Jacksonville sentinel., June 05, 1903, Image 5

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10 A. F & A. M. was organized. Its of­
ficers were T. Me. F. l’alton, 1*. Dunn,
A. M. Berry, A B. Carter, S. II. Taylor,
Lewis Graf. J. Holman and J. S. Burpee.
The greatest step of progress wet made
in 1855, which was the establisltme.it of.«
printing press. The first patter was "The
Table Rock Sentinel,” published by T.
Vault, Taylor and Blakely. The first
number was printed Nov. <5, 1855. There
wi re several other papers published later.
The Democratic News was published in
lsti'.l by P. 1». Hull and Chas. Nickell and
its office was destroyed in the disastrous
fire of 1872. Means were m » oii raised, a
new"outfit procured and the Democratic
Times were slatted by Mr. Nickell.
Jacksonville w«i* incorporated in I860,
having a population of 8B2 jieople Con­
sisting of 871» whites, 10 negros, and 3
Indians.
The beautiful knoll on which the Poole
residence was situated was purchased in
1807 by the school district and the resi­
dence coverted into a school building.
The main ¡»art of the school building
was built in 1868 by Langell and Bigum.
The el part was added on some years
afterwards by the district. The school
house was the oldest school building in
Southern Oregon.
In the fall of 1868 a case o! what was
pronounced chicken-pox vas discovered
among some half-breed Indians near
town. There was no alarm until it was
found to be small-pox of the most maglig j
nant type.
The town was quarantined
but in spite of all precaution the disease
spread. A death soon occured in the
town. The widow of John Love, a lady
of refinement an«l culture, was attacked
and with her youngest child was carried
awav. Her mother and 111«- rest of her
children were in the country and could
not approach her. All that remained of
human lieauty was borne to the cemetery
in a lumber wagon without a single
follower.
Colonel T. Vault, who had
filled a prominent place in Southern
Oregon, was buried at midnight. The
number of deaths exceeded forty.
In the summer of 186», one afternoon
in July a cloud burst. alx»ut a mile and a —A i . eai . ea H aying N ow U nder W \ y —
half west of town, causing an immense Haying has commenced in the alfalfa
volume of water to flow in Jackson and meadows and while the quality i- very
Daisy creeks taking every thing before it. fine and is lieingput up in good condition
Jacksonville survived the pestilence the yeild is proving to lie less than usual
and the flood, but there was another fur the first crop. The shortage is due
the unusually dry weather of this
calamity in store. In the spring of 1873 t
a fire broke out in the Union Hotel own­ spring. There is a probability that the
ed by la.‘wis Horne and within an hour secoiid crop of alfalfa will be much heavier
#75non worth of property was destroyed. | than the secornl crop usually is for the
In the year 1881 the Presbyterian plants not being exhausted by a big
church was erected ata cost of nearly growth for the first crop, will lie able to
the heaviest contributors being make a greater growth for the second i
crop. Even with the shortage on the I
C. C. Beekman and William Hoffman.
The crowning glory of Jacksonville is first crop there is a certainty that the !
its magnificent court house which was total yeild f«»r this season will exceed that I
erected in the years of 1883 am! 1884 at a of any previous year for the reason that
there is now a greater acreage to alfalfa in
cost of #32000.
Since 188«» Jacksonville has been visit­ Jackson County than has ever lieen here­
ed by two fires which were very destruct­ tofore grown. With from three to four
ive. In 18!M) provisions could not l>e crops each year alfalfa is one of the most
shipped in on account of the heavy snow profitable crops a fanner can raise.
storms.
Therefore provisions became These crops are raised without irrigation
short, especially sugar. A party was and tile yeild is from three tons down to
held in the U. S. Hotel in which sugar a ton an«l a half for each crop. As for
was lacking, but Mrs. Meritt Bellenger the price it is almost like a gold mine
had laid in a supply that winter so they and far out-distance* wheat and other
borrowed enough to answer for all pur­ grains in profitableness, for lialed alfalfa
has been selling this spring at from #22
poses.
In 1002 the Democratic printing press to #28 |>er ton and the new crop is being
moved to Meuford and Jacksonville was sold in the yield at #8 and #11 per ton.
left without a paper.
The next event of any note was the ■ P rofitable C rop for J acksonville
burning of our school house early Sun- I G ardeners —During the past week J.
day morning, Jan. 25, 11103. The fire ■ M. Hicks, the market gardener, lias sent
was of incendiary origin.
to Seattle two or three shipments of
We now have a paper printed in Jack-1 green peppers, which have brought a
sonville called "The Jacksonville Senti-' fancy price. These hot house peppers,
nel,” published by Charles Meserve.
shipped in ordinary peach boxes, were
Jacksonville may grow no larger but it [ sold at #3 jier box, which is at the rate
will long remain one of the must interest- [ of 4(1 cents a pound. A Seattle dealer
ing towns in Southern Oregon. Peopled immediately wired for more shipments
largely by citizens imbued with broad from Ashland, of anything in the fruit
and liberal views, it has always been re- [ an I vegetable line, indicating an un­
cognized as one of the most hospitable limited demand at to]» notch price?.
towns in Southern Oregon, and it is to be ; Mr. Hicks has since expressed some
hoped its character in this latter respect' cucumbers to the northern city, which
may never change.
have also yielded him very profitable re­
turns.—Ashland Tidings.
M. Olsen and A. Rodn, of Minnesota,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke of
Capt. Caton of Phoenix, was a visitor of
this city Saturday.
this place.
L ibrary F or the C ounty J ail —Rev.
J. H. Comer, of Marquatn, Oregon,
traveling missionary of the World’s
Faith Missionary Association of Shenan­
doah, Iowa, a society that has for its
work the placing of libraries in peniten­
tiaries and jails spent Monday and Tues­
day in Jacksonville solicting money with
which to put in a library in the Jackson
county jail. From here he went to Med­
ford and from there to Ashland to solicit
funds for the Jackson county jail library.
Rev. Comer states that he put in libraries
costing from #15 to ¿30 each, the size of
the library being regulated by the
amount of his collections. In this state
he now has libraries in to all of the
county jails from Clackamas county
south, including the Coast counties of
Coos and Curry. Rev. Comer has spent
three years in this work and he has visit­
ed much of this Coast canvassing for
funds and placing libraries.
He has
several letters from sheriffs commending
the good effect that his libraries are hav­
ing upon the prisoners under their
charge.
Rev. Comer travels by wheel
and his Association pays his expenses,
but for salary he gets none, reiving upon
the Lord to provide for his needs. From
this county Rev. Coiner will go to Klam­
ath county anil thence on through East­
ern Oregon counties, exacting to make
the circuit and arrive in Wasco county
by next October, after winch he will go
to his home for the winter.
No C elebration A t M edford —A
canvass revealed the fact that not suffi­
cient funds could be raised for the appro­
priate celebration of the Fourth of July in
Medford. We feel ashamed to make the
announcement. Our city should cele­
brate that event in a magnificent man­
ner.—Southern Oregonian.
II. M. Coss, the hustling manager of
the Co-s Piano House in Medford, was
in Jacksonville Saturday afternoon work­
ing up business for his house. Mrs. Coss
accompanied him and spent tile time
with Mun ...a .Schmidt.