Jacksonville sentinel., June 10, 1904, Image 5

Watkins Items.
Mrs. T It) me mid son John were in
|a< kMHivtlle the fore |Mirt ol last week,
liming ha* I kriiii in this section,
Mr. Hccerson and Mr. Wright came
over from their mines on F.lliotl Creek
to vole at the election.
S. H. Arrasmitli went to |ack*ouville
on Saturdays stage.
Mi»» Maud Byrne was visiting in
cel district Sunday and Monday.
I*. J. Sullivan who was clerk of the
election, brought with him from hi*
mine on Elliott a »¡«cimeii of as fine a
quartz as ha« ever laren discovered in
Ibis section.
G. C. Culy of Steamboat came to this
place Thursday to attend the jaditical
speaking held in the «bool house
Thurmlay evening. W. H. Gore of
Med for.! was the principal ipskrr. The
meeting was well attended.
Mr. Harr is having a fine large barn
erected; Mr. Ezra Arnold in doing the
ezrja-nter w<>rk.
whrre he interviewed S. W. Boyd ami
other farmers and to the !»h farm where
he was shown grass conditions on that
big hay farm by W. H. Gore. From
Jacksonville Mr. Hunter went to Grants
Pass where he met Prof. C. V. Piper, of
Washington D. C. from the Detriment
of Agriculture and from there went to
the farm of E. D. Hagen near Salem to
examine a number of native grasses that
Mr. Hagen is cultivating with a view of
testing their availability for use in the
pastures of this section. As to the re­
porter! new variety of alfalfa that Col.
Judson, of the O. R. tt N. Co's agricul- \
tural experimental department, is intro­
ducing into Eastern Oregon as a variety
that will grow on dry hill land Mr. Huis
ter says that if it is nothing more than
alfalfa that by years of selection and
cultivation on dry land has Irecome hardy
and will make a fair growth on land
that •» not too dry. Of a new variety of
alfalfa from Turkestan, Asia, that the
Department is experimenting with on
arid lands, it is found that it will grow
on hill land Iretter than the commen va- |
riety, but it lias not been mule a success
lor the reason that it (rears but little »eed
when grown in this country. Why this
lrarrene»s agrostoiogisls have been un­
able to find the cause, but it is thought
it is for the lack of the suitable insect to
carry the ¡rollen from blossom to blossom. |
This was the case in Australia when red
clover was introduced into that country,
it growing well but failed to produce
seed until bumblebees were brought to
the country, which by distributing tlie|»l-
len among the blossoms earned this clo­
ver to produce seed as prolific as it does
in Europe or America. As to the prob­
lem of building up the ranges of South­
ern Oregon Mr. Hunter stated that there
was now no known grass that could tie
sown on the wild lands that would pro­
duce ¡msturage. The only solution to
the problem was for the ranges to be
fenced and less stock kept on them until
the native grasses could again Irecome
vigorous and afford the quantity of feed
that was had in pioneer days.
L- D. MincAr returned Fri<lay from
Carthage, Missouri where he and C.
Ninigcr, nt Ashland, hail la-en to attend
.1» delegates the Nation.d Conference of
'he German Baptist Brethren of America.
Mr. Minear report* that the conference,
which i*> made up of delegate« from the
various Brethren churches in the United
State«, was the largest attended of any
ever held in that denomination, there
living some 7,000 ¡x-rsons present. The
official report showed th it the denomina­
tion was having a strong growth, having
gained over l<)0,000 members since the
last session of the National Conference .
Mr. Minear reports that he had a pleas­
ant trip other than the unpleasant fea­
tures of the Eastern weather that were
quite disagreeable to ¡arsons used only
io tile equable climate of the Pacific
coast. When he first arrived the cohl,
windy, rainy weather was hard to tjcar,
but that quickly chang'd to hot day»
anil sultry nights that make life even
more miserable. Missouri, Kansas ami
Nebraska farmers were l»a<lly behind with
their larm work owing to the late spring
Overland Monthly lor June.
and the continued rains. The outlook
for the corn crop was especially l»ad. A
The story by that clevt r writer, Lucy
large acreage hail Ireen drowned by the . Baker Jerome, entitled "Sutter 8091,” de­
velops an entirely new plot in fiction. It
Hoods or had laen made yellow and ' is a telephone story, ami it is well worked
stunted, and other large sections had not | out, holding the reader’s interest from
vet I m - cii planted and Mr. Minear saw | start to finish. Helen Lukens Jones is
many farmers in Missouri and Kansas anotherof the excellent woman writers of
the West, and she gives us "Old Tauquity,
planting corn as he was ¡sessing through the storv of a Southern California tnoun- I
those stales on his way home last week. tain, in legend and description, which ts
Mr. Minear is of n stronger opinion than most fascinating. Edna A. Daniels con-1
ever that Oregon is one of the liest states tributes a rollicking bit of fiction, a love
i comedy tn prose, called "The Irreverent
in the Union. Mr. Mine <r came by way Guv," Elizabath Florence Gray writes of
of California ami stopja <1 off at Tustin in I the great of the North' "III the Valley of
Grange county for a short visit with the Yukon." Guy N. Stockslager tells
S. M. Eby, a former Jackson county resi­ of "Taking the Census in Alaska" in a
most fascinating maner. There is a very
dent and w ho sold to Clint Stewart for interesting article in "¡»pular science"
¿1 l.tMMi tl|e farm oil the |a< ksollVllle- by Ellen Robertson Miller, entitled "The
f
Medfoid boulevard that
Mr. Stew- American Silkworm Moth”.
The Public will be largely interested in |
Mr. Eby
art reqentlysol I tor f
an article by Professor J. Oliver Cur wood
is engaged in rnising oranges ami wal- "The Battleship in Action." Austin !
nuts and is prospering, but Mr. Minear Ixwts, an authority, coiitributs "Success
thought hr was doing no better than ami the School.* This will lie read with I
Rogue River farmers ami orchardists. great interest by the teachers and the par­
ents all over the land. /The Danger! of
Mr. Minear is of the opinion that walnuts Unionism" is another of the industrial
would I h - h profitable trie to grow here series by that writer on economic sub-
anil will plant a tiumlier of trees tills jecls, Guy Raymond Halifax. There are
several purelv California articles, but the ’
fall on his fat in.
general trend of the magazine is toward
Byron Hunter, of tin- division of agros­ .i wider policy. The West is growing, .
ami the West is gradullv beoming the
tology of the United States department world center in literature ami learning.
of agriculture, was in Jacksonville Wed­
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
nesday remaining over until Thursday
Land office nt Roseburg, Oregon.
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to pay a brief visit to liis brotber-in law
May A, 1904.
C. P. Briggs. Mr Hunter is stationed at
Notice is hereby given that the following,
named settler lias tiled notice of his intention to
Pullman, Washington, where lie carries make final proof in support of his claim, and
on exteriinental work in di veloping nat­ tluil said proof will be made la-tore John S Orth,
County Clerk, at his office nt Jacksonville, Ore.
ive grasses and in introducing foreign on June 28, 1901. via H K. No. »212, John H.
for the N W<« Sec. IS, T. 3H S., R. 4 W
grasses and forage ¡Hants that give protn | I.etteken,
lie names the following witnesses to prove bin
ise of proving of value to the fanners of continuous residence ii|M>n and cultivation of
said land, via: John T. I .ay ton, of Applegate.
the West. Mr. Hunter lias Montana, Oregon. Win Sorensen, of Provolt. Ore., E. N.
Provolt, of Murphy, Ore., J. T. Payne, of Pro­
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Califor­ volt, Ore.
J. T. B riugkm ,
nia as bis territory and he is now on a a-l.'t, 0-21
Register.
tour of his district. While here Mr.
Mining views made on short notice: call
Hunter in company with Emil Britt ex
at the 1’ ho T o T ent in Jacksonville.
amined tile various grasses in the latter’s
Slabwood in stove lenghtn /I .tXI per
pnsture and be also went to Gritfin Creek load at saw mill—Iowa Lumber Co.
Millinery Goods
FINE TRIMMED MODELS
NOVELTIES AND NEW IDEAS
IN MILLINERY LINES
HPKCIAL ATTENTION GIVEN Tt) FITTINCi I’ATRONH
WITH IIH<X)MIN<i HATH. QUALITY OF GOODS
ANO PRICKM THAT MEET AU. COMMiTITION
KATHARINE CHAPMAN, MILLINER
GRAQUATt
•ROWNlN« MILLlNCNV COLLCOI. OF CHICAGO
K.
MRS. J.
REEVE,
SALESLADY
ANY TOOL THAT THE FARMER, GARDENER
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AND ORCHARDIST MAY NEED
D. H. MILLER’S
Hardware Store, Tinning and
Plumbing Shop.
MEDFORD,
OREGON
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MILLER & BAILEY
Garden Seed
Elour
Rolled Barley
Potatoes
Crackers
Canned Goods
Comb Honey
Saltine Biscuit
Eresh Bread
Notions
Oranges
Lemons
Bananas
Nuts
Fresh Cand
Stationery
Chinaware
Kahler Blk, Jacksonville
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OREGON NURSERY CO
EatablMied 1867
SALEM,
OREGON
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Oldest and Largest Nursery on Pacific Coast.
All our stock
is Home Grown and guaranteed True to Name. All Trees
that fail to live replaced at Half Price. Can fill orders for any
kind of Tree, Shrub or Flower that can be grown in Oregon.
I^irge Illustrated Catalogue sent Free on application to
R. D. MAPLESDEN,
MEDFORD,
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Excursion Rates to Yaquina Gay.
On June 1st the Southern Pacific Co.
will resume sale of Excursion tickets to
Newport and Yaquina Bay. Both season
and Saturday-to-Monday tickets will be
sold. This popular resort is growing in
avor each year, hotel rates are reasonable
and the opportunities for fishing, hunting
and sea bathing are unexcelled by any
other resort on the Pacific Coast.
Remember Hull the Artist is in town.
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agent
OREGON^
Union Clnb K. C., and Sweet Fern fav­
orite brands of chewing tobacco, hereto-
for <50 cents per pound, now 35 cents at
Miller & Davidson’s. Full stock of all
kinds of tobaccos and cigars.
Conklin, the house-furnisher, has re­
ceived another shipment of carpets and
rugs that are the equal of any ever
brought to Southern Oregon, embracing
many beautiful designs in Administers,
Body Brussells, Ingrains and Velvets.
Call and see them. The prices are right.
Try White Pine and Tar medicine for
that Cough.—City Drug Store.