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About Jacksonville sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1903-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1903)
JACKSONVILLE SENTINEL ISSUED <>N FRIDAY C harles M esi OF hvi - EACH WEEK. .... E oitiik The Jacksonville Sentinel has made application for entrance in the poste'ffice* of Jacksonville. Jackson County. Oregon, as second-class matter. StKSCRifTtoN R ates One year ..... - Six months .... Three mouths .... . . . . $1.50 ."a .40 1'RtAt. St nscRiiTtoNS The Jacksonville Sentinel will lie sent to any address at any postothci in the United States, tor tour weeks free ot charge. All subscriptions, tegular or ti tai. will be piompt ly stopped at the date ot expiration, unless a re newal is received. Friday, July !O, 1903. The Southern Oregon Chautauqua management have undertaken a new departure in the program for their as sembly for this year and have set aside Monday. July 20 as a fannersand good roads dav. For this day the admission, both forenoon and afternoon will be free and the exercise will be made of special interest to the fanners and to others who look to good roads and more pro gressive methods of farming as tile im portant factors in the upbuilding of the agricultural resources of Southern Or egon. Among those to make addresses on that day will be Dr. Janies With- vcomb, director of the experiment stat ion at the State Agricultural College at Corvallis: Judge J. H. Scott, of Sal em, president of the Oregon State Good Roads Association and II. B. Thielson of Salem, the xvell known civil engineer and road expert. These men are among the ablest Ulen in the state along their lines of . thought and their addresses will be well worth hearing and the people of Jackson County should give this meeting a large attendance. A Box factory for Jacksonville. The IiAva Lumber Comp my has de cided to put in a box factory here in Jacksonville and work xvill be com menced at once to erect the building which will be adjoining the planing mill, 'flic machinery has been ordered and it is expected that the factory will I be turning out boxes by the first ot Aug ust. file Iowa Lumber Company now emplov about 85 men and this addition to their plant will add about 12 imn to their payroll. The Company lias a large quantity of dry lumber on hand suitable for box material and they xvill be able to till an order promptly for any number of boxes. The engine in the sawmill which broke down last week has been repaired by the Ashland Iron Works, and Mon day morning it xvill be started up again with a full crew of men. Tin lath mu- t chine, which xviis recently placed in the mill, xvill be run to its full capacity._each night and lath both for the local trade and for car orders will be kept in stock. Since the Company's office was moved from California street to their new office building at the planing mill the plant has been without telephonic connections, but the telephone linemen got the tele phone moved Friday anil connections made with the Jacksonville local and the long distance lines. The Company have a telephone line from their office to the mill, with telephones at the mill and at the lumber yard. Among the other im provements that are being made by the Company is the erection of two large sheds in the planing mill yard to be used to store moldings, pickets and dressed lumber. In the seven weeks since the planing mill was started it has not been stopped even one dav for repairs or for any other cause and it is expected in the near fu ture to have the saw mill put in a jk r- fect condition so it too can be run with out the bother of break downs and re pairs. Dates to Remember. Wednesday, July 15.—Convening of tin Eleventh annual Assembly of t le Southern Oregon Chautauqua Associa tion at Ashland. Saturday, August 15— Good Roads Con vention at •Jacksonville in Court House park at 7:30 p. m. Address by Judge J. H. Sc<>tt, president of Oregon State Good Roads Association. Saturday, August 15—Fruitgrowers con vention in Jacksonville under auspice s of Rogue River Fruitgrowers Union. Program tor all day and exercises to be livid in Court Hon e park. Address by professors from State Agricultural col lege and by prominent truitmvn of the Coast. Mondav, Julv 20—Farmers and Good Roads Dax at Ashland Chautauqua 10 a. tn. and 2 p. m. Admission free. Ad dress bv Dr. ] is. Withveombv, of State Agricultural College; Judge J. H. Scott, President of Oregon State Good Roads Association; 11. B. l'hielson, civil etigin- er and road expi rt. Saturday, July 25—Meeting at Medford at 2 p. ill. of Rogue River Fruitgrowers Villon. All fruit nu n invited to attend. gone bv with the old timers, though be was the gm st ot S. P. lotus, who like himself x\as a driver on the Oregon and California stages in the '50s and 'tii>s. Mr. Wright is noxx living at Roseburg and he is vet a hearty, well preserved man. In addition to his being one ot tin most expert and populat stage drivets that ever guided a team ovei tile track, bx courtesx called a road, that traversed tin- mount.Hus ami fouled the streams ot Southern Oregon, Mr Wright served as sheriff of Douglas county and hi- also kept a saloon at Central Point, Grants Pass and Roseburg. M. M. Scott, ot Evans Creek, was in Jacksonville bringing with him Chas. Frank, a feeble minded boy, who had no otii-to care for him, his father, F. Frank having coinmited suicide last spring, and his mother having elieel several x ears ago All oldet brother and this box lived fol 1 axvhile m a cabin on their lathers claim Some time ago the btothci went oft to xvork leaving tile box, xvlio is but 12 years old, alone. Mr. Scott and tin . other neighbors eared foi him aw hili' but hi" xxas not a box that xvas agreeabli to have with children, and tile countx xxas asked to care for him. Tile State having no school tor the feeble minded Judge Prim had him sent to the- St. Marvs Orphans Home at Beaverton, near Pen t land. ami Wednesday W. J. Pipmale left for the hemic with the box . i 'John T. Miller, Jacksonville ’s efficient | of Mr. N'unan's incorporating xxas to take- in his sou Charles ami Mr. Tavlor inte> the active m magvtm nt ot his store. t< r his busim ss has groxx n to such an extent that to care tor all the- details of tt was too great a task tor Mr. Nunan, ami as he has been in the- xvork steadily tot d.'i xe.its lie- tell that In- should take some respite from his eluties. Another reason is that Mr. Nunan wishi-el to give gte ater cnee litagenient to the box s ami to rexxarel them tor the ir lielelit x te> his interests. Mt. Tax le>r has been with Mr. Nunan for the past 13 xi-ais, ce>mme ncing with «lev mg a boy s woik e»t sxve e-ping and gene- tal utility, ami lie- lias scarcely misscel a day m the- ste-re since, aelvaneing sti-aehlv bx his imlusti x ami integiity until lie- lias be-e-n admitted to partnership. Chas. Nunan has se-rviel his apprenticeship in the stole- iti xvhieh he- is m>xx to be- a |aitne-r, bx cenmimg eggs ami ele-ing othe r xvork that testvel his pe t xe rane e-, ami his attention te» business mvllmels. Feet the- last te xx x ears he- has been axxax at sclloed. spe-tleling three- years at St. Marx's Collcpe-, ami then graeluating freun lle-aleps Busmess V olh ge in Sail Francise-e», making ami ave iagveit '35 in his studies. file te- will be- m> change in the manage tm lit e>l the- store- next in the- transai'tieni of the- business. I he- e usteiin e-ts edd and ne-xx xx dI have- the n orelcis tilled with the- same- promptness and be- ai'e'ended the- same eeiurlesies th it they have hetelofote- hail. A Letter of llurnks from Heppner. M. M. Tavlor h;is received the follow ing letter from lion. Frank Gilliam, tnavor of Heppner, acknowledging the receipt of the jilt) contributed by the citizens ot Jacksonville for the ri lief of the H< ppner tlood stiffen rs: Heppner. Oregon, July •>, llipo. Mr. M. M. 'fax lor, Jacksonville, Ore ge*n, Dear Sir:—We are in receipt ot yottr letter of 2nd inst. enclosing draft tor the sum of 140, donated by tin- peo- i pie of Jacksonville for the relict oi the people of Heppner. . Please accept for yourself and convex to the i tlier members of the rtdief com mittee and to y our citizens in general, lames Box e e‘, Mis, Box e'e and Mis. our sincere thanks for their kind and postmaster, w ho also conducts a harel • I Re-tta Tax lor, of Muniee, Indiana, ar generous remembrance of us in this j ware stein-, has m>xx- added stock raising rived in Ja>-ksonx ilk- Wedne-sel.ix alter to his vocations ami it is now a frequent ne >e»n on a brie-f visit to their tricmls. Mi. time of sorrow and need. sight in tin- early hours e>f the- morning ami Mrs. T. |. Williamson ami Mr. ami Very respectfully, to see our spruce looking post ma st er ca | Mrs. J. W. Myers. Early fhurselax- nioru- F rank G illiam . vorting along the stree ts on a wild broil nig Mr. Williamson and Mi. Mxe-is e ii i-lio, going lo tile hills at the head e»f gaged a four In t-e- tallxlmat Lewislive-tx Plioeinx Items Jackson creek to see how his cattle- are Miss. Gussie Kleinhammer tarried in getting along. Sherrill’ Rader, who is stable-, and with their wive-A, took their frie-mls tor a elrive-ovet the valle x , Ihe-x Medford a short time Friday. something of a cattleman himself, and going up l>< xoml Photiix as far as < apt, Mrs. ly. Grezey.who lias been visiting xvlio holds that a cattleman should look \’e>e>l hies' big orchariL the lle-e- eleexvn tile- her parints, Mr. ami Mrs. F. 1'oxvne, for a cattle-man, has ordered a pair of sliaps, valle x as I ir as C< ntral l’ednt, giving tile the past few d ivs, returned to her home a broad sombrero hat and a pair of huge visitors a splemliel eqepentumtx io se c the jangling Mexican spurs for Mr. Millet tnanx big orchatejs, 'im- altl.il l fields ami in Montague Tuesday. ami seion that wild mannereel gentleman I 'flic fruit prospects in the many or will be a fierce looking eow-bov. Mr the- handsome- henm-s lor xxliich this Vai cliards of this vieinty are good, and in Miller took out a small band of cattie lev is miie il. 1'hv visitors were delight several orchards large forces of men are Tuesday to his range-, which lie- had ed with the- handsome appearance- id the- valle x, the be-autiful scenery of flu stir engaged m thinning the fruit. bought of Mrs. J. N. T. Miller xxliich rounding hills and tlu-x would have H. P. Hargrave, the xvcll known phy now makes him about It) head. been glad to have- remained lemge t he re sician contemplates moving to Medford ¡ Contractor 11. Snooks completed the but pre vious arrange lm nis made- it im in the near future, flic Dr. will be great- : brick work on the- Jacksonville school lx- missed as it xvill leave this vicinty house Weelnesdax- i veiling ami that e x peissilde for them to remain longe r, mid (he x le ft bx the atte ruooii train Wediies without aux- physician. cuing he sent his brick lax ets to Grants dax f< r McMinnville-, where- they will Pass to begin work upon a big brick m ike- a x isit with a daughte-r ol Mr. mid school house that he has the contract f< r Mis. Box ce who re-sides the-ie. Later LOCAL NOTES. X? in that city. Mr. Snook also went te> on Mis. Tavlor will return te> Jackson Grants Pass Thursdax te> look after his ville and spe-ml the full with Mr. ami Try City Drug Store for Soap. work in that city and until lie- ge ts his Mrs. Mxe-is.iml Mr. and Mrs. William Lost, a brooch pin with enameled set- . contracts in the two towns i-ompli ted son. Mr. ami Mr--. Ifoyee- will go on to ting in Jacksonville on the Fouitlt lie- will divide Ins time- b< -tween Jackson their home, Mr. Boyi-e- having large- Finder leave at the Ssntinel office and ville ami Grants Pass. flu- work on the business inf-rests that makes his early Jacksonville se lmol building will be- till return nei-cssarv, Mt. Boyce- is one- of receive reward. tier the charge of M. L. I.vons, who ha-- the big capitalists of Indiana ami In- is Bi n Beall, who lias a fine farm near bee n a fore-man for Mr. Snooks fen sex the man, who did mote than mix Central Point and who is one of the larg end years. The upper ami lower joists one-else- t<> push Muniee from a quiet est corn and grain growers of the county, ate- now all in ami the carpenter force, town of >INM) to a plae e- of ."ed.lHlt) popilla was in Jacksonville on legal business which numbers seven men, will begin at tioti and to one ol the- most pros with Judge Day this week. once placing 'he roof timbers. So soon pe-rons towns in Indiana. At the time Camp stoves and utensils for camping as tin- roof is in place the flues xvill be that Muniee- be gan to groxx in the e .alx- built and tin- phistcn is will begin the ir Sil's Mr. Box ce- was a small prope-rtx at Boyden’s. xvork. At the rati- Mr. Snooks is holder, but lie- put his e ve r\ cm rgx into James C. McCully, a Jacksonville box pushing his xvork he will have tin se hoed boemiing his town and no piiqiosition and one of the most efficient fort st rang building d »ne early in Sept., in ample was pre-se-nte-d that would add to the de- ers in this district was in Jacksonville time fot the fall term of selmol. ve-lopme-ilt of Muniee but what he- lie-ad Tuesday and W ednesday visiting ri la One of the olde st ami largest mercan cd the list to give- it a In Ipillg to ge I fives and friends. Mr. McCully for this tile establishments in Jm ksonvilk- has started, he-e ven giving as high as JI(HM) summer is stationed in Klamath county undergone a change of name and instead as a bonus to get some- addition to the ami has his camp and headquarters at of J. Nunan it is now- the Nunan, Tavlor i 11\ pax ioil. I or I'Ve i x dollar hi pu'. Seven mile creek. Company and it is an incorporate d com in In- gets back ten bx reason of the in Wedding stationery, the latest out, at; pany of which J. Nunan is president, i reuse- m piopert x valuatii me and busim ss The- niithod that changed M. M. Taylor vice-president ami Ch is. activity. the Sentinel office. Mnnicc from a slee-pv old town wi ighte d J. Nunan secretary and treasurer. The Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Martin came up down with 5fl ye ars of stagnation to one Saturdax- from Portland for a visit at the article s of incorporation were- prepared of the widest awake towns in the I nittd by Judge- Hanna and l>\ him have- l>c< n home of Mrs. M irtin’s mother, Mrs. A. St ill s, would do the same lot old Jae k Helms. Mr. Martin is head salesman filed with the secretary of state at Salem soli ville-. ami xvitli the- county clerk, 'file object <>f the John P. Sliorkey Company harness and saddle manufactory in Portland and being unable to be away from his duties but for a short time he had to return to Portland Tuesday. Mrs. Martin will remain in Jacksonville for three or four weeks. .Surprise egg whips, best on the mar ket at Boy den's hardware store, Medford. Uncle William Robinson returned Wednesday from Junction Citv where he had been for a week atten 'itig a reunion of tile Robinson family. < >f his brothers an<l their family's there were present Milton ami Solomon W. Robinson, of Junction City. George D. Robinson of Dallas and Jatnes A Robinson of Paleuse Wash. They are all pioneers of Oregon, Uncle Billy coming to Jacksonville in 1853. Soaps for millmen and mechanics at the City Drug Store. Jim Wright, one of the all-around Southern Oregon pioneer characters, ar rived in Jacksonville Wedmsdax after noon and remained until Thursday after* (noon renewing memories of the days Headquarters for Photographers’ Supplies All the be st makes of CAM ER \S, including the EASTMAN and sin- KARONA. FOLDING POCKET KODAKS that arc just the thing to take on an outing trip. FILMS, BLATES, DEVELOPERS. CARD MOUNTS, and eve rything e-lse that the proles sional or amateur photographer may require. Special Orders Filled Promptly. MEDFORD BOOK STORE