JACKSONVILLE SENTINEL
VOL. 1
SUPPLEMENT,
Bed rock prices for 31! days at the Boss.
The Ladies Aid Society will give a
seventh social on March 17 in I*. Ryan’s
Brick on main street. Admission seven
cents, livery seventh person admitted
free.
Saturday evening while Bert Bostwick,
George Buckly and William Broad were
driving out from Medford on the way to-
their home on Applegate, the horse l>e-
came frightened and tip|*c*i over the bug
gy throwing the occupant* out, Buckly
and Broad escajicd without injury, but
Bostwick had his left elbow dislocated.
The voting man came on to Jacksonville
and brs. Gale and Robinson set the in
jured joint and Mr. Bostwick was able to
go on home Monday.
A. M. Woodford, Medford's new ¡lost-
mast* r, sent off his bonds to Washington
Wednesday and lie will likely lake
charge of the office on April 1st. His
bondsmen arc I. L. Hamilton, I). II.
Miller, F. E. Payne, G. L. Davis, Wallace
Goodsutid Dr. W. S. Jones. Mr. Wood
ford will hive Dr. H. M. Butler for his
chief clerk. Dr. Butler will have charge
of the money order and registry depart
ments as well as to keep the general
accounts of the office, duties that he is
well qualified to fill for lie is an ex|>ert
bookkeeper. Mr. Woodford has not an
nounce«! who tile other clerks are to lie,
but it Is probable that he will employ his
daughter ami one of the present clerks.
Mr. Woolford will retain his agency for
the Standard (Ml Company, as attending
to the company's business requires so
little time that it will not interfere with
his postoffice duties.
rfiq Sticky Items.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Turpin who are now
living near Medford sjieiit Friday night
with Al's parent*, Mr. and Mrs. H.
" C-
Turpin, ami on their return trip took a
load of lieaut ful brown leghorn pullets,
which they raised on Sticky but had not
before moved them to their new home.
They have a crop in on the Ish farm, so
will again la* residents of our section
during the harvesting season.
E. G. Robert« was a Central Point visit
or last Saturday.
D. Cingcade, one of our enterprising
stock men, is buying a few calves, which
he will pasture with his other stock on
the Dead Indian range.
MARCH
II, 1904
Mr. and Mrs. Al. Turpin have rented
Mrs. Hcimroth’s fine fruit ranch near
Medford and have moved to their new
home. They will be greatly missed in
our neighborhood, but we wish them the
best of success in their new venture.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimroth will go to Cali
fornia for the la-nefit of the latter’s health
she being very much indisposed for the
last year.
Miron Turpin, accompanied by Miss
Meda Charley, of Climax, spent Saturday
night at the parental home.
Our farmers are very much dissatisfied
with the exorbitant tax they are obliged
to pay this year.
The bridge below the Beebe place was
washed out during the heavy rain and the
ford is very high.
Our rural mail carrier has not been out
for a couple of weeks now, owing to the
Central Point bridge being partially
washed out.
E. G. Rolierts made a business trip to
Jacksonville the first of the week.
The new town officers for Jacksonville
were sworn in this Friday evening, the
list embracing Councilmen Emil Britt,
J. Nunan, J. S. Orth, Theo Cameron and
J. H. Huffer, Recorder Henry Dox,
Treasurer Jas. M. Crone-miller, Marsha)
W. G. Kenney, ami Street Commissioner
Henry Wenrit. On the new council
organizing Emil Britt was elected presi
dent of the council, this taring the fourth
consecutive year that Mr. Britt has been
honored with this office which carries
with it the position of ex officio mayor of
Jacksonville. Mayor Britt appointed the
following standing committees: Finance,
Cameron, Orth, Nunan; Street. Nunan,
Cameron, Huffer; Cemetery, Huffer, Orth,
Cameron; Sanitary, Ortb, Huffer, Nunan;
Public Improvements, Nunan, Cameron,
Orth; Fire Wardens, Huffer and Marshal
Kenney. Sergeant R. S. Dunlap having
resigned his position of sexton of the
Jacksonville cemetery, it was accepted
and C. W. Conklin was appointed to the
position. In consideration of the 41
years of faithful services that Sergeant
Dunlap ba<l rendered to the town a vote
of thanks was given him and Councihnen
Huffer, Orth ami Cameron were appoint
ed a committee to draw up suitable reso
lutions expressive of the appreciation
that the town had for Sergeant Dunlap
and that the same be inscribed on the
town records. Marshal Kenney was re
appointed nightwatch. Prior to the new
council taking their seats the old council
hel<l a brief session and audited the bill of
the Jacksonville Gas Company for (73.72
Jas. Cronemiller, treasurer, (302; Henry
Dox, recorder, (4.lift; Dr. R. G.
~ Gale,
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city phyeician, (30.00; Chas, Dunford,
street work, (2.30.
James Grigsbv, of Agate, spent last
Sunday night with his cousin, Arch Tur
pin.
Our farmers taking quite an interest in
the “Good Roads problem, a numlrer
of them are giving work with themselves
and teams to repair the Central Point
bridge. Big Stickey has as good showing
in the amount of gratuitous work done
Oregon Chapter No. 4, R. A. M. gave
on roads and bridges as any section of
their annual banquet and reunion Thurs
the country we have yet heard from.
day. The hall of the chapter, one of the
Mrs. W. J. Gregory has been making largest and handsomest in Oregon outside
Ashland a visit, Iteing the guest of her oof Portland, was decorated in exquisite
daughters, Mrs Cinda Weedon and Mrs. taste with a profusion of (lotted plants
Lizze Owens, also of numerous friends.
embracing many varieties of ferns, palms,
We learn that Mr. Poole, who has been i rare Japanese vines and other ornamental
a sufferer from heart trouble fora number plants, an orange tree loaded with ripe
of years, is being treated by a faith-cure oranges forming the center piece in front
of the Worshipful Master’s station. The
doctor.
banquet room had similar decorations, a
Work is still going on, on the Fish graceful arch festooned in blue, purple,
Lake Ditch, notwithstanding the inclem garnet and white, the Chanter colors with
ent weather, but will be pushed much the keystone in the center spanned the
more rapidly, when the weather clears center of the room. The banquet served
up. Supt. McCary has purchased a large ! was Jacksonville’s best and that tells it all
amount of lumber and posts which will to those who have partaken at one of
be hauled to the ditch as soon as the the banquets for which this town is
weather and roads will permit.
famous. During the early part of the
Mr. Lofland, of Griffin Creek, has been evening a pleasing program was rendered
visiting his sons, Charles and Harry and that was made up of talent and selections
of a higher order than usually is had at
their families.
public functions. The opening selection,
Frank Rolierts, of Central Point and a piano duet by Miss Margaret Krause
Miss May Evans, of Medford, were pleas- and Donald Colvig, was well rendered.
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Medford and Jacksonville audiences, sang
one of her best selections winning a
hearty encore. Mrs. Susie Neil gave
with fine expression on the piano one of
Liszt’s Ixrst productions. Mr. Holbrook
Withington, an attorney who recently
heated in Medford from Portland, proved
himself a dialect linguest of great perfec-
tion and his Irish, Swede, German, Yan
kee and other selections kept the audience
in a roar of laughter. Dr. and Mrs. R.
G. Gail gave a vocal solo in a manner
that greatly pleased the audience. Mrs.
C. E. Hafer, who recently came to Med
ford, the bride of Mr. C. E. Hafer, of
Kansas City, made her first appearance
Irefore a Jacksonville audience. Mrs.
Hafer has a round, full voice finely culti
vated and her solo was one of the most
ehjoyable features of the evening’s enter
tainment. Marion Neil, Jacksonville's
favorite juvenile piano player gave
added proof that she has musical
ability of rare promise.
The pro
gram closed by a recall of both Miss
Jones and Mr. Withington, she gave a
pretty song, the words for which were
written by Dennis Stovall, of Grants
Pass, and the music was of her own ar
rangement, while he gave a German dia
lect piece that was a gem as a fun pro
ducer. There were a large tiumlier of
guests present, a special train bringing
some 40 from Medford, they being Hon.
and Mrs. W I Vater, Mayor and Mrs E
B Pickel, Rev W F Shields, Mr and Mrs
C E Hafer, Harold Withington, Dr. and
Mrs W L Cameron, Miss Mabel Jones, Dr
and Mrs W S Jones, Fred Weeks, Miss
Jessie Mathes, of Ashland, Miss t'ertrude
Weeks, Miss Bernice Cameron, A H Mil
ler, Mrs J A Whitman, Mrs A Z Sears, E
M Starr, Mrs C
Welch. Miss Kate
Angle, W F Isaacs, F N Thomas, Mr and
Mrs J F White, Mr and Mrs Chas Strang,
Mr and Mrs W H McGowan, Mrs L B
Warner, Mr and Mrs E N Warner, Mr
and Mrs H U Lumsden, Mr and Mrs C I
Hutchinson. The other guests from a
distance were Mr. and Mrs H D Kubli
from Applegate; Mr and Mrs Horace Pel-
ton from Sams Valley. J J Cambers from
Ashland, and R F Yocum of Central
Point.
Republican Central Committee Meets.
The Jackson county Republican central
committee met Wednesday afternoon in
Angle's hall, Medford. A. E. Kellogg,
of (»old Hill, presided and F. D. Wagner,
of Ashland, was secretary. All the pre
cincts were represented by the commit
teemen or by proxies.
The apportionment to the conventions
is identical and based on the vote cast
for W. J. Furnish for governor in 1902,
Ix-ing two delegates at large for each pre
cinct, and the new precinct of South
Jacksonville, and one delegate for each
25 votes or major fraction thereof. This
apportionment provides for a total of 133
delegates, as follows:
East Ashland, 7; South Ashland, 7;
West Ashland, 6; Dunn, 5; Barron, 3;
Talent, ft; Phoenix, ft; East Medford, 6;
West Medford, tt; Jacksonville, 0; South
Jacksonville, 2; Union, 4; Central Point,
4; Gold Hill, ft; Rock Point, 3; Eagle
Point, ft, Woodville, 3; Applegate, 4;
Sterling, 3; Climax, 3; Big Butte, 3; Poo
Bah, 4; Sams Valley, 3; Meadows, 3;
Foots Creek, 3; Lake Cieek, 3; Pleasant
Creek, 3; Roxy, 3; Watkins, 3; Flounce
Rock, 2; Table Rock, 2; Willow Springs,
3; Mound, 3; Trai 13. Total 133.
It was decided to hold two conventions,
one at Ashland on Saturday, April 9, to
select delegates to the state and con
gressional conventions, the primaries for
this convention to be on April 2, the
other convention, at which the county
ticket will lie nominated, will lie held at
Gold Hill on Friday, May 6, and the pri
maries to be on April 30. Proxies in both
conventions are to be confined to resi
dents of the precincts represented.
Two young, fresh milk cows for sale.
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