i INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON. VOL. II.—NO. 44. ASHLAND, OREGON: FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1878. ■ASHLAND TIDINGS. PROFESSIONAL. We’re Always Boys at Home. ---- ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY — DANIEL GABY, ATTOK.XEY-AT-LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC and REA L ESTA TE A GENT. Dear brother, I have wandered far, Far from the old roof-.re-; And miles, by mountain, cliff and scar, Have parted j ou and me ! Though storm, mty drive us where^they will, O’er laud and ocean*a fo>m, One happy thought can cheer us still: We’re always boys at home 1 —B Y- O. C. APPLEGATE A CO. OFFICE—On Main Street, (in rear Dr. Chitwood’s Drug Store.) ASHLAND, OREGON. I. O. Miller. Terms of Subscription: Architect and Builder, One copy one year................................................... I 2.50 “ “ six montbe........................................... 1.50 •• three “ ............................................. 1 00 Club rates »lx copies fur....................................... 12.50 Terma, la advance. GRANITE STREET - - - ASHLAND. WILL do anythit g in his line on short Dotice and on the lowest terms. n"v2tf J. O. i Terms of Advertising: Ixxal Notice« per line.......................... FrefeMiottod Ctuds, per year................. Two Inch«», per quarter........................ Four “ “ Eigbt •» “ Ot.e-lii.lf Column “ Three-fourth» “ “ “ Oue “ 00 nd dream, fairy wrought, Iu til own Is'.e of Spain ’ In vaiu the dre .ruing chemist turns The leaves of many a tomb; The alembic, w here the Yule-iog burns, Is only found at home. Dear mother, in this world of woe, Though fickle friends may fl.e; And thongn thy children’s children grow In clusters rouni my knee, Safe anchored in a mother’s heart, T y grown-up b< ys may come, And claiming childhood's dearest pert, May still be boys at home. A mother’s homely sunshine spread, A sister’s trust and truth, A father’s benediction abed, Reneas immortal youth! Th. re »afe from every toil and care, A sc Hi th world and cold, We’ll meei in other years, fof there We ia ver more grow o;d. 8AUC SAGE COMMENCES SPECULAT­ ING. Ashland, Juck-oti Couuty, Oregon. HE FINDS THINGS Will attend to the buying and selling of PLENTY AND VERY CHEAP. UEÌ ® OtC. I put on my other shirt and straight­ ened up my old hat to make it look high as ’twould and started out to see tbe sigbtB. I saw a feller blacking boots for ten cents and got him to Reference given il required. black mine. He earned bis ten cents v2n24] T. G. WATTERS. before he got through with that Butte J. W. RIGGS, Creek sticky. I went into a barber shop to get my hair cut, and saw about a dozen barbers shaving and cutting hair all to once. I told a feller by ARTIST, one chair that I wanted him to cut my Oregon. hair fashionable and greaze it up in Ashland good shape. He asked me bow I want­ I am now permanently located in this ed it cut. I told him with tbe scissors place, and respejifully asks the pationag of of course. He asked me if I wanted it the citizens. long or short. I gave him a keen ALL WORK WARRANTED glance which made him understand To give Entire S tisfactioa. Prices to suit that I didn’t want him to poke any The Times. more fun at me and told him to cut it short—it was long already. Shure te^Call and see Specimens. | v2n9tf enough he did cut it short. A one-eved phrenologist could read off my bumps by sight. Couldn’t keep my bat above HOTELS. my ears; borrowed a piece of twine of the barber for a hat band. After I rot fixed up I sailed out. Everybody in They were HE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO RE- town was sailing, too. miud his triends, and the traveling pub­ thicker’n a drove of cattle and going lic generally, that be is still to be found at both ways and across. Whenever I this stopped to look up at tbe high houses LONG ESTABLISHED HOUSE, some fool would run agiost me, and where he Is re uly at any time, and on all then say, “Beg your pardon.” Tuere occa>ions to set belore them ibe best the market affords, in a style seeond to no other was lots of tables on the sidewalk, with news papers and pea nuts aud candy bouse in Oiegon. tinners and suppers for special occasions, aud apples aud oranges. Oranges are gotten up in appropriate style, at i-hort no­ bout tbe sizj of apples, ouly yallerer. tice. JASPER HOUCK. Some had baskets of flowers tied up into nosegays; some bad lots of neck­ ioneer otel ties; some were going aloDg the streets selling gallaces aud handkerchiefs; Linkville, Lake County, Oregon Home had pencils an’ some had buttons. The subscriber is again in charge Lots of sassy boys would stick papers of the O ld P ioneer H otel of the right in my face an^want me to give Lake country, anil is determined five cents for’em. I bought about a to make his guests half a dozen jist to git nd of them, aud left them stick out of my pocket so Comfortable and Happy. they’d see them but it didn’t do no Give him a call and rest assured good; they were after me all tbe time. that he will make you feel at Some boys gave me papers telling about good doctors and cheap goods home [2-29tf. for nothing. I bought a whole pint of GEORGE NURSE. peanuts for five cents; seen a blind fel­ ler setting on the sidewalk with a piece LAKEVIEW COTTAGE 1 of past bord money around Lis neck, „4 Pleasant and Homelike House situated and it was printed on it how be lostlbis —AT— eight, fighting to save the Union. I liuiuming Bird Springs, near give him four bits; bought three hand Klamath Lake, keichiefs for ten cents—real Irish tin­ Eleven miles from Linkville, on the road to ning; the feller brought them from Ft. Klamath, Lake Co., Oregon. Ireland his self. I saw a tarnal fine . Attention paid to the wants of guests carriage with two hightoned women in The subscriber also keeps a Good Stable it, and two black horses with silver well supplied with hay aud grain. Call ana harness and buckles ou, and it must a see if be can keep hotel. been a rntjor general driving. He had ±“!« 0. J. Ferree, a blue broadcloth coat with lote of All business entrusted io me will jeceive pruHipt atteiuiuu. I will cheerfully answer all letters of in­ quiry in regard to ibis portion ot' Oregon— iis Climate, ioil. Products etc. FffOTOGRAEKIC Hold« their Hated comnmnicatioD« Thursday even logtun or before the full moon. Brethren in good ■lauding are cordially invited lo attend. W. H. ATKINSON, W. M. J. 8. E vbakkr , Sec’y. Hold their regular meeting every Saturday even­ ing at their hall in Ashland. Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to attend. A. D. HELMAN, N. G. R. P. NEIL, Rec. Sec'y. You’re sitting by the dear old hearth Tonight with all its Joys; Our mother ’mid those scenes < f mirth, Is talking of “her boys”— And oh, no happier 8, ot is ours Beneath heaven a sheltering dome, Where youth renews its g >lden hours: We’re always boys at home. T. G. WATTERS, Meets at tbe Hall of He'man & Fountain every Friday evening al 8 o'clock r. m . Brother, aod •isters in good standing are cor Hally invited to at­ tend. iTte Teinpie meets every first and third Wed­ nesday in e.vch month. F. WALTER MYER, W. C. T. R. H. K lifpel , Sec y. I. O. O. F., Oregon v2n2fi-C>m Ashland Lodge No. 189,1. 0. G. T. Ashland Lodge No. 45, — Give me a trial and rest assured that I can satisfy You. SOCIETlEi A. F. & A. m.. — I am also prepared to do all kinds of brick work in tbe very beet manner. A. D. HELMAN, P. M. /V\ — An abundance of good brick always on hand at my kiiu, one mile uurtu of AeiiUnd. The O A C. Stage Co.’n Stage leave Ashland for Ja 'Ksonviile, Rock Point and Ko.se burg every day at 6 a. iu. Mail clo-es at 5:30 a. m. For Hettlv, Yteka and Reading at 6 p. nt. Bail clo ea at 5:30 p. m. Garrett A Ferree’» Siages leave Ashland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings for Linkville, and return on every Tuesday. Thursday and hat it rd ay. JLeare Linkville tar Lake Citv, California, Wed nesdays ; arrive at Lake City Satur­ days; le tve Lake Citv Mondays; arrive at Linkville Thursdays, carrying mail aud passengers. Ashland Lodge Aio. 23. PAPERS CifCollecti >ns promptly made. Will slao write communications fur publication, and pnvute or busi­ ness letters for parties der-inug bis services. [38-ui3 Stages leave Ashland as follows a WELLS WIMER & WELLS. .locts. 110 3 5 8 . 10 . 14 . 17 J. C. WIMEB Though time may set bls signet mark On heart, and hand,and brow; Tbj’Cicudr may rite and »kies grow dark, E’en as they’re grow Jug dow ; Far from a mother's love and pride, Our steps can never ro.m; Tnough men to all the world beside, • We’re always bjy. at home I i ASHLAND HOUSE. T P H . $2.00 PER ANNUM is a worthless colt. That satisfies him “Whips ’ as a family are extinct, to and many of his neighbors who were show the absurdity of the claim. An­ watching the experiment with attempts other one says the sire of his celebra­ to breed a trotter; and should they ted draught stallion weighing 1,600 afterward have an opportunity to breed pounds, “was Arabian out of a Ti mol eon • to choice and genuine blood, will not mare.” How the horse could have avail themselves of it, for they have been an Arabian if out of a Timoleon tried the Hambletonians and found mare, puzzles me, for Timoleon was an them wanting. This is one way in American bred horse, (grandsire of which the true interests of the coantry Lexington.)has been dead about 40 are retarded. Our breeders have been years. 1,600 pounds is good size for nearly as much to blame as those who that breeding, as Arabians weigh 700 misled them, for they were too careless to 800, and tbe Timoleons weighed to attempt finding out whether the about 1.050 and 1,100. The dam of horses were falsely or truly represen­ this celebrated draught stallion was ted. In all cases, let us not be satisfied “French.” Rather indefinite; but after until we get the names of the breeders all his owner must be a liberal minded of these animals, then we can find fellow to offer the servioes ot the pro­ whether they are responsible men, and duce of imported animals for 810. If whether they actually bred them. We tbe bores was bred as he represents he need no affidavits, for dates and inves­ would not be worth a ceut for dranght tigation often make sad havoc with purposes. By and by tbecountry will them. We want a full history of tbe be filled with Arabian and Timoleon horse, and with the information within and Whip colts and their owners will reach of every one now a days, we can feel that their honor is impeached it soon judge of its correctness. There any one dares doubt the propriety of is an official “Register” and “Stud their claims to such blood. So far am Book” for both trotters and thorough­ I from taking the narrow-minded view breds, in which all horses with a legiti­ insinuated by a recent correaponnent mate claim to good breeding are eligi­ —namely: that the close proximity ot ble for record, and as a rule all horses good blood is detrimental to me, that I not registered, or by registered parents even wish we had a great deal more of may be looked on with suspicion. They it. I will state my reasons.—First: In are almost certain not to be first-class, the near future it will be necessary for for if they were, their owners would not neglect to inorease their value by me to resort to other families of good recording them. Oar breeders have blood to prevent too close inbreeding, been so repeatedly imposed upon that and I would be glad to find it near me. I have taken the precaution to so ar­ Second: The better tbe blood on which range the management of my own I cross in breeding, the better will be breeding venture, that I need not de­ tbe reputation secured by my own pend on local patronage for success. stock. Third: (which I have touched Any other course would have invited on before) Were a good number of onr failure. This condition of affairs has breeders to tnrn their attention resulted from tbe introduction of to breeding high grale stock our sec­ “scrubs” with high sounding pedigrees. tion would gam a local celebrity that Suppose Alexander Abdallah (the sire would bring our purchasers to us, thus of Goldsmith Maid) bad been brought giving us advantages not only of sell­ to this country instead of “Old Fre­ ing our stock at home, but of selling mont,’’(they were about the same age,) it at an early age on its breeding. and that importation backed up by oth­ This is not a theoretical assumption, as ers of really good blood, does any­ ^he fame of Orange Co., N, Y., the body believe that those importations Blue Grass region of Kentucky and would not have given us a great local several other scarcely less celebrated celebrity as producers of fast trotters, localities will sufficiently demonstrate. and have made for us a horse market Neither of tbe two specified sections and an enterprise af inestimable value possesses tbe natural advantages of onr to breeders? therefore increasing the own, but tbe one bad the great Hambel- prosperity of all of us, no matter what tonian, the other, MambrinoChief, and our occupations. Tbe consideration of Alexander’s Abdallah. Had their count­ breeding is deserving our attention. All ry bden infested with “scrubs,” aud LETTER FROM JAY BEACH. Eastern and Southern Oregon is emi­ they patronized to the exclusion of the nently a stock country, if anything. good ones, those localities woald yet be INTERESTING TO HORSEMEN. Not only is the greater portion espe­ unknown as far as fine stock goes, Tbe F ort K lamath , Mar. 30, ’78. cially adapted to that business, but a introduction of blood stock, too, will E d . T idings :—I will now attempt to large pa t is fitted for nothing else. It give our breeders opportunities to con­ fulfill the promise made you some time is already, and will be, our leading in­ trast low with high-bred animals, and ago, to write for the columns of your dustry. To quote “Hark Comstock:” to decide for themselves after actual paper an article which I at the time be­ ‘The lead in success and prestige which observation as to the comparative mer­ lieved would prove interesting to many means the best profit, will rest with its of the respective classes. ’Twould of the breeders of our part of the state. those who are the most enterprising in be death to such horses as have no Though I shall make a desperate at­ securing the best material, and apply claim to merit but a false pedigree, bnt tempt at brevity, I fear the column talk­ the best judgement in its develop­ the salvation of breeders. By referauoe ed of, will hardly suffice for an explic ment.” It is true that sometimes an to the annual sales of A. J. Alexander, it treatment of the few points upon animal with little or no known inherit­ Lexington, Ky., we find that from which I shall touch. ThougL the ance takes bis place for tbe time being 1869 to 1877, inclusive, there were 383 writer is directly interested in the de among the fastest. But by observing thoroughbred yearlings sold to thehigfi- velopment of tbe trotting horse, it is him closely it will be seen that he est bidder, at an average of 8610 each. believed that the thoughts here pre­ does not hold that place for any great Ata year old they of course were unde­ sented will be found equally applicable length of time. Instances of this kind veloped aud sold on there breeding. io tbe development oi all varieties of are entirely exceptional, and from their Does anybody believe, no matter bow high grade live stock. I would like to rarity they establish.no law. The per­ high tbe form and promise of these year­ state too, iu a modest way, that they formances of a single exceptional in­ lings, that, had there been any ques-^ are not advanoed so much because they dividual in a family should not be tion as to tbe authenticity of tbeir rep­ are believed to be better than those of trusted as a basis for breeding stock. resented breeding, they oouli have I any one else, as in the hope that they Iu a good many instances where at­ I brought under the hammer, $25 apiece ? may stimulate a certain class of breed­ tempts have been made to produce a A hundred as good illustrations of tbe ers to think for themselves. This article trotter, the parents had each an atten­ I value of Simon pui*? bipod might be will no doubt set me right before many uated line to some remote trotting an­ given, bnt for thinking mem ibis will who have misjudged my motives in at­ cestor, but these lines had been cor­ suffice.• Tbe reckless following of high tacking “that pedigree” recently, they rupted and weakened by injudicious going no farther than to reason that the breeding until no reliance should have souudiog name and pedigrees without introduction of “Nat” into our locality, been placed on them as an inheritance. any effort to distinguish between tbe can do me no possible injury. I shall If the breeder has happened to get a true and the false, or tbe opposite one attempt to show that there are other horse of some promise, that Tery of not patronizing good blood for fear consideration involved, which not only promise only carries him so it is bogus, or because we have tested affect the interests of myself and the much farther downward until his a family by patronizing some counter­ breeders of our section, but of all who money and patience are finally exhaus­ feit horse and thus are satisfied, if per­ are interested in the welfare of our ted in the extortions of a set of unscru severed in, will ruin the stock interests community; and that whether it is bet­ pulous trainers. The trouble was in of any community; will disgast all ter to expose fraudulent claims to the blood, as comparison drawn be boDest and intelligent breeders of that breeding, or to follow them blindly tween this experience and that of suc­ locality in which such suicidal policy with implicit faith that we are on the cessful breeders will attest. Here are is maintained, and fiaally force them “royal road to success,” is a question one or two examples of that blood. One to seek other fields and take their good which is pertinent in a greater or less horseman says recently in a published blood with them; Therefore, instead degree to every one. So many impor­ pedigree of bis stallion: “Dam—a of opposing importations of high grade tations of third-rate horses have been thoroughbred Whip mare.” The worst stock, I shall welcome all such and made to our section, with the represen­ of it is, the claim can be of no earthly continue to speak a good word for tation that they were strictly first-class benefit to the horse as he was bred in them by whomsoever made. They will I and from tbe choicest strains, that Oregon ^tnd every body knows his more surely than anything else bring breeders have lost all confidence in quality. But we only need to say that breeders to realize that tbeir interests cannot be successfully built upon a blood importations. One of us has bred ‘ Old Kentucky Whip,’’(even he being false foundation, ani that high quality to a Hambletonian, (Hambletonian be­ a son of the original Imp. Whip ot cannot be produced itl an animal with* [continued ou fourth page) cause his owner said so,} and the result Virginia, /died in 1828, and that ths gold or brass buttons ou it, a red sash around his waist and yellow glovos on with a great big ring on the outside, and looked as proud as a turkey gob­ bler, with a plug hat on. Bought a gold watch at an auction­ eer for five dollars. He said I could take it to the mint, and it would coin up a twenty dollar piece. I got a drink of whisky for five cents; two dozen shoe strings for a bit; bought a little angel made of some kind of white stuff, for a quarter. I got my pocketsand bands full; then I went to my room and emptied the things out'n my carpet bag and took it along. I specelated around all afternoon and got my carpet bag pretty much full. If I had all my ictas over on Big Butte, I could mor’n double my money. I took my new goods and “traps” to my room and then went and got my six­ teen cent supper. Didn’t buy nothing else that day but whisky. Treated a whole crowd and like to a got iDto a row. Then I went to my room and writ np my journal and went to bed but couldn’t sleep on account of noise. There was what they call a sociable in the church by my winder, and about two hundred men and women were talkiug and hollering aud playing fid­ dles and things. A youngster in tbe next room was teethiif^ or bad tbe ache, I don’t know which, and kept up a yelling and his mother made as much fuss as he did. At about eleven o’clock the folks in the meetin’ house bad left and tbe baby bad cried itself to sleep, aDd the mother’d gone to bed and I d< zed off. Just then a youDg woman that roomed on the other side of me, came home from the theatre. She’s an actress and sings African songs. For a whole hour she kept np a regular squall about an old darkey by the name of Ned, aud a mulatto girl by the name of Miss Neal, aud one by tbe name of Miss Dean and another Miss Louy. She BUDg a song about a rela­ tive by tbe name of Sally, and Dually wound up with a song and a dauco about James Crow, and then went to bed. All was then quiet except the rattle of street cars and the tramp of stogy boots on the sidewalk and roar of horses’ hoofs on the cobbie stone side walk. (To be continued.) » %