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TAKE ADVANTAGE of the offer The Mail makes for , Good Roads. See othe.- side of this page THE' MAIL will give (njiu ow until J.unary i, lutt'. 50 cts of Each $1.50 CflKh Subscription, either New or Ku lunvufc, iterelvuil by till. I'uper. VOL- IVI. BEDFORD, JACKSON COUNT!, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1904 NO. 45- Mall. GRADE STAKES BEING SET Monday of this week a party of sur veyors, headed by J. A. McCall, of Ashland, left Hertford for the Butte creek section. The work the party is to do consists of making the:lnst and flual survey of the projected rail road from the site of the Butte Fall6 Milling Co. 's plant to Eagle Point. . Preliminary lines have already been run between the two points, and this survey 1b lor the purpose of establish lug the grades, setting the necessary stakes and getting everything in read iness for the construction work. The road will not be laid out farth er.west than Eagle Point tbiB season, as the company has not yet fully de cided whioh of two feasible routes from that point to the Southern Pa retic railroad they will use. This . matter will probably be deoided in a Bhort time, then the road will be sur veyed the balance of the distance. Oonetuotion work will be com menced as early in the spring as the weather will permit, whioh ordinarily would be between the middle of Marnh and , the first of April. The upper part of -the road from Butte FallB to Eagle Point presentB xne greatest difficulties. From Eagle Point to the Southern Paoiflo line on either propeotive routes there is little i.nnn Wnlr f j-, hA rinnA. on thnt It la u reasonable prediction to make that within the next twelve montns tne irnn arm of Droeress" will be thrown over the "virgin wilds", of Butte creek and tne swam nena will Bhriek and bellow where the soli- tuiln tobo known. " Right here is where the people of this man'B town need to bestir them gelveB. It is an open secret that the choice of places for connection witn tho main linn nf the Southern Paoiflo lies between Medford' and Central Point. The route to Central fomt is admittedly somewhat shorter, but 'thiBOity presents advantages, wblob nearly, if not quite, over balanoe the jiffamnM in lanot.h nf the routes. The problem that is up to us for solution is this: Make the advantages nli.aa.4w nnvA nnoiiffh croater to deeidedly overbalance the difference in length of road, and 1XJ it uvy.. "PrnnrnatinRtion is the thief of time." That is a trite saying, but nevertheless a true one. Let's get a mnoo nn na nnw. not wait Until the "tide which comes in the affairs of mankind" has commenced to ebb. w want, this railroad to make its connection with the Southern Pacific here. We must have it. The oity of Medford.'from its location in the valley is the natural point for the cen tralization of business and trade. In order to secure this business it will be necessary to make concessions. Concessions, however, that are not as great as they nppsar to be now. Within ten years nay five yoars the man who gives part of his farm for the right-of-way to this railroad for small compensation, or he who does not put an extra valuation upon part of his holdings needed by the l oad for terminal or station facilities, will reap his reward in the increased worth of the rest of his property. The people of the Kogue River val ley have had practical experiences of this kind. In the early 'SO's when the first railroad iron was being laid - in the valley Jacksonville had an op portuuity to become the metropolis, in fact, the "ONLY one in Jackson county. The money was there, and the Southern Facifio road would have been brought within a mile of the town, but, having been the leading town of Southern Oregon for thirty years, it thought the railroad must come through. It didn't, however. It passed Jacksonville to one side, built Medford.Gold Hill and all the smaller villages along the line. Had Jackson ville taken the- opportunity offered there would have, been no Medford. Ashland wbuld have stood almost still instead of being the largest city in the county and the extra people would .- bate been concentrated in the old county seat. Such an opportunity iB now "up to as." It may not be of such mag nitude sb the instance just related, or i. may be even greater in the lonp run. The mere fact that the million and millions of feet of lumber to be sawn in the Cascade foothills will pass through this city will make it the lending commercial center of South ern Oregon, a distinction it already claims, but this road will make it a permanent and indisputable fact.' For Sale Good, gentle driving horse., Inquire at Mail office. Resolutions of Respect, Paradise Lodge No. 71, D. of H., Gold Hill, Oot. 27th. We, your committee, to drnft re6"' lutions of sympathy for tho husband i and daughters of our dear departed sister, Sopha E. Guilders, beg leave to submit the following : Our departed sister, Sopha E. Chil ders, joined Paradise Lodge No. 71, D. of H., at Oold Hill, Oregon, Jan uary 19, 1900. Died October 21, 1904 ; aged forty years, ten months and eight days. It is with deepest sor row that we are again to remind our members that a beloved sister has been called by death from our midst. Her place in our lodge circle is to know her no more. Her cheerful voice will never give us sisterly greet ing, no pleasant Binjle will welcome us again, there 1b a vacant chair in the home circle and we feel that words would be inadequate to ex press our heart-felt sympathy to the bereaved husband, and daughters, who now so sadly mourn her loss. She was a true wife and a faithful and devoted mother. RESOLVED: That we, the mem bers of Paradise LodgeNo. 71, mingle our tears of sorrow and grief with the Borrowiug family and extend to them that love and smypathy that should fill the heart of every member of our order and as a token of the love and respect we ever felt for our departed Bister, we drape our lodge charter for the period of thirty days and these resolutions to be placed on the minutes of our lodge and a copy for warded to the Medford Mail for pub icatibn ; also a copy sent to the fam ily of the deceased. "Oh for a touoh of the vanished hand And a sound of the voice now stilled ; But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back again. " ANNIE L. FISHER, Recorder; DELLA WALKER, C. of C. ; NETTA MOORE, P. C. ; Committee. How Oregon Will Go. . A Democratic newspaper of New York asked Frank C. Baker, chairman of the Republican Central Committee, of Oregon, for a 200-word dispatch about the presidential outlook in thifl state. Mr. Baker does not need 200 words, however, to meet the Demo cratic inquiry ; in fact, he did not tihnk he needed any, for to every body else than New York newspaper Oregon's Bupport of Roosevelt is so staunch as to leave no doubt what ever. Twice the request was wired to Mr. Baker, and then he sent back the following stemwinder: "My prediction as to Oregon is that if we poll as many votes as we did in June, namely, almost 100,000, Roose velt's majority will be 33,333. The people here do not agree that "protec tion is robbery," and can see no rea son for a chaiuze. The Democratic state organ', At ion of Oregon - has locked up iioi head-quarters, thrown the key into the well and when last seen was making for the tall timber," , W. C. T. U. Hems. The Union opened on time, with al! officers present. The parlors of Mrs. Adkin's were crowded with ladies. After devotional exercises, scripture reading by the 'president, prayer by' Rev. Care tens, singing, "Revive us Again," and roll cull, the Union had the pleasure of listening to the report of Mrs. Adkins, who was sent as a delegate to the state convention. Hei report was given in a pleasing and effective way. Then Rev. CarstenB gave the Union some very good and encouraging words. The members hope that he will come soon again. All the ministers are in vited to each and all the meetings. Two new memberB were added to the roll. The meeting was then dis missed by singing the doxology, to meet at the home of Mrs. David Day, south of the public schools, .Novem ber ad. "Motuer's uay, " lea oy Mrs. Fielder. All members come. Oregon Apples in China. The prodrct of the Miller orchards in Josephine copnty is being shipped to China in large quantities. For several y.rs past the Millers have been developing the trade for Oregon apples in the Orient and have made a success of it. JPhe sttamboat Arabia took out three carloads from Portland a few days ago and the next steamer will take two carloads more. Trespass Notice. Notice is hereby aiven that no tres passing will be permitted upon my premises. Anvone ffuiltv of so trespassing will 'be prosecuted as provided by law. ' W. H. BARK. TD THE PARK. For several mouths the members of the Ladies1 Lewis and Clark club, of Medford have been working upon a proposition of making the oity park a park in reality instead of merely In name, and just lately the plans have been perfected. Some weeks ago the oity council gave the ladies permis sion to make any changes they deem ed necessary- in the, proseoutiou of their plans for the improvement of the park. 1 ' These plans include the planting of a large portion of the park to lawn, and the construction of walks throughout. Work has already been commenced digging the foundation for the walks, which are to be laid in decomposed granite, which affords dry looting at all seasons of the year. It is intended to have four entrances, one at each corner of the park, with walks leading to the center, where it is intended to place a fountain. Flowers and ornamental shrubs will be planted throughout the grounds and every effort will be made to make the park a pleasant place to spend the leisure hours. A baud stand will be erected and on' stated evenings con certs will be given. All this takes money, of course; but it will be money well expended. The ladies now have on hand some 9260. A portion of this, 9160, is part of the surplus raised as a bonus to the Iowa Lumber Co. and the balance is the amount the members of the club have accumulated by their own ex ertions. There 1b still some of the money subscribed to the Iowa Lum ber Co. unappropriated and the adies would like it if the donors would give it to the park fund. It is now up to the citizens of the oity to see that the work planned for making a beautiful Jcity park in Med ford is not delayed through lack of means. Contributions' of either money or labor will be appreciated, and we believe the residents of the oity will cheerfully contribute to such a worthy cause. In order to increase the caBh bal ance in the treasury for the club the ladies have arrayed with the Ladles1 Philharmonic Quartette, of Chicago, to give an entertain men tt at Wilson's opera house on the evening of Novem ber 11th. Tickets are now on sale by the members of the club and at var ious places about the city. These tickets entitle the holders thereof to reserved seats, and these seats ma; be reserved a Haskiu & Sou's drug store any time after 8 o'clock Wednesday, morning, November 9th. Do not fail to buy one or more tickets. Think of the good you will be doing our city by helping to beautify the park. About that fountain. If some of our citizens feel like doing some thing for the welfare and prosperity of tho city and be remembered by future genertions as a benefactor to the town, now iBthe time to do some thing. Present the city with the f:untaiu, wh ch is expected to be the central feature of the park. Any way, whether some one donates the fountain or not, we can all get in and help to the utmost of our ability to bring the designs of the laides to a successful termination. Timber Locator Arrested. Harry W. Miller, who has been in the business of locating persons upon timber clains in townships 40 and 41, ranges 2 and 3 west, since about Sep tember 1st,- making his headquarters in Medford, was arrested Sunday at Roseburg, charged with fraudulent actions in making such locations. ' The fact .thnt those filings were made in almost solid blocks, and the further fact that many of them were made by persons who, under ordinary circumstances, would not be able to pay the expense of location, advertis ing and to pay $100 for the land when proofs were made lead government officials to suspect that there was something wrong. For the past two weeks special agents of the government have beea in Medford investigating the matter. As ft result of these investigations Miller was arrested Saturday evening at RoBeburg by the city marfhal. Miller left Medfor'd on the Saturday evening train and was arrested upon the arrival of the train .in Roseburg. Miller, while operating here with confederates, deluded bis victims into the belief that they would be paid 40 cents a thousand for the timber pu the land upon which they filed im mediately after proof was made that they would guarantee each claim to cut not less than 3,000,000 feet, thus leaving the person tiling about 3600 clear gain. Eaoh of the persons filing were required to pay a "cruis er's" fee of $25, a tiling fee aud a fee for ndvertising the notice of inten tion to make proof, amounting in all to about 636. Miller was supposed to represent an Eastern company ready to pay out the money when proofs are made. Contracts of this nature were entered into, between the parties to this effect A partial hearing was had before a U. S. commissioner at Oakland Mon day, and Thursday was set as tho day for the preliminary hearing, Miller, in tho meantime, being bound over in $1000 bonds to insure hiB appear ance. Frank E. Kinoart, of Oakland, who was interested with Miller, was aUo arrested and bound over in a similar amohnt. Homesteads Not Exempt. A homestead is not exempt fromj seizure under tne Alecnauics' Lien law according to a decision made by Judge George in the circuit court at Portland, this week. Judge George Baid: V'The theory that of the Me ohanics' Lien law is that, if an own er allows a contractor to build a house on. the owner's ground, to be and become a part of the realty, the owner cannot hold the material there of or labor thereon for the owner' benefit to the realty, unless the ma terlal, man or laborer Is paid foi the benefit rendered. This is equity, and homestead law ought not to be per mitted in equity to overrun this prin ciple and thuB permit the housmte: d land to be benefited, something or no thing, unless the hosmestead law clearly means it." The Fatal Wedding. The patrons of the Wilson opera house will have a pleasant surprise in store for themselves, when the bin New York melodrama, "The Fatal Wedding," will play an engagement of one night. . The plot is a powerful one, and deals with the adventures of a scheming woman, wno, assisted oy a male ac complice, ventures the ruin of a hnonv faimly,, and the separation oi a wife from her husband aud children, in order that she can contract a marriage witn tne nusoana, ana tnereoy gain his fortune. She is prevented from doing this, however, by the timely mterxerence or two characters, f Frenchman and an Irish servant wo man who in their respective parts make no end of amusement for the audience. An unusually strong cast- will ineroret the nlav. and tbe scenic ' eneots are tne most realistic ever at I tempted in a melodrama. One scene j in particular, that of the famous Pal i isndes at night, showing the counter ! fe iter's den, gives a great effect, and ; with the many revolving scenes bo to make up as strong a sceneic produc tion as has yet been witnessed in thin city. A special leaturo will be the readiug of election returns between the acts, as received by special wire. New Suits Filed. W. A. Danley vs. T. M. Gregory ; action to recover personal property. W. E. Pliipps, attornoy. Eli Ellis vs. Melviua Ellis; divorce. S. P. Pentz attorney for plaintiff. Grants Pass Banking and Trust Co., a corporation, vs. Enterprise Mining Co., a corporation; action to recover money. A. C. Hough attorney for plaintiff. Emily and M. M. Clark vs. W. J. Boosey, et al ; suit. A. E. and C. L. Reames attorneys for plaintiff. Geo. W. Blalock vs. John Shall horn ; suit. Robert Glen Smith attorney for plaintiff. J. E. Buck at al vs. W. R. Stansell, et al ; suit E. B. Dufur vs. J. L. Hammersley attorney for plaintiff. Fruit In Southern Oregon. According to the report of Horti-' cultural Commissioner Carson, Jack son county leads the three counties, Douglas, Josephine and Jackson, in tbe exportation of fruit. The other four counties in the third district, Coos, Curry, Lake and Klamath, do not grow fruit for export, to amount to anything.. The output for 1903-04 is as follows: Jackson Apples, 500,- 000 boxes; pears, 100,000 boxes; prunes, 1,000,000 pounds, cured ; peacheB, 150,000 boxes; small fruits, 50.000 crates. Douglas Apples, 125, 000 boxes; pears,80,000 boxes; prunes, 8.750,000 pounds, cured ; peaches, 130,- 000 boxes, small fruits, 50,000 crates. Josephine 75,000 boxes; pears, 20, 000 boxes; prunes, 250,000 pounds; peaches, 30,000 boxes; urn nil fruits, 25,000 crates. Bntler. the watchmaker, has Any thing yon want in the wav of a Beth Thomag clock or an Elgin or Waltham watch Good apploa for 2.r cents pur pack nn Iho ground at tho Olwell orchard. Come while they are good. 44-2t. ( The construction of the septic tank for the uew Ashluud sewage system bus been commenced. Bide will shortly be asked for bids for tbe con st ruction ofjhe entire system. Walter Van Loon, tbe Ashland de generate, pleaded guilty to tbe obnrge of sodomy iu tbe oiroult oonrt tit Jacksonville, aud was sentenced to servo one year iu tho penitoutiury. Tbe dlreotors of tbe Ashland Iron Works at a meeting bold lust week, took steps to rebuild tbe foundry re cently burned. ' Plaus are being per fected to rebuild on a large scale, Jas. Cress, of Ashland, while spear ing Ash, near Tolo, accidentally ran tbe spear he wus using into tbe calf of bis leg. Tho services of a surgeon were necessary lu order to remove the spear. . Sam'l. Williams, a farmer near Ashland, fell from a train at that eity one day last week and narrowly es caped being orushed to death. By standers pulled him from under the wheels. T. C. Hutohlson, of Woodville.died at Ashland last Friday from laudanum poisoning. He had been taking tl e (rug for relief from intestinal trouble and it iB supposed took an overdose. -Ie was about 65 years of age; . The delegation from Co. B., of Ash land, at tbe competitive Bboot of tbe Oregou National Guard made a got d record. They bad the best score at 200 and COO yards,' but fell down c u rapid firing. Salem won with Rose' burg second. Mrs. Nannie Mills, who has been ill' with consumption, for some time past, passed away at an early hour Saturday morning. Tbe funeral was held Monday a 10 a. m., ut the noire of her father, S. H. Holt. Interment at Phoenix cemetery. . , f Roscoe Jarvis, a 10-year-old boy, employed nt Sims & Anderson's saw mill on Noll creek, was instantly killed Saturday . by fulling off the flume. The boy was engaged at his usual work on the flume, whioh Ie about three miles long, and used to shoot lumber from the saw mill down to the planing plant at AyerB Spur, and while at work in Borne manner lost his balance and plunging bead- Jong, erusbed his skull against tbe rockB thirty feet below, sustaining instaueous deatb. J. E. Pelton and E. A. Carter, who have a bond on tbe old Davonpcrt and adjoining placer diggings, near Aehlaud, for the past few months, have negotitntcd tho sale of the same at a good round sum to San Franoisco and New York pnrties. Much of the adjoining property is known to bo rich and it is probable that tbe opera tions of tbo new purchasers will stim ulate others to investigate dredger mining. Davenport Gulch xias been famous as a gold producer for many years. E, K, Anderson wns a pioneer placer miner in this gulch, carrying wnter from Ashland creek through what is known as tbo old Andorson ditch. Tbe ground just sold is almost entirely free from large boulders and we predict tbo purchasers will reap a rich harvest as a rosult of the pur chase. Harold, tbe eleven yenr-old son of D. H. Jackson, accidentally receivod a dangerous wound about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon from a shot gun in the hands of' a playmate. Tbe lads had been out looking for wild geese and upon returning, stopped in the orchard to eat a few apples. Tho boye got to "monkeying," and Cbauncey Cnsobeer pointed tho gun at young Jackson, who was standing nbont 15 or 20 foot from him. It was discharged in some unaccountable manner and three of tbe buok shot took effect, one in the high, one in tbo log and ono entered tbe abdomen. Mr. Jackson loft that evening for Portland on No, 1G, with the boy to place him In a hospital. A delny of five hours caused by 'the wreek at Jefferson, and it waB midnight before Portland was reached, In the mean time tbe little fellow bad grown rap idly worse and oxpired juBt as tbe hospital was reached. To Combine Electric Lines. Negotiations have been in progress lately looking to tho combination of the Condor Water & Power Co., tbo Siskiyou Power Co., and tho Ashland Electrio Light Co. The San Francisco Chronicle of Tuesday of last week announced tho organ Izntion of tho "Southern Ore gon Power Co," controlling tho throe plans. Tho report seems to be some- ' what prematura, howovor, as The Mail is informed by Dr. liny, presi dent of tbe Condor company, that, -whilo negotiations were beimr inmlr. for the purpose above stated, the mater was at a standstill at tbo pros- eat time, though it might be tukou up again later on. The combination would have au important bearing on the future of Southern Oregou and Northern California, uniting as it would the principal : electrloul and power companies of tho two seotions. Tbe plants are largo ones und euob. controls ample water power for suc cessful operation. . Killed by a Train. Sydney K. Sheldon, a young man of about twenty-six years of oge, was InBtnntly killed ut tbe mouth of Sis kiyou tunnel Tuesday by a Southern Pacific freight , train. From Indica tions Sheldou had been "riding tbe rods, " aud was either over come by guB during tho trip through the tunj nel or went to sleep and fell off. His body was badly mangled by the oar wheels. Coroner Cameron was called to the scene and bis Investigations brought out the fuats about as above stated. Letters and papers found on , the body iudioated that the young; man was a of roaming dlspostiou, working here and there, but never long lu one place. A letter was fduud on the body from Miss Mny Wood, of Chicago, and Coroner Cameron tele graphed her for information concern ing tbe dead man'B relatives. In ro ply she gave the address ot his broth er, L. C. Sheldon, ot Portland, and upon communicating with him ordera were received to ship tbe remains to Portland for interment, whioh waa accordingly done Thursday morning. .. - AMONO THE CHURCHES. . l'RESUVTEUIAN OHUIICH. ' ! Preaching next Sunday morning : ' ' 11 o'clock. Subjcet, "Alone I With . ' ' ! God." In the evening at 73:0 o'clock union temperance meeting in Wil son's opera house. , . 4 ; W. F. SHIELDS, Pastor. r '' JIAPTIS CHUHCH. Proaohing services ut the usua hour next Sunday morning. . Thera. will be no preaohing ' in the oveuingr." as the pastor will speak at the uniton- ' temperanoe meeting in Ashland that evening. All other Sunday services at the usual hours. METHODIST KPISCOl'AI, ClIORCU, Sunday school at 10 a. m. ; morn ing services 11 a. m. ; Epwortb Lea gue, 0:30 p. m. ; union temperance service iu the opera bouse, 7:30. B. C. BLACKWELL. M. E. CHUKCH, SOUTH. There will be no preaching services . In this church next Sunday. Tho pnstor will preach in Ashla'nd jpiudiy ft morning and will tnko part iif uVniou Tr.- temperance meeting which wiU bo,, "V now in tnat city In tho ovening. ' ) V School Nofes. Mrs. Milton Armstorng visited tho schools last Friday. . . The clever representative of tho D, C. Heath Book Co. was with u last Thursday and put iu half the day inerriewing the teachers and visiting tho dili'erent departments Monthly exams this week ' Prmrrnm nf thn Rlihili flnulo t-inriirni nt. their Lliuriirv HJcU-ly Kr'dv. Oct. ni'imntf whs caned to order bv President ' Rudolph KiiiK. '(eudini A(fTn-n Hons Iii'(tiallon ItohiTt HuRtics- lishftf Hnz-1 PllVlH Ituiid-nif rannie WhlnimD I'Mp'T V.miia Hi'inlltnn Kiftding. i r-ni, Vawtor Fay S a 8 S n-rct r;-. Program foThe Hlfle Sooletv. of the seventh grnde. "H, Swing HitbyHwlnir Kc tdinB A (fne iHiinctt Duct. .. Nellie Morey and Frlctlu HuekonyoH Rrmltnff Cli.irly BhiMior (nKtninionfnl Solo Fern IiutuhfKoti He ml ii Helen Ceish IriKtrumcntul Solo . ..Phnclm Armntronit SittiK Miuk! on Iho Wavu nor Hcrnlco Cnrt'T QiirloU Marfu Oooilu, Mary On, Muy Comm. Huulo Allen, Frluiia Uockouyo Seine Morey. To Horse Men, The undersigned has oncned a train ing and sale stable in Medford. Youiik horses broke. Hinido or double or to saddle, and united to any do sired Kait. If you have a good, sale able horse that you wish to dispose of, place him on our list, or if you. wish to buy come and see us. Wo nave ror sale a span oi line Jiamblo tonian mnres yomiK wood size and can step a mile hotter than four min utes double, and nro good single drivers. If you have a horse whose teh need "flhinK"; r'ng him in and fret them repaired, and give him at new lease on me. J. W. LAW TON. Commercial Club Meeting. Tho Medford Commorcial Club v"" niefet at tho city hull Moil'1 -e-1'!1 Novomber 7th. lhiHinec anco will come -fr' ' all members j ont.1