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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1902)
Hi Can You Imagine A man going to a celebration ol the Glori-. ou8 4th of July," and expecting to have a "hot" time, with u pair of poorly fitting, ill ohanod hIiooh. Such shoes wo do not keep,. and by leaving tho fitting to uh, we will have you fooling like "ready money" for this grand ocoasion and will iiiBure you a good time. OXFORDS ARE THE "REAL THING" for summer wear, cool and com fortable and made on foot (it ting lasts that will fit Gentle- Men's Plorsheim Blucher Oxford. A shoo with a reputation, $5.00 Vlci Clf "Walkover" Oxford. A good, niul niodinm heavv Bolo. $3.50 .. a... . , . Kleths Patent Calf Oxford, made on a foot- form last, $ 4.W J. C YAN DYKE 8 CO. I pasture Is connected with hit barnyard by narrow lane, whloh orossua the railroad track, and gates are kept on tbe lano to prevent stock from crossing tho track Jrhon no one 'W prevent to look out (on them. , Mr. Oore la confi dent that he bad tho gates from the luxuries this spring and summor. Wbou tho lint radlshoa wo.ro in the market last spring I oorncred the whole works and ate of thotn until Mrs. H. ahoked me off. Say, It was a treat, and a rare one. It's been the same way with all other vegetables and the CITY HAPPENINGS. 1 The Medford maohlne shop hat bought, throngli tho Mitchell, Lewis Staver Co.'t ngenoy, a new Blover gaso line engine to uto In their shop to re place a steam engine, which Uioy will no longor uto. Messrs. Onult k Cook Intond horeaftei when Installing addi tional power lor their thop to put In gasoline engines, having an engine (or each department, that being moro economical and more satisfactory than to nave one big onglno with a network of llneshaflings, pulleys and bolls to absorb power and expenses In mslnten um. with tho addod exonso ol an on- ninr .nil fireman. Tho small eno-lucs can be started Instantly, for tWe Is no waiting, for steam, and require no en' slneer, for oaoh machlnoman enn start and atop bis own machine without In torforrlnir with his work. Tho time Is not (ar distant when tho Medford ma chine shop will be ono of the most com plete shops In Southern Oreaon, lor acarce a month goes by that those gen tlemen do not add somothlng to their plant. They are workmen of tho high est order and there Is nothing which can bo mado from motal wbloh- these Konllemon cannot mako and roako to fit accurately the place and purpose for which It Is intended. If It's tho vkiiv iiicst loo orenin you are lookiug for you haven't found it un til you have tried Campbell's. Others put up a good ere am but Uiere Is one kind that's iikst and that's the kind Campbell miikcs. Havlnu souurcd the concession from Manager Wlhnn, tho Medford Furni ture Co. Is having tho drop ourtaln for the now opera bouse oonstruoted In Portlund. The soone upon It will be painted by W. R. Miller, of Portland, who bat tho reputation of being one of the best scenic painters on this ooast. Mr. Miller painted the ourtaln and tho scouery for tho Marquam Orand opera house in Portland and ho has donn work for all tho otbor leading opora houses oa the Pacific coast and Managor Wil ton Is exceedingly fortunate In secur ing a ourtaln rcone from Mr. Miller's brush, for ho can safely assure tho Med ford people whon they patronise his bouse that they will not havo their oyct mado weary by baring to look at a distorted picture, tuoh at appears on tho ourtalns of ninny theaters. Tho cost of tho ourtaln will he qulto hoavy and to moot it a fow unobtrusive adver tisements will be plnood upon the bor der of tbo curtain. For Bale: fiood Durham mlloh cow, frosh. ,H. H. Howard, Medford. With recurring regularity tho sea son has again oomo that trios people's solos (of their shoes) and test their pa tiunoo, for tho recent dry weather has cuusod thu boards in tho walk to warp and hump up Into all manner of shapes and angles, which render walking any' thing but pleasant, and to add to tho gayety of onlookors spikes without number are et'oklng up ready to trip the unwary, or at loaat to tear tholr shoes and to renow, to the aforesaid un wary, a lively personal Intorost in tholr corns, causing, If It Is tho average man, words more forceful than ologant, and to the women nmpnhtlo expressions, In using which the printer always sup piles dashos. Some of the fore and aft plank walks, notably that scotlon across tho depot grounds between the iraok and F street, has tho bow and stern ends of tbo planks cookod up like a Slwash's onnoo, so that they rock like a small boat In a choppy sea, and a nedealrlan has to have the skill of a sailor to walk tholr docks and not fall overboard. For Balo 40 aoros of land adjoining Medford on west and south, will soil In lots to salt purchaser. Inquire of W. H. Barr, or at this oflloo. Charlie Chltwood, well and most favorably known in Medford and for' merly a drug clerk in both Mr. Strang's and Mr. Hank Ins' drug store, was mar rlod at Swan Lake, Klamath County, on Wednesday of lust week to Miss Minnio A. Applcgate, eldest daughter or Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Applvgatc. They will reside In Klamath Falls, whore Charlie has but recently purchased an intorost in a driiK store. Chnrliu it one of the host bovt that ever lived exemplary iu every respect and a priio worth the win nina by a princess. Tho Klamnlh Falls Republican In roforriuir to the bride says: "The bride, cultured, but unas suminE. with a llboral share of talents and accomplishments, is an exemplary young lady and dosorvos tho popular CS' loom In which she Is hold.' When farmers havo blacksmithlng to do thoy may bo assured of Urst-olass work and reasonable pnoes, ai x. x, Morrlman's shop, Modford. Tub Mail has briefly outlined In this Issue some of tho benefits that would come to the fruit Industry of Jaokson County wore the growers united In an organisation for their mu tual Interests. Thk Mai I, would like to bear from tho fruit mon at to what thoy think of the aohemo, and spaco will bo ohoerlully givon to oommtinica tlona bearing on this subject. Tho fruit Industry is bound to bo tho bnok bone to the prosperity of Jackson County, and tho more it is fostered the moro money there will bo In olroula tlon In this valloy. For Sale Good second hand mower and bay rake both complete and good as now; also good, gentle work horse, soven yours old; weigh 1150 pounds. J E. Oaunyaw, Medford. John Qoro, whoso farm lies along the Southern Paolfio Company's traok, three miles south of Modford, had a cow and sovon head of young stock killed by a train last Thursday night. Mr. Goro's pasture closed that night and thinks small frulU which are now ripe. A that some tramp must have left It open, parson has no idea, who has not had At tho railroad company has It traok experience what It meant to be deprived fonood he will probably not be able to of vogotablea and frolt. I stayed at I collect damairos for the loss of his home this summer purposely to give stock. The loss will be a severeono, as myself treat of green vegetables and the oaltlo wore all blooded Jerseys, fruits, For Bale-Good, heavy work horse, The now Modford cigar two for 26 weigh about 1600 pounds, A. Blovor, cents. This is unquestionably tne nest the uravman. mcuiom, ar u.ur N. 8. Bennett, of Kden, was iu Med ford Monday securing orders for cherries Mr. Bennett states bis cherry trees are loaded with fruit this year and he has a bin crop of all other kinds of fruit. Ol grapes he has some twenty varieties, the greater number of them fruiting in splendid shape. Mr. Bonnett thinks that Jackson County it destined to be come one of (he noted grape district of the United State!, to such perfection do grapes grow bore. . At to the pro posed fruit growers' association, Mr. Bennett it heartily In favor of it. Of the many advantages that it will be to the fruit industry of this section will be the opportunity it will give growers of exchaimlim ideas and experience!. The society would be especially helpful to be ginners iu the fruit business, for it would enable them to profit by the experiences of others and thus avoid costly mistakes and tedious experiment!. Ice cream at Wilson & Russell's ton cents; Ico oream and cako, fifteen conta. D, H. Jaokson, who owns a Ono farm Just this side of Ashland, was In Medford Monday. Mr. Jackson is one of the leading breodors of fine stock in Jackson County, be having seventy' three head of Jersey cattle. At the head of his herd bo has a brown Swiss bull, ono of the finest on this ooast and which Is out of ooe of the best milking strains In the United States. Mr. Jack son makes a specialty of raising mlloh oows for the market, he finding that more profitable than to keep them and run a dairy, or to raise beef cattle, for be finds ready sale for his choice young cows at Irom V to ou per noaa iirar ovor put on the maraot. it's Medford product made by the Palm- Whitman Co., and lor sale at tho Kiaiio. Messrs. R. H. Hodge and son, W. 0. Hodge, are doing a rushing business in the manufacture of their stove pipe holders. These holder! are a littls con trivance, one of which Is clamped around the gable end of a stove pipe to hold it from slipping out of the chimney. A small plese of sheet Iron extends from the clamp on the pipe into the chimney and a hook on the end of it shuts down over the chimney thimble, thus secur ing the pipe In place to solidly that it ii absolutely impossible to pull it out. It it one of tbe best and most serviceable little patents The Mail has ever seen on the market. K. H. Hodge Is the patentee and himself and son are joint owners. There is a barrel oi money in it and like Billv Marble's millions it's bound to come out. Tax Mail hat four of tbe devices now in use and they're doing yery satisfactory service. They sell for fifty cents a one or ffo for twelve. Mv stock of groceries is complete, Come and got my prices. All kinds of feed. Medford t oed btore. D. V. Turner, of Frederick, Kans., has purchased eighteen acres of land from A.J. Stewart. The pi-Ice paid 11000 and tbo sale was made through tbe F. M. Stewart Real Estate Agency. The land Is situated on tbe main thoroughfare between Medford and Jacksonville, directly south of tbe Grove school house and between the wagon road and the Medford-Jackson-vlllo railroad. Mr. Turner is a man of moans and his object In buying this traot Is to fit it up for a home for him self and famlty, be having retired from business. Tbe land Is nearly all cov Anything Is Easy If You Know How all. It's easy to get Good Clothing for Little Money if you know where to , go to get it. We keep the best $5-00 $8.50 $IO.OO Suits and To be found anywhere in Southern Oregon. Our Children's Department is com plete, Don't buy until you have seen our lines. SIS The Model Clothiers Though feeding hi! calves to tbe limit, orcd wltn , growth of ,maii timber and he has considerable surplus milk, which ho sells to the Ashland oreamery I will dnliffht frolffhtlne and pas aimer tralno between oleaioru ana UrownsDoro, Bi(T uuue ana u. l.. rr UcrV In Bin Butte district. Mako ar raniromenls wltn U. U. rieicnor. c A Jones. Dr. Clarence W, Keene has secured office rooms In tho Adklns block and is now flltlnir them up in fine shape. The doctor Is a graduate of tbe medical do oartmonl of tbo University 01 urcgon at Portland. He has practiced modi cine for one year In eastern Oregon, lnoe which time ho spent four months' tlmo as surgeon in St. Vincent's hospi Utl at Portlund and fourteen months In tho Multlnomah county hospital Ho Is a bright young man, possessed of many sterling qualities and being of an affublo disposition, backed by a tbor it is very probablo that but very little of this will be cut off. He expects to arrive here In August when he will commence laying plans for improving the property and putting up a one dwelling. For Trade A milch cow for a farm wagon ; must be in gooa repair anu not heavier tbau 8t inches. Address C. C, Gilchrist, Bams Valley, Oregon Salmon aro now running Id Rogue river better than they have for several years past at this season of the year, The markets of Medford and the other towns of the valley aro being supplied daily with salmon, fresh from the water that are of extra large sue and good color and flavor. In fact many of the salmon brought to the Medford market would pass for Columbia river Chlnooks, so plump and bright colored are they, ough knowledge of medicines and their There is no doubting the fact but that uses, and as woll being skilled in gory, there is llttlo doubt but that he will lust naturally drop into a reason able share of the buslnoss of this lo cality. the hatcheries are increasing tbe sup' ply of salmon in the rivers of Oregon, and when the number of hatcheries arc doubled it oan be expected that the sup ply ol salmon will again be equal that of Purdin'a blacksmith shop baok of years ago, when tho rivers of this coast the Medford bank Is prepared now to teemed with the best of all fishes, do all kinds of blacksmithlng and wagon work. E. M. Jenkins, a first The place to enjoy a good cool drink class wagon maker, Is in oliarge of that or Ice cream Is at Wilson & Russell's, department and guarantees all work We use nothing but pnrc fruit flavoring turned out oy mm. warnaRu imiuiiuk du eziruuvs. also done. m.. i tk. i.u.hr O. Bursell, of Central Point, has a . .111 win nn Mondav. Bold of 160 aoros of wheat on Big Sticky , ..,, and eo,iUB for six weeks Mason's Ball Fruit Jars, I Caps and Rubbers I H. H. HOWARD & CO. i MEDFORD, OREGON . that would make a Kansas wheat far' mer's eyes bug out 1b astonishment, and ho would oonolude after examining It that other states besides Kansas can ralso wheat. The wheat in this field Is of uniform height, being as level on top as a table, and the straw is ol good longth, but not overgrown while tho hoads aro as large as young oornoobs and give promise of a yield of at least fortv bushels per oore. Mr. Bursoll is one of tbe hundreds of far mere in Jackson Oounty, who has found that thore la money In (arming for he came here a poor man and now owns three as fine farms as there are in Oregon. Whon you want draylng dono get Slover to do It. He's always ready always rollable and his charges are always just rignt. Manager J. R. Wilson has decided to open his opera houso with a grand free concert to be given about the first of Julv. or bo soon as the building is oompletod. Tho music lovers of Med ford have assured Mr. Wilson of their hearty oo-operatlon in his preparations of the program for the opening of Med ford's fine now opera houso to the pub' lie, and the best talent of the city, both vocal nnd Instrumental, will take part In tho excrolsos, which proraleo to bo of B very high ordor and very entertain log If it's now and very up-to-date goods in the shoo lino thnt you aro looking for you will fliul tll0ln ,lt Woodford's Shoo Store. P. V. Modynski: "Maybe you think I am not having a good tirao this sum mor. I have been In Alaska for the pant four summers. Up thero wo gel I no fi;osh fruits or vegetables, but I have and two days, which Is to the date when the county teachers' examination be gins, that beginning on Wednesday, Aueust 13th. The school will bo held In the Medford college rooms and Prof Van Scoy, who Is at the head of the school, Is planning to make It strictly a working body where each student will be given evory advantage to enable them to pass the examination and to become more proficient In their work as teachers. My stock of boots and shoes Is com' nlntft and is undoubtedly tbe best 86' looted stock In Medford, and my prices are all right. I also sell groceries, pat ent medicines, cigars and stationery. Shoe repair Bhop In connection. W. L. Orr, West Side, Medford. Jnko Huger, superintendent of the Capt. Voorhies orchards, was display lng about Medford last wook the bronze medal which was recently awarded Mr, Voorhlcs at the Charleston exposition, on acoount of a display of pears mado. Tho poars were of Beurre Clairgeau variety. There were forty-five poars in tbo collection and the combined weight was forty-five pounds. Those were all taken from one tree and were not SO' SPECIAL! nofflnntnir Hominy, May W, with every bat ot tt.oo or ovor purchased a- our Millinery VarlorB. we will give away n DoauUrul, combination, dust proof PYRAMID HAT BOX Our prloo ftro right, and tho excollont qunllty ot our lulls ami N1CAT WORK aro uiiexoellcU olsowhero to Southern Oregon H. A. MEDYNSKt. ma Millloo, ljctedand Mr. Huger ttated that tbe man who picked them declared tbat tboy wore all taken from one limb. E. S. Wolfer. the Medford tinBmitb, has secured the agency for tbe Webber gasoline engine all sizes. A two and one-half horse power engine for $136 guaranteed lor two years. About eighty-five persons, of tho Methodist Sunday school, drove up to Ashland creek Tuesday morning and spent the day in the woods. A fine dinner was had at noon, and so -well bad the lunch baskets been filled, tbat ifter all had eaten heartily, enough was left to give all a lunch before the start for homo was made at four o'clock. The day was perfect, not too hot nor too cold, and tbe young people ' had a de lightful time and came home as happy as meadow-larks or a coon eating wa ter melons. T. T. Merriman's horseshoeing and general blacksmithlng, Medford. Satisfaction guaranteed or no charges made. A recent copy of the Madera, Calif., Tribune, gives an account of the deatb of Capt. John W. Dunlap, which took place at Madera on tbo ninth of this month. Capt. Dunlap, who Is a brother of It. S. Dunlap, of Jacksonville, was one ot the pioneers of California, set tling in tbat state in 1855, coming from Calvary County, Missouri, where he was born. He has been one of the leading business men of Fresno County, being for years prominently identified with both the sawmill and stock busi- 1. For Root The Elite photo studio, beet location In city. Inquire at Tue Mail office. Joe Caskey is acknowledged to be one of the best horsesboers in Southern Oregon. He is in tbe employ of Mitch ell & Boeck in this city and it is no un common thing for eqnines to be driven fifteen and twenty miles to have their pedal extremities iron plated by Joe a deft bands. D. H. Jackson came all the way from Ashland this week to have his horses feet thus treated. . Farmers and horsemen will always find Joe at his post of duty at Mitchell & Boeck's, Medford. Rough lumber at $11 per thousand for thirty days. O. E. Gorsline, Med ford. The members of the Fraternal Union of America gave a dancing party in Medford Thursday evening of last wek. There wero sixty odd tickets sold and everybody in attendance reports having had a very enjoyable time and much praise is given the ladies of the order who worked so assiduously for the suc cess of the event. After paying all ex penses the order had a net profit of $33, The Grants Pass orchestra furnished the music. Chickens wanted at the Centra market highest market price paid C. A. and W. J. Prall arrived last Saturday from Lake County with bunoh of 100 head ot horses, which they took to tholr father's farm, three miles north of Medford, at which place they will sell them off. Tho bunch is one of the finest ever brought to this locality and embraces soma splendid riding. driving and heavy team horses. They started from Plush and mado the 250 mile journey without a delay or the loss of a single horse. I! you want fine caiulios go to tho Bakery, whore you will find all oream candies mado by A. Learned, of Jack sonville, and received frosh every week and sold very reasonable. The Southern Pacific pay car passed up the road Tuo9day from Portland and the company's army of hands wero paid for last month. The company reoontly advanced tho pay of the section hands ten cents a day, making tholr wages Weeks Bros. Undertakers and Embalmers MEDFORD, OREGON Eagle Point Barber Shop Havlnc purchased the toniwrial outfit ot Jerry Uecltathorn and added all ot the nea ear7 appliance!,, I am prepared to aecom modate toe pnbllc In my line ot business H. L. Appel 1 60 per day. No advance in salaries I of the other employes was made, for tbe Southern Pacific Is now paying the top wages among railroad companies, and their men ate making no demands for a raise. - Butter and eeet wanted. Cash of . .rade. Medford Feed Store. Their sales having exceeded their xpectations, Hubbard Bros., bad to rder an additional carload of mowers ini headers, which arrived Monday and these machines will soon be at irerk In Jackson County's fine bay and wheat fields. Bran and roll barley, in fact, all kinds of mill feed at Warner & Wort-man's. PING P0I6! PIUS POKB! PUB POKE! Ping Pong sets: 2 genu ine calfskin bats, 4 cel luloid balls, net, etc., all in heavy wood box, covered with fancy lithographed cloth. Regular $3.50 Set OUR PRICE, S2-4SI OUR PRICE, SM9 OUR PRICE, HEDFORD BOOK STORE The Yellow Front Mail Order House nmdo up for part of my loss In tuoso
