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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1905)
DO OU READ THE MAIL? If not, why not? JACKSON COUNTY Will boom In TMH THE MAIL Will keep you pouted on pacing cvo-t We don't olrtira to publlill the "only n wsntr" in Southern Oregon, but "t fr from tho bond of the claBs w-n It "om"B to "the best" Wo publish the news while H Is "new" und lv's always reliable. When you nee It In THE MA?L, it's bo. VOL- IVII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1905 NO. II Mail. STREET ECHOES Opinions of Some of Our Citizens-S erious and Otherwise. H. B, Nye, by letter. '"We arrived in Sand Point, Idaho, all O. K., and found the weather flue, the same as in Oregon when we left. I was somewhat disappointed in the property I went to 8e e, so we left for Montana, where we will be for some time to come. We are well and enjoying ourselves much. But say, Bliton, we mlBs the Medford Mail very much, so we en close check on Medford Bank for one year's subscription for same, which please send to our address at Helena, Montana." C. W. Vance, Wardner, Idaho, by letter. "Enclosed herewith find 50 cents for which please send The Mail. I purpose visiting your country in three or four months with a view of buying a small fruit farm near a good railroad town, and I am sure that if I like your country (as well as the sam pie copy of your paper sent me, I shall experience no difficulty in being satisfied. The copy you sent me con taincd the first of a series of articles you are just beginning to publish on your oity and country and produo- j tions. I wish to receive the second article sure." Will Warner: "Two accidents out on Rural Route No. 1, this week. Monday some Ashland parties were driving a band of horses, which they bad purchased, along the road, when one of the band, a fine, large, gray horse, ran into a barbed wire fence, on the Deliart place, and cut him self severely severed two arteries. The men bandaged the wounds and they started with him for Ashland, but I don't see how they can save him. J. M. Loflaud lost a good horse also this week. The animal had its leg broken by being kicked and Mr. Loiland was compelled to kill it." J. F. Cook: "How's the harness business, you ask? I haven't bad time since the firm of Whiteside & Cook opened up business to think about it. Ed was a little bit afraid that we wouldn't do anything for awhile, as we were on a side street and just opening up. But after put ting in from ten to sixteen hours every day and being still behind on our orders, he has come to the con clusion that if we want any spare time we'll have to move out in the country and hide. Seriously speak-1 ing, however, we have had a run of business since we started up that has been a surprise to me. We have had all the work we could do and theu some. Our full stock had not arrived when we opened, so that we have been somewhat handicapped that way, but we are doing all we ex pected to do and more" R. W. Gray: "Do you know how many new buildings have been put up in Medford during the past six months? Don't know, eh! Do I? Well let's see. I'll have to confess I don't know either. . But there has been a lot of them. My planing mill is working on the finishings of the fourth since New Years. All the other builders are as busy as they can be, so that you can multiply that four by the number of contractors in the city, add some and theu fall a little short of the actual number of new buildings. I have just installed a 10 horse power electric motor, and I find it a most satisfactory power. There isn't any dirt, grease or danger of ex plosion or fire, and it picks up tho machinery in the mill and carries it along 'just as easy.1 I saw what Mike Gault said to you about sash weights last week. There's more coming. 1 will need Beveral hundred pounds of those things in my own building op erations soon, so that the Medford Foundryjcan figure on casting sash weights at every 'heat' ;for some time to come." L. F. Lozier: "I don't know the name of those pears 1 brought you la,t week. Some, have called them Winter Bartletts, but they are not Bartletta. The tree does not grow like a Bartlett, neither does the fruit resemble that variety when green. The tree and the green fruit looks more like the Winter Nellie, but the flnvor is not the same. Clint Stewart told me what they were when 1 first bought my place and he also told me that they weren't of any account, but 1 have forgotten the name he gave tho pear. From what he said I judged there was no use in fooling with the trees, so neglected them. JLast full, having a slack time, I had POULTRY IN ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. Climatic Conditions Conducive to Chicken Culture, and Markets Always Good. The business of poultry raising is sotting and hens for stock purposes, one to which uo especial attention has The Leghorn, he figures, is admirably been paid by tho people of Southern adapted to this climate and are the Oregon, although it has proved profit- best layers possiole to get. From No able wherever scientifically carried veuiber, 1902, to November, 1903, each on, hen Mr. Merriman had netted him The climatio oouditions of Rogue HAS, this, of oourse, including sales river valley are almost ideal for the of eggs for sotting at $1.00 per setting, produotiou of early friers and fresh incubator lots at 50 oents per dozen, eggs at the time when the price 1b at and hens sold for breeding purposes its best. This country offers every at 810 por dozen or $1.00 eaoh in loss inducement that Petaluma, Calif., the numbers. great ohickeu produoiug section of A lady living in the suburbs of Med- the coast, has and in many ways leads ford, from seven April pullets which it. The proliflo growth of alfalfa iu began laying in October, had received this section furnishes green feed the up to Maroh 1st 385 eggs, most of year round, and the comparatively which she disposed of at regular warm, dry winters is very conductive thoroughbrod rates for settings. The to the general health and prolificacy hens wore of the Buff Leghorn brood, of the poultry. This section is also peculiarly adapt- During the latter part of March aud ed to the raising of chickens for table the first of April the weather ooudl- purposes. Many pens of fine Pymouth tions are ideal for hatching, although Rocks are to be found throughout the obickous can be reared successfully at valley aud the demand for early friers any time in the year. But for the pro- is shown by an advertisement now duction of eggs the soientiflo poultry- running in this paper offering $5 per man favors March or April, as the pullets arrive at laying age just at the time eggs are at the best price, while if hatched earlier they would have laid thoir first clutoh aud be moult- ing at the time of high prices. Iu January and February eggs are usual- ly both scarce and high. Theu is when the thoughtful poultryman makes his money. ' The market for eggs aud chickens is snoh that few if any oggs are ever shinned to the cities. The mines and lumber camps of Northern California the poultry business is one capable of and Southern Oregon absorb the snr. great possibilities. It might be con plus eggs and a great quautity of the siderod practically in its infauoy ; but chickens, and as good if not better with the infusion of thoroughbred than the Portland prloe paid for eggs blood of standard breeds, for both is realized f. o. b. here. egg producing and table ohickens, the The praotical experience of a few industry will come to be one of the poultry raisers shows what can be important ones of the valley and a done. I. A. Merriman, of Medford, souroo of considerable revenue, embarked in tho poultry business a March is usually the bauiier month few years ago. He is now running some 350 hens thoroughbred Brown Leahorns. He finds the thorough- breds the best, both on account of their superior laying qualities and the extra price he receives for eggs for my boys pick Borne of the pears and lay them away. The other day I happened to think of them and was muoh surprised upon examining them to find the fruit in suoh perfect condition. Without care these pears had kept from the time they were ; 08 tne "stccracy or me equine race, picked until the middle of March, The animals referred to aro the prop when all the rest of the pears are out! erty of Mr. S. P. Purdy and were of business. I am going to pay more; brought here by him last fall There attention to those pear trees in the future and horonfter will have good, eatable pears iu the spring.." , (Sev eral samples of tho above mentioned pears wero brought to The Mail otBce by Mrs. Lozior last week. They wero fresh and Bolid and the flavor was de licious. They seem to be something out of the ordinary n the pear line , and should be a profitable fruit to raise. Ed. ) Alouzo P. White, Winters, Calif. : "How do I like this country? Well, I can tell you in very few words. I am vastly pleased with your valloy aud its resources, aud still more sur- prised at your climate. The Impres sion is genornl iu Californiaand else where that as soon as you oross the Siskiyous you strike 'a region of eter nal rain, fog and dampness, where the sun hardly ever shines and you reoord of 2W mado as a three-Year- must carrv a mackintosh every day'lr.Z - . In Urn T hamnH fminH iica rni iu MIC jenu -. either overcoat or umbrella since I i came up here unless it would be that: thA inttor miffYif hfiwA hoon hnnr vto1 c - interpose between myself and the sun. In coming up here I fell into conver-, nation with a Salem, uregpn, mer chant, who had been in California, with a view to investing in a homo. He found a 19-acre tract iu Santa Clara valley which suited him to a dot, but the price, $750 per acre, was too much for him, although he said no doubt the land was worth It. But during the couversation he said that it was a great mistake that the California boundary line was not north of the Rogue river valley, as this valloy was the best part of Cali fornia in climate, diversified re sources and future possibilities that he bad seen, and I don't doubt but that I agree with bim. Chances aro you will have that man as a resident one of these days." Band concert next Sunday at 2 :30 o'clock on tho railioad plaza. Prices dozen for two-pound friers. Beside the local market this valley supplies nearly all, if not all, of the fresh ranch eggs and ohickens used on the Southern Padiflo diners, be tween Portland and San Francisco, and usually the supply is not by any means equal to the demand, Turkeys aro raised to perfection, bands of several hundreds being no uncommon sight in several sections of the valioy. From the above facts it is seen that for eggs Hid ordinarily - tho price , drops to 10 cents per dozen for a few weeks. This year, however, the prloe ! has not fallen below 12 cents, and dealers feel certain that it will not go ! lower than it is now. Some Good Horses. A good many people are not aware of the faot that for the past several months there have beeu two horses ul hubbub ivu.cu -.gut u wuu iu are two o- them, both stallions, and full brothers, so that ono pedigree answers for both. Tho blood which flows iu thoir veins is that of tho great Hamiltonian 10, the father of' the trottiug-broed of America, aud the strain comes from both sides. 1 Those horses were sired by Caution, "yr."".', f """"""""" ! i i t.m : V, 1, t i iU-.itn., i iu, xneir nrsi aam is oy iumonu w , J. , Medium ho by Happy Medium, ' i by Hamiltonian. The second dam is by Ingram, ho by olunteor, by Hmn-J lltonian 10. The Hamiltonian strain j . , . . , . . I 18 particularly strong in tnese two horsos, and there never waB a great i trotter but had a strong line of ancos- I tors leading back to the great Hamil-1 tonian 10. j The horsos will bo five and four years old respectively in June. "Da vid Harum, " tho five-year-old has urn nu Anmuiti, uuu uvuiu is uutiiv fHater now Th. fonr.ear.0id "Dick" has J out in 2:' as a thr-year! ! . . , QQ( iir, ruruy expuuu wj ruiiiHiu hmouf( u8 aud keep one of hi horBU8 here at ,caBt Eastern Star, Attention. ioxt weanosany evening, marcn , , . . , T Minear John 22d, is regular meeting night of , m,",rBtor' f" ""l ' Reamos Chapter. O. E. S. It is also Schidler and Jas. McDonald apprais Bocial night. There is qulto an 1 era. Estate valued at $4500. amount of work for the order before Estate of Itobocca H. Crump. Or- the social can be taken up, and all mnmhers of tho order are .re therefore requested to be present at lodge hall at N-w o CIOCK. MATTIK HUTCHISON, W. M. Estrayed or Stolen. From my place, in Medford, on Thursday. March Mb, pair of grey mares : woitrh II'jO and llou pounds ;i I six and seven years otel ; one branded! K I; foretop rnaehed ; mano roachod where collar iroes over neck. Will ! pay liberal reward. Telephone infor- j I matiou at my expense. UK. li. U. IjUlllvrj, Med ord, Oregon. Commercial Club Housewurming. Tuesday night the rooms of the Commerioal Club In the Hutchison & Lumsdon building wero formally opened to the public and a general lu vitatiou to the members of the olnb, thoir familioB and friendB was extend ed aud a glanoe at the crowd which filled the rooms would indicate that the invitation had been generally ac cepted. After several selections had been rendered by tho Medford Band the meeting was called to order by tho president, C. I. Hutchison, who introduced Hon. W. I. Vawter, who made a short Bpeech of weloomo to the guests of the club. Theu the fol lowing program was given : Vocal solo by MrB. Clarence Hnfer; a vocal soug by Miss Enid Hamilton, entitled, "Oregon's- Tall Pines:" a Bpeeoh by D. H. Miller; vocal solo by W.. F. Isaacs ; a solo by Mrs. C. M. Hazel rigge this last wasn't one solo but a series of them, as Mrs. Hazelrigg's voice and delivery eutbusod the audi ence so that they did not wish to let her go. After this there wero instru mental selections upon tho piano and pianola aud graphophone, the latter part of the entertainment haviug beeu made possible through the courtesy of H. M. Coss. Then ensued a season of Booial good time during whioh time lemonade was served and tho party dispersed with a full appreoiatiou of the' work done by the olub since its organization. Misses Blancho Merri man, Elvira Hibbard and Mabel Ray presidod ovor the lemonado booth. Lane County's Sensation. Is Lane county going to give to the criminal world another Johnnn Hock? This is tho question that the good citizons of Cottage Grove and a hoBt of people living in Lano coun ty have been asking themselves since John Branton was arrested for the attempted shooting of John Fletcher, on the morning of March 9th. Whether Branton will provo to be a Hock on a small scale depends upon the investigation that is bi ing con ducted now by Distriot Attorney George M. Brown. Branton, who is languishing in the jail at Eugene, has been married three times. Three different times blushing bride to the he has lead a marriage altar, and three times he has Been the soil tumbled into the graves that contained all that was mortal of these three women. Along the McKonzie river, and at the little town of Wallerville, where Branton married two of his wives, the people believe that Branton is guilty of having disposed of them. In Cot tage Grove there n n strong suspicion that Branton had something to do with wife No 3's sudden death, which occurred during the Christmas holi days. ' 1 Since the deuth of his first wife, years ago now, Branton has lived un der a cloud. This cloud grow black and somber when his second wife died. It became u sinister thing when he became involved in trouble in the collection of 82000 worth of life insur ance held by this wife. Thorowas in surance on both wives. Tbo first wife bM a p0,icy fof nnd th(i ond wiffo was worth more, or would . . , , , ,, ,, , . . have boon, at least, if Branton had ,lot boon fol.ood lnto a BoUlomont 80 u ,B a d oR &n luve8ll ' . There was no insuranco on tho third wife, but Branton is said to have tried to persuade her to take out some insurance. Mrs. Branton, tho third, refused because of the ugly rumors and suspicious that weic ailoat over tho deaths of the former - spouses. u'Woae8"n or ine tmm womani becomes possessor of a bouse and lot in Cottage Grovo. noUBe ana lot, so ine Btory goes, f,8" "lortgagod by Branton since the death of wife No. 3. Probate Court. Estate of Mary Kime, deceased. Order appointing administrator and appraisers. Nicholas W. Kime ad- , .,, , . h flhvl. . 1 ... , Estate of Henry Weyarman. Order appointing day of final settlement. Estate of Spencer Chllders. Ad ministratrix account filed. W. T. York, administrator of tho estate of Jacob M. Shadle, vs. Etta Shadle, et al; order confirming sale of real ostnte. Guardianship of Jennie M. Fairs, a minor. Order for sale of reBl estate. First-class Interior decorating and J paper hanging. Work guaranteed. ' Kerr & Shearer. 6'lw. JACKSDNCDUNTY Gold Hill will hold its muuloipal oleotiou April 3d. Granite Tent, K. O. T. M., of Ash land, initiated thirty-five members at a mooting last week. A banquet und genornl good time was had, Mrs. Mary A. Bildorbaok diod at Ashland Inst week. Hor remains wore taken to Wolf oreek for burial besido those of her husband, who died some yoars ago. The Gold Hill News announces that tho county court has appropriated 83000 for an exhibit at the Lewis aud Clark fair. This will be "news" to the county board. A convention of Christian Endeav orers for the district oompoBod of Jo, Bophlne, Jaoksou, Klamath and Lake oountins is to be hold at Ashlaud the latter part of this month. Jackson oounty warrants have been oallod up to Ootober 2, 1902. Tho county therefore Is only two years and five mouths behind in its obliga tions. Quito a difforence botweon this condition and that of just a few years ago. Petitions will bo presented to tho oounty oourt at its noxt torni for per mission to Bell liquor at Talent and Eagle Point. Tho petitioners in each case are people who formerly oou duotod "blind pigs" in Ashland. Ko- motitinnoes are being circulated against both potitlous. Soorotary of Stnto Dunbar this wook distributed tho sum of $01,002.2-1 to tho sovernl counties of Oregon, tho sumo being lire per cent of tho net proceeds of sales of public lands iu Oregon during 1001 by tho federal government, whioh it is provided by Congross shall boused in tho improve ment of tho publio roads, being dis tributed to tho counties in propor tion to their nren. Jackson oounty received $18!)2.51, Josephine $1101.51, Klumnth $4U5.G9 and Lake, $5133.00 in the division. Soulhcrn Orecon Mines. There is likelihood that Bonnott, Reynolds and Mattern, owners of tho Octopus claim, will again como into possession of the Ashland mine. It is known that there has beeu some movement looking to that end aud the oirounistnnces and situation of tho two properties lend strong probability to the consummation of tho deal if it can bo effected. It is known that tho Canadian company, in working tho Ashland, cxtoudod its drifts in pay to tho Octopus ground and if they had owned tho Octopus claim would probably have had a large additional amount of good oro nvailablo for ex traction. There is, too, quito nn amount of flue oro left iu sight in tho Ashland nnd some promising shoots yot unexplored, not to speak of tho favorable possibilities of furthor sinking in tho shaft, which lookod good when work was suspeud ed. The chango referred to would set tho Ashlaud in operation agnin as a produoiug mino as good as it has over been before. Tho recent discovery of a rich gold bearing lodgo on Gold Kldgo by Harry G. Siskron, is attracting considerable attention to n section that has lain dormant for so long. Gold Ridge, lies 25 miles on a straight line and -15 miles by wagon road, a littlo west of south from GrantB Pass, beginning wiioro Sucker crook bonds to tho west at tho mouth of Grnyback crook and running south on tho west side of Sucker nnd Boluud crooks fora dis tance of about ton mllos, being from ono to two mllos iu width. Tho sum mit of the ridge is about 1000 foot above Suckor crook and 3000 foot olo vation above tho sea level. The trail leading from Holland to the Briggs discovery pusses ovor this ridge and within 10U0 foot of tho recent rich find. Suckor and Boland crooks on the baso of thiB ridgo have beeu noted for years for their rich plncor depos its, as have been Democrat and other gulches on tho west slope of the ridgo, I while upon its very summit, Mr. (Ticer has ono of tho best placer mines in this section. Tho latter Is worked ! by Mr. Ticer whon he can got water, which Is only during the season of hoavy rains or snow. The gold ho gots Is rough. showing it to como from quartz in close proximity to hi placer. An Important Case. Tho attention of tho circuit court has been occupied for tho past week in tho trial of tho Wagnor creek water case, in which Fred Kapp together with twenty-four other plaintiffs aro Booking to restrain Ilnrrj S. Lynch together with thirty-throo other de fendants from directing any of the waters of Waguor crook above the head of plaintiffs' ditches. The evi dence of the plaintiffs is to tho effect that thoy are the owners of the Dav enport ditoh, tho Rookofollow ditch, tho Wagner & Thornton ditch nud tho Fnrmor's ditch, all of whioh wore looatod over fifty years ago and any two of which will tuke nil of tho waterB of Wuguer creek, at dry sea sons of the year. That within tho past teu years tho wntor from the stream above tho bends of the ditches to their injury. The evidence of tho dofeuBe was very short and to the effect that thoir grantors more than fifty years ago obtained pnteutB to tho lands which thoy tiro now irrigntluit aud as riparian ownors thoy have the right to tho water. Several pretty questions of Import ance are presented in the case and the outcome will be watched with great interest by those interested in irrigation. Nearly fifty witnesses wore examined during tho conrse of the trial. Souti- nel. " Railroad Rumbling. A oommitteo of prominent citizons has boen canvassing the oity this week with a viow to selling a certain amount of stouk iu the Medford & Crater Luke Railroad Co., and have mot with roasouublo success. It was not necessary to call attention to the benefits to bo dorivod from tho con struction of this road. That ground has boon gone ovor time and agnin, until it seems tint every rosidout of Medford and vicinity should sec the necessity of aiding tho road in ovory way possiblo. Really the pooplo of Medford ought to bo hunting this soliciting conuuit.too up iu ordor to subsoribo their quota Instead of wait lug until ttio cominlttoo calls upon thorn. The oommitteo consists of Dr. J. V. Keddy, I. L. Hamilton, J. E. Enyart, D. H. Miller, G. L. DaviB and John W. Olwoll. Of tho $25,000 in stock which Medford is expected to pur chase only $15,000 hue so far boon. signed for nnd the oommitteo is not us sanguine us to furthor results iui Tho Mail wishes It was. The oom- miltee has worked hard and achieved. great success in many instances, still thoy fool thoy have canvassed about all the ground there is to gouo - over und thoy aro doubtful regurdiug tho other $10,000. Many of our peo ple havo bought liberally and to thorn uau bo credited thosuoooBB of un dertaking if it succeeds. Others who could well afford to buy stock have refused llatly tn assist in the uudor taking. It will bo a hard slap to our town if the lull amount of stuck can not bo sold. It means so much to our town that Tho Moil does not see anr excuse whatovor f ir refusal, or evou n hositauuy,in taking hold of tho in vestment. A list of tho nnmoB of the nurchuA- ors, together with tho amount nur- chaBed, will apponr iu tho noxt iusuo ol tins paper. List of Jurors, March Term, 1905. D. W. Boobe, Mound; Frod Thnm- berg, Lake Crook; Win. Addison, Tal ent; W. W. roddington, Sams Valloy; S. Mathcs, Woodvillo; J. L. Kown, Sums Valloy; Polk Hull, Modford; Loo Walkins, Mound;. Josh Neatham mor, Wimor; I''. K. Musty, Meadows; F M. "ForgiiBon, Willow Springs; J. 11. Welch, Meadows; Win. Van Dyke, Ashland ; R, Outman, Talent ; W. C. Daley. Lake Crook; W. F. Holbort, Ashland; C. Vrniiiiin, Gold Hill; Frank Cameron, Union; If. II. God dard, Talent ;K D. ICIwood, Medford; O. C. Flslior, Ashland ; J. II. Down ing, Central Point; W. W. French, Englo Point; (Jims. Nunan, Jackson ville; R. L. Bush, Ashland; J. B. Hillis, Wlmor; J. 11. Whipple, Wood villo; Vest Stephens, Phoenix; E. P. Bonnott, Medford ; W. F. Loomhi, Ashland ; J. D. Buckley, Union. Circuit Curl. W. O. Daniolon, ol nl, vb. P. R. O'Neill et al; dismissed. R. R. Dunn vs. Theresa Prim; suit to rocovor monoy. Medford Furnlturo Co., vs. Earl Van Antwerp. Ordorod that plaintiff recover from defendant tho sum of t-107, with interest, ousts and dis bursements, nnonnting to $5 ami further ordered that lots Nos. 1 and 2, block 5, Medford, bo sold to satisfy Bald judgmnnt. N. 11. LntiJior nnd S. C. Ruble v. Joseph Morris and Roso A. llayiuond; dismissed and judgment for plaint III for costs and disbursements. Wanted. We want 2-pound chickens. Will pay ?5 po- dozen for thorn for th next ten duys. Wuruor & Davis,