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MEQ-Fonn mail TmnuNE, MHnKOKn, orkoon. Saturday, may 17, mm.
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SKYSCRAPER TO
INSTANT DEATH
Cily Clerk of Oakland, California,
Crazed by Insomnia, Jumps From
Fourteenth Story of New City Hall
Evcry Bone in Body Broken.
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BE BRANDED NOW
MISS MAC KINNEY. WHO HAS
WORKED FOR KINDERGARTENS
Asked for Permit to Enter Bulldinn
and Questioned as to Whether
Death Would Bo Instantaneous.
OAKLAND, Cat., May 17. II. K.
Mnglll, recently appointed city clerk
of Oakland, committed sulcldo nt
10:30 o'clock this morning hero by
Jumping from tho 14th story ot thu
now city hall.
Tho net wns committed lit plain
view ot tho girl employed In Cap
Well's department store, which nd
Joins tho city hall. The nwe-strlck.cn
witnesses saw a body plungo off tu
sldo of tho 14 th story, land on a
projection on tho 13th floor, bound
up and then fall In a crumpled heap.
U Instantly Killed.
wncn round .Magma nccK was
broken and practically every bono In
his body was crushed. Tho body was
removed to the morgue.
MagtII this morning requested
Commissioner Anderson for a per
mit to go Into tho now city hall. Ho
walked over to tho window and
Kaicd up at tho Immense structure
standing moro than 300 feet above
tho ground.
"What would happen to
who fell otf that building?" ho
asked. "Would ho loso conscious
ness boforo ho struck tho ground?"
"I am not suro whether ho would
loso consciousness," said Wilkinson,
who Is tho mayor's secretary, "but I
think ho would bo dead boforo ho
struck tho street."
Leap from Coping.
Maglll left tho room laughing and
went Into tho now building. Tno
men standing In Anderson's wlndo
paw him enter tho building and no
up to tho 14th stor;-. They watched
him as ho walked about and then
climbed up on tho coping. Ihuy
saw him Jump and saw his 'ji-dy
strike upon tho lower part of tfc3
building.
Mnglll was 37 years of ago and
had been married for 13 years. Ho
caniq to Oakland from Pittsburg, la
whero be was a newspaper man. Ho
did newspaper work hero and wa
deputy county clerk aud county sta
tistician until his appointment :ts
city clerk a month ago.
Temporary insanity duo to in..-,
nla, from which ho had been su'fer
lng for more than a month, I nl
to havo been tho causa of hb act.
Ho told friends josterday tin ho
was on tho verge of a breakdown
Mnnngcr Mr Kenny oT the Produc
ers Fruit Co. has proeured tho fol
lowing officinl Mntcmcut rcgnnlitii:
the branding of fruit for Now York.
Kffectie June tho 1st, nil inxek
nRes of fruit intended for sale in
New York must bo marked ns fol fel fol
eows: Grapes!, crates, net weight 24 lb.
(1 ropes, baskets, net weight 0 lbs.
Plums nnd prunes, crate:, net
weight, '20 lb.
Plums nnd prunes, baskets, net
weight fi lbs.
Apricots, crates net weight 20 lbs.
Apricots, baskets, net weight lbs.
Pears, boxes, net weight 4(1 ulw.
Pears, V. boxes, net weight, 23 lbs.
Peaches, boxes, cxnot number.
Cherries, boxes, net weight 8 lh.
i. nemos in carious nnxtw oou
inin S cartons, net weight 20 ounce
caeli.
This is a new slnto law of New
York, nnd nil shipments not properly
marked will bo confiscated nnd the
Rhlpiwrs of same will be out the
cost of fruit, package nnd freight.
CREATE FUND FOR
CRA1ER LAKE PARK
m 4; ' 'I
Miss Mabel A. MacKlnncy has
just retired ns president of the In
ternational Kindergarten Union,
which held tts annual meeting In
Washington. Under her administra
tion for the past two oars tho or
ganisation has grown greatly, nnd
sho left tho chief office with tho
union In a flourishing condltfon.
During the meeting sho presided with
the dignity or a president ot tho
United States senate, nnd parliamen
tarians in Washington whero they
nro plentiful remarked that sho was
one of tho best presiding officers
they had known.
PUBLIC
WR
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NOT
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PURCHASE
RAILROAD
LAN
PLUMBER SAYS CIIY
HAS PLUMBING IRUST
Clinrglng that a plumber's trust
vxlsts in Mcdford and that it pre
sents any newcomer from getting
work hero, L. W. Chllds appeared bo
foro the city council Friday night
and asked that tho ordlnnnco which
created an examining board of rival
plumbers bo repealed. Chllds made
a very dramatic appeal to tho council.
It Is reported that Chllds is not a
first class workman and that ho
failed to pass an examination. Chllds
states that tho examination was a
farco.
Tho council will go Jnto the mat
ter next Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON', May 17. To
create n revenue fund in the Crater
Lnko National Park, Representative
Hnwley of Oregon Ims today intro
duced the following bill in cengress:
"That tho secretary of the interior
is hereby authorized nnd directed to
hold in his department all of the pro
ceeds of all lenses, licenses, fran
chises nnd permits of ever)- kind in
the Crater Lake National Park nnd
nil other revenue that may bo de
rived from any sources connected
with the park, to be known ns the
Crater Lake National Park revenue
fund, nnd that such revenue fund
bhall bo extended under his direction
in the management of the same, nnd
the construction, repairs nnd im
provements of the roads, trails nnd
bridges in the reserve.
REDDY TO CLOSE UP
OLD CHANNEL MINE
MENS
E
COLD
Y
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GKNKVA, Alny 17.-Iutensc cold
is a cure for leprosy, according to
Prof. Itnould Pictet of Geneva, in
ventor of n method of producing li
quified uir. Ilcccnt experiments
along thW line by American doctors
in Hawnii, Professor Pictet says,
havo been entirely successful.
Li(uificd oxide of carbonate nt n
tcmoruturo of 110 degrees below
zero, Profosor Pictet state destroy
the microbes of leprosy nnd entires
diseased flesh to gradually regain
its origiunl health nnd color. lie
declares many cases havo been cured
in Hawaii and that tho American
go eminent is investigating tho cure.
POItTI.ANI), Ore, May !7.- Tho
general land offlVo tins today turned
a warning to tho public to pay no
location fees or take any other steps
toward securing title to any of the
Southern I'ncINo lands In western
Oregon recently declared forfeited to
tho government by Federal Judge
Wolverton. This action was taken
following reports ot tho alleged per
nicious activities of nltoruOH and
Individuals who nro seeking to lo
cate homesteaders on this laud.
Further hearings In tho no-called
"Innocent purchasers" cases nro be
ing held today before Miss Vivian
Flexner, special examiner. Tho cases
involved nro tho government against
tho timber companies and other Indi
viduals who purchased lauds In lar
ger tracts than 1000 acres from the
Oregon California railroad land
grant, which was declared forfeited
to tho government by Federal Judgo
Wolverton several weeks ago. Should
tho defendants provn that they pur
chased tho lands under tho belief
that thoy would secure n clear title,
they will bo allowed to re-purchnsn
tho lands from tho government at
$2. RO per ncre.
Tho hearings nro being conducted
by Glenn H. Husted, special assistant
to tho attorney general.
STRAWBERRIES ARE
AT
Dr. Ilcddy, who is receiver for the
Old Channel Mining company with
properties located in the Gnlicc dis
trict, has just returned from n visit
to thu mine, having been nccompa
nicd on the trip by Engineer Harmon
nnd J. L. Harvey, says tho Grants
Pass Courier. I)r. Iteddy expects to
closo up the affairs of tho company
nt an early dato ns possible, nnd
will probably put the mine on the
market ns soon ns it can bo done.
The Old Cbnnnel is one of the most
noted of tho placers of thu district,
and has paid fortunes in yellow dust
in the many years is hns been oper
ated. Recently, however, it has bc-
como involved, nnd Dr. Iteddy will
straighten out tho eiitngleiiients ns
rapidly us iKJssible.
PORTER J. HEFF BOOSTS
THE PUBLIC MARKET
WINS AIRSHIP RACE
KEY WEST TO CUBA
HAVANA, May 17. Domingo I?o
sillo, using n biplane without flouts
todny won the $10,000 Jcy West to
Ilnxnnu race. His only npimncut was
Augustin Pnrlu in a hydroplane.
Pnrln fell shortly niter tho start but
wns rescued by a Cuban gunboat
llotb Itonillo nnd Pnrln are Cubans.
OF CALIFORNIA REVOLT
U.NIVKKSITY OF OKEOO.V, Eug
ene. May 17. Among tho principal
speakers at the second session of tho
fifth annual Oregon commonwealth
conferenco Friday was Porter J.
J. Xeff, former city attorney of Mcd
ford, who described In detail tho
working of tho municipal market at
Mcdford declaring tho enterprise has
been a splendid success, reducing tho
cost ot living In Mcdford to tho con
sumer and at tho tsamo tlmo encour
aging the producer by tho facilities
otfored.
KAN FRANCISCO, Cnl May 17.
Tho progresMvc democrats of Cal
ifornia today started n revolt Hint
will bo beard loudly in Washington
against the npiointmcut by President
Wilson of Thomas Fox ns or,tmus
tcr of Sacramento.
Fox is an old Southern Pacific po
litical boss, u machine man of the old
school, a reactionary, nnd n Hupxrt
cr of Champ Clark ns against Wil
hon for president, lie wns a dele
gate to the national democratic con
vention nnd one of the sixteen io
bold out to the lust against Wilson.
E
OF
NEW YORK, May 17. Bishop
William Donno of thu Episcopal dio
ceso of Albany, died hero curly to
day in his iipurtmcuU nt thu .Man
liattan Hotel. Ho arrived hero Tues
day. His condition was not con
sidered serious then but he bank rap.
idly. Tho body will bo taken to Al
bany Into this afternoon.
Even If You Don't
Play Golft
Go Fishing
Paddle a Canoe
f
i
r indulge in any kind e
sport" you do like a change
from your ordinary work-a-day
clothes. Every man
does. Every man likes to
lok different" somstimes.
Thsn every man should
see oris or our new spring
suit's, that is, if hs has
$15.00 or more that he
doesn t positivsjy need, be
cause if he sees one, he II
Luy oh?.
Best of all you can fssl per-
iecny sate, l ou ger all ygu
pay for. We do hot antici
pate cut pries sales on prices
asked.
HOW THIS WOMAN
FOUND HEALTH
Would not givo Lydia E,Pinlc-
ham's Vegetable Compound
for All Rest of Medicine
in the World.
Utlcn, Ohio." 1 sulferwl ovcrythlnjr
from a fcmnlo weakness after Imby
enme. 1 luul numb
spells nnd wns ditty,
had black sKta bo
foro my eyes, my
back nchctl mid I
wns ro weak I coull
hardly stand up. My
fnco wns yellow,
even my llngernalU
were colorless nnd I
had displacement. 1
took I.ydln E. Pink-
ham's Vegetablo
Compound and now I nm stout, well and
healthy. I can do all my own work nnd
can walk to town nnd back and not get
tired. I would not give your Vegetable
Compound for nil tho rent of tlfc medi
cines In the world. I tried doctor's med
icines nnd they did mo no good." Mrs.
Mauv HAitt.invi.Nt:, K.F.D. No.1T, Utlcn,
Ohio,
Another Cnso.
Nebo, III." I was ltothercd for ton
years with female troubles nnd the doc
tor! did not help me. I w ns so weak and,
nervous thnt I could not do my work
and every month I had to mndn rVw
days In bed. 1 read so many loiters about
Lydla K. Plnkham's Vegutnblo Com.
pound curing fcmnlo troubles that I got
abottle of It. It did mo more good than
anything eluo I ever took and now It hni
cured me. I feel better than I linvu
for years and tell everybody what tho
Com)ound linn done for me. I In-lleve I
would not bo living to-dny but for
thnt." Mrs. HeIB GnKKNariiCET,
Nebo, llllnok
Commencement
Shoes
.If llio young lady is going
(o graduate, hIui will lio
wauling mniii'thing lluU'A
Very dioico in footworn.
ISvtM'y young lady dcsiniH
to appear at linr host, on thin
important occasion.
Wo aro showing sovoral
linos of vory olioioo stylos of
Whito Nuhuek, Satin anil
Canvas Slippers, Nulmclc
Mutton Oxfords and Shoos.
Prices $1.70 to tflUH), all
sizes ami widths.
BEHLING
flood Kit
Shoo Storo
Wo Liko
To Fit
Tho Hard
To Fit
Both roprosontativo of tho wliolo
somo cordial spirit of tho West
and tho bo3t in hotol sorvico
The
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Model Clothing Co,
AFTER
THE
FIRE
Yott will find it oxtrcinoly con-
venient if your iimtirutiuc Iiiih been
plncod in a compuny which pays
itH losses prompUy, and in full.
I lutvo no other kind.
R. H. McCurdy
401 M. F. & H. Bltlff. Phono 349
CUT DOWN COST OF PRODUCTION, CUT OUT
HORSES AND MULES, USE THIS DENNING TRAC
TOR, 3500 LBS., 21 H. P., $1200.00.
OHAS. TSCHIRGI
R. F. D. NO. 3.
PHONE 67-J-2
Ono of tho finest offerings In
mouths wug soon at tho public, mar
ket toduy, all of tho Btalls bolnt;
occupied. Tho offering wns very
heavy,
Kor tho first tlmo this season
strawberries were offered. They woro
of excellent quality.
Ono of tho booths attracting the
most attention was that or the Oak
Orovo school, tho children offering
largo quantities of produce grown In
tholr own gardens.
XOT1CK.
A, II, Dougherty, tho Itawlelgh
man, has moved his business to 4flG
Uofttty street. 49
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With Mcdford trnwn is Mcdford mmlo.
An t
Explanation
Till- FKJI1T RimmNS TO BIO ttKCFAVFA) 11Y
TILI3 ONLY DIM-XT ItlNOSIDR AVIRIO AT T1IK ISIS
TniUATKIl ON iMAV 20 IS NOT THIS SI It VIC! It
WHICH WAS FUKNISIIHI) AT TIII3 ANOLIO OI'HItA
IIOUSI;: ON TIII: HUOWN-ANDEICSON KICniT AND
NO AVESTKKN lTNION OIMMATOR WILL IIAVK ANY
CONNECTION WITH THIS SRItVICE. KXl'RltT
OPRRATOHS WILL LVN TUB ISIS WLRR AND TILR
ACCOUNTS OK TIIR HOUNDS WLLL HR FULL AND
AN ACCURATE- DRSCRIPTION OJ1 TIIR HOUT. TIIR
RINGSIDE OPERATOR IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO HE
TIIRRRSTFIOUT DESCRIRRR EVER EMPLOYED
ON A PRESS AVI RR.
TJIE REGULAR TSrS PROGRAAE WILL HE GIVEN
BEGINNING AT 8:15 P. M
THE ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE AS PROPER
FOR WOA1 EN AS FOR MEN.
'3(eami Jke
, V
do not take
Substitutes or Imitations
GctthcWcIl-Known UADI lUT'C.
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MALTED MILK
Mad In the largest, bast
quipped and sanitary Malted
Milk plant In the world
Wc do not malic" milk products"
Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, etc.
But tho Original-Genuine
HORLICK'S MALTED MILK
Mado from pure, full-cream milk
and tho extract of select malted grain,
reduced to powder form, soluble in
water. Tho Food-drink for AH Ages.
MT ASK FOR "HORLICK'S"
Used all over the Globe
t The moat economical and nourishing light lunch.
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