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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1905)
7 VAN DYKE'S Rubber Ui.ots m Chi'dren' MEN'S DURABLE SHOES. Complete lines of I.ea'her and Rubber Hoots and Shoes for Wet YVtath'r Days, Fine Viseo'ized, water pr .of, tan and black, high cut Shoes, at 14, 85, $6, $6.50 and J7 fid per pair. Others in regul ir t' p, at $2 50, $3.00 and $3.50 jet pair. LiiihW v eight welted Shoes with heavy toles. for medium heavy wear, in Vici,Calf and Enamel Leather, at $300, $3 50 and $5 00 per pair. Fu:llinerf Rubbers i,nd 'a, Men's and Wenvn's Sizes, At VAN DYKE'vS Dry Goods. Shoes. New Location: w,;ill1mo,eto",w weeks to more com" modious quarters in the New Building, two doors west, up the street. ' J. H, Butler, Funeral Director, with Medford Furniture Co., House furnishers and Under takers' Day. 'Phone Main 353, Night Phone Main I 15 jCITY HAPPENINGS Prof. B. M. Colling, who with Ld. . Fauoett and others, is interested in 'the reoently discovered mine on Ster ling mountain, a description of which was given in thia paper some weeks -ago, was in the city a few days since. He reports that a tnnnel has been driven oross catting the ledge. The tunnel is sixty-five feet in and the ledge where it was struck is twenty- aix feet wide. The ore assays a good 'deal higher at thia .depth than on the surface and the owners feel that they have a permanent and paying proper ty. Samples of the ore are on exhi-j bitionatthe Medford exhibit build-1 ing and attract considerable attention I on acoount of its peculiar oolor. It i la what is known as oohre quartz and this is. the first ledge of it ever found in this seotion. It is not fre quently found anywhere, but is near ly alwayB rich in gold when it is dis covered. Good, live . responsible men,' to contract for the clearing of 300 acreB of ground four miles from city ot Medford. All of this work la light clearing and would be a money maker to the light parties. None but striot ly responsible men need apply. For information and farther particulars, address or call on Fred Lundahl, Medford, Ore. 36-lt W. F. Isaacs and Wm. Mailer ohaperoned a number of the visitipg shooters on a Ashing trip to the river 'Sunday and as asaal when Mr. Isaacs gets his Ashing clothes on there was a large catch. Wednesday and Thurs day of laBt week Isaacs and Claude Miles caught nearly a hundred pounds of trout, which regaled the palates of the sportsmen at breakfast the next morning. Sunday the catoh was still larger and to make the oocasion more memorable to the guests each of them were successful in catching Hsb. Be sides the ohaperones the party was comprised of C. M. Powers, of Deca tur, 111. j E. L.Shultze, of San Fran oisco; and D. W. King, Jr., of Den ver, Colorado. G. W. Priddy, the expert brick maker, has a kiln of superior brick just burnt which he is selling at rea- sonable prices. Mrs. Chop. Cox gave a birthday party on Saturday of last week to her daughter, Miss Marion. It was the little lady's tenth birthday and to make merry and pleasant the occasion twenty of tho Miss Marion's little frieuds were invited to the pleasant furl home, south Jof Medford. A va riety of games were played, chief of which was the donkey party, la which Vera Heudrickson and Katharine Deuel won prizes and Irene Short won the oake number. The little ones enjoyed themselves hugely and there was uot a thing left undone by Mrs. Cox which would assist them in their good time. Refreshments of ice cream, cake, lemonade, nuts and fruits were served. Those present were:. Misses Wray Curry, Vera Hen driokson, Mary and Edna Gore, Irene Short, Vera Merriman, Ruth Wood ford,Luzenia MoGiU,Katherine Deuel, Lillian Ward, Harriet Harris, Marga ret Van Dyke, Elizabeth and Libertha Gore, Helen Brown, Helen Cox, Mary Stevenson, Frances Kleinhammer, Charley and Bernice Sample. When you wane bagains like these, that are reliable: 200 acreB; 160 acres in cultivation, 30 aores in alfalfa, 25 acres in coin, balance in wheat, bar ley and oats. All fenoed and cross fenced. One Hereford bull, hogs, all kinds of farming implements ; 22 miles from Medford. Good roads and not stioky. Price $4000. Crop goes at above price and worth $1600. 80 acreB, 20 aores of wheat, 8 aores in bearing orchard, mostly apples, 7!i miles rrom mearoro; price, casn, smuu, way see, White & Trowbridge, West Side. Fred K. Hall, a brother of E. B. Hall, of this city, and formerly a resi dent here, haB struck all kinds of a good thing In a mining way up near Greenwood, B. C. A little more than a year ago Mr. Hall acquired an inter est in a gold mine there and at once began development work. As a result of his efforts he has aacovered ex ceedingly rioh values and the mine is worth a fabulous amount of money. Speaking of the rich strike the Green wood News sayBi "Specimens fairly glistening with the yellow metal are in great demand and in this way ore valued at hundreds of dollars has been given away. The quartz ocours between greenstone and melamor Dhosed granite formations and is oomposed of quartz and iron pyrites." Musical instruction given by Mrs. E. E. Gore. Class and private lessons. Mason's xoucn and Technic Phil Loosley, of Sams Valley, was in Medford Monday. Mr. Xjoosley is one of the many good farmers of that section, and, like many another of them, he has put out tweaty a 'rea of his laud to Newton aad Spitzenberg apple trees. He has, this season. twenty aores of as One corn as ever grew not excepting Illinois. His land has alBO produced a fine crop of vetch, some stalkB of whioh were from five to seven feet in length. He tells that this yetch will stand for three seasons without re-seeding, provideu there ib sufficient moisture in the ground, and it is cut at the proper time. His brother, Milon Loosley, who formerly Or Or Or PERSONS Have Remarked so often lately that, Owen's Grocery and China Trade "Has Grown Great." It IS IfB& The people have built us the Best and Most Dependable Trade of any of Like Kind in the Valley. We appre ciate it. Come into Our Store and be at home with us;- no matter whether you want to buy or not. O. D. OWEN. 1 V 1) m m m m lived iu Medford, is now line Inspeo tor on the government telegraph lines and is oonnented with the signal ser vice. He is located in Chioago and has been in the Philippines and Alas ka for the government sinoe be left Medford. The Eastern Star sooial Wednes day evening was another of those al ways very pleasant occasions upon whioh no person lias anything else other than the very best of an even ing of delightful entertainment. A spleqdtd muBioal program was pre sented and was composed of a vocal solo, "Love the Peddler," by Miss Mabel Jones; a piano duet, by Misses Fern Uutohison and Hazel Davis; a vooal solo by W. F. Isaaos, also vocal solo by Miss Qraoe Brown. Miss Irene Brown acoompanied the vocalists at the piano. That these several num bers were . appreciated was plainly told by tbe hearty applause. Follow ing the program neat little paokages, daintily tied with ribbon, were pre sented to eaub guests. Upon the out side there were attaohed numbers, by means of whioh partners were ohoseu for refreshments. Wrapped in these paokages were toys of various disorip tious such an tops, whistles, minia ture oigars, etc ; alsoineaoh paokage was an article of adornment for head wear. These were of paper and there were dunce caps, jockey caps, sun bonnets and many more representa tions, all in bright colors. The pos sessors of these articles were supposed to wear them and to put to its proper use the toy which fell to them and they all followed the directions and the assembly had the appearance as to headwear of a southern uiardi gras occasion. A splendid lunoh of sand wiohes, ooffeo, ice orenm and cake was served. There were over sixty persons present and to the following persons members of the cummittee they are indebted for one of the best times ever scheduled : Mrs. E. M. Lumsdeu, Mrs. G. W. Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Alford, Miss Mabel Jones and Rev. W. F. Shields. Plenty of good pasturage and good water. 81.50 per month. Inquire of J. V. Keizuxe, aear McAndrew's lord, Meaioru. a-tr. L. B. Brown has sold his stock of groceries aud orockery to Messrs. E. W. Monroe aud G.Miller, and the new firm is now In charge. Mr. Brown has enjoyed a fine trade during the time he has been in business and it will not be a long chance guess to say that the new firm will oontinue to en joy the favors of the patronizing pub lic. Messrs. Monroe and Miller have lived in Medford aince last winter and have each built fine homes, in Eabt Medford. They were formerly engaged in buBiuess in Caney, Indian Territory. Both are very fine gentle men straight, square and honorable gentlemen and are good fellowa to meet. They are promising that their greatest efforts will be to please all who may favor them with their pa tronage by giving good goods at rea sonable prices. The business of the new firm, whioh will be styled Mon roe & Miller, will be conducted at the old stand on Seveotn street. Mr. Brown, during his business career here, has made a great many friends, all of whom will learn with pleasure that he doeB not intend leaving Med ford. He will give his attention to his farm interests near Medford and in Sams Valley, he having acquired 200 aores of land in Sams Valley in his deal with Monroe. & Miller, Died At tbe family home in Northwest Medford, Tuesday morn ing, September 26tb, Mabel Eliza beth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krutzler; aged seven years, six months and ten days. The funeral services were held at the residence at 2 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, Septem ber 27th, Rev. F. Sack, of the German Lutheran ohuroh, officiating. The remains of the child were laid to rest in Odd Fellows cemetery. The pall bearers were Bix Bchool girls Ruth Lumsdon, Gertrude Fay, Mamie and Catherine Deuol, Dora Skeel and Enid Hamilton. The Coss Piano House has several work and driving horses for sale in Medford. The faot that six former Jackson county students are now teachers in tbe public schools at Cottage Grove,is a prettv good showing for our educa tional institutions, aB well as a mon ument of credit for the aplness of our girls and boys. They are Olah and Mabel Mickey and Worth Harvey, of Medford, Mr. Strango,Miss Grant and MisB Mundy, of Ashland. Miss Olah Miokey has taught in that school for three years past,and only a few week ago Miss Mabel Miokey was granted a teaoher's life certificate. -For sale A good, growing busi ness in Mediora. Uau at Mall omen. -"Pete" Deneff and Arthur Rob inson mixed up Monday afternoon in a physioil encounter and "Pete whacked "Monk" over the back with a shovel, wherea pon the latter landed a right swing on- the former's eye. They were separated and Robinson was arrested on complaint of Deneff, It appearing from the evidence that Deneff was the aggressor Robinson was discharged and a second warrant made oat for bis opponent, who was assessed 15 by the recorder. Dressmaking. Mrs. Pearl Malky, with rooms at Dr. Stephenson's resi dence, will do dressmaking either at home, or will go to customer's resi dences. Work guaranteed. Phone 608. O. D. Vincent, of San Franoisco, and Wm. Palmtaftof HoUiater, Calif., members of the Jckaoa Count) im provement Co., who have been mak ing an InspectioD of tho property, re turned ho me Monday. Some changes are contemplated, among whioh Is the engagement of John Griffith, an ex perienced California farmer, to take charge of the company's farm and thus enable Manager MoCray to de vote bis entire attention to the Fish Lake dltob. Alfalfa hay for sale, baled or loose. Leave ordeni at J. A. Perrv's ware house. 37-tf Married In Medford, Oregon, on Monday evening, September 25, 1905, Mr. Wilson Bowman, of this oity, and Mrs. Ostrella Ferguson, of Winona Lake, Indiana. Tbe oeremouy took place at the PreBbyterian manee and was performed by Rev. W. F. Shields. The happy oouple at once began housekeeping in tbe groom's pleasant home in West Medford. The Mall joins al their acquaintances in extending congratulations. I have been giving with eaoh dozen cabinet photos (at the regular price) one large photo, wbiob sooms to make a hit, so I have decided to continue it tbe balanoe of this month. Don't miss it. The Art Studio opposite poBtoUioo. -Streot Commissioner J. Branden burg has two gangs of oarponters at woik on two new residences which ho is ereotlng upon landhe purchased last spring, situated on North J street, near the Gorman Lutheran church. Tne dwellings will be alike in every particular aud will eaoh oon- tnin six rooms and a bath. Messrs. Amaun & Hazel have the contraot for the ereotioa of one of tbem and Messrs. Witleke Naylor the con tract for the other. These dwellings will be for rent. Bring your hair and hair work to Mrs. Roames, first door east of the Liiitneran church. 39-tf Carpentera are at work on the new home of Edgar Hafer, manager for the Iowa Lumber & Box Co. The house will be 41x42 feet in size, full two stories high, and will contain eight rooms besides the closets, baths, pantry and balls. It will be piped throughout for water and wired tor eleotric lights and will have every convenience possible. The dwelling will oost complete fully $1000. Tho location is an ideal one, on North J street, and there being half a block of ground ample room will be had for beautifying the place. -Live eleotrio wires put several workmen on the jump on the Karnes & Ritter-Kelly building this week. A brick mason, named Whitioomb, of Ashland, unoonsoiously got his band too close to one of tbe wires and he was at onoe hurled from the soaffold ing and his arm was quite badly burn ed. TbiB was on Monday. On Wed nesday two oarpenters were just a whisker too close and they, too, were knocked from tbeir feet Longer poles are being put in, whioh will raise the wires above the building and out of reach. Wanted Four foot fir wood, at the Russ mill. 38-3t E. a. Wolfer: "Speaking about growing big melons, potatoes and var ious other products of the soil, I wiBh you oould Bee the tomato patch whioh my Table Rook neighbor, Mr. Adams, has. I really believe there is an aver age of forty pounds of tomatoes grow ing on every plant, Ob, that Table Rock soil is all right for any thing you plant. Wait until you see my orop of strawberries and other large fruits." Girl wanted for general house work. .Good wages. Apply at Mail omoe. ae-tf The Iowa Lumber & Box Co. re ceived a wire order Wednesday for five carloads of fruit boxes. This just naturally throws the company eight carloads behind in their, orders, They have been behind three carloads for the past month or aix weeks and have been working desperately hard to catch up, but instead of oatehing up they aie now thrown further be bind and this with an output of more than a carload a day. Rye and vetoh seed for Bale at J, A. Perry's. 37 tf A petition is being circulated praying for tbe opening of a road through the Ross farm from the Con tral Point-Jaoksonville road to Med ford. Such a road would prove of considerable convenience to the peo ple of that locality, as it would short en the distance to this city almost half, and besides increase the trade Medford haB from there. . If you want Sweet Cream vou can get it at the Creamery. 25 cents per quart and it cents por pint. Tho Free Methodists olosod thoir protracted moetings In Medford Sun day evening, and this week aro hold ing Bimilar moetings in Ashland. Rev. Goodo, tho presiding older of this district, reports that tbe moetings have been well attended and much interest was manifest, Mr, Goode re ceived the sad news Tuesday of the serious Illness uf bid oistur ut tiulem Want to bur Lots or Diet of ground, olose In, upon whioh to erect a number of cottages. j-i. bcnormernorn. Apply to G. 27-tf Some impromptu fire works were exhibited Monday afternoon near the root of the building occupied by the Medford Book Store. The high wind prevailing would occasionally briug one of the live electric wires in con tact with the sheet iron cornice na the building and there would be a snap and a flash that proved quite diB ooucertiug to timid poople aad pass ing teams. E. E. Bowen. lftWVAr. ftl'lA' blook, Modford, Oregon. General law business transacted. 21-tf. H. G, Wortman was laid up thiB week with a badly sprained ankle. While dilviug 180 head of oattle through Ashlaad last week, they were stampeded by some school boys and ill subduiug the stampede his hoise ran into an open ditoh, fell to the ground with Mr. Harry underneath and a sprained ankle was the good thing he got out of the melee. Lost White Fox terrier puppy, bluok spot over right eye ; short tail. Finder please return to Medford Fur uiture Co. J. F. Hale, agent for the Allen & Gilbert-Ramaker Co., has fitted up some very pretty salesrooms in the White-Thomas building, on West Sev euth street. He has put in a fine line of new instruments,- and reports hav ing sold five piauos within the past ten days. Guaranteed Forest Reserve scrip for sale, in large or small quantities, by frank E. Alley, upstairs over Land Oltlce, Uoseburn, Oregon. Will place same for non-resident purchasers. Wiley J. Phillips, of Los AugoleB, will speak at Wilson's opera house next Mouday evening upon the viceB of Los Augeles and how he, single handed, put them down and landed a millionaire property owner in jail. No admissiou will be oharged, but a silver offering will be asked for. The Condor Water & Power Co. has been putting in. new maohinery at the power station, this week ohangiug from a CCO0 voltage to 22,000. Beoauso of acoidents at the station, inoident to the ohange, the entire system was out out for a few hours on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. A messenger in from the Hard Sorabble mine, weBt from Medford, reports that a shaft haB been sunk fourteen feet on the ledge and that the ledge maintains Its width and is muoh rioher at that depth than on the surface. The company has located ten more claims. Wanted at once Five women tn work in laundry and two sood man gle girla. Medford Steam Laundry. 37-2t Mr. Sharp, the field seoretary o tbe states of Washington andJOregon for the Christian Endeavor societies, will be in Medford on Friday next, September 29th, to meet alljthe young christian workers of our oity. The meeting will be in the Christian church at 7 :30 p. m. All oome. Prof. Hammond prod lets that storms and cyclones will be prevalent throughout that part of tbe United States east of the Rooky mountains. He bIbo predlots that there will be earthquakes in divers places. ThiB prediction is good for all next week, Ed. Kelley was before Reocorder Toft Monday oharged with assault and battery upon the person of G. W. Daley, miller at the Davie flouring mill. He plead guilty and was fined 120, which was paid. Talent k Crystal have enlarged their grocery store by removing back partition, thus giving them more room for display of goodB. They are now also oooupylny tho warehouse reoently built. Jeweler Butler has moved bis watoh and jewelry repairing business to F. M. Stewart's leal eBtate office, where ho is prepared to continue turning out first-class work. Dr. Kirchgessner has taken a po sition as traveling salesman for tho Blumauer-Frank Drug Co., of Port land. F. M. Hlldrotb, of Eagle Point, became a permanent rosident of Med ford this wook. J. W. Wiley shipped a oarload of fine porkers to the Portland market Wednesday. , Born In Ashland, September 22d, to Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Burnett, a daughter. Why Pay More for other Flour than Medford Flour Davis' Best, $1.00 per Sack Every Sack Guaranteed. Medford Items. OATHKRBD BY J. O. MAKTIN. Miss Pearl Bass, formerly a student of Antiocb, has entered the Medford school. Mrs. Frank Caldwell, of North D street, left Saturday for a oouple of weeks visit with her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Gilchrist, of Sama Valley.. Henry Qriner, a well and favorably known citizen and farmer of tbe As bestos seotion, paid us a very pleasant but brief oall while in the oity trad ing Friday. Roy Wilson, lately of Indiana, is building a pretty four-roomed cottage on his lot, on North O atreet. He recently purchased It of Mlsa M. A. Thompson, of Oakland, Calif. Grandma Lnmaden incompany with her grandson, Trere Lomsden, and Grandma Whltney.Jof North C street, paid her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Short, ot Foots creek, a social vlBit Saturday and Sunday. Miss Alberta Staoey, eldest daugh ter of O. W. Staoey, of Antlooh, a bright, promising young lady, has again entered the Central Point pan lio schools. This is her second year, having made exceptional progress in all ber studies tn the past year. Wm. Martin, Sr., member of Mar- The Shooters, The Great Shooters have been shooting in Medford. We are shooters, too, but our shooting is confined to shoot ing Lumber out at the follow ing prices: No. 1 dimension, - $10.00 Barn Boards, Fencing, 10.00 No. IShiplap, - - - 11.00 Good Rustic, - - - 17.50 A-No. 1 Shingles, - - 2.00 Iowa Lumber & Box Co. Weeks & Baker Undrta kers and Embalmers MEDFORD, OREGON tin Bros., the well known stook and grain raisers, of Beagle, made us a pleasant call Friday while in the oity, trading. He reports tbe 1905 grain orop above the averago fin yield and In quality and the last crops ore be ing threshed out by Glass Bros.' throBhing maohlne. Jaa. Howard, a well known oitlzen of Dlllard, DouglaB county, is visit ing in oar city at the hone of Mr.and Mrs. DeOoudrass, on North C street. Tbe gentleman informs us he has been unable to secure a vaoant house to rent in our oity in order to move to Medford with bis family to allow bis ohildren tho many advantages our oity public schools offer. This we very muoh regret to know to bo tho case,for these aro oxoolieut people and tbe loss of a term of school to their obildron and thomsolves boing depriv ed of mingling aud nssoointing among friends for a term in our oity moans muoh disappointment. Subscribe for The Mail. Baptist Young People's Union Oixinlted At meetings held at Urants Pass on Friday and Saturday of last week, the Baptist Young People's Union of the Kogoe River BaptiBt Assoication was organized with the following offioera: President, Roy Hackett, Uranta Pasa; first vioe-presidont,E. W. Mon roe, Medford; seoond vice-president, Mr. Palmer, Ashland; recording sea reary, Miss Foshay, Ashland; corres ponding seoretary, Miss Cole, Grants Pass; treaBnier, Harry Merriman, Medford. Those in attendance from Medford were: Rev. F. W. Carotene, Rev. and Mrs. Austin, Misses Laura Bennett, Mable and Ray Webb, Ustella Stlnson, Messrs. Rlohard Webb, Stanley, Tay lor, Harry Merriman and Ed. King. The next meeting will be held In Medford In June next, and will be in oonnection with the annual meeting of tbe Rogue River Baptist Associa tion. Reduced Rale to Visiting Easterners. Tho Southern Paoifio Co. will make a rate of one faro for the round trip from Portland to all points iu Oregon. Ashland and north for visitors from the east to the Exposition at Portland, to enable them to look over Western Oregon with the view of settling or Investing. These tickets will be good for 10 duys limit with stop ovor at all Intermediate points, and will bo Bold to holdors of the Exposition round trip tiokots from points east of the Rocky mountains. This will afford the various countios and communities that will maintain exhibits and advoitiBO in other ways at tho Exposition, every iuducomont to lmvo Enstorn pooplo visit their seotion. Your summer coat is shabby, It's shiny on each sleeve, The button holes are all torn out 'Twould make your best friond grieve. Your summer vest is shabby, ' With buttons off the front, , . Each time you try to fasten it You have to do a stunt. Your summer pants are shabby, They're 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 hound to make you smile. So get yoor order in at once, We'll Bt you out with ease; Don't forget it's the same old firm, "THE TOGGERY," yours. o please. Up to Date Hatter u4 Men's Outfitter . . .