THE ASHLAND TIDINGS. I THE COUNTY DEBT. NEEDS A BALANCE WHEEL. REALESTATEE - GROCRIES - - MISCELLANEOUS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. ETC. OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA. — VIA — The “Medford Monitor” stated some- Oregon & California R. R. and Connections. A short time ago the T idings s’at.d FARE FROM PORTLASD that the debt of Jackson county was es- ! : time ago that thirty tons of tailings from ! EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS. ti mated at nearly a hundred thousand , : the old quartz mill 011 Wagner creek To SAN FRANCISCO $33; to SACRAMENTO $30 TO I ; yielded $1200 at thu reduction works, Close connections made at Ashland with dollars. A study of the financial status Henry Waterson’a condition is improv­ I stages of the California, Oregon and Idaho of the county with the semi-annual state- i j By the proprietor» of the mine, the Stage Company. ing. ___ _ ___ inent of the county clerk (published last T idings was informed that this state- (DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.) Oregon will be the first State to elect week) as a basis, shows that estimate to merit was erroneous, and it said so— East Shir Division. a representative to the next Congress. The eu- have been more nearly correct than simply that and nothing more. BETWEEN PORTLAND AND ASHLAND. Mail Train. I 1 gineer of the M«>nit«»r,” evidently suf- many supposed at the time. This state- LF.AVR, ARRIVE. The Morrow anti-Chinese bill will pro­ ment of the county e'erk may be in es- i . fering with a sore head or a disordered Portland ....7:30 A. M. Ashland 4:45 A. M Or, in short, any kind of bably be favorably reported to the House. Ashland .7:45 P. M. I Portland.... 2:45 r. M tablished form for such “exhibits,” but to > i imagination, takes this as an insult, and ---------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Albany Express Train Political gossips suggests that Thurman common people who want to know just : • in about a half-column of froth and LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland. 4:00 1’. M. Lebanon.......... 9:20 P M. -()<)( >0000- may succeed Bayard as Secretary of how the county stands it seems very in- : i “swash” charges the T idings with slurr- Lebanon 4:45 A. MjPortland. .10:05 A. M. State. Pullman Palace 'leeping Curs daily betweeu complete, to say the least, and in some i ing the Medford quartz mill, “ belittling Albany and Ashland. The O. A C. R. R. Fer­ Medford as an enterprising center, ” and of its aspects it is positively misleading. ' ry makes connection w ith all the regular truins It is believed at Washington that J. on the East Side Div. from foot of r St. W. Mackay will enter the Senatorial race In the first place, no mention whatever is I calling him a liar. It is surprising that, West side Division made of the laige amount of accrued in- I ' while the fit was upon him, he didn’t in Nevada. I terest upon the outstanding scrip. In Ì j convict the T idings of high treason BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. It is said to be practically settled that Mail Train. the next place, the income from the against the I mted States of America, LEAVE. | ARRIVE. BEFORE PURCHASING. Howard and Terry will get the vacant Portland 9.00 A. M Corvallis 4:110 I’. M. whole of the present year’s tax (exclu­ and sentence it to annihilation at once. Corvallis 8:30 A. M. I Portland 3:20 P. M. Major-Generalships. sive of the state's general and school From the ridiculous he descends to con- o i Express Train. ARRIVE. A delegation of Utes have gone to portion) is figured in as assets on Jan. temptibility when he hints darkly that Portland LEAVE. .'.OOP. M I McMinnville. .8:00P. M. Washington to try and sell their reserva­ 1st, 1886, whereas no mention whatever “it is rather dangerous to tell a brother McMinnville.5:45 A. M.| Portland........ 8:30 A. M. Local tickets for sale and baggage checked at is made of the expenses of the latter “editor that he lies knowingly and wtll- company tion to the Government. ’s un-town office, cor Stark ami Second streets. Tickets for principal points in Califor­ “ fully. ” Possibly it might be serious in half of the fiscal year, which will prob­ nia can only be procured mid baggage checked The Portland Daily Standard has sus­ ably amount to more than those of the his case. If he is wrought into such a nt company’s office, pended publication. The World says former half, exclusive of the outlay for fever by simply being told that he has Cor. F and Front Sts., Portland, Or, mtigwuinpery caused its demise. SUITS REDUCED TO Freight will not be receive 1 for shipment af­ bridge building. To pursue this plan of made an “erroneous” statement, the -------- + 44 88 a ter 5 o’clock P. M. on either the East or West The Secretary of the Treasury has is­ exhibit we might easily wine out the chances arc that if someone should call Side Divisions. 44 44 R. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS. sued a call for $10,000.000 of 3 per cent county debt entirely, on paper, by figur­ him a liar it would throw him into con­ Manager. G. F. A Pass. Agent. if u COATS ing in as assets the tax income for two or vulsions that might prove fatal. Never­ bonds, which will Ire paid April 1st. if 44 a three years ahead, and saying nothing theless, should occasion require it, the The Republican Senators propose to about the trifling matter of expenses to T idings will not hesitate to perform this question Cleveland’s right to arbitrarily be met in the same time by this same in­ “dangerous” duty. remove United States Judges in the Ter­ come. Inasmuch as the expenses of the The yield of the rock in question is a ritories. county have been running ahead of the matter of some public interest in this — I Seattle was released from martial law income every year for sometime, how­ neighborhood, and the report that it was The largest and Finest stock of furniture in Monday evening, by proclamation of the ever, it would bo more correct to figure about $40 a ton naturally excited much Ashland at governor. It was under military rule for the balance of the future as liabilities comment. When Messrs. Walsh & Brag- two weeks. than it is to draw “assets” from this don found that it did not reach one-tenth ULj^Call and inspect our stock before purchasing elsewhere. ’ that figure, the public was entitled to source. Above all things, the people McCarthy, th»* defaulting clerk of the A new and elegant line of Fall Styles just received supreme court of Califoinia, who fled to want clearness and plain, straightforward know it, and the idea that the simple from San Francisco. Honolulu, has been brought back to San statement in these matters. Something statement in the T idings was intended to injure any enterprise, any place or that we can all understand at a glance, Francisco for trial. as a man understands his own business any man is too preposterous for anyone Walnut Seta, On Friday seventy-five Mormon con­ Bed Lounges, affairs. If there is inteiest to be count­ of ordinary common sense to conceive. Side Boards, verts from the South left Chattanooga, Bureaus, ed in as a part of the debt, why not say The facts are simply these. The man­ Tenn., for Utah. There are now nearly Center Tables. so? If the county debt has actually in­ ager of the reduction works tested a Mirrors. 100 elders at work in the Southern States. creased some 812,000 or 815,000 within small quantity of the reduced ore before Pictures and Frames Mr. Walsh at the mill, and the result six months, is it honest to give the in ­ Kenward Philp, aged 40 years, an CHAIRS, 50 DIFFERENT DESIGNS Englishman by birth, who was charged f crease at $1,088.15 in the “exhibit?” I pointed to a yield of from 835 to $40 with forging the famous Morey letter in As to the motive of this, the T idings , I per ton. The Monitor man was informed Window Shades, Samples of Carpets, 1880, died at his residence in Brooklyn, has nothing to say at present. Possibly I of this and figured out that thirty tons Baby Carriages, . ; would yield 81200. He stated that tliir- Boys’ Wagons, etc. N. Y., last Tuesday. I someone who knows may explain the matter, but as the public is interested in [ ty tons had yielded that sum. The fact In the breach of-promise suit of Miss the county finances, let us make an at­ . j is, the quantity of rock was le3s than 000------ Perkins vs. Lucky Baldwin at Los An- tempt, with what data we have, to ap­ . j twenty tons, and the returns received geles, Cal., the jury awarded plaiutiff proximate the actual condition of affairs: I by Walsh A Bragdon were less per ton 875,000 damages last Friday, Baldwin According to the Clerk's “exhibit,” ' than one tenth what the Monitor stated. has transferred his real property to others, the debt on July 9, 1885, amounted to , - The T idings is not disposed to be m>s- GENERAL UNDERTAKER. hoping to evade payment. $62.190.50. The disbursements since , ' represented even by the Monitor, and if are rooms al R. R. Bridge, near Youle On the 17th of the present month the that time to Jan. I, 1886, aggregate 829,- . : that paper, or any moving spirit behind TO-" & Gilroy's planingmill. it, wishes to pursue this matter further, Portland board of trade held a meeting 644.24, making a total of 891,834.83. at which a memorial was adopted asking This all bears interest at the rate of eight we have a good stock of facts in store congress to pass the bill now pending in per cent per annum, and the accumu­ which may be pertinently used. regard to the Crater Lake park. This lated interest must be added to the heavy memorial w:is forwarded the same day to principal. .Without a thorough and la­ Washington. borious examination of the records and Another complication has arisen in the accounts of both the clerk and treasurer it would be impossible to determine ex­ telephone matter. J. Harris Rogers, the actly how much this interest aggregates, Pan Electric inventor, forbids Garland but, to be reasonable, let us computo it from giving away his stock. He claims the right to forbid this, because the stock as equal on Jan. 1, 1886, to two years Nat res own remedy, Oregon Kidney interest upon the whole sum, or, in was a gift, conditional on the performance Tea. round numbers, $15,000. By this com­ of certain things. -------- to— - --- ——— —. putation the debt with interest foots up John B. Gough, the eloquent apostle 8106,000. of temperance, who was stricken with Against this debt the clerk places $36,- apoplexy while in the midst of a lecture 000 “assets”—which consists, he ex­ Was tbo name formerly given to Scrofula in Philadelphia on Monday night of last plains, of cash and cancelled warrants in Can be found a full line of Jtecause of a .'Upemtition that it could be week, died at 1 o’clock last Thursday af­ the treasury, the county assessment levy cured by a king’s touch. Tho world Is Watches, ternoon. It is recalled that the last and amounts due fioin all other sources. wiser now, and knows that Clocks, words uttered by him, just before lie ft 11. The cash and cancelled warrants, what­ Jewelry. were: “Young man, make your record ever their amount may be, must, of Fancy Goods, clean.” He was buried in one of the course, be deducted from the sum of in­ Silver and Plated can only be cured by a thorough purifies« beautiful cemeteries of the Quaker City, debtedness as shown, but it can hardly tion of’ the blood. If this is neglected, Ware, Violin Strings, Drugs. Medicines. the disease perpetuates its taint through the funeral being private, at the request Î be correct to deduct from present indebt­ gen -ration after generation. Among its Toilet Soaps and Perfumery. of his wife. earlier symptomatic developments are edness the amount due the county be­ ------ -SB ♦ » ------- Eczema: Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu­ Watches, clocks and jewelry repaired. Congressman Hermann was asked by a tween the present time and the end of mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas, Sewing Machine Needles and Oil. Purulent deers, Nervous and Phy­ Washington news reporter last Saturday the current fiscal year, when a large pro­ sical Collapse, etc. If allowed to con­ Prescriptions carefully compounded. 5 whether lie would seek renoiuiuation at portion of this amount will be needed to tinue. Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca­ tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases, 9-41] T. K. BOLTON A CO. the next election for his present position. meet the current expenses of the county Tubercular Consumption, and vari­ He replied that he would do nothing to during that period. For the first six ous other dangerous or fatal maladies, are All of which must and will be closed out within produced by it. influence the action of the convention, i months of the cun ent year the expenses J Come early and get your as his work here so fully occupies his of the county, exclusive of expenditures — FOR THE BEST — time that he could not go cun[>aigning under the head of “permanent improve­ choice. Remember such bargains do not often oc- for renomination. He said if his work ments,” were 813,751.02. During this h the only powerful and always reliable cur. thus far did not rally his friends to his period there was but one term of circuit bl »)d-purijying medicine. It isso effect­ TIN, SHEET-IRON &COPPERWARE ual an alterative that it eradicates from support he would have to suffer the con court, while in the half year between the system Hereditary Scrofula, and Call at sequences of being away front the scene Jan. 1st and July 1st, 1886, two terms of the kindred poisons of contagious diseases I an I mercury. At the same time it en­ court will have been held. It is reason­ i of action when nominations arc made. riches and vitalizes the blood, restoring Yours, truly, able to suppose, then, that the county healthful action to the vital organs and A Maine man writes to the State Im­ rejuvenating the entire system. Thisgreat expenses during the latter half-year will $ « 00 Overcoats Reduced to S 5 OO. migration Board that a colony of seven­ 4 4 4 < < be greater than 813,757.02. Let us say 00 12 8 OO. ty-five to one hundred families will leave Ashland, Oregon. Jan. ist, 1886. 4 4 the issuance of scrip from Jan. 1 to July < < « < Is composed of the genuine Honduras 10 OO. that State for Oregon this year. The let­ 15 00 .Sarsaparilla, with Yelloto Dock, Stil- 1, provided no permanent improvements c < « 4 4 4 00 ter received by the Board says: ‘’When 18 OO. lingia, the Iodides of Potassium and 25 be required, will reach 815,000. Add to Iron, and other ingredients of great po­ I tell you that we feed stock seven 00 Fine Suits. Reduced to 20 OÔ. 25 tency. carefully and scientifically com­ In Reeser’s Rloca. Ashland. Or., Full stock this another half year’s interest on the months in the year in stable* to keep I pounded. Its formula is generally known OO Fine Black Cutaways, , Reduced to 20 on hand and made to order. 15 OO. debt, to July 1st, and we have $19,000 to the medical profession, and the best them alive, it shows you that there is not OO Heavy Suits, Reduced to physicians constantly prescribe AYER’S 12 OO. to deduct from the $36,000 “assets.” *5 < 4 4 4 much profit left. We are not rich, but This leaves U3 only $17,000 to subtract S arsaparilla as an 4 Particular Attention paid to Job Work. 12 OO IO OO. we are industrious and economical.” A 4 4 4 < from the $106,000 debt, and we have the OO 9 Which will be done in n workmanlike manner / OO. letter to the Board from St. Johns, New and at < 4 4 4 “snug sum” of $89,000 left as a balance For all diseases caused by the vitiation of 7 OO Satinet Suits, 5 OO. Foundland, promises an addition of ten on the wrong side of the county ledger. the oiood. It is concentrated to the high­ families to the population of Oregon be­ o- est practicable degree, far beyond any This is most likely short of the true I Prices That fore the close of the present year. other preparation for which like effects figures, but we prefer to err on that side, ——- - ► • ----- White Knit Underwear, from 25 cents up. are claimed, and Is therefore the cheapest, The new edition of the school laws, rather than to exaggerate the debt. All Wool Red Knit Underwear, as well as the best blood purifying medi­ $ i 00. comprising 2,500 copies, has been ar­ I The T idings has no othei interest in cine. in the world. All Wool White Knit Underwear, i 5°- B. F. REESER. 10-7] ranged, annotated, and compiled by Supt. this matter than that of the public wel­ aii< Good Canton Flannel, - s 5°- McElroy, and is now printed and ready fare. It is proper that the people of the prepared by White Blankets, from S2 00 up. for distribution. This edition of the laws county should know exactly the condi­ Lamp Stands. Dr. J. C. Ayer &. Co., Lowell, Mass. -------- 000— will afford one copy to each school dis­ tion of their financial affairs and it is an [Analytical Chemists.] trict in the state, and a sufficient number important part of the duty of a public Sold by all Druggists: Price $1; will at onee be sent to each county super­ journal to furnish such information. Un­ 1 Six bottles for $5. fortunately, the county is deeply in debt. intendent to supply each school clerk with one copy for the use of the district. In spite of the heavy annual tax of two The undersigned lias leased a shoo on MAIN — ■ - Oi»<)---------------- This edition is a great improvement on per cent. upon the property of the coun­ treet. fronting the Plaza, and will continue to ty, the debt has continued to increase. the first one, containing not only the fill orders in his line nt Would inform the public that he has again es­ amendments made at the special session, I How to remedy the trouble is a matter tablished himself in REASONABLE RATES, E. K. ANDERSON JAMES THORNTON, but, in addition to this, all of the subse­ which should receive the fullest discus­ Vice President. President. and guarantee salisfaction. Also, quent decisions by the superintendent of sion and consideration at this time. public instruction, since July 1st, 1865. Paper Hanging and Glazing. I Prohibition State Committee. I Also a brief but exceedingly useful and ASHLAND, < inter Slate will be found nt door of sho) The Prohibition State Central Com­ practical chapter on school architecture. t.> the Reeser building on Main street, MAXI FACTUREES OF H. S. EVANS. I mittee met at Eugene City Feb. 18, Next ami has for sale a u< 11 < ho«» n stock of —[Statesman. I Chairman G. W. Dimmick, of Marion, i Clotlis anti Cassiinercs THE RAILROAD WAR. presiding, and J. E. Houston, of Jackson, From u hieh to make up MiiG to orm. t'x i Hue "f .< in pl, '- (ì',ods n hand. traveling public is delighted by a genuine, mended that the County Conventions be held on Thursday, March 25th, and Satisfaction guaranteed. 9-41 old-fashioned war of rates which will en­ the Primary meetings on Saturday. HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY able a person to make a trip across the March 20th. I H. fox . doubt be stimulated to great activity I wards organizing the State Prohibition Party. Is now under the proprietorship and mnn- Clothier and Hatter, Odd Fellows Block, Ashland. Or. during the coutinuance of the war. Rates It was voted that a volunteer Lecture agement •>! I on freight have been cut down by a much Bureau be ojieued under the superin­ heavier discount. First-class passenger tendence of J. L. Johnson. (,f Portland, Syrup of Figs. Who lias bought th* iuterr-«! of II Herzog in fare from Chicago'to San Francisco has and immediately a large number of ad­ the busiiiPMs and taken per*4»nal charge of the Manufactured only by the California dresses were volunteered. I*1 shop, and assures everybody of «atisfaetory been 899.50, but the last report stated Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco. Cal., ia The whole number of delegates fixed treatment. Always on hand the choicest fresh that tickets were selling at $30, limited for the state convention is 139. of which Nature’s Own True Laxative. This pleas­ as opened a new shoe sh-’p in the room BEEF, PORK & MUTTON. I ant liquid fruit remedy inay be had of I as to time,.and $40 unlimited, while Jackson county is given 8; Josephine, 2; formerly oecupit <1 as the U <-lls Fargo ex- <: pres* office, near the livery stable, on the ca-t J. H. Chitwood eV Soli, at fifty cents or ; Klamath, 1; Lake 1, and Douglas, 8. I Will take in exchange for beef second and third-class tickets have been side of Main street. ------ :--------------- -♦■------------------- — ' À one dollar per bottle. It is the most | cut in somewhat lesser proportion. pleasant, prompt and effective remedy ’ Grape, plum, lemon, strawberry, black­ BUTTER, EGGS and CHICKENS, Ä70Ä 7886.sfaB& Plain and Fancy Cassimeres, Flannels, Hosiery, Etc. known, to cleanse the system; to act on ! w.n M mailed Third-class, or emigrant, tickets have berry, quince, crab apple and currant FREE u all apalleaau. aad la euumen of do new work and repairing in a For w hieb highest market prices are paid •M yaar vukeal arderlas H- fl coLlaraa atout 1*0 patri, * the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet i «U0 been sold for the trip from San Francis­ jellies at Burckhalter A Haaty’s. Vv manner guaranteed to give satisfaction lltaalrauaar, *rlrar. accurato traerían««, u>d vaiatola OVER and UNDERWEAR. - CLOTHING MADE to ORDER. lirecO-nv fw clamine all laririUi af VEfiETARLE thoroughly, to dispel headaches, colds L. STACY. co to New York at $27, and the end is Try Reesers ¡latent grooved and A fair share of public patronage solicited ■at FLOWER H4.4.OS, BELKA, etc Imalaas.a and fevers; to cure constipation, itidiges- ' to all, raparially to Markat Oarlrarra. tont lav IL Office and Sales Rooms in Masonic Building, not yet. Now is the time to travel. N ote . —A’.l bills must be settled prompt crimped stove p.pe. * 10-18] C has . G raves . D. M. FERRY A CO., Dotrolt, Miohlsan. Ty st ths end of each month. tion and kindred ills. w. U. ATKINSON, Secretary and General Manager. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26. 188« PARTIES DESIRING PURCHASE Dwellings, Farming or Fruit Lands REAL ESTATE, I I Will do well to consult with the undersigned SPECIAL NOTICE. ♦ ♦* We are prepared to make the fol­ lowing reductions in our stock of Men’s Clothing: A reside! i ce in Ashland of many years, and a thorough acquaintance with the soils and products of the val­ ley enable me in many instances to show parties just what they wish, and at a fair price. FURNITURE! C. F. BILLINGS. Ashland, Or Parties who are afraid of a Real Estate Agent are referred to any business house in the city, H.S. EMERY S PIONEER FURNITURE STORE THE STOVE STORE ! ALFORD & BRAGDON « Call and Examine mv Stock! The undersigned, having bought the general stock of Samuel Arendt at a great reduction from original cost, will offer the same to the Public at AT CITY Slaughtering Prices. DRUG and JEWELRY STOUT The stock is new and fresh. No shelf-worn goods Consisting in part of general KING'S EVIL DRY and FANCY GOODS, Groceries, Boots, and Shoes, Hats, and Caps, Gents’ Furnishings, Trunks and Valises, SCROFULA —. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, Etc Ninety Days. fyer s Sarsaparilla We have reduced our prices on stoves and defy competition We are selling hardware lower than anv other house in the county. Prices on all kinds of farming implements lower than ever before, We S£ll the Studebaker /Vagons and Buggies, and the J. I. Case Plows, Hoosier Grain Drill and Seeder, Acme, and Keystone Disc Harrows, and have the largest and best stock of all kinds of farm machinery in Ashland. Give us a call and be convinced. WILLARD « EUBANKS FORTY DAYS REDUCTION SALE CLOTHING A. T Safe and Fixtures for SALE, not for rent. B. F. Reeser’s Regenerative Medicine NEW TIN CARO BROS 4 SHOP ASHLAND DRUG STORE M Asonic Block. Absolute Cure 4 4 4 LARGEST STOCK of DRUGS Defy competition. I Patent Medicines, Druggist’s Sundries, School Ayer’ Sarsaparilla, < ( Books I Stationery ! Artists’ Materials, Lamps and PAINTING! Prescriptions a Specialty. Socks, Suspenders, Gloves, Neckwear &c. &c. at J. H CHITWOOD & SON CASH PRTCKS. M. MAYER, The Tailoiing Business ASHLAND WGOLEN MILLS. IN HEATON FOX, Blacksmithiiig 1 Carriage Won. ASHLAND MARKET WHITE and COLORED BLANKETS, The object in offering the above goods at so great a sacrifice, is to make room for my Spring stock of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, now being manufactured in San Francisco and the East. And will be the largest and finest ever brought to Southern Oregon. N. B.—All Sales Strictly Cash. No exceptions made. Yours very truly, O. H. BLOUNT, K. ST JVC Y NEW SHOE SHOP! Chas. Graves H ASHLAND, OREGON. SEES a 9