VAN DYKE'S
CAPS! CAPS! CAPS!
Caps for Ladies and Misses, Children, Men
and Boys.
New Styles in Fine Outing Caps in Novelty
Suitings, and Plain Colors. Prices, 50, 75,
85, and 90ct9 each.
Caps for Men and Boys, at 25, 50, 75 and
$1.00 each All New Styles.
Closing Out at Reduced Prices.
Ladies' White "Acorn" Waists, all reduced.
Ladies' Uuder-muslins, Gowns, Corset Cov-
'ers, Skirts, all reduced.
Men's and Boy's Dress and Plain Straw
Hats, all reduced.
Women's Duck and Linen Skirts, allreduced.
At VAN DYKE'S
J. Hi Butler, Funeral
Oirector, with Medford
Furniture Co., House
furnishers and Under
takers. Day 'Phone
Main 353. Night Phone
Main 115
CITY HAPPENINGS
Spinning int? our oity last Thurs
day morning came that which had
never appeared on our streets before.
It was neither a Bea serpent nor a oir-
ous without attractions for children,
tut a Reo Touring Car, driven by W.
L. Wallace, mobilitis specialist, of
Portland. It waB a beautiful, Bixteen-
. horse power, hvo passenger oar, with
double oylinder opposed motor. Its
-shinning newness and attractive ap
pearanoe soon drew the attention of
our leading oitizens, who were invited
to take a ride in the new concern,
among them being Merchant C. 1.
Hutchison, who, having previoualy
experienced the auto fever, decided to
put the machine to the teBt with the
intention of securing one for his own
pleasure and convenience. A run
was made to Ashland in forty min
utes, a drive over Mr. Perkiu's ranch
newiy plowed ground with six iu the
car) and making the climb up the
Jacksonville hill showed the speed,
apples in nis orohard and they are
not nearly through growing. Across
the road from Mr. Hoagland's place
J. S. Barnett, the nurseryman, is
having great success with an irigating
plant. He has installed an eleotrio
motor and with it he forces water to
all parts of his land by means of pipes
and a four-inoh centrifugal pump.
His water Bupply is furnished by a
well only ten feet deep, and the pump
constantly in motion tails to lower
the water to any noticeable degree.
When you're buying cigars why
not try "Murphy's BestT" If you
havou't tried this brand you havo just
naturally missed one of the best
smokes ever put on the market to
tempt your smoke appetite. You can
get them at Murphy's "Green Front"
cigar store, xou can get a dozen
other makes of nickel goods, but you
ought to try "Murphy'a Best." In
bit goods the Greeu Front carries La
Cluoeridad and Carabanas. All old
time smokers known what these goods
are like and there are none "just
as good." Mr. Murphy is faBt build
ing up a nice cigar and tobacoo trade
and he is entitled to all of it and
more. He is conducting a first-class
place, is himself a splendid gentle
man and honest.
This week the job department of
The Mail will turn out the programs
for the shooting tournament which
has been arranged by several of the
local lovers of trap shooting. There
will be twenty regular events during
the two days' shoot, and as many
others aB can be sandwiched in be
tween. Each day the sixth event will
be open to all shooters and some extra
marksmanship is to be expeoted on
nnnlirv and durability of the Reo
Tnnrinir Car. So satisfactory to Mr. i these occasions, as some of the crack
Hutohison was the test that he pur-jshols of the coast and of the United
The flames bad reaohed the building
and were getting a bold upon it be
fore it was noticed. A few bucket? of
water and some strenuous work
Buifioed to check the Are and save the
building. Careleasness of this kind,
especially in the dry season of the
year, is criminal, tn its effect at least,
and should be severely punished.
G. W. Priddy, the expert briok
maker, has a kiln of superior briok
just burnt whloh he is selling at rea
sonable prioeB.
-Last Saturday the necessity arose
for the collection of a little subscrip
tion money tor a deserving cause. J.
W. Ling and another Medford oitizen
started out with a paper and inside of
a very few hours $80,56 had been col'
looted in amounts from twenty-five
oentB to a dollar from our townspeo
pie. Every perBon, with the excep
tion of a very few, responded readily,
The amount collected was at once
turned over to the person for whom It
was subscribed and a sorely afflicted
huBband waB thus given means with
which to bury his dead wife and to
take his four small children to a place
where they could be properly oared
for. The Mail publisher haa known
Medford and her people for ever
twelve years and be never knew them
to do ought else than respond prompt
ly and generously when appealed to for
aid if the oause be a deserving one
and thiB truly waa such.
Want to buy: A good hack team;
weight from 1000 to law pounds.
A. W. Walker, Nash livery stable,
Medford.
Ralph Bacon, the worst injured
of the three young men who were In
the explosion at Frospeot recently, is
getting along very well, and will
doubtless be about in a short time.
Roy Hollywell Is able to be about the
streets on nrutohea, while young Beau
is almost entirely well. Dr. Ray, rep
resenting the Condor Water & Power
Co., has insisted that the young men
have the beat of care. Not only ha!
he paid their expenses, but has allow
edltheul pay all the time at an in
oreaBe over their former wages, all of
which is deeply appreciated by the
boys and their friends. The only
thing feared by the physicians in Ba
oon's case now is that the sight of his
remaining eye will be impaired, but
they hope to overcome even this.
When vou want bagains like these.
that are roliable : 200 acres : 160 acres
in cultivation, 80 aores ill alfalfa, 2t
acres in ooin, balance in wheut, bar
lev and outs. All fenced aud cross-
fenced. One Hereford bull, hogs, all
kinds of farming implements ; 22 milos
from Medford. Good roads aud not
stioky. Prioe $4000. Crop goeB at
above nrico and worth $1G00. 80 acres.
20 acres of wheat. 8 acres in bearing
orchard, mostly applea, ly, miles
from Medford; price, cash, $800, why
see. White & Trowbridge, West Side.
L. H. Lee was in Medford Wed
noBday from bis sawmill in the Butte
creek country, after some repaira for
the machinery of the mill. He ex
pects to start his planer in a few duys
and will work up the clear lumber in
the yards into finished stuff. There
are now some 200,000 feet of first-class
lumber in the yurdB. Mr Lee has
just completed his contraot with the
Medford & Crater Lake Railroad Co.,
for 50,000 foot of bridge timbers. The
mill will be running full time again in
a short timo and will saw right along
then for several months.
chased the car and shows romorkable
cleverness with the intrioapies of
motor driving. The fasoinating pleas
ure and convenience of the automo
bile can only be realized by the act
ual use of one. We will, in all prob
ability, soon see more of thia make of
-oars on our streets and the thorough
fares oi' the county. The Reo car is,
seemingly, the best devised and most
-convenient car ever brought into this
county. It ia practically noiseless
and glides over the ground with
scarcely an effort.
Mrs. E. E. Gore has returned
from her vaoation and will receive
former pupils and a limited number
of new ones on and after Suturday,
August Sth.
J. P. Hoagland, of Central Point,
was in Medford this week with a load
of fine watermelons. He has eight or
nine aores of land planted to melons
thiB season and has a splendid crop.
Mr. H. has twenty aores of land set out
tn Spitzenberg apple trees and all are
thrifty and growing well. He expects
to put out ten or twelve aores of a
pear, orohard thiB fall. This partion
lor locality, he says, ie eapeoially well
adapted for apple oulture and as proof
of this he tells that his neighbor, W.
H. NorcroBS, has plenty of four tier
States have signified their intention
of attending. Beside the shot gun
artists, Mr. Carter, the ohampion
rifleshot, will give-exhibitions. It's
going to be a great time for sports
men aud two Dad days for "blue
rockB." The bringing about of this,
the first general tournament ever held
in Jackson county, is due in a great
measure to the unremitting effortB of
J. E. Enyart, who has spared neither
time nor personal effort to make it a
success and that the shoot will be a
success is now assured. The idea of
getting out a program different from
the usual run of such doouments ori
ginated with bim and bow well the
idea was carried out can be aeen by
a glance at the program itself. Mr.
Edgar Hufer has also taken au active
part in arranging the shoot.
Blue prints of township maps,
showing all vacant land, fifty cents
each.. For reliable information con
cerning Government land write to
Frank E. Alley, Abstractor, Roseburg,
Oregon.
Carelessness came near causing a
disastrous fire Friday afternoon.
Someone threw a lighted cigar stump
into the dry graBB near the Page &
Son warehouse, with the usual re
sult, that the grass was set on fire.
Dry limb wood for sale. r0 cents a
load. J. I. Morgan, on old liloocher
place, 2 miles south of Jackson
ville. 30-4t
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MY GROCERY SALES
are so large that My Stock
is continually changing
nothing stays on my shelves
very long.
Good goods, fair treatment,
rebate check plan, conven
ient location make my store
the best place to trade.
. I will call at your home
for orders if you want me to
call, but I do not wish to in
trude. O. D. OWEN,
The Croceryman,
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Harry Bonssom, who has been in
California for the past Bevoral months,
returned home this week. Some time
ago, while working on a dredge in the
Sacramento valley, an eleotrio light
globe exploded in his face, filling his
face and eyes with partioloB of glasB.
It w is throe days after the accident
bofore he could get to a place where
ho could receive medical aid, aud ho
was several weekB in a hospital with
grave doubts entertained about sav
ing his sight. His eyes are getting
strongor now, however.
-For Sale A new ten-horso boiler
complete. Enquire of Medford Iron
Works.
-Since July 18th the thermometer
haB not registered lower than 82 de
grees at 2 o'clock at the Southern
Pacific depot, and most of the time it
haa been bumping the oentury mark.
It haB been the longest period of ex
treme heat ever known here. The
period from July 18th doesn't include
the full length of the hot spell. There
were a couple of days about that time
when seventy-five degrees waa the
highest, but before that there were a
couple of weeks when the weather waB
extremely hot
E. E. Bowen. lawyer. Miles
blook, Medford, Oregon. General law
business transacted. 21-tf.
Wm. Kennedy thia week purchased
the Interest of W. C. Eapnick in the
Cadillac bar, and is now sole proprie
tor of that resort. Mr. Kapniok and
daughter, Miss Li la, left Tuesday for
Portland, from whenoe,after seeing the
fair, they will take their departure
for Traverse City,Mlobigan, Mr. Hop-
niok's former borne. He intenda try
ing one of tboBe eastern winters as
an experiment and it is a safe predio
tion that he will return to Southern
Oregon next year as Boon as the roads
Bre open.
Want to buy Lots or plat of
ground, close in, upon which to erect
a number or cottages. Appiy 10
L. Schermerhorn. 27-1
In our last Issue theso oolumns
Inadvertantly fulled to make men
tion of the social given by the ladioa
of the Guild of St. Marks Episcopal
cburah. The occasion, however, was
one of muoh real enjoyment to thoso
present and from a flnanoiul point of
view as well as socially it waa en
tireiy satisfactory to the Guild
something over $20 having been taken
in, which will do used in defraying
the expenssa incut red in the repair?
recenUy made to their church.
Muoh inquiry is being made as to
when the much-talked of street lights
are going to be Installed, We have
the iniormation, direct from Record
er Tott, that in all probability it will
be impossible to get them in opera
tion bofore the first of September.
Part of the equl pment necessary in
putting them up has been difficult to
seoure because of the tmmenae de
mand whloh has been made upon the
faotories.
Dr. Gohle'a office la in Butler's
jewelry Btore, where he may be found
every Saturday.
The Mail la informed that the
ladies of the Baptist ohuroh are con
templating the giving of a. noonday
lunoh on circus day August 26th as
they did last spring. The dinner last
spring was well patronized and every
one was highly pleased. This year
the viands will be as good as before
and the patrongae Bbould equal if
not exoeed it.
U. W. Priddy has been awarded
the oontraot for doing the mason
work on the Karnes-Ritter A Kelly
blook. Mr. Priddy will tunish the
brick, about 130,000 thousand, and
aside from laying them, he will also
do the stone masonary, but will not
furnish the atone. The front of the
buildiug is to be of pressed briok
with granite cupping.
Reliable fruit reports are to the
effect that all the Bartlett pears of
New York state have been bought up
for exportation to England, where
there is a great shortage in this varie
ty of fruit. This would indicate that
the pear growers of Southern Oregon
lntead of waiting for buyers to offer
them a price for their produot can
almost aet the prioe themselves.
I. J. Estes, the Bear oreek melon
grower, haa been in Medford a num
ber of times thia week, baying with
him eaoh time a wagon load of hie
celebrated Monte Criato water melons.
He haB eighteen acres of land planted
to melons this season and says the
crop IB a good one. He also has one
acre of muBk melons.
If you want Sweet Cream you can
get it at the Creamery. 25 cents per
quart aud lu cents per pint.
C. L. Crauflll has commenced the
construction of a Btory and a half
residence on his property on South
C street, which will, when finished,
be fittod with all modorn convent
enceB. The main building will be
16x21, with an 18x12 foot oil, which
will be used as a dining room. J,
U. Willke and A. D. Naylor are in
charge of the work.
Carlopd of content and plaster
Paris, just received. Am selling at
lowest price. J. 1'. White. 2L-tf.
There are rattl&Bnakes at Colestin
and to this fact Mrs. B. P. Theiss will
bear evidence. The lady while out
walking last week, in company with
the Misses Nunau, of Jacksonville,
came onto a largo rattlor and with a
rock Mrs. Theiss promptly dispatched
it and carrried its rattleB to camp as
trophies of her prnweBS.
J. R McCurdy,of Coquish, Wash
spent soveral day in Medford aud
vicinity, looking for pear scions for
use in bis part of the country. He
came to Rogue river valley for tho
reason thai this is the only pear-growing
section that is not atHiotod Dy
blight, and he wanted to be sure of
tho purity of the stock.
Among the attractive featuros of
the program for the coming shooting
tournament to be given at Medford lu
September are the cartoons drawn by
Volney E. Dixon. The oartoous dis
play oonaidcruble artistic ability und
the work is of a class of which more
experienced cartoonists need not bo
uBhnuiod.
-Tho monthly business mooting
and Bocial of the Baptist Young Peo
ple's Union will bo hold ut tho resi
dence of Mr. Medley, west of Mod-
ford, Friday ovouing. Members of tho
Union and congregation wishing to
attond will meet at the Baptist church
at 7:30, whore vohiclos will be pro
vided for thoir o on veyanco to tho
Medley home.
D. H. Miller has commonced tho
construction of a u-room briok resi
dence on his property on H streot.
Tho building is to be 36x40, and will
be modorn in every detail, with hot
and cold water, bathB, eto. J. K. Dar
nell is doing the carpenter work and
S. Childors and sons the briok and
atone work.
At a meeting of the directors of
Hohool, distrlot No. 49 hold Saturday
evening, Miss May Phlppswas elcoted
as one of the teachers in the Medford
high Bonool. Mlsa Ulriob, who was
eleoted several weeks ago, was unable
to aooept.
O. L. Sohermerhorn has oom-
Why
Pay More
for other
Flour
than
Medford
Flour
Davis' Best,
$1.05 per Sack
menood the oonatruotion of a 5-rooni
cottage 24x28 in size, with all modern
oonveaienoes, on his property on
North H street, adjoining the real-
deuoe now occupied by himself and
family.
Dr. C. R. Ray has purchased throe
mining olalnis lying along Rogue riv-
near the Golden Drift dam, from
W. H. Hamlin, paying therefor $3600.
Dr. Ray has also recently acquired
several other claims in the Immediate
vicinity.
Married In Medford, August 0,
1905, by Rev. H. O. Brown, George
W. Whelpley and Mise'Mlnnle Blah.
The Mail extends congratulations and
best wlBhes in oompany with the many
friends of tho young people.
General Manager O'Brien and
Superintendent Buckley, of the O. R.
Ic N. Co., stopped In Medford Thurs
day on their way baok to Portland af
ter aooompanyiug E. H. Harriman to
the state line.
The Iowa Lumber & Box Co. has
been awarded the oontraot for the
wood work iu the Karnes & Ritter
Kelly building to be ereoted on Sev
enth street.
J. T. Eads has purohased a house
and lot on Wost Eleventh street from
J. L, Wilson. The prioe paid was
$650 and the sale was made by White
& Trowbridge.
Friday the exourBion of the Sao
ramento Chamber of Commeroe, 'num
bering Beven oars, paaesd through the
valloy en route to the Portland expo
sition. The regular quarterly examination
of applicants for toaohers' oertifloates
1b being held at Jacksonville this week
by Supt. Dally. The class ia a large
one.
J. M. Weaver, living on West
Seventh street, Is improving the ap
pearance of biB reBldence by building
thereto a fine, large porch.
Frauk Roberts, of Phoenix, a
dental student, has taken vacation
employment iu the dental parlors of
Dr. Carter, iu this oity.
Mrs. A. S. Moyer and children, of
Elkhart, Ind., joluedMr. Moyer, pro-
prlotor of the Delicatessen store, on
West Seventh street, Thursday.
E. H. Harriman, the railroad
magnet, in his special train of palace
cars, passed through Medford Thurs
day morning, bound south.
W. J. Mahoney, formerly of Med
ford, is acting as agent at Gold Hill,
while the rogular mun Is taking a va
cation. The meeting night of Medford
lodgo, No. 83, I. O. O. F., has been
ohnnged from Saturday to Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Cook, Hans
Ilookonyos and W. F. Isaacs spent
Sunduy fishing on Rogue river.
T. W. Johnson has taken a posi
tion as "ice man" with Woiuhart'a
ice factory.
Born In Medford, August 8, 1005,
to Mr. aud Mrs. Tom RobertB, a
daughter.
Medford Items.
GATHERED BY J. O. M.
Miss Robinson, of Kosoburg, 1b vis
iting our oity, tho guest of Mr. aud
Mra. Wm. Uodfrey, on North C
streot.
U. P. Buck has a now porch built
tho entire length of his house, u muoh
needed iniprovomont and oonveni-
ouce for the fumily.
Wm. Godfrey had the sad misfor
tune of running atou-penuy uuil ouo
hulf wuy through his foot Monday,
while working on tho Boyden build
ing. William Caldwell, tho export moat
cuttor for Mossrs. Gore & Wortman,
now occupioB the pretty, uewly-lln-ishod
ootlago of Goo. Furnsworth's,
on North D streot.
Eugono Thompson, of Forest creek,
nccompaniod by his uolco. Miss Flora
Thompson, tho populur young school
inn'uiii of Jacksonville, made us a
pleaBuut visit Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Farnaworth, of
North D atreot, loft by Tueaduy evon-
iug's train for Kosoburg, their formor
homo, whole tboy will visit for u
couple of mouths among home folks.
W. C. Hodge's and Mr. Penwoll's
pretty cottage honiea are nearlng com
pletion, while Mr. Poe's is oom pie ted
and Ib now ocoupied by Mr. Poe and
mother, their home plaoe being rented.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald and
ohildren, formerly pioneer settlers of
Sams Valloy, but lately of Grants
Pass, where mr. is engaged in
the blaoksmith business, were visitors
to the oity Friday and Saturday, the
guests of the lattor'B parents, Mr. and
Mra. Riloy Morriaon.
MIbb Emma Grimes, of Redding,
Calif., arrived In the city Saturday
and ia the gnest of J. G. Martin and
family. Mlsa G. la native born
yonng lady and a gradaate of Jack
sonville. She will visit for a oouple
of months among ber many relatives
and friends and schoolmates of Jack
Bonville and vicinity.
Your rambling soil be took a stroll
Saturday to the newly built Medford
& Crater Lake Railroad bridge, across
Bear oreek, and found a handsome,
strong, durable atrootare of six hnn
dred feet long, main Bpan fifty feet
high and fifty toet long, the approaches
flftoon feet above high water mark aud
the whole bridge Ib in a ourve shape,
Ties are laid tho entire distance of the
bridge, which la a very oredltable
piece of work, bo'h to contractor and
the railroad company.
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Attention, fruit Growers!
THE FRUIT SEASON
is on, and this season
WE ARE PREPARED FOR IT
with a better manufac
toried box than ever.
If our
BOXE S
Pleased you last year, they
will more than please you
this year
File Your Orders Now
Iowa Lumber & Box Co..
Weeks & Baker
Undertakers
and
Embalmers
Every Sack Guaran
teed.
At the handsome, new home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Redden, on Wwt
Eighth street, on Wednesday evening,
AugustO, lUOo, at tile hour of nine,
there wut) celebrated thu wedding uf
Mr. Frank E. Redden and Miss Suruh
L. Law, Bov. W. T. Van Scoy perform
ing the ceremony.
Only rolutlves and a few invited
guests were present. The wedding wan
u quiet one aud yet a very pretty alfuir
evsry sonso. Lohengrin s briuai
chorus was played by Miss Helen Cosh;
the ceremony was short, und was fol
lowed by hearty congratulations and u
ropust of Ice crcum and calco. Muny
valuable presents cume from relatives
and friends. The following guests
wero present: Mr, und Mrs. H. 10. Red
den, of Fresno, California, Mrs. E W.
Secure Rooms New.
To the pooplo of Medford and vi
clnity: If yon should want rooms
durlnu tho Lewis and Clark fair call
on Mrs. L. T. Pl'rce, formerly of
Modord. Terms, f 1.00 und tl.&O per
day ; rosidonco 501 Knst Uak street,
o rnor xutn, rortianu urugou.
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MEDFORD, OREGON
Married Redden-L aw.
ri Carder. Bernioe Carder, Maater Lee
Kodden, Mrs. E. A. Smith, of Ruch,
MtsB Helen Coss, J. W. Redden end
Miss Nola Reddeu.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Redden and is at the present
timo, and has been. for a oouple ofyearp.
a capable and honest employe in the.
Jackson County Bank of this city, oc
cupying the position of book keeper iu
that Institution. Be is a gentleman of
good habits, IndiiBtrlous and faithful
In whatever lie undertakes and a citizen
in whom every contidenco is placed.
Thu bride ia one of Jnukaon county's
fair daughters, pleading of address and
it favoiltc among nil her associates.
For the pan til reo years she has been
une of the County's successful schcol
teacher. Both tne hr de and groom
wt"-e sluiient.H of t.lie Med ord Acndeinv
when I'rof. Van Buoy was in charge of
that institution of learning.
The happy young couple will contin
ue to reside in Medford and will occupy
the residence formorly occupied by the
groom's parents, on Wst Eigbth
atreot. and will soon be at home to their
friends.
The Mall ia joining their many Med
ford friends In extending to them its
heartlusland most earnest congratulations.
Got prlooB for family
ho Medford laundry.
wushlng at
25-tf
"TOGGERY BILL
Two men were walking together
In the business part of our town;
One man looked cool and airy,
The other one looked like a clown.
He had on a suit, dark and wooly,
It must havo weighed nearly a ton,
It offered a surface inviting
To the blistering rays of the sun.
As they walked he was puffing and panting,
His face like a lobster in hue,
He made such a fuss the other man said
" 'Great Scott!' What's the mattor with you?"
"Why, man, I am baking and broiling,
Siziling and roanting, too "
"Just come with me," the other man said,
"And I'll show you a thing or two.
They wont to a store, cool and pleasant
Whore a transformation took place,
And when next they emeriti on the sidewalk
He had a broad grin on his face.
Gone was the suit, dark and wooly,
Gone was the lobster hue,
Gone was the pulling anil panting,
Gone were the feelings bo blue.
He, too, wore a suit light and airy,
In fact 'tWHH a comfort to -ce
He said as he shook the other man's hand
"You've done a good job for me."'
MORAL
When the weHthor is hot nnd sultry,
Porspirat on running in ril',
The only sensible thing In do
Is to patronize "TOGGERY BILL",