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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1899)
11 Mi HAH, Published Kvenr Frtoav Morning. A. 5. BLITON. AN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE. jlu Is ol tew liuys; bill qullo pluuty. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR. Entered In the Postotnoo at Meuford, Oregon u Sooonddasi Mill Miller. llKDFORD, FRIDAY, Feb. 3. IKS9. 18 kept on Die at 1 1 IS 1 A 1' IliU k. a'Dk.- au nrtlalng Agonoy, IH and OA Morv'huuU Kx knn PnnfllnrD. California, whore ooa- tracta tor advertising oan too made for Ik aaange, bu Our Clubbing Lut. Thk Mail and Woekly S. P. Call $2 25 " Examiner 2 85 " Chronicle 2 35 " " Oregontan 2 00 " Cosmopolitan .... 2 00 " Weekly Cincin nati Enquirer, Washington has elected Addison G. Foster, of Taooma, United States senator. Mr. Hoar's solicitude about the American flag may be accounted for by the fact that his state is the home of the bunting trust. Sam Jones says that he finds the devil is juBt before him every city that he visits. The craze among public entertainers for senea tional advance agents has about reached its limit. Thb Pullman palace oar company paid taxes in Minnesota for 189S to the enormous amount of $344.81 and the year previous 1219.73. The present legislature is amending the law so that this class of property shall hereafter pay taxes in Bome thing approaching equal propor tion with other property. The peo pie are getting onto the idea of col lecting the revenues that should legitimately accrue to the public treasury. The Mail has more correspond cnts than all other newspapers of Jackson County. Some of these lave been with us for years, and pretty nearly every week onr read ers have enjoyed reading items from their penB. The Mail is proud .of its able and faithful helpers in this line of work and we want more of them, we want 'em on every four corners of Jackson County. We may have to enlarge our paper to ac commodate them but we will do that gladly if it becomes necessary. It may be a long time before the constitution of the United States will be amended in any particular but a good 'start might be made any time now by beginning the preliminaries necessary to Becure an amendment providing for the election of United States senators by vote of the people. ' The several disgraceful contests which have been going'on during the winter in several Btates over the election of a senator ought to be evidence con' elusive that state representatives are either fools or knaves and ought not to be given an opportunity to vote even for or against the election of a pound master, much lees United States senator.. ., It has been suggestively said that what is shoplifting among the poorer classes is kleptomania among the rich. This is the irresistible logic of social conditions. It is con ceivable to the average mind how a man or woman suffering from pov erty and want should appropriate to themselves those things which they most need and desire. It is inconceivable, however, how a woman with every want supplied and money to purchase her heart's desire should deliberately steal that which is of no material value to her and by bo doing court the risk of social ruin. It is not well to deal too carelessly with the word kleptomania. It is a disease. It has ruined hundreds of homes. Kleptomania in its aotuality is shoplifting, but all kleptomaniacs are not shoplifters. . A bill has been introduced in the legislature which extends the incorporate limits of Medford to take in that portion of the city known as East Medford. The peo ple which are included in the limit of the territory which the extension is proposed to oover objeot to being taken in. The people on this side of the river feel that it is not fuir to them that the Kust Side be loft out. Bunr oreek is the dividing line and it is true that some of the buainubsj pluoos of Medford are within almost a stoue's throw of lands which the bill proposes taking in. Thore are some people on the East Side who do not object to the extension be cause that they appreciate the ad vantages to be derived from being located so near a good business oily as a matter of fact East MeoV lord is a part "d parcel of the town. If those who are opposing the measure will oonsider the matter carefully they cannot but agreo that it would be right and in justice to all concerned, and of profit to them. There is a time coming when these people will want city water for their lawns and gardens and for fire pro tection, but they cannot expect this nuless they are within the incor porate limits of the town. In fact applications have been made for city water, which applications were not considered because the appli cants did not live in the oity limits. Several of the residents of East Medford are now doing business on this side of the creek. As we un derstand the bill it does not include any of tne farm lands only the more thickly settled resident por tion. North Dakota's new United States senator, Hon. P. J. MoCum ber, is every inch an expansionist. Read what he says about expansion in the following: "I am in favor of the greatest and broadest expansion of American industries and Amer ican commerce, and to facili tate that I am in favor of hold ing all territory now held by us which uioy be necessary - or proper to facilitate that com merce and that trade, and I want to say finally that I be lieve that the flag which today floats over Manila and whose every fold sings a song of glory, and whose very stars vie with the gemB of the Orient, should never be withdrawn. It should be the beacon light that will forever invite the commerce, the intelligence, the progress of Americanism to the very shores of the old world; and I feel and believe that Hawaii, the La drones and the Philippines should be the stepping stones between San Francisco and Hong Kong, over which will in future march in steady progress the commerce and the intelli gence and the glory of Amer ica as a nation." One of the most uujust bills ever introduced in a legislature was that one which came to light at Salem last week and was introduced in the senate by Joeephi, of Portlandand the most remarkable part of it is that it passed the senate. Here is one section of the bill: "Any person shall be regarded as practicing (medicine and ' surgery) within the meaning of this act who shall directly or in directly, personally or as a rep resentative, claim to possess a knowledge of the oure of dis eases, or a knowledge of phys iological processes, and offer gratuitously or for a fee to ap ply such knowledge for the cure or treatment of disease or. for 'the regulation of management of physiological processes, or gratuitously or for a fee pre scribe, direct, or recommend, or offer to prescribe, direct or rec ommend, for the use of any per son any drug or medicine or agency for the treatment, cure or relief of any wound, fracture,, bodily injury, infirmity, or disease, or for the regulation or management of physiological processes." "Under this act," says the Salem Capital Journal, "a druggist cannot ... , . ' , K, I Bhck a plaster on a boil, put up a i dose of quinine, cannot recommend ' patent medicine, or give a man L the benefit of his neighbor's expert! ence in using some efficient remedy. The barber connot offer or recom mend a hair tonio, or cure for dan druff, much less apply it. The sa loonkeeper cannot prescribe a glaBS of bitters or malt extract. A man woman cannot give a child a dose of castor oil." A legal flght for the rich Eawhlde mine has begun in the courts at Sonora, Cal. The power of Cedar rivor is to be har nessed to furnish cloctrio light and power for Seattle, Wash. Echoes Prom the Street. E. C. Boook: "Butlnuss 1b good for this time of the your. Thin Why, It 1 a buckboard lor Thus. Mu Andrew's mountain travel. Uu'l It u huuininrr Uullt lor all kinds of ronuV, a regular rook mid rut resistor. 1 want Tun Mail and Examiner (or noxl your." Attorney S. 8. Pent, by luttor: "Wo have loomed lu Oakland, Calif. You may soud Tim Mail to tuu, care the 'Areado.' 1 have oftlccs opposite the court house and am doing well. Pros pects (or a good luminous are first-class. Wlins, flowers and fruit all around." F. M. Mlngus: "I shall retunln In Soiithurn Oregon until My when I will probably return to the wheat g row ing sections o( Washington, My wife is stopping with her father, Thomas Wright, lu the Willow springs district. We will go to housekeeping lu Atdilu d. Father's health Is not very good ami wu want to be near Mm." E. Uuss: "Wo uro building a lx:i2 (out addition to our mill iu East Med ford. Whul are we going to put Into it? Well, sir, we will put In mill ma chinery of different kinds. We have ordered a new pair of burrs and other niachtuorv which will be necessary in operating" a Brst-olass mill of this Kind will be gotten here just as soou us pos sible. The building will be eighteen feet higb and will give us ample room fur the tune being." J. W. Law ton: -"Yes, I hear from Robert quite often. He Is gutting along finely. He is tiring on the river steamer 'Northwest' which plies between Port land and Toledo, Wash. About the first of April, if tvorvthlng moves along smoothly, and we think It will, ho will be promoted to the position of assistant engineer on this bout. Ue has been offered a position, H $75 per month, to tire on a railroad locomotive but this he has declined. Hia ambition Is oeoon steamship engineering but wo are all trying to dissuade him from that no tion." Frank Shldelor: "I received a copy of an Iowa paper Monday in which Is a marked notice of the death of John W. Mattox, who formerly lived in Medford. I think Mr. Mattox and his family lived here about four years, and left for Iowa In '92. They were here In hopes of benefitting Mr. Mattox's health, but It did not Improve very much and the' returned to their old borne. His mal ady wu consumption. The family made many menus uring tneir stay here, and all will regret to learn of their recent sad bereavement. Hi death occurred on January ll)th, at Shenandoah . " J. G. Taylor: "Hera Is as pretty a little saddle as you ever saw. It was presented to me by a traveling sa es- man (or a saddlery house. While it is decidedly diminutive in size it pos esses an me qualities or leatner ana tri.n ming as does a full grown saddle In fact, it is a reduced representation of the Baddies I keeo in stock. Business did you ask? Well, It's hotter than I expected it would be at this season of tne year, l nave done a good business ever since my coming here but it has taken sometime to get acquainted. I have ordered a much larger stock of goods this spring than ever before." Scott Davis: "Our flouring mill Is shut down for one month. What do I know about Brooks' roofing cement? Was that what you asked? I know It Is all right. Several months ago we had Mr. Brooks cover our flour house with hiB roofing and it is proving to be all that he olaims (or It. We have had much trouble with this roof leaking, but all the trouble seems now to have been done away with. The roof is vory flat and we have bad some very heavy rains since It was put on but every drop of wet stays on the outside much to our satisfaction. You can say what you bave a mind to that's good about Brooks' rooting cement and sign my name to It. Oh , yes, you may say that tne ii n root wnicn Mr. urooirs covered (or ub was put on wrong end up." Judge R. S. Dunlap, of Jacksonville: "Business in my court was unusually light during January. As a matter of positive record I didn t have a oase during the whole month. Our doodIo. it would seem, are getting very good wnicn is good lor Worn out not ol so much profit to me. "A bill has been in troduced in the Oregon legislature wnicn provides tnat justices of the peace, except in caseB of murder, arson, and all criminal complaints, shall refer parties making complaints to the dis trict attorney. This will take from the justices' Bhoulders the burden of re sponsibility in trivial disagreements among neighbors which so often are bones of contention in justice courts. I hope the hill will pasB. You might say that many justices of the peace in the county made an error thla year in drawing jurors for the year on Monday, January 2d. The law provides that the jurors shall be drawn upon the first Monday in January of each year, pro vided it be not a holiday. If the first Monday is a holiday then the drawing shall take place on the first Monday In February, or any month thereafter. The first day of January this year was Sunday, also a holiday, but the laws of Oregon designate tbat when a legal holiday comes en Sunday tho next day, in a business sense, shall be the legal holiday." All wool tho tailor. pants for i.60 Bod go, Tim Mail will .print cards for 25 cents. 50 calling The proposed Nicaraguan canal, if v,..;u ...hi u !.., 1 7n i , n.i i i JO i , and would take about 48 hours for . . ., . , ., , , , ... ama nanal it nnmnintaii tnnll Via - . , J , . ... ' ...... cost of completing the work is more than the total of the Nicaragua canal. Already the Panama people have spent about $276,000,000 on the work. The Nicaragua Canal Commission reports a feasible route and estimate the cost of building at $124,000,000. Dork loboro at, Colon, Columbia, are on a striko for increased wagon. Dennis McCarthy, of Mnhonoy City P.',, nhot and killed hiB aged mother and tln attempted to commit sulcido by shooting himself. Tho crime was com mlttod in n drunken frenzy. .. County School Notes, i By Supt. 0. A. Oregory. t Tho Urownslioro terra of snbool has boeu extended two mouths, malting six month lu all mid will not ulosu until about (he first of April. So vend school districts III thnuoiinty hav no dood to tlio laud on whluh tho school house stands. This mutltir should ba attended to and a good tliuu Is at tho annual meeting. There Is some talk of moving tho school house In tho .Sterling district so that It will hu inoro convenient to it Inrgor number of pupils. Probably a boiler building can bo provided at the same time. Kiln I'urks, having finished a (our months' term In Squaw l.uko district, outer the Ashland normal. That is the proper thing to do. Many teauhors will do well to make inoro preparation (or their work. Tho time Is neur nt hand for school clerks lu iniiko their ruports to the county superintendent. A blank fur this purpose will bo sunt to ouch clerk soon, also a blank bond for tho olork who will bo elected lit tho annual meet ing. Iu taking school census clerks should be careful Ui conform to the reqnlro munts lulu down In tho school law for that purpose. Actutil residence of u pupil decides where he Is to bo ouu murnted. The home or permanent resi dence of tho parents is the homo of the children unless tliu children "aro In good faith and for a continuance of time hired to labor or servlju in a fam ily" outside of thu district. Amoig tho districts of thu couuty that believe In having good schools, even if It is necessary to vote a special tax to do it, are ruble Kock, wiiii i two mill tax which will enable that dlS' trlet to have six months school, three in the spring and three in the fall; In deuondent ditrlct. a two mill tax to enlarge and fnnce school ground and make reuaint: Gold Hill, a twelve mill tax which will give the girls and boys ol that enterprising town etgnt montni of school. There are about fifteen dis tricts that have voted a apeolal tax this vear. Those oommumttes that are ae sirous of advancing the intellectual, so cial and moral oondltlon of the rising generation are not slow In spending a few extra dollars, when necessary, to improve their schools. Among the Churches. SPECIAL 8BKVICE Kl'iaCOrALCHUHOII A special service for the celebration of the holy communion w.ll be hold in St. Marks Church on Sunday noxt, Fob. 6tb, at 11 o'clock. All Invited. 1'RESIIYTKIIIAN CIIUHCII. On Sunday. 11 a. in , the subject will be "Christ, the Mediator." In the evenlne Rev. 8. H. Junes, of Jackson villi?, will preach lu thlscburch. Every body welcome. MKTUODIST CIIUHCII. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 o'clock. Sunday services: Sunday school at lOo'olock a. m.; preaching, II a. m.; class meeting, 12 o'clock; Epworth League, 6 p.m.; preaching, 7 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend. Re vival service! will begin on Sunday evening. Feb. 12. lie v. N. r. Jenkins, of Grants Pass, will assist in the moat ing. Let all Methodists take notice and pray (or tbe success of tho mooting. H. N. Hounds, Paster. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Next Sunday morning the pastor will have for tho subject of his sermon, "Sin and Its Punishment." "Whoso ever commtlteth sin transgresseth the law, for Bin Is tbe 'transgression or the law." In tbe evening the subject will be, the supreme question, "What Must I Do to lie Saved." "Wu have bad a good meeting, Elder McCollough's sermons have been very helpful." In these and similar words many have been heard to express thorn- selves since the close of tbe special services at the Christian Churoh. At their meeting lust Monday morning, tbe pastors of Medford very heartily expressed their appreciation of the influence of these meetings on the cause of religion in our little city. In beball ol tne Christian unurcn, l wisn to thank the neighboring ministers. and muny of their people, for their frequent attendance and their beurty co-operation. Not a fow who are., ot members ol any chursh ulso bave our thankB for their help and encouraging words. It Is tho wish and prayer of the writer that much good may come to us an, and muon Conor to joa,, as the result of these services. . . O. J. Gist. Kor La Grippe. Thomas Whitfield & Co., 240 Wabash Av., corner Jackson stroot, one of Chicago's oldest and most prominent druggists, recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy (or la grippe, as it not only gives a prompt and complete ro- iiui, out also counteracts any tenuoncy of la grippe to result In pneumonia. For salo by Ohas. Strung, druggist, Medford; Dr. J. Hinklo, Central Point. Advertised Letter List. Following is a' list of letters remalnlnK un called for In tbe Medford poiitofllce on February i, iwv. v,i . , . Hurr, Drofl ' Joaes, LD ' Lynob, William A oharira of one eont will be made unoii.de. Ilvory of oaob of the above letters Persons calllnir for any of tho above ettors will pleaso say " AdvertlRed." f m. ruKnira. i-onimasior. An Honest Medicine for La Grippe George W. Waltt, of South Gardiner, Mo., says! "1 have badibe worst coueh, cold, chills and grip und have tnkoi lots of trash of no account but profit to the vendor. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is tho only thing that has done any good whatevor, I huvo used one SO-cont bottlo and tho chills, cold and grip have all left mo. 1 congratulate the manufacturers of an honest medi cine." For sale by Chas. Btrans, drug gist, Medford; Dr. J. Hinklo, Central Point. Inlood's Are Ruffling favor rapidly. IJiinlncM men and trAvel- II lcrs carry thorn in vent III la pncKoti, leiiiei curry tiiom In purioi, hoimokiiGpnri keep them In modklno clgieU, frloiidi roMDmn4 them to frleudi . 36c. ocenes Tlmt word iiitmnH it inoaiiH ih a lioup inoro ) frowh and (IrHt - to got grooorius cos on buying to bo you to cntinuoM on Duvini! don't Hity whoru to go, m v Juv, w i i j uvt iii v;uu Ullit 1 II II IV U Pill U t) Ull J U 1 1I1L. rfi Dolivoi'H goodn froo. Triulon groocr-i II Ugu Vim '0H fr "lnu lrtduo, vogotubioH and ff ILrllTIt) poultry. Medford. OreRon. m mm $t44444 4444 Cigars Tor I tux From 65c 1 have tho largest assortment of plws that over I'uuio to Medford. Clgr cases and match boxes. Opp. Hotel Nush. r 1 N Opp. E'S Fine T i n t .1 WATn?. A happy 'in odium " clos in our lino, and can furnish you 1 STOVE or A RANGE... Cheaper than you ever purchased one bo- fore. We also have in stock RoiiHters, " Bakers, Pie Plates, Meat Gutters, Ilais- i " in Seeders and Nutmeg Graters in an " endless varioty. Gall and see The Hardware Men Boyden & Nicholson NASH LIVERY and FEED STABLES. PERRY I FOSTER, Proprietors. Having lately purchased these stables we are prepared to furnish First-Glass is anil Teams ai Beasqaaiiie Bates. Boarders and transient will receive careful attontlon.'Commorolal' travelers' rigs a FRONT STREET - rnW. L DOUGLAS Every Pair Fully Also several lines of extra-well u'ado Boys' and Children's ' 1 ' ' V I ' , '," .School Shoes. X I Tayler, the Foot fitter. U f. PHHHHUFinraO ' - - - nciranncijfiEiH mi r t nnnniQOcnnci u'juwcueuBU r-i nn -UNION LIVERY STABLES i mm mc . 'lie Jir en nn rtv ma fi m n n n ci pi pi n t Pi pi n ci m n o 2t n n Cor. Seventh and Special Attention to Commercial Hen S3 UUUUUUIUUDQ Shone & Schermerhorn .. .. The Second-Hand Men Not, Rnnrmd-hand in nrinninln. lint, in fVm - - - I---- r w a.uuvA yj i jjuuun thoy have new and second-hand of all descriptions' Furniture, Stoves, Ranges 'fi33 Branch Hquso lYKTea4- diA 1WJi! 3 , i- . Gold Hill VV C7t3 U m m lioii) to ovory lioimowifo. It wlion tho Ki'oeorior arc known diiHH. Wlion your wifo IoIIh m tit Davis', you botttir not run )L thoin uIhowIum-o. Wlion hIid ilk you hud bottor uhu it littlo Ml 1 IK YOU CAN IN e : CIGARS or PIPES Kurtz 44444444444 it m m Pobtokkice, Mkdkohd Or Photographs htto inrrrir in tho price of all arti- J; specialty. . , , ( - MEDFORD, ORE Ld LACE SHOES Warranted V n i tt DLlI flAMnfnl nalAUH on. 11 luiu u umbra oy tsn. -I i De ROUOAM ft ORSBR, Prop. B Sts. Hcdford, Ore. fia tj a Da Kin n FJUJ v iU.UUJ.UX U, KJl Q
