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""" TODFORD OTTti TRTHUNK MKOFORT). OHK(10T, SATrillUY. 'AIM, II, .", i:i,
THE RESULT OF THE TERRIFIC CYCLONE AFTER
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HOUSEHOLDERS SEARCHING RUINS OF THEIR HOMES FOR. BODIES "I
AND VALUABLES IN NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOTtfAND HAMILTON f
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WR.ECK OF DIAMOND MOVING PICTURE THEATRE.,
241? AND LAWE 5TREETS. 30PERSON5 WERE KILLED
HERE.. a CSODIES HAVING EEN RECOVERED.
OF MEDFORD TO
ATTEND EO ROOT'S FUNERAL
I give anyone niul no one hns anything
Genial and Picturesque Character to sivo me."
Succumbs to Attack Of Pnuemonla ." soon lapsed Into .emi-nncon.
c buness. nnd his hrcathms crew
Friday Evening Known to All and J moro and moro luborcd. The Mail
. . . . I Tribune force visited him at 0 o'clouk.
Beloved by Children
Funeral Held 2:30 P. M. Sunday Af
ternoon at Baptist Church All
Children to Bring Flowers
A children's funeral is planned for
Kd Hoot who died from pneumoniu
Friday night. It -will be held ut the
Daptlst church at 'J -.30 o'clock Sun
day afternoon. Tho funeral will he
conducted by tho Hcv. W. P. Shields.
Tho Uible filing, of which the diceased
was a member, will furnish tho pall
heavers. The nmnio will be by the
Sunday school children.
Every child in Medford i requested
to attend tho funeral and brine a
flower in memory of their old play
mate, vTha children. will inarch with
tho remains from tho church to tho
Jackson street Jiride. Interment will
be in tho I. 0. 0. P. cemetery where
Ed will 'ho luid to rosl by tho -side of
h'm mother,
Ed Hoot was taken ill somo ten
days oro. Ho had for some tiniq
Buffered from a bad cold, which
Bottled upon hiu lunn und developed
into pneumonia. Ho was taken to tho
hospital nhiQ days ago. As this was
hi second attack of pneumonia, Dr.
JIaiion, who attended him, wns du
bious of his recovery from the first,
his iiko and a wcakoned heart being
jigitiiittt it.
Crisis Cunui Friday.
Friday nftorjioon tho crisis came
and h sank rapidly. Ho was told
by tho sister ni'irshig him that ho was
u very .ink man, il skcd if he did
no) having y lnisiness to utloud to.
'No' ho replied, "I have uothiiig to
He was partially aroused, and recog
nizing tho visitors, feebly gavo the
old familiar greeting: "llonkl Honk!"
These were his last words, lie passed
away at ten o'clock.
Ed was 08 years of ugo. Ijo
was reticent about his past and
could not bo induced to talk, ex
cept about his mother. The family
home at Comanche, Iowa, was de
stroyed by n cyclone in the latter CO's
or early 7us, his father killed and Ed
injured. Shortly after ho came with
his mother to Oregon settling nt Jack
sonville. She is remembered as n
music teneher, well educated nnd re
lined. Ed had a good education but
never recovered from the injury o
his brain received during the cyclone.
Ho had a ready wit und wns fond of
nn exchange of banter.
Preyed On by (.rafter.
. Ed worked ns mail clerk on the
Mail Tribuuo since its first Usuo as
a daily. JJcforo that ho worked for
tho Southern Ore;oulun. Ho, was
janitor for tho office und also night
watchman for B. 0, Trowbridge nt
tho Medford Iron Works. . Hotween
times he did odd chores, Mowed gruss,
out wood, etc., for numerous people,
and played tag with children. His
constant aim was to save enough
money to bury himself, hut as fast as
ho accumulated any, somebody would
induce him to buy a gold brick of
some kind or other, nnd ho was tho
prey of mail-order and other grafters.
A search of his effects shows $100
invested in tho Jackson County Build
ing and Loan Co., (ho only available
properly that can ho realized upon
for funeral expenses. There is a deed
dated June , 1012, to a tract in tho
Palm Heach Farms Co,, of Floridu.
There is a eerlificato for 113 prefer--
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THE BODIES OF MR. R.J. PECK , MISS MINNIEMCBRIDE.
AND MR. F-. D.ARCHER ARE IN THESE PARHAM 5TREET
RUINS
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE HOME. OF J.H DRISCOL , N9 -Vaas
FARNAM STREET, OMAHA, WHERE ONE DAUGHTER WAS
. SERIOUSLV INJURED
red shares of tho Perry Publishing
and Industrial Co., of Denver.
Hud Mining Stork.
There is al$o a certificate for 200
shares of Three ldcs Mining Co.
stock which Jake Klippel admits sell
ing Ed Hoot December 0, 1012, for
$100 rash. The stock is signed by
Albert T. Ilrown, secretary and C. E.
Wikstrom, president.
His saving bank hooks show Hint
hn accumulated several hundred dol
lars a few emits ut a time, to draw
it out in large chunks, for what, no
one knows. Thu only titnu ho loft
tho valley wns to visit thu Seattle
exposition and later the statu fair at
Salem.
Ed Hoot wal beloved b,y all and
had no enemies outsido of Abo Lin
coln aiil Wm. II. Taft, both of whom
he cordially cursed. He was a mem
ber of the Baptist church as his
mother hod been nlso, Ho joined the
socinlist pnrty, but lately hns not
been a regular attendant nt meetings.
Ho had no known iclntives at least
none acknowledged tho claim during
his lifetime.
Ed's littlo dog "Snyder" will ho
cared for in accordance with her
master's only expressed wih. Sny
der has been Ed's constant com
panion for two years and br tho best
known dog in the valley. She hns
not yet given up tho hope of rinding
Kd, for shu'curefully scans tho face
of each old man sho meets on the.
street.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
IS
To Deport Russian "Red."
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. Unit
ed Slates Immigration officials prob
ably will deport Guda Iusklu, a Huh
sian'unarchlst, who Is being held hero
nt Angel Inland Immigration station.
Itiukln arrived hora from Yokohomu
on tho steamer Manchuria, Ho open
ly declared that his llfo Is devoted to
tho extermination of officials of tho
Ilusslan government.
Major (iimtavo II. Behoof, a mem
ber of the Canadian northwest
mounted pollen anil soldier of for
tune, who baa seen scrvlcn In many
climes und under many flags, Is vis
iting Mudfnrd nnd may address tho
school children before leaving.
Major Schoof's latest experience
was In Mexico, whoro ho foiiKht with
Orozco ami Madero In their war with
Wax. Ho piay return now to battle
against thu new regime.
Major Schoof sjicnt 20 years In
Africa, fighting and hunting big
game. Ho Is a veteran of tho Hour
war.
NEW Y OFF CAS
ARE
A NO
chief of pollen, nnd O, Artuplgor rlty
attorney.
The council last "vrnlng nwnrded
n contract for tho paving of tho Hear
crcnk bridge to tho Clark Honerv
Construction company. Their hid
was 13882.60, whllrt thnt of Schell
& Hrhell wns fltOSS. Tim contract
was nwnrded to the higher bidder an
the council did not enro to rxpoit
ment with new pavement on the
brldgo, where th traffic I lioavy.
TIik matter of pnvlnn Cott.re
street was dlcuMod, a cnll for pro
tests being Issued for April IS,
A littlo routine business was train,
acted.
Doy Scouts, Attentlpnl
You me rfiticntid ! nttrud Ihn
funeral of Kdwiii I). Kopt tomorrow
nftcrnoon nt the llnpiist church at
2:.'10 p. in. Ilring n flower.
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Merltol Tonic Digestif will tout
up your system quickly, nuke you
fel strong again. Manillas Drug
fltnro.
Discord In thA ranks of tho city
official Is a thing of tho past. With
tho appointment of officials about
whom a storm has waged for months
nmdo Friday evening the city .lj.lv
havii Bottled down to a hnrmonmiM
whole, and city buulnoss Is being
transacted without wrangling.
Tho council confirmed names sub.
mlttcd by Mayor Klfort Friday eve
ning. Tho names warn suggested L)
tho council. Tho now officials arn.
K. J. Itunyard, market master; It. 1J.
McCabo, city attorney; J. F. Illltsnii,
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The only , Baking Powder inndc
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tho different kinds of Icilthors,.
Wo go tho limit in giving you tho'bost
wo oan for tho mnnoy. ''
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