ME COW SENTINEL.
JACICSONVILLU
Batdrday, Afril 30, 1881.
Bow He Found lilt KrlatMr.
Tolbert L. Beck, one of the prosper
oui miners of Jackson county, is not
among those who undervalue the bene
fit of a local paper. A circumstance
t just come to light, tinged with a
shade of romance that shows how a
stray item in a newspaper may be in
strumental for good or evil, but in
this particular case, however, produc
tive of very happy results. In 1855
Mr. Beck left his home in Southern
Missouri for California where he
mined for several years in tho vicinity
of Hangtown steadily keeping up cor
respondence with a younger sister in
the old home. Then, like so many
others, he wandered northward into
the territories, in search of better
ground, breaking the chain of corres
pondence that linked him with loving
kindred, and drifting to this county
where he again encaged in mining.
Tlien"Vhe"war commenced and he wrote
again but there was no response.
Agxin and again he sent letters, but
his friends were silent, and he feared
that, in the cruel and barbarous war
fare that wrecked Southern Missouri,
Ms relatives had been murdered or
driven where he would never hear of
them again. After the war, Mr. Beck
wrote to the Postmaster, nearest his
home in Cass county, but that official
never replied. Once again, in 1874,
he wrote to the Sheriff and Clerk of
the same county, asking information
regarding the Beck family, but those
functionaries never answered and he
reasonably -concluded that they had
nothing to tell. Time went on until
January, 1SS1, when ho received a let
ter from a gentleman named Feiguson
from Pendleton, in this State, referring
to an item copied from the Oregon
Sejctinel, in which the name of T. L.
Beck was mentioned, and asking him if
Ks given namo was Tolbert, and if
from Cass Co, Mo. Tho letter was
answered affirmatively and further cor
respondence developed the fact that
Mr. Ferguson was a cousin, Mr.
Beck's letters were sent to Missouri;
and about a month ago he heard from
home for the first time in twenty six
years and was requested to give such a
circumstantial and detailed account of
himself as would fully establish his
identity. This he did, to the full sat
isfaction of hti family, and he was then,
informed that, in November last, a
brother had died, intcstato, leaving a
valuable estate to which he was joint
heir. Explanations showed that the
Beck family fled from the Confederate
and "Union guerillas, from Southern
Missouri to Kansas, but subsequently
returned to the old home and for years
had sought the wanderer, by letters di
rected to various parts of California,
in vain, and knowing hie correct and
temperate habits, had long given him
up for dead. Mr. Beck will in a few
weeks, start for Missouri, via. Pendle
ton, and h will meet his mother and
kin folks, after a silence of over twenty
years, as one risen from the dead.
Amid the many crosses and annoyances
of newspaper life it is pleasant to know
and feel that after all, we can do much
good even by the publication of an
apparently trivial item and the pleas
ure of having joined a long separated
family will compensate for a hundred
errors.
Tbe Railroad Onllook-
The recent rise of three and a half
cents in O. iCR.Il stocks, conse
quent on the announcement that a
satisfactory agreement between tho
Prank fort bondholders and the Anglo
American syndicate, induces Portland
papers to predict that the railroad will
soon be extended south of Rosehurg.
We hope it maj bo true, and the fact
of engineers being in the- field looking
for an easy or possible route is very
encouraging. It is only recently that
a prominent official of the O. Si C. tel
egraphed here for statistical informa
tion as to tho area and products of
Jackson county and it seemed to indi
cate some extraordinary movement.
It is uncertain if a practicable route
can bo found into this valley through
the canyon, but if it is determined to
extend the road to Jackson county or
to tho State lino a routo will be found;
as tho terms of the charter require that
'it fchall strike Roguo river valley at
soir.o point and it will hardly be di
verted over tho mountains east of
Roseburt;. The building of the road
is the only thing that will take our
trade from San Francisco and our
freighting is again being divided be
tween the road to Roscburg and the
C. P. road to Redding.
Some Republican Senators claim
that the majority must rule. If they
hove a majority why don't they trans
act tho public business, quit gabbing
-uul go home?
AMT-SIAJI WELLS.
Tho following interesting letter f rojn
our representative, Hon. M. C. George,
gives light on the subject of Congres
sional appropriations for the develop
ment of our arid regions. We have
all confidence that Mr. George will do
all in his power to secure an appropri
ation for a well in the desert east of
Lake Albert, when he takes his seat in
Congress. He says:
Portland, Or., April 23, 1881.
Ed. Sextinkl: I recently noticed,
I believe in your journal, a statement
that 30,000 had been appropriated by
the last Congress for the purpose of
sinking artesian wells in tho arid re
gions of the west, and the hope was ex
pressed that I would be able to secure
a part of it for the desert sections of
this State. What the Oregon delega
tion may be able to securo during the
47th Congress is a problem of the fu
ture and very likely will depend some
what on the success of the Commission
er of Agriculture with the money al
ready made available; but the Commis
sioner has decided that none of the $30
000 can be used west of the Rocky
Mountains. The facts are these: Con
gress, by an Act approved June 16th,
1880, appropriated 820,000 "with a
slew to tb.a reclamation of theundn'nd
waste lands, lying in certain western
States and Territories," and authorized
the Commissioner of Agriculture "to
contract for the sinking of two ar
tesian wells on the plains east of tho
Rocky Montains," and tho wells were
to be sunk in such places as the Com
missioner mi'jht designate. According
ly Mr. LeDuc, the Commissioner, se
lected as tho place for one; a point
about 80 miles east of Pueblo, and for
the other, about 200 miles north, both
in Colorado. On becoming satisfied
that the appropriation was not suffi
cient to sink these two wells, he recom
mended to Congress an additional ap
propriation, which on the last day of
the last session of Congress, was grant
ed in the sum of 10,000. The word
ing of the Act is a little more general,
but the Agricultural Department con
strues it to plaiuly mean, that this
amount shall be used in finishing the
two wells, and Mr. LeDuc informed
me that the probabilities are that they
will require it all.
This is tho only attempt that our
government has ever made to reclaim
our arid sections, by sinking artesian
wells, since the failure of Capr, Pope
nearly a quarter of a century ago to
sink a well near Llano Estacido.
Nothing was then done as Ire had no
skilled men and drilling was little un
derstood, and they were without the
superior diamond drills now in use, and
possessed of no means of keeping out
the encroaching quicksands.
Commissioner LeDuc says his object
is to thoroughly test the matter and, if
it is successful, he will roccommend the
extension of tho system atl over our
western dry regions. I believe it will
prove a success and, that h tne future,
eastern Oregon will roap tho rich bene
fit of the extension of the system. 1
shall watch it with a great deal of in
terest. M. C. George.
ivrr.ncsTiNG to scttixks.
Tho following circular has been sent
to the various land officers, under date
of April 2, 1881, by Commissioner
Williamson:
"It often happens that homestead
settlers on appearing to make final
proof, find that their claims are cover
ed by preemption D, S. filings, which
would have expired under general stat
utes, except for special grasshopper ex
tension laws, which may keep the fil
ings still in force.
When such cases arise in future, you
will, when the homestead settler ap
plies to mate proot, at once send a
notice to the preemptor addressed to
the post offi:o nearest the land (if you
do not know his nctual residence) ad
vising him that the homestead claim is
about being perfected, and that sixty
days will be allowed him in which to
show cause why his filing should not
be cancelled and the homestead entry
completed, and that his failure to res
pond thereto will bo deemed a waiver
of his allowed preemption right.
This being done, vou will, if no res
ponse has been received from the pre
emptor within seventy days from tho
date of your notice, proceed to cancel
tho filing on your records, and report
the fact with dato of cancellation to
this office.
The samo course may be pursued
when bona fide preemptors appear at
your office to make proof and entry.
and find adverse filings upon
claims."
For over two hundred years thous
ands of men have been solemnly de
claring to the world that the "King
James" Bible was strictly true and
not a line or word of it was to be dis
believed, under pain of eternal death.
If the old version was true, how is it
with tho new; which is greatly at
variance with the old! If the new ver
sion is now adopted it will go to prove
that the longer a language is dead the
more lifo there is in it and tho better
it is understood.
The spectacle of the whole Republi
can power in tho Senate being consol
idated, f-o that Gorham, a political
thimble rigger, may haro a fat place
is no longer pleasant, particularly to
Republicans who were battling for Re
publican principles whilo he was
wielding freo lance. Ho belongs to
no party and would even disgrace tho
party that evolved theIorey letter.
Ladies button shoes worth $2.50 for
$1.25 at tho Now York Store.
County Papers.
The Cincinnati Trade List expresses
itself on the subject of county papers
in th following language: MA gentle
mau writes to us that his paper is so
poor that ho had to stop it; therefore
he sends us three dollars for the Trade
List. We repeat that we do-not want
subscriptions on these terms. A man's
county paper is worth the world, or if
not, it is his fault. If the county pa
per is properly encouraged, it may be
relied upon for information of more
value to the people in whose interests
it is issued than can be found in all the
city papers in the United States. No
man can afford to be without the legal
advertisements of his county, the pub
lic sales, markets, court news and oth
er local inteligence. If the paper is
poor, the people are more at fault than
the publishers for not giving it a liber
al patronage. However poor the coun
ty paper may bo, it is always worth
more than it costs to those interested
in the affairs of tho county."
llundanwj Suit.
"T - H ."net.sman has commenced
suit by mandamus to compel the county
clerk, R. B. Hatton, to issue a certifi
cate of election and file his official
bond. The case will be heard at,
chambers before Judge Ilanna at Jack
sonville on tho 10th day of May, 1881.
This, we understand, is a preliminary
step to instituting an action of quo
warranto to try the title to the office
of the county clerk. A. C Jones, of
Jacksonville, is the attorney for plain
tiff and Cogswell fc Kclton attorneys
for deftnso. The legal, questions in
volved in this case have never been
decided by tho supremo court of this
state, and the result of the case will
be looked forward to with much in
terest. Examiner.
nE.QL.JaEt.UEJO
WADE CHAMBERS. At tho resi
dence of the officiating Justice,
April 23d, by Geo. S. Walton, J.
P., Robert F. Wade and Miss Ida
M. Chambers.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SELLING OUT!
FISHER & COHN
OFFER THEIR
LARGE STOCK
OF
General Merchandise
FOR SALE
A.T COST.
All of our goods must be sold at once
and we mean just what we say. Call and
examine our prices.
Farmers Take Notice!
HaviU
RnnnlvacI that tnrannv
O untllfcU lUt 0.0jiX,J
FOR
D. M. Osborne & Oo.s
FARMING MACHINERY,
1AM prepared to furnish the same at the
following prices for cash at Jackson
ville: No. 5 Rear cut Mower 115
" 2 Front cut ilower 115
" 0 Combind Reaper and ilower.. 225
" 9 Self Binder, seven foot cut, binds
with twine orwire 350
All orders left with Stephen Booth, of
Jncksouuilc, orE. Emery, of Eagle Point
will receive prompt attention.
B. P. REESER,
Asuianu uregon, April ao, issi.
Sheriff's Sale.
BY VIRTUE or an execution duly
issued out of the Circuit Court of
the State of Oregon, for the County of
Jackson, on the 21st day of April, 1881,
Uon a judgment by confession on tho
9.1lh rifivnf-Tnmiiiii- IrtTI lfn ll.n P1rl-
thelrTTifIllcr said Circuit-uiuit,- thieh-judg
mcni was uuiy enrolled ana docketed in
the Clerks ofllce on the 24th day of Janu
ary, 1878, infavor of While and Martin,
and against Samuel Hawkins, for the sum
of 108,02, gold coin of the United States,
with interest at the rate of one per cent,
per month, in like gold coin from the 24th
day of January, 1878, and the accruing
cost, and to me directed and delivered,
commanding me to satisfy said judgment,
interest and cost, first out of the pergonal
property of said Defendant, or if sufficient
cannot be found, then out of the real prop
erty belonging to said Defendant, in my
county on or after the 24th day of January,
1878, mul in obedience to said command;
I have levied upon and will offer for sale,
for cash in hand in United States gold
coin, at public Miction, to the highest bid
dcr, at tho Court House door in "Jackson
ville, Jackson county, Oregon, on
Saturday June 4, IS81,
At one o'clock in the afternoon of said day
all the right title and interest of S.tinuel
Hawkins, Defendant alovc named, in and
to the following described real propcrtv
to -wit: the E K of S W f, and Hie E jV
of the NWH of Sec. 20, T 30 S, R 1 K,
and the S W if of N E if and the S W if
ofSEK of Sec. 20, T U0 S, R 1 E, cou
taining 240 acres, in Jackson county htate
of Oregon, levied upon as the real prop,
crty of tho above named Defendant, &im.
uel Haw kins, to satisfy the above nained
execution. WM. BYBEE,
Skcriffor Jackson County Or.
By Milo Catox, Dcpty.
Jacksonville, April 23, 1881.
Fifteen yards print for 1.00 at tho
New York Store.
PIONEER HARDWARE STORE
Jacksonville, Oreson,
BILGEI? & MJEGLY
Dealers and Workers
IN--
TIX, BRASS & COPTERWARE.
WE ALSO KEEP constantly on hand
a first class assortment of
STOVE3r
GLASS,
TOOLS,
OILS,
PUMPS,
PAINTS,
PIPES,
BRUSHES,
MACHINES,
AMMUNITION,
TIN WARE,
SHELF HARDWRE.
Job Work a Specialty.
lW?ipfrauentTon. given to
all orders from abroad.
OUR motto is
"Live and Let Live."
TTTE ARE also agents for the AVorld ro
VV Downed Wood's Harvesting ma
chinery. The Waller A Woods' new en
closcd'Gcar ilower, one of the most per
fect mowers ever lmilt. Lightest dratt,
complete gearing and strongest built, Pat
ent lock nuts, and all latcst'iiiiprorciiicnts.
23,000 OP TIIESB MOWERS
SOLD IN I8SO.
Call and examine before purchasing
elsewhere. 11ILGER & JLrEGLY.
rViECH ANICS'
PLANING MILL
-AND
FURNITURE,
SASH,
BLIHDS .
AXD
Moulding Factory,
ASHLAND, OREGON,
E. S. P. X&&SISS, Frop'r.
A
LL KINDS fk? PLANING, MOULD-
in"
Turaing, Circular and Scroll
Sawing,
FURNITURE Sz ORNAMENTAL
CARVING, KrC DONE
TO ORDER.
Furniture, Sash, I'lind-4, Doors and
Moulding constantly on hand and made
to order.
ESfl will contract to design and erect
all kinds o buildings. When dcirable to
tbos.(i employ big me, I will furnish all the
material required for the construction of
any building, ready for occupancy.
Spring Meeting.
k "r " r
aS
RACES! EACES!
OVKR
Gai'dvcll's New Kacc Track,
JACKSONVILLE, OREQON,
TJiursi!:iy, I'rldny.l Sainrtlay,
IVIay 26, 27 and 23, 1031.
FIRST DAY.
No. 1 Single dash of a mile for 3 year
olds and under. Purse 40; entrance, $5.
2 Trotting R-ice, half-mile heats.
Purse, 10; entrance, $5.
SECOND DAY.
8 Running Race, half-mile heats.
Pnrsu, $30-, .-.ia;, 7:
4 Half-mile dash. Purse, 25; en
trance, 5.
THIRD DAY.
5 Running Race, dash of a mile and a
half. PurseC0; entrance, 10.
C Foot Race, 80 yards and repeat.
Purse, 25; entrance, 5.
7 Trotting Race, mile heats, 2 in 3.
Purse, 70; entrance, $10.
RULES AND REGULATIONS. .
All the above purses are free for all, ex
cept purse No. 1.
All the above races to be run to rule.
National Trotting Association Rules to
govern trotting races, nnd California State
Agricultural Society Running Rules to
govern running races.
All entries to close at 8 o'clock r. M. pre
ceding each day's racing.
Entrance fee added to purses.
In all tho above races, three to enter and
three to go.
CARDWELL & FLITNER, Prop's.
BLAOKSMITHING
- -AND
HORSS - SHOEING.
A. BARNEBURG, Prop.
TTAVING LEASED THE SHOP FOR-
jljl incny occupied ny Jim- ouauuuu x
ask a sha& or the public patronage.
Staple produce or Cash taken for work.
. a
3332&3B.7
GREAT
SLAUGHTER IN PRICES
AT
E.JACOBS? STOKE
Oregon Street, Jacksonville
WI1EKE A COMPLETE AND
magneHrient assortment of new good
has just been received, consisting 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:-
X7V-XTSTX30'W GLASS
GROCERIES.
A FINE. ASSORTMENT
LADIES' HATS AND
FLOWERS, the, &c.
Io fact everything to bo found In a Drft
clas (lock of General Merchandise, which
will be folil at prices
That Defy Competition.
The highst-price allowed for country pro
due:.
P?"GiTc mo a call at my establishment
in the .Masonic buiMing and be convinced
that there is uo humbug about thir
E. JACOBS
MISTERS EMPORIUM!
rgfe
Jacksonville, Oregon.
FREIMJTTEX, - rropricior.
FYEALER IN ALL KINDS OF AC.KI-
XJ cultural
implements, tools of all
general assortment of slielt
kinds and
hardware.
ices
lie nl-to keeps the Hrgct stock of, and
all the latest improvements Jn
GUNS AIn'D PISTOLS,
AND A FULL AHiOUTMKXT OK
Pishing (
Jackie,
pewdor,
Shot, otc.
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS,
AND ALL KINDS OF OIL.
Give him a call anil examine his stock
before making your purchases.
THE S. F.
VARIETY STORE,
rannu tiik maxac.emext ov
LITTalB & CHASE,
JACKSONVILLE,
T1TILL DC KEPT WELL
STOCKED
V wit
ith the choicest
CIGARS,
JEWELRY,
CANDIES, NUTS,
PIPES, CARDS,
NOTIONS, CUTLERY,
STATIONERY, ALBUMS, ,
TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES,
Gent's
Furnishing
Goods
in a flrst-
Anil everything usually found
cius variety store.
Our goods arc the best and gurrantecd
tobe as represented. Prices low, as vc do
not pronrose to lie undersold.
C3B"(iiite us a call.
- -- - LITTLE & OIUSE.
mm en;
Clearance Sale
OF
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods.
CLOTHING, HATS, ETC.
AT
COST FOR CASH
For tlio
Next Sixty Days
AT
Beam s Bros.
Ladies trimmed hats -vorth $2.50 for
51.00 at the Now York Store.
v: ...i , i o .., ,i
v Fl"cr w nt ,acc 3 " a yard
.New lork Store.
at the
HKr?l r7 'l
Sheriff's Sale !
Sheriff's Sale
ATTENTION
IS CALLED THAT
IN THE
Mew York Store,
ARE .NOW OFFERED
AIM
AND MUST BE SOLD
REGARDLESS
FST
By order of
Creditors.
the
ASHLAND HARflSSS
SH3?
C K. KLUM,
MAXUrACTURKa OF, AX'D WULHl IX
Saddlery and Harness,
ASHLAND, OREGON.
KEEPS A C.KMERAL ASSORTMENT OF
good a bis Mm si trade.
Lndlc, JIrn' r.uil IIojV SaiMlcs. a
TEAM, BUGGY AjYB
BLOW 1M1WSS,
wnips,
ROBES,
DUSTERS
-5-AXU--
HORSE BLANKETS.
-M-AL30
Winchester Rei-hatihg Rifles
(commonly called Henry Rifles) of
model of I860, 1873, and 1876.
Pistols Cartridges Etc.
Wheat taken at tho Highest Market
Rates in Exchange for goods.
NOTICE.
Those who tire indebted to
the undersigned by note or
book account are hereby noti
fied that an immediate settle
ment must be made, as I intend
to go East to buy goods, and I
musthavo money.
G. KAREWSKI.
LAST CALL.
Those knowing themselves
indebted to Mrs. J. Bilger, on
book account, will come for
ward and settle immediately.
The firm has changed hands
and all old accounts must be
settled. MRS. J. BILGER.
Navy tobacco at the New
Store for 03 cts. per jKiund.
York
Hill nuuns
K.KUBLI,
Odd Fellow's Bnildin; Jacksonville, Oregon
DEALER AND WORKER IN
TIN, SnEET IRON, COPPER, LEAD
Pumps,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
NAILS,
A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF STOVES
HARDWARE, TINWARE.
POWDER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Fuse and Caps,
WOODEN & YILLOW WARE,
ROFE, NAILS,
Paints. Oils, Varnish, Glass
CUTLERY, WIRE,
Shot, Brush s, hains, Hoso
ETC., ETC:
I have secured the ervlces of a flint-clan
Mechanic, and am prepared to do all repair
log promptly and In superior stjle.
1 I am rcceivine and bare cnnManllj
baud a lull sad firat-claja itock of
G-XtOCERIES,
DKT-O00DJ, dl'M ROOTS, TOBACCO
KEADY MADn CLOTHING,
GLASSWARE. CROCKERY, Ac.
a5Ever thing told at rcairnable rnten.
K. KUEM
Jck?oriTill. Mnrcb. S 1878.
G. KAREWSKI,
DEALER IN
STOVES.
TINWARE,
HARDWARE,
DRY GOODS,
Agricultural Implements
MACHINERY,
GROCERIES, ETC,
Also Local Agent
for the justly Cele
brated Fish Bro's
Wagon,
The best Wagon on Wheels
for the following reasons?
1. More cure is taken in the selection
ot stock; only good, solid butt-cut timber
being uwl.
2. 'Hie Wheels are all soaked in 15oil
iii!: Linseed Oil.
:i. Every jiart is strongly braced; and.
instead of beim; bolted, i clipped, so that
the full strength or the wmm1 is secured.
4. The Tires are securely bolted, aftor
bcinjr thoroughly and carefully et.
3. The Skcini arc he.ited before driven
on, and set in White Lead; consequently,
when cooled, contract, in iking u perfect
tit and iiiihosiibli to work looc.
It is the only Wagon on which "Holmes'
Patent Self-Oiling .-keins" are used, the
whole right and title having been pur.
ch:icil. The principal points of superior
ity over all other Skeins, are: 1st. llcar
ings arc perfectly straight, which docs
away with side-draught. 2d: J us a" pur". "
feet fitting tand l'.ind. 3d. Unnecessary
to remove the wheel to oil. 4th. Will re
rain oil longer, having an oil-chamber, and
so constructed that oil cannot run out at
the point. rth. Hound Brace is clipped
on, bringing the purchase nearer tho
wheel. And m:iny others, too numeroat
to mention, but which can lie readily geen
upon examination; and we cordially in.
viteour many customers and all others
who contemplate purchasing a first-clat
Wagon, to call and get prices before go.
ing elsewhere.
LUMBER FOR EVERYBODY!
STERLING
G Miles South of Jacksonville,
TS NOW UNDER FULL HEADWAY
X and is prepared to furnish the market
with even description of lumber of a supe
rior quality at the lowest rates. Bills
sawed to nrilernndsatisfaction guaranteed.
All orders addressed to us at Jackson
ville will receive prompt attention.
PAKKs & SON.
Three undershirts for $1.00
Now York Store.
at tho
Hen's fine calf boots worth 6.00 for
54.00 at the New York Storo.