The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-17
JOTTINcs IN SOUTHERN OREGON,


: sheep, at good prices, but Is saving
cream of his flock for sale in the
~ lamette Valley about the time of
y State Fair
i At Ashland we met Mr.. 0. G. Ap
I. gate, editor Of the Ashland fittings
!, whom we are indebted for many cou
: sizes. While there We observed Ia
party arranging for a trip to Cra
Lake, and rs Mr. Wicks, of F,uah !
hcs Illustrated WeekIy, will most pr
ably join tho party, we may expect
sec in short time correct illustrate
: Of that most remarkable inland sea.
At Ashland we also met Rev. N
Bell, Southern Methodist Preach
whose circuit extends aboutns widely
did that Of Lorenzo Dow iTcpreach
1t Jacksonville, Ashland, IN milt
away Kirbyville, Josephine county,(7
miles away at Linkville, Lake count
100 miles away and at many inferno
diate points besides. Indeed it is prob
able that Bro. Bell scatters the Gospe
over radius of at least five hundred
miles, and is said to keep his appoint
.ments to dot. But we suppose he
must be paid at least one hundred and
ninety-fve dollars a year for his SER
vices, and is therefore happy Metho-
dist preachers can usually afford to per
form great deal of work they get Sc
well paid
We forgot to say that at Jacksonville
the Masonic fraternity have the fines
Hall in the State, except the one in til,
Portland Masonic Temple. It is thor
oughly ventilated, amply proportione'
and elegantly furnished with all moderi
comforts The building in which tn
Hall 10 located cost about $1,000, i
owned by the Fraternity, and is tn,
pride of Jacksonville.
There are some waggish boys in Jack
sonville. While there We noticed {
patent medicine man vending his ware,
in the street, from a goods-box stand
aud while he absented himself from his
stand for little while one of the town
boys went to work and sold the goods
all out and had most of the proceeds
spont in cigais and lemonade. Tom.
Reams, tho principal merchant Of the
city, said it was "thc best sell made that
day
AT Jacksonville the air is the clcarest
md lightcst we ever experienced. In
Iced the atmosphere is fully fifty per
cent lighter than in the Willamette
Valley. One gentleman asserted most
soleinnly that the air was so clear and
light and conveyed sound SO distinctly
TINT he could hear man who had
money to loan some 40 miles away
Jacksonville has two well conducted
ncwspapers-tho Times and Sentinel.
Both are edited with care and ability,
and arc valuable acquisitions to that
burg,
At the margin of Rogue RivCr Val
ey, IA miles north of Jacksonville, we
iad q fine vicw Of Table Rock, seem
ngly many miles TO the eastward. 1t
5 apparently an upright wall, some hun.
reds Of feet nigh, supporting a level
rTfNce resembling table, 1t is said
hat during the early struggles between
io whites and lndions band Of the
lttor were pursued and driven to the
cry verge Of Table Rock, and that
Iter o hard fight, in which the whites
ieodily gained the advantage, many of
ie Indians, to escape being shot or
'ptured, leaped from this fearful hight
the chosm below. As ii was said to
. about three hundred feet from the
y to tho nearest lighting place, we
ave tho imaginative reader to guess
Nv much Of each Indian was left far
Ncticalpurposcs Aloquacious Dutch
an who "kccps storen at the point
here we got our first view Of Table
ock rocited this legend to us, and after
had concluded his thrilling narrative
very suddenly soys, "Ofer / for.
Is BY myself Dose hjuns got killed
: dot yNmpp We gazcd in an awe
rickcn manner at the fearful height,
ID told him we thought So
Leaving Rock Point and coming
wn Rogue River we saw some splGi-
! conefclds Mr.. BiNlscye has one
el'out Sqecrcs wl,ioh is es thrifty in
pcmNnce and will doubtless Yield as
"iIy as any Of the great corn pro G
cling plNirics Of Iowa or Illinois I
deed all the little valleys from the n
ne we leit the Willamette until We q
lived at The California line were dot, .
and checked with corp.dellsof most 9
missing gnNth ,rhcreiore, ANYBODY
i says We can't raise corn in Oregon 2
! hed cgg, 9
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