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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1902)
,f l o w Ypur CoUml h Ball Oimi, July 4 m m m m m iv u i uivo GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS . July 4 is only a short way off. Wo winh to cull tho attention of tlioOontlcnion to our now and Mtylifih lino of Furnishing CIoocIh. Kvorytliing new and down-to Dale. Ah this U u now departure for u, you can runt assured that you are got ting nothing but new, stylish goods GOLD and SILVER SHIRTS are tho best tho money can buy. Gold Shirts ure $1.50; Silver Shirts $1.00 each SILVER COLLARS are the best two for '2"o, ull styles IN GENTLEMEN' NECK WEAR we uro it. All styles Four-in-l lands, Imperial I'ull's, F.tc., '2", 50 and ,75c is m m J. G. VAN DYKE fc CO. CITY HAPPENINGS. -L.JLJ Vmgglt llumuaon : "I received u lottor Tuesday from E. C. Wella, ol Culil Hill, who with hl wife mid daughter, la now flatting rolullvca In London, England, ilo aaya lie geu Tiik Mail awry week and gola ull tlie new! from It. I Imagine ,botb himself ami wl(i am huvlnir n alorloua time. Hero are a few oxeorpa from hla lottur l( you ore lo print thoin. "We have tint) a delightful visit here, and wlillu It sooina good to be back io the old plaeo if ln I ahall be gluil when I im In Jitnkson County, Oregon, onco more with my friend. Our trip lint been a splendid educational advantage fur Dor rla. I wilt try and tut her aoe the euro .nation proceaalon, in which ahu will see repreaentatlvca from almost every country in lue worm anu aoiuicrs iroin oory lirlt'ah colony and poascaalon, tho lattiir n'one will form a linn two mllea in length. Tomorrow my slater and I arc going to attend Thanksgiving ervlcoe at St. Paul 'a Cathedral whore tho King and Queen will attend. The nualo will be grand. Wu aro going lo alay In the city tonight and expeot to ho at the Cathedral by flvo o'clock lu the morning, although the dooradonot opon until 11:11, but It will lie well worth walling fur, lor those who oan atnnd It I wont to tho Epsom raoca today to ace tho Derby run. Thla la the groat ovout of tho year. Monday night I go to ane Henry frvlng In Faunt. Mra. W. and Dorrls aro visiting in Yorkahlro, but will bo In London for the coronation." nmiuiu nj w .... ... iuiilvu aawmlll men. Kiiqulro at O. K. Gora , llno'a planing mill, Mod lord. y Ohaa. Meier waa brought to Med- ford Monday mor.ilug badly hurl fiom the offeota of a blunt while working In . the Orino gold iiilno, on Foroat oreck. He waa tnkon to Dr. I'lckol'a ofllco, whore bo waa put tinder an anaoathotlo, when tbu doctor proceeded to extract .1 t ..I luin K ilia piucuo Ul luun n.i.v u.u uuvju umuu Into his body. Hie loft ahoulder, hip and thigh wuro tho only parts of hla ' body that wore Injured. Tho doctor suc ceeded in removing all tho pieces of , rook, though aomo woro qullo deeply imbedded lu tho flesh, cxoepl ono amnll plcco which had penotrutod so deeply into the sliouldor that It oould not lie rounu, inougu an extensive incision wu mado. Mr. Melor ts rapidly re covering from his Injuries and will bo ns good as now within a couple of weeks if no mishap befulla him. At tho time lio was hurt he had just sot off II vo shots, and stopping back awaited the explosion. Pour wontofTliut tho fifth fulloil uml after waiting a tlmu ho won) up to sue what tho trouble was, but Just as h i was within about ton foot of It, It asons Ball Fruit Jars, Caps and Rubbers H. H. HOWARD & CO. MEDFORD, OREGON Madlord'a Colors mrm PhoooII Blu and Yllw mem to to to to Of to to to to it to to to to to to to to to to to to to ii to to to to to to M went off. Uo was stiuidliiK sliliiwnya to the blnM, olhurwlae Im would have boon killed, for the rocks would have penult o,td n vltnl purl of Ills body, As It waa It wua u very narrow escupe for hliu, for the ulr all ulwut him was filled with rocks, from a pound to ono hun dred pounds In weight. All Iho loading high grade sewing machines at lowest price, on tho in stallment plun. John F. White, Mud ford. A report from work on tho Fish f.uko dltcli la qullo favorable, although tho lutencst of the aprlng has delayed the completion of tho flume work. The recent dry spell, however, has inudo it possible to haul lumber and teams arc now at work hunting from Lem Charley's mill, on tho head of Lost oreck, and from the Hutrlo mill, on the south fork of Butte creek, and tho lumber Is beiug distributed along the ditch where flumes are to be built. The flume narpentora resumed work last Monday and will continue In thla employment untll all flumes are built. Excepting thoae llumos and few heavy rock cuts, the ditch seventeen miles from tho in take at W. C. Daloy'a plaeo to the drop at nrndahaw'e place, Is completed. While It la true that tho dltcli la com pleted for this distance, it is ulw) true that tho work Is not completed because of tho fact that whon C D. Vincent and C. B. WlllluniH, honvy stockholders In, and directors of, tho ditch compiiny. woru here, they ordered more work done on It. After a critical examina tion of tho ditch by these gentlemen they decided to enlarge It considerably, nud bare so ordured. The dltcli will 1)0 deepened one and a half feet ovei its entire length, Increasing tho capac ity fully 1500 inches, Involving an ad ditional expenditure of tilMiut 10,000. This work, it Is expected, cannot bo completed before August 1st. After thla work la completed work on the branch ditches or IntcrUla will buoom inoncoil. One of these will run toward? IOuglc Point, a distanoo of seven' 01 eight miles, the ditob to ho (Uxlli fuel In bUo. Tho other lateral will run to the west side of tho Bybco dosort. lis dlmonsions will bo 101x44 foot nud its length will bo tun or twelve, miles. If It's tho VKitv iiicnt icoorciiiii you aro looking for you haven't fnuml it un til you have tried Campbell's. Othori put up a good oreain but there Is one kind that's iikst and that's the kind Campbell makes. Tho Hood Itivor struwborry grow era arc rejoicing for this has been theli bannor season, they having harvested u orop of ovor 66,000 ornlea of bcrricf, equal to about olghty-llve carloads, whioh has nottod them about fl'-'O.OOO. The orop that produced this big sum of money grow on but BSO acres of land. With such returns ns this por nuro it Is asy to account why good fruit land, i both lioro and at Hood River, soils for suuh big prions, for land that will yield a orop that la worth from (200 to 300 pjr acre, aoon takes on a dlfTcront val uation from that of tho Willamette val ley wheat land which produces from ten lo twelve bushels of 60 cent wheat per acre. And tho doubting ones who are holding off awaiting cheaper prices will find thai Med ford fruit hind will never again bo so uhoap as It la today. The new Medford cigar two for 25 cents. This is unquestionably tho host liltolgar ovor put on tho market. It's a Medford product made by tho Pulm Whltman Co., and lor sale at tbu Hlulto. Hid Charles, who has boon a flguro lioud editor on Nickel's Medford paper for the pait two months, left Tuesday evening for 1'ortland, whero ho has lalton a position on tho rnportorlal stuff of tho Telegram. When Nickel con ceived tho Idea of establishing his de funct Jacksonville Times In Medford, niiilui a now name, he hired Mr. Charles (o tnuko u canvass of tho business men of Medford for putrouago. Mr. Chnrles did tho work for which lie wan hired all right, hut tho people sort u' sniffed tho Nickel aroma that pervaded tho air and they didn't take kindly to tho dark horse graft that was being put upon thorn. Mr. Charles told thut he (Charles) wua the whole thing; that he was establishing u i:ew sheet, and that he hud money sufficient back of him to preclude any possibility of failure In hla venture, i.ulcr developments proved beyond tho pnrud venture of doubt thai Mr. Cliurloa wus an emissary ol Nickel and that the "noci-ssarv" funds buck of him were Nickel's old Jacksonville Time and Nickel's connuiuumtu nerve both of which nie now duly installed, and Mr. Charles, having performed the stool pigeon net for which ho wua hired and for which lie was paid, presuma bly, has, Arab like, folded his lout and hied himself lack to the seuncs from which he cumu and Nickel is here ibo self uxiilted, bombastic lluc-aud-a-half paragrapher and news pilferer from Tint Mail columns with a record In thla county that la envied by no one not oven by tho leust of the lowest. The Incorporators of Nickel's Medlord paper woro Sid Charles, Henry Pane and l?osc Hllcy. Pupo la a Job printer in Salem, Charles la now a Portland fixture, and a fuw weeka ago lottera for Koac Riley were advertised as "un called for" in the Modford poatofllco and in these columns. The corporation iaovidently scattered but Nickel ia here the personification of benofnetion (?) for any old thing that happens along that's got thirty cents In sight. For new sewing machines call on or write John P. Whlto, Medford. He haa tbo Wheclor A Wilson, Davis, New Home anil all tbo leading machines from 'i0 up. O. W. Whitman, proprietor of tho Medford Hook store, is reaching out for moro space In which Urdisplay hla Im mense stock of stationery, books, ko daks and every thing else that you can't lud any other plaeo In the city. Hia Ural aalesroom in Medford was a place about the sl.c of a 2x11 act en edge. 1'lils didn't bold him long. Ho then -noved to ono room In the "Yellow I'ront," and after a few weeka ho scat lured again like Ben Webb's moun tain trips and spread his stock all iver the first floor of this building, and itorxls, ovon with this added space, wcro loon piled about sovontaen layers deep so doop In fact, that bis saleswomen 'invo been known to loose thvmaolvcs hi this labyrinth of goods for evory 'mdy. This condition has prevailed for a couple of years and bo couldn't tandltuny longur and he has' now on tod tho second floor of this building and he will raovo hla immenso stook of cameras, kodaks and supplies, together with other goods to this floor. A stairway will bo put In as soon as possi ble and a gonornl transformation of the establishment will tako place. Mr. Vhltman has built up a aplendld busl icss and The Mail is glad that Its vol imo has so Increased as to necessitate his enlargement of store room, J. S. loward, owner of tho building, who as previously occupied the second iloor with his engineering office has iiitted his location to tbo Adklns blook 'here ho has offices suitably fixed up or his business. ' For Sale Good, heavy work horse, weigh about 1B00 pounds. A. Slovcr, the drayman, Medford. Arthur B. Ellison, son of V, B. Kill--on, and ono of tho muscular farmer boys of Big Stloky, has Bled his appli cation with tho Southern Pacliio for a position In one of tho company's rou ul houses, preparatory to scouring a posi tion us a student llroman, to bo an ou tlined' being his ambition. Mr. Alli son has been working at tho railroad coal mlno near this plaeo, and 90 well did ho do his work that hia foreman nilllugly gavo him n rouommondatlon to tho company. He Is a sober, Indus trious young man and ho will be relia ble in whatever position ho may be placed. U.S. Wilor, tho Modford tinsmith, hns sncurod tho agency (or the.Wobbor gnsolino onglno ull sizes. A two and ono-hulf horse power ongluo for $135 guaranteed for two years. II. D. Pinch, tho gentleman who, lust full, purchased the Orowoll orahnrd near Jacksonville, reports a lino orop of fruit this yonr. Last year ths or ohard was allowed to go uncared for and as a result no rfult wan harvested. Tills year Mr, Flnoli hns thoroughly cultivated tho land and has given great care to spraying and trimming tho trees, and us a result of hla painstaking ' efforts ho will burveat not loaa than' f 1000 worth of applus alono whon tho 1 lime comes to gather red and yellow fruit. Ho haa twenty aoroe of bearing I apple trees, fifteen acres of bearing ul-1 mond trees, and the crop Is tho boat It hns ever boruo, thirty acres of young 1 pear trooa, mostly winter vurlelioa. He ' ulso bus twenty-one acres of alfalfa whioh Is doing fine and It la turning off a good crop this year. This la a crack-1 ing good place but Mr. Finch wanta to' sell !l health will not permit him to! care for It as It should be, New Bowing machines lo exchange ; for farm produce, wood etc. Cull on 1 John '. White, Medford. OnlLff u rlolrwi.lb.n Vf..,U,..l 1 pie wont to Jacksonville last Frlduy evening to attend the commencement exorcises of St. Mury's ucudamy. Thoy I report thut tho exercises wcro of a high order and well rendered and that thoy ! groutly enjoyed the evening's outer tulfiment. Those attending from Mod ford wcro Mr and Mra II M Cosb, Mra WSJonea, Mrs C E Wilkinson, Misa ' U-luh Plymlro, Mr und Mra 13 P Thelss 1 and daughter, Geraldino, Miss Jennie Woodford, Miss Grace Whitehead, Mra John Daiiley, Mra A 7. Scars, Mr and : VI rs J M Keenc, Mrs. I. Huinason, Dr. 1 C. W. Keenc and Mrs V L Crnnfill. 01-1 well brothers, Joseph, John, Frank and Kdwurd, of Central Point, wore also present. Tho students attending the; academy from ' Medford were Edyth ' Cranflll, Mabel and Helen Coss and Cuiisio Plymirc; from Central Point, .Murgurot 01 well. Girl wuuud for general housework. Apply ut MAIL olllee. Itcv. N. S. Uolcroft, Uuptist dis trict missionary for tho Koguo river cir cuit, stilus that a chape! car will come in over the Southern Puclflc road from California, about the middle of July. This car la In charge of a missionary and bis wife, who is a fine singer and church worker, and tho car will stop at every station and siding In this valley and services will be held at each of these planes. Rov. Holcroft will as sist Id tho services and will join the car at the California lino and direct its movements while in his district. Due notice of tho arrival of the chapel car und of the dates of the various stops tbut it will make, will bo given in the local papers and a cordial invitation is extended to the publio lo attend the sorvices held in It. If you want fine candies go to tbo naiiery, wnere you will Und all cream candles mado by A. Learned, of Jack sonville, and received fresh every week and sold very reasonable. Last Saturduy ovoniiie the ladies of Oak Circle, No. 242, W. of W gave a festival at Woodman hall In Phoenu. Strawberries and lee cream were the principal features, though a short pro gram added much to what was a de lightful evening's enjoyment. At tbo opening of lltorary exorcises Prof. G. K. Carlock waa called on for an address which ho gave, and which was highly entertaining as well as instructive. Ovor fifteen dollars was realized from tho entertainment, wbiuli will bo added to the elck benefit fund of the lodge. Oak Circle is steadily increasing in members, now having forty-four on tho roll and its meetings arcwoll attended and full of Interest. Chickens wanted at tho Central market highest markot prico paid. Iho Mcdford-.Tacksonvillo railroad ia now running the "Pullman" oar on tho'.r rood, whilo the regular coach Is at tho shops for a goneral overhauling. The truck frames will bo put In first class ordor and the outside of the coach will bo thoroughly repainted and the Inside of tho car will bo mado bright and clean by being carefully scraped and then rovarnished. So thoroughly will bo tho overhauling that when tho couch Is brought back onto tho road it will be In overy rospoct as good as a new ono. Rough lumber at $11 por thousand for thirty days. O. E. Gorsltne, Med ford . J. Tresslcr has sold his house and lot In West Medford to D. N. Welch for Ci6, the sale being mado through M. Bellinger. Mr. Trosslcr has been in Portland for some lime and Mrs. Trcs slor and children will now join him and they will muke that city their homo hereafter. Mr. Welch, with bis wife, is a recent arrival from Colorado, a farmer by occupation, and lutcr on he exneots to buy land and engage in the fruit business. Play Atlantis, tho now field gnrae. 15. D. Foudray, of Phoenix, through Clinton Carey, has lately sold ninety v BIG cur IN SUMMER MILLINERY As wo wish tcrmako room Tor our luimonso now fall stock, wo wilt liavo A GREAT REDUCTION 5ALB BnrUKH TUB FOURTH Our onttro rtook of trimmed huts, anal uiuriinmea dims, strooi nius,L,ORtiorns,, uiiunii iuu, sniiors, oio cuurous, now.' ora. slllis. brutris. Iiieos. In fiiot evorv-l tbliift noi'tainlng to tho mttUnory art,. Will bo SOlU OIH at K8!'K0!Al.t,Y HKDUC ' BU PRICKS IDonotmissllilsopnortunlty of securing iiAHUAin, uuv unu nt onoo H. A. HEDYNSKI (S. CO.. Oka Milliner' We Don't Sell All the Shoes that are (sold in Medford; but we do sell a good many. Our customers must like our Shoes and our plan of selling for they are helping us increase our sales. Here Are Some of Our Trade Helpers WE HAVE SELECTED the best line of Shoes made in America WE GUARANTEE SATISFAC TION on every pair w sell and so does. - . . EVERY PAIR of Shoes in our house are strictly solid. We are not looking for trouble; neither is IF YOU GET a pair of Shoes of a and they happen to rip or the soles come loose we fix 'em free and charge it up to IF QUALITY" COUNTS Sejz Shoes are the cheapest. That's what is building up a small business for us a big one for We have a new and be glad to have you come do as we advertise. W. H. six acres of his land te J. Gibbs, a re cent settler from Ukiah, Umatilla County. The price paid was $20 per acre, the land having no improvements upon it and Is all covered with brush. Mr. Gibba has his family here and he will aoon begin clearing land and get ting ready to make a homo on bis pur chase. He will engago principally In tho stock business. I will do light freighting and pas senger traffic between Medford and Brownsboro, Big Butte and R L. Par- Kcr-s, in Lilg Butte district. Make ar rangements with C. C. Pletcher. E. A . Jones. The farmers of Jackson County are making money that is easy to be seen when one travels over the county. Among the prosperity Indications to be aeon are the many new barns that are being built in anticipation of another big harvest. Aaron Wyland and Lane Wyland, two of Antelope creek's en terprising farmers, each had a' barn raising on Monday last and they will soon have barna that will be a credit to their farms and the community. If it's now and very up-to-date goods in the shoe line that you aro locking for you will find them at Woodford's Shoe Store. W. M. Cary, one of the business men of Gold Hill, was in Modford Sat urday. Mr. Cary states that his town ia having a prosperous year's business and that many settlers are locating in that vicinity. There are also many prospectors coming into the Gold Hill district, and much activity la going on in the mines, the output of gold for this season promising to he tho largest that it haa been for years past. T. T. Merriman's horjoehoeins and genoral bluuksmithing, Medford. Satisfaction guaranteed or no charges I maae. Miss Mary Childors, of Phoenix, closes the spring term of school lo the Climax district on Friday of this week. In the afternoon a program of 'songs and recitations will be given by the pupils and a large gathering of the paronts and friends of tho school is ex pected for the event. Miss Cbilders is credited with having made her school a Bplendid success. Ice cream at Wilson' & Russell's ten cents; ico cream and cake, fifteen cents. Postmaster Morrlman is mourning the loss of a couple of his fino shade trees that woro growing along the side walk in front of his homo. Some hood lum boys set fire last Friday to the trass growing on the street and before it was discovered it had killed two fine elm trees. It is tho trees that give Medford tho home-like appearance that it has and any person maliciously in juring or destroying them should be punished to tho full extent of the law. My stook of boots und shoes is com plete and is undoubtedly the best se lected stock In Medford, and my prices are all right. 1 also sell groceries, pat ent medicines, cigars and stationery. Shoe repair snop In conncotion. W. L. .Orr, West SIdo, Medford. " School In the Morton district is to close on Friday of this week. In the evening a box social Is to be given at the school house, the proeeeds of which will go to buying ncoosaary supplies for the school room. This Is Miss E( tlo Weiss' sooond term in that district and so successful has she been that it is expected that she will be secured for the fall term. Whon you want draylng done get Slover to do It. He's always ready always Tollable and his charges are always just right. Samuel Smith, residing a mile north east of town, has just completed a fine ham, 20x24 feet in shse with wide sheds on both sides. Creased lumber was SELZ SELZ SELZ SELZ SELZ up-to-date stock and will in and tak a look. We Meeker & Co. Weeks Bros. Undertakers and Embalmers MEDFORD, OREGON Eagle Point Barber Shop Hartor parcbaud the toosorUl outfit or Jerry Heclcatborn and added all of the neo esjary appliance. I am prepared to aecom modate toe public In my line of buslneas H. L. Appel - used in enclosing it, and when painted the barn will add much In tho mimr. ance and value of bis farml Mr. Smith. has the usual report of good crops with corn that is over waist-high. For Ront The Elite photo studio, best location in city. Inquire at The Mail office. F. W. Wait is getting oiit the gran ite for a cut rock fence that he will build around the lot In tho fMH Follnn cemetery owned by Fredrick Barneburg. My stocK ot groceries is complete. Come and get my prices. All kinds or feed. Medford Feed Store. Samuel Mathews, of Wood villa, ia putting up a fine barn on his lou in that village. Qpenina flEDFORD BOOK STORE The Yellow Front Mall Order House lay July H2. Two Story lBooK store Special Opening Prices