The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, June 12, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text) a0caoccooeoo0 I OUR. COUNTY 8 Correspondents KAGM? POINT KAC-XKTM. By A. C. Howlett.) Rer. A. C. Howlett will preach In Butte Falls od Saturday evening at 8 o'clock and on Sunday at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. Since my lust, George Phlllpa has moved from the old Farlow house, where ho hua been living for bo me time, to the house formerly occupied by Claud Warmnley. Mr. and Mrs. Baker of Butte Falls came out last Tuesday and met their son, Mr. Brown of Seattle, who ar rived on the P. & E. train. They had an early dinner and returned the same day for their home. Clarence Pierce and a Mr. Uen klni. from Michigan, weic out lnt Tuesday looking at Ihe country T: vy bad heen at Brownsboro to loo'.- at a place and then came here for dinner and to look over some of our land. John Fidael and Mr. Conner were at the Sunnyslde for d'aner iusi Tuesday and report that the CruVr Lake Lumber company's mill on Jtip Butte cut last Monday 40,000 fee. W lumber and that they are gjag right Hamilton Watkins, the Trail dj-H carrier, while at dinner last TuftJny remarked that they were having a regular feast of trout at Trail; that Clarence Mlddlebusher caught on lat Monday 43 trout, and thought th.tr was not much, Our school Clerk, J. A. Jonas, has poBted notices calling a school meet ing for the third Monday In June, which Is next Monday. Let every body turn out and put In a director who will help to have a good school and let us see It we cannot establish our reputation for having good schools. Green Mathews Informs me that Ire has purchased a three-acre strip oft the old D. P. Mathews place, ly ing along the county road, one acre wide and three long; consideration, $100 per acre. He tells me that he Intnftds to build on It and If he sells his old home place he will move there and If not he will have It to rent. Since my last there has been fl" other change In real estate. Ell K'i'e has traded his house and two acres of land In Eagle Point to a man by the name of I. Harvey of Coqullle City. They simply changed places. Mr. Harvey has a wife and one son. Mr. Ellis was here last week and took his household effects and started for Coqullle and Mr. Harvey has "moved Into hbt new home. Mr. Ellis has married again. f have to record the death of an other of our old pioneers, Thomas Baldwin of Brownsboro, who passel away litnt Friday at his daughter's borne, and the remains were Interred In the Brownsboro cemetery last Bun day. The deceased was quite a gen and has been very active for a mm of his nge, as I understand that be was about 80 years of age. I have not been able to learn the particu Something Worth Talking About Deuel Kentner will Save you Dollars The Perfect Fitting Popular Priced Munsing Under wear for Women and Children This Week we are Offering Shirt Waists at Greatly Reduced Prices A Nemo Self Reducing Corset For Every Stout Woman. Our Corset Line Em braces a Model for Every Figure. Not only Corset Style, but Comfort. Corsets Fitted a Specialty. Prices $1.00 to $7.50 Our Line of Sacques, Kimonas and Home Dresses is more Complete than Ever. The new Silk Kimona in Jajanere Effect are Beauties. Summer Goods Arriving Daily, Consisting of Lawns, Fancy Mulls, Sole Sette, Percales, French Ginghams, Pearlines, French Lawns and all Latest Goods. The Big Store rriiir lars of his deuth or family, but rnnw that be leaves some of a family be hind. He was a man who was highly respected by all who knew blm. On last Sunday Kev. Davla and myself went to Table Rock, where 1 preached, and we met the Sunday school and all the necessary arrange ments were made for the picnic on Itogue river just below tne Bybee bridge next Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. In the afternoon we met the Agate Sunday school and after I had preached, arrangements were made to have the presentation exercises of the district school and tho Lincoln Literary society of Agate, of a very neat wristlet and ring to Miss Mae Newlnnd, who has been teaching the Agate school and was also president of the literary society. The wrlBtlet was presented on behalf of the lite rary society by Miss Florence Kin-, cade, one of the pupils, with a neat ! and appropriate speech, and the ring 1 was presented by Miss Fay Grlgsby I on behalf of the school with a very appropriate speech, and the reaponses by Miss Newland, the teacher, was not only appropriate, but quite Im pressive. The two presents were not only beautiful to look at, but quite costly and no doubt will be cherished through life, and the time of the pre- ; sen tat Ion will be marked as a bright 1 ppot in her early hlBtory. TALKXT ITEMS. Very strong on Spring Suits 'BUI." Mrs. Fotbes spent Monday in Med- ford shopping. Gringer & Peterson have built a warehouse In connection with their store. Dr. Swedenburg was In Talent Tuesday attending to professional duties. Mr. Alford, who has been sick for some time, shows very little, If any, Improvement. Joe Gravel, an employe at Foster, Wlekstrum & Nay lor sawmill, had his right leg broken Monday morn ing. George Gardner and Miss Katie Aldrldge have each been circulating petitions for appointments as post master. Mrs. L. V. Steele, the pres ent Incumbent, has resigned. FACTS KEGAKOINO MKltFOfti. Med ford Is situated In the center of one of the richest fruit-growing sections of the United States. Land about Medford pays 11000 a year annually. The city has been founded 23 years and has grown In that time from a sagebrush plain to be a mod ern city, with modern conveniences. The assessed valuation of Medford In 1906 was $1,048,959, and In 1907 Its valuation was $1,949,781. The assessment for 1908 Is now being made and It Is expected that It will prove to be more than $2,500,000. From these figures can be seen the rapidity with which Medford is growing In another column la the story of the growth In the Hat of registered voters. The population of Medford Is generally stated at 6500 at the present time and Is generally believed correct. & KENTNER, M edford's Greatest Value Givers The city has just completed a city hall and fire station at a cost of $10,000. At prosent there Is a large force of men engaged In putting. In an Improved water distributing sys tem which will thoroughly cover the city and will cost In the neighbor hood of $65,000. A bond Issue of $300,000 was voted on the 17th day of last April to bring water to this city from Wasson canyon, a distance of 20 miles. When this water sys tem Is completed Medford will have one of the finest in Oregon. The source of water sup fly Is In the deep gorges of a mountain range and the supply will be sufficient for a city The city is soon to undertake the la'ng r niovo Bewer Hpe- The sewer syptem of the city hi present Is giv ing entire satisfaction, but- the city limits have expanded, making more ; sewer lines necessary. I Seventh street and Central ave- j nue, where they transverse the buBl neBs section of the city, will be paved this summer, and the council Is In receipt of other petitions for the pav ing of streets. Medford has nine churches, two modern schoolhouses In use, and i $40,000 voted for a high school building, which Is to be ready by Oc tober, two daily papers, three banks, ' a box factory, two ice plants, a spray : manufacturing plant, a box factory, a sash and door factory, two granite manufacturing concerns, a foundry. splendid electric light plant, modern hotels, a theater at which some of the best shows on the coast stop, and all other business houses and con cerns that tend to form a modern city. Medford Is fast becoming a rail road center. The Southern Pacific runs through the center of town, the Rogue Klver Valley railroad runs from Medford to the county Beat, the Pacific fc Eastern railroad runs to Eagle Point and will be continued through to the famous Crater lake, which is about 85 miles from Med ford. An electric line Is talked of circling the entire valley. The city has recently purchased a quarry about seven miles from the city which will connect by rail with the city. They have contracted for the hauling of 4000 tons of crushed rock a year for ten years for the streets of the city. Modern machin ery has been Installed for the hand ling of the rock. There are many other details re garding Medford that should be men tioned In an article of this kind, but our space Is too limited. To do this city justice a speclnl edition should be prepared. That Is a matter of the future. However, there Is no doubt tut that Medford Is Ideally lo cated as regards the good things of the earth, and there are many Invest ments to be found In and about Med ford that will pay any person or per sons to become Interested In. For Sale. 8oo tiers of wood, DeUvsrsd or In timber. W. T. Gould, Medford, Cor and Jackson stree. READ THE MOHMXG MAIL. GIVES ACCOUNT OF USEFUL LIFE On last Saturday George L. Boone of this city celebrated bis K2d blrU day In thla city. At that time with Mr. Boone was feathered together a number of bla children and a very pleasant day was spent. Mr. Boone Is the great great grandchild of Daa lel Boone, famed In tho annals of this country. Mr. Boone 1b one of Med ford's most dearly loved residents and to all he U known as a most kindly, courteous gentleman. He was Induced to give be following account of his life which Is of more than passing Interest to the readers or The Morning Mall. Not the lea-tt re markable feature about the fo low ing manuscript Is the clear. loi:irl manner In which Mr. Boone tel'i .t his life. Although an old man, be has furnished an account of his li'e that would be a credit to a youn'-. more active bruin. It Is to be nopcl that Mr. Boone will yet have miny years In which to enjoy the fruits vf a useful life. Mr. Boone's artlc'e fal lows: 4 Medford. June 9. 190$. 'Having been requested by seven. friends to give them a written 'e- scrlptlon of my travels on the plain a and In Mexico, I was born In Mont gomery count. Missouri, on tho th day of June, 1826. My father was a son of Jesse Boone, a son of Dai'-1 Boone, of Kentucky. Father moved to Jefferson City in 1837, wtaer : 1 served three years at a trade. At ti c age of 19 I went to the Rocky moun tains In the employ of a fur comtiuny in 1845; trading for buffalo robes; going down to the states In the spring of 1846. Mexico bad declared war against the United States. I went to Fort Leavnworth and mus tered Into service In Company F, First Regiment Mounted Cavalry, un der Colonel A. W. Doniphan. It was known as the Army of the West. Af ter taking New Mexico, Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, from there wo went Into the Navajo country on the headwaters of Gila River, Ariz., making a treaty with the Navijoes; crossed back over the mountains to the Rio Del Norte river; from there to El Paso Del Norte (a pass to the north), where we had a battle at Brazlto. After taking El Paso we left for Chihuahua (pronounced che- wawa), where we had a battle at Sacramento; fought five to one; from there traveling through five states In Old Mexico; joining General Taylor and General Wool at Buena Vista, where they had Just fought the battle at Buena Vista (good view), near the city of Monterey; from there to. Matamoras; from there to Brazos Island, on the Gulf of Mexico, where we took transporta tion on an East Indian merchantman across the Gulf of Mexico to New Or leans, where we were discharged and paid off. From there up the Missis sippi and Missouri rivers to place of sartlng. having traveled 6000 miles. getting back In 1847. In the spring of 1848 I started for Oregon, leav ing Kansas City on April 1, 1848. Went with team and outfit to St. Jo, to join some company. The enil- grants had just began to arrive there. We formed a company and as none of them had ever been on the plains, they would have me take charge of the train. On the' South Platte we came up with a company that was just ahead of us. In that company there was a man and bis wife. He was to drive a team for the man to bring him and wife to Oregon. They had a falling out and had thrown his trunk out. The balance of the com pany Bald they could not take him in, as they were loaded. They could not come ahead or go back. I took him In. He got to Oregon all right On the North Platte, whilst noon ing, Joseph Meek, a trapper and guide, rode up with a small escort on his way to Washington City with dispatches for help. The Indians at Walla Walla had killed the mission aries at Whitman's Station. We came on to Fort Hall. Captain Grant in charge of the Hudson Bay fort, told us It would not be safe for less than 100 wagons to travel together. After going Into camp for the night, after holding a council, there were five of us agreed to go ahead, If we could get through, to cross back over the mountain and meet our train. We traveled In the night and laid up in the day; got to The Dalles; there was a small company of volunteers stationed there. Leaving Fort Hall, only started with one pack horse to pack our grub and blankets, as we wanted to come as light as possible. Getting to The Dalles, we were clear out of grub; got some camus roots; lived on that to Oregon City, late In the fall of 1848. The names of the men In the party An old gentleman by the name of Joy from Illnols; Colonel E. N. Ebey, massacred on Whldby Island, In Washtngon, from Schuyler county, Missouri; George Basket, Howard county, Missouri; William Brlsto, Fulton county, Illinois, and myself. In the spring of 1849 Colonel Wil liam Trault and myself left Oregon City for the mines In California. There I followed trading, gettM goods from Sacramento, paying $lii for 100 pounds of sauer kraut, the same for potatoes. In 1S50 I went with the first tompany and sett tied Humboldt Bay, Cal. In 1851 I brought a pack train to Oregon and packed to the mines of Yreka. The mines were discovered there In 1851, at Jacksonville 185!. Going through Rogue river In 1849, bad to fight In- Willamette valley In 1852; Improved a farm near Corvallls, sold and I In dians to Shasta valley. Settled In proved a farm at Mary's River, near Philomath, In 1870; helped to make the wagon road to Vaqulna Bay; Im proved a ranch on Yaqulna Buy. Three years ago came to Medford. I bave Just given my wandering, leaving out all the Incidents that tool place. The expedition of Colonel Doniphan In Mexico, written by Wil liam E. Connelly, Topeka, Kan., Is a true history and very interesting. Yours truly, GEO. L. BOONE. I MAXILLA LA.Vn-KKAt i INJURY PORTLAND, Or., June 9. Accord ing to the testmony submitted to the grand jury in the Investigation of the alleged land frauds In Umatilla coun ty on which Indictments were re turned, the plan of operation adopted by Raley, Crow and Slusher and their associates was similar to that em ployed by Puter and McKinley In their successful robbery of several thousands of acres of valuable timber land In the western part of the state. Raley et al., however, were not as successful In their efforts as were the original professional landgrabbers of the Willamette valley. Alarmed by an investigation that was Instituted by the government before the patents i to the Umatilla lands could Issue, practically all the entry men relin- i qulshed their claims so that the chief conspirators eventually got posses sion of probably less than 1000 of the 30,000 acres for the purchase of which they bad Induced settlers to apply Having beer, lightened In relin quishing their claims, many of the perjured entrymen made haste to square themselves. Many of them confessed to District Attorney Mc- Court and unfolded In detail the fraudulent scheme and the part they played In t. As witnesses they gave strong and convincing evidence for the government. The land for the attempted unlaw ful selzur of wblcb prominent citi zens of the state bave been Indicted consists of about 30,000 acres of un allotted Indian lands that originally comprised a portion of the Umatilla Indian reservation. It is located In townships 34 to 36 Inclusive, south ranges 1 and 2 east. In 1885 con gress passed an act providing for the sale at public autlon of these lands, with the provision that they should be disposed of in not greater lots than 160 acres of nontlmbered and 40 acres of timbered land; that the ap plicant was to agree that the title to the land should not Inure to any other person than the applicant; that the land should be cultivated and Im proved and that the applicant should be allowed to pay for the same by de positing one-thlid of the purchase price, paying another equal Install ment In two years and the remaining one-third within five years. Under this arrangement, however, only a small acreage was disposed of, and In 1902 the law was still fur ther amended providing for the sale of the unsold tracts at private sale. But this amendment did not elimi nate the regulations requiring resi dence on the land and Its improve ment by the applicant. It developed during the investiga tion of the frauds by the grand jury that most of the land was purchased through various persons employed by Raley, Slusher and their associates, during the year 1902, although an occasional tract was purchased as late as 190a. The scheme employed by the cnlef conspirators was to ar range with different persons to ap ply tor the purchase of the land in such quantities as could be bought under the law. In this way friends were Induced to purchase parcels of the land as a matter of friendship, the understanding being that all ex penses, Including the three payments for the land, should be paid by the men In whose real interest the par chases were being made, and to whom the land eventually should be deed ed. Others were engaged for a consid eration of from $50 to $100 each, the prevailing consideration being $75, to become a party to the conspiracy. They, too, were apprised of the fact that all expenses were to be paid by the man to whom the property should be deeded the minutes the final proof had been completed. In fact, tfciti- mony was offered at the grand jury Investigation showing that when these varous applicants went to the land office regularly to apply for the purchase of the land, one of the men who have been indicted invariably accompanied them and personally paid such sums as were required to close the transaction. The same was true of the second payment and also (when the final payment was made, at the time the applicant proved up as to residence and cultivation of his tract. It was In rounding up this sort of people that William Rahe, Bailey Ross and Samuel M. Olmstead were I engaged. Rahe was for years a horse trainer and had an extensive - ac quaintance with all classes of people throughout Umatilla county, while Ross and Olmstead, who were wood dealers, also had an acquaintance that was helpful In locating a de sirable class of not too conscientious applicants. Laborers, barkeepers, livery stable employes, clerks and young women employed In the laun dries, hotels and restaurants were tempted by the opportunity te earn a lttle easy money and invar, ib'.y yielded to the representations of tie solicitors. It was not until 1904, or ne-trly two years after most of the applica tions for purchase bad been miK that the Irregularity of the sa'.e of I 1 HI For Groceries Prices and Quality Always Guaranteed Blue Ribbon Flour If You Haven't Tried It, Why Not Chase (8b Sanborn Celebrated leas and Coffee Warmer THE BANK YOUR MONEY IN SOILS OF EVANS CREEK VALLEY One grower Fold St 10 strawberries from I sere rows 3 feet a par Another grew It tons of pumpkins on lets than 2 acres. Sold berries to local store $97, besides giving quantities of fruit for nickine from 40 hills raSDberries snd 38 Loean berries. Less than i acre of nnionB produced 14,00) lbs., fold $280. 225 Snway Peach trees in tour successive years Fold: 1904, 1800 boxes; MCS. !?300 boxes; I'.IOC, 13u0 boxer; 1U07, 1000. One Royal Ann Cherry, 16 years, picked 500 pounds in 1W07. One D'Anjou Pear, 7 years, picked 6 boxes. You can get uch results as these and better. Come to me and I will tell you why. You can buy a new nine room house, large, lot with barn for 11200. fiO acres fronting oa Rogue River, one mile from town at 120 per acre. 420 acres, very finest apple, pear, peach and cherry lend, 1 miles, $60 per acre. Very bBl vineyard land 115 per acre Five room house and barn near depot, fl.OoO. 160 acres with 3 water f?htB. $60 per acre. 1(50 acros 20 acres cluated 13 acres Young Newtowns and two acres bearing orchard, 4 miles out. Deep soil, 12,750. BEN A. LOWELL WOODVILLE, OREGON e00eeOA.,rOeOH 25 MOTOR CARS these lands was detected. In tii.it year Captain J. H. Alexander fi ceeded Special Agent SIcXutt of the Interior department and was $u tloned at La Grande. Captain Alex ander was mpressed with the remit.'1; able activity in the snles ot the Umr tllla lands which he discovered fmm an investigation of the records of Ui land office at that place. Regarding the situation unusual, he madj a quiet Investigation which resulted In a formal report to the department re questing a rigid Investigation. CITATION ' In tht County Court ot the Suto of Oregon tor the county of Jeck.on. In tua Matter ol ilie Estate ol Bettls Pllllni, Deceased On tbii Mh day ot May, A. D. laos, tho mat ter of the hearing on the order to ihow cause why an order ot tale ol the real property be lonfflna to aald Batata ahould not be made coming on regularly to be heard, and It ap pearing to toe court, ana lue man nnai nam the returui or the eherlff that no eervlce has been made on Hettle Felling-, the heir at law to aald eilata; and It farther appearing that aald heir bae removed from the elate ; Therefore It la ordered that the aald hearing be. and the tame atrebr la, continued until Haiurday. the ISth day of July, A. D. 19ba, at the bonr of 10 o'clock a m. of aald day. and eitatlon be nerved by publication in the man ner provided by lair by publishing the aame in the Medford Malt a navepaper published weekly la Jackson county, oregun. Uo. W. m'X!. county Judge. Dated Mar IKS. READ THE MORNING MAIL. OCKSSOKHlOniDOOOQOOOOOOOaOCK I 00KKICnCHXK30OOOO0K8XKMMOOaDOi IT'S A MIGHTY TOUGH ' JOB 2 'fixinvr motor cars on the broad $ your back. And to uone cesaay too. 'Juat have u po over your automoltille. - We'll fix It so it will not break down bo lonir as you stay on the road It you haven't had the down-on-your-back exoerienca et, don't bave it. Send us your machine to be overhauled. Those who have had it don't hanker for iv again. HODSON AUTO CO M&DFORD. ORFCON 500 LOTS OR MORE. Floor 2.50per 100 lbs Rolled Barley. $1.70 per " lbs Middlings.... .11.65 ner " lbs Mill Feed.... JU0 per " lbs Bran 1.40 per H lbs LESS THAN 500 LOTS. Flour...'. $2.70 per 100 lb Rolled Barley.. $1.90 per " lbs Middlings $1.80 per " lbs Mill Feed $1.60 per ".lbs Bran $1.55 per " lbs MEDFORD FLOUR MILLS. Fred Relnerke Is moving to his new home In Southwest Medford uTToor Mrs. M. A. Boughton of Butte Falls were in Medford renter-day. MILL PRICES.