The Medford mail., September 21, 1906, Page 1, Image 1

II you want to
Mine, Saw Lumber,
Raise Fruit,
Grow Sto ck
or'dn moat anything elea you
will find your opportunity here
THE CIL tells about it
Jftott
OREGON Is the Best
pirt of the United States.
E BliEB UUIT
is the bent part ol Oregon
MEDFORD II In Ills ctnur X tte
valley and THE MAIL, ths toil sassi
VOL. XVIII.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1906
NO. 38
VERY RAPIDLY
The exhibit building is beginning
to look like a display of Jaokson
oounty produots more than ever. The
people have been very generouB with
their contributions, and as a oonse
quenoe the display la espeala ly good.
L. B. Kent sent in some very fine
silver primes this week.
Oatman & Rapp, ol 'Talent, contrib
ute some Yellow Newtowns that are
. hard to beat.
Mrs. Walden, of Medford, haB some
extra line Spltzenbergs on exhibition.
Wm. Aitkin, of Ashland,' shows
some soft shell almonds. His orop went
tonr bushels to the tree this year.
Eagle Point oomes to the front with
a variety of produots. There are some
Red Romanise apples from the oroh
ards of S. H. Holmes and A. L. Has
elton. dome 'Chill pepper plants, full
of "fruit," wblob is of extraordinary
size and corresponding torridnesa,
grown by Mrs. Bella Lewis. Some
Prize Taker, Australian Brown and
White Soothport Globe onions from
A; L. HaBdlton, the boss onion grow
. er. Mr. Haselton has been growing
onions eaoh season for several years
on the same piece of ground, and in
order to give it a rest will not plant it
next year, but has leased two aores of
well fertilized soil from a neighbor
upon which to grow onions next-year.
Aa evidence of the fact that there is
money in tne fragrant esoulent Mr.
Haselton pays a rental of 8150 for the
two Bores for one year.
Some Portugal onions, grown by
Frssk Lewis, of Eagle Point, bto at
tracting much attention. They are a
new "variety here. Last year Qeorge
Taylor, of Taylor, Young & Co., of
Portland, was muoh impressed by the
Jackson county onions at the Lewis &
ClarK fair. At his own expense he im
ported seed of the best variety of on
ions from Portugal and sent the seed
here by F. H, Hopkins, to be distrib
uted among the growers, and they alt,
all well pleased with the result. The
onions are large, very nnely flavored
and not strong, and are said to be ox-'-
oellent keepers. They mature' very
quickly, roe seed from which grew
. the onions shown by Mr. Lewia waB
planted on Maroh 8th, and matured
muoh quicker tnan other varieties
transplanted from hot beds' A. L.
Haselton has also some of the finest Yel
low Belleflowers ever grown.
The fourteen-inoh sunflower men
tioned last week is overshadowed this
wesa by an eigbteen-inoh blossom of
the Kussian variety grown by A. L,
Jones,
The boss musk melon this season
was grown by P. L, Simpkins, of Cen
tral Point. The seed -for this melon,
called the Hanford, was sent to him
from California in a letter and from
tho3e Beeds he haB grown a wagonload
of melons. This partionlar speoimen
weighs twenty-seven pounds.
The Cornice pears, grown by G. A.
Hover, are topnotohers.
One of the most interesting and unl
. que exhibits is that of B, E. Peyton,
of Peyton, Oregon, whloh deserves and
receives a speuial artiole.
Some Wealthy, Yellow Newtown and
Spltzenberg apples and Lemon Cling
peaches come from J. S. Barrett's
Up-io-Date nursery. The Newtowns
are espeolaky fine.
S. G. 'Simon, who last year purchas
ed the Hartley forty-asre orchard,
west of Medford, shows some of the
finest Buerre Bosc and Cornice pears
of the season.
Those Jonathan apples from the
Lewis orchards, In size, coloring and
general -all around - exeellenoe, are
bard to beat. It's a olose raoe be
tween tbem and the ones from S. M.
Nealon's Taole Rook orchard.
Some Petite prnnes of fine quality
are shown by Jake Huger. -
Mrs. G. W. Heokathorn, of Eagle
Polnt,sent -in some specimens of table,
beets, of a size that would do credit:
to Mangel Wrutzels.
' Some very fine Howell pears cornel
from the foothill farm of George Andrews,-
on Griffin oreek.
The Latest.
The Glendale News is responsible
for the following Ssh story, firo,
Homme will please go .to the head of
the olass :
"Fishermen in other towns will
have to so a bnncb to beat the Glen
dale man who went trout fishing last
-week, using grasshoppers for bait and
was doing pretty well, having about a
basketful, when in making a speoially
long oast the sun got in his eyes and
the line went up in the top of a fallen
. tree. He didn't have time to cuss be
fore ne sot the awfulest 'st'lke yon
can imagine, and a big gronse flew
out direotly over his head. It bad
awailowed the grasshopper and wis
well hooked. He played that bird in
the air fully five minutes before he
reeled it in. It put him wise to a new
line of snort and he kept on up (Jow
oreek for two milos, casting in the
treees on the bank and only got four
more grouse and aoblpmunk."
Lost Either at the Ray dam or
between the dam and Medford, on Bun.
day, beptember 16th, a light oravan
ette overcoat Finder address Her
bert Hartzell. box 133. Medford. Ore
gon, or leave at the Mall office and
receive leward. 33-It
A
One of the greatest events In the
history of the Improved Order ol
Redmen in -Oregon was that of laBt
Saturday night when ninety-two"pule-faces"
were made to "run the gaunt
let" to be finally adopted as members
of the order.
The affair was under the manage
ment of Woatonka Tribe No. 30, of
Medfoid, and the work was oairied
on by the degree team of Weatouka
Tribe. All the new members but six
are enrolled on this tribe's roster. Of
the fix, live were from Grants Pass
and one from Roseburg, and were in
cluded by request of their respective
tribes in the big class.
It waB in July that the ohiefs of
Weatonka Tribe resolved to go or. the
warpath and vowed that the toma
hawk would not be burled until the
scalps of an hundred palefaces hung
In the v lgwaoiB of the tribe, and well
did they keep their word. Une bun
dled and twelve applications for mem
bership were Becured.
Saturday evening at 7:30o'olook the
prooession formed at the bridge, heed
ed by the Medfordjband, and marched
along Seventh street to the sohool
house and returned. The prooesBion
was witnessed by a large orowd of
people. In line were the degree teams
of Ashland, Giants Pass, Jacksonville
and Medford, with the principal chiefs
on horse back, while buckBkin olad Og
ures passing between the lines of red
fire along the line of maroh, with here
and there the light reflecting from
th Bhinlng blade ot knife or toma
hawk or a sparkling jewel in the dreBi
of the marohera, making a scene at
once beautiful and impressive. Ahead
of the teams were the captured pale
faces oiarly one hundred Btrong and
guarded by the sooutB and runnero.
Members of the four tribes brought
up the rear and completed the long
est prooession over turned out by Buy
fraternal order 'in thia part of the
state. There were over three hundred
Redmen in line.
After the prooesBion the initiation
of the candidates was performed, re
quiring several hours of bard work on
the part of the initiating team.
After the work of the evening was
over a bouuteouB banquet was Bpread
and thoroughly enjoyed by the hun
gry "Indians."
When the inner man had been satis
fied the oompany assembled in the
lodge room and liBtented to ehort
talks by several members.
J. H. Fitzgerald, leader of the team,
and aoting sachem, spoke in an en
thusiastic manner upon Redman
ship and then aalled upon L. L.
Jaoobs, great saobem of Oregon, who
spoke feelingly of the work of the
members of the tribe and ot his am
bition to increase the number ot Red
men in the state at leaBt 1000 during
his administration. Adam Sobmitt,
of Jacksonville, a Redman of thirty
years' standing, complimented Wea
tonka Tribe upon its energy and the
decree team upon the work.
Other short "wa-was" were made by
several brothers.
It was four in the morning when
the last ember of the oouncil fire went
out and the tired Redmen sought the
seclusion of fheir own tepees, glad
that tbey had participated in this big
oelebration.
The new accessions bring the total
membership of Weatonka Tribe to the
neighborhood of two hundred and six
ty, making it one of the strongest
tribes ot the order-in the state.
A matter of interest to Redmen, bnt
whloh was not realized by all, was the
presence of the first great sachem of
the order In Oregon as well as the
latest elected one. The former was
David uronemtller, df Oregonian-Po-oahontas
Tribe No. 1, of Jacksonville,
who helped kindle the first oounoil
fire in Oregon over thirty years ago
-and was elected the first great saohem
of Oregon.
Death of Mrs. Donlson.
Mrs. Esther Miranda Denison, one
of Medford 'l most respected ladies,
died at her home on North B street,
on Thursday, September 131 h; aged
seventy-eight years, one month and
twenty-five days.
Mrs. DenlBon was born in Verona
county, New York, and came to Med
ford twenty-two years ago and has
since made this place her home.
She was a sister of T. Jb . West and
Mrs. R. T. La ton, and aunt of Mrs.
G. H. Hasklns and D. T. and J. W
Lawton. -
The remains were taken to Edger
ton, Wisconsin, and interred in the
family vault. D. T. Lawton, her
nephew, acoompanled the body.
Mrs. Denison was a woman of pleas
ant, amiable disposition, a helpful
neigh ooi and fritnd, and always ready
to assist the needy and distressed.
She will be missed by a large number
of friends as well as by her sorrowing
relatives.
For Sale. 1
Clean seed rye.
38-3t
Table Rock, Oregon.
THE BIG SHOOT
Shooters who wished to participate
in the big shooting tournament giv
en by the Med fori Uuu Club and to
oujoy Southern Oregon hospitality
bean to arrive in Medford early in
the week, in order to spend a few
dayB bunting and lishlng before the
shoot, Tuesday morning Fred 'jilbert,
T. A. Marshall, W. F. Crosby. R, O.
Heiltes, Walter Huff, H. O. Hirsohey
and W. A. HilliH, all famous shots, ar
rived aud spent the next two days in
viewing the country and doing a little
shooting and fishing In the eyen.ug
another large delegation arrived, and
the Bhooters kept dropping in every
day, in parties of two and three or
more.
This event Ib proving even a greater
BucoesB than that of laBt year, and is
one of the best advertising cards
Medford ever had. It iBn't every city
of the 3000 or even of many more in
habitants that oan eeotrre the pres
ence of the obamplon shots of the
world for a shooting tournament, and
their willingness, In faot eagerness,
to come here sppaks volumes for the
reputation Medford baa for showing
guests a good time.
Was It a Tragedy?
Prospeotors and miners often make
curious finds, bnt one of the most
remarkable of these was unearthed by
Ira Dunlap, a veteran pocket-hunter,
on the mountain side between Lane
creek and Willow springs a short time
ago.
Dunlap bad discovered a traoe on
Lane oreek and followed It up. For
the benefit of those ' not familiar with
the methods Of -gold hunters In look
ing for veins bearing gold an exDlan
ation la neuessary. A "traoe" is i
tiny string of fine gold dust leading
from the vein or ledge down the elope
of the ridge, and may be heavy or
light, aocording to the richness of the
ledge or the distance from It. This
trace Is not on top of the ground, but
is at varying depths, aocording to the
nature Of the ground. In following a
trace the -prospector, sinks a serles of
holes aoross the faoe of the slope tsk
ing from the bottom of eaoh a panful
of dirt 'This he washea carefully.
f In one of the lots he finds colors
he goes a little higher up the slope
above tbo hoi- from whence the gold
came and sinks another hole or a
series, as may be neoessary. 'This
operation 'is repeated until the gold
falls to appear, then he knows that
he Is above the source of the "trace,
and he is-certain that the Bought for
ledge, pocket or whatever it is, lies
between the two laBt lines of holes.
The reBt is a mere matter ef digging.
It's all easy except finding the-traoe.
Dnnlap 1 had found his trace and
followed 'it up in the manner above
mentioned, but he was puzzled all
the time, both by the character of the
gold some of it being similar to plac
er gold, while be was expecting some
thing different and a peculiar, stain
of iron rust on the gold. Heoouldu't
aooount-for it. Finally the And of the
search oame. There wbb no gold in
the last bole sunk. Then Dunlap be
gan digging and just below the surface
found the reason for the things whloh
had punfled him, and, perhaps, the
mute evidence of a tragedy of early
days. 'The first thing he unearthed
was the barrel and other Iron work of
an oid-raahioned, single-barrel .-pistol.
That accounted for the rust stains.
Then name to light several pieces of
glass, evidently part uf a bottlvand
careful warning of the dirt brought
forth quite a quantity of gold. The
varying -character of the metal found
on tne "trace" was explained.
Evidently the gold had onoe been
oontained'in the bottle and bottle and
pistol were carried by some miner.
After the bottle had been brokn
the tiny stream ot gold had gradually
been washed by succeeding winter
storms down the hillside to the creek.
where the prospeotor took up the.
trace and followed it to its source.
But what became ot the original
owner? No trace of boc?, nor any
thing else, wasthere except the pistol,
the gold and the glass. Was the ori
ginal owner the'vlotim of the Indians,
was be killed in revenge or for pur
poses of robbery, or had he beoome
lost In what was at that time an nn
known land and perished In the moun
tains? Eaoh solution is possible, or
it might be that tbo artioles bad been
dropped by a careless owner and nev
er recovered, or thrown from the back
of -some bucking pack horse.to He un
found for the many years whioh muBt
have elapsed since tnelr loss, to be
anally nneartned.
No Trespassing.
Notice Is beraby given that all per
sons are forbidden from trespassing
upon tne premises or tne undersign
ed. or the premises whloh be has nn
der lease neing tne Ben Haymond
f ortion ana tne l. J. rntpps land, ly
ng west of the Phlpps Bros, orobard,
D. E. PHIPPS.
For Sale Oldsmubile, model 1905,
will oarrj four persona: In good con.
dltlon. Will demonstrate. Reason
for selling have ordered light Rub
about. Apply to Dr. E. B, fiokei.
A VAST ORCHARD
Many Medford people are unaware
that one of the largest orcbaids on tho
Paolflo ooast is being planted almost
within sight of the oity, but snob is
tbe faot.
We refer to the Western Oregon
Orobard Co., of wtiloh l'red Lnndahl
mauager. A little over a year ago
this oompany, having acquired a tract
of between 1200 and 1500 acres of land,
lying east of Medford, prooeeded to
put It In shape for planting, trees. A
great deal of work was necessary in
order to acoon-pllBh this object, as
muoh of tbe land had to be cleared.
Now there are 335 aorea cleared and
set to orobard. The oompany has or
dered 30,000 .fruit trees aud enough
grape vines to plant thirty-five acres
These will be plantad during the fall
and winter, and for the next several
months at leant fifty men . will be em
ployed all the time.
it is the intention of tbe oompany
to ultimately plant and operate 1000
aoreB of orohard, and five to seven
years f i om now, when tbe orchard
oomes into bearing, the Western
Orohard Co. will beoome a very im
portant factor In the fruit growing
business of Southern Oregon, and
will wield a big infiuenoe upon tbe
markets.
The orohard will be principally ap
ples and pears, but oonBlderable at
tention will be given to grape oulture.
Mr Lundbal'B speoialty 1b grapes,and
It is believed that a good market oan
be worked up for thiB product. That
the grape will grow to perfection here
has already been demonstrated,
A short time ago the oompany re
ceived an inquiry from a prominent
commission firm of Stookholm, Swed
en, regarding the possibility of buy
ing Oregon fiuit for tbat market di
rect from the producer instead of
through English middlemen, as Is
now the oustom The Western Oregon
Orohard Co., not as yet having fruit
for sale, bronght tbe matter to the at
tention of people in position to han
dle tne question, and it is very likely
that a new and remunerative market
will be opened up soon for our fruit.
Selling direct should prove benecifial
to both produoer and oonsumer, as it
would eliminate the profita of the mid
dlemen.
No better indication that tbe West
ern Oregon Orobard Co. means busi
ness oould be desired than tbe faot
that they have done so much work
and so quietly. They are not going
about preoeded by a brass band or any
fireworks, but are just simply plant
ing trees and clearing land.
A Record Breaker.
At the opening uf the Federal oourt,
last Thursday morning, a verdict of
guilty in the Blue mountain forest re
serve case was read. State Senator
Franklin P. Mays, ex-Representative
Wlllard N. Jones and George Soreu
son, guilty of oonsplraoy to defraud
the government out ot its publio
lands, as charged in the indictment
There whb no recommendation for
mercy. In the absence of W. D. Fen-
ton, attorney for Defendant Mays,
wbo left on the early train tor Sea
side, M. L. PipeB,ooansel for Defend
ant Jones, obtained a stay of sentence
in the oases of all tbe defendants until
the necessary proceedings on appeal
can be perfeoted, and the matter of
pronouncing bentence was continued
for the term.
The trial of the oase occupied
greater period of time by long adds
than any of Its predecessors. It be
gan August 20th and was oonoluded
September 13th, twenty-five dayt from
its initation. The Puter case lasted
fiom November 21, 1901, to December
6th of that year, or a total of sixteen
days, while it is loteiestng to know
that the case involving Senator Mitch
ell, whloh was productive of national
interest, lasted only from June 20,
1905, to July 3d, before the trial
court, or exaotly a fortnight. The
Williamson case consumed fourteen
days also, from September 10, 1900,
to September 27tb.
Members of the hoodoo fraternity
look upon the Blue mountain case aa
uarrying out all their pet theories.
Tbe indiotment against the defend
ants wbb returned by the Federal
grand jury February 13, 1005 ; a con
vlotlon was obtained on September 13,
1008, while George Sorenson is No,
23 on tbe list of those convicted
through Speolal Assistant Attorney
Geneial Heney's effortB.
Appeal Allowed.
The last otfloial aot performed by
Judge Hunt previous to his departure
for Montana, was to allow the appeal
In tbe case of Charles NIckell.of Med
ford, who was oonvioted July 27th on a
obargo of conspiracy to suborn per
jury and sentenoed to thirteen
months in the government prison on
MoNelU's Island. Judge O'Day, bis
attorney, obtained a writ of error , in
tbe case, returnaole before the circuit
oourt of appeals, and Niokell fur
nished a new bond 'on appeal In the
sum of fouuu, witn uavrn n.
Miller.
lsiah L. Ha- ilton
nod
William I.
Vawter as sureties.
Should the operations projected aud
uow being carried on by tht Agate
Orchard Co., of whloh O. D. Vincent
is president, W. 1, Vawter secretary
and A, D, Helms mauager, be carried
to a successful oonaluslon and you
can't oonvlnoe them tbat it will not
the corporation will be: entitled to
more credit than be who makes "two
blades of grasa grow where but one
grsw before," beoauee they will make
whole lots of apples grow where none
grew before.
This season the company purposes
setting out 200 acres of .fruit trees,
principally Newtowns, on deuert land
owned by the Jackson County Im
provement Company. Tbe orohard
will eventually be an apple orchard
entirely, but at first peaoh trees will
be planted between the rows. Sever
al orops of peaches are expeoted to be
gathered before the apple trees oorce
into bearing and tben the peach treeB
will be removed.
It has been satifsaotorily demon
strated that this desert land wil pro
duce good orops with Irrigation, and
as the Agate Orohard company' land
Is ill covered by tbe Fish lake ditch
there can be but one lesult, and that
a big suooess.
A Universally flood Crop.
Hon. John 'D. dwell, who returned
last week from a trip through the
Hood river, White Salmon and Yskl
ma fruit growing section, gave a Mail
reporter some information regarding
tbe conditions ha found In Northern
Oregon and Southern Washington.
"There is no question," said Mr.
Olwell, "but that they have a great
orop of very fine fruit In Hood river
valley. It Ib above the average In
both quality and quantity, and those
people are making tbe most of it,
They are boomers there and no' mis
take. Tbey never miss an opportun
ity to show their finest produotsnoi
do they ever stop talking about It,
That la something Rogue River Valley
will have to do, If the fruit growers
expeot to reaoh tbe position whioh tbe
really superior quality of the produots
entitles them to. Jackson oounty has
never made an adequate showing of
her fruit. All the reputation Bhe baa
was gained by tbe fruit she marketed.
That counts, of course, and counts
big in selling and In prices, but it
doesn't attract the attention of so
many people and olassses as does a big
showing in competition with othei
sections. Look what we did at the
state fair. Jaokson oounty went down
there halt prepared, you might say.
There wasn't time to gather a good
exhibit, and a misunderstanding pre
vented a wnole lot of stuff trom bring
plaoed on exhibition. Yet we took
third prize. We could have taken
first.
"In the White Salmon and Yakima
countries 1 found a splendid orop. In
Yakima there was an especially good
crop ot Newtowns and Spitzenbergs,
and I contracted for several cars. As
soon as the fruk matures a little more
here I will be in the field buying ap
ples, especially Newtowns andSpitzen
bergs. "About tbat exhibit matter. In Jan
uary the State Horticultural Society
holds its annual fruit fair In Port
land. Jackson oounty has never made
an exhibit there and other sections of
the state have bad it all their own
way. I 'propose that this year the
fruit growers of Rngne River Valley
enter tbe competition and see if they
oan't carry away a few of tbe gold
medals, ribbons, etc., the Hood river
fellows have been decorating them
selves with for the past several years.
It can be done, bacause we have the
stuff to do it with. Every grower who
has some extra fine apples, peara or
other fruit of whatever variety should
save a box or more for exhibition
purposes. This fruit Bhould not be
paoked an for market, but should be
oarefully wrapoed in paper and there
should be only a few put in a box
paoked In exoellsior or something
similar to prevent bruising. In this
way the fruit will be kept In fine con
dition and will make a good showing.
If the growers will just get togother
we can easily arrange for the gather
ing of an exhibit that will make overy
frnlt growing seotion n Oregon dig
up tbeir best stuff to beat us. "
Died Very Suddenly.
Mrs. L. M. Wilson Gaunynw died
very suddenly at the residence of
John France, where she has been em
ployed as nurse, Thursday morning.
Mrs. Gaunyaw seemed to be In her
usual health on retiring the evening
before, but when found In the morn
ing life was nearly extinot.
She was born In Monroe oounty,
Iowa, September 29, 1851, and laoked
but eleven days of being fifty-five
years of age.
Mrs. Gaunyaw leaves a husband, two
daughters and two sons, as well as a
host of friend, to mourn her lost.
Housekeeping and lodging rooms
to rent on D and 10th streets, Mrs.
N. McCain.
STREETECHOES
Opinions of Some of Our
Citizens-S erious and
Otherwise.
L, L. Jaoobs: "Did I have a good
time while In tbe mountains? Well, I
Bhould say I did ; but I'm not just
oertaln whether Pentz enjoyed the
trip as muoh as I did, because he was
the ohef and I develped auoh an ap
petite that be was Kept pretty bu -y
oooking. 1 feel fifty per cent better
than before I went out, and 1 don't
propose to let any summer go by bre
after without spsndlng a portion uf it
among the big niountaluB and tall
timber."
Stan Aiken : "I've a good case, I
think, against President Roosevelt,
for infringement or plargarlsm, I'm
not oertain just which. It's this way.
This card was printed for me oy Tbe
Mail eleven years ago and you will
notice that my motto at that time was
'a square deal all 'round. 1 Mr. Rpose
velt has adopted the Bame motto and
I think continuous use for all these
years should give me a oopyright.
But I don't objeot to our president
using it in the leaBt. Quite the . oou
trary, because be not only has the
motto, but tbe ability and willingness
to live up to it."
Sheriff Jackson: "I wlBh you
would Bay something good for the
work whiuh Mr. J. m. Watt did for
Jackson oounty at the state fair. He
oertalnly did himself and tbe oounty
credit. I believe the Jaokson oounty
exhibit was the best arranged of any
there and then again everybody waB
treated very nicely by Mr. Watt aud
by Miss Ritner,bia able assistant,' and
all who bbw tbe exhibit and met these
people seemed to tel that they had
been given a treat because that they
had seen an excellent exhibit, very
oievsrly and properly arranged and
had gotten acquainted with two very
clever and courteous people."
J. W. Cox: "1 am a firm believer
in the future of Klamath county in
general and of the Wood river coun
try in partionlar. That Wood river
valley I believe to be the finest piece
of stock country that Ilea out of
doors.' There Is everything there to
make it good grass, -water and soli
oapable of raising immense orops. If
we just had the Rogue River Valley
climate it would be a veritable para
dise. The completion of the railroad
now building from Eugene will be a
great thing for that oountry. The
road will miss Fort Klamath about
twelve miles, but the road to tbe
Btatlon is praotioally level so that the
distance won't make mu'h difference,
The stock in the country Is looking
fine, and is beginning to be moved to
market now."
Aa Interesting Collection.
In the exhibit building is shown a
collection of Indian relics of consider
able hlstorio Interest. It is the prop
erty of 11. E. Peyton, of Peyton, Ore
gon, and was gathered by him when
he was acting as government interpre
ter among the Pawnee and Cheyenne
Indians, before those tribes bad en
tirely forsaken the warpath and buried
the tomahawk.
There is a beautifully made buoK-
skin suit, embellished with Indian
bead work in all oolora of the rain
bow. Tbe suit is complete, with
handsomely beaded mocoaslns and
all the aooessorles of Indian gala day
toilet. This costume was worn by
Mr. Peyton in the discharge of hi
official duties and Ib lntrlnsloally
very valuable aside from Its associa
tions.
Also there is a authentlo "peace-
pipe,' actually used in the oeremonies
inoident to treaties of peace between
warring tribes and tbe "Great Fath
er." Accompanying this is tho to
baoco pouch, made of buokskin tan
ned to an exqulalte degree of softness
and pliability, and oovered with bead
work of various designs.
A bow and arrow used before tbe
advent of fire arms la also there, and
a oolleotion of wampum Indian
money eagle, bear and panther olawe,
make not the least interesting part of
the oolleotion.
Showing the fatberly care the Hud
son Bay Co. exercised over its red
children thers appears in the oolleo
tion an English-made "battle axe,'
rust eaten and dulled with age,
smaller axe a squaw axe whloh had
perhaps been used by tne dusky lady
who owned It to dlspatob wounded
enemies on the battlefield, as well as
for Its more prosalo dutlos about tbe
camp fire, and a lance-head, tbo ser
rated edges and blunted point of which
bespeaks nard usage.
Automobile for Sale tor $325.
Will sell my OldemobiU Runabout
tor $325 j two new tiros, now liolley
carburetor and ' entire machine in
flrst-clasB condition and good running
order; no part of the machine Is out
of repair. Will doliver to purchaser
In any part of Southern Oregon at
above price. This Is a bargain. Ad
drest, Look Box No. 400, Grants
Pass, Oregon. 36-U
We have three Burdett organs left
of the Eiler's ttook whioh will be sold
at cost. See tbem at E, N. Warner's
grocer. Cois Piano House.
TO
HOTEL NASH
Definite plans have beu drawn and
arrangements made for substantial:
and long-needed additions to tbe
Hotel Nash building. The addition
will take the form of a third story of
brlok, oomplote with all modern im
provements, and will give Medford av
hotel somewhat commensurate with its
size and importance.
The third story will contain a cen
tral court, tw nty-two rooms and eix
bathrooms, and will bring the total of
rooms in the hotel up to sixty.
Tnere has been a crying need for
adequate hotel facilities in Medford
for sometime, but with the improve
ments on the NaBh and the completion
of the Moore building, on the West.
Side, tbe shortage will ibe relieved
for a time, at least.
The oontraot has been "atrarded to
G. L. Sobermerhorn,' which faot is a.
guarantee of first olass work
. Recitals. .
A piano recital will be given by -
Miss Irene Brown, assisted by Mrs.
Helen M. Brown, Miss Grace Brown -
and Mr. Isaacs, at Davis' opera house -Tuesday,
September 25th, at8o'oloolu
PROGRAM.
Sonata Op. 7 - - - Gibta;"-Finale-AllegrovivBoe
-' - MIbs Browor
Song, "Sunset," - - Dudley Back :
. . Mrs. Brown.
Ballade - - - . - - Keinecka.i
Miss Brown. '
Song, "In Braokentlde," D'ffardolot
Mrs. crown.
Etude Conln Oboplnt
En Automme (In Autumn)'' Moszkoar
akl "If I were a Bird I'd Fly to Thee."V
Henselt - - Miss Brown i
Duet from Iolanthe - -Sullivan:
Miss Grace Brown and Mr. Isaacs.
Military Maroh Sohuuert-Lassig-
- Alias nrown.
Wednesday, September 2Ctb, at 8 US-
o'clock, a song recital will be given
by pupils of Mrs. Brown, assisted bji
Miss Irene Brown.
PROGRAM.
Rlgaudon (four bands) Chamlnade-
Mleses Watt and Hamilton.
I ( fi . 1 ,, 1 1 . i n.
Miss Phlpps,
"O. tbat We Two were Mavlna" (doetv
Nevin - - MrB. Catanaob, Miss Nason
Minuett de Mozart Sobuluolf
- Miss Fay.
Lullaby of the Night - - Braokett
Mia. (.nan :
The Quest - - Smith .
Miss Nason.
Tarantella ... - Liszt
Miss Hamilton.
Maiden's Lament - - Bona bert
Song of Hope - Krogmann
MIbs TheieB.
n tut ' T . . m . i
jrapimuuH ioutwruiefi;i --DuuuutKU
Miss butler.
Song to the Evening Star --Wagner
Mr. Isaacs.
Flower Song from Faust - - Gounod
Miss Grace Brcwn.
AdmlBBion to both reoitals fraet
Publio cordially Invited. To avokl
dlBOomfort In seating, those who wicZii
oan get their seats reserved for ten
cents at HaskinB' drug store any time
Monday after 8 a. m. Also at the box
office on nights of recitals. Children:.
under ten not admitted.
The Open Season. -
It's the open season now for too
gold-in-the-fowls-urop storv and tie
Ashland Tilings leads off with Un,
following BUtbentio narrative:
rancher Tesidlng on a small trlbutary
of Anderson creek, about six miles
west ot this oity, was in Ashland today
and brought In a vial of gold nuggets.
It Is not unusual for virgin gold to be
seemed from auriferous deposits wblob
abound in this vlolnlty and brought
to I lalnd ; In fact It is an every dajr
oooi oe, but few people in this seo
tion V - ducks to do their mining
for till. s Mr. ' Withrow seems to
have dot , for the gold in question.
Borne of It In strings tnd some of it in
nuggets weighing as muoh as thirty or
forty centB, was taken from tbe craws
of five tame duoke which were kntod
for the table by tne Wlthrows recent
ly. "The ducks have been raised right:
on tbe Withrow place, whloh is in the
Wagner creek foothills, but just where
tbey ploked up tbe gold nuggets Air.
Wltbrow, who is naturally Bomowhst
exoited over the prospective disoovory
wi a ttuu kuiu utiue uu U1B lituuu, LI.
just now Interested In lenrning. The
gold was tested by W. A. Freobnry.
the jeweler, who pronounoed it of
high grade and worth $20 an oun os.
Probate Court,
Estate of Nauoy A. Heard, deceased.
Order made sotting Soptembor !22d as.
day for hearing proof of will.
Estate of O. W Knighton, deceased.
Order setting apart property exempt,
from oxooution.
Estate of Hattle Lubook, decoRsed.
Order confirming sale of real property-
In matter of claim of Elizabeth
Geary against estate of D. Polk Mat
thews. Order tbat said oiaim be al
lowed In sum of $770.50.
Estate of Henry Ratrle, deceased.
Ordered tbat J. D. Culbertson be njt
polnted administrator.
Estate of Hobinson Wright, decoao
ed. Petition of A. J. Standley for ap
pointment of administrator filed.