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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1877)
INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OE SOUTHERN OREGON. ASHLAND OREGON ASHLAND TIDINGS. w FRITZ-GREENE HALLECK. .50 PER ANNUM. near the lake shore, lulled to rest by foot-soro and half famished, through A Trip On Tile K»»«jue Kiver Foot-Hills. public square. Away, far to the south east was Pilot Bock and, still beyond, The following poem, by John G. Whittier, was II the rippling of wave3 among tho sway these cheerless wastes, until the old On Sunday August 5, a party started ----ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY — read at the unvtiling, a few days ago, of the stitue of 1i ing tales. Here wero a thousand wa Cascades were reached at last, and they old Mt. Shasta loomed up with his cov I Fitz-Greene Halleck, in Central Park, New York: ter-fowls, principally of tho duck fami threaded their way through the mighty from Wagner Creek for a horseback ex* ering of perpetual snow. The scenery -II Y— Among Uieir craven »h-ipee to whom ly. There were tho little top-knotted forests to the land of promise beyond. cursionover the mountain ridge north of is indeed grand and amply repays the O. C. APPLEGATE & CO. Tuy civic »»reams belong, fellows so quail-like intb»'ir appearance, Our own adventures with wild beasts Ashland. There were Wallace B , W. excursionist for climbing the hill; only O! city of hi» love, tm.ke room OFFICE—Oa Maio Street, (in rear Dr. Fur one whose gift was song. the fine old mallards floating around and wilder men, on the frontiers, came B.; Mrs. Na, and Miss Tassie; tha re- six miles from the flag pole in Ashland. Chitwood’s Drug Store.) No» his the soldier’» «word to wield, fearlessly within a few yards of us, and in for their share of the conversation, i doubtable James; Joe A., and Laura, I am afraid you would be wearied or Nor 1» t 11 •• helm <>f etaie, I all mounted on prancing chargers, gaily Nor glory of tte »:r.-ken lien ’ . , 1 would tell all about how we made a Rome otber vm.ietifs which neither of and in this part of the programme, we Term» of Subscription: .Su» uf atb^lv. caparisoned. The order, “Forward raid on Geo. W. Fredenberg’s sheep us remembered seeing before in ail our fouud our friend of a day, Mr. Button, One copy one year............................... . . .............| 2.;,o In common way«, wi*h rornmon men, wanderings. Among tho sedges and one whoso thrilling life experiences bad March!” was given, and down the Wag- camp and took possession; how some of “ “ »ix months.......................................... 1.50 He beared hie race ind tune “ •• three “ ........................................... 1 (»0 Ab w».*ii as if Lis clerkly pen tall grasses, near the lake shore, were made him a peculiarly interesting , ner creek lanes wo swept, to the stage the ladies rolled up their sleeves and Had never <1 »need to rhyme. road, where a solitary traveler was Club rates six copies fur..................................... 12.50 numerous nests, from which our hunter story-teller. went into the bread business; how oth Terms, In advance. ! wending his peaceful way. When lie If, in the throrgel and noisy mart, ers prepared the venison, tea and ooffee gathered a bountiful supply of eggs for The next morning we rode back to Toe Muse» fo .nd their ion, r i beheld the cavalcade ho undoubtedly and berries, and how it all resulted in Con! I an» »y hib tui.» ful ari our breakfast. Terms of Advertising: the two little lakes and spent several thought that Joseph and bis hostile a repast fit for any hungry person. In A duty leii undone ’ The next morning we went on our hours among the remains of the ancient Txjcal Notices per line......................................... locts He toileil ?.n»l Rung; and year by year Trufesni>u d Cud», per je.tr............... ............. fill <<> ! baud had come to lioguo River, or that the meantime the horses grazed on the way across the sage plains eastward, Men fi'imd ilv ir nomee mure » veet, Two luches, ¡>er qtmner..................... 00 animals, which wero much more'nu- I the Turkish hosts bad made u sudden luxuriant grass for which the north A> <i t hr« ugh a u-iul.-rer ata o-pliere Four •• •* .............. ........ <M) towards the Sand Hills, now oiiiy ten merous than we were led to think by attack. But by crowding up close to side of tha ridge is noted. At sundown Ijou&ed down the bricK-wailei cireet. Eight “ “ ..................... ...................... H (Ml tha party arrived safely at home. Sev Ote-hulf Ohme “ ...................... Ill DO or twelve miles distant, Mr. Button ac our casual investigations of the day be Tt e < ¡reek’s w ■! 1 cneet. Wall r»reel knew, Three-fourth» “ “ ..................... ...................... 11 Ml eral incidents occurred which have not tho telegraph poles be was enabled to companying us as guide. In that vicin fore. Among the sage brush, half cov One “ “ IT Ail The Red Ku g walk»j.’. Broulw.iy, been noted, among them the one where And Aluwick C.bl'e b robes blew I.»«AI. ADVESTIbEMESTS ity was tho much spoken of “Tomb of ered by the sand, we found wha^were escape. Tue routo of our party lay up in W. B. was swept off his charger by From Palisade» io Bay. One square tten lines or less) let lu-ertion....... J2.5O the Giants,” or “Boneyard,” where tho apparently the bones of horses, petri the dusty stage road to where tbo road an overhanging willow bough, falling Fa'r Ci’v by the S-a! noriise Each additional insertion.................................. 1 00 His veil with revneal tun<}■»; petrified remains of pre-historic animals fied, and seemingly’ nearly twice as long crosses the tail race of Anderson A Co's backwards into a deep mud holo. For And m.i gie »mh my own the ; r i 'e tunately he was not hurt, aud the inci are found in lai go numbers, and with as the corresponding bones of tbo mine. To the right can be seen tho ex dent A li.l piide of inker In. lb. Job Printing, afforded much merriment when tensive excavations made by the little the help of Mr. Button we hoped to Of all description, done on short notice. T>*i—\1 horsos we rode. Thcro were other found that no seriou3 damage was Le* Greece hi» Cerv ’yric breathe Blanks, Circulars, Bus.ness Cards, B Eheads, Leiter- Ab. veh-r hero-urL»; find this interesting place. Oa nearing bones more massive, probably of tbo hydraulic giant, which has been in use done. B illy . Aivl .‘*c itl-.i <1, «i'll hi r hoFy, wreathe heids, Posp-rs, etc., gotten up in good style at liviLg during tho past winter, and has yielded tho sand bills, we wero surprised to Tue llower Le cal.ed tur Bmuj. mastodon and other giant mammals of prices. GENERAL ?4EWS. unknown quantities of dust—unknown seo what appeared to bo i-mooth-mown < >, stately g’ar.d by the pal ice t; a]!?, tho olden time. Oa the north shore of [CondenJed from dispatches to the Oregonian.] Tt y iau » i,«j ri le the re.«', meadows, covered all over with new one of tho ponds was a black mass of at least to the writer. On the left is a Agents for the Tidings. Ti-t j di- poet's mnie lecilis One of the “strikers” urrested in N. A piuuder tho> g it than inese. hay, raked and ready for hauling. Oa volcanic scoria, forming quite an ex large bottom of rich Bear creek land, I. , 8<mueis, - - . . Portland, Oregon. Jac«»b Th»» npsoii, ... •• “ was identified by the warden of Sing nearer approach we found, that all over tended field, sloping down from the covered with the debris and tailings of I ' Y. No’ less thy i u’se of tr; <1; shall beat, -• • K. M. Petlengiil <1- Co., ... New York. Nor less iliy i.JS 1! • ts ?v. i u. Howel! Ac Clieesman, ... st. T.ouia. the smooth hills of greenish-whitosand, sand-bills to tho shore of the pond. the mines. It has always been a mat i Sing as Jim Brady, a notorious burglar Taut sh <le«l eq jare iial clu-ty btrtet L P. Fisrer, - • Sin Fraiieisco. Are clarb.c gruiud thro«.gh him. ■'l’DO«. Boyce, were little conical mounds, densely Distributed all over this wero broken ter of speculation (to Billy) whether it and bauk robber. J. R. Neil, ...» Jack«» nville. The largest salt works in the world, covered with grreu foli ige»l shrubs pieces of petrified bone, which at some was profitable to cover up and ruin Al ire, he luved, like all who sing, C. S Sergent, ..... p. <m:x. i re echoef of I i- ro'.'c; El. R. Ooo’n, : - • Central Point. ' so much land which would be certain I the property of Burt A Co., at Mel three or four feet high. Perhaps at one former time, when the lake was many ry Too 1 te the t’irdy . meed we bring, 5fi«« Aibe W. Colvl", - • Rock Point. r»> li.e praise d< luyed eu long. Petit H. Burt ..... Youcilla. time there was but a single shrub miles in extent perhaps, were probably I to compensate for the labor spent on it bourne, Michigan, were totally des J. M. Suvon, General Agent fur Jackson and Jut*- Too h’e, tila < >;’ all who kne v phlne couuiier. where now each little hillock rtiuds, carried up litre by tho waves. I also in cultivation, for the chance of mak troyed by fire on the 4ih. the iiviiir man, ti’-diy, penetrating the sands to a great dupth found in this lava bed a finely formed ing money out of the precarious mining Ik Ont- ll’b l.l v -I H.1 t.ce, tow few The total amount to be paid by in Make but- lli.-ir rocks of gray ! bauk in which so many have deposited with its long fibrous roots. The sands, surance companies for losses by the Stages leave Ashland as follows: stone pestle and several shallow mor their funds never to bo withdrawn. < >.ir lip«- <>r ¡»rnLe must soon be done, always ¿rifting, gr ub, illy blew away tars, indicating that the Arabs of the St. Johns fire is six million seven hun The O C. Stage O.’s Dure As'il mil ' < >t;r cr.-'t-fu. »•>».- be Jim; . Crossiug the bridge over tho tail race, ibr Jack<»»nvill»?. R«»ck Point and Ros.- O. li. t ns <4 Ti i- day s 'o C'»mr>, from the tenacious shrub which resist- Oregon Desert used to do their milling dred and thirty-six thousand dollars. T k- itielcr c mige cf Lim ’. long ev«fy day at I» a. 111. Mail do es at tfie order to left turn was obeyed, and iuto the here, perhaps before the advent of the its long tti i cd, wii u Col. Grover, of Ohio, died at the .'»GO a. m. New trmts t!u Des of sm g may weep, down the hill we went to Bear creek, sand, nt til ir was 1 with its i Yac Itan'v, A ’»-k • co»] Re uling at G p. hi . Grand Central Hotel, New York, on grasping pale-face. Ne.V. V >;if> c!ia aa r" i i’.'.-’; where the horses drank of tho spark M id e’o c< «• ;E0 »>. m. lk;t ie> i:«> mo-- i.i }< .-•* .i»r creep san I henp. This ■ lly mndc ki.e i i t s of II .L‘- name. But it was reserved for me to accom ling stream. Passing through a gate the the 5lh. A post mortem examination licit ui «V Gal’»••tStag».-» Iea»e A-hhii:»! Lug out green ¡•nd beanttfu ► ■«♦ »•very M»»o<lav, W. dioL-d iy and Frit’at plish the great achievement ot the day. party crossed the extensive possessions showed that he died from an overdose i I leafy bianclrt-s IT >m all over t; <i r\ mortiing-» L»r Linkvill««, and return on ; / J Crossing over a low range of sand-hills of Fr ank Myer, a valuable tract of land, of hydrate of chloral. »t.i </ f tho Oraron every T'i,,*»!ay. ’Hi'irsday and Satan! iy. Some of the burlace of tbo v r to the southward, my liorso sinking comprising several hundred acres, cap Ccn. Sherman Says the country is »IB Jr-ive Linkvill -| >r L •!■ • City. <’ilil»»r:i:a, r or five tl-re mounds .were Wednesday'; arrive it. Like City SiUn- down into tbo loose sand half way to able of producing, if properly cultivat now’ so garrisoned that the Sioux can A .JOUHNEY OF TUO DAUS. not less feet hidh, while o’’ •lays ; »e»ve Like Citv Mondays; arrive the breast at every step, I found par ed, thousands of bushels of grain. It never regain it, and they will be forced at l.'nkville Thursdays. cai ryii.g mail and i than fifteen or twe 1 pa- sellgrl'S. One morning, bright and early, V.’U ill so densely overgrown wiia the foli tially imbedded in the sand a shoulder- now affords range fur a fino band of to remain at their agencies or take ref A. D. HELMAN, P. M. I blade thirty-live inches in length,weigh sheep. We soon came to tho former uge in the British Possessions. The left Silvi r L d;e, in Lake county, for age that they presented a remarkable the Sa ind Hills, on the »age plaius.abo-.it cDiitrast to the pmooth, study field ing,although the thinner portions were t fine residences of Frank and W. C. country west of the new post is a good Ashland Lodge No. 189,1. 0. G-. T. thirty niiios distant, in an easterly di around them. Those who traverse broken i ff, not less than forty or fifty Myer, where some years ago we were one and will rapidly fill up with immi pounds. Going back to the top of the wout to bo welcomed with kindness and grants who wili iu tha next ten years Meets at the Hall of fie man A Fountain every rection. We were on a general cam these pl tins a few centuries lu nce, will Friday tv- ..ing at S o’clock r. Brothers and nearest mound, I waved my bat and • hospitality. Now they are vacated and build up 3 country as strong and capa paign on tho Oregon Sahara, and were perluips find that the smooth sand-fields sisters in gued stalling are corlia ly ir.vind to at called to my comrades, w ho assembled, are going to ruin; the abode of digger ble of self defence as Colorado. provided with a complete outfit of are no more, but instead, rolling hills wonH tend. JOHNS. EUBANKS, W.C. T. ' er stricken, around this remnant squirrels innumerable. Their owners C. II. II tin: v > inf , S»»c’y. camp equipage, borne on mules and covered with bunch-grass, and lb*» var TIIE EDEN OF OREGON. of an old time giant. Hero Mr. But- having become wealthy, in tho stock hardy cavuses, while we, buskiued and ious uLrubs, which grow so thriftily oa ton, placing tho bone carefully on the ' business, have removed nearer to the During a visit to Southern Oregon spurred like knights nf the olden time. the so-called Oregon Desert. Ashlund Ledge Xo, saddle bi fore him, b?.do us good-bye j Granite city, for thepurposoof educat on the 15th of July, we obsex’vej in the ire Lira, bes!ro«le some of the toughest steeds in Going still iaitbrr on, we found a and left us for his lonely’ ranch, while ing their children. Passing through gardens cf Messrs. O. Coolidge, at Ash- A. F. cl A. W.. Lake-land, and as we wereall mountain co’.siderab’.o urea covered with r.;nlc wo rode on back to the little spring another gate wo wero upon the com t land, and Peter Lritt, at Jacksonville, Ho’.ds their stated cotnnmnic.itions Thursday even men—five in number—and considered lookirg gru-1, v. l fob was arranged iu among tho sand hills, tho next morning mons—the pasture grounds of the stock | some magnificent fig-trees. They were ing* on or IxL.re ilie full nitMin. B eihreu in good good, wo ¡-nticipatf»1 a pleasant and rows, a.» if drilled ’ . .y Land. This was to continue our way eastward, through belonging to the citizens of Ashland | in full bearing, and the fruit was just Blanding are cordial j invited to a”- ’> ’.. .’.icc( r-ful t»nr ti.ii u'-'h this very inter curious, j.r.d led g « to iiivesti-zate anoth H. 1 . Il ILL, W. M. a trackless region, towards tho Wagon and vicinity. Hero we commenced tho turning ripe, whilst the second crop esting region. Our line of march was er device of n..ture to hold fast the C. B. AV A'isoe;, Sec’y. • tire Mountains,—O. C. A pplegate o . ascent af the long ridge up the road was commencing to form. A very ex for some di-l:ii:ee ou the Oehoco roa»l, dr fling Finds amt .'.Tadually cover them )! - >■/ Shore. which can be seen so plainly from tue cellent article of grapes also grows in Ashland Lodge Xo. 1.5, across a sage plain bounded on the I with vegetation. We found that each »■ -» north and south by low ranges of juni row of grass grew on a long root, a lit Ten Thousand Hollar« for a. Drink, of public squaro in Ashland. Two miles this county, and at Mr. Britt’s place we B. O. O. F„ brougha us to tho residence of L B. tasted a one year old claret of his own per hiils.but presenting too much same tle less than a hav cord, running in a IV ater. Hold their r*e»;lir meeting every .turd.iy ev»T- I Low oa the left, and a quarter more to growth and manufacture; and we very ness in its outlines and vegetation to be direct course near the kuiface of the iug at ti.eir hull in Ashland. Brothers in good much doubt if it can be surpassed in o' much interest"? Ju one of the hotly contested fights [ tue residence and fine large barn of Mr. stoud.ng are cardially invited to ar’i-nd. ground, and sometimes of great length. the much boasted of California vine J. I). FOUNTAIN, N. G. To the left of cur course was a pecu ()n theso long root3 ti e blades of grass in Virginia, during the war, a Federal 1 John Vandyke, which is filled to over- yards. Gold is found in Jackson coun I. O. M iller , iiec. Sac'jr. liar looking conical mountain, rising to grew, only a few inches apart, forming ollicer fell in front of the Confederate ■ flowing with good grain hay, which ty, and thousand of dollars have been Rebekah meetings on Tue« lay evening, nearest breastworks. While lying there woun proves that this mountain soil ia pro- an altitude of perhaps 2,000 feet above well defined rows. lie full of the tuuuu eacu month. , dnctive. We noticed hero an orchard taken out, as is proved by tho washed tbo surrounding plain, surmoun’eJ by Grossing over a ridge wo came down ded and crying for water, a Con feder 1 set out last year which is growing beau- out Lili sides as seen from the road a basaltic block perhaps 20(1 feet high into a little valley perLaps a mile in ate soldier (James Moore, of Burke Co. ' tifulJy. Here several more excuraion- loading from Roseburg to Jacksonville, N. C.,) declared bis indention of sup and a half mile in circuit. This promi length, ami not more than a fourth J. A. APPLEGATE. whilst millions still lio buried awaiting nent laud-mark, called by tho settlers wide. In this were two small alkali plying iiira with a drink. The bullets ists of both sexes joined us and we pro- the advent of capital. All the grains âttonmî and (£ ounsrlor-at-Xaiv on Silver Lake, Table Mountain, could lakes or ponds, two or three hundred wero flying thick from both sides, and i cecded on our way, passing several ; ! and fruits known to the tropics grow be seen by us afterwards from moun yards apart, filled with little brown i Moore’s friends tried to dissuade hi tn springs of everflowing, sparkling wu- here to perfection, listand the Oregon SALEM OREGON. tain summits fifty or sixty miles to the water-fowls with curious tufts on their from such a hazardous enterprise. Des- , ter. At Shell Pock spring we halted j A California railroad to Jackson coun- : under some old oak tre-.’s. This spring eastward. ! heads, aud stilted, long-billed sniries. pito remonstrance and danger, how derives its name from the shelly rocks ; ty, and she is capable of supporting the DR. J. IL CHITWOOD, The sage plain which we wero cross i These birds were apparently unacquain ever, Moore leaped the breastworks, out of which it bubbles forth, and was | entire present population of Oregon.— A shland ,................................ O regon . ing, ¡9 a favorite wintering place for ted with our species, for wo rodo up canteen in band, reached his wounded I Ii:.s7 N/ion . a favorite watering place for the herd enemy and gave him a drink. Ibe Fed the thousands of cattle now in that sec within a few feet of them, and they OFFICE—At the Ashland Drugstore. ers in former times. While refreshing CUSTER’S REMAINS. tion, tho sage brush, which grows sev only seemed annoyed when we came eral, under a sense of gratitude for the ourselves aud horses Johnny M. made eral feet high, providing them wit’4 too close to the nests which wero num timely service, took out bis gold watch J. R. NEIL, i Leavenworth Aug. 4.— The remains and offered it to bis benefactor, but it his appearance and was surprised to protection against the chilling winds erous amid tho grasses on the beach. I was refused. The officer then asked seo so many gay and festive valley folks ' of Captains Custer and Yates. Lieuts. ^TfORXEY AT-LAW, which sweep over these plains in win A large area near tho lakes was froet- intruding on his mountain domains, i Mackintosh, Smith aDd Cohaia arrived ter, and tho scattaring bunch-grass and ■ ed with little shells and we found some i the name of the man who Lad braved where his flocks had hitherto ranged yesterday afternoon and were deposited Jacksonville. Oregon. more abundant sweet sage, a little deep ' petrified bones—only broken fragments such danger to succor him. Tbo name undisturbed, n« gave us a hearty wel in the chapel, where a guard of honor green shrub about a foot high, furnish ! —aloDg our route, as we crossed the was given, aDd Moore returned unhurt come but declined to accompany us. was stationed. A large number of peo- 11. KELLEY, ing ample food for them when the snow j little valley to the sand hills beyond. to his position behind the embankment. lie said his imperative duty was to plo visited the chapel to view the re is not too deep. This does not often 1 Passing over this last range of low sand They saw no more of each other. Moore guard his flocks with unfailing zeal. mains. The funeral took place to-day. Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, occur, for there is comparatively little was subsequently wounded, and lost a hills, we came into a valley where the Our guide announced that 29 minutes i The remains were taken to tho ceme« snow-full iu the laud of sage and sand, low ridges and mounds wero densely limb in one of the engagements in Vir I rilling would bring us to tha summit, tery about a mile distant. In the pro« J ackson viele . O regon . ginia, and returned to his homo. A few j cession were nearly 300 carriages. All Will prac’ice in all the Cunts of the State. Trom. I and there is no danger to stock except I covered with grass and shrubs. Beyoiid days ago lie received a communication j so—“prepare to mount; mount; up tho at en ion given to all business intrusted to niy care. in the most severe winters. this valley was a long, volcanic ridge, O ffice I o the buildVg formerly cccupied by , from the Federal soldier to whom he hill,” were the orders given in quick j leading citizens were present. The fact Kohler o: Wut sen, ojipu «lie Court House. Afier following the Ochoco road ! covered with sage and scattering juni- had given the “cup of cold watar” ou succession, and tbo summit was soon | that the lamented dead W6re well known some fourteen or fifteen miles, we came | pers, and with a single grove of pine3 the occasion alluded to, announcing reached, and all expressed themselves and honored by our people, created in- to the base of the Juniper hills, at the on tho west side—tho only pine trees, I that be bad settled on him the sum of amply repaid for the trip by the graud I tense feeling and sympathy among the entire community. Arriving at the northern boundary of the plain, where believe, in this part of the Oregon Des $10,000, to be paid in four annual in I view presented to their delighted eyes. cemetery the Episcopal service was we took tho road leading southeast to ert. In the valley wo found a spring stallments of $2,500 each. Investiga In front and to tho westward was a read and a salute of three volleys fired Architect and Builder, over each grave. Mr. Button’s ranch, some three or four of tolerably good water, bubbling up tion has established the fact that there grand panoramic view of the beautiful — ► ♦ ♦ -4--------------- -- GRANITE STREET - - -. AW I LAND. miles distant, on an Rlkali lake. At the j out cf the sand and forming a pretty is no mistake or deception in the mat 1 valley with grain fields, corn fields and Life ’ s pleiisnres, if not abused, will : little meadow. Here we encamped, orchards forming a beautiful variegated ILL do anything tn his line on short no’ico and i lake we found Mr. Button, an experi be new every morning and fresh every ter.— lkCih'iyh Atic.*. u7v2_T W on the lowest terms. enced mountaineer and hunter,residing ! and sat around our sage-brush fire uu- patch-work with here and there glisten evening. -o ♦ --------- > ♦ 4». ♦ -4 —4. —— Education is a better safeguard of streams like silken threads woven in. in his little cabin with-a single varquero I till long into the night, talking over Jacksonville was plainly seen iu the Good company aud good conversa as bis companion, and gradually grow the adventures xif the old pioneers who liberty than a standing army. If we j far western corner and Ashland in the tion are the very sinews of virtue. ing into a fortune by raising fine horses. sometimes, away back “in the days that retrench the wages of the scboolmaeter south almost beneath us, seeming so 3UR OR FIVE CHOICE MILK COWS, ON Here we spent the night, encamped II tried men’s souls,” missed their way we must raise those of the recruiting close that some of the younger mem Your character cannot be essentially reaaoushle term« C<11 at my residence iu F bers thought they could jump into the injured except by year own lusts. amid the white alkaline cfilurcsccuco ' ana wandered for days and even weeks. sergeant, Ashland. :6tC LINDSAY APPLEÜA1E. I. O. Miller. FOR SALE.