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t I ffiinug gUmocratit JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1904. VOL. XXXIV. ‘ BRIEF MENTION A few years ago Oregon was star WHAT MRS. LAVIGNE FEARED IS tled at hearing of Che atrocious murder FELT BY MANY OTHERS. u of the venerable old miner, Henry ▲ n Unnatural I »er line Made Her Thiafc Wines, In bi$ cabin on bis 100-acre placer, Jump Off Joe, district, in Jose She Was Goiug luto Coiutuuiption Until She Acted Upon the phine county. For many years he Advice of a Friend. lived alone and worked the placer in "I was going into an unnatural de bis primitive way and brought bis cline," says Mrs. Charles Lavigne, of gold nuggets to Grants Pass, where he No. 1317 Third avenue, Detroit, Mich., “and my health was weriouslylow w hen exchanged them for money. After I begau using Dr. Williams’ l*iuk Pills spending several days there recklessly te would return to his cabin, taking for Pale People. Tbey cured me. " I was weak and thin, nervous and the little money be had left and bury without appetite, took cold easily and ing it for future use. Then be would was afraid of consumption. I could uot work away until it was time to visit sleep, I was always tired and worn out, the city again. He was an eccentric my color all went away and 1 felt mis man, It is said. In order to get 110 to erable. ** Good doctors treated tne but failed pay a bill be bad to dig up two sacks to do me auy good and I was dis of gold containing $8,000. After hie deatb Charles D. Sexton couraged about ever getting better uutil a friend told me of Dr. Williams’ Pink bought the placer, and just recently Pills for Pale People. I began to take It has been sold to the Southern) Ore them and kept on till I had used three gon Mining & Developing Gompany, boxes. that owns live quartz claims on the - “ By that time I was an entirely Applegate, and four on O-car different person. Theunrvousness had creek, of free-milling ore, assaying all gone, I could eat and sleep, I gaiued in weight and felt strong and well. My from $12 to $49 per tun in gold and a friends began to remark ou the color in smaiy>ercentage of silver. The ledges my cheeks and I told them Dr. Williams’ on which they are located show a Pink Pills had done it atul had restored width by croppings of about 11,000 me to health. That was several years feet. The Oscar creek claims have ago but from that day to this I have been the feeders for t he Oscar creek retained my health and strength." placers. Two Dividends have paid Dr. Williams’Piuk Pills for Pale People for the placer investment, and the are of inestimable value to women when company will double their<quipment they are disturbed by fears of physical this summer. ills that make their li ves wretched. They also restore to health men, women and children who are thin, pale, nervous and depressed. They embody Dr. Williams* wonderful discovery and have cured There will be a rattling game Sun stubborn cases of locomotor ataxia, par day at Tolo, between the local nine tial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous headache, the after •nd one from Pooh Bah. A big crowd effects of the grip, palpitation of the is expected. heart, pale and sallow complexions and The Medford Juniors continued all forms of weakness iu either male or their winning streak last Sunday, by female. « beating Bish's nine, on the grounds Tbey are sold by all druggists through- near the old distillery building, by a oat tbe world, or may be had directly score ef 20 to 5. There were several from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Scneuectadv, N. Y., ou receipt of th. good plays. price, fifty cents a box; six boxes for two • The Medford Athletic Association’s dollars and a half. A valuable booklet grand stand and grounds are nearing entitled, " Plain Talks to Women,” will completion, and will be ready for the be seut free to auy address upon re valley league game to be played there quest. Thursday afternoon, between the Medford and Jacksonville teams. No T he Government of the . United pains have been spired to malte them States enjoys throughout the world drst-claas in every particular. the somewhat expensive reputation of The game played between the Med being both rich and “easy." If there ford and Jacksonville teams oo Neu was any doubt as to its right to this ter and T jylor’s grounds last Sunday reputation it must have been dispelled attracted a large crowd and was quite by the Pacama transaction. We found interesting, even if it abounded in a quarter of million people tied to a errors. Tue visitors made 7 runs in the malarial and worthless neck of land. first inning, wbicb seemed to decide The only hope of prosperity for those the game; but Jacksonville made people was to dig several million cubic steady gains and at the er.d of the 9th yards of that land away at a cost of inning bad piled up 14 tallies to Med about 1150,000,000. Nobody could do ford's 11 The work of both teams that work but the rich and benevolent was ragged the first few innings; but uncle at Washington. The Panamans during tbe latter part of the game Base Ball Notes. were trying to start a republic, which Colombia was prepared to smother in its cradle. The United States pro tected the little republic, guaranteed its independence, warned off the Co lumbians saved Panama the expense of an army and navy, and agreed to look after the policing and sanitation of the canal zone. For the pleasure of doing all the-e favors we are paying •10,000,000. That Tired Feeling la a Common Spring Trouble. It’s a sign that the blood is deficient in vitality, just as pimples and other eruptions are signs that the blood ia impure. It’s a warning, too, which only the hazardous fail to heed. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove it, give new life, new cour age, strength and animation. They cleanse the blood and clear the complexion. Accept no substitute. ' “I felt tired all tbe time and could not Bleep. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla a while I could sleep well and tbe tired feeling had gone. This great medicine baa also cured me of scrofula." Mas. C. M. Boor, Gilead, Conn. Mood's Sarsaparilla promise* t* euro and keeps the promise. R eferring to the report of a mu tiny in the State Penitentiary, which it is alleged took place on account of ob jections to the food, Governor Cham* berlain, in an Interview, said he had personally investigated the dietary of the penitentiary and improved it from time to time, and that the convicts are now ^tter fed and cared for than ever before. They have meat three times a week for breakfast, which they never bad previous to the present administra tion. The Governor claims that the men in the Oregon penitentiary are as well fed as in any state prison. He in vites all to go out to the prison and see for themselves. they »ettlxi down and some good playing was done. The Normal School base-ball team took the measure of tbe Gold Hill boys, last Saturday, at the Athletic grounds in Ashland, by a score of 11 to 5. The game was marked by some good playing, and was deserving of a larger attendance. Both teams had several excellent individual players, but tbe noticeable weak spot was the lack of team work. Marksberry and Watt occupied tbe points for the Nor mals and tbe bittery for Gold Hill was Delamater and Eddings. Condition of Crops. Fall wheat and fall barley are everywhere io excellent condition, and in some localities early sown fall barley is beginning to bead. Spring seeding is finished, except on tbe low, heavy lands, and tbe early seeded wheat, barley and oats bave all come up to good stands. Pasturage, grasses and forage plants are doing speodlily. Stock continues improving and tbe flow of milk in the dairy herds 1s ex cellent. Sheep shearing is well under way, witb indications tbat the clip will be an average one. In a few localities bops have been injured by frost. Tbe cultivation of tbe bop yards for tbe first time has been practically completed, and tbe bops are now neaily to tbe top of tbe poles, or twine, as tbe case may be. Gardens bave been backward, and some tender varieties of vegetables slightly Injured by frost. Late gard ens and late potatoes are being plant ed, and considerable land is beiDg pre pared for corn. Frosts have badly damaged Italian prunes and Royal Ann cberries Io the Willamette Val ley. Pettie prunes and peaches have set well and there is a profusion of ap ple bloom about matured. Agents Wanted Register! Register!! Register!!! Only six days more in which you can register. Sugar of all grades have advanced 10 cents a hundred. Haying will soon begin. A good crop of bay is assured. L. B. Grigsby and his family, also Mrs. J. S. Grigsby, were recent Med ford visitors. A report that Wm. Bybee's river farm bad been sold for a large sum is in circulation. The Southern Oregon Medical So ciety held its semi-annual meeting at Grants Pass Tuesday. It was interest ing and well attended. Full proceed ings will be given in our next issue. The Jackson County Stockgrowers Association met In Medford last Satur day aod transacted considerable busi ness. A new brand and mark book was ordered, the last one printed be ing full of errors. Andy Ford, a brakeman, was in Cot tage Grove a few days ago, to answer a charge of assault and battery, pre ferred by an individual whom be for cibly ejected from the “blind” of a pas senger train. Captain A. M. Short of Stillwater, Minn., has bargained for J. W. Frail's farm—tbe Wrlsley place—located near Central Point, paying $2500 for tbe op tion. There are 200 acre'« and tbe pur chase price Is $26,000. W. P. Hillis, one of the pioneers of Southern Oregon, and an up right hospitable citizen, who was well known to many, died at bls residence In Pleasant Creek precinct last Friday, aged 78 years. The remains were in terred in the Woodville cemetery Sun day. The Georges gave a splendid per formance U. S. Hall Saturday night. The audience was not nearly alarge as It should have buen;but those in attend ance enjoyed every part of the excel lent program, for it was cleverly rend ered. A team tied to a telephone pole last Sunday by Clarence Hafer became frightened at a passing train and pulled loose. One of the horses was badly hurt by running into a barbed-wire fenoe. Tbe buggy was also consider ably damaged. Mrs. Kennedy, who lives in the vicinity of Ashland, has gone to Port land, to testify in a case against T. A. Wood and bis son. Hosea Wood,whom she claims committed forgery and per jury in her pension case. Geo. W. Trefren accompanied her. Julius Kruttschnitt, director of main tenance and operator of the Harriman system of railroads, passed through tbe valley Friday, en route from Portland to San Francisco. He has assured tbe shippers in the Willamette Valley that thero will be no car famine on the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon this year. Thousands have rushed to Oregon and the Northwest during the continu- tion of the sale of the low-rate,one-way tickets from Mississippi river points; but tbat stopped several days ago, and tbe last trainload of bomeseekers for the present season reached Portland last week. These rates will be In force again next fall. While riding on the pilot of an en- gine near Gold Hill, recently, Brake- man E. M. Renfro was injured by the explosion of a torpedo. A piece of tin from it was blown into his right leg, just above the ankle. Upon be ing taken to Roseburg he was at tended by Dr. Houck, who pronounced the injury very painful but not serious. C. R. Townsend, tbe expert miner, spent Sunday afternoon in Medford. He was a resident of Jackson county 23 years ago, being engaged in raising sheep then. Now Mr. T. is an expert minor with a large and varied exper ience. At present he is interested in the Alice group of mines, located five miles south of Gold Hill, and putting in a cyanide plant, etc. The social event of the season will be tbe dancing party given at Wilson’s Opera House Thursday night, under tbe auspices of WeatonkaTribe No. 30, I. O. R. M., and in commemoration of St. Tammany’s Day. Miller’s orchestra will furnish the music. Extensive preparations are being made for tbe affair, and its success is already as sured. We are Informed tbat Ex-Senator Dufur, of Foots Creek, who was nom inated for circuit judge by the Demo cratic State Central Committee, to fill the vacancy caused by the declination of Judge Crowell, has declined to qual ify, which leaves but one Democratic nominee—Judge Neil. As that Is a non-political office, it is quite likely tbat a large majority of the people of the First Judicial District will take a name from each ticket. $150 and up per month to energetic representatives in every city and town in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Dignified, honorable, permanent and immensely profitable employment at home or on the road ^something new; •end stamp or call at office for details. John W. Opp went to Grants Pass S quare D eal B rokerage C o ., 129 7th St., Portland, Or. Monday, ou business connected with a group of mines, located a few miles T he late shooting affair at Corvallis west of Jacksonville, of which be is in which a boy, Chester Ready, and Jas. manager. A survey of thorn has been Dunn were killed,and another wounded, made and parties with plenty of capi is proof over again that no person, un tal to develop them properly are mak less he be an officer of tbe law, has any ing an Investigation, which looks as if business carrying a gun. This is all a tale might be effected in the near fu the more applicable to a man or a boy ture. Considerable work has been done who is in the habit of drinking. thero, and the ore Crushed, especially quite recently, has given fine returns. Truat Those Who Have Tried There Is no doubt that tbis is a splen I suffered from catarrh of the worst did property. kind and never hoped for cure, but Thomas Emerson, a negro, whose Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that.—Oscar Ostrom, 45 Warren Ave., heart was pierced by a penknife near Chicago, Ill. ly two months ago, has recovered after 1 suffered from catarrh; it got so bad I could not work; 4 used Ely’s undergoing the operation of having Cream Balm and am entirely well.—A. the wound stitched, and has been dis C. Clarke, 341 Shawmut Ave., Boston, charged from Jefferson Hospital, at Mass. Philadelphia. The operation was a Tbe Balm does not irritate or cause delicate one, and is the third successful sneezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cts or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren case of the kind ever performed in this SB., New York. ' country. * POLITICAL BRIEFS PERSONAL MENTION. T here is much adverse criticism be Harry Helms left Tuesday for Port- cause a special counsel got $1000 out of the John Woods estate without render , land on a visit. ing hardly any service therefor. Judge Prof. E. E. Washburn was a Med Hanna allowed that outrageous fees and ford visitor Saturday. it would never' have been paid without Ex-Representative Hansbrough of his sanction. Roseburg is in Medford. W. M. Holmes of Central Point was J ackson C ounty Democrats were a Medford visitor Tuesday. never more united than at this time, J. Fennimore and B R. Porter tar and, this being the case.every nominee ou the county ticket should be a win ried in Medford a few hours recently. Judge Day was in Medford Sunday, ner in June, for a largo number of Re publicans will not stand for the notni- attending services at the M. E.Church, nees put forth at Gold Hill last Satur South. day. Mrs. Frank Kasshafer left for Eige- wood, Calif., Sunday, to visit her eld- A REPORT has gait^d circulation, eat son. and has no foundation in fact, is that Steve Longfellow of Phoenix has Gus Samuels will net make the race for school superintendent. On the con gone to Yreka, Calif., to spend the trary, he is very much in evidence in summer. Mrs. Wm. Sydow, who lives near the contest. He has every qualifica tion for that important position and his Central Poiat,is reported to be danger prospects for success are bright in ously ill. deed. G. Huber and V. Kranitz, who live near Jacksonville, were in Medford J. M. R ader , the present incum Monday. bent of the sheriff s office, and candi date for re-election, has not only made a first class otfioer, but he is one of the best men who ever came before the people for public office. Joe is a pro gressive business man, is accom modating and reliable, and has the con fidence and friendship of all knowing him. We predict hie election by an overwhelming majority. Mrs. Jessie Farnsworth went to Grants Pass Tuesday evening, en route to Portland. Horace Pelton, one of Sam’s Valley's most prominent citizens, was in Med ford Tuesday. Mrs. V. T. McCray has arrived from Stockton, Calif., and w^l spend tbe summer here* W. H. McDaniel and Mrs. Alice Ul rich have left for Hilt, Calif., to be gone several months. Thos. Collins has been the guest of Wm. Bybee, at his mansion located near Jacksonville. Henry Maury, the successful vegeta ble gardener, spent a few bou.-s in Medford Tuesday. H on . R. M V eatch lain receipt of much encouragement from all parts of the district in his candidacy for con gressman. By the election of Senator Veatch to congress the people of this district will be well and ably repre sented. He has had a great deal of ex perience in public affairs and bls in fluence would be felt early in bis term. Although he has held many public po J. Ar-Graffis of Phoenix precinct and sitions, his record is clean, and he has S P. Barneburg of Cove did business always been a worker in the interest of in Medford Saturday. the people. Frank A. He be rile of the Ashland T he affairs of tbis county, financial laundry went to Grant’s Pass Tuesday, ly, ar j in splendid cond Ilion; as every to visit his brother Lou. taxpayers who has given the subject a Oscar Swacker of Foots Creek and C momeal's consideration is bound to C. McClendon of Gold Hill visited their acknowledge, and it is due more to the Medford friends Tuesday. able and economical management of the Frank Brown and Jerry Heckathorn county business by Judge Prim that tbe Eagle Point merchants, were in Jackson county is so favorably situat Medford one day this week. ed today. This is a plain declaration, Z. Cameron, tbe Uniontown capital which this paper is prepared with facts ist, was amongfthoee who were In Jack and figures to maintain, regardless of any and all statements to the contrary sonville and Medford Saturday. from any and all sources. Frank Roundtree, Democratic candi date for oounty surveyor, was in Med R obt . B. D ow , Democratic candi ford Monday, on his way to Ashland. date for county recorder, is making an P. W. dwell, who is a resident of aggressive campaign, and there is ev Redlands, Calif., arrived at Central ery prospect of bis election. He Is a Point Saturday,and will remain awhile. competent, straightforward and genial *M1 b * Adele Picket of Tillamook *nr young man, whose qualifications for Mias Susie Bannard of Grants Pass will the position cannot be gainsaid. “Bob" ■teach in the Eugene High School next Dow, as he is best known, valiantly year. served his country in the war in the Mrs. A. E. Reames was called to Philippines. During the past two years he has acted as deputy county Washington county Tuesday, by a treasurer and has proved himself one telegram announcing the serious illness of the beet penmen and most accurate of her grandfather. Capt. A. M. Scott of Glendale, the accountants in the valley. well-known miner, is in Medford, ac JUDGE H anna was at Medford and companied by W. F. Smith of May Ashland this week, meeting with the ville, Mo., a friend. Dr. and Mrs. Hatch arrived from other Republican candidates to ar range a plan of campaign. He hat San Francisco not long since and are heard of the criticism of his official acts domicile! in Talent precinct. Mrs. H. that has become universal and is great visited in Medford Monday. ly exercised over the prospects of his Chas. Casedy and T. S. Robinson,two impending defeat. Judge Hanna has of Siskiyou county’s most companion been in office the greater portion of the able gentlemen spent a few days in past 32 years, and the prevailing opin Rogue River Valley this week. ion is that it is high time to allow some Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Young of one else to act as circuit judge for the future welfare of the people, especially Gold Hill left Saturday on a trip to the as he is about 73 years old now and Eastern states. Tbey will also attend would be nearly eighty if he serves the World’s Fair, now in progress at St. Louis. another term. T he cand'dacy of John 9. Orth for cqunty clerk is on its merits as an offi cial. He has been tried in the place, and tbe result is fully known. No county ever had a better or more ac commodating clerk. The question of Mr. Orth’s re-election becomes not what are hie party ■ ffiliatlons, but a cold business proposition, so plain that it cannot be dodged, denied or evaded. He ought to be re-elected to a second term in the office, because it is econo my for the taxpayers to do so, and De cause there should be recognition and reward for a man so prompt, so faith ful, so capable and so obliging in the discharge of his duty. THE ELECTION. On the 6th of J une the voters of this county will again be called upon to decide who shall make and execute tbe laws for tbe next two years, and it is of the utmnst importance that they should consider tbis question and not let party leaders dictate how they shall vote. For many years tbe legislature of Oregon has been Republican, and the taxes and expenses of the state have been continually increasing, until at the present time the estimated cost of our state government for the pres ent year is the enormous sum of ne irly $1,500,000. Is it not about time tbe voters of the state should consider this matter and elect members to the leg islature who will favor economy? Most voters in Jackson county know H. 8. Evans of Ashland and J. J. Houck of G 4d Hill, candidates fur representative, and everyone who knows them knows that when they are elected they will do all tbey can to secure economy in tbe administra tion of our government, and that tbey will oppose all “grafts” of whatsoever nature. We believe thire are enough voters in these districts who place the welfare of tbe state above that of party to elect them loahese positions. It is tbe duty of every citizjn who de sires a m >re economical legislature to work and vote for H. S. Evans and J. J. Houck. < Gus Newbury, Judge Hanna, Geo. W. Dunn, Geo. Brown, H. Von der Hellen, D. H. Jackson, J. E. Thornton and C. A. Dickinson,Repubflcan candi dates, spent several hours in Medford Monday. The wages of the common laborers io the sawmills, logging camps and box factories of Northern California will be ten per cent less this season than last. The reduction will affect several thousand men. The agree ment to reduce wages has been enter ed into by the nineteen large lumber ing companies of the northern part of the State. The lowest wages paid last season in the woods was $2.25 for a day of eleven hours. This season the rate will be 12.00 for a like num ber of hours. Io box factories last season the wage scale called for 20 cents an hour; the pay tfiis season will be 18 cents an hour, and in some classes of work 15 cents. Veterans Decline “Pauper’s Pension.” Applications for original pensions and increases under order 78, making 62 years of age an evidence of physi cal disability, now number 11,500. Commissioner Ware says it is Im possible to approximate the number of applications that result from tills or der. Many veterans on learning from Ware the particulars of the order de cline to avail themselves on the ground that it is a ''pauper's pension.' J ohn S. W ii J^ ams , of Mississippi, leader of the minority of tbe House of Representatives, in an authorized statement says be believes the nomina tion of Judge Parker ia assured. "It is clear to me now," said Williams, “that Parker will be nominated by such an overwhelming vote there will be sub stantially no opposition when the time (or the convention arrives. Individu ally I favor his selection.” MR. REAMES SMASHES A CAMPAIGN LIE. Jacksonville, May 5, 1904. Editor Democratic Times. Tuere has ueen some criticism of my official acts in the escheat pro ceedings in the Woods estate. These criticisms have found publication in tbe Ashland Tribune of April 23rd and the Ashland Tidingsof April 21st, 1904. Tbey have also been used by certain politicians quietly. I do not care what means are employed to de feat my re-election as District At torney; but when it comes to a mat ter wli'ch attacks my integrity as a public official I decidedly object. Toe appointment of Mr. Durham as special counsel in the escheat pro ceedings was not an uncommon thing. Tne Governors have always appointed the attorneys who have called tneir at tention to estates in which escheat proceedings would be proper. Special counsel has been employed to assist tbe best Prosecuting Attorneys in the State,and sucli appointment is no reflection upon the ability of tbe State's attorney. I presume that the Legi-Uture intended that special counsel should be employed or tbe act would not provide for it. The reason is probably that beirs can contest for tbe property at any time within ten years after the entry of tbe judgment. Hence a new district attorney would oot be as familiar witb the case as would a special counsel who bad been In tbe case from its beginning. Such employment is a continuing one, ex tending over a period of ten years. When tbe app >intment of Mr. Dur ham as special counsel was made I had not called the attention of the G ivernor to tbe condition of the es tate, for the reason tbat two sets of heirs were writing to attorneys here, who bad spoken to me concerning tbe matter. I desirea to wait and to see whether tbey could establish their claim in tbe County Court. Tbe proof they Lad of tbe beirahip was not sufficient, and as tbe estatr was not ready fur settlement tbeie was no burry about procuring an order from the Governor, as required, to J d « i I- tute proceedings. Tbe first intima tion tbat I bad tbat any spreial coun sel was contemplated or that tbe Governor knew of the condi ion of the estate wa« when I reaeived tbe follow ing letter, of December 17th, 1903, from tbe Governor, enclosing oae, of wbicb the following is a copy, from him to Mr. Durham: Salem, December, 17,1903. Hon. A. E. Reames, Jacksonville. Dear Sir: I enclose you herewith a copy of a letttr 1 have tbis day writr lou U>Geo. H. Durham of Grants Bass 1 have anpjjuttd him as agent of tbe Stare to JW-st you in th is’matter, be cause of tbe fact that be called my at tention to the condition of tbe estate reierred to and intimated a williog- ue»s to assist in escheat proceedings. 1 trust tbat my action in tbis mat ter will meet witb your approbation. 1 have tbe honor to reunio, Yours vey truly, Geo. E. Chamberlain. NO. 19 special counsel without any consults- tatiou witb you in the premises. When it came to fixing compensa tion 1 applied to tbe court to do so in your absence, as you nad no luterest in the matter, as tue law specially said sueu sum should be fix d by tLe Court, not by tue District Attorney. You certainly had uutuing to do with tue matter of tixlug said compensa tion. 1 did nut tv<n tell you the sum 1 should claim. When this sum was fixed by toe Court it was upon the strict understanding that our employ ment was a Continuing one, and that my partner and myself shou.d pro ud the interests of ihe feta:e io any litigation yet to arne about tne mat ter, as well as to see to tne sale of the realty and reducing tbe same to cash. It is understood that two sets of ri val claimant« wul appear yet to contest fur tuis muuey. Our investigations have already con vinced us that one set of these Claim ants ia fraudulent; as to the other we cannot 8peak as yet, but it is quite certain (¡fat, these people will Uy to i ecover tots money, in wbicb case we are buUQ(] attend to tbe litlgatio0 on benali of lbe State and tee it through the Supreme Court. In view of these *acts the fee allowed by tbe Court was reasonable, and may yet prove inadequate for tbe work done and still to ue done. Tbe fee does not come out of the State or its taxpayers, but out of tbe escheat ed fund. If any belated foreigners come along and prove a better right to tbe funds of this estate than tbe State can show, tbey will recover, less our fee aod ail expenses of ¿he litga- tion; hence tbat much of tbe money made io this country by the decedent will remain at borne ratbee than be transferied to foreign parts. I sm satisfied no fair-minded man in possession of tbe facts would ever think of critic zing tbe court tn tbe premises, much less yourself, since you bad absolutely no voice in tbe matter. 1 bave no doubt tbat tbe rumors which bave reached your ears bave been originated by some person hoe tile to you in politics. You are at liberty to refer any critics to me for a full ststeme.it of all ihe material facts in tbis letter. Trusting tbat tbis explanation will relieve you of any furlber annoyance in the matter, I am, as ever, Very truly yours, G eorge H. D urham ." The insinuation in the Tribune that I must have gotten part of the foe is in correct and unjust in view of my offic ial conduct as District Attorney. Idon’t believe tbat tbe editors of the Tribune would have made the statement had they not been been strangers in this section of tbe countrv. Had they been acquainted I do not believetbey would have allowed themselves to have been imposed upon to this extent by those who seek to make political capital of official acta, even to tbe Injury of an other's reputation. I did not receive any portion of the fee, newer expect to and shall never accept it if it should ever be tendered. To this effect I have filed an affidavit with tbe County Clerk, and state therein that I have never received, during my official career, a cent of money for anything which 7 did, or neglected to do as District At torney, excepting my salary. If this affidavit ia untrue it would be an easy matter to establish that I have com mitted perjury in tbe affidavit. I do not object to criticism of official acts so long as the criticlsuu are prompted by honest motives. It is one of the un fortunate things connected with our politics that a man, no matter how hon est he may be, cannot bold official posi tion without someone who would like to deprive him of that position impugn ing his motives and endeavoring to de stroy his reputation as a man and as a citizen. It is because of this unfortu nate condition of affairs that good men are scarce in politics, and the better class of citizens, and those in whose hands ths public interests would be saf est, refuse to participate actively in tbe contest for office. If there is anything in connection witb the Woods estate, or with any other matter bandied by me as Dis trict Attorney, which is tne subject of criticism, there is a right and proper way to investigate it, where I may bave an opportunity to meet my ac cusers, rather than be compelled to do so through tbe columns of newspa pers. I will consent tn tbe appointment of any attorney at the bar to investigate my conduct in tbis or any other official matter, and if my acts bave been im proper there is a v^ay to handle tbe matter. The letters, of which copies are printed above, are in my posses sion and can be seen upon application. My affidavit above referred to ia oo file witb the County Clerk. If there ia any matter in wbicb it ia thought I have not acted honestly I am en- tit! d to a hearing, and 1 am ready to meet tbe issue at any titre and place. All 1 ask is fair treatment. If 1 have not been satisfactory as a District At torney, 1 do not wish to continue in the office. 1 hope, however, that the desire of others to occupy the position will not cause them to stoop so low as to question my integrity in any mat ters which I bave handled. Awaiting a verdict at the hands of the people on tbe matter, I am Sincerely and truly yours, A. E. R kamcs . Salem, December 17, 1903. Hon. Geo. H. Durham. Grants Pass. Dear Sir: 1 am ad vised by you that one John Woods died iDtestate in Jackson county, leaving quite an es tate but no heirs to inherit the same. I thank you for tbis information and hereby appoint you as agent to assist Hon. A. E. Reames in such pro ceeding as may be necessary to cause tbis property to be escheated to the stale. I have tbis day notified Mr. Reames of this appointment. Please keep me advised as to what progress is made in the premises. I have the honor to remain, Yours very truly, - Geo. E. Chamberlain. As to the amount allowed by tbe Court to Mr. Durham I cau only say that the amount of that fee was left b ank In tbe information, for the rea son that It was the duty of tbe Court to determine tbis amount. In detei- mining it he would take intoconsidera tion the amount of tbe estate, tbe duralL n of tbe employment and tbe possibility, if auy, of future litigation. For tins reason tbe amount of tbe special counsel’s fee was left blank in toe information. When tbe amount of this fee was ordered by tbe Court 1 was not present and had no notice: thereof, but it would not have been necessary or proper to give me notice as tbe special counsel was agent for the State. With the allowance of the fee I tad nothing whatever to do, one way or tbe other. Itiwas not|my busi ness; the special counsel was superior to me in the handling of tbe case, and the amount of tbe fee, as provided by statute, was to be determined by tbe Tbe Republican Central Committee Court and not by me. 1 was not pres for Jackson county, chosen at the con ent when tbe Court made the order vention held at Gold Hill Saturday, allowing Mr. Durham’s fee, nor did I is composed of tbe following. know of the matter until after the or Applegate—H F McLoughlin. der had been entered. Upon tbis sub Pleasant Creek—E D Thompson. ject I desire to call attention to tbe Talent—H H Goddard. following letter, written me by Mr. Meadows—W A Carter. Durham at my request, explaining tbe Lake Creek—W T Kinney. facts as we both understand them: Central Point—W C Leever. Climax—E S Stinson. ' Dear Sir: I understand that you are being criticised to some extent in Flounce Rock—S S Aiken. r< feren» e to the escheat case of the Foots Creek—Thos Carr. State of Oregon vs. Haymond et al., Gold Hill—Carl Phelps. the estate of John Woods, deceased, Mound—W II Norcross. and particularly on account of tbe fee a'l wed me as associate counsel for Sterling—H E Ankeny. the State in said proceeding. I sur- Table Rock—J G Martin. n.i e th t such criticism has for a ba Willow Sÿrtags—W M Mansfield. sis s. me political effect, and I there- fore.think it my duty to give you a Watkins—CC Pursel. statement of the matter, which yi u Woodville—J M Whipple. are ¡at liberty to’us: in any proper Roxy —C C Taylor. way. 1 called the attention of the Trail—Sam Geary. Governor tn the fact that this e-tate Ruck Point—JTLMiller. was being settled and that tbe record showed that there were no known North Jacksonville—W G Kenney. heirs, and suggested to him that it South Jacksonville—PCameron. was a case where the State ought to East Medford—I L Hamilton. intervene to protectits interests. In West Medford—J D Heard. such cases it lias always been the cus tom for the Governor t iappoint some Sams Valley—S M Nealon. one as spe ial < ounsel for the State ia Pooh Bali—W H Gore. accordance with the terms of the es West Ashland—D A Applegate. cheat act, which specially authorizes the Governor to make such an ap South Ashland—G W Crowaon. East Ashland —E T Staples. pointment, at d provides further that Barrou—J M Wagner. the compensation of tbe special coun Big Butte—A B Cbartraw. sel shall be determined by the court Phoenix—S G Van Dyke. and paid out of the funds of tbe Eagle Point—J ROook. estate in question. The Governor Union—& J Cameron. thereupon appointed me as such Precinct Committeemen. HIS A MATTER OF HEALTH ■i > Absolutely Pare ■ urn is no substitute LOCAL NOTES. J. W. Ingram of Willow Springs vis ited relatives living in Ashland this week. Sam and Gee. Walker of the Meadow? were in the valley lately. So were May- field Bros, of the same precinct. • Rev. J. D. Murphy will hold services at the Catholic ehurch in Jacksonville 8undsy at 8:30 a. m. and at Medford at 10:30 a. m. Geo. Bea venue, the expert miner, re turned from Josephine county lately. Martin Pernoil of Applegate was in Jacksonville not long since. W. C. Deneff and Jos. Wetterer were reoent Medford visitors. 1 CE. G. Perham of Gold Hill, the well- known bridge builder,was at the coun ty-seat recently. Misses Bertha Lewis and Anna Kee gan were in Medford one day last week. Mrs. J. A. Marsh is in Medford, visiting Mrs. Chas. Nickell. D. S. Coalter, the blacksmith-miner, was among us not long sinoe. He is now located in Watkins district. Ex-Senator Dufur of Gold Hill has petitions in circulation for tbe purpose of getting signatures to enable him to get on the official ballot as a candidate for circuit judge. Joe Russell of Josephine county, tbe well-known stockman, was In town Wednesday, on his way from Klamath oounty, where he has been looking af ter his stock Interests. John Murphy baa returned from ^lem, having assisted Sheriff Rader to take four criminals to that city. P. F. Swayne and E. W. Anderson of Big Applegate were recent visitors tn our city. W.K. Ingledue,a prominent citizen of P le ase st Creek district, did business in our town Tuesday. Judge Hale, a prominent attorney of Grants Pass, was in Jacksonville Wed nesday, on professional business. Theo. Cameron has gone to Waldo, to look after his mining interests. Henry Wendt did business in Med ford Monday. D.Cameron,one of the leading minors of Evans Creek district was in town a few days ago. "S. Sandry of Tolo and R L. Duaen- bury, both well-known miners, were lu Medford oneaay tbis week. Frank Ankeny, superintendent of the Sterling mine, was with us Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Lilly of Sterling- ville were here Thueaday. * Luke ia night foreman of the Sterling mines. Elmer Leater, the crack pitcher, ar • rived from Southern California Wed nesday. He will play with Jackson ville's league team this season. Mrs. S. J. Day was in Medford not long slnoe, accompanying J. W. Mc Ghee, her venerable father, that far on on his return to the Willamette Val ley. J. M. Cantrall, who has been a resi dent of Applegate for many years, has severed his residence there and now lives near Medford, where he lately purchased a piece of fine land. Hon. R. M. Veatch of Lane county, Democratic nominee for Congress in* tbe First District, will address the citizens of Jackson oounty as follows: Gold Hill, Thursday, May 12;Medford, Friday, May 13, at 2 p.m.; Ashland, Friday, May 13, at 8 p. m. 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