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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1907)
■CJEL’C -------------------------------------------- :——.-------------------------------------- _ at one time for placer mining and some of the ground is still worked. Jackson ville has a beautiful location for a town and is the county seat of Jacks >n county. They seem to be growing, and r this is certainly a beautiful valley to live in, with its fiue orchards, and great fl Natural Wonder which Is not fields By buying a so-called ‘cheap" Stove or Range of alfalfa. We drove out two all you make is a mistake. By buying a good Appreciated as it Should be miles on the road to Central Point, and camped for the night. The next day on; — a Charter Oak — you do not even make a by Oregonians. we went to Central Point, and took din I nistake; you only save fuel and trouble and Amazement is expressed in many ner at the Central Point Hotel. J. F. money, in the end. A. D. Houston will sell Comments made on the wonderful Oregon Reddiff, recently from Michigan, is the cave in Josephine county, and one of you a Charter Oak Range, and anything iha. new proprietor. He sets up a fine meal the most surprising features of the you need in the line of HARDWARE. TINWARE for 25 cents. We would say to all if whole matter is the lack of former GRANITEWARE AND CAMPINC OUTFITS you stop here, cal! on him, and he will knowledge by Oregon people themselves treat you nicely. Here we also met I also carry the celebrated UN-X-LD Cutlery. Concerning this cave. Joaquin Miller Frank Wiley, a son of B. F. Wiley of Every piece warranted. Prices reasonabls ant has named it “the Marble Halls of Ore Salem. Freeman & Wiiey are selling 3 taction guaranteed. Don’t forget thename gon, ’ and in collabration with Jeffer agricultural implements and harness, son Myers, has given separate names Mr. Wiley being a harness maker. J. to each of the apartments in it. W. Gray, formerly of Silverton, is The cave rooms will be known in working for them in the harness shop. future as follows: This town has a fine location, five miles First floor Lower entrance—River • « * • • north of Medford. Styx, Watson's Gorge, Davidson’s Bear This afternoon, August 14. we go to Pit, Rachel’., Well. Roosevelt’s Canyon, Medford then on to Ashland and Soda Paradise Lost. Moses Chamber. Joseph,s Springs. Then we will cross the moun Harne»* Shtr> in Connection Tomb. tains to Klamath. Second Floor—Upper entry—Shark’s Masonic Utnhiina Leaving Central Point we stopped Jaw. Nick’s Bedchamber, Queen's Pal and took a look over F. H. Hopkins’ ace, King's Palace, Piller Room, King’s large orchard of apples and pears. He Highway. Niagara Falls, Windy Pass has picked the most of his Bartlett pears age, Theatrical Stage, Joaquin Miller's and shipped them, they were fine. He Room, Washington’s Statue, Nick’s has some fine Newtor, Pippin and Slide (dangerous bottomless pit), Spitzenberg apples. His Newtons will Treasurers’ Chamber. go to England direct from the orchard. Third floor—Golden Stairway, Jeffer This whole valley has some magnificent son Myer’s Room, Solomon’s Temple orchards and beautiful alfalfa fields. (350x150x80), Ghost Chamber, Kincaid’s We arrived at Medford at 5 p. m. Dance Hall' Holy of Holies. j This is a thriving, hustling town of 4000 Fourth floor Oregon Loft, unex people. They have just he'd a street car plored ' nival of ten days, which was a great : ja The location of the great cave, on success. We saw F. Holister, former Sucker creek, near the southern Ore gon boundary, is famous for other ly of Salem, also Wm. Talent and Dr. things. It was on Sucker creek that J. M. Keen, who is kept close at. home the Briggs boy discovered a seam of on account of his wife’s sei ere sickness. pure gold and picked a fortune from it She has been lingering bet ween life and with a pocket knife. Today the region death, but is now somewhat bet is a scene of active mining develop ter. Leaving Medford we passed up the ments, and a number of valuable strikes have been made. The whole district valley to Phoenix, Talent and on to Ash is seen through a halo of golden land. We stopped for dinner with romance, into which the great cave David Brooks and sons, who have a fine orchard. They were picking and fits. packing their peaches for market; we From the town of Kerby, the cave is took in our share while there, and a reached by a wagon road and foot trail, supply for our journey. built some years ago by Captain A. B. Ashland is beautifully located, with Smith. F. M. Nickerson. A. J. Hender it’s peach and apple orchards in every son, Homer and Ernest Harkness, men direction and with fine alfalfa fields who successively owned the place and north and east. The small tracts, 10 undertook to open it up and attract the to 15 acres, are held at from $150 to public to visit it as one of the worl'ds $500, and some fine places at $1000 per wonders. acre. We met Conrad Hill here. He was Finally the government, in seggregat- sergeant-at-arms in the last legislature. ing the Siskiyou forest reserve, with We also met G. W. Cavanaugh and drew the entire district, including the wife. She is a sister of the Cunning cave, and it became federal property. ham girls of Salem. They have a It is now' in charge of forest ran beautiful home and one of the nicest gers. peach orchards it has been my pleas It is estimated that the cave contains ure to view, and the town of Ashland more than 21) miles of rooms. They are is, to my notion, the nicest place we on four levels or floors, and connect have seen on our trip in Southern Ore ed in varous ways by passages. They gon. «reentered through a hole in the face of From there we drove to the Wag a white marble hill, through which a ner soda springs, 12 miles from Ash 1 iver pours out ..nd drops with 20 feet land, at the foot of the mountains. To fall into the canyon belov . Jefferson morrow we start for Klamath Fall and Myers, describing the formation inside eastern Oregon points. the cave, said; THE WONDERFUL CAVE OF OREGON i 5 Do Not Make a Mistake I a I. A. D. HOUSTON il THE BOSS CA ND Y KI TCH EN The Best Ice Cream in Town Fine Home Made Candies Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Etc. Green Groceries,Fresh Fruits AR Good Things to Eat at THE BOSS A. LEARNED, Prop’} ATTENTION, YOUNG MEN He have a bran new stock of fancy Hose, heckwear, Shirts, Oxfords, Hats and everything that makes you look dressy Come in and let us show you our goods “The interior is apparently solid white marble. There are many stalac tites. some of them over a foot thick and .>0 feet long, and as clear as glass. As Seen by Others. Notice to Creditors. in the County Court of the State of Oregon. for the County of Jackson. In thejnatter of the Estate of William Basye, deceased. Notice is hereby Ki ven that the undersigned has been appointed by the county court of Oregon for Jackson county, administrator of the estate of William Basye, deceased. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified to present the same, duly verified, to the under signed administrator at the office of Gus Newbury in Jacksonville. Oregon, within six months from the date of this publication. August 17. 1907. Charles H. Basse, Administrator. R. R Ryan, of Salem, who is making an over' nd tour of the state, writes of his trav i to the Capital Journal, an extract of which article follows: We camped two miles above for din ner. after noon. We then drove up stream over the hills to Jacksonville, a nice little town at the foot of the IceCream Bricks for family consump mountains This territory was famous tion. The Boss. FFie are agents for the International Tailoring Co., and if gou need a Summer Suit of the atext pattern we can get it for gou at the right price and guarantee you a fit ULRICH BROS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Cronemiller’x Old Stand i
