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JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, JUL Y 31. 1920
NEWS Of THE WEEK
WHAT OUR NEIGH
IN TABLET FORM.
BORS ARE DOING I
Tersely Told
By
Conscientious
Correspondents
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WEDDING ¡BELLS
CHIME AGAIN.
TRUE TALES OF PIONEERS
Peter Britt a Leading Figure Among Pioneers. First Pho­
tographer in This Section of the State and “Father of the Grape
! The American legation has asked
Frank Saulsberry of Ashland, Ken­
that
welfare
workers
and
other
Ameri-
Industry in Southern Oregon."
1 week, where they spent a few days
tucky, and Miss Lulu Williams were
visiting relatives.
i | cans leave Warsaw, fearing a bohhe. quietly married Wednesday evening at Peter Britt, one of the earliest pic- shrubs and trees, including palms,
the Presbyterian manse ‘in Medford,
Misses June and Francis Dunlap are vik invasion.
Count von Bernstoff, former German Reverend Myron Boozer performing ■ neers and southern Oregon’s first lemon mid orange trees, giving it the
visitors in K>rby, Oregon, at the home
ambassador to the United States, urg­ the ceremony. Only immediate mem­ photographer, arrived in Jacksonville appearance of a tropical park. He was
The concert given by the Rogue of their brother, Howard.
known as the “father of the grape in­
es the Germans to seek friendship and bers of the family and a few intimate
River Valley band Friday evening was
Rev. and Mrs E. H. Edgar are
| on Novembar Sth, 1852, and camped on dustry m Southern Oregon” and own­
greatly enjoyed. The band numbers camping in the Lithia Park in Ashland establish close business relations with friends were present.
the United States.
The bride is a well known and popu­ I the site of the present Britt residence. ed the first commercial vineyard eon
the best musicians in the valley and j and attending the Bible Institute.
lar
young business woman of this city ■ At that time mining excitement was listing of 15 acres, which was one nf
the music is excellent.
Large reenforcements for the British
i at its height and the hills and gulches
troops have been ordered from Meso­ where she has made her ho’^e for the for miles around were staked and men several that demonstrated that Rogue
R. M. Jones of Tacoma, formerly a |
River vallej' could produae a grape
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past
eight
years.
For
two
years
she
potamia
to
cope
with
the
Arab
revolt
member of the Tiding’ force, is enjoy-;
EAGLE POINT
has been manager of the J no. M. Wil- 1 were making good wages with rocker equal to the best of the famous grape
there.
ing a vacation in Ashland, accompanied
and “long Tom.” Mr. Britt with sev- districts of Europe. Mr Britt was
i liams Co., one ot our leading mercar.-
bv his wife.
A large explosion oceured in the Saar 1 tile establishments, and has a host of 1 eral others equally inexperienced in reared in the grape districts of Switz­
E. A. Wideman, the new owner of region of Germany, as a result of
No services are being held in the
I mining, took a claim on Asnland creek. erland and having traveled much in
Trinity Episcopal church during the the T. E. Nichols place, adjoining spontaneous igniting of rockets which j friends in Jacksonville and the sur- They built sluice boxes and for two France he gained much knowledge of
;
rounding
county.
The
groom
is
a
absence of the vicar. Rev. P. K. Ham­ Eagle Point, is erecting a silo on his caused the explosion aerial bombs in
weeks worked hard. I In the evenings
Krape jnt|ugtry Noting the vigor
prominent business man of Ashland,
mond, who is on a month’s vacation. | property.
a munition dump. People are fleeing, i Kentucky, where he has extensive they dissussed what they would do ‘ of the wild grape vines about here he
Jeff Brophy and son. John, passed anticioating the explosion of large gas lumber interests. After the ceremony with their money when they make a i determined to give tame grapes a
Bill Coburn, of Portland, district or­
clean-up. They finally decided upon trial and got his first vines from Cali­
ganizer of the International Typo- Eagle Point Thursday enroute to their shells.
the groom left for Kentucky to ar­
g^phical U lion, has been in Ashland home near Peyton.
Italy is sending troops to the line be­ range business matters there, after going to South America where they fornia in 1854 or 1855. These were the
on matters pertaining to the union.
County Commissioner James Owens tween Jugo Slavia and Italy in antic­ which he will return to Jacksonville’ heard there were good opportunities to i old Mission grapes and they grew so
Mrs. Lettie Burch and Miss Com­ was an Eagle Point visitor Thursday. pation of fresh disorders on the Dal­ where the young couple will make their be found. When the clean-up was well that he later got in other varities
made it netted them 75 cents each and ; and for 50 years, up to the time of his
stock, residents of Sutherlin, are visit­
home.
Fred Dunlap of Butte Falls was a matian coast.
the South American trip was indefinit­ j death in October, 1905, he carried on
ing friends in Ashland.
The Post joins numerous friends in
business visitor in our city last Friday.
The Utah Idaho sugar company was
ely postponed.
j the work of demonstrating what were
wishing
the
newly-weds
a
happy
and
’•Miss Anna Kopp, of New York, per­
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Swingle of Ash-' bound over for trial on a charge of
This cured Mr. Britt of the mining the be9t grapes for this soil and cli-
prosperous voyage over the matrimon­
sona) representative of Jesse Winburn, land, who have been enjoying a week’s profiteering in sugar.
fever and equipped with the first cam | mate, and in that period he grew over
ial seas.
is in Ashland cn business matters.
outing in this section of the county,
era ever brought to Oregon he opened ; 200 varities of American and European
Martial law was proclaimed along
A letter received from Floyd Fraley 1 returned to their home Saturday.
| “P. Britt’s Photograph and Daguerre- grapes. Mr. Britt furnished vines for
the Polish German frontier, after the
states that he has reached Roumania i MrB. W. E. Hammond of Reese
Polish military stopped a detachment edge about helping the folks that got I otvpe Room,” where people came from ever vineyard in Rogue River valley.
safely, where he is to spend a year in creek autoed to Eagle Point last Wed- of thirty uniformed Germans from burned but over inj Dry Hollow?
ail parts of southern Oregon to have
Peter Britt was also the first to plant
Y. M. C. A. construction work.
nesday.
“No, sir! I’ve got to have the local their photographs taken; and at the peach trees in southern Oregon. In
crossing the frontier.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hill and child- * Mr. and Mrs. M. R 1 Koontz of
paper for the local news There’s I Britt home to day there is a wonderful 1857 he planted a little peach tree in
In an effort to combat the high cost
ren have gone to Los Angeles for a ' Butte Falls paid a brief visit to
plenty of places where I can learn al! i collection of photographs taken in the the yard of his home here. Two years
of living, the war department is soon
short visit.
Medford the middle of the week.
to place millions of dollars worth of I want to know about the League of I early fifties of men who later become later it bore fruit and for over fifty
Dr. C. F. Scheller, a resident of Ash- | Miss Florence Pool, county home
i famous in Oregon's history. Among years it produced peaches for members
canned meat on the market at prices Nations; but it doesn’t interest me the
way I’m interested in the doings of them are nictures of Binger Hermann, of the family. On Thankgiving morn­
land last summer, but who has since demonstrator, and Miss Eleanor Rand- below pra war quotations.
Judge Deady, D. P. Thompson, ex­ ing, Nov. 24, 1910, weighted down by
lived in Woodland, California, has re- j a| of Providence, R. I., were in Eagle
the folks in this county.”
“Maybe you’re right” assented the governor Woods and dozens of other clinging snow, our first peach tree
turned to Ashland and will resume the . point for a short time Thursday even- I The Berlin Schloss, the former Em-
i peror Wilhelms town residence is now feed store man, “but if the editor feels men who have made their mark in bowed its head and went the way
, of a osteooathy.
¡ng.
practice
occupied by the Psycholigica) Institute that he’s got to pull out, I don’t know state history. In the early seventies all things which have life must go.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gault of Weed
Mr.
Nichol
and family
r and “ Mrs.
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what I can do to stop him.”
Mr. Britt, accompanied by his son,
are spending their vacation in Ashland Phoenix and Mr. and Mrs. R. Harnish I of the University of Berlin.
Realizing that a section adapted to
“Don’t, eh? Well vou can tell him Emil, journed to Crater Lake and se­ so many verities of choice fruits, and
visiting old acquaintances.
Residents of Heroshima province Jap­
autoed through Eagle Point Thursday
John A. Harvey, an’ attorney from afternoon enroute to Prospect and an, haye filed a protest to the citizens the town needs him and can’i afford to cured probably the first photograph blessed with so fine and equable cli­
of California regarding the proposed i lose Him; and then you can give him ever taken of Southern Oregon’s mate was destined to be thickly peo­
Santa'Ana, Calif., is spending a few Crater Lake.
an advertising contract that’ll help you famous resort. To accomplish this they
da>s In Ashland looking after his
Road Supervisor E. O. Hayes is at exclusion of Japanese. They claim and help me and help him and, through had to take in all their cameras, plates, pled in the future, Mr. Britt acquired
that
the
developing
of
much
of
south
­
title to a large amount of choice land
property.
present engaged in improving the
the paper, help the town and help the plate-holders and other equipment
W. G. Curry, who has been in Penn­ highway in the neighborhood of the ern California’s fruit country is due to county. And it is’nt often that you amounting to several hundred pounds and at the time of his dea'h was one
Jap labor.
of the leading landholders of the val­
sylvania for the past two months, re­ Reese creex school house.
can do all that with one lot of loose on pack horses—a very different thing ley. He was a leading figure among
turned to Ashland last week.
Negro and white inmates of the chain!
Mr and Mrs. Leidman, who have
than now-a-davs when one can go in southern Oregon’s pioneers and was
C. W. Sears and family of Albany, ■ been visiting Mrs. Leidman’s parents, state reformatory in Bedford, ’Icrw
“Besides, I don’t want my obituary ' with a kodak and a few rolls of films well known and highly respected in
York,
engaged
in
a
serious
race
liot.
Ore;, are spending a few days in the ' Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Zimmerman, near
posted on a bulletin board.”—Wiscon­ • | in his pocket.
all parts of the state. The following is
auto park here. They will visit Crater Butte Falls, returned to Eagle Point Hot flatirons were used as weapons bv sin University Bulletin.
I With an intermission of some years an extract from a biograghical sketch
the
negro
girls.
The
militia
was
called
Lake before returning home.
Friday.
| when he was engaged in freighting by printed in a Portland paper at the time
The summer school io busily holding
Mrs. Henry Meyer and son of Lake out.
[ pack train from Crescent City to Jack- of his death.
rehearsals tor “The Rose Maiden,” creek were among the strangers in
Fonr automobile stages filled with
To Frost Glass.
' sonville, Mr. Britt followed the occu-
Among all the early settlers it is
It Is often convenient to frost births | pation of protrait paintar and photog­
which will be presented at the close of town Saturday.
passengers enroute to the Yosemite
doubtful
it any were more closely
the term next month.
J. W. Hovey, foreman of the Ali- valley were held up and robbed by a and lenses, and here is n method by rapher for 50 years and had in his identified with the earlv life of the
which
this
work
may
be
done
nt
home.
¡studio at the time of his death the southern part of the state than Mr.
Ashland is very proud of the compli­ vista orchard transacted business with lone bandit, who secured about $300.
To n mixture of 24 ounces of ether and
ment which was bestowed upon Mrs. our merchants Saturday
The once famous battleship Iowa, I 18 ounces of benzine add two and n i most complete line of pioneer por­ Britt. Born in the historic town of
Obstalden, Canton Glarus, Switzer-
Perozzi, last week, when she was ap­
Mr. Thompson, a business man of which played a prominent part during ' quarter ounces of snndarach and half traits, historical scenes, and scenic
March 11, 1819, he came witli his
pointed a member of the executive Lake creek, spent several hours in the Spanish-American war, is to be an ounce of mastic. The parts to be views in the state. To him belonged land,
father to Highland, Illinois,
______ in 1834,
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staff of the state republican centra) Eagle Point Friday of last week.
he followed the occupation of
used as a target for the Atlantic fleet. frosted should he immersed in this SO- ¡the distinction of having taken the where
lution a few minutes.
first photograph on paper ever taken , portrait painter for five yerrs, taking
committee.
Sheriff Taylor of Umatilla county
1 in Oregon and for many years he had up daguerreotyping in 1847. in 1852
The summer Bible school, under the
the returning “Forty-niners” determ­
was killed during a jail break and es­
1 the most complete photographic ap­ ined
auspices of the Moody Bible Inst tute C
him to rein iv| to the Pacific
BUTTE FALLS.
Come to Think of It, It Is.
cape vi
of five
One of the fugi-
iiw persons.
pviDuua. v
paratus
south
of
Portland.
coast, and after an eight months' trip
of Chicago, began last Sunday evening
“ft’s hotter,” said Uncle Ehen, '♦o
11 tives has been captured.
with a big rally at the Chautauqua
Mr. Britt was an ardent horticult­ by ox team, via the Fort Hall route
go ap like u skyrocket an’ come down
Jack Johnson, former heavyweight like a stick dan to be Jos’ plain stick urist and surrounded his home in this and Portland, he arrived at Jackson­
building. Ministers, Sunday school
ville in the fall of that year, where he
i city with a collection of rare plants, made his home.
workers and Bible students will be in
Mr. and Mrs. Buel Hildreth, who champion pugilist, went to the Joliet all de time.
peninter.tiary
to
begin
a
sentence
of
attendance during the month’s session. have been in Prospect for some time
At the session of the Presbyterian where Mr. Hildreth had employment, one year for violation of the Mann
Synod held at Eugene recently, Rev. have returned to Butte Fails for the Act.
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C. F. Koehler was elected chairman on summer.
Printing
Death
Notice
religious education and Rev. J. W.
Miss Gertrude Spencer returned
Horn was elected permanent secretary. Monday to Monroe, following a short
on Bulletin Board
visit with her parents. She was ac-
companied by her sister, Miss Arlene
They were sitting in front of th*
Mahoney.
CENTRAL POINT
feed store.
Mrs. Cadzow’s sister-in-law, Mrs.
“Heard the local publisher was think­
Rylie, is up from southern California ing of closing up shop. Is that so?”
Mrs. F. F. Williams spent a few for a short time.
„“Yep; he says there isn’t a lot of
days in Grants Pass last week visiting
Mr.
Ahlstrom
and
family
left
last
satisfaction
in running a paper for his
her daughters, Mrs. Fred Roper and
week for Lakeview, Ore., where they health,” responded the feed store pro­
Mrs. Shipley Ross.
have purchased a ranch. Mr. Ahlstrom prietor. "Tells me he’s willing to lose
Ear) Leaver recently returned from has been in the mercantile business in a little money for the sake of keeping
Seattia, Wash., where he had been Butte Falls for the past two years.
the print shop smell in his nostrils, but
visiting the family of his brother,
Miss Florence Pool, county demon­ that his wife and kids can’t live on the
Wayne Lee ver.
strator, spent a short time in our town smell. Guess we’ll have to get along
without our weekly.”
J. O. Isaacson, president of the one day last week.
“Well, you’ve guessed wrong,” said
Central Point State Bank, and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Liedman, who his farmer customer. “I’ve shoved the
Issacson, are visiting friends in Pasa­
dena and other southern California have been visiting the latter’s parents, expiration date of the Old Reliable
Mr. and Mrs. A B. Zimmerman, have three years ahead and paid for ’em m
cities.
returned to Eagle Point.
advance too. You fellows right here in
Miss Katherine Thompson, who
town don’t realize that your local
Among
Butte
Falls
people
in
Med-
recently underwent an operation io a
paper’s worth thousands of dollars a
ford
last
week
were
Mrs.
Mills,
Mrs.
Medford hospital, is well on the road
Stoddard and Mrs. Clevenger and son year just for the service it gives.
to recovery.
“If we need it out on the farm, you
Glenn.
folks need it a heap more. Ever think
Mrs. E. C. Taber and children, who
camped in Ashland during the Chau- I A number of forest fires have start­ what would happen if the paper quit
tauaua session, have returned home. ed in the hills around town, but were publishing? Well you’d need to go
i soon discovered and gotten under con- back to old times and bulletin boards.
A reunion was held at the home of tro).
If you wanted to advertise a new car
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson last week at
Mrs. J. P. Hughes and children left load of feed or fertilizer you’d have to
which all the children were present
for the first time in years. Thb family last week for an outing trip to Cottage send away to get handbills printed and
then have the trouble and expense of
consisted ot Mrs. Percy Merrill of Grove.
Bridgeport, Neb.. Mrs. Julia Muller of
H. D. Mills and Ira Tungate were posting ’em. You might reach a man’s
Eugwne, Ore., Olaf Olaon. Jr., of transacting business in Medford Tues- eye at the cross roads or pustoffice,
but with the local paper vou put the
Portland. Ore., Jonas Olson of Brem­ day. •
announcement in his house and in his
erton, Wash., Alex Olson of Junction
Miss Millie Patton returned lately hands, and 1 could’nt sell my surplus
City, Ore-, and Mrs. Tom Pankey of
from Marshfield where she has been stock except by doing a lot of work
Central Point.
spending several months.
that’d cost more than an ad in the
A number of Central Point girls who
paper and woull’nt give as good re-
were in attendance at the Girl’s Con­
an work done in 1920 spot cash at suits.
ference held in Ashland, have returned W. R. Sparks’.
"How would we get rallied in this
home and report a pleaaant time.
For Saie-LOCATION NOTICES- end of the county to support that new
Mr*. J. W. Welsh «nd son. Will, en- both quartz and placer. Jacksonville road improvement; and who would
Joyed a trip to Montague, Calif., last|post,
have handled tbe work and kept us on
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