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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1900)
TK UEDFURD JJAIL Pvbllaked Knnr Itlasy Morainf. A. 5. BUTON. MWt WS BORN TO MUSTlt. lis Is of fw dj: but quit a plenty. MJBSCRIPTION li.go PER YEAR. stand Id tli Poatofboe at Medford, Oregon M Seoond-Olus Mall Matter. Mbdford, Friday, Jan, 20, 1900. the final result of 25 yean of agita tion for financial reform, then you oan go to the democrats, and I will go with the republicans." Tiik Portland Telegram deals quite at length editorially upon the Ulrich deer oase. That paper Inti- maws, iii mui, says so upcniy, mat 8 on 1)o0 0. iL. ; . I ' me jurors wno passea upon me oase M1 KUll 0rfflth. closed a successful perjure thenisolveB. The Mail term In No. 80, January I2ih. and U does not believe they did. If we soon to bogln a terra In another dlstrlot. were to believe that any one or more That Gillaua Quartorly mentloood in of them did neriure themselves we the course of atudy oan now bo had In . In I t II r t Lll.ku.t WOU d be unable In nnlnt nnt .k. oi i"ni .,wi. n. joiib., pumi.uuru. .... .. ... tno uresoo rescuers '.Mommy, inure guiiiyones. iney are ail reputable are wvorB, numborg on variollB top0,( County Schooi Notes, t By Supt. Q. A. Qregory. Read January B. P., on Order, Atten tion and Discipline. Page 260. MIu Daisy Badger began a five mouths' term of school In district No. THE MOHAVE INDIANS THEY ARB THE M08T SUPERSTITIOUS OF ALL OUR RED MEN. TWTR PAPF.R L ffJPM - - -- - . - i " i mvj - i wrl. ...Mn-m niimhnra on vnrinim innu Vftrusms Agonoy, h enu uercnanu isx- e . . . i ' tun Bu Pnnolaco. California when bom. i OllUenB OI OUT tOWU and WB do not Tha nnn nn luurinhs nnila 41) nnnta. Inmtt for adrertlalnff A&n be mada for ,L. I. .. - I e r j - fn I n .- kh. ...... . I . . ... .. .. ..0,0 hiij, u, uur luiTiieiwopie The stale board ol euucituoii noiinos would aocuse them of perjury. We us that there will be but two examlua believe there 1b something at fault tlon8 ,or ,tttte papera each yoar. One in the game law, or that sections of i Fcbrury a,,d 009 1,1 A?H u tw? t are in conflict. Some have said one, August. All applicants should mat air. uinon ougnt to be round Our Clubbing Lut. Tim Mail and Weekly 8. P. Call 12 00 " " " Examiner 2 85 Chronlole ,. i' " " Orogonlan " " Cosmopolitan . .. . " " Sunday Bulletin.. " " N. YTTrlbune.... " " Weekly Cincin nati Enquirer, - 1 76 2 25 2 00 2 00 2 00 1 65 The heirs of the author of David Barum have been paid 112,000 in loyalty on the book. That's noth ing. Jeffries got 160,000 for an hour and a half s job. . The discovery of men who court, wed and swindle numerous women are becoming quite frequent. So . long as women will rush into mar riage with strangers this form of . fraud will continue. - : As has been suspected all along, the "kissing bug" nonsense that spread over the country last sum mer was started by a couple of ' yellow newspapers in the east. The men who invented' the story have confessed. guilty upon general principles and upon the aooumulated evidence of street corner talk, The Mail believes if he could not be proven guilty by the process of law the jury was not at fault in finding as it did. But we further believe as govern themsalvcs aaoordlngly. Jessie I lose finished a very suocesa fal term ol school on Pleasant creek on Jan. 12. During the term unusual In terest was shown by the patrons, there being over 40 visitors and two publlo rallies, one on Thanksgiving and one at Christmas. A good start has been made toward a library. Teachers ol ' A. E. Voorhtes has purchased his partner's interest in .the Grants , Pass .Courier. The Courier is a good newspaper and Mr. Voorhies is a good all-round, newspaper man and deserves success because he is 'a gentleman and a good citi sen. .The Mail is wishing him all nanner of good fortune. . " 'McKinley put in the stocking of every man, woman and child in the "United St; tee the necessaries and luxuries of life at a cost of 25 per cent . greater than one year ago. Even the stockings cost more. Helena (-Mont.) Independent.' ' "If McKiBley is to be charged with the above we place the follow ing on the other side of the ledger. McKinley put into the wages of 50,000 working men in the United States an increase of wages ranging Mm 15 to 30 per cent; into the na tional treasury a forty million dol lar excess of receipts over expendi tures, expanded the nation, raised the price of cotton, wool, sheep, hogs, cattle, and placed the nation upon the most prosperous era in its history . Something ought to be done with this troublesome man, McKinley." Eugene Register. L. C. Bateman, the old-time pop ulist and reformer of Maine, who ias stood by the greenback and peoples parties since' their organiza tion, is an out and out expansionist In his paper, the Magnolia (Me.), Indicator, he says : ''There has never been a moment since Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet that we could have gotten out of those islands without making ourselves the laughing-stook of the world. .Had we sailed out ot Manila bay the day after the battle, the fleets of Germany and France would have immediately sailed in. The mo ment the Filipinos, tinder Agui naldo, fired on our troops it was im possible to leave without positive disgrace. We had to whip them or turn tail and run from a pack of eavages. Their treatment of us showed that they were unfit for in dependence. I do not believe in opposing a thing for no other reason than the republicans happen to support it. This is the demooratio dog-in-the-manger policy. I have noticed that nearly all our papers that are supporting tbe democratic policy and position talk about our trying to 'tyrannize' the Filipinos. To my mind, this is pure rot. If I have written strongly, it Is because I feel strongly. If tbe Philippino question is oi me nour, men we muBt cbooBe between demooracy jind republicanism. If this is to be in our opinion, does pretty nearly 10,8 rt nj being oalled (or by pro- every person who knows anything re"" of the oima. that snmenna oMm( I Another statement has come from tn ... Supt. Ackerman warning all parties In f nun buu WI,.,M .v,., .. in mey were bought from men Who I be accented at tha state detainment. make a business of killing deer for This means as before suggested that their skins. This business is in di- olerk must 66 oareful ln tholr reports rect vinlatinn nf iV,a 5nion f k to the county superintendent In the ski .u annual report, Item 29 of this year's re . xi me iaw cannot reaon its year; that Is, the amount ol money on violators new ones should be framed band at last year's report must be the framed to fit this particular case Bame as the amount oh hand at the be and fit It an .niml. tW w ginning ol this year's report. The sum iki- li j mx.. ot ltem nd 48 must equal item 36, iuUuu. ue That l8 the toU1 8njount 0, wh00, funds Telegram very ably sums the mat- received during the year plus the amount on hand at the beginning of the year must equal the amount expended plus the amount In tbe hands of the dis trict clerk at the close of the school year. Cut this out for reference. Examinations for those expecting to complete the eighth grade work this year will be held on May 24th and 25th. Part of the branches may be passed In each month according to the wishes of the teachers and pupils. The questions will be made out by the state depart ment, sent to county superintendents and then sent to those schools where there are pupils who are ready for them. This is uniform throughout the state and diplomas will be signed by county superintendents as well as teachers and school boards for those who pass- such examinations. The papers will be mailed to tho superintendent who will see that they are graded. This will make mooh more work for the state superintendents but they ter up in this : "The wholesale slaughter of deer that has been going on for years in Southern Oregon is a crime against society, and an injury to everybody in the state. It must be stopped somehow, and those who will be elected members of the next legislature should be prepared to enact some very stringent, and if necessary, radical measure, that will bring these wholesale slaughterers of deer up where they belong with a short turn." Echoes From the Street, U. Hall: "Yes, that's right, I am booked to play a matched game of billiards at the Hotel saloon in Gold Hill, on Saturday night of this week for $50 a side. The game will be three ball carom and I am to play against and county ayae Kickey, wno is a Gold Hill min- are willing to undertake it for the sake ing man, ana wno, by tbe way.lsavery of advancing the standardof our schools. oieverman witn toe cue. He is the There will also be an examination in gentleman who competed with Cashier November and a pupil may finish and . Cj. E.nyari in me DllfeOn SbOOt h imdimtp at m nn nf lhou dilii It Medford last fall and who was defeated will be arraneod so that a dudII can by Mr. Enyart Oh, yes, while I think of take the examination whethor there is It, Gold Hill people want to match this school In the district or not and those man Rickey, in sums of $100 or more, who care to study at home and complete against any man in Southern Oregon, to sboot 100 Inanimate birds at un known angles." W. LTownsend and TJ. 8. Barthol omew, proprietors of the Front street billiard hall, have dissolved partner ship, Mr. Bartholomew retiring. The place has been closed for a few days wmie a division of the property was being made, but Mr. Townsend, will continue the business, says the place will be reopened this week. He will put in a full stock of clears, to bacco, candles and nuts and proposes to conduct a first class establishment. His family will return from Ashland, whither they went a few months ago, and reside in Medford. Dr. .Walt: "I had a letter this week from my son-in-law, D. W. Ter wllleger, who is now at Los Angeles. He was formerly at Pasadena, where he was in tbe employ of one firm of ar chitects since he left Medford. Tbe firm moved its offices to Los Angeles and Terwilleger was going to open' an office for himself in Pasadena, but tho nrm wouldn't have it, and as an induce ment raised his salary $10 per month, You may change his MAn, to Los An geles." Bert Hooker:"! was at churoh Sunday night and the minister, during his discourse, referred incidentally to the Ireckled-faced boy witk red hair and I'll be Jumped up If every person in tnat onnron did'nt turn and look squarely at me. Of course the minis ter didn't mean me but the congrega tion seemed to think he did." the course in Jackson County will be given the examination and a chance of securing the diploma. City Council Proceedings. . Card of Thanks. We desire, through the columns ol your paper, to extend our heartfelt thanks to our neighbors and friends who were so kind to us during our re cent bereavement. It. is at times when death demands our attention that peo ple fully appreciate the kindly admin istrations of friends. In this instance we aro most grateful for favors ex tended and expressed sympathy. Mr. and Mrs.,H. W. Stevens. A meeting of the city council was held Monday evening of this week. There were present J. J. Howser, mayor: N. B. Bradbury, J. R. Erford. who Garl T. Jones, G. P. Lindley, counoll- men; J. W. Lawton, recorder: Sam'l Murray, marshal. Bonds of tbe recorder, treasurer and marshal were approved. N. B. Bradbury was instructed to have ten ventilators placed in the water tank, also to have the windows so arranged as to act as ventilators. G. H. Haakins' hall was rented for another year. ' ' There were several applications -in for the position of street commissioner they being A- Nicholson, J. Branden burg, S. W. Bpeas, J. D. (Bert) Hooker and George Mickey. ' Upon the second ballot Hooker was declared elected. The recorder was instructed to -advertise for bids for engineer to run tbe olty water pumping plant city to fur nish everything. Bids must be In by t) o'clock p. m., Friday, .January 26th. The mayor made the following com mittee appointments: ' Health Howser, Erford, Jones. Finance Erford, Jones, Bradbury. Water Jones, Lindley, Erford.: Ordinance Bradbury, Lindley, Er ford. - " Street Lindley, Bradbury, Jones. Bewer Jones, Bradbury, Lindley. Park and Buildings Bradbury, Er ford, Lindley; :, Fire Howser, Jones, Erford. To Cure a Cold in One Day V Take Loxatlre Bromo Quinine Tablets All (IrueglBti refund tho money If It fall" to ours. E .W. Drove's signature is on each box. 2M. Wanted to Trade. : Three aores of land ln Medford for' a team of good, heavy, young horses. WALLACE WOODS. ttf Death Their SnlrKe, Ther ar, Ate Carried In Heaven la the Smoke Croat Their Bnrelea nodlea Those Not Horaed Turn to Owls. J. K. Mookluauu, formerly a govoru. Iient special ageut, says that the Mo oaves aro the most luiHirstltloua tribe t North Aiuorlcau Indluus. "Tho Mohavcs," said ho, "bellovo 111 l god Mat o-wu lla. Ho Is tho maker of all thlugn. He has a son, whom (bey mil MiiB-uuu-ho, who Is klug ot tho de parted spirits. Mat-o-we-lla, they say, conducts tho movvmeuts of tho suu, uaoou and atars. Ho avnds tho rain aud tho suushluo and decides whether the seuBou shall bring (vast or fiuuluu. lie guards tho uuntlug grouud. Mas-sam-ho has full charge of affairs lu heaven, or Whlto Mountalu, as they call It. "They bcllevo that tho spirit dead go up to White Mountain In Biuoko aud that all (ho porsoual property destroy ed In the Humes with tho deceased will go with htm. There pots aro constant ly boiling, filled with tho choicest things to eat They Invariably cremnto their dead that Mas-xam-bo may be appeased, and the funeral pyre Is mado ready for tho corpse as Boon as life Is extinct, In order that the spirit journey to Whlto Mountalu may bo accelerated. "I witnessed about 12 months ago tho cremation of an Influential subchlcf, whose death was deeply mourned. The funeral pyre was made near tho tem porary village, just off the reservation at Fort Mohave. Shortly after night fall all tho Inhabitants of tho vlllngo gathered about the pyre. The body, wrapped In a gorgeous Mohave blanket, with the fringes artistically worked In beads, was carried on tho shoulders of four braves from tho lodge to tho plat form of Inflammable firewood. "Following the pallbearers came the women and children and near rela tives. Tho family group crouched near tho pyre. The chief of tho mcdlclno men offered first words of praise and thanks to Mat-o-we-lla for making the elements favorable to an easy passage and then a supplication to Mas-zam-ho to receive the spirit of tho departed chieftain with due honors at Whlto Mountain. Then the dead body was placed on the pyre, the fire was lighted, tho crac kling flames swept fiercely up about the corpse, and tbo spirit was on Its way to Its eternal home on Whlto Mountain. Friends and relatives chaut- etl songs of lamentation and moaned plteously whllo the flames devoured the body. At short Intervals the four pallbearers enst upon the flames per sonal property of tho deceased In the expectation of Its going up In Binpke with blm to White 'Mountain, thereby adding to his comfort The mourners also contributed some of their choicest nonionnl belongings, so that In his new and eternal home tho absent ono might have about him remembrances of their affection. To the women qf the Immediate family was granted the privilege of contribut ing portions of their hair to the flames. After the Incineration was complete Mohave etiquette forbade the friends and relatives to eat salt or wash them selves for four days. "It Is a belief firmly fixed ln the Mo have mind that all Mohaves who dlo and are not cremated turn Into owls. When an owl Ib beard hooting at night near their vlllnge, they think It Ib the spirit of some dead Mohave returned. If by chance an owl falls Into their hands, tho bird Is properly cremated. In the belief that tbe wandering spirit of Its Mohave occupant will thereby be quieted and thus enabled to approach Mas-zam-ho, confident that Its petition to be allowed to enter the promised land and thereafter rest In peace among tho other good Indians of White Mountain cannot be refused. Until very recently the Mohaves held yearly a mourning festival. It was the annual burning of personal property In honor of the departed mem bers of tbe tribe. At tbe hour deemed most propitious by tho medicine men to both Mat-o-we-lla and to Mas-zam- ho the Mohaves assembled In an open spot near their village, a high knoll usually being selected. Tho pyre bad been prepared as though for tbe crema tion of the dead. When tbe fire was hottest, each member of the tribe con tributed to the flames some bit of per sonal property held In choice esteem. "As the thick smoke floated sky ward the mourning Indians were con soled for tbo less of objects of personal adornment, apparel or of bunting Im plements by their firm belief that tho curling smoke rings were wafted straight to Mas-zam-ho, king of tho de parted spirits, and that their loved ones on White Mountuln wero soon In possession of these proofs of their last ing love and remembrance. "Under tbe Influence of their agents the Mohaves have abandoned the an nual sacrifice to the dead, and, except at Needles, off the reservation,' It Ib not now observed." Washington Let ter In New York Sun. rVaylerjlie Foot Filler, Begs to Call Your Attention to .. LadioB1 Calf-skin Lnoo and Button Shooe, Alao full linos of Old Ladios' Comfort SIioob, Lnoo and Congress Gaitors. All kinds of Boot and Shoo repairing and making. 7th street, rudford. $ A NVTHIlMsf V.. taiAMi m K AN I I Ml hill I till W rill I T t ia 1 1 w vm ? 1 i m In the way of lfnrdwaro, Tools and mplo-.l! nientB, you can find at our Store ARE YOU GOING MINING? Soo our slook of Tools and Supplios bo- fore you make your purchases. Wo keep everything a minor noous. Tho Celebrated SIMON 1)3 Saws positively tho best Cross-out Saw mado, for salo by us, Boy den & Nicholson iL Medford, Oregon. OEETTho Hardware Mon. Alili fliEJi who dualre a first-alass smoke for a nickel always ask for Kurtz's "NEW DEAL When they want a little batter olgar for a llttlo moro monoy they buy Kurtz's "Bouquet" Smoke home made cigars and build up a home industry. FALL RAINS Are hurrying tho sitting-room Btovos into position. Whv Dav over-grown prices for half-grown stoves, whon you can get more material and a hotter articlo for loss money at my Second Hand Store? l'erhaps a nearly new second hand stove is what you aro looking for I have thom. Let show you my new stoves. rno G. L. Schermerhorn. New Lumber Yard O. B. GORSLINE & SONS . MANUFACTURERS OP AND DEALKI1S IN Rough and Dressed Lumber .. .. Fir and Pine Shingles Medford, Oregon Rustic and Flooring Three Years Old. Thoroughly Seasoned Yerd Bouth ol Whitman's Wsrebouie Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co,, . - DEALERS IN JVIacbincpy and .. Vehicles Denelnar. In the earlier ages dancing was ad vocated as a cure for sickness. Lycur gus brought back from India and Egypt to Lnccdnemonln notions of mcd- lco-rellglous dances and enacted that the Spartan youth should bo brought up gracefully and symmetrically, In Greece Socrates commended dancing with a view to educating the mind and body, for bo looked on it as a health giving device. l-TrtE Mah. will cards for 26 cents. print 00 calling For Sale Cheap, A 10-aoro fruit farm with ennd hnntn. barn, eto. For further particulars in quire of L. Townsend, Medford, Oro. Tbe Mining Laws of Oregon for sale at this office. Price 26 oents. . 11 -eJSIrajtiJla! We have a complete line of the Celebrated Case Black , Land Plows, both in Single and Walking Gang. Steel . Frame Lever Harrows, Barbed and Smooth Wire, Mitchell -Wagons, Hacks, Etc.; Single and Double Harness, and in ' facteverything carried by a first-class implement house. Sena for catalogue. . . .- D. T. LAWTON, Mgr. Medford Branch Sn-fipiilutr Ycluiitiouve. The following story comes from the Grand Boplds Proas, and has to do with a man and a woman who are employed In difllcrent ofllocs In ono of the largo buildings of that olty. Eaoh office has a telephone, but as it happens one is an Instrument belonging to tho Citizens compnny, tho other a Bell Instrument. Ono day the man had occasion to use tho Citizens' line, and stopped aoross the hall to tho lady's ofllco. "novo you a Citizens' 'phone?" he nskod, and she replied In. tho affirmative, "Well," ho ventured, "I'm a citizen. May I use it?" Why, of course ho might uso Itj but Inwnrdly she was inolincd to envy his ability to stand up and assert his oltl zenship In this way. for some of bnr womanly propensities wore of tho "newish" sort, An hour later she bal anced accounts with Mm. "Iliivo you a Bell telephone?" lm itHkml nn ping Into his office. He did not try to deny "Well, I'm a belloi may I uso We Need Room! ... Our Large Stock of New Spring Shoos Is now on the way, and until it arrives we will sell goods at ., .. In order to make room for tho new arrivals. Inspoot theso Bargains, Medford Shoe Co.' W. T. KAMK, Prop. "v; a mlnrl iBiinaliiiiiii Willi m-& ' nd ciiii 1 1'A'tsat' Legal blanka at Tim Mail offloe.