The Medford mail., October 12, 1906, Page 1, Image 1

If you want to
Mine, Saw Lumber,
Raise Fruit,
Grow Stock
op do moat anything else you
will find your opportunity here
THE ri AIL tells about it
' VOL XVIII.
MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1906
KO. 41
MORE NEW GETTING BETTED NOT HALF HAS
i
BETTER. BEEN TOLD
me year 1900 will break the record The oolleotlon of Jaokaon oounty
lor building Id Medford.both In the product in the exhibit building la
number and value or the buildings getting better all the time. More ot
constructed, it and better quality,
Briok buildings alone to tbe value Tbla week W. a. Nuroross baa
of over 1100,000 will have been erected aome of the finest kind ot Gano Spit
by the end of tbe year, exoluilve of zenberg and Newtown apples,
the new school house. - W. A,, Walker, of Central Point,
The Hat Includes the three-story ahowa tome Newtowne, grown without
building of the Medford National irrigation, ao large that one wondere
Bank, the Jaokaon Oounty Bank'B what th.y would have been if lrrl
new home, and tbe bnllding being gated.
ereoted between the "latter and the Those Hoovers of Geo. Andrews,
Hutchison & Lumaden building. The of 'Griffin, creek, are prize winners
big 150x15 foot etruoture of Hubbard anywhere.
"Bros, and Wallace Woods, Z and the E, P. Bennett contributes some Mt.
two brloks being built on the west Vernon pears and Newtown appleB,
aidelby O. W. Palm, tbe additional very large and finely Bhaped.
etory to Hotel Nash and tbe remodel- Mrs. H. H. HaBkell, of Central
ing of the First National Bank build- Point, sends In the largest quinoes of
' ing. . .. the season.
In addition to these buildings the rom Sams Valley E- L. Wilhite
'Big 'Bend Milling Co. is considering contributes some good NewtownB and
plans lor tbe erection of two two- some White Winter Pearmanis tbat
story brloks on tbe half block owned are immense.
by tbe company at the eoutbeaat . W. T. AndrewB, of Dry creek, la in
corner of Gth and U Btreets. the lint with Newtowns tbat are hard
These buildings will be .50x100 to beat.
feet In size and will be finished in I W, Rainking, of Central Point, has
up-to-date style for mercantile pur-1 some beautiful Winter Nellie, as hae
j)Odee. , - alsoL a Van Vlelt. ' ;,
' The oontraot for these buildings will ! It's about a tie between S.
be let in a short time. Nealon, of Table Rock, and J. S.
Tbe big, tbree-etory Moore build- Harnett, of Central Point, aa to who
ing, on the West 8id,;isnot included baa tbe largest King. Two speoimene
'In this list, as It was intended to shown are of nearly equal size, either
viinolude only those buildings which one of them big enough for four or
were oommenoed this year, but it dinary apples.
might be very properly inoluded, as -A new variety of peaches, "Bill Nye
-although It waa oommenoed In 1905, Seedlings," grown by H. B. Nye, of
it was not flnlsbedjuntillthle.summer. Mearord, look mighty good.
The addition of thie building would Some exoellent Salway .peaohea are
raise the total valuation of the briok shown 1y A. W. MoPherson.
buildings for 1906 to at least 8125,000. ' OuI. K. 0. Washburn stands pretty
Besides thiB numerous frame dwell- close to tbe bead of the list with his
'ings have toeen lereoted all over town. Spitzenberga and Newtowna.
Just how many is a question. From "way np on Rogue river K, E.
, Peyton sends in some Spitzenberg,
. Jonathan and Ben Davie apples, that
would be hard to beat anywhere but
One of the moat enjoyable family ln K8ne K1er Valley,
reunions which has been held -in Jack
son county for many months, was the
'one at Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Carlton's
farm home, near Wellen postolllce, on
Thursday of last week.
Those Newtowns from Pellett's are
"artesian irrigated," and are an 11
lustration of what intelligent use of
water will do.
Carrots, aa a nsual thing,, don'l
The doora of this alwava hnsnltnhle Brow very large, but those eeut in by
and beautiful farm home upon this Wm An8le re Pretty close to the
limit for size.
occasion were thrown one" fcn nvnr
'thirty relatives, and that all en loved ' J- w- M'Uer has a branoh of Muscat
the gathering together of these many Brapes that is all grapes and mighty
relatives and good citizens needs "luo ': ?
hardly be mentioned to those who Tiere are two branches of Winter
know of the congeniality and good NelliB banging side by side that are
fellowship which permeates the very 80 ne"ly equal in merit that it ia
atmosphere surrounding suoh assem- uara lo Ieu wnion isttne best, xnere
.biles. are over twenty peara in less than two
Ihe.reunion was celebrated at this feet 8Pa. One came from the Bur-
3artioular time because of tne ores- 1811 oronara and the other was grown
enoe In Jaokaon oounty of Mr. and by MlM Llzz'e Bieberstedtof Browns.
Mrs. L. B. -Carlton, who live in Mon- boro fifteen miles away. This shuws
roe .oounty, Iowa, and who had been tb&i aU the Bood P6ar Iani isn't In
here UDon a visit to Mr. and Mrs. S. ne place.
A. 'Carlton. That big Boston Marrow squash from
.Notwithstanding the faot that Mr. woudoroft poultry farm is mentioned
' Carlton's home is a large one, the 'f column,
beautiful fall weather of Southern
Oregon was too tempting to think of
making merry indoors and beoause
of this the refreshment tables were
spread in the shade of trees upon the
house lawn. These tables were Bet
for thirty-eight persons and there
Some Sales, of Real Estate.
The following la a partial list of
late sales made through the agency
of White & Trowbridge and anyone
familiar with conditions and prices
was but one vacant place when aU PreTaiIln8 " only a few
were seated. The dinner was aome- y!ars ag' wU1- readUy 866 tbat a bl8
what on the picnic order-and tnere f, noe bae tuk6n Ploe au alcng the
was enonirh and to SDarn nf thn anafo.
nance which is good for and which L Jam.e? DeTOB 260 . Merlin,
attain. th innBr m for t. Josephine county, to O. G. Chamber.
The only regret was that there were aln! H000i Jame8 D"7, acrej,
other relatlvee who could not, because " er"n' JTT' TS D;
of urgent business, be Dreaent. "- """ " "
Tho88whowareDrB0nttn1ofhJa,ld8' Wook 63, Medford, to I. W.
(Oooaston and mates it the crowning
.euoceBB it was were: Mr. and Mrs.
T. ti. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. H. U,
. "Xthnlann. rVfm. .Tana Plomaln Mk
a. Ntnhnr. .nd oni.tJ v. J subdivision, Medford, to O. A. Kine
' ""00 hnwiot 2'. .". . 11-, ,E I
b. Jj. Uavis' sudivision. Medford.
to A. V. Whitney, $2250; Mrs. Hattie
K. White, lota 10 and 11, block 4,
luuiubb, aou; u, u. bage, XL acres
in Col. J. E. Boss subdivision, Jack.
Bon oounty, to J. U, Hodges, &640
Franklin Martin, 3 acres in Marti'ns
Maud, Ohas. Tyrell and family, J. H.
Cartlon and family, John Sader and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stanley,
Mrs. Wm. Stanley and daughter, -J, T T T ' 101
h - n.i p.i,i 'p.j- . .I Medford,'to J. M. Kllgour. 4700.
J J, UHJW, aUMIQ ., . . , .
Muggy, Harry Stanley. im" 'nB 1,81 OI om one nrm ana
A peonliar incident in connection " , '
duui.v uiuio, iiuw Bang are Dei off
with the reunion is that the birthdays
of tea of thoBe in attendance oooura
during the month of October.
r
Married-Woodford-Barr.
made right along and it has come to
that pass that the buyers are almost
equal in number to the sellers. Still
there is no inflation. The prices land
is held at are within the actual value
Tuesday evening, in the presence of in most 0Me8-
the families of the (contracting par- . .
tie and a few fnends,J. Kalph Wood- Uranlte Mill Mine.
ford, eon of Postmaster and Mrs, A. We reoelve the good word thia week
M. Woodford, and Miss Lillian Barr, that the water in the Granite Hill
daughter ofJMr. and Mrs,.W. H. Barr, mine is fast disappearing, tbe skip
were united in marriage, Kev. Jaa. has been recovered and the work of
Kelso performing the ceremony. re-timbering tunnel three la progress-
vf Both ,oan People he many warm ing. Secretary Kraemer stated to ns
' frienda in thia oity and violnity with tbat he thought by next week tbe
wnom xne ;mbu Jjolns in wiBhlng entire property would be entirely un
them long and Jprospernus wedded
' "
Mr. WOodford baa leaaed tbe Talent
residenoe, corner of O and 10th street,
where be and and bis bride will make
their borne.
; Class la Harmony Orfanlied.
A olase in rulimental Harmony and
Mnsioial Soienoe, ia now being or
ganized by Mih Irene Brown. Those
wishing to join thia olaaa are request
ed to notify her at onoe. 41-2t
watered when work will begin in ear
nest again.
We also get tbe information that
General Manager Murphy waa at pres
ent in California, and would be at
Giants Pass next week. Grants Pass
Mining Journal.
For Sale.
Hubber tired, tingle bu
olass oondltion. Dr. V
-
;gy. In first-
S. Jones.
Fruit jars at Monro k Miller',
The Mall has for years been print'
ing all kind ot big stories touching
upon tbe resources of this, the Great
Kogue River Valley. All these atorles
were true, bnt it baa been difficult at
times to make even some of onr own
people; who live right here, believe
the assertions made, because that
tbey did not have personal knowledge
of the facta related. This being true
aa to our own people It oould baldly
oe expected tbat those people living
in distant land into whose hands
might have come these" printed stories
would believe them to be tine. Hard'
ly a day paases but ioes there come
Into our midst someone who has heard
of tbe resourcefulness of the valley
through tbe perusals of these columns,
They did not, of course, ' believe the
atoriee told, but ; they aomehow'. have,
gotten a notion that they' want to be
oonvinoed that the Btories were not
true. Upon arriving here they soon
make the discovery that the stories
told were only mildly drawn;
It iB true now, and always has
been, that no pen oan oorreotly paint
a word picture of the many reBouroea,
of thia volley and especially true is
tnU aB applies to our fruita. We are,
nowever, snowing all the new comers
that not nearly enough whioh 1b good
and deserved has been said of our val
ley. .- They are all saying tbat we have
been too modest ; have not told the
ball there was to be told: have not
weighed the produots with the scales
of full appreciation and worth such
as they themselves would weigh the
in letters to their frienda in eastern
atatea, who are awaiting the signal
from tbem to move westward.""
The Boas Squish.
I. A. Armstrong, of the Clondoroft
poultry farm, near the summit of
Boxy Ann, brougnt lin the first big
aquash of tbe season on Monday; Tbe
Bquaeh la of the Boston Marrow va
riety, weigha sixty-three and one-hall
pounds and its eqnatorlial circumfer
ence is five feet, four and one-hap?
inches. , .
Mr. Armstrong is nothing, if not
vereitile, as he is a printer, poultry
raiser and farmer in all of which
vocations hi is god, but the air of
fioxy Ann developes something beside
monster squashes and toothsome broil
ers, in tbat it kaa brought forth
hitherto unsuepeoted ' vein of poetry
in Mr. Armstrong's make up, as the
inscription on the oard attaobed to
the aforesaid squash bears witness,
aB follows: .
"I do not hope to win tbe nrlze
For my beautv. or mv size:
But, when June shall roll around,
I'll be the only aquash in town.
"I was grown on Boxy Ann by the
uiouaorort poultry man.
Once exalted that's no ioHh.
Now I'm just an humble squash. " .
The Ashland-Qrants Pass Forger.
W. E. Wilson, who was tried in the
circuit court last week and sentenced
to nerve three years in the penitent!'
ary at Salem for issuing and passing
oogus oheoks the Saturday previous,
is wanted by the sheriff of Cass ooun
ty, Minnesota, where he operated
under the" name of W. E. Babcook
and also at other points under the
name of W. E. Allen, says the Grants
Pass Courier. On Tuesday Sheriff
KusBell reoeived a circular from Sher.
iff Alex. B. Kiddle, of Walker, Minn.,
giving a description ' of Babcook
whioh tallies exuotly ' and a photo'
graob whioh la a perreot likeness of
Wilson, altfarugh it was taken nine
years ago when Wilson, alias Bab-
cock, was wanted for burglary '
Douglas county, Minn. Tbe oiroular
atatea that be la wanted In Cass
county for embezzlement. Wilson Is
man of middle age, medium build
and about six feet one inoh in
heigbth, is an expert penman and
likes to display It. When In the jail
here he did some work with the pen,
one piece being tbe writing of the
Lord's Prayer in a space tbe size of a
dime ; the oard was also embellished
with fancy soroll woik.
What One Man cm Do.
M. L. Pellett has forty acres in
orchard. Not a very big patob of
ground, but It produoea quite a bunch
of fruit and Mr. ' Pellett realizes
good many pieces of the ooin of the
realm therefiom each year. Thia
year, tor instanoe, he has alteady re
oeived from the peara grown on ten
acres or tnia oronara rioou. That's a
pietty good inoome in itself. The
other thirty aores will produce at
least 6000 boxea of flrat-olasf apples
Newtowns and suoh whlob at the
prospective prioe will bring him from
112,000 to tl6,000 more. Perhaps near
er the latter than the former figure.
No money in fruit growing? Don't
look like it, does it?
Information Wanted.
Information la wanted aa to the
wheieabouts of Lyman Pettibone. If
he will send his addres to box 373.
Ashland, Oregon, be will learn some
thing to hi flnanolal advantage.
AN IMMENSE CROP OF FRUIT.
The fruit orop in tbe Great Rogue mated tbt his orop of all varieties
River Valley oan truthfully be said to will not average more than 1.10 per
be a hummer tbia season this aa e , box, f. o. b. Medford. From tbi It
peoially applies to commercial fruit, oan be easily figured that from tbe
Tbe apple orop ia a top-notoher in two and a half aores he will realize
nearly all orchard, whether Irrigated between (3000 and W000.
or not. Tbe same may be aald ot the So heavily loaded are many of the
pear orop. trees with fruit in tbia orchard tbat it
Wbile nearly if not quite ail the has been necessary to cross wires, nr
orohards la the valley are produoing a rope the branches to prevent them
wonaerroi orop tnis season, In all from breaking in faot manv trees are
probability none of them will exceed a psrfeot network of these wirea and
in quantity and quality the small ropsB. Mi. Bennett's orchard ia un-
orchard belonging to & L. Bennett, der the Fish la e ditch and he has
whioh ia situated but one and a half given it two thorough wettings, but
miles from Medford,' ". ;
r
There . are ,but four and a
halt acres in tbis orohard,
and while it may be pos
sible that there are other
orohards which have as
heavy a crop and aa fine a
quality of ftuit, still we
feel satisfied there , are
none heavier or better.
Mr. Bennett baa one and
halt aores of Newtown
Pippin apples 130 trees
and it Is estimated that
from these treeB alone h
will gather 1500 or more
boxea of ftret grade mer
chantable fruit. Many of
these will paok three tiers
and none smaller than
three and a half tiers, He
has eeventy-flve trees of
Ben Davis apples, from
whioh he will gather at
least 1000 boxes, and from
seven trees of Spitztnberg
apples about one hundred
boxes, wbile from three . -
tre.is ol Bennett Seedlings gathering the bennett apples
he will get fifty or more boxes. Of the tbe!e were not given sufficiently early
old orchard whioh embraces all the to re ot benefit otber than so far as
trees whioh are old enough to bear. ' freshening and plumping the already
there are but two and one-half aores. matured fruit. . Another season, how
Uonservatlve estimates have been ever, he will give ic water durins the
made on the total output of hie orch- early part of the season,
ard-and tbey are plaoed at 2600 boxes. in Mr. Bennett's orohard there are
While it is true that Mr. Bennett ex- a oonple or three five-year-old New-
peota to realize $2 per box for the towns trees whioh have on each a
mast of hie Newtowns he has eati- eood box of the verv choicest fruit.
STREETJCIOES
Opinions of Some of Our
Citizens-Serious an
Otherwise.
News from Blue ledge.
HUTTON, Calif.. Oct. 9. 1906,
EDITOK THE MAIL:
Things are being rushed in the El
liott oreek neighborhood these days.
mere are three camps upon tbe Blue
ljedge works now: The Bine Ledge
camp proper, whioh la situated only a
few hundred feet from the mines ; the
Joe Bar oamp, or oamp 3, which ia
just aoross Elliott oreek from Joe Bar,
and oamp No. 2, midway from the Bar
to the Blue Ledge camp, ' '
Numbers of people are eomlng and
going daily, and there la often quite
a few people, to be eeen about the
hotel upon the Bar.
The two road crews met the 4th and
the road was declared open next day.
tbongh there are yet many men busy
making wider aome places, so tbe six
horse teams may bring up the boiler
and other heavy pieoes of maohlnery,
When the road is finally completed
it will be far better than one sees from
Jacksonville and the camp near tho
Bar, The grade is gradual and even,
and the roadbed is bo muob wider
than is usually the case in moun
tainous countries.
There are already quite large stores
of powder and other suppliea upon
the Bar, besides the heavy compres
sing maobinery wbiob is to be carried
to the mines this week.
We' are !having delightful weather
just now. Cool, frosty nights and
warm days. . "'...,;
Supt. Carnahan lett for Medford Fri
day, upon business,
Neuber & Campbell opened their
saloon the 5th. There was a free
lnnoh and a lively ftime for those who
road men and many ot other voca
tions,
As I write the ring of laughter may
be heard in many direotione about
the various log litres. All kinds of
funny stories of former days and eB'
oapades. Some do laundry work of
eveningB and some do mending. - O,
what a obance for about a score of
industrious girls,for I know tbat these
fellows are growing tired of single
blessedness.
One thing we are proud' of, we have
no drinking or loud noise making in
our oamp, If one must "booze" he
must leave the oamp.
There are yet quite a tew wild ani
mala in these parts. Theirtraoka ma,y
be seen In the d ist along the road
eaoh morning, Among them are deer,'
panthfr, bear and mountain lions.
A few eveningB slnoe a gentleman
came into oamp late in the evening
and told of having seen a large, brown
bear between the Bar and the old Se
attle mine, three miles below.
New the writer goes down the creek
about that far eaoh morning early to
see about a ditch and upon the morn-'
ing .after the bear story . was told he
saw many bear traoks.large and Btnall,
and it 4s told npon him that he made
the trip'upon thisjpartloular morning
about thirty .minutes quioker than ia
usual. Of oourse there is nothing in
bear tracks, but who knows but that
old Bro, Biuin might make more
along tbe same path.
Maude Byran, formerly ot
Medford, is visiting with Mies Fin-,
ney, of Camp 3.
Jos. Caakey, his son, Jo, Mr.
Boeck, James Jenkins, Bert, Joe and
Jess Johnson, came In last night on
.: Tbos Riley: "Nothing 'very new
ont onr way except tbe new wagon
roan whioh Jack True is building be
tween my place and Brownsboro-but
that is good enough to make every.
thing look good in.tbat locality. He
i doing a fine job and I doubt if
there ia another piece of road in tbe
oounty the making ot whioh will oe
more appreoiatkd tban thia piece."
B. N. Butler:-"Ye,I've moved my
watonmaking shop to 'Shorty Gar.
iett'8 hardware store temporarily, at
i least. My landlord made me mad
1 where I was before and ' I moved;
'I told him that ' when be commenced
I tearing down the building to replaoe
it with a briok that I wouldn't- stay
'. i there any longer, in spite of that
.' Saturday a lot of fellows began taking
uu uu uoore getting reaay to tear tne
house down, bo I kept my word and
moved. Tbat was the first place where
I bnng out my shingle eleven years
ago, I have ohanged my location sev
eral times, but have never moved out
nf the two blocks between B 'and
streets. There have been a whole lot
of obangea and improvement in that
time, but never ao many as have been
mirte tbi year. ' A,,i1,.f . .
Geo. V. Merriman: "Did I bave
good timejon that month's vacation
of mine? I should say that I did,
enjoyed every minute of it, . but still
l wasn't Borry to get back,. Mrs,
Merriman and I visited Billings,
Butte, Big Timber and Red Ledge.
Montana, and saw a nnmber of our
people whom we hadn't'seen for years,
That's a great country. ; There's more
money there in one day than there 1b
here in several, : Mining Is the ex
planation. The pay rcll at Butte
tl,600,000 per month, and tboee mln
ers surely know now to get rid of the
ooin. Bnt I wouldn't live in Butte
under any oonelderation. I oouldn'i
stand the fumea from the smelters,
Yes, it's a great, rich country, but
you don't know bow good tbe Rogue
River Valley looked when we got
back. There may be more money in
Montana, but home Isn't there, it'i
here" ,
uiaqB cue new nrm a nrst call. hfi .j,,i. ,, k.,,.,
The hotel upon the Bar has been I tbe big, whlte-faoed grizzly, supposed
to weigh. 1,000 pounds. The near was
seen in the Bald Peaks tbe 7tn Inst,
Yon may tell your readers that they
improved in many ways of late.!among
others a gravity water system was in
stalled. ' '." ' '
Al. Hart, of Medford, who has been
in the mines all Bummer, ieturned
borne Sunday for a visit with home
folks.
John Bowls, of Gold Hill, who has
been blaoksmlth and ateel sharpener
for camp 3 for some time, left tor a
visit with old friend In his borne
town upon Sunday.
A. E. J. Peroival and A. M. Walker
are up from Medford, upon husinesv,
Mr. Peroival ia having things made
ready for the new hotel to be launch
ed soon upon the townslte of Elleene.
upon Reddy and Regera claims, one
mile below tbe Blue Ledge camp. P,
McMabon, the Hotel Nash land
lord, has formed a partnership with
Mr. Peroival and a fi rat-class hotel is
promised the traveling pub.lo. There
will be a bar in connection, the gen
tlemen having secured a lloense. A
load of furniture for tbe new hotel
was the first to go over tbe new road
from the Bar to Elleene, the new
townslte being npon tbe road.
Tne writer ia one of tbe boy in
oamp No. 3 and oan lay tbat there
many fnnny thing to be seen and
beard aronnd the camp fire of an
evening.
We have nearly forty men, some
farmer, some miners, some old rail-
may drive , tbeh automobiles to the
heart of the Blue Ledge OBmp any
day. A BLUE BOY.
An Ancient Weapon.
Henry Griffith brought in an old
fashioned flint look musket this week,
to be added to the ourioa in tbe ex
hibit building. The gun I one of
the oldest pattern, with a barrel four
feet In length, smooth bore, tbe bore
being halt an inch in diameter.
' It's a very uncouth and ineffective
looking weapon alongside of a trim,
high power modern repeater, but in
its day probably helped to- make his
tory, and upon it depended, per'
haps, not only the dally meals but the
life of some pioneer family. It was
originally owned by tbe late James
Hamlin, but its history oefore falling
Into his hands is unknown. It 1b of
a pattern now very raiely fonndras at
the time of the oivll war all the mus
kets possible were gathered up by the
government and worked over into
those using perouslson caps. A t the
dose of the war of 1812,the volnnteers
were allowed to retain their muskets,
subject to the call of the government,
and this was probably one of thoae
arms, whioh had been brought aoroe
tbe plains to Oregon and thus was not
found.
D. T. Lawton:-" While I waa in
Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago, I
took a run down to - Raolne to look
through the factory of the Mitchell A
Lewis Wagon Co. It was the gieatest
Bight ot my life. I was taken all
through the immense plant, and saw
every detail about tne manufacture ot
a wagon, and now I oan sell a man
Mitchell wagon with a thorough un
derstandlng of what I am talking of.
Every stick of timber tbat goes into
Mitchell wagon Is thoroughly inspeot
ud at all stages and the slightest Je
feot will result in Its oondemnation,
JNothlng but split , hickory 'from
Georgia is used for axles, and the
white oak for the other parte comes
irom Indiana and Illinois. Kvery
part must be just right. No deviation
is allowed. To give you an idea of
the size of the plant. The sheds for
seasoning timber cover forty aores
alone. They are. turning out one
hundred complete wagons every day
and are 10,000 wagons behind their
orders now. Tbey are now finishing
new noiidings for tbe purpose of in
creasing the oapaoity of the plant. I
also visited ,tbe automobile factory
being conveyed from one faotory to
the otber in one of the autos built
there. This oar, an ordinary stook
oar, 20-horse power, had done a mile
in 1 :08, on a oiroular track, and has
won eveiy contest it has ever engaged
in. The factory is oomplete in everv
detail and Is turning out several autos
every day. Next year they will be
handled by the Portland house. qn
thing that struck me as remarkable
was the lengtb of time many of the
men had been employed. There are
thirty-eight men who bave been stead
ily employed in tbe faotory for fifty
years and there are 118 men who have
been working there over forty years.
Father, eon and grandBon work side
by side. They are well paid, well
treated and why shouldn't they stay?
One employe one of the oldest who
has oharge of the welding of axles
has $37,000 laid away, saved from bis
salary. The faotory has been rnnning
seventy-eight yare, the oldest faotory
in the United States, and they have
nevr had a strike "
Shakesperean Reading;.
Arrangements have been made by
the Ladies Aid Society of tbe Presby
terian ohnroh for Shakespearean
reading by Prof, Mulkey, of the Ash
land Normal Sohool, The reading
will be given at Davia opera house on
the evening of Saturdi y, September
20tb, "Hamlet" has been seleoted as
the play. Piof. Mulkey ia a Shakes
pearean scholar of great ability and
hie Interpretation of the "Bard of
Avon" is true and Interesting.
Blue prints ot townshlo mam
showing all vacant land, fifty cents
each. For reliable information con
oerning Government land write to
Frank E. Alley, Abstractor, RoKburg,
Oregon.
OREGON Is the Best
part of the United' SUtct. " '
BOGfE Blip fKLLET
. is tne beit part of Oregon
MIDrOkD is in the centir ol the
vilify and THE MAIL the toil payai
BEATS HIS
01 RCORD
Last year J. 'W. Perkln broke tho
New York record for prioe for Corn
ice peara, but be wasn't satisfied ana
this year he want himself one better
and broke bis own record.
This week be reoeived return from
ttgobel & Day, to whom he ocnslgneoV
bis peara, telling of the sale of on
oar for $3450 groaa In New York, wbleb
means 2710 net to Mr, Perkins. Tbi
beat lant years' record ki. 75. Last
year there were only five oar of Corn
ice pear .old in New Yoik. Tbi les
ion the car above mentioned wa the,
fourteenth to arrive at that market
wnion makes the showing even better.'
. Quality of the fruit ha., of ooura.
the most to do witn big prices, bnt
paoking'onta a big figure also. The
pears were packed in halt boxes, run
ning from thirty-five to forty pear
to the box and eaoh box weighed full.
twenty-aeven pounds. The fruit waa .
carefully and attractively packed and)
no doubt thia was a feature' in their.'
selling ao well. . - -
TALK ABOIIT
FREIGHT RATES
One of thA main tnnliw r,t Hla-,, .,,!.
at the Commercial Club meeting Tuew-7 ,
day evening was the matter of railway'
freight rates, and tbe discussion wear
participated in by a majority ot those. '
present, It waa apparent that this
aeotion was oompelled to pay exces
sive rate for the transportation ot ;
freight and the dlaouasion resolved
itself into an effort to devise waya
and means for an amelioration of the. .
conditions existing. . Tbe sentiment .
was that development of tbe oountrav
wa being retarded by excessive rateev. ,
and tbat there seemed Jto be no way
to persuade tbe Southern PaolfiVCom- .
pany to give any relief, exoept by the
establishment of a competing roadL
The proposition of a railroad to Orea
oent Oity waa broached and the more
the members talked about it tbe more-
enthusiastic they beoame until the .
culmination waa the calling of a spew-
Is! meeting for tonight (Friday) to -
dlsousB tbe devising of ways and1
means for interesting capital in tha
construction of suoh a road Facta -'
and figures were prtaented at th -meeting
showing that sufficient reve- -nue
to support the load would be do- '
rived from the country it would tap., . '
Having Good Tinier
O. E. Stewart, who fa emnlnvAH h- -
th Canadian Hoitioultural Depart- -ment
to instrnnt frnlfc ornnM. in th.
mode of paoking fruit used by Oregon r
orouaraisis, writes tne following In-
tereatlncr lAttar Vila fufha a t
Stewart, of Medford, from Montreal:
- iear ratner: "i nave neglected?.
n ua.o vrcu tuij uusy ever
since I arrived. Have visited all the
paoking houses in Ontario and only,
got here thia a. m. The chief of the-,
iiinialnn nf I i . ,
u.t .Q.uu v uutuuiiiMin uiei. me uero
and bas promised me a vaoation front ,
vmw u.u wuuiuueriutu, in toe time
t.ntll ,h.n T i ' 1 , ...
uuc x am gumu lu phuk an ex
hibit of apples to send to the fruit
fair in Milan, Italy. Then 1 go to the -Halifax
fair in Nova Scotia, then to
the fair in Oharlettetown, Prince Ed- -ward
Island, then pack through tho
province of Quebec I put In three
uuje. nv uuu UUU.UUIM .HIT Ub AlirOUEO '
and attended the fruit fair at St.
uHbuanues. was at Niagara I' alls two '
Huva. Hn.a harl a Ann L..-
, j '' UUn 1,1111 11, U 11 k am
about tired out now, 1 have had
some nioe letters from the department
about my work, My expenses nre
after Ootober 10th, but oannot say -1
nuou x wm, koi, Bburuiu, as tnoy ao
- " unum .u oin iui OaJJUUBUHB HUH j
may have to stay longer, 1 wa in a
train wreck a few days ago, but did
not get hurt muoh. One man was -
IflllnH Whit, to a nlnnn n tW, ,
000 and growing very fast, "
Another Pine Gift.
A second unsolicited check tar tn-
for the high sohool piano fund waa -received
Friday from the Arm of.
Deuel & Ker tner. This alft wan an.
oompanied by words of appreciation -
of tbe efforts we are making or the)
betterment of conditions hr mir
young people. Such an Investment
brlnfffl inestimable returns In tha In.
creased opportunities for higher cul
ture whioh It help to offer the young
people of Medford.
The Duntls and teaohera uxtAtif! nln.
oere thanka for the above-mentioned"
gift. '
M. B. SIGNS, Supt
The publlo Is also showina lta
oiation of our "efforta" by purchas
ing tickets for the Lyceum Course. .
tuuu oi eignty-inree lionets bad
been sold or subscribed for upto
f nuay mgot.
Notice
All parties dellnauent on water nr t
iuhts will have water or onrrent out
ff on the 12th Inst., and a charge of
0 oenta and all arrearauea will be nnl-
leoted before service will be Installed
again.
By order and ordinance of oity ooun- -oil.
,
. BENJ. M. COLLINS,
Oity Recorder-
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