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& ■.’-"ft. »• - % - *4 "**■ - # J A. ■ *! ’*?SS a* ' x‘ w X A8HLAND TIDINGS. ASHLAND TIDINGS W. H. LEEDS. Editor end i Publisher. Terms of Subscription At*» copy, on® year..........................♦ 3 50 «x months....................... 1 50 75 “ ** three mouths.................. Club Kates, mx copies for.............. 12 50 Term», in advance. w íiQí'í*. T-- PBOFE88IOHAL 0A1D8. ft.. t 1 » i . I ASHLAND, OREGON, .FRIDAY. JUNE 3, 1887. VOL. XI. I i i TIDINGS ASHLAND ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. t k W» ■ f » • * | H ■ B 'ri $x « i t . 1 so I I NO. 51. I strongest soil in the valley, but needs at Ashland has been running success-* growth of hemlock. The lava flowing ANSWERS TO QCEST1ON8. to be worked at the right time. It fully for a number of years and its from this has made ,n island iu the seems to be almost inexhaustible, and goods have an enviable reputation lake at least two miles long. The Geo. B. Currey, The following questions and answers will yield fine crops of grain year after throughout the whole Pacific coast cone has a dish-like depression in its have been prepared in response to Attorney and Counsellor at Law. year without the use of any fertilizer. It was founded on the theory that it apex, which shows where once its cra numerous letters of inquiry and arc A8HLAND, OREGON. The granite soil is specially adapted to was cheaper to ship the manufactured ter was. and into which one can. look intended to be a correct statement of inisters , V.< alists , P cbuc S teax - Will attend to case» In the court» of Ore fruit growing, and when properly article than the raw wool, and the suc from a position on the bluffs above. value^etc., as they are at the last ot JACKSON COUNTY. ers »nd the professions generally gon. render advice anil prepare papers in recommend S anta A bik as the best of all manured m excellent for garden pur cess of the undertaking has demonstra The period of the first great eruption the »ellleiuent ot ealates, make appli ! medicines for all diseases of the T hroat , cations for patent» under th« U. 3. min poses. Near the center of the valley is ted its correctness. The mill is large, was. probably followed by a season of j Is there any any Government Uuvei Is there land in the C hest , L ungs , • ing laws, and may be consulted on all a tract about six miles square called is operated by a splendid water-power, rest and then a second eruption, dur-1 Rogue River Valley? matter, pertaining to Government lands, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION “The DeterL” It is composed of a is fitted up with the most approved of ing which this small cone was formed ’* * very ...... fiat little, and that on the School and Hn ur.il, lands, and claims BEWARE OF IMITATIONS I agai n’ t the I*. 3. for service» or losses. modern machinery, and is in every way- by the final effort of the expiring gravelly loam, with quantities of small foot-hills. The lands in the valte' uE ITS Sec that the trade mark, S anta A bie , is OFFICE— Main street. [10-39 rock in *the bottoms. It is covered capable of turning out the finest quali forces. Burning lava flowed fiercely were takeu up y ears ago. on every Imttle. Satisfaction guaranteed or Township plats on file In the office. with grass in the early spring, but ty of goods at a minium cost Several down its sides, where now the dwarfed ! What is the value of farming lands? tnonev refunded by C hitwood <& S on . Location, Climate, Soil and otherwise is destitute of vegetation. excellent flouring mills are in opera hemlock has gained a precarious foot farms bring from 15 to Resources; Experiments recently made seem to tion at Ashland. Phrenix and Jack hold and seeks to hide its ugliness lie-. ' 50 Improved dollars per acre, according to loca J. T. Bowditch, indicate that it is adapted to fruit sonville, supplying the whole of South Death a mantle of vegetation. tion abd improvements. Unimproved Attorney and Counsellor at Law LIVE STOCK. Its Valleys and Mountains, and its growing, and it will probably be util ern Oregon with a superior quality of lands, mostly on the hills, may be had flour, and no doubt the bulk of the ized sooner or Inter for that purpose. ASHLAND, OREGON. The foothills of Jackson county fur at from five to ten dollars ner acre. 5 Attractions for the Tourist surplus wheat of this rogiou will, ere PRODUCTS. •¥ ill practice it. all courts of the Stale. and Immigrant. long, be shipped abroad in the form of nish grazing for sheep of the finest to 10 acre lots unimproved within 1 Collections promptly made and remitted. Wheat will doubtless continue to be flour. The new roller process ma quality, and the best strains of fine mile to two miles and worth from 830 9-4 one of the principal products of the chinery has lately been put in the Merinos have been introduced into the to 8100 per acre. [Compiled and Revised from previous Rogue River valley for some years to mill at Ashland and giies eutire satis county. So much attention has been 1I What is the market value of the Description.*. I paid to improving the sheep of this different products? I twine, Forty bushels to the acre is by faction. T. B. Sent, no means an uncommon yield, and the Wheat 80, oate 50, j>otatoee 1.2Q corn i region that Southern Oregon wool is Saw aud planing mills produce all Attorney and Counsellor at Law. The object ot tbif .■-•yrie is to call berry is usually of superior quality. the rough and finished lumber needed in I rated higher in the market than that 70 eta, grain hay 812 per ton. JACKSONVILLE, OR. the alU^ntauu of itnulgtmrs and dwee Anything like a failure of crops has that section, wltich is by no meaus a from the Willamette valley. About What are the prevailing prices fur 3H.0U0 are kept, chiefly in small bauds, horses, ill pructi' <• in dll courts of Oregon. who contemplate a change of residence never been known since the valley whs small quantity. The mountains anu^ cattle aud sheep? Office in Ui.- court house. pt>-3 to the special advantage offered by settled. covered with dense forests of fir, yel T. ’»• nmcnera. About 10,000 beef Good horses tor term use bring from > This is the only section of the North I low pine, while black and -white oak, cattle graze on the hills, and many 8100 to 8170 each, common euwJjrom t he valley of the Rogue river in South fine stock, including Jerseys, Here- ern Oregon. It is not intended us a Pacific country where corn can be i ash, laurel aud maple grew in abun- 30 to 40 dolhuw calves from 810 to 812, “boomer,” and it is no part of ite de raised with any degree of success. dance ou the foothils, iu the valley and fords, Durhams, etc., are kept. Horses, sheep 8L50. too, are made a specialty by some of Here the crop is usually a good one, J. 3. Howard., I sign to bold out any false inducements along the numerous strea us. Exten What are the wages of mechaiues in order to draw any person away from although not equal in the yield per sive experiments have been made the the fanners. Among the leading im aud Notary Public and Conveyancer farm labors? acre to that of the corn growing re past few years in the culture of amber porters and breeders of fine horses and home where he is already doing well, MEDFORD, OREGON. Carpenters wages daring the past cattle is Mr. W. C. Myer, who makes a and where he is measurably satisfied gions of Tllinios or Iowa. Elsewhere cane, and both soil and climate have rhled at 82.50 to 83.00 per day, with bis present condition. At the in Oregon and Washington tho nights been found admirably adapted to it. specialty of Percherons, Shetland season Ba me time we canuot overlook the are too cool for the successful cultiva It is probable, then, that the manu ponies and Jersey cattle. The visitor brick-maeons and plasterers 83JO to farm laborers $20 to $25 per fact that thousands of persons are al tion of this grain. Oats and other facture of sugar will be embarked in to Jackson county should not fail to $4.00, Dr. J. 8. Farson, ready on the way, or will be with the small grains are usually a good crop. at no distant day. Splendid water visit this farm and know for himself month and board. What kind of schools do you have? opening of spring, to the Pacific coast; But little timothy has been raised so power exists in numerous Localities that Southern Oregon is taking the PHY8ICIAN AND SURGEON, I Fair to good. In many places a and thousands of others are Seriously far, and that principally along the very advantageously situated for manu lead in the introduction of fine stock I A shland , O kegon . $5000 REWARD $5000. contemplating a removal to some por creek bottoms. Alfalfa is grown to facturing, and it is but a matter of to this comparatively new country. In small quarterly tax is charged each tion of the vast domain lying west of some extent, and in some locations time when much more of it will be the matter of improving the blood of scholar in attendance, to make, with Office at residence on Main street, next For .1 better or more pleasant remedy for the their animals, the stock men of thia the amount reoeived from the state, dour to Presbyterian church. [11-42 Neither in Quantity, Quality, Varieties. Size of Trees, nor Health and Vigox cure does well. A large portion of the hay utilized than at present. of consumption, coughs, asthma, the Rocky mountains. The states of region have shown commendable en enough to maintain the schools through of same. cramp, whooping cough and all bronchial California and Oregon and the territory is made from wheat or oats cut green. MINERAI Ji. terprise, and are reaping their reward the year. Ashland has good graded Embracing all the Leading Varieties of APPLE, PEAR. PEACH, PLUM troubles than S anta A bie , the A bientine Washington form within themselves a The adaptability of the valley to the Dr. S. T. Songer, and M ovntain H ai m C ovgh fong. Not a x__ _ _ The Southern Oregon uimes are ' in the reputation and increased value schools. PRUNE. APRICOT. NECTARINE, CHERRIES, ALMONDS, Etc. etc. secret compound. A complete mixture a great empire with a sea coast of growth of tame grass is still an open of the animals, for Rogue river valley question. placers and lodes, producing gold with i about two thousand miles, and embrac What is the cost of lumber, lime and without the addition of any powders. -Pleas PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ant to the taste. The rapidly advancing price of land a very little silver. The present yield has the reputation of producing the brick? ing probably a greater variety ot to Office one door south of Ashland House pography, soil, climate and productions will probably tend to discourage stock of placer claims is about 8200,000 per j finest horses of Oregon. Common building lumber $12 per I on Main street. ill-12 that can be found within the same ex raising, except for thoroughbreds. annum as an average, the sum varying ! M, flooring, rustic and finishing lum DAIHY PBODUCTS. I tent of cotiutrj anywhere on the earth's Farmers* aving a range upon the hills according to the rainfall, which makes eta. per lb. The butter klal cheese of thia re ber «20 to 830, lime surface. To know just where in this can raise cattle to advantage, but most work possible. The total product of i bnck $8 to $10 per M. Dr. Milla Svaaoe Lund, gion have an enviable reputation wher vast empire is the particular combina of the large ranges are now east of the placer washing has been perhaps 830.- | What are house rente in Ashland r HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, 000,000, including deep placer or hy ever they are known. The fine breeds tion of advantages liest suited to his .mountains. Ordinary houses bring from five tc ! of dairy cattle, the climate, grass, Hogs pay well and find a ready draulic diggings, and shallow or sur requirements js the problem which fifteen dollars per month. A shland . O regon . P. BARRY PEAR, The Best Late Shipping Variety. confronts the intending immigrant. 1 i market, indeed bacon is regularly face diggings, and the auriferous sands water, etc., all combine to produce a superior quality of butter and cheese. Are there any farms for rent? office ut residence of Mrs. Il Ralph, >>u I No section is without its advantages. I i brought into Oregon from the Eastern of the seashore. The number of placer MUIR PEACH, (freestone) still heads the lisi. With the facilities for cheap shipment A few. They bring from $2 50 U Mai, street. i states in order lo supply the demand. miners in the five counties of Jackson, and none without it« disadvantages. I The only guaranteed cure for catarrh, cold KANADY’S CLING, the canner'« pride. The culture of hops is becoming a Josephine, Curry, Coos and Douglas of these articles offered by the railroad $3.00 per acre. In the head, hay fever, rose < <>)d, < atarrhal The perfect country, where every day i deafness and sore eyes. Restores the sense What are the prevailing disuaaea? KELSEY’S JAPAN PLUM, has no peer. the year is one of absolute oomfort, prominent industry on this const and has remained tolerably uniform for , there will, lieyond question, lie a groat ! trtsti and smell, removes bad taste and in C. J. Sochrist, M. D., There are no iliseases that can b where nolxxly is ever very sick and there is no reason why they should uot several years and must amount to 700 increase in dairy products and a new ROBE DE SARGENT PRUNE, never before tifierotl m Oregon. It is this of unpleasant breath, resulting from catarrh. source of wealth opened to the farm said to be prepaleut here. Such dit including Chinese. Easy and pleasant to use. Follow directions nothing is found to interfere with the thrive in this valley. Within the past or thereabouts, PHŒNIX, OREGON. which, in a dried state, forms the celebrated prune D’ENTE, (Frene.} and a <tlr< is warranted by all druegists. pleasure ami comfort < J the fortunate two or three years several hop yards A good many of the whites are settled ers. The market in Portland, for but eases as are common to all section Send for circular to A bies link M eiuc . il Conserves.) Office at resilience—»late at Engle Bros.' i have been planted in the valley, and permanently in the vicinity of their ter, cheese and eggs is high ‘and per are met with here, such as fever, C ompany , Oroville, < al. six months' treat inhabitants, is nut to be found in any 1 drug store. Hu-40 manent, and the old and new farmers rheumatism, etc. Occasionally a cae ment for il: sent by Mall for 41.10 For section of America that has as yet the yield, lx>th in quantity and duality, claims and quite a large proportion of Berkeley Gooseberry the most profitable of them all. sale by (11-37 been ojien for settlement. The man is reported as first-class. Very limited them are married and have families. ot the valley will find it quite ot pneumonia is found, but the coun Languedoc, King's, Soft Shell and Paper Shell Almonds. who is in search of Utopia need not experiments indicate that sweet pota The number of people deiiendeut up profitable to supply the required pro try eon be truly said to be a ver J. 3. Walt«, M. D. 8., Chitwood X Sou Ashland. waste any time in coming to Oregon. toes and peanuts will do well on the on plaoer mining for a livelihood is ducts. healthful one when ordinary preeao HU PWl’Lh. granite soil. In fact tne capabilities tions tor the prevention of diseases ar probably 2500. The most of these re Will practice his profession of Dentistry LARGE STOCK SHADE and ORNAMENTAL TREES LOCATION. taken. Pulmonary complaints, sucJ of the valley have not been half tested side in Jackson and Josephine counties, —AT — Evergreens, shrubs, roses, clematis and flowering plants, small fruits, grape Jackson county contains a popula Jackson county lies in the extreme as yet which are nearly equally divided as to tion of about twelve thousand, it is as asthma, consumption, etc., are no' A shlind , O regon . vines, etc., etc. southern end of Oregon, bordering on their miniDg population. Curry comes I estimated that one-forth of this num nearly so common as in the East FRUIT «ROWING. /t?“ Before purchasing elsewhere, parties inteuding to plant trees will tin. the California line, and is hemmed in • tu« « lu College Boarding H oum -. 11-S Many persons coming here with asth There seeuis to lie no reason to next, Douglas-next, and Coos last in ber have arrived here within the last ma have been greatly benefited b. it to their interest to coute and see our stock anti learn our prices. betwoen the Cascade mountains on the importance. five years. Many of the first aettlers east and those of the Coast Range on doubt that the leading industry of the Trees and catalogues may be seen al W. G. Tanner’s. Ashland, Or. Order came from Missouri and Kentucky. the pure air of the valley and moui SUENEKE. the west, the Roguo river mountains Rogue River valley in the near future Miss Alena Weber, I A large portion of the pioneers were tains. left with him will receive prompt attention. will be fruit raising. All the fruits of on the north and the Siskiyous on the The diversity of mountain and val What is the cost of fuel, furuitur Teacher of music at Ashland College, will Catalogues mailed gratis upon application. Vklrcbs all communications u south, all of which ooctipv r iiortion of the Temperate zone grow here in such ley scenery in Jackson county is pleas I i brought here in the first place in search etc. give instructions in of gold. The proportion of foreign perfection as they are never seen east the 2,800 square miles embraced with ing in the extreme. After a loi.g ri'le HAMMON BROS., Fir wood brings from 81.50 to $2.0 in its territory. Surrounded by those of the Rockiest Apples, pears, peaches, on the steep mountain grades, through born inhabitants is very small. Ohio, per tier, or cord of stovewood. Oak u PIANO, ORGAN and GUITAR Phoenix, Jackson county, Oregon Iowa, Kansas anti Minnesota arc con To a limited number of pupil» outride her mountain rangis is the thickly settled plums, prunes, apricots, cherries, nec the dense forest and along deep and inanzamta 82.UU to $2.50. Chair college c I ms . portion of the eountrv. the beautiful tarines, grapes and all the small fruits, rocky canyons, it is like a glim[>se of tributing largely to the present influx, 84JO to 811.50 per set of six. B« and the prospect is good fur large dele F .-sldepee .at Mr. A. G Kockfeflo t ' a ou Rogue river valley. The valley proper seem to be to the manor borp, Al Paradise to mine suddenly ujiou the steads, $4 to 814. .Ash chamber set ÇparCl) «'¿pe; is about forty miles long by twenty mond trees also flourish, and English summit of <* ridge commanding a liew ctations from Dakota of those who have 835 and upwanls. Fall-leaf table of the hard winters in that region. tired I {JNCLB flam found it at laatl walnuts have been raised to a very- wide, though sometimes th« name is of the rolli’- ’ bxlfc. iJains and green- J tetters of inquiry are coming from «3.75 to 8«j.o0. Extension tables i I for Torpid Liver. Sieri A r limited extent. Trees have been I fringed strrun» H’H-le to «« hux *’4 -• • *nd i*sh. 812 walnwi—AlM. - <lan^».aro_bj; „ I A. L. Willey, of that tu.’i’>uleii} i .1 5m. Th® moun known to bear fruit at the early age of [ from the valley itself a lovely picture every state Ubthc Unio'j, and there is little andFerer.and higher than in the east. certain to be a large immigration the ys and Liver. This is a New Com- three years from the seed, and in a few ' tains are heavily timbered and rich in is formed by the encircling walls of coming season, A current m now set ____ I, and one trial will oonrince you The retail prices of leading artilee CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. minerals; the foothills afford splendid instances iu two years. mountain, the graceful pines spreading that it is the Cheaprat and Beet Remedy The fruit of this valley has long their mantle over the very summits, ting in from California, which bids of groceries and provisions are at pret grazing for cattle and sheep, and their in the Market for Diseases of Kidneys, A shland , O keuon . Liver and Stomach. If you want a pure special adaptation to viticulture and the been noted for its abundance and per save where here and there some rocky fair to become a flood-tide as soon as ent as follows: Flour, $1.50 per sac) vegetable compound, that is positively Is prepared to give estimates, to furnish growth of certaiu kinds of friut is now fection. A wormy apple or plum or peak thrusts up its barren bead, often the railroad shall be completed to that of 49 lbs. Meats—Steaks. 12 to 15 cb I guaranteed to contair, no piorcnry, so tq material, aud complete all kinds of build being recognized; the valley lands cherry cannot be found, and any kind crowned with a wreath of snow. On state. Many Californians who visited Granulated sugar, 9 eta. Brown euga; your Druggist, and get a Bottle of tho ings Arkansaw Liver and Kidney Remedy, produce cereals, hay aud vegetables in ot fruit can be eaten in the dark with the east Mt, Pitt xs always an object of the valley during last summer and fall, 8 cte. Rio coffee 25 eta. IN OK OIT OF TOWN j^iioa, $ 1.00 per Bottle. What is the usual rainfall; abundance, and river bottoms fruit ot impunity. Apples keep easily until interest to the tourist, covered as it is were astonished at the display of fruit, AU work warranted ou reasonable terms, to give satisiaction. unsurpassed excellence. In the diver the next crop begins to ripen, and for most of the year with snow. Table and fully admitted the superiority of I From 15 to 25 inches. ----- FOR SALE BY----- SHOP—on Mechanic tree’., over Youle A. sity of its products and resources, there is no trouble in having good Rock will also be pointed out, being this valley to California for fruit grow Is irrigation essential lu the pro ing. In fact the Golden State is ex ’10-40 Gilroy’s store-houae and office' J. H. CHITWOOD di SON, Ashland. Jackson county is superior to any in fresh fruit every dav in the year. The remarkable for its flat top wltich is said pected to furnish a tine market for duelion of crops? the state, and needs but the curoulio and even the potato bug are to have lieen at one time an Indiau No irrigation is needed for grain o railroad advantages noon to begin to entire strangers to this region and it is fortification. It is a large rocky emi Rogue River apples as soon as through any kind. Gardens aud emuli ____ _____ fnuU connection is had with ban Francisco. take a front rank in wealth and im earnestly hoped that they will always nence with precipitous walls on three are better for irrigation whereve This «ill Boon be, as work is being remain so. Strawberries 10 and 11 portance. sides, and can only be approached from practicable. Whether peaches, prune» •w- inches in circumference were produced the rear. If the traveler continues on pushed onward as rapidly as possible, Ac., are better for irrigation or not v CLIMATE. and the gap is at this preseut « nling One of the most important considera in Ashland last season, and peaches 13 into northern California be will find only about 20 miles in width. still an open question. CaliforuL tions to the hotne-seeker is the matter inches or more in circumference and the Siskiyou mountains to abound in frail growers say no, provided th« MANUFACTURER AND WOOD WORKER, TOWNS. i* >“ of climate. In this respect the Rogue weighing as many ounces were not un wild picturesque views, among which is ground is kept well cultivated. G ooq Mt. Shasta, clad in eternal snow from The leading town of the valley and of gardens can be raised without irriga River country is by far the most favored common. bhop on First Avenue, near Main tit. One secret of the perfection of the base to summit aud without doubt the Southern Oregon is Ashland. It is tion. | portion of Oregon, if indeed it will not rank with any region on the Facility fruit and its keeping properties, is most magnificent mountain on the Pa the present terminus of the Oregon & What are the disadvantages of •jr Will uuike estimates and bids on Coast. Owing to its sheltered location doubtless the purity anil dryness of cific coast if not on the continent. ! California railroad, is 340 miles distant rioutheru Oregon. the atmosphere. This seems to be all buildings, public or private, and Rc^rae River falls and canyon with from Portland, the other terminus. It 1 the climate is free from extremes of That is a hard question to answer, !¡¡t furniah all material, plans and apecifl- just as essential to the growth of per Bridal Veil falls is a most interesting is very picturesquely located on Ash because what one person will consider 1 any description. Two rauges of moun- cations for the construction of the fect fmit, tts it is to the hualthfulness place for the tourist to visit. Hole in land creek near its confluence with a disadvantage, another will not no 1 tains, covered with timber, separate it jams the Ground, Pilot Rock, Lake of the Bear creek and alwut midway between tice at alL No one exjiecte, or ought from the rainy winters of the Willam of mankind i-sU Sasta, Doors mid Mouldings on It is oonddeutly anticipated that the Woods, and Anne’s canyon are places the heed of Bear creek valley and its to expect, to find the condition ol ette. In fact the climate is a mean be hand and for sale at lowest rates. tween that • of Western Oregon and fruit growers of Southern Oregon will that are seldom equaled in beauty of junction with the Rogue River Valley road*, schools and society as good in r g-fCGeuer'il shop work done in abort that ot California, being nut su wet as never be without a market, so soon as scenery, but for variety uud grandeur proper. It has a background of high new country- as in the older settlec order. i lulls covered with fir and pines. Ash states. And yet in all these respect* the one nor so dry as the other. The fruit enough is raised to give the val we would refer the tourist to ley distinction as a fruit region. The HTStair building a specialty. land creek furnishes excellent water Southern Oregon is letter oft that summers are as near perfect as they CRATER LAKE. power which is utilized by a woolen many countries. During most at the Al) work guaranteed to be tiret- can lie found anywhere. There are greater part of Oregou and Washington, The greatest curiosity of this region mill, two flouring mills, two planing year the roads are good. In the wet c U m , and of latest designs. very few days when the heat is op together with Idaho, Montana and pressive, and the nights invariably Dakota, are not adapted to fruit rais and one of the greatest of the whole mills and a sawmill. The stream also season wherever the adclie soil prevails Having made additions and improvements in our Milling Machinery, furnish refreshing sloop, being always ing, and must alway s l<x>k this way for northwest, is Crater lake, iu the very furnishes excellent water for the u^e of there will be mud, and t hat of a very we are now prepared to furnish our customers with Flour 6C[Ual 01 NUMI MARTHA O«J£R cool and oomfortable. Even when the supply. Canneries will doubtless be summit of the Ciusaudes. seventy-five inhabitants, coming as it does straight sticky nature. Indeed it may be Baid superior to any in the market. thermometer during the middle of the established in tho valley as the increase miles northeast of Ashland. Its re from the ever present snow of a moun of it “sticketh closer than a fnend." Our Flour the last year has given universal satisiaction, as was evi day indicates ninety in the shade the in the production of the fruit xvill moteness from the/ usual routes of tain about ten iniies away. The fall is At present in some portions of Oregou denced by the unparalleled demand for it. Rut we arc nuvv making heat is no more oppressive that in the warrant such a move, and they will travel has kept it in comparative se so rapid that with a comparatively there is a small per capita tax charged MANUFACTURER, E>»st at eighty, owing to the peculiar furnish a market for all the surplus of clusion; but more are attracted hither small expense ample pressure has been each scholar to make up the school Have opened their shop on Main Flour ol a higher grade than e\er before. Parties using it speak of dryness and purity of the atmosphere, the valley. The business is yet in its in yearly, and it will, in the future, lie secured for an excellent tire protec fund. This custom, however, cannot it in the highest terms- the altitude of the valley lieing from fancy. and fanners have yet to ascertain one of the objects regularly visited by tion. Ashland enjoys the reputation i survive much longer. While new set street, next door to Alford & what varieties are best adapted to the tourists in this region. It lias lx>en of being the prettiest town in Oregon, L500 to 2<XM) feet above the sea level. climate, Bragdon’s, where they what will pay the best and what variously known as Blue lake. Deep and the strangers visiting the place tlers will find many things different I Occasional showers during most of from 'ohat they have been accustomed are prepared to do the summer keep the soil from getting method of cultivation are to be the lake and Lake Majesty, but the more during the spring and summer months to, thia fact remains, th&t scarcely any most successful. Every foot of land appropriate title it now bears will no cannot fail to lie favorably impressed all kinds of work in the Keep* constantly on hand a ¡nil as dry and parched as in the greater in the valley and on the hills will doubt remain with it forever. In ap with its numerous cottages embowered man can be found who has lived in supply of everything in above line of plain and fashionable portion of California. The autums line, which will be sold at prices raise good fruit wheu properly cared proaching, the visitor suddenly finds in fruit trees and iiowera The streets this country long enough to get are usually delightful. as low a«<-an be offered anywhere. for, and the experience or California himself upon the edgo of a tremend are some of them narrow and have a thorughly acquainted with it, who has DRESS-MAKING, One very prominent characteristic fruit I growers would lead to the con ous precipice and looking across a wide delightful irregularity, giving the town the least desire to go elsewhere. ALL ORDERED WORK of the weather in the valley, at any sea clusion cr Please give us a c : i 11.“^ m 8 What about cyclones? that ten acres of land set out stretch of water that lies far beneath. A decidedly romantic and unique ap- son of the year is its remarkable even They are unknown on -.L m coast, and Buy a sack of the HAGI«£ MILLS FLO û B, and we can as- Will be mpd. to give entire ¿.itisfacti on ness. Day after day, oliservations tak with peaches, prunes and other fruts, The shores vary from 1,500 to 8,(110 jiearance. The jxjpulation is about and taken care of, will in a very few in height. To be critical* there is Ifk.X). Ashland is the base of euppliee thunder storms are very rare in the sure you, having once tried it you will use no other. Repairing Neatly Done I en at the same hour will show a varia years furnish a good income for the feet no shore, for only a. dà® point can a ! for the extensive stock ranges east of valley. * We keep on hand the best of Graham, Corn Meal. Cracked tion of scarcely a single degree. i HUW TO GET HERE. support of a family. As a rule, no J sv.T j-iv.GHM perauu descend the cliff to the Cascades, and with the develop nt low rat • , and all work done promptly. plaint of thousands suffcrinc from Wheat, and all kinds of mill products. The extreme limit of the themometer country I is more pr. snem t..cre ! the lake level, and when there the The ail rail routes from the East to Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, etc. iu summer is 100 , though it seldom ment of this country, cannot fail to Orders from a distance solicited and promptly tilled at lowest rates- [9-48 11. JUDGE. Did you ever try Ac ker’s English Rem exceetls 90 , while in winter it sel j beautiful in -.pi'etaaguc, ifiid filled presence of a few boulders aud some make a thriving city. The scenery in [Southern Oregon are the Northern Pa mere nujuvated comfortable fallen debris is all that indicates a cific from lit. Paul to Portland and the edy? It is the best preparation known Special terms given on large contracts. dom sinks as low as 10J, the average with hon.es than one devoted to horticulture. shore. The waters are wide, deep and the vicinity is very fin©. The com Uuion Pacific Short lane from Omaha S. A. FARNHAM ¿fc SON. for all Lung Troubles, sold ou a posi for the winter menthi bsinc a’«opt' 10 pletion of the railroad to California silent It is seldom that a breeze dis to Portland. From Portland to Aon* tive guarantee at 10c., 50c. I a. d in J.e summer abaUV ’TiP'. Know IRRIGATION. turbs them, but at momenta a weird will make an aU tail line from San .„ • X * I full, ve^asli jjally to the depth of three Citj drag store, T K Bolton. So far uh all general crops are con breath moves softly along and breaks Francisco, to Portland that will be one land via Oregon A California Railroad. E. K. ANDERSON or four inches but rapidly disapjiears, cerned, irrigation is not practiced, nor Betwee i ' ici - c , *.■ re . ,<l L m ' JAMES THORNTON A ;he uwet important railroad lines The third-class or emigrant fare from • : e P-i■ ’ ’ tan's piloto gallery; Main •t reet, while the ice never exceeds two inches is it required or at all necessary. But the calm surface into ripples. Look on the coast. Ashland has two good Chicago to Portland by either the President. across from the surrcumisvK.wrill school buildings, one of them just Northern Pacific or Short Line is very V. C ARTER 4. VltllNa Ashland, - - - Oregon, in thickness and forms but a few times with the aid of water for irngrtion ing during the season. In the mountains, timothy, ulfalfa and other tame grasses the sky is seen so pe Jcytlj ièaected in completed. Presbyterian, Methodist, cheap. Passengers traveling on Emi LEADING BAKERY OF SOUTHERN of course, there are more snow and ice, i may lie grown to the greatest perfec the water tua; fame it not for the Baptist and Dunkard churches. There grant tieketa may be assured of good OREGON. and upon this fact the miners rely for tion. Gardeners and persons engaged ; roc\j' u^aigin of the lake it would be nVe in the vicinity a number of ven- company and comfortable accommoda The proprietor. W m . MILLS, is now a supply of water for their business. ! in raising berries and ctl er ^.aLL frtiits impossible to discern the line of divis fine mineral springs, both snlphur uud j tions. In fact many persons of means --- a ’ A daily *• stage * »•- ■ -*• selling his / It will thus be seen that iu both val I genera 11 v reiort y. irrigation in order ion. The circumference is more than woda. line oounede the I | prefer traveling by emigrant trains. ley and mountain nature has provided to rrvintig* tEe season and produce twenty miles, and the altitude of its railroad at Ashler.d with the northern Persons coming in this way should just the climatic cond’.t’r’tB .equAred l severalriropa from the same piece of surface as great as the summit of the end of ths California & Oregon railroad provide themselves with blanket and gillow and a liberal lunch basket 5 et» per loaf, or •’> loaves for 2ó ct»: bv the C vo grea; ityiuitlies'hf' the 1 land. There is in different sections of pass over the mountains. On the out ttriAkiy wiles distant. 25 loaves for 31. rom Portland to Ashland the fare is ¡^."«cdliute and mining. To the conntry a peculiar formation of side the steep walls shelve off intc mountain ridges, wooded to tue top; Win at, '.ratin’., Boeloii Brow. > , $13.60, but those seeking homes, un nn<l Rye bread i o-.<... Ba'mi. vies, 1 the eastern man especially, who de land, which is here called “desert on the inside they ^taud almost per- Fruit raising is absorbing much at der a new arrangement, can secure sires in summer a warm climate with land,” which sends up a fair growth of cakes ami ouns. 1 tention in Southern Oregon. A num out the excessive heat of his native grass early in the spring but beoomes IiendicvJar. looking down forever on ber of Eastern people have been at tickets at half-fare by procuring cer ICE CREAM IN SEASON ALSO SWEET CIDER. the captive sea. tificates from the Immigration Agent « state, and in winter a clear, bracing dry in summer. There is «kp muug if» UY; 'rtVT In the early years, before the wide tracted to this section with the view to at Portland. « All <,»ntr... i*. from l'S' ioav. s to 1000, atmosphere unaccompanied by extreme the sloping hil ’ jji^e« ana tablelands a pro.,.ptly filled. Give me a call. [11.42 I engage in this industry, and many Those desiring to come via Califor cold and exemption from continuous g^auive soil containing but little vege scope of country- to the east was cov acres are being planted in grapes, nec Term* strictly cash. ered up with lava and ¡uhea, there snow and nun. Rog ” » »aiiey Win. MILLS. table mould. The cultivation of either must have sto<xl here one of the grand tarines. j»«>icbes, apricots and apples, nia can take any one of the first class lines from the east to San Francisco: presents attji/iuous pccfiliariy inviting, of these soils is not profitable without with a certainty of a fine yield of these it xs beyond question the Paradise of irrigation; but with the stimulous est mountains of the world. How fruits. Fruit growers already estab thence by the Portland expreaa to end Oregon. Storms, tornadoes and cyc I given them by the application of water, , great this immense volcano must have lished there will lie able to compete of track mow 20 miles from Ashland.) lones wiuch visit other countries and . they beccHie very’ productive and ■ lieen cau be imagined when it.is real- with California in this market in a Unlimited tickets from San Francisco ----------- ANI»------------- scatter desolation aDd death in their ’ yield bountifully any crop the hus | ized that these walls that now stand short time in these lines. The experi to Portland, Or., $30. track are here unknown, spring and bandman may desire. It is just to from 7,500 to 9,000 feet high, are only ment of raising melons for this market < BATI IîS, bummer, autumn and winter, seed time . state that while irrigation lc valuable i the shell of the mountain as it once proved largely successful last year, aDd ■ Jackson county has s beautiful val and harvest, come and go in regular 1 in growing small finite and gardens as existed. With a base twentv tnilee in this year it will not only be repeated, ley and a wide range of hi 11a, »nd ia J ú succession, but the transition front one a qtecial industry, it is not required on I circumference, at a bight of 7.(100 feet, but increased. 'The crops of that sec capable of producing fruits to advan to the other is so gradual that one , the farm in order to raise vegetables I what must have l>een the altitude of tion will also be diversified by the tage. This county enjoys a climate the cone that was reared above it? that resembles California, as do th«* At the Hrui.ix sirinc —the finest wurin fails to note the end ot uue, or the be I or fruits for family use. There is scarce* Beside it Hood. Shasta and Tacoma growing of corn, bnxxm com ap.d sor soil aud products. In many respect while sulphur spring on the coast—the swimming rink and baths are kept tn first- ginning of the other. I ly a farmer in the county wLo cannot, would bide their diminished heads. ghum. all of which ripen it. good seas it is the moat desirable portion of O- class simp, for the patronage of the public. with a reasonable degree of industry, That such a mountain once stood here I on and yield well.— Qr&jonuin. SOIL. gon. Its rainy season is not ao i sistenl and its temperature of sur There is quite a variety uf soil in the raise vegetables, cherries, all his prunes, as an active volcano can not be doubt lir.tuiug Rooms conveniently and com It t&&as that Oregon farmers are do- ! grapes, plums, peaches, apples, Ac., fortably lilted np, and bath, furnished at valley. Along the western elope and ed. The country to the east for many and winter is very enjoy able. any temperature deaired. Opened every' on the foot hills the soil is a decom without the aid of irrigation. square miles is buried beneath ashcc, mg pretty well, if they maintain tLeir I day tiler 9 a . n . MANUFACTURES. pumice and volcanic scora, "ko tne courage, steadily improve their farm*, ' Don't think for a moment t posed granite. A portion of the vallev Transacts a General Banking Business. ------- SWIMMING KINK-------- . Plain & Fancy Cassiineres, Flannels, Hosiery, Etc., terrible convtilp’CLL or nature, those earn a living and keep out of debt. In ' county with all its blessings is proper is composed of the same soil. The unlimited water power afforded OPen . very day—Tuesday» and Fridays Interest allowed. nTitue Deposit». A part of it is more of a sandy loam, ’ by the streams of Jaakson countv will mile» ;f ¿»eolirtlon'. tlioee rocky walls a life of this kind tbsrc is no wealth or ' some ills. You will find our c reserved for ladteii. OVER and UNDERWEAR. - CLOTHING made to ORDER. and thìk >ast crater bear witness. In its immediate prospect, but there is ' with their stories of “can’t raus collections made at »11 accessible pot.il» “U 11-50! GRANT HEI-MAN. and a portion of it, together with a rival those of the New England favorable term.. part of the eastern slojie, is a strong Already the saw-mil's «louring mills thè midst, of the lake rises a perfect comfort, independence and health, and and no market even for the littl Sight exchange and telegraphic transfer» Office arid Sales Rooms in Masonic Building. Fine cigars and tobaccos by the adobe soil. This last is decidedly illy ! and onartz ’miiL are doing quite an ra but extinct vqlcano. at least 600 feet in if to these contentment is added, there raised. No money, no work, at uu Portland, Hau Francisco and New York. land that is fairer than thia' box, very cheap at O. H. Blount’s. ♦ sticky in the rainy season. It is the ft I musiva business. The woolen factory height, its sides fringed with a cltmted , is little left to be desired. W. II ITKtyiOV. «•»r.t.rr .Hd fi.x.r.l M. b . it .' Gold dust bought at standard pricai. MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS. G. F. Billings, our leading Real Estate Agent, has had issued this week 5000 extra copies of the Tidings, giving full description of the Rogue River Valley, &c. Parties desiring copies to send to their friends should apply to him PHYSICIANS, M Hammon Bros.’ Nurseries, PH(ENIX, Oregon _and OAKLAND, Cal. u r Stock this season Cannot be Excelled onr the Coast! SPECIALTIES. Plums, Prunes and Apricots on MyrobolaD Plum Stock. á cv^1ONiGO/ff iksi -C lass Gk0CFRll':s’^ r C. W. AYERS, Architect and Builder. fail to c And see READ this, EVERYBODY! Saddle and Harness MORRIS & OBER IF Y0Ü WANT FIRST-CLASS BREAD. White, Light, Which Will Retain its Moisture, ß STAR BAKERY The Bank of Ashland Ashland Woolen Mills, PREMIUM BREAD! ASHLAND. OGN. SWIMMING RINK WHIT SIHPHÜr SPRINGS. WHITE & COLORED BLANKETS. kJ— I ft. t Ï Ê4. 7 \.