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INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON.
VOL. II. NO. 39.
ASHLAND, OREGON: FRIDAY, MARCH
ASHLAND TIDINGS.
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OFFICE—On Maim Street, (in rear Dr.
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ASHLAND, OREGON.
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M. L. McCALL,
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Surveyor ai><l Civil Engineer,
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HOT E L S.
Asìilaxid Lodge N o . S3«
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Hold tbeir r»*guhr meettnj: every Saturday even-
ini; at their hoi in Ashland. Broihers in goml
»laud.ng are c jnlially invited to attend.
A. D. EELMAN, N. G
R. P. NEIL, Rec. See y.
Reiiekih meeting« on Tuesday evening, neare»t
toe full of the in..ou even month.
J. A. APrLLGATt.
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SALEM OREGON.
DK. J. Il
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A shland ,
ASHLAND HOUSE.
rpilL I N’DERSIi.N. D WISHES TO RE-
i_ mitili his tiiemls, au<l 'he traxeliiu pub­
lic geueiaby, ih;U be is siili lo he ieui.d at
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LONG ESTABLISHED HOUSE,
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where lie Is reuly at any time, and on a’l
occasions- to set 1-c o e n cm .he I esi l be
iunkei affords, in a style secoua iodo other
bouse in Oi egou.
Pinners and suppers lot’special occtsiois
gotten up in appioppale style, at .-hoit no­
tice.
J a SI’EU HOUCK.
P ioneer H otel .
Linkville, Lake County, Oregon
OllEGON.
OFFil'E—A4 tlie Ashland Drugstore.
J. R. NEIL,
j^T TORNEY A M.AW,
Jacksonville, Oregon.
DR. J. S. JACKSON.
PHYSICIAN and SUHGEON.
JACKSONVILLE OREGON.
C>r»duA<e uf the Belkvue ilufpital Me ”>o,l Cod.ge,
Jiew York.
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J. W. HAMAKAB.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
LINK VILLE 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 guests
Comfortable and Happy.
Give him a call and rest assured
that he will make you feel at
home
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GEORGE NURSE.
LAK.VlLW COH a GEI
.1 Plemant and Homelike House situated
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IIilluming lliid Springs, near
Klainatli Luke«
Office in Post Office Building. Social
Eleven m’des from Linkville, on the read to
attention ¡/iri'ii to conretiaiicing. [2 19tf.
Ft. Klamath, Lake Co., Oiegoti.
H. KELLEV,
Attorney and Conusellor-at-Law,
J ackson vit. ls , O regon .
Will pr c ice in all the C »urt8 of 'he State. Prom,
at eu ion given to »11 bue'ue»e intrusted to my care.
O fficb — I o the bulHi»g formerly occupied
JQhler i Wai eon, oppu utt Court House.
jp#“ A tie nt o:> paid to tie wants of gn^ds
The subscriber a’so keeps a Good Smble
well suppli-d with b iy and grain. Call aim
si v it be can keep h>»lel.
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D. J. Ferree.
$2.50 PER ANNUA!
Something to Shun.
D aniel gaby ,
F riday —
8, 1878.
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yon would bo perfectly satisfied — into the yard and jammed the door;
Ashland.
would understand the whole thing,and but she said not to let her mother know
Though pl ci<l the waters may-her
A brief stay in Ashland is sufficient
be perfectly happy that you did un­ what «he had told us, for «he (the
O'er irhith you ro che-rfol y glide,
to
convince the average visiter that the’
derstand, wouldu’t you ? •
mother) believed some one had tried
No cloud to o'e. shadow the tea,
My aunt had a good farm and one of to break in at the door aud she did not place has improved considerably in the
No ic upest io rutile the the tide,
Keep ever a liaud on tue air,
the fiuertt apple orchards I ever saw, want to hurt her feelings. In the [ past year. Several new buildings have
Nor think >h it with cure« you have done.
bnttopleisu her oldest children she im-autime the mother whs opening a gone up within that period, principal
L ei you in ntido lean’deplore,
sold out to go to the southern part of hole above the door that she might see among which is the mercantile estab­
Au error ’tw:ie ewy to thun.
the state,as i have before stated. It was out. By this time we had our clothes lishment of McCall & Co. Th18 is a
N > pathway to h >nor or f me
a pretty large amount she received for ou and were all right. We wore per­ spacious and well arranged edifice,
Is easy or i-mo -th to he feet.
Who eeeKS an it iistrio'is n m.e
her farm, but I don’t know how much fectly quiet. There was uo light in the aud, when the second story fe com- .
M i«t to 1 tiir High toe col l and the he it.
money was paid down, It was knowu room excepting fire-light. The moth­ pleiad, will be one of the finest in *
In order tue pi iz<) to secure
through the neighborhood that she er was watching through the bole she Southern Oregon.
There’a deign af er lieight to 1» won,
Disappointments aud griefs to endure,-
had received pay for ber farm.
Hire bad made above the door. In front of
One of the greatest drawbacks to the
Temptations and dangers lo suun.
was alone with her three youngest cbil the door, about thirty feet distant, appearance of Asblaud is the lack of
Too many a iife das been wricked
dren. As iu all other nOghhorhoods, there Was a fence. While everything system which characterizes the laying-
in set ki .g for pleasures uloue,
there were some lufernai scoundrels was quiet, the mother motioned for us out of the streets, the bouses being
A' if H ere were naught to reject,
there, mean enough to rub a widow, or to cume and look. Wuen we went to strung over a great txpanse of country
As if all of time weie its oau.
Ou, Into bow many a snare
anybody else.
the door to look, the boy held tile axe. aud at irregular intervals.
l'Li“ heart s beai beloved ate won.
Several days before I went to visit We saw a large, powerful man—at
Endowed with a water power of an
Th'»ugh coUscieDC-i h .8 bide them bewire
my aunt, two men caoe to rob the lea-t he looked so iu the «tar light— ample character, several quite impor­
< H traps niey .ire c at 1-so to shun !
I house. The fonrt>*en-year obi boy was «landiug >u the corner of the fence. tant enterprises have sprung up here,
Tue i'e we are le.ding ro-lay
I a brave felloe, au I c mid bavo defeud- Wilde we looked at him, lie stooped chief of winch are the woolen mills,
In EItn was oi ly portrayed,
Wheu over the floaer strewn way,
' ed the house desperately if he bad low aud «tarted for the door,aud at the plauing mills and foundry. The wool­
liie shadow ofevh «■*» |. i I.
[ been armed, lmt not expecting any- «ame moment we tliouglit we could S£e en muls have shut down for the pres­
And lliey WHO iu llisrfui *e,
| thing of the kind, they w<«re uot pre a d trk figure approaching from the oth­ ent, but are doing a better business
1 lieu p'.eiu i f mve u . mi be.u.i,
Wers iloo.ued io . culltLci. Wil 1 foes
pared with anything to defend them er side 1 looked at the girl who had said now than they Lave done at any one
Tuey 11 duol the Courage to shun.
»elves with.
O.ir old K-ntuckey it was a lalwe alarm. I saw her eyes tlasb time previously. The planing mill aud
Ike refill of e loos.i g jo lr fii-uds.
Liousiu were made of hewed logs, dove- uud a white streak across her upper furnature factory of L. S. P. Marsh is
Nor w.i k iu a d iiigeroUs way,
tailed it the corners, Tue doors were iip. Turning to her twin brother, she both complete aud extensive and em­
Since h i»l lo moi row depends
stroug
aud ueavy. with str ing fasteu took the «xe from him as though he ploys a large number of bands, among
< >u co* you n ive in m ged u - lay.
There's m uy . joy io oe f <u:id,
mgs. Tiiis was the kind of a house my had been a child, shoved him and her whom our old friend Jas Lawrence
lucre’s many a pr ze to lie won,
aunt lived in. It was about iuiduigbt mother lrom the door aud placed her­ loom3 up in prominence. W. J. Zim­
Aid ahie-er ricu ire i-ures aboull I
when the robbers came.
Tuey tried self in front. Tiiis was doue as quick merman is side proprietor of the iron
There salw.ys more d.ogee to slum.
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the door and found it- fast.
My aunt as you could think. Now, if I was works, which perform a great variety of
got out of bed and asked who was writing a romance, I would tel! you work in the best manner. There are
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there.
I. suppose the robber« had tuat tue robber broke in at the door other enterprises which add to the
A KENTV'CKEY STO K Y.
been ¿linking pietiy freely, and hence aud that the uobie, heroic girl cleaved manufacturing interests of Ashland,
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did not think of any other means than him to the j lws with the axe,aud 1 have while others are in contemplation.—
to break in at once. Th y told ber to no doubt she would have done so had Times.
The weather is stormy and gloomy
open the door or they w<>uld break it iie broken the door. Wuen the girl took
Mexican Veteran «
ano 1 am uuwell. l’lie bluett work so
dowu. I tol l you that my aunt’s s >u the axe from her brother, he spoke out
hunl upon me that I muat d>> souie-
iu law lived about a quarter of a mile loud enough for the rubber to hear him,
B altimore , Feb. 22.—The regular
tiling to keep them trorn taking tail
from her ln/nse. lie had a very pow­ “I see the d—.1 scoundrel; give me t'iat annual meeting of the national associa­
possession of rue; heucu 1
write,
erful dog. Idou'tknow w u it.breed lie gun; I'il bl iw his brains out!’ Of tion of Mexican Veterans commenced
W’ljal i write IS uot fiction but ¡act-,
wa», but all I remember is tuat he wasu course there was no gun, hut lie waul­ in Ibis city to day. Col. Buduck made
abuUl things that happened some fifty
tremendous animal and thit ins name ed to «Cdre the rubber. In the mean a brief address of welcome, which was
five or fitly six yeais ago—1 am not !
was Help. Jibt a« the robbers were time, auut went up stairs and halloed responded to by Geu. J. W. Denver,
positive about tue date.
about to break iu the door. Help was m a loud voice, “Thieves! tuieves! president of the national association.
I iimi an aunt, a sister to my mother, i
there, and with such a growl as a lion Bring Help !’’—she meant the dog. Wo The roll was called and over one hun­
living iu the siatc ot K -ntuckey, in an '
might bale made, he was upon them, children were just enough excited to dred members answered. It was an­
adjoining county from that iu which I I
and instantly took one of them down have fought “Lse a den of wild ciVs'’ nounced that a telegram had been re­
we lived, and about thirty miles dis
Hu yelled awfully for the other to take in case tue robbers had broken in Tue ceived from Hun. Green Clay Smith, of
taut. She was a handsome woman and
the dog off As it happened, they had girl «total iu trout, next the dour, bold Kentucky, orator, stating he could not
must have been forty years of ag-j at
no fire-arms, but the other robber u.-ed lug the axe firmly iu her bauds, with­ be present to deliver the oration. The
the time of wuich I write.
Though
> heavy club ami knife ou the dog, un­ out the quiver of an eye lid. I inn committee appointed Gen. AV. W. Da­
my mother wa« dark with black hair,
til lie got him away from his mate. pretty Oertaiu the girls beariug is what vis, of Peuuaylvauia, who was present
my aunt was very fair with beautiful
Though the noble animal was badly gave the rest of u« courage. I believu uni consented to be orator and would,
dark red hair—what poe s call golden.
wounded iu the shoulder by a knife «be was born for a commander, and 1 to-night, deliver his lecture on the
Her dark hazel eyes were the rno-t
cut, and considerably bruised by the think if she ever married, her husband Balls of M mtezuma.
luautilul, I thought, I ever saw a
dub, he still stuck to them «o closalv had to “toe the murk.” Now, this all
The secretary’s report shows a mem­
woman have. She had been married
that they bad to leave.
happened iu a very few moments. The bership of 4,(»49 The present officers
twice, and her last husband had been :
A few days after this, I came to my «ou iu-iaw auowered that he was coin- were re elected. The chairman of the
dead some ten years at the time I I
aunt’s on a visit' After I came, there mg; the robbers hearts failed them aud committee on resolutions submitted a
speuk of. She hud three children by :
wa? bloodshed, but no one was killed they did uot utteiupt to open the door. report. Tiie special features in the res­
her first husband and three by the
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AVe were now two hoys, two girls and Alter wuiiiug au hour or two, we ull I ! olutions are those asking the president
last. The first three were all married; !
the mother. I remember that we child­ went to the son-iu-law’s. I told you of the United States to employ Mex­
but all girls aud boys married young ■
ren felt pretty stroDg and t like d “big” there was no oue killed, but that there ican veterans in government depart­
in old Kentuckey. Now, if I am a
about what we would do in ease the was blood-shed. I ll tell you bow that ments, in navy yards, and elsewhere,
little tedious in telling my story, yon
robbers should come again. Aunt ap­ wa»: Tue next day the boy got a long making no distinction between Mex­
must, bear it, for, nt I told you in the
I peared to be very uneasy, bat told
us K-eutucky rille. We requested Auut to ican veterans who fought in the late’
start, I am trying to drive off the blue
she thought the roboers hid met with let us have a pa let ou the tljor. We war in either the union or confederate
devils, and if you get out of patience,
such a defeat thron Ji the attack of the sat tue gun up at the bead of the bed, states armies. Tue report was adopted.
I don't see what y on are going to do
dog, that they wouldn’t come any more. so as to be ready t j «hoot at any mo­ A resolution was adopted to appoint a
about it, for I going to tell it in my
Still I could see she iv^is fearful and ment. la the course of the night, the ì committee of one from each state to’
own wuv. It is uot a love story but a
very watchful; ie fact she hid slept but guu fell down, the “hind sight” strik­ visit Washington, Tuesday next, and
matter of fact; not a tragedy, though
little «nice the attempt to rob.
ing the boy above the »ye, cutting him urge upon congress the passage of the'
it came very bear being oue.
Now I
We had no fire arms of any kind and to tee bone. Tuere was plenty of blood bill grauting pensions to soldiers who'
think I have your curiosity so arou-ed
the noble d'»g was “¡aid up” with his ou the bed clothes aud a great deai of served in the Mexican war. Adjourn­
tliat you will read the yarn; if not, alt
wounds at home; however, we “put ou hard swearing from the boy. In a few ed to meet hero February 22, 1879.—
right; I stiail write auyhow, if I eau
the brave” and kept the axe iu the Jays the older brothers came home. t hfijiilii n.
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find enough candle paper to write oil.
house at night. We also had a heavy i Tue oldest one met a man whom be
THE RAINFALL IN OKICGO^.
After this digression, I will go b<ck
iron poker and a pair of tongs, au I i suspected to be oue of the house break-
to my aun* and ber children. The old­
Under this csntioD.a correspondent of
considered ourselves pretty well armed; ' ers, aud gave him such a thrashing that
est of the first three—a girl—was mar­
I the Stockton (C*l.) IwL'p ivIe ..-^writing
in fact we couclii led tli-re was uo dan­ be kept Ills lied far weeks. I have giv
from this city, says: “Dropping ’ntr/
ried aud lived about a quarter of a
ger, tuj tyed ourselves fi-.jelv ami “slept ' en no names, but if you wish it, you the United-States signal serv.c i off? th ,
mile Irum the log house my auut lived
a trout.” I don’t kuow ’ shall have ull names and further parti- one day, during our stay in Portland,
? as sound as
-in, and I think had two children. The I
we were somewhat astonished to Darn
bow sound tLat is, but I always hear ■ cnlars.
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three children, by the second husband.
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that
the rainfall of the weapon of
people making the compaiisou and I
T he Dardanelles, toward which so 77 was 72 11 inches, distributed
Were two girts and a boy. I believe I
suppose there is something uu ant by
much attention is directed, fairly teems ■ throughout the year the heaviest fait
am getting the thing a little m’xed.but
it—very bound sleep,I suppose. It was
with uisturic and poetic memories. Its in any one month being 12 45 incbet/
have patience, aud I ll get it all straight
in November. Our astonishment was
long before our sound sleep was dis­
navigation was first attempted by the even greater when we w»«re told that at,
after awhile. The first three children
turbed and our big bravery brought to
Argonauts under Jason in their search Astoria the rainfall fur the season was
were two boys aud a girl. I have told
a te»t.
for the Golden Fieece. At Abydos, Xer­ 109 inches.or over nine feet! Californ­
you where the girl lived. The boys
It was between twelve and one
xes built his famous Bridge of Boats ians would ba more than satisfied if
were married and had gone to the
1 o'clock at night, when “ something dis­
for the invasion of Greece, aud it was they could g-t that much in five years.
southern part of the slate to get them
The greatest recorded rainfall at Port­
turbed me aud I partially awoke. I
homes there, aud had persuaded their heard a beuvy crauli at the door, an.I here that Hero and L?aQder became land in any one month, was iu Novem­
mother to sell out. aud follow them »aw niy aunt pushing against it with world renowned Leander who lived at ber. 1873, when 15 77 inches fell, or art
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| The two oldest of the last three chil­ all her stieugtia. She called us with Abydos, ua the Asiatic shore, was in average of more th iu ha1 f an inch a day.”
love with Hero the beautiful priestess Having examined th i record, we flhil
dren were twius— a g'rl and a boy of
ail Ler might, and instantly we were of Venus, at Sestoe.Hud regularly «warn that tue correspond-nt raised the sig­
fourteen; the yourige-t, a girl of about all up uud armed with shovel, p »ker, the strait to meet his mistress. Oue nal officer’s report ab >ut 11 inches f »r
twelve. I am thus particular, that lungs, aud anything we could get bid ! dark aud stormy night he tailed to ap this place, and he did th • same tiling
you may fully understand the matter I oi. Toe oldest gu 1 hail put ou her pear. vVueu the luckless Hero visited probably, for Astoria. The reports of
toe shore the u^-xt morning the waves the signal officer here for the past five
am trying to tell you. Wo it is a story dress and looked perfectly unconcern­ had washed the dead body of her luver
years, shows that ths greoest rainfall
worth without a preface full "f details, ed, while the rest of us were standing upon the »auds Overcome by ber loss in anv one of the five was 6i? IS inches,
anyhow? What if somebody was to in the middle of the floor, armed to the I »he plunged into the sea, and tue spot n 1875. The precipitation iu 1877 WM
code ioto the house with a rush,scarce teeth, with our legs Bbuktug—uaked ! b -came ev-*r af'er sacred to their mem­ 58 30 inches. Oregon baa never had
ory. Ua the 31-»t of March 1810, L ird any distressing drouths, hut we don’t
ly petting bis breath, aod oommen-e legs at that, for we bad had no time to
Byron swum the Dardanelles at the like to be represented a’ Imving a con­
I stammering:“Tna-tba thatfe fe-feller— put on onr clothes
.same
point in seveuty minutes Tue stant flood either. Five feet is a reas­
But after we got
got house robbed last night!” “Who do up, everything was still for a while. «wim Irorn A >y I«« to Sestos is still re­ onable amount of moisture, lint sit
you mean by ’that feller?’’’ “Why The oldest girl g >t a chauce, while ber peated by B» ron-inspirated tourists, feet is wetting it down a little to.
and will probably contiuue to be. as much oven for the proverbial webfoot.
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that feller—what’s his name? -who moth»r was busy at the door, to tell us loug as the giam >itr of poetry aud tra The average ____________
rainfall for ____
five ________
years last
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• past has been 54 04 inche». -‘-OrrtfrntidH*
lives over yonder by the creek I” Now it was a fal»e alarm, that a cow had got dition hangs ruuuJ the spul.
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