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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.
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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.