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PSGEFOHH "i'ii 'iiw 'iimnwr'" MEDFORti aQOT TRIBUNE, arEDFOTCD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 1G, 1911. W It o W I. i" u & V r h Our Correspondents EAGLE POINT EAGLETS. JACKSONVILLE j, (y, A. p. Howled) r 1 omiltcd to stale in my Inst Mini ve onmo near having n first clns fire in our town lnt Saturday. A smirk from the engine on tlio passon ger trnin from Hutto Falls to Med ford lit on Mio roof of Mie depot nn the trnin lind gone but a few .minute when i( wns discovered Mint the rool wiih nblnre. It ho happened tint tliorc wns u number of men nt wort on the building nearby and soon r crowd was assembled nnd had tin fire under control; Mieni was noi much damage done, the fire onl.x burning out n few squnro feet or tin roof. Since then the railroad com pany bnvo put in two hydrants nnd dupplivd Iho depot with n liberal sup , ply of hose. Since Mint little mci ilcn the people have begun to talk 01 the subject of fire protection. The collcctiiur agent for tbo Mni Tribune was out hero last Monda and called ngain Tuesday. Ho bustling nround nmong the old sub scribcrs who nrc in arrears and stir ring up their minds in tbo way of re membering that it costs money to run n live newspaper. , The man who so mysteriously dis appeared upon Rogue river lust Sat urday, and supposed to have been drowned has not been found up tn Tuesday niulit. A searching partj was formed on Monday to look foi &m, but nt last accounts uo trace of him is discovered. Dr. Holt, onr local physician, has been putting up a neat porch on the northwest.. side of . bis home. Mrs. Holt was. doing business in Medford Tuesday. . G. W. Owings is having the front of the old pool hall rearranged, hav ing a square front pnt on and a flat sloping roof instead of the old third pitch roof. Smith & Wonnsley are doing the work. He has rearranged the inside of the building and is car i rying n stock of groceries. , Mr. P, Rcames of Snlinn, Kan., was a pleasnnt caller Tuesday be is looking for a location to open up a bakery. The Liddell Hardware company hnve opened up in earnest nnd are doing n fair aniounto f business. ,Brown Bros, haye the basement of. their newslorc'building finished nud the men are putting iu the forms foi the concretd work. Von der Hellen Bros have their new brick store building well under way nnd the way the workmen are pushing the work along the building wjII scon be ready for the root. Royal Brown hns his new house un der cover and the carpenters will soon be looking for another job. William Knighton nnd wife were pleasant callers nt the Sunnyside Sunday. S. B. Holmes and wife re turned from British Columbia Tuesday. They were accompanied by their uncle, William Brown, sr. a brother of the late George Brown of Eagle Point. I understand that Mr. nolmes in tends to build as soon us be can get (he materinl on the ground. , The first State bank of Eagle Point bna commenced to do business nnd report that they are greatly en couraged as they have been receiving quite a number of deposits. Roy Willits and bis father, W. W. Willits, are building a barn on the lotes that Roy bought some time ago jjo that be will huye a place to keep his stage horses. He is the accom modating mail contractor who carries iho mail from hero to Prospect vin Trail nnd Persist, and W. W. Willits, his father ,is the postmuster nt Per Hist. f This forenoon (Wednesday) your correspondent took in the new part of the town of Engle Point and in my perigiwitioiis I called on Mr. gprnguc, our lumbennan, nnd hq re ports that they all aro doing a lively ljusiness nnd that it keeps them busy supplying tbo demand here for tho jjiffercnt grades of lumber. fc Mrs. M. L. Daley reports that thoy (jre doing full ns well ns they expect ed in their model variety store. Mrs. paley is off taking an outing nnd her eister is attending to tho store. J One of our bhicksmjths, II. 0. Childers, has. furnish his house to jis to move into it and bus the frame of u barn up and ready for tho roof. Jlis brother, W. L. Childers, who runs jjho other blacksmith shop has about nil tho work he can do nd his helper, fleorge Fisher is kept busy most of he time Bboeing horses. From the amount of goods Heath & Diamond lire receiving thoy must be doing n good business. 8 Our now liverymen seem to bo do jug a fair business although I did not meet witlr either of them this morii- JJ'B Mrs. George Stowell apd her duugh- jer, MisB Dollie, nccompnnied by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jack Stowell, from Fort Klamnth wero doing busi- jjiess with our merchants Wednesday juoriihig. Clinton Cojik of -Applegnte is pro viding this market with choice ber ries of different kiuds. Charles Prim, jr., . nnd Chester Whittingtou have gone to -Squaw lake on n fishing expedition. James A. WiUon wns up from Medford Thursday. The dnneing party given nt United States hall Thursday night was thoroughly enjoyed by a fair-sir.ed urowd, notwithstanding the high tenicmturo prevailing. James W. Meo of Applegnto was in Jacksonville Friday for the first time iu several years. Misses Harriet Dolson, I.ooim UN rich nnd Frances Kenuey attended Chnutauqua assembly nt Ashland Sunday. Miss Ailecn Kingsbury of Ashland has been visiting Miss Maud New bury. Mr. nnd Mrs. Leslie Stnnwell were on Applegate lately, visiting relatives. Miss Fuy Sears pf Medford was the guest of Mrs. Lewis Ulrich Sat urday and Sunday. K. F. Ayers, chief of the road de partment of the Oregon Agricultural college, wns at the court house Wednesday gathering data. Thomas T. Chase, late of Toma hawk, Wis., has been in Jacksonville several tunes lately. He located :i homestead in Sterling district not long ago. n Rev. Charles Johnson and E. C. Hogsett with their families have gone to the Butte Falls section to rusticate awhile. Clyde Shnw baa purchased the Jacksonville billiard parlors of James Rock and will conduct them in first class style. He will be a.s sisted by Robert Raybould. M. E. Abbott is having his store front greatly improved. Marsh & Beavcnuo are putting two hig sdiow windows into it and otherwise beau tifying it. Luke Ryan will soon have a num ber of improvements made to bis big store. The steel and timbers, the transformation already on hand nnd the putting iu of a fine glass fropt will begin in a short time. President Gray of the Hill lines in Oregon was iu Jacksonville Sat urdayt accompanied by several prom inent citizens of Medford. The pac ty motored to Applegate before re turning, but whether this has any significance deponent suith not. C. L. Cnrr was down from his mine, situated on the mountains westt of Jacksonville, Wednesday., William Benedict wns in Sterliug District the fore part of the week, wJiere he is developing n mine. F. R. Neil, state forester, made Jacksonville n short visit the fore part of the week. Mesdames Mary Miller and Ellen J. Kuble were recent visitors in Med ford. Mrs. Bostwick of Apptegate and Miss Ethel Crump of Sterling were among those in Jacksonville during the past week. Mrs. Lewis Ulrich was a visitor at Fairview Tuesday and Wednesday. W. R. Garrett and HoIIis Piirkt) were over from Bunqom Saturday. John S. Orth, cashier of tho Med ford National bank, had business at the county seat not long since.. Chas. J. Nunnn, who is employed in the Hibernia bunk nt Portland, was at his old home in Jacksonville Saturday. It is rumored that he will purchase tho mercantile interests of his father, J. Nunnn, the pioneer mer chant of southern Oregon, and tuku charge of them next month. M. A. Wntkins and George Lon signout of Applegate were recent business visitors in Jacksonville. Tho funeral of the lute William R. Jones was largely attended by friends of the deceased, the floral offerings being beautiful and pro fuse. Interment took place in the Jacksonville cemetery, where lie many of Mr. Jones' relatives in their lut sleep. Mr. Jones was a good man iu ovory sense pf the term and his demise is generally regretted. Mrs. W. II. Gore was a recent vis itor in Jacksonville. Chnrles Bumun uud diaries Ham ilton transacted business iu Jackson ville Wednesday. Mrs. S. Cuntrnll was in Jackson ville Wednesday accompanied by her sou James. Mrs, H. A. Bouten of Poormnn's creek, and her daughter, Mrs. Min nie Stout of Medford, tarried in Jacksonville awhile- Wednesday morning. E. P. Bowen, who has been nt Ea gle Point and Medford, following his trade of painting, returned Tuesday. Jacksonville had an alarm of firo a few evenings ago, but it fortu nately turned out to be a fulse, one, Too niuoh care cannot be exercised during (he season now lierouq dis astrous consequences can easily en sue. Mr. Mary Miller is nt Portland, paying relatives living Micro a visii, Lowis Ulrich, Charles Dunford, jrv Don Cnlnoron and Fred lwlt mmored to Stomnboat Monday ami caught several hundred fine fish. S. K. Dunninglou nud A. S. Klein hummer and their families, as 1m the family of H. M. Collins, while rusticating on Applegate, are milking successful warfare with the finnv tribes of that stream. Miss Clara Elmer is temporarily employed in the county nssessor's of fice. Mrs. M. II. Coleman of Talent is a guest nt the homo of her son. County Clerk Coleninu. Dr. T. W. Hester hns invested sn n Hupmobile of which lie is tho agent. h. P. DeRoboam, who has been ap pointed n deputy by Assessor Grieve, lias begun the assessment of the property in Jacksonville. Ed Roth's auto passenger service between Jacksonville bind Mini ford has been withdrawn, through lack of patronage. CT. B. Stout has returned to Butte Falls after n short visit with his family. - . . Look for tho ad that offers it to vou. second-hum!, at iv.ivnl bargain) WMMMHMMMMMMIMMMlM--MMMMM RfcprrLw TALENT ITEMS. Is too hht a month for y to attempt to have the laun dry done at home. Why not nv yourself the tioubUi by sending it hove. We do it more economically than ynu can, and It will pity you In tho end, to say nothing of the hotter appearance of tho gui'tnenta. The Star LAUNDRY Hell l'lmun I'JOI. Home (15 Harry Law, who has been teach-j lag in tho wilncinianla. school in Yamhill county, Oregon, is home on a visit with relatives noXr Talent. Air. Low is u Talent boy. lie Is not 231 years old, yet Is engaged for the coming year to teacli In tho Willie! mlna school as principal at a salury of $11)0 a mouth. Mrs. O. A. Stearns of Klamath Falls and Sam Ernal Is visiting re latives nud friends near Talent, and attending the Chnutauqua nt Ash land. Arthur Pope of Ellensburg, Wash ington on Thursday was looking over real estate near Talent. Frank Reeves of Kansas was In Talent on Thursday looking up tho prospects for a new bakery. On Thursday Mr. David Druley of Southerland. Dougleop county return ed to Talent to permanently locate. The Bell Hay Datler has beea at work at Andy Meidner and Fred Rapps place this week baling grain hay. On Wednesday George Hrlston waa In Ashland getting some machinery cast at tho foundry to be used In tho saw mill of Schneldes and Urlstoji. Mayor George Moore of Phoenix was In Talent on Tuesday consulting with J. T. Stevald In regard to Phoen ix water works. Mr. and -Mrs. Clinton Carey, pros perous gardeners and poultry raisers of North Talent wore In town Tues day on business matters. The firm of Mrs. Scott and MIfs Eleanor Powers have dissolved part nership. Miss Powers returning from tho firm. F. Saina8h was the first in tho mar ket with early poaches. The peacheB were raised on the Noyes place, east of Talent. John Cameron of Ashland Is en gaged In building a new awning to his property, that of tho Talent Mer cantile store. Doll Wntesman who has ieen for several years at Seattle, Washington, returned home a few days ago; on Thursday he left for the Neat Cref'k saw mill to work for tho season. Horace Provo of Ashland spent Wednesday In Talent, doing the plumbing for the new building of A. Alfard. R. T. Rurdlck of Ashland has pur chased tho general mcrchanlcal busi ness of Beebe & Kinney. On Thurs day the business was formerly open ed by giving away freo refreshments. Nate' High has bought out the blacksmith firm of Purdin & Lacy Mr. Pnrdln will continue- to work for Mr. High. J. M. Majors, from Washington, is Visiting with Frank Smith, his son-in-law, near Talent. Ho will locate in this vicinity. AFTER ALL IT NARROWS DOWN TO i l The Merrivold Shop FOR Blue Print Papers 184 W. Main St Medford. Crater LaRe Stage Line Official Crater Lake Stage Autos leave Hotel Nn.sli nt .S a. in. Tues days and I-'rlilajH, arrive Crater Iuke sumo evening. Returning, leave Cralor Ijiko Monday mid Tliuixilajr. Connec tions with Steamer Klamath for Kliunnth Falls. , Round Trip $25.00, ono unjr $15.00. Medford to Klauuith Falls via Crater Itku (ono way) $1H.5( Reservation nud ticket nt Hotel Xu.sli or Crater Lake (.'a rage. 5 "zj& Tho warm weather will soon bo hero. Wo have tho neces sary requirements to mako i work easy In warm weather. Bee us for tho best of ELEC TRIC FAN'S and tho beat of price. wAaJ SOUTHERN OREGON ELECTRIC CO. 27 SOUTH CENTRAL. PRODUCERS FRUIT CO. Our office in now lucnted In our pack ing limine, nud 1h open fur tho hoiuioil Kronruow on wo will have tho dull) reports nil markets. Allowing prlceu renllxod by tho California Fruit Dis tributors, and nil other shlppcm. Any one Intercut ml Is Invited to come Iu ami look litem over and coin barn prices. Ily shipping with mi you will have all tho udvntitUKos, of tho largest and most eomphilo doclduoUH selling organisation In tho United Stntes and at a lower coat to you than in tho past. Last year wo handled nearly ton thousand ear lotiils, or seveuty-Htx per cent of tho entire California crop. Roumuibor wo 1 O O L X O T II I N O All fruit Is sold on Its Individual merits, uud each growern unuiu anil prices realized for ouch tihlpment are published In tho catalogues, poolluu was tried nud fulled years ago In Cali fornia. If you want to sell rc un, If you want material, Inspect our tmmplcn, and get our prices beforo purchas ing. P R O I) U V K R S V It U I T O II. M. M. Mi'lki'iinv N'tirihui'stern Atrenl. Home Phone iil'2. Pacific 7001. 111 my u lWu bin iiilillliiliuii Hiittni iiIIjuJuihi nllktflnrtll You cnti't mnUo a belt r luvis'ineur for nnr vslfe nud fam ily than to liiHlall a gn.it i.tuun In oiir homo with tho vnl hum iiccoMtuii'los that help to initUn IuuihuwoiIc envy. Ltd un hIiow you what it iiieami to hnve hum Iu the house for fuel and Hithtlug. Wo uro always glad to iiinlto douioiiHtiatloiiH. Oregon Gas 6 Electric Co. " ' MClirORH, OHCUO.V. Ail nil Inducement for vou to try a UAH IIAN0K wo will lidiato JO 0(1 on ie)tular pilco of an) stout you select until tho flint of AtiKiisl. Leave your order now. NOTI.' laui'.eH luutalled without fiiithor ruxt to tin on easy termn. 5--., In a Class by Itself It Is a groat big loaf, made from the best hlKh grado flour. PHKHI.KSH ItKKAl) Is more like that good old home made bread that mother used to make than any other on tho market. ' Ask your grocer for I'KKRLIXSH HRKAD and Insist that ynu get It be cause there is none so good. RARDON'S BAKERY Comer Main nud 1nto Street. -.v.- v.-. v.- --. 5 " " "I t"l '' ' TSWjiil KVHBlBIL. H F-ft 1. -;m. mmr mi $ fc r7 iiiiiiii11 jl FORGET THE WEATHER but remember to tnke a devel oping tank nuil dcvclope. your iilius wherever you nie. Medford Book , Store BASEBALL Medford vs. 0. W. R. R. N. Team of Portland w Sunday, July 16 at 2p.ra. A HKNKKTJ! OAMK FOIt HOHHKH BIWTA!.'ICI 'XHIHjHKASOX TIIK MKDFOHI) RAXI) HAH KINDLY DONATI3I) THKIU HFMVWKH AND WIIJi MARCH WITH TIIK KAM ItOVH AT' 1:15 I'. M. HUNDAY FROM IHm-lIt NAHIf TO 1IAW 1'ARK TIIK PORTLAND TEAM 1IA8 HTRKNOTHKN'KD RY HKCIRI.Vfl TIIK SKRVIOK OF HOMK OF TIIK FAKTKST AMATKUR FLAY FR8 IN TDK MKTROPOMH. MICDFORD UAH MAO STRKNttTil KNKI) RY HKCURINO WILMAMH AND M'HKCKLKH ROTH OI' fJRAXTSFAHS. POSITIVKLY ONK OF TIIK RKfiT ASIKS. THIS HKAHON. Game Called at 2 p. m. Admission 25 and 50 Gents Draperies Wo carry a very cornnlnta line of ilraiMirloit. Inon Oiirtnlim, (IxtiiruN, eta. anil ilo all clunaim uf ujiliolHtorlntf. A npeelal man to look atlur thin work exaluMlvuly ami will k!v un kod.1 aervlcu au U podiilbla to xat In uvqn tho larcost cltlim. Weeks & McCowan Co If Your Neighbor Has Electric Light and you have not, just step into his house some evening after dark and compare its light with your own. Study each point of conve nience, cleanliness, clearness, beauty carefully, and then figure out for yourself if it would not pay you well to have your house wired for electric light at once. Electric light today is cheaper and belter than ever before, smcc the General Electric Com pany placed its MAZDA lamp on the mar ket. We have arranged to simply our cus tomers with the G.E. MAZDA lamps on very favorable terms. These lamps give two to three times as much light as other lamps using the same current. If your house ia located on nny of our dis- ' tributinu lines wo shall he (lad to advise you about having it wired nnd will (ivo you more facia nbout the efficient electric lighling of your home. Rogue River Electric Co. 4 . Hf0Wt tt0-trrrtr44ti 4 'i 'i : 1 :: 1 1 'i 'i :: - :: :: :: :: 'i '. :: ' 'i i. 'i 'i 'i 'i ip 'i ii :: ii 1 1 'i DO YOl KNOW? That NOW !h tho tlmo to roplnco your old fowo willi a nAw ono. Tlmt it will improve (ho nppoar uiioo of your proporly fully FIFTY I'KIt CKNT if tho fenoo in rilit and properly foimlruoloil. That The Page Wire Fence h IichI fliiitcil for tlio purporfo, tin it in niitilo up of Iho hnSl lllj;h Ciuioii Rliiol Wirn (lint in found iu fviiciiiKt iu addition to tliirf, it in tlio only i'oneo wliioli Iiiih Mi I'AOK KNOT, uud couliuiioim otohh wiro to wuuva H toKuthor, houco it Is The Best Fence that money ran liny or moilnni Hciouoo proditcn, Oiviti to outili linn wiro lii'init oniloil lioforn (tin fuiH.'o in woven, Fugo Fetieu !h t;anily urectud ovo liillx and IhroiiKli diiUm, without tlio uucoHHity of ciilliiif,' mid uplieiiiff. It U MADE nt Adrian, Mioli., and Hhippod hy uh iu oarlnad lotH, direct from tlio FACTORY TO TIIK CON BUMIOR, (Jiiih iiiHiirin tho urcuk'Ht value at tho IowohI poHHiblo prioo. f Lot uh hIiow you why you Hjiould ubo I'ao Fenfo in profurunoo lo tiny other. Vo fnniiiib, without ohiirKO, cstlaiateH on cohI of i'enciiiK tran(H) and ooutruot to build feniioH eouipleto. Wo will figure with you ou any amount of foiioitiKi I'1'""1 "" rod to u earlond. If ynu aro wnntini: Fence, Oalofl, or eltlior yew or cedar poHtn, lolt uh fiuro with you. Wo furuiHli mau'aad IooIh and aHHint in tho erection of Pauo Fence without oxlra cost. GADDIS & DIXON PIIONH 2(181. TUE PACK VFNOH MEN" , DiBtriliulorfl for Houthorn Oregon and .Northorn California. MAIN OFFICE, 134 NORTH RIVERSIDE AVENUE, MEDFORD, ORE. '-'''''rrsv, w mrmHMffNfMMWMMfmW flJl'!f',1'"lk.?1'' f...- t1'l" -t-'l-i. .. - ,.... m - '