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in estlmatlug tlio piufi'Hnlonnl
character tit Geuernl Hmllh, an emi
nent I'ligluoorlug initlioflty lumen this
tosllmeiiy: "ll oxcchi In unllliig
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lug tho visionary uud imprnctlcnblo
among tho many uW thlunn which
arise conuucled with tlio onglucorlug
sclouco uud prncllce. And to thiifco
pecullatltlos nnd to hlit until lug In
dustry Is duo tlio largo inonsuru of
success Hint lie him won tin a civil
engineer."
In hlH life us u (Itlson tlio gciieiiil
Is nn nctlvo imillrliuillt 111 whatever
In 1 S8 ( lio iiiuriled MIhh .liiHcplilnu
Hart well of St. CittliKiluo'ii, Oittuilo,
An only mm of thin niari'liigo In (Ici
nlil Cnniplidll Hooy Kinllli.
NOTHM3 TO MINK OWNKHN,
All porfluiin who aro doMtiouii or
securing npiTco In tho Modtord Mining
Juhllno Hook mi tlio inliiernl roiiouro
cit of iioiitliOrii Oregon mill uortliiiiii
Cnllrorhln, to ho IhhikmI Kohy. 1, 1U',
Miould lininedlatoly cull upon or ad
dross V. W, Pnttoi'Boii or Guy T.
Thratihor, Nnnh hotel, Mudford, Ore.
Picturesque Hero of the Civil War Resides
Oil Beautiful Orchard Tract Near This City
floors Tor 15 to 30 storlen into tho
utr in Chicago, General Smith linn
boon consulted and has devised n sjh
tent ot resting their foundations upon
piers and piling footed upon rucks
which will givo to thorn iho ponnu
iicnro and stability of tho solid earth.
Ho tins llkowlso devised a triple
system of thoroughfares through tho
already congested streets of his city
which, though at pronont thought
premature, will ho lit Iho future In
dlDpensablo if Chicago attnlnn tho
metropolitan inngultudo to which its
! In undertiiUcii for tho pulillt' khimI ami
a liberal contributor to bciiovolunt
LlllHtltUtlOllH.
In Genoral "William Sooy Smith,
now living upon nn orchnrd near the.
city, Medtord possesses ono ot tlio
most iilcturrsqno heroes ot tho civil
war, who won fnmo ns n dashing
cavalry lender nnd rhlof ot cavalry
under Grant In his Vicksburg cam
imlfjii, ami later under Shormnn,
Benntor George K. Chnmbcrlnln bus
recently Introduced a bill to restore
General Sooy Smith, now in his 82nd
MtftH Hnven r lluffalo who bocauio
tho wife of Mr. Smith in 1KB I, iiiir
vlvod only k yoni-s, leaving nn only
Htm, Cliarlo Hooy tinilth, an Olillneiit
civil onglnetir and contractor, living
In Iho city f Now York. (Ictiornl
Smith miuTlcd, In Ii?fi2, Mlmi Auuft
Durham, ilnimlitcr 'f H V V
Durlmni, ot Howling Green, Kentucky,
who died In 1KSS without Imiim.
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Inr nrmy a fitting recognition of a
career at onco eminent and success
ful. Genoral Smith Is nn Ohlonu by
lilrth, TnTlton, 'Pickaway county, be
ing tlio ltlaco ot his nativity. His
parents wero Judgo Sooy nnd Ann
(Hedges) Smith, tho father a native
of tho etato of New Jersey and the
tmothcr ot Maryland. Although of
Irish llnoago, tho first American nn
reslor of tho patornal lino of the fam
ily was ono of tho colonists who ac
companied William Penn, and like
him was allied to tho Society of
Friends. Notwithstanding tho peace
ful and non-resistant tenets of tho
Quaker sect, martial blood flowed in
the veins of tho nncostors ot General
Smith add warmed his own hqart, for
his grandfather, while yet a lad.
earned tho commendation of Goneral
Washington for his daring in carry
ing dispatches through tho enemy's
lines in New Jersey, and his fathor
organized and equipped at his own
expense- nnd commanded a company
'of volunteers In tho war of 1S12.
With a largo faintly and only mod
crato moans, tho father could do no
Cnoro for his children than nurture
their infancy and give them the ele
ments of instruction which tho
Echools ot tho vicinity afforded. In
theso William Sooy learned all that
was taught, especially distinguishing
himself by his ready mastery ot arith
metic, many ot whoso intricate prob
lems ho solved mentally, and became
recognized as a mathematical prod
igy. While these studies were going
on he worked at tho bonch, having
learned tho cordwalner's trade of his
father- At tho ago of 14, thirsting
for a hotter education than the local
schools -afforded, ho accepted the of
fer of his time from his fathor all
that ho was ablo to give him and
set out in a wagon for Athens, the
Beat of the Ohio university, GO miles
distant, whore ho arrived absolutely
penniless. He was introduced to tho
teacher of a private school, after
wards Prof. James M. Safford, the
eminent geologist, by his brother.
"This is my brother Dill, a piece of
raw material. Seo what you can mako
of him." He was recolved into tho
.family, doing chores as compensa
tion for his board. Aftor six months
his instructor was appointed to a pro
fessorship in tho university, and his
pupil remained in his servico and un
der his instruction. Including his
preparatory studies, ho spent five
years in tho institution.
Later in the course ho became a
member in tho family of Profoseor
Williams of tho university, whoro ho
was treated with kindness and con
sideration. To payMils tuition and
board and to defray his othor ex
penses ho acted as Janitor of tho col-
lego buildings, ddlug the laborious
work with his own hands, bolng con
stantly engaged with his work and
studies from G in tho morning until
9 at night, while he occupied tho tlmo
in vacations In caring for tho college
campus. For his labor ho received a
fixed compensation of eight cents per
hour, and earned tho sobriquet of
"Professor of Dust and Ashes." Dut
ho studied as well as worked, keep
ing up with Ills classes, and grad
uated with distinction as a scholar in
3 849, having paid all nig bills, and
with an accumulated capital at grad
uation of $50.
Tho train of circumstances which
led to his recolvlng an appointment
us cadet at tho West Point military
academy would bo doomed by gome
an accident; but by othors rocognlzod
as a providonco. A young compan
ion of his youth, who was a cadet,
Teturned to die. IIo urged his friend
William Sooy to apply for tho vacan
cy. Perceiving his opportunity to
continue hIs(mathomutical nnd scien
tific studies, ho obtulnod recommen
dations of college faculty nnd frionds,
made application to Hon. Samuol V.
Vinton, tlib member of congress with
whom tho appointment lay, and
among a list of'numoroiis and form
idable competitors, backed by influen
tial friends and political influences,
lie, a friendless and uii unknown
youth, wus gratlflod with receiving
tlio appointment. Aftor cureful con
sideration, Mr. Vinton said: "I will
givo you tho appointment; now mako
a man of yoursolf."
Ho entorod tho military academy in
June, 1849, and in duo courso of four
ycara graduated tho sixth in a chtbs
of G2, Ho was tho aaost export
horseman of bis fallows and secpnd
to nouo in tlio small sworcl exeralsq,
Amou.fi nls cluBsmnjos who became
distinguished In subsoquont years
woro Generals McPhorsou, Schoflold,
and Shorldan of tho Union army, and
General Hood ot tho Confodcrato
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General William Sooy Smith.
service. Ho was commissioned as
second lioutonant by brevet, and as
signed to duty In the Third regiment
of United States arMllery, at Gover
nors Island, Xw York, and after
ward was promoted as second lieu
tenant and assigned to the Second
artillery, stationed in New Mexico.
In the "piping times of penes" llfo
headquarters in tho city of Chicago,
though often called lit execution of
Important engineering works to dis
tant parts ot the country. Ho lias
been entrusted with gipintlc engi
neering works, both by the govern
ment and by corporations and by pri
vate individuals, and brought to their
plans and oxecutlon boldness, a safe
tn n military ivnt on ttio frontier, to anil nrrnratn mlrmant --uit In,,,.
an officer whose mind has beenjulty of invention, and careful scrut
qulckoned into intense activity byiiny of details, so that nut a single
years of study, becomes almost in
supportably monotonous. Ambitious
to become something moro than a
martinet, and to lead a life .more stir
ring than that of a iiolyp, Lieutenant
Smith threw up his commission and
resigned from the army and entered
engineering work.
While engaged upon the Savannah
bridge, the guns trained upon Fort
Similiter" bad beon fired from south
ern batteries, and the engineer, de
ciding that the flag of the union wus
entitled to his services as a soldier
In the dread arbitrament of war,
made good his escape through the
well guarded lines. lie at once ten
dered Ills services to the authorities
of his native state, and was commis
sioned oolonol of the Thirteenth reg
iment of Ohio Volunteer infantry. He
commanded this regiment in the
West Virginia campaigns under Mc
Clellan aud Itosecrans, twice wlnnhiK
meritorious mention for gallant con
duct, and then proceeded with it to
Kentucky where he Joined tho forces
organising undur General Iluell as the
army of tho Ohio.
At tho battle of Shiloh he com
manded a brigade, captured Standi
ford's Mississippi battery, and by his
gallantry won his promotion to the
rank of brigadier general. After the
battle of Stono river, he was trans
ferred to Grant's army in the rear of
Vlcksburg He participated in the
movement against Joseph B. John
ston's nrmy at Jackson. He was
made chief of cavalry of the military
division of the Mississippi, attached
to Goneral Grant's staff, and whs also
on staff duty -with Genoral Sherman
in tho same capaslty. Ills engineer
ing qualities wore called into requi
sition. A correspondent , wroto from the
frent: "On the advance ot Genoral
Diioll's column' from Uowllng Groan,
tho railroad destroyed by the retreat
ing robols wns rebuilt under tho su
perintendence of Cornel W. S. Smith.
Three bridges were rebuilt: two of 90
foot spun each, aud a mile of track
built in ono day. General ISuell was
so pleased witu tlio onergotlc per
formance of this work that lib placed
Colonol Smith id charge of all the
roads loading into Nashville."
That ho was highly apprsciated by
tho officers associated .with him Is
utlestod by tholr pro anting him a
magnificent gold mountod sword,
jowoieu witn procioiiB gems, upon
whioh Is ongravod tho werds: "Pro
scntod to Gen. Win, Sooy Smith by
tho officers of tho 13 O. V. I.," and
tho memorial words "Shiloh" arid
"Carnifox."
In Soptomber, 18G-1, Gonoral Smith
having been prostrated by a sevoio
attack of inflammatory rheumatism
and disabled from actlvo service,
doemlng it inconsistent with duty to
Ills country ,to ocoupy a position of
liljjh imnortanca wljilo unahlo to per
f.orin its duUes, thus keenhij; from
actlvo service others qualified, to ron
dor it, roslguod his commission.
With returuliiK hoalth, Goneral
Smith rosumod professional llfo with J
failure is found among his great un
dertakings. Tho class of work in
which ho has had tho groatost em
ployment Is that of brldgo piers nnd"
caissons of ponderous structures, ren
dering necessary subaqueous and sub
terranean excavations.
His first engineering work nfter
the war was the protection built about
tho Waugoshance lighthouse, at tho
western entrauco or the Straits of
Mackinac. TIiIb is in some respects
the most w-ondorful engineering work
in America. This caisson, designed
in 1S07, was the first pneumatic cais
son sunk in this country, and it is
thought to lie the first sunk in the
world. Its design was ontiroly orig
inal with General Smith, and for it
he received an award at the Centen
nial exposition (one of tlio two
awards given to American engineers)
ami conferred by a Jury composed of
some of the foremost engiuoers of tho
world. About the same time ho was
engaged In opening the approach to
the harbor of Green Hay by cutting
a straight channel through a grassy
Islam, instead of deepening the old
tortuous channel around It.
The construction of great railroad
bridges over tho shifting current, nnd
treacherous sands of the Missouri
river lias occupied much of his tlmo
and Ingenuity. Tho first of these
was the brldgo at Omaha, thon thut
at Loavunworth, aud later ho built,
or helped to build, tho bridges at
Boonovlllo, Glasgow, Plattsmouth,
Sibley and Kansas City. IIo con
structed the screw pllo piers for
bridges over the Mobilo river, on tho
line of the Mnbllo aud Montgomery
railroad, and two of the same kind
across Suit cruok, In Nebraska.
Ills great engineering work was
tho preparation of plans for a tunnel
under the Detroit rivor. For bold
ness, originality and. thorough provi
sion for overy difficulty that tlio
work can present, theso dosigns aro
acknowledged to bo unsurpassed:
thjoy have boon approved by a board
of ongineers assembled to consider
thetot. and Indorsed by dlstiuglilslied
memboi-H of the profession In this
Jjouritry nnd Kuropo. Ho also partly
excavated a tunnel under tho rivor
at Port Huron, which was only dis
continued when tlio railroad company
narty to tho contract failed to comply
with Its ugroomonfj. Ho was mainly
instrumental in getting a board un
pointed by tlio government to mako
tests of tho properties of American
Iron arid steol, and was a mombor of
this hoard during its entire exUteuco,
His study and observation convinced
him of tho very great advantages
possossod by stool over all othor kinds
of mntorlnl for bridge building. Ho
designed and constructed tho great
stool bridge at Glasgow for tho Chi
cago & Alton railroad company, tho
first all staol brldgo ovor built. Tills
magnificent struoturo commands tho
admiration of all who hoo it, not only
by its symmetry and strength but
ttlit by tho architectural bounty of its
design. '
In tho planning of tho great build-
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10 II. P. Runabout Fully Kq nipped
$873 l' O. 15. Medl'onl
Specifications of 20 h. p. Chassis
MOTOR Four (I) cylinder (lO horso powor water cooler 3 Vi
Inch bora by 3-lnch stroke.
TRANSMISSION -Selcctlvo alldlug goarstwo (2) forward speeds
and reverse.
CLUTCH -Multiple Disc type touslnn adjusting plugs on clutch
springs ten (10) plntua used enclosed In gunr oasu and run
nine In oil. .
ItKAIt AXIK Shaft drive propeller shaft onclotwd within steol
tube which tnkos all torsion dlffereuUnl housing wall
ribbed Hyatt roller on outer end of nxle nxle ends tapered.
llitAKKS Two (2) foot brakos acting 'In roar' whe.jls Two (S)
emergency brakes In rear whools both Internal ux pa mil u go
ID" Inch drums non-burn lining.
FltONT AXLC Drop forging "1" beam soot Ion Integral spring
seats,
STHHItlNG (IRAK Rack and pinion typo.
SPRINGS AND i'RAMIC IVame pressed stetil .nhannel four (I)
crow member Hprltign two (X) Heml-olllplUtal front one pat
onttiil cross spring In nwr dl run nttacliod to all spring Iwita.
r', RIH'R WTO R Float feed automatic.
IGNITION HinhjIi High Tension Maguoto Klxtl rk.
COOMNO YIITHM Merowies type mdiatiir thnrmomyphon sys
tem of circulation using S gallon's of wator.
FINISH IIUI'P blue body white striping gmy wheels.
TlltlCSaOxU inches all around, nxcnpt rear of RAadster and ('iiih,
.11x3 K.
V I lit HI, IIAS1C Klghty-slx itirhes. Tread Standard or goutntrn.
RKGIH,AR KQIHPM14NT With Runabout nnd ltoadstitr For
dmirs, standard high grade top (not Including dust cover), xlg
zo g wludshluld mirror luuso headlights, uioiiutml on MpDclnlly
diMlgucd headsets, gas neiTurator, .1 oil lnmM, horn, tools, tiud
couipleto repair kit. Special Coupo liiliiiitmt.
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Specifications of 32 h. p. Touring Car
MOTOR Four (-1) cyllndor 32 II, P. wntor coolod 3" boro
x 5 stroke cylinders cast on bloo vnlvos on mo sldo
inlet nnd oxhanst mnnlfolds cast wlth cylinder block thrno
(3) bearing crank shaft.
TRANSMISSION Sliding selective systom tiiroo speeds forward
and ono roverso universal Joint of tho trunnion block typo.
CLUTCH Mulllplo disc adjustable flprlng tonsion 13 Inch dlsos.
RKAIl AXLn Full floating prop'ollor shnft enclosed In tubular
hoiiHlng axlo casing built from central casting and tttool tubes
two Howcr roller bearings on nxlo tube for the roar wlieols.
MIAKKS Two (2) by 'twelve (12) InchoH faced with nsbnslos
service braku cdntructlng pedal emurgenoy brnko oxpaudlug
hand.
FRONT AXLK "I" Hcctlon ono )loco, wliooln tmuintcil on nowor
high duty roller bearings.
BTKHRINO GUAR Steering Gear worm and nut Irrovofslbhj.
SPRINGS AND FRAMF. Frnnio pressed chnnnol steel on sflinl
olllptlc springs of alloy steel with hrouxu busliud oyit t
oiited croiH spring In roar,
CONTROL Control lovers In cuntor of car.
IGNITION' lloseli High Tension Magneto varlablo advtuirn.
COOMNC1 SYHTH.M Thornio.syphon cillular radlalor-bclt dilveii
fan.
LUHRICATION Oil feed by pnwesiiro to all botirlugs and cylinders.
CARIll'RKTOIt Automatlo dash adjustment fed from tnuk un
dor iIiimIi,
TIRU8 30x3 j liichott clincher all itrotiud.
WHICKL II ASK 100 tiKihos.
TRIOA I) Standard or Southern.
RHGULAR HQUIPMI6NT Ono ploco ndjiislablo windshield gun
liondllghtH goiiorutor"
complete repair kit,
WHIGUT 1S00 pounds.'
throo oil lainpHfhoruploolHi
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Valley Auto Company
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J. W.. KEYES, Manager
North Holly Street MEDFORD, OREGON
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