The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, July 22, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MAIL . . will make m,lylt 10- 2300 CIRCULATION ADVERTISERS Want to know about the Circulation of ppere they advertise in. T0L;IVI. MEDFOBDJACHSOH CODNTY, BRE609, FRIDAY,- JULY 22. 1904 0. 30. BE Two Roads Likely to fee Constructed In Jackson County Within the next " Pew Months. J Iu every undeveloped country rail-' Toad schemes are plentiful, and so innny of them have come to naught that people are always skeptical when a road to develop a new section of the country is projected. The schemes we are about to speak of. however, are a little out of the .general run of suoh projects, inas much as the promoters are not mak ing any "grand stand" plays and arc not taking the public into their con fidence as to the great things they expect to do for ihe country. On 4he contrary, they are very reticent as to their plans and intentions andre not seeking a bonus from anyone. A couple of weeks ago a preliuin ary survey was partially made from the holdings of 'the Butte falls Mill ing Co., on Butte creek to the South ern Pacific line. This survey crossed Bear creek juet north of the city' limits and struck the main line near the old distillery. This week Civil Engineer McCall, of Aehlaud, wont out on the line in charge of a party .to make a more .accurate and dollaite .survey of the proposed line. Hhe -difficulties to be overcome in building this rbad are not great. There are only one or two bad places to be gone over and it ib expected; that the road can be constructed at a conqiaratively :low cost. ' The matter of the terminus at this (eud of the line has not been fully set tled hs yet. It lies between Coiitna! Point or ' Median!, and depends a ,grnt deal upon which town can bo reached with the least amount of work and expense. Everything else being -equal Medford will get the terminus on. account of being the larger place, but.it 1b by no means certain, and it behooves the citizens of our city to keep their eyes open ,and take time by the forelock, when the matter finally comes to a settlement. So much for the Butte creek road. Another project is in view, which will, .ifjcarried out, mititate greatly in our -favor in securing the western termfcuus of the Butte .crook road, and tint is the bulidixig .of a railroad from Jacksonville to the Blue ledge copper .mines. Prelimiuury surveys for this .route have been partially made bj JPeter Applegate sand he and J. A. McCall have- made a recon naissance -of the proposed ;route up Applegate .as far as Watkins and find no serious impediments to be over come. The hardest problem to be solved is to ,get over the divide be tween Jacksonville and the Applogate jseotion, but .that matter -.has been .practically Battled. From thereon it is clear sailing. If the Blue ledge is developed tbiB xoad will be a jiecessiity, and will be built, of course. It will be, in eifect, a continuance of the R. R. V. R. .and it will mean a gceat inrcrease in the business of this town and will result in bringing about .many things to our town which now seemed a long way off. ' Being the junction of one road with the Southern Pacific- will have con siderable weight in deciding the ques tion of terminus of the other. Being, therefore, the junction of two connecting roads Medford will assume considerable more importance in the eyes of the Southern Pacific managers and who knows but what this Jcity will eventually become a railroad center., ' TbiB is the prospect before our peo ple, but we cannot expect these plums to drop into onr mouths. We will be, of uecessity, compelled to do some log-rolling. Wo must not endeavor to obstruct the progress of these tchomes, but, on the contrary, should industriously endeavor to remove all difiicultiesin the way of tho success ful prosecution of these ventures. State Sues Itself, SALEM, Oro., July 15. To fore close a $10,000 mortgage on tho State Fair grounds property, Attorney Goiieral Crawford will file papers in the State Circuit Court lor this coun ty. The mortgage was executed ten years ago next December to the Stnte Land Board, and the money waB loan ed out of the irreducible school fund. No part of the principal nor interest has been paid upon the loan, and the total amount, including the interest, now reaches $20,000. Tho mortgage was issued by the State Board of Agriculture, end beers the signatures of William Uullowuy, then president of the Board, end C. B. Irviu, secre tary. The title of the oaee will be the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer, onBtituting the State Land Board, plaintiffs, vs the mem bers of the present State Land Board of Agrioulture and the State of Ore gon defendants, which makes it a pure case of the state suing the state, and the governor suing himself. In 1899 the legislative assembly, un consideration of a deed to the fair grounds property, covered, by tne mortgage, appropriated $7000 for the purpose of paying off some of the ur-1 gunt financial obliagtions on the part of the State Board of Agriculture, and the only question of law which invovled is whether the deed and the mortgage merge. ThiB mkes little difference, however, as the only object tfor which the mortgage will be foreclosed is to pre- day aud if th6 (Jrays doilt pwy tne vent the mortgage from being out-! game tbey 8nouio tliis team will lawed and for the protection of ahee dowu auother round on the lad irreducible school fund. There are j der and wiU fightitig with Gold no grounds for alarm as to the discon-1 HiU pretty 800n to who ete the tinuancecf the state fair, as it is j-fartne8t into the cellar, quite probable that the legialat&ve j At Gold Hm ganday Medford was assembiy of 1905 wall appropriate on the groundrat the time named for money with whioh to clear the prop-! the game to commene0i but the Nug erty of ithe mortgage.aud the fair will tB failed to show upi eo the game go on just the same. " The Medford Foundry. An issue or two ago we made brief mention of the foundry recently es tablished by Messrs. Gault & Cook, of the Medford Machine Shops. On Tuesday of last week a Mail reporter, by special invitation, visited the foundry while a "heat" was being poured. lOf course, the plant is small, but is complete as far .as it goBs, and the manner in which it is handled by its own.'is shows that they know their business. Fifteen minutes after the blast was turned on tho molten metal way streaming out of the spout at the bot tom of the cupola into tho clay lfiicA jpot made ready for its reception. Then a man on each end of the long lihnndle fitted to the pot picked it up iHiid carried to the molds, into which ,it was carefully poured. Tuesday was a pr,etty warm day, tbut the temperature outside was frigid beside that of the molding room, .. . , . ,. appafle a man who has been examining with its roaring furnace, streams ofJ"" .. molten iron and steaming moulds in whioh the castings were slowly cool ing. The -cast was made without- a hitch and the castings, after being removed from the mould were -all per fect. Additions to the plant will be made from time to time, until it will cot be long before Medford will hawe as complete. a machine .ahop and foumdry as can be found in Ortgon. .Cinnabar Discovery. Work has been quietly proceeding upon the Cinnabar mine of H. W. Jackson And I. L. Hamilton on the divide between Elk and Trail creeks, for the past several months, but not a great deal has been said about it. There has recently been finished a tunnel 19 feet bo length striking the ledge at a depth of 100 feet. A cross cut at this depth developed a ledge of cinnabar twenty-eight feot wide carrying 3 or 4 per cent of quick sil ver. The walls are sandstone and perfectly smooth, giving promise of the permaneutcy of the find. This proposition, if it develops into anything like the indications promise, is one of the moBt important discov eries made in Southern Oregon of late years. Tnere are only a lew cinnabar; mines that are producing in paying j quantities and the extraordinary rich-, uess of this find will make it one of the largest quicksilver mines on earth if tho quantity of ore is there, and it seems to be. Grants Pass Inventors. There has been invented by Grants Pass men two machines, one for the crushing of ore and tho other for sep arating the values from the pulp. W. B. Sherman and V. R. Whipple are . tho inventors of tho first and W. B. ; Sherman and W. P. Sharmnn of the other. Working size models have J been made of each, and satisfactory ; tests given. The character of the ma- i chines their economy of operation, the lightness and ease of transporta tion and the magnitude of the work ; they can nccom pi isb makes them j n onmMnntinn thut. will rprnlil t i nti i J the gold reduction business. For Rent ' A good stock ranch, partly under irrigation. Good house and barn. Fine outside range. Bearing orchard. Twenty miles from railroad. Cheap for cash. Address, MRS. S. E. IN LOW, Ashland, Oregou, 28-3t BASEBALL NOTES. Standing of the Teams. WON LCST PEKCKST g u m & 7 . ' 53:1 8 7 533 5 10 333 Asbland Medford Jackson v Vie Gold Hill v The Sunday games resulted in Jacksonville and Medford tieng -foi second place, while Ashland still re- tains the'- lead. By winning two straight games from Billy -Hnliu's jugglers Snnday the Gold Bricks ; demonstrated that there is some of ;tne r(ml metal Jn tni)1Ui The games ! wout 4 to 2 in the first and 9 to 3 iu thft wat Lter pitched both games ! and the longer he played tne better bo wa& Medford and Jacksonville raeet on the lators erounds 'next Sun- was forfeited. In the afternoon Med foid allowed the crippled Nuggets to get three men across the plate, while the best the Grays could do was to score twice, and one of those runs came from Nortlmps home run over left field fence. The way the situation sizes itself up to the unprejudiced observer it seems that Jacksonville has the strongest and the best trained team in the league, and that it Medford doesn't begin to play ball pretty soon there will have to be a shaft sunk in the cellar to accommodate our percen tage. Hriggs Mine Bonded. - E. T. Staples, of Ashland, has re turned from a trip to Sucker creek, -says the Tidings, where he bonded tho famous Briggsmine for $200,000. Mr Staples has thiB to say of the mine: '(rl -spent some days there and was igiven the liberty to exploit it from a prospective buyer's standpoint. It $10 and $20 free milling properties, and going there, as I did, expecting to see a 'pocket'. I was not prepared to see a fabulously rich quartz vein exposed for 16 feet in length by three feet deep, the gold lying in chunks and slabs -along the walls and running through the quartz from side to side in seams as large as two fingers. It is so rich that the owners are in an awed and frightened Btate of mind and afraid to continue to extract the gold, as it -accumulates faster than they dare chance handling and carry ing out to market. . As to the extent of the gold-bearing ledge, no man can answer, but the appearance makes it safe to chance it for a couple of hun dred thousand dollars. The owners do not solicit a buyer, but have con cluded to sell, and I have taken their bond, hoping to acquire full owner ship. "I must confess that I have the gold fever, and who wouldn't, after help ing to pick out o, $12, $40, and $400 gold nuggets frozen along tho walls of a ledge, while the ledge itself stands aglow with the infusion of the gold metal? It may not surpass the Steam boat, that produced 8120,000, or equal the Gold Hill, that yielded ? 180, 000, but it is in the neighborhood of these big finds, and so lar as worked nas excelled either, and aB a matter of fact I doubt If tho world can show a record of $28,000 froo gold from the same sized excavation. It is a veritable bonanza, and that is enough said." "Oregon ranks high among mining states now, but with the immense dis coveries being made in Josephine and Jackson counties sho will soon lead, or I miss my guess. Until recently tho miners and prospectors hnvo cared but little for low-grado ledges, for tho; reason that the rich so-called pocket finds wore numerous, and when tho rich ore chute was worked out from tho surfuco they began to search for another. So it was Hint many rich ledgpe have been abandoned when they . failed Ut pay by use and hand mortar. " of pick, shovel 'Ferguson vs. Ray, t Thp ce of linb,'rt ttumn v..Tr. C. R. Ray, which has iioptj attracting 'H rm ('f,fl' attention among min- ors, was decided in favor of tho latter by the supreme court. In 11)01 Ferguson had some land be longing to Pay leased. In cutting wood he came upon some rich quartz specimens buried in the earth. He sold half the quartz and turned the balance over to Ray. Afterward he brought suit to recover the quartz on the ground that it was treasure trove and that he had been induced to part with by threats on the part of Hay. The testimony at the trial of the cause before Judge Hanua showed that the quartz was found where there was no ledge or vein of ore, that marks on trees and the finding of a partially decayed cloth at the spot indicated that it had been placed there by humau agency. The trial court denied a motion for non-suit and rendered judgment and in favor of Ferguson for the recovery of the ore. Ray appealed. In an opinion by Justice Wolver ton it is held that when valuable gold bearing quartz is found by one person upon the premises ut another under circumstances indicating that it had been iutentionnally deposited there many years before byome one un- known the owner of the laud has the j right of possession as against the ' finder. Taking up "the queetion wehether the quartz was lost or abandoned property, the court holds that the evi dence does not show that it was either ; lost or abandoned property in the ' sense that the finder is entitled to its possession or ownership as against the owner of the soil. "The quartz was not found on the surface of the earth and the presumption that it was lost, which attends property found on the surface, is wanting. The property was valuable. It had actually at some previous time been detached by hu man agency from the ledge, and the evidence that it was once contained iu a bug of some kind of cloth, and that treos nearest the place of find ing bear some old marks, apparently made by design to aid in locating the proprely, would indicate that it whs voluntarily deposited where found. l(' . Th Supreme Court, therefore, holdn that since this quart, not leig tras ure trove, was found imbedded in the soil under circumstances repelling the idea that it had been lout, the prosmription is 'that1 "tho possession is in the owner of the laud. . China Pheasants Protected to 1905. There is an impression among some of the hunters that China pheasants may be legally shot in Southern Ore gon after October 1, 1904, but this is a mistake. The special law, prohibit ing the killing of these birds does not expire until January 1, 1905, and then the general law of the state, pro viding that the open soason for up land birds commences on October 1st, comes into effect. This brings the time when the pheasant can be shot here up to October of next year. The birds are increasing rapidly and the present dry season has been very favorable to the young birds, so that large bevies may be quite frequently seen. Another year or two of protec tion would result in the valley being thickly populated with this magni ficent game bird. Married Michl-Neusbaum. The marriage of Wm. Michl, pf San Fraucisco,and Miss Dollio Neusbaum, of Lake creek, was celebrated ut the court house in Jacksonville, on Wednesday, July 20th, County Judge G. W. Dunn, officiating. The groom is the head engineer ut tho power house in San Francisco, and a fine appearing young man. The bride is a daughter of Wm. Neusbaum, of Lake creek, and is a handsome and accomplished young lady. Mr. und Mrs. Michl loft on Thursday morning's train for San Francisco, whore they will make their future home. They were accompa nied by the bride's sinter, Miss Emma. ' W. C. T. U. Items. The Union opened on time by sing-, ing. Scripture reading by the presi- j dent, prayer by Mrs. Lozier, . ufter which a few minutes were devoted to business. It boing Mothers' day McKdarnes Hogo, Shoults and Lozier! read splendid articles. All joined in ; comment, after singing, "Stand Up for Johuh" Tho Union was favored by recitations by Dottio and Grucio Shoalts. Light refreshments of coffee and cuko wore served. The Union ad qjourned to July 21st to meet ut tho homo of Mrs. Our! Joneu, through special invitation. Come one, coino all. Quarterly Muetting. The fourth quarterly conference of tho M. E. church, South, will be held Satu rd ay, 23d i u st. The pros i d i n g elder, Rev. E. L. Fitch, will preach at 8 p. m., Saturday, at 11 a. m. Sun day. All are invited to theso servies. i H. C. BROWN, Pastor. POWER AND LIGHT This city will soon have electric light and power furnished by the Con dor Water A Power Co., of Gold' Ray. At a meeting of the city council held Friday evening a proposition was made by tho company and accepted and a check for $2500 was deposited by tho company's roproseutntivo, Dr. C. R. Ray, as a guaranteo of good faith. Followipg is the text of the proposal : The Condor Water & Power coin puny, an Oregou corporation, makes lo tne city or Aiudtord tne lollowing proposinon in tne matter ol lurnisu ing electricity for light and power for pumping and water purposes. 1. The said company will furnish unto the city electricity for lighting purposes and all household purposes at the rate of three cents per kilo watt hour and will furnish power for all pumping purposes at the rate of $5 a horse power per month, twenty- fnnr hnur nnvxrip.n. All nf flio nnwar and electricity to be metered out to the oity at their central power station and the compauy to furnish two -transformers and two meters.' 2. The oity to extend the light and water systom whenever a suf , ficient earning power can be shown to justify said extensions and shall be i based upon an Income of ten per cent I net per year on the cost of said ex j tensions. a. ii ine uonuor water .rower company at its own expense, will de velop and furnish for the city and the inhabitants thereof, water sutfi cienty pure for domestic use and for drinking purposes then said com pany, in that event, is to receive for the power used in pumping three cents per kilo watt hour. . ' 4. If the city does not ' make Un necessary extensions to its lighting and water system as slated in Section 2 of this proposition, then the said company in to have- the right and privilege to mnlto such extensions at its own expense and receive 05 pi-r cent of the gross revenue derived from said extensions, At the oxiiint- tiou of ten years, all such extensions made by said company to become tin propertv of the city. a The company is to have the right to employ a representative to solicit uusmess, nom tor lighting and for water system. In the event that the city makes the extensions In ac cordance with the second conditions of this proposal then the city is to pay for the service of Huid represen tative, but in the event that the ex tensions are mude under the fourth condition of this proposal, then the expenses of said representative are to be paid by the company. 6. The company is to have a fran chise to plant its polos and run its lines through all the streets and al leys of tho city, and is to have the right and privilege to sell power to all coiihuh le i-s of power over and above one horse power per consumer, 7. Settlement for all power and light used to be made monthly unto the com pan v. and the comnanv tn receive its payment in cash or Its equivalent. o. hub proposal is made on the basis of the comnuuv receiving from the city a ten year contract, said company within one day from tho uc ceptunce of this proposal to deposit wilu cue city recorder ol tne city its certificate check, or u good and valid undertaking in the sum of 2.- 500 for tho faithful performance of said contract, and the city to enter into a good and valid contract with the company and pass all ordinances and parts of ordinances necossary to its validity. 9. Exclusive franchise to be given to said company, so far as it is pos sible under the laws of tho state and tho interest of said company to be safe-guarded at all times by said council so fur as it can be legally done. Kospectlully submitted, CONDOR WATlfiU & POWER CO. C. R. Ray, President. The committee from tb city coun cil and Dr. Ray's representatives have been arranging a contract in accord ance with the provisions of tho above proposal. Just u few minor details remained to be settled at tho time tho Mail went to press, and no doubt tho contract will be signed this week. Work will be commenced at once und it is expected that within ninety days tho electric current from tho Ray darn will be supplying our citizens with power and light. The action of tho city council in accepting tho above proposition we think is universally approved by tho citizens of the town. It will elimin ate u big item from the oxponso ac count, und 1b ox poo ted to change u deficit in the light and water system to a profit. BLUE LEDGE There is going to bo something do ing at tho Blue Lodge coppor mine on Elliott creek pretty soon, und those "doings" will not be smull ones either. For the past several ' months Dr. J. F. Reddy and his as sociates have been quietly prosecut ing the development of the property?: in order to satisfy themselves that: ore was there in sufflolent quautitiw to pay for operating it - They are now fully satisfied withy the prospect and negotiations toward tho opening up of the mine are now in progress. This week G. D. GeS dis, of Denver, Colorado, arrived aadf will take churgo of the work us 8Uox- intendout. From u gentleman who has hoeji" closely connected with the property und with Dr. Reddy, a Mail reporter secured a few facts connected with thy mine. This gentleman states that no where Iiub he ever seen such an im-.-mense body of , high-grade copper ore us that curried by tho Blue Led go. ' "I bur none," ho said "and I have seen most of tho big copper mines ol' the world. It is simply immense--The vi duos are there, the quantity 1st there, ?ud it only needs the capital toi work It. The men who have hord?. orf ' it now have the necessary fuads-tov open up and work the proposition... Now, I wish to venture a little predic tion. Within five years that narrow canyon of the upper Applegate will have a population of ut least 10,000- That way look pretty big ; but yon watch and see if I am not prettj? nearly correct. That Blue ledgo i one of the biggest things evor develV -oped ou the Pacific coast, and whafc is more, there is little or no "danger -of it "pinching out." It will meair thousands of dollars annually to Jack son county, a railroad up tho Apple- -guto, und, as. I said before an enor mous increase in the populution ot that section. " Medford will bo the recipient of greater portion of the increased tradw made by the opening of this mil ut ile) ng tho nearest point on tho Southern Pacific, all freight, to and V from the mine must como through here, and this place will be tho natur al local trading point. The develops -mont. of tho Blue ledge spoils proBpor -ity for Jackson county ii gejmtiat3i- . Medford in particular. . . . A preliminary survey has boom made from Jacksonville up Jacksotv crook to tho summit of the dlviduv between that creek and Forost creels: aud a good grade has been ONtuuliahoct, so that tho greatest difficulty along: the route is easily overcome. Thero ure three routes by which u road from these mines can counocl with the Southern Pacific in tin w valley. The mines 'are situated nearly ou the summit of the Siskiyous aud w? ure informed by parties well acquaint--ed with tho country that n railroaiT : rou to with easy grades can bo found - along tho summit of the mountains-, und cuu bo brought into tho valley either through the Wagner crook or . Audorson creek pass, the lattor boing: preferable. Either of theso pusses- have tho advantage of giving a route nbout fifteen miles shorter than tho one via Jacksonville. The benefits to be derived from th&- opening of these mines are fur reach ing. No one section of the vulley will receive nil of them, but a general incroiiHO in the volume of trade or" all kinds will follow tho building of tho road above mentioned and tho opening up of this vast body of min- orul. It isnt' a local proposition at alL- It is general. It means a now oruP not only in tho mining business iir Southern Oregou, but in all other -kinds of industry. Married In Kentucky. Tho rumor is current in Medford and, while It cannot be traced to any positive source, seems authentic, that. Goo. S. Parker, son of Hon. W. II.. Parker, formerly of Medford, aud Mrs. J. R. Norris, also a former Med fort f resident, were married at some point, in Kentucky about six Weeks or two months ago. The news comes uh somewhat of n surprise to tho friends and acquaintances of both parties hero. Murderer Caught. A man giving his name as J. tt Williams and answering tho desrerip fion given of the murderer of Klorenct? Wells, who was beaten and stubbed to death at. Grants Pass last week, lias Ix-en arrested fit Roseburg Hud taken to Grants Pass for examination. The man came to Roseburg on foot and. applied for food ut a private house-. The owner reeogni'od him from de scriptions und summoned tho officer. Morc.lnmt and Mrs, L, 11. Brown re turned Wednesday evening from n trip up PioKpect way. John H. Owen, of Well en, wri in Medford, on land buqinoH betorui Couiiuiflehiuer lllituu, Thursday.