jftotl THE MAIL . . ; " . ', will make aBlila.lt to f ADVERTISERS Want to know about the Circulation of papers they advertise in. VOL- IVI. MEDFOp, JACKSS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. 1904 ! NJ. 33." CIRCULATION 2300 IT Mrs Jos. Chapman, of Grants Pass, ,..n,',. ,f Mrs. (i. C. Noble, of Med ford. committed suicide by jumping into -Rogue river at the Roy dam somotfnie Sntarduy night. He.' body t....A at f.hi ruck built across the rioror below the dam to turn fish into the tishway by Job. Caskey, about a ..i..k finmlnv afternoon. Caskey was lying on the bridge above the water watching the nsn wueu no .,i,t uht. of a woman's dress in the water, by looking a little closer ha could distinguish the outlines 01 uei ... Tho Imdv was nartiully con cealed by the foot log along the rack and people had Been wanting i., lmr ull dav.- Coroner Cani- , U" . eron was telephoned for, but oould not be reached. J. H. Butler, 'the undertaker, went down and brought the remains to Medford on tne mio, ' i,t train, where they were identl ' fled Monday morning by P. ' M. Stewart. As nearly aa can be learned, Mrs. Chapman had been afflicted with suicidal mania for several years, and had . threatened on numerous occa sions to drown herself. She had been stopping with her daughter, Mrs. Noble, for several weeks, and on Saturday evening suddenly announced her intention of going to Rogue river. Mrs. Noble was unable to dissuade her, and she proceeded to the depot about train time and bought a ticket for Tolp. That evening she was met on the railroad track near the dam by one of the workmen, sent out to warn travelers when blasts were being set off. This man stopped her until the blasting was over and then paid no further attention to her, supposing sue was just one of the ububI visitors. Evidently some time afterward she jumped into the river. She porhnps entered the river above the dam, as a severe gash on the head would seem to indioate that she had floated over the dam and struck on the rooks be low. Mr nhnnmHii was in her 67th year at the time of her death. The funeral took place from the undertaking par lore of the Medford Furniture Co. Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Chapman, who is an inmate of the Oregon Soldiers' Home, at Rose burg, arrived Monday night. W. C. T. U. Items. , Quite a number were present August 4t.l.. at the home of Mrs. Day. The Union was opened by the president reading St. John XI ; prayer by mrs. Hubbs., roll call, minutes of meeting read and approved. The committee reported seven families helped with clothes, food, etc Flowers were car ried to the sick. Election of officers by ballot voted Mrs. Hubbs acting president, as long as her stay in Med ford -, Mrs. Hoge recording, socrotary ; Mrs. Hammond, corresponding secre tory; Mrs. Henry Bakor, treasurer. Light refreshments of ice oream and cake were then served. The Union was then dismissed by Mrs. Lozier, to meet at the home of Mrs. Hub bard, August 11th. A special invita tion is extended to the ministers and their families. All come who may. A Serious Accidcnl. Robinson Wright, the well-known pioneer of Butte creek, was the vic tim of a severe acoideut Friday even ing, which may result seriously. Mr. Wright was up in the mow of his bam throwing down hay for his horses, when his foot slipped in some way and he fell to the hard ground beneath. HiB right thigh bone was fractured at the hip by the fall. Mr. Wright is well advanced In years, which, together, with the nature of the injury, makes the case a serious one. L. Wade came in Sunday even ing after the injured man's daughter, Mrs. Stanley, who left Monday morn ing for Butte creek, to take care of her father. . Oregon Game Laws. Open seasons for game in Southern Oregon are as follows: Beer July 15th to November 1st for bucks ; August loth to Novoinbei 1st for does Elk Killing prohibited until Octo ber 1, 1007. Unlawful-at any time to kill deer, elk, moose, etc., for hides, horns, oi flesh for the purpose of Belling thr same. The lawful amount of deet which can bo killed in any one sen son is five and In order that the hide of said doer may be marketed the owner thereof, shall attach a leather i tag, to be obtained from the county clerk or a ' justice of the peace, to each skin, and it is further provided that the state game and torest warden shall number and stamp these tags and distribute them to the various county clerks of the several counties, to be issued by the county clerks- to justice's of the peace in their coun ties. In. Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties geese, duck and swan may be killed from September loth to Jan uary 1st of each year. It is unlawful in the counties of Jackson, Josephine, Cook, Curry and Clutsop to kill Chinese pheasants un til September 15, 1!MG. The close season for trout, except salmon trout, extends from November until March, inclusive. Night Ash ing is prohibited aud the sale of any species of trout, at any time, is un lawful. It Is unlawful to catch more than one hundred twenty-live trout in one day. , A Pretty August Wedding. One of the prettiest weddings of the season took place at the pleasant homo of Mr. and Mrs. A. Slover on Tuesday evening, August 0th, when her daughter, Miss Maggie, was given in marriage to Wilmer C Cartwright. The double parlors were tastefully deoorated in ferns, ivy and roses, the prevailing color being white and green, while the dining room was draped in red. A vocal solo by Mrs. W. W. Bates preceded the entrance of the bridal party. As Mrs. E. E. Gore played Mendelssohn's wedding maroh, the groom and best man, Mr. Earl Gaddis, took their places to awuit the bride and her party. The little Misses Ruth Woodford and Iva Boeck as ribbon girls formed the aisle through which the maid of honor, Miss Florence Toft, and bridesmaid, Miss Katie Angle, passed. The bride was gowned in a beauti ful creation of white silk mull over white silk and carried white oarua- tious, aud was given away by ' her step-father, Mr. Slover. After a short and impressive ceremony, pronounced by Rev. P. W. Carstens, of the First Baptist church, of Medford, dainty refreshments wore served. The wedding gifts were many and beautiful and made a handsome dis play. The bride is one of Medford 's popu lar young ladies,' acoomplished aud refined, and possess the many qualifi cations which have always made her prominent in all social gatherings, while the groom, who is a son of Owal Cartwright, of" Eugene, is a most trustworthy and efficient young man and during his stay here has made uiany friendB. He is to be congratu lated upon his choice. . Another Pioneer Gone. One bytoue the pioneers of Oregon are making their last journey; are "crossing the plains" of death and "climbing the - mountains" of the groat beyond. 1 The laet one to face the mysteries of the unknown land was Charles Wesley Kahler, who died at Ashland after an illness extending over aever ul years, on Friday, August 5th ; aged sixty-throe yaera, nine months and five days. Mr. Kahler was born in Ohio in 1840, and came to Oregon with his parents, the lato William Kahler aud wife, in 18.72. The family first settled in Jacksonville and afterward in 184H, located on a farm near Table Rock. In 1865 Mr. Kahler graduated from the Willamette university, nt Salem, and then entered the law o dices of Orange Jacobs, being admitted to the bar in 1868. In 186!) he was ap pointed district attorney of the first judicial district by Gov. Woods, to fill out the unexpired term of W. G. T' Vault. . He was active for several years in Republican politics, when the party was greatly in the minority. Mr. Kahler was an honest, upright man, a good citizen, and a lawyer of ability and wide experience. He was never married and of his near relutives a ulster und several brothers survive him. The funeral took place in Jackson rille on Sunday, and the remains wore : allowed to the grave by a large con course of sorrowing friends. Stockmen Meet. The Jackson Covi'v Stockmen's ! Association mot in special rui-it ing i on Sutnrdiiy. The object of the meet-1 hig wua the disiMJ.-viou of the matter -if the flcliiug' of href. The mooting' "fis imt as largely 'attended as it cor-I hiinly should hnvc tvn, but wen, levertbeh'Hs. a succef-.-fnl one. Tho 'tockmen got together und discussed he situation freely, aud finally sop j rated with the impression that the .scoctBtion wns honeflting them in fiore ways than one. Quite a number of new members iave Imm"!i added (dure the organiza tion of the association. E 10 DEATH PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 8. One hun dred lives were blotted out by he wreck last night of ' the Missouri Pacific Fiver, on the Denver & Rio Grande raiload, near .ldou, eipht miles north of Pueulo. Tne. train struck a weakened bridge over an ar- royo, which had been Hooded by a cloudburst. The water was fiowiug over the trestle when the tram started across. The bridge went down un der the weight of the train, aud the baggage car, smoker aud chair ear were precipitated into tuo urrreui, -Thn nmriiiA tfot almost 801'OBB. but fell back into the water The body of Engineer Hinmau was lounu w reev down the river. . All the cars were washed down stream. The express safe waB round open and its contents gone. The cars were found four miles troni me scene of the accident, half filled with sand, in which wore buried tne oouies oi naaaAnirarii. . TOO cars were not located until several hours after , the time of the accident. At 3 o'clock over fifty bodies had been recovered from the wreck and others are expected momentarily. Passenger train No. 11, the Denver & Rio Grande aud Missoui Pacific wnviri'a Fair Fiver, is the fastest train sent out of Denver by the Den ver & Uio Grande, and usually camea . 1,,. nnHKHntrer list. Yesterday the train was made up of six curs express, diner, chair car auu twu sleepers. Nearly every coach was well tilled when tbe train puueu urn, of Denver at 5 o'clock. The train makes the run to Colora do Springs in two hours and five minutes. One hour aud ten minutes is the schedule time from Colorado Springs to Pueblo, and the heavy train was whilriug along through the storm to make this fast time when it dropped into the stream. Wires being down, only bulletins giving meager details of the disaster, could be obtained here, during the night. The disaster waB the worst thiit. has ever occurred on the Denver & Rio Gaude railroad. Dry creek, where the accident. Hap pened, is one of the most dangerous points on the road. It is not far from Butte, where two years ago washouts occurred which crippled the service of the line,, but entailed no loss of life. It is close to the foot hills, which by reason of repeated cloudbursts and washouts, have been slowly closing iu, the bed of the creek continually becoming deeper, until it has reached a depth of about twenty-five feet. Trains Nos.3 and 15, preceding No. 11, passed over the bridge and reached Pueblo safely. The rains had been seVore, but danger was not ap prehended at Dry creek, as a recent inspection showed that the bridge was in first-class condition. No re ports of trouble on the line were re ceived at Pueblo at i o'clock that train No. 11 had been wrecked. Just prior to that time there were reports that a heavy rainfall was in progress in the vicinity of Eden, but there was no intimation of a cloud burst. So far as the officials of the road can determine, the engineer evi dently did not see the trouble until it was too late to stop the train, which was going at a right rapid rato of spued. Mr. Be man's Ideal .Mountain Home. J. W. Ling, the painter and paper hanger, returned Monday from a two weeks1 stay at the home of J. W. Ben-inn, on Elk creek, where he, with two men. have been at work painting and papering. Mr. Ling is saying all manner of pretty things of Mr. Ber riaii's new home. Say it is an ideal mountain home, and. if situated in a oity would be as much of an ideal there as among the tall pines of Elk creek ' ' '- The house has four large roomB on the first floor, together with a large onllar house and pantry, and around the entire building am porches from ten to sixteen feet in width. There are Ihvfw large sleeping rooms above, also a bath room. The exterior of the bouse' is prtintd a niv.' white, while the window similes ar traced in a bronze green, and the interior is finished in hard oil. The houPe Is situated in the midst of a grove of tall pine and fir tivi.' and the pure white of the houf with the green foliago of the trees furronnding pre sents a picture one cannot look unnn but. to admire look again and realize a growing admiration, and a denirej to feast the eye upon the grandeur of nature to which has been addsd the beautifying effect of man's master1 hand. Pure mountain water' is carried1 to all parts of the house, and while 'tis as a whole a beautiful house its convenience surpasses oveu its great beauty. Messrs. D. W. Hanel and F. Annum did the .carpenter- work ou this house, and Mr. Berriau is very complimentary in his , remarks, as to the merits of the work performed. - Mr. fierrinn has, .160 acres of land here aud while it is not ail agrieul-, tore land a goodly number of 1 acres j hiive been cleared, broken and seeded. flo has sixteen acres of as fine alfalfa as is grown any place in Oregon audi he is going to plant a lr.iger acreage. ! Ho is buying thoroughbred cattle aud hogs aud hopes soon to have a line, band of each. Mr. Ling tells that there is another; very pretty and polltablo homo being made up Elk creek the same being that of Mr. Tucker, who purekused the Pellett-Helms' 300 acre tract, a ' few years ago. Mr. Tucker has about 100 acres of fine alfalfa growing, be sides other crops and still owub good lan 4 fit for crops. He has but re cently built a fine house the same having beeu constructed of boulders aud cement.' The dwelling is octagon in Bhape aud was built at a cost of over 2500. This fall he will have the exterior walls cemented and blocked off to repesent square cut stone. Salmon at Ray Dam. There has been a good deal said about fish being obstructed at the Ray dam on Rogue river, and it has been claimed that the fish were pack ed so tightly iu the river that one could walk across on their backs. While it is no doubt true that when the dam was first finished it was impossible for the fish to get over it ; but thats difficulty has been removed to a great extent; by tho building of a fiehway. so that now the fish are passing freely into the upper river. Muster Fish Warden Van Dusen re ports as follows: '"While salmon are stopped aud in terferred with to a considerable ex tent by this dam, very few are being injured in any way, and they are passing up through the fish ways that have been provided and are getting above the dam as fast as we can ex pect. On investigation recently 1 found they wore going up through the fishways at the rate of 2000 or IW00 a day. and that thoy have been going at this rate for two weeks. Two thousand a day is a very conservative estimate. By a very careful count', made by State Water Bailiff Williams, who is thero continuously to see that the fishways are kept clour and tho fish are not molested in any way, it appears that some days 5000 or 10,000 have passed over the dam. -- "D. H.. Miller, of Medford, who fishes a great deal with rod and line on the upper Rogue river, aud who has been very much interested iu see ing that the fish get above this dam, writes me he was down to the dam July 25th, inspected both the fishways and figures that salmon were going through both fishways at the rate of 250 an hour. He was there in the middle of the day .and from evening to morning he figures that we could count on double that number. "Notwihstauding the fact that thoy are passing above the dam iu such numbers, others are continually com ing np tho river to take their places. This keops tho pools below the dam literally alive with salmon and other fish, eager to get by tho obstruction, which makes it appear to a causal observer that the same fish are there today that wore first stopped and has caused all this complaint, "With a massive structure, like this dam, conditions will alwayB be about this same way. Pish ascending the stream will be stopped, some times in great numbers, and It will take them a few days or a week be fore they will satisfy themselves suf ficiently to enter and take the ladder fish way contrivance in order to get above the obstruction." Welcomed as an Old Friend. Mrs. G. C. Dickey, formerly of Sams Valley, now living at Corvallis, writes The Mail an follows : "We have decided to stay in Cor vnllis for some time, perhaps all win ter,so we will be very thankful if you will pond us your paper, as it has all the home news and is welcomed as an old friend. Cor vail is is a nice place, but It needs some of Mud ford's cutei-pise to ftir it up aud make them fix tiif ir side walks, tear down tin flightly buildings, etc." Teams Wanted. Men and teams wanted to work on Irrigation ( 'anal. Work commences August 1, Hk)4. and fH."tH until snow flies, Horses, ;7'j cents per day. Men, K1.50 per day. Hoard and horse f e"d furnished frr. Write. KLAMATH CANAL CO., 30 It. Klamath Fallv, Ore. plSely personal James Smith was in from Big Butte Saturday. . F. L. Chumpliu was up from Foots' creek Saturday. H. ShatWor, of Gold Hill, whs in Medford Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull left Satur day for Crater lake. Hon. Miles Ciiutrall, of Ruoh, was iu tho city Monday. A, F. Hunt, of Ashland, was a Med ford visitor Satnrday; Hon. II. Von der Hellon.of Wellon, whs in the city Tuesday. . D. B. Thompson, of Jacksonville, spent Monday night in Medford. Geo. Porter, of Grants Pass, paid Medford friends a visit Sunday. Will Brown, of Eagle Point, did business in Medford Wednesday. W. C. Kapnick returned Tuesday from a visit to the eastern states. V. A. Duulap, of Talent, was in Medford on business on Tuesday. . Hon. Goo. W. Colvifjf, of Grants Paas, was a Medford visitor Satur day. . Misses Prudence and Beruioe Angle spent Saturday and Sunday at Cole stiu. J. W. Sliuger, F. F. Downing aud T. H. Flynn, were iu from Lake creek Wednesday. L. C. Coleman aud Isaac Mensor, of San Francisco, are iu the valley on business. Mesdames Edgar and Clarence Hater returned Monday from a few days' stay at Uolestiu, J. A. Paukey and daughter, Miss timily, of Sams Vulley. were Medford visitors last week. J. D, Heard and Tom Rood enjoyed a couple of days of good fishing on Rogue rivor this week. Druggist O. H. Hasklns is enjoying a few weeks', vaoation at the Br.tphy ranch, on Dead Indian. Mrs. A. M. Berry, of Ashland, who hus been visiting iu Jacksonvillo, re turned home Saturday, The Misses Eifert spent Saturday and Sunday at thu home of Mrs. Har baugh, near Jacksonville. Howard Belts, of Gold Hill, is offi ciating at The Medford, while J.' Court Hall is in the hills. ' J. B. Osborne, the blind socialist speaker, and his wife, wot e in Medford a couple of days this weok. Mrs. W. H. Me?ker returned last weok from a several weeks' stay at the homestead, on Butte creek. Hon. E. B. Watson came up from Portland Sattu-day for his annual outing at Cinnabar springs. Mrs. Orrin Davis and Miss Boulah Hazel were among tho Medford people visiting Colestin this week. A. II. Walker and family left Mon day for Tolmau Springs, to spend a mouth or more at that resort. Silas McKee, the forest ranger, who is stationed at Janice o tho Woods, came iu last week after supplies. Oral Burnett und Mack Adams started Saturday on a trip to Crater lake, Pelican nay auu otnur points. - Mrs. Ann Beall aud son, Tyson, of Central Point, wore in Medford Tues day, doiug business with our mer chants, j Mrs. B. N. Bunch und Mrs. Kay Hunch and child arrived Sunday from Tho Dulles; the latter for a visit with home folks. Miss Ella Gauuyaw, who has .boon employed as a stenographer at Vreku, Calif., returned homo Sunday even ing, on a visit. George Ficke, tho oxpert minor, who has been prospecting in Southern Oregon for the past several months, left Suturduy for Sisnon, Calif. Mrs. R. V, Anderson returned Tues day evening from a couple of weeks' visit to relatives and friends iu San Francisco und liorkeley, Calif. Miss Jessie Look, who has but re cently completed a tern; of school in the Big Butte district, returned Mon day to her homeatGoldondulo, Wash, Mrs. Fred Carrier, of Suit Luke city, who has been visiting in Med ford, left Monday evening for Grauts Pass fora visit before returning dome. W. S. Edwards, Pres. Phipps, Chet. Parker aud Art. AndeiBon : left Wednesday morning for a trip to Crater lake and through, Klamath county. Miss Burbara Burkhulter, of Mc Cloud, Calif., who has been spending several weeks in Portland, visited Medford friends for a short time last week. Geo. W. Owen, president of the Jackson County Stockmen's Associa tion, was in Medford Saturday, at tending the special meeting of the asHociution. Dr. C. R. Ray and J. D. Alsop left Sunday for San I'VaueiHoo, where they will select electrical appliances neces sary for the conveyance of current from Gold Kay to Medford, George Klrm, Sr., returned Sunday from n six weeks' visit to various parts of the Ktist. He visited in M ichigan, New oik, Indiana, Illi nios and Iowa -und the World's Fair at St. Louis. ). H. I! ay left Saturday for Smith river. His mission to that locality was to secure sum j ties of ore from a volcinic ush dike which he and others piu-iies have loouted. The sBiiniln o to he sent to Sim FniuoiacQ for- i left bHturdiiy for their homo at Oak- huu, vhiii., nicer a- nx weeks' Wait" ' , with relatives hero.. Thoy wore ao eompunlid by Jlra. H. P. Ilurgravo and baby, who will visit in Oakland' ' for a month or more. . Ml'. 1111,1 iVIi-h' .T : AI K'fl. ..li-'ll...! : Held, lowii, arrived iu Medford , last week hud o.ieot to remain hereabouts for a few months. Air. Roth is in 'poor lii.iilt.li mul it. ia it. 1... t-1... i.'-i.i.. health will improve that, their. r.'si-- denoM is taken up hero. Mni'iiluint K. T Wn..ii .....1 M..1K- Currier Willie Warner are over iu ' tne uead lutiiau country upon a hunt-' . mi? o.xpeomon. Wilson Wait id lurrying tne mail on Kural Route No. durinit tho lattor Air. Warner's lib.. senee. ' ' Mrs. E. M. HI board aud daughter,. Aliss Elvira, loft Aloudav eviuiliur fm- Seattle, Wash., where they will nuiko their futnro home. Mrs. Ilibbard'a daughter. Miss Peurl, has been a rosi dout of that city for tho past year or more, wheie she has a good position as a stenographer. Mrs. E. L. Friehurir. of Ohuriou City, Iowa, arrived hero last week on a viist to her brother, K. C. Uoock, and family. Mrs. Freiburg is a pro- imniuuni iiiireu auu uaa uceu employed ' at the government hospital at tho Presidio until lately. She will prob ably remain here several mouths. Rev. W, B. Moore, of North Vain .. hill, was in Medford a few hours Monday. Mr. Moore had been oallod from his pastorate to officiate at tho funeral of the late C. W. Kahler, at Jacksonville. On Monday he wont to Ashland on a visit to his daughter,, leaving the same evening for homo. F. II, Uroon retimed last week from1 a three months' trip into Northorn California and Klamath county. Ho .' brought back with him a three-year ' old running lllly, which he purobanwl at Klamath Falls. The animal is of (ho Oukwood stock ami (is suld to ho, very speedy. Air. (Ireon will track hor and may enter her for somo of tho fall races iu Northern California. J. 11. .Miller, who is Interested in . t ho Butte crook Fulls Milling company aud who is as well interested iu tho proposed new railroad to that country,, loft for his home, nt Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday evening. Ho will 1 remain Bust a couple of months. It ' is expected that by that time Mr. Miller returns he will have gotten matters in shapo to bo taken up and pushed with regard to the location .. und construction of the new roadL H. C. Urogory and son' were fu from Agate Saturday. Air.. Gregory is auothor of those enthusiastic users of water from the Fish Luke Irrigat ing dltoh. He seeded n portion of ' somo high bind, which ho lias, oats to last spring, and part he did not. The oats irrigated gave him a lino crop, while those which wore not ir rigated did not oven germinate. The same conditions existed ns reuards a . pioeo of corn which was planted on high land and which has nevor buforu ' grown a crop, this year, with water, produced as good a crop as could bo grown any place. This being tho first . year water lias boon provided and not having had liny nsHiiranco that it ' would tio supplied this seiison he, like many of his neighbors, did not get iroporly llxed to use as much us thev . will horonftor. , Ho is a linn believer in tho use of wutor und us soon us tho pooplo lonru how to properly and ad vantageously apply it to the (and ho fools conlldentthatovory crop planted will bo successfully grown and prollt. ably harvested every year. Had a Narrow Escape. R S. Woll'or and Clyde Applegnto had an experience last wook that thoy aro not dosiriouu of repeating.' They wore engaged in making somo rapulra at the Jacksonvillo gas plant and wore working in a pit. Tho gns accumu lated to Biioh an oxtent thut bolh mou wore over como and would havo boen asphyxiutod had thoy not beeu promptly rescued. . In speaking of the occurrence Air. Wolfer said : "We were over como before wo wore aware of it. 1 And really it is a most delightful sousa tion. One fools as light as air, all ' souse of weight Is lost;, but 1 dou't think there is muoh danger of my getting the habit, as it is a llttlo too dangerous. It was probably toil min utes before we came to onr selves, af ter being taken into tho fresh air. , In a short time the aftor affects of tho gas made one donthly sick, but I re covered soon. Applogate was the same way. A very short time, more In that pit, however, would have end ed tho story for both of uh, but w would huve died absolutely painless-i Rlnlin Bro.' Circus Cnmhnr G Tho big shown of KinnUnK liro, will ho in Medford on Sepl ember II and already the small boy In huv!' hit nickels and dimes to buy poan and pink lemonade. Tho reputed these allows hnvo Iiulvpm lit tin tn said iu rnyard to it. The HUHTOnatf. was noro mul year nnu stioweo record breaking crowd, and no dd the audience will he fully us lai thin year. Many new and attractive feutures havo been added.