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About Jacksonville sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1903-1906 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1904)
Mrvry Mode and Present Houle to Be I cqsllzi-d Creek ( bannet lo Be Made Straight mid Io Ik Al least 12 I eel Deep Work to Begin in May. will I* buried Ixneath an avalanche of Ixruldcrs and gravel. Already no less thiin .->0 acres of rich land worth from a f loo to /20o | h r acre lias Ix-en covered an 1 ruined by the tailings, and their dis tructive work is but Ix-gun, and if not checked tonic of the fin« st farms in this valley will within a few years lx- nothing but gn at gravel bars. Heretofore it has Ix-en tin i ustom for the town p-ople to iim - th< creek channel as a dumping place for all their rubbish and farmers found it a convt nient place to dump stumps, brush, rocks «nd other refuse. The chan nel of the creek was thus chocked and rendered the more easy for the tailings to fiuii.h the job ami to so obliterate the channel thul the ol<l settlers have rliffi- < ulty in locating where the creek flowed in pioneer days when it was in its natural stale and rippled along down the valley by banks covered with grass ami lined w ith trees, and not in a desert of rocks as now. The Hanley Bros, have lx-gun thin t*ast winter to dear out the willows and brush and blast out with powder the stumps and other obstructions in the creek channel through their land and there is every certainty that the owners along Jackson creek will straighten and deepen the channel, and when that is done tin- rule avalanche from Jackson creek will lx: a thing of the jxist for the stream will no more overflow its banks and will drive the rixrks down the valley like a great hyrlaulic giant of some mine. 1 I k - contmui <1 ficsliets in Jackson cri ck for the past two month- lias made it Im possible to successfully mid economically undertake the o|a-ning of th - creek chan nd mid of the improv* nn-nt of the adjoin ing public road. A belay was had in SC* tiring n survey of the *oad, but on Monday of hist week County Surveyor Giirl T. Jones hx'ated the line of tin- old road survey, which lie found was an ex tension north of Fifth street from Mr. Niiibi-r's place to the line fence of J N T. Mill* r's land, th* suruey th* n turned north i ant ami followed down the creek Ulitil un int« rsection w >s made with the present traveled road north of th- Fick plan . Mr. S'umui, of tin- Jacksonville board <»1 trade road committee, was with Mr. Jones and «ft« r « full examination he and the other mcnilx-rs of the commit tee decided it was last to have the road win re it had Ix-en for the pest 2D years or more and to that end they prepared a petition to have legalized that section of the road from the Neither place to the Bybee place. Tin-itec« «»ary signers have been si cur* d, the notice |>oste*l and the petition will lx- |m-sentr<l at the May term of tin- county court for considera tion. Tin re will lx- no remonstrance for Buncoin Item*. there arc no rights for one, the present A. S. Kleinhammer is laid up with a road having I m -< n used an«l public lalx>r done u|M>n it f**r more than 10 years, lame back. which covers the statute of limitation, W. Anderson was in this section Sun and the adjoining j ro|x rty owtiers are day. favorable to the r*>a> So s<H,n as the route of the r**a*l is def B. L. Pool was a Jacksonville visitor initely located the Ixxird of trade com Thursday. mittee will arrange with the court, or to Miss Josie Saltmarsh was a visitor at co o|s-rate w ith the county, for the joint Miles Cantrall's last week. exixmditure of the fi'JNO contributed by individuals, the town of Jacksonville, ami A. B. Saltmarsh’s family have all Ixren by th*- county court. It is expected to quite sick with lagrippe. gel County Commissioner Patterson to Mrs. H. E. Ankeny of Eugene, has take charge of the work, or at least to been visiting her daughter Mrs. J.F. surx-rintend it, as the contributors all Crump of this place. have confidence in his ability t*> sec that the work is well done «nd in bis energy Miss Osie Saltmarsh an<l brother Dean to have the work done as economically as were visitors at Wm. Arthur's Sunday. is consistent with thoroughness. Arthur Kleinhammer drove his cattle As to the plan for the improvement of up from the Swavnc ranch Monday, and the creik channel ami of the road, it is will soon drive to the mountains. propose«! to grade tip the roa llx-d just enough t<> give an even grade of a width Miss Josie Saltmarsh has been suffering <>f about 2>i feet from the Fick place from an attack of swelling in her eyes down to where Jackson creek enters the and face. Kubli land on the Central Point road. As William DeRoboam and wife have the road improvement would lx- a waste moved to the Shump ranch on upper of effort if Jai ks*>n ere. k was not brought Little Applegate where they will make under control, it is the plan to provide a their home for some time. straight, deep channel of sufficient capa city to carry the water of the stream even Miss Myrtle Bishop who lias been stav during freshets. To accomplish tins ob ing with her aunt Mrs. A. S. Kleinham ject it is proposed to dig out a channel mer for some time, returned to the about hi feet wid-.- to the depth of the home of her grandparent B. Anderson of tailings, the gravel to lx- used in building Big Stickey where she will attend up the roadway. It is known to ditch school. and canal builders that where the requsite It seems as if we have had our share fall can lx- had that a ditch call lx- opened of storm for a while, such a late and wet chea|H r bv ground slucing than by teams spring has not for many years Ix-en ami scrapers. As Jackson creek has at no section a fall less than three inches to known in this section. But it will be a the nxl and in most sections four to five gtxxl season for mincing if nothing else. inches to the rod th« re would lx- ample Dennis Saltmarsh who has Ix-en here current to enable ground slucing to In visiting relatives for the past three curried on after the surface rocks had month-- returned to his home in Will- been removed and a slight channel made amaite Valley last week. He was ac- to start the water in. With the first rains com (sinied by his aunt Mrs. Annie Can of next fall put a man and team with a trall who w ill spend some time in visit two horse cultivator to plowing up ami ing relatives and friends in that vicinity. down the channel to loosen up the soil and follow up that work until the canal found a Cure for Indigestion. had lx « n opened to a depth of at least 12 I use Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver feet. At that depth, us th«- cultivator could not lx- made to cut perpendicular Tablets for indigestion and find that they walls, the channel would lx- narrowed to a suit my case lx-tter than any dypepsia width of ulxnit live feet. Then th«- man remedy I have ever tried and I have used would take one hoes«- and a double-shove) many different remedies. I am nearly plow and continue his ground slucing fifty one years of age ami have suffered until the bed of the channel was down ami a great deal from indigestion. I can eat to a width of two feel. The great diffi almost anything I want to now.—Geo.W. culty in keeping open the channel of Emory, Rock Mills, Ala. For sale pv Jackson creek lias Ix-en that the tailings City I>riig Store. have chocked it up, and to prevent this When bilious try a dose of Chamderlnins disaster is the objejrt in making the new Stomach and Liver Tablets ami realize channel so deep and so narrow at the | for once bow quickly a first-class up-to- bottom. It is a fact known to all miners date medicine will correct the disorder. that a stream two feet deep ami 16 feet For sale by City Drug Store. more or less in width with ordinary fall will carry no rocks, but with the same Forsale—a firstclass fresh heifer and a fall and the stream Hi feet deep and two . good work horse. Address Emil Britt, feet wide the weight of the water will Jacksonville. carry on an y rock, even large ones, that As a part of the mining exhibit that may be in t he channel. By having the channel narrow at the bottom no bar can the Sentinel is getting up, a rocker, pan be formed by the tailings that may get shovel ami pick are wanted. They should into the creek and they will lie carried on lx- veterans and should show the hard down to Rogue river, if the lower sections service of many a prospecting trip. These old relics will add much to the of the creek channel are opened up. The land owners along Jackson creek interest of the exhibit to Eastern people now realize that the creek must lx- given visiting Jacksonville, and the Sentinel a straight, deep, narrow channel to will appreciate the favor if its mining carry off the tailings, of which there are friends can send in the old tools, the like immense quantities vet to come down of which has made both millionaires and from the mining districts, or their land paupers. FURNITURE. HARNESS AND FITTINGS Shoe repairing and Harness repairing a speialty. REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE I am still in the Real Estate business. a farm or timber land which you want to sell It. I also have what you want to sell it to you at the right price. I' , have If you sell I will buy and will T. C. NORRIS Call and see my Stock. Union Livery Stables Rigs on short notice for timber cruisers, com mercial men, mining men, sawmill men, all kinds of men or parties. Horses fed at rea- sonable rates. Geo. N. 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ABSTRACTER OF TITLES, Most complete set of abstract books in the county, Abstracts made promptly and ac curately. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Fine list of country and town property for sale and rent. MONEY LOANED. Warrants bought and sold. Collections made Taxes paid. Rents collected. Prompt reply to all ietters. Charges reasonable. REFERENCES: BICYCLE STORE REPAIR SHOP Hon. H. K. Hanna, judge of 1st judicial dis trict. and any Jacksonville business man. FINE ANO Racycles, Ramblers and other standard bicycles. Repairs made to bicycles sewing machines, guns and all kinds of small machines. TED KELSO MEDFORD, - OREGON CABINET ==PHOTOS== $1.50 a Dozen UNTIL FURTHER In Posing and NOTICE Finishing my Pk- tvres cannot be excelled. Orders Filled Promptly. ö. W. MACKEY Over Miller’s Hardware Store Medford, - - Oregon