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About Jacksonville sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1903-1906 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1904)
JACKSONVILLE Vol. 2 SENTINEL Jackion villo. Jackion County, Oregon, Friday, December 23, 1904 LAND FRAUD CASES with Mr*. Ormsby, left hi* home at Salem, and hi* whereabouts is unknown to the Goverment officials, who are to reach him with a subpena. It is Sdid Thdt those Already Con victed Have Made Confessions Well Pleased With Which Implicate those Holding important lederel Positions. HL RM AN AND Ml ECHELL RETURNING Uni«*** all indication* fail there are oonie very interesting discluaure* and de velopments to be made in the very near future in the land fraud case* now being investigated by the Federal grand jury in *e**ion at Portland. There i* much •|>ecu)ation and conjecture a* to the find ing* of thi* body and rumor* are rife that there i* going to be aouie startling revela tion* when the investigation* of the jury are finally made public. It ia persistent ly rumored that confessions have been made by Puter, McKinley and Watson which implicate some of the “big guns'* of the great state of Oregon and will bury in the political cemetery, some of the present officer*. However, thi* ia all talk, thus far, and mav amount to naught although there ia surely “something doing” with the grand jury now in ses sion . Both Mitchell and Hermann are now enroute to or have arrived at Portland to appear before the grand jury ami face charges said to have been made against them. Both Mitchell and Hermann de clare in most positive terms that they ate absolutely innocent ami have nothing to fear from returning to Oregon. Both assert with equal positiveness that the time has come when “this outrageous persecution muit atop.*’ They will insist upon their right to go before the grand jury and make answer to all charges that may be marie against them, confident that they will be able to establish their innocence. They will ar rive in Portland Friday night, and ex pect to have a hearing on Saturday. Both Mitchell anti Hermann are satis fied that the move against them has lieen dircctrd by Secietary Hitchcock from Washington, and attribute it to his personal hostility toward them. Up to the time he refused to go to Portland as a witness against Puter, no public effort has lieen made to implicate Mitchell in the land frauds, but, so far as Hermann is concerned, it is declared that the pres ent effort to bring about his indictment is a culmination of a systematic cam paign which has been directed against him for the past two years. I.ATKH—Senator Mitchell and Binger Hermann may not lie allowed to appear before the grand jury when they reach Portland. Whether or not they are permitted rests entirely with the jury itself. If there is doubt on testimony offered which is capable of being re moved by explanation, it is probable that the Congressmen will l>e asked to clear up the doubt. Otherwise, they will lie granted no privileges which would not be accorded to any citizen of the United States. It has developed that the reason the second conspiracy case was postponed was because of the promise of the de fendants convicted in the first instance that they would lay bare the details of all fraud with which they were connect ed and make a full confession before the grand jury. Marie Ware alone re fused to confess, but will lx? a witness before the jury. S. B. Ormsby, who is reported to be certain of indictment, has, in company THE OPP COMPANY Opp Mining Company Elie Articles of Incorporation With the Sec Fischer Co. retary of State.—-Capital Stock $100,000 and Shares 10c. The Margarita Fisber Co. is here this week and playing to ,»creasing houses every evening. Monday evening they put on “Mother and Son," Tuesday even ig the South ern play entitled “Her lather’s Crime” and Wednesday evening they played “Utah” to a good sized house. The coni|>aiiy is fully up to its usual high standard and pleases the patrons better than any company Jhat has showed here for many years. The work of Miss Fi* cher and Mr. Howare, Sr., is especially good upon the stage while the Howard specialties are all simply “out of sight.” I,ack of space and our hurry prevents uch extended comment as this excellent company deserves but we feel fully sat isfied in saying that thi* comjtany is not excelled on the Coast by any company that makes the smaller towns. They show here the balance af thi* week and make Medford next week where, no doubt, many Jacksonville people will again take advantage of the opportunity to see this company in some of their best play*. Reports Much Exaggerated. As i* usual in such cases exaggerated reports of the prevalence of diphtheria in this city is cun ent in the country and nearby towns says the Grants Pass Herald. Thursday night, an inquiry came from the state board of health that there was something like 25 or 30 cases here, and requesting Mayor Gilkey to investigate and report. At that time the Mayor could only find ten cases and four of these were released yesterday, leaving only six cases in' the city, and these quar antined. No new cases are reported and no danger is now feared of the disease spreading further. Ashland City Election. The city election was held at Ashland Tuesday and the spiriteli contest there resulted in the election of H. S. Evans over E. I). Briggs by 12 votes. O. O. Helman was elected Councilman in the 1st ward by 32 majority, C. A. Eliason in the 2nd ward by 48 majority and W. N. Grubb in the 3rd ward by 40 majority. License was defeated in the city by a vote of 357 to 366, a small majority in deed . Build Breakwater. Jim Cantrall and a crew consisting of Essie Wilson, Wtn. Anderson and Frank Crump have just finished putting in a 200 foot breakwater on the Little Apple gate near Mr. Crump’s place where that stream was encroaching upon the road way. The new breakwater is seven feet in height and very substantially built and it is expected that it will success fully repel the rush of the stream during the high water of the winter and spring. MILL IS NOW RUNNING SMOOTHLY Work is reported to be progressing in a most satisfactory manner at the Opp mill this week where a run is being made upon ore from tunnel No. 9 and the test is proving that this large first class mill is as good as the best of them, there being no hitch in the machinery in any particular, everything working smoothly even to the large motors which furnish the electrical power for the mill. We learn also that the company has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The capital stock is flOO.OOO divided into 1,000,000 shares of lOcts. par value each, the incorpora tors being Dr. J. F. Reddy J. W. Opp and Fred Perry who have been interested in the mine ever since work commenced on the new mill which is now completed and running. Preparing for Winter Run. Henry W. Miller was in town recently from Forest creek where, in company with C. T. Davidson, he has leased the placer ground owned by the Howland & Cook Hydraulic Mining Company con sisting of several hundred acres located on the right fork of the creek. This ground has been worked for several years by the above named com pany and with good results altho' the water supply does not usully permit of a steady winter’s run. No. 32 Miller & Davidson will commence work where the company were at work last spring on a rich bed of gravel about 20 feet deep and are now busy moving the pipes and giant preparatory to a good winter's run with the single giant with which the property is equipped. Britt Wins the Eight. The “big-little” 20 round fight be tween Jimmy Britt and ‘Battling’ Nelson the Dane which took place at San Fran cisco Tuesday evening drew one of the largest houses on record and proved to be the best match from a “pug’s” point of view seen, for a long, long time. However, at the end of 20 fast and fur ious rounds the decision was given to Britt on points. Miss Brentano Weds. The marriage of Miss Rose Brentano, daughter of Mrs. Judge H. K. Hanna, to Mr. Morris Gilmer, took place at the residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Fred Overbeck, in San Francisco, Sunday, December 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer will make their residence at Reno, Nev. Things Worn By Men. Furness, the Gents Furnisher, expects to get into his rooms in the Masonic block in the next few days and will open up at once with a beautiful line of ties suspenders and other articles that are in dispensable to gentlemen. The line will be a nice one from which to select suit able Christmas gifts for gentlemen. A little later he will have in stock a com plete line of Gent’s Furnishing Goods of the best values and the latest styles. His stock has been ordered and imbraces the very best and most up-to-date. Don’t neglect to see him as he will be able to {»lease you. If he hasn’t it, he’ll get it or you. FOR THE LADIES One of the nicest Holiday Gifts for a Lady would be a set of genuine Irish damask table linen cloth and napkins. We have them prices are right too. Also chenille and tapestry stand covers all sizes, neat designs. Our ASSORTMENT OF LINEN embroidered and silk hand kerchiefs, mufflers, etc. are of the neatest and most up-to- patterns. Christmas is here and you will need some of our Novelties. It’s a pleasure for us to show them to you. Dance at Applegate. There will lie a Christmas Ball at Applegate on Monday evening December 20tli 1904 to which all are invited. Teams will be cared for at reasonable rates. Tickets |2.00. NUNAN-TAYLOR CO. JACKSONVILLE, ORE.