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11 MEDFGRD MAIL Paollanai Kwi-T Friday Morninii. : A. 3. BUTON. Medford, Okbgok, June 30, 1905 mm was born to hustle. ' Us la ot law Uaya: but quits . plenlr 4UBSCKIPTI0N Sl.JO PER YEAR 1 Blared m the POBtoflws at Medford, Oregon aa Ssooad-daaa Mall Mattor, CLUBBING LIST. TnE Mail aud For tlandOro- gonian 2 00 The Mail aod Portland Twice-h'Woek Jou-nal 2 00 Tint Mail and San Francisco Examiner 2 35 TiieMail and Saa tTranolsco Call 2 00 Tub Mail and San Francis co Obroniole 2 25 Tub Mail and Cosmopolitan 2 00 We oan make our subsorlbers a olubbi' g rate with nearly every prominent newspaper or maga zine published in the United StateB at a price much Isbb than the two paperB would coBt if taken singly. This dooB not apply to county newHpapers. The Lebanon Criterion says that "there are at least 100 land cluima iu that Beotion which are likoly to bo .contested. A pretty shop girl in Chicago suys she refuseed 360 offers of murriago in one year, but neglects to stato what the fellow did tho othor live days. The reform moremout is gaining -strength all over the country and from 'tho evideucoB of oilloial corruption feeing dug up it would soom that it Aasti't oommenoed any too soon. The pouoo nogotiatiins are ut u .'Stuudstill, but tho Japanese aud Hus 8iuu armies iu Mauchurlu are not. They are both moving in tho same direction with the Slavs slightly in the loud. Tho Polish riots uro iucrousing in 'extent and horrors. Too pooplo uro wild with rugoHiiddo not soom to cure whether they ara killed or uot, just so they cuu finish u few soldiers beforo tho ond comes. Novor iu history bus tho spectacle -of a world power with u clour record of continuous victories after nourly a yoar of lighting. Japan has never suffered anything liko a rovorso dur ing tho entire war. After spoiiding mouths building a sorlos of introuchuionts Liniovttch huB boon partially nut-rounded by Oyama's urmy and his fortilloutions Trend orod uutouable. Onco moro tho Japanese strategy has boon too much for tho Russians. Tho land ollloe -muddle at Kosoburg still romuins as it was. Nolthor Soo rotury llitchook nor Senator Fulton will give iu. It would bo to tho in terest of the public service if Presi dent RooHovelt would got that 'big stick" and make tho boys bo good. Tho National Good Roads Conven tion ut Portluud hus conch id od its labors without any serious casualties, although trouble scorned to bo im minent at various times. The moin bors seemed moro auxious about wlio was to bo prcsldout of tho tiHtncitiUon than to attend to tho legitimate busi iiohh of tho convention. Donmnrlc bus iutimutod Unit she would bo willing to soil her posses sions in tho Wost Indies for the price ollcred by this country several years ago. Since thou, however, I ho United States has uccmnulutcd u few islands which likely keep us busy for somo tiuio in reducing them to any kind of ordor, aud wo huvou't very much wise for tho Danish Wost Indies now. An oastorn farm paper says there were about throe million pounds of butter iu cold storage iu tho United Stutos on May 1, 1901, and ou the saiuo dato this yoar tho buttcrcellars were entirely empty aud tho com mission men are doing some hustling lu their el lor Us to supply the iin medinto demands of their customers. Again does it appour that tho day of over production of butter Is far in tho distance. Two thousand births in one wook, or an average of about one ovory Uvo minutes, U tho record reported in Now York Inst wook. A world of mis ery, crime aud sulforiug follows such VWVWV Crystal THE UpToDate We Solicit and Deliver Order every morning. t & Give Us Medford, V WM. g. CHOWELL. Preild.nt First National Bank, MEDFORD, OREGON Paid Up Capital, $25,000 . Stockholders' Liability $50,000 I-AIK DEALING, SAFETY, SECURITY Will do a couaervarive banking buitlneas. leresu equally DIRECTORS: a high birth rata in a city like New York. StatUtiotf are not available for this portloular band of unfortuu ates that arrired laat week. but. judg ing from part records, it ia probable that more thau two-thirds the child rau were bora to people who are uaablo to proporlr feed aud clothe those already depeudeut ou tho in HuudrecU of the tittle strangers will wither aud dio iu the heat of the sum mer and will be hotter oft than ever here. Others will grow up in atmosphero of poverty and crime such us is uot to ho found anywhere else ou earth. Kaoo suieido uiuy bo wrong, but too umuy babies of tho uveruge Now York kind is oqually us bud. Portluud Orogouian. Now is tho time whuu our people should bo using ovory offort to collect a oredituble exhibit for tho Lowit and Clark fair, and there should be some one soouriug the country ull the time gathering flno specimens of fruits, otc. Thore also should be some doofluite placo whore exhibits could bo loft whou urought iu by par ties othor than tho regular collectors and Borne one thoro to recoivo uud take caro of them. Some complaint has boon made on this score that pooplo havo brought exhibits to the city and have boon unable to Uud any 0110 to rouoivo them. California's now marriugo law throws obstacles iu tho way of sighing swains, which, while uot insurmount able, are very incoiivoniout to over come. Uotli purtios to tho contract must appear in person before tho county clerk and must provo to tho sutisfuctiou of Unit otllciul Unit they uro ontitlod to wed. in tlio romoto aud thinly settled soctions of the slate, whoro truusportution facilities uro confined to a buckboard, or tho buck of Unit humble animal ot whom the lute Senator Nesmith so eloquent ly spoke, the journey to tho oounty sout is a tusk of considerable magni tude. Tho now marriugo law is quite embarrassing, ospocially to purtios rosidiug ut a dial unco from tho county soat, as tho man who wants to got married after May 18th, must tako his lluucoo to the court house with him iu procuring a marriugo licouso, or possibly tho clork cuu visit them, if expenses uro puid. Tho section re quiring such pioseuco, roads as fol lows: "For tho purposoof uscortaiuing all tho facts mentioned and requirod iu this section, tho clork must at the time tho I icon bo is appliod for, exam ine the parties to whom tho license is to bo issued, uudor oath, uud duco such oxamiiiutiou to writing, bo then subscribed. to Six years ago tho National Mditor ial Association passed through the valley aud was entertained by tho pooplo of Modord, given a dinner that tho members of tho party remembered even until this day there woro some in tho party last .Monday evening. At that time the editors stopped for breakfast in Ashland aud tho Med ford committee of reception met them at that place. The Ashland pooplo gave tho visitors a hourly reception, during which timo tho Medford com mittee played the role of ordinary citizens. Kvery member of this ooin- mitleo hud his pockets full of while satin badges, upon which was punted tho program to bo observed at Med ford. These budges stayed iu tho pockets of the committee until tho train pulled out of Ashland und thou they woro distributed. The commit tee diil uot wish the attention of.tho parly to be distracted from the en tertainment given thorn by tho Ash- laud people, by giving out tho badges during the stop, although such a pro cedure would have lightened their labors. This yoar the editors stopped for supper at Ashland aud woro enter tained Chore. A short atop was made at Medford. As tho party left tho train oach one was presented with a card hearing ou one side a birdsoyo view of Ashland and ou tho othor a description of tho resources of the whole valley, but so worded as to con nect them all with Ashland. Those cards woro handed out, presumably, by VWWWV VWWWV VWW A v Talent Grocers your a Trial. j& Oregon P. K. DEUEL, Vlca-Pruldent Always safe.gu ariling uur customer.' in with our own WB SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT WM S. CKOWKLI,, V K BEU!I E. V. O.VHTKV CIIAS. HTltANU, UKO. W. OON.V, ML. ALFORD, Cashier an Ashland man and bore the words, "compliments of the Ashland Tid ings," and showed a deliberate at tempt to attract the attention of the visitors from Medford and to mislead them. There are just two ways by which that messenger reached Med ford. Either he beut his way oh that train he couldn't xido otherwise, or be was sent on abeud to make tho dis tribution. The ruso didn't work to any groat extent, hut the contrast be tween how tho poople of the two towns acted on the different occasions iB obvious. Senator Mitchell's Trial. The two strongest witnesses ugainst Senator Mitchell woro Judge Tanner, his former law partner, und II, C. Robertson, his private secretary. Tho scone was impressive, bb the aged senator sat aud listened to the testi mony against him of the men he had bofriouded. Judge Tanner told of agreements made by himself with Kribs aud John A. Hen bo n to expedite timber claims through tho general land office and tho addition of the feoB received therofor to the earnings of the firm and the division of the fees at the end of each mouth, Mitchell recoiviug half. The nature of the evidence givon was the same as previously sub mitted by the prosecution, aud show ed similar transactions to those al ready tostiliod to by Judge Tanner. Tho prosecution was bosiegood with objections from the defense, but Judge Dollavou thought one olio use might bo charged to carol essnoss, but otliors Bhowed premeditation. Coun sel for tho dofonse Friday scored some important testimony in behalf of their client. Cross-examination of Albort II. Tanner, Mitchell's former partner, aud chief witness for the proBocution, showed thut Al itcholl hudjWurnod Tanner not to mix him up in any matters before tho depart ments of tbo government, and not to take monoy for sorvicos tho eonator might perform thore. Tan nor said thoro was no understanding with Kribs that tho monoy paid by him to lauuor was in return for sorvicos by M itcholl, und that tho latter had no dirout knowledge of tho sourcos of bis monthly remittances, his sharo of the earnings of the law firm being sout to the Bonator at Washington. Tan nor said not to his knowlodgo did Mitcholl ovor seo a check from Kribs to tho firm for services ren dered. Tan nor further said he knew porsonally of no further sorvicos by Mitcholl boforo tho departments in regard to tho Kribs claims than ho had performed for hundreds of othor claimants without pay. Ou Monday Harry Robertson, MitchoH's privato secretary, was put on tho stand by tho prosecution, und told fully, without reservation, of tho conversation with Mitchell at Wash ington ; of tho hitter's fear of prose cution for his work boforo tho depart ments, and of his rage whon Kohort- son expressed to his employer tho be lief that denial was useless, as several know of tint connection of tho lirm of Mitchell k Tuuuer with the work of getting tho Kribs claims expedited, j The evidence given by Robertson ' was direct and most valuable to the cause of the prosecution. j 'Keeping nothing back, but telling1 to tho best of his remembrance the plans made by Mitcholl aud Tanner to evade prosecution, und howjtheso schemes ouiuu to naught, tho former uuuHKrei.er.Hine iirm ut miunum tv i limner, aud later secretary to the senator, supported strongly with his testimony the allegations of tho in dictment. Arguments are now (Thursday) be ing made by tho attorneys and the oust) will probably not go to the jury before Friday. K Is Wonderful How Why not. buy at home and save agents protlts. The Coss Piano Houso has been established iu Medford over tlvo years. Our business has always been satisfactory, our prices reason able and tho same to all. Wo always sell to the best people. Why? Because they have good business judgment and know that it pays to buy of a dealer instead of an agent who is here today and there tomorrow. Then again we sell pianos that have a repu tation ami imy uireci ot the factory. saving the puirhaser the agent's com-1 missou. No use to jump into a hurry up deal and regret it at your leasuro. Better take a little time aud talk with business men that have their business and reputation at stake. All our piuuos and organs sold at the lowest cash prices obtainable and on easy terms to suit purchasers. COSS PIANO 1IOUSK, Stores at Medford, Ashland und Grunts Pass. Lewis and Clark Exposition. During tho 1-icnisand Clark M x posi tion tho Souther Pacitie Company will sell round trip tickets to Port land, limit thirty days, at one aud one-third faie for the round trip. Far tmrties of ton or nmrn tnivnlhiir on onn tlekm.. mm tir fnr Dm rmuwl ' trip. For organized parties of one hundred or mure, individual tickets, at one faro for round trip. istopovor of ten uays will bo uiven at Portland on all one way tickets reading through that point during the Exposition. Tickets must bo do pes ilea with Joint Agent nt Portland aud charge of tifty oints will be mado or extensiou of time. What Will The Harvest Be? Adam and Alice are doing nicely in their handsome uewdiome. Every thing is running smoothly, they seem to have no oares whatovor. The public see m s to agree with Slim aud Shortie on tbe question, is marriage a failure, at least we have sold four new ranges since and piles of gray granite ware. There seems to be a wave of prosperity floating over our bright little valley. Poople come a id look, beliove and go ou saying deep down in tholr hearts that Rogue river valloy Is the place. Tho work on the Medford & Crater Luke railroad is forging on nicely and the proapeots were never brighter. The birds are singing sweotly lato and early, the moon beams make the boys go out strolling aud they always find the girls out strolling too, so we are look ing forward to a large crop of wed dings this fall, for we can't see how a young man with a young lady hang ing on his wing walking down the rose lined streets oan keep from tell ing her that deep down in biB heart ho has a liking for them. Now, boys, tako !this advice from us. Now is the accepted time. A girl can't hard ly say no at this eeaBon of tbe year, for it iB a fatal fact that even a girl with a long head ou her will fall in 1 love with anything that wears pants at this season of tho your. Now if you wait a little later it will be an j up hill job, for if you let all theao tine I evenings pass by she' will kinder geti sour on you ana its all up. i ou boys go right into it, just shut your oyos and say your yam: "1 can't live without you, my little Sue. So promiso me quick." You got that matter settled and come in to see us and wo can fix it so you can go right to housekeeping as Boon ub the preach er gets done with you. Now some of you girls had better begin to look sweet at some one pretty soou, for when a few more suns have passed over thoir hoad you will be an old maid and then think of what a time you will have trying to rope some one in. Don't put it off. Remember that nails, lockB and hinges are in abund ance at SI i ill & Shorties'; paints aud oils, brushes, stoves aud ranges, the best, cheapest made. If your kettlo and boiler leaks Smith oan fix it in good shape and your water works if they are not giving satisfaction call on us. We have the tools, the mater ial and whon our plumber gets through its iu good shape. We have every thing carried iu a first-class hardware store. So remember us kindly and come in aud look us over. YouiB for businesa, ROBERTS & UARNETT. In Every Drpnrtmeut of Bunking the Jackson County Bank la Prpired to Serve You in a Satisfactory Maimer CAPITAL, ud SURPLUS, S75.OO0 Seventeen continuous yearsunder one management W. 1. VAWTKK, I'rcslclent H. K. ADKINS. Vlco President What We Spend Abroad. Every yeur Americuus spend abroad a coMBtimtly increasing sum of monoy, suys Honry C. Nicholas, iu Public Opinion. Uofore leaving for Europe the tourist purchases a letter of oredit cover i u the sum whioh bo expects to spand whiilo abroad. Thoso 1 ot to rs of crodit aro purchased mainly from Wall streot bankers, aud give a foundation to work upon in estimat ing tho amount of monoy annually spent abroad on vacations. Exports ou foreign exchaugo agree that for tho last live years an average of moro than 8100,000,000 a year has boon spent by American tourists abroad. Presents indications are that fully ir0,000 cabin passengers will cross the Atlantic eastward this year ami tho cost of tho vacations of these 150,000 tourists will amount to not loss than 15100,000,000, or an average of about 1000 apiece, it Jis an amount equal to tho whole assessed value of property iu Oregon. Of this amount 8;i7,500,000 repre sents passage money paid into the treason os of the various steamship line?. This figure is basued on an estimated avorage of S2n0 a round trip for each cabin passenger. Ac cording to well-informed steamship oltlciids. this estimate is. if nuvthini?. too conservative. Fully one-half of the passcngors crossing tho Atlantic iu the llrst cabin pay more than that one way, while many pay many times that amount. The avorage, However, would bo about $"250 for each cabin passenger, or a total of $:n,n(X,000 for the 150,000 passeugers who will go to Europe this yoar. According to foroiguexohango exports the average tourist spends abroad threo times the cost -of his round trip tickot across tho Atlantic This would give an average expoudituro abroad per tourist of 7f)0, which is declared to bo well within the mark. This would indicate that tho 150,000 tourists who will go to Europe this summer will spend abroad a total of $112,500,000. Add the passonger faros across the Atlantic aud you have a grand total or S1;U,000,000, repre sonti wnnt ummia K .. , . , , . 1,0118 uf UncI Sl,m 8 citl uropean vaca- izona will cost this country this yenr. LEVI STRAUSS &C0S OVERALLS -SnbscWbo (or The Mail. at LIT ' 'J I PURELY PERSONAL W. H, Morgan, of Trail, was 1 n tbe oity Saturday. Hon. H. K. Hanna was an Asbland visitor Monday. Jolm E. Ross was up from Gold Hill a few days since. Ed. Andorson was in town from Fnoenix Monday. S. E. Wright, of Ashland, was in Medford Saturday. Miss Panzie Carney is visiting Grants PasB friends. J. W. Opp was in the oity from Jacksonville Sunday. Tbos. P. Kahler was a Medford visi tor Monday, on business. C. C. Doughty, of The Mail foroe, spent Sunday in Ashland. Volney Webster left Sunday for Pen dleton, Oregon, on business. A. II. Mayer, of Elkhart, Ind., is here, looking for a location. F. L. Champlin, of Foots oroek, spent Saturday in Medford: T. J. Howell, of Ashland, made Med ford a business visit Suturday. Miss Helen Reames, of Phoeuix, was a Medford visitor Sunday. Prof. N. Jj. Narregan was in town from bis Sams Valley farm Saturday. C B. Watson, the Ashland attornoy, was in Medford on business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. U U. Porter, 'of Table Rock, wore Medford visitors Satur day. Mrs. C. F. Young, of Gold Hill, visited Medford friends Saturday and Sunday. E. C. Gaddis left Wednesday even ing for a week's visit with friends at Roseburg. Mrs. M. Elwood and daughter, Miss Elwood, made Grants Pass friends n visit last week. H. W. Jackson left Monday morn ing for Elk creek, to look after bis cinnabar mine. G. K. Van Riper, of Bonanza, Klam ath county, was iu tbe city on busi- G. U. LINDLRY, Cashier L. L. JACUUS, Asst. Cashle r ness this week. G. H. Howlaud and J. D. pook made Ashland a business visit Tues day. Mrs. E. M. Brous returned Wednes day ovening from a visit with friends iu Yreka, Calif. E. Denton and family left Friday morning for a couplo of months' stay ut Ft. Klamath. Mr, aud Mrs. U. II. Corum, of Grants Puss, are visiting Medford rela- tives and friends. Mrs. J. B. Nottron, of Eugeue, is visiting friends in Medford and vi - cinity this week. R. A. Cook, tho Democratic sacbom of tho Foots creek couutry, was in Medford Saturday. I. A. Armstrong, the priuter-farm-or, was iu the city Monday from his ranch on Roxy Ann. Elmer Hashford, of Roseburg, came up Saturday morning ou a visit to relatives and friends. Jay Bradbury, who has been iu Portland for the past several mouths, is homo on a short visit. Capt. T. F. West returned Wednes day evening from a six weeks' visit to his old homo iu Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Mire, of Chica go, were here last week, looking about with a view to locating. Mrs. Tlitta Angle, of Milwaukee, Wis., is in Medford, upon a visit to Wm. Anglo and family. J. I. Patton, of Big Butte, was in Medford hist week, upon business bo foro Commissioner Blitou. II. C. Maury aud sister, Miss Mol lie, of Central Point precinct, were Medford visitors Saturday. Thos, Hamrick, of Chico, Calif., is horc, ou a visit to his brother, J. S. Hamrick, of Central Point. J. W. Ingram, of Willow Springs precinct, the well-known mi tier, was a Medford visitor S .turday. John W. Manning, of Klamath Falls, was in the city this week, on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Jus. D. Fay. Deputy District Attornoy Reames was iu Medford Monday from Jack sonville, ou professional business. W. 11. England, of Philips, Ne braska, was in the valloy last week, looking about withja view to locating. M. Mel n tyre, of Canyonvllle, a prominent stockman of that section, spent a couple of days in Mod ford this week. Dr. and Mrs.Uibbard aud Miss Hib- bard, of Sail Francisco, were in the city, looking over the country "this week. Mr. and Mrs. Eugeue Childers left Monday for Klamath bulls, I where they will tenia in during the next few months. Dan Pearce, of Poormau's creek, who has been at Klamath Falls for the past several months, returned homo Sunday. A. D. Houston, the shoe doctor, has returned to the city minus a wife. Mrs. H. will pay relatives a ten days' visit nt Antloch. Capt Gordon Voorhies arrived iu YYYYYYY The Best Honey YOU EVER ATE, AND IT WAS MADE IN Rogue River Valley -TRY U. B. BROWN, The Groceryman, Y Medford, x ft the oity Tuesday,, to look after his interests here. He was accompanied by Capt. lirowu. John liobl and John Matuoy, of Ap plegate, were among those who were doiug business with our merchants Saturday. Mrs. G. W. Isaacs," of Seattle, Washington, is in the oity, upon a visit to her husband 'b mother and other relatives. Mesdumes H. It. Sayles and Ward Sutton, of Ashland, returned home Monday morning, after a visit 'of sev eral days with Mrs. Geo. F. King. Mr. aud Mrs. Ray Boussum have moved to the city from Table Kock, aud the first of next week they will leave for Eureka, Calif., where they expect to reside. Mrs. J. W. Bass loft Tuesday morn ing for Oakland aud other Douglas county points, where she will visit with relatives aud friends. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Clements aud daughter. Miss Alice, of Racine, Wis., are here, looking over the coun try with a view to locating. W. T. Houston, a well-known, rustl ing farmer and sorghum grower, of tho Trail creek section, paid us a very pleasant call Saturday. Grandpa and Grandma Norton, of North C street, accompanied their sou, Frank, to his home at Prospect for a couple of months' social visit. Clarence Hafer, who has been in Josephine county, looking after the interests of the Iowa Lumber & Box Co., returned home Saturday morn ing. Mrs. E. R. Reames, of Klamath Falls, is visiting relatives aud friends here, ou her return from attendance on the grand lodge O. E. S. at Port laud. J. 11. Cochran and W. L. Hatha way, who have been traveling through Eastern Oregon and Nevada, writing life insurance, returned to Medford 1 this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Hafer, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and their daughter. Miss Maud, arrived in Medford Sun day, on a visit of several months du ration. Mrs. J. Wetzel is iu tho city, upon a visit to hor parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. A, Lyons. Hor husband is at this timo constructing stool bridges on : the Santiam river. ' Mrs. J, E. Cowgill (neo Sallioj 1 Maury) and her son, John Maury, ar rived from San Ardo, Calif., Tuesday evening and will spend the summer visiting at home. John W. George, who has beeu in San Francisco for tho past sevoral months, is iu Medford on a visit to his sister, Miss Carrie George, and will probably locate here. Mrs. H. A. Trott, of Tacoma, Wash., is visiting hor sister, Mrs. R. A. Lares, of this city. James Boyd, father of both ladies, came in from his home in Bly, Klamath county, this week, to visit with them. John T. Teller, a farmer of Wat kins, Minnesota, who has grown tired of fighting cold and snow every win ter, was in this city tho first of the week and will likely become a per manent resident of Southern Oregon. W. G. Emrick, of Table Rock, Ne braska, was in the city this week upon a visit to his brother-in-law. Draymau H. G. Shearer. He left Thursday morning for Portland, ac companied by Mr. Shearer. They will visit tho fair and will also go to Gold Ueach and visit relatives. MV. and Mrs. Warner, of Oakdale, Nob., who have been visiting thoir cousin, E. N. Warner, and family. HASKINS "DRUG STORE . LEON B. HASKINS, Ph. G., Proprietor PRESCRIPTIONS Just Received. The Latest in Fancy Box Stationery, socts. This is the time of year to uso International Stock and Poultry Food 25c. to $1.00 per package. Medford, a IT AT- ft ft i ft Oregon ft ft started on thoir return home by way of tho Lewis and Clark fair this week. Mr. aud Mrs. TIiob. Warner, of the same place, arrvied Wednesday ou a short visit to the Warner family. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Enyart aud their grand daughter, Miss Hazel En yart, returned Sunday morning from their sevoral mouths stay at their old home in Indiana. They are all delighted to again be in the land of Bunshine and mild temperature. Mr. Enyart says the winters are too severe to be endured, much loss enjoyed, by a person who has once lived ou the Pacific coast. Jos. Sliuger, who has been a mem ber of the band of the 14th infantry, U, S. A., for the past three years, has beeu honorably discharged and returned home last week. The legi meut was in tho Philippines when his time expired and returned home by way of Japan. Joe says he has had enough of army life and is now con tent to remain at home. F. M. Manning, of Leeds, was in the city Saturday, upon business. He tells that there's something doing up Rogue river way. Says the Condor Water & Power Company is figuring on putting iu a power house at the upper end of the Kahler place, two miles below the bridge. A ditch is being taken out above the bridge aud the water will be carried over a bluff 400 feet high. Misses Gladys, Wray aud Ethel Curry left for Portland last week, to visit their father, J. W. Curry, and to see the fair. Mr. Curry is still in the employ of the census department of the government and is right now gathering mauufaoturiug statistics. His territory is Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and he is superintendent of tho work of some eighteen or twen ty government employes who are working under his directions upou this same work. Dr. G. H. Carter, formerly of Phoenix, aud for the past three years a resident of Santa Barbara, Calif., returned to tho valley last Week and will remain here. Mr. Carter is a dentist aud expects to practice his profession iu this city provided ho is able to secure office rooms, a task which he has as yet been unable to accomplish. Lator: Dr. Carter has secured otlice rooms over Vau Dyke's store. Rev. F. W. Carstens returned last week from his visit to Goldendale, Washington. He was accompanied home by Miss Uvah llause, who will visit acquaintances hero for several wooks. During Mr. Carsten's absence he took part iu tho commencement exercises of the school at Goldeudalc, of which he was formerly principal. At Portland he preached at tho Cen tral Baptistchurch and also delivered his lecture, "lioyoudthe Alps Lies Italy yM iu the same church. Miss Laura Moore and Miss Lulu McMillan, of Maiiftuni, Oklahoma, ar rived in Medford last week and will visit for a few weeks with thoir old time friends, Merchants. P. Roberts aud H. C. Garnott, and thoir fam ilies. Thtfse ladies are both teachers of high standing in Oklahoma and Miss Moore has been county sup erintendent of schools for a number of years in the county in which she lived. They will visit the fair at Port land and may bo induced to return to Medford and m ake this their future home. They are very much pleased with our couunty,' and. should they decido to locate here it is not im probable that many of their Okla homa acquaintances may be induced , to come here also. 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