The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, February 06, 1903, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextDUY GOODS J. G. VAN life lu'" milking groat roiliiction on llio follow 11 E iU uod , HuiiHoniililo irDddrt. Hnch ituin in ilrtit-clUBH in ovury particular mid ruducod ox aotlyaa prion indicnio. WJIHN YOU JT IN OUli AD, IT'S SO. Ot All-wool, 10-in 33 I" 3U bluok; regulur 60o goods, nt o.jc por yard 19c 38-in SorgOH in blue or black; rog ulur liOc values at Flannol wtUHtH in all grades at tho following roductioiiH: $l.fl() wool waists, $1.15; $2 wool waists, $1.55 $2.50 "' " $1.85; $: " " $2.35 rijot ll(Uvl3l nil colors: black, white, pink, bluo und mil. liugulur 50o goods reduced Extra si.o und quality fitnciiiuturn, in fifjuaro Bbupes, two tones bluo and white or pink und while regulur 75o goads, reduced to 5Uc. . All Fur Collarettes reduced 25 per cent j m f ' Muking u regular $0.50 Vuv cost you now $1.88 $5 Furs cost you now $3.78 J. lb. j. H. Butler, Funeral Directoi, with Medford Furniture Co., House furniehere and Under takere. 'Phone 165. CITY HAPPENINGS. G. W. Itiuhturd this week sold hit (arm properly on Grlllln oroek to J. C. Smith, ol Fort Jones, Cll(. Tho tract comprise lMt noros o( good farming land. Tim consideration was In tlio ciolghliorhood ol tlO.OOO, and It It con idflie I a vory reasonable llguro (or tho quality ol land. Mr. Smith baa boon looking ovor property hi thia vicinity "(or ioiiio lime before making a purcliaao, nnd during hit atay In Modlord mado a whole lot ol frionda, who aro wishing lilm nothing but llio boat of success In whalovor ho undertakes among ua Mr. Uaahford aaya ho will probably go .to (tnauhurg for a tluie lo aaalat hla aon, Eliujr, but la not no aure tbat the at tractions of tho Itoguo River valloy will not provo too srroat for him to with stand, and ho la likely to come baok Juki llko evoryone dooa who baa lived tn thla country long enough to roalUe Junt how woll oT ho la. Pound. In the gallory In Wilson's Opera House on Friday ovoning, Jan. , a fur collar. Owner can recover by pnvlng property and paying for tbla Dotiue. O. O. Ramany haa taken an agency (or the Oregon Nursery Co., ol Salem, Y (or Jackson oounly. Tbla I ono of the oldest nunc y firms on the Paulllo Ooaat ' There aro aomo orchard) In Jackson oounly which wore planlud from thla nursery and in evory Instance the trees are proving entirely satisfactory """Jlnd thero la every reason to believe that a goodly number of the oroharda ' from now on will be planted with treea from thia nuraery. Evory tree la guar SEEDS Just arrived a large Shipment of Bulk and Package Seeds; All Fresh and New Come and See Us be fore Ordering Your Seed for This Year We Can Save . HMHaaaaaaaawaMBaiflMaaWMiBaaaaaaaBaaalaMal You Money BROWN & OWEN E E 8 E E P Bring us your Poultry Cash or Trade- BOOTS and SlliZS Hi to Viv 0 it 0 ib ar il Of 0 to vl 0 VI ill 0 to iv DYKE CO. Sorgofl, blue or 33 l-3c 19c lwo por yam Q. Van Uyke& Co. anteed to be true lo namo. Mr. Hum- any, the company' annul, la it gentle man well veracd In horticulture and, while not an orcharding there la very little about the fruit growing buainoae with which bo la not familiar. He will make a thorough canvaaa of the county and be la aaklng all Intending pur ohaaera to hold Ihnlr order until thoy have aeon lilm. Send to Mr. Karaaey, Medford, Oregon, for free calaloguea. Havo you acen tho Ine diaplay of Iron U-dalvada at Uoyd It Conklln'a. M. olllngcr-Monday-"Yca, thla la llio true 'groundhog' day. I ought to know, becauao the groundhog and I havo been running togethor for jual 70 yeara today, and I an Inclined lo be lieve that thero la considerable truth In tho old aupcratlllon. Yea, I flrat aaw tho light of day February 2d, 70 yonra ago, and I figure that I will lee aejeral more 'groundhog daya' yet. Did you ever nollco that In tbla coun try the 2d of Fobruary la a day when thero la uaually a mlxturo of aunihino and clouda, ao that It depends a good deal on what time of tlio day the groundhog oomea out whother ho aoca hla ahadow ot not. He can tako hla ohoice, and whatever kind of weather wo have nobody can aay whothor the the groundhog hid or not, unleaa bo la actually aoen looking at hla ahadow and no man evor waa him do that." S.iod time, will aoon be here. Brown & Owon havo received a largo ahipmcntof bulk and package eeeda all freab and new. One ot the blggeat mining atrlkoa In the history of Southern Oregon la re ported from Gold QUI. Nolaon Holier, an old miner and proapector, laat week discovered a ledge, Just a fow mlloa north of Go'.d Bill and adjoining ono of tho properties oonlro'.lod by Dr. Ray, which la almost too rich for belief. The lodge la reported lo bo eighteen feot widoand will avorago throughout D0 to tho ton In free milllug ore, whllo thorotaanctghtcen-inoh atreak through it that assaya $110 to the pound. Of E ID omiisu, 'llio lortgd li'itH only bjion uiiisov iiruil on tlio surfnoo, and tffibudy known iiow fur down It gnna, or whether It ieH down ut nil; but u will known minor Informed n Mail reporter Unit thenj win enough lii plain alght to lust nn ordinary umn a lifetime. The din covurnr, It ia mild, hut already refuted 4&0,fHK) apot onsh for the prospect. For Holu Four dozen thorough bred Plymouth I took ohlckeni. Apply tttthliollluo, ' Tho Southern Oregon Oaseball Loague will probably bo permanently organized beforo many daya. All that reinuina necoaaary now la lo have Grant Pane Join with tho 'other towni which have algnifled their intention of onturlnv the league, and there la no reason to doubt ttiut Grunts Pasa will come in, Otiteldo the regulur guinea between tho clubs loague tho promoter! aro figuring on giving tho people of Southern Oregon an opportunity lo aee the start of tho I'aciflc Count lenguo In action. In traveling between Portland and Health) and California points there will be tunes when ono or onothcr of tho big teuma will huvn a day or o to spare, and It la proposed to huvo thorn atop oir In Southern On grin and play a picked Wain lakun from tho various tenmsof Southern Oregon league. Thla will Insure tome "baseball that IS base ball," as alreadythero arc a number of pluyera coming bore that aro fust enough for any country, and tho local boys will have tlx iidvuiitago of know ing the grounds. I'leai-o visit Medford Bulri(M' Col lege upper floor White & Thomas building. SO If .Med lord ia aald to be, by parties truveling pretty much all over Oregon, one of the most thriving town or Its the In tho stale. Tbo city I grow Iiik right along with out any great fuse about it, but; "Sho do grow." A very good criterion by which to judge the progress of a town of Medford'a class, la tho bualnoaa done by tho railroad company. It la probably afo to aay that the percentage of Increase in freight and passenger business at tbo Medford depot during tbo past year hns been greater than at any olhor station along tbo S. P. linea In Oregon. It la certainly greater than in any elation of Ita class in tbo state. The vohme of freight bandied in a month ia Immense, running well up toward 1,000,000 pounds, many months run ning over that. Agent LIppoLCOtt la fortunate in having ono of tbo moat reliable and efficient depot forces along the road to aaalat blm in handling the tralllc, and thoy do bandlo it right up to the mark. At C. W. S keel's West Side con fee tloner) you will find always on hand a iratn stock or oreao, pics anu caicoa. Job. Owens, who waa abot by Wm Konla In a row at Horn brook laat Fri day, died from hla wounda within two houra after reaching San Francleoo, whether he had been taken in tbo hope that hla 11 (o rnlgbt be aavod. Ennls now lloa In tho Yreka Jail awaiting trial for murder. Both men were well known In Jackson county. Owens waa a resident of Gold Hill for many yeara, whore bo kopt hotel and engaged In mining. Bonis ia a gambler by pro f. sjlon, and quarrelsome when drink ing. It appears tbat Knnis, who had boon conducting a saloon at Klamatbon, removed to Hornbrook, aftor tho firo that destroyed tho latter town last fall, and established a similar business. Dur Ing tho lato high water Knnia' plaoe of buslnoaa waa wusbed away and ho lm mediately atartcd drinking. In-bis maudlin state he some way beoome pos aeased of the Idea that Owena waa re joicing ovor bis misfortune-. The two men mot and fought, and Ennls was knocked down by Owena, and as the latter stooped over him Knnis Bred two shots through his coat pookel, the Brat grazing Owens' head and the last strik ing him in tho groin with fatal results Wells & Shearer havo the best onulnnod outfit for draylng and house hold moving In Medford. All kinda of wood for sale full measure and prompt delivery. T.G.Spangler was down from Elk creek this week and roports that section of tho country pretty well washed out. At the government fish hatchery the water ran forty-throo inchos ovor the fl ior of the hutch houso, and consider : able damage resulted thotefrom. It was found necessnry to liberato 1,740,000 fish, whlo'.i it had boon intended should he planted at other points. Also 1,200, 000 eggs Just ready to hatch had to be planted In the river cIobo by in order to save them. It is estlmnleal that the usual per centago of the Biimll fry liber atotl will survive and that the eggs planted in the rivor will havo as good if not a better show than If they had been deposited by tho fish themselves, inasmuch as the river was gcing down at tlio time they were planted, and thus danger of them being covered with ie- brls or washed out was eliminated. Tho damago to the hatchery, It is figured, enn be repaired by the expenditure of between $UO0 and M00, When in need of any thing In the furniture linn, give us a (tall, our prices aro right, uoya uonxun. During the past twelve months, there have been shippod from Medford upwards of 700,000 pounds of live hogs, consigned principally to San Francisco markets. The avorage weight or a car load of live stock is estimated at 20,000 poinds, so thnt these shipments repre sent a total of thirty-live ears a pretty j good sized tntliiload. These figure cover the whole year, of course; but it inustj he remembered tbat most of the bog' shipments from this section are made' during the mouths of November und December. More or less of this kind of stock uro shipped throughout tbo year, but the bulk of It occurs during the two months above named. As the price for lire hogs for the past few months has ranged from Si to 4 cents per pound; quite a good sized sum hai been paid out to tho farmers of the valley in pay ment for their bogs, "The Toggery" la the place to get your furnlablng goods everything new, correct and up-to-dato. Some several weeks ago the local papers were printing an item wbicb was In substance tbat Alf. Weeks and his sister, Mrs. Orr, bad sold their or chard land to C. H. Lewis, owner of the parent Weeks & Orr orchards. This bit of news was not news at that time because of the fact that the deal hud nut bein made Mr. Weeks In formed a Mait, reporter Tuesday tbat the sale was conaumated last Friday and tbat the property now belongs to Mr. Lowls. Tho tract contains 104 acres of land, is adjoining the original Weeks It Orr orchards, on the west, Is plaoted tn fruit treea which are now four and five years old. It is one of the most promising young orchards in tbo valley. Mr. Weeks would not giveout the price which was paid f or tho property, but street gossip has it fixed at $13,000. Mr. Weeks and bis sister own another hundred acres of lund adjoining the ubove named tract which they expect to plant to fruit at u date not far distant Domestic aewlne machines J.' F. -The CItv Council has under consi I- reation a projeot. which it Is flguied will materially reduce the expenses of the oily water and light plant. The Idea Is to repair the old town ditch so by putting in turbine wheels power can be had for tho runnli g of both the electric light and wator plant. Those who claim to know figure that there will be enough water in the ditch to fnr- nlsh power for at least eight monibs in the year, which will mean a saving of several thousand dollars to the city in the item of fuel alone, let alone the wear and tear on machinery caused by pumping water and generating elec tricity by steam. At the time when the water will be at the lowest during tho summer months the electric 1 lght load will also be lighter than at other times of the year, so that work of the plant will be carrlec on if tbe project above mentioned comes to a successfnl conclusion at an expense very much lower than the city is now compelled to pay. For Sale Full set of storp fixtures counters and shelving. J. F. White The boys down at the city electric light plant are having trouble pecul larly their own ainoe tbe high water. The sediment, sand and debris washed down by tbe creek while it was "on the rampage," so to speak, settled to a considerable extent around and upon the oity wood pile. Now all steam engineers know that sand in tne wood is not a good thing on fire grates. Tbe sand melts Into glasa, which gath ers on the grates, holding them at white beat and eventually burning them out. That's what's Hie matter at tbe light plant. Tbe oily is In the light, not tbe gloss making business; but it is, per force, making glass, and contemplating the purchase of new grates for tho boiler in the near future. Carload of Portland cement J. F. White. Those of our citizens who failed to lay tu a liberal supply of wood during the summer and fall are now In a posi tion tn sympathize with the eastern people, who are suffering from a coal famine A peison can get wood in Med ford, but after paying a fancy price for it, considerable expenditure is necessary in the way of kindling, coal oil and "ouss words" in order to persuade the stuff to burn, and then It will only ignite under protest, A combination of rain, bad roads and wet wood is calculated to make the most even tempered house holder forget all the good resolutions he made on tho flrat of the year, All kinds or sasn and doors und screen doors, at lowest market price. W, Woods. Josbo Richardson, tbe mall carrier from Agate to Trail, has to do a few acrobatic Blunts nowadays in order to fill his contraol. Tbe south approach to the By bee bridge being washed out, it is naturally impossible to cross any way except on foot. Tbe floor of the Luis I n spun of the bridge lies some twenty-five feot above the ground, and u ladder has been swung therefrom by a ropo. To climb thia swinging, swaying ladder with a stiff wind blowing and more or less mail on one's back requires some nerve and considerable muscle, but with the exception of tbo first few days of extremely high wator the mail has gone through. We make a specialty of all kinds of plow work. Bring your plows to us. We guarantee you as good a job aa yoa can get anywhere In the stale, Merriman & Son. Tho Valentino Soolal to be glvon by the Endeavors of tbe Christian church on the evening beforo St. Val entino's day Is to be a novel affair. After the program, wbioh will be an nounced later, those who so desire will r" BILLIE ISAACS' TOGGERY SHOR Strictly First-Class and Down-to-Date We a r i n Apparel for Men The' very Latest Styles and Fads in Hen's Toggery My Place will be Open on February BILLIE ISAACS, THE TOGGERY MAN tA Weeks & Baker I j Undertakers and Embalmers MEDFORD, OREGON proceed to untangle tbe cobweb, which will provide amusement for all. Other feature will be introduced wbicb will add to tbe enjoyment of tbe evening. Light refreshments served at the close. A slight admlsaion fee of ten cts. will be charged. Look out for "The Toggery Man.' He will be ready for business In a short time in the Palm-Bodee block with the Gnest line of everytoing in correct --logs - ior genuomen. Warner & Davis shipped six car loads of hay from Medford to Grants Pass and would have shipped more could they have secured the cars, They put la an order for sixteen cars and got six of them, which, under the circumstances, they consider a fair average. A number of other deal era in town are trying to get cars for shipping hay, but the late blockade and the general car famine makes them slow In coming. Lunches served at all hours at the Vienna bakery. Tbe White & Trowbridge real e state agency made what might be term ed a ''triple deal" last week. FIrct, through their agency, C. H. Elmore disposed of bis forty-one-acre tract, near Jacksonville, to Ed. Scott, of Cen tralis, Wash.; the real estate men took him (Elmore) "over tbe hill" Into the Applegate seotlon and sold to him a tract belonging to A. W. Shearer, known aa the old Knutzen place, for tbe same sum: and third they brought Mr. Shearer back to Medford and aold him Mr. Elmore's residence property on D street in Medord. The whole transaction was completed in one day. Get all kinds of bulk and package seeds at Brown & Owen's. John Arnold : -"The high water of last week did me considerable damage; but not aa much as I feared would oc cur while the storm was going on. Some of my winter wheat was washed out and will have to be resown. This was done by water coming down from the bills, over-flowing the usual water courses and outtlng out ditches where there had never been water before. There was more water at my place at one time than thore was during the winter of 1890, but as there was no snow to keep up the Bupply, it ran down sooner." The Coss Piano House now occu pies quarters in tbe Palm-Bodge build ing. Laving moved thereto this week. Tbe rooms are next door to Bodge's tailor shop, and Mr. Coss oxpeots to have a display of musical Instruments therein in a short time whloh will be second to none In Southern Oregon. Cland Hoover, who has been ex tremely ill for the past two months, is reported to be on the high road to recovery. Monday he was removed from the residence of S. L. Bennett, whither he had been moved during the late freshet, baok to the family home. Young Hoover has had a remarkably close call, and only the best of medical skill could have prevented serious results. B. N. Butler: "Did you ever see anything in tbe orange line much bigger than that one in the show oaee. It came from near Oroville, Calif., and was sent to mo by WeBley Dial, who formerly lived here, No, I don't suppose there of Business for Business i5th J are many the j EE ,5 ?5 ounces." are many thousand boxes of those kind ifornia, but It's a big one, tips the beam at just twenty A few of the friends of Mrs. I. A. Webo gave tbat lady a little surprise on Monday evening of this week at ber pleasant and always hospitable home. The evening was pleasantly spent in piaying mat at present very fasciaating arid enjoyable game Stock Exchange. The merry party dealt In "stocks" until tbe midnight ho'nr, and ail were glad of tbeir good fortune in being present. Tho party consisted of Attorney and Mrs. W. I. Vawter, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Pickel, Mr. Hubbs, of Ashland, Mrs. Hubbs, of Medford, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Lumsdeo and Mrs. Whitman. Will Merriman, lately transferred from Salem to the Southern Pacific freight department at Portland, has good cause of action for libel against tbe Portland Oregonian.on account of tbo picture that paper printed on Monday, alleged to be a likeness of Will. Like tho artist who painted tbe picture of a cow and then labelled It, so that thero would be no mistake, had thia been printed without the assertion tbat it represented Mr. Merriman, his worat enemy would not have accused him of looking like that. N. 8. Bennett received 15,000 fruit roots from tbe east this week. He will P'PJ them here in nursery style aod will later bud and graft them to stand ard varieties of fruit. Satisfied That our Customers, many of whom are un able to getin Saturday night are disappoint ed and dissatisfied, be cause they are unable to get reading matter Sunday, we have de cided to have the Open Sunday from 8 a. m. to 12:30 noon and from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., during which time any thing we have to sell can be purchased or books rented. It is not our desire to spend our Sunday in the store but our trade demands it, and since the char acter of the store com pels it to be open three times, at least, on Sun day it is ' necessary to make the change SUNDAY, (NEXT.)