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»JACKSONVILLE >4 Vol. 2 SENTINEL Jacksonville, Jackion County, Oregon, Friday, September 23, 1904 No. 19 compressor plant would be ready to run Adams were drummer boys from ‘<11 to | within a few days. The two Burleigh ' '<15 in the same regiment, the sixth Iowa drills, recently ordered by him from San Infantry and shared the same blanket the I Francisco, had arrived and were now at ' night of the «lay they were mustered out, j the mine and that by next week, day and I when each <lej>arte«l for their homes not I Jlh Annual Reunion of the South* I to meet or know the whereabouts of each Eastern Officers and Stockholders night shifts of men would be put to work the two tunnels now opened, ern Oregon Soldiers and Sailors 1 other until two years ago when they Visit the Oregon Belle Mine extending which are each in about 100 feet. While met in the PosJ room at Ashland. at Jacksonville One of the Program had lieen arranged for the And Are Pleased With the the company has some 300 cords of wood on hand a contract has been made for afternoon and evening of each day of Most Successful lor Years. Outlook of the Same. cutting 400 cords for immediate delivery the encampment, but the inclement at the mine. weather disarranged the literary features. Mill NEXT YEAR AE GRANTS PASS Monday evening the exercises were con- Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Willits, of Joes Bar ducte«’ bv Jacksonville. Mayor Emil MAY PIT IN A TEN STAMP MILL in Jacksonville Wednesday, Mrs. XVillits The Thirteenth annual reunion of Britt extended a welcome to the visitors. being on her way to Alameda, California, Southern Oregon soldiers and sailors, Hon. XV. M. Colvig making the chief held in Jacksonville, beginning on Mon address, which was one of his best and Superintendent H. E. Foster came in where she will spend the winter, hoping day last, close«! this Friday. It opened most happy efforts and was quite approp from the Oregon Belle mine Wednesday to get relief from rheumatism which with every assurance that it would lie one riate to the occasion. A short program having with him Mr. and Mrs. F. Trout has been troubling her for the past year, of the largest in attendance and the m«>st of musical and literary slections conclud- wine an>l Mr. and Mrs. XV. S. Roberts, though not seriously as yet. Mr. Willits successful of any of the reunions yet held e«l the evening entertainment. Tuesday who bad spent the previous three days will spend the winter at his Joes Bar home in Southern Oregon, but the rains which afternoon the Golrl Hill Girls Cornet at the mine. The Oregon Belle is owned and in Jacksonville, he having a number set in on Wednesday continued in Kind under the leadership of Dr. Jam by the New York & Western Mining of many promising copper claims that he frequency sufficient to render camp life ison, gave a delightful musical concert Company, a New York corporation of is holding in the Blue Ledge district. disagreeable ami to cut down the attend and in the evening Rev. J. XX’. McDougall which Mr. Roberts is president and Mr. Their hotel and stage bam at Joes Bar he ance of visitors fully one-half. But not gave a ¡«atriotic address that was well Troutwine is a member of the board of will lease for the winter as he does not withstanding the cold, disagreeable received. Preceding the address a com directors, and these gentlemen were on care to ran it himself as he would have weather the attamlance of old soldiers edy-farce was given by some Grants an inspection trip to their mining prop to hire help. Mr. Willits is a miner of was quite up to the avc age, there lieing Pass ladies that was quite laughable. erty. They were well pleased with the year's experience in Montana. Colorado alrout 50 tent« on the grounds an«! besides Ashland and Medford had prepared showing that the mine makes and have and other states and he has every confi there were a number of Veterans who urograms, but the rains prevented them I confidence that it will develop into a dence that the Blue Ledge district will boarded about town, and there were taring carried out. profitable property. They stated to a become one of the largest copper mining visitors enough at the platform exercises The chief feature of the entire encamp representative of the Sentinel that their districts in the world. to make up go'xl audiences for the ment was the address of Senator Chas. Company would expend money sufficient Mrs. H.K. Hanna will leave this Sun various meetings that were hel<! on the XV. Fulton, of Astoria, given Thurs to thoroughly prospect the mine and if it grounds and at the Court House. day afternoon in the Court House, the continues to carry the values now to lie day for San Francisco accompanied by During last week Quartermaster Frank large circuit court room being packed had that in the near future they would her son Lean, whom she will place in an Kassliafer, John Renault, Alex Thomp to the standing room. Senator Fulton's put in a 10 stamp mill. There is ample academy in that city. Lean graduated son, Jas Herds and other local veterans theme was •'Patriotism" an«! it was capital back of the Oregon Belle to insure last spring from the Jacksonville High were at work getting Ulrich's and Beek concede«! by all that it was one of the its operation on an extensive scale for School and he is a studious boy of man's grow in order for tne encamp most clearcut and f«»rceful addresses ever all the stockholders are wealthy New exemplary habits and he will be as at ment. This grove the use of which was given in Southern Oregon and during its York businessmen. President Roberts is tentive to his work in the academy as donate«! by Chris Ulrich and Mr. C. C. delivery the Senator was frequently manager of the Aetna Life Insurance he was in the public school. The boy, Beekman made an ideal camping place, given the heartiest of applause by the old Company of Albany, New York and Di having excellent musical talent and being abilit far beyond one of lieing clean, handsome and convenient soldiers and the andience. Senator rector Troutwine is the owner of one of a violinist of ability an Mrs. Hanna intend to town. Kerosine torches lighted up Fulton was introduced by Hon. XX’. I. the largest leather manufactures in the ' his years Judge and to give him an advanced course in music the grounds at night an«! pure spring Vaster. of Medford. ' United States, his factory being at water was readily ha<! from Beekman's Friday a dinner was given in the Odd Gloversville, New York, a city of and it is for this purpose largely that they place him in a San Francisco school spring, wnich had lieen fitted with a Fellows banquet room for the old sol tanneries. I pump, for the camta-r« use. The stifling diers an«l their ladies and it was fully up This was the first visit of Messrs. Roberts that he may have the advantage of the clouds of «lust on Third streef leading to to Jacksonville standard for dinners as and Troutwine and their ladies to the musical training to be bad in that city. the grounds were kept down by Chris was proven by the hearty commendation Pacific Coast and they were very ex Mrs. Hanna will remain about a month Ulrich who did the sprinkling free of given bv the visitors. The management pressive in their compliments of the in San Francisco to visit with relatives charge the water Ix-ing had from Peter of the dinner was by Misa Emma Ulrich country, they being especially pleased and friends. Applegate's tank, he «doing the plumping an«! Miss Anna Keegan ami they proved with the beauty, the climate and the Sergeant R. S. Dunlap came up from free of charge. The compliment was themselves fine hustlers for they did the possibilities of Rogue River Valley. The the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg, where paid Jacksonville bv the old soldiers that soliciting and collecting of the material profusion of roses and other flowers he has been since last spring, to spend the scats at this encampment were the for the dinner ami had every thing in on at this season of the year was a revelation a week with his many old Jackson most comfortable of any they had ha«l at | time ready for the table committee to to the ladies, at whose homes flowers are ville friends and to take part in the their reunions. The tents were supplied i arrange. The table were handsomely a thing of the j»st the last of Septetnlier. Soldier’s encampment, he being a veteran by the various G. A. R. Posts taking (Continued on page 8.) Superintendent Foster stated the new of the Mexican war. Sergant Dunlap is jMrt in the encampment, though a num- in the best of health and looked quite tier were borrowed from individuals. young and soldier-like in his new blue The cost of setting them up snd shipping uniform. He reports that he is content them back was paid for by a fund con ed and likes the life at the Home, where tributed by the citizens of Jacksonville every comfort that the veterans wish is an«i they also furnished free of cost the theirs. There are now about 135 soldiers fuel for camp fires, straw (or bedding hot at the Home. Sergeant Dunlap returned Coffee and soup with the services of a i to the Home Thursday. competent cook to conduct the coffee Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Robinson and and soup kitchen, and the powder was j infant son arrived Monday and have de- furnished for the daily salutes fired i cided to again take up their residence in from the cannon. I Jacksonville. For the present they are The first to arrive on the grounds was | i at the Taylor House, with Mrs. Robin the tmttary of artillery, which consisted son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Taylor. of a 4 inch brass fiel«l piece under the ’ Mr. and Mrs. Robinson left Jacksonville comman«l of Chief of Artillery J. P. East I in August last year for Junction City, er of Ashland. This gun which is State ; Has Arrived Oregon, where they have resided on property and in the custody of the Ash and Is Open, the farm belonging to Mr. Robinson,s land militia company, was brought by , ! father, Mr. Robinson assisting in carry team to Jacksonville Sunday ami Capt. i Ready For ing on the farm work, but he has decided Easter fired his sundown gun that eve-' Inspection. to again take up some vocation in town. ning and each day during the encamp ment the regular salutes of a military . Charles Basye left for Portland Friday, jx>«t made the hills about Jacksonville ' to accompany hi$ daughter Zephia home echo. Early Monday the veterans, many Sunday from the North Pacific Sanitor- with their wives and other memliers of I I iam where she has been for the past their families began to arrive an«! by | month, having had a surgical operation evening Camp B. F. Pike, as the encamp- ' performed. Mrs. Mamie Dox, who has ment was calleil in honor of General also been at the sanitoriam for like treat! B. F. Pike, department commander of i ; ment, and her mother Mrs. S. J. Day, Oregon, and who was present at the re- ' will also return home Sunday. union an«! did mu'*h to make it the great To Call and Postmaster J. F. Miller and wife, success that it was. was a scene of activity Inspect It Be Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs. Amada Bilger ami presente«! quite a military apjx-ar- i and Harry Miller, made up a carriage fore Buying ance for the Veterans were in their blue party that drove to Ashland last Satur uniforms. A feature of the encampment1 Your Winter day. where Mr. Miller took the train for was a fife an«l drum corps that played | his home in San Jose California, after a Suppli e s daily all the calls of the army camp three weeks visit in his old home town. service, la-ginning with the reveille to awaken the camp in the morning and | Hon. George Colvig, a leading attorney giving during the «lav the various i of Garnts Pass, was in Jacksonville muster calls and closing with them | Friday on legal business and remained nights when lights were to go out. This j over night a guest of his brother, W. M. Soliciting Your Valued Patronage and drum corps was made up of J. XV. Adams Colvig. Guaranteeing Prices Always the Low Chas. Z Bush, filers, J. J. Myers, T. E. Mrs. Gus Newbury and Miss Pauline Hills, snare drummers and E. E. White, [ est, Truly Yours, Reuter spent last Saturday at Phoenix bass drummer. All are memliers of guesft at the home of Mrs L. A. Rose, Burnside Post of Ashland, and this Post mother of Mrs. Newbury. has the honor of being the only Post in the state that has a drum corps composed Best ice cream in Jacksonville at The JACKSONVILLE, ORE. of old army musicians. An interesting Boss confectionery store. fact connected with this corps is that two Fresh bread, daily, at W. H. Millers. of its members, J. J. Myers and J. XV. REUNION A SUCCESS Our Immense Fall Purchase You Will Do Well NUNAN-TAYLOR CO. / J