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About Jacksonville sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1903-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1904)
TWEMY-FIVE LIVES Al STAKE Loss of Life and Property Averted by Display of Heroism. I. A. Crniicc, ot Fort Klamath, h.is brought suit agiunst Ikmiel Crotiemiller to recover £1235. which he claims is due him for some cattle which were sold bv Mr. Cronemiller Mr. Cronemiller was in the city the first of the week. He states that last fall Mr Crance wanted him to winter JO cows and IM calves for him on his ranch which was leased to Cronemiller. Later he offered to sell the cattle and they wen- bought and ¡Mid for I a Mr Cronemiller. who sat s lie lias hi« cheek luaik to prove it b» i"lu cattle wire «forward sohl by Mr. Crone miller Mr Crance now claims that the cattle were his and lie wants their value —Klamath Falls Republican A boy w ho was employed at one of the mines on Mt. Reuben, while in the pow der house that contained 1.250 pounds of dynamite, dropped a lighted candle into ar. open I m > x of the explosive on Wednes day evening. Horrified »1 the probable conse<|tiencvs, the I m »« rushed out of the magazine, shouting •'fin in the |*ow<lcr house." Engineer Fred. Gaedecke ran to the scene, where he found fire burning in the sawdust ¡racking aiound an open box typewrit era. of dynamite. He tried to put out the blaze For sale or for relit. New and second with his bare hands but was unable to do hand Cash or easy installments. Al) so; then he ran to the engine room, got makes n -¡wired or remodeleti and work a pail of water, returned ;o tile powder fully guaranteed. If you need a machine, write us. J. E. Huxley, M2 Fourth St., magazine and subdued the Hames which Portland, (Iregon. by that time were wrapping themselves ■ about the dynamite. When at the en- Biq Steamer lor Kldmdth Lake. gine room, he was cautioned not to go track to the txtwder bouse or he would The Oregon & California Navigation •‘be blown to pieces.” "If I don't go Cotn|>aiiv tiled articles of iucor|x»r.«tion back there and put out that tire every with the Secretary of State at Salem, man on this mountain will be blown to )ul\ 22. with a capital stock of £25,000. pieces within a minute,"was his reply. The company has ¡airchased water front He went, and l»y that act of heroism he along Lake Ewauna and will erect suit- ' doubtless saved the life or averted the able buildings, docks, warehouses, etc., maiming of every man at the mine, and necessary for transaction of it* businc»* the destruction of thousands of dollars* The incro,H>rators are Major Charles E. worth of properly. There are good men Worden. G. W. White president of the for every emergency. Gaedecke was first National Bank, and Wm. S Worden tried and found not wanting.—Glendale the personnel of which assures the pro News. jcxrt success. A large new steamer will lie built with accommodations for both Tourists Vlsitioq Crater lake. pHssangers and freight, the plans con- W. F. Arant. Superintendent of Crater templating cabins for«- ami aft. dinning Lake National Park, was in this city, room, stale rooms, etc., heated by »team Friday. He says that he has had a crew anil lighted by electricity . Work has al at work improving the old roads, and ready la-gun on the new dock at the foot of would start work completing the new I Pine street, with IfiO feet frontage on the road through the ¡»ark to the Lake, th“ lake. The contract for the piling has first of the week. This piece of road I been let and men began on* the ro.'k is five miles long, two of which are work Tuesday. Lumber is being put on already built, the remaining three miles the ground for a two story building. will be complete«! this fall. The old The first story w ill lie used for offices and road went nearly straight up the mount warehouses and the second story for ain and was almost impassable, but on passengers. A boathouse will also lie the new road, which is very little, if ljuilt for row l>oats —Klamath Falls Re- any longer, a ten per cent grade is the ublican. steepest incline. This will make it a WEATHER REPORT TOR JULY very easy drive from the fort. Mr. Arant stated that considerable work had to lie done repairing bridges, Weather Observer Britt Makes His Re<u • lar Report For last Month and finds as he found that big log stringers, nearly Some Lnusuallv Hot Davs. 2 fe< t in diameter, used in some of the bridges, had Izeen broken by the weight of the snow during the winter. In some Following is tile rejiort of t*. S. Volnti- places the snow was over 21) feet deep, teer Weather Observer E. Britt, for Jack and after the rains, when this becomes sonville, for month of July Latitude saturated with water, the weight is 42 deg IM min west; longitude 123 deg 5 something immense. The snows are min north. fast melting, and the roads are getting in pretty fair shape. Large numt>ers of DATE MAXI* MINI- PltEC’F- CHARACTER OF Ml M MUM TAT’X DAV tourists are now going to and coming 53 1....... *> .............................. clear Mu 2 ....... 51 irom the lake. The best time, says Mr. ............. clear 8 ....... 90 .72 ........................... clear Arant, to visit Crater Lake is between *, 1 ....... 56 ......................... clear 90 .............................. clear August l()th and September 20th.—Kla ft ....... 91 ....... ...................... clear ! ........ MT 57 math Falls Republican. .................... clear A Bank For Gold Hill. M 9 lh H 12 13 '• 15 H. 17 IM 19 20 21 22 23 21 2ft 26 27 2M 29 :«» 31 ...... ....... 67 M7 92 MU 'M 55 •Hi 59 56 d» 45 17 45 II IM IM 51 62 66 Hi) 54 51 60 5» At 50 It 51 59 II .............................. clear ........... part cloudy ..............................clear part cloudy part cloudy part cloudy cloudy .................... cloudy ..................... cloudy . ......................... clear ........................... clear ............................ clear ........................... clear ...................... clear ............................ clear ..............................clear ...................clear ................ clear .................. clear ............................ clear ............................ clear .............................. clear ..............................clear ..............................clear Gold Hill, after a number of years of Ml X. ....... • 79 comparative inactively, has the last year ,O| . ... 69 70 o7 made a fine growth and the town is now- 76 ....... one of the most prosperous and progres 91 97 sive in Rogue River Valley. To such 102 9H ....... an extent has the business interests of ....... 92 the town increased that a bank became a M7 9.-, ....... necessity and recently a number of the 99 ....... ..... 92 capitalists of that ¡dace organized the Ml ....... Gold Hill Bank with a capital stock of 79 M £25,000. for which articles of ittcorjxzra- 91 102 tion were filed with the secretary of state at Salem by R. H. Moore, J. L. Hammer- Temperature—mean max. 80.0(1; mean sly and C. F. Young. Work will be min. 53J5O; mean 70.00. Max. 102 on 20 commenced at once oti a brick building and 31; milt. 44, on 10 24; greatest r-itige in which the bank will be located and 44. i it is expected to have the bank ojkii for Precipitation—Total for month, .02 business by October 1st. inches. Greatest in 24 hours, .44 inches Hop Pickers Wanted on 8th. 300 hop pickers wanted. Apply to Thunderstorms on the 8th, I I th and John I’. Ranzan, Jr. Grants I’ass Oregon. 20th. Great Clearance < ol FASHIONABLE MILLINERY re I n ar PRICES WILL ASTONISH YOU Sava Mor»»y Shovels, Spades Wheelbarrows Pruning Tools ANY TOOL. THAT THE FARMER. GARDENER AND ORCHARDIST MAY NEED D. //. MILLER’S Hardware Storp, Tinning and Plumbing Shop. MEDFORD, OREGON Union Livery Stables Rigs on short notice lor timber cruisers, com mercial men, mining men, sa wniill men, nil kinds of men or parties. Horses ted nt rea- sorndde rates. Geo. N. Lewis, Prop., Jacksonville f ^OREGON NURSERY CO^ Eftabllthod 1867 SALEM, - OREGON 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 lie grown in Oregon Large Illustrated Catalogue sent Free on application to R. D. MAPLESDEN, agent OREGON J MEDFORD I W hite & T rowbrioce THE BIG LAND AGENTS MEDFORD. - OREGON III* have the largest mid best list in Southern Oregon of Fruit, Alfalfa, Dairy and Stock Lands, Timber Lands, Mining Bargains and Town Property. Deniers in Sewing Machines, Lime, Cement and Shingles We buy wool and mohair.