The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, October 18, 1895, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MAIL.... HS MAIL.... NOW HAS 1,500 Ml IS THE Subscribers. Try an Ad OF JACKSON COUNTY VOL. VII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1895. NO. 12. V if- v IC0I0C0 J s PROFESSIONAL CARDS. "W, J. BENNET, ARCHITECT fAND SUPERINTENDENT. Plans, Specifications and Details. Perspec tive Drawings and Blueprints. Ventilation and Drainage a Specialty. Halley Block, - - Hertford. Oregon. THITE & JEFFREY, G. W. White. J. A. Jeffrey. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Medford, Oregon. Will practice in all the courts of the state. Special attention given to all kinds of convey ancing. Notary work and collections at reas onable rates aud remittances promptly made. Mining law a specialty. Office on beventh street, opposite Opera House. QROWELL & PARKER, W. S. Crowell. W. H. Parker. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Hamlin Block. Medford, Or. "W". B- OFFICER. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON", Eagle Point, Oregon. OClce Inlow residence. KIRCHGESSXER, PHYSICIAN ASD SURGEON, Medford, Oregon, OMce McAndrews Block, Seventh sts. JTRANCIS FITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Medford. Ore. Will practice in all courts of state or C. S J H. WHITMAN, ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. OSce in bank bulldinc. Medford. Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts of tide in Jackson county. JJAMMOND & VAWTER, j Austin S. Hammond. W'm. I. Vawtcr. i ATTORNEYS AT LAW. GceZ"-- O. O. F. building. Medford, Or J. B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OSce in Childers" Block, Medford, Or (JEARY & PICKEL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Office hours 10 to fc! a. m. and J to 4 p. m. Sundays 12 to 1. Medford, Or OSce: Haskin Block. DR. O. F. DEMOREST, RESIDENT DENTIST. Makes a specialty of first -class work at reason able rates. Office in Opera House. Medford. Or. QDGERS & HALL. DENTISTS. Hare permanently located in Medford for the practice o dentistry. From a continued prac tice of orer 14 years, we are prepared to guaran tee entire satisfaction. Give us a call. Over The Palace. W. TOWNSEND... Real Estate AND Insurance Agent . . . MEDFORD. - OREGON Parties havine property for sale or rent will profit by listine same with me. I represent some of the very best Insurance com panies doing business in the west. PALACE Tonsorial . . . Isaacs & Snyder, Prop's. 'Shaving. Haircutting, Shampoo ing and Beards Dyed . All work first-class or we will refund the M price. J HOT AND COLD BATHS. I Agent for Salem Steam Laundry, Seventh Street, opposite Postofllce. MEDFORD, OREGON. FLOUR HUD FEED STARE. At the old stand on Seventh Street. FLOUR WHEAT, o -eeOATS AND BARLEY Whole or chopped. Corn, Potatoes and Beans, ALSO BALED HAY FCB. SALE. Cash paid for Eggs, or taken In exchange. J. R. ERFORD, Proprietor. Medford, Oregon. On the Top and Bottom. We are not only on the top board of the fence with harness, but we are oh the bottom board for prices. Beidleman & Nicholson. When It Rains . . . Enough to put the ground in shape for plowing, remember that we are the sole agents for the Canton chilled and black land plows we have just re ceived a new stock of them . . . Everything in thetline of hard ware, stoves and tinware, paints, oils and glass. Be3t black smith's coal in quantities to suit If you want to see your game drop, we will load your shells to order with the best smoke less powder and chilled shot . . . J. BEEK & CO., .odd fellows BLOCK STOP! READ ! . . . . CONSIDER! J. Abraham i M'C ANDREWS BL'K LUMSDEN & BERLIN OW pRICE . . . QASHQROCERS We make a specialty of Fancy (iroceries. Cigars and Tobacco. Our stock is the most complete of anv in the city Those wishing prices on a large bill of goods will do well to call on us our prices cannot be beat in the valley. Hotel block, MEDFORD, OllEGON MCllliei We carry a complete stock of the celebrated Mitchell farm and spring wagons, Corvallis buggies, buckboards, carts, etc. We also have a large stock of Case and Canton single and gang plows, Bissell and Gale chilled plows. Case steel frame lever harrow. Barb wire, bale ties, etc. Call and see us and we will give you fair deal ing D.T. LAfTi Prescriptions - Carefullv -; - Compounded. Main Street, - - - - - Medford Oregon. li-'l V Vr-T Importers and Dealers in General Hardware Don't think for a moment that .1. Abraham can be un dersold, for it is out of the question he can't He carries the best ami larg est stock of gents' furnishing goods ami hats -ver brought to Southern Oregon Call on him and examine his goods ami jret prices. No trouble to show uoods Seventh Street . . . MEDFORD Mitchell, Lewis 4 Staver Go HEALERS IX DP VEHICLES Manager : : : MEDFORD BRANCH.. THE MORTAR DRUG STOE, (i. H. HASKINS, Prop'r. Has anythino in tmc link of . Pure Dings, Patent Medicines, Hooks, Htalloncry, PAINTS and OILS, Tobaccoes.CiKnrs, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Everything Hint Is rarricd In li first class UKl'G STORK Last Days of the Fair. The second annual exhibit of the First Southern Oregon District Agri cultural society closed on Saturday last. In many respects the meeting was a success, in others it was not what was hoped it would be, by tho manage ment. There seemed to bo a hick of interest by our people in tho meeting. Each day the crowds that visited the grounds were made up largely of townspeople. Tho display of fruits was limited, largely, wo are told, to an entrance fee being charged. To some this seemed unreasonable, to others It lcxked just. The management decided to appro priated $HK to be given as premiums on exhibits placed in the pavillion and an entrance fee of ten per cent was charged. This would amount to $i0 on the entire exhibit, but it had its effect and kept out a large number of exhibits. Tho races during the entire meet ing were farily good, although some of them seemed to have been made up for the amusement of jockeys rather than trial of speci). Saturday's races were exceedingly tiresome to the. spectators, but no blame can be attached to the management. Thk Mail trusts that the next meet ing of the society will le more of asuc cess than the past ones, as in these meetings much good is bound to come to our farmers, provided, of course, thai they are conducted in a manner profit able to both the society and the ex hibitor. The races at tho Central Point fair for the three remaining days were quite well attended and much "interest was taken in each. The first race was a mile trot, two-year-old class, for purse of $luo, and was won by Mollie Nurse in two heats.: time :i:1.5. The half mile three-year-old running race was won by sleepy . I im: time .52. It was for a purse of $10, $70 to the winner. The first race Friday wits a three-year-old trotting race, purse $100, and was won by Mollie Nurse in :::.";. The special stake raec.haif mile dash formal was won by Win. Abbot: time.."). Tho special half mile colt race for a purse of $1", given by Jacksonville and Central Point, was won by Mayflower; lime Bicycle race for a silver medal had two entries Fred '.enning and G. li. Gallant, the former won in 2:45. Then- was also a bicycle race for ladies, and this, too. had two contest ants Mrs. J. H. Whitman of Medford, and Miss F.lla Nunan, of Jaeksimivllc. Miss Nunan won in 4:02. Saturday being the last day the at lentletico was good nnd considerable in terest was taken in the races. The lirst race was a free for all trot, best three In live, purse $25o, and was given to K'atnwa, he having won two heals, and not being able to finish fore dark. Tho best lime made in be- the was three heats trotted was 2:27$ and made by Zephyr. The free for all running handicap was won by Free Coinuge in l:4'i. Il was for a purse of Slim. KAIK NOTES Much credit is due Chief Marshal S. H. Dunlap for the manner in which he conducted the order or. the grounds. The best of order was maintained during the entire fair and the chief marshal and all his deputies were courteous and attentive to the wants il the visitors. The stock parade was good and showed that Jackson county wad not in the rear in tho production of fine stock. The several lemonade stands did a rushing business Saturdy. There being no liquor sold on the grounds there was an absence of drunks and other tough characters. Mrs. Libbie Griswold. of Ashland, was awarded first premium on every thing she had on exhibition. Her ex hibit consisted of several pieces of fancy work, besides potatoes, onions, beets, carrots and Hambo apples. Th,e Medford ico works had an exhi bit which was indeed beautiful. It was a full size cake of ice in which was all kinds of fruit. Thev were frozen in tho ice and looked quite inviting. J. C. Pendleton accepted a position in judges stand and gave eminent sat isfaction as a starter of the many races. The free for all trot on Saturday oc cupied so much time that it was impos- ible to run all of races on the program for the day or even complete the trot ting race. A team attached to a carriage con taining Misses Florence anil Daisy Smith and Nettie Trainor, and driven by Frank Stephenson, took a spin down the road between Medford and Central I'oint Suturady afternoon. The car riage came uncoupled and the team ran awa.v. Frank received a very badly sprained hand, hut the halies were not. badly Injured . The carriage and har ness was badly wrecked. L. W. Uodgers, of Ashland, was quite badly kicked by the Kahler colt during the stock parade Saturday. 'Neatest and Most Attractive. From tho Axhlnnd Advertiser. "One of the neatest and most attrac tive pieces of newspaper typography that has come within our observation for some time appeared in last wook's edition of tho Medford Mail. It was an advertisement in tho shape of a doorway and a hulf-open door composed entirely of brass rule, and shows a groat deal of artistic ability in the most art ful of all arts, the printer's." The ad referred to is that of C. W. Wolters, which will be found in anoth er column of THE Mail. Tho Adver tiser is an amateur publication but that it's publisher, Mr. W. Y. Crowson. is a printer of ab'Iity no person will deny when they have seen the croppings of clever originality in his ads and job printing. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Cold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco. Mistaken for a Deer and Shot. Another unfortunate accident, if it may bo called such, occurred near Woodville, Friday afternoon, in which Francis Amnions shot and instantly killed J. Carter. Both men were resi dents of Woodville precinct and were old mountaineers aud used to hunting. Amnions had shot twice at a deor, and seeing an object moving iu tho brush took it for the deer and tired. When he reached tho spot where ho thought tho doer had fallen ho found Carter ly ing upon the ground, dead. It was the frequency of such occur rences as the above that caused the Oregon legislation to make a law pro viding for the punishment, by im prisonment in tho state prison, of per sons who should be so careless as to shoot another in such cases. It is no more than right that a person so careless as to shoot at anything which might chance to make a noise in the buahes, without first making sure that ho was not about to commit a murder should bo punished for his careless ness. An inquest was held Sunday and the jury brought in a verdict that "De ceased was known as Jay Hugh Carter and that he was fourteen years, one month and twenty-eight days old; that he came to his death from a gunshot wound in the ueck and body, fired by tho hand of one Francis Amnions, who mistook him for a deer." The jury was composed of E. E. Phipps, S. Simp kins. Win. P. Hillis, W. H. Stout, J. 11. Messncr and John Hillis. Mr. Whitehead Eulogizes. R. II . Whitehead is at Pendleton, Oregon, looking after his business in terests, and, like all others who live hero and are temporarily absent, he must have something pleasant to say for Medford and her industries. The gentleman has been talking, and this is what he told the Pendleton East Oregonian. "It. II. Whitehead was telling to day ubout the packing house at Med ford, Oregon, which has now been in operation three year j and is an un qualified success. The plant repre sents a total investment of a little more than ." M K and there have been em ployed 12 to 14 men when the works are at full blast. Last year over 4000 nogs were Kiueu. uie company using all raised by the local farmers and it was necessary to go into Northern California in order to secure enough to keep the packing house running. The product has been sold readily in Portland and San Francisco, and such a demand has been created that the packers could not furnish enough for the trade. In Mr. Whitehead's opinion, the es tablishment and operation of this pack ing house has been ihe cause for belter prices being paid for live hogs in the local market, on account of increased competition." Work of the Equalization Board. The board of equalization of taxes for Jackson county met in Jacksonville last week and reduced and raised the taxes as printed below. Those com prising the hoard are J. It. Neil, coun ty judge. T. W. Bryant, deputy asses- r, N. A. Jacobs, county clerk." ASSESSMENTS REDUCED. K. J. Cameron. $5000. Central Point Townsite company, .V ! oWl. M. Berry, $400. Jacob Valtz, Si5. Mrs. F. R. Neil, lot in Medford. $2.1. W. A. Atkinson estate, $W0. Mrs. S. M. Itoots. 73. Mrs. Sarah Harris, 100. Wra. U. Willis, $200. Magie Caldwell. $150. Eslclla Levy. $:it0 on real catato. Johanna Krcwski, 2o0. A. II. Maegley, 1200 on property assessed to Lizzie A. Green, Portland, also reduced ?700 on seventy acre tract of land. Lewis Horn. $100. Jacob Ncathammer, $-vV)0. Oregon & California railroad com pany, &5!),040 on roadbed and tract; $0, S;i2onwood: 120 on railroad ties; $70 on lumber; $78,424.04 on indemnity lands: $200 on Cold Hill depot grouuds; TtW on Medford dcot grounds: $2000 on improvements on Ashland depot grounds, but board refused to reduce assessment of said company on contract lauds aud rolling stock. Peter Uritt. $:?20 on land. ASSESSMENT RAISED. Emeline Turner estate, $1". J. Nunan. $-"IO on Curd well ranch: $-"i()0 on merchandise. Southern Oregon Pork Packing com pany, $1000. T. Cameron $,"000 on notes and money . .1. S. Heri in, $1400 on lands. Ed Wilkinson. $,"000. Ptter Hritt. $:20 on nolo. Assessment on lots in Medford, Gold Hill and Phoenix and 4( (55-100 acres adjoining depot grounds belonging to tho Southern Pacific railroad company was ordered left as assessed. Assessments of Kogue River Kail road company, N. D. Julian estate, C. C. Beekman, Wm. Bybee, L. C. Cole man. Chas. Nickell, t. A. Shaw, Jack son County bank, J. E. Roberts and Bank of Ashland were not reduced. As we garner the harvests of plenty and hear the jingle of gold realized from the sale of the surplus we naturally feel like buying something, not only something that is a beauty but of last ing good. We feel that the good house wife has helped us to gather these gold coins, and we know that there is nothing wo could preseut her with that would bring more joy than a fine dinner or tea set. Those golden Green Thistle sets at Wolters are positively this very finest eyer brought to Med ford and they are being sold at a fig ure that is 'way dowu considering tho quality and beauty. "Nute" Gives His Reason;. In view of the fact that my action as a member of the County Board of Equal ization has been criticised, in the mat ter of the reduction of the Oregon & California railroad company's taxes, I feel it my duty to give the public my reasons for doing so. A groat many questions suggested themselves. The following are some of them: Could Jackson county, in it3 present financial condition, afford to law the railroad company? What would be the outcome of such a controversy, with the courts friendly to corporations? Could the county afford to pay state taxes to the amount of $.1549,94 on prop erty tied up in courts? Would it be for the best interest of the taxpayers of the county to tie up this largo sum, when it will be needed so much to redeem county warrants with? Would it be doing justice to the school children of the county to tie up their school money? Is not $4500 per mile more than is as sessed in any other county in the state? Let roe say right here that it had been my intention all along to stand by the raise made by Assessor Jackson on the roadbed and track of the railroad company. Ia fact, I had publicly and privately stated that my vote would be cast to uphold and sustain his assess ment, but after a careful and thorough investigation of the matter, and in view of all the circumstances connected therewith, I finally came to the conclu sion to vote to reduce the assessment. In the first place, bad the assessment been approved as returned by the asses sor, the county would soon have been involved in a law snit. For it was un doubtedly the intention of the railroad company to have contested the matter in the courts, had the assessment not been reduced. This meant $23,606.2 tied up in the courts for an indefinite time perhaps two or three years. We would be compelled to pay state taxes on the same, amounting to $3549. 94 tak the same rate as last year. The county is required to pay state taxes on all property that appears on the assess ment roil, and that, too. must be- paid out of the first money received. The whole matter resolved itself down to a plain business proposition. In my opinion the county, in its pres ent financial condition, could not ailord to go into the courts and contest the maiu-r wiih the railroad company. It could not afford to have these taxes tied up in the courts any great length of lime. It needs the money that is paia each year by tho railroad company, and needs it bad. as we all know. The railroad company has always paid its taxes promptly in this county. I did not care to take upon myself tne responsibility of uiunging the coun ty into a costly and lengthy law suit. I have been conscientious in this matter and honestly believed I have acted for the besl interests of the tax-payers ! of the county. It mav be that I have made a mistake in not sustaining the assessment. I know I have disappoint ed many of my political friends, who were desirous of seeing the assessment stand. I will acknowledge that politically, for the present at least, it would have been better policy to have sustained the assessment, but on the other hand, in case of an unsuccessful suit with the railroad, would not the reproach on myself, as well as the party, be worse than my action at the present time? In my attitude in this question I haven'i considered myself an individually at all. The best interest, of the taxpayers of the county have been uppermost in my mind throughout, and if I have erred in my jugdment. of course, I will be forced to stand the eonsequeuees, what ever thev may be. While I b.-lieve that $10,000 is a fair and reasonable assessment, considering that the roadbed is bonded for $30,0(W per mile, wouldn't it give the courts a good excuse to decide that the same was excessive, since the company's roadbed is assessed in no other county in the state for over $4.1X10? As the as sessment now stands we get $500 more per mile than any other county in the state, and $1,000 more than most of them. Again, who is censured for tho county losing the $8,000 on the late de faulting treasurer? The bondsmen? No. The blame is put where it right fully belongs. The county court is un questionable responsible for such a slate of affairs, and should be compell ed to pay it. were such a thing possible. Condemn me if you will for my action in this matter, but I cannot help but feel that I have acted for the best in terest of all the taxpayers of Jackson county, and consider 1 am nothing but the paid servant of the people I have simply acted in this matter as I would have done in my own private ousmess. and by so doing a costly law suit has been averted. Very truly. N. A. Jacobs. Money Made in Growing Prunes. From the Eugene Daily tiuard. Norris Humphrey will complete the work of drying prunes on his thirty five acre orchard this evening. This orchard oousists of 28 acres of seven year old trees and seven acres of six year olds. Off of this orchard he has harvested 120,000 lbs. of: dried fruit, and shipped 84.000 lbs. of green fruit. For the green product he received $840 and estimating the fruit at 5 cents per pound he will receive $0,000 for it, making a total of $0,840. His cultivat ing and harvesting expenses will not amount to over $1,S00, which will leave him over $5,000 profit. 1 1 is a t ruth in medicine the smal lest dose that performs a cure is tho pest. De Witt's Little Early Risers are the smallest pills, will perform a cure, and are the best. Geo. H. Has kius, druggist.