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Wo roculvud tli Ih wook a oomplute lino of ladlos' tailor
iiittdo sklrtH tliut fur BiirimHHOH anything of the kind ovor
before shown in Modfcr 1. TheHe oro the complete earn
)lo lino of an oxoIubIvo skirt house. Theso skirts aro
nmdo with moroorizod llningH, ologant taffeta silk and
sntin trimmings, and have the latest out IIouqcob. Forty
dirfurent stylos. Prices from 2.50 to $1000
f Vsl tVoSo-n Now w00' waists in reds, bluos.
tfll If atllHIS lavouders, groons, old rose and
MVVI riUIUlU blaok, 1.60 to $1.00
Black Sateen Waists g,S
$1.60 and 2. 50
CSII7 ftiA!A4-A Black and oolors In tarfela silk,
dllli mQISIS having fltted linings, price 5.00
Wc aro showing this wonk a nice assortment of fur collar
ottos and bow from 91.76 up
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K. V.Modynakl roturntxl last Friday
front his suuiinor's atay In Almku, Uo
wa eliiut t)iilno r on ono of tlio largo
river boats which ply between Si.
Mlchsols and Daweon. Tlio season, he
anys, wns an unuaim'.ly thort ono be
canao of Iho tact that the Ice in St.
Michaels buy did not break until July
3d, at which time thoro woro twonty-ono
'boat from up river waiting to got Into
alio bay, and another reason waa that
liec-ausoboata which woro to bring froilit
(or Dawson woro tied up In Iho itrlko at
Sa KranciH'o, lima cutting all Iho rlvor
boats down ono round trip. llo only
iiirtilo a trip and a hall thia Benson
wborons heretofore two and a half trlpa
hnvo boon made, ilo loft Dawson with
Ma bout, which wintered up tlio rlvor,
on Juno 10th with 208 passengers, moally
gamblers who had boon run nut of Dawt
son, and olovcn tonaof gold, which latter
wns mostly couaigncd toCiinndian bunks.
Only about ono-tlilrd aa many boats run
thia year aa iimiul but thoy did na iiiucli
buiiui'inua lvforo iMtcautoof a ool which
had boon uiuilo. Ilia bout took up tho
rlvur tho InrKoat cargo over currlod, 031
toua doud wuiulit, or IW0 tons menauro
niont. On thia trip It ia boat's onuiuoa
oonauniod 180 tona of coal, "at a coat of
418 per ton, and (171 cortls of wood, at 18
per cord. Ho aaw Kd. Hanloy at Daw
an nnd look fifty head of ful emtio down
tho rlvor for lilm to Tanna, where ho
ha a anp'ply aliop for tho govornuiont
poat, and of which Gooro Iavo ia in
charge, Kruali boof ia worth auvonly
flvu cents par pound atrui(ht. Tho
White I'naa A Yukon railroad. Mr. Ma-
dynaltl aaya, ia tho irraiuloat plocoof on
gincoriiiK ho ovor anw, and is built
throuijh tlio finoat aconory nnywhero to
bo found. It la a narrow iruugo uff.dr
nud for miloa and miles tlio road bud
wne blastod out ulotiKsidn of niountnlna
of eo) Ul grnnlto. In nl no in I lea tlio road
iniikoa a raise of 1(500 foet. Tho onginos
uaod nrovory honvy and tlio drlvo wheels
vory small. Only two cars aro'haulod
in a train and tlio (aro for a rldo of 108
miles is 1-5. Tho speed does not aver
ago nioro than tliroo or. four miloa un
hour, and in some placoa, ho aaya, you
would wiah thoy woro going slower than
that.
Lost Durlair M. E. Ohuroh, South,
conference week, between Mr. Fer
guson's homo, in linst Meuford.und Mrs.
A. It. l'lilnna' nlnoo. a sohl chain brnco-
let, hoHrtfiiatoning, I'Mndor plcuuo loavo
lit maiii oiuoo.
Tho Mothotliat Episcopal confer
on ou which has boon in soaaion at Hills-
. uoro since early laat week, cloaed Its
soaaion Monday ovonlng, Seplomber
HOlb. Tho appointments for this dla
triot aro: Presiding older, D L Sura
morvllle; Allhouac, Wllford Sml'li;
Aahland, J T Abbott; Monauta, U It
Kostcraon; Canyonvillo, L O .Imnicr
mnn; Central Point, C B Lock hart;
Deer Creek, to bo aupplled; Port Bid
well, W V Poppori Fort Klamath, W
D Clame;Glondalo, W M Jordaa;Grants
Pasa, J W McDougal; Jackaonvlllo, M
McGregor, Klamath Fulls, N J Uarbe ;
Klamath Indian uilsson, A M Brlablo;
Likovlow, I) LShrode; Med ford, W B
Mooro; Ooklnnd.T J Furguaon; I'aialey,
J B Stark; Hosoburg, A S Mulllean;
Too-milo, O li Hooa; Wilbur, C M Iteea;
Wlldorville, W F Ilogera. T B Ford
la presiding elder of the Eugene dls-
triot; N Kounda goes to Dullua; J C
Gregory, formerly at Central Point,
gooa to Wcndlirg; Edward Clltiua goes
to Springllold.
I hnvo moved my atoek nf harneas
and saddlery from the Wo.iK building
to my now atoro, near tho Union livery
Btulilos, where I will bo pleiiacd to do
business with former patrons und new
ones na wcil. I giutrnnteo ovary article
I put out to be aa recommended or
money refunded. J. li. Taylor.
Thoro ia another Industry In Jack
son County which has hitherto boon
given but little attention. It is that of
growing oulona. For tho past few years
tho Industry baa been gradually creep
lug into prominence and today, in one
partloulur locality at loaat, it la ono of
tho moat promlnoot aourcea of revenue.
Tho lands near Eaglo Point and up
Butte creek seem especially adapted to
the growth of thia frsgranv (?) vegetable
and tho farmers aro quite alive to the
oondltiona which surround thorn and
aro milking monoy. Tho advantage of
this produotovor many others la that
ao lltllo land la required. A. L. Basel-
ton, of Eaglo Point, will hurvost this
fall from 1 nores of ground not less
than 100,000 pounds ol prlmo onions.
Theso Mr. Haaolton line sold for l.l.r
per hundred pounds. Tho market
price, however, rnng09 from one to ono
and a quarter oouts por pound. There
aro many other extensive growers in
that locality, among whom may be
mentioned Irving Daley, whoee crop
thia season Is estimated at 100,000
pounds; Royal Brown, with 12,000
pounds; Ell Dahaok, 10,000; Frank
Lowls, 15,000; Jos. Moomaw, 8000
John Daley, 6000, and besides these
thoro are aoveral up Butte creek who
will harvest from 3000 to 20,000 pounds
Than there is John Nelson, in SamB
Valloy, who has 8000 pounds. There
probably are many othors whose names
wo are unable to learn. The onion in
dustry is a close second to that of Now.
town and Spltzenburg apples. It has
if You Will Save Money
By nofc purchasing adulterated food at any
time, but when you can buy the pure article
of us at the same price, you help your purse
And Protect Your Health
at the same time
Our Groceries, Etc. are Pure, We Keep no
Other Kind
H. H. HOWARD & CO.
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foaturoa that tho orchard does not pos
sess, being greater returns for lbs land
cultlvutud, and In that theso returns
uro much sooner reull.ed,
All kinds or sush and doors and
screen doors, at lowest market prlco.
W. Woods.
While 11 Is quite true that Jackson
County did not gut away with any of
tlio prizes at tho stnto fair on county
exhibits In bunoh lots, It Is Just as well
truo that wo soured a ton pin stroke on
Jersey stock, Mr. E. E. Core having
taken first money on his celebrated
Jersey bull, Tho ronton attributed for
our not doing business with tho rest of
tho counties on agricultural and horti
cultural products was that our repre
sentatives did not huye time to properly
arrange thoir exhibits. Howovor, our
uuburnlsbcd exhibit, our crude, un
frilled product of naturo unadorned
brought out no end of comment, nnd
the good the exhibit did our county as
an advertising feature moro than com-
ponaatod for expense and trouble.
Dr. I. D. Phlnns has opened dental
parlors in tho Adkins building, ovor
uovdon's hardware store. Dr. 1'hlppB
la a graduate of Chicago College of
Dental Surgery, Uike forest university.
Ho has had over alx years of experi
ence. Ills appliances are oi me taicsi
and his work is up-to-dato and as near
painless as science makes it.
Some means ought to be adopted,
either by tho olty or the railroad com
pany, to do away with the necessity of
Incoming pusaoogers from tho south
bound trains being obliged to step off
the cars into the mud of the street
crotalng near the depot. The train
atopi, almost Invariably, at a point
where paaaengors alighting from the
car or In gottlng aboard are compelled
to wade in mud for about two rods.
This could be obviated by putting down
a plunk croaalng betweon the main line
and the eaat side track, or the train
oould bo pulled a car length further
south before the atop Is made. This
mud is not only dcucedly unpleasant
to walk In but it tends not to the good
of our town in the minds of strangers
who visit ua,
Oct a suit of good clothes at half
price. The Rosenthal stock is belrg
closed out. Tbo stock is a good one
aud tho prices aro cut squarely In two
in tlio middle.
Merchant W. T. Kamo baa pur
chased the Kufus Cox place, one and a
half miles north of Central Point, and
will take possession next week. There
are olghty-elght acrea in tho farm and
eighty soroa of it aro now aown to al
falfa. It is first-class alfalfa land and
Mr. Kamo cannot well help making
money off of It. The price paid was
$.'000. The purchase Includes several
head ct uorea and cowa, and farming
Impleiuentf. Mr. Kamo and hla most
estimable family will be greatly missed
from Medford but none there are here
ho will not wish them abundance of
auccess and an alfalfa crop every once
In a while or aj often aa bia fertile
a.'rea can produce.
The Rosenthal stock of clothing,
go ua furnishing goods, hats and shoes ib
ueing closed out at fifty centaon the dol
lar, tiot good bargains for little money
get 'em now wbilo thia opporlunita is
yours,
Charllo Terrlll, the Brownaboro
orchard 1st and farmer, while in Med
ford this week sold his orop of apples,
Newtowns and Spllzenburgs, to W. C.
Michael, a representative of Porter
Bros. Mr. Terrlll will have about
throo carloads and the fruit Is said to
bo an excellent quality. He will make
a nlco little cleau-up on his fruit this
vear and ho is ontttled to a gO)d
bltoforodlt for having had the nerve
and enterprise to go Into the business
even ihouirh his place ia some distance
from the railroad. There is lots of
good orchard land up Brownsboro way
nnd It conld not be more profitably em
ployed than In growing apples.
All tho counters and show cases of
the Rosenthal estato lit Medford for
sule cheap.
Dr. PIckel : "Say.dou't you disliko
a fool trick when you do if yourself? 1
was going to Portland Wednesday morn
ing on the carnival excursion and had
risen ealy, 4 o'clock, and had eaten my
breakfast, attar which I fooled around
home tor hair an hour, not thinking for
a minute that the train would be on
time, but when I finally decided to go I
discovered, while yet on my threshold.
the train pulling out of tho station. No,
I'll not try my dog on China pheasants
this season. I wish I could hire some
ono to kick mo around about seven blocks
Thompson's colt, did you say? No,
never swam a river to get a drink, but I
miased that train plague take the luck.'
B lye room uuuro tu rouu, vuiiuuj,
located; good neighbors. Inquire at
tbis omce.
Rogue river valley of late has been
attracting a very desirable class tf
Immigration. No great rush Is visible
but every now and then someone with
the necessary "slmoleons" drops in and
In nearly every instance finds a piece
of property or a business location to
suit his tiiate and a transfer of intorests
Is the result. Tho amount of outside
capital invested In this section of late
has been upward of considerable aud
the end Is by no means yet.
The Russ mill is now rolling feed.
Bring your prists Fridays or bnturduys.
F. M. Wilson, proprietor of tho
Model restaurant, commenced work this
week on a new residence which ho will
build on his property on South C street.
The main building will be 18x20 feet in
size with a 10x18 foot oil, all one story
high. The buildings now on tho place
will bo torn down and tho material
used In tho new residence and In con
structing outbuildings. It will be a
noat little cottage convonlonco being
tbo prominent feature, aud bolng handy
to his business there's no good reason
why Frank should not havo grounds to
congratulate himself because of his
good fortur.o In possessing the property.
The Woodburn nursery stock Is
positively tho best on tbo market. This
nursery has been doing business for a
great many years. Its stock planted
the pionoer orchards of Oregon and
stock from this same nursery is planting
the orchards today. The orcnardista
of Oregon all endorso the Woodburn
nursery, L. li. Hoover, ol Meuloru, is
tho agent for Southorn Oregon and
Northern California. Orders given blm
are novor obnnged or raised you get
Just what you order no kind ''Just as
gooa" is suMstitutod, and no oruers are
Inoreased after Srst made.
A pretty wedding took place In
Phoenix at the home of D. O'Toole on
Thursday, Sept. 20th, when Mire Cath
erlne O'Toole aud Mr. Geo. W. Woody
were united in marriage In the presence
of a large circle of relatives and a few
friends. At 2 o'clock Julia, the bride's
little slater, commenced the wedding
march and the groom and beat man, Mr.
Milton Anderson, marched In followed
a little later by the maid of honor, Miss
Frances O'Toole, immediately after the
bride leaning on her father's arm, all
forming a semi-circle under an arch of
fink and green, the bride and groom
standing under a cross of white carna
tions, where Rev. Father George Doyle
performed the ceremony. Alter the
ceremony all marched to the dining
room, where everyone partook of i
bounteous repast. The bride was hand'
somely dressed in cream lansdowne
tiimmed la lace and satin. She wore a
veil and carried a shower bouquet of
white roses. The maid ot honor was
dressed in pale blue organdie and carried
a single rose. They were serenaded in
the evening by a number of friends
Saturday evening, while descend
ing the stairs at his residence On North
D street, Kov. Reeso P. Kendall slipped
and fell down the stairs, sustaining
severe fracture of the right femur, or
thigh bono. The fracture occurred In
the neck of tho bone, being practically
one of tho hip, known professionally as
an "Intra capsular fracture." The
limb was sot by Dr. Picket on Sunday
morning and tbe patlont is doing as
well as could be expected under the cir
cumstances, as Mr. K. is over seventy
two years of age. Bis many friends In
the community aro hopeful of bis
speedy recovery.
Pipes, Pipes All kinds ot pipes.
Bl? nines, little pipes, half grown pipes,
dwarf pipes and giant pipes. Cheap
nines, costly pipes and pipes that are
moderate in price. Get a pipe at Billy
Isaacs smoae House.
Many farmers have already com.
menced preparing for tbe next season i
crop, the late rains having wet the soil
sufficiently to admit of plowing in moat
parts'of the" valley. Some grain Is be
ing sown on summer fallow land
Southern Oregon was never In a more
prosperous condition tban this year,
With bountltul orops of all kinds save
wheal, and good prices, the average
tiller of the soil oan be easily dis
tinguished by the broad grin which
constantly Illumines his features.
Purdln's blacksmith shop rear of
Medford bans:.' All work guaranteeo.
John Hart, aged 22 years, a son of
Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, of Ashland, met
with an accideut Saturday morning
which resulted in his death Sunday
morning. He was driving oattle from
Montaguo to Gazelle when his horse
slipped and fell, tbe young man going
underneath tbe animal. Ho was taken
tn .Ttilinn'ti lilnr-n. nrhnra assistance WOfl
given, but death resulted tbe foYtowing
morning. He was a nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. H.. H. Mitchell, of Medford,
and these people left here Sunday
night to alleud the funeral. -
Wells & Shearer have the best
equipped outfit for draying and house
hold moving In Medford. See them
when need the services of a good dray
ing outfit.
A Southern Pnoiflo wood train
loaded several hundred cords of wood
at Monford this week, the same having
been sold to tho company by Messrs.
Max Muller nnd Chris. Ulrloh, of Jack
sonville. The workmen were nearly
alt "Japs," and the way thoy bandied
that wood was an object lesson In de
liberate movement. Six men were as
signed to each car, aud, as a bystander
remarked, ten Irishmen could have
doneas much work as the whole tweuty
tour Japs in the gang. ,
You get a fine piece of graniteware
with eaoh oan of baking powder pur
chased ot Chessmore & Myers.
..The Palm-Whitman Co., olgar
manufacturers, have resumed work in
tholr faotory after a few weeks lay-off-They
havo nearly their full foroe of
help at work and are turning out oigara
at the usual rata. One of their travel
ing salesmon, R. U. MoClennnhan, has
been ill for several weeks nnd is still
unable to go on the roadi but he Is im
proving and will jprobably be able to
resume his work In a few weeks, His
route will bo ooverod by another sales
man until ho reoovers.
"A teaoherln one of tho Medford
sohools, one day this week, was trying
to explain to a olass of juveniles the
difference between the words "set" and
"sit." "You can set a hen on a neBt,
SOHOOIa shobs
California Crome Tan
for Boya. No Better. Also some
Heavr Soled Shoes for
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Girls
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and then what would sho do?" the
teacher aakod. "Sho'd jump off and
run," triumphantly shouted a small
boy near the foot of tho olass. Tbo cor
rectness of this solution la obvious to
anyone who has had exporlenco with
tho average female of the genus gal llnaj. j
If you aro looking for shoes, call at
Gurnea's.
R. H. Halley :-"Tell me what It
moans, will you? While I was ovor in
the Evans oreck country I found some
freshly driven surveyors' stakes. The
line of stakes extends up Evans creek
and as far as the summit of the Umpqua
divide. How much further they ex
tended I do not know. People living
np that way told me the surveyor's had
been there for several weeks and had
but just left. From where I was I
could see over Into Cow creek canyon,
bot, of course, could not see any stakes.
Railroad, did you say? I don't know
anything about It more tban what the
people up there told me, and that was
that tbe surveyors wore in the employ
of a railroad company and that they
were running the line Into the Cow
creek country."
John Fletcher, who, In company
with Mr. Reed, of this city, purchased
tbe Jackson-Baker gold mine, on
Shelley creek, a few weeks ago, for
which they paid $15,000, was In Med
ford this week, having come here dl
rect from the mine. He reports that
50,000 tons of ore are now in sight at
the mine. It Is a smelter proposition,
he says, and further that it Is tbe In-
tention to put one in. The rock goes
from $15 to $50 to the ton.
W. H. Mcdowan Is figuring on
putting un a residence this fall on his
property ia Southwest Medford. He
owns a little oyer two acres of land
opposite Orln Davis' homo and It Is
upon part of this he will build. He
has not determined as yet as to style
or size but lfs going to be a good one
whatever may be the design. Tbe lo
cation is a first-class one and an oppor
tunity is offered there to make a beauti
ful home and one that 11 be worth big
money.
Robert Lawton, who has been ill for
several days past with malarial fever,
is somewhat improved. Dr. Stephen-
son is the attending physician. Robert
and Electrician G nrnea were up at Cratei
lake a couple of weeks ago and were
caught out in a heavy rain storm, and
Robert caught a severe cold, necessita
ting their return borne sooner than they
expected.
Men's shoes at Gurnea'e.
J. A. Pruitt, living east o( Medford
has caught the horticulture infection
and is going to plant forty acres ot bis
farm to Yellow Newtown and Spitzen
burg apples. He has already ordered
his trees for the planting from L. E
Hoover. His is good orchard land and
in six or seven years' time he'll be box
ing apples with the rest. of tbe boys
and from that timeonanaunual revenue
is almost assured .
With the new facilities that B. N.
Butler put in his shop, he turns out as
good work In repairing watches and
ewelry as any one in boutnera uregon
J. D. Whitman, the orcbardist, is
having a residence built on his prop
erty, just south of tbe Mrs. Stevenson
barn and near the Southern Paoific
track Tho main building will be 14x32
feet In size with an ell 14x16 feet in
size, and all one story. His present
residence will be occupied by his son,
J. A. Whitman.
When you want draying done get
Slover to do it. He's always ready
always reliable and his charges are
always just right.
A. M. Woodford has purchased the
W. T. Kame stock of boots and shoes,
notions and hats and has taken posset-
slon of the same. He will close out his
feed store and will give his entire at
tention to his now business. Mr. Wood
ford has a great many friends in Med
ford who will be glad of an opportunity
to give him patronage. !.
Acetylene gas head lights for min
ing after night at Wolfer's tinshop.
The Presbytery of Southern Ore
gon meets at Yoncolla on Monday and
Tuesday, Ootober 7th and 8th. Rev.
Adolph Haberly and Elder W. H. Gore
will represent the Medford Presby
terlan Church. These representatives
will go from Yoncolla to Baker Olty,
where tbe Synod of Oregon meets on
Thursday and holds through the rest
of the week.
We want all the eggs we oan get;
oash or trade. H. a. Howard & Uo.
Joe Powell was arrested at Ashland
Monday by Deputy Game Warden
Kropke, oharged with shooting quails
out ot season. He was caught on the
True ranob Sunday and was taKon to
Ashland. Ho had with him fourteen
birds which ho had shot.
"r Did you know It? When you want
a fine pboto call on Geo. W. Mackey
he can moke 'om O. K. i
A speolal meeting ot the lodge 'of
Fraternal Brotherhood will be held In
K. of P. hall on Saturday evening . of
this week, at 8 o'olook. Mrs. E. R.
Ncidig, of Los Angeles, and vice presi
dent of the ordor, will add rasa the meet
ing. All members are urgently re
quested to be present.
D.T. Lawton, Medford Manager of
tbe Mitchell, Lewis Sc Staver Co., re
ports that be has recoived so far this
season six full carloads of wagons and
hacks, besides this quite a number ot
the same class of goods have been re
ceived by local freight.
D.Brooks: "I am just finishing an
other 400 order of Clark's window wash-''
ers. These I am sending to Idaho. I
have several other orders which go to
points further east. Good business?'
Well, yes. It keeps tbe old chap busy
and then there's money in it."
Adyioes from Mrs. B. N. Batter, who .
Is In a hospital at Sao Francisco, and
that she is recovering as fast as oould
be expected from the operation, and
that there seems nothing in the way of
speedy recovery.
The Medford livery stables have con
solidated and are now ran nnder one
managment. Tbe brick stables are)
closed and . are only used for storage
rooms, all bnsiness being1 done at the
Union barns.
J. G. Taylor has maved his stock ot
harness and saddlery to his new brick
building, on East Seventh street, near
tbe Union livery stables. He has a
large and convenient room and ia fast
fillingit with new material.
L. T. Pierce has taken tho agency
for Oregon for the Perry Nursery Com
pany, of Rochester, N. Y. He will com
mence his work at Grants Pass and
cover all of Southern Oregon, when bet
will go to tbe Willamette valley.
The White-Thomas building ia
West Medford is being rapidly pushed
to completion. It Is expected that tba
rooms destined for the use of tbe Med
ford Academy will be ready for occu-
pancy in about two weeks.
C. T. Nicholson has purchased the
Mrs. West property, on North B street.
The price paid was $800. Mr. Nichol
son will make several needed improve
ments about the place and will keep It
for a home.
S.G.Ed wards, who has been ill .
tor several weeks, from the effects of
being overheated in the bop yarda.
near Grants Pass, is somewhat im
proved, but still quite feeble.
The moist weather of the past tea
days has retarded building operations
in Medford somewhat, but' things are
booming along now with increased
vigor. ,
County Treasurer Mulfer is adver
tising that he has funds on hand to re
deem all outstanding county warrants .
protested from May 1, 1898, to May 31.
1803.
The open season for quail com
menced on Tuesday. A number of lo
cal nimrods took advantage of the Bret
day, and most of them secured fair nags.
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