The largest
mid MiMt MicTOHiMI liimlnniiii
couooriiH of tliu I'ouiitry Utility
liril llltl'lllH of Dili IIOWHtlliptHMi
nullity Uiiihu liuvlnii tlm liirKiiil
oireuliilliui. Why not lullow Din
lent! of t)ni who tiitvn iciioliiiil
llio Kip "ml tMH'iMiii' u iiiniliiior
it iiilvorllnliix spanc? Tun Mail
oRurn exutillunt liilvililtuiflill Willi
Kwum (iltouluiluu of
J
2200.
PHOFK8BIONAL OABDB.
Q, T. JONK8,
OOUNTY HUltVltYOR,
i or til kinds ol Burveylnc promptly dona.
m coanty surveyor tu iv you uh oaiy
!. worn.
Madford, Oregon
DR. Q. 8. COLB,
rUTOlCIAN AND HUS.OHON,
Oatoe orer Walton iiord's Orooiy Btors.
Medlora, Oregon.
G, W. STEPHENSON,
PHYSICIAN AND HU 110 HON,
Onto id Iho Undloi tllook
Madford, Ori-ifon.
C. P. 8NELL,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW,
Oatoaof Jackson Uoanly Abstract and Colloo
. mm Oc.
Hamlin Uulldlni, Medford Ortfo.
V L UIIIHU
, AW'y 41 law
(Votary Public
NARRHQAN & NARREOAN,
ATTOHNKYH, AIIKTRAOTBHS AND
CONVKYANCKrUI.
BuoMMora to 1. II. Whitman.
Oorreat abstract o( every piece of land
In Jackson County.
Vln at Medford lluk,
Medford, 0f oa
JJAMMOND & 8EARLE,
ATTORN 15 B AT LAW
" Mm Id Stewart Blk.
Medford, Or.
fE. KIRCHOE88NER,
' IMIYBICIAN AND BUROKON,
. Control Point, Oregon
Medford ofnca-Undloy Uulldlog, Wedneaday
ud Haluid.y, :SO 10 II . n on and after
' April ku, -w,
J.S.HOWARD,
BUHVKYOH AND CIVIL BNOINKKB.
O. . Deputy Mineral Hurvayor tor the Stat
01 vrosos. ro.ioruoc auuroui
' Hertford, Oregon.
J, B. WAIT,
PHYSICIAN AND JiUKOKON,
ante In I.lndlcy Block Medford. Or
: V B. PICKEL,
PHYSICIAN IANO SIJK'.l'.Ur.,
- fifflu hours 11 Willi, m. hud 1:110 u 9 p. m
' X'lUy Laboratory Kaemlnallona fi.M) to $'&.
orOco: Haakln Block, Mwiioru.ur
W. 1. VAwrsn. Prim. II. V. Aomks, V Pree
U L. QILKKY, can li lor.
...CAPITAL, Sgo.ooo...
MEDFORD. OREGON
: ponlu subject to uhock nnd irunaaot a Bono
1 DUlKlnK DUBinOIIII. IDUr UUmiinw nv.iui.au,..
OOrrOliriOnUOIItn: Ijnuu ,wmi, nniuu,.
Oailfornl Bnk, (Inn Krnnolaco. Land m
mion, rorviDQu, worom nH.iuiw.,n.
J. H. BTDWAni, 11TK. Akkskt,
rre.ldonl. Vice President.
J, B. Bmyakt, Csihler.
The riedford Bank
Miorono. oacaon -
Capital, $50,000.00
A General Banking Business
Transacted
DIRECTORS
J H. Rtownrt, H. B. Ankeny, W. B. RoborU
Yf, H, (jrOWOIl, K. II. WBKUIICIIU
W . Y. Towns, llnmoo Polton
S. Cliilders,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
All kinds of Brick and Stone
Work done: oan furniBh material
tor anv kind of work. Estimates
promptly given. ,
See Me before You Build.
County
Th Mining Lwi of Oreffoa fat
VOL" III
i HARDWARE,
I GUNS!?
AMMUNITION.
Flnt-claa Bin Fait Honex
83
UNION LIVERY
rSi
(S3
B. B. JENNINOS,
Cor. Seveoth aoa H SU. -
S3
II Specie I Attention to Commercial Hen
I. A, WEBB. Dealer In
' "
1 Furniture, Carpets. Wall Paper
I The Lark-eel and Beet Boleoled etook of furniture, carpeta,
I wall paper, window ehadee and aooee-furolelifDK goodi to bo
I found anywhere la Southern Oregon.
! Undertaking Oooda kept on band. Picture framing and upbolitering.
Seventh Street, Medford ,Oregon
r
IT IS UNFAIR
To Hod out ot town for irtlolc. lbl ui be procured .t borne.
THE MERCHANT
npectn .11 the people of a town 10 trade with Dim. And that U quite
proper end rlgbl, beeue It 1. . tr btulocu propoeltloa.
IT IS JU8T AS : FAIR
for mill men to eiixtot merchants and all builders to buy their Doors.
5ask Mowldlars, Flooring. Rustic, and all Mill Products at borne.
GRAY & BRADBURY'S
M home Imntlluiloo. Why
New Lumber Yard
TV
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Fir
Rustic and Flooring
Three Years Old.
Thoroughly Seasoned.
Medford, Oregon
PrescrintAons '
Main Street,
FRANK W. WAIT SS:
... STONE YARD
Gonorul oontraoting In all lines of stone works ,
. Cemetery Work
a Specialty
All kinds of marble and granite monuments
ordered direct from the quarry..
Yard on G atroot
Oommorlolnl Hotol DdoU
JACKSONVILLE
J. O. WHIPP. 3rvoDr.
Does General Contracting in all Lfnes. . .
GRANITE AND
Taoksonville.
TtfB HEDFORD MAIL for
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1900,
J. Beek&Co.
Km
CiKhl Driven
STABLES
Prop.
nedford, Ore.
PLANING MILL
not p.troolte it I
J.
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aai
tmi
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BB,j
gs;j
DDE,
TOP
O. E. GORSLINE & SONS
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALBItS IN
and Pine Shingles
Yard fouth of
Whitman'
Warehouse
THE MORTAR
DtUO STORE,
6. H. HASKINS, Prop'r.
H THI l T UN. 1 i
Pure Dime, Patent Mculoinee, Books,
Stationery
PAINTS OILS.
Tobaccoi.CIrari,Prrfnmery,Tn let Articles ano
.Evervthlnfr that la carried in a firat-
olattDRUG STORK
Carefullv Comi ou tided.
. . . . Medford Oregon.
toaamwa
"MEDFORD, OREGON
MARBU WORKS.
CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Orecon
Fine Job Work.
Jftttil
MUTILATED MONEY.
Work in the Redemption Bureau of
the U. S. Tre:Bury.
Ourrancjr Iajwr4 and All Hat D-
trorwa d Oood Hoi
Maeb ol Iho Calk la
Paaaaarad.
One of the moat interesting depart'
imnta in tb United States treasury
is that devoted to the redemption of
matllated currency. To it are sent
all varieties of bills, in every conceiv
able stage of mutilation. It is seldom
that the experts cannot decipher tbe
burned crisp or piece together the
myriad fragments. The collection is
kaleidoscopic rapidity, ssya tbe New j
lorlc Tribune. ,
The burning of a note usually brings
out its design in a sort of metallic
relief upon lie surface, and by means
of a giaus and other implements, and
also a full and complete knowledge
of tbe intricate designs no two de
nominations being alike on every note
issued, their fuce value la learned with
incredible dexterity. Rome arrive in
fairly good condition, some shrunken
and water soaked, others 'scorched
black and twisted out of ahape; many
arc merely thin, tiny black flakes, and
in one cose, now under consideration,
the evidence consists of a email hand
ful of black powder, which the afliant
swears wua too, accidentally blown into
the fire. Often the mischief has been
done by mice, bandfuls of tbe tiniest
of pieces attesting tbe evil waya of
tbe rodent; babiea are another source
of trouble, maniacs, victims of drunken
frenzy, plowshares, sawmills in fact,
the strangest and most unheard
of accidenta are occurring all tbe
time. But rn a great majority of eases
the money has been burned, for a com
mon practice among people who are
their own bankers seems to be the
keeping of their funds in unused stoves.
A cold day comes, the firs is lighted
by some unsuspecting person who
"didn't know it was loaded," and the
owner suddenly finds that he had
money to bu. n in spite of himself.
In one instance a mau having $7,000
in government bonds, beKidesnotesand
gold, kept them in s tomato can which
be placed in the elbow of his parlor
stove. While he wns plowing his fields,
company arrived, his wife bad a Are
kindled and shortly m made the un
pleasant discovery that his riches had
taken wings. Had he sent the money
just as it came Irom the stove, wrapped
in cotton. It might have been saved,
but in endeavoring to separate it it
became so churned and ground up that
the department was able to identify
only about $1,600 for him.
An old woman wbo had accumulated
about $400 was one night at her devo
tions, when tbe candle in some mysteri
ous manner was overturned in the
midst of the money. Now, history does
not relate why it was there, or whether
she was returning thanks or paying
a bit of homage to Mammon, but, at
any rate, it was destroyed, and as she J
threw me aBbes away and at the in
stigation of her friends picked them
out again there was only enough left
to return about 1100 to her.- '
liut much more fortunat ware an
old couple in the west. The man had
been a roldier. and by the long ac
cumulation of years they had saved a
little sum. when one day the wife, in
going to look at It, found that the
mice had left only a pile of earefully
sawed fragments. Almost distracted,
she took it to the bank, reporting that
the last time she had counted it tbe
sum had been $175, mostly in tens and
twenties. It was sent here, the tiny
bits sorted and arranged as only ex
perts can arrange them, and the neces
sary three-fifths of every note was
found. But tbe best of all was that,
Instead of $275 it was discovered that
the old people's savingw amounted to
$3(0, which amount was finally sent to
them, much to their joy.
Of course, the greatest precaution is
necessary, and the affidavits must leave
no doubt as to the utter and entire
destruction of the missing parts of the
notes. In one case of this kind a farm
er sent from Kansas some greenbacks,
amounting to $50, .only half of each
note being intact. The rest, he - de
clared in a strong affidavit, had been
destroyed, and also stated in what
manner. But on consulting the books
it was found that one-balf the sum
had already been paid to another per
son, who hnd sent the other halves of
the notes from another part of the
country. Conseuently but $45 was re
turned to him. . '
Thereupon the cashier who had
trnnsncted the business for the fnrmer
wrote such an indignant letter, saying
the government hnd impugned the hon
esty of the claimant and that he would
prove hiin in the right, that the affair
wns put into the hands of the secret
service, the proofs exhibited, and the
imprudent farmer fined $1,000 for false
swearing.
The Dak. and the lleah'. '
The late Trebendary Rogers used
to tell how Lord , Boscbery joined
him in petitioning the duke of Welling
ton to open Apsley bouse on Sunday
afternoons, so that the public might
see the pictures. The duke and Mr.
Rogers met in the park, and began to
peak about the memorial. "Among all
these signatures," said the duke, 1
NO. 38.
find only one rtKpcctiiliie mime, und
thnt is your own," . Mr. Ilogcrs fvplied
that Dcnn Kfmilcy had signed. "Oh," '
sad the duke, "i don't call him respecta
ble." "Well, but there is Lord Kose
bcry." "I don't think much of him,"
answered the duke; "but ns yoti assure
me it Is all right, I will see what can be
done," It was finally agreed thnt vis
itors should be admitted, on condition
that they wiped their feet on the mats
and did not sit down on the sofas.
Westminster Gaiette.
JANICE MEREDITH.
Wilt a. Ua.ap.t. Addllleaia
.w Avolostles la
Avians. .
"Oive Mr. Lord Clowes tby band,
child," commanded bar mother, stern
ly, "and place a seat for bim by the
Are." .
.Janice polled one of tbe chairs near
er to the chimney breast and then re
turned to her quilting frame, at which
she bad been, working when tbe inter
ruption came.
"Didst hear me?" demanded Mrs.
Meredith. , ,,
Janice turned and faced tbe three
bravely, though her voice trembled a
kittle as she replied:
"J will not shake his bond." ,
"Yoicks! Here's a kettle of fish!"
ejaculated the commissary. "What's
wrong''- -
, "Janice, do as tbou art told, or go
to thy room," ordered her mother. ,
The girl opened her lips as if about
to protest, but courage failed her, and
she hurriedly left the parlor, and, dy
ing to her chamber, she threw herself
on ber bed and wept out her sense of
wrong on her pillow.
"Doggone it," she sobbed, "I'm not
going to be the first American girl to
marry au English lord, I don't care
what they ssy. , Mommy wants it, and
so does dadda, and now it's up to bis
lordship to get me, but, odabodikins, I
vow I'll not set the pegs for posterity
in this un-Americanizing business, so
there;" and Janice, chuckling softly to
herself, stifled ber sobs once more in
tbe pillow.
The Wife laved It.
The story is going tbe rounds that
when Kudyard - Kipling had written
"The Kecessional," which the editor of
the London Times declared to be the
greatest poem written in the nine
teenth century, and which the whole
world has r2ceired as one of the greatest-
pieces of work in our time, he was
so depressed by its shortcomings that
he threw tbe first rough copy into the
waste paper basket. But Mrs. Kipling
has learned her husband pretty well,
and so she rescued it. But for Mrs.
Kipling we should have had no "Reces
sional!" Many a great deed that- has
lifted humanity upward has been nour
ished end saved from defeat by the
watchful and loving sympathy of some
unknown; member of the home part
nership. Carried Rlee.
Boil one cupful of thoroughly
washed rice in two cupfuls of boiling
salted water. Boil for ten minutes and
strain. Add a teaspoonful of curry,
powder that has been rubbed smooth
in cold water. Boil the rice thus sea
soned in a cupful of stock until ten
der. Strain, place in the center of a
plotter, cover with the liquor and
sprinkle with chopped parsley. N. Y.
Tribune.
New Wealth In Mlcbisan.
At the Inst- last annual meeting ' of
the Geological Society of America,
Prof. I. C. Russell called attention to
the recent discovery that many of the
swamps and lakes in the southern pe
ninsula of Michigan are rich in calcare
ous marl, suitable for making Port
land cement. Although partly com
posed of shells, the Michigan marl is
principally a chemical precipitate
which is still being formed. The pre
cise method of its .formation is not
yet understood. The supply is prac
tically inexhaustible. . Large cement
works have recently been constructed,
ithers arc'in contemplation, und Prof.
Russell says that Michigan can easily
take a leading place in that industry. ,
' Antl-Typhnid Inoculation.
The Lancet snys that owing to the
presence of typhoid fever in Nntal
every man ordered for military service
in that colony has been given the op
lion of being inoculated with anti
typhoid serum. .It is said that 70 per
cent, of the troops have accepted the
Raft to Croa. the
being construe ed at Seu e wed
S'ai of lumber.
LEVI STRAUSS & CO-
-4
Business Methods
of to3y require acomplotoandi M
neatly printed line of stationery, 1
Your buHlnens should bo repre
Mtrl in an aUruotlvn manner '
upon cvory piece of stationery A
yuu euu uu,, .uni. u,
more In the lonu mu and ourrles
with it on air of prosperity. Till
Mail Job department Is rcplclo
with fttcillllea for printing letter .
beads, envelope, cards, etc. .-
That Win.
THOSE IMMIGRANTS'
'I
Localiti Preferred by Many of tha
HewArrivaii. ' y
rav-ririka sf the Wftols -
..a. n:tu AO..... S....a j
Tfcalr Datlaa1lem-4aae la- i
iv terctftlMaT Tmmtw, -' y'JW
1 Foreign immigration Into the Unite!
Btates, the volume of which was dlmin-.'
ished after the financial difficulties ot
1803 and 1894, has resumed its former
dimension and is now about 300,000
year. Tbe number of immigrants what
arrived at the port of New York dur-
ing tbe quarter ending January 1, 11)00,
was 74,892. Of- this number fonr-fiftbd "
declared their destination to be the
states composing the North Atlantic
division, of which the state of New
York received the largest number. Ot
these VI per cent, intended to settle irn
New York state, 19 percent in Pennsyl
vania, 6 per cent. In Sew Jersey, 0 per
cent, in' Massachusetts and 3 per cent,
in Connecticut.
: It has been supposed generally that
the great flood of immigration into the
port of New York has for its ultimate,
destination tbe great states of the west
or northwest, in which land is cheap, :
the return from agriculture almost
immediate and the existing homestead:
and naturalization laws particularly
favorable to newcomers. As a matter j 1
of fact, however, and notwithstanding,
the great extent of Scandinavian immi
gration to tbe United States, recently. ,-re-enforced
by a considerable number
of Finns, the agricultural states of the . 1.
west get comparatively kittle of thej
new immigration. Thus Iowa, which is
the mostdistinctly "agricultural" stater
of the country, and which has long of
fered many favorable opportunities to. .
farmers from nor hern European conn- , t
tries, was the destination of only 3011
of the 75,000 immigrants who arrived. '
curing tne last, quarter 01 lava anu ouv
niy declared their destination . for
Minnesota, a state which has a largen
proportion of Scandinavian population;
than any other and In which the dc
maud for farm laborers for several m
years has been considerably , greater.,, t
than the supply. To the big agricul
tural state of Kansas only 268 immi
grants went, to Idaho only 15, and t .
Oklahoma, "No, Man's Land," only re
cently opened to settlement under
fixed agricultural title to land, only ll.' '
That distance from the Atlantic sea
board and the delay and expense in.
reaching such places is not tbe true
reason of the scanty immigration t
such places is proved by the fact that
to California, much farther away from.'
the point of entry than either of them, .
1,000 immigrants went, while the num
ber to Colorado was 618. To Delaware,
near at hand, only 48 immigrants went, ,
to Vermont 80, to New Hampshire 84
and to Maine only 61. - ,
In one particular, irrespective of the
cnuracter. .ana origin ox loretgn imnu-
irrnl inn intv- inn - llmtari SlntR.
whether Ibe-newcomers be skiiied me- - --chanics.op-uut-rained
laborers, whether -they
come - from eastern or westerrr"
PurnnpHn cmint.ripa nnifnrm ruin
has prevailed among them for many
years, it is this: They have, as all
their predecessors appear to have had,
an insurmountable repugnance aga ins V -
settling in either one of the two state
of Arkansas and North Carolina, To
Arkansas during the last quarter only , :
eightimtnigrentswentfrom New Y'ork,
and to North Carolina only five. It has
been so for many years, notwithstand
ing the fact that North Carolina is- '
reached with comparatively little ex-; 1
pense, and that the climate issalubri- 1
nil., livimr evnensps mnll and thp iinm-
petition of colored labor not serious ini .
the western counties , of, the state.
where there is such good farming land.'
But notwithstanding all this, Arkan-
6as and North Carolina remain, as ,
heretofore, at the foot of the list of
American stales and territories in thft ,,,
preference of immigrants from foreigni
countries ;and all efforts to make them
more attractive to newcomers have
.:t,l rtr ,1... iE. .
81 declared their destination to be the
Indian territory and two were on their
way to Hawaii, 4,X0 were going lo Illi
nois, -t.'tQO to Massachusetts, 1,09 to
Michigan und 37 to Utah.
Qninu To write poetry you "must
have the hair of a poet. 1
DeFonle That's funny! I saw
Scribe's wife with a handful of his hair
the other dny, but no one ever heard
of her writing poetry.-
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