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Published Kvenr Frtoav Morning.
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Entered In the Postotnoo at Meuford, Oregon
u Sooonddasi Mill Miller.
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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
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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
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and would take about 48 hours for
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ama nanal it nnmnintaii tnnll Via
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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.
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that over I'uuio to Medford. Clgr cases
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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 -
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Every Pair Fully
Also several lines of extra-well u'ado Boys' and Children's ' 1 ' ' V I
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