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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1905)
Tui OUR COUNTY Correspondents t Table Buck uenid' BV J. 0. ,P Born July 30, 1905, to Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Jennings, a daughter. Mrs. Wm. Clark and family from Medford Buent a day at the Davis place daring tbe week. The BbieldB header orew began out tino on the Dr. Hav ilaoe Saturday afternoon, This maoe bus the best orop on it for years, Ralnb Wells, reoently from Uoiso City, Idaho, was bere tbe first of the week, looking over the country witb view to finding a locution. W. R. Byruni has latey purchased a V. 6. separator and will try to in crease his herd of cows to the capac ity of the machine. Mrs. Horace Pelton, accommpanied by Mrs. Fannie Wilson, of Jackson ville, made a short cull at "Tbe Oaks" on tbeir way to Medford the Urst of tbe week. The oounty road roller has finished the work on the Agato-Centrul Point road and is now on the big sticky Eagle Point road, wbicb is being graded. T. H. Pendleton is visiting his lirothor and family hero, after an ab sence of llv years, mostly spent in California, in traveling around he Mes many improvements and some of this country looks strange. On Sunday Miss KstellaUrishnm in vited a few friends to help celebrate her birthday. Thore was a merry time witb cake and ice cream to help pass the time away. Mrs. K. O. Washburn has boon spending a week at their Table liook orchard, assisting Mr. W. iu tbe se lection of a building site ami the plans for their new house. She re turned to Portland Tuesday. E. B. Wolfer has tiikon up bis resi dence on the Wolfer-Morrisou tract and MrB. Morrison wns out. from Mod ford last week to look over the place. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison and family will not move out till later. On bis return from Jacksonville last week Dennis Duul'iiu ronorted haviue seen some grain stuoks burning uud thought thov wore on the Gus New bury plaoo. Ho did not hour' how the tire started. W. II. Meeker, of Medford, accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Mclutire and their son-iu-iaw. Air. wvckou. or Colorado, wore looking over this soo- tion of tbe valley Monday, Mrs. Mo Intire is a sister of Mrs. Meeker and they aie enjoying their viBit. T.ll l.71..,nr..l 4.lr.l spent several days last week, tbe guest of verne renuioiou anu uau groat run helping with hay hauling and stack ing. On Sunday Master Homer El wood and Fred Purdln drove out and Lloyd nooouipanlcd them homo that evening. $ioo Reward, $ioo Tbe roailorti of IhlH pnpor will bo plcnnod to le.ru tbut tlmro tn at k'RHl otai di-ouried dlN oknu thai hoIudoo ban boon ublo to onro la all its 8IHK0K, Bml that Ih Catarrh. Hall'H Calarrb Cure in tho only pontitvn uurp now knowo to Ibu modlcal fraternity. Catarrh being a oon atltutional iII.uhhu rcqulruH a uoiiHtltutlonal Ircatmunl. llall'H (Jittanh Cure Ih taken In tertinllv. aollnu illruutlv uiioii tho blood uud mucous HurfacuH of tlin HyHlum, thereby iIuh- tniyint; tuu loiiiiiuiuini 01 loo iiihuhhu ivnu giving tho patient HtreiiKth by bulldtuu up the conHlltutlon and UHHhtlnK naturo In ilotnu tin work. Tho proprietor! bavo ho inurh itulli In itH uratlve powurH that they orrer One liun drod DollarH Tor any oaHO that 11 falln lu eurc. Bend fur Hat of tt'glltnonlalH. Address: P. J. CHKNUV, &CO .Toledo Sold bvall drUKKlHU.7r0 Take llnll'a Kauitly IMllHforconHtlpalloa. Central Point Items. J. M, Uibson has gono to Oolestln springs to roouHrnte. Mr. Bender, who has boon very ill, is some better at tills writing. Miss Ella Wilkinson, of Illinois, is tne guest or nor sister, Airs. L)r. Pleasants. James iiingor, of Eaglo Point, is painting and parpeing (i, 11. Hot)' lino, now residenoe. J3. Ploasauts is buibliug Hun hotol . on Pine street, whiob will bo ooru pleted in u few days. Miss Stella Pleasants, who has boou Hpeuding eevoral weeks at Portlaud, oamc homo last woek. Mrs. Alice Bturkoy and daughter, Miss Irma, of Sun Kriuiciaoo, ar vis iting Mrs. K. C. Morris. Milo Mve, of Gruuta Puss, speut scvonil daye hero last week, visiting his cousin, MIbs Mary Moe. Charlio Jeirors lias been nursing a very soro baud for several days and was not alilo to work iu his shop. Win. Price, late of Nebraska, lias bought ttic Snowy llutto nlacksmith shop and took possession this week. (iluss ilros. bus bought ' a new threshing outfit from W. J. l'Teeman aud are now begiuuiuo; tho season's work. Prof. A. ,). Ilnuby ami wife aud MisB Klla Stone left for Portlaud Wednesday, tn Bpoud a few weeks at tbo fair, Mrs. 1, 11, Williams, who has been spending Uiii past few weeks it Dead Indian soda springs, will return homo Saturday, P. J. Hick, lute from tho Eimt, has opened a jewelry shop hero and does all sorts of repairing and watch cleaning, A. L. Fitch and wife, of Wntorton, Neb,, are visiting Kev. Geo. Ilmhiuik aud wife. Tho two ladies are sisters and bad not met before for ten years. Dr. J. K. Cameron, laic of Nebras ka, has opened au ollluo iu the Karnoy building, next door to tho postottloc. The doctor comes well recommended and we welcome htm to our commun ity. A little foruthouglil may Have you no end to trnunlo. Any one who makes it a rule to keep Chamberlain's Cnlic, cholera ant) Diarrhoea Itemorly at hand . knows this to be a fact. For bale by Cliiirlei tUraPir. Itnlifie ltl'lllH. My J. O. M. Wm. Jones, Br., and wife, of Ueaglo, were in Medford Saturday night. Horn To Air, and Mrs. Howard JVrV'T . near Uwigle. July 11, WOfi, a i u Mcr. E. D. Wilhlti'one of the pru.,pur una and successful fruit rubers of An Muck district, was in Mclford Men i day with a load of bis oboice fruit, wblon he disposed of quite readily to Medford merchants. The Glass llros. steam threshing machine outfit of iJeugle left Sunday for Central Point seotion to com mence tbe season's run. T, H. Brown, a prominent citizen of Antiocb tarried in Medford three days last week, the guest of T, 0, Norrls and family. Tbe gentleman reports considerable damage done to fruit and corn by tbe protracted hot epell of weather, I made a hurried trip to tbe Mer ritt, liybee and Pendleton Irrigation ditch on tbe south side of Rogue river Tuesd ay in search of my favor ite fruit, the wild plum, and was well paid, finding them in abundance at the plum patch at the crossing of the diteh at tbe foot of Table Hock, on the Fort Klamatb road. After secur ing my plums I lode to the beautiful home of Wm. Scott, some three miles distant, Bltuuted at tbe mouth of Con stant creek, whore it loses itself in the clear, swift ruuniug waters of Rogue river. This tract of land of 3(10 acres is known as tho old Donegan tract sinoe 18ti0 and is 'a popular camping plaee for all travel leading to Eastern Oregon, as it is so conveni ently sitnated for water, wood and hay and withal and ideal stock farm. Mr. Soott, the present owner, pur chased this run-down and almost de serted property, deserted by every body and alomBt every thing exuept fleas, some three years ago from White & Trowbridge, of Medford. Of course prophesy began at once from those that knew what tbe reciilt would bo with Mr. Scott's investment in this old, run-down farm. 1 don't supposo there is a farm in Jaokson county that bus hud us many different tenants and as many eifortB at differ out occupations as this farm. Some have tried hogs, some cattle and horses, others sheep, while others farming exclusively ; but failure in all those ventures bus been the result. Why is this? has been tho nuostion, Mr. Scott tellt me a little capital, lots of perserveranco aud good judgment, and romarkably good health him brought him sucocess in transform lug this old lnnd mark into an ideal home. His llrst outlay was a saw mill. Noighbors wondered where his timber wnB and if a few scattering bull pino trees would justify, but Mr. S. 'b laud covers 100 aercB of ohol"o Rogue river bottom land and sixty aoroH of this tract is covored with groves of sugar aud bull pine timber. Hero Mr. S. set his mill und has manufactured lumber to build hi farm house, barn and to fence and cross fonce his entire plaoo With pluuka and posts from his own lum ber and has sold some 15,000 feet of dear lumber at Medford and other points. Ho has uIho fifty acres ho points with pride to of choice, pro ductive land, that has boeu lying idle for centuries cleared of tho brush, drnincdaud sown to gruss. And for tho old, run-down Holds that have been but partially cultivated for genera tions he gathered up 500 loads of fertilizer from tho old barns and out buildings aud gave them a coating that luiB increased the crops per aero wonderfully, which has encouraged and well puid Mr. S.. for ho considers tbe general clean-up and bonoflt to Mb plaoo and lands worth $u00. Ho act out a young, thrifty fruit orchard uf ton nores aud isongagod iu divcrsi- lied farming and his fields are so arranged with plenty of water that ho can pasturo and farm thorn by ro tation to good advautago aud that little, despieable of all insects, tho Hon, kiiB long sinoe taken Its depart tiro, for tho whole plaee bus been transformed from an old, dilapidated, run down, apparently worn out and unproductive farm, to -one of cleanli ness, thrift aud productiveness. Muny giaiu stacks, fat cattle, horses, and hogs tell the tide of tbe proper method and munugomunt of a farm in all Its details. Now tboso who pre dicted Mr. floott'e investment in real estato a failure udinit that a prophet has no honor in his own country and arc willing uud glad to oongrutulatoMr. b, as a succosuful, practical farmer and to, hope that be and his moatios- tinuible wife may live long aud enjoy their well-oaruod blessings. We uoto othor farms that dot our county and ulso city proportj of the same cIubb us above mentioned place. If tliey could be bought at n ronsonublo figure by the proper person, in n vory fow yours tbo general appearances of our grand old county would soon have discarded tho old, ragged, weather- beaten oout for one more lxroapor- ous looking aud of brighter colore. East Medford Items. II. O. Garuott and family arojhumc from their outing at Dead Indian springs, Mrs. Wm. Wille uud Miss .lunnio McClanahan returned home from Colostin Saturday. Mrs. Al. Ferguson and daughter. 1 J. L. HELMS, I if Veterinary Surgeon i Graduate S. F. Veterinary College I.ATUI.Y OP QUAUTHHMASTKirS DKVAHTMKNT u. h. a., also VKTK1UNAH1AN POU lU(KUN RANCH, 8ACKAMKNT0, CAUF. All Classes of Votorinnry Work. Calls answered day or night J OFFICE AT NASH STABLES ; Phone 441 Medford, Ore. S Bessie, came in Wednesday for a few days' stay from Thrall, Calif., where Mr. Ferguson is now stationed. Mrs. W. E. Finney, of Jaokson ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins several daye this week. Mrs. Myra Butler, mother of Mrs, J. W. liiug, who has been visiting relatives at Madesto, Calif., for some time, arrived home this week. Mrs. R, M. McDonough, of Jack sonville, and Mr. and Mrs. (Jus Sam uels, of Phoenix, are viBiting Martin McDonough and family. These peo ple have just retnrned from a two months' stay at the Lewis and Clark fair and report tbe fair a grand suc cess. John Ulriob, of Godfrey, Illinois, is bere upon a visit to Mb Bon-in-law, Cashier G. K, Lindley, and family. Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs. Lindley and the ohildren and Mr. Ul riob loft for a two weeks' outing to Crater lake, Pelican hay and other points of interest on the loop-the-loop route. A Hew Medford Hems. GATHERED BY J. G. M. Harry Short, son of a promiuont family of Foots oroek, was in tho city Friday aud Saturday, guests of his aged grandma, Susan Whitney, of South C street, and ulno having some dental work done by our city dentists that ho found dillicult to have done other than in Mediord. We had the unexpected pleasure of a bribf call Sunday from Theo. Pen dleton, of Stockton, Calif. The gen tleman is a brother to our good friend and ex-assessor, J. C. Pendleton, of Table Kock. ile is quite actively en gaged in buying and selling horses. Ho wns en route to his brother, J, (!, P. Alex. Thompson, of the city, ac companied by h:s son, Dave, nnd fam ily, of Jacksonville, returned today from a two weeks' visit on Apple gate, twenty-four miles from Jack sonville. Heat and yellow jackets were so troublesome that they re ceived little pleasure from their out ing. Gold Ray Items. Johnny Olwell was down one day last weok. Mra. G. R. Hay and Miss Ina Hay were visiting Gold Hilt last Tuesday. Louis Bonnet, Misses Artie and Laura Bennett; were down hiBt Sun-day.- '; ' : Mrs. U. C. Stoddard IB spending a few duys in Gold Ray during her va cation. The new rope wire is now in place and the new unit is once more in op eration. As Boon as possible the load will be put on and it will be doing regular scrvioe. Predicts Conference Will End in Row. ON UOAKD STEAMER KAISER W1LHELM DER GROSSE, at sea, Aug. 2. "1 am ufraid negotiations will be ended within a week, as tho Japanese conditions will be so intoler able as not to admit of discussion. " This most momentous statoment was made to nie by Countg Witto, when he turned to go to liia stateroom shortly bof orojm i'd u ight. 1 caughFTny lli-st'sight of M.;'iWittiif itb'e" tender at Cherbourg on hiB way to'tue"st'o"ain ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. 1 had only to follow tho direotiou j In which a du'en cameras were pointed to find the man in whose hands lies peaco or war. 1 beheld a somowhat uncouth figure with uneven gait, face shrowd, kindly, tired typioally Sla vonic, with benignant, wide-open oyoB, constrnsting strongly witb the oblique, half-close Oriental optics whoro as they will in a fow days be trying lo rend UiiwJiu's fut. It is Wonderful How "Why not buy at homo and bmto agents prollts. Tho Coss Piano House has boeu established ill Medford over five years. Our business has always boon satisfactory, our prices reason able nnd tho saimi to all. Wo always sell to the best peuple. Vhy lleoan'so they have good business judgmoxit aud know that it pays to buy of a denlor instead of an agent who is hero today and there tomorrow. Then again wo sell pianos that have a repu tation and buy direct of tho factory, saving tbo purchaser tho agent's com misson. No use to jump into a hurry up deal and regret it at your leaanro. liettor taki a little time uud talk with business men that have their business and reputation at stake. All our pianos and organs sold at the lowest cash prices obtainable ami on easy terms to suit purchasers. COHtf PIANO HOUSE, Stores at Medford, Ashland aud Grunt Paws. Rcvisilf Old Haunts. Wm. Carll, of Portland, who is in charge of the Wivllw. Fargo & Co. 's stables at that city, was in (lie valley this week, buying horses for use on tbe company's express wagons. Mr. Carll drovo stage through this country tn tho early days and was afterward superintendent of the line between ISoseburg and Redding. Ho returned to Portland Tuesday with live head of horses he had bought. Southern Pacific Reduced Rates, On nccount of the Lewis mwl Chirk Fair at. Portland the Southern Pnniiin Company will soil tickets to Portlaud and return, dally, from May '28th to October lfitb, l!Ki, as follows : Individual tickets, limited to : days, for ouo and a third faro 13. 20. Party tickets, ten or more, (must travel together both ways) ouo fair for the rouud trip ISI.SX); limited to ten days. Parties of 100, or more, moving ou sauio date; Individual tlckeb) at one faro for rouud trip HUM; limited to ten days. itc;vu couc'fe and tkllung SOME BUTTER TESTS METHODS BV WHICH TO DISTINGUISH THE GENUINE ARTICLE. The Vmo f Proacrr alive With preah Meat Colorlav Matter la Ummr San- m(m-Hw im Deter Borla AeM la Meat ProdnctH, It Is a matter of common Informa tion that oleomargarine la sometimes substituted for butter and that rancid and badly made batter Is frequently melted, washed witb soda and churned with milk for tbe preparation of reno vated or process butter. Methods are available wblcb, with a little practice, may be employed to dis tinguish between fresh butter, renovat ed or process butter and oleomarga rine. The "spoon" test has been suggested as a household test a?d is commonly used by analytical chemists for distin guishing fresh butter from renovated butter or oleomargarine. A lump of butter two or three times tbe size of a pea is placed In a large spoon and it Is then heated over an alcohol burn er. If more convenient, the Hpoon may be held above the chimney of an ordi nary kerosene lamp, or It may even be held over an ordinary Illuminating gas burner. If the sample In question be freah butter it will boll quietly with the evolution of a large number ef small bubbles throughout the mass which produce a large amount of foam. Oleomargurine and process butter, on the other hand, sputter nnd crackle, making a noise Blmilar to that heard when a green Btlck Is placed In a Are. Another point of distinction is noted if a small portion of the sample is placed tn a small bottle and set in a vessel of water sufficiently warm to melt the sample. The sample Is kept melted from half an hour to an hour, when It is examined. If renovated butter or oleomargarine, the fat will be turbid, while if genuine, fresh butter the fat will almost certainly be entirely clear. To manipulate what Is known as the Waterhouse, or milk, test about two ounces of sweet milk is placed in a wide mouthed bottle, which Is set in a vessel of boiling water. When the milk Is thoroughly heated a teaspoon ful of butter 1b added and the mix ture stirred with a splinter of wood until the fat is melted. The bottle is then placed in a dish of Ice water and the stirring continued until the tat sol Id ides. Now, If the sample be but ter, either fresh or renovated. It will be BolidlQcd in a granular condition and distributed through the milk in small particles. If, on the other hand, the sample consists of oleomargarine it solidities practically In one piece and may be lifted by the stirrer from the milk. Many persons believe. ,thst the great mass of the, .fresh meat sold on the market is preserved chemically. This Impression is entirely unfounded. The cold storage facilities of tbe present day make the use of preservatives with fresh meat mmecessary, and the larger packing bouses do not employ them. It sometimes happens that local butchers sprinkle preservatives over a cut of meat In order that they may keep it exposed on the block or bang ing In a show window as an adver tisement The use of chemical pre servatives with fresh meat Is confined to thiB practice alone. Preservatives are very commonly used with chopped meats and sausages, especially fresh sausage. They axe al ways employed with canned Vienna and Frankfurter sausages Inclosed In casings with the ends tied. Where tbe ends arc cut preservatives may be ab sent. Tbe reason for this is that the temperature required for the complete sterilization of sausages will either burst or distort the skins when the ends are tied, whereae sausages with cut ends afford an opportunity for the escape of the water and steam. With many varieties of sausages, both fresh and smoked, and with chop ped meats of all descriptions, coloring matter is sometimes employed. This Is done partly for the purpose of satisfy ing an unnatural demand for a high colored article and partly sometimes to conceal tbe grayish color characteristic of old meat, which shoald not b used at all. The preservatives employed with meat products are boric acid, borax and sulphites. To detect boric add about a tablespoonful of the chopped meat is thoroughly macerated witb a little water, pressed through a bag and two or three tableepoonfuls of the liquid placed In a sauce dish with fif teen or twenty drops of strong hydro chloric acid for each tablespoonful. The liquid is then filtered through filter pa per -and a piece of tumeric paper dip ped into It and dried near a lamp or stove. If boric acid or borax were used for preserving the sample the tumeric paper should be changed -to a bright cherry red color. If too much hydro chloric add has been employed a dirty brownish red color Is obtained, which interferes with the eotar due to the presence of boric add. Now, if a drop of household ammonia be added to the colored tumeric paper and It turns a dart green, almoBt black color, then boric acid is present If the reddish color, however, was caused by the use of too much hydrochloric add, this green color does not form. The corrosive nature of hydrochloric add must not be lost sight of. It must not be allowed to touch the flesh. clothes or any metal. New York Trib une. He Aked Far It "Do you kuow that the coin you lent me was a counterfeit?" said the habitu al borrower. "Oh, sure I do. Ton said that you needed It bad." A person suffering from chronic rheu matism should avoid dried fish, cooked oysters, pork, veal and turkey. Lewis and Clark Exposition. . During tho bev is muJ Clark Exposi tion the Souther Pacific Company will sell round trip tickets to Port land, limit thirty day, at one and one-third faro for the round trip. For parties of ton or more traveling on one ticket, ono fare for the rouud trip. For organized parties of ono hundred or more, individual tickets, at one faro for round trip. Stopover of ten days will be piven at Portland on all one way tickets reading through that point during tho Kxpotdtlon. Tickets must bo do I posited with Joint Agent at Portlaud nt fhttrgp of fifty oiuts will be made or extension of time. - 1 NAMES OF ANIMALS. tfhe Meaalnar of Borne of TtaoM Whaae Orla-la We Can Trace. Borne of the names of the common est animals are lost in the dimness of antiquity, such as fox, weasel, sheep, horse, dog and baboon. Of the srigln of these tbe clew Is forever lost. With camel one cannot go further back than the Latin word camelus, and elephant Is derived from ttte old Hin doo word elpb, which means an ox.. The old root of the word wolf meant one who tears or rends. Lynx is from tbe same Latin root as tbe word lux (light) end probably was given to these wildcats on ac count of the fierce brightness of their eyes. Lion is, of course, from the Latin leo, which word, in turn, is lost far back In the Egyptian tongue, where the word for the king of beasts was tabu. The compound word leopard Is first found In the Persian language, where para stands for pan ther. Seal, very appropriately, was once a word meaning of tbe sea; close to the Latin snl, the sea. Puma, jaguar, tapir and peccary (from pa quires) are all names from South American Indian languages. The coyote and ocelet were called coyotl and ocelote by the Mexicans long before Cortes landed on their ah ores. Moose is from the Indian word mouswah, meaning wood carter; ukunk, from segauku, an Algonquin term; wapiti in the Oreek language means white deer, and was originally applied to the Hocky mountain goat, but the name is now restricted to the American elk. Caribou is also a na tive Indian word; opossum is from possowne, and raccoon Is from the In dian arrathkune (by further ephere- sis Boon). Rhinoceros is pare Greek, meaning nose horned, but beaver has Indeed had a rough time of It in its travels Ui rough various languages. It is hard ly recognizable us bebrus, babro and bru. The latter is the ultimate root of the English word brown. The orig inal application was doubtless on ac count of the color of the creature's fur. Otter goes back to Sanskrit, where It is udra. The significance of this word is In its close kinship to udan, meaning water. The little mouse hands its name down through Uie years from the old, old Sanskrit, the root meaning to steal. Tho word rat may have been derived from the root of the Latin word va- dere, to scratch, or rodere, to gnaw. Kodent is derived from the latter term. Cat is also in doubt, but is first rec ognized in catulus, a diminutive of canis, a dog. It was applied to the young of almost any animal, as the English words pup, kitten, cub, etc. bear is the result of tongue twisting, from the Latin fern, a wild beast. Beer is of obscure origin, J?nt may have been un adjective, meaning wild. Elk is derived from the Same root as eland,- and the history of the latter word is an Interesting one. It meant a sufferer, and was applied by tbe Teutons to the elk of the old world on account of the awkward gait nnd stiff movements of this ungainly ani mal. Squirrel has a poetic origin in the Greek language, Its original meaning being shadow tall. Tiger is far more Intricate. The old Persian word tir meant arrow, while tlghra signified sharp. The application to this great animal was in allusion to the swiftness with which the tiger leaps upon Its prey. Detroit News-Tribune. Rapid Fire Justice, Yankee dispatch characterizes the court rulings of a Toronto magistrate, of whom John Foster Fraser tells in bis book, "Canada as It Is." The mag istrate, who is reported to have got through with forty cases in forty min utes, was once aBked ho v.' he managed it "You must have Borne system,"' was the suggestion. "I never allow a point of law to be raised," was the magistrate's prompt reply. "This is a court of Justice, not a court of law. "Not so very long ago a young ut torney wanted to quote law against my sending his man down for six monthB. He wanted to quote Mathews. I think. " 'Well,' said I, 'Mathews may be a great authority on law, but 1 guess he hosnt as much authority as I have in this court. Your roan goes down for six months.' " lmylnsc For fiotxl Iluttbnnda. A plcturesquu ceremony takes place every yeur in Haute-Vienue. All the girls in tho place on the day of St. Bu tropius file in procession to St. .Tunien-les-Combes to the cross which is erect ed near the church to the saint. Each girl hangs her left garter on the cross nnd prays that she may have a good husband and then gives way to the next girl. Tbe cross Is so smothered In garters of different colors that at a short distance It looks as though It were covered with flowers. MODERN FOOTBALL. It Comcn From the Florentines, Who Got It From (i recce. Pid modern football, the Kngby -fanu travel to England from the Italy of the renaissance and docs Its his tory reach buck to ancient Greece? A recent writer says: "Probably not more than a few votaries of Kngby football uro u wit re that wo have to thank Flor entine athletes for the invention of the game and for its introduction Into (Jreat llritain. Kngby school was founded somewhere about 1567. It was ene of the direct results of what has been called the Florentine or Tuscan fever iu England, which set in late In the Italian renaissance. Not only did men of letters come over and settle in England's centers of learning nnd cre ate others, but many Florentines vers ed In the theory nnd practice of polite culture came as well. The game of 11 calcio came to Florence by way of Greece. Something of the sort had fig ured among the less Important games at Olympla. The principal Florentine ground was the Tlazza dl Santa Croce, where upon the wall of the Palazzo Gtullo Parrlgt is still to be seen the disk from which tho line dividing the ground was drawn across the opeu square. The ball was of leather, con taining an Inflated bladder, and appar ently was tho exact site, weight and shape of the Rugby ball of today. "II calcio consisted of a friendly con MEDFORD'S SHOE PARLOR A fresh and complete line of men's ladies' and children's shoes of tho best quality, including the Celebrate Angeles Selz Royal Blue and Crusaders For .Ranchers, Miners and Prospectors we have the Great Gotzian Shoe, IN ALL STYLES. Also in stock a large supply of Rubber boots, for fishing season. Inspection of our goods is respectively solicited. vSMITH & MOLONY K. of P. Building, 7th Street, ers culled schtera azzura and scbiera rosea blues and reds. The number of players varied according to the size of the ground or the Importance of the en counter. In the Piazza dl Santa Croce the sides were twenty to twenty-seven strong, while on the public open sports ground nt Peretola they totaled as many us sixty each. Originally the players were required to be of noble or gentle blood or such as hud gained dis tinction and rank in the profession of arms. Each man had to be of unblem ished reputation and of graceful figure nnd possessed of accomplished man ners. "In addition to the actual players were 'presidents, standard bearers, Judges, an umpire, pages and other oilicials, all 'without reproach, worthy of the city and courteous in manner.' Tho costumes of the players were tight fitting drawers and tunics of silk, with feathered caps, all richly embroidered in gold and 'silver. Leather shoes were worn. The teams were-di-vided Into four clnsses: Forwards, whose places were near the dividing Hue and whose work was to keep tbe ball In play; halfbacks, stationed be hind the forwards, In order to return the ball to play; tbree-quartoCi backs, who were strong kickers and played straight on the ball, and goal keepers, placed at the flags, or boundary, to stop the ball passing." . A Narrow Escape, Say. Tom, do you remember how Wo used to eo In swimming', Although we knew our jackets email Would later get a trimming? for mother In her book of rules Had made the hard condition That we should not go near the stream Unless we had permission. But when Will JohnBon came and said That all the kids were going We dropped the garden tools and went, The penalty well knowing. And how we waded boldly In, Although It made us shiver! For not Imagination strong" Could warm that chilly river. How presently we hurried home. Contrite and conscience smitten And trying to look Innocent And harmless as a kitten. And how we boldly lied to her And bribed our little brother Until she bragged on us and Bald We always minded motherl Cheap Pleasure. With a mind disposed to make tbe best of things a man may extract much pleasure out of life in passing, although his finances may be as low as those of a South American republic. Suppose that no good fairy has left an automobile at his door, accompanied by an order for whatever he may need nt the repair ship, he need not despair or take himself aside to argue that his life is but a blank. No, Indeed. All that he need do is to sprinkle the back porch with gasoline and sit down in an easy chair while his wife runs the sewing machine inside at o merry clip. The noise nnd the odor will be so perfect that only an expert could tell tbe difference between that and what goes with an auto spin. True, he will lack the hair raising Jolts and the thrill of running over a cripple occasionally, but for the man who likes the quiet life that will be so much the better. Would Help Some. The sweupst sontri are those unsunR. But. oh. if we could string m These singers or employ a younp, Fulr lady not to fllnff 'em! Some Extra Opes. icacner how many seasons are there? Bright Boy About six. Teacher No, four spring, summer, autumn and winter. Bright Boy What about pepper and salt? Diiterent Degrees "He must be a great genius. He Is aJways in debt at the laundry.M "That is no evidence. If he were a great enough genius he wouldn't pat rouuse the laundry at all." Winning Ouaiirr. Sba eooldn't vrft a. tin nt one ooowrrt pen a booklet. thr are failina ran won Ana ah waa quiu a eooklec To My Patrons. I am now temoorarilv located nt the Medford Furniture store, where I am prepared to do anvthins in the way of watch repairing jnst the Bame as ever. B. N. BUTLER, Watchmaker. "PUBLIC NOTICE" Our Electric Transmission Line is now uopmleted to Central Point, Medford and Jaekaedville. We are now ready to furnish Power, Light and Water to those desiring it. We will devote Bpecial atten tion to the Irrigation of Land by a 6ysteiB-of Electric pumps, so successfully used in California and other arid regions. Our rates are fair and reason able. - Correspondence solicited. All inquiries will receive prompt attention, Condor Water & Power Company Tolo -. - Oregon ORDER TO SHQW CAUSE. In the lounly Court of the 8tate of Oregon for the County of Jaokson. In the matter of the Guard i iansblp of P. II. Oviatt, an J Order to show Incompetent person. ) cauea: It appearing lo this Court mom the peMlioo, B resented and filed on the 2Sth day of July, A. '. 1905, by. Sarah C. Oviatt, guardian ol the person and estate of P. H. Oviatt, fin Incompe tent person, praying for an order of tiale ol an M intereBt In and to the Cornstock of Oregon and Morning quartz mines located In the Willow Springs Mining District in Jrckson County, Oregon, belonging to said incompe tent, that it is for the best interest of said ward and necessary that said real estate be sold. , It is hereby ordered that the next kin of said ward and all parsons interested in eald estate, appear before thia Court on Thursday the 31st day jfjAugust, 1905, atone o'clock p.. m. of said day, at the court room of thti court at Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, then and there to show cause why au order should not be granted lor tbe sale of said real property: And it If further ordered that a copy of this order be published at least once a week for four successive weoks prior to the hearing bereol, order be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in The Mbd foko Mail, a newspaper published in Jackson County, Oregon, and also that u copy be per-: sonally served upon said ward and his said,. fuardfan at least ten days before the said . earing. Uated at Jacksonville, Oregon,- August l A. D.. 1S06. S-eo. W. DUNN, County Judge, . Advertised Letter List. Following is a list of letters remalng un called for at tbe Medford postofnee on Aug. 2, 1905. Boeing, Mr Mitchell, Mr f photographer, Burson, Miss Stella filler, Wm Counts, Mr J 0 Martindale, Mr Roller Oezell, Mr Will A Martindale, Mr Pete Eatou, Mr George 4 Poretr, Mrs Minuie ' Gibson, W Jl Simpson, D. Lowmah, MrftlSlanChO . r Aohflrgoofou,Qon wlii be made upon dV livery ot cauli e! the above letters. Persons calling tor any of the above .etiert ' win please say Advertised." A. M WOODFORD, Postmaster Reduced Rate to Visiting Eastcraerti.'' The Southern Pacific Co. will make1 a rate of one fare for the round trip from Portland to all points in Oregon.. Ashland aud north for visitors from . me east to me exposition atrortland, . to enable them to look over Weetern Oregon with the view of settling or ' investing. These tickets will be good ' for 15 days limit with stop over at all intermediate points, and will be sold to holders of the Exposition round trip tickets from points east of the Rocky mountains. This will afford the various counties and communities that will maintain ovMhita u,4 n,l-n.tlDn ; at the Exposition, every inducement w uttve xjiisieru people visit tneir sec- tion. Studio Opened. Mrs. Holen AL fBrown and Mist Irene Brown, recently of Minneapolis, Minn., have opened a studio at their home on East Seventh street, and will receive pupils iu voice and piano. Special attention given to voice plac ing. None but latest and most ap proved method taught. 30-3t Massage Parlors in Medford. MlRS Ruhr ft W Pnnlrn. A J uuuaui uoo UpCUWl Massage Parlors at the homo of Mrs, "unuin-i, uu uhkurio avenue uuu ic I'lcfjtueu iu tivu steam electric and salt glow baths, face and scalp massage and fine magnetic treat ment. Will go to any part of the city and give private treatment Women and children only. 9 a. m. to 10 p. r-none ig. 20-3m For Sale. Throa tnnh Ruin . i a . ....u raKuu, III KOW1 ruuniug order; California bed. In quire of Chris Uirich, Jacksonville, Oregon. j tf