OREGON Is the Best
pnrt of tho United StateB.
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
is the best paH of Oregon
MCDrORD la In the centor ol the
JfWl
If jon want to
Mine, Saw Lumber,
liaise Fruit,
Grow Stock
or do most anything elee you
will find your opportunity here
THE HAIL tells about it
valley and THE MAIL tlio beat paper!
VOL. XVII.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. 1905
NO. 34.
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THE WATER
Owing to tho dry season the water
has fallen bo low in Bear oreek that
the supply has been considerably cur
tailed. In former years the pumping
plant has beeu able to furnish an ade
quate supply of water for irrigating
and other domestic purposes, but
with the growth of the oity and the
increased use of water from Boar
creek above Medford, the supply
grows more an more iiiudeqimte each
year. The city has grown to suoh a
size that tho water supply for drink
ing purposes must bo drawn from
some other source boside wells either
open or closed. Of course at present
this mode of scouring water is entire
ly adequate. The well water in Med
foid is generally pure and cool, but
the city is growing. Time will come
when other means must be found for
a water supply. It is always best to
take "lime by tho forelock," and
not wait until necessity compels us
to aot. A number of plans have been
advooated of late tending toward
supplying the oity with pure, moun
tain water. They all appear all right
in theory, but have not beeu demon
strated in practice as yet. However,
we believe that tne solution of the
matter of a good gravity water system
will be found by the time the growth
of the oity demands it and that will
not be very long. Any gravity sys
tem, coming from either east or west,
will cost in the neighborhood $500,
000, one system, now being surveyed,
is estimated by its projectors to cost
91,000,000, but, when ouoe established,
it will be worth all the money.
Medford is destined to grow in the
future, as it huB in the past, slowly
bnt aurely, and in the future the
growth will bo much more rapid than
in the past. In less than twenty-five
years from a wayside station Medford
has built herself up to rank as the
second oity in Southern Oregon, and
is stilt growing. She has eclipsed her
older sisters -towns that were popu
lous when Medford was a ohapparat
patchand now stands the "queen of
the valley," surrouuded by orchards,
grain and alfalfa fields the center of
the richest horticultural and agricul
tural section on the northeast onast.
We have no fear for the future of
Medford. This article might appear
pesimistio to start with, but "all
things comoB to he who waits," and
so there will be no stoppage in the
onward march of Medford, even
though the water supply is short just
Denies the Allegation.
Some weeks ago The Mail published
extracts from a letter purporting to
be from J. W. Prall, detailing some
of the circumstances of a trip through
Eastern Oregon. We published the
letter in good faith, but from the
communication below it seems tht
the letter was not bona fide. How
ever, we preserved the first letter as a
matter of precaution and give here
with the second epistle. It is dated
Mead, Washington, August 9th, and
is as follows :
"I see by your paper quite n little
piece in regard to our trip through
Eastern Oregon and the capturing of
the antelope.
First, I will say I never wrote you
the scratch of a pen in my life. How
ever,! am not so very badly dlBpIoas
ed with the publication, except as
much of it was untrue and would
have liked had I have sent you any
thing at all to have sent a true state
men, giving an account of all trie
party. I have a complete sketch of
the entire trip, showing every oamp
ground and every incident transpiring
on the trip that would more than nil
your paper twice.
How you got the news you published
I am unable to say, as I knew no
thing of suoh an article till I saw it
in the paper.
The four antelope we captured are
doing nicely in the Spokane park.
Yours respectfully,
J. W. PRALL.
Quest for Lone Lost Mine.
Prom Klamath Express.
W. T. Shive and I. A. Duffy left
Klamath Falls last week for the wilds
of the upper north Umpqua around
the base of Mt. Tbielsen on a pros
pecting tour.
They kept their departure and des
tination secret, as they thought, but
they might as well have let all the
world know their destination and in -tenion
for no secret can be kept in a
town the Bize of Klamath Falls.
It is said our friends are in search
of the "Lost Cabin" mine, with
which a story is connected.
An old Indian called "Pedro" dis
appeared periodically from the Klam
ath reservation and after a long ab
sence returns with considerable gold
in the shape of coin. Tho Indians
on the reservation say "Pedro" has a
mine on the headwaters of tbo north
Umpqua and after extracting gold
from it he carries his treasure to
Yreka and obtains gold coin for it.
He then returns to ;the reservation to
enjoy the fruits of his good lack and
labor and only returns to hiB treasure
house when his means are exhausted.
White men have tried to Induce
some of the Indians on the reserva
tion to follow "Pedro" and discover
his bonanza, but none of them can be
induced to do so, as they say it would
be worth a man's life to attempt it, as
"Pedro" closely guards hie secret and
would murder any one who attempted
to disoover his rich And.
We trust our friends wilt be success
ful in their search and return heavily
laden with the preoious metal for the
equivalent of wnich we are all striv
ing, but we fear they will return
wiser, if not sadder, men.
Somo thirteen years ago two of our
well known citizens went on the same
quest, and after spending some 81200
on an outfit and wago to a number of
men, roturned without finding what
they sought, the long lost mine.
(Several prospectors havo gone into
tho region where this mine is sup
poseed to be located, and hsve failed
to return, and on one or two occa
sions bleaching skeletaus with traces
of old camps have been found in the
wild fastnesses of the North Umpqua.
Whether these wore victims of their
curosity as to "Pedro's" movements
or were lout and perished is conjec
tural, but no one has as yet found
the "Lost Cabin" or tne source of
"Pedro's" wealth. tod.)
Caught by Line Shaft.
From U rants Pass Courier:
Jay Booth at. about 3 a. ni. Thurs
day morning was caught on the Jiuo
shaft at the eleotrio light plant and it
is only througn the merest accident
that he was not instantly killed.
He had been at the plant showing a
new employe how to ruu the machin
ery and at the time was engageod in
oiling the line shaft. The oil can not
haviug a long spout he reached over
to remove the oil cap and cup from
one of the bearings and and in doing
ho hm sleeve was caught on a set
sorew and in an instant his sleeve
and the clothing at the small of his
back was wrapped around the shaft
and he was lifted into the air, carried
aronud with the shaft and his cloth
ing giving way at. just the right in
stant he was thrown clear of the ma
chinery and landed near the door
badly bruised and burned by the fric
tion of the Bhaft and the clothing be
ing wreuohed from his body. Booth's
olothing from his breast to neck was
torn off and thrown in one direction,
while the olothing from his waist to
breaBt was cut off and hurled in the
opposite direotlou and Booth, who
was conscious during the entire time,
had the sensation of being thrown
upward through the roof and feeling
that he was "done for."
An examination failed to reveal any
broken bones or internal injuries and
he is now rapidly reoovering and will
be at work again in a few days.
Struck It Rich.
Harry T. Bragdon, who waB one of
the original locators of the Shorty
Hope mine, near Ashland and mined
about here for several years, will be
recolleoted by many of our people.
The San Franoisco Examiner of Satur
day says:
United States Senator George S.
Nixon, of Nevada, and his associates
have paid 8500,000 for a quarter inter
est in a Gold field mine owned by H.
T. Bragdon and others. Bragdon is
now in this city. People in the Ne
vada gold country think he is uncom
monly luoky. Within the last three
years, in the Tonopah and Goldfield
districts, he has made two sensational
trades.
Id the first one he though he was
selling Charles H. Schwab a gold
brick k. By the last one a lot of peo
ple were of the impression that he got
a gold briok himself. After every
thing had been staked out aronnd
Tonopah, Bragdon came to town and
staked out ten out-lying claims. He
began developing the min a quiet way
and some time ago was asked by John
McKane, the represenative of Sohwnb,
if he wanted to sell.
"Yes; I'll take 8150.000 for the ten
claims," remarekd Bragdon. There
was a cash settlement tne next day.
As soon as he got bis money Bragdon
went around town telling how he bad
sold a gold briok to Sohwab. Today
these ten claims are one of the valu
able properties in the new gold coun
try, and Schwab is still their owner.
Bragdon next tried the Goldfield dis
trict after MoKnae had in vain im
plored him to take care of his money
and live quietly the rest of bis days.
Near Goldfield were four claims that
the owner did not have money enough
to develop, homebody told tne owner
to demand 810,000 from Bragdon if be
Bhowed any disposition to buy. The
owner was afraid he might spoil a
trade if he asked that much, bo be
put the price at 87,000 when Bragdon
happened to come along and asked :
for terras. Ho gave the sum de
manded. The claims constitute the property
that Senator Nixon aud his associates
have paid half a million for a quarter
interest in.
Pegging Right Along.
Supt, Kelly is stretching rtho rails
on the Mudfbrd &. Crater Lake toward
Eagle Point as rapidly as the force at
his command will permit. Last Sat
urday two miles of road had been
completed and Monday morning a
construction train, pulled by engine
No. 2, of tho R. R. V. R. R., was put
on to haul tho material from the
yards to the end of the track. The;
grading between bore and Eagle Point'
will soon be completed and the bridge!
ovor Butte creek will be ready for the j
rails by the time the track laying'
gang reaches that point, so that it is '
a matter of but a short time before
the whistle of the locomotive will
wake tho echoes of the big woods on
tbe foot hills of the Cascades.
BARNUM & BAILEY'S SHOW
L
All tbo papers of I'luropt, without
exception, have praised the wondorful
character of tho Barnum & Bailey
Greates Show on Earth. What they
have all remarked in praise would
fill a book of 10,000 pageB of small
print. To transport the vast material,
animals and property of the big con
cern requires five trains of cars each
car nearly sixty feet long and each
train nearly 2000 feet long, so that all
the trains if made into one would be
over a mile in length. All the cars
will be seen here when the show ar
rives on Saturday, August 2Gth.
Another novel feature are the tents.
Very few persons can form an idea of
their magnitude and capacity. When
it is stated that the largest building
in New York, Madison Square Gar
den, does not seat one-half as many
people as the tent where the perform
ances are given, one begins to realize
its enormous size. Nearly fifteen
thousand persons oan be comfortably
seated in the main canvas, which has
a foot-rest for every seat, while the
menagerie tout is 350 feet long.
Arranged in the main tent are throe
equestrian rings, three stages, a raco
track, and an aerial enclave, aud it is
in and upon theso the wondorful per
formances take place, in the menag
STREET ECHOES
Opinions of Some of. Our
Citizens-S erious and
Otherwise.
L. B. Brown: "My only regret
about my vislit to the fair is that 1
was unable to stay longer. I didn't
have time to Bee all that I wanted to.
In comparison with Chicago and St.
Louie it is small, of course, but it is
complete, and beside it haq a most
beautiful setting. Green grass, trees,
shrubs and all growing things seem to
flourish and the fair grounds afford
one of the most pleasant recreation
grounds I have ever aeon."
Jos. Hoagland : 1 4 Who said the
Jackson county melon crop was ahort
this year? Does that look like itf
There is the melon I've been promis
ing you for sometime. That isn't an
especially large one, but I'll guaran
tee that it is good. There's acres and
acres of those kind of melons along
the Bear creek bottom thiB year and
they are equal to any that 'Water
melon' Jackson ever raised. Fact Ib,
be says so himself, and claims that
the original seed came from his patch.
I don't dispnte it. All I have to say ,
is that when they beat tho Rogue!
river valley melon for size, flavor and ;
everything else that goes to make a
melon, they will have to 'go some.' '
W. F. Isaacs: "I had tho finest
sport for sixty minutes Sunday that 1 1
have ever had in Rogue river. From
Ave o'clock until six 1 caught four;
big steelheads, one of them as big a
fish of tbe kind as I ever saw taken 1
from the river and hooked many more.
Of course, the ones 1 didn't land
were larger than those I did, but 1
want to tell you that big fellow gave
me the fight of my life. Jl was in swift
water in tho middle of tne river and
the way that big fellow walloped me
around wasn't slow. I fell over rocks,
into holes and there wasn't a time af
ter 1 hooked him until he finally gave
up that I hud over thirty foot of line
on my reel, lint I got him and he
was worth the trouble."
D, B. Russell: "I have employed
Mr. Joe Krohn to inanufactnro'ciindy
for mo. Mr. Krohn is one of tho very
best candymakers on tho Pacific coiiHt
todity, there is no kind of candy made
which he cannot duplicate. Why vch,
I have been iiiHtiufacturmg pretty
much (ill the candy 1 Hell lor a long
time, but Mr. Krohn known a few now
kink in tho business which 1 was not
familiar with and he has been given
latitude in which to exercise all his
I''; -twl &m) v
erie pavilion are other stages, where
the collection of curositioB are ex
hibited without extra ohargo, and
where also are the handsome cagos of
wild beasts, tbe elephants, baby ole
phaut herd of giraffes aud other ib-
jeots of interest Theu there are other
tens, with canvas Btalls, canvas inane
gers, etc., tor tne iwu norses, and still
more ten? for dressing-rooms, dining-
rooms, barbers, blaokamits and others
tne wnoie covering an area ot twelve
acres. To see all these tents erected
in the short space of two hours is in
deed a wonderful slant, and but an
other instance of the romarkable
methods and stupendous resources of
this truly maguificout show. The vast
amount of material carried, the great
number of employees or all kinds,
the army of performers, the commis
sary department in fact, all the var
ious parts of the big affair when com
bined make suoh a colossal, gigantic
showthat few can possibly comprehend
it. And it is never divided.
There will be only one performance
here, owing to the long run to Kod-
ding, Calif., but it will bo complete
in every way and includes the great
sensation, "tbe Dip of Death." The
snow begins at l o'clock, doors open
at iz,
new candy wrinkles. I am carrying
the largest stock of candies of any
dealer in Southern Oregon and I
guarantee every piece of it to be
fresh, pure and palatable. Who makes
my guarantee good? Why, if my
guarantee don't suit you I can get
Ed. Root to back mo."
C. P. Danlelson : "I don't care
about experimenting with any more
automobiles after dark, leastwise un
til I get kinder use to 'em. The other
night Cook and t thought we would
try Dr. Picket's machino which we
had been repairing and see if it was
In good running order before turning
It over to the owner. We ran slowly
over the Bear creek bridge. I was at
the wheel and just as we got to the
opposite side the thing took a sheer,
almost ran of!" tho bank and was try
ing tc climb a man's front fonco when
I got it stopped. Then Cook conclud
ed he would try it, and we started
back. Tnis time tbe machine tried
to climb over the bridge railing, and
if we hadn't been running slow it
would have succeeded. As it was
there wore'a couple of planks busted
on tbe railings, the glass in ono of the
lamps fractured and a couple of as
badly scared iron moulders as you
ever saw. Excuse me from fooling
with those things. "
H. Von der HeUen : "The croiw am
tnrning out ell right in my neighbor
hood, although not meeting the high
cut expectations of some of tho farm
ers. Still the yield is very good. I
notice thiB year that the sticky land,
where It has had any kind of a chance.
is producing better than tho bottom
lands in the way of grain. 1 attri
bute that to tho season. Tho stickyl
land is remarkable for holding mois
ture. Where it has been properly
cultivated the moiv sun there is upon
it, the nioro friable it becomes. Tho
mellownesH aots to exclude the air
and retain tho moisture beneath, ulso
It allows the plants a chaiico to grow.
On tho other hand tho ordinarily
lo oho, loam soils bake in the sun and
form a crust which chokes the grow
ing plant, prevents tho absorption or
moisture and at the same time allows
the inoietui'o previously retained to
escupe. Tho sticky land is all right
in dry seasons. "
.1. S. Howard : "The failure of tho
city water supply has given occasion
for a coiiHiflerablu amount ol discus
sion on both sides of the question,
and some are dinpuHod to lay the
illume upon the city councils of pre
vious years. While mistakes may
have been iiutdo we are all of us hu
man and prone to err I am inclined
to believe that euch of (bene bod i of
lias acted to the bout of its knowledge
and ability, The problem of secur
ing an adequate water supply oan bo
solved 1 believe at a comparatively
small expense and in such a way that
the oity oan be Bure of au ump'e sup
ply for many years to come, or uutll
some of the numerous projects for
piping mountain water here orystalize
into the real thing. J. S. Barnet,
near Central Point, has a well in the
creek bottom from which he is pump
ing water to Irrigate about forty
acres of land aud the supply seems in
exhaustible. The same kind of a well
could be sunk on the east side of the
oreek here, and the same result secur
ed, as there is a strong flow of wator
at a reasonable dopth thore. Thou
again water could be secured west
aud south of town by u serios of wells
and tunnels. From this season's ex
perience it is evident that somo steps
must be taken to remedy the evil,"
E. H. Ingham: "Yon may say, if
you like, that the Ingham Viuegur
Company will be in operation iu time
to handle all the apples whioh the
orchard ists may havo to sell. The
work of construction on our building
here is moving along very satisfac
tory, and the location is au ideal one.
i had intended buying land, but
when I found I could rent this piece
from the railroad compauy I looked
no further. That depression' in the
ground is just what is required will
save the expenditure of considerable
money in excavating a basement, or
cellar. Wo will put in now machinery
throughout. No, we will use uono of
the machinery In the old plant that
has been sold. ThiB factory will have
a capaoity of GOO barrels every twenty
tour hours. That ought to handle all
tbe fruit which will come our way
for a number of years. We have
bought a railroad oar and are having
a large tank made for It. We were
handicapped last year in our work
bore because of the fact that the plant
was not of sufficient capacity to take
cure of the fruit. Wo ought to be
ready to receive fruit by the first
week in Ootober. The price, 1 expect,
will be about the Biune as last season
84 per ton. I think thore is a bright
future ahead of this couutry. The
next five years, I am guessing, will see
Meuford a very much larger town
than it now is. The fact that Its
growth has been steady aud substan
tial from tho very first is good evi
dence that, with the new enterprises
now under way, its future develop
ments will far eclipse those of the
past;."
Coming-al Christian Church.
Dr. J. V. Updiko, of Ohio, tho not
ed leoturer nnd evangelist, accompa
nied by tho well-known singing evan
gelists, Mr. and MrB. Geo. A. Webb,
of Portland, Oregon, will be in Med
ford Sunday, August 27th, at tho
Christian church, to begin series of
lectures. Dr. Updike has had years
of successful experience as a public
lecturer aud evangelist. Ho has
preached more sermons and delivered
more lectures nnd baptized more
people than any living evangelist in
America today. Nothing need be
said to Medford people in regard to
the singing of Prof, and Mrs. Wobb.
They are well known in Medford, hav
ing been here two years ago In a tout
meeting, and they would bo vory
much pleased to Bee and meet alt of
their old friends.
Dr. Updiko will lecture on the fol
lowing subjects, beginning Lord's
day morning. August 27th, 11 a. m. :
"The Oldest and Newest;" special
duet, "Sowing and Reaping. " Even
ing, i:4o p. m, : "Trutn, I'nough
Fact;" special duot, "Charactor
Building." Monday, August 28 th.
7:45 p. m. : subjoot, "Gall;" Bpecial
duet, "By and By." Tuesdny, Au
gust 20th, 7:45 p. ni. : subject, "The
Blues, their Cause and their Cure;"
auet, "Mother's Easy Chair," Wed
nesday, August 30th, 7:45 p. in. : sub
ject, "Grace, Grit, Gumption and
Got;" duet, "When 1 Get to the End
of the Way." Thursday, August 31nt,
7:45 p. m., "Home or Hell;" duot,
"Building for Eternity." Kridav.
September 1st, 7:45 p. m., subject:
"Trip Around the World." Illustrat
ed by stereocopticon. Everybody wel
come. Aftermath of Fire.
From Grants Pass Courier:
The license for South Grants Pass
ib wanted by Frank Smitb, but thero
is a sorious hitch to his oonlicatinn
nnd he mnv not auk foru Herman frim '
the county conrt, for the building in
whib he has heretofore been conduct
ing a saloon for August Fetsch is
ourned and he is under arrest charged
with burning it and Fitsch's browory
and ice plant, the Insurance companies
making tbe complaint alleging that
the buildings were fired to socuro tho
heavy insurance that was on them.
As Mr. Smith is a new comer here
and Is not known to have menus, it is
the general supposition that the sa
loon, if again started, will realy bo tho
property of Mr. l-'otsob. And tho I
brewory and hhIooii building may not
be rebuilt an Mr. Fetich has not an
nounced that he would do ho. .Mr.
l-'eUch made application at tho July
term of county court for a licouHo for
this saloon, but the residents in the
vicinity of the snloon together with;
the Municipal Loftgun of Grunts I'iihh
got up a rcmonHtranco nnd beat him.
As this saloon would be just outside
the limits of OrnutH Pass and beyond
police control nnd would become a re
sort, as it wan before it burned of
the tough element it will prnlmbly not
bo permitted to again start under
county license.
Want to buy Lots or plat of
ground, clone in, upon which to erect
a number of cotlagOH. Apply to (J,
L. Schermerhoru. -S7 -tf
Two years ago several of our pro
gressive furmers built silos on a Bmall
scale, more as a matter for experiment
than auytbiug el bo. It had not been
deemed necessary in this seotion, ow
ing to mild climate and more or less
green food the year around, together
with the abundant orops of alfalfa,
go to the trouble nnd expeuse of
putting up ensilage, but the next year
after the experiment aforesaid, most
of the experimenters increased tho
size of their silos and also their acre
ago of corn. They found that not
only would cattle fare better ou en
silage than ou any other feed, but
thoy would eat it up cleaner and with
a better relish. Tho milk flow of
dairy cows kept up to the summer
standard, and other stock thrived aud
fattened upon il. The saving iu feed
'counterbalanced the expense of put
ting it up, and tho extra growth of
young cattle, the fattening of beef
animals aud the keeping up of the
milk flow uf tho dairy cows was that
much profit.
II. H. Taylor is one of those farmers
who is a firm beliover iu the priuciple
of ensilage. Ho was in Medford Tues
day, after a power chopper of tho lat-
test pattern, which be will use, to
chop the corn this year. The chopper
haB a capacity of several tons per
hour, and has a blower attached, by
moans of which tbo chopped feed oan
be elevated forty feet in the air. ThiB
machine, Mr. Taylor, figures, will
enable him to put his ensilago up in
better shapethau ever before. "It is
figured by scientists," said Mr. Tay
lor, "forty per cent of the food value
of corn is in the stalk. Under the
old system of putting up oorn fodder,
this t forty per cent was practioally
wasted. By putting it in a silo It is
all saved, for it is chopped fine and
stock eat it greedily. That forty per
cent represents some of tho profits
and the farmer with ensilage realizes
it. I am wondering now how I man
aged so long without it."
Mr. Taylor's views are a ha red by
every farmer who has tried ensilage,
aud we expeot the time to arrive soon,
when every farm in the valley will
have u silo big or little In propor
tion to tho noeds of tho owner.
Big Fire at Portland.
For five hours Tuesdny morning,
Portland's entire fire depatment, with
the exception of the exposition com
pany, Btrnggled with a conflagration,
that swopt the '.east side, devastating
four blocks of buildings, rendering
scores of people homeless and entail
ing a loss of approximately $120,000.
Twenty-two buildings were complete
ly destroyed, many wore badly dnm-
aged and not a few businosB firms
and individuals were financially
ruined.
it was 7:07 o'clock iu the morning
whon tl o alarm was turned in. A fow
minutes before that time Police Offi
cer Sinnott attempted to notify head
quarters, but failed to get proper tele
phone communication.
Betweon twelve and fifteen rninutos
were lost by cortain dotachmonts of
the fire department in responding to
the alarm.
When it was seon that the east Bide
department could not successfully
cope with the fire a second call for
engines 1 and i and truck 1 was turn
ed in. For Borne reason tho Becond
call did not come in properly to tho
respective headquarters. Consequent
ly the two engino companies and the
truck company dld)not know where to
go Until another call was sent in.
Firemen at headquarters say that bo
twnn twelve nnd fifteen minutes were
lost in that way.
Threo people were injured, women
too ill to mako their escape unaided
from Impending death were rescued
by flromen, river and street oar traffic
was suseiided until noon, telephone
connection was cut off, nnd a finan
cial loss of about 3120,OO0iwns sustain
ed before one of the fastest and flerci
est llros in Portland's history was
under control nh noon.
As the result ot au almost prohibi
tive insurance rate the loss will bo
almost complete, tnere being only
about S:t2,KX Insurance in all.
Tho devastated district includes
four blocks of business hoimes and
residences, lying between Stark and
Pino and Union avenue and Sixth
street. The entire ditttrU't Is in
ruins and other adjacent sections havo
beeu destroyed by the flumes.
Thore was a stiff southeasterly
breeze. It fanned the flames and sent
burning embers hitming into the stag
nant pools below tho elevated road
ways nnd build Inge. It was a spectac
ular fire.
Massage Parlors in Medford.
Miss Sahroy Honker 1ihh opouod
Muhsmko Parlors at tlld homo of Mrs
K. A. Worlma'i, on Oakdalo avontio
whoro she is iiropurod to give steam
oloctrio and Halt glow Imtlm, face and
scalp maHsago and flun magnetic treat
ment. Will go to any part of the city
and give private treatment Women
and children only. 0 . in. to Hi p
m. l'hoiie 7:1. W-3iu
THE CIRCUS
"" MlJE HEBE
Albany, Ore., Aug. 34.
Station Agent,
Medford, Oregon.
We have received a letter
from Medford stating that
it is rumored that the show
will not stop there. Kindly
make a great effort to con
tradict this rumor. Notify,
tho Mayor, Police, and all
others possibly convenient,
that any such rumor is false.
We will appreciate it very
much. Barnum it Bailey
Saturday will bu circus day in Mod
ford, ilaruum .t Hailoy'a "Greatest
show ou earth" will bo here that dsy
with 87 care, IOCS people aud 690
horses.
Someouo has started the story that
there waB no wator to be had here
for the stock aud that tho show would
not stop hero because of that fact.
Tho story is absolutely and wholly
untrue. Superintendent Gorton, of
tho light and wator plant, has told a
Mail roportor that there would be an
abundanoe of water. Tho tanke are
kept full all tho time now and the well
is also filled nearly all the time. The
volume of water has been greatly is-
oronsod by the digging of a ditch
aoross the creek, andfthe supply mow
seems ample.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 30.
"That Klamath Falls is soon to b
a railroad terminal is no longer a
question, but an assured faot"
Mr. Johnson stated that the per
manent survey waB oomploted to tbe-
lower end of Lower Klamath lake Fri
day. This Ib to a point within a diB-
tanoe of twenty miles of Klamath
KiiUb and tho work of surveying and
locating the lino for tho road Is to be
pushed to oomplotiou this fall.
In tho meantime 37d men are bnay
on tbo oxtonsion work of the road
from its prosent terminus at Bartlc
this way.
Mr. Johnson stated that this work
vould bo comploted and roady for the
running of trains ovor the line to the
lower end of tho lake by Christmas.
Here the new road will con 1100 1 with
the rocontly constructed steamboat
Klamath, which is to ply on Lake
Ewanna and Lowor Klamath, and
will give Klamath Hills dlroot com
munication with the outside world
tho coming winter, without being
compelled to make the 3(i-niile stage
ride to Pokogama.
Mossrs. JohnBou and Quoal are here
to confer with the business men of
Klnmath Falls regarding future busi
ness for their road. They today made
the assertion that Klamath Falls
would hear the whistlo of the railroad
locomotive by the Fourth of next July
aud they oven promise to have the
road comploted boforo that time.
Tbo McCloud railroad connects wlth
the Southern Pacific at Upton. From
thero it now extends thlrty-sovem
miles on its way toward thiB oity to
llartle from whence the oxtonsioa
work, according to the road o(iloialfly
is to be pushod at utmost spood.
W. C. T. U. Hems.
The Union opened on time witk
prosidout and all odlcors present.
Mrs. Fielder conduotod the dovotioa
nl oxoricsos by rondiiig tho XXIII
l'salm ; prnyer by Mrs. Vogeli ; sing
ing by all. Minutos of last mooting
read and approved. A lotter was read
from Mrs. Sliauo acknowledlng tho
?H,75 paid for stato dues. The prosl
deiit chose the first Thursday in eaoh
month as ".Mothers Day," with MrB.
Henry linker as leader; third Thurs
day, evangelistic work, with Mrs.
Fielder as leader; fourth Thuraday,
aiiirmue, with Mih. Day as loador.
Mrs. Owon as llower mission work.
All persons having garment's that can.
ho cut and fitted for small children
please tell Mrs. Dodge. Mrs. Fielder
then gavo ono of hor Interesting les
sons in llililo study, which all eniov-
ed. Tho ' Union was dismissed by
.virs. nuouaru in moot at mo Unrtfl.
I1111 ehiiroh, August 2ith. All mom
tiors aro requested to como and help.
PKICSS KUPT.
Mill Opcnen.
The Snowy Hutto mills at F.agle
Point will bo opened by J. II. Carlton
and S. 11. Holmes, aud will bo run
ning for grist customers after Aiibiist
-!rjtb. II. Haskell, a competent miller,
will be 111 charge. 33-'Jt