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tal telegraph companies, and the business of the lo
cal offices has increased in the past six months fully
forty per cent over the preoeding six months. Ex
press and railroad business has experienced a corres
ponding increase. All industries show that the city
is making rapid progress in every line, and as the
metropolis of the whole Rogue river country it is sure
to continue its advancement with accelerated pace.
Ashland claimB the finest climate on the Faoifio
coast, the best peach growing country and the best
farmers' homes. It occupies a position of advantage
for manufacturing. For the general purposes of ag
riculture or stock raising the Rogue river valley is
unsurpassed. It has timber and minerals in abun-
danoe awaiting developing operations. Tillable land
on the edgos of the valley can be purohasod for from
13.00 to 110.00 per acre, though, of oourso, choice lo
cations in the valley cost much more. There Is no
government land suitable for cultivation unoccupied,
but good range land in the hills is subject to entry.
One of the greatest noeds of the country is money to
carry on the work of development, from whioh the
element of uncertainty is almost entirely eliminated.
No one who carefully examines the merits of the
Rogue river valley and of Ashland, iU ohiof city, can
fail to be impressed with the unusual advantages
they offer for the investment of capital or the build
ing of homes.
MIDSUMMER EVE.
II I mutt suraly lueo you, love,
If death 'i clilll html muat I
Tlmwt In between ua to remove
My heart's delight from me,
Promina to grant me, enppllant,
Tlili one poor boon 1 crave
Thin one leant favor, while hut lights ver
Alwve the dead uin'i grave.
When prlmroM pallet thai pave the wet
Are deepening into gold,
And I without you, tore dmtreat,
(io detolate and cold,
lire fall of night. O. !' )onr I11
Pace the wet miiU with me,
While the ahore Udi iterile glow Hr and Iwryl
lVni'le the purple let.
The glimmering atrand where llrat we met,
Midaummrreve of yore
It can noil you willforget
That wild and lonely uliom
In lh.il weird pla.,. ti"' m fu
One hour with you to roam,
Till moonlight hlea. I.e. tht gray ra reachee
And ghoel Mil ring you home.
I .hall n"tler tou.M yoiireyea,
Knlllle'l with phantom gleam;
Y.Kir rola til we.-t of I'tradl
Nut atrange to me ahallawm;
Inmke no prayer to touch your hair,
Nnr kin your old, cold hrow
Toeee.ndWry.)U)lokn..wl.mnery,