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About Jacksonville sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1903-1906 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1903)
• i Insi lili ON FRIDAY OF EACH MVS WEEK. E ihtom t<nicrr«l in th«- ¡»oMollic«- of Jii< k won vi ih pick<M>n County Otrgoii u»■«■<<aid <h<*s tnnm-r s< iuk mi-rio.x kAtes One year 41» molli hs .... Three mouilla ... JI.Ml ,76 Ml Ci.t-mnx«» T i -. umh The S<-iltlii<-| iiik I Ih«- Wt i kly Or« -gonlmi wlll lie M-nl lo «mr »«hlres» fot fJ li y«-nt Thr Menti nel Ktve» tlir J.uk-oli coniiiy ili w» ulld thè Ore Kolilioi give« thè »tute, liullointl ««mi wotl.l llcw-v lima >1 trailer lo olile lo cover thè rinite IH w» hi-hi ut ulniul thè prive ol loti ««tir |> ii | m - i I'M I AL Hl um kil'iliAH Til«’ Jut k«w»nvl|h ■ Selli litri Mill w ilt to any inlflr« m » Ht «ny |»oMoffn e m Ihr United fehlte«». lot four wrrk» for 10 Crut*. All «HibMi'riptioiH», tt gtilur or trial will t»«* prom pl ■ l> »krutied al Ihr dut« ol « «punitoti, unie«» n re ttrwnl in received Friday, December 4, I9U.1 iv«-1«» resident and stranger alike.enhanc ' cs their reputation am! makes them a desirable place to visit, is, to the mail with civil fMitriotisin in his makeup, a a source of commendable pride ami satis- ' faction. "Aprojios of this it is announced that recently Kansas city has inaugurated a scientific system of tree planting w hich is under rhe supervision of the niunici|Nil authorities, There is a municipal bu reau of forestry maintained that not only determines the hx-ation and kinds of trees to be planted, but is charg« <1 with th«- supervision of their proper «arc and growth afterward. Th«- movement has Ix-en carried to that cxt< nt hi Kans is City that mm resident projx-rty ow tiers are not allow«-«! to esc.qx- th« ir burden of im- provetm nt which is resulting from this tree campaign From all accounts every one is satisfied with what is la-ing ac complished, am! m some of the munici palities farther west there is promise of th«- a«loplion of th«- Kansas City methods. 1 h< s<- admit of no imiiscrimiiiate cutting down of shade trees because reither pro|K-rty-owncrs nor city authorities have given them projier attention. Car«- is taken in planting ami training to sec that they do not interf« re with the sidewalks Uniformity of size ami kiml is another result obtained It would lx-no unwise- action on th«- part of Portland city au thorities if this matter of systematic tree culture along the streets was taken up with a view of ultimate improvement through its practical application.” MAKING BEAUTIFUL THE TOWNS. One of the chief attrac t oils of the villages and towns of Euro|w is the long lines of well kept, stately shade trees that line the sticcts. The towns of New Englaml are also celebrate«! for their shade trees ami handsome streets, In the W<st, es]M-< lallv the .Middle West, hi recent years much at'cntion has been given to beautifying the streets of the towns. In California thia civic pud-.- has been the making of many a pretty town, but here, in what is largely a limlx-rcti Capt. Carrol, who has a fine orchard secti«>n. people have only a «lesire to st Koker butt« four miles north east of muti ate ami destroy the treeathat add so Mvdfor i is having some vxjh nsive ex- much to the attractiveness of the scenery jierience with Jarkson countv roads. ami tow us ami so much to the comfort of Owing to the large amount of fruit he the inhabitants. raise«! this season am! the early rains < M municipal tree planting the Port rendering the roads impassable he now land Telegram has the following truthful has two car loads of apples in his fruit worth to say: hoiis«- that he is unable to get to market ‘‘In many cities throughout the count ami unless a long dry spell should set in ry, ami more notably in the famous to settle tb<- r«*a«ls he stamls a good pros- municiji.ditics of Euro|>e, the value of pict of losing them, for they may not systematic tic« planting along the public k< ep until the roadsdry up m xt spring. str« els is highly appreciated. There is It is going to I e a matter of neces-ity for nothing that adds more to the beauty •>( a the fruitmen of Jackson countv to join the city than a succission of tree lined aven good roads movement and work for roads ues. Not only is the artistic sense satis that will be as passable in winter as in tied, bit! from a hygienic standpoint the the summer. Under present road con the cultivation of -ily forestry along the ditions in this county m<-st of the fruit borders of -.lie public highways is worthy raisers have to market their crop earlv in of every encouragement. Western cities the fall regardless of market conditions, have not practiced to so great an extent or how busy they may I m - with their fall systematic tree planting as have many work. The rushing of the fruit to mark of the larger towns in the Els«., a fact et all at one time is an important factor probably due to tile engrossing activities in bringing on the car shortage that incid« nt to rapid development along handicaps railroad traffic each fall. Ful what are considered more material ly Mtt per cent of farm pnxlucts of Rogue lines. River Valley is now forced onto the rail "The cities of tile Northwest ami es- roads in two months of time, when if the |H-ciall’- Portland, are most favorably bl wagon roads were as they should be, the eated for muiiicijMl tree culture. As a marketing would Ire extended over a matter of «act there is every reason to period <>f six months or more to the ad believe that with scientific attention to vantage of both the farmers and the rail the subject which would result in the roads, for the farmers could then sell hi the pursuit of practical methods, this when the markets suited them and could city might I k .- made famous for its trees, do their teaming at times when it would and come in time to I k - known as the not interfere with their crop work and most beautiful municipality bn the con th«-railroads would not have their lines tinent. congested with freight for a short time "The citizens of a town cannot pay t«x> and then have i«lle cars standing in much attention to the esthetic side of their yards the balance of the vear. civic lite. The question of beautifying With this alternate rush and then idle the city in which we live should not be ness for their cars stopped, the railroad subordinated at all times to the practical, companies would be able to haul freight everyday query of what is there in it?— at a lower rate ami then make more meaning, of course, wliat immediate re money than they now do. The farmers turn can be promised in the wav of «tol find this rush even more expense for it is lars ami cents. To tile really ptiblic- certain that tliev could market their spirited man, the city whicli he claims as crops for 50 |>er cent less than it now , his home sliouhl answer the definition costs were they able to do their hauling to that term in the truest sense ol the after their farm work is well over. word. Men do not object to gratifying their finer tastes about the premises oc Rogue River Valiev is the only section cupied by themselves and families. The of Oregon where peach raising is a com question of immediate revenue «Iocs not mercial possibility and where it is one of arise in instances of this character. The tin- surest and most profitable crops that satisfaction of personal pride, if nothing orchardists can grow. Already the grow more, is an ample reward. So «if the ing of peaches is one of the leading in cities in which we live. Whatever adds dustries of the Valley and Rogue River to their beauty, makes them more attract- I peaches have a standing in the Port lain!, 1 the Sound city markets not equalled by peaches from any other section of the Pacific Coast. It is a fact conceded by Eastern jx-ople visiting this Coast that Rogue River jx-aclles in flavor, size ami beauty fully equal the famous Mary land |M-aches of the Atlantic Coast. As to the hardiness and longevity of p< ach trees in Rogue River Valley in th--nearly 50 years since peach tree» were first plante«! h« re they have proven to lx- as hardy ami thrifty as those of the other leading jx-ach districts of th«- United Sta tes. 11> proof of till* statement there is a tree growing ni the yard of Mr. P. Britt, that was planted bv him in 1857, he get- thig the young tree from the Willamette Valiev and it has prorluced a crop of peaches each season since tin- tliir«! year that it was planted. This pi«>n«er (»each tree is now ov< r 30 feet high am! has a trunk nine inches in diameter and is so vigorous am! healthy that it bids fair to lx ar fruit formally years to c«>me. Until reictit years the red day lulls alxrut Jacksonville w< reconsidered valuelessfor orchard purposes, but the remarkable yield ami quality of fruit |<ro«!me«l by the lev. orchards of this vicinity have proven that these hills are the best peach land in all Southern Oregon and it will lx- but a few ye its until the raising of jreac-hes will be carried on extensively alrout Jacksonville ami thi- place will become one of the chief jxrach markets of- the Coast. A San Francisco company hai bollgllt a big granite quarv near Nanaimo, Brit- ish Columbia, ami are prejnring to work it on extensive scale shipping the granite to San Francisco by vessels, where there is a big deman«! for it for building, and other pur|M,ses. There is a ledge of granite two miles north of Jacksonville extensive enough to supply all the gran ite this Coast will need for the next cen tury or two. Rock of any size can l>e gotten out of this quarry and it marks as well as the famous Quincy granite of Massachusetts, <»ther than it is much harder. This Jacksonville granite is of very fine even texture and takes a polish like a French plate mirror, ami it is largely Use«! in Southern Oregon for uionumen.s. In color it is a light gray mottled with bla kspots which makes it a fine ap|K-.irmg n«ck when used for building <>r for monumental purjaises. The Jacksonville granite quarry offers a g«Hx! investment to capitalist for the time is not «listant wh« n it can Ixr made into <.m- of the great industries of South ern Oregon. Some sarcastic remarks are being made by some of the |>e<»ple who have to travel the Jackson creek road to reach the county scat, about the ••mossback” slow ness of Jacksonville in improving the roads that lead to that town. As to this Jackson creek road. Jacksonville would improve that road were it possible, but there is an insurmountable handicap that prevt nts that road being made into what the development of the Valley would warrant it, one of the finest highways in Rogue River Valley, and that is that in the winter it can't lx- improved by reason of the water in the creek making it im ¡«»ssible to carry <»n successful ro ««I work and in the summer the road is passible enough so that it does not ma d improv ing How this difficult problem is to la- solved it is hard to tell. Jacksonville has l»een struggling with it for lu. these many days, and the road is the same that it has been, is now anil will Ire for «lavs and davs to come. The Jackson cr«-ek bre tk water is in a fair way to wash «>ut with the first rise and the town will then I m - out $7<X) in money and ahea<1 on some costly experi ence. When the breakwater was com plete«! the workmen left a ditch along the face side of it and n w the creek has made its channel along side of it ami as the planking extern Is but two or three feet below thischmnel the first fre-llet in the creek will 'ocalmos. c -.tani to tear ou: whole sections of th bre tk water. It would have been a w.se preca ition ha«l the city had a channel ojien «1 up for the creek at a distance f.-un the breakwater and have taken the gravel from it an 1 placed it against the breakwater, thus stiength fling that structure. Chas. Nickell, the man who made more m««ney ami worked more grafts on Jacksonville than anv other man that ever lived in it and who never contribu te! a dollar to any public enterprise for the upbuilding of the town, is one of the contributors to Medford’s planing mill subsidy, he giving$25. Yet this ••friend” <>f Jacksonville still ‘‘publishes” his paper in Jacksonville but maintains his payroll in Medford an«! exjxrcts the citizens of this town to give him their support, an«! with Jacksonville's weak ness for helping other tow ns more than they do their own Nickell gets consider able patronage from the town that he docs not patronize. The neighborly reciprocity existing between Medford an 1 J i-ksrnville ap- jrears to Ire on the jug-han lk- order w.th the handle on Medford's side. The Jack sonville Native Daughters succeeded in selling only one ticket in Medford for an entertainment which they recently gave, while the Medford Eastern Stars sohl 23 tickets in Jacksonville for an entertain ment that they g ive this week. As to the amount of selfishness and unfriendly spirit displayed by the two towns, that is left for those to judge who are familiar with the past relations of Jacksonville and Medford. Senator Mitchell, who has lalxrred un ceasingly in congress to have justice done the Indian War veterans has introduced bill increasing the pension of all Indian War veterans from $S to $12 a month; also granting each person who served 14 davs on any Indian war previous to the Civil war ldlt acres of bounty land. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally life itself is the price of a mistake, but you’ll never lx- wrong if yon take Dr. King’s New Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache. Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough. 25c, at Drug Store. STEEL DAVENPORT LOUNGES The latest thing in the Bed and Lounge line. Come and inspect. I also take orders for Harness and Saddles Timber Cull and see my Stock. Land Wanted T. C. NORRIS