THE
THE CHIEF OX HIS TRAVELS.
TIDINGS.
FRIDAY
MARCH 15, l<s
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THE LAttE COUNTRY.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Beef Cattle, Hides and Wool taken in ex
change for goods.
Do not forget the Old Pioneer Store of the Lake Country.
THATCHER & WORDEN.
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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.
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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.
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They will spare no pains to maintain, more fully than ever the rep
utation of their house as the
Strayed.
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STATE NEWS-
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
And can I hìti Ì s I i iny customers with a tiptop
HEADQUARTERS
ACKNOWLEDGED
$5 00 REWARD !
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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.
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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
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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----
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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-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
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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.
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