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ft PXGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRTBT7NE, M13DFORD, OltaflOtf, TUKS1MY, APRIL 7, mil. see i). r r UNCLE SI SENDS WARNING OF FAKE OIL SCHEMES WASHINGTON, April 7. As n menus of getting rich quick tho sale. of worthless oil otock Is Bupptnutlnp tho galo of Roldlc88 gold mines, nml for smoothness thoWnlllngfonln f the ollstock business nro making their predecessors, tho gohl-brick men and tho fake tnlnltiK promoters, nppcar crude nnd Incompetent. Un cle Sam tins put out of business more than ono ollstock swindler for using tho malls to defraud the public, but ninny of them nro loo clover to vio late tho lottor of tho law. They sail ns close to tho wind of misstatement ns they dare, publishing carefully worded advertisements which convey totally falso Impressions without actually making fnle statements. Ono of their favorite tricks Is to lead people to believe that tho property they aro booming has been Indorsed by tho government oil eperts. As might be Imagined, the men mho real ly make camlnatlons of oil lands for tho government aro ny no means pleased with this now familiar de ception. Dr. George Otis Smith, di rector of tho United States geological survey, said In a recent extended In torxlew: Worthies Oil Stocks "Nothing Is doing the oil business more injury than widespread sales of worthless oil stock, and nowhere Is thcro more need of blue-sky laws to deal with such promotions. It Is In teresting to noto that most of thete fakers try to mako It appear that the geological survey has indorsed their properties and predicted that oil will bo obtained from them. As a mat tor of fact, tho survey docs not make reports on private holdings and Its reports on as to oil fields which it lias examined aro never given to pro moters or to anyone cUo in ndvanco of publication. If people who are solicited to buy oil stocks on tho strength of alleged indorsement by tho government would insist on see ing publications In which It Is dis tinctly stated that oil may bo found in tho field that is being promoted, op would write to tho survey at Washington Inquiring If there aro such publications, tho loss ot ihclr savings would bo avoided. Wyoming Oil Kicl.1 "Tho cleverness of somo of these promoters Is nothing short ot mar velous. Recently a pamphlet has como to my attention advertising so called oil properties near Moorcroft. Wyoming, and stating that the lands owned by this particular company are surrounded by a naval petroleum re serve. As a matter of fact, tho gov ernment has never made and does nut intend to mako a naval reserve In this part of Wyoming. Certain lands in tho vicinity were at ono tlmo tem porarily withdrawn pending exami nation as to their oil character, but after geologists of tho survey had ex nnilned thorn tho entlro area was classified as 'non oil' in February. "Moro recently a widespread ad vertising campaign has been carried on In tho newspapers by a company claiming to own oil lands cast of Denver. Thousands of dollars must have been expended In full-page ad vertuoments worded with consum mate cleverness. Colorado Fakirs "Promluent In the headings is tho etntcmont, 'Head what your Uncle Sam thinks about It.' Throughout tho advertisement aro paragraphs most skillfully framed to convey the impression that government geolo gists have oxaiulned this property and reported upon It favorably, al though nowhere Is such a statement directly made. So carefully are these paragraphs worded that after having read them onco or twlco you are al most willing to tnlco oath that gov ernment geologists aro cntliuslaUlc over these lands as n rich oil terri tory, when, as a matter of iact, no government geologist would risk 10 tents on their oil possibilities. "I suppobo It Is Inevitable that such schemes as this should rob thousands, but my ailvlco to all would-ho ImeBtoru Is, whou you aro told that tho government has In dorsed un oil proposition wrlto to tho government and find out before you put up your money.' BOURNE PRACTICES 1 AS WELL AS TALKS PUBLIC ECONOMY LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF SECRETLY M'AOOO, WHO IS TO WED MISS WILSON WASHINGTON', April 7.-l!eon. omy in gmerniiieutiil eMH'iiiliturv.s i one of (he practices iw well ns ono of the principle of former Senator .lonnthnn Itouriir. When eoiiure f created tho two jivnt committees ofi which Hournr N elinirmnn, it impro priated .f-'.),000 for tho expenses of, cnoli committee and uuide the mom payable uixm ouchers Mncl liy tho chairman. On Mnivh II, when the committee would liaxo expired by limitation, Hournc hail cicndcd otil Sl'J.OOO of the fiO.OOO appropriated. Congress continued tho committee' ami made the niie.H,ihtei tmlnucc available for future expen-cs. Though tho money lias been spar ingly exjHMiiled. 5t is generally ngrerri that Hournc has gathered the most complete good rands data ever com piled in any oounlrv mid hn made the most en refill and thorough in quiry into the subject of compensa tion of the railroads for tnmHr n lion of tho mnils. Itoiirue has gion his own services without eoinonsa tioti and paid his own ieiounI ex-iMMises. When Hotline, ns chairman of the I senate itostnffice committee, wn conducting n study of the oarccN ! xt problem, the iwstoffiee depart- j ment opoed establishment of a par-1 ecl ost and urged the appropriation of 100.000 for experimental work prelinnmrv thereto. Hoiirue went ahead with his investigation, spent $40(10 on it and worked out his nun famous one system which wns en acted. It is now conceded that bj spending $100,000 in experiments tin department would not have secured any more ueful information than Rottrnc got for $1000 mid the parcel post Inw would have been dclavcd several years. WOMAN HELD FOR AT mMF,.r::Ayjwm ' MSL-l f tr-.i, &"wa lvfl VT llHr "7 bbbbk IS I B.'&A HBff I msw mm Km 2bm B " bbIbH bbVCt i " bbI bmbb w f bh lw ... i as. fc - ASHLAND'S SODA CONTAINS LITHIA Tho artcsiuu soda well turns out to contain largo quantities of lithin, sas the Ashland Tiding. The ground has been enetrntel to n depth of ll'J feel. The water How rose to within nine feet three inches of the surface of the ground. The lop of the well'is fourteen and one- half feet nlime creek level, twenty eight feet away. Hv the work of one mnii for two davs the well can he mndc.il flowing welt. Here is what the first test in nn alysi show.: "llert It. (Ireer. chairman. ASHLAND, April 7 Miss Nellie r Mr: e have made a (puck Mclntyre, a joung woman of inle-l,,c,cnilinM,," ot iu total solids pcndcncc. Ore, was arrested it ,nmiine of soda, chlorine and siir- Grants Pass Sunday and brought P'mlcs together with a te-t for lithin, back to Ashland yesterday charged,'" '' sample of wnler taken from with forgery. She Is ald to havo 'he Dodge well, und find the water Issued false drafts on Portland banks '" contain lithin in coiisidernhle In which sho had no funds. Miss Mclntyre is believed to have wealthy connections In Independence both In builncss and banking circles and Chief Porter Is busy trying .o straighten out the muddlo. The brother of tho young woman I 'trying to mako arrangements to re lieve his sister from her embarrass ment by making the amounts good to the banks. If this Is dono and no proof Is secured for further holding her, she may bo released from the care of the local officers, or turned Qtcr to the authorities of Callforn'? AUTHOR OF "SWEET MARIE- DEAD AT CHICAGO HOSPITAL e- CHK'AOO, April 7. t'y Wnniinn, the "poet of the Itnckic" mid author of "Sweet Marie," died twliiv at St. Luke' hospital here. lie had been ill for three weeks. BATTLES NOMINATED AS WENATCHEE POSTMASTER WASHINGTON'. April 7. The nomination of (.'lit ton A. Untiles to be postmaster at Weiiatehce, Wash., was sent to the senate today. quantity and to (to heavily mineral ized, mid also to bn different from nny other sample which wo have Inken. So far as these determina tions go, they would indicate Hint the water ranges somewhere between the new lithin and Shepherd spring, with MissiMy n Inrge amount of lithin; at least, this is indicated by the spec troscopic teM. "Wo nro proceeding with the com plete nimlysU of thi water us rap idly ns possible. "The compute analyst of all wat ers taken by us will be completed within u week. "Vours wry Iruly, "SMITH. i:mkhv & CO., "Chemists and Chemical Hngiiicers." PR0HIS AND WETS BOTH VICTORS IN MICHIGAN LAN'SINH, Mich., April 7. I'rolii bitioiiin's were jubilant today over yesterday's election in twelve coun ties in which seven voted dry. The mot notable ictorv was that in Ing ham county, which contains Lansing, the cnpital of the state. Tho "wet-." won three counties now dry, Clare, 0ceoda and Wexford. TACOMA VOTERS SELECTING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TACOMA, Wash., April 7 Taco ma voters today nro passing upon tho miallflcatlons of 25 candidates for tho vacancies In tho city council, a mayor and two councllnicn. They aro also deciding the fate of tliroo proposed charter amendments and a port district plan of harbor dovelop ment Chief Interest In tho election cen ters In the mayoralty contest, for which office there, nro eight candi dates Those, conceded to havo tho best chanco of election aro A. W. Knwcett, recalled as mayor In 19111 Homer T, llono, "jellow" socialist; M. W. Orcer, civil' engineer, and C, K, W BUXMor, n preacher. If no candidate for either mayor or councilman rccclws a majority of alt tho votes cast tho two leaders fo each of tho three offices will fight It out at another election two weeks hetico. lleglstratton was wry heavy and tho early balloting today Indicated that an unusually largo voto would bo cast. SEEK MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE OF UN WIDOW SUBMARINE ORDERED FROM BREMERTON TO FRISCO HHKMKUTON', Wai-h., April 7. Telegraphic orders haxe been re ceived today from the nay depart ment direct that the submarine ll-H const mc'ed ir. Seattle mid lately turned over to the government, ho taken in tow by the cnilicr St. Louis and conxoyed to San Francisco. Men will bo left aboard the wsel in case it should, hp'iik nway. It is exacted the submarine will loaw the yard about April 8. ( SAN HIANCISCO, Cal., April 7. Ktieiids of Mis. Mary Taggart, willow of I Ir. Hairy Tnggnit of llodwood Oily, were still unable today to ml vance nuy probable motiw for her suicide either Into Sunday night or early Monday til her apartments hero. The body of Mrs. Tnggnit was found liugou tho bed in u gas-filled apart ment on O'l'arioll street lalo last night, and physicians said she had been dead then for something like twenty-four hours. The body was found by L.xllon Mc intosh, a promoter, who said he had assisted in n deal whereby Mrs, Tag gart had purchased the Hat wherel she ended her life. A letter ml-' lrcssed to Macintosh, but signed hy another woman, was found pinned to' Mrs. taggart s nightdress. It was filled with endearments und was mailed from Sacramento to Maclu- tosh July 127, 10 Kl. It was s'gned "K." A dinner, cooked mid waiting, was found on the stove. Macintosh saidi he had a dinner engagement with f Mrs. Taggart Sunday night, but had been called to Sail .lose on u busi.l ness trip and had been unable to no-' ttfy her of his departure from the city. "I never had other than business relations with Mrs. Taggart," said Macintosh today. "I was an inti mate friend of her husband's und I am unable to understand how she got the letter addressed to me mid why she should liaxo pinned it to her gown. Site at no time displayed an affection for me. She must have taken the letter from mv dck when she called at my office last Wednesday." AS ARMY DESERTER Sr.ATTI.i;, Wash., Apiil 7. Fol lowing the disappearance of Ciiplalu ,1, II. Hiiftilhs, under nil est on a chnrgo of u 0000 shoilago in uiniy funds, he has been posted us ti do seller and the eusloiuniy lewiud id $."i0 is olfered for his on pi inc. lie now stands to I'u co two coiiit mar Huts, with a penally of tlitimisNiil foi desertion und ten jours for dt'l'nlon t ion. Iiivesticutiou has disclosed that he had successfully tiiiaueed n Itiuhcr deal in Portland involving .'fdOO.OOO. The final details wore yet to bo wink ed out on the deal which would liaxo netted him mi income of $1(K) u dav al II per cent interest. MILITIA CRUISE ON llllK.Mi:i(Tl)N, Wash., Ami! 7. The ciuisi'i' Milwaukee, Lieutenant Commander ciny N, tleiisou com maiuliug, wns selcelcil by the navy depailnicnt .M'sleidny upon tho ice. omiiieiidalioii of Hear Admiral It. M, llojtlo, coiumiiiidei'-inelilef of the lo- sorxe llci'l, to luke Ilia mix at militia of the states of Washington, Ori'i;on and California on (lirir nnnual eiuisoN this summer. The uiixiil militia of Hie stale of Washington will he the first to tin lakeii out mid u tentative schedule fixing the exact dates and ports of call is now being winked out, It is planned lo mnko Hie find ciulxo in June. ijr" Mm 4 FS mrtr . (KgxAHs HII II "wt - -fv J I mmi x.. Pots and pans quickly shed their grime and grease, and shine like new when you use GOLD DUST a 00USV Cleans everything, and loaves purity behind it. 5c and larger packages. CHICAOO "Imt tint BOLD DUST TWHIS mo you work" liiiililllillillliiliii'iSl ,12 0FTHE5E' LABELS l nolmlla of lrJ mark on Ul h rnd of every pukair of "UriUU" Ulte.1 U.lntkvi NDGET FREE THIS SAMPLE BOX OF SUPREME DAINTIES OVER MURDER BY JAP STOCKTON, Cal., April 7. Jnp nuesu residents of Ktockton scut a letter today to J)r. Hllis Hurbert ex prtw.winK' tlii-ir syinpatliy with him in Hit) loMtf of lil xvIIV, iiiui dei ed Katur iy Uy Jwutnilu Kiilsuni, her Japan dm) Kttrx'Hiil, xxlio tiller shot hiiuself imA when cornered by I lie police. Mr. )lHrbrir will be hinit'd tonnnrow, MM JHPNMM0 llt Of I'UHtllCKM I'lOk- Chis is an unconditional offer we are making to further intro duce and demonstrate the rare quality and goodness of Supreme Sodas IOC AT VOU DltLIH and the entlro lino of "Supreme" baked dalntien. Blmplycollrtt 12ndfromlx nukairrtof "Suprcmn'' IlUruil, "Koprrm Rorlti.oranyoibcr packaifaof ' lVfl(M"UkrJBl'nd If your Krorcz cannot a'iPply you with th OmpllmenUry Ilojr. mall Itirm direct to ua. andtha fult BurvrlM packavo wlllU Mrot at one by parcal po.1, akaoluUly Irtm. V. V, IIAKADON r HUN I'wrllaud, Orua i"iZ"ZZ"ZiM"i"i"ztM t AA. .mA bIbt bIbbw .tt .Bb ; Great faster Reduction Sale EAOTER GLOVES Women '-2- i "Womon's 1G- -AT EASTER RIBBONS Olasii Kill Gloves, Jill colore, .f!i5' grade, spceial )er )Jiii'-,. Button White Kid Gloves, jjood $3 grades, special, pair, $2.48 MANN'S CENTLiAL AV.SNUK, NKAU 1. O. TjiiTeta Hair Kildioii in, till colors, spe cial, a yard, Now Fancv 29c Kilihons, wide width, new colors, very special, a vard, 25c v This Great sale is commanding the attention of all shrewd buyers, pay you to investigate if you are in need of merchandise. It will 20 OFF ON COATS AND SUITS 20 OFF Just think of it at the very time you need them you can buy them at this great reduction All . 15.00 ,Siiits..$12.00 All $18.00 Snits..$14.40 All .$20.00 Stiits..?16.00 All $25.00 Snits..?20.00 All $30.00 Snits..$24.00 All $.15.00 Snits..?28.00 All $10.00 Snits..t?32.00 All $12.00 Coats $ O.ttO All $15.00 Coats $12.00 All $18.00 Coats $14.40 All $20.00 Coats $16.00 All $25.00 Coats $20.00 All $:J0.00 Coats .$24.00 All $:J5.00 Coats $28.00 A slight charge for alteration during this sale. 10 OFF ON WOOL DRESS QOODS-10 OFF The best selection in the city, overy known color and fabric, all go in this salo at 107, off regular prices 25c Dress Goods ,22rf 50c Dress Goods . 45 75c Dress Goods ,67' $1.00 Dress Goods .80. $1.25 Dress Goods for $1.12i2 $1.50 Dress Goods $1.35 $2.00 Dress Goods $1.80 59c All goods Sponged and Shrunk Free during this sale. SILKS 5000 yards of new Tub Silks and Fancy Foul ards, in dainty stripes and figures, real values up to 85c, said price, yard ! FREE Save Your Saleslips and Get Wm. Rogers' Guaranteed Triple-Plated Silverware FREE EASTER HOSIERY "Women's and Children's Fast I Mack Hose, special, pair 9c JSoys' Heavy School Hose, good as most 25c. -t f grades, special, pr JL OC t'fr .v' ,'A Girls' line Ribbed why pay 25c Y Spe cial, pair Hose, 15c J lose, 25c AVomen's Silk Lisle special at, per pair Women's Lavender Top Silk Lisle J lose, best made, a pair "Kaysor's" Italian Knit JIohc, all colors, dte r pair Iftl.DU 50c WASH GOODS SALE Now is the time to buy your Summer Dress while stock is complote Best quality Dress 18c New Dresden Crepes, ."(1 inches wide, worth 2oc, very special, yard New Galateas, in stripes and plains, Hiiceial at, 1 Q per yard 1 OC Heavy Ratines, for coats mid suits, spe cial at, per CQ yard Jt 8000 yds. best Wash ing and Wearing Gingham made, special, per yard 10c SHEETS 72xlM) JJJeached Pil low Slips, 0 grade, each 39c Prints, per yard 5c New Ratines, in all colors, vvvy special JivT 25c New Challies, fast colors, spe- C cial, yard )s Good Apron Ging ham, fast col- S ors, yard OC PILLOW SLIPS 12 and '15-iiich I'il- low Slij)s, IHc grule, each 12!4c EASTER UNDERWEAR Women's Sleeveless Vests, good quality, f each J. VfL Women's Union Suits, um brella or tight knee, Q special, suit As(u Women's Pants, umbrella or tight knee, very 25c special, pair. Hoys' Porous Knit. Union Suits, special, a A Hull OyC Woniens Corset Covers, new f style, all sixes, very 'IQ special, ejicli HJj y Women's Crepe Nightgowns V 98c I tn W 1 1 1 ki special at, each 11 f . . 1 if jf r i m omen h i oiumnaiioii hims T new style, nicely QQ y trimmed, each . ..Ot J WtmuHj's fine Lingerie V Di'awi'iw, all styh'H, AQZ $ very Hpeeial, pair -t:OC 2 4
