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THE OREGON SENTINEL JACKSONVILLE I "Wednesday, February 4, 1880 IMFOKTAXT HOMESTEAD DIXISIOX. In "Hills Leading Cases" we find a very important decision that seems to recognize the squatter's right as against all others if a tract has been entered on and "settled" in good faith, and the old rule making land subject to entry by the first "legal applicant" is modi fied so as to protect the actual settler. The homestead entry of Abel S. Prior, of Modoc county, Cal., had ex pired by limitation and was cancelled. L. "W. Hughes had lived on the land for seven years without making appli cation for it and" on the cancellation of the entry E. M. Prior made application at tho Susanville Land olfice, but the officers on enquiry were answered by the Commissioner that Hughes mubt be allowed to make application and Prior be denied. In his decision the Com missioner lays down the following rules: "The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the right to make a settlement authorized by law upon public land was to be exercised Tipon unsettled, unimproved vacant land. In the case of Atherton vs. Fow ler, October term, 1877, this court held that "the generosity by which Congress gave the right of pre-emption was not intended to give him the bene fit of another man's labor, and author ize him to turn that man and his fami ly out of their house. It did not pro pose to give its bounty to settlements obtained by violence at the expense of others. The right to- make a settle ment was to be exercised on unimprov ed land. To erect a dwelling house did not mean to seize some other man's dwelling. It had reference to vacant land, unimproved land." I am of the opinion that a rule which prevents a person from appropriating to his own use the home of an actual settler upon the public land, can cause him no hardship, for his right of settle ment conferred upon him by the law remains, which ho may exercise in the manner the homestead law intended it should be exercised, that is upon un settled, unimproved vacant public land. I am of opinion that Mr. Hughes shouldbe permitted to enter said land "in preTeWMMBBotlier applicant, 7rlio have " no such improvements thereon. You will therefore- allow Mr. Hughes to make the entry upon making affida vit, which should be corroborated by that of two witnesses, that he is an ac tual settler upon the land as alleged. You will notify all persons who feel aggrieved at this decision, of their rteht to appeal therefrom to the Honorable Secretary of the Interior. Very res pectfully,, J. A. Williamson, " Commissioner. ciiam;i in siimnu. There are among us many who look back mournfully to the old days when all our gulches and ravines were full of miners, who worked in the crudest man ner possible to extract the precious me! al. They were halcyon days then ; when on Saturday night or Sunday the boys would come by the hundreds and scatter the yellow dust among the tra ders; but they are gone, and it is use less to mourn them. Those who do, and sneer at the "new fangled" ways of the hydraulic miner and curse the now system because it docs not employ as much labor as was formerly used for get that gold does not grow like wheat or potatoes. They overlook the fact that the new era of mining has been forced by the poverty of the ground, and that if it were not for the hydraul ic method of working gravel beds, grav el mining would be almost discontinued. Since the first experiment of the "Eng- glish Company" in Josephine county five years ago we believe over thirty "giants" have been put in operation in Jackson and Josephine counties, and we do not know of any working un successfully. The great expense of new ditches, pipe, ic, necessary is compensated by the great area of grav el that will be worked, and this kind of mining in Southern Oregon, we be lieve, is yet in its infancy. Were it not for the new and improved methods little or no gold would be taken out, and the less labor is required, the more labor can find employment at other in dustries. The "Californian." for February, pub lished y tho A. Roman Publishing Co., San Francisco, is at hand. It is an excellent number, and among its arti cles we notice one from W. 31. Bunker descriptive of the Lava Beds, which is particularly good. Several of the con tributors are from among those who madethe"Overland"so readable,and we hope to see it succeed. S3 per year. It is said that in Russia there is a perfect mania for acquittal by juries. Recently a man was dieted stealing coins from a collection, and although he made no defense theVjury before which he was tried, pronounced him not guilty. Russia is surel beeomni sur.r.r iakuing. Many of our readers will remember William Watson a Scotch sheep raiser who was in this valley several years ago. In a letter to the "North British Agriculturist," on the subject of sheep farming in Oregon, he uses the follow ing language which is the frozen truth and is certainly quite suggestive: In wool growing, as in everything else, much of the success depends upon the man. Many inexperienced and careless Americans, excited by the great profits of sheep husbandry on this coast, rush into the sheep business men who are totally unfit by nature to handle stock; unacquainted with the several diseases attending flocks and their management; the greater por tion of them men who do not even know how to catch a sheep. Many of them are "negligent, and incur heavy expenses, but such will very soon find out that although tho profits may be made large, so can expenses and losses. As stock-men such men are worthless, and, of course, if they fail they never blame, themselves for fuilure, always the country. Stock men to prosper must have ex perience. As far as possible they must have a thorough knowledge of the var ious diseases sheep are heir to. Men possessed of good judgment, and have plenty of self-reliance, and stick to their flocks. It does not follow that the inexperienced man who starts al though with the largest flock, suc ceeds the fastest, often it is the ex perienced, attentive shepherd, who be gins with a few hundred ewes, and grad ually works up, studying as they in crease their improvement in quality more than quantity the true and money-making principle whether in large or in small flocks. vuTiinK.vmM: the: hms. The "Times" having stated that the "Republican Board of School Land Commissioners" at Salem intended withdrawingthe school funds from Jack son county, we controverted the state ment by publishing the fact that the "Board" had just loaned a citizen of this count' 5,000. "We now have official information of the fact; and al so proof that no member of the. board is interested in any corporation, that has borrowed, a single dollar of- school money. The "Times" no doubt ifirougTf misinformation has done a serious in justice to Messrs. Earhart and Hirsch, Secretary and Treasurer of State, and as its statements have been republished by the "Standard" we expect, if those papers desire a reputation for fairness, that they will both place the matter in its true light, especially as we have reason to believe that the editor of the "Times" is now in possession of facts which will make a correction only a matter of simple justice. The facts are that 3,000 of unproductive funds in the hands of Treasurer Fisher were ordered to ba applied to the loan and .52,000 of funds collected at Salem made up the amount applied for, and this certainly does not look much like: "withdraw ing the funds from Jackson county." Treasurer Fislier, who is a fair man will, corroborate our statement. uli:stio. ,i mm lege. Rev. Mr. Crowell remarks in a com munication to the "'iiuieV' on the or gan question that the committee "made arrangements for the publication of the documentary evidence together with an editorial iu the Sentinel." So far as this relates to any editorial remarks in this paper it is a mistake. We published the "docu mentary" evidence at the request ot the committee, so the public might un derstand their position, but the editor ial vm our own without any "arrange in en t" with any body. If this dis graceful, unchristian, child's play, that threatens to arouse the hutied and spite of a whole community, and s-et, a whole neighborhood by the ears does not cease: it will give the ungodly" a poor opinion of the religion that, pro fessing love to all men only stirs up strife and bickerings; and those meddle bome persons, who persist iu circulat ing falsehoods about this matter, ought to be struck with the judgment that befell Ananias and Sapphira. The people of Corvallis are taking active steps. towards the improvement of Yaquina bay, and have circulated petitions asking Congress to appropriate 240,000 towards that object. Une of the great causes of complaint of people of the Willamette valley is the tedious and costly route of trans portatiou and it is alleged that 221 miles of travel can bo saved. If they feel oppressed how should our people feel with 700 miles of unnecessarv transportation The activity of the folks in Benton county, ho ever, seems to be prompted by the possible dis bursement of 240,000 very close to tlieui. and no one can blame theui if 1 they succeed in uetting it. Sl'CCiaS IV F.IK.MI.VG. "Hard times, no money," and other kindred complaints have become chron ic with many of our farmers. Hear ing them so frequently prompts an en quiry as to the causes of the alleged depression among those who till ther soil. We find that the soil ha? not be come materially impoverished ; that a decrease in the prices are balanced by a similar decrease in the cost of labor and prices of merchandise; and look farther for the underlying cause of the "poverty" cry. We find many of the largest farms with the poorest fences, the lpast tillage and the greatest amount of agricultural machinery. AV e observe many of those, who for specu lative purposes, have acquired hundreds of acres more land than they need ; borrowing money at ruinous rates of interest and paying heavy taxes on a surplus acreage that yields them no profit. We find farmers bringing up their sons to plow arRl hunt stock in thirteen dollar, fancy high heeled boots; their daughters to "bang" their hair and waste their time in frivolities to the neglect of duties that no woman need be ashani 'd of and that add much wealth of the farm. We notice in every local paper "no ergs"-"no butter"-"no chickens" "no cheese in this market at an price;" and we see our agricul tural community who forget that, he is farthest from market who has nothing to' sell, vainly waiting for a railroad or wagon road to enrich them. Men who cry hard times the loudest come to town, anchor themselves in a card gamp, waste their time and health and drink up in an hour the profits of a whole day's labor; then go home won dering why they are poor. Al any sim ilar observations of general shiftless ness prompts us to the conclusion that the.success of farming depends more on the individual than on the soil. In proof of this assertion we can point to several small farms in this valley that have starved out a number of shiftless families, now tilled and managed indus triously and intelligently and support ing families in comfort and plenty. Look around you, neighbors, and ac knowledge that the picture is rather under, than over, drawn, and that in telligent farmers who have located among you within the latt few years are teaching valuable lessons of thrift j-ard indjistry, lUjd,. road to successr i.&howing you the -" BOlKT. "WALZ Near Jacksonville, January 30th, 1SSQ, to the wife of Jacob Walz, a son. SIIUTHAN. To the wife of Danl. Shce lian of Williams creek on January 1880, a son. HAPPELL HASKINS. On Sunday, Feb. 1st. 1880, at Uniontown by Hon. S. J. Day, Mr. Charles E. Ciiappel to Mrs. Jeanette Hatkins, all of JacRson county. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOK 3IAKSIIAL. The undersigned announces himself as a candidate for Marshal at tho ensuing town election. D. AV. CROSBY. DAV.D LINN, AND DEALER IN cornsi THiKsranffGs. COFFINS FURNISHED ON THE shortest notice and cheaper than at any other establishment in Southern Oregon. Furniture of all kinds kept on hand or made to older. Sheriff Sale. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION duly issued out of the Circuit Court of the Slate of Oregon, for Jackson county, on the 231 day of January, 1880, upon a judgment recovered in said court on the 5th day of February, 1870, in favor of Thomas Smith and against J. Il.Skidmore and II. C. Hill, for the sum of ight Hund red and Forty Five dollars and twenty-live cents, (81553), in U. S. gold coin, with in terest at the rate of one per cent, per montli in like coin, from the oth day of February, 1879, and the further sum of Twenty Sevm Dollars and eleven cents, (27.11) costs, and also the accruing costs, and to me directed and delivered, com manding me to satisfy the above named judgment, costs, and accruing costs, first out of the Personal property of said defen dants, or if sufficient cannot be found, then out of the Real property belonging to said defendants in my count', on or after the said loth day of February, 1870, and in olxjdience to said command I have levied upon and will offer for side for ci.-h in U. S. srifld coin, at public auction to the high est bidder, at the Court House door in Jack sonville, Jackson county, Oregon, on Saturday the Clh day or ll.irch, ISM). - At 1 o'clock r. m. of said day, all the right, title, and interest of J. Il.Skidmore, in and to the following described Real Property to-wit: Beginning at a point where the Helman claim linecrosses the line between Sections 5 and 8, TS'JS, Rl E: thence South .03 chains to West line of Thomas Smith's lot; thence S 30, AV 10.00 ciains along -said Smith's line; thence North 7.03 chains to line between Sections 5 and 8; thence East 8.02 chains to place of beginning, being the North end ot lot No. 1, in Section 8, T 30 S. R 1 E, situated in the Town of Ashland, Jackson county, Oregon, containing 4 3-10 acres. Levied upon as the property of said above named defendant J H. Skidmore to satisfy the above named execution. AYM. BYBEE, Sheriff ol Jackson Co., Oregon. Feb. 2d, 1880. K.KTJRLI, Odd Fellow's Building Jacksonville, DEALER AND WORKER IN IIN. SHEET IRON, COPPER, LEAD Pumps, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, a NAILS, A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF STOVES HARDWARE, TINWARE. POWDER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Fuse anarCaps, . W0DFN& WILLOW WARE, ROPE, NAILS. Paints. Oils, Varnish, Qbm CUTLERY, WIRE, Shot, Brushes, Ch ins, Hose ETC., ETC. I Lave R'Curi d Hie ervicesnfa first cla Mechanic, and am prepared tdo all repiir ing promptly and in superior tyle. TN CONNECTION VITII THE ABOVh 1 I am receiving urn) have ctauUy hand a full and Drst-class slock of i GROCERIES, DRY-OOODS, GDM ROOTS, TOrACCO READY .MADE CLOTHING. GLASSWARE. CROCKERY, &c. f m A- GEver;IIi!7irnt reafrnable rates. KKUBI.I Jacksonville. March. S 1R78. Mrs. P. P. Film. MIh EllnPilm ALL THE Latest FALL & WIXTER Stock AT PRIM'S MILLINERY STORE ! WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW stock of goods at our store, of Fall and. Winter style, as follows: HATS OF ALL STYLES, PLUSHES, FEATERS, FLOWERS, JET TnillillSGS, Children's loods & Waists, CARD BOARD, Velvets, Zephyrs, Needles. We also Keep the celebrated Ccntemeri Kid Gloves, Handkerchiefs, etc. Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. Jacksonville, Nov. 20th, 1870. GREAT SLAUGHTER IN PRICES AT E. JACOBS'1 ST&Rti Oregon Stieet, Jacksonville W IlEIt E A COMPLETE AND imtum-licisiit H-Korim Mil of it AT cowle i i ju-t lr-en received. ciiii'Ntin in part of CLOTHING, DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, FANCY GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, SCHOOL BOOKS, HATS AND CAPS, TOBACCOS & CIGARS, -HARDWARE AND CARPETS, TINWARE, ALL KINDS PAINTS. -ALSO. GROCERIES. FINE ASSOllTillEIVT OF LADIES' HATS AND FLOWERS, &c,&c. In fact e-e rjlbinj -to be found in a fim clx-o dock ot Gentral Merchandise, wbict will v mil, t price Thatpefy Competition. The higlist price allowed for country pro duce. ""Givq me ft call at my establirhraent in tht. Jlaslmlc ImiHinst and be convinced that there m no humbug about this B. J.OBS LARGE SALE! Cloing; Out .AT THE New York Store, THE ENTIRE STOCK OF AT COST ON ACCOUNT OF DEPARTUEE. EL SEensor. JACKSONVILLE, NOV. o. TO TIIE PROW iliih i WITH A NEW STOCK OF GOODS FRESH FROM SAN FRANCISCO. GEORG-E W. r LLIOTT. BKOS LEAVE TO CALL MB ATTENTION OF the pnbllc to the fct that he ha. just return ed from Sau Francisco with a full ttuck ut GENERAL MERCHANDISE Wnicb be Is selling at PRICES THAT DEEY C0MPETITIO ALSO LADIES' FANCY GOODS OF EVERY VARIETY Gents' and Boys' Clothing OF THE AXD AT Prices That Will Astonish the PURCHASER. MENS' AND BOYS' SHIRTS. A' fall assortment frnm tlie finest to tbe moot cumiiiuu. Spectacles and Jewelry. Theflnratlnt of Spectnclrs anil eve fcJMen vrer brought t thmtrket tml Watch and Jewelry fever desert tkb. MENS' AND BOYS' HATS THE VERY LATEST STYLE Call vd be Convinced. GEO.W. ELLIOTT. KAHLEK 13 K OTHER Dealers In BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Cut nail's, wrought nails, clout nail, lath nai's, finishing nails, fencing nails, horse nail, and iron and steel horse shoes at John Millers The best assortment of Rodgers and Westholin's cutlery in the market, at John Miller's. Suits, worth 15 for 9, at the New York store. f ASHLAND HARNESS SHOP. tSgWC C K. KLUM, MANUFACTURER OP, AND DEALER IN Saddlery and Harness, ASnLAND, OPvEGON. KEEPS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF goods iu his Hut of trade. tallies', SIcaV ' anil Uo)V Specialty. BUGGY Sailtlles, a TU&M, BUGGY AND PLOW HARNESS, WHIPS, ROBES, DUSTERS -7-AND -7- HORSE BLANKETS. M-ALSO-M-"WlNCIIESTEIt ReI-EATING RlFLES (commonly called Henry Rifles) of model of I860, 1873, an.l 187G. Pistols, Cartridges, Etc. Wheat taken at the Highest Market Rates in Exchange for goods. HEALER IK Watches, (locks, Jewelry. SOIIIOL BOOKS. STATIONARY FANCY GOODS. SfinKTMUMU, FII2I, GLASSES, VIOLN CITHERNS, IIAlU'S AND STRING FOR THE SAME. A I SO; DRUGS. MEDimES, T(IILi:T SOAPS AM) PE 'FUMERY. Needles and Best Sperji Oil fop. Sewins Machines, HAS SOLD OXTT ins 11 r look tf miTiMn -minir Icliiiif a niimW f lime hut ha another lot of lli'-m on hanil 1 hi i lh( liilift nnrt mo-t rapid rnnninc a wi-U b durnhle. mirhine there i mflde. and n simplf1 thai little rUIi live or fix year 0W make their mlchnrk on tncm. Thii i th phec to hny good watchc, clocks and jewelry, and he will sell heap jcwi Irv che-iper limn anv mil.. fSS'Wtlc'.vr. c!'ck. j"welry a-d pwine tra-liinea cltatitd aud rcp.iire.1 at tiducid lice. 1-Totico. Land OrncE t Rosmrno Oon. ) January 1st, 18S0. f Notice is hereby Riven that the following named settler lias filed notice oflils inten tion to mnko final proof in support of his claim, anil sccua- final entry thereof at the expiration of thirty days from the date of this notice, viz: (Jeorge W. Wimer liomc- names uie louoning as Ms witnesses viz: J. VT. String of Jobcpliine county, and Isaac Custar if Josephine county. And also this notice, viz: .1 icob AVimer, home stead application, No.2.:)29 for the S K of N V? M, N V if of S W'U and S AV 1-4 of N E 14, Sec. SO T 37 S US AV, and names the following as his witnesses, viz:. I. AV. Strang of Josephine county and Isaac Cus tar of Josephine county, Oregon. AVm F. Uiixjamix, Uegister. SAN FRANC -GO an& WEWSFAFER SI AN IK THE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPEN. ' cd a general varietystore with Geo. AV. Elliott on Main street, where he will keej a full assortment of cigars, tobacco, smok. ing articles, candies, stationery, cutlery and toys. He nvitestllc "u )li2 o give him a call and assures all that they will call again. Latest p.ipers from the East always on hand. JAKE MAUCUSE. LUMBER. THOMAS' SAW IT 1 1 I AT THR Jir.lDIIWS. TS NO AA' FULLY PUEPARED TO Fu R. 1 nish the market with every description ot lumber of a superiorouality. Tluiinill is new throughout and furnished with the latest and most improved nnchinery, there by ensuring the spedy fulfillment of all orders at mot reasonable prices. Bills sawed to order with dNp itch. dTGive me a trial and I will prove what I say, for satisfaction is sinnnteed in every case. JESSE 15. THOMAS. Table Rock, September 3u, 1879. SETTLE UP! ALL THOSE KNOAY1NG THEM selves indebted to Inlow of the Eagle Poi t Store, either by noteorbook account, must settle the sam by January , 1880. All t Ose notes and accounts not settled by that time will positively be placed in the hands of an officer of the law for forced collection. II. T. INLOW. HUXTER'S EMPORIUM ! Jh'o. Milleu, Propr. J A CKSONVILLE, 0 GN. AVinchester rifles S25, revolvers S2. 50, derringers 2, Collins' casted plows 820, at John Miller's. f PI0XEER HARDWARE STORE MRS J. BILGER AT TO E OLD STAND OF JOUK UILGEB v Caliirnia ttrtct. Jacksonville, Oregon, DEAUCR AND WORKER IN TIN.SHEKTinON, COPPER v iBK TOMPS AND PlPUf, A gricuUuf al Implements, SToVH, TINWARE. Paints, Oils, (.lass. Varnish IIKI.F II tltlAVAICK, CUTLERY, M IRE $ ROPE AG EST FOtt I'nifi'-& Imprrlslialilr Puii.f A fir.l ct'f- m-clmm.: will attend Job Work with neatne5 a d diitch dP-Everything sold at reasonable rates, MRS. J. P.ILGER. California St. IT, Ficke, - Proprietor, PUIS WELL KNOWN MARKRT. fPPO 1 file K-ilder ,'i Hro.V ciniiHorr l bet ler preiia.-d lli.in ever to (nnitsli the pub lic nidi the choicest qualit) of FUESII BEEF, TO UK. VEAL, MUTTON, HAM. SALT MEATS, HACON, ftfpernr, SAUSAGE, LAKD, ETC., The mot fvoralV Indue- ment oflerecf lo patrons no effort will he .p.ind to wn rd nivmg general rathfuctto'i. N. FICKE. SIXTEENTH YEAR. ST.IfflAB.Y'S ACADBTSV CONDUCTED BY. THE SISTESS OP TlIE HOLY MM- ' PIIE SITOLASTIC YEAR OF THIS I school willcoinuienceaboutthccnd or August, and is divided in four sessions,, of eleven weckscach. Roard and tuition, perform, f 40.00 Bcd'and Bedding. ....- 4.00- Drawingand painting 8.00- Piano MOO Entrance fee only once 5.0O" SELE T DAY SCHOOL. Primiry, per term, $ COO' Junior, " . 8.00- Senior. " lOOO? Pupils received at -y time, and special attention Is pwl to p ticular studies its behalf of children who have but limited! time. For further particulars apply a'- EUREKA MlLLSr s I UATKI) OVULAR CttKKK -hVT-IX: oiil'H imrih-eift f Jbc!m villi- Hrt- irnar' J tn .1 g nriut Hirch utand Ts-haiC- L'ii' n. s ' l ii'iit ii -' wi . ii .!'! in 11 d t 'I ur .- punt il s il!iiil S hiii il-i ii ii for Vi ry biliei i:f h--t. Wit til iu-k vur riiii tin r 'nrui-liini uc'i' SrHti-faetion ftiMMitlei !'33 T.T. Met'" ril.: LATEST ARRIVALS OF AT RRECKKNFELD'S I H-iIlE UNDERSIGNED TJKK TLE4S 1 tire in an'ininciDg1 to the public that he ha jnt receivdd a complete nnd riot clai" ?orlnient of G'nl's Furnishing? Good.uch a Hats. Shirt. Underwear, etc best brand' nf Cigars nnd Tulmcco Pipes, N'utinnr. Fancy Gowl G'iivewHro Crockery, Muical rmtrumenty. Bird Ciigee, Statinntniy I'ocket an-1 Table Cutlery, Allium. Toyo, Candiei". Nuts. etc.. which will be sold at the cheapest rates. Give me &callnd eea for yourselves. F. BRECKENFELD. X Vj