THE
ASHLAND
TIDINGS
excellent g-az’ng land in ths vicinity of 1 is
610 acre co nation claim.”
What wealth I may have bad was accumu
F riday ............ ........................... MARCH 2>. 1878
lated by my own labor, and that of my fam
ily on a farm, and, as their natural protec
tor. I promised, in consideration of faithful
UNIVERSAL PEACE.
performance on their parts, that upon their
Students of history cannot fail to be marriage, or at mature age, if they preferred
impressed with the fact that, in Earope to do for themselves elsewhere, to give to
al least,the war spirit is on the decliue. them such a start fir themselves a» our mu
Five
At no period in former times,did a con tual accumulations would justify
flict, approaching the magnitude of the sons, a grandson and one diugbterhave
performed their part of the contract.
Th»*
late war between Russia and Turkey,
deeds of land were made to th»*m when they
fail to involve neighboring powers in were men and women, martied. or about to
the struggle. Back and forth over the be; and, being made to them as they arrived
territory which has been a bloody at the age of maturity, the transfer runs
stage for the enactment of the late through a serie* of ye irs. beginning before
great tragedy, the red tide of war lias May was elected Secretary of State, and at
ebbed and flowed for centuries. The least four years before Mr. Dowell signed
primal cause of every conflict has been his bond; ana the last of these de£da was
the near approach, or actual contact, of made years before May w <s ever suspected
inharmonious elements of human soci of dishonesty as a public officer; anl, as a
eties. The palm of victory which,dur part of the land last deeded was my wife’s
ing past ages, has vibrated in tbe bal half of our donation claim, which could no
ance between tbe contending powers have been taken to p iy my debts, if I had
owed any, which I did not outside my own
of a higher and a lower civilization, is
family, the charge of f. aud, or the in'entiou
rapidly settling down in favor of the
of fraud, certainly falls to the ground.
former. It has been a contest between
T >e above facts are spread upon the roc
forces which, in accordance with tbe ords of the county, and, as Mr. Dowell had
immutable law rendering virtue stron examined these records and even take t C >p-
ger than vice, truth mightier than ies of such of these de ‘da as he thought
falsehood and knowledge more potent would suit his purposes before charging me
than ignorance,tbe final result has ever with crime, he convicts himself of a fa'se and
FOR SALE!
harm'esely on the race as it does upon me
H. M. THATCHER.
SIKES WORDEN
as an individual.
If any who read this paper think I am
! V I •
harsh in thus branding Mr. Dowell with ma
DEALERS IN
licious falsehood, in the matter concerning Located in Jackson county Ore
me, they may satisfy themselves that such
gon. 12 miles north-east of
coi.duct is natu al to biin. by examining bis
public rec »rd, without descending into the
Jacksonville.
mysteries of his darker private life.
550 Acres goot plow 1 <nd—300 Acres order fnce.
They will fl id that the wealth, of which
Two
good dwebiogs- MeD-hvnee, B-rn, Sited and
be boistt, was accumulated by such acts as
other out buildtrge. Well witend by creek and
he committed in an expedition to meet the
sprii gs—Plenty vf good rail limber-Good range for
LINEVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON.
immigrants, commanded b» Cap'. Walker, stock.
I think in 1853; by bis record as claims
PRICE: S8 00 PER ACRE.
Are now receiving from San Frauci&co an «x.eneive stock ol goods of great varie
agent at Wellington, and, lastly, by his
exactly suited to the trade uf the
I^^This is A No. 1 Farm with
lawsuit with bis co ifederate, Griswold, fin
good sheep range, and very cheap.
ally determined in the U. S. Court at Port
land. The decision of the Judge is printed
iu pamphlet form and may. I presume, be
had for the asking. And, though the pam Of L'nd adjoining ite CVy of Ashland “on the west*
Which‘hey are prepared to sell at prices that cannot fail to satisfy customers.
Be
phlet contains no more of the pleas, answers — 5 or 6 teres under cultivaiiou, and below the water sure to call and see us and see for y ourselves.
and evidence than is necessary to expl in ditch—A small house, orchard Ac-Cheap for cash,
the Judge's decision, yet the little given
7S ACRES
»hows to whtt dephts of infamy and diabo
lism man may descend, in the pursuit of
Three miles south-west • f Phoenix—7 acres in cnl-
unrighteous gain: that all the epithets Mr. tivation—50 acres h rd wood timber, principally
Dowell applies to Mr. Griswold, are equa'lv ■whl e oak. For sale cheap.
Lay Fur part cnl r» inquire of
applicable to him-elf, and tint Mr D'well’.s
THATCHER & WORDEN
920 ACRES OF LAND
LAKE COUNTRY
69 ACRES
Beef Cattle, Hides and Wool taken in ex
change for goods.
victory over his opponent only proves him
the most skillful and adroit rascal of the two.
Yours Truly, J esse A pplegate .
W atters & G aby ,
Real Est.te Agents
A-hland Oregon.
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Do not forget the 0!d Pioneer Store of the Lake Country.
THATCHER A WORDEN.
ASHLAND LIVERY
been tbe same.
Tbe gentle banner malicious slander. *
of tbe Cross and the vicious and licen
Fu’ tber, that I deeded a thousand acres
tious standard of tbe Crescent, can no of excellent grazing land to my children, is
in Prices of
more float in peace together over the so naked a falsehood that a ni m of les* nerve
SEWING MACHINES!
historic valleys of tbe Danube and and practice in such things would never
tbe Bosphorous, than can the wild war have ventured upon it. This tract of graz
AN $80 SINGER FOR $60 I
ing
land
was
not
only
not
deeded
to
my
whoop of tbe American savage and the
BOX TOP, 2 DRAWERS & DROP LEAF.
sweet cadence of tbe vesper hymn har children, but was executed as my property
SGOJ
$60!
$6OT
monize in one refrain along tbe shores and sold by the State, and tbe procee ls ap
plied to the May Judgment; noris this all:
of the Mississippi or the Columbia.
After the day of the said had been fixed, I And Liberal Discount for Cash !
Tbe sword never secured lasting succeeds in restoring to it a portion that
READ
freedom to any nation, unless used as had heeu sold off of it, aud the attorneys of
The
list
of
Sales
for
187G
ind teeiaaonlals from the
un adjunct with moral forces. When the State postponed tbe sale for a month, very beetjungee in i he country:
the Turks entered Europe, they did so that all might be sold together.
We, the indere’gi e<i, render t» of Jackson county,
owning and huvn g tib»d >be huger Machine siitli-
as invaders, and the combined powers
No person in the State knows better than cien Iy loig t<> HAi iHFY us th it it 1» ir every respect
Mr.
Dowell that I lost nearly my all by a a riKHT-< laks macnii e tor all kinds if luimly *urk,
of the Christian world were unable to
would cneei 111.iy recommend it o all dieting to put-
withstand their warlike prowess until mercantile venture, which ended in disas chnee u dr» -classsewing m .chine:
1 hire.T. B. Atkinson.
Mr*. Geo. Wil *on,
they had taken permanent possession ter, ani that, since it‘became piobible that Mr».
Mr». S. J. Oliver,
Pie*. Pa ype,
Mrs. F. Luv,
1 J Ph>,.ur,
of the ancient city of Constantine, and May would be found to be a defaulter, the Mrs.
Mr*.
Juiiu Orlh.
Mrs.
Al
I-di
.nu,
supreme wish of my life ba« been to pay my
Mr». E R. R earner,
Mis. S E Ituul p,
a large area of the fairest and most fer
M< s N. Fieher,
part of said defalcation.
To this end. I Mr». T. W. Jo-iuson,
tile portion of tbe continent. But they
Mier A Ro»-,
Mrs. Wtu P.yue.
have labored ever since, much of the time Mre H. Rigg-,
Mr* T. I’. McKenzie.
brought with them an enemy more beyond uiy strenght, to acquire the means Mre. J Houc»,
Mre. J. It.iter,
M Myer, u.e cliant tailor,
Mre. M. A. P inur,
deadly and destructive than the hostile of doing so.
John Fariey, “
“
Mre. L G iuui g,
A. Mark-,
“
“
Mr». U. Helu.»,
forces with whom they had to contend
Knowing that a man of my age could Mr». C. W. SuV g-,
Ueo. Nu ley, ehoemaker.
—their household gods—in the form of never earn so much money by common la Mr?. T. J Bel,
Mre Mur, J. Puim.n,
Mr-, J P McDmiei,
Mre. E. McO.urid,
religious superstition. These were tbe bor, I so far “put my pride in my pocket” Mr».
I Mi». Benj E tun
Alice Uh ich,
oracles of their faith and practice, and as to offer my services to the Surveyor Gen Needles, uile a>d al) kind» of attachments on hand
THE SINGER MANEG CO.,
they forbade progress, forbade free eral of the State, as a Deputy; but. as with or ordered.
Cur. Flrrt nbu Y..mtuil »1». l‘uiik.ud Oregon.
J. W. BIGGS, Aum, A shland .
thought,enslaving both mind and body. each application, I informed that function
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Opposed to this invisible, but tyran- ary that 1 would render no political service SEWING MALI.INK feAL’- S FOR 1876.
ical power,were the liberal tenets of the for contracts, nor divide any part of ,i y THE SIHStR NIF’GCu- SOLD 262,310
Christian faith,which,a'ter a time,came earnings with him or anyone el-e. I of Howe M <chu e Co.,
to tolerate advancement in the arts, in course got nothing in that line to do here Wneelei & WU mmi Mf’gCo.,
D.>ntee ic 6. ai. C<,
science; literature, manufactures, com But, before seeking employment in Califor Au.encnu B U. & 8. M. Co.,
Weed bew’Ug M ciiiue 'X>.,
merce, agriculture and a more en nia. I placed the last of my means, no» re Wdcox
& G.bje o. Al Cu ,
duced to $1800, with Secretary Chadwick, Florence
“
‘*
lightened code of morals were fostered
Vli.lS-ly
to be applied to any judgment found
and adopted and tbe result is now be against May.
ing made manifest.
England, France
After tbe suits had dragged along for
and Germany stand by and witness about two years, Mr. Chadwick wrote to me
Mahometanism crushed by a power that, as the May suits inigtit not reich a con
Positively Cured.
which seems likely to overshadow all elusion for years longer, and then end in A ’1 sufferer-from this d-e«-e tint are anxious to
cured should tr> Dr. Kiesner's Celebrated
Europe with its colossal strength. Tbe nothing, I had better apply my money to be
Consumptive PowdeTa. A'ue»e Puwcer- are
traditionary “Eastern question” is lost some useful purpose thsn to le ive it a >y He uii y ,-re^.r »liuu *wwu ihai »1)1 cure Con
sumption nd alt disease» oi ihe Throat and
longer in his bands unproductive.
I am Lunga — indeed, so struug is our fuitn m them, arid
sight of until the nuisance is abated.
iu tunviuce yuu th it they are n.j tuiuioug, *e wilt
Tbe present is an important epoch to now sorry I followed this friendly advice, also
furw rd t>. every »ufferer, by m.il, poet paid, a free
box.
believers in the power of Christianity for I invested this sum and my earnings in tr.ul
we • un i want your money until you are perfecily
California iu sheep, and. with my usual luck satirfled of their curative power-. If your lilt- is
to harmonize the world. The meeting
worm euviuii.-donT deary lb giving these Powders
of the proposed congress to form a basis in ventures, lost the sheep.
a trial, # k t..ey will surrl» cure you.
Price, for l.ige b <x, |3 (to, »eut to any part < f »he
After this last mishap, I called on Mr
for permaneut peace, willbe watched
United Stites ur Canada, by mull, ou receipt uf price.
Address,
with intense interest by every friend of Dowell in Jacksonville, and fold b in I had
nothing left but the labor of my hands to
mankind. If tbe spirit of toleration
ASH & ROBBINS,
360 F ulton S. kelt , B rooklyn , N. Y.
and mutual concession prevail, Chris depend upon, and, being old and bioken 36yl
down by hard labor and ©XDosnre, I could
tianity will have gained much in its
not hope to do more than to support myself
onward march, and believers in a final and wife by co um in labor; that 1 had foie 1
Treasurer’s Notice-
“QDiversal peace,” may take new to obtain profitable surveying iu California
L akh : V iew , O regon , Jan. 30. 1878.
courage.
for the same reason I had failed in Oregon;
REDUCTION
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SALE AND FEED STABLES !
J. M. McCall.
Morris Baum.
MAIN STREET, ASHLAND
0
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TnE UNDERSIGNED HAVING
ft* tn* Leased the above Mbbles. from
Cuap.nan & Neil b-gs leave to iutoiin the
public that he is deiermined to merit a con-
tiuuan e of the patronage that bus lor many
tears past been conferíed on these justly
Main Street, Ashland,
POPULAR STABLES
YrrtyOULD Announce to the people of Jackson and Lake counties
that they have commenced receiving their new Fall block,
and that every day will witness additions to the largest stock of
J bave constantly on hand the very best
SADDLE HORSES BUGGIES AND
CARRIAGES.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
And can furnish my customers with a tiptop
turn out at any time.
HORSES BOARDED
On reasonable terms, and given the best o'
Ever brought to this maiket. They desire to say to eveiy reader ot
this paper that if
Standard Goods, Sold at the lowest market price,
attention.
HORSES BOUGHT AND SOLD
And satisfaction guaranteed in all my trans
actions.
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Will do it, they propose to do the largest business this Fall and
Winter ever deme bv them iu the last live vcais,
And that they call positive ly make it to the advantage of every one
to call upon them in Ashland and lest, the tiuth oi their assertions.
II. F. PHILLIPS.
They will spare no pairs to maintain, more fully than ever the xp-
utation oftheii house as the
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CONSUMPTION
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR ■
OF THE TIDINGS.
\
I am now prepared to pay all Lake Co.
that piofitable co..tr.ic;s were low . ol I j ob Warrants ib.ii. weie pits* uied f a paynieuc
taiued in consideration of dirty political up to, and including Oct. 9. 1877; and inter
est on iheni will cruse fiom this date.
services, or corrupt b irgain between Sur
ANDREW McCklXKN,
veyor General and Deputy, and that it was
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Treasurer L<ke Co .Oregon.
contrary to my principles to re«ort to either
of these methods. Mr. Do well said he had
influence and could uet all the contracts he
wanted, and proposed to get the cun racls,
for bis part, if I would do the w’ork in fhe
field for min«, and. applying our earnings to
DEALER IN
the payment of o ir mutual obligation to tbe
State, soon se tie it.
Novel as was this
proposed partnership, in which one party
was to beir the burden t>! the sins and the
other to do tbe work of the firin, I agreed to
it. B it it came to nothing; Mr. Dowell
(not I presume from any te.iderness of con
Groceries,
science) got no eontracts.
M t . Y oncalla , O regon . M ar . 3, 187S.
D ear N ephew :— I did not receive the
copy of the J acks invili . e S entinel , of Feb.
13, which you so kindly forwarded me. un
til yesterday. I have to day examined the
article headed “B. F. Dowell’.- Debts and
the sale of the S entinel ,’’ and, notwith
standing the grave charge that article makes
against me, if it were to be read by those only
who are acquiiuted with Mr. Dowell and
myself, and the record our past lives..-'have ■
made for us, I »hjuld certainly pass it by
t
unnoticed, and allow him the full benefit of
the prejudice he hopes to create against me
by its publication.
Mr. Dowell calls in» honest Jesse, but as
But, as there are many in this State who
will bear my name after me, who-e charac he had already charged me with fraud and
ters will be effected by the repute of their , puts the word ‘ honest ’ in italics, it is evi
ancestor or kinsm in, on their account, I ask dent he wishes the word to be understo >d
through the T idings , to sho.v how ut’erly in a meaning different from the usuil. But
baseless, false an J vindictive is the charge he leaves his readers to infer for ibem-ielves
of fraud made against me in this article, whether my claim to be an honest man is a
written by Mr. Dowell himself or upon in false on-, or that the other Applegates have
fo rm ition derived from him. and with his ap no claim to be so distinguished.
J. D. FOUNTAIN.
General M erchan d i se,
Dry-Goods,
School
Books, Blank Books and
Stationery,
$5 00 REWARD !
Sirtyed from ’te undersigned, living at Rockfcl-
iow’s r.mcLe. one mull r hid mure, wicti bed on, send
ail ruiind; al-o one iioo-gr-y hors-, s.ddie marked,
ro»ho>-». iDf'imoi’D left with the owner or al
the T idings o:!io, leading to their recovery, will be
rewarded as ub.ive.
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GEO. KELLEY.
ACKNOWLEDGED HEADQUARTERS
Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Clothing, Ecots
Shoes, Hats, Caps. Millinery and Dress Gocds, Crockery,
Glass and 1 inware, Shawls, Wrappers, Cloaks.
Anil in fact Everyihiug Required for the Trade <>f
All persons indebted to Messrs. Hel
man & Fountain, will please come for
ward und settle the saute with the un
dersigned, as the old books must be
squared up immediately.
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Southern and Scuih-Eastern Oregon
---- A FULL LINE OF----
J. U. FOUNTAIN.
—CONSISTING OF—
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY APPLE TREE»
AT THE
Ashland Nursery.
Casimeres, Flannels, Tweeds, Docskins, Blankets Stocking
Yarn and Made-up Clothing.
Always on hand and for sale at the lowest prices.
Ug^Tlie highest market price paid for
Any eme who will pl mt out an orrbird of a
tbourand tree*, can gel ihem for the triflug tuoi cf
7 Ceue each, or
A Thousand for 70 Dollars!
E¿jT"A great variety of flue Sh ide, Nut and orna
mental Tree*, of the very t>~8t kinds, always on
hard »nd lor sale c eip. Be eure to give me a cdl
and see for yourself.
O. COOLIDGE. [2-33tf
DI. H. T. INLOW
WHEAT—OATS—BARLEY—LACON—AN D—L ABD.
Come »ng, come all! and give us a trial.
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J. ITI. McC’ALL A CO.
PIONEER STORE.
Qsegea,
E. J. F a BLOW.
(O)
Casâtes,. Sîuts»
—AND—
INLOW & FARLOW
Druggists and Apothecaries
A Large and Fresh stock of An Elegant stock of Clothing
at the
Dry Goods at the
PIONEER STORE.
PIONEER STORE.
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proval. Not to trespass upon your columns.
I will make my statement brief, and confine (
it to the refutation of the charge made against
me. Mr. Dowell say«: ‘‘When he [Dowell]
first proposed to sell the S entinel ., his sur
plus money was exhausted, and he was finan
cially embarrassed by the frauds of S. E.
May, Jesse Applegate and W. C. Griswold.
II is well known to the readers of this paper
[the S entinel ] that Samuel E. May, late
Secretary of State, became a defaulter to
this State iu upwards of ten thousand dollars
and that Jesse Applegate and B. F. Dow
ell were securities on the bond.
M iy was
and is wholly insolvent.
Jesse Applegate
was worth upwards of twenty thousand dol
lars, but by a familiar trick, well known to
lawyers aud judges after the May defalca
tion, honest Jes-e transferred his property
to his chil Iren, including one of the richest
and best farming tracts of land in Douglas
county, and upwards of a tbo isund acres of
As to the other hypothesis, it does not be
Fresh Drugs of all kinds kept constantly or hand
come me further to speak. But of the sec
ond I am proud to say: That three brofi*
-AUG-
era Applegate came to Oregon thirty-five
PAINTS
years ago, and no report impeaching their
OILS
hone-ty, morality or truth has ever followed
DYE-STUFF
them. Two of tbe brothers are now 70, and
SOAP
the junior is near that age.
Each of them
Situated 15 n ileeBou’b of Jacksonville and ljmlle
Perfumery, and all kinds of
has numerous families of sons and daughters
North of Arhiaud, is prepared U j du general
who have taken their places as citizens of
the State, many of them tbe fathers or
- Flour and Feed at the—
mothers of numerous families of their own.
so that tho descend ints of these brothers
CSF PRESCRIPTIONS cuefully compounded,
may be numbered by the hundred.
Yet,
36 lb«<-f flour, 2 lb* »h rt« »nd 8 b- bran per bilib and none but genuine..rucies ui*ed.
not o.ie of them has ever been charge 1 with el furg od wnear. W I s<ck aoi brand ihe eaCMs
Prices as low as the times will Justify.
—cus.uiue»8 iurniehiig u.e sacks. My brother
crime oi any kind—not one them has ever
NOTIONS
LIVEILEELIVE
A Fine Assortment of Fancy
A splendid stock of Boots and
Goods and Notions at the
Shoes at tbe
PIONEER STORE.
PIONEER STORE.
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THE EAGLE MILL
Custom and Exchange Business
PATENT MEDICINES
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
failed in his duty to his country, both in
peace and in war; or, in a word, failed to
perform bis duties, both public and private,
G. F. BILLINGS.
ßsd“Scorc one door south of the Postuôice —op
Will have charge of the buoiiess, being assisted be posite Uie Ashland House.
competent miller».
ßäJTDr.. H T I nlow can always be fuind at
Everything as represented or no sale.
the bture, n ady to attend tv piotessk iial calls.
So that Mr.
Dowell’s slander will sit as lightly and J i H j ¡6 |
with honesty end fidelity.
Mrs. S. A. FARNHAM.
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INLOW & FARLOW
An immense stock of the best
brands of Tobacco and Cigars at
the
PIONEER STORE.
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GROCERIES, HARbWARE, CUTLERY, PAINTS AND OILS,
“Cheaper than the Cheapest” is Our motto.
Bring on your Produce and Exchange for Goods.
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MRS.M. W. HARGADIKE.