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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1900)
1 j t PURELY PERSONAL. W. T.' Weal was in from Paisley this wook. R. E. Peyton, of LeedB, was in Mijd' ford Monday, C. W. Myers waa over from Klam athon Monday. Miss Oora Bates returned borne from Redding Sunday Mrs. H. G. Wortman returned from AshlaadSafurday. . ! ";' -v ,' Mi D. Bowles, of Lake Creek, was registered at the Nash Monday, Mrs. Lou Whittle, of Central Point, was Waiting friends in Medford Monday, A. R. Jacobs, a prosperous young farmer, living near Talent, was tn the city Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Butler returned Friday from their Visit at Willamette valley points.'' ...i , . W. G. Messal and family, of Xake Creek, wore, registered at Hotel Nash Wednesday Ex-Commissioner W. H. Bradshaw was in from Lake Creek Monday upon businoss and jollying his friends. E. Q. Fomeroy, our good and tried friend, bver at Spikenard, was in the city Wednesday upon business. JT. B. Dent and Charlie Milligan, who are employed at the Nye-Wortman mine on Galls creek, spent Sunday with their families in Medford J. T. Spencer and family left Monday evening for. their home at North boro. Iowa, after a few weeks' visit with N. H. Spencer and family, out on Griffin creek. ,. Carl, Edith and Pearl Webb, Grace Foster and Dr. Burnett were over at Table Rock Inst Sunday and enjoyed a picmo dinner on the topmost point of the rock Mrs. Anna Colleen left Tuesday morning for her home at Dixon, Calif after a two weeks' visit with relatives here. She is a daughter of Arnold Chiiders, Sr. Asbael Hubbard returned' Sunday from the grand lodge, K. of P., which Butler was also a delegate from Talis man lodge, of Medford., Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Fitzgerald re turned Monday to their home near Grants Pass. Mr. Fitzgerald is mak ing a crowning saccess of his fruit ven ture down that way and it's' all de served. - N.' H. Spencer and children, J. T Spencer and Son, Mr. and Mrs. A. Nicholson j Mr. and Mr., A. C. Nichol son and Miss Myrtle Nicholson made up a little picnic party whloh visited Table Bock Sunday. . . ;'- Mrs.H. A. Frenna returned to Med ford Tuesday evening. Her husband and son are now at work in San Fran cisco, but they too will return to Med ford about Christmas time, when the family' will settle down for a permanent stay It this city. . " . T. J. Kelso was in from Eagle Point Monday. He was a pleasant caller at The Mail office where he left, the necessary which pays his subscription to 1902. He is engaged in hauling lum ber from up near Talent to bis. place for an addition to bis dwelling houBe. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Leever came over from Ft. Klamath last week foe a few days' stay with relatives and their maoy friends. - Mr. Leever is engaged in stock .raising and is doing well. Both himself and wife like the country immensely well and are healthy and -happy. A. J. Stewart left Monday morning lor El Paso, Texas, where be has large interests ana wnere ne win speua tne winter, returning to Meaiora next Rnrincr. an htm hppn hffl wnnt tl dn fnr several years. He is a splendid gentle man and hia comings are always wel comed by our townspeople. Jeff Wilson was. over from Langell Valley, Klamath County, last week. Mrs. Wilson has been visiting with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Obenohaln, -at Central Point, for a couple of weeks and returned to her home with her husband. These people returned a few weeks ago from an outing trip to the coast. Thos. Smith, the gentleman who re cently purchased a -tract of land near Jacksonville, was in Medford last Sat urday upon business. He is very much elated over bis pnrchase ai.d Is re gretting tbat be did not buy a few months sooner so he could have secured about $400'fl worth of prunes which have just been harvested from the orchard. . W. T. York and family and R. B. Orr and family were up Talent way Sunday looking over tbe country. At M. L. Pellctt's place they were shown a bin of very Hoe. apples the product of ; Mr.' Pellett's orchard. There are several thousand bushels of these ap ples and they are a prime article. It was only a couple or three years ago that Mr. Pellett was offering bis farm for eule at a price tbat was very low but since mat time ne nas raaae a liferent arrangements and don't want to sell. aiavrupunruii since men uus uiure than paid the amount asKed then and the place is still bis with prospects (or its laying up a good bank account 'for him in years to come. G. , 0. ' Culy, tho big stockman of Steamboat, was registered at tho Nash Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Mltolioll ar rived in Mod ford last weok from Klnm- athon, Calif. Capt, J,' T. C. Nash loft Monday evoniug tor a busluoss trip to lioscburg and Portland. K. B. Jonulngs left Wednesday even Ing for a throe or four days' business trip to Rosoburg. Mrs. Louis Bundy, wife of Dr. Bundy, tbe dentist, -la down from Eugene visit ing her husband. :: . f Win. Gibbon, one of tho best frleuds Tup MAIL has In the valley, was in from DIB tarm, near uentrai i'olnt, Tuesday. Mrs. A. E. Graves, who formerly lived in the Applegate osuntry, stopped off in Medford Monday for a day's visit 1th friends, en route from Portland to San Franolsco. , Prof. J. A. Dish, teacher in the Woodville schools, was In Medford over Saturday and Sunday, visiting his par ents and friends. Abe is making a de cided success of sohool teaching and his friends rejoice with him. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fryer and their daughter, Mrs. Green, of Eagle Point, were Medford visitors Saturday. Mr. Fryer dropped into This Mail's new shop to look around and to say en couravring words all of which are fully appreciated. Mrs. D. I. Waldroop, and daughter. Mrs. Bessie Plymale, and Mrs. Wald roop 8 sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Crabb, came no from Ft. Jones, Calif., this week for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Miller and other Medford relatives and friends. Mrs. Crabb's home is at Dcs Moines, Iowa. Mrs. S. D. Musso, of Bowman, Calif., arrived in Medford this week and will visit for a couple of months with her son-in-law. Editor A. H. Chessmore, and family. Her son was hero during the summer and was very favorably impressed with the country and It is not unlikely that he and his mother will move here. Rev. L. 0. Wilson and family, of Grants Pass, were in Medford a few days this week upon a visit to Rev. E, Wilson and family. . These reverend gentlemen ara brothers and both M. E. Church pastors.' Rev. L. 0. has re cently been transferred from Grants Pass to Rod Bluff, Calif. - He is now en route to his new Bold of labor. P. H. Gray was over ' from Poo's valley, Klamath County, this week, He is going to engage in stock raising over tbat way and is of the opinion that there's big money for him as well as other stocknftn. He bought a couple of acres of potatoes when be first wont over tnere, and he brought In a few samples, which weighed four and five pounds each and they had received no cultivation whatever. Tbe variety of the potatoes is the Blue Victor. W. D. West, of Silver Lake, is now visiting relatives in this city. Mr. West is a nephew of T. F. West, Mrs. E. M. Denison and Mra. R. T. Lawton and a cousin of Mrs. G. H. Haskios, D. T. and J. W. Lawton, whom he had not seen for nearly twenty years. This Mr. West's first visit to Medford. He is greatly pleased with its general make-up and go-ahead business aopear ance. Mr. West is a practical engineer and a good, all-round fellow aod can not come too often or stay too long..,.). J. H. McFall, a farmer living near Central Polot,was in the city Monday upon business. Tbe gentleman has been living in the valley for a couple of years, during which time he has been doing pretty well in a financial way, so well In fact that he has decided to take hie family and pay his relatives at Aurora, Mo., a three months' visit. He has not visited his old home for twenty-three years, and has decided tbat right now is an opportune time and he goes and may pleasures abound where himself and estimable family camp. Geo. T. Richards, of Grand Rapids, arrived In Medford this week after a trip into eastern Oregon. The gentle man and his family arrived in 0 regon City from Michigan several woeks ago. The family remained in tbe above named city while Mr. Richards has been making a detour of the southern part of the Btate. He likes the Rogue river valley and Medford end has de cided to spend at least tbe winter here, and has rented the Misses Townsend's property out near tbe Orchard Home tract. He left Monday evening for Oregon City to get hia family, expect ing to return to Medford the latter partol this week. Mr. R. is a farmer and if he likes the way our country acts for the next few months ho will invest in farm property hereabouts. TbOBe Michigan men sb a rule are good men and hustlers and Mr. Richards seems very like the majority. NEW STORE NEW LINE.., I will shortly bo in my new building with a complete line of Japanese wear, crockery and glassware; also groceries and provisions. Q. L,. Davis, Your Grocer. Dissolution of Partnership. Notice is hereby civen that the on. partnership heretofore existing by and between T. Goodwvn and C. E. Tull. doing busmen under the firm name of Goodwyn & Tull, Is, bv mutual consent, this day dissolved. All accounts due the firm are payable to C. E. Tull, who will continue the livery business, and all accounts owed by the firm will be paid by said 0. IS. Tull. Dated at Medford, Oregon, this 10th day of October, 1900. T. Goodwyn, O. E. Tull. Cheap Lumber for Sale! BY SUGAR PINE COMPANY. AT OUR MEDFORD YARD In shipping out our best graded lumber wo will luivu left probably 10X1,000 feet, principally sugiir pluo. suitabto for gen oral building and for inside finish, which wo have not present faetory facilities for working upoui'solves, we will givu ,. . extra good bargains in. We lmvo nlso about a carload of clear o,uartcr-sawed tlr flooring strips, tho tin nut ever sawed in this county, which la also offered at a low (Inure. AT THE GRAY MILL We have in a pile about '250,000 feet of grados below No. 2 Sugar and Yellow Pino, which wo will suit at prloos from f5 to $10 nor M. according to selection and quantity sold. We also have an abundance of Fir Inch boards, ronclng. flooring and rustic in strips, bridge plunks and of about all Fir dimensions suitable for house and ranch building, a full list of whloh Is at Medford, which wn offer nt $6 nor M. for grades from common up to No. 1. No. 1 flooring and rustic strips at 7. We also have for sale at Butlo Crook 250 bushels of sacked Charcoal and u lot of 10-foot Cedar corral posts, and at Mod ford a few tons of baled hay and numerous blacksmith tools, almost new. For prices uud full particulars Inquire of CHARLES H. PIERCE, Hedford, Oregon McKlnley Club fleeting. All members of the Medford McKin ley club, and those t otcrs who muy wish to become members of the club, are re quested to meet at the town ball in Msdford on Friday evening, Oct. 18th, at 7 :S0 o'clock. There will be businoss of importance to be transacted. There Is work for all Republicans during the next two weeks and we must meet and organize for it. If you have the inter est ef yonr country and party at heart you will meet with us. J. S. Howard, Chairman. Additional Local Items. ' Clarence Gunn has moved to the Riggs placo, south of Medford. Ice eream Saturdays and Sundays at iae doss, Jacksonville. J. W. Wiley shipped two carloads of hogs to San Francisco Monday. The Coss Piano House his some good horses for sale. G. L. Davis shipped a carload of Oregon red apples to Los Angeles Tues day. School supplies at West Side gro cery. -T. H. Moore bos built a 16x16 foot addition to his West Side grocery store. He has also. put in a stock of tin and granite ware. - ' For stamp photos see Mackey & Dunlup. 24 for 25 cents. T. F, Gooch has .purchased town properly In Ashland but ho is not sure tbat he will occupy It-"He is bunting for a small farm of good alfalfa land and If he finds a chunk that suits hlui he'll invest. Fresh eastern oysters at the itialto parlors. -Mr. Wm. W. Bates and Miss H. A. Medynski are to bo married on Wednesday of next week, at the resi dence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Medynski. Invitations are now out. See the latest in piano chairs at the Coss Piano House.. H. E. Davis has taken a position as salesman in G. L. Davis' grocery etore. He is a nepbew of G. L., and is proving himself to be a cracking good man. He Is courteous, affable and ia catching on to store maneuvers in good sbapo. Seed rye for sale 1000 pounds, at Hubbard Bros., Medford. Several fruit packers left Medford Wednesday morning for tho Charlie Dlcklson ranch, at Table Rock, where they will pack Charlie's apple crop, about 400 boxes, which have been bought by G. L. Davis. -Ladies, my new pattern and street hats are here. Call and sue them, at my millinery parlor, bock of new bunk. Miss Medynski. George Coulter has leased the bil liard bnll, formerly conducted by W. I. Townsand, and on Wednesday opened the some for business. If anyone can make a success of this business its "Virjin" that'll do It. Ho will carry cigars, tobacco, candies, nuts and lunch goods. Benj, Fredenburg sold'to Ed Wilkin son, the market man, this week, a five-year-old steer that weighed 1500 pounds. There was nbthlng especially out of the ordinary as to weight, but Mr. Wilkinson says he wus the finest animal lie ever looked upon a. id E.J has seen several in his time. The price paid for him was 850.70. A Model fjrocery Store. For weeks past workmon havo bocn "rolling logs," so to speak, In prepar ing tbe large, brick store room, belong in? to Thos Mc A ml rows, for occupancy by G L Davis, the grocer The build ing was completed last week and no sooner was tho snow white paint dry than did Mr Davis commonco tbe work of moving lu. Tho main building is 50x00 loot lu size and Is all in one large salesroom. The fixtures are all new, of modorn style and conveniently arranged or tbe uses for which InUindod Shelving and counters oxtond tho full length of each side and across the back end Tables are located at various plaocs in the room, while through the center are large pyramid tables upon which is fancy glasswaro and Japanese goods. At the center rear is an clovutod ofllca, leading to which is a flight of stulrs and around wnich is a railing. Every piece of the store fixtures Is pulnted u pure white and when loaded with the new goods which Mr Davis has put ,ln presents a very pretty Bceiio to look upon Tho windows are French plate glass and around them have been In stalled, abuut a foot apart, 124 electric llghti, which with tbe aid of twelve othtr electric Hgbts In other parts of the storo, will afford a great abundance of light. The east side of tbe room is given up almost exclusively to canned, bottled ami funcy lunch goods; the rear to orockery and houvy groceries: the west side to Bhclf groceries, cigars and to- bucco, while tbe center Is taken up with vegetables, fruits, syrups, wooden and willow ware. Mr Davis carries a $6000 stock of goods, employs five clerks and delivery- men and does two men's work himself His employes are T E Poltengor, Carl Crystal, H H Davis, Everett Kads, John Dent and Charlie Caldwell, tbe two latter being drivers of the two delivery wugoiis which the establishment keeps busy going to all parts of tbe town. Mr Davis' new buainoBS homo is, without a doubt, tho II nest placeof busi ness of Its kind In tbe state, outside of Portland and The Mail is pleased because that 'tis so not especially be cause It's George Davis that's doing it nil, but because that It's Medford on' terprlse that'a forging ahoad.. The place is a beauty spot in Medford and Mr Davis Is entitled to wagon loads of oredlt for having put forth so much en terprise in this direction. Empty barrels New and old bar rels for sale cheap at the distillery office. Candy ten cents per pound for the next thirty days at the Boss Jackson- vine. m m m m m Studebaker Vehicles and RAMBLER BICYCLES Tim publiu Is cordially Invited to call and Inspont my large ussoi'tmuiil, Just received, of goiitloinon'a Driving Wngona uud llugglos, aim light! business and road wagons and houvy 4 spring uimiiitulii wuguns (bucks), ull of which will nu sold ut low llgurua and on liberal terms. F. 05EN15RUQQG, J. A. Whitman' old stand. MEDFORD, iiv t ft to i i PRGU AND PROMPT DKLIVIiRY OP GOODS Groceries T. II. MOOUK, Prop. (let 'oin on the went itl.tn. 1 1m Wrat utile 'Orotwy I'srrlrN it tplfmiul lliir ot llritfrrlrs, 1'ruvlnluus, Cliiurs iiiiU Tubjuuu, Feed The West Side Qrocery llulril liny, Hiilltul Out ami llarlny A BIG GUT IN PRICES . i All OXFORD TIES cut down gQc a pair Now is tho ti mo lo got ft pood low slioo ut coet. Call toon and got your fit. So mo odils mid ends much bo low cont. In order to mnko room for full goods' wo odor fur the next few weukn hIioi'h that cost us 12.60 at $1.00. Don't forget the place at Kanie'H Storo. If you aro hunt ing a Bhoomukor cull in and lmvo your work douo in good Still IO. A Shoemaker always at Knme'i Store. W. T. KAME Boot and Shoe Repair Shop.... I have r-opened my shop tn Medford mid am prepared to oxcuto firs-class work on short notice and at reasonable prices Spop In Meeker & Co.'s store. M. S. BIDEN, Prop. vaz vja ayM' m.' va $ Cole's My Farm For Sale. Consisting of 190 acres;. fifty acres cleared; 125 fenced; 700 bearing prune and poach troos; six acres alfalfa; 700 ung pear trees; house of seven roomR; dud barn ; wagon shod, oto. Slluutod two and one-half miles west of Phoenix hiu! six and one-half miles south of M. ilford. Cheap and easy terms. Ap ply on premises or at my rosldonoo on West Seventh streot, Medford. ' 0. L. CORW1N. Air-Tight Heaters Best Heaters on Earth. Acknowledged to be stiporlor lo all others In every respect. Wo have sold tnnin lor live seasons and have sold lots of them und all havo given entire satisfac tion. BDYDEH & KIGHOLSOH, The Hardware Men t Hovonth St., hot. 11 and C MKMFORD, OltE. Ihe Wonderful "Snap Shot 99 Cured a Bad Sore Throat. State of Oregon, I J. T. Roberts, being duly sworn, deposes nnd Jackson County, f says: In April I got tho sore throat so bud f could not speak above a whisper, but did not know what was the matter. I wont to Mr. Sutton mid he treated it with Snap Shot and in nhoiil tun minutes the pain and soreness left my throat and 1 havo not been bothered since with It. I ali-o hail tho rhuuinatiHin so badly I had to go with a cano, and the cords were drawn so that 1 could nut bond my leg, I went to Mr. Sut ton's olllco and used tho Snap Shot and in a very short tlinii I threw the cane away and wont homo without any trouble, and have had to use the cano no mora ami have hud no recurrence of tho rheumatism. Sutton's Snap Shot Is a groat remedy. J. T. HOBKKT3. Subscribed und sworn to before mo this 1st day of December, 1S8. Ki.oim.vcK L. TinmiK. Notary l'uhllu for Oiogon. Slltton'S Snap Shot. t'o wonderful destroyer of nil forms of inflammation in man or beast. 50c and $fl per bottle. R. K. SUTTON, Solo Proprietor, Ashland, Ore. Machine repairing a specialty Second Hand Engines and Steam Pumps Brought and Sold ' 9ff ' 9f Bicycle Cones and Axles Made to Order jf ?f jf f I M. GAUTL, Projriutor LMUBER B B Fir and Yellow Pine dimension lumbor all sizos and lengths; also boxing. Orders for special, sizes promptly filled. Mill 5 miles west of Talent on Anderson Creek. , Postoffico address, Talent, Oregon. Let Us Figure on the Next Bill of Lumber You Order, Wm. Richards & Co. ri 1, V,