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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Rogue Valley organ donors give gift of life ... Thousands wait for organ donations ... Mail Tribune 100, Jan. 17, 1916 ... Rogue Valley organ donors give gift of life ... Thousands wait for organ donations ... Mail Tribune 100, Jan. 17, 1916 ... Mail Tribune 100, Jan. 17, 1916 The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago MailTribune.com Writer Posted Jan. 17, 2016 @ 12:01 am Posted Jan. 17, 2016 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Jan. 17, 1916 RAINFALL SHY FIFTY PER CENT The storm of snow flurry and rain drizzle has kept up fitfully for three or four days without doing much good, except to create hope that it may do better. The amount of real precipitation during all this time is inconsequential. The snowfall in the mountains has been considerable. Should a warm rain come for two or three days, as now indicated, however, the virtue of that feature of the storm will ripple down the mountainside to the sea. The soil of this valley during two years of drought became dry as a bone to a depth never before known in this county. It will require at least 36 to 40 inches of precipitation to bring it up to a percent of normal saturation. No one expresses hope we will get anything like that. We have so far a fifty percent shortage to worry over. BAGS SEVEN COONS FROM ONE TREE B. W. Meadows, who lives at the corner of Portland and Eleventh streets in this city, went up Bear creek Saturday evening to look for game. At an early stage of the quest he was happily surprised to find eight saucy raccoon in one tree — and not a very large tree, either. He lost no time in getting busy about that treeload of game; and, when we had finished the job, he had six 'coons bagged by shooting them and the seventh captured without hurting it. The eighth got away. If any ambitious Nimrod in the county can beat the result of this 'coon hunt in one short evening, he's next. COUNCIL CANVASSES ELECTION RETURNS The city council met, according to requirements of law, Saturday and canvassed the returns of the city election held Tuesday, January 11. Mayor Emerick was away and Acting Mayor Medynski, though notified, refused to attend. After an extended wait, Councilman T. W. Miles was chosen temporary chairman of the council, the returns canvassed legally and certificates ordered delivered to the successful candidates. The latter official act was performed this morning. In the matter of the amendment to the city that was carried in that election, the votes had to be canvassed in the "presence of the mayor." That was done also this morning. The first meeting of the new council will be held Thursday evening. MailTribune.com Writer Posted Jan. 17, 2016 @ 12:01 am » Comment or view comments Terms of Service /* $( document ).ready(function() { // Jquery mobile is trying to style the button and leaving a blank gry button on top of a white button $("#viafouracoms .vf-comment-controls li.vf-right").html(' Submit '); });*/ » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2016 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501