The Medford mail., April 27, 1906, Page 1, Image 1

OREGON Is the Best
part of the Uuited States.
ROBUE B11E1 VflLLEY
is the best part ot Oregon
MEDFORD ! in the center ol the
vaMey and THE MAIL, tbe beit paper
or du most anything else you If
will find your opportunity here . ;
THE n.iL tells about it MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1906 NO. 17
STREET JCHOES
Opinions of Some of Our
Citizens-Serious and
Otherwise.
W. H. Noroross: "Fruit never
looked oetter iu the vioinity of Cen
tral Point tbaa it does right now. The
frost did no harm i i our section.
Why, I have apricots now aB large aB
my thumb, and there are plenty of
pears and apples, and eome peaches .
Hare you notioed the Hopkins (01
well) orchard? It 18 full of bloom and1
there loea not seem to be the slight-!
est indication of injury from frost.",
L. IS, Hoover: "I have justreoeiv-'
ed word from tuy son, Claud, who bus!
been studying medicine and surgery
in tit Louis. He now has three di
plomas entitling him to be addressed
as dootor. He will spend the summer
with bis nuole, Dr. A. A.-Ross, Mr a.
Hoover's brother, at Loeknart, Texas,
praotloing his profession, and :then
will take a two years' -course iu "sur
gery to farther fit him for practice."
J. E. Soilss: "I have the laugh on
father uow. If you remeiriber be
came back from Oakland just about'
the time we were trying to 'explain to;
those people coming from the east'
that we rarely had suob a enow storm!
in March. He declared there was no;
place like California in general, and;
no place like' Oakland 'in 'particular,;
but he's changed his mlndqulte re-;
cently. Lvery daily that be getB
makes him think more of 'Oregon,!
Oakland was decided upon as his fu
ture residence, but I 'believe Medford
will suit him for awhile."
B. N. Butler; "I had an idea that
there vere not imany .'Mongolian
pneasants in the -valley, 'but I've
changed my mind sinooa.drivertook
Sunday. From the -Ross ranch, ' on
the Central Point-. Jacksonville road,
to the west edge of the :Heber grove,
on the JaoksonvilleTMedford iroad, 1
counted seventeen, and all but four
of those were males, and alone. .'Now
it's a pretty hard matter ' to see a
China here even In 'tbe middle of a
plowed field, let-alone in alfalfa a foot
high,otbut it's safe to say that there
were at least one-half 'more' Chinamen
along that road that we 'didn't see.
All of there were in shooting distance
'Of the main road, and it'isn't reason
able to suppose that all the pheas
ants in the oountry were: congregated
. there 'to see us.go 'by,' -so .I'm figur
ing that by the time the law protect
ing tbe birds 'expires, there will be
some of the finest pheasant shooting
in this valley that -you ever saw."
John Bellinger: "My ster, Kate,
Mrs. John Talent, arrived home Sun
day night from San Franoisoo. Tnis
(Monday morning I bad a short talk
with her, but she was 'SO'nervouB she
couldn't tell much, 'but her story will
give you some idea of tbe-.conditiou of
things in San Franoisoo. When the
shook came and the (Are 'followed, she
and her husband left their home with
tbe doors unlockedthe bouse was
racked so they .oouldd't close the
doors and went to -tbe Uolden Gate
park. They carried with -them a few
blankets, a feather bed and 'a small
grip. They passed the night there,
and in the morning their bed was
covered an inoh deep -with cashes.
Then it looked lite time to . get out.
John rolled up the ;bladkets, fiate
took tbe grip and -tbey -left-tbe bed.
A woman was standing ?nearby, well
diessed one of tbe wearbby 'people of
the city perhaps. . My eieter said to
. her, 'take tbe bed.'' She iiterallyfell
upon it and as soon as she jtruck the
bed she was asleep. Th;n oommenced
the long bike to tbe ferry. (Before
tbey reached safety tbe grip became
too heavy and she dropped it -and.
dragged it by tbe strap. Hundreds
of other people . were doing tne same;
thing. Men and women were marob-
ing wearily along, dragging trunks or
other household goods besrind tbem;
all with a look of tenor and despera
tion on their faces. My sister said
that she walked ovr dead horses and
human beingB, through streets so hot
that the soles of her feet were almost
blistered and climbed over mounds nf
brick and Btone the remains of once
magnificent buildings in order to
reach safety."
Slight Earthquake Monday.
Light sleepers and some of those
whose slumbers are usually profound
were aroused about 1:20 Monday
morning by a distinct, though com
paratively, slight seismic movement.
J. 9. Howard was awakened by the
shook and noted the time 1:20. Dr.
Plokel had the same experience and
on making a professional oad at Cen
tral Point later in the morning was
asked about tbe first thing whether
tbe temblor had been felt in Medford
or not. DIstinot ' sbooks were felt at
Asbland, Grants Pass and Glendale.
Piano and Voice Lessons.
Mrs. Helen M. Brown, voice teach
er, voice placing and tone produotion
a speoialtv. Training of choruses,
church choirs, etc Miss Irene Brown,
teaohor of piano and harmony.
Studio at residence, on West Sev
enth street. 17-tf
Good house and lot for sale,
ejutre of Crystal 4 Morey.
En-
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
The Adventures of Some of
E. Call Brown, mining engineer and
geologist of San Frauoisoo, from tbe
windows of his room in the Argyll
Hotel, on McAllister street, San Fran
oisoo, had seen strange and horrible
8ightF,audmoreiu he streets tbrougb
tbe hours which followed the awful
oatastrophe. He saw muob of human
miaery and despair, and muob of hu
muu devotion and oourage. Ho said :
"The most terrible thing I saw was
tbe futile struggle rf a policeman aud
others to resoue a man who was pinned
down iu burning wreokage. It was a
race with the fire and a losing raoe.
Tbe helpless man wat.lhed it in alienee
till tbe -fire began burning biB feet.
Then ne screamed and begged to be
killed. Tbe officer took his name and
address, and Bhot him through the
bead. Sentimental tradition was
abeyant in us for many hours there
and we did things whioh we found to
do. Utility was onr only standard of
notion. -
I was awakened by a slight quiver
ing sensation. I sprang -out of bed
and ran to tbe window. 1 was there,
looking out at the City Hall, when
the fir&t real shook came. It seemed to
be a great throw of tbe earth from
north to south. The first Bbook Hung
the whole front of the old supreme
oourt building into a vacant lot on
Larkin street. There were two polioe
men talking together there and they
were buried deep in a mass of briok
and stone. I stood at the window and
watobed. 1 saw the huge pillars of
the City Hall on tne Larkin street
side fail away from eaob other, as
piotures I have seen show the columns
falling with Samsou thrusting them
apart. One of them struok the .corner
of the Strathmore lodgings and tore
it out.
As soon as the first shook was over
there was a twisting motion And then
the builuing seemed to be Bbaken as
a dog shakes a rat. A roaring sound
followed, like the roaring of tbe sea,
and I thought a tidal wave was com
ing in. I suppose thiB was the settling
of the faulted earth.
I found several women in the hotel
and took them to the street, Tbey
were not dressed, I went hack and
got oiothlng and sent them into a de
serted saloon to dress. Hearing that
the Mecbamos' Pavilion had been
made an emergenoy hospital, I thought
I might be of use there and started
in that direotion. I overtook two
young men carrying in a polioeman
whose broken bones were protruding
tbrougb biB clothes.
Doctors and nurses were at work in
side and I joined them. I worked for
a moment over a young girl who was
gasping feebly, and I thought she
must have been smothered. 1 remem
bered the rules for artificial respira
tion and pressed down on ber obeat.
It bad been orushed. Tbe feeble
breatning stopped in a few. moments
and she was dead. She and many
others, some of them alive, were ore
mated. I worked in Meohanica' Pa
vilion nntil more than 300 bad been
brought in. went out and walked.
I saw thousands of women in distress
and many of them hurt, and only one
of them was crying. The situation
was too serious for tears.
One old man baa bis right hand
resting on tbe bead of a dead young
girl There waB anguish in his faoe,
but not tears. He watohed us work
about bim interested in wbat we did.
.1 saw two men shot by tbe soliders.
They did not speak to them, but
shot from a distance and as ooody as
,if the) bad been tbieving degs.
At another point on Market street I
found two oorpses banging by the
neck from a rope thrown across tele
phone wires. The mob did that, of
course."
Carl Crystal writes The Mail from
Sebastopol, Calif., as lollowe:
"Now that tbe disturbance Is all
over 1 will give you an outline of tbe
affair as I saw it. -
"Well, we were right in the midst
of tbe heavy shook, but none of us
were injured. At 5 o'olock in the
morning of April 18th the shook oame
and with a tremendous torce from the
very beginning that no words or pic
ture can commenoe to describe.
Every article of furniture in the house
was thrown to the floor, while dishes
and everything breakable were smash
ed into a thousand bits,
"A great many bouses all about us
were totally ruinid, but no one ser
iouBly Injured in thiB immediate sec
tion. Tbe towns and oities tbat were
in the path of tbe earthquake suffered
a great deal moie than the country, as
a great many frame buildings were
only partly destroyed, while all tbe
brick, Btone and concrete buildings
in the cities collapsed and crushed
to earth with all their contents, be It
murcbandise or human beings. Santa
Rosa, one of California's finest little
cities of 11. Wxi, nestling at the foot of
a range of bills, just aoross the valley,
a few inllea from us and a ueautifol
sight from our door,was in the course
of a few minutes after the shook, a
roaring, seething mass of flames and
scores of buman lives being thrown
into eternity, either from burning or
being orushed by falling walls.
"The wildest imagination couldn't
commence to paint or describe tbe
Who Were in the California
tions of Scenes of Terror.
horror of tne situation, especially in
the oities, where hundreds of mangled
forms were being dragged from burn
ing buildings on every side.
"In ban Francisco a great many
structures that were not totally de
stroyed, bad to be blown to pieces
with dyuemite to try and check the
progress of the tire, but with no avail,
as the fire raged more fleroely every
minute until the whole oity was a
smoldering mass of ruins and people
fleeing iu every direotion trying to
esoape what seemed to be oertain
death. Just think for a minute of
five or six hundred thousand people
being made nomelesBand penniless by
tbe woik of only a few seconds.
"Tbe most minute descriptions of
the Jonnstown flood, tbe Galveston
disaster or the ruin of old Home or
Pompeii, don't give tbe faintest Idea
of this oalamity. No one, without
being on tbe ground and seeing the
destruction that has been wrought,
caa form any conception f it.
"In a few hours' time the smoke
from burning San -Franolsco was so
dense here -(fifty -miles away) that it
was almost -stifling. There are a great
many things that -seem like miracles
that have happened in the past three
days. One thing 1 have In mind right
now -waB about a man, a woman and
a dog who were -buried under a fallen
note! in Santa Ri bb, but were not
hurt iu any way. The man got bold
of a butoher -knife aud after digging
and drilling for two dayB ana nignts
oame crawling from a hole in the pile
of debriB, almost exhausted.
We bad about -tea -dibiiuot sbooks
after tbe heavy one, but tnero was
very little left to destroy after tbe
first shook. Ot course tenet is pour
ing in from -cu .aireetious, so condi
tions will oliauge very rapidly. Tnis
will no doubt-be of some interest to
yourself and readers, and trusting
none of .you will ever be compelled to
undergo suon-an awful tniug,
d-am. yours very truly,
CARL CRYSTAL."
ta. tf. -Swennlng and his bride re
turned Monday from San Frauoisoo
where -their honeymoon was rudely In
terrupted by the earthquake. Tne
hotel M whioh they were stopping
was not thrown down by the earth
quake, but was burned later That
night at nine o'oluok they left tbe
hotel, diagging their trunks by ropes
just as almost every one else was do
ing aud. made their way to the burn
ed district . south of Market street.
There they camped for the night and
the jiext. morning ate their first meal
.sinoe the. earthquake. It oonsisted of
oanned corn and oanned tomatoes,
.heated .by the embers of tbe burned
buildings. ...Mr. Swennlng, who is a
foreat ranger, in relating his exper
ience, said: "It was terribly hot when
we -first went Into the burned district,
and in. some ways made me think of
experiences I had had with forest
.fires, -only canned oorn and tomatoes
is a mighty.poor substitute tor ooffee,
baoon .and beans and venison. We
reached lOakland next day and oould
have .gotten there sooner but for our
trunks, whiob 1 waa determined not
.to lose .after dragging iheni around
through the oity. "
Mrs. Thos. Collins heard Tuesday
morning .by letter franked by the
government from her sister, Mrs.
Ada Jones, who was employed as a
stenographer, at the Fulton iron works
in oan 'Fjancisoo. -' Mrs. Jones escaped
.during the .earthquake to tbe Presidio,
but lost everything except the olothea
tshe wore. 'She writes that the offioe
.of tbe iron workB was destroyed, but
that the manufactory still stands and
tbat she has been called to lesume
work in ten -davs. Mrs. Collins bas
been ill for .several months, but the
excitement and anxiety have woiked
tbe opposite offset upon her, in that
Tuesday she was up and doing her
own bouse work and feeling better
than she bad for A. long time.
J. E. CowUl, of San Jose, who ar
rived Tuesday morning with his wife
and son, said that .a number of the in
mates of St. Agnews insane asylum,
near San Jose, were x estorod to rea
son temporarily, at least; by tbe
shock. One case in particular waB
that of a pbyeioian, who had been one
of the prominent doctor a of San Jose
before losing his reason. He Is now
working wltb tbe other physicians
with bis knowledge and ability fully
restored, and doing the best of work.
"Some people were, drivon insane by
the earthquake," said Mr. Cowgill,
"and some were driven sane. I slept
through it all, however, but it was
because I had been on duty for nearly
forty-eight hours."
Miss May Koss, who was at one time
a music teacher in Medford, passed
through Medford this week, going to
hei borne at Portland, Sbe was In
tbe San Kranclsoo fire and was travel
ing on a "destitute'' pass to Port
land, having oeen left penniless in
the burned city, Sne bad means to
amply provide for her wants, but
these were in Portland a long ways
out of reach. Miss Ross, The Mail
learns, is soon to be married.
Herb Crouch, formerly of Medford,
came up from San Franolsoo Satur
day. He was near the center of the
great fire, being only half a block
from tbe oity ball. He tells that, In
bla opinion, tbe number of persona
Earthquake. Vivid Decrip-
first reported to be killed waB pretty
well exaggerated, but the' loss of prop
erty' is tremendous itB .extent oanuot
EejjeBtimated.jr7o words pan tell of
the awful appearaaoe of ttio'bity as it
appears efter thefire. i
JTTjjeJMasoot, a very intelligent but
onery looking dog, of the 28th regular
artillery, reoeutly stationed at Van
couver and on their way to San l'Tan
Cisco, became separated from tbe
company when passing Gold Hill
Saturday night. He kept any of eveiy
one and waB around town until Mon
day evening before be was identified
by tbe obeok on bis collar when Ed.
Wells, the butcher, took bim in
oharge and treated him like an old
veteran, forwarding bim by express
Monday to headquarters in Sau Frau
oisoo. Sam Cardwell, formerly of Medford,
was in the Bbake up and fire at San
Franolsoo, but both himself and fam
ily escaped injury and succeeded in
reaching Los Gatos, where biB wile's
tolks reside. He owned a back and
bus line iu San FranoiBoo and lost
evtrything in the fire.
Tbe Gold Hill Commercial Club's
relief committee are preparing large
quantities of prepared provisions eaob
day for tbe San Franoisoo refugees on
tbe Southern Paoiflo trains and send
ing attendants as far as Glendale eaoh
evening on tbe trains to distribute to
the nedy.
Chas. H, Pierce, of ABhland, went
to San Francisco to look for his
brother, J. G. Pierce, and wife, who
were reported kilted in the eartn
quake. Tbey were both safe and re
turned wltb him this week.
The people of Talent filled a good
sbare of a car on tbe first call "f or re
lief from San FranoiBoo. There were
bales of bedding, eaoks of potatoes,
flour, lard and canned fruit in abund
anoe.
Chinatown Unmasked.
LOS ANGELES, April 2U. "Strange
Is the scene where Sau Frauoisoo
Chinatown stood," says W. W. Ever
ton, who reaohed Los Angeles today
among the Terfugees. "The plaoe 1b
pitted with deep -holes, seared with
dark passagewayB, from -whose depthB
come smoke wreaths. While men
never knew tbe depth of Chinatown
and the underground oity, they often
talked of subterranean -runaways,
many having gone beneath the Btreet
levels, two or three storleB. T3ut now
Chinatown is 'Unmasked, for the de
stroyed buildings are only a mask,
and men have looked Where inner sec
rets lay. In these places tbey oan see
passages one hundred feet deep. Fire
swept tbe Mongolian section clean.
It left no painted wooden fabric. It
ate it down to the ;grouud and tbe
interior lies bare. Joss 'houses and
mission sohools, grooery stores, opium
dons, gambling bells, theaters, all
went. From this place I am follow
ing tbe fire and saw hundreds of
fright-crazed yellow men 'flee. In
their artnB tbey bore opium pipes,
money bags, silks and 'Children. Be
Blde them ran baggy-trousered women,
some bobbled painfully. But 'these
were men aud women' of tbe snrfaoe.
Far beneath the street level In 'those
oellars and passageways were other
lives. Women who never saw the
day from darkened prison and blink
ing jailors, were caught like rata in
a huge trap. Their very bones were
eaten by flames. And now there re
main ouiy holes. They pit tbe bill
side like a multitude of ground
BWallow nests. Tbey show depths
which tbe police never knew. Seorets
of these burrows will never be known
for into them tbe hungry fire first
sifted red coals and then lioked eager
ly in tongues the creeping flame,
finally obllteiating everything except
tbe earth itself."
Found by Means of Photograph.
Mi bb Mabel Ray, who was in the San
Franolsoo disaster, was found at a
hotel in Oakland The manner in
wblob she was discovered shows the
value of organization. On the train
upon which her father, Dr. C. R. Hey,
went in search of ber, were some forty
people hastening to tbe striokou oity,
Booking tidings of lost relatives.
They got together, passed photographs
of the missing ones, together with
descriptions, from band to hand and
agroed to look out for thtse persons.
As a result a few hours aftr the ar
rival cf the train In Oakland, Miss
Ray was found at the hotol.
Will Go to Ihe Orient.
Wednesday evening, May 2d, at 8
p. m., George D. livers will bo or
dained at the Prosbytorian churoh at
Medford, by the Presbytery of South
ern Oregon as missionary to tbe Island
of Hainan. Mr. Dyers is a native of
Oregon, and all arc Invited to give
bim "God speed" on bis mission of
carying tbe gospel to tbe Orient
A GREAT GAME.
Tbe best game seen on the local
diamond In a long time was tbat be
tween Medford and Grants Pass S in
day, the net prooeeds of whioh were
turned over to tbe San Franoisoo re
lief fund.
Wilkinson and King ocoupied the
points for Medford, and Pemoll and
Pernoll for the visitors. It was a oou
teBt full of sharp fielding, during boBe
running and kept the crowd on its
tues all the time, The batt-ry work
was great. Tbe Pernollu bad th?
scalps of thirteen Medtorditesat their
belts when the game was over, while
Wilkinson and King otfiolated at the
retirement of nine of their oppon
ents. The game was devoid of all
wrangling aid Umpire Roberts kept
" 'era moving" all tie time.
This is how it happened: J. Pernoll
went out by the strike route, S. Fau
bin flew to Malloy, H. Pernoll slam
med one against left field fenoe, but
only got to first Weitz walked aud
Pernoli went to second and scored on
Eifert's fumble of Smith's grounder.
H. Scbmitt bit to Wilkiuson and
waB thrown out at first. No score.
For Medford, Miles bit to loft, stole
socond, Wilkinson flew out to S.
Faubin, King was thrown out, short
to first, Miles going to third, but
died there when Isaacs smote tbe air
thrice. Mo score.
Second inning Grouts Pass, Allen
fanned. Al Schmitt made first be
cause Wilkinson threw the ball so high
that even "Slivers" Purdy wasn't
long enough to reach it. H. Faubin
bit a pop fly, wbicb either King or
Wilkinson should have got, and whiob
would likely have rolled a foul if let
alone. J. Pernoll flew to King, but
Schmitt scored on S. Fur la' bit. H.
Pernoll oouldn't solve tbo rival pitch
er's curves and the side retired. One
score. Tbat made two for GrantB
Pass and it -waB the last time any of
tbe visitors orossed tbe rubber.
It was the sixth before a Medford
man made tbe circuit. After Kiug
bad been aeaiBted out, third to first,
Isaaos stopped a fist ono with his
right side, Btule seoond, made third
on Malloy's hit and scored on Caltan
aoh's single Purdy had meanwhile
fanned aud Malloy was caught at the
plate trying to make it two.
In the sixth Miles bit and scored on
Wilkinson's two bagger to left, after
two were out. This tied the score
and the orowd went wild. Nothing
doing unt'l the ninth. Then Thomp
son and Eifert tanned and it looked
like a ten-inning gamo. Miles
straightened out one of Pernoll's
diops for two bags and WilkinBon
soored him with a long bit to left
That ended the game with only two
out '
Soore ending three to two in favor
of Medford. And It is recorded as
the faBtest game ever played in
Southern Oregon, tbe time being one
hour and five minutes. Another game
will bo played next Sunday in Med
ford between tbe.Bame teal?"
Will Build a flood Trail.
A government trail will be built this
erason from MoAlllster sprlngB to
Fish Lake. Tbo forest rangers in
oonjunotlon wltb tbo oitizens of that
looality will do the work. The trail
will be built upon a wagon road grade,
so that, should the oooaslon arise, it
can easily be fitted for the passage of
wheeled vehlolea. ForeBt Ranger Sam
Swennlng will commence May 1st, at
which time the rangers and guards
have been ordered on duty.
Tbe opening of this trail will ulti
mately result in tbe oonstruotion of a
wagon road, which will reduce the dis
tance to be traveled from Medford to
Pelican bay oy at least ten miles and
will be a better route than tbat of
Dead Indian. Onoe Fisb lake is
reaohed there are very fow obstaolos
to overcome between .there and Lake
o' the Woods and a junotlon wltb the
present road.
Band Concert.
Following is tbe program to be ren
dered at tbe concert to be given by
tbo Jacksonville band In the U. S.
ball at that place on the evening of
May 1st:
Marob, "The King's Esoort," - - F.
H. Losev, .... Band
Soprano Solo, - Seleoted
Miss Leona Ulrich.
Seloction, "Falstntf," - Verdi
Band.
Violin Solo, Fantasia, Air and Varia
tions. - - - MIsb lone Oaughttunn.
Vocal Solo, - - Selected
E, T. FurnisB.
Cornet Solo, Grand Fautflsln, "Rule
Brittanla," ... llartman
John A. Norlinii.
Two Step, "The Union Forever,"
bcronton .... uanu
There will bo a sooial dance after tho
concert.
Bargains In Real Estate.
Twenty acres in smalt tracts to suit.
on South L street ; also some choico
lots In West Medford.
F. E. MARTIN,
10-lt Cor. M and 10th Ste.
For Sale,
A good threshing maohine chesp.
All coinplote. For particulate ad
dress, K. J. KUBL1,
17-U Kubli, Oregon.
Good, single buggy and harness
lor eaie. enquire or urystai a, Moiey
THE PRIMARY
The primary eleotlon Friday passed
off quietly, the vote being a light one,
although a lively interest was taken
in tho raoe for several of tbe plaoes on
the Ropublloau tioket. In South
Medford preoluot 139 votes were cast
and 135 in North Medford.
In the state Witheoombe beat Geer
for governor by a small plurality.
Benson wou out over Gutoh by a nar
row margin for secretary of state.
Steel is nominated for treasurer.
Duniway has more votes than both his
opp:nents for state printer. Hawley
won the nomination for representa
tive in congress easily. Mulkey hav
ing no opposition, was nominated for
the senatorial short term, and Bourne
for the long term, by a narrow margin
over Bourne. Crawford was renomin
ated for attoroney-eneral, Aokerman
for superintendent of publio instruc
tion and Hoft for labor commissioner
had no opposition.
In the oounty Vawter was nomin
ated for joint representativeby a good
vote. Kubli and PerkinB, of oouise,
seouring the representative nomina
tions, Staples beat Gore for state
senator by seven votes, and Jaokson
captured the nomination for sheriff
by twenty-one over Van Dyke, Cole
man was nominated for olerk by a big
majority, and Crouomiller beat Owen
for treasurer, curnett got all the
votes there were for reoorder, as also
did Patterson for commissioner.
Jones was renominated for surveyor
over Parson, aud Kellogg had no trou
ble Beourlng the nomination tor cor
oner from J. R. Wlok, F. M. Stew
art was nominated for justice ol the
peace for Medford dlstriot
There was no coutosts on either the
state or country Demooratio tioket
and it will be as follows: Senator,
Gearln ; Galloway for representative
in oongress, Chamberlain for gover
nor, Sroat for Beoretary of state, Mat
tock for treasurer, Halley for supreme
judge, Taylor for state printer, Mil
ler for attorney-general, The county
ticket is Orth for joint representative,
MuU.it for senator, O'Harra and
ReameB tor representatives, Bybee for
sheriff, Purdin for olerk, Dow for re
oorder, Crawford for treasurer.
Following are the ottioial figures on
the oounty tioket:
For Rep. Ninth district
Buohanan 267
Huusbrougb 231
Riddle 145
Vawter 835
Vawtei's plurality. 568
For state senator JaokBon oounty
Bowers 4b
Gore 535
Staples 5i2
Staple's plurality
For representative
Kubli 1001
Perkins 1009
For oounty sheriff
Jaokson 740
Oweus 87
Van Dyke 728
Jaokson'B plurality 21
For oounty olerk
uoieman 11H7
von der Hellen 368
'- Coleman's plurality 810
For oounty treasuror
oronemlllor 870
Owen 612
Cronemiller's plurality 367
For county, surveyor
joneB . Hou
. Parsons 616
Jones' plurality 234
For oounty coroner
Kellogg 768
Wlok 087
Kellogg's plurality 87
The following were elected central
committeemen by tbe Republicans:
Antlocb, George Stnoey ; Enst Ash
land, J, A. ilarvoy; West ABhland, C.
H. Florae; South ABhland, A. U Al
kens; Barron, J. M. Wagner; Climax,
usoar Stlnson; Eagle Point, R. G.
urown: f lounce nook, s. a. Aiken;
Foots Creek. Grant Mnttews: Gold
Hill, W. A. Carter; Lake Creek, W.
S. Kinney; South Jacksonville, Emit
tsritt; iNorcn jaoKsonviiie, j w. kod
inson: North Medford. W. F. Isaacs:
South Medford, M. F. MoGowan ;
Mound, B. W. Beebo: Meadows. E.
C. Pomeroy; Pboenix, L. A. Rose;
Kook Point, W. H. Newton ; Roxy, C.
C. Taylor; Sams Valley, E. Shipley;
Talent, Emmett Beeson ; WatkinB, A.
u. iuon.ee; wuiow springs, w. A.
Wakeman ; Woodville, J. II. Whipple.
Had a Good Time. -Early
last Saturday morning a jollv
orowd of twenty-five pupils from the
Medford publlo sohool, ohaperoned by
Mrs .Cattanaoh, Miss Nason und Mis.
McCoy, aBsmbled on Lumsden's lawn
to await the coming of tho bus and a
baok, which were to oonvoy them to
the neighboring oity of Ashland.
After a vory pleasant ride they ar
rived at their destination about 10:30
und ohOB lloliuan's park as a fitting
plae.o to pass tho day.
After partaking of an excellent lun
cheon propnred by tho membors of
the party for tho occasion, the boyB
went In swimming and the gir's spent
the afternoon playing games and visit
ing frloods In the oity.
They startod home about 8 o'olock
and all went well until tboy renohed
Phoenix, whore tho driver was oom
mended to bait. However, It iosultod
in nothing nioro serious than tbe pre
senting of tlireo pies to tbe party In
tho bus from some unknown friends.
'I ho merry orowd arrived In Med
ford at 8 o'clook, all voting it a most
enjoyable day.
JACKSON COUNTY.
The ABhland Elks have made final
payment on the lot they recently pur
chased, and will soon prepare for the
ereotlon of a home for the lodgejthere
on. Tbe Jaokson and Helman springs
at ABhland were not affected by tbe
earthquake, oontrary to report, but
the Hosley spring, within tbe city
limits, has increased Its flow material
ly. Mrs. O. Hamilton, who was on her
way home to Albany, Oregon, died
on tbe northbound passenger train at
Ashland Monday morning, AnautopBy
was held by Coroner Ca oeron and tbe
oause of death was given as heart die- -ease.
A few weeks ago some young boya
from Wimer were bunting on tbe bead
of Ditch oreek, about five miles from
here, and disoovered a cave in tbe
side ot a mountain, tbe cave was only
a few feet square at the opening, but
after going in a few feet they discov
ered a large loom dug out. In this
they found a thirty pound box nf can
dles and several aitiole.B of clothing
and bedding wblob were moulded wltb
age. The supposition la that tbe
cave migbt have, been ocoupied by
outlaws, many years ago. Some arti
cles of women's clothing were found.
J. F. Orissenger, the foreman ot the
cement gang now engaged in putting
in tbe oement piers at the Sardine
oreek bridge, met with a very painful
aooldent Tuesday night. JuBt after
dark be was ooming up from tbt
bridge on la "speeder" and when in
tbe out near the old ball ground" he
met a hand oar ot men going to the
bridge. The hand oar passed over
both bis lege, outting und bruising
them severely. He was unoonsoioua
when pioked up and brought to town.
He was taken to Colvig's drug store,
where Dr. Uhisholm attended bim.
At last reports he was getting aiong
ntoely. Gold Hill News.
Relief Given Promptly.
Almost as Boon as the news of tho
destruction of Sun FranoiEco reaohed
Oregon tbe movement to relieve tbe
needs of tbe people of our sister state
was started. Everything was practic
ally ready when the call for food and
olotblug oame Thursday afternoon and
was published in The Mail, everybody
took hold and befoie noon Friday
a oarload waB ready for transporta
tion. Jacksonville sent a oarload of pro
visions and raised 8120O in a few mlu
tues. Wednesday two more oars were
loaded oy tbo Jacksonville people,
whose hearts and purses are always
open to tne oali ot tbe needy.
Every town and city tn Oregon has
contributed and train load after
train load of provisions and clothing
1b pouring into California. Immedi
ate needs seem to have been supplied,
and it is pretty oertain that within a
few days tbe majority of tbe people of
the damaged oltios and towns will be
Indepeudent of outside aid and will
send out tbe request tbat contribu
tions ooaee following tbe same Amer
ican spirit whioh bas been manifest in
all tu-) great disasters wbicb have oo
ourred upon the oontlnent. The aver
age American aocepts assistance in
the spirit in whioh it is given just so
long und no longer as it is needed -
after that bo prefers to r"-'" cnt his
own salvation and be usually uolb it.
Tho Ashland Odd Fellows, who bad
figured on celebrating tbe 87th anni
versary of the order on April 26th,
abandoned the oelebratlon and donat
ed the funds sot apart for that pur
pose to the roller fund. Medford
lodge contributed 8100 to tbe some
cause.
Assistance Still Needed.
The following telegram received
April 23d by all agents of the Hnrri
man lines in Oregon shows tbat as
sistance la still needed in San Frau
oisoo :
"Mr. Harriman wires me tbls morn
ing as follows from Oaklund and
Pierr: 'Having gone over the situa
tion in San Franolsoo I am deeply im
pressed with the neoossity of unin
terrupted forwarding of food stuff
wltb wbioh to fed the two hundred
thousand homoluss poople. Tho situ
ation Is well organized und the United
States quartormaetor department Is
roooivlng and disbursing through its
channols and through tho varioua
looal relief associations all Buppllcs as
fast as they arrlvo, but the fact Bhould
bo made public in all quarters that it
will roqulro continual effort on tbe
part of every one to keep supplies
coming. Tho inllrouds arc, of oourse,
handling all such supplies without
charge and tho poople inuat respond
to the oallB for relief.
J. P. O'BRIEN,
Vice-President.
Married Miller-Ankeny,
A. II. Miller and Miss Dollie An
keny were qulotly married at the home
of the brldo's patents in Eugene on. .
Weduesday of this week.
The groom Is tho oapable and cour
teous book keeper for the Iowa Lum
ber & Box Co., and has made many
friends during his stay in Medford.
Tbe brido Is tbe youngost daughter
of A r, and Mis, II, E, Ankeuy and is
nn accomplished and popular young
lady.