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THE WEATHER.
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Medford Mail Tribune
Full Leased Wire Report.
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.ng n leased wire.
FOUKTlLYJCA.ll.
MEDFORD,
OIMUON, TUHKIMY, NOVUM MR 1(J, mm.
No. 20G.
CUMMINGS TAKES OVER FISH LAKE CO
YNDICATE
000 ACRES UNDER WATER
NEW IRRIGATION
SYSTEM TO COST
OVER $,250,000
Plans Not Fully Matured Out Work
Will Start Soon $25,000 Al
ready Has Been Spent
on Surveys.
Aftor spending between Slift.OOD
mill l.'io.ooo In pi vllmlur.ry surveys
hIik-o taking an option on tho prop
erties of tlu Pish Lake IMloh com
puny early In tho summer, tho con
trol of Hint company linn punned Into
tint hands of I'ri'd N. ('iimtiiliigM as
tho representative of u nyutlleate.
'I'hi. syndicate plmiH In commence r
llvo coiiMlnicMon work tit one upon
mi Irrigation m.vmIoiii which, when
coniplii(ci, will place water upon 6fi,
(Mio acres In I ho Koguo Hlvor valley
mill will cimt f l.'jr.O.ooi), Including
tho purcliitHo prli'o of tho pnmnnt
Hyittiiiii.
Hlnco tin time when tho option
was given surveying partltm have
been In (ho field for .lie Hyndlcato
and after spending thouunndH of dol
lar h In (IiIh prullinlnnry work Mr.
ruminliigs recently went to Kan
PrnnelHco, where ho took over tho
control of tho present system.
The plaiiH of the now 'company
Invo not as yet matured, hut they
expect to Htnrt work In llio very near
future it !oii their new :iystom. The
old can a! will lie iiiado twice the aim
of the present one and many new
IIiioh tiro to lie run In the valley,
placing rr.000 acres of land under
water.
The surveys niado during tlio sum
liter are enmploto and hIiow every
ehnngo In elevation In tho valley.
Prom those mnpH It In puhhIIiIo to lay
off canaln which will furnhih water
to tho greatest uuinhor of news.
While tho cotiHlderatlou In not glv
en. It la known that It ran up Into
hIv figure.
Within a week Mr. ('utnmlngs ox
perlH to have IiIh planii In hiicIi Hhapo
an will euahlo him to i;lvo further
dHnlls In r Hard " ! fiiMiro of the
coinpany.
KISS PHOTO OF PRETTY GIRL;
ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY
(Pulled l'r'H Loused Win1 )
SEATTLE, Nov. 111. Hocnu.o her
IiiikIiiiiiiI nffecliniinlcly kissed utid
udmircd Ihe photograph of a prelly
Woniiin which she has discovered lo
he lh" lil. ! of .(hi mot Wear
Mitchell, whom he i- alleged lo linve
married eight .vears nuo nnil desert
eil ? I I'm. Mil el Miieh"M bus sworn
lo on.npluii I here rhu in; .Ininos it.1
Mitchell wilh bigninv.
To l'rnHooittiug Attorney l.undiu,
Mrs. Milehell suiil lint she tunnied
iniloholl in Ibis city in UM17 and llial
he lohl lit Hie pieliire he mi much
ndniired wu. tliul of IiIh dead sister.
film says hIio Iiiih learned thai it
wiih not lluil of 1 1 i k sister, hill of a
woman whom ho married and wilh
whom lie lived several yearn nl Wnl
isoubtirg, Colo. Milehell wiih n for
nitif civil engineer.
MARKING OUT AERIAL
ROAD FOR AEROPLANE
PARIS, Nov. 1(1. -Connnillees of
Ilia Areo Cluh of Franco nre work
ing out an aeroplane route from
I'iu'ih through llordeattx to Hoyrilz,
1 hit famotiH resort on the Spanish
frontier today.
AvialorH have been urging for
Homo time that tho Aero ( lul) out
line, a public route for Iho nrlifioiul
birds lo Hiurril. and publish a list
of Iho laud niarlvH by which tho aerial
road may lie followed. Tho aero
eluh recently appointed two commit -tooH,
ono for a route to Hordimnx
nnd tho other for u route from Bor
deaux to lJiurrilH. Tho eomtnitteoH
am working today for a ttiiifieution
of plans.
1 1L ANS
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REBUILDING THE PRESS
CAUSE OF SMALL PAPER
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On acrount of rolnilldlnt: 4
tho Mall Trlhunu press for 4
several days the paper will 4
4 aptear In abbrtivlatod form. 4
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LIQUOR CASES
ARE DISMISSED
Owliiu to Lack of Evidence District
Attorney Mulkcy Dismisses
Indictments Against
Saloon Men.
Three iiidiclincntH returned hv the
recent grand jury against hiiIoou'Iiiuii
of tho oniinly for selling liitior on
Sunday and lo minors, have hcon
dismissed upon motion of District
Attorney H. l Mnlkey. Failure to
ohttiiu tho necessary witnesses led
In the dismissal. The eases in ipios
tinii were:
Stale vs. Toney Olson, selling li
quor on Sunday.
Stale vs. Andy Jennings, selling
liipior on Sunday.
Stale s. Kdwin Olson, selling li-
iiior lo minors.
MANY BEARS IN
FISH LAKE PASS
Engineer Hcldcl and Supervisor Er
Ickson Meet Mr. Bruin and His
Family Out on Walk..
Ilenjamlu i Iluldel, nHBlHtant en
gineer of Ihe luirenu if Rood ronds.
end M. I,. Krlckson, Huporvlsor of the
Crater National forest, who hnvo J tint
returned from a trip to tho Fish I -alto
pass, where Mr. He-Idol went to lo
cate a roail for tho foroBtry servlco,
report hear plentiful In that section.
While out ono day they mot Mr. Ilru
In. IiIh wife, motlier-lit-law and a
hrother, lo say nothliiK of a liounclnR
youtiK nou, ut for a stroll. Tho two
offlelalH, like true aon of Undo Sam,
stood tl'clr ground and with n 32
Colt's uu"oioilod In drlvlnj; tho brutes
away.
Tho hoyn also report duck nlontl
ful on PIhIi Luke, hut Ice N formltiK
and It Is difficult to ot thorn, Snow
Ih now uomo IS Inchofl dctp and pre
vented Mr. Holdol from eomplutlnc
lilu work of loeatlaK tho road.
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IS
FOLLOWED BY TWO DEATHS
(Putted Press l.cuscd Wire,)
ORANflH. Cul Nov. 1(1. -Following
a supposed doiuestio tragedy
which resulted in tho killing of Ro
land Fletcher by W. W. Downs, a
local lumheriimii., who thou commit
ted suicide, (he bodies of the two
men today lie side by side in the oity
morgue at Simla Ana.
Downs, who litis been separted
from his wife for some time, went to
his homo in this oily last night in
hopesi of effecting a reconciliation.
Ilo found Fletcher wilh Mrs. Downs.
Drawing it revolver, thu angered
husband fired four shots into Fletch
er's body, killing him instantly. Ho
Htirrendered lo Marshall .Tornigau
who relieved him of Iho weapon.
While Jernigiin wiih telephoning
for Iho coroner, Downs drew n sec
ond revolver from bin pookol, and
fired a bullet into his own head. lie
tlied three hours later at tho county
hospital at Santa Ana.
Honry Stouway of drniitu Pnaa
spout TuoHday In Modford visiting
frlondfl.
TO PLACE
ACKERMAN IS
PLEASED WITH
LOCAL SCH00LS;RGGUE APPLES
In Address at Hlfjh School Buildinij
He Speaks Words of Praise
for Jackson County
Schools.
The iiudiloriti .i at the liih senixd
wnw well filled Mr-u uy eveniiij: wi'h
a representative Medford audience,
ulio Kitthorcd to hear State Superin
teudeiil of Scliools .1. II. Ackcriunii,
on the subject of education. The
promm opened witli a violin ami pi
ano selection by Profs. Romanoff and
Fields, which the lunlience heartilv
; applauded.
Mr. Ackenuan slated in opening
his addreis that he had just fiuihcd
a tour of the rural schools of the
county, and that he was more (linn
agreeably surprised by the hih
standard s of the schools, both in
scholarship and deportment.
It is rarely found, said the speak
er, that the standard of the schools
is above the business and moral
standard of the community, and
progress follows the same lines in
either ease.
Ono of tho menus of raising the
standard of the schools nut! incident
ally that of the community is co-op.
eratiou between the home and the
school i.ei ine parents niiiKe a
friend of tho teacher of (heir children
nnd by the knowledge gained from
such iissoojntion judne the merits of
Ihe controversies which oeensiouallv
arise belween lonelier anil pupil. Fol
lowing this system much of the f no
tion would he eliminated lo the bet
torment of both pupil and teacher.
Medford has tho distinction of be
ing the. first oily south of Portlnnd to
add to tho oirrieuluin a oouimoroinl
and a manual training department.
.Mrs. wd AndrewH rendered "Sing,
Smllo nnd Slumber," by fhiunod, In
tho charming manner which Medford
music lovers are accustomed to ex
pect from her. Tho nudlenco would
have kept her BliiKlng for hours had
she been willing to respond to tho
encoroa.
WIDE SPREAD COMMOTION
SAVED LERROUX'S LIFE
(Pultoil Press Leased Wire )
MADUII), vln Hondnyo. Nov. lfi.
Aloxnndro Iuroux, lender of tho re
publicans in Spain, Is hold responsi
ble by tho government for tho ro
contly Issued socialistic manlfostor
urging local organizations of tho so
cialistic faith to co-nporato with tho
republicans In effecting a political
overturning In Spain.
From tho t lino T.orrnux roturned to
Spain from exile ten days ago there
liavo been bIkiis of tho deopest offi
cial anxiety concerning his doings,
but for tho widespread commotion
which followed tho oxccutlon of Pro
fessor Francis Front, Lerroux would
undoubtedly hnvo been In Jnll nnd
woll on tho road townrd facing a fir
ing H(tiad today,
POPULAR YOUNG ASHLAND v
GIRL PASSES GREAT DIVIDE
ASHLAND, Nov. 1(1. (Special.)--Aftor
an illness of bu! two weeks,
Miss Clara M. flalbrailli, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jnmes flalbraith pass,
ed away at an early hour yesterdny
morning. Deceased was 18 years of
ago, and very popular among her ae
quaintnneos. heath resulted from
blood poisoning. The family has tho
deopost sympathy of tho on tiro city,
this being the third death in tho fam
ily within a year. Tho funeral serv
ice was held in the Congregational
church this afternoon, and was large
ly attondod.
Tho now Crater Lake club will bo
formally oponod on Friday ovoutng,
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MISS STEINHEIL IS 4
TO RENOUNCE WORLD
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PARIS, Nov. JOV-Mile Math.
ildo Stoinhill, daughter of Mad-
ante Marguerite Steinlifil, the
"red widow," is to become a
nun. At the time, of her moth- 4
ur's arrest lor the alleged crimes
Mile. Mathihio was engaged to
" a young Parisian, wlto imrnedi-
rifnlt tfthtt Mi miiMifrtrrirttit uliuti
disgrace threatened Hie family
of his hetrolhed.
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E
SPOKANE SHOW
Tronson & Guthrie's Car Attracts
Greatest Attention of Any Ex
hibit in Spokane Apple
Show.
(Mall Tritium) Special .Service.)
SPOKANH, Nov. 1(1. If the ad
miring throngs who flocked through
thu grounds of the NuH-o'. I Apple
Show here yesterday nnd today wore
to ballot on tho exhibits, tho ear-lot
of Spitzcuhcrgs .shipped b. T. niton
& Guthrie of Kaglu Point, (ire., in
tho Rogue Hiver valley, would carry
off the gin ml prize. Thu exhibit U
u splendid one and is attracting much
attention, more perhaps than any otlt
er car.
The ear of Newtown Pippins from
Ashland, Ore., arrived too late to bu
unpacked hut it is believed that the
judges will make allowances. They
uro splendid apples.
The Hood River ear has been ship
ped on east to Chicago. Hood River
growers sny that the change in rules
inado it impossible for them to ex
hibit their oar. The Hood River ex
hibit is small.
Thousands of people nre in attend
ance. BOYS HAVE FUN
WITHJLD BEAR
Phoenix Men Meet With Bruin and
After Exciting Timo Get Away
With She Bear and
Cub.
And now ootnes Fred nnd Art Tur
r,. nol only with n bear sl-ny, bet
with the bears and as a seip.enoe tho
Hotel Tarry at Phoenix win abie to
tickle the palates of their guo-U. wilh
nice fal juioy hear steaks. Tin. Fi.r
ry Pros, own and operate m Ihi':ju
oattlo ranch on Dead tndiau and were
gathering beef enltle whoa this story
wus ennoted. it seems I'tom Iho lon
limony that tho boys vh went load
ed for hear, were in eamp towards
the oveuing and knowing the country
saw itniniRtukahle signs oi hear Nj
morning not far from ounp . tid
ing nfter entile through 'he tir.bor
they espied a young o io hear in u
tiee, being old and aeouvtoiol to
the gnme they instan'K' fsu.spoctod
the mother bear was in tho vieinilyj
por had I hey long lo wait fr the
mother hoar, louring far tho suioly
o? her youti,, spied the hualois from
her hiding plnee and vith a savage
growl made for the two hunter-?. No
lime to run, they simply had to fight.
Hulled nfter bullet wus pumped into
bruin until within ten foot a fatal
shot plaeed in the head of tho motlior
hour ended Ihe eonliiel, Attention
was next diverted, lo Iho cub in the
tree. One well directed shot was all
that was needed in fetch the boar
down from tho tree. Tho two hears
wovo dressed and proved to he in
prime condition, very fat and Juicy,
Tho fur, too, was in its prime, and
both hides now in the hands of a
taxidermist, will shortly adorn tho
Furry homo us silent hut positive
evidonco of tho power of tho Furry
brothorti as hour lniuiora,
CROWD
CHOIC
CHERRY MINE
FlfiE STILL
RAGES
Chicago Fire Chief Accompanic.1 by
Tralnload of Apparatus Rushes
to Aid Fight Against
Flames.
IS NOW SUICIDE FOR
ONE TO ENTER MINE
If Flames Cannot Be Quenched by
Water, Gas Will Be Used, But
This Means Death to
Possible Survivors.
(United Press loosed Wire.)
CHEKRY, III., Nov. 1C The of
ficials In charce of tho St. Paul mine
devoted tholr time today la fighting
tho flames and no effort was made
to re-enter the lower levels In the
search for entombed miners.
Chief Moran of Chicago fire de
partment, with five expert assistants,
arrlve'd hero on a 'special train this
morning tearing 50,000 gallons of
water, 5000 feet of hoie and chemi
cals. A holo was cut In tho cover of the
main shaft nnd tho hose dropped
down In tho hope of extinguishing
the fire In that way. If this falls
carbonic acid gas will bo forced into
the mino. If this plan is resorted to
the miners declnro that It will not
only put out tho fire, but It will also
kill any of tho entombed men who
may bo still alive.
Suicide to Knter Mine.
It Is claimed that it would bo sui
cide for anyone to nter tho mine
today.
While tho rescuers hope to re
sume work tomonow, they may not
bo ablo to enter tho initio for sev
eral days.
Tho authorities nro today making
preparations to prevent any outbreak
that may occur when tho bodies nro
brought to the surface.
Tho survivors nro bitter against
tho company, chnrglng that tho dis
aster would not hnvo occurred If tho
oloctrle cnblo had boon promptly re
paired. They r.llego that tho torches
In tho stables were unnecessary.
Tho miners also nro angry st En
Ineers llalsbcck nnd Crowley, who
woro In chnrgo of tho cages when tho
flro started.
Crowley baa admitted to tho cor
oner that ho refused to rnlso tho cngo
bearing 12 rescuors because ho was
not ordered to do so. Rnlsbock has
been sont out of town and Crowley
will probably leavo today.
An official of tho St. Paul mine
who called a roll of Its obployes to
day declared that not over 275 men
nro still In tho mine.
COULDN'T STAND PROSPERITY
SAYS WIFE IN DIVORCE SUIT
(United Press Leased Wire.)
SKATTLK, Nov. 10. Prospective
prosperity was too tnueh for Quentin
Dresser, according to tho statements
in papers for divorce filed by Mrs.
Virginia A. Dresser. Alimony of $50
a month and tho custody of two dogs,
jointly owned by tho eouple, is aske 1.
Tho inarital differences of the
Dressers arose according to tho com
plaint when news of a bequest of
$12,000 from Dresser's iinolo was
recoived. Up to litis time Drossor,
who is a book-koopor, had lived very
quietly and had contrived to save
sovoral hundred dollars from his sal
ary. Mrs. urossor states mo nrst
intimation she had of tho bequest
was on the occasion of her entorinin
menl of the Society of Mothers, when
her husband, she says,, fell in tho
front door at 3 o'clock in tho after
noon witli what had hcon a quart of
oysters and a largo sirloin stake pin
nod to his overcont witli a safety.
This unusual nmnnor of market
quite naturnly excited tho membors
of tho society and caused tho plain
tiff much humiliation.
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OARROW RUSHES 1
TOWARD SPOKANE !
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SPOKANE, Nov. 10. Clar
ence Darrow, who acted as at
torney for Moyer and Haywood
two years ago when they were
tried in Idaho for complicity in
the alleged killing of Ex-Gover-liere
from Chicago to pro
nor Steunenbenr. is en route
here from Ciiicngo to prosecute
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the habeas corpus cases brought
by imprisoned Industrialists.
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CASH REGISTER
RIFLED By BOLD
Confectionery Establishment on Cor
ner of Seventh and Central Ave
nue Proves Rich in Loot
for Burglar.
A burglar some time Monday eve
ning broke Into tho confectionery
store, on the cornor of Seventh and
Central avenue and rifled tho cash
register, getting Ir. the neighborhood
of $30. The butcher shop next door
was also entered, but nothing but a
few pieces of change wetfe to be had
there.
Entrance was gained to tho confec
tionery store through a rear Bide door.
Nothing evidently had been touched
In the storo but the register.
Absolutely no clue was left and
there Is but little hope of apprehend
ing tho culprit.
Of late a large number of petty
rt)bborIea havo been reported. Tho
annual migration of Weary Willies to
the south Is on and this probably ex
plnlus matters.
FOOTBALL BOYS LOSE
HARD-EARNED COIN
Payment Stopped on Check Issuod
as Payment of Idaho's Share
Gate Receipts.
(United Press Leased Wire )
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 16. Managoi
Goodman of tho University of Ore
gon football team has stopped pay
ment of n check for G59, represent
ing tho Idaho University's shnro of
tho gato recolpts at tho football gamo
between those two teams Saturday
on receipt of a telegram from Mnn-
ager Henry Smith that ho had been
robbed of tho check.
Sunday night while tho train on
which thoy woro"en routo to Mos
cow stopped at Colfax, Wash., a
few minutes Smith alighted from tho
train to tako a llttlo exorcise. While
strolling on tho platform two men
seized him by tho nritiB nnd wont
through his pockets, taking the chock
and disappeared.
Tho team bad tholr tickets paid for
and enough spare cash to reach home.
WOMAN'S FACE SLAPPED;
GETS DAMAGES FOR $1200
(United Tress Leased Wire")
IIOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 10. Mn.
Leslie Howells is $l'J00 richer today
ns a result of n verdict for damages
to that amount against John Winters
a wealthy merchant ot this city, m
the superior court yesterday. Mrs.
IIowolls insisted that Winters bad
slappod lior faoo during un alterca
tion over tho return of an unsatis
factory article of apparel purchased
from tho defendant's storo. Miss
Rloomquist, wlto lind boon summoned
as a witnoss, failed to appear in
court yestordny and was laken in
ohargo by tho sheriff on a bench war
rant and hurried to tho court room
in an automobile.
Tho Modford Coonunerclal club
NIGHT MARAUDER
will hold a regular session Wodnoo- city hall la rogular sosslon this er
day ovoning, nine,
HANLEY CASE
UP LAST OF
WEEK
Judge Hanna Promises City Attorney
Neff Soon io Try Case Out and
Render Early Decision ,
In Case.
UNIMPORTANT STEPS WERE
TAKEN YESTERDAY IN CASE
After Case Is Tried if City Loses Out
Matter Can Be Taken to Suprsmt
Court on Trial
The case of tho city of Modford n.
M. F. Hanley for a right of wjr
across the Hanley premises on Llttlo
Uutto creek will como up in tho olr
cult court during tho last of thlc
week or tho first of next. Judga H.
K. Hanna has so promised City At
torney Neff. He has furthor prom
ised an early decision in thu oast.
It tho decision Is not favorablo to th
city "it can then b carried to tli
supremo court.
h On Monday Judgo Hanna ruled o
several unimportant matters striking
sonio things from Attorney Noff's
answer as offered by Attorner
Iteames and sustaining othor parts.
The part of tho motion overruled
was that part ot the answer whleu
alleged that an attempt had ben
made by Hanley and the city to enter
Into a contract, which contract was
niado part of tho answor. Th ob
jections nlleglng that no other coa
tract had boon entered into; and
those alleging that tho right of war
sought across Hanloy's premises was
not for the purpose of dlvortlng th
waters of Wasson canyon, but for tn
purpose of conducting those ot LtttU
nutto creek, woro austalnod.
WOULD SECURE ASHES
OF DEAD NOBLEMAN
(United Press Leused Wlr.)
LARKSPUR, Cal., Nov. 16. It U
charged by tho widow of ChovalWr
August Chamot, tho horo ot Pokln,
who died of tuborculosls hero recent
ly, that rolatlves aro making offorta
to securo tho ashes of tho dead no
bleman from horo.
Tho man died In abjoct povdrtr.
Ilo had been divorced from hU first
wife in Now York shortly beforo h
lost his second fortune III health
drove him west, whoro ho married
the woman who had nursod htm lit
the east, Miss Elizabeth Dollar.
ANOTHER DIVORCE FILED
IN ARMY CIRCLES
(United Press Loused Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. Ltou
tenant John Symington, first United
States cavalry, who rocontly nrrlvod
from tho Phlllpplnos, Is taking pre
liminary stops today toward sulne
his wlfo for dlvorco. Roforo her
mairlago Mrs. Symington wbb Miss
Stolla Ducat, a famous army hello.
Her father Is Lloutonnnt Colonel Ar
thur C. Ducat of tho Twonttoth ln
fautry. .
MOTHER SAVES ALL HER
CHILDREN BUT ONE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANOELES, Cal., Nov. 16.
III nn early morning flro that des
troyed tho homo of Mrs. Ella Stu
art, colored, hor B-yoar-old sou,
Floyd, was burned to doath. The
flro was caused by th eovorttirnlng of
n korosono lamp.
Mrs. Stnnit resciind tho oldor chil
dren from tho burning building, hut
In tho oxcttemont llttlo Floyd was
forgotten. Hta charred body wm
found In tho ruins by searching f tri
llion. Tho city council will moot at the
