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
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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