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About Jacksonville sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1903-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1903)
panv torn »jiiirc tlieir interests in those late a date as possible this fall for should Medford council forced the last wooden : famous ledges. It is <|uite certain that the big sawmill lx* built by the railroad awning from Seventh street in that town Mr. Clark is satisfied that the Apple track near the dejiot there will be no need last winter to th«* decided improvement Ihhfl'.l» «IN gate copper district is a profitable field of another break water for the posts of i in appearance of that street. A greater FFiîDAY OF EACH WEEK. for investment notwithstanding the ad- the mill would m ike an effective barrier improvement in the appearance of Cali I verse statements that lie is making in to the force of the water in a fl<x>d in fornia street could not be made by the CliAMIFN Ml*.MMVK Km roo iiewspajier interviews. Mr. Clark is a Jackson creek, for with the first fl«xxl the Jacksonville council. Klllrrfil hl Ihr pontoffh r k*>nvillr, shrewd business man »ml In* keeps his tailing would fill in around the posts of Jt«< k f.i» i ounty Oregon. m - fmim I < nuttier The way to build up Jackson ventures from the knowledge of the the mill and turn the current away from ville is for the residents of this place public as much as possible until he gets the south bank of the stream and end all to give their trade to Jacksonville people i them in shajx- to handle and then he is further danger of the creek breaking over in every way possible. The larger the .7’» These being and running down C street by the railroad th very free with printers ink trade the local merchants have the his characteristics it is quite probable ! track to Daisy creek. As a fence break larger stock of gcxxls will they lie able that though he may buy the Blue Ledge water would cost $2U0 or more it would to carry, thus enabling them to give claims, yet he may not permit the deal | be a stroke of economy to put that amount lx:tter selections and lx tier prices. to become know n, until he is ready to lie* , in on the subsidy toward the big mill for gin putting in a smelter, or has bought i the fence break-water would lx.- torn up The next five years is sure to bring up all the adjoining claims that he de again with the first big flood, while the great changes to the industrial and com sires. Thus it is that it may lx: six mill would make a barrier that would last mercial interests of the Rogue river Friday, July 13, I9U3. months or a year hence lx-f< foryears. If the mill should not lx-built on valley. With an Anaconda built up at the creek by the depot and it lx: neces the Applegate coppc-r mines and a Clark's plan with r«*gar»l to the A BIG SAWMILL FOR JACKSON gate < <>p|x*r district is known sary to -ini Id a fence break-water that Spokane at the Ray dam on Rogue river VILLE. i should lx* put off until October when the there will be a shifting of present con public. a letter The Sentinel is in receipt of » As to there taring copjx*r in plying i jxists could lx* unde of cottonwool! ami ditions in Jackson county. fr<>m Prcsuh nt C. Hafer, of I the Iowa quantities in th«* Applegate district that ‘ there wouhl lx: a certainty of their grow Indiana has taken up forestry culture ’ *nlx-r C«»mpany, stating that bit Com- ls a conceded fact by all who ar»* familiar ! ing. If planted deep and in a close row pan* lias decided to put np a big saw- with the opening of the great copper > their roots would soon make a breakwater and has established a state forestry re mill modern and upto date in every mines of Montana, Arizona ami Cali that would be lx»th permament and inex serve of 2,0<R) acres, upon which trees will be grown, for distribution while particular, to replace th* present small fornia, uml who arc not interested in dis pensive. young, under the observation of a school one now <>|>cratcd by his Company. crediting this district in order to enable ! Jacksouville has another industry add of forestry. President Hafer while i <>n his recent them to buy up claims cheap, tor the visit to Jacksonville »artfully i l»x,kc»i surface indications are quite as g<xxi as | ed to its list of industrial establishments. Soap from 5c up at the City Drug over the situation and de» *id< I what all they wi re at any of the great pr»x!ucing ( True it gives at present employment to Store. who arc |>osled on the mill business mines of the West. It is not an i ini-1 but one person, but that is no bad omen < know, that the place for their sawmill probability that by a year hence a for many of the greatest manufacturing >1 was not back in the wixxls but in .town thousand or more men will be t»t work establishments in the United States had i ■w — wlx ri- a ready market can lx- h id for the on the Applegate ojx ning up the great their beginning with but one man as the slabs ami sawdust waste to other niami- copjier mines of that district ami eri-ct- entire force. If given the encourage- | facturing establishment». Th»- present mg concentratorsan»l smelters an»! Jack merit that he should have Mr. Wade can I Uicth»xl cinploicd by the Company in sonville Ix-ing th«- nearest trading point buihl up his cigar factory from having Best Bargains ever offered in getting the lundx-r from the w»xxls to ami the county seat will reap a rich work only fur himself into one employ- I Jacksonville in Miliinery Goods The th»- cars involves so much handling it harvest from the trade that will lx- mg a «lozen or more persons. that the profits are seriously cut into. create«! by the establishment of this Ashland ami Medford cigar factories are Fine line of Velvets, Buckles each proving a success and are important Feathers, Ribbons, Laces Mulls By having the sawmill, lumber yard anil great industry in this vicinity. factors in the payroll of those towns, i pinning mill along side of the railroad Chiffons. Etc. The conditions are just as favorable in What a payroll can do for a town is ex track this iiceillcss expense would lx: ob Hats, trinimeli and untrimmed, emplitied here in Jacksonville ami the Jacksonville for the success of a cigar : viated. at BEDROCK PRICES. As to a gixxl location for the new effects of the lack of one is equally ap factory as in Ashland or Medford and plant of th»- Iowa Lumber Company parent in Medford. In Jacksonville ali there is noreason why that within less . there is none latter in the vicinity of is life and business activity and it is ab- than five years the factory now lx*ing , MISS HOOVER’S Jacksonville than on the extensive j^avel solutely impossible for new-comers to started bv Mr. Wade should n»»t be one MILLINER PARLORS bar of Jackson creek opposite and above secure a suitable residence building, of the solid establishments of the town. But Mr. Wade can not do all this by him while at Medford vacant dwellings and th»- de|x»t. At this place there is al) the Jacksonville . Oregon space available that the largest mill stores arc all t<x> plentiful for the town’s self ami the citizens of Jacksonville would re»|uirean»l it is tootle side of the gixxl. Two years ago empty houses should give him every encouragement far town thus lessening the danger of fires were very much in evidence in Jack |M>ssible and every dealer who handles from other buildings. As the liedrock is sonville ami the town was about as dead cigars should make it a point to carry but from ti to 10 feet below the surface as a town could get to be ami still lx: on Jacksonville cigars in their st»?ck ami of th«* gravel an absolute solid foundation the map. If two small sawmills ami a push their sale as far as possible. to the mill could lx- had at littleex|x-nse. planing mill ami a box factory can bring W»xxlen awnings are things of the NEW AND SECOND HAND A gixxl foundation is half of the success such prosjerity to a tow n w hat a grow th GOODS past in all modern towns. They are of a mill for if that isfaultv the machin Jacksonville would have if all the in liotli unsightly ami are an unnecessary cry is continually getting out of line dustrial establishments were in operation Furniture, Stoves. Hardware. Beti fire risk. Most of the wooden awnings and breakdowns are the result. As to that it is possible to secure for this place. ding, Notions and a hundred and in Jacksonville liesides their ungainly a|>- danger from high water in Jackson creek For each dollar that is put in by the one onds and ends. Any thing for jx-arance are really a menace to persons there is absolutely none, for there is projierty owners of Jacksonville to 4 ng the house or farm at the lowest passing on the sidewalks, for they are never drift of big trees or other things additions to the town’s payroll ten doll prices. so decayed that they are almost ready to to carry away the foundation posts. ars will lx-brought back to them in in fall and it is only a question of time Jackson creek is so small that the water creased valuation of pro|x-rty, higher when a gust of w ind or a snow will WEST OF THE DEPOT in it could lx- at the highest flixxl and rents and greater business activity. bring them down and should some one MEDFORD, - - OREGON then no damage wouhl lx* done to a Seattle is a fair example of what judic get hurt by the wreck the city would be mill ami lumber yard, provided the iously expended subsidies eftn do for a in for a damage suit. The citv council stringers to the foundation were above tow n. Having n<> particular advantages would lie advancing the interest of Jack Special line of new Cookstoves the water level. Every sawmill in l’ort- ami having for years the hostile opposit sonville if they w’ould pass an ordinance All Good Cookers and at Bed land and those at Astoria am! other ion of the Northern Pacific while that prohibiting wixxlen aw nings ami allowing Columbia river points are built on a great railroad company was trying to rock prices. onlv iron or canvass to lx* used. The piling foundation, and a mill ami hunt» r build up the rival town of Tacoma, yard here in Jacksonville could be built on that citv has pushed itself forward till it posts in the creek far cheaper than to is a leading city of the Pacific Coast. grade »I owii a hillside location or oil a Seattle has given well up to a million level track of land that would lx* avail- dollars in subsidies, giving at one time, in hard cash, $100,000 to the Moran able. Brothers Iron Works to enable that firm MR. CI.ARK ANDTHE BLUE LEDGE. to put in an addition to their shipyard s The diamond drill at the Blue Ledge to enable them to build warships. All the best makes of CAMERAS, including the is still boring away with no likelihood of Many other towns now prosperous cities EASTMAN and she KARONA. it stopping in the immediate future. have been built up by making such in FOLDING POCKET KODAKS that are just Through certain facts it is know n that ducements as would bring to them em the tiling to take on an outing trip. Mr. Clark will have the drill operated ployment for their ]>eople. Under the FILMS, PLATES, DEVELOPERS, CARD until the properties controlled by him present competition between MOUNTS, and everything else that the profes towns have lieen thoroughly pros|>ected. It is the town that sits down and waits for sional or amateur photographer may require. also known to those on the inside that factories to come to it will have about as Mr. Clark considered the mines of value g»xxl success as Jacksonville and Med enough to justify his purchasing of ford has had in the years past—won’t get them, and he is now carrying on ne any and the town will get the drvrot. gotiations through Dr. J. F. Reddy, who The pro|H>sition now being considered holds the bond from the Blue Ledge by the city council for that rebuilding of Company, with Green Adatns and the the break-water should be deferred to as other members of the Blue Ledge Com- JACKSONVILLE SENTINEL J. F. EADS & SON Headquarters for Photographers’ Supplies Special Orders Filled Promptly MEDFORD BOOK STORE