The Ashland Advertiser. Monarch of the Amateurs. AMIII.AM». OKKtiOM, WKPNKNI1AT, AIM NT fN, 1M>6. Vol. III. ■ i ■ - ASHLAND’S REPUTATION. ITS TRUK CHARACTKR NOT WHAT CLAIMKD TO BK. Mo. 16. * IT SATISFIED AT LAST. IS Ashland has the reputation of living a quiet, law-almiing ritv. ami ¡»erhapR ii is. Her officer* never run across any thing out of the way in the line of gam bling, es|«eciallv a little ? game called “crap shooting, ” for the simple reason that many of these games are operated » l»ehilid locked doors whose keepers ar* somew hat particular about granting ad mittance. Ofeoursv it is said that there is no gambling going on in Ashland, but there are three gambling houses ¡xMlitively known, that arc open every day and night of the week, Sunday included, where “crap shooting’’ is the leading attraction, ami l»ovs from ten wars of age up, nigh'ly playawav their money. This disgrace U> Abe ritv should al om*e I m » atoppe<l, ami if our present oth«*ials art* unable to locate th« se dens, they should be replaced by new and more com| m »tent ones. CALIFORNIA JUSTICE. Y h > ka , C ai ... Aug. 26.—A mol» of 250 maske«i men gathered here last night at one o’clock. broke into the jail amt hung four murderers, Johnson, Sotnlwr, Null ami Moreno, in the court house yard. Matter* are tolerably quiet here this morning. No arrest*. Sr m be rand Moreno were the two men who murdered Sears in his store some ago. This decided action on the part of the citizens of Yreka has saved Siskivou County a gnat exjiensc but thyre is a question as to w hether the action w as just, but such is lif«* in California. The AnwKTiaKH is turning out the iirsr Job Printing in the city everv day. When we sav that we give you l»ettvr work at lower prices than you can oh- | tain elsewhere, we mean it. It is an old saving ¿hat the farmer is a hard man to please and satisfy; no sooner is he thoroughly complaining of too much rain than the necessity for ir- rigation stares him in the face, and ¿tarts him investigating the latest practical and profitable methods. Experience now confirms the claim that a Hercules Gasoline Gas Engine solves the problem of economical, reliable power; and for once the farmer is suite«!, for a Palmer A Rev Pumping Plant so operated gives him a chance of clearing his overflow n lands, ami. later on, of flooding his parched fields, I esides using his engine for cutting feed, saw ing wood and run ning churns, etc. For particulars, etc. , address, Palmer A Rev, San Francisco, Cal.,or Portland, Oregon. REAL vs. GREEN. A suit has l«-en i»i session in Justice Luckey’«* court .«»r two «lays past, in which John Real sues Harrv Green for removing pnqwrty from the Roj>er ranch «luring his absence ami against his <»i«iers white he was acting as an officer. It appears that L. Rogers was to de- 'iver one third of the crop ol hay from Seventeen acres of lami as payment of th«* rent of th«* lami, to John Real as an officer of the state of Oregon, ami Mr. <irwn. while Mr. Real was absent, re moved the hav, ami it is for this act that Mr. Green was brought in contact with the law. Up to press time for this side, the suit had not been concluded. Tuesday morning's freight brought in the largest piece of sawed timber ever seen in this part of the country. The timln'r was tir, with the measurement of 2x3x68 feet. With the exception of a very small knot near one edge, it was perfectly clear. The timber was from the hi m I »er company of Inman, Poulsen A Co., Portland, ami l»eing shipped to the S. P. Material Yards, Oakland. Remember us for Job Printing.