r I m m m m i m ' 8 m . m m . m Thanksgiving 5hoes! Wo arc talking Shoos again this wook, and want to impress upon oyory Mun, Woman and Child in Modford and vicinity tho fuct that our shoos aro tho best (the best in quality, the boat in stylo and tho host in fit) in tho City of Medford. Bo low wo givo a description of some of our best sellers. If you can't come, write for them. Mail orders aro given our best attention. Ladies' Kid Welt (Heavy Extension odgo, good, medium too, patent tip, laco, widths, U, 0 and D Price, $3.50 Ladles Heavy 5oled Shoe Nice, Kid Stock, leather tip.neat, medium round toe. . A splen did shoe for the money. At $2.50 Ladies1 Kid Lace Nico, light.turn ed sole, medium too, leather tip. A lovoly dross shoo. Widths, 13, C and D At $3.50 Ladies' Kid Lace Nico, light sole, coin toe, stock tip, A very serv iceable dress shoo. Widths, B aLd D At $2.50 Our Misses' and Children's School Shoes of Kangaroo Calf or Box Calf aro tho best popular priced shoos in town. Sizes, 5 to 8, $1; to 11, 1.25; llj to 2, $1.50 OUR SPECIAL LEADER in a Gents' $2.50 shoe, made of Box calf leather, leather lined, outside backstay, heavy double solo, good wide too. A winner for $2.50. Our stock of Walkover Shoes for Men, some of the bent styles we have ever shown in Box calf, Vici calf and Vici kid in light and heavy soles See our welt heel, extension sole Walkover. It is a good one. We have a nice, heavy soled congress shoe for men who like them, good, wide toe, a very serviceable shoe at $3.50 J. Q. Van Dyke & Co. MEDFORD, OREGON to to to to to to to to uv to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to m CITY HAPPENINGS. ) I cm There's Dlltrefcr- Tho rihhI thai we think Anil Anil the 'rr Mial we inoau to up, Ji Anil lhi good that wo Miak KIHId u Are all on a par; And lioavsiul bow far From tho good llial wo really do! Among tbo moduli awarded and .tlio honorable meollon made for Ore gon product! at tlie Buffalo exposition aro tho following named Southern Ore gon pooplo : S. M. Nealon, Table Rock, honorablo mention for tamplo of rye; C. 13. Stownrt, Modford, silver modal for sample of almonds; K. M. Molnttro, Asblund, bronzo modal on Crawford poaohea; O. Voorliles, Modford, bronzo modal on Bhutto Clalrgeau pears: A. H. Curaon, Grants Pass, bronzo modal on almonds; 10. V. Cartor, Ashland, honor able mention on Sulway ponohos In 'liquid; Pacific Pino Noedlo Company, Grants Pass, gold modal on pino noedlo . fiber produots. Ono would ho led to . believe from tho abovo Unit Southorn Oregon was not much of a fruit country, whon, na a mattor of fnut, It Is un questionably tho best fruit sootlon of the state. The Hood River country was long on apples and berries at the eipoal lion and secured several gold and silver medals. There wore no applet from Southern Oregon, that Is, no individual displays. There may have been some in the state collodion, but where the good would ba.ve oome would have been from Individual displays, in whioh the loealltloa whore grown were mentioned. Tho Jackson County output of applos alone this fall will reach 200 carloads. Many of these aro being shipped to London, England, whoro fancy prices aro paid for thorn. Samplos of any of those would havo been easy prlxo win ners ut tho ox position and a vast amount of good would have como to tho oounty through this moans, Save 20 Medford, with their contents, between sixty and seventy head of cattle and about the tame number of sheep and nogs, and gives Mrs. Siinger the con. trolling Interest In the company. The other stockholders are Chaa. Strang, r,u. tvorman and W. H. Bradsbaw. Ed. Blnns, whose connection with the business undor tho former management has made bim familiar with all its de tail, will aot as manager, and will bring all tbe knowledge gained by bis experience to bear to make the enter prise a success. Mr. Ulrluh will devote his entire time now to his Btook inter ests, in which business he will embark more extensively than at present. -To piano, Rent Good, W.J.King. upright Fisher CENTS PER UARRKL. by I Th S!nm tn,l,l. hn.lnu Mnilrnrrl flnnr. Nn hnU.ii. Knur . .. -. . . """" """""IS made. Every sack guaranteed. A obange occurred this woek in tbo management or one of tho old es tablished business concerns of this city when Mrs. Eliza Slingor purchased tho lnterostsof Wm. Ulrloh, T, J. Konnoy and S. A. Carlton In tho Southorn Ore gon Pork Packing Company. Tbo purohuse includes tho meat market, packing houso and slaughter hbuso In jj You Will Save Money By not purchasing adulterated food at any time, but when you can buy the pure article of us at tho same price, you help your purse And Protect Your Health at tho samo time Our Qroceries, Etc. Other Kind are Pure, We Keep no H. H. HOWARD & CO. oi a little local event In which fruit outs no figure, refers to that country as a "land of wormy apples and forty cent wheat." If Marlon County Is a land ol wormy apples, tbe Independent should havo used the words Marlon County Instead of tho word "land." It may bt true that Marlon County la a land ol wormy apples, but the Independent should be generous enough in making those Items to confine them to its par ticular local Hv. The expression at used might be construed to cover all ol Oregon, when truthfully It only covers Marion Oounty. If the orohardlsts of that county will take pointers from Jaokson County growers of red and yel low apples, and will profit thereby, they too may be able to grow apples that are not wormy. While it is true they can not produce an apple with a llavor equal to tho Jaokson Countv produot, It Is, howovor, true that they can grow them without worms. Buy Medford flour. Why? To save 20 oonU per bnrrel.' It is neoossary that evon a news re porter get more than busy these times if ho keeps tab on tho now arrivals in this blooming young olty of Medford. Not for years has there boon so many strange people on tho streets as right now. They are oomlng from all parts of the east, and the most pleasant feature of their coming to wo people who have enjoyod the many pleasures of Southern Oregon for years, Is that wioy aimost without exception purchase properly soon after arriving and settle uown to an enjoyment with us of tbe (food things whlob the country affords. There Is enough of everything that's good lor man to more than go around among tbo present population and we are willing to dlvldo with thoso fortunate easterners. Tbe Medford flour bo good as any flour, and 20 cents a barrel oheapei. Evory once io a while one of those old abandoned mines of Southern Ore gon, which were "worked out" years ago and rcgardod as "only pockets," surprises tbo wiseacros by show'ng signs of unexpected richness whenever someone with the necessary backbone to develop It takes hold of the proposi tion. Tbe latest is a strike made by N. B. Nye and Philip Miller, by-tbe-way the latter Is an old-time Montana mining partner of Mr. Nve. In an abandoned claim about one mile from Willow Springs, which claim Mr. Nye purohastd for 1100 a short time aso. This claim bad been worked several years ago, at which time about 900 was taken from a pocket and the earn ing capacity of tbo ledge then regarded as exhausted.' Messrs. Nye and Miller commenced work thereon and had gone down but a little distance when they stiuck a rich streak of ore. It isn't ore either, really, but simply gold, al most pure, lying in bunches between walls of granite and porphyry. There doesn't seem to be any quartz connected with It to amount to anything, as Mr. Nye says, "It's Just gold." The ledge prospects for a distance of 600 feet on tbe surface, and while not as rich in all places as where it was first struck, shows evidence of being no small propo sition. Over $000 was taken from the mine last week. H. B. Nye, of Med (ord, showed a Mail reporter a piece of gold juBt as it was taken from the lodge, which weighs a little over $10 and Is practically the pure stuff. It is about one and one-balf inches long by perhaps one Inch wide in the widest place, rather oral In shape and quite thin. This Is the general character of tbe metal taken out. Messrs. Nve. Warner and Wortman, of this city. have bonded tbe Schumpf ledge, di rectly above on the same gulch, and have two men at work thereon. This ledge has produced considerable money In Its time, but has never been thor oughly worked, a thing which the present operators propose to do. I have moved mv stock of hinwu and saddlery from the Woolf building to my new store, near the Union livery stables, where I will be pleased to do business with former patrons and new ones aa weil. I guarantee every article I put out to be as recommended or money refunded. J. G; Taylor. On Monday of this week a six-horse team which Is engaged in hauling wheat from the J. A. Perry warehouse In Medford to the Moon grist mill on Applegate, came very near being huffled from tbe face of tbe earth They were standing near the warehouse when Mr. Baroum's train pulled In from Jacksonville and just before the train reached them the leaders "jaok kaifed" across the track and one of them was struck by the cow catcher and bruised to quite aa extent, but not seriously. Had not Mr. Barnom slowed up his engine there wonld have been a conglomeration of horse aad a pony engine scattered all over the railroad yards. My stock of boots and shoes Is com plete and is undoubtedly tbe best se lected stock In Medford. and mv nrtrwa are an rigni. l aiso sell groceries, pat' ent medioioes, cigars and stationery, Shoe repair shop in connection. W. L. Orr, West Sldo, Medford. Dr. W. 6. Jones was about town mis wees witn.a suosorlption paper asking for funds to repair the' Bear creek bridge at this place. He was successful in securing quite an amount which will be expended on tbe bridge, Tbe oity counoll did not feel justified in making the repairs because that the olty would then be liable should acol lent occur during the winter, and as the oounty commissioners have prom laed to ereot a new bridge in the spring the only means at hand to make the bridge passable for the wintor are thoso adopted by Mr. Jonoa. A contract for the repair of the structure has been let to E. G. Perham, ol Gold Hill, and he will be at work on It very soon. Pav what vou owe I. A. Wohh tn v. t, ora or J. H. iJntler. L. B. Brown haa sold his orchard traot In East Medford to V. A. Broad bent. There are eight acres of land in the traot and the price paid waa $2400, a part of this consideration being an aore ol land and reside oe, looated near Mr. Hodges' place. Thi8 la a pretty ? ' 7W r r mm f ' ' V ivaj-wi a, the Jeweler - Sells and Repairs Diamonds, Watches, Kings, Clocks and Jewelry L'lieaper tnan anyone in Jackson (Jounty fvviryvvvvvvvvvvvy1 VVVVVr Holiday Goods Are Here Come and get your Xmas Gifts before the assort ment gets low Fancy Bas kets, Fans, Umbrell a a. Silk Handker- JAPANESE GOODS: ha"' "Jarwnmr'- "eu'uy embroidereoSil . cblofa. Scarfs. Mnfflora. Th .. i.'. artlok,' 0 ChlnawlVe8.'10' CUP'' ,8"U!lsr, Bnd DUn,erou other Blso. China. K"M Pa. T?hKKa tir .1 poll Carriages, Beds, Chairs, Go-carts, Par- ke?s anyrl",MSry Bk8' Game8 Alium3' TolIot Cu I"dUn Baa- Th'"R0f,.DSr"Ile o'ZfA1' Belts and Pooketbooks have arrived These Belts are something new in style and very pretty. DOLLS: H. B. NYE. Proprietor fledford Racket Store Another ahlpmcnt ol ttaoao celebrated CALirnavi a CROHE TANNED Bhoei. A llKht. full atock Calf boy boot. Several ntjrlcn In lull Hock Kip Farm and Mining Boon TIK fftroat, Modford TAYLER til FOOT FITTER big price to pay for so small a tract of land, but when we toll that Mr. Brown sold apples off of the place this season to the valuo of (1050 the price does not seem nearly so fabulous. The number of boxes grathered by Mr. Brown were 1132. If this is not a fairly good reve nue considering the Investment then Tub Mail's calculations are 'way shy. Mr. Brown paid $1800 for the place a little moro than a year ago. Mrs. L. J. Sears has received a new stock of street hats for ladies. They tbe very latest and tbe ladies of South ern Oregon are Invited to call and look them over. Rev. Adolph Haberly, who is now east in attendance at the funeral of his mother, has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Presbyterian Cbnrch of this olty, to take effect Immediately upon Its acceptance by tbe church offi cers. The reverend gentleman's resig nation Is made because of his appoint ment to the position of Sunday school missionary for Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake Counties, by the board o' Sunday school work for Ore gon. The work Is quite to Mr. Hab erly's liking and as he Is an energetic worker upon then lines there Is no doubt of his success, Thanksgiving turkeys enough to supply all demands nice, plump, young birds. Don't run any chances by wait ing until someone happens alone with turkey to sell they might not eome your way. Place your order now with F. K. Deuel & Co. J. W. Cox has purchased the Model restaurant from F. M. Wilson and is now Installed aa owner and manager thereof. Mr; Cox is from Ashland and ha been conducting a restaurant oppo site tbe Union stables In Medford for the past month.' Mr. Wilson will start candy kltehen in the building on Seventh street recently vacated by Geo. Kurtz. Mr. Wilson Is quite at home tn the manufacturing of all kindB of candy and there is but little doubt that he will meet the success which his product justly merits. Do you use Medford flour. If not, why not? Try It and save 20 cents a barrel. The following Is from a Do La Mar, Calif., newspaper: "Sherman Orton and another gentleman took charge of the Star restaurant on South Central avenue, De La Mar, Tuesday evening. Mrs. Carrie' Orton Is cashier. ThlB restaurant Is In the Patterson Brothers building." Mr. and Mrs. Orton were formerly residents of Medford. Ground bone, oyster shells, oil meal, Manhattan Stock and Poultry Food, condition powders and insect ex terminator for sale at Chessmore'a. Mr. Stephen B. Low and Mrs. Joaie Brown were married at Soldier Springs at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Low, Novembor 3, 1001, Judgo L. F. Willits officiating. The groom is one of the subatantial ranchers of this county and the bride, who is a sister of Mrs. O. O. Low, formerly resided in Rogue river valley. Klamath Falls Express. The bride Is a daughter of Mra. Lavenburg, who formerly resided at Phoenix. Shoes at Coat I have over R00 pairs of eood. serviceable Bhoes which I am selling at actual coat. This is no moonshine delusion tbe shoos are go ing to be sold at just what thoy cost at wholeanle. A. M. Woodford, the Med ford shoe man. W. Spence was In Medford from hia Tolo farm Tuesday. Mr. Spenco re cently purchased 420 aorea of land in that locality known aa tho Humphrey place. He Is now at workr&aklng Im provements on the same and another spring he will sow 200 aorea of it to al falfa. It Is said to be excellent land for this purpose and as Mr. Spence bought J It for a mere song there la an opportun ity for him to make a neat sum when he decides to sell. New children's hats at Mrs. L. J. ' Sears' millinery Btore in the Backet store, Medford. The county court of Lake County has established a quarantine station at Drews Gap, where all parties coming from Klamath County are thoroughly fumigated before being allowed to pro ceed. It la hoped by this means to pre vent the spread of the Klamath County "Manila itch," or whatever It la, to Lake County. There Is only one cam in Lake view so far, that of a man who contracted the disease at Bly. By or der of the school board every child in the public school haa been vaccinated. Empty barrels, old or new, for cider, vinegar, wlneT for pork and beef, or any other purpose, sold at the distillery office. Medford merchants will enjoy better holiday trade this year than ever before. Money seems more plentiful and the people generally are In a mood to spend it. Fun and cape at Gurnea's Backet store. C. W. Palm was called to Reddleg, Calif., on Thursday night of hut nek by telegram announcing the death of bis brother, H. L. Palm. Wells A Shearer have the best equipped outfit for draylng and house hold moving In Medford. See them wnen need tbe services of a good dray lng outfit ID0NT WADT TDM I0 M HATES Medford Book Store YELLOW FRONT I Santa Claus' Place!