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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1901)
I SPEGIAL SHOWING 8 Of Utiles', Hisses' and Chil- $ to to to, 0 . to to to to to 0 to en's Fall and Winter Un- jg cierwear Our new mid miimmolh Btook of Ladies', MinHim' mid OIiIUIiuii'h underwear him jimt beon removed from tho fuolory iIiIh wuck. J I Ih llio "knit to 111" kind mid fltH thu )n(;l(utli(jul(, n h w.cill ufl tliu body to 0 0 ii to to to to to to to to Hi to to to to to U to to to to to to to to LiulkV White, All Wcol Underwecr Something thut Ih good, nnd wo will guarantee ull wool tit $1.00 per Garment Ladies' Union Suits In all cotton at COo to nil wool at $2.50 per Garment 1 J. G. Van-Dyke & Co to MEDKOKI). OREGON J CITY HAPPENINGsT D. K. Morris, auperlulonduut of onalruollon on tho I'lili Lake dltcti, w la thoolty this wuuk ukd bualnoaa. Ho roporU that work on Iho ditch has boon retarded greatly alnce September 20th by the frequent ralna. Now, how ovur, since the weather avoms to have cleared, bo hopoa to bo able to cntoh up to Kimg 01 ton t. To mko tills catch up It baa been neceaaary to invcat Id Additional m&ohlnory, and a new eight borae plow and an Auatln giadcr were taken from Mcdford to the camp tbla wovk. Tbe plowa and (traders have broken ground to a point oloao to Kd. Mlllt' place, oppoalto the Brownaboro poaloMoe. With good weather for thirty days be bopea to reach thu drop at Mr. Urada! aw'a place. Tho two ailloa of unfinished ditch which baa been left open during tho ralna will now be Uultlicd. Mr. Murrla, in order to Inauro tho accomplishment of the work laid out for thla full, la offering employment to eight or tun good tcama at 3 pur day and twenty-live or thirty good men nt $1.76 per day. II the drop in reached before tho good weather ceases, then tho teams will bo put at work thin aide of tho drop ami work will thus be pushed Beyond thu com puny 's expectation. A oruw of thirty or forty picked nieu will bo employed luring tho winter months In taking out tho rock cuts, which huvo been left for' tho wot aeuaon, Thero uro acverul of . thoso outs and rock poinla in ull prob ably three-fourths of u mile. Tho con struction' of u Ol)0-foot flume norons the south fork ot Utile Untie will be com inonccd about tbo loth of Ibis month If wcathur pormlls, and thla ono, togother with tho one uuroas Lake creek, of about the sniuu length, will bo hurried to completion. Several smaller Humes, together with boud and waste galea, will bo -put In during tho ' winter. Thirty kegs of nulla und spikes, to gether with tools for uso In this work, wore tukon from Mcdford to eump this week. A contract for bnullng the You Will Save Bynot 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. to to to to to to Hi Hi to to Hi to "SEAL LINED" In the mimo of tliu bunt, (loeco lined Indicia' fiir tncut over put on tho market for 76o, ' It will do you good to boo It. Kindly worth 75o; but wo put it in uh a Special at only 50 ce njs 8co it find compare with othor OOo goods and nolo thu difl'uienco MIhhoh' nnd Children's Heavy Cotton Ribbed (lacco lined vests and panic, for children 2 to 12 years, Hpeoiul ot 2"io each. , 1 Hi to neceaaary lumber from Clay Charley's tawmill, 011 tho south fork ot Little Unite cro'ik, bus been lot to John Will trout. Looking at matters from all sides the progress of tbo work and ha continuation as mapped out aro Indeed flatlet Ing. Itoal K.talo Agent York Is offering some ourgaina 111 rent i-siote in anolnor column ol this paper. Lovers of tbe terpalchoroan art aro looking forward with much pleasurable anticipation to the evening of Oct. 18th, next Friday, when members of Jane McCully Cabin, N. D. O., will gte at tho opera house In Medford, their aeo ond annual ball. The aucceaa of the first annual ball, given at Jacksonville laat year, aa a social event is still re memoereu, ana tula memory will go far toward making tho coming event equally aucceaaful. Every 0110 knows that tliu Native Daughters never do anything by halves, anil they aro leav ing nothing undone to enhance the pleasure of the occasion. The music will be furnished by Prof. Boffa's fa moua oronoatrn, and may be depended upon to be ull thut could bo dosired In thut line by tbo most fastidious. The auppor will bo preparoil ami served by tho daughters themselves, and will but what's tho uso of saying anything tnoro about that, wo nil know what Southern Oregon girls can do In that lino, and besides it makos u fellow hungry to think about all tho good things thero will bo on thoso tablos Tho tickets have been placed at t)2, In eluding supper, and ivorybody is cor dially Invited to enjoy what will doubt leas bo ono ot tho most plensurablo oventa of tho soason. Dr. A, Kuioraon Olark, of the firm of Clark, Van waters uiark, 1.0s Angeiea, Calif., Is ut Hotel Nash, Medford. Lust Saturday evening Miss Virginia Woodford gracefully ontortuined a nunv ber of her young lady friends In honor of Miss Frances Hasklus, who doparted Monday morning for Sun Franolsoo Tho different rooms wore artistically decorated with flowers, and vines in tonosot red and green. The evening , was most agreeably spent In vocal and Money Instrumental muslo, tho "Virginia rool" uud Just having a good time, ut tbo ex pense ol uooh other somo times, but It wits ull good iinturod raillory. Delicious refreshments wero served nnd the merry making wus kupt up until u luto hour. Those pruHOiil wore Misses Francos Haskliia, Cluo Iueus, JuuhIq Worinuu, feuil Webb, Myrtle Lawtoii, Prudoneo and Kiillo Angle, Muggio Oulllnger, Myrtle Nleholsou and Mabel Jones. W. 'J'. York bus real estate bargains and good onus sue Ills list elsuwhero In this paper. Thero was great excitement In Ashland Wednesday evening occasioned by a report coming to town thut oil hud been struck in thu well which Is now being bored near that pluco. A messen ger wus dispatched from tbo well to town to Inform Mr. Whitney thut "something had boon struck," und this wus the cause of tbo excitement, Mr. Whitney ut oneo left for tho woll and upon Investigation found thut tbo' 'some thing struck" wus sully, sulphurous wutor, wuiub. bud risen soyeritl hqn- drod feet in the woll. Wbllo this some thing wus not oil It is a good indicator und there Is now moro promise tbun ovor thut oil will be struck. In ColuBa County, California, whero a grout many oil wells aro now being borod, suit wutor bus beon encountered In every well put down, Colusa County is pronounced by expert oil geologists to bo tbe best oil region on tho Pacific const. Tbo formutlons and surface Indications In Jackson County aro al most Identical with thoso of Colusa County. Tho woll at Ashland is down 860 feet and tho drill is working In sand rock. It Is expected tho IKK) foot murk will bo reached this week. Wun ted Sowing by dav. children's elotlilng uud plain sowing a specialty 1 1111 ni uoom in, iianey mock. Mrs Itouoccu itueu. '.. Muxcy, who for tbo past six yinrs bus held tho position of book' keeper in tho Jackson County bank, has tendered his resignation and will soon move to bis homestead on Butte creek, whero ho will do farming. If Mr. Mnxoy provos himself as good a farmer na ho bus an accountant tbore la little doubt of his success. Ho was as methodical in bis work as la tho sun In Its movements, and few, If any, are tbo errors charged to bim during his years of faithful service. His position in tho bank bus been taken by Lee Jacobs, ex-county treasurer. Mr. Jacobs Is himself an export accountant, a splendid penman and qui to as full of commendable methods as Is Mr. Maxcy The Crumble Oollvery and Dray Line Is prepared to do work antctclv and satisfactorily. Work never so plentiful tnat lua drlvera are not looking lor more. Terms and service guaranteed to lie ail rigdt. In our mortuary notice of Or. L. W. Vtggln, published a couple of weeks ago we, not having full data at band, omitted some facts wbioh tbe family wish published. His death was from hemorrhage of tbo stomach; he enlisted in the Oth Iowa Infantry and was wounded In the battle of Sbllob, eighteen mouths later, and because of this wound was honorably discharged; ho was married on January 4, 1863, in Iowa, to Miss Lizzie Bolttnghouse; he moved to tbe coast In tbe OO's with hia family and later to Medford; he bad beon a member of the O. A. R. post of this olty since '03. All the counters and show oases of tbe Rosenthal estate In Mcdford 'for sale cheap. E. C. Ttoeck Is harvesting bis sec ond crop of strawberries. He harvested an Immenso crop during the summer since which time he baa taken extra good care of his plants, having In view all the timo his fall harvest. Ho Is now gathering ono or moro boxes of this lusolous fruit each day and has boon so doing for moro than a week. There are still many green berries and blooms on tbo vines and the probabilities are that there'll be fruit gathered for sev eral weeks yet, or until frost nips the vines. Mr. Boeck Is an exceptionally good gnrdnor and he can produce many or 1110 rare anil out or soason crops which others had best not undertake. -Read W. T. York's real estate bar gains In another oolumn of this paper. Tho following Item appeared in last Sunday's Orogoninn: "Mr. E. E. Tress lor and Miss Elizabeth R. Frehaut wen- married at tbo residence of Dr. Alex andur Blackburn, on Sept. 29th. -At homo 895 Fifth street, after November 1. No cards." The groom is an old time Medford boy, now bookkeeocr for J. K. Gill & Co., stationery and book hoiiBO, of Portland. Ernest Is a very line young man and has many friends here who will bo profuse In extending- their congratulations. Tbe lady he married is unknown to most Medford people, but is said to be a lady worthy so good a man as is Ernest. She Is organ ist In the Taylor street, M. E. Church, In Portland. Five room house to rent; centrally loonted; good neighbors. Inquire at this omeo. , B. F. Durphy, tho erstwhilo min ing grafter of Jackson County, and seV' oral other loonlitles on the Pnolllc const, wns found guilty ot the orlmo of polygnmy In Portland this wook. Mo Hon for now . trinl was mnde. The penalty provided by statute (or polyg amy Is Imprisonment in tho county jail not loss than six montbB, nor exceeding one year, or Imprisonment In the pen itentiary of not less than oue year nor more than four years, or a fine of not loss tbun MOO nor moro tbun $1000. The ponulty ought to bo about u dozen times as severe In Durphy'a case on general principals. IJr. Ooblo will bo ut his ofllce in Medford on Friday und Saturday, Oc tobor 1 1 und 12, Thoso wishing to con sult him about their eyes will pleuxo oull ut ofllce, ut residence, corner of Fourth and 0 streets. The beet fruit specimon brought to Tun Maii, ollleo this season, In fact tbo bost ever loft with u, wm that brought in lust week by S. L. Bennett, living north of Medford. It wus part of a limb from a Yellow Newtown Pippin treo. The limb Is fourteen inches in length und ono-hulf inch In diameter and upon It there wero grown eighteen four tlor apples. Thoso apples woro very uniform in size, were perfectly formed and woro without blemishes of any nature. It hardly Booms possible that a limb thp size of this one could possibly support tho weight of fruit it produced, By a four tlor apple is wtwl that four tiers Of the apples packed one tlor above tbe othor will Oil a box ton Inches deep. Get a suit of wood clothes at Imir price. The Rosenthal stank U hnlnp closed out. Tho stock is a good one and tho prices aro out squarely In two in tho mlddlo. A party of Mcdford Rebekabs wont to Ashland Tuesday in response to an Invitation from tho Rebekah lodgo of that city. There woro several candi dates to be Initiated, among whom was Mrs. Burnett, nco MIsb Grace Foster, Tho work of tbo Ashland team was said oy those from here to have been the bost they had ever witnessed. Tbe work Is very pretty when properly handled and at one time Medford had a team which would compare with tbe beat. After tho'inltiations a dollolous and sumptuous banquet wis served, of which over eighty people partook. Those (.resent from Medford wero Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. York, Mrs. Calkins, Misses Alto Naylor, Prudenco Angle and Carrie George and Dull. Karnes. Tbo Rosenthal stock of clothing, gents furnishing soods. hats and shoes is being closed out at fifty cents on the dol lar. Get good bargains for little money get 'em now while this opportunity is yours. Stun Aiken came down from Pros pect this woek and while here enlivened the town to quite an extent by giving us a runaway. His team became frightened at a bicycle while near the Simmons sec ond hand store and ran east on Sixlb street, then south to Seventh, where they were caught after turning the back bottom side up. In passing Mr. PurdinV place tbe hack was thrown astride bis picket fence and tbe pickets were stripped from the posts the full length. Frank Hull, in endeavoring to stop the team was thrown down and quite badly bruised but not seriously. Mr. Aiken was thrown from the hack and he, too, was injured but not badly. The Woodburn nursery stock U positively the best 00 the market. This nursery has been doing business for a great many years. Its stock plumed the pioneer orchards of Oregon and Btnck from this same nursery Is planting the orchards today. The orehurdists of Oregon all endorse tbe Woodburn nursery. L. JS. Hoover, ol Medtord, Is tbe agent for Southern Oregon and Northern Ualiiornia. Urders given bim are never changed or raised you get just wbat you order no kind ''just aa gooa- is suDstiiuiea, ana no orders are Increased alter Hrst made. At tbe Jackson County Sunday School Association's convention held in Ashland last week, the following officers were elected : President, Rev. W. B. Moore, Medford ; first vice president, E. E. Washburn, Jacksonville; second vice president, A. J. Hanby, Central Point; corresponding secretary, Mrs. D. E. Hyde, Ashland; recording-secretary, MiBS Nellie Crocker, Ashland ; treasuier, Miss Laura Bennett, Medford; executive committee, G. F. Billings, Ashland ; D. T. Lawlon, Medford ; Miss Barnes, Jack sonville. The convention for 1902 will be held in Medford. The Kuss mill is now rolling feed. Bring your grists Fridays or Saturdays. Will Jackson has taken a position as assistant bookkeeper at the Medford bank. He is a very competent young man and well versed in the duties re quired. His former position In Hutchi son & Lurasdon's general store has been taken by L. O. Howard, who was for merly with H. H. Howard & Co.'s grocery house, and his position is being filled by J. W. Shearer, who arrived here recently from the east. I have moved my stock of harness and saddlery from the Wo.df building to my new store, near the Union livery stables, where I will be pleased to do business with former patrons and now ones as weil. I guarantee every article I put out to be as recommended or money refunded. J. G. Taylor. J. E. Toft has his new dwelling house, near his home place, nearly com Dieted. It is a beautiful struoture well mnde, artistically finished and very convenient. When oompleted it will be ocoupled by John Barnoburg nnd family, who have moved from the farm and are residing, temporarily, In Mrs. Fielder's resldenoo. All kinds or sasn and doors and screen doors, at lowost market price W. Woods. Of etxteon new corporations, the artloles for which wore Ulod tn tho of floe pf tbe secretary of state on Ootober 5th,- nine were mining corporations, Among them were the Blaokwell Hills QRBETIN.Q To My Friends and Patrons: I have purchased the W, T. Kame stock of B ols, Hhoep, GontH1 Hale, NoveltioH nnd Notions, and invito YOU to call and inspect my goods I carry a full line of the famous Buckingham St, Hecht idioes, which are always one glud, awtet song of comfort, A. M. WOODFORD Two Doors West of Medford Bank TAYLER, THE 1 have just received a itilfunent of Stmcr Adams 15.00 fhsaa Call toon to Insure At. 7th Ht., MeiUonl Mining Company, Gnld Bill; capitaliza tion, $i&,000; Ivan Humason, Darwin B. Cheney and D. Rufus Cheney, In corporators, and the Shorty-Hopo Min ing and Milling Company, Ashland; capitalization, 1,000,000; Horatio S. Sanford, David F. Fox and fcngene A. Shurwln, Incorporators. When you want draying done get Slover to do It. He's always ready always reliable and bis charges are always iust right. Horace Nicholson Is nothing If not novel, even nnique. His latest innova tion In window displays is a dozen or more chipmunks turned loose in one of his show windows. They wore caught In a trap by Robinson, tbe Klamath County huckster. Tbe antics of tbe little fellows are attracting much at tention and as an advertising feature tbe window surely catches the eye. Pipes, Pipes All kinds of pipes. Bltr nines, little pipes, half grown pipes. dwarf pipes and giant pipes. Cheap pipes, costly pipes and pipes that are moderate In price. Get a pipe at Billy Isaacs smoke bouse. D. M. Houser died at the residence of G. A. Jackson, In East Medford, on Tuesday of this week, aged eighty years and seven months. Funeral services I were held Wednesday, and interment was made in Odd Fellows cemetery. Deceased has lived In Mr. Jackson's family for a great many years. Lost During M. E. Church, South, conference week, between Mr. Fer guson's home, in East Hedford,and Sirs. A. R. Phlpps' place, a gold chain brace let, heart fastening. Finder please leave at Mail office. - Victor Nelson, a young Klamath Indian, was arrested last week charged with robbing the postoffice at tbe Klamath Agenoy. He was taken to Portland this week where be will stand trial. He confessed the crime, also confessed to having stolen merchandise from tbe store in which the postoffice was situated. Wells & Shearer have tbe best equipped outfit for draying and house bold moving in Medford. See them when need the services of a good dray ing outfit. Quail are said by hunters to be quite plentiful this season and nearly every hunter who goes out has little trouble In bagging the limited number, which is ten birds. A covey of them were seen in a chicken yard in West Medford this week eating wheat with the domestle fowls. I You get a fine piece of granlteware j with eacn can ot oaaing powaer pur chased of Chessmore & Myers. T. H. Say re, Bon of A. N. Say re, who formerly resided , In Medford, passed through the valley Tuesday evening en route from Orovllle, Calif-, to Tacoma, at which place the family now resides. The elder Mr. Sayre is engaged in mining enterprises In Cali fornia. ; With the new facilities that B. N. Butler put in his shop, he turns out as rood work in repairing watches and ;ewelry aa any one in Southern Oregon. The diBplay tn H. H. Howard & Co.'s show window is a credit to the master hand of Art Poe. The initials of the firm set In the background and thrown out by electric lights behind them at night are very pretty to look upon. If you are looking for shoes, oall at Gurnea's. j H. S. Brumble, the deltveryman, has deolded to start a dray line In con nection with his delivery business, His line ot work will not be heavy haul ing, but Instead will be Buch as one horse can handle. Men's shoes at Gurnea's. J. A. Whitman has packers at work this week putting up three oarloads of Winter Nellis pears. The fruit Is of unusually, good size this season and HI undoubtedly bring a good price. Mrs. Chas. Booth and family wish to extend their deepest thanks to the many friends, who so lovingly helped and comforted them in their great be Teavement. Married On Monday, at 8 p. m., at the residence of J. W. Wiley, S. G, Clark, of Siskiyou County, California, nnd Mrs. Frances Wilcox, of Medford, Rev. M. L. Darby offlolntlng. Purdln's blaoksmlth shop rear of Medford bank. All work guaranteed. . Mr, Walters, the shoemaker, for merly of Medtord, died recently at Oak land, Oregon, of paralysis.' D. B, Reamo reports halving gath ered half h gallon of blackberries from 1 1 FITTER Gentlemen -win h Inn a bet ter Binio tiinii msoueintij kentln mall towns can procure oue mat 11 v oria ramoui his bushes this week, This is qulto re markable for tbe season of the year. Dr. E. V. Hoover, brotbor of L. E. Hoover, of Medford, was elected mayor of Roseburg on Monday of this week and Elmer Bashford was elected councli- Cashier Lindley, who has been ill with fever for a couple of weeks, is re ported to be somewhat improved. Djr. Kitcbgessner is in attendance, - . George Priddy is putting down new cement sidewalks in front of the Barnum and McAndrew blocks, on East Seventh street. Did you know it? When you want a fine photo call on Geo. W. Mackey he can make 'em O. K. "W. W. Cardwell writes fronr Kome that his mines are now in opera tion, the first day's sluicing yielding M75. Even better results are expected." Roseburg Plalndealer. ' There will be work in the first and second degrees, K. of P , on Monday evening, Oct. 21st. It is desired that there be a full attendance. We wantalLtbe eggs we can get; cash or trade, tt. U. Howard a uo. Tbe Passion Play Monday, Oct. 14th Medford opera house under ana pices of Mcdford Epworth League see posters. Real Estate Agent York this week sold the Milton residence, in . West Medford, to Rev. Reese P. Kendall; . consideration, 1500. Acetylene gas head lights for min ing after night at Wolfer's tlnshop. Robert A. Gray, of Talent, has been, granted a pension of $6 per month, knd . Job T. Wilder, of Phoenix, one of S3 per month. D. T. Cox shipped two carloads ot hogs to San Francisco Tuesday and ona carload of cattle to Portland. Master Charles Boyden, son ot Mer chant H. E. Boyden, is ill with typhoid, fever. Dr. Jones Is in attendance . Merchant H. H. Howard Is moving to the Faris residence, in Southwest Medford. E. Maben, we are sorry to learn, is dangerously ill. Fall and Winter Photography The Kodak season is on the wane, but if the "amatuer"-will be "eyes open" lie can capture some of the finest effects of the year before Xmas. Nature'a in harvest garb, and some of the finest of views are yet to be found iiv the neighboring or chards, hills, etc. ' Then again the special printing papers made now make printing and finishing possible on the darkest day or night. Velox for instance re quires less than one min ute by ordinary lamp light to print and but a few minutes for chemic al work which is very simple. Made in several grades, it accommodates all neg . atives, according to ef fects desired. A novelty just brought out is the sensitized postal cards; allowing the use of the postal card in sending interesting : pictures to distant friends. Gall on us and learn more of this paper. A sample print free with each doz en sold this week. . Medford Book Store YELLOW FRONT Mail Order House V