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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1903)
WS TAN SHOES R ED U C E n Reiar $3.50 2TX and $4 Tan Vlci f fi and Calf Shoes 'A 111 8'CH rom li reduced to uVma $2'15 per Pair Regular $3 Tan, Regular $2.50 Tans, now $1.50 tf tfi . tf tfi . ill tfj t tfi tfj tfi 0 ft Remember, we carry a full and complete line of all kinds of shoes " y J. G. Van Dyke (El Co. tfj tfj J. H. Butler, Funeral Director, with Nledford Furniture Co., House furnishers and Under takers. Day 'Phone Main 353. Night Phone Main 251 K " t-'t" r r CITY HAPPENINGS. Dalloy Huston, of Tliompioa oruelc, wo brought to' U10 Mntford hospital mlraut two o'clock Bunday uiur:ilni in a bully broko up oondlllou. On Satur day afternoon ha, In company will) John 8. Miller and son, Walter, and Win. Robinson bod gone up on Hie ltlt o( tlio roouiiUln to cut beo-lroo. In returning the other Ibroo man walk--d ahood down tbo hilt, while Mr. llimtoii drove tha wagon. In somo way, which tha Injured man wu un able to oxplalu, while oorolng down a loop place, something caught the wagon Ixxl In such a way to tip It al a sharp angle lharo wa 00 road and throw Mr. 11 union out npon tha double irnua behind tbo horecs. Thin released the brake and frightened tha tvam and they ran away, drawing Huston for lumo distance ovor rooks and brush bo fore he finally bcania' untangled anil the wagon pniuod ovur Mm. Ha wan picked up by bit coin pan Ions and Uiknn 10 tha main road and vary furtunuiuly toon nflur Dr. Shearer uaiiiu along on hi way to tha Steve's lurk nifties, Tha doctor bandaged tbo Injured man up no thnt ha oould innko tnu trip to Mil ford. Mr. Huston's rllm on Ilia lull 1I1I0 ware bndly cruhiMl,vn of them bultig broken, and It It auppoaod that 0110 of hl lunga wna plurcod by tho alintuinul und of tbo bone. Tho luft ahouldur wan dislocated, mill tbu bumu mi fritnlurml rluht ul thu uvu U.' tha ahouldor lolnt. making it vary dllll milt friii'lnrii to ruduuo. Dr. Jouuit ill tho attending physician. Wnntod-300 hop pickers. Address John Rnnwiu, Jr., Crania I'M. !H-:tt Tomorrow, Saturday, Wllllu War ner will make his Ural trip over tho llrst rural until route itHtiibllsbud In You want to commence putting up FRUIT about now. We can sell it to you in any quantity. We also have the v FRUIT JARS to put that Fruit in THAT'S NOT ALL You won't find a better, fresher or. more complete line anywhere . Brown Crystal, - Grocers to to to to 8 to to rn, to to to to to is to to to to to to to to to to to to to to D rioulharn Oregon. Tbu oatublUhlng of thla route by tha govarnmant will be a great uanvmdunce to tho poopla along tbu lino and Mr, Warnar l going to give tbum the our vice poaalblo, but to Inauro tho nermununoy of the route It will lie necauary for the road to be kept In good ihape. They must be kupt In excellent repair during tho en lira year. It they are not to kept tha carrier cannot mako bin trips on tnbad ulo time, and if ho cannot ao mako tho trlpa a report mint bo made to the poet- oflloa department, and It' will not us- iulro many ol tbeao reports to cause tbu route to be discontinued. There are sniil to bo somo bad spot la tbo roads ovur which tho carrier will needs travol , and It will bo to the Interest of all concerned to seo to It that these are repaired. Good time to mako tho re pairs right now, whllo tho weathor Is good. For Kale: A ranch of 8U1 acres of land, one and one-half miles south from Med lor. (Tha Hoxto ploou) Enquire ofOhas. Cox, at rusldonco. tf A reporter of Tub Mail was In formed by 0. B. Williams, of the Jack, son County Improvement Company on Tucaday that tho oompany expect to have water on tho Uutto ereek desert by noxt spring, wbtoh Is as soon as It will Ix) needed. "Wo nro not anxious to gnln any newspaper totorloty," said Mr. Wlllluma, "because we aro not en gaged In a Bohomo that requires no-s-papor advertising to mako It successful. The prlnolpnl Htookholdors of the oom pany bellevo that they have found an Investment for their mouoy In this country, whlub will bring them a rea sonable Incomo therefrom, and at tho sumo tlmo the ditch wo aro conatruot ini; will Drove of groat and lasting ben- ,,11 1 10 tho wholo valloy. We start tho work on tho extension of tho ditch from the drop nt briulBhnw's to tho desort vhls woclt, and It will bo kept going un til completed." For Sale: Two shorthorn bulls; ...... , . vnnr nld and ono 11 vu months Those nro line aninmls, none liel- M lllllnn. two IlllluS OBSt Of Med' MuBsrs.While&Trowbridge.roBloS' ij.imrnta. ranort the following sales mid transfors made through their agonoy during the past few days: To John Murten, from WV 0. Oore, 88 aorus timber lurid on Coleman oreok, consideration , $704; Olme, S.' Allison, Iroin 0u Monro, of Aslilund, !I20 Hob'S of timber land, consideration, 16000! Mrs. II, M. Whiteside bought lots I) und 10, in block 7, Park addition, from Mrs. Jenulu Kurria, consideration 1212,60. Tbo trade between H. L. Oi r, of I'asa domt, and J, M, Boyd, of this olty, Is alio reported by those gentlemen. This Is a dnul wherein Mr, Orr trades to Mr. Uoyil ten acres of land near Pasadona, valued ut 1 1 0,000, or Mi'. Doyd's home plaeo In Medford and thoTrosslor place, also In this oity. Tho valuation of this lost nuinod property is placed at $4150. Mr. Orr Is lather of Morchant W. L. Orr, of Medford, , Fine lino of linoleums, mattlna. shuilos and uurtuln fixtures. Wekkb k liAKKit. -Tuesday, July 28th, Chrysanthe mum Circle mat and Installed the fol lowing olllcors : I'. G Luolla Mann ; O. N., Mary J. Flotoher; adviser, Ada Mills; olerk, Prue M. Angle; banker, Elta Carney; muglolan, Maud Wilson; attendant, Etta Baton; musiolan, Adella Jones; I. 8., Kate Waite; O. S., Sarali Andrews; C. of O,, Florence Butler; managers, Medynskl, Mills and Walto. Also InltlaUid two oandldatoB, Mr. and Mrs. Gurnua, after which tlio commit too on entertainment furnished a very interesting program of musio, recita tions and a guessing contest on adver tisements from tho papers. Mrs. Bates won first prlr.0 and Krank Waito the consolation prlzo. Tho lunch was the best of all and .the ladles must have worked with brains and hands, as tbe tables wore decorated In such appropri ate stylo for the order. Everything de noted Woodcraft. Each person was furnished with a oblp with a number and It was nocessary to Sod coorospond Ing chip and number for a partner. Tho commlttoo responsible for this unique and very pleasant evening's pro gram aro Mrs. H. M. Crowed, Mrs. francos Butler, Mrs. R. B. Morey, and Misses Maud and Anna Wilson, and to thorn was given many oompliments for thoir pleasing manner of entertaining, . For sale Four mllob cows and one two yuar old heifer, Jacob Walz, three mllcB southwest from Medford. u A Itinerant peddler circulated among somo ol our citizens a few days iigo. The man had a few fine diamonds that bo wantod to raise a dollar or two on, to "keep bim until he could get some money." He didn't want put just little money,. so that he oould redeem bis jewels tho easier. Among the gems were ono or two that were the real thing, but, although these were the ones he showed, tbey were not the ones the customer received. His hand forgot It's ounnlng 0000, however, and be banded out a ring with a real duv mond in It. After he discovered his loss, ho was not long In "redeeming,, the ring, and soon after faded away into the darkness, seeking pastures new. Several people have his dia monds in their possession, but tbey are not exhibiting them much nowadays. Puro aldor vineear. manufactured hv tho Southern Oregon Cider VlnoKar Uo., on sale at, Warner as uavis. ti Christian L. Charles, who came to Medford from Nebraska In 1899, died at his rosldonce In South-west Medford on July 2Uth, aged 77 years, and was buried In tbo Odd Fellows' oometery on tha 27tb, Ha loft two sisters, Mrs lxwrey and MissCbarles.who have been faithfully oaring for hint during his long illness for the past few months lie has been practically helpless. It bolng learned that the two ladles were In need of assistance, R. H. White head and H. G. Niehloson went out on our Btroets and in a very short time had succeeded in collecting from our always generous . people an even $40, which amount Mr. Whitehead has since spent for tho relief of thesevaged peo plo in their hur of extrome necessity. W. L. Orr & Co. have a full and np-to-date stock of shoes, for men, women, or children. All kinds and all prices. From tl,25 to $5,00. Call and examine our stock, whethor you make a purchase or not, and be satis fied that we can save vou money on shoes as well as groceries. W. L- Orr & CO. ' M. R. Connolly was brought in from Dead Indian springs Tuesday, by Minrod Charley, with a broken arm- Somo three or (our weeks ago, the young man, while employed In a saw mill at Sleaon, Calif., caught the glove on his left hand in the machinery and his arm was wrapped around a rapidly revolving shaft, breaking It In three places. Whjlo the arm was getting well he went on an outing - to Dead Indian with a party. The other eve ning he was outalde of the camp, and In the darkness stepped into a shallow dltoh and foil. Hit still unhealed arm struck on a rock and One of the old fractures was broken over again. Mr. Connolly Is of the opinion that the mountains ars pretty good places to stay away from when a person has broken' bones. Or, Jones re-set the broken momber. .,' For Sale Saw mill, one heavy double Burface planer, one heavy mule team, ono Hi new Mitchell wagon, olghty-two nores timber. Will sell cheap, Call nt tho Mod lord Maohine Shops. 28-tf H. D. Jones, formerly reporter on Tim Mail is now olty editor of the Portland Daily Journal. He baa some thing less than a doxen reporters under his superlntondciicyiind is outtlng so Irishman's swath which was a broad wide in1 Portland's newspaper arena, flo is also In Hue for promotion to the managing editor's position with in creased Btlpond,- MrsV Jones is doing society reporting for the Saturday Issue of that paper at a good salary. Hor ace Jr, is at work for tbo Blake, McFall Co, As a matter of fact tbe Jones fam ily Is doing quite well, thank you; and none know better bow to properly taka advantage of the opportunity, which happened their way, than they do. V You Insure for promotion. There fore Insure In tbe Oregon Fire Relief Association because it guarantees you tho best of protection and costs less than halfofstocK oompany rates; be cause we are a striotly home mutual Institution, having over 20,000 mem- bere and flo.uuo.ouu insurance In lores. J. H. Downing, agent for Jackson county. 29-lmo Nearly every person who visits Portland calls upon R. A. Proud foot, proprietor of the Creamery restaurant, on Washington, between 3d and 4th streets. He has a wondionsly pretty place and Is doing a fine business. He bas but recently expended a consider able amount of money in remodeling tbe interior and It is now a very pretty place a model of neatness and conven ience In pure white and mirrored on many sides. Mr. Proudfoot was form erly a resident of Medford and bis many friends here will-, be pleased to know that Us Portland venture has been a successful one. , I have 200 black walnut trees for salo. These trees woro grown in Jack son county, from Tennessee seed. Tbey are guaranteed to grow. L. E. Hoover, Ktealora. , au-ti Wm. Angle left Tuesday on hie re turn to tbe mine In Mt. Sterling dis trict owned by he and Jordan Brown. It will be remembered that some two years ago Messrs. Anglo and Brown found a pocket of ore so rich as to be almost beyond belief. Tbey have been working on it more or less since and now they have fonr men at work on the ledge. Mr. Angle had some specimens with him that seem to indicate that tbe first pocket they fonnd would not be tbe last one by any means. Several other prospectors are "running traces' in the Mt. Sterling region and most of tbem lead almost directly to the Angle Brown ledge, Indicating tho presence of a considerable body of ore. For sale 600 acres good stock and fruit land, six miles from Medford, $5 per acre. Palm-York Co. : tf Frank Porker ,of Little Butte, was In Medford Saturday and loft at this office a specimen of oats raised by John Mil ler on the south' fork of Little Butte that are bard to beat. The straw is over sIt feet in length, well headed and thrifty. Mr. Parker is of the opinion tBat better land don't lay out of doors than there Is on Butte creek. He planted potatoes just the peelings, he says last spring, and now has potato vines three feet high and the ground Oiled with young "spuds." Wall paper,largest stock, latest pat erae, lowest prices, weeks & bakeu. Deputy Grand Master F. M. Wilson installed tbe following officers in Med' fordLodneNo. 83, I. O. O. r ., on Saturday evening of lost week:, W. H Meeker, N. G.; John Day. V. G.; J W. Mitchell, Recording Secretery; H G. Nicholson, Treasurer; W. T. John son, R. S. N. G. ; Mark Baker, L. 8. N. G. ; J. L. Demmer, R. S. V. G. ; John Cox.L. S. V. G.; D. L. Day, I. G.; E. W. Calkins, O. G.; David Day, Con. duotor; F. M.'wilBon, Warden; O. S, Snyder, B. S. S.; D. G. Karnes, L. S. S. Wm. Hover, agent for "Our Standard Remedy," a guaranteed cure for all blood, liver and kidney trouble, has left n few boxes of the remedy at Orr & Co's grocery store, where parties "wishing to aacnre It can do so. 25-St Owing to the indisposition of Attor ney Hoge, there was no leotnre at the Presbyterian chnrch on Monday even ing, although several of the local ministers made short talks to the audience. Next Monday evening the fifth of the series will be given. Prof. G. R. Carlook, of Talent, will be the speaker, and his subject is to be "Education,' Prof. Carlosk's long and successful career as an educator, quali fies him to speak with authority on the subject, and the lecture will be one of most Interesting of the series. Wood haulers Wanted Pay t2 per oord for dry wood. Can make one trip a day. Inquire at once of B. H. Toft, Medford. , 28-4t-pd Ashland's rural mail delivery route ts being held np by a remonstranoe against the establishment of a oonnty road down Emigrant creek from the Shepherd place to a junetion with the present road at Owen's place, four miles south of Ashland. As this road is neoossary to the establishment of the route, the remonstrance, If' successful, will delay If not prevent It. The peti tion for the road and the remonstrance will be considered at the next term of the county court. ' ; . . . When you have second hand goods to sell write Jack Morris, Ashland, tf : Nimrod Charley came In from Lit tle Butte Tuesday, to have a wound in bis left leg bolow the knee attended to. Last week a vicious horse kicked him on the limb, cutting a gash dear to the bono. Mr. Charley did not pay much attention to It at first, but in a day or two It bcoamo so. painful that he was compelled to seek medical aid. The ....... .u - j .'f' . - " J ..: fW lit Comfortable Shirts " .-,"1. '"tf for Uncomfortable Weather There's lots of comfort in the proper hot -weather shirt, with the proper neckwear. There are lots of the eom.'ort able, "soft-collar" kind at "The TOGGERY New Fall lines of Tailored SELIG BROS., W. D. SCHMIDT and LAMM, "ttte best on earth" W. F. ISAACS, Proprietor, medford, - - . oregon; Weeks & Baker Undertakers and Embalmers MEDFORD OREGON wound had become somewhat poisoned, but Dr. Plckel is of the opinion that no very serious complications will result. -rGirl wanted for general - house work. Will pay $5 per week; must furnish references. Inquire at Mail office. . U The "good old summer time" is here with a vengeance. The thermom eter has been climbing steadily upward until it ho reached a point that makes .vbe average Oregon lan think with long' ing of the cool shadows of the Cascades and the many feasts of venison and trout be has enjoyed there., Then the other fellows, who have returned from a trip, always have a whole lot to say about the "time" they have had, nntll It seems as if only the roof 'would stop the mercury from climbing. ' Window glass. Building paper, felt paper and carpet lining. Weeks & Baker. Miss AUeen Webber, formerly of Medford, has accepted tbe position of instructor on the piano in the musical department of the Southern Oregon State Normal School, at Ashland, vice Miss Evelyn Applegate, resigned. Miss Webber is not only an accomplished pianist, bnt an accomplished young lady as well, and her many friends in South ern Oregon will be rejoiced to know that she will return to this section. Three men wanted at the Gorsline saw-mill near Roxy Ann, O. E. Gors line, Medford. ( 27-tf M. S. Damon was pretty severely hnrt Friday afternoon, in rather a pe culiar manner. He was leading a cow, when the animal suddenly started off on an angle throwing Mr. Damon down and dragging him some distance. His collarbone was broken and he was bad ly bruised about the bead and body. Dr. Jones reduced the fracture and Mr. Damon is getting along all right, not withstanding his advanced age. For Sale A very fine family horse, perfeotly safe for a lady to drive ; also a oarrlage. Enquire at the MAIL office W , E. Poiodexter, formerly of Medford, Is now in the employ of the Baker Planing Mills, at Oregon City, and ia getting $3 60 six days -every week and every week day in the year for as many years as he wantanto stay, That's pretty good pay, but Walt is a pretty good workman, He has given up his Alaska notions, and says he is going to hold down the good paying po sition he now has. Four thousand rolls of wall paper tbe very latest patterns and at prices that are within reach ol all received this week by Weeks & Baker, the West Side furniture dealers. . j . 1). B. Bussell was quite ill few days this week threatened with fever. He is now able to be at the store part of the time. The above is all wrong. Since It was pnt in type Mr. Bussell has developed one of the prettiest add most apeokled esses of measles ever known to ohlldhood'B happy days but Mr. Rus. sell ought to have had it a couple of de cades ago to have been popular with the kindergarten population. Young Seeloy Hall,son of J.C. Hall, is tho proud possessor of a trio of Chi nese chickens, the present of Dr. Beoloy, w, , , ... ..... 99 Stonples for Suits his uncle, who was here on a visit a short time ago. They are a little too. ' '"8 ciassea as bantams, and not big enough forheayy weights. : Barney Stoner-who knowssays they belong to tbe welter weigrht division. IW are snow white and a very handsome Wells A Shearer have th' twmf equipped outfit for drayman? hoSE hold moving Id Medford? All klnde ',?r l-fuir measure o! prompt delivery. " M" . The advice of one of our famous fiBbermen as to the way to catch fish in Rogue river, Is to wade in until only your left eye is above the water, then "' In making your cast hold a loop oi your ' line, from next the reel in one hand while you cast with the other, and also -keep yonr line as dry as possible so that It will slip easily. If you do all these things at once you will catoh floh. w should rather think so. There was quite a party of Ashland, people on Monday's northbound train, , en route to Yaquina bay. Among them, were Mr. acd Aire. J. S. Silsby, Mrs. Helen Silsby, Miss Esther Silsby, Mrs. ' ' P. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Van Sant, Mrs. M. L. MoCaU, Miss Stella M. Case, air. ana aire. ti. v. Carter, F. D. Wae- Just received a carload of sash and doors, and screen doors. J. H. Cham bers, Medford. ! 19-tf Capt. J. T. C. Nash reports that ' he expects to commence the work .of enlarging Hotel Nash within a short -v time. He has not as yet decided upon just what he will do, but tbe object will be to provide as muoh additional room as is possible without material injury to the. structure as it now stands. . Messrs. Chllders & Prall have se cured a contract for the ereotlonofa , 50x70 foot building, for Carter & Duf- i field, at Gold Hill. The building when , completed will be used by the above firm for a general merchandise store. The brick for the structure -will be .. burned at Gold Hill, and work on the kiln will be commenced next week. - .3 W; L, Orr Is making arrangements ? for the shipment of several carloads of ,', sugar pine lumber from the Olsen mill to Denver, Colorado. ; The shipment Is rather more in the nature of ao experi- : ment than any thing else just now, but "' if successful further shipments will be , made.'"'' .' . 1 'i Charlie Isaacs, who, for the past ' three years, has been news agent on ; the O. R. is N., out of Portland, has been granted a six weeks' lay-off and -will visit relatives and friends in Med ford. He is now visiting his sister at Riddle. Miss Centenna Bothermal, of Med ford, queen of the Grants Posb oarnlval, has accepted an invitation to attend the Astoria regetta August 19th and 21st as the guest ot the commttte. She' will be accompanied by Mrs. E. W. Carverv 'iiC Si:-U :Ss'.''-'j.'ir'!:$i Sunday Oregonian: Mr. and Mrs..', J. D. Chapman. of Sellwood, announce? the; engagement of their daughter, . Charity Rebecca Maldonado, to Mr. A., . S. Hammond, of Grants Pass. The. wedding will take place early in the fall. ' ' Monday Supt. Morris, of the Jack- . son County Improvement Co., estab lished camp on the line of the proposed extension of the dltoh, and has force, of men at work clearing the right of way. ..,,.', W. B. Jackson last week purchased from J. S. Hagey, lots 4 and 5, Cottage Home addition to Medford, for a con sitleration of $375. The property ad joins Mr. Jaokson'a present property, , lying between him and the Prall place. - I