The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, November 03, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON Is the Best 'part of tho United Stilton. . BQ6UE BJVEfi VfllifY is the boat pait oi Oregon MCOTORD II in tU centsr oi tb If you want tp . Mine, Saw Lumber, liaise Fruit, , Grow Stock or do most anything else you will find your opportunity here THE flAIL tells about it valley ttutl THE MAIL the beit paperl VOL. XVII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1905 NO. 44. Four or rivo years ago E. 0. Fao oott, while prospeoting Id the Siski you mountains, found a deposit of mineral, with which be was unac niiBinted. He sent anmDlaa tn thu state mineralogits, and reoelr.d re turns stating that the ore was chrome or ohrome-irou, and was very pure, ruuning over ninety per o.nt. Owing to the inaoessibility oi the country In whtfth fh flnrl wnn muflft It halna upon a high peak from whloh Mt, Shasta, Mt. Pitt and other snow-olad ' mountains can be seen on the south and north, while on a dear day the shimmering wators of the ooean are plainly visible on the west and his laok nf knowledge of the value of the mineral be bad found, Mr. Fauoett did nothing with the discovery, but kept on making investigation as to the value of and market for the min eral. Just lately ho has found that the mineral is in demand in the manu facture of high-grade steel, giving the toughness and hardness necessary in mannfanhivlnn ft Tin arlivarl fnnla ni-mni plate and other materials in which I these qualities are desirable, and that' chrome ninety per oent pure was Last wuek he and W. A. Hutton y,iiade a trip to the point of discovery and located several claims. Upon their return sent samples to different Denver, San Franoisoo and other points for export opinions npon the value of the ore, and upon these re port" will depend in a great measure whether a new mineral industry will be opeued in Southern Oregon. Chrome is found in large quantities in very few places in the world. New Zealand furnishes a very large major ity of the supply. Last year less than 500 tons of the mineral was mined in the United States. A small doposit near Waldo was mined to some extent a good many years ago, but it wb not large enough to justify the work and it is found in more or less quan tities in all serpentine formations, Tho deposit found by Mr. Fauoett seems to be of considerable size and perhaps is the beginning of a great mine. Many Medals for Jackson County. In the awarding of medals for hor tioultural and agricultural exhibits at the fair, Jackson county fared ex tremely well, rooeiving many awards in both . divisions. This oounty and Baker oounty wore the only two coun ties to reooivo gold medals for a min eral exhibit. Following is a list of the medals received for agricultural displays oy uuoksou uuuuty fjuupiu- Gold medals E. fB. Barron, onts, timothy, wheat; Bon Beall, corn and barley; B. Britt, blue grass; W. R. Byruui, French Winter wheat; W. C. Daley, popcorn ; Dennis Duggan, Win ter barley ; J. W. Froel, oats ; A. . S, Furry, oats; A. Lucke, corn; Mrs. II. MBgrudor, barley; M. Marshall, wheat and barley; Wni. Myers, beans; J. R. McFall, wheat and corn; E. R. Pech, winter ryo; F. A. Poll, wheat; Horace Polton, alfalfa, whoat, barley and corn ; J. O. Pendleton, German TCnhtcntt fnrn- J. S. Smith, whpnt. ! J. W. Smith, macaroni wheat and barley; F. W. Streets, wneat; Joseph Taylor, whoat ; J. Thornton, corn ; -. Gordon Voorhies, corn ; E. Wilder, popcorn. Silver medals John Arnold, oorn ; E. B. Barron, barley and rye; R. G. Brown, timothy; Wm. Myers, peas; Henry Poch, oorn ; Horace Pelton, grass, oats and corn ; Mrs. A. K. Phipps, corn. Bronze medals Horace Pelton, Black Mexican corn; Frank Salsbury, wild oats and rye. The following won medals in horti culture ; Jackson county, fruit, gold medal ; ' Jackson county, vogetablei.gold ; Ash land Fruit Association, peaches and pears, silver; ABhland Board of Trade, fruit, honorable mention ; E. K. An derson, silver prunes (dried), bronze; E. D. Briggs, ohorris in liquid, bronze; B. Barbe Vinyard, grapes, gold ; Mr. Bailey, Idaho pears, silver ; J. W. Baloy, pears, bronze; Mrs. N. S. Ben.net, cherries, honorable men tion; R. Boswick,peaches, bronze; E. Britt, grapos and valnuts, gold; P. Britt, figs and lemons, honorable men tion ; W. H. Brown, peaches and ap ricots, gold; J. D. Bolton, fruit, oronzo uiuy x luoaaer, pears auu ai 'monds, silver; M. P. Corbin, fruit, houo'rnblo mention; Clinton Carey, Domes, honorable mention ; Jennie Cooper, peaches, bronze; G. W. Cav aungh, peaches, bronze; J. E. Crow- son, fruit, honorable mention ; Elmer Coleman, apples, silver; Jacob Caae boor, fruit in liquid, honorable men tion; J. F. Daloy, fruit, silver; Paul Demmor, grapes, bronze; J. F. Dita- worth, Jonathan apples, honorable mention ; t r uean, quiuuu., uuu orable mention ; N. E. Dozler,'apples, " 1.. 1 Ll-.nT!!l. ... nonoraoin moniiou i hubiu AcRucr, bronze; David Fox, peaches, silvtr; Fred Frenoh, peaohes, bronze; F. W. Funoher, peaohes, silver; L, M. Good- win, peaches, bronze; L. George, Ash land, peaohes, bronze; S. B. Holmes, apples, silver; C. R. lie i m roth, prunes, gold; James Hurley, graces, gold ; Gn A, Hoover, fruit, bronze ; S. P Hathaway, pears, bronze; Mr, HopkinB, Comioe pears, gold ; Win, Holmes, apples, honorable mention ; O. K. Hzen, peaoheB, honorable men tion ; D. H, Jackson, raspberries, bronze; Edward Judy, pears, bronze; A. Johnson, fruit, gold; W. L. John son, Logan berries in liquid, honor able motion ;K, T. Kiug,pears,bronze; J. V. Keizur, prunes, bronze; F. B. Kinsman, pouch gb and grapes, gold ; Mr. Leever, figs and apples, honor able mention; H. C. Lewis, pears, Bilver ; D. Lena era, peaches, silver ; M. 0. Llnlnger, peaohes, honorable mention ; J. (J. Lane, pears, bronze ; J. Mcpherson, prunes, bronze ; J. Mo Fherson & Bon, pruneB, gold; H. F. M etder, frnlt and nuts, honorable mention ;L C. Moore.peaches, bronze; J. W. MyerB, apploB, honorable men tion; M, 1. Minear, apples, silver; W. E. Nye, Bill Nye Seedling peaoh, bronze; J. E. Nute.apricotsand cher ries, honorable mention; N. S. Nich ols, prune, bronze; J. D. Orwell, Med ford, fruit and vegetables, bronze; G. L Farslow, fruit in liquids, bronze ; H. T. Fankey, pears and squashes, sil ver; S. Patterson, peaches, silver; E. R. Peck, fruit and vegetables, bronze; M. L. Pellett, Bartlett pears, silver; E. B. Pratt, peaches, honorable men tion ; Max Pracht, peaches, gold ; W. H. Reynolds, cherries and berries, honorable mention ; C. D. Rifner, Dewberries, honorable mention; Rob erts & Son, fruit and vegetables, sil ver; Fred Rapp, fruit, silver; Snowy Butte Orchard, fruit, bronze ; J. S. Smith, blackberries, honorable men tion; Rev. J. M. Smith, fruit, honor able mention ; W. M. Shafer, peaches, bronze; Mr. Sheffield, peaohes, sil ver ; Thos. Smitbr pruneB, honorable mention; S. S. StevenB,fruit and vegetables,- gold ; Wm. Tavener, peaoheB, silver; P. P. Tuckear, peaches in liquid, honorable mention ; L. E. Van Vleet, apples, gold ; Wm. Wilder, strawberries, honorable mention ; Job T. Wilder, strawberries, oronze; John Wiley, peaoheB, silver; R. O. Wash burne, apples, silver; D. Anderton, vegetables, bronze; Roy' Brown, on ions, honorable mention ;W. C. Craw ford, potatoes, bronze; W. O. Daley, potatoes, bronze; 1. J. Estes, water melons,' bronze ; W. Turnough, vege tans, bronze; Gibbs, Garden, Btock beols, bronze; J. Hubar, rhubarb, honorable mention; Hicks & Co,, vegetables, honorable mention; G. A. Jackson, stook beets, bronze; Frank Lewis, onions, gold; A. Luck, pota toes, gold; J. H. MoKall, vegetables, houorablo mention ; S. M. Nealon, stock squash, honorablemention ; Gus Nicholp, onions, gold; R. Potter,fruit and vegetables, bron ze ; Roborts Bros., vegetables, gold ; J. Shiedlor, vegeta bles, bronze ;J. D. Surnu, vegetables, honorable mention ; W. L. Smith, onions, silver; V. Stephens, vegeta bles, bronze; J. B. Teilon, tomatoeB, bronze; l'ount Bros., cucumbers, honorable mention. Tho following awards have been made in various departments in ad dition to the above: Gold medals D. Porozzi, butter display; B. J. Bjorregard, picture in laid in wood ; Jackson county col lective exhibit and, booth. Silver Jackson county canned fruit; Jackson county Black Alder, Oregon Ash, Sugar Pine, Oregon Maple; J. H. Shields, alfalfa, twenty six days old; G. F. Billings & Son, Blue barley; Wm. Cochran, rye. Bronze J. M. Waguor, mineral water; P. Britt, walnuts and chest nuts; Jaokson county jams ; G. Ogg, walnuts, almonds, hickory nuts; Dr. Roddy, quartz, Opp mine; K K. An derson, gold specimen ; T. J. Kenney, gold specimen; C.-C. Beekman, cold specimen ; Enyart, gold specimen ; Herbert Cole, mineral water. Honorable mention M. P. Ward, quartz; Mrs. Nickorson, Crater lake picture; Penniston & Son, granite; Mrs. M. Miller, gold specimens; V. E. Snider & Co., quartz; Jackson county, taxidermy, cougar, antelope head, der head; G. W. Dumnez, mountain mahogany, ash, maple, black and white oak; A. X. Truesdell, cop per ore; H. F. Header, manzanita and madrono wood. Assay Office in Medford. A mining bureau and assay office will be opeued in Medford . within the next few days. Major Card well, a former Jackson county boy, now one of the leading mining expeits of the country and John Summerville, of Pittsburg, Pa., an extensive operator in mines, will engage in the business above named in Medford, with offices, temporarily, in the Angle opera houso block. Mr, Card well has leased the residence of the lutq Mrs. Elizabeth Wortmau, on South J street, and is already domiciled there with his fam ily. The major is a practical assayer of many years experience and is compe tent to do anything in that line. His long experience in mining matters has secured for him the confidence and esteem of leading mining men all over tho United States !and;wbat he thinks about the prospects iu Southern Ore gon is shown by what he says in an other column. STREET ECHOES Opinion of Some' of Our Citizens-S erious and Otherwise. Rev. Hoxie: "1 wish you would express through The Mail the sincere appreciation I and my family have of the work done by citizens lu saving my dwelling from burning Monday. I don't know who they were or 1 would express my thanks personally. But they worked hard and well, and I hope if a like condition ever con fronts them they will tind timely aid. " Ashael Hubbard: "Yes, the imple ment business is pretty good now. We are selling a whole lot of plows, mostly diso plows, which are now tak ing the place of the old-fashioned gangs. t They are better than the old plow In many respects, principally be cause they can be used no matter whether the soil is wet or dry.1' Jim Bates; "Say, BHton, remem ber six years ago last Halloween? I do. Crowd of us boys Jnnd girlB bor rowed a lot of rope from you and then, after you had gone home, we took that same rope and teld up your office doorB. It was a mean trick, all right we knew it wae at the time, but it was fun we were after. That was the same Halloween that the boys got into trouble with 'Rosoy" and he had five or six of them arrested.11 J. A. Perry: ''Apple shipments are very slow, and there is no use trying to disguise the fact that the principal reason is that the apples are not here this season. The crop is even shorter than anyone imagined, due In a great measure to the heavy crop of last year and also to the dry season. The qual ity as a whole, however, is very good, although the percentage of small apples 1b pretty large. We shipped a carload of Nowtowus from Fruit Growers' Union Tuesday, and the fruit was excellent in quality.' , A -Business Man : "Medford busi ness men are enjoying the most pros perous year I believe in the history of the oity. They ail seem to be doing a big business and it 1b constantly in creasing. As a business center Med ford is outdoing the other towns and cities of the valley and now is at the top of the neap in that lino, ThiB isn't tho result of a boom, or a spas modic increase in trade, but it is the result of the steady, continuous growth which haa been ever charac teristic of our city. Nor is there any immediate likelihood of a oessation of this growth, rathor it will increase In rapidity. I foresee a orilliaut futuro for Medford." Will Warner: "Deei are very plen tiful this season nnd right at this time they seem to bo running very low in the foothills. While making the round of calls on the rural routo Tuos day I stopped for a few minutes chat with E. L. Rcdpatb. My attention was callod by Mr. Redputh to a vory prtty sight in one of his foothill fields and it was nothing less than four, tine, largo doors. J. W. Bonar, living up that way, saw one recently near where ho was working. He started tor the house for his gun and the animal started in the same direc tion, keeping pace, as it were, with him. School children, however, frightened it before the gun was se cured." C. H. Edmonds: "You keep your eye on Hotel Nash. Just watoh her grow next spring. Capt. Nash, the owner, has promised Dr. Keddy and myself that ho will make all kinds of additions to the building another sea son. Here is the plan as the Captain' has it mapped out: What are now in side rooms on the second floor are to be removed entirely and all this con ter made into a largo sittiug room. Two more stories will be added and a four-story olectric olevator will be put in. Tbero will bo no inside rooms in these two stories, ns tho entire center will be an open court. The rooms will be in suites and each suite will havo a bath in connection. This change above will iu no way Interfer with the improvements now boiug made about the office and lobby. You will notice, if you look, that all the Improvements and changes which are now being made are very substantial and indicate a pormancy espcially pleasing to Dr. Roddy aud myself, who have a time lease on the build ing. Yea, business is good flist class, aud when we got straightened a little we will be iu better shape to give proper attention to our many guests." Major Cardwell: "Do I see any changes in the valley ninco I left? A few, yes, qulto a fow. For instance twonty-fivo years ago when 1 departed from Jacksonville, nobody had any idoa that there would ever be any other town in tho valley except Jack sonville, The site upon which Med ford is boilt was known to wo young sters as 'jack rabbit flat' on account of tho number of tho ilong eared ani- malB that lived among the cbapparal patches. I come book now and find a flourishing oity on that same flat. I see orchards growing on land which In early days we didn't think amount ed to much. Even old Jacksonville has changed, not only in ago, but in uppearauoe. ThoBe magullloeut trees on the streets of the old town were mere switches when I left; new build ings have been erected aud old laud murks have been swept away. There are also vacancies iu the ranks of the pioneers. Many of them whom X re member have Qrossed to the other side. Still there are a good many of thorn left a little more aged than when I left here perhaps, but still the came in spirit ; jovial, hospitable aud generous. They are tho salt of the earth, those old fellows; they are the men whose early efforts made possible the prosperity you of later day are enjoyiug. Coming back, as 1 do, from an experience covering a goodly por tion of the globe, I foel more than ever like taking off my hat to the man of the fifties whenever I meet him. I have been engaged in mining opera tions for the past twenty years, aud I have oome to believe that I will find no better field than in old Jackson oounty. There 1b no oIobo Beaton on mining here. You can work all seasons of the year at Borne branch of the business, and I believe that right here I'll Btay." Juvenile Halloween Party. A company of young folks gathered at the home of Beruioe Carder, in West Medord, on the evening of Oc tober 30th, to .celebrate Halloween. For some distance their way was light ed by Jack o' Lanterns perched on the gato posts ana , on entering the house a witch clad in black bade them follow her through a room lighted on ly by three large Jack o' Lanterns into another iu which stood her wig wam. During the eveniug many gamos were played and aftor a while a large tub of water, in which floated several apples, was brought in and the boys tried ducking for them with their hands behind them. Fortunes were told by the witoh, who stirred each fortune in her'cauldron and then read it slowly and impressively. Ap ples and nuts wore served in dishes made of hollowed pumpkins and pump kin pie on largo yellow loaves. While eating tne pie the party was horrified by the appearance of a ghost at the window, whioh flapped Ub whito arms about and then disappeared to reap pear at another window. After the firsS scare was over, one of the boys Allen Denton, went and ohaBcd the ghost and on overtaking it threw his piece of pie full in its face and felled it. The gnost proved to be Miss Ida Redden and after discarding hor shoots, Bhe went in aud onjoyed the fuu. Then the taffy was pulled and eutou and other games played and at an hour pretty close to midnight the guests dispersed, all declaring they had had an awful good time. The walks were festooned with ivy and oak boughs, on which tho loaves had yellowed. Those present wore: Allon Dtntou, Clyde Roberts. Guy Thorn burg, Edgar Joue, Dean Curder, Nola and Ida Roddeu, Mnbol Jones, Myrtlo Roberts, Muud Ling, Ada Loosely, Blanch aud Vida Thronburg, Virglo aud Beruico Carder. XXX '"Dora Thorne" next Week. The uxt attraction at Wilson's op era houso will bo a dramatization of "Dora Thorne." Of this production tho Portland Orogonian of October 30th, says: "The production of "Dora Thorne" by Kowlund and Clifford at the Em pire this week is ouo of the beBt th in kb eecn at this cozy little play house sinco tbe season opened. Miss Cuba Niblo displays all the dramatic ability tho'press agents claimed for her iu udvanco, and tho entire sup port is good, tho dramatization by Hnrt.hu Clav of this well known novel boiug a splendid vehiole to briug out the talent of tho ontiio cast. CharlnH Caulkins is an ideal leading man aud the work of Roy Luidlaw is by fur tho host in the ontiro production. Maud Truax ninkes such a good udvonturoas that the audience biased her roundly than which no artist could wish more praise. The Sptephen Thorne of E. M. Crano is all that could bo do- Hired iu the characterization of an honest old man, and Bessie Doan, ClmrluB Borkolev. Bornard Cranoy and the other members of the cast do most satisfactory work. r "Dora Thorne" wo have all read and wept over, and its presentation on the bourdB gives tho incidents in this drama an enhanced coloring which excite; tne doopost emotions, It pictures the humble Ufo of the low horn lodifokoener and his daughter- tho falso pride of the peers of tho roulm. Muruor ana revenge arc in- ... 1 - I. 1.. U..t t tk tho sweet reconciliation makes amends for the thrilling incidents which Beemed to forewarn a bad end ing. Go and see it it is well worth your wniie. ' "Dora Thorne" will be presented Friday evening, November 10th. The big plant of the Booth-Kelly LumborCo., at Wendling, whioh nasi been idle for, the past three yours, 1b to be startod up again, R, B. Hatton, a foimer readout or this county, but now rosldiug in Cali fornia, was in the valley last week, on his way to Klamath Falls. Sam Robison,of Talont, raised some unusually large apples this year. Oue Spitzenberg weigned eighteen ouucob and a Bellfiower tipped tbe scales at fifteen ounoea. Ellis and DavlB, two Aablund boys, who have been oou fined in the oounty jail under a six months' seuteuoe for larceny from a railway oar, have been pardoned by Governor Chamberlain. Up to thiB week many Jackson oounty people have been enjoying fresh strawberries ploked from their own vines. . The strawberry season in this valley this year haB been six months long. Ashland residents under tho name of the Dead Indian Lumbor & Power Co., have looated the waters of Dead Indian south fork of Littlo Butte, Soda and Grizzly oreeks, togotner with lands for flume and - power pur poses. Th oity council of Ashland will like ly make no further fight la the mat ter of the elcetrlo light oaso. The suit will oome up for final adjudica tion this week aud Judge Hanna's in termediary order giving the light company permission- to erect poloB will probably be made final. Nominations for tho Ashlund muni cipal election in December will be made by petition, owing to the fact that no registration of voters under the direot primary law baa been nyido, and that a basis of representation cannot be made from iormer elections, as the municipal and oounty precincts are not identical. A Farmers' Club has been organ ized at Talent with the following officers: Welborn Beeson, prosidont; J. W. Abbott, vice-president; E, E. Fobs, secretary; Miss Miuule Robi- son, treasurer; E. A. Hondrloks, L. A. Abbot uud E. L. Cochran, direct- ore. The object of the organization 1b to promote tho sooial, moral and intellectual well bolng of Eits mem bers. Meetings are to be hold' on the first and third Thursday of eaoii month. t John X. Millor, a well-known pio neer settjer, uow Bevouty-threo years old, who resides uoar tho heal of Trail creek, in this oouuty, has wait ed n long time for a ohuuoo to profit of some knowledge ho gainod cnusunl ly at Gold Hill during the boom min ing days. It was in 1853 wheu pass ing by some miners oponing up a plaoor claim near Gold Hill ho saw somo rock thrown out by the Bbovel ors that was immonsoly rich, worth perhaps 810,000 to tho ton, he thought. The placer miners, he observed, had cut across tho ledgo with appaiontly no understanding of Its great value The gravol did not pay as well 'as they expected aud finally thoy left the claim nnd went over to tho rich Yroka dig gings. Tho cut thoy mado flllod up from tho wash. Miller took tho land marks as thoy then appeared and mado such a record as ho boliovod would ennblo him to identify tho claim. Twenty years afterward ho could soo tho marks and ho tried to got tho land, but ho failed in every trial, until recently ho nnd Sam A. Car He securod an option on the much-desired ground for a year and thoy begun prospecting for tho lodge. Thoy sunk n shaft twonty-two feot doep and then begun a cut to strike the ledgo. They ox poet to run fifty rods nnd think four men will do tho work witbiu a monh. The place 1b on laud bolonging to Damewood, east of tho Chavouor farm, and iu tho old lilackweil diggings. At tho time tho placer minors optiued the chum vory little wuh known ubout quartz min ing: in fact nobodv In tho Juckson county mineB looked for gold boariug rook and it was some time afotrward before attempts wore mado to extract gold (rom quartz. Going to Locate in Medford. Tho persons referred to In the tol lowina from tho Fruithurst, Alabama, News, havo arrivod in Medford and will remain hero: T. M. Eriokson started with his fumilv 'l'limuliiv moruiiiu for Medford, Oregon, where thoy will make thoir homo ror tuo prosout. y miu roniov al of this family I'Vuithurst losos Borno of iti oldest citizeiiB.thoy having coino hero ton years ago when tho town was in Itu iiifniinv. Mr. Erlckson wan a superintendent of one of the clearing and planting gangs when tho pluco was bolim uovoiopou unu uau uumi identified with various industries in the place during his ri3HJ?eiico horo. Tho family wnH recognized m tiihoug the best and many regrets havo boon expressed In regard to tnoir inuring. Tho best wishos of tho entire com munity follow thorn to thoir now homo, Piano and Voice Lessons. Mrs. Helen M. Brown, vofco tench or, voice placing nnd tono production, a specialty. Training of ohornl so cieties, church ohoire, glee clubs, oc. MIbb Irono Brown, teacher of piano and harmony. , Studio at residence, West Seventh street. 41-lm J ' Suicide at Ashland. I From Ashland. Trioune; Ed Giay, one of the moBt popular aud com po tout engineers on the Southern Paolfio railroad, committed Buloide Thursday morning by shoot ing himsolf through the hoad. His body was found by tho night olerk at tbe Depot Hotel at 3 o'clock in the af ternoon Failing to got a response to hiB kuooks tho call boy from the round hnuBe notified night clerk Os car Pratt. Ab the door was looked from the iueido, tho boy entered through the trnusom and unlocked the door, A glance f rovealed the oause of the ominous silence. The body of tbe unfortunate engineer lay half uncovered and a gaping wound over the right ear and a vioiouB look ing Cols 41-revolvor, polioe model, still olutohed In tbe stiffened fingers of the right hand told the awful story. In the absence of the coroner, Sher iff Rader was immediately notified and he telephone Justioe Berry to view the remains and if necessary em panel a coroner's jury, but the mute evidonce of suioide was so strong that no inquest waB noeded, While none of his friends ever dreamed that deceased contemplated self-destruction, all are agreed that his recent separation from hiB wife has prayed heavily upon him and the generU impression is that hiB regard for her was very strong. It is roported that Gray had imag ined that some of the boys blamed him for the separation and were not treating him with thoir wonted cor diality. That the act was premedita ted would appear from the report that bo recently drow his balance from the lvoseburg bank and sent it to his mother. The body was "prepared for burial by undertaker Stook Thursday evening and shipped on No. 12 to Roseburg for burial Deceased was about forty-five years old and leaves a mother, Mrs. Currier, who resides at Roseburg, a bou, Lyle living with hia grandmother and a wife, who was formerly Miss Kitty Thorutou, at Grants Pass. Ho had boon a faithful and trusted employee of the Southern Pacific railroad neurly flfteeu years aud at the time of his death was oon sidered one of their most competent engineers. , Thinks Well of Medford. Portland Orogonian, Ootobor 27th: "Medford is destined to be the me tropolis of Southorn Orogon, and it has a greut future iu store for it," romarkod Captain Lea veu worth, for- morly of Portland, but now. of Gold Hill, ut tho Imporial HotoJ last night, "This Is from a disinterested point of view, as I have no reason for boosting Medford othor than that J udinire tho piogrosslvonossaud publio Bpiritcduess of busiusssmeu. "Every indication points toward Medford being tho biggost town of Southorn Orogon' It is in the center of the Ruguo rivor valley, which is renowned for tho abuudanco and ex cclleuce of is agricultural and horti cultural products, is surrounded by a good mining country, und immense tracts of timber laud ure contiguous to it. Thoy grow flvo and six tons of alfalfa to tho ucro without irrigation. "Tho Medford buslinoss men are of tho kind that make a town grow, and tho building of tho Medford & Orator Luko railroad 1b an oxamplo of thoir determination o dovelop a coun try in which they huve the utmost faith, Thoy are anxious to secure morfe poopio for thoir city, and uow comors uro royally wolcomed. Thoy uro willing to aid now enterprises and will do anything in tnoir power to help to dovolop that section of tho state." Prize Pear Trees. Noxt yoar, ovou if ho iB busy, Wm. So ho bio, who owiib tho old D. B. Sollas farm, on Griffin crook, will think twico boforo ho sells the pro duct of tho two big Buerre d' Aujou trees, which Btaud In his door yard for anything liko ?30, if thoy givo promise of re pouting the crops of the past two yonrH. Last yoar Mr. Schoblo picked thirty-two boxes of pears from ono troo tho lurgost one aud didn't count what camo from tho other troo. This yonr both troos wero as heavily loaded as boforo, but ut tho tljio tho pours wero ruudy to be picked Mr, Schoblo was busy with othor farm work and didn't huvo time to pick them. Ono dny S. W. Boyd camo along und of Cored 830 for the pears on tho trooB. "Tuko thorn," said tho owner. In spite of tho fact that ono of tho lurgost limbs broko off ruining ut least twelve boxes of pears, Mr, uoyd gathorod forty-throe boxes from tho two trees uud when sold ho real ized n not profit over till of 882.71. That limb which broko was ono of tho largest on tho principal tree and tho twelve boxes of bruised pours wero aotually picked up and f( d to tho hogs Mr. Schoblo say thoso two troos havo never failed to produce a big crop uud that thoy haven't boon Hprayod or pruned for four yours. There ure nenrs vot on thoso troos. an it was impossible to roach all of thorn. For Sale, Ono horse, eight years old, woight about I200,gonuo uud true. Seveutoon tooth snrlim harrow. Good, doublo- box, 3J4 wagon. Will trado latter for north of Jiiokuonvlllo. 11-lni. ft Monday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, wheu the people had just about reoovered from the fire alarm at noon, the old pork packing houso, . immediately north of tbe I. L. & B. Co. 'a mill, waa discovered to be on tire. The building was old and dry, the walls aud floor more or less sat urated with grease, and besides it was filled with baled hay, so that by th time the fire boys reaobed the scene the whole building was a moss of flames. Even with adequate water . pressure the firemen would have boon uauuie to uuvo me uuiiuiug or ira euu-. tents. The high wind carried flaming brands many hundred feet and soon the sawdust piles north of the build ing and the dry grass was in flames, seriously threatening Beveral dwell- the beat that it was impossible to get close to tbe fire. By hard work tho -barn in the same lot waB saved, but the old fuotory and its contents were deatroyed. Most of the hay In tho barn belong ed to Chas. Pruitt and was uninsured. There were about 150 tonB of it, and its Iosb will fall heavily upon the owners. Tho building belonged to Mrs. J, W. Slingor. When the Ure was first discovered the flnmeB were just bursting through the' roof and It seems probable that the Are started inside tho building from a spark which had found its way through some crevice aud had fallen, upon the hay. How this could have uuuui i ova id poii luuDninrou ujr a uti- ponlng at a dwelling house some sev eral hundred feet north of the burned, building. A number of oltizens were engaged with buckets and otber uten sil in extinguishing incipient blazes on tho roof, whon some one suddenly disoovorod that thero waea fire insldo au outbuilding. There was a bale of hay inside this struoturo aud it was blazing merrily when discovered. However, a couple of buokote of wator put it out. A Mall reporter happen ed to bo ouriouB enough to investigate tho cause of the fire Insldo the build ing and oould only find ono small knot hole in tho wall through whioh a spark might have boon drlvon by tho wind. , Another thoory 1b that k,lt was the result of Bpoutauoous combustion. This theory being borne out to some extent by tho faot that tho whole in sldo of tho building was burning be fore the fire broko through the roof. FIRE NOTES. Tyson Boull, of Central Point, was loading lumber In tho lower yards when tho alarm come. Ho took no chancos but unloaded tho portiou of his ordor that wns on tho wagon aud made his way to a sufo place. Tho wator force was lamentably in sufficient. With tho growth of the city tho mnttor of uu adequate and ulwuys ready wator pressure boaomes an ausomto uocosBity. xuo prosout system is not sufficient. It has boon tried several times and it is always found wanting, Tho mnu who knows how a tiro should bo fought, but refrained from uuttiftu In auv active work, was on hand with his advice. Thero was a considerable amount of hustling dono by tho people of tho neighborhood in keeping their roofs damp during tho firo. Had a north wind boon blowing, thero wouldn't havo boon many ware houses oi lumber yards left In town. Big Showing in Bill Nye. For soveral months poopio well in formed In mining matters have beon "keeping thoir uyo" on tho Bill Nyo mine. During this timo tho company owning the inino has beon doing a considerable amount of dovolopmont work,, and wns extremely reticout about giving out dofluite Information aB to tho pr on poets. Tho mill was startod up about two weoks ago for au experimental run, not upon soleoted ore, but upon tho rock just us It camo from the dump, Aftor n run of ton days a cloun up whs mado and as a result on Tuesday of this wook ovor 0,000 In gold was weighed iu ovor tho counter of tho Gold Hill bunk for shipment through that Institution to the San Franoisoo mint. k Mossrs. Hurry Bluokmer, Frank Bellamy uud Major D, R. Andrus hold tho principal stock in tho mino and Mr. Bluckmer Is now In tho east with the Idea of interesting cnpitul In the, further dovolopmont of tho Bill Nyo and contiguous proportlos. The Bill Nyo has boon devolopod to quite a considernblo oxtont nnd sevornl tun nols huvo been drivon, shafts sunk, otc, und uoveral hundrod tons of oro uro on tho dump. New Suits Filed. D. B. Provost vs. Ashlaud Iron Works, Suit to fo rod one lien. E. D. Briggs uttornoy for plaintiff. Uoao L. Loar vs. CharloB P. Loar; suit for divoroo. M. Purdin attorue. or plalntlir.