Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1904)
DO YOU READ I HE M All? , If not, why not? : . . , ! .'. 1 We publlrt the nous while It l ("new" ana iv'i lwy reliable, i 'When lou seeltinTHE MAIL,lt'o,T .'.-,' J. JACKSQft C0UNT4Y , WiUbeoni 1W5 THE MAIL Will keep you pqjtO(Von 'passing event "WeJijn'titlHiin to pit bill I) tiie'only Utwspxper" l'lBoutheni Oregon,, but we not fur Irom the head dt'tn; class when it win., bjtj '-tho best"' j( mi VOL- XVI. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON," FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 30: 1904. 4m . ... 1' : V IHION SCHEMES CLASH KLAMATH FALLS, Deo. . 261 -A clash 1b now on between what is oalled the government irrigation committee and tbe representatives of tbe Klam-' ath Canal company, a local corpora tion. Prior to the government enter ing the field,, a corporation formed by California capitalists as the Klam ath Canal company came to Klamath Falls, established otlioes, began :the construction of a tunnel through a mountain and a canal by which; to reaoh the waters of Upper Klamath lake. At tbe asme time it seoured contraots with landowners of Klamath basin and Poe valley, aggregating , about 59,000 aores to be supplied by the private oompany.: ' ' -After : this company had spent ahont 8100.000 in development 'work, the government came Into the field and has had its engineers here ever since, who have reported this county as the best place in which to operate in the United States. Following this, ' government officials from Washington came and looked over the field, and became convinced of the feasibility of irrigation here. At a big masB meeting, a committee of citizens was appointed to act in oonjunotion with the government . in establishing federal irrigation In Klamath county. In the meantime the Klamath Canal company has and 1b continuing its work, and its cabal and tunnel, are along tbe idertical route expected o be 'used by the government. The Bentlment of the people arose strong for the govern metn, because they thought they could get' cheaper irrigation from that Bource. and considerable bitterness has been aroused, against tbe local 1 oompany,' and it ,1b ; being charged with grafting and getting ib the way of the government generally. j -The canal oompany upon the ot$er band maintains that it oame upon the ground first, spent its money in good faith and does not propose to surrend er its rights-wlthoot'1 proper compen sation. Tbe fight has narrowed down to a stubborn one between . the 00m mittee and the officers . of the com- . pany. Tbe committee has sent ; out warninge.to all the landowners of the county not to sign any further oon tracts with tbe KlamathCanal com pany, and the 'latter,' declaring that It will not be put out of business, has gone before tbe people and offered to furnish them water at a rate of t5 an acre less than the approximate rate rece ltly made by . the goveronment. Government Engineer Newell when ' hre Informed the people that he did not think government irrigation would exceed tSSO an aore. ' : -,'. Tbe Klamath Canal company has Issued a notice to the people that it would furnish them water tor $15 an acre. It was then urged that the government would not ' charge --any interest and would give landowners ten years in which to pay for the perpetual right. The private oom pany then made the same proposition at 815 an aore, and urgeB that it will do better by the people than the gov ernment, from the fact that it will supply any person for any number of acres and give ' them all the time , they desire to prepare the land for ir rigation, while the gorverument, it is alleged, will not. permit 'any one man to own more than 160 acres and re quires him to have it cleared of sage brush and ; ready for cultivation at onoe. .' .,- : While thiB fight is being waged the committee and the officers of the com pany, the people are-' looking on "with ' some degree of satisfaction. They feel that with two competing organiza tions disputing over the field, from one or the other they, are certain to get water, and .with .water, such as is promised by- both, the-future of , Klamath county will be the brightest of any county in the Pacific north west. . ,"...' . ' .., . Timber Men After Mines ' " : From Grsnti Paw Courier. ' ': - V ': A contest of considerable interest to mining men has - been begun as to the ownership of the land on which the Maid of the Mist mine is located on Thompson Creek. This mine1 is owned by H. M. White, of Portland, and Ben Thurston, of Applegate, and the mine has been under course of development, for four, years and some 180 feet of tunnel has been run. - Con siderable riob ore has been taken out, which was milled at a water-power arrastre, located "on the Applegate river, two miles above Applegate postotUce and owned by Mr. Thurs ton. The laud was entered last year as a timber claim by other parties and Messrs. White & Thurston onlv recently learned of the attempt of the (timber locator to steal the ownership of their mine. They have filed a con teBt In the Roseburg land office and -will quite likely win out, as the tim ber 'en trymen swore falsely when, he entered the land,. for ha. must make affidavit that he has personally exam ined all parts of the land that he pro poses to.enter and that It contains no mineral deposits nor Is it valuable for ngrioultural purposes. As there are buildings at the mine and a. good wagon road leading, to it, the timber man either was not on the land, or . knowingly swore to a lie to' get the laud. As it is faring hard these, days I with fraudulent land grabbers, and j the Federal grand jury" indiots on small evidence, the. claimant to the I Maid of the Mist . may. not answer to the -contest and . White &' . Thurston 111 1 I .1 1 .. Jt.A4 .will uuiu iudii UfiUD yvivuuu' "Shore Acres." 1 1 :v BY JAMES D. FAT. ' ', The Mail feels that it. Ib j'neambent upon it to . "hand out" a small "roast" to th( Medford tbeater-goera. Twice within tbe last few weeks have they had tbe opportunity to attend a first-class theatrical performance for which they would pay big prioes to see in a city theatre, at tbe regular "popular" prices, and each time the house not only has been email but "cold." When the Florence Gale company presented "Ab You Like It," the house waa not responsive at all. It didn't seem to appreciate the com edy, nor the efforts of the players. : . Friday evening, "Shore Acres" met with much of tbe Bame reception. There was a picture of real life,-enacted as it would be in, real life. There were scenes in that play which '. have occurred in tbe lives of many people in (his community- or . have been known by them to occur in the lives of their friends, Nothing more real has ever appeared upon the stage in Southern Oregon than the soeneB de picted in "Shore Aores". from the time "Helen" bids farewell' to -her home to go with tbe man she loves to the time when "Nathaniel" banks the fire, puts out the lights and goes to bed on Christmas eve. Yet that great closing soene was hardly applauded, Why? Not because ' the . people ! of Medford don't appreciate a good play, but simply ' because they are afraid to .show their appreciation. If the play is worthy., give it your applause. It don't hurt' you and :it does the players good.- ' . In Memorium. Mrs. Ary A. Rissue waB born near Marysville, California. August. 13, 1867, and died at Phoenix, 1. Oregon, December 20, 1904. While yet a obild she, with her par ents, removed to Jackson county, Oregon and settled near Eagle Point, where she was married December 21, 1804, to Wm. Rissue, who still sur vives her. About three years after 1 their union they located at Phoenix, I where their have since resided, j 'Beside her husband, deceased leaves six ohildren, a father, three brothers, two Bisters and a large olrcle of friends to mourn her. loss, I The funeral services were conducted ! by Rev. W. E. Goode, December 21st, at the Presbyterian church, and I tbe remains were laid to rest in tbe Phoenix cemetery. ! . r. - j j. A large company attended the funeral and from the removal of the casket from the lonely home until the .last flower was tenderly laid upon : her grave, all gave evidence of ,tbe high esteem in which she waa held by .her friends. Mrs. Rissue has been a great sufferer for some time, caused by an. . abscess. An . operation , was performed Borne .few days ,ago, from which she never recovered. ,. , v 1 . flood Indications. , Ttbm IahcvIcw B raid. ' AU indications now point to the fact that next year will be a banner year for this county. Sheep and cat tle are doing well; the prices of both are on the increase and wool Is going op.;. '-v..' '.',, .: .v .-- ., : Unless we have a. dry year and a failure of the hay' and grain crop,' Old Lake will once more experience the balmy days of which the old timers speak. : With a few small irrigation systems in tniB county, bard times would al most become', an impossibility. Whether we shall have them or not is left to the enterprise and hustle of, the Lake county oitizens. - . CONTEST. The land office, at Roseburg! has handed down a decision in thi- con; test case of Henry Winterhalder vs. Louis Dom involving the EJs of NEJi,' NE4' of SEl-4, section 28, twp. 36 south, range 1 east. . - ; ' The contest oovers some points here tofore undeoided by the land office. Oh October 27, 1903, Winterhalder filed, a homestead upon the land above uesoribed,alleging the improve ments, consisting of a foundation for a bonse 12x25 feet, .as commencing on' October 25th. 1 On January 12, .1904,. Louis Dorn applied for a .homestead filing .upon the same land and in addition thereto for the NE"4 . of NE of the : same section.. The filing was rejeoted ,dn account of Winterhalder's- previous filing. There ' upon - Dom appealed, alleging' residence and. cultivation since Ootbber 12, 1889, and that resi dence had been continuous with the exception of such, absences as were necessary in prder that he might earn a living for himself and family. That he had built a house and fenced part of the land and that he had not filed heretofore on account of lack . of money for ' filing fees. On May 5, 1904, Dom filed a coroberative affida vit of contest alleging that Winter balder did not establish residence upon the land within six monthB , of the entry, nor at all, and that there were DO habitable improvements upon the land,. other- than those belonging! to Dorn. '' The Roseburg land office ordered a bearing upon the showing presented in thiB affidavit.. In the meantime the commissioner of the general land office directed a hearing upon Dora's first showing on appeal, the particu lar point to be determined being whether or not Winterhalder had definite knowledge 'of the settlement and claim of Dorn, and as to his good faith in the entry.' On July 22, 1904, tbe case came on for hearing before Commissioner A. S. Bliton, referee. . Both sides were represented by counsel, witnesses were examined and the record filed with the register and receiver at' Roseburg. The point -desired by the' general land office "was not fuJy developed," says the deoision, and the Roseburg office submitted the record to Wash ington for instructions. The record was returned With instructions to give Dorn a ocpy of the letter of tbe com missoner, asking for information on the point mentioned above and to allow him thirty days in which to apply for a n6w hearing, to. submit further evidence as to prior settle ment. This he failed to do and . the Roseburg office . proceeded to decide the queBton upon .the record submit ted. 1 After reviewing the evidence and touohing upon tbe pointB where the record was not as full as it should be, the Roseburg office deoideB ae follows : ' 'We believe,' however, from the most .careful consideration of the record, that Winterhalder has not shown bona fide settlement or resi dence upon the land, whatever may be the reason therefor. In our judg ment, his entry should be cancelled to the extent- of conflict with the claim of Dorn, and we so decide..- "Thirty days are allowed in whioh to appeal." More hdictmcBts. Journal December 2Gth ' ' ' , , At least two indictments arej ex-: pected from the federal grand jury soon after it reconvenes tomorrow morning', and there may be a third. The cases of C. E. Loomls -and S. B, I Ormsby were under investigation ' during tbe closing sessions of last week, and the evidence against them Is said to have been very strong. ' " 1 Senator Mitchell and Congressman Hermann expect M'txr; called- -before tbe grand jury either tomorrow: or the day following. As yetr no infor j mation has been given them as to .the nature of the oharges against them, . and tbey will appear before the jury as any other witnesses would do, to I anBwer such questions as may be pro pounded to them, It is not the . province of tbe grand jury to: try questions of fact, but only to deter-' mine whether the evidence is enffl cient to warrant the government in placing tbe accused upon trial. There- foro there will be no opportunity for Senator Mitohell or Congressman Horuiouu to rebut nil', the evidouoe that may be offered agaiuBt them. That opportunity will come . in. the 'event thati they are indicted, when they are pjaoed upon trial. ... ' - It is probable that the grand jury will hot conclude ' ItB labors before the middle or the latter part of Jitnu' ary. 4 mass of evidence is yet to be presented and secret service agents h, hall anoc oaA th past week in subpoenaing witnesses from various parts of the state. . City Election Notice. Pursuant to the trovlsionB of section NdTICE6 IS HEREBYSlVENTriAT by order of the Citv Council of :the city of Medford, Oregon, au -annual city election will be held on the ! 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1905, , for 'the purpose of electing the follow ing named city officers, to-wit: , Uity treasurer for term of one year. City recorder for term of one year. One connoilman for 1st ward for term of two years.' , One oounoilman term of . two years. ' One counollman for 2d ward for for , 2d ward 'for term of one year. One oounoilman for 3d term -of two Tears. ward for The polling places in each ward will be : 1st ward at cltv ball. 7th street-: 2d ward at Wilson's store building, South O 'street; 3d ward at Perry's warenouse, fin street. - . Tbe Doles will ooen at 9 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain until 5 o'olook in tbe afternoon, except one hour from 1 till 2 o'olook p. m. Dated Medford, Oregon, December 26, 1904. . J. E. TOrT, 63.lt City Recorder. Southern Oregon Mines. An important mining deal that will lead to the large expenditure of Mich igan capital in Josephine oounty, has lately been conBumated in the pur chase of tbe Strong ledge on Apple- gate,' near Murphy, by the Michigan Mining. & Milling Company, whose headquarters are at Charlotte, Mich igan. Tbe officers of this company are C. D. Peters, president and R. L. Sowers, ' secretary and treasurer, both of Charlotte, Michigan, and W. T. Perry, of'Portland, vice-president and: manager. Tbe stockholders are Michigan citpitaiists and the oompany has a paid up oapltal, sufficient to put their ' property in fine working shape. ' ' . . ' ' ;. W. C. T. U; Hems. The president oalled the Union, to order by .scripture, reading, prayers by Mesdames . Fielder and Adkins, song, "I am Coming, Lord," MrB. Gilbert not being present, those house. Thirty minutes were devoted to business. The report of the oorres- ponding seoretary showed $2.50 in stamps in five monthB. Mrs. Fielder read an article on "Carrie Nation and her Hatchet," which said just let Carrie UBe ber hatchet on, saloon doors if any good were done. Mrs. Ham mond read from the Pacific S. L, that no saloons will ever be granted in St. Johns because the mayor and council say, "no. " The Union will meet at the home of Mrs. Fielder December 29th. To Horse Men. The undersigned has opened a train ing and sale stable in Medford. Young horses broke, single or double, or to saddle, and galted to any de sired gait, if you nave a good, sale able horse that you wish to dispose of, place him on our list, or if you wiBh to buy come and see us. We have for sale a span of fine Hamble toulan mareB young, good size and can step a mile better than four min utes double, and are good single drivers. If you have .. a horse whoBe teeth need "flixlng"brlng him in and get them- repaired, and give him a new lease on life. Offices with Mitchell, ., Lewis . & Staver Co. J. W. LAWTON. AMONO THE CHURCHES. PRBSBYTEIUAN CHURCH. c Preaching next . Sunday moaning and evening Subject, "The New Year. " Special music. All are wel come, '.(. (-'' !.'""; .'' ';'., ' ' W. F, SHIELDS. Pastor. , BAPTIST . CHDRCH.. ' Speoial New Year's service at tbe Baptist church Sunday. Subject for Sunday morning,' "Go Forward," Sunday evening, "The Right Number ing of Our Days." Baptismal service at close of the evening sermon; Cor dial Invitation Is extended to all. FREDERICK W. CAR8TENS. U. E. CHL'IICH, SOUTH ,No services on 8unday, The Wo msan's Homo Mission society will meet at the residence of Mrs. E. II. Pickol, at 2:30 o'olock Wednesday. Wantod & Oore. . -Stock bofcb i,y Wort man CITIZENS' . At a mass meeting oalled last Thurs day evening for tbe purpose of uom mating a muuloipal ticket to be voted "P0" ensiling election, TtO "J8 g8""'" the citizens of Medford wei e present. . Tbe meet- ing wag oalled to order ,by Holbrook Wi thing ton , who was ' subsequently eleoted permanent chairman after having earneBtly dei lined the honor, ! w M -t 1 'ne unanimous request .01 tne oody. J. W. Lawtoii wbs ohosen seoretary. On motion it was agreed that nomiu ations for oouuollmen should be made by wards aud only the residents of the respective' wards be entitled to vote upon nominations for council men from their wa.ds.- ' ;i .W..H. Bradshaw was nominated by J. S. Howard for oounoilman from the first ward. ' A. motion was made to close the nominations. ' At this junoture before the motion bad been put .'Chairman Witbingtbn called Mr. Porter ' to the chair and took tbe floor to nominate R. H. Whitehead. F. M. Stewart, W.' T. York and J. E. Barksdull were named as tellers, The ballot resulted Whitehead, 21; Bradshaw, 15. On motion the nomination was made unanimous. ' .... For the Beoond ward, B. J. Trow bridge, T. E. Pottenger and D. iF. Karnes were placed in nomination. On motion it was agreed that as there were two places to be filled in this ward tbe two reoeivlng the highest number of votes were to be declared the nominees.' Messrs. Karnes and Pottenger receiving the highest num ber of votes were declared the choice of the convention' for ' councllmen from the leoond ward Mr. Karnes for the long term and Mr. Pottenger for the short term,. ' Edgar Hafer' s unanimously nom inated for oounoilman from the third ward. ' , .'. ! Chas. Strang for treasurer and J. ;E.Toft for recorder .had xq opposition and were deolared the unanimouc choice of t convention. .;. -1 Llea.n of Mrs. Hendrlx. ' Mrs. C. M. Hendrlx, who' baB been a resident of Medford ' for the 1 past several months, died at tbe residence of J. W. Ling, in East Medford, on Friday morning, aged 67 yeara.- Mrs. Hendrix was the eldest siBter of Jew eler B, N. Butler. Tbe remains were .?hpp6d ' Harrlsbnrg, Oregon, for -interment. VI rs. Martha' M. Hendrix, who died tne residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Ling, on December 23, 1904, was born in Indiana, September 6, 188g. In 1857 she came to California and later moved to Oregon, where in 18(57 she was married to' Dr. J. T. Hendrlx, And located at Harrlsburg, where the has since resided up to the time of ber coming here several months ago. Mrs. Hendrix Was a member of tbe Baptist obucrh and also of the Rebekah lodge, I. O. O. F and her funeral at Harrlsburg on December 27th, was conduoted under the auspices of that order by Rev. B, C. Miller, of Harrlsburg, and Freder ick W. Carstens, of Medford, the latter of whom accompanied the fam ily to Harrlsburg from here. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Dora B. Davis an 1 Mrs. J. W. Ling, two brothers, B. N. Butler, of Medford, and O. K. Butler, of Indlanoln, Iowa, and one Bister, Mrs, T. W. Irwin of Sbaunee, Oklahoma. ' ' :' . Louisa B. Hartery. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo, 26. Mrs. Louisa Boddy Hartery, - one ot the pioneer women of the West, has died in Haywards, Alameda county, a few miles from San Francisco. She was 74 years of sge. Mrs. Hartery and her daughter, Mrs. Katberine Hattoh, were tbe only survivors of the massa ore attending tbe Modoc Indian up-; rising in 1872, and Mrs. Hartery, then Mrs. Boddy, was tbe only woman to receive damages from the government for losses in tbe uprising. Sbe lost her hnsband, two sons and a son-in-law, wbo were viotlmB of the massa cre. The remains will be taken to Jacksonville, wbete Mrs. Hartery will be laid beside ber husband and sons. Taken Up. , Male hrir, dire to my place one mllo above Enterprise school hnuso on (irlfliii crcik. Anyone owning sich animal chII on V. W. Fraloy. Owner can recover by paying charges. 53-3t. Ta 1 BIG TIMBER. At different : times, in fact, all of; the time siuoe the paper has been un--der the present ... management. The. MalL .as a. newspaper,' and its' editor personally, has been advocating tha development of the resources of Jaoksou oounty. in general .an'd Med ford in , particular, ty opening up) the big bodies. o( . timber; lying east of us on tho slopes of the Cascades. Various' methods have been advocated to achieve this end, and at . timos in the past it has seemed certain that this great natural, wealth would be developed. ....... j. ' ','." .''' In tbe organization of. a.company this week, however, a long step for ward has been made. V For several months past the Southern Oregon Development company has been en gaged In running surveys, securing rights of way and doing other ' pre liminary work,' looking to the build ing of a railroad to the "big timber . The surveys 'have, 'been 'made . from the site of tbe Butte Falls Milling Co. 'a plant to a point on the desert some seven or eight - miles from Med ford and rights of -way have been se emed over most of the route. Out Monday of this week tbe Medford & Crater Lake Railroad, company was organized by A, A, Davis, B. F, Ad kinB, J. M. Keene, R. H. Whitehead, ' B. H. Harris, W. F Entrop and W. . Vawter. : Articles ofjncorporatlor, , were prepared and filed with tbe sec- - -retary of state on Wednesday. . Thef-?-, oapltal sotck of the IncorporaHw la plaoed at 1500,000, 'nd:,ltaro"bj'6t to." oonstruot and operate a railroad from . Medf oid east-to the timber belt, to. This com pany supercedes the Saath- ern Oregon Development Co., an, i takes over tbe rights of way, surveys, . etc., of that company. A permanent organization and: election ' of offlcerB - of the new company will be held soon. . The city council of Ashland i has made a tax levy of fifteen mills' far city purposes.' ' ' j " . ' The Bolton-Pell "holiday excursion left Monday, , The number of excur sionists was about on par with forjier jears; ' ' :;; . '.'- ;i f'; : John Brlner, ' of Talent,, returned from Klamath Falls last week, wher be has been employed during the sum t ner by the Klamath Canal Co. ' ' The mayor and recorder of AshlaudT. bnve been authorized by the oonno 11 to borrow W200 to meet the exlstln g deficit in the municipal finances. ' The Ashland lodge of tbe Fratorna. Brotherhood lultiatod eighteen mem bers at Hb meeting last week. Tb lodge now baB 150 active members. Tbe quarterly meeting of tbe Frem Methodist ohurch was held at Ashland last week, Elder R, Dollarbldo, oC rioseburg, and Rev. Mrs. Hickman,, of Murphy, presided. ' ' '' ' Tho holiday season was marked b jr the usual number - of' murriage li censes. During the three daya pro ceding Christmas County Clerk Or Un issued seven privileges to wed, N. A, Jacobs, wbo is now a resi dent of Pasadena, Calif., writes Jlila: father, A, S. Jacobs, of Control Point, that up to Deoember. 14th tboro hauV . been no rain there. He- Is now -employed In checking up tho books of tbe grand jury and county otUcinls. His experience oa -county clerk, ot this county is of material boneltt to. him in this work. J, V. Robinson, .of Ashland, haan .'. been bound over to appear -before tho- - olroult court, ohaiged with criminal. ' libel. . Robinson ' stated - just before ' the recent municipal election - that . Major Evans was in' partnership wltho him In a "blind pig," , operated ln tbe St. Elmo hotel. Justice Borry.', after hearing the evidence, hound ' Robinson over with bonds fixed at : MOO, which were furnished, ,i( , , The Ashland chief of police made ans . unexpected visit to the oar d rooms of" the Club cigar store in .that city on-tit Christmas eve and surprised about,., twenty-five people wbo wore playing cards therein. A general stampede eiiBued hen the officer nppenrod buty.;, a couple ot shots fired Into tho ooU '. Ing by him Drought the cro d to or der and the names of several of tliosn- in tho rooms wero taken, t . , , For Sale or Rent. ; i f";' House and barn ami one aero of land, Soo W. T. YORK. D2-2U JACKSON COUNTY? . -. .1.,,.'.. -. , - .-.M ...V .v; r