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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1899)
BELTS and BELF The popularity of bolt buckloH has not yot reached its height. For fall and winter styles thoy will bo worn more than over. We have a special flood value in Enamol, Rose Gold, Cut Bteel and Jot Buckle Sets 10 Oents to 76 Conts Have you Hoen the Kissing Bug Stick Pin? They are the "real thing" 6 cents. Also a line of Boaded Elastic Belts in Cut Steel and Jot, at 60 Oents and 76 Cents J. G. VAN Medford, v CITY HAPPENINGS. Photographer II. 0. Mackoy and Miaa Mary L. Walker were mnrrlod Id Modford t 10 o'olook, on Sunday, Aug. 30lh, Itav. O. J. Glut, officiating. The ceremony took pluco at Iho living "oo" o( tho groom, In tho Hnmlln block, Id the pruaence of a low Invltod guoal. Mr. Mockcy U a prlrao favorite wltb all pooplo of tho town, ho having be come well acquainted with everybody during hit several yeara career here aa a photographer. Tho brldo la tho haiidaomo young daughter ol Mre. Wary Walker, of thla olty. Tho happy couple have experienced a continual flow of congratulations iilnce tbo ovent of Sunday, and Mr. Maokoy'B male frlendi have boon more than profuse In tbolr domonalratlona ol ood ohoor. Thote pruaont at the wedding wore Mr. and Mra. J. II. Uutler and MIsBoaCcok and MoUaulcy. Monday evening bo tween tho houra of tun and eleven a cliarlvnrl purty wo organized and for a good half hour they mado thing do oidedly Interesting fr tho newly wed ded couplo. About twenty boys of tho K. of P. lodgo, of whloh Mr. Mujkcy la a member, loft their lodgo hall for tho domloilo of tho brldo unci groom and by the time thoy reached tho acono of ooolomplutod aotlon about eighty townspeople bad joined thorn and alealthlly thoy Ollod tho atulra and hall way leading to tho oouple'a anpart monU. Whon all hod aaaoinblod, Kd. Bodge gavo a slgnnl on Bob. Dow'a Filipino horn, and tho ball oponod. Tboro were twenty-four cow bulla, a largo circular aaw, aevoral, or moro, home, and dlvera artloloa of a nolay tendouoy all oponod fire at the aume tlino and tlion tbo houao roof ral'cd about alx incboa. Mr. Maokey and hla brldo camo out and ahook handa with about seven hundred of tho drowd, Mr. Maokoy produced two boxoa of clgara and provided for tho purchaao of ottaor refroahmonta of liquid form and a torenado a couplo of moro tlmea fol lowed and tho parly adjournod for ro freahmont. Tho Rlnlto la dally gaining moro popularity and In oonauquonoo it pat ronago la Increasing. It la without a peer in all Orogon for neatnoBa, while the Btimmor drinks and oonfootlona are oxcollcnt In quality. Station Agent Llpplnoott la In re oolpt of tho following from tho South ern Pacllla gonoral paaaongor agont, O. H. Markham: "In ordor to aoouro the very beat pons I bio exhibit of grain and grosses at tho next meeting of tbo Portland Induatrial Exposition, whioh opona Soptombor 20th, continuing until Octobor 2(1 th, the manugomont haa do oided to olTor throo promluraa; flrat premium, 1100; aooond, $70, and third, 30; to bo glvon to the county making tho beat oxhiblt of grain and grasses from tho atatoa of Orogon, Washington and Idaho. Tho people of oaatern Ore gon are putting forth atrenuoua effort to oapture thoao promluraa and we are exceedingly anxloua that tho poople along our linos interest therasolvos to GROCERIES S t i Every housewife who haa used our grooerios knows they are the best. She knows they are always as represented or money baok. vWe have built up our trade by selling honest goods at lowest prloes. CROCKERY Every housewife knows we carry the only complete line of glassware in Medford, She knows, if she has patronized us, that in thia department she can find low or high priced 8 wares. BUGHLE8 DYKE Oregon & CO. the extent of preparing an exhibit which will properly represent western Orogon. Wo are authorised by tho committee to psy five cents a bundlo for wheat, oats, alfalfa or other groaaoa, ana I am sending you under separate oover a supply of tags and would ask that on rocolpt of aatne you take thla mat tor up with tome or tbo puhllo aplr llod oltUona of your oommunlty with a viow of obtaining a suitable exhibit. Wo will tako from eaoh atatlon Ally bundlea of wheat, twonly-tlvo of oate and Iwenty-llvo of alfalfa or othor grasses, one nunurca nunaiea in an. The bundlea should be about alx Inchea in dlnmotor, out full length and closely tied Uigother in auoh mannor aa to per mit of handling without damage. Eaoh exhibit abould reach ua by tho flrat of September, aa after that date thoy will be of no value." Tlmo and money aaved by taking tho Northern Paclflc to all point east. Tlokol sold from Medford aamo aa Portland. Do not forgot that a North ern Pacific car pnssca through Med ford Wednesday evening ouoh wockfor the accommodation of passengorB who wish a Blooper from Mnclloru to Hi. Paul without change. W. T. York, agont, Medford, Oroicon. Mcaara. Win. Anglo and Jordnn Brown came In from their quarlr. ledge In Iho Siakiyoua Wednosday ovening. They brought in forty-four pounds of quarti am' gold mixed. An ostlmato as to tho amount of gold in the rock by raining men Is that full half tho weight Is gold. Tills amount Is the result of only one month's work. Thoirs Is a verv rich nuartx lodge, and thla almost solid gold Is from what thoy term thoir pay shoot. The ledge is thirty-two miloa from Medford and fifteen from Coles station. It is just over tho line In Ualltornla anil nns Dcen cnrisicneu the "California Klondike" Part of the gold and rock thoy brought over la on exhibition nt the Medlord Dank. In ono chunk it 1b estimated there aro M00 in gold. Messrs. Angle and lirown will return to the mine today whore they will begin again their work of unearth ing moro of the yellow motul. riioTurf Exchange saloon, Thoa. Collins, proprietor, is unquestionably tho most popular resort In Medlord. Here all kinds of drlnka are sorved plain and tnnoy. Modford Browing Company's boor at Ovo conts per glass. Win. Crazier, tho government horso buyer who was In Modford last Thurs day buying horses for tho United States army, suoocedod In making tho purchase of olghtoen lino animals. Tbo averago prioo paid was $40 a head, Fifty dollars was tho highoBt prloo paid and it for only a low. Undo Jook Complon sold his driving team at this figuro and Helton Bros., of Saras Val loy, also sold a couplo or throo at this Dgnro. The horsos worn londcd Friday by Nod Orscr and wero shipped to Portland. Mr. Fraxlor will bo back horo in about six wcoks and will then endeavor to buy a cnrloud of mulos. 8trnlncd and comb honey Davis tho grooor. James Shields, on Monday of this week, sold his 100 aoro farm, near Wol len postofflce, to Ogden, Willis, Fltoh Every housewife knows our line of orookery is unexoelled in Southern Oregon. She knows that in buying of us she is getting the very best and for the least money. No dealer undersells us. ' . Wolters Howard V V OS O si and Fred Snyder; four brothers, oouslns of Perry Btewart, wbo arrived In this valley roaently from Nebraska. Those gentloraon are all young hearty fellows and thoy propose establishing bachelor quarters on their recently acquired ranch and tboro till tbo soil In a truly husbandmanlike manner. Mr. Shields will not leave the valley, wear pleased to state, but will continue his residence at Central Point, whore he la a renter on tbo I'bll. Blinpklns place. This roal estate deul was mado through tbo York 4 Wortmau agency, Say, now don't give the printer fits about tula print being poor, when you have outgrown your old "specks." Go to Geo. Wubb's itucket and buy a pair for 26 centa, that aro guaranteed. Architect Weeks is perfecting plans for Iho reconstruction ol trie J, Ji Stewart brick building, adjoining the Medford Bunk. Tbo first floor will be extendnd to a length of clghty-flvefeot. Tbosooond story will be but thirty Hve feot to depth. It will be fitted up for office use and the first floor will be for atoro use. The stone foundation has already been laid and brick work will commence vary toon. The front will be ol plate glass and both the Bret and second stories will have a fronllog Tory artlstlo and of modern design. Tbo Mounoe h Karnes Soda Palace is doing business and goodly amount of It strlotly on business principle. Tbo Sugar Pine Company'! road engine and two wagon loads of lumber 10,000 feet arrived in Medford Mon day, and after unloading tbe lumber and atrengtbeatng the wagon bolster a returu trip was commenced Thursday morning. While it 1 true that some places were found on the road where repairs are still needful tbe Buoeess of the enterprise Is promising. Tbe com pany has men at work on tbo road making Improvements and It is the in tention of tbo company to bridge both Big and Littlo Butte creeks. With tho now faculties that B. N. Butler put In his shop, bo turns out as good work in repairing watches and jewelry as any ono In Southern Oregon. C. G. Johnson met with quite a mishap on Thursday of last week Ho was engaged in putting a roof on J. A. Whitman's now packing house whon something let go under hi feet and Mr. Johnson couldn't And a thing to bang onto and in consequence of this absence he landed on a heap of rook on the ground a badly bruised man. In going down he broke one 2x4, one 1x6 and one 1x4 tho only thing he oame In contaot with that he did not shatter was the pile of rook. Peoplo wishing tbe best lime ever burned in tbe valley should see Messrs. Andrus A Carpenter, Medford. They have rocently filled tbolr new store house with this lime. C. A. Beaver I increasing the ca pacity of his fruit dryer too many K runes for the old dryer. Mr. Beaver as made money since coming to Med ford. His arrival dales six years back. Bis first experience was that of poultry raising but ho couldn't stand tho tmnp tatlo i that fruit culture afforded and he switched and has mado money and is going to make more of it and lo bigger chunks as tho years grow apace aud his orobards Increase tbolr bearing capacity. Why In this world do you go around squinting your eyos in tbe sunshine just like you wore half oslocp, whon that Racket store soils oolored glasses for 10 oants? As will be soon by local announce ment elsowhero in tbeso columnB tbe Wiley B. Allen Company, of Portland, will bo here soon with a stock of organs and pianos. Thia company has de cided to opeo a branoh Southern Ore gon houso in Medford and will carry a complete line of musical Instruments. Mr. Magoon, tbo gentleman who was bore a few weeks ago, will be In oharge of the Southern Oregon branoh and a finer gentleman could not bo sclcoled. In matters of final proof Tne Mail will make out all papers necessary for tho commencement of proof free of obargo. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Burnlson have moved from Tablo Rock to Medford and nre occupying tbe Isaacs residence, near tbe M. E. Church South. Mr. Uurnlson Is but recently from the eaBt and la Mere principally for tno good of Mrs. II. 's health, which has very much improved since coming to Bbuthorn Oregon. Mr. B. was formerly engaged in the hardware and implement busi ness in tho east and would right now liko employment In one or both of these linos. Dr. O. C. Plelchor will be out of his oflloo until about Soptomber first. Exact dato of his return will be given later in this paper. The dwell boy shipped two oar loade of Gravonstlne apples to Butte, Montana, lost week. Tbe returns from theso wero very satisfactory and the regret of the boys i that all their 1600 troea were not in bearing. As a sum mer apple the Gravonstlne seetnB quite the artiole. It gets on the market at a tirao whan the very early applo has disappeared and before tho fall apple makos its appearanoe, and besides this it is a good shipper, Just arrived finest line of lunoh goods in the olty. We have them in cans from ten to fifty conts. Mounce & Karnes. E. DaviB, father of G. L. Davis, tho grooeryman, has purchased tbo Ool. Johnson . property, on the corner of Ninth and B streets, and movod Into tho same, Mr. Johnson hns ranted some land near the Joe Cram ranoh and will try farming. It is quite prob abla that G. L. Davis will buy thabrlok ronldanae, whera he now lives, from his father and continue to oocupy It. "White Lily" and "Snow Cap" baking powder prise with every can. DaviB sells both kinds. . J. G. Tavlor Is belnff knnt alflred busy these times but with the assist ance of his right bower. Dick Bosse, he Is doing some very swift work. Monday evonlng ho took an order from H. C. Nnto for a set of team harness. Ho didn't have it in stock but the noxt morning at 10 o'olook Mr. Nute was hauling wheat with a new team harness nil made since four o'olook the night ooiore. The next time you are In need of a pair of hose er eox, lust try a pair of tho famaus "Black Cat" brand. They are kept at the Racket only. Mrs. L, M. Wood sold out her stock of oandles, cigars, eto., to various parties about town, and some to Gold Hill parties, last week, and on Satur day evening she left for Osceola, Iowa, whero the expects to remain with rela tives. Tbe closing out of this a too It places Dan Waldroop'a Crater in the vista of those things whluh onoe was but li not now. A, Slover, tho drayman, got blm to do your hauling. Household goods and heavy articles oarofully and safely handled. Teams always bandy and teamiters courteous. Kay Toft ho the frame of hit new dwelling up and the bouse partly en closed. It Is 24 x88 feet In size ana two stories high. There is a kitchen ell and a goodly number of porches. Mr. Toft is getting himself a very fine home one wlilofi any young man may well feel proud of such an one as few of our single men posses or have an ambition to that extent, All kinds of sash and door and screen doors, at lowest market price. W. Woods. B. G. Magoon, of tbe woll known firm ol the Wiley B. Allen Co., of Port land, will be in Medford about August 26th with a full line of pianos and or gans, inoludlng the Knatw, Hardman, Fischer and Ludwlg piano and tbe Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage and Ann Arbor organs. We solicit your patronage as we come to Medford wltb a view to locating here permanently. Farmers! We want your ben eggs highest market price. W.H.Meeker it Co. Mr. Addle Van Antwerp, on Fri day of last woek, received from the pension department a voucher calling for 18 per month pension and a draft covering tbo balance due her husband, Mr. D. H. Van Antworp, at tbe time of bis death. Hbe received In all about 240 and will receive tbe S per month pension hereafter. Bprtng trucks for spring house hold moving. Wells & Shearer. Tbe last gold from this year's oloan-up of tho Sterling mine was hipped to San Francisco Wednesday, by the Modford Bank. There were about 116,000 in this ahlnmont. Other shipments mado from tbis mine during tbe past few week will make a sum total of about 150,000 and this was not the full year's run of the mine. Smoke Blllie Dougan 0 ve cent clgara best on earth at Mounce & Kernel'. J. E. Toft, the painter, has tbe ad dition to his dwelling nearlv completed. This is more correctly speaking tbe main pari oi ine residence, no having lived for several year in the kitchen part. Tbi family is an industrious one and always frugal hence tbeli suc cess in acquiring a good borne. Get Well it Shearer to do your moving satisfaction always. 8 ponce Childers commenced work on tbe completion of bis brick build ings Tuesday morning. He will push the work as ranldlv as possible aad ex pects to have tbe buildings ready for occupancy oy September lbtb. One of the store buildings I already rented to tbe Wiley B. Allen Company. Medford beer at Collins' Turf Ex change saloon at five cents per glass. R Koebler, manager of the South ern Pacific railroad lines in Oregon, ar rived in Medford yesterday and will re main in the vallov for a couple or three days. It Is expected that while the gentleman Is here the matter of loca tion and building of the new depot will oe seined. ; Will Nicholson is tooling bettor since' last Thursday when word came from Grant PasB, "where Mrs. Nichol son is stopping with her parents, that ne was papa k a nne ntlio girl oaoy whoso age dates from Thursday, August I7tn. Set of second band single and double harness for sale cheap E. W. Starr. Tbe Union livery stables have been undergoing some Interior repairs lately suoh as new floors and now stalls. The proprietors, Messrs. DeRoboam & Orser, are doing a good business these limes and all ol It Is fully deserved. See Maokoy, the leading photog rapher, for superior photos. J. W. Wiley is buying a goodly number of hogs these days. He has purchased already 250 head and Is now feeding them for market. He is buy ing all that come bis way and is paying iuur uenw per pounu. Cash paid for eggs and poultry -rG. L. DaviB, the grocer. J. A. Whitman has lust finished the construction of a 14x18 addition to blB fruit paoking bouse preparatory to tbe commencement of a season ol fruit paoking of larger proportions than ever before. Will exchange lumber or red cedar sningies tor grain. W. Woods. Ray Toft last week sold to John Chandler, of Grants Pass, four town lots, near tno pork- paoking house: con sideration $120" Whether or not Mr. Chandler intends building we did not learn. Klamath County cheese at G, L. tiaviB' grocery. good business with the Southern Pa cific dining cars these davs. It is eircs. dressed chickens, melons and fruit at every train ana tn large quantities. Hung Gee, of San Franoisoo, has purohased the Ohlnese laundrv in Med lord and is prepared to do first olass laundry work. HI ad appear in an- omer column oi tnis paper. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Webb. Edith and Carl, were over on Table Rook Sun day enjoying a pleasant day's rest as a long iook at tne oeauiuui valley irom this commanding point. ' Klamath County salt fish at G. L. Davis' grocery. Mr. Theodore Glass and Miss Nettle case were married at Gold Hill on Thursday of this week, Rev. J. F. Wal laot, of Ashland, officiating. Mrs. C. Wisdom came in Thursday on the southbound train and went out to Brownsboro for a vielt wltb her motnor, Mrs. Jas. Miller, "Van E" is thk photographer. Rev. Adol(.h Haberly, of Medford, will preach In tbe Enterprise sohool houBe, on Griffin oreek, next Sunday afternoon at 8:30 o'olook. This arly oomtng of oool weather Is pretty tough on keepers of outing re sorts but it has relieved quite a strain from papa's purse. D. T. Cox's Independent warehouse eont a car of wheat to San Francisco Monday the first car sent out from the olty tins season. The Ohllder boys-finished burning a 160 thousand kiln of very fine brlok last week, F. M. Stewart I strain In tbe em ploy of Thk Mail, and I authorized to receipt lor money in the name ol Jiis paper, to to to to Men's and leys' to to to I SCHOOL For School Boys! Ladies', Hisses' and Children's ICaDesandJacltetsl jg Something I jttlA m mew in to to W. to to & ffk Medford S. A. Redden and James Roblson, of Webster City, Nebraska, arrived in Medford last Thursday. They came purposely to look over the valley with a view to locating hereabouts. So well E leased were they wltb whit they saw ere andthe info rmation they gleaned that they returned to their Nebraska bomes Monday evening, where they will at once dispose of their property there and return to Medford for perma nent residenoe. Mr. Redden is a brother of our good townsman, J. W. Redden. tie was bere a couple ol year ago with another brother, and at that time the Oregon fever sort o' struck him in tbe tender place, but right now he has a well defined case and Tbe Mail is glad of it. There is room here for good citizens such as himself and Mr. Roblson will make. Monday morning Marshal Murray received a telephone message to be on the look-out for a couple of small boys. about 12 years old, who had left their nomes in Asniand on Sunday and started for Portland. The marshal soon had them in custody and returned them to their parents on the morning train. An older boy was with them and bad evidently enticed the younger ones from home. Later In the day the mar shal received word to apprehend this older lad, but he bad skipped, and was last heard of near Central Point. One of these boys was a son of R. F. High and the other a son of Mr. Foley both residents of Ashland. Rev. Elmer Faucett, son of onr good townsman, L. H. Faucett, was married on August 0th to Mibs Minnie Lund, of Blair, Nebraska. Mr. Faucett is now located in Chicago and is preach ing in a Congregational Church. Rev. Robt. Faucett, another son of L. H., will leave on October 15th for a four years' stay as missionary in India. He recentlv passed a very satisfactory ex amination in New York City, both nhvslcallv and thenlnpicallv. This ex amination is required of all applicants for missionary appointments. Peter Elmer left for San FranclBCO Tuesday for hospital treatment. Mr. Elmer has been In very poor health for several months and his visit to San Francisco was advised by his physi cian, Dr. W. S. Jones, who accompanied him. His trouble is abscess of tbe bowelB. They expect to be absent a couple or three weeks, although they mav be gone longer, the duration of their stay depending upon the nature and severity oi tne surgical operation necessary. Tub Mail iB in receipt of an adver tising proposition from Montgomery, Ward & Co., of Chicago. They want to pay for the advertising in dictionaries. We have told these people that we are well supplied with dictionaries and that if we were not we would not do their advertising for them. If tbe pay was a cash proposition we would decline the offer. This sheet is not a oity depart ment store bulletin notwithstanding the fact that we havo space to sell. Mrs. J. H. Whitman and son, Oria, returned Monday from McAllister soda springs, where they have been for the past several weeks. Orin's health was very much Improved by the outing. J. W. Redden has be?n ill during the past week, but Is now very much Mi ji SHORT DAYS toZ Begin to remind one of autumn's nearness and the householder of supplies for the winter. tot The RACKET is prepared to furnish you with gilf TT J 3 TT' ? n ' 1 T-T . . v warm underwear ana Gloves, Toweling, Table Linens, Corsets, Ribbons, Laces, School Supplies, Jewelry, Notions and nicknacks of all kinds. If you don't Bee what you want, call for it. We will "divide the profits with you. tot tot Jft -.v.- tot m .0. IIS 1 Or Of . iii . SUITS! 0i fiSHc' IflrlWc I H. MEEKER! CO. Oregon BOX CALF AND VICI The Celebrated Cushion Bottom For Men and Women. US' These Shoe are Corn Destroyer All Shoes at Bed Rock Prices w. T. same. Next Door to Davis Grocery improved. His illness was on at a very inopportune time during his brother' visit to him from the east. There are several new advertise ments in The Mail's column? this week. J G Van Dyke & Co aro advertising Deits, do it ouoaeis ana Biding bug stick pins. W H Meeker & Go's space is given to a mention of clothing and their new stock of capes and jacket. Boyden & Nicholson, the hardware men, are telling of their air tlzht heat ing stoves. J Beek & Co aro telling of a reduction in all kinds of nails. G L Webb, the Racket man, is saving some thing about short "Days and Autumn's Nearness." W' T Kame is tolling ot box calf and vloi winter shoes and cushion bottom shoes, k S Bidun ig saying that his cobblerv is the place to get sick shoes fixed. "Billle" Dunn, an erstwhile assist ant station agent In this oity, and wife came up Tuesday Irom the Willamette valley for a short visit with Mrs. Dunn's people in Jacksonville. A. Klinehammer and Geo. Towne, two stockmen from Applegate, were in the city Tuesday. They report that stock has been doing belter this season and are now in prime condition, .. County Treasurer Jacobs is adver tising elsewhere that he has funds on hand to redeem all outstanding county warrants protested from January 14, 1895, to May 5, 1895. Sixty recruits from Minnesota for the 36th U. S. Infantry, now at Manila, were on the southbound train yester day, in charge of a sergeant from Ft. Snelling. Mrs. F. A. Bliss returned yester day from Salem, where she bag been for the past two months visiting her sisters, who reside in that section. Married At the office of Justice J. A. Stewart in this city, Aug. 22, 1809, Chas. A. Prall and Mis Sadie Cox. Landlord Reeves was at Gold Hill Wednesday in quest of additional help for his popular hotel The Nash. Mrs. J. C. Hall and Miss Pearl Hall returned yesterday from their visit to Myrtle Creek. ' Wm. Ulrlch and party 'returned yesterday from their several days' out ing. ' , ; To Cleanse the System Effectually yet gently, when costive ot bilious, to permanently overco.ne ha bitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy aotlvity, without irritating or weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds, or fevers, ubb Syrup of Figs, made by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. I nosierv. cusDenaers. nata. jav I m L,. WEBB. VJ