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SlTNl)AY, DKOMMUMR 2(5, .1905),
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TO START WORK
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Freehold Mining Company Has Un
der Way Many Improvements
on Their Property In
Josephine.
GRANTS PASS, Dec. 25 Tho
Freehold Mining syndicate, an In
corporated company ot -which or
ganization T. J. Bcnard, Is In per-
ganixatlon T. J. Bcnaro, w in i
sonal charge, Is putting In a largo j
Hum on their nroporty on Brlggo
crook at tho mouth of Swedo crook.
This Is tbo old Walldon property
which has tho general reputation ot
being a rich placer. It consists ot
450 acres. Tho dam montloncd will
bo 300 feet long and 30 feet In
taslght, made of cement and stono
and will furnish tho water for five
hydraulic IS Inch pipes. Tho Im
provements will cost $12,000, but
th,
money will bo expended, as u
.4 ..- ..,i,i,r nf tho en-
propel wJoh ! wUl Uk. many
v v
years to exhauet. This mine Is lo-
cated about 18 miles up Drlggs croek
lrom tho Wonder postofflco. Mr.
Bemad has had a force pf Piea at
work on th0 property since early In
-. i a mitA Vifo3a?nv hns
. . j , This.
AM
, v . . i,.r.d toot kI mnnitipol rater vorts
S o ".o w'SSn.nS 9- - J" ,??"?""" "or ? u
S M !m ,M Too .OC.UO- ..Ijor. ZSftJ
. ii Ua a 4tiA mnuntotn
'""..T 7.:. ',
tiles, about 8VM miles distant. It u ag many oihcr
has long been known that tho A1-, ' nnj drinldn
formation extended for manr fc nm ho Willnmetto
miles across tho country. Mr U6r;iand wUere a typhoid fever epidemic
nard Is a man o: mrgo
In mining and It Is fortunate that ho
lias found Its way Into this district,
as his services havo been greatly
seeded. Ho was one of the most suc
cessful miners, not only of Nevada,
but of Australia. New Zealand and
several other countries. Men who
bavo employed him and followed his
advice have Invariably mado monoy.
He came In town a few days ago and
1 tdara to attend schflo1 established nt a timo whenjventcd Yrekn from mnintaining its
coup e o ys vfnniiivltho entire state of Oregon could not -lend ns tho chiof city north of Sac-
remained a
TO DUSiness mailers uuu uu
. ja trnn.lv
uleht took tho train for Portland,
Bigui. , . ,
"wnere ne resines. nis mwuuuu
lo return to Grants Pass about Jaa-
Bary 15. Tho coming year ho will
have large Intorests In other points
la this county and will be Joined by
well known capitalists In enterprises
of grcat'moment in this section.
STATE CONSERVATION
MEETING IN SPOKANE
POKANE, Wasn., Dec. 25. A gen
eral convention of stato conservation
advocates Is to bo held In Spokane
this winter. At that meeting dele
gates from very section of the west
T7ll be Inv'ted and the fight organ
Ued to put the saving of forestB,
vater power, coal ana mining a
trlcts In the hands of the different
states Instead of under control of
the national government. A call for
a preliminary meeting has been Is
sued by a special committee of the
Spokane .branch of tho American
Mining congress.
SENATORS WOULD STOP
INVESTIGATION OF OFFICE
gevoraj )
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25
.senators who are strong partisans
ot Plnchot are quietly cxprtlng what
Influence -hey can to Induce repub
lican leaders oi tho senate to side
track Senator Jones' resolution pro
posing an Investigation of tho for
est service and tho Interior depart
ment. Th0 forest service does not court
the Investigation at this time and
has lost all interest In tho probo of
the interior department, since It has
been determined to investigate tholr
own bureau as well.
WEBSTER MAY QUIT
HIS OFFICE JANUARY
SALEM, Or., Dec. 25. Although
County Judge L. R. Webster of Mult
nomah county declined to commit
himself In specific terras, It was
gathered from statements mado by
him In an Interview last evening that
lie will resign his position with tho
county nbout January.
Ho came to Salem this afternoon
and, after a conference with Gqvern
or Benson, said that ho had not filed
bis resignation and did not know
when ho would do so, He said;
"I mny resign in a fow dnys and I
may stay in office for some time, It
all depends oq certain business deals
that I now havo under considera
tion. If I leave tli0 employ of tho
ounty I expect to tako tho presiden
cy of th American Life & Accident
Insurance company, an Oregon con
cern recently organized. Also I will
devote some time to tho good roads
work and practice law."
THE STATE
(Vnlley Record.)
The Oregonian of Sunday contain
ed an editorial on Yrekn, the county
sent of Siskiyou county, ambitious to
become tho captnl of tho new State
of Siskiyou. It was along tho lino
that has mado tho Oregoninn uotor
ions as tho boldest Hbeler in tho
northwest' and its editor without ft
poor as n slanderer.
Its description of irekn nud bis-
, . ,. , i,t,. ,,
Sof
itors sources of information con-
coming northern California to bo ns
guporf ic;fll nnd jgnomnt ns is its con-
ti(m of (he 8tn,0 o Oregon out-
of Hi Willamette vnllev whoro
its editors had their life's work and
experiences. ,
Siskiyou county throughout tho
history of California contributed
heavily to Uio fame of that stato in
tho vnricd channels of human effort
and tho littlo city of Yrekn famous in
tho history of tho coast, is today nu
exhibition of courage, resolution nnd
progress that would shnmo many
Willamette towns by contrast.
A few exhibits that act as ther-
momcicre uj. iuu whi i"". "
!eopo -ill assist in bringing out
,-isomo facts:
inatitniltA n n,.,!, mod-
era sewer system years ago, at n
time when scores of Willametto val
ley towns much larger breathed ef
fluvia so thick you could cut it with
a knife
necessity
towns nnd whoro
!o nw n,i h na for years car-
ried on a carnival of destruction thaUjn
has advertised the waters nud wolls
of mossback Oregon as poison
breeders.
A fine high school structure, ns
important an edifice as some of tho
main buildings of the university of
Orecon. was contsructed nt Yrekn
lonmo AirrlitAAn Mftrfi n pn nnA fl lllf1l
t,?
. i, ,P An,a i,;t, cl,nnla
...j. u
It wns maintained in a mnnner chnr-
acteristic of tho California spirit nnd
afforded salaries that attracted in
structors who obtained broad and
liberal educntions nt universities
whoso character nnd standing would
make Oregon feel ashamed and by
comparison tho heads of the state's
two educational institutions at Eu
geno and Corvullis would look feeble.
Siskiyou county years ago adopted
tho system of bonding for tho con
struction of substantial roads, built
under intelligent plans and specifica
tions, and its bridges are constructed
in tho samo way. The result is that
the county has good ronds and the
annual tax is very small because it
q repafrs Qnd .nteregt
chafges. This is impossible under a
mossback contitution that has hung
over Oregon since pioneor times that
havo passed away except on tho ed
itorial page of the Oregoninn.
Yreka is agitating the construction
of bitulithio paved streets nnd its of
ficials aro examining the work in
Ashland and Mcdford with a view
of introducing it in that town. Tho
extension of tho Yreka railroad to
Scott valley nnd beyond is closo at
uanu.
It was tho location of a splendid
county hospital building nnd grounds
many years ngo while prncticnlly
overy county in Oregon wns contin
uing the mos.iback habit of farming
the county's aged and infirm out to
tho lowest bidder, whoso treatment
was customnrily so tough thnt grand
-innna nnn fhn ontmnnl limtipll nf flirt
ttnrfnrn ,i ynan
dition was a positivo disgrace, with
other $25,000 modern structuro, with
modern surgical appliances, opcrat-
BESIDE
Any msn must be beside himself who trio to tfet on In
th world without knowlntf what the world is dolntf,
Vhia newspaper is published for people who want to
know. HOW ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU
A SUBSCRIBER?
ll
OF SISKIYOU
itig rooms, etc., wn completed n i
year ngo. A hall of voeimK now pail, I
ndition to court house was contruol-
od recently and scarce are the until-
ties in Oregon that will exceed it!
.in modem equipment ami facilities
for trnnsnctinK the public busuiM
iu safety and dispatch.
In tho '70s when California through
its patronage of cilucntion and lili-
1 l....inn fi.ilit.litnnnil mill
.orm UVKHluv -
it9 oW
was nuonueu ior romuumis nun
WOro obsolete and that progress
would bo facilitated by ft modem
douumcnt tho state wns thrown iu ft
nrmt imhenvel and out of it n rent
constitutional convention was born
'nnd n modern charier for tho state
Vn3 constructed nnd adopted. About
this period Yrekn supplied tho groat
stnto of California with one of its
Kroatcst nnd most useful chiof oxo-
cutives in William Irwin, editor ot
tho Yrekn Union. Siskiyou county
brought fort a congressman that
served tho district ably nt Wnshing-
ton for sovcrnl tonus nt nu imKrtnnt
period; tho Into cx-U. S. Senntor
John P. Jones, who represented No-
vndn until his death, got his start in
mining nnd statesmanship in Siski-
yon county, whilo n famous sheriff of
Siskiyou, county, David D. Colton,
wns one of tho constructive intellects
that mado it possiblo for Stanford
and his nssocintes to bring about the
completion of the Central Pacific ,
rnilrond to tho const. The name of
Ex-Lieutenant Governor John Dng-
gott is familiar to nil of California
nnd nmong great mining men through
out thn coast from Alaska to Moxieo.
There aro other names too numerous
to cmntion who hnvo nchieved dia-j
tinction in California nffnirs in
rnt times ns well ns in tho rmst nnd
cent times ns well ns in tho past nnd
there nro few counties on tho Pncific
nro few counties on tho Pncific
thnt hayq .exceeded Siskiyou
ir contribution of talont na con-!
const
their contribution of talont na con-,
structivo statesmen and industrial , soon be built nnd (tho Alcmeda smeit
deovlopers, ns well ns its full quoto , or will bo started up as soon ns the
of lawyors, physicians nnd editors, men who nro now nt work enn corn
while in literature nnd poetry it hns . plcto tho erection of the machinery,
contributed somo importnnt work. I T
Thn rontn chosen for rnilrond i
construction through tho county wns
tho only importnnt fnctor thnt pre
rnmcnto, but it wasted littlo time in ccptcd in payment for smnll bills of
constructing a branch line out of its .goods, two Roseburg business hous
own energy nnd finances nt n period es, Wollcnberg BroB., dry goods,
when n less- resolute people would j nnd Mrs. II. Enslon, grocer, have
have wrapped ltsclr. in llinmcttc
moss-bnekism and sung tho tune thnt
?i - e ! i .1
inviics luaauiiiuiun unu uucuj.
Through its own energies nnd enter -
prise it hns steadily grown nnd be -
enme a moro bctnutiful nnd sprightly
littlo city than it over wns before in
all its history, nnd tho introduction
of electric railways in tnht cunty in
the nenr future ns well ns the devel-
opment of somo of its dormant re -
sources will seo Yrekn well prepared
to entertain tho first legislature of
the new stato of Siskiyou in a mnn -
ncr thnt would mnko Snlem look like
n hns-heen.
In variety of rich nnd importnnt
resources cnpnblo of producing ercnt
wealth, we do not know any thrco
counties in tho Willamette thnt will
exceed it. It hns n splendid exhibit
at tho A. Y. P. exposition, is always ' River Applegrowors' Union and tho
on hand nt tho Cnlifornin stnto fnirjllood River Fruitgrowers' Union is
nnd enn bo depended upon nil occn- ! reporting n plan for the consolidation
sions to show tho proper spirit under j of both tho organizations to n joint
all kinds of ordienls. Tho prompt
contribution Yreka mado whilo San
Francisco wns lnid low by enrth -
qunko nnd fire wns simply phenom
innl for n city of its size, nnd in
every wny tho history of its influence
nnd notions puts tho He to tho Ore
goninn'fl slanders.
Tho gnllnntry nnd spirit of tho
Siskiyou people is fnmous, it comes
up fro mtho enrth nnd permentos the
uir. Thoro aro but two plnccs in the
world's history where n few men held
out ngninst greater odds than did tho
Indian on tho lnvn beds during tho
Modoc war the Pnss of Thermopy
lae nnd Alnmo.
HIMSELF
$4,000,000 TO
EXPLORE MIKE
Dlg Things Aro Doing In tho Gallco
District May Start Alcmcdn
Smolter In Near
Futuro.
miring mo coming season more
will be Unrated in the big Gnlioo
During tho coming season there
msinci n iai;o nmouui ui pnn.-mnu
work m mining lor winch tho onpital
has already been provided. Tho
work in contemplation will requite
Uio oxpendituro of $4,000,000 niu
this largo sum hns been furnished by
lining men who know the business
from the bottom up. This big com-
binnuon oi monoy ami oxpononco
menns muo hto southern Oregon and
especially to. Grants Pass, ami it i
io po uopou uini our ciurons win
mnko tho most of it. Investigation
into tho mines of tho etxensivo Galto
district havo bceen going on for mnuy
months but it wns not until n few
days ngo that tho parties in interest
completed their dent nud put up tho
enterprises in hand,
It hns long bcon desired to httrnct
the attention of certain mining people
of Novndn, California and other
points nnd now that it has been ne-
complished littlo remains to bo nsked
for by those earnest workers who
havo dono their part in this imjiortnnt
cnpitnlizntion of these properties. It
mny not bo undorstood by outsiders
thnt tho Gnlico mining district covers
" largo territory and thnt it is ono
of tho richost in tho country. All
that it has needed has been trans-
portation nn denpitnl to open up it?
ro-J'wenlth of gold, silver and copper.
Asido from what has been said nbout
tho mines wo arc informed that tin
long tftlkod of electric road to con
ncct with tho Southern Pacific wil
tho mines wo arc informed that the
ncct with tho Southern Pacific will
iun I ML too UntLbn. urtMt
USED AGAIN AT ROSEBURG
ROSEBURG, Or., Doc. 2.". By
means of two worthies checks no
been swindled out of monoy by a
.mnn nnd woman, who left tho city
c.. 1 '..!. . 1 '
i inst oiuuruuy myui imur worKiug
' their gnmo. Tho swindlo wns not
, exposed until yesterday, when the
Security Snvingu & Trust company
of Portlnnd, on whom tho checks
wcro drawn, returned tho paper with
tho informntion thnt no ncount wns
i carried in its bank by "Mrs. P. O.
j Hart," tho name of tho pnyor. With
i tho four days' timo which tho has
had in which to flee, there is littlo
1 likelihood of their being caught. Thoy
havo nn infant- with them.
FRUIT UNIONS ARE
LIKELY TO MERGE
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec.
Tho joint comiuitto from tho Hood
1 meeting of tho bonrds of directors
j this nftenioon. It is probable thnt
, tho nlnn which will bo nnnroved will
bo for tho npplo union to nbsorb tho
fruit union nnd pny tho stockholders
of the luttor organization for thoir
6hnrcs in ensh or stock in tho Inrgor
corporation. Tho fruit union hns
specialized on strawberries, handling
other berries, cherries nnd small
fruits, whilo tho npplo unio'n confines
its shipments to nples nnd ponrs. Tho
result hns been thnt many orchnrd
ists of tho Hood river vnlley have
been members of both orgnnlzntions,
and thoy hnvo felt thnt economy
could bo socured by consolidation.
Tho two unions hold vnlunblo ad
joining lenses along tho railwny, nnd
by maintaining only ono plnnt tho
fruit crops of tho vnlloy may bo
handled much moro chenply. .
JEANETTE THINKS HE
CAN BEAT JOHNSON
NEW YORK, Doc. 25. Joo Jonn
etto, tho negro honvyweight, who re
cently fought a 30-round draw with
Sam McVoy, in Paris, is bnck in
New York for tho holidays. Ho is
confident thnt Johnson will beat
Joffries in tho championship bout
nevt summer,
"But Johnson is n much oer-rntod
fighter," ndded Joanetto. "I am
iire that I could whip him. I havo
fought Jnm sovornl tunos. Onco ho
won a decision in n JJ. round fight.
Onco I fouled him nnd tho other
scraps wero all draws."
John II, Chester of Gold Hill spent,
Chiistmiis day iu Modford with
frionds nud rolntivos,
WESTERN
PACIFIC
NVADES
OREGON
Contract Lot for Grading of Lino
Front Alturns to Lakovlow
Dollovctl to Mean New Lino
Lino Into Oregon.
PAISLEY. Or., Doc. SB.Tho nn
uouucumeiit linH boon mudu that the
Nevndn-Catlfornln ft Oregon lino linH
let n contract to W. Nugent and tho
Richardson Construction company
for tho grading of nn oxtonslon from
Alturns, Cnl to Lnkovlow, Or.
Work w'll start In January. Tho
llu0 will bo a broad gaugo. Tho sup
position Is thnt this menus tho exten
sion ot tho Weatorn Paclflo Into Ore
gon, ns tho road reaction within a
fow mites of Alturns.
ONE OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
BALLS HELD ON BEALL FARM.
R. V. Bonll, of Contra! Point, ono
of tho pioneer fnnnors of the vnlley,
spent Christmas day in Modford. Ono
of tho first Christmas balls over held
in Southern Oregon, occurred on the
Benll fnnn, when tho dancing was
done ou n punchiou floor to tho music
of one fiddle Part of tho bull sup
per was brought by tho pcoplo from
Jacksonville in attendance, nud tho
bnlnnco wns prepared nfter tho nr-
nvnl of the company. Mrs. hlizaboth
Kiunoy, tho Miss T'Vault nud tho Into
Mrs. Jnuo McCully, wore nmong tho
belles of tho ball.
BARNEY OLDFIELD MAKES
FASTEST WESTERN TIME
LOS ANGELES, Cnl.. Dec. SC. At
the Ascot park this afternoon Barney
Oldfleld, before C000 people, mado
tho fastest five miles over made In
nn auto competition race, bcntlng
Ben Kerschor, th0 German racer,
about 1G fct. Ho clrclml tho track
flvo times in four minutes nnd 35
seconds. In an exhibition mllo he
circled tho courso In 53 3-5, which Ih
tho fastest time ever mnde In tho
west.
O'BRIEN GETS SHOVE
UP IN COMPANY OFFICES
SAN FRANCISCO. Doc. 25. J. E.
O'Brien, tho St. Pant onulneor ot tho
Northern Pncific. hns been appointed
superintendent of power on the West
ern Pacific.
Medord, Orugon: Thin oartiflot
thut wo hnro Bld flail's Texan Won
der for tko oiuo of nil kiduoy, bind
dcr nnd rhoiunatio troubles for ten
yara, and luivo neror hnd a com-
plohaL It gvea qutok and ponnnncnt ,
roTiof. 00 days' treatment in onoh hot-1
tie. Modford Pharmnov.
Tho city of Jnoksonvilto, tho himi
noss men of Jacksonville nnd tho
citizens of Jncksonvillo havo hnd
their oxpononco with n cheaper
form of lifiht than olootrio liht mjv- '
ernl yonra no. Boforo considering
n chonper form of light got thoir ox- f
perienco. 210
Do sure you nro right boforo you j
go ahead, is good ndvioo thnt npplics ,
to tho light bunincsH ns well ns othor
business. Eloctrio light Imx 8tod '
tho test of timo ns tho unfest ami,
most oconotnicnl light nud boforo
considering cheapor llghtd trot tho ex
perience of pcoplo who hnvo usod
them sovornl months nt lonnt. 210
Tho Los Angeles Times snys Ore
gon is sick of tho primnry lnw nnd
wnnts to go buck to tho old conven
tion plan. Tho Timos should havo
said thnt Oregon's politicnl mnchino
wns sick of tho primnry lnw.
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Flvo-room bungalow and lot in
East Modford, on oany torms If talc
on at onco. Ilqulro
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DOWNWARD REVISION
PRICE-CUTTING THAT
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-As you rtmd this, hoiiio niorolmnl in ro-priciiiK
Hoiui'thing which you waul, io buy iuul i making it
(liHtinoilv lo your interest io buy at hiH Htoro.
"Downward revision'-' -of a ntoro's nriooB m alway.s
Important news anil it's always printed first in
Modford in tho Majl Tribune.
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sewing machine is little to be
sure, but it is enough to give
the average woman a backache
With a Gcmotor to drivo tho machine
undivided attention can be given to sewing
The result is better work -more of :t and
no backache. The cost of operation averages
one cent an hour
A Cemotor can be- attached to any standard
machine and operated from any electric light
socket
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