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THE UEDFORD UAIL
Published Ererr Friday Morning.
A. S. BUTON.
IfXDFURD, FRIDAY, JUNK 22, 1900.
HAN WAt BORN TO HUSTLE.
He U ol tew dayas but null plenty.
5 MJBSCRIPTION $l.BO PER YEAR
(red In the Patoffio M Medford, Oregon
u Baoonddaas Mall Matur.
Some silver rtpublioans ara try
ing to popularize themselves under
the misnomer of Lincoln republi
: cans. "
The story of a 10-pound eagle
carrying off a 43-pound pig inexpli
cably reminds us of William J.
Bryan and the Democratic party.
Ohi hopeful sign among our Fili
. ftno brethren is the, clamor for
schools and books. Over 140,000
, , worth of books have been distributed
aa , Huon to the . new Asaerican
achools, Education follows the flag.
Sogene Register. ,
' It ts reasonably safe to predict
; tkatifOom Paul's people trek to
fc United SUtes thev will not
snaggle up to MoKinleyism. Roch
ester Herald.
It is positively safe to say they
will not make a bed-fellow of the
Aguinaldo party, which talks lor
political effect only.
Has anyone heard anything about
free soup houses lately ? That is one
industry that the Republican ad
ministration has killed completely,
hut you do not hear any of the
Democratic organs commenting on
the fact. What is the matter with
. another four years of. Buch things?
The proposition to divide Jackson
County on the line between town
ships 30 and 37, is a fake more
pure and simple. If the present
.population must struggle to meet
the current expenses of the county
organization, and pay the interest
on the debt, another county carved
out of it would cut but a Borry fig
ure in trying to sustain itself.
W. R. Hearst, publisher of the
San Francisco Examiner and New
York Journal, is spoken of as good
ice president timber on the national
Democratic ticket. Should he be
so fortunate as to be nominated the
blue and red of the American flag
would need fixing to a bright yellow.
Hearst has been running "yellow"
journals so long that to him
yellow has become the national
color.
April 1, 1896, when the Repub
licans took hold of the finances of
the country there were $1,528,629,
563 in circulation. April 1, 1897,
showed $1,660,000,645 in the hands
of the people. April 1, 1898, the
circulation was $1,756,058,646.
April 1, 1899, it had increased to
$3 ,927,864,942, and on April 1, 1900.
it stood at $2,021,254,506. Any
Bryanite who can extract comfort
from these figures is welcome to all
he can get. .
-: ' In the pajt third of a century
the population of the United States
lias doubled, but during the same
lime the area devoted to wheat in
Shis country has trebled. ' In that
tune we have increased our produc
tion of wheat twice as much rela-
' lively ' as we have increased our
, population. It is impossible for
this to ever happen again. : It is
. not probable that from this time on
the area devoted to wheat will in
crease as rapidly as the population.
This holds out a promise for a grad-
: ual upward tendency in the price
of wheat. A few years of dollar
wheat, however, would run the pro-
. duction of wheat in the United
States up to a thousand million bu
shels per year. Rural Northwest.
It is gratifying to learn ; from
Senator Simon that it is almost cer-
tain the oanal bill will pass at the
next session of congress. Since the
commerce of the Pacific coast has
assumed such proportions it has
come to be a national necessity,
and its construction cannot be long
delayed without material injury to
the business interests of both east
and west. It is needless to attempt
- to stay longer the western oourse of
ommerce. The ' Pacifio ocean is
dostined to be the greatest oommer
oial body of water , in the world.
Upon its broad bosom will be borne
the produots and manufacture of
every oiviliied nation. si' The' teem
ing millions of the orient, now just
awakening to the refinements and
luxuries of the new world, with all
its manufactures, inventions and
labor saving devices, will oreate a
demand which only' an : immense
tonnage can supply. Unless the
canal is built the east oannot Bhare
in this world wide commerce exoept
at great disadvantage. ; It IB the
one internal improvement which
seems indispensable and Bhould be
oompleted with the least delay pos
sible.' : ' 1 ''''' '' ' '
A New York state newspaper
man, who has beeu fifty years in
the harness, says :, .... , , ! .
"The fifty years has been passed
with a world of experience and the
accumulation of two or three com
fortable fortunes ; with ' many joys
and very few sorrows; making many
enemies and a legion of loving
friends; if he had his life to go over
again he would still be a printer the
greatest and most useful calling."
There is no questioning the world
of experience. No newspaper man
would dispute his word had be said
several worlds, but the accumula
tion of two or three comfortable
fortunes is what staggers a fellow.
The average man ot the newspaper
herd is endeavoring to accumulate
one fortune and in this nine-tenths
of them have failed. The making
of enemies is quite to be expected
yes, and friends, too, A newspaper
man will have them both, and in a
ratio equal to his deserved merit.
The Mail knows full well that the
enemies it has made are as bitter
as it were possible for them to be,
and it knows, too, that its friends
are the most loyal the kind of fel
lows who forget a man's faults and
remember only his good traits.' Yes,
after twenty-three years in the har
ness the conclusion reached is that
we, too, would be a printer if we
had to commence life over again.
It must be discouraging to the
calamity leaders who have been
preaching untold disaster to the
country for the past Beveral years,
to witness the miserable failure of
their predictions in the increased
prosperity abroad in the land. The
wails that went up from the alleged
crime of '73, and the death and
devastation to follow, with anarchy
and bloodshed redhanded and un
rebuked, failed to appear, and de
moralization and danger have not
stalked as devouring evils over the
scattered wreck and ruin of general
bankruptcy. But there is a greater
and more alarming menace still
confronting the country. Imperial
ism is blooming like a deadly night
shade all over the land. It is fos
tered and protected in high places,
and found flourishing on every
highway and by way. It is as prolific
and dangerous as the Canadian
thistle and bids fair to overrun the
country. , Who but the prophets of
evil will throw themselves into the
breach and stop this vicious growth?
Who will stay the tide that sweeps
on an on to the breakers of business
and national destruction? - Nobody,
alas! but the calamity prophet who
is always a martyr to a good cause,
but never wins, while the country
moves along serenely as though he
did not exist. And thus it will
ever be. j .:: , t .i l-X'
Bids Wanted.
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Board of
Directors of school diatriot Mo. 49, of
Jackson County, Oregon, until 12 o'clock
m. on the 30th day of June, A. D. 1900,
to furnish forty cords of dry, sound,
body, black oak wood, tour feet lonff,
cut from green timber, and split so as
not to exceed six by eight inches in
size,and forty cords of dry, sound, body,
red fir wood, four feet long, cut from
green timber, and split so as not to ex
ceed six by eight inches in size, deliv
ered and corded in the wood house on
the school grounds in said district, in
the Town of Medford, on or before the
20th day of August, A. D. 1900.
All bids must be accompanied by a
bond equal to tbe amount, of the bid.
and conditioned that tbe bidder will
furnish wood striotly in accordance
with the requirements of this notice,
in case bis bid be accepted. -
The Board reserves tbe right to reject
any ana an mas.
J. R. Wilson, Chairman.
AtteBt,
Garl T. Jones, Clerk, j
" The Boss bas a Boda fountain with
soft drinks of various descriptions in
connection, also nuts of all kinds, trop
ical frulte and olgars. When in Jack
sonville, call.
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GEtBBEUIISN.
Btot Affair Ever Put
Up In the
Prof. Nelson 11
Id a BalooB,
mm uy-
le.
a . Tnere is not the least doubt in the world but
n m that Medford'will celebrate in a style grander
: and more elaborate than ' any celebration ever
" put up in the valley.' 'A program has been fpre- ' ' 1
' pared that will astonish us all.
The day will open with a salute to Old Glory
so loud that the Filipinos in their distant land
will enjoy it with us. : The timbers of Roxy Ann
will be shivered, and these American citizens of s,
ours on the Pacific coast and in our new eastern , ..
possessions will rejoice that they' are American "
,, citizens and entitled to crack all the fire crackers -,
i . they. have a mind to. f:'fi T Z.A ':'k HKT TdU'Ji
There will be a short intermission following
the earth quaking salute, in order that time may -!
be given for the grand parade to form.
, About the hour of ten the Medford band-nf- ll
teen pieces will play music and the procession
will begin its move, and the day's entertainment
will begin its unraveling of scenes interesting "
and pleasant to look upon.. The parade will be
made up of . the Goddess of Liberty car, with
Miss Lillian Barr as Goddess, followed by. the
Angel of Peace, chariots, floats, the high school ,
band and John Hardin's callithumpians. , The
committees in charge of the parade are putting
forth every effort to make this the grandest exhi- ,
, bition ever presented on the streets of, Medford.!;:;1...
At the grounds, near the school house, the ex
ercises will take place. There will be opening r
1 music by the bands, oration by Hon. G. C.
Brownell, the Declaration of Independence will
be recited by Miss Mae Merriman. These exer- , .,
cises will be interspersed with vocal music by ' j
Medford's celebrated Choral Union, consisting of .
fifty of our best gentleman and lady singers. : ;
In the afternoon there will be a pulling con
test, a tug of war, horse races, foot races, and
several novelty races. ' : " :', ' .. t;:r":'
A game of ball will be played by vEagle PoiDt . y.
and Medford teams,' for a purse of $50. This
. will be an interesting feature of the day's pro- , , ; '
gram as the teams are evenly matched and there ?'; -1
. is no little amount of strife -between the' teams
7 for the honors of victory. ,a . v. , , . -v ,--
( Prof. Nelson's balloon ascension and parachute,,,
,,,, jump, will take place, during.the afternoon, j This A i
; .will be, a feature worth going many miles to see
and will be something entirely new. to . many ,oL, f;
- ' " our people.' ' He ascends five thousand feet in J
u ::' his ballooh: and then drops from it to the ground, ji
his "descent, being made with a parachute, to' r !!
' ! which; he clings,.with his teeth while dropping a - ' ..
( ,, . distance ,of from two hundred ( to' five ' hundred v -,,f
H , feet, before the parachute opens. i -.
;.. i-There"will be haxmlU'by' twb"brass liianda'. ""
.hit V There will be ;the largest display of fireworks
' ''ever seerl in Southern Oregon. '
r ' ' ' " '. .There will be a bowery dance all day. j ' ' "
; ; , There, will be a Firemen's dance infthe! opera ' '
;., house in the. evening. )1 v 1,.,; .
. i Everything is being done that's . possible to - .
!! make this celebration the best one ever presented
:mv in this part of the state. . ' ' ' " '.!..
; ; There are, no celebrations this; year , in ( any
" other towns of the valley, which , fact ought to
insure us an immense crowd. .... , ,., ,, . .
For Sale or Exchange.
Ten barrels of Kentucky straight
whiskey, just from U. B. bonded ware
house, eight years old. Will sell cheap
for cash or exchange for desirable real
estate or mining property. Address,
"Kentuokian," care of Medford Mail.
All the political news in The Mail.
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And 5000 Feet
anil; Drop from It
Jiis Teei. io a
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Cheap Wheat
Makes oheap flour. , There Is no flour
made that's bottor than onr "Now Pro
cess." We are soiling It at tlZ per
iuuu pounds, ! cents per sack.
. A. A. Davis & Co., .
' ' . ' Medford, Oregon.
Bprlng trucks for spring house
hold moving. Wells & Shearer.
F. K. DEUEL & CO,
We Put
on Sale
!oaday.June 8,
,;? 250: pairs of Ladies' Oxfords,
in black and tan. They must
be cleared out by July 1st. If
price cuts any figure,
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THESE BARGAINS
iilW week'.'i!.Be sure to ask to see
them when in the store.
You'll Find Our
F. K. DEUEL & CO.
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GOin
Ol course you are. Those nice, warm days just
4 make a. fellow wuut to shoulder a pole and go
after 'cm now, don't they?
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How's Your Fishing Tackle?
Docs it need any replenishing? If it does, come in and;!;
' let us show your new gooda. Wc'vo got everything u Usher- jT;
i:. ....I ii in 1 iuji 1 Kw.rT
man can want bjimi jmiikh, w niitn, m uun nrn.
4 poles, (lno ftHsortment of Hies, artificial hugs and insects, lilies
and reels'taskctH, bait boxes, "bait llttslcs," etc.
Boy den 8t
SUBECAUSE
w ' Each box will ftiixl
ui. iu. Wni fii four hnail of cutllo
Hf f I
Ifr- mi i in 1 1 UMiimi t'--"--""----1
tor oKhoublo foot of pao oonutlnml within U. The boim n tron. durble,
..,..... mA ...atifr tnnvMfl Thn Htnak run to thntn At Will.
KVmrm iw)i uid will HA VK four time
Mm ... hnw much imi could o b ulnit
nd Rao how mnch you could nhvu by uint(
If thorn l no nitmit In your loollljr. wind Two Dollar; to Iho ptn
il RIGHT lo make jnduiie.KCKKl lor a HrBtlmy. Aoul,wllh lull dlrecv
W log aocumpaal each right. Koqulroa no klll-an jono oan mako the
Roqulreii no
( , FRANK CALLOWAY, Patentee,
tJi ; I Central Point, Oregon
The Boss Babbitry
Bonnie Bell J Lady Smirk
We raise only .'. .. ..' ' " !- ' ' '
High Grade ' Hares
From the beat Imported blood. 1 Our
pedigrees contain Yukon, Lord Briton,
Sir Styles, Banbury, Commodore, Na
poleon and Unloorn. I am prepared to
furnish a limited number ot tip-top
exhloitlon specimens. . .....
At stud: . My cboloe Imported buck,
LORD ROBERTS. Pee $5.
W. H. SMITH, Prop.,
Orass Valley, Calif.
Mcmbor N. B. U. AeBOolatlon.
See J. R. Wilson for all kinds of
Piano machinery.
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WILL NOT LAST
Prices All Right.
A-FISHIH'? ... -
ISLicholson
ft:
Everyone who lias fflt
Stock, or keeps
a Cow, needs
Galloway's .. .
Waste-Proof
Feed Box.
Kor feeding stock ff
hav and straw.
It In k FOOD BAVKK, An thn food In at) con mimed wlltom
ih. K.tf ih.,. in nMnlllitllV NO WAHTK.
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IU com In ono BoBwn; qounl your cattle
iheiio doxo.
thono boo. .11 In IIKTTKH, CIIKA1'
a ten tee nd ret ft
rcctioni lor mK
kklll snyono can make ibom
P L. DAY, '
Painter
and Paper Han&er.
."''' Twenty-fivo years' experi
ence; let me make a bidon
your work. ' ' 1 u 4
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Rooms in Halley Block.
- ' Medford, Oregon
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.i 'i . , Market Keport. '
The following are the prices paid by
our merohants this week for farm pro
duce., This list will be ohanged each
weok as the prices ohange:
Wheat.. 471
Oata 5ft
Flour C1.H0 por 100 lbs
Bnrloy $1.10 " " "
Mill Pood Oflo " " "
Potutoen, $1 " " "
Krrh 121 por doa
B.ittor 171 por lb
B'ians.dry Oil " lb
Bacon 10 " lb
Hams 16 " lbj,
Shnuldora,: 00 " lb
Lurd, 10 " lb
Hogs live... Mi lb