OUR COUNTY
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Eagrle Point Eaglets.
BY A. C. HOWLETT.
Mr. Greves, deputy assessor, is
here interviewing the taxpayers.
Sheriff' Patterson was out here
last Saturday on professional bus
iness. John Williscroft and his daugh
ter Miss Charlotte visited Medfgrd
Satutday.
Mrs. Joseph 0. Saltmarsh, of
Sterling, was over Sunday to visit
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Pool.
Haying is in full blast and the
farmers are so busy that we have
but little to write about this- week.
The remains of Thomas Davis, of
Upper Little Butte, were taken to
the Central Point cemetery Sunday
hat.
James Wiley, of Ashland, was
here on Friday of last week, visit
ing friends and attending to bus
iness matters.
Sir. Moore, of Sams Valle',
passed through this neighborhood
last week, traveling in the interests
of the farmers, trying to supply
them with machinery.
Ben Edmondson and his sou
Charles passed through our town
one day last week with two loads
of shingles, on their way from their
home on Big Butte to the Hub.
Mrs. George Morine and her
daughter Alice left Monday for
Medford and from there they will
go to Mrs." M's father's place where
Miss Alice expects to remain for a
few days.
On Friday of last week Mrs.
Hyde, president of the V. C. T. U.,
of Ashland, made us a visit and
lectured in the parlor of the Eagle
hotel, and on Saturday lectured to
the children.
Mr. Mat Ish, who has been stop
ping at the Eagle hotel for some
time, under the treatment of Dr.
W. B. Officer, returned home to the
Ish ranch on Rogue river, Mon
day of last wetk.
Last Saturday our daughter Mil
lie came home with her mother, on
the sick list, but the pure Butte ;
creek air and country life seems to !
help her and I think she will be j
convalescent in a few days. j
Tuesday of last week Claud !
Yhite and Peter Robinett went to
Siskiyou county, Calif., to work
through Laying and harvest. Claud j
Aill keep josted as to the doings of
this country, as he is a constant
reader or The Mail.
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. A.
Pool, Mrs. Saltmarsh, Miss Cora
Brown, Frank Brown, Miss Anna i
afford, Mrs. C. W . Taylor and
family, took a trip to the free ferry
and had a picnic dinner. The- re
port having had a very pleasant
time.
Mr. Swenney, of Dry creek, saw
Ihe item in the Eaglets with regard
to Miss Minnie Newman getting
thrown from her horse and the
next day called to see her, and
found her in an improved condition,
but still complaining of her spine.
.Mr. S. is an old time friend of her
iather.
The outlook for crops is good,
and it the frost and grasshoppers
vion't damage our crops this year
we won't have to go to the poor
iboiLse. but last Saturday night
there was. frost enough to whiten
the cirn and blacken the beans and
jpota?:? in the low lands near the
saouth of Butte creek.
School Superintendent GusNew-fcn.-y
has been out in this neighbor
flood during the past week visiting
the various schools in the surround
ing districts, but I don't think he
Sias visited our school, suppose he
thir.ks that Prof. J. C. Barnard's
schoot don't need an' superintend
ingwe have a fine school, although
evtT3l of the pupils have had to
ten:p"r:tri!v desist from attending
on account of haying and corn
working.
There was a basket picnic meet
ing :it Antelope church Sunday.
There was a fair sized audience and
all ftfeoied to have a pleasant time,
liev. Kennedy was to have preached
Sunday night, but as he had bus
iness which called him to Central
Point he did not preach, but the
Holiness band held a meeting in
their tent and had a fair sized au
dience, although there were several
faces missed that are in the habit
of attending church here.
Uriflia Creek Gatherings.
BV OCCASIONAL.
Jake Hereford, of Medford, was
vLsitkg his parents here Sunday.
Meshrs. Otis Murphy and C. 01
sen paid Medford a visit the first of
the week.
Frank True and Charles Lofland
visited friends on Crooked creek
Sunday evening.
Miss Eva Randle and sister-in-Jawyof
Slate creek, were yiBiting
Mrs. H. L. Griffin laat Saturdry
and Sunday.
J. A. Eggers has secured the con
tract to build Mr. Trae's new resi
dence, which will be commenoed
about the middle of next month.
Robert Lawton, of Medford, was
a visitor at our Sunday school last
Sunday, and spent the remainder of
the day visiting old friends here.
Rev. M. A. Williams will preach
here next Sunday at 11a. m. Rev.
Faucett will hold services here the
fifth Sunday of the month at the
usual hour.
The young people of the neigh
borhood gathered at the home of
Mrs, W. F. Griilin last Sunday,
and spent the evening in practicing
singing for our Sunday school.
Carlo one day recentlv, took his
flight to the happy place that knows
no pain, care or sorrow. He
formerly belonged to J. W. Lawton,
but at his death, was the beloved
watch dog of C. W. Fraloy, of this
place.
Little Zoa Orifll.i in falling a few
weeks ago, slightly hurt one of her
knees, but nothing serious was
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ltlt.ll 1111 MILV IH.O u.vtt kt tlltli,
worse and she is now under the j
care of Dr. Pickel. We hope the j
little one will soon recover. j
Mrs. J. A. Davis, living far up!
Griilin creek, being tired of the
matrimonial yoke of life, took an
abrupt departure from her home
one day recently. She was assisted
by her friends as far as Talent where
she took the train for Red Bluff.
Calif, where she has relatives re
siding. Derby Items.
By Will.
Albert Caton is visiting his bro
ther at Leeds.
Miss Susie Wooley visited at Mr.
Allen's Sunday.
Rosa Higinliotham has Wen ill j
but is much improved.
Miss Olive Gorden is visiting her!
parents on Rogue river.
Pete Stowel is assisting Julin
Allen in gathering stock.
Mr. Peyton and family visited at
C. Higinbotham's Sunday.
Hay is very poor this year, shocks
are about half the usual sie.
Miss Belle Smith has been hav
ing a serious time with a felon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Stanlev hav
gone to Harnev vallev to reside.
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Born May 'Vth. to Mr. and
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.'lit. juua .ucn,ui i.'crnv , a uaugu-
ter.
Miss Ella Benson visited friends
in tagle lv.nl aturday and Min
day. Miss Nellie lVrry is reported :
seriouslv ill. Dr. Ollicer has been i
called.
Mathews brothers arc shipping I
cattle. Thev sent off 521 head !
last week.
Johnny Higinbotham has re
turned from his east of the moun
tain's trip.
J. Wrisley ami family are visit
ing' Mr. Wrisley "s parents near
Central Point.
C. F. Wilkerson was among
relatives and friends at this place a
few days since.
Mrs. W. F. Taggart and Miss
Belle Smith were pleasant visitors
at Mrs. Wilkerson's.
X. F. Mitchell visited at Leeds
last week and stopjed with Mr.
Derby on his return trip.
The Woodruff sisters arc at home
again on Union creek. They are
expected at Leeds July 4th.
Great preparations are being
made for the Fourth at Leeds.
Come all and enjoy yourselves.
L. Stutton raised the building ! academy last Friday. They were
Saturday that they will use for (accompanied home by their daugh
dancing. The floor is twenty by I ters, Katie Buckley and Midge
sixty.
Mrs.
Edmunson has returned !
home. Her daughter, Ora, will
spend some time with her sister at
this place.
Born May Jltth. to Mr. and Mrs.
Henry French, of Crook county, a
son. Mr. French was formerly of
Jackson county.
Mrs. J. Wrisley, Mrs. Higin
botham and Mrs. George Gray will
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DKl
CREAM
BAKING
Most Perfect Made.
49 Years the Standard.
unite in giving a farewell party to
relatives and friends.
W. F. Taggart and wife have
come up from Talent. They will
visit at Mr. Stuttons,' Mrs. Tag
gart's father, until the Fourth.
Mrs. McKec's nephew and wife
from Medford were at the mill Wed
nesday. They were accompanied
on their return trip by Miss Mary
McKee.
The little dance at J. F. Dits
worth's was a pleasant social affair.
The music by Jack Goodlaw, W. F.
Wilkerson and Mrs. Taggart was
all right and every one enjoyed
themselves.
Among the school visitors this
week was our pleasant Superinten
dent Newbury. He went, from here
to visit the school in the McKee
district, that was opened last Mon
day by Miss Lutie Birch. Miss
Birch and sisters are keeping "bach
elors hall" near the school building,
and' Miss Armetta is attending
school.
Kvans ( reek Kvents.
r.v CKXKVA.
Hie frost injured many gardens
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i if 1 1" ouium:i mum.
Born To the wife of 1'red Hard
ing, June 1 I, 1 S. ."". u son.
Mrs. J. W. Robinson, of Wimer,
visited with Mia. Oslmrn last Sun
day. Clinton Wilcox sent Saturday
and Sundav with his father, C. E.
Wilcox.
Joshua Xeathammer made a fly
ing trip to Jacksonville one day
last week.
Hiram Moore, of Sama Vallev,
t has U'e.i visiting with Will Hillis
for the past week.
Mrs. J. L, Scott shipped some
line strawberries to her loys at
Glendale Monday.
Mrs. Spet rand Miss Isabel White
man were the guests of Mrs. T. E.
Caily one day recently.
W. S. Bradley and wife are
camping this week on the land re
cently purchased by them.
Mr. l'hipps. of Wimer. accom
panied by Miss I.innie Robinson
and Miss Ida Sherril. spent Suiulav
at Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. A. t". SjH-er. accompanied by
her grand-daughter. Miss Isabel
W hitt-titan. -lelurned home from
Central Point Fridav.
Jarksoin tilt News
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' I.-uao Muiler. o! Meilfonl. male
; Jacksonville a llvinc visit Tuesdav.
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;teamboat, made
! Jacksonville a business visit Tues-
daw
P.. B.IWkman. of Portland, spent
a day with hi parents here this
week.
Clerk X. A. Jacobs and family
have returned from a nleasant five
laVs' visit with Medford friends.
Married In Jacksonville. June
l.-, lS'.to. by R. S. Dun la p. J. P..
P. Donaghue and Miss Dora V.
Gall, of Sams Valley.
Miss Daisv Roberts, of Roseburg,
is paying relatives and friends of
Rogue river valley a visit. She is
the guest of Col. W. J. Martin and
wife.
R. S. Dunlap. the very efficient
judge of the police court, was visit
ing'at Hornhronk from Sunday to
Tuesday, the guest of John Wood
and family.
Mr3. J. Xunan and daughter,
Miss Josie. who have been sojourney
ing in Southern California for sev
eral months, returned home this
week. The health of the latter is
somewhat improved, we are pleased
to mention.
Mrs. J. D. Bucklev and Mrs-
Win. Ray, of Applegate, attended
the closinc exercises of St. Marv's
Raw w ho were students of the acad-
emy.
Mrs. J. M. McCulIy. and Mrs. E.
Kenny returned home Monday
from Roseburg. where thev attended
the pioneer meeting. They were
royally entertained during their
visit. They report the re-union one
of the most pleasant gatherings
that thev have evwr witnessed.
D. A. Jones, of Salem, is spend
ing the week in Jacksonville.
This is his first visit here for eight
years and he notes many changes
among his former associates. His
wife and daughter who came out
with the intention of remaining for
sometime, have decided to accom
pany Mr. Jones on his return home.
Owen Keegan and daughter, Miss
Annie, the Western Union telegraph
operator, have gone to St. Paul,
Minnesota, to visit relatives, and
will remain about , three months.
Charlie Childs, of Medford, is in
charge of the office during Miss
Keegan's absence. They were ac
companied to Taeoma by Miss
Annie and Will Nannery, niece and
nephew of Mr. Keegan, who have
resided here the past year.
Rev. J. R. Rice and wifeof Logan
Montana, were in Jacksonville from
Thursday to Monday holding street
meetings with the exception of Sat
urday and Sunday evenings when
they epoke in the Court House to a
full house. Both have good voices
for singing and preaching, and hold
the attention of the audience from
beginding to end. Mr. Rice, better
known as "Jedd",was a Jacksonville
boy and considered very wild when
he resided here, but a wonderful
change has come over him and now
is one of our most noted men, con
sidering his age. His wife is a very
facinating woman and well edu
cated. They are on their way to
Portland where they will remain for
sometime.
The closing exercises of the St.
Mary's academy were witnessed by
a large audience last Friday after
noon. Many invitations had been
sent out a few days previous, by
the Superioress. The spacious
school room was attractively decor
rated with evergreens and. flowers
and a number of mottos appropri
ate for the occasion were upon the
walls. There were fourteen mem
bers on the program all of which
were indicative 6( thorough instruct
ions and training. Kev. Father
Desmarias addressed the audience
in his very eloquent and forcible
style. There was also on exhibi
tion many pieces of needlework
from the plainest sewing to the
finest of Kensington stitch. A
beautiful collection of botannical
siH'cimens of Oregon, a choice num
ber of paintings, literary and musi
cal specimens and other line arts
which are taught only in the acad
emy. The fifteenth anniversary,
or Golden Jubilee of the founding
of the order of the Sisters of Jesus
and Mary, will le celebrated at the
mother convent in Montreal, in
July and will continue three days,
lGth and ISth, inclusive. The ex
hibit of this convent will 1 for
warded to that city to make up a
part of the jubilee celebration. All
were highly pleased with the exer
cises. Kuia Krlioes.
' The late frosts did a little dam
j age for some of us.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Ramsey made a
! trip to the valley one day last week.
Rev. Bryant preached at the
; Trail creek school house last Pun
May. Mrs. W. A. Houston has been ill.
bm at the present time is much
. better.
John Nelsm and family were
visiting with Mrs. Holton and fam-
' ilv last Sunday,
i
j Grandpa and Grandma Lynch
went to 'Medford last Tuesday, re
j turning Wednesday.
Arrangements are Wing made
for a camp meeting on Trail creek,
w hich will begin about July 7th.
Our school, which commenced
June 10th, under the management
of Miss Helen lloltan, is progress
ing nicely.
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Lynch were guests of our efficient
'postmaster and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Marck.
Misses Helen and Ola Holtan !
have returnod home from Medford.1
where they have been attending
school the p:ist year.
Miss Mattie Carter, who is teach
ing on Trail creek, was compelled !
to close her school for a few davs .
last week on account of ill health. ;
Under the directions of our able
road sujH'rvisor, Carl T. Shyrman.
a good road has been opened up
Long Beach, from the public road
to the Welch saw mill.
Two or three families, relatives ;
of J. R. Morrison, have arrived from
Washington. They are stopping
with Mr. Morrison while making
arrangements for locating
Rev. A. Buchanan and Mr. X.
Lee, from Myrtle Creek, were here
a few days ago looking for location.
They were quite well pleased with
our country, but did not make any
definite arrangements, as to local-
ing. Mr. Buchanan is Mrs. Geo.
Lynch's father.
The Antioch, Dry creek and
Long Branch schools, tonight re
spectively by Miss Ilattie Bliss,
Miss Allie Carter and Miss Helen
Holtan, will give a joint picnic next
Friday, June '21st, on Rogue river,'
at the Jackson place. An extensive
program has been prepared, and a
jolly good time is anticipated.
Stuns Valley Items. j
Miss Viola Wyland and Mrs. F.
Center, of Antelope, are visiting
with Mrs. R.C. Craddock this week.
Mrs. L. C. Sisemore, who has
been visiting her mother Mrs. J.
Orth, of Jacksonville, retimed home
last Saturday.
Miss Ardilla Gall, who has been
attending school at Ashland, re
turned to her home Tuesday even
ing to spend her vacation.
Mrs. Anna Engledow was called
to Grants Pass, one day last week,
to attend her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Kurth, who is quite ill at that place.
The Gold Hill base ball ciirb have
challenged the Sams Valley club
for a contest, with a purse of fif
teen dollars for the winner, to
take place on the Fourth of July.
Miss Lulu Grennigef, of Asbestos,
passed through the valley Thursday
morning, on her way to Woodville
whore she will spend the summer
with the family of Charles White, i
An electric railway from Caiifitoga to
the Nairn insane uxylum will soon be
built.
The annual hoHtilities between the
cattle and sheep men in Wyoming in
brewing.
Cut worms are reported to le doing
much damage to young tobacco jpLaiiUi
in Kentucky.
The reorganization committee ot the
whisky trust has offered to imrchaae the
Ijlant for $0,800,000.
The latest California crop reports say
Jhat crops throughout the state are in
excellent condition.
! It is said that rates on the railroads in
j Missouri and Kansas which were cut
; some time ago will soon be restored.
i In the Las Manzanitas school district
of Santa Clara county a trustee lias
lH'en elected who cannot write his own
'. name.
The Corbett - Fitzsimmons fight is
scheduled to take place Oct. lil at Dal
Iils, Tex. Both men have commenced
training.
Three hundred thousand gallons of
wine were sold bv the sheriff to sutisfv
.. J'--f". ... ... u. .in, ... . , 111'. Vinci
day.
Advices from Winnij-g, Kan., state
that serious losses have been i-ansed to
; cattle and horses by swarms of a pecu
liar gray fly.
The East River silk mills at Astoria,
L. I., have been attached for $0,0U0.
i The treasurer is under arrest cnarged
' with forgery.
Governor Clough of Minnesota says
that some of the reports telegraphed
1 from his state about the grasshopper in
vasion were grossly exaggerated.
The western railroads have finally de
cided that it will be impossible for them
to form a passenger association nnless
they succeed in bringing into the fold a
number of the lines which are now
standing ojit,
' The late rains in Western Oklahoma
have caused the rivers to overflow bad
ly. The Indians, who prophesied a flood,
are leaving the lw lands and insist that
the flood is coming sure.
An Iowa man has been bound over for
lrmt.tt at f'..l 1 1... ... 1...- '
trial on a "charge of defacing silver dol- j
lars. He was accustomed to chip off the j
first " T " in the inscription "in God We
Trust. '
Eastern manufacturers of shoes are !
advancing the price of their products.
They are compelled to do this by the
increased price of leather as result of
t ne loniiauon 01 me leauier trust.
Location oi Land Lyinjr lut a few ruls niorv than one
mile to the fast of
....Medford, Oregon,
Amount of Land in
Tract
Now on the flarket
Commands an Ex
cellent V iew of
Medford
How Payments may
be Made
Fruit and Fruit Culture
ysis the soil is found to contain all the
elements required to produce fruits from
the semi-tropical to the hardiest varie
ties. Over these favorable conditions
hangs a climate co-ordinated and adjust
ed to the nature of the soil.
Who to Address For further information cencerning
this desirable property call on or address
S. CHILDERS,
MEDFORD, - - OREGON.
MR. SLUDGE, THE MEDIUM.
The Poet Ilronnlnc Detected an Imposi
tion on Ills Wife.
Mr. Frederick (Jreenwood. in his per
sonal recollections, written for the
"Ilealm," tells the following story:
'Evcrylxxly who lives with books has
hoard that Itolwrt Urowning's -Sludge,
the Medium,' reflected upon Home, and
most people have also heard that the
celebrated creature succeeded in bring
ing Mrs. Hrowning under his influence
completely. Uut the trick that unde
ceived her (we must suppose) is not so
well known. It may have got into
print, but, if so, I. for one, have never
seen it, and tell the story as it was told
by Hrowning himself. Home had been
about the Hrownings a good deal, knew
many people known to them; was, in
his tea-party way, an agreeable sort of
person; and there were seances here
and seances there; 'and.' said the poet,
casting a vague look about the room to
express his bewilderment. 'I don't know
how it was. I did my best, but little
by little he gained her over to believ
ing in him; how much to my distress,
imagine" After awhile Home found a
yet more excellent way of working on
the poor lady's mind. She had lost a
little child by death, and, her own
wishes running out to embrace the
promise, he began to hint that someday
he would bring the little one's spirit,
into her presence. Hut he was slow in
performing t hi.- promise naturally; fur,
otherwise, he woiiid have lost the ad
vantage of an excited expectation,
oficn stimulated and as often baftled.
At last an evening was named when
the mother's yearning should be
satisfied. In tl'.e customary way. light
was shut out of the room when the
three sat down, and the usual rap
pings and questionings and invoca
tions went' on for a time, and then
then the child's spirit was to ap
pear. And. sure enough, there did
arts.1 above the ed?e of the table some
thing that was whiter than the dark,
that seemed to have a motion of ita
own and the luminousness of a living
thing, and that might veritably be
what poor Mrs. Browning fancied it.
Hut. conscious of her trembling state of
mind, her husband was in another
guess sort of passion. 'I suddenly
sprang up, dashed my arm across the
table, and took hold of what do you
think? The scoundrel's obscene foot!
naked!" The flaming antrer in which
drowning finished the story after so
many years. tj left no doubt about
what happened next to the celebrated
medium Home. He was instantly and
literally kicked out of the house; his
shoe and stocking after hini. no doubt.''
Few Saln-s In New Kngland.
Saints cnt only a small fijrure in the
geographical r.::mcs of New England.
They are abundant upon the maps of
most of the southern states save Vir
ginia and the arolinas. and thev are
to tv found scattered over the rest oi
the country in three or four different
languages.
S. CHlLtDEHS'
FAIRY EW ADDITION
Is situated UK) aeivs of land which is
espeeiallv adapted to
Fruit Growing.
This land has reeenth- been placed
upon the market and is now offered for
sale in tracts of from
2a to 10 Acres.
The name. "Fairview." is given this
property because, that being located as
it is, on a slight eminence, a view of all
parts of Medford and a good portion of
the vallev can bo had from any part oi
the land. Nearly all of this land has
been cleared and has been under culti
vation for a number of years. The soil
is of an exceptionally tine quality and its
adaptability to fruit-growing has been
proven. This land will be sold upon the
Installment Plan.
Payments may be made at $1.'V per
week, So per month or lo every quar
ter, or a liberal discount will be made
for all cash purchases.
The success attending fruit culture is
no lomrer an experiment. v direct anal