TEE MEDFURD HAIL
Published Ever? Fridsj Morning.
A. S. BL1TON.
Maoi-oitD, Oheoon, Fkiiruauy 10, 1905
WAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.
lie la of few daps; but quit t plenty,
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR
.nutrad 10 ibe Pomofliue at Medford, Oregon
m BeooBd-GlaM Mall Matter.
Tbo Russian troops are still engaged
In "masterly retreating."
Forty-Hove Oregon papers haro
chroniolodl the Hppnarauce of the
gFouud-hog."
Utiuoml Kuropatkiu has resigned
bin oommaad and gono home. We
can't blaniu a muu for quitting that
kind of a job.
Representative Vawtor's bill pro
viding for one board of regents for
all thcHtate normals ohools passed the
house Monday by a uuauimous vote.
An infernal machine, luteudod for
the ooiumunder of tho Spanish war
ship Visoaya, whiuh visited Now
York just after the destruction of the
Maine, will be displayed tn the dead
letter office exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Ceutonnini.
Undoubtedly the HuAsiau ofllcers
"saw" torpedo hoaU in the North
Hen. People havo Imjoii known to
huvo seen inarino niousters in Crater
Lake, which afterward turned out
to bo harmlims flouting logs. One
'sous things" occasionally when
there is roally nothing to bo seen.
iir tho oxtoiiisou of tho Klnmnth
rivor irrigation projout, tho Interior
Department Wednesday ordorod the
withdrawal from uli forma of disposal
of tlS,(ilU acres of publio lands of
tho Lnkoviow, (Or.) land district;
5!B,.W0 uoroa in tho liedding, (Cnl. )
land dsit.riot, ami 101),-i-IO noroH in tho
Hiisauvillo, (Cnl. ) land district.
Tho Sonata hua alrotuly passed
bill to appropriate $15,1)00 to settle tho
balance of tho claims of tho veterans
eif tho Oregon Indian wars of IHTifi-G
and thorn is tittli- likolihood of tho
hotiso failing to concur in tho mens
uro.,, Tho last loglslntiit'0 appropri
ated Sltio.OOO for tho relief of thoao
votornnti, hot legal claims in excess
of thin amount worn filed, and it is
to moot this deficiency that tho addi
tional appropriation is naked ror.
Snow, ico and blizzards in tho
Kast, shipping ' at ' a standstill in
tho harbor of Now York, tho Dela
ware rlvor Hlled with ice. Here in
Booth1) Oregon, up among tho
mountains, we aro having aunahiny
daya, and weather ao nearly spring
like that tho budu aro swelling on the
trees and aro almost roady ' to burat
into bloom, anil that in tho middle
of Kol r uiry. Dilfornnt, Isn't It?
Japan haa a problem on hur llauila
In tho attempt to ralae the Kuaaian
voaaola Bunk in tho harbor of Port Ar
thur. It ia oatimated that it will
take a couple of million dollars to do
tho work, but oven at thia cost, if
the work mm bo successfully done, the
Jlipnncsn will have several llrst class
war vessels at about one-llfth the
coat of building and in less time than
it would lake to build one ship of the
aamo class.
The Japanese-Russian war :ms now
boon In progress for a year. Diirlnu
that time tho Muscovites havo not
won a ainglo decisive engagement.
On the other hand the Japanese
have captured a fortresa considered al
most impregnable, destroyed a power
ful Hoot and out fought their oppon
ent at every point. Tho result has
Ikioii a surprise to the rest of the
world and possibly to the Japs them
selves certainly it has been a painful
surprise to the Kusaians.
Poland is in a blaze of revolution.
For over a hundred years the liberty
loving Poles have kept allvo tho
fires of patriotism, while ground bo
niHil.li the Iron heels ofGormnny, Aus
tria and Russia. Now thoy believe
tho tlnio has come to restore the
glories of the ancient government. In
this olfort thoy will receive tho sym
pathy of the citizens of the United
States, whan thoy realize tho sub
stantial aid tho struggling colonies
received during tho revolution from
such men na Count Pulaski and Kos-
cinsco.
A pnrallol may Uo drawn between
Hie Cr.ar and Louis XVI of Kran
llie same vacillating, temporizing
policy try to pacify tho poopio, while
at tho same time holding onto tho
Hiwratlo power which brought the
king of Krnnoe mid his family to tho
block, mid deluged his country with
blood, aiioms to bo tho policy of tho
iiusainn government. Whou a poopio
are aroused, as tho linsslan people
seem to bo now, nothing shoit ef a
oomploto overturning of oxlstlug oon-
ditious or the granting of righteous
demands will satisfy them. The
Russiau aristooaoy are living over a
mine, whiuh 1b liable to explode at
any minute and annihilate them, as
the French aristocracy was annihilat
ed at the beginning of the 10th
century.
Proaidont Roosovelt Is receiving tbi
endorsement of the whole people
bis poliuy so far. Never in the fa ti
tory of rocent years bus a president
ao nearly had the full confidence
the people without regard to politicul
or other blas. The reason is Dot far
to seek. Theodore Roeaarelt ia a muu
of honor and oharaobar. Ha doss not
arrive at a conclusion open a public
questionJoutil he has studied it from
all sides, when he does make ap a
miud, he does so without regard
poraoaal or political ooneaquanoes,
but on the merits of the oasa.
weighs matters from the standpoint
of ja level-headed, honast, putrioti
American citizen, and his conclusions
aro usually logically and ethically
correct. For this reasou the ' peoph
of thia great nation honorjhini. They
kuow that tho maxim of the immor
tal Lincoln, "the greatest good for
the greatest juumbor," is one whloh
he follows and that no power on earth
can swervo him from the position be
bellevos to be right.
A umu in the northern part of tfaii
state, constructed a Hah pond awhile
ago, stockod it with trout, and has
boon feoding them foriynarkot pur
poses. He finds, however, that un
der the law he cannot selj trout
Oregon, and bis fish poud ae a com
mercial ontorprtse is oonseqnently
knocked out. This has the appear
ance of being a real hardship.' To
an ordinary obanrve.r it looks
though a man ought to have jnst us
good a right to brood fish tor markoi
as to brood poultry, so long us ho
does not interfere with any public
right. The llsh laws aro made for
tho protection of the fish in publi
streams, not to interfere with private
entorpriao. Seoma rather that, un
uor mo circumstances, una mall
ought to bo hailod as a public bono
factor. It'fl against tho law to sell
trout caught in tho wild state, and
lots of people would uover know wlm
torn (loiicahio nan t.ustos liko if tliey
couldn't buy them.
Tho editor of tho Howard (S. II.)
Spirit takes his pen in hand and tell:
of Dakotau joys in this fnshion: '
Krom out of tho haymow echoes th
homely cackles of busv "biddies1
lining thoir nests with two-cent eces.
Tho wheel tiros creak a shrill melody
on tno.irosiy irnoK, wnno tno road
sido wires, linking the farmstead to
the throbbing heart of tho groat,
busy world, keyed to Eolinn pitch,
un mo air wun rnyinm. too boil
qliet of rich old wiuo ia in the air.
It apnrklos in tho eye, and bursts
from the lips in laughter and shout
ing. Slug, if you ploase, the beauties
of tho tropica, of teeming, swarming
lire, or peronuiai rouage, nowers and
fruit: extenuate the "lukowarniness
of more temperate- climes and endure
the peuetratlng chill of lowor altl
tildes if you know no better but
gtvo mo tho cheery, rejuvenating,
glorious unicoca winter. v
K.XCU30 ua, wo've been there. Those
joys are all right to contemplate at a
distance, but wr profor an Oregon
winter no snow, grass growing on tho
range, warm, aunahiny daya and the
promise of a bountiful crop for the
coming year.
To Make an Exhibit.
Tho mooting to bo hold in Medford
on Saturday, February 18th, should
lie largely attended and tho people
should tnko hold of the project to
Dolled and prepare an exhibit of
lackson county'a resources at the
Portland fair with a will.
Hint tilts county can niako a cred
itable showing gooa without saying,
tho only tiling necessary being to col
lect the articles and soo that thoy are
properly displayed.
The good to be derived from an ox
hlbit at thia fair ia apparent to any.
oo. Thousands of lOastorn people
will viait the coast this year, to see
tho fair, many of them seeking homes
or Investment in tho west. Ity allow
ing thoao poopio our resources and
capabilities thia section will get Its
shnto of tho homo seekers. When
thoy soo what kind of fruit, vegetables,
grain and timber grows in Southern
Oregon, and gaze upon the products
of our mines, whon they lonrh the
kind of climate wo have horo anil tig
tiro on tho future greatness of South
ern Orogon they are bound to see tho
favorable opportunities the oountry
presents. Tho clasa of people who will
visit the fair is the olnss that we need
to become ncciiinlntted with our coun
try. , Those who may aotUo or Invest
horo will bo the menus of bringing
moro of tho some class.
t horoforo lot evoryone get to work
on thia exhibit proposition. Attend
the meeting and assist In tho work.
The county oourt will make a liberal
appropriation for tho purpose and
everybody oau contribute something
if It Is only enthusiasm In the cause.
For Sale.
A six rear old ralarnr..1 .T..n
bull, iuquire of
T. B. GOODPASTURE,
6-2t Medford, Oregon, j
MKSONMTY
Stockmen report the present winter
to have been a very favorable one.
in most sections very little feeding
was neceaaury, the range being pretty
good daring the whole season.
uoumy uiortt urtli will turn over
the assessment roll to Sheriff Under
this week. A rebate of 3 per cent is
allowed on taxes paid on or before
March 15th. Taxes are delinquent,
after the first Monday In April.
Captain S. Saltmarsh, one of tho
well-known pioneers of Southern Dra
gon, died at th residence of bis
daughter in Portland last weak. Capt.
Saltmarsh was at on time extensive
ly interested in th Starling mints,
bnt of lata yaars has made Bis koine
at Lebanon, Oregon.
Tha board of ooonty commissioners
has informally decided to aid in mak
ing a Jackson county exhibit at the
Lewis Clark fair, and at the March
tarm the county court will muka an
ppropriatton for that purpose. A
meeting of the citizons of the county
will be held at Medford Saturday.
February 18th, for th purpose of
making arrangements for collecting a
proper exhibit.
The complications attending the
re-orgaulzatiou of the Aahland jlrou
Works Co., have been adjusted and
last week the following board of di
rectors was elected: D. B. Provost,
M. McOrath, A. M. Whyte, A. H.
Jotioa, James McMann : officers-
president, D. B. Provost; vice-prosl-
dent, James McMann ; secretary, A.
M. Whyte; treasurer, A. U. Jones.
Last Weduosday evening at 8
o'clock, at the residouco of J. H
Hurt, on Iowa street, in Ashland, oc
curred a very protty wedding, the
contracting parties being Prof. Cylde
A. Payne, instructor of the depart
ment of natural sciences iu the Ash
land Statu Normal School, and Judith
Hurt, tho sistor of Hurt Brothers, of
this city. Kev. W. T. Van Scoy
porformed tho ceremony, which con
sisted of tho usual ritmdistio form.
including tho placing of the ring on
tlu linger of tho bride by tho groor.
City Council Proceedings.
Tho regular meeting of tho city
ouueil was held Tuesday evening.
Present Mnyoi Pickel; Councilmen
Luy, Whitehead, Kurnos, Potlongor,
Infer Absent, Scott.
Tho reports of the city recorder for
the mouths of November and Do
comber, and that of tho city treasurer
or tho year 10O-1 were accepted.
Xho recorder's 'report for January
was filed and referred to the linance
committee.
The petition and bond of llutton &
Co., for license to sell liquor iu
quantities than one gallon for the
period of one year was accepted and
license ordered to be issued.
The petition and bond of Kapnick &
Kouuedy for license to soil liquor for
six months was accepted and license
ordered issued, subject to the same
conditions as those Imposed upon
saloons in South Medford to which
license had heretofore been granted.
Tho bonds of J. E. Toft, as city re
corder, and Jhas. Strang, as city
treasurer, were approved.
The election of a chairman of the
city council was next in order and
aftor several ballots hud been takon,
H. Whitehead was elected chalr-
mnn of the board for tho ensuing
year.
An ordinance amending the rates
barged by the city for electric lights
was passed.
This ordinance makes a substantial
reduction in tho into to bo paid by
tho consumer of electricity. Tho
ate as tlxed by tho ordinance is 10
outs per kilo watt for less than UK),
(XX) watt hours; !) cents per kilo watt
for over 100,000, and 8 cents per kilo
watt for over 500,000 watt hours per
mouth.
An ordinance wns passed providing
for tho lighting of the permanent ex
hibit to bo placed upon the railroad
rounds near the Southern Pacific
lopot. Tho ordinance provides that
tho building will bo lighted and that
tho amount of olectricty used In
such lighting will be deducted from
the amount furnished the'eity by the
Condor Water Power Co.
A committee consisting of Council-
men Hater, Pottonger and Karnes
was appointed to draft and submit
rules for tho government of the coun-
11.
The mayor wns authorized to have
tho city ordinances classified, codi
fled and placed in shape so that tho
intent theroof might bo readily un
derstood.
Councilman Luy presented his res
ignation, which on motion, was laid
on the table until the next meeting of
the board.
Bills on tho several funds were sl
owed iu tho amounts as follows: Con
tingent Fund, M.80. Light and Water
nnd, J.Vh.61. Street and Koad
und, M24.81. General Fund,llW.0O.
Total, 87l.25.
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' PURELY PERSONAL
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M. S. McCown was up from Uold
Hill Tuesday.
1(. 11, Hodge was 111 Ashland this
week ou business.
C. ft. Heimrotb, of Central Point,
was in the city Saturduy.
J. C. Masterson, of (iold Hill, spent
Tuesday night in Medford.
W. C. Deneff, of Jacksonville, was
a Medford visitor Monday.
F. W. Hollis returned Monday from
a baslaaas trip to Portland.
C. L. AlUa, of th Uold Hill News,
was a Medford visitor Tutsday.
M. O. Warawr, af Sugn, th Well
know piaaa tuaer, is in town.
L 1. Caator, of Lake creek, was a
kfedfard vlaitor fw days sine.
OWf." Tooag, of Sola
Hill, was
in th ettf ou business this week.
Dr. J. O. Gobi made his regular
weakly tria to Ashland on Monday.
Walter Hoavar, of Rosoburg, Is visit
iug his parsnts in Medford this week,
Mr. aad Mrs. Chas H. Pieroe, of
Asblaad, ware Medford visitors Sun
day.
'Friday" Settlers, of Ashland, was
in tha citf Monday visiting old-time
friends.
Hon. W. C. Rale, the Grants Pass
attorney, was in Medford Monday on
busiaeas. m
' W. E. Nicholson, of Ft. Klamath,
la iu Medford upon business and visit
ing frieuds.
U. . Louusbcrry, traveling agent
for the Southern Pacific, was in Med
ford Tuesday.
J Mrs. M. M. Bowors, of Ashland,
visited frieuds in Medford and vicin
ity this week.
Mra. J. E. Sbearer came up from
Gleudalo Sunday to attend the funeral
of Miss Coopor.
Mra. J. D. Heard was up from Port-
laud ou a visit last week, returning
1-riday evening.
Hon. H. Von der Itellen came down
from Salem Saturday for a brief visit
with homo folks.
Pat Walker and Ed. Raimey, two
prominent citizens of Beagle, are ill
tho city trading.
. II. Barr left this week for
Grants Pass and his mining property
Hi the Missouri valley.
County Assessor A pplcgntc returned
-Monday from a business trip to Port
laud, Salem and Corvallis. ,
O. A. Hubbard came in from his
Butte oreok ranch Tuesday on a busi
ness trip and to get some supplies.
Mis. Wilfred Gardner, accompanied
by her son, David, of Asbestos, has
again returned to the city on business.
George W. Frey, of Lake creek,
was in Medford Monday evening, on
his way to Salem and other northern
points.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. St. John, of
Grants Pass, visited over Sunday
with Jas. Baas and family, of this
city. .
G. H. Howland, of the Arm of How
land & Cook, came up from the
"Three Piues" camp, near Merlin,
Monday.
H. L. Kelly, Jr., superintendent of
tho government ,flsh hatchery on
Rogue river, was a Medford visitor
this week.
J. H. Cochrnn, agent for the Mutual
Life Insurance Co., of New York,
made a business trip to Rosoburg
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lambert, of the
Greenback mine, near Leland, are
visiting in Medford. They expect to
locate hero.
J. W. Richardson, of Ashland, wns
among Medford friends Saturday.
He expects to leave soon for Califor
nia to reside.
Mrs. O. R. II. Everett and Mrs. E.
M. Royor loft Saturday evening for
Salem and other points in the north
end of the state.
Masters Vernon and William Vaw
tor loft Wednesday evening for Snlom
to bo with their father.Kepresentative
W. I. Vuwtor, for a fow days.
Jas. Welch, of Paisley, Oregon, who
was formerly a resident of Medford,
stoppod off lu thfc city this week,
on his way home from a trip to Port
land. Mis. W. M. Miles, of Alberta.Cana-
da, is in Medford noon a visit tn old.
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Special Sale
STIFF HATS
$I.OO Each
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Watch Our
FRANK B. HARRINGTON JR.
The Cigar Man.
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Phipps Building,
time friends. Mrs. Miles was former
ly Mrs. Minick and for several years
was a reisdeut of Medford.
Misses Alta and Minerva Ntiylor,
of San Francisco, who were horo in
attsndanco at the funeral of their
father, CJranville Naylor, returned to
the Bay city a few days h-jo.
Mr. and Mra. V. TI. Brown, of
Charles City, Iowa, are in Medford,
looking over the country with a view
to locating. They are old-time ac
quaintances of our good townsman,
E. C. Boeck.
Mr. and Airs. Jas. Kent, of Wellcu,
were in Medtord Tuesday, accompa
nied by their daughter, Aliss Lucy,
who is among the applicants for i
teacher's certificates at the examina-f
tion being held at Jacksonville this'
week.
Manager Edgar Hafer, of the Iowa
Lumber & Box Co., left Wednesday
morning for California on a busi
ness trip. While gone he will visit
San Francisco, Fretno and Los An
geles, and close up some box coil
tracts the company has there. .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hopkins, of
Portland, were in ths city Tuesday.
Mr. Hopkins is of the firm of Down
ing, Hopkins & Co., of Portland. It
is this Arm that purchased the Olwell
orchards. Mr. H. and family expect
to move to the orchards in about a
month and during the coming sum
mer he will erect a line dwelling.
Thos. Riley was in from Wellen
last weok. Mr. Riley has lifty acres
of laud planted to apple trees, which
he put out last fall. He is of the
opinion that his land will prove to
be especially well adapted to truit cul
ture as it lays in line shape for irri
gating, is undor the Fish lako ditch
and the soil is as good as any in that
locality.
(!. R. Hulls arrived iu Medford thL
week from Portland and will make
Medford his future home. He is an
expert . laundryninn and will have
charge of Mr. Elwood's laundry here
when it is ready to do business. He
has been employed in the U. S. laun
dry at Portland "for a number of years
and comes to Mr. Elwood with the
very best of recommendations.
Chiof of Police Harry Angle was in
Poitlsnd this week upon business in
connection with some land matters in
which he has been inteiested for a
HASKINS' "DRUG STORE
LEON B. HASKINS, Ph. C, Proprietor
PRESCRIPTIONS
VALENTINES!
FANCY AND COMIC
VALENTINE POSTAL CARDS
Medford,
iSED
Windows.
number of years. lie purchased
school land from the state several
years ago and has not as yet secured
his deed for the same. His business
had nothing whatever to do with tho
land invalidations which aro now
going ou before the Federal grand
jury.
K. F. i binson, superintendent of
schools for Multnomah county, was iu
Jacksuu county last week in tho in
terest of a school exhibit at the Lewis '
A Clark fair., it is the intention to '
make an exhibit of school work at
the fair which will go far to show east
ern visitors to the fair that Oregtm, ,
in educational lines, has ceasud to
be "wild and woolly.'
Hose Everett, of Montana, is here
visiting his nephew, Oeo. Nichols.
Mr. Everett was a resident of South
ern Oregou in early days and left
here in 1356, since which time he haa
not beeu in this section. The con
trast between the Rogue river valley
of the '30s and the present state of
affairs is very marked, but perhaps
the fact that he last saw his nephew
as a small boy and returns to find
him a grandfather is as much an in
dication of the flight of time as any
thing else to Mr. Everett. Mr.
Everett may possibly locate with us. -
The
Prize Voting
Now On.
Contest
The prize contest opened yesterday, ''
January 25th, and the special exhibi
tion window at Brown & Crystal's''
store, representing the prizes awarded
to be in this contest, is exciting
quite an interest, and that beautiful
U. S. silk flag is very tempting to
any school or organization, and from
the present interest already manifest
ed and the natural pride of every
society of Medford it is a lively con
test. See the large quarter page ad. on
the Sth page of The Mail for the firms
giving fho coupons and places of vot
ing. Rcord of votes will appear each
week in The Mail.
Advertised Letter List.
Following is a list or letters rematnR an
oalled for At the Medford postofflce 00 Feb
ruary 9 IIHH.
Carnes, Mrs Amey Cooeke, Mr J D 2
i-uiier. airs ueo .Monoy, Faddy
Mc.Farlow. Hnrrv Monre. Mr .1 R
Trusty, Mr J H
A ohari-o of one cent will be made upon do- -livery
of eaoh of tho above letters.
Persona railing tor any of the above lOtterf i
""111 please say " Advertised."
A. M. WOODKORD.POBtmaite- i
The Mail lor Job work.
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