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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1896)
4- V I OUR COUNTY LI to cohrespondrnts. All correspondents ate requested to write on one side of the paper only. TVs will prevent our re-writing the matter written c it the reverse pages, which must in variably lie done, and will also prevent many Interesting items from being entirely over looked. Correspondents who are short on supplies should notify this office, and we wil promptly furnish what is needed. Eaarle Point Eaglets. BT A. C. HOWLETT. Mr. McJUaniel, who lives near Brownsboro, was visiting friends in Eagle Point last week Mrs. George Morine gave a quilt ing on Tuesdav of last week. - They quilted a quilt that was forty years old. On account of Prof. Daley'i illness our 6Chool is closed for the present and every day there are forty or fifty children crying, "How is the teacher." J. Stickle's little baby was badly burned last week. It was just learning to crawl and in the absence of its mother it crawled to the stove Both hands were burned the back of one and the palm of the other. Last Saturday the republican met at the school house and held their primary. Geo. Brown was chosen chairman and A. J. Florey sec. They elected A. J, Florey, J. J. Fryer and Lemon . Charley as delegates to attend the county convention. On Tuesday evening of last week Jay W. Grover arrived at his brother's residence in this place. lie is from JNew i or k state and ex pects to remain, and his brother, L. L. Grover, will return to his home in Pennsylvania A. J. Daley received word of the attempted assination of his brother, V. J. Daley, of Kansas City, Mo. His skull was broken and fears are entertained that he will not recover. .Mr. D. has the sympathy of the entire community. rinere is macn talc among the business men of our town abouf . making an effort to have a county road laid out and opened from here to Klamath county via. Big Butte, Four . Bit creek. Pelican bay, etc., .thus shortening the distance about twenty miles from the valley to Fort Klamath. There is considerable talk about the advisability of voting a tax to raise a thousand or fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting - a new sahool house and furnishing it with modern conveniences, but some of the taxpayers draw a long breath and sigh "hard times." Last Saturday Ted Howard, of Round Top, brought a robe to townjGold Hill Saturday and spent a that he had made of forty-two squirrel skins, nicely dressed and so'arrangod that the fore part of the skin hangs down and the tail of each one fall over and covers a seaiu. It is a thing of beauty, and was purchased by F. Morgan. I am sorry to have to chronicle the fact that our popular school teac her, P. H. Daley, is confined to his bed with pleurisy and stong symptoms of pneumonia. ' His physicians allow no one to see him except; his nurse and attendants. I am also sorry to state that John Willwcrof's family are down with that dreaded disease scarlet fever. At last account five of the children were sick with it. Died, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Flake, near Redding, Mr. McAlister, Sr., (the same gen tleman who was taken from here L.Hf tii mirMIn rif Marfih. and airvu. itt J J fter whom the soda springs on the north fork of Uttle Butte was teamed) on the 18th inst.; age 64 years. His remains were interred in the l. A. K. cemetery in rea ding. He leaves quite a large family, 1 According to previous arrange ments the. Ashland team of foot ball players put in their appearance on Friday evening, and early in the day Saturday the crowd began to gather. By one o'clock p. m., the town was crowded with people who were anxious to see the game and . hear the result. As the meeting of the republican primary was set for . two o'clock p. m.t the ball players waited until, the primary was ,over before they commenced and the re sult was the game was not begun until 2:45. The two teams were arranged. in the following order: Asbiamd Tkm C, Sydney Poster; K G, j - John Fester; LG,L Bish; LT,W Klum; K T. i ' It Klum- H E. K Lang; L E, John Mcintosh; ' K, $d Miller; E H, P Robley and Cop; L H, F Herein; ' B, P Grub. Kaui.k Point Tbam Cap and K H. Wm Brown; C, Jack Nichols: R G, Benton Pool; R T, Jes afford ; R E, W B Officer; L G, W Ashpote; L.T. N Waltz; LE.TA Strlcline; L II. Joe Huomair; LH,F Nichols; F B, H Carl taa. P. ZI. Daley is captain of the team, but owing to his sickness Wm. Drown was chosen to fill the vacancy and, although, he had but two days to learn his new part of the play, he conducted it like an old veteran. Everything passed off very pleasantly. Both teams de serve great credit for the manner in which they played. It was one of the most hotly contested games of the season, resulting ia ten points for the Eagle Point team to a 0 for the Ashland team. Just two hours from the time the game commenced the referee. Mr. Yanbcoy, an nounced "time up." Frank Brown acted as umpire and S. B. Holmes timekeeper and linesman. After the game was over and the boys had rested and changed their clothes, everything being in readi ness, they gathered at Pool's hall and enjoyed themselves in dancing until quite late. Boys, hereafter, have vour dances on some other night than Saturday. Elder A. J Daley was disappointed in not hav ing a congregation to preach to Sunday nieht. and if you want to have meeting Sunday nights you must encourage the preacher by your presence. Central Point Items. John Devlin, of Jacksonville, was in town on Monday. W. K. Price, of Tolo, spent Mon day here vi business. James Shields, of Wellen, spent Monday in our city. J. O. Johnson, of Medford, spent Tuesday in our city. O. F. Walden, of Medford, spent a day here last week. Prof. L. L. Freeman spent last Saturday in Ashland. Geo. Bradley made a trip to Sams valley last week. J. T. Bailey, of Spikenard, was in our city on Saturday. David Cingcade, of Eagle Point, was in town on Thursday Dr. J. Hinkle made Jacksonville a business trip on Monday. Mr. Gardner, of bpikenard, was here after supplies Monday. John Dugan, of Sams Valley, was here trading on Saturday. J. C. Barnard will teach the school at Mt. Pitt this summer. H. L. Pegg, of Flounce Rock, spent several days here this week. Thos. Elliott, who was stabbed by Peninger.is fast recovering again. "Dick" Cranfill has returned from an extended visit in Washing ton. Miss Minnie Newman, of Eagle Point, visited with friends here last week. Gordon Bros., of upper Rogue river, were here after supplies this week. Ed, R. Owen is still very low and ittle hope is entertained for his re covery. Miss Stella Stidhatu commenced a terra of school on Applegate last I Monday. Harry Harvey came up from day here. N. A. Jacobs, county clerk, spent a day here with his parents duriog the week. J. H. Gay an J wife made rela tives at Rock Point a visit the last of the week. Mrs. Norah Norman, of Rose burg, is paying relatives and ftiends of this city a visit. J. It. Williamson made his daughter, Mrs. James Blevins, of Ashland, a visit ou Tuesday. Mrs. A. Dodson, of Los Angelo9, Calif., is paying her sister Mrs. M. M. Cooksey, of this place, a visit. J. A. Edington and wife received the sad news of the death of their daughter, Mrs. M. Plither, who re sides in Calif., a few days a?o. She spent several weeks wi'a her par ents here some months ago, and made many friends here who will learn of her death with sincere re gret. Prospect Items. ar MINERVA. Chas. Knighton, of Trail, was visited by his father and mother this week. E. S. Moore and Ervin McCall made a trip up the river. They report four feet of snow above Union creek. The wind storm did Chauncey Nve a favor by dropping a large pine on a shed near his barn, wreck ing it completely. The precinct republican con yen tion elected Messrs . C. Nye and S. Aiken to county convention. They . , . Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. CREAM iu. Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. were instructed for Hermann for congress. ' John Walden is splitting rails, building fence and generally help ing to improve the Shirley home stead. Mr. Shirley has a piece of ground about as well favored as could be. About forty acree is watered by springs and is under a high state of cultivation. There are twenty acres of beaver meadow and the remaining 100 acres is cov ered by fine sugar pine timber. The entire family are making the most of these favorable conditions. A Mail reader asks us: "what is the increase in population of Pros pect for the past year?" It is con siderable. We believe our popula tion has doubled within twelve months. Three miles below town there is quite a community now,' the residences of Messrs. Greene, Woodruff, Blackford, Dean and Shirley being grouped within a radius of one mile. Myron Skeel has taken a homestead in this com munity and will live here with his family. Something over a mile further down live the families of Ellis and Nye and Mr. Stice and Nelson Nye, bachelors. Geo. Gray's mill has brought a number of families to this vicinity, said families taking homesteads and be coming permanent residents. The land isn't all takeu up yet there are still many desirable locations to be had. We are far from market, but you don't have to pay $200 an acre for the land it can be had for nit, and no taxes for seven vears. That comes about as near an im mortal cinch as the correspondent can imagine. Motes From Eden Precinct. BY FARMER. Wm. Griffin, of Grants Pass, was in this section last week on busi ness. Jimmie Martin, of Brownsboro, is assisting Mr. Sykes with his or chard work this spring. Miss Mary Anderson, of Medford, visited last week with J. W. Mills' family and her many friends here a bouts. The political pot iu Eden is be ginning to bubble, just like it does when election times are near at hand. N. S. Bennett worked over 300 almond trees to pruim in the Or chard Home tract lat weak for Mr. Bowehrt. Rev. Caldwell will preach at the school house next Sunday at 8 p. m. There is talk of a Sunday school being organized after the services. J. II. Stewart made another ship ment of apples last week did not learn the amount Mr. S. will soon begin to reap his five acres of rhu barb. Ha is at present sapplyiag the local market. S. H. Sykw and G. W. Stoops have purchased a new spray pump, and are now busy pumping "bug medicine" on their trees. Let the good work go on uutil the bugs in Eden die or "move on." Spring seeding in this section is about all done for this spring and considerable corn ground has been plowed. Small grain looks well ! but most of the early sowu wheat ! will likely be cut for hay on account I of so much wild oats in it. Fred Edsall is spending most of his wakeful hours these days tug-1 ging away at the combination which he hopes will let him into a secret I that will enable him to master nat ural gravity and sail along through space with only a bicycle between him and terra hrma. r red has a good "bike" and is in dead earnest about the matter. . Roxy Ann Rockets. BY ROXT. had in games and merry making until evening. Junius Nute has returned home from Leland, Oregon. Mr. Wolters and family started for California Monday. Miss Ellen Bnrsell, of Medford, spent Sunday with her parents. School opened March 16th, with twenty-three pupils enrolled. W. P. Dodge spent a few days with his brothers in Ashland last week. Miss Clara Rader, of Eagle Point, visited her eister, Mrs. Geo. Garrett, Wednesday of this week. March 22d being the 9th birthday of little Julia Dodge, several of her school-mates tenaerea her a sur prise. 'A very-pleasant time was A Sunday school was organized at the Lono Oak school house Sun day, March 2G D. E. Phipps was elected superintendent. Sunday- school every Sunday. There seems to be a report abroad about dividing our school that wo, a3 neighbors, knew nothing aboi t until it was published by one ot our correspondents. On the contrary, the majority of our people are in favor of a new school house to be built in the center of the district. The Mail-and Cincinnati Enquirer ODe year for $1.00 is ona of our bust lub'fiuj proposition. Kim Creak Items. BT BINH DUE. Mrp. Darling is again reported on the sick list. Mrs. Sutton was the guest of Mrs. Stover last week. Mrs. Jones, of Woodville, spent last Saturday the guest of Mrs. Birdsey. Thomas Hammersley, who has been sick with the "grippe," is able to be about again. Mrs. Cryden, of Gold Hill, spent last Friday at this place, the guest of Mrs. Thomas Stanley. School is progressing nicely un der the management of Lou Holler. Forty pupils are now in attendance. We are glad to say that Geo. Mardon is improving rapidly under the treatment of Dr. Kirchgessner, of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Knotts and daugh ter, Miss Annie, was in Jackson ville and Medford one day last week transacting business. Robert Swinden and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Knotts and Miss Annie Knotts attended the dance at Gold Hill Saturday night. They report having had a fine time and a large attendance. A Birthday Party. A pleasant party gathered at the home of Jacob Myree, at Sams valley. Sunday March 23d in honor of Grandma Myres' 79th birthday. Those comprising the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Wilhoit and family, .Mrs. (J. incent and family, Mr. and Mrs. B. Vincent, Mrs. Fields and family, Mrs. W. Vincent and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Vincent and family, Mrs. T. Jackson, Ada Myres, Dotha Myres, Ossie Harris, and Messrs. Austin Myres, J. L. Adams, James Conley, and More- lock. Everyone engaged in some of the numerous sports and games, and during the day were invited to a table well laden and groaning under the good things of earth, and when the time of departure came there was not one present who did not wish their hostess many more such pleasant days. A Friend. Real Estate Transfers. Martha Haamersly to Tilda Hammersly acres iu sac Z! tp S4 s r S w K'.la J Cola to A V Hart I ISO acres In I aw 103 Barr a addition to Modfor Martha M Ooolcsey to Kachel F Gay t HJU acres in Central Point W W WoUors to ABtooette DaPoatl w'. vi aw vj vi Hgiirifl. Conrad Mlcxua to Mary C Kama lh cS of the w 8 U of lot I blk S Mingus suU dirUlon In sec S4 to J7 a r $ w 170 30 Michael Charger to A J Mofflt lot l blk 9 Gold Ul 11 Saropla K Inlow to William U Kalghtea au it'ins io p oa a r i w axoepimg' a small tract therefrom W T Lcereradm do bonis Don of eslaM of MM Isaac Constant to Julia A Owoo lot II Constant add to Central Point Tilda HotnturralT to iianha iiamaralv S aeo i tp 3s a r 1 w Adua Klippcl to anry Kllppcl water ngui w wator irvia siler aork or Jl l:ott creek atso Internal la Mod to 1W acre of placer nilnlivg ground in Bix Atmleirala dttlrlcl J A Maran to C C Martin the uodlldJ S interest to aixty acres suualcu In lav Jackson raluinit district too C li lo Christina Siraue mineral patent lo -.-i yo-hv acre in n mom pnu min imi district E Samlersoo Smith to N A Klor and K A Kins n o d to the "Fowler Lede." "TD JXin Holt." "Too Ked Chief." "Tha White Hoc IT- and "The Jay Uird" all in Steamboat mining district rtlnlng Locations. Brmn Mnor and Charl L Smith located Sept 3. !. TUO larhes of water to be taken from the outn fork of Pleaaanlrrcrk. Kmn Surra located March 14 the "Snake Mine" in Sardloe ailntnt district. Anton Sureo lucaUvl March Nth. the "Maltke" quart i claim In Sardine mining district. Aioert Siurala loaned I-CD Zi. acres or min tn ground la Kvana creek dintrtct. . R A Rowley located March 5 the "Park Lodire" extension in Ashland creek mining dlst. K A Rowley located Feb 2S the- "Mt Queen" quarts claim In Wagner creek dist. K A Kowler located Fob SB tho "Portland- quarts claim la Waitner creek disu I H Kowley located March 18 the "Bella" mla- Ins claim In Wairner creek dlst. ilfncr creek aist. ' located Feb 2a tha IIoma" claim Wanner creek dlst. K A Howiey I a. Kowley located Fob 98 the "Red Bull" quarts elalm. l S Kowley located March IS tha "Prince Armor" mining claim. K A RowleT located March 3d a mill alte claim i acres. K A Rowler located Mareh 2d TCOn Inchm of water from Horn oreek. Jacksonville Mlntnir and Mllltna comoanr located March li the Jacksonville Mining and Mllltnjj company's mining, olaim in Jackson ville mining dlst. mining ground in Grave crerk minluff disk : E HiaiocK located Mar 3. iw.x ju acres or Feb 4 an additional water right to be taken from Baker creek. John M Hlalook and eo w HlnlocR located Uoorge F Atlebery located Feb 83. 30 acre placer mining grnnnd In Jackass mining dtst. J li Roar looated March 3. Jti acres -of mining ground in Willow springs mining dist. ii r. uarnnari incaieii Marcn ju. au acres oi Mining ground In Apnlcgate mining dist. James Ellis looatel Oct Sft. tho "Sandy" mlntnglolatm In Gold Hill mining dlst. August Alshuth located March 111 the "Kins mining olnim in Sardine dlst. U J Hobbs located Feb 6 the "Trojan" quartz olaim In Foots creek dist. How tha Boos Work in America it has been observed that bees often boru tubular corollas in order to pret at the nectar of flowers, instead of entering; by . the mouth, fi.s humblebees do in Europe. In essays on the crossferttlization of flowers this supposed anomaly has been the sub ject of much comment. It now appears that the humblcbccs of Europe and America have identical habits in re gard to the manner in which the visits to flowers are made, and that it is the class of insects known as the carpenter bee, or tho borer, which works in the outside manner indicated. The diatoms, single-celled plants of the seaweed family, are so small that three thousand of them laid end to eud scarcely suffice to cover an ineh of space on the rule. The sting of a bee, when compared with the point of a fine needle, under a powerful microscope, is hardly discern ible. The point of the needle appears to be about an inch iu diameter. . Job printing at This Mail oflloo. k SACKED BANNER. The Flag Which Inspired the National Anthem. It Waved Over Fort M'flenry When the British Fleet Assailed It-How the Flag Wu 1'rotected by UaLLant American. Sacredly guarded from curious eys, and as much as possible from toe slow but sure ravages of time, the Star Spangled Banner is laid away by its owner until such a time as may seem proper to deliver it into the careful hands. It is so called because it was the standard which floated over Fort Mcllenry at the time of its successful defense against the British, a defense that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national ode. This was the greatest of all naval victories won in 1812-1914, because It saved the entire Atlantic seaboard from further invasion by the enemy. The conditions also were unusuaL The fort was not bomb-proof. Its com mander, Lieut CoL George Armistead, had received orders to surrender the fortress from his superior, who consid ered it unable to make a successful re sistance. But Armistead was stirred to Make a brave effort for its defense. 11c paid t:o attention to this order, and defended the fort to the best of his ability, knowing that if he failed a court-martial stared him in the face, and he gained a remarkable victory. Lieut, Col. George Armistead was born in Newmarket, Carolina county, Va., on April 10, 1730. He was one of five brothers, all of whom served with distinction in the war of lSl'- three beinjr in the regular army and two in the militia. One of his brothers was a first graduate of West l'oint. and his full length picture is to be seen.there to-day in the library in the grounds. He came from a patriotic stock of an cestors, his great-great-grandfather having been a member of the house of burgesses and of the council of states. un nis mothers side Armistead was descended from CoL John Taylor, who was with Washington at Winchester. CoL George Armistead was distin guished for his gallantry at the capt ure of r ort George, and was brevctted lieutenant colonel at this time. A little over a j-car afterward fresh from this victory, he was placed in command of Fort Mcllenry. Here he was destined to meet men whose com' manding officer had gained his epau lets in the service of the frreatest gen eral of that are the duke of Welling ton. Sir Alexander Cochran, in his dispatch to the secretary of the admi ralty, dated September 17, ISM, says: "So soon as the army moved forward I hoisted my flag on the Surprise, and with the remainder of the frigates, bomb-sloops and the rocket ship passed further up the river. At daybreak next morning the 13th the bombs having taken their stations within shell runtre, supported by the Surprise, with the other frigates and sloops, opened their fire upon the fort that protected the harbor." Admiral Alex ander Cochran was in command of tne Royal Oak. while his son, Sir Thomas Cochran, commanded the Surprise, to which the admiral transferred his flag in goiug up the Batapsco river. Francis Scott Key and his friend, Mr. Skinner, were ou board the Surprise until shortly after the battle, when they were transferred to their own vessel, in which they had set sail from Baltimore. Here they remained with their own private sailors and a detach ment of marines from the Surprise as guard. It was at this time on his own vrssel that Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner," and not on the Min Jon, as js generally sup posed. Judge Tauey received this statement from Key's own lips, who told him that he had writteu his poem in a a moment of excitement, when the "- -" .:- es;n THE BEST The quality of music isVnvpmwl hv th rir-istv of the instrument, therefore, 1 f . aV A a v.-ui lusu-umenis great care should be exercised to secure standard makes of both ...... Pianos and Organs Such as Chickering, Hardnun, Fisher, Jewitt and Ludwig pianos, Estey, Farrand & Votey and Masou & Hamlin organs, which are sold in Medford by Prof. P. J. Head, who has devoted a lifetime to the subject of music, and is prepared to give you the best values for your money. See him before purchasing an instrument Prof. p. J. HERD Medford, 3 - -. - Oregon ft LtiVepy Tupnout.... is?a . Pleasure When Properly Turned Out..... The horses must be well groomed in good rlesh and must bo good drivers; the carriage? must be kept clean, well oiled and well painted. The teams must be gentle, the prices reasonable and the treatment of customers courteous. All of these are strictly carried M 51 tl WILLI AHS BROS., Proprietors, Worman's old .Und, - - MEDFORD, OREGON The weeks following this great no tary were very proud ones to the Balti moreans, for though at the bombard ment were troops from Pennsylvania and Virrrinia tho o-ront. hnrlnn nf tKa men. The strain, however, of that great fight, and the dreadful responsi bility of the occasion, were too much for Col. Armistead. It left him with an affection of the heart from which he died four years later, in his adopted city, Baltimore. He knew, even after the victory was gained, that some en emy might press against him the charge of disobedience to hu superior officer, and if this bad been done it might have led to other complication, but as "nothing succeeds like success. " everything was forgotten in a genera? rejoicing. Tho flag was presented to Lieut. CoL George Armistead by the government. It. bears upon one of its stripes his name and the date of the bombard ment in his own handwriting. At bU death he bequeathed it to his widow, who left it to her daughter, Mrs. Wil liam Stuart Appleton. When Mrs. Ap pleton died it was bequeathed to her son. in whose possession it now is. The banner is thirty-two feet long by twenty-nine feet wide. In all prob ability It was originally forty feet long, and its great width is due lo the fact of its having fifteen stripes instead of thirteen. In color it is almost as bright as it was some eighty-four years ago, bat the bunting has become very worn, and some twenty years since it was 6titched on canvas to insure its preservation. It will be observed that there is one large bole it. where a bombshell passed through it, and it is torn in other places by fragments of shelL . j It will also be noticed that there is quite a large piece out of one corner, as if cut This, I believe, really was done, as I remember hearing from my mother that a brave soldier, who had served under her father, on his death bed wrote and requested Mrs. Armi stead to let h im have a piece to wrap around his dead body. The request was com r1 i A with t, i f a. n u j ily understood that now the flag mast be preserved from all such spoliation from relic hunters and from loaning it on any occasion save where it would be of national interest N. Y. Herald r NEW AND NOVEL.' Mebccbt wings are the favorite de signs for brooches and hair ornameata. The new taffeta plisse is the choicest material for gowns and waists this com ing year. TDK round globes have quite super seded the fancy shades which we have ased so long. A mono the new laces are those with the rcxrnductions of dainty Dresden designs and coral branches. Fob your card party there is th; beautiful acw table, made in all the hard woods, with the chairs attached. A vert pretty useful screen for fancy work ha poets both large and small on the panels for embroidery ma terial. VisiTrMe cards, both for ladies and gentlemen, are very thin and smalL en graved in heavy Roman text, rather than script. 5ITCfiiT.fi RLBI OlrTruEHT aMTJllUBLT aTMrxwau at -1 i i-t"-j if" nriiiinta TaT5aWaiKsTar ill Altai IMIVMM. wkaial aay asawaal ttte. an Ate ilu wkiH u tntSV llfwwi mm vrawu Ifc o . sail riling I aaaaalsaaaaVa mM I 3 JT. aatamr 'fT rXarssr s Always the Cheapest in purchasing musi- Sk V . . Sought by Many People out at the a