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Newspaper Page Text1 fi I - nnir nntllT rifll TTA &fc III, W am rum i mim w By A. C. Howlett , .... it- i.ti.nm n.,.i did father. 001111 HlKKviiuvii""" - - i . ... In law John MoKce of Bic Butte, 'land Hint wore bought somo timo ap t Va!t citaS hut -ck. Mr. by Mr J. C. Smith, Mr. Enrl and Mr. McKcc i quite nKcd and the contiti- Roberts, a I of Chicago, They nl to uos rain and snow works quite a gcthcr embrace a tract of land 01 hardship on him. one hundred acres thai they expect t x i mi, r.i?n dnr- to put on to fruit this winter. . T r hnf tint tw" as b en This neighborhood is rcgrcting that ins the past week that here jMbccn Es-sheriff Under quite n nb of U, . men Ant community, as he is one .if had to quit work on the . Aont bost eiii hnvilip Uved ntnonR Sol Kre"is 1 o4 o keep the u. for the most of his life. Such b mio then is enouj, tho fnr west Mcn W1 gell work moving right along f nnU t, heir nothing more iinp'ieus 10 ucici fT work the people of 'Butte , Falb ,,! w,l soon hear the sound of the whistle m that section. Mrs. Brainnrd and her two cmi-t dren from nshmgton arm cd am hj rnsh Umt u . Benj. Edmondson of Butto tails moth(j . her here and took her to that place, roai,:, ,,,,,1 n. V. wliere her husband is engaged in ro-kr mill nml lrottlllir It rcn(i luuiiMUK v " " - for business. was 10 hum- u.-: v.... . , vnt erasers of the Butte creek sec tion to tnke steps toward testing tho constitutionality of the new law governing the water in the streams in Oregon, but for some reason their A P.. Rpnmes. could not iiv,..i-j, . . I come out and the result was u,aij ax aaiiiiui ml tn .iimn linCK 1 IIIC ttCIC VUUJin," " ngain on Friday and then the state otficers were to be here on Saturday and the result was that quite a num ber of them remained from Wednes day until Sunday. There was quUe a number who filed claims for water and some were in favor of letting the nw take its course nnd others said no, but fight it out, so there was no definite understanding. They arc to meet here ngain on the 18th inst. nnd see what can be done. There seemed to be an idea that there was a trick in the Inw to take the water from the suinll holder and give it to the corporations, but we will see later on. From present appearances the case will be taken to the highest courts. Last week there was for. n short time a break in the P. & E. railroad that caused some annoyance to the passengers. The company louna it neccssnry to lower the track on the'nonj: ti,e road, in one place com- i e it. 3 l J An. l i T I. 1 north end of the desert and for a short time it was necessary to have the passengers walk for a short dis- 4 rt.tst.i ntwl ilia linrriFiKva nnnlrf not e IUHV.C itint wiv i',p"p " delivered on time, so ns tocam-e some delay with parties who were going on further thnn Eade Point. But the trouble is all over now and the train is making its regular trips. Mr. Riggins nnd his men have been putting up the wire for the telephone between here nnd Butte Falls and the people in that city will soon be is communication with the rest of the world. Bom To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas,- December 1st, an eight pound hoy. J. C. Brown, land ngent, came out last week and brought with him Mr. E. W. Bromley of Chicago who was here last August nnd bought a tract llIC Jiim 4Mll.? UVUM - - of land off the Stoddard tract nnd lie is now here to put it out to fruit, HAUTEVILLE HOUSE. Victcr Hugo's Home Whilo He Was In Exile at Guernsey. nauteville House, in St Peter Port. Guernsey, Victor Hugo's homo while In exile, remains exactly a he left It. It Is held by his descendants. Victor HukoV character Is written on the walls mid ceilings of every room in ahe bdiise. Each Is distinctive and fllhd with priceless pictures, tapestries ami furniture. i '.ie dining room Is "papered" with Dutch delft ware, and In a recess Is a saltcellar made by a pupil of ill heluuselo valued at G00. The Kt. -iy Is a bare uud luconvenleut room. It coiumuuds magnificent views of Sail:. Hdrm. Jethou. Castle Cornet in-: tin harbor and leads into a small tc . .ii used by the novelist as a rest nuu sleeping cunmoer. uueu wuu vol umes bearing the marks of his own use. Not the least Interesting of tho fea turns are, the correspondent points out. the mottoes and aphorisms writ teu up In unexpected places. "Life Is au Rxllo" is Inscribed on tho door of the dining room; on the bed prepared for Garibaldi (which was never occu pied) one may read. "Nox, Mors, Lux;" Ju the oak gallery are three chairs in scribed "I'ltter," Mater," "Flllus," and underneath "Killus" is written ' ""Amatus a mat." In the red drawing room nnd other epleudid apartments uro tables tiiat 'belonged to Charles II., a bedstead of Frauds I. and a flro screen worked by Mme. Pompadour, a white and trold dessert service once the property of Louis Philippe. Sunday School Chron-lclo. NORWAY WATCH BOYS. They Sit In Tall Sentry Boxes on the Lookout For Flh. It Is common enough to seo a boy watching cnttlo to keep them from Btrnyiiig. and In days not so very long .gone by It was no unusual thlug for a Tjoy to be set to keep the birds off tln crops. Hut a watch boy whose duly I is t keep a lookout for a s 'i1 o. tli'j uud who sits in a sc. ir. t ' --Irr IIo also has chanrc of the tracts of g tft hc ,nml wy , ......w-.i nmi nre cettinc! "',. ci,im,,i mm horn last .... .1 ......i- ... 1 ...1. ! week looking over ine sminuoii, luoiv-, for lomc 1 ins lanuiy to our lown nisi Mrs. Wilson of Dudloy was a pleasant caller one night last week.. She reports everything in that sec- tion flourishing. 1 Mr. Quallev of Ashland sojourned here for a short time. He also is ; lien; ir ?u looking lor n uome ununK . , .MrV , , S ' Miss Nellie, arrived here last Mon-. looking for n home among us -. . , day frqm Denver, Colo., and was , met by her brother, Dr. Bonner of ( T. 1 .. 1 t ! .1 n t.v nf l jierov, ne iiiiui sci-iu i the Sunnyside stable. They left for his home in the Biir Butte country, Rev. Mark C. Davis, the Sunday school missionary, preached for us twice last Sunday at this place. Dr. Conrov of Medford came out last Tuesday, and procured a saddle j horse at the Sunnydide stable, took j a trip over the right of way of the , P. & E. railroad, returning at night, stopping over night with us. He was making arrangements to care for the sick and wounded in the employ of the P. & E. railroad company. Last Wednesday morning your correspondent was called on to take three passengers to Trail nnd he found that the high waters of the Rogue hnd done considerable damage pletely blocking the way so I had to hunt a new crossing of a prominent slough just above the John JBIack 1.ttn nnn nmnl Kv firnnf AfntViPV iiti.V nun j ' Mi-M 'j The road is in n frightful condition i" many places, ine noies wumu sink to teir bellies in the mud. I lenmed while at Trail that the snow wnc ..miciinll v fliiPTi in and nt Briscoe's sawmill on Trail creek the snow was three feet deep nnd a short distance above it four feet nnd un. The ne wcounty road abovo Trail was badly washed by, the Inst freshet, and fears are enter tained that this 'snow will go off 1 with n wnrm rain nnd the results will he unother flood. 1 Dr. Jordan of St. Paul, Minn., nr-. rived at his father's last Tue.-day, niiht. his familv having preceded . liim sevenfl weeks nnd liis arrival , . has been looked for by the friends of the family for some time. j upon stilts is not such an "everyday I Bight. ... This particular kind of watch boy U , Norwegian, the scene of his labors be- j Ing the shores of some flord of bla no-1 tlve land I nis little sentry box is made of wood and perched high upon posts. ( TToro thn Inrt Kits. CttZlUC OUl across the arm of the sea, using his keen eyes for the benefit of the farmers who aro depending upon film to give the alarm when a school of fish shall appear. Tbey work contentedly enough In their fields, secure In the belief that their watch boy will let them know when It Is time to reap a harvest from tho sea instead of from the land. When tho signal is given they leave their work, throw their big nets over their shoulders nnd hurry off to their boats Sentinel boxes similar to those em ployed Iu Norway were In uso among tho fishermen on the shores of the Mediterranean, and It Is supposed that tho vikings brought back with them from some of their piratical raids the idea that has been put Iu practice over since. Votith's Companion. Analsis. There was once n young man wli-t was paying court to three rtlflereut beautiful damsels. Knob was fair each was sweet, each was charming. So much of a triplicate similarity did they have that he did not know how to choose between them. So ho went to a wise old mail and laid his trou bles before him. "Is there a clock at each house?" asked the wise old man. "There Is." "And what does Esmeralda say when the clock strikes 11?" "She says the clock Is slow." "What does Kulnllo say?" "She suya the clock Is Just right." "And what does Bvaugellno say?" "Sho always says tho clock Is fast." llf un. (linn. Iu un norwl fni fur ora, ... ..v -r- thor evidence. Bvaugellno Is tho ono that really loves you."-Judge. AIir l Asia comprises 32 per cent of the, totalland-urfacoof tho globe nnd has a population of 820,000,000. THE MEDFORD MAIL OIRIBUKE, Riverman By STEWART EDWARD WHITE CspTtUhU ISO, hr th NcClar Cm ptay. Cop,rWhU JJ07. ISO, by Sttwart Edwtrd Wkll Chapt 7 21 T HE winter months were spent at Monrovia, where Onlo and m wife lived for a time at the ho tel. Carroll noon became acquainted with Uie life of the place. Monrovia con sisted of au upper stratum of milt 'owners nml lumber onerntors. wssoss .! .d. I. mOilr. v.iltli ntul 1:111111' , cultivation: a gawky middle estate or 1 .,c,, Hmnii pooHp. nmone 1 wnom (,arro soon foutul two or three ongenials-Edlth Fuller, wife of tho. bank cashier; Valeric Cnthcart. wnose Uusband had been killed In the civil , war: Clnra Taylor, wife of the lead-1 tag lawyer of the village, and. atntugc- I ly euougn. Aiiua ueinzumu. iuu i x ". daul;lUer of , Heinz-i man. the Um.ucn.mu. Though Inter, , . , r.rman ...... 0n,., lotUctl tu mau. me iu uueni.au. iiiuugu iuut . .. . .. serlous struggle ou the river, they continued to meet socially quite ns ..... nttil the Old UeruUUl auu urue iuvkvu iu , ..rtou. tn,gE. ,L, r,v. usual, nuu iuu uiuuu'i u. the wife of the other never suspected auytuing out oi tuo orumurj N'ewniark received the news of bis partner's marriage without surprise, but with a sardonic gleam in Ills eye. He called promptly, conversed polite ly for a half hour and theu took his leave. "How do you like him?" asked Orde. "He's n very shrewd man." Orde laughed. "1 don't dislike tilui." said Carroll. "I've not a thlug against him. But we could uever be In the slightest de gree sympathetic. He and 1 don't -don't" "Don't Jibe." Orde Qnbhed for her. "I didn't think you would. Joe's not much of a society bug." Newmark had rented a small one story house situated Just off Main street, into this he retired as a snail Into Its shell. At first he took bis meals at the hotel, but later he Im ported an Impassive, secretive man servant, who took charge of him com- jj "UniMWu." he mill. pletcly. Neither master nor man made any friends. Carroll and Orde. out for n walk' PaHSed this quaint llttlo place. "Jack," she begged. "1 want a little bouse like that for our very own," ,. v vuu . " ... "Not to own." she explained, "Just to rent. It will be next best to having o home of our own." "Wf'd have to have n girl, dear," said Orde. "and we can't even afford that yet." "A girl!" sho cried Indignantly. "You couldn't do the housework and the cooking." said Orde. "You've nev. er done such a thing In your life, nnd I won't have my little girl slaving." "It won't be slaving; It will be fun. Just like playing housekeeping," pro tested Carroll. "And I've got to learn some time. 1 was brought up most absurdly, and I realize It now." "YV'o'll see." said Orde vaguely. Later Carroll brought the subject up again, armed with sheets of paper covered with figures showing how much cheaper It would bo to keep house thnn to board, "You certnlnly make out n strong case on paper," laughed Orde. "If you buy a rooster and a hen nnd she raises two broods, nt the end of n year you'll have twenty-six. and If they all breed, even allowing half roosters, you'll have over 8"0. nnd If they all breed'you'll have about 3..1Q0. and lf" "Stop. stop!" cried Carroll, covering her cars, "All right." agreed Orde opiahly. "but that's the way It figures. Funny the earth Isn't overrun with chickens. Isn't It?" Two days later Orde took her one block up the street to look nt a tiny little house tucked on n fifty foot lot beneath the shadow of the chinch. "It's mlghy little." said he. "I'll have to go out In tho hall to change my col lar." Thev ended bv renting the Utile j House, IHH1 (.JUITOII IOOK ClllirgO Of II , dollirhtedlv. What dllllenltles she over. house, nnd Carroll took charge of it Cfum. ,,,; a(U nlu.mb0 and crylihlo mistakes she made only those who have encountered n like situation could realize. "Kind, of fun being married, isn't MlSPln, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1909. l?'rald he. "Kind of," she admitted, nodding Kraroly, Tho business of tho firm was now in shape, ltoom arrangements had been made, tho tugs were in the water, sup plies and equipments were stored aSvay, the foremen of the crews en gnged and the crews themselves pretty well picked out. Almost before 'they knew It January and February hnd flown. "Wo must pack up. sweetheart." said Orde. "It's only yesterday that wo came." she cried regretfully. At Heddtng they explored together for three days the delights of the old fashioned house. Then Ordo assumed his woods clothes and marched off down tho street, carrying his bag on his back. "He looks like a conqueror of wil dernesses," cried Carroll, straining her eyes after his vanishing llgure. Sud denly 'she dnrtcd after lilni. She clasp ed him by the shoulders. "GocHltty." she said. "You'll take better care of my sweetheart than you ever did of Jack Orde. won't you. dear?" IChapterBS 0' i 1 1 r i .i i i i j ii lutt. .tilt l( tn a i . ... as the general disposes of Ills i armv. At this point live men t. i ..l. ...... n,' mv vn- i. i i. i mm mjiui u nvmu iiMum: iiu-uiji n,,,., ,, ,,orf,o.v ,,B,U cn,, for thirty. Those thirty must not be be vond reach. Among the remoter wll demesnes every section must have Its driving camp. The crews of each would be expected to keep clear and runnlnir their own "beats' on the river. As fast as the .i . Vih? , J division, either It un or the members, BU'r ,KC. ,"B", " : " A.. I. . . .11.. woum ansori. then, or tne nien oers of t . em would bo thrown forward oe-, yond the lowermost beat, to take charge of a new division downstream. A walking boss would trudge the river trail or ride the logs holding the cor- relatlou of these many units. Onle himself would drive up nnd down the river, overseeing the whole campaign. Orde found himself rather short handed. Ho had counted on three hundred men for his crews, but scrape nnd scratch as he would he was un- "I'm worMny lor ynt now." able to gather over 2."(. However, Inter, when the woods ciiuips should Drcnk up, he would pick up more un'ii. "They won't bo rlvermcn like my oki crew, iiioiign," sum iirne regret fully to Tom North, the walking boss. Until the logs should be wHI ndrlft Orde had resolved to boss the rear crow hlinselt. The rear crew being farthest up stream, Orde hnd taken tin- contract to break the rollways belonging to Cnrlln, which would bo piled on the bnnk. Thus he could get to work Im mediately nt the breakup and with out waiting for somo one else. Tho lumber In Carlln's drivo would keep tho men below busy until the other men neiow ,sy nnin ...e o er ow wners siiouki also nave put their eason's cut ..float. season rPlwk inn I.IAI.I n,.H.. HMw... tl.,. "U 1VU UtUl 11 III t'lll J , IJUH I nt- river ran clear iu Its lower reaches he tooK ins rear crew to carlln's rollways, This crew was forty Iu number, n hard bitten. totiL'h Imnil of vefermiK. weather Iteaten. scarred numerous S3 fights or by the backwoods scourgo of ! smallpox, compact, muscular, fearless, 1 "Something which m of consider loyal, outspoken and free to criticise-; k (, ,he ,em of propi,i(, or. in short, men to do great things under , ... ,. a strong leader. The breaking of the j 'hie interest to tho public generally rollways began. Tho logs hnd been nm which is nerhnps not generally hauled to the river where they were j , , ff t ,)ftwaan ,nti, banked Iu piles twenty nnd even ,,oro "uw ow,5U, thirty feet In height. The bed of the of tho Soiithorn I'ncifio company stream itself was filled with them for J , p0jn(H iu the United StntoH n mile, save Iu a narrow channel left , .... . , . .!..i,(u m,.v down through the middle to allow for '"ennB f th,H ByH,m" ,,ok,)ls m"y some flow Of wnter; tin. 1i.hiI;h were piled with thein, side on, ready to roll down at the urging of tho ineij. First the entire crew by means of Its pen vies rolled the lower logs Into the current to bo rapidly borne away. Somo tiers would bo stuck together by l(o and considerable prying nnd heav ing wero necessary In order to crack them apart. lint forty men soon had tho rlvor full. Onle detailed somo six or eight to drop below Iu order that tho river might run clear to tho next section, whore tho next crow would take up tho task. These men walked to tho edges of tho rollway, rolled a log apiece into tho water, steppeu aboard, leaned against their peavles j and wero swept away by tho swift current. The logs mi which they stood 'Whirled iu tho eddies, caromed against j other timbers, slackened speed, shot i away. Never did tho riders alter their ( noses of easv euulllhi'liiin. 1 The evening of t'm second day Orde received" a visit iroui Jim Denning, foreman of tho next section below, bringing with him Charlie, the C(olt of Diify's last year's drive. "This fellow drifted iu tonight two days late after a drunk, and ho tells u mighty queer story," snld Denning "Ho says a crew of sixty bad mon frouj the Knisluaw luivo been sent l.i by Holmman Just to fight and annoy us." "Woll, whom aro theyr' "Don't know." "Bring him over and lot'n hear the story," said Onlo. i "it's Htralght, Mr. Onle," said the ctHik, approaching. "There's n big crew brought In from the Baluaw waters, to do you up. They're supposed 16 be' over hero, to'ruti his.drtWi but.rpollyl thev's goln' to tight and raise h-, for why would ho want sixty men to break out them little roll ways of hls'n up at the headwaters? He only owns a 'forty' up there, and It oln't inoro'n half cut anyway." "I didn't know ho ovned any." J "Yes, sir. He bought that little' Johnson piece last winter." ' j "Is he breaking out hU rollways bo-1 low?" Onlo asked Denning. "No. sir," tttruck In Olmrllo, "he ain't." , , "How do you happen to be so wise? Inquired Onle. "Well," explained Charlie, -wueu i fH back from the woods last week I Just sort of happened into McNeill's, place. I wasn't drlnkln n drop!" he cried virtuously In answer to Ordo's Hinllf. "Of course not." said Onle. "I was Just thinking of the mst time we were in there together." "That's Junt It!" cried Charlie. "They was always sure at you about that. Well, In blew old man lletuziuan and McNeill himself. I Just lay low and heard their tall;. They didn't see me. o they opeiud her up wide." "What did von hear? tlMV .11 IIW.III I... . I Ii. .ii.t h ". .mww m- wimi Kang ' had ones from the Saginaw to run in on the river. And McNeill uld. 'Hints nil right about the iat.li. ,, i i . t i . .i.. - In , ' uettln' even with Oide for some niy tclf.' He's pa.vln' llieui $1 a d.ty. Now. who'd pay that fer Jut river work?" Orde nodded at .11 in Penning. "Hold on. Charlie." wild ln. "Why mi ww working for Helmsman?" - ,. ;. ...... "n,, wnrklu' for you now." r. cd . , , e , mw vU:. ..,f mt cn.,vV ,.,. M.llUll th,.ro ,, lmam ()n o1((, h, nt mt of ii,,,,.. ..i.i on(. They're sent un to waste out tho water In the reservoir and hang this end of the drive," replied Detiulug. "Whnt would you do?" asked Onle. "Well," said Denning slowly nnd with a certain grim Joy, "I don't bet those Saginaw river pigs are any more two fisted than the boys on this river. I'd go uii ntul clean 'em out." "Won't do." negatived Onle briefly. "In the first place, as you know very well, we're short bunded now, nnd we can't spare the pien from the work. In the second place, we'd Imng up sure. "It Isn't a fair game. Delay will , hang us. Taking men off the work will hang us. I've got to see whnt can I be douu by talking to them." "Talking!" Deiiuliig snorted. "You might as well whistle down the drnft pipe of hades! They'll kill you, sure!" "I'm scared. I'm willing to admit It. ! But I don't see whnt else to do. Of 1 course he's got no rights, but what I L-ofxl iIocm thul do ns lifter our wntor j 1b gone? And, Jim, my son, If we l hang tills drive I'll bo buried so deep I never will dig myself out. No; I've ' got to go." to ne coionnnrD.l NOTICK. Mombern of First' Hothodlat choir: Kvory mombor nnd thoso who kindly nsslstcd aro nsked to again holp In . . , .,T, Lord . :: " , . , ,H Exulted" next Sunday ov. evening. On nrtmmt of Dr. Youiik H locturo tlicro will bo no regular practlco this wook. FOR II IS ST EDMEADE8. ' 'rePal "a,lr0aD Ur0Cr5' I Prepaid Raliroao Orders. tin ptirchnHod at Medford from any place iu tho United Slates nnd mail ed or telegraphed direct to tho party wishing to oomo hero. Sleepor no courmoilatioiiH mid sinnll amounts oi oush in connoolion with those tickets inuy also bo forwarded nt tho Binno time." tf For the Best In harness, saddles, whips, olics, tents, blankets, waij- on shcets, axle grease and gall cure, as well as all kinds of custom work, see J. G.Smith 314 E. Main. It's a Pleasure Tndcod to pity yomgrocory bill when you deal Irorcrt'or tho items arc always cori'oct. What given it additional pleas ure is the faet that you know Full Vajue for your money has been receiv ed that you are charged with the lowest prices on tho very best goods. It's mutual pleasure doing bus iness with us. Allen The Square EJectric Wiring' and Fixtures .Have you anything electric that all ot hoi's have Tailed on ? Before throwing it away call on us and we will fix it if it is possible to do so. Do you ever look at your light fixtures and wish you had somo thing more up-to-duto'? We carry a full line of SQUARE BRUSHED, BRASS, OXIDIZED COP PER AND ANTIQUE BRASS FIXTURES, DOMES, CEILING LIGHTS AND BRACKETS, AND HALL LAMPS. Do you ever wish that your light was in sonic other position or that you had more? We do electric wiring of all kinds for lights, motors, dynamos, door bolls, etc. Wo also build tel ephone and power lines. Southern Oregon Electric Company PHONE 1091. PLUMBING Steam and Hot Wator Hoating. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonablo. I. F. MOORE AND E. E. SMITH Old" Tribune Building. Phone 2931. The New Improved Aladdin INCANDESCENT KEROSENE MANTLE LAMP. Costs Ono Cent for Six Continuous Hours' Burning. UrightoHt, purest nnd snfcflt light. It hhvoh Oil, requires little cure, burns without noiso or odor can't oxplodo. For salo by W. E. STAGY,; E. 0. AYLER, Gen. Agents AGENTS WANTED. Lamps to bo had at Si rung's Drug Sloro, ' I The Bungalow Rink GRAND MASQUERADE SKATING CARNIVAL, DEC. 23. PRIZES. Open every ul'turnooii from 1! p. in. till fi p. in, KveuiiigH, 7:110 p. m. till 10 p'. in. ADMISSION FREE. SKATES, 25 CENTS W. A. ROBBINS, Proprietor CRBSTBROOK ORCHARD TRACTS 6-10-30 Acres Adjoining Hlllcrost orchard and con tain unoxcolod dcop, rich soil. Rea sonable prices and generous terms. OREGON ORCHARDS SYNDICATE SELLING AGENTS ROGUE RIVER VALLEY Reagan Deal Grocers 36 S. GRAPE ST.