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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1900)
I PIIPELY PERSONAL. 1 Horb Crouoh was down from Ashland Monday. Court Hall was up from Gold Hill Tuesday. Sheriff Alex. Ormo was la the olty Monday upon business. MIbs Aileen Webber was In Ashland this week -visiting friends. Miss Mabol Beaver returned Sunday from Now Whatcom, Wash. ' Miss Bertha Dantelson Is visiting Ashland friends this week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Farrier, of Ash and, were Medford visitors Monday. Sidney Cole came up from Klamathon Saturday' and spent Sunday with Mad ford friends. Hon. W. A. Carter and Ivan Ham niersley, of Gold Hill, were Medford visitors Monday. E. P. Piokena was up from Montague th is week tor a visit with his family and many friends. Mrs. E. C. Wells and little daughter, Doris, of Gold Hill, were Medford visitors Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jap O'Harra and daughter, Lelah, of Tolo, were Medford visitors last Saturday. Mrs. H. H. Hosier, of Ashland, was in Medford Sunday upon a visit to Mr and Mrs. W. L. Halley. Mrs. A. S. Weill returned Saturday from a week's visit with relatives at Wilderville, Josephine County. G. C. Culey, of Steamboat, was in the valley this week looking for pasture for his large herd of beef cattle. Rev. F. Sack and family were at Ashland this week upon a visit to mem bers of the Lutheran Church who re- Bide there. Wm. Harvey came over from Lake ' view last week, bringing his daughter, who will attend the Sisters' school at Jacksonville. Miss Bertha McPherson went to Ash land Sunday for a visit with friends. She was accompanied by her friend, Miss Iva Washburn,. of Eugene, who is Visiting her. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Clark arrived in Medford Sunday from Hamilton County, Nebraska. " They are parents of G. W Clark, who lives on a fruit raaoh near Jacksonville. Frank Ward "'left Tuesday for bis home at Rockford, 111. Mr. W. la an uncle of Merchant-Miner H. G. Wort man and has been here for a number of weeks upon a visit. " "Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hoffman and son, of. Morgan Hill, Calif., stopped off in Medford Monday for a visit with their old-time neighbor friends, Rev. and Mrs. J. Merley. . Ed Van Dyke and Fred Weeks went over to Montague Sunday to witness a $500 ball game between Montague and Mu Shasta teamB. The game was won bv the latter on a score of 32 to 16. J. P. Cotton, of Ashland, was a visitor to Medford last week. The gentleman is running a sawmill about three miles out of - Ashland and is having more work than he can conveniently handle. Charlie Ramsey was up at Colestln Tuesday, having accompanied his sister, Mrs. J. W. Vawter, that far on her return home to Santa Anna, Calif., after a visit for several weeks in the valley. . ,' ' . ' Scott Griffin was up from Grants Pass last week upon business. He is engaged in the feed and produce business in Grants Pass and is doing well so well that he is figuring on putting up a large brick building in that town. W. H. Hembree and E. D. Weston were over at the Josephine County caves last week and report having ex plored to a great extent this under ground wonderland. Mr. Weston took several pictures Of the caves. Miss Ella Hanley will leave today for San Francisco, where she will spend the winter. She had hoped to be able to remain here permanently but her health will not permit, the altitude being too great here. - Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Enips, of St. Paul, Minn., arrived in Medford Sat urday and will make the Rogue river valley their future home. Wm. Knips, who live on a farm west of Medford, is a. brother of the recent arrival. L. H. Settles, Shorty Hamilton's man "Friday,". and. his family are at Ashland this week visiting friends. Mr. "Friday" is one of the most faith ful of employes and tbo little rest he is now taking has been well earned. M. L. Pellett, of Talent, was in Med ford Tuesday. Mr. Pellet has one of the finest apple orchards there are In that section of the valley, and he'll have a fine harvest of Oregon red apples within the next few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E W. Starr were up at the J. H. Stewart ranch last week. While Mrs. Starr was having a good vMt and outing, Mr. Starr put In a few days' work on tho new Fall oreek school hoiiBe which Is being built there. G. H. Howland and family, of Blue Earth, Minn., arrived in Medford last Saturday and are visiting with City Recorder 3. W. Lawton, and family, Mr. Howland being a brother of Mrs. Lawton. They will locate here in the valley and Mr. H. will engage In the I Walk-Over Shoes m m m m m m m m ask for) tm tK-ovty for Men SHOE FOR MKN jjj .SoHonlyby All styles and kinds of leather ONE PRICE all $350 CopyiljMd. $ J. O. VAN DYKE & CO. m ft MEDFORD. 1 it tv 0 it vi it viy ft ft F. OSENBRUGGE M15DFORTC. O.R12G ON" tss Studebaker Vehicles and Wagons AND RAMBLlSIt BICYOIYKS On tho moat liberal torms and guanuituos to givo satisfaction to ovory purohasor. Being a recent arrival in this glorious little spot of Uncle Ham's domain, he is in neod of different articles and invites ranchers to call on him if they have anything to trade or exchange. He will also givo attention to tho buying and shipping of dried fruit, being woll acquainted with tho Kastorn markets, and shall make it especially his business to bring tho Potit pruno under its proper birthmark, as Orogon grown fruits, to the knowledge of Eastern consumers, as thoro is no doubt as to its superiority in flavor and taste to tho prune grown in California. Any samples of abnormal specimens of vegetables will bo gratofully received in order to send the same East as an advertisement for tho Uoguo River Valley. Or i l 17 ib vi it it it) 0 itvi Ui it) it) it) it) it) it) vt it) it) ilf vV stock business If he can find a place that suits him. He is a very pleasant gentleman and one apparently of a good business tnrn and Thb Mail would like to know that be could find a place to suit his fancy and be one of us. Orin and Omer Murphy returned Sat urday evening from Klamath County, where they have been for the past by many of the party. Mr. and Mrs, Stevens expcot to soon leave for their home in the east E. A. Johnson, formerly of Medford, now owning and operating a flouring mill at Drain, this state, came to Med ford Saturday upon business and re mained until Monday evening with his many old-time friends. He reports eight weeks, engaged In putting up hay that last year he did a splendid busl for Mr. Nicholson and 360 tons was the amount they put up in that short time Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones returned last week to their home at Little Shasta, Calif., after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Daley, parents of Mrs. Jones, They were accompanied by little Mollle Merriman, who visited there until Sunday. H. B. Nye, the Galls oreek miner, re turned Sunday from a few weeks' visit at his old home in Montana. The nug gets he took back with him oreated no little amount of admiration and several of the representative mining men of that locality are now casting covetous eyes Southern Oregon way. . ' r , U. 8. Bartholomew is at Ashland this week working in the interest of the lodge of Fraternal Brotherhood. The gentleman has been appointed a special organizer for this lodge and wilt devote his entire attention to that line of work and there Is no good reason why he should not be a crown ing Buccess. Mrs. D. T. Lawton and family, Misses Grace Foster, Fannie Huskies and Aileen Webber returned Friday even ing from their several weeks' onting at Newport. While in Albany, en route home, the .girls called upon Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Fronk, old-time Medford people, who, by-tbe-way, are woll, prosperous aod.,happy and sent kind est regards to all Medford friends. C. X. Laribee, one of the Laribee Bros. & Co., bankers and miners, of Deer Lodge, Mont., arrived in Medford Saturday, and in company with H. S. Reed, another member of the firm, who has been in Southern Oregon for a couple of years, left Monday for Forest creek, where Mr. Reed has been open ing up a quartz ledge. ThlB same firm also has quite extensive mining Inter ests in Josephine County. Hon. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, Judge Crowell and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Crowell were up at the Stewart summer retreat on Rogue river last week having a de lightful time in that especially favored and most beautiful spot in Southern Oregon's grand panorama of exquisite scenery where wild deer plead with the gunBman for exeoution and moun tain trout make a practice of flirting with the fish line flies and all this from choice. Mrs. M. Boyd, who has been in Med ford for the past three months upon a visit to her daughters, Mrs; W. T. York and Mrs. A. S. Bliton, left for her home in Absaraka, North Dakota, Wednesday evening. The lady has met many people here who have helped materially in making her stay a pleas ant one, and has seen many of the wonders of this land of roses, farm and orchard products, and mineral wealth, that will be treasured in the store house of her memory and our laud will be spoken of as the Paradise of Earth. J. W. Smith and F. O. Stevens, his brother-in-law, who is visiting hero from Shabbona, III., and their families returned last week from a great big outiug. Tbeir first trip was to Mc Allister springs and FlBh lake, at which latter place they caught lisb in quantities to suit their larder, and had a irood time all around. Their next trip was to Crescent Olty whore the big Pacific was seen for the first time ness but that this season would not be so propitious, as the grain crops in his locality were not good and tbat the bulk of grain he ground would needs oe shipped In. Mr. Johnson still has a warm place in his heart for old Med ford and wa people enjoy an ofttlme visit with him. - Additional Local Items. J. S. Howard commenced work Tuesday on a new residence, to be built on one of bla vacant lots on West Sixth street. The building will be 22x24 feel in size and one story high. It is being built very substantial throughout and will be one of the neatest and best cot tages in the city. It will 'cost about' 800 and will be for rent. ' Candy ten cents per pound for the next thirty days at the Boss Jackson ville. . . . . County Surveyor Garl T. Jones was up on Rogue river last week surveying a water ditch for Peter Britt. The ditch will take water from near Eagle Point and carry it three miles to near the mouth of Little Butte creek, where it will be used to Irrigate the Britt farm which is there located. Two business rooms for rent. W. T. York. H. H. Howard & Co. have a new ad this week in which they are telling of their line of teas and fresh roasted coffees. 6. L. Webb, of the Racket, is talking about tailor made Buits for ladies, gentlemen and boys. J. G. Van Dyke ic Oo. are advertising their $3.50 Walk-Over shoes for men. Found Near depot In Medford, a door key. Enoch F. Walker, an old pioneer of this valley, died at his home in West Medford, on Wednesday evening, Sep tember 6th, aged elghty-Blx years, seven months and seventeen days. Fun eral services will be held at the family residence this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Frank Shideler, formerly of Med ford, but now of Los Angeles, Calif., was married at Ashland, on Wednesday evening of this week, to Miss Charlotte Colton, of that city. Mr. Shideler has many friends in Medford and all are ex tending congratulation. Drayman H. G. Shearer blossomed out in a bran, span new dray Monday morning that is, the dray was newly painted and as pretty as a picture and when Mr. Shearer was perched thereon there was a pair of pictures and neither turned to the wall. Assessor Pendleton has a notice elsewhere in this paper in which he gives notice tbat the equalization board will meet at Jacksonville on Monday, October 1, 1900. S. S. Halsted, who left Medford several weeks ago for Dawson City, writes H. G. Nicholson tbat he Is well and hearty and is working for six bite an hour and will continue to so work all winter unless something better hap, pens his way. Miss Jessie Worman, we are eorry to note, is confined to her borne with pretty bad sick knee joint, br. P.ckel Is in attendance and hopes to soon have the injured rnemoer all right again, but his directions say rest for eeyoral weeks. Several of the Forester boys and their girl friends enjoyed a pleasant danoe In thulr hall last Saturday uvon- ing. The boys are talking of organizing a dancing club and propose giving parties at Intervals during tho fall and winter. Columbia sultar for tlO. a bargain fortbeone who oalls first. Inqulro at this oil! oo, Ray MoKlunoy has takeu a place as clerk and helper in G. H. Hasklns' drug store. Ho was at his post of duty Wednesday and will contti.uo for a time of lndofltiitu date, and will learn pharmacy. Get Wells & Shearer to do your moving eatiBiactiou always. The circus will bo hero Sunday and tho boys, old and young, will thus be given an opportunity to see tho elephants eat hay. The entertainment 111 be Monday afternoon one per formance only. On Southern Paolflo southbound trains there baa boon carried of late many carloads or lumber of unusual length. Three flat oars are required to handle the long timbers, tome of which are more than 100 foot in length. J as. Hooking, formerly of Medford, now liviog near Wildervillo, Josephine County, was unfortunate last week In cutting away a large portion of ono of his feet with an ax. Mrs. J. W. Curry, who has been HI for a long tlmo, is considerably im proved and recovery now teems almost certain and ber many friends are re joicing thereat. Contractor L. F. Lozior will com mence work next Monday on tho con struction work of Mrs. lull's new barn, which replaces tho one burned a low months ago. C. E. Tull, ono of tho proprietors of tbo Nash llvory stables, was 111 all last week with fever typhoid symptoms but he is now all right again Fort Hubbard is rejoicing Inobunks largor than usual since Tuesday, upon which date there arrived at hie home a boy baby. -Miss Hattlbell Odgers ooinmenced teaching school in the Grove district, west of Medford, on Monday of this week. The Coss Piano House have just another now piano. It la the now (750 upright Chickorlog the finest made. F. Osenbrugge and family have moved to the A. A. Davis residence, south of the sohool house. Wm. Charley, of Climax, this county, has been granted a pension of $12 per month. Report says North Yakima prune growers will realize W per ton tor their fruit. -R. N. Langston and family have moved to Medford from Klamath County. -J. W. Wiloy shipped four carloads of fat hogs to San Francisco Wednes day. Born Near Medford, August 22d, to the wife of Chas. Hukle, a 12-pound m. Fred Bailey shipped six carloads of bogs to San Francisco Monday. The Wonderful "Snap Shot" Cured a Bad Sore Throat. State of Orogon, I WE ARE SATISFIED 1 WITH THE OUTCOME if you give us a trial. You'll be pleaded enough to tell your friendtj and send them to trade with uh in future. That's the success we dxnire to attain. A pleased pernon is a walking, liv ing, breathing advertisement the very best to be had nt cost only of straightforward, atten tive and progressive buainoFo ways, and that is a portion of our stock in trade. Our clothing lineB npp' al to correct dressers. Their inimitable style and finish wiu instant recognition from all admirers of original ideas in rent good, artistic clothes. F. K. Deuki, & Co. J, T. Itohm'ta, bo Inn duly sworn, danoaos and Jackson County. ( says: In April I got thu or throat so bad I could not speak above a whisper, but did not know what was thu matter. 1 went to Mr. nullon ami ho treated It with snap Hhot and in about tun minutes tho pain and soreness left my throat anil I have not boon bothered since with It. I alto had tho rheumatism so badly I had to go with a cano, and tho cords were drawn so thut I could not bund my lug. I went to Mr. Hut ton's ofllco and used tho tnii Shot and in a vury short llmu I threw the cane away unci went liomu without any trouble, and havo had to use the cane no more and have had no recurrunoo of the rhouuiatlmu. Sutton's Snap Shot ! a great remedy. J. T. KOUKKTrl. Subscribed and sworn to before mo llih 1st dny ol Docmnhor, ISUfl. Flohkkck L. TasrKKM. Notary.l'uhllc for Orogon. SuttOn'S Snap Shots tho wonderful deatroyor of- nil forms ot intlammauon in man or beast, one and l per bottle. It. K. SUTTON, Hole Proprietor, Ashland, Ore. MACHINE AND GENERAL REPAIR SIP Machine repairing a specialty 1f ff ff Socond Hand Engines and Steam Pumps Brought unci Sold If tf Bicycle Cones and AxIoh Made to Urdor fg 1f 5J ?f M. M. G-AET, Proprietor if Of courso you nro. Those nico, warm duys jiiHt make a follow want to shoulder a polo and go after 'om now, don't thoy? I How's Your Fishing Tackle P uocfl it neou any rapienisningr ii u uoos, como in nnd let us show your new goods. We've got everything a fisher- J man can want split poles, all prices, 18 and 18-ft. bamboo J poles, fine assortment of flies, artificial bugs and insects, lines H ana rcuis, naskots, uait iioxus, "butt flasks," etc. Boyden & JSlieholson THE CHARM OF YACHTING. Elements Thut I.nd Zest lo m Ride la a lea Haeer Rarlaif a lllow. The charm of yachting rcstB very largely upon its uncertainty. So elu sive are the elements of nlr and water that from thu moment nlirn ahc Ih hcI afloat until she is hauled out for rrpulrs a vessel Is never nt rust. The sea Is for ever sucking to force on entrance Into her from below, nnd the winds of heav en nre ever renrfy lo snap her spars nnd rend her canvas overhead. It Ih largely luck If when she is first set n flout, she settles nearly enough to her oxtlmntcil water-line to siitlfy the Idens of her designer, nnd nothing but the keenest watchfulness oun keep bur up ton per fect standard of efTcctiveucHH when she la culled upon to endure the complicated strains of u sailing match in a smart breeze, says Mpplneott's. If anyone questions the dllllculty of such navigation, let him tnke the fam ily umbrella and try to make It pull or punh him ncroHS the lawn against the wind. This is precisely the problem that eon f ron Ih thu ynchlainnn, stive only that In place of the umbrella lie haa to manage a towering structure of bellying canvas held nlofl a hundred nnd more feet by slender Kpnrn nnd a net work of cordage every fathom of which must he under absolute control If tho beautiful nlmof I sen tler.l even turcof canvnn, wlro and atccl la to acquit her self with "orcdlt. u.. 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