)
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.