Jacksonville sentinel., January 22, 1904, Image 3

better access to th«- countyseat and give
strangers a good impression of the town
and the community. This road will cost
considerable money but when Jackson­
WEEK. ville once undertakes to <Io a thing it is
accomplish« d and m no halfway manner
Ktrttoa either.
would I m - shortened ami they I m at liber­ another year there will Ire several more
ty to go to their homes that much soon machines in this valley anti the time is
er.
As each day of court adds an ex- not distant when they will I m - as numer­
Ksri'.n <»s
pens«- of from f>25 to f 100 to the burden ous hen- as in the East. The coming of
FRIDAY OF EACH
of the tax|iayers, to shorten the term is a the automobile will I m - a most important
matter of economy to the county. Judge factor to the good roads movement in
CKAtHF* M mkhvi
Hanna would readily hold evening ses­ Jackson county for those who buy auto­
sions when there was a press of business mobiles an- usually persons of means w ho
THE CAMPAIGN IS OPENED.
Enirrrd It: the
of Juck«M>Hvlllr,
and tin county court would lx- but mak­ in order to have good roads for their
Jn< k»oii County, (>r<goti. Ni «rcotid < I mm iimltrt
Though it is more than four months
ing a profitable expenditure for the machineswill liberally aid in the build­
until the state and county election is
county in having th«- court room proper­ ing of macadamized highways.
The
Ml mm Hirtiox U aio
held
for Oregon th«- cam[xiign has I m -« ii
One year.....................................
fl M
ly lighted.
cause of good roads in Jackson county
Mia monili»
.....
7<> Ix-giin in Jackson county. Just at pres­
needs all the Assistance possible and tilt­
Three mouth*
....
v>
ent Ashland is the storm center in the
Jacksonville people may not care what
help of th«- automobilists will I m : greatful-
war. The Tidings o|x-ned the engage­ stranger* think about their sidewalks
Cl.lMHIMI, THKMS
ly appreciated.
The Hriilltirl mill III« Weekly Ott-goniaii will ment with a brisk fire of taffy balls that but for their own comfort they should
I m - Milt to one
for
• year
The Meuli
Medford's municipal indebtedness on
was highly edifying to it* favorite can­ put them in g<xxl condition. The holes
net givea the Jaekwin county news un«l the Or«-
on
January I, as shown by Mayor J. R.
Kouinu glvea the «tale, national an>l woilcl new»
didates and some what disconcerting to in the stone and brick walk* should In­
Um» a trailer 1» able Io cover the entire new*
Wilson
’s report was $7.3,.373.114. This is
Held al b I miu I the price ol but one p»per.
the other fellow.
„. To this mild attack fixed and the broken Ixiard* in the plank
an
increase
of $3,331) to the town's in­
the Recorrí responded with a heavy- walks repaired. The gravel walks in thr
l'MIAI. MiUM-MII’IION» The Jack »Olivine Mciitinel
Med­
wlll I h - » chi lo miy ■<l«lre*». al ntiy po»loHice In dis« barge from its big gun that was a residence parts of town have sections ch b edness since January 1, 11)03.
thè Uniteti hlalr», tot tour wrrk» lor 10 celli».
ford's
school
indebted!!«
ss
amounts
to
»trading premonition as to what it would that are as muddy a* a cow trail. Crushed
All » ii I hh rlptlon», irgular or trial, «arili fw- proni |>t
about $13,000, making the total indebted­
ly atopitrtl ai thè tlalr ut eapiration. unlraa n re-
do w in n the campaign really o|x lied.
granite is easily ami cheaply had ^rom
newal i» leccived
ness of th«- city ov«r $'*),000, which is al­
One of Jacksonville's leading citizens the hill* back of town and with a little
most as mnch as Jackson County’s in­
Friday, January 22, !9(J4 was in tin- line of fire of these liellicose extra coating from year to year it mikes debtedness. Jacksonville has heretofore
n« wspafM-rs and between them they have a clean, solid walk—a decided improve­
been able to pride itself on its small,
THE JACKSON CREEK ROAD.
given his candidacy for district attorney ment oil most of the walks in the town.
The !«oar«l of trade committee h iving considerable prominence. The Tiding* A number of |x-ople have expressed a steadily decreasng indebtedness and very
low rate of taxes, but that can not be said
charge of the pro|X>sed improvement to bad this to say of Mr. Newbury:
willingness to put granite on their walks
now
of the town, for its taxes are 10 mills,
the Jackson Creek road ami of the chan­
Along the Republcian rank* the name but they hold back Ix-cause no effort is
only
one mill less than Medford's and
nel of Jackson creek have had to change I of Gus Newbury is me ntioned for the made by th«- town authorities to comjiel
their plans somewhat by reason of being position of district attorney. Gus is derelect property owners to fix up the like Medford, the town expenses for this
unable to get the survey of the road ' widely known anil exceptionally popular. walks in front of their premises. If the year have exceeded the income.
made. The order authorizing thecounty ' He is meeting with marked success al- council would judiciously exert ise a lit­
Ashland’s new- prohibition ordinance
siirvecor to relocate the road so that the ! ready iu hit chow n vocation of the law, tle force and conqel the sidewalks to lx: has gone into effect and the town will le
definite lines of it may tie known can' and would unquestionably make an ad- |x«t in a respectable, passable condition “dry” for this year. The ordinance as
not I m - had until the regular session of I mirable public prosecutor.
the comfort, the peace and the prosperity j»repared by City Attorney W. E. Phipps,
the county court, which will lie on the i And the response of the Record w.'ii of the town would lx: conserved and ami passed bv the council at their last
first Wednesday in February. This makes this:
Jacksonville would be one steu ahead in meeting, prohibits the sale of all liquor,
it im|K>ssible for bidders to make their
Coiled up in a premature list of alleged th«- march of progress.
except on the prescription of a licensed
rstimat« s at the pres«-nt time.« The Com- candidates for county offices Ex-county
physician, within the city limits. The
The newspapers of Medfofd, Ashland
inittee though are not losing time in chrk.Gus Newbury l>egan the year by
penalty
for the violation of this ordi­
carrying on preparations fur th«- road presenting the first section of his anatomy and (’.rants Pass are decidedly easy vic­ nance is, a fine of not less than J50 nor
work. It is the plan of the board of pointing toward th«- district attorneyship. tims on fake stories and the more impro­ more than #1<»>, or imprisonment of not
Iraki- to secure if possible a fund of at Gus was retired last election from a four bable the story the more likely ate they less than ten days nor more than 30 days
least #1DOO for th«- road and creek im­ years pull at fat salaries drawn from the to bite. Recently one of them was taken in the city jail, or both such fine and im­
provement. It i» expected to « him - $500 taxes of Jackson county jxrople. He re­ in on a f«ke about inscriptions lx-ing prisonment.
of this amount from the adjacent prop-1 luctantly gave up another nomination found on the summit of Wagner butte
Old residents say that Jacksonville*
erty owners along the road, the citizen* w hen he «Ii»« over« <1 he could not get it. that had lieeti put there by Lewis aud
Clark
when
they
visited
this
Coast
a
cen
­
streets
have presented this past year the
of Jacksonville and th«- town of Jackson­ Though making n little fortune out of
tury
ago
and
the
other
papers
of
the
most disreputable appearance in the his­
ville. The committee have their sub­ four years of office holding it seems that
scription pa|x-r prejaired and it has lieen fact has only whetted his appetite and it tbtee towns were thoughtless enough to tory of the town. They do certainly look
headed by Mr. Nun in with $’iO and by can only I m : iipjH-ascd by four year» more republish the yarn. Had these news­ pretty tough but no worse than some sec­
Mis* Levy anil Mis* KareuskioXvners of as district attorney. He was admitted to paper editors been up on history at all tions of the public highways leading
the Kaieuski land, with $’io. The cotn- the bar—applicant» seldom fail in Ore­ they would not have given credence to from Jacksonville that are also used as
niittae expect to secure $50 each from gon—a few months ago and though he this story and thus added to the c«mfus- dumping places for all manner of refuse
Frank By I m e and Col. R. A. Miller, th«- has appeared ill court in a handfull of ion that the general public has on so and rubbish. Xatnre gave Jacksonville a
other owners of land adjacent to the Jim Crow cases he 1» prepared to a»k the many historical matters. And now on a pleasing environment as handsome as any
road, the lialanc«- of th«- $500 to lie sub district to present itself a» a law school simple news matter are they imposed on town in Oregon, but man has sadly
scribed by the citizens of Jacksonville and give him a liberal education and a again anil on«- that they could easily have marred its beauty.
and by the town, through an appropria­ fine- salary in the bargain. Nominat­ avoided had they rea<l the big dailies.
The business of the livery stables of
tion by the council. The county court a* ing conventions are peculiar bodies and Their latest is that M. E. Kenna, father
Jackson
county decrease 75 per cent with
is their rule will give an equal amount no one can arrive at the workings of of E. D. Kenna, vice president of the
the
coming
of the fall rains and muddy
thus bringing the amount up to the $ID>ni. their judgment from any logical basis of S.«nta I-'e railroad, <’ied in Jacksonville.
roads
Every
other business affected by
Now that the town ha* undertaken to reasoning. Prominent men have la-en Oregon on last Sunday week. The facts
vehicle traffic suffers almost as great a
improve th«- upper section Jackson Creek seen presenting and urging the name» of in the case as given in the big dailies are
loss during the winter months.
that
the
well
known
capitalist
died
in
road and th«- « reek channel tile lainl men in conventions for responsible posit­
Jacksonville
Florida.
ow ners along the lower section of Jack- ions who would never think of giving the
Manv a life in a country home is jeo­
sou creek arc planning to open and same individual any of their private int­
There is a liklihood that this Valley pardized or lost by the long delay in get­
straighten the channel of the creek erests to attend to. The district has a
will have three or more automobiles this ting the physician to the bedside of the
through tlu- farm*. If this is «lone and number of experienced lawyers who are
summer, the report being current that sick one, caused by’ the impossibility of
Jackson creek given a straight deep chan­ me mbers of the Republican party and it
I»r. Pickel, C. 11. Lewis and Olwell Bros, traveling fast over muddy, dangerous
nel it will eliminate danger of th- farm» may lx-just jxxsible that the republican
are each to purchase a machine. Several roads.
along th«- creek lieing buried by a flood convention may not present the district
other persons are also planning to buy
All candies 10 per cent cheaper for 30
of tailing* from the mine* tor the gravel with an option on a novice to educate.
automobiles and it is probable that by «lays at the Boss.
would I m - swept on to Bear creek ami
thence on to Rogue river. But if the
The county court has ordered tele-
creek is not controlled it is but a ques­ phones placed in the court house, a con-
tion of the near future when hundreds of venience that will I m .- greatly appreciated
acres of the best alfalfa land in the Val­ by all having business with the county
ley will lx- buried under a coating of officials. Now if the county court will
gravel, entailing a loss of thousands of have tin- circuit court room fitted for
dollars to the land ow ners. These set­ lighting with gas another very much
tlers are also planning to improve their needed convenience will lx.- supplied.
section of the road from the Duncan The present oil lamps make such a yellow
place to the Burscll place, which if «lone feeble light that it is impossible for busi­
will when the Jacksonville section is ness to be carried on in the court room so
completed give a well graded road from soon as darkness comes on. In order to
Jacksonville to Central Point.
With expedite business aud thus shorten the
some additional graveling done on the term of court Judge Hanna would often
Medford road there would also be a fine hold evening sessions, but he cannot do
driveway between Jacksonville and Med­ this because of pcxir lights in the court
room. The March term, soon to be held,
ford.
This road improvement will be to the will lx- in one of the busiest seasons of
business men and property holders of the year for the farmer and to those who
Jacksonville, one of the best investments may lx- jurymen or litigants every day
dial the tow». has ever made, for this spent in court is a very gn at loss and
road will e'.able the farmers to get to they would lx- willing to apjx-ar at even­
tins pl««.«.-to do trading, give the public ing sessions if thereby the term of court
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