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Medfokd Mail' Tribune
The WeatW-
Prdlt1on -.Fair
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MEDFORD. ORKOOV. SATURDAY. OCTOHKR
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FURNCRDOK
!IS INDICTED
t BY G. JURY
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Deputy Sheriff Accused of
' Malfeasance and Neglect in
Office Gold Hill Case Is
1 Cause H. Huntley Indicted
for First Degree Murder in
Local Stabbing Case.
L D. Forncrook, deputy sheriff, was
Uleted by the grand jury Frlduy on
io counts, both mlsdemeunors. un
r the luw, charging malfeasance
fid neglect In office and receiving
fed delaying the service of it wurriint
arrest.
jThe aunt and substance nf the
iarges against Deputy Korncinok
e an followti:
A warrant was Issued for the arrest
f Walter Williams, a youth living
rtth his parents at Oold Hill, chant
ig rape. B'orncrook took the wur
jnt, and went to the Williams home,
!here he found the young man, und
fsltated to put him In the county
111, accepting the promise of hls par
tus to tiring him to Jacksonville, the
fcxt day. The nex' day young Wil
li ma fled, and his whereabouts are
pknown.
(The parents of Williams, pioneer
iaidents of the Oold Hill district, are
eld under $5U0 bonds for appearance
s witnesses In the case.
Deputy Forncrook Is at liberty on
is own recognizance, and still ntteml
ng to his deputy duties. Sheriff Jen
ling said he had not takes, any action
a the case, as yet. .
I Forncrook has been a deputy sher-
Y for five years, and regarded as j
Ighly efficient and a fingerprint ex
frt. He served under former Sher
) Terrlll. . -
Friends of Forncrook maintain that
Js the victim of misplaced confi-
fnce. his kindness in tmiKing ai
browing Williams Into a crowded Jail
tftill of hardi boiled guys."
The witnesses examined by the
irand Jury were the accused. K. V.
olllns. county Jailer, and the parents
tf young Williams.
f Hyman Huntle. r.8, section hand,
barged with stubbing Jesse James
Jibbs, 28. laborer and Coos county
inmesteader, to death, in a fight Hep
ember 20th, said to have been over
be attentions paid by Olhhs to Hunt
ley's wife, was indicted on a charge of
Irst degree murder.
J. S. Wheaton was indicted for lar
;eny. He stands charged with the
heft of a $7 5 mirror, a sewing ma
hine. and other household effects be
nnging to J. M. Rlgdon of Ashland.
1 A. Ramsay was indicted for lur
eny by bailee, and Is accused of ap
propriating a Ftuick automobile be
onglng to J. M. Denison of this city.
tESCUE WORK IS
5TH BODY FOUND
I NEWPORT. R. I.,
The entire fleet
Oct. 3 (A. P.)
working under
he direction of Admiral ( nrim.
Vetting to recover the bmllen of the
lirew of the S-5t hnn uentled
kter.itlon hern use nf rough water
tnd hail heen ordered to port, ae
inrdinic to n wireleiw meawige Inter
cepted here.
1, ON BOARD T. S. S. CAMDEN,
lFF. BLOCK ISLAND. Oct. 3. By
ihe Awioclated pre) Divers today
t covered a firth nody trom tnej
nken submarine H-51. It was WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Postman
ironght aboard the Camden nt :1S tri. o,Prai ,v,w will announce early
til morning and neldtlfled as that neIt vrrk ttxr ,ucceful bidders for
lit Paul I). Berk, englnnnan second the (jlKt ,)Kht alr mn contract routes
to. of Hhoemakenivllle. pa. Berk prm-,iPrt by the Kelly law. Since
enlly had been living at New opening the ninteen bids September
ndnn with his wife. The body . inveatlgation has been made by the
it fully clothed and Berk appar-J poatofflce deparamrnt of the r-llnhll-y
had been on watch. ity and financial responalbillty of the
The body was In the engine room bidders,
jbliartment on top of the englne( . The routes Include Elko-Pasco and
tyltnri era. I Senttle-I,o An geles.
ISHING IS
OFF
nXVATtD. Cat., Oct JI Fl'hlng for
8-ohi.l Is brisk off the roast Just
uth of here. Lajit Thursday some
blintrra. out looking for ducks
ty barrels nohhlng alxiut in tn.
is
ine. and sheriffs men railed to the
n. salvaged them all. lch barrel
ten. mined fifty gallons of pure g.n
hoi. Yesterday five more barrel.
tkei.eve,! to have been thrown ver
Wur. by the aama rum ship that
U. S. Mail Plane Is
Still Missing, 100
Men Scour Country
BKLI.KFONTE. Pa.. Oct. 3.
(A. I.) Search was rniwtd
lot! ay for a mall airplane which
has not been heard from since 4-
It passed over Harileton. three
miles east of the local limiting
field shortly before midnight
Thursday on ittt flight from
New York to Chicago.
More thun IU0 men scoured
the mountainous country he-
tween Hartleion and Bellefonte
yesterday without finding a
truce of the missing plane or its
pilot, Charles H. Amea.
STATE FAIR PRIZE
SAI.FM. ftre., Ott. 3. Willi per
fect weather one of tho best Friday
crowds In the history of the Oregon
elate fair paid admission to the
grounds yesterday, counting up at
15.600. according to J. E. McCHn
tock. cashier. Last year on Friday
10.800 p ii 1 d admissions to the
K rou mis. While the crowd on the
grounds was slightly less thun a year
ago, the number of spectators In
the grandstand for the afternoon
races exceeded any other Friday on
record, according to a megaphoned
announcement from the Judges' stand.
There is a reason for the grand
stand record of yesterday. The races
and all other features In front of
the grandstand were run off with
unusual snnp under the personal su
pervision of Wayne Stewart of Al
bany, one of the members of the
fair board. A. J. Hodges of Albany,
the starter, appears to have given
complete satisfaction. Few times
have the Judges been called upon
to rule upon delicate points. Such
rulings have been made firmly and
without delay.
Yesterday was hospitality day nt
the fair with boosted flubs from vo;
rious cities attending in
stunts were performed In
uniform.
front of
the grandstand and on the i
The prize for the organlzatli
rounds.!
put-t
ting on tho best advertising
show;
UMPQUA CHIEFS
for Its home community went to the her for $900 salary as her conflden
rmpqua Chiefs of Roseburg, and the tiul secretary. The princess coun-
prize for
the organization having
most members present, distance con
sidered, went to the Bench men of
liamlon. who had a prettily decorated
float thnt paraded In front of the
stand. The Umpqua chiefs and their
squaws paraded and did Indian
dances and war whoops. The Judges
of the event were A. H. I.ea, H. O.
Hutchinson and Harry Srouf. all or
Portland. The Salem Cherriuns were
hosts of the day.
Today Is Shrlners day at the fair,
and uniformed Shrlners will be here
from many places. Fair weather In
dicates a record smashing Saturday
Crowd.
W. L THOMPSON TO
RUN FOR SENATE
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 3. W. L.
Thnnipnon, vlce-prenident of the First
National hank of Portland and for
merly nf Pendleton today nnnounced
conditionally that he would be a
candldnte fnr fche republican noml
n.iflnn fnr f'nited Htnten nenator.
The condition nttncheri waa that he
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to receive mipport In the ftame pro
portion aa In the Inst two wecka.
CALIFORNIA
IT PARTICULARLY FOR ALCOHOL
(Jettisoned
first sixty vere found
flnatlnr on a raft.
im, believe the rum jlilp either
dropped ils cargo overboartrto escape
stsure y a roast guard cutter or
tried to Und It on rafts.
one suspect, the drf of a truck.
pb-4J))d up near the beach carrying
tackle suitable for drggi4) bsrreis
from the eurf. has km arrested In
connect a IU the cur. . 9
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CROCKER
51.
HAlFJfR AGE
San Francisco Heiress Tries
Her Fifth Husband and
Brings Him Back From
Paris On Berengaria He's
Tall and Handsome-
NKW YORK, Oct. 3. Mrs. Aimee
Oneker (touraiid, who Inherited
$ 1 0,000,000 from her father, Kdwiu
H. L'mcker of Sun Francisco, Is back
from I'uris with another prince for
her fifth husband. He Is 25; she Is
51.
Though they occupied separate
suites on the liner iierengarin, Mrs.
Com and admitted to immigration
authorities that Prince Mulstilaw
(ialatzine. and she were married In
1'aris September 2!. after a courtship
of one month. Like I'rinco Alexan
der Misknikoff whom she married in
1914 and divorced a year later, her
husband Is Russian, tall and hand
some. Me has a pointed black mous
tache. The princess is five feet six
and Inclined to plumpness.
"1 am exceedingly opposed to con
trams." she said when photographers
asked them to pose for a picture.
At the Waldorf they registered as
Prince and Princess (Ialatzine. Two
maids and a valet accompanied them.
The prince said his ancestry went
back into the Russiun and Polish no
bility. Kloplng with R. Porter Ashe, a
horseman, as a girl, the princess has
been divorced from three husbands In
24 years. Her third. Jackson Gou
raud. New York clubman, died. In
Paris she had been known as the
queen of peurls because of her display
and entertainment. Her divorce from
Prince Alexunder attracted attention
because It was hinted that the prince
hud fullen in love with Yvonne Ouu
raud, sixteen year old foster daugh
ter of the princess. The princess said
later: "
"No more foreign titles for me."
- She was sued for SlOO.uuO in 1920
by Mrs. Blunder Hc.hill of New York
on a chnree of alienating the nffec
tlons of Mr. Schill. The cuse has
never been settled.
In Purls Count FerrI
Plsanl sued
.
tered that he was not her secretary
but a suitor and said she had bought
all of the count's clothing. Her second
husband was Henry F. tllllig, former
commuilore of the Iarchimmt Yucht
club, whom she divorced.
NEW YORK. Oct. 3. (A. P.) Babe
Ruth and Ilol Metmel of the Yankees
hit succeaaive home runs In the fifth
Inning of today's game with the
Athletics. It was Ruth's 25th circuit
clout of the year and Meusel's 33rd.
National League.
At Philadelphia
First name: R. It. E.
New York I 4 3
Philadelphia 8 10 0
Barnes and Snyder; Carlson and
Wilson.
Second game: R. H. E.
New York 0 9 1
Philadelphia 3 6 1
PiUaimmona and McMullen; Virion
and Henllne.
At Brooklyn R. II. E.
Itoston 6 10 0
Brooklyn 1 10 1
C'ooney and O'Neill Petty, C'antrell
nl HarRreaveS.
At ChlcaKO-
R.
If. E.
St. I.oul.
... 1 1 1
... 7 10 3
Wurwlck;
Chlcaco .
Cloufih, Pnulaon
Blake und Gonzales.
Auiciirnn
At Chicago R. If. E.
Cleveland 2 7 2
Chicaun I ID 0
lvaen. Miller and Myntt; Lynns
and Hchalk, Crouso.
At New York R. H. K.
Philadelphia 19 1
New York H 0
Willis. Clulnn. C.roves and Per
kins: II. Johnson. Shields and llen
gough. . At Champaign, III.
Net. ranks. 14; Illinois,
At Madison, End
final
0.
third
core:
period:
Wisconsin. 14; Iowa Rtatf
At Hyraruae: ftyracuae,
rnont. 0. 1
Al New Tork: Final.
47; Johns ll')iklns. 0.
-
it; Ver-
Cotumhlo
At Hchenectady. N. T.t Final,
I'nlon, : Ht. l-awrema .
At Philadelphia: I'ennsylvanln
Hwarthmore, 13.
X:
Fair Weathtr Predicted.
. PAV FRANC'lhVO, Oct. 3 The,
weather outlook for the Pacific stales
for the week beginnkg October 4 wssi
announced here today by the 1'nlted.
otaiiv weatner oureail as lonowa:
fair weather and nearly normal
temperatures except for Increasing
cloudiness and prob.4lv showery
weather near th end if the week in
WathlugtvB and Oregon.
PICE
BASEBALL SCORES
FOOTBALL SCORES
Marquis1 Heiress
t . Turns Laborite
r" "liiifn7
Lady Cynthia Moslrv, daugh
ter of the late Marqiiu Curton,
has surprised English society by
bririnninu: a campaign lor par
liament s s l.nhnrite
M. CAILLAUX ON
TEARS IN EYES
French Finance Minister Near
, , , ,, .
. Breakdown As He Departs
fOr Home WithOUt SeCUring
Definite Agreement
for U. S- Sympathy.
. AlkS
NKW YORK. Oct. 3 (A. P.) After
a final appeal to "the heart of Amer
leu." Joseph Calllaux.
nihilHtcr of
finani
und tneni-
hers of the French
debt commission,
were salllnir back
hiilne today on the
liner Krance.
'(irievously dis
appointed" over
failure to effect a
DEPARTURE HAS
s e t t I em e n t of consumers euch year and no additional
France's 4. 2nu. - tax levy, hut will also pay for malnt
otiii.ooo dehi, M, J onanco and operation of the water
t allliiuir said his plant during these 30 years and leavo
country would do a surplus."
everything within While there wore mnny other argil
the llmim of her men Is at the meeting for the passage
strength to pay of the water bond Issue, and few
tin- deiit. lie said against It, the issuo nf voting $.10,000
to Washington In in bonds for a new city hall for Med-
Ml;
M. ( aillanv.
he mignt return
six months to resume negotiations.
Tears welled In the eyes of the
niiitexman ns he spoke lust night In
reply to tributes to France from
Nlcholaa Murruy ilutler. preiddent of
Columbia university mid Ambassador
.Myron T. Ilerrlck. at a testimonial
dinner nt the ly.it uh club.
"Thero Is something higher
than the question of Interest lie.
tween men and between nations."
M. t'aillaux said, "unit that
something Is the common friend
ship between our peoples."
"To the heart of America I
appeal with no other thooght
thun to ask all the people of
America to look at my country
with the same sentiment ex
pressed here.
"In settling our obligations,
he assured that we will do what
we inm-l to the limit of our
strenglh. My country is a conn--try
of labor, a country of pride.
We will do everything w-e can."
He was uncertain whether th
French parliament would accept the
five year temporary nui cement w ith
payments of I io.iiiim.oihi a year pro -
posed by the American commission-
era. He hud power only to sign a
complete funding agreement, he hum.
In. Ilutler promiM-d every uld
toward France's eeonouilo recovery,
No two modern nations, he said, bad
j mute In common than France und
tne Lnttea Mutes.
I He proposed a toast, "In strict oh-
rvanre of the low." to I'reeident
ICoohdire and the nrejlrient nf Uiance.
Mentioning the rolling country of
tllurgundy, he sighed: "That name of
. happy associations of long ago."
I "I am not sure that my eye were
not wet when you spoke of Itm gtin-a,
,i,ut I know my bps were not wet."
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lYHvTKW.r, rt4
In the Hon tomorrow, fell
complete- ac-eunts of leading
mr9i
ti v . ... . .. . ,,
v - M mmmt rwtIA- A
west and I'aclflc coast, wnh
s. ores of all college games pla,U
ed. also complete account of lb.
4 Mrdford-KUrnath KHnm.
PRESENT W
SUPPLY UNFIT
STATE DECLARES
Last Three Months Report
Show Local Water Polluted
Typhoid Case Reported
Dr. Pickel, Health Officer,
Urges New Water Supply.
The mint tolling, argument fnr tho
piisMige of the $!75.UOO water bond
Issue next Thursday, und tnui which
is of vita) Interest to every man,
woman and child of Mcilfoiil. was the
statement of Health Olllccr K. B.
Picket of the conditioti nf the clty'a
present water supply fnr the. past
three months and the absolute lesteil
purity nf the proposed new source nf
supply, Butlu springs. This statement
was bused on tho monthly testa made
hy the stale board nl' health.
In the testing of the water supply
nf the city It was explained Unit the
water Is analyzed in three crude, us
rollowa: A, pure water; B. suspicloua
water accompanied by advice to IkiII
it; C, worst and lowest ruling, mean
itiK the wator Is polluted und unfit for
drinking und domestic use.
Tho present Water supply of Mod-
lord Is lu the last class, according to
the monthly auuiplluKS by the state
board of health.
After his statement of tho above
fuels, Dr. Pickel then mild that th
state board's analysis of the proposed
new aourco of supply, Butte springs,
snowed tn ill Unit wator tested ttoro,
meaning that It was 100 per rent abso
lutely pure and free from all Korms
"This is tho only cuse I over kuew
of where t)io water touted lero," Bald
Dr. Pickel. who in closing mentioned
Hint one death from typhoid fevor oc
curred recently nt a local hospital
that might huve come from the pres
ent water supply, and that thc.ro wore
a - number of cases of indigestion,
! diarrhoea and the like that might be
.r,!.'0 LuTTZ "SS5
I Thursday's Bperial eloction by voting
u.o water bond issue.
I Dr. H, W. Clancy, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, who presided
m ma mils meeting, Huvised tile
,leol',B 10 "Bk ,ll'r a family phy-
.BICllinS UDOIll tno pi
presnnt clly water
supply, and said he Was sure that all
the Medford physicians favored a
bettor wator supply.
Another telling; urKument in favor
of the water bond Issue, which will be
much appreciated by all voters, was
the following statement by II. L.
Waltlior, chulrmun of tho wutor com
, mission:
"Tho IS7B.000 wutor bond Issue will
not only pay for Itself in the life of
the bonds. 30 years, and nlso retire
tho old water bond issuo remaining
unpaid, hy a 60 per cent raise In pres
ent wator roles, with but DO additional
rord, to be used as a temporary court
house until the county could accumu
late sufficient money to build a perm
anent modern courthouse, wus ulso
much stressed at the meeting; but
whereas the opinion on the water bond
issue was not all favorable at the
gathering, alt seemed to he unanimous
ly 111 favor of the city hall-courthouse
proposition, which will ulso lie voted
on next Thursday.
The mass meeting was attended by
200 men and women, over half of
whom, Judging from the uppluusi) ut
times and heads nodding of approval,
favored the waler bond Issue.
Tho meotlng was very orderly until
It reached the period tor asking ques
tions, and tiien It soon become ipilte
Interesting, devloplni; Into a free-fnr-nil
exchange of personalities and wild
assertions. The iieaceful progress
ranin to an abrupt ending when K. B.
Kelly, who anuounced that ho had
come to the meeting as an opponent
nf the water bond Issue, threw a
monkey-wrench Into the proceedings
' oy asking for answers to several nueS'
tlons which he prnK)llnded.
I (u of these questions was. "l)o
any of you know if after you RiicreuJ
la unloading this million dollar bond
Issue on the city that the clly and
water administration will spend the
money Judiciously and guarantee lo
keep the new water system and supply
Pre, ana not neglect It like In the
i iwsi, wnen toe reservoir went ror two
years without cleaning?"
I Another question was. "Do any of
you know of any water nrolect that
was ever finished within Its estimated
Cost?
Former Mayor E. C. Oadills quickly
disputed Mr. Kelly's assertion about
the reservoir not having been cleaned
iln the past for a period of two years.
las wiiuiiy untrue, i ne reservoir nas
always been cleaned at regular periods
several times a year," Mr. Oaddla said,
"'nA ,h' cleaning of It was a difficult
""'t"""- "'eni aiming
n'l"a f"" j" aource of
l'l"7. " i uv ill D IMIllllll
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" ,7" "5i.T Z tl ,:"n'clru
i."!.'''!"'?.?
cblorlnatloo
h ftlfo itatetl
Attach Salaries of
6000 People in S. F.
For Not Paying Tax
8AM FRANV18CO. Oct. 5.
If lntvi'iwillonHl Kevenue I'ol-
r .1, th 11 1 Mi'I-iiiffhltn'M
a .run t a IS n (. IiaI u- t tilti M V !
6000 San Vranclnoo riianta
win hno tiu'tr siituratty pny
chtk for fullure to uy their
Income tax oh for l28-l24.
Twenty deputy collertom utarted
out yoMttrlny with wrltn rulllnic
rut itn nl(i)iiniit nf niilnrifa
or other penionul property to
rueei uie ueuiieu mix. t
ARRESTED, STATE
FAIR. BV POLICE
SAI.KM, Or., Oct. 3. Stato fair
KIuuihIh pollrrt. t'O-uiifrutlntr Willi V.
11. Joiu'H. ifpifsi'iitlnif a nut lo mil ilv
ttotlvH ii k '" Hthl J. 1.. lurtlfii of Ihe
I'ortlnml pollri i1timrtnn'nt early thin
niDi nlnic BrrNt'il S. K. WutKun,
i'hlll'Kil Willi liflllK A ItuotlORBiT.
Wat nun. whii hi opiTtitloiitt hnvt
tttn vutctitil ly tho off ih thrnuK)
nut tho wi'fk whs iiireHtt'il In unc ut
tho hoiHo bin iiR ni-nr thu ntt-o track
ut Htx o't'liirk HiIh moriilnic and wan
Hiihiluvfl only nficr a fight In which
two uf tho offlrtwH wcro nomcwhat
halti'rml. Ofricci-H chatR hv hn1 Junt
d'llvori'(l fiiiir hot Ilea of ii1Iikm,
Cn nail la n whlkty to u purrhnntr.
and In hta ponacHMlfin wen found a
iKcelptfd 1)111 from m Portland print
lug houiut fur lnbolH. a Htatnii,ut
from a nut her 1'uitlund firm for
thlrty-thrni nnckn of miKur ami the
oomplclml (UaKiain for a fifty gallon
Htm.
Wat mo n declare that he In tho
owner of a large, farm near McMlnn
vlllo, that he Ih married and haN two
daughteiM and that he. Whs on th
faliKroundH Hi in ply to vlalt a fiiftnd.
The orflcera declare they have evl
Uno(T tndttntlriK him to he th father
of Uohm C. WutHon, who hnn hern
uncuned of Impllratlnn In the Nnnul
mo. H. (.. bank rohhory about thrt-e
nionthH ago. In Watmm'N pufuteaiiion
were found newMpapiir ollpplnira of
tho trial of Itoss Watson ami hla al
leged accomplices In the Naiiulino
rubbery.
Watson is being held In the city
Jail here.
irHOsTgo
RAI.KM., Ore., Oct. 3. Circuit
DM TRIM MflNllAY
UI1 I III IU IIIWI1UI I
Judge Kelly today overruled the tnu- vola tle bonds next Thursday, Msd
tlon of Judge Will it. King, counsel torA will settle Its water problem
for Murray. Kally and Wlllos, to fr time, and have one of the
continue the trial of their ' cases largest and heat municipal water
until December, and as a result Mur-j guppllea on the I'aclflo coast,
ray must go on trial here Monday The Kagle point atateniant follows:
morning on a charge of murder In To the Water Commission,
ths first degree. Time for trial of Medford. Oregon,
the other two convicts has not been (lentlemen:
set. In accordance with your rfaeat
In handing down his decision that we submit a statement of ths
Judge Kelly declared that he was respective water rights of the Eagle
convinced the defense had not exer- i point Irrigation District, and th
claed the requisite amount of dill-! city of Medford, for the use of both
gence, having had thirty days from, the land owners of the Ragle Point
the time of the arrnlgnnient In which
to act and thnt during the entire pe
rlod the court had heen open to an
tertaln any motion on Ita behalf.
ENTIRE VILLAGE1
AI'lil'IIN. Cal.. Oct. S. (A. P.)
Klve county and state officers swoop-
ed down today on the peaceful vil
lage of Westvllle. situated east of
here In the Cores! Hill divide coun
try and arrested the entire popula
tion.
The entire population consisted of
Kred jiiiimi. hotel operator and ,, wa, altr, ,nd mlpulated be
telephone agent, and James Connor. Iwr,n KnKla .olnt irrigation
llolh are charged with Illegal poa- i,rrt Bn( Py o( Medford,
session of liquor and by state of- h(l ,,,. ,nRnr ,hould allot
fleers with having doe meat In their , .,.,, .., or ,200 mner, JB0hea
possession and trapping bears. I lo lhB rlly of .Mr(jfnrd with equal
In Westvllle's heyday when Ihe 1rlr,v wllh jj,,!, .nt,
mining boom was on, the town had ,
a population of MOO people. ' (Continued on page six.)
SECRETARY WEEKS DECUNES TO SAY
WHETHER HE WILL RESUME HIS POST
WAHHINOTON, Oct. J. (A. P.).
flecretary Weeks, after railing on
President Cootidge friday declined to
ssy whether ha would resume his
duties at th war department.
Mr. Weeks arrived her today after
an Illness of seven mon'M and was
a guest, with Mr. Week, t a White
Hous luncheon.
Clean leaving tb Whit Hous he
All DOUBTS
CITY WATER
RIGHT FAll
California-Oregon Power Co.
Formally Assures People It
Has Agreed Not to Inter
fere With Medford Right to
Big Butte Springs Eagle
Point Declares There's No
Conflict.
To the Public:
The Power company la aa
much, If not more. Interested In
seeing .Medford develop as any
one else in this community. It
la obvious that one of the es- 1
aentlal requirements to the de
velopment of the city la an ade
quate and uncontamlnated aup
ply of water. Apparently the
best available aource of water
for this purpose is the so-called
lllg Itutte Springs. The Power
compnny haa agreed that It will
not Interfere with the uae of this
water by the city for municipal
purposes In accordance with the
plana for a new water system
now before the people, and will
be glad to co-operate In any
way that It can to make the pro
posed wuter system a success.
PAITL. H. McKEE.
flen. Mgr. Cal. Ore. Power Co.
This signed statement by Paul B.
McKee. general manager of th
California Oregon Power company,
given out yeaterduy and read at tha
mass meeting lust night Is declared
hy the proponents of the new water
system to set definitely at rest tha
rumor that the rights of that com
pany to the waters uf Itogue River
will ever uonflTft with the rights of
Medford to the wateri of Big Butte.
After reading tha statement last
night, H. L. Wallher, district man-
ager of the company and a member
of the water commuuilon, mad the
statement even more emphatic, by
(ledaiinfr the company has aitreod
to sign a formal release of the JO
second feet, held by Medford. Just
as soon as the bond trustees Vive
their consent, which la expected In
the very neur future.
This stntemont with the following:
slKned statement, showing there I
no conflict with the Irrigation Dis
trict of Kale Point, removes once
I and for all In the opinion of the
nil r J i ' I in n u nun nnioi mj sko-ii
all doubt aa to the city's title to
lllg Butte Hnrlnga and makes It
absolutely certain that If the people
district and the citizens of Medford,
we nre submitting herewith tha fol
lowing, duly signed by the engi
neers and attorneys of both the
Kagle Point Irrigation district and
the city of Medford. We trust that
this auihorltlve statement will set at
rest the many rumors floating about
regarding the district and clly water
rights.
The waters of lllg Ilulte creek
were withdrawn by the state of Ore
gon In 1ft A to permit a study of
their feasibility for Irrigation and
1 other purposes, and a little later tha
Kaillr ,,ulnt irrigation District filed
. . .... .... llu, w.,rl.
At a later date the ctly of Med-
ford, having Investigated possible
sources of supply, made filings for
the balance nt the waters of tha
creek and nt a hearing duly had
, . .n.ineer at the city hall.
was asked If he expected to go back
to his office In the war departmertj).
"Well," he replied. "I will a you
on of these days,"
Th secretary said he had returned
to Washington pfmarlly to clear out
hla horn here whlrh he cold during
th summer. He appeared In good
health after hla long Illness, but
when asked how he felt h jeplledt
"1 don't feel as good aa 1 krtk,"
,(CnUnu4 oa pf Hi.)
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