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NEW YEAR'S
EDITION
NEWS
SECTION
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rorir-inirn Tr.
SIX SECTIONS
MEDFORD. 0R1W0N, TIIL'WSDAV, .TANlTAKY 1, 10M.
THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES
NO. 241
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TERR FIGHT
RACES
OINAGA
LOSSES HEAVY
New Year's Day Sees Bloody Battle
In Progress Between Rebels r.nn
p..nicRnn nM,i in strMU.
, !. mi WVW ........ ... - '
1000 Wounded.
PHKHIDIO, Texas, Jnu. I.- Now
Year's Day brnko with n terrific but
llo rnKhiK nt OJIunr.n.
righting tll'l not " throughout
llio night, Tim rebel artillery was
conriintrntod on I tm (awn mid u rain
nf shells wn fnlllng over iiiuonit Hi
dofoudeis. Tin' started it linlf
itoi'ii rin'H In tlm course of Dm night
lull tli Wore extinguished mill tliu
hattlo continued.
Wounded soldiers, unit Iwro for
tiontiiipnt. tutlil nt h-nut flvu hundred
dead Iny (it tint streets tif tlm lie
sieged l li. They cMliuntod the
wounded nt fully 1000 (.'(insider
Iiik the number engaged tlm prtijior
tlon of casualties was enormous. Tho
rebel losses wore not known. TIiimirIi
prohshl) not us numerous an tltiMo
of tlm OJImtga defenders, It was bo
lliivwl limy wero heavy.
Tho robots drew donor and doner
to tlm town during tho night. Ap
parently thty hml tnkou nil II outer
defenses, Tin1)' hml occupied n r.hnlii
of tillto tx'iiil-clrrlliiR tho place to tlm
southward, mounted twelve cannon
nnil for hour poured u steady flro
Into tliolr tiimntli'it' rank. Anmrl
inn nrnty officers Imro iialil It would
Im lnipotlhlo for tho dofeiino to con
tlniio much lunger,
Onco during tho nlKht it score of
robol shells burst on tho American
llo of tlm border. Colonel Mc
Nmnco,' commanding tho United
States troops In tho vicinity. Immed
iately notlfloil (Icneral Ortega, tho
rebel lender, that thin mint cento or
tho Auierlcnu soldiers would havo to
nrt drastically. Tho cannon' ole
vntlon wna chntiKi'd mid no auoro
shuts wero fired Into American tor
rllory.
isonWsId
TO TALK ON MDQCO
PA8H ('IIMHTIAN, Miss., Jan. 1
Hwr thing was In readiness toduy
for tlm conference between Presi
dent Wilson und John Kind. l.lud'H
ship wiih lirllmcil to ho off tho coast
In tho vicinity or (Itilfporl hut It'luid
not h'tiott sighted (ram thorn.
Tho president iiutdo his plum with
it low to proNcntlni; tlm newspaper
rorrrnpondonta from seeing Mud. Iln
mild, howotor, thitl it Htnttunuut would
ho Issued after tho conference
Whether or not Mud would return to
Mexico waa not known. Tho clilof
iixocutlvo, after nil, huw tho Now
Yonr In, Ho retired early hut roo
nt 1 1 and Joined 1Mb family
Summary of Weather for 1913, Medford
1 1 I ;t Max. Mlu,
.Iniiiiiiry 40 10
IVhriiiiry till 17
March 71 26
April .' SO UN
May 92 2K
Juno Otl 10
July , '. , 1 00 It
AiiKiinr, V OS II
Hoplombor r.V.Wi HO 33
October ,...T. H2 30
Novombor OK 2S
Docoiuhor i 03 23.
Moan ii nun a I maximum for 1913 , , 79. S doRieeu
Moan annual minimum for 1913 29 dogrooa
Precipitation for 1013 - i 21.00 Inches
Number of clear days durliiK 1 1 t :t K8
Number of partly cloudy days durliiK 1913 110
'Number of cloudy duyu during 1013 97
Mean Temperature ami Precipitation In ltottuo Itlver Valley for Period
of Twcnty.flvo Yeai-s
Menu of the intixlinum tonipernturo for 2C years, 1889 to 1913, Inclusive.
Jan, Kelt, Mar. Apr. May Juno July Aug, Sept. Oct. Nov, Dec,
45 R0 D7 OG 70 77 87 87 77 67 03 45
Meuu of thu minimum temporal tiro for 25 yours, 1889 to 1913, Incluulvo
30 32 31 38 43 48 54 53 47 It 35 31
Average rainfall lit Inches for 25 yoars, 1889 to 1013, Incluulvo
4.73 4.13 2.57 1.20 1.72 .08 .19 .40 .97 1.70 4.21 4.35
Average annual rainfall In Inches for 25 yoars, '89 to '13, Incluulvo.. .37.21
Klovatlon ut Mcdford, 1377 foot.
Lutltudo, 42 iU, 20 mln,
l.ontjltudo 122 doS'i CI mln., 24 ucc.
ODDS IN FAVOR
OF LEACH CROSS
TODAYS CONTEST
I Bud Andtr"n ' Med,ord "ed
I to We,Ob l37 at nlns,dc' Whlc'1
I His Favor-Cross to Weigh
135 at Ringside.
I.US ANIIKMIS, unl., .Urn, 1.
I'liiit'limlH, l,'iii'li (Vohh of NVw
Vnrlc niul Hml AihIithoii of .Mcilfonl,
On; Hliiko, llic ilht to ri'iiuiin u
(iiiilciiilrr in llio ui'iir-liclitwi'iKlit ill
vihiou; uiMillit'i, full'.
'J'lii'xc were tin itt'iiiM of tiiuiii in-
ten'! fin t (titles llio New YfiirV
tiny lioxinu' t'liitl nt Vitiioii. Tlio
lioul wiih M'lii'ilult'il fur Iwt'llt'
hhiihU, uilli dcoru'i' illnko tm rcf
orfo, Aiii1oioii wiih to wt'iijli i:i."
tHiiiniU. tun liiinrk lii'TurK tlm Imttlr.
wliilo ('roH lntil fiiiit nii'tril In keen
iiiulfr tho miiuo iioutiiluce until nut'
t title.
l.iiO.'i'lv liffiiiihf of 1i!h craft nml
p'licnilhliip. Imtii of lniiKcr vcurx of
riiii; fXMtii'iii'f, nml liin knockout
over llml in llifir ttrt cliihli hero
liil.vl lnl, CroHX hml Ih'cii mmlc n
III to 7( favorite In the bet I'm c
AiiilirMiiii'fa lniiLiirt. Imu'ftvrr. u-nri
iiiflini'd lii throw mil fro' fonniT
victory. Iiri'iitixo lliiil wiih lln'ii Kiif
ffriuir from iiiN'ni1ii,itif'. which hciiI
him to the oMnitini; luhlc two diivs
Inter.
The wriuht nprci'incut, which onlv
recently lieciiuio known, ciuihcil much
llihCllhsioll.
Ainlcmoii wiih expccletl lo wciuh
1JI7 nl rincMtlo, Mini ('roi-n' wrmef.l
mlmhcrA nilmitleil llml the Viineou.
ver liov mid liix wnllop nre illicitly
tlnnttrrouf! nt micIi n weii'hl. Cro
it wns ncreril, lnul not rixked wenk
eniui; hiuihclf hy the mulerweicht.
for under llio ncrecmcnl ho will field
hid iintitrnl imuuilnKe.
L
Yi
J. A. HcmpM reel of Detroit, Mich.,
n thentrieiil uiiiii, vehteriliiy juir
cluiheil of Henry (Jorlmin two mid
ono-hulf iicreH on thu Cent nil Point
roml fur -H-OO. Tho html in in
yntuii fruit I roes nml will he useil
im u Hummer home hy (Im new owner,
who will (.pciitl hrven monlhs of I he
.cnr upon it, tritveltii tho other five.
Impi'ovcniciilK will ho iiimle.
Otiuiity Wcconler ChUIkV ifconl
for llio yciir cniliu lleccmher III,
I HI II, ix us follews:
Tolul iimiiher of iiihlrumeiilri
reconloil niul filcij 5,507
Tolul miiotint of fees collected
mid puiil to trciiMircr $5,(117
Siiluries paid for year . .'1,500
Hulancn
1,5 17
(Hear INiitly I'roelpl-
Days, Cl'dy. Cl'dy, tatloii.
Mean.
27.3
siu.rt"
in.ri
37.2
4B.il
62.6
S,7
70.7
(13.5
53.1
44.2
3H.3
3
19
U
11
IS
s
21
21
20
10
3
0
II
3
0
12
9
II
7
I
I!
11
10
8
17
I!
13
7
4
S
3
3
I
t
11
17
3.02
.10
.43
2,t!
1.72
3,01)
2.74
,0S
.14
,63
1.91
New Structures in Mcdford Completed in 1913
, , SHOW INCR
' "V0 .... -t ' Rra .
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.1 i . i rwi ..J.m,'m.,,- mmnmuaammmaauzaMmmavmamtW'i j: . i
l "W WKM0$mM ;:
i jl,-; l -, nil mmlfflmm i
1 I ! ...
l'Kt' 0KTit liillf, Co.llli 9(10,(100, .
i'iin-1 Tiicnicr iiciwccn I'oriimiii Kj '"-'' " -' 5 .HMflBBgBfeit; t'tM &W'tik4? 4fa4aW&Mki
nml Srtii IVniirloi'ii, NcrcKvliiittMl iin T& ? tSSKBGB&SSESSg. i- yfSi- HHBlS i
Miilfnnl Mlt-t uiifNlKlit Slnmllii ' W ?lfflj$ "? . ' ' ' wIb!H
sh pints of year WUtWSIsaMfkmm
Cur shipped hciimiii It) Kl
Apples . . .
Peaches .
I't'iire . .-
MUrrllmieoui fniltK. hiioIi ns
pluuiH, jiruueH, npricote, crnli-
npplert, crniteH, etc. ...
IlcrricH, Htrnulicrriuc, hlnnkhr;
ries, rnpherriei, Ioj;aii, pnc
hcrricrt ami currant'
Cherries - ..
.Mixed VPRctahles .......
(Ireeu mixed vcj-ctablcd in
huuehes .
'JO -Hi. hoxes frech tomulocH . ..
Melons ,
Totnl earn
01
you
In nrriviui: at Ihcso totals
will iini1cntnud wo have taken into
nccount loenl freight and express
fihipmenh as well as carload lots to
mako tho nmountR.
ASHI.ANI) FKUIT & I'HODUCJ:
ASSOCIATION'.
Our rnnncry hero in ronneolion
with tho association lias thinner tlm
season handled tho IoIIowiiik
mnouuts in fruits nnd vci:ctiihlo,
which limy nUo ho of inlerest to
your ivaders:
TiTfli lomnloos
Peaches - ... . ,..,....
Prunes ..-.-,,,
Hlnokhorries
Pumpkins ...
String heaus
Apples . . ... -
Total tons
Tons.
Hill
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ii
15
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An Average
lloneer lublIo Market In Oregon
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BTBirrriii iinr 'rirnKfirnrr 'ii7MBOlHiMBB
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CTUtfHflKCiBB Bm
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Medfonl rtinrrvlo Vlmliitt, Over
AT PHOENIX:
A nuuiioipul water plant was in-l bACItAMBNTO . Cal . January 1.
stnlle.1 at Phoenix .:,iriuK the ,.t -P0,rU tlm f", ,,arU of h f"
year, one or tho nitoiun wells re ! "am,cn, vn,,e t0la' wcre that,th
siilliiiR in n flow of sparkling min-! "00l wn,crs wero fcedlnR except at
oral water, equaled to any buttled in!',ol"f belwccn Co,usa and Kn,ShtlJ
tho country. Anionic tho year's de-' ,-anlnK-
velopnienls has l.een the erection of I
a liuo spray fnetory, hy the ltc.
bpray company, which will he in op
enilion in January.
Phooni.x is buriounded hv "lie ofl,or'c,'
Iho richest nKriiultuml dislricls in J
tho world, nnd in HHHl the illage of
rlioeuix amis incoiponileil and tt
15,000 hchoolhoiisc coiiKtructcd.
Tho usserscd vuliuitioii is $1,108,-
HH0 mid tho school oiiumenttiou is
1I 1 B children. In the past few years
a ' forty new houses have been built and
I'new luino8 enterprises in iiropor -
Ition. Tho town supports two
185 1 churches, but no saloons.
Day at the Medford
a ud Most Buccenhful lu OiK.ratlou
Hetir CCrcek, Cost 9IO.OOO, Krectci!
CALIFORNIA FL000
WATERS RECEDING
u,u nvcr reaenca a menacinB
BiaKO in ancrnmcuio cart) iuuuy, uui
nt noon It was gradually recedliiR.
No breaks In lovecs have been re-
ltallroads oxperlcuccd dlf-
"" wwiiio ot naan-outs,
throuRhout tho night.
Mcdford has a paid flro depart
ment, cllniliuitlnp tho volunteer com
pany which eerved for years.
Tho flro company has a $6000 flro
nto truck and much other now
leuulpment. Tho underwriters recog-
nlred tho Improvement and lnsuranco
' rates wero materially reduced.
Public Market
Mit ikvl Master ltuujou lu V'rout,
POSTAL RECEIPTS
El
I'oMofflce receipts for tho
loHt quarter of 1913 kIiow a
fi.2 per cent Incrcimc In htinN
neiii ovar the name period In
HM'.'. nnd n tlcarty mibntantlal
growth tlnco thp flccal yoar,
June .10th.
The receipts for the last
i
013 quarter were 1X616.39,
and for 1912 SSIS.'.08, and
Incrcano of 1131.31,
An Increase In the Chrlst
man butlncM for 1913 oor
19 1 2 was recorded. In 1912
the receipts wcro $3209. H,
1913, 13413. 96. an Increase
of t20l.r.2 In Christmas busi
ness. The quarterly receipts for
1913 were .0937. SGr.2u.0t.
C350.H and SSC1G.39. a total
of S2S.123.C2.
v
Jo Intly hy City niul County,
T,
E
DURING SEASON 1913
(Hy Hugh Mitchell,
K-.li Cul
turist.)
To keep pace with tho rapid de
velopment of the valley thousands
of dollars tiro being expended in
piopiiatio and protecting the dif
ferent species of trout and salmon
that so abundantly frequent the wa
ters of Koguo rixer. Tho river is
a valuable asset to tho country com
mercially, but far more so from u
sportsman's point of view, an ideal
steelhead trout stream. This steel
head fiiliing has mndo the river
famous throughout the United States.
Often, tired but olated, doos tho
angler gaze upon his seventy pounds
catch, represented, by los than ten
specimens of tho most symmetrical
and gaudily colored of gnmo fish.
In this st renin tho ''biggest one"
does not escape; they uro all big,
gume nnd very plentiful, ltoguo
river well iUuervoi her title, tho
Peerless,
This snow-fed river, abundantly
supplied with natural food, is of im
portance from a propmratiug stand
point, conditions ideal existing for
fliiA work-. Iieiici. llio en I ire coiih!
' from Monterey baj to Alaska bene-
, fits by the ti.-dioulturnl operations.
, Tho United States bureau of fi&li-
, erics maintains five halchctics on
Hoguo river and tributaries, at the
Klk creek station, midwav between
I Medford and Crater lake slenlheiu!
i trout frv arc fed extensively, hut nt
lower Koguo rivor station, a few
miles below Mcdford, us uWo ut the
i stations on tho Illinois river and on
' tho Applegnto creek, frv arc liber-
1 alcd upon absorption of the food
sac Ouo million chiuool; salmon
oyed eggs woro shipped from this,
point (Medfotd) to W'oddoiburn ut
the mouth of Itoguo river, where
they will ho hatched nnd fed until
, they reach tho fiugerling stage. The
' aggregate tako of salmon und trout
1 eggs for these stations for tho year
iOia was 17,000,000, the most sue
j cessful yeur in the history of the
I river.
LASTAYEAR'S RECORD
19 3 1MAR
A 0
BUT QUIET EA
Unusual Features Brought Out hy
Statistics Bank and Postal Bus
iness Increase -Fruit Shipments
Largest on Record.
VI CllnlUllr.nl 1H11 l.rnimlil fll. .nu.
oral unusual features, but no do
vastatliiR calamity ns fur as tho
HoRue river valley was concerned.
One flro of consequence occurred In
Mcdford the burning of tho Union
livery stable, and seven head of
hones.
There wore GO deaths, mid 132
;
j births In tho county, 188 marriages
land 53 divorces filed, 37 bcliiK
v granted. The mortality list includes
a number of pioneers. Including Hit
win C. Itoot of beloved memory. Twi
public officials passed Sheriff
August Slnglcr killed by the bullets
of a young outlaw, and .Mayor V. V.
Eifcrt, who died of a sudden attack
of heart failure.
The public Improvements number
the finishing of tho Page Theater and
tho Dear creek b rid go, and tho pre
liminary ceremonies on tho Pacific
Highway construction.
There wcro two murdors. and
three deaths by accident two by
hunters being mistaken for deer In
the woods and one by nuto racing at
the fair grounds.
The fruit crop was tho largest in
tho valley's history and tho prices tho
best. Tho bank deposits show n
heavy Incrcaio. A gain of 12 per
cent In the school attendance was re
corded. A pollticaljrtoj-m. centered. the en
tiro year over tho council; and broko
tho last month of tna year In a cam
paign being waged for- economy In
c.ty affairs, depriving councllmoi
and mayor ot salary, and two recall
petitions being filed.
Indicative ot tho prosperity of
.Mcdford and adjacent country Is tho
quarterly reports of tho four finan
cial Institutions ot tho city filed Oc
tober 21, 1913, showing an increaso
ot $204,496.14 for August, Septem
ber and October over tho same
months in 1912 and a gain In do
posits ot $337.4S2.C5 slnco August
9, 1913. Octobor 21, 1913, $1.S93,
S53.39 on deposits in Medford banks,
and this docs not Include receipts
from the heaviest fruit shipments ot
tho year.
Hankers ot tho city report n
healthy tone lu valley money circles,
with tho prediction that tho deposits
for 1911, from present Indications
will pass tho $3,000,000 mark.
Tho year 1914 finds Medford with
a trolloy lino nu assured fact, a mllu
of 75-pound rails laid and auothur
mllo being constructed. A fruurhUo
was let last May to S. S. Ilullls ot
Olcan, N. Y., a builder and oper
ator of trolley lines, and by March
15 tho lino will bu In operation for
tho first two miles, extending from
tho business heart of Medford cast
wards, Extensions ot tho sHtom
are promised du'rlug tho year, a lla
having been surveyed to Ashland
and ono to Coutral Point, though
the plans ot tho company uro not
mndo public,
Itallroad construction talked ut In.
dudes tho extension of thu Pacific &
Kastorn nt prosont terminating at
Iltitto Falls to tho cafatcrn side of thu
Cascades where it Is to connect with
thu Oregon Trunk, now operated uh
far south as Ueudi thu building ot
tho Medford and Crescent City rail
roadt tho survey of hlch was com
pleted from Medford to Crescent City
by a local company, tho Urants Paw
and Crescent City railroad promoted,
by J. V. Hoddy to bo constructed ho
tween Orunts .Pass and Crescent
City along tho line of the Draper sur
vey and which can corniest with Md
rord by tho construction of a 30 mllo
spur; and tho Uaglo Point-HandoH
lino which has been surveyed.
The city ot Grants Paw lias vo(v4
a IS
lug
r2QO,OO0rbnnd;hMMi WA builds
; tho railroad' tiroa), ie city .tn tba
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