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Newspaper Page TextVALLEY BECORD THEIB BECORD DRAWN ON THEM. — ,, ■ ■ . ..— III .1 ■■ I ASHLAND, Or...Thursday, May 28.1896. Mr. Bawling* Replies. Jacksonville, Oregon, May 25*, 1896. To the Times and the Tidings—tbe Demo-Republican Twin Deceivers: In Volume 5 of tbe mortgage records of thia county, beeinning on page582, is a mortgage given by the Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad Co. which covers eleven pages of the record. On July 1st, 1887, the time this mort gage was given, tbe railroad was com pleted from Portland to about one mile above Ashland, and on this part of the road the mortgage was estimated at $30,000 per mile; and from Ashland on to tbeCalifornia line fa distance of prob ably fifteen miles of road which the com pany was then trying to raise money to construct) it was estimated at $100,000 par mile. This mortgage covers not only tbe road-bed, but also all rolling stock, depots, personal property, lands and rights to lands within the state of Oregon. In mv atatement to the R ecobp I put the 65 28-100 miles in this county all at $30,000 per mile, making $1,958,400 for Jackson county’s portion; while in the mortgage there really is about 50 miles at $30,000 per mile and about 15 miles at $100,000 per mile, making in Jackson coanty about $3.000,000 of railroad in debtedness. There is 653 50-100 miles of this road in Oregon and the mortgage on all of it is about $20,000,000; and you, poor old Times and Tidings, you seem to be labor ing under the erratic hallucianation that the people are all damphools when you try to make them believe the $1,958,400 railroad mortgage as put for this county, is the debt on all of the road in Oregon. Tbe people are catching on to yoar tricks—you can’t deceive them any longer. At first sight of a few official facts and figarea published by the populists vou went into hysterics and began to twist ■nd wiggle, and by the time you got out your issues of May 18th each'of you bad wiggled your foot into it cipar up to your neck, and when last week's R ecobp came out with a few unvarnished truths taken from the official records, which your parties helped to make, you seem to have been thrown at once into the most critical stags of tbe jimjams. Yon old deceivers you know these conditions ex isted not only in Jackson county, but in every county in Oregon, and every state in the Union to a greater or less extent; and bad you with others of your ilk of journalists all over the nation done your duty to expose to public view these ter rible conditions they would have been righted long ago. Bat at last the people are being aroused and the pie-hunters to whom you are pondering in hopes of more jobs like those of old, and whose parties have fleeced tbs honest tax-payes to furnish jobs for shysters, will get a sound thrash ing Jane 1st. And oh! whatapitifal wail yon sent up about my figures keeping oat capital ists aod desirable classes, anb saving Who i9 the Best Assessor Jackson County Ever Had— “The Gang” Assailing Geo. A. Jackson, Questioned His Ability and Lay Their Case on His Assessment— The Whole Record Proves Conclusively That Jackson’s Traducers Have Opened A Hornet’s Nest of Facts That Unearth the Whole Truth and Demonstrate That His Work was the Best and Most Economical Assessment Ever Made.—Jackson Assesses 126,930.08 acres More Land Than Wooldridge Did His First Year, He Takes the State Census, Which Is One-Third More Work, and It all Costs $80 Less Than Mr. Wooldridge’s First Assessment. No. acres assessed 1892. .703,893 44 •< •< .724,113.87—more than in 1892 .......... 20,220.87 1893.. 44 << u <( 1893 ......... 24,949.15 .749,063.02- “ “ 1894.. <c l< <c 4a 1894 .....101,980 93 .851,043.95— “ “ 1895.. In 1893, Wooldridge’s fiist assessment, he put in 640 days at $4 per day. .$2560 00 Expense, stationary, etc........... .......................................................................... 13 00 Copying assessment roll........................................................................................ 292 00 Cost of 1893 assessment.....................:..................... $2865 00 In 1895, Jackson’s first assessment, he put in 657 days, assessing and taking state census at $4 par day......................................................... $2628 00 Expense, stationary, etc ..................................................................................... 17 00 Copying assessment roll....................................................................................... 140 00 a • • • Cost of 1895, assessment and census..................... $2785 00 Although Jackson assessed 126,930.08 acres more bis first year than Wooldridge did bis first year and took the state census , which makes a third more work » he did it all for $80 less than W ooldridge , In 1893, Wooldridge’s first year, be doubly assessed and it had to be sworn off.................................................................... $2645 52 Taxes 44 Assessed by Sheriff (which Wooldridge failed to find)...................... . 251126 In 1894, Wooldridge’s Berond year, he doubly assessed and it << had to be sworn off................................................................... 1493 18 44 Assessed by Sheriff (which Wooldridge failed to find)...................... 1302 09 In 1895, Jackson’s firwt year', be doubly assessed and it 310 73 44 bad to be svrorn off.................................................................. 52141 44 Assessed by Sheriff (which Jackson failed to find).......................... In 1892 the economical county court paid J. O. Booth, the present “Owner Book” fake, for describing land, not assessed ........................ $4230 50 And in 1893 they paid Wm. M. Holmes (present democratic nominee 101 50 for clerk) for making town plats for assessor... Election Judges and Clerks. A pplegate —J L Wooldridge, chairman; J H Brantner, H D Kubli, judges; Orlando Rose. Geo. Hoffman, clerks. W ist A shland —G M Grainger, chair man ; Ed Uhurchman, W A Patrick, judges; J M Luark, A B Chapman, clerks. N orth A shland —John E Pelton, chair man; W L Johnson, J E Cox, judges; H C Myer, Jesse Houck, clerks. S outh A shland —T W Bryant, chairman; Dan Chapman, Fordyce Roper, judges; H 8 Evans. E E Deming, clerks. B ig B utte —W F WilKinson. chairman: A B Chart raw, I A Bradley, judges; Ben Higinbotham, Geo Gray, clerks. M eadows —J B Welch, chairman; E C Pomeroy. Dan Revnolds, judges; H H Mitchell, K Carter, clerks. N orth M edford —DT Sears, chairman; 1 A Webb, E W 8tarr, judges: R T Lawton. F V Medynski, clerks. S outh M edford —S 8 Pentz, chairman: Milton Maule, Horace Nicholson, judges; Wm Ulrich, Barney O’Neil, clerks. M ount P itt —T Brockley, chairman; John Cook, 8 B Edsall, judges; Joseph Geppert, Geo Beale, clerks. P leasant C heek —W PHill is. chairman; M 8 Wakeman, John W Robinson, judges, T H B Taylor, E W Hammond, clerks, F oots C reek —R A Cook, chairman; N Hosmer, Thos Carr, judges; Chas T Ander son, Wm Bailev, clerks. G old H ill —J J Houck, chairman; J W Masterson, E Ray, judges; I E Deboy, E E Phipps, clerks. N orth J acksonville —David Linn, chair man ; Chas Basye. J C Whipp, judges; A N Soliss, J H Huffier, clerks, S outh J acksonville —K Kubli, chair man; D J 8 Pearce, Theo Cameron, judges; Jas Cronemiller, John Orth, clerks. L ost C reek —RE PaytoD, chairman; J F Ditsworth, J J Brophy, judges; F M Manning, W F Taggert, clerks. C entral P oint —Ed R Owen, chairman; Anson M Ford, W C Leever, judges; Ben Beall, J H Kincaid, clerks. C himney R ock —W P Farlow, chairman; Geo W Nichols, Hermann Meyers, judges; W Cf Paley, ' “ J ’ B Wyland, clerks. “ E agle __ chairman; _____ ole P oint —A Pool, Geo Brown, David Cingcade, judges; A J Florey, J A Miller, clerks. E den —J H Stewart, chairman; J W Wilev, A 8 Robbins, judges ; F M Stewart, E D Foudray, clerks F lounce R ock —Uriah Gorden,chairman ; Perry Ellis, Jas L Gorden, judges; R W Gray, W Willits, clerks. K ock P oint —H L White, chairman; F M Blevens, P W Bleckert, judges; Jas Hays, Jr, John Ashmead, clerks. S team B oat —G CCully, chairman; J M Toms, Jacob Shearer, judges; Ezra Arnold W E Finney, clerks. S tiriingvillx —Thos Gilson, chairman; Frank B Ames, H E Ankeny, judges; A 8 Johnson. Gas Mitchell, clerks. T able R ock —M A Housten, chairman ; C C Gall, II W Shipley, judges; John E Potter, J G Martin, clerks. T alent —A Alford, chairman; Emmet Beeson, E K Anderson, judges; Wm Ad dison, J B Carlile, clerks. CLOSING OF THE SCHOOLS. ON A POLITICAL MISSION. The Tour of Four Barrels of Old Rogue River Whisky. It Leaves Jacksonville Friday and Started Out On Its Mission to Save Jackson County For the G.OP. On Friday a teamster named Olney Olsen drove up from Central Point to Jackson ville and backed his team against the Beek man & Reames store building. The store proper is the place of business of James Drum, a grocervmnn. Under the store Is a large cellar, in which cellar isstored several thousand gallons of old Rogue River whis ky, owned by Hon. J. W. Merritt, republic an nominee for county judge. Mr. Ol-en presented his message, a smile went up and down the countenance of Dr. J. W Robinson, the chairman of the re publican county central committee, who immediately proceeded to business, assisst- ed by that veteran old campaigner, ex Senator Theo. Cameron, republican nomi nee for county treasurer, Henry Kubli, republican nominee for representative, J. C. Whipp, party boss and member of the campaign committee. Geo. Love, a veteran in tbecause and T. J. Kinney—everybody knows Tom Kinney. Chairman Robinson slid down tbe cellar door. Soon other old Jackson villians were on tbe scene and four big barrels of old Rogue River whisky soon appeared in sight. Au impiession that the commotion was caused by tbe republican c tinpaign fund tailing into a crack was soon dispelled. Amidst allow of wit and hilarious remarks, and after each good republican had hugged the barrels with a hearty hug, the “precious freight” was put into tbe wagon and Mr. Olsen proceeded on his journey home to J. W. Merritt at Central Point. The old republican leaders bad a good time sending it along and many were the predictions that it was the salva' ion of tbe grand old party in Jackson county. The boys felt so good they felt like converting a popular song into “Good Bye Populists, Good Bve.” Tbe goods arrived in Central Point all O. K. Prof. Merritt placed Capt. Peter Ap plegate in charge. Everybody bad a good time. With the exact method ot a cold business man the work of dis' pensing was proceeded with. The pro lessor’s business abilities are very apt and tbe apportionment of demijohns, jugs, flasks, tin dippers and other paraphernalia came out exact. Missouri Bottom. Foots Creek. Yankee Creek, Irish Canyon, Dutch Flat. Jackass Creek, Tail Holt, etc., as well as tbe other popular campaigning resorts of the back precincts and many other cen ters of larger population were pro vided for. Capt. Peter Applegate is tbe chief dispenser. Dr. Sam Mc Clendon is second in charge. The headquarters is a room in the Central Point Hotel building. Robert Bond is the recognized and authorized dispenser for Trail creek and is authorized to deputize other dispensers. John Schneider was started to properly place the dispensaries In the Butte creek section, and since then the dispensers have become so thick all over the county that thefe has became a rivalry among them. It is reported to-day that W. K. Price of Tolo and several of the lesser dispeusers have became jealous of each other in regard to which had the highest standing in the ranks. Some times several dispensers get out of their territory aud work the same gulch nn- beknowns to each other. Some times they hit the wrong Kind of a man, and when Merritt hears of that he roars. One of the dispensers went up Evans creek tbe first of this week. As he was going up he met several dispensers coming down. The result wa? that the too free use of the bottle had an effect on tbe dispenser going up the creek. Before he got very far he was heard to 'Rah for Crowell and Wakefield. Nearly a thousand people assembled in Gamard a opera house last Thursday even ing t<> witness tbe graduating exercises of the class of ’96, Ashland High School. Tbe main hall and galleries were packed with people, and many were unable to gain en trance at all. The stage was beautifully decorated with a profusion of flowers as is Usual on these commencement occasions; and suspended from tbe arcbwav were the Total paid to aid assessor............................ $4332 00 words, “By Effort, Not by Craft” in largo, attractive letters—the class motto. State With this democratic expenditure of $4332 00 * which was worth about $200) to School Superintendent Irwin and several of the local public school officials were aid the assessor, Wooldridge in 1893 assessed 724,113.87 acres of land, and made seated on the stage. The following pro was executed, each participant doing such a mess of it that $2645.52 taxes was sworn off and not paid, because double gram his or her part creditably and well: MONEY TO the TAX-PAYER IN. PLACE OF Music—Invocation. assessed, beside leaving out property enough that the .»heriff assessed and collect GIVING IT TO THE PRINTER. Ah, old Monroe Doctrine ................... B. A. Spencer. ed $2511.26 of taxes. And for the democratic proficenc.v (?) Wooldridge gets in fellows, it mast be like pulling teeth to get knocked loose, but yoa can’t always full pay, expenses and all $2865.00, besides having extra assessment rolls bought Mountian Heights......... D. Ray Matthews. The Ills of Women. Male Quartette................................ ..... have a pull at the public teat. Constipation causes more than half tbe .......“I Love the Path of the Free.” ills of women. Karl’s Clover Root Tea is a And exporting those books! But now for him, at a cost of $140.00. coms, Chslly, old boy, confidential: really cure for Constipation. For sale by While the poor old kicked, cuffed and cursed Jackson in 1895 took the census Our Native Land ....Margaret L. Stanley. pleasant you would give one thousand dollars if Military Life.................... Sidney F Foster. T. K, Bolton. and assessed 851,043.95 acres of land for 126,930.08 acres more than Wooldridge Piano "Solo........................ Charlotte Pracht. those books never bad been experted, wouldn’t you? Now, Cholly, old socks, Captain George Lemon, tbe million *8ong ef the Mermaid*’—Von Weber. assessed in 1893) and bad $310.73 taxes sworn off as doubly assessed and the you mustn’t get so rampant but stand up aire pension agent, patent attorney and Arbitration ......... Ferdinand A. Strange. sheriff assessed and collected $521.41 taxes, and for this populist incompetency (?) and tase vour medicine like a good The Girl of To-Day;....... Birdie M. Millsap. proprietor of the National Tribune at little fellow. GRANT RAWLINGS. Jackson gets in full pay, expenses and all $2785.00, or $80 less than Wooldridge Washington, D. C„ is at the point of —Scarf Drill - Qu Saturday laat Miss Nellie Behnke, in 1893, besides Jackson used tbe regular form roll furnished by the state and the Looking Forward.........Maud E. Patterson. deatU " By a vote of 196 to 47 the House aged about twenty years, daughter of A View of ths Heavens.........C. F. Wagner. Charles Behnke, a pioneer resident of county didn’t have to buy a new one. passed over the President’s veto the bill Male Quartette—“Agnus Marie.” that section, was drowned in Salmon Lynch Law....................... .Roy R. R'obley. granting a pension of $5Q a month to river a abort distance below Sawyer’s Presentation of Diplomas..Prof. Hitchcock, Francis E. Hoover, late of the Twenty- District Attorney Ryan at Sacra Bar.* Wise Behnke had started to cross mento, was twice fined for contempt of POLITICAL PL.1NTEK& third Indiana Regiment of Volunteers. —Music.— ■ footbridge in company with a yonng ( A debate of two hours preceded the court (luring the progress of a case an H The class furnished evidence of having man named Harry Welker, but became he is short of money and will go General Weaver of Iowa is in Oregon gaffied the same high standard of pro vote, Kirkpatrick (R.yof Kimsas; Wood dizzy and fell from the bridge, puliing says 1 ficiency which is looked for in all those (R.) of Illinois and Willis (R.) of Dela ip the interests of the People’s party. Welker into the atream with her. The to jail before paying the fine. turned out of the city high school. young man waa a good swimmer, and It is stated that Miss Cousins, the The following Friday evening the first ware advocating the passage of the bill In an interview Charles Walsh, secre succeeded in getting nearly to the shore ; noted woman suffrage advocate, is ill tary of the Democratic State Central annual commencement exercises of the and Erdman (D.) of Pennsylvania, Loud with the young iady, when he was at : Los Angeles and in need of funds, Committee of Iowa, said the silver Ashland grammar schools, comprising (R.) of California and Bartlett (D.)of dashed against a rock which stunned An application to Miss Susan B. An- forces have nearly three-fourths of the students who bave finished the grammar New York in favor of sustaining the school course in tbe work, and the south veto. All the Populists aud Republicans him, and resulted in losing his held on were held in the presence of a well- Miss Behnke, who was carried down the thony for relief was denied on the plea deleg ate-» in the state convention. schools, filled house. The young pupils acquitted geuerally voted for the bill, and the stream. Finding he could not save her that the funds were needed for cam- “Thqy will organize,” he said, “and de themselves well and the whole program Democrats against jt. The following clare for free silver and indorse Boies which follows proved very enjoyable to the life, be managed to get to the bank him paign purposes. Republicans, however, voted to sustain self. The body of the unfortunate girl J. Roe Young, son of Indian Agent for B resideut, and a: Chicago the silver entire company: the veto: Loud of California, Raney was recovered about two hours later, a Young of Arizona, was thrown from a men will name the candidate and make Invocation. of Missouri, Quigg and Wadsworth of ■bort distance below where she had car and killed at Tempe. The Daily Journey ol the Sun—Bessie the -platform. New York, and the following Democrats Peed. fallen in. Th.3 announcement that the Populists The survey for the Congress, A. T., Progress of American Inventions—James to pass the bill: Cockrell of Texas, of ev erv statu in the Union are to fuse Spencer. air line railroad is now going on and a Cummings of New York, Layton and Married in Ashland. Quartet, “Bend to Your Oars”—Winnie Sorg of Ohio and Stokes, Strait and with the Democrats in case a free silver grading force will soon be at v/ork. Geo. F. Dexter, a mining man of Oak Bolton, Eva Luark, Grant Tiffany, George Talbert of South Carolina. L A J. McKisson, an old tima resi platform is adopted has excited much Ganiere, Bar, Siskiyou county, Cal., and Miss Result of Reading Poor Books—Ward The Senate Committee on Interstate Anna Gosney of the same place, arrived dent of Rich Gulch, was burned to interest among Populists. Chairman Taubeneck of the People's Party Na- Sutton, in Ashland Sundav and on Monday after death in his home while intoxicated. Commerce authorized a report on the A Girl’s Future—Lizzie Moreland. tionol Executive Committee when seen noon were married in the Ashland House The quarantine against »liseased hogs said: “I know absolutely nothing of Recitation, “The Cowboy’s Lament”— bill for uniform classification of rail parlor. Rev. F. G. Strange of the Pres road freight, framed on lines recom Grant Tiffany. has proved very effectiv e in Arizona, the itory. No Populist, bi-metallist or byterian church performed the ceremony Indian Club Drill. mended by the National Board of and the outlook is bright for the entire in tbe presence of the following guests: silver Democrat has ever mentioned this Our School Davs—Louis Dodge. Trade. ____ ___________ eradication of the plagu, . Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stephenson, Mrs. to me. If the Populists of Indiana Recitation, “iCcho and the Ferry”— Lizzie Kingsbury, Mrs. E. J. Johnson, John Hains, a miner of Pike City, have agreed to a combination of this Eva Luark Judge W. A. Lofton, for a long time Footprints—Fanny Beeson. Misses Dottie Stephenson, Ettie Franks, Sierra county, CaL, recently killed a kind they have not taken anyone into Attorney-General of Georgia, died at Vocal Duet — O, A. Thornton, A. F. Cor- Myrtle Morgan, Ethel Walrad, Prof.Wm mountain lion that we ighed 198 pounds their confidence. So far as the national Macon of paralysis. A. Thomas, Dr. Frank Wood and E. J. and measured seven fe at five inches from committee of the People’s Party is con nutt. Address—Rev, E. P. Childs. G. C. Trumpf, a Chicago bank presi Kaiser. Though an impromptu affair, tip to tip. Quartet, “Happy and Light”—Winnie cerned there is no truth in the report. ’ dent, who fled to Europe in 1893 to es the event was a pleasant one and the Bolton, Eva Luarc, Grant Tiffany, George Mrs. Hannah Sut'zjn of Petain ma The South Dakota Democratic State Ganiere. wedding party were treated to a dinner, cape prosecution for wrecking his bank, prepared by the landlady of the bouse. in her possession the original declaration Convention has declared itself in favor Presentation of Diplomas—C. A. Hitch has returned and surrendered to the cock. Mr. and Mrs. Dexter are spending tbeir of California’s independence. It will of the present monetary standai d. authorities. Song, "America.” honeymoon in southern Oregon. be read at the bear flag raising celebra The South Carolina Democratic State At the Methodist Protestant confer The following is a list of the grammar tion at Sonoma. ■Convention met at Columbia. The free school graduates: ence at Kansas City the report of the The annual meeting of the Pioneer Minnie Cottrell, Eva Luark, Maynie Eggs are being peddled around Tuc •coinage of silver was demanded, and Society of Southern Oregon, will be held son at 20 cents per dozen, the lowest the present administration was severely Grainger, Louis Dodge, Lizzie Moreland, Committee on Revision was taken up Ethel Standard. Fannie Standard, Ward and its chairman, Rev. J. T. Murray of in Ashland on Thursday, June 4, 1896, price ever know there. In days gouo by scored. Sutton, Grant Tiffany, Bessie Peed, Roy Maryland, introduced a resolution pro at 2 o’clock p. m. for the purpose of elect The convention of the People’s party Chrisman. Clyde Payne, Dora Long, John viding for the appointment of a com ing officers of the society for tbe ensuing they were considered cheap at 75 cents George Ganiere, John Spencer, year, and for the transacting any other and $1 per dozen. of Connecticut adopted a platform de Strange, Nat Melius, ina Ford, Jay Taylor, Fannie mittee of seven, to serve for four years, business that may legitimately be brought Judge John S. Bugbee, formerly claring for the free and unlimited coin Beeson, Susie Dickey. whose duty it shall be to revise the before the meeting. United States District Attorney for age of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 The Ashland High School Alumni asso “ discipline. ”______________ _ S ilas J. D ay , Secretary. Alaska, was stricken with apoplexy and to 1. Uninstructed delegates to the ciation met for their annual reception and There is nothing that causes women banquet in the parlors of the Oregon greater discomfort and misery than the Saturday, May 23, at2p. m. a large died while delivering a speech in a Re National convention were elected. Hotel, Saturday evening, May 23. and a recurring Headache. Men crowd gathered at tbe baseball ground, publican convention at Jun sau. John P. Altgeld for Governor and most dellehtiul time was bad. The literary constantly suffer less with Headache. "My wife’s one-half mile north-west of Gold A woman, who said her name was silver were the instructions given to the program and business meeting were held health was very indifferent, having head Hill, to witness a contest between Grace Ormsby Friskhorn, hailing from delogah's selected at the La Salle county during the first part of the evening. The ache continually, and just two packages of the first base ball Nines of Phoenix aud Portland, committed suicide at Sedro, Democratic convention to attend the officers elected for the coming year were as Simmons Liver Regulator released her Gold Hill. The first two inningB proved Skagit county, Wash., by taking poisoix state convention. La Salle is Controller follows: President, May Sutton; vice from all Headache and gave tone and vigor president, Elmer Patrick; secretary and to her whole system.- 1 have never re ?uite favorable for Gold Hill; but the It is said she was well connect sd in treasurer, Winnie Crowson. At 10:30 sup gretted its use."—M. B. DeBord, Mt. Ver Eckels’ home county. boenix boys gained rapidly in the third was announced and all adjourned to non, Ky. Euge ue V. Deb3 made a defiuite state per and at the close of the game the tally Portland. tbe spacious and beautifully decorated din The Arizona Improvement Company ment ti \at he would not serve in any ing room. Helman’s orchestra was sta ■bowed nineteen to seven in favor of A Deception Easily Practised Phoenix. Ths Gold Hill Nine gave a has engaged two expert fruit h.mdlers public ot^ce. He said he would not ac tioned in the southwest corner of the room is the offer of a reward for “any case of ca and discoursed some choice selections. The tarrh not cured” by certain “cures” or social bop in tbe evening and an enjoy from Fresno to pack their shipments of cept the 1’rejidential nomination. tables were attractively decorated with a “blood medicines." Nothing is said re able time is reported. apricots and grapes. Over 100 pickers, loyely display of flowers, and each guest garding the number of bottles required, have been engaged and begun work. The com try rejoiced at the , over was charmed as they sat down to the and therein lies the deception. The Estate of R J Newman; A N Soliss ap The jail part of the Whitman county,. whelming minority given to the concur- splendid feast before them. A neat little makers of Ely’s Cream Balm, have never pointed administrator and John Taylor, L souvenir menu with a cut of the hotel was resorted to such devices. Cream Balm is A Neil and Dan Chapman appraisers. Wash., courthouse ha; settled eight ' rent Cuban re’oluticas in congress. Our presented to each guest. The menu was an elegant preparation, agreeable to use, Estate of J J Neathammer; order of final inches, so twisting the cells and their national lcgislttture gave expression to an elaborate one, surpassing ail previous and immediate in its beneficial results. settlement made aud administrator dis bearings that it has been necessary to : the sentiments and wishes of the whole ones. The toasts that followed were an in It cures catarrh. You can rely upon the charged. teresting feature of the evening. for fact that it contains no mercury nor other Estate of John Wells; sale of real prop remove mu the i . prisoners . . safe keeping. - - i country in moving for recognition of Those present were: O. A. Thornton, injurious drugs. 50 cts. erty confirmed. led com P leto }y I belligerent rights for Cuba. But perhaps 'Algie Dixon. Henry Galey, I. E. Vining, Estate of DT Ewen; will admitted to probate and Mrs C Ewen appointed ex ruined the French prune crop on the it would have been well enough to stop Eugene Berry, Elmer Patrick, Fred Car For Dyspepsia ter, Winnie Crowson, Victor Mayer, Walter ecutrix, with Geo Brown, A Betz and H Von Schroder 2,590-acre prune orchard i Walrad, Roy Robley, Bertram Spencer, and Liver Complaint you have a printed there and not recommend the president Von der Hellen as appraisers. in San Luis Obispo county. It is esti-. Estate of A G Colvin; order made for mated that the damage to this one or-1 to offer the friendly mediation of the Ferd Strange, Charley Wagner, Ray Mat guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh’s Vital- thews, Sidney Foster. Hattie Gleason, izer It never fails to cure. For sale by T. sale of personal property. United States to Spain with a view of Olive Gregory, Lyle Watson, Jessie War K. Bolton. chard will exceed $2Q,00Q. Ethel Walrad, Elsie Patterson. Bessie For two weeks past Santa Barbara- • securing the independence of Cuba. It ner, Real Estate. A Fact Worth Knowing. Hammond, May Sutton, Effie Armitage, is true that the nearness of Cuba to our has been enjoying an invasion uf thous- ’ Edith Gregory, Hypatia Klum Theresa Consumption, LaGrippe, Pneumonia and G A Tyler to Ettie Palmer; lot 2, block ands of yellow and black "birds with * shores in a measure changes the strictly Bryant, Rosa Dodge, Gertie Sutton, Maude all Throat and Lung diseases are cured by 11. Ashland. $300. Margaret Stanley, Birdie Mil Shiloh’s Cure. For sale by T. K. Bolton. F M Wade to W E Coul; certain water brilliant red heads, known as the New nnnTneddling in the affairs of European Patterson, Miss Victor, Mrs. Mowat and Prof, right of 4000 inches on Applagate. $500. Orleans Tanager. Their appearance is nations which is the traditional policy sap, and Mrs. Hitchcock. W E Coul to Applegate Water Co; water a rarity in California. right of 6000 inches; also one of 4000 inches of the United States. But just at this Awarded John G. Taylor, who was live stock on Applegate. The venerable Metcodr jt, Bishop Tay moment the offer of our friendly serv lor, at one time a stnjjt evangelist at ices to Spain will only infuriate that agent of the Santa Fe Railroad at Chi Highest Honors—World's Fair, MINING LOCATIONS. cago in 1893, is missing. It was his evi San Francisco, has be» n retired from Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. Rogue River Water and Mining Co on mation. Nothing but being whipped till dence before the Federal Grand Jury active service by the geaeral conference. May lltb located 150,000 inches of water to she has no power of fight left in her that secured the indictments of ex be taken out of Rogue river. Richard Little, sflrpposed to be de will ever make her give up Cuba. That President J. W. Rinehart and ex-Traffic For every quarter in a man’s pocket mented, living neat- Chico, Cal., shot is .Spanish pride. But if we should sim Manager John H. Hanley of the Santa there are a dozen uses; and to use each one his wife dead and killed himself. ply* accord belligerent rights to the rev- Fe for violation of the inter-6tate com in such a way as to derive the greatest The ex-Mayor of Sacramento, Eugene benefit is a question every one must solve alut?onists and let them alone they merce law3. for himself. We believe, however, that no Gregory, has beeu acquitted of luving General Lucius Fairchild, Potnman- Would do the rest and give the whip- better use could be made of one of these defrauded Widow Lte of her money. der-in-Chief of the Loyal Legion and quarters than to exchange it for a bottle of The dry goods house of Gross Broth Pixg- ________________ Chamberlain’s Colic.Cholera and Diarraoea ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Grand TThe journey to the Alaskan gold Army of the Republic, died at Madison, Remedy, a medicine that every family ers of Tacoma, Wash., it is reported, should be provided with. For sale by E. will be closed to business until a busi mines is al.'uost as terrible, in another Wis. A. S hjsewin , Druggist. ness revival reaches that city. wa y, as that tvos over the desert in the William C. Whitney is authority for D. D. Dare, cashier at the time of its pic neer days o/ California. But the ter- To Whom It May Concern. collapse of the California National ron, of the route to the Yukon do not the statement that the M»troi>olitan Traction Company of New York has John R. Harris is not authorized to Bank of San Diego, who fled this coun do business for tbe Mining and Scientific try at the time of the hank's failure and deb ir American miners and those who discovered a new motive power. Press, of San Francisco, California, and the suicide of its president, a defaulter, hop; i to be miners. Already this spring has no authority to collect therefor. Mrs. G. Barclay, Modiste. has been found in Athens, Greece, in 1,00 0 men have left Seattle alone for the J.F. HALLORAN, For tbe latest styles in dressmaking go Yuki m region. Ithe rug business. [Most Perfect Made. Gsusral Manager Dr. Hinman, the dentist, over the post- to Mrs. G. Barclay, Novelty block, oppoj April 14, 1896. Uniformly ucsllsnt, Snowy Butts Sett» office« in Masonic block, 4o Years tbe Standard. site Motel Oregon, •DR; SQUIRREL • POISON IM PRO V E D—CONCENTRATED AND MOST satisfactory . THS ORIGINftL SQUIRREL KILLER.- Bought Out Camps. Louis Larson, a photographer from Ta coma, has purchased F. L. Camps' gallery i n Ashland and is in charge of the same. For tbe next 30 days he will mace cabinet sized photos for $3 00 per dozen. It Is Made In Oregon. - In 1-pound cans. Guaranteed. Thou- ands of farmers from all over this atata have learned that FRY’S SQUIRREL POISON is as good or better than rnora expensive foreign brands of uncertain strength. Fry’s is the genuine and most reliable poison. Use no other. For sale y E. A. Sherwin, Ashland, Oregon. Jlauf. by D. J. Fry, Salem, Ore. Mill Feed Wholesale, $12.50 per ton. Retail, 70 cents per 100 al the Ashland Roller Flour Mills. 44 DR. MILES, Through His Nervine Is a Beo efactor to Thousands." © WIDELY known Wisconsin publisher, who resides at Green Bay, writes March Sth, 1895, as follows: “Five years ago 1 became eo nervous that mental work was a burden. I could not rest at night on account of sleeplessness, liy attention was called to Dr. Miles' Restora tive Nervine, and I commenced to use it with the very best effect. Since then I have kept a bottle in my house and use it whenever my nerves become unatrung, with always the same good results. My son also* takes it for nervousness Dr. Miles’ with like never falling success. I have recoin* Nervine mended It to many and it cures them. All who Restores suffer from nervo Health...... troubles should try it. It is free from narcotics, perfectly harm- less, and yet soothes and strengthens. Dr. Miles, through his Nervine is a benefactor to thousands." A. C. LEHMAN. Editor and proprietor of D eb L andsman . Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on guarantee first bottle will benefit or money refunded. MEN'S > VAUPEL, NORRIS & DRAKE. I FREE SILVER! HENRY D- KUBU, Republican Nominee. . BICYCLE PANTS UNDERWEAR. FURNISHINGS. A FOR REPRESENTATIVE; 50 Bright New Silver Dollars to be given away, divided in four Cash Prizes aa follows: 1st Prize.... 2d “ ....... FOR COUNTY TREASURER; LEE L. JACOBS, Democratic Nominee. FOR REPRESENTATIVE: G. F. SCHMIDTLINE, People’s Party Nominee. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY: 4th “ ............................... ................. $20 60 ................. 15 00 ................. ....... 5 00 Total..................... $50 00 JSzC-A-Y OOTSZLJSZLEITOTlSrca- we will give (on every 2oc cash purchase and upwards, or amount in cash paid in on book account) Coupons re presenting the amount of cash paid. For every $10 worth of these coupons the bolder is entitled to one guess at tbe number of beans contained in tbe Gloss Mau on exhibition at our store. The nearest guess to the correct number gets tbe 1st prize, next nearest 2nd prize, etc. Tbe man to be opened, beans counted and prizes awarded when 100 guesses are taken. EVERYTHING SOLD AT BOTTOM PRICES. X>. X— MCixxlSLl^ir <Sfc Son. JOHN ft, JEFFREY. ss People s Party Nominee. J. P. Dodge, FOR COUNTY CLERK: ft. GEO. JACKSON, .__ .... Dealer in Furniture People’s Party Nominee. FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR: JOHN GRIEVE. People’s Party Nominee. Democratic Nominee For County Clerk: IV A4. M. HOLMES, of Central Point. and everything pretaining to the Furniture Trade! A nice line of Floor Matting just in—prices low. Trunks and canvas-covered Telescopes; Mirrors, Window Shades, Lamberquin poles and trimmings, Screens, Picture Frames, bedding, Etc., Etc. White, New Home and Magestic Sewing Machines. Best machine oil, needles and repairs for all kinds of Sewing Machines. BftBY CftRRIftGES at less than city prices. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. FOR REPRESENTATIVE: J. J. HOUCK, Of Gold Hill—Democratic Nominee. G. F. LINDLEY. Prof. P. J. HEAD A^Medford, Oregon^A People’s Party Nominee for TREASURER. COUNTY @ Of Portland. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY of the First Judicial District: S. S. PENTZ, F CREAM BAKING POWDIR FRY’S Millinery and Hairdressing. Miss Ober has opened fashionable milli nery and hairdressing parlors at her home on Factory street and invites the ladies wishing anything in the line to call upon her. of Medford. Regular Nominee Democratic Ticket. FOR SHERIFF: WM. BYBSe., Democratic Nominee. JR, Five Different Kinds of PIANOS From $260 and Upwards. TERMS:—Small payment down and $10 per month. Organs $5.00 per month, PIANOS:—Chlckering, Hardman, Fisher, Jewett, Ludwig ORGANS:—Estey, Mason & Hamlin, Frand and Bottey.