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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1904)
THK MAIL ... '-flllulitUnltti-M 2300 CIRC-UEAt ION ADVERTISERS Want to know about the Circulation ef papers they advertise in. YOiVlVi; "lEDFflBDJiasM COOHfT, 0EEB0H,"PHIDiT, JWE 17. ISM MO. 25 E BALL NOTES. The local fans bad an opportunity to "howl their heads off" last Thurs "day, because Medford lost to Gold Hill Kn'd they did it There is a bunch of fane tu this man's town who' know nearly as much about baseball as a clam, but who haveu't the bivalves good quality of silence. They expect a piother to strike out every man up md make no allowances if the home team iosob. wneo sney see a guuu game of ball they don't appreciate it "and roast their own team, vhouever a misplay is made. . Medford lotst the game that day by a score of 3 to 2, which indicates a pretty good game. Sunday the "Pippins" redeemed themselves by walloping Homer all over the lot for a total of nine hits, on which they accumulated seven runs, while the best the "Nuggets" could f do with Henley was two widely scat S'lered tingles, which resulted in one louely run. In the eighth Courtney hit through short, Conn went out from catcher to first, Miller found one he liked and hit for three bags -.scoring Courtney. There were no really brilliant plays, but both teams as a rule played steady bail, Medford paving the advantage of making no costly errors. MEDFORD AB R IB 8H PO A E Moire s 5 2 1 0 2 1 1 Thomms lb 5 2 2 0 10 4 0 Flynn o 4 1 0 0 10 4 0 Horthrap rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Henley p 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 UaCCBCl 4 0 U 0 0 0 0 I'auernoa II 3 0 10 10 0 Miles 2b 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 HamiKlell 3b S 1 2 0 1 0 u AB R IB 8H PO A E GOLD HILL 'Millar as 3 0 10 3 2 1 Homer p J 0 0 0 2' (magnet lb u 0 o s a o Mitchell 20 3 0 l) 0 a 3 MeCorilllek 3b 4 0 0 . 0 4 4 2 Delemater cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 CSurTnoyrl 3 1 1 0 0 0 iMaiElfaU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coin c 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 SUMMARY . Earned runs. Gold Hill, 1; Med ford, 3. Two-base hits, Thomma, Henley.Hamsdell. Three base, Miller. Stolen bases, Gasquet, Mitchell 3, Miles, Ramsdell. Double plays, Mitchelll to Gasauet, Miller to Gas quet, Miles to Thomma to Miles. Bases on balls, by Romer, 2, by Hen ley, 1. Hit by pitched ball, by Hen- ' ley, 1. Struck out by Romer, 2 ; by Henley, 12. Wild pitch, by Romer, 1. Lofton bases, Gold Hill, 4; Med ford. 7. Time of game, one hour and thirty minutes. Umpire, King. STATE NEWS. Edward Glass was sent to the insane asylum from Roseburg last week. The cause of his affliction was melancholia, resulting from disappointment in a love alfair with a girl on the coast. Up to a year ago be was a most effici ent member of the life-saving crew at the mouth of the Umpqua, near Gard iner, when he resigned. His age is 32 years . and up to the time of his trouble he was of the most cheerful disposition, which made him iuuum- e-rablo friends. Ed. Thornabury, a young man in the employ of the Booth-Kelly Lum ber Company, was drowned in the Willamette river, near Natron, last Satnrday. He was engaged on a drive of logs, and accidentally fell into deep water and drowned before his com panions could come to his rescue, al though one man nearly lost his life in the attempt. The body was recov ered and brought to Eugene, and will be sent to Douglas county, where his relatives reside. W. C. T. U. Items. Jnne 9th the President opened the meeting with devotional exercises. After which a short clipping was read by Mrs. Buokman, The Union re-1 joiced to have four visitors, Mesdamc? Hbbbs, Fielder, Corum and Wolf. Mrs. Hubbs gave a talk in regard to tie good works the W. C. T. U. have accomplished. All joined in the talk. The Union felt a pang of sadness in the death of Mrs. Kern, a state work erif Mrs. Wolf favored the .Unoin with a solo, "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight." Mrs. Hubbard pronounced the benediction,to meet again at Mrs. Gilbert's June 16th, which is Moth era' Day. "Whosoever will may come." Sheep Men Take Notice. Ve have a (ull line of wool sacks and See ee twine. . U J. G. Van Dyke & Co. A WONDERFUL MACHINE. A Typesetting Contrivance few Years Ago Was Deemed Impossible, Without Human Hands and Brains. , .,. This week begins a new era in The Mail office, and it is with pride that we invite in our friends and readers to see our wonderful Simplex typeset ting machine, just installed. The de mand for plenty of fresh news matter, for late news in full detail right up to the hour of publication ; the ncessity for keeping'in the front rank with the great development of newspaper busi- ness of recent years ; and the desire ; then you see and understand its pur to give our readers as much as possi- pose. ble for the money these considers- That part of the cylinder referred tious among others led us to see that something swifter than hand typeset- j ting must be provied. After a long and careful investigation of the whole! subject of mechanical typesettnig, we have finally installed the machine which is working such a revolution in the old methods of producing sewspa- pel's. It is probable that on no labor sav- ing machine has more time and mon-j ey been exepended than on a device to set and distribute type. For over century inventors have struggled ; with the question and while their ; etforts were partially successful, it has only been in the past ten years that! a practical machine has beon put on , the market. It seems like an impos- j sibility that any combination of ma- j chinery other than that encompassed , iir the human body could separate nearly a hundred characters, pick them up again, form them into words, combine the words into sentences and place them in resdiness for that j A long line of type rapidly forms in older but none the less marvelous re- j front of the opreator,and when he has suit of brain the modern printing ; enough for his purpose he whirls his press. The Simplex does it though, ! chair around, and with a small instru and does it five to six times as fast as mont called a "grab' separates the most rapid composing. ; enough from a long line to make1 a The Simplex typesetter uhcb the j line at the measure he is setting. This same kind of type as is set by hand, f ho justifies or "spaces" and then Each individual type has a separate takes another line and so on. When combination of "nicks" or notches two persons are working at the same cut on the etlge, and on this fact is time, one operates the keyboard and based the fundamental principle of the other does the spacing. As soon the machine. As will be noticed in ! as one line is spaced it is automatic the picture, the body of the Simplex j all; pushed back to make room for consists of two cylinders, one above ; another and at the same the the mat- and rotating on the other. In both cylinders, extending vertically their full length, are ninety parallel chan nels, each channel , corresponding to some one type. It stands about six feet high, and its diameter is not over two feet. It is connected with an overhead pulley and shaft for it must have motion to 'tested by the wards or channels of the time, complete the work of the person who lower cylinder, until it finds one ex-1 Upon being qulzzd as to how mat presides at the keyboard and plays actly corresponding and drops down tors were progressing at the mill site upon the keys as the operator manip-, in the lower magarine. The Mail representative was given to ulates the now familiar typewriter.. After the machine is in operation understand tliBt the least said would eampment of the (1, A. Itas renTo The cylinder is slit at intervals with j all that is necctsary in the way of best suit him and his associates, sontative of Chester A. Arthur post of perpendicular channels less than a distributing is to place a galley of However, the reporter learned from j this place. T . B, Hills, of Ashland, quarter of an inch wide and extending 'dead type on the side of the npjwr him that the mill site bad been clear- represents Bnrnside post, from the bottom to the top of the , cylinder in a plaice prepared' for it. ed off and a water ditch was being put Mrs. P. Ritner was down from Ash lower half of the cylinder. These I It does the work perfectly.and while in, bat when asked to stole just where ' land this week, Bhe says that Prof, channels contain the supply of type, it is apparently simple, it would be the mill would be located, the report- j Ritner has assurance of a goodly at each piece on one position on its side, ' impossible to oxpluin the matter In-! er was told that he might say that it . tendance of students at the business one on top of the other, the letter telligently, so we won't try, but again was on liutte crcok.about thirty milos college ho will establish in the flrau ends showing on the outer circumfer- invite you to come and see for your- from Medford. "That will he definite ; ite city and that tbey are very pious ence of the cylinder. There are nine-.self. . enough, " said Mr. Harris, I antly situated. i that does Work, " Which ty of these channels one for every small lotter and every capital letter and every figure, fraction a iiflfpH net nation mark. At the bottom of the cylinder is a polished steel plate revolving around the outside of the cylinder at 150 rev olutions a minute. You hardly notice that this is in motion until the opera tor begins to play on the keyboard, to as containing the channels full of type is stationary. The intsant the operator strikes a key a plunger inside the cylinder ejects the bottom letter j in the channel, controlled by its own particular key, and the letter shoots out upon the revolving disc and whisked around until it reaches chute into which it is switched, to be carried by a belt into the typeway di rectly in front of the keyboard. The ' letter goes upon the disc flat upon its side, but when it reaches the typeway it is standing on end, the character being uppermost, where it can be read 'by the operator. As the keyboard is rapidly worked the letters are darting out of their respective channels and taking their place on the revolving diBc. They move so swiftly that you can only see the glint of their polish- fed surface as they whir around to j take their places in the long lino of plotters which is passing in front of ! the operator. ter is leaded, if so desired. To distribute the type in the first place, the channels of the upper cylln- or Central Point, over the most feas der are filled with "dead matter" Uble route for the construction of a (type that has been used) and is re- j railroad, volving step by step. At each Btep! Mr, HarriB 1b very reticent upon of the distributer cylinder the bottom mattera appertaining to his projects, type of each line of dead matter is The Simplex is small and compact, weighing about 1,100 pounds and oc cupying no more floor space than an ordinary coal stove, and while it took brains and lots of Ethem to invent it, it is of remarkably simple construction and not at all liable to get out of re pair. We have had it in operation oniy a few days, but that is long enough to discover its true worth, and every time we see it work, with almost hu man intelligence, we feel like taking off our hats in its presence. It is certainly the best and most won derful machine that ever graced a country print shop. Portland vs. Medford, People who like to see the bull swatted, good fielding, and a bush league team make big kmguers guess a little, found a whole lot of enjoy ment in Tuesday's gttiue. Four strike outs for Martin, two for Henley, one for Hutton, don't look bad for ama teur pitchers against men who swat the ball like Drennen, Francis, Me- Credie and the rest of the Portland bunch. Whispering Phil Keiuleu got in the way of two of Martin's shoots, but finally woke up toward the last and made a nice little hit, Well, the home boya used the willow to some extent, too. Moore lauded the first bali that came to him over the fence for a homer, just to show the Browns that Drennen and Francis, who had done the trick in the first, were sot the "only people. Then Northup hit the sphere on the trade mark in the third seance, and Moore stole home in the fourth. The Browns began to ait up and bike notice about that time, as they found they were up against some handy ama teurs. That ended Medford s run getting. A home run by Dreunen, a pass issued to Beck and a second homer by Francis in the first netted three runs. Then there wasn't one of the tail onders of the coast league to cross the pan until the third, when with two out, McCrcdie and Drenuen hit and scored on Francis two bagger. Xu the sixth seance, Henley went in to pitch. He hit one man, fanned one, passed two and allowed one hit, all of which scored but one run for Portland. In the seventh Francis made a home run, his second in the game. In the eighth Hutton went In and after McCredie new to Moore, Drennen hit a hard one to right, made third on a passed ball and scored on the throw in one of Beck's long fly to center. Is the ninth Theilman hit the ball for the first time. Ramsdell fumbled it, but "Dutch" was caught trying to steal second. Sebmeer had already sent a long fly out to Rothermal's garden, which went the way they ail do when they come iu reach of Homer's wit. Shea couldn't solve Hutton s shoots. Portland................ ......3 0 2 OOlli 0-fc Hits.....,,, 20 1 1 002 1 0-7 Medford,,,,, 1 Q 0 1 1 8 0 0 Hits ,..,.1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-S Batteries Hutton, Martin mid Jhcous; Dm liottmd SteelmaB. Umpire, Hulen. SUMMARY. Kamed runs Portland, 4; Meflforfl, 2, Two-bane hits Francis and i (rennet. Home i a as Drea&en and Franks. Stolen based Moore and Rolhermal. Left on bases Portland, 9; Medford, 3. Time of game 1:4. NOTES OF THE GAMR Francis made a great one handed stop and threw to first on Thouima'e difficult grounder. Schmeer robbed Jacobs of a safe hit in the sixth, Medford s out Hold never overlook ed a chance, and robbed Portland of several apparently safe hits. Railroad Survey Started. B. JI. Harris, the gentleman who has large timber interests in the vi- - cinity of Big Btitto creek falls, left Medford Monday morning with a sur veying party for his mill site on the above named creek. Surveyor John McCail, of Ashland, Is in charge of the party and his in structions are to run a line of survey from the mill site to either Medford but he keeps doing things all the I PURELY PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Coss were at Ashland Tuesday. Louie Hesaley was is from Lake creek Wednesday. Miss Julia Fielder visited Ashland friend Wednesday, A. A. Davis was at Woodvilie Wed nesday, upon imsmisss. Horace Pelton, of Sams Valley, was a Medford visitor Monday, Capt. T. J, West, of Brownsboro, was a Medford visitor Monday. N. Cooke, of Central Piout, , was in Medford on Monday of this week. J. M. Hansbrongti, of Rosoburg, was in Medford several days this week. Leo Heall, of Lakuview, is visiting relatives and friends in the valley. Merchant and Mrs, A. fi. Austin, of Browitsboro, were In the city Wednes day. Hon. H. K. Ankeny returned Sun day from a business trip to Klamath county. Mrs, I. L. Hamilton and daughter, Miss Venita, made Ashland friends a visit Friday. George Lynch, the burnt cork king of the Lake creek country, was in the city Tuesday. Frank and Boyal Brown, of Eagle Point, spent Sunday in town end took in the ball game. Mi's. J, Bt Griffin returned this week from a few weeks visit to Scotts Valley, Calif. Hon. Tfaeo. Cam re on, of Jackson ville, left Sunday evening on a busi ness trip to Portland, W. T, Kame and Jordan Brown Ipft Monday for the Siskiyous, npoit promoting expedition. John McClomlon, Sr., mio of the prominent residents of the valley, was up from Gold Hill Monday. Messrs. Chnmplm and McDonald, of the Champlin Co., of Foots creek, were Medford visitors this week. Miss Frances Keimoy, of Jackson ville, 8t several days in" Medford this week, the guest of Miss Gertrude Fay. W. C. Hale and A. S. Hammond, the Grants Pass attorneys, were at Jacksonville on legal business last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Allison, of Ash- laud, were in the city Tuesday visit ing relatives and witnessing the ball game. Miss Liliie Hewes,who concludes successful term of school in th Mound district this week, was in Med ford Monday, Mrs. H, T. Burnett, of Ashland, was a Medford visitor the first of the week. Her mother's health having improved greatly. E. C, Welch, f Asbestos, was a Med ford visitor Friday last. Mr. Welch has lost some horses for which he ad vertises in another column. Mr. and Mrs. W. .J, Chirk, of Uer vuis, who have been visitmg relatives and friends in Medford and Jackson ville, returned home Sunday. V. T. MeCray returned this week from Klamath county, wluire he went in the interest of parties who are con templating an irrigating ditch project. Editor S, P. Shoots, formerly pb- lisher of the Glandule News, was in Medford Tuesday to witneHH the ball game. He is now residing m Ash land, W, 13. and D. B. Gijmore,of Kerby, were in Medford this week, en route to Lake view, where they oxoct to put m about three months in looking over the country. Mrs. 1 C. Siagle, of Coquille, who was called here last week by the seri ous illness of her mother, "Mrs. C. T. Nicholson, left on her return home Monday evening, Dr, Littie. of Oakland, was in Mod ford Tuesday, having boon called hero to attend, professionally, upon Insur ance Agent Cochran s baby, which has been ill for several weeks, George Von der Hollon and his sis ter, Miss Agnes, students at the Ore gon Agriculture College, at Corvallis, are home for a vacation and a good visit with home folk out at Welien, F. M. Stewart left Sunday for Hood river to attend the state en- E, D. Elwood and family End On Burnett returned to Medford Satur day from Chleo, Calif., whore Mr, K wood has been engaged is tile jswefa bueiness for several months past, Tb weather waB too hot down Users te suit them and they will heneeforlk and for all time to coma be residence of Oregon. Mr, El wood may engage ic business sgaia in Medford, if he esc find something that will wilt. Their many Mod ford friends are glad thier returu and we all want them tio stay. , Friday last R. S. fiunlap, tua velee an pioneer and sextn of the Jackson ville cemetery, bade hiB many friondci in this etion farewell snd left far Kosebur, to become an inmate of the Oregon soldiers home. Sergeant 3uie lap has been a resident of Soniiierc Oregon since the early S0a and tm over a third of a ceiituryhas been the sexton of Jacksonville cemetery. Now, bowed down with the weight a nearly eighty years, tbeJveneraUa oli gentleman, who nearly sixty years age made a 3GGG mile inarch as a member of Col. Doniphan's Missouri regimens in the Mexican war, has retired to . well earned rest in the soldiers hnnwi where is the congenial oompanionshha of comrades he can pass his remaintas years in "lighting his battles o'er aagin. J, P. Harr was in from Watkliw Tuesday, Mr, H. ia one of the sev eral prosperous farmers in that locali ty and like many another good farat er he contianues to improve bis prop erty. This year be is building a x 41 foot hay and stock barn and tat this there is being built a fonrteesv foot shed on three sides, Mr, Harr has but twenty-five head of eatffe now, but he is increasing his herd a fast as possible. The crops are good oat his way, he says, especially is Una trne of alfalfa,of which he bus quits c large acreage. Most of bis land is un der irrigtion and form this to takm no loss than sewn tons of hay per aero three crops,. Alfnifa he sowt in April of this year, now stands two and a half feet high, and from this h will take two crops this season, Bm has experimented with alfalfa on ths mountain side where no water coulit be had and this is now fully six inches high. Bed closer, he says, also does well on this upland. Made a Rich StrBa, Probably one of the richest mining strikes made in Southern Oregon for a number of years was the one acci dentally made on Monday, June 1004, on Sucker corek, by Hov Brkmt The story of the find, as givou by W. B . Uilmore, Is here told : iirigK was out hunting and after a ianl hall day's hunt for game, of which h found none, -he sat down to eat his lunch, tired and discouraged, but urn he ate ho saw protruding from the bill side a small piece of quartz. Them was gold in that quart?, and so plenti ful was it that iiriggs went wild, as it wore, and, forgetful of the fact that ho was tired and hungry, ho begms kicking about for more pieeiw of ipiBrtz. His efforts were crowmi with success and In a very short timo he had discovered a vein of on, . which was fabulously rich iu gold. From this vein ho took one Inr, chunk of quartz, weighing about fort pounds, and o goodly number of smaller pieces of Boat rock were gathered. These he put In a sack and started for his home, hut after aoituf some distance ho remembered that bn bad neglected to mark the olace. H laid down his sack of quarto and gnu and returned to tile vein llMd proper ly marked Ha location, and upon re turning to where ho thought he ha deposited his saok.he failed fo jhii it Ho then want wild a second time but after a couple of hours hunting ho found the lost articles and started for home again. Upon reaching bom ho began the work of "mortaring oaf" the gold and from the forty pouiii chunk he took an even $700, The young man took into his cm.- donce James Howard, formerly of Medford, and a ami of C. J, Howard, and they went back to the discover. , and made a more thorough examina tion. They found a twenty-foot ledg, of rock that assayed 20 to the ion and a pay chuto from six to eight inches in width, the value of which It diillcnit to estimate, tat it is the vaio from which the mm dollar chunk was taken and from which $sn was takes afterwards. This discovery is on imsurveyed government laud and it is told thai many people living thereabouts bans mod mining claims. An instance in connection with thin find which is related is that then, was so much gold and so little quart in one small chunk (hat Jim ll.. with a hammer, pounded it into a square cliuuK, In fact cooid ham moulded It into any desired shajw.