-r wz w? ''Tpt'
r
V
Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
llnln mill warmer Mitv, Jt
.Mln. II.
Forty-fourth Yr.
Tlnllv Nliilli Yritr
CZAR RESUMES
ATTACK UPON
EAST PRUSSIA
Russian Answer to Atistro-Gcrmnn
Offensive Movement in Hunuary Is
Attack on Germans Only Minor
Enunncmcnts on Western Front
Turkish Invaders Mnroonctl.
I.ONHON, .Inn. 'JO. Iln-iln has
answered Hie now Austin-German "''
fensivn movement in llnngiuy anil
lluknwlnu willi a sudden rcMiinplinu
of Iho iittnrk tin Dm OormuiiH in lluir
own Icnitory, 'Dim ltiiHinii imiiy in
cast PiiH-ln U ugnlii attempting to
peni'liutn the Oonunii lines mill mi
iil'llcinl rvpnit from I'clrngrud today
Indicate Hull heavy fighting i in
plOglt'HS, Ill tWO M't'liollK llf till'
I'loiil, il U Milled, OclinilllH weio
dolca,tci mnl driven hack. For sov-
nil! months there hit h I n little
change in Knst Prussia, (lit ItiMximm
having been liiilli'il nitr jim'( in tm
nonily Ihlrly ttiilcH hex mid the (lor
in it ti border.
In Western lliikoulmi.
To tin south tho new Aif-tm-diT-nimi
pluil of campaign in developing
iiiinlly. The Austrian in in v Hliiff
announco llmt tlu HiiftfcimiH, wild in
Muled noillioru Huuguiy, huxe hern
defeated mnl forced In i client. I'd
lograd military experts expect Hint
llic iniiiii ntlank will Ik dclixcrcd mi
llio extreme KiiMimi right wing in
wesiern . Hnknwinn, u supposition
which i suppoilcd hv Hip concentric
linn til' Austrian and Gorman Hoops
in Hungary. Simultnnoninlv with tho
stiffening of ii Austm-Oonnun at
tack, tin Tuiks huxe lirmiKlit up re
inforcement in lltf triiiiK-Cnuoneinu
legion mnl nro again on I In otfens
t. Russian mnl Turkih ntpoils nre
coulriidiclnry, hut It in apparent Unit
sowto fighting is In progress.
Dispute Victory rinliiiH,
Hussion I'lniiiiH of xletorv in oast
I'liiNoiii un (li)Hili'il in 111 official
Ociiuun t'onuniiuii'iitiiiii of toilny,
which tntt'H Hint the ntlncU of the
Russian invader wcic ilcfcntctl with
heavy Insse to llicm. In central
Poland, it i. uid, tho fleituniH took
Hie oflViiHiv(. ami eiiptuit'il ltuInn
trenches,
A German aeroplane mpuidron
innile a it ijli t attack on Dnukiik,
dropping bombs in nn ctfort to de
stroy the llrilish supply Millions
Hieic, The 1'ienoh oflieinl stutcmciit
ituuoitiifCH thui one Ooiinnn aciophiue
was hi ought down.
Only iiiliuir engagements weie
fought yesterday in Franco ami Hoi
giutu. So far nn can ho learned from
tho Kioiioh anil German enintnunicu
lions HiitUlt efforts to regain lost
positions near I.u Itnsseo ciiiinl ami
(Icruian attacks in tho vicinity of
Ypios-. I.vu mnl ArriiH weio eipinllv
unsuccessful.
TmkN .Marooned
Ho far an howk In roncornoil tho
Turks, supposed tn ho advancing into
Kgypt, nre ninroonoil Homowhoro on
tho hiukIh of I ho ilcnort. Not ono wonl
liml been heard of thorn xlnco the,
nnnounceinont throo ilnyH iiro of tholr
preBonco to tho owrtwnnl of Kl Knii
tarn and no further cIiihIiou with
IU'IIImIi inlpoHtH lmvn lieon rnportoil.
A iiioHwiKO from Vleiiiin by way of
Vonlro HayM thoro Ik a mowiiij; popu
lnr demand In Auntrlu that tho nov
el nment follow tho oxainplo of (ler
iii'iny ami toko over tho control of nil
tho Ki'iiln mnl flour In tho market.
1'ioni I'ottOKrntl conies, tho ijowh
that Kmporor NIcIioIiih ImH nppiovud
an fiplirojulivtfirn of S(,7ri0,000 for
tho (iiiniciljiil't) coiiKtrucllon oDOypov
ornmetit hillroiid 'from TutroravodHk
ISTi uiIIoh northciiAt of I'otroufiul, to
tho Whlto Hon. "
GEORGE SIONE OF
HAN KltANTISCO, Jan. 50. (Ion
oral QcoiKo Htono, a uotnhlo flKiiro
In political history of California and
an nctlvo paitlulimiit In pulillo nffuliR
dlod liiHt nlKht nftbr n lliiKorlnt; UN
iu'hh. llo wnH 72 yoniH old.
At dfforont tlmoa ho sorvod uh nd
Jiitanl Konorul of tho titato mllllla,
houd of tho ('nllfoiulii flHh and name
coniiiilHHlon, rocolvor for tho U. 8,
laud offlco and uh chulriunn of tho
rcnublicnu ututu contrnl voiiiiiilttoo.
SAI.KM, Or., .lint. !!(- -After
wri'Mlling for two woekK with Hie
piohlciiiM picNcnteil in the prepare I Ion
of a prohihitiou luw, tho liiniho com
nutlee on nleoholio I in f fie repurtttl
favornhly Itnlnv mi miieiiiled Iioiinc
hill iiilroiliiceil hy'lfcpicM'iitutivn .1.
I!. AiiiIoi'hoii. The rnaclineiil of mieh
a law wan providi'il for in tho nrohi
hitiou mueiiiliiienl imneil al the hint
general election. Tho hill cniupriHPH
over twenly-Hecii lypewrilten taef.
Tho iiicitNiiro reyululcH llic line of
alcohol ami xpoificH pmiihiucutM for
iolnlioiiM, H inukcH unlawful the ic
t'tilpt liy miv peixiii from a eoiuinon
currier of inoro than two (punt of
HpiiilniiH or liiiiiiH liipmrn or inoic
than fillccii titiui ti of malt limiori
within u noi'ioii of four weekn. (Iiniu
ulcohol, the hill pimiileH. ma" he miIiI
hy phunniicitlK onlv upon the nre
Ncriptioii of n ihieuiii in (od
HlmiiliiiK. hot tho hiiIc to each individ
ual ii limited, '
Aiiiimii; other priiviiimiH, no mlvcr
lieinenlf in now-pii'icrt or fttlier
wic, of iuloxii'iituiu di ink" will ho nl
lowed in the htiitc.
10
OF FOOD STUFFS
VI'.N'K II, Ma bullion, .Ian. '20.
Dixpatchei limn iVcnnii Mate that
the city council and the pre are do
mainline; that the Aiistumi govern
iiikiiI iihmciliiilclv fnllon the e.xmmde
of Ocruuui.x mid oiifiM'nlr nil jtockH
of pruiii, flour and meal, rmctieally
no urniii in heinc of I (red on the mar
ket in Vifiiua, lludapehl or I'ramie.
Tin nrcK. llic iliKiiatchei tiito. de
cline that a meat catantrophe threat-
ciih milorH coufiseation u adopted,
mid it deiiomieo the hcllh attitude
of eertniu llmiKiiriaii acrioulturixN,
who, it it claimed, me hiilim; iIioiin
iiiuIh of ttuiH of "iiu mid flour.
Ucopoiidii' to the a'eaU of laud
iiwiiorar tin' AHhtrinii "oveiniuont has
coureiited to the eiiiiilo.Miient of nri
oneo ot war in fold woik, thus re
lilaeiau "cifiintK who haxc ;one to
the fiont. The prioiici-s will he Mnt
out in ilctnelimeiiU of ten to ft him
dred men ami eoii-equcntlv will he
iiMiilahle oid on the latter estate-.,
AIMS SENATE
DKS MOIN'KS, In., Jan. 20. As
M'ltious that the Iowa hcuato cm
plo)H inoro doorkocpors than there
arc doors to ho kept, and uNo more
pnnon than necessary weio iiiado to
day hy (ioveinor Clalko in a formal
reply to tho ccnato demand for a do
tailed htatement iilnui; tho lino of so
called "ninft" charnoK inndo hv tho
governor in his message tho h'jjirt
latiire. Tho governor iiImi doelarcd
that preference in tho mutter of onpl
o johs is mcn. lo xvealtliy fiuinoih
who nre oltl Mildiors lather than to
needy vetornns.
HUSTLE IF WANT
Tho beet Biigur proposition has
ovolved Into tho following flltimtlon
according to a Htutoniont by tho com
mittee. In churgo thlH morning.
All tho auiongo imiHt bo In by
rohrunry 1h(, and a ltttlu moro than
half of tho rccpitied f000 acres havo
hooii filguod up mid approved, if this
Industrial' projoct Is secured and as
suiod for Mia lloguo rlvor vulloy tho
united co-oporutlvo offort of ovory
cltlxon must bo oxortod to tho limit.
Tho fato of tho fuctory will ho sotMcd,
ouo way or tho other within tho noxt
two ilnys.
Ton autns arc out In tho country
districts today Booking acroiiKo. Tho
Ashlnml, Gold Hill, Sam's Valloy and
KvniiH crook districts nro bolng vis
ited. Much dopeuds upon what
theso cari accomplish today, and
whou thoy itituni tonleht, tho day 'a
AK
AUSTRIA
SEIZE
SUPPLIES
MEITFOIil),
1100,000,000
IS MISFORTUNE
ASSERTS ELLIOT
President Emeritus of Harvard De
clares Philanthropic Foundations a
Good Tlilnu Says Workers Find It
Hard to Make Wanes Go Far Be
cause They Eat Too Much Meat.
Ni:V YOIIK. .Inn. "Jll.- Ilockt-fcller
dmiatioiis to educational iiihtilntioiH
have inflijineed the nolioie of pros!
Ii'iiIh of uuivei'Mtii's nnd coIIukos in
many iiiMaiiee. hut the iiifltienec hu
alwnys horn f-ood, wiid ('haileh W.
Klliol, prtident cmeiiliiH of Harvard
university, todny at the fcdcial in
diC'triul coimnishion'. impiirv into
phihiiithiopic fomidutioiiH mid the
emiKOK of social unrest.
The donations. In which lie referred
were made hy the Kenenil education
hoard, Dr. Kllint fnid. As mi in
stance he idled John I). ItockcfcllcrV
offer in 1IHIH to fiinii-h f 1,(1(10,0(10 to
I Ian aid nnivcr-ilv if the university
would iiii-e .iH7"i,(Klll additional.
Asked Oil KIiik's .Money
This wns before Dr. KHiot hecanu
a iiicinher of the hoanl of iniinn:ori
of the general hoanl. The witnes
said he applied to the elder .Mr. Hock
cfeller for aid in the maintenance oi
new buildiiitfs erected for the school
of llumird university. Starr J
.Murphy of Mi. HockefcllciV pcrsonnl
stall, made an in estimation of llic
buildings ami tho financial condition
of the universitx', the witness unid.
Afterwniil Dr. Klllot called upon John
I). Itoekcfeller, Jr., and was told that
Mr. Kockefcller. Sr.. was willinjr to
donate $ 1,(10(1,000, conditional upon
the university raisin-; 87fi,0(IO.
Dr. I'.lliot Mud ho had not hoped to
obtain us lurp' a sum.
Intel IoiMiik llh-ertors
Dr. Kllint said he xvas connected
with tho Bcncral ediiealionnl hoanl
and other philanthropic institutions
established hv Andiew Cnrnof-io and
.Mr. Hoekcfeller. llo thought the prno
tice of interloi'kin- tho directorates
of such foundations was a ood one.
lie thought the general education
hoanl had (;iven .00,000,000 to edu
entiou since 100'.'.
Stockholders in n eorporation, Dr.
Kllint etstifii'd, were not rosonsihlo
for labor rondilions, be thought, un
less their attention was called forc
ibly to some partieular wrong.
i)r. Klliol said he believed that leg
islution providing for minimum wage
schedules and working hours xvas a
bad thing. '''"Conditions are different
in all indiiPtrii's," he said. ''What
would he good for one body of work
ers would bo bad for another."
Ono reason why workers found it
so bard to make their wages go as
far as they should, Dr. Kllint declar
ed, xvn because they bought and ate
loo much meat.
To ho possessed of ; 100,000,000
wns n "grave misfortune," Dr. Klllot
said. llo added that if he possessed
that sum ho would trv to get rid of
it. llo did not believo with Dr. John
II. Holmes, that tho government could
best turn the money back to the peo
ple, flovornnients xvero not always
xviso, ho nsseited, and foundations
such ns tho Kockefcller foundation
could best tftke euro of Hie inonev by
giving the people education and bet
tering their condition.
SUGAR FACTOR!
work will bo compiled, and added to
tho 2150 acres alroady approved.
Tho co mm It too will thou inuko a final
offort to Hccuro what will undoubted
ly bo tho salvation of tho ltoguo rlvor
valloy tho coming J'onr.
lloports from MruutB Pass uro not
ncournKliiK, It was reported that
2000 acres wero avallublo In that soo.
Moil,, with Iosh than 900 actually
ulgtiod up and llttlo offort mudo,
A lnrgo acroago Is oxpectod from
Cold 1 1 111, xvhoro under tho direction
of .loo Doornail tho boosters of tho
hustling mining town, nro working
night and day, A number ot tho
landowners of that district havo
agreod to put In pumps to put xvator
on their laud, Tho twiddle northern
part of.tlio county Is coming to tho
front in royal stylo, llllsldo land,
unless Irrigated, baa boon Invariably
rojoctod by tho soil export.
'0!clX10NT, FRIDAY, .UXFAKV 20, 1015
T !
vn.VICK, Italy. Jan 20 The Aus
trlnn Rovornmontfbini derided to or
Kiinlzn a grain mnnopoty on idmlliir
lines to Hint cutaliljilied by (lerimtny.
Tho Austrian mlnliter of agrlculttiru
todny iiiiununced that the urmy has
procured tttippMcft of grnln toifflcleut
to Inst until the end of August, Ow
ing to tho rpmntltlcK of biirley and
mnle now being taki.-n for breml
ntuffM, ntcordlng to mlvlccs from
Vienna, tbero Is n serious xbortngo In
tho supply of fodder.
PAULS, Jnn. 29. The French war
offlco this afternoon gave out an of
flnlnl report on Mm progress of the
wnr which read ns follews:
"Tho day of Jununry 28 saw noth
ing more than local engagements
which resulted favorably for us. In
llelglum, In the vicinity of Nlcuport
our Infantry secured a footing on
Crandu Dune, a locality which xvni
mentioned In tho communication of
January 17. A Oorman aeroplane
wns brought down by our fire.
"In the sectors of Ypres. I.ens anr"
Arras Micro were yesterday artillery
cnKngctuontN which at times became
fairly violent. Several Infantry ut
tcks were undertaken, but at onci
driven buck by our fire. In tho sec
tors of Solssons, Craonne and lllielins
thoro Is nothing to report. Hetween
lllielins nnd tho A,etfnno yesterday
saw artillery eiiKngemcnts but not of
great Intensity.
"It bus been confirmed 'Mint the
(lormnn attack repulsed by us the
night of January 27-2S at Fontaine
Madame cost tho Germans dearly.
"On tho heights of tho Mouse and
In the Woovre yesterday xvas quiet.
In tho Vosges there wero artillery en
gagements. Our cannon at several
points silencing the Tiro of Gorman
batteries and innchlno gun detach
ments. "We havo everywhere consolidated
tho positions occupied by us January
IAX LAW FAILS
SAI.K.M, Ore., Jan. 29. With tho
refusal of the senate yesterday after
noon, V a He vo,e to suhstltuto a
favorable minority for an unfavorable
majority report and tho subsequent
adoption of tho majority report, which
carried Indefinite postponement of S.
11, No. 47, by I. S. Smith, of Coos and
Curry, tho desire which tho legisla
tor from Marshfleld is snld to enter
tain to bo a candidate for governor,
received a severe Jolt. Ho hoped to
win favor by enmity to tho newspap
ers. Tho bill sent to the scrap heap by
tho senato piovlded that personal
notices bo sent delinquent taxpayers
hy tho proper officials, and abolished
newspaper publication of such notice.
At tho l'.'llt session Smith fathered
and worked hard for harsh llhol
laws, but his antipathy toward news
papers was not clearly understood un
til this bossIoii, when bo renewed his
assaults, despite bis assertion early In
the session that ho had no such In
tention. FALL 10 LOWEST EBB
NKW YORK. .Ian. 20. Shares of
the Now York, Now Haven & llait
ford railroad fell totbo lowest price
iu tho history of tho company on the
stock exchange (his afternoon. They
declined to ll)i asvagaiust tho low
prico of lllfifc during tho conipuny's
troubles wilh tho government author
ities Just your. Tho stock closed yes.
torday at fill'!.
Wall street had no ourrcnt explan
ation to offer for (ho auddoti break.
FRENCH CONFIRM
SKIRMISH SUCCESS
WESTERN
N
AIM ON DELINQUENT
BIENNIAL BATTL
E
.OF ROGUE
BILLS MONDAY
FISH
Committee Reports Both Smith Open-!tnat
In,. rxnA Unn .ir Unllpn rind.-- Dill,
"
Back (0 Senate Without Mecom-
mcndatlon Probably Reach Vote
First of Week.
SAI.KM, Jnn. 29. Tho senate com
mitter) on fisheries has reported out.
without recommendation, hotb
Smith's senate bill 2i opening the
upper Itoguo to I'otiitnereliil fishing
four months In tho year and Senator
Von tier Hellen's senate bill 102
closing the stream above, the mouth
of tjic Illinois. Out of deference to
both senators, who are hotb members
of the committee, no recommendation
wns made uikhi either measure.
Iloth Senators Smith and Von dor
Mcllcn are working hard In tho sen
nte today for support for their two
bills. Smith's tactics of logrolling
by which he secured the present law
two years since are being repented.
He trades support for other measures
for his own. ,Senutor Von tier Ilellen,
on the other hand Is probably the
most popular member of the senate
nnd will secure nood support. It Is
possible that the two bills will kill
each other and neither pnss.
.Mux ft, of Itogue.
Last night State Game Warden
Flnley gave his moving picture show
to the members of the legislature, and
the Kogue river fUhlng scenes
aroused great enthusiasm and did
much to strengthen the cause of the
Itogue river anglers.
Henry O'.Mntlcy, superintendent of
t'nlted States bureau of hatcheries ot
the Pacific coast, which conducts the
minion propagation work on the
'Itogue filed n statement with the
committee setting forth conditions In
the upper Itogue. nntl strongly op
posing the opening of tho river on the
grounds that It meant tho destruction
of tho salmon Industry.
Walter F. IlachtiB. tho Portland
fly-maker, who angles In ovory stream
of the state, made a strong plea for
closing the upper Itoguo to the com
mittee. rinley .Makes I Men.
Stat'o Game Warden W. h. Flnley
also made n plea for a closed stream
as n necessity, if extermination of
fish Is to bo prevented, and gave
facts and figures to prove bis asser
tions. Gus Newbury made an eloquent
talk In behalf of n closed river as a
commercial asset to tho peoplo of
southern Oregon as a tourist attrac
tion, and told of tho fanioug men at
tracted by tho Itoguo, mentioning
the names ot Jack London, Ople Head
and Kmerson Hough, ns among the
authors who were belplng.niaUo the
Itogue famous.
OF
NKW YORK, Jan. 29. Tho Bronx
county grand Jury returned today
two Indictments charging Mrs, Ida
Walters, with murder In tho first de
gree. Sho xvas known ns the. wtfo of
Lorlys Klton ltogers. It Is alleged
that sho poisoned her two babies.
JIKX1CO CITY, .Ian. 20. The cap
if nl today again i iu the hands of the
forces of General Carran.u, xho is
acting as provisional president of the
republic, xvas forced to leave Mexico
City eaily in October under tho
threat of the ndvaneing troops of
Generals Villa nnd, Zapata, who dis
agreed xvith his policies. Tho new au
thorities havo re-etablihed order
and a general feeling of confidence
prevails.
It has been established that tho
shooting which occurred iu tho main
plaza before the national palaco xvben
General Alvaro- Obiegon, at tho head
of the Carranza force, reached that
place yesterday, xvas done hy snipers
hidden on the roof of tho cathedral.
Speaking; of tho incident today, Gon
eral Obrogou said that tho tdiuts were
PADDAM7A cnDpce iM Mcvion pitv VILLA REPORTED
GENERAL
SENT TO POLAND TO
L
IWItU.V, Jan. 29, by wireless to
Hnyvllle. ) Tho Overseas News
Agency todny recehed reports from
' Gene a Switzerland to tho effect
(jcnpri .a, tho noted French
army comtnniider. bad been sent to
UiiMiln to take over the command of
one of the Itusslnn armies In Poland.
OFFICIALLY SEI
FOR NEXI JULY
WASHINGTON, .Inn. 21). -Fmmnl
nmiouucemeut of the postponement of
the opening ceremonies at the I'an-
aiua canal from .Mnieli until some
time iu .Inly, wu made todny by Sec
retary Daniels nfter n cabinet meet
ing.
In July the Atlantic licet will pa
through the canal ami nil of the other
ceremonies phi lined for President
Wilson s attendance in March will be
held.
The report of (lovonior fioethnts
of slides in Ciilebrn cut wu- given by
Mr. Daniels as the reason for the
postponement. It ivih definitely an
nounced that President Wil-on ex
pects t go to the San Francisco ex
position iu Mnreli. dcpito the post
ponement of the opening of the ca
nal and will make a sHeial trip to
I'anaum iu July.
Villi' nn extra -cx-ion of congress
is culled the president plan- to make
a number of iceehes on his return
trip east. It wii- said authoritative
ly nt the white hope ilpit thevo were
no plans for an extra -nn.
Official have exerv expectation
that the slide will be, completely re
moved bx Julv.
LAW SUSTAINED
SAI.KM. Ore.. Jan. 29. Although
strongly championed by Its author,
Hepresentiitlvc D.ivey, of Harney
.county, a bill repealing u law, passed
by the last legislature, creating the
emergency board, was defeated todny
In the house hy nn overwhelming
vote. Representative Davey contend
ed that the law creating tho board
was unconstitutional us tho legisla
ture alone could appropriate money,
and that this was a power that It
could no( delegate to any other board
or body.
Representatives Cobb,, Olson and
Cnrdwell and Vawtcr, argued against
tho abolition of tho board. Itepre
hontntlvo Cobb stated that from time
to time, between leglslatlvo sessions,
appropriations would bo needed nnd
that there should bo a board to make
them. Whether tho laxv creating
tho board was unconstitutional or not
was a question for tho courts and not
tho legislature to decldo, they as
serted, STOCKTON, Cul., Jan. 2!!. IMng
his bead a a battering mm iu an ef
fort to make a record, on a strength
testing punching machine in a saloon
toda.x, fleorgo Keller bioke bis neck
and tiled soon afterward'-.
undoubtedly directed toward him and
Hint it xvas an attempted usasina
tiou. Tho perpetrators have not yet
been captured. Tlireo soldiers were
killed ami a number wounded during
tho firing.
All saloons nro closed as the result
of an order by tho authorities, but
the commercial houses and banks
havo .declared that thoy will resume
business immediately.
Late yesterday afternoon nnd in
tho curly evening 20,000 additional
Carranzn troopsl consisting of three
branches of arms, entered the capital
and marched to tho quarters selected
for them by General Obiegon.
Tho Zapnliwta troops xvlio left the
city on tho appearance of General
Obiegon and his forces, have yet rent
ed to tho bouthward.
RUSSIAN
CANAL
OPENING
NO. 2150
DISIiFUN
IS ABANDONED
Committee Appointed by Mass Meet
ing Announce Withdrawal of Dis
trict Idea on Account of Opposition
and CalJ Another Mass Meeting to
Discuss Other Ways and Means.
To the Landowners of the Roguo
Itlver Valley:
On November 22, ION, n large ami
representative mrfss meeting of far
mers and fruitgrowers was held at
the public library In Medford, at
which tlmo the question of irrigating
this valloy under the district plan
provided by the statues of the stato of
Oregon wns thoroughly discussed. At
the close of that meeting the under
signed were unanimously appointed
as nn Irrigation committee with in
structions to investigate the district
plan of irrigation as applicable to
this valley, and to fix tho boundaries
of such a district, and to prepare and
have signed the notices and petitions
required by the statute nnd to do nil
things necessary in their Judgment to
call n special election under the sta
tue for tho purpose of determining
whether or not an Irrigation district
should be organized.
Committee's Wotk.
Your committee proceded at once
to investigate the law and to con
sider and fix the district boundaries,
and to prepare and clrculate.tho re
quired notices and petitions for the
organisation of such a district. It
has in the course of Its labors caused
to bo canvassed n largo portion of
the district, and has obtained several
times the number of signatures to
tho petltloa-anil notlc-repilrt -hy
law for the calling of such special
election.
Within the past few weeks serious
opposition to the district plan of Ir
rigation has developed in certalnn lo
calities with In the proposed boundar
ies, and your committee believes fiom
the best Information obtainable at
this time that a majority of tho voters
In the proposed district arc strongly
opposed to the district plan.
No Forcing Attempted.
It Is pot and at no tlmo has been
the desire or aim, or duty of this com
mittee to attempt 'to force upon tho
voters of tho proposed district a plan
which a majority of them find ob
jectionable, The opinion of those
present nt tho mnss meeting nt which
this committee xvas appointed, was
unanimous in favor of the district
plan. The committee believes as
firmly now as nt the beginning of Its
lnbors that the Rogue river valley re
tinites irrigation of some sort, wheth
er It be upon the district plan or pri
vate contract plan. And It also be
lieves that a vast majority of the fur
mers nnd fruitgrowers of this valley
aro strongly In favor of Irrigation,
and that tho only objections that
have been raised are objections to tho
district plan, rather than to Irrigation
Iu some form or other.
In view of the above facts It would
seem and your committee feels Mint
It would bo useless to prolong Its
labors In favor of the district plan of
Irrigation; that It has fulfilled Its
duties and exercised the powers con
ferred upon it by tho mass meeting to
the best of its ability, ami that ItH
usefulness iilong tho lino of promot-
(Continued on Last Page.)
BADLY WOUNDED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21). An un
confirmed report in Mexico, ('it y that.
General Franc-eo Villa liad Ih'u.ij W-1 j
iouslv wounded' warf received today
from' Consul Sillimmi.
Mr. Silliumu also sent xvont Hint
General Obiegon, Curriuua leader,
entered Mexico City, unresisted, nt 2
p. in. yesterday xvith 30,000 men. Tho
dipatch slated that order prevailed.
When Mr. Silliiuaii sent, hH mes
sage no manifesto had been issued or
temporary form of government an
nounced, A few Zapatista atlherenlH
wore captured while ovnciiutiiiK Hi
city, mid it wns it-ported that Hier
xvero some cnsuuljies,. General 04 ,
roiion had hcut forces but lo occupy
I the taimoiiuding, Hiihiiba.n, towrnC ,"'
I
.1
. i
. OT
41
.41
Jf3
t