MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1910.
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Newsy Notes from Rogue River Valley Towns
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Butte Falls Items
Our people, especially tho ladles,
turned out In full to welcomo tho
soldier boys and wero over roady to
render whatever aid they could and
which ovldent courteous trcatmont
tbo offlcors aand files greatly appre
ciated. Engineer Bovorldge and his crow
of men were present at Butto Falls
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Icee ho or his men
couiu givo in me
work of subduing tho tires.
Itl s said that Ben Predonburg and
his family are In great distress of
mind owing to tho flro sot out by
Mr. Fredenburg having escaped from
him. Ho lost not only much tim
ber, but also all of his rail fences
were destroyed, and his crops threat
ened and his home and buildings in
great danger.
Tho campers at "Recreation Re
treat" aro getting ready to return to
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iu ,.., - VJT :r I distant, thrr.igh Ranger Hoist dls
aeveral weeks amid tho forests. , a , . ... ,.,
. , .. . ,. ' patched another squad of 25 selected
Dr. Bonar and brother wero visit-1 ,,, .... , . . iV,
. .. ,. .t. j .,. ,.. soldiers to IMa point and about thl3
tag Butto Falls on Thursday, tho for-1 , .... . . . , .. ,
ju6 o a"" . t(m0 it be n lat0 at njsht, n courier
Bier intent on eyes " the latter upon , , . ,, ...
r.7 .. J, .7 .1 arrived from Dudtey and tho unsur-
"fish." Both were successful. ... j.j .
1 ,. . j , , . . veyed lands and reported that very
Oto Hubbard and Del Hazel, who . At ., .... ,
started on a trip for Blue Canyon, , tmt and that a thrcQ
were compelled to turn back owing, been rend(jml homolc
to tho forest f res through which they )and Dr Emerson nnd
wero unable to pass. On their re-, threatJned and that mleM ,m.
turn Mp. Hubbard learned that ho r(jndcrcd thQ d(jctor
country around Olson mill was be-, wouW qsq M Qf Wa effcctg and hJg
lag burned by a terrific forest fire , q ,mralnent d of
and that his premises were in Imme- ; beln hurncd immediately
dlate danger of destruction oho , , b h,3 cn.
started to his homestead with others J eutenant, HatIo, secured
to do whatt hey could to extinguish parker and Wg and
V. , ... . i 1.1 ,- tailed another squad of 15 to go at
Vice-President Gerlg Is pushing the j npn
construction wprs ou uib r. os .
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railway. He has already the steel
laid to near "Vestal" and Is now do-
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be but a short time before the road!
1 ILa UU- hhb1 Alinn J nnd lfr Yrlll
will bo completed to Butte Falls and
then It will be for the Medford boost
ers to turn their attention to this
section and make this point some
' thing more than a mere feeder for
tho valley. Medford people should
assist this enterprise In every way
and help to secure the right of way
beyond the Falls on towards Klam
ath and get through tho trunk lino
east and west, which will make a
shortening of tho distance about GOO
miles. Mr. Gerlg is to be congrat
ulated on his work and the people
will find that there has been only the
rery best work done on the road.
"Will and Lew Warner have been
eamping in the hills and they sue-,
eeeded in getting all tho fish they
needed, besides securing a fine buck
Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Anspiger and hus
band and Mis3 McKfnney, tho latter
of Baker City, accompanied tho gen
tlemen and were In camp with them.
They all loft on Thursday on their
way to Crater Lake. They report hav
ing a most pleasant sojourn at Butte
Falls.
Manager Mills has been making a
detour of tho burning sections and
nas his men out, day and night, wag
ing war against the element which
has done so much damage to his
company's holdings.
It Is creditably reported that C. E.
Wolvorton saw a man setting out
fires In the Crater Lake company sec
tion, but that as he had no gun and
the man was too far away to be rec
ognized, ho could do nothing but yell
at tho man.
Wnna Parker and family have re
moved from Butte Falls to their
ranch.
Several important real estate trans
actions have taken and will tako
placo in Butto Falls before many
moons wax and wane, and our town
will be materially boneflted. It Is
with tho incoming of moneyed and
buBlnosa people of moral and finan
cial credit .hat Butte Falls will grow
and soon becomo an Ideal locality.
Thero aro somo signs of rain and
It is greatly hoped that wo will havo
soaking downpour, for It is only by
a drenching rain that wo may hope
to seo tho fierce forest fires extln-'
gulshed and tho atmosphere washed
of Its present cmoko Impurities.
John Allou of Derby wns hero on
Sunday and continued on to his ranch
In tho hills to look after his stock.
Undo Ben Edmonson has been tak
ing Manager Mills around through
out the flro zone that Mr. Mills might
leo what damages wero being done
and what vas needed to impede tho
further advance of tho flames. Mr,
Mills has been Indefatigable In his
efforts to protect tho company's largo
landed nnd timber interests and has
beon going day nnd night until be is
about worn out with his labors.
For the pact day or two Butto
Falls has precontod tho appcaranco
of a military encampment, On tho
south nro oncamped Captain Robort
Offloy with hie companies E and M
of tho First regulars, ylth Liouton-
ant Untie as second In commnud,
and tho rec'jrrontnl physician In n
tent closo by, whllo all i.round nro
tho men who r.nvo not bcoi detailed.
Tho first thl .c Captain Otfloy did
upon his arrival was to tanUo strict
inquiries as to tho civil authorities
upoa tho ground, and Judge Fonts
being closo to hand, a confidential
I conference took nlaco and an undor-
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standing reached. Tho captain then
detailed a cquad of plckod voluntoors
who wero carried In all tho vehicles
that could bo secured to U.e fires
near Butte Falls. Ihcso men being.
undor charge of a most off Iclont ser -
gennt, and they wero out all night
long fighting the florco flames which
wero rapidly sprcadtng nnd eating
up tho valuable timber of Butto Falls
and Crater Lr.ke Lumbor companies.
Captain Otfloy then havlnc received
a personal account of tho fires, somo
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pie and the doctor's family and at
a lato hour they started out In a
hurry nnd fought the flames nil night
An bej d()ne that cou,d DQ dono at
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I this time, tho captain sought needed
rest with his men and In the early
morning broke camp and started,
after leaving a few soldiers to gunrd
tho baggage that was left behind, for
Cedar swamp and Four-Bit creek,
where the fiercest of fires had been
haging and wero still burning, hav
ing destroyed the homo of Mr. Tref
fren and thousands of acre3 of fine
timber. In addition to these forces,
Manager Mills of Butto Falls Lum
ber company Impressed all the men
and vehicle, obtainablo and with J. I.
Patton as guide and all being armed
with shovels, picks and other flro
fighting Implements, started for the
Fredenburg section and there these
men and at other points fought the
llwlmg nght untI1 they werG ex.
hausted. In other directions forces
were out atd not for a moment did
the brave men desist In their exhaust
ing labors aud it is thought that at
some points tho flamea Isvo been
brought under control, but as fast as
one flro Is extlnculshed another broke
out a mile or more distant and clear
ly proving that somo mhcrcant whose
hellish heart Is Intent upon destruc
tion has started to burn out tho whole
country. Strict orders havo teen giv
en to shoot down any person caught
setting fires and it Is hoped that ono
or more of these fiendish scoundrels
will bo caught and a speedy end
made of him. It Is creditably report
ed that several more companies of
soldiers are on their way to this point
and no effort will bo spared to check
the ravages of tho most destructive
fires which ha.o ever visited this sec
tion, resulting In damage and loss
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
to tho government, timber corpora
tions and to private owners. Too
much cannot bo said In praise of Cap
tain Offley, Lieutenant Hntle Rans
or Hoist, Manager Mills and Super
intendent Netherland and Cruiser
Patton, with their bands and compa
nies of noble men, for tho valiant
services they have rendered, and also
to tho people of Butte Falls who ren
dered every assistance to tho firo
fighters.
Duff Karnes' youngest child was
taken suddenly sick Friday and the
camp physician was called and nd-
ministered successfully to tho little
ono, who Is now much hotter.
Messrs. Piatt, Johnson nnd Clark,
who have been camping hereabouts,
have gono out to tho valley.
Professor Johnson of Crator Lake
school district was visiting friends In
tho Falls on Saturday.
There are several theories as to
tho origin of the forest fires, that
they aro set out by persons who aro
opposed to tho conservation and tho
resorvo policy of tho government;
that thoy aro started by vindictive
feelings against tho rangers nnd aa a
positive protest against tl.o policy
which has deprived so many of home
steads and made thorn loso all their
time, labor nnd means In trying to
fiocuro a homo; that Btockmon havo
sot out tho fires that thoy may havo
grass for their roaming stock; thnt It
Eagle Point Eaglets
MIsd Beatrice Spencer camo In
from tho neighborhood of Dudley
Thursday on her way to Jackson
ville to tnko tho examination for a
license to tench school. She reports
that tho flro In that neighborhood
was doing a great deal of (T.mago and
this (Friday) morning we received n
message over tho phono from Martin
Spcncor, the mall carrier from Dud
ley to Butto Falls, in which ho said
' that tho "r was past control nnd
thnt a11 that they wore trying to do
' wna to savo tho homes; that thoro j
woro 5( troops at tho Dudloy post
1 of f ' tr',nS to savo tho buildings,
This Is at Jess Spencer's. That tho
fire was In many plnces leaving noth
ing but tho charred stumps of the
great forest; that there had beon up
to date no homes burned In that
section, although I learned through
another source that Benjamin Fre
denburg hnd lost ono of his largo
barns and hay; that Is near Butto
Falls and not on tho unsurveyed.
Miss Clara Zimmerman has n now
typewriter and is learning to uso It.
Orlnnd Bell of Brownsboro Is put
ting up tho poles for a tolcphono lino
between hero and that place. He
says that ho has takea tho contract
to put the lino up for tho Multnomah
Telephone company of Portland; thnt
they Intend to run the lino through
here direct to Medford; that tho com
pany intends t put up heavy poles
from Eagle Point to Medford, but
tho business men of our twon seem
to know but little about tho movo;
that so far as tho Butto Falls and
Eagle Point lino Is concerned, they
have made no arrangements to con-
nect with tho lino hero, but perhaps
that will bo done later.
A gentleman by tho name of Hicks
and five others camo through hero
Wednesday on their way from Crater
Lake. They had been out by tho Pall
can Bay route via Fort Klamath and
came in by tho crater. From their
looks they had their share of the
dust on tho road.
Mr. Northrup and his mother, who i
Hvo on his farm about two and a half
miles from Medford, camo out last
Wednesday and engaged rooms at tho
Sunnysldo and the next day went to '
visit somo of tholr old time friends
Mr. Palouze and family, spending tho ,
nlcht with them, and Friday morn-'
Ing secured a rig and went to Happy I Ed Western of Medford came out
Camp on Rogue River to spend tho last Thursday evening on tho P. &
day fishing. i E" BI)ont tho night horo and this
Thursday morning Messrs. Warns-' (Friday) morning started on horso
loy nnd Smith commenced to repair ! oack to the flro belt to take photos
tho Interior of our school house and '. ot thQ different scones for tho general
get It fixed -up for our winter school, government. Ho expects to be gono
They will also put a rock foundation several days,
under the annex instead of tho nil-! r- antl Mrs- Frank Robertson and
lars that they havo now. Tho school Mr- an(1 Mr8. Ray ulrIch of Jnckson
board also met and ordered a special I v 4 ' aat B't on their way
. from Crater Lake. Thoy went out
is a case of the "Haves" and "Havo , by the Lake of tho Woods, Pollcan
Xots," that a strong prejudice exists i Bay, etc., and camo in tho Roguo
against eyndicates who have acqulr- river route. Thoy report that tho
ed largo holdings, nnd that tho ob- roads aro very rough on account of
structlvo policy of "Plnchotlsm" re-j the ground being butted out In
tards and prevents the settlement and , holes.
development of tho country, and tho j Arthur Andorson and family also
fires arc one way of expressing tho came In last night ovor tho samo
western opposition. Ugly rumors aro route traveled by UlrIch and Robert
current that men havo been seen set-. son, and whllo they think that the
ting out fires, but it Is hard to got i road is rough, th'oy all say that tho
any accurate information as to who j trip Is worth taking and that Crator
they wero, and tho people aro afraid ,
to toll lest thoy suffer themselves,
nnd that tho fire makes work for all.
Mr. Vradenburg hns bought out tho
leo cream
Clasplll.
business of Wheeler &
Mrs
Bovcerldgo wife of Engineer
Boverldgo of tho P. & E. road, came
In on tho stngo on Saturday on a visit J
to her husband and sons. I
We aro glad to noto that Grandma
Fredenburg has not been burnt as
was reported and that she was great-
i
ly relieved by tho presence of tho
soldiers In her vicinity.
GOLD RAY GRANITE CO.
Office: 209 West Main St., MwHoid, Ore.
Operating Quarry at
DEALERS IN
BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND
IRUSHED GRANITE
nrtywwillrrft,wmimmTi;r,fyWafiMVf.it ,
l)y
A. C. Hewlett.
meeting to bo culled to authorize tho
bonrd to contract for tho fintshlug
of tho uppor rooms and furnish thorn
for uso. I toll you tho pooplo of
Englo Point nro waking up nud tho
old mo88back8 nro relegated to tho
background.
Thursday C. E. Carpenter and his
sister, Miss Anna Cnrpontor, W. II.
Crandoll nud slater, Mrs. Harris of
Iowa, called for dinner. Mr. Cnrpon
tor Is out from his homo In Wyoming
to look nttor his lntorosts hero which
ho bought about a year ago, an SO
aero tract oft of the west side of tho
Green Mathews place, nnd had 40
acres sot to trees. Mr. Cramlofl ex
pects to come out nnd tnko charge of
tho placo In tho near futuro.
John Hlglnbothnm nnd Leo Sutton
of the Big Butto country wore horo
Thursday and reported thnt In their
neighborhood they havo tho flro un
dor control.
Frank F. Anderson of St. Paul,
Minn., passed through hero tho other
day. Ho Is taking in tho country
ns ho goes on Walker's lino Ho said
that ho hnd walked ovor a great por
tion of Montana and tho country bo
tween thoro mid horo, and wbb going
to Crater Lake, Fort Klamath, Poll-
can Bay, otc. lie appears to bo an
Intelligent young man and Is sim
ply onjoylng his llfo In that way.
R. Happock, ono of tho civil en
gineers on tho P. & E. railway, took
suppor horo Wodnesdny night and
wont on up to F. J. Ayors'.
There havo been qulto a number
of strangors come In, eaten n meal
or stayed nil night, and pass on
whoso names I did not learn, and'
among them was two gangs of bridge
carpenters on their way to tho front,
where they aro putting In tho bridges
along Uio railroad.
Von dor Hcllcn Brothers hnvo add
ed to tholr stock of goods n lino of
furnlturo.
Arthur M. Geary of Portland, son
of our old family physician, Dr. E. P.
Geary, was a pleasant caller Wed-
nesday on his way from tho fire bolt,
whero ho lms becn taking photos of
the flro and tho means thoJVipu
tho fire for tho Orogonlcn. Whllo
"ore he met-Mrs. Lottie Van Scoy
neo "lo Drown), ono of his old
schoolmates of formor days.
Lake Is among tho wonders or tno
world.
B. L. Jewell and Honry O'Mnlly
of Grants Pass called this (Friday)
morning nnd whllo hero Mr. Jewell
gave me an ad for tho Mall Tribune
to let tho people Jtnow that ho had
somo fine pup9 for sale.
Mr. Sharp, ono of tho Medford real
estate men, camo out with his fathor
and Mr. Reed In an auto. Thoy wero
going to tho Bradshaw drop and took
the wrong road on the desert in tho
smoke, hut wero started right after
thoy got hero.
Goldpay, Oregon
Central Point Items
Honry Farnum has commenced tho
fnlso work for tho walls ot tho Cow
loy block.
Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Kahlor and S.
A. Patttsou, wlfo and Hon Everett,
visited tho Applogntu vnlloy Friday
In quest of wild blnckberrlus, which
aro Bald to bo found In nbumlanco lu
that locality.
Tho douso smoko from tho forest
(Ires practically obscured tho huh nt
thin point during tho entire day Fri
day. Many box unllors nro busy In this
city getting boxes ready for pears and
npples. The number ot boxes de
manded la much larger than last year.
It Is bolloved that according to tho
great number of families that aro
securing winter quarters hero, tho
capacity of tho public school building
will provo Inadequate to tho demand
for room. Tho school consus will bo
greatly Increased this year and ninny
ot tho teachers will havo crowdod
dopartments.
Fred N. Cumuilnga of tho Itoguo
River Cnnnl compnny was transact
ing .business In this vicinity Friday.
Mr. CuniinliiRS looks forward to groat
development In tho Roguo R'vor vnl
loy during tho noxt 18 months.
O. Bert Howard of Capo Girar
deau, Mo., was among tho now ar
rivals at Contrnl Point Friday.
Tho first somblnnco of a lawsuit
to occur In our town In many months
took plnco In Judge Jacobs' court I
Friday attombon. It scorns thnt Dr. .
k. KircnguesHior, an eccontrlc son
of Esculnpcnr, who resides lu tho
uppor rlvor country, camo Into town
a few days ago nnd loft his horso nt
the barn of Ferguson & Murray whllo
ho Indulged In business nnd "tilled
cldor." When ho returned to tho
barn for his horso thoro wns no ono
present at tho moment to wait upon
him, nnd tho good doctor's anger
went up to 110 In tho smoko. Just
nt this tlmo Mr. Wllllnm Ferguson
returned to tho barn ind recolved a
broadside from tho Katzonjammor
hnttorlca nnd tho "folght" bognn, re
sulting In tho doctor swearing out n
warrant for Ferguson for nssnult and
for calling tho doctor a "cabbago
oatlng tutnmnruslo," or words to
that effect. The trial wns to hnvo
tnken placo nt 2:30 Friday nf tor
noon, but Just boforo tho appointed
hour tho doctor nppoared and In
formed tho court that thoro was no
lino In trying to gld "nutting for
sotnedtlng" nnd tho enso was called
off, the doctor paying tho freight. )
J. C. Sholloy wob In from his Tablo '
Rock farm Friday dollvorlng wood to
his many customers.
Sam Baxter Is painting tho A. E.
LoPonto mnrblo works building, Mr.
LcPonto Is making much Improve
ment about tho. placo. "
William A. Cowley lo having a
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Fine Printing
Wo make u specialty of fine
printing, curry the necoHsnry
.(took to enable us to fill .ill
orders promptly, nnd Kunrnu
teo Kiitisfnctinn.
Best equipped job office tit
Oregon south of Portland;
nost export printers,
Hoforo Kcntling your orders
out of town, call nnd figure
willi us if wo ciin servo you
for tho same price ns nn out-of-town
concern you will wish
to patron'uo homo industry.
Medford
j PrintingCo. I:
Children's I
Tin ChlU wllll (laittt II inori Mj
llfctfy to In lln Adult without y
B gland Unit U tin wcuk.i)rcJ W
H chm wliot r,fi ri nut glvrn H
I timely attention. H
largo burn orected on tho alloy iionr
his pnlntlal reslt'onco. It will bo ono
of tho largest structures of tho kind
In tho city and will havo In connec
tion n gnrngo nnd woodshud,
W. 13. Whltenldo Is Just complet
lug n number of Improvements nt hln
rosldonco grounds, such an wood
shodii, bam and lawn. Ilo will havo
tho "homo beautiful" In n tow moro
months.
A, W. Clommeiin has sold hln
household gondii nnd will start lu n
fmv ilnR for Los AngoU'ti whero ho
wlllVoflldo.
Carpenters and manouH aro busy
on 15 new buildings nt tho present
time nnd tunny others nro on tho
tnpls. Contrnl Point In growing Inrg
or with astonishing regularity.
Secretary Knhlor of the Commer
cial club tins succeeded In disposing
of 10,000 bnoklotH nud half an many
folders and pamphlets during tho
past flvo months and nxpnctn to con
tinue tho good work Indefinitely.
Many traveling men who havo vis
ited Contrnl Point thin weok roport
tho sale of largo IiIIIh of goods to
our merchants, by far larger than lu
August, 1909.
Bon G. Inrklii of Cluirryvnlu, Knn.,
accompanied by J. J, Klnknld and
family of near that plnco, wits show
ing IiIh party thU part of tho valley
Friday afternoon.
Aaron Klvltt and family ot Cin
cinnati, 0 got off at Contrnl Point
Friday afternoon, being mot horo by
parties from near Jucknonvlllo, who
took them by wagon to their domin
ation. ATTEND COLLEGE.
Arrange to attend the Eugene Ilun
In oaa College, and lot us got you n
good position when you graduate. En
ter now. Send for our now cata
logue. H& West Seventh street,
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IlnskiuH for health.
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Medford, Oregon.
SEND YOUE DAUGHTER TO
St. Mary's Academy
Medford, Orogon,
A Private Resident and Day School for
GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN
Departments: Primary, Grammar, Acadomic, Commer
cial. Specially organized Department of Music and Art.
Take the Little Ones to
Dr. Coble
and have their eyes examined before school starts. lie
fits them with the aid of tho latest scientific optical
instruments used by tho profession, thus avoiding un
certain answers as to what thoy can see.
No guessing as to what the child sees horo.
NO. 301 EAST MAIN,
LOOK FOR THE BIG EYE SIGN.
Mrs, Nottlo GIiiiih of HlM, wiih Hindu
tho recipient of a iiiohI delightful nud
plenimiit HiirprlHo dinner Thursday by
n Hcoro or more of hor liitlmnto
rolutlvou nud frlemlH of tho Antl
nub dliitrlet. Although nick and help,
loss, her UlUli birthday iiunlvunmry
day with Its dull, monotonous mir
roundlngH, wno inndo bright and
cheerful by tho grouting of hor throo
Hiunll children and tho happy famil
iar talk nnd Joyous laughter from her
tunny friends that hold her In nuuh
high esteem uh a true friend, a true
mothor nnd a Indy, with all thnt tho
word ImplleH. Among thoitu prosnnt
that wore ho fortunate In being pres
ent worn Mrs. Mary Morris Case, Mrs.
William Jones, Br., Mlmi Albortu Sta
coy, Minn Graco Jonon, MIbs Adossa
and Flora Htitcny, Mr, T. A, OIiihb
Mr, Orln GIiihh, Mlmteit May and Ellon
Joiiob, Mrs. Mary Martin.
Mrs. O, C, Taylor mid son Ifoniinn
of North Heatty have moved to tlmlr
now honin-liungulow residence on
North Hamilton.
William Martin of Martin brothers,
Kia.u and ntnek rnorn ot llcnglo,
ai nhopplng aiid eujoylmt a few
li'iurH of city llfo Wednesday.
J , Anderson, contractor nnl
b iII'Jim of North O'lk stnvt nccom
l..i.ilMt 13. I). Wlthlto hl fruit
farm Wednesday.
I1IDB.
8chool bonrd wilt ontortnln bids
for 200 cords ot wood or any part
thoroof up to Augunt 20.
ORIS CRAWFORD,
Clork Dint. No. 40.
U. S. HOTEL
IIUTTK FALLS, Or.
Ro-oponnd and will enter to tho
public. Auto nnd hunting party din
ners n specialty. 1'ntronnr.o ronpoct
fully solicited.
MR. AND MHH. A. DUI'UAV,
Prop, mill Sign ItejK:tlvoly.
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