The Medford mail., January 05, 1906, Page 1, Image 1

OREGON Is the Best
part of the United States. ,
ROGUE BIVEB V0LLEY
is the best paJt of Oregon
MEDFORD Is In tho ceiuor o! the
If you want to
Mine, Saw Lumber,
liaise Fruit,
Grow Stock
or do most anything alBe you
will find your opportunity here
THE HAIL tells about it
valley anil THE MAIL the beet paper
VOL. XVIII.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5. 1906
NO. I.
She
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STREET ECHOES
Opinions of Some of Our
Citizens-S e r i o u s and
Otherwise.
One of the numerous subteir-iuoan
vieuB of water which llow thiough the
valley rises to the surface on the
uorth eud of the Hollywood orchard
farm, west of Medford, and owued by
A. 0. Allen, forming a swamp of some
ten aoros in oxtout. This svvumpy
plaoe didn't "look good" to Mr. Al
len when he purchased the place and
beside he conceived the idea chat the
water which was going to waste in
making a mere swamp might be util
ized. He put the idea into execu
tion Dy laying lines of tiles converg
ing to a common oenter and thuB col
lecting the wataj which had formerly
spread over this marshy ground and
running it into a reservoir with a
oapaoity of 75,000 gnllcna. This had
the effect of making the swamp land
arable and at the same time gave
Mr. Allen an ample water supply for
irrigating purposes.
In order to use this water Mr. Allen
has installed a 'Hi inch centrifugal
pump, which is driven by a 12-horse
power gasoline engine and has a ca
pacity of 300 gallons a minute. This
pump drives the water from the roser-
voir through a 6-lnoh pipe into a tank
of 10,000 gallons oapaoity, from which
it can be distributed by means of
flumes to the different portions of
this tcn-aoro traot, aa it is needed.
In addition to the 3)-iueh pump
there is an auxiliary pump which can
be used in case of emergency. The
engine which furnishes the power is a
portable cne, and when not in use for
pumping purposes can be used on
other work about the place. At pres
ent Mr. Allen only purposes covering
the ten-acre traot above mentioned,
but ultimately intends to extend the
system so that he can irrigate the
whole area of land he owns. The
reservoir has been so constructed that
it oan be enlarged at any time until It
has a oapaoity of at least 500,000 gal
lons' of water furnishing an ample sup
ply A , ;
This year Mr. Alien intends to try
hip hand at onion raising and is con
fident that the soil of the reclaimed
land will produce onions that will
rival the far-famed Eagle Point pro
duct. ,
When he gets the system working
nicely a . private electric lighting
plant will be installed, and then
Mr. Allen will be about as independ
ent as they make them. With his
own Irrigating Bystem , and his own
lighting plant, he will pay tribute
only to Standard oil for gasoline to
furnish power.
Consumption Germs in Salt.
BLOWN UP AT
HIS OWN GATE.
We went every housekeeper in Med
ford aud vicinity to read the follow
ing: Ninety per cent of the salt used in
Oregon is made from the contamin
ated sewer waters taken from the bay
of San Praneisoo. This dirty and foul
water is simply rim from the bey
whioh is the off fall of all the hospit
uls, hotels ond residences of San Fran
oisoo, Oakland, Alameda and Berke
ley, iuto vats, allowed to staud fn the
sun until salt has formed upon the
bottom. Then the foul liquid is
drawn olf, the salt gathered up, wash
ed oil', thrown into a orusher or pul
verized, ground flue1 and put iuto
what la oalled granulated form and
banded out to the oonsumer in differ
ent sized bags as an eatable piece of
goodB. In other words if yon are us
ing this grade of salt you are simply
eating cattle salt ground fine. Take
- nnttAA mill, sorow it down tight.
put common stonk salt- into the mill
and you can tjnw" f y, , . "
nof,,ntion the same salt, which from
fh cent reports on the board of
health in San Franoisco contained
baoterio and typhoid germs.
There is no food product more bub
ceptible to contamination than Bait.
Hence now oareiu wt? buuuw wo iu se
lecting tnis vital element to eat or
work with. No merchant can afford
to sell bis customers thiB grade of
goods who has their welfare in mind
and heart when he can sell them an
absolutelj pure salt which will cost
the consumer no more and still pay
the retailer a handsome profit
. After nisny years of hard labor, ex
prience sod considerable money
spsut, cbe beslie Salt Refining Com
pany have placed before the public o
salt which is guaranteed to be abso
lutely pure, evaporated and boiled
from a puie artesian water at 235 de
grees fahrenheit. This Bait is now
hv. all ursc-ciass meronancs jua
remember it will cost you no more
than what you have been poying for
this contaminuMiu ui uiuiuury ami
tv o onninle saok of Leslie's Steril
ized Velvet Grain for the kitchen or a
oartoon of Jjeene oteriiiieu r ree run
ning with patent spout for the table,
and If you do not find it as repre
sented take it hack to your grocer
and get your money baok. A sou
venir penoil will be given free with
every ten cent purohase of Leslie's
Sterilized Salt, Why take dirt when
you buy salt?
E. R Von Dyke: ''Say, this mov
ing proposition is about the worst
layout I ever weut against. I've
been getting ready to move into our
new store for quite a fov weeks, and
I'm not quite all there yet. It's bad
enough to ohauge places of business or
dwellings when you haven't anything
else to do, but when a fellow tries to
mov5 end sell goods at the Baine time
uud at the same time has a lot of 'car
penters working iu the sanio room
and iB oompolled' to stumble around
over loO:6 boards occasionally, he is
Hkely to get a little impatient once
in a while. But we'll get straightened
out oue of those days and forget all
our present troubles."
P. W. Hollis: "The Medford Fur
niture Uompauy is sort o' dividing its
carpet sewing patronage among the
aid societios of the dilToreut churohes.
This week we hare had the Baptist
ladies at work sewing oarpets for the
K. of P. now hall. There were twenty-two
of them working one afternoon
and they put out a bunoh of good
work. Oh, I don't just call to mind
what they had to talk about, but I do
remember that oue of them said some
thing about something during the af
ternoon. I believe this .was the only
oue present who spoke all this time
upon uuy subject. "
J. G. Christy: "Why, yea; busi
ness is good. Iu fact it is really bet
ter than I had expected it would be.
But why should it nut be good? There
positively is no exeroiBe more bene
fioial and et the same time exhilerat
ing than is bowling. There are a great
many of the harmful results found
in other atbletio sports whioh are
eliminated in bowling at least, it is
so on my alleys. I permit no rough or
in anyways coarae language in my
place, or misconduct on the part of
anyone. I like to have the people
come and see me and patronize my
alleys and it is pretty generally un
derstood that all are weloome, but
there is no 'rough house.' I am hav
ing a spelndid class of trade and. I
fully appreciate it. "
Ed. - Anderson, of Phoeinx: "1
don't believe I ever sow such a pecu
liar fall aud winter in my life. I'm
not joking about it at all. Just listen
and I'll tell you upon what I base my
belief. In the first plaoe the summer
and fall were extremely dry and when
the moisture, such as there was, did
oome the weather turned oold and a
great deal of grain that bad been
sown failed to oome up. I do not be
lieve that I ever saw so little green
vecetation at this time of year ia this
valley before. Neither grass uor grain
is matting any progress. But we peo
ple who have lived here a good many
years have learned to have faith in
things coming out all right in tne
end, as regards crops, and the matur
ing thereof, so I'm not worrying a
bit, but expect to see at least an aver
age orop anyway this yar. "
Fort Hubbard : "I "have just re
turned from a visit of a week with
Mrs. Hubbard's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John MoKoe, on Applegate. No,
I wasn't on business and if anybody
bad talked business to me on that
trip tnere would have ' been trouble
then and there. Fact is, I haven't
been out of town for live years unlesB
it was on business and then I was al
ways in a hurry to get back, so I
made up my mind I was going to take
a week off anyway and get acquainted
with my own and my wife's people.
The people up in that section aro ad
talking about the railroad to the cop
per mines and the consequent develop
ment of the whole Applegate section.
The new mioing enterprises being
projeoted are attracting a lot of atten
tion, and the peoplo of the Applegate
country feel that they are soon going
to have one of the most thriving Tal
lies in Southern Oregon. I believe so
myself."
BOISE, Idaho, Deo. 30. Frank
Steuueuberi2,ex-goveruor of the state,
was killed at 6:40 this eveuiug at his
home in the suburbs of Caldwell. A
dynamite bomb had boon phiced at
his trout gate with some contrivance
by which it - exploded wis he entered.
Both logs wore'blowu off aud he lived
but twenty minutes.
There is no known ronsou for the
outrage, but it is charged to some
momber of the famous inner oirle of
the Coeur d'Aleue dynamiters, whom
ho prosecuted 60 relentlessly in 1899
while he was
Gooding is in
T
LEAGUE MEETING.
The Mail Is iu receipt of the report
of W. B. Sherman, of Grants Pass,
member of the State Froight Commit
tee, of the work douo by tho oom
mittee at its meetiug in Sulem ou De
cember 10th. This commmittoe was
appointed last May by tho Willamette
Valley Development League aud con
sisted of T. K. Campbell, of, Cottage
Grovo, Judge S. A. Lowell, of Pendle
ton, John Wortman, of MoMiuuville,
J. li. Graham, of Salem, and W. B.
Sherman, of Grunts Pass.
Sevoral meetings have beeu held
governor. Governor and tho work of the committee has re-
communieation with suited in many needed oonoossious in
The old year was (w) rung out aud
the new year rung In in Medford by
an enthusisutio orowd of young peo
ple. Nothing oupable of making a
uolso not even the trinnglo of the
Palaoe lodging house escaped tholr
attention. Stuld oltlzeusaud citizen
esses, who had "settled their bruins
for a long winter's nap,
said, or at least thought, thiugs not
iu acoordauoo with New Year resoia
the authorities of that county and is ! tho matter of froight rates being made
prepared to put the full support of
the state behind the officials tuero in
ruuniug down the perpetrators of the
crime.
A man has bedn arrested at Cald-
In tho Willamette. It is now the pur
pose of tho committee to take up the
Bame line of work in Southern Ore
gon and to that end will ask of the
freight pa ers to send a statement of
well, whom tho otUcera think may bo any grievances they may huvo to tin
the asEassiu of ex-Governor Frank i chairman of tho committee or to W.
Steuneuborg. His name has not been ; B. Sherman at Grants Puss. It waB
reported. Five meu iu all have been ! decided in the Deoember meeting to
detained on trivial oharges, iu order
that their whereabouts may be look
ed uo.
When daylight dawned ou the scene
of tho tradegy it was found that the
dynamite had been exploded by pull-
ug a wire. Pieces of wire aud waxed
lishline were found iu the troes on tho
lawn. Furthor, it is believed that
make a regular report of all grievances
iu the matter of freight rates
Southern Oregon and theu to take the
matter up with tho fre'ght oltlcials of
tho Southern Paoiilo Co , using the
report as a baslB of argument.
At the suggestion of Mr. Sherman a
meeting has been oalled to bo held at
Grants Pass ou Suturday, January 0,
two bombs were used, to make Bure of 1906, in tho afternoon and evening of
carrying out the purpose of the as- that day, organizing the frolgnt pay-
sassins. They seem to have beeu to-, ers of Southern Oregon iuto a league
getber, both being pulled at once. for the purpose of securing the amel
it was quite definitely detormiued oration of unfavorable ouuditious in
during the night that the mine was , the mattor of freight rates so fur as
fired by a wire. The explosive was
placed aguinst the post which the gate
olosed, and on the inside of the fence.
That post was to the viotim's left as
he entered, but the force of the ex
plosion oaught him on the right,
showing he turned partially in dosing
tho gate.
It seems settled that the explosive
used was not giant powder. Those
having knowledge of suon substanoe
aud who have examined the soene
state the explosive was undoubtedly
nitroglycerine, and was in a metallio
case, the metal being a combination
of tin aud zinc A portion of the
the trigger used in firing the charge.
The nipple used was snoh as is found
on an old-fashioned muzzle-loader
shot gun. Pieoes of metal were found
stioking in all tho trees.
Governor Gooding, after having
possible. Everyone who is interested
in this matter should attend this
meeting and help organize as strong a
body as possible.
The freight payers of the Willam
ette, by means of organization, have
secured ovorythiug demanded by them
and promise to back Southern Oregon
in the eflort to seoure like oonoesBlous,
Took Wrong Road.
Messrs, J. E. Page and David aud
W. H. Moore, of Portalnd, are at
present undeoided upon whom to lay
the blame for the long trip they took
meohanism has been found, inoIuding6atnrday. The gentlemen left here
Suturday afternoon for the- Sterling
mine. Jeff Heatd had assured them
that the distanoe was only twelve
miles. Some one elBe told them that
the new road was not in good shape
for travel aud that the best way
YEAR'S EVE. FOURTEEN ARE
Next Tuesday, Junimry 9th, Is elec
tion day. There ure a good buuoh of
'candidates to aelect from " for all of
tho sevoral ollloes to be tilled, Out of
i . v tho ontiro number,' fourteeu, only bIx
nan ha aattai1 'Phitro aaoma rt ha nit
issues at stake, or If thero are, they
tious, as the uproar ut twelve o'clock ur0 k6 V0T muoh undor oover'
Suuday night awoke them from peace
ful slumbers. But the memory of their
own youthful days, it is not uulikely,
inado them more lenient iu their
thoughts toward their disturbers,
and colored their morning dreams
with the hues of happy recolloctiouB. art una Cl,rl Oregon,
i'or uounouuiau, let
Here is the bunch of candidates:
For mayor W. H. Brudshaw, E. B.
Piokol aud J. A. Perry.
For treasurer Chas. Strang aud L.
Ij. Jaoobs.
For recorder 3. E. Toft, Jos. Stew-
ward J. U,
The vear 1905 has missed Iuto his
torv with all its joys and sorrows. Us W Moke aud F. Osoubrugge.
triuuiDhsaud disauDoiutnientff. The For oounoUraan, 2d ward J. R.
year 1906 iB before us with all itB WllBon and J. O. Smith.
DosBibilities. Let us remember our or oouuouman, aa wara-u.
jovs during the old year aud ctrivo Sohermerhoru aud J. L. Demmor.
to make them greater in the new one Mr. Perry had a little troubie iu
iMfnrn us. Let us format our bomowb getting ills aooeptanoe moa in tnnt
in 1905 or romemberiuK them bend the oity ohurtor, provides, that the ao
our euergloa to put in their plaoe oeptanoe must be filed not loss than
aud creato joys in 1906, not for our- seven days prior to the date or oleo
selvoa ulone. but for all-for our fom- tioa, and Mr. Perry did not present
ilios, our frieudB, our employes, our his aooeptanoe until on Tuosday, the
omulovers. even for our euemiea-for seveutn any. Kecoraor nartzoii
by doing thiB wo crease to have rosea " u'0 tno acceptance, giving us
enemies und to so onrrv ourselves P'8 reason, that any time after mid
during tho comiug twelve months that night Monday was loss than seven
when the elook tolls the passing of days prior to cne dato or election,
the vonr on Deoember 31, 1906. we Mr- Perry, thiough his attorney,
will have less to regret in looking brought the matter to , the attention
back upon our record for the year of Judge llaunn aud ou Woduosdny n
than we had at midnight of Decern- writ or mauaamus was issued, under
bor 31, 1905.
Will Charge for Permits.
I tho oiouit court senl, commanding
the recorder to file the acooptanoe, and
it was so filed. : The faot that the two
proceeding dayB Suuday aud New
Year's day being legnl holidays and
Glffod Pinohot. forester of the de
partmeut of agrioulture, has Issued the aoooptapce oould not be tlloa up
the following instructions to uppli- on either, may have hod something to
cants for grazing permits on the for- do with inducing tho judge to Issue
not rnsflprpn! tne Writ,
The forest reserves belong to all
the pooplei out of neeesaity, undor London Leads In Wickedness.
proper management, their uae for
nlnH v,i.nnDnc nnn nnln ha ullrtorn
B.iUi.u.Hu..u .. ,. . . . n.... .km h...
to a limited number. Therefore, It is - . "
,, j iu.,ii,. i,. booomo so appalling thnt even tho
It" .. ' IT. , I " . h I : United States authorities view them
buu ginziug iiLirufBo ouuu.u fj
ii. k,.h -iii tnrA hin. with amazement?"
lug to pay tho running expenses of r " "
the reserves. ...; . Mlmr r0p0ter ? l BW
ui- j i. i l j enia4- street, a i-uuukuizuu uuiuuum
m oruer tu pruioui nuw hdidk 1.4.11. 11 1 .
... ull,l.. " ft,n nnnnooain I U1111IU DtUblflvlvO
mmieuu.mo.., a Dj.w.. jh( tw. In.
telleotual crimes aro on the inorease.
grazing
of 1906
fee ou
fol-
snent the dav at the aceno, states. to go by Jacksonville. At Jaokson-
.there is only one oonoluaion that ex-1 ville they Bought new directions, and
Governor Steunenberg was killed for Mr. Pago avers, were directed byDis-
Hib stand he took at tho time of tho i triot Attorney Keamoe over the Apple
Hnonr d'Alone riots. It transpires , gate road instead of the Sterling road.
that, th dead leader received a letter i They traveled and traveled and then
of wurning while in Washington ubout , traveled Bomo more until darkness
nnn nnrl nno-hnlf vears aco. It stated oumo on and one or tne norses ion in
his time was short. Some such lotters a ditoh. However, the animal was
were also received several years ago. resoued and inquiry at a nearby houso
So far 818,000 has boon offered in j put them on the right road and final-
rewardB. Of this 810,000 is by Shos-1 ly tired, nuugry, coia ana mautnoy
hone county, 85000 by the state, 82000 j reached the hospitable eomp or the
im t.hn fnmtlv and 81000 tv Cauvon ! Staling mine. They had traveled
twenty-two nines insieati oi
will bo made in the
cattle for the season
lows :
"The permits of each state or terri
tory for the year 1905 will be liBtod In
order of the number of cattle covered ;
then beginning with the smallest one
1 mean forgeries, highly dillioult
buglarles and huge swindles that re
quire braius, resource and nerve. A
dangerous tendonoy of orlme today Is
toward oppression and murder by a
There are eleven miles of pole lines
and 41.82 miles of wire in the light
and power system of Ashland.
Ashland young pooplB have been en
joying ooastlng for several days. As
is the usual case a number of acal-
deuts have ooourred, but none serious
as yot. ,
The special committee of Ashland
oitlzens appointed to investigate tho
proposition of the purchase of the
eleotrio light plaut und appurtenances
of the A. E. P. & L. (Jo., for the sum
of 861, 164, reported adversely to the
purchase and the report was unani
mously adopted by the oity oouuoil.
The Hold Hill Canal Co. 1b puehing
the work of completing their now sys
tem as rapidly as possible, says the
Gold Hill News, On Wednesday af-
toruoon the force of men raising poles
out to. the Millionaire mino completed
their work aud Btringiug wires will
begin in a few duys, At toe station a
orew of men under Supt. E, L-. (lur-.
nen, are busily euagged in installing
the uew generator -and other ma
chines. They are' installing a 600- '
horso power j."Trump' turhiue' aud
generator combined that will fuuish
3200 volts ou tha rviraerici leading
into tho oity and 6600 leading to the
Millionaire and BIllNyo mines. This
work 1b but a ' beginning and in a
short time tho aoiuiiuny will install a
larger aud more modern maohiuo
giving uoia mil oue oi cne nest eieo- ,
trio system in the state. The right
of way has beeu cleured to the Bill
iNyo aud oonetiuotion worK win start
wlthiu u fuw days.
half of the permits will be counted olf M under whioh no one can be
... ... , u he d resDonsible by law. I mean not
the largest of those permits will be only 'frenzied finance' that is roapou-
taken as a basis for this oouoosbIou,
oouuty.
A Alusical Social.
Miss Eiiert Won In Contest.
Froze His Hands.
John Mulkey oame In from Chand
ler's sheep ranch In Drews Valley
first of the week to have something
done for his hands. While out with
the sheep a week ago Monday he
iroze hie hands protcy badly, but did
not think It amounted to much till
the akin began to come off and the
hands get raw and painful. John is
friendly enougn, but he don't ahake
haudB with people Lakeview Exam
The voting contest for the free trip
to the Santa Catalina Island olosed
last Saturday, evening and the oount
of ballots placed Miss Jessie Elfert in
the lead by nearly 20,000 votes. The
total oount of the two leading con
testants In Medford, Miss JessioEifert
and MIbs Lulu Porter, stood: Miss
Eifert, 50,532; Mlsa Porter, 31,305.
Miss Eifert has not decided when
she will leave upon the trip nor will
she until Mr. Henderson, the gentle
man who has been managing the oon
teat, returns to Medford.
Death ot Walter Janes.
The oommunity of Beagle was great
ly ahooked by the death of one of our
most promising young men, W alter r.
Jones, son of Wm. and Mary Jones.
All medical aid and Bklllful nursing
availed nothing. He passed away
December 31st, aged twenty-two years,
five months. Funeral services were
held at the Antiocb school house Jan
uary 1st The remains wore laid to
reBt in tho Antioch cemetery. A large
conoourse of sorrowing relatives and
friends paid their last tribute to the
Last Friday afternoon and evening
Mrs. E. E. Gore eutertaiued a number
of her advanced pupils and a few in
vited guests ai: for want of a better
term might be stylod a musical so-
oial. inasmuoh as the amusements nil' directions
were of a muaical order. ,
Enoh guest had been asked to repre
sent a song, the guessing of which
orovoked muoh merrlmment. The
prize for guesBing tho largest number
was won by Misb Agnes Isaacs.
After playing musical games, a
lunch, oonsisting of sandwiches, cake,
cocoa and confectionery, was served
und the following musical program
rendorod :
Piano Solo, Valse - Chopin,
Miss Flora Gray.
Duet, "The PalmB," Fauro-Leybaoh,
Misses Fern Hutohison and HazolDavis
Piano Solo, "Hippies o' the Alabama, "
Andrews - - Vernon Vawer.
Piano Solo. "Avorie," - Thome,
Miss Alice Streets.
Piano Solo, "By Moonlight, "Bondol,
juiss r ern nutcnison.
Those presfnt were:
Mi bbos Marie Ferguson, Jeunesso
Butler, Ethel Curry, HeUn Cobs,
Mabel Cobs, Both LumEdeD, Venita
Hamilton, Enid Hamilton, Gertrude
Fay, Loralne Bliton, Hazel Davis,
Agnes Isaacs, Flora Gray, Fern Hutchi
son, Alice Streets and Vernon Vawter
Lloyd Elwood, Sterling Eoihermal,
Eddie Wilkinson.
twelve
uud wore six instead of two hours ou
tho road. Mr. Hoard explained tho
matter to them and proved hiB con
tention by bringing them over the
new road to . Medford in less than
two hours. Mr. Pago, who is quite
prominent in politics in Portland,
has a dark sugpioion that tho mis-
he received from Mr.
Heames were given with the inten
tion of losing him until after the elec
tion, so that the Democratic state
ticket might have a ohanoe of suooeBS.
All three gentlemen are highly pleased
with JackBon county, and intend bo-
coming more or loss interested hero
in a mining way.
"Applicants for grazing permits
will bo charged only half rate ou oat-
tlo up to the number thus establishnd
for their state or torritory, but all
nnttlo over tliis number will be
charged for at full rate. "
Couniy Ministerial Association.
alble for many suioidce, defuloatlons
aud the like, but also a system of
businosa is business ard landlordism
which swouts rents out of mon and
women until they aro forcod Into the
utrets to steal or starve. "
In the opionion ol a well-known
doctor, London has beoome tho worst
city In tbo world.
There is moro vioo, crime, lunacy
Married Manning Richardson.
Union Watch Meeting.
Election Day Dinner.
The Ladiea' Aid SooUty of the Bap
tist church will serve dinner on elec
tion day, January 9th, In tho build
ing at the corner of 7th aid C treats,
formerly occupied by J. O. Van Dyke
4 Co. This society haB s reputation
for giving good dinners and the mem
bers intend to make this one equal to
any which have gone before. The
proceeds will bo applied toward pui
chaslog a carpet for the ohuroh.
Wanted Goots to pasture on
shares. Plenty of good pasture. Ad
dress "B". care Mail, Medford, or
(J. U. Griffin, Merlin.
A union watch night Borvlce was
held in the MethodiBt churoh, South,
last Sunday night. There was a large
and appreciative audionce from
different churohes in the oity. The
meeting began at 9:30 p. m. First
half hour was spent In a praise moot
ing, aftRr whioh Hov. C. II. Hoxio
spoke on the "Present Roliglous
Status of the Rogue Kiver Valley Con
trasted with the Past."
Ho was followed by a Bolo by Mrs.
Martha Yaooubi.
Kov. i'aooubi spoke on tho "Hard
sbipa Suffered by Christians Celebrat
ing tho New Yenr ia Muslem Countries."
Rev. Shields spoke on, "liow the
Siamese Celebrate their Now Year."
Rsv. Uarstens spoke on, "A Right
Numbering of Our Days."
Rev. McPberac n conducted a conee
cation service during tho last half
hour of 1904. Midnight hour found
the preachers and the people on their
knees.
Indoed It was good to bo there and
spend the closing hours of the year
and the first half hour or tne new in
prayer and praises to our Father,
The New Yoar was oonsecratod by
all singing "Amorica" and "My
Jesus, 'tis of Tbeo."
Sticky? Not if you uso "liyore
Best" flour. Got it at m. f.. warner
Double F- ont Grocery.
Tho Jackson County Ministers' Aa- and drunkeunoss hore," ho said
snoiution mot in the M. E. ohuroh, "thau in any otner city iu mo un.
South, Medford, Oregon, Janunry 1,
1906. Ton ministers of the oouuty
wore present: Ono'from Jacksonville,
throe from Ashland aud six from Mod
ford,
Tho Kev. Chas. T. AlcPherson read
n papor of the "Christian Sabbath,
He dwelt upon its valuo to man nnu
to civilization. Ho showed huw for
nn advancing lifo men should one day
in seven lift their thoughts aud eyes
to heignths to which they have never
nlimbod. but whioh ore within the
reach of their powers. Tbt Rev. Fred
orick W. Oaratona road a solootlon
from a work on tho "Ethics of the
Ministry." ThiB called to tne minas i ,,,, oh. hnn mnde
of tbo ministers some ot tne mgnost . Bue h9 bo,n
motives that auould govern tnem in Tho MaU oxtom,B oongrntulntion8
their work, botn puono ana private, . t . h
and wns. as it wore, the opening of
doors tougher possibilities In their
dulling nuS work among mon. Tho
Bubjocts presented were dleoussed by
those presout with great intoreBt.
At Klamath Falla, Woduosdny, Jan
uary 3, 1900, A. J. Manning and Miss
Uertrudo Rlobardsou wore unitod In
marriago. '
Tho groom is ono of tho risiug
young buainess men of Klamath Falls
aud a Bon of J. W. Manning, formerly
sheriff of Jackson oounty.
Tho brldo is a dnughtor of Jobso
Richardson, of Beaglo, 1b well known
us a teacher, both In this and Klamath
oounties, and bosido is a young lady
whoso ostlmnble qualities of botn
Imart and mi ud have endeared hor
City Council Proceedings.
Tuesday evening wns regular meet-
ing night of the Medford city oouuoil.
There were presout: Mayor Piokol,
Counoilmen Karnes, Pottonger, Hafer,
Whitehead, Wllleko.
Several bills were allowed and war
rants were ordered drawn in paymont.
The Hotel Nash Co. was grantod a
liquor license for oue year.
An amendment to urdlnanco No.
9t, relative to sewer district No. 3,
was passed to seoond reading and wns
then laid over until next meeting.
This ordinance so ameuda the origin
al ordinance as to include in the dis
trict all of that oity property east of,
and adjacent to, the county road, or
South A street i also to lnolude oer
tain lots in the Davis addition lying
south of Thirteenth street. i
The report of mayor, recorder and
treasurer wns read.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. .
MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 2, 1906.
To the Honorable, tho Counoil of the
City of Medfoid, Oregon ,
Gentlemen: .
We are at the olose of another llsoal
yoar and It becones my duty to re
port the flnnnciul oondltion of tho
Oity ot Medford at this time, and ad
vanoe a few suggestions for future
consideration.
The city's Indebtedness January 1,
1906, as Bhown oy tho treasurer, is as
lollows, towit: .
Gouoral fuud WarrnutB outBtandir g
und interest theroon, 831,793.03, lets
oaah ou hand, 81518.85, leaving a total
ndeboteanesB In tuis tuuo or e,-
274.78. ,
Light and water fuud Warrants
outstanding and intorest thoroon, 87,
816.71, less 81287.85, cash on hand,
leaving an IndobteduesB of S6558.86.
Street nnu roaa iiiuu wurruuu,
und iutorost, 81138.83; cush on hand,
8356.47 ; loaving Indebtedness, 8582.36.
Purk tuuo warrants nnu luLuroei.,
8265.45; cash on baud, 837.45; Indebt
edness, 8228.
bewor district tNO. a warrauwj uuu
Iutorost, 8396.75; cosh ou hand,
8127.49; Indebtedness, 8269.26.
Uontiugont tuna uasn on nana,
.... , , ,
Net indebtedness January x, it,
Rcdmen's Ball.
The bnll given by Woatonkn Tribe,
I. O. R. M.. last Friday night, was
The County Ministers' Association ono of tho moat enjoyable and suo-
wlinnrnnrt t.n moot on tne first Mon- oossiui oocasioiis
day of April, 1900, in Ashland.
Qlve Recital Soon.
ot tho kind ever
hold in Medford. Wilson's opera
houso was crowded with dancers from
early In the evening until eurly lu
tho mnrnlnu. each of whom sooinod
About tho middle of the month, the bent upon getting all tho oujoyuiont
(.xant dato not having been fixed ob nossl bio from participation in tho
t n mimical will be given by MIbs fnnttvltlos of the occasion, minor s
Irnno lirown.nianist. assistf-d by Miss orchostrn fumlBhod its most oupn
(Irnca Brown, contralto, ana Mrs. vutlng music music tnat wouici uiimo
Helen M. Hn wn, under tho auepices Uho toes of a wooden logged man itch
of tho Ladies' Aid Society of the to join In tho danoe. xne noor was
linntist ohurch and for the benefit of won managed and nothing was al-
the church. At tho recital given by lowod to occur to Bpoil tne pleasure
the Misses Brown and Mrs. Brown 0f the evonlng. Quito a nout Bum of
BAvoral months ago the ohuroh was wsmnnm was ndded to that already
not large enough to accommodate the in the tribal belt as a roBint.
audlenoe, and there were no expea-
Blons excopt of admiration for tho
musloal tulent ot the ladies. A full
urogram, together with an announce
ment of tho dato and piaco, will te
niado In The Mall noxt week.
Old Cast Iron Wanted.
Married Murphy Raymond.
T. T. Murphy aud Misb Mabel Ray
mond, of Orlllln croek, wore mnrried
at Medford New Year's day by Rev.
Corbin, pastor of tho Christian
ohuroh, of Medford.
Those are roapeotod young peoplo of
. . Uhi.t. community and have tho bast
Tho Modroru iron won is P"; tllniP fturo
pared to pay cosh for any amount of wlshoa of Tho Mall for tholr future
old oast Iron. 47-tf ' happiness.
frlet ludobtednoss January 1, 1905,
875,477.46.
Doorcase of tho olty's iudobtedness
during 1905, $4103.06.
f)n .lnnnnrt. 1904. tho warrant in
debtedness of the general fund was,
as shown by Mayor w neon's report,
840,081.10. Ou January 1, 1906, the
lUUOUtOUUOBS WHS, O.JO,ui .1,. rtv
present time It Is 833,274.78. The
light and wator fund indebtedness haB
lnoronsed to eto;o.ou; dug xurgeiy uu
to ohongoa uecossary iu going over
to the new system and in betterment
of tho plant. At the samo time the
rovonues have lnoronsed 42 per cent
during 1901 und 20 per cent In 1905,
or 80 per oent during tne paac two
years. The running expenses of 1005
lias beeu only about 15 per oent moro
thun tho running expenses of 1903. .
Notwitbstuudiug ut the beginning
of tho year 1 urgently advised the
plaoing down of cross-walks of a
permanent nature,ormoro or less per
manent street improvomonts, but very
littlo has been accomplished, lu the
wuy of BUggostious I would urge per
manent street improvements, In koep
Ing with the demands ot an enterpris
ing poople of a thrifty und rapidly
? rowing oity ; no extrnvagauco, but
udioious expenditure of the fundB in
hand; would recommend the placing
of the names of the stroots on the .
coruors and uumborlug the houses aa
being a grout couvonionce at a small
expense
An onrly extension of atreot light
ing sytsom over the oity, bolieving
the iuorenBcd roveuuos would practlo
ally oompousato for the luoroased out
lay. Would advise tho extension of
the sewer system as promptly as pos
sible aud the building of a soptio
tank for Us disposal, before the com
ing dry season. The consideration of
some aourco of wntur supply, not has
tily, both with duo regard for tho
people's interests; also the roplaoing
of worthless wator nmlns, thus secur
ing propor protection against destriio
tion of proporty by flro.
Respeotlully submitted,
E, B. PIUKEL,
Mayor.
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