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KOllTY-IMUST YKAU.
MEDFORD OKI'XION, SATUUDAV, (KTOMIOR 7, 1011.
No. 171.
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON
When Urn projected plans of .Inuicm
I. Hill shall have been ennicd oul,
Medfold will he linked In Central
mill Fasteni Oirgou by iiillioail
This viihI Ictillnry run ho made iihim
or loss Iribulurv lo Medford in it
oniiuuorolnl way. Coillinl Oicgon
i'iiii wiih proper t'lili! Hh iiihI ener
li.V mi llii' part of Medfoitl inciehulilH
mill witli anything like equilnblo
llllOM, hCI'lUIIO lll I III' till' Illll'l; COIIII-
li.v nf iMi'ilrnnl. The (iii'Miiiii twit it I'
ll ll' ntlmw, wlini miiI nf ii country is
IIiIn viihI inliiiiil ciuplic, mill what mi'
IIh possihililiui mnl Hh future?
To answer these iii(MtioiiH iih well
ii k o see tin' eouulry nt ri im t IiiiimI, a
I in 1 1 3' of Mcilfmd citizens lol't hero
iccctitly in automobiles, driving
through tin inti'iior to tin Columbia
i i !". Hem tln'y went Joini'il by
(luM'iiior West, Siuiiiii'l Hill mnl oth
er mitt iiiiiiIi the ri'liirn hip to Med
find ovit practically the miiih' Icr
litory. Tin' piuly wiih absent eight
iln.vit mnl tiavelcd newly it llioimmiil
miles. 'I'lin shortest possible roml
from Mcdl'oril to the Columbia river
wiih t'oiiiiil to ln IIHII miles. Tin side
lriM made liy tin parly run the Inlal
mileage up to nearly tin Unco oyplicr
mark.
Itooto AiiIok I'hIIowimI.
Tim roiitu followed .was tip the.
Itogne Hivcr via tint Prater l.ako
roml, to Arrant' camp, Iheueo lo
Fort Mmiiitlli; thence nurtli ovit the
mountains via Heaver Marsh, tint
pinHiNi'(l town of Crater, lln proji'i'l
iil lowusllc of Wakefield, tin new
low u of CiCHent to Mend; thence via
piofilnlilv. For years lo conic liim
Inning will Im tlm main occupation
mnl resource of this territory stretch
nortli ii hnnilrcil ihIIch.
farcy I.11111I Projects,
Ah llic DchcIiiiIch valley is neitrod
Honm 'J.i or .'10 miles from Mend,
IiiohI of the countiy Iiiih been covered
In viiiIoiih ('nicy Act irrigation pin
JcelH. Konm of llicso 1110 making
paid mnl Home ate mote or less gel
rich quick hilu'iiii'H, lo judge from (he
maoiinl of land conlracled and the
amount of icilemplion work actually
done, I'liilinihlcdly all tlilx poition
of llie country will nunc day he ir
rigated, although IIh elevation mnl
mioi( season til il piiiiclpally for
dairying. Mont of il covoivil
wild lilack pine mid htuMi.
At Head (lie sage brush countiy
is reached. Ilend 1 at the noilliern
husc of tlm iiinuiilniiiH, mid fnuu
Iheucn not tli Nlrctch vimt pinion cov
ered uilh sago brush and juniper.
Ileic the only extensive 'unguium
win I; Iiiih lieeu carried out. Thou
sands of acres are under water and
alfalfa is rawn profilahly. The
noil ix a handy loam, deep mid rich,
only requiring water to make it a
garden HMit. The elevation in aliout
.'1.11)11 to IIIDI) feet and the frequency
of froxlM limit the prodiiclivn xeaMiu.
1'olatocM nod vcetnldeH are rown
ami Home fruit, which hccium lo have
become uccliminated. Tlm Hliort
mmhouh however, will make dairying
the piincipal occiiintion.
lirlKiitlioi luty Pmlilcin.
TI.m irrigated ilinti ict extend
Kedmond, MelohiaH, Mmlnm nm! iiorlliwnnl from Mend for thirty or
Shaniko to (Iiiihk Valley, Mom audj f,V tllii.H with iro-ipetH of l
Wahco; thenue to the Columbia (t 1 rurthor xtciiHiim. The Ur-HchutcH
IliKKH.
The route of the Hill railroad rutiH
from Hutle I'allh via KUh Utke Thhh
to Pelican May, I'ort Klamath, thence
north hktrliau the hawc of the Can
cihIck to f'rcMvnt and Ileml. It ;h
mi citny country for building rail
ioiuIm. Part of the way the riht of
way haM already been bruindicd.
Conhluctioii work, oiu'o Hip OaHcadcii
n'rienmilrnJiiiOMlone nl n' mini
mum or oxptMiHu in record lime.
tllr Pino ltcti.
From Fort Ktanmtli uorlli the
CI
river water is diverted in ninny can
iiIh and Intlcraln. All of (he ciiiiiiIh
are of cailh mnl coiiHtructioii entn
little. The country Iiiih a natural
nlope, which iiiakch irrigation mi cany
piohlem.
After ero-hiuir the Crooked river,
which by the way, in Kpauned lv the
Oregon Trunk wllli tlm inimt remark
able .teel hridfcc in Orfpui, there in
110 irnVatiou. Tlioitb falling in ele
vation the country hccnii.eN drier.
Throughout the whole of Central Ore
gon, however, the rainfall doc not
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PrcMileal Tuft will hpnnk nt the minimi convention of the American Mining CongrotKf of which John Dern, of Salt Lake, 'm president, to he
held in Chieajio from October 'J I to 28
It will he llie object of the convention to work with the law rankers nt Washington to prevent waste of the country's mineral resource.
Waller l Fiher, Secrlary of the Interior, wlio Im Jut returmd from Alaska, will hnve froiat-thing to say on thu development of that ter
ritory. . .. f . ......
K. A. Monclomery, vice prcMileut of the C ongrcus, was a jkkt profipccior bclore he sold a "strike7 cla m in .Nevada to Uinries il. bciiwaa
quircmentn of this now world, will
nchievc abundant success.
There is work nnd fYeHli nir nnl
HimMliine; there ih n rcxponso to jn
tclligent lnbor nml nn adequate M
turn for invested energy; the.ro' "W
abundant opportunity for the diligent
all becoming senrce in crowd!
tenements nnd factory district of
the eAHt.
Tlie Afedforditea returned con
vinced tlmt there nro great oppor
tuntiteN in the land nf the DesClitttefl
but still greater in tlto vnltey of
the Rogue. Thoic who mnde the trip
were Governor Gswnld West, Sam
uel Hill, It. H. Thomson city engineer
of Seattle, II. L. Ilowlby, former
highway commiHsioner of Washing
ton. Charles II. Habcock of Mary
hill, M. B. Brooks of Goldendnle,
Wash., George Mason Trowbridge,
mannging editor of the Portland
Journal; John C. Lewis, Portland;
Charles P. Chamberlain, Seattle, Dr.
J. P. Keddy, Gcorgo Putnam, Bnj.
C. Sheldon nnd Colonel P. L. Tou
Velle of Medford.
FLIRTING PRINCESS HAS
MANY POPULAR SONtiS
iiintry U largely foreM. There aic! exceed mi annual average of eight or
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home large Hllgar ailll VCIIOW lilliu inn" inriir. noine in toe mij;e uiiitii
Iracls tritverHed. but most of the
timber in black pine. The elevation
bet w ecu Fori Klamath mnl Hcnd will
in this section has been cleared off
and Kiaiu farms are supplanting sapo
brush and juniper. The lack of
ptobably average fimn '1000 to odtlOj transportation hitherto lias checked
tcct. The yellow and sugar pine
is ripe for the axe. The black pine
is valueless for timber, but can be
utilir.cd at n profit for paper making.
Theic, nre several basins mid viillevn
more or less extensive in aiea, ti-od
for hay and stock raising purposes.
Some of this laud can be irrigated in
uilvautiiKc. Most of the forest laud
when cleared, however, will bo valu
less except for grazing, HioiikIi it i
piobablo that investigation mid ox
nciiuiciit will demonstrate that cer
tain crops mid grasses can be grown yields of alfalfa. The country is
the development of this section.
Last year the average yield of these
dry farms was not over eight bushels
lo the nere and the crop was consid
ered a failure. In a good yenr from
'JO lo 2. bushels arc harvested. The
only water seemed is from wells
which rnu from -100 to 1000 feet in
depth.
Small Irrigated Vatlc).
Here and there are narrow valleys,
such as Hay valley, irrigated from
small slieams, producing abundant
sparsely settled most of the la'id
taken up and under cultivation being
still in the hands of thy original
homesteader. Scientific drv farming
is beginning to be practiced with
success, At Metolius otatocs and
other vegatables were shown, grown
without a drop of moisture, which
were superior to thoe produced in
western Oregon. The possibilities
in this direction are unlimited.
From Metolius to Shaniko the
country Is still but sparcely settled.
Thousands of ncres remain in the or
iginal sage brush. It was once
known as part of the Great American
Desert, but the soil is fertile, and
with water or with labor and n-'w
methods can he made productive.
To the west can be seen nine snow
capped mountain peaks, extending
from the Three Sinters on' thu. south
fo Ml. Itninier on the north.
Hliccp liaising Fnlllnff Off.
Shaniko was fonnerlv the renter of
a sheep country. Prinevillo is still
a center of the sheep industry.
Central Oregon probably produces
the finest sheep in the world. Xo
finer were ever cxhibitnl nt fairs
than those seen by the Medford ex
cursionists. However, the extension
of c.ivilir.atioti is limiting the ranges,
mid there is said to be less than half
the sheep now raised in Central Ore
gon than there were n few years ago,
From Shaniko it is 70 miles to hc
Columbia mid the country is one
vast rolling wheat field. The plateau
between the John Day and the Dos.
chutes Itivcr is famous for ilr. wheat.
It is one of the grannries of Oregon,
and in a good year, that is, when the
rain falls nt the right season, "thoro
in nn abundant output. Tito average
farm is 800 acres, while 2000 acres
is not :tt all unfreipient. It is the
tendency in this, as in nil wheat coun
tries, to increase the laud holdings
mid thereby lciseri the population,
hence there iH little surprise to find
that these grain comities of Wasco,
Morrow, Gilliam nail Sherman nre
practically stationary in growth, mid
that (heir population is diminishing
rather than increasing. Though the
country has nu annual rainfall of
eight inches, the same methods nre in
vogue as in countries where there i
forty inches of rainfall. The new
methods' nf dry farming nre not in
general use, though n start has been
mnde nnd probably in a few yearn,
the necessity of adopting a new sys
tem will be universally recognized.
Tto Towns With Puturrs.
There are but two towns in Central
Oregon thai HtcnrlL'.lmv'e much of n
future. Thee nre Bend and Metol
ius. Hcnd has many natural advan
tages timber, water, power and other
things which make life worth while.
It is in the center of the irrigated
belt, adjacent lo nn immense timber
tract, nnd has a start toward becom
ing quite a city. Its population is
energetic and enterprising, and real
ize the need of tenni work. There
nre 12Z members of the oomraercitn
club in a town of less than n thou
sand sipiilatinn. No municipal im
provements have been attempted
other than wnter nnd electricity.
Streets are not graded, buildings are
all of wood, but there U the nir and
bustle about the new' town that au
guro well for its future.
The Xew Town MetoIIm.
Metolius is a brand new city.
Most of its buildings nro of brick.
Its sidewalks are of cement. It i
Hnrrimau lines, and will be the oper
ating headquarters. From here n
branch will undoubtedly be extended
toward Priuciille and Bums. It is
the center of a dry arid plain, nnd the
wells that supply the city with wntei
nre 800 feet deep. Hnilroad shops
arc to be erected by both systems and
employes will live here. "Where the
pay roll is, there is the town," hence
Metolius has n certain future.
There are a number of Medford eo
ple in Metolius J. R. Wright hns
the agency for townsite lots;Mrs,
Clnra W. Monlden is the proprietress
of the hotel, and it is by far the bet
hotel in Central Oregon. Newly built,
elegantly furnished with all the mod
ern conveniences, nnd a bill of fare
scarcely equalled in Portland, the
MetohitH hotel is the surprise and
delight Central Oregon.
Ed Pieknrd is the proprietor of the
Melrolius thirst emporium. He is
another Medford man who has cast
his fortune with Metolius. Former
Medford people nre to be found in
many of the towns all of them,
however, expect to return to Medford
wne day anil make it their perma
nent home.
Another town along the railroad
projected extension which thinks it
has n future is Crescent, midway be
tween Bend and Fort Klamath. Cres
cent is on the projected Hill nnd Har
rimnn lines and will nlso be the junc
tion for the projected rnllicur can
yon lino with the Klamath Falls-Natron
line. Streets have been cut
through the woods, and a dozen
buildings erected, comprising n hotel
stores and saloons. However, as
there seems to be no immediate pros
pect of the completion of nnv of these
frnilroad lines in the near future,
the division point of both the Hill and Crescent evidently has a wait before
the realization of its dreams of met
ropolitan greatness.
Central Orvgon Scenery.
The scenery through Central Or
egon is picturesque in places, but us
a rule rather desolate. The Crooked
river winds eaeefully between sheer
precipices of lava, and the Deehutes
tumbles madly through newly poured
lava gorges. But the distant Cas
cades nre grim and barren nnd lack
the soft verdure clad beauty of the
Siskiyous. Neither the Deschutes nor
the John Day compare with the
Rogue in allurement. Sage brush
and juniper plains, vast panoramas,
immense horizons, increase the sense
of loneliness. Here and there is a
minature grand canyon that awes
rather than inspires. Across the
western horizon, gleam the string -of
snow clad mountain peaks. It all
creates the impression of a country
newly made, with the marks of the
creator still fresh upon it. The soft
ening touch of time and the finger
prints of humanity are missed. The
nwfulncss nnd the primness of the
birth of the world still cling to the
landscape.
Central Oregon's Future.
Central Oregon has n future and
a good one. The soil averages bet
ter than that of interior Idaho, Mon
tana, Wyoming nnd other sections
now being irrigated and settled. The
climate is distinctly superior, there
being but little snow nnd much sun
shine. There will be many disap
pointments among homeseekers who
expect a repetition of the conditions
of the middle west, but those who in
form themselves of conditions nnd
come prepared to meet the emergen
cies and adapt themselves to the re-
"My Jack O'Lantern" Is the tttto
of one of the biggest song hlta la
Harry Bulger's starring vehlclo, "Th
Flirting Princess." Mort H. Singer's
success, which comes to Medford
Opera House Thursday, October 12,
sung by Eileen Sheridan, nnd .whis
tled all during the Intermission by
those who hear the same. Other
song hits in the delightful musical
comedy ore "Cairo," "I'vo Been
Kissed in San Francisco," "Ob, These
Men," "Re-Incarnation," "Ho Loves
My Dreamy Eyes," and "Tell Her In
the Golden Summer." "The Flirting
Princess" brings that beauty chorus
(of which the Chicago papers spoke
so much the past winter, and Medford
will have a chance to see "The Three
Dozen American Beauties," as one ot
the critics recently called them.
WOMAN SUIOUES A
MANIAC WITH PIN
SAX JOSE. Cat.. Oct. 6. Mrs. T.
Otis of Congress Springs is today
congratulating herself on her escape
from a maniac whom she subdued
with no other weapon than a hatpin,
after halt an hour's fight.
The assailant was F. M. York,
who became violently Insane and, en
tering the Otis home in the early
morning hours, attacked Mr. Otis and
beat him into Insensibility with the
butt of a revolver. Sirs. Otis tntm
seized a hatpin and drove him from
the house alter a hard struggle.
Yorke is In the county jail here
today.
SACRAMENTO, Cal. John B.
Breeze, under arrest in San Francisco
and wanted In Pierce county, Wash
ington, on a chargo of wire desertion,
will be taken back for trial.
Why Ashland Talks of Injunction Proceedings Against County Road Construction1
Attorney F.. I). IliiggV of Ashland,
who appeared before llie county court
Wednesday mid threatened injunction
piocccdings in behalf of Ashland peo
ple, lo stop payment of county war
rants issued lo pay for tlm Central
Point road now being built, made pub
lic his reasons therefor iu the follow
ing interview:
Salil Mr. Briggss
"In regard to the injunction suit
thrcnlcncil agaiiiHt tlm County Treas
urer and the County Court, a Medford
iniiiuf staled that mi iuiuuctioii suit
hud been brought. Thin wiih n inin-
lukc, none Iiiih been brought. I ad
vised the, county court that a friend
ly injunction milt bo instituted iu ro
lation to thu bond Ihhuo mid thu ciiko
expedited in order to get n decision
from the Supremo Court ot tlto btato
of Oregon, That if hihiIi mill was
brought u decision could Im obtained
within iv few weeks mid it would re
sult in thu county getting thu In
creased premium for the IioiiiIh in
case tlio (IuuIkIoii wiih fitvorablo to
the bonds, and in ciiko it wiih against
the bonds Ihou it was better that tlio
legality of tlio bonda bo known at
nnco.
"1 asked Mm county court whether
t)u amount thai hud been expended
on Ilia roods during tlm bciihoii of
11)11 would bo paid from thu bond
money or whether it wuh intended
that in onso the bonds woru valid
Hint the amount realized out of thu
bunds would ho expended for future
improvement !. thu minis, The
county court informed me Hint the
wording of the resolution iu regard
to tint lioiids was that it was to uiise
money for future improvements, mid
that iu all probability nothing that
had been done would he deducted
from the amount of the bonds.
Wauls Improvement to Cciiho,
"On examining the records of
county warrants I ascertained that
amounts ranging from twenty-five
thousand dollars to sixty thousand
dollars u mouth had been voted by
the county court for road improve
ments during tlm during tlm past
summer, and was informed that
oven this mouth tlm amount of road
wnrranlH would bu npproximutoly
twenty-six thoufnnd dollars. 1 sug
gested that thcHo improvements
cease unless the amount could bo tak
en from tlm bond money, nn it would
innko t floating indebtedness of tlm
county of inoro than one-half mil
lion dollars over and above tlio bond
issue, mid nlso stated to thu court
that thro woudd bo an injunction suit
brought against tlio uounty treasurer
to restrain him from pitying tlio war
riuttti that had been issued by tlm
court without legal authority and iu
violation to thu slate constitution
prohibiting mi indebtedness to exceed
five thousand dollars.
Injunction Threatened.
"I stated to tlio court tlmt parlies
had already spoken lo mo to bring
mi iuiuuctioii to restrain Hie payment!
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; of thu county warrantH issued il
legally mid that iu all probability
1 within tlio next fow days nn injunc
1 lion would ho applied for, mid I still
1 think that will ho thu icuttlt, It is
the general impression among boost
el's of our neighboring towns that
Ashland is a mossback town mid is
not ui favor of the development of
tlio county An Ashland man is bound
to get it rubbed iiito him whenever he
visits some of these neighboring
towns, and it does not set very well
on the shoulders of some of us be
oatiso we consider Ashland and the
people of Aslilmid as truly progres
sive ns any otheriseetion of Jackson
county. They are not boomers, they
nro conservative progressionists. It
seems to bu the idea of the Medford
people that everyone in tlio city of
Ashland is opposed to the growth of
the city if Medford. If thero is such
u feeling in existence, I huvo never
been able to discover it. I think the
fueling of tlio people of Ashland to
ward Medford is far mom kindly
than tlio feeling of Medford toward
Ashland. The people of the city of
Ashland by a majority oppo-sed tlio
isssuing of thu bonds of the county.
They had their own reasons for it,
hut tlio reason was not because the
people of the city were opposed to the
improvement of tlio county roads,
but it was becausu a section of the
county paying; mom than one-third
of tlio taxes or the county had been
entirely or nenrly so, ignored by tlio
county court in the ijiatter of tlio im
provement of roads in that section,
ltoml KvpomlltuiTH.
"During tho present administration
mom than oiio-lmlf million dollars
has been expended for vond purposes
in Jackson county This seotion of
tho county has not received mom tlinn
it mum pittance of that sum, while
our mads hem are iu bad condition
mid they nre main thoroughfare.
On the other hand we look at the ex
pendituro in other localities. It i
plain that the Woodville and Apple
gate sections of Iho county have tin
same grievances that the we have,
and with this immense amount ot
money amounting to one-half million
dollars that has been expended upon
the avenues and roadways leading
into the city of Medford. The Derby
road which cost a great many thou
sand dollars, was constructed when
tho number of people 'that it would
accomodate and that had reason to
travel over the road wns very limited.
Many thousand dollars has been ex
pended upon the desert east of tiie
city of Medford where them am very
few people to be accoinodatetd. The
comity has graded nnd graveled the
Gore lane, ns it is called,.ying on the
west side of the rnilrond track be
tween Medford and. Central Point,
furnishing one good avenue of con
nection between thoso two towns
and now Iho county court is seeking
to pul another avenue on thu other
side of tho track, so that them will be
two avenues connecting thoso two
towns
Want Klamath 'ltoml.
"The peoplo of Iho cify of Ashland
hnvo importuned the, county couvl
time mid time again- to contribute
something townrd the road lending
from hero to the cast of the moun
tains in Klamath county The Kin
niiitli County Court has made a good
road leading from Klamath Palls to
tho county lino near Porkers Station.
Tho people of the city of AMilnnd
hnvo raided by subscription n lnnje
amount of money in times past to
improve this road because it was a
mad that was necessarily traveled
by a very large number of people.
Almost every day during the fruit
reason from one to fivo teams load
ed with fruit would leave Ashlnnd for
Klamath Falls ami the country con
tiguous thereto.
''Then again, tho Dead Indinn road
lending to Fort Klamath is a road
that is used by ft great number of
peoplo nnd has been almost impassa
ble but for private assistance of
Ashland building that road nnd keep
ing it up in repair. Wo have never
had n mad over tho Siskiyou 'moun
tains leading over into California
and for twenty years an effort has
been made to seouro n road leading
over into California. Tho county
court has nover seen proper to con
tribute ono cent to it. For many
years the portion lying across Bear
creek east of tho city of Ashland,
embracing a largo rich teritory of
agricultural lands has been without
a bridge across Bear creek, but tp
tho credit of the county court let it
bo said that within tho last ypar by
tho people of Ashlnnd contributing
n larp,o portion of tho same, the
county court has placed a $1700
bridgo thero which should have boon
placed there twenty years ngo. While
tho bridge is not such a bridgo ns the
peoplo of Ashland mid that locality
is entitled to, still it will nnswor o
get noross the creek and yo try to
ho satisfied with small favors.
Ashland Peels Sllsiitcd.
"When till thoso things am consid
ered is it straugo that tho people ot
Ashland, who would have to event
ually pay Miu-half million dollars n
tlicbonded indebtedness, nnd not re
ceive recognition in the expendituie
mid improvement of its own roads,
should feel a little soro nnd decline
to pay ona-linlf million dollars of
their good money to develop portions
"During the past season tho city of
Ashlnnd lias been culled upon to put
iu n bridgo in the center of tho city,
costing a number of thousand dollnr?..
Tho county court pays nothing to
ward it, tho peoplo of this city did "!,
but on tho other hand in tho heart
of the city of Medford is a bridge
tlmt the city ought to build and main
tain but thu people of tho city of
Xredford were shrewd enough to
ovnde the building of that bridge by
providing in tho charter that the
bridgo should belong to tho county
but it is no mom tlinn right if Ash
land puts in its bridges iu tho city
limits, nnd tho city had about twen
ty of them, tlmt tho city of Medford
should build its one bridgo at its own
expense.
Feel tho Injustice.
"Thereforo as I havo said bofore,
it is not becnuso tho peoplo of tho
city of Ashland nro not progressive
and do not want good roads, but bo
oauso tjioy foel that tho county court
in tho past has boen unjust to Ash
lnnd and judging by the past thev do
not expect to roup much benefit from
tlio county court in tho future If tho
amount of money that is now being
oxpeuded upon tho county roads bo
tween Medford nnd Central Point and
nny other places in tho vicinity of
Medford cannot be recouped from tho
)ond issue, then as ono citizen and
taxpayer of Jackson county, I be
lieve that the work should censo and
that no other expense should bo in
curred on thoso roads until such ex
pense can be met from tho proceeds
of the bonds, nnd if the county court
is not willing to do that, I think it
is not only the privilege but tho duty
of any loyal citizen of Jackson coun
ty to support n suit which would
stop these exiieuditures which will
create a floating indebtedness in
Jackson county of over one-half mil
lion dollars.
Club Xot Concerned.
"Tho Commercial club of the city
of Ashlnnd has been credited at being
at tho bottom of the injunction pro
ceedings. I wish to state that the
matter has not Icon before tho Com
mercial club at nil Tno partib do
siring 6iich action are not nil from
tho city nf Ashland but they ato all
responsible citizen? of Jackson coun
ty nnd nil of them nre heavy tax
payers. "I noticed by n local Medford nfli
pcr that a party in Medford are will
ing to indemnify contractors nnd
others for nny losses in the premises
of an injunction. If so I would sug
gest that greater care bo tnken to
secure pnymont that) wns taken to
secure payment of the fivo thousand
dollars subscribed in behalf of the
rtoguo Bivor Eloctrio compnny tin a
donation towards building tho Derby
road which subscription, I under
stand, hns not been paid and the
obligors now rcpudlntu It, so I mil
informed,"
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