Merchant States That Bust- Pacific Coast States Join In Move- Two Members of the Tnnsorlal Pro-
ment Objecting Shutting Down of fesslon In Race (or Local Office
Dollar Maker Has Made Profit, Dpllinner Mav Enter Raco and
ncss Conditions Arc Improving,
Despite Election Year Uneasiness
Coast Cities Ahead oLEast.
"Orders being received at oalorn
wholesale markets hov that biiM-
of Five Millions In Ten Years.
Bent 'Em to It.
l t v i VmriA r-t tv.l. tt
.riw.ovUlv..,r.... Accord!.. to present indications
Tho entire Pacific coast. includliiK , ,.mH, for vmM this er in
many commercial organisations of this citv will be a close shae for tho
winner. To date two cmihIi
iiOiiK cmimnmw nt lhi (minlfv iiri
. ..... .. . . .. ,-. ,. ' ... . (Seattle, rortlaiul and Los Augcto. lucky
nproMnjr. mus n. i. ivonmcr, t(u, ,las Joln0(, , prot t t(1 , AMw ,m, iu ,, nM ftIlt ,,, r
the merchant who returned l.wkj c, Fnuiclncot then, a barber. V. K. Jot........ and
nun Chicngo. "There is a l.ea liner th(?Kaukin Ktos ro eeh out after tho
lone to business in spite oL the usual ... , ... , ... . . 1 1. ... ... ..i t . n. . .1
FRUIT CROP OF
BEAR STATE HIT
Unusual Dry Weather Worklmj
Havoc With Orchards Throunjiotit
Pear Districts Very Dry In,
Southern California.
AmirdliiK to uiIvIcch received In
this city from viuIouh pints of Cali
fornia, especially la tho pour dis
tricts, tho fruit crop f Uio uiW state
will bo very light UiIh year, duo to
Nena:.
Carpenters nttontlou. Special
lueetlliK Wednesday. Feb. 2S. Im
portant innttor to ho taken up.
Illi I According to Secretary.
MAY MATCH JOE JEANETTE
AND LITTLE TOMMY DUnNS
1.0s ANuniiftarOut , roh. 27
Tom MK'nroy nuiy offer Toiuiny
niiiini a mutch wllh .loo .leu. incite
at Voiiiun. Tho former cliiuuplon
him ilnuhiruil li Ih wIIIIiiiuichh to moot
aiiyouo MeCaroy selects, and .loan
initio may ho given tho chance. Tho
only oliHtuulo at present hiuiiiih to ho
Mct'aioy'ii uuwIlllniuioNH to iiroHun't
'to tho puhllo any miiro black and
whlto utiitcheii,
Mrs. Annie Chapman, aged 43
years, died at her home, one-half
mile west of Jacksonville, of heart
troublo Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock,
Tho lato Mr. Chapman, husband of
the deceased, died but a few months
ago, December 5, 1011, In Yuma,
Ariz. From that timo Mrs. Chap
man suffered poor health.
Besides her- son, George TUes
Chapman, sho leaves three sisters,
Mrs. J. W. Opp of Jacksonville, Mm.
James Peterson of Lenark, Mont.,
and Mrs. Kato Talty, Hubblng,
Minn., and her mother, Mrs. Anna
Rles, of Parkdale, Or.
Tho services will be conducted
from the home and at the grave on
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
spit
campaign year unrest and 1 heard on
optimistic note everywhere.''
When asked how he would com
pare conditions in the smaller cities
of the middle west with those of the
coast Mr. Keutner was emphatic m
the declaration that the const cities
have been having all the best of it.
"One has to go away to realize how
fortunate we have been while the
rest of the country ha been having
extremely quiet times.
"I look n lot of Mcdford literature
with me and distributed it on the way
and in consequence 1 know of at
least six families who will either
visit or move here soon. The weather
in Chicago was the coldest I have
experienced for n long lime It was
below aero most of the time. I am
glad 1 made the trip if it is only for
the reason that it give me renewed
nssuranee that Mcdford is. enjoying
greater prosperity than the cities of
the middle west."
Culifornln Mining association, today
wired Secretary of tho Treasury Mae
Veagh and to tho California detona
tion In congress an expression of the
unalterable attitude that the associa
tion and the mining Interests of the
west take in opposition to the clos
ing of the mint.
Tho Oregon Development and
Portland Commercial clubs and the
Loa Angeles Chamber of Commerce
also have wired protests against the
tentative plan to conduct the San
Francisco mint merely as an ass.ly
office. The treasury department
gives economy as a reason for closing
tho mint, but it is pointed out that
this cannot he the real cause of the
proposed action, as the S.in Fran
cisco mint In the last ten years has
made a clear profit of IS.C93.00S.
honor. Both state that they a it
confident of winning.
On the other baud they may have
opposition. John llcllingcr is said to
be planning to cuter the race. His
election is considered to be almost
ccitnin should he run.
Cntch "Pccplnu Tom'
TACOMA, Wn., Fob. l!7 CuiiKht
peering In a window, UmiIh Uuhhuii,
a night watchman was "held up" hy
Itoy MiiHKrovo who leveled a pencil
In the diirkuoMH and cried "hands
up." llnitNoii put them up and wan
atiested.
.Canada Remembers Paardchcrfl.
OTTAWA. Out. Feb. 27. -The
Canadian Defence league held n well
attended meeting In tho capital to
day m celebration of I'nardeberg
day, the anniversary of tho surren
der of the Hoot foiws under (c en era I
Cronje at Paardeltng, February 27,
1900.
EXPECT EARLY ADJOURNMENT
OF PRESENT CONGRESS
.TRIAL OF MOORE'S
SLAYER UNDER WAY
REDWOOD CITY. Feb. 27. The
trial of Samuel !. Timothy, chauf
feur, accused of tho murder of John
J. Moore, a wealthy San Francisco
clubman, began In the superior court
hore today. Moore in a dying state
ment said ho opened fire on Tim
othy because Mrs. Mooro had been
riding with the chauffeur and re
fused to get out of tho machine. No
evidence of importance was brought
out today.
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 27. "It's
too much to pay for a shave," said
John Murphy, when after his face
was scraped he found $28 missing.
Ho had Ernest Frlsble, tonsorinllst,
pinched, but later found ho had mis-
laid tho money.
WASHINGTON, 1). C. Feb. 27 -Political
activities of both the demo
crat Is and republican parlies. It is
said here today, may lirlng about an
early adjournment of congress, it
is thought thnt, both tho democratic
leaders of the house and the repub
lican leaders of tho senate soon will
agree that congress cannot keep up
the pace beyond tho middle of June.
Until today it appeared to bo an ac
cepted fact that the session would
bo prolonged until after both nation
al conventions.
Vf w9VJ JIT T
For tho benefit of those that are thlnklnn. of Duylnn. Land In the Mcdford
District of
The Rogue River Valley
It will he to your Interest to consult the
ix2.lt;
Rogue River Valley Canal Co.
in regard to
SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. Purses ag
gregating $35,500 wwlll bo hung up
at the Oregon State Fair hero Sep
tember 2-7, according to Secretary
Frank Meredith. The featuro har
ness oYcnt will bo tho Lewis and
Clark, $5,000 purse for the 2; 12 nnd
another the $5,000 Greater Oregon
purse for 2: OS pacers.
THAT "GEE"
with tho requirement.1 of your vision,
not approximately, but exnrtly. are
awaiting you hero. I study the hu
man eye and Its varied requirements,
and use corroborative tests. I also
give you free advice about them and
furnish absolutely correct lenses to
suit all sights. Young nnd old with
weak eyes will bo benefited by deal
ing here.
Dr. Rickert
Eyesight Kpccbillnt
Over Kontnor's, Mcdford.
IRRIGATION
We have the facts and know the reason why. GO per cent of the laud In
this valley .will not pay Interest on a $20 per acre value, above cost of pro
duction of crops.
The Best Growing Three Months
Tho government record shows the average rainfall for June, July and
August for the last 26 years to be five-tenths of an Inch per month. This
being the case It is Impossible to get satisfactory crops year after year
without
IRRIGATION
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