OREGON Is the Best pirt of Uio United States. BO HUE BIVEB VALLEY is the host paat of Oregon MEDFORD Is la the ceotor of the If you want to Mine, Saw Lumber, liaise Fruit, Grow Stock or do moat any thing else you will find your opportunity here THE HAIL tells about it NO. 43. valley and THE MAIL the best paper VOL XVII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1905 mm 1 GREAT IRRIGATION El The Rogue River Valley to Become a Net Work of Pipe Lines Conveying Wa ter tor Irrigation Purposes The Condor Water & Power Com pany announces its purpose to pump water from the Rogue river for irri , gation aud other purposes. Their big ditch atProspeot is nearly completed, and their dam at that point across Rogue river will be completed November 1st, this year. This gives them a head of water of COO feet and will develop 100,000 horse power. The intention of the com pany being, however, to Install units of 10,000 horse power each as re quired. Work to be rushed and a portion of their pipe line system of irrigation to be in operation next summer. Pumping from Rogue river, the cheapest and most practicable way of irrigating in the Roguo river valley. Water can be convoyed to all olova tions cheaply and'ocouomically by the cheap and uulimited water power now being developed by the Condor Co. Estimated cost ?of pipe line from the Rogue river to Medford to irri gate 5000 acres is 850,000. Con tract i and rates for water to be very reasonable, based upon the pur pose for which the water is to be used, irrigation for alfalfa requiring a great deal more water th .in that for orch ards. Ample water assured consumers for all purposed and just when wanted ; elevation of lands no drawback, as water can be pumped to any eleva tion. ThiB means the enhancement in value of our hillside farms from ten to one hundredfold. Lauds now prac tically worthless made to produce crops justifying a valuation of $100, and upwards per aore. With water, ten acres, enough for any man to make a oomfortable liv ing, who, without water would starve to death on 160 acres of similar lands without wator. This means the out ting up into smaller tracts of our large farms and the quadrupling of the population of the Rogue river val ley within the noxt few yonrs. Far sighted men buying lands in the Rogue river valley who will soon reap their reward in large advances. Although lands have had a stoady in crease in value during the lopt few years, its adavnees from now on will be by leaps and bounds. The pumping of water for irrigation is not an experiment. It is a demon strated and proven Jfact the world over. It is cheaper and more prac tical than ditches, whore cheap water power is so abundant as here It has been in use in Southern California for years. Wator is pumped for irri gation in the Hawaaian islauds to a heighth of 1000 feet and profitably. The Rogue river valley will soon be come the garden spot of . the Pacific coast; with a climate and soil un equaled ; all that has been needed is water for irrigation -and that now is saured. With the enormous increase in population, noxt will follow a net work of electric railroads, bringing to the farmer's door all the conveni ences and comforts of the most ad vanced civilization. The Experts and the Booster Clob. The following taken from the Sportsmen's Review, the leading sporting paper of the country, shows how the shooters who attended the tournament given last month, appre ciated the reception tendered them by the people of Medford, This oity may not have been on the map for most of the visitors before, but it 1b safe to say that from now on Medford ; will be happily remembered.. x "rtlodford? Yes, Medford, Ore,, a thriving little town of 4,000 people, situated in the Rogue river valley. Noted for what? my Eastern friends ask; as a city enjoying the greatest future possibilities and undeveloped advantages of any town on the Pacific coast. Thousands of aores of virgin timber land adjacent, flneBt fruit farms in the world bound the city In every direction; mineral lands galore within easy access. The population is made up of hustlers, who use as their slogan the one woid-" Med ford. " They all pull together, which ultimate ly means but one conclusion, sac ces. The aggregation of 'globe trotters," through the efforts of Enyart and Hafer, dropped into this little oity of Medford Thursday of last week for the purpose of atten ling a two days' tournament. We came from San Francisco, where we had been participating', the tour nament given by the Interstate Mann faoturers' Association, and landed in Medford about 6 p. m. There we were met by a committee of ladies and gentlemen, the ladles each wear ing a neat badge bearing the in scrip tion, "Ladies' Booster Club of Med ford." ! We were escorted to the Hotel Nsah, especial attention being accord ed Mrs. Marshall aud Miss Maude, who are with Tom ou this western tour. The evening was devoted to social en joymeut. Friday morning opened up bright and clear and about sixty trap devo tees reported for action, and prompt ly at 0 o'olook Squad No. 1 was called to tbo score. Crosby, Hirsohy, Uolkes, Gilbert and Marshall re sponded, aud when the squad were In aotiou the regularity of the shooting was a source of entertainment to the speoators. Three sets of traps, Sar gent systom, were in use, und while this was the initiatory shoot lu Med ford, it was handled by Messrs. En yart and Hafer as though they wore veterans at the business. As the noon hour approached, tables iu the shape of a hollow square were made suddenly to appear on the side, and in less time than ono cau imagine the "Booster Club" had a dinnor fit for a king spread under the arms of some large sheltering oaks. The tables wero banked with roses, chrysanthemums, carnations and ilow ers of every kind and description, ar tistically arranged by the "Boosters" and the repast, never has there been such a dinnor spread upon a shooting ground. .Especial mention will I give to the fruit, as it appeared in lavish quantity, and of every kind and des oriptou. At this point, in a very hap pily worded speech, Mr, Enyart wel comed the team of shooters in oou juuotiou with visiting sportsmen to their city. . This wus responded to by Tom Mar shall, in which talk he introduced each mom bur of the team personally, giving their rooords and incidentally relating personal reminiscences of the bunch. This made a hit with the orowd, especially bis story of Fred Gilbort's "craoker jack dinner." At the conclusion of the shoot all visiting sportsmen were made the guests of the Medford Gun Club at an entertainment given by the Andrews Opera Company, In "Martha." This was fol'owed later by a dance in which all participated and voted both the opera and dance howling suocesses. The second day was a repetition of the first, and we loft for Portland at 5:20 in the evening. Many of the ladies of the Booster Club and Med ford Gun Club aocompanled us to the station aud we left Medford among cheers, God speods and safe journeys. May we return to Medford is the hope of the "Globe Trotters," and it can't be toosoon. Wo are for Medford and our friends therein, tirst, last and all the time. It is to bo remembered that all en tertainment furnished by the Boost ers and club was without money and without price, and was so graciously done that you did not feel under ob ligations, but the good cheer was so ipontaueouuB that you felt you were a part and paraol of Medford, and as the little city disappeared in the dis tance, the universal expression was "the best we ever met." The Booster Club has increased by five members Clarence Haight, Fred Gilbort, Chan. Powers, Jack Fanning and Tom Marshall. They were prop erly initiated the last, day now full-tlcdgod members. luU init iation was an iron -dud obligation, taken with left hand placed over heart, the right upon a mammoth watermelon ; then the watermelon was carved, and with a chunk of ice in each hand, each candidate was re quired to eat the slioe of melon with out touching same with hands. It was certainly a scene for an artist, and as the candidates dashed their faces into their slice of melon, it was like throwing a brick into a cistern. JuBt prior to our arrival in Med ford, Miss Hazel Enyart, whose pic ture appeurs iu this issue, and who is a daughter of Mr. J. E. Enyart, a banker of Medford, located a cinna mon bear in the timber of the Rogue river, and returning, to her home she reported to her father and together they returned to find the bear very near the point where first seen. With her 30-30, a rifle to which she is very much devoted, she grassed Drain with the first shot, aud as a compliment to visiting shooters regaled us with bear meat during our sojourn in her city. Miss Hazel is a young lady of fifteen, endowned with an abundance of cour age, accomplished and affable, and was a universal favorite with the b hooters. " Brother Confesses. Jasper Jennings, confined in the Josephine county jail for complicity In the murder of hisfather, has made a confession of his knowledge of the crime. He accuses his sister, Dora, of having fired the fatal shot. He fltates that tho girl crept into his cabin In tho night and stole the rifle with which the deed was committed, Jenning's story la to the effect that bis sister had a supreme contempt and loathing for their father and in- j timates that1 she had good reason to j entertain Buch a feeling. j Sealed Verdict Returned. Four of the Greeks concerned at the disturbance at Glenbrook, Doug las county, have been indicted for participation in a riot, and they aro being tried this week. The grand jury failed to flnda bill In th crease of the killing of Mrs. Petersteimbut re turned a sealed verdict, which will not be made public until the poison implicated has been arrested. In the investigation it was devel oped that none of the guns found among the Greek workmen carried a bullet corresponding with the size of the one found in the dead woman's bead. WHAT SHALL WE T Section G of the oity charter as passed by the legislature assembly of the state of Oregon in 1901 reads as follows : Section 6, The oity council shall consist of not less than six council men, two from each ward, who shall be elected and hold office for two years, or until their successors are eleoted and qualified. Provided at the first eleotlou held under this act one of said oouuoilmeu from each ward shall be eleoted und hold ofllee for one year only, aud thereafter there Bhall be one oouuoilmau eleoted in each ward each year; and provided, further, that the oity council may in crease the number of wards lu Baid city, and eacn additional ward shall be represented by two couucUmen, oleoted in the manner and for the term above provided. As will be Beentbe abovejseotion provides for a couuoilmau from each ward to hold oyer each year, and this was a wise provision, as each year the council would have throe members of the old board to hold over, who, being familiar withthe city's condi tions, would be able to advise the now members eleoted each year, and thus avoid aguew oo u noil ,uu familiar with these conditions, ffrom taking steps that would be likely to produce con ditions that would not bo for the best iuterosts cf tho city ; ashas been done in many instances. . Section G of the oity oharterXas passed by the legislative assombly of the state of Oreeon iu 1905 reads "as follows : Section G. Tho oity?7council ehnll consist of not less than six counoil men, two from each ward, whohall be elected and hold oflloe for two years, or until their successors are olectod and qualified, provided that the oity council may increase tne number of wards in said oity, and each additional ward shall be repre sented by two couucilmon, elected in tne manner ana tor tne term aoove provided. It will be seen that tbe section last quoted manes no provisions for any of the counoilmen of the city'tohold over, and we will be back to the old condition of electing a full board of counoilmen for the entire city; as it would seem thatch is provision of the old charter is repealed by implication iu this section of the now, but to make the matter doublysure' section 8 of the newjenarter rondsasjfollows: Section 8. All elootive officers of the TOWN of Medfordfahall remain in oilioo and shall hold the same offices ia tho CITY of Medford until tho third Tuesday in January, 190G, or until their successors are oleoted and qualifiea, oxoopt the marshal, who shall hold his oiiloo at the pleasure of the oity council. The question arises that as there was no TOWN of Modford at the time of the passing of this laBt charter, havejve anygofflcera tbajarejioldiug their offices legal iy"iu accordance with the provisions of the charter? An other point is, how are we going to ovade the provision of the now char ter that says they shall hold only until tho third Tuesday in January, 190G? In case it is decided for part of the old oounoil to hold over, who shall decide who shall remain and who go out? It will be well for our people to ponder over these matters aud decide what shall be done in the matter. M. PURD1N, City Attorney. High School Entertainment Course. We are now able to present a more oomplete description of the personnel of the very excellent coifrse of enter tainment with which the people of Medford are to be favored this win ter. The first number is Frank C. Brown, of Chicago, November 29th. "He is a master of oratory and combines elo quence, humor and patnos. in an in imitable manner," saya tne Ottawa, Kan., Dally Republican. "His paint ing of word pictures was marvelous to an extreme, many of them being as realistic as life. "Springfield Moni tor. The next numbor will be Hon, G. A. Gearhart, December 11th. A num ber of Medford citizens have heard him and all pronounce him fine. The Atlanta (Ga. ) News says: ".We have yet to come in contact with any Ly ceum course in Amorlca, where Mr. Gearhart has appeared that does not remember him with pleasure and speak of him with terms of enthusias tic admiration." The third number is Mr. Eloaa Day and Mrs. Oranno Trutt Day, chor octeniBts, January 9th. "Mr. Day has been for the paBt eight years on of the three leading entertainers in hla line. Absolutely original and unique, he has gained his well-earned reputation Bolely by his artistic worth." The Dubuque (la. ) Herald says of him: "Mr. Day was easily the star. HiB impersonations and character sketches are the beat ever given in the city, lib is the master of the art o! acting." The Macey Concert Co. is next, February 22d. The company 1b com posed of Eva Bartlett Macey, enter tainer; Eleanor Piper, cornetist; Robert DeArmond, basso cantante; and Ora Averitt DeArmond, accom-paniBt Miss Macey is a dramatio reader pf rare ability and a piauiBt and ban joist she is a thorough artist. Wau keska 'Wis.) Democrat. Miss Eleanor Piper, oornetist, was given many encores, Rhinelander, (WIb.) New North. DeArmond was the hit of the even ing. He huB a fine voice and his rendering of "Bandolero" brought forth tremendous applause. Dallas (Texas) News. The course vtVl olose with the Dixie Jublioe Singers April 11th. Tho Dixie male quartette have for several sea sons stood at the head of the list of colored male quartettes iu America. The members of the company are all Btars selected from other liko organ izationsand they are easily the lead ing colored concert company of Amer ica." If three hundred season tickets can be sold the whole oourso may be offered for $2, inoluding the privilogo of reserved seats. Students will be admitted at half price. The proceeds will be used to purchase some much ueeded reference books for the library iu the high school aud to provide the beginnings of libraries in eai'h of the grados suited to their respective needs, Seo Prof. Sigus about a season ticket. More About that Change of Route. From Portland Journal: While its purpose has been carefuliv concealed, because of the possible effect on two or three Southern Ore gon towns, the Southern Pacific Rail road Company has for jsome months been engaged in a strenuous effort to find an easier route across the Siski you mountains. Through an inter view with a member of one of tho en gineering parties, und' an inspection or pnotogrupns taKen,. it uub been learned by a Journal representative that the company has 'succeeded be yond its most sanguine expectations, in looating a feasilbe route, with a gratly roducod grade, and a tunnel only half the length of the of the shortest tunnel route heretofore dis covered. A numbor of surveying parties have been employed in the work andthe most exhaustive reoonnoisanco cam paign ever carried on in the Siski youB is nearly completed. The'ongi neers havo found a route that will give them a two per cent erade. and shorten the road fifteen miles at its most difficult reaches between Port land and San Fran oi seo, which will effect a lessening of the running time or o von ana trains oy about throe hours. The changes of tho route occur between Medford aud the Klam ath river. The present grade is 3.85 percent. s.v The new route makes it possible to eliminate the many loops by which the Southern Pacific now roaches the summit of tho Siskiyous. It will en able the rood to get through the sum mit with a tunnel two milos long, while to secure an equally easy grade by the present route it would be uoo essary to tunnel four miles. " . Tho proposed new tunnel is to bo under the southeast spur of Ashland but to, and nearly 1000 feet below the creBt of tho ridge. From the summit tho rood would run by Wagner oroek divide, on easy grados, and intorsoot tho presont line of the Sou thorn Pa cific at a point between Talent und Phoenix. The new route lies through a mag nificent body of pine timber, and it is aaid great development of sawmill interests at and Bouthwest of Modford would follow its construction. It would also lend to the construction of a branch lino into the extensive cop per country to which Dr. J. F. Roddy and others are now giving attention. xnero are itnown to bo immense cin nabar deposits in the regions of tho Northern California line, not far from the proposed route, and those would also be tapped. The opening of these rich districta and the construction of the Modford & Crater Lake road into the great sugar pine belt on uppor Rogue river will, it is said, make Medford ono of the principal cities of western Oregon, and one of tho leading lumber markets. It is roported at Medford that tho Southern Pacifio has secured an op tion on one hundred acres of land orth of that place for roundhouso and division point lacilities, aud that included in its plans is a pipe line from Butte creek to Medford by which an ample supply ot pure mountain water may be secured. The oity council of Modford - has been ap proached for a franchise and contract to supply the city with water, which is a public convenience much de sired by oitizens, as the presont city water is not usoa tor urinKing pur poses. It is said that President Barnum, of the Medford & Jacksonville road, is trying to gut an option from the Southern Pacific on the old lino be tween Medford and Ashland. The Mall does not vouch for the correctness of the above, still it is in line with the rumors which have been prevalent for the past sevoral months. That tho plan outlined for shortening the road and reducing the grade is a feasible one, goes without saying, and in time it will undoubtedly be done. Thore ia nothing improbable about It The laat paragraph in the except from the Journal referring to the pur chase of the Southern Pacific road between here and Ashland, would, perhaps, better be taken "cum grano salis," aa, besides the policy of the Southern Pacific being to bang onto anything it baa once acqnlrod, Mr. Barnum haa no desire to extond his road in that direction. Suspend Work for Season. The oporationa of the Gold Hill Canal Co., at the head of the big ditch near Prospect, have been bub pended for the season, owing to the fact that the winter storms at that altitude wore likely to commenoe at ' any time. For the pat sovernl I mnntha the companv has boon work j Ing between twenty and thirty men, under t ie direction of J. H. Thorn- dike, tha veteran minor, preparlug to i take the water out of the river The woik done haa been ou the "head works," that 1b building a race for the purpoBo of taking out tbo water. The ditch is fourteen feet wide on the bottom and six feet deep aud at the point of diversion is out through solid rook, every foot of which must be blasted. The difficulties to bo sur mounted were some what groater than expected, so that the building of the dam, which the company expooted to construot this year, has been post poned until next aoaosn. This year, howovor, a crib ightoen feet wide and from six to twelve feet high, has been built and everything Is in roadinosB for active operations next seosou. The undertaking has been more fuhy dosoribod ia these columns before It is an immense one and will require a large sum of money to bring it to full ocmplotiou, but when the undertaking huB boon ao- oompliBbed it will be of great and lasting benefit to tho wholo of Roguo river valley, as it will enable thous ands of aores of land now valueless to booome fruitful through irrigation, open many mining claim now mie booauso of lack of water, aud furnish immenso power for all purposes. I A Prosperous Year. The past year has boou a prosperous ono for the Jackson county farmer. His barns and bins are filled to ovor flowing with hay and grain, his stook Is fat and ready for market and alto gether the husbandman haB a general air of satisfaction with himself und with tho world nt largo. The fruit crop was not as largo as it has been in former years, but pricos, espooiully for peaifl, are good, so that tho shortage has boon in some moas ure in ado up. , There is perhaps no more healthy, prosperous, contented community in the United States than the Rogue river valley oontaina. Wo havo every thing to be wished for. A salubrious climnte, fertile soil, pleasant sur roundings, bountiful crops and. the assurance that condi'ilons are not go ing to change in time to come, what more could wo wish? Wo are not iu dangor of being froz en to doath In winter or wiped out by cyclones In Bummer. Tho Mail has said .something of this same tenor sovoral timos before, but wo believe it will - bear - repetition, Fact - is, - we never get tired of Boundingtho praisos of Jackson county and Southern Oro- gon. We Know wuut wo are taming about. We huve boon frozen In bliz zards and blown up by cyolonos and ouowho has passed through thoso ex periences can appreoiato a oouutry whero Biioh things do not ocour. Fugitives Sent Back. Monday evcuiuir tho first ohaptor In the L.oan-Cox kidnapping case closed when II . A. Lognu etoppod up on a southbound train in charge of Capt. A. Wilson, of , tho Oukland po lice force. Lust Friday, Mrs. Norman Ross, tho grief-Btricken mother of Ethel Cox, urnved from Oakland, boaring an order from Chief of Police Ilodgkins, of thut city, that the girl should bo dolivorcd to her, and accordingly sho departed for her homo Saturday ovon- ng, accompanied by hor rocovorod daughter. Chief Ilodgkins, iu his letter to Chief Anglo, of Medford, an nouncing tho coming of Mrs. Ross, tookocaosion to compliment tho locul oliicer. Ho said: "Plouao accopt my sincoro thunkB for the efficient and valuable sorvico you huve roudorod in this case. Wo were very anxious to apprehend Logan and havo you to thank for his capture." The meeting between the mother and daughter was very affecting, and when it was proven to tho girl the great dangor which she had escaped, hor regard for Logan cbaugod aud she expressed the wish nevor to see him again. Logan's case will come up aoon for trial and tho mattor will hinge upon whothor Ethel Cox accompanied him voluntarily or not. W. C. T. U. Items. Tho Union mot at tho Christian church Ootobor intli with president in oluilr. It being lilbls reading day, Mrs. Holder was well propurod und a pleasant and luBtrnctivo hour waB spent. Mrs. Hounds, tho spoakor wno bus boon announced, arrivoa on the 11 o'clock train. At 2:30 she mot the ladies at tbo M. E. church and gave an interesting talk, hor Bubject being tbo model mother, wbiob tho Bible so forcibly tells in Provorbs XXI ohunter. Hue lined tbo M. tj. chuich pulpit Monday morning, Octo ber Vbl. and lecturoa to a lull nouso. Mrs. Adkina Invited all tho ladles that Bhe could seo aud it was announced lu tho pulpits to oomo to hor bouse Sun dav atfornoon at 3 o'clock n. m. Mrs. nounas gave a goou iuik, toning bow to obtain members. On Sunday ut 2 :30 Mrs. Hounds gave a temper' unco locturo, taking her text from tbo Bible. Uer arguments worn foroiul and mixed with wit. The house wns crowded and all listened with rapt at tention to tbo words that foil from the lips of thiB conBocratcd woman. The local Union will meet at the Chrlstinn churob October 213th. Kev. UaratouB has invited tho Medford Union to meet ut the Baptist church next Sun doy ovoning at 7:30. Ho will proach tho fifth Sunday sormon for tho Union. All roust mnko nil extra olfoit to come. His subjoo will be "The Relation of tbo Saloons to tho Church." PRESS 8UPT. A hobo was found in the Ice cheat of a Pullman oar at Ashland laBt week. Ashland epicures have been feasting ou bear atouk from a 160 pound brown bear killed by S. A. Parker at Grizzly pralrio. Wm. Mooro, of Eva us creok, lias raised 2,000 pounds of onions this year, for which he finds a roady mar ket at two nouts per pound. A oontruct has been entered iuto by the Gold Hill Canal Co. to furnish tho Millionaire mine in Blaokwell distriot with electrio power and work on the lino haB already been oommenced. Tho leaves havo been turning rap idly during tho past few days and the surrounding foothills give evidence of tho approach of as near winter aa it ever gets to be in Southern Oregon. "ThVGold Hill Canal Co. haB closed down work at tho head, of the ditch uear ProBpect. Some work la still be ing deno at Gold Hill, where the com pany ia making Borne Improvomeuts iu ita loonl power plant. Mrs. Mary Way died at Gold Hill October lGth, aged ninety years. MrB. Way was a native of Ohio aud came to Oregon with hor lute husband in 1859. Sho hua lived in thiB county since 1880. Duck huntors from tho valley who havo visited tho Klumutb lako region lately roport that tho gamo is 4 not as plontiful as in former yoars,8till thore is littlo difficulty lu shooting tho limit. The throo-yoar-old daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Mathew Bates, of GoldHill, fell fiom a wagon ono day last wool: und the vehicle and another imme diately bohlml passod ovor hor. In some miraoulouB manner she osoupod serious Injury and outside of n fesv bruises Is unhurt. A, G. Reynolds, of Ashland, onmo near being drownod in his own'oollar ono day last weok. Workmen had been om ployed in the collar, raising tho building and in the oourso of their oporationa bad dug a pit somo seven foot in doptli, which filled with water. Mr. Roynolds wus not awaro of this and going Into tne collar with out a light, stopped (into tho pit and was almost drowned when roscuod. A wreck occurred nt tunuol 0 last woek, which delayed passongor trains a fow hours. An ongino and oabooso woro travoling at a good rate ofspeod whon tho tender jumped tho track, tearing up tho rails for a conaldornhlo distance Tho conductor was thrown from one ond of tho oabooso to Iho other and protty sovoroly bruised. A brnkoman was projected through tho window of tho lookout and lauded twontyflvo foot away unhurt. V Wolfed i trf Tho chnrm of old Kentuoky pnr vardes bvory act and scene of "Hon est Hearts," wlioso four acts und four admirublo glimpses ot tho old, honoBt lifo among farmers in that stato. Marty, tbo uneducated, tbo boautyjof tho remote country Bide, baB seldom been equaled as a con t nil liguro of tho kind for u romantic comedy. Humor brightens every net and no pains havo beon-Bpnrod to ombellish tho play with wit and pictures elaborately truo to life. The great domandB of comody, pathos, rovengo und aharactor draw ing are fully mot by tbo oxcollont company. Wilson's oporu houso, Oc tober 31st. Circuit Court Proceedings. Wlllott vs. Unruot, Jr. Decroo In fnvor of plulntlir. B. R. N orris vs. the Singer Sowing Mnchino Co. Decroo for plulntlir. Lowor oonrt reversed nud proporly ordered roBtorod to Norris. FoBtor vs. Foster; divoroo. Dis missed. Clurk vs. Boosoy. Set for Novombol 15tb, nt On. m, State vs. D. N. Davis; contempt. Dofondnnt plouds not guilty. Triod and dofondnnt lined $20 and costs. Stato vs. Jennings; Attornoy Col- vlg asks for dismissal of habeas oor pus and allows him to koop cortiilod copy of information. II. U. Nicholson vs. L. F. Lozior, Dismissed on motion of plnlntllf. First Nntlonul Bunk vs. Uoo. King. Motion to strike out from roply bus tainod. Guaranteed Forest Kosorvo scrip lor sale, in largo or small quantities, bv Frank E. Allov. upstnirB over Land Ofllce, Hosoburg, Oregon. Will place lame for nonreBideDt purchasers. ft 'Mm Ashland Stirred Up Again. , An article in the Portland Journal of liiBt Saturday haB raised the Ire ot the Ashland newspapers, just simply ' booauso a few nlae things were said about Modford. Tho article appears lu part In aaother oolumn. The Tid- lugs devotos nearly a column of ita valuablo spaoe to a refutation of tho dreadful iuforenoo that the Granite oity should ever be. sidotraoked, A roforenoe to tho Blue Ledge oopper mine in the Journal artiolo attraoted the ongle eye of the TidtngB soribe uud he forthwith praoeeds to pour the vials of his wrath upon tho do votod hood of Dr. Eeddy, and at tribues to the genial doctor the arti ole lu question. Perhaps if The Tld- i ings had stopped at that nothing -would have been thought of the mat tor, but a reference 1b made to "Doo Roddy's mines yet to be discovered" and it Is told that the famous Blue J-iedge oopper mines are advertised at snoriff 's Bale in Yreka, Calif. Tho last statement Is partially true, the first 1b not truo, ns will be shown in tho paragraphs following. One-sixth of the twenty-six claims, comprising the Blue Ledge mines.'are olfored for sale at sheriffs sale not booauso the owners ire unable to meet the dobts against tho property, but because tbi" was the quickest and best uiotuod of clearing tho title to the s olaims. Tho other eighteen olaims have been bonded to a syndloato of English cap italists, represented bj K B. Hanley; who aro to comraonoo development work not later than December 1st. This mine, one of those "to be dis-, oovorod" now hus sevoral hundred, foot of tunnol driven, and in th low or tunnel a largo body of rioh copper oro haB beon Btruok. The Blue Ledge has beon visited and examined by ovor 2(50 exports, representing the loading onppor oompanios of the United States, and there has never, boon nu unfavorable report made up on it yet. Iuquirios ns to prlooB, options, otc, ' havo oomo from every whore regarding this proposition, and in tho opinion of many Idlidiug ooppor exports it is ono of th greatest propositions of tho kiudju thoorld. Why it has not been handlod before hus boon princi pally on nooount of tho magnitude of tho undertaking, and tho big opera tors woro oontent to lot it lie there, knowing thnt tho llnnnoing of suoh nn ontorprlse oould only bo aooompllshed in tho great mouoy oontors. Tho oom pauy whion has tho presont option is oouiposod of English capitalists and mining mon, nud thoy have nmple moans to carry ou tho work of devel oping and working tho mine. Another ono of Dr. Roddy's mines "yot to be disoovorod" is the Opp, whioh has turned out more of tho yol low motal than any other quartz mine in Southorn Orogon during tho past yoar. It was through his olforts that ' tho miuo was devolopod and put upon a paying basis. The oditor of the Tidi ings will hnvo to guosa again as. to tho originator of tho Journal ortielo. About that railroud bn ' . though, wo will all havo to tu. iur hats off to Eugouo, and if tho ropopi sont out from the uulvorsity town 1b corroct, all Southorn Orogon and Northern Uullforuin will bo on a brunoh lino Boon. According to the Portland Orogonian of Tuesday a road is to bo built across tho Casoados from Hugouo, connecting with tho Weed railroad whon ii roaohos Klamath Fulls and with tho Southern Paoiflo ut Weed, Calif. This inakos ou pa por a straight lino, and outs out the Siskiyou mountains and the Cow orook canyon, also pnrt of tho Saora- monto canyon. Lot us mourn togeth er, Bro. Wognor. Soon Southorn Oro gon will become as it was boforo the udvout of the "iron horse." Onoo moro wo will henrkon for tho "chuok- u-thuok" of tho old Btugo oouoh, ua it rolls through tho valley, aud there will bo no rivoliy'or striving for place among tho oitios of Southern Oregon. Tho lint has gone forth. Thore will bo ouly two stations botweon Eugene and Saoramonto Klamath FallB and Woed. Lot ub mako up our minds to tho worst. Death of F. M. Ball. Franois M. Ball, a native of Ohio, died at hlB homo on South B Btreot, ou Friday, October 20th; aged seventy-two years, tbroo months and twonty-ono days. Mr. Bull Ib tho fnthor of Mrs. A. M. Holms and came to Medford. from the oast with bis family sovoral woekB ago. At tho time of his urrival ho was in , poor health, and hlB advanced age to gether with bis IllnoBS, brought about the fatal result. Funornl sorvices woro hold at the fnmlly rosidonco Sundny nt 2 o'olock, Rov. A. C. Casbin oUlolntlng. Inter ment was made in Odd Fellows ceme tery. Piano and Voice Lessons. Mrs. Holon M. Brown, volco teach or, voice piaoing and tono production, a spocialty. Training of ohoral so cieties, ohuroh choirs, gloo clubs, etc. Miss Irene Brown, teaohor of piano and harmony. Studio at rostdenoo, West Seventh Btreot. . 41-lm Call at Ends' second hand Btoro (or good oak wood. $2.20 per tier. 41-t