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The well to be put down in the Odd
Fellows cemetery is now an assured
proposition, at least the Btarting of the
well and an effort to secure water is
assured. The trustees of Wedford
t Lodge, No. 83, 1. O. O. F., have closed
a contract with W. P. Dodge, the well
borer, and. Monday morning of this
week the machinery was put in place
' and Tuesday noon the work of boring
was commenced. - The spot selected by
the trustees, for the well, is at very
nearly the highest point in the ceme
tery and near the north fence. As to
the depth at which a sufficient amount
cf water will be secured, Mr. Dodge
thinks eighty or ninety feet will sup
ply the demand and is positive no
greater depth than one hundred and
fifty feet will be required, but pro
visions are made in the contract for a
greater depth even than two hundred
, feet. When a sufficient amount of
water shall have been supplied, a large
tank will be built either of redwood or
brick, a pump put in the well and a
windmill put up to pump the water.
The tank being placed at so high a
point, there will be no difficulty in pip
ing the water to all parts of the ceme
tery. Something over two hundred
.dollars has been raised for the purpose
. of carrying out this project, but this
amount-is hardly considered sufficient
to complete the work, and we are there
fore asked to say that if there are any
who have not donated, their subscrip
tions will be gratefully received. The
proposition is a most worthy one and
one in which we are all interested.
That it will be successfully carried out
is guaranteed by the gentlemen in
harge.
The ladies of the Methodist Epis
. copal church will give a Harvest Home
"supper at the Opera house, to-night.
Supper will be served from 5 to 8
o'clock. A full, warm meal and splen
did social time -for 25 cents children
under 10 years, 15 cents. Come every
body, get the full worth of your money
and help along a good cause.
A petition has been circulated and
juite generally signed by the business
men and citizens of Medford, asking
the city council to have an electric arc
light put up near the Bear creek
bridge. The petition will be presented
to the council at its next meeting, but
. what action will be taken is, of course,
not known. The necessity of a light at
this particular point cannot but be ad
mitted, and while every resident of the
ity is, or at least ought to be, in favor
of making the expense of the city as
light as possible, we believe none will
object to the addition if they will ac
quaint themselves with its necessity.
There is a great amount of foot as well
as team travel across this bridge, and
when the nights are dark and rainy it
Is a place of travel not wholly safe, as
a matter of fact is very dangerous. As
a matter of establishing a precedent
and encouraging petitions for lights
from other localities, there seems little
danger at present for this, as there is
not another unsafe place of travel in
the city.
Horse shoeing $1.50 per horse, and
all other blacksmithing reasonable. C.
W. Milton, shop opposite Davis' flour
ing mill. Medford
Although Day Parker is not a
professional bicycle rider, and rides
only for his convenience and amuse
ment, he has made the fastest record
in the state, both upon the Central
Point and Grants Pass tracks. Upon a
.special invitation, and with a promise
that he would be provided with a
peedy racer, he attended the state
fair. But he soon discovered he was not
in It. He found that if he entered the
race and rode at all bis last chance
was a little sixty-four geared wheel,
while his most speedy rival had a
soventy-two geared wheel the latter
wheel having a vast percentage over
the former at each-revolution of the
pedal. - But our boy concluded to keep
the flies off tha Portland crack in at
least one chase, and ho did it in good
shape, being beaten by Hewitt only
about two feet. In the other races he
run simply because he was .entered,
making no pretensions for champion
ship, knowing that he could not possi-
bly overcome the advantage in the
wheels.
I am now prepared to roll barley
and grind grain of all kinds. I make
graham flour and corn meal. Will
grind on the last three days of each
week. E. Bass, at Medford nursery.
Sheriff Patterson made a double
play this week. After leaving Mrs.
Swacker at the insane asylum be went
on down to Oregon City, and took into
his custody one Loren Stowell, who
- was apprehended at that place for an
offense committed out at Eagle Point
last summer. The sheriff arrived here
with his prisoner Wednesday morning
and at ooee took him to the county jail.
Stowell is charged with forging the
name of Mrs. Elizabeth E.- Wooley to
an order on George Brown & bon, tne
Eacie Point merchants, and received
therefrom a saddle. Upon being ques
tioned by a Mail reporter the prisoner
admitted having forged the order and
with it bought the saddle.' Said he
was going to acknowledge the forgery
and hope for the leniency of the courts.
Stowell has lived about Eagle Point
. for some time and is a young man, not
more than twenty years old. A pre
liminary hearing was had Wednesday
afternoon and he was bound over to
await the action of the grand jury.
Two bits for a shirt is pretty cheap.
but so long as it is a good article-
worth twice that figure you of course
will want one, at Mailer's corner gro
cery. "As an illustration, says an ex
change, of how county fairs are demor
alized by the devotees ol horse racing,
we quote one county fair in Indiana
which offers about 11000 in purses for
horseraces, while the aggregate of its
premiums for fruit, including apples,
grapes, pears, peaches, plums and
.quinces, amounts to the munificent
sum of W.25!" Not until such time
when the management of fairs shall
have sensibly arrived at the con
clusion that horse racing is not the only
attraction at county or state fairs will
the exhibits of fruits and stock be an
interesting and profitable feature of
these now alleged annual snows. The
styles of Indiana, as stated above, are
finding able seconds right here in Ore
gon. The farmer and fruit grower
must be paid in premiums somewhere
near the actual cost of preparing the
exhibits before he will devote time and
monev in makinc them ready.
The ad of Prof. P. J. Head, musi
cal instructor, repairer and tnner of
organs and pianos, appears en another
page of to-day's Mail. The gentle
man has recently been appointed ex-
Awarded
HlgiMtt Honors World' Fair.
Da
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MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pur Crape Cream of Tartar Powder. Frtt
torn Ammonia, Alum or any ouier adulterant.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
elusive agent for Jackson county for
the Wiley B. Allen company, of Port
land. All musical instruments handled
by this firm are guaranteed by them
to be strictly first-class. Mr. Head
is also working into a good business as
piano and organ tuner and repairer.
He has some splendid endorsements
from the best musicians of our city
His class of pupils for musical instruc
tions now numbers forty-three, and are
to be found at Ashland, Medford. Jack
sonville and Sams Valley. These he
visits at their homes, where he gives
them their lessons.
"Come up slow" is what the clown
in the circus told his pet giraffe. Its
different with Wolters, the grocer, he
wants you to come up swilt and eaten a
bargain every purchaser draws a
prize in full weight, best goods and a
square aeai.
Tailor Fetsch attended the hay
sale out at the Hanloy ranch last Sat
urday, and but for the courtesy 01
friends he would have been compelled
to walk home. Ditto Henry Pohlraan.
Mr. Fetsch's horse broke loose irora its
mooring out at the ranch and started
for Medford. at which place it arrived
a few minutes later, but the buggy, it
didn't get here. It stopped by the
wayside, agaiust a tree, in a grove juat
west of Medford a total wreck. Mr.
Pohlman's equine parted its line about
the same time the other horse loosened
its mooring, and things were popping
generally thereabouts. Henry found
his horse at the Orenara liome gaw,
right side up and the cart only slightly
damaged.
Wolters. the grocer, has just re
ceived an el-e-Gant line of gents'
furnishings, and they are going lor
little money.
Mrs. O. Swacker was brought to
Medford Saturday from Foots creek by
her husband and from here she was
taken to Jacksonville where she was
examined before the insanity board,
who adjudged her insane and Monday
she was taken to Salem by Sheriff Pat
terson, accompanied by her husband.
The unfortunate ladv had been deprived
of her reason by having taken medicine
in which it is alleged was a great
amount of opium. Her mind seemed
to have taken a relicious turn and this
subject occupied the greater part of
her attention. Medical men wno nau
examined her case were inclined to
think that the hallucination would
soon disappear with proper treatment.
One hundred cords of good, dry fir
wood wanted bv the Medford Electric
company. Apply either at Hotel Med
ford or electric light station.
At the last meeting- of the city
council an ordinance was passed re-
ouirin' a license from traveling pno-
tograpners. ine oruinance requires
the payment of $2.50 per day and for a
period of not less than three oays.
This is another move in the right
channel. There can be no better
method adopted for the upbuilding of
home institutions than the taxing of
outsiders, who drop in among us for a
day or two, gather in a lew loose sneK
els and are away to-morrow. Men
who help to pay the county's taxes,
improve their properties, and assist in
many ways to making a city a prosper
ous one, are entitled to all protection
which can possibly be given them.
Fall rains will soon begin. Pre
nare! Full line of elegant rubber goods
of every description, at lowest prices,
at Thompson & Meeker's.
The question of whether or no
there are coal deposits in the Rogue
river vallev is fast bein? settled, and
in a manner quite flattering. Another
find has recently been made, to the
north of the one Crit Tolraan is work
ing on, and about five miles north and
east of Medford. The gentleman who
has made this hnd, Mr. T. James, has
sunk a shaft and finds a three foot vein
of solid coal and a good article it is.
He is now working on another shaft
further up the hillside. Mr. Tolraan
is also sinking a shaft on his Rosy Ann
find. He has promised to resort the
result of his labors and we will give it
to our readers.
Wagons, buggies, horses, carts and
harness for sale at the Variety store,
two doors south of the Clarenden hotel.
There isn't anyone saying a word.
because they haven't anything in this
particular line to talk about, but there
is a whole lot or surmising going on
since last Friday when Messrs. Wm.
Honevman, president of the Medford-
Jacksonviiie shortline, W. A. Buchan
an, superintendent of the same line, and
J. C. Pomeroy, of Oswego, Oregon,
showed up in Medlord. Iney had oeen
into the country before coming here,
but there don't anyone seem to know
for what purpose, yet all are "kinder
sort V thinking a whole keap about
that talked of extension. From here
they went over into the Applegate
country.
A full line of queensware, glass
ware, crockery and lamps at the arie
ty store, south of the Clarenden hotel.
You can hardly miss seeing the big
ad of Deuel & Stevens in this issue of
The Mail. These gentlemen will
have their immense stock open for in
spection to-morrow, Saturday, and all
are invited to,cali and get acquainted,
both with th'e proprietors and' the
stock. They have a large stock and
promise a quality and price that will
prove satisfactory to all. They carry
dry goods, boots and shoes, gents' and
ladies' furnishing goods, and notions,
and are located in the Barnum new
brick block, opposite the Worman
liyery stable.
-' The Gents' and ladies' rracintoshes
hare arrived! Make your selections
how. Angle & Plymale.
James Cottrell, living up at Phoe
nix, has baen dependent upon the
county for support for some little time,
but now that all indigent persons must
be taken care cf at the county hospital,
his acquaintances propose to give him a
little benefit on the side. To do this
they propose giving a dance at the
Phoenix ball Saturday night of this
week. A rattling good time is prom
ised to all who attend, and the manage
ment are particularly solicitous that
all who cau will turn out and give this
very deserving old gentleman a lift.
When in doubt-try Wolters. He
is time-tried and his goods are proof
lor the best quality in any market.
Many improvements are being
made about the Presbyterian church
this week. Architect P. S. Combs has
donated his time and is now at work
remodeling the belfry sort o' chang
ing the roof around in a little more
ship-shape. He will also make some
needed repairs about the steps and the
church foundation. The interior, we
understand, is to be papered and paint
ed anew. Mr. Combs is entitled to
whole chunks of kindlv aDDreciation
for his assistance; both architectural
and mechanical. . ,
One-half block of desirable resi
dence property for sale. Terms reason
able. Inquire of Dr. E. B. Picket.
A citizen: "I want to state, and I
know it to be a fact, that the merchants
of Medford are largely indebted to The
Mail for the very liberal amount of
patronage they are receiving, particu
larly from people from a distance.
Those little mentions about people
being here trading and getting full
value for their money, have a tendency
to encourage others to come. The
merchants here bear you but in the
assertion that the farmers can save
money by trading in Medford."
Collections are promptly made and
remitted, and notary work done, by
Attorney rentz.
J. A. Whitman has put un a 28x48
foot implement house at the rear of his
fruit packing house, in which to keep
his stock of Studebaker wagons and
carriages. ' McLeod, Mr. Whitman's
all-purpose man, says the building is a
''carriage repository." Repository ' is
all right and a good word, but almost
too much of a burden for the building
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
f&J
Absolutely p&jre
to carry. However, it in no way affects
the excellent quality of the goods kept
therein. It's a pretty good building,
too, now that it is completed.
Dress goods! Dress goods and trim
mings You ought to see them at
Angle & Plymale's.
Prof. Rigby has organized writing
classes at several different points in
the valley, among thorn being one at
Phoenix. Griffin creek and in the
Mound school district. The gentleman
visits each locality one evening a week.
There is no question but that Mr. Rig
by is an excellent penman and an able
instructor. Any pupil who takes a
course in penmanship under his in
structions cannot fail to acquire a
knowledge of the art which will be of
much proflt to him.
A full line of fresh groceries at
Wilson's new grocery, McAndrews
building sign of the big T.
The person who guossed there
would be little demand for fruit jars
in Medford this season because of the
short fruit crop was guessing with very
little ground for his guess. Merchant
C. W. Wolters alone has sold 270 dozen
fruit jars and has ordered fifty-eight
dozen more. When we figure that the
other merchants have probably each
sold as many more the number reaches
a big aggregate.
The Variety store, south of the
Clarenden hotel, is the place to buy
second hand goods.
What a world of variegated opin
ions and notions this is! Let us cite:
Charlie Lewis, to prevent the wind
from whistling its merry notes through
his whiskers, cuts 'em off. Dr. Pickel,
to give the wind an opportunity to thus
make merry in his immediate locality,
is growing a lull set of whiskers. Queer
world this; queer people; quear notions!
What is one man s hobby is another
man's horror.
A nice line of ladies' sailor hats,
cheaper than any place in the city, at
Mrs. C. W. Palm's.
The neighbors tell us that Sohool
Superintendent Gus Newbury is build
ing a pretty sleek residence out at
Phoenix. ' It is just a little nicer than
the average dwelling thereabouts, but
the neighbors are not envious, know
ing as they do that Gus earns every
dollar he gets and does it honestly.
Contractor McTavisb is doing the
woodwork and C. M. Boardman the
painting.
I have a quantity of good shakes
which I will sell cheaper than anyone
in Medford. Inquire at the Big T
store.
B. Trainor, proprietor of the Star
restaurant, is having posters printed
this week, calling attention to his place
of business on South Front street. The
gentleman is doing a good business in
his line, and as Mrs. Trainor is reported
to be a first-class cullinarian and the
place is kept neat and attractive there
is no good reason why be should not
continue to do a good business.
Stoves, furniture and guns wanted
at the Variety store, south of the Clar
enden hotel.
C. S. Smith, of Cottage Grove, ar
rived in Medford Sunday, and Monday
he proceeded to business by renting
one of Mr. Barnum's brick buildings
where the Redfield boys used to hold
forth. Mr. Smith has a son who is at
once to open a store thereiu probably
grocery and confectionery. The gen
tleman's family is not here yet, but
will arrive now pretty soon.
A full line of fall millinery and
novelties just received at Mrs. C. W.
Palm's.
A medical journal offers a sugges
tion for keeping out those nuisances
flies: "Expose a little oil of bay in a
saucer on your indo sill, or coat
four doors and windows with any color
of paint you like, containing ns little as
4 per cent of oil of bay, which is far
from expensive and can be had any
where, and not a single fly will enter
your house."
Persons dealing with Mr. S. S.
Pentz will find him a safe and reliable
attorney.
The sun has now passed the three-
qnarter post in its track, and the days
and nights last Saturday were equal,
and tbe equinoctial gale may be looked
lor at any time. 1 be larmers have
their harvest pretty generally secured,
and people who have work on band
which is liable to be interrupted by
rainy weather are pushing operations
as vigorously as possible. I
Largest stock of fall and winter
clothing in the valley at Angle & Piy-
maies.
Friday night, while the barn of G.
M. Granger was burning at Ashland,
the butcher shop of Pel ton &. Neil was
broken into and a box containing some
papers was taken from the money
drawer. No money was stolen. It is
supposed the barn was set on fire by
tbe robbers In order to draw attention
away from their work.
Uurtain lace, la cts. a yard, at xne
Fair store.
A good sized crowd was present at
the Hanley hay sale, last Saturday-
owing wholly to the fact that tbe sale
was advertised in l he m ail. xne
bidding was Quite brisk and the whole
amount of hay 6S6 tons was closed
out at $3 per ton. This is considered
a pretty good price, but it was a pretty
good article.
D. Brooks, tbe tinner, wants to buy
charcoal. Corner C and Eighth street.
Jas. Brandenburg knows just as
well as any of tbe people what most
tickles the palates of the borny handed
sons of much labor in a print shop. A
whole basket, a bushel or thereabouts,
of fine German prunes from his bounti
ful band, presented to this shop, is the
whyfornoss of this little mention.
-Mrs. Sears has just received a new
line of millinery goods, at the Racket.
Geo. Epps, of Phoenix, is building
a fine residence. It is 20x20 feet in
size with a 12x18 ell. The building is
being done up in an artistic manner
and a cosy little home it will be and
none more deserving than ueorge anu
his good wife H. F. Lyon, of Phoenix,
is doing the carpenter work.
Eggs wanted at the Big T gro
cery store, Medlord, Oregon.
There will soon be four steamers
plying between Yaquina bay and San
Francisco, in connection with the Ore-
on Pacific railroad. Two steamers
avebeen running during the summer,
but tber are unable to handle the im
mense fall freight business bence the
two additions. ,
A pair of counter scales with scoop,
for sale. Lumsden & uerun.
Cbas. Whit, up at Phoeulx, has a
household that is all smiles and pretty
wavs since last Sunday, when a little
girl baby arrived . The same state ef
affairs, exists oyer at D. Dollarhldes
home, only his is a boy and its birth
dates even with Monday of last week.
Wolters can fix you out very nicely
in crockery and irult jars.
The signature to a contract or a
note made by a lead pencil Is just as
good as in ink. And wnere a party
just signs with one initial, it is as good
as his name. Any character in an in
strument intended for an authentica
tion will act as a signature.
Presiding Elder Jones, of the
Grants Pass district, stated at tne M
Kara
E. conference, at Eugene last week,
that the average salary of the pastors
in his district was very little more
than $200 per year, while five ministers
received less than $100.
New line of trunks, handbags and
grips Thompson & Meeker keep them.
Hamilton & Palm, real eBtate deal
ers, on Monday of this week sold lots
12 and 13, block 4, Park addition to
Medford, to N. R. Johnston for $160.
Mr. Johnston is recently from Iowa.
He will at once put up a dwelling house
on his purchase.
Angle & Plymale's standard calf
sohool shoo is a wearer. Try it.
J. C. Baruard, he who has so ably
handled the school at Lament, this
county, for months past, has been en
gaged to teach the Mound school, near
Central Point, and last Monday com
menced upon his duties in that capac
ity. Blankets 85 cts. per pair, at
Thompson & Meeker's.
Attorney White has the frame
work for his new East Medford resi
dence up and the building is partially
inclosed. It will be 37x40 feet in size
and two storie? high. Contractor P.
Stewart is doing the carpenter work. :
Rock candy drip syrup in bulk at
Lumsden & Berlin's.
The Glendale correspondent to the
Roseburg Review has this: "Kedfield
Bros, and J. R. and Sim Wilson, of
Medford, killed twenty-nine deer on a
two weeks' bunting expedition recent
ly at the head of Cow Creek."
Fine line of cigars and tobaccos at
the Big T grocery.
J. W. Bates, tho sprinter, is mak
ing some pretty good records. Tbe
time giveu him now on an hundred
yard dash is 10 5-16 seconds. Pretty
good record for a boy and one who has
bad very little training.
One pair 10-4 blankets at Angle &
Plymale's for 90 cents.
"Solid blocks of tea, coffee and
rice," is what everybody says that takes
a look at C. W. "Woltenr show win
dows. The arrangement is truly artis
tic and excites much favorable
commeut.
House and lot for sale. Inquire at
this office.
J. D. Whitman, tho well known
ore hard ist, is improving the appear
ance of his fine, large suburban resi
dence this week, by applying a coat of
paint. Ed. Johnson is tho brush manip
ulator. Fair dealing and fresh goods at the
Big T grocery.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
serve supper to-night Friday at the
Opera house, from 5 until 9 o'cluck.
They promise a good timo and plenty
to eat to all who come.
Waving irons 23 cts., at Tbe Fair
store.
Frank Stevenson is feeling elated to
a high degree since last Tuesday. It
was upon that dato that a little girl
baby came to bis home. Mother and
child doing nicely.
For Sale: Pure cider vinegar. J.
D. Whitman.
Rod field Bros, have removed their
gun repair shop from east Seventh to
south D street, where they have more
room, are more pleasantly located and
more central.
Ladies'. Misses' snd children's cloaks.
Prices cant bo beat Angle & Plymale.
Everybody is rejoicing because of
the rainfall of last Wednesday. Tbe
dust has been laid, the smoke cleared
away and we are again a happy people.
Emhroidery from 5 cts. a yard up,
at The Fair store.
Mrs. P. Stewart has opened dress
making parlors in the Halley block.
Medford ladies are kindly Invited to
call, and see work and get prices.
Snow fell in Lake county last week.
It's little wonder Rogue river valley
people don't care to camp there any
great length of time.
Mrs. E. M. Lutns len and daughter.
Miss Clara, have commenced house
keeping in the Enyart residence, corner
Sixth and A streets.
fr. and Mm. C. T. Pavne. Sr..
have leased their Phoenix farm to C.
H. Hughes, and have moved to Ash
land.
The Adventists at Grants Pass will
dedicate their church ai.d begin a se
ries of protracted meetings September
A. J. McLeod has moved to the
Cbilders residence on South D street,
recently occupied by L. M. Lyon.
A goodlv number of Medford young
people attended tbe dancing party at
Jacksonville, last Friday night.
George Faucett has taken his
brother's place in the Racket, for a
couple or three weeks.
W. H. McGowan bas opened his
bazar store, on West Seventh street,
near the Clarendon.
The woods are full of acorns, and
bogs are everlastingly laying on tbe
layers of fat.
Murray Bros, have the contract for
painting tne convent at jacasonvme.
Next Monday the board of equal I
zation will meet at Jacksonville.
A Big Help to Pensioners.
1
A law was passed by tho late con
gress allowing postmasters of tbe
fourth class to admiulsler any and an
oaths required to be made by pension
ers and their witnesses in the execu
tion of their vouchers, with the same
effect as officers having a seal. Such
postmaster must affix the stamp of his
officii to his signature, and is author
ized to charge the pensioner zo cents
for each voucher. This will be a groat
convenience to pensioners living in re
mote towns, who have heretoiore been
obliged to travel some distance in order
to execute their vouchers.
That Tired Feeling
Which Is so common and so overpower
ing, is entirely driven off by Hood's
Sarsaparilla. tbe best blood purlner
Hood's Sarsaparilla overcomes weak
ness.
Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner
pills, assist digestion, cure headache.
25c. a box.
The quality of the blood depends
much upon good or bad digestion and
assimilation; to make the blood rich in
life and strength glviug constituents,
use Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening
Cordial and Blood purifier; it will
nourish the properties of the blood
from which the elements of vitality are
drawn $i.uu per bottle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hembree
are over at Crescent City, for a few
days' outing.
-B. P. McCabe, he who recently
purchased a three acre tract of land
from T. P. West, out near the busi
ness college, has built a small resi
dence thereon. Mr. Armneld is al
so making ready to build, in the
same locality.
PURELY PERSONAL.
J. S. Fish was up from Central Point
Tuesday trading.
Attorney FiTCU returned from San
Francisco last Friday.
Senator S. H. Hor.T returned this
week from the state fair at Salem.
Edward Smith, the jeweler, was at
Wolf creek this week, on business.
Attorney W. I. Vawter was at San
Francisco this week on legal business.
Mrs. A. S. Hammond and baby are
visiting Ashland friends this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Pierce, of Seat
tle, were visiting in this locality last
week.
P. B. O'Neil left Wednesday for
San Jose, Calif., where he will remain
for several weeks.
J. A. Martin, one of the good, thrif
ty ranchers of Bolt, was doing business
at the Hub, Monday.
Miss Birdie Schmidt, of Jackson
ville, was visiting all day Wednesday
with Mrs. Wm. Simmons.
Mrs. J. A. Anderson left last week
for Spokane, Wash., where she will
visit for a month with her parents.
Scott Grikfin, the Tolo real estate
dealer, storekeeper and postmaster,
was in Medford Tuesday business.
Mrs. Fred Lutkemeier and chil
dren left Monday morning for San
Francisco, where she will join her hus
band. L. B. Warner has returned from a
business trip to the Applegate country.
He Is selling nursery stock and writing
insurance.
Hoo. S. M. Nealon came over from
Table Rock Tuesday to get the lay of
the ground hereabouts and look up our
legislative needs.
J. K. Brown left Medford Monday
morning, for Applegate, where he will
resume work on his extensive and quite
rich placer mines.
J. W. McCully, M. B. Ray and J.
B. Jones, of Bozemnn, Montana, are
here with the intention of making this
place their permanent residence
Miss Nellie VanHardenburo.
whose parents reside over in Sams val
ley, returned Tuesday evening from a
?uite extended visit with friends in
owa.
Mr. and Mrs. Tnos. CoCRlE, of Sis-
son, Calif., were here last week, looking
over the ground with hotel Intent.
They returned without consummating
any deal.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Ciiartrand left
Tuesday morning for California, where
they will probubly remain during the
winter, after which they expect to visit
Michigan.
J. W. MYER was in from Bolt. Mon
day, and with him came $174 in gold.
taken from his quartz ledg near Jump-
olf-Joo. which he sent to the mint at
San Francisco.
Mrs. M. A. Stoddard stopped off in
Medford Wednesday, for a visit with
her sons, the Taylor boys. The lady
was en route from Portland to her
home in Lodi, Calif.
JOHN Recter. of Jacksonville, a
former student in tbe office 01 Ur. fc.
Kirchgessner, left Wednesday for
Portland, where he will enter tho Port
land Medical college.
L. E. VanVleit and family, of
Boone. Iowa, arrived in Medford Sun
day aud will make this their future
home. Tbev are desirous of purchas
ing a small fruit farm.
Postmaster J. S. Howard has been
stopping off and on at Ashland for the
past wevk or two and indulging himself
in drinks aud baths at the sulphur
springs for the general good of his
health.
N. Hosmer. of Gold Hill, was in
Medford Wednesdav. visiting bis wife,
wbo is stopping al Hotel M.-dford and
who has been quite ill, dangerously
so last Sunday, but is now inuch im
proved.
J. W. STCROtS, of Grants Pa, was
in iledford this week, vistung with Mr.
Merkur's people. Mr. Sturfis, it will
be remembeitrd, was a resident of this
city a few months lart winter and
spring.
J. A. Whiteside returned last week
from Stockton, Calif. He is expecting
to soon leave again for 1 rinity countv.
California, where he wiil engage in
carpenter work for the big Alloona
mining company.
J. B. Hendershot came over from
Bolt, Wednesday, to do trading with
Medford merchants. The gentleman
is doing well on his new fruit ranch,
and isn't kicking, not a little bit, be
cause he purchased it.
Gkokoe Mon'koe. of Seattle, is in
the valley metropolis for a few weeks,
perhaps mouths. The gentleman was
a resident of the valley about ten years
ago, and the second oldest building in
tbe city was put up with his assistance.
Mrs. Wx. Dkcxkel, of Tacoras, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wolters
in MedTord. The lady is an aunt of
Mrs. Wolters and mother of Mrs. Fabj,
which latter lady is also visiting at tbe
Wolters household.
O. Hanson. John O'Conder and
Wm. TcRNEit, Jr., left Mouday for
Grants Pass, from which place they
will start out on a prospecting lour.
covering a goodly portion of tbe coun
try on tbe south between mat point
and Colestin.
G. M. Pierce started out Monday
mornlrg to finish his prospecting tour
on Little Applegate. He has several
promising leads which he is following
up aud has one of them located. The
ore is prospecting pretty rich and the
old gentleman bes great hopes for ii.
J. W. Shearer and family left Med
ford Monday, tor Siam, Iowa, where
they expect to remain lor about a year.
Mr. Shearer and his estimable family
are good citizens anywhere, and wheu
they have had a sufficiency of Iowa
drouths their return will be welcomed
here.
Bert Case, of Sams Valley, who is
now representing the Wheeler & Wil
son sewing machine company, with
headquarters at Jacksonville, was in
Medlord Wednesday, on business con
heeled with his company. He's a good,
bard working gentleman, and Is .doing
a pretty fair business.
Geo. Colter, ho who used to do
painting hereabouts, returned Sunday
morning irom lorKou&Mj. mr. timber,
better known as "Old Virjln," will
make these narts his future home. The
conclusion drawn, by we who don't
know him, Irom bis warm reception, is
that he s a welcome comer.
R. Rosenthal, a nephew of Mer
chant S. Rosenthal, is visiting in
Medford. The gentleman is a traveling
salesman for a San Francisco wholesale
bouse. He is a most gentlemanly fel
low to meet, a good business man, and
"Rosy" has reason to congratulate him
self that his name is Rosenthal.
Elmer Faucett and Frank Van
dyke left Sunday night for Portland,
where tbov will take a course of study
in the Portland university. Aside
from the regular course of study which
Elmer will take, a poniou of his time
will be devoted, as instructor, to short
hand aud typewriting. Both these
young men are brilliant students and
their ability is sure to win them a high
standing at tne above university. .
CHAS. ANGEL returned to Medford
Tuesday evening from a month's cruise
la the tall timber of Northern Califor
nia. He bos been over iu the Fall
river timber belt where nines grow
big and close together and has cruised
and estimated a township and a half of
timber. He is in tbe employ 01 Cbas.
Pierce, the Seattle limber land man
Two men are still cruising in that
locality, under Mr. Angel's Buperin-
tendency. He will meet in conference
with Mr. Pierce, la Medford, early in
next month. .
Dr. and Mrs. E. KiRCnoESSNER re
turned lust Sunday from their extended
visit to Paisley, Lake county.' The
doctor reports having done a good bus
iness in that locality, but after spend
ing a few months there he decided there
was no place quite the equal of the
Rogue river valloy.' Says there is a
goodly sprinkling of money over there
but tho people don't seem to have any
particular desire for accumulating that
commodity they'd rather rest, it's
easier. Since, returning the doctor has
started the wheels of business to rolling
by commencing improvements on his
property, over on A street. A new
residence is to begin its growth thereon
now pretty soon. Contractor E. W.
Starr will do the carpenter work.
Dr. Kirchgessner has offices
in the Phipps building, over Mul
ler'a grocery store.
Work was commenced on the
new malt' house, at the Bashford
brewery, last Tuesday.
You gentlemen who are going
to bring this ofhee wood on subscrip
tion ought to be coming our way
before wet weather heads you off.
We want wood, you want Ihe
Mail. Don't be backward about
coming forward.
See those spectacles on the op
posite page from this item? There
are a couple of professional optic
ians in Medford who can make the
blind see almost. Read their ad
and then go and learn what they
can do for your eyes.
Mr. Swacker roraained with
his wife at Salem. The. lady had a
violent insane attack the day fol
lowing her arrival at the asylum,
but the physicians there have hopes
of her speedy recovery. She is not
permitted to se her husband.
Miss Ha'tie Eaton closed a very
successful term of school a couple
of week ago in the South Butte
district The lady is a very en
thusiastic school worker and good
results follow her efforts. She is
most favorably spoken of by pupils
and parents.
As the chill of autumn weather
creeps about our hearthstone, and
the thinly clad hobo appears upon
the scene, it is meet that you hie
yourselves to the woodshed and re
move therefrom your reserve supply
of wearing apparel, canned fruit
and "eich" like. Horace Nichol
son can relate an incident by which
you might profit.
The witnesses in the Miner
land cases have all returned to their
respective homes, but tbe end is
not yet. During all this time six
weeks evidence in only oue case
has been taken, and there are up
wards of forty of them on for trial.
It was expected that the evidence in
one case would govern a dcision in
all others but it seems such is not
to be. The Roseburg Review of
Monday has this: "The attempt to
reach an agreement in the big tim
ber land contest was a failure, and
tbe suit still drags on."
We regret that we are called
upon this week to chronicle the
death of Mrs. Lavina R. Briggs.
wife of O. c. Bnggs, of this citv,
which occurred last Saturday, of
consumption. r uneral services
were held at the Baptist church on
Sunday and were conducted by Rev.
E. Russ. Mrs. Bricgs was fiftv-one
years of age, and bad been ill for
sometime. We are unable this
week to procure data for a more ex
tended mention of the demise of
this most estimable lad, but per
haps we will be able to do so later.
Medford's population is rapidly
increasing, and we are" all giad to
give this increase a hearty welcome
when such people as Mr. and Mrs.
F. V. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. Ws
Loiier and son, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Norris and daughter are in the
crowd. Thev all came on Wednes
day of this week and are from Den
ver, Indiana, and there were two
more families almost ready for a
start this wav when thev left. Mr.
and Mrs Hutchison are parents of
Merchant Hutchison, and Mrs. Loz-
ies is a sister of Mrs. J. Merlev.
They are all most estimable people
and that they have decided to stay
among us is why The Mail is elated
at their coming.
Wednesdav morning of this
week Attorney E. D. Briges, of
Ashland, came to Medford and
swore out a warrant before Justice
Walton for the arrest of E. J. Kai
ser, editor and publisher of the Val
ley Record, charging him with
criminal libel. The warrant was
placed in the hands of Constable
oo'.f, who went to Ashland and
brought Mr. Kaiser to Medford the
same afternoon. He was taken be
fore Justice Walton and had, the
case continued until caturaav.
at 10 o'clock a. m. It seems that
iti last week's Record, Kaiser, in
giving the proceedings of a petit
larceny trial, mentioned Attorney
Briggs' name in a manner very un
satisfactory to that person hence
the arrest. Mr. Kaiser claims to
be able to prove each and every
statement made, in which erent he
will of course, come clear. On
the other hand Mr. Briggs 6eems
equally confident of winning. A
large number of witnesses have
been subpoenaed and the case will
undoubtedly be an interesting ono,
owing to the prominence of the
parlies involved.
Death of firs. Beeson.
The death of Mrs. Catherine Beeson
occurred at Talent last Tuesday even
ing, September 20, 1S91, of cancer of
the stomach. Mrs. Beeson was forty
five years of age and was the wife of
the late Welborn Beeson.
Mrs. Bee son's death, says tbe Tid
ings, has not been unexpected by the
family and frionds since the character
of tbe disease which had attacked her
had booomo definitely known a tew
weeks ago. From that time to this it
has been a mere extenuation of life,
the ravages of the fearful disease being
satisfied only when- the spiritual bad
been released from the physieal wheu
the death call came. The funeral oc
curred on Friday evening at 4 o'clock.
Remarks at the grave were made by
W. J . Dean, who gave a short sketch
of her life. Mrs. Beeson was formerly
Miss Catherine Brophj, and was well
Itnnwn und hifrhlv rrisnantad bv nil thn
older residents of this end of tbe val
ley. Nearly thirty years ago she was
married to Welborn Beeson in this
county. Mr. Beeson died about a year
and a half ago. Eight children were
born to them, the youngest being five
years old now, two of the older chil
dren boing married.
THE U STRIKE
AFTER AUGUST 1st
By Selling Strictly for. Cash
I can give better figures on all goods handled. Why ?
Because that the credit system ties up the merchants',
dollars and they are unable to take advantage of cash
discounts offered by wholesale houses.
MY STOCK OF"
is replete in every detail, my Shoe
mim Biways Taken in
Groceries and Gents' FrasMi M
O. W. WOLTERS,
"THE GROCER,"
Medford, -. - - Oregon.
C3-L'J-
THEY ARE
HERE
S. Hosenthal's
GREAT ARRIVAL OF NEW GOODS-DIRECT FROM KEW YORK.
Mv new goods have arrived, and I now have on disnlav the
largest assortment of Men's and Boys' Fall and Winter ;
Clothing and FurnUhine Goods ever shown in Medford.
I This mamoth stock includes a well
Chinchilla Coats and Vests,
Macintosches. Rubber
Latest styles of suits best goods ever shown in this city.
Come and examine my goods and I will convince you ihLt
I am offering the ...
Best Bargains in Southern Oregon.
fin;
MEDFORD BRICK YARD,
O. AV. PREDDY, IProp'r.
MEDFORD, - - - OREGON.
First-class .quaiity of Brick always on hand. Large and small orders
promptly filled . -
BRICK WORK OF All KINDS PRQMPTIY EXECUTED
Give me a call when in need of anything in my line.
To He Fruit Growers
Of
I wish to inform you that I have spared no pains or expense - - -to
put up a Commercial Fruit Evajxirator in Jledford, with - - -
- - - modern conveniences. I expect to make it a permanent busi-
- - - ness: also expect to deal with you strictly dpon business prin-
- - - ciples and do work that will recommend itself. ....
I respectfully solicit your patronage and invite inspection.
A. T. MARKLEY, Bedford, Ore.
Racket Whispers !
Gent's full yard long shirt 40c to SI .SO.
Gent's winter underwar 2Uc to. 1 J
a piece.
Gent's wool sox, He, worth 25.
"25c " 40.
Ladies' long sleeve vests IS to 93c
Indies' wool hose IS to 75c.
Boy's wool hats 25 to 42c. .
Men's Fedoro hats S2.
Children's hosiery at a bargain.
Valises and telescopes cheao.
Men's suits made to order. Fashion
plates free prices on application.
G. L. WEBB,
"STUDEBflKEfT
Is a name more famous than Debs, but in a different way-
STUDEBAKER
liiiiiiimiilHHHtiimitmuHii
Wagons and Carriages are known the World over and are
first-class everybody wants a Studebaker.
A full line of Studebaker Wagons, Carriages, Carts, Phaetons and
Surreys can be found at the warehouse of
J. A.. WHIT!M.AJS", - - Medfokd, Okegox."
QONTRAgTOR and jgTJILDER,
JOBBING OP ALL KINDS.
All work guaranteed first-class. Plans and estimates famished for
all kind of work either brick or wood.
Bills ot LUMBER at all kinds filled on short
Kinds any thing in the shape ot wood
Medford, - - - -
i-VERY
IS
Positively Off!
MyCaslSysMwiiiBE
Positively On I
stock will be after August 15th.
Eiin
"T13
selected line of . . . !
Overcoats, all Styles and Sizes. !
Coats. Bnnts. Shoes. Etc. t
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Jackson County!
RACQUETER.
notice. Sash. Doors and Mill work of at
work can be had 00 short notice.
- - - Oregon.
HAIR vUARANTEED. '
address San Francisgo Gau
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