OREGON Is the Best
part of the United States.
If you want to '
Mine, Saw Lumber,
liaise Fruit,
Grow Stock
or do most anything ale you
will find your opportumity here
THE HAIL tells about it
E BIVEB VALLEY
is the best pait of Oregon
MCDFORD 1b In the centsr of the
valley and THE MAIL tho belt rper
VOL. XVII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1905 , NO. 48.
Encouragement.
Despair hot friend, whatever be thy state;
Nor icorn email bleulogs that upon thee (all,
. Learn to disdain the Imploua oreed of fate :
And own the Providence that governs all.
If thou ait baffled In thine earnest will
Thy conaolence olear, thy reaBon not astray
fie this thy faith and ooneolallon still i
The darkest hour 1b on the ve-go of day.
It is reported that Nolton Bros,
reoently unearthed a pooket in Blaok
well diBtrlot that yielded 810,000 in
gold.
The Ashland authorities are after
the "blind plggers" again. Monday
two firms aooused of illegally selling
liquor were pulled.
Stiokle Bros., of Gold Hill, who are
engaged in the manufacture of tiling,
shipped a oarload of tiles to A. O.
Allen, of Medford, last week.
The mill on the Shorty Hope mine
on Wagner oxeek was started up this
week, atfer being shut down for some
time. There iB enough ore already
mined to keep the mill running for
several months.
The Southern Faoifio Company has
well boring machinery at work drill
ing for water in the Ashland depot
yards. It is intended to go 2000 feet
deep, unleBS an ample supply of
water is found sooner.
Ashland's oity eleotion ooours on
Deoember 19th. There are two tiok
ets in the field, one nominated by tho
Socialist party, with D. M. Brower
for mayor, the other nominated by a
meoting of oitizens, with G. S. Butler
at its head
Mrs. Emily Evans died at her home
on Big Sticky Thursday of last week
and was buried in Central Point oem
tery Saturday. Mrs. Evans was a
pioneer of Southern Oregon and was
ninety-eight years old at the time of
her death. Four generations of her
desoendantB are living in the valley.
The Gold Hill Canal Co., has a
foroe of about thirty men at work on
their new power line, running into
Gold Hill, says the News. They are
now engaged in digging the boles and
outting out the right of way and it
will not be long before they commence
stringing the wires. The work is be
ing pushed rapidly and it will not
be long before Gold Hill will be en
ying the privileges of an eleotrio sys
tem second to none in Oregon.
Cbns. E, White died at his home in
Ashland Monday, November 20th,
aged forty-seven years, ten months
and eight days. Funeral services
were held at the family residonce in
Ashland, Tuesday at 10 o'clock and
on Wednesday the remains were
brought to Gold Hill on the train and
were taken to Itook Point that night.
On Thursday at 11 o'clock, after a
short and appropriate service by Rev.
Hughes, of Ashland, the remains were
laid to rest in the family lot in the
Rock Point oemetery.
K. O. Wilson, a gentleman who be
came interested in tbe thermal min
eral springs on D. H. Jackson's plaee,
near Ashland, through an acquaint
ance made with Mr. Jaokson at the
Lewis and Clark exposition, has
effected a lease of tbe springs and will
ereot a bath house and small hotel
there this winter. Mr. Wilson is now
engaged in prospooting the springs,
of whioh there are a series, with the
objeot :Of utiliziug the largest and
warmest spring at the normal temper
ature at wnioh the water issues from
' its subterranean depths. By the
diversion of a colder spring lie thinkB
he can raise tho temperature of the
water nearest the road, whioh now
registers 105 degrees Fahrenheit to
110 degrees. The spring which has
been devoted to private use in a small
way for many years has a temperature
of 95 degrees. The plans of Mr. Wil
son oontemplate a larger exploitation
of these springs at a later date with a
view to turning their well known
therapeutio poperties to maintaining
a commercial value.
Jury List.
The following is the list of jurors
drawn to serve at the December term
of oirouit oourt:
L. D. Min.'ar, Jacksonville; T. J.
Williamson, Jacksonville; E. J. Far
low, Ashland ; D. Perozzi, Ashland ;
Wm. Fiippen, Rock Point; J. G.
Gore, Phoenix; Marion Lance, Foots
Creek; M. L. Hartley, Medford;
George Lynoh, Trail; N. B. Brad
buy, Medford; F. W. HolliB, Med
ford; F. J. Ayes, Eagle Point; J. A.
Taylor, Barron; E. B. Barron; Bar
ron ; John Hamrick, Central Point;
C. K. Abbott, Ashland; A. KKinney,
Ashland; J. H. Guy, Central Point;
J. W. Berrian, Trail; J. L. Umbo,.
Barron; D. H. Barneburg, Barron;
Fred Rapp, Talent; C. C. Taylor,
Roxy; E. A. Hildeath, Ashland; F.
Childers, Gold Hill ; S. W. MoOlen
don, Gold Hill; J. F. Rodgers, Antl
occh; A. S. Kleinhammer, Storliug;
I. A. Pruett, Roxy; Geo. Givan,
Eagle Point; Edward Anderson,
Phoenix.
Old Cast Iron Wanted. '
Tho Medford Iron Works 18 pro
pared to pay cash for any amount of
qui cast, iruu.
AT .
BUHE FALLS
There is a lot of work being done
by the Butt Falls Milling Co., In the
way of getting their lumbering plant
on Butte creek in shape for cutting
lumber in the future.
The company has now In its employ
eighteen men, who are engaged in fin
ishing the dam, building flumes and
getting things in shape for business.
The maohinery for a mill with a ca
pacity of 20,000 feet per day has been
hauled in and set up ready to run,
and it iB expeeted tbat the mill will
start about the middle of December.
At present the donkey engine is be
ing used in loggiug and several hun
dred thousand feet of logs will be
hauled in before the mill is Btnrtod
up.
Provisions for the winter have been
hauled in and it will require an oc
currence out of the ordinary to stop
the continuation of work through
the winter.
By the time spring opens there will
be a whole lot of lumber in the yards
of the Butte Falls Co., ready for
transportation to market and more
will be oomlng all the time.
Died from His Injuries.
Waldo Osborn DanielBon died at
his home Saturday evening from the
effects of injuries received in the ao
oidont which befell him the Thursday
afternoon previous; aged twenty-two
years and four months.
The acoident whioh oOBt young Dan
ielson his life occurred about 4 o'clock
last Thursday afternoon. He bad
been working in the oasting room of
the Medford foundry, of which be
was part owner, and had oome out in
front of the building and seated him
self on a wheelbarrow to lest. At
that time the employes of the oity
light plant were stretohing a wire
from the building across tbe street,
the wire running over the corner of
the shop. Just as young Danielson
soated himself a team oame along and
beoame tangled in the wiru, giving it
such a severe jerk that the oorner of
the front of the building was torn
away and the brioks fell upon the un
fortunate young man's head. The
wheelbarrow was crushed to pieces,
Danielson's soalp was almost torn off
and his skull fractured. He was im
mediately taken home, Drs. Pickel
and Jones were oalled aud everything
that medioal and surgioal skill oould
suggest was done for hia relief; but
he only regained partial conBOious
ness and passed away Saturday even
ing. The death of the young man was
particularly deplorable In that he was
all the qualities of good oitizenship,
was just beginning to get a stnrt in
the world, and would in time have be
come one of the solid, most respected
oitizens of the city.
He k'avob .i young wife formerly
Miss Anna Milhcan -to whom he was
married some six months ago and
the heartfelt sympathy of the whole
community is with her in her bereave
ment. The funeral took place Tuesday af
ternoon. Rev. F. W. Carstens officiat
ing, and the ceremonies at the grave
being under the direction of Weaton
ka Tribe, I. O. R. M., of whioh order
he was a member.
Town of Butte Palls.
LaBt'week these columns contained
a short reference to the laying out
of a townBite on the Jos. Kelly ranch,
near the site of tbe mill of the Butte
Falls Milling Company, by that cor
poration. The work of platting the . town
site was done by Willis A. Greene,
O. E. , and the plat will soon be tiled.
The prospective town is laid out in
admirable shape, covering a little over
forty aores of land, and occupies a po
sitlon on an elevation overlooking
tbe route of tbe Medford & Crater
Lake Railroad. In the center of the
plat a square is to be laid out as a
oity park and business lotB on the
four surrounding blooks face toward
the square. Surveys have also been
made for a depot for tho M. & C. L.
K. R., when it reaches there, which
it is expected to do next season.
Although the plat has not been offici
ally filed as yet, Mr. Greene having
not yet finished up his blue prints
thereof, several lots have already
been disposed of and tbe prospeots of
a flourishing little town upon the
banks of Big Butte are by no means
remote. The mill of tbe Butte rails
Milling Co. is butr-a short distance
away, and with the development of
that section "Butte Falls" will be
come tbe point to which supplies
will be shipped and from whioh tho
Bbipment of the produots of that
region will be made
It Made a Difference.
Robbie's father had a man drop in
to Bee bim. After tbey had chatted a
few minutes the guest was offered tbe
only cigar on the table, so Robbie
was sent upstairs for a fresh box. As
tbe boy reached tbe top stair his fath
er was startled to hear: "Whioh
kind, papa? Do you want those you
smoke yourself, or tlto kind you give
away?" Deoember Lippincott's.
TO EAGLE POINT
BY RAIL
It is possible if you happen to
connect with the work train at 6:30
in the morning to make tbe tiip
frou Medford to Eagle Point by rail,
the M. & O. L. traok having been
finished to that point on Wednesday
of this week and as a oonsequence the
good people of Eagle Point had an ad
ditional cause for thankfulness this
year in the faot tbat they were at
last living in a railroad town.
Tbe end of the road will remain
probably at Eagle Point for the win
ter, but as soon aB the spring opens
tbe road will be pushed forward aB
rapidly as possible toward the big
timber, and by the middle of next
year the Medford & Crater Lake rail
road will bo hauling lumber direot
from mills in the forests of the Cas
cades. Since the aoove was put in type
weather conditions have prevented
as rapid progress as was expected, but
the rail are within half a mile of Ea
gle Point;
Voter not Barred by Poll Tax
The supreme oourt has handed
down a deoision whioh declareB null
and void a provision of the Salem
City charter whioh makes the pay
ment of a polltax a qualification for
voting in a oity elootion. The oourt
holds that the legislature, in enacting
a oity oharter, had no authority to
prescribe qualifications other than
those fixed by the constitution.
It is held that in this respeot , mu
nicipal eleotlons differ from Bohool
eleotions, for the general authority to
establish a oommon school system
authorizes the legislature to fix the
qualifications of school electors. The
deoision on this question was ren
dered in the case of Charles Livesley,
appellant, vs. G. P. Litohfield and
David Sterner, respondents, from
Marion county, Georgo H. Burnett,
Judge. '
Litohfield and Stoiner were elootion
judges aud denied Livesley the right
to vote because he had not paid his
polltax, as required by the oharter.
Livesley brought suit for 8100 dam
ages, under the statute, and lost in
the oourt below. He appealed to. the
supreme oourt and seoured a reversal
in an opinion written by Justioe
Bean. . v
This deoision atfeots all oity char
ters where the polltax qualification
appears, one of which Is in the Med
ford oharter. -
Buildings Pound Safe.
At the last regular meeting of the
oity oounoil a committee was appoint
ed to investigate the condition of a
couple of buildings within tho fire
limits of Medford. Tbe walls of said
buildings, having, seemingly sprung,
or bowed outward since their con
struction. The following report, how
ever, seemB to put at ease any appre
hensive danger to oocupants of the
buildings in question.
Following iB tho oommittee'e re
port to the connoil:
Gentlemen: We, your committee,
to whom was referred tbe examination
of tbe Odd Fellow's building and the
building in which is located the store
of J. G. Van Dyke & Co., with regard
to their condition as to safety and
stability, beg leave to report as fol
lows:
Tbat we have made a thorough ex
amination of the said buildings by
taking up tbe floors for tbe second
storv and find from sach examination
that there is no indication shown by
the ioists in said buildings that there
has been any ebange of position of
tbe side wails since said ouuaings
were comDloted : that from the exam
ination of said buildings made by us
we are of the opinion tbat said build
inns are in as safe a condition as they
were at tho time of their completion ;
that in each of Baid buildings an ex
amination was made of both ends of
the second floor joist therein and
there Ib no Indication that tho walls
have ever moved at all since the said
joistd were placed in position in
either of said buildings.
.Respectfully submitted this 17th day
of November, 1905.
T. E. POTIENUER,
D. G. KARNES,
JOSEPH SCOTT,
Committee.
Will Charge Nominal Sum.
S. C. Bertram, government super
visor of forest reserve for Oregon,
was in Medford Tuesday, upon busi
ness oonneoted with his office. The
government has decided to charge a
nominal price for the privilege of
grazing stock on tbo government re
serves and for the past ten days Mr.
Bartrum has been traveling quite ex
tensively over the state, adjusting
this matter of rent. Tbe charges
made for those grazing privileges will
undoubtedly vary throughout tbe
state, because of the fact tbat in
Borne localities tho feed is muob hot
ter than in others. It is for tho pur
pose of arriving at a just and equit
able charge for these privileges tbat
Mr. Bnrtrum has been traveling
extensively.
For Rent.
The Table Rock farm, containing
321 aoies, formerly known ns the J.
O. Johnson furm. For further infor
mation address G. L. Davis, at Med
ford Hank, Medford, Ore you. 43-tf
JUDGE HUNT
TO PRESIDE
From Portland Journal:
Judge W. H. Hunt, of Montana,
will return to Portland when tbe land
fraud trials are resumed and will pie
side at the trial of Congressman Bin
ger Hermann. Judge O, E. Wolver
ton., reoently appointed to tbe Feder.
al bo ii oh for this district, probably
will be assigned to the district of
Montana, to conduot tbe business of
Judge Hunt's court. This informa
tion was given this morning by
United States Circuit Judge W. B.
Gilbert
It is definitely decided that Judge
Hunt will preside at the land fraud
trials," said Judge Gilbert, "though
it is not yet certain when they will
be resumed. It is my understanding
that Judge Wolverton as distriot judge
has been confirmed by the senate be
fore taking his seat. Probably he will
go to Helena when Judge Hunt oomes
here."
Judge Hunt presided at tbe last
trial of Congressman Williamson, and
his fairness and the careful ooneHer
ation whioh he gave to the argumentsx
of counsel oreated, a most favorable
impression.
Judge Wolverton will hot have long
to wait for confirmation at the handB
of the senate. CongresB will oonvene
next Monday and the appointment;
will be acted on without delay. It Is
a foregone conclusion that he will bo
confirmed. Nearly two weeks muBt
elapse before the Hyde-Benson case
will oome up for argument in Wash
ington, D. C, and until the argu
ments have been heard District At
torney Heney will be unable to xeturn
to Portland to resume the land fraud
trials. lndaed it is now considered
doubtful whether they will be taken
up until after tho holidays.
Judge Wolverton, who is at Salem
with the other members of the state
supreme court, received his commis
sion as United States district judge
thiB morning. He will oome to Port
land to confer with Judge Gilbert aB
to the time when he ' will take hlB
seat. Judge Wolverton has received
more than twenty applications for
appointment as olerkAof the United
Slates district court. He has in
formed all applicants that he will not
appoint the clerk until after hia own
appointment has been confirmed by
the uenate.
It is reporter later that Judge Wol
verton will take his seat on the Fed
eral bench early next week, without
waiting for the senate to confirm his
appointment. This decision was
reached after conference with Cir
cuit Judge W. B. Gilbert, the accum
ulation of business in the district
oourt making it highly important
that tbe new uppointee should enter
on his duties as soon as possible..
When asked when he would appoint
the olerk of the distriot court, Judge
Wolverton replied :
"I shall make no appolutmeut un
til I myself have been confirmed by
the senate," and hejaddtd after
moment's pause, "and probably the
appointment will not be made imme
diately even then."
While Judge Wolverton did not
name the day when he will take his
place on the Federal bench, it is
thought that, as Monday is tljo day
for handing down the'eupromo courts
decisions, he probably will bo in
stalled as United StatoB distriot judge
on Tuesday. A great accumulation of
business awaits him. About fifty
bankrupt oases have been filed In tbe
district court since Judgo Bellinger's
death six monthe ago and in some of
these the litigants have suffered much
inoonvenience beoause there was no
judge to give them a hearing. Be
atles those uew cuHoa there is, much
old business demanding attention,
both in bankruptcy and in admiralty.
However. Judge Hunt will preside
in the land fraud cases, as Etated
above.
Mill at Monumental Mine.
The following from the Crescent
City Recorder Indicates that develop
ment work on a largor scale than ever
is to be carried on at the Monumental
mine:
'Five foams left early this week
for the Monumoutul mine, with por
tions of a roller quartz mill to bo
pul up at the mines for working ore.
Tbe plant is for tbo purpose of test
ing ores from various portions of the
mine and if results are satisfaotory
many more stamps will he added.
Two motors and considerable pipe
was taken out, thore being good water
power at tho mines for oporating the
mill. A modern concentrator wub
also sent out. Tbe bed of tho mill
weighs 7500 pounds, but no difficulty
is expected lu hauling It out, Tho
teamsters Inform us that tbe roud is
in excellent condition."
Doe Lost.
Friday afternoon. November 17th, a
full bluoded English pointer, white
with a fewsmsll blaok spots on body
and one largo one on his hip. A lib
erul reward will' be paid for his return
to II, W. Orth) Jacksonville. 47-lt
STREET ECHOES
Opinions of Some of Our
Citizens-S eriousand
Otherwise.
Henry Orth, of Jacksonville: -"I
am afraid I will never see 'FtIboo,
the English pointer I lost last week,
again. He wasn't a dog to take up
with anyone tbat oame along and
follow him off and consequently I be
lieve the dog wbb deliberately stolon
and probably shipped out ot the coun
try. There is a tenspot in it tor any
one returns the dog and I won't ask a
whole lot of questions."
B. H. Harris: "No, I haven't any
thing in the way of news to tell you.
I have been so busy lately that I
haven't had time to do anything ex
cept attend strictly to business.
There is one thing, however, you
mightjsay, whioh might be of inter
est to your readers and that is that
the Butte Falls mill will oommenee
sawing sometime thiB month and
when we start sawing we don't intend
to stop unlesB something breaks.
The men are working on the dam,
flumes, etc., and everything will be
in first-class shape by January 1st.
We will start the mill, though, about
the middle of the month, as I Baid be
fore." V. T. MoCray:-"That. Big Stioky
lane 1b going to be a boulevard when
Supervisor True and hie force of road
workers get through with it. It will
be one of the best pieoos of road in
the oounty, and I want to ieoord my
appreciation of the work. When
oompleted that pibce of road, whioh
has been for years a terror to the
traveling public, will be as solid and
smooth as a oemeht sidewalk. On top
of the first layer of oruBhed rook has
been spread a ooating of finer stone
and thiB has been rolled until it is al
most a solid surface. It's a Duo pieoe
of road and a oredit to the makers."
Judge Dunn: "You were mistak
en in the statement you made last
week wherein you said that owing to
tbe reduction of tbe assessment on
the Southern Faoifio roadbed that
company would pay less taxee than
last year. As a matter of faot they
will pay about 82000 more taxes than
last year. While it is true the road
bed assessment was reduced it iB also
true that tbe oompany'8 land valua
tions are inorenBod materially over tbo
vuluation placed upon thorn last year.
Their increase in taxeB, you under.
stand, 1b based upon a levy half loss
than tbe levy made lust your." '
Rev. CsrsteiiB: "You will plonse bo
brief in your interviews with mo for
the next few days. The truth of the
matter iB that I am very busy theso
times. I have volunteerod to paper
the new ohurob annex aud am anxious
to got through with tbe job. Didn't
know I was a paper hangor? Well, I
huve two brothers who are, and that
ought to help me out some in tho art,
then again 1 ' worked ut the business
myself when 1 was a boy. If some
thing unforseen should happen to me
whoreby I oould not preaoh I be'
lievo I oould earn fairly good wages
at paper hanging."
Ed. Van Dyko: "Our olosing out
sale is proving even more of a suo
cesB than wo had antioipoted. Tbe
Btoro is full just as you boo it now
pretty nearly ull the time aud our
salespeople fifteen iu number
scarcely havo time to exchange
friendly grooting one with unother.
Well, let me tell you. it's liko this
Thoro is scarcely an artiolo in tho
store whioh is not Urst-class in ovory
particular. I have beon buying goods
for a numbor of yoars and I fancy I
know a good article when I see it.
ThiB stock wo are closing out now 1b
oom posed of tho same'quality of good"
we have nlwuys carried. Thoro is
praotioally no difforonao in buying
from ue now than boforo this salo
oponed, only tho price is greatly ro
duced cut half into on Borne Hues.
Sorry, but I cannot give you more of
my time right now. Come in somo
other time after wo have sold out
this stook of goods. What's that?
You beard someone say tbat I had
bought Mr. llogan's stook? Let me
toll you that right now I am selling
goods not buying. Let me toll you
further that there is not an artiolo in
this store thatjsas ever In llogan's
or any otbor man'e store in this town
Hold on a minute ; I will take part
of that back. You see that olonkraok
over there? Well, I bought tbat from
Ilogan to display goods on. You
ought to givo me credit for more
sense than to buy up tho left over
ondB of any man's stock and put it
with mine for a special reduotion
salo. Halt of the women in town
would reoognize thoso goods if they
suw thorn In San Franolsoo."
J. D. Hoard: "Coming up from
Portland tho other day, I foil In with
a bunoh ot follows from Nome, bound
south to California, and right thenJ
I put up the biggest talk for tllu
Roguo rlvor valley thut I ever did lu
my life, and It did somo- good, too,
becauso, as it happened, . I cnnio
through with the goods. In tho same
oar was a lady whoso writings from
Nome have been eagerly read she is
the wife of a prominent San Franols
oo newspaper man on her way home
from the frozen north and she wbb
inollnd to doubt my statements
about tbe olimate of this valley, I
took a long obanoe and made my
bluff. At that ' time we wen creep
ing along through a den bo fog In the
Wolf oreek oountry, you oould hard
ly see a telegraph pole alongside the
traok. 1 said, 'In balf an hour we
will be aoroBB the divide into the
Rogue river valley and thiB fog will
be a thing of the past. ' Tbe party
laughed at me, but I bad an idea I
would make good, beoause 1 bad
known the same thing to happen be
fore. Pretty soon, still enveloped In
fog, tbe train plunged into tunnel 9,
when it emerged on this side, the sun
was shining brightly, there waBn't a
oloud, nor a trace of fog, and the
oountry looked liko a land of perpet
ual summer. 'Why,' said one man,
I thought California was the only
part of the ooast where the buu shone
at this time of year.' I simply looked
wise, 1 had the top hand and I
wasn't saying anything. A ways
down the line eome of tbe Nome peo
ple had bought some apples. Little
bits of. things, but they tasted pretty
good to them, after a couple or three
years in Alaska. I told them that
when wo got to Medford I would dig
up Borne real appios, ana i uiu.
Never mind where I got them, but get
them I did, and when they saw tho
kind of apples we oan raise here,
they eaoh and everyone swore they
were ooming baok to stay, and some
of them will be here soon. The valloy
never looked better to me than it did
that morning. The sun was shining
and .everything looked oomtortable
and prosperous, and the oontrnst be
tween this valley and the ones further
north was so great that there was no
comparison." 1
,T
The voting oontost whioh has been
nn in Medford is becoming more ex-
oitiug as the final day draws noaror.
Contosts are on ut raoaiora, juuk
annvtlln and Gold Hill. The young
lady who receives the greatest numbor
or votos in tnose i,urou iuwub win uo
given n froo trip to the Bantu Cata
lina Istauds. .
Following is the vote up to Tburs-
day noou:
MEDFORD.
LAST COUNT THUltSDAY. Totol
Lulu Porter 10,750 090 11,740
Jessie Eifert 7874 350 10,821
GUT.D HILL.
Maud Hlnney 1112 3945 5057
Lydu Ring
007
851
'227
1518
Nina Carter
227
JACKSONVILLE.
Ella Orth
15
1240
ThA nnnfnflt. rloRnB at 0 O. m.. Satur
day. December 30th. Mcdford's ballot
. . . . ... 1.1. K.I It 1 11 1-
POX IS lOOatOd at tue muuiuru iwu.
Storr-i Jooksonvlllo's at Loarned's
Confectionoi J ; Oold Hill nt Smith &
MostorBon's and J. A. Hammorsloy's.
A publlo count of all votes will bo
ut. mint! of the abovo numed plncos
on Tuesday and ThurBduy of eaoh
weok, ut noon, when all may iook on,
Vnt.o till tinkotu eaoh woek en or bo
fnrn t.liq ntinnial date stamped thereon,
Ask for coupons at tne iouowing
named stores and vote for your favor
ite.
MEDFOKD.
J. G. Vun Dyke & Co., Dry UoodB,
Mlllor & Monroe, Grocers.
Medford Phnrmnoy.
Elwood's Jewelry Store. ,
HuIo'b Piano House.
Smith & Molouy, Shoos.
"Southorn Orogouian.
JACKSONVILLE.
City Drug Store.
Tho Boss Candy Store.
ConUlin's Furniture Store.
Furuos, Gents' Furnishings.
GOLD HILL.
P. H. Thornbruo. Grocer.
J. A. HuminorBloy, Confootlonery,
etc.
Smith &. Musterson, Confootlonery,
Mrs. liruman's Miliinory Store.
A. E. Kellogg, Furniture.
Tbo Gold Hill Nowb.
Harvey'B Hardware.
Cartor & Dutlleld, Gen'l Mdse.
Work on Gold Chonnel.
II. B. Nye' and W. P. Bniloy, who
purchased the loase of S. O. Ruble on
the Block Gold Channel mine in
Foots crook district, t.igothor with
tbe fittings, havo boon engngod in
cleaning out the dltohes, some of
whioh havo not beon olennod for
years, uud getting the proporty in
shape for tho Benson's run. This
proporty, whioh has boon worked for
nearly thirty yoore, Ib own'd by jn
H. Latiraor, of Seattle, nnd has beon
oporutod fosUho pust llvo yours by
,Mr. Rublo. The ground Is rich, tho
bonk boing Bomo twenty-five foot
high, and has produced a goodly
amount of the yollow motol in yoars
gone by. Messrs. Nye & Bnlley in
tond working it to Its full cnpnolty
and expect to movo a largo amount of
dirt this winter. Tbo wntor rights
attached to tho mino give a 250 foot
full, prossuro BUlIlolont for nil pur
poses. Tho ml no Is situated on Foots
crook, about four miles abovt its
mouth, und about two miles abovo
tne pfpsoax locution ui inu vyimuiii.
.nn urodgo.
Stlckyf Not
If vou use "livers
Doublo F ont Gricory.
Best" flour. (Jot
t at tn a, wnruoi i
BIG RAISE IN
CITY VALUATIONS
The assessed valuation of property
within the incorporate limit of tho
oity of Modiord as turned In by As
sessor Applegate for the year, 1905, la
$913,101. In 1904 the assessed valua
tion ot the oity was $304,012, a raise
of 1549,089. Last year the levy was
19 mlllB and tbe taxes raised by this
was $0,910. It a levy of 1 mills
was made this year 87,070 would be
raised, or 8100 more than last year.
It would seem to Tbe Mail that this
is ample that is if 8160 less was am
ple for last year and we believe it
was. j '
As thiB matter of levy is to be
taken up at the next meeting of the
oounoil it will be well if the council
men give the matter a little serious
thought.
The aHseseed valuation of the Med
ford sohool district for 1905 1b 81,060..
615.
The Presbyterian Bazaar.
The members of tbo Ladies' Aid
Society of the Prosbytsrluu uhuroh
uro some of tho very busiest people
in Medford these days getting ready
and preparing artloles for their ba
zaar sale, whioh will take place at
Wilson's opera house on Friday after
noon and evening, Deoember 8th.
A nuiober of booths will be ar
ranged about the hull and in these
there will be ottered for sale a great
variety of artioleB. There will be a
doll booth in whioh will be sold dolls
of all sizes, prloeB and oolors; an
apron booth at whioh may be pur
chased apronB of various styles, makes
and texture; a fanoy work booth,
whore will be sold suoh a great va
riety of artioleB that we could not
think of mentioning them all but
they will bo pretty, useful or orna
mental and any of them suitable for
ChristmaB presents ; a oandy and pop
oorn booth ; a oolfeo and oako booth
and a.paokoge booth. In this latter
packages will be sold at from 10 to 25
cents eaoh.
The ladies ot tho sooiety are en
deavoring to piaoo on salo Buoh arti
cles ns will be of real worth and whioh
nill be suitable for holiday gifts be
tween friouds. They are all ladies of
good tnstes upon thingB suitable as
friendly tokenB and they want nil who
fool thoy oan do so to purobase of
them und thus assist them in their
ohurob work.
In the evening an entortainment
will be given in tho hall. This will
consist of vooal and Instrumental
musio and to whioh all are invited.
Tho price of ndmlBsiou to the enter
tainment will be 20 oents for adults,
and 10 oents for children.
"Blind Piggers" Fined.
Mondny of this woek Tom Roberts
Ed .Muri'iij, Ford. Million, Doaoon
Grieve and Will Canning were arreBt
od at Ashland for selling liquor illeg
ally. Tuesday Million, Grieve und.
Murphy wore convicted and Bentonoed:
to pay a fine of 8200 eaoh and Million
and Murphy to imprisonment for
thirty days, Grlove was glvou fifteen
days, owing to tho fact that he was
not a party to tho agieemont ontered
into with tho oity authorities some
time ago b the other pnrtieB not to
engage in selling liquor illegally
again. Roberts aud Canning could
not be found and their oash ball of
850 wub forfeited.
1
Football Causunllles.
A Bummury of tho football acol-
dents thus far during 1905 Bhows there
havo beon ninotoen deuths and 137
badly injured. The latter inolude
only those seriously hurt" Tho entire
list of Injnrod, It is said, would ag
gregate upward of 1,000 young men.
Of thoso killed ton were high sohool
plnyors, threo oolloge players nnd one
girl. Ten woro uudor 17 yoars of age.
Body blows caused fonr deaths, in
juries to tbo spinos of throe, oonous
slon of the brulu to six, blood poison
ing to two and other onuses four.
Tbirty-ouo legs wore broken. Tho.
list Ib not yet complete
Recommended for Receiver.
Prof. N. L. Nurrogun, who for so
muny years was prinoipal of the Mod
fold public schools, has boon reccm-
U1UUUUU uy ouiititui a- ui.uu iui
polutmont to the olllce of reooiver of
the Rosoburg land olllce. Mr. Nar
regan is well qualified In ovory way to
fill tho position, and hia friends In
u cin.....n- ....
Southorn Orogon would be. highly
gratifiod to loam tbat tbe nppoint
mont had boon made.
Commercial Club Meeting.
Therejwlll be nmoeting of th'e mem
bors of the Modtor l Conimoroinl Club
on Tuesday ovoulug of next woek.
December 7th, at 7:30 o'olook, at
the club rooms. Thero are soverol
matters of considerable -importance
which will bo broughtiip for disous
slou at this meeting. Every member1'
of The' Club la urged to be in attend
ance .' - - ., J. A. PERKY, -I
' . ' President.
Anothor oafflload of tho oolobratod.
"Hyors' Best'', our at E, N. Warner's
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