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VOL- IV.
MEDFORD, JACKSON CODNTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1903.
3- 49.
CIRCULATION
BY W. J. PLYMALE,
Mr. A. W. Sturgis, the Forest creek
miner, was in Jacksonville a few daj'B
since, and much interesting informa
tion was gleaned from him concerning
the mine and its future prospects. The
mine has been entirely refitted with the
latest and most approved ball bearing
giants, a large amount of new pipe ad
ded, the flumoB, ditches and reservoirs
repaired and improved, and the mine
in all respects better equipped than
ever before to make a continuous and
seccessful season's run. Last year's
output waB the largest since Mr. Stur
gis owned the mine, and he says the
yield will largely increase from year to
year as he works up, and that fifty
yearB will only Bhow a good, working
face on the property. There are 1400
acres in all, with a depth varying from
twelve to fifty feet, and the greater
proportion of this vast area is the very
test of mining ground. In a hundred
years from now, under continuous op
eration with the present machinery',
the claim 'will be worth many times
' what it is today. This creek Is located
in the heart of the mining district of
Jackson county. It was discovered
late in the fall of 1852, by John Mc
Donnell and a small party, and strange
to say, with all the excitements conse
quent upon discoveries which followed
one anothor in quick succession up i
about 1S00, Mr. McDonnell never de
serted his claim, and Is today workinc
on the discovery claim located nearly
fifty-two years ago. From the date of
the discovery till about 1805, the creek
was a beehive of men, and during that
time the amount of gold taken outoan
only be vaguely conjectured. The Bum
would no doubt considerably exceed
five million dollars. It waB perhaps
the richest camp in Southern Oregon
for the area worked over.
When the whites had skimmed the
cream of the camp, the Chinese took
possession of it for many years, and
worked it all over again.
From appearances, there waB a cloud
burst on the hills north of the creek
sometime in the past, which cut
through the old channel and carried
down a large amount of gold, and the
Chinese in re-working the creek,
widened the area worked over by the
whites, and came across the deposit
made by the cloud-bnrBt, and took out
$40,000 from a small space. The late
John Cantrall brought the money into
town in a wagon.
From the forks of the creek down for
Borne distance below where it inter
sects Poor Man's creek, about four
miles, the bed of the stream haB been
worked out on an average of about ISO
yards wide The original formation on
the Bouth Bide appears to be intaot.
The mountains are rugged and precipi
tous, and are covered with large pine
and fir timber, and there are no indi
cations that thie formation has everi
been moved by slldeB or other causes.
The north side, on the contrary, is one
continuous slide from Poor Man's
creek to the forks. Here the liil',8 arc
low and retreating, and covered mainly
with brush and stunted white oaks.
The slide from this side covered up ibe
old channel and formed a new one
about 1E0 yards from the old. It 1b
this new or later channel caused by the
slide that has been so extensively
worked. Theold channel bad not
been suspected, so far as the writer
knows, until it was thought out and
discovered by Mr, Stnrgls. It should
be said of Mr. Sturgis that he 1b not
simply a plodding miner dependent
upon luck and staying qualities, but a
close, practical and philosophic reason
er, with an Intelligent and comprehen
sive grasp of the general geological and
mineral conditions of the coast. He
had studied carefully the formation of
Forest creek, noted tbe great slide that
bad taken place some time in the remote
past, and finally reached the conclusion
that there was a back channel which
bad been covered up by the slide, ai d
tnat it must be as lea as the mo
ero channel from which so much mone
had been taken. With this conclusion,
he bought a claim on the creek for a
small amount, and with the courage of
bis convictions, run oat a cut and found
the channel he suspected. He then be
gan to buy up claimB and equip the
mine with hydraulic apparatus. He
bad previously met with serious finan
cial reverses and was entirely without
funds; yet, with that indomitable cour
age born of the certainty that his dis
covery was a valuable one, he sur
mounted all dlfBculites, bought up the
entire creek to the forks, and today Is
a rich man and owner of one of the
largest and most valuable mining prop
erties in Southern Oregon.
It should be mentioned that there is
something remarkable about the bowl
den in this old channel. When first
taken out they are hard and solid, but
when exposed to the air for a short
timo they slack and crumble like lime.
No explanation of this peculiarity has
ever been given, and so far as the writer
knows, this is the onlychannel In South
era Oregon where bowlders crumble
and dissolve on exposure to the atmos
phere.
With the extended improvements,
new pipe, and new ball-bearing giants1
Mr. Sturgis thinks he will break all
former records in the output during the
coming year.
Was It Suicide?
The Mail of November 27th recorded
tbe death of Wm. F. Doran at th6 home
of his Bister, Mrs. L. E. Van Vliet, near
Central Point, from a gunshot wound,
apparently Belt inflioted. The coroner's
jury found a verdict to that effect, and
ThE Mail so published it.
The dead man's relatives do not be
lieve that Mr. Doran deliberately de
stroyed his own life, although at the
time he was suffering from temporary
aberration, as a Besull of Injuries sus
tained in the manner stated by the sub
joined article from the 1-tedding Free
Press:
" W. F. Doran, a straneor, foil over a
bank In a street in Red Bluff Friday
night and lay all night in a drenching
rain with hU leg broken und other bod
ily injuries. Saturday morning he
started to crawl to a nearby bouse and
was picked up by a man named Cun-ninghp-n
and ;ken to the county hos
pital. The innii was nearly dead from
expneure and bis injuries. It was dnrk
when Doran got off the train at lted
Bluff Frldav night.aud being a stranger,
did not know the 'lay ol the land' and
there wore no lights to help him out.
Ho wandered toMunzanila Heights and
fell over a brnk. His left leg was broken
above the utikle and one of the bones
protruded through the flesh. The break
is a bad one, and that, together with
tho etlecte of the awful cxpoiure in the
storm, may result seriously."
On tho day on which his death oc
curred, Doran bad hobbled on crutches,
with his leg in a plaster of Paris castf
through tbe mud two miles from Ueiv
tral Point to the Van Vliet home. The
hallucination that someone was follow
ing him was upon him, He persuaded
hia sister to let him have the gun, and
ate dinner with it standing beside his
chair. He seemed anxiouB to preserve
hia life, rather than to take it. The
terrible exposure to which he had been
subjected had do doubt turned bis brain,
at least temporarily. He imagined that
he could bear bis purBuers talking out
side the houee.pl anning hiB destruction,
and carried the gun about at full cook.
MrB. Van Vliet was alarmed at hiB ac
tions and went to a neighbor's for help
(as waB stated in our former account.)
She is firmly of the belief that the gun
was discharged, olther by the butt be
ing dropped on tho floor, or by Doran'e
orutch falling against it.
The accident referred to in the above
excerpt had evidently happened at
least twelve days before Mr. Doran's
death.
Mr. and Mre. Van Vliet believe that
Mr. Doran's death was accidental, rath
er than intentional.
Burke Pleads Quilty.
S. H. Burke, the forger, who was
captured, alter he had escaped from the
Washington County Jail at Hillsboro,
near Vancouver, Wash., on September
27th, pleaded guilty to a charge of for
gery at Hillsboro on Monday, and on
Wednesday was sentenced to tLe
penitentiary.
After Burke's first arrest on August
26th , at Forest Groe, while trying to
pass a forged check, it waa developed
that he had operated in a similar man
ner in California, and also at Medford,
where he had negotiated a note on E
K. Andercon, of Talent.
Burke's method was to secure the
signature of well-to-do farmers under
the pretenBe that he wiBhed to send
them a catalogne of a San Francisco
implement house, for which he claimed
to be traveling, ' The signature, of
course, soon turned up at the local bank
in the form of a promissory note, and
in many cases waa cashed without
question. '
AMONU THE CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Revival aervloes every night this
week and next. Revival services nixt
Sunday morning and evening. All are
welcome.
Rev. W. F. Siiiklds, Pastor,
Rev. F. G. Strang pastor of the PreE
bytorlan churches of Jacksonville ar.d
Phoenix, will preach in Jacksonville
Dec. 0th and 20th at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. and at Phoenix Deo. 13th ai d
27th at the same hours.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Services
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Epworth
League 6:30 p. m. Pruyer meeting
Thursday evening.
Ret. R. C. Blackwell, Factor.
Messrs. Palm, Whitman & Co., of
the Medford Cigar Factory, have made
arrangements, whereby tbe territory
In which their products is sold will be
Bomewhat increased. By the deal
above mentioned the entire output of
the factory Is to be, handled through
Page & Son, of Portland, fruit and
produce dealers and commission men.
The cigars will continue to be manu
factured in Medford, but will be
shipped to Portland for distribution.
G. C. Miller, who has been acting as
traveling salesman for the Palm, Whit
man & Co., with headquarters at Walla
Walla, Washington, will continue to
cover that territory, while R. U.
McOlanaham, of Medford, will cover
tho Western part of the state, from
Portland to Ashland. Mr. McOlana
ham left Wednesday evening for Port,
land toassumehis position. The new ar
rangement will be .beneficial to the
Palm Whitman & Co. as thoy will have
nothing to do except manufacture the
cigars, and will not bo under the ne
cessity of seeing to their distribution.
Tho entire product of the factory will
bo absorbed by Page & Son, and it is
expected that the output will be largely
increased. The quality of the cigars
manufactured by the Palm, Whitman &
Co., has won an enviable reputation for
the goods, and the company proposes to
keep the product fully up to the stand
ard of excellence heretofore estab
lished. In anticipation of tho in
creased business, which they expect
from the new arrangement, ttie com
pany is enlarging its operating force
and expects to be compelled to further
increase it later on.
The Mail is glad that the Palm,
Whitman & Co., is prospering. It al
ways is pleased to see an institution
which gives employment to labor go
ahead. It helps build up the town,
and that is what this paper and its pro
prietor has been striving to do ever
since we landed here.
The benefit derived from the pres
ence of this cigar factory in the city
has not been entirely realized by Borne
of our people. The work has been cost
r led -an quietly, but the' institution has
been eteadyily advancing. The pay
roll aivorages over $600 per month, -or
(0030 per year. This is for the work
ing force alone outside of the office
foroe, travelers, and other inoidental
expenses,
When you smoke a cigar made in the
Medford factory, you can be certain
that it was made by white girls, ander
conditions of sanitation and oleanlinese
of the very best. The room in which
the cigara are made IB large, light and
airy, and la kept scrupulously clean, as
is every other part of the establish'
ment. One familiar with the condi
tions under whioh they are made, and
the class of labor which manufactures
cigarB in the city factories will readily
aee the contrast.
A shipment of 100,000 cigars to tbe
new depot of distribution at Portland 1b
now being made ready, besides which
there are orders ahead for many thous
and more.
Tho company has had for the past
year or more three branch bouses one
at Pendleton, one at Welser, Idaho,
and one at Walla Walla, Wash. Here
after, however, the main depot will be
at Portland, although stocks will
likely be kept at the above named'
places for distribution. -
The force will be increased as rapid
ly as possible until there are between
forty and fifty girls employed for the
preBent afterward there will likely
be further Increase, as the trade justi
fies it.
City Council Proceedings,
The regular monthly meeting of the
city council was held on TneBday even
ing. Present Mayor Wilson, council
men Willlke, York, Pickel, Wilson.
Absent Councilman King.
Reports of recorder and superintend
ent of lijdit and water for November
were referred to the finance committee.
Keports of treasurer, recorder and
superintendent of light and water for
September and October were approved.
The following amounts, claims on
the various funds, were allowed: light
and water fund, 91040 4H: general fund,
$151.35; street and road fund, f!l8.41.
The bood of M. S. McCown as chief-of-police,
with C. W. Palm and J. E.
Bodtre, as sureties, was approved.
Tho petition of Young & Hall for li
quor license was granted, and the bond,
with J. E. Bodge and C. Wi Palm, as
sureties, was approved'
The petition of J. W. Lawton and
others, for the removal of the bitthing
rack on B street between Oik and 7th,
was granted, and said rack ordered
moved to a point opposite the vacaut
lot on 0th street, between B and C
Blreets.
Petitions for the extension of sidewalk
on the north side of 7th street, from I
street to connect witli sidewalk at the
M. E. Church South; and for the build
ing of a walk on the south side of 11th
street from tbe railroad track to C street
were referred to tbe street committee.
Petition for a street light at corner of
4th and I streets referred to water and
light committee.
Petition of C. H. Lewis and others
for the ropairB at the head gate of the
otty ditch to prevent damage to the pe
titioners' property from high wator was
referred to the light and water commit
tee, with power to act.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the city treasurer to reserve sufficient
money from the street and road fund to
pay warrants and interest thereon,
drawn to pay for road machinery, as
they became due.
A call waa made for an election to
take place on Tuesday, January 12th,
for the purpose of the election of a
mayor, two councilmen for eaoh ward,
a recorder and a treasurer.
The following judges aud clerks wore
appointed; 1st ward, J. C, Ferguson,
judge; Geoi A. Jackson, Frank Jordan,
clerks. 2nd ward, H. U. Wortman,
judge; F. W. Wait, W. L. Halley,
clerks. 3rd ward A. Z. Sours, judge;
J. L. Demmer, F. M. Stewart, clerks.
Polling places 1st ward, City Hall;
2nd ward, Wilson's opera house. 3rd
ward, Peril's warehouse.
The recorder was instructed to secure
the necessary election supplies.
On resolution the chief-of-polluo was
Instructed to enforce tho law regarding
the presence of minors in saloons, and
the resolution was extended to author
ize the chiof of-pollce to stop tlm play
ing of slot machines ny minors in places
other than saloons where such machines
are kept. The chief-of police was or
dered to notify proprietors of business
places affected by this resolution, that
a violation ol the law would be consul
ered grounds for the revocation of their
license.
The matter of repairs to tbe city jail,
brought to the attention of the council
by Chief McCown, was referred to the
committee on buildings within fire lim
its, with power to act.
J. W. Mitchell was unanimously
elected councilman from tbe first ward,
to fill the vacanoy caused by the resig
nation of E. D. Elwood.
Treasurer Strang appeared before the
board and stated that the light and
water fuud waB on the wrong Bide of the
ledger and asked promission to transfer
money from the general fund to make
up the deficiency. On motion be was
authorized to transfer t250 for that pur
pose. Communications read from the Condor
Water & Power Co. and the Siskiyou
Electric Power Co.., relative to bidding
for the purchase at the light plant and
lighting the city. The Condor Co.
stated that they did not wish to bid on
the proposition until tueir works were
complete which would perhaps be sixty
days. Tbe Siskiyou company pointed
out that the council had no authority
to dispose of the plant, under the char
ter, until it had been granted such
power by the vote of the people.
The matter was disousaed at some
length and finally it was decided to
postpone definite action until a full
beard would be present.
To this end an adjournment for one
week was proposed and agreed to.
Thereupon the council adjourned to
Tuesday evening, December 8tb.
''Under Two Flags."
The dramatisation ol Oulda's famous
novel will be presented at Wilson's
opera Ihiusb on S-tturiav cvenlnt', by
local talent, under I he direction of Wm.
Edgar Graham, late of tho Frawley
company, and under the auspices of
Keames Chapter, O. E, S. The ad
vance sale of tickets has already
reached nearly 400, and many more will
doubtlessly be sold before tbe date of
performance. Following Is the cast:
Rcrtlo Cecil, of the auanls, afterward, known
an Louis Victor Wm. K'lffar Qraliam
Berkeley Cecil, his brother W, P. Isaac.
Lord Kockliiirlmm Ivao Htima.ou
Hike nil Irian Knight II. Wllhlnmon
CoP, Chateauroy L. O. NarrcK'n
Baronl W. II. Mcflowan
Capt. Loroux W. J. Mabnney
Raynon Lcroux, Guard Frank Drako
Petit PIcthht.' W. II. Mcflowan
P.errc Maton C'corge Mcrrlman
Leon Rayrnon Tom Whitcman
Chanterou.o Frank Walton
Cigarette, the Friend ol the Flag
ilenevlovc Roamcs-Rlckey
Vcnetla Elvira Illbbard
Princes. Corona, Rockingham's Sister
A... .....Mrs. Palsy Rmlgo
Lady Ouctievere,, Katlicrlnc Angle
Nora McHhano....:... May Merrlman
tjlojlma Lulu Hartsol
New Suits Filed,
. State of Oregon vs. W. J, and E. A.
Boosey; information. Emma Hughes
vs. Henry C. Hughes; divorce.
Opinions of Some of Our Citizens
Serious and Otherwise
John F. Whlto: "That ad. White &
Trowbridge had in The Mail last week;
ottering for sale part of the old Bashford
plaoo on Griffin Creek, now owned by
Jos. C. Smith, had the desired elToot.
This week sixty acres of the farm wore
sold to W. H. Ostrander the fifty aoros
we advertised at f0 per acre, and ten
acres additional for which he paid $1800.
It is all good fruit and alfalfa land and
a bargain at the price paid,"
E. 8. Wolfer: "Speaking about
ourios and things antiquated here in a
flatiron that I picked up at a second
hand store. Only paid four bits for it
but I wouldn't take $10. It is made of
solid,bras8, as you can Bee and notice
when It was made 1834, How did
the people of its time heat them ? Why,
seo hore. See that door? Well, the
flatiron IB hollow and before it was used
a red hot piece of iron was put in that
hollow place and tho door closed.
That's all I know about it."
Willie Warner: "When I commen
ced carrying tho mall on Rural Route
No. 1 there was a groat many people1
who said to me, .'why, thats a Bnap.
Nothing to do hut ride over tho route
once a day, and draw your pay.' Since
the fall raius set in and tho roads have
gone out o' sight, I haven't hentd a
person iutimato that ho wanted the
'snap' I had fallen holr to. It is a little
tough wheeling theso timos, but I have
a good team and if nuthlug gets in my
way bigger than I havo yet encountered
and tho patrons keep the roads good,
I am going to pull thrnuL'h. M- h, es
may bo 'spring poor' hy the liri-t of
April and your cmi-iti Wlluu llKewise,
out we'll all pick up when we get out to
aprinir pasture. Th-ie is uno whaling!
hi,: nuisance in connection with rllrin
delivery and that is tho habit some peo
nle have of fooling with the mail boxes.
It's like this: There is a little red fliiu
on each mail box. When I put mail in
the box for any of tho putrons I put u
the Hag and they come and get It.
when they have a letter to mall thoj
flag1 me in like manner. Somenm ,
olther to be funny, or from a disposi
tion to be mean and cause people un
necessary trouble, has gotten into the
habit of raising these flags and oo end
of inconvenience follows. When yo.i
tamper with a mall box you are inter
fering with the United States post
office and you had better keep bands
off. There is a penalty of $1000
aud three years imprisment, for tam
pering in any wny with mail boxes."
Mail Office Devil "Say, I'm goin' to
be good, from this on. I was a chimin'
around over at the S. P. depot the othor
night, when the train came in late and
I tell you it was fierce. I turned the
corner of the deoot, just as No. 10
pulled in, and honest, It waB at-
dark as a stack of black cats. Yes, the
lights wuz a burntn', but shucks, two
little lamps ain't goin1 to light thai
platform, especially when there's a
wholo lot o' pcoplo buttln' aronnd on
it. I got In a mix up. There wuz me
an' some other follors In a bunch, and
one feller he wuz oomln' down one Bide
with the wagon, and another follor, he
wuz a ratlllu' along on the other side
with a truck load of drummer'B trunks
'steen feet high. Besides that der wuz
brnkles a ftasbin' dor lanterns around
an' fellerB a glttin off de train, an' all
in darkness. If it had been day light
it wouldn't been so bad, but a feller
couldn't see which way to go. I got
out the wreck finally, but the first ting
I did waB to butt into a 2o0 pound
drummer, who was carryln' a big grip.
Th.it grip struck mo 'bout midship?,
und, say 1 wuz paralyzed for a minute.
I thought that merchant what made do
spoil hero a week or so ago 'bout the
Southern Pacific not a lightin' Its do
pot waB a talkin1 trough hiB millinery,
but now I know he wuz dead right.
This yer man's town ships more freight
dan a wholo lots of places what lpok6
biggor on do map an' do census reports,
and Mistor Harrlman could light that
depot wid 'lectrlolty for what ho pays
for oil to fill lamps, that, when doy ifl
burniti' good, a feller has to Btrlko a
matoh to help 'em out, bo'b ho can sou
what time it Is."
Farm for Kent,
I have 240 acres of land for rent, one
mile and a half east of Eagle Point. 80
acres under cultivation, have 60 acres
sowed to wheat and hay, I want to
sell theoron seeded and rent tho wholo
tract, or will sell the place. Address,
J. WlLLISCROFT,
4G-4t Eagle Point, Oregon.
Here Is a Snap
Four lotB, near hrlck school houBO, be
tween L and M streets, block 3. Gall
oway's addition, for only MOO; they ate
worth $000. Apply at onco to E. E.
Faulconer, 3110 North 27th street,
j Tttcoma, Wash. 48-4t
DIIDPI V DPDCOMAI
Lera Oharlov waa in from Brownsv-
boro Monday.
Sheriff Rniler was In lowu Wednes
day, on business.
Merohaut Kenney, of Jacksonville
wis In the city Tuesday,
Mrs. N. Laneell visited old friends
in Jacksonville, tblB week.
SimDson WUbod. of Trail, was in MeoV
ford on business, Saturday,
Hon. N. Lanscell made A nil I audi.
friends a visit on Wednesday,
Gus Williams, of Central Point, was
a Medford visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Fnuoett. of Wat-
kinB, were In the city this week.
Fred Inlow. of Trail, was in the citv
Saturday making a homestead filing.
Mrs. B. Obdnohain. of Central Points
was in the city Saturday upon business.
Art Earhart returned this week from
a several months stay in San Frnnclscot-
Ed. Tryer has taken a position as---block
man" in G. W. NicholB O Stroefc
market.
J. D. Heard returned from a business!
trip to San Franoieco on WodnoBdajp
evening. t
Dr. aud Mrs. J. E. Shearer loft Tues
day evening for Sun Francisco, for a.
short stay. v
E. D. Elwood left Tuesday even
ing for Sacramento aud othor California. '
points on a viB-t.
It. A. Carter and Jos. Haskins. oil7
Gold Hill, were in Medford Monday
upon laud business.
Dr. tfiift'dv roturned this week fronr.
his quite extended visit among Wlllami-
ttu valley friouils.
V. T. McCray und D. 10. Morris were
In from tho Jaoksan County Improve
ment Co. s fai-m on Monday.
E. E. Bnclov, of Woodville. and his
brother-in-law, J. Swinney, of Wiscon
sin, were in tho city Monday.
Ray Satohwoll, of Abhland, tlio gen
ial manager of the Helman ondiefltrn...
of that city, whs a caller at ThkMaiil.
office on Friday last.
E. Plnor and family, of Willow?-. .
Calif., "vere in the .city last week in
quest of a location. They loft Mon
day for Mnrshfleld; but will return tct. -'
viediora.
Pike Thurman, formerly of Jackson
ville, who has been at Boise, Idahov
worklns for an eleotrto company, ws r '
turped on Tuesday. He will spend the ,
winter nere ana at iuamntn iaus. , .
The interior flniBhines of Young Sr. ...
Hall'!) billiard parlors are about com
nleted. Tho tables are ' expected to
arrive the latter part ol this week, aodt' r
the rooms will be opened some timns. .
next week. ' ' '
Mr. and Mrs. Tt. D. : Manlosdetifre ,
urned Thursday from ak trip through'
Klamath and Lake counties, where Mr.
MaDlefden was hel ivoriim a laree num- '
her of fruit and ornamental trees ha
had sold there.
Attorney C. P. Snell returned from
wveral weeks Btay in California, where:
he has been engaged in locating scripi
nn crnvernmenl land .He has located'
VI 000 neves for eastern capitalists and1
has more to locate for tho Bame parties-.
I. J. Straw, of Yrnka, accoinpanimt
bv his mother. Mrs. N. M. Straw, ar
rived in Medford Inst Frldav. Mrsv
Strnw will spend tho winter in Medford
with her daughter, Mian Lulu Straw
and grand-dauphtor.Miss Bessie Currfrr
Col. K. I7. Maury, the voperahlo
nionoer. is lonortod to be somowhat
indisposed, at his homo hetwoont
Central Point and Jacksonville. Col.
Maury Is a veteran of the Mexlcnnv
Indlan and Civil warn, and is over RGfr
years off age. - ... ..,.
Mrs. Walter Anderson, of rimolnov
Calif., who has been visiting hot moth
er, Mrs. O. Gilbert, was called homo
brluay. on nnsinefls. She expecta to
return in a few days, however, and
Bpcnd the holidays in Medford, fMrh
Anderson returnod Wednesday even
ing
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cons rnturnotB
Sunday from Cresent City, and oLher
Northern California points, whore they
hsve boon for the past several weokflv
Mr. Coss says that eighteen Inches of
wntor it was wator not rain lell im
twenty-throo days. And we thought
thore had been some rainfall here!
Harry B. Myers arrived from Loe
Angeles on Friday, for a short visit
with relatives ami friends hero. Unrry
In now in the employ of tho Edison
K ectric Light and rower Co.. onornt-
Intr in Southern Cullfornin, ami Is dnincr
. Char e Pordne. who eft Med
ford with Mr. Myers, Is still at Chtoridov
Arizona, holding down a job at . perr
Wm. Robinson, of Jacksonville, went.
to Ashland WodnoHdiiy. Mr. Robinson
hss been snfforing from asthma of lntoy
and Is seeking a higher altitude. Fri
day, (this) evening, he cxpocts to lo'nviv
with othor nobles of the "Mystltr
Shrine" for Redding, Calif,, whither r
caravan of the "sons of the desert" will
iourney to initiate some heretofore'ur
iclievers" into the mysteries f then
star and crescent,
Tt. tT. McClanahan loft Wodnosdnr
cvening for Portland, whore he will tako
a position as travel in? salesman for
roge Hon. Mr. MoiJiannnnn's ter
ritory comprises P of Western Orogw
from Portland nonlh. "Mo" has beer
uon tho road' boforo for the Palm
Whitman Co., and part of his line
with his nowemployors will bo to sell"
the goods mannfaDtured by tho abovo
company. M$isgood saleamnn and.
we believe hevWJUf 'make good" on into