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VOL. XV
NO 19
JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUN7Y. OREGON, SEPTEMBER 10. 1921
At the County Court House
Pert Paragraphs About Public People
Brief News Items ot the State
The River Fight
Doings in Neighboring Communities
By B F. Lindas
would run the g. I.-let. It would
save them hundred» of miles and
they were not going to be turned
back by fear oi the red-skin. That
night they held a counsel of war and
finally a plan was suggested that
was put into immediate execution.
They built a huge raft from the
trees about them. On the raft they
erected a substantial cabin, or box.
built of solid logs with only a loop-
lnto
hole for hole tor the guns,
this box crept the dozen men with
instructions not to fire until they
were so close that they were sure of
their man. The raft was cut loose
and slowly they drifted down the
stream.
All went well with them
until that afternoon when they not
iced straight ahead of them some
strange objects in the river, They
appeared in the distance to be huge
tubs, but as they got closer they dis
covered thtni to be peculiar, circu
lar boats loaded with Indians. They
stretched almost across the river,
There was no stopping now. The
men loaded their guns and quietly
waited until they were so close to
the Indians as to almost touch
them, when a volley blazed forth
from the raft, It took the red-skins
completely by surprise. Some of the
Indians tumbled headlong into the
water unsetting their frail craft as
they fell. Cooly and carefully the
white men kept up a steady fire un
til nearly every Indian craft had cap
sized and at least a hundred Indians
were struggling in the water. Some
tried to board the raft but the men
beat them off with their oars. Only
a few of them ever reached the shore
alive and after the raft had reached
a safe landing around the bend of the
river, it was found that not one
in this improvised gunboat had I
slain.
There Is living in Jacksonville to
day an old pioneer who engaged in
days and we shall see that the animals one of the strangest Indian fights
Cjunty Court
are properly fed and cared for. If you that, perhaps, even occured in the
have no way of getting your exhibit wild and wooly west. He had been
The county court with Judge G miner to the fair, please notify us and we one of the earliest settlers in the
and Commissioners Owens and Bursell may be able to help you.
I Valley and saw the town when it was
present met in regjlar monthly sessi. n
Admission is free to school children. at the very height of its glory, lie
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ot ' We are asking that the school children knew all the unique characters that
this week.
Routine business was having a creditable exhibit shall not be made the Oregon gold-fields so dis
transacted and bills paid.
counted absent if at the fair one day. tinctive in its romance and story,
As a club member you have a chance and he stayed, with many of the
The county court has issued an order
requiring Sheriff Terrill to continue the for the free trip to the Oregon State others, until the lure of more distant
sale of real property foreclosed on by Fair and admission to the State Fair fields drew them from the hills and
the county for taxes, for 80 days Camp for boys and girls. It is worth valleys of the Rogue.
This sale was io have been ruade on 1 aiming for.
It was in the sixties when he, with
September 10th but. has been unavoid
I a number of companions, left Jack
ably postponed. About 1000 parcels of
sonville to try their luck in the new
Assessors Office
'and in various parts of the county are
fields of Idaho and Montana. They
affeced.
Assessor J. B. Coleman states that
left in early spring and rode and
Improvement work on the Dead : all unsecured persona! property taxes walked for several weeks without any
Indian road between Ashlano and L ike unpaid by the 15th inst. will oe certi I adventure befalling them. The In-
of the Woods, including 4!. mile cut fied to the sheriff for collection. Per , dians in Oregon were on their good
off which reduces ths grade from 24 sonal property taxes collected by Mr. I behavior and in fact they had an
ner cent to a maximum of 10 per cent, Ooleman amount to about $15001) approx I Indian guide who led them through
has been completed and the road thrown imately half of the am milt due and i the mountain passes and across the
open for traffic.
i collectable.
desert land of Eastern Oregon and
Jasten Hartman and sons recently I Assessor.J. B. Coleman county Treas Idaho.
completed the construction of three urer A. C. Walker and attorney F. J.
But it was not long before they
substantial wooden bridges on the Newman of Medford returned Monday I began to hear tales of depredations
Green Springs f
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Mountain
Highway | from a two days hunting trip in the [that the red-skins in Montana had
’lum.itk Guatilo
between Ashland nnJ
and L Klamath
Falls. J vicinity of prospect, minus venison. been guilty of. They began to hear
Work on that section of the Ashland It is said that the county officials took of isolated settlers being attacked and
Klamath Falls highway between the Attorney Newman along with the hope murdered; they heard of prospect
summit of Green Springs mountain of smiting the frolicsome buck with a ors being way-laid ,and pioneers
and Jennie creek is rapidly nearing death dealing weight of legal lore but massacred, and of the outrages that
completion and that section of the the aforsaid animals refused to stay *n usually occured when bands of In
one place long enough to serve a sum
highway will shortly be thrown open.
dian started on the war path, But
mons upon them.
they forged ahead, keeping a close
watch for any hostile savages until
School Supt’s Office
County Clerk
finally they reached the banks of the
The school superintendent’s office
Vliss Alice Poor who was taken of the Missouri, that wound its way
is. sending the following letter to club suddenly ill while engaged in her duties through the foothills, and the forests
members.
as deputy in the county Clerk’s office that here and there lined its shores.
Dear Club Lasder or Club M“mher: Thu:s lay, is convaliving at her home
And there it was they heard de
The Ja'kson County Educational in Ashland and it is expected, wdl finite news of the roving bands that
Exhibits and Industrial Clut. Contests resume her position in a few days.
were causing so much trouble. They
are to be held in Medford on Tuesday
Miss McIntosh, one of the deputy had a large camp on the banks of
and Wednesday, Sept. 20-21.
The party from Jacksonville was
clerk’s is absent on a weeks vacation. the river not many miles below; they
This mean« that your reports m*ed to She expects to return Monday.
lined both banks and woe betide the gone for over a year, and they say
be finished immediately and sent to
hapless adventure who tried to pad that upon their return they were told
Corvallis so they may be returned to
dle his way down the murky waters that the Indians never molested an-
■ < and registered before the dates
Behind the B ars
of the Big Muddy. Many men had other traveler on the river.
given above. Do not stop short of the
alreadyt ried but none had come
....>
The survivor of this sensatfonal
finish. Awards can gj only to those
j back. They had been killed by the encounter is still hale and hearty,
Peter F. Strauff, known as “Dutch
wi'h complete reDorts. “Come in on
Indians as they passed the dense and he will tell you confidentially
the home run” and meet us at the fair I Pete” an I Frank Kodat convicted at thicket where the encampment wa.i
that of all the places in these early
j the May term of court of attempting i
with yoar <x .¡bit on that Ti.eiday
hidden.
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days,
there were none with the
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to
rob
she
Gold
Hill
bank
on
the
night
Every Club and every in vidul at
But this old Oregon pioneer and charm, the good-fellowship and the
! of April 13th last, have withdrawn
work on the various projects, corn
"his companions were not dismayed hearty spirit of the pioneer as old
growing, potate growing, gardening, ' their appeal to the supreme court toi
j by the tales they had heard. They Jacksonville.
a
new
trial
and
will
shortly
begin
serv-
poultry raising, pork production, can
ning. calf raising, sheep raising, home | j ihg sentences of five years each at the
for an extend -d trip with terms to smt
making, «wing, cookery, should claim state penitentiary. Strauff and Kodat,
purchaser. They will be at home to i
apace for the exhibit they have. Plan 1 who have been confined in the county i
their friends with one good bahv buggy
to have your exhibi- on hand aad in jail since their arrest, a day or tw ■ |
after the attempted burglary, stoutly
and a few kitchen utensil« after ten
place Tuesday morning, Sept. 20.
months from date of sale to responsi
Watch the paper for tne announce- I maintain that they are not guilty of
meat ot the building in Medford which I the crime an I offered testimony that
Messrs Mankins & Bell bonded their ble parties and some fifty chickens
will be used for the exhibits Let your ! they were in a Medford lodging house ! mine, situated in the Poorman's dis
at the time of its commission. It is j trict about three miles from Jackson
club leader arr. nge about detail«.
Experienced judges will make the said that the two men pin more or less ' ville. to Clark & ' hilders of Medford
awards on the last day. From the faith on possible action of the pardon for the sum of $30,000 this week, con
exhibits which receive awards select board and th it a number of influential | tracts covering the deal having been
ions will be made to go with the car | Medford and Portland people have made Tuesday.
of Jackson county exhibits to the State i requested Governor Olcott to investi- ' Considerable development work, con
gate the case.
Fair.
sisting of two shafts and between 250
If you have poultry, rabbits, or live , Because he indulged in an auto ride and 300 feet of tunnel have been done
stock, please send feed for the two at Ashland without the car owners con on the mine and a large body of ore
sent, Anthony Reardon will be Sheriff estimated to average $50 per ton in
Terrill’s guest for 30 davs. Reardon gold unco: ered.
has been incarcerated in the county
Henry Mankins, one of the former
hoosgow for a couple of months past,
owners of the property, expressed the
waiting trial for the offense.
conviction that the mine is destined to
James Burke, convicted of forgery become one of the big producers of tbe
committed at Medford, was sentenced district. Mankina & Bell valued the
this week to two years imprisonment property at a much higher figure but
in the state penitentiary at Salem.
owing to illness of mewbereof the firm
I. L. Coffman, at present spending and the fact that they have other
an enforced and unenjoyabie vacation prospects which they desired to develop
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at Hotel de Teraiil objects kicks, 1 Clark & Childers offer was closed with.
strenuously and justifiably at being
The signed agreement stipulates
termed a "bootlegger. ’ An indulgane - , that the bonding parlies must s'art
in the gentle arc of ", moonshing” not work on tbe mine by the first of Oct
“bootlegging,” is tne cause of his in ober and are likewise required to work
carceration. Our mistake, Ike.
; a < lew of min at least 20 shifts in
each 30 days. It is reported that Clark
& Childers ere considering the feasi-
“500" Company Oil
i bility of erectng a stamp mill on
Prospects Promising property in the near future.
Mankins Mine
Bonded $50,000
ASHLAND Or—-Members of th<-
Soldiers’ and Sailors' association oi
Southern Oregon and their wives
were the guests of honor at a noon
luncheon given by the Chamber of
Commerce at Ashland Tuesday, The
dining room was crowded with more
than IDO seated. Fifty-seven veter
ans of the G. A. R. and their wives
also were guests.
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The asso- iation has developed f r-
ty carload markets during the last
temporarily withdrawn its new crop
have difficulty in meeting the de
mand for Mistland prunes this year
on account of the light yield which
is expected.
PORTLAND, Or.—Arrival in Port
land harbor of the bark Berlin with
PORTLAND. Or.—Portland will be
the season's pack of 53,000 cases of
Pacific Coast headquarters for the
P. N. Gray Company, Inc., of New salmon from Alaska brought announ
York, and the J. Rosenbaum Grein cement from the management of the
company, ot Chicago, large wheat Alaska-Portland Packer's association
exporting concerns, under the firm that at least half of the cargo will be
name of Gray-Rosenbaum Grain Co.,
immediately to Eastern
Inc., of Oregon, according to announ reshipped
cement of Charles W. Baum, a mem markets, Salmon is now in brisk de-
ber of the firm.
maud at current prices of 12.35 a
It is the plan of the company to case, compared yith a top price of
buy heavily of wheat for export in case, compared with a top price of
the Northwest and to ship it through $2 after the slump. Production costs
Pacific Northwest ports to foreign were lower this season and a fair pro
countries. Announced plans are that fit will be realized from the season's
90 per cent of the wheat the firm operations.
The remainder of the
exports will be routed through Port go Is expected to he moved at higher
land, and that it will move in bulk prices than that part of It which is
through the ,000.000-bushel grain to be transshipped at once.
elevator at municipal terminal No.
4. The remaining 10 per cent proh-
SALEM. Or.—The longest state
ably will he shipped through P uget highway in the United States com
sound ports.
pleted on permanent lines and grades
became open along its entire oour.se
El'GENE, Or.—The airplane finest Monday when the Oregon highway
observers Sunday reported 19 fires on 1 department removed the last obstacle
the south patrol and five on the ' in the Columbia River highway at the
northern route, the most in a single I point known as Cape Horn, between
day since the middle of the summer. The Dalles and the Deschutes river
Only one covering 20 acres southwest
of Mehama, on the northern patrol,
Portland. Or. —Airplane patrol of
was said to be serious. Timber an.l
the
national forests of Oregon and
underbrush are reported to he vary
dry now and many more fires are Washington will be discontinued
looked for during the next few days. September 10, according to an an-
. nouncement made by Shirley Huck,
unless there is a rain.
, head of the operations division of the
I United States forest service.
HUBBARD, Ore.—From three t.)
The patrol has maintained bases
four tons of blackberries are now be
i at Portland, Eugene and Medford in
ing received daily at the local branch .
1 Oregon and at Camp Lewis in Wash-
station of the Oregon Packing com- I
' ington. Daily flightB were made
pany. The blackberry crop, it is e.i- |
I during the fire season, with the »X-
tlmated has been bringing in the
1 ception of the time ot the gasoline
growers in the Hubbard vicinity a |
shortage in August, to locatte fires.
year and It is expected that it will
( The record of the patrol, which was
$3000.
| in its third year, was very good,
according to service officials, as the
PORTLAND,
Or.—Having
sold
efficiency ot the observers had reach
$3.35 a year ago and a low price of
ed a point higher than.at any other
fifty carloads of the 1921 crop of
season,
prunes at opening prices, the Oregon
I
The planes, operated by the army,
Growers’ Co-operate association has
more than 2,500,000 pounds or nearly will he sent back to Mather field,
near Sacramento, as soon as the bases
of prunes from the market.
I
More than 2.500,000 pounds or are broken tip. From forecast! it is
nearly fifty carloads were sold at believed that this year will be the
opening prices and no more orders last of the air patrol, as congress
for future delivery will be booked at failed to apporpriate funds for such
¡operation next year.
present.
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ways want it
Local members of the “500” Co-
Operative Oil & Refining Co., which
has 501)0 acres of oil lands in Siskiyou
County, Cal. under lease, will be plea«, d j
to Lain that there if good prospects
of striking the fluid that made John D. i
t«mous on their Holdings.
!
Mr. Hughes the driller in charge
reports that the company's first well i
is now down over 5<>0 feet and is show
ing every indication of the presence of
oil. The drillers are working night
and day shifts and are sinking from 10
feet to 12 feet every 24 heurs.
As expert who made a preliminary
•urvey of the company's holdings pre I
dicted that oil would be struck in that
•cal it v at a depth of about 700 feet.
Just in
Result Of Home Brew
Sim.-body sent the editor of
Poketown Gazette a few bottles
home brew. The sama day he received
for publication a wedding announce,
ment and a notire of an auction sale,
Here are the results.
“Wm. Smith and Miss Lucy Ander
son were d'spoeed of at public suction
at my farm one mile east of a beauti
ful cluster ot roses on her breast and
two white calves before a background
of farm implements too numerous to
mention in the presence of about seven
ty guests including two milch cows,
six mules and one boh sled. Rev.
lacksen tied the nuptial knot with 20<l
FOR sALE—One two hor-e spring ( fret of hay r >p • and .the brida. c.upi*
wagon, cheap
SEE— W. R. Spaik j left on one good John Deere Gang plow
Lewis IJhich
Pioneer Merchant
Jacksonville
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