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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1905)
4 I Correspondents 'i Jacksonville News. w. t Olsmtcd wub In tuwu Mon- luy, R O. MsWIlllanis, of Aaliluiiil, was Ju town this week, A. 0. Howlaud spout several days in Jacksonville recently. J. W. McCnuii lnis rotiirued from )lie Hindu Ledge (topper mine, Phillip Klippol is rcpjrtod quito ill at the homo of Henry liuuton i!ant. ' Leavenworth has gone to Pqrtluud on a short liusinoBs trip. W. S. Law and wife, of Salem, are I oro visituig Ur, T. T. Shaw anil fam ily. Mrs. P. R. Bowcraox and children aro visiting friends and relatives in C route Yuan, K. K. Kubli, wife mid two children, arrived from Portland, on a visit to friends and relatives. Mih. J. H. Roblnott and Mr. Frank Brown, ofSalom, aro hero, the guests of Mr. and Mis. Uobt. Daw. J. li. Duggaii, who has Ijocii In thin section looking after Ilia mines, loft for Han Francisco a few days ago. Frauk Johnson, of New Amsterdam, 11. 0., arrived Tnsdeday on a visit to Ids cousin, Mrs. T. J. Williamson, The following now suit lias been filed in circuit court: J. V. Klnwognn vs. William Cams; suit to recover money. Tho Grants Pass Dramatic club played to u good -sized house Tuesday night. Everyone speaks in praise of the play, entitled. 'Jerry, the Tramp. M Rev. Fathor O'CarroIl, of Rose burg, was in Jacksonville Thursday In tho intoroHt of a now hospital to bo built ut Rusoburg, called the Providence Hospital. Flotehor Linn and wifo, of Port land, who have been on an extended visit to Now York and Chicago, spent day in Jacksonville last week. They wore accompanied as far as Eugene by Miss Coriuue Linn. C. C. Reek ma n, wife oud daughter, who have boon in tho eastern states bmico October last, returned , homo Saturday. Their stay was prolonged by tho illness and death of Mr. Reek man's brothor, in Now York state. Tflre. Ada Condlt, whoso husband died a few,weeks ago in Jacksonville, and whoBe remains wore taken to Clatsop for burial, returned lust week, to get her household goods, preparatory to moving to Portland, where she will hereafter reside. The fifteenth wedding anniversary of Judge G. W. Dunn and wife was celebrated Saturday afternoon, Feb-1 ruary 18th, Jat the home of the judge's mother, in Ashland. This being the crystal wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Dunn received a number 6f beautiful pieces of cut glass, besideB the hearty con gratulations of friends and relatives. Died Fobruary 15, 1005, Mrs. Eliza beth Rasyo ; aged 77 years. ' Mrs. Rnqyo was buried In the family bury lug ground at Missouri Flat, Friday, tho 17th. She was a pioneer of Ore gon and had many friends who regret to hear of her death. She leaves a eon, Chna. Bnsyo, of this city. Quito a lively interest was taku in tho mooting held at tho town hull last Friday night. Tho following named people wero nominated for tho respoo tivo.ottlocs, election to bo held March 7th; Oouucilmou J. S. Orth, Eniil Rritl, T. J. wmiiamson, Theo. Cain ! oron, C. R. Rriggs; recorder, II. G. Dox; marshal, Mike Ridley; inde pendent candidates for marshal John llulfor and T. Cooper; streot commis sioner, llonry Wendt. How's This. Wo ofliir Otio Htuulri'il DulltirH Kownril for Any HHi' of Ciiturrli tlint ciimioi bu cured by Hnll'ttCniurrh Cur'-, F. J. CHUNKY ft CO., Toledo. 0. Wo, t It o unite rtKUfd, hiivo known V. J. Chuncy for Hit Inst I ft ytnr, and boltevo him Iwrtoolly honorable lu allbUBlnisstraiiint'tluiu imd financially l u u curry out nny uoUg tloim uiRdo by bin urm. WaLDINH, KlWNAN & MaHVIW, Wholesnlt! DrugRlste, Tuk'Uo, 0. Hull's Catnrrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon tho blmnl nud teucou Burlicvn of tlie ttjMem. Ti-stimonials aunt Irvts Trlco 75 ctuta vr bottle. Sold by nil driiKRlRt. - ' - Tnkti UftU'i Family I'llli for aonatlpntlon. Antral Point Items, Miss Bessie Lee made frlondw at Wed ford a visit last week. Elder T. M. Jones made Ashland a Imstnest trip on Tuesday. Mrs, Ceo. Ross made Medford a bustnesa trip on Tuesday. Miss Minnie Paukey Is making friends at I lorn brook a visit. Hon. J. V. Merritt is at Gold Hill, looking after business Interests. Mrs. VYm. Holmes made Medford friends a visit the 11 rat of the week. Hev. Goo. Unrbank and wlfo mado Ashland a visit tho first of tho week. Miss Surah Pnnkoy, of Tolo, was popping with our in ere hunts ou Tues day. l)r. lliukle has just received a large OUR COUNTY consigumeiit of flower and garden need. W. W. Islington and family, of SaniB Valloy, spent Hundny. with rcla fivoK of tliis city. Minn UoBO JleCiirvol, of Woorlvillu, is uoendhiK tlio wook witli lior siBtur, Mm. (Jouryo Horn. Mlsssos I'ViuicIb Aikon uiid Ada Uitaworth left for 1'ronpoct laBt wcok to pay liomu folk a visit. J Mrs. J. U. Coiiloy, of Sains Valloy, spent last wook witli nor pureius, lur and Mi's. Obediah l'aukey. MIssLillie Jell'ors, wlio lias boa very ill for the past mouth, is coneiil orablo bettor at this writ Inn. . W. C. Loover, who Iiub boon havlu. an attack of boi-o throat for Hovoral dayB, 1b able to bo In the store again John K. Cook, of Eiiglo Point, who Iiiih boon at Salem during the lcgisla tivo session, returned homo Sunday. , Mrs. Nnupy P. Thompson is having a noat cottage built on Laurel street. Wilson & Chapman are the coutrac tors. Miss Klinboth Gibson, who huh been attending the teachers' oxainina Hon at ISnleiii, . returned homo last weok. K. A. Kordilias about completed line residence on Mniizauita streot, which will bo a credit to the city when finished. Jacobs and Koogau havo their build ing roaly for occuimncy and are now soliciting orders for monuments and tombstones. J. W. Murphy ris quito ill at the family hoinu on the Sear's fnrm. His son, William, who has been ut Port land the past year, came homo tills wook to care for him. Table Eock itenia. BY J. c. p. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Porter trading in Medford Monday. wert Prof Narregan spent Saturday and Suuda y on his SamB Valley (arm. Mrs. W. R. Byrum and MrB. Richard Jennings made a trip to Eagle Point Saturday. Fanners have been busy seeding the Uhl week, and Bcveral have finished for the season Your correspondent and wife spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. K C. Gunn and family. Mr. Cully Bailey, from Phoenix, wat over and spent a week helping one of our farmerB with his spring crops. T. B. GoodpaBture.of Medford, spent Saturday in Table Rock looking over bo mo real estate wnn toe view oi purchasing. A letter from Mrs. Reed, oee Mist- Margaret Porter, of Burns, Oregon, reports that the thermometer register ed 19 degrees below zero on the night of February 11th. Mr. Myers of Central Point, aocom- paoled by Mr. Williamson, of Jackson ville, spent Saturday at Table Rock looking over the orchards and the country generally. As Saturday was just a year from the time that S. K. Adams and family moved into the neighborhood, several families gave them a surprise party in the evening. For a time recitation? and songs were the order of entertain ment, then there was a regular, old fashioned candy pulling, which was domnthing now to some of the little folks. Altogether It was one of the most enjoyable affairs of the winter und it was a lato hour when wo de parted with wishes that thcBe good peo ple might bo spared to spend many more .yearn with us. Died Near home. COTTAGE GROVK, Or., Feb. 20. When two miles from homo and wife, a'ter a long journey to North Carolina, John White, an old resident of the county, living near Lornne, placed his hat and coat on a bridge, went down lo the stream to get a drink, and on com ing back for hi coat fell dead, lie lay twonly-rour hours before found. His funeral took place at Lorane, which 1b twelve miles west of here, yesterday. Mr. White, on his return from the North Carolina visit, registered at the Graham Hotel, Cottage Grove, and started home in the morning. Friends here say he had been sick with grip ever slnco he had been East, and It 1b thought his death was due to total exhaustion and collapse. He was slxtyono years of age, and was recent ly married to a sister of James Osborn, of Cottage Grove, the widow survivet him. ; Homicide In Oregon. During the year 1904 and the month of January, 1900, there were thirty flve homicides In tho state of Oregon, lu fourteen of these cases there were no arrests made In connection with tho orirue. In seven of the cases ar rests were mado and the suspect either exonerated by a coroner's jury or acquitted by a court Seven of the cane 8 aro still hanging lire, some of them having awaited settlement for mouths, lu but two of the cases were sentences of life imprisonment imposed, and there was not oue case of capital punishment. Southern Oregon Mines. Placer miners huvo not had u favor able season, so far. Many claims in "dry gulches" which are. dependent upon tho rainfall for a water supply, havo not been worked this sohijou at all. Only those mines which control largo water supplies havo been able to do much if any work. It is reported that a rich strike has been made .In the Homestake mine, near Woodville. Ore running as high as 3110 to the ton has been found aud the ledge is said to be four feet in width. The mine Is being equipped hi first-class shape through out. Plans and specifications are being drawn for a new quartz mill to be erected on the Oregon Belle mi.ie, in Forest creek district, by P. 13. Willitta, who planued the mills at the Opp and Granite hill mines. It is expected that the machinery will be operated from the Ray dam, as it will require only a short extension from tho Oop mine to reach the Ore gon Hell. Tho stock of the Oregon Bell mine on Forest creek has been withdrawn from tho' market, Tho stock of. the miuo was selling at its par value and the stockholders are so well satisfied witli the output and development of the property that they have no thing to sell. Jones Creek Hatchery. A million and a half salmon egg? have been collected by the hatchery of Jones creek, near Grants Pass, in the past teudays. This hatchery is a new institution, and was completed and put in commission but a few weeks ago. The phenomenal success t has made from the begiuningjamply demonstrates its future worth as an aid to the propagation of aMmou on ogue river. There is but oiie other hatchery on the river, located on Elk creek, forty miles above the one on Jones creek. The fish from which the eggs are a ken are captured mainly by net in the drifts and eddies below the20-foot dam of thelGoldeu Drift Mining Com pany. Grants Pass Observer. - Mail Sack Found. After remainiug in the mud and water at the bottom of WillianiB creek for almost a year, a mail pouch that was swept from the Grants Williams valley stage during Phbs-1 trip 1 of the freshet of eleven months ago has been recovered. The pouch contained letters and parcels of the first class, and has been forwarded by PoBtmaster Harmeon, of GrantB Paee, to the superintendent of the Pacific coast mail service at San Francisco. The pouch was. still in good condition when uncovered from its deep bed of mud and water, and no doubt most of the letters will be readable. The pouch was lost on a trip during very high water, when fording Will iame creek was necessary. The swift current carried the swimming team too far down stream, and the driver as obliged to cut the horses loose from the stage. During the mixup the mail wnB swept out of the hack aud sank to the bottom of the creek. Search was later made for It, but the pouch was never found and waB dis covered by accident by a farmer of the district. Pioneer Woman Dead. Tho many friends of Mrs. Mary W. Stevenson, wifo of the latti B. P. Stevenson, of Sams Valley, Oregon, ill bo pained and surprised to hear of lior death, which occurred at tho iome of Jher daughter. Mrs. Walter M. Scott, iu Sams Valley, on Satur- ay, February 18, 1905, after a short Uuess of la grippe; aged 88 yonrs, x months and twenty-five days. Af ter a sweet, pure life; she has entered into rest. "Blessed are they who die n tho Lord,' Posted as Missing. rom the Portland Tolegram. Fix Major Harry L. Rees, formerly a paymaster in the United State army, ho was recently indicted by the Federal grand jury along with several others for complicity in the conspira cy to defame the character of District Attorney Francis J. Honey, has been posted as missing," according to the parlance of the sea, and efforts to lo cate him are now being made by a oro or more of Uuited States deputy marshals and (others interested iu securing ball for hlB personal appear auce upon the day Bet for trial. It is claimed that Reea has gone into hiding because of hie inability to furnish the $1000 bond necessary to insure his liberty, and that it will be an extremely difficult matter for him to give Jthis security. He has not recently been eeeu around any of his accustomed haunts and if he is found he will be required to provide the bond or will be held tn custody. Blue prints of townehlp maps, showing all vacant land, fifty cents each. For reliable information con cerning government land write to rrana r.. Aiiey, AOiracior, uou'Durg.j has heretofore been conducted as a r0n' JbGP ra'h principally, but the owner IMPURELY PERSONALjj Art Etirlmrt was down from Ashland Wednesday. Prank Loder was up from the Hay dam Tuesday. Kx-Couuty Commissioner Uiloy was in Medford Saturday. Harry Carlton was iu Medford from Eagle Point Saturday. Al. Ei sen hart was at Gold Hill Tuesday, upon business. D. 11. Uarrlell, of Watklns, was Medford visitor Monday. R. G. Brown, of Eagle Point, was Medford visitor Thursday. H, D. Kubh, of Applegate, was a Medford visitor Wednesday. P. W. Sifers, of Tolo, was lu tho city Saturday, upon business. J. D. Anderson, of Climax, was in Medford this week, upon business. Wm. iMessuI, of Lako creek, wat' in the city Tuesday upon business. Hon, V. M. Colvig of Jacksonville, spent Wednesday night In Medford Representatives Vawtor and Von dor Hellon returned Saturday from Salem, A, W. Shearer, of Steamboat, the well-known miner, was in town Mou day. H. G. Kestersou, of 'Grants Pass, was in Medford on business Wedues day. Mrs. P. M. Jordan visited her fath er, D. P. Brittain, at Talent, this week. ,T. J. Kenney and G. E. Neuber, of Jacksonville, were Medford visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pendleton, of Table Rock, were Medford visitors Monday. Hon. D. 11. Jackson, of Ashland, was a Medford visitor ou Thursday of this week, J. It. Hammersly and wife and Miss Carter, of Gold Hill, were in MeJford one day this week. JMrs. W. A. Hutton returned Thurs day evening from a 'visit with friends at Eugene and Portland, A. W. Sturgis returned a few days since from a trip to his old stamping grounds on Forest creek, County Commissioner George Brown was in Medford Saturday, to 'attend the county exhibit meeting. J. D. Olweil, of the Rogue River -Lind Co., made a business trip to Pjriland this week, returning Wednes day, K. K. Kubli, of Portand, was in Medford Wednesday. He is traveling for the Kilham Stationery Co., of that city. Manager Edgar Hafer, of the Iowa L imber & Box Co., returned Monday evening from a buBinees trip through California. Mr. and MrB. A. Miller, of Milton, Oregon, were, in SouthernOregon this week, upon a visit to N. S. Bennett and family. Manager Edgar Hafer, of the Iowa Lumber & Box Co., left Thursday ovemng for Portland, on a short business trip. F. V. Medynski returned Monday from his Butte creek ranch, where he has been preparing the ground for a crop this season. Mrs. Frank Davis was at Grants Pass Tuesday, and upon, her return Wednesday she was accompanied by her little grandson. E.C. Pomeroy, of Rogue river, mode us a pleasant call Monday. He think the free bridge across the river at tht 0 J G. A. Jackson place, will be built Ira Anderson, of Berkeley, Calif., has been visiting relatives aud friends in Medford. He is following the trade of cabinet maker In Berkeley aud is doing well. Mrs. J. E. Bodge camo down from Ashland Friday evening, to attend to sorao business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Bodge expect to take up their resi deuce iu Klamath Falls, Hiram Doubleday was in Medford Tuesday from Big Butte, making a final commutation proof on his home stead. His witnesses were Joseph T. Currie and William Wanton Parker. The proof was made before Commis sioner Bliton. O. D. Henderson, R. M. Hicks and W. H. Goulet, of Woodburn, who were in Southern Oregon looking over the country, were in Medford Sunday, vUitlug with George Coffenbury and A. .E. Whitman v Rev, L, P. DesmaraiB, formerly pastor of the Catholic churches in Jacksonville and Medford, bat now stationed at The Dalles, passed through on Wednesday mornings train, en route to S111 FraQoisco 0n tt Tisit George Lynch, of Trail, greeted his numerous frienda in Medford this week. He has his uew dwelling on his farm about completed, and will soon havo one of the most comfort able and convenient homes in that section, C. O. Ramesy is visiting old friends and acquaintances in Medrord. Mr. j institution where discipline is of Ramsey is now in charge of a large greatest importance, is under the con farm, near Grants Pass The farm intends setting out a considerable orchard, under Mr. Ramsey's direc- tion. F. B. Harrington, tho cigar man, loft Wednesday morning for Portland on a business trip, aud to congratu late Mrs. li. upon her election as a delegate to the grand lodge of Women of Woodcraft. Wilson Bowman was down from Big Butte Tuesday. The gentleman, we are sorry to learn, has been quite ill with pneumonia, lie has oeen stop ping with W. W. Parker and during bis illness was attended by Dr. Park er. Mrs. L. E. ; Hoover left this week for St, Louis, whither she goes for surgical treatment. She has been troubled for several months past with a throat affliction sho boing unable to swallow any nourishment save liquids. Hon. W. J. Morrow, of Ifeppner, formerly stato senator from Morrow county, now state land agent for tho S. P. k O. R.N . Co.'s, was in -Med ford Thursday, accojipaiiied by A. J. Leland, traveling lepresoutative of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Eskridgo, of Seattle, Wash., arrived Thursday morning on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Allen, of Medford. Mrs. Eskiid.;o is u sister of Mrs. Allen, W. T. Grieve and George Daniel, of Prospect, wero Medford visitors Thursday. Merchant O. D. Owen returned Monday morning from his six weeks1 trip in the East. He visited Kansas City and St. Joe, Missouri, and while in one of these cities ho had his eyes treated by a spoicallst. The treat ment given his eyes was very beneficial and he reports that now his eyesight is practically as good as it ever waB and his many Medford friends are rejoicing with him because of hia good fortune. B. P. C. Edmuudson, of Derby, was in the city Tuesday. He has been having pretty hard luck with his cattle this winter. Out of a herd of fifty he has lost seven head. Scarcity ot food was.tho cause. Heretofore he has wintered his stock at Ft. Klam ath, but last fall he decided to bring them to his home place, and a few weeks since he found he did not have nearly enough food to carry them through. As the grain crops now growing are looking fine he hopes to hare ample feed another winter. Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Crystal left Sun- day for Sebaetapool, Calif., where Mr. has invested in a fruit farm. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Cry stal regret to learn of their departure from Medford. Mr, Crystal has been raised in this city and by careful at tention to business and strict integri ty has beoome one of the most re ported citizens and business men of the place. Mrs. Crystal during her residence here of three years or more has made a host of warm personal friends. While regretting their de parture their friends wish them every happiness and success in their new home. They were accompanied by Mrs. Crystal, mother of Carl, and by Mr. King, father of the Mrs Crystal first mentioned. The two persons laBt named will remain only for a visit at Sebastapool. Resolutions of Respect. The r following resolutions were adopted by Reamcs Chapter, O. E. S., at a meeting held Wednesday, Feb- uary 22d : Whereas, It has pleased Almighty od to take from our midst our well- beloved sister, Sarah Jane True, and it is meet and proper that we nav love's tribute to her memory, and v nereas. Throughout our pilgrim- icevof life weSover found our sister faithful to her convictions of right; that she lived in "the spirit of charity aud the love of truth and that in a miction she evinced a trustful faith ; and Whereas. Our lodge has lost of oue of its most beloved members and her husband and children a devoted wife and a loving mother; thorefore be it J!juijVrjiJ: That we do hereby ex tend unto the family of our sister our teudorest sympathy in this their hour of sadness aud give them Jthis assur ance that while her earthly sojourn is closed, her many virtues will ever be cherished by the members of this or der. NELL EI McGOWAN, BELLE E. WARNER, W. 1. VAWTER, j Committee, j Eight Bills Vetoed. The governor Tuesday night vetoed eight bills passed by the late legisla ture. The most important of these Kuykendall'B bill creating a Board of Control effective after Janu ary, 1WJ7, giving the board jurisdic tion over all the state institutions at Salem. The provisions were that such In stitutions should be under control of the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. The reasons for the veto were that the measure under takes to pass an act taking effect two years hence, when a new legislature will be in session, aud that the con trol of the penitentiary, which is an t,f a board. Also that the mute and bliud school is an educational institu- :A tion and that tho superintendent of public instruction should have somo control. Carter's bill authorizing one Nor-. mal school to grunt diplomas to stu dents who havo p'irsued nearly tho whole course at another school was vetoed on a technicality in the en rollment. m The bill cutting off 40,000 acres of Marlon county and giving it to Linn was vetoed on ground that the people had not bcon advised as to the pro posed change prior to introduction. Five other minor bills came uudei the governor's displeasure. Slaughter In Poland. BERLIN, Fob, 20, A manufactured in of rtttiit'ii.ifl frntn Wui'Kiiw fin via rnti- ! ditions in that city are worse than'. reported. The last Sunday in Janu ary, he says, the Russian soldiers acted liko wild beasts against the pop ulation. Persons who appeared on tho streets were shot down. Not 300 or 400, but 2,000 dead covered the battlefield in the center of tho oity. One-third of the victims were women and children. For days the dead were left ou the streets. Tho slaught- or continues daily. Peaceful citi'.eus f aro slain when the Cossacks meet them. A darigcrous feature of the situation is the fanatical national spirit which are attacked, and the windows of houses that do not contain crucifixes are broken. German workmen aro dismissed unless they fraternize with v Poles and promiseto have their child ren educated in the Polish language. The flame of revolt is spreading ijiu uugu uu ciuutses tul lue pjpuiHiiuii According to the newspaper Czas published in Warsaw, numerous exe cutions have recently taken place iu 4 Warsaw. The Czas says that ten wagons removed the bodies of those executed. Z Spiritualistic Meetings: Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Spiagne, of Jamestown. New York, missionaries for the National Spiritualists Associa tion, of the UnitedStates and Canada, will hold meetings at the Angle opera house, in Medford, on Sunday, Feb ruary 20th, at 2 o'clock, iu the after- noon and at :.iu 111 the evening. 1 The phenomena, philosophy and. . science of modern spiritualism will boO discussed aud explaiued by these able exponents of this new dispensation. Mr. and Mrs. Sprague are medium, and will follow some of their lectures , with clairvoyant descriptions, spirit messages aud tests Materialist, infi del, agnostic and christiau alike will be interested, and will find but little to criticise Come and hear the truth A liberal collection to aid the mis sionary work will be asked. Smith Family Leads. British census reports of family names give in England and Wales 253, 606 Smiths, 242 100 Joneses, with Williams, Taylor, Davis and Brown following in order. For Scotland, Smith leads, followed by McDonald., Brown, Thompson, Robertson, Stew art and Campbell. Murphyis ahead, in Ireland, there being 02, GOO of them; then come Kelly, 59,900; Sulli van, 43,000; Walsh.41,700; Smith, 37, 600; O'Brien, 33,400; Byrne, 33,000; Ryan, 32,000; Connor,31,200 ; O'Neill, 29,100 and Reilly, 29,000. The Smith family is in the lead in two divisions of Great Britain and fourteen of the third. Great Is the name of Smith. For Sale Gasoline Engine. I have for sale a good, tbree-horae power, Fairbanks gasoline engine. Aa good as new. Inquire at Mail office. J. W. Hamaker and R. S. Moore,, of Klamath Falls, appeared before the clerk of the Federal court at Portland Tuesday, and filed bonds for their appeal auce before the cojvt. Hama ker and Moore were indicted in con nection with the alleged fraudulent surveys of ex-Surveyor Meldrum. G. C. Brownell on the same day fur nished bonds under indictment found in the same caseB. To Whom it may Concern. We have just received a car of the famous Georges creek Cumberland coal, and will sell it at reasonable prices. This coal Is guaranteed to be the very best Give It a trial and you won't use any other. Kespectrully, , 52-tf. MITCHELL & BOECK. 1 Dissolution Notice Notice Is ' hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing be tween the undersigned, under the firm name of Brown & Crysta, has been dlssoled by mutual assent. All accounts are due to and bills will be paid by L. B. Brown. Dated at Medford, Oregon, Febru ary 17, 1905, Jj. S3 J3IU w n , CARL J. CRYSTAL. Settle Up -Notice. Having disposed of my hardware business and desiring to cloee up my book?, all tersons indebted to ma will please come forward and settle their accounts. D. H. MILLER, Medford, Oregon, January 27, 1905.