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ASHLAND, OREGON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1878.
VOL. IL—NO. 36
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PROFESSIONAL.
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DANIEL GABY,
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O. C. APPLEGATE & CO.
'OFFICE—On Main Street, (in rear Dr.
Chitwood’s Drug Store.)
A TTORX E Y-AT-LA W,
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GRANITE STREET - - - ASHLAND.
tn his liDe on short notice and
lowest kini;.
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WIMER & WELLS.
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<i»pt. D. J F-rrw Generil Ag-nt fi»r L ke comity
.Stages leave Ashland as follows
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Practical Millwrights.
Flouring mills, saw mills, quails mills,
and ab kinds ot mill machinery put up to
«•rd»-r in the vory best style. All «o k war
ranted. buiis'actiun guaranieed. .Address
» ill.er. or both, at A-bini»d. Oregon. [29if.
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1. WELLS
J. O. C. W1MEB
Job Printing,
J. P. It).bet.a,
OREGON,
An abundance of good brick ulwaye on h:m<l at my
AU, vLC 111 ile bufo. ui Aeia.LKl.
1 um alio piepured li»du l II kind« of b.ijk work
in lue very bett m..nu»-r.
Give me a trial and reel areurtd Unit I eau salitfy
you..
D 8. SCOTT.
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T. G. WATTERS,
LAND AGENT.
The O A C.SlaftwC'».’.»Stage leave Ahhhnd
Asbluud, Jiickt-oa < ouuty. Urugou.
tor Ja'-a- HB il>e, R<»ck Point ami lio«e
burg every »lay at t> a. m. M ul clo es at
Will attend io the buying a»d selling ut
5:;t0 «. ui.
For Hrtil v, Ytrka and Re «ding at 6 p. m.
IXktacili
Ob»«
M vii-c^o e* at 5:30 p. in.
‘Gtirrit »V betree’i- Stages leave Ashland All business entrusted to me will leceive
••very M onduy, Wednead.iy and Friday
prompt iitlcmiuii.
mornirg« lor Linkvill»*, and re urn on
I will direi fully answer all le'ter- of in
every Tri’-sday. Tbnrsday and Saturday. quiry in ieg.«rd io ibis puitio.i oi Uieguit —
>L»*.tve Linkville I ,r L»ke City, California, l.s Climate, boil, l'rucuets etc.
Wedm-sdays ; ui rive at Lake City S.itur-
Refeteuce given it teqnited.
•Jnya; le»ve Luke Citv Mondays; arrive
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T G. WATTERS.
ai Linkville Thursdays, carrying mail aud
p*» »etrgeri.
J. W. RIGGS,
A. D. HELMAN. P. M.
SOCIETIES.
FIIQTÇ GRATHIC
AshlandLodge No. 189,1. 0. G. T.
ARTIST,
Meets at the Hall of He man & Fountain every
FrxLy evening at 8 o’clock p. m . Brothers and
sisters in good sULding »re curItaly invited to at
tend T'<e Temple meets every first and third Wed
nesday in eicb montn.
F. WALTER MYER, W. C. T.
R. H. K lippel , S» c y.
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.At«hlian<l „•Lodge. No. »3
A. F. & A. M..
Hold» their stated communication» Thureday even
ing« on or before the full moon. Brethren iu good
Standing are cordially invited to attend.
W. H. ATKINSON, W. M.
J. 8. IrBASK», Sec’y.
Ashland
Oregon.
I ¡un i ow pernmnently’h’cated in this
place, nod req e.tfully asks the pattoiiag ot
i he citizens.
ALL WORK WARRANTED
To give Emir* 8 tisfaction.
" The Tm.ed.
Prices to suit
ttì^Cull and see Specimens.
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HOTELS.
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.Ashland Lodge No.45,
I. O. O. F.,
Hold their regular meeting every Saturday even-
■ing at tbeir hall I d Ashland. Brothers in good
«landing are cordially invited to at’end.
A. D. HELMAN, N. G.
R. P. NEIL, Rec. Sec y.
Rebekah meeting, on Tuesday even.og, nearest
he full of the muou each month.
PROFESSIONAL.
J. A. APPLEGATE.
¡Attorney anú ffouusrlor-at-ïaiv
ASHLAND HOUSE
HE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO RE-
mind his trieudn, aud ibe traveling pub
lic generally, that be is »till to be ieuud
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LONG ESTABLISHED
HOUSfc,
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where he Is re idy at any time, and on all
occasions to set be'oi e tl.em ibe best the
market affords, iu a style second to no other
house in Oi egon.
Dinners and suppers for special occasions,
gotten up in appropriate style, ul »hort no
tice.
JASPER HOUCK.
SALEM OREGON.
P ioneer H otel .
DK. J. H. CHITWOOD,
Linkville, Lake County, Oregon
O regon .
A shland ,
OFFICE—At the Ashland Drug .«lore.
J. R. NEIL,
^TTORNEY AT-LAW,
Jacksonville, Oregon.
DR. J. 8. JACKSON.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
JACKSONVILLE OREGON.
Graduate of the Belkvue Hurpital Medical College,
}iew York.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
L1NKVII.LE LAKE CO., OREGON.
The subscriber is again in charge
of the O ld P ioneer H otel of the
Lake country, and is determined
to make his gueets
Comfortable and Happy.
Give him a call and rest assured
that he will make you feel at
home
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GEORGE NURSE.
LAktVIEW COTTAGE 1
J. Pleasant and Homelike House situated
—AT—
Iluiuming Bird Springs, near
Klamath Lake,
Office in Post Office Building. Special
Eleven miles from Linkville, on the road to
attention given to conveyancing. [2 19tf.
Ft. Klamath, Lake Co., Otegon.
H. KELLEY,
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jb ^- Attention paid to the wants of guests
Attoroey and Counsellor-at-Law,
J acksonvt . us , O rbgon .
Will prac ica tn all the Coorta at the State. Prom,
at ea lon given to all baeiDete intrusted to my care.
Orricg —In Ibe bulldUg formerly cccupied
Kahler & Wataon, opposite Coyt House.
The subscriber also keeps a Good Stable
well supplied with hay and grain. Cail ana
see if he can keep hotel.
D. J. Ferree.
$2.50 PER ANNUM
LETTER FROM JOSEPHINE.
stream near the lake very deep, with camp. From a spur of the mountains,
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almost perpendicular bauks, so that we near oar camp, we had a splendid view
A
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, J an . 28, 1878.
BY CHARLES T. DAZEY.
were compelled to turn northward, up of the lake and of the extensive valley
E d . T idings .—Rain, rain—and haw
the river. Before proceeding very far bordering it on the north. On the
O 'onely day ! No Bouode are beard
Save winds and floods that downward poor.
we discovered an Indian crouohing un east, between the lake and mountain wet it is, too I We have had it in the
night; in fact, for
And timid flu.tug of a bird,
der the bank, and surrounding him, range, running nearly north and south, day and in the
That pipes one low note o’er and o’er.
made him come out By signs, we in aud which we supposed to be a spur of about two weeks it has been raining
Before the blast the base trees lew,
dicated to him that we wanted to cross the Sierra Nevadas, was a beautiful great quantities, It is a blessing to
The ragged clouds sail low aud gray,
they are sparing no
the river. By marking on his legs and meadow country, narrow, but many the miners and
And all the wild urd wlatry scene
pointing up the river,he gave us to un miles in length, aoross which the lines time aDd musole to improve it, and
Is but one blur of driving spray.
will doubtless take out a “goodly lot’1
derstand that there was a place above of willows and scattering pines aud cot
O day most meet fur memories,
of the shining stuff, thus adding still
For muett g by a vacant hearth
where we could easily cross. Motion tonwoods indicated the courses of a
more to the present quantity of coin.
On that which was and that which is
ing to him to advance, be led the way number of little streams coming into
And those wbo walk no mure on earth I
It is not favorable to the farmers, how
up the river about a mile and pointed the lake from the mountain chain. A
ever, for they put off plowing too long
And yet this dark and dreary day
out a place where an immense rock little southeast of our camp there ap
Some brighter lesson still can bring,
and now it is too wet on the highlands,
crossed the river. The sheet of water peared to be a gap in the mountain wall
For it is herald of the May,
bnt those on the sandy loam are not
A Lint foretoken of the spring.
running over the rock was about fifteen and we decided to try it on the suc
discommoded ao much, for they oan
inohes deep, while the principal part of ceeding day.
Beneath the ceaseless beating rain
plow, wet or dt’V.
Earth's Scowy ehruudfast disappears,
the river Beemed to flow under. This
July 9th we moved up the ridge to
The grain that was sown early look«
As sorrow pressing on the brain.
was the famous Stone Bridge on Lost wards the gap, and soon entered a
Fades in a doud of happy tears.
fine but is rather thin on the ground,
river, so often mentioned after this by little valley, perhaps containing a hun
And thus in darkness oft is w rought,
travelers. For many years the waters dred acres, extending to the summit of the freezing weather having iDjared it
Through lonely days of te >rs ano grief,
of Tule Lake have been gradually ris the ridge, thus forming an excellent somewhat.
The gradual cuai ge by wuich is btougut
With some of our oitizens, feed is
To shuduwed lives some sweet relief.
ing so that now the beautiful meadow pass. The ascent was very gradual.
- SCRIBNER.
gettiugquite
scarce, and the appear
on which we nooned on the day we dis The little valley was fringed with
covered the bridge is covered by the mountain-mahogany trees, giving it ance of the stock, in oonsequenoe of
NOTES AND REMINISCENCES.
lake, and the back water io Lost river quite a picturesque appearance. This this, suggests that it will perhaps be
long ago made the river impassable; is shrub pecaliar to the rocky highlands, necessary to contract their proportions
LAYING OUT AND ESTABLISH1NG THE OLD
now probably ten feet deep over the io from fliteen to twenty feet high and to meet the present hard times, bnt
IMMIGRANT ItOAD 1NTO SOUTHERN OKE i
Nature, more generous than the aver
bridge.
in
form
something
like
the
cherry
tree,
GON, IN THE YEAIt 1846.
After crossing the bridge we made so that a grove of mountain mahogany age citizen, has kindly started the
our pilot some presents, aud all sbak- strikingly resembles a cherry orchard. grass, so that the stock, by diligent
BY LINDSAY APPLEGATE.
ing bauds with him, left him standing About the center of the valley was a and persevering efforts, can keep akin
(Continued.)
on the river bank. Pursuing our way spring of cold water, making it an ex and bone together. But such is life,
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along the northern shore of the luke a cellent camping place where immi for in the midBt of these, we are—*
FROM TULE LAKE TO THE STRING IN TFIE
few miles, we came to a beautiful grants were wont to rest and let their nearly out of feed and credit, but hope
DESERT.
spring, near the base of the mountains animals recuperate after the long, tire that all will be happy in the summer,
On the morniug of July Sth we left on our left, and encamped for the some march across the so called Amer provided our supply of life holds out.
our camp on the little creek (now call night. Alter using the alkali water of ican Desert; for this Sierra ridge sep * Since the Christmas festivities the
ed Hut creek), aud continued our, way Lower K'.amath Lake the previous night arates the waters of the Pacific from wonted quiet of our valley has been
aluug the shore of Lower Klamath the fresh, cold water of this spring was those of the great basin which extends restored, with the exception of now
Luke. This threw us off our course a real luxury. There was plenty of dry from the Blue Mountains far south and then a small fry dance; but moat
considerably, as the lake extended some wood, aDd un abundance of green grasB ward toward the Colorado. The little of the people are now about settling
miles to the southward of our last for our animals, and we enjoyed the stream on which we encamped before down to diligent work, and why should
camp, and «e did not reach the eastern camp exceedingly. Sitting around our entering this pass is called Lassen they not, for that camplaint of hard
shore until the day was far spent. We fire that evening, we discussed tho ad creek, taking its name from Peter Las times will never be eradicated as long
camped uu the lake shore, aud the next ventures of the past few days in ibii sen, who led a small party of immi as people are too lazy and trifling to
moruing, July Gth, we ascended a high new and strange land. The circum grants across the plains in 1848, fol work and make the beet of time and
rocky ridge to the eastwurd for the stances of the last day had been partic lowing our route from the Humboldt opportunity. Let the farmers put the
purpose of ruuking observations. Near ularly interesting. Our adventure in through this pass, thenoe down P»tt grain into the ground in good oondi»
the base of the ridge, on the east, was the rocks; the retreat of the whole Mo river to the Sacramento. From the tion, fix op their fences, put up shel
a large lake, perhaps tweuty miles in doc tribe in a fleet af thirty or forty ca summit of the ridge we had a splendid ters for their stock; let those wba
length. BevoDd it, to the eastward, noes aoros8 the lake from Goff; the sin view. Northward the ridge Beemed to have to work for a living be useful to
their employers and, lastly, let loafera
we could see a timbered butte, appar gularity of the natnral bridge; the vast widen out, forming several
low
ently thirty miles distant, at the base fields of tule around the lake, and the ranges of timbered mountains, while and hoodlums commit snioide or go to
of which there appeared to be a low fact that the lake was an independent southward it seemed to rise very high, work like men—then times will ba
pass through the mountain ranve which body of water, were subjects of pecul as we could see patches of snow along better.
A scene seldom witnessed, I saw this
seemed to encircle the luke basin. It iar interest and only intensified our the summit in the distance. East and
morning,
and that was the sun sbioing
Appearing practicable to reach this desire to see more of this then wild south of ns, at the foot of the ridge,
on th a west side of the mountains
pass by passing around the north end land.
was a beautifnl green valley, twenty
of the lake, we decided to adopt that
July 7th, we left the valley of Tule or thirty miles in extent, and contain when it first arose, cansed by shining
route aDd began the descent of the Like to pursue our course eastward, ing a small lake. A number of small on dark clouds, which produced a re«
ridge, but we soon found ourselves in over a rocky table land, among scatter streams flowed from the mountain into flection. Another scene was all the
the midst of an extremely rugged coun ing juniper trees. We still observed and through the valley, affording an citizens of a little Lurg standing armed
try. Short lava ridges ran iu every the timbered butte as our -landmark, abundauce of water for the wants of a with rakes, pitchforks, poles, spear«
conceivable direction, while between and traveled as directly toward it as settlement. This fertile valley on the and books, on the banks of a tail race,
them were caves and crevices ÎDto the shape of the country would admit. border of the desert has since been call Cause: A salmon having wandered
which it seemed our animals were in Tins butte is near the State line be ed Surprise valley, and now contains up to,the escape gate; but it proved to
be master of the situation, at laft ao«
daDger of falling headlong. The farther tween Clear lake and Goose lake, and quite a population.
counts.
we advanced the worse became the probably distant fifty miles from the
As we stood on the Sierra ridge, we
“A. W.” is wrong about “lunatics.”
route, so that at length we decided to lava ridge west of Lost river, from surveyed the vast desert plains to the
retrace our steps to the smooth country. which we first observed it, and suppos eastward of Surprise valley, apparently I think they are not so far gone yet,
This was difficult,as our horses had be ed it to be about thirty miles away. without grass or trees, and marked by and if “A. W?’ has become an advo»
come separated among the rocks, and it In pursuing our course we passed numerous high rocky ridges running cate of the “mountain climb,"'it is
was some time before we conld get them through the hilly, juniper country be north and south. After deciding on very recently, for he told me that tbs
together and return to the open ground. tween Langell valley and Clear lake our course, we descended tho moun money could not be raised to make a
Then we discovered that one of our without seeing either the valley or tain and soon came to a little stream, survey of the “climb.” I want him to
at
party, David G< ff, was missing. While lake, and at noon arrived at the bed of the banks of which wefe lined with plum go some place where he is not known
in the lava field he had discovered a a stream where there was but little bushes completely loaded with' fruit. and get him a wife, for I have read
Com«
band of mountain sheep, aud in pursu water. The course of the stream was There was a grove of pines at hand, him out of bachelorhood.
ing them had lost his way. Some of north or northwest, and appearances and there we decided to noon, as the again, “A. W.”
Not having had any mail for nearly
the party went quite a distance into the indicated that at times quite a volume day wss extremely hot. Game seemed
rocks, but could hear nothing of him. of water flowed in the channel. This plentiful about this rich valley, and two weeks, I must close this, for I do
We decided to proceed to the meadow was evidently the bed of Lost river, a while we were nooning a large band of not know any news, So, for the
M ac ».
Yours,
country, at the bead of the lake, by en few miles north of where this singular antelope grazed in Bight of us. Spend present,
circling the lava beds to the northward, stream leaves the Clear lake marsh.
FROM BIG BUTTE,
ing about two hours among these pines
and encamp until we could find our
Leaving this plaoe, we pursued our which were the last we saw during our
J an . 30, 1878.
comrade. While we were proceeding journey through a similar country to long and weary march on the desert,
to carry out this programme we discov that passed over during the forenoon, we packed up and moved across the
E ditor T idings :—It seems that on«
ered a great number of canoes leaving and encamped at a little spring among valley eastward
After crossing the Butte Creek knight of the quill has
the lake shore, under the bluffs, and the junipers, near the base of the valley we entered a very sandy district, opened wide hia heart and consented
making for what appeared to be an timbered hill, and passed a very pleas where the traveling was laborious, and to write a “little piece” for “O.M which
island four or five miles distant. We ant night.
next ascended to a table-land, the sur wonderful production made its advent
conld also see a lone horseman riding
On the morning of Jaly 8t.h, we face of which was covered with small in the T idings of the 25th inst, Since
leisurely along the lake shore, ap passed onr landmark and traveled near gravel. By this time most of our friend “O." can play “Old Dan Tuck
proaching us. This soon proved to be ly eastward, over a comparativly level horses were barefooted, and our prog er” and is abont to suooeed with “Pop
our lost friend. The Modocs had dis but extremely rocky country, and ress through the rocky country was goes the Weasel,” hia miod seems to
covered Lim in the lava fields, and nooned in the channel of another consequently very slow. The country be laboring under a state of mental
probab'y supposing that the whole stream, where there was a little waler was bo deBeit like that we bad about hallucination and he ooneeives the
party was about to assail them from the standing in holes. On leaving this despaired of finding water that night, uotion that be must be the musician
rocks, they took to their canoes. He I I j place we found the country still quite bnt just about dark we unexpectedly that “P." alluded to. No, friend “O.”,
said that, seeing the Indians retreating, level, bat exceedingly rocky; for eight came to a little eprtDg. There was but it is not you, for at the time “P.”
he concluded he would leave the rocks or ten miles almost like a pavement. little water, but by digging some we wrote that letter, he did not know yon
and ride along the lake shore where Lute in the afternoon we came oat .into were able to get quite enough for our were the possesser of a new violin. And
selves aud horses, though it kept us
the going was good. We nooned in a the basin of a lake(Gooae lake), appar busy until about raid nig lit to get the now, if “O.” will don a pair of specta
beautiful meadow, containing abont ently forty or fifty miles in length. horses watered Although we had met cles and peruse that letter again, ho
two sections, near the bead of the lake. Traversing the valley about five miles with singularly good fortune in thus will no doubt peroeive that “P.” did
finding water at the close of the first
teacher”
After spending a couple of hours iu along the south end of the lake, we day's march on the desert, we could not say that the “resident Knight
is
was a mechanic. 8moe our
this splendid pasture, we re packed »Dd came to a little stream coming in from not always expect such good luck in snch a magnanimous literary genin*,
started on our way towards the timber the mountains to the eastward, The 1 the future; and as we lay down in our and “O.” can produoe a “full crop” of
ed butte, but bad not proceeded more grass and water being good, we en blankets among the sage brush that poetry, we trust ve shall henceforth be
we could not help having some enlightened truthfully concerning gen»
than a mile before we came suddenly camped here for the night Game night,
gloomy forebodings in regard to the eral events; but, dear friends, do not
upon quite a large stream (Lost river) seemed plettiful, and one of the party future of our expedition.— West Shore, pass over them with a “casual glance.”
To be continued.
comiDg into the lake. We found this killed a fine deer in the vicinity of the
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