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,. Boy Richardson mi down from Ash
land Sunday.
R. B. Bunch, ot Grant Pass, pont
j Sunday wlii', Modford friends.
- lJ, h ; n-y returned Monday evening
fliara hi v tto tho" Willamette valley.
Jkitato lin.J came up from Gran Us
; Pass'tast week for a day's visit with
, frienda.
. Ira Anderson returned, from a ten
; days' visit at San Francisco Tttesday
: evening.
Mrs. James Kent, of Wellen, left
. Monday tor a visit with relatives nt
Xclgcwood, Calif.
Miss Ora Adkins left last Saturday for
nS Pranoisno where she will spend a
few weeks with friends.
W. J. Brown took the Tuesday raom
' .-ig train for San Francisco where he
goes on a brief business trip.
J. P. White returned Tuesday from
his several weeks' trip into Oklahoma,
Arizona, Colorado and Idaho.
Roy Mickey returned from Roseville,
Calif,, this week, where be has been
.working for the past two months.
Miss Cera Baker, of Portland, has
- spent this week in Medford, a guest at
the borne ot Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Humaton,
"Mrs. I. B. Sells went to Ashland last
'Saturday for n few days' visit. at the
home ef bor r.drentRMr. and Mrs. H
'.; Ben Powell went to Ashland Tuesday
to spend a few days at the home of his
-uncle, H. C. Fairclo, who is foreman in
the Ashland mine.
Judge W. C. Hubbard and son, of
Salem, were in Medford this week.
Mr. Hubbard is here in quest of a stock
ranch to purchase.
Mrs. G. H. Haskins and daughter,
mum rannie, returned Saturday from a
few weeks' stay at th latter's homettead
in the Big Butte country.
Mist Dora Innker, who has been mak
ing a ten days' visit with her sister,
Mrs. J. M. Kierman, left on Saturday
last (or her home in Treka, Calif.
H. Van Burkles, of Ager, Calif., ar
rived in Medford last week and will do
prospecting in this locality. He is a
cousin of the Halley boys, of this city.
Mrs. Nettie Moore, of Gold Hill, who
' baa been spending the week in Medford
visiting her brothers, H. U. and G. W.
" Mackey and families, left for her home
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. Bacheler, of Sar
dine creek, passed through Medford
Saturday en route to Klamath County,
where Mr. Baoheler will do ' photo
graphing. W. F; Isaacs left Saturday for Cor-
rallls and other Willamette valley points.
He expects to be absent several weeks
and may decide to engage in business
down that way.
Hiss Lottie Kincaid, one of Central
-Point's bright yonng ladies, was in Med
ford Wednesday making purchases from
the excellent stocks carried by the mer
chants of this town .
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Lindley and the
family of Cashier G. It. Lindley , M iss
Lutie Ulrloh and H. W. Jackson left
Monday morning for a three week)'
outing at Crescent City.
Miss Anna Jeffrey was in Medford
. last Saturday on her way to her home
st Talent, from the Enterprise district,
where she had closed the previous day,
a successful term of school.
C. R. Welch, of the Medford Furni- j
tare Company, accompanied by biB
daughter, Mildred, left laBt Saturday
for Salem to be with his mother, who
is quite ill at her home in that city.
Mrs. H. E. Boyden and Master
Charles came down last week from their
several weeks' stay at Henry's home
stead on Butte creek. They will re
tarn Sunday, accompanied by Mr. B.
Miss Peerl Hibbard, of Seattle, who
pent last week in Medford with her
mother, Mrs. E. H. Rose, left last Sat
urday for Ashland, where she will viBlt
with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Norman.
' Mrs. Louis Knips, who resides two
and a half miles west of Medford, in
company with her sister, Miss Meike,
left last Friday for St. Paul, Minn., to
'spend the summer with relatives.
Miss Iva Purdin left for Sisson, Calif.,
Wednesday morning, where she has a.
position in the postomce. She was ac
companied" by Miss Ella Knight, who
has been visiting with her for the past
week.
Mrs. M. E. Mumford and children, of
San Francisco, are spending the sum
iner with Capt. and Mrs. W. Carrol, at
their fine orchard and farm home east
of Medford. Mrs. Mumford is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol.
Horace and Jas. Pelton, of Sams Val
ley, left last week with 400 head of year
ling cattle which they will drive to
their Bummer range in Klamath County.
These cattle will be brought back this
fall to be wintered in Sams Valley.
Mrs. Thos. Wseden, of Ashland, ac
companied by her daughter, Miss Pearl,
was in Medford Wednesday consulting
Dr. Picket in regard to an eye trouble
that her daughter is afflicted with. While
here they were the guests of Mrs.
Weeden's aunt, Mrs. Jas. Gregory.
L. D. Minear left last night for Lyle,
'Wash., to which place he goes as dele
gate to a ministerial, missionary and
elders' convention of the Gorman Bap
tist Brethren, or Dunkard, Chnroh.
The convention opens Saturday and con-'
Unites three days.
Mrs. M. P. Deady, wife of tut late
Judge Deady, arrived In Medford last
Friday from Portland and spent several
days at the beautiful suburban home of
Mr. and Mrs. K. J. DeHart, who were
old time friends In Portland of Mrs.
Deady.
Miss Ada Umphlette, a member, of
the Grants Puss orchestra and ono of
the most talented musloians in that
city, who has been the guest for the
pHst week of Miss Jennie Woodford and
other friends in Medford, left for her
home on Monday evening's train.
Mr. and Mrs. S.' McClendon, of Gold
Hill, were In Medford last week. Mr.
MoClendcn had but recently returned
from San Francifco, where, in company
with other capitalists, ho organized a
gigantic mining corporation whioh will
operate in the vicinity of Gold Hill.
Mrs. E. R. Rcames, who has beeu
vlBitlng friends in Medford, left Tues
day for Ashland and on Wednesday left
for her home in Klamath Falls. She
was accompanied by Mrs. J. F. White
and little daughter, Zela, who will
spend the summer in Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Louisa Gregory and son, of Col
orado City, Colorado, arrived in Med
ford Sunday tor a lew days' visit with
Amos Nicholson and family. The lady
is one of the Mystia Shriner excursion'
ists and will continue her journey Into
California. She is a niece, of Mrs
Nicholson.
C. Gommel came to Medford last Fri
day from the north branch of Big Butte
creek, where he has been for some time
past, making improvements upon
homestead whioh he has token up in
that locality. Mr. Gommel left Friday
evening for Grants Pass to spend a tew
weeks with his family.
James Ford, ot Kallspell, Mont., is in
Southern Oregon this week looking
after his mining interests and visiting
with B. N. and H. B.Nye. He Ib quite
a prominent real estate holder In Kalls
pell as well as a mining capitalist of
that section. His property down this
way is on Foots creek.
Ori-i Davis returned Sunday from
Del Norte County, Calif., where ho has
been for the paet eiz weeka attending
to some work in the Monumental mine,
a property owned by his father, A. A,
Davis. Mr. Davis will remain home
for a couple ot weeks when he will again
take up his work at the mine.
C. T. Nicholson and Chalmus Daniel'
son left Tuesday for Ft. Klamath.
They expect to be absent a couple of
weeks. Their especial mission hence
was the taking over to Will Nicholson
of a supply of haying tools, "Will hav
ing laid out to pile up a goodly amount
of Klamath county's natural grasses. '
Mrs. W. M. Moore, ot Central Point,
was in Medford Wednesday on her way
to Jacksonville for a short visit with
friends. Mrs. Moore states that Mr.
Moore, who was stricken with paralysis
some three years ago, has regained the
use of bis limbs to quite an extent, and
that his general health has also im
proved somewhat.
G. F. Wilson, who is employed at the
Olson sawmill on Big Butte, came home
last Sunday to spend a week in making
some repairs about his place, Just north
of town. . He states that Olson's mill,
which employs a force of fourteen hands,
is running full time and is getting oiit
a fine lot of lumber, having over 300,
000 feet of fir, yellow and sugar pine
now in the yard.
U. M. Moore, of Condon, Oregon, ar
rived in Medford Monday and left that
day for A ntilope creek, where he will
spend a couple of months with his
brother, A. E. Moore. Mr. G. M.
Moore has been a reader of The Mail
for the past year, and having learned
of the many advantages Jackson County
possesses, has decided to make a per
sonal investigation with a view to lo
cating in this county.
Guslave Haselbach, of York Creek,
Texas, was In Medford this week with
a view to looating. This gentleman's
coming to Jackson County is the result
of a correspondence which he has had
with Rev. Sack. He was well pleased
with our country and deoided before
leaving that he would return next
spring for a permanent residence.
With him will come his father, mother
and a sister, and probably others.
W. G. Messal, accompanied by his
son, William, of Lake Creek, was in
Medford Tuesday making purchases for
the harvesting season. Mr. Messal
states that crops are splendid and that
the range is in first olass condition and
that he cannot recall a year in which
early beef was in better condition than
it now is. Mr. Messal has farmed
twenty-three years in Jacksop County
and in all that time has never had a
failure of crops.
Wm. Dora, an Applegate miner, was
in the city last week. Mr. Dorn is one
of the very earliest miners of the
county, having been here Blnce '63, and
since that time he has made mining
his principal occupation. He crossed
the plains with the Enoch Walker
party, arriving in this valley on Sept.
3, 1853. Mr, Dorn Is Beventy years of
age, but he does not look to be 'more
than fifty-five and his movements are
those of the average man of even less
years than that,
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Mr. and 'Mrs. James MoDougal, of
Gold Hill, were visiting Modford friends
Tuesday.
Miss llcrtha Mol'liorson left last week
tor Swlro Woollcy, WubIi,, whoro alio
has purchased a stock ot millinery goods
and where she will ongago In that Hue
of business. Miss Mol'liorson Is a very
lino young lady mid possesses ninny
business qualifications which will serve
her well In her chosen vocation.
Dr. and Mrs. E. 11. I'lokol returned
Tuesday evening from their several days'
stay in Portland. While there the doc
tor took the Mystic .Shriner degree in
.Masonry. This IB a side issue degree in
the Masonic order and can ho tnkou only
hy York rite or Scottish rite Masons, It
is the play house ot Masonry, says Dr.
Piekel the degree wherein nil the seri
ousness ot other degrees is forgotten,
and the boys turn themselves loose for a
really and truly good time. Thero were
twenty-three initiations at Portland lust
week.
J. W. Bailey, stato dairy and food
commissioner for Oregon, was In Med
ford Thursday of this week on duties
pertaining to his office. Mr. Bailey,
while oroditlug Koguo River valloy
with being tho banner nppla district of
the coast, thinks it oan be made one of
the leading dairy sections of Oregon.
Tho oven olliuato, pure water and great
abundance ot feed, this being the only
r.. I .ii.i I i nn.i t,n k.imI
QuvVVWItll vvtu uinv HUU ,HV w..
alfalfa land in the state, makes this
valley an Ideal place tor handling cows
profitably.
V. H. Trlndle.of Lovoland, Colorado,
aurived iu Medford Monday and is look'
Ina over tho country with a view to lo
cating. Mr. Trindle Is a carpoutor and
contractor but has decided to givo up
his trade and take up fruit raising, and
after looking over the advantages of sev
oral fruit districts in the west, has de
elded that Medford suits him the beat
He Btntea that quite a number ot people
in his home locality are contemplating
coming to Oregon and asked him to give
them all the information possible of the
country.
I. A. Webb and family returned last
Thursday from Big Butte creek, where
they have been rusticating for the past
three weeks unon a homestead, which
they are holding in that settlement.
All the members of the family report
an enjoyable tlmo, and Mr. Webb, who
has not been in tho best ot health this
spring, looks as rugged and brown as a
miner. Mr. Wobb states that there Is
a arreat rush of homescekers to that
locality to take up the fine farm, range
and timber claims that are to bo had
up that way.
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Cameron arrived
in Medford Tuesday night Irom Chicago,
where Mr. Cameron has been practicing
medicine for several months paat. Alter
he graduated at Chicago he went to
Leeds, S. D., and practiced for several
months, but bis wife's health would
not permit him to remain there. These
people are now over in the Applegate
country visiting the doctor's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Cameron. Dr. Cam
eron expects to soon commence the lay
ing of a foundation for the establishment
of a hospital in Southern Oregon.
Capt. Gordon Voorbles aud O. H. and
D. C. Lewis, ot Portlaud, have been In
Medford this week looking over tho
fruit prospects of the valley. Capt.
Voorbles Is the owner ot the famous
Eden Valley orchard, while Mr. C. H.
Lewis Is the owner of the equally cele
brated Weeks & Orr orohard. These
gentlemen are Portland business moo
and like many other shrewd men, see
a great future for Medford fruit and
they have each backed their faith In
the business by expending several
thousand dollars In tho purchase of two
of the finest orcdards In the valloy.
Charlie Caldwell and his mother,
Mrs. M. Caldwell, started Tuesday with
team and wagon for La won, Harney
County, where they will hereafter make
their home with William King, a son-
in-law of Mrs. Caldwell. They wore
fully prepared for their long journey of
800 miles, having a covered wagon and
a full camping outfit. Charlie has for
the paat three years been aclerk in tho
store of Warner & Wortman and by
his attention to his work and his gon
ial manners he has made a host of
friends who wish blm prosperity In his
new venture. He Is going to try his
hand at the stock business.
B. 8. Grigsby and E. J. Poole, from
near Klamath Falls, arrived in Med
ford Tuesday evening and left for their
trip home Thursday morning. They
took with them a header and othor
farm implements from the firm of
Hubbard Bros. , and finished out thelr
loads with merchandise. They are
wheat raisers and Mr. Grigsby stated
that he had 400 acres of wheat on his
place that was as high as a man's head.
Mr. Grigsby is a good, steadfast friend
of The Mail, and his visits to our city
are always a source of pleasure and
profit to this office. He's taken this
paper always and the indications are
that lie always will take it. He has
had more or less prlnoipally more
trouble with a certain other Jackson
County publisher not necessary to
mention names but be has finally got
ten the sheet jarred loose and thore la
great peace of mind in his household.
This has no referenoo to the piece of
mind he gavo up to tho aforesaid pub
lisher. A. E. Dean, from Barton County,
Kansas, is one of the many new comers
WKy not Come in and
See Us?
You oun't imnu,inu wlmt it lino lotot
Tailor-Made Suits and Skirts
Wo have on hand
And talk about the prices they cut across lota Irom manufac
turer to consumer. Wo can furnish you with all Id nils of up
to dale hosiery. Our lace vests Just In colors, 01 no, pink,
uoru and white. So minor belts aud corsets for all. All we ink
Is ttiul you give us a tew whiles ol your valuable time.
J Yours Truly , '
Ghe RACKET STORE
I SELL GROCERIES,
Hay and Oruln
Will luivnricll ilmlinr mid lamiliis land
rauoti ana several farms for talo now.
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Thou after harvest, toko a rest and go to the hills, but be sure you
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Vehicles, Burreyi, Phaetons, Buggies, two-seated one-horse Spring
Wagons, Light Road Wagons, and heavy 4-spring Mountain
Wagon. The finest lot ever brought to Southern Oregon, atrong,
durable, easy running, well finiHhed, elegant, stylish. Come
and see. All at loweet possible prices. Call and inquire
Alio on hand all kinds of Farm Implement
PARLIN & ORENBORF'S
PLANO MFG. CO'S
Double and Hingis Harness
Stutlebaker Bros. Mfg. Co.'s
Warehouse. Old Stand
F.
who la In Medford looking over tiie gar
den spot ot Oregon. Mr. Dean was a
wheat farmer in Kansaa, having in 600
acres last year, but crop uncertainties
and lite in Kansas have become rather
burdensome to him in more ways than
one, and he concluded to leave a country
that could produce three cyclones in one
day aud fourteen during one season.
He nlso found harvesting wheat with tho
thermometer 110 degrees in the shade
and husking corn with the mercury so
far below zero that a pole was needed to
reach down to it, rather trying to the
nerves and he decided to shift anchor
age to a country where the thermomoler
does not vary to exceed forty degrees be
tween tho extremes of summer and win
ter. Mr. Dean has been through sev
eral states since he left Kansaa and lie
thinks Bouthern Oregon the "beatest"
ot any he lias yet seen and he has de
cided to buy him a farm and aottle here.
Thos. Baldwin, cashier and principal
owner in the Prlneville Dank, is at
Brownsboro on a short visit to bis par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Baldwin. Mr.
Baldwin Is a Jackson County boy, who
went out Into the world to make his
start, and having had the benefit of
good home training his industry and
integrity soon secured for him the suc
cess that was nis just rowaru. Mr.
Baldwin reports that Prlneville 1b
rapidly changing from a provincial
cattle town to a live up-to-date place!
with good prospects of becoming ono
of the leading business centers of east
ern Oregon. The extension of the
Columbia Southern railroad is exported
to reach Prlneville before the close of
this year, and with the coming of the
railroad a great boom will be given to
the town's growth. Mr. Baldwin's fam
ily are In Portland, where his ohlldren
have been In sohool, but as school Is
out he will return by way of that city
and take his family to Prlneville with
him.
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Assembly, July Oth 18th, at Ashland.
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good oamplng. Hon. Henry WatterBon
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the lecturers. Be sure to come. For
particulars address
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0SENBRIGGE
Death of a Pioneer.
Tho death took place on Friday lautt,
at his home five milos oast ol Medford,
of Bozeklah C. Nute. Mr. Nute had
been in poor health for tome month
past, and recently bo was taken with
typhoid-pneumonia and ao low waa hl
atrcngth that despite the host offorta of
tho attending physlalan, that dlsoaso
soon extinguished the spark of life.
The funeral sorvlce was hold at the
family rosldonce, east of Medford, the
Interment taking place In the Odd Fol
lows cemetery. Rov. E. M. Patterson,
of this city, dolivered the funeral ser
mon, whioh was a splendid tribute to
tho noble oharaeter of the deceaaoil.
Tho Blnglng was led br Miss Mabel
Jones and Miss Lutie Ulrloh, of this
city. A largo concourse ol friends wae
present to pay a last respect to their
departed frleud.
Mr. Nuto waa born in Modbury, New
Hampshire, on February 20, 1880 and
lived in that state until 1802, whon he
wont to Iowa, remaining thore until
1804, whon ho came to the Paolflo
Coast. He oame to Jackson County In
1887 abd Bottled on tho place whore be
has Blnoo resided. He was ono of the
first to demonstrate that fruit raising
could bo made a profitable industry in
this valley. He was a progressive,
broad-minded man and his Integrity
was above question, and in his dealing
with his neighbors be was the very
personification ol fairness and gene
rosity. Mr. Nuto was married in 1875 to
Fanoy E. Boone, a great grand daugh
ter of Daniel Boone, and besides Mrs.
Mute he left four ehlldron to mourn the
loss of a devoted husband and a loving
father. The ohlldren are Junius,.
Ernest, Laura and Nellie and all wee
at homo except Junius, who Is mar
ried and lives on the ooast, and who .
was unable to be prosent at the tuaeral.
For Sale.
Three work horses, one three-year-old
colt, two sets of good harnoss, one
narrow track wagon.W Inoh skein. In -quire
of I. N. Hewes, Modford.
Strayed "
From the Richards sawmill, on Wagner
creek, one dark red oow, brandod O on
bip. Any Information loading to her