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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1902)
Niw Idea Womtn'l Mngtlln !? m m m m m m m Now 5 ont Copy fecial Summer Sales Our Special 25 por cent. Dis count tfitkm of Kuminor (Joods iiro what tlio people iiro looking for. Goods Unit nro HoaHonjiblo mid nt greatly reduced orices. You cannot a I lord to trade elso wlioro if you aro in need of any thing in 'our liuo. Below wo are quoting prices on a lino of Bummer corHots, besides our special aulo of fancy Wool Goods Regflar25c Summer Cor sets 25per cent, off, I9c New Idea Patterns for August are now in Watch for Our Mammoth , Shoe Sale J. G. VAN DYKE 8 CO. 8 ft it viv its iV it J. H. Butler, Funeral Director, with Medford Furniture Co., House ful niehers and Under takers. 'Phone 165. CITY HAPPENINOS. ) A special train went over the road Uit Friday bearing II. Koohlor, man tmur, L. A. Klokl., superintendent, T. W, Voungor, master mechanic, and G. W. Donnoll, road master, ol llio Oregon system, who woro on a Uiur of Inspco- tlon ol their ronds. During their atop la Modlord Bunt. Fields ultor an exam- inatlon ol tho great umoiint of work to bo handled In tbo Medford office, au thnrlzed Aaont W. V. Llpptiiootl 10 employ additional huln lor hi oftloo. In complianco with thin order Mr. Up nlneott uroraotcd J. J. Parkor Irom warubouMinan lo that of freight elork In hit oflloe, and bin glvon tbo position of warehouseman loOllsA. Hubbard, who ban heretofore boon extra man In the freight department. Both Mr, Parker and Mr. Hubbard aro Indus' trloua young men and well llkud by the unlrona ol tho Bouthorn racliic anu tholr promotion I) an honor that their effort well merit. Medford has the credit ol being the heaviest shipping point on tho Southern I'oolfiu In South ern Oregon, and Agont Llppliicott and hlii clUctent force havo had, at timed, to lo some lively hustling to bnndlo tbo business, but thoy l.nvo always been equal to tho oocaslon and tho public haa never boon put loan Inconvonloiico. Hut so dial hna the coinpiiny'a biialnoas in tho Modlord ollluo Increased during tho pnl year, wllh a groulor Incroano euro lo come before this year la at un ond, that more olllco help was an Im perative necessity, and Mr. Flolda showed his just approolatlon ol Mod lord as one ol his company' bent ahlp plng polnta by Increasing tho looal of fice lorco to keep pneo with the growtli of this business, that tho patrons ol tho road may havo us efficient sorvloo In tho Medford oflloo as thoy havo bad In the pust. Would llko to close out my stock of vVblte vowing machines and some Indies' and gouts' bloyolus. Who wants one of thoso nrllclos In oxohnngo for nlfalfaorgmlu boy? V. Oscnbriiggo, Medford. 8tuilobakor Bros. A Co's. warehouse Wilbur Dcoson and Juko Hugger huvo started tho ground work (or KntiLlmrn Orucron nursory. Their ground Is onu mllo west of Talent and tbuy now huvo 4700 grufts growing which will bo ready (or tbo inarkotlbls coming winter. They havo 20,000 of the standard apple varieties such as Yullow nowuiwns, Spltouaburg, Jona than, Bon Davis and tbo Bunnotl. In poars they have Com lo, Burea Uosquo, Ilnrttlull, Howell and Winter Nellies. They also havo tbo Anderson, a no pear Introduced by E. K. Anderson. It Is a Bartlletl seedling and ripens a little Inter than tho Barlllolt. Those trues will be from throo lo lour feet high this fall and all aro In a very healthy condition. Mr. IJcoson tell that one graft put In last winter pro. duood throo blooms last spring. These gnntlumen will aim lo put out only the very best vartotlos of treos and these thoy will guarantee to bo true to name For Sale: Good Durham milch cow, fresh. II. II. Howard, Medford. The work which has been in prog ross on tho Fish Lake ditch for thr past month has been that ol enlarging tho ditch from the head gale to Fjigle gulch, a distance ol lourteon or fifteen miles. The hoavy out, the largest on the line, on tho Olay Charley ranch, which Is being excavated to a depth of fourteen feet and for 50 feet in length, la practically completed. This leaves only about two and one-half miles of in completed ditch on the lands of Jumct Miller and Bert West. About thirty davs' lime will bo required lo build this section of ditch to the 10,000 inob standard. Tho flume gang, working under Foromnn W. C. Daley, resumoo work last Monday and it is not thought there will be any lurthor Interriiptiom as there Is plonty of lumber now on thi grounds. Tho oomplotlon of all tlumot will renulrc about six weeks' time Water will be turnod into enob fluin a soon as completed, this being neccs sary to preserve the flumos. Somnthlnir worth vour considers tlon health is wealth. Johnson's I'un Herb Tonic la tho greatest system regu Inuir and invluorator on earth. It Is i positive euro lor chlllB, fever and al mnlarlnl disorders, sick himduclio, const! ration, biliousness, Indigestion mid al heart affections and general dohility Only sold at Dlstlllory Oflloo. $1 pei bottle. FT. B. Reed is In possession of i freak In tho form ol a cuno thai proba blv has no counterpart In the Unitec States. Tho eano is miulo from a ma drona sapling, and hus a nutural orool and on the ond of tho crook u aalf head. The bead is as regularly formoi ns though oarved by man, It hnvini ears, nose and mouth that boar n strlk ling rcsomblunoo to thoso of a juvonll bovlno, A peoiilnrlty of the eyes nni ears Is thut one ol the cyos appears U be shut or rather only partially duvol onod, while ono oar is pointed forwarr and tho other backward liko a mule which Is undlolded whether to kick Mason's Ball Fruit Jars, Caps and Rubbers H. H. HOWARD & CO. MEDFORD, OREGON or to run, It Is really a retnarkubto freuk and would be an object of interest In a museum. A minor on Huuker creek found the brush and out the cane and presented It to Mr. I tend, who val ues 11 highly, fur ho Is an enthusiastic I collector of ourios. Good pusturugo at Karhurt's farm, half mllo south of Medford. O. 0. ttugsdalo, who hits beon here the pust week buying stock hogs for his ranoh ill Wlllluins, Calif., succeeded In gathering up two carloads which bo bus shipped. Mr. Hngsdulo owns WO aerosol laud near Williams and makes wheat farming and stock (ceding bis business. He tells us that Jackson County farmers do not know when they are well treated, as com pnrod with Cali fornia farmers, when thoy complain of tbo prloo they got lor whoat. Wheat now Is worth $1.05 por 100 pounds In California, aud tho farmer la required to furnish tho socks. JVhcat In Med ford is now worth ( cents por bushol and sacks furnished by tbo purohaser. Whoat has sold as low as 116 conts por 100 pounds In California, says Mr. Ilagsdalo, and In all oases the farmer must furnish tho sacks, which In Itself is no small item. flutter and eggs wanted. Cash or trade. Medford Feed Store. J, N. Hockorsmilh, living oast of Modlord, has a good larm and his soil Is of avorago depth, but despite alt this his potato crop-part of It is growing above ground. Tint Mail, was this week shown a vino from his potato patch upon which thero were growing soveral good sized . potatoes some as large as hen eggs. In iho ground the growing potatoes are said to be sn large and plentiful that the bills have formed good sl.od mounds and still there is going to be a short potato crop In Jack son County this year short because the acreage to produce a good orop has not boon planted. Tho reason assigned (or the small acreage I tho high price of 4ecd last spring. ' niilekani wanted at the Central market highest market price paid. W. L. Orr has rented the store room In tho K. of P. building, known as the Ournoa stand, and next Monday will bogln the work of moving his slock of goods from his present location on Seventh and F stroots to the now loca tion on East Boveolh street. In the K. of P. bulldlnir Mr. Orr will have much moro room than be now baa, which will enable him to carry a larger itoek and to make a bettor display. Fe docs not, for tho present, Intend to add any new lines, but will Increase the stook bo now carries. Mr. Orr In mov ing Into a largor building Is but follow ing the rule In this city, for no Medford morobant ever moves into a smaller building, for Medford is not on the decline. discennt riven to all pur- lhasors of pianos and organs sold In the itoro duritg this month. Don't over look this opportunity, fcverytninir in the muKlcal line can be had at the Coas Piano House. At a special meeting held on Mon- lay evoning, July 7th, Olive Kebekah Lodge installed tho following officers: Alia Naylor, N. G. ; Etta M-. Shearer, V. G.i Mi ?nie Cox, recording secre tary: Martha Wells, treasurer; D. H qarteon, R 8. N. G.; Minnie Calkins, L. 6. N. G i IdaSchormorhorn, warden; ylara Brown, conductor; Blanche Toft, :t. 8, V. G. ; Cenlonna Rothormal, L. V. G.; Kate Angle, I. G.; Maggie flolllnirer, O. G.; Mrs. H. M. Crowell, thaplaln. Good pasture for stock, 1 per nonth. Apply to C. W. Fraloy, Grlfltn reck, or Graupner rancb, btorllng At the regular meeting of Medford '.odgo No. S!J, I. O. O. F., on Saturday veiling, July 12th, tho following otll ors wore installed by District Deputy 3 rand Master Stlckel, of Gold Hill f. L. Demmor, N. G.; A. D. Naylor, V 3. ; W. H. Meeker, rocordlng secretary; 3.C. Noble, troasnrer; J. R. Wilson, R. S. N. G.; F. Amann, L. S. N. G, 0. L. Day, warden; G. F. Gorsllne.con, luetor; W. T. York, O. G.; G. A. Hover, f. G.: I. Woolf. R. 8. V. G.i K. W Julklns, L. 8. V. 0. Mv stock of urocerlos is complete, 3omo and got mv prlcoB. All kinds of ood. Medford Food gtore. TllK Mail, brings results (or all ulvortlsomonts run In its columns 'act known to tbo businoss men of Jack' ton County. Samuel Smith, a farmer icar Medford, had a band of stray hogs it liia nlaoe for six weeks, and had mado evory effort to find tho ownor but failing, tried a looal In Tnp. Mail und tho Saturday following the appear, anoo of tho nntioe in this paper the ownor of the hogs, who lived down by Central Point, came Tor thorn, tolling Mr. Smith that he had mado diligont Inquiries for his hogs, but could not lenrn of their whereabouts until he saw the notice In Tnu Mbdfokd Mail,. With the new faollltles that B. N Butler put in his Bhop, he turns out as noon woric tn repairing waiones ana jewelry as any ono in ouubiiurn uruKvu -Our good friond, Fred Bailey, of Sams Valley, hnB beon and gone and followed in the wake of many another good man. He was married on July third to Miss Pearl Morolook, duugh ter of Judge Morclock, of Gold Hill The bride '. one of Jackson County handsome and accomplished young la' dies and an ornament in our oosi olety. Mr. Bailey is a hustling young farmer and stockman and Is known by everybody to be a square, honorable gentlcinun with more good traits to his credit than space will hero admit of montlon. T. T. Morrlman's horseshoeing and gen oral blacksmltblng, Medford. HutUfnotlon guaranteed or no charges mode. Tho Oregon Oranllo Company has ono of tho busiest workshops in Med ford und their force of hands are doing some bustling to get out en the tlmo ugreod a number of orders for rock and monument work now on the company's books. Tho company has eight tomb stones and monuments to go to Waldo and Korby und they ure getting out a fine monument to place above the graves of Enoch and Prudence Walker, two well known pioneers of Jackson County, who aro burled in the Odd Fellows cemetery hero. This monument Is be ing erected by Mrs. T.J. Goodwyn, of this city, and ber brothers, Harry Rob erta, of Warner, Lake County, and Edmond Roberta, of Jerome, Arizona, wbo are grand children of Mr. and Mrs. Walker. For Sale Five Jersey milch cows, witn nrst calves. Wallace woous, Meu ford. A traveler passed through Med' ford last Friday, coming In over tho bridge aod going out noi th by way of A street, wbo had a novel vehicle In which to transport bis worldly posses' slons, which appeared to be two fair I zed bundles. His vehicle was a wheel barrow, but instead of the low wheel usually used ho had a wheel that was was at loast three feet blgb. The blrfb wheel mode It easy to push along the wagon roads and the fellow passed down A street at a three-mile gait and with as little effort as though out for a morn' log walk. a - Wanted Good, steady young man to work about two hours each day for board. Applicant can attend school if he so desires. Apply at Mail office. Prof. P. H. Phllbrlck, who arrived In Medford last week from Louisiana, bos purchased the Crowell fruit farm from H. D. Finch. There are acres of land in the tract and the prloe paid was a little more than $11,000 Mr. Phllbrlck left Monday for Lincoln Nebraska, where ha will visit with his children for six weeks or two months after which he will return to Jackson County and take up bis residence on the farm. This deal whs brought about through the F. M. Stewart real estate agency . Mv stock of boots and shoes Is com nlete and is undoubtedly the best so voted stock in Medford, and my prices are all right. I also sell groceries, pat ent medicines, cigars and stationery, Shoe repair shop in connection. W. L, Orr, West Side, Medford. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Merrlmm are parents to twin boy babies since Mon day, July 14, 1002. This iaoreases the number of little Merrlman's In that household to four all boys. Had one or both of this last Invoice been girls the ploasure would have been mani festly greater but the true parental devotion is not 'bestowed In less quan titles because of this, as two healthy bouncing boy babies of regulation avoirdupois are a couple of small Item; which many a parent would be willin to pay well for. If it's the VEltY hkst ice cream yon are looking for you haven't found it un til you bave tried Campbell's, uinere put up a good eream but there is one kind that 8 HKST and that's the kind Campbell makes. Mrs. C. M. Jones, of Central Point, bos purchased "Snowy . Butte, the four-year-old Hambletonlan filly which was spoken of a fow weeks ago In these columns as having been sold to a Grants Pass party. The purchase was made from Win. Clark and the prloe. paid was $350. "Snowy Butte" is a full sis ter to "Black Jack," the horse which was sold last season to Yreka, parties for a fanoy price. "Snowy Butte" now boing worked on the Central Point track and has turnod a quarter off at a 2:08 ollp. I bave a carload of oement which I am selling in any .quantity desired, at reasonable pneos. Li. a. urown, uea ford Feed store. A cement side walk fifty feet in length and twelve feet wide is being put down in front of the K. of P. build ing. The work is being done by E. T. Robinson. An Innovation for Medford Is being mado wllh this walk, for in stead of having it white to dazzle and half blind people when the bright rays of the sun are pouring on It, this walk is given a neutral tint of reddish brown that will soften the sun's glare and do away with the unpleasant feature that the white walks have. When farmers have blacksmlthing to c"o they may bo assured of nrst-class work and reasonable prices, at I. I Morrlman's shop, Medford. F. M. Centers, of Antelope creek, left at Palm k York's last Saturday a bunch of wheat heads that would take a blue ribbon'atany fair. They wore of the big Blue Club variety and were m big as young ears of corn and con tained five kernels to the mesh and were of extraordinary size and plump ncsB. Mr. Centers has ISO acres of this wheat and he is sure that it will yield not less than forty bushels to the acre. Play Atlantis, the new field game. Mrs. Belinda Mas ter son, of Gold Hill, haa sold two lots that she owned in West Medford to David N Welsh. r Bargains in Shirtwaists J WHITE, COLORED,. 1ANCY and PLAIN In Any Stylo You Wish A Special Line at 5Qc Best Value ever Offered in Medford , Don't delay, but call before the styles are broken. Don't miss this sale, for we can give you a shirtwaist in latest style and . best quality at a price not to be had, at any other store in Southern Oregon THIS SALE IS BUT FOR SO DAYiS M H. Sleeker & Co. Weeks Bros, Undertakers and Embalmers MEDFORD, OREGON POWDER PAINT of nearly all Colon on hand. 73 per crnt. cheaper than oil paint. Mixed with cold water. In weather proof are proof, sun proof. Will not rnb off nor ' wash off. . i alio have a new stook of general merchandise Just received, and will sell as cheap as tne cheapest. Call and see A. J. DALEY, . Earn Paiast The lots are unimproved and adjoin, the lota formerly owned by Mrs. Tres sler, which Mr. Welsh bought some time ago. The four lots will make him a fine yard and garden patch. Later on Mr. Welsh, wbo Is a new comer, in tends to buy a farm in the vicinity of Medford. The lot sale was made through the agency of M. Bellinger. Wanted Two or three experienced sawmill men. Enquire at O. E. Gore line's planing mill, Medford. Miss Annie Jeffrey is having a house which she owns on the corner of D and Fifth streets, rebuilt and enlarged. The present house, which is 16x28, one and a half stories high, is being covered with rustio and reflniahed on the in side and two additions are being put to It, one 12xlA and theother 10x12. L. F. Lozier has the contract for the carpen ter work. On the completion of the house Miss Jeffrey and her aunt, Mrs. H. M. Palmer, will occupy it. . First class property in Medford for sale or trade for ranch in Rogue river valley. 1'alm & York.. A couple of weeks ago these col umns in mentioning the return of MUs Ora Adkine to this city, from Mills Col-1 lege, said that she was a graduate of : that institution. We were in error in j stating that she was a graduate. We should have said a student, she not having had time as yet to complete her j course. Newspaper men go wrong in their type expressions sometimes and this was one of those sometimes. Wells & Shearer have the beat equipped outfit for draying and house hold moving in Medford. All kinds of wood for sale full measure and prompt delivery. . Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Woody are having an extensive addition made to their residence on the corner of North B and Fifth Btreots with the intention of conducting a lodging house hereaf ter. Their present house is 16x32 feet, two stories high, and the addition now being built is 24x28 feet, two stories. A. W. Bish has the contract for the carpenter work. J.J. Howaer has taken up bis resi dence in Portland where he will work nt his trade, carpentering, during the summer and fall. Beall's Photos. It is conceded thtt Pacific coast photos beat the world when done by an expert. Realizing the need of this valley in this line and the advantages which a rural gallery offers in perfecting thU line- of work, Mr. R Vinton Beall, a graduate of the Illinois College of Photography, ol Effingham, Illinois, has just completed the installation of a thoroughly modern and up-to-date plant in his recently erected studio at the Beall ranoh, two and one-half miles north of Medford, and is now ready to arrange sittings lor family groups, schools, child portrait ure, all styles of adult photos, commer cial and atill-life work. So complete la the gallery equipment that weather conditions cut no figure and the display of samples of the artists' handicraft will convince anyone that a new era has dawned in Jackson County photography . As suggested in Mr. Beall's advertise ment in another column it would be as well to arrange for sittings aa delays in photojrmphy are always to be avoided if possible. A meeting of Federal Labor Union No. 10,005 was held at Academy hall on Monday evening of this week, at ' which time it was decided to perfect a permanent organization and a meeting was called for Saturday night, at same place, for the election of permanent officers. The temporary officers are D. L. Day, president; J. L. Ryder, secre- -tary, and Cbas. Monkhoase, treasurer. Cash paid for eggs, at Wilson's grocery store, South C street, Medford. Manager J. R. Wilson is alright. The new Wilson Opera House is a ven ture rather ahead of Medford at the . present, out sucn a nne public Building will be a leading factor in bringing the town up to what it can be made the leading town of . Southern Oregon if all the citizens would do their part, aod do it willingly and with a determina tion to win. Wanted. Twenty wood choppers at Gold Hill, Oregon. Also two carpenters, one en t i leei one machine drill man . Dr. C. K. Rat, Gold Hill. Oregon. SAVE mm IDAY w i N D O W HEDFORD BOOK STORE The Yellow Front Two Stories