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MEDFOED, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1904 ,
NO- 8'.
CIRCULATION
2300
DEATH OF
Senator Marcue Alonzo Hanna died
at 0:40 o'clock Monday night at the
tfamily apartments in the Arlington
hotel at Washington, alter' an Illness
.extending' nearly two months, filled
'with apparent recoveries followed bv
relapses, and finally drifting into ty
phoid fever, which In" his " weakened
condition he was unable to withstand.
'When , the end came all the members
of the Senator's family were in the room
except Mrs. Hanna, the Senator's wife,
and Mr. and Mrs: Dan Hanna. Mrs.
, Hanna had left the room only a few
"minutes before.
The last sinking spell becran at ex
actly 6:80 o'clock. Doctorp Carter and
Olser were then in attendance. They
did not conceal the fact that life was
about to end, and all the members of
-the family were 6ent for. Mrs. Mc
'. Cormick, one of the Senator's daugh
ters, and Miss Phelps were present
' when the end came. Mr. and Mrs.
Ban Hanna were the first to arrive,
and they immediately withdrew to the
' chamber of the Senator's wife to sum
mon her to the bedBlde.' It was while
they were abaent that the Senator
breathed his last.
' The last intelligible words spoken
by Senator Hanna were pathetic in bis
attempt to maintain to the laBt . the
humor ' which was chffraoteristic of
his life. Sunday morning he moved
, his head slightly and his eyes a little.
The nurse asked if he was looking for
his handkerchief..
' "I think my wifo has my handker
. chief," the Senator whispered.
' Members of the family when told of
k ' the remark at once recognized it as one
of his favorite rejoinders in good natur
ed plaguing in which Mr. and Mrs.
Hanna often indulged. It was the
Senator's custom when he missed any
personal article, especially his hand
v kerchief, to say ,-I expect my wife has
it."
' Senator Hanna was born in New
Lisbon, Ohio, September 24, 1837.
When fifteen years of age hiB father
moved to Cleveland, where he went in
to the grocery business. After a few
yearB in the public school and one In
-. , college, he entered the grocery store at
" olerk. When his father died in 1861
, he reorganized the buBineBS, taking in
as a partner D. P. Rhodes, whose
daughter he afterwardB married.
k The new firm grew rapidly, and
branching out, soon became owners of
a fleet of vessels on the Great lakes
then ic iron mines, and finally owned
its own shipbuilding plant.
' Mr. Hanna always coped successfully
with labor pioblems. He knew what a
day'B work was and insisted upon hav
ing it. He alBO was willing to pay for
it. That was the secret of his success.
He waB always interested in politics,
hut sprang into national fame, when in
. 1894, he began to pave the way for the
campaign of 1S96, which resulted in the
election ol Wm. McKlnley.
In 1897 he was elected Benator from
Ohio, and in 1903 was elected for the
second' time. .
in Trouble Again.
John Carliele, who escaped a term in
the penitentiary several yeare ago; be
cause he proved that he was not a party
" to the crime of arson, in which his
wife was convicted and is now serving a
sentence for In the Btate prison, bos
gotten himself into trouble at Pendle
ton. '' It appears that Carlisle, without the
formality of securing a divorce, to
which he was entitled under the statute,
married a Pendleton woman, who
, afterward found out that he had never
been divorced from his first wife, and
' she Is now seeking evidence to convict
Carlisle of the crime of bigamy.
A Heavy Storm. .
The heaviest storm of the Beacon
visited Southern Oregon on Sunday and
. Monday. For forty-eight hours rain
fell, almost InceBsautly. Bear oreek
became a ruBhing river, but to far as
we have learned, did not do as muoh
damage aa last year.
The Central Point bridge was badly
. damaged by the flood.
The Southern Pacific Bouthbound
passenger was held up by a washout
near Merlin and did not reach here
until Tuesday morning. The north
bound was blockaded by slides In the
Slskiyons at the same time and arrived
here a short time before the south
bound came in.
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For Sale. '
Three three-quarter bedsteads with
spring!), two mattresses, two chiffoniers.
All in good condition. Will be sold
very cheap. Enquire at Tub Mail
, office.
THE ATHENAEUM
A
An Ashland Man Has a Divining
Rod That Will Detect the Pres
ence of Qold or Silver, No Hat
ter How Deeply it is Buried.
D. T. Irwin, of Ashland, has been in
town several days lately, demonstrat
ing the capabilities of a divining rod in
which he 1b interested. It is claimed
that this appliance will indicate the
presence of gold or silver, no matter
what substance, or how much of it, in
tervenes. '
Several years ago a watch was stolen
from a roomer in one of Medford's lodg
ing houses, and, owing to bis being
closely pursued, the robber dropped
the timepiece into a vault back of the
place where Helm's saloon now ia. Af
ter several years the fellow was arrest
ed on another charge and Bent to the
penitentiary. Among other things he
confessed having committed the rob.
bery above mentioned and told where
the watch was. Mr. Irwin was induced
to pass with bis rod over the spot where
this vault had been it is now filled with
earth and has been so for several years.
As Mr. Irwin passed over the spot the
rod dipped and he immediately Bald,
"There is something here." Then he
was told the story, and he deolares that
the watch can be found at that point.
A citizen standing near doubted the
power of the rod and challenged Mr.
Irwin to tell whether he bad any gold
or silver about him. The challenger
wore an overcoat buttoned tightly. The
divining rod was brought Into play.
It dipped toward the left Bide at first,
but seemed to be more strongly at
tracted toward the right. Investiga
tion showed that the snbjeot carried a
silver watch, while in hit right hand
trousers pocket waa a parse containing
several gold pieoeB. It ia claimed that
no other metal bnt eilver or gold will
affect thla mechanism, and that it will
Infallibly detect the presence oitneBe:
metalB.
A Peculiar Accident.
Charles Meier, while working at bis
mine on Foots creek, was the victim of
a peculiar accident on Saturday, which
might have cost him his life,
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON
Meier had been in the habit of thaw
ing giant powder in a can containing
hot water, which is regarded as a rea
sonably Bate way of handling the stuff.
He had used the same can several times
and on this occasion just as he poured
the hot water into the partially empty
can, the explosion came, blowing the
can to pieces, and inflicting some pain
lul . injuries to Meier about the abdo
men."' There was no powder in the can,
or near by and the supposition is that
more or less nitro-glycerine had ex
uded from the powder heretofore thaw
ed in the reoeptticle, and that the pour
ng of hot watsr upon It was sufficient
to cause it to explode.
The injured man waB hrouget to Med
ford and placed under the care of Dr.
Cameron , who reports that bis patient
is improving.
This is the third serious accident
which has befallen Mr. Meier within
the past three yeare. The first was a
premature explosion of a blast, which
filled various portions of Charlie's
anatomy with particles o! gravel, break'
bis collar bone and otherwise bruising
him up. The Becond time a revolver
dropped from his pocket, and the
charge lodged in his leg, and ihe third
has ust occurred.
Stockmen Meet.
The annual meeting of the Jackeon
County Stockmen'B Association waB
held at Ashland on Saturday last, and
waa attended by abont Beventy-five
members of the organization. Among
the topics diBcnsBed waB that of the
brand book recently printed for the
association, which it appears, was very
unsatisfactory. A special meeting will
be held in May to consider the printing
of another book. Bids will be 'asked
for and contract let for the printing at
that time.
The annual election of officers re
sulted as follows: President, George
Owens, re-elected; vice-president,
Peter Barneburg; secretary, Fred Neil,
re elected; treasurer, Fort Hubbard,
re-elected ; executive committee, E. B.
Barron, C. C. Taylor.
Hoyt'i Tree Support.
There is no doubt but that the belt
and cheapest way to support your trees
la in using me uoyi xrt-e supnort.
They will la9t lor years, The company
will'send samples free to orchanilsts.
Notice their announcement In another
column.
White corn wanted. Call at Runs
Mfll, Medford.JTridoyB or Saturdays. 2t J
BY GILBERT STUART
Opinions of Some of Our Citizens
Serious and Otherwise
L. X. Swick, by letter from Monu
ment, Oregon : "Enclosed find eto.,
for subscription to The Mail. There
a're several parties here who have the
Rogue river valley in view and I think
they will be down there the coming
summer."
R. B. Orr, by letter from Oakland,
Calif.: "Enclosed find subscription to
TnE Mail. I have a good position now.
Am head clerk in the grocery depart
ment in a very large department etoro
here. The firm claims they have fifty
departments under one roof." Mr. Orr
formerly resided in Mdford.
O. H. Price, by letter from Athena,
Oregon: "Friend Bliton, please find
enclosed $l.tS0 to pay for Trie Mail an
other year. I hope to be in Medford
by the time my subscription expires.
I am sorry I did not stay longer when
I was there a few weekB ago, for it has
been storming here ever Bince I re
turned aDd I'm bound to get back to
Medford again, not later than next fall
Regards to all the good people of Med
ford." Mail Office Devil "1m lookin for dat
guy wot sent media Valintine, and der
will be sumtbin doin' when I find him.
Dont it fit? Date de tronble, it fits too
well. If de boas bappons to see dat Val
intine be'ill take ter lookin at my face
an bands once in a while, an when It
comes Saturday night my pay envelope
will be full of billb fer ink I've parried
off on my countenance stead of :the good
old almolnna dat makes de heart of my
landlady glad."
C. 0. Taylor: "How's my alio ex
periment coming out? Well, the en
silage is about all out and the silo has
come down. No, I dldo't tear it down,
that big wind storm of last week did
that for me. I had fed out moat ol the
contents, and, the structure being pret
ty tall, It couldn't withstand the force
of the wind. Will I rebuild it? I
should say yea; . I fleureHhat It ia the
beet and most economical way In 'the
long run ol putting up feed. Stock do
fine on It. My cows have been giving
their regular quota of milk all winter,
and every hoof on the ranch 1b in good
condition. The only trouble with my
silo ia there iBn't enough of it, That's
the way the experiment came out, only
it has quit being1 an ' experiment any
more." '"
W.. M.' Colvig: "Speaking abom
cold weather, I want to tell you that I
experienced the limit while npbu my
recent trip to Detroit, Michigan. I re
member the morning I went through
Fargo, North Dakota,' the thermometer
waB down to thirty degrees below zero,
A Swede farmer who boarded the 'train
there told me that three, of hiB calves
froze to death in hia barn the night be
fore. At Detroit tbjB thermometor was
twenty-five below. In front of the ho
tel at which I stopped In Detroit there
tands a fountain from whioh the water
s supposed to spurt from a large pipe
fully twenty feet from the ground, bu'
It didn't spurt when I was there. In
stead of being water there wasa huge
column of ice, many feet in diameter.
Scenes of that nature produced in me'a
longing for Southern Oregon. Ho, I
fancy if I am to have much to do with
an eastern winter I will insist upon tak
ing It In homeopathic doses."
A.. W. Sturgis: "I was much inter
ested in that story of big nuggets whioh
appeared in Thk Mail a few weeks ago.
Yes, I think you got about all the blg
geBt ones. However, that article oalled
to mind a circumstance which occurred
in Josephine county in the early days,
that apparently demonstrates the truth
of the saying, that 'gold Is where you
find it,' not where it should he. I waa
running a paok train from Browntown
to Sailor Diggings in those dayB, and
right at the summit of the Sucker oreek
divide there was a little flat, the soil of
which was a peouliar red, No miner
would ever have thought of prospecting
Buoh a place, but a couple of tender
feet came along and sunk a hole in that
fiat. It was but a couple of feet to bed
rock, and that bedrock was almost liter
ally paved with gold. They took nut t
don't know how many thousand dolW:
from a piece ol ground not more than
thirty feet square, nd then returned to
the east. I stopped one day In going by
there end watched them, mine. They
were ground sluicing and I could look
down the sluice way and see the gold
not In flakes, but in great solid chunks.
The peculiar part of It was that, al
though aU the immediate vicinity was
thoroughly ' prospected, not a color of
gold could be found. How that gold
got there, or where It came from has
always been a mystery to me,and I have
often thought about It."
Southern Oregon nines.
The regular monthly clean up at
the Opp mine near Jacksonville ie
reported to have a been very Bans-
fata ry one.
The sample of ore taken from the
Grob drtfb in the Shorty Hope mine
near Ashland for exhibit at the St.
Louis Fair, has been assayed, giving
results of $35, $41 and $53 in round
figures gold values of the ore per ton
The famous Ham merely mine, in
Jump-off-Joe district, 1b about to be re
opened, after having lain idle for
several yearB, pending settlement of
litigation. Pan of the equipment of
the mine is said to be in good condition.
The owners are now engaged
pumping the water out of the workings,
F. H. Osgood, of Battle, Is at the
head of the work.
Work has commenced on the famous
Mountain Lion mine, and this great
producer will soon be turning out its
regu ar quota of gold. The mine is
opened through seven tunnels and each
one of them shows a rich body of ore
averaging'two feet wide and ranging in
value from $16 to -500 per ton. MoBt of
the work in the future will be done on
the north end. The mine is well equip
ped with modern machinery for the re
duct ion of the ore.
The Golden Drift Company, which is
operating In the Dry Diggings die
trict near Grants Pass, have been hav
ing a good ran for the past few months.
The ground worked carries cou eider-
able gold. By next' season the corn
Dany expects to have the dam across
Rogue river completed and their
pumping plant installed, when they
will commence work In earnest. The
'Dry Diggings" havo long been known
to be rich, but, as the name implies,
lack of water has prevented extensive
operations.
The Bagley Improvement Company,
which 1b operating on Ward's oreek, in
the northern end of the county, Ib run
ning two giants night atid day, with a
full force of men. The company has in
contemplation the construction of a
sawmill, with which to supply lumber
for the variouB necessities of the mines.
Also It is intended to construct a ditch
leading from Evans oreek over the di
vide to the head of Ward's creek, thus
giving the company a pressure upon all
parts of their holdings, which com
prises almost alt of Ward's creek, from
its source to Its mouth.
A sensational strike is reported from
the mountains of the Sixes region, an
Isolated, or comparatively .Isolated,
region on SIxob' river,' Onrry oounty.
A gravel bed or old channel has been
uncovered by the Sixes Mining Com- '
pan that is giving returns of from $2 '
toM & pan,. 'Jt la believed that the' "
whole bank, which lies at a depth of 20 '
feet on the bed rook, will pay $20 a cu-
bio yard. If this Is true In faot, If it-'
gives but one-half or one-third this''
amount it will far outrival the-rlchest -diggings'
of the most fabulous'' Klondike
bonanzas. ' " ' " - .-
, A new mining distriot has just been'
opened in Curry county, on the West ''
Fork oreek, thirty miles from 'CaBSon. ''
A tunnel has been run a distance of
1200 feet on a quarter .ledffo byt Now
York parties, under the supervlsion-of .
O. C. Pollard, which shows high-grade-gold
ore. T. A. Pollard, who has been -assistant
on the property,: came tb"
Portland this ' week and to the Tele-,
gram said: "We opened a lodgo qf ,
quartz from a few inohes to two feet ,
wide, which is worth $40to $D0 per torn
This ledge shows the entire length - of
the tunnel,. and Ib very regular, tn its
formation,. The prospeots for a good,;
camp are very flattering." i : '...:;,
Various Views Facts and Fancies- .
:,. Ours and Others. I
Tho world la not a bad world ..j
' Aa some would Use to mako It; ,
But whether good or whether had
Dopends on how you take It. ! ' ; ' ' - i
A lady Is- a woman, but all women--'
are uot ladles. ' i v- :'
Tho moon is like some men it gets 1
lull on tU Inst quarter.
Woman is a riddle ; she keeps a man
gneRslng, but h( novor gives lior up. v:
Occasionally a man's religion and all
his othor property Is in his wife's name.
No wonder some are tired of religion
when they take It all In kangaroo Juinpu.
Amusements which you are undecided
whether thoy are right or not had bettor bo
left alone.
I have recently 6oen It Btatcd that
although marriages may bo mado in Hcavou,
a lot of them are lived in hell and end in South
Dukota.
Each evening at 0 the world hurries
home, washes its face, combs its hair and sits
down to eat. The rlah man calls It his dlunor;
the poor mau says It's supper.
It must be cold in New York state
this winter. A woman left a lamp burn lug alt
night tn the kitchen, and when she tried tor
blow It out in the morning found the flame
frozen hard, She broke It off and threw It In
to tho woodshed, whero later. It thawed out
and set the shed on flro.
Recently one of our prominent farm
ers read an advertisement in a magazine that
for (2 a recipe would bo mailed that would
make henB lay, and eftor a few. days this is
what he received: "Tie a stout string around
the hen's body, lay the bird on her side on a
hoard, and fasten tho string underneath. If It
is thought desirable, a pillow may he pluca
under the hen's head." ,
A young man recently went to church
with his best girl and ho was hnppy. Doth,'
wenMiulte good looking and modest. When ,
the collection was taken the young man ex
plored his pocKcts and whispered to his young '
lady: "1 haven't a cent; 1 changed my pants."
In tho meantltne tho young lady had been
searching her pockets and finding no'.hlng,
blushed a rosy red and stnmmored: "I'm in
the same predicament,"
Investigations growing otit of the
Chicago theater horror, disclose the lact that -tae
so-cnllcd protection afforded by (1 re-proof
curtains Is mainly fraud. The asbestos curtain
that hung In tho Ircquois was consumed '
by the fire whldh caused tho Iosb of nearly six
hundred lives, Doalors testified that they
sold three grades of curtains:-"Fireproof as
bestos," "real asbostos," and "asbestos." This
recalls the story of the grocery keeper whoso
sign read as follows: "Now-laid eggs, 50 cents;
fresh eggs, 40 cents; good eggs, 42 conts; eggs,
40 contB," I
Did yon ever notice that a man will
run as fast as he can to cross a track In frontol
a train? Then ho will walk leisurely away.
He seems to be all right and probably Is. A
woman in a street oar will open a satchel and
take out a purse, take out a dime and close the
purso, close the satchel and lock both enda.
Then she will give the dime to the conductor,
who will give her nickel back. Then she
will open tho satchel and take out tho purso
put In tho nickel, oioso the purse, open the
satchel and put In the purse, close the satohol
and look both ends. Then she will feel for tho
buckle at the back of her belt. That's a wom
an. Once In a while a man shines out, a-
beacon light from an unexpected place, bright
with a new thought, a newfhope, a new dlscor
err to lift men and brace them for the battle
of life Then the rushing: world halts, and
looking to this new star twinkling solitary In
Its narrow heaven, wonders. -Then many say t
I knew that chap I used to play with him.
I sat In school with him. He was a dull fel
low." Funny world, Is it not? Is the opinion
of
Till OBflBRVKRv
Mass Convention.
A mass convention of the Socialist
party of Jackson county will bo held at
Medford, on Saturday, February 27th,
for tho purpose of nominating a county
ticket and transacting such othor busi
ness as may properly come beforo the
convention.
J. W. Wilky, chairman,
E P. Hammond, secretary.