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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1894)
b IP 3 ALL THE LOCAL SEWS. For a good suit of clothes cheap go io Fetsch, the tailor. r"Qot 'em agin," bargain lot of jnen's hata. Racket Store. The people's party executive com mittee is to meet in Medford to-morrow. Cranfill & Hutchison carry the best Jne of men's find boys' hats ia the city. J. W. Shuts has opened up a jew elry repair.shop in a part of the G. W. White store building on Seventh street. At the Fair, bargains in geats' white "laundried shirts and underwear. Jas. E. Roberts. The G. A. R. and W. R. C. corps held their regular installation of offi cers Friday night. Back, Whiteside & Co. will sell at .coat, two wagons and one cart, Geary Johnson, formerly of Sled ford, and W. W. Walters ha;e opened ,a mining and assay office ia Ashland. Five acres of land set out to prunes, for sale. Enquire at the Owl grocery. Douglas county populists will meet in convention March 3. They are pro jecting a nowspapir. Gentlemen: At Angle & Plymale's, &t hard times prices, a nobby suit throughout. ' . Married In Jacksonville, Thurs day; January 11. ISM, B. F. Stevenson and Mrs. Etta Earhart, both of Med ford. Farmers who want black walnuts to plant can get them cheap at Mounce & Schermerhorn's, Medford. -Oregon is the only state in the Union in which horses are worth mora than mules, the price being $-51 "for- horses and S4G for mules. Miss Lizzie Nicholson is prepared to do dress-making of all description. Rooms in Halley block, Medford, Ore gon. They tell us that Frank Mingus will soon start a milk wagon in Med ford. There cught to be a good, fair business in this line. Compare. our prices on cotton goods with any line carried in Southern Ore gon and you will find them down to bed rock. Cranfill & Hutchison. If all pedestrians would observe street etiquette more closely and al ways turn to the right, there would be less of collisions and need for apologies. Word has been received by friends in Medford to' the effect that W. R. Ridenhour is at A hospital in the city -of Mexico very ill with typhoid fever. Get groc?ries at I. M. Muller's. corner Seventh and C streets, Medford. How does this catch you for a bar gain? Five 1 pound bars of Horseshoe ao3p for 25 cents, at Mullers grocery. A. A. Davis has purchased, through the agency of Pentz & White, lots 5, 6 i and 7, in block 13, Medford, for STO0. These lots are facing on Sixth street between B and C. Cranfill & Hutchison are showing IB. line of dress goods that can't be 'beaten for cash. Agent Lippincott has received in stauctions to commence -selling Mid winter fair tickets on January 21th. Round trip ticket and fire admission tickets to the fair grounds, $16.85. . Call on Wirth Photo Co. for su perb ijhotographie work. Extra finish. Old photo's copied and enlarged. Por traits finished in oil, India ink, water colors and crayon. There's another good thing about a horse that hasn't been mentioned; it wonTt molest a woodpile. It is differ ent with some men folks in this man's city of Medford. Fresh sait-water fish every Friday at C. T. Payne's. Suit has baen bagun to foraclosc a mortgage for 55,000 against the Port land exposition property, which cost 23O.O00. It will go by the board. The fair has been badly managed, the same exhibit being made year after year. " Macintoshes! Macintoshes' ! Eig j t bargains at Angle & Plymale's. -1 The wife of John Grieve, postmas-! , i'Aier at Lake Creek, who has been suffer- j ing with a cancer for a long time, died last Friday week. She was a lady of . : nanjr good qualities and highly re- pwcted. She was about 50 years of age. - Nearly fc.ll women have good hair, v siboofi many are gra, and few are "bald. : Hair Renewer restores the natfral oolor? and thickens the grojrth Obe hair. . The iasoaace agents in Medford are as plentiful a. mush rooms after a June shower. "- J Wj.Carry representing the American -i Central, and W. Estill Phipps, representing the Norwich Union of England, are two of the new ones. Because that J. W. Bates put down .tho price of shaving from two-bits to fifteen cents is just the why of his big run of work. The people always- stay by the man that knock? the props from under high prices. , Eitee the- barber, C street. C. A. Newstronj is making many improvements abort his recent farm purchase, east of Bedford, by way of putting out fruit t-eeo and improving the buildings. Hj is a thorough hust ler and will be getting there a plenty . so long as light shines and good health is his. Fetsch tr'es the cake in making clothes cheap. -J H. Sfewart,. the big orchardist, is shippirg two carloads of apples from Phoeni; to Denver, Colorado, this weefe The bad road3 between Mr. Stewirt's place and Medford is wholly responsible for his shipping from . Phoenix. The old and reliable liximent XXX. A friend to mankind as well as to the animal. ,' The S. P. is putting electric search lights on their engines, and the .two Hogg engines running into Ash land, are to be equipped soon. The dynamo and machinery roosts on top of the engine boiler are run by steam; the engineer in the cab b3ing tho director general. Pritchard, the Medford jeweler, is not promising to give his goods away but he is selling them as cheap as they are being sold in Jacksonville. " These Southern Oregon ladies have een appointed by the Midwinter fair ommitte of the state convention of Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSQUUTHy PURE Rsbekah degree lodges on. the advisory committee: Mrs. Alico Ulrich, Ruth No. 4, Jacksonville-. Mrs. E. j. Farlow, Hope No. 14; Ashland; Mrs. W. I. Vawter, Olive No. 2S, Medford; Miss Alice Smith, Etna No. 45, Grants Pass. If you want goods at bottom .cash prices go to Cranfill & Hutchison, the finest decorated storo iu town. They have no old shelf worn goods to work off on their patrons. J. C. Wolters, father of townsmen C. W. and H. H. Wolters has been quite ill for several weeks past with dropsical indications. He is somewhat impFOved at present, but owing to his age there is little prospect of his re gaining his usual health. Do you ever eafr oysters? We are prepared to serve them in any stylo. Have both Shoahvater bay and eastern oystsrs, Mouneo & Schermorhorn. When SS will buy you a good silver case watch, with good movement, there is no sense in putting all your faith, as to time, in Davis' mill whistle. Sleeve buttons from two to four bits, and all things elsa just as cheap, pro oortionally and Pritehard the jew eler'is doing all this. My stock ofjgent's furnishing goods ia new and complete in every detail I. M.Muller. D. S. Youngs is increasing his real estate possessions not a faw ia the city of Medford. His latest purchase is an acre and a quarter of land, from C. ' F. Lewis, on North C street. The sale was made through the agency of Pentz & White and for $150. In buying groceries and all goods that go in that line you naturally buy of the reliable, time-tried aod square dealing house. Wolters has been with you many years and has always tried to treat you right. For good, fresh groceries at living prices try Wolters. Mrs. Barbara Ulrich, a pioneer of Jackson county and a resident of Jack sonville, died Thursday evening of last week. She had been afiiictod with a cancerous tumor for a number of years and her death was not unexpected. She was mother of Wm. Ulrich of this place- The funeral occurred Sunday. Use XXX the largest bottle and best lin'iment for man and beast. The editor of this "onc-2 a week" journal and his family are moving to Dr. Piekel's new residence at the "fer"' end of South C street. It is a whole lot cheaper to move than to pay rent, but if we keep ourselvae-together for a few months longer we will own a piece of resident property and let someone eise pay the rents. , I. A. Mounce is an experienced auctioneer and his services can be had for that line of work at any time by applying at Mounce & Schermerhorn's confectionery store, Medford, Oregon. There is talk of another barber shop being opened in Medford. If there is any one thing more than an other that this city don't need it is a fourth barber shop. There are at present three of these commodities each manned by two expert hair lifters with finger touch light as angels' breath. No, we don't ned any more tonsoralists. For sale House and lot, located on D or Front street, near corner of Fifth. House has five rooms. Good well of water. For particulars and price call at this office. Judge Lionel R. Webster has moved his household goods from Jack sonville to Medford and has them all arranged in fine housekeeping shape in the Brandenburg residence, on west Sixth street. Mrs. Webster is still in Portland, but as her health is improv ing the judge is expecting her to return to Medford in two or three weeks. I can St you out in anything you may need in gent's furnishing goods or groceries I. M. Muller. The list of attractions engaged for Boone's Animal Show at the Midwin ter Expositio'n, have all arrived and are safely housed in the Arena. It will be one oi the first among the many concessions to throw its doors open to the public, and we venture to say, judging from the list of attractions se cured, that its patrons will be delighted with the performance. O. F. Demorest, dentist, opera olock, Medford. W. E. Davis was out Tuesday, first time in several weeks. lie was taken first with la grippe and upon partially recovering came over town and a back set resulted which culminated in a se vere case of typhoid fever. All bands are glad to see him about and are hoping that when la grippe catches him again hu will bo moro discrete. -''Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy: rich but not gaudy, for the ap parel oft proclaims the man." Tbe foregoing is a clothing ad Shakespeare wrote a few years ago. The same ad will apply to Wolters' line of gent's furnishing goods "rich but not gaudy." .tip. Karnum snftntru-t. n mnnmit. ,at0p of the Modford-JacksonviUo short- line expires to-morrow. Mr. B. is ex- pectiug soma of the owners to arrive from Portland to-day or to-morrow and arrange for the'road's management for the coming year. It is reported Mr, Barnum will not renew his contract with tho company, in which event a new man will take his place. For superb photographic work try Wirth Photo Co. Aristo, Paris and Swiss Panels, ivory finish. Enlarge ments finished in crayon, India ink, water-colors and oil. Receiver Charles Clark, of tee Oregcn Pacific, has returned from San Francisco, where he has been to make arrangements to get the Willam ette Valley out of the clutches of the law. As $80,000 in bonds were required this was not done. Arrangements were made though for a boat to carry the freight at a charterage of $10 a day. If this can be paid tho boat will bs kept running. Tho regular installation of ofilccrs in Medford Lodge No. 9S, A. O. U. W., occurred on Wednesday night of this week. The following officers were in stalled by P. D. D. G.-M.W. I. Vawter, installing officer: N. A. Jacobs, M. W.; F. M. Tryer, Foreman; E. W. Carder, Overseer; G. F. Morriman, Re corder; Chas. Strang, F.; W. I. Vawter, R.; B. S. Webb,. I. G.; B. F. Crouch, O. G. Santa Claus is all right again. I have disposed of all tho goods he left, and am now getting in a line of staples, all bought at extremely low prices for the cold cash, and will give you as good bargains in staples as you re ceived in tho holiday line. G. L. Webb, Racqueter. . There was much grief in the house hold of John Bellinger last week. John tolls that his wife actually shed tears but his good lady says it was John who "wept copiously," however, the oc casion for this grief was tho flight to parts unknown of one of their pair of Chinoso pheasants. This grief for tunately was of short duration as the aforesaid feathered Chinamau was cap tured again this week. A Citizen: "Sav, isn't that a lulu of a show window Wolters has fixed up? and do you realize the fact that all them goods are fresh? But how could they be ought else when he sells o many of them. I liko the looks of that window it has tho freshness of a May shower and tho cleverness of a metro political existence." Get good, fresh groceries at Wolters. The Orient, or Mystic Circle, is spreading its grasping fingers about many of our townspeople, and all fully appreciate its mirthful incidents when once inside the circle. The members of this order are found among almost all business and professions in Medford. The clergymen, wo understand, as yet have not been askod to join but 'tis probable an attempt will bo made to round them up ere the interest sub sides. The regular subscription price cf The Mail is 81.50 a year, and the reg ular subscription price of the Weekly Oregonian is $1.50. Any one subscrib ing for Tile Mail and paying one year in advance can get both The Mail, and the Weekly Oregonian one year for i'2. All old subscribers paying their sub scriptions for one year in advance will be entitled to the same otfer. One of the chief attractions at the depot last Saturday whan tho south bound freight pulled in was four buffa loes which were being taken from North Dakota to the Midwinter Fair.! There were throe full bloods and one half breed calf and its domestic covr mother. They were a great curiosity to many and were a fine specimen of these animals. There is a bufTalo farm, in North Dakota, as a matter of fact there are several of them, which maku the growing of these animals a special feature. Last Monday evening at the regu lar meeting of Talisman Lodge No. 31, Knights of Pythias, District Deputy Grand Chancellor J. E. Enyart installed the following officers: P. C, M. Pur- din: C. C, Geo. F. Mernman; . .. A. Whitman; P.. C. O. Damon; K. of P. and S., A. J. McLeod; M. of . M. W. Steel: M. at A., P. Henderson: M. of E., C. I. Hutchison: M. of F.: J. E. Enyart: I. G., D. S. Youngs; O. G., E. C. Wells. All members are re quested to be in attendance next Mon day evening, as business of importance will be transacted. New and second hand stoves for sale at the Second Hand Store. Day Parker has lost uons of his last summer's aptness as a swift manip ulator of bicycles. Tuesday, just to sort o' keep his hand in, he mounted bis wheel at the corner of Seventh and C streets and started for the distillery which is a little over a mile from the starting point. Ha made the distillery and return in just an even seven min utes and had to dismount to make the turn at the distillery. That's good riding and -if Day don't capture all the races in this line hereabouts another summer he will have fallen a long ways short of his present capability. Sheriff Pelton went to Grants Pass Saturday night, having in charge the two prisoners from Josephine county, S. Black and Mell Muse, which Jack son county has been boarding for some time. Jackson county was boarding those prisoners for Josephine county as an accommoaation, me last naraeu county not having a sufficient place of safe keeping, but when this county sent its bill to Josephine for the pris oner's board and keeping tho county court of that county cut down the al lowance henco the removal of the prisoners. At Central Point the sher iff took into his charge the man Drew, of Hummersley mine fame, and took him as w:ll to Grants Pass. . Medford is to have a new industry, ono which is out of the line usually ac corded to cities of her size, but we aro going to have it soon, and it is tho manu facture of a superior quality of baking powder. The gentleman who is tho owner and managar of tho enterprise is W. H. Hembree,' he who a few years ago was employed as engineer in the Davis flouring mill, but who has sines been "on the road" for a San Francisco tea and spice house, and it was whjle thus engaged that he caught onto the baking powder idea. Ho returne'd to Medford a couple of months ago and now has his plans for tho manufacture of powder perfected and will have it on the market in a few weeks. It will sell at the same price as all standard powders but as only half tho usual amount is required in baking, it nec essarily makes Mr. Hombreo's powder worth just double that of any other kind made. Ho has very fittingly christened bis powder "Pride of the Valley." This Mail hopes success may como tumbling his way and that his-powder may prove itself just tho article fpr which tho housewife has, lung beon looking. Geo. Hall, ho who owns the Cen tennial Diggings in tho Willow Springs district, dropped in at our olllco early Monday morning and boforo leaving wo corralled him for a mining item. Mr. Hall has eighty acres of deeded land in tho abovo district and reports placer mining a prolitablo business in tho Centennial diggings. Says Beck ett, of Medford, aud another gentleman are working his grounds on shares and are making good wages. They make a clean-up ovory night. Aside from there being plenty of good placer grounds on this eighty there are as well some rich ledges, and many good pockets havo been found. Last season Mr. Hall took out S500 in gold S-1001 of it being from ono pocket. The gon tloman has also recently found a ledge of decomposed rock which is very rich in gold. Tho ledge is seven feet deep and two foet wide. C. F. Lowis, the export machinist and engineer was about the city last Friday first timo for something like three weeks. Tho gentleman has been having a severo tussle with la grippe and pleurisy. Mr. Lowis has acccptod the agency for this locality for tho cjI ebrated Frnzor & Chambers . mining machinery, and will of oourso be ac corded a good business in that line pro vided there is mnchinery being sold hereabouts. This firm manufacture only the best and none know how to put it in working order better than C. F. In conversation with Mr. Lewis, who had tho supervision of the Comstock of Oregon mine when the machinery was being put in and afterwards when it was being operated, the gontleman made some very encouraging state ments regarding this mine. He stated that there was a considerable amount of sulphates iu tho ore and which contained more or less gold. This it was impossible to' save by the free milling process and accordingly not nearly all the gold was saved when tho test run was made. By the use of concentrators he is very positive the Comstock of Oregon can be made a pay ing property. Xo Other Sarsapsrilla has tho merit to hold the confidence of entiro comnunitios war after year, as has Hood's Sarapariila. It possesses curative power peculiar to itself. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable. carefully prepared, from ;ht b.-st in grcdieuts. iie. Heap Plenty liam. Tho rain storm of last Saturday, and Sunday which was general throughout Oregon, Washington aa l California. was tho worst oiia which has beon experi enced for years. From Saturday morning until late Sun lay night tho do.vamv.ir was almost continuous and the water came thick and fast. During the forty odd hourrain ending Sunday night, tho rainfall is report J at Mod ford to h:ive been 2.1:1 inches. Sunday forenoon the many spectator who stood watching the muddy waters o: Lear creek go rushing through ohj city were not watchers long ere 'twas noticed that one b--nt near the east end of the bridge was .-inking slowly from a line of level. This kept sinking un lit Monday morning when it had gone down five or six feet and very near to the water's edge, iu which position it still remains. This sinking was caused by the water cutting into the cast bank and taking away and loos.'nin a couple of tiers of piling. Aside from this, which can easiiy be repaired, the bridge is in as good shape as ever. At the Central I'oint Bear creek bridge one of the approaches was taken away and tho curreut so changed as to form a good sized creek between the main land and tho bridge. Up at, and about Ashland, it is re ported that Emigrant creek took away tho Dead Indian bridge aud carried it some distancs below. Ashland creek was higher than it has been for many years and damage was apprehended, but little, however, was do.V. The Medford-Jacksonville train has been running sine- Sunday in a catch as catch can way. sometimes you got it and sometimes you don't. Griffin creek was so rampant Sunday night that Mr. Barnum hardly deemed it safe to cross over with his train, but instead curried the mail and express from that point to Medford on his back. The east approach to the bridge was washed considerably and the track set tled but by filling in with rock it w:us made passable. Tuesday morning it began sinking.ugain and additional re pairs were required. Monday morning ho ventured across with his engine and flat car. Trains, however, arc- now running on schedule time. The Willamette river is reported to havo been twenty-four 'feet abovo low- water mak Monday. Tho trains on the S. I. were very irregular the for'o part of tho week, owing to washouts in various places. Tho northbound passenger, due hero Sunday night, did not reach this point until about nine o'clock Monday even ing washout near Hornbrook. Mon day morning's southbound passenger reached hero Tuesday morning about five o'clock washout near West Fork. A temporary structure was gotten in shape aud tho train passed over but before the northbound train reached that point tho structure had beon swept away and tho train tied up at Glcndalo until further repairs were made. Sunday afternoon tho water ditch south of tho city overllowed and nearly tho whole country between tho Erhart ranch and tho city was ono solid sheet of water. On south C street thero was a perfect current of water which went tumbling down across resident lots and into Bear creek. Bear creek, as we have before stated is a wicked little stream when she gels to fueling thut way and sho was in that notion Saturday and Sunday very hard. Many acres of good land has undoubtedly been washed away and con sequently a great amount of damage has beon done. The creek is said to have bouu higher Sunday afternoon than it has bejii before for many years. 'S Sciatic Rheumatism Quick Relief end Perfect Cure Zlr. O. B. Patrick " Btoclcton, CaL "Iwna so badly added with sciatic rheunw tiara Ui.it I could scarcaty more. I used a great many remedies w!lch did ine no good. A triond prcsout-eil mo a bottle of Hood's BarsaparUU, which I besan to take. The relief was quick an!l two LottlM curod mo completely. I author. l;o tho use of my name and portrait In recom mendlni; Hood's SarsoparlUa, for I think It a very valuable medicine I recommend It to all who may be aflllcted with rheumatism or old Hood'sJ Sarsa uriUa fever sores, as I know of a lady In Oakland who has beca cured of ulcers by this wonderful ned Iciuc." C. B. Tatuice, No. SC3 California St Stockton. Call.'onua. Oct HOOD'S. . Hood's PUis act cosily, yet promptly and efficiently, on the liver aud bowuls. Sue. First licet ing of .New Hoard. Monday afternoon the new board of city officers met at the Recorder's of fice and were sworn into office by the old board. Jas. Brandenburg was nppointed street commissioner for tho coming year and Wm. Churchman appointed night watch aud salary fixed at Si per month. This is a cut of $.V from the amount paid last year, but it is ex pected the business men, whose places of business the night watch is supposed to guard, will chip in a dollar or two a month which will probably bring the salary up to about the amount paid last year. This cut down is believed to be in justice to thosa of our citizens who help ta pay the expense but who derive very little, if any, benefit from his watchfulness hence the exnected raise I it is figured ought to coma from the purses of those who received the bene fit. The following contraitloes were ap jK:nted. Health Haskins, Starr, Wilson. Fire Haskins, Merriiunn, Miller. Finance Wilson, Morriman. Miller. Stri-et Miller. Starr, Wiison. I'ark Starr, Wilson, Merriman.. Ordinance Merriman, Miller, Starr. Water Wilson, Starr. Miller. Tho park committee was instructed to replace the ".rxvs in the park which were set o:l last year and have since died. Jian't Pay . S1 1.00 or Sij.CO kt thousand for flour. You.can get Davis" Best in this city for J13.00 per thousand. Among the Churches. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. in tho Christian church Lord's Day, Jan. 21. S. P. Grant, Pastor. Services as usual at tho M. K. church nex Sunday. Preaching by the pastor. Morning subject Dtcs the church need to bo reformed to reach the j masses: or. Why does the Theater pros per better than the Church? Evening subject Character building. 11A1T1ST CilfKCH. Pas-tor away this week at Grants Pass, will return Saturday. Services as usual Sunday. - Morning subject Doing Good. Evening subject Monoy or Principle, which'- B. Y. P. U. at G p. m. Subject Duty of Confession. Teacher, Hello Causey. J. U. U. at 3 p. in. Mr. Chapman, president of tho Bav tist Young People's Societies of Amer ica, on a tour of this coast, will be at Medford Tuesday evening, Jan. 30th, at the Baptist church. Ho will hold at that date an interesting conference in the interests of young peop'.el Ev erybody invited. Delegates from ad joining towns will be present. FROM THE COU.MY SEAT. KKAf. EST AT K TKAXSKERS. Mary A S'.odard ctal. to , laud in eec 23, tp o" s, r 1 w. also the sw i of nw i. w i. sw i. sec 2-), tp 'i'i s, r 1 w, 570 4-luO acres . Amos Hall to U P Me?, nn undi vided i interest in tho mino known as tho Golden Fleece John P Wulk!r and Mary A Walker, to William Wheeler a tract of land 1000 1100 Louis Weiizel to Anthony Wen zel and Adolph Weu.ol, tho s i of sw i. sec ;", no i of no I and nw i nw i, sec 8, tp s, r 3 c, UiO acres Anthony Wetizel and Ellen Wen zel to Adolph Wenxel, e J sw i w i so , sec 30, tp 32 s, r 4 w, 160 acres 1000 409 Ellen Wenzel to Anthony Wen zel and Adolph Wenzel, 8 J so i, sec 8-1, tp 32 s, r 3 o, and Its 1,2. sec t p 33 s, r 3 e, ItiO 82-100 acres -. Stephen Cunuinghain to S W Clary, tp 30 S, r 1 e, 17 34-100 , acres 779 PKOMATK COUltT. In tho matter of tho estate of Mary F Benson final report of executrix filed, and Tuesday tith day of March ISO I, set for day of final settlement. In tho mutter of tho estate lind guardianship of William, Nettio, Char lotte and Delia Perry, minors, L Perry appointed guardian, S B Edsall, John Obenchain and Leo Edmundson ap pointed appraisers. , In the. mutter of tho estate of A M Holmes order to show cause why order of sale of real estate should r.ot by made. I Suy Land That is, I would liko to buy a home somewhere in this valley; but I beg oil when men would devour mo. Address P.ox No. 184, Medford, Oregon. Married In Medford, Jan. 17, 1S94, at tho residenco of Geo. Jus tus, by Judge Walton, Mr. F. M. Stewart and Miss Julia Miller, both of Griffin creek. PUIiELY PERSONAL. D. T. Sears is at Portland on busi ness. A. J. Barlow, of Gold Hill, was do ing Medford Wednesday. Judge L. R. WJ5U8TER returned Wednesday morning from Portland. F. M. Parker left Wednesday night I on a flying trip to Florence, Oregon. E. DeUoboam, superintendant of the county hospital, was in Medford on business Tuesday. Dr. B. F. Adkiss visited Grants Pass Friday night on business. Says the burned district of that city is a sorry looking sight. Mrs. COnrad Mino us, of Ashland, who lias been visiting her son, F. M. .Mingus and family, returned home Sunday morning. Ciias. Phkister, of Bourbon, Ind., arrived in Medford last week and will remain hero permanently. He is a son of Jacob Pheister. J. A. McLeod was at Clauson a few days last week loading two carloads of apples for J. A. Whitman, which were shipped to Houston, Texas. C. H. Hughes and family are new arrivals at Phoenix, from Coleman county, Texas. They are at present stopping in town but aro looking for a farm location. G. XV. STEVEN'S, of Brownsboro, was in Medford Friday doing trading. The Mail and Weekly Examiner will be weekly visitors at his pleasant farm home for tho next twelve months. A. J. Breazeai.k, of Hillsboro, Ore gon, is here looking for a farm lo;a- tion. He likes the Rogue river valley, intends locating and has written his family to pack their chattels and get here at once. Attorney W. n. Parker writes from San Francisco stating that him self and family aud Mrs. Slover, will leave that city for Medford Sunday morning. Their intentions were to re main all winter but why this speedy return is not learned. Mr. and Mrs. R. X.Taiior, of Sonomo county, California, arrived in Medford last Wednesday aud aro to remain per manently. Those people are mother aud step-father of M. M. Pickering and were a few years ago residents -of Ash land for a short time. Miss Kate Buick, of Roseburg, daughter of Hon. L S. K. Buick. Ex W. S, Minister to Sonnoburg, was in Medford visiting the family of W. V. i Lipptncott, who are old timj friends of Mr. Buick's family. The hidy returned to Roseburg Monday evening. C. E. Miller, of sardine creek, was ! in Medford Tuesday with a specimen of quartz from an eight foot ledge which he has recently discovered on his ranch. It is low grade ore and is estimated to contain about $10 to the ton in gold and two or three ounces of silver. Mrs. L. Stivers, who has been visitr ing with A. M. Woodford's people for the pas, two weeks, left for San Fran cisco Sunday morniug accompanied by Miss Myrtle Woodford. They will be joined ia the above city by Mr. Stivers and all will remain a couple or three months. Mr. Sparksmax, tho Seattle gen tlcuian who recently bonded six hun dred acres of placer ground on Fools creek, cam-i down to Gold Hill Wed nesday and made a trip out to the mines. He is to meet Engineer Lewis in Medford to-day or to-morrow on bus iness connected with the mines. E.T. Kourand family left Wednesday evening for Northeastern Oregon where Mr. It. has large farming, stocs and bank interests to look after. The gentleman expressed himself well sat isfied with Medford and tho Rogue river valley and lamented that his bus iness should take him from this local ity. H. H. McCarthy returned last week from Portland and wiil in all probability make Medford his home for an indefinite time. As to what busi ness ho will engage in wo aro not au thorized to make mention. He is an all-round good fellow and The Mail hopes he may strike something lucra tive. Mr. and Mrs, W. K. IXGLEDUE. of Elma, Washington, but formely of Gra tiot county, Michigan are among the recent arrivals in Medford. Mr. Inglc dr.o is a carpeutor by trade and will probably soon buy a piece of resident property and creci a dwelling house thereon. They are now occupying the T. W. Johnson residence. F. C. LADDand Rasmus Rasmvssex, of Prospect, wore Medford visitors Wednesday. They reported eighteen inches of snow up that way when thej left. They tell us that Printer Stock ton is holding down a claim near-by in purely bachelor style wi-.h a cat and dog his only companions looks as healthy as a four-year-old bovine in a corn pasture. Big Fire at krauts Pass. At five o'clock Thursday raorninsr lire was disoov'orod in tho Commercial hotel, ut Grants Pass, in tho center of tho city, and before assistance arrived it was beyond control, and it was not checked until it hud leveled everything to the west, to Smith & Guild's dry goods house, and taken everything to the east, to the Helxjrloa saloon. Tho following places were burned out: Loss. Commercial hotel 1U Ins. J tin I.aaisou, cowocuuner HM )ko riijlit. auloou rtoDcer nou-i inju nixon,: Sou. fct-d S Kelseh suloou NO Smith's storv.. CkO 1S.W Kui-blor's saloon &4) 400 Tho lire started from a defeotiTO ftuo. Soon af tor tha Humes wero discovered and the alarm was given, people bcau to rush from tho hotel rooms, aud some who wero slow in getting out wore forced to jump from tho windows to tho sidewalk. ' No ouo was hurt. Very tow articles were saved from the burn- insr buildings, as tho flames spread with such wonderful rapidity that even the roomers at tho hotel wore un able to save their baggage, and some omerged to the street in their night clothes. Thro women jumped from tho building iu their night-gowns but were not hurt. Tho burned district covers one-half block and will be re built with brick ia the spring. . Over 100 Chinamen tei'cd at The Dalles. havo regis- In flush times does not amount to much. It goes only just about so far: ' 1 But now, goes at least if invested OLTERS, imiiitiitiMtittiMit limit ROCE immttiiiiitiiiiii'iiiim Medford, m All kinds LOWE! upon Application.; WALLACE WOODS, Agent for Sugar Pine Door and Lumber Company, Medford. Oregox. FLOUR MD FEED S1I At the old stand oa Seventh street. FLOUR, WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY o Whole or chopped, Corn, Potatoes and Beans. o ALSO BALED KAY FOR SALE. ' CASH PAID FOR EGGS OH TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. WANTED 3.0 boshets ot Sead Oats, also seme Barley and v.te. J. R. ERFORD, Proprietor, - Medford, Oregon. &EimMSIfiESSE WC TEACH SHORT HAND AND TYPEWRITING. BUSINESS - THE Practical Business Traiiig Scliool of Oregon. OUR NEW BUILDING IS M. E. RIGBY, PRINCIPAL, OUR NORMAL COURSE IS BECOM ING DESERVEDLY POPULAR. MEDFORD, GENERAL BUGKSIITH Wcujons and I3upies ZNEade to Order All Work "Warranted First Class. Medford,' D. H. MILL -DEALER IX- Hardware, Stoves, i and Fins OlHOtlOHT Warranted Cutlery. Carpenters and Builders Redjaeket Forco Pumps, for deep fERY it I I I this far: at THE POPULAR iirrmitiitfiimittttMimt iiiuimmisitttaiimiiua Oregon.. - sesse - ETs. of Factory Work Furnished MCSTIOjl! 1 WE TEACH TELEG RAPHY AND Hg PENMANSHIP - COLiLiECE, NOW COMPLETED. PREPARE YOUR SELF FOR A USEFUL LIFE. WRITE FOR . PARTICULARS. OREGON. W!LSGfSL MD HORSE SHOES. Ccr. C and Eight streets Oregon. Tinwar 0 Building Material. hedges. Tools. Fishing Tackle, Ammunition, Etc., Et or shallow vells. Tin Shop Attached 3 A.nA Pair Cuaraiteed. ' ER 0 X