r i A GRIST OP LOCAL HAPS AND niSHAPS. A oobwiili BOClul WM llllld at tll resldonou ol W. T. Ksino lust Frhlay uvoiiiiiu unl a splendid ilmu was had by UioHO prasiml und llioro wits a ulu crowd-tho Iioiiku, unroll und yard wore lull ol iiiiilit-ii(l tho pooiilu wuro lull ul murrliiimit. Tlio uuliwolis uro spools ol thread, yarn or strliiK Hint uro un wound uiiil HiuitUiriMl pmmliiiMiiiimly about Dili mom, wound mound door knobs, furniture, ulo., and then several or nioro parties uro turuud louse with ono mid ol tlio HlrltiK In liimd mid tlwy uru to find the oilier unci wliiuu u prieu iwulLa tin. or tlio. who In Btioeosslill In thu uiiruvulliiuc- Ills Kreut sport and I'rouuhur (.iillliis nets mora (un out ol a web social tluui all ol tho combined forces ol youn America put touutlier, ' Dlsfllfuroraunt lor lilo by burnn or saulds nmy bo avoided by using Do Wltl'i Wltob Hu.ol Halve, tho great in mud y lor piles and lor ull kind ol norm mid Win troubles. Mtrunif, tlio UruKKlm, Modlord; Dr. J. Hlnklo, Cou Irnl I'olnt. Tlioro w it 1)1 c hunt on yesterday iu.iix.wni aiuipijiiiiiin ol Modlord and Juuksonvlllu. KIkIiI irontloinoii from each Uiwn, In squads ol two, "Uirwd ..iii-lv vi.nliirilliv inorillllbT mid all duy loiiir u skirmish was inndo lor various Rind" ol iriiinu. A count wits initdii lust nlirht but lit thu tluiu ol io i...r ki urioN no rniiiirl Iium buun inudu u to tlm result. Tho lonlni clijhl In lo furnish n biimiuul U) tho wlunlui; 1. 1 mill miinii ol Lhn r friends ttl.Juuk miuvllloon Hulurdiiy ovoiilnit ol thin wook. Allur tin) biiniUiit u dnnvn ol a (ow hours will be liiduli"d In. A lull reimrt of results will uiiuur In tlmao columns nuxt wook. You can't euro consumption but you can avoid it mid ouro every olhiir form ol throiil or hintf trouhlu by tlio naoiif OnoMlnutoCouKliCiiro. Strung, tho druKitUl, Modlord; Dr. .1. lllnklo, Contrul I'olnt. J. W. IjiwUjii and family roturnod luat week Irom Klumalh County and will ronmln during tho winter In Mod ford, and will occupy Mnyor Haskius' roaliieiioo on North A Ktroot. Mr. l.awuin will work at li ia trndo that ul harnuaamnkiuir. Tho Kovurnimint lund, I'M aoroa, upon which Mr. Law ton wm HvIiik mi recently appraised by tho uovurninunt at l pur uoro, which wiu hluhor than lin pro veil al loliilnif land honco ho did not euro to In veal. Uowovor, tho laud In not vol offered lor anln and it la not luiprouainu Unit Mr. Luwton will bo porniltUid to use It lor KranliiK purposes lor soino tlinn. ' For Exohaniro Flno residence in Modlord, nearly lour Huron ol rloh ar don lund, younif orohitrd, berries, etc., lo oxohmiua lor n Bood country homo. Inquire olW. T. York. On Monday ovonlnK ol this wook Mr. and Mr. K. IJ. Orsor kuvo a party at thoir homo oil West Kovonth street, In honor ol Mr. F. W.Glbbs, who loll 4 Wodnoaday ovonlnK lor Hon Ulo, Wash Iniruin, at which plncc hur huaband now resides. Tlioro wore about twenty vo Invllod friends present and a rlihl jolly tlmo wua bad. Thu ovonlnK' iiinunommita conalatod ol Inalruiuoiitul uualo in abuiidanoo, andKamua unloro n nil tbla lollowud by riilronlmiunUi ol uako and oolToo. Mr. and Mra. Uraor uro olovor ontortainora and their frlenda know It. "If I don't do you a bolUir lob of plow work than any blaokaniltb In Houthorn OroK"n 1 will kIvo you tho work. I am hero to do bualneaa and am willing to book my work wlthaaub alanllal KuuraiiUio." O. V. Morrlmiin. DolburlTorrlll. tho Mudlord livery man. came in Iroin the ApidoKato coun try Wednesday oveniiiK. flo luui lon over there purulmnlnK beet cattlo lor (nOnklnnd Meat Comnanv. ol Oakland, Calll., and waa aucceiiHlul in roundiiiK up live or nix curlomla. Ho pun'.liiuuKl tho Kunaoll. York, O'ltrien and Kuhli liinl. For atoara hi) naid two and throo-fourtlm eenta r pound and lor cowa two and ono-fourth and two and ono-halt. A alilpmont ol thin stock will ha mads Iroin Medford to Oakland .Saturday. Vnr 11. (TO wo will aivo a voar nub' u-rlntlnn to Tu Mail and the Toledo lllado. Thil will apply to old oubaorib- ers who will pay in advance aa won to now onofl. n. W. Orav wai at I'roHtKXJt auain thia wook altor more machinery tor IiIh nlnnlnir mill. O. L. Hohornierhorn baa the building nearly completed and jiiHl nit soon as other machinery is landed hero it Is put in poiitlon and sol to work. The second story ol tho main bulldinK will be used as a work shop and hero will bo muntilanturod windows and doors. Whon ovor thlnu is in ship Mhapo it will be an Institution capable ot turning out a splendid artlclo in any kind ot woocworu. Kontloroan Isn't atteiidliiK "lodgo" or niiwhlnK up kindling wood In tlio book yard, Money to loan on llrst-olaas porsoual or real oatuto security. York Wort in mi, otlluu over Boydou St Nicholson's hardware storo. L. Hbldiilor, ol this city, for the pital several years liua been uiukinu a uolluotlou ol doer horns. lils oolleotlon now numbers very nearly thirty, all of whluh havu been nleoly mountod mid are HiIiikh ol beauty. Twenty-two of those Mr, Hinuoior niui piauoa in isruu glat liasklns store, und as they are ulooly arranKod on either side, at tho oroat ot the beuutltully curved storo llxturoa, a ploluiool beauty is prusunuia that one uoas noi oiieu oo, Alt kinds of wood for sale. Lonir wood, short wood, hard wood, soft wood and Just plain wood. Uolllngur, thodravmcn. W, 1. I)oi1k Is having Justanoven thousand cloth souks printed nl TllK MAILoDloo this wook whluh be will till with his most excellent, bund SO' looted pou corn. Tho reputation whluh Mr. Doduo ho miulo lor his oorn uiiioiik the morcbunU and oonaumers ot tho vulioy bus boun so HullurliiK In thu iiust tliul this voar he leuls iuatlllud In alumni douhllnK his sunply and ho will II nd aulu lor every souk of It. Hllukol will put you In a fireplace or uru to, autMonUiKiiu Kllsoruny other ruiiKO, und ft not satisfactory In every dulull they don't coal you u cunt Conductor Null und KiiKlnourGuuit ul tho Mudlord 'Juuknouvllli! ahortlino Tin Mail can handle all tho good wood which our farmer friends nave I mind to bring in in payment lor sub' rintlnn. We can not take wood on our clubbing propositions. A inwn In Idaho olaims to huvo throe horBolcssonrrlagoB. That's noth ing Modlord oan (jlvo that town cards And spaaos ana vnon uouv uur. iu fnl l,na not nnn lnsn than throo hun- drod nnd olgbt and Morohnnt Wobb nils n nnn OI1C OVOrv OnOO in U while and thoro is noordlnnnoo ugulnst thoir ..mnlni nn tllD BldllWulk. ThOV ItrO propolled by papu powor, whon tho old. switched their truln over to tho South oru I'uelllu uiulii lino Tueaduy and run to Aahluud where the couch wiuiiuriieu end lor end, this being neccaaltutud by the couch wheuls having become worn on onu side more tliun the other und this ix!oaioiied by 1U running so long the one wuy und the wbuuls hitting tlio ourvus in the smno pluue, Wc have tho beat bunk ol brick clay. ConiH-quunlly tho brat brick bo twoenUan IJIogo and Victoria. At the Fulrvlow brick vurd, Hunt Medlord. lilds wore culled tor hut wook by Capt. Noah lor the construction ol an addition to his recently purchased liv ery BUibla and the contract wus awarded lo (J. W. I'rlddy lor .'.'. A. 0. Nlehol son's bid was iW and Stlokel Uros.' (HII. Mr. l'rlddr commenced work on tho building Tuesday. It will be 40x50 tiini In hI.o and will extend to the al lev giving a building all told 50x120 eel. Small nlll. antu Illll. best 1)111. Do- Witt's Little Karly Klsors cure bilious ness, constipation, sick neauaoue. Strang, tho druggist, Mudlord; Ur. J . Ulnklo, Uontrul i'olnt. Hon. J. H. Stcwnrt hus sold ten onrloods ot his lino Hen Davis aoples to a Now York linn nnd the sumo are nn hiilnir imckcd und mudo reudv lor shiiiinout ubout three a week. Wo r ... -i.i . iinuorauuio 1110 nriuo nam m kivuijh ilvo conU per liox on Iward curs at Mm am. iiu nns noi us yoi uiboubuu ol his Yollow Newtown pippins noiU' lug, presumably tor u belter price. Trv one ol those Ilvo cent Multno inuh Ol ub olgnrs at tho l'aluce smoke them once Biuoke them aiwuvs, The opora house isongaged for two nurliLa In thu Immediate vicinity ot Thanksgiving, which Is Thursduy, No vember 2lb. Tho evening botoro Thnnksirlvlnir tho school haa a boneflt ontorturnmont booked and Thunkaglv- Inir nlirht a 1 U-rary and musical ontor . P.... ..ill 1 ..r...... U.. ..II ll... Miinii uiiumunt. win to kivuii v IH-oplo's societioB of all tno churuhes ul mo nuy. Ham Piintar farm to rent tor cash or onu-thlrd ol crop. Call on 1HE Maii. or C. U. Itostcl, Jncksonvlllo. 1 Innrv Jackson, one ol the most pros perous Indian stockmen and ranchers In Klamath County, while In Modlord hut wmik nurchased a lino monument Iroin F. W. Wait to put over the grave ,,i liia mn. linv. Mr. Wait has recently sold a number of new monumont. One ot those was to Will Hamlin, ol Grants I'ass, and another to Mrs. iua ureca Good team to lot out for thoir kcop- Inir until next Anrll or May. J. L. WlBlo. Tvit nvorv Woodmen see that all his friends are present u) near no u dross ot Goo. K. Itodgora on next Mod fluv nvnnlnir nt tho Woodmon hall The best musical tulent of Medford has boen soourod that ol tno meaioro mu ainal AaannUtinn. oonalstlnir ot between thirty and torty voioos. Xu wl" mlsa a trout il you are not more. For rent Fifty acres of good whoat land, two ratios east ol Mouioro. in ouiro of A. W. Blsh, on the plaoo, This week witnessed tho killing ot two men by tho 8. P. trains in Josephine County. Hugh H. Davis was walking across the Grave oreek trestle when the cars came around a bend in tno roaa knocking him off and killing him in stnntly. Tho other man was a tramp, killed in Grants Pass whilo attempting to board a might tram Joo Caekoy, tho host blacksmith on plow work in tho valloy, will work tor Elliott thlB fall and winter. The Ladloa' Aid Society of tho Prosbytorlnn Church has arranged for ,n mn annlul at tho pleasant and com modious homo of Dr. J. W. Odgors noxt Friday ovonlng Novombor IB musiool program light rofroshmonts foed lis assured you are laylted oa an 01 your mends, Colombia and Hartford bloyoles. tho standard ol the world, at J, Ueek Go's, MO to 7&. U. G. Wortrimn. of Modlord, who has recently purohusnd the Hooker smith fruit mid berry farm ol four acres in tho wuatorn suburbs of Ashluud, wus hero Tuesday looking uttor his Inter ests, In company with W. T. York. with whom ho hus recently ontoreu Into partnership In tho ruul cotuto business. Tidings. Tht IxiHtllve cunt olgur miulo is tho Mulliioiiiith Club you gut them ut the Puluce. Tho unpllcuuts lor certificates to leach In JuuKBon County at tho exam ination coiiiiiienalng riovoiiuier lutn are NollloTowno, Anna Clements, Myrtllla lilauk. May 'i'lHunv, John E, Itoth, Mollle Hay, IaiIIu Anderson, Agnes Owens, 1Oulno A. Uunlnre, Cora K. Itogers, Carl von der Hollen and It. C, Chappull. Ijvdica' napes and Jackets now stylos new stock. W. II. Meekor to Co. Tho oyster supper given at tho ojieru house by the Ladies' Aid Moelety Tuesduy miulo a net clean-up ol ubout 17 lor tlio society. Owing to the fact thut there were other euUirtuiniiients on lor the sumo oveniiig the utteiidauco wus not us lurgo us might otherwise have been expected New euslern ouk burrols for salo ut Distillery olllco. Mrs. 8. M. West, lormorly ot thl city, writes Iroin He no, Nevada, Bt-itlng thut alio will snend u veur's tlmo with Dr. und Mrs. tinint In New llampsniro, mid Ihnt ultor thai sho will engugu in tho study ot art In Huston, utter which alio will return to Muuioru. My nlock ot now wulohes hus ar rived. 1). T. l'rltuhurd. W. M. Klchurds, ho who operated tlio Taylor sawmill during tho past summer, has purcbiuud the Tinker lurm from K. N. Warner and bus playlog havoe with Landlord Hamil toes wood pile this week. , O, B, Hostel Is contemplating oon ducting barber shop la bis brick on front street. Mrs. ft, Dunlupdled at her heme In t'boonlx. October 27th. aged about OH years. -C. 11, Dalrymnle, tho Gold Hill lawyer, has moved Into his now brlak building. Tho quarterly examination ol touchers wus hold ut the county seal this wuok. 0. W. Hamlin has had un awning put up in front ol tho M, D. to R. Co. suloon. -G W. I'rlddy shinned n carload ol pressed brick to Yreka, Calif., ibis week. Miss Martha Cardwoll, the school toooher, has entered the Ashland nor mal. Dr. T. I. Marks, a Portland physt- olan, will probably locate at Gold Hill. Team and wagon to trade.' J. 8. Hagey, Kant Medlord. It. A. Carter is oonductlng a res taurant in Gold Hill. oved thoruUi. Thoro uro lourtcen lores In tho place und the price paid uu. WuU'hos cleaned anl warranted for one vear Ur l frltobard, tho 'cwolor. G. K. Fox Is building a flno nlokot fence about his very pleasantly localou homo on North A street. Tho gontlo- mun lsudding a llttlo something new to bis horeo-aoarly every full moon and that is quite proper and commend ublo, iut Wells to Shearor to do your moving satisfaction always. Mr. and Mrs. Fort Hubhnrd, Mr, nd Mrs. K. A. llliss. Mrs. M. Peter, Mrs. C. M. Crouch and K. A. Johnson worn ut jBL-kHonvilla lantlridav evening upon a visit to Mudrona lodgo, U. 01 11 Organ lor salo cheap, or will trade tor any kind ol grain. hubs-. Tiik Mail, has recolvod nine an nlvses ol augur beet Irom I'rof. Shaw hernial lor mo uropon agricunurai collero. Tho nnalysos aro good nnd will be printed in Thk Mail next week. Wood is legal tender at this oflioe in payment for subscription. Councilman Fort Hubbard is hav ing a now residence built out on South struct, neur w. u. uonoris' piaoo. 1 3 li I I al S Gash Sail'- q n GENTLEMEN uuutiuauitaa uuuuuii ltd U Uncle Dick Good Authority? Our Kugle Point correspondent nuts up a bit of news in the following which was uiuong hit items tliis week. Has Mr. llowlell been imliioing loo Ireeiy ol leriiient:d swoet cider, or has he been dreuming u dream of tho possi bilities should such a thing as he nar rates tuke place. Tiik Mail is hoping real hard that something ol that nature will take place not that we really nsed it to assure success in ulinosl every undertaking yet we would be materially bciiolllleil and would grow loues great big city that much sooner. In street purlunce "tlioro would lie a hot time in the old town" when Biich a thing would tuke place. Hero is Uncle Dick's item: "11 is wnisporca arounu among vue knowing ones thut there is to be quite revolution in the business manage ment ol Medlord. and instead ol using steam iHiwcr to pump water lor the city and run the grist mill and generate electricity for lighting the city, etc., that a move is on tool lo taKo me power, thut is running to waste, from our bountiful ltutle creek, transmit it to Medlord and thus nave an annuul ex pense ol thousands ot dollars, but per haps I am letting the cat out of the wallet."- City Council Proceedings. its m m m m m m m m is- G. Li. Webb! Do you know you can be olothed from head to foot at the "Backet?" We have received an invoice of Uent'fl ready made clothing fall weights and fall styles just from Chicago. Call and see tbemand if you do not want a custom made suit we are prepared to furn ish you with a tailor made suit from Salem Woolen Mills, Eagle Woolen Mills, Reinach Ullman, Chicago, or Leighi & Co., Chicago. We have a large line of sam ple! to select from, and you will find it to your interest to call on us before buying .... . Have you seon thoee Gold Aluminum spoons we are giving as premiums : Echoes From the Street. LIMSDEN 8 O BURNER Cheapest First-Class Grocery House IN gnuthprn flrapnn WUUI.IWI Wl WQV.l J gy m r On On 1 PAID FOR Call and Get Our Prices Ib 24xH(I loot In slzo und Is being built by Carpenters Spoas and Orouoh. Wood of all description for sale. Wolla to Shearer, druymon. Diod. in Medlord, Nov. Oth, Infant daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. R. Stovons, agod ono monin and nino aays. me funeral look plaoo wcanesaay auor noon. Rov. E. Glttins oMciuting. Two steel plows for trade. J. S. Hagey, East Medford. "Tho Mlto" Is tho name ot a newsy little papor published atCorvallis by Claude Kiddle, fnrmorly ol tho Riddlo Mlto. The nrsl Issuo louna us way to thlB oflico this wook. Sprln? trucks for spring house hold moving. Well to Shearer. Dun Cardwoll. formerly of Jackson ville, died lust wook In Portland, says tho Rosoburg Rovlow. He was about forty yours of age and leaves two little daughters. Bight pounds roasted cofToo for (1 at Wolters' grocery. The suit brought betoro Recorder Rnrrv. nf Ashland.-to com DO 1 G. A. White to nav his streot poll lax has boon dismissed on White's paying the tax. Mining location blanks for sale at this OIB0O. Bills aro outannounoing a Thanks a-lvlna- ball ut Baglo Point. Good mu slo hus boon scoured and a good tlmo Ib promised everybody who attends See Maokoy for superior photos and reasonable prloos A. W. Blsh. who has rented the Conger plaoo, east of Medford, has r& oently built thereon a 16x24 foot dwell' lng and a 12x10 Kiionon aauuiou. Call ob Misses Copolund to Wilson for dressmaking. Hulloy block. E. Wilkinson is killing and packing from thirty to fortv hogs eaoh wook. Ho expects to put up as many, it not more, than last year. Farm". lor ront York to Wortman. Adam Sohmidt. tho Jacksonville cooper, was ovor this way Saturday with a load of eastoriv oik barrols lor tho Distillory Company. Legal blnnkB at Tub Mail, oflloo. Govornor Lord hits followod tho oxnmplo of President MoKinloy nnd named TlmrBdav. Novombor 25th, as Thanksgiving day. Tho Ashland kids oamo down lust Saturday and dotoatod tho Medford kids in a game ot baso ball at tho ratio 01 21 to 1U, Another toaohor, Miss Holmes, hus boon employed In tne Asniana puouo sohools on aooount of the increased rv toudanco, J. H. Belllngor Is unloading oouplo ol oarlouds of oenl oil this wook and tlioro ib nnotnor oar on tno roau Mrs. A.'S. Postor haa entirely ro covorod trom horrooont indisposition and hor many irtonds aro gincl tnoreat. Goorgo II, Lynoh brought down a load ot apptos front nis jong uranou rruit arm tno ursi 01 1110 wook J. H. Slownrt shippod sovoral boxes ol apploB by oxpross yosterdny morning to city 01 iuoxioo G. W. Priddy has movod from the brick' yard to south u street, wnere m he will Ilvo during tno wintor. ilr I G. E, Allen's steam saw has been The regular November meeting ol the city council was Held at meir rooms on Tuesday evening, jovemoer z, wnen tho following oroceedines were had: Minutes of the last meeting read and approved. In the matter of R. A. Proudfoot's proposition to light the town with elec tricity, it was moved and carried that the proposition be not accepted. Ordered that Louis Loretz have water out ol tho ditch until January 1, 1898, for tl.L'fi. Ordered that the following bills be paid : W W Stsnfleld, reeordrr'i lees I 12 71 V Ammnn latmr nn MlreoUl 10 00 Wm Churchman, manual's salary 40 00 K W Carder, engineer's salary W W) A H lllllon. advertlilnf 1 II U wortmnn. wood 7 SB 11 11 l.kurtjin. laluir on water works I 6b J K .Darnell, nlnhtwktdi, etc 1 00 . I 134 OS They Need to Be. Hmm l-'arra North Dakota! ArmiS. "A couplo of Cavalier country ;irls took up two quarter sections adjoining. nau BiiacKB erecveu. roniaiueu uveruiKui n them and iust got up in time in the morning to boo their domiciles canter ing across the prairie under the direc tion ot a gentle lepnvr. 1 wo soa snacus and two plucky girls now ornament those quarter sections. 1110 norm u kota mrl is all right." Tho sins oi eouinern uregon unu quite as many opportunities to aistinguisn themselves as do loose ot tne onzzara state above mentioned, but they are never called upon to watch the depar ture ol their home on the wings ol some mad, furious wind. Our girls drive stage teams over mountain roaas. snoot pan ther, bear and occasionally "plug" road agent. Married McDonough- York. Last week our personal columns told of the return of J. W. Mouonongb from Klamath County, but the gentle man gave us no reason to surmise mat anvthing more than a visit wus on tne tapis, out on i nursoay oi iusi wbok no was married ut the Tuvlor house In Jacksonville, bv Judge W. S. Crowell to Miss Ida York. Air. Mcuonougn is a very energetlo and highly respected gentleman und is engaged extensively in .tne eaiue ousiness in mamaui County. Miss York Is one of Josephine County s most popular school teachers und is a most esumanie young iaoy. The Mail, together with the rest of their friends, Is wishing tnem a tne oi muoh happiness and prosperity. Among the Churches. EPISCOPAL CHURCn. The service la St. Marks Church on Sunday evening next. Nov. 14th, will bo ot an especially interesting ohar aotor. The bishop of the diocese will bo presont and will preaoh and tne music will be rendered by un excellent ohoir. Miss Rhlnehart will sing a solo and Miss Wobber will preside at the organ. All are cordially invited. iSAAU JJAWSUN, ITUSTOr. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Sorvtoo at usual hours. Morning aol tact. In Reinemborance of Me; evening subject, So We Journeyed To ward Home, uooa singing, xou are Invited. Eli Fisher, Pastor. Card of Thanks. Wo desire to express our heartfelt thanks to our IrlendB and neighbors for their kind assistance and sympathy during the lllnoss and doath of. our lather and grandfather, S. f, Mobinb and Family, . G, W. Morine and Family, . 0, E. Morine. - Health Means A norfootoondltton of tho whole svstom Puro blood is essential to porfcot health. Hood's sarsaparma makes pure blood and thus givos health and happiness. Hood's Pills are the fayorito family oalhartio and ltver medloloo. frlco zuo. R. H. Whitehead: "Everything is doing fine down at the mines. We have already boon offered several thousand dollars more than the mine cost us, but it's a good thing why sell r" A Sums Valley Subsorlber: "The Mail sends more papers to the Sams Valley postoliico than any other paper in the valley; in tact more than any two of thorn. Yes, I will go farther and say moro than all of them." R. H. Halley. "Jap O'Hurra hus closed biB land deal with Ragsdule and he Is now in possession of one of the finest tarms in the Rogue river valley. He turned tn bis bouse und lot on South C street in part payment." R. A. Proudfoot: "I am putting electrio lights into the residences ol H. U. Lumsdon and court Hall tots week. Your Eagle Point correspondent is prooflDIT doing a oil ot guessiae on that Butte creek water pour proposi tion." Jesse Richardson, of Beagle: "I am well satisfied with my new home. There is no discounting the fact that I'm in the heart of a good country. 1 um in today to sell ubout thirty-five fut bogs. I shall make hog raising my chief business. Wheal is up in many places." Dillon Hill: "I don't think Rey nolds, the follow whom it wus presumed hud estruyed, has been found. It is rather a strange cose, oui l am oi tne opinion that he is all right and will show up before long. I had settled with him and I did not think it especi ally strange that he did not return.' Wm.Bateman: "Things are mighty quiet over at Bossburg, Washington, wbere l was nrsl. wiins rownsena be who used to live tn Medtord, is there doing carpenter work. No, he is not doing nrsl rate no one IB. i was at Spokane lor lour months, you can get into business there unless you have lots ol money.' A citizen; "As a parent and a man who believes In orderly communities and good schools, I want to Bay that we are too neglectful of our children. The noblest thing parents can do for their children is to inculcate in their minds their duty to God, home und country. Tbe parents who can do this oan look- duck tn tneir declining years, and say: 'I did my duty as a parent.' And 1 believe children win do tneir duty to their aged parents if their minds are guioeo in tne rtgnicnannei. W. T. Kame: "Our party of deer hunters returned Saturday from Butte creek. Could we have stayed over Saturday we would surely have brought In a wagon load oi deer, because that a Hurry ot snow covered tne ground early Saturday morning and we could easily have trailed tnem. As it was i shot a large, fat four year-old. Yes, the preachers, deacons and their fami lies and friends took possession of my home during my absence and had a gay old time but that's all right. .It was for a good cause," A. S. Johnson: "What are the Med tord merchants going to do regarding the building ot that wagon road over the mountains to connect with the Sterling road. A good mile of road is being built on the other 'side by the citizens and it seems to me that Med ford people can well afford to assist in the construction of tbe road over tbe mountains. We ranchers and miners want to do trading In your city and are willing to do all that's possible, but we want some help. Even the Chinamen. over that way are working on the new road." Tbe Coming Woman Who goes to the club while her bus band tends tbe baby, as well as the good old-fashioned woman who looks after her home, will both at times get run down in health. They will be. troubled with loss of appetite, head aches, sleeplessness, fainting or dizzy spells. The most wonderful remedy tor these women Is Electrio Bitters. -Thousands of sufferers from lame back ' nnd weak kidneys rise up and call it blessed. It is tbe medicine for women. Female complaints and nervous troubles of all kinds are soon relieved by the. use of Electrio Bitters. Delicate women should keep this remedy on hand to build up the system. Oniy 50c. per bottle. For sale by Cbas. Strang. . Esther Entertains Madrona. By invitation of Esther Lodge D. of H.. of Medford, twenty-seven members ol Madrona Lodge D. of H., of Jackson ville, came over by special train last Tuesday evening to participate In the initiation of the following named can didates: Miss Zora Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wolters, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ferguson, Mrs. Minnie Krutzler and Mra. C. J. Howard. The drill-team, composed entirely of ladies, brought with them their para phernalia. The floor work was very impressive and beautifully executed under the captaincy of Miss Louise Kubli. Alter conferring tbe dogree, a. splendid lunoheon was served by tbe ladies ot Esther Lodge, after wbiob a general good time was bad in conver sation and games, in which all seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest extent until eleven o'clock the R. B. V. R. R. schedule time which came altogether too soon, and the visitors bid the Esther Lodge goodby with in vitation to visit them soon. Those of the visitors were : Hon. and Mrs. W. M. Colvig, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schmitt, Mr. ana Mrs. M. M. Gault, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. White, Mesdames Effle Prim, Theresa -Prim, Mollie Cameron, Alice Ulrloh, -Mary Miller, K. Kubli, T. J. Kenaey, S. R. Taylor, L. L. Jacobs, Misses Louise Kubli, Clara Colvig, Bertna Lewis. Carrie Wendt, Birdie Schmitt. Emogene Dtrich, Fannie Wilson and. Mr. J . A. Wilson all of Jacksonville and Mrs. J. P. Dodge, of Ashland. C3oodTs An much in little; always ready, efficient, satlsfac- 0l I f tory; prevent a cold or fever, W 1? ear all Urer Ula, akk head- aeha, jaundice, eonMipetion, ate. Price eeata. The aely PlUa to take with Hoodl Sanaaarllla. taanr-lvyiAl rti kaaol .Sot thews are 1 r EXPERIMENTS Laud Innnrd taauul rsnrjnl Eaaaut Juaiiuj ftcinrd faauul BJUUUI Bona .JUUlJl SatautJ innnrej UMU'Jl tiannl (utauul UUUUI kjautM Euc3 taunt MY days for experiments have passed, and I am now offering to my custb mers a large assortment of the choicest lines of Groceries, Crockery and Glassware The quality of the goods I have handled in the past is well known to all my cus- m tomers they're the best that money can buy ...... ' , the .;: GROCER Wolters, I I X4J ft