The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, March 23, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextII you want to Mine, Saw Lumber, Raise Fruit, Grow Stock or di most anvthin g eUe you will find your opp irtunity h ire THE H AIL tells about it OREGON Is the Best pirt of the United States, E BIIED VALLEY is the best paJt of Oregon MEDFORD la In the center ol the VOL. XVIII. MEDFORO. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23. 1906 NO. 12 valley and THE MAIL, tho beat paper lit Jtwti FRUIT NOT BADLY HURT An artiole in Monday's Portland Oregonlan, under an Asbland date line, is very misleading, and the writ er baa evidently Jumped to the oon oluaion that, becauBe (rait In that looality, eBpeoially peaobes, bad been badly damaged, the Bame oondltions prevailed elsewhere. The f aots do not warrant suoh a oonoiusion. The Mail has taken pains to investigate the matter pretty thoroughly, and finds that the consensus of opinion among experienced fruit growera ie that the damage by the late uold snap is very muob less than at first supposed. At the Hopkins orchard, near Cen tral Point, the damage done by frost was found to be comparatively slight. Here and there a pear tree' would be damaged ooneiderably, but the major ity of them are not hurt The injury to apples is unnotioeable. Wm. M. Holmes, of the Rogue Kiver Land Co., stated: "1 am confident that there is not nearly so much in' jury as was supposed at first, the faot is I have been able to find but very lew instances where material burt bad been done. The most serious damage has been to the pear orop in tbiB part of the valley, and to the peaohes about Ashland. In some localities, of course, the injury is greater than in others, but there is not the slightest danger of anything like a failure in my opinion. The faot is I look for a good orop of frnit. J. A. Perry, secretary of tne Rogue KlverFruit Association, ooinoides witn Mr. Holmes. "1 oan find no evidenoe of material damage in the main valley,' ' he said. "I have examined boughs from a ma jority of the orchards in this vioiuity from the Perkins and Whitman orohards on the east to the Orchard Home traot on the west, and so far I have found plenty of live fruit en every limb. Orchards at a consider able elevation above the valley, if not well sheltered, have suffered to a con siderable extent, I Bhould judge, but in the main valley the damage has been small in most localities. Apples are not burt to amount to anytning at all. Ad. Helms came down trum the upper valley the other day. and he said that in and about Ashland the damage was extensive, especially in upland orohards, but that in the main valley, the heart of the pear and ap-pie-grrwiug seotion, he oould find but little trace of injury, although he ex amined many of the orchards. One row of pear trees in the DeUart oroh ard, where it was unprotected, is pretty badly hurt, but the rest of it is praotioally untouched. Tbis con dition, 1 believe, will be found to ex ist as a general thing throughout the valley. I am of the opinion that in spite of alarmist reports sent out there will be plenty of fruit. In faot two-thirds of tne buds could be killed and then the trees would have all the fruit they should bear during the sea son. The Voorhies orobard, acoord ing to reports, was the most severely damaged ot the big pear orohards, but am inclined to think that it will be found that conditions are not as bad as reported. " The tw? gentlemen above quoted are in a position to oolleot aoourate information. Both are praotioal fruit men. Neither of them is inolined to take the dark view of things, nor to go to the other extreme, so that their opinions, ooinoiding as they do, com prise about as accurate a statement of the situation as oan be made at the present time. Device for Lifting Wagon Rack and Box- R. L. Hale, general agent for the Baker Wagon Rack and Box Lift, and W. H. Maultby, who, together with Mr. Hale, owns tbe right to sell rights to manufacture and use these devioeB in JackBon oounty, are in Medford giving an exhibition of their patent. They have the lifter, full size, in operation on a vacant lot on North C street, between Sixth and Seventh. This contrivanoe will lift a raok or box from a wagon without an effort on tbe part of the driver. - The first one hundred farm rights aold in Jaokson county may be bad at 83 each. They will be in Medford about ten days, will go from here to Central Point, trom there to Eagle Point and otner towns of the valley. The device is unquestionably a good one and ought to be of good value to the farm ers. Following are some excerpts trom the law with regard to Infringements : Abstracta from (J. S. court decisions: 1. "A-devlce is none tbe less an In fringement because it oontains an im provement upon the patented inven tion." Robbins et al vs. Dueber Watch Case Mfg., 1896, 710. Q., page 63. 2. "It is an infringement of a pat ent to either make or use or sell a patented thing without legal permit." Whittemore vs. Cutter, IGall., page 129. 3. "Making for one's own uae is as wrongful aa making for sale, and mak ing without either using or selling is an lurringement. " Hioomor vs. till pin, 1 Fish, P, .0., page 60. BIG SKELETON FOUND. A short time since, while making ! excavations ou his farm on Dry oreek, i Grant RawllngB uncovered the bones of a huge animal, evidently of a spe cies now extinct. The boneB were found some twelve feet beneath the aurfaoe of the earth and were more or less deoayed, although part of them were in a good enough Btate of pres ervation to enable one to form an idea of the immense Bize of the beast to whioh they belonged. The skull was in fairly good snap and of great size. At the base of the skull, where it had formerly joined the vertebra, it measured thirty-one inohea in diameter. One tooth was found measuring ten inches in length and six by four inches across the top. Appearances indicated that tbe ani mal bad been of the hippopotamus genus, and judging by tbe appearanoe of the portions of tbe jaws and teeth was herbivious in Its nature. A pieoe of tbe bone ot the lower fore leg was found which measured three feet in length. Tbe soil in which the bones were found gives evidenoe of having once been a swamp or tbe bed of a lake Indicating the ampbillous habits of the aniniaL Mr. Kawlings will make farther ex cavations in the hope of making other dlsooverios of like nature. Shot Through Carelessness. Urants Pass Observer: A distressing accident befel Louie Colvin, the ten-year-old son of Robert Uolvin, laBt Saturday, that came very near costing the boy hie life and will make bim a cripple. He, in company with his tw-ilve-year-old brother, Guy, and Carroll Cornell, wno is nineyearB old, were on Jobc X Nelson's plaoe, just east of to n, hunting and they had a double-barreled shotgun with Ihem. Tbe three boys were standing talking and tbe banter was made that Guy could not shoot both barrelB at once. Without considering the di reotion of the gun pointed he pulled the triggers and Louis dropped to tbe ground screaming with pain and one foot shot away and the other one injured. Tne two boys ran to the home of 1. E. Cargill and told him of the aooideut and Mr. Cargill hastened to the boy and carried him to his house. Dr. Douglas and Mr. and Mrs. Colvin were summoned. Dr. Douglas o Booked the flow of blood and bad tne boy removed to the Southern Oregon General Hospital, where he amputated the injured right foot, taking off tbe leg above tne an kle. Two shots had passed through the heel of tbe left foot, but the in jnry will not cripple that foot Tbe boy, who is not rugged, oanie near dying from loss of blood and the shock, but he began to rail; tbe next day and he is now doing well and the wound is healing rapidly. Band Concert at Central Point The Medford band will give a con oert at the opera house at Central Point Saturday evening, March 2-ltb, under the direction of John A. Nor ling. 1'he boys have improved very muoh in theii music under the teach ing of Prof. Norltng, and will give the people of Central Point a musical treat. The program will consist of vooal and instrumental selections by the best looal talent, and band music, of oonrse. A sooial dance will be given. 1. Maroh,"Oresoent Queen, "Loey. 2. Seicotion, "Maiitana," Wallace. 3. Piano duet, - - Selected. Messrs. Lumsden and RothermaL 4. Descriptive, "The Colored Wed ding," ... Launendeau Snyopsis Introduotlon, strains from Mendelssohn's Wedding March, more numerously than classically interpreted the wedding party proceedB on Its way to the par sonageat the paraon's the cere mony the fatal wordB, "I will" the kiss and words of advice re turn home tbe festivities begin, get hotter and hotter finale, "NiKaer Nebber Die. " 5. Piano solo, "Invitation to the Dance, V - - - Webber Mr. Don Colvlg. 6. Cornet solo, Polka, "Lake Har riott, - - Chris Rodenklrken John A. Norling. 7. Brass Quartette, Theme and Variations, 0. D. Lore",.. Messrs. Wait StrBng, Scott, Norllng. 8. Two Step, "An Afrioan Sympho ny," "A Rag-time Spasm," Losey, "Little Egypt" In Manila. MANILA, March 10. Eva Rowland, known on the Paoiflo coast as "LiMto Egypt," who was reported to have eloped from San Franolsco with Hor ace MoKinley, who figured In tbe Oregon land-framd oases, has arrived here. Miss Rowland says that Bhe and MoKinley separated at Shanghai and that MoKinley is now on the way t Guatemala under the name of A. Os ier. It is likely that the first part of the actress story may be true, as MoKIn ley would hardly dare land on Amir loan solL That his present destina tlon is Gantemala may or may not be true. WILL BE A LIVELY TOWN. The annual meeting of the Butte Falls Sugar Pine Lumber Co., was held Tuesday and tbe following offi cers were elected : B. H. Harris, pres ident; W. F. Entrop, vioepresldent ; F. W, Streets, seoretary; J. E. En yart, treasurer; John McAllister, gen eral manager. , The oitloers are all well-known here as progesgive and enterprising citi zens, with the exception of General Manager MoAUlster, who but reoently arrived here from Omaha'. However, it is pret y certuin that it will not be long until the latter makes a plaoo for himself in the estimation of the peo pie of this seotion. He is a man of large experience in lumbering and has associated with him a number of Omaha people who have invested in tbe stock ot the Butte Falls Company and he will bring all his ability and experience to bear in making a suc cess of tnts venture. The Butte Falls Co controls a vast traot of tbe finest timber in the Butte oreek oountry, together with the water rights of Big Butte oreek, wbioh assures them ample power tor mill ing, eleotrio lighting and other uses. At the meeting Tuesday the capital stock was inoreaBed to 81,000,000 and extensive plans were laid tor the building of a city or factories and bomeB at Butte Falls. As was stated in The Mail some time sinoe a townsite has been laid out at Butte Falls and several buildings have already been oreoted. G. T. Richard, of Medford, will ehortly put in a stouk of general mer chandise, thus becoming tbe first merchant of tne embryo oity,and will also start a meat market there. Tbe company has full assurance, and in turn assures the people, that the Medford & Crater Lake Railroad will be extended to Butte FallB this sea eon and that the road will not be stopped .there. Even now preliminary arrangements are being made for tbe extension of tbe road aoross tne Cas cades into the Klamath country. Am ple oapital is interested to carry out the plans of the company. The assuranoe of the early develop ment of the big timber belt of Big Butte and upper Rogue river marks the beginning of an era of progress for the whole valley in general and of Medford In particular. This oity will be the base from which supplies will be drawn for the numerous sawmills and logging camps wnicb will spring up in what is now a primeval wilder ness Through here will be shipped the produots of the mills, -and much ot it will receive its finishing touobes here. Besides tbis a great deal of agicultural oountry will be opened up by having rail connection and when the road is oompleted across the mountains the vast resources of Southeastern Oregon now undevel oped, will find an outlet, through Medford. Speaking of Cold Weather. Some of our townspeople, who are native Orgonians, have an idea that the weather for the past few weeks bau been oold. One of them was making complaint tbis week in the presence of a former Minnesotau when that in dividual told bim ot a little weather experience he once remembered of In Minnesota, and here it ib: Shucks! Call tbis here cold? W'y I kin reokerleckt 'way back in '51 Er wuz it '52 well, anyway, The merkery got so dad binged low We had to git a spyglass fer to see it. Cold ! W'y dog my cats, fer three bull weeks That ole brown oow uv our'n Give ohookerlate ice cream the whole blame time. En' Josh, our hired man. He'd start out from the barn A-wbis'lin "Munny Musk," En' not a gosh-biuged note ud' sound Ontil he got inside the haouse, Then, first you knoived, You'd hear the tune a thawin' out, En' right off quick The hull blamed peloe 'ud play Itself, froze, don't you see, aout in the air En' melted Boon's truck the heat Uold? W'y nearly all the hens stopped layin, That there month, Bn' aigs wuz fetchin' Dollar twenty cents a dozen Betsy Jane, our speokled Hen, she laid an alg one day, En' started in to cackle, Her caokle froze' Boon's she Let it aout, En' that there dlsapp'inted hen, Not bearln' no nois Went off an' bung herself, Heart-broke. That's gosh blamed oold. Application Approved. A Washington dispatch Bays: The application of H. E. Ankeny, C. O. Beekman, W. H. Bradshaw, Horaoe Pelton and J. E. Eayart to otganize the Medford National Bunk of Medford, Ore , with $50,000 capi tal, has been approved by the com roller of tbe currency Grade Jersey Cows lor Sale. I have for sale nine good, grade Jer sey milch cows. Will sell oinale or the whole bunoh. Owner's poor health his only reason tor selling. 12 tl I. A. MERRIMAN. STREET ECHOES Opinions of Some of Our Citizens-Serious and Otherwise. Uncle Fred Barneburg ! "When you ourry a horse the wrong way he looks and acta like the dickens. That's what's wrong with tbiB month of Maroh. Someone has ourrled it the wrong way." Wm. M. Holmes: "I beard from John Olwell tbis week. He is in com fortable quarters at tbe Waldorf-Astoria- New Yoik at least he wiote ma on the hotel stationery, and says that he will start ou his return home in a few days." ( . W. P. Farlow, of Lake oreek: "What have J to say of the weather? Nothing that's good for tbe kind we have been having for a few weeks past I have lived in Jackson county since '72 and that storm we had couple of weeks ago was the worse 1 have ever experienced in this oountry in Maroh. Those new oomers think you are lying to tbem do they, when you tell them that storm waB 'unus ual'? WeU. they don't need to. It was tbe most 'unusual' weather hap pening 1 have any record of." B. J. Trowbridge: "I found ont that I was supposed to be dead the other day, rather an unusual expert enoe even for a real estate man. How wbb it? Here's a letter that was re-1 oelved by the postmaster from an old friend of mine :n the east, in whioh the writer tells that he has received news of my deatb by accident, and, rather than add to my wife's trouble by writing direot, took the method of asking tbe postmaster for particu lars. The postmaster, figuring that I waB perhaps as muoh intereated as anyone else, turned the letter over to me. 1 answered, assuring my friend that I was a very lively oorpBe, but what's worrying me is how BUoh a re port ever got started." L. D. Harris: "Why, no, 1 do not imagine that any very great amount of damage was done to the fruit oy the late freeze. Tbe earlier fruits, suoh aB peaohee and apricots, are in jured considerably, still 1 believe there will be some of them, but the pear orop is, in mv opinion, all right. In fact, I am satisfied that there is not an orohardiet in the valley who will not have to thin even his Bart letts. The De Anjou and Cornice pears stood tho freeze better than other varieties. The apple orop I do not think, was injured a partiole. I noticed in the tops ot the treees there were very few buds frosted while on tbe sides of tbe larger trees and on tbe smaller oneB tbe effect was more noticeable. 1 predict, provided, of oourse that we have favorable weather from this on, that there will be the largest and best orop of fruit ever harvested in tbe Rogue river valley." W. C. T. U. Items. The Union opened ou time March 15th with president in obair at the home of Mrs. Hopkins. Mrs. Seeth, u W. C. T. U. organizer, read the Borlpture lesson, followed by prayer by Miss Clay from Keutuoky, who is for tbe suffragist olub and will leoture in tbe opera house Monday, March 26th. Some of the saloon keepers of the oounty will not oomply with the prohibition order It has now been almost one year sinoe tbe people of tbe oounty said by a good majority vote the saloons would have to go. Yet In the face o this they have been inoperation.The otfioer should do their duty and saloons be dosed. If the wishes of the people are to be trampl ed under foot and no heed paid to their vote then what is the use of go ing to tbe expense of holding elec tions; if this is to be we have no oounty government, no Iuwb, a few men will run things, TheoUloers will certainly enforce the law. Tbe man who tells the stuff that wreoks the soul and body for time and eternity, hurts the ohurohes and destroys tho state, gets bis authority from the judg", the judge gets bla from the revolutionary acts of the legislator, the legislator gets bis irom tbe voter who votes with the license-giving par ties at te polls, or in any legislative hall, gives biB wilful and deliberate oonsent to all thlB national sin and ahame, wbloh is a fearful sin and dis grace. Disobeying God brought many fearful judgments on Israel and Judab of old. The Union adjourned to meet at tbe borne of MrB. HopkinB, March 22d. The members are asked to be presen'.. PRESS SUPT. Notice. Notice Is hereby given that there will be a county convention held by tbe SooialiBt party at Medford, Ore- ?on, on the first Monday in April, BOO, at one o'clock p. m. for the pur pose of nominating a full county tiok et, and each Socialist Club will be al lowed a delogate for each five mem bers enrolled on tbelr olub list or ma jor fraction thereor. R. O. HENSLEY, Couoty Seoretary. Lou J. beauohamp. One hundred laughs in on hundred minutes. Davis' opera bouse, April 10th. Re serve seats at Hasklns '. BUILDINGS TO BE The briok buildings being erected by T. H. Moore on the West Side, are slowly neartng completion, and by the first of July Mr. Moore expects to have the Btruotures all completed. The work has not been done so fast as it possibly oould have been done, but Mr. Moore believed, as he told a Mail representative, In "making haste slowly." "I promised myself," he , said, 'when I oommenoed this work that I wasn't going to worry about rapid progress. That I was juBt going to work along until I was through, and that when the buildings were com pleted they would be finished in every sense ot tbe word. It takes a little bit of time to ereot buildings tbe size of theBe and quite a lot of material, but I expeot by the UrBt of July to have them ail completed." The buildings under construction include a three-Btory boH building, 100 feet deep and fifty foot front, the two store-rooms 25x100, with sleep ing rooms in the second story, which rooms are oonneotea with the main hotel building by a bridge aaross tbe alley between, and a brlok livery stable 50x100, with the neoeseary cor rals and sheds. The hotel will contain fifty-one sleeping rooms, with every modern convenience. They will be large, light and airy, and the hotel will be one of tbe largest and bent finished in South ern Oregon. People are waiting now for the finishing of the 'store rooms in order to occupy tbem. - The etable will be finished like a dwelling bouse, with a solid oouorete floor through the center, and every thing oonvenlent for carrying on the business. I don't oare about saying a great deal at this time," said Mr. Moore In conclusion, "but I will say this muob. When oompleted these build ings won't stand empty, If I am com pelled to run tbe whole thing myself, and from the applications I have had I don't think that will be sary." Farm Markets. Koyal Ann cherrloa aie the highest prioed artiole in tho list of quotations of tbe California Fruit Gunners' As- Booiation. Three-pound extraB are quoted at$4,whioh is an unsuclly high price. Two and one-half extras are quoted at 93. Raspberries and black cherrhs stand next to Royal Ann cherries in prioe both being quoted at $3 for three-pound extras. There is muoh complaint now that many oreamerieB in the United StateB are putting buttei on the market whioh oontains over sixteen per cent of monisture. Tbis Is injuring the reputation of the butter and of course operates against honest oreameries whioh do not excoed the limit of moisture permlssable in making good butter. Woodall Co., of Liverpool, in their niidwintor review of the Liverpool market report that reoelpts of Cali fornia apples at that point have been three-fold as heavy as last year, but they have not been apparantly up to standard in quality and prioes have ranged from 81.50 to $2.50 per box. 1'anoy Oregon apples have sold up to $5. Choioe Gresnlngs from Uanadu have sold as high as 85.75 per barrel Choice Baldwins from New England aud Canada have boon up to 85.50 per barrel, and Kings at 86.80, Oregon Burbank potatoes are losing their relative high position on the San Franoisoo market and if the por portion of poor potatoes shipped from Oregon to that city 1b bb great as it is among those sold by the grocers of Portland it is not surprising. It has boon hard work this year to got po tatoes fit to eat as tbe greato ' part of those sold are unipe, soggy stilll . The San Francisco quotations on Oro- gon Bnrbanks is seventy-five cents to $1.15 per hundred pounds. First class potatoes Bell freely at the high er quotation, but ohenpei grades are reported hard to dispose of at any price. Death of Mrs. Asenath Wilson. ABenath Wilson was born In Ran dolph county, North Carolina, Sep tember 0, 1820. Was married in 1810 to Stephen Wilson, who died in 1875. She died at the borne of Mrs. Frailey, on Orlfiln oreek, Mniob 15, 1000. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Ms. Wilson, two of wbom died several years ago. Mrs. Mary E. MoPheison, Mrs. Sarah J. Failcy, J. L. Wilson and O. W. Wilson are residents of Medford and Orlfiln oreek. The others are scattered over the middle west A largo concourse of people followed ber remnins to the grave up on a beautiful knoll overlooking tbe valley, where loving hands laid them to rest until the resurrection morn. Special Edition. Copies of The Mail's special edition may be secured at The Mall oliloe - at ten oenta per oopy. Arrangements are being made to produoe tbe light opera, "The Pirates of Penzanoe," at Ashland with looal talent under the dlrcotlon of C D. Hazelrlgge, Aaron Benediot died at his home in Asbland last week, aged eighty eight years. He was a native of New York and had been an Invalid lor for ty years. J. 8. Herrln & Son, of ABhland, have imported three wolf hounds, wbioh they will use againet the coy otes whioh are becoming numerous and destructive on the sheep range. Tbe oensus of Uold Hill school dis trict reoently completed shows 107 persons of school age in the dletriot, a gain of seven over last year. Ot these eighty-five are males and eighty two females. The railroad oompany whioh is tbe heaviest single taxpayer . in tbe ooun ty on Wednesday last paid their ooun ty taxes to Sheiiff Rader, excepting tbe taxes on their contraot lands whioh will be paid before April 1st The taxes made a goodly weight of the preoious metal, weighing about seventy-five pounds The company's taxes this year amount in round numbers to 833,000, as compared with 830,500 for last year, making in round numbers an exoeBS of about 83000 more taxes obarged to them this year than were charged last year. Saturday night, tnree Ashland youths, imbued with the spirit that permeates current yellow baok litera ture, armed themselves and went out along the railroad traok near Oak street seeking some one whom they oould hold up. Their fathers, how ever, got wing of the prsgram and fol lowed tbe boys up, administered tbem a sound leoture and took them home," says the Tidings. It strikes us that a good, sound thrashing would have been more effeotual and better suited to the oooasion than a leoture. They Have it in Texas, Too. W. I. Brown, of Medford, sendB ub the following exoerpt from the "Rook SprlngB Rustler," of Edwards county, Texas. Something similar has been going the rounds in the Oregon press, but tbe idea is all right and dOBOribos the situation pretty aoourately: The following is an expense aooount of a defeated candidate and as elec tion year iB now opening up some may nront by his experience: "Lost 4 monthe, 23 days canvassing; 1310 hours sleep thinking arout tbe eloo tlon ; 5 aores of cotton ; 23 aores of oorn, a whole sweet potato orop; 4 Bbeep ; 5 goatB and one beef given to barbeoues; 2 front teeth and a consid erable quantity ot hair to a personal skirmish. Gave away 07 plugs of to- baoco; 2,319 drinks of whiskey; 2084 glasBeB of beer; 7 Sunday sohool books; two pair suspenders; four cal loo dreBBes ; 7 dollB and 10 baby rat tlers. "Told 2880 lies; shook hands 22,470 times ; tamed enougn to nave made in print 1000 large volumns size ot pat ent office report; kissed 120 habieB; kindled 14 kitchen Urea; cut 8 onrds of wood; pulled 474 bundles fodder; piokd 746 pounds of ootton ; helped pull 7 wagon loadB of oorn ; dug 14 bushels of potatoes; toted 24 buckets of water; pnt up 7 stoves; was dog bit 3 times; waton DroKon uy a uarjy which it oost 83 to have repaired. "Loaned out 3 barrelB of flour, 30 bushels of meal, loo pounds of bacon, 20 pounds of butter, 12 dozen okkb. 3 umbrellaB, 111 lead ponolls, a Bible dictionary, 1 mowi ng blade, 2 hoes, I overcoat, 'J boxes of paper collars, none or wnion nave neen returned, "Called by opponent a perambulat inn liar doctor's bill 810. had 8 aruu- ments with my wife reoult: 1 flower vase smashed, 1 broom handle brok en, one dish of hash knocked off tho table, 1 sblrt bosom ruined, 2 band fule of whiskers pullod out, 10 oeuts worth of sticking nlastor bouuht. lie sides spending 8303 in hard cash." An Important Case. Miniug Journal, Grants Pass: One of the most interesting cases at oourt at tbis adjourned term of olrouit court that convened on Mon day beforo Judge 11. K, llnnnu, is a case that has important bearings the mineral lands of Orogou. This oaso involves tho question of ownership of minerals un railroad lands. Tho grant to tho O. & O. rail road reserved tho miuerul to tbe government, but tho railroad oom- iwny olnims the gold aud other min erals by right of subsequent aots of congress. The traot of land involved adjoins tho Greenback mine and was oougbt of the railroad company by R. N. Bishop, though previously a min ing claim had beon loonted on It, and now beld by Hamlin boirs who nro the defendants. Mr. Bishop and baok of him the railroad oompany, was represented by ft. G. Smith and the Hamlin belts had as tbelr attorneys O. D. Latou- rette, of Oregon City, and 11. B. Hen dricks, of this oity. Mr. Latouretto is said to be one of the ablest lawyers of Oregon City. The law points involved are vory Intrloate and the judgo will take full time to oarofully consider every point before he renders a deoision. Special Announcement. Send all your orders for muslo to Cbarlee B. Mitchell Music Co.. 'box 14, Asbland, Oregon. Latost catalogue sent on request UNION FOR From tbe Oregonlan, Maroh 13th: The old complaint against the farm ers, that their motto is "each for him self," is fast becoming obsolete. In Its plaoe is heard, "In union la strength." For union invades every department of life on farm and orob ard. Never, in the history of Oregon. has this movement Deen so rapid aa in the year now opened. Eacb week fresh InoidentB are obronioled, and until they are summed up in review the faot of a general progress along this line is nardly notioed. For pas gress It is, and on steps once gained there ia no retreat In tbis way the -tillers of the soil, in all their grades and pursuits the most conservative of men take pait In the world's plan of associated aotion. Hood river demonstrated that fruit growers oould combine, with advant age to all, in sale ot their produots under one name wbloh ldeutlned the frnit with tbe place that produced it At once followed the raising of the standard of tbe article Bold from in dividual to uniform grade of excel- . lenoe. Then ambition stirred the whole community to reach that stand ard. With the general beauty and high grade of the fruit the markets of the world were opened, buyers multi plied, prioes rose and became steady as the Boope of transactions was en larged. Improved preparation of the goods for sale, aud wider commercial stepB in haudling the enlarged pro- duo t were justiued. A typical in stance of the benefits of associated action ia befor us. That suoh an examnle should be fol lowed is inevitable. Tne earlier steps vaBtly improved oare of existing orchards, and the oreatlon of new orohards on approved lines are seen from one end of tbe state to the other. Suoh measures stand, of oourse, at tbe very outset of tbe upward ollmD. bo strongly has publlo opinion declared itself that ere long a foul orohard will disgrace ita owner as muoh as a scab by Hook of Bheep. County and local associations are spreading everywhere in Oiegon. In the orchard world, then, tne pinoi ple of association la already in full swing. Little attention has been glv en to tbe movement in Linn uounty for establishing a fruitgrowers and gardeneiB' oo-operative cannery. " It anuears. from the Albany naDera. to have taken firm hold and to have passed tbe danger stage of early in fancy. This iB another outgrowth of the same sturdy plant That it should have beon so lato in adoption is ac counted for by the very aoundanoe of the products of irohard and garden. Aud the scarcity and cost of transpor tation have been tbe direct cause of waste an 1 ncgleat It needs but little foresight, orum agination, to see the farmers' wagons waiting at every . crossroad for the eleotrlc car. Those who so oo-operated aa to own aud Bupply tbe oanneryy which preserves and converts the sur plus produoe from orchard and gar den into wholesale and marketable food, are doing good servioe to the whole community here, aB well as to tbe multitude waiting, tbe world over, to be fed. For ourselves it goes without saying that they have oreated a now source of great piofit in the balance sheet of tbe farm. So in the work of dairyman. The first aim of their assoolations is to learn. They are pra;-tlolng a new in dustry, where supreme excellence oan be had, but wheie world-wide com petition is in sight, and must be met Of no use iB it to have the best pasture, the best climate, tbe purest water, the largeBt marketB in the world and the boat cows,' If the but ter, oream, obeese and milk are not up to the highest standards for flavor, purity aud comparative uueupness, The dairymen reoogulzo that to know comes beforo to do, But this one prinolpnl will lead them to tbe same auocesB that tbe dairymon of lien mark have achieved by tbe same moans. In the growing of grain and of hops in tbb raising of horsoB and all otner broeds of Btnck, in tbe pooling of all products of the farm, the earlier steps in associatou ore in ovidcuce. These will bo followed in due time by such linking together of individual inter ests through the whole range oi pro duction as is soon today in every other Hold or human action and en deavor. He Trespassed. The following story from tbe Lake view Examiner couoerus a former Jaokson omuty boy, and the story doos not appear uuronsonab e to aoy ono aoquainted with that county of vast dlstaucos: - "Leo Beall returned from his cam paigning trip up in tho north end of tho oounty. Lee has the oampalgn grip dewn pat. A story la told on him, the truth of whlob we cannot vouch for. He went pretty well north on his trip, bound not to overlook a voter. He met a man on horseback one dov. and stooped for a chat, of oourse, Bhook hands warmly with the man, naked him how his fanfily was gottlng along, asked about his child ren, aDout tne varions tnings on tne ranoh, wndiug up with the usual an nouncement, 'of oourse voa know' 1 am a candidate for short II ; I'd like to bare your support,' and looked the man square in tbe faoe for a sign of an answer. '1 gnosn,' tho fellow said, 'that yoi are trespassing on my terri tory. I'm a oandldate for Bheriff my seif and I'm working Crook oounty." Settle Up Notice. As I have sold my grocery basjhaeaa in Medford I am desirous of having all aocounts due mo settled with as little delay as possible. All persons knowing themselves to be Indebted to me are kindly Baked to call. O..D. OWBN.