V The Ashland Advertiser. Honarch of the Amateurs. 'TWRIfH I»» ▼ •I. III. ....................................... —' "UJ-J. ANHLAXD. ORKtiOM, WFDMF.HDAT. MKPTKRBKR II. 189*. STILL THE ÖAHBLINQ GOES ON NO INTERFERENCE IS HADE. X«. 17. OUR HORTICULTURAL COn/TLSSIONER. Questionable Action* That May Cause Considerable Trouble. Mini Is I^evy Morris, Horticultural Com missioner for District No. 3, of Southern Oregon, doing his duty? An A dvkrtimkk reporter, through per I^ist Wednesday afternoon a box of sonal observation, lias ascertained the fruit, billed for transportation to the fact that in the bar room of Hotel Ore Northern part of the state, being effected gon, there are running, openly, without with scale, was seized by the commis fvurof interference, “crap" games whose sioner for inspection, and, not with results determine the gain or loss of var standing the fa**t that there was scale on ious sums of money. the fruit, the shipper prevailed upon the Boys are allowed to parti<*i)mte in , commissioner to allow it to pass on to its these games, hut, instead of entering destination. Sinre th at time, he has seised the through the front door as the “profes sionals" do, by a circuitous route through fruit of several other persons, and these persons are to ap|>ear liefore the Grand the hotel enter the den from the rear. The (»eculiarity of these particular Jury tn answer the charge of violating games is that they are played openly the law. Is it right and w ith conformity to oath without any fear of molestation, and up|»ears j ices indicate that it is to of office that he should allow one man’s the interest of the city officers to have effected fruit to ¡»ass, while other men business requiring their attention else are arrested and tried? where while they are in operation. Besides “crap shooting," there are MAMMOTH PEACHES. other gambling games running in the same saloon, ami some of them liehind The largest peaches of the season were locked «loors, which, together a ith other grown by B. Beach, on his place just questionable operations, make things South of town, ¡’he larger of the two aj»|»ear as though Hotel Oregon “ s U mm I peaches exhibited by him balanced the in" with certain of our officials, and thus wales at eighteen ami one lourth ounces, without fear of muleslation, operates its and the smaller one weighed sixteen and disgraces to our city. three fourths ounces. Citiivns. can this l»e allowed to con The jwaehes were of the Twenty ounce tinue? are some of our officers as com pe Cling variety, and came nearer uphold tent as they should l»v? Consider the ing their name than any other peaches downward course our city is taking, ami of this variety have l>een known to do. exercise your patriotic judgement at the The larger of the two peaches was posi polls next election. tively the largest peach ever grown in Southern Oregon. With the Door* Wide Open and with Perfect Safety, They Play lor Money. DEFENDER v*. VALKYRIE. THE ELECTRIC LIQHT QUESTION. The trials of speed lietween the Eng lish yacht, “Valkyrie III.,“ and the American yacht, "Defender,” are now in progress. The winner is to l»e decided by Iiest three in five. In the first race, which occurnni Saturday, the “Defend er" led by eight minutes, and in Mon day’s race, the English I mat erased the line forty-seven seconds in advance. With regañí to the petition asking for a reduction in the expense of citv elec triclights, a proposition to furnish the lights on a moonlight schedule for a per iod of five years at six dollars per light per month was obtained from the Elec tric Light Co. Not desiring to make so long a contract, the council is undecided about the matter.