The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, July 15, 1898, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextYour Rflvenisement.. . IllSUI'tfld III U fll'Mt-ulUHB IIUW)UIOI' III till) IIIOHl I ulToullvu way of touch ' lug u glvou Suction ,, ,, Tbe MM Ml IK tllC loild I II )f fuilltly Down- 'papur In Jiiuksou County .,, Circulation 1900 Jttotl If You Want to Reach the People of Jackson County tbe most of them tbe beat of Ihem You've (Jot to Use the Paper that Reaches ., VOL, X, MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1898, NO. 28.. JHdftri. PROFESSIONAL 0AHD8. MOW ABOUT THAT JOB PRINTINU? Arc you wull supplied Willi l.ultor Uuads, Hill Hi'uilt., Curds, Kto 1 If not, liuivo your ordur ut tho Mail olllcii, wlmru good work nnU oily pi'luo praviill. K, KIRCIIGICSSNKK, I'liYHICIAN AND HUlttlKON, Mcilforil, Orvtfon Omoo-Mnilloy llullilluu, Bovontu Hireot, Itua Uoaoo On Couuty road. J, M. KKKNK, D. D. 8. OI'KUATIVK DKNTIHTHY A Bl'Kl.'IAL,TV. ToolbudraoloU without puln. Omom In Adklne-Diiuol blooli, McJfurd, Oro. W. JONES, I'liYHICIAN AND bUKUKON. MoUford. Oroifua, tiroaic. Opera lllock. COLVIO A RKAMK3, W, H. Colrlf A. K. Keauies LAWYKIIB. Orth lllook, Jacksonville, Orciioa. Will praolloo In nil tlio court of tbe etato. Careful ouuuaol gives In nil inaltora J. 8. HOWARD, HURVBYOU AND CIVIL KNOlNEEIt. U. . Deputy Mineral Burvejror for tbe Bute of Orcgou. I'o.lomee addroiui; Medford. Orcjcoo. W, H. PARKER, ATTOKNKY AT LAW. U emtio uiook. Mcdford.Ore. J JAMMOND & VAWTKR, Auilln S. Hammond. Wm. I. Vawlor. ATTOHNKYH AT LAW OSlce-1. 0. 0. V. bulldlni, Medford, Or J, B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND 8UK0K0N, - - i Offlce la Chlldere' Block, . ,:- Medrord, Or , B. riCKEL,, PHYSICIAN AND BIJKO&ll.N, Ortlot houra 10 to 12 a. m. ar.J 2 to 4 p. m, Hund.v.-l,llo 1. Medford, Or Offlce: nankin Block. W. I. VAWTin. Iraa. II. r. Aokihs, V P ! ii. cmtart, uaanter. ... CAPITAL Iso.ooo.... MEDFORD, OREGON Loan money on approved noourlty, receive da pomIU aubjocl to ohnok ntid t monad a fronera. banking bu a I noun. Your buslnofut aol lolled.... Cormnpondeulic Ladd Hunta, Halcm, Anglo California Bank, Han Francisco. Ladd k Tllion, Tortland, Corblu Hanking Co,, N. Y. C has. Perdue . . D radical Gin anil i BioyoloB ripairod on short notloo at living prices..,. ' Shop in J. A. Whitman's warerooms..,. WilsoD & HunsaKer Blacksmiths Are to be found at tho Bflck Shop Shooing horsos, plain or fancy, Wo will mimulnoluro wugona or . buggloB to ordor, . OaU.and soo our now OBrt wheels nlrondy tirod. Wo guuranloa our work. Wood : Shop ; In : Connection. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Lund ofllco nt ROBomirir, Oregon, Juno A, 1808. Nollno In horoby ulvon thnt tlio following named sottlor has fllort notloo of Ills Intention to runko final proof In aupport of bla claim, and thnt said proof nlll bo muuo before tbo oounty Judgo of JsoUson County, Oronon, at Jaokson ylllo, Oregon, on July M, I8HS, vii . HOIIKUT MAUfCN, On soldier's H. H. No. fttttt, for tho ao! aw! and hw! MX, boo 1ft, tp US h, r ti wont. Ho nnmoa ibo following wltnossos to provo bla continuous roaldonoc upon an cultivation of saldluad, vlx: J, T. Fry, J. II. tlousaum, l.um Ruinloy and Hliner Runlojr, nil of Medrord, Oregon. R, M. VtATOil, ilcglitor, Jackson Couuty Bank fiEW fltIVflliS. Satin Finish Aluminum . Ware. AIL m 9 -m We Havea Great 1 Variety of Fishing J. . UfDI i uiinuDfionrx tin ciuu nnnncioacii; ixnu s WELL SADDLED la ovory bono tbat la mul out with now loatker at my burnetii abop.; Fly Nets, Fly Sheets and Dusters- Kvorvtlilng tbut'a good for nummer uno now In atock. Carriage wblps and lup rubua. Otl your buggy topa and huroens tued up. J. G. TAYLOR, MEDFORO . .I-UOREOON. DON'T LET That I Imvo tho lttrgagl and bout golcotod stock of furniture, car poU, wall )uur and window ehudus to bo found lu South orn Oregon Escape Your Attention... ' - If you aro a proapootlve purchaaor you will find toy goods tbo higuBt In grade and tbo lowest in prloo. Undertaking In connection JflCKSOHVILLE WW . ... J. O. WHIPP, Propr. Does General Contracting in all GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS. Jacksonville, RATES FROn... $l to $a PER DAY Medford, Tho Nash Is one Oregon, and no accommodation STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS Free SamplejlRoomn V0B co Presoriotions.-:- Carefully "' Compounded. wrnua ouoei, . FRANK W. WAIT ... STONE YARD Oonoral oontraottng In all linos of stono work. Cemetery Work a Specialty All kinds of marblo and granite monumonts ordored direct from the quary... Vard on O stroot Oominorlolal Ilotol Dlook 3 Onion Ltivepy Stables... 1 J. COMPTON TTAVimv tntnttr niirnlmanrl fKia parea to lurnisn nrst-oinss rigs horses at reasonable rates. Commercial . Travelers AIho a Largo Assortment of Nickel l'liited Copper Ware in Kitchen Uten sils, at Greatly Reduced Prices. Those are tho Most and Most Durable Wares Now in uso. Tackle' Guns and Ammunition. BEEK & CO. THE fact' T. A . WTTTVR Lines. WOHKS CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY Oregon. I. L. HAfllLTON ... prophictor ... Oregon of the most popular hotels In Southern pains are spared for the comfort and of guests. Everything about the house THE HOTEL BAR Is always supplied with the very best brands of wines, liquors and olgare men- - THE MORTAR DfUG STOtE, . G. H.HASKINS. Prop'r. KU ANVTHIN. IH TNI UK. OF , ,, Pure Drugi, Patent Mediduei, Books, PAINTS no OILS. Tobaccooa.Olnra.Pernimery, Toilet Article, and . SJSWL'SR lh.' oareled In a Srat- . MMKUOra OTSgOIl. "MEDFORD, OREGON Proprietor nnnnlai afnKIa wa am nnw niut. and sato and last driving Horses boarded Rigs , a . Specialty RECLAIMING AN EMPIRE. Tho Tremendous Irrigation Work In Montana. CB.ala Which Shall Hrlaa Uad.r Cal llTBllon 1,0000,000 Acre, of Ik. riae.t Land Oat of Do.ra 1'ka Work Uoa. for S.IIUr.. Btcps have begun here that Involve the expenditure o ubout $8,0U0,U0O end tbe reclamation of l,000,ouo acres of urld luudn, every acre of which must, under the uifrcumcnt, be nettled by farmers In tracts of not to exceed 100 acres and proiiubly ureraging far less. Under the provisions of the Carey act, appropriating without charge 1,000,000 ncri-a of government land to stuteg that will liarirovc that lund by ditches for irrlirution, work begins next month on u $iW,M) illtch near this city. It will follow whut is known as the second bench of the Yellowstone and will ex tend 25 miles. A total of 28,000 ucres will be laid under water, of which 12, 000 belong to the Northprn Pacific road, the rest to the government and individ uals. The cunal wHI be SO miles long nnd will he a very lurge alTulr. 20 feet wide at the bottom and deep enough to ftirnlHli plenty of wuler nt all times for the irritrntlon of the 28,000 aeres of now valueless lund. With this canal started the state Is to commence another near Big Timber, in Sweet (irass county, where another $200,000 is to be spent and a canal 45 miles long, to carry 10,000 miller's Inches of water, will be con structed. It will irrigate 55,000 acres, nlso on one of the Yellowstone benches, and of land as rich os any in the state. Besides these two enterpriHCS others lire planned to make use of the entire 1,000,000 acres granted by the general government, at an average estimated cost per acre of eight dollars. The funds for this magnillcent improve ment, which is expected to add 10,000 farmers nnd their families to the popu lation of th.stnte, will be derived from the sale of irrigation bonds that ore to be a first lien on the works constructed and the Innds tinder them and are also to be guaranteed by the state. Bonds for the flrst cnnnl will be negotiated bv the successful contractors, who an ticipnte no trouble in disposing of them. The Northern Pacific road will pay in cash for the irrigation work touching innds belonging to it. There ore no engineering difficulties in either canal so fur planned, except tunnel 1.800 feet long In No. 1 and great Blplions under two small rivers in ?o, 2. Cnnnl No. 3 will probably be in Cus ter county and No. H in the fruit region in the northwestern part of the state. Another has for its field the Bitter Root valley, thnn which no more fertile area lies ouhloors. Still another, and the roost Important of all. contemplates laying the entire Sun River valley, from the foothills of the main Rockies to Great Falls, under the water, at a coat of about $2,000,000, reclaiming 256,000 acres of rich land. On this grent prop osition the arid land commission will net early In .he spring- It is not the object of the state to aiake any profit out of these lands. The ground having been given by the gen cral government, the state chatges up only the actual cost of the irrigation work, plus 20 per cent., and sells the lands at this price. This will make an average price for these lands of about $12 per acre, which is very bigh for tin improved lands in the far west. But for this $12 the settler gets not only- land, but n perpetual right to as much water as he can use, and without fur ther expense of any kind, and he has the wnter delivered at his door the mo ment he takes possession. Nowhere in the world are irrigated lands, suitable for the raising of all crops of a temper- nt climate, to be had for any such price ns $12 nn acre. The conditions for successful agricul ture are not so favorable anywhere, even In the west, and high-priced land. In eastern states are not to be thought of in comparison. Any fruits thnt will grow In Michigan will flourish in Mon tana, whose winters are shorter than Michigan's or Ohio's. All vegetables nnd grains of a temperate climate nour ish, and there can be no crop failure from drought with nn Immense supply of water nnd a perfect system of de livery. Three crops per year of alfalfa can bo raised, nnd stock can be ranged free nine months in the year In the up lands above the water benches. A big object lesson In irrlgntloa, per haps the most Important so far in the United States, is now being completed by the general government at Crow Creek Indian reservation, In eastern Montana, south of this city, where the tide of the Big Horn Is being diverted for the use of the Indians. A ditch 45 miles long, skirting the valley and in closing about 200,000 acres, is now near ly completed. It. Is costing about $400, 000. This canal Is tho ninth on the res ervation, all the others being less Im portant, but covering about 100 miles of dltohes. A tenth, to reclaim 140,000 acres more, is yet to be built. With Its completion every individual In the Crow nation, man, woman and child, will have morn than 80 nores of trrlgatod land, and ench family will be an inde pendent community. When the work for which congress mnkes appropria tions Is done, the lands will be allotted In severalty to the Crows, and the res ervation, It is believed, will become one of the garden spots of the world. All the work on these Crow canal except superintendence, masonry and rtcel gates Is being done by Indian labor, each man getting $1.50 per day. The government, In view of Its work for these Indians, has almost suspended the Issuance of rations to them, and will do so entirely as soon as the canals are completed and the lands allotted. Livingston (Mont.) Cor. N. Y. Sun. Tho Pariah. of Lo.l.la.a. The parishes of Louisiana which bor der along the coast of the Oulf of Mex ico, from Ited river to the Sabine, and which are called sometimes the "sea in until parishes," are nine in number. These sea marshes remain as testimony to the interrupted operations of the Mississippi riverinterrupted by the building of levees on the river's banks which, before the age of civilization In Louisiana, were slowly and year by year filling up the marshes so as to con vert them by tbe deposits of the mud of the river intothe solid ground of the continent, as the rest of the lowlands of J.ouislana had been similarly trans formed into terra flrma. Aa a rule, with the exception of Orleans parish, in which is situated the city of New Or leans, the population of these parishes is small, being composed mainly of the planters who live upon the banks of the Mississippi and of the many bayous that intersect the,. nnrl.hAs (M,atl,u.ltl. fishermen and hungers. N. o'. Picayune. TEETH OF SOLDIERS. Th. Kala.r la Ooimm to Have Tho.. of Ilia Trooper. Pat Im Good Order. Tnntlinitin t,oa ka.n 1 n .nl V O itP.bI. source of annoyance to the kaiser. Not j mat ine imperial moiara are, ao xar a I know, threatened with premature de cay. Were tbia the case, nobody would risk tbe penalties of lese majesty by openly asserting it. Tbe case is, how ever, from a public point ctf view, far more serious. It appears that the entire German army suffers from dental troubles to such an extent that it haa been found difficult to find non-commissioned officers capable of giving the word of command. When they attempt to utter familiar formula the "Ten tion!" "Stand at ease!" "Shoulder arms!" and so forth, mere confused and inarticulate sounds issue from thefr toothless gums. Things are bad enough on the parade ground, but what would happen on a battlefield one hardly ven tures to conjecture. Worse still, the boys In the training school for "non- coms." seem to be in no better plight than their elders. Nearly all of them, after Inspection, seemed to have one or more hopeless tusks, while a large pro portion can only be rendered fit for service by strict submission to the den tist's orders, and many are beyond the reach of art. His majesty has resolved to spend at once 11,000 marks on stop ping the teeth of his Christian warriors or in providing them with false sets. This applies only to the Prussian con-j tingent. Several of the subject statea, Have not made up tneir minds to incur the expense. PECULIAR CHICAGO HABIT. A Great Manr CHI.ena Alvrara Go to th. Loft la Eat.rlna; or Leav taa; Oalldlaa. Chicago enjoys the exceptional dis tinction of being the only left-handed city in the union. That is, the good peo ple of this bustling metropolis violate all the "rules of the road," ao far as the matter of keeping to the right is con cerned when entering or leaving public buildings, at a man, for instance, ap proaches a building where the entrance consists of two swinging doors, he will Invariably reach out with his left hand, pull open the left-hand door and make a wild dash to get outside, running the. risk of collision with anybody who re members that to go to the right Is the first law of navigation on land, says th. Chicago Chronicle. The habit of doing things the wrong way has taken such firm hold on the people that the man who uses the left hand door and is run into glares in amazement at the "offender." utterlr oblivious of the fact tbat he himself is the one who should be blamed. It makes no difference that there are two doors of equal width, one for entrance und one for exit. He, if going in, will seize on the exit door and reverse the proceeding If coming out. Half an hour's observation anywhere In the business distriot will demonstrate the truth ol this assertion. - Walea Wants Renreaeiitatloa. "Gallant little Wales," says the Lon don Chronicle, "is putting forward a claim for representation in the royal coat-ol-arms, as well as for inclusion in the union jack. With this object a provisional committee has drawn up a memorial to the queen, praying that the fourth quarter of the royal shield which, as they very ttuly sny, is prac tically unfilled, since It Is a repetition of the first quarter be devoted to in Ignln for Wales. The clninw of the irluclpnlity to hcrnldlo recognition are not to be. disputed. It is the only na tionality in Europe that has no distinct ive blazon to exhibit to the world, although its history is assooiated with more than one symbol." v The Brass of Critics. "I often mar vel," said Pennington, the author, "at theae orltica,whin an hour time blast a work over which we author have spent a year." "Yea," replied Cawatik, who, had read Pennington' lateat, when a minute would auffloa them to lay . all that la ni! tbe most of them lbs best of tbem MAIL CIRCULATION iooo THE GROWING INDUSTRY; Phenomenal Increase in Number Patents on Cycles. rh. Last Two Year. Haa Wlta.Met a Ieaaa.a.e Impet.a to th. Blcr.l Bn.la... la All -Braaeke., In the whole system of our paten system none of tbe mechanical arts haa inspired in an equal period of time aucb extensive and widespread activity a. those that relate to the cycle. In 1866, when Lallement tiled his application for his now celebrated patent for a ve locipede, only 20 patents had been is sued by the United States for rider propelled vehicles. At that time all of these were classified by, the patent office as "carriages and wagons" and Weoe included in tbe class having that official title. By January 1, I860, 43 patents for such vehicles had Issued. With the year 18G0 th. "veloclpeda mania" came upon the country. ' la that year velocipede patents were in creased by about 20O, and in consequence were grouped together as a subclass of "carriages and wagons," and officially, designated "velocipedes." After the mania of 1869, invention in velocipedes remained practically dead until 1878, when the English exhibits of bicycles at the Centennial exposition gave it au impetus. Until the year 1890, how ever, when the influence of the pneu matic tire began to be felt, the growth of invention relating to cycles was com paratively slow. In 1890 one assistant examiner in the patent office was able to examine all applications filed in this class of Inventions. Since 1890 nearly; 4,000 of the 5,000 United States patent for velocipedes have been granted. In 1S92 the applications had become ao nu merous that velocipedes were collected into a class by themselves distinct from carriages and wagons and transferred to another division, which was then em ployed in the examination of ' veloci pedes, harvesters and gomes and toys. The class was then split up into some 35 subclasses for convenience of ex amination.' Applications accumulated so rapidly that games and toys wera soon crowded out and sent elsewhere, and in May, 1897, harvesters also Were forced out and the class of velociedes now forms by itself one examining division, requiring the labor of one ex aminer, nine assistant examiners ;and five clerks to handle the great number of applications. And even with this ex pert force, a force larger than any other examining division in the patent office, passing on 800 applications, new' and amended each montb.more applications are awaiting action there than in any other division. In fact, on an aver age during the past two years twice as many cases have been awaiting aotion in this division as in any other, and three times as many as in most of them. And, withal, the class of velocipede does not include motorcycles, wheel, tires, cycle accessories, nor the numer ous special machines, all of which ex ist only because of the cycle. During 1892 about 600 velocipede application were filed, in 1894 about 825, In 189$. 1,500; in 1896, about 3,300, and in 1897, about 3,500, including the various, ac cessories, gear cutting and tube draw ing machines and special machinery de signed for use in the cycle facto. Iron Age. - OLD-TIME POST OFFICES! 1 oate Potato of Adraatas Abo at taut Loadoa Mall Established ia 18TT. ' The postmasters were free from all public offices, from liability to quarter soldiers, and they received gazettes free of postage, "wherewith they advantage) themselves in their common trade of selling drink, and they have their single letters free to London." , The rates of postage in 1677 were com paratively low. A single letter i. e., a letter consisting of one sheet of paper only could be sent for any distance up to 80 miles for 2d., and beyond 80 mile for 3d. A letter weighing an ounce cost Sd. for 80 miles, and Is beyond, lays London Notes and Queries. , The malls were dispatched from Lon don about midnight on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays, and wcreidue to arrive in London early on Monday, Wednesday nnd Friday mornings. They were carried on horseback at the rate of five miles an hour, and they were Ha-1 ble to a detention of not more than half an hour at each postoffice (stage) on the road. ' England was divided into six runnings, or .roads, vizi West, Bristol, Chester, North, Yarmouth and Kent, starting from Plymouth, Bristol, Ches ter, Edinburgh, Yarmouth and Dover, respectively. " The nma'i Mall. ' I About 20,000 letters are addressed to Queen Victoria yearly from her aub Jeots. Those that are not. stamped are not forwarded by the officials. The queen's letters have precedence of all others, and are forwarded to Windsor by special messengers from the general poet office. Washington Star.