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0SS30S BMWM JACKsO.tVIl.LRl Saturday, August 8, 1885. The R. R. and IPs Result. Those who hare lived in this valley for the past twenty or twenty-five years, when the railroad was first being seriously talked of, have cot forgotten the great anxiety manifested by all parties to have a railroad. Farmers believed it would doubly enhance the value of their lands, open up new and enlarged fields for their products and give them a certain and reliable cash market for every thing that could be produced. Laborers thought that with the railroad a general impetus would be given to all kinds of busi ness that farmers would be stimulat ed to renewed exertion that would be more grain grajvn- there ItW' large farms would be cut up and farm: J& iog diversified that a much larger acreage would he broaght under cul firation that all the varied and r-ia- teTTal resources of the county would come in for a share of development and thus under the new order of things there would be a permanent demand f;or all classes of labor and at good wages. Everybody wanted the road and seemed to believe it was the thing and the only thing that would save the country. Well, the railroad is here; and if thf country has been saved or perceptibly benefitted by it the person who has made the discovery has been too mod est to let it be known. Lands have advanced but little if any in value. The acreage is not perceptibly greater than before the construction of the road the general product of the country has not been increased, and it has been found that we are too remote from market to compete with more favored sections and cannot profitably ship our heavy or bulky products on account of distance and high freights. So fr from verifying the predictions of many, exactly the mvrrse has been the case; so soon as the road was com pleted business began to decline and lias steadily fallen off until at this writing it is believed to have reached the bottom with a more hopeful out look for the future. The reassna lor the decline in busi nets and the stringency in money mutters are so obvious that they might go without stating, and yet it might be well to say that a re action always fol Jows the completion of an enterprise of this character because it almost completely revolutionizes business, throws a large number ot persons out of certain employment in which they are, in some sense, skilled, forces them to engage in other pursuits with which they are unacquainted and often at great loss and always at more or less expense and disadvantage; supercedes or does away with many kinds of busi ness crowds horse, wagons etc. out of employment and while this revolu tionizing process is going on, business cannot but be depressed and unstable Aud capital wary and apprehensive be--cause of the fact that everything is in a kind of chaotic uncertainty. But after a certain time "business resumes its wonted channels, order is restored and everything adjusts itself to the new condition of things and trade and commerce are as;in governed by fixed and rational principles. We have about passed through this unpleasant transition period and may now look forward with come degree of certainty, as to what will be the result of tho construction of this road through tho valley. But little, of course, can be aid, in one article,- for tho field is a Viroad one and there is much room for reasonable speculation; but touching one point, it maj be predicted that .those who believed or affected to be- lirve a grand and imposing city would toe built along the line of the road will be doomed to disappointment for the reason thatlhe valley is so situated, wiih reference to the road, that) the' building of any considerable city, at any point on the line, is almost an impossibility. Let us see if thy is not in the very nataro of the situation, trao and unanswerable by those who think otherwise. In the first place the valley is about 40 miles long and from 4 to 20 wide in the widest place. Estimating the valley proper from Woodville and taking this as the in itial point we have a depot to start with. Those in the vicinity of Wood villa who hae any business with the Railroad will transact their business there. Wo come south up the alley about 8 miles and there is Gold Hill. This station will accommodate Sam's valley and those lit ing near Gold Hill and all do their business there. About 6 miles south of Gold Hill is Centra Point, a station bear the center of the valley. The people at this station, have gone to considerable trouble and axpenie to procure a ware house and side track, and barium also, jiretPii tious city aspirations will take special pride in patronizing exclusively their own place of business. Then 4 or 5 miles south is Medforca new, brisk and sprigbty little station, also build ing high for city honors, but which, unfortunately, for its situation and sur roundings, can only dekthe business of its immediate locality like those al ready mentioned. Then comes Phoenix 5 or 6 miles south and Ashland 7 or 8 miles south of Phoenix. They will each do the business of their respective lo calities and no more; and thus it will be seen to be impossible, on account of the narrowness of the valley, for tbr business at concentrate to any one point along the line so as to make a town of any consequence, and nothing less than business will make a tonn and business only will sustain it. Jfo is a significant fact and worthy of Lall commendation that the Southern people through their leading Generals, Statesmen and politicians have united, almost as onejman, in doing deserved honor to the gallant an'd patriotic Gen eral by whose qenius and bravery they were prevented from destroying this union, and possibly the last hope of liberal self-government, and thus tes tifying, in the mostconclusite manner, their admiration of the man and just appreciation of his services to the country. By the courage and loyalty of the Hero of Appomattox, now dead to the marrli of time and human events but alii until drar to the memory of a grateful ;.eoi!f, they were saved from the niaJ ijflirium of self destruction and today ihey are thankful and honor the heart and hand that delivered them from themselves and re united n happy and prosperous people. Our cotemporaiy is the ouly illustrious per sonage of the vast army of puling braves who staid at home and fought for the nipple jvho lias not been mag nanimous enogh to accord to the dis tinguished dead seme measure of the full meet? ol praise to which his emi nent services to the country entitle him and which he is so generously receiv ing at the banc's of a gracious and ap preciative people. The career of Gen eral Grant, whose mortal remains will be consigned, today, to their last rest ing place, by avorrowing nation, will live in the memory of men, .so long a" patriotism and the precious boon, of sclf-covernment shall find a lodgement in the human heart. Gcxaral Grants Rkstivg Pn.ce. The spot in Riverside Park, select ed for General Grant's sepulcher, is a promontory, and its fauuimit a level plateau of about twenty acres. On the river sido the decent isnbrupt. At its foot, 200 ft below, are the tracks of that branch of the Hudson Riv er rail read that run into the West Point de pot; on the northwest is the feiry to Fort Lee, and on the north and north west the red brick storehouses and manufacturers of Munhattauville clus ter around the base of the hill. If the observer looks to the south he has opened before him the long vista of Riverside Park, of driveways, hewn stone wall, and ancient oaks and ma ples on the steep slopes of tho Hudson. The spot suggests revolutionary war memories. Fort Lee is opposite, the old fort in Central Park is on the southeast, Fort Washington is on the north, and the highlands near West Point shut in the horizon beyond the Tappan Zee. No structure can be erected to break the uniformity of the view, as the water front and park be longs to the city. The temporary tomb to receive the body will be built of brick. The Democrats who are hungry for office complain that Lamar is so lazy that he will not take the trouble to oust the Republican office holders in the Iiurnur Department. No such charge can bi yui against Secretary Mauiiiii", ho iiafc invented a device which is equayRiJingeiiuity and effect irpiifM.Ho i.'7ireiiviB nartisan order. TIlisjK t.i- eppciou? plea that he if hampered in enil srnice rrforin by the men in oilicf ho art not in sym pathy with the Adniini&tt.ition. The only way to reform them is to cut off their heads. This is good logic, and with a man of .Manning's euergy it ought to clear his department of Re publicans in short order. In his book General Grant alludes to his meeting with General Leo ut A.ppomatox without the slightest sug gestion of the melodramatic heroism with which an ordinary man would have interlarded the story. He bajb they "fell into conversation about old army times, and our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the oVjct of our meeting." Tne nj ptu tree and sword and other histrionic business is put aside, and the Union commander shovr3 toward a defeated foe, not a forced and condescending, of which the Imperial conqueror of Europe was wholly incapable. Wonders of the 19th Cen tury. One of the most notable instances of the obliteration of time and space, which has come under oar observation was a transaction of basicess which took place between Gov. Chadwick and Elijah Smith President ot a num ber of R. R. Co.'s. Mr. Chadwick was in Ashland and received a sa sage from 31 r. Smith that ha would leave Portland Friday or Saturday and wished to see him. Gov. Chadwick received the telcram at 9 p. M. Ha asked the operator to call Hr. Smith to the Telephone at.the Esmond Hotel; and while that was being done, the Gov. wrote "I can see you on Friday evening" "tball I come." Mr. Smith siid, '-'yes; I will wait for yon." Mr. Smith was to leaye Saturday or Sun day in his private ear for N. Y. Got, Chadwick left Abhland and.met him at Portland Friday evening. The whole transaction, perfect as it was, did not exceed five minutes, and they were more than three hundred miles apart and Mr. Smith at his private Hotel. There is much that followed at tha elegant supper given these distinguish ed gentlemen by Mrs. Senator Dolpb, which it would be pleasant to relate; especially that relating to the Govern or's mining suit in which be was un wittingly trapped, but no apology would suffice to let him off and 'when once faee to face with the responsibility aud the grand occasion declared that he entirely forgot his "old clothes" and enjoyed himself superbly until pre!ntrd with a button hole boquet when he found out he had no place to put it. The Gov ii a live and genial mail and we hope hie 'Yank' enterprise will develop the largest bonanza aver discovered. The Grant Monument association have issued nn address to the clergy of the United States, suggesting that contributions be asked in their respect ire churches at services on the Sunday following the burial of General Grant, sums contributed to go towards the erection of a monument to his memory above his grave. Tbe latut Oni. Hon. Joseph P. Bradley. United States Supreme Judge, says Johnson's New Universal Clyclnpaedia contains all the larger works due of importance. He vol ucs it highly. "It is a valuable minfi of information." Uoscoe Crinkling. "Good authority for the next half cen turv "Hon Clmrles Francis Adams. "Extremely UUltr; all classcsjl Hon. Charles O'Connor. Secure o set cf Johnson's Cyclopaedias and you never will regret it. Tt is a b"ttcr investment than mousy put out at conrpound interest for a man vho lias a family to educate. ltcomes w ithin reach or all. C. II. Libby, of Portland Oregon. General "Manager "fur the Pacific coast, can supply y ou. -4ddresa as above. Closing Old Sale. To quit business. Our entire Rtocfc of general niprchiiiilNp in ofiVred for sale, in whole or in fnttf at cost If you want clifap cood, now ii your time to buy tlieiii tn wr mpan junt what we snv. REXtfH Bros. VOU M I.D THM AT E. C. BROOKS' New Drug Store, Jacksonville, Or. ClOOltB. A fine assortment of Way clocks, witbfmW without alarm. Vtvtolxeiai . Gents', ladies' and boys' gold and slfvei hunting-case, open-face and skylight watches, from $5 to $150. Bracolots. A fine Jot of ladles' gold band and bangle bracelets. 3SM n soxr XUsxcfit Diamond and ruby rings, cameo strme" rmrvtnner eat wrltl rflntnAVtil iflTMnV raf VtlLUV 0,tj II1U1 UIUIUUUUC rHr& bv vAyLZW tfrotners implement company, mottoes, solid gold bind and bangle nags, plain and solid California Hags: Diamonds in every shape. Ladies' sets of Jewelry, from the 5tfcem black set to the $200 btrd sets or diamonds. Gents' and ladles' gold chains, lockets, and charms. 2P1H.HS rT Huttona. Gents' cold scarf-pins, scarf-slides, studs and roilar-buttons. Slltror "Ol7".x,o. Silver and s'lver-plated knivci. Idrks, s-poor.s, napkin rings, silver sugar-spootis and tongs in esses Misoollariooua. Go'd ana silver thimbles? gold, silver and still spectacles; and a foil slock of every thing m the jewelry line. A lull assortment of perfumery, toilet soaps, etc lot ot steel engravings ana pictures ior children. In short, a complete and firstclasslineol HOLIDAY GOODS. All to be so'd at the LOWEST PRICE! .-IIeo a-cordeons. violins, batttos-. and the best line of violin, gxiitar and banjo strings. Tho best sperm oil for sewing machines. A inn line oi Drugs and Medicines. . Prescriptions "irtfully compounded E.6.SBOOK& A. H. Mfegly & Co, Successor Bilger & Maegly Selling goods for -Glory and Very Small Profits. We keep in stccx all kinds of Shelf Hardware, Stove and Tinware, Oils and PloVrs, Wagons, Harrows and Cultivators ? Lamps, Bella, Rope, Iron, Paint and other Brushes, Curry Combs, Tacks, Window glass, Coal oil, Hinges, Blacking, Pad locks, Door locks, Powder and Shot, Fues, Caps, Sand Paper, Knives and forks, Cross cut saws, Hand saws, Planes, Nails, Traps, Grindstones, Bolts, Augers, Cable chain, and many other goods goo numerous herein to mention. Largest Stock of Hardware and Farm Jmplements m Southern Oregon. Cap! Or write for prices. A. CRONEMILLER Jacksonville v -A.grom.ts For LaBELLE wagons, buggies an d hacks, lansing riding harrows with seeders combined, buford. cultivators and spring tcoth. harrows, mcsh err y grain drills and- broad-cast seeders, buford plows, all styles. collins cast cast-steel plows, randall pulverising'!! arrows, cider mills. fanning mills, corn shellers, hay otters. fairbanks scales, cooper's engines- and saw-mills, ' challenge wind-mills, CHALLENGE GRAIN CRACKERS, Etc EXTRAS SERVED ON SHOJIT NOTICE- "We would respectfnllr ask our patrons and friends to call and see our line of goods before purchasing elsewhere, as we feel sure we can ' Sell As Low If Not Lower Than any first-class goods cuu be sold for; aud we guarantee all our goods as represented. CRONEMILLER AND BIRDSEY. Jacksonville, Oregon, May 9, 1884. KHA VtsjQf EBHi B mBI SEr H H IH iV ilkH iaB for Infants and Children. "CuterlabaoiKHadaptedtochlldreaUiat I CastorU enres Colic. Constipation, recosmie&d It us superior to asvprcscnotioa I Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation. taQTrntoiae." HA. Acsnt,JI.D," I KUmrms, elves sleep, and proawtw Tub Cssxica Coiouirr, IS Fultoa Street, K. T. GENUINE CLOSING SALE. Owing to ill health and recent financial cd to retire permanently from the mercantile entire stock ot GenH. Jflerehamdise At the Old Ashland Store, At Sail Francisco Cost! The Store and Ashland, Or., .Tune 26, 1885. I SB k m al t-,,-,-, T7vT v JJALJLpxo liv Farm, Hill BTJFGtayS WALKING PLOWS, HODGE'S DOUBLE DRAPER Headers LaBELLE WAGONS, WALTER A. WOOD'S MOWERS, McSHEhR Y DRILL AND LEEDERS, REAPERS, TWINE BINDERS, BUFORD'S GNG & SULKY PLOWS, COATES SULKY RAKES, BUFORD'S RIDING AND GEAR, SCOT T 4 CO.'S Engines & Threshers, WALKING CULTIVATORS, COOPER & CO Saw Mill Machinery, RANDALL WHEEL HARROWS, CARRIAGES, SPRING WAGONS, THE CELEBRATED HOLLO .VTOOTH, BUCKBOARD WAGONS, HARROWS, Etc., Etc, Etc. A Full line Of Farm Machinery. Write for catalogue. Address either FRANK BROS. IMP'L. CO, Portland, Or. Or, R. W. PORTER, Agent, Oregon City, Oregon. apr 11 3 m JLTJCTXONEER, Having Mcefl eat tbe accessary license, I offer asy services VT tfca jmblic as a -J Geaetfftl Auctioneer. AM Suilaw is ay See! will be prompt' yattea4efot nmtonaftle rates. Satis foctte gttnuocWud, Fec'fartker partial. ltftwfvltf aforatlfeMK jtXOfKftatraLPoint,0r. . to H. Maeoxt.& Co, Jacksonville.Oregoa. .. & BIKDSEY, difficulties, the undesigned has conclnd business, and therefore offers for sale his Fixtures will be FOR -HElsTT. J. M. McCALL. - au Miieliinery UNION. HOrEL, KerbvYille...". .....OreceB, Mrs. M. Byder, Propr. First-class accommodation can always be had at this house at the most reasons ble ratea. QF"An excellent stable coaiectecf with the hoUL NEW CiSH STORE!! CARO BROS Has just opened a line stock, of General Merchandise AT 3E:ia.oejcLlaE His motto Is Quick Sales and Small Profits. And he feels assured that all who favor him with- their patronage will be satis fied with his prices and the quality ef his goods. He keeps sar GOODS, GB.0CER1ES, PROVISIONS, CLOTIIINO, rURXISItlXO GOODS. UATS AND CAPS. BOOTS AND SHOES. And everything usually found in a first class General Merchandise Store. .. He will give bis customers the benefit of the reduced freights caused by the ad vent of tbe railroad, and will not be under sold by anybody. M. A.BRENTANO, Manager. x-noenix, uregon, rcD. ao, iB&i. JACKSONVILLE NURSERY A. S. Johnson, Pro. As the demand for fruit trees is so great in this valley I have started a Nur sery in this place and will raise nothing but the finest varieties. This year I will sell from tbe'WoodbUrn Nursery as 'usual and also lrom the celebrated Alameda Nursery, Oakland Cal. The following are some of the leading varieties I will keep: . Poaollcs. Early York E. aud L. Crawford's Wale's early Amsden Alexander Briggs Red May. Blump World. salway. Susquehannah. Marv's Choice. Orange Cling Yellow Scrgen. Lemon: CIin and many more. Fxttiti o and I'luin.B. Pcttite Prune d'Agen Peach Plum. Italian Prune Yellow Egg. Golden Prnne Coo's Golden Drop. Grosse Prune Bradshaw. st Cathrine Prune Japan Plum. Cherries, Nectarine, Apricot, Qiunce, A pple, French Goosberry, Oregon Cham pagne Berries, and all kinds ot ornament al and shade trees. E. N. BAKER, Merchant Tailor, Jacksonville - - Oregon. The subscriber tukt-s pleasure in In forming the public that he has opened a Tnilorsbop D33 THE ILD G3E FOKIT Building, and that Tie is now prepared to do all kinds of work in his line in a su perior manner and at pliers lo suit the times. Clothing made after the latest and best styles. $ large lot of samples al ways on hand to select from. R. N.BAKER. CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF, THE U. S. HOTEL, Cor. 3d and California Sts., Jacksonville - Ogn, Bavins taken- cnaTtfc of this hotel the undersigned take pleasure in announcing to the public' that a complete change will be made. TJio Vablo will be supplied with eveiything the market floras, and a general renovation oi the Bods ootid Hooma will be made. The patronug e of the pub lic is solicited. J DeRoboam. City Lunch House Fred. Grob, Proprietor. Having nwyetrtomy new stand on C&l llornia street opposite- the Union livery stable I ask my friends andthe public generally to give me a call. v E" A first class lunch can be had al-anj time tor Zo cents. FRED GROB. EMPIRE HOTEL. BJZcXIcs-r3., Or, J. W. Cunninghan, Prop. This commodious and well arranged hotel is now open for the accommodation of guests, and will be kept on the most approved plan. The table will always be suppl ! table will always be supplied with the best the market affords. Especial in. ducements arc offered the traveling pub lic. J. W. CUNNINGHAM. Medforf, Feb. 25. 1884. CITY BASBEE SHOP CAurosNii St., JacksmrrlUe, - - - Oregon The undersfgned is fully prepared to do all work in his 1 iqe in the best manner and at reasonable prices. GEORGE SCHTTtfPF. F.RITSCH1ED, praotioal Watchmaker ad Jewelxx, Califeraia Brett, RA'AKES a specialty of cfeaefor and re- pairing watches and docks. My sm fMMoable, eivamaaeaU. eaaaea THE LADIES Of Southern Oregon, are hereby loforaiK that la addition to a large ana elegant line of MILLINERY I have added to mv stock Ihe folio-wins' e'asj ot goods, of which I have a full line i Ladies' FnraisIiBg.aowdBr Both Knit and Mu.Ha. Infants Wardrobe Complete, As cheap as to be bought any place ; alar CHILDRENS' SHORT CUOTHES, Under 4 ytarkoIdV A beautiful lbie of HOSIERY! Consisting or Lisle aatPSllkv Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Corsets,- SBovpliyTC fitlxaaosrlM And many other thlnt s too numerous to mention, I have also secured ta services of a FIRST-CLASS CKESSMAEEJ And am prepared to execute all orders that line in first-class style at reasona rate. Call and sec me at the balldiae fena-- erly occupied by A. L. Johnsoa on' Sail fornia street. MRS. P. p. PRI1&. SILAS J. DAY, Notary Public, Real Estate- Agf. Abstracts made of Titles to Lands,. Xiognl X3ooii3xa.exi.to Of all kinds drawn up, especially pertain' ing to the settlement of estates: Collector of Accounts Prompt ' Remittances. Investment Securities a Specialty, Jackson County Scrip Bought and Sol I have a complete set f Maps of all Surveyed Lands in this county, and re ceive abstracts monthly frem Rosebur ef all new entries made. I am thus pre pared to make out Homestead and Pre emption papers, and can thus save to par ties the expense of, a trip to Roseburf Land Office. . Several fifle farms arc in m hands tor sale. Prompt reply made to all letters. Charges in accordance with the timet. Refers, by permission, to C. (J. Beek man, Esq , Banker; to Hon. L. R. Web ster, Judge of this judicial district, and t any business house in Jacksonville. Office at south east corner California and 5th strcit, Jacksonville, Oregon. SILAS J. DAT. MAX. MULX.EE, T. O. Building, JacfcosxriUt) DEALER IK General Merchandise. THE UNDERSIGNED TAKB& pleasure in informing the pcUlo that lie -has purchased L. Solomon's in terest iq the POST OFFICE STORE "Which will be kept stocked" with a cosi plete and first class assortment of general merchandise. I will sell "t VeryScasoaablc Sates. Give me a cali-andcefor yourselvea.- .HAX- MULLER DAVID LINN, JJCD SEJtUCKCl COFfZZf COFFINS FttRNrSTlSD.ON THB shortest notice andcheaper.tSaa at any other estaDUsnmcni in ooumeravregan. Furniture, of all kinds kepf on hand or made to oraer , Xacksnvillc Creseeat Mail HobU, PMcMlioBr3 2cJacK$eissssssssssssjt 42) at 3 41 jf. ainesday anTn3J"'"'",E,'wheT close cbn'srWa,,2ide next morning; lor uresceni tsrw. t nen me new wr.,i road is finished about January 15th through ticaets tc San Francisco will her sola for $ 18 hjr this route, , Express amlVrdeT business doae at r. ducea rates. '"",. P.McMAHON yroprfetor Kiss S. Jonssorr. Has SL CAvrtasv Dressmaking. Wis art now prepared to take orders for. anything in the Dressmaking line aa4 ask the ladles of Jacksonville to give as m share of their patronage, "rt'e Guarantee Satisfaction At prices lower than CTcr aked inJtck sonville. Rooms at the residence of A1, Johnson. t"Give us a trial Misszs Catcts & Jobssoh. ' Fox Sale. Owing to ill health I offer for sale the property in Ashland known as "Harsh' Planing Mill," also the Sean Creek Saw Will property. I will sell the whole, or one half of either or both properties, at a bargain- to tho right kind of a business man. This is a rare chance for an activer man to secure the best bnsfnesa in South em Oreron. For oartfealM mlv to ti Jiiadrigne4atAaalaad.0ra0BV U iST-VUm. TXXMMXNGS, 2p' II ' .? ir rst'