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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1905)
DO YOU READ THE MAIL? If not, why not? JttoU JACKSON COUNTY Will boom In 1005 IHE MAIL will keep you posted on passing weft W n'loltiiin to publish the "oul & uiiier" u.Bo ithern Oregon, but we ' (ar trim the head ol the class he 1 ' to "the best" Wo publish the news while it li "new1 and it's always reliable. "When you see It Id THK MAJL, it's bo, vol- ivii. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1905. NO. 9 The Three Gates ol Gold. ' II you are tempted to reveal A tale someone has told About another, make it pass. Before you speak, three gates of gold. These narrow gates first, "la it True?" Then, "Ib it Needluli" In your mind Give truthful answer, and the next t Is last and narrowest, "1 It Kind?" And if to reach your p at last It passes through these gateways three Then you may tell the tale, lot fear What the result of speech may be. JACKSON UN ITY'S FUTURE. RV J. O. MARTIN i The weekly talk alone from the newey oolumnB of the Medfor 1 Mail, of the building of the Medford & Crater Lake railroad to the Butte oreek country and ' other places of bo much interest, gives the people of Medford and the county some.encour- agement andoonfldenoe in its future buildiuB. But when we can Bee work begun and hear the shrill whistle from ' the locomotive, then our confi dence caunot be shaken, and that event will be greeted with much en thusiam, not alone by the people of Medford, but by the progressive cit izens of the entire county, for then we will be sore that a new era of prosperity is at hand and that the various industries and the greut possibilities of old Jackson county that have been lynig unexplored and undeveloped for these 1905 years will be brought to the surface and show to the world what she possesses. The survey and building of this railroad with its indescribable and far-reach ing benefit and advantages to our city and county, will be beyond compre C tension, for it certainly will infuse new life in every channel of trade, expand and increase the varied nidus tviaa ami racnnwos of niir Urtnnfcv And develop new mines of different kinds and build new towns. Beautiful homes will spring up out of the wilderness of brush and timber and rolling hills, and the veil that has covered and ob senred from sight these many cen turies will be lifted and the grand, magnificent scenery and marvelous wonders of nature will command the attention and admiration of the whole world. While this era is fast approach ing we should bestir ourselves to pie pare for and make good uee of the many advantgaes that-are about to be conferred upon ns. The Medford & Crater Lake road should be encouraged and not a stone thrown in the.way of its succesB. In view of the great benefit and advant ages that will come to each and all of our citizens from the Lewis and Clark Exposition, which is about to open and which will show the world the greatness of the northwest, would it not be well for us to consider with what degree of cleanliness, thrift and ' prosperity the cities and villages of the county presents to the tourist and home-seeker on their visit to the great state of Oregon. Would suggest that we paint our houses, whitewash our outbuildings and fences, scrnpe the Told moss-covered roofs and let cleanliness, thrift aud prosperity all along the route be a feature. Oregon is forcing herself to the front as the banner state of the great northwest, for not alone can she be boast indisputably of possessing the most healthy and salubrious climate on the face of this green earth, but a she takes a front rank among the lead ing agricultural, fruit, stock and min ing industries. She may well feel justly proud of old Jackson county, with her varied resources aud;possi bilities. The construction lot the Medford & Crater Lake road will be ' the key that unlocks Jackson county's storehouse of unhidden wealth. It will showto the world her majestic ttaountain scenery, her Crater lake National Park, with its lake five miles long and seven miles wide and twenty " miles in circumference, with its per petual snows aud unfathomable depths of clear, cold water. There is no preceivable outlet nor Inlet to this great, lofty, remote body of fresh . water, which is an unexplained mys tery, and which is '.beyond the com prehension of man. It will open up the thousands of acres of fir, cedar, hemlock and pine timber, that is only waiting for the building of the road and the manufacture and transporta tion of this great source of wealth to pother markets. We have not time nor space at this to discuss fully all the advantages of the Medford Crater Lake railroad, for wo think no nen can fullv nnfoldnor brush can paint its far-reaching benefit to our - city and county. v I have for sale a Rood, three-horeo power, Fairbanks gasoline engine. As good a: new. Inquire at Mail office. OREGON APPLES The Yellow Newtowns and Oregon Bring Fancy Prices in Foreign Markets The Oregon Yellow Newtown Pip- piu is considered the "king of all applets" In the English markets ; while the Spitzenberg rules in Pew York. Both varieties bring higher prices than those of any other parts of the world in these markets. The reason 1b not far to seek. The two varieties reach perfection nowhere as they do in Oregon. In flavor, size, coloring and shape they are unrivaled by any apple in the known world. The Newtown is probably the best, growB more perfectly than the Spitz, and as a oonsoquence shows tip per haps a little better In the foreign mar kets; but they can't beat the Spitzen berg of Oregon any where. A letter received by Hon. J. D. 01 well, concerning a car of Newtowns shipped by him to London, from Goble &Day, of New York, fruit ex porters, relateB the prices realized in substance about as follows: "We have just received a cable from London re porting the sale of your car of extra fancy Yellow Newtown Pippins at an average of 20 shillings per box, which means 83. GO per box net, f.. o. b. cars at Medford. These apples were of extra quality and the price was a very fancy one."' ' Manager Perry, of the Rogue River Valley Fruit Growers' Union, has re ceived reports of sales of apples of the same variety in London, consigned by M. L. Pellett, which net 82. SO per box f. o. b. Medford, and other re ports of sales of apples consigned by the Union show equally good results. These apples were not put up as fancy. They were foitr aud four and one half tier apples and not particularly selacted ; but they were good just the same or they wouldn't have brought the price. It might be well for the benefit of our eastern readers to explain of what a box of apples consists. It takes in the neighborhood of three of them to fill an eastern barrel. (There are about forty-six pounds of apples in a box. The gross weight is fifty-two pounds. Now, at the price realized for the New Wholesale Warehouse B. P. Theiss & Co., wholesale groc ers, have secured a lease on railroad grouuds just north of Perry's ware house and on Saturday the foundation stones were laid down for a big stor age and shipping warehouse. The builctinsr will be 135 feet long by 30 wideband will be one story high for 100 ft et of its length, the north 35 feet being two stories. The building will be used for the purpose of storing heavy groceries of all kinds, and for that reason will be very substantially built The flooring will be double and the sidewalk also. The inside will be ceiled and the space between the inside and outside walls packed with sawdust. The ceil ing overhead will bo treated in a like manner. The building will thus al ways be dry and cool. The roofing will be of a water and fire proof com position Elaterite which also has the additional quality of being a non conductor of heat. The necessity for the construction of this warehouse arises from the increase in the business of B. P. Theiss & Co. Starting out a few years Hgo with a limited line of goods, the company now practically handles all the salt, Bugar and other heavy groc eries sold to retailers between Ashland and Grants Pass, including both these towns. The lines now carried are salt, sugar, sulphur, soap, . bluestone, and nearly all classes of heavy groceries. New lines will be added as soon as the warehoused completed, and prop er storage facilities secured. A Narrow Escape. "Pat' Stidham, of Central Point, lineman for the Condor Water &, Power Co., had a narrow escape from death Tuesday forenoon. He .was at work on a pole in the alley between C and D Btreets, when in some way he came in contact with a live wire and was thrown to the ground, a dis tance of about twenty feet. His helper turned just in time to see him plunge head foremost from the pole. The wire carried 2300 volts and the helper says a stream of fire followed Stidham for several feet. He struck upon theside of his head and one shoulder, and wbjj badly cut and bruised about the face and head. Fortunately no bones were broken, LEAD THE WORLD, Spitzenbergs of Southern fancy Newtowns above mentioned the apples netted here nearly eight cents per pound. That there is money to be made in raising apples good apples, that fa there is no doubt, and there is ample proof of this assertion to be found anywhere in the Rogue river valley. The past season whb not a very good one, so far as the size of the crop was concerned, yet the Rogue River Valley Fruit Growers' Union ship ped 22,903 boxes of fruits pf all kinds and realized $21,416.90 net for its members It niUBt be remembered in this connection that all kinds of fruits wore included in this aggre gate: apples, pears, apricots, peaches, everything. The amount covers all classes of fruit shipped, of all grades. The Union has done an excellent business this year, considering the circumstances and its members are generally well satisfied. During the past year between 2500 and 3000 acres of new orchards have been sot out. ThiB estimate is a con servative one and the actual figures will be closer to the larger number than to the sninUer. One local nur seryman has sold 100,000 trees this year, and other local aud outside nurseries have done well. A complete failure in the fruit crop is unknown in the Rogue river valley. There is always some portion of it that has a crop, bo that the average ' output is always ample. One full crop in two years is considered sufficient by the orchardmen, on account of the health of the trees. All honor then to the yellow aud red apples of the Rogue river valley, and speed the day when the valley will be solid orchard and alfalfa fields from Table Rock to Ashland, when irrigation from many sources will serve to make it what it should be, "the garden Bopt of the world." This is but the first series of articles which will appear in The Mail con cern ing the d i versified resources of Rogue river valley. Next week we will take up another industry. I although his hands were badly burn ed. It is likely that in descending the pole he lost his footing and threw his hand onto the wire to sustain bis balance. When the shock came it had the effect of tearing his hands from the wire, and thus saving him from electrocution and allowing him to fall. He was carried to the Palace lodging houee,where be is being cared for by Dr. Hargrave. Irrigation in Lake County. From Lnkcvlow Exumlucr. Since our last issue, we have been enabled to get facts which seem to mean that the Portland Irrigation Company has placed itself in a posi tion to be treated as not having ao quired any legal stand for the Btate as a claimant to lauds included in the Chewaucan projectof irrigation, whenever the government may finally determine to take up that work. Mr. Richards, commissioner of the general land office, has ordered that further action be suspended upon the application of the stato of Oregou for certain lands included In the gov ernment irrigation scheme, known as the Chewaueau scheme, until Buch time as it shall be determined whether the government will decide to take up the work of irrigating the entire body of arid land in that locality. This action was taken upon the rec ommendation of the director of geo logical surveys, that tho application of the state of Oregon be rejected, for the reason that, If any state be al lowed to take out of the body of land included in the government scheme, the twelve thousands acres asked for, "it would materially interfere with the government project. 11 Officers of the government who have visited the locality of this scheme have con vinced the director of geological sur veys that every circumstances bearing upon the practicability of the scheme contributes to prove Its entire feasi bility, except as to sufficiency of water. Observations and gaugings of the flow of water have been kept up con tinuouely, and all reports, which are sentjin weekly, have established, well nigh without doubt this having proven to be a dry year, that there Is an ample si.pply of water to irrigate the entire body of arid land in that locality. The Opp Mlue a Producer. Messrs. Opp, Perry and Reddy, who own the Opp mine, uear Jacksonville, have not been making a whole lot of noie about the production of the property, but just the same they have been cleaning up a goodly bunch of gold from time to time. The ledge 1b showing up better and better all the time, and there Is enough ore In sight now to keep the ten stamp mill running for the next ten years. That shows the extent of it. A few issues ago The Mail mentioned the shipment ! of several gold bricks of various sizes, i t.hfi nnt.mir, of t.hft miim. MnnHnv nf I tbiB week a brick was brought down j and deposited In the Jackson County bank, which tipped the scales at 100 ounces. The gold is figured by the owners at 815 to the ounce. It will ran nearer 810. At the first figure that little chunk of the yellow metal would net 815,000 and it is the 'free gold product of 15 days' run, making the average production of the mine 8100 per day. Besides this the com pany has juBt received returns from 48,998 pounds of concentrate shipped for treatment, and the net proceeds of this shipment was $1737.75, over 870 to the ton. These were the con centrates from a run of fifty days. The Opp mine is considered by its owners one of the best' quartz mines in Oregon. There are others just sb good, but it requires not only .capital but grit and good management to make them pay. New Additions to Medford Platted. J. U. Willeke owns eight acres of as good laud as there is in East Medford but he will not own'it long. Ho has platted the entire tract into good sized dwelling lots'nud 1b now offering them for sale through the W. T. York real estate agency. The tract faces East Seventh street and" extends from theie to Bear creek, and in all com prises thirty-five lots. These lots vary in depth from 120 to 170 feet, but none are less than fifty feet in width. Mr. Willeke has laid out one street, running north and south along the east side of his addition and this he has christened "Tripp street;" he has also extended Almond street, on the west side of the addiCion, and has opened East Eighth, and Ninth streets, running east and west across his ad option. This 1b unquestionably one of the best home-building localities now left within the incorporate limits of the city of Medford. The soil is the very best and the location cannot be beat en. Already several of the lots have boen spoken for and it is not improb able that inside of thirty days all will be sold. Big Strike la Greenback. The greatest strike yet made in the famous old Greenback mine, of Grave creek, is that juBt made on tho 900 foot level. While running a cross cut to reach the main Greenback ledge, a blind vein was encountered that surpasses in widtli and general strengl h the big ledge from which over 81,000,000 in gold has been mined. The strike was altogether un expected, and comes as a great sur prise to the owners of tho property. Tho cross-cut has been run in twenty ieet from tho first wall en countred, and still fails to find the wall opposite. While there is not such a showing of free gold in tho new ledge as thero is in the small or Greenback vein, Its values are. strong throughout, and its mammoth size will make it of as great value to the mine as has the main Greenback. The striking of such a vast body of ore at a depth of 900 feet in Brown ing mountain will lend groat encour agement to deep quartz development in Southern Oregon. Tho ledge pcrobably extends upward to the 300 or 400-foot level, and lends down to unknown ueptn. Japs Shell Mukden. N1U CHWANG, Feb. 27, via Tien Tain. According to a person who has just returned hero from the front, the Japanese are shelling Mukden with 11-inch mortars. The bombard ment which was recently commenced is further reported to have caused great damage far behind the Russian lines. Advices from Chinese sources say that a gen oral engagement Is in pro grees all along the lino. The heaviest fighlng is reported to be occurring on the Japanese right, and General Kurokf Ib said to be sweeping far north and threating to 'crumple the RuH&ians back on the railroad. A psecial force Is reported to be moving from the sonth and east, with the intention of cutting off the Rus sian's communication by railroad from Vladivostok, Successful Revival Meetings at Talent. Rev. J. C. AuBtin, Baptist mission ary for Southern Oregon,, finished a two weeks' serlea of revival meetings ' at Talent last Sunday evening. The deepening of the religious spirit of that community was manifest from a feeling of interest at first, followed by intense and thiB followed by many conversions. The closing services Sunday night were the most remarkable of any like services in the history of the ohuroh, or of that town. At seven o'clock, half an hour bofore the commencement of the even ing services, thejeeatiug capacity of the church was fully taxed. A little later several young men went to the school house aud secured several benches, which were taken to the ohuroh and these were soon filled. After this all the possible standing room was taken and a crowd of an xious, interested listeners were stand ing in the yard at tho front of the church. Several wagon loads of peo ple drove to the church later, and, not finding room for them at the ohuroh, they were compelled to re turn to their homos. During Rev. Austin's meetings at that place twenty-one additions were made to the ohuroh sixteen by bap tism, one by letter and four by ex perience. Of the entire sixteen con versions not more than four of this number were under fourteen years of ge. Sunday afternoon baptismal services were held on the banks of Bear creek, in the presence of over 200 spectators, and eight adults four women and four men woro baptized. The good peopl of our littlo sister town ou the south showed their ap preciation of Rot. Austin's efforts for tho upbuilding and betterment of mankind by generously throwing their homes open to him aud extend ing a warm welcome and a hearty support in every way possible. Rev. Austin left thiB week for Williams creek, where he will preach Sunday next. From there he will go to Selma and hold meetings for two weeks. From thero to Kerby, where another series of meetings will be held. At Kerby tho people have sub scribed $440 toward tho building of a new church. It is expected more will be subscribed, but this amount will insure the erection of a house of worship. Conundrum Supper. The ladies of the Lewis and Clark Club will give a conundrum supper at Wilson's opera house, ou Friday evuing, March 10th. The admission will be ton cents and every ton cent piece you give tho ladies upon this occasion will be put into a fund for the purchase of a fountuin for the city park. Everything is made ready out at tho park for putting In the foun tain, but that article, which is quite essential, is not in evidence as yet. nor will it bo unless we chip in every time an occasion is offered and help, the ladies of tho club buy It. The mombors of this club are bustlers every ono of them and they have done a great many things since they organized which has proven of ma terlal benefit to the city and Tho Mail Is glad the organization was perfected because there was a need of just such movements as they have inaugurated. They took up tho park mattor and they havo kept everlasting ly at it until a fairly good showing is made and there aro good grounds to believe that inside of a very short time Medford will hnvo a city park which its citizens will bo proud of. Come out to tho supper next Friday night March 10 and have a good time. You will have ten cents worth of a good time in visiting with your friends and In listening to tho splen did music which will be furnished, The menu for, the supper will be ro plete with good things to eat and you will be required to pay so much per for what you buy. It's a worthy oh ject and you just naturally ought to chip In and help out. The aiembers of this club are per si stent del vers after shekels as is proven by tho way they havo dug up money in different places about town. ThiB week some of them got an Idea that there was money In the treasury of the old business college association and they went aftor it secured $3! and this will go into tho Park Fund by order of the board of director of the business collfgo. The Mail wants to say to you that persistent work, such as they havo put up, de serves success Come out March 10th, For Sale: 1 have two good cows, fresh, for hhIp. Inquire of J. W. fionar, nwir Griffin creek scboolboube. 0-2-p FIRE AT SEA CRESCENT CITY, Cal., Feb. 28.- Great presence of miud on the part of the officers prevented a fearful dis aster when the steamship, Oregon, of the San Fraud sco-Portlnud liue took fire at sea off Crescent City, Cal., yesterday morning. All of the passengers, many of whom were from Portland, were safo- ly landed at Crescent City this morn ing. No one was injured. The burning stonmerwaB sighted off this oity last night. During the night tho vessel crept nearer port and early this mroulng seemed to be in au easy position. The crew could bo seen fighting the flames, but the fire con tinued to make headway. All the passengers were transferred to tho steamerDel Nor to, which stood by the Oregon, curly last evening and safely landed at Crescont City. Tho boat carried a cargo, chiefly of lumber, worth probably 880,000. The fire waB discovered yesterday morning in the after hold. The ves sel at that time was several miles from Crescent City, but the tug Del Norte and a collier were near by. Captain Warner ordered a full head of stoam, while the crew passed tho word among the' passengers that there was no danger, at the same time sig naling to the Del Norte and the col lier for assistance and preparing to launch the life-boats. A great mass of smoke and flamo was pouring from the hatches, which were quickly battened down, allaying ' in a measure the fears of the passeng ers The male passengers aud crow ' acted admirably aud Buooeedod in confining the flames to the hold. A portion of tho crow meautlmo was sent to fight the firo aud succeed ed in confining the flames to the hold. When the Del Norte came alongside the passengers were transferred to her by the collier aud brought to Crescent City. Tho battle with tho flames on tho Oregon continued all night, and early this morning the vessel, with tho fire still rag ng, enmo into port. The vessel left San Francisco for Portland Sunday. The Bteamer was built at Choster, Pa., in 1878, and is now owned by the White Star Steamship Company, of Seattle. During recent years she has been plying bwteen the latter city and points in Alaska. It is claimed by many that she carried more gold hunters to tho frozen north than any other vessel on tho coast. A year ago she was chartered by the Oregou Railroad & Navigation Company to ply between this oity and San Francisco in connection witli tho Columbia and Kid or. Although hav ing accommodations for almost 500 passenger's, she was used at that timo nearly altogether for currying freight. Aftor being kept In commission for about four months on tho route the steamer again returned north ami engaged in the Alaska trade. Mapping Out Road Work. County Commissioner Josh Patter sou was in Medford Tuesday and from hlm.Tlio Mall secured a 'bit of road work Information. Tho first work which will be taken up with the road making machine will be the put ting on of a few needed toucnes to that portion of the road south of Tal ent, which was commenced Inst fall. After this Is completed JMi, Patterson is not quite sure whore lie will go, but he wants to finish up the sticky road, between Mrs. Roberts' aud Frank Pells' placos, a distance of about threo miles. He Is of the opin ion that he baa enough rock crushed to covor this road, but he seems to feel that the farmers adjacent theroto and others Interested In tho road's improvement ought to bo willing to turn out with teams and haul this rock onto the'road. Mr. Patterson is confronted with rather a grave condition of a Ha Irs In connection with this rond making business In all parts of the county, which Is tho securing of n sufficient amount of rock to crush. While It Is truo that there Is an abundance of rock along tho river, In the foot hills and on the dceort, still tho roads that need repairing most do not He con tiguous to either of these localities and the matter of hauling Is an ex pensive item. Wanted. To rent, rich guidon laudB on sharrt or for cash rent. Address, 9-lt M, In C'aro Mail. ill
