The Medford mail., May 27, 1898, Page 3, Image 3

OUR COUNTY . . .
1 Correspondents
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Jacksonville News,
Conductor 1', H. Null und family
are visiting relutlvuB ut I'ortliind.
Dr. A. 0. Caldwull made AHhland
a lrofuBBional vlnil during Ihu wouk.
Tho infant son of Mr, und Mrs,
Douglas Jones, of Ouklund, dlod on
tlio 17th.
The JuokHouvlllu schools will
olono on thin Friday for tho huiu
uior vaoatlon,
Mrs. 11. E. Ankony and daughter
returned to Eugene on Monday
after a week's vluit at tho mlno,
Kiohard Collier, of Now York,
wiib registered at the Taylor house
TuoBday. Ho made a vlult to the
Btorllnu tnlno.
J MIhb Burnloo Camoron, who hus
been touching In the Grants Pubb
t schools during tho year, returned
to her home Saturday,
Dr. Iiurr, the Ashland dontlBt,
made Jacksonville a visit lunt Hun-
duy. Ho met with tho Sunday
echool us ho 1b ono of tbo active
' workers in tho cause.
Mrs. Jay Beach, of Alamoda
County, (Jam,, and Airs. Minnie
O'Neil visited relatives in Juokson
villo during the woek. They havo
since gone to Klamath County.
Mrs. V. E. Coul and tho babies
went to Ashland a few days ago
and are registered at the Oregon.
4 They will leave In a short time tor
Stockton to join Engineer Coul.
The pnnilH of St. Mary's academy
will givo an entertainment at tho
U. S. hall on Thursday evening,
Juno liX. An cxcollo.it program
will ho rendered on this occusion.
Tho oaso of State of Oregon vs
Frank Lawronoo Smith will be ap
pealed to the supreme oourt for a
hearing. It is not likely the son
tencowill beoarriod out on June 10.
Thoro aro twenty-throe applicants
who wish to teach tho Jacksonville
school next year. Evidently thoy
havo hoard of tho high wages puid,
for some of tho applications coroo
from Indiana.
At a mooting of Madrona lodge
No. 12. D. of II., hold last Friday
evoning, Mrs. Chas. Prim' was
. olootnd detonate to tho grand loduo
which meets at Portland too icond
Wednosday in July. Mrs. L. L
Jacobs was elected altornato.
K. K. Kubli wont down to their
. mino on Galls oroek on Saturday
Inst. They have boon working tho
9 iiiino lately and it Is encouraging
work, too. "Last wouk they shippou
a carload of oro to tho Selby
smelter and tho returns were far
bettor than was oxpeolod. Ihoy
are thinking of putting up a mill
t at the initio in tho near future
l'lioeulx Items,
Hon. E. D. Foudroy spont Mon
diy in .Ashland.
Ed. Goro and Fred Weeks Sun
dayod in Ashland.
Dr. Hargrove and MiBS Maud
Weeks were at Meafora l uosday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Furry made
a flying trip to Ashland Monday.
Alex. Orme, the republican nora
inoe for sheriff, spent Sunday in
1 Phoenix.
Arthur Rose left for Siskiyou
County Tuesday morning to work
in the mine bonded by Mr. Daven
port.
j C. P. Good, who has been living
in Phoenix for tho past few years,
will leave soon for Baker City to
looate.
The Woodmon of tho World, Ore
gon Camp No. 438, are talking of
getting up an entertainment in the
,near tuturo.
Mark Baker, formerly in the em'
filoy of the Woeks furniture estab
ishment, has again aooepted a posl
tion in the shop.
Jeff. Devenney has been over
from his mines noar Kodding visit
ing relatives and friends and at
tending to business.
Jan. Roamos and Jas. Norton
were in Medford last week for tho
purpose of buying a hoader to run
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1 II M1B VUHUy HUB BUII1U1C1.
The rain in Eden ' preoinot the
. laBt few days ha been inuoh
hoavier than in other parts of the
valley, and our people are all re
joicing.
Sohool olosed in Independence
district last Friday with a tine en
tertainment. Allen Holt was the
) teaoher and has given good satis
faotion.
John Davenport, an old pioneer
of this valley, but lately of Spokane,
has been in Phoenix attending to
"' business in regard to the mining
, proporty or the lato W. W. Walters,
He has bonded tho mine for $50,000,
He loft on Monday ovenlug'e train
for home. i
' Central Point Items.
J. W. Olwoll made Jacksonville
a business trip last Saturday.
Forra Moore and family are vis
iting friends on Butte oreck this
wouk.
John Brown and Emmett Sutton,
of Gold Hill, woro trading hero on
1 uosday,
Mrs. Armstrong, of Tuoomu,
Wash., is paying rulatlves in this
vicinity a visit.
Rov. Richardson, of Myrtle Oroek,
will preaoh the Memorial day ser
mon nero next ttuuduy.
Mrs. Dr. W. B. Oillcer, of Grass
Valley, Calif., Is paying relatives
und friends hero a visit,
Quite a numbor of our oltlieons
went to Medford Tuesday to hear
Mary Ellon Lease speak.
L. 0, Bollo and family, of Wei
Ion prooinct, were visiting relatives
hero tho first of the weok.
John Hesolgravo, who has boen
working at Grunts Pass, arrived
home on Sunday morning's train.
li. Pleasant has ordored a choice
lino of groceries and will open a first
class grocery store hero iu a fow
days.
Tho postoilloe has boen removed
from the Harvey building into tbo
store formerly ocoupied by Mrs. A.
A. Whlteman.
Miss Alotha Mauzey has juBt fin
ished a term of school in Sams Val
ley and has boen hired for another
term whioh speaks well for her as
un educator.
R. C. Honsley has juBt completed
a very neat residence on his farm
noar town. Our public school will
oIobo this, Friday, evoning. There
will be appropriate exercises by the
school.
Trail Creek Trailing.
11V SIIAKKHI'KAIte.
We had a much neoded rain on
Trail creek.
Grandma Briscoe was visiting
fnonds horo this week.
Will Davis, of Pinoville, was
visiting his cousin, Mrs. Inlow, this
week.
Frank Hammond started twenty
head of goats to ihe railroad Mon
dav morning.
Harvey Inlow baB bought him a
full blooded Shetlund pony which
is a lino little animal.
Eight candidates on the Union
ticket visited Trail creek last Fri
day and spoke at tho school house.
Miss Ella Tenoll, of Taloot, is
teaching a successful term ot school
at Trail. There is a full attendance.
Arthur Morrison mado a trip to
Medford this week and brought
back a loud of goods for the Trail
store.
Fred Inlow and Jesse Richardson,
the famous nimrods of this place,
havo spent several evenings lately
watching lor cougars.
Morris and Colby have begun
work on tho Trail crook bridgo that
is to be built near the post ollicu.
J. B. Weloh has the contract for
the lumber.
Tlio Bust Kumedy for Rheumatism.
From the Katrbavoo IN. V.) Register.
Mr. Jus. Rowland, of this vtllase.
stulus tliat for twonty-fivo yoars hU
who uau neon a suiroror rrom rneu
matlsra. ' A tow nights ago she was in
inch pain that she was nearly arazy.
Sha tout Mr. Rowland for tho doctor,
but be hud road or Unamberiatn a fain
Balm and Instead of aolnir for the pby
aiulun he wunt to the atoro und scoured
a bottle of it. His wife did not approve
of Mr. Rowland's purclmso at first, but
novcrtholuss applied the balm tnor
nughly and in an hour's tlmu was able
to go to sloop. Sho now applies It
whonovor she feels an aohe or pain and
finds Unit it always vivos relief. He
says that no medicine which she hud
usod evor did her as much good. Tho
zr ana do oent sizob lor sale oy ueo. a.
Hasltlns, druggist.
Some Peculiar Notions.
An ad ventists' campmeeting is be
ing held at Salem. A correspond'
ent says of the meeting;
"A novel and by no moans the
loftBt important feature or the oamp'
meeting is the hygienic restaurant
operated under the auspices of the
management. The bill of fare is
arranged on a strictly hygienic plan,
no meats or cow's butter, tea or
ooflee being served, and all cooking
boing done without the use of grouse
or butter. In the plooe of ordinary
butter, the restaurant supplies a
nut butter, made of around neanuts
mixed with water and salted to
taste. A health drink, prepared
trom ttrain, is served as ootlee.
It is well known that the Seventh
Day AdventiBts hold the Sabbath,
our Saturday, Bacredt and are very
striot in their observanoe of the day.
At the restaurant Saturday, the
patrons wrote their names on the
meal chooks and settled at some
subsequent time. The adventlsts
dlsDlav more confidence in the hon
esty of the average man than is
usually observed.", . ' - v
Card of Thanks.
Tho undorslgned extends heartfelt
thanks to tho many Kind noignoors
who so gonorously oxtondod aid and
svmDathv durlnir the late lllnesB of my
bolovod husband and also to othors for
their friendly asslstanoe and attondanoo
at the runorai aervioes,
Mua. W. W. Walters and Family.
Phoenix, Oregon, May 23, 1893, .,
The Ulinds Dewey Won,
The group of Philippine islands
oil' the southeast coast of Asia,
which will go down in history as
the first conquest made by the
American republic in the war ot
1808, was discovered by Magellan
iu ills first voyugu around the world
in louu.
There aro nearly 1200 islands in
the group, and thoy extend in a
northerly direction from near the
north coast of Borneo to a point
south of tbo Japanese island of
Formosa,
Their total area is estimated at
145,000 square miles, without In
cluding many of the smaller groups.
The islands do not belong, ol
right, to Spain.
Magellan, the discoverer, was a
Portugese, and sought service under
Charles V. of Spain because he was
ignored by the oourt of his own
country.
The natives were wearing Uhi
neso silks and were able to visit the
mainland in their own boats when
they were discovered.
Though situated in the equatorial
region, tho elevations of the moun
tains give a range of climate that
allows the production of a great
variety of valuable orops.
Tobucco, sugar, hemp and rice
are the chief staples produced.
The swamps and rivers are in
fested with crocodiles and the dense
woods with monkeys and serpents
of many species.
Rich deposits of gold are known
to exist, but have been little devel
oped. Severe earthquakes have shaken
the islands but uone since 1863.
Cock fighting is the national
sport, the fighters being' equipped
with steel spurs. This diversion
holds the same place of favor in the
Philippines as bull-fighting holds
in Spain.
Climatic conditions are those of
the tropics, sultry, damp and try
ing weather throughout the year.
The coolest months are Novem
ber, December and January, as the
island lies on the north side of the
equator. The hottest months are
April and May, but these monthB
are comparatively dry,
The typhoon, a kind of hurricane,
sometimes visits portions of the
island and docs great damage
Many dialects are spoken by the
natives, only a email percentage of
whom know the Spauuh.
The national drink is a strong
brandy made from tho palm. It is
vory intoxicating and the govern
ment tries to hold a monopoly of its
There are probably 200,000 Chi
neso on the islands. They have a
virtual monopoly of trade and man
ufactures. Government school teachers in
the country districts receive $2 per
mouth and. "find" themselves.
One-fourth of all children born
die within two weeks after birth
from the effects of impure air and
the filthy habits of the people. -
Spain's Big Loss In the Philippines.
Each year until recently she has
drawn a revenue of nearly $16,0C0,
000 from the islands, and when
there has been no insurrection in
progress the returns have been
much greater.
To oke out the revenues the in
habitants have been required to
pay duties of 100 per cent, on the
cost price of muslins and petroleum,
and equally high taxes on other
goods that did not come from Spain.
Planters have to pay a heavy ex
port duty on their tobacco.
In 1895 Spain received 4,994,138
in exports from the islands, and in
the same year sent to them manu
factured goods to the value of $5,'
163,978.
These figures in a period of active
insurrection.
Apart from the aotual revenues
whioh might be derived from the
islands under proper government,
Spain loses all the buildings and
improvements she has ereoted there
She also loses a fleet worth at
least $20,000,000, and heroio de
fonders whom ehe cannot replace.
She loses a fine market for her
home produots.
She loses the gold mineB and coal
mines in the islands whioh are ex
tremely rioh, and the development
of whioh has only recently been be
gun. ' .
She loses a citizenship of some
7,000,000 people, who have been
satisfied with anything resembling
a oivilized government. j
She loses a vast field of enter
prise for her people, a plttoe of
training tor her soldiers, and sev
eral ports of inoaloulable value to
her snipping interests. :
She loses several of the most pio
turesque of Oriental oities Manila,
Hollo, Laoag, Lipa,' Banang and
Botangar.
' She loses a 'territory as large iu
extent as Great Britain, and almost
the size of Spain itself.
And, worst of all, she loses what
little prestige she had lett as a
maritime power.
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LATEST WAR MS
The city of New York is alarmed
over reported sighting of French
and Spanish war ships off Halifax,
The harbor there Is being fortified.
A call has been made for 75,000
more volunteers. This will give us
an army of 280,000.
Much anxioty is felt for Dewey's
safety. He is reported to have
sighted four Spanish battle ships
outside Manila harbor. A later dis
patch says the Baltimore at Manila
is disabled, which would seem to
indicate that Dewey has had an
engagement with the Spanish war
ships.
The Spanish government has received
advices that the Americana made an at
tempt to land guns and ammunition at
Uunalayuu but tho Spaniards drove
them back with the lots of many Ameri
cans killed.
Tho war department yesterday de
cided upon an invasion of Cuba while
Schley guards Cervera's fleet. Sampson
and laud forces will attack Havana.
Cervera and bis fleet are reported to
be bottled up in Santiago harbor and
held there by Schley'a fleet. They will
be either starved into a surrenderor
compelled to fight their way into open
water.
A dispatch boat in from north Cuba
says Sampson's fleet has seized a big
coal deposit on Cayo France which had
been dumped there by German colliers
for the Spanish fleet.
The Oregon troops left San Francisco
Wednesday for the Philippine islands,
on the steamers City of Pekin, Australia
and City of Sydney. These boats carry
2500 men with one year's supplies and
ammunition and supplies for Dewey.
The battle ship Oregon has ar
rived at Key West.
The government will pay all
troops going to the Philippine is
lands one month's wages in ad
vance. Two gunboats of the American
fleet attempted to enter Port Isa
bella, Sagua, Sunday but the garri
son delivered such a fire that the
boats retreated.
The train conveying the First
Missouri infantry to Cbickamauga
was wrecked last Saturday. Five
soldiers were killed and" twelve
wounded. 1
No more permits will be given
foreign vessels to enter Havana har
bor, except men-of-war, to take
away citizons of their nationality.
Yellow fever is reported raging in
Havana.
President McKinley will exer
cise censorship over his cabinet.
Hereafter President McKinley and
Secretary Long will have full and
complete charge of war secrets.
Ever since the war began some
member or members of the cabinet
have informed press representatives
of secret matters. This will now
be stopped.
The Charleston, which sailed from
Mare Island this week, is one of
our best protected cruisers and car
ries twenty-two guns the largest of
which are eight inoh.
In the exchange of prisoners a re
porter for a newspaper was regarded
as being equal to two officers, one
of them a colonel. Still there is
nothing for newspaper men to get
their heads swelled over it was
only Spanish officers that they were
exchanged for, after all.
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