Medford mail tribune., April 25, 1910, Page 4, Image 4

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORISGON, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1910,
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INDIAN WARS OF JOUTHN JJREGON
Prnm I. P Wnlllun HUtnrv nf Snntlinrn nronnn.t
Tribes Relative Importance of (ho Subject.
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BWOBW OZBOVJiAXZOnt
ATerase Dally for
KcVember, 1109 .
Peeesiber, 1909
January, 1910
WAekruary, 1910
SCareX Ciresla(ml
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Awu set daily J9i
xxmress, eiusaex.
sfatroBctis of Southern Orecoa and
evtfeera CalUoraU sad faateat-trow
Iff eltr In Oregon.
repmav
i Hon. AsrlL 1919. StOO.
Baaaer fruit city of Oregon Roru o
Irer asBlea won sweepstakes. prise and
Pis ac
"Aj?U Zteffs of ske Treria"
at NaUgrrI Ancle Skow. SBOkaae. 1909,
JtAaTue River pears brought highest
mmm la ail marHeta ex the worm aur
HC the past fire years.
Villi Oesateretal Olab for pamphlets.
Two dirigible balloons wrecked In
one day.
Pure water and plenty of It Is
what Medford wants.
Contractors have begun work pav
ing ten miles of Medford streets.
Socialists are disappointed no red
' . .... :. '
zms over theMllwauUeo city nail
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION XOMORROW.
RESIDENTS of Medford should not forgot that there
is nn election tomorrow between 1 and -i p. m. at the
lirnh school for the mirnoso of bondinir the district for I
$50,000 to build an East Side school and an annex at; the. Common Origin of Indian Wars-Materials for Wrltlnu History of Native
"Washington school to provide additional laeilities and
install a heating plant.
Medford has outgrown its school facilities. There are
more pupils now than can be accommodated and tho ne
cessity of providing more buildings is urgent. The rapid
increase in population will make it a race to provide ad
ditional facilities fast enough.
Tho present condition of the Washington school, with
outhouses and frame annex is an eyesore and disgrace.
The time is near at hand when the school board must face
the necessity of nrovidincr ward schools. As tho city
grows, the distance will become too great for scholars.
The bonds should be voted, as the city eauuot afford
to lag behind in providing educational facilities.
SOUTHERN OREGON'S INDIAN WARS.
100 Acres Apples
And Alfalfa
The story of the Indian wars of a country are always
interesting to the inhabitants of that country, even veal's
after the Indian has passed away and become a halt tor
gotten memory. For that reason, the Mail Tribune begins
today the serial publication as a daily editorial page fea
ture of the historv of the Indian outbreaks and battles of
southern Oregon.
The accounts republished Are taken from "The His
tory of Southern Oregon," . a valuable historical work pub
lished in 1884 by A. C. "Walling, and now out of print.
TJiere are only a few copies of this work preserved. It
was sold by subscription only to a limited number. It is
illustrated with wood cuts of pioneers and scenes of early
days. . . .
The Rogue River Indians were the bravest, most in
telligent and best fighters of all Indians on the coast.
They were exterminated, but never conquered. Inhabit
ing the fairest valley of the state, they fought the good
fight and chose the happy hunting grounds of the Indian
hereafter to surrendering the land of their fathers. The
aborigines showed the influence of climate in determining
racial characteristics, and it is not unlikely that in the
course of time, the whites will be similarly affected. Thus
we may expect to see the inhabitants of the Rogue River
valley as- superior in intellect and physique as the Rogue
River Indians were in comparison with the other tribes
of the coast.
Frost and enow In. the east. Sum-
saer sunshlao In the Rogue River val
ley.
Settle tho water fight and dispel
tho last cloud on Medford's municipal
horizon.
Don't forget tho school board elec
tion tomorrow afternoon.. Tho city
seeds more schools.
"Eat raisin bread" is the slogan
dopted this year by tho California
raisin day committee.
The Commercial ' club will give a
vaudeville performance Wednesday
venlng. Everyone should come.
French papers left Roosevelt out
today. What would happen to him
If American papers did likewise?
The hot weather Is taking tho snow
off the mountains rapidly and so re
moving all dangor from late frost.
Umatilla Indians are on tho war
path against census enumerators.
They don't want their number known.
Portland people are going to climb
Mt. McKlnloy. Now let Seattle or
ganize an expedition to prove their
results.
Taft's double, a Pittsburg cop, will
attend a ball game with tho presi
dent. How would It work for them
sio change places for a "while?
ADVERTISING A STORE..
5 - Whatever a merchant docs to -make his store of more
importance to you than is the store of his competitor must
be explained, hinted or suggested to you and he can only
do that by enchaining your attention to his ads.
He is aware that you "know things" about stores
about goods values, prices. He, therefore,' knows that
to advertise something that is actually high-priced or,
not actually priced on a profit-dividing plan is to merely
give proof of the non-usefulness of his store to you.
Now, the merchant knows that his store is useful to you.
And he knows that he must make it more and more so.
So his problem resolves itself into this :
That as only good values offered make good advertis
ing, he must make everything in his store advertisablc.
Thus, to make store-keeping pay he must be a big adver
tiser; and to make advertising pay he must make it pay the
person who reads it.
The inexorable logic of modern business, therefore,
compels the merchant to make it pay you to read his ads.
TO ROTE WORK
Has Been at Rest for Past Six
Months But Will Soon Begin Goug
ing Up Goldbearing Gravel Again.
"Halloy's comet now has a tail fif
teen million milos long and its bead
Is growing larger. A tail like that
Is enough to swell anyone's head.
Don't forget to have your auto
ready at 1 o'clock on Main street to
morrow. Make it tho greatest collec
tion of autos ever seen in Medford.
Tho Portland Spocator suggests
an Oregon Apple day as a motns of
advertising tho state and Increasing
tho consumption of fruit. Good idea.
French suffragettes made a slim
showing In their first oloction, But
few turned out. Evidently French
ladles don't care much for the ballot.
Fifteen eastern states report des
truction of fruit by frost last week.
This insures record prices for the
tumper crop now hanging on tho
tree in the Rcgue River valley.
GOLD HILL, Or., April 25. With
in a week tho Cbaniplin company's
big dredge on Foots creole will be
gouging up tho gold-bearing gravol
again. It has had au enforced rest
of nearly six months, occasioned by
the burning out of tho big transform
er that took tho electricity from the
Rogue River Electric company's pow
er lino and reduced it to tho propor
voltage to be handled by tho motors
that operate the machinory of the
dredge. A new transformer is being
put in under the supervision of En
gineer Fose, an expert sent out from
tho Portland office of the General
Electrio company.
Circuit Court.
W. T. Grieve vs. Lizzie A. Littlo
fiold, suit in equity; Gus Newbury
for plaintiff.
Probate Court.
Estato of Lloyd Elwood Order
confirming sale of real property.
ORIVES CAR FROM
PORTLAND FAST TIME
R. M. Cuthbert eRaches Medford In
22 Hours Driving New "Parry"
Says Roads Are Very Bad as Yet.
It. XL Cutbbert bas arrived in
Medford, driving the first car to
reacb this city from Portland tins
season. In spite of tho condition of
the road, he was only 22 hours on
the way.
Mr. Cuthbert drives a "Parry," n
machine new to the valley, but
which is already attracting consid
erable favorable comment.
"The roads are very bad," atatcB
Mr. Cuthbort, "and it made slow
work necessary. The canyons are
still full of mud."
David Horn Dead.
David Horn, founder of tho town
of Honrbrook, Cab, a prominent pio
neer, died suddenly at Ashland Sat
urday evening from heart failure.
Up to a few hours bofore his death
ho was apparently well. lie was a
prominent Knight Templar and that
order will have chargo of tho funeral
services.
Hasldns for Health. 4
Among those episodes which loud
interest to tho history of Southern
Oregon, tho series of hostile nous
which wo collectively stylo tho
Hoguo Mver wars, undoubtedly pos
sess the greatest interest. Tho pe
riod of' the oeourrvneo of these
events is so comparatively rceunt
that their recollection is yet frosh in
the minds of many who participated
therein, nnil there are persona not
yet beyond the middle yours of life
to whom they were once n present
reality.
To write a history of those wars
is tho task which tho writer now as
signs himself, confident that the col
lection and preservation of tho ex-
eontosts waged against tho Indian of
Massachusetts, uf Now York, of
Ohio, of Florida, of Kentucky and of
a dozen other states, when) tho blood .
of tho early settlors was poured out
in 'vindication of tho ruud principle :
of Caucasian progrosslvonosn. For,
tho white and tho rod races are
equally unconformable to each olh-j
or'a habits of life, and moot only lo
repeat tho old story of white eon-1
quest mid native objection. Still
thoro is much in oacli individual ac
count of stem and bloody Indian
warring to enchain tho render's nt-'
teutinu, unwearied by tho hnckuoyed '
repetition of sanguinary fight or
hairbreadth escape.
So wo find it in the Uoguo river;
isting memorial:; and recollections of i wars; a generation hns passed, but
the stirring scenes of Indian hostil-1 tho uft-told story of a woman s
ity will prove a work of public and! heroic defense of hor hearth, or the (
acknowledged value. For such a terrible massacre of innocents, hasj
work ample materials exist; official i rather gained than lost in interest,!
documents, reports of military at- and ovory bravo Tooumsoh, King'
taches, newspaper accounts, mcmor- Philip, Hed Jacket, Hlnckhawk or!
ials of governing bodies, the acts of i Osceola is matched in tho exploits of
legislative assemblages, but chiefly Old John, Joe, bnm and hunpy,
humbler savages though they wore,
and living in a prosaic ago which
tho personal recollections of eyewit
ucsscs, mako up a vast mass of evl
deuce extraordinarily perfect in
scope and thoroughness. From such
resources the compilation of a his
tory sufficiently detailed to interest
those previously acquainted with its
subject, and sufficiently amnio in
has not told in song their deeds.
To discover romance or any ele
vated qualities in an Indian, distance
is required. Thus separated from
living aborigines by tho breadth of a
state, Fennimoro Coopor was en-
scope to form a useful addition to nbled to give thoso inimitable por
the records of tho Pacific coast, trayals of tho American Indian,
would seem nn easy task requiring which, through half a century have
but the common attributes of tho j been unrecognized. Othor writers
historical writer industry and con- have found their keynote in a depro
scientiousness. Undor such circum-.ciatiou of tho savage; but tho peoplo
stances it has seemed possible to of Southern Oregon, long ago sated
traco with considerable minuteness of the Indinn. will join the writer in
the occurrences of tho wars; and it 'denying to him any useful or civi
will probably bo more in eonsonnuco J liznble qualities, but will make par
with tho desires of tho readers ofitial amends by conceding to him
this book if the writer describe in t least to tho tribo of Koguo river
detail this interesting contest, in-1 bravery and steadfastness on tho
stead of confining himself in the , battlefield and pntience nnd perso
mnnner of n philosophical dissertn-! verance in tho worst straits to which
tion, to thoso salient instances in he was reduced by war.
which tho tendency of tho age is most ! To mnko u toss acknowledgment
strikingly manifested. pvero to do discredit to tho troons
It will doubtless occur to the nt-.by whom tho red men wero conquor
tentive reader wlio rises from. a per- od, and to thoso others tvho sustain
usal of this account, that thoro washed and repelled their nsKnults dur
nothing extraordinary in this warding tho yenrs of hostility. To rcn
thnt there were no distinguishing dor this much of justice to nn on-
mrmimotfiAa ntnnnntnA will, it ll.iit OII1V WHO CI1I1 110 loilCOr Iisk it. is bo-
VikVUMttJIIll,) lltlWiWV,l V , r ri .
raises its history nbove tho account fitting, nor does it detract from tho 1
of nn onlitinru. Indian wnrt that it!credit of the strongor race. It I
was a struggle similar in all re- seems a crcditablo and worthy thing
spects, snvo name?, time nnd place, that a man should have ho strong n
to ench of thoso innumornblo con-.sonso of right thnt, disregarding tho
tests by which the American settler feelings of friendship and his own
hns won bis wnv to tho nosscssion porsonnl prejudices, ho could write
of his home, and driven forward the, or read tho truth undor all circnm
bounds of civilization from stato to stances. In nn nllompt to toll tho
state, from the Atlantic to tho Pa- exact truth this account was com
cific, posed; in tho snmo spirit it may bo
In no essential docs it seem to dif-: read,
for from the desperate and bloody' (To Ho Continued.)
40 acres bearing apples and
pears. House and ornamental
trees. go aores in alfalfa and
GRAIN. ALL LEVEL, RICH SOlt.
WATER FOR IRRIGATION. THIS
TRACT IS CLOSE TO THE CITY OF
ASHLAND AND COULD BE SUB-DIVIDED
INTO ACREAGE OR CITY LOTS.
BEAUTIFUL VIEW. 15 MINUTES
WALK FROM POSTOFFIOE.
THIS IS A GOOD PROPOSITION AND
WILL STAND INVESTIGATION.
INQUIRE OF
GRANT 6 STAPIES
HOTEL OREGON BUILDING,
ASHLAND, OREGON.
Ono of us will bo nt tho Naah Hotol this
ovoniiig.
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THE
SAVOY
THEATRE
TONIGHT
C00L---C0ZY
ACROSS THE"
(Kxciting Western Drama)
A MOUNTAIN DLIZZARD
(A Hoaring Farce.)
Fruit Industry, Grand Junction, Col.
( Interesting, Kdneatlonnl.)
MUSIC Always a Feature.
ONE DIME.
GRANTS PASS LETS
PAVINGCONTRACT
Warren Construction Company Low
Bidder and Will Pave Main Street
Medford Men Bid on the Cement
Work
The Warren Construction company
bas been awarded a contract tor tho
paving of Main street In Grants Pass.
Tho company rut In a bid on tho cn
tlro work. Other bids recolvod woro
from R. noswcll of Medford, on tho
cement work; 8. L. Leonard of Med
ford, on tho comont and storm sowor
construction; and Joseph Wolko, II.
G. Clarks & Son and John Wolfolk,
local blddors, oa various classes of
work In curb and sower construction.
R. Doswoll's bid on comont work
was a uttio lower tnan tnat or mo
Warren Construction company, but,
aside from that, tho castorn concern
was tho lowest bidder. It was found,
also, that tho Medford and Grants
Pass contractors' bids woro not In
accordanco with tho roqulromonts of
tho city ordinance and could not bo
legally accopted.
After tabulatlnrc tho bids to as
certain tho mont favorablo offer, tho
contract was awarded to tho Warren
Construction company, Tho cost of
paving tho thrco streets will bo In
round numbors $80,000.
As estimated by tho city engineer,
the cost of paving Sixth otrcet would
bo $00,171.42, and the contract prlco
will be $50,183.52, Tho estimated
cost for paving O stroot was $11,-
880.46, and tho bid $11,068, .22. Tho
estimated cost of F stroot Ib $3108.02
and tho bid $3188,23. The coot of
engineering and advertising will prob
ably add about 4 por cent to the
contract prlco,
AVIATOR FLYS
01 GAY PAREE
Daring Flight Is Made by Emll Du
bonnetCircled Around the Eiffel
Tower and Lights In Safety Tho
Most Darlnrj Trip Yet.
ATTENTION
DO YOU WANT A 40-ACRE ORCHARD IN FULL
U'lVl'l BEARING AT
HALF IT'S REAL VALUE
Tho crop on tho trees will almost half pay tho price
we can sell this for. This belongs to a non-resident
and must he sold to close up his business affairs.
WE ONLY HAVE FIVE DAYS TO CLOSE
THIS UP AND WILL GUARANTEE TO SHOW
YOU THE BEST BUY IN THE ROGUE RIVER
VALLEY. BUT IT MUST BE QUICK ACTION.
INQUIRE OF
Grant h Staples
ASHLAND, OREGON.
One of us will be at the Nash Hotel this evening,
April 25, and Tuesday, April 2G.
PARIS, April 25. Emilo Duhon-
nnt mniln n dnrinir fliirlit Suturduvl
when ho sailed ovor Paris in nto1 n"d then circled both tho Arc Jo Thon ho Hailed on nnd landed
abroplano. Ho started from Dravoil Triumpho nnd tho Eiffel tower. Ho safely at Lonjr Champs. Tho flight
and
tho Soino,
piano, no Biuricu iroiu uruvcii jiiiiiiiiiiu iiiiu uiu r.iuui wwu. nu j - h nuw
after a 12-milo flight crossed 'circled around tho groat towor noar is regarded as ono of the most dur
3oino, flew over the 1'reneh unj, its top. 5G ovor made.
L1M J. . I
HERE IS A SPLENDID .
OPPORTUNITY FOR. INVESTNENT
WILL SELL IN LUMP OR ACRE TRACTS
We wish to sell eight acres of as rich lovol land as can bo found in the val
ley; almost in the heart of a growing city, where tho surrounding resources,
such as lumber, mining, lime industry, etc., are getting to bo very active; whoro
a branch railroad is now in course of construction, and othor developments un
der why which are sure to make a very largo, livo city.
LAND ADJOINING HELD MUCH HIGHER
A 500-acro tract adjoining this eight acres could not bo bought today at
$500. an acre. This is just as good, if not hotter land; running wator in sovoral
places; county road runs along tho front of this tract; close to tho finest fishing
and hunting in tho stato; desirable in many ways.
PRICES LOW AND PROSPECTS VERY FINE
$400 an acre will buy this tract, and wo will subdivide to suit either in aero
tracts or as you wish. This tract could bo platted and would mako fivo largo
lots to tho aero; each lot today. would bring $200 a lot. For full particulars
and quick sale seo
GOLD HILL RAILROAD AND LUMBER COMP'Y
LAND DEPARTMENT
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