'wnrnroTTO mm: rmv,TTm;mmoRTfl'mvxio, Tuesday, octobkr i, u2n.
ATOXfE TEE"
DAN APPLEGATE
FOUND DEAD AT
E
Memories of Bygone Days Haunt
Historic Jacksonville, Says Writer;
First Gold Found in December, 1851
ASHLAND. Or., Oct. 1. Sp!.)
Dan Applcguto, son or pioneer
parent, born tit Yoncallu, Ore., In
1868, wiia found dead in his bed
at. bis home on Ciranilo Htrcct
about six o'clock on FrJduy morn
' ing Death was due to u heart
condition from which ho Ihih Buf
fered for aoino time. Mr. Apil;
gato hud recently returned from
a trip to tho northern part of the
AtalG and wiis feeling so much Im
proved Unit ho was planninK a
hunting trip for tho near future.
During the nltfht he hud Ixm-m rerU
emt but had not complained of
feeling badly. i
The declined wiih the grand-non
of JcBfie ApploKatc, Hlurdy pio
neer, who led the Immigrant train
acroHs tho continent In 1813, and
was ono of the fiiriui'iitlul figurrH
Jn early Oregon hlatory. Mr, Ap
plcgato spent bin early yearH in
Yoncollo, Oregon, and 42 yearn
ago, in 1887 becam connected i
with the America u KxprcHH com- j
pany, working for the company
for 12 years in Portland. Thirty
years ago ho was transf erred to j
the Ashland offlco and had per-j
Konal charge of the local office j
for all of the time up to last sum-'
mer when ho retired from tho po-l
Hition after 42 years of service for
tho company.
Mr. Applegate whs a member of
the Ashland lodge of Elks and ut
ono time served as exalted ruler
of the lodge and has alno held
other offices In tho organisation.
in isya, Mr. Applcgato was
married to Miss Klla Cellars of
Drain, Oregon and to tho union
two duughtorA were born, who
with tho widow survive their
father. Mies Gladys Applcgato
resides with her parents In Ash
land. Mrs. M 1 1 d r o d Applegate
JClum mukes her home In Hono
lulu. Tho funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon at tho Elks' templo it
2 o'clock. Kov. 1 K. Hammond
in churgo of tho service.
were pocking flour and other goods
to the gold mines of northern Cali
fornia After dinner, while wann
ing their tinware In the strenm,
one of them suw a small nugg.
booking morn carefully he found
other small migKcts in the stream
bed. So little importance did they
stressjiiid turmoil, when the hot, (attach to their find that they did
virile blood or youth ran through not even Htnke out a claim. Meet
hi veins dnys that have gone -o i ing J. ft. J'oole and Jir.i Cluggage.
return no more except an mellow j they told them of having found
rncmorlcH in the tranquil Indian , gold in their camp on Ashland
summer of his life. j creek.
There is something elusive about a few weeks later, or. to be ex-
Jacksonville a subtle MUggesllon.net, early in Januarv. 1K.12. CIul-
way you happen on what once was! of familiarity which evades you. j gage and Poole camped there, an-1
n ghost city of tlie west. .Many i ne quiet una empty nusiness, near unrtni: In a ravine, close to
of the ghost cities today are but' streets drowsing' in the midday. Ashland creek, they ft.-mid' coarse
The road to Oregon's yesteryears
lies not along the main traveled
highways. To go back to the era
of tho pack train and stage coach
you must follow the dirt mads to
the back of the beyond country.
At the far end of some deeply-rut
ted, water-washed, overgrown road
VISITS IN TALENT GOLD HILL BURNS:
memories, while In others a few
gray-bearded Vloiieers sitll linger
to dream of the glory that 0111:0
was theirs. Kor more than 40 years
I have rambled over the west on
horseback or afoot, by stage and
river steamer, by train and y ; ce
neat, the weather- worn nrlr KOHj in i,irffn quantities. They
houses, almost hidden from sight taked claims and passed the word
uy mine masses oi .Mission roses, j on to two friends, Wilson and Skln
and the unrestrained luxuriance of : or. They named their strike Hlcfi
the surrounding shade trees, worn : oulch. Soon the rumor ran up
tunny ra miliar vaguely reminis- ,i( ,oWn the trail that new dis
cern. You are haunted by the feel- , ,,jn,.H nil,i ((e(.n tiuk and that the
auto, visiting the sites of the cities j Ing that just around the corner j )my dirt was so rich that a man
that once were and interviewing Is the solution of the mystery, itut could pan out a tincupftil n day.
the men and women who helped j the turned corner reveals nothing. Farmers In the Willamette valley
make history In the long-gone day, j The feeling persists. Wraithlike ; heard the rumor, and by daybreak
Where, today, Is Mutintsylvani t. j nd dim. the memories of other ' n,,xt morning they were headed
which of old time was a few mib-s days, days long gone, throng tht? ytui h( Miners from creek and
io the westward of Mllwaukle? It j streets days when Jacksonville ! j,U(,n ((mI of California joined
waxed and Waned and passed away, j was the largest city between Saiij,n,. ntmpede. Tly February. Kich
Kid orad o and Maineur City, onec . 1' ranelseo and Portland. Itut the (Julcli was staked. Aonler & Ken-
thriving mining camps, today aro, streets of Jacksonville no longer Pyi al Yreka, loaded a pack train
liasture land. Sailors' Digglns has' echo to the booted heel of the. j witn whlskev, tobacco, boots, rough
bearded miner. No longer are its ; einthtiig. heans. flour and bacon,
streets thronged with park trains Hn( headed north for ltich Gulch,
and freight outfits. The flagstones I xiiev arrived - in February ami
framed in . living green. N-M started a store In a tent. A few
lapsed back to nature. Pacific
City, located nvuv the mouth of
the Columbia, once aspired to lie
the metropolis ((f the Oregon coun-'are
try.
the
ASHLAND
it Is no more. Montlcello. in longer do the streams flow from 1 weeks later W. W. Fowler ptt up
Cowlitz, Is but n memory. San the encircling foothills chooolafc ! ., , eabln. the first house to ir.t
tliim t:iiy, on the Kanllain river a , brown from the' earth thrown into I U) u t ne now (amp. Western lum-
iew nines uoove us nioiiin, nas
passed from the memory of man.
What of Cincinnati, which once as
pired to be the state capital? I,
loo, has passed. Zena and liloom
Ington, .lennyopolis ami Marysvltle,
Starr's Point nnd Calapooys, lmp-
uua City and The Dardanelles, live I are grass-grown and rarely travel-i lH(.co Kui,j nt $16 a puund. Salt was
long torn and rocker, lotiay tnese bi-riacks and old-time loggers from
sea-seeking streams flow crystal I M; j,,,, f(.He(I tho m.,IV,y trees,
clear from the springs that givo ' wn ipsa wed them Into lumber and
them birth. The old trails J hat 8nU, th(1 roUK lumber at $250 a
wind with many a sinuous curve thousand.
through hills covered with oak and ynQ winter of '.12 was a hard
laurel, manzanita and evergreen. Wlnter. Provisions ran short. To-
TALKNT Ore., Oct. 1. (Spl.)
Walter Sow'ash and wife and dau
ghter, Kvelin, arrived here from
Allddleton, New York, Sept. 2.'
Mr. Sowash Is a nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. M. J,. Estcs, and will be
remembered by many old resi
dents of Talent having lived hero
during his ;hoyhood ! and attended
tho school fiore. Ho enlisted in
the world war in 1913, and served
in Franco. Since returning to this
country he has resided In New
York state. They expect to make
an extended visit.
Hob Ilullen left for Seattle in
company with Lent Frlnji Sept. 27.!
Hob expects to visit his father in
Seattle for a few days. Mr. Itruil
ley of Talent accompanied them
as far as Dfllard.
Charles Harris of Ashland was
calling on friends In Talent Sept.
The itcheeca club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Ncwhouse in the
IJellevIew Jistrict October 4.
Mr. antl Mrs. Dennis have traded
their home south of Talent on the
Pacific highway to Mr. Wilson of
Watsonville. Calif.
. A. T. I -ester and wife of Med
ford wero the guests of Mrs. Bow
man, September 20.
Portland Four-story warehouse
will be constructed at East Oak
and Third streets for the Frawlcy
Clnrk company in near future.
COLD HILL, Oct. 1. (Special)
Catching fire In tho upper por
tion supposedly from a defective
flue, tho old McClendon house on
Main street was badly damaged
last week. ; The major portion of
the furniture was saved.
The Woman's Relief Corp met
Wednesday afternoon in their hall.
Visitors from Grants Pass were
present.
Amethyst Hebekah lodge Birve a
dance Friday night. The proceeds
.will go to their convention fund.
There will be another dance on
October 3 2.
Among the visitors to Medford
last week were, Mrs. C. W. Mar
tin, Mrs. Dill Ferguson, Helen
Shoemaker, Mrs. Tony Itoss, Ruby
Ouakcnbush and Mrs. Jack Pick-ard.
Earl Adams is remodeling the)
house owned by Bud Force which
was damaged by fire last week.
John Hammersly still lias a very
bad hand. I
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Milk Plant Burns j
MODESTO, Cal., Sept. 30. iP) ;
Fire, which yesterday destroyed
tho main buildings of the Hughson I
Condensed Milk company at Hugh-j
son, caused nearly $7o(000 damage.
Reconstruction will start immedi
ately. -
Real Dyes
are easier
to use
DIAMOND DYES are used by
practically the same method as
any other dye. They go on easier,
though more smoothly and evenly;
without spotting or streaking. That's
because they are made from real
anilines, without a trace pf fillers to
injure fabrics or give tilings that
redyed look.
Diamond Dyes contain the highest
qitality anilines that money can buy.
That's why they give such clear,
bright, new-looking colors, which
keep their depth and brilliance so
remarkably through wear and
washings.
Next time you have dyeing to do,
try Diamond Dyes at our risk. See
that they are easier to use. Then
r.,w. .wu nm sum
Diamond
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EASYTO USE-BETTEII RESULTS
i
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.The white package of Diamond Dyes
is the highest quality dye, prepared
'for general use. It will dye or tint
silk, wool, : cotton, linen, rayon or
any mixture of materials. The blue
package is a special dye, for silk and
wool only. With it you can dye your
valuable articles of silk or wool with
results equal to the finest professional
work. When you buy remember this;
The blue package dyes silk or wool
only. The white package will dye
every kind of goods, including silk,
and wool. Your dealer has both.''
packages.
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ALL DEALERS
Auto Victim Dim.
OAKLAND, Cnl.; Oct. 1. W)
Ijsh than oitfht hours uftcr he had
been discharged from n local hus
pltnl whftro he had been trent'.'d
for minor injuries received in an
automobile accident, Xutlian 1).
Davidson, Jr., -5, Insurance man,
died from a cerebral hemorrhagic
brought on by a frnetured skull.
only In the memory of the pioneers.
Old-time minim? camps, whoro onre
the busy, bearded, ri'd-shlrtcd min
ers shoveled pay dirt into thi-Jr
roekcrsi their long toms or tln-lr
sluice. boxes, nre now but windrows
of water-wushed stones alone tho
creek bed, where cabins ' once
stood. Rorbyvllle, now shortened
to Kerby, no lonner echoes to tb
ed. Sitting on u benrh In the shad
ov you may learn from the anelent
Krayheards picturesque details of
rich strikes, of killiiu;s and lynch
InKS hi the days when Jacksonville
was one of the llvest mining camps
In the west when the now staid
and somnolent moss-grown old
brick buildings echoed to suns and
not to lie had. Men went out over
the trails on snowshoes or skis,
bringing Jn provisions and realiz
ing bigh prices for them.
The year 18ii2 saw the first oc
casion for primitive justice. A
gambler from California, named
llrown, without provocation, . shot
a mnn named Cox. A miners meet
ing was called. AV. W. Kowler was
elected Judge. Twelve men were
selected as jurymen, nnd. after
hearing the testimony of tho wit
nesses, the Jury brought In a ver-
revelry, to loud-voiced oaths and
midnight revelry of prospectors hasty pistol shots.
nnd mlncrB. Uko scores of other So young is the west, so short
ciinitis (hut In tbn Itislv bevdav of ' Its Ulstorv you need to go back
their youth grew like a green bay I but a brief seventy and seven years j
tree, Kerbyvllle saw Its transient I to the time when there was noj(1(,t ljl(lt jrmvn Hhould be aken
population drift to other camps. j Jacksonville. I'Yom the spring' of j ,(l fl nearby oak and hanged. The
jncKHonvine. at onu nine me, .. m mo ,.un,i ..i mo. , sl,nU,m.0 Wll immediately carried
commercial metropolis of south-1 now Jacksonville was the favorite j ln((l pxcpntinn. Fred Lockley, In
western Oregon. Is today like some ! camping place for the eager throng tu, Oregon Journal.
opt pioneer wno sits serene anuoi argonauts norrying souuiwaru( -
untouched by the door of his cabin from the Wlllamcllc valley to' the
watching the day's afterglow fade i gold diggings In California. l,ate in
to twilight while he h.irks back In December. INM, two young men
memory to the old days day '' camped on Asblnnd creek. They
Lafayette The government dam
of Yamhill lock nour here will he
repaired under supervision of Unit
ed States engineers.
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ASHLAND, Ore., Oct. 1. (Spec
ial) Mrs. A. O. Webber and chil
dren of Medford aro visiting in
Ashland nt the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Wright on Mountain
venuo, for a few days.
Honry C. tlnlcy left for Port
land on Krldny afternoon to make
1 trip to Burns, Ore., by airplane
In company with several others
who woro making an Inspection
of tho Greater Hums project. Mr.
(ialey will return to Ashland early
In tho woek.
Andrew Jlenth of Missoula.
Mont, was a business visitor in
Ashland on Saturday.
Claud Saunders and Will Rchroe
der huvo returned from a hunting
trip.
Mr, and Mrs. W, It. SlcNalr antl
their eon Jnmle, left on Friday
afternoon for Salem to visit the
tats fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall llarher.
who have been making a visit t-n
friends In I'ortland for the past
two weeks, returned homo on
Saturday. '
. J. W, McCoy went to San Fran
cisco on Saturday evening to ul
tond tho American lii.nkcrs asso
ciation convention. Mr. McCoy Is
a vlco-preslflent of the association,
and also a representative of the
Oregon statn association.
Clark liuttcrflcld and Joe Mer
cer, both former students of the
Southern Oregon Slate Normal
school, whero they were prominent
in athletics, ure attending tho Col
orado tituto college at Colorado
Springs, Colo., nnd are both out
tor places on tho football loam, ;
Mr. Hannah Simons, a former j
resident of Ashland, where she '
conducted a millinery shop, pass-'
ed nway September 13th at the;
homo ut her son at llrownsvllle.
Ore. I
John Murphy, pioneer resident .
of Ashlund Is still In n crltlc.il
condition following a major upcr-'
ation, which ho underwent at the '.
Community hospital a few days
ago, j
Mr. nnd Mrs. James Nlsbct of
San Mateo, Cal., are Ashlund vis-1
ftors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. '
T R. Coombs on Scenic Drive i
The. visitors were former Ashland
residents.
A. C. Nlnlngor and lien lluwcrs
aro out In the hills aftor deer.
Mrs. llnrton Krulan of Kluin-'
nth Fulls, who has spent the past
fow days visiting relatives In Ash
land, roturned to her home on Sat-,
unlny, ,
Mr. Mid Mrs. Hoy Hale of
Klamath Falls have returned to .
tholr homo after several w eks !
spent In Ashlnnd, ;
Thornton Wiley and his sen. I
Howprd Wiley. I'aul Culherlsoil.
.and H. H. Jlaehtell. father-in-law:
3 of Mr. Wlloy. hnvu gone to lierk-'
fc'vJry, Collf.i for nn extended visit.
inn, Miss Oracu Chamberlain nnd 1
Miss Ellxabeth Palmer, who are'
:1qendliui tho year abroad, tiro writ-
"inw to friends from Switzerland. ;
,-where they aro enjoying a few I
weeks beforo going to Italy for
tho winter. . .
John Patterson of Hnpcne. Ore.. !
waa A business visitor lit Ashland S
on Thursday. Mr. Patterson has .
been In Klamath Falls on a busi
ness trip and Is en route home.
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WAGNER CREEK WOMAN j
UNDERGOES OPERATION '
How can you aJJoidS ! ' ?V 1 l!
l " spend less than you do, iM s f' y ' mlt ' 1
M- sis" '
y clothes money goes
much further now . . .
TALENT, Ore., Oct. 1. (Spec
la I) Mrs. Herman Hummers of
the Wagner creek district was op - i
crated on ut thn Sacred Heart!
hospital September 2" nnd Is re-
ported dolnu flue. Dr. Haines i.f
Ashlund and Dr. Hsyes of Mcd-(
.vM wr he (ihys'.iinis, -
km Bioi. Co., CiRibiUst, Mut.
Because I have learned how to keep my clothes
new looking twice as long ... I use the very
same method the big movie studios do
I DO have rather an extensive ward
robe, though John's salary is a
modest one. j
"That is because I've learned the
secret of keeping my clothes new look'
ing a remarkably long time. Instead of
spending all my clothes money replac
ing worn-out things, I buy extra clothes,
and have a much more varied wardrobe.
"I learned my secret from reading
about the movies , , . how they found
that by always cleansing the screen
clothes in Lux, they stayed just like new
more than twice as long!
"It's so simple a method any woman
can use it. And it certainly works! My
undcrthings and hosier)1 and dresses
stay beautifully new looking rrcr so
much longer. That is how I can afford
so many pretty things."
You, too, can have more clothes if
you always use Lux! . . . Because with
Lux everything you wear stays like new
so much longer, you'll have money for
those extra things every woman wants.
CLARA HOW.IHenhtrmoHe
Han, ami all the kit fori'
tlMilht, um lux "f keep alt
types Itnly clothes new Zoo.
ing fiii'r as lout."
3Mg Anito Aiscfafc
50o p A utomobiles oo 50
Will Be Sold to the Highest Bidder at Public Auction
at RIVERSIDE and 12th STREET
Wednesday, Oct 2
TWO SALES
1:30 P. M. and 6:30 P. M.
The dealers have decided to sell their entire
stock of Used Cars at this sale, absolutely
no reservations or by-bidding.
Cars can be seen at our show rooms at any
time before Wednesday afternoon. Cars at
your own prices.
Remember Riverside at 12th
C. E. GATES AUTO CO.
ARMSTRONG MOTORS, INC.