The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, September 15, 1905, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextVAN DYKE'S Elegant All the Latest Embroidery Designs in Ladies' Handkerchiefs, at 10 to 75 cents each. All Linen hemmed handkerchiefs, at. 5, 15, 20 and 25 cents each. Special See our All Linen (guaranteed) Handkerchiefs for 5 cents. New Fall Goods Arriving Every Day New Skirts, New Coats for Misses and Ladies, New Caps, New Dress Goods, New Silks, New Shoes, Etc. At VAN Dry Goods. J. H, Butler, Funeral Director, with Medford Furniture Co., House furnishers and Under takers' Day 'Phone Main 353, Night Phone Main I 15 HAPPENINGS, i CITY Many Inquiries are being made as to when the street lights are going to be put in. The Mail has learned this week that the material necessary for installing the system is now here and just so soon as the force of work men employed by the city can possi bly find time to pick up the installa tion work they wilt get' at it. If the foroe employed by the city is inade quate to moot the demands more help should be secured and this work of putting iu the street lights pusned to an early completion. A dark night on the streets iu dry woather is pretty bad, but when wo get our dark, raiuy nights, which wo will soon have, travelers by night will experience no little inconvenience. With these con ditions ahead of us it would seem that an extra eil'ort should be put forth to got thosi lights to doing busi ness. Lost White Fox terrier puppy, black spot over right eye; short tail. Finder please return to Medford Fur niture Co. This week Mrs. C. W. Palm dis posed of her stock of millinery to liar grove sisters, of Ashland. The Misses Hargrove are practical milliners of long experience and they purpose carrying the most complete and up-to-date stock in their line ever shown iu Medford. They will continue to cou duot their store in Ashland, as well as the one hero. Misses Hargrove would be pleased to have the ladies of Medford call upon them and inspect their stock and feel confident that they can please the most fastidious taste. When you want bagains like these, that are reliable: 200 acres; ICO acres in cultivation, 30 acres iu alfalfa, 25 acres in coin, balance in wheat, bar ley and outs. All fenced and cross fenced. One Hereford bull, hogs, all kinds of farming implements ; 22 miles from Medford. Good roads aud not sticky. Price $4000. Crop goes at j above price and worth 81000. 80 acres, j 20 acres of wheat, 8 acres in bearing orchard, mostly apples. 1 milps ! tfroni Medford ; price, cash, S800, why : . sjee, White & Trowbridge, West Side. ; J. H. Toft, the painter and pa-, per hanger, has just completed & job of wnrk for J. D. Whitman, on Mb residence near the Earhart place. The residence has been painted aud papered inside, and painted outside. Mr viz Kb Vli ii Hi to li l Vi Hi See Japanese Mush Bowls PRICE 5c AT O. D. OWEN'S 3- Showing of Embroider ed and Plain Hemmed HAN DKERCH IERS in Cot ton and Linen. DYKE'S Shoes. Mr. Whitman expects to occupy the place again about the first of the mouth, at which time his sou, Bert, expeots to return from the East and oocupy the orchard home, where the senior Mr. Whitman now resides. Good, live responsible men, to contract for the clearing of 300 acres of ground four miles from citv of Medford. All of this work is light clearing and would be a money maker to tue ngnt parties. IN one but strict ly responsible meu need apply. For mrormatiou and runner particulars, address or call on Fred Luudabl, Medford, Ore. 3ti-4t Died In Medford, Tuesday, Sep tember 12, 1905, Treva Belle, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Moyer, aged teu months and twenty-eight days. The bereaved pareuts have the sympathy of the entire community in their aillictiou. Funeral services wore held at the late residence on Thurs day at 3 o'clock, Kov. F. W. Cars ton a and Elder Li. D. M in ear officiating. The interment was made iu Odd Fel lows cemetery. If you want Swoot Cream you can get it at the Creamery. 25 cents per quart una lu cents per pint. George Shnfer and John Critch low were convicted in the circuit court of burglary, the offense charged being that of breaking into the Rob erts & Garuett hardware store some time ago aud purloining therefrom a quantity of goods. They wore senten ced to serve four years and six mouths each in the state penitentiary and were taken to Salem Tuesday evening i by Ed. Helms aud E. N. Warner. Guaranteed Forest Roeerve scrip for sale, in large or email quantities, by Frank E. Alley, upstairs over Lund Office, Rosebursr, Oregon. Will place same for non-resident purchasers. Will Nichols, the forest ranger, was in Medford Weduesday. He had come iu to secure treatment for his young son, whose ear hud been badly torn in a playful scuflle with some of his schoolmates. Mr. Nichols left Thursday morning for Fort Klamath and in company with Henry Ireland will locate a trail up Seven Mill creek and across to Huckleberry mountain. For Sale A new ten-horse boiler complete. Enquire of Medford Iron Works. The increasing enrollment in the Medford schools will shortly neces sitate the making of additional room for the accommodation of the pupils. Already some of the rooms are con siderably crowded, even at the com mencement of the school year. What it will be when many pupils who are now out will return and take up the studies can be imagined Alfalfa hay for sale, baled or loose. Loave orders at J. A. Perry's ware house. 37-tf R, W. Gray is constructing a 60x50 foot addition to his planing The til mill, lu which he will place his ma chinery. This is mado ueoessary by the lurgely iuoreasod business of the mill, the prosout quarters being en tirely too crowded. Mr.Grny also in tends putting in additional ma chinery aud iu order to do this must have more room, Blue prints of township maps, showing all vacant land, tlfty oenlB each. Fur reliable iufurnitttiuii con cern inn Government land write to Frank E. Alley, Abstractor, Roseburg, Oregon. Fred Patterson has been employed as "extra" man in the feight aud baggage department at the Medford Southern Pacific depot, thus increas ing the force now employed at this station to six men, all of whom are quite busy when "on shift. ' ' Fred will hustle farm machinery, grocer ies, trunks, boxes and other varieties of freight and baggage from one o'clock each day until 12 o'clock that night, then Oliu Whitman, now the regular warehouseman, will do the same for the balance of the twenty four hours. Time was when Charlie Fronk could look after the freight and baggage, attend to the telegrams and still have pleuty of time to run over town occasionally and play a gaum of "pedro" to pass away the time. That was when Medford was just a mudhole surrounded by ohap paral,with a few wooden shaoks stick ing around in different places. The whole passenger traffic of the then O. & O. R. li., for a week could be haul ed on one of the present trains and It wouldn't be crowded much either, and there Is probably as great a ton nage of freight going from and com ing to this station daily now as there was then for every town in Southern Oregon. Girl wanted for general house work. Good wages. Apply at Mail oiuoe. au-ii The ladies of the M. E. churoh and Epworth League will give a chick en dinner on Wednesday, September 20th, beginning at 5 o'clock p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to all to partake of this meal and enjoy a good time with these good people. As stated above the ladies will com mence serving the dinner at five, but if you are not iu the habit of eating before eight or nine o'olock, or even as late as ten, you will be awaited upon as courteously and served as bountifully at these later hours as you would have been at five. This will be a good, old-fashioned ohickeu dinner such as the Methodist ladies have an euviable reputation for pre paring. Thero will be used real aud recent spring chickens nut spring chickens that were sprung into ex istence a docade or more ago. The place at which the dinner will bo served has not as yot been decided upon.' Handbills, printed later, will toll you where to go. W. E. PhippSj attorney at law. OfMces iu Medford Bunk building. 28-tf A number of the frieuds and schoolmates of Claud J. Hoover about thirty-five in all assembled nt the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. E Hoovor iu North Medford Tuesday evening, the object of the gathering being a farewell to the young man, who left on the southbound midnight train for St. Louis, Mo., there to re sume his studios iu the St. Louis Modical College. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing games, vocal and instrumental music and having a good time generally. Kg froshmonts of ice cream aud cake aud melons wore served. As tho hour for the arrival of the train approachod tho company dispersed, some fifteen of them, however, accompanied Mr. Hoovor to the train to wish him a pleasant journey and a safe return. Wanted at once Five women to work iu laundry and two good man gle girls. Medford id teu in Lauudry. 37 -2t Jerry Scott, the gentleman who recently purchased a five-acre tract of land from W. R. Dickisou, in West Medford, has built an 18x24 foot resi dence thereon aud is now at homo on his own ground. For a bit of quick construction work this dwelling ranks foremost of any. Friday morning G. L. Schermerhorn, superintendent of construction for tho Iowa Lumper & Box Co., put five men at work on the job, with J. L. Demmer as foreman. They layed the foundation aud erect ed and inclosed the building, "and in fact.coinpleted the entire structure in just one aud a half days. G. W. Priddy, the export brick maker, has a kiln of superior brick just burnt which he Is selling at rea sonable prices. Worth Harvey, of thiB city, and a graduate of the Southern Oregon State Normal, has been elected to the position of vice-priucipul of tho high school at Cottuge Grove, Ore gon, aud left thiB week to take up his work. Mr. Harvey is a young man who has alwayB been a very thorough, earnest student and his recent gradu ation from tho Normal school was with high honors. That hu will prove himself a success in school work is unquestioned by those who know him best, E. E. Bowon, lawyer, Miles block, Medford, Oregon. General law business transacted. 21-tf. I. J. Estes, the Bear croek melon grower, brought to Medford a couple of prize water melons last Saturday. One of them weighed i0 pounds aud the other 41, The Mail family has positive proof of the excellency of one these monsterB. The melon crop this year has been nn exceptionally good one in the valley, but the two above mentioned wore tho largoat brought to Medford. - Rye and vetch seed for sale at J. A. Perry's, 37-tf Prof, Abe Bish has boon elected to the principalflhlp of one of the ward schools in Grants Puss and com menced upon bis work Mouduy moru Ing. Mr. Bish hns boon very sucess ful in his soverul years of school wnrk iu this county ami there is little doubt but he will be equally us suc cessful iu his new field. T. D. Ross, of Central Point, who claims the fishing championship of Roguo river, was iu Medford Monday. There are three or four claimants to the championship with rod aud Hue in the valley. Why wouldn't a free for all contest on the river some cer tain day be a good way to settle the question, W, T. York, as agont, this week sold the Duff Karoos pluoe, southwest of Medford, to F. E. Martin. ThiB place waB owned at the time of sale by M, F. Durtlng, of Goldeadale, Washington, The price paid was $1300 and there are twenty-two aores of land in the piece A party consisting of Mr, and Mrs. H. C, Lewis, Mr. and Mrs, Gor don Voorhlos and Bunker A. L. Wells and sou, of Portland, chaperoned by Kelly Jackson, left Thursday morning for the Blue canyon, the head of the south fork of Rogue river, on a hunt for big game. ,,.. Rev. E. A. Child, now of Soda ville, Oregon, is Issuing a book, en titled "How to Live 100 Years." The proceeds are to go toward estab lishing an eduoutloual Institution at Sodaville on the plan of the Moody Institutes of the East. It is related of a certain Medford citizen of quite rotund form, that he fell Into the river three times In one day, while fishing. Hip euperabuud ance of adipose tissue kept him from sinking uutil he could be towed into shallow water. The Portland and San Frauoisoo baseball teams were on Monday morn ing's southbound train. "Slivers Henley, who is "making good" as a pitcher for the "Seals," was greeted by a number of his friends at the depot.' Henry Sargont was arraigned be fore J. W. Lawtou, recorder pro tern, Weduesday, charged with having committed an assault upon James Hart, but the evidence not being deemed sufficient the case was dis missed. H. R. Heryford and family and Mrs. F. O. Ahlstrom and two sons re turned last Friday from Big Butte, Jacksou county, where they had been visiting with Dr. R. E. Parker, Mrs, Heryford 's father. Lake view Herald. Ray Toft has commenced the erec tion of a new dwelling in Northwest Medford. It will be 24x40 feet in size, one story, and there will bo five rooms. Contractor R. W.jGray is joj iug the carpenter work. '" ' The Lnkeview Horald ami ounces the mariago at that pluco ou Sopt. Gth, of Ralph Koozer aud Miss Efile, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. J. A, Nys- warner. The bride was formely resident of Medford. Two hundred and twenty now members wore Initiated by the Hod Hoos at Portland Saturday. Among the mitatos were Clarouce Hnfor, Geo. F. King, J. D. Cook aud E, I Infer, of Medford. lu the cirouit court this week Margaret Poysor was granted a di vorce from Frank Poysor; also M, W. Polstou was given a decree aud the custody of the minor child, against Lucy V. Polstou. The grain harvest is about over, although there is still considerable threshing to bo done in some sec tions. Quite a largo amount of wheat is being brought to the city now. B. P. Thoiss & Co., wholesale grocers, Medford, received a carload of hams, bucon aud lard this wook, inis is tho fourth carload of meats they have put in this season. -The dancing party at Wilson's opora house last Friday evening was well attoudod and everyouo present had a flno time. Millor's orchestra furnished excellent music. Henry Vincent is building an ad dition to his residence, on North A stroot. The addition is 114x26 foot iu size and is to be used as a photo gallery by his daughters. Miss Blanch Toft, book-koopor at Hutchison & Lumsdeu's dry goods store, who has been quite ill for a week or ton days, is able to bo at work again. J. Jeske, the jowelor, has removed from the west side of the track to the building opposite tho poBtoffico. Boin In Asbestos, August 31, 1005, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Welch, a daughter. Why Pay More for other Flour than Medford Flour Davis' Best, $1.00 per Sack Every Sack Guaran teed. F PURELY PERSONAL C. J. Clark was down from Tulont Mouduy. Ed. Holt, of (.Sold Hill, wus In Mod- ford Tuesday. I. N. Shook, of Ashland, whs a Mod- ford visitor Monday. Grant Rawliugs was up from Cen tral Point ou Monday. W. T. Kinney, of Lake oreek, was a Medford visitor Monday. Ex-Comulsslou Thos, Riley was lu Medford ou business Monday. E. C. Poiueroy, of Eagle Point, was a Medford visitor Weduesday. H. D, Kubll was iu Medford from Applegnte ou business Monday, Hon. T. Cameron returuod Sunday from a trip to tbe Portlaud fair. Mr. aud Mrs. Jas. Kent, of Wellen, were Medford visitors Saturday. Dr. II. P. Hnrgrave wub lu Asbland Monday on professional business. Tyson Beall, of Central Point, was iu Medford Monday, on business. Will and Merritt Brown, of Eagle Point, were lu Medford Tuesday. Mrs. Pauliuo IIinos,of Jacksonville, was a Medford visitor Wednesday. C. W. Knighton and daughter, Miss Lydia, were Medford visitors Tues day. Miss Borates Cameron returned Mouday from a visit Jto the Portland fair. H. J. Doubleday, of Big Butte, spent Wednesday In Medford on busi ness! G. H. Howland was iu Medford Monday from the Three Pines lumber oamp, Rube Johnson, the Elk creek stock man, was iu Medford Tuesday, on busiuoBB . H. B Chuich left for Portland Tues day morning, to be abseut a oouple of weeks. Dr. aud Mrs. H. E. Moirison are taking in the sights at the Lewis and Clark fair. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Davis made a business aud pleasure "triptoCalif or nla this week. Mrs. Jones, of Bunoom, is iu Med ford, upon a visit to Mr. and Mrs, Fort Hubbard. J. D. Heard, superintendent of the Storliug mine, was iu Medford ou business Monday. E. WllkiuBon aud family loft Tues day ovouiug for a teu days1 visit to the Portland fair. Thos. Paukoy.foroman of the Snowy Butte orchards, was a Modford vis! tor a few duys Biuco. Mrs. E. J. Kubli returned to Jack souvillu Monday from a visit with relatives nt Portland. S. W. McCloudou and J. 11, Boo man, of Gold Hill, were lu Modford on business Mouduy. II. G. Wortman aud W. H. Gore ro turuod Suturday from a sevvrul weeks trip to Klamath county R. E. and Mrs. S. C. O'Brion, of Applogute, were Medford visitors a couple of days this week. Frank Gatos, of Globo, Arizoua, is iu Jackson county, upou u visit to his mother, Mrs. Doming, Mrs. Will Johnson, of Applcgato, left Wodneaday for Portland, to visit relatives aud soe the exposition, Ed. Miller, of Pboonix, is among the Jacksou county people, who "hit tho trail" for Portluud thiB weok. J. N. Hockersmith and daughter, Miss Lauru, left Modford 'Monday night for n tou duys visit to Portlaud, Jas. Bass and Frank Hull and thoir families spout Sunday Halting on the rivor they woro jiiHt fishing, that's all. Dr. J. B. Goblo and "Tobo" Brous returuod Tuesday from thoir throo weeks' visit to Crescent City aud Port Orford Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Whltsott, of Coaliugu, Calif,, wore in Modford thiB woek, tanking for an opportunity to invest in farm lands, Merchant II. U. Lumsdon and fam-, lly returned Sunday evening from their visit to Portland, Souttlo and otbor northern points, "t'tyk Claud Hoover loft Tuesday ovoniiig for St. Louis, Mo., whore ho will take up his socond your's oourso in the collogo of Physicians and Suigoons. J. G. McAllister wns iu from McAl lister springs ..Tuesday, lie" has rent ed his springs farm "io'jWr'l "Kinney and will move co hiahomoBtuud, niue miles west. MiHS Edith A. Van Dyko loft Mon day evening fnr Philudolnhiu, Penn sylvania, whore Bhojwill take up her second year's study lntlio Woman's Medical Collogo of that city. Marion Wilaoy, of Etna, Calif., stopped off in Modford tills wook for u few duys' visit with his uncle, J. W. Mitchell, and family. Ho was re turning home from tho fair at Port land. Mesdumos W. Howard and N. Mll lor, of Oregon City, have boon visit ing Mr. and Mrs. M. F. McCown, in Modford. iu company with the Inttor thoy loft Tuesday morning on a trip to Crntor lako. W. T. Kinnoy was In tho city from Lake oreek Tuesday. Ho has his saw mill set up and ready to turn on tho steam und will be sawing lumber within a very short time. Tbe mill is located near McAllister springs. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Walker, who havo been in Klaninth county and N'oitbern California for tho past several months, sfiout a few days lu Modford this wook. Thoy intend spondlng tho winter lu Montague, To The We want you all to know we are doing the business. It is not because we are bet ter than our competitors, but because our goods and prices are. We Handle Cement, Plaster, Lath, Shin gles, Wire Fencing and every thing pertaining to building. One Trial Order is all we Ask. Iowa Lumber & Box Co., , 1 Weeks & Baker I 1 Undertakers I and r" I l lUlilUcUlIlCI HEOFORD, OREGON Culif., whore Mr. Walker will engage in tho butcher business. Chas. II Neu aud Jas. 11. Matchott, of Bourbon, Indiana, are lu Modford this woek, looking ovor tho city and surrounding oountry. Mr. Matchott owns n live-acre tract of land In West Medford, which ho purohnsod from tho old gontlomaii Phoistor u number of years ago. Willia A. Grooh, an ongiuoor and draftsman, or Cruig.Colorado, nrrlvod lu Modford this wook und will lounto horo, provided his health Improves. Ho is troublod with asthma. Mr. Green la n brother of our good towns man, Wosloy Green, and u nuphow of C. M. Allan. Miss Ilornico Sayro, of Payotto, Id aho, returuod to her homo Monday, uftor u couple of weeks' visit with old-time Moilford friends. Miss Ber n ice is a duughtor of Mrs. I. E. Sayre, who lived in Modford for a number of yours. Ilornico iB now Your summer coat is shabby, It's shiny on each sleeve, The button holes are all torn out 'Twould make your best friend grieve. Your summer vest is shabby, With buttons off the front, Each lime you try to fasten it You havo to do a stunt. Your summer pants are shabby, Thoy'ro bagging at the knees, In such a looking costume You can't expect to please. In fact you need a new fall suit, We knew it all the while, Just come and look our samples o'er, They're H'lund to make you smile. So get your order in at once, We'll t you out with ease; Don't forgot it's tho same old firm, "THE TOGGERY," yours to please. Up to Date Hatters and Men's Outfitters . . . Trade. teaching school noarPnyotte and Mrs. Sayro 1b doing well with hor paint ings lindiiig ready sale tor all the i scouos ahe is able to paint. a J. Fi, fiuyart left Monday ovouiug for n four or llvo days' stay at San Frauoisoo, during which time ho will take rurt lu A big suootiug tourua mont in that city. II. C. Koutnor, of Stnnborry, Mis souri, arrived iu Medford last weok und has taken n position with tho dry goods ostubllnhnKinl, of F. K, Douol & Co. Mi. Kontnof is ail export dress goods sulosmun aud will ilUva full charge of that dopartmont iu tho ubovo mentioned storo. B. W. Powoll, of Custlo Rook, Washington, was in Modford sovorat days this weok and lust. Mr. Powoll was ono of tho onrly duy residents of Modford, having lived hero flftoon yours ngo, at which time bo hud large roal estate interests, but whiub have sitioo boou diBposod of. Modford right now looks good to Mr. Powoll and it would not bo surprising should he re-, invest somo cnpitol here. , ' B. F. Clark aud family, of 'Whito City, Klamath county, was in Mod ford this week. Mr. Clark camo here with tho avowed iutoutiou of leaving his family hero und putting his ohild ron into school, but he wub uufortun- jato in not boing ablo to socuro a dwelling house iu which thoy could ; live. Mr. Clark brought over with j him two tons of honoy from the Chns, Shook apiary, in which there uro 280 stands of boos.