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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1905)
DO VOU READ THE MAIL? If not, why not? JACKSON COUNTY Will boom In 1005 THE MAIL Will keep yon posted on passing ovect Wo don't olalin to publltlr tbe "only newspnper" laSoutheru Oregon, but we not fur from tbe bead ol the class woen it comes to "the bast" We publish lire news while It is "new' unci l'.'s always reliable. "When you see It In THE MAIL, it's so. VOL. ITU. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 12.-1905 NO. 19 ; STREETECHOES Opinions of Some of Our Citizens-Serious and 1 Otherwise. H. G. Nicholson: "Did you see tbat whaling big ice cronru freezer 1 Karnes & Bittor have put in? Uo 1 look at it. It's bigger than any in town, holds forty quarts, is the Mills .pattern, goes by eloctrio power and Puff and Jim aro going to go it that & Platte sold it -and there are more where it came from.' J. 0-. Pendleton : "Say, Blitou. I wish you would send The Mail to Mrs. John Rankin, Portland, for one year. About the bestand most satisfactory way I can think of to give her all the news of Southern Oregon is to sond her your paper.- No, no bouquets in tended for yon, just a plain, unvar nished truth. The road supervisor uftt our way is doing some good, sub htauMal work. Wo who travel the roads fully appreciate the removal of those Mumps from the highway." Medford Foundry Co. : "We are too busy to talk now. Have all the work we can handle and more com ing all the time. Those things there? They are patterns for washers for the rods on the bridges 'or the M. & C. L. R. E. We have to cast 800 of those things and do it pretty quiok. Then we will likely be called upon for twice that many more a little later. We have a floor full of moulds now; and it keeps us guessing to turn out the work as fast as the patrons demand it." I. A. Webb: "Wife and I will stay ouly about ten days. We have rent ed our home to George P. King for . one year now, mind you, only one year. By that time the lease on my business block shall have expired and tve then expect to again take up our residence in Medford. I have had splendid health in Goldondale never felt better in my lite, out i still think Southern Oregon is a little the best country there is on the Pa cific coast. I can't sort o' get weaued away from it and our good friends hero in fuot I don't want to." E. A. Hicks: "I want to show you some samples of marble from our quarry in the Applegate seotion. You see we have almost every color in the quarry. There is a piece of bluok that is just about as lino as anything you huvo ever seen. This mottled piece isn't bad itself aud this sample, I think, will be equal to the famous Tennessee red: Of course, this rock is all surface rock and ire expect to find a great deal better quality when we got down on the ledge. If we pre right in our calculations we will have an almost inexhaustible quan tity of as good marble as there is in the world. There isn't anything produced in Southern Oregon but the best, from apples to big trees, and I believe her marble and granite will some day be recognized as the beat." John Bellinger: "I never had flu er prospects for a crop in my life and I'm feeling pretty g od over it, too. '. I've orders ahead for lots of pumpkins and I'll be able to fill 'em this year. I'm going to fatten up a lot of you town people so that you can look an undertaker in the face without feel ing like you were cheating blm out of a job. Seriously, though, the crops never looked better all over the val ley. .There are hundreds of acres sow ed this year more than last and the season was such that every foot of it was put in in good shape. Out our way, howveer, we are .little bothered about the appearauce of some of the alfalfa fields. Some fields which have ouly been sown a couple of years are not making the stand they ought to. The plants look as if jthoy wore water soaked and my opinion is that the ex cessive moisture during the early part of the season a year ago is just now beginning to have its elfect. It will likely, come out, though, as soon as the weather warms up." A Plnasont Affair. One of the most pleasant events that has come to pass for some time out in Eden was the taffy pull, given last Friday evening by Miss Loleto Norton, -of Ashland, for the pupils of the Independence school, aud their parents at the pleasant farm home of Joel Hartley. There was no age limit, old aud yoirhg joining hands iu school time plays and games, till the tempting odor of cooking candy came from the kichen range and it goes without taring tbat all enjoyed pulling and eating tafry. Miss Norton was as sited by Miss Ada Hartley' and all voted them royal entertainers. Mrs. Singleton, of Ashland, was prosont and presided .over .the tally depart ment. It was a late . hour when the merry crowd went tripping homeward, happy and light-hearted, but pretty thor oughly "stuck up." Miss Noiton has just closed a very successful term of school at Inde pendence and has made many frieuds during her stay among us. X. Public School Exhibit. The pupils of the Mo.lford schools are preparing a folder to bo sent, as an exhibit of school work, to differ ent schools in the East. The plan to be followed is the one suggested by Mrs. Edyth Tozier-Woathered when she visited Medford some weeks ago, aud is briefly, as follows: Pupils are selected iu proportion to their proficiency in their studies to write an article on a certain topio, each topio being chosen so aB to give information about Oregon. These articles are to be written in the pupil's own handwriting and will be illustrated with photographs apper taining to the subject under disouB sion. Several copies of the folder will be issued aud sent to as many schools of like grade in the East. After they have been a certain length of time in one school they will be sent on to others, thus forming what might be called an endless chain of advertising for Oregon and Its bright school children. For instance in th folder now being perpared there will be an article on Crater lake, one on the fruit industry in general, sev eral write ups of individual orchards, a description of the Ray dam, a his tory of the mining industry, a spec ial article on roses in Medford and a whole lot of information about the Rogue river valley. Each of these articles will be illustrated by photo graphs of the scenes described in the different articles. The whole will be firmly bound together and a neat and attractive cover placed thereon, so that the folder will be a durable as well aB attractive advertisement. The literary work, of course, is to be done by the school children, but there are a few necessary expenses connected with it which they should not be expected to bear. For in stance, the photographs for illustrat ing. Say fifteen copies are made, each article illustrated with one or more pictures, that moaus several pictures. The aitista of Medford have volunteered to do the work at actual cost. They could not be ex pected to do more. It costs some thing to make a photograph, and it wouldn't be fair to ask the photogra phers to contribute the number of pictures required. Thou there will be some printing and binding to do. on tho cover. This shop has made the same offer as have the photogra phers. We intend doing the printing for the actual cost of material aud labor used. Tho idea is this. Just a few dollars will enable the public school children to do some effoctive advertising for Southern Oregon and show the country at largo what they can do. So if you are interested iu the progress of this part of the state don't be bashful about "chipping in" a quarter, a half or , a dollar to the fund. Judge Bellinger Dangerously III. Charles B. Bellinger, judge of the United States court, is seriously ill at his home in Portland. Wednesday morning his condition was considered critical and little hope was entertain ed for his recovery ; but by evening of that day he was somewhat improved, but still a very sick man. His trouble is a relapse or second attack of la grippe. Should Judge Bellinger die it will not be necessary to await the appointment of a new judge for Ore gon or to delay the cases until Oc tober. Judge Gilbert, if he can so ar range hie business, is qualified to hear the oases, as he is judge of tho United States circuit court for the district of Oregon, as well as one of the three judges of tho United States circuit court of appeals at San Francisco. If ho could not hear the cases the circuit court of appeals could appoint one of the district judges from any of the states in the northwest to come to Portland for that purpose. During Judge Bellinger's convales cence he would not be able to sit on the cases now pending, arid in this event appointment of some other judge could be made as well. Wool and Mohair, Highest eash price paid. T. B. POTTENGER. E Royal Ann the Best Cherry to Plant ' In the Valiey, Says Ashland Cannery m an, From Ashland Tiding?, Whenever I secure any information of value either to the fruit growing interests, or which may serve to en large the future of tho canning busi ness at Ashland as an outcome of proper development of the former, I consider it my duty to mako such information publio. I have often been asked what cherry to plant, and without hesitation always recommend the Royal Ann. It is to the small fruit bubiness of Southern Oregon hat the Newtown Pippin is to the great apple industry of this valley, practically everything. The reason for this is that the Royal Ann is the only all purpose cherry and has three distinct outlets of sale, aud is a leader in each branch of consumptive donmud. It its a groat neller in fresh state and a good firm shipper and holds up well in traniBt or iu the markots, and as a conimer oial canning cherry it is the only cherry of deoided demand. Nearly all Pacific coast canneries are quite indifferent as to a crop failure of any black or red variety of cherries, but in case of the Royal Ann they are al ways alert to secure a full pack and as far as I know there is uo limitation of the canning of Royal Aims on the coast.even though other varieties may go begging at prices less than cost of production. The third and a very important brauoh of demand for Roy al Anu cherries is what is known as the Maraschino procdess. All through the Willamette district, and in fact in every locality wnero Royal Anns are produced to ship on a carload basis, buyers aro iu the field early to secure all of this variety of a reason ably good size they can get, which are packed loose in barrels of clear water, without any cooking or pro cessing, aud shipped East principally to one firm, in Cincinnati, to be con verted into the famous Alarascboui product, and sold and used in all fancy groceries, hotels and saloons throughout tue world. The Royal Auu is the only cherry ever used for this purpose, and the Pacific coast is now understood to have a clear field in the production of the raw material. So keen is the competition for the Royal Ann that tho Maraschino buy ers often overbid the canneries a full cent a pound or more, and the can neries are very often short of their requirements on this account. I am just in receipt of a letter from one of the largest California canneries saying that they have an order for 75 carloads of barreled Royal Anns to go East, and they do notconsider it pos sible to secure these cherries for Ma raschoui goods iu Cnlifronia without seriously reducing their pack of can ning Royal Anns. Iam, of course, obliged to ropoit that the quantity of Royal Anns in the valley is so slight it would not be possible to gather even one carload, though I hope to see many more or them a few years hence. It might here be mentioned that tho Rogue river valley is believed to pos sess two decided advantages over the Willamette valley in the production of Royal Ann cherries, viz. : here tne Royal Ann is more highly colored and a some what better shipper, but tho great advantage here is that we aro entirely freo from "rain crack," do feots of which many a year has com pletely ruined tho Willamette crop of cherries by reason of a heavy rain just before or at tho picking time, when previously the crop conditions were well-nigh porfoct. Greater production of Roval Ann cherries in Southern Oregon is safe to advise, and many acres would have to bo set before there could be any ap preciable improvement of existing conditions. Very Respectfully, CHAS. H. PIERCE, Manager Ashland Preserving Co. The abovo article can be accepted as authoritative, coming as it does from an expert In that line, and show ing the CHtineryman's point of view. Not ail the lauds of the valley are adapted to tho growing of Royal Anu cherries of tho. best quality. It has been found that this variety of cherry is better adnp'ted to the foothill lands than to bottom lauds, while other varieties flourish in the bottoms. However, tl;e Royal Ann is the cherry for which demand Is made for the purposes outlined in the above ar ticle. There is another cherry, though, which is becoming a strong rival of the Royal Ann in soma sec tions.!but2fupon la different line. This is the "liing." This cherry is exceedingly large, of a rich, dark color, almost as dark as tho Muck Republican, but a good deal larger. It is very solid and bears transporta tion remarkably well.. It is an Oro gou seedling, and is just coming into notice. It is being planted very ex tensively in Eastern Oregon and in the Snake rivor country in Idaho. The Ring has been found to flourish in the foothill in the same character of soil as the Royal Ann. With these two varieties it seems to us that quite an industry should spring up in the way of cherry growing. The Royal Ann being used for canning and the Uing for a tublo cherry, both being capable of trausportutlon for long distances. Mr. Weber, formerly of fhis valley, but now conducting a nursory at The Uidles, had 20,000 Royal Aim troos and 20,000 Bingslast year aud thought he had enough to suppy tho trade. He sold the whole 40,000, however, to ouo man on Snake r.ver. ' Noted Temperance Women Coming. On Wednesday and Thursday, May 17th and 16th, there will be held in Medford a National Conference of tho W. C. T. U. At thia mooting there will be present a number of noted temperance women, and they each have prominent placos on the program for the two days conference. The ladies referred to above are Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union ; Miss Anna Gor don, vice-president at large of tho National W. C. T. U,, who, for twen ty years, was private secretary to Miss Frances E. Willard ; another prom-1 inent temperance worker and hotter known locally who will attend the confeience, is Mrs. Lucia Fax ton Additon, state presidont of the W. C. T. U. j This conference will be held in the Presbyterian church and there will be a forenoon, af tor noon and evening session each day. Delegates from all parts of Southern Oregon are expect ed to be present. The temperance people of this vi cinity are making great preparations for this conference and they are a good bit elated over the event because of the fact that these distinguished visitors will visit only two other local ities in the statePortland and La Grande. The local Union want nil the tem perance people present at this confer ence and they want them to invite all their friends. Brakeman Stabbed by a Tramp. From Ashland TIU.Dgs. A. B. English, a well-known S. P. passenger brakeman, residing in this o'ty, was dangerously stabbed by a tramp on train No. 12 yesterday morning at Colestin. Mr. English was cut twice, the first one being a deep incision in his left side undor the arm and the second a slashing wound on his leg below the knee. The cutting was done with a loug-bladed pocket knife, and the blado may have penetrated tho pournl cavity, iu which event the result may not bo known for a day or two. ,. When Colestin was reached about 3 a. m., the train was halted to allow of tho taking on of a pnssengor. Brake man English opened tho vestibulo be tween the chair car and tho tourist sleeper, and underneath tho trap door of the vestibule was found tho stowa way tramp. According to Mr. Eng lish's story, tho hobo, immediately upon being discovered, advanced to wards him, saying, 'D you, you can't kicft me off." The two men closed in a struggle, when the cutting was done. At this juncture the othor brakeman on the train, C. W. Chat tin, oamo up, and the murdorous thug attempted to ueo his knifo again, when English grabbed the arm of tho knife wielder and prevented any more blood letting. Tho would-be assassin was secured and brought on to Ash land, where Constable M. N. Long arrested him and put him in the city jail, where he is being held ponding the result of his act. An army sur geon happened to bo a passenger on the train and temporarily dressed the wounds of tho injured brakeman, and when the train arrived horo, Mr. English was committed to the care of Dr. Parson, tho company's physician, who had him removed to his homo on Gresham street at once and examined his injuries. Tho wound under the knee required twelve stitcheB before it was closed. The knifo with which the wounds were inflicted, udds some what to the danger of complication from tho incisions. 'A Pioneer Visitor, From AShland Tidings. Mrs. E. Emery, of Gold Hill, has been visiting at the home of hor son, II. S. Emery, in Ashland, during the past week, and renewing old time, ac quaintanceships here. Mrs. Emery was the hostens of the first hotel in Ashland, which was conducted by hor husband, tho late Eber Emery, who opened tho business hero first near tho Bite of the present Ashland hotel nearly fifty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Emery afterwards resided nt Eaglo Point for many years. For sometime past she has made her home at Gold Hill and although In the 80th year of her age, Mrs. Emery 1b still remark ably vigorous, montally and physically; Mrs. Fanny H Caster,- who has been a resident of Ashland for the past thirty years, died at her home thore last week, iu tho 82d year of her age. Sho loaves a family of soveu children, five sons aud two daughters. C. B. Wat sou has been appointed uity attornoy of Ashland ut a salary of $50 per month. Ashland hasn't had a city attorney since tho first of tho year,, but 'the need of legal odvice is felt in getting sewer extern-ion and othor matters under way. Andy In grain, accused of being im plicated in tho murder of Wm. Dun- lap, on Louse oreek, Josephine coun ty, two years ago, has been bound over to appear before the circuit court and is now lodged in the Jaok- sou county -jail, in order to prevent communicatfo! between he and bis alleged acoomplice, Esloy Dodsou, Two Ashland boys aged, about ten and twelve years, respectively, were caught stealing lambs from J. S. Herriu'a band of sheep last week, The herder gave ch se, captured the urchins aud administered some need ed corporal punishment; after which he allowed them to go. Mr. Herri n says ho 1b annoyed each spring by similar depredations. School Notes. The Medford schools will close for the summer vacation May 20th. The closing exercises will be held at the school building. Eaoh department will have an exhibit of the work done by the pupils during the year and will entertain their friends with ap propriuto exercises. The graduating exeriscs will be held at 2 o'clock on the 20th in at. in the assembly ball. Tho members are: A, G. Mickey, May Hewos, BesB Earhart- Grace Law ton, Maude O'Brien, Wil sou Wait and A. L. Maule PROGRAM. Song, by School. Salutatory, M. Maude O'Brieu. Class History, May Howes. Class Prophecy, A. Elizabeth Ear- narf Valodiotory, Allen Guy Mickey. Class Address, P. L. Campbell, Pres. U. of O. Presentation of diplomas, S. L. Ben nett, unairmau acnool iioaru. City Council Meeting. . The city council met in adjourned session Tuesday evening of this woek. Present Council men Whitehead, Wil- loke, Pottengei, Hafer and KaruoB absont Mayor Pickol and Councilman Scott. Councilman Whitehead chosen chairman. Tho meeting was especially hold for tho purposo of levying assessments for tho construction of tho West Med ford sewer, but as Surveyor Jones has boon too busy at othor city work to prepare tho assessment this matter was not taken up. Attornoy M. Purdin presented a pe tition asking for tho privilege of io- pairing his resideuco, which is a wooden structure and insido tho flro limits. Referred to flro committee with power to act. Petition of J. W. Olwoll, nsking for free use i.f city water for plants and other uses about the exposition build ing, was presented and upon motion petition was allowed. In tho matter of opening n cross street between West Fourth and West Seventh streets, through laud owned by E. N. Warner, J. Brandon burg, J. A. Moroy and I. W. Thomas, tho council decided it would be ordered opened if tho petitioners would agree to pay for tho land tho street would occupy. The workmen in tho city park were paid and all but ono of them dis charged. Wage bills for this work amounting to $70.90, wore allowed. The following resolution was passed : Whereas, the city council prior neroto has ordered rrom um uonenu Eleotric Company of San Francisco, California, a certain number of arc lights for the use of tho city of Med ford, amounting in prlco to some 8.i.jy,Uu; and, wuerens, it has neon de termined that a system of arc lights for tho city would be an oxpouKO that under present financial conditions would not easily bo borne ! and where as, the said arc lights are now In the poKHOHsion of the city and tho bill for tue same is huh due to inn Ham ueii eral Electric Company; and, whereas, tinder tho conditions existing at this timo in tho said city of Medford street lights of some kind are a ne cessity, being demanded by the citi zens of said city; and, whereat), un der tho arrangements of the city light ing plant as it now is arranged n sys tem of incandescent lights could be installed for street lighting at a much less nrico than arc HuhtH can be in stalled and when such incandescent lights aro bo installed they can be run at a much less expense to the city than aro lights could be run for such shoot lighting i now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: By tho oi'ty oounoil tlmt tho mild streets of Medford bo Hl'llt.iiil hi. n H I j m. IrghtB, and thut tho oity recorder bo ...oiwuluu ,u uuuiur WUI1 IUO B0.1U olootrlo company and muho arrange ments to return tho said aro lights to ' company nnaor as favorable toruis as ho can amiugo with them aud thut the amount of suoh purchase pnoe for aro lights bo oxpondod by said oity and suoh additional sum aB shall bo necessary iu putting in such system of inoandeseent lights; that o.u Doiuui uo muue IU COUBIBI Ol nil iiwtn,iiiwla..f e . ii. ....... lun1 ii.ttir ...wl I-- .... ml. i i uvn duu ,u tun uii im street, nnd on C street to such points as shall uu uuuuBBtiry ui, LUIS lime WltU SUCH no uiuy uo iieuessury tor tho extension of snob ByBtern from nuto no iuo cuiiMiuouu may require thut such iucandesoont systom bo so arruugod thut all lights on the Barue may bo shut off at' the oity plant without in airy way ; effecting the sys- fmtl liniV 111 Men f(l iha ....... -wl.. tlon of privito oousurners of light. j-uv lureguing rosorucion was passed by tho oity oounoil on the 9th day of May, 1!K)5, by the following vote, to wit: Whitohend, aye; Wllleke, aye; Karnes, aye; Hafer, silent i Soott, ub serrt; Pottohger, aye. Attest: B. II. WHlTEHEADi i J. E. Toft, Ohnlrmuii. Oity Recorder. A Yery Enjoyable Affair. Tho ladies of tbe Lewis and Clark Club gave a sooial at the Commeroiol Club rooms on Tuesday evening of this week. Thore was a good attend ance and there wore none present who did not have "just a splendid time." All of Tuesday nftoruoon tho ladies cur-Hod to the club rooms armsfuls nnd baskotful after basketful of the prottiost TOB68 that ovor'grow gather ed from the many beautiful aud wondrous produotivo rose gardous of tho oity. These roses wore used in decorating tho rooms and when tho work hud been complotod it was a beautiful sight to look upon. There were roses everywhere. Tho long rending tublo was ulinoBt a solid mass of largo, fragrant roses of all colors ; thoro wore banks of roses iu tho win dow Bills, festoons of those lovely rosoB banging from ovory conooivablo . plnco, whilo noar tho punch booth a largo Helling not had boon strotuhod and into it bo marry rosos nnd vluoa had been woven us to give the appear ance of a solid mass of those beautios. At tho punch booth sovoral young Indies served delioious drinks urrd bo tempting woro thoy (the drinks) that soverul dollars wore taken in. A short but very pleasing program was rondorod, which corrsisted of a vocal solo by Mr. Jay Harrington ; vocal trio by Mosdamos Vuwtor, War ner and Plokol ; iiistrumontul solo by Miss Vonitit Hamilton ; vocal duott by MoBdiunes Vnwter and Plokol ; In strumental Bolo by MIbs Forrr Hutchi son ; mi instrumental duott by Misses. Flora Cray and Alice Stroots. Tho total receipts of tho ovoning wore KI9, which will go towards swell ing tho park fountain fund. Medicos in Session, Tho fourteenth arrrruul mooting of tho Southern Orogon Modical Asso ciation was hold ut Asblund orr Tnos duy of this week nnd wub nttondod by most of the physloiuns of this district. The mooting was culled to order nt 2 p. m. by Dr. Ooo. E. Houck, of Kosoburg, president. An Interesting series of addresses woro mado by tho mourners. Tiro annual election of olllcors re sulted irr chossirrg of Dr. (ioorgo Love, of Grunts Puss, as presidont; Dr. S. T. Souger, of Ashland, vice proBidont; Dr. E. U. Pickol, of Mod ford, secretary unci troasurer. Among those present were: Drs, Coll'oy and Ocury, of Portland. Medford wub selected as tho next mooting pluco of tho association. Af ter tho conclusion of tho business mooting a sumptuous bauquot wub Borvod. Married Fiarharl-Illass. Arthur Enrlrnrt and MIhs Kittio M. Hhiss surprised somo of their mnrry frierrds .Saturday by taking u quiet trip to Jacksonville, whore Judge O. W. Duurr united thorn In nrarrlugo. Hoth young pooplo nro well known and deservedly popular iu this oity. Tiro groom is a Btoady, reliable, onor gotio young man and his brldo Is a very amlnblo and haudBonro young Indy. The Mail extends congratula tions and best wifhoB. Tiro yourrg couplo havo coniinonccd house koeplrrg in tho Whitman cot tage in Houtli Medford. For Sale. Hnrd llulBlicd holme, rrowly Mulshed IrrBido, very convenient, large barn, chicken brooder housos, oity water, good garden, two lots. E. V. WINKLER, tiecond-barrd storo.