The Ashland Advertiser.
nonarch of the Amateurs.
ASHLAND. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 189Ó.
VOL. III.
Pacific railroad at a point 430 miles north
THE “OREGONIAN’S”
from San Francisco, and 343 miles south
$50.00 WRITE-UP. from Portland, being thus situated al
ASHLAND.
The City Nearest the Boundary Line of Cal*
Ifornla.
Nestling at the base of the Siskiyou
mountains in the southern part of the
famous Rogue River valley lies the City
of Ashland, Oregon, surrounded by or
chards bearing wonderful crops of peach
es, apples, prunes and fruits of almost
every description. The valley boasts of
peaches of so tine a flavor and superior
general excellence that they command a
good price in the markets of San Fran
cisco in preference to the same fruit
grown in the noted peach districts of
California. The apples grown in this
iKirtion of Southern Oregon are known
in all the markets of California, Oregon
and Washington as the l»est ever placed
on the market. As a fruit-proaucing
section the region lying in the vicinity
and immediately tributary to Ashland,
is not excelled by any like area in the
known world. As a health resort this
region is rapidlv gaining in popularity,
as many inva lidea now visit the valley,
and in manv cases fin<l that in addition
to g«xxl health they can also enjoy ma
terial prosperity. A large number of
seekers after health in this local it v onlv
coming to the valley for a brief sojourn
at the start have purchased fruit lands
and planted orchards in the cultivation
of which they find l>oth health and
wealth. The foothills rising back on
every side of the valley contain thou
sands of acres of land which are being
annually covere«! with orchards, and the
time seems rapidly approaching when
the fruit shipments from the vicinity of
Ashland will lie many times greater than
at present, though no inconsiderable
amount of fruit now goes out to the
coast markets from this point.
The resources of Ashland, however,
are not confined to fruit-raising, though
that industry is still comparatively in its
infancy, but the mines in the neighbor-
liood of Ashland promise great things in
the near future, and a good deal of out
side capital is being invested with the
assurance of satisfactory results. The
placer mines in this section are known
to be rich in gold, and much wealth has
been taken out in the past few years,
mostly, however, only in a primative
way, and the real wealth which is known
to exist can only lx* reached by modern
mining machinery which is now Ix'ing
put in at places with the most gratifying
results. A number of the mines will be
opened in the coming season and the
mining industry of Ashland promises to
produce great additional trade activity
as well as increased material prosperity
to all of Southern Oregon.
Ashland has all the advantages of
transcontinental railway connection, be
ing situated on the line of the Southern
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HIGHEST TYPE OF THE AMATEUR PAPER.
most centrally betw’een the twro most im-
. portant cities on the coast. It is the end
of the second division south from Port
land, and also of the second division
north from San Francisco. The popula
tion of Ashland is about 3000 and the .
business community consists of progres
sive young men who are proud of their !
home and fully satisfied of its future.
The city lioasts of a splendid w’ater sys
tem, goo«l electric light plant, a home-
RUpported state normal school which has
enrolled over one hundred pupils, and
many other advantages which go to
make up a live progressive western city.
Ashland has a numl>er of growing man
ufacturing institutions, and room for
more of a desirable kind.
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Foot Ball at Central Point.
The match game between the Eagle
Point and the Central Point foot ball
teams at Central Point last Saturday w as
generally conce«led to lx? the lx?st ever
witnessed in Southern Oregon.
The
score stool 8 to 0 in favor of the Central
Point team.
Eagle Point has a heavy team but
lacks playing experience, there being
but tw'o old players, J. Moorinaw
ami P. Dotev, in the team.
P. Newton, F. Foxin and J. Harvey
made the most noticeable plays, Newton
and Foxin each making a touch-down.
Profs. Vining and Miles, of the Ash
land Normal, acted as umpire and line
man, respectively. Apparently, the
referee took no part whatever, leaving
his work for the others to perform.
Following are the teams:
E agle P oint —
—C entral P oint
NO. 34.
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P. Robenitt
center
J. Kinney
B. Pool
RIGHT GUARD
W. Morris
W. H. Brown left guard N.Harrington
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A. Strickland RIGHT END
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T. Beall
R. K. Simons LEFT END
W. Kinnev
RIGHT TACKLE
J. Stickle
Tom Beail
A. Pool
LEFT TACKLE
C. Hall
J. Moormaw QUARTER BACK
J Harvey
P. H. Daley R. HALF BACK W. Downing
S. Pool
L. HALF BACK
P. New’ton
A. Ormstin
FULL BACK
F. Foxin
W. Ashpole I
jGus. Morris I
W. Robenitt i
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}Harry Harvey
Opinion of one of the Leading Amateur Journal
ists of San Francisco.
While the current papers are com
menting on and praising the so-called
higher class amateur papers, they never
utter a word of encouragement or com-
mendation for any of the ^bright little
local sheets that come to our exchange
table from time to time. These, in my
mind, are the ideal amateur journals.
They publish their local news with a
quota of other matter. They have their
proportion of advertisements and are
nearer like the real newspaper than
most of our amateur publications.
Foremost among this class stands T he
A shland A dvertiser , “Monarch of the
Amateurs.” Bright, lively, uy-to-date,
it comes nearer to the model than any
paper in the ’dom. It takes a firm stand
on moral questions and is carrying on a
crusade against the liquor traffic in the
little Oregon town from which it hails.
In typography few’ exceptions can lie
taken to it and personal inquiry among
the residents of Ashland reveals the fact
that it has a prestige there probably
more influential for good than its pro
fessional brethren. This little paper
which comes each week without fail,
seems to me to be the highest type of
the American amateur newspaper.
H arrie C. M orris .
Fisher’s Response.
Rev. Eli Fisher spoke on Tuesday
evening in this city. His several sub
jects were answers to the questions pro
pounded to him by Father Desmarais
which had direct reference to A. P. A.
and Romanism. The opera house was
packed to its fullest capacity—in fact
standing room was at a premium. The
reverend gentleman must have handled
his subjects very ably as there were re
peated rounds of applause. It was ex
pected that Father Desmarais would be
present, but he was not. The last
named gentleman, however, is now’ ar
ranging for a date upon w hich to lecture
in this city and to which all citizens are
invited. Announcement as to date will
be made later.—Medford Mail.
Improvement,
The fluslcal Concert.
The Aramenti Concert Company gave
their musical entertainment for the ben
efit of the Chautauqua Assembly Satur
day Evening, A fair sized audience was
in attendance, and by their hearty de
mand for encores showed their appre
ciation of the fine quality of the enter
tainment.
The opinions of several of our best
musical heads are united in the belief
that the membersof the company are
genuine artisans, the liest, perhaps, that
have ever visited Ashland.
When a man decides upon improving
his shop, factory or farm by the addition
of power, he naturally looks for some
thing entirely up to date. He investi
gates, considers, and finaliy desides to
buy an Ajax Coal OH Gas Engine as
meeting his requirements more fully,and
being safar than any other power obtain
able. Palmer «fc Rey, San Francisco, Cal.,
the manufacturers of this engine, have
gained the gratitude of the public by
placing within its reach a reliable, econ
omical power, that defies the restrictions
of the insurance companies. It is the
latest and ln?st.