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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1909)
mtrw mm?nrn -r a tt rnnnJTTVW MITimrnKMY niMmfW SlTNl)AY, DKOMMUMR 2(5, .1905), f I II M, 111 Hi I I II V I l, I I IIJVI IJ 1 HIHII,' VinI UIIUVIVl'l TO START WORK IE Freehold Mining Company Has Un der Way Many Improvements on Their Property In Josephine. GRANTS PASS, Dec. 25 Tho Freehold Mining syndicate, an In corporated company ot -which or ganization T. J. Bcnard, Is In per- ganixatlon T. J. Bcnaro, w in i sonal charge, Is putting In a largo j Hum on their nroporty on Brlggo crook at tho mouth of Swedo crook. This Is tbo old Walldon property which has tho general reputation ot being a rich placer. It consists ot 450 acres. Tho dam montloncd will bo 300 feet long and 30 feet In taslght, made of cement and stono and will furnish tho water for five hydraulic IS Inch pipes. Tho Im provements will cost $12,000, but th, money will bo expended, as u .4 ..- ..,i,i,r nf tho en- propel wJoh ! wUl Uk. many v v years to exhauet. This mine Is lo- cated about 18 miles up Drlggs croek lrom tho Wonder postofflco. Mr. Bemad has had a force pf Piea at work on th0 property since early In -. i a mitA Vifo3a?nv hns . . j , This. AM , v . . i,.r.d toot kI mnnitipol rater vorts S o ".o w'SSn.nS 9- - J" ,??"?""" "or ? u S M !m ,M Too .OC.UO- ..Ijor. ZSftJ . ii Ua a 4tiA mnuntotn '""..T 7.:. ', tiles, about 8VM miles distant. It u ag many oihcr has long been known that tho A1-, ' nnj drinldn formation extended for manr fc nm ho Willnmetto miles across tho country. Mr U6r;iand wUere a typhoid fever epidemic nard Is a man o: mrgo In mining and It Is fortunate that ho lias found Its way Into this district, as his services havo been greatly seeded. Ho was one of the most suc cessful miners, not only of Nevada, but of Australia. New Zealand and several other countries. Men who bavo employed him and followed his advice have Invariably mado monoy. He came In town a few days ago and 1 tdara to attend schflo1 established nt a timo whenjventcd Yrekn from mnintaining its coup e o ys vfnniiivltho entire state of Oregon could not -lend ns tho chiof city north of Sac- remained a TO DUSiness mailers uuu uu . ja trnn.lv uleht took tho train for Portland, Bigui. , . , "wnere ne resines. nis mwuuuu lo return to Grants Pass about Jaa- Bary 15. Tho coming year ho will have large Intorests In other points la this county and will be Joined by well known capitalists In enterprises of grcat'moment in this section. STATE CONSERVATION MEETING IN SPOKANE POKANE, Wasn., Dec. 25. A gen eral convention of stato conservation advocates Is to bo held In Spokane this winter. At that meeting dele gates from very section of the west T7ll be Inv'ted and the fight organ Ued to put the saving of forestB, vater power, coal ana mining a trlcts In the hands of the different states Instead of under control of the national government. A call for a preliminary meeting has been Is sued by a special committee of the Spokane .branch of tho American Mining congress. SENATORS WOULD STOP INVESTIGATION OF OFFICE gevoraj ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 .senators who are strong partisans ot Plnchot are quietly cxprtlng what Influence -hey can to Induce repub lican leaders oi tho senate to side track Senator Jones' resolution pro posing an Investigation of tho for est service and tho Interior depart ment. Th0 forest service does not court the Investigation at this time and has lost all interest In tho probo of the interior department, since It has been determined to investigate tholr own bureau as well. WEBSTER MAY QUIT HIS OFFICE JANUARY SALEM, Or., Dec. 25. Although County Judge L. R. Webster of Mult nomah county declined to commit himself In specific terras, It was gathered from statements mado by him In an Interview last evening that lie will resign his position with tho county nbout January. Ho came to Salem this afternoon and, after a conference with Gqvern or Benson, said that ho had not filed bis resignation and did not know when ho would do so, He said; "I mny resign in a fow dnys and I may stay in office for some time, It all depends oq certain business deals that I now havo under considera tion. If I leave tli0 employ of tho ounty I expect to tako tho presiden cy of th American Life & Accident Insurance company, an Oregon con cern recently organized. Also I will devote some time to tho good roads work and practice law." THE STATE (Vnlley Record.) The Oregonian of Sunday contain ed an editorial on Yrekn, the county sent of Siskiyou county, ambitious to become tho captnl of tho new State of Siskiyou. It was along tho lino that has mado tho Oregoninn uotor ions as tho boldest Hbeler in tho northwest' and its editor without ft poor as n slanderer. Its description of irekn nud bis- , . ,. , i,t,. ,, Sof itors sources of information con- coming northern California to bo ns guporf ic;fll nnd jgnomnt ns is its con- ti(m of (he 8tn,0 o Oregon out- of Hi Willamette vnllev whoro its editors had their life's work and experiences. , Siskiyou county throughout tho history of California contributed heavily to Uio fame of that stato in tho vnricd channels of human effort and tho littlo city of Yrekn famous in tho history of tho coast, is today nu exhibition of courage, resolution nnd progress that would shnmo many Willamette towns by contrast. A few exhibits that act as ther- momcicre uj. iuu whi i"". " !eopo -ill assist in bringing out ,-isomo facts: inatitniltA n n,.,!, mod- era sewer system years ago, at n time when scores of Willametto val ley towns much larger breathed ef fluvia so thick you could cut it with a knife necessity towns nnd whoro !o nw n,i h na for years car- ried on a carnival of destruction thaUjn has advertised the waters nud wolls of mossback Oregon as poison breeders. A fine high school structure, ns important an edifice as some of tho main buildings of the university of Orecon. was contsructed nt Yrekn lonmo AirrlitAAn Mftrfi n pn nnA fl lllf1l t,? . i, ,P An,a i,;t, cl,nnla ...j. u It wns maintained in a mnnner chnr- acteristic of tho California spirit nnd afforded salaries that attracted in structors who obtained broad and liberal educntions nt universities whoso character nnd standing would make Oregon feel ashamed and by comparison tho heads of the state's two educational institutions at Eu geno and Corvullis would look feeble. Siskiyou county years ago adopted tho system of bonding for tho con struction of substantial roads, built under intelligent plans and specifica tions, and its bridges are constructed in tho samo way. The result is that the county has good ronds and the annual tax is very small because it q repafrs Qnd .nteregt chafges. This is impossible under a mossback contitution that has hung over Oregon since pioneor times that havo passed away except on tho ed itorial page of the Oregoninn. Yreka is agitating the construction of bitulithio paved streets nnd its of ficials aro examining the work in Ashland and Mcdford with a view of introducing it in that town. Tho extension of tho Yreka railroad to Scott valley nnd beyond is closo at uanu. It was tho location of a splendid county hospital building nnd grounds many years ngo while prncticnlly overy county in Oregon wns contin uing the mos.iback habit of farming the county's aged and infirm out to tho lowest bidder, whoso treatment was customnrily so tough thnt grand -innna nnn fhn ontmnnl limtipll nf flirt ttnrfnrn ,i ynan dition was a positivo disgrace, with other $25,000 modern structuro, with modern surgical appliances, opcrat- BESIDE Any msn must be beside himself who trio to tfet on In th world without knowlntf what the world is dolntf, Vhia newspaper is published for people who want to know. HOW ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU A SUBSCRIBER? ll OF SISKIYOU itig rooms, etc., wn completed n i year ngo. A hall of voeimK now pail, I ndition to court house was contruol- od recently and scarce are the until- ties in Oregon that will exceed it! .in modem equipment ami facilities for trnnsnctinK the public busuiM iu safety and dispatch. In tho '70s when California through its patronage of cilucntion and lili- 1 l....inn fi.ilit.litnnnil mill .orm UVKHluv - it9 oW was nuonueu ior romuumis nun WOro obsolete and that progress would bo facilitated by ft modem douumcnt tho state wns thrown iu ft nrmt imhenvel and out of it n rent constitutional convention was born 'nnd n modern charier for tho state Vn3 constructed nnd adopted. About this period Yrekn supplied tho groat stnto of California with one of its Kroatcst nnd most useful chiof oxo- cutives in William Irwin, editor ot tho Yrekn Union. Siskiyou county brought fort a congressman that served tho district ably nt Wnshing- ton for sovcrnl tonus nt nu imKrtnnt period; tho Into cx-U. S. Senntor John P. Jones, who represented No- vndn until his death, got his start in mining nnd statesmanship in Siski- yon county, whilo n famous sheriff of Siskiyou, county, David D. Colton, wns one of tho constructive intellects that mado it possiblo for Stanford and his nssocintes to bring about the completion of the Central Pacific , rnilrond to tho const. The name of Ex-Lieutenant Governor John Dng- gott is familiar to nil of California nnd nmong great mining men through out thn coast from Alaska to Moxieo. There aro other names too numerous to cmntion who hnvo nchieved dia-j tinction in California nffnirs in rnt times ns well ns in tho rmst nnd cent times ns well ns in tho past nnd there nro few counties on tho Pncific nro few counties on tho Pncific thnt hayq .exceeded Siskiyou ir contribution of talont na con-! const their contribution of talont na con-, structivo statesmen and industrial , soon be built nnd (tho Alcmeda smeit deovlopers, ns well ns its full quoto , or will bo started up as soon ns the of lawyors, physicians nnd editors, men who nro now nt work enn corn while in literature nnd poetry it hns . plcto tho erection of the machinery, contributed somo importnnt work. I T Thn rontn chosen for rnilrond i construction through tho county wns tho only importnnt fnctor thnt pre rnmcnto, but it wasted littlo time in ccptcd in payment for smnll bills of constructing a branch line out of its .goods, two Roseburg business hous own energy nnd finances nt n period es, Wollcnberg BroB., dry goods, when n less- resolute people would j nnd Mrs. II. Enslon, grocer, have have wrapped ltsclr. in llinmcttc moss-bnekism and sung tho tune thnt ?i - e ! i .1 inviics luaauiiiuiun unu uucuj. Through its own energies nnd enter - prise it hns steadily grown nnd be - enme a moro bctnutiful nnd sprightly littlo city than it over wns before in all its history, nnd tho introduction of electric railways in tnht cunty in the nenr future ns well ns the devel- opment of somo of its dormant re - sources will seo Yrekn well prepared to entertain tho first legislature of the new stato of Siskiyou in a mnn - ncr thnt would mnko Snlem look like n hns-heen. In variety of rich nnd importnnt resources cnpnblo of producing ercnt wealth, we do not know any thrco counties in tho Willamette thnt will exceed it. It hns n splendid exhibit at tho A. Y. P. exposition, is always ' River Applegrowors' Union and tho on hand nt tho Cnlifornin stnto fnirjllood River Fruitgrowers' Union is nnd enn bo depended upon nil occn- ! reporting n plan for the consolidation sions to show tho proper spirit under j of both tho organizations to n joint all kinds of ordienls. Tho prompt contribution Yreka mado whilo San Francisco wns lnid low by enrth - qunko nnd fire wns simply phenom innl for n city of its size, nnd in every wny tho history of its influence nnd notions puts tho He to tho Ore goninn'fl slanders. Tho gnllnntry nnd spirit of tho Siskiyou people is fnmous, it comes up fro mtho enrth nnd permentos the uir. Thoro aro but two plnccs in the world's history where n few men held out ngninst greater odds than did tho Indian on tho lnvn beds during tho Modoc war the Pnss of Thermopy lae nnd Alnmo. HIMSELF $4,000,000 TO EXPLORE MIKE Dlg Things Aro Doing In tho Gallco District May Start Alcmcdn Smolter In Near Futuro. miring mo coming season more will be Unrated in the big Gnlioo During tho coming season there msinci n iai;o nmouui ui pnn.-mnu work m mining lor winch tho onpital has already been provided. Tho work in contemplation will requite Uio oxpendituro of $4,000,000 niu this largo sum hns been furnished by lining men who know the business from the bottom up. This big com- binnuon oi monoy ami oxpononco menns muo hto southern Oregon and especially to. Grants Pass, ami it i io po uopou uini our ciurons win mnko tho most of it. Investigation into tho mines of tho etxensivo Galto district havo bceen going on for mnuy months but it wns not until n few days ngo that tho parties in interest completed their dent nud put up tho enterprises in hand, It hns long bcon desired to httrnct the attention of certain mining people of Novndn, California and other points nnd now that it has been ne- complished littlo remains to bo nsked for by those earnest workers who havo dono their part in this imjiortnnt cnpitnlizntion of these properties. It mny not bo undorstood by outsiders thnt tho Gnlico mining district covers " largo territory and thnt it is ono of tho richost in tho country. All that it has needed has been trans- portation nn denpitnl to open up it? ro-J'wenlth of gold, silver and copper. Asido from what has been said nbout tho mines wo arc informed that tin long tftlkod of electric road to con ncct with tho Southern Pacific wil tho mines wo arc informed that the ncct with tho Southern Pacific will iun I ML too UntLbn. urtMt USED AGAIN AT ROSEBURG ROSEBURG, Or., Doc. 2.". By means of two worthies checks no been swindled out of monoy by a .mnn nnd woman, who left tho city c.. 1 '..!. . 1 ' i inst oiuuruuy myui imur worKiug ' their gnmo. Tho swindlo wns not , exposed until yesterday, when the Security Snvingu & Trust company of Portlnnd, on whom tho checks wcro drawn, returned tho paper with tho informntion thnt no ncount wns i carried in its bank by "Mrs. P. O. j Hart," tho name of tho pnyor. With i tho four days' timo which tho has had in which to flee, there is littlo 1 likelihood of their being caught. Thoy havo nn infant- with them. FRUIT UNIONS ARE LIKELY TO MERGE HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. Tho joint comiuitto from tho Hood 1 meeting of tho bonrds of directors j this nftenioon. It is probable thnt , tho nlnn which will bo nnnroved will bo for tho npplo union to nbsorb tho fruit union nnd pny tho stockholders of the luttor organization for thoir 6hnrcs in ensh or stock in tho Inrgor corporation. Tho fruit union hns specialized on strawberries, handling other berries, cherries nnd small fruits, whilo tho npplo unio'n confines its shipments to nples nnd ponrs. Tho result hns been thnt many orchnrd ists of tho Hood river vnlley have been members of both orgnnlzntions, and thoy hnvo felt thnt economy could bo socured by consolidation. Tho two unions hold vnlunblo ad joining lenses along tho railwny, nnd by maintaining only ono plnnt tho fruit crops of tho vnlloy may bo handled much moro chenply. . JEANETTE THINKS HE CAN BEAT JOHNSON NEW YORK, Doc. 25. Joo Jonn etto, tho negro honvyweight, who re cently fought a 30-round draw with Sam McVoy, in Paris, is bnck in New York for tho holidays. Ho is confident thnt Johnson will beat Joffries in tho championship bout nevt summer, "But Johnson is n much oer-rntod fighter," ndded Joanetto. "I am iire that I could whip him. I havo fought Jnm sovornl tunos. Onco ho won a decision in n JJ. round fight. Onco I fouled him nnd tho other scraps wero all draws." John II, Chester of Gold Hill spent, Chiistmiis day iu Modford with frionds nud rolntivos, WESTERN PACIFIC NVADES OREGON Contract Lot for Grading of Lino Front Alturns to Lakovlow Dollovctl to Mean New Lino Lino Into Oregon. PAISLEY. Or., Doc. SB.Tho nn uouucumeiit linH boon mudu that the Nevndn-Catlfornln ft Oregon lino linH let n contract to W. Nugent and tho Richardson Construction company for tho grading of nn oxtonslon from Alturns, Cnl to Lnkovlow, Or. Work w'll start In January. Tho llu0 will bo a broad gaugo. Tho sup position Is thnt this menus tho exten sion ot tho Weatorn Paclflo Into Ore gon, ns tho road reaction within a fow mites of Alturns. ONE OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS BALLS HELD ON BEALL FARM. R. V. Bonll, of Contra! Point, ono of tho pioneer fnnnors of the vnlley, spent Christmas day in Modford. Ono of tho first Christmas balls over held in Southern Oregon, occurred on the Benll fnnn, when tho dancing was done ou n punchiou floor to tho music of one fiddle Part of tho bull sup per was brought by tho pcoplo from Jacksonville in attendance, nud tho bnlnnco wns prepared nfter tho nr- nvnl of the company. Mrs. hlizaboth Kiunoy, tho Miss T'Vault nud tho Into Mrs. Jnuo McCully, wore nmong tho belles of tho ball. BARNEY OLDFIELD MAKES FASTEST WESTERN TIME LOS ANGELES, Cnl.. Dec. SC. At the Ascot park this afternoon Barney Oldfleld, before C000 people, mado tho fastest five miles over made In nn auto competition race, bcntlng Ben Kerschor, th0 German racer, about 1G fct. Ho clrclml tho track flvo times in four minutes nnd 35 seconds. In an exhibition mllo he circled tho courso In 53 3-5, which Ih tho fastest time ever mnde In tho west. O'BRIEN GETS SHOVE UP IN COMPANY OFFICES SAN FRANCISCO. Doc. 25. J. E. O'Brien, tho St. Pant onulneor ot tho Northern Pncific. hns been appointed superintendent of power on the West ern Pacific. Medord, Orugon: Thin oartiflot thut wo hnro Bld flail's Texan Won der for tko oiuo of nil kiduoy, bind dcr nnd rhoiunatio troubles for ten yara, and luivo neror hnd a com- plohaL It gvea qutok and ponnnncnt , roTiof. 00 days' treatment in onoh hot-1 tie. Modford Pharmnov. Tho city of Jnoksonvilto, tho himi noss men of Jacksonville nnd tho citizens of Jncksonvillo havo hnd their oxpononco with n cheaper form of lifiht than olootrio liht mjv- ' ernl yonra no. Boforo considering n chonper form of light got thoir ox- f perienco. 210 Do sure you nro right boforo you j go ahead, is good ndvioo thnt npplics , to tho light bunincsH ns well ns othor business. Eloctrio light Imx 8tod ' tho test of timo ns tho unfest ami, most oconotnicnl light nud boforo considering cheapor llghtd trot tho ex perience of pcoplo who hnvo usod them sovornl months nt lonnt. 210 Tho Los Angeles Times snys Ore gon is sick of tho primnry lnw nnd wnnts to go buck to tho old conven tion plan. Tho Timos should havo said thnt Oregon's politicnl mnchino wns sick of tho primnry lnw. A SNAP Flvo-room bungalow and lot in East Modford, on oany torms If talc on at onco. Ilqulro 11S MAIN' STItUKT, MJ3IF01U). OR. For the Best In harness, saddles, whips, .ones, tents, blankets, wag on sheets, axle grease arid gafl cure, as well as all kinds of custom work, see, J. C. Smith 314 E. Main. DOWNWARD REVISION PRICE-CUTTING THAT INTERESTS YOU! -As you rtmd this, hoiiio niorolmnl in ro-priciiiK Hoiui'thing which you waul, io buy iuul i making it (liHtinoilv lo your interest io buy at hiH Htoro. "Downward revision'-' -of a ntoro's nriooB m alway.s Important news anil it's always printed first in Modford in tho Majl Tribune. Foot power required to run a sewing machine is little to be sure, but it is enough to give the average woman a backache With a Gcmotor to drivo tho machine undivided attention can be given to sewing The result is better work -more of :t and no backache. The cost of operation averages one cent an hour A Cemotor can be- attached to any standard machine and operated from any electric light socket We want to talk with you about Gcmotors Rogue River Electric Company J i'L.'K ! PLUMBING Steam and Hot Wator Heating. All work guaranteed. Pricos reasonable. I. F. MOORE AND E. E. SMITH Old Tribune Building. Phono 2931. Electric Wiring' and Fixtures Have you anything electric that all othors havo failed on? Boforo throwing it away call on us and g will fix it if it is possiblo to do so. Do you ovor look at your light fixtures and wish you had soino thingmoro up-to-dato? We carry a full lino of SQUARE BRUSHED, BRASS, OXIDIZED COP PER AND ANTIQUE BRASS FIXTURES, DOMES, CEILING- LIGHTS AND BRACKETS, AND HALL LAMPS. Do you ovor wish that your light wns in somo othor position or that you had moro1? We do electric wiring of all kinds for lights, motors, dynamos, door bolls, oto. We also build tel ephone and power lines. Southern Oregon Electric Company PHONE 1091, ijiimammm 1 iT"TY Tnini TiiMiiiiiTirTii'iiiirri" imiTiTiiiiT 'mm J. E. ENYART, President J. A. PERRY, Vioo-ProHldo.it. JOnN 8 OKTH, Cnhi.T W. B. JACK80N, Ass't Cnshior. THE BEDFORD NATIONAL BANK UAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS 510,000 Safety boxes for rent. A general Banking Business transacted. Wo solicit your patronage, BSSI V "l.l J II, . 30 S, GRAPE ST.