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Medford Mail Tribune
INITKI) PJIKSH ASSOCIATION
Full Leaned Wire Report,
TIIM WKATIIIJIt
Tonight ami tomorrow Fair
mid nrm.
Tho only pnpor In the world
published In a city tho site of
Medford having a loaned wire.
iottii YEAR,
MEDFORD,. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUCIUST jfj, 3910.
No. 127.
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Mnnnucr Chnpmnn Says Ho Is After
"Copy" and Photonxaphs to Send
Eastern Publications Rerjardlnfl
This Section Is Pleased With
Local Resources
Ah ii roHiill of visit by C. C.
Chapman manager of the l'orlliiiul
' Commercial club, Medford nnd tho
ltoKiio River vnlloy nro to bo now
oxtoiiHivoly ndvorliHod in tbu oast
tliiin over boforo. Mr. Clinpiiinu v
gnthoring a now lino of information
firxt hnml mid in making arrange
moiit to get "cony" and pbotogrnpliK
to HOiid cast. 'I'lml ho wan favoralily
improved by tho vnlloy goes without
saying.
"For tho past your and u bnlf,"
hIuIoh .Mr. Cliupmiiii, "tho Portland
Commercial club has had an active
prcHK bureau in operation and tho
demand for matter by eaulorn pub
lioatioiiH Iiiik been creator than (lie
Hiipnlv. One of tho principle objects
(Continuod on l'ago f.)
SAY CHILDREN
WERE ROBBED
Now Understood That Other Firms
Than McMtirray's Aro Interested
in Indian Contracts New Phase;
to bo Prohlbcd
SULPHUR, Okla., Am;, 16. Tho
('oiiKrcKHloual Investigating commit
tee will begin n now phaHo of tho
proho Into Imllnn affairs l:i tho next
few days of tho hearing. It Ih uudor
Hlook that other flruiH than MeMur
ray'u aro Interested In Indian con
tracts. Ono law firm Ih kiiIi! to hold
contrartH worth $20,000,000. It lt
roporteil that tho commlttoo Iiiih din
covorod ovldonco of thin and that tho
facts will ho submitted to tho com
mlttoo. Still moro atnrtllng ovldonco tond
liiK to show that Indian children
havo boon virtually robbed of tholr
holdings by nttornoya nnd othorn hnn
dllng tholr affairs, will bo consider
cd by tho couiiulttoo, It Ih reported.
Tho ncopo of tho InvoBtli'.ntlon hns
hcou enlarged since tho commltteo
ronchod Oklahoma, and It Ih expected
thnt prnctlcnlly ovory phano of tho
dealH Involving the ludlaiiH' laudK will
bo probed.
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FOR VALLEY
FOOD FOR FRANCE FROM II. S.
Wheat Jumps Two and One Half Cents in 24 Hours in Northwest Mark
etsFarmers Still Hold Crop looklnrj For Still Hotter Prices
Heavy Loss In Franco
PORTLAND, Or.t Auk. 1C With
her crops ruined on account of tho
heavy rnliiH nnd flooda this aprlnK
and Biunmor, Krnneo Iiiih turned to
Amorlcn for her mipply of wheot thlH
fall, according to dlHnntchos rocolv
od horo today.
Although tho prlco of blueatom,
tho wheat mostly In demand, Iiiih
jumped two and a half cents within
tho pant 21 hours In northwest mar
UotH, Interior rnnchora aro not dl8
posliiK of tholr yield. Tho farmora
bellovo hlKhor prlcoH will provall.
Some few lota have boon moved from
tho eastern part of tho atato on tho
biifllH of 08 1-2 contB, track dollvory,
I'prthiud.
According to n prlvato wlro from
CIiIcuko, n prominent Fronch Kraln
man In Chicago tmld;
"Condltlona In Franco nro vory bad
CANNON TO
STAND BY
HIS GUNS
President Taft Is Trylnn to Rc-or-rjanlzc
Party Is Stcerlnn. Rocky
Course Balllnrjcr Also Refuses to
Reslfln Unless Asked to do so hy
President Aldrlch Stands Pat.
IlKVKHLKY, Miihh,, Auk. 10.
1'rcnident Tuft in trying t re-orgnn-i.o
tho republican party in steering
n rocky eourno. Speaker Cannon
baa iiliHolutoly rofiiHcd to bo deposed.
Information from reliable nourceH
HtatOH that Hnllingor Iiiih rcfiiKod to
resign uiiIohh lie ih asked directly bv
the President to Htirrendor his port
folio. Aldricb in Htill Hlnnding on
bin announced determination to retire
from the Kcuate, but it in understood
ho expect to retain bin hold of paitv
affairs and will not voluntarily lay
down bin lordorship with bis ttogn.
Crane Confer.
Senator ('nine, 'who m aliened to
hao advised the changes and !h be
lieved to bo the chiof political nd
vitor of the nrchidcut, enufered with
Taft today. It in believed that tre
mendous prcniiro is being brought
to bear on tho executive to "got
busy." Taft, it is ' understood Iiiih
been expected to make Reed which
Crane outlined, and which Secretary
Norton in uudorhtood (o have sup
ported, and Avliieb was .judiciallv
given out at Beverly iik tho Taft
program. lie in being urged to make
some move that will umkko Secre
tary Ballinger hoe tlio meat light,
and retire, aw ped umioiinceil pro
gram, shortly after tho report of the
congroHHioniil investigation committee
is made pubbe. Politicians aro Htill
predicting that Bollinger wil leave the
cabinet, but they have generally ad
mitted that ho will not do so vol
untarily. lUilllnger Italky.
II ii reported hero that Ballinger,
when npproaclied by Crane regard
ing his retirement, could not quite
see why lie should give up his posi
tion as u matter of party expediency,
lie is said to ha wo told Crane, in
substance, that it looked to him as
though his retirement was an effort
to make him tho scapegoat, sacrific
ing him for tho interest of other
party leaders, who wore in reality
as much responsible for tho condi
tion in which tho republican party
finds itself in tho face of a congress
ional election as ho himself. Tal;,
he declared, considered him an hon
est anil trust worth v official and bo
could see no reason for lotiring 1111
Ich Taft gno the word.
It is understood that procure is
beiiiL' brought to bear on Taft to uive
(Continuod on Page .').)
In ho far as tho wheat and other
J grain crops nro concerned. From
Home sections In Franco tho Iosbcs
havo boon almost total on account
of tho torrlblo rains thoro, Tho
bnnltors and fnrmors lost heavily.
"It will tnko Franco sovornl yenra
to recover from this big crop loss.
Wo havo looked largoly to Russia
nml Ilulgarla, iih woll aB to Austra
lia and Argontlnn, for our aupply,
and have oh a InBt resort turned to
America for whoat,"
Steamer Lino Sold
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1(1. That
I ho Canadian Pneil'io railway hivis
purchased tliu Allen Lino Steamship
company for moro than $7,0(10,000
Inst Wednesday, is a report ouront
horo today.
SHOULD OPEN LAKE TO WORLD
SAYS SECRETARY BALLINGER
PANIC FEARED
AS AFTERMATH
OF CHEAT FIRE!
People of Belgium Demand That Ex
tra Scesslon of Parliament be Call
ed to Prevent Financial Troubles
Hotels Aro Deserted
HUUSSKLS, Auk. 1C Following
the heavy Iobhcb sustained by thoHQ
Interested In tho burned world's ox
ponltlon, tho peoplo of Belgium nro
demanding that nn extra session of
tho parliament bo called to provent
n posslblo financial panic. Thousands
of employes of tho fnlr havo been
dismissed, and as n consequence la
bor conditions aro critical. Starva
tion, it Is Bald, tbrcnteiiB many of the
pooror classes.
Tho auvocatcs of an oxtra parlia
mentary (tension will ask that a bo
nun bo voted to tho promoters of
tho exposition, whoso financial Inju
ries nro tromondous.
Tho fair ro-opencd todny, tho re
maining small cluster of buildings
being visited by a mere handful of
peoplo. Tho hotols nro decortcd nnd
their proprietors aro losing monoy.
NEAfiPHOENIX
Quick Work on Part of Entjlneer
Saves Grain Stacks From Burn
Inrj Hot Box Cause of Flames
Machine Destroyed
W. K. Anderson of IMioonlx.ls con
gratulating hlmsoir on not losing two
stacks of grain yesterday afternoon
wher n separator caught flro from n
hot box nnd wns burned.
Tho englneor saw tho flames ubI
they started, shut off his driving
power, threw on tho rovorso of tho
traction and backed up to tho sepa
rator and pulled It out from between
the stacks of grain before tho flames
had had tlmo to spread. Tho cyl
inder, nil of tho bolts and tho straw
stacker of tho machlno was snvod.
It Is supposed that a hot box on
Home of tho hcnrlngu communicated
tho flro to tho dust from tho grain,
which Ih easily ignited, and started
tho fire. Tho prompt moasuros tak
en by the engineer saved Mr. Ander
son several hundred dollars.
FORDNEY DOES NOT
REPLY TO POINDEXTER
AB13RD1313N, Wnsh., Aug. 1C.
Congressman Fordnoy of Michigan,
who Is In Abordeou looking nftor his
largo timber holdings In tho Grays
Harbor country, today rofusod to ro
ply to an attnek on him lust night by
Congressman I'olndoxtor. Speaking
to .100 people In tho Grnnd tbeator,
I'olndoxtor took Fordnoy to task, ac
cusing him of leading tho fight
against tho appropriation asked by
President Taft for a now tariff com
mission, nnd that Fordnoy votod
against froo lumber, though ho Is
personally intorosted In tho luiubor
business,
Polndextor also nttuckod Govomor
Hay and tho mon back of him, ac
cusing Hay of calling tho mooting of
wostorn govornore at Salt Lake for
tho purpose of packing tho St. Paul
conservation mooting, In opposition
to the Plnchot-Roosovolt pollclos.
THRESHER
URN
IS INVALUABLE
AS All ASSET TO
STATEOFOREGON
Secretary Declines tto Discuss at
This Time How Government Will j
Assist Says Lake Is Equal of J
Any Wonder In the United States'
KLAMATH FALLS, Or,, Aug. 16.
(Special.) "Tho people of south
ern Oregon should feel very proud
of tho fact that they havo hero ono
of naturo'd greatest natural wonders.
Crator Lake Is tho equal of any othor
wondor In tho United States and Is
Invaluable as nn asset to tho state.
It Is woll worthy of opening to tho
world."
That In brief Is tho statement of
Rlchnrd A. Dalllngcr, secretary of
tho Interior on his return to this
city from nyvlslt to Crater Lake, Mr.
Dalllngcr was pleased with tho trip
and expressed his pleasure In the
fact that It was possible for him to
visit tho lako.
"Crator Lake Is a magnificent
sight," stated tho secretary, "and I
nm vory glnd thnt I had an opportu
nity of visiting It. It should bo
thrown open to tho tourist traffic of
tho world, nnd whonover this Is dono
It will provo ono of th greatest nB:
seta in southern Oregon.-
"I cannot at this tlmo say what
aid tho government will lend It In
tho future, but you may rest assured
of my -support."
UPT0DATE7WELL
YOU KNOW IT!
Latest Thing in the Toggery Line
Hits Medford and Wc All Took It
as a Matter of Course Nothinn
New Escapes This City
Medford Is nothing If not metropol
itan and up-to-date, oven In Its tog
gory It Is on tho firing lino. For
"it" has arrived.
Wlint's "It?"
Why, tho hobblo skirt.
This morning It got off tho train
and Is now In tho city. A inero man
accompanied It, but Inasmuch as Med
ford is Medford, nothing beyond a
cursory notlco wns taken of It,
In Frnnco thoy mobbed 'om. But
wo don't.
To get down to facts, tho hobblo
skirt made Its first bow to tho Med
ford public nt 10:3fi this morning,
when train ir arrived. It was mark
ed with wonderful strlpoo of cream
and tan. And tho hobblo looked
Ilka It wns gonulne.
Medford Is novor bohlnd tho times.
PROMINENT ISSUES
MAKE BIG GAINS
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Cains m
tho prominent !s.muh wero tho chief
features of tho btockmarkottoday,
willt trade moderate and tbu whole
lift htrong.
American Ice vom 1. Contra I
Leather nnd Colorado Fuel gained
i i nili l i . .. i J.... ..1 IT . 1
lerrcii -'t, inioruumuuu uarvohiurj
ll-'J, Amalgamated topper, u. &.
Steel, Amoricnn Hisouit and Auior
Louisville & Nashville mid Missouri
Pnoifiu loht 1.
Tho market closed flrong.
Honda were irregular.
An offectlvo want nd inakos your
business plnn offectlvo.
IS
FASTTAKIN60N
A MARTIAL AIR
I Policemen Arc Dismissed for Refus
inrj to Man Street Cars Militia Is
Camped on Capotal Grounds
Howitzers Ready For Emergency
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 16. Thlrty
tbreo patrolmen of tho Columbus po
lice department wero dismissed from
tho force today by Director of Pub
lic Safety McCuno for their refusal
to man street cars operated by strike
breakers Friday. Tho men pleaded
guilty to charges of Insubordination.
With tho militia camped on tho
capltol grounds, and with automo
biles carrying mounted howitzers for
emergency service, Columbus again
took on a martial air. Tho troops
will not bo used to patrol tho street
car tracks or man the cars. They
will bo held under arms for riot duty
only.
The First Ohio infantry arrived
nero this morning nnd went Into
camp.
NEW MINE IS
TO BE WORKED
Griffin Creek Man Has Stamp Mill
on Ground and Will Soon Put It
in Operation In the Meantime Is
t a Farmer
W. M. Simmons of Griffin Creek
was In Medford Tuesday after sup
plies. Mi. Simmons Is ono of tho
men who havo "watched 'Medford
grow" from Its Infancy. At present
ho Is operating n combination farm
and mine on tho head of Griffin
creek, and Is doing pretty well In
both nvocatlous. In a few weeks ho
expects to have something good to
give out In the way of good Rogue
rlvor gardon sass, but ho is very
close-mouthed concerning the mine.
This much was learned, howevor.
thnt he has found tellurium ore nnd
has a flve-stnmp mill on the ground,
which will bo In working order In
a fow weeks.
Tho oro ossr.ys high In free gold
nnd ho has several. hundred tons on
tho dump.
FRUITMEN MEET
WITH APPLE KING
Those of tho directors of tho Rogue
River Fruit & Produce nssoclntlon
who nro residents of Medford or
could bo reached In time to nttend
tho meeting conferred with John W.
Donnls of London, known to tho
trndo as tho lending apple distributor
of tho world.
Tho mooting wns an informal ono
and tho matters discussed wore moro
along soclnl Uno3 thnn financial,
llowovor, It gnvo Mr. Donnls nnd tho
principal fruitgrowers of tho vnlloy
as represented by tho directors of tho
association an opportunity to becomo
nckunlntod with each other, which ac
quaintance may bo for tho benofit of
nil concornod.
Instond of making an occasional
6nlo of n particular nrtlole carried
In stock, do somo spoclnl advertising
nnd mnko a run on It.
COLUMBU
50 MEN ARE
N
W
Estimated That $100,000 Worth of
Timber Has Already Been Burned
in Hills Back of Ashland Flames
Still Are Raging Unchecked in
That Section
The forest fires in the neighbor
hood of Ashland which have been
burning since last Saturday still con
tinue unchecked nnd great damage
is being done in tho timber holdings
in that section. Tuesday an addit
ional force of men were secured in
Ashland by the Ashland Manufac
turing company nnd taken out to
fight the flames. Nearly 50 men are
now engaged in the bnttle. It is esti
mated that fully $100,000 worth of
timber has already been burned. All
of it is owned by private parties
none of it being in the Government
reserve.
Tho fires which are making the I
usually clear air of tho Rogue River!
valley murky are principally in the;
low hills, says acting supervisor'
Swenning, of tho local forest office.
"The fires you see in tho south,
one of them is on the holdings of
the Ashland Manufacturing company,
while the other is on the head of
Anderson creek. Whenever n fire
threatens the nattional forest re
serve wo nre required to fight, but!
we do not wait. Rangers Hunter,;
Whitney and Young hnve been doing
every thing posiblc to control the
fires in the south nnd have hopes of,
finally controlling them. The season j
im o dry that it is very dificult to j
control n forest fire not only on nc-
count of the dryness of the deposits)
from the trees nnd the brush itself I
but on account of the effect the
heat nnd the lack of water has up
on the workers. It is nlmost impos
sible to get men to work. So far no
fires have started on the reserve, i
The bisgest fire is that which ex-j
tends from "Four-Bit" ford to mos
quito swamps along the side of Mt.
McLaughlin for a distance of six
miles. The fire has been burning for
several weeks, nnd bns been several
times thoutrlit to bo extinguished, nnd
the fire fighters declnro thnt it has
always beep reset. It extends
through u fine belt of tho Town Lum
ber company's timber and thnt com
pany has men on the line assisting
Ranger Hoist light along. Another
fire has broken out nenr the Gippert
place 12 miles from Butto Falls, but
1 haven't heard any particulars."
The fire nt Ilutton wns extinguish
ed at a cost of nearly $000 to the
service for labor nnd supplies.:
Occasionally wo meet n man whoso
train of thought reminds us of a row ,
of flat cars.
TEDDY GETS SECOND TURN DOWN
New York Republicans Refuse to Accept Him As Temporary Chairman
of Convention But Name Sherman Name Was Proposed by
Griscom His Friend.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Vlco-Pres-Idcnt
James S. Sherman will bo tem
porary chairman of tho New York
republican convention at Saratoga,
Soptomber 27. Tho stato defeated
Lloyd C. Grlscom's motion to namo
Roosovolt by a voto of 20 to 15.
Grlscom's motion wns to substltuto
Roosevolt'u namo for Sherman's In
tho original motion boforo tho com
mltteo nominating tho vice-president
for temporary chairman.
Ilarnes proposed the namo of Shor
mnn, and Grlb om at onco presonted
tho namo of Roosovelt, moving that
tho soloctlon bo doforrod until tho
night boforo tho convention.
A wrnnglo over parliamentary pro
coduro followed, in which Speaker
Wndsworth supported Barnes and
Congressman Bennett, an aspirant
VOTING IS
HEAVY N
BEAR STATE
Great Interest Takken in California
Primaries Indications Are That
Kent, InsurgenVWill Win Over
McKlnley, Stand-patter,' in Sacra
Mento Johnson Leads.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16. Cool,
clear weather In practically every
section of tho stato brought out aa
early voto today In tho first Cali
fornia state-wldo primary. From Los
Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento,
Stockton and Fresno a heavy vote
la reported. Tho voto In Oakland
was light during tho morning bat
camo in moro rapidly shortly 'after
mid-day. In tho country districts,
according to reports received here,
tho early voting was exceptionally
light.
Tho managers of the various can
didates were optimistic. In south
ern California Johnson's voto Is re
ported heavier than expected. la
San Francisco It Is said ho had re
ceived a largo per cent of tho labor
vote. Itl s predicted by tho Johnson
men that this will cut Into tho plu4
rallty Curry expected and)needed to
win.
(Continued on Page f.)
ALFONSO DUCKS
Plans to Remain in London Until
Spain Again Takes on Quiet Car
eerPope Expected to Issue Proc
lamation to Spaniards
LONDON, Aug. 16. Believing that
neither church nor stato will yield
In their controversy over religious
liberty In Spain, King Alfonso Is
reported as preparing to make an
indoflntto stay In England. It Is
said tho Spanish' ruler has ordered
apartments In London, which ho will
occupy with his suite until tho crisis
in Spain has passed.
Reports from Rome Indicate that
there Is no hopo for n peaceful set
tlement. Tho archbishop of Sovlllo,
tho Spanish prlmato, has been In
structed by tho holy sco to proparo a
now note ns emanating from tho Vat
ican for presentation to Premlor Can
alejas. Tho pope is expected soon to Issuo
a proclamation urging Spaniards to
support tho church.
for tho gubernatorial nomination,
backed Griscom.
Tho motion to defor tho selection
was beaten by a voto of 23 to 12.
Grlscom's motion to substltuto tho
namo of Roosovolt far Sherman was
then defoated.
This was Roosovolt's secopd de
feat slnco his rotum from Africa,
Griscom figured In both dofoats, each
of which could havo boon avoldod.
Tho first dofont was when tho direct
primary bill which RooooqvU favor
od and supportod, failed of passage In
tho Now York legislature.
Flvo mlnutos nftor tho voto on tho
chairmanship was takon Roosovolt
disappeared from his offlco at tho
Outlook, Ills nutomobllo remained
In front or tho building and it Is
not known how ho loft.
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