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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.