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MEDFORD MATT. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREO ON. SUNDAY. MAROu" 20, 1911. P2GE TWO IJWIM.M.'W 1 i r , ft-," , " Ml !A jr., .j,i- . " A I ' , .: . 9J- "1 fa as H IS REAL RELIC OF THE HARDY PIONEER DAYS (Continued from Pneo 1.) jiltlo growth. AD the liilsidcs ntul gnlclii'3 before' tliia time lind been Htnked outf nnd miners were at work reaping Inrge returns. Divch of all kinds had opened in Jacksonville to trap the miners' gold. llomcneckor' from tho Willriinelte valley Were nel tling in the valley. A joint McthodiM nnd Presbyterian oliurch wna.liuill that summer by the more staid por tion of the inhabitants, most of whom had come from the north. Suli FcriptioiiH to help, the ciiiihc were ob tained from gamblers and nuloon kcepors without a scruple, an thr (jucMiou of tainted money lmd not arisen in that day. Thin church, one of the very oldest in the northwest, utill rcmainu. . . School Teacher Arches. The same Hummer Mary Royal, n young Hfliool teacher just from the east opened a Hfliool in Jaekhonville (Imieroiirt gifts of gold front the niiu er and tuition chiirgc.s of from ."rfi to .ffl-a (iimrtcr unstained the school Sixty students were enrolled tho firnl year. Two other liappeningH which marked 18fi-l hk a banner yenr -it growth in .laoksonvillc were the birih of tho first white child, Jame Clug gage JlcCully, August 21, named i:i Ii6iinr of .lamos Cluggage, the fonder of tho town mid tho building of the first brick building. A comliinutioi of clay and sandstone of the desert was used as a substitute for lime in constructing the buildings. Tho first newspaper of southern Oregon, the Table Hock Sentinel, wuh established by U. G. T' Vault in 1850. Jt nnnouncod itself as independent in politics-, but proved to be democratic, dyed in the wool. In 11)57 tho Jack sonville Herald was started by Ucggc & Hurnsf and for a number of years thereafter Jacksoilil'o housed ol two newspapers. A year or two later tho Oregon (lagclto was founded, but was doomed to a short existence The paper bceaino so rankly popu listio and anarchistic that tho gov ernment in 18(11 refused it tho use of the mails. The papers were repie sentativo oT the civil war times. Pol itics were fought mil in Jacksonville hundreds of miles away from rail road connections with the civilized world with all the ferocity of the per iod save bloodshed. In the later fills the mines began to givaout and many of the minors were attrauted to Kldorado, newly found in .Idaho. Hy 18(10 the prosperity ol Jacksoville did not depend upon its mines as greatly as it did upon the fertile fauns of the valley. In KSliO n wagon road from Waldo in Jose phine county to Crescent City, Cab. was opened for travel. This made it possible for puasuiiK'-'r and btiggac to bo carried by wagon from tho sea coast to Jacksonville to Crescent City. The opening of the road cut freight rates in two and brought many of the luxuries of the out witlo world to tho jcsidenl of Jacksonville. Sacramento Slam Starts. On the first day of July of the game your tho California Stage com pany opened its daily stage line from Sacramento to Portland. The stage made the dip in 111 days and muny of (he travelers were glad of the op Mirtiiiiity of resting a couple of days at Jacksonville en route. Tho build ing of the two wagon roads marked tho end of tho imck train, which had played such an essential part in the making of Jacksonville. No lonni wore tho nt rings of mules and their dare-devil driver seen swinging into town. The packers either left for rc gions unknown or took up the more llald profession of tho stage driver During tho (IDs Jacksonville he- otuiie noted for ils wealth, its fine liotiuw, its culture, its hospitality mid it general proswrtty. The fnrnis of tho valley and the vineyards on tho hillsides were extremely produu tivo. Flour, fruits, wine and meat were sold to the miners in northern California, fltttdually tin supply outgrew the demand and the indus tries suffered from lnk of railroad transportation fm'iJitiea. However, tho Itagiio river vtlioy whs known as tho laud of plonty. Jacksonville was not without Us troubles, however, duriug this period of coinmeicial iirofcporitv. Ill ISliS smallpox broke out among the half breeds in one end of tho town. The doctors pronounced tho dUims ohiokon-iHi, and before the mistake was discovered the plajfim lmd spread throughout the town. Terror noised tho towiiMiien and theio were few who dared imr-e the sick and bury the (lend. It was believed that smoke would lull the trcruis and iiwordingl.v great lire- weie built in tit Htroets around vlncii the people ftmioreu bilth by i"-'ht and by da. Tho work ofjho Cntli'ln priest .,nd .iters dm1 ig 'this'OJiiniiiitv w- heroic, Thy worV'tho onU ones ln wore not nfi'nld to " ' "' ick. When the ojiidcinio lmd ''" - 'in-e, -10 i -i tims had been buried in the grave-1 yard on the hill. " " Flood Destroys .Much. The next year a cloudburst in Jack son creek canyon caused a flood that brought ruin to part of the town and to the farmers along the stream. In 1873 a fire broke out in the Union hotel, which destroyed $70,000 worlh of property within n hour. The fol lowing year Jacksonville suffered an. other liro nearly as destructive. No other calamities of moment struck Jacksonville until 1881 when the Cal ifornia & Oregon railroad passed it by. In fact in 18811 Jacksonville was i mi most prosperous condition with glowing prospects. The August number of the West Shore Magazine in 1883 speaks of Jacksonville as follews: "Tho county seat of Jackson coun ty is Jacksonville, once the liveliest mining camp of this region and is still the most important trade center. The conditions of its existence have grad ually changed from that of a rudely constructed and transient mining camp to that of a thriving trade cen ter for a largo expanse of mining and agricultural country. Its busi ness is firmly eslablislled, its busi ness buildings large and siibsfau-' tial, mid ils private residences neat and often elegant. It has always held tho position of the leading town of southern Oregon, which its enter prising business men are determined to maintain." The fuiidamenlal reason why the railroad decided to build a new town in the valley rather than pass through Jacksonville was tho elevation of the town among the hills. iCtizens of Jacksonville maintained that the railroad would lose neither in dis tance nor in grading if it laid ils larckks through Hlaekwell gap and skirted the hills to Jacksonville and therefore refuse to pay tho bonus the railroad demanded. It is the same ridge of mountains that bars the building of a railroad from IMedford to Crescent City. If the desired road from iMcdford to the sea const is ever built, undoubtedly the citizens of Mcdford will be called upon to give a largo bonus to help bbuild a tunnel through the ob structing mountains. Fight Kept. Up. , Jacksonville did not die without n struggle. For years it fought zeal ously for commercial supremacy. The cards were stacked against Jackson ville and ils game was a losing one. Until 181)1 Jacksonville had no rail road connection with line main line at .Medford. In this year lloneynian iS: Hart company, of Portland, built a railroad between the two towns. A few years biter it was bought by Wil liam Bnrntini, who with the boy bus been conducting it ever since. The Hoguo Kivor Valey railway bears the distinction of being the only railroad company in the world in which all the officers from president to rail greaser are held by members of the same family. The possession of the courthouse has kepi aglow the spaiks of life in Jacksonville during the last 20 years Hy an act of the legislature on Janu ary 12, 18.12, Jackson county in cluding within its borders the pres ent boundaries of Josephine, Curry, Coos nml Jackson counties was carved from the territory then known as Iinn county. The courthouse of the new county naturally fell to Jack sonville, as it was tho only town within the botmdiuios of the new county, Joi-ophine, Curry nnd Coos counties were formed from Jackson as soon as thev became settled. The Jackson county courthouse, built in 1881, is autiipmted and out grown. Heller transportation facilities in the shape of trolley lines are being planned in the liogue river valley and it is etreniel doubtful if any serious attempts will bo Hindu in the future to change the county seat from Jack sonville. The largo shmle trees and litMiiiHiit loliaKo uroitml the homes in Jacksonville, with the town's shel tered position in the foothills, make it attractive for a home, and no pro tests are made by the county offi cials for heinir obliged (o live m such a iptiet town. Tin jmrk around the home of Peter liritt, deceased, who was porhats the pioneer photographer in Oregon, settling in Jacksonville m lv Only Three Weeks til JcRSter Un ounaav The coining of tho Eastertidi' will prove a signal for tho smartest dressing of the season. Most every woman will look her best on Waster day, and why not you? You will look your best if we are permitted to furnish you with that now TAILORED SUIT, COAT, DRESS OR HAT. THE SHOWING IS NOW AT ITS BEST. tyle Craft Suits and Coats ' jrAr-x- ..f.i.-T'i sr.- f. "'fVj'.X'vs A banquet of bewildering beauty awaits your inspection. Parlieularly strong is the showing of navy blue in Suits and Coats, as Dame Fashion has decreed this the first color, although the showings in light colorings are very beautiful. llKMlM THE SIZE RANGE IS: JUVENILES, SIZE 13, UP TO STOUTS, 45. TAILORED SUITS PRICED AT FROM $15.00 TO $45.00. LONG COATS AT FROM $12.50 TO $35.00. I Millinery Styles M please all fancies. You have but to stop here for a moment in or der to prove to your entire satis faction that this is the place to buy your hat. Any shape that you may wish, any price that you can name, and we make up to order any stylo that you can mention. If you are in the market for fine millinery, you certainly will accept our invita tion to visit this section soon and see the many beautiful styles on display. MOT SICKCtS For Misses and Children Pretty Boxy Jackets for the lit tle tots of G years to miss of .11, in shepherd plaids, coverts, fancy mixtures, made the "Style Craft" wav, priced $5.00 to $8.50 Dresses See New Styles in most every conceivable material and color; the new wool challics have come in very strong; then there is the pongees, the foulards and messalines. .In the lingerie dresses there is tho lnarquesettos, tho mulls, with the dainty embroid ery and lace trimmings, to the heavy cluny. priced at Jrom $G.OO and by easy stages up to $55.00 ) 1 ft Hi f '" " w ff y Royal Shirt Waists $1.50 to $10 The Waists that answers every question in dress, linen or lingerie. 222 West Main St. Marks Block Mi. Kinney, now a fjrent-tfruiul-motlier, iiiikmiskos a elear memory which hcems not ot have heea weak ened hy her years. Her recollection ol! pioneer (Iu.vm is one of the hest sources of inforiualiou concerniiiK the early history of southorn Oregon. When .Mrs. Kinney came south from tho lower Willamelto valley In 1 8f2 Jacksonville, was the only town south of Alhany. Kugene Skinner had M'ttlcil on his homestead at the present site of Kugeno and Aaron Hose hud liuilt his home where Uose lnirjj now stand, hut there were ata that time no settlements at those places. Jacksonville may never fully awake from her slumbers, and one of the valley towns may rob her of the courthouse, but the town will always remain a monument of pioneer days. As (leneral T. 0. Ueninc, one of the pioneer who died a few yeai ii0, said: "They may rob Jacksonville of ......... ii.:.... ..i... 1...1 ii i .i.i V VI IIIIMK I !.', IMIl. IHUy i;illllHIL llll't her of the cemetery on the lull, where lie so many of the men and women who helped carve a eivihatuui nut of the wilderucs " AimU'tt W. CIKAHY. California Irrigated Lands IX SLMIDIVISIOXS, i!( ACKI5S AND I'l'WAUOS KASV IAY.MHXTS TIIK HOME OK ALKALKA, IDKAL CONDITION'S KOK OUANGKS AND LEMONS. Write us for Particulars. Dixon Alfalfa Land Co. DIXOX, CWMKOKNIA. '44444l;-S-6'a61!'G-a-C-i4444, rrr4r4rsrrr4rt4r I I &L,0. Campbell & Baumbach l STUDIO 708 SOITI1 OAKDAl.i: l'HONK (1071:. I'rlvato or class Ichsoiih In oil. wa tor color or tapestry. Onlora taken AONKS U. OUANT. iba'J, i almoht trtiical in its natuie 1. . - ?- . Itti luxuriant nhrulilieiv ineltide. liirje palm, manaiiM, Smyrna Ki, HukIUIi walnut and almond trwi. Nowhere could lw found n NMt morn beaut i fill, and I her are other homes thai have uearly as eharmiiiK euvirou inunts. Agc'l I'ltuieert Argue. In the last meeting of the south trn Oivgon pioneoi-H in .iMfksouville, where i many of them live, utrant Mi'trtiiuentii art heard. The (pieMion an uk to who is the oldest tiviui: pioneer of woulheni Oreta. The di--putt for Iti-Mt lioiiorn between K. K AntleiHiiii and Mm, Kinney, daughtci' of T Vault, the pionwr editor, ; carried on under conitleraule ditti cully on eHunt of the denfiiest. tit the inetulHm of the orguniiMtion. Ft nallv it a decilwl Hint IS. K. An derson h.ul iirrlvtKj a few month Onriier in the prutsr of 1SA9 than ( Mi. Kinuc.v. Tin leti io Mm. Kin ney I he honor of being the oldest li -ing wt'iiiim pioneer. ! To the Public Wo wUh ii ull ihe attention of prohpeetivc luvn to the fact that wo have lioun in the county over 40 years and are preparetl to ahow some ot Hie choicest trarta in the v alley . Coats uoth I uk to look at our liat ot bargains. MORTGAGE LOANS, COUNTY WARRANTS, CITY AND SCHOOL BONDS Monoy on hand at all times to loan on improved ranches and fruit land. PH0NE323I. 320 GARNETT-C0REY BLDfc. sr4.,jsssss.ss.s 4 52 Years in Rogue River Valley H. L. White Ashland REAL ESTATE Ask any Bank in Ashland 343 East Main St. re. .Jra'sK.JKsj.tV McDonough & Demmer HKAI ItoTATKANO IVSl'HANOK HOOM :i, STKWAHT 1U.1KJ. Coiutr .Main and Itarllett Six. Phone JllTt. San Jose, California Alfalfa and Fruit Land Cuoaittot land in the state, taking Into uonsidoratlou climate, and facilities. Qlosa to San Krancbco markats. Tho best residence city on tho coast. '2Vtyfg2 We have many tract of first oln&s laud, rnikgtHi; in nrlee from $17. Htr anv ami up. Valuaa will sc-on b rising. We will u plaaaaii to mall fnrtbir Information and Ulerttur wp ou application. y T. S. Montgomery & Son WIST SANTA (M.AUA STItKirr, SAN JOSH. CM.IFOltVIA Steam and Hot Water Heating If you want to be comfortable, heat your home with Uot Water. Jt costs you nothing to talk with Ponting 6 Renz the only straight Heating Shop in Medford. 37 SOUTH CENTRAL. ...Orchard Traces. o e Five ami ten-acre orchard tracts, planted to "holce varieties of pears; best fruit land in valloy; one milt from town; also some ouo-aoi tracts in big oak grove. If you would like a fine suburban borne, have a look at these tracts. HwutlfuUy looatydon macadam road. Good car serviot, Depot oa property. Our nrieti art rleUt. See J. A. PERRY, Owner OOt West Main St., Medford or Medford National Hank. z . a A 4 6 6 4 A I a S . A, A, ft' a .6