JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 5, 1911
VOL. V
f
NO. 14
hibit, and it may include not only
FIRE AT MEDFORD
Mrs. Frank Zell who has been in- j
'WILL BUILD BRIDGE
PORTLAND LETTER
those things grown but things taken
disposed for the past week went to |
! from the soil. The show will be more
otwn to consult a doctor Monday. We
than a mere instrument for the use of Monday Night Destroys Home
To Vole Upon Bonding County | h°Pe t0 hoar of her speedy recovery, j At Main St. Crossing of Bear Grain Crcpa are Large. the
land man in selling land. It will
J. Spiker is busily employed this
of W. F. Delano.
show graphically what can be produced <
To Build Roads.
week in putting a coat of paint on his
Creek. Cost $30,000.
Elk From Wyoming. Old on lands in the territory west cf the I
new bungalow, which promises to be a I
Twin City, what it costs to producej
“thing of beauty” when completed.
Oregon to Lead Fleet in the crops and the profits.
With his wife lying ill, W.i1’. Delano of
At a meeting of the county court
1301
North Central avenue was burned
Misses
Maud
and
Grace
Harr
are
Bids
for
the
new
Bear
creek
bridge
business
held Thursday, it was decided to call a
St. Paul and Minneapolis
1915.
special election for the purpose of spending the week at their brother’s at the Main ftreet crossing of that
interests have pledged their co-opera out of house and home last night. The
stream in Medford wil1 be opened in
submitting the proposition to issue ranch on Elliott creek.
tion on the theory that every man and fire was probably started from a lamp
the
county
court
at
10
o
’
clock
on
the
A
few
of
our
folks
attended
the
bonjs for raising of funds to construct
Portland, Or., Aug. 3 (Special) - i every dollar put to work in the states in the kitchon and the entire room
roads, to a vote of the electors of dancing party at Deb. McKees on the morning of August 28. An ordei for Bankers and business men generally interested, will be a direct benefit to was ablaze before any of the household
awakened. Mr. Dolanodiscovered the
the new structure was made in the expect marked improvement in business the local markets.
29, and report a fine time.
Jackson County.
fire, going into the kitchen to find it a-
court Wednesday afternoon. All ob
The order and necessary legal papers
' conditions throughout the Pacific
blaze and the room full of smoke.
stacles to the building of the bridge
are being prepared by A. E. Reames
FOREST FIRES
Closing thedoors of the house he turned
I have been removed, the last being re Northwest as the result of the bumper
Buncom Reports.
of Medford. The amount of the pro
crops the farms are turning out this I
in the alarm. When the tire engine
moved by the purchase of the poition
posed issue is limited to a million and
year. It is believed the distribution |
reached the place the entire house was
of
the
proposed
approach
which
was
a half dollars, the interest not to ex
State Forester Desires Prompt ablaze
A week ago last Monday we had the privately held by Mr. Williamson and of the crop money among the farmers
and flames were shooting
ceed six per cent per annum.
will mean renewed activity in all lines
largest
thunder
and
lightning
storm
1
through
the
roof.
Fred
Page.
This
property
has
been
Reports
on
Forest
Fires.
While the limit is fixed, beyond
and in none more particularly than in j
The fire was discovered about 11 o’
which the commissioners cannot go, in this community for some time, I deeded to the city.
the lumber industry. A reawakening
clock and after making a record ran
they are not bound to sell the entire several trees were struck and blown j Wednesday was the latest date at I 1 of the lumber business will bo widely
down
by
the
wind.
The
State
Forester
is
constantly
for the distance, the tiremen got thj
which
the
bridge
matter
could
have'
issue at once, but it is the intention to
beneficial by reason of the money it getting notice through the daily press blaze under control in a very few min
Mrs. L. Taylor of Ruch was in town been determined by the county court to ■
dispose of such parts as may be
I distributes among a large number of and from residents of the state of fires utes. The loss is well covered by in
make certain the construction .of the
necessary to pay for the roads con last week.
people.
having gotten beyond control after surance. After closing the doors of
structed from time to time.
Vern VanDyke and his aunt Frances j bridge this season. If there had been
The grain harvest, now in full swing, 9evera) days fighting, that have not
The exact date for holding the wera over on Litt!» Applegate visit-1 1 further delay, the work would have run , is the most satisfactory feature of the I been reporteci t0 his office until after the kitchen a number of men took the
furniture out of the other rooms an.l
election has not been yet fixed but it ing Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kleinhammer. into the rainy season, which means 1
that
the bridge would not have built un-1 whole situation. The yield of the. becoming a menace to the neighbor- the loss from this source will not ba
will probably be the first week >>'
Mrs. Laura Ryan and family of
three Pacific Northwest states is fixed ho(x) He wi8hes to urge upon all great.
October.
Jacksonville have moved on the till next year.
at better than 60,000,000 bushels and state fire wardens the necessity of re
Mr. Delano is a young man and pur
It is estimated that the new bridge
' Johnson place near Buncom.
prospects are favorable for high prices. porting to him all fires as soon after chased his home only a short time ago.
will cost a sum near $30,000. It will be
Fruit, hops, salmon, and all the varied being discovered as possible, instead His wife has been ill for some time.
Mrs. Sale of Ashland has been visit the largest in Jackson county.
WATKINS WIRELESS.
resources of the northwest states wil of waiting until they become dangerous
ing her daughter Mrs, Elden Jennings.
The bridge will be 239 feet long, will
Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Stansell spent | have n thirtv-six foot roadway with contribute their share to the continued to life and property. One such fire
Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and fortv-foot approaches and there will prosperity of this section of the country. has just been brought to his notice
CorrestMndvnce to the Post.
SAWMILL BURNED
| Mrs. .loe Goldsby.
Elk from Wyoming will be shipped after having burned three weeks,
I be two walks eight and one-half feet in
Wm. Louden who has finished
White of Medford spent the clear,making the entire width fifty- to the mountain districts of Union and that might have been controlled and
contract of logging for the sawmill, i Gargeld
,
Wallowa counties during the coming probably entirely extinguished if re
| three feet.
returned to Little Applegate Wednes-I^un ay 8
uncom-
At Spring field, Oregon.
Loss
winter.
The animals are hard put to ported earlier so that proper assistance
day
W. R. Garrett has commenced work
could
have
been
given.
it during the severe Wyoming winters
! on the road near R. J. Cameron’s
$300,000. May Rebuild.
Every State fire warden, or other;
M. Wotnack; accompanied by a piace
Cold Water or Hot Air
and many of them starve each year.
mining man spent a couple of day., Dr andMrg Warren Cameron and
The Government is determined to save persons, in case they are unable to j
here last week. They have bonded
at Q
,8
Fire destroyed the Booth- Kelly
the Wyoming herds from extinction get in touch with a state warden,
That cold water instead of hot air is atid the Oregon mountains offer ideal should telephone or telegraph (collect) Company’s sawmill at Springfield.
one of Frank Zell s claims 'and will |,
J .
last week.
start operations soon.
needed to irrigate desert lands in range for therm
F. A. Elliott, State Forester, Salem, Oregon, Friday night entailing a loss
The picnic we had two weeks ago Oregon is more than a smart
Oregon, informing him of forest tires estimated at $399,900.
Mrs. W. E. Finney of Jacksonvillb
The suggestion of Representative before they get beyond control.
saying, It means that the tricks of the
The fire started from an overheat j 1
and Mr. and Mrs. H. ¡F. ¡Watson of was a success. It was enjoyed by a
Foss,
Illinois, farmer chairman of the
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large crowd.
boomer, practiced in earlier years in
bearing in the mill. In a few moments
Medford are at Watkins this -week,
the
Hoiise
naval
affairs
committee,
GRANIS PASS TIN
the entire plant was afire and the da n
Ernest Forman was at Ruch the states farther East, have no place in that the Old battleship Oregon lead
guests of Mrs. K. Byrne and family.
Oregon. There is plenty of opportun
forepart
of
the.
week.
‘ which held the water supply for t‘i»
On Saturday they made a trip to the
the
fleet
of
battleships
from
New
ity for investigation by the Easter,,
mill and the town went out.
Hollis Parks did trading in town re
Penn, mine, where Mr. Finney is em
buyer before he plants his money. Nev York to San Francisco when the Matter to be Determined by
The property destroyed consisted of
cently.
ployed.- They report work progressing
ertheless, it is up to the state to see Panama canal is finished in 1915,. will
the sawmill, planing mill and abi r.
fine at the mine under the direction of
Otis and Ernest - Buck are busy ir that its good reputation is not stained, meet with the hearty approval of every
Assayers and Professors.
; four million feet of lumber. Insurance
E. C. Faucett, who informed them rigating their crop which looks fine.
This famous fighting
nor any outsider bunkoed by some dev Oregonian.
I $100,000.
that piping will begin in a couple of
ship,
that
made
such
a
splendid
record
Byron Johnson and Harry Ryan are ious gentleman with acreage for sale -
It is reported that the company wid
weeks.
during the Spav.sh war, deserves re I
The shakeup in “tin ore” circles
working on the road.
a
Fx.
rebuild the mill at once.
cognition.
| caused by the statement at the recent
Miss Beulah Garrett was visiting
Mrs. If. Watkins and daughters
1 mining congress of two professors of the
friends
recently.
The
Portland
Commercial
Club
is
Mamie and Pearl, as also Frank
fathering a new plan for the develop state school at Corvaliis that they ,
Edwards and family of Hutton, who
License Bachelors
Mrs. M. R. Buck and daughter
OPENING OF ALASKA
ment of the state that has for its could not find tin in samples alleged to
have been camping for a week up Grace were visiting Mrs. John Cantrail
contain
that
element,
has
not
caused
object the use of Oregon products by
near Eileen returned Saturday.
last week.
the champions of that metal to subside
Atlanta Ga.,JuIy 31. Georgia bache Oregon people. This doctrine has Assayer D. L. Johnson, who declares Measure by Pinchot to Licerne
Wm. P. Reid who has been residing
lors are waist deep in gloom today fol been preached before, but there has
on the Middle Fork for the past year
When a hot wave takes its departure lowing the announcement that State never been greater opportunity for that the ores from certain prospacts
all Coal Prospectors
departed Monday for the Bouth, he it leaves few mourners.
!
building up home industries than now. located down the river are tin, that he 1
Senator
Sinler
proposes
to
introduce
a
made many friends while here, and we
assayed them for tin, and got tin in re- I
Do not let your insurance policy lapse bill in the legislature which imposes a A campaign to extend the use of turns, now proposes to take samples of ! Washington, July 31. Broad provii-
hope to see him again in the future.
Oregon-made
goods
here
as
home
is
this dry weather when danger from tax of $50 annually on bachelors. Un
P. J. Sullivan who is employed in loss by fire is so great. 1 can write less the batchelors are minus an eye, j now under way and the co-operation the ore to Corvallis and assay them un- ¡on8 for the development of coal d«?-
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in Alaska and the prevention of
doing assessment work on his property it for you in first-class companies at or a leg, or can flout dire poverty as of commercial bodies of the state will der the eyes and the noses of aforesaid 1 1 posits
doubting
profeesora.
In
fact
the
prof-
i
monopo
|y ara made > ir a bill prepared
on the Cask and Green was down reasonable rates.
an excuse, they will be forced to “come b? enlisted.
essors invited this test in this way and bv OifTord Pinchot and introduced in
among his friends Sunday.
D. W. Bagshaw.
across” with $50 bones.—Ex.
Interest in commercial club circles declared to Mr. Johnson that they | the senate today by Senator Works of
of the state is now centered on the would aid him in his work in their lab- ' I alifornia.
IWI «mual convention of the Oregon oratory;
Under the terms of ths measure *
|i|
as—Ji
it w
> q ¡Development League in Astoria Aug-
lhere are many in Granta Pass who , license* may be obtained to project for
|j| , ust 14, 15 and 16. The program, now deride the idea of an ounce of tin in coa| during a term of two years an I
; being completed, includes the leaders t Josophine county. Many tests have secure a lease of about 5900 acres of
in development work in this part of been made and no tin found in any of, coal |anda for 30 veara. ¡The inter-
the United States, as well as a number the alleged tin ore samples, lhus the a^ate commerce commission is author-
of speakers of national prominence. tin war rages, and if it keeps up much ■ ¡Iod
fix the maximum selling pricj
Coming as it does while the Astoria longer the governor will be compelled to | of thc coa| mined an(] to regulate t'l >
I Centennial celebration is in progress, send tin soldiers here to stop the tin ratea of transportation. All app'-
I delegates wil! be entertained by the din. Courier.
cations suggesting attempts at mon<-
Astorians in royal fashion.
! poly may be rejected. Coal producers
Recognition of good work done, as Two Progreslive Communities. are to pay a royalty of 25 cents p r
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I ton during the first year, 50 cent«
, unusual as it was gracious, was
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-'d“rin\the ,«cond *‘”*r !a,’d » Per Vm
evidenced during the past week at
Sublimity, where women of the Wahi vallis, Ore. Aug. 1.—Oregon has dem-' 1 *rea ter'
Club gave a dinner to the convicts onstrated, through the oradication of
who have been building roads in that fire blight at Hood River and the
i precinct. Such appreciation is almost excellent work in control of pear
ONLY ONE “BEST”
j unheard of, yet it is instances such blight at Rogue River, the fact that
I
as
this
that
probably
do
more
to
help
->
she has at least two of the most pro-
I the uufortunate regain their seif re- gressTve fruit growing sections in the
Jacksonville People Give Credit
; spect than anything else.
9
entire country,” said Dean A. B.
Where Credit is Due
Cordley of the O. A. C. school of
agriculture, discussing recent pest
LAND SHOW
fighting work done in these districts.
People of Jacksonville who suffer
“Some tour years ago, when 1 first with sick kidneys and bad backs w.nt
the presence of pear blight in a kidney remedy that can be depended
• ■
To be Housed at St Paul Audi- detected
the Rogue River Valley, the fruit upon. The best is Doan’s Kidney Pills,
growers of that section immediately a medicine for the kidneys only, made
tori urn for Twelve Days
inaugurated an energetic campaign from pure roots and herbs, ant1 the
for its eradication. Upon being in only one that is backed by cures in
From December 12 to December 23. formed that, owing to a lack of funds, Jacksonville.
Here’s
Jacksonville
I inclusive, the Northwestern Land Pro- this institution could not place a man testimony:
■ ducts Show will be held in the St. Paul in the field, they al once applied to
Frank Kasshafer, Applegate Road.
Auditorium under the auspices of the i the Department of Agriculture at Jacksonville, Ore., says: ‘‘For years
Washington for assistance. The re
Northwestern Development league.
I was a miner and no doubt this work
These dates were announced today suit was that Professor O’Gara was caused my kidney an I bladder trouble.
after advices had been received from sent to their assistance.
The first symptom was pain and stiffness
“Professor O’Gara organized the
the various Western states and the
Our Prices aré Right
in the small of my back, especially
dates of other shows and expositions work so successfully, and gave such severe when I first arose in the morn-
satisfaction,
that
when
the
Govern-
1
had been considered. The date* se-
| ing. I also had much trouble from the
, lected give those who will exhibit in merit decided to withdraw him from 1 kidneys, but it did not take Doan’s
the
field,
the
fruit
'growers
themselves
I
I Chicago an opportunity to bring their
! Kidney Pills long to bring me relief.
I exhibits here. The Chicago show raised the necessary funds to retain | ' Whenever I catch cold an.l feel any
i closes December 9.
I , his service*.
slight recurrence of my old complaint,
“He has been in complete charge < f
The entire enterprise has but one
I take Doan’s Kidney Pills and they
i objec t in view, according to official* of the work ever since, with such , relieve me.”
of the league, to aid in the develop- success that, notwithstanding the fact ,
j ment of Washington, Oregon. Montana, that hundreds and thousands of acres 1 F°r 8a'e by nl1 dealer*. I rice j I
Leading Merchants
4
Í Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, of orchards have been completely des- cents. hoHter-M ¡burn Co., Buffalo,
■ troyed in other fruit growing sections, New York, sole agents for the Unite«!
i Minnesota and Alaska
It is more than simply a land show, the losses in Southern Oregon have States.
I hence the incorporated name will be been insignificant, though the disease! Remember the name— Doan's and
the Northwestern Land Products Ex- | has not been wholly eradicated as yet. ’ ’ take no other.
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