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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1904)
Mil THE MAIL . . . "" wUlniakoBldllto ' 2300 CIRCULATION ADVERTISERS Want to know about the a . . Circulation of papers they advertise in. VOL- IVI. MEDFORD, JACKSON CODTY, BEGO, FRIDAY, JOLT 8. 1904 MEDFORD STILL Standing of the Teams. WON 8 6 LOST 4 PERCENT ma 600 500 833 Aebland Med ford J'ville Cold Hill . Medford and Jacksonville are still tied for sceond place, while ABhlaud still has a comfortable lead for the pennant. Gold Hill has still a firm grip on the cellar ohampionship. By losing the game of last Sunday, the Grays lost a ohance to tie the leaders and dropped to third place. They won from the Nuggets the 1th, however, while the Peaches ran away and hid from the Gold Brloks on the lame day at the Granite city. At Jacksonville Sunday two wild throws in the opening not and Done gans' and Strub's two baggers lost the Grays the game. The gong sound ed four times, when the agony was ever. After that the Gold Brioks on ly got one binglo, which didn't "buy them anything" until the fifth, when Strub swatted the sphere on the trade mark and it took to the rook pile over the left field fenoe. After that Hut ton never allowed a hit, but it looked pretty serious in the eighth when Pat (Donegao and Strub had each received free tickets, and Lester hit a high one between center and left. It was the star play of the day and Isaacs made it, by a long run. In order to roach the ball he had to lean a way forward - and his impetus was such that he fell down and rolled over a couple of times, but, nevertheless, while lying on his back whipped the ball over to second in time to keep Donegan and Strub from advancing a station. Nu- nan couldnt' find the ball -and Kruger -.. gave King at short the only .chance he had, whioh with the assistance of Hen- . ley, resulted in the side being out. For five chapters the Grays didn't have any happy home coming. They (rare unveiling Mr. Lester's puzzles to some extent, but the fates were against them and "Bum" Neuber's hired men ate up the drives they made like professionals. Finally Bothermal slammed one out for two stations. Miles flew out to Collins, but Henley made a safe bingle and wCothermal scored. Isaacs made first ! jn an error of Orth, but was caught laying to purloin second. Northup picked up that famous bat and step ped to the plate. The next instance ' there was a brand new ball sailing over the fence. Henley meanwhile 1 had scored. Hutton made first while Collins was fumbling his hot ground er. PatterBon hit but died at first, while Hutton couldn't get away from third, when King went out from Kruger to Orth. The outfield work for both sides was tip-top. Besides iBaacs long run nine cacth, Ed. Donegan made one some what similar and only one fly was dropped by an outfielder. Hutton pitched winning ball and it was only through hard luck that the team lost. score by innings: 123486789 Jacksonville, Buns 40001000 Hits 30001000 Med ford Rucb 000003000 Hits 10000410? Game won in first half of ninth At Gold Hill on the 4th the score should have been 2 to 1. Through the kindness of Umpire Brouse, aided by a wild throw, the Nuggets were presented with two runs in the third. Ater that they were unable to find the ball to amount to antyhing until the 0th, when Moore, formerly of the Grays, sent one over the fence for a homer. That settled it Medford scored twice in the first seance, one being an earned, run and thrice did the Grays croBS the plate in the seventh, one of these was also earned the result of IsaacB' three Backer. The fielding was good on both sides, but Henlny was too much for tho Nug gets in the box, spite of the fact that he was not well. Brouse had an off day in handling the indicator, also, and made some saffron-bued decis ions. Score by innings: 12 3456789 Medford, rune 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 06 hits 2 10 110 4 1 010 Gold Hlll.runs 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 03 hits 0 1110 2 11 07 City Council Meets. The City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening and carried oi-t the usual routine business. The monthly and quarterly reports of the treasurer and recorder were read and tiled, for reference and inspection. The petition of Ragsdale & Elwood for the sale of liquor for the term of six mouths was grauted. A license for the sale of liquor for the same length of time was granted the firm of Sllsby & McGill. An ordinanoe to prohibit the use of tlreworkB of any nature whatsoever was passed, with the exception of the hours from 12 m. July 3d to 12 m. July 4th of any year, This ordinance is calculated to protect the public from the usual number of accidents caused by the use of fireworks and to proteot the town from danger of fire. The offloial bond of H. D. Angle for the office of marshal was read and accepted. The proposition of the Gold Hill Development Company to furnish the oity of Medford with power for light ing and wutering the same was read, considered and accepted, said com pany being required to give a guaran tee under forfeiture of $2500, that the contraot be oarried out to the letter and that said power for lighting and watering be supplied by Ootober 1, 1904. Resolutions were presented, read aud adopted for the laying of the fol lowing pieces of sidewalk : Along the east side of B street from Third street to the northwest corner of block No. seven ; along the east side of H street, between 7th and 8th streets: alons the east side of 10th street, from the west side of C street' tu tue east mue ui n street. iotice will be served uu each resident owner on these streets concerning their part or tne waiKs to De uuut.- ADDITIONAL PERSONAL. A. Stauffer, of Ashland, was in this city Tuesday. Mrs. B. Wilson, -of Ashland, regis tered at the Hart Monday. Unas. McUune, of (ilendale, was in the city spending the 4th. Tom Carney came over from Igerna to spend the Fourth with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wright, of Jacksonville; spent Tuesday in Med ford. C. A. Schauta! has moved with his family to the Ad. Helms farm at Table Bock. T. L. Farlow, one of the prosperous young farmers of Lake creek, was in Medford Saturday. A. P. Ditman, of Redding, Calif., spent Tuesday and Wednesday in this city, a guest at Hotel Hart. Merchant J. H. Butler and Real Ea tate Agent McCown are over in the Dead Indian country upon a fishing trip. Walter Applegate, of Ashland, who iB a member of the state militia, waB on Wednesday evenlng'a train bound for Tacoma,to attend the big encamp ment to be held there during the next two weeka. Mrs. Blanch Burnett left Wednesday evening for Gaanta Pass, where ahe will vi-it a few days, after which she will go to Portland and enter the em payment of a big wholesale millinery bouse. F. E. Davidson, of Kent, Wash., was in Jackson county this week and lost upon mining business and as well upon a visit to Louis Knips and fam ily, who are old-time Minnesota friends of his. Leonard Cooper and family return ed to Medford this week after an ab sence of seven years in Eastern Ore gon and at Crescent City. Mr. Coop er expects to build a home and anchor a permanent base right here. J. H. Miller, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, arrived in Medfotd last Saturday and will spend several weeks in looking over hiB present Interests here, as well as his prospective inter ests. Mr. Miller is interested in the Big Butte timber lands and is also a factor in the proposed new railroad to that county. . Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Fitzgerald came up from Grants Psbs this week for a few days' stay with old-time Medford friends. He tells that excitoment is running high there over the Suckor creek gold strike. A townsite has been laid out, called Goldonviow City. All kinds of stories are current as to the value of the ledge, varying from 120,000 to 8100,000. George Chamberlain was down from his saw mill, near Talent, last week. He reports that his mill is turning out great quantities of lumber nil of which is being dellverod to the Iowa Lumber and Box Co., ot this city.1 Mr. C. stntes that his business rela- tionswith this company have been very pleasant and their transactions honest and as per agreement in every detail. A Camp Wagon for Sale. In good condition, bolster springs, spring seat, good cover. Rigged op In good shape. Inquire at F. M. Stewart's office. THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. How It was Observed la Different parts of Jackson County. The Fourth of July . was an ideal summeiday, that is, if you happen to like warm weather, and the celebra tions in various parts of the county were not named by. unruly conduct on the ptirt of Jupiter PIuvIub. There were several formal celebra tions, notably at Ashland, Eagle Point and Gold Hill, and Medford oitizeiiB attended all three quite liber ally. Probably the largest crowd was at Ashland, where quite a pretentions parade bad been arranged, and a pro gram of different Bports was carried out. A ball game between tho Peach es and the Gold Bricks was one of the features, which resulted in victory for Ashland by a score of 11 to 7. A ball In the evening dosed the festivities. At Gold Hill the town was filled to overflowing from early morning until late at night. Exercises were held in the morning and in the afternoon, horse racing, foot racing, a ball game and a dive from the top of the county bridge served to amuse the people. H. Gasquet, formerly of the Medford ball team, made the leap, a distance of some fifty feet, into the swirling waters of Rogue river, in the presence of several hundred people. The ball game resulted in the defeat of the Gold Hill ball team by a score of 6 to 3. In the evening a graud ball was held at the new brick hall. At Eagle Point several hundred peo ple gathered and spent the day in sports usual to Buch occasions and wound up the affair by dancing until the "sum' hours ayaut the twa. ' A good many Medford people re mained a home aud passed the day quietly. About ten o'clock those who happened to be down town were sur prised to see a miniature Fourth of July procession coming up Seventh street. A number of young girls aud boys, wishing to demonstrate their patriotic feelings, resolved to have a parade of their own, and there was a surprise on the older heads. Mayor E. B. Fiokel led the caval cade and was followed by the boys and girlB in gaily decorated vehicles of various descriptions and upon bi cycles decorated with the national colors. The army, the navy, the god dess of liberty and many other char acters appeared in the procession, which, considering the youth of the participants and the Bhort time in which they had to prepare it, was very creditable. Those who partici pated were, MIssob Ruth Lumsden, Fern Hutchison, Hazel Enyart, Angle Purdin, Gladys Curry, Hilda Bundy, Gertrude Fay, Lyle Purdin, Carrie Bundy, Grace Dent, Rosamond Ken nedy, Masters Charlie Angle, Roland Kelly, Fred Purdin, Homer and Lloyd Elwood, Herbert Alford, Gene Narre gan, Earl Kennedy, Robert and Her bert Stang, Frank Willeke and John ny Goodwyn. The ball game in Medford was THE feature of features ; one of the most mirth-provoking and side-splitting seances ever perpetuated. It was be tween the "Fats" and "Leans" and was won in a walk by the "Fats. " The line up for the full game waB Bomewhat mixed In fact it waB terri fically, and at times, agonizingly mixed; but at the start it Btood: For the Fata : 1st base, Mose Alford ; 2d base, Zack Maxcy; 3d base, Dr. Bundy ; shortstop, Wallie Mahonoy ; left field, W. L. Orr right Hold, O. , S. Snyder; catcher, Wilbur Jones;, pitcher, D. T. Lawton ; center field, Ed Wilkinson, For the Leans: Catch-1 er, E. S. Wolfer ; pitcher, Dr. Pick-1 el; 1st base, Ed Bodge; 2d base, Har old Lumsden ; short stop, Sam Rich-' ardson ; center Hold, Leon Hasklns; right flfild, Jack Benson ; loft field, Horace Nicholson, This is how they played bull for the first two innings, but after that the mix-up began and there were, at variouB times, as many as a dozen players to tho side till do ing something most of the time. Tho substitutes, recruits or auxiliaries, which were nddud during the giuno, wore, C,. C. Kiigsrinle. Curl Xurrogfiiii. Tom Merrlmaii, Myron Skeel, .John BuUor' "'orBO Cttrll-niid then favor of the Fats. During the first part of the game, Ikey Burnett um pired and tho Leans scored many points, but when Myron Bkeoltooki the indicator tho Fats commenced to ... . . I score ana tney never maoe an out un- 111 score-keeper Wltblngton put out distress flag and asked for an assla- tant. , . The especially fine plays made were bo numerous that Bpaoe will not per mit us to mention them all. Dr. Piokel as a pitcher is a truly swift one and his down curves were always stopped by the pedal extremities of Catcher Wolfer. Lawton also twirled the sphere with the skill of an old- timer and those of the balls that Catcher Jones could not dodge went up against some parts of his (Joiicb) anatomy, aud were caught. Law- tou's especial features were the catch ing of the ball between his kneeB aud his haudiuesB in utilizing his back for a backstop when a swift one came hit way that could not be dodged. San: Richardson made a home run, but just whose fault it was we are not going to say, because of the fact that the ball followed him very closely from base to base, but it was not fleet enough to laud at any one base In advance of his coming. Mose Al ford iB a good first baseman aud thore were few if any balls that came his way that he did not stop, while as a batter and base runuer he excelled the fleetest of them all. His strides were not especially gracoful, but they were far reaching. Mahonoy' 8 run from flrBt to second was very pretty , as a sprinting exhibition, but when he reached Becond there were six of the opposing nine's men standing on the base and he was declared out be cause there was no room on or around the base for the Irish. Another amusing and rather strenuous play was when Lawton took a run from first to second. He met Meeker, who was holding down the sceond base, aud after several attempts to dodge the alert second baseman, he proceed ed to climb bis frame and uot until Meeker was lying at full length on the ground aud the umpire had rendered a decision did Lawton step down and off of tho man who got in his path the funny part of this play was that Meeker had the ball in his hand all this time. At one time there were just seventeen men working between second and third to put Mose Alford out and Mose went out. Ragsdale proved himself a swift pacer and good catch. Someone sent a fly into Orr's left field, but Orr was at rest by the fence and when the ball got back in the diamond three tallies had been made. Bundy proved himself a good player all around, but it wasu't fair in him to land on second and slide eleven feet out into the field, taking the base with him, There were over 200 people in the grand stand and something over $20 was taken In at ten cents per person, The shouts and laughter which went up from the grand Btand told plainly of the enjoyment of the auidence. The proceeds, together with about $20 of subscription money, raised in the forenoon was used to purchase fire works for an evening demonstration, but there wore not nearly enough fire works in the city to use up the full amount and about $19 were placed in the Lewis and Clark park improve ment fund. Attend Chautauqua, Make a break in the routine ot life. Change air, diot, Bcouery, associa tions. Come unto new fellowship. Meet living exponents of great educa tional, scientific and linquistio ideas. Come into conditions of soul-quickening. Watch living methods whioh are the outgrowth of living principles, held and illustrated by living teach ers. Bring your old learning with you. Bring your life-long experi ences with you. " Bring your profes- siioal hinderanccs and vexations with you. Bring with you the friendly heart thut wins friends. Bring with ou the purposes aud longings that lave cast their anchors out into tho future. Come for suggestions, in spirations, resolution a. You are mak ing a long pilgrimage through the years, the way is dark sometimes, and very much hedged in, Como now a little whilo to a mountain top whore the air is pure and tho fellowship rest ful and the prospects far reaching. Come where those who know the way can show you tne mistakes you nave made and the possible ones to como and tho really bettor and safer way over the hills that reach out beyond you. Como whoro leaders assemble who have thought down, thought : up and thought through tho moun tains anu uuucuiuoB mat huui you in. For Rent. A good stock ranch, partly under irrigation. Good house mid barn. Fine outside runge. Hearing orchard. Twenty miles from railroad. Chen henn for cash. Address, AJK8. S, LOW, Ashland, Oregon. K. IN-28-3t Cily Property For Sale. I am desirous of disposing of my residence property, corner of C and F.iLrlith street. ThiB property is desir able for business block ; also business . . w , SoTentll 8trcot. tf J. E. HODOK, Medford. . : r . , Estraved From my home ill Med ord . blaok and Un ox hound bltoh aog, $5 reward for her return. 8. (Bwenning. 28-2t THE SUCKER CHEEK STRIKE. Editor Mail: Having just relumed from a trip to the "big strike" on Sucker creek, aud meettug so many Inquiries from ihoee interested In such things, I with through the columns of your paper to describe It as it looked to no. In ilia first place I will say that the people over there are not all "SuckerB" by any means, for some of them have the goods to show, but a fellow who has a flying maohlno should lake it with him when he undertakes a journey into that country, for it is a rough, rocky and brushy trail. The strike ie located on the head waters of Thompson creek, a part o: the Klamath water shed, just over the divide bttween the huad of Sucker creek and Thompson creek. It Is reached by a trail from the head of Williams creek or from Hoi and post- i office, passing up Sucker creek, a good day's journey It iB a very attractive di60overy and whether pocket or vein, bunoh or de poBit, it le deserving of all the comment It has received up to date. There 1b gold in Bight both taken out and there to be taken out. The smartest mining man in the world oould not look at it, as it now stands, and deny the possi bility c! it produoing a million dollars. Neither could he, with any degree of certainty, state that it will give up $50,000. At the time of my visit there was gold in Bight and visitors were In vited to mine it, and actually did dig out as muoh aB (200 or (300, at different limes in a space of fifteen minutes, aud this with a jack knife. This deposit of th9 precious tnetni occurs at the intersection, or ratlicr the conjunction, of three distinct kinds of porphyry, lh. grey porphyry being in dyke form and carrying heavy kidneys of white quartz aud extending in u north easterly and south westerly dl rection. This dyke is banded or crosB sectioned by ribs of black porphyry. The gold being precipitated wli'irj these cross sections o nitact with the quartz, The general character of the land in the immediate vieioity of the find 1b granite to the weBt and basalt on the east, with occasional intrusion of Igneous rock, but as a whole there are no Bpeoial features that would mark this particular epot aB a more frban ordinarily favorable place for prospect, ing. Whether there is a vein of gold bearing quartz or other rook that can be traced In any direction or to an distance from the origional discovery cut i em a ins to be determined, and can only be determined by development work. However, where Buch a deposit has been uncovered it 1b reasonable to buppobo it may prove to be apermanant and extensive body of milling ore. Hundreds of streams in Southern Oregon that have given up placer gold constantly for the past Bfty years have their sources in mountains as yet hard ly broken by the prospector's pick, and snob discoveries as the above will be the cause of much diligent searching, and many important strikes will follow. Gold is "where you find it" in gospel truth, but the fact that it 1b in so many places where you don't find it has a great deal to do with maintaining the gold standard. Tho discovery la un usually rich and will no doubt prove to be one of the most important yet found in the mountains of Southern Oregon, Youra very truly, Milt Armstrong. A Water Famine. Wednesday evening tho pump which eunplieB the boilers with water at tho electric light plant broke down and the town was wi'bout lightB during the night and without water until noon Thursday. After the II nil breakage another pump was secured, but it re fused absolutely to operate, by that limo the water had become so low in the boilers that it was necessary to fill them by the slow process of carrying water and pouring It into them, This took until nearly noon, and caused con siderable Inconvenience Tho lovtn Lumber Sc Box Co., which depends up on the city for water to supply its hollers, was compelled to shut down, and the hotels, Sftloone, etc, woro with out running water. Immediately after Supt. Loiler lound that he couldn't run the plant the supply of water in the lank was cut off, to be used In case of fire. For Sale, Cheap, One good, second-hund, two seated covered rig, pole and shafts.light run ning. Can be seen back of Taylor's shoe store. For price see Taylor, the r oot-oner, iaeuioru. Additional Local. E. A. Spa ulding, one of the own- ors of the Spauldlng mine, on Forest creek, was in the oity Saturday, enc route to Taooma, after having com pleted a very successful - aud well paying olean-up at his mine. The past winter has been unusually wet aud he has been enabled to pine off nearly twice as much ground us ever before about an acre and a half. At this rate of mining Mr. Spauldlng es timates that he has ground enough for fifty years steady work. When uskod as to the amount of the clean up Mr. Spauldlng became very reti cent and all The Mail representative could got was "very satisfactory." It you want to give your friends in the East some idea of what scenes in Southern Orogou are like, you send them a collection of tho storo vlowa tnkon by N. S. Bennett. Thoso views comprise a wide range of subjocts and thoroughly cover the scenory of Southern Orogou. Thoy can bo had either at tho Medford Book Store or ut H. B. Nye's. tf For sovoral days past thero havo been groat numbers of fish congregat ing just below the Ray dam aud above tho llsh ladder. Since these have gathered in Buoh numbers a llsh rack has been put aoross the rivor to pre-' vent the fish from passing tho ladder aud the work of seining thoso above tho raok has been commenced and the fish are now being holped over the dam. Tho fish ladder, which was put in last year, has boon npprovod by tho fiBh commissioner. First-oloss, seven room house to rout. Furnished or unfurnished. In. quire ut Mall olllce. S. A. Carlton, of Wollon, ,-r enthusiast on irrigation. Ho. tg.ugjug wator thiB Boason from tlrd JJ$h Lai ditch aud ho tolls that 'j knows nosi- .t 1 .... 1 tirajr Ui iramr i. jni this ditch hus saved llftoon nc.es of outs for him. Ho sowed six acres of alfalfa tills spring and this did not germinate un til he had turned wator on It and right now it is looking fine. Mail Oitlco Devil: "I road one of your proof shoots this week and I huw an item tolling of tho arrival in our oity of Mr. and Mrs. Bou Davis. That's all right und I nm glad to leant that Mr. and Mis. Bou Davis are horo, but I would like mighty well to be told when Mr. und Mrs. Yellow Newtown will arrive and about how many thoro will be in tho family," James Hanson has purohusod the Lodor rooming houso, on South D stroot, from Mm. A, M. Loder. con- sidoratiou $2000. Mr. Hkuboh, has sold, or contracted to sell, the sam- property to Mrs. R. E. Loar, who has moved with her ohildron thereto.. and will conduct a roomlne and boarding house therein. Ed Wood, tho shoomakor, is fit ting up a room adjoining Jewolor - Butlor's store aud expects to soon movo thereto, from tho Norrls Bros, store, in which bo is now located. Mr. Wood is a good workman aud is deserving of the II bond patronage be is receiving. L. E. Van Vloit has sold his Hawkeyo mine, on Lane oroek, to San Francisco nartlos for 1300. The ledgo has twenty-live foot of low grado ore nBsaylng from 83 to W to the ton. Mr. Van Vloit has several other mlnos in thiB locality. Wednosday evening's train bad a special car crowdod to tho doors with tho Southern Oregon state mili tia boys, en route to tho big oncamp ment at Tacomu. Thoy were a jolly lot and had already commenced to en joy themselves. Jack Loar returned to Medfont last weok, and is now in tho employ of tho Iowa Lumber und Box Co. Married Collins-Plymalc. A quiot wedding occurred at the homo of tho brido ut Jacksonville on Sunday oven ing, July 3d, tho con tracting partios being Thos. Cnllin8,of Medford, and Miss Katie May I'lymale. . of Jacksonville, Rov. Snyder olllolat ing. Just a few friends and iinmodi- uto rolutlvos of tho brldo wore prosout. Tho brldo is a duughter of tho late W. J. Plymalo woll-kuown as a wriu or throughout tho ssato Is anntivoof Jackson county, whoro she has spent most of her lifo, and, being an ami able, iiccomplirihed young lady, in capable of presiding with graco aud dignity over her new homo. Tho' groom is so widely known over Southern and Southeastern Ore gon that it is hardly necessary to da moro than mention bin nauio. Ha has boon successful in his business doulings and is 0110 of our most pro gressive farmers and stookralsorc Tho couplo will make their homo In the residence proporty of tho groom, in East Medford, whore tholr frlonda hope their lives will be filled with thai, happiness they deserve.