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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1905)
OUR COUNTY f , a Eagle Point Eaglets. BY A, 0. BOWLETT. Prof. W. A, Wood made Medford ft visit laat Saturday. Our school oloBed for the holidays last Friday and the ohildreu will have a rest aud a happy Now Year to start iti afresh with their studioB. R. R Miutor waB looking for a suitable place for his sou to stay and work for his board aud attend our eohool, last week. There is an arrangement to have an other enterainment here. ThiH time by adults, the entire prooeede to be applied toward paying the balance on the organ for the sohool and if there is anything left to be applied tow aid buying a Hag for our sohool district. The time will be given noxt week. Owing to the recent storm and cold weather the church building has not progressed as fust as was expootod. The sides were up and the roof was partly on when 1 left home last Fri day, but the rain stopped the work, and the cold frost movnlugs retarded the workers. The enthusiasm of the workers is not abated, however. Af ter the holidays the work will be re sumod. E. S. Woli'er, of Medford, accom panied by bis partner, Mr. Morrison, was out to Jduglo Point last week, Mr. W. to dig up strawberry plants to re plant. He has Bold several thousand plants already. He ox poo ta to put out about 10,000 plants this season on hie Kale Point farm, as ho says that that industry pays as well as anything ne oau go into. There seems to be something going on to attract the attention of the honeseekors to our section uf the country for parties are coming every few days enquiriug for places for sale. Laat weak A. Li. Gusick, of Medford, accompanied by his sister-in-law, Mrs. K JJ. Cusick, and nephew, E. B, Lawton, of Heopuer J u notion, stayed (with us on their way to the big tim ber this side of Prospect to locate a timber claim and to look after homes in our valley. J. E. Stepps, one of the mill men. who bought the Lee sawmill, on Round Top, and land in that section, was out last week aud is enthusiastic over our country aud especially over our climate aud the proBpoot for rais : iug fruit in our hills. He says that he is goiug to put out an orchard on his laud ou Round Top and judging from the way fruit trees nave done that have , been planted by George Daley he thinks that that is the prop er place for him to raise an orchard. The idea is gaining ground that these hills around our valley proper will in the eoui'de of a few years be produo ing as iiuo fruit aB is raised in the state or on the coast. You1 Eagle Point correspondent took a trip to Sterling, accompanied by hia grand-daughter, Mies Virgie Lewis, who 1b attending school at Eagle Point, last Saturday aud here I am at my daughter's aud trying t" write for The MaiL Weil, the Ster ling mi no hae closed down now on ac count of the scarcity of water and there seems to be but little to do now, for tne snow io about two inches deep and the grouud is frozen so that the farmers oaunot plow. There ie getting to be considerable interest taken here in the fruit industry and some of tne farmers nre talking of putting out several acres in treoo and if 1 am any judge of fruit laud they have somo of the best land in the county for fruit and especially for ap ples, pears aud giapes. Trail Creek Items. There will be a grand masquerade ball to be given at Dawson's hall New Year. J. A. Houston and wifo were pleas ant callers at Trail Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Estes, of Gra nt Pass, have been visiting her uncle and family, but returned home last week. Lulu Briscoe was visiting her par onts last Sunday. Merchant Y. H." Allen, accompanied by his mother and sister, made a fly ing trip to Medford last week. Miss Gladys Allen visited her sis ter, Miss Hattie, ofModford, one day last week. Mrs. Midilsbusher and her son Clarence, accompanied by a Mr. Wil, lisoroft, made a trip to the county seat the middle of tho week. ' Mrs. J. G. Brsicoe is to spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. T. J. Moore, of Modford. Harvey lulow, of Ashland, la up visiting his brother and old-time friends again.- He ia one of the stu dents of the Normal. W. V. Willita and a Miss Earhart stopped at the Trail Hotel Saturday night, en route to the valley. Last Friday night there was a sur prise party on our neighhbor, J. L. Riohardson aud wife. There were about thirty present ana all express ed themselves as. having an enjoyable time. You can hardly find a home without its Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Parents know what it does for children: breaks Pectoral up a cold in 3 single night, wards off bronchitis, prevents pneumonia. Physicians ad vise parents to keep it on nana. "Tho twt crutch mPdlcltiP money can buy ll Ayer's etir-rry I'ctnral. V-ir the ciueiM or cmwren nomine cmnn Jacob Sui ll, Saratoga, Ind. J. C. A YE It CO.. for. roat 7 Ayer's Pills greatly aid tho Cherry Pectoral In breaking up a cold. u HIM HI Mil HIM lull Jill i l '' ixmstTTwssrrsETnBa Ajjer's Lake Creek Items. Wm. Stanley, of Browmsboro, spent a few days on North Butte lass week. G. W. Prey, aud D. Wllkins visited Medford one day last week, buying Xmas goods. ' Carl Stanley and wife, of BrownB boro, visited hia uncle, D. Carlton one day last week. . J. W. Sliuger visited South Pork last Sunday, looking at some cattle whion are offered for sale. , F. Downing and Miss Mary Dem mer, of Medford, are visiting rela tives and frlenda on Little Butte. Fred Stanley, of Brownsboro, is helping Gus Niohols round up his cattle for winter feeding, Chas. Seafleld and Alvin Blebefstedt drove a bunch of oattle belonging to Mr. B. over to his Willow prairie ranch, bringing back a bunch of M. I? Huuloy'e. The Big Butte Falls Sawmill Co., is moving things lively, sawing timbers for tho big mill and timbors for the dam. They will have telephone con nection with tho main line, so stated by one of the proprietors. The lumber which can be manu factured from the timber from tho vast and almost inexhaustable forests which will be tapped by the new rail road, will surpass the estimates of exports. There are also thousands of acres uf fine fruit, grain, meadow and gardon land, whion are now covered with brush and timber, will soon be utilized, as a result of the railroad fuoilitios in the future. Sawmills are. numerous already and still plenty of room for more. A box factory will be erected at the Big Butte falls in the near future, by the Iowa people, we understand. Tho Butte oreek country will tako a boom whether the boosters get in and boost or not. The inducements present thomselvs to vis itors lookiug for a location, Don't fail to come and see and be convinc ed. Thinking that it might be of some advantage to my co-laborers I wish to mention the new fields which await oapital to develop their vast resources, through the columns of Tho Mail, the medium through which mauy peo ple find what they are looking for. A Fearlul Fate. It is a fearful fate to have to endure the terrible torture of piles. "I can truthfully say," writes Harry Colsun, of Mnsonville, la., "that for Blind, lileedinc, itcniug ana rrotrucnng Piloii, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best cure made," Also nest tor cuts. burns and injuries. 253 at Chas. Straug, Druggist. Big Sticky News. UY PUCES BAD I10V.. Mr. aud Mrs. Al. Turpiu were Med ford visitors last Wednesday. Mr. Lammey has completed walling a well for Ellis Gall and 'roturned to his home in Central Point. Wo wish ye editor aud hia mauy readers a "merry Christmas aud a happy N.nv Year." John Griffiths has returned home from a short business trip to Hollis- ter, Calif. He was acoompaniod home by his son, who nas been attending sohool at Hollister. Ellis Gall, accompanied by his wife and, Mrs. E. J. Roberts, were trading with Central Point meichants on Wednesday of this week. Our community was very inuoh shocked over the runaway accident that caused the death of Mrs. Dahack. Our sympathy is extended to the be reaved family. Jesse and Dick Stowell are attend ing the Eagle Point school. They board at home aud make the trip every day to and from school. We admire tbe boys1 pluck, aB it takeB good grit to make the trip some of these oold mornings. Frank Roberts haB returned from a trip to Josephiae county, where he went to help some parties from Eagle Point to drive a big baud of stock! from there to the Hanioy ranch, where they will be fed this winter The baud, which consisted of about two hundred, was purchased by Ed, Han ley. Siberian Convicts. Somo Interesting phases of Siberian life ore described In Snmuel Turner's book on that country. Of the exiles he writes: "When I told a Siberian friend that I carried a revolver as a protec tion against wolves I was promptly In formed that I had much more reason to fear tho human wolves I might en counter, and this, I found, was n gen eral view of the case. About one-third of the criminal exiles escape all con trol. Arm oil with a stick, to which is attached a strong piece of cord or cat gut, they will approach the unwary traveler from behind, throw the cord round his neck and quictlj' strangle him by twisting the stick, to rob him at their leisure of whatever he may possess or secure his passport In order to make their escape from the coun try." A Siberian Wonder. Tho scientists have for years been perplexed over tho wonderful frozen well at Yakutsk, Siberia. As long ago as 1S28 It was announced that the ground was frozen to an abnormal depth at the place referred to. In the summer of 1820 a Russian merchant set a gang of men to the task of ascer taining tho depth of the frozen stratum They gave up the Job after digging some thirty feet In solidly frozen ground. Tho Russian Academy of Sci ences took the matter In hand and be tween 1S3S and 1S44 dug to a depth of SS2 feet and then abandoned the shaft because the earth wns still frozen as hard as a rock. Natural cold could nev er penetrate to such a depth, and tho phenomenon Is still unexplained. An Innocent Gntulilor, "Cheyenne was u wide open towu in the old days, aud every hotel and bar bad Its little faro gamo and roulette wheel and stud poker game," said a man who was there. "Our party was staying at tho Inter Ocean hotel, A long, loose jointed Mlssourlau ambled in one night and butted Into the poker game. There were two or three card sharps at the table, and every citizen carried his shooting Iron. This loug Uissourian looked rather easy, but be foro he had been playing an hour ho was $1,500 to the good. John Chase, proprietor of tho hotel, becumo inter ested and watched the gamo. In a few moments ho saw the Mlssourlau turn a trick that was not strictly according tj Hoyle, mid ho called the Missouri an outside. " 'Now, see hero,' said Chase, 'I want to wurn you. You'd better bo pretty careful. Those fellows are all profes sional gamblors and are armed to the teeth. You don't seem to realize what you're dolngV "'Say,' replied tho long Mlssourlau, with a look of childlike Innocence, 'are they cheating mo?' "San Francisco Chronicle. Prevention Ilettcr Thnu Cure. In these days, when most medical men are on tho still hunt for miracu lous cures, speciilcs in ono or other form, It is easy to lose sight of, at least to fall to give sullleient attention to, the mutter of the cause or causes of disease und of the means of preven tion as well as of tho really scientilic because so often simple measures cal culated, so to help nature us to enable her to successfully perform a cure. Wo all remember how tho profession ransacked the entire eartli for some medicament that should "cure" scur vy. No better Illustration of what good old Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes de clared to be shameful to the profession could be given thuu the various "treat ments" for scurvy till some thoughtful layman discovered the true cause of tho disease to bo lack of vegetable food. A rational supply of vegetables or fruit and fruit juices uud a dimin ished ration of salt meat sulllced to render all the armies, navies and camp dwellers of tho world "immune." Health Culture. Cured Paralysis. W. S. Bailey, P. O. True, Toxas, writes: "My wifo had been suiier iug five yours with paralysis iu her arm, when 1 was persuaded to use Ballard's Snow Lluiment. which cured her all right. I have also used it tor old &ors, frostbites and skin eruptions. It does the work.1' 25o. 50c, $1.00. Sold by fcitraug's Drug acore, Aieuioru. The Hume us u Jumper. A horse can certainly jump higher than n man. There Is at least one au thentic case of a hunter clearing a seven foot paling, and a century or so ago a Mr. Bingham leaped his horse over the wall of Hyde park, which was six and one-half feet high on the inside and eight feet on the outside. The hor3e cleared tills obstacle twice In rapid succession, and we are quite cer tuiu that no man who has ever lived could do it Loudon Answers. Coffee In Guntemnla, The laborers In the coffee plantations in Guatemala got only 3 to 20 cents (gold) a day. The capitalists gut as profit 50 to 00 per cent of the market value. During harvesting time the coffee business gives employment to more than one-half of the population. A single coffee tree, under the most favorable conditions, has been known to yield twenty-five poundB of beans. Work and Talk. Generally speaking, It is true of wo men as of men that those who think most say least. Woman's talkativeness is the result of her sedentary occupa tion. Tailors, shoemakers and weavers all men who sit close at their work have, in common with women, not only hypochondriacal fancies, but also a tendency to great talkativeness Richter. Consumption J There is no specific for consumption. Fresh air, ex ercise, nourishing food and Scott's Emulsion will come pretty near curing it, if there is anything to build on. Mil lions of people throughout the world are living and in good health on one lung. flj From time immemorial the doctors prescribed cod liver oil for consumption. Of course the patient could not take it in its old form, hence it did very little good. They can take SCOTT'S EMULSION and tolerate it (or a long time. There is no oil, not excepting butter, so easily digested and absorbed by the system as cod liver oil in the form of Scott's Emulsion, and that is the reason it is so helpful in consumption where its use must be continuous. J We will send you a sample free. J Be lure that thil picture in the form of a label it on the wrap per of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Scott & Bowne Chemists 409 Pearl Street New York SOC.andJtialliirueEiitl Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH 1 PERT PARAGRAPHS. In modern parlance an artist Is ono who makes good at his calling, from a photographer down to a pickpocket, . How fur a dollar will go may depend on how far it is to tho nearest bargain counter. Your own boy is mischievous, and your neighbor's boy Is downright bad, but a stranger couldn't tell tho differ ence between them. When you don't feel like talking, hunt up the nearest woman. Somo people aro so rapid thnt their sins will never catch up with them to find them out. With somo peoplo home Is a place where they turn in for repairs. When two souls have but ti single thought that thought is apt to be re garding the probablo cost of tho fur niture. A mistake is one of tho few things you can make without trying. When a man is too polite you In stinctively wonder if it is mining stock or life insurance he is going to spring on you. - i In the days when torture was prac ticed they had to use crude Instru ments because the piano in tho next Ut it had not been Invented, The Autumn Stunt. AffainBt tho dull November sicioa Tho rod and yellow leaves two falling, And Phyllis to tho forest hies, For nature to her heart is calling. Her mission, oil tho world may know. With just a very little guessing, Is whero tho colors brightest slow To gather autumn leaves for pressing. In walking skirt and shirt waist white And boots her shapely ankle fitting, Just llko an airy fairy sprite, Adown the woodlands she goes flitting. No hint of) autumn In her eyes Nor in her step that lightly crushes The twig that In her pathway llos, For spring alone Is In her blushes. And so among tho trees she goes, Around hen sunshine gayly spilling, For what uko goodness only knows Her dulnty little basket lining. For nt her home, It's snfo to say, Unless the ragman lately bought 'em. That haven't yet been thrown away, Aro pretty leavcB she picked last au tumn. Takes It Seriously. "I'd like to take you along on a tiger hunt." "Not me. The tiger is too slow about seeing the point to a Joke." Judging From Experience. "Willie, what does it mean when it says, 'He was gathered to his fa thers ? " "I guess It means where his father takes u skute strap and calls u kid back Into the wood shed." Not o Superstition. "Do you consider Friday an unlucky day?" "Sure; I know it Is. Tho stores ad vertise bargains on that day, and my wife always comes home broke." Might Accept It. , "Ho is out looking for an honest dol lar." "But I notice he glances around oc casionally to see if ono of the other kind is trying to lllrt with him." Promoted. Where Is tho noble womnn "Who used to sit and sew And make things for tho heathen, Bnck In tho long ago? Alas, she's dropped her knitting ' And joined the woman's club, And hands advice to statesmen, While men still rustle grub! Needed Tools. "And this is what you call choice country board? "It is." "Sorry I did not bring along my rij: saw." Same Idea, "They ure not making wooden nut megs any more in Connecticut "No; they are devoting their spare time to raising Havana tobacco." Too Realistic, We weave about n pretty girl Romantic fancies from our pen, Hut when wo ow ner fowl hci face We quickly fall to earth ngain, Common Failing. "Ho claims to linvo conquered nil fiti perstltlons." "But he still lielloves In the dolim sltrn." She Looked ll. "She comes of a vury old fiunlly." MI notice tho fnmlly resemblance." The Word Cljqrnr. The wonl elixir occurs in a Ger man (llctionnry for the first time In 1813 nnd In the Dlctioimnlro of- the I'rench Academic In 18S5. Knot used the word "ziKpnro" In 170S. In Hpnln nt tho preseiu day the word "clirro" moans n clpnrottc, for which the, Span iards havo tho word "pitlllos." '('heir mime for n clar Is "un puro." Tliftrptn 1. IJIifereno. A meddler Is n person who falls li. his attempt. Hie meddler who sue coeds is no meddler, but a hero. lu lutli Herald. Mtiata nnti Hiirsiuit, Each of the lliroo masts of all but very small vossels consists of a num ber of sticks one above another. The "heel" of tho topmast comes n little below the 'bead" of tho lower muat and is secured by a "cap," a sort of iron baud, and a bar, called a "lid." Above the topmast comes the topgal luut mast and above that tho royal mast. Tho running rigging consists of ropes used In handling the yards and sails, and every rope has a distinguishing name. Halyards are ropes used to hoist yards and sails. K races are ropes used to swing the yards uround by. To the beginner the names of ropes are apt to be very confusing. Old salts are fund of spinning a yarn about a lad who wauted to go to sea until he heard that the fore topgallant studding sail boom tricing lining thimble block mousing was tho name of about the smallest bit of rope on board Bhlp. when ho at once concluded that, such being the case, bo could never expect to master the name of the largest rope and consequently decided to become a farmer. Gypult'B aud Tnrtnrs, Some ethnologists claim that the gyp sies are of the same family as the Tar tars. They are said to have appeared first- in Germany in 1-117 under the namo of Tartars or Zuglns and by a statute of Henry VIII. were expelled troai England In 1530. This not prov ing ettluient to exterminate tho race stronger measures were taken, describ ed by Thomas Cromwell in a quaint letter still extant. "Aud in case ye sJ mil here or kuowe of any such CJlp cyans," he writes to "My Lorde of Chester," "that ye shal compell them to depart to the next porte of the see, and eyther without delaye uppon the first winds that shall conveye them, or If they shul in any wiso broke that cammnundment, to see tliom executed, without sparing uppon any commysiou, license or placards mat they may shewc or u ledge for thcmselfes to the contrary'-" A Fine Senna of Humor, The Russian Emperor Ivan IV. onco ordered one of his high court otHchils to procure for him n measure full of fleas, and when the poor man failed, through the f riskiness of the Insects In Jumping out of the measure, had ,hls head cut off and Intlicted a flue of 7,(K)0 rubles on the, city of Moscow for its shuro In tho failure. On other oeca" sions he would wander awny into the country with some boon companions and a few eaged bears, and when he came to a peaceful village would let slip the bears and shriek with laughter as tho villagers rushed for safety oi fell victims to tho hungry animals. A Seii4 In Church. Visitor Will you tell me where I shall find a seat? Verger Wool, sir, there's a guld wheen veesltors In In verness the noo, bo sit whaur yo can Bee yer umbrella. Punch. Bearu tho s9 Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of ROMADKA READY ACCESS TRUNK 1HIS trunk is not a mere box in which to ship clothes. It is a convenience to travelers, enabling them while enroute or at destination to et at any corner of the trunk and pack or unpack without removing the trays. It can be used as a per manent wardrobe in the home, as it can be thoroughly ventilated at any time , without removing contents or trays. An automatic device operates with the lifting of the cover, thereby bring ing both trays up and out of the bot tom, and giving free entrance to every corner. Nothing to get out of order. Simpi.k, Sanitary, Perfect. tC f( and U Stylet at J0VV up. For Saleby F. L. CEANFILL, Medford, Oregon ASSAY OFFICE . OF . . Cardwell Eb Summerville IN THE ANGLE BI.OOK, t'Wu mi irnntttc xnllnfactlon on nil work. Hum pit eii us by mnll will retch u nur upeeitil Attention, m wo "ro vury c:.-irtrfiil to Klve correal returns. Wo lo buy dlKli ftrnrtc (ioM Oro Rn) Kuggulfi, OkI "ol'J aud Silver. SI CATALOG m MAKE YOUR. I m SELECTIONS J 1 FOR THE HOLIDAYS yi IN THB CITY I Kj 23 STOCKTON ST. M Mitchell 4. DO YOU CONSIDER QUALITY iL WHEN VOU BUY A WAQONt Doo 70 jour, experience In "wagon building and 7K Ibe eroam wngon itock count wllh yout . Do you want a Watfou that is made of .took that bought oio day and made up A tfo. Mit-the a-nimvo wagou? Or a & MITCHELL WAQON That Is mnde of stock that is ulr seaioncd for 3 to 5 years, put together by mon who fB havo beou at the business long onongh to Know how to tnuko tho lightest running wagon possible. A wagon that carries tin absolute guarantee that it Is tee Seat TVs PoBBlbte To Bulla iu short a MI TCHELLWAGON ii Or a poor substitute, The cholco Is up to you, Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., r55fc Medford, ' - new mim mmm ran mm iMn Deere "'PI Are the Best Made. We Have Just Received a Carload of NEW DEERE DISC PLOWS, John Deere Hand flows, and Harrows Gall and See Them $ fledford, B. N. B UT L E R, , Jeweler and Watchwaller , Next Door to Bakery MEDFORD, OREGON I am now better prepared than ever to do Fine Repairing OP WAT0HE S, CLOCKS and JEWELRY ; I havo nothing else to do except to attond Btriotly to tho business of repairing. Iloraembcr the place CARLOAD Page IlSi Fence Just arrived. PRICES RIGHT. We assist in erecting and guarantee every rod. 30 Style VOLNEY DIXON, or NICHOLSON & PL ATT, Modford, Orogon. W. L. - SuccoHUor to - J, Q. TAYLOR, The Harness Haker Fine Line of Hand Made Harness, Blankets, Kobes and Whips. Kepairinj? Neatly Done. W. Hedford, Nash Ljwry A. W. WALKER, Proprietor The Htnhlefi bus boon nowly rclktfid, ami Now Rigs nnd Good Hoi'Hoa aJdefl. AM Night Tolrplmo Sorvlco. Onlors filled at nnytlnio. Reasonable Rates. MEDl'OKI), OKKtiON Wagon ' jjf D.;tT. LAWTON, flanager, Oregon wsl disc piows 1 Ore-on ORR Oregon m Stable; Efficient Service sir iPJt V -