Jacksonville post., September 21, 1907, Image 4

PAYING TOO
MUCH FOR LIGHTS
Condor Water & Power Com-
pany Make Extra Charge
to Consumers.
Delinquent Sale Notice.
ELLIOTT CREEK MINING COMPA­
NY. -L cation of principal place of
business, Jacksonville, Oregon,—law
office of Reames & Kearnes.
NOTICE.
There is delinquent upon the follow­
ing described stock, on account of un­
paid subscription called in on the sec­
ond day of September, 1907, the several
amounts set opposite the names of the
respective stockholders, as follows:
Vane Henness, Cer. No. 11, 1282 shares,
$641.00.
I. H. Heness, Cer. No. 12, 1123 shares,
$561.50.
I. N. Heness, Cer. No. 13, 892 shares,
$446.00.
And in accordance with law, and an
order of the Board of Directors, made
on the second day of September, 1907,
so many shares of each parcel of such
stock as may be necessary will be sold
at public auction at the office of the
company in Jacksonville, Oregon, on
Saturday, the 21st day of October,
1907, at the hour of three o’clock p. m.
of said day, to pay said delinquent sub­
scription, together with costs of ad­
vertising and expenses of sale.
At the last meeting of the Board of
Town Trustees an article in the Condor
Water & Power company’s franchise
for lighting the town of Jacksonville
was read with a great deal of interest,
probably for the first time. An extract
of the article referred to reads as fol­
lows:
***** * That is to say that the
town of Jacksonville shall at all times
have the right to purchase said electric­
ity at not more than 7L cents per kil-
owat hour, and said town shall not be
charged more than at that rate; pro­
vided, further, that the owner or own­
ers of this franchise shall not charge
any consumer other than the town of
Jacksonville any greater rate by meter
M ark W eddell ,
measurement, or otherwise, than fifteen
Secretary.
cents per kilowat hour, but has the
right to exact one dollar per month Notice of Sale of Real Property.
from each consumer when his monthly In the County Court of the State of Oregon, in
and for the County of Jackson.
bill by meter measurement does not ag­
In the matter of the Estateof G. Karewski. de­
gregate that amount. Said amount to ceased.
to be charged as rental for meters. Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of
Sl'CH CHARGE, HOWEVER, NOT an order of the County Court of Jackson County,
TO BE MADE IN ANY CASE WHERE Oregon, made and entered on August 21st. 1907,
that the undersigned as the administrator de
THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY bonus
non with the will annexed <»f the Estateof
CONSUMED AT THE RATE G. Karewski, deceased, will upon the 30th day of
CHARGED EQUALS OR EXCEEDS September. 1907, and from and after the hour of
ONE DOLLAR FOR SAID MONTH.” 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. at his residence in
Jacksonville, Jackson county. Oregon, offer for
So far as we have been able to learn sale
and will sell all of the following described
■ very consumer in Jacksonville has real property lying and being situated in Jackson
Deen paying 25 cents meter rent i county, Oregon, towit:
whether one dollar's worth of electric­ Lots numbered 3, 4 and Band fractional lots
2 and 5 in block 63; and
ity has been used or not; or in other numbered
Lots numbered 6 and 7 in said block as laid down
words every consumer has been pay­ in the recorded plat of Pool and Klippel's addition
ing $1.25 when the charge should be , to the town of Jacksonville, Oregon.
only $1, provided, of course, that the Also lot 12 in block 3 in Ish addition to the town
Medford. Jackson county. Oregon, fronting 338
amount of electricity used does not in I of
feet on the county road and running back by par­
the aggregate amount to over one dol­ allel lines about 75<f feet and estimateci to contain
lar, meter measurement.
5% acres more or less.
We have a bill before us now from Also the N’ j of the NEU i of Sec. 2 in Township
south of range 2 west, and the S’/a of the SEVi
the Condor Water <S Power company 35.
of Sec. 35. in Township 34 south of range 2 west of
wherein the consumer is charged 12'_. the Willamette meridian, containing in all 159-
cents per kilowat. the total charge for 62-100 acres.
Beginning at a point 24.30 chains North and 7.00
the month being $3.95, penalty 45 cents,
chains East of the southwest corner of Sec. 32 in
meter rent 25 cents. It can be seen Township
28 south range 3 west of Willamette
from this that the extra 25 cents for meridian, said point being the northeast corner of
meter rent is unjust and against the the J. Karewski orchard, and running thence
franchise, and should be refunded to west 76 links, then south 13 degrees west 3.30
chains, thence west 1.26 chains, thence south IT’-.»
the consumers. Every consumer should degrees
west 1.33 chains, thence south 24’_• degrees
retain his old bills from the Condor west 1.53 chains, thence south 57 degrees east 1.91
people and insist upon his rights.
chains, thence east 2.15 chains, thence north 6.38
to the place of beginning, containing an
The Post does not want to appear chains
1
of 1.20 acres, and known as the mill property.
vindictive or dictatorial, but we insist area
1 That
said sale will continue from said hour of
that the citizens of Jacksonville be said day until all of said real property is sold, and
given a square deal in this matter. We said property will be sold as a whole or in such
as divided above as will be for the
oiler as a suggestion that the meter subdivisions
■
interests of said estate. Said sale will be had
rent of 25 cents, which has been illegal- best
1 for cash
in hand.
ly charged the consumers, be refunded Dated this the 21st day of August. 1907.
at the next month’s payments.
’»V. C. Kitto, administrator de bonus non with
Perhaps this extra charge was an the will annexed of the Estateof G. Karew­
oversight by the Condor people, who ski. deceased.
may not have paid any particular at­
SUMMONS
tention to the franchise, but that does
not alter the fact that the act has been In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for
committed, and the consumers demand the
1 County of Jackson.
Lorinda Surprise. Plaintiff,
' SUMMONS
that the wrong be speedily righted.
vs.
hcksonville Pioneers.
Mr. ami Mrs. William Russell expect
to leave within a couple of weeks for
Roseburg, where they go in search of
a more healthful location for Mrs. Rus-
sell. They ¡tre pioneer citizens of
Jackson county, it being just 45 years
ago Wednesday that they were married
tn the Blackwell district nearGold Hill.
Mr. Russell is a veteran of the Rogue
River Indian wars, having been wound­
ed six times in the conflict between the
whites and red men. He was a resi­
dent of Jacksonville in 1850, when flour
sold at $50 a sack, and you had to pay
$6 for a pick or shovel. Gold Hill
News.
Lewis Surprise. Defendant.
To Lewis Surprise. Defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon. you are
hereby required to appear and answer the com­
plaint filed against you in the above entitled Court
on or before the 5th day of October. A. I).. 1907.
being more than six weeks from the 24th day of
August. 1907. the first date of publication of this
Summons, and if you fail so to appear ami ans­
wer the want thereof, the Plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief prayed for in the com­
plaint, to wit:
A decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony
now existing between Plaintiff and Defendant,
and for her costsand disbursements herein to be
taxed.
This Summons is published in the Jacksonville
Post once a week for six successive weeks by
order of date August 20th. 1907. made by Hon.
H. K. Hanna. Judge of said Court.
First publication. August 24. 1907.
l.ast publication. October 5. 1907:
* J R NEIL.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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