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THE THE CHIEF OX HIS TRAVELS. TIDINGS. FRIDAY MARCH 15, l<s I « THE LAttE COUNTRY. % It is becoming liore and more evi dent every year, to those who properly weigh the subject, that the stock bus iness can be depended upon as a sure and permanent industry in the vast re gions lying east of the Cascade Moun tains. Already San Francisco, with her vast and constantly increasing pop ttlation, is beginning to depend upon us for a considerable portion of her beef, and Nevada is also a permanent customer. The shipment of cattle eastward by rail, is getting to be ex tensively practiced, and the purchaso of large bands in Eastern Oregon and Washington, to be driven to Colorado and thence eastward, is doubtless only the beginning of an industry to be ex tensively followed in the future. These things give an assurance of a permanent and profitable business in the beef line, and are great sources of encourage ment to the log cabin m«n of South Eastern Oregon. The Lake ILsin is also coming to the front as a farming country, and we confidently expect, before many years, to sec thousands of • acres of sago brush lands, which wo re garded as little else than desert in the early days, made, through judicious Cultivation, to yield fine crops of grain. A vast acreage of marsh lands about the lakes, will doubtless be reclaimed in a few years, and bo found well suit ed to cultivation, particularly for meadow purposes. In short, the out look is extremely auspicious for the Lake Country, and the time is not far distant when it will contain a large and prosperous population, and be regard ed a3 one of the most valuable portions of our much favored state. QUICKSILV ER IN SOUTHERN OR EGON. Wa cannot refrain from making the following extract from a very charac teristic letter lately reoeived from Son W. R. Dunbar, G. W. C T.: “I have been to Dixie in Polk Co. Went in a shower, aud through the mud and on the Dallas stage, until just below Eola (the ancient city of Polk) when th« thorough brace broke—Knapped clear in two. Then we got off, waded to the fence, shouldered two rails (the driver and I) and returned to the middle of the road. Gau rail we used as a “pry” and the other as a thorough-brace, and, after tying it fast with the halter ropes, away we went again at the rapid rate of almost a quarter of a mile an hour, and, just before the curtains of night came down to shut out the light of the Willamette sun, we were fully ten miles from Salem and only six hours on the road. At this point, I bode the driver good bye, and, summoning my muscular powers into full play, I leap ed off the stage outo terra drma (ru// illahee) in the door-yard of Col Nes mith, and, after supper, under guid ance of his twenty one-year old son, Jim, made my way (through the same shower) to the Grauge hall, where I organized Eagle Lodge, I O G. T., with a ma-culine membership 01 23—the pelting rams at the time drench iug the pebbly valley of the old time La Creole, forbidding the comiug out of the ladies of the neighborhood. It is a good lodge and I bespeak for it pros perity, aud believe it will yet be in strumental in bringing into its ranks some of the tender ones, that its com fortable hall may yet oe cheered by the smiles of some of the mothers, wives, daughters, sisters—yea, sweet-hearts of the neighborhood. The next morning, the clouds had lifted; the sun shoue out and our shad ows were plainly seen, as we wandered the hills across. The white-winged mosquitoe was abroad, seeking his daily blood. All nature seemed to be glad and we were beginning to feel that spring might be here probably iu about six weeks. If it does, may the roads be dryer and we be there to see Could we believe it?—and yet methinks I long ago heard that once in the shad owy past—years agone—the roads in Polk were better than now.” We doubt whether the harness of a Worthy Cuief Templar was ever worn by a more faithful aud energetic champion of the Temperance cause, than is W. R. Dunbar, and we’ feel very sure the popular order to which he belongs could not do better than to continue him iu the service as long as he can be prevailed upou to serve. He informs us that he will visit Southern Oregon in April or May. - — Dr. S. G. Clarke, of No. 16, Creighton St. Cleveland, Ohio, sends us the following, which he says he clipped from the Scientific M ining P ress , published at S in Francisco: We learn from J. I\|. Sutton, an old Ore gon pioneer, that quicksilver is being de veloped in the Rogue River valley, Jack?on county. The first shipment of metal, con sisting of 50 fl tsks, was made to this city last week, and was sold for 44.J cents for shipment to China. Mr Sutton brought us •an item concerning the mine, from the ash - i.AN<i T ilings , which we append, premising, C'hewaucaii. however, that cinnabar ore which works 57 percent is rather rare, and they must not The beautiful valley of the CLewau- expect to find very much of that class of ore. Three or four per cent, ore is pretty good, cau is one of the most valuable pur and some considerably lower than that has been worked a at profit. The item referred tious of the Lake country. Its advan tages as a stoek country have long to is as follows. The Emeliiie mine is situated nn the south been known, and there is no doubt slope ot tire Siskiyou,about four miles south of the Sta'e line,anti consequently is in Sis but that its fertile soil will yet be ex kiyou county C4. It is 011 a branch of Beav tensively utilized for agricultural pur er creek, an affluent of the Klamath, and is poses. The Caewaiican river, which about 35 miles from Jack.#onviile and per haps 25 from Yreka. About 16 miles from rises in the high mountains to the Jacksonville the wagon road terminates,and southward, is a beautiful stream, and only u horse trail extends from tint point to many of the soldier boys, who used to the mines. The route is not a rough one, however, and a go id wagon road could be follow the foot-priuts ot Old Panama's made the entire distance at a moderate ex braves through the «age lauds, remem pense. The regular daily yield of this mine, ber what a relief it was to them to rest with the retort now in use, is about 2 tfi lb#. The ore is immensely rich, haviug yielded upon its grassy banks, and how they siime operations began, although the process used to enjoy fishing in its waters i.f Teturtuig h is been quite imperfect. 57 per The stream, where it enters the valley cent, of pure quicksilver. This is better, we are informe 1. than the average y ield of the I near its wostern extremity,has fall suf New Almaiten mine, in California. A single ticient to drive a vast amount of ma piece of ore,weighing 11 pounds.yielded fl), pound# oi pure quicksilver,and tin* probabil chinery. Tne place is a beautiful one. ities are that there vast quantities ot ore iu too, with its green meadows and cot the lead quite as rich. The mine seems of im touwood groves, aud seems destined, by mense extent,aud tbc.e is 110 estimating its its many advantages, to become the value. Dr. Clark informs us that lie has fin im principal centre of trade for that por proved furnace for the reduction of cinna tion of the Liko country. The exten bar which lie is anxious to introduce into sive marsh, which occupies the princi ttiis country. He claims for it that it can be pal part of the valley, was doubt ess p it in operation at much less expense th an at one time a lake, but it has been the retort in use here, th it the workmen gradually filled with sediment carried while operating it are entirely free from nox down by the little river, until it now ious v ipo.s, that it requires much less fuel, only has the semblance of a lake during und that it will produce five times as much the high water of the spring time. quicksilver iu the same length of time, as Nature is gradually converting it into the present style of furnace. Dr. C. pro a meadow, by the growth of turf aud poses to forward drawings aud furnish par I the annual decay of rank flags aud ticular information 10 persons desiring to tules, aud we believe that, before learn more of his machinery. THE MALHEUR AGENCY. Maj. W. V. Rinehart, U. S. Indian ’ Ag ent at Malheur, in a report to his department, which appears in the Christian. M s.^ivjer, gives quite an en tertaining account o’ the operations there in the interest of the redskins. He reports the whole number of In dians on hand this winter at 561, while last winter the aggregate was 742. He says: ‘'Various causes Lave combined to reduce the number of Indians at this Agency, chief among which is the defection of Chief Wiunemucca.’s baud, growing out of a superstitious feud be tween them and Chief Oitz. Another cause of the falling off in numbers, is he enforcement of the law in relation to issues of supplies. Of the 125 of Tauwadah’s baud, who are now absent, • a few are in the vicinity of Harney Lake and the balance are at Camp Hurney and Camp Bidwell. The in crease in Chief Egan's band is owing to the bringing iu by Special Agent Turner, of 70 Indians from Weiser river, iu Idaho.” Due Mijor does not seem to consider these Oregon Arabs yet tit to become church members, but thinks that “persistent and long con tinued effort will be required to bring them up to a standard of civilization adapted to the introduction of the Chris tian religion. Their reformation can only be wrought out in the culture of their children. Our efforts at religious training have not yet yielded abundant fruit, yet it is to be hoped they may prove ‘bread cast upon the waters.’ ” 1 many years, the principal part of it ' will be as valuable for haying purposes as are its grassy borders. JOHN SMITH. The Ashland T idings claims to havo a letter from John ¡Smith. This shows how perfectly reckless editors some times become. We called on John Smith, at his home in this city, and be tells us be never wrote any letter to the Ashlaud T idings nor to auy other pa per. Bro. Applegate we’d be ashamed if we were you! — Dcwiocraf. John wrote us the letter from Sprague River in his own peculiar chiro raphy, and we would now be ineliue.l to doubt bis being in Albany, were it not fur Bro. Brown’s reputation for truth aud veracity. But the most surprising tiling of all is that our old friend Johu would deny placing those Arkaasaw hiero glyphics over bis old familiar sign manual, on the letter he sent us for tue T idings . However, John is about as ubiquitous as one arm Brown, and is always turning up at unexpected tunes and places and doing a va-t variety of unexpected things; sometimes swear ing like a trooper on Sprague River, then pursuing all kiuds of avocations along down the country, and then aston ishing the people by an effort toadmin ister spiritual consolation to the red- skins on the Warm Spnags R.«sjrva- lion. ]C«o1eneed frouiO.egoni.naDdC.il Dispatches.) The Po3t-Mas‘»‘r G--ner.il decile«! tbnt.a bid Ktibmhtea by J. B Pr!ce. a citiz-n of the State of Mis-utfri, could not be regarded a# invalid on the ground that his wife is one of the sureties thereon, <*s she is possessed of sufficient property in her own right. THATCHER & WORDEN 920 ACRES Or LAND!! DEALERS IN Located in Jackson county Ore gon. 12 miles north-east of Jacksonville. 550 Acre» gnol low I nd—300 Acre« order fence. Bismarck letters from Me » »h of the 20th Two goal dw- lege- Me.’-buUM*, B rn, Shed und ul'., say: Mi e- was organizing .>n expedi oil er oni bu'lde g-. Writ w«t»r-d by creek »id tion of 850 m-n. b si les Hie 150 ■ ecriiii#, t epri g — Plenty • fg'« d rail libber-Good rage fur zo i'it<> the Iudian country, silting Bull i* s uck. uow on th<- o her side. PRICE: $8 00 PER ACRE. Constantinople M irch 5.—Layard, th«- British Minister, g «ve a soiree to-night in honor <»f Gen. Grant. SIKES WORDIN H. M. THATCHER. FOR SALE! GEMER1L NEWS. jy This is A No. 1 Farm with good sheep range, and very cheap. LINKVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON. Are now receiving from Ssn Fraucifeco an extensive slock of goods of great exactly suited to ibe trade of ibe LAKE COUNTRY 69 ACRES L'mdo’i. M .rch 5—A special from L'oyd# from G ilaiz sajs the work ot einoving <he Which »hey »re prepared to «ell at prices that cannot fail to satisfy customers. obstructions in the Dmub- will bedn to Of I. nd udj Inirg i e Cby of AsbLnd “on the »«-»U - 5 or 6 ere# under ruliivaiiou, m t below the water sure to call and see us and see fur yourselves. in<»r:ow We expect navigation to be open ditch—A email h< use, orchard &c-Cheap for osb, in two week# Elmir«, New York, M«r 5.—Greenbick# 78 ACRES elect' d Gruivill« 1). P.rs-ons in yor >0 day. Three nife« ►••nth-west < f Pu.« ix-7 acres in cul- by a m .jo it« of 424 ov -r I <ck>o 1 Rich ir>l tivitiou— 50 aeree h rd *oui limb r, piiucip..lly #011. < itize.i’s candida'e. T ey uiso c.iriied wbi e oak. F- r tale ch-ap. live of the seven aide im«-n. 6ÌFF or part cui ts inquireuf Washington, Marcn 5.—It may be stated ’ W atters & G aby , th it our Governm«*ut will extend a form il Rem Eat te Agents 34» n Ashland Oregon. recognitio 1 10 the Government of Diaz at in early date. D1.1Z will make no pledz«* 01 ASHLAND LIVERY . stipulation, but extensive correspondence nas developed an e truest desire on his part tor friendly relations and for avoiding all cause of complaint. B* Beef Cattle, Hides and Wool taken in ex change for goods. Do not forget the Old Pioneer Store of the Lake Country. THATCHER & WORDEN. v2n 19tf. SALE AND FEED STABLES ! Constantinople, Mtrch 6—The Por e is stated to have sanctioned the stay of Rassi m tioops at San Stef 100. as long as the British fleet remains in the rea of Mnmora. London. March 6th.—l.o d Beaconsfi-1J is said to be strongly opposed to the antiex- of Egypt. Chicago, March 7.—T ie N itional Dairy A#socia<ioti is holding a convention here, with deleg it ona representii g l7 st nes and territory-. There are de]« ga e fiom Neva da, California Utah a,nd Or. gou, uuo great enthusiasm is evinced Puiladeiphia, Mach 6.—Superin.e ident Pollock oi the M nt will issue to-moirow 250 OOd new silver dollars, now beiugcoitied .it mat institiit.on. Lo n on, March 8.—A special from Tifli- s.iys an American inis-ionary from Persia slates that the plague has broken uut ul Peshda and other ci tes. Morrà Baum. main street , ashland 0 i4s Main Street, Ashland, ju-Uy C)ULD Announce to the people of Jackson and Lake counties that they have commenced receiving their new Fall H<uck„ and that every day will witness additions to the largest stuck of POPULAR STABLES I bave constantly un band the very best SADDLE HORSES BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES. tut u oui at any time. Ever brought to this n.aiket. They desire to say to every reader ot this paper that if HCR.LS BOARDED Sau bi'aociseo, Much 8.—Heavy snow storm east of ChejeuUe l.isi aintit 1 >d storm Ou reas u ibi • itrms,’ and given i!.e best o tug .still he iv.er tu*ir.gti!. All tue Wife» are at eutioa. iiowu east of tn.it point. Load >n, March 8.— a Berlin dispatch states ID it Ge many has accep ed lue piop- ostliou tor a cOugreps o 1 Tamsiluy ..I vr- noon. Austria. Russia, Ttnk ■y aud lia.y Dive ai.-O accepted, Il la certain thaï the cungiess will meet, whether France and Euglaud will ac ept or cot. -------------- ». « iCoudsueedjium 81. ib ExctuiDges) A ni in named Ad-uph Browner W IS •Ifiwne i in B.-.iioii • o, last Saturday, lie was # logger and it s<»ems acciuent.y step ped oft a log hi 1 w is drowned b< 'oie asisi- ance reached him.—B ee . James Uro 1, ul J. ff-rs m a native o! Dun dee Sco laud, aged .»bom 38 years wa- found de id in a saw ■ ill where he had be-n i carpenie ’ing, on darch 1st The L'uro ier’- jury decided tnai he Came to bis death by ‘•apoplexy, or sum a natural cans*.” Standard Goods, Sold at the lowest market price, Will do it, they propose to do the largest business this Fall arid, Winter ever dune by ihem iu the last live yeais, And that they can positively make it to the advantage of every (Mie to call upon them in Ashland and lest the tiuth ol their assertions. V J 1.34 fl They will spare no pains to maintain, more fully than ever the rep utation of their house as the Strayed. ------- -—_ STATE NEWS- GENERAL MERCHANDISE. And can I hìti Ì s I i iny customers with a tiptop HEADQUARTERS ACKNOWLEDGED $5 00 REWARD ! » 8'r yed from the uuder-igoed, Hviig at Rock’<-1- low’s t uci.e: ou<- sm«ll r >un mare, uith Ml un, s’.od all round; ai-<> one iioa gr y hors-, e ddie marked, to ►ho^s. Tnf nniiii.il left with the owner or nt the T idings ouice, 1-iuiing to tbeii recovery, will be rewarded as ab .ve. 33 3 GEO. KELLEY. staple and Fancy Goods. Groceries. Hardware, Clothing, Beets Shoes. Hats, Caps. Millinery and Dress Goods, Crockery, Glass and Tinware, Shawls* Wrappers, Cloaks. An.l in fact Eveivhing Required for the Trade of All persons indebted to M^ hith . Hel man & Fountain, will plea^ come for A fire r«ce illy occm re I at Camp Hart oy ward uud Kettle the aaiue with the nu- which completely destroyed the qua. ter- of derNigmd. as she old books must be C.ipt. Ben me and Lieut Wiiirigtit. Lo«#, f-quuied up immediately. iboitSIdO. Taesoliiers rendered lim-lv 33tf J. D. FOUNTAIN. assistance and succeeded in saving most o the effects 1 f the officer». Tne tfouglass I xde .’E- de >T s iys a letter rece.ved from D. Y. Leve is of Canyonville brings encouraging news frum >iiddl<* ere k NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY APPLE TREE# mines. Work is progressing rapidly, and in AT THE ground sluicing gold is frequently » eu wiili Hits n ike 1 eye. The J cksoiiville I imes say#: Charley Howard returned Wedne* i .y uo.n survey ing a mining claim toi G<o. it.i#s a <d other#. L uis grave, be I is situated at the mo uii of Jump off Jo.* creek, and i.. i# prujio-« <1 to run .1 diicli. the le .giu u wu ch is <-»tim it. d .0 be seven miles Southern and South-Eastern Oregon A FI LL LINE OF---- ex 2Â-' '• 9 CONSISTING OF— Casimeres, Flannels. Tweeds, Doeshins. Blankets Stocking Yarn and Made-up Clothing. WHEAT—OATS—BARLEY—BACON—AND—LARD. 1 ue Grant Co. Ti .its give« an ace unit of i be 111 inner in Which one U’8h»y lately ©scaped fiorn l <ec ui.ity j iil ui Grant, llr was ev ide uly q lite a gehiu«. By mem# fa wo »den A gr» it v..ri-t) «.f ib e 'h ule, Nir und orn i- wrench betook of ih« buris of the iron bar tiifui. 1 Tre«-, of the very b et k i.dn, always on which iante led the door of his c 11, substi tm< d ><ud lor «ate c eip. Be sur«- to give ni# nell tuting noole i ones which he paint, d bl .ck and 8-e for )ourvelf. O. COOI.IDGE. [2-33tf to represent the original o:i'*s. Making a a key of a cartridge shell he uni mk.-d bis K. J. F arlow . shackles. He heu iem tved a bar fio.n the DR. H. T. IN LOW m tin jail window an I esc .pel through a 17 iuch iperture into the ou..sme world, lie has bee 1 lecaptured A Thousand for 70 DoJars! Come e, come all! and give ns a trial v2n2O f.J J. M. McCALL k CO. PIONEER STORE. Ashland Qsegen, City Drug Store A hal1 bre ■ 1 b y fr »m’he mountain# came in 1 own o e hi; last week, and was .-ui pri ed at tLr cor 11 lot; wiiu which he wa# greet - ed by o .r c: ;ze is—ua iy of woo n went lai out of ibeir w y o hik- Hands wi b h hi . ilis woudei Cva-e I w .en he was informed that they were candidates lor office.—W esi - EBx ATAB. IN.OW ¡L F~RLOW Druggists and Apothecaries Freeb Drug* of al] kinds kept couruintly on hand (O) A Large and Fresh stock of An Elegant stock of Clothing Dry Goods at the at the PIONEER STORE PIONEER STORE. A Fine Assortment of Fancy I A splendid stock of Boots and Shoes at the Goods and Notions at the PIONEER STORE. PIONEER STORE- •/ -ALSO Tne 81 aies si an learns that a m in named frank Rice, living betwee 1 Harrisburg and PAINTS OI1S Brownsville, cumini lied suicide by sio.oiii.g DYE-STUFF liimselt 01 Tuesday niorui .g ot la-si Week SOAP Il is tuoighc be Cumtnnted the aci because ue was upprebeastve that be was taking the Perfumery, and all kinds of consumption. William Spencer, who was sent from PATENT MEDICINES Wa»cu Co , >0 tu<- peuiteu iary for th. criiu« of perjury h is be-m par.io ie<l b_, Governor PILEScR IP1 IONS c-iiefuily compounded Chadwick. 01 the p tui >11 oi numerous cm Kill käsF u be bwi KcuUtue aruciee u-ed. zens .it \Va#co, and the rec imm.-uaubou of tne Judge, Ptoiecu i.ig A. on»ey aud jury, Pnce» at luw a» U>e timt» wri justify. before whom hr was tried. At a Qre in Sole n on «Vediirsday night, ^^TS ore one door .outhuf the Poel û.ce-up- three lolies—Jdrs. Breyman, Mrs.Mi uu ami * pjBkc uie AbhU* « a H.,u8e, her sister—m t ine I a .-mall Gardner h <mi engine, which b ij.pe ie I .0 be ne .r, and put È^rDr.. H T I n Low can always be foaod at 01 he 'iro be or«* tne engine co'np.aoies tue *i..re, r. ady to u.te^d to piuteeei.'uaj 1 .»1 r v L- Too »aiem b ys call u.eni 11.e ‘ fire-ladd es.’ — TrLEOBAM V2u33J) INLOW to FARLOW An immense stock of the best brands of Tobacco and Cigars at the PIONEER STORE. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, PAINTS AND OILS, “Cheaper than the Cheapest” is Our motto. Bring on your Produce and Exchange for Goods. V2n44,-tf 1 A » varie • *• % MRS.M. W. HARGAD1IKE. i