OUR COUNTY.
Correspondents 1
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Interesting items from being entirely over
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Eagle Point Eaglets.
BY A. C. HOWLETT.
Mr. Strickiin of Sacramento,
California, son of Mrs. H: T. Sever
ance, is here visiting his mother.
Mrs. Amanda Griffeth is living
wth ; her daughter Mrs. M. - S.
Wood since the death of her daugh
ter Etha.
On Monday of last week Prof.
P. H. Daley closed his school on
account of Scarlet fever being in
(the neighborhood.
Wm. Perry and wife spent the
might at the Pioneer on Tuesday of
aast week, and the boys gave them
.an old fashioned charivari.
Miss Eddy, of Portland, daughter
o lKailroad Commissioner lAdy, is
here visiting with Miss Mattie Tay
2or and George Brown's family.
On New Years ere the young
folks gave a basket dance. There
were twenty numbers sold at fifty
cents each, and all had a pleasant
5tim,
John Nichols was in town
Thursday of last week and reports
Ukathis stock is doing very well,
hat that the stock generally looks
Swdly. -
The foot ball club met on their
-grounds several times last week to
practice, and on Saturday went to
Central Point to play a game
against the Central Point club
understand tnat tney naa a very
exciting time and a closely con
tested game, but our side beat.
Mrs. F. A. Gigray and Mr.
Habbe, of Table Rock, came over on
ToeSday to visit Mr. Hubbs parents,
asd while here Mrs. G. was taken
violently ill with heart failure. For
a short time her life was despaired
of, but she recovered 60 as to be
able to attend church here Sunday,
xand returned home in the afternoon
The old year was watched out
and the new year watched in by
tie young folks at Frank Morgan's
And by the older ones at the resi
dence of H. T. Severance. The
Sirst named spent the time in
amusements ana the otner nac a
religious service. Both parties re
port having had a very pleasant
time.
It becomes my duty to chronicle
another death in our immediate
neighborhood Ilellen Daley, in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Daley, Sr., who died on the
-5th inst, of membraneous croup,
stared five years and seven days.
5;he was taken with scarlet fever
in a malignant form about a week
before and a fftw hmira lwfnr hpr
death she was taken with membran
ous croup and died from suffocation.
""The funeral services were onducted
by Uev. L. L: Grover and the body
was interred in the Central Point
cemetery.
Our stockmen are having consid
erable trouble in gathering in their
stock. When the first snow came
in the high hills it drove the cattle
-out but they found no grass on the
foot-hills, and as the snow dissap
peared they worked their way back
and the heavy snows came and
caught them. Joseph Rader, Carl
Stanley and Geo. Morine kave just
returned from a hunting tour and
rthey report having found cattle in
rihe aaow two feet deep and had
great difficulty in getting them out,
aa tbe crust on the snow was so
hard that it was almost impossible
1o ride through it. Joe says that
he has not yet found about forty
Jhead of his cattle.
a few friends to eat Christmas din
ner with them. The date being
also Grandpa Lynch a seventy-fifth
birthday and he seemed to feel as
young as anyone present. All did
justice to the dinner and expressed
themselves as having spent a very
enjoyable Christmas..
Central Point Items.
Etna Echos.
J. A. Houston is building a large,
comfortable, commodious barn.
Mrs. Hodges has returned home
from Antioch, where she has been
visiting with relatives and friends
for some time.
Mrs. Morrison has recently re
turned home from her visit with
her sister, Mrs. Pankey, of Sams
JVaJley, who has been quite ill.
Mr . and Mrs. W. A. Houston are
all smiles over the arrival of an
ight pound boy baby, which came
to their home last Thursday, Jan
uary 2d.
Sleigh riding has been all the
Tage here for a while, but the recent
rains and last three or four days of
warm sunshine has about spoiled
our fun in that line.
A few evenings ago the young
folks, of our neighborhood gathered
at Mr. Jas. Hannah's place and in
dulged in a real, good, old-fashioned
candy pull. The evening was fine,
candy good and everyone present
njoyed themselves immensely.
Christmas and New Year passed
quietly and pleasantly with us.
M.T. and Mrs. George Lynch invited
Representative Jeffrey spent. Tues
day in our city . :
Warren Mee. of Applegate, spent
bunday in our city.
G. A. Newman, of Eagle Point,
spent Saturday here.
L. G. Goodell and family have
become residents of our city.
Miss Iffie Haselgrave spent last
week with friends on Applegate.
Miss Mary Vincent spent last
week with friends in Sams Valley.
There are several of our citizens
now employed in the mines on Foots
creek.
Rev. Blackwell will preach in
the M. E. Church next Sunday at
the usual hour.
Mrs. Wm. Nichols, who has been
quite ill Bince New Year, is able to
be about again.
Dr. Hinkle and wife spent sev
eral days this week visiting with
friends in Grants Pass.
Samuel Moore has been ap
pointed postmaster here to succeed
Miss M. Cardwell, who resigned.
The ladies of the Baptist church
have ordered a bell for the Baptist
church which will be here in a few
days.
Mrs. M. Herrington and son, Lee,
of Hollister, California, who have
been visiting relatives of this place.
returned home Tuesday.
G. C. Roberts, who lived on his
farm about six miles from here, de
parted this life on the 3d inst. He
was stricken with apoplexy and
only lived a few hours. He leaves
a wife and several grown children,
who have the sympathy of all, in
their sad bereavment
mother and brother at Bybee
Springs,
C. F.'. Taylor and Miss Maggie
Hillis V represented Wimer at the
leap year ball in Grant's Pass
Wednesday night
. Louis EachuB who has been laid
up with a broken leg since the
fifteenth of November is improving
rapidly under the skillful care of
Dr. Flanagan.
Phoenix Shavings.
BY FODON'Y
Miss Carrie Langs ton is visiting
her parents on Grifiin creek.
Mr. Payne is very ill, but did
not learn what is the matter.
John Neiswaner, who lives over
on Rogue river, is visiting friends
around the burg.
Mr. Clements is quite ill, and
made a trip to Medford Saturday
to interview the doctor.
Mr. Caran is ill. He is one of
the pioneers of Southern Oregon,
being somewhere in the eighties.
James Briner is working his hy
drauuc pump. lie expects to
make a good thing out of it if the
water holds out.
Mr. Langston contemplates go
ing to Kansas in the spring going
by wagon. A long trip to make in
that way, but it has been done all
right
The dance given by E. W. Car
ver iSew ears eve was well at
tended, considering the fact that
the dance was not thought of until
about noon Tuesday. About thirty
couples were present.
The well on Corner's place east
of Phoenix, of which mention has
been made, is liable to prove some
thing more than just a well. The
prospects for coal are said to be
good. Will tell you more later on.
Evans Creek Events.
are
BY GENEVA.
The miners of Jump-off-Joe
wishing for more rain.
Miss Rose Oden is in Jackson
ville visiting her Bister.
W. F. Eachus and H. E. Beck
are mining on Wards creek.
Miss Annie Herriott visited with
her parents Friday and Saturday.
H. S. Moore and Miss Mary Hillis
spent Sunday with Miss Claire
Eachus.
Evans creek events have been
scarce articles lor tne past two
months.
J. Moore, of Sams Valley at
tended the dance at Wimer New
Year's night.
Miss Fanny Pressler returned to
school in Jacksonville Monday after
having spent the holidays with her
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DR.
BAKING
INKftNBl
Griffin Creek Gatherings.
BY OCCASIONAL.
Rev. Robert Faucett preached
here Sunday at the usual hour.
Rev. Brower, of Talent, will bold
services here next Sunday at 11a
m. t
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Griffin haB
returned from their visit to Jose
phine county.
Misses Minnie McPherson and
Cora Bashford visited their friends
on Crooked creek Friday.
mra. j. r. irue is reported on
the sick list this week. An attack
of rheumatism seems to be the
trouble.
A. Anderson s family have been
quite ill, but are slowly improving
at tnis writing.
Grifiin creek roads are still in
good condition. L. A. Murphy
continues to haul wood to Medford
daily as also several others .
J. C. Lacy, of this, place, is dig
ging up his old orchard here. Some
of the trees being troubled with
insects and others dying of old age.
J. Hartlev raised some 6uear
cane this year which he has manu
factured into syrup. It is Dro
nounced a first class article bv
those who have tasted it.
Kanes Creek Items.
BY SINK DIE.
Grandma Way is suffering with
a severe attack of erysipelas .
Dr. Braiden was transacting
business over on Galls creek last
Saturday.
Bert Darling, who has the past
two weeks been chopping wood
in this neighborhood, returned
home Thursday.
Arthur Scoggins and Clarence
KnotU, of Jacksonville, were at this
place Saturday. Both were looking
for a suitable location to move to.
Robert Swinden and familv at
tended the New Year's dance at
Murphy, Josephine county. They
report a fine time and a larce at
tendance.
Will Compton, of Brownsboro
nas come to mis place to remain
the winter with his sister, Mrs.
Birdsey. While here he will en
gage in mining.
The "Roaring Gimlet" niininm
company has commenced cutting a
ditch at their mine, preparatory to
laying their hydraulic pipe and.go
to work when water is sufficient.
REHEARSED JULIET IN A CEMETERY.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Tilt uioT Of THE WEEK'O HAPPEN-
IN09 A3 TOLD BY TELEGRAPH.
iiama rrm Knroaa, Ada,
'Aftrtad Morth Bud South Amarlea,
WUh rarllonUr Attention to Impor
tant Mom Km.
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
Mary Anderson'. SacrlfleN and Hard Work
For a Staca Carver.
Returning to Louisville from New
York city, study was begun ou a new
plan. I bad learned from Mr. Vandeu
bo9 who gave her a few loasous in elo
cution and acting to turn my dcu into
a stag. Imagining one of the walls the
auditorium, it needed but u step farther
to crowd the house with an enthusiastic)
public, and a small audience was never
ceen in that theater. Chairs were made
to represent the diflereut characters, and
a bust of Shakespeare the Cbandos, to
my mind the fluent of all, though unfor
tunately not as authentic as the Strat
ford was placed at a proper height and
converted into the "leading juvenile."
Clifford, Claude, Co Ion n a, were the
parts assigned to it, but as Romeo I
imagined it looked least stony. Six
months of solitary work was now be
gun. Dancing and music, of which I
was passionately fond, were renounced
and ray girlhood friends and companions
given up. The exaggeration of youth
led me to believe that complete concen
tration on the one subject alone would
lead to success. Tbe labor was particu
larly hard, working as I did in the
dark, having no one to consult and no
experience to guide me. I longed for
help, which never came, except from
my mother, who was as ignorant as I of
the rules of dramatic- art Still wo
worked on incessantly, I producing ef
fects, she criticising them to the best of
her ability.
Often in the middle of the night I
would awaken her to show some new
point. Indeed I owe more to her con
stant and loving interest and encourage
ment than I can ever hope to repay. To
get the hollow tones of Juliet's voice in
the tomb and better realize my heroine's
feelings on awakening in her "nest of
death, contagion and unnatural sleep,"
I frequently walked to Cave Hill, Louis
ville's beautiful cemetery, there to speak
her lines through the grilled door of a
vault Had a thorough schooling in the
art been possible, instead of these ran
dom and ungnided efforts, my work
would have been halved and its results
doubled. Mary Andorsou Do Navarro
in Ladies' Hume Journal.
Are You Going to Prove up?
Parties who contemplate making
final proof on their land can save ti big
item of expense by having us prepare
their paper, which work wo will do free
of charges. Bring or send us the name
of party making proof, description of
land, the names of four persons who
appear as witnesses and the date upon
which proof is to make, givin
for six weeks' publication.
An electric railroad will soon be built
between Van turn and Santa Paula.
John Dunn, the Sonoma hermit, was
recently round dead In his cabin.
The orange crop of Southern Califor
nia has been badly damaged by frost
Tha California citrus exhibition at the
Atlanta fair has been awarded a gold
medal.
Cincinnati seems to be the favorite in
the contest for tbe Democratic national
convention.
Mrs. John Nelson committed suicide
at San Mateo, Cal. Despondency was
tne cause.
The street railway strike in Philadel
phia was of short duration and the men
are now back at work.
Zella Nicolaus, who became notorious
thronh her suit against George Gould,
has gone on the stage.
Peter Schertz, in the banking and
lumber business at Metamore. I1L. has
failed. Liabilities, f loO.OOO; asset, over
$150,000.
Sunday liquor selling is no longer
profitable in New York city and few
saloonkeepers take chances by owning
their side doors.
The Western railroads have aifred to
exempt Sundaps and holidays from the
storage chnrtces on Luggage left with
them over twenty-four hours.
Th American Memorial Monument
association has put iu tlmpe fur public
presentation tne movement lor a na
tional monument to Dr. ij. F. Smith,
the author of "America. "
All tke furnaces of Newcastle, Pa.,
are closing down us a result of demands
on the part of the employes to pay for
time uuu a nan ou ouuanv and a cor
responding increase on holidays.
A monument has been erected at
Stockton by the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers to Engineer Sam
Clarke, who was killed in the wreck on
the trestle near Sacramento during the
railroad strike in ISM.
At midnight of Dec. 31 the limits of
the city of Brooklyn became ootermi-
nate with the county of Kings. The
government of the division was merged
and the county of Kings for mast pur
poses paused out of existence. The legal
title of the new corporation is "The
County of Brooklyn. " Kings county
had been in existence for 212 years.
Mrs. Pacheco, wife of ex-Governor
Romualdo Pacheco of California, was
assaulted by footpads in New York city
recently. The robbers seised her by the
throat as she was walking alons- the
street and dragged her toward an allev-
way. Fortunately two men on a deliv
ery wagon saw tbe struggle and went
to her assistance. The wouldbe thieves
released her and escaped.
Among the cases to be decided this
month by the United States supreme
court are I He irrigation bond cases from
California. They involve the constitu
tionality of the Wright irrigation act.
1 he government suit against the Stan
ford estate will also come up. Joseph
H. Choate. the famous New York law
yer, will appear in the latter case as at
torney for Mrs. Stanford.
The British ship Turret. Bay, has
sailed from Port Richmond with twenty
oil' burning locomotives built by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phila
delphia for the Russian government
Tbe engines weigh 87 tons each and are
built with special fire boxes for burning
petroleum instead of coal. They are
designed for both freight and passenger
service ou the Transcaucssian railroad.
Twenty more engines will be shipped
this month.
Preparations are being made for the
opening cf the New York mining ex
change and tbe occasion promises to be
a novel oue for that citv. President
rPorter says that arrangements are com
pleted whereby all the best stocks dealt
in upon tha Denver. Cripple Creek.
Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Vic
tor and Pueblo mining exchanges will
be listed on tbe New. York exchange, to
be opened after the middle of January.
About 100 different stocks will be on
the list.
Deputy Commissioner of Immigration
McSweenev at Naw Y'ork estimates that
about 13,000 more immigrants arrived
at Ellis Island last year than in 1994.
Ha estimates the total for 1993 at 829.607
and the increase over last year 61.944.
For 1904 the arrivals at the immigrant
station were 167,663 and for 1898 158,944.
He SBa the character of the immigrants
is much better than in previous years.
This improvement is duo to the rigid
enforcement of the immigration laws.
The immigrants of last year brought
14,0000 with them, and this year they
brought a muoh larger sum.
By one, of the most clever forgeries
that has ever been done in San Fran
cisco the Nevada bank was swindled of
$20,003 three weeks ago by a man who
is known as A. H. Holmes and A. II.
Dean. Bo cleverly w the work done
that only sevqral weeks later was the
fraud discovered. The matter was re
ported to the police and deteotives are
trying to find some trace of the smooth
windier. They believe he is an expert
forger who came from the East. Holmes
raised a draft issued by the Bank of
Woodland from $13 to $23,000. Holmes
went to Woodland and secured a $13
draft on the Crocker-Woolworth bank
of San Francisco. Then he weut to the
city, opened au office in the Chronicle
building and arranged to transact his
business through the Nevada bank.
After making a few deposits he pre
sented a draft for $22,000 which was
accepted Rnd passed through the clear
ing house. The day following Holmes
drjw $20,000 from the bank and disap
peared. Several days passed before the
.bank official! knew thev had been vic-
time I Utilized aad the forger had made good
Coatejae aad Mortality.
A remarkable effect of costume on
mortality
manner
general's reports. It appears that among
;y is shown in a very instructive" gPf Medford Mail will be . wnt you
by one of the EnglLh registrar ZJPS.SZJZS
ttte news, and for just ten cents more,
children aged from 1 to 5 years there iMrttfcn full payment is made in advance
an equality in the number of deaths by
scalds aud burns amoug boys and girls, I Enquirer, also for fifty-two weeks. The
but from B to 10 double the number of
girls to that of boys die from these
causes, while from 10 to 20 there die
102 women and only 27 men, and from.
20 upward 71 women and 22 men, show;
ing the influence of muslin and flounce
in producing death, notwithstanding
the greater caution of the female sex.
Thoroughly Human.
Bloozin That street just below is
quite a thoroughfare, isn't it?
Blagzin No ; that's not a thorough
fare at all, but the crowd likes to use it
because there's a sign there that reads,
"Private way dangerous passage."
Roxbnry Gazette.
According to' oriental tradition the
tomb of "Noah, the ark builder," is in
the small town of Nakhtchevan, near
the foot of Mount Ararat It is said to
be a niche in the wall of an abandoned
fortress.
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In the English army a soldier is
drammed to church just as he is to drill
or dress parade.
-Miuing deeds at The Mail office.
A New Deal on tbe Northern Pacific.
That enterprising and "Old Reliable" baa
oonKumated traOlc arrangement with the 8. t.
whereby tbey run one of their upholstered
tourUt sleeping cars carrying passengers from
Oakland, Calif., via (Southern Oregon to Bt Paul,
Minn., without change of cam. This car passe.i
through Ashland, Medford, Grants Pans, Ore
f;on every Wednesday on the regular 8. P, over
und train. A second class ticket give yon the
right to take this car, which you will find clean
neat and comfortable. A uniformed porter in
charge to look after the interests of all passen
gers going east via that line. Go east via the
N. P and advise all your friends to do likewise,
and be hnppy. For tickets or further informa
tion apply to A. D. Carlton, A. (i. P. T.
Agent, Portland, Oregon, e. F. Case, N. P.
Agent, Grants Pass, Oregon, or C. C Belknapp,
Medford, Oregon.
For 5ale Cheap.
One 20od carriage and single
ness all complete. Enquire of Samuel
Swinninff, at Edw. Smith's old place,
or at The Mail office.
J. W. LA.WTON, . .
DEALER IX -
JJARNESS and gADDLERY
Order Work Given Special Attention.
Hand-made and Campbell lock stitch machine-made harness always
on hand. Repairing is right in my line. Branch at Gold Hill . . .
MEDFORD, OREGON.
GOLD HILL, OREGON.
Sunny Banks Stoek parm
-BBEKPKK AND SHIPPZB OF
.-14, it- ' . - T
IMPOKTED
CHESTER
WHITES
Mature Quickly and
Fatten at Any Age
JERSY
CATTLE
OF THE BEST...
Mitt- Batter Strain
IMPROVED CHESTER WHITE
--.SWINE AND JERSEY CATTLE
Intending purchasers 'are;invited to call and inspect my stock. All
correspondence promptly answered. All Stocfc Kegistered.
Farm one mile from Scappoose.
H. WEST, Proprietor, - - Scappoose, Oregon
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S. CHIIiDERS'
...FAIRVIEW ADDITION
Location of Land
Amount of Land in
Tract
Now on the Harket
Commands an Ex
cellent View of
Medford
How Payments may
be Hade
Fruit and Fruit Cul
ture
Who to Address
Lying but a few rods more than one
mile to the east of
....Medford, Oregon,"
Is situated 100 acres of land which is
especially adapted to
Fruit Growing.
This land has recently been placed
upon the market and is now offered for.
sale in tracts of from
2 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 valley ?an be had from any part of
the land. Nearly all of this land has
been cleared and has been under culti
vation for ja number of years. The soil
is of an exceptionally fine quality and its
adaptability to fruit-growing has been
proven. This land will be sold upon the
Installment Plan.
Pavments mav be made at $1.25 per'
week, $o rer month or $15 every quar
ter, or a liberal discount will be ihade
for all cas i purchases.
The success attending fruit culture is
no longer m experiment. ISy direct anal
ysis the soil is found to contain all the
elements required to produce fruits from
the semi-tropical to the hardiest varie
ties. Ovqi these favorable conditions
hangs a cimate co-ordinated and adjust
ed to the hature of the soil.
For further information cencerning
this depiraMe property call on or address
t. CHILlDERS,
MEDFORB, - - OREGON.