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$1 per Box of
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Black, Blue, Dark Blue, Pink, Dark
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. Also a Complete Line of Colorings in .
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Worsteds, Etc.
CITY J
J. Hi Butler, Funeral
Oirectoi, with Medford
Furniture. Co., House
furnishers and Under
takers. Day 'Phone
Main 353), Night Phone
Main 1 15
An Old Resident: "You can put
me down as saying' that we hare had
the longest spell of really hot weather
that I have ever known in this coun
try; ' Yes,' I know people are apt to
poke fun at the 'oldest inhabitant'
when he undertakes to compare paBt
with Dresent experiences: but I am
willing to stand by my assertion.
'The weather condition's 'have r been
different this yesr from anything
k Avnariannnri hntnrik. T tlAVAr BBW-
a hail storm such as visited the valley
a while back in all my fifty years'
. residence here, and I never saw the
thunder storms persist in staying on
the high mountains and over looking
WIB VUlOB, tW WJOJ tinvu wis jwm.
The oppieBsive heat we have felt is to
' tM aooounted for by the absence' of
the frequent mild thunder storms we
are wont to have in the valley. They
do no harm particularly and seem to
give the atmosphere, the exhilerating
for in this seotion. We have felt an
oppressive heat here this year', and
it is due in a great measure, In my
opinion, to the absence of ourregu
lar thunder storms. "
The Norrls Bros, are in Medford
io atav.and they have furniture to sell
nd are Belting it. They have the best
(-Cl.Ul IUIUIIUIV IU UVHIUDIU VlcgUV)
and are selling it for less than half
.price. First in will be the winner in this
-case. Those whips and harness are
going fast as they are selling regardless
of cost. - Only one door south of the
poatoffice. -Dr.
E. fi. Picket is the latest ad
edition to the ranks of the orchardmen
of the Rogue river valley. This week
The concluded a deal "by which he be
came the owner of 240 aores of laud,
THE BEST
Groceries
THE BEST
Bargains
THE BEST
THE BEST OF
Everything
OWEN'S
are the Best. )
Twelve Skeins
lying north and east of Medford.
The property is known as the old J,
W. Smith plaoe, and at the time pur
ohased by Dr. Pickel, was owned by
A. R. Rhodes. The price paid waB
$4,500. Dr. Piokel has ordered from
L. E. Hoover, agent for the Wood-
burn nursery,., enough Yellow New
town .apple and ceurre , f?oso pear
trees to plant 100.. acres, of the traot
and expeots to put , an additional 100
acres into alfalfa. . The laud . is. w
is known as stioky;, but experiments
have proven its value, -both as. fruit
a alfalfa land, when properly culti
vated. This tract has the additional
advantage of .being capable of being
irrigated from the . Fish Lake ditch
and besides this. is sub-irrigated to a
certain extent. East of this tract and
of the same character of land is
four-year-old orchard owned by I. D.
and Ed. Phipps. ThiB orchard is
flourishing, and this year .will turn
off its first orop. .It may not be
large. one; but when , the the . fact is
considered that orchardiets do not
figure on trees bearing under five
years, it seems, to lend credonce to
the theory that the dispieed in win
ter stioky is among the beat produc
ing aoilB we have.
If you want to give your friends
in the East some idea of what scenes
in southern Oregon are like, vou send
them a collection of the atero views
taken by N. S. Bennett.' These views
comprise a wide range of subjeots.and
tnorougniy oover.-tne- scenery
Southern. Oretron. They can be had
either at the Medford Book Store or
at H. B. Nye's. ; tf
Mail Office Devil: "Gee, you orter
hear de hard luck stories dem fellers
is tellin' dat have been out on fishin
and huntih' "expeditions. One felli
wot came in de other day, he told
about how many, deer de fellers:
wot wuz in his gang, but none of dem
guys could hit de side of de moun
tain. He wuz de only bloke in de
outfit wot could have hit a deer ' if
he'd a seen one, and' he didn't see
uothin. Den one guy he come along
an' tells about how de water was so
clear in de creek he was fishiu' in dat
de trout could see his reflection be:
fore he got in a hundred yards of de
water. ..'Bout time he gets .through.
along comes 'nother fisherman wid
story 'bout de same stream, where d
Treatment
7th and C Streets
wator wua so muddy de flsh couldn't
so de bait. Now wot yo're goiu' to
do about diit. Looks ter me liko dere
in't no use goln out tin1 tight.!.'
muskeeters and things fer two weoktt
mid not koteuin' unythin' but pizon
ouk an1 freukles, 'Bout time I com
meuoe thiukln' dat way, long cornea
feller with de information as to
here I cuu locate a piece of fresh
ou i son, I bikes for de place an un
derneath de venison I tluds a couple
of big trout an' I gets, de whole
works. Dot guy didn't go to a camp
au lay 'round expectin to have de
trout flop out of the water into der
fryiu' pan, or the detr to come in an
hang demselvos up in front of de
cabin door. No, Birree, be just got
out an hunted an1 fished and he
got somethin. Strikes me dat's de
good deal like other tings; if you
want auythiu go after it, dere
isn't anything' goiu' to come to ye."
Blue prints of township maps.
showing all vacant land, fifty cent
each. For reliable information con
cerning Government land write to
Frank IS. Alley. Abstractor, Koeburtr.
Oregon.
H. P. MeHder, N. B. Fisher and
Chaa. Drake returned this week from
a trip to Squaw lake this week. They
found no great amount of large game,
but kept the oamp well supplied with
birds and fish. One of the incidents
of the trip, as related by Mr. Meader,
ruus thusly: It was necessary to
pack" a few miles from the end of
the wagon road, One of the two
mules which made up their team had
never been subject to tbe indignity
of being loaded with a miscellaneous
lot of camp stuff, and had it "sinch
ed'Vupon its baok in the true western
style. Consequently wben it was
turned loose thiB animal proceeded to
adopt the method of getting rid if
its burden usual to the mule. In other
words it twisted itself into all kinds
of shapes and finally wound up la
the middle of a shallow pond near the
camp, where it "bucked" off its pack
and returned to oamp triumphant.
Fotunately the pack consisted princi
pally of bedding, so that the only bad
result was that the party were com
polled to sleep in ' wet blankets that
night.
Guaranteed Forest Reserve scrip
foreale, in large or smalt quantities,
by Frank E. Alley, upstairs over Land
Office. Rose bu re, Oregon. Will place
same. or non-reBiaeqi purchasers.
Saturday evening a meeting of
the Gold Ray Rod and Gun club was
held at Gold Ray, moat of the' mem
bers of the club being present, to the
nuimber of about fifty. A banquet
was served and afterwards the mem
bers passed a few hours in social con
verse. . A business meeting the pri
mary . object of the gathering ''was
held, at which plans for keeping the
club house open, continuously and
other matters pertaining to the good
of the club were discussed. Gold
Ray iB becoming quite a resort for the
members of the olub, on account of
the excellent' fishing and bathing
afforded.
-rJust received a. carload ol sash and
floors, and screen doors. J. H. Cham.
BERS Medford. lo-tf
This week J. C, Smith, of (irlffln
creek, sold the 91. GO aores he pur
chased from O. W. Bashford,' a little
more than a year ago, to C. B. Ken
nedy recently of Merrill, Oregon, and
at somewhat of an ad ance over the
price paid by Mr. Smith. ' This 'sale
Is not like some others which have
been made. Mr. Smith will become
a resident of Medford, so that Instead
of losing a good citizen, the commun
ity gains one. Mr. Kennedy will
take possession of bis property within
a few days. The sale was made
through the White &' Trowbridge real
estate agency.
Mrs. E. E. Goru. teacher of music
mason system, uaiklren taught In
dlvidually or In classes, Medford
wregon. .
W. r Issues, T. M. Reed and
others visited Little Rock, ou Kogue
river, a Dove toe jfay dam, Sunday and
eujoyed some good Ashing. Billy
Isaacs says he is going to order one of
those new . automatic reels, which
record the weight of the fish that get
away. He figures that he has. lost
about 'steen thousand pounds of Hah
during his career as a disciple of
Isaak Walton, and from this on pro
poses to know the weight of all the
"big ones that get away. " .
Remember the ponds &ra rirrhi. a,i
the price Is riitht of viur home-mnrln
ereamery butter. Ask your grocer for
it.
-O. W. Bashford, of Medford. and
his son, E, L. Bashford, of Roseburg,
who is accompanied by this wife, are
visiting in this section. Mr. Bash
ford, Sr., is looking for a location
for a relative of his, who is a rancher.
Bashford, Jr., Is an employe of the j
flour mills at Roseburg. These are !
estimable people and we hope that j
Coos county will he lucky enoiiiih to
laim them as permanent residents.
.lurui riant rnai.
BecBOo & Htlcer, Talent Nii-'erv-
men, are prepared to fill order.-, for
frilit. trees In flnV nilAnlitV. tr.rr.nn.. ......
clal orchards. tr
Walter Tiro returned to .Medford
Wednesday, after au alwenee of fif
teen years. Muring that time he hn,
trnv"el over n ci.n-Merable j.Tt,,;
the world, bnd has lionn enfned in
handing big towns most of the time.
Just boforo ho started for homo ho
wus driving a '20-inulo teum in Colo
rado to Star City, which ton hours
after he left was wiped olf of tho taco
of the earth by a cloud burst.
Shearer & Sinylle. General dray-!
liitf. Housi-fiuld moving. All kinds ol
wood for sale.
Just seventy days ago whou Mr.
and Mrs. I. A. Webb were at their
homestead, on Big Butto, thoir lino
driving team estrayed from their
pasture into the mountains and not
until Sunday lust were they found.
Fred Com host, living at Brownsboro,
tound the animals in au almost starr
ing condition, near the foot of Mt.
Pitt, fully fifteen miles from the Webb
homestead. Both the horses when
estrayed were In line condition and
when found one of them was so ema
ciated as to be scarcely abie to walk.
This one had a halter on the presump
tion is that it had gotten the halter
caught to a snag and was hung up
without food a number of days, per
haps weeks. Mr. Webb is giving the
animals every attention possible and
they will be. "fine aud dandy'.' in a
few weeks. Mr. Webb's expense item
readB like this: Paid men for hunting
horses, $26; paid man for finding
horses, $27.50.
Chicken dinner at Hotel Hart every
aunuay.
: Born To Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Brophy, at their home, east of - Med
ford, August 2, 1901, a sou. This is
tho fourth buxom lad to -be' born to
these people and not a girl. While
there is much joy over the arrival of
the son to the' manor born there
would have-been just a little more
elation had this last boy been a girl.
J. O. Morrison la the agent in this
vioinity of the patent olod crusher
manufactured . by . the BriUion Iron
Works, of, Brillion, Wisconsin. It Ib
claimed for this machine that it 1b
simpler in constuction more effec
tive in operation and lighter in draft
than any other device of like' nature
upon the market. Call uponJMr.
Morrison for further particulars. '
At the Union services at the Pres
byterian church Sunday. -night, Rev.
Carstens wilPgive a report on the In
ternationai;B. Y. P, U., whioh he
recently attended at, Detroit, Michi
gan. This will surely be very inter
esting, and the attendance at the
church will undoubtedly be large.
A. Day Parker, son of W. H',
Parker, formerly of Medford, and Miss
Jennie J. Maxwell, of Lakevlew, were
married .at that place on July 20th.
Mr. Parker is employedas'boqk-keep-
er lor tne steel w ire uo.,. . or ijaK-
land, Calif., .and the cqu'o.e will make
their home at'that plaoe. . ,
On and after August 7, 1904, Ep
worth League, of the Methodist
church, will bold their devotional
meetings in their church, union
meetings having adjourned being un
successful. First Vice-President.
The Medynskl building on C
street,, near the postotflce is being
fitted up for the accommodation - of
the Wortman 3c Gore meat market,
The central partition is being taken
out, and a double door cut in front,
When the " ohauges are complete
Messrs. Gore St Wortman will have a
very neat and convenient shop.
H. N. Mercy and bride returned
Tuesday from Oakland, Oregon, where
they had been married on Sunday.
.Mrs.. Marcy is a daugnter or J. H,
Ray, the mining man, and the many
friends of the young eoopie are ex
tending their beartiest congratula
tions. Born To Mr. and Mrs. E. P.,
Schultz, at their home two miles
north of Medford, on Saturday, July
30, 1904, a daughter.
Jeff Brophy has sent twenty head
of milch cows to Ft. Klamath, where
they will be put on a ranch which
Mr, Brophy has leased.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Miller, In Medford, on Tuesday,
August 2, 1901, a son.
Held-up That Pailed.
EL PASO, Tex., July 31. The Rock
Island passengor train, which left El
Paso Saturday morning, north-bound,
was held up Saturday night at U
o'clock at Logan, N. M., a station 30
miles north of Tucunicarl and 90 miles
north of Santa Rosa, the division
point. Seven masked robbers board
ed the train Just as It waB leaving
Lngau, uncoupled the baggage and
express cars and went on with the en
gine. Conductor John Y,ork reslBted and
was shot in the - leg. The engine was
run ahead a short distance, when it
was stopped- and l dynamite applied.
.' Thn small aitta mil nlnruul m Inn nf
the large one and then the charge was
Bred, but the only effect was to blow
the small safe through the roof of the
,-. im l.rmr .,. n,,t , i,,i..r,.,i
The smaller ufn rr.ir.,.,i u,i
ih u.mwl oh ,.t ,l,.,i,
put
between the two safes with the same
result, except that tho small safe this
time was blown thiongh the side of
the ear. Tho robbers then mounted
their horses and rode away ill the
darknesH.
Officer wore advised (hi- mornim
t,' t)io hold up and ale on the trail of
the men who are In-lieved ty b'! the
We have
this space
Year
Iowa Lumber
Watch
Weeks & Baketi
Undertakers
and '
Embalmers
MEDFORD, 0RE60N
"Evans gang." ,i ...
The passengers were not molested
by the 'robbers, and many did not
know, that tbe robbery was- In pro
grass, as most of them were asleep.
Owing to the, remoteness of Logan,
the details of the hold-up wer$ hot
ontalned until tonight, when a south
bound Rock Island passenger train
arrived here. ',-.
The Wells Fargo officials say there
was only 7 in the safe when it left
here.
OAHTOaiA,
with Tin m Vaii i Hm unjs Bought
We have received a ,
. a lot of new patterns
in . . .
Etched and Banded iT"'"'i
We are . selling- '
Ware at pra
One-Third J
To. the price
goods have
sold in Med
We inten
this line v
ly, so tha'
may be s1
able to rv
en or Jos
The fir
ment ofx.
has arrilv
Brov
Leased
for One
& Box Co.
our Ad.
j. . . .., ,
. .City Cornell Proceedings.
The oity oounoll met in renular ses
sion Tuesday evening. ,
rreBent Mayor Piokel, councilman
Luy. Mttohell, Bcottl Kelly, Trow
bridge, Wilson ' " ' '
The report ol the, treasurer and n-
corder (or June were, reaid. . and ap-
provea. - 4
Applications ol Kapnlok Konoady
and Young & Hall , for,, liquor llcenw
weregr'aqted, ...,
The oontraot with the Oondor Water
Ic Power Co., .for. furnithlng the oity
with eleotrlo light and power for
pumping purposes was read and ac
cepted and an ordinance ooverlng the
provisions thereof arid authorising the .
mayor, and oity coooetl to enter Into
tU? 59P'r fas passed (The fall Uxi.
fif tfie c6ulrJi!rPpear( lj ner part .
of this paper.) r ,
Bills on the various funds in the
following amounts were approval);
light and w. t r fund, 70.S8; ooufW
Kent fund, 7 .00:. General fund W5.00;
street and fotul fund; $57. 88. i
Irvln W. Rby, of, -Qpld HllJ, whs in
the oity Monday, upon land huslnen
before Commissioner Bliton. He waa
accompanied by H. P. Perkins, from
the East, who med unnn rjrovnrnmAtit
liiitrl r
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