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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1896)
THE LIEDFORD ML Published Every Friday Morning. Official Paper of Jackson ounty. BLITON & BATTERSON, Publishers, SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR. MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE. He is of few days; but quite a plenty. Eiilered in tha Postofhce at Medford, Oregon as Second-Class Mail Matter. TUTC T A "OCT? 18 keP on ftieat A OlO 1 JL PjIX E. C Dake's Ad vertising Agency, ft! and on Merchants Ex change, San Francisco, California, where con tracts tor advertising can be made for it. Medford, Fkiday, Sept. 11, 1896. Our Clubbing Llst. The Mail and Weekly S. F. Call S2 25 " Examiner 2 35 4,14 4' Chronicle 2 35 " " 44 OreROnian 2 00 44 Cosmopolitan .... 2 65 44 44 Popular Science.. 2 00 " Weekly Cincin nati Enourier. - . - 1 60 .The Bryan party will leave Lin coln in a few days for a tour of the south. . 'Spain, besides having a revolu tion in Cuba on her hands, is fac ing an insurrection in the Phillip- pine islands. It is said that a Ger man secret order is at the bottom ' of the troubles there.. The Portland Telegram is can did in admissions of inconsistency. It is gushing oyer the nomination of Palmer and Buckner, and adds that they are good men for demo crats to shout for, even if they don't vote for them. McKinley will make short cam paign tours next month 'tis said. Hanna seems to have rescinded his order that under no circumstances would McKinley take the stump, ' but this decision seems to be in ac cord with a prevailing desire of par.y leaders. Breckenridge did not appear in public at the Indianapolis love feast, following the nominations, be cause it was not considered good politics to have him do so. It would have been better politics to have not let him venture so far as Indianapolis even. . The wearer of the ancient and mysterious Chinese yellow jacket thinks there are too many political parties in the United State, and wonders that the newspapers do not do something to bring them to gether. Li Hung has evidently not delved very deeply into the methods of American journalism or the traits ot the American poli tician. . The second annual conventkn of the Northwest Mining association will be held at Spokane, Wash., October 6 7th and 8th. ' The at tendance of anyone interested in . dissemination throught the world of mining facts as existing in the Pacific northwest is desired and a -contribution to the specimans to be placed on exhibit is asked of each mine-owner and of each mineral district. The convention will be addressed by geologists, scientists and mining engineers of internation al reputation. Ore will be trans ported to Spokane free of cost, and reduced fares one and one-fifth will be given all persons attending. Because of the Chinese exclusion net Li Hung Chang, minus the noffin.decided not to visit the Pacific , . coast of the United States, explain ing his lack of desire to do so on the ground that he would be be eeiged with large numbers of his own countrymen who were armed with complaints of the most unfair treatment by Americans. Li Hung has not a very flattering opinion . at his command when the Geary law id under discussion, though it is hardly possible that his phiolso- phy will be taken with enough of seriousness to produce any marked changes in American public opin ion. This is about tha season of the year when equalization boards throughout the country rise to the task of confirming the unequal dis tribution of the burdens of taxa tion. They are unequal because there is not a poor man in the whole length and breadth of the land but who is assessed for prac- ically the total value of his worldly possessions, while there is many a rich man who would at once be impoverished if the assessor's books were to be taken seriously and future credit was to be based upon the revelations therein made; there is not a man in poor or moderate circumstances who does not pay taxes to the extent of his ability, and there is not a rich man in the country who pays a tithe as much in comparison. While this condition of things exists the acts of the equal ization boards are but little better than a farce. Now the middle classes of the country bear the brunt of public expense and the wealth of the country agilely hides when the assessor approacheth and ap pears when dangers threaten with an untimerous demand for the protection for which it is unwilling to pay. So long as such a condi tion exists it is little wonder that a spirit of discontent and unrest is everywhere. It may seem a small problem and one easy of solution, but nevertheless its speedy and just solution means as much in the way of equality and justice if not more than the decision of any of the more ponderous issues now in our way. A large loan company that was placing eastern money on Kansas real estate has gone the way of the uncertain and is in the hands of a Kansas court. Its liabilities are 14,250,000 and its assets are mort gages on good, bad and indifferent portions of Kansas loam, sand and sage brush, and such securities as has not enabled it to pay interest on its bonds for the last year. The Kansas concern has been in the hands of a receiver before, but in that respect it is not unlike many another that has been doing busi ness in the same line, wherein un limited confidence has been builded upon financial quicksands and money entrusted to them for invest ment has been handled with reck less profligacy in hopes of sweep ing in large winnings as the specu lative bubble assumed greater proportions and glowed with more enchanting brilliancy. It was such institutions as this that, more than any other agency, spread abroad distrust as to the value of western farm securities and brought upon themselves disaster, and to their clients forced liquidation. Chief among all the gorgeous humbugs of this stripe was a Min neapolis investment company which wa3 managed by one Lewis F. Menage, and who was in reality himself' the company but too shrewd to let that fact be known. It was his custom to buy cheap lands near boom towns, or start town booms of his own, put up straw mortgages for several times the commercial value of the prop erty even that of the most gilded days of western booms and eell the mortgages in the east to local investors, while with the immense profits between the cost of his in vestments and the proceeds of his loans he was easily able to keep up tne interest, so long as eastern loans were easily obtained Menage's Minneapolis bucket-shop was ac knowledged one of the greatest benefactors of the west, but the time came when the interest de mands very largely exceeded the margin on loans. The real estate sales did not supply money enough to keep up appearances and keep the cash box from diminishing. It was at this stage of the game that Menage decided to decamp, which he did successfully, taking over a million dollars with him. He and his wife are supposed to be quietly residing in some secluded portion of Central or South Amer ica, reveling in the profits of dis honesty, while several million dollars' worth of wrecks located at various points between Min neapolis and the Pacific coast pro claim the extent of his duplicity. The depressing effect of such busi ness methods cannot admit of a doubt and the announcement in the columns of the daily press that another money loaning concern, of unquestionable business methods, has quit should certainly be cause for little uneasiness except for the evil already done. In the September Review of Reviews the editor discusses different phases of the presidential campaign espec ially the revolt of the gold-standard democrats, the attitude of Eastern wage earners toward Mr. Bryan, and the spreud of free-silver doctrine among the farmers. Another import ant topic of discussion in tho depart ment "The Progress of the World" is Lord Salisbury's Venezuelan proposi tion, in connection with the general scheme for a permanent tribunal of ar bitration. The editor also covers most of the striking developments of the month in British and European politics. SCHOOL NOTES. There are already a dozen pupils in attendance from outside districts. Wanted An unabridged diction ary for each of the grammar grades. The new primary teacher's room is to be arranged the same as Miss Coleman's. Floyd White, who graduated last year, has re-entered school to take up some review work. The seventh grade is larger . in number than last, but the average age is less, some are only twelve. Miss Edna Gibson, of Central Point, was a very welcome visitor to the first and second grades Mon day. . The fifth grade pupils are in new quarters this year, being now lo cated in the up-stairs room that was unoccupied last year. A number of the grades desire to secure organs for their rooms. If these can be secured it will add greatly to the interest in music. , Quite a number of pupils in the different grades, who have studied during the summer, have been taking examination for promotion. Three hundred and fifty-six pupils are enrolled. There should be more than that. Everyone should make special effort to enter at the beginning of the year and then be punctual in attendance. The new tenth grade begins work with a vigor that indi cates success for the future. Several are taking a course in book keeping and shorthand and if enough desire it typewriting will be taught. t. There are at present 09 pupils in the two primary rooms. Miss Cole man takes charge of those pupils who live north of Seventh street, while those living south of that line are in the care of Mrs. Peters. Miss Edith White, class of '96, made a pleasant call at the teachers' meeting on her way in from her school. She holds sway at the Grove school, west of town, and passes to and fro on a wheel. Ashland's Water In Litigation. An injunction was last week issued out of the United States court for the northern district of California on the mayor, city council, and all employes of the municipality of Ashland, Jacobs &, Virgin, the Ashland Flouring Mill company, and the Ashland Woolen Mills company, together with all em ployes and servants of these companies, restraining them from interference with a water ditch belonging to the Golden Flecse Mining company or with the flow of water into said ditch from Ashland creek. This action has been hastened by tho flour mill company of Ashland breaking down a dam that was used by the mining company to turn the water from the creek into their ditch for mining purposes. The parties enjoined were cited to appear in the United States circuit court at San Francisco on Monday of this week, which they did by attorneys K. D. Briggs for the flouring mill company and C. B. Watson for the city. In case the injunction holds the flouring mill company in particular claim they will have to shut 'down during the dry season, us there will not be water enough to operate :heir machinery, but the parties instituting legal proeed iitgs have to put up a bond sufficiently large to cover any losses occasioned by it should the caso go against them. A long-windod legal tightovor tho re parian rights of the one as against the prior appropriation of the other is looked for so that it will probably bo a long time before any of the parties in terested will find just where they are at. The mining company place the date of acquiring -their rights 1861, while the mill company claims to have appropriated their rights in 1853. The Golden Fleece Mining company recently purchased their property from E. K. Anderson. While Mr. Anderson had charge of tho ditch he cut the water off from It during the dry season in order that -Ashland parties might have the benefit of a full flow. There Is a prospect that the case many be transferred to the courts of this countv. In riemoriam. "A flower Hint does with opening morn atlse. And, nourishing the day, at evening dies." Centuries ago a pugan philosopher used this illustration of what we cull death, ami we have lately seen it occur 111 our nudist; the Master came into the happiest group and beckoned one of the happiest of the group into the open door. He followed and the door shut ; "God's finger touched him and he slept." This is the death which we in our blindness regret; hut it is but, "the grey eve Ie tween two shining days" the day of the past and the immortal day -of the eternity of the future. Such has ln-en the experience of Calvin and OUie Pence who left their home near Jacksonville to spend a few days enjoying the cool moun tain air and resting from the summer's lalwrs. - ' On the morning of the 27th of August there arose a happy croup, but ere the sun had finished sheading its gilded rays on this side of the earth, thero was one of this happy group of .the 'morning lieckoned to enter by the dark Angel of Death. , This was Ie Otis Pence, the only son of Calvin and OUie Pence, aged two years and nine months. The en tire heartfelt svmpathv of this commun ity is extended to the bereaved family. N. M.W. It Is a Fact That Hood's SarHtiparilla, the one true blood purilior, has proved, over and over again, that it has power to cure, even when other medicines fall to do any good. Hood's pills are puroly vegetable and do not purge, pain or gripe. At drug gist. 25 cents. Superior job printing, Matl office. A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. California fruit is advancing in price in the London market. The republican plurality in Ver mont was approximately 40,000. Cleveland remains silent regard ing the Indianapolis nomination. ' Comptroller Eckels refers to the work of the Indianapolis convention as the "reconstruction of the demo cratic party." Nebraska democrats and popu lists have effected a fusion, the popu lists getting four of the candidates on the electoral ticket. Sewall publically declares that he will not withdraw from the demo cratic national ticket, and never had any notion of doing so. The largest whale ever brought into San Francisco, was brought in last Friday. It was eighty feet long and fourteen feet wide. It is considered probable that the Arabs who aided in the recent at tempted usurpation of the Zanzibar throne will be banished and their property confiscated. , Francisco Errazuring has been proclaimed president of Chile for the five years commencing the 18th by a vote of 62 to 00 in the Chilean congress. Spotters who have been watching opposition boats down at San Fran cisco are not altogether happy. Only the other day they were con fronted with an aggregation of aged eggs. The demands of the harvest hands in the vicinity of Colfax, Wash., who recently struck for $1.50 a day, have been acceeded to, and the men have returned to work. The ' First National bank, of Helena, Montana, failed last week, 011 account of heavy de mands of eastern creditors. It was the largest bank in Helena and the one of which Ex-Governor Houser was president. Jesse Grant, son of the general and ex-president, has written an open letter to the populists of San Diego, Calif., of which place he is a resident, that he will henceforth cast his political affiliations with the populists. The commercial editor of the Minneapolis Times estimates the wheat crop of Minnesota and the Dakotas this year at 108,000,000 bushels as against 195,000,000 bushels last year and 120.000,000 bushels in 1S94. Iceland was, on August 26, visited by an earthquake, tha severest since 17S4. Farms were destroyed cattle killed and buildings wrecked, but no deaths of persons are reported. The center of the disturbance ap peared to be the volcano Hecla. The millers' trust, known as "The Spring Wheat Combine of the North West," has rone out of business . The combine, which was formed solely for the purpose of regulating the prices of flour, failed of accom- flishment of its object because the arge millers cut prices whenever they felt like it. In British oflieial circles it is be lieved that the Marquis of Salis bury has determined to pursue his own course at Constantinople in the future, and has given the British ambassador, Sir Phillip Currie, pre cise and significant instructions, with greater powers to command naval aid in enforcing the demands of Great Britain. A Memphis man is advocating an amendment to the Tennessee constitution striking out the require ment that public officers shall give bonds, on the ground that, as the ublic elects its officers', it should ose if they prove faithless and that making the people losers will cause them to be more careful in the se lection of candidates. An engineer on .the Atlantic ex press out of San Francisco shot an outlaw who attempted to hold up the train, and pulled the train into Sacramento, a distance of about eight miles. The robber had been riding on the engine tender, and the train was approaching a large tressle, when the hold-up oct curred. The train was stopped, and a confederate called upon the fire man to come down and cut off the train. , While the fireman was try ing to do so the engineer caught the first bandit off his guard and shot him, killing him instantly. He pulled the throttle, started the train, andthe other robber fled. The idea advanced by a San Fran cisco man to kill incurables who desired it, seems to have been originally advanced by Napoleon in his Egyptian campaign. The questiou of ending the life of the in curably plague stricken soldiers who would have to be left behind was seriously diseussod.and it was finally decided to accelerate a few moments, by a potion, a death which was in evitable, anil which otherwise would have been painful and" oruel. Na poleon subsequently said that the report had been made to him that the men could not live twenty-four hours, and that he thought it an act of charity to anticipate their death a few hours . Had he been among the inflicted he would have de manded such treatment, and would have given the same advice in re to his own child. To Trade lor fled ford Property. I have a house and lot in Ocean View addition to San Francisco which I will trade for Medford property. Call at Medford Mail office for particulars or address Mrs. E. D. Schneider, postoftice box No., K23, San Jose, Calif. Avoid Consumption. By stopping that cough. We know of no better remedy for coughs and colds than the S. B. Cough Cure. 50 cents a bottle. For sale by Chas. Strang. Trespass notices, printed on cloth, for sale at five cents each at The Mail office. We Place on Sale This Week... Fine Embroidered Handkerchiefs ... AT 15 CENTS .... Each handkerchief subject to a slight imperfec , tion. These goods cost 20 to 35 cents to import. Give them a look before they are all gone... Our later Stock" is s The largest stock of Blankets in Southern Oregon, which we offer at 20 cents to $ 3 per blanket. Our specalty an 11-4, pound, grey blanket at 75 cents per pair .... DEUEL & STEVENS, medford, ore. J TJ SUPERSTITIOUS Do You f If you do, notice the crowd Believe in that is constantly at our Signs? (store. It is the Sign of Business And to do business these days means low prices. We are selling goods at prices that just can't be beaten. New goods arriving daily, consisting of dress goods of the newest designs and patterns, ginghams, calicoes, muslins, trunks, valises, cloth ing, and an elegant line of ladies' and gent's furn ishing goods. W. H. Meeker & Co. IP 11 ! 4EtE ... Is No r.a' ra Li r,a ta. ra That they cannot feel 1 SE J J J J J J J J I Mikl, L ! 1 1, 1, 1 1, 1, 1 32 m cannot seo between goodclothing and Cheap John CliOTHlflG I now have in stock the finest lino of fall and winter clothing over shown in Medford and more corning. Call and see for yourself, and get my prices. No troublo to show goods .... S. ROSENTHAL, Medford, Ore. r.a na ca nar L.-ut A liivery Turnout.:.. tfc u a Pleasure Sought by Many People When Properly Turned Out.... The horses must be well groomed, in good flesh and must be good drivers; the carriage? must be kept clean, well oiled and well painted. The teams must be gentle, the prices reasonable and the treatment of customers courteous. All of these are strictly carried out at the WILLIAHS BROS., Proprietors, Worman's old stand, - - MEDFORD, OREGON Sent It to His If other in Germany. Mr. Jacob Esbensen, who is in the employ of the Chicago Lumber Co., at Des Moines, Iowa, says: 4'I have just sent some medicine back to my mother in the old country, that I knew from personal use to be the best medicine in the world for rheumatism, having used it in my family for several years. It Is called Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It always does the work." 20 cent bot tles for sale by Geo. H. .Raskins. Assessor's Notice io Taxpayers- "VTOTICE Is hereby given that the board of , w(uiiiimiiiu iui tfucKiHin county, scale or Oregon, will convene at the office of the oountr clerk In Jacksonville on Monday, October 5, 1896. For the purpose of publicly examining the as seKsment roll and correcting all errors in val uation, descriptions, quantities of land, lots or other property. Said board will continue la session from day to day until said roll has been duly examined. All parties Interested will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Hmhy kuppix. County Assessor. Medford, September , "99. a ....300 now Reafly for Inspection 53 V I One So Blind... $ the difference even if thev -4