THE I1EDF0RD HAIL
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A. S. BUTON.
MAN WAS BONN TO NUtTLt.
He t ot few djl but quite a plenty.
sWBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR.
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Mmdvuro, Friday, August 18, 1888.
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for advertising eu be made for Ik
Our Clubbing Lut.
Mail and Weekly S. F. Call 12 00
Examiner x ao
" " " Chronicle 2 86
" " OreffODiaa 2 00
" " Cosmopolitan.... 2 00
11 "i Sunday Bulletin.. 2 00
" " N. Y. Tribune.... 1 65
" " Weekly Cincin
nati Enquirer, - - 1 76
Thihe is right now an oppurtun
ity for Medford t6 secure higher
educational facilities, and next
week we will tell our readerB how
this may be done. It is an oppor-
' iooity we cannot well afford to lose
light of.
; On the last page of today's Mail
will be found our premium offers.
Someone is going to be given all of
these premiums free. All our read'
era are requested to do is to pay
their subscriptions to date and one
year in advance and thus secure an
opportunity to get a prise.
'.'Some of the southeastern papers
- teem to be very much opposed to
what they call expansion, and think
we ought to retire from the Philip
fines in any way to get out. Yet
these same papers are very .much
in favor of holding Cuba and Porto
Rico. In other words, they are very
aauch in favor of expanding in one
direction, but not in the other.
Some of these people seem to imag- Jamaica
ute that all the earth that is worth $5,000,000, We paid $4,000,000
having lies very close to the south- for Hawaii by assuming that
east corner of the United States, amount of debt. The vast territory
. . ...
Borne people are still living who can of AlaBka cost us about $7,000,000.
remember when this same corner of j Hence to exchange the Philippines
Ine United States was saying that for Jamaica would be to Rive the
ivalifornia and Oregon and this Pa- English an enormously profitable
the every year ooourrence and they
are forgotten so Quickly as to bo of
little moment. In fact they have
to be forgotten qutokly to make
room in one's mind for the expeot'
aney of a reooourrenoe of more de
struction. Just why those peopli
bright, intelligent people that they
are, will battle year after year with
oyclones, hail stones, drouths and
blissards Is past finding out, but
they will do it. And they will de
olare their land tha best on earth'
even do so from the cover of their
cyolone oellars. Great is the in-
fatuation of the prairie lands of the
middle west. There is room on the
Paoifio coast for many of these peo
ple, but you oan't argue them into
tha notion of moving here. If to
them there is enjoyment in their
hoping against the rules of fate we
people who have full knowledge of
their folly can only read the daily
dispatches of their calamities and
fervently send up a prayer that our
friends and loved ones were not in
the destructive path.
Tns talk of trading off the Phil
ippine islands which has been re'
newed in some quarters, is the
sheerest nonsense. Suggestions that
the Philippine group be exohanged
for Jamaica come from two sources,
One is a British naval captain who
has landed at Victoria with some
variegated views about the progress
of the Amerioan arms iu Luzon ;
the other is the white colony in the
Philippines, represented by two
Americans of long residence there
who are on their way to Washing'
ton. Considered merely as a real
estate transaction, the deal would
be a poor one. In money paid to
Spain and on account of the war,
the Philippines have coat us about
$100,000,000 saying nothing of
future pensions. Their area, in
eluding Sulu, is about 115,300
square miles. The area of Jamaica
is 4200 square miles. As small
single islands or small groups go
is not worth more than
FRUIT PAPER!;
The Mail's expected carload of fruit paper is here,
in all sizes; also box-lining paper.
All needing fruit paper, oall at this ofl'ue before the
BtocK is exuauBtoci.
THE POBK juts raoiT dp.
Mr. D. Brook 8, of thts oity, has takeu 'he agenoy for a patent fruit
aryer tnai is unquestionably one or the most unique piooes ormeohnniBin
ever put on the market. We give below a cut of the dryer, but the con-
struotion and operation oaa hardly be told in type it must be seen to
be fully understood. It is a well-known faot that all successful, prac
tical and thorough fruit dryers get the best results bv niacins thoir iruit
in a low, soit temperature, and gradually bringing it down to a hotter
and dryer air, thoreby preventing loss from dripping, and making
plumper and heavier fruit. The Poor Man's Dryer enables the operator
to do this easily, as
I I 1 1 the trava oan be low.
ered by one stroke of
the lever, without
HANDLINQ TUB THAVB,
or removing them
from the Dryer. Any
tray oan also be taken
out or replaced at any
plaoe in the Dryer at
will. It is the obenp
est constructed Dryer
and is without expen
sive or intricate ma
chinery, and is the
most simple and easily
operated Dryer on the
market. A sixteen
compartment Drver
win dry iuu DUBhels ot fruit every twonty-iour hours. A small model
Dryer is on exhibition at Mr. Brooks' tin shop, and parties intereRUid
should not fail to call and learn of its merits. Mr. Brooks is agent for
tuo isrytir, ana is prepared to sell rights to manuiaoture a Dryer of any
size ueaireu. .
The Dryer is the invention of Messrs. Mitcham &. Wa.de. of Oak,
vine, Oregon. .
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Klamath County Peoples
Ban and Horses Cremated.
cifio Northwest was not worth com
ing over the plains for. But such
will it ever be." Albany Herald
'. rrt . ,
a his paper nas oeen very gen
- toub with its readers as regards
ending statements to them of
. amounts due us on subscription ac
counts. The present publisher has
been pnnting The Mail for nearly
seven years and we will venture
" the assertion that of 2100 readers
which we have not 100 of them
Have ever received a statement of
their accounts. This may not have
oeen good business, but we dislike
very much to be everlastingly "dun
uing" our readers. People who pay
tneir honest debts don't like that
sort o' thing. Next week, however,
' lor the first time in seven years, we
will mail to each reader whose sub
scnption is not paid into 1900 a
bargain, even if they threw in
Bermuda, the Bahamas and Santa
Lucia for good measure. Commer
cially speaking, the advantage of
such a trade would be on the Eng
lish side. For commerce in the
West IndieB we have all the foot
hold we need now. Porto Rico is
ours, Cuba is under our thumb,
ban Domingo is predestined to
come in, the Danish islands are of
fered us for a price. On the other
hand, we have no commercial van
tage ground near the continent of
Asia save that which the Philip
pines afford. Looking at the matter
strategically we need an Asiatic
foothold more than wo do another
one in the West Indies. The United
states navy now dominates the
Gulf of Mexico and the Csrribean
sea. But without the Philippines
it would not have a single fortified
MAUmATll M hta aoAA,.M . i 1
With . ii.- t .t. ' Dort nearer by than Guam, and that
with a printed list of the premiums L, ftW. a. f., frnm w ' tt.
we are offering. We are going to
ask all of them to settle their ac
uuuuui ana we are going, to pay
them in premiums to do so,
i hat's fair, isn't it? Another thine
Bince January 20, 1893, no reader
nas ever Been a line in this paper
to the effect that "It's time to pay
your subscription.". We dislike this
general practice of country pub
lishers and our readers undoubt
edly join with us in this dislike.
is about as far from China as Ha
wau is from the United Htates. If
Great Britain could establish a
stable government in the Philip
pines why oan we not do the same
thing? We have done bo every
where on this continent that our
flag has been planted, even among
Indian tribes. We are doing bo in
vuon. aib we to conieBS our in)
potency in the Philippines simply
because 30,000 men could not hold
down the native millions of the
vprv rpfldnr nf thin lfotv, nan ... . I . . .
p:de stani ouV i Jn mZ, Let us first see what
., :,o ti7.-,i... more men and a fair measure of
-v, .w. , . JOU reaper governmenta, ref()rm . j f
nnr mnrlenlv nr will vim, !1" .. '
..... t,u... ingress win aonieve."
jjreeuuiing m Hi, oecause you are
good fellows and honest, we do not
need noney with which to conduot
our business? .
For Sale at a Bargain.
I have for tale the following nrnnartv
belonging to the estate of Jacob M.
Shadle. deceased:
One horse, 16 hogs, about 18 tons of
m. ... onnwi r 10 uo(i, biwui 19 ions O
THINK of it I 800,000 aores of grain hay, 2 forks, one side hill plow,
wheat destroyed in North Dakota
and Minnesota last week by hail
storms. We people of Oregon, where
the elements reek not their venge
ance, think of these things be
cause tbey are so awfully appalling
and so unlike our land of sunshine
and never failing crops, bat to the
people of the Middle Western states
cyclones and hail storms are but
1 three-shovel oulttvator, 1 one- half
bushel measure. 2 mattock. 1 ' nlnlr. 1
sledge and 2 wedges, 8 augurs, 1 bar
and Bhovel, 1 fanning mill, 1 one-horse
cultivator, 1 thirty-two gun, 1 saddle,
8 acres of corn irrowlnsr. and other ar
ticles belonging to said estate.
W. 1. YORK,
Administrator. '
For Sale
A llret-olass, fresh, graded Jernoy Cow,
6 years old, and a 2-yenr-old - graded
Jersey bull.
J. J. BOWSER.
On Monday ntirht about alAven o'clock
laree bay and Htock barn balomrinir to
uuu naraun was loiaiiy destroyed Dy
fire.
Mr. Hamlin's Dlace ia situated about
three mile south of Medford and the
fire was plainly seen by many towns
people who happened to be up at that
hour. The barn which was burned wan
20x40 ieet in site with 12-foot sheds.
In the barn there wore about fortv tons
of hay, tlx horses, a Budding colt and
three sets of team harness, and all were
uurnea.
The fire was first discovered bv Mrs.
Hamlin about eleven and she ouioklv
awakened her husband and the hired
help, and all rushed out and made
strenuous efforts to save the building
but to no avail. The flames had sained
Bucn dead way that nothing could stop
mem. ine nre, which was evidently
the work of an Incendiary, was started
ai uie nortnwest corner, a corner
furthest from the dwelling, and in the
mangers of the horse stable. The fire
had probably been burning fifteen min
utes when first seen and the flames had
by that time nearly encircled the build
ing. The work of the person or persons
who fired the barn evidently was not
complete when the barn was fired and
they repaired to several wheat stacks
fully a Quarter of a mile from the barn
and there again applied a match. Tho
wheat stacks were discovered In time
to save two of them but one was con
sumed. Mr. Hamlin report having
seen parties leaving the stacks soon
after the fire was started thore and he
nred two rlae shots at them as tbey
ran away from the scene of their das
tardly work. There were between 200
and 3U0 bushels of grain in the stack
that was burned. This fire was started
about fifteen or twenty minutes after
the root oi the barn bad fallen in
Mr. Hamlin eitimates his loss at
about $1600 upon which thore was no
insurance. He had intended having
suuie insurance written . out was Ousy
heading his grain and had been putting
it off until he could get more time to
attend to it. Mr. Hamlin having seen
the parties leave the wheat stacks, be
came suspicious of Incendiarism and at
once began a search of the premises for
evidence which might lead to the cap
ture ui tut) criminals. . ..
The first evidence of the nresenca nf
the supposed criminals on the premises
was made when buggy tracks were dis
covered on a knoll In a private road
leading from the main hlirhwav tn the
farm buildings.. These tracks were
about a quarter of a mile from the high
way and about 300 yards from the barn
that was burned. Here the trtu-ka
showed that a buegv had been turned
around hurrldly and driven back to the
main roau. xnls track Mr. Hamlin,
wiwi tuo HBBieiance oi two omer men,
was followed to Medford and when thn
school house was reached, which was
aoout daylight Tuesday mornlnir. Mar.
shal Murray was called to their aid and
! the track was followed to the barn of
J. A. Carlile of this city, whose wife
was formerly Mrs.. Roseanna Wilson,
and a sister of Mr. Hamlin.
WarrahtB of arrest were sworn out
lor both Mr. and Mrs. Carlile and a
preliminary hearing was to have been
had before Judge J. A. Stewart st two
o'clock, but at the instance of the pros
ecution it was postponed until nine
o'olook a, m. Wednesday.
The evidence Introduced at the Jrlal
was that there had been 111 feeling be
tween Mr. Hamlin and Mr. and Mrs.
Carlile for some time; that Mr. H. had
reoelved an anonymouB letter threaten
ing him personal injury. Evidence
was introduced proving bv exnert tent!.
mony that the tracks In the Hamlin
road were made by shoos taken from
the Carlile horse, which shoe was of n
eounar shape and was taken from the
orse bv one of the witnesseH on Tub,.
day morning.
Jndgo Stewart denmod the tantlmnnv
sufficient in warranting him in holding
the parties to annnar before tha arund
jury, uonds word placed at S1000 eaoh
opinion by this paper. While It Is true
the circumstances point to the guilt of
the parties under arrest, it is Just as
nun i ruo mat tn ere are some missini
links in the chain of evidence whicl
wore not supplied at tho preliminary
UtJUIIII.
Deputy District Attorney L. V. Stow
art, of Grants Pass, and Attorney W
H. Parker, of this city, appeared for
tne state and Attorneys J. It. Nell and
w. i. vawtor for the defense.
1 county scnool Notes.
By Supt. 0. A. aregory.
lbore are still sovural schools In
session In the mountain district where
winter aohools are impossible.
District No. 60, South Wagner, has
completed a new school building and
ii u. j nas one wen under way.
Miss Mary Davidson, one of our for
mer Jackson County teachers, wlllteaoh
in uaiuornia next year. She passed a
n rat-class examination and took pre
cedenco over several competitors.
The school boards of every district
wnere mere Is to be a fall term of
school should look early after tho little
repairs oiten necessary about a school
bouse. Schools were visited last fall
where a lack of window glass, loose
battens, holes in roof and smoky stoves
made good work Impossible.
A very Interesting letter from tho
pupils of Steamboat district sneaks nl
tbe enjoyment they receive from the
library books they recently purchased.
They also say they Intend to continue
their studies during the winter, when
there will be no sohool. Thin In an .
cellcnt t.lan and should be followed by
uii yuung peopio. xnoir nve months
term win olose August 26th with
picnic.
The following teachers wore granted
certificates at the examination last
week:
FiretGrade Fannie Doncgan, Beulnli
vrarner, rrances uarnos, emma need
Second Grade Anna Grlssom.
Third Grade-Clara Richardson, Annie
ureningor, vine uuilcr, Mame Mo
Williams. Gertrude Beaver.
The examination questions were in
some roBpeote easier than any that
have been Issued for several years.
She Liked Davis' Tea.
Mr. G. L. Davis, Sir: While travel
ing last summer, two old ladled tn.
gether, we stopped at your store and
Dougntourouitit, and among tbe things
we got was a pound of Spider Leg tea,
wuiuu wm tne uoHt tea i ever tAHten.
Now will you be kind enough to send
me a sample, and if it Is the same I
win sona lor two dollars' worth.
Miib. E. A. K,
Alturas, Calif.
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We Sell
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HAVE NEVER DONE
MUCH
BUSININE5S WITH
It is not tho fault of tliCHO puoplo,
noitlior is it our fault wo haven't
boon here long enough to get acquaint
ed. ThiB year wo want to know you
people butter wo want you to know
U8 better wo want ou to know nioro
of our goods and pneess. Wo carry a
largo stock and as good a quality of
goods as. any Arm in Medford. Our
prices aro way down that is, wo aro
selling our goods at a vory Hnuill mar
gin. We want your trado and wo are
going to deal honestly with you and
save you money on ovory bill of goods
you buy. ,
Dry Goods
Boots and Shoes
Clothing
Gents' Furnishings $
Groceries
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Klamath County People!
, I want to quote you prices on Groceries.
I do not expect you to buy of mo if my prices
are not as low, or lower, than you can got elso- &
talk with you.jyx
whero, but I want a chance to
L. DAVISp MEDF0lS)HaR0CER.J
14000 Pounds
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For Sale.
One and a quarter acres of land, set
to fruit trees, good house and barn,
uu uutuuiiuingB. uooa wen oi water,
Also a good business, from which good
living oan be made for family. Will
take 1700 for everything. Inquire at
bms umce. . .
Among the Churches.
PRESBYTERIAN CHUltCfl.
There will be preaching morninor and
uveuiuK uy toe pastor next Sunday,
Aug. 20th, All are cordially invited
to attend.
EPISCOPAL OHUROH.
There will bo divine anrvlnn In Hi
Mark's Episcopal Ohuroh on Sunday
evening next, at 8 o'clock. All aro
cordially invited.
limy. Liius. booth, Bootor.
Advertised Letter List
and these not haying been secured tho
parties were commitiod to the custody
of the sheriff.
The above facts were brought out at
the trial and are not expressions of
PoUowlnff Is a Hal of nltarn rnmafnlnit nn.
oallmj for la toe Modford postofllco on Aug.
Davis, Mr Jack Orons, Mr floor
Illdor, Mr J L Smith, Miss Onota
A obnrgo ot on oont will be mads upon de
livery of each of the abovo lettorri.
Poriuns colling (or nny of tbe abovo loiters
will please say " Advenlnod,"
M. ruiiDiN, Pontmaster.
..of TIWUREf
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Just unloaded at our store this week. Everything from
A Drinking Cup to a Bath Tub
When you ure getting:, Rot a plenty that's what wo did. When thoi i
people buy, they want an assortment to sulocl from. ? i
Boyden & fiieholson j j
Medford, Oregon. flSTThe Hardware Men J f
liMMbJasavavavavavaXi?
l J. FREEMAN,
-OIOLIR IN-
BAIN WAGONS
Milwaukee Chain Mowers, Hodge Headers, Osborne Rollor-Boarlnj Mowers,
Oliver and Flying Dutohman Plows, Rakes, Extras, Small Tools and a lull
stock of Saddlery Goods and Imperial Bloyolos.
Prices Lowest, Quality Considered !
Tayler, the Foot Fitter CfP
Has iust received a larero shinmnnt. nf
Men's, Boys' . CQI OMJ uA. CL.A4
and Youths UN UIIU MllllGl OlIUGd
Also some Very Up-to-Date Ladies' Footwear.
All my tan and colored shoes will bo sold at reduced prices.
Several lines of boys' shoes at cost, Don't fail to socure
a pair, as tney are special bargains. 7th St., Medford.
New Faces
of the latest typo, combined with a first-class
line of stationery, is what we have to turn out
(Good Work