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ml RET BL1 THE HEWS. 1 CHI ItilUt TAKE THE MAIL. riKB ia inn VOL. V. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1893. NO. 15. mm SOCIETIES OF MEDFOHD. A. O. U. W. Lodoe No. 98, meets every sec ond and fourth Tuesday in the month at 8 p. m. jn their hall in the opera block. . Visiting brothers invited to attend. B. 5. Webb, M .W. E. A. Johnson, Recorder. W. R. C.-Chester A. Arthur Post No. 2, meets second and fourth Thursday's of each month at 9 o'clock p. m., at G. A. K. hall, in Odd Fellows building. Mrs. m annie M. Wolf, Pres. Mrs. Edith Bradbkky. Sec. K. of P. Talisman lodge No. 81, meets M n day evening at S p. m. Visitins brothers al ways welcome. M. 1'UKDIN, C. C. Frank Shidkler, K. of R, and S. I. O. O. F. Lodge No. S3, meets In 1. O. O. F. hall every Saturday nt at & p. m. Visiting brothers always wetromn. , Horace tch m.s N. G. V S" :5!t WVKK. :-. - : . V ! -U'' r '. .'-'.tinje-'l. E.rt:i'.' .". iti:i. in I. O , V Ue s?co ij ami fourth Wednesdays -,.f finch in ith it s p. m. I. A. WEBB.O. P. B. S. Wkbb, Scribe. Olive Rebekab Lailae No. 3S. meets in I. O. O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each month. Visiting sisters invited to attend. Mrs Nettie Webb, N. G. Myrtle Nicholson, Sec. A. F. A. M. Meets first Friday on or be fore full moon at Sp. m., in A. O. U. W. hall. E. P. Geary, W. M. W P. Lippiscott. Rec. Sec G. A. R. Chester A. Arthur Post No. 47. meets in G. A. R. hall every second and fourth Thursdays in each month at p. m. N. B. Bradbcrt. Com. S. H. Holt. Adjt. I. O. G T. Meets Tuesday night at 7 p. m. at A. O. U. W hall, E A. Johnson. C. T. S. W. Holt, Rec Sec. W. C. T. P. Meets at Presbyterian church jr eery Wednesday aftern.'OB at 3:30 p. m. Mrs. A. a. Kellogu, Pres. Mas. Ross DeGkoot, Sec'y. Young People's Reading Circle Tuesday even ing at each week, under the auspices of the Epworth League. Epworth League meets each Sunday even ' ing at 6:39. D. T. Lawton, president, Julia Fulde, secretary F.A.4L . L. L. Polk lodge No. 365, meets every Tuesday at S p. m. G. S. Briggs, Pres. Y. M. C. A. Meets averv Sunday at 3 p. m. at M. E. raurch. w. S. Hallv, Pres. M. E. Rxgbt Sec CHURCHES OF BCEDFOKD. Methodist Episcopal Church K. E. Phipps. pastor. Services every Sabbath: morning, 11 a. m.. evening. 7:00 p. m Prayer meeting at 7:00 p. m. Thursday. Sunday school eah Sun day at 10 a. m. K. A. Johnson, superintend ent. Epworth Reading Circle. 7:00 p. m.. Tuesdays. Class meetings every Sunday at close of morning service. Christian Church No pastor at present. Preaching first and third Sundays in month, mornin? and evening. Worship every Sunday morniug. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Presbyterian Church Rev. A. S. Foster, pas tor. Preaching at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sun day school at 16 a. m. Y. P. S. C. K., 6:15 p. m. Junior Endeavor Society at S p. m., Sunday. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist Church T. H. Stephens, pastor. Preaching" at 11 a. u. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday even ing. Sunday school at Id a. m The pastors of the different churches are re- quested to attend to corrections. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. jones & kircik;essner, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Medford, Oregon. Calls promptly attended to day or jiight, Offics in Op ra House block. W.U. I. VAWTER, ATTORNEY- AT LAW, Offlee Bank Building. Medford, Or J. H. WHITMAN, ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in bank building. Medford, Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts of title in Jackson county. WIIXARD CRAWFORD. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR . AT .LAW. Office in Opera block. Medford, Or JUSTIN S HAMMOND,. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office I. O. O. F. building, . Medford, Or ROBT. A MILLER- ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Jacksonville, Or Will practice in all the courts of the state. J B. PICKEL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Medford, Or Office; Rooms a and 3 L O. O. F. building. J. B.-WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON, Office in Childers' Block, Medford, Or P. GEARY, PHYSJCIAN AND SURGEON, Office Cor. C and Seventh sta., Medford, Or )R. O. F. DEMOREST, RESIDENT DENTIST, Makes a specialty of first-class work at reason able rates. Offlce In Opera House, Medford, Or. DR. J- W. ODGERS, DENTIST. TTuiMrmnnentlT located In Medford for the practice of dentistry. From a continued prac tice of Over 14 years. 1 am yrcpurcu w gutuau' tee entire satisfaction. Give me s calL Oyer Sloeers drug store. ' Twenty per cent off on men's fine shoes and tarnishing gooas ior casu 1 tt o : v. ' u only, ftr dimi BEEK. WHITESIDE & CO. . Have the Cheapest, Best and most Complete Stock of HARDWARE. IN" SOUTHERN :-: OREGON". "SUPERIOR" Stoves and Ranges Have proved themselves the favorite stove on the Pacific Coast. NEW STYLES, NEW PRICES. Oliver Chilled, Canton Clipper and Casaday Gang Plows. BAIN WAGONS. Farming Implements and Miners' Supplies. Fine Cutlery, Cuns and "Ammunition. Adkins fc Webb's old stand. Medford, W. I VAWTER, Pres. We SLINGER, Vice Pres. Jackson County Bank. CAPITAL, - $50,000 Loan money on approved security, receive deDosits subject to check, and transact a general banking business on thr most favorable terras. fcg-Your Business Solicited. Correspondents: Corbin Banking Co., 55. Y. Pacific Bank, San Francisc. Commercial National, Portland. Ladd & Bush, Salem. pi ED FOB D I UH1BEB Man.ifacturers of LUMBER, LATH MEDFORD, We krep on hand a large took of flooring. Rustic and Ceiling, also Cedar, Yeliow and Sugar Pine. Seasoned and finish lumber. eeozozhzzi! FU RN ITU RE ! Camels, Paper. Curtains. flftnrfnri I. A. WEBB, JIIMlll.lUIHHIIIIIIItllllllllllllKIIIMIIHIIIfllltllL UNDERTAKING j llltllllllllllMllMIIIIKHIIIIIIlllllMllllllllllltlllir Jas. A. Slover & Co, Headquarters for all the standard drugs in the market. Artists' material and fine stationery. THE DRUGGISTS Largest tock in Fancy goods and toilet MEDFORD, D. H. MILLER, -DEALER IN- Hardware, Stoves, Tinware and Fine Building Material. OIOUOHT iHOfl fAflGES. Warranted Cutlery, Carpenters and Builders Red jacket Force Pumps, for deep or Oregon. 1. E. ENYART, Cashier Medford, Oregon. TO and dealers in AND PICKETS. OREGON. JIIIIIIIIIMMMIIIIIMMMimMtMIIIMIIIMIMIUMIIIIl HllllllllllMltimiMMIIMIIIimllllltMIIIMHtMmr nintiirnn flriininl finnAn Dipos, nmm, musis uuuus MEDFORD. MtMIIMMMIIHIIMMII Picture Framing a Specialty. Southern Oregon. artieles. Come and see us. OREGON Tools. Fishing Taokle, Ammunition, Etc., Et shollow wells. Tin Shp Attaohed M NOT DO IT? A Central Point Corsespoudeut Of fers a Sew Idea for the Devel opment of the Valley. He Thluks the Entire Valley Is L'u derlayed With Rich Minerals How They Can Be Eeaelied. Centra Point, Or.. April 8th. Editor Medkokd Mail. Dear sir: An article written by Mr. V. V. Dodge apjH-ared in your issue- under date of .March 31st. In my opinion iht author wnterUiins a spirit that is up with the times. The Sitine feeling being adapted by the public generally in our towns would probably have a tendency to bring us to a closer understanding, thus putting aside prejudices of the past, allowing us to glide alone more smoothly together in the fu ture. This condition of affairs would no doubt bring about a revo lution that would possibly be sur prising to the outside world in the way of establishing a central city, centrally located lietween San Fran cisco and Portland, which is sure to le in this portion of the Rogue River valley, if only a few thines of importance are looked after" by those who are residents and enter tain a future wellfare for this mag nificent valley. In . my opinion there are a large number of natural, advantages in the Rogue River val ley than H any other portion of the state, and which are yet undevel oped. We positively know and re alize that we have the most desir able climate the year round of any othe- section on or near the coast, which cannot be excelled for gen eral agricultural industries. Second to none for general fruits ; the best on the coast for stock raising ; also an unexhaustible supply of the choicest of forest products, and last but not least, the untold wealth of valuable minerals. In addition to this, nature has provided us with ; the bst water powers on earth, I which is sufficient in power, if prop erly utilized and transmitted on wire, to supply the entire valley with light and general power, in cluding a manufacturing city with a population of from t to three hundred thousand which I pre dict might be brought about in the npar future by carrying out the fol lowing project: It is a project in which we should entertain consider able confidence, and which might bring almut the desired results to property owners of the valley and those who are interested, after once put into execution. We assume it would te a wise plan to effect a lease covering the country between Central Point and Medford and surrounding country, for the pur pose of prospecting for oil, gas, minerals and any other substance of commercial value. We feel con fident the property owners would entertain a royalty proposition of this kind which would not in any way interfere with agricultural in dustries or the transfer of real es tate. It is firmly entertained bv good authority that we are centrally in the mineral belt-of the Pacific roast, for one of the principal reasons: The foothills in this locality being a general mixture of broken stratas, finds being frequently made in the way of siiiiill pockets of gold and small portions of good ledges. It should be considered a reasonable theory that the mixture thus forming our foot hills has in past ages been raised by volcanic action. In our opinion the stirace croppiugs on our foot hills are good evidence of rich ledges of mineral underlying this portion of the valley. Prob ably the best method of prospecting in the valley would be deep exca vations with the diamond drill, at the same 'time making as careful and accurate an assay as could be obtained by an expert, of all por tions of the ore brought to the sur face. Supposition is we would en joy the satisfaction of valuable finds which would naturally bring this portion of the country to the front in tljp mining interest. Should coal or natural gas be found in pay ing quantities, this in itself means valuable and convenient fuel, which in the history of other localities in the U. S. has boomed the country and towns, bringing in various per manent manufacturing enterprises. Thus being the means of email towns springing up to cities of con siderable magnitude, and also in creasing the value of real estate throughout the surrounding country fer miles around. In case oil should be found in paying quantities this would probably brjng as much financial good to our country as that of gas or coal. In considera tion it only being a brief outline of the future possibilities whioh a project of this kind might bring about this should be entertained by all persons who are interested in the early future welfare of this imme diate section of Southern Oregon, as there is little, if'any doubt, as to this immediate portion of the Rogue River valley being the central loca tion of minerals of untold value, which up to the present lime, re mainsundeveloped, fort lie want of a small amouut of enterprise . in this very important direction. It might be a move in the right di rection if the citizens of Central Poiut and Medford would jointly take this prospecting project into consideration and organize, electing the choice of our leading citizens for officers in this enterprise, ard lease :imul ground for th; protec tion of 11 Imnie company. Incor porate with 1.U00 original shares, selling 500 shares for prospecting purposes, nt the rate of .?'J5 jn-r share, payable in monthly install ments of $5 00 per share, certifi cates being issued on tlw last pay ment, certificates not subject to ad ditional assessments and transfer able on conditions printed thereon. This number of paid up shares would probably cover prospecting expenses, and should anything of com uiercial value be found, a por tion of the remaining shares could be placed on the market at a good figure, 60 as to enable us to im prove the find. Thus making it a home, self protective industry all share holders reaping equal benefits. There is no new field so rich, none more pregnant with great possibili lies, than that of the future mining industry in Southern Oregon and in this immediate section of the Rogue River valley. O. M. Hcsted. Griffin Croak Gaihanngs. Mr. Lacey expects to take hi? cattle to The. Dead Indian range this wrek. Miss Millie Soliss was visiting friends in Medford last week. Ed. Gutchcs talks of eoing to San Francisco to enter a telegraph oflico there. Three trips a week into the coun try looks like business, don't it, eh? D. B. Soliss has been holding down a seat on the jury at the county seat. Chas. Dickinson's parents came up from Rogue river and made him a short visit. Miss Ellen Bursell went home lai Friday night to Sunday with her parents. A friend suggests that we sign our cognomen, Manafraidofa woman. While the suggestion s timely and the name appropriate, yet we don't exactly fancy that name. Naylor Alliance No. 23. held a meeting last Saturday night at the school house, and d.ecided to dis continue their meetings for an in definite length of time, we are in formed. C. C. C. had the pleasure of meet ing Manafraidofabear the other day in Medford. He don't seem to show any ill effects from Deing 'treed by a bear" that The Mail spoke of week before last. What is there to hinder our hav ing a literary program at the meet ings of the Farmers' club, so that the young people would come eut and have a pleasant and profitable time. It would not interfere with the business part of the meeting in the least. J. W. Lawton had quite a smash up last Saturday night, while com ing home from Medford, caused by a runaway saddle horse running pHSt his horse and .frightening it. Perhaps she thought it was Harry Wortman passing with his Alte mont trotter and proposed to make a "kick," and kick she did and in such a manner that the thills be came kindling ood and the dash looked like the jivreck of a mid-summer cyclone. Not caring to have a horse shake its heels under his nose, Lawton vacated and took a position at the other end of the beast. Fortunately Mr. Bashford was near and came to the rescue. C. C. C. State ok Ohio, City op Toledo, Lucas County. f Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in thu City of Toledo, County and State aforosald, aud that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of Ca tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decem ber, A. D. 1SS6. A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public. seal Hall's Catarrh Curo Is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O., tarSold by Druggists, IS. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to giye perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. For sale by G. H. Raskins. MORTGAGE TAILAff Mr. Beeson, of Talent, Facetiously Gives Oat Some Probable Inci dents .of the Sew Law. The County Gets Taxes on $1,000 Where Only $300 In Property Actually Exists. Talent, Ore., April 11, 1893. Editor Mail: Our friend Dick, the Eagle point correspondent of the Valley Record, seems to have g't mixed on the tax problem and is calling for help from the widely renowned legal lights. Judge Neal, W. U. JJreese and invself. I have j not been able to confer with my colleagues, out wim L learn irom Attorney Joe Simon, of Portland, the mortgage tax law as it is desig nated, will be of great benefit to the people of Oregon, for it will encour courage capital to invest. What in? Why, mortgages, of course. Don't you see. Bro. Dick? You and I can invest the vast sums we have made the past few years in plowing sticky, iu mortgages, send the mortgage trf Yreka for safe keeping, and not be bothered by paying taxes, and yet our-county and state wont lose anything, for the fellow that gives us the mortgage has to pay full value for the property he holds, no matter if he does owe us two-thirds of its value. Oh ! this late lamented legislature, under the direction of our Portland friends kept a good look out for us capital ist. They did not want Dick and I and all the rest of the rich men to carry oor vast capital out of the state which we were in danger of doing if we undertake to walk out this wet weather. But jokes aside. It does look kind of like double taxation. This week I own $500 worth of cattle on which I am liable to pay taxes, if Bro. Woolidge gets around to -ssess them. But he don't come, and next week Bro. Dick comes and buys my cattle for which he gives me his note for $500. About that time along comes Woolidge. He says, "howdy Beeson, what prop erty you got?" Well, I say, "I aint got much. Here is abont three hundred dollars worth of household stuff, but that is exempt, cause the old lady keeps house, and I board with her sometimes." "All right" says Woolidge, "is that all you got?" "I have got a note on Dick I reckon you don't charge on that" "Oh! yes we do, we tax notes when we find them, but we don't often find them." He turns to Dick, goes through the same questions, but Dick tells him he owes me a note of $500 for the cattle. "Oh ! that makes no difference, we tax everything." Hur rah ! Jackson county gets taxes on $1000 and there is only the same $500 worth of cattle that there was last week See? At this lick my friend, the Judge will be able to redeem his promise, and get the county out of debt dur ing the next four years. Welborn Beesox. Now Try This. - It will cost you nothing and will do you good, if you have a cough, cold, or any trouble with the throat, chest or lunjrs. Dr. King's Now Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds is guaranteed to give relief, or money will bo paid back. SuflL'rsrs from la grippe found it just tho thing and under its use had a s;eedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles fros at G. H. Haskius' drug store. Large size 50c and 1.00. Some Compliments From Talnt. From the Tmleot News. We spent a few hours in Medford ono day this week and were pleased to note the genoral energy and enterprise dis played by its leading business men. Tho town is not "booming'' yet it is growing rapidly and will continue to grow. Of course we took iu the Mail office and succeeded in nppropiating about a halt hour of the editor's valu able time for which we should have re ceived a "printers blessing," but Bro. J 131 1 Lull was luutxt, suuwiug U9 through the printing room and givig us odd bits of information that we can make good us of. We don't know whether tocongratulate Medford on its good fortune iu capturing such an entergetio newspaper man as Bro. Bli ton, for haviug cast his lot in so thriv ing a town, but congratulations should coma in somewhere. I visited the Medford school a few days ago and was very much interested and pleased with the systematical manner in which the school is governed. There is an or ganized band of music formed from among the members of the school and the children form outside and march double file, into the large hall and separate to their respective rooms, to martial music, keeping step ; and all is quiet, no jostling or hurry. The desks are not marred nor the neighboring fences or build ings broken or destroyed. Order and system rule complete, which is as necessary to the future welfare of the pupil as book knowledge. It should be the duty of our school board in employing teachers to see that they hare capacity . and will, to govern with system, as well as ability to impart knowledge. When I saw the two hundred or more bright, intelligent pupils marching, my imnd looked forward ten years when all these and the numerous others in all the schools of our county Baall have become the men and women, who will do the busi ness of tl5 comaiaaity. and I could not but think that great changes would have to take place in oor financial and transportation system, for it will be impossible for so many to find the means of a livelihood in the same manner that the past gn erattoa has. MIXKS AXD MI5IXG. W. H. Sharringhousen, of Port land, started for the hills from Med ford Wednesday. He is a miner of considerable experience and will prospect in the Griffin creek coun try. There is big excitement on the Missouri fiats, in the Apolegate country. Everybody is wild over the finds which have been made! One miner is reported to have picked up a nugget that weighed $267 in gold. Aside frem this, there has been many smaller, nuggets found and as correspondingly rieh. This report comes from a gentleman who was all through that country last week and is considered authentic. Messrs. J. W. Simpson, John Risley and Isaac Sketers are pre paring to do some mining work in the Willow Springs district. This location is only about four miles northwest of Medford and from specimen rock which they have al ready brought to light they found ten cents in gold in four pounds of rock, and in the same rock a piece of silver the size of a pin head was found. Their ledge shows rip tor a distance of four hundred rods, and as they are all old miners of lots of experience and good sound judgement, and are going to soon commence further development it is conclusive evidence that they see something pretty rich not a great distance away. Unless a mine shows up a gold folor it don't seem to attract very much attention in these times of rich finds, yet there are mines of various different colors, which, if developed would in many instances bring a bigger revenue than those of glittering gold. A gentleman who is familiar with the country north and east of Medford tells us that between Elk creek and Rogue river, in range 2, township 32, there are mountains of iron ore. In range 3, township 31, on Rogue river, he has found any amount of sand stone, which is a very desirable article for building purposes, and in the same township and range he has found an abundance of red and yellow ochre, also in this same locality he has located ledges of the very best of fire clay, while in the bed of the river he discovered a vast amount of a fine quality of potter's clay. All of the above finds are only about eight miles fsom the much talked of mines of anthracite coal. Endless varietT of dolls and tovs at C. W. Wolters. Smoke Pride of Medford cigar, for sale by Davis & Pottenfer. The Premium Market for good meat. Specimen Caaea. S. H. Clifford, New Cosset. Wis., was troubled with nouralgia and rheu matism, his stomach was disordered, his liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electrio Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111., had a running sore on his leg of eight years' standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of of Bucklen's Arnica Solve, and his leg is sound and well John Speaker, Cat awba, O., had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at G. H. Ilaskins' drug store. To The World's Fair! ' Are you going? If so. call on or write to tho undersigned before completing arrangements for your ti ip. I can give you choioe of two of the most popular Lines crossing tha continent and can guarantee you a safe and pleasant journey, long to be remembered. Passing through the "Grandest Scenery on Earth, via Mount Shasta, through the State of California, crossing th Sieera Nevada and Rocky Mountains, etc. etc Palace and Tourist Sleeping cars daily to Chicago without change. Reclining Chair cars, (Seats Free). Drop me a line aud I will call and see you. H. J. Young. Agent, 271, Aider St., Portland, Oregon. Cholerine in Pennsylvania. Swickley, Perm.: We had an epi demic of cholerine, as our physicians called it, in this place lately and I made a great hit with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I sold four dozen bottles of it in one week and have since sold nearly a gross. This Remedy did the work and was a big advertisement for me. Several per sons who had been troubled with diar rhoea tor two or three weeks were cured by a few doses of this medicine. P. P. Knapf, Ph. G. 23 and 50 cent bottles for sale by G, H. Haskins, Druggist, d mM It v . , ... ' '