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VOL.IVII.
MEDFOFD, JACKSON COUNT!, BRECON, FRIDAY, APEIL 7, 190S
Bee It In THE MAX. it's m.
N0.I4
There was a young lady from Lynn,
Who wu so exceedingly thin
'mm when the estwyed
To drink lemonade .....
Ebe slipped down the straw and tell ra.
J
Ashland people are being made the
'Victims of a series ol petty thefts.
Early roses are commencing to bloom
in portions of Rogue river valley.
Gold Hill is to have a permanent
exhibit of the agricultural and miner
al resources of that section at the S.
P. depot in that city.
The Ashland Hardware Co. has been
incorDorated with a capital stock of
J10.000. J. W. Potter, A. H. Fiudley
and if, T. Stackpole incorporators.
Renorts from .Ashland oontradict
the rumor that the early peach orop
had been seriously damaged Dy I rose.
Other parts of the valley report no
damage whatever.
The "Free Silver" mine on Samp
son creek, south of Ashland, is being
Investigated by experts representing
Eastern capital with a view to its pur
chase and development.
Among the appointments made by
Governor Chamberlain last waek were
F. H. Carter, of A6hland, H. C. Kin
nr. of Grants Pass, and W. I. Vaw-
ter, of Medford, to be regents of the
Ashland Normal, school.
Recent publications of the finding
of relios in Indian graves has devel
oped the fact that there is an Oregon
statute imposing a fine of from $5 to
J500 on persons found guilty of dis
turbing Indian burial places.
W, A. Freeburg, of Ashland, is to
the front with the first fish Btory of
the season. Sunday he caught a sal
mon trout in Emigrant orcek, which
measured nineteen inches iu length
and weiehed four and one-half
pounds. :
Jack Smith, of Sardine creek, im
agines that there iB a pBying6gold
streak on his farm Bomewhere. For
aometime he has been finding gold in
more or leBS quantities in the giz
zards of every fowl killed on the
rsnoh. The other day the internal
' apparatus of a duok yielded sixty
cents. Now he is hunting for the pay
gravel.
Ruminations of anoiicants on the
proposed rural delivery route running
out of Ashland, were held last Satur
day. There were seven applicants
far the. nnaition. The route has been
held up for several monthB, first by
people living along the line being run
nnwilliim to clve the carrier the nec
essary rightjof way and last by lank of
applications for the position of car-
V. R. Reynolds.'of Gold Hill, after
having filed an application tor pen
sion as an Indian war veteran, made
all the necessary affidavits and having
been granted relief, has discovered
that he is not the man who served iu
th Indian wars lof Orecon. He vol
nntarily requested Secretary of State
Dunbar not to issue the vouener tor
the amount granted him. In his let
tor to the secretary he says he was
mistaken, that he is seventy-one years
old and his memory is poor, and that
he has never knowingly done a dis
honest act and is too old to begin
First National Bank ol Medford.
m.. of P K Tlnnel
William S. Crowell, Ernest V. Carter,
T TJ 1JnDlri..o ontl (ioriVUO W. 11111111
to organize the First National Bank of
Medtord, ur., wnn s,uw cupuui,
has been approved by the Controller
of the Currency.
The above dispatch in the Portland
1-1 ;., nf Arn.il let firant-Arl n rin.
pie in business and financial circles
in the city, as tne nrst intimation
the general piiDiic naa 01 sucn hu en
terprise was the printing of this dis
paicu.
Many inquiries have been made as
to the prooaDio location auu nine ui
monlns nf the bank, but there is no
definite information to be had just
yet. The organizers of the corpora
tion nave several lowtnwus iu view,
but, until the papers arrive from
n- u ! t.. i anil a narmBnnnf nnrnii
j ti.... I.. altaMaA nnfhinil will Ka
done in thlB matter. In fact it may
II . I. lut.M frllA
be two or turee ujuuiud uwvtc mo
bank is ready to do business. There
are many formalities which the gov
ernment requires to be observed in
the establishment 01 a national uaua,
i -II tlin.A iAtnlle ronnlra timn.
HOU o." - w, ------
Each step muet be taken in its order
and the treasury officials decline to
be hurried. ....
The enterprise was entered into by
its promoters lor tne reBsou mat mey
. i i - i .V. .nA noil nnmA tvVlAll
neueveu mo t? r i T.
Medford had reached the point in her
growth whicn justinea tne esiauiisu
mi nt of a national bank. The major
nnlr io mntrnlled hv Med
ny ui iuc oiuv - .
tnrA mmnlA and the manaKement and
no'nf rnl of the institution will rest
with citizens of this city.
Wool and Mohair. ,
TURNING OF THE FIRST SOD.
Between 3,000 and 4,000 People Witness the Breaking of
Ground for the Medford
Tuesday was au occasion long to be
remembered by the people of Medford
and the Rogue river valley, being the
Inauguration of an enterprise which
will do more to develop .the latent
resources of the country than any
thing whioh has occurred since the
building of the Southern Pacific road
through the valley.
The event was the turning of the
first sod on the Medford & Crater
Lake Railroad.
At one o'clock a constant stream of
carriages, horsemen and people on
foot commenced flowing in the direc
tion of the terminal grounds of the
company north of the old distillery
building and from that hour until af
ter three, the Btreets of the city were
practically deserted. Very nearly
every one went to the celebration.
The business houses all closed foi two
hours, to give the employes a chance
to witness the ceremony, and the pub
lie school took a vacation. . Over
3.000 people were present.
Owing to delays unavoidable In
such matters, it was 2:30 p. m. be
fore the ceremonies were commenced.
After a selection by the Medford
band, Holbrook Withiugton, attorney
for the company, addressed the audi
ence on behalf of the corporation.
Mr. Withiugton expressed the deep
appreciation of the officials of the
company to the citizens of Medford
and vicinity for their support and
good will toward 'the movement, and
especially to the committee who solic
ited the subscription of stock was
ored it due f or the untiring and suc
cessful efforts.
He outlined the history of the. enter
prise from its inception to the present
moment and promised on behalf of
the company that the work would be
pushed with vigor until the "whistle
of the locomotive would be heard iu
the mountain fastness and the forest
would resound with the stroke of the
ax and the hum of the saw. "
Hon. D. H. Miller responded on
behalf of the citzena. Mr. Miller
spoke of Med ford's progress during
the past twenty-one years, of her past
achievements and future prospects.
Medfor is a business town, built on
business principles and whatever the
people of this town do they do in a
business-like manner. "
Hon. V. I. Vawter was called upon
and made a few brief remarks along
the same lines. He urged the people
to keep up the enthusiasm displayed
on this occasion and to give the man
agement their hearty support in every
way as an aid to the completion of the
road. "Financial aid Is not what is
meant, but the moral aid which an
enthusiastic community can give an
enterprise of this kind, which will
help to smooth many of the rough
places." i
Hon. Harry J3. Miller, recently pro
moted to be consul-general at Yoko
hortm, Japan, one of the most im
portant diplomatic ports in the
Orient, was introduced and made a
short speech. In part he said: "I
came to the Rogue river valley, thirty-one
years ago. I came in on a
stage. For a number of years I made
Southern Oregon my home. Since
then I have traveled over a number
of other countries, but I have never
lost my first impression of this coun
try, and that is, that the United
States is the best country in the
world, Oregon the best Btate in the
Union and Rogue river valley the best
part of Oregon.' 1
At 3:10 p. m. a bottle of cham
pagne, presented by W. A. Hutton,
was broken over the spot from which
the first sod was to be taken, and
Mra. A. A. DaviB, wife of the presi
Sheriff Ratter's Been Going Some.
Last week when the Godfrey trial
I i-aa nn In .TnHo Vfanna'a nmirt at
ijackssonville, an important witness
was not in evidence. This witnesB
Uvea near the Beagle postoffice, twen
fv.nna milee diBtant. After some
I little discussion among lawyers and
tbe court it was agreed tnat tne court
ahmiM adinnrn for five hours to allow
Sheriff Kader time to produce the!
witness which was wanted. Mr, Kad
er had previously said he could make
iho flrlve in flvehourB. but there wore
some who could not but think it was
i nine dream. However, at exactly
ten o'clock the sheriff began hittine
the high places of the main thorongh-
Ifare in the lieagle direction, une
& Crater Lake Railroad
dent of the road, lifted the eod from j
its bed. The band played, the people,
cheered, cameras snapped and the .
Medford St Crater Lake road was for
mally opened.
Several of the grading teams were
driven into the circle for the final
ceremonies and were included in the
pictures taken of the event. The
audience was good natured, but in
sisted on being on the front row and
if some of those mules had been
"Mauds11 there might have been a
conclusion to the celebration not con
templated by those in charge.
The territory through whioh this
road ie to be built is one of the rich
est in agricultural possibilities in
Southern Oregon. It will tap a coun
try capable of producing anything.
To a certain extent the section lying
between Medford and the timber belt
has produced only grain and stock,
notwithstanding its adaptability to
the raising of more perishable pro
ducts. Small fruits grow to perfec
tion along the creek bottoms, and ap
ples and pears find a congenial home
in the foothills, but tbe difficulty of
transporting the perishable products
of their farms to market over twenty
or more miles of rough roads has
prevented many farmers from embark
ing iu the fruit business. However,
with tbe coming of the M. & C. L. R.
R., bringing tbis region in touch by
rail with the city markets a vast in
crease in the output of fruits may be
looked for.
In and about Eagle Point is a quali
ty of land unsurpassed for the grow
ing of onions. The oderiferous but
necessary esculent. There the onion
grow to great size and particularly
fine flavor
ThiB land is also admirably adapted
to strawberry growing. Several large
patches of berries have already-been
set out, and we confidently expect
that the next few yearB will Bee Rogue
river strawberries rivalling the famous
Hood river product in tbe city mar
kete.
The timber clothed ridgeB of the
CascadeB first put the thought of a
railroad into the minds of the promo
ters. Should there not be a dollar's
worth of improvement made on the
strength of the road between Medford
and the timber belt, if the road did
not have a pound of freight outside
of the lumber, cut by sawmills near
its line, or ?arry a single passenger,
yet the road would pay and thousands
nay millions of dollars would be
added to the amount realized by the
products of Jackson county. The
timber is sufficient to justify the
building of the road, and the local
traffic will represent the net profits
on the investment.
These things are merely some of the
results which will accrue from the
completion of the road not all of
them by any means, even to the sec
tion through which the road will pass
on its way to the timber belt.
Contractor Ewing will be required
to move 41,000 cubic yards- of earth
between here and Eagle Point, ac
cording to the estimates of the engi
neers. The route is not a difficult
one, there being no deep cuts or
heavy fills along it. The main handi
cap to the contractor will be the ne
cessity of moving camp quitu often
in order to keep up with the work.
For ten miles beyond Eagle Point
the'ground is something of the same
character; but after the mountains
are reached the road becomes more
difficult. However, as far as tbe road
has been surveyed there iB not a
great deal of rock work and that is
easily handled. The cuts are all side
hill cuts and easily made.
bee bridge, a distance of twelve or
thirteen miles. Other distance-reckoning
points were passed at about
the same pace and at three o'clock,
just five hours and five minuteB from
the time he Btarted, he landed at the
court bouse with bis man, having
driven forty two miles, an average of
eight mileB an hour, and the roads
were in very bad condition. Besides
thiB he estrayed in one place from
the bigh-way and came near being
mired in a farmer's field and lost
half an hour's time in getting back
onto the trail again.
Notice to Subscribers.
The first installment on stock sub.
cribfd to by the citizens of Medford
is now due and payable at the com-
pany's oflice in the 1'iiIm-Neider-mever
building.
l'i-Ui M, A C, U R R, Co.
- On the Political Horiioi.
Among those who are being men-1
tioned for the Republican nomination
for govern r next year are : C, A.
Johns, of Baker City Judge L. R.
Webster, of Portland, I. L. Patterson
and T. T. Geer, of Salem, Dr. James
Withyoomb, of CorvaMs, M. A.
Moody, of The Dalles, Dr. Wf Kuy
kendall, of Eugene, Judge H. L.
Benson, of Klamath Falls
Claude Uutoh, F. T. Wrlghtman
and Lot L. Pierce, of Salem, are be
ing boomed by their frieudB for sec
retary of Btate, while W. H. Hobaon,
of Stayton, E. V. Carter, of Ashland,
and Dr. Lee Steiner, of Lakeview,
are talked of as state treasurer. It is
also understood that J. R. Whitney,
Btate printer, will be a candidate for
re-eleotion.
There are numerous would-be can
didates for tbe Republican nomination
for congressman in the first district.
It is generally .understood that Bln-
ger Hermann wlU not be a candidate
for re-election. Walter L. Tooze.
'the man that, made Woodburn fam
ous," CoL E. Hofer, of Salem, editor
of the Capital Journal, and W. 1.
Vawter, of Jackson county, are said
to be candidates for congressman,
and I. H. Bingham, of Lane county,
and P. R. Kelly, of Linn, are liBten-
lng with attentive ears to the buzz
of the congressional bee.
As Bob Veatch and J. K. Weather
ford are tired of being trotted out for
the biennial slaughter, R. G. Smith,
' 'the gentleman from Josephine, ' 1
will probably be the Democratic can
didate for congress in the first dis
trict. With two congressmen, a governor,
a full state ticket and a legislature due
to elect a United States senator all
to be nominated and elected next
year, there certainly will be big things
doing in Oregon politics.
W. C. T.-U. Items.
The Union was called to order at
the Christian church, March 30th,
to a good attendance, with scripture
reading by the president, prayers by
Mesdames Lozier, Burohell and daugh
ter, Buck and Rev. Hoxie, singing
by all. ' MinuteB of last meeting read
and approved. Committees' reportB
showed fifteen visits made to the siok
with aid. Flans were then diBCUBsed
in regard to the national conferenc to
be held in Medford May 17th to 18th,
when Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens,
national preeident, and Anna Gor
don, first vice-president, also Mrs.
Addition, state president, will be
here. All the ministers and christian
people will unite on those dates. Mrs.
liuck then read a short article from
the pen of Miss Willard. Mrs. Hub
bard read part of the address which
Roosevelt gave to the house of Indies,
in which he seems to think that the
race will become extinct without
large families. All thought it will be
best for him to clear our streets of
those awful places of sin so that
mothers can raiso their children with
out danger of them becoming drunk
ards. Mrs. liurcliell favored tho Union
with a solo, "Snvo the Boys." Kov.
iloxie spoke in glowing words for tho
W. C. T. U. Tho meeting was dis
missed by Mrs. Hubbard, to meet at
tho home of Mrs. Dodge. Mothers'
day.
Medford Losps Again.
If the local teams expect to draw
crowds to witness baseball contests
between them they will have to put
up a lot better article 'of ball than
they did Sunday afternoon. If tlioro
ever wafl a game whore people who
pretended to be ball players put up an
exhibition that would make a band
of school children ashamed of thorn
.selvee, it was certainly dono Sunday.
The only redeeming feature of the
game waa the work of the opposing
batteries. They worked hard and
faithfully, but the Bupport they re
ceived would make an angel weep.
Tbe score waB thirteen to seven in
favor of Jacksonville.
A "Slicker1; Trick.
From Oran ts Pais Ob.erver.
A stranger with a "slicker" on his
arm came Into theOarman-Hemenway
Co. 's Btore Thursday and ordered ten
cents' worth of potatoes, laying the
"slicker" down on a clothing table.
While the clerk was getting the pota
toes in the back room, a suit was
covered by the "slicker" and when It
was picked up on leaving tho suit of
clothing was Included. ThlB was re
peated, but the theft waa soon discov
ered and search made. A man desir
ing to sell a new suit of clothes was
arrested, and tbe two Biilts recovered.
He gave his name as John Olpnn.
! HiB preliminary trial is being held
thin (lYiday) afternoon.
OF
The history of mining iu Jaokson
county Bhows that the mineralized
portion of thia section is one of the
richest and largest of any upon the
continent. Prom the time of the first
discovery of gold on Shively guloh,
near Jacksonville, to the present day
a ooiietant Btream of precious metals
has been flowing from the hills and
gulches of Jaokson oounty into the
world's coffers.
Rich guloh and Jaokson oreek have
added millious to the world's wealth.
The Sterling, Sturgis and other nlaaer
mines have been Bteady produoera for
years and still have plenty of ground
for workiug for years to come.
In early days most of the mining
was plaoer, no permanent quartz
veins had been discovered, and many Below is the cast as it will be seen
held to the belief that the oountry for the first time in Medford, Wednes
. , .. . . . . '.day, April 12th:
was so broken up that uo true ledge Mavoriok Blunder, a Texas cattle
would be found. Of late years, how- king, Holbrook Withiugton ; Capt.
ever, thiB idea has been exploded, and ' Fairloigh Bright, U. S. A., Lynn
i,n i i IPurdin: Christofer Columbus Flsli-
, , , V """"" ".back; a colored.' politician, Ueorge
increasing right aloug. It has been w. Hluoy . Bnissey tiall, member M
demonstrated that when a suiHoient , house, Washington, D. C, J. limniott
depth is reached the quartz ledges 1 Bnrksdull ; Major ell, Col. Blow, Col.
.,..,m1 ru
place, and this 001111117 will soon bo
ranking among the great gold produc
mg sections of the world.
Nor is gold the only mineral to lie
found here; silver, oinnubiir, galena,
copper, asbestos, coal, in fact, near
ly every known mineral ia to bo found
in tho forcst-covoied hills of Southern
Oregon. Besides the climate is so
mild and equnblejthat work is posslblo
at all seasons of tho year. Any day
in any month the prospector can seek
the treasure buried iu the bosom of
mother earth. He iB not chilled by
piercing windB and severe cold, nor
in any danger of being snowed in iu
his niountaiu cabin. He can come
and go at any time.
The mines of Jackson oounty oan be
considered as practioally undeveloped
but more interest is being taken in
them now. Capital is flowing iu and
the next few years will witness a sub
stantial increase in the output of
gold.
ThiB country is in its infancy
as relates to quartz mining, but
the work is being quietly proseoutcd
whioh will fully exploit Jaokson couu
ty'B claim to pre- minence in the
mining world.
Dr. J. R Reddy, in answer to cer
tain questions propounded by The
Mail intorviewor, stated in sub-
stauco the following: "This section of
Oregon, including Josephine county,
and part .of Siskiyou county, Calif.,
has moro diversified mineral resources
than any other district iu the world.
The average native of this country
doesn't realize the imuicnso mineral
doposits ' which . theso rock-ribbed
mountains contain. This section has
produced moro placer gold than any
other section of its size in the United
States,tiud now it is beginning to show
up iu quartz mining, in former years
nothing less than free milling propo
sitions, with gold iu sight in tho ore,
would do. But it will not bo long
until the great baso ore propositions
of Southern Oregon will be worked
to their full capacity. Take the Opp
mine, for instance. That mine was
worked with all kinds of mills, from
a coffee mill to a saw mill and paid
more or less all tho time; but its
owners were afraid to 'go down' and
see what was below the surface. For
forty years it was worked iu that hap
hazard fashion. Now wo are down 700
feet, have a well defined ledge,
good mill and the mine on a paying
basis.
To reach this point required
an expenditure of only 15,0X10. Up to
three years ago the people of thia boo-
tlon did not know that they had a big
copper deposit In tho county. Some
of them don't think It yet, but 200
Spokane people, the Amalgamated
Copper Co., the W. A. Clark pooplo,
the Patsy Clark people, the Koawick
people and in faot every big copper
mining concern in tho United States
knows of the Blue Lodge and have had
their expert out examining It. There
is one of the biggest copper prospects
on earth. Of course, it hasn't been
developed enough to show that there
is a mine there for certain, but the
prospects Bhow more and better ore
than anything 1 have ever seen."
Over in tho Meadows district has
been found a cinnabar lead which
fui-riua a larffftr nor cent nf imickgil-
vor than Bomo of the great quick
silver mines of the world. At present
I it 1b simply a prospect, but the own
era are quietly working away until
I they can satisfy themselves that tho
ore is iu sufficient quantities, when
they will commence mining In earn
est. Up on Elk oreek, uear the summit
of the divide, is an immense body of
low grade ore. It runa but a tew dol
lars to the ton and is a smelting prop
osition, but it doesn't require to be
mined. It can be quarried out like
sand rook. There is a mountain of
it With late nilulug appliance, that
mine will prove almost, if not equal,
to the famous Treadwell mines of
Douglas IalandB.
"A Texa Steer." .
The cast of local people who are
preparing for a production of Hoyt's
"A Texas Btoer,'' for the benefit of
the ladies' Lewis A Clark club, are
rehearsing nightly and everything as
aureB them of BUoceas.
"A Texas Hteer" is a four-aot,
politloal satire and is said by every
body to be the boat of the many of
the late Chas. Hoyt's pieoeB and is
no doubt one of the neat oomediea
before the public today, thia being
its sixteenth successful season on the
road
toe, M. V. McCown, (iuy Cbildera,
o0o. Merrlmiin, Jr.; Lieut, tireon,
U. S. A., Chas, King; Col. K. N.
Pepper, Henry Patterson; Kuntt
lmitt, Chas. Talent; Othello Moore,
Justin I'.llort. ; Mrs. lirader, Mrs.
Harrington ; Mrs. Major Campbell,
Miss ilarlzoll; Dixie Style, Miss
lOiiert; llossy, lirader'a pet, Miss
Cox; mid "Tho Texus .Steer" quar- .
tetto, (iene ChildorH,"r Mack . Aduiiis,
Tube Brous and Gene Savage.
Indians, greasers, waitora and gen
eral riff raff of a frontior town im
personated by nrtiBts peoulilarly.'
adapted to their various roles.
A Fine Stallion.
J. M. Samuels, of Central Point; -was
in Medford last week with bis -fine
Percheron stallion, Dewey.
Dewey !b a four-year-old, weighs
1000 pounds, is a bright dapple bay '
in color and very kind and gentle iu
disposition. Ho comb!r ; some of'
the best strains of the Percheron stock,
being by Nero, he by Vollair 111,4320
(2063) dam Nannie by Nyanzu 809.
Dewey's dam waa a full blooded
Copperbottom mare.
The horse will make the seaaou of
1005 aB follows : Monday and Tuesday
of each woek at tho old Waloh piaoe,
on Antelope. The last four days of
the week at the owner's farm, two
miles east of Central Point, on the
Eagle Point road. Tonus, $0 for sea
son ; $8 to insure.
Dowoy is one of the handsomest and'
best proportioned young horses we
have seen iu sonie timo. His solid,
lurniilo colur ' and kind disposition .
should make him a favorito with
breeders.
Ladids' Aid al Eagle Point.
1 wish to say our Aid is making
rapid progrtws.
ICacli wook brings numerous articles
for our side and slumbering robes
that are ueariug completion are mar
vels of beauty.
The Aid expects to give an enter
tainment in the uear future, the bid
fashioned, "deestrict skule" boing
the leading feature of the evoniiig.
All of the characters are to be grown
people, representing school children.
Kvon some of our gray-haired grand
niotliers are to take part. Success la
assured with I''agle Point's homo tal
ent at the helm. ,
The Aid mot last week at the pleas
ant home of Mra. W. li. Officer. A
very pleasant afternoon was spent.
, Mrs. Ofiicer served elegant rofrosh-
ments and all wont homo feeling that
1 r hostess know just how to onter-
, tain.
Aid meets Wednesday at Mrs. 8. B.
Holmes'.
Probate Court.
Guardianship of Carl li. lleoson.
Order that proceedings of W. Raw
lings in making certain deeds be ap
proved. Last will and teatnment of Jaa. A.
Pankoy, deceased. Order admitting
will to probate. Kstate valued at 110,
000. Appraisers appointed were Hor
ace I. Pelton, Nowmnu Moon and C.
C. Gilchrist.
Kstate of 8. P. Oliver Order ap
pointing P. II. Daley administrator.
Kstate of A. 8. Moon. Order con
firming sale of real ostate.
Kstate of Uriah Gorder. Order to
sell real property.
1 $F)50Q
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takes 200 acres, all hot
torn land, about 5 1-2
miles from Grants Pass. KX). acres in
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! address Joseph Moss, Grants Pass
Oregon