: JackMsvlll Nw.
A. B. Sarnu Bd . Qaunell wer
i i MMfMd ob Tidey, (' l
' . tin. a W. Ortb m quite elok with
.. i. i attack of the qainsy.
Mrs. 0. b Reawe wu a Medford
eltor daring tbe week.
Attorney W. E. Phlpps did business
-i tb ourt house on Monday.
Hi. R. Ot Ual I visiting Uw Ash
.ud, tb gaeet of Mrs. I I,. Mailt.
Captain 0. M, Racb, of Kucb, wu
: . Jacksonville on business Tuesday.
Uls May Huffr left rooeutly for
tmath Falls, on professional trip.
'4re. Frank Kassbafer baa returned
imu visit with relatlvein Crescent
.dr. Newman Fisher; of San Krau
ioo, ( making Mri. T. J. Kinney a
jit.
Mr. L. Coulter, after upending a
: mber of week at Yreku, is home
. aln.
Mia Leona Ulrlob baa been Wait
4 ber alater, Mrs. J. F. Buckley, of
v lob,
Mrs. Franc Obeonhata, nee Carrie
endt, of Bly, la visiting with ber
. .renta. .,......
Jilae Fanny Nonan left Tuesday
- - 3rnlng for San Franolaoo to visit
:nds.
Mra. J. W. tiobinson and daughter
nt to Medford on Friday after
v on'a train. , , . t ,
fc;-8herltT J. M. hadei Was in town
i Monday, shaking hands , with his
. any friends. ; . '
Mrs, S. A. Foadry, of Phoenix, is
siting at the borne of County Clerk
K. Coleman. ',
Oeo. U. Merritt, of Central Point,
it visiting his aunt, Miss lisle Mo
; ully, last week.
Mlsa Emma Wolf and Mn. H7B!
. "orton tarried a few' hours in Med
i ird on Monday. . , . , .
Jonn Fernoll, the merobant of Ap
legate, was at tbs county seat Tnes
iy on business. ''
Attorney Uus Newbnry and County
lerk Will Coleman were in Medford
no day reoently..
Mr. and Mrs. Thoe. Collins, of Med
'jrd, were visiting friends in Jack
sonville on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Can trail, of
. . . Jnlontown, were guests of Jackson
ville friends Monday.
Mrs. A. Steele and Mrs. J.' A, Marsb
were visiting Mrs. Thrasher, of Med
,y ord, one day last week.
Mra. Dave Jones 'passed .through
'aoksonvllle on her way home from a
alt with Medford friends
Mr. Armstrong, of the Gilbert Marn
ier Piano House, made Jacksonville
professional visit on Monday,
esse Thrasher left on Thursday's
In for Roseburg, to visit his brotb-
er, Harry, who la emoloyed la bar.
ber shop at that plaoe,
Ed. Vaa Dyke, of Medford, waa
transacting tnslness at tba court
boas on Wednesday of last week.
Joe Rader, ei-sherlff, aooompanied
by bla mother and alater, Mlsa Clara,
visited with Jacksonville friends Mon
day..- '-',: .; -v.-.--
Mrs. G. B. Davis, of Eugene, ar
rived last week and will spend several
weeks visiting with relatives and
friends,
County Commissioner Geo. ,W.
Broun Is in from Eagle Point to at.
tend county ooort, whloh convened
Wednesday,
Herbert Hanna, who baa been at
tending oourt at Grants Pass, came
op with F. Mi Calkins in hla aatomo-N
bile Thursday.
Ross Kerr, tbe expert painter, who
ireoently arrived fromOolumbus,Ohlo,
Is giving Miss Issie MoCulley's bouse
a new ooat of paint.
Mrs. Ed. Wilkinson, who .has been
spending tbe summer at Newport, waa
visiting with ber slaters In Jaokson
vlile during tne week.
' A party oomposeed of Nick Mitch.
ell, Jamea Young, A. Gangwlscb and
D. B. Thompson have gone to Elk
oreek on a banting trip.
Harry Foster, of theOpp consolidat
ed mines, has gone to Albany, N. V.,
on business. He was accompanied as
far as Medford by his wile.
School Superintendent P. H. Daily
and family returned Monday from
Portalnd, whree they attended .the
State Taechers Assooiation. . ; ..; . .
The Native Daughters and Son's
Cabin held a soolal meeting last Wed
nesday, wben a number of new names
were taken in tbe Cabin. ' Prepara
tions are being made for their an
nual ball, which will take place on
Thanksgiving nignt.
The olerk baa issued tbe following
marriage licenses since last week:
James (J, Smith and Lottie Morris ;
Daniel G. Uanscom and Mary A. Ingb
ratr ; Wm. V. JHansoom and Myrtle
Clarke; Jobn Wamrsley and Mary
Sonniobsen ; J, R, Woodford and Lil
lian Barr ; Herbert R. Roberts and
Pauline Black.
Tbe following new oases have been
Bled with the olerk: Alice Clifford
Eggera vs. Ulysses Grant Eggers ; salt
for divorce. O. W. Horton 'vs. South
ern Paoiflo Co. Clyde MoMurtrey vs.
Mrs. Kate MoMurtrey et al. ; suit to
dear title to oertain mining property.
Edith MoCloud vs. Angus MoCloud;
salt for divorce.
Mrs. Mitchell, an old-time resident
of Jacksonville, died at her'home just
east of twon, on Saturday, Uctober
6, 1900. Mra. Mitchell was a native of
Franoe and was eighty-nine years
of age at the time ot her death. She
is survived by two sons, Nicholas and
AuguBtine Mitchell, both of Jackson
ville. For the last thirty years Mra
Mitchell bat made bar bom on bar
farm, lost saat of Jacksonville. Tbe
interment waa made in tbe Jackson-
villa osmetry Monday, Kev. Father
Mattlngly officiating. .
George Washington Cord or, who baa
reoeutly been in the Bla Ledge
oountry, was adjudged insane and or
dered committed to the state Insane
aaylux, Mr. Uordor is about forty
four year of age and baa been an in
mate of the asylum before, W . E.
Mltobeil, an attendant from the asy
lum, aooompanied tbe unfortunate
man to Salem Tuesday evening.
The oounty board of equalization,
whiob baa been in aesslon during tbe
past week, has had to listen to very
few ooroplaluta. J. P. Dodge appear
ed beforegthejboard, asklug for reduc
tion of 11000 on bis furniture and un
dertaking goods. A redaction of 500
was granted, P, J. Ryan wasoitedto
appear before tne board to show cause
why the assessment on his timber
land on Butte oreek should not be
raised. Assessment on cam? was rais
ed Hill. J, W. Morrow, tax adjuster
for the Southern Paoiflo Railroad Co.,
appeared before board asklngja reduc
tion from 110,000 to 114,000 per mile.
The board refused to makereduotlon.
Mrs. J. H. Erskine entertained" a
party of little folks at ber homefin
Jacksonville ou tbe evening ot Ootu
ber 3d, in honor of tbe tenth birthday
of her daaghter,Miss Margery. Games
in the opto air were playod until
darkness came on, when the little
folks were invited into tbe dining
room, where dainty refreshments of
sandwlohes, oake and oocoa were
served. The little people who assist
ed Miss Margery id celebrating were:
Editb Hoef, Nora Trenbetb, Helen
Furness, Henry Hoef, Nellie Parry,
Etta Maroom, Margaret Marc om, Dick
Parry, Bern Ice Tren berth, Helen
Steele, Alta Steele, Ada Elmer, Carol
Furness, Blanchard Hansen, Willie
Henry, Mable Henry, Charlie Prim, '
Maude N'wbury, Margery Esrkine,
Kenneth Erskine, Carle Newbury, and
Donald Newbury. Mrs. Esrkine was
assited in entertaining the little visi
tors Mesdames Furness and Marcom.
tamed from Medford Thursday, He
bs been employed at one of tbe trait
dryer for some time.
Ray Venalile, ot Applegate, spent a
day and night with relatives hire
last week. He baa a fine young horse
for sal and we hope be will auooeed
in finding a purchaser.
The constable's sale of lumber at
the Scott saw mill last Friday was not
very well attended, the material being
of low grade and did not interest
many.
U, M. Stooker mad a Short visit at
the Adams borne before starting on
blaa return trip to bis home In Penn
sylvania Saturday. He visited the
Washburn paoklng bouse and marvel
ed at tbe amount and size of the ap
ples garnered from the yoang trees.
K, E, Smith and family, of Med
ford, are now residents of Table Rock.
Mr, Smith will assist In tbe ploking
and paoklng of tbe fruit at the Table
Kook orchard. He says the fruit in
this aeotion Is simply wonderful.
If the town hunters who violated
tbe bunting law in tbla seotion last
week will find other places to shoot
tbey may save a good, stiff floe. Pa
tience has ceased to be a virtue and
we are waiting to see who will have
to stand for an example
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Narregan made
their usual Saturday evening trip oat
from Medford, but this time there
ffas an extra enducement as, on Sun
day, the friends and neigbbora of
Mrs. N. L. Narregan, to the number
ot thirty, gathered to celebrate that
lady's b rthda). We add our wishes
for many happy returns of the day.
Tne owners of 'the Table Rook irri
gating ditob met at the Hitzler-Bissel
home Monday and considered the es
timate made by Civil Engineer W. H.
Parsons for enlarging tbe channel,
We are Informed by F. E, Byoee, the
president, that a good big sum of
money was voted for that purpose
and that they expcot to do tbe work
tbiB winter.
I onMIno atar. Nina " of ill ahoaii
To bla Armament. - It waa far past
midnight whan he fell asleep and tbe
aun was shining fall in his faoe when
he awoke the next morning. On aris
ing he found one oChls burrows gone,
so be started after 1 1 down tbe little
stream tbat ran on top ot tbe giound
about three mile and then sunk. He
tracked bis animal for two miles and
there, far down the canyon he could
aee him. The burrow bad caught tbe
atrap ilea to nis n&iter, wnen uavia
stooped don to loosen it he notloed ,
Mtmethina hrlsht. On Aloaer anmln. '
ation he found it to be free milling
quartz running heavy with gold. He
looked around, ploked up pleoe after
piece. Then be began to look to see
from where It came. Far up the moun
tain overhanging the oanyon he saw
the ledge, but it waa almost impossi
ble to reaoh It, bat so excited was be
that be left bis male and started up
tbe canyon to a plaoe where he could
olimb tbe mountain. Up he went,
no breakfast, half dressed, bat he must
' reaoh that ledge In some way, so on
ne goes, tie does not realize tnat tne
aun is hot, he has forgotten tbat be
bad not bad bis breakfast. He
could only see tbe guiding star
beckoning bim onward and upward.
It was.one o'olock when be had;orawl
ed around so that with tbe little pros
pect plok he could pick pieoe after
piece of the shining quartz from its
mother ledge. After he nad examin
ed all he could be orled out, ' 'At
last, at last the bope of my life is in
that mountain. Millions on millions
i are there. 1 will go down and write
in tears of happiness to old 'Sbortie'
Garnett to have me a Toledo range
made to order. I will buy the half
of his store fur her. I will even tell
him my long kept secret and have him
tell her all about It. ITell nim to
guard her from others' devouring de
sires, for 'bbortle' has been tbere and
knows." "Shortle's" forialllkinoVof
hardware and stoves. Watch this pa
per for itoryinext week.
CH89
His Guiding Star.
Table Rock Items.
by J. o. p.
Miss Mae Nealon returned to her
school at Agate Monday. She is quite
popular in that district.
Mr. and Mra. W. ' R, Byium spent
Monday In Eagle Point and laid in
their winter's supply of Snowy Butte
floor,
Mrs. Walter Parsons and little son
aooompanied Mr. P. on his trip Mon
day and visited at "The Oaks."
Mr. Fagan was down from Ashland
to get ttsh from the hatobery and
drove round Sunday to see bis
friends, Mr, and Mrs. S. K. Adams.
Master Fred Warner, of Trail, re-
David Marshall was beginning to
think Himself doomed. Three long
months had passed ; he had dug in
every plaoe in the gulch that looked
like It might contain gold, but at 4 p.
m. in tbe afternoon be was washing
bis last pan of dirt. Little by little
the dirt and gravel rolled;out,bnt not
a single traoe. ,. He oame int- camp
heart broken. 1 He found that be had
only enough provisions to last him
one week, but that seemed enough,
for be was done. It would take bim
four bard days' riding to get back to
where be could get supplies. So be
began to tie up bis tools and trapB,
preparing to leave at daylight the
next morning. He went out, got up
his two barrows, tied them olose by,
then lay himself down to sleep. But
sleep was far from him. Hla gold
bunting for three years was a failure.
He could get $3 per day tor bis work,
but he would never be riob at that
rate. He could never bear to go baok
and faoe his old friends in that way.
So what was he to do! That little
Notice io Contractors. '
Notice Is hereby given that at the
regular meeting of the oity council of
Medford, Oreogn, Ootober 2, 1906, tbe
city reoorder was injtruoted to.nnd
does hereby advertise for bids for the
aonstraotion of lateral sewers Nob. 2-
and 3, in sewer district No. 3, tbe
same to be filed with the recoraer on
or before Ootober 10, 1906, at 5:30
o'clock.
All bids muBt be aooompanied by a
certified oheok equal to 5 per cent of
bid, to insure good faith to enter In
to oontract on or before four days af
ter contract Is awarded. The con
tractor, then, will give a bond equal
to 75 per cent of contract prioes.
Plans, profiles and speclfloalone may
be bad by oalling upon the city re
oorder. -
By order of city oounoil.
BENJ..M. COLLINS,
' City Reoorojer.
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