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JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27,1870
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Of Tradesmen and Their Position.
One Honest Person Just as Good as An
other.
edge of this valuable district, but does not
offer to develop it. The railroad to Rogue
river will have to pass through the very heart
Theoretically, it is easy to solve tho labor The question of most importance in choos­ of this valley region, and directly between
Published Every Saturday Morning,
It is something most laughable to witness problem. Practically, overy man must reach ing railroads for Oregon is this, what routo its lakes, which can be made to assist devel­
tho efforts of tho would-be somebodies in this the solution himself. Nobody can solvo it can be easiest constructed and will supply opment greatly, for they are navigable, a«
BY P. D, HULL,
are also the streams which flow into and out
1* n b 1 1 s h « r Ac I* v o p r 1 o t o 1*. world, who aim to bo “exclusive.”
for him, nor can ho solve it for any other. I and aid the development of the most valuable i of them. So that the point where the road
Mrs. Codfish objects to Mrs. Catfish be­ Yet tho solution of the problem by another portion of the country? This is tho question' [shall cr ss Link river must eventually be-
OFFICE—On Third St. Between California and C.
cause sho is short in tho scnlo of what she miiy bo cf untold valuo to those who aro { which comes up most forcibly in connection iCoino the situ of a great interior city, to
TERMS:
calls indispensible, and Mrs. Catfish won’t
I with the prop; ed Oregon Branch of tho Gen- ! which shall come all the trade of a region as
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00 ¡have anything to do with Mrs. Cod, and pro- earnestly at work in the samo direction ; for
Subscription, per annum, in ad\ ance.
’acific rail road, called familiarly the ! extensive <.*< tho Willamette valley. Above
tho
succession
cf
gencraf
ms
is
little
more
Klamath Lake, navigable for
the Lp
Six months........................................ .
$2 00
I »ounces her an exceeding scaly fish. Each th uin a repetition of history. Thereforo, Hum’ oldt Branch. It seems to be positively [is
with
tho finest of sugar
i forty mile ’’
_ pine,
.
.
is ignorant of tho fact that neither could, if wl hen wo read in ahm st every paper wo take the fa ?t that whir’ i ever road is built will abundant ou the west shore, which can be
ADVERTISEMENTS,
la T hk D emocratic N ews «ill be charged nt they would, cultivate the acquaintance of the
preve it the build ng of the other for many cut and rafted down to tho rapids on Link,
the
life
history
of
Thurlow
up
a
leaf
from
the following rates
other, so they swim along with comtemptu ais
years to conic, r is the country cannot support the only obstruction to tlmt river, where it
A
'deed
and
1
James
Harper
—
a
leaf
leal
whicl
which
con­
ed
a
[falls seventy feet in the course of one mile,
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First insertion, (ten lines or less).............
airs, which are entirely lost on both. Neith­
if
it
can
that
—
for
the
more
than
one
road
—
■ offering an unlimited water power easily con-
tains the secret of their business success—we
For wack week thereafter............................. ...$1
er
is
impressed
with
tho
importance
of
the
I
f
the
only
object
is
to
next
twenty
years,
I trolled because thcro is never over three feet
begin to wonder if any discontented worker
A liberal deduction from the above rates will
other.
made on quarterly and yearly advertisements.
who may read it will muster pluck enough go through this valley and connect a seaport variation between high and low water mark
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Iii justice to manhood it must bo specified and application enough to imitate their glow­ on the northwest coast, with the Central ! there. Sprague’s river, which empties into
the Upper Lake is said to be navigable for
JOB PRINTING.
that this is almost strictly feminine nonsense. ing example.
Pacific Railroad, that can be beat performed i sixty miles, and the stream which connects
Every variety of Job Work executed
Men do rot turn up their noses at each other
bv constructing the Oregon Branch direct the marsh with the Upper Lake, Williamson’s
Such
a
thing
is
not
likely
to
happen.
Mr.
ness and dispatch, at rca.- .nablo rates.
so long ns they are honest and in lustrious,
from tho Bend of tho Humboldt to Eugene river which is twelve miles long, can also be
•
Weed
and
Mr.
Harper
had
peculiar
notions
no matter what the difference in their posi­
_1__ of " that
‘ t route and 'navigated, and moderate labor judicously
City, and an investigation
of
tho
road
to
success.
Peculiar
in
tho
light
will drain the marsh and mako is
tions as do women.
its advantages, as compared with tho road ¡expended
I
one
of
the
best peices of land on the coast.
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of
modern
example,
we
mean.
They
regard
­
It is woman’s nose that has this foolish,
through tho Umpqua, and Rogue river valleys Fremont discovered the marsh in his expedi­
hateful proclivity, and that fact alono proves ed labor as the highest vocation. Their is the object of this article.
tion of ’43 and ’44, and says it “can easily
study was, not how to escape it, but how to
woman
that men are fifty years in advance of
bo reduced to cultivation and become a para­
I accomplish most by it. 1 key turned it to a We have sought information from al! per­ dise.” A canal would connect it with tho
in progress toward tho perfection* of God's
¡triple good—exercise, diversion, profit. We sons we have met who wore familiar with railr a l and effect this result. Lower Klam-
designs.
But
there
are
other
signs
of
the
JACKSONVILLE LODGE No.
i may suppose that those sturdy, common sense cither route, have received communications ath, which lies partly in California, could
lagging of woman behind men on the way up
j you*’ 2 men wasted preci >us little time watch- written on this subject, and ha\e quite lately sen 1 steamers to the railroad, and Rhett Lako
OLDS ITS REGULAR MEETINGS
to a sensible, useful life, .and not the least of
met with Hon. Jesso Applegate, who has lying to the east of it, and not connected
every Saturday evening at the Odd Fell.
the
sun
or
the
clock
hands.
In
fact,
we
|»
n
g
I save by a slough which empties into Link
these is her dress as compared to his. Wo­
Hall, Brothers in good standing are invite-
been miking preliminary surveys cf the river in time of overflow, and this slough
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attend.
JOHN McKEE, N. <
men j itlge each other largely
E. SMITH, R. See’y.
' tho pass; igo of time anl a great deal of faith- Southern passes, by which a railroad can could be deepened to bring it also into com-
and a woman who cannot aff
W m . B ilger , I T •
I fill sc •rvicu and the increased wages of over- cross tho Cascades from Jackson county to . munication.
and satins isn’t goo 1 enoi
So when we compare tho benefits to result,
H. K lippel , j Tr.sle««.
y bad an odd habit of rising early the Klamath country. These sources offer we find that the route advocated and insisted
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II. V. H elms ,
with! What absurdity. W
i before dav , and beginning the work of the us much valuable information, bearing di­ I on by the enemies of Senator Williams only
May Ist, 1SG9.
t—f you w;i ) haven t ha I a si ’ k <1
Illi
skirts the edge of this great nnd valuable
ha.l mother singular habit of rectly upon tho matter in bund.
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perhaps
n
ver
own
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<>ne*n
JAMES R. NEIL,
The proposed Humboldt route, direct from I region, while the road from Humboldt to
ian the contract required.
liter than
working later
be lcatruei ehea 1 of that litth
c aninenccs by entering the moun­ Rogue river would develop overy portion of
Attorney & Connsellor-at-La vi. 17, beln-vs—< u y>ur r> a i to JI?
Lilt. <e habits would be regarded as a Eugene,
Either of tbn
it, and would traverse a magnificent region
s rrt of h inn less insanity now a.days. But tains and continuing in them in a southeast­ ' eapable of settlement and cultivation in cross­
Third Street, (we?t si lt), between Califbr rn.a are iust ex m '.y ru g »•» 1, an
t
«ntl Main.
\> eud and Harper indulged them, and not erly direction uutil reaching the region of ing the mountains. In addition, to this it
*) in
times happier than she.
Will practico in th? Saprouie and other Court
grew up men of intellect, superior in- i ashes and pummice stone. It cannot bo sup- will bo a vital benefit to the beautiful and
n i — ‘
never made your h uise ring '
cf thi- State.
- I I ’ gence, nod enviable • fame, but became ' posed that tho lands in tho mountains offer extensivo valleys of Umpqua and Rogue
r.i
tests ag.inst paying immense
| river.
great advantages for settlement and occupa­ The more tho subject is considered tho
Would
you
know
tho
secret?
Itby.
up at the dry-goods shop»,
» an
went to their tasks not like galley- tion, or that a railroad through them will en<i r it is to perceive why tho Hon. J. S.
dri*'-makers’, but hers has.
; they waste J no time in plotting materially ail the State’s development. J Smith has concluded to support Senator Wil­
An t she lies awake many a night, while
aga
t one wh m Mr. Weed quaintly calls Coining down into the interior basiu it would liams’ bill, Oregon will not support any
you are sweetly sleeping, »Lu anxiety 1 f debts
man who opposes it. Daily Statesman, Aug.
c. w
“m J , master.” The master of these nppren- pass for sixty miles over tho volcanic region 1116th.
oppressing her min i, fearing to tell the goo 1'
tices saw ti t they worked as much for his as above referred to, a region that is and ever I
or.lv
i
man
who
slaves
for
her
and
can
then
'
-W’
AHwrjiey an¿
at-I Ji f
G reat F ire at C anyon C ity .—The Port­
for ti cir own interest, and in consequence will bo a sterile, barren an l worthless waste.
keep his ears above the w ives of bankruptcy
land
Herald contains the following account of
make for Then for r. hundred miles it bears southeast­
gavj them every opportunity
op.portunity to mako
¿ A C KS< ) N VI LL E, ( )R EG ON,
the burning of the above mentioned city :
and ruin.
themselves more than was named in the con­ erly, skirting the Klamath marsh and thence
A tirriblo calamity has befallen Canyon
If a fine feeling woman flirts past you be­ tract.
Will practice in tho Supremo Court, District, and
to Goose Lake, over much excellent agricul­ , City, a mining town in Grant county, Ore­
other Courts of this State.
cause you live within your income and dress
tural land, but after all, only touching th$ gon. The town was located in a beautifnl
OFFICE— la building formerly occupied by O. plainlv, just congratulate yourself you are the
L ittle things mar the happiness of wbolo cast edge of the valuable country of the , little canyon, and is woll known to old min­
Jaaobs—opposite Court House square.
lady of the two, and she would not be a lifetime». A little bother to-day, fretted in- Lakes, tho pride of Southern and Middle ers in Oregon and many citizens of thii city.
DISCOVERY OF TIIE FIRE.
DR. CEO. B. TOLMAN,
desirable associate for you. Don’t feel bad. I to a great one, spoils the entire day, and to- Oregon.
Last Friday afternoon about one o’clock
Go home, and sing, and sow, and read, nnd | morrow some new flaw in tho picturo is dis-
* (late Surgeon U. S. Army,)
Tho road meets its greatest difficulties in flames were discovered issuing from the roof
work, nnd plan little nice things to make covered, which is scratched ut and iuiso.1
of the International Hotel, better known as
the
Umpqua
valley,
and
in
crossing
ovor
the
! Beison’s Restaurant, on Washington «treet.
Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, home pleasant, and some time your children over until it is past mending.
Grave creek hills to Rogue river. Its con­ An alarm was at once given, and all the peo­
I will grow up to fill positions which will amply
WILL PRACTICE IN JACKSON AND I
And so the days, weeks, months, and years struction through Rogue river, and even ple in tho town were soon at th® scene.
adjacent counties, and attend promptly to I repay you for nil your present selfdenial.
pass away under clouds which might bo as through tho Cascade mountains, is much less : Every effort was inado to extinguish the fire ;
all culls on professional business.
What docs dress amount to, bless your
[easily dispelled as the sunshine clears away difficult, and wo aro surprised to learn that but it had obtained too much headway before
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE,
[it was discovered, and owing to the dry con­
heart. Very little indeed after the comforts
tho clouds after a summer shower, if we the road over tho Cascades from Rogue river, dition of the building it was soon enveloped
on 4th street, opposite the M. E. Church, Jack­ an l necessities arc supplied. The extent to
would but learn not to borrow troubles andi is not onjy easy of construction, but that at in flames.
sonville, Oregon.
which
dress
and
extravagance
is
carried
in
janS-tf.
EFFORTS TO SAVE GOODS.
Jan. 8th, 18T0.
worry over trifles.
an elevation of about 5,000 feet the summit
, this ago by peoplo who cannot afford it, is
the building the flames communica­
of the mountain presents an area of level ted From
with
those in the immediate vicinity, and
'ruin to many men of business, and consequent When Lingard was impersonating different
Dr. E. T. DAVIS,
land nearly extensive enough to form a good in a few moments it became apparent to' all
i blight to many homes. Kim Orlou.
characters on tho stage of a New York thea­ sized eounty, and that, too, of land the most that there was no hope of arresting the pro­
I?in.o street,
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ter, he came out one night as “Our Saviour,” valuable and productive. This region is cess of the fire, and that the entire city prop­
T
he
soul
which
ever
aims
lUavonward
is
er, huddled together as it was, would be des­
Opposite the 014
nnd in order to show tho meekness of the
gradually lifted above tho petty annoyances Saviour, he allowed tho audience to “revile” known as tho Dead Indian Country, and it is troyed. Citizens now ruabed wildly to their
becoming the favorite summer resort for the houses to secure thoir most valuable articles.
A rkansas L iv er y S table , of earth, to enjoy the freedom of noble aspira­ him and persecute him, by throwing peanuts
people in the valley«, who not only enjoy the Behind them the flames shot high in the air
tions and lofty ambitions, without one low or
at him, which he stood bravely, until a boy pi re and bracing mountain air, but also are and then bent wer as if to lap up the tinder­
narrow intention holding it in thraldom.
Jacksonville, Oregon.
hit him on the sido of tho head with a rotten delighted by tho presence of tho most ro­ box house« on every side. On, on they came,
The influence of the sympathetic soul of a
egg. Lingard looked at his watch and. said : mantic aud remarkable mountain scenery. driving people from their houses and creating
E. II. GREENMAN, %
a scene that beggars description. Parente
true friend assists in calling out the better
iclan cfc? ¡Surgeon, nature, developing good qualities, and guid­ “Gentlemen, this Saviour business will last On the east bench of the mountain, descend­ seized their children and leaving their homes,
about a minute, than you will see me go for ing about 500 feet, are found wide plateaux, lied to the knoll known as Rebel Hill, out of
OFFICE—At his residenco on Filth Street
ing the footsteps into paths of purity and use­
the reach of danger. Some of the men stayed
the d—d brute who threw that egg.”
Jacksonville, Oregon.
greedily sought for settlement, for this land behind
fulness.
and dragged a portion of their house­
^iB**Will practice in Jackson and adjacentcoun-
on
the
mountain
summit
is
attracting
many
hold
goods
into the middle of the streets in the
ies, ar.d attend promptly to professional calls.
He who can boast of one such friend is
A farmer of Oxford, IMo., has a dog that
settlers, and much enterprise, The descent vain hope that they would there be safe.
blessed with peerless riches, which few pos­ produces a yearly fleece of six inches in
SCENE FROM REBEL HILL.
DR. A. B. OVERBECK
on the east is only 1,000 feet, Tho interior
sess. True, many are unworthy of a deep length.. Tho animal is regularly sheared
The scene aa witnessed from Rebel Hill
basin, wherein aro situated the Klamath is said to have been magnificent and awful.
TI/ILL PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SUR- abiding friendship which casteth out selfish­ with tho farmer’s sheep.
VY GERY, and will attend promptly to all calls
Lakes, being at an elevation of 4,000 feet In less than half an hour the entire town was
on professional business. His office and residence ness and deception, but thousands of the true­
one vast sheet of flame, from the surface of
are at
hearted and deserving vainly hunger and Boutwell is looking for nn advance in our above the sea level. This rich and extensive which dark volumes of smoke rolled heaven­
exterior basin, watered by magnificent lakes,
The Overbeck Hospital,
thirst after real sympathy, appreciation, and bonds, in Europe, in consequence of the war.
ward. There was not a breath of air stirring
On Oregon Street, Jacksonville, Oregon
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The bonds will advance—in force upon the and possessing soil of tho richest character, at the time the fire broke out, but now the
friendship.
is said to be as valuable to Oregon as is the heat caused by the immense fire brought the
JAMES D. FAY,
I The Roundout Courier gets the following United States.
Willamette valley, being capable of as great air rushing to fill the vacuum created’. Light,
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burned boards were torn from the burn­
i story from a telegraph operator in that village.
New York has public baths. It ought al­ production and of sustaining as much popu­ half
A member of tho Masonic Order telegraphed so to have some moral bathing places. It is, lation. The route of the railroad, as viewed ing buildings and hurled high in the air. In
about an hour all that remained of Canyon
OFFICEt—In Court Honse, up stairs.
to a companion down the river somewhere : iu this respect, the dirtiest city on the con­ by Mr. Applegate, would pass between the City lay in a smouldering pile of cinders.
Will practice in the Supremo and other Courts “Make room for ten Roval Arch Masons. tinent.
upper aud lower Klamath Lakes, crossing About seventy-five houses were totally des­
of this State. •
Link river, which connects the two, then it troyed. and about one hundred and fifty peo­
Coming to-day.” When tho companions
At Bangkok lately the Consul General of passes on to the east shore o^ Rhett lake, ple left without homes. There ar® three
■^0* Particular attention paid to the collection arrived they found a pen had been built for
buildings, which stuud apart from the town
of Claim« against the Federal and State Govern­ their accommodation, tho telegram at its Portugal was bathing in the river Menam, where it reaches the Oregon line.
proper,
now standing. Several houses back
ments, the Entry of Lands under the Pre-emption destination reading, “Make room for ten when he accidentally touched uu electric cel,
Thu
Humboldt
route
for
oue
hundred
miles,
i of the town, on Rebel Hill, were of course
and Homestead Laws, and to the Entry of Mineral i
1 uninjured.
sank,
and
was
drowned.
or
perhaps
less,
runs
through
the
eastern
R
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M
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s
ComiDg
to-day.
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Lodes under the recent Act of Congress.
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The Road for Southern Oregon.
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