MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SECOND SECTION SOCIETY FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, KCXDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1911. No. 272. IN MEDFORD'S SOCIAL REALM it W Why not have u "tree planting' day set ami enforced, so that all streets which arc graded and paved can bo beautified. Trees should be set out this month, so that a start can be made towards making Medford "a city beautiful." The president of the' Greater Hert ford Club wishes tho committees on tree planting, which were appointed last fall, to mnke a report to her al their earliest convenience, as it is neecssnry that the trees should be planted this month. Commit Ices were formed last fall to undertake the finishing of the tree planting on the paved streets, as it was impossible- to finish tho work started last spring on account of tho torn tip condition of the streets at that. lime. On each paved street a conunitk'o of ladies, living on that street; was appointed to find the kind of tree desired by the residents and take orders for them. It is -necessary to have tho trees planted this month and if it is im possible to get it through, in any other' way a tree plnnting day should be set and enthusiasm aroused so that every ono would see to it that ices were planted in front of their own front floor, at least. Most of the streets in Medford are woefully Inciting in trees urid it is up to the ladies to see that each street V lined with them. For there is nothing which so beautifies a town and adds to its attractiveness. The Lenilalmnds met with Mrs. Louise Williamson Wednesday ovo nlng. Plnns are being mado for a sale at Kentner's store next Satur day afternoon. The club had a pie sale several weeks ago and mado such a success of It that they feel justified In having another. This time- salad dressing will ho sold. The next meeting of tho club will bo with Miss Evolyn Carey Wednes day evening. Ground Hog dny camo last Thurs day and if the r.ule of the East holds in Oregon there will be six weeks more of winter weather. The sun was not out when he emerged from his long slumber, but during the after noon ho caught a glimpse of his shadow and rushed back to his hole for anothor six week.-- uip. The regular meeting of tho East ern Star will be hdld Wednesday evening. The Thursday Bridge Club met at the home of Mi&s Bess Keutner lut week. Gold Mining In Southern Oregon The miner is again a factor in the material progress of Southorn Oregon. Tho prospector, with his pe culiar glint of eye and bulging pock ets, is often seen on tho streets of Medford and Ashland, where he comes for supplies or in search of financial backing in the promulgation of his projects. But boding more towards tho development of tho mineral weallh of tho region than tho presence of th? prospector, who has always been somewhat in evidence in Southern Oregon, the Eastern capitalist has be ooiuo interested. Mining promoters whisper the names of noted mining men who are backing them in develop ment of their properties. It. A. Towne nnd otiior New York capitalists have invested a milion dollars in the im provement of tho Bluo Ledge copper mine, situated l) miles from Medford. As soon us Hill builds his proposed, railroad lines to tap the different dis tricts, largo quantities of Eastern money will undoubtedly be spout m the development of other properties as well. The initiated know that Southoi.i Oregon and tho tributary, district of Northern California have had a min ing history. Men aro yet alive who witnessed and took part in tho mad struggle for gold which ensued in the '50. Tho fact that on New Year's day, 1S52, the population of the Rogue River Valley numbered 2S, and four months later totaled 1000, boar eloquent toatimotiy of the gonuinouoss of the sold rush in Southern Oregon. That $110,000,000 of gold was sent out of Jackson County between IS ji and 1SSJ ttfbtifioi. that the gold dis covery in Southern Orogou was :io fal Eldorado. Tho mining of gold was a tremen dous factor in the rapid settlement and development of Southern On-gmi. Piu ions to 1852 trapper ou lur Mrs. Chas. Brown entertained the Monday Bridge Club liiFt week, nt the home of Mrs. W. 11. Brown on Siskiyou Heights. Tho decorations wore pink car nations. Mrs. W. II. Brown, Mrs. Riddell and Madam Dunlop were substitutes for absent members. Mrs. Lux with the highest score won a pretty silver individual salt and pepper set. The club will be entertained next Thursday by Mrs. Ed. Ilanley, with a bridge luncheon. Tho'Grenter Medford Club held a meeting Monday afternoon, when it was decided to have a card parly, instead of a reception this month. The date set was tho afternoon of St. Valentine's Day, February 14th, when all members aro expected to attend and ill women interested in the club are invited. A charge of t went y-five cents will ho made to defray expenses. A largo attendanco greeted tho presidents of tho Ladles' Aid society of the First M. E. church Wednes day afternoon, nnd much Important business was transacted. Ono visi tor present and ono now member re ceived. All were pleased to sco Mrs. MciVary again, who has recently re turned hero from Eugene to mako Medford her homo. Returns from the Saturday market sales aro quite gratifying and they will continue each week at tho samo place. Ladles aro still busy making rugs, aprons, etc., and plans for an entertainment on Washington's birth day are now being made, at which time a most delightful event is an ticipated. After a very pleasant ses sion, devotional exercises, lod by Mrs. Steep, were held, after which the meeting adjourned to come togethor next Wednesduy afternoon to sow for a charity call. Thcso Jadles aro over ready for good work and any one desiring to assist them is cor dially invited to como to the church a 2:30 p. in. Wednesday, whero they will receive a, hearty welcome. Tho S. S. Bridge club met with Mrs. Utidgo Tuesday. The houso was artistically decorated with spring flowers, and after tho game delicious refreshments wero served. Mrs. Woodford and Mrs. Nye substituted for tho nfternoon. Tho club will be entertained by Mrs. Carey Tuesday with a bridge luncheon. The Wednesday Study club meets this week at the home of Mrs. Wort mans. hunting expeditions nnd groups of travelers passing between California and Southern Oregon brought tnles to the settlements of the meadows where grass grew as high as a mule's back, of the seeming fertility of soil, and of the superb climate. But tho fear of the thieving Rogue River. Shasta and Klamath Indians, with their oc casional massacre of tho unwary traveler, struck terror into the hcaris of the immigrants and caused them to choose homes in the safer precincts of tho Williumetto Valley. In the Spring of 1851 there t wero only three habitations of white men in tho Rogue River Valley. Those were at Perkins', Long's and Evans' ferries on the Rogue River Perkin's ferry being near the present site on Grams Pass. In the stunmor of '31 Governor Gaines, nrotibcd to action by the re ports of numerous murders and rob beries committed by tho Southorn Oregon Indians, obtained Federal aid in punishing them. United Stntes sold iers and voluntoors wnged a short but effective campaign against tho Rogue River chiefs known as Sam and Joe. In midsummer, following tho cam paign a treaty was drawn, nftor which a few mou took up donation claims in tho region. Tho first to arrive was Judge A. A. Skinner, who hud liuon appointed Indian Regent. He took a claim near Table Rock. The Rogue River Valley, however, wum too isolated to invite settlement for agricultural purposes. It necessitated the call of gold to attract white men into this dangerous and lonely val ley. The discoverer of gold in Southern Oregon were James Cluggago and Peel. During the Winter of 1851-32 they had driven their string of mult uu Jackson Creek to fatten and con dition them f"r packing in the Spring. Ihi-se men cluou Jucksuti Creek for Victors In Contests For Senatorial Togas In - Rhode Island and West Virginia Legislatures. t'"'inii ' i ,.'i WvaVAt irOf Two recently selected senators will attract considerable curiosity when they take their seats by renson of their predecessors, if nothing else. Henry F. Llppltt of lro Idcnce succeeds to the neat occupied for so many years by Nel son W. Aldiich of Ithode Island, Republican leader, who retired because of III health and to devote 'himself to tho evolution of a new monetary system for the t'nlted States. Mr. Llppi.t Is a wealthy cotton manufacturer and high protection Itepubllcun of the Aldrlch type. Clarence W. Watson, the Democratic caucus nominee to fill the unex pired term of the late Stephen It. FIIcIiih, Is a reputed millionaire, though but forty-four years of ago, controlling many mines and railroads. He Is a horse fancier and a few years, ago captured about ifii.'d.ooo In prizes at (lie Lon don show. Ills election by the legislature seems assured despite tho partisan trouble over the senate organization. Miss Melon Worrell visited friends In Medford Inst week. Miss Juno Enrhart friends In Portland, is visiting j? their pasture ground because it was off the beaten trail. At this time Californians from Yreka wore scour ing tho country in search of horse thiovos, and it was safer for two men with a string of inulos to be encamped in a secluded spot, as pur suers were nearly as lawless as pur sued. While encumped on Jueksoi. Creek early in January, 1852, these men discovered gold shimmering n tho gravel of the creek bottom. Tho now of the strike spread rap idly to the partly exhausted goldfields of Northorn California, nud Jiordos ol miners left their diggings to try then luck in Now Eldorado. A steiwlv stream of men poured into the Rogue River Valley, and spreading out from Jackson Creek, scattcied throughout tho surrounding hills. The inrush t peoplo continued during 18.VI. In that year 159 wagons of immigrants, con taining '100 men, 120 women and 170 children, and 2000 cattle, came north from California, nnd as many inme arrived via Northern Oregon. The ma jority of the arrivuls from California were miners, pure ami simple, while tlioxe who came from the Willianiet.e Valley saw possibilities in ngricultuic as well as in mining. Many of the Willamette Valley travelers demoted themselves wholy to fanning, and fouud a lucrative market for their wheat and vegetables among the min ers. Tlia men who hurried from the California gold fields were of all n. -tionalities and ofteu.of a lawless sort. After the first discovery oi L'ld, fortunes were accumulated rapidly. Among the lucky ones was James Skinner, nephew of Judge A. A. Kkin- nr, who mined a fortune within a week "Old Man" fikively was another t'oHiiimfc one. He gathered $50,000 'worth of gold dust and left for iil izaliou, heavily armed, dctcrmin. .1 to .li.ti.tl fit.. tt.ltllli.. U'lll. I. I... 1. .. .it- Dr. Ray roturned Inst week from a business trip to Log Angelos. Mr. and Mrs. K. Dunlnp of Grants Pass are visiting in Medford. J& quired after n long life of prospect ing. Rich strikes were reported on ovoiy hand. One hundred mou were soon nt work with, rockers al Big Uur. Gravel, rich in gold, was found at the Cam eron phico ou tin- Applegate. Forest Creek and Toots Creek word othci district whore havy producing pinc ers wero Boon bring worked. The bout evidence as to' the amount of gold actually given up by mothoi earth is that furnished by C. C. Book man, pioneer banker of Southern Ore gon, who operated nt express busi ness between Ynl.u and Jacksonville during the early days. He carried $10,000,000 woith of gold dust out oi Jackson Count v between 1850 am1 180U, ho believe,, antl an equal amount found other ways of exit. After 1850 the output of the initio decrervsod annually. IJefqre 1800 the average amount mined overy yoni was estimated at -1,250,000. in 1800. the iiiinoi produced $1,150,000, in 1870 lvo-thiiK of that sum, and in 1880 Iqss than -250,000. Betweei IS." (5 and 1880 t!i .( were 5138 mining locations filed m1""- Of this number 10 war copper, on wuh tin, 12-1 were cinnabar (sulplnie of mercury), and the rest gold ,. ! silver. In 1ST3 ctiiiitt Jackson t'iinty'H maximum fc'old proajM?nt That year it was "aid (hat col. I .iM-t to the vuluo f 3,OOQ,0QO v.- n.incd. At that time Jackaoii Con iv was the wealthiest and (lis mom I'opuloiiN in Oregon. Multnomah ( o.n t included. Jacksonville uliosa essential claims UMo life tod i me the rugged beauty of ltssoetii .md that it is the county seat. - then in the height "f its ppispci '. with multitudinous aloona and .milling dans galore. Of the :!" ' ii'.i'OO mined in Ja I;--oii Count i mi 18.')! ,H ( Is- ( "iil $50U,(lic i-ioduced b qncit Mr. I Wry entertained tho Friday 501) Club at hor homo last week. Miss lono Flynn is recovering from a serious attack of pneumonia. Jg? j? mines, Occasionally pockets of gotd contained in decomposed quart had beun fouud ou thu surface of the ground, but previous to thu breaking out of thu quart, mining fever in California in 1850 tho Jackson County miners hud not explored qiinrtz leads under ground. Thu Hicks lead ou the loft fork of Jack son Creek was the firs In quartz lead successfully prospected. Sonora Hicks and her brother discovered n rich pocket in this lead and, accord ing to the seeming sensational new.4 columns of the Jacksonville Sentinel, took out iflOOO in gold in two hours. The total yield of this, the fiivst ounrU mino operated in Southorn Oicgou, totaled $2000, only ouu small jMickel of gold being found. In January. 1800, "Emigrant" Gra ham discovered the Gold Hill lode, which was the first important quart, gold discovery. The flout rock on the surface yielded astounding roturus t Graham and his associates. Thu strike was the signal for a new outburst .if mining eulhiixinsin. The surrounding bills were quickly staked out and the outlying districts teemed with pros jiectors. Jacksonville, which of late yoars hud not been so lively, prepar ed for. the reversal of happy and pros erous limes. Two mule power aras- J ra were placed on the original claim and armed men guarded while thuv were unrated. H is said that overy Saturday uigul a cleanup of 1000 ouneesof gold was divided among the five owners. Henry Klippel, known as the father of quurU min ing in Southern Oregon, bought an interest in the mine. Klippd. in com pany with McLaughlin and Williams linaly sent to San Francisco for a 12 stamp steam mill, tuking a con tract to work the quartz for $8 a ton. The iniicliiiierv , including boiler md moitais, wu- shipped to Siutls- A most enjoyable social was given by tho Pythian Sisters Wednesday. Cards and dancing wero tho order of intertaiumeut after which delicious refreshments were served. The hall was pretty decorated with potted plants. Those on the committee in charge wero Mayor and Mrs. W. IT. Cnnou, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. 1. M. Kershaw and Miss Ifaswell. Tho high school oxtravnganza "Tho Military Girl" will be produced Feb ruary 17 and 18th, at the opera houso. The parts are all cast and about 70 young people will take pari in the performance. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gore and fam ily loft for Los Angeles, Cal., Fri day morning for a three months visit. Mr. Gore has a new car awaiting him there and expects to mako the return trip to Medford by auto. . Mr. W. II. Stalker, n former resi dent of Medford, but now of Minne apolis, Is on n buslnosH trip in South ern Oregon and hopes to mako Mod ford n short visit boforo returning to his homo. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar llafer leaves Sunday for San Francisco. Mrs. 1 Infer will return to Medford in a coupjo of weeks. Mr. llafer will leave for tho oast. Tho Chnntilcer Club gavo a danco Friday evening nt St. Marks Hull. This is a most popular club and the dunces are greatly enjoyed. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Roddy aro visit ing in 'New Orleans, onrouto to Now York. They do not expect to return to Medford for two months. . Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Dtvs and daughtor havo roturned from a visit of sovorrtl months in Los Angeles. In honor of Mrs. English birthday, a plonsant surprlso party was given hor Tuesday ovonlng by a numbor of North Dakota friends. Mrs. Nye entertained Informally at cards a week ago Tuesday and Thursday afornoon. Tho Junior Endeavor of tho Pres byterian church gavo a most onjoya blo sticlnl la tho church pnrlors Fri day ovonlng, Mr. Harry Find ley of Gridloy, Cal., is spending a few days in Medford. burg and thence carried by pack train to Gold Hill. Tho freight charges on tho mill amounted to $2000. With this, this first steam stamp mill of Southern Oregon, in operation, tho owners felt that fortune would smilo upon them indeed. Ono hun dred tons of refuse quart, wllich had been considered too poor for the araslras, wero first run through the mill, yielding .f 100 to the ton, but hero the good luck onded. Tho next body of oio to bo worked yielded W a ton, and tho next $2.80. When all hope of success at tho Gold Hill quurtz mines was finally aband oned by the bwnors of the mill the innchinerv wits converted into n saw mill on Big Hutto Creek. Henry Klip pel estimated that the total output" was $150,000. Tho Blackwoll, Jowitt, Swimleii, Mcllnnough, Shump, John son, Lyon, Pcebler, Holmnn, and Fowler quartz ledges woro worked nt this time with varying degrees or success. Tho Slonmboal Indn was perhaps the most productive of thono quartz ledgos. During 18(10 nnd 1801 it yielded $280,000. Thoso two years included the oarly quartz mining his tory of Southorn Oregon. No groat successes wore gained after (hat per iod. Tho gold was too scattered in IMickols and methods woro loo primi tivo then to give lasting success in quartz mining, and it was abandoned for a numbor of years. Of late, rouowed interost, however, has boon takon in quartz mining. Thoro nro 52 quartz mines now in operation or in stttgoa of development; a ine district, emlirnciug southorn Oregon and Northern California. That many of the miners who rush ed into Jackson Cuuutv in tho oarly '50s amassed fortunes tho amount of gold sent out of the country hears witness, but imt munv, ospocially af ter tho beat strikes had been mndc,l Mrs. George Osgood left for Los Angeles last week, whero sho will visit hor daughter, Mrs. H. A. Mor gau, who accompanied her. Mrs. Alice Lea who has been visit ing her mother Mrs. F. T. Howard, expects to leavo for tho south tho middle of the month. Tho Women's Missionary society of tho Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. Black oa East Mala strcot Tuesday afternoon. Mr. nnd Mrs. Leon Ilasklns aro receiving congratulations upon tho ar rival of a baby girl, who arrived Sat urday morning. . News has been rocoived from Pott land, of tho death of Mrs. Harrold Jackson, who was a former resident of Medford. Mrs. Parsons entortninod'informal ly nt her pretty now homo on Sum mit avenue Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Lux is oxpecling a visit from hor parents Mr. nnd Mrs. Townsond in the near future , Mr. nnd Mrs. Leland of Minnea polis will bo tho guests of Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Lux this week. Tho Guild of St. Mark's church will glvo a chicken dlnnor In tho guild hall Thursday ovonlng. Miss ITazol Tico is visiting her sister in Libation, Oregon nnd expect ed to bo away a month. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. E. Stowart enter tained Mr. and Mrs. William Budgo nt dinner Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wright and Mrs. Jonas Wold are spending tho week in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Woodford left last week for n two weeks visit in San Francisco. Miss Ruth Woodford Is spending tho week In Grants Pass, thu guest of hor sister. Tho Ladles' Aid of tho Baptist church will moot, as usual, Tuesday aftornoon. . , A Mrs. Folgor gavo a "sleonlnc nar- ty" at hor homo on West Main street last week. Tho Monday Evening COO Club was entertained last week by Mrs. Dett- niston. By Arthur M. 'Geary expended their onorgy in vain tho thousands of little excavations scat tered throughout tho country nud found scarring every hillside givo evidence. As tho supply of gold which could bo mined according to the primitive methods of tho day gavo out, most of the miners wont to other fields. Tho discovery of gold in Idaho caused a largo oxodus of m'.n absoncc was felt keenly for a time by the farmers and tradesmen, whoso customers they had been, tho oattlo men, who with their herds inhabited tho grassy plains of Klamath County, soon took tlio plnco of tho miners who had departed and the stagnation duo to ovorsuppliod market was reliev ed. Ono race of foreigners which pros pered whore white mou failed was tho Chinese. Chiiinmuu swarmed in to (ho county, takiiiir nossossion of tho wornout placers. By 1859 tha yellow face of the Mongolian wns everywhere in evidence. They woro peaceful and lawabiding, but not- witustandinir tho usual racial moi- udico sprang up among the disaffect ed minors. It was charged that tho Chinnmou wore mining American cold and taking it to the Flowery King dom. As tho Celestials wero law abiding and absolutely refused lo quarrel, thero was no protoxt for ox terminating (horn or driving them from tho country, as thero was in tha caso of tho redskins. Finally, in 1859 tho California method of tronting them was adopted. A tax of $2 a month for miners and $50 a month for morohants was levied upon them uiHlor tho caption of "Foreigners' Tax." Even those stringest moasurea had but mediocro success in steam ming tho tide of Chiueso immurra tion as the (ax was difficult to col lect, Tho Chinoso wero sntisfiod ' (Contlnuod on Fag I.) t i cf Jfl V. M 1 ' 1