y a - -s y- 1 Mmvc AC THU riTV I mi V mV m. J mm m Peach boxes for sale by Wallace Woods, also dried fruit boxes. McEvoy, the photographer, has folded his tent and pone to Ashland. 1. Nudleman is the happy parent to a bov baby, which came to his home on July' 1st. Spring chickens are beginning to look with suspicion on their affection ate friends. I. A. Whitman has shipped up wards of 800 boxes of early peaches to Portland this week. An advertisement should bo writ ten that the reader will want to read more of the same kind. Peter Hartman. he who did brew ing for G. W. Bashford's brewery, is now living at Roseburg. Married at Gold Hill. July :trd, by Rev. W. B. Moore, Mr. E. R. Cardwell and Miss Rose Griffith. One Willamette valley strawberry raiser hauled 9000 pounds of berries to Portland in one day, June 17th. Misses A. Jeffrey and M. Bedford, two Applegate school teachers, are in attendance at the institute at Ashland. W. T. Kame, W. B. Stevens and R. H. Whitehead were over on Rogue river this week doing aheap o' fishing. The new ads this week are those of Mitchell, Lewis Staver company. S. Childers & Co., Mackey, the photo grapher. Special prices on lounges. I. A Webb. W. Carrol, of Coker Butte ranch, carried off the honors for having brought to market the first apricots of tbe season. Demorest, the dentist opera block, Medford. The M. E. .Sunday school, of this place, attended the Chautauqua io a body Wednesday-7-and of course had, "just a splendid time." Pickles in bulk at Lumsden & Ber lin's. Albert Coffman's, living on Big Butte creek, near Brownsboro, re ports his entire crop destroyed by hail during the storm of June 27 th. Fruit paper at THE Mail office any quantity. Messrs. Coulter & Corson have been engaged this week in painting the hearse,, for Mingus & Legate, and tbe improvement is quite a noticeable one. Go to Tyler & Miser for fine pho tographs. A platform dance will be given on West Seventh street this, Friday, evening all tbe same the place where the merry-go-round was oo the Fourth. For bargains in real estate go to Hamilton & Palm. 'Charles Damon is organizing an amateur dramatic society in' this city. Their first play will be George M. Baker's drama, 'Among the Breakers." "Victor" bicycle best in the world for Sale by J. Beek & Co. Hon. J. D. Whitman reports the best peach crop this season that he has ever had which is saying a heap con sidering that he always has a good erop. Soap ten bars Savon for 25 cents at Lumsden it BerlinV. Hotel Nash is fact n earing com pletion. Contractor Patterson is of the opinion that only about a week- more will be required to finish the con tract. Boots and shoes at Angle & Ply male's for cost and freight. Mrs. F. J. Creed and her daughter, Mrs. L- E. Land, were pleasant callers at The Mail shop Tuesday, and with them came a sample of very fine peaches. Ten bars Savon soap for 25 cents at Lumsden & Berlin's. The train robbers have been caught, had their examination and were hound over. They were the two Pool boys and a pal named Case, who lived at Canyonville. Patronize Tyler & Miser, the only photographers in Medford. The old firm of Thompson & Meeker have turned over those twenty silver dollars to the Ladies Benevolent society of this city, the key to the box not having been presented. Wild Cherry wine and iced temper ance drinks at The Great Western. The Medford steam laundry opened fire on a stack of soiled linen higher than a two story brick last Monday and has been firing out fine laundered goods every day since the day of start ing. ' For sale Improvements on home stead. Address W. K. Ingledue, Wi nter, Oregon. The exodus from the valley to the several mountain resorts has com menced in earnest this week. A cou ple of weeks more and there will hard ly be a corporal's guard in most of the towns. Don't miss reading "The sign of the Four" opening chapters to appear in this paper on July 28th. A Chicago baseball reporter who "keeps well abreast of the procession writes in his recent account of a re cent game, that "Mike pounded out a three-bagger, whereupon Andy trilbied home." Wells, the drayman, has spring trucks especially adapted for moving household goods. D. Brooks is tearing away his barn and is going to fill in his lot with dirt from J. R. Wilson's lot upon which last named lot Mr. Wilson is soon to begin the construction of his new brick building. Don't forget that The Great West ern keeps the best cigars, tobacco, candy, nuts and oranges. R. A. Fry, a typo, has severed his connections with this office. Dick is a cracking good printer and a very fine gentleman. Any 6hop that wants a good, steady "print," can do no better than to engage Mr. Fry. Haye your faded and soiled clothes dyed and cleaned at the Excelsior Dye rWorks, Medford, Oregon. J. R. Wilson and F. Amann were t work last week constructing a coal car for the Medford coal company. Mr Amann is an old band at the busi ness and the work recently-executed is substantial and practicable. r J. H.Stewart, the orchardist, is putting up a 7x32 feet fruit dryer at his hue orchard home. Mr. Brooks, the tinner, is manufacturing piping for use in the dryer something over 100 feet, eight and twelve inches in size. The best shaves put up are those you get at Bates Bros, shop, ditto hair cuts first class, everything. South C Street. Among the Medford teachers who are in attendance at the teachers' in stitute and Chautauqua at Ashland are Misses Dslla Pickol, Ellen Bursell. HaUie and Zorah Bliss, Carrie Saekett, Edith Crouch, Griieo Foster and K. E. VanAntwerp. G.L.Sehernierhorn is making a spe cialty of carpenter job work in ail lines, from an ironing board to a state capitol . Wednesday night of this week was set aside by the order of the Woodmen of the World, of this city, for installa tion of officers, but owing to the ab sence of their installing officer. Dr. E. P. Geary, the work was postponed until the next regular meeting. (io to G. II. Haskins, druggist, sole agent in Medford, for a bottle of LIVERINE, for the Liver, Kidneys, Sick-Headache and Constipation. At the Baptist church next Sun day Pastor V. C. Jenkins will preach both morning and ovening. Slorning subject, "The Burning Bush." Evening subject, prelude "The IVca denee of Patriotism:'' sermon, "Half Opened eves." All are invitod. '"e carry Goodyears rubber hose, the--oest brand in the market, in alt sizes and qualities, at prices to suit the times. J . Beek fc Co. Christian church services next Sunday will be as follows: 10. a m Sunday school. Ham preaching by Eli Fisher, pastor. 3pm Junior Endea vor. 7pm Christian Endeavor. There will be ttpecial music both morning and evening. Seats free. Strancers wel come. Bellinger & Payne are in the field for your work in the dray line. Ah work done with dispatch' and care. Every line of work given especial at tention . " W. M. Smith all the same "Ten nessee" is packing peaches and using the Peerless brand of fruit paper pur chased of The Mail and this is the recommend hejrives it: "Best paper I ever used and goes fartherest. I packed 175 boxes of peaches with fifty pounds of it." R. G. Bunch, proprietor of the Medford barber shop, is an artist equalled by bone in Medford . One trial makes a steady customer. First-class work. South Front street. Thos. V. Cator, who spoke to large house in this city about a year ago, has consented to deliver an ad dress before the Chautauqua society at Ashland, and be will be there on the 13th. He is a man of great ability and no doubt his address will be one of much interest. A general line of mill work ia carried on at G. L. Schermerhorn' planing mill. Anything aud every thing made of wood can be turned out at this mill. G. W. Prlddy has recently burned another kiln of 120 thousand of brick, which, as he states are a prime article. He is also fillinsr up his lime kiln lor another burn, the first kiln not having been burned sufficient to make it quite the aritcle required. The lime, how ever, was all right. The most pleasant little pills for regulating the bowels are De Witt's Little Early Risers. Cure sick head ache and constipation. Small pill. Small dose. Geo. H. Haskins, druggist. The Mail office has been chuck-a-block with job work for the past three or four weeks for all of which thanks are extended to those who have given us their patronage and may their shadows, or job work, never grow less and may we always give value for monej thus received. M. J. Colby, the carpenter, got mixed up with a jar of lime and brim stone, down at the laundry, Wednes day and inhaled too much of it for the good of his health, and for several bourshe was prostrate! from the effect, but being a strong, husky fellow be pulled through all right. Ora Smith is now a partner in the Candy Palace, as will be seen by notice published elsewhere. Ora is all right every spot of the road and is a gen tleman every inch. He is one of tho "boys," but not one of the tough variety of boys. The Palace Co., ought to do a good business and undoubtedly will so do. Cashier Enyart: "The report which became current about the valley that the Jackson County batik had been robbed of $30,000 is wholly false. It seems to have become current simul taneously in Ashland, Jacksonville and Central Point, but why or from what source is one of those things past find ing out." It don't require very much of an effort to force upon a full grown man a spell of indisposition these times. As a matter of positive proof he can get sick just as easy and, paradoxical though it appears, no physician can afford relief nothing short of a trip to the moun tains wiil fill that long felt wjtnt and aching void. "E. F. Walker, or Medford. was in our section last week investigating our gold fields and also looking after the interest of some ditches he dug seventeen years ago. Mr. Walker, though in his eighty-second year, scales the hills equal to a rugged man of thirty." Grave Creek correspondent in Grants Pass Courier. Constable F. M. Parker, of Gold Hill, was in Medford Saturday subpoe naing witnesses in a little fracas which occurred down that way recently, wherein a Mrs. Cooksey caused the arrest of one Eld ward Dawson, charged with taking a team of horses not his own. Dr. Wiggins and W. Eddings were the witnesses from Medford. This office is in receipt of two pair of complimentary season tickets to the Ashland Chautauqua, but the news paper man who can find time to steal away to these things is a foreign object in this shop. However, the courtesy is appreciated, and while we cannot at tend we have done all possible to en courage the ptesence of our readers. Miss Meda Plymale gave a lawn party Monday evening in honor of her friend, Miss Mabel Goodyear, who was visiting her. There were a goodly num ber of young people present and a very fine time was enjoyed which could not be otherwise considering that Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE t he party was at the Ply mule residence, where the people are always hospitable and their guests mode glad because that thoy are there. This is good, sensible talk from the Ashland Advertiser: Wo obtain from j Tiik Mkiikord Mail, tho intelligence , thill Medford is U have a steam lavin-i drv. There will then be no need of! people in this part of the valley send ing their laundry work to Northern cities nor encouraging "Chinese cheap labor, ' when by patronizing American home industry, the mouey can be kept in circulation here at home. Telephone connections were made last week with Central Point, and as soon as Messrs. Haskins aud Webb retu.-n from their outing trip the line will be extended north to Grants Pass, and connections made with all interme diate points. The work to be com pleted this fall. The Central Point instruments have been placed in the Hst office and Miss Martha Cardwell, the postmaster, uppoiutcd manager of the office. Apples the year round Is one of the several features of Southern Oregon that makes life worth staying with. F. M. Stewart, the orchardist, came In Friday from bis tine fruit farm and with him came a basket of apples, the pro duct of ''M, and they were iu fine shape for use sound ami of good llavor, and of the Greening variety. Mr. Stewart also brought in at the same lime several boxes of this year's apple crop, which he found ready market for at the stores. There is one medicine that will euro immediately. We refer to l)e W lit s Colic and Cholera (. ure, for all summer complaints. No delay. No disappointment. No failure. Geo. H. Haskins, druggist. The creamery proposition will not materialize al least, not at present. Mr. Shcffner made a very thorough canvass iuhodc the farmers and while all were anxious to see the creamery established then were but a few who felt able and willing to put their money into the business. A canvass was also in ado among the business men this week, but those most active in enter prises of J this nature were so tied to other proKM4lion thai nothing could he done. Everybody thai is. prvlty nearly everybody, buy iheir bread stutTs of Wilson, and a whole lot of people buy their cakes and pies of the same gen tleman, because; well, jul because everything he puts up is guaranteed to bo the best. An old mau who was trying to get up a building and loan board here, and who was soundly whipped by an irate father in this city a few woeks ago, for fooling with two little girls. Is said lobe follou ing the same nefarious practice in the Gold Hill country. A thing like him is more dangerous than a rabid dog turned loose in the com munity and he should be treated to a coat of tar aud feathers and made to keep them on so that all men might know him. Grants Pass Courier. Chautauqua assembly at Ashland July 10th to H'lh. Many noted shak ers: schools of art, music, eto.: teach ers' district institute conducted by State Superintendent Irwin. GrvateM treal ever offered in Oregon for think ing jteople. For particulars address Mrs. C. K. M.nkler, secretary . There has been another shift made at Hotel Clarendon, S. S. Wilson hav ing sold the fixtures and good will of the same to Mrs. S. E. Delk, who took charge of the same Tuesday. Mr. Wil son has conducted the house for several months and has done so in a manner strictly business-like and tiit-class. Mrs. Delk promises to out up the best of table services and "Joe" will get in and do the office work and have general superintendency of the house. Mr. Wilson expects to engage in like busi ness in Gold Hill. Just arrived, al Webb's Racket, a lot of new dress trimming laces that that are cheap. More ladies' sleeveless vests, gents' balbriggan underwear, gents' full dress laundried shirts, cellu loid collars and cuffs and other articles too numerous to mention all at ibe ex ceedingly low prices usually quoted by the Rocket. Mrs. Minuick is a widow lady; lives out on South C street; grows some line peaches and they are now ripe, a fact which the small hoys have discovered. Mrs. Minnick wants these peaches for her own use and o protect them at night she sits in the o-thard, with a shot gun, probably not loaued. One night recently while on guard sleep overcame her In early evening and not until the little birds were singing their morning praises, and the sun was mak ing warm all things of earth did she awaken. Whether the enehes wtre stolen or not Mrs.Minnick is not author ity. Dr. S. Danielson, of this city, has reason to be elated over the compli ments which are being extended him from prominent populists all over the state upon the thought and ideas ex pressed in his little booklet, entitled "Protoction, or the People's Defense." From J. F. Ilendrex. a member of the slate executive committee, comes thi: "Your booklet received, which meets my unqualified endorsement. It is one of our best exponents of money."' The doctor has notions, sometimes, that don't just suit some people, when be gets off on his populist tangent, but be it said to his credit, ho has some good ideas and, better than all else, he is honest in his convictions. A. W. Bish's team got funny last Sunday and ran away and scattered the whole family by the roadside and in a manner which brought painful in juries to some of them. They were driving out to Mr. Woody's place and when just across Bear creek the team began running and kept it up until Pres. Phipps' place was reached, where the horses wore caught and a badly smashed up hay rack and wagon was scattered along the line of travel. A hay rack was on the wagon which made the occupant' position a more rawtiar precarious one. Dora, an eight-year-old daughter sustained a fracture of the right arm ami Mrs. llish received a sprained ankle. The injured ones were soon brought to their home and Dr. I'ickel summoned and the I nur tures reduced. A little two-year-old daughter hung to the hay rack until the whole business was dumped by the roadside, and escaped wilhuut injury. A couple of years ago we made mention of the return of little Sophia, daughter of James Hansen, to the Hos pital for Children, at San Francisco. Ijist week Mr. Hansen received word from the hospital to the effect that his daughter had entirely recovered and was able to walk. The little girl is eight years old and during her stay of four years at the hospital she has been oierated ujioii four times. Her trou ble was a disease of the hip. She is now living with relatives in California and will remain there until Mr. Han sen, who is a widower, can arrange to have her brought uouie. The. i!,uie one's frjcnds hereabouts will be pleased to learn of her recovery nfter so many long years of patient suffering. A couple of weeks ago this paper refused to publish a communication bearing uuou the memorial sermon of Rev. U C. Jenkins and which ap-jK-ared in full in this pup-r. Our rea sons for relusing to publish the article referred to are two in number. First, we do not desire to have entered into, through these columns, a discussion which a subject of this nature would be sure to bring out. Second, inas much as the sermon was published in The M ail bv request of the G. A. R. post and not by Rev. Jenkins, we would deem it unfair for us to allow the gen tleman to be criticised through the same columns that paid him courtesy only so few weeks ago. and this court esy extended not especially to him but to the members of the Medford G. A. R. post. What came near being quite a serious accident happened at Central Point the evening of the Fourth. Wil liam Svdow was returning home from the celebration at Medfo'-d. with his family and Mrs. I. S. Bradley, and upon reaching Central Point slopped at the polofliee for his mail. No sooner had he alighted from the carriage than the team became frightened and ran down the street al break-neck speed. In turning the corner at the city hall the vehicle turned over, and in so do ing fell upon its occupant. Mrs. Sydow received a fracture of the col lar bone, and a deep gush was cut in the lwM-k of her neck and it is feared thai the spinal cord was wrenched. Mrs. Bradley and Mi-s Sydow were both quite badly hurt, but not seri ously so. Hal ley Bros, have sold their slock of goods, consisting of dry goods, gent's and ladies' furnishing goods, clothing and fancy goods to S. Childers & Co. The deal took place the first part of the week and the new firm at once as sumed charge. The management of th store will be in the hands of Bert and Guy Childers and the Stock, espec ially dry goods and elo'hlng is to be increased a large bill of new goods having already been ordered. What business the retired firm will engage in we are not authorized to stale, ex cept that W. I. Hallcy will engage in mining. The new firm starts out with a sprinkling of printer's ink to encour age trade, and its members promise that, none will sell cheaper and better goods than they and that all patrons will e treated squarely. On Wednesday of last week Rev. C. H. Hoxie performed the marriage ceremony which joined in happy union the heart and hand of Mr. Orange Kah ler, of Tolo, and Miss Lena Dunlap. of Phoenix. Mr. Kahler is a son of lie v. Kahler, who is so well and favorably known herealxmts as an earnest, faith ful preacher of the gospel, and the son is as fine a hoy as the father is an old gentleman. lie is engaged at present with the Tolo mining company. The bride is one of Phoenix's pronounced belles and is a most estimable young lady. Thev will be "at home" to their friends at Tolo, where they have com menced housekeeping, after July lOtb. The Mail hopes that no storm may ever cross their path and that their lives may ever and always be the pict ure of happiness which they now have iu mind, and that this picture may never be "turned to the wall." Marshal Churchman Is keeping an eye open for suspicious characters these times and if he sees a light burn ing at nigh, at any place out of the ordinary he makes a quiet investiga tion. Last Suudav morning about two o'clock bo figured he had a fire fiend dead to rights in Merchant Hutchi son's barn. Ho saw a light in the barn and upon carefully opening the door discovered his man aud was just in the act of giving him a "biff" over tbe nose when his mistake was discovered it was Clarence hitching up his team for; an early start for Coles tin. In this con nection we want to say that Mr. Church man is doing his utmost to prevent any incendiary lires this season, and in his efforts all assistance possible ought to bd given him by our people. If those lires start again this year someono is going to get caught and If caught it will be a vigilant committee and not law that will deal with them. Alex. Ireland is quite himself since Wednesday of this week. He is never so happy as when off for a bear hunt and it was uon the above date that he started out on ono of these trips, In company with CritTolman.of Ashland, Harry Cogshall, of Medford. and a party from San Francisco, of which Sherman Powell, that eminent mag azine writer is at the head. The party gathered at Ashland Wednesday and on Thursday morning started out, headed for the headwaters of the Des chutes river, by way of Klamath Falls. There will be ten poople in the party, twelve horses and seven dogs, one of the latter being a blood hound from Kentucky, and with an actual cost value of 7tt attached to him. Alex, and Crit go as guides and for which ser vice Alex, gets $100 per month and ex penses Crit's price we did not learn. Bear and elk abound in the country for which they have started and in the two or three months' absence they figure on if there aro not laid low train loads of this game then both Aiex. and Crit have lost themselves in the tall limber. Hon. and Mrs. D. R. Hindman. of Bcxme, Iowa, arrived in Medford Mon day and will remain here for a week or ten days, devoting their time to visiting pluses of beauty and interest and generally taking observations of the Kurrounding country. Mr. H. is, and has been for several years, a cir cuit judge in the district wherein he resides in Iowa. Mrs. Hindman is n lady whose mind runs to quite an ex tent in the channel of literature she having but recently taken quite an in terest in and prepared much of the copy for a special edition of the Boone County Republican. The lady also owns a ten-acre tract of land in the Orchard Home. They are people of considerable wealth and inllucnce and THE Mail is glad of their interests here and of their vihit. Health. j ' j pwi Jiuai hi, i nave tuton Vi , w. V,s1 ..t TT it. c vuiuw whicb ui lauou ts o a rsa. pa ri 11a, and am now feeling very well again. Mrs. Charles J. Kibbe, Ash land Oregon. Hood's pills cure sick headache. Bits of Local Railway News. Roadmasler Calvin, of C. rnnt Ihh spent the Fourth in Medford. s Anion? the freight. rteiiia ul Ml. ford this week was a carload of salt for the S. O. P. P. Co. The Medford flouring mill shut down last week for a rest of a couple of weeks, or until new wheat is to be had. .. The circus advertising car passed south last Tuesday. This circus has three advertising cars, and another in voice of "big pictures'' may be looked for before the date passes for the "big" shows. Protect Your Cherry Trees. For several weeks past an insect, or grub, has beeD raising sad havoc with the cherry tree foliage in this vicinity, but to provide a means of execution for these pests has been a thing many of our people have been unable to reach. Hon. J. D. Whitman, however, has given us the following very simple remedy: Spray your trees with a solution of one ounce of Paris green and ten gallons of water. Do this right now 'dfc if It: !H lltMMmiitftlttrMMllltlltllMt .. Ms e 1 ' . M H H IMtlttfftlttM tHmMMIMMHMIMtMHIIIIHimilllHIIir JC A Neat Cupboard . . . Is the pride of the thrifty housewife. She likes to show her dishes to her neighbors when they call. She doesn't want anybody else to get ahead of her in this matter. I invito housekeepers to look at my din ner and tea sets. I can help them make their cupboards Iih) k as neat as anybody's. I have in stock a full line of H Glassware, crockery, H Groceries, FIRST-CLASS GOODS AT LOW PRICES 1 Wolters, The Grocer, MEDFORD, - - OREGON. M -i T QRANFILL & ;TT XI T "T T Best Bargains, Most Goods, Best Values For Cash. Our stock is nice, clean and new. We have a beautiful line of ladies' spring dress goods wash goods of every description. Quantities of laces, embroideries, gimps, etc. Prices on all lines lower than the lowest. We buy and sell on a Bed Rock Basis CASH NeAv line of spring shoes. New goods arriving daily. Call at once before the assortment is broken. Same assortment of goods aud samo prices at our Central Point Store. Cni & HntcMsoD, 3Ir. Arthur J. Henday Woodland, Wash. it I Am Cured" Eczema For Over Three Years Purified the Blood with Hood's Sarsaparllla and Is Now WetU - C. L Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Dear Sirs: I wish to forward yon statement of my case. Eczema ap peared three years syo and sines then I have tried all kinds of remdi to the care of the discos and had glva op all hope of ever being eared. At laat I was told to try Hood's Sanap-. rilla and Hood's Olive Ointment. X did so and I am bapp to aay that I Am Cured of that dreadful skin disease. I haT taken sixteen bottles of Hood's Saraa parilla and used five boxes of the Oint ment. I would have written bfor bat I wished to wait until I was oonfl- Hood's Cures deat tbe disease would not return again. It has not and I can say I an perfectly cared. I gladly recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla." ABTHra J Mudit, Woodland, 'Washington. Hood's Pills do not parte, pein or rrlpe, but act pmUr. sully tDCefficitatly. as. before greater devastation falls to the lot of your trees. Mr. Whit man states that it is a positive ex terminator, but ought to be applied at once before the grub called "cherry slug" matures and propa gates, which they will do about the middle of August Unless attended to at once the foliage will be en tirely destroyed and the full energy of the tree will be required to pro duce anew, and because of this energy it may die. Notice. Dr. Kirchgessner has rvmoved his ofhee to i he Mc A nd re w block on Seventh, street. - - t-- 1 i I r I' Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco A T r W -UTCHISON Are still at the front andjas usual are giving the 1 MEDFORD and CENTRAL POINT.