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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1908)
-Hr OUR. COUNTY Correspondents I'HOKNIX 1TKMH. 0 M. O. C. Alfalfa harvest has commenced In Eden precinct alreadjr. Professor Standard and Miss ti mer, the lattor of Jacksonville, have just closed a very successful term of school In our district. Mrs. K. AnKuroth of West Phoe nix, went to Aslilaud on Saturday's train to visit her granddaughter, Hiss C. P. Fort. Mrs. C. Carey went up to . nl:,tiil on Saturday's belated train V. vij't hor daughter, Mrs. E. O. Rm, and to attend the sale of lots in the i.ev' southeast addition to Ashla.nl Last Saturday the people of Phoe nix and vicinity voted bonds to the amount of $15,000 for a new school building. Don't judge a town by her sidewalks. The aged mother of Mrs.,E. iSi'ut and Jolir Helmlc was last Sun luy re moved on a stretcher to he' c'u u:'i tor's home, where every attention Is being given her; but her condition Is a critical one. Charles McClaln has torn down his old bouse preparatory to building a much larger and better one, on i'ie same site. There are several ot'ie-s who contemplate building In the near future. B. Glbbs met with rather an unn ual accident while handling a la'ge bull last week. The animal Mn:eil the club out of his hand, causla-; II lo strike him In the mouth with Croat force, causing painful brulivi nV- u' the mouth. Several monuments were delivered and erected in our beautiful little cemetery last week. Among them, one for the late Thomas Ferguson, erected by his stepdaughter, Mrs. C. Carey. Also one for Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Standcliff, deceased, erected by tbeir children. What's the matter with you, Med fordf You're too slow. Phoenix Is going to start that electric carllne It yon don't look out. Why. report says a gentleman from the East bas bargained with A. A. Davis of Med ford for the old Mill ditch water and all rights and will put In an electric plant that will furnish power to op erate said line. And but your space la valuable. I must not try to tell It all this time. (To be continued.) morning of May 12, which was not a surprise to her many friends, for she bad been on the sick list for years. She will be missed by all her schoolmates and sorrowing friends. In Memorlam of Wilda McKee. Dearest daughter, how we mtBS you, Miss you more than words san tell. Every hour and day that passos Urings us nearer with you to dwell. BUNCOM DOINGS. It bas been quite stormy of late, which Is a great help to the farmers. Ed Saltmarsh was In the city of Jacksonville one day last week. Amoa MsKee and wife of Upper Applegate was In the city of Medford one day last week on business. ' Mr. Garrett and son Charley made a business trip to the Pursell mill one day last week. Mrs. Martha Jones of Buncom has been visiting at Sterling, the guest of ber son, M. D. Jones Miss Maude Harr and Miss Beu lab Garrett' of Buncom, visited Mrs. J. Goldsby, ono eve last week. Barney Randolph of Provolt, Or., was visiting home folks last week living near Buncom. FrlendB may think we have forgot ten And our wounded hearts are healed, But they lit t lo know the sorrow That's within our hearts con cealed. R. G. Automobile lor Sale- Itunsbout for tale oteap, Tnor oniibly equipped with ndometer, top, acetylene llhtS; etc. A. C. Allen, Jo-tf. Medford. 1 he Ice ldnt. Assaulted His Wife. A man by the name of John Wil liams assaulted bis wife last evening about 6 o'clock at their tent which was pitched Just outside of the south boundary of the city. The wife's mother and father attempted to in terfere and as a result the father was threatened with death by shooting and the mother was pushed to the ground and severely injured by the angry Williams. The officers are at present looking for Williams and It is thought that there will be but lit tle difficulty in apprenending him witb daylight again. It seems that Williams, who Is a member of a band of travelers who are on their way north from this city. became angry at hla wife last evening and started In to chastise ber. Her father, John McNeil, objected, and had a revolver, according to his story, Bhoved Into his face, with the Instruc tions to "beat It." The father did he came to town for tbe authorities. After bis departure Williams started In to finish his beating of the wife. The mother-in-law, Mrs. McNeil, then objected and waa most painfully In jured In the beating which Williams then bestowed upon her. She started for town and was picked up by the driver of an automobile who took her to a doctor for treatment. The excitement which prevailed about the city following the rumors of the affair waa not small by any means. Before a reporter for The Morning Mail ascertained the facts of the case he bad heard that there were no less than three persona mur dered In tbe camp the persons be ing Williams' wife and two children. Williams, however, did not use a gun with the exception of threatening the father-in-law. The party was camped near the Gore place, south of this city, and therefore the chief of police could not act In the matter, as Williams was outside of the city limits. Sher iff Jackson happened to be In town and he immediately began an Inves tigation. He will probably have Wil liams this morning. The party was but a band of rov ers seemingly. They gave evidence of being gypsies, although they deny that. A story was told by the mother-in-law to the effect that Williams was recently released from the county Grandma Buck has been spending several months with her son. M. R. f jail at Redding, Cal., where he served Buck. a sentence of 90 days for the same Manford Goldsby of Sterling took offense, that of beating his wife. a few hours' ride on his wheel Satur day evening. Miss Ella Wallace -of Buncom has boon visiting friends on Forest creek . acompanled borne by Miss Hettie Kyan. Hullls Parks of Buncom Is busy 'hauling lumber from the Pursell mill on Little Applegate to repair the flumes on the Cameron ditch. The Medford Mall Is warmly wel comed by' Its many readers In thlB community. We only wish we could get It twice a week. Miss Muudo Harr spent Saturday and Sunday with borne folks and en Joyed a birthday party which was glvcu for her, which passed off nice ly. hobort Cameron of Unlontown has a force or men working cleaning his largo ditch, ;wh!ch Is called the ChinoHO ditch. Miss Stoker of Watklus was visit ing on Little Applegate Saturday and Sunday, t'.e guest of Mrs. C. C. Pur sell. Mrs Dunla pof Buncom has been visiting relatives living In Talent and Ashlund, and returned home Thurs day evening. Arthur and Kred Klelnhammer nnd families of this section have been residing in Anhlnnd for several days, attending the latter's lather, who waa quite 111 3. k, Coffman and son Morton have been staying In Medford for several winks, attending tbe latter's father, who has been quite sick for threo months, we are sorry to say. Ike Coffman of Ruch had a nar row esrupo whllo going home from Falrldug's last Sunday night. A cow which was frightened took after Ike and run hi in nearly 200 yards down the raiiyun. ile ran up a tree, which saved his life. Jiase Hamilton, the grnphophonc man of Ruch, spent Monday evening at Garrett's. Among t!ioo present were Miss Etta Parks, Miss Maude Harr, J. Goldsby and family, Mr. and Mrs Onrro't, .Ml men TVuluh and Jos ale Garrett, Charles Garrett, Ike Coltman, Ilollls Parks and Anderson brothers. Fine tunes wero played by tbe graphophone. ' t 'IK! . Died.' ij..t.ft r. sad The Utile daughter of Mr. . Mrs. A. ) McKm passed away lo1 tVtiot at n M4 hone. Mrs. McNeil was not badly Injured, but painfully. The entire side of her face was raw and bleeding when she reached town. Medical assistance was given at once. There are a large number of children with the party, but they wero not Injured. Installed New Machine. The Cratrr Lake Lumber company has Just installed a new surfacing machine in their box ractory in this city. This machine was ordered some time ago, but fulled to arrive until yesterday. A force of men un der the direction of Master Mechanic Itenlcke la at work placing the big machine in position. It will replace the old planer, which was put In place when tho box ractory was built. The now machine has a capacity of 100.000 feet of lumber a day, but it would require a force of four men to turn the lumber out at that rate. and would more than fulfill the pres ent requirements of the mill as re gards capacity In number of boxes. Tho planer will probably turn out 60.000 feet a day when In operation. The machine weighs 17,000 pounds nnd Is of tho latest model. It was built by the Berlin Machine Works at Bololt, Wis. The machine repre sents an Investment of about $3000. Tho Crater Lake Lumber company also purchased several thousand feet of Bteol cablo of various sixes for use in logging. This cable Is to be for warded to the woods In the near future. Mannger Hafcr of the company Is at present up In the timber owned by tho company In the Big Butto coun try. Second Colt Show. The second annual colt show of t!.i Rogue River Stockbreeders' associa tion will be held In Medford, Snt.. dny afternoon at 4 o clock. Co t ranging from two-yenr-olcs to sun lings will be shown, all the got ( Farceur, the premier Percheron sta. Ilon. There are no premiums of fered, but the people will havo r.n opportunity to aee what good blood and breeding will produce.. 'One .colt . of Farceur at two years weighed -mo- poands and bad all The Ice plant which bas been re cently installed In 8outh Medford by the Medford Ice ft Storage company is a credit to Medford in every way, The plant la modern In all respectB and as comple(o as any one could And in any large city, although perhaps upon not as large a scale as some of the metropolitan concerns. Tbe plant haa not been entirely complet ed, but tbe work of finishing it Is be ing rushed as much as possible and will be completed In time to furnish Ice for the hundreds of cars of fruit which will leave tbe valley this com ing season. Tbe plant as Installed has a capac ity of ten tons of Ice a day, which Is thought to be a sufficient quantity for this city at the present time. The plant is constructed in such a way as to make ft possible for additions to be added with little trouble, so that It will grow In accordance with the increase in consumption. The neavi est demand upon the plant will be at the time for fruit shipments when cars are to bo Iced for shipment to the east. Last season In the neighborhood of 175 iced cars were shipped from Medrord, and a conservative estimate of the number of cars to be shipped five years from the present time is placed at 10,000. Some time ago William McMurray or the Southern Pacific Railroad company, in an In terview with the press In San Fran cisco, stated that the number of cars of fruit to be shipped from Medford in five years would exceed 15,000. At that time a number of the fruit men In this city and vicinity stated that that estimate waa too conserva tive and that a greater number of cars than that would be needed to handle the output of fruit from Med ford. It seems most conservative at this time to state tbat the number of cars will be at least 10,000. Each car, when properly Iced, consumes five tons of Ice, and tbat would mean 50,000 tons of Ice for one fruit sea son. So the future of the ice com pany Is bright Indeed. Not alone Is tbe company In the business of manufacturing ice, but they are devoting considerable atten tion to atorage, as their name would Infer. When the building work they have under way Is completed they will have a cold storage capacity of S94,79 cubic feet. In addition to this, they have Ice storage rooms with a capacity of 95,000 cubic feet. So It can readily be seen that their plant Is of no small sixe. A considerable portion of their storage rooms are al ready rented to meat companies and each of the rooms will have overhead cranes for the handling of commodi ties to be stored. The machinery for the plant was built by the Frlck company of Wains boro, Pa., and Is modern in every particular. Electricity Is the power used. When the owners of the concern went before the city council to make arrangements for a concession as to the use of water, they stated that their plant would not cost less than $15,000. While declining to state tbe cost of the plant, the owners say that the money expended so far on the plant is far in excess of at fig ure. The plant at present ,ys six or seven men. The owners of the company are F. M. Carter and Jesse Houck. Both of these gentlemen are well known in this community as two of the leading business men. Both are ex perienced men in the manufacturing of ice and there seems to be no doubt but that' the venture will prove a success. They are entitled to the thanks of the community for the. ex cellent manufacturing plant that they have added to (he list of industries in this city, .. fhe Board and Taxpayers. Ik-nth Claims W. J. Virgin. (Ashland Tidings.) William J. Virgon, one of Ash land's best known citizens and for 17 years past a leading business man of tbis city, died this morning at 6 o'clock, at the S. O. Hospital In this city. For many months past Mr. Vir gin had been In poor health.- For several dayB life has hung In the balance with him, until the final summons came this morning. Mr. Virgin was a native of Taun ton. Somerset county, England, where eh as born, October 20, 1848, aud was the oldest in a family of ten children. When a lad of 15 he was appren ticed to tbe miller's trade and after serving his time came to America, taking his first employment at the ago of 18 years In Vanceburg, Ky. A year later be went to Michigan, where he followed his trade for sev eral years, locating In Minneapolis In 1872, where he was employed In the big Pillsbury mllli Going from Minneapolis to Boardman, Wis., he entered the employ of Johnson A Bros., and after helping them build a new mill In Richmond, Wis., ne was admitted to partnership In tbe firm and for nearly 20 years the firm carried on a largo and profitable bus iness, operating both the Boardman and Richmond mills. In 18S6 Mr. Virgin made his first visit to the Pa cific coast, making a second visit In 1890, and In 1891 he came to Ash land. With W. E. Jacobs he pur chased the Ashland flouring mills from F. Roper and ever alnce Mr. Virgin has operated these mills, for number of years past being the sole proprietor. He had also recent ly rebuilt tbe Central Point mills, which he had acquired several years ago. Two yean ago he sold the Ash land mills, wit hthelr valuable water rights, to threity, operating the mill sine under lease. Tbe Democrats are talking tbem solvoa black In the fare about what the board of equalization did. Now, here la how the action o the bord of equalisation did effect the taxes: Suppose A waa assessed for $000; suppose B waa assessed for $1200: suppose C was aseased $1800; sup pose D was assessed $2400, their to tal assessed valuation would amount to the sum of ItiwOO. Suppose the county court had to raise a certain amount of taxes, say $60. In order to find what tho rate of taxation would be they would divide $60 by $6000, and would find that the rate would be 10 mills on the dollar. Now to find what each man's taxea would be we multiply each man's aBBossed valuation by the rate and we will find that A'a taxes are $6, B'a $12, C's $18 and D's $24. Now, suppose the board of equalisation makea a proportional raise of 66 2-3 per cent on the assessed valuation. We will multiply each man's assessed valua tion by 1.66 2-3 and A's assessment will then be $1000; B's $2000, C 'r. $3000 and D's $4000, and the total valuation will be $14,000. Now, the county court atill wants to raise $60 In order to find the new rate will divide $60 by $10,000. and will find that their rate is now 6 mills on the dollar Instead of 10 mills, as uudor the assessed valuation. Now, to find what each man's tares will be mui ply tiie raised valuation by the rate and you will have the taxea of -.ja.:h. A's will be $60, B's will be $12. C's will be $18 and D's will be $24. tuiit. as before. The raise did not ofr -r the amount of taxes to ba pa'.ii l-y each person one cent. Tbat la exactly what the lan tinn of equalization did. The raise to valuations was not made for tho pur pose of raising revenue, but to com ply with requirements of the law of 1907, chapter 2C6. page 4r-0, and in compliance with the oaths :f ti e memben of the b ard Section t of said law trovldcs .- follows: "Be fore proceeding ta th equ.-i7:itio-. . f such rolls the sevo-s members of the board sbsll each take and juunc-lbe to an oath, to ne rjminlsterul I member of such -josrd, and lo I. tiled with the county clerk. iO f:i.'il -fully and honestly Miami ie, orrv.t and equalize at ?tl! cash v.iVi said assessment roll aid all proper, ' returned by such ta.-ttsor." Section 4 provid-u that It shtll not be necessary. In eveut tin board deems it necessary to Incre-t-ii tli valuation of all property upi:i sur-b rolla. In a certain rroportljii, Iri or der that the valuation of tho tiroper ty generally upon the rollit sbvil b its full cash va'ue, as b l;iw -e quired. If properly Is not proner! as sessed, here Is how the lsw T-Vidd for an adjustment of the d.itrtpai.' cles or wrong valuations: "PeMtloi'x or applications for .he r.fli';riMi -)f particular assessor hall bi rind" in writing, verlf'el oy '.he rath t f tin applicant or hta attom-av u,i I !-. tlU-j with the board do - 'ig the f :: st v ti k it Is by law requtrol V- ho 'i tiu.wt and any petition or application n it sn made, verified and file J f ill! n l.e considered or acted u;..in !" tl:e board." If there was anything w,-n- w ith the assessment, partly ahouid j.c before the board of equalization, and make their complaint; If they do not do so. It Is presumed that they are correctly assessed: The parties who were assessed too high and did not make it known. ought not to complain at the action of the board of equalization, for If they bad not done tnelr duty In ac cordance with law the persons who wero assessed too high would have paid Just the same amount of tax this year, before being raised, as after, and the chances are 10 to 1 that they would have gone on year after year paying more than their just share of taxes and been none the wiser. They are the ones benefited and should bless rather thia curse the board for doing its duty. The Oil Industry. The oil industry about Meatord Is at last to get attention. J. B. Wood, of this city, well known In real estate circles, bas formed a company to drill on the east side of the valley for oil. Tbe money, according to statements made to a representative of The Morning Mail by Mr. Wood, has all been subscribed and Mr. Wood will leave In the near future for the south, where ho will obtain a com plete outfit of modern machinery tor the sinking of tbe well. Along the base of Roxy Ann there is any quantity of indications of oil, especially in the neighborhood of the coal mine. The site for the well has not as yet been determined upon, but the company has several loca- tlona In view and will sink the well In the most promising spot. The company completed its forma tion yesterday afternoon, tho stock all being subscribed by local busi ness men. Mr. Wood Is an experienced oil man, having been In the business for a number of years previous to com ing to Medford. Since he haa been here he has been engaged In the real estate business. He Is one of Mod ford's popular young business men. Wanted. To trade a boose and lot la Gnats Pass for a tram, harases aad wagon. Ana D. Blaster, 6. address Box SO, Medford. Orssjeev f Improvements Planned. C. J. Buck, sctlng supervisor or the Mazama forest reserve, is very busy these days in routine office work and in laying plans for the expendi ture of $6000 of the government's money In Improvements on this di vision of the government reserve. The Mazama reservo Is the south portion of the Cascado reserve and it jla this particular part upon which mis money is to be expended. The work which is lo be handled Includes the laying out and making passable a trail from Fort Klamath straight west to tho west boundary line of the reserve; the building of several rangers' cabins and the es tablishment of about 00 miles of tel ephone line. Of this telephone line, about 30 miles of It will be built from either Medrord or Eagle Point up Little Butte creek to Pelican bay, where It will connect with an already established line from Fort Klamath to Klamath Falls. Another tele phone line will be put in from Ash land to Ashland Butte, at which lat ter place there will be established a fire outlook Btatlon, nt which there will be a ranger stationed during the season of the year when fires may be expected to occur. There will be three or four rangers' cabins built at different points of the reserve. These cabins are not the kind which are sometimes found scattered through out the mountains, but are, instead. Just about as comfortable a little mountain home as It is possible for the government to provide. They are made according to specifications and plans. TIh-bo cost about $500 each, and besides there Is provided all necessary cooking utensils and furnituie and with this there Is also built a good barn and corral for the rangers' horse If he should be trav eling on horseback. These cabins are provided for the rangers not as a fixed place of abode ror any of them but aa a shelter for any and all of them when occasion calls them In the locality "where tney are located. About July I Mr. Buck will put on more rangers and this division will then have twelve who will, be kept at work during tne entire year. During the dry months of July, Au gust and September a greater num ber of men than this will be kept at work, and It is expected by this means to practically do away with the usual forest fires Greater Medford Club Busy. The library board of the Greater Medford club haa ordered the books for the new library snd have ordered the furniture for the library room, which is to be the same as the one used by the city council for Its ses sions in the city hall. A number of tbe famous Copley prints have been ordered and the same will be on exhibition In the near futuni at the library for three afternoons Refreshments will be served on the days of the exhibition, tbe proceeds to be devoted to the funds of the library. Mrs. H. C. Stoddard has been chosen as librarian for the first year. The new members of the club are Mrs. Worrell, Mrs. J. F. Hutchinson and Mrs. J. F. Reddy. Mesdames Miller and Page have been appointed a committee to at tend to tbe matter of placing recep tacles in tbe parks and other places In wh-ch to d pot.lt refuse The club is joining actively In cleaning up the city. Portland ROSE Festival IHIIIHINIIIIIIIIlUl$H1lll(lltllllNfflllll 'MIIIMI TO BE HELD IN PORTLAN J, OREGON JUNE G TO 6 Will be the most brilliant FLORAL FIESTA AND CIVIC JUBILEE v held lo tbe Pacific Northwest MiMtMiitimitM-iimhimihmiiiiii iiiiuimiiiiiiiihi Portland, "Tbe Uom City." will ho a tcrne of splendor and the cen ter of world-wide interest for one week. Several Important conventions to be held In Portland on that occasion IMMIIIMIUIt.llM IIMIIHIMIIMIHM MIIIUIIIIIIIMM THE SOUTHERII FOR CD. Will sell special tickets on this ocCAeioo from rneaforar Poriiana AND RETURN AT $13.20 For particulars call on A. S. ROSENBAUM LOCAL AQENT, ill 1 1 mmt For Groceries Prices and Quality Always Guaranteed Blue Ribbon Flour If You Haven't Tried It. Why Not Chase Sanborn Celebrated Teas and Coffee Warier THE GROCER. BANK YOUR MONEY IN SOILS OF EVANS CREEK VALLEY One grower sold $1 10 strawberries from J sere rows 3 feet a t Another grew 16 tuns of pumpkins on leu than 2 acres. Bold berries to local store $97, besides giving quantities of fruit for pinking from 40 hills raspberries and 88 Logan berries. Less than i acre of onions produced 14,001 lbs., told $280. 225 Svway Peach trees in four successive year sold: 1604, 1300 boxes; l'Jt'fi. 9800 boxes; 1906. 1300 boxes; 1V07, 1000. One Royal Anr. Cherry, 16 years, picked 600 pounds in W7. One D'Anjou Pear. 7 years, picked 6 boxes. You ran ge -uch results as these and better. Come to ma and I will tell yi.u why. Ynn can buy a new nine room house, large lot with arn $I2iKJ. 50 acres fronting on Rogue River, une mile from tow" at $20 per acre. 420 acres, very finest apple, pear, peach and cherry land, 1 miles, $0 per acre. Very best vineyard land $15 T sere Fivt room house and barn Dear depot, $1,000. 160 acres wiih 8 water ""hie. $60 per acre. 160 acma 20 acres cleared 13 acres Young Newtnwns and two acres bearing orchard, 4 miles out. Deep soil, $2,750. BEN A. LOWELL WOOD VILLE. OREGON ' Another Man For Medford. J.' B. Smith of Chicago Is the lat est prominent man from the East to decide that he wants a home In the Kogue River valle. Mr. Smith did not Jump at conclusions rapidly, but decided that here was the place for him after he had traveled extensively throughout the West, even, .visiting Mexico, in his search for a home. He visited Montana, IdahoColorado and California before deciding where he wished to remain, and now he has decided upon this valley. He will purchaso a ranch and plant grapes. aa he rather fnuctes that fruit. "I believe that Medford la the place for me," said Mr. Smith, "for I wish to obtain a place where Irrt' gatlon Is not needed. This valley grows splendid grapes and as I fancy main Gil (tti that fruit I will endeavor to grow them. The returns are good and quicker than they are from other fruits. "There are a tew splendid valleys In Idaho, but I find that Irrigation Is necessary and I do not wish to Irri gate. This valley 1b tbe best of them all that I have seen, and I am going to stay here." To the Public. Usving Installed maohtney for the manufacture of High (trade loe Crsam wt aolloit yonr orders lor same In any quantity. We make deliveries to any part of tbe eity. (live us your ordsrt large or small Kogue Rim Creamery, Merlfnrd, MILL MUMS. 500 LOTS OR MORE. Flour, $2.50 per 1011 lbs Rolled Barley. $1.70 per " lb- Middlinss $1.65 oer " lbs Mill Feed $1.60 per - lbs Bran 1.40 per " lbs LESS THAN 500 LOTS. Floor $2 70 per 100 lbs Rolled Barley.. $1 90 per lbs Middlings $1.80 per " lbs Mill Feed $1.60 per u lbs Bran $155 per - lbs MEDFORD FLOUR l assail sllil in I in IH l I 1 Wli ?