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No. 162.,
MONSTER STEAM
SHffl.fi
FOR WORK
OH P.M.
Huge Machine for Grading on Ex
tension of Railroad Arrives
Ready for Its New
Job. ' -
HAS WON FOR ITSELF
ENVIABLE REPUTATION
Sixty Men Are at Work on the Line
More Are Constantly Be
ing Added.
A hugo 70-ton liucyrus stciun shov
ol owned by Porter Brothers arrived
in Medford Saturday morning mid
will nt once bit sent jmt on tlio Pa
cific! & Eastern mid put nt work in
llio cut to ln made just bi'yond Eagle
l'liint in making tin- raise to the Lit
tle )ixirt beyond Hint town. The
shovel is modern in every respect mid
lias proved her worth in I ho cut in
!i Cascade Locks on tlw North Iiuitk
rond, wliero she tipped over, wallow
cd iirnund in the mud, caught sev
eral boulders on her hood, lint cut Iter
way through. Shu is one of the best
steam shovels owned by Porter
Tile work on making tin? cut beyond
Eagle Point is to start at once. The
formation is of gravel and as fast
ns tbo shovel scoops it up it will he
jilaced on flats and hauled buck and
used for ballast on the old line be
tween Mcdl'ord and Eagle Point,
which is to ho reconstructed.
If. X. Randall now has some 00
men nt work on the hillside beyond
the Litllo Desert. The work is most
ly rock word and only seven or eight
teams are employed. In fact, the
contractor have found more rock
work than they expected, os the line
has been changed in a number of in
stances. More men nro being added
daily and will be strung out along
tlio lino for some distanea until 400
or 500 men nro nl work. One camp
1ms been established nnd arrange
ments for olhorg tnndo.
Within tho next two wooks the
work will get under full sway nnd
then tho rond will bo rushed to Butte
Falls. '
146 GASES LEPROSY
REPORTED AMERICA
Statistics Throw Light on Wide
Spread Distribution of
Disease.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Virtu
ally admitting tho incurability of lep
rosy, declaring that tho disoaso .is
contagious from porson to porsnn,
tlmt ovory country in whatever lati
tndo should isolnto thoso suffering
from tho disoaso, thnt children of
leprous pn rents should bo separated
from them nt tho oirliest possiblo mo
ment nnd lepers should not bo nllow
od in ccrtnin trndos or occupations, n
resolution was adopted by tho second
international conference on leporsy
SICKNESS OF
JUROR FORCES
A NEW TRIAL
Judge Hanna Dismisses Jury Which
Has Been Hearing the Wals
worth Murder
Case.
JUROR HEARN UNABLE
TO CONTINUE DUTIES
Court Will Meet Again Monday, Oc
tober II, to Start New
. Trial. '
The trial of Charles II. Walsworth
for the murder of James F. Minikins
enino to" a sudden end Friday, when
Juror Ileum was unablo to continue
us juryman owing to a sudden illness.
Tbo jury was dismissed nnd tho case
will bo called ngnin on October 11 to
hear tbo case again.
Tlio trial started nt tho first of
the week and continued until Wed
nesday, Juror Ileum was taken ill.
Th case was continued for n day
and then whim lie was found to be
unable to attend court tho present
trial was continued until October 11.
Judge 1 1 ii mi a goes to (hunts Pass
next week to hear criminal cases.
To Chicago and Return.
October 4 October 4. October 4.
Ten days allowed going trip, re
turning tickets good until November
:I0. H id trip 182.40. For particu
lars, enquire at the local office or ad
dress A. S. Itiyenhntiin, S. P. Co.
Agent, Medford, Or.
A. T. Kortinn, n real estate man of
Chicago is taking in the town nnd
Valley.
I.. O. Dargon of Atlanta, On,, Is
in Medford visiting friends.
held in Bergen, Norway, August 1G
last.
A report of the conference was pre
pared by Dr. Donald Currio of the
public health nnd marine hospital
sorvieo, and director of tho leprosy
investigation station at Molokai, Ha
waii, one of tho official delegates
from tho United States.
"Every country, in whatever lati
tude," says tho resolution, "is with
in tho rango of possiblo infect ion by
leprosy, nnd mny, thoroforo, usefully
undertake measures to protect itself."
In viow of tho succoss obtained in
Gormnny, Iceland, Norway nnd Swe
den, it is further deelnred, it is do
sirablo thnt other countries should
isolnto lepers.
A somewhat startling provnlonce
and widespread distribution of lop
rosy is indicntod by statistics fur
nishod by dolcgatos to tho confor
onco, thoro boing approximately 200,
000 cases of tho disenso through tho
world.
Tho fact must bo kept in mind, it is
pointed out, thnt n eompnrntivoly
large percentage of leprosy is not
recognized in tho enrly stages of tho
disease, and further, thnt conceal
ment of eases probably exists to a
greater or loss extent in every coun
try on tho gloho which adopts nny
measures looking to tho isolation of
such cases.
India, it is stated, holds the world's
record with 07,310 cases; Japan fol
lows in eloso succession with 40,000
cases, and so on down tho scale with
14(1 ensos in thee United States nnd
tho canal zone showing tho minimum
of seven ensos. ,
BITS OF EARLY
DAY HISTORY IN
THI8J0UNTY
J. S. Howard, First Citizen of Med
ford, Tells of First Building
Ever Erected in This
City.
JACKSON COUNTY WAS
ORGANIZED JANUARY 12, 1852
Was Formerly Part of Linn County
Interesting Facts of
Early Days.
Tho secretary of the -Oregon His
torical, society nnd J. S. Howard of
this city have furnished the follow
ing very interesting items concerning
tho enrly history of Medford nnd
Jackson county:
The first settler in Medford wns
J. II. Howard, who came to tho loca
tion in December, 1883, and erected
a building 10x30 feet on the jspot
where tho Distillery saloon is situ
atud. Here he opened a store, which
was to serve as a branch to the one
he nlrendy owned in Jacksonville,
but which burned on January 1, 1884.
Mr. Howard nlso served as Mod
ford's first postmnstcr. keeping the
mail in a cigar box. Ho wns nlso
nppointed ngent for Wells-Fargo.
Three weeks after tho arrival of
Mr. Howard in Medford Dave Miller
arrived and kept boarders. Then
came George Crystal, who opened n
blacksmith mi.
The town wis surveyed by Mr.
Howard's son, T. J. Howard, who also
surveyed Phoenix. Gold Hill nnd
GrnntM Pass. Mr. Howard bought
the, lot where the First Nntionnl bank
stands. nnd was laughed nt for buy
ing on a "side street." It cost him
$300, wns afterwards ' sold by him
for .$0000 nnd could not bo purchased
today for $20,000.
Mr. Howard arrived in Jacksonville
in October, 1800, nnd lived (hero for
23 years. Ho was successful in get
ting for the city tho three public
blocks on West Main street which
now. furnish room for the park, wa
ter tank and West school.
Tho first wagon road in tho coun
ty wns built in 1840 to facilitate
travel between Oregon and Califor
nia. This followed the old Hudson's
Bny company pack trail, leading from
Fort Vancouver to Yrebn Bucnn (San
Francisco), first established in the
oorly thirties.
Gold wns foun'd on tho Roguo river
in the spring of 1840 by mon from
the Willamette valley, who woro on
the way to tho placer mines on the
Sacramento; but no camp was es
tablished because the party was or
ganized to "go to California," nnd
nothing short of thnt would hold the
compnny together.
The first settlement wns in 1851.
Three cabins woro built thnt year
ono at each of tho three ferries
Long's, Evans' and Perkins.
Tho first white woman in the coun
ty was Mrs. Lawless, enrly in 1852.
The first donation lnnd clnim wns
takon up by Judge Alonzo A. Skin
nor in tho fall of 1851. Location, n
little wnys southeast of Tnblo Rock.
Tho first mining camp thnt is,
continuous enmp wns on Jackson
creek nnd Rich gulch, beginning in
January, 1852.
Tho first man to put up liny in the
county wns David Linn in the sum
mer of 1852. This was witdhny, of
which Mr. Linn cut about. 40 tons
a littlo wnys east of Jacksonville,
lie would have cut moro, but was
HERE'S CHANCE
FOR CHARITY
IN IIS CITY
Family on North Riverside Are in
Want for Simple
Necessities of
Life.
ENTIRE FAMILY IS SICK;
LACK EVEN BEDCLOTHES
B. P. 0. E. Went to Their Relief in
, Matter cf Food Other Aid
Is Needed.
, On North Riverside avenue in this
city there is a family entirely desti
tute, and lacking even the most sim
ple necessities of life. The entire
family is ill, principally from priva
tion, ns they luck even bedclothes.
Their plight was discovered a few
days ngo by members of the B. P. O.
E., who went to their relief with pro
visions. But the family is still in
great want nnd there is a splendid
chance for local charity.
The family consists of a father,
mother and several children. Misfor
tune and lack of health brought them
to their present dire straits.
Any charitable person can assist
them by gjvMiig food, clothing or mon
ey, leaving the same with nny mem
ber of the B. P. O. E.
ridiculed by those who maintained
maintained that the hay wjiild rot
on the ground before it was used. But
the winter of 1852-3 was a hard one
and Mr. Linn sold most of his hay
for 25 cents a poind and the last
two tons he sold for $400. Mr. Linn
built the first fanning mills in south
ern Oregon 20 which he sold at
.$100 to $125 each. He also made the
first wooden pumps, and it may bo
that some of ! hem arc still in use in
tbo county.
Jackson county was organized on
January 12, 1852. Prior to thnt date
it was a part of Linn county, the
boundary of which was "all of Ore
gon south of Marion comity and east
of Benton."
Tho first whent grown in the coun
ty wns in 1853.
The first grist mills were built in
1854 One bv Thomns Brothers, Em
erv and MorYis, all of Ashland. The
third mill was nt Phoenix, or "Gas
burg," by S. M. Wait. Some say the
latter name was given on account of
the extraordinary : conversational
powers of ft certain lady who dwelt
there.
The first sawmill was built in 1852
by A. V. Gillette. ,
Josephine county wns cut off from
Jackson on January 22, 1856.
Tho first onbin in Jacksonville wns
built in the spring of 1852 by W. W.
Fowler.
The first United States court wns
hold on September 5, 1853. Judge Mat
thew P. Dendy presiding. This wns
nt Jncksonville.
The first church in the county
Methodist -"was organized in the fnll
of 1853 by Rev. T. F. Loyal, who
had just arrived from a trip across
the plains. He organized Jackson
county into school districts and was
instrumental in causing the first
school to be established.
Tho first child born in Jackson
ville wns n son of Dr. McCully on
Aifgnst 5, 1853.
Tho first newspaper in tho county
wa tho 'Table , Rock Sentinel, issued
Novombo 25, 1855, W. O. T. Vault,
editor.
Dardanelles, near the present city
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MINERS
IN BUTTE IDLE;
MO CLOSED
Butte Miners' Union Vote to Con
tinue Its "Boycott of En
gineers'Rioting All Night.
STRIKE WILL APPARENTLY
SPREAD TO OTHER CAMPS
Miners Declare They Are Not on a
Strike, but Living Up to
Rule.
BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 25. Ten
thousand miners are idle in this city
todaj All of the mines are closed
and a shutdown of the smelters is
threatened.
After an all night meeting marked
by a series of riots between oppos
ing factions of the miners and mine:
engineers, the Butte miners' union
early today resolved to continue its
"boybptt" of engineers union No. 83,
which seceded from the Westeni Fed
eration of Miners.
The miners declare their withdraw
al from the mines is not a "strike,"
but adherence to the rule forbidding
them to work with members of the
federation in bad standing. The
strike will probably spread to other
camps..
LIGHT TRUST IN
EASTERN OREGON
Gigantic Deal Consummated Whereby
Company Gets Control of Eastern
Oregon Power Companies.
LA GRANDE, Or., Sept. 25. The
consummation of a deal involving
the expenditure of several millions
took place here today, when the
Grand Ronde Electric company offi
cials sold its bonds and stocks to an
eastern syndiente already owning the
Fremont and Baker Light and Power
company. The local company bond
ed $300,000 nnd these were n)l taken
over. This gives eastern capitalists,
most of whom are in Milwaukee, Wis.,
control of all the lighting facilities
in eastern Oregon nnd enst of Pen
dleton. Their hendqunrters will np
parently be in Baker City:
of Gold Hill, was the first postoffice
in the county. A very attractive
young lady, Miss Lizzie T'Vault, was
the postmistress. There were more
calls to see the young lady than to
get mail. This young lady is now
Mrs. Elizabeth Kenney, Jackson
ville. General John C. Tolman piloted the
first families nto Jackson county
direct from the plains, arriving in
Rogue River valley late in August,
1852.
The first settlers near Ashland of
today were R. B. Hargadine nnd
Pease, on what was afterward known
as the "Applegnte place," and five
dnys later Eben Emory, J. B. Emery,
Dowd Hurley. J. A. Cardwell, A. D.
ITelman and A. M. Rogers settled neor
by. The first house built was that of
Hargadine nnd Pease. The second
building was the sawmill built by
Dowd Hurley, J. A. Cnrdwoll and J.
B. Emery, finished June 16, 1852, and
named "Ashland Sawmill," after
Ashland, O., tho native town of Mr.
ITelman.
I
FULTON
Two Million People Attend Greatest
Pageant Ever Seen in the
Western Hemis
phere. NAVAL PARADE GREATEST
EVER SEEN IN WORLD
Eighty Huge Warships, Hundreds of
Small Boats and Ocean Liners
in Naval Parade.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. From the
Battery to the Bronx on one side of
the udson river and from Staten Is
land to Fort George on the other,
nearly 2,000,000 people gathered to
day to witness the greatest pageant
ever seen in the western hemisphere.
A tribute never before exceeded is
being paid to the memories of Henry
Hudson and Robert Fulton. Eighty
huge warships, many ocean liners and
hundreds of small craft appeared in
the great naval parade. Even the
historical welcome to Admiral Dewey
has been surpassed.
Besides the warships of the lead
ing nations of the world, a feature of
the naval parade was the reproduc
tion of Henry Hudson's famous ves
sel, the "Half Moon," and also the
reproduction of Fulton's "Claremont,"
the first steam vessel, the latter be
ing able to make only seven knots at
the best.
On shore the feature of the morn
ing was unfurling the rainbow flags
of all nations, while Trinity chimes
refrained "Glory to God in the High
est, nnd on Earth Peace, Good Will
Toward Men." .
Tomorrow will be devoted to relig
ious observances.
OF RAIN FALL
Forest Fires Checked, Dust Laid and
Orchards Benefited by
Rain.
Up to noon Saturday .25 of an
inch of rain had fallen,' the first of
the season, and local orehardists and
farmers are pleased. The pear crop
has been picked, the Comiee going
forwadd last week, and the early
rain means an additional color in the
apples. The weather bureau predicts
rain for tonight nnd tomorrow.
The greatest good tho rain has
done at this time has been in laying
the dust in the city and country. For
tho next two months tho roads will be
in splendid condition nnd then the
heavy rains will set in.
Another advantage of the rain has
been the check it has pjlaecd on for
est fires. No further fear of them
may be entertained this soason. But
littie damage has been caused by such
fires this year in Jackson county.
TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY OF
ON