MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUtTE, MEDFORD, OR EGOK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 190?.
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A Live Paphb in a Live Town.
Published every evening except Sunday.
MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Gborob Putn am, Editor and Manager.
Christmas Groceries
Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postoffice at
Medford. Oregon.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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AT LIVE AND "LIVE AND LET LIVE" PRICE'S. "CASH DOES IT
" 4-Crowu ' ' Loose Raiaios, pr pound . . . '. 10a
"Veribeat" Mince Bleat per package 10c
"Tea Garden" Mince Meat in 4-pound glass jara 65c
hoc "White Hose" Srrup S6e
20c "Cream of Wheat"
I Green OHto in the bulk, per the quart 26c
Last year's crop, extra dry, Bhelled Popcorn, per the pound Bi-ac
Holding's Calimyrna Whole Figa in 2-pound boxea '
German Lentil, for toup making, at, the pound 12'tc
OQe quarts of Welch's Grape Juice, for cash 60c
17c
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It is to laugh! . ..-' -J-
Wlifn is an assault not an assault?
When it happens in, Jackson county.
.Surely nothing more absurd .has occurred to make a
travesty of the law than the whitewashing of Earl Jackson
by the county grand jury just discharged.
A year ago an assault was made upon Mavor Roddy
and an ax hurled at his head. The grand jury held it was HOW JOSEPHINE
not a punishable offense to try to brain a man with an ax. I nrrriirrn itc m a mp
The Tribune criticized the grand iurv for failin" to KtttFVtU II NAMt
periorm its duty, and the jurors, who saw no crime in a
murderous assault, immediately discovered a heinous crime
in remarks upon its own shortcomings. The editor
at on
Big lot EasterrijCraiiberries
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To Tho Tribune:: I recently saw an
itom in the Tribune, a narrative teOcniF
was.
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in UMlirieo, pum'U Oil a train aild thrown into. i;li nve(1 t,,t',r uanl'- r is quite amusioe 1
fnf liiu .iril..,l.,c. to mo hr.w
Then came the trial. A forger escaped unscathed the
consoquences of his crime. A murderer went free, but the
leienticss wheels ot justice grind exceedingly fine when
the real thing in the line of criminals (an editor) comes
' up. The courtroom rang with oratory that reminded one
oi tne matchless eloquence of Sergeant Buzz Fuzz in' the
celebrated case; of Bardwell vs. Pickwick, anrt twelve good
men and true brought in the comic opera finish and sen
tenced tho wretch to punishment. The penalty still hangs
" "nci tne supreme.w.urt in its own good time
jhihmcn upon me points at issue.
Now follows chapter two and another errand inn-.
In the course of the political campaign of last spring
The Tribune printed a story, the truth of which has never
been questioned, that Earl Jackson, while deputy sheriff
ii i.-eu a prisoner up by his wrists. Some five months lat
er, during which not a word had been said on the subject,
The Tribune editor was assaulted without warning on the
street by the former deputy whom ho had never seen.
.Without ioss of time the young man, whom publication
of the truth had so injured, hastened to the city recorder's.
court, where he filed a complaint against himself and paid
the minimum fine. Then he hurried to Ashland, where
he had a similar complaint filed before a friendly justice
of the peace, who also accommodatingly give the minimum
sonlouce. I lwwv lS( tIl0 yoimR m.m n
ardy in neither case had the injured party filed a 'com
plaint, nor had anyone who witnessed the assault filed a
complaint they were fake prosecutions to enable the as
sailant, to escape real prosecution.
A complaint was filed before a local justice of the peace
"id a real prosecution begun. The youth with pugilistic
propensities was bound over to tin; grand jurv, which aft
' hearing the evidence of the complaining witness, bro.H.t
111 "" "' lull-thus declaring that: an assault is not ,
punishable crime in Jackson county, just as the previous
in iutkici innr ;ui assault with an ax w;
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as not
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griuul jury had nothitin- tn .In uiii, n,,. n
it,,, i r. i i i " . . " .tii m- hit-i niai
ta irniiiiiM imu iuir pleaded guilty
h i lis, u IWMIMT ( rould or collld
incut upon the plea of forme
"pou fake prose-
not escape pnnisli-
poople get mixed up tint '
wero not Johnny on the spot.
With t!:eui i! ia only hearsay. I thiiifc
I am absolutely the only' living mtui
that ran give anything Itkf a 'thu
version of the affair. l ) 1
George H. Parker of Grants Pass, Or..
writes mo that tbey want to place il l
monument over the old grave to pre
servo its history. -
Crossing the Plains.
We crossed the plains, my brother;.
O. B. Twogood and myself, in lSiTT,.
with 30 teams. Judge Werniey,. who
located Seattle was captain. We cross
ed the Missouri May 10, landed at
Oregon City August 20.' We lt every
thing we had in trying to htjr others.
Not finding work, Sam llad" and I
rigged up and started for the mines
that we heard had been struck in south
ern Oregon. We traveled' through the
Willamette that was very sparsely set
tled and went 250 miles or ns far as
Deer oreek. There wo found Aaron
Hone mid family of our county. We
purchased a squatter right and little
shack, 10x12. This is now ' the city
of Rnftehurg.
Squatted at Roseburg.
From there wo wi'iit south five miles,
where wo found .Tosso Roberta thence'
to the month of the Hig can-von, Joe
Knott ' place, the last house on the
mad. We went on io Grave creek 30
miles farther and found a nfeo little
valley and good grasn. -Going -20 miles
further south, we found Ben Kitlstead 's
log cabin and ferry boat. We crossed'
and went down the smith Hide of Rogue
river seven miles to Yummy's orry. J.
V. Vnnuoy and .fame? Tuft had locat
ed a ranch there. They wen- the only
Iwo cabins in the Rogue River valley.
Ascended the Appleffate.
I'assing up Applegute we passed over
the divide and into the Illinois valley,
sniiic 2" r .'to niib's. Here on the north
side we found a camp. Ham Krey was
there with a horse oorratl, where he
herded miners' horse:. There we firtd.'
met Hardy Klliff. Mrr. J. K. Kuyart 's
ful Iter. We rlso met .hidfro Morfon
and partner with a park train. The
judge wno killed in r?mso, Idaho in
isiil.
Tin1 next lay we- passed over the
leoiintain to some erei'ks, where gold
was found. 11 ad ley and T struck camp,
pitched our tout and wnrked tin d"ays.
when we concluded we were not cut
nut for miners. We retraced our teps
to ('anyonville.
Built FirstLog Cabin.
lladlev went ten miles dwn the
HO! FOR THE HOLIDAYS
The largest stock of Christmas goods in the city to
select from. Come early and take your pick.
MftfW'-'viB! i, silfcJ
A FEW SUGGESTIONS
EVERYTHING IN PYROGRAPH1C SUP
PLIES. '
POST CARD ALBUMS, 25c TO $2.50. '
LADIES' HAND BAGS, 75c TO $10.00.
MANICURE SETS, $1.50 TO $12.50.
MUSIC ROLLS, COLLAR & CUFF BOXES.
.SHAVING SETS, GLOVE BOXES. .
THE CHOICEST PERFUMES.
CHRISTMAS STATIONERY ;'
SOUVENIR TRAYS.
SKINS FOR BURNT WORK IN ALL COL
ORS A . SPECIAL LINE . OF. . CHRISTMAS
CIGARS
and a thousand other useful novelties that are .
appropriate for Christmas Presents.
Wax Doll Given Away
The BEAUTIFUL WAX DOLL .which we will
give away Christmas Eve to the person holding
the greatest amount of CASH sale slips from
our store. Every purchase entitles you to a reg
ister coupon slip showing the amount of vour
purchase. THESE SLIPS ARE TRANSFER
ABLE, and the person showing the greatest
amount of cash sale at the Eagle Pharmacy gets
me a on.
The Eagle Pharmacy
'ct no indictment was
ill,. ;,. I . i " I""11'. lllill i.,.rv tt fi..m.il him liuilif flie first
. " couiii (lecKtc aiid this column muld I'"1'1 r"hin "f r"V",viM"- "
he lulcil with citations showing that lie c.nl,l i,f . Km ,h,'n 1 mot T,nr,,ov si""1""!, '
ii 1 1 i i " 'ouid not so escape. i v.,-.it i; mil u nn.i i,.c,.to,i
imi icmi points and technicalities arc not for .n-nwi in,.,.,... I tin iimn k nni r iin.i th-
nnravel-they are sworn to a.-t according to (h,. Pvi.
' ,,""(' ''-;- them-and the only evidence placed l.eforo
in vwi una oi ui( rinnplaiii.'nit.
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"" ' nmo grand jurors took oath to
act according to evidence.
. ' T'-i'"' '".s profited l.y cNpericnce-the grand
jury has l,cen d.schargcilso ,110 editor cannot he i.npris
,,m,1 1 ; 'H'" al grand jury farce is over for this
year and the merriment of this KliU Christmas time is co-8i.ltM-al.lv
enhanced hy this opera-l.ouf fe exhihit of Jack
son conn y justice cakewalking for the protection of thugs
It is to laugh I
Jn pito of (ho ft-rand jury's division to tho contrarv,
' I n Mine wishes to announce that the open season for
(.wits nas oimeci as lixv as its oxvn (,(li(or
Jind tho closed season is on.
is eoneernod.
TWO MEV ARRESTED AS
TRAIN ROBBING SUSPECTS
POUTLANO, Or., Dw. lS.-Two nion.
omo of tli ; j.rnrtl and both R.ti.l to
Himwrr tin .! noripttnn vt tlie men who
hU uj. tho 1 -nitM O. K. A rxpn-es
c;ir t.-isr. i ;M nlni.nt within the lunitu
ot Port .'il l tt.id atolo a pnrkngf roii
t;iiniiiif Bit:rlc worth 700, wore ar
r'8tr.l til.p- ami will bo l.rtuiKht to
Purtlnml. i- tramp on the train sftvs
w enn Mli-i'tifv tho nthbern. Whin
tie rxpnsn ;nr was cut from tho rest
of the trin t Isrk Huff threw tho valu
ables int nn obscure corner, whore thov
won overlooked for the robbere.
firs: lift' for settlement then. A eom
pany of prowpfcton timii nvor the Sis
kivon inotinta'uiH in August nf 1S..T.
Tlicv wrnt ilown UiL'iie river ;nil into
tlie Illinois valley, tlu-n over a imnn
taiii. where they fonmt two creeks with
jr,ild in them. There was n -Mi-:i Joseph
ine Rollins in the party, so tiny nam tl
mil' creek Josephine, the hIIht Can
yon. I have been tohl since that the
yonng lady was Miss 1 .eland Crowley
and was with .Tosse Appleite a train
in '4r or '40. The first wspm train
that ever came into Oregon from the
nth. They did nef iinke mnro than
t'ivt- miles a day.
War With Indians.
Paring the Rogue River Indian wrr
of commonly known ns General
,Tno t.nne's war, my partner, (l:ile, nnd
a Spaniard from Spain were shot in
bed one night nnd the house burned at
Cow crook, afterwards sir out of ton
Crave creek Indians were massacred in
the (Irnve oreek house by (Vptain
Owens' compnny of volunteers of Jack
sonville. Indians wero planted in the
sumo graves they helped to open. They
remained "good Indians" after that.
During tho war of February my
partner, M. T. Hnrkness. went to car
ry a message to General K. I.amrrick
miles down tho Meadows, Tho In
diann waylaid him. shot him in the
gtoin and he f.dl from his h -rso. The
Indians came up. stripped off every rag
of clothing, scalped am! cut him up in
Iieees. white yet nlivi.
Whigs Win First Election.
It was in 1S.'4, the month of June, 1
think, when the first election was held
in Jackson county. The whig: carried
it. M. txtptiui and Jr.hu T, Miller were
elected to the legislature. Luptotl in
tritiliu'iit the bill creating Josephine
enmity nnd changed the name of Grave
ereek to Iceland. So you see i!r. Park
er, the name of Jo.iephine Leland would
not look well in history, an Iceland Crow
ley was dend before Josephine Rollins
was in that part of tho country.
J. H. TWOOOOD.
JACKSONVILLE ITEMS,
The entertainment given for the ben
efit of the library last Tuesday eve
ning proved a success in evrrr particu
lar. Tho program was unusually irood.
the music and dramatic readings prov- I
ing a great treat for all present. The j
receipts of the evening were $44, which
will be applied on new books for the
library.
Misses Kmtna and Anna Wendt spent
a few hours in Medford Thursday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Frank Bennett of Medford spent
Thursday with relatives living here.
Mrs. W. R. Coleman was n Medford
visitor Thursday afternoon.
Harry Kmery of Ashland spent part
of this week in town attending court.
Miss I,eona I'lrieh was among those
who spent Thursday in Medford.
Where to Buy
W'ho sells Xnms goods the
cheapest, the store who has
expensive fixtures and large
rents or the one who has the
small expense ?
Our expenses are less,
therefore we sell for less
than others.
The most beautiful Doll in
Medford given away Call
and see it
THE SPOT
Circuit Court News.
State of Oregon vs. C. E. Koach;
indictment changed to forgery and
defendan t given until tomorrow to
plead to samo.
Emery J. E-stman vs. Jack Freden
bnrg: demurrer sustained.
State of Oregon vs. Ernest Forma n;
selling liquor to minor; dismissed.
State of Oregon vs John Doe; soil
ing liquor to minor; ordered that bench
warrant be issued.
Grand jury's report filed and junr
discharged.
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