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FOTJ11TH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OUISCJON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1909.
No. 210.
MAIL
TRIBUNE
1 PERISH IN
SOUTHERN
MEMPHIS, Tonii., Deo. 27.
Twenly-ono portions were killed and
n Hcoro moro injured In ft wreck on
An electric lino running to tho nub
urbd of this city InHt night,, when a
car got beyond control of tho inttor
iniin, plnnged down grade mid struck
a nrrond rnx.
The, car was completely demolish
ed. 'The motonnnn hnd conductor
were both among tho kille1. Only
threo people on tho CAr wero not in
jured, ont lifting nn infant of fivo
inont. ituothor tho child's mother.
Tho third to eaonpa was n Ind of
fourteen.
WOULD FIND WAY
10 SPEND FUND
Knlluro of tlio Oregon legislature
Ian winter to nuthorlzo specifically
tli a t'xpondlturo of tho fund rocoN
d from hunting nnit flHtm.s licenses
for tho urcctlon of ono or moro
hatcheries la responsible for tho nc
Cumulation of over $30,000 In tho
"vnmo protection fund" of tho stato.
Thin condition is pointed out by U.
O. titovonson, ctnto gamo nnd forest
ry warden, who .tits Just completed
ltlu report for tlio year ending Do
coinbur 1 .Inst. It wnatho Intention
of Mr. 8tooron to procood with
thn erection of n trout hatchery nnd
a phunsant Incubator with tho funds
nt hln dlspounl, but, upon appealing
,io Attorney gonornl Crawford for an
opinion, ho was advised to retain tho
fund-until tho legislature provides
" by onnctmont a specific plan for
spending tho inonoy, which, accord
ing to tho nttornoy general, will thon
bo Immediately avallablo. ,.-
Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Nolding, in
company with Mr. Oonnnny of Pitts
hurtr. Pa,, spent Sunday on tho doc
tors') ranch near Englo Point.
ST. LOUIS AERONAUT WILL
ENTER AVIATION MEET
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27r Herrmann,
tho local aeronaut, announced today
t lint ho and Captain Horry will go to
I.oh Angeles Jnnunry 211, an entrants
in tho balloon rncos Bohodnlod for
tho aviation moot in that city.
Horrmumi nnd Horry . will tnko
along thrco gnB hags. Horry will
Hail tho Molha III. which Ih in tho
78,000 cubio foot clasB. Tho Molha
III., in tho 30,000 cubic foot class,
will raco under tho guidnuoo of Horr
innn. Tho South St. Louis, Jr., ca
pacity -10,000 cubic foot, will also bo
used in nhort flights,
Herrmann is Haid to bo nt outs
with tho tS. Louis Aoro Club, which
is affiliated with tho Aoro Club of
America.
UNLESS CORN DROPS PATTEN
WILL LOSE A FORTUNE
CHICAGO, Ills, I)oo. 27. Unloss
tho price of corn for May dolivory
drops nt olnst 15 cents botwoon now
and May 31, 1010, Jamoa A. Putton,
tho "Whot.t King," who mado a kill
ing in May wheat n yoar ago will loan
a fortune, ncoonlng to reports on
Hio bonrd of trado today.
Patton is said to bo short from a
million to 11,000,000 bushels of corn
and is still hoavily, It is estimated
that ho stands to loso $2,000,000
unloss tho mnrkot risos boforo do
livory time.
NEW MEMBER IS ADDED
TO OLD REALTY FIRM
J, I). Woods roports tho birth of
n son.
pOH SALE Eight good milch cows,
, all giving milk; ono good l-ycnr-old
horso, wolght 1500. Oonrgo Hilton
2 1-2 miles north of Modford, on
county rond, 253
WRECK
PINCHOT RENEWS
FORESTRY FIGHT
NEW YOHK, Doc. 27. Chlof For
ester I'lnchoot today rouowod his
fight against tho foe of conserva
tion. In a Bpeoch at a luncheon giv
en at tho University club In his honor
by novornl local publishers, tho chiuf
forester declared that tho fight that
will docldo who will reap tho bono
fltn of n national consorvatlon policy
lfl now on In enrnost. Ho said:
"Tho American people havo decided
that onr national resources shall bo
conserved, but will they bo conserv
ed for tho profit of thp fow or for
the benefit of the majority?
SHOOTS SLAYER
HEPNKIl, Ore, Doc. 27. Olivor
Snyder, who Into Friday night shot
nnd instantly killed Arthur Green, nu
inoffensive Bhecphcrdor, was. forcibly
taken away from Doputy Shoriff Joo
Catddy by nmob of infuriated farm-
cm nnd his body ridlod with bnllots,
according to news brought bore by
tho doputy sheriff. According to
Caisidy, Snyder blow off tho top of
Grccno's head with a shotgun whon
tho Inttor attempted to provont Sny
der from killing a dog bolongiug to
Charles Beymor.
ROCK ISLAM! INAUGURATES
A NEW PENSION SYSTEM
CIIICOGA, Deo. 27. QCfioinl nn-
uounccmont wns mado yostcrdny of
tho Inauguration on Jnnunry 1 of n
pension system which will includo
nil officers nnd employes of the
Hock iKlnnd rond. In this connec
tion tho Hook Islnnd ban established
nn ago limit which will govern origin
al employment on tho road. Under
tho new rue, no iuoxpenonced parson
under tho ngo of 35 nnd over 45 will
bo taken into tho sorvico.
Tit ponsinu nllownnco will bo 1 por
cent for each year of sorvico of tho
avorngo regular monthly pay received
for ten years noxt preceding rotiro-
mcnt. Thus, if nn ovployo hns boon
In tho service for forty yonrs nnd his
average salary for tho Inst ton yonin
of Iho period was $75 por month, his
pension nlowanoo will bo 40 por ecu!
of tho $75 or $30 per month. All of
ficers and employes who havo reach
ed tho ngo of 75 years must rotiro
nnd tho employes in tho operating
sorvico mny bo ortirod nt 05 years.
PEACE REIGNED
CHRISTMAS DAY
Tho ChtUtmns festivities nro uu-
UHiinlly productivo of nn nftormnth
of policQ court activity; but (his
Monday morning thoro wns nothing
doing for Rccordor Tolfor in V'o
wny of ovon lottjng Bomo peacoful
drunk go 'with nn admonition.
Whilo thoro wns moro or loss hl-
Inrity brought about by many moot
lugs of old friends, the Christmas
bpuu wan in iiiu tut, tiini inn ' i
tho prolitninnry symptoms of a dis
turbance wero visible nnywhero. liv
en tho inoxornhlo sqnlos of justico
woro woightcd a lit tlo on tho sido of
moroy nnd so long ns tho poneo nnd
quiot of tho Christmas timo was not
disturbed tho man who hnd oolobrat
od not wisely but too woll was im
muno from nrroR.t.
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THOUSAND PAIRS OF
OREGON BIRDS SHIPPED
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. During tho
sonson just past tho Simpson pheas
ant farm of Corvallis shipped out of
tho stuto to tlio Idaho gamo prosorvos
1000 pairs of China phoasants to bo
used for propagation purposos. Un
der tho stale gamo laws, thoso birds
cannot bo shippod boyond tho bor
ders of Orogons oxcopt under per
mit from tho gamo warden.
OREGON
MOB
"Tho conflict that will dccldo this
question of pai amount Importanco to
tho Amorlcan pcoplo Is now on. Tho
battlo Is being fought.
"It Is fl70 honorablo distinction of
tho forest sorvlco that It has boon
moro constantly and moro blttorly at
tacked by representatives of Bpoclal
Interests than any othpr govornraont
bureau. It Is notablo that tho moro
successful wo havo been In prevent
ing land grabbing and tho absorp
tion of wator power tho moro lngo
nloirn tholr attacks havo bocomo."
CHICAGO MAN
BUYS: $12,000
T. C. Law has Bold 55 acres of
yland near Contral Point to a P.
Whitnoy, tho consideration boing
$12,000. Mr. Whitnoy plans to build
a bungalow on tho placo and plant it
to apples nnd poars. Tho land is a
splendid tract.
Mr. Whitnoy Is a recent arrival
from tho cast and was so charmed
with tho vnlloy that ho decided to lo
cate. LAND HUNGRY MEN
BUSY IN LAKE COUNTY
SILVER LAKE, Or., Dec. 27.
During Novombor 12,800 acres of land
wero filed upon boforo Commissioner
West nt this place. Thoro wero fif
teen homostond filings of 1C0 acres
each, 28 additional homesteads, three
desert filings of 100 acres each and
ono of 320 ncros. Thcso figures show
) how engorly land in this portion of
I.auo county is Doing sougnt niter.
Fro mtho wny December filings hnvo
mniinuml thn number of acres that
will bo tiled on will bo lnr in excess
of thoso for November.
REMINGTON ARTIST
HAS PASSED AWAY
RIDGKFIELD, Conn., Dec. 27.
On tho tombstone of Frederick
Remington, tho nrtist, who died hero
yestordny, following nn oporntion
for appendicitis, will bo engraved
tho words,
"Ho know tho horse."
It wns tho artist's last request.
Tho body today was taken to
Canton, N. Y., of which place Fred
crick Remington wns n imtivo. Tho
funeral sorvico will bo hold toomr
row in tho Univorsnlist church.
Remingstou's grentost work wns
in drawing, painting nnd modoling
horsas nnd most of his horses woro
of tho wostorn typo.
SCHOONER GOES DOWN
WITH ALL ON BOARD
BOSTON, Mass., Doc. 27. Tho
boliof is gonornl horo that tho four-
mnstod Bchoonor David Palmor
which sailed from Nowpprt Nows for
Hoston Dooombor 21, sank with all
on board during tho torrifio Christ
mas day storm off tho Mnssachusotts
const.
Tho finding of wrookngo off Min
or's Lcdgo, nt tho ontrnnoo to Hos
ton Harbor, among which was a box
of signals bearing tho Davis Pal
mer'R niuno, innko mon in shipping
orolos fonr for tho worst. Cabin
doors, fittings and deck plankings,
Buoh as vas usod in tho construction
of tho vossols woro also among tho
nrtlolos washed up.
FAKE BANK EXAMINERS
WORKINQJBVER COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, Doo. 27. Fako
bank oxamlnors nro operating in dif
orout parts of tho' United States to
an oxtont which has brought thorn to
official notioo o'f tho Comptroller of
Currency, It Is snid by Comptroller
Lawronco F, Murray taht attempts to
play tho part of an oxammor was for
tho purposo of gaining information as
to tho mention and slrongth of haul
vaults preparatory to forcing them.
BUZZARD IS
RAGING IN
EAST
4 -f-f
Tho proporiy loss Satnrdoy
and Sunday ia. tho blirtnrd
that BivoDt tho. eastern i
"Now England elates, is esti-
"" mnt1 lit 1910.000.000.
At loaBt 50 Jivos wers lost,
rlttA iWrrrtlt or indirpctli'to
tho storm.
Trains in Pennsylvania,
4 Knw YnrW. KfnmHchnsnttM find , "f"
Now Encland nro sorioasly
dolavcd bv drifts. ',-
Vrm!ilit trnff!2a Is nmnlin.
"" ally nbandoned.
Wiro oommnnication is
" wivekfld (hrouirhout tko utorm
belt.
Philudolphin, Now York,
Tlnnlnn nnil PmvJdencn nrn nn.
verelv inconvenienced by do-
lnvnd filreet ear" traffic.
Further snow nnd wind,
tlmlich not so violent ns"ves-
lorday, nro in sight, accord-
ing to tho weather bureau. "
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec 27.
Two mon aro dead and halt a million
dollars' worth of property has been
destroyed as a result of tho billiard
that has been raging hero for two
days past.
Wires aro down and street and
railroad traffic dcmorllied.
Tho wind carried over fromo struc
tures and tolograph poles. Plato glass
windows woro smashed and store
.Imh l.ln n n , n t n nflrAtlllVnt
Illinois Suffers.
nOCICFORD. 111., Dec. 27. This
cltly today Is faco to faco with tho
prospeqt of being uttorly without
light, heat and transportation taclll
ties as th0 result of tho blizzards that
havo beon spoewlng this section of
tho country for tho last two days.
Officials of a local electric com
pany that supplies tho city with light
announcod today that within 24
hours Its supply of fuol would bo
oxhaustcd, unless traffic conditions,
demoralized by tho storm, aro re
stored, so that moro fuol may bo rush
ed to Rockford. All trains nro snow
bound.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27. This city
Is practically cut oft from all out
sldo sections. Tho storm continues.
ST. PAUL, Doc. 27. All traffic In
nnd out of this city Is blocked by a
blinding snowstorm. A fuel famino
Is feared.
CLEVELAND, O., Deo. 27. Prop
ortay loss Is estimated nt $400,000
following tho storm. of tho past fow
days. No lives havoboon reported
lost. Thoro Is no 8lgn of nn abate
ment.
FOR SALE Incubator in good ro
pair; also singlo buggy harness. II.
C. Hlascook, on Rivorsido, opposite
north school. 2-10
MANY ARE LOOKING
TO CENTRAL POINT
"Tho Commorclal club Is doing a
sploudld work for Central Point,'
states S. A, Pnttlson of tho Herald,
"and many prospoctlvo rosldonts nro
bolng booked. Tho advertisement In
Sunset tor ono mouth Is bringing In
six to ten lottora of Inqulrios each
day and many of thoso who havo
wrttton aro planning to look ovor tho
vnlloy.
"Tho club la proving a great factor
for good, bringing tho roslden(s of
Contral Point into closer rotations
with each other. At tho next moot
ing resolutions will also bo passed
urging tho rotontlon of tho county
fruit Inspectors,"
ZELAYA MAY YET 1
CALLED TO ACCOUNT
WASIHNGTON, D. C, Doc. 27.
All indications today stdragthen the
belief that is general hero that tho
state department is unmistakably
skeptical concerning the reform -program
proopsed by oJbo Madriz, the
new president of Nicaragua,
Madrie reform, 'declarations un
doubtedly will not be accepted by tho
United States government until a
prolonged scrutiny proves that the
last taint of "Zelaydnism" has been
eradicated.
It is rumored that former Presi
dent Zelaya may yet hare to answer
"OWL" WRECKED;
NO ONE HURT
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 27.
"Tho Owl," tho fast night passenger
train running from Los Angeles to
this city, wns wrecked -early this
morning. Only two were injured, n
womnn sustaining a severely wrench
ed ankle, whilo a man who" occupied
n berth in tho rear Pullman was cut
by flying glass. They refused to
tell their namos.
According to tho passengers, tho
train wns running at nsual speed
when it struck a broken rail, tho en
gine, baggago car and dining car
pasod over tho break in safety, but
tho two last Pullman coaches, were!
iwt i r '
jumping over tho tics for a hundred
years, rolled over on their sides.
That no ono was injured seriously
thep declared to bo miraculous.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN
PLANT OF LUMBER CO.
WEED, Calif., Dec. 27. Tho new
dry shed of tho Weed Lumber Co.,
which tho company began construct
ing soon after tho fire of six weeks
ago, is Hearing completion. It is one
of tho very largest dry sheds in tho
northwest and tho largest in Cali
fornia, being 114 feet wido nnd 400
feet long nnd is two stories high.
This monster shed will hold $250,
000 worth of stock. A crow of fifty
carpenters is at work on tho building.
Tho company is also orecting n new
wnrchouso for cut stock from tho
box factory. This building will bo
equipped with n cement floor and
tho entire structure will bo fireproof.
This building will bo soventy-four
feet wido by 200 feet in length and
ono and a half stories high. Noxt
spring tho company will put up n
stock room 200 feet square.
REPORTED UNCLE SAM
KNEW OF FLIGHT
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27. In gov
ornmont circles it Is reported today
that tho United States and Mexico
had a full, but Bocrotlvo understand
ing concerning tho flight from Nicar
agua of former President Zolaya.
Whother tho two governments
agreed upon permitting tho former
dictator to find reguao nway from his
turbulent country with tho under
standing that his departure was equlv
olont to a self Imposed oxllo la caus
ing much discussion. (
HEARST RESUES LEAGUE
FROM TAMMANY'S CLAWS
NEW YORK, Doo. 27. Tho Indo
pondenco Longue, unostoutatiously
swallowed Inst fall by Tammany,
was sot on its feet nngin tonight and
dressed in now clothe;? nt tho. call of
W. R. Hearst, state chairman of tho
party.
Every mombor hnd boon notified in
ndvnnoo of the mooting but nono of
tho Tammany mon, regularly oloctod
last fall at tho primaries, appeared.
Tho county committoo, fearing tho
nppoaranco of tho Tammany mom
bors, wont into oxcoutivo sossion nnd
soated tho oontosting ,IIonrst dele
gates, Miohnol G. Hyrno was mado
ohnirman. Mr. nenrst was . mndo
president.
to this country for the summary ex
ecution of two of its subjects, Leon
ard Groco nnd Loroy Cannon, dur
ing tho days of his dictatorship.
It is stated apparently upon nn
tority that tho United States was in
no position to interfere fith the for
mer president's harried flight from
Nicaragua. When tho new Nicnrng
unn government, whatever it eventu
ally will be, is firmly established, it
is hinted that efforts may bo made
to pat eZlaya to trial on various
charges.
.VAST WEALTH
N ELECTRICITY
Nearly $1000,000,000 is Invested
In this state In olectrls light and pow
er, gas and electric railways, accord
ing to the directory of tbe electric
and gas business which will soon be
Issued by tho Blanchfleld Publish
ing company of San Francisco. Cal
ifornia and Washington aro the only
western statcn which surpass Oregon
In thcso Industries.
Oregon has $52,000,000 of author
ized capital stock In tho various elec
trical companies of which $49,539,
000 has been issued. These compa
nies havo authorized bonds of $77,-
709000' ot wh,ch 27,600.000 have
beca Issued. California stands first
,n th TT,th ,a PltolUaUoa of
'""'wv'w m e'c "K"1
U,K' ol wmcu
ucd- Tho b,onded lnd.f ted"83A
.these companies Is $241,900,000.
Washington comes second with a cap
ital stock authorized ot $105,900,
000, ot which $79,230,000 has been
Issued. Tho bonded indebtedness of
the companies in that state is $44,
274,000. Idaho comes fourth in tho
list. BrttlBh Columbia fifth, Arizona
sixth and Nevada seven':..
R6CK ISLAND TAKES
T
E
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. A sky
rocket raiso in Rock Island common
stock from 50 5-8 to 81, and nn im
mediate recession to 50, furnished
tho stock oxchango nnd financial
centers throughout tho country today
with ono of the biggest sensations of
the closing year.
Everywhere reports of n cornor
wero heard and there wns intense
excitement on tho floor, resulting
from tho falling off of the general
list of securities by sovoral points,"
somo sustaining n loss of three.
S. A. Pnttisou of tho Central Point
Hornld spent Monday in Medford.
FOREMAN FOUND DEAD;
POLICE INVESTIGATING
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27. Pet
er Vnis, Sam SanutUis and James
Kuranjulos are in jail hero today
whilo the police nro investigating tho
death of Goorgo Houtheloz, a South
ern Pacific section foremau, whoso
dead body was found yostordny near
tho Six Mile House, with a bullet hole
in tho head.
Tho trio in jail nro friends -of tho
foreman. Thoy told conflicting stor
ies of their movements with Houth
eloz on tho afternoon of his death.
IIo had been prntcicing with a 22
calibro riflo Saturday, tho prisoners
snid, but thoir storios of tho prnotlco
differ, and thoir theory of suicide
is dono nway with by the fact that
tho ball that caused, tho foreman's
death wns of 28-calibre.
Tho dotootivos declared that thoy
found ovi(encos,of foul play.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR
STATE PENITENTIARY
SALEM, Or., Deo. 27. A com
ploto oleetiio lighting systom includ
ing onjj built hi finch ooll hns been
installed nt tho pqnitontinry.
BACKTOB
A
CREEK EO
WATER
After today Medford will again be
gin using Bear creek water as the
supply ut the Brodshaw drop will bo
cut off in order to allow tho Fish
Lako Ditch company to clean the
canal.
It will bo early in April boforo the
city can again have water from the
Fish Lake ditch as that timo is .need-,
ed in rpairing tho canal. In the
meantime tho cBar creek supply will
be used.
STRIKERS STILL
. HOLDING OFF
ST. PAUL, Dec. 27. The leaders
of tho switchmen's strike, nfter leav
ing the office of Governor Ebcrhart,
where arbitration looking toward the
settlement of the strike had been in
progress, announced today that the
negotiations had again been broken
off. Tho governor later admitted
that his efforts to bring nbuot peace
through arbitration had proved fu
tile. The labor leaders ,af ter leaving the
governor's office, immediately went ,
intq conference at Foley's hotel. It
is generally believed that thoy will
attempt to call a "secondary" strike,
calling out all members of depart
ments affiliated witk tho American
Federation, who number 20,000 men
in tho northwest
Col. G. P. Nims of Tofo spent
Monday in Medford.
14-YEAR-OLD BOY IS
MURDERED IN PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG, Pn., Dec. 27. De
tectives are at work today trying to
dispel tho mystery surrounding tho
murdor of James Lawrence Friel, a
fourtoen year old boy, whoso body
was found frozen in a vnent houso
by playmates.
Neighbors hoard groans emanating
fro mtho houso on the night of De
cember 20, but no one took tho trou
ble to investigate.
The boy apparentely wns horribly
maltreated after which his throat was
cut, probably with n small pocket
knift. It is supposed that he was onticed
or dragged into the house by tramps.
Tho nolico, however, hint thnt they
expect sensational developments.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH
OF TWO SMALL BOYS
LOVELAND, Tonn., Dec. 27.
Mystory surrounds tho death of
Samuel Sunuycnlf, 8 years of ngo,
nnd his brothor Russell, n year
younger, whoso bodies woro found in
tho ruins of tho Sunnyonlf homo,
which wns dostroyed by fire oarly to
day. Each boy's skull yah crushed.
Their, charred bodios weer found
near tho spot where thoir bed had
stood. Tho coroner's jury is investi
gating tho oaso.
THREE BADLY BURNED
IN Oil EXPLOSION
VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. 27. Three
men, ono dying and two sorlously
Ihurnod, wore brought this city nnd
placed In tho Downing, hospital ns tho
result ot an. oxploslon on board tho
oil, tank steamor Roma nt Oleum Into
yesterday.
Ijha dying man la Manuel SUvorn.
Tho tw.t xerlourjy burned vjcttms are
Iomla Tyler nnd. Sam Knutsen,
Tho men wero burnnd when, n.n
olectrlo light that' thoy had 'lawored
luto tho hold of thQ stoanier oxplod
od and ignltod 611 gas which fiUfd
the tank ot the Roma.