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Oregon Historical Society (itv tail VOL. IV. JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 21, 1911 SPECIAL MEETING Of City Council Held Tues day Evening — License Granted. A special session of the city council was held in the office of H. K. Har.na, Jr. Tuesday evening, the purpose as stated in the call being for the con sideration of the application of Luy & Keegan for saloon license and the dis cussion of certain legal matters per taining to the financial affairs of the city. Present:- Mayor Shaw, Councilmen Britt, Dunford, and Grieve, Recorder Dox. Absent:- Fick. The petition of Luy & Keegan for liquor license, accompanied by a bond in the sum of $500. and the city treasurer’s receipt for $200. license fee was presented and there being no remonstrance against said application on motion the petition was granted, the bond approved and the license ordered issued. The council then as committee of the whole discussed several legal points with the attorney, Mr. Hanna, aftor which it adjourned sine die. opened the door to the hallway. There flames were roaring. He called to Mrs. Todd to grab her clothing, and the two fled. The Home telephone building is next door to the east, iflnl Mr. Todd hurried to that building, and the night oper ator, Mrs. Gardner, turned in the alarm to the department through the Pacific States telephone office. By this time the building was a mass of flame and fanned by a high wind. A small amount of furniture was saved, but the bulk of it and all clothing and every other article in the other article in the house was cousumed. Small insurance was carried by Mr. Todd on his furniture. BONDS VOTED For New School Building at Talent. PORTLAND LETTER of the farm may be handled to market. ’ [ ’•Realizing how greatly the state1 wa, in need of good roads, and that j through our slip-shod methods of road patching thousands of dollars of the Head of State Development people’s money was being squandered League Sees Bright Fu annually, a number of our public spiiited citizens through their organi ture — Live Stock Show zation, the Oregon Good Roads Asso ciation, have thoroughly investigated March 20-22. the whole question of road building and 1 understand will submit to your Portland, Or., Jan. 17 (Special)- consideration a number of bills which embody their views and recommenda Wide interest and confidence in Oregon tions in the matter. Knowing that throughout the East was noticed by their recommendations are being Theodore B. Wilcox, president of the prompted solely by an earnest desire Oregon Development League, who has to see this state gridiorned bv the best just returned from a business trip. system of highways in the world, and He found the railroads are advertising. at the least possible cost to the tax Oregon extensively and expects this, payers, I ask that the whole question in connection with the other work be kindly giVen the most careful along similar lines, will bring a flood of settlers. Mr. Wilcox found the consideration by you.” With Governor West’s support has belief general throughout the East been joined the promises of manv that the completion of the Panama legislators that they will support the Canal will be of great benefit to the Good Roads cause and the bills that Pacific Coast. have been framed to meet the good Mr. Wilcox showed the pride he feels roads construction need. i in his state when he said: “On r-y my ! trip I passed through Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. I do no PITMAN IS DEAD hesitate to say I would not give the poorest acre in the whole Northwest for ten of the best in that section of As a Result of Injuries Re- the country, that is, for agricultural I purposes.” By an overwhelming vote of 54 to 4 the Talent district decided in an elect ion held Saturday to issue bonds to the amount of $27,500 for the purpose of erecting an up-to»date school building. The plans for the building are being prepared and it is the intention to erect a handsome two-story structure that will be one of the most handsome ceived Last Week. school edifices in the valley. The new railroads up the Deschutes A site covering five acres, slightly j River into Interior Oregon are going elevated above the general level of the Sidney Pitman, the man who was j forward at a rapid rate and are both Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey valley has been secured. ’ ____ ____ injured in a quarrel with C Charles | _ practically ready for train« for a dis- Robinson at Medford, last week died tance ____ of 71 miles from the mouth of Is a house-hold word in every state in at the Southern Oregon hospital, : tfo e r ------ ivar. The Harriman line expects the union as well as in several foreign — A Medicine Sunday night. countries. For Grippe, Coughs, Colds, to reach the 82nd milepost by February Robinson who is now in the county 1, leaving 51 miles to be built to Asthma and throat troubles it is the That lives ten years must have merit. best. Sold every where. Look for Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey has been jail in default of $5,000ba:l on acbarge Redmond. It is expected this will b« the Bell on the Bottle. Sold at City sold for sixteen years, and sales have j of assault with a dangerous weapon, accomplished in May. The Hill road increased every year. P SV°.U rUn n0 W*H >s sa*d endeavor to interpose a Drug Store. will probably be completed as far as I risk. We guarantee it. Sold at t City I p]ea of sejf defense as a justification. Bend early next summer. Drug Store. A coroner’s inquest over the body United States engineers have of- FIRE AT MEDFORD — of Pitman was held Monday after noon, the verdict being that “Pitman ficially approved the project for a 30- GOVERNOR WEST came to his death at the hands of foot channel to the sea from Portland Tuesday Morning Destroys Charles Robir.son. ” The jury was and they recommend an appropriation composed of J. M. Gurley, M. A. of $520,000 for starting the work. The Dwelling Occupied by Indorses the Good Roads Rader, L. L. Damon, M. F. McGowan officials contemplate the dredging and II. C. Burges, and J. C. Garnett. maintenance of a channel 30 feet deep W. A. Todd. Movement. G. W. Cherry represented the District and 300 wide. This will be far easier, it is believed, than was the original Attorney’s office. improvement of the river, which has Fire Tuesday morning at 1:45 o’clock Governor West’s strong indorse been deepened from 17 to 27 feet at destroyed the two-story frame resi ment of the Good Roads cause in his Call at the Boss, for some of that low tide. dence and furniture at 232 West Sixth message to the Legislature has given street, occupied by W. A. Todd of the the better highways movement tre delicious candy. Portland people are becoming in Todd bakery, and owned by Emil Mohr mendous encouragement and strength. Whiskey is a good friend but a poor terested in the 1911 exhibition of the I of the Moore hotel. “We may sing the state’s praises to master. Used in moderation it sheers, Portland Fair and Livestock Asso The house was occupied by Mr. and the sky and spend a fortune in adver inspires and strengthens men. In this ciation, which is expected to be the Mrs. Todd aione, and the two made a tising our resources to attract home gray world why may we not touch best yet. Directors met during the narrow escape from a fiery death, seekers and settlers” said Governor elbows with our neighbors occasionally past week and outlined a broad policy They were sleeping downstairs in a West,” but we will have but little in a social glass? Why may we not for the organization that augurs well west room and were awakened, ¡half success unless we can point to some make reasonable use of that prince of for its future. As an aid in fostering suffocated by smoke. movement toward the construction of whiskies-I. W. HARPER Sold by E. the livestock industry, this organization is doing a great work for the Pacific Mr. Todd jumped from bed and Good Roads over which the products H. HELMS. Northwest. Goods that every housewife should have in her kitchen IM XX 30 Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees Heinze's Celebrated Line of Bottle Goods Red Ribbon Oysters and Vegetables 1910 Pack Ashland Fruit, Including Solid Hand Packed Tomatoes, Apples, Blackberries, Pumpkins and Peaches in Gallon Cans. Every Article Guaranteed Ulrich Brothers Leading Merchants of building activities that will place result in any San Francisco-New Forest Grove in the first rank among Orleans weddings yet a while. Oregon cities, as a progressiva and Aviation may be all right as a sport growing community, says the News. but there seems to be as many Though Weston lost its normal school broken bones as broken records. its postoffice receipts for December That Greek bootblack who was re were the largest in volume for any cently made vice consul to Aberdeen single month since the postoffice was certainly worked Irom the ground up. established more than 40 years ago. In the “model” citv of Gary, Ind., Grass Valley Journal: We think ten officials have been arrested for there would be less pilfering going on grafting, They are probably old in Moro if certain parties were made models. to go to work to earn a living, One We can’t see why they want mar- party lost a half hog, another two ried men to wear rings on their sacks of flour with complaints still thumbs. You can always tell them coming in. from poor bachelors by their happy Everything now indicates that Union smiles. Nit. will see one of the best years in its The biplane skirt has arrived in history in 1911. The erection of a New York to take the place of the $50,000 high school building, and the hobble style, It’s name would in installation of a new lighting and dicate that it is a little more elevat- water plant are features that will con ing than it’s rival. tribute largely to the advancement of Of course. Mr. Aldrich will say the city, reports the Republican. that his enemies are stretching it Estacada Progress: There are about when they say “he” is the Rubber 400 men now employed at the River Trust. Mill power site. The work is progress Philadelphia is still debating that ing very favorably. There are about question of 1869, “Who wrote the 18 families who live in temporarily Beautiful Snow?” constructed houses and eanvas tents. The saddest thing about it is that This with the wareroome and work some of the leading citizens of Adams shops of the construction company county, Ohio, seem to regret most gives the locality a cityfied appearance. that they got only $8 apiece for their The Nehalem, while one of the incorruptible ballots, while other most fertile has been one of the most leading citizens were getting $26. isolated sections of Oregon. Now, J China is borrowing money to strength however, an excellent public highway en her navy, and Brazil has a navy she on almost a water level grade is being would no doubt be willing to give built through it, also a telephone line, away. and it will not be long before every Think of “Doc” Cook starting an section of Clatsop county will have Ananias Club. This out Teddies not only its permanently improved Roosevelt himself. roads but its telephone lines as well. Dallas Itemiaer: About a year ago CASE IS LOST J. M. Briggs purchased for $7.50 a poor sow that he thought he would take home and fatten up for their winter’s bacon. It was not long until Supreme Court Denies Petition she presented him with a litter of pigs, to Reopen Suit Against and has since that repeated the dose. Harrington. The increase he has dispesed of at various times for a total sum of $230, and it has cost him not to exeeed $10 The supreme court of Oregon has for liar keep, she living on acorns and rendered a decision refusing to reopen such except when having her young to the suit of Mrs. Victor E. Snyder feed, when shorts were added to the versus John Harrington, which is in swill fed. the nature of a confirmed victory for Medford Mail Tribune: The present Harrington. Attorney W. E. Phipps, cold snap and snowstorm is worth hun- for Mrs. Snyder, petitioned the court dre'• of thousands of dollars to the for a reopening of the case. Rogue River Valley. Not only does The interpretation of this is that she the heavy snowfall in the mountains will have to be content with Judge insure ample water for placer mining, McBride’s decision whereby she se but it means a good flow of water cured a judgment for $700 and an during the coming season in streams. interest in the fixtures of the Office Apple growers have been praying for cafe, with the proviso that she repay cold weather, claiming the records $600 of that sum to the late John ven of years show that a fancy apple crop Ehwegen, who died a few days since. only follows a Cold winter and that This is an old case which has been frost is necessary to drive the sap fought in the court for upwards of into the soil to insure flavor and three years. Victor Snyder had a Hardware and farm implement keeping qualities to the apple. working interest in the Office cafe, dealers of the state will assemble in according to Harrington’s contention, Portland for their annual convention which his wife has been fighting for ¡on January 24-27. Trade questions in the courts in various forms for the Light Sparks. will be discussed and problems that time stated. —San. confront the ffibrchantk will be solved. Parcels Post will come up for con By «or Anodata Editor. sideration and other vexed matters Pretty hard on a frenzied financier will be untangled. when even the insane asylums refuse The first annual Pacific Northwest to admit him. Livestock Show will be held in Port- Haiti is purchasing new warships There is a 7/eap of Solace in Ee- | land March 20, 21 and 22. It will be just as if there wasn’t any Carnegie ing Able to Depend Upon a | an exhibit bf fat stock, patterned $10,000,000 peace fund. Well-Earned Reputation. ; after similiar shows held in the packing If the Japs positively insist upott it, centers of the Middle West. It will Uncle Sam may have to spank them be of great educational value to those before he gets his Panama Canal For months Jacksonville readers have ' interested in livestock and will aid in paddle. seen the constapt expression of praise the extension of the industry For millions of Americans it is very for Doan’s Kidney Pills, and read in the Northwest. The show i has the backing of the livesteck inter- welcome new« the former cordial about the good work they have done Not another remedy 1 ests as well as Well as the active sup- relations between President Taft and in this locality, ever produced such convincing proof ' port Of James J. Hili and others inter Col. Roosevelt have beeri feswmed. Talk about economy; The Cruiser of merit. ested in the development of this Detroit, which cost $1,233,000, has J. fl. Hhafer, 968 E. Elm Street, section ot the country. has just been sold for $20,000. Ashland, Ore., says: “I was in bed Just about the time a lot of fellows with kidney trouble and despite all my Oregon Sidelights. have climbed on the water wagon it efforts, I seemed unable to get relief. is announced that there is 639,763 The kidney secretions were unnatural gallons of fine rum in itorage at and my back was extremely lame. Thief stole iome blankets from the At night I was restless t nd if I caught Jamaica. I city jail in Eugene. Chicago is not the slightest cold, ..it settled in my You can’t say that I Real estate sales are quite numerous great on good manners. A woman kidneys, causing my condition to be come worse. Bging told of Doar: s I around Newberg. there carefully 1 removed another Kidney Pills, I procured a box and Scappoose dairymen avoid buying woman’s glasses before slapping her before I had use! then long, felt millfeed by raising kale. in the face. better. I was soon in good health Lane county ducks are becoming Never before in the history of this I and my kidneys no longer caused me I wise; will not fly near blinds. part of the country did the water trouble. My advice to anyone afflicted Big ranch near Canyonville, Douglas wagon start off the new year with so in a similiar way is to give Doan’s I county, has been divided into five copious a supply of the raw material. Kidnev Pill" a (Statement I farms. Governor Dix rolls ap his sleeves given December 16. 1907.) CONFIRMED PROOF. The outlook now is that Falls City and pitches in as if he were going to When Mr. Shafer was interviewed will experience the biggest building show New Yorkers what a working on October 23, 19A he said: “My . season since the town started. Governor can do. A chicken plant will be installed at Chief Justice White is reported to former endórseme it of Doan's Kidney Myrtle Creek consisting of a Wyan go to bid at 1 and get up at 5, on Pills still holds good. I am now in dotte rooster, several dozen thorough account of his work. The old J. P. good health and my kidneys give me bred eggs, an incubator and a brooder. who wied a white bean for the plaintiff, little or no trouble.” For sale by all dealers. Price 5J At Eola Thomas W. Brunk, R. Brunk a black bean for the defendant and a cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, and G. T. Brunk commemorated the spotted bean for the intervener had New York, sole agents for the United a quicker way of deciding cases. anniversary of a New Year’s dinner Wizard Burbank finds California States. which they had attended 51 years Remember the name-Duan’s-anj I women and Eastern men the most previous. an era j perfect types, but this isn ’ t likely to . take no other. | The new year will usher in TESTED AND PROVEN M u if White Star Flour in 10, 25 and 50 lb. Sacks if OC NO. 38 Ï? ii lì lili 11 M M K i» fl