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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1878)
A ■ p> •I 7 t WITt It was except Lowell, a'd p*’«stblv Boston, Mat's, truly a season of watching and praying a d I" li-’lil ut> as "a p '«-¡ble rival” the * m- bryo town of Me’ganger, which cni-is's of FRIDAY MARCH 20, 1878 for, on Sunday, we bad services by the a country store and an etnpiy hotel build Rev. R. F. Paschal. Of course tbe *8Wj r nw iit'kw.gtfcv « meeting was well attended and the con ing, and has an existence as a j ossible SWDIEK LAKE. gregation orderly; how could we be town only in the over-s tngtnne im-igintdion otherwise? The singing was excellent, *>f Mr. 8. and bis store proprietor, is an in sult to the m st ordinary Linkvillian. This Among the most favored valleys of being conducted by the Misses Lemon, insinuation of Mr. S. against Uncle George the Lake country, is that of Summer of Waynesburgh, Pennsylvania. Sun Nur.-e. whom he dubba the ptoprie’or of Lake. It lies a few miles west of Che-1 day evening relief arrived in the shape Linkville and dictator of the county, calls waucan and is separated from it by a of a snow plow, with four eDgiues. to mind the story ot the *r< z«n viper. high sage plain. West and uouth of Monday morning we started and arriv And again, his charge ot “wiisrepie-enting the valley is a high mountain chain. • ed at Sidney by noon. The blockade tbe wi-hes ot the people” (as he sav«) ol his The side of this mountain next the lake 1 was raised an.l we were free, aud in road district, is wholly, willfully and malic is quite precipitous, but is covered ■ good time we arrived safely in this city. iously false, as t <) petition was «-ver signed with the finest bunch grass. Along its ! To-morrow we start for New York but o ■ submitted, asking this to be < o e, but on base are numerous springs, some of little the worse of being Caught in the the contrary, this vi.a-g>* was made upon the them forming streams of considerable snow blockade, but powerfully glad to recomnieudati >n of a retiring ro *d super size, wiiich 11 >w across the narrow but visor end so fir is the subscrib-r can le irti, have escaped from it in safety. extremely fertile valley into the lake. gives gei geter er d satisHcfo satisfact:o i, except Mr. S B aum . The climate is remarkably mil 1 consid who. having lost his ■ tlicial p sitiun. theie- by o‘ Cours»*. te->ls sole. ering the great altitude of the valley : Coi respe ndciice- Finally, in answer to bis qiierv a« to and is perhaps less frosty than almost whether the county COu'd possibly ex st any other portion of Like county. We L kkvi ’. le , O regon , M arch 25, 1878. are informed that all kinds of vegeta E ditor T ilings :—As Mr O. A Stearns without Lint-vili», I would only say that. bles which succeed in tbe most favored a sore-headed, ex-official road overseer, o! judging from ti e number and nature of 'he parts of Western Oregon, are grown this county, has givi-n vent to a tirade of articles entered oil the d' bii sii’e ot bis successfully there. Ou the east side abns ve and f'l-e in-innations, with a view acet, at G» o’g * Nurre’s sto e. tbe tin e is of the lake, the country is more desert to affect the action i f the County Court, in no' far g< ne «lien be could i.ot h ive existed without it Bit! niy article is already too like; tbe first prominent feature to at regard to a particular proposed spe il road, lengthy and 1 will only say in corislusion tract attention being an alkali il it on in the interest of which lie has been sub«i that »r S e irii-m iy come to the c >nclu- the lake border, above which, when the diz- d. I wish, through th" columns of your -io ) th it it was bim-eil that used ’he Aus wind blows continuously for a consid pap' f, to give the citizens of this comity, tralian weapon and that it has missed the "particularly those in the ei*t< rn portion of erable length of time—which is not it,” a few of the facts in regard to this m it object at which lie threw it. seldom—hovers a white cloud of alkali ter. And in the first place, Mr. S states Re>pe tlully, dust. Farther away is a high ridge that tbe illegality o! the road was “ferretted J. W. H a make a. surmounted by a wall of volcanic rock, out” by “an officious intermed tier, resid The other evening he went, as u-nal, such as is usually kuown iu the Lake ing at Linkvil e." This he knows to be a country as “rim rock.” This marks willful fal.-ehoo 1, as Mr.S. well knows th it to escort her t » church She said “No ” the Southern limit of the Oregon Des it was f om. a legal opinion el a promit en' He said “Why ?” Then, in deliberate ert, so famous as a winter pasture for member of the Jacksonville Bar. th it Mr. aecenlH, she replied, “Because, when I stock. In December 1813, Capt. Jao. Pennit g first learned that the load attempt went to church with you. la.lt Sunday, C. Fremont, traveling eastward on an ed to be e>t iblisl e I in a z gzig course you made me walk next to the muddy Indian trail with Lis exploring party through his land, w is illegal, and that he street, while you tripped along ou the from the head of the Klamath Marsh, might fence without regarding the ro vl. inside of the side-walk. I got my looked down on this valley from the This opinion I still hive in writing, in my brand new dress all «pattered over pos.-e si >n. but “the combative Tenton.” high ridge to the westward. While whois an iiitiriu old cripple with one arm | with mud, and you had better git.” stnoled a smile ai d “gutted,” and the “Pathfinder” stood in 6now up to and shoulder disabled by a Modoc bul'e', | He now Le wonders that somebody hadn’t his boot-tops with a snow storm “in before proceeding to fence his little farm, ' told him long ago that politeness for full blast” about him, the suu shone went to work volunta'.ilv and alone ami bade an escort trorn compelling a lady brightly upon tho lake and grassy val cleared out mother track, running parallel to walk next, to the street. ley below. , Winter and summer seem with this road; but a little more on a di ed to be the only words in the language rect line to this wonderful town of M er I Linkville Livery Stables. sufficiently descriptive of the finusual ganser , and on better ground, and i ns scene, hence Fremont called the moun track is o ? en now , and has been ever.-iuce, GEORGE NL’RöE tain Winter Riuge and tbe beantiful and answers all the public needs, and as Would inform his friendo iti t his Sub es al body of water below him Summer L ike. Mr. P. still pTinits the great travel to The population of Sammer Luke Vai pass through liis privite l ine and aciO" the ley is already considerable, but ; we Merganser bridge (where there 1ms never LAKE COUNTY - OREGON been an attempt ■ ven to locate a road.) we doubt not it will be greatly in- uf this part of the county, experiene no dif Are in excellent, repsir, aiujiy prt vWetl wi h Led creased in the near future. Anil ii it c'u.-l«>iners »it t<e » i ed ou ficulty iu getting to or from this lower THE ASHLAND FOR SALE! TIDINGS three days and fonr nights. THATCHER & WORDEN A va’u ble lot in A.bhrd-95 feet front, on Grini e etree', well improved — boo »’ residence, plenty of fruit—berries, grape.«, &c.—Price 1800.00. - ■, gon, 12 miles north-east of Jacksonville. 550 Acree gool low 1 nd—300 Acre* order fence. T*og<>od dwe irgs- Meit-huur-e, B ru, Shed und o't er oui bu Idu g*. Well wifrrd by creek aid íj rb g-— Plenty < f g'H d rail timber - Oi.od r.u ge fur 8 uck. AX’ ASBLANDEK IX THE BLOCKADE. FOUR DAYS IN A SNOW-DRIFT. » * « » Ì I O maiia , M arch 12, 1S78. E ditor T idings : — Before leaving Ashland, a few weeks ago, if asked if.l were ever snowed iu ou the mountains, I should have answered uo. That ex perience is mine now, and, while I cun not bay it makes rue proud, it is never theless worth relating. About noon on the 7th day of March, our train reached Sherman, tLe highest point of altitude on the line of the great railroad spanning the Continent. The clouds were dark and heavy, the wind blew a fierce gale end snow be gan to fall quite briskly. After a short halt, we parsed on and arrived at Chey enne about IQ o’clock in the evening. ’ By this time the storm Lad increased Jearfully but onward the old iron horse drove, shrieking and groaning like a dying monster. Slower and more slow was our progress through the fierce wind and drifting snow, until we came to a stand.-till. Wo were at a place called Antelope Station and the train hands, by great effort, managed to switch off on a side track. The sit- uatian was not only unpleasant—it was fearful. By this time the wind blew a tornado from the north west. The snow had fallen from t^u to three feet deep and wa3 drifting at such a tern ble rate that it seemed that everything would be interred beneath icy moun tains that were now rapidly rising around us. Soon another train arrived along side of onrs from the east. Next a freight train joined our company. It seemed, at times, that our coaches would be blown over, -o strong was the wind, and the snow was so blinding that olc could net Seo half the length of the car. Iu spite of the efforts of the engineer, the water froze about the en gine until it became bound iu bunds of ice and became stationary. The night was extremely dark and, as you will readily believe, gloomy iu the extreme. Morning came but the storm still raged with unabated violenco. Heavens ! what a day followed. It was almost as dark as the night. No chance to go out, and no one able to come in, to cheer us with a w’ord of hope or sym pathy. It became evident that we were in danger of soon being left without fire. Tbe wind rushed down our stove pipes so furiously that our fires would not burn; the cars were fil/ed with atnoke utmost to suffieation. Another fact now became known: Our pro visions were running short and the main problem seemed to be whether we should freeze or starve. These dire alternatives wore obviated, in the even ing, by the arrival of tho train men with supplies of coal, water a id food. The crisis was now passed and we felt prepared for a seige. Aud a seige we had, battling with the elements, for loa n, or acres« the Merganser bridge, and while no ore could see any present neces sity for incurringtLe expense by the county incident to the location of a pnbiic road, we were willing und did assist, by sign ing a petition for the locution of a county road on or near the site of tbe present trav eled road. But this did not suit “the pro prietor of the Merganser store,” who wanted some ot poor old Joe’s land, so he send« Mr S.to old Jue with the following terms of compromise: M erganser . O regon . t . 25, 1S78. To J oseph P enning :—I Imeby notify yon to remove your 1« nee hoin oil’ the public road between the post-i-iliee at Merganser and ti e residence of Dem is E. Cr.iwley ;ann to do it idi'ibwith. as it, is contriry Io the S’atutes, being an obstruction of the pudlic highway. Signed: O. A S tearns , Supervisor Road Dist. No. 12. Tithe terms of which Mr. P. politely but fu inly declined to accede. Failing in this little game of bluff, ami having exhausted their vocabulary ot opprobrious epithets.on “the combative Teuton” without inciting in him anything more than a smile, this ft- mous and magnanimous "pi oprietor” monn • ted the st ge and dashed off to Jacksonville tor legal advice Failing to get the desired legal opinion necessary to enable him to carry out his designs on old Joe, he returned and for awhile, chewed the bi t *r cud ot re flection. Fin illy they (‘ the pjoprietor” and his three or four flunkies) determined that something must be <lone; so, presum ing ou the ignorance and poverty of old Joe, they very carefully drew up a road pe. liiiuti, and quietly circulated it. By dint of a great deal of moral suasion and some not strictly bo , they succeeded in getting 11 sig natures (isid • fro n their own) of persons re siding iu the district, and 3 outside. Armed with this petition thus numerously signed, • MA proprietor of th* Merganser store,” went out to the county seat, where he is re puted to have great influence with the County Co Judge, and actually did, as he supposed, succeed in getting viewers ap pointed who would do his bidding, but in tins fie was slightly mistaken, as one of tliem, Mr. Vanriper, proved to be a man ot con scientious scruples and a desire to do jus tice in the matter of the location, but. being in tiie minority, was < f course over ruled, and the road viewed and marked out, in ac- coidance with the wishes uf “the proprie tor,“and not with a view to its publicptiiuy, as it does not in any way,provide for a ro.ul to or from the Merganser bridge, the only thing there tliat t! e public feel the slightest interest in. These magnanimous paitie«. pointedly refusing to entertain any off, r of compromise made by Mr. Penning,* be at one proceeded tohave a remonstrance drawn up against the locationot this special road , which w is quickly signed by 53 ol “ti n per sonal enemies of the proprietor ot Mergan ser store, "all living within the road district embracing the proposed road. (A list of the names can be had upon application to the subscriber) II, as Mr. S. says, these per son« are the nersonal enemies of‘'the pro prietor of :he Merganser store,” he has cer tainly been particularly unfortunate in thus accumulating 53 personal enemies in a sparsely settl'd district, like this. Mr. Stearns’ suggestion is certainly too absurd to be worthy ot serious notice, as Li’ kvill« acknow.e Iges no rival‘ burg” in America, LINEVILLE, LAKE COUNTY’, OREGON. Are now receiving fiom S»n Francisco an ex<ensive block ol goods of great varie exactly suited to the trade of the LAKE COUNTRY PRICE: $8 00 PER ACRE. (T^Tliis is A No. 1 Farm with good sheep range, and very cheap. 7S ACRES Thn-e nife« eonth-wes» < f Pnoei ix—7 acre* in cui- tiv.itiou—50 aerei* inni wooi tinib-r, piincip.Uy wid e <>. k. F- r e de ch»-Hp. Loà Fur pt.ri cut ts nquireof Which *liey are prepared to eell at prices thit cannot fail to satisfy customer«. sure to call and see us and see for »ourselves. Beef Cattle, Hides and Wool taken in ex change for goods. Reai Est te Agente Ashland Oregon. 34'f] Be Do not forget the Old Pioneer Store of the Lake Country. W atters & G aby , THATCHER & WORDEN. v2nl9tf. ASHLAND LIVERY _______ SALE AND FEED STABLES ! J .If McCall. Jfuirw Baum. MAIN STREET, ASHLAND I TlIE LNDlR'IGNiD HAVING T O* la-abed the ..Love u'.ub'e-* from V nap .i.iii it Xeil b gs leave Io iutoim the pnbiic that he is dmei mim d to merit a con tinuance "I ti e patronage that bus ior many years pa«l been Cutifeueii on lb> se jnny POPULAR tTABLES Main Street, Ashland, Vti tVOULD Announce to the people of Jackson and Lake counties W«/ that they have commenced receiving their new Fall stuck, and that every day will w itness additions to the largest stock of I have constantly on hand the very best SADDLE HORSES BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES. And can furnish my customers with a tiptop turn out at any time. G E N E R AL M E R CIS ANDI SE Ever brought to this market. rl hey desire to say to every reader ot this paper that if HCRSLS ECAEDED Ou reas m ibi * terms, ami given tLe best o at eutio i. And saiisluctiuii guaran eeu in »II my tran«- actions. pruiupUV und iu ilie l.tsl ttjle, ■ 71/TOT IC Located in Jackson county Ore ¡ ♦ -4 DEALERS IX 920 ACRES Or LAND!! I —--------------------- - ->■ ♦ SIKES W ORDEN H M. THATCHER. A Good HACK Exc-l'-n« BUGGIES and No 1 RIDING llOl'sES . lwaj 11 u n.iii<l ¡, *7 IlorBt-B proiupt'j caied f.>r, nd II. F. PHILLIPS. Tourists and Others Outfitted Ou i he shortest, u >ti v CSY Do tut fail to give tlie Lirooil'e So bier a tiia V2bl4if] GEORGE NUItsE, Standard Gccds, Sold at the lewest rrarket price, Will do it, they propose to do the largest Imsintss this Fall and Winter ever dune by them iu the last live years, And that they can positivt ly make it to the advantage uf every one to call upon them in Ashland and test the truth ui their assertions. They will spare no | ains to n amtain, n ore lully than ever the icp- utaliun of I heir house as the HEADQUARTERS LCKNOWLEEGED NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY APPLE TREE«- Af THE All persons indebted to Messrs. Hel man & Fountain, will plea«« come for ward and settle the name with the un- dersigued, as the old books must be j-qnared tip immediately. Ashland Nursery. An<l in Let Every'hing Required fur the Trade uf J. D. FOUNTAIN. 33; f Any one who vii pliut out on bird <f h thouiuiid tree«, cau gel ibtHi iur ibeirithig e«u u cf 7 Ce. ib Badi, ur CONSUMPTION Southern and Scuth-Iastern Oregon --- A FI LL LINE OF---- Positively Cured. A Thousand for 70 Dollars! A'l sutf :er- fr,-iu ’h - d - p -e m t nr ■ nx» hi * '<« 1>* < ured -ti'.idd tr Dr. KiHNiier'H Crlebratrd C'oiiMUinptive Puwdera. ine.- e nr Hr nil J jir,, .r i 1, i.. uWu ha ■ 1)1 CUIr ('<>11- Mllliipt Kill nd all ,rr..re- ot 'h>- Til.oat und LaUniXS li Herd, .«o r Tong ir otir l.ili u lu I licui, ,<1 hl?O to L 'l.vi ,Ce JOll th *t llrj . Tr I) > IIUU1 >U1{, »r A|l| foru rd i, < Ver) Ui- ler, b» ui ii, port p..i<J, free cy y TTY KT A gr. it V .ri-ty »•( rii e sh de, Nir ind orn - mi-ir 1 Lee-, uf the very b st k idf, nhv ye ou ba'd »lid lor enle Ct.eip. Be • uri- <> giv- up- n c 11 Mid s-e for .'ouierlf. O. < OOIIDGE. [2-33tf trial box. *\r o.» i a >ir. jo ir nt iney un ii you are prrtectly eatirUed of their curative power . 11 your li'r i- worm ri.viuti, d<>n t demy in thebe Powder« ainal,a«l ey will -ur<-l rureyo. . i>rice, lor Lige b x, $3 ou,-ent to. ny pi.rt >f the Uui.ed St.les or CuUud.., bj m d , on ricei,». ul piice. Addiess, DR. H. T. INLOW E. J. F a BLOW. CITY DRUG ASH & RCBBI..S, 360 F ulton S. kei - t , B rooklyn , N. Y. 36yl tipple and Fancy Gccds, Grcccrics. Hardware, Clothing, Beets Shoes. Hats, Ce ps. Millinery and Dress Gccds, Crcckeiy, Glass and Tinware, Shawls, Wrappers, Cloaks. STO lì E J. D. FOUNTAIN. I ALOW & FARLOW DEALER IN —CONSISTING OF— Casimeres, Flannels, Tweeds, DcesHrs, Blankets Stocking Yarn and Made-up Clothing. Always on hand and for sale at the lowest prices. fc-^The highest market price paid tor WHEAT—OATS—BARLEY—BACON—AND—LARD. Come «ne, come all! and give us a (rial Druggists and Apothecaries General ilî erchan d ise, A v2n2O f.] J. M. MctALL ICO Freeb Drugs of «ali binds kepi constantly on hand PIONEER STORE. -ALLO PAINTS Dry-Goods, Groceries, School Books, Blank Books ami Stationery, oi:s DYE-STUFF Oic^oQr SOAP, Perfumery, and all kinds of C a. n,(l i.C s, Nnt? PATENT MEDICINES —AND— hdi PR ESCRIPI ION S coefu'ly compounded u< îæ but gemine „rucies Urtd. G2T TnceB ae luw ne the Unita will jue ify. NOTIONS. t^TS'ore ore door south of the Poet. f..ce— op- P> BÍ1C the A b UU l O H i UBr. LlVEUEiLlVE CiT Dr.. H T IsLi-w Can alwija be fulud at tbe eivre, ready ,u aiteul tu piuleeek Uai Culle. MtbS M. A. 8W1NG1.K. | M1K8 I. C. kWlNGLE. Custom and Exchange Business MkS M.A.t.WCLE&S>ISTth i -Flour ani Feed al tbe— 36 lb- <-f tlonr, 2 lb-* ch rts nd 8 ,b- b-au per oui*h- el fu. g <od Wheat. W, I • ck «U-1 braurt th" »acKf —ciMtotueis luriiiehiug me racks. My brother G. F BILLINGS Mrs. S. A. FARNHAM. 4 -------------------------- - ----------------------------- A Fine Assortment of Fancy A splendid stock of Boots and Goods and Notions at the Shoes at the PIONEER ¡STORE. PIONEER STORE. An immense stock of the best brands ot Tobacco and Cigars at the PIONEER STORE. Have Opened a First Class LOWEST CASH PRICES. July 16 ) ------------ « *—-------------- INLOW & FAPIOW ▼2u33lf] Situated 15 n.üef South of J ck*< nviPe und 1J ruile North ot Arhiaijd, it* prepared iv du Erenjihintj as represented ur no sale. A Large and Fresh stock of 1 An Elegant stock of Clothing Dry Goods at the at the PIONEER STORE. P ioneer store ♦ ♦ ♦--------- THE EAGLE MILL Will have charge *f the bu»it<e8i>, being uiet-ted Corapelent miller». GO be Milliaery Stese Ou Mam Street, ArhLxnd, Next door to the Pos. Otbce, Upet .irr iu Dr. Iulo v’i New Eutiding. WMTrc have row on h * ni » a b * auttul abrokt - ▼ ▼ * F H 'TH, BuNAET«, >'AoW».l.K, Pul, MEH, M.( K TIES, JUTE, unit» FCKSISnltO Uma 8, ETC., ETC BUTTERICK S l SMITH PATTERNS. ¿-¿j- Dreasinakin g done to order. Ail order» truiu a disixace promptly tiued. Goods Cheap for Caeh. [n2 iv2if. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, PAINTS AND OILS, “Cheaper than the Cheapest” is Our motto. Bring on your Produce and Exchange for Goods. MRS.M. W. HARGAD1KE, i