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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1906)
33 JJtttil. Reader, if you VeJU M . Sf Raise Fruit, Grow Stdrk OREGON LEADS la ttt prodostios si siss Pralti The Rogue River Valley Mine or Lumber. -. Or engine In sny a'Ui,!,,,, Ihta iRiirleaii utttltun ut u 1;i1 ol aiwohl uullmUud ofu!UQUlea THE MEDFORD MAIL Usdf OREGON and M Milord, 1U mtropolii And trtd MnMr. U twit rtprcMowd bjr 'THE MIDrORD MAIL Send it 10 yovb sajthm ruiHM MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY; OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21. I906 NO. 51 ft WILL TELL UfLL ABl'OTlit ! WHIM y A KWA A AiAAAArtl A . .0 !fUL All'll ' fW WAV, Vf' -il HWAT up under u arctic clrelo is Santa L'laua Land, H in ' the land of Ice and snow, of sleds and reindeer, of queer little huts tu which live queer little people, the Eskimo. There can be no doubt thatthia Is Santa Claua Land, because the o74 saint who conies down to the warmer frmd more lovely lands of all the world 'ery Christmas eve and leaves many tctfts for the children Is himself dressrxJ In heavy ski us and furs, just as thei Eskimos dress, and be rides in an arctic sled draw by swift little refndepV.- Santa Clous ir-d n very unlike oura. It has no pretti gardens In summer nor any green Velds or forests. On the contrary, Is always bleak and bar ren. The winters are very long and very c&id. In the northernmost parts the fcnn Is seldom soi'n In winter, the T'.islit being nearly six mouths long. The people dwell In huts built of Ice and snow during the winter and In tents made of the dried skins of seals and reindeer during the summer. The reindeer supplies them with their only means of "rapid transit" during the long arctic nipht when the Rledge dogs grow sullen and drowsy. It travels In the darkness as well as In daylight and gives rich milk, which may be made Into butter or cheese. When slaughtered the reindeer's meat Is eat en, and bis hide Is made Into clothing for the Eskimos or stretched over poles and dried for use in making tents. All the people of Santa Claus Land men, women and children are clothed In reindeer skins or sealskins. In summer they wear one suit and In win ter two traits. All wear big hoods, call ed parkas, of fur, and In these hoods the mothers sometimes carry their ba bies. In certain parts of the frozen regions the babies are carried on their mothers' backs, next to the skin, for warmth, while elsewhere It Is the cus tom to carry the Infant about In one of tiie big deerskin or sealskin boots of the mother. Reindeer, euro footed and fleet, are the motive power for freight and pas senger trains In the'gijpat white north. They can travel from 60 to 100 miles a day, drawing Inden sleds. In. Alaska, which Is Uncle Sam's section of Santa Claus Land, there is a reindeer mall and r e&prtftu bij. which travel nluetv-Cvs miles a dajV an through the winter. The relneer Wftfl introduced Into Alaska only ehout a dozen years ago by the Rev. Ar. Sheldon Jackson, who, under tho authority of the United States governuVnt, brought a small herd from northern Siberia. Since then Dr. Jackson hns Vrought thousands or reindeer Into Altva, and they have multiplied rapidly. I They are now veifv generally employ ed in carrying the tinU, In the trans portation of supplies aud In carrying pasaeusers between W various miu- lug towns and klmos also nnd,'"1'"- iu" 7UT' . them very vuluablo as bn inr&'' Chrl.tm tr has Eeklmos whar1 am0D om ot the S taught S tt ctelstlan uo ! V-Lsslonarles. This makes, lives there, of for Santa Claus, who a most uifncul0""?' but ""y , or little bush Is carried Ues on a reindeer sled livv s. '"JM- t i 1 u3 clAusi ) 4 43 v to reach tho hut. or igloo, of an Eskimo family. Eskimo children, however, are by no means lacking In merriment They have their games, quite different from ours, yet played with Just as much seat One of their favorite games Is football, though they play it in a man ner quite different from the American college method. The children get a big old glove or boot, stuff It with waste fur or bits of skin, sew up the opening and kick and cuff the crude ball about over the frozen snow In groat glee. Eskimo children also In dulge In coasting. They use no little sleds, however, but simply slide down the steep snow banks on their kneen. which are well protected by the thick deerskin breeches worn by all. Some times they tumble over and go down headforemost, but there is seldom any Injury to their little bodies, owi:ig tj the remarkable thickness and so!i:u.s3 of their garments. Sometimes ths Eskimo men step out side the but Into an atmosphere many degrees below zero and enjoy a wres tling match, which keeps them warm enough, nj doubt. Inside the hut the men and women squat aronud the fire, telling tales handed down from ancleul rimes or sinning quaint songs of folk lose. The Eskimo children, except at one or two points In Alaska, go to no school. But from their infancy they are schooled In the various items Of dally labor which it Is necessary for all of them tn know. They learn bow to gather and dry moss, to catch the scant driftwood that comes their way nnd tc extract blubber. These three things are their only fuel. The loys learn how to fish and hunt and nie girls. In a crude way, how to cook. One of the chief duties of the women is to tend the soapstone lamps, which both hhi end heat the huts In which the Eski mos live. These must oe well fed with hunks of blubber. The little girls lenrn lamp tending when they are scarcely old enough to toddle. Later they become proficient In the curing of walrus meats and the dry In of fish. Theglrl also learn how to prepare the feathered skins of certain birds for fashioning Into soft and com fortable nnderclntliing. l K p .3e"f f THE PRESIDENT. Roosevelt Treats of Canal, Naval, Personnel and Pub lic Domain in Messages. Washington, Dec. 18. President Roosevelt sent three messages to Congress yesterday, one on the Pana ma canal, one on public lands and tht third one on the navy personnel. Thi Panama canal message, a volumlnu.i document, contains the story of wUm the President saw during his vllt tv. the canal belt. It contains unno. : ment of the plan to let out moji the work by contract. The Fr-. dent calls the present comi:.lJ3i'j : a clumsy executive Instrument .. ; says there should be but cue c; ... missioner in chaise. The public laudaf lessage att: o utes land frauds directly to defer... laws. The President urges tho re peal of the timber and stone act, r.nd the homestead act, amendment of tli desert land act and the homestou i act, large appropriations for protec tion of forest reserves, and the fenc ing of public ranges to end the feuds of cattlemen, sheepmen and settlers. The naval personnel message asks for legislation providing promotions to enable officers of the line to reach the grades of captain and rear-ad mlral at less advanced ages. The establishment of the grade of vice admiral is suggested. Message on Canal. Washington, Dec. 18. The Presi dent's Panama Canal message relates what the President saw In Panama and discusses sanitation and engi neering problems. It Is In brief as follows: To the Senate and House of Rep resentatives: In the month of No vember I visited the Isthmus of Pan ama, going over the canal zone with considerable care; and also visited the cities of Panama and Colon, which are not In the zone or under the United States flag, but as to which ths United States Government, thro Us agents, exercises control for certain sanitary purposes. An inspection on the ground at ttte height of the rainy season served to convince me of the wisdom of Con gress tn refusing to adopt either e high-level or a sea-level canal. There seems to be a universal agreement among all people competent to Judge that the Panama route, the one actu ally chosen, Is much superior to both the Nicaragua and Darien routes. Just at present the health showing on the Isthmus Is remarkably good so much better than in most sections of the United States that I do not believe that It can possibly continue at quite Its present average. There seemed to me to be too many saloons In the Zone: but the new high lclense law, which goes In to effect on January 1 next will probably close four-fifths of them Resolute and successful efforts are being made to minimize and control the sale of liquor. After most careful consideration we have decided to let out most of the work by contract, if we can come to satisfactory terms with the con tractors. The whole work Is of i kind suited to the peculiar genius of our people; and our people have de veloped the type of contractor best fitted to grapple with It. It is of course much better to do the work in large part by contract than to do It all by the Government, provided It Is possible on the one hand to se cure to the contractor a sufficient remuneration to make it worth while for responsible contractors ot the best kind to undertake the work and provided on the other hand it can be done on terms which will not give an excessive profit to the con tractor at the expense of the Gov ernment. After much consideration tho plan already promulgated by the Secretary of War was adopted. This plan in Its essential features was drafted, ofrnr cpref'i! tboro study and consideration by the Chief Engl Beer, Mr. Stevens. If we cannot enme to an agreement wMi o?itrL.c:o:j tj Corernment will do the work Itself. Meanwhile the work on the Isth TP"t . profv"(lrr steadily and with out any letup. A f cvcn-i.nr.riod commission Is oi course a clumsy executive Instru ment We should have but one com mfwilnnor, with such beads of depart uiu iits uud oritur uJicors under him a wn r ay :Tn .;'cessary. We should be expressly permitted to em ploy the beta engineers In the coun try as consulting engineers Those best Informed believe thai tb work will be completed In Bboul eiulu ciiia, hut u i never safe tr prophesy .ak au.:. work as this specially in the tropics. lpfio owl" nt wood to giveaway -for tbe outting. Inquire at this olllce. CLUB MEETING Members of tho Commercial Club Meet to Discuss Cra ter Lake Railroad Affairs. Tbere wu luge attendance at toe Commercial Club meeting, held Wednesday erenlng. Tbe matter of deilelng ways and means (or the com pletion of the Medford & Crater Lake railroad to a point where Its oonstruo tlon would be of some valuo to Med ford, waa taken up and dlsousaed at length by aeveial of those present. J. D. Heard, as representative of east ern capitalists, presented a proposi tion wherein his company proposes to boy tbe 835,001) mortgage against tbe road, pay off tbe floating Indebted ness, and extend tbe line Into tbe timber belt or to a distance of 25 miles from Medford. Before the company will enter into an agreement to do this they must have surrendered to them all the out standing stook of tbe old oompany. Of this stook Medford people hold 21,000 shares, wbioh waa paid for at par Talue of 81 per share ; tbe holders of the mortgage bare 251,000 aharea for whlob nothing waa paid; other blocks of stock from 20,000 shares to 80,000 shares are held by two or three other Medfoid people, and for which nothing was paid, exoept as to Mr. A. A. Davis, wbo baa put Into the rail road over 120,000 of bis Indlridval money, x'be oompany proposed to pay Mr. Davis the amonnt of money he baa actually expended, and tbey will th.o demand a surrender of all stock held by him and also all the other block stook wbioh baa been Is sued, and for which nothing baa been paid. Now tbla Is what they want the actual subscribers to do ; plaoe their shares of stook In the bands of a committee to be turned over to tbe company without oost to them when tney shall bare oompleted and hare tn operation the 25 miles of road. A committee ot three waa appointed to secure, if possible tbla stook. This committee la composed of F. W. Uollia, J.K Enyart and H.O. Nichol- Christinas at M. E. Courch. The following program has been pre' pared for Christmas eve at the M. & ohuroh : Song, Sohool Ucriptme Prayer Song, "Christmas Caiois,1 Sohool Address of Weloome, S. S. Supt. Uecitatiun. "A Weloome True." Paul Russel Recitation. "A Christmas Wish." Effle Sage Song. 'Mesus Wants Me for a Sun beam," uirls Recitation. "Chistmaa Danoers." Itoyd Kelztu Keoitation, "Mistletoe and Holly." Hazel Hawk, Jonlta Crawford, Eva Osbozne Solo, Nolo Llndlev Recitation, "The Christrass Tree, Howard Wines, Rolland Hub bard. Albert tialcomb Song, "Christmas Lullaby," Girls Reoitatlon, Master Hawk Recitation, "Christmas Bells," Virginia Carder Exercise, "C bilstmas Ulfts," Nine Hoys Recitation. Mary Orr Song,"iiolly Old Santa Claus," Roys Exercise, "Christmas Reus, "Ten Uirls Recitation. "The First Christmas.' Bernloe Card.r Song, School Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, It has pleased the Lord our Father, to take from us our worthy brother, Archie Ray; and Whereas, Talisman Lodge; No. 31, has lost from among its membaie a moBt devoted and worthy kulght; now therefore be It Resolved, tbat this lodge extend their heartfelt sympathy to bis sor rowing family in this great loss; and, while we shall no longer have the'priv liege of welcoming bim aa a knight here below, we shall ever cherish qIb memory for his Pythian faithfulness and his manly character. Now, there fore, be t Rcioolved, That our cas'.le hall be draped for thirty dxys, W. W. Eilett, J. II. Butler, F. M. WlUon, Committee. AMONU THK CrlUKCHES. M. E, CIR'HCIl "The Mightiest Transforming Agent lu the Spiritual World" will be Rev. Router's subject at tbe MethodistKpts- copol church next Sabbatn morning. At night a Christmas sermon will be pieaofaed. All are Invited. PREHBYTKRIAN CHURCH Dec. 2H, preeohing in the morn ing at 11 o'olock and in the evening 7:30 o'clock. "Christmas" will be tbo ibeme. Christmas exercises on Christmas eve at tbe Presbyterian cburoh, com mencing at 7:30 o'clock. AU come. W. F. Shields, Pastor. BAPTISMAL SERVI CES AT GHURGH The Meeting Was of Special Interest. A Number Taken Into Membership. The regular Sunday morning ser vice at the Presbyterian ohuroh Deo. 10th, waa of speoial Interest because of tbe baptism and reception Into the membership of the church, of a class aomposea oi the following young ladles all members of Mis. E. N. Warner's Sunday sohool class: Ethel Irene Cox, Hazel Eden Cox, Ruth Marie Lumsden, Ethel Marguerite Eifert, May Stevenson, Vera Loraine Hilton, Zela White and Gertrude Fay. In a simple and direct manner Rev. W. F. Shields explanned to the class tbe slgnltlgance of baptism as ad ministered by tbe vast majority of Christian churches, his view being that It la symbolic of a life of pnrity and la ettioient only as It la the visi bly sign of the Inner life. He toooh ed upon the opportunities for service offered by the pburcb and held that the ohuroh demanded tbe highest Ideala of manhood and womanhood of wbioh the individual Is capable. There la no higher life than tbla. Speaking of tbe prevalence of doubt In all olasses of society, be said Usu ally tbe claim of "being too brrad minded for the chuich," signified an unwillingness to assume the duties and responsibilities of ohnrch mem bership. He nrgered the need of prayer, the atudy of tbe word and faith tn Jnsea Christ After the reception of members tbe oelebratlon of the Loid's Supper" was observed. The oholr under the leaderablp of W. H. Gore rendered suitable musio. Deatk oi Pliny R. Striate. Pliny R. Strange, buslnsss mana ger of the Medford Tribune, and son ot Rev. F. Q. Strange, formerly pastor of the P.esbyterlan ohuroh at Ash land, died at his reeidenoe in Med ford, Dec. 18th, 1900, aged 33 years, 9 months, and 21 days. He had been confined to bia home for several weeks with typhoid fever and when oompli catlona set In be waa unable to throw otf disease. He leaves a wife and two small ohildren, his father, brother and other relatives. Mr. Strange possessed the sterling virtues of Industry and Integrity, and was highly esteemed aa a busi ness man and friend. He was a mem ber of tbe I. O. O. F. Lodge in Ash land and the Redmen's Lodge in Jacksonville. Funeral aervloe were oonducted from the Presbyterian church in Ashland Wednesday. 25 acres, two miles from Medfora mostly in bearing fruit, M500. Bee I W. I. Vork. Christmas Dinner Invitation MENU On behalf ol the Nash Hotel Management, R. A. Milner, Stewsrt, cordially invitea "Ye Goode" People, Medford and SnUtlv rii Oregon, to attend a Festive Chrietmas Dinner. New Kngland home style. Twelve courier. Served five till eight o'olock. Olympia Oysters Horseradish Cream of Terrapin a la Baltimore Consomme a l'loipertale Valtcd Almouds Celery Saviar a l'Astrnchan Broiled Royal Chinoik Salmon, Reirrre Creverre Filer de Sole a la Normaride Spiced Walnuts Oliver Sweet Pickles Boiled Beef Tongue with Spinach Braised Chicken a la Diplomate Lobster en Caisses c'Newburg Sweetbreads, c'Monglas Lamb Curlers l'Jardiniere Corn on Cob Asparagus Green Peas RoaH Filet de Boeuf au Juti Stuffed Turkey with Chestnuts, Cranberry Sauce ' Suckling I'ig, Apple Sauce Mashed Potatoes Browned Sweet Potatoes Bailed New Potatoes KRIS KRINOLE PUNCH Hoast Mallard Duclf, Hod Currant Jelly J ulii nne Potatoes Lettuce Salad liroasl dl Squab Freme d'Angoles Mum) Shrimp Sal:id Mayonnaise Christmas Tlum Pudding, llard and Brandy Sauce Pumpkin Pie Hot Mince Pie Neapolitan Ice Cream Maccdoine of Fruit a 1 Chantilly Marble Cuke Strawberries Chocolate Creams Fruits in Season Dates Smyrna Figs Layer Raisins Mixed Nuts KJiim American Swiss Cheese Water Wafers Coffee Mash Hotel Brot anil Pry Champagnes, Private Stock, Vintagj of 1880. ' . Havana and Key West Cigars " ' ' ' THINGS TOLD ON THE STREET Opinions, wise and Other wise, Expressed by Lead ing Citizens of Medford. Basil Oregory: " No more Willam ette Valley for me. i waa at Eugene just an even month and it rained aU tbe time. Mudt Say, you have no idea what It is like there. Southern Oregon Is dusty In oomparlaon. OB, Eugene is a good town, all right but I couldn't stand their weather. Busi ness is seemingly pretty good tbere but 1 fanoy It is better in Medford. I have no idea what 1 will do her. I'll not do anything until tbe first ot the year." J. L. Deinmer: "Should I decide to remain on the City Council board tor the rest of my term (Mr Demmer la a bold-over councilman) I will favor the improvement of Seventh street, from tbe Bear Creek brldg to the Presbyterian church. I nave not decided In my own mind just how it should be Improved exoept that I am satis tied that nothing abort of good j vement will ever be satisfac tory , My Idea would be to get all tbe property owners along this streetto getherand let them decide as the kind of pavement which shall be put In. Aa 1 aald before I shall favor, andio slst to the extent of one vote, at least, on paving that much of Seventh at rest which 1 have Indicated before another winter." Butte Falls Items. By N. U. O. Mr. Q. T. Rluhard baa just re- turned from a trip to Medford. Lizzie, the youngest daughter, ot Mr. and Mrs. Win. Lewis, la Improv ing from a severe spell of.aioknesa. Benj. Fredenberg waa to town ono day tbla week delivering quarter) ot very fine beef. Saturday morning when Butte Falla people awoke to the duttee ot tbe day It was tound that a leak had sprung! In tbe dam and the pond and flume) were nearly dry. While this Is being written tho committee, Mrs. Merley and Mrs. Rich ard, are aeleotlng presents, tor the ohldreo,a Christmas tree. ' Mr. J. I. Patton'a ohildren era sick with colds. It la hoped that they will get well soon, so that the family can move Into Butte Falls before Cor ist mas. Benj. Fredenberg Is also con templating moving in as soon aa hla childen, whiob have been slok for some time, are able to be moved. We hope this wiU be soon. Aljalfa and grain hay. Monroe ft I Miller Leeal blanks atTiiB Mail o'Ece. (the 1
