Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, October 06, 1904, Image 1

Rogue River courier., October 06, 1904, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1904)

Page of 5 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.0 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 5 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Textlliteef r VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1904. No. 28. r If t OUR . HIGH CLOTHING Iklieving that the very best obtainable w;uld be none too good for our many patrons in Rcady-to-Wear Clothing, we have constantly been on the lookout and find that HIGH ART Clothing is the best that can be produced by any Amer ican manufacturer. All HIGH ART Clothing possesses that touch of good tat-te and good style that is required by the well dressed of any commun ity. It will be to your advan tage to give us a thought before you buy. - SHOES - For Ladies, Children and Men Hats. Caps and Furnishing Goods WELCH'S CLOTHING STORE, "opera house block, GRANTS PASS, - OREGON Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. Va VP CAPITAL 8TOOK Transact a General Hanking business. Keceives deposits subject (u check or on demand certificates. Our cutoineis are ax".ired of courteous treatment and every consideration con si tent Willi sound hanking principles. ' fcafety deposit boxes for runt. J. FRANK WATSON, Pres. ' It. A. BOOTH. Vice-I'res. I. I.. JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK, - - J5O,OOO00. Receive deposits subject to cheek or on certificate payable on demand. .Sells siiihtilralls on New York han Francisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the United States. Special Attention alien to Collections and general business of our customers. Collection made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible points. It. A. HOOT II. Pres. J. C. CAMPBELL. Vice Pres. II. L. UILKEY, Cashier MAUULti AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PADPOCK, PuorB. 1 am prewired to furnish anything in of MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty vears of experience in the Marble business warrants my laying thut'l can till your orders in the very best manner. Can furnish work in Scotch, Bared or American Granite or any kindcf NU,be J. B. PADDOCK, front Street Neil to Crsms's Gnnahnp. REAL ESTATE I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE OWN YOUR OWN HOME No 245. 2n acres; 140 acrei cleared; 15 acres to alfalfa; 100 acres in grain ; 2") acres in pasture. Good water right, and (rood house of nine rooms. P. iru 40 x 80 feet. Orchard with all Tarietiea of fruit Price, 20 per acre. No. 244. 80 acres; good water right; do improvement. Most be sold soon, C ash "). Xo. 22:t. I0 acres abont 13 njilea from the city. Good house cot almut $4U). Abont (ion.OuO feet of good saw timber. Will sell for HW0. Stop paying rent. $10 down and $0 a mouth will purchase a lot In almost any portion of ttlie city. , Call on or adilres JOSEPH MOSS Headquarter for Ileal Estate. (MEce on E Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, GRANTS PASS. - - OREGON. Palace Barber Shop J. M. MULLEN, Propr. Shaving, Hair Cutting Baths, Etc. Et ryhiuj n?t aud elu aud all . work First-Cias. In the Pa'ace Hotel. AIM ART E 1 2S,00U.OO. the line of Cemetery work in any kind What b lile? Id the last analysis nobody knows, but we do know that it is under strict law. Abase that law' even slightly, pain results. Irregular living means derangeaeut of the organs, resulting In coostipatioo, headache or livr trouble. Dr. Kiug'i New Life Pills quickly readjusts this. It's gentle, yet thornogh. Only Vie at National Drug Store aud Grant Pas Phar- 1 mscy. The Lambert Indestractible Records for Edison and Co lumbia Cylinder Ma chines. All makes of Talking Machines and supplies. Write for catalogues. W. A. PADDOCK, Grants Pass, Oregon. HIGGINS & PHILLIPS Assayers and Chemists CHARGES: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lend, $1 taeh. . Gold and Silver, l. Each mid every assay done with the idea that it may bo checked. C. FIXDLEY, M. D. Practice limited to EYE, F.AK, NOSH and TI1HOAT. Office hours 0 to 12; 2 to 0 Eveninic hours Tuesdays and Fridays. 7:30 to It. Telephones 2il and 77. Gkants Pass, - Ohkuon. pRED K. D. STRICKER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633 Okegon. G. II. DOUGLAS, M. D. Physician and Surgi;6n Ollloo: Pli'ney's rcsidenco, cor. (ith and E streets. Day and night phono Xo. ti'll. Grants 1'ass, Ore. D. P. XOVE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Ullice 111 Williams Uros. block, over Grants Pass Grocer. Residence Phone 414. Ullice Phone 141. Grants Pahs, - , Okkcion C. HOUGH, ATTOUSKY-AT-LAW, fiactitesin all State and Federal Courts Ullice over First iNaTional Bank. uhants Pass, - . Okkgon. SWEETLAND & CO. FRKSII and SALT MEATS. S" PllONK 21 N. E. JIcGKEW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving GRANTS PASS. OREGON. The popular barber shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS On Sixth Street Three chairs Hath room in connection House Moving If you have a htiilding that you want Moved, Raised or Levelled up, Call on or address Work reasonably and prom VI ly done. Kesidecce 2 ui ill's west of Grunts Puss. A. E. Holloway. T.1WADE DRV GOODS, UNDEKWKAK, NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. SpraiM. 8. A. Kc-ad, Cisco, Texas, writes March, I ltli, IBOl: "My wrist was sprained so badly by a fall that it was useless ; and after osiug several remedies that failed to give relief, used liallard'a Snow Liniment, aud was cured. I earnestly recommend it to any one suffering from spraius." Vic, fiOc. 11.00 at Model Drug Store. 700 pieces of voral and iuatramental sheet ninsio at 10 cent each at the Grants P&a Mssio House. OREGON APPLES GROWING Californian Describes Visit to . Oregon Orchards. A few weeks ago, Mr. V. R. Rad- cliff, of VYatsonville, Calif., visited nil of the priucipal apple growing localitiea of the Pacific coast for the purpose of investigating the fruit con ditions aud methods adopted in grow ing and handling the fruit Since returning he has prepared au article, nearly three columns iu'Jength, for the evening Pajaroulan, published at Watsouville, aud from which the following excerpts: Thore aro four apple growing dis tricts of first commercial importance iu tho country west of the Rocky mountains sections where apples are produced " with the world a as market " These districts are the Pajoro valley, California, with Watsouville as its shipping point; the Roguo rlvor valley, Oregon, with Med ford as shipping point; the Hood river valley, Oregon, with Hood river as shipping point; and the Yakima valley, Washington with Yakima as the pilot of shipment. There are niauy other apple growing sections in this part of tin western country, notably the Humboldt county aud Loin poo sections In Cali fornia, the Wenatchee and Palonse districts iu Washington, the Grand Hondo section in Oregon, the Bitter Root valley iu Montnua, aud the Snake river country in Idaho, but they have not yet readied the im portance of the distriota first named, and it will bo some time before they cut much figure iu the export trado the objective of the leading apple growers of the Pool fio states. Last mouth a representative of the "Pajar oninu" Visited the principal apple producing districts of the Northwest, for the purpose of investigating crop conditions, the probability of or chard extension, and the methods of fighting pusts aud marketing the crops. The first district visited was the Uogue river valley. Its mulu town (ho point from which nearly all its fruit is shipped is Medford. It is but a few miles over the California line in Oregon, near the base of the Siskiyou mountains. Its population is about itOOO. The business section iu ol substantial brick builidngs and shows steady growth and prosperous conditions. The Rogue river valley is 44 miles iu longth, and from two to 15 miles in width, extending from Ashland to Grants Pass. The choice district is around Medford and its neighboring town, Central Point and thero is where is grown "tho apples which have made Southern Oregon famous. " The elevatiou of the valley is from 1200 to lflOO feet above sni level, the averngo rainfall about 30 inches, and water is from six to eight feet below the surface. The tern peratnre sometimes falls from 10 to 13 degrees below freezing point dur ing the winter, and in the anmmoi gets above 100 degrees. It was above that mark portions of each day we spent there, but the nights woro very pleasant. The heat seldom affects tlie fruit or foliage, aud at 11)0 degrees is not so severe, as a lower degree of temperature near the seashore. We were taken ovjr a considerable por tion of this district by Jos. Olwcll. of Olwell Pros., of Central Point, and the description following of methods of handling fruit aud caring for orchards is mainly taken from his statements about the management of the extensive orchards owned by him self aud brothers. They have 100 acres in orchard at Central Point. aud they have young orchards at poiuts nearer Medford. They have handled nearly all of the export apple business of Southern Oregon, and their puck is famous as a markot leader in New York and Great llrlt n in. Their "Snowy Butte" tack of Newtiiwna sold up to as high as $1.50 per box in London last spring, and the quality of their pack is a stand ard which all apple handlers should eudcaver to attuiu. Tho apple lias linen a leading fro it in Uogue river valley for the tmst 12 years, and the acreage planted to this fruit has been increased each year, and there is every indication thai the extension of apple orchards will con tinue. The (mar is a prominent rival of the apple in this district, and for some time the plautlng of pears lias been in excess of apples. It is esti mated that at least BOO acres are planted to apples in the Rogue river valley, aud say 6000 acres to pears. It is claimed that at least 14,000 acres more are available for apples and pear orchards. Tim leading varieties of pears are the Winter Nells Coin ice. Uui-rrn bosc aud Part let t. The apple leaders are the Spltzenberg, Newtown Pippin, Jonathan, Pen Davis, Red Streak. Rome Beauty, Gravenateln and None Such. The last named variety finds a market at Vladivostok, Siberia. Small lot of other varieties are shipped to China. The fancy Newtowus go to Euglaud and the faucy Spitzeubergs o to New York aud London. The medium apples of these varieties and the mixed varieties aro marketed in Portland and San Francisco. Each of the latter poiuts Is looked upon as a dumping ground for what Eastern aud European markets will not ac cept. .Trees aie in foil Wring from eight to 10 years alter planting. It is estimated that within five years say IW6 this district will have an an noal crop of 1,500 'cars, and its in crease psr year after that time will be from 80Q to 1000 cars. The apple crop this year is not op to the average. While ths trees were in bloom heavy cold rains fell for sevoral days, aud the crop was affected as in Pnjaro valley. It is estimated that the 1804 apple crop will run op to 230 cars, of which over 100 cars will be of faucy stock for European shipment. The psar crop is estimated at 60 car. The picking of Newtown and Spltzeubergs will not cemmenco un til October. The apples are left on the trees as long as possible, so that they may matme and attain perfect coloring. The rich coloring of the Rogue river apples has boen a great aid In their marketing abroad at fancy prices. The fruit is carefully handled from the time of plckiug un til it is placed on the cars. An apple whioh is bruised in any way, be comes a cull, llirowing 01 apples from one baud to auother in packing is not permitted, aud apples are not rolled or dumped out of baskets or packing boxes. They are as carefully handled as eggs in each stage, lrom picking to shipping. After picking the apples stand 10 days lieforo being graded. After grading they are stored in readiness for' packing, aud they are sent to the packers in the order in which they were stored the first in tho first packed. Tho graded apples are trucked to ti e packers a tun-load to the track. The packing is done by girls aud they face win dows which give abnndunt light. The packing houses aro floored aud are high above the ground. With side paper racks and box lining and layer paper in front of boxes, aud ap ples at hand, tho. 'packers have every thing needed iu the right place. bach packer lias a number, nud thai number is stamped ou each box au the packer is hold, responsible for tho qnality of pack." The apples are graded ill size from tho center each way, the largest being iu the center aud the grading down being uuifdrui, so that each box has a big bulge. The apples are delivered to and tnkeu from the packers by ineu. The pack ers aru paid four cents per box, with a limit of 50 boxes per day. They work from 7 a. m. to 0 p. in. A floor walker or manager has supervision of the packing, and uniformity iu size and quality of grading, aud wrapping without a cream In the paper is in sisted upon. Tim npplna aie carefully passed to the shipping wagons and as carefully jouded 011 tho cars. In methods of picking, 1 jacking, grading and shipping apples, the Roguo rlvor valley growers aro not surpassed, and it Is evident that tho lenders iu this great work and tho persons to whom most credit is duo for this showing, aro tho Olwell Bros., pioueer orchard- ists and fruit handlers of Centra) Point aud Medford. In the old orchards of tho Rogue river district, apple trees were plant ed about 20 feet ainrt. They are nut planted so close iu young orchards aud mucli thinning out of trees has been douo in tho old orchards. Tho growers iu that district do not be lievu in having their trees grow to gether. They favor ventilation and sunlight for all sides nf a tree. They keep tho tops down, hut are sparing iu pruning. Tho centers are not thin ued out. Their trees have foliage, There is a nontruotioii in numhecof varieties planted. It is the high priced apple whioh has tho call the Spitzeuberg and Newtown, with the former as the Uader. None Sucl Ben DaviH, Badwiu nud souio others are planted for polli.lng uses mainly. Props are seldom seen. Tho ltogje river orchardists thlii their fruit, and til i u again, and then thin some more. They say that the limbs uf a tree can bear all tho frnit a tree should have on at maturity. As a result the showing of smaller than four-tier stock is exceedingly small. In fuel, the lour tier is tho small size. About 'M per cent of tho Newtowus and Spit zenberga are larger than four-tier, aud sales are made 011 a basis of 70 ist cent four tier and 110 per cent three aud three mid a half tier stock. As the trees aru kept down all thi spraying can be done with ease. In fuet high ladders are lint used. There is no need fur them. Thu trees are so sluiix d that much of the work of picking is dune from tho ground. Tim Roguo river district, near Med ford, is rapidly becoming the Red lauds of Southern Oregon. The climate is pleasant, the tin hards are profitably productive, anil 111 111 y wealthy people from Portland and Salt Lake have invested in ori.h inls and make their summer homes there. The improvement they are making are extensive and costly, aud within a few years the rolling laud south west of Medford will be dotted will handsome homes. Some of these iu vestors have large orchard holdings, running fro 11 100 to H.V) acres. The orchardists of Rogue river hive about all of the tree pests to contend with, but they wago a successful and profitable warfare against their enemies. Hub-drainage is .a feature of Olwell Brothers' orchards. They havo in four miles of tile pipe fur sub-drain agn. They consider It a mokt valuable aud successfl iuveatmuut. Parts of the Rogue river district are Irrigated, and more, will be. Water is abondaut, electric power cheap, and the orchaid pumping plant Is going to become a much of a feature there a iu the Santa Clara valey. Irrigation is needed in the orc hards of the Parajo valley. With closer thinning and summer irrigation, the five tie applo can be knocked but of business. Orheardists employ many laborers the year around. The Olwell Bros, have 10 workmen and two foremen by th year, aud when handling frnit employ up to 130 meo and 80 girls. The labor qnsstiou is a serious one there as well as la this valley and will be come more so as the orchards come into better bearing. Pickers are paid AO cents aud board per 100 boxes. Winter Nellis poars sold last year from 11.35 to th!0 per box. Bartletts were selling at $1.25 per box f. o. b. , while we woro there. Two sales of hoice apples had been made at 11.25 per box, but the balance of the crop was beiug held for $1.60 per box. Last year the price was 11.60 per box. Apples have beon plauted in the mountains 03 miles east of Medford, by Rogue rivor orchardists. The mountain frnit is not bothered by the codliu moth. There aro two apricot orchards on the bench land east of Medford. The fruit sold this year up to S ceuts per pound, Iu Portlaud. One grower averaged 112.50 per tree for bis apri cots. HE DEMAND FOR COKE Smellers Will C&uss Coal Mine to Ba O parted. The demand for coke at the new Takllma copper smelter aud the like lihood of there being hundreds of tons rcqnlied daily for the smolter that is quite certaiu to be erected next year on the Upper Applegate to handlo the copper ore from the Blue Ledge mine has stimulated inquiry as to the possibility of coke beiug manufactur ed from tho coal found ou Evans creek. Recently Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, capitalists have been Investigat ing the coal deposits on Evans creek with a view of opening them up and putting iu coking oveus. There is knowu to be qnlte exten- ivo coal veins along the npper sec tion of Evans creek aud efforts have beeu made at varions times to ascer tain their thickness, and extent and the qnality of tho coal. Two years ago the Southern Pacific sent their geologist aud an expert coal miner with a crow of men to ex amine and develop the coal measures of the Rogue Rivor valley. The party spent the ontire summer la piospect- ing and examined a large number of prospects iu various parts of the val ley; but the Evans creek district was the only section that they found coal In quantities and ot good quality. While Prof. Dnmble, the geologist aud Mr. Owens, the mine expert. wore rotlceut as to making publio any fvcts couoerning their investigations for tholr company, yet they gave it out that the Evans creek coal was among the best on this coast and that the only reason the Southern Pacific did not dovelop it was that the coal area was uot large enough to justify the building of 15 mile spur from tho company's main line from near Wodville np Evans creek to the coal fields. There is 110 doubt though that hud not petroleum been discovered In California aud oil fuel become so heap that the Southern Paciflo would havo before this been securing coal from Evans (reek mines for their locomotives on this division. Tho Kriins creek measures have beeu traced over a considerable extent of territory and are found on both prlvutUMiud ruilroad luad. The trans portaliou of coke from tlieso mines to the Applegate copper smelters would hasten the building of electrio rail loads iu this valley for it is the plan of tho promoters, if they can carry out tholr scheme, to put in in electrio rnrtd from Uold Hill to tho mines and from (Jold Hill the electrio road would cross Rogue river aud come up through the Blackwcll aud Willow Springs gold mining district, to Jacksonville where it would connect with tho electrio road to the Apple gate and the copper mines. There is a natural route for an electrio road on tho proposed lino and in addition to giving transportation for fuel to the copixir smelters It would aid very materially In the development of the gold mining properties aloug the line in the Illaekwell, Willow Springs, Jacksonville, Forest Creek and Apple- gate districts and a vast area of the best fruit lands in ' Rogue river valley that is now lying idle by rea son of it not paying to plant the laud to fruit owing to the distance to haul to market. Thus, the establishment of tho coke Industry oil Evans oreek would directly aud indirectly be a great factor in the industrial develop ment of this section of Rogue river valley, for it would give employment to a large number of men In the coal mines and at the coke ovens and It would giro chcajier fuel to the cop. I r smelters thus stimulating that In dustry and would make certain the building au electrio railroad that would o'ii np a vast auction of country that is rich in mineral and agricultural resources. Sent luel. October 27. 2 and 29. Through the etTorts of the Ureal Northern Railway, V or Ids Fair ex cursion tickets will lie sold on October 27th, 2Hth and Will, in ad dition to October M, 4th aud 5th.. For full Information apply to any Ureal Northern A sent World' Fevlr Ratts. Extended. World's Fair excuralou tickets' to Chicago, St,' I-ouls aud all eastern cities will be sold by the Great North era Railway on October 2?lh, 2Hth and 2'Jtli in addition to October 3d, 4th aud uth. Apply to any Oreat Northern agent for rates aud full In formation. It begins to look a if the Under wood Visible Typewriter had a cinch on the highest award at the St. Louis Kixi!lou, and It is woll placed If so awarded. This same machine took highest honors at the Pan-American Exposition and the grand prise la th Venice Exposition of Itfol. Agency for Oregou at do Front St., Portland. tV 11 s nomes rurnisnea complete. WHITE AND GOL ..DISHES.. BEAUTIFUL NEW GOODS New Iron Boda Now Chairs New Art Squares low priced. Now Heavy Spring Mattresses New All Steel Bod Lounges New Stoves and Ranges New Kitchen Closets New Wall Papers New Sofa Tillows, 50c up Now Dining Tables New Lamps You cannot afford to pass this thoroughly up. to-dato stock if you aro in tho market for things for tho house. Wo guarantoe satisfaction. Thomas J3hQ Housefurnishers Grants Pass. - Oregon. 444 ' A PERMANENT W1 T TV THI IfAliimH 1 The W. O. T. U. will moot in the League xooin of the M. E. church on Friday, October 7, at 8:30 p. m. "The Standard" believes that if iu mailer towns aud cities a campaign oonld be waged in behalf of prohibi tion upon a business basis, showing tax payers the economy of prohibition a against even . extremely high license, after proper agitation prohi bition conld be secured. It cites the case of Oregon, 111., a small city of 4000 inhabitants which recently raised the license fee to 11000 and thereby reduced the nnniber of ealooi,s, but puCmore power In the fow saloons which now exist. In that small oity, 10 saloons pay licenses of $1000 each. This fact It 'suggestive uot only of the large profit that Is expected by the saloon keepers of this comparatively small couimu ulty, but of the large amount of motiqy taken from legitimate trade channels in this particular instance reaching the sum of perhaps $40,000 which might be expended In mer chandise, home improvements, farm machinery, and like necessities. "The Portland Journal" recently published them facts concerning several cities in the state d Oregon in which prohibition lias been effective for varying periods i Ashland, a city of 8,500 population, is tested both the dry and wet policy. A merchant testified that, since the saloons were voted ont, lie had a more desirable class of cos tnrners, aud a barber said that his business was 83,'Y por' cent better than when there were saloons iu town. Monmouth is a beautiful town less than three miles from the saloon town of Independence. The leading busl lies firm writes: "With an eisr lence of 10 years in general meridian dine in a saloon town and Ave years in a prohibition town, I am thor ooglily convinced that the saloon is no assistance whatever as a means of drawing trade in a general way to a town, and that it Is of no benefit whatever to any legitimate bnsluess, but on the contrary Is positive detriment to cosiness Interests from every point of view, socially, morally and financially, and the greatest mnuance to trade Interest with which the business world has to contend. " Milton Is one of the most prosperous towns In Oregon. The Bank of Mil tun bas a capital stock of $.'K),00a Its cashier gives the following test! monlal: ' Milton has not had a saloon for IH or 20 years and during that time the population has Increas ed 800 per cent Business Is good in all lilies of trade, good publio schools with 10 teachers, a college and four churches. The treasurer's report at the close of last year showed the total Indebtedness of the city to be $19, 271.51 and the city owns its own water and electrio light system, which brought in a revenue last year of $.'),8o0, the system being worth not less than $M,000, ou the basis of the Income derived. The tax rate Is 11 mills. Bauk deposit are $1110,000, As a rule, our citixens are prosperous. The faot that the temperance element wins at every election la proof that a majority Of them do not care to ex change present conditions for the saloon." fUsutilul Wonxn. Plump cheeks, flushed with the soft glow of health and a pure complex ion. make all wemen beautiful. Take small does of Ilerblue after each meal; it will prevent constipa tion and help digest what yon have eaten. 500. Mrs. Wni. M. Strond, Mlddlothlau, Texas, writes. Mar 11, ll01 1 "We have used Herbine In our family for eight years, and found It the best medicine we ever used for constipation, bilious fever and malaria." For sale by Model Drag Store. 1 a & O'Neill, SUCCESS Crania Pass Business Men So Regard Smelter. Grants Pass business men profess to soe in all work being done at the Takllma smelter, the earmark of permanent success. A niembor of the Sou thorn Oregou mining town's board of trade stated while Iu Portland that he had every assurance of the smolter meeting the highest expectations of the management. J. O. B'Gunn, stockholder, and connected with the Union Iron Works, Ban Francisco; W. E. Davis, also a prominent San Francisco man, and Col, T. T. Wain Morgan Draper, passed through Grants Pass a few day ago to visit the smelter. Preceding an inspection while the smolter was nnder fall blast, the gentlemen did not care to make any statement, bnt admitted that the report received had been of the most satisfactory nature. The smelter is doing excellent work, and the necessary flaxes are being obtain ed with comparative ease. Ore is being furnished in sufficient quantity to keep the plant operating steadily. The mere fact that such eminent re duction maguatcs as Messrs. Tutt, Mov- Neil and Penrose, managing the United States Reduction Roflnlng Company, of Colorado, have eotered the Southern . Oregon field on the basis of permanent operations, gives assuranoe that no other eveut oonld furnish. Grants Pass people feel that the smolter will rnn steadily, enlarge as it suocoss Is established, and prove au iuceutive to develop ment in the Blue Ledge and Waldo oopper belts that has long been need ed. Paciflo Miner. SUES SOUTHERN PACIFIC Kentucky Nan We.nl $20,000 Dsxmagea. Otto Klein, of Kentucky, and a man of means, has brought snit against the Southern Pad Ho Company in the Federal Court at Portland, for damages In the sum of $J0,CKKX In hi complaint, Klein says that while traveling from San Fran cisco to Portlaud, and while passing from one car to another at Sacramen to, a sudden jolt caused him to lose his footing aud he fell tq the track. Simultaneously the train started and he was run over; his sknil was crush ed and one leg so sevxroly injured that amputation became necessary. The company's employe picked bim np, treating him a a trump, and lie was caused to be lodged as a pauper on the poor farm, where he remained nnti! his brother came West and iden tified him. The railroad ha filed an answer in which it admits that the man had sustained the injury com plained of, but denies that be was passenger and alleges that on Novem ber 31, IU0U, the plaintiff being a tramp, either druuk or demented, at tempted to climb outo the tracks of the railroad train when it wa leav ing the station iu Sacramento and that he fell nuder the cars aud wa rnn over bv the train. Eetrave Taken Vp. There came to my place, formerly knowu as the Cnstar place, on Ap plegate, two miles from Murphy, the following described stock : one large, roan sjieckbd cow, marked with nudurbit in right ear; one red cow, crop iu right ear, split in left; oue roan yearling steer, undurbit in right ear, split and ouderbit in left; one red yearling steer, crop aud nnderbit In right ear. nuderblt in loft; one yearling ball, crop and split in right ear. No visible brands. Owner may have same on payment of charges and damages; otherwise the stock will be sold. Mrs. M. 9. Jennings. Baby carriage tlrea pat on at Jadd Taylor's.