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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1906)
oo0)0)))oawO VAN DYKE'S Fine White Waists In Taffeta and Japanse Silk, Persian Lawn and India Linen. All the newest ideas in all over embroidery, lace trim med, elbow sleeves, etc. Prices from $1 to $10 each. YAM DYKE'S Medford, Oregon II JJust Arrived: Several new exclusive styles in Ladies' Eton Tailnifil Suits, only oik- .ji a kind. J. H Butler, Funeral uircuiuii mm mcuivrg Furniture Co., House furnishers and Undertakers- Day 'Phone Main 353. Night Phone Main I 15 jCITY HAPPENINGsT P. C. Bigham started up bis soda bottling establishment Tuesday, with orders enough ahead to keep him busy for awhile. He has installed new and up-to-date machinery (or the manufacture of all kinds of oarbonat ed drinks and is already assured of an extensive patronage throughout the valley. Mr. Bigham will do only a wholesale business and from pres ent appearanceB will be compelled in a short time to increase both his plant and the working force. Besidea the oarbonated waters Mr. Bigham purposes handling a high grade of eastern mineral water for the trade. There is no visible reason why thiB business should not prove a successful one in Medfoid aud The Mall wishes Mr. Bigham all kinds of good luok. If your watch or clock is out of order, take it to B. N. Butler. He has all the neoessary tools, material and experience to do good work, and he does it. 12-tf Olmstead & Weisser, the east side . painters and paper hangers, are kept pretty busy these days filling orders. They have just completed the re painting of the drop curtain at Davie opera house, filling in six new adver tisements thereon in an artiBtio man ner. Besides this they have been do ing a lot of aign minting for mer chants around the town, among which is that new eleotrio aign at Smith & Molony'e Medford Shoe Pailors,and signs ofr Monroe & Miller, Crystal & Morey, W ortman & Gore and a num ber of others. They are striotly up-to-date in their work and give univer sal satisfaction. Mrs. C. H. Pleroe s floral atock has arrive!. Ladies wishing house plantB will find something to their taste by inquiring at the. residenoe of J. A. Lyons, East Medford. Friday evening a jolly band of Kike with their wives, daughters and beet girls, hailing from Medford and Jacksonville, filled a special car wbloh carried them to Ashland Lodge, B. P. O. E.,In celebrating the first anniver sary of the institution of the lodge. The Elk's hall and the opera bouse both were required to aooommodate the visitors and the local members, and both ball and opera bouse were profusely and appropriately decorat ed. Until 11' o'clook-the symbolio hour of the order cards, music and danoing amused the company, tnen supper was served to 250 people, after whioh danoing was resumed for sever al hours. Miss Laura Clay, of Lexington, Kentucky, will speak at the opera house -on Monday evening, Maioh 2Gth,on "Equal Suffrage for Women." miss uiay is an omoer or tne national Atnerioan Woman SuffrageAssoolation aud Is now engaged under the aus pices of the Oregon Kqual tiuttrage Association in speaking in the inn r eBts of the pending amendment to the constitution gianting women the right to vote on equal terms to men. , Several years ago Jacob Olsen lived near Central Point on a farm, but beooming dissatisfied he sold out and moved to Texas, where he thought he oould do better. Two years in the Lone Star state was enough for him. and a few weeks ago he returned to Rogue River Valley, satisfied that there was no oountry on earth equal to this. Last week he purohased the interest of Mrs. W. J Stanley in the Ross farm, two and a half miles west of Medford, containing 32.22 aorea, for a consideration of $3360, or 8105 per aore. He is now oontented to set tle down and spend his days in the Rogue River Valley. The sale was made through the agenoy of White & Trowbridge. EdlBon phonographs and reoords delivered free on receipt full retail price; largest stook Edison reoords west ox HOCKies; Bena xor circulars. Peter Baoigalupi, 786 Mission St S. F. 12-tt D. T. Lawton has had planB drawn by Arobiteot Molntosh for I fine new home whioh he 1b now pre paring tu build on property he owns on North B street, just north from the Methodist oburoh. The house will be 32x12 feet in size, two stories high and will contain twelve rootnei besides bath room and closets. The design is a very pretty one and if the archi tect's ideas are oarried out it will surely be very oonvenient. It is peoted to cost about 12500. Mrs. E. E. Gore, teaoher of mu sic. The oouree in piano includes work in harmony, sight reading and ensemble nlaving. wbioh leads to a reliable and fluent teohnio. stimulates attention and Insures rapid progress. Speoial methods for advanced players and onuaren. Messrs. Morrison & Wolfer, of Table Rook, were in Medford Tues day. Tbey have put out tour acres of Everbearing strawberry plants on their Table Rock farm, and these plants are now budding and would have been in bloom bnt for the recent oold Bnap. They will put out three aorea mere to strawberry plants this season. From these two patohes to- Good Bread Is what we are making every effort to put out, and the in creasing demand for our Bread proves that our efforts have not been in vain. We are us ing good flour; we have a good baker and good bread natural ly follows. Try our Bread. Roberts Sb Reagan Phone 373. gather wltb three acres of bearing plants at Eagle Point they hope to be able to supply the loon demand for berries. These gentlemen will also pot out from thiee to four aores ot cabbage plant and other garden truck this spring. For RentTwo aores of No. 1 oreek bottom land, within the olty limits oi Medford. Ground ready ti nlanr. For particulars Inquire of Mrs. Uhessmore, East Medford. 12 It F. E. Mel rick is another of those who have acquired interests in Kogue river valley during the paBt year or more who have proven their faith in the future of tne country "by making further investments. A month ago he purohased the Nute orchard east of Medford and last week be oojspleted the deal by whioh he becomes the owi er of the J. A. Whitman orchard, adjoining bis first purohase. The Whitman orchard oomprises 110 anes and the purohase pnoe was 810,000. In the 116 acres of orchard there are 800 bearing pear trees, principally Bartletts, Howell and Winter Nel is. Also there are twelve aoreB set to Yel low Newtowns, and twenty acres of apples in bearing. Besides this there are 100 aprioot trees in bearing, and as that locality is famous for the qual ity of the aprioots produoed there Mr. Merriok is figuring on some Inoome, at least, from this souroe, The ohar aoter of the soil, location and shelter ed position seem admirably fitted for the production of this fruit, and the quality of the production is proof enough. Mr. Merrick's case shows what acquaintance with Rogua river valley and its capabilities will do. He had to be pursuaded to invest in the first instanoe, and in his last in vestment he had to pursuade the other fellow. POST CARDS All who desire their names and address placed on list for the exchange of souvenir postal oards and who are willing to return a oard. promptly. lor eaon one received. may send ten oents in stamps to Tne Northwest Post Card Union, Medford, Oregon. Twelve poBt oardB sent post paid on reoeipt oi ao oents or z lor 50 oents. All different Southern Ore gon soenes. That was a lively runaway whioh showed up on the prinoipal streets of Medford on Tuesday of this week. One of the delivery teams, driven by Cecil Brown, beoame frightened while standing near the A. A. Davis flour ing mills and started to run. Their first move was to break the wagon pole and following this one of the horses slipped itB bridle off, tbns ren dering the driver helpless in Mb efforts to stop them. They ran up C street to Seventh, where they turn ed east, and about the middle of the next block the driver was thrown out, but fortunately eBoaped injury. The team ran a few blocks farther where tbey were stopped. No damage done exoept to the wagon, but the wagon was filled with grooeries for delivery around town, and these were soatter ea for about seventeen blocks. The team was at the mill waiting to take Soott Davis home and Mr. Davis was just about to get in the wagon when the horses beoame frightened. Mr. Davis, who is badly orippled with rheumatism, may oonsidei himself fortunate, as be would have been pretty badly shaken up, as with one arm in a sling and BCaroely able to wall tie would have been unable to help himself at all. A. Slover, drayman. Safes moved quickly and oheaply. Draylng of all kind promptly attended to. tu-tf. In Justice Stewart's oourt this week the oase of Wilson vs. Carter, transferred from Gold Hill distriot, ffaa tried. The case arose over a differ enue of opinion between W. C. Wil son, the plaintiff, and W. A. Carter, the defendant, over the compensation for certain labor performed by the plaintiff for the defendant, the former claiming that $55 was due bim. Pre vious to the bringing of the suit the matter had been left .. to the arbitra tion of two disinterested pereons.Jwho found that Carter was indebted to Wilson In tne sum of sixty cents, wnioh amount was tendered the plain tiff both at the time of arbitration and the time of trial. VariouB other complications entered into the oase, whloo caused Justice Stewart to take it under advisement. Mi G. Hogenp peared for the plaintiff and J L. Ham- merely for the defendant. Any one having a dredger mining proposition for sale will please advise ueorge A. Fleming jenama, caw. The Medford Shoe Parlors are marked now by a big eleotrio Bign, painted by Olmstead & Weisser, of the West Side. The eleotrical device whioh operates the light is very originally oontrlved little affair and is operated with one of these little alarm clocks. The owners of the shoe store do not care to light the streets at hours when there are no pedestrians on them and have ar ranged to have the lights shut off auto matically at ten o'olook. The alarm Is set and when tbat hour is reaobed the alarm breaks an eleotrioal oon neotion and the light switch is thrown open and the lights are out. Merohant H. U. Lumsden has in vested in a new Reo, five -passenge touring automobile.' The car Is now here and Haiold is working overtime learning the kinks peculiar to animals of too "honk" specie. Tne auto Is a lao-siuiile of the one Mr. Hutchison has, which has proven itself to be about the smoothest running ma chine which has ever hit the high places on oosa raiiersoa s gooa ooun-1 j try roads. If Mr, Lumsden gets as ; much real enjoyment out of his oar bb Mr. Hutchison has his he is going to have a pretty good time all the time. I Ask your grocer for Kogue River i Creamery butter 70 oents per square 1 Soott Davis, who has besn con fined to his home for a couple of weeks past with Inflammatory rheu matism, is now able to be on the streets again. He will probably leave oon for the Klamath Hot Springs, where be is hopeful that the hot mad baths will give bim relief and tbey surely will, but the longer he procras tinates the more deep-seated becomes the disease and consequently more time and treatment will be necessary in effecting a cure. Attend the big silk sale. Deuel 4 Kentner, next week. PURELY PERSONAL H, M. Cosa was In Ashland Wednes day. E. T. StaplM was in town from Ashland Monday, A, D. Naylor was at Ashland on business Tuesday. J. H. Coohran is in Roseburg on business this week. L. L. Grlzzln, of Bly, was a Med- -White A Trowbridge report thel,ord ll"tr Monday. sale through their agenoy of forty aores looated just west of Medford, by I. W. Thomas to D. D. Duff, late- y of Miunesota, the consideration be ing 86,000. This is what is known as the Joe Thomaa place and is Brst-olass farming and fruit lands. Mr. Duff sold at the same time his house and lot on West 8th street to Joe Thomas for 81400. Mrs. E. E. Gore has a good, seo- ond-hand piano for rent. 11-tf Mr. Grogan, who livs on the By- bee farm near Jacksonville, brought a ouroslty to town last week in the shape of a ohioken with four well de veloped legs. One pair of legs were In about the normal position, the other pair being attaohed to the body behind them. Tne ohioken only lived a few days after being batched. Lou J. Beauohamp. One hundred laughs in one hundred minutes. Davis' opera nouse, April mm. re serve seata at Haskina'. Fred Traoy, recently from Chilll- cothe, Missouri, has taken a position with 'Deuel & Kentner. He will have oharge of the olothing department of that establishment. Having bad a number of years' experience In a large olotbing store in the East be la well fitted for the position to which he has been assigned here. Wanted Goats to pasture on shares. Plenty of good pasture. Ad dress "B", care Mail, Medford, or G. H. Griffin, Merlin. Work on the new bank building is being retarded some because tbat not enough briok are now burned for the job. Chllders Broa. have com menced work on a new kiln and as soon as thiB is burned the work will be puBhed bb rapidly as possible. Good, single buggy and harenss for sale. Enquire of Crystal & Moiey. ThiB week White .& Trowbridge sold eighty acres of tne old Morris plaoe on UrltHu oreek to Mary A. and Samuel O. Putterbaugb, for a consid eration of 8900. - Pure bred Brown Leghorn eggB for hatohing. Fifteen eggs for 50 cents. Leave orders at Roberts & Rea gan, or address John bigham Eagle Poiut, ll-2t Next Monday evening Weatonka lmp'd. O. R. M., will visit the Grants Pass reservation and smoke the pipe of peace with their bretnern there. A general good time Is expeoted. Wanted Man for farm hand until October 1st. Enquire at Hubbard BrOB. ll-2t F. E. Martin and E. F. Winkler have ODened a seoond hand store in the old bioyole stand of F. E. Martin. They are prepared to buy all kindB of goods' and will give a square deal. Call and give them a ohanoe to bid on your goods. They are reliable and energetio young men and should be enoouragea. oz-n The Medford rurnlture Co. will soon oommenoe putting in place in their store a new plate glasB front. The Antire front is to be taken out and replaoed entirely of new material Lou J. Beauohamp One hundred laughs in one hundred minutes. Davis' opera bouse, April 10th. Re serve seats at Haskina'. Street . Commissioner King has been doing some needed work on G street of late, filling up the holes and leveling the road way. F. M. Stewart has filed his peti tion for the Republican nomination for juBtioe of the peaoe for Medford distriot. Rose bnshes. house plants, carna tion and violet plants for Bale by Miss J?, tj. Kusa, florist, Boutn u Btreet, Medford. . , . . Born At the Allen farm, west of Medford, Tuesday, Maroh 20, 1900, to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen, a son For sale 65 acres of the Col. John E. Ross farm, two and one-half miles from Medford, with all improvements, iorej.ua per . aore. wnite a Trow bridge. The Socialist Club will meet in Smith's hall on next Wednesday even lng, March 28th. Don't fail to see the line of silk placed on sale Monday. Deuel &. Kentner. Smith & Moloney, proprietors of the Medford Shoe Parlor, are giving away vaiuaDie presents to ail ouetom era. Why Pax More for other Flour than Medford Flour Davis' Best, $1.00 per Sack . Every Sack Guaranteed. lrvin W. Ray was in Medford Mon day from Gold Hill. Mrs. W. 8. Jones visited Ashland friends Wednesday. N. B. Nye came, up from Foots creek Tuesday on a visit. Hon. W. A. Carter, of Gold Hill, spent Monday in Medford. George W. Prey, of Lake creek, was a Medford visitor Monday. J. W. Jaoobs, of Central Point, was a Medford visitor Tuesday. Mra. Geo. Mlokey is visiting her daughters at Cottage Grove. Ben Beall, of Central Point, waa In Medford on business Monday. Sheriff Jos. Kader wbb down from Jacksonville Tuesday evening. V. A. Dunlap, of Talent, waa in Medford on business Tuesday. Samuel Swenning was at Grants Pass on business Wednesday. Mra. AL Shearer left for Poitland laBt week and will reside there. Clint Wilcox, of Woodville, was a Medford visitor one day last week, J. P. O'Harra, of Central Point, was in Medford Saturday upon business. R. F. Yooum, of Central Point, was in Medford Saturday, upon business. Ed. Rboten, of Gold Hill, the well known prospector, wbb in Medford Tuesday. Attorney J. L. Hammersly, of Gold Hill, was In Medford Monday on legal business. . Moit Lawton was in Gold Ray Wed nesday upon a visit to his old-time fel low workmen. " S. G. Van Dyke, the Kepublioan oandidate for nomination for sheriff, wbb in Asbland Wednesday. J. D. Cook, who has been in the east for the past several months, re turned to Medford this week. Otto JeldneBB returned Monday from Joe car, where he has been been look ing after his mining interests. Henry Dox, the efUolent bank oash ler and express agent at Jacksonville, was in Medford Wednesday upon busineBB. " Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Alsbury, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, were in Medford this week, upon a visit to J. O. Medley. Fred L. Ohamplin spent several days In Medford this week, having his band, whioh waa seriously burned some time sinoe, treated. W. J. mahoney was up from Grants Pass Sunday, on a short visit. Wal lie Is now working as day operator at the Southern Paoific depot at Granta Pass. W. R. Coleman was down f-om Phoeuix Monday. He is busier than anybody just now, but feels oonfident that be will land the nomination for county clerk. W. M. Poison, of Anderson creekj was in meaiora xuesaay. ne tens that during the reoent storm snow fell to tne depth of two feet at bis plaoe and that it is still Bix inohes deep. Mrs. Abhle Champlin spent a couple ot days In Medford this week. She expeots to return to Uhloago aoon, but will oome back to Southern Ore gon in June. MesBrs. RiggB and MoDonough, of Minnepolle, Minn., are iu this sec tion with a view to Investing lu tim ber landB. They are now in the Up per Rogue river seotion, accompanied by George F. King, looking over the situation. J. A. Hammook and two sons, L, B and L. D. Hammook, of Seymour, Texas, arrived in Medford Thursday. Two of the gentlemen are photograph ers and one Is a printer, and all ex- peot to remain some plaoe in the val ley. Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Pendleton were in Wednesday from Table Rook. Mrs. Pendleton haB been suffering for the past few weeks with a very painful run-round, or felon, on her hand, and she was here fot medical treatment from Dr. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Bradbury re turned Sunday from a several months' stay at Eureka, Calif. Their return at this time was occasioned by the illness of their Bon, Jay, who has been quite seriously ill for several weeks. Dr. Corpron is In attendance A. M. Soott, of Glendale, spent day in Medford this week, on bus! ness. Mr. Soott was formerly inter ested in the Missouri mine on Stoves Fork, but Is now working a promising mine, "The Gold Flat," in Glendale distriot, in company with Dr. Shearer and O. F. Smith. S. O. Bartrum, forest supervisor of the southern division of the Cascade reserve, wa In Medford Monday, on his way borne to Koseburg from Brownsboro, where be had been oon forrlng with the stockmen of that seo tion regarding the Issuance of grazing permits upon the reserve. G. P. Wagner, a Steamboat mining man and prospeotor, was in Medford Thursday. He tolls tbat there aro a great number of fgood mines lu thul looality and from them lots of gold oould bo tnkon If those owning them could induce men of means to invest some capital there aud push dovolop ment work. i During this wet weather, OUR Lumber is kept Dry By w 11 covered buildings. IOWA LUMBER & BOX CO. Weeks & Baker Undertakers and Embalmers MEDFORD, OREGON Mrs. Mark HarrUon, of Taooma, 1b in Medford upon a visit to C. I. Hutohison and family and H, U, Lumsden and family. Mrs. Harrison was formerly MIsb Ray Young and at one time resided in Medford. After her visit here she will go to Los An geles for a visit with other relatives. F. N. Hummon, of Belfietd, Va., a fruit-grower of that seotion, has been in Medford this week, looking over the fruit lands of the valley. Mr, Hummon waB attraoted here by the story of the prloe brought by Cornice pears from this sention, bb published In The Mail, and is very favorably Im pressed with the country. S. A. Patterson, formerly publisher of the Condon, Oregon, Globe, and J. E. Lancaster, also of Condon, were la Medford Saturday. Mr. Patterson expeots to soon establish a newspaper in Central Point, while Mr. Lancaster will also beoome a resident of that town, he having purchased all the re maining lots owned by 'the Central Point Townslte Company. There are an even hundred of them, and they will be re-sold to persons desiring them for building purposes. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Opdyke left Medford Wednesday evening for Grants Pbsb, where tbey expect to re side. Tbey have been residents of Medford for several months and have made many friends, all of whom will regret their departure and will wish them suooees In their new looatlon. ' Mr. Opdyke is a newspaper man and a good one. Mrs. Opdyke la a stenog raphersaid to be the swiftest oper ator in Southern Oregon. While here she had desk room in the Hotel Nash office. Notice to Merchants indjtliens ' Notioe is hereby given to the mer chants and oltizens of Medford that hereafter they must not dump, or de posit, or oause to be dumped or de posited, within the incorporate limits of the olty of Medford or within the limits of the Medford road distriot, . any offal, debris or garbage ot any nature, without first scouring a per mit from the Btreet commissioner. i W. 8. KING, . Street Commissioner. Advertised Letter List. Following is a Hat of letters remains ud oalled lor at the Medford poatomce on Mar Johmion. Mr. Baro Mcoarlor, Mr. N. A charge of one cent will be made upon ds livery of oaoh of the above letters. PerBons calling for any of the above letter will pleiBe lay ' Advertised." A. M WOODFORD. Postmaster ' McCabe, T. F. KUMell, L. H. new SPRING STYLES In Hats, Fresh from ' the Latest Blocks Pearls and Buff Mixtures Prevail D" REMEMBER, WE BUY JgQ OUR HATS DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY "NUF CCD" We have the only band initial machine in Medford "15hQ Toggery" Hatters and Men's Outfitters