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JACKSONVILLE Vol. 2 SENTINEL No. 33 Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, Friday, December 30, 1904 DEATH IN THE CAMP frightful Condition Prevailing at the New Eldorado, Goldfield, in Nevada, and Disease and Earn* ine Claim Many Victims. commodate the constantly increasing population. A railroad from Reno to Tonopah was recently completed and it is programed to extend this line to Goldfield this spring, but the road has proved entirely inadequate to handle the ore from Tono pah. Short Paragraphs Regarding Doings Throughout the Length and Breadth of Jackson County as We Succeed In Capturing Them. Monday, giving those taking advantage of it, a stay of 15 days for ¿15., was quite well attended. Several Jacksonville peo ple took advantage of the rate, among them were the following: Thos. Kahler, Fred Ficke, Mr. and Mrs. Herman King, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Orth, W. C. Deneff, H. C. and Miss Mollie Maury and S. E. Dunnington. SOME ARE NEWSY; SOME ARE NOT Klamath Pioneer Woman Dies. THE COUNTÏ NEWS Things Worn By Men. MEN STILL CONTINUE TO POUR IN Furness, the Gents Furnisher, expects The Christmas entertainment given Reno. Nev.. Dec. 27.—Frightful condi to get iuto his rooms in the Masonic tions prevail iu Goldfield the nrw min block in the next few days and will open at St. Mary’s Academy last Thursday ing camp in the southern |>«rt of thia up at once with a lieautiful line of ties evening by the pupils of that institution state. An epidemic of diphtheria, small suspenders and other articles that are in is said to have been unusually good and pox anil black pneumonia ia raging. It dispensable to gentlemen. The line will if the opinion of the large audience pres ia impossible to gut medicines, food, lie a nice one from which to select suit ent goes for aught, it was certainly of a water, building material and other neces table Christmas gifts for gentlemen. A high order. The entertainment was giv sities into the camp on account of the little later lie will have in stock a com en two «lays early because so many of the HO day embargo on the freight at Reno, plete line of Gent's Furnishing Goods of pupils were going home for Christmas. the best values ami the latest styles. due to congestion. Pneumonia is taking men off in a His stock has been ordered and imbraces May Organize Band. night, and no effort is being made to the very lx st ami most up-to-date. Don't There is considerable talk among the isolate small-pox patients. The supply neglect to see him as he will be able to i»lease you. If he hasn ’ t it, he'll get it young men of the town regardind the of coffins is insufficient. Corpses are or you. organization of a band at this place. permitte«l to remain above ground for They have an offer from a first class in days at a time. Big Raffle at the Banquet. structor who is already located in the Hundreds are sleeping in thin tents. county. There is no good reason why The rush into the camp continues and this place cannot have a first class band unless building material is brought in Quite a large crowd was on hand at the soon, conditions will become ap|>alling. Banquet last Saturday evening to witness i as there is plenty of good material upon Hold ups are of nightly occurrence, ami participate in the big raffle that took which to work, also plenty of enthusiasm and a veritable reign of terror is ex place there. The first prize, of ¿75. was among the boys, and a desire for such pected at the first of the year, when a won by II. W. Orth amt Jim Buckley an organization. Nothing will do more large number of leases expire, forcing with 48 and the ¿25. prize was won by to wake a town up and keep it lively operators to shut down for lack of Frank Smith and Chas. Wilcox who tied than a good band and let us hope that equipment. Incase holdersojienly threat on the lowest throw which was 19. The the present effort will meet with success. en to jump valuable claims; and owners sumptuous feed, prepared by Mr. Neit A band organized at this time could, with arc preparing to defend the properties her, and of which the large crowd par proper encouragement be fully equipped with their lives. took with a hearty relish, was simply with instruments and uniforms and be Goldfield, like Tonopah, is "wide "out of sight" and a credit to the man filling engagements by July tith. Good thing, push it along. open" and the gambling spirit infests the agement of the banquet. place. Money is easy, prospectors are canstantly briuging in tales of new dis Excursion to San Francisco. Rogue River Creamery. Medford, man coveries on the Nevada desert, and it is ufactures the C. E. G. brand fancy cream The holiilay excursion from Ashland with difhcultv that the law abiding ele ery butter, that isciean, elegant and guar to San Francisco and which started last anteed. Ask your merchant for it. ment have maintained their control. Recently there has been an epidemic of petty thievery and crime. It has been found necessay to protect all store fronts with iron wire in order to keep the lawless from breaking the glass and entering. With the winter and the clos ing of many mines, the rough set has been increased by an exodus to Gold field, as well as to Tonopah. There is no way of shipping the toughs out of the town except by driving them afoot and numerically they have become too strong for the authorities to attempt this. • The prevalence of disease is due in a large measure to the water, which is vile, and to the absence of hospital ac We thank you very much for commodations and medical treatment. favors received during the Very few doctors have locate*! in the year 1904 just past and hope, vicinity, and they have more than can by courtesy and fair dealing lie attended to. Frequently a man lay to continue receiving a share ing around in drunken stupor is far of your valued patronage the gone with smallpox or some other dis coming year, 1905. Be assur ease before it is discovered, and it is ed we shall appreciate it and then too late for anything except funeral services. do our very best to merit it. The present population of Goldfield exceeds 4,(XX). The town is without a natural water supply, all water having to be brought in in wagoii9 and sold by the gallon by peddlers. Goldfield is situated in Southern Ne • vada, (X) miles south from Tonopah , in the center of what promises to be, con sidering the amount of development work done, the richest gold country in the world. Most of the claim owners were prospectors from Tonopah, and none of the claims have been worked for JACKSONVILLE, ORE. two years. The growth of the town has l>een like that of a mushroom, and the - facilities are entirely inadequate to ac To Our Many Kind Friends and Patrons, We Ex tend You Happy Greeting of this Holiday Season. NUNAN-TAYLOR CO. News was received from San Francis co, Monday, of the death at Haywards, Alameda county, of Mrs. Lousia Boddy Hartery, a well known pioneer woman of Klamath county and a survivor of a massacre incident to the Modoc Indian wars. Mrs. Hartery, who was aged 74 years at the time of her death, lost her husband, two sons and a son-in-law in the massacre in question, and escaped with only one daughter, now Mrs. R. B. Hatton of Klamath Falls. She was re munerated by the government for her losses in the war. A number of years ago she was married to Michael Hartley, a well known Klamath county citizen, and they removed to California to spend the sunset of their lives. About a year ago Mr. Hartery died. The remains of Mr*. Hartery will find their last resting place in the cemetery at Jacksonville, beside those of her husband and sons. Witnessess Subpoenaed. Deputy U. S. Marshal Blowers has been subpoenaing witnesses to appear before the U. S. Grand Jury at Portland next week, in the cases of Harry Miller and Frank Kincart, who have been held to answer for illegally trafficking in timber lands says the Southern Oregonian. He served subpoenas on S. A. Landers of Ashland; S. T. Richardson, Mrs. Julia Miles. Wm. T. Schoults, Rollen E. Smith, E. W. Carder, Medford; Dr. Clive Major, A. M. Irwin and Mollie Irwin, Placer. Miller is in jail at San Francisco with W. H. Boren, held on the charge of sub ornation of perjury committed at Red ding, Calif., and will probably be brought to Portland. Kincart is out on bail, not having been arrested on the second charge. Takes a Shot. Wednesday evening as the Rogue River Valley train was leaving the city of Medford on their return trip and yet in the suburbs of that place, somebody took a shot at the passenger coach which was loaded with people enroute to the county seat. The bullet, if such it was, came in at the lower corner of one win dow just in front of a man and his wife who occupied that seat, and went through and out at the opposite window, doing no damage except the breaking of the glass in the windows. Some of the pas sengers express it as their opinion that it was only a buck-shot from a sling shot in the hands*of some mischievous boy, while others are of a different opinion and declare that they diftinctly heard the crack of the rifle. Correspondents Wanted. The Sentinel desires to give its sub scribers the news from all parts of the county hence we want a good, live, cor respondent at all the leading postoffices tn the county where there is no paper published. Send in the news and you will be treated right. The Sentinel gives the mining news.