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JACKSONVILLE Vol. I x? LOCAL SENTINEL Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon. Friday, January 1, 1904- NOTES. Chris Ulrich wa» in Ashland hist Satur day on a Iniaine** trip. All the latest magazine» anil jx-n«»«li cnla at the City Drug Store. Mr». 1*. I*. Prim went to Ashland Thur» day to sja nd two weeks with her friend, Mr». Edward Pi-ngra. w Mrs. S. R. Taylor is cx|x-ctcd home Monday from Junction City, where she Illis laetl for the past two weeks with her daughter and son ill law Mr ami Mrs Reulx-n Robinson patrons and T. C. Norris, the Jacksonville re d e»ta’e dealer reports that he Ims made a «ale f< r C. E. Garfield, of the hitter s IBOacre farm at Big Butte to L. K. Parkhurst, a recent | arrival from Reed Ci«y, Michigan the price Ix-mg considerably above fl.tMHI. Kinriling Wood—jl iNlalo.t l at yard or delivered. Iowa Lumber Company. Mr., A. M. Berry was down from Ash land the first of this week to visit her former Jacksonville nciglilxirs While here she r< nted for another year, her farm cast rd town to S. C. Swagerty and »lie dso rented In r Gritlm cr> < k farm to him Plenstiri loving jicople arc to have two up|M>rtunitics in February of enjoying thciiis* Ives in the ball room in Jackson- ! villc for the Workmen and liegree of Honor will give a grand ballon St. Val entine'« day ami the Native Daughters will give one on Washington's birthday. Mis Kahh-r earn«- Monday to Jackson v lie. from Tacomn to la- with her hus band, Dr Gc<>. Kahler, who is here car mg for his brother Wesley Kahler who has lx-en confined to his home for sonic ' months |»ist bv severe illness, lie is now able to lie about t’»e room and he hopes by spring to have fullv regained his health. L. D Minear, who ow ns a fine farm on the Gridin creek road, two miles east of Jacksonville, has taken the agency for a woven wire fence machine and he was in Jacksonville Saturday to at range for bringing the advantages of this new fence Io the attention of the public by means of an advertisement in the Sentin el. This fence has the stock turning ad vantages o< a Barta d wire fence with the liability to injur- stock «lone awav with, kt is also chicken ami rabbit pr«x>f and cheaper, us it never gets out of repair, than a utxxlcn fence. Go to the Ito.s for vour candi« s etc Plain mixed 10c jx-r jioiimland when you Buy ti |x>un<l you get it. W. R. Dickerson of Table Rock was in Jacksonville Wednesday on btisinc-s at the court bouse. Mr. Dickeraon has re cently s«d«l his farm of liMt acres, one of the la st in Jackson county, to I. It. Me- Donald for fl.!.Otsl, this not to include »tuck or implements. McDonald is a recent arrival in the county coming from England hist March and after looking over the Pacific Coast carefully he decid ed that Rogue Riv«r Valley la-st suited. Mr. Dickerson will give ¡xissessioii early this spring. Just what his plans are forth.- future he has not yet decided, the report that he would move to Medford having no foundation. The famous Fisk Jubilee singers, w ho are now touring the Pacific Coast, will be at Wilson's opera Bouse in Medford on Wednesday of next week. These colored singers are not of the class of negro mins trels, whose slushy rag-time songs have brought that class of music into disrepute, but their mti|ic is of a high order and their songs are clean ami wholesome, and range from high classic to deeply pathet ic with enough light hearted selections interspersed to brighten the evenings entertainment. The Fiak Jubilee Singers have sung tn all the principal cities ami towns of the United States and the troupe have made eight trips to Europe, singing in all the great cities and appearing be fore many of the royal jiersonages and ' nobility. A special train will lie run from Jackaonville for that evening. Jesse Applegate son of County Record- I or Peter Applegate left Wednesday on j his way to Corvallis where he will enter the State Agricultural College. On his wav down he will stop one «lay at Drain and visit relatives Jesse is one of Jack sonville's most promising Bovs and if he continues as industrious, studious and free from bad habits as he is now his fut ure success in life can be leadilv predict- ISHING our friends a Hap py and Pros perous Year, New we take this means of thanking them and the public in general for the many favors shown us in the past. Hoping we will re ceive your continued patronage the coming year, we are verv re- J J spOctfully NUNAN-TAYLOR COMPANY JACKSONVILLE, - ORE No. 34 Henry Shearer and H. C. Hinkle, who ,came in last week from the Steamboat mine to »pen«! the Holidays with home folks will return Monday and resume de velopment work that Mr. Shearer is do ing on his mine, for he now owns the famous Steamboat mine, which in years gone by has produced more than a quart er of a million dollars in gold from its j»>. k-.-ts and Mr. Shearer thinks that the prospect.» ire g«xxl for another rich strike. Th«- old workings were on the Applegate side of 'he ridge, which at that place is high ami narrow, but Mr. Shearer has risked bis judgment on finding pay on the Brush creek side of the divide. He now has th«- tunnel in 202 feet, the fdrm- ation pa^ed through Ixiing slate and • orphry . The terminus of th«- tunnel is in diorite an«l it will lx- run no further, further development work being in cross cuts ami a stop . A crosscut to the south east will lx- run fir-t and if the le«lge is not found then a stope will be run lx-fore trying anol her cro-s cut. Mr. Shearer thinks that his tunnel is fully below the ledge and that lie is not far from it. as it One of the la st selections of millinery is a blanket leilge overlaying the diorite gootls to be seen in Medford is at the formation. store of Maud E. Wilson & Co. in Me«l- Try the Sentinel for three months. fot ' on F street west of the S. P. «lejxit The death took place on Tuesday of ami her prices are satisfactory to custo Jacob B. Adams, at the home of his sons mer» Charles and Oliver Adams on the Sterl Tile Holton & Peil excursion from ing road mar Blecher's Mr. Adams had SoulhernOreg« ti and Northern California suffered severely for the past year w ith that left for San Ftancisco last Saturday gangrene of the left foot, which gradual nundiercd «bout 300 jx-rsons. The Jack ly extended to the leg an<1 for some time sonville delegation which numix-red 17. prior to his death the entire left side of was the largest in proixition to the size his !x>dy was paralyzed. He was 73 years of the town of anv of the delegations. old and had reside«! in this Valley for the Those going from here were Judge J. R. past 15 years. He was a native of Penn Neil, Roy Ulrich. Miss Josephine Done sylvania and with his parents resided for gan. Miss Marie Nickell, Miss Kate Plv- some years in Wisconsin, coming to Ore niaie. Mrs. Edward Faucett. WiDtam gon about 4" years ago, residing in the Deniff, Edward Dunnington. William Willamette Valley until he came to South Jennings, Thomas Kahler, E. Tliomjison. ern Oregon. He leaves an aged wife, re Mrs Geo. E. Neulier and daughter siding iti Alliany. from whom he was Laura. T. J. Kinney, Deputy Sheriff/)ris separate«! several years ago, and nine Crawford, Mrs. Crawford and her little children. Of the three daughters Miss daughter Nellie. Mrs. Neuber ami her Myrtle ami Clara reside with their moth daughter will remain in California sever er at Alliany and where also resides the al waeks visiting relatives an«l friends, married «laughter, Mrs. Della Ferguson. judge Neil will sjx-nd the greater por Of the six sons. Charles ami Oliver reside tion of his time with his son, Prank Neil at the Jackson County Mill and Frank at who is bead Ixxikkeeper with A. S. Hop T ible Rock, while Clifford resides at Al kins & Co. whole sale stationers at Sac- bany, George at Lakeview and James at reraento. A part of thej excursionists are Chico, California. The funeral services expected back this Saturday and the were hekl Wednesday afternoon at the others will lx- back w ithin the next wet k Jacksonville cemetery where the inter Mr. Win. S. Crane, of .California, Md.. j ment took place, the services being con suffered for years from rheumatism and ducted by Rev. F. G. Strange. While lumbago. He w is finally advise«! to trv i comparatively a stranger here, the obi Cbamlx-rlain’s Pain Bahn, which he did gentleman had many friends and there and it affected a complete cure. For sale were a goodly number pre-ent to pay the last respects to his memory. by City Drug Store. Hon. W. M. Colvig will have on Mon day next f«>r Detroit. Michigan, where h<- goes on business in connection with the Supreme Ixxige of American, A. O. U. W, of which he is supreme overs« er. His trip East is for the purpose «ifattend ing a meeting of th«- supreme board of directors of which he is a mendx-r and also of the supreme relief committee of which he is al-z> » member. This <<>m- tnittee apportion the r< lief that is given by the S iij nine Lodge to the Sta'e Jtires- diction that had to meet more than 12 a-- si-ssim nts in one ye <r. Th- re are sever al states that w ill require relief this ve<r. California being in the list and the only one from the Pacific Coast. Oregon will only have nine issessments, and would have had but eight were it not for the Heppner flood, which caused death losses to the Workmen amounting to Mr. Colvig states that the order in Oregon is in a healthful condition ami now has a mem’.er-hip ol lil.NtMt. w ith a membership of 442.'**' in the United States. rTA YLER TH£ FOOT FITTER cd. He is a graduate of the Jacksonville High Sclusd and his class standing was the very liest and the certificate of his graduation furnished him by Prof. Wash burn will give him a ready entrance to the College. He has a natural lx-nt for mathematics and surveying ami in these studies he has shown «narked ability, , while assisting his father who is a pract ical surveyor and civil engineer. He will take the civil engineering course as he intends that to l>e his life vocation. T. J. Williamson, «me of the new set tiers in Jacksonville, coming from Illin ois three years ago to get to a country where a mild climate could be had ano where good investments were to lie also had, has decided that fr lit raising is one the safest pro|M>sitious to take up in this I vicinity and last year he Ixmglit 70 acres of land adjoining to the big 400 acre ' orchard of Capt. Gordon Voorhies six miles south-east of Jacksonville and be is planning to set the greater part of it to fruit trees. He finished last week the planting of 1200 apple trees, New tons and Spitzenburgs. The trees were grown her«- in the Valley, for Mr. Williamson holds that trees native to this soil and climate are better than imported trees ' and they are thrifty ami svmctrical ami lined up in the rows as straight as afileof German infantrymen. On his home place here in Jacksonville, which con sists of five acres, Mr. Williamson is put ting out 200 Winter Nellis pears. Wishes you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy .Veit Year. Some very comfortable warm lined Shoes. Pure Wool. I also have a very complete stock of Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children’s Shoes. Latest in Style - Best in Quality - Lowest in Prices 7//> Street - - Medford <___________________________ J MILLER & DAVIDSON Fine Confections, Cigars Tobaccos, Fresh Fruits Conned Goods, Notions Sodas and Soft Drinks FLOUR, FEED AND POTATOES