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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1906)
ati" Reader, if you want to Raise Fruit, Grow Stock OREGON LEADS . Ib tne production ol Vise Fruits The Rogue River Valley Lesdi OREGON and Vttlford,. In metropolis and trads oeoter, li Mil represented by THE MEDFORD MAIL x Aiiae or Lumber . B 6r eiignge In ijr oreupallun In W this i-terleHH Koctlon of n land of u ftluoit unlimited opporlunltlei I THE MEDFORD MAIL O WILL TELL YOU ALL ABUOT IT Bend it ro your sastirk i-inRros MEETS DEATH SOLUTION OF THE LIGHT AND WATER . RATES RAISED PEN PIGTURES OF TABLE ROCK THINGS TOED ON THE STREET Project Now in Contempla tion Assures an Abundant Supply for all Uses. The City Council in Special Former Publisher of Gold Usual Disaster Attends Pro Increased Passenger Service Correspondent Portrays An Opinions, Wise and Other Session. Add Fifty Per cent to Present Rate. Hill Journal Found Dead in a Swamp Near Gazelle, Cal. cess of Thawing Out Giant Powder by an Open Fire. Extends Over the Entire Pacific Coast System. cient History and Present Social Life of that District. wise, Expressed by Lead ing Citizens of Medford. VOL. XVIII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTf, OREGON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3D. 1906 K0. 48 I ill mnrn in nnui InniiTiirnii nininn There has been eome talk In etfeot tbat tbe Fish .Lake Ditob Company would at no time be able to supply tbe amount of water whloh will be neoessary to irrigate any great amount of land in tbe valley, or for oity uses. This does not aeem to be qnite true.' In foot it ia very far from being true. Blnce tbe oompany baa aeoured a rigbt to tbe water in Four Mile lake there ought to be no further doubt aa to ample supply. The water in Four Mile lake added to that of Fish lake will give a suf&oient supply to prop erly and amply irrigate fully 50,000 aorea of land and besides this there would still remain enough to supply all the olties and towns of the valley. These estimates have been made by engineers who have made measure ments of the water in tne lakeB and of tbe streams feeding them at the very driest time of a very dry season. The work of bringing the water from Four Mile lake and emptying it into Fish lake 1b an engineering feat whioh is not oonsidered in any senBe an im possibility. But it is instead oonsid ered a very easy task and one which ean be performed wltb but little ex pense. Tbe Flan Lake Ditoh Oompany has . made all the neoeasary filings for tbe water in .the Four Mile lake and for a ditch rlgbt-of-way aoross that part of the Crater lake reserve wbloh will be neoessary to traverse in connecting the two lakes, and the oompany ex peota to oommenoe work on this ditob early next season. It is not improbable tbat eome move will be inaugurated wbloh will have for Mb objeot tbe bringing of tbe water from these lakes into Medford for oity use's. This would seem to be the quiokeBt and most available system whloh oonld possibly be installed. There may be other meana by wbloh water can be secured, but thiB ap pears to better fit the needa than any wbloh , are now being talked of to this paper'a knowledge. ; it is true that the water would have to be piped some distanoe, say from tbe Bradshaw drop. It is estimated . that a pipe line oonld be put in cov ering the distance from Medford to the drop, about twelve miles, for not to exeeed $30,000. This would in-' olude a reservoir and Dlterer to be put in on tbe hill east of Medrord. There la talk of organizing a oompany with tbe object in view of oonetruot ing this line conditioned, of oourse, tbat the oity would enter into a oon traot to use the water at a stipulated price. The ditoh company will take stock in Buoh a oompany, but thsv will not put in the line themselves. Tbey want to feel tbat there are men here who are euifioiently sanguine of the sucoeBS of the project to put some money into it. Then are many in Medford who undoubtedly believe this project to be a good thing and would be a profitable investment of money, but the oompany will insist that this be baoked by something more substantial than a mere belief. The present water system, or rather the water supply, has been proven to be inadequate to meet the demands of the oity and these demands are constantly increasing. There is no bet ter time tban right now to take this matter up and devise means for bet tering our condition. It muBt be done. There is nothing to do bnt get more water. Just how to get it and from where is a matter open for dis cussion, ' Jurors for December Term. Fallowing la the list of jurors for the December term of olrouit eoart: E. H. Whitq, Ashland,Qrand Army; W. A. Jones, Medford, farmer jS. Pat terson, Ashland, farmer ; Henry W. Heard, Mound, farmer ; Louie Paipps, Medford, farmer; H. W.Barron, Bar ron, farmer; H. B. Holmes, Jiiagle Point, farmer; O. R. JbiUlason, Ash land, laborer; Henry Hansen, Roxy, .farmer; M. J. Mansfield, Willow Springs, tanner; J. P. Hansen, Phoe nix, farmer; N. N. Charley, Lake creek, farmer; Hiley Hanmersley, Gold Hill, farmer ; Geo. Lanoe, Jr., Foots creek, farmer ; S. A. Dusen bury, Bock Point, farmer ; Wm. Neld ermeyer, Jacksonville, termer; Wm. Smith, Union, farmer; J. T. JSadB, Medford, farmer; H. a Lynch, Tal ent, faimer; J. D. cuohanan, Talent, farmer; 'A. L. Hnzelton, Eagle Point, farmer; O. R. Rltter, Gold Hill, farm er; O. E. Oloseer, Ashland, farmer; S. E. Caiter, Ashland, Iaboier; X, U White, Rook Point, farmer; W. A. Meiker, Medfotd, merchant ; L. G. Porter, Medlerd, capitalist ; E. A. Hendricks, Talent, farmer; J. R. To er, Ashland, carpenter ; David Force, Jacksonville, farmer; T. O. Dugan, Bagle Point, farmer. loe prloe of ooal, milk, flour and other neoessarlet of life has been ad vanced over 15 per oent In San Fran 4 SCO. A speoial meeting nt the oity coun oilmen was bald on Saturday evening of last week for tbe speolal purpose of taxing up matters appertaining to the oity light and water. There were present Mayor J. S. Howard, Counoilmen A. Z. bears, J O. Smith, J. L, Demmer, T. W. Johnson, F. Osenbrugge and B, J. Trowbridge. .Upon motion by Trowbridge, sec onded by Demmer, tbe city attorney was authorized to draw an ordinance empowering the superintendent of the water and light plants to aot as in Bpeotor of all eleotrlo wiring whioh shall hereafter be done' in tbe oity. . A motion wae made by Demmer and seoonded by Sears, wbloh was in sub stance that the ohargos for lights hereafter shall be 10 oonts per killo wst and that the minimum charge shall be $1.50. This motion was car ried unanimously, (this rate to be effective after January J, 1907. The rates now are 10 oents per killowat and the minimum oharge is 81. Tbe same motion raised tbe water rate from 10 centB per 1000 gallons to 15 cents per 1000 gallons and tbe mini mum charge was raised from 60 cents to 81. The present rates ate 10 oents Der 1000 gallons and the minimum charge is 81. A motion was made by Demmer and aeoonded by Trowbridge in effeot that the superintendent of the light and water plants be direoted to at onoe oommenoe work in installing additionial eleotrlo lights. The in structions given are to install a 60 oandle power iuomdeBoent light at every street oorner on Seventh street to the MoAndrew'B road, in East Med ford, also to install 32-oandle power lights on streets running north and south at such points as the light com mittee shall indioate. A liquor license was granted Mur phy & Downing with Paul Demmer and J. W. Slinger as bondsmen, Oregon Dairymen's Association. The fourteenth annual meeting ot the Oregon Dairymen 'b Association will be beld at the oity hall, Ashland, Oregon, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Deoember 11th and 12th.' Upon the arrival of the delegates from the north, about 12:30 on Tues day, an informal reception will be given by tbe Ashland Commercial Clnb. There will be an address by tbe president of tbe oluo, Mr. M. F. Eggleton, followed by responses from members of the Dairymen's Associa tion. The delegates and citizens will then repair to tbe city hall, where the regular program will take plaoe as fol lows: PROGRAM Tuesday, Deoember 11th, 1 :30 p. m. Address of welcome, Mayor G. S. Butler, Ashland, Responses annual address, Pres. H. West. ' "better Cows and How to Obtain Them," State Dairy and Food Com missioner J. W. Bailey, Portland. "Dairy Problems on High Prioed Land," Dr. James Withyoombe, Oor vallis. Southern Oregon Dairy Foods," W. J. Dean, Talent. "Necessity for Clean Milk," L, B. Ziemer, Tillamook. Tuesday, Deoember lltb, 8:00 p. m. Music Address, Hon. Ed, H. Webster, Chief of the Dairy Division, U.S. De partment of Agrioulture. , Music. Paner: "The Hand Separatcr as a Faotor in Modern Dairying," S. E. Brune, Deijavai uairy supply uo., Portland. Wednesday, December Utb, 10 a. m. "Breeding Up a Dairy Herd," Wm. Schulmerloh, HUlsboro. "Jaekson County Cow Census," G. F. Billings. Ashlaad. "Hints on Milk and Cream Ship ments," H T. Judd. "Dairy Development' In Josephine County,'' Uhas. Meserve, Grants Pass, Wednesday, Deoember 12th, 1:30 p.m. Business Session. . Reports of officers and oommittees. Selection of next plaoe of meeting. Address, Hon, Ed. H. Webster, Washington, D. O. Address," Value of ProperPaoking, " W. H, Chapin, Portland.. The local arrangements are in the hands of the members of-the Ashland Commercial Club and its quarters will be "wide open" to members of tbe association at all times during the convention. The Southern Paoiflo R. R, Co. will sell ronnd trip tickets for this meet ing, on the certified plan, at one and one-third fare. Full rate to be paid going and a reoeipt taken therefor, upon whioh a return itcket will be issued at one-thlnd fare. For further information address F. L. Kent, Seo., Oorvallls, or D. Peroz zi, Com,, Ashland, Burglars looted tbe safe in F. T. Hawes' store at OenHdrville, Calif., last Saturday night, tired severs shots at the proprietor, who. dared to Interfere wltb their operations and carried off 812,000 in ooin. From the Ashland Tidings: F. K. Oburohlll, a well known and respected qitizen of Albany, and father of F. K. Churohill, Jr., who formerly oonduoted a newspaper at Gold Hill in this county, met a lone ly death in a swamp- about tour miles east of the Wadsworth ranoh, near Gazelle, last Thursday or Friday, where his body wae found by some ot tbe rancn hands Saturday. It was identified by means of a Knight Tem plar charm and a receipt tor dues, showing that the holder waB a mem ber of Temple Commandery of Al bany, Oregon. Word teas sent to Yreka and thence to Asbland and from, here communication was had with Abany,' with the result that the body wbb ordered shipped to Albany and will go north today or tomorrow morning. . A passenger on tiain No. 11, Fri day morning, left the train at Edge- wood, train men say, in an apparent ly demented condition. He was en route to the soldiers' home at Santa Monica, Calif, and his mysterious disappearance naturally occasioned considerable alarm, A strict searoh was made for a abort time after tne train departed, bnt no trace of him oould be found and it was Saturday when tbe bod) was foand in the pool of water near Ga zelle and identified. It is supposed tbat becoming demented and after leaving tbe train he wandered abont he knew not where until -he perished from exposure to the oold and bitter weather. The deoeased waB aged abeat 65 years. . , "The Pixies." For the past ten days "The Pixies" has become a familiar term in almost every Medford household. The little folks who are to participate in the presentation of Prof. Milne's charm ing aperetta, "The Pixies," tor the benefit of the Medford sobools next Monday and Tuesday nights, have become so altogether absorbed in the work of preparation that the history of tbe peculiar little people they are to represent may interest them. Pixies and Brownies, so tbe fairy seientiets and anthropologists tell uS, were little men, not much larger tban a man's thumb, very stout at tbe waist, with large gozzle eyes, puffed out oheekB and wide, grinning months. They dwelt in the caves under the mountains of Europe and all day long they fashioned things out ot iron smd brass, using pebbles im paled on thornB for hammers and lighting up their caves ry pinning fireflies to the walls. When night fell, while weary mortals slept,, they flecked oat of their caves, pinned fhelr little red ooat tails to tbe wings of the wind and flew all over the world, bent upon missions of good to needy mortals or danoing In the moonlight on the meadows to the mu sic of orioketa. They crawled through the keyhole, under tbe doors and windows or through chinks In thd walls. Tbey curried the horses, weed ed tbe gardens, . kneaded the good wife's dough and brought all good things to deserving mortals. The goblinB were little old men with long gray beards, peaked noses, humped backs and orooked legs, Tbey were bad little dwarfs, who teased the oattle, rode the horses un til, they were broken-winded, soured the milk and brought a blight upon the grain. Until recent years these stra nge lit tie men were known only in fairy books, To W. A. Milne ot .Chicago 1b dne tbe oredit of recalling them too active life and exhibiting them in bis operetta. "The Pixies. It tells the story of tbe kidnapping of a sleeping fairy by the wloked gob lins, a terrifio battle between the pixies and goblins, the final defeat of the goblins, the restoration, of the stolen fairy and the wedding festlvl Mes of the prinoe and qneen. The prinolpal parts will be In the hands of Miss Grace Brown, as Frlnoess Flarlmel; Miss Hazel Enyart, as Queen Ti tenia; Margaret MoCoy, as Angelica and Enid Hamilton, as Cholly Chrysanthemum, the harmless dude, Bneb win be heard In joios and duet. Other solos wirl be sung by Nellie Moray and Harry Porter as the Italian mitutsel with his trick monkey, Lloyd Wolgamott, Floyd Miliigan and Ml nard Metz will be the Gold Dust Twine and will be heard in duet, forty beys will represent pixies, brownies aod goblins, and will be grotesquely oostumed. One hundred Mttle girls, "glittering with spangles and robed in filmy gowns of lace" will be' fairies, butterflies, pBges and flower glils. The pleoe will be thoroughly enjoy able to adults as well as tbe little folks.. James Dawson, foreman ot the Brad- en mine near Gold Hill, , and three fellow employes were Rightfully in jured by the premature explosion of 75 pounds of giant powder.wbioh they were engaged in thawing before the fire. Dawson was badly injured, . the foroe of the explosion hurling bim with terrifio foroe to the earth several yards from the scene of the explo sion. James Robins, mine black smith, was severely out about the face, Carl Darling reoeived similar Injuries and may Iobs an eye whioh was badly laoerated by a living frag ment of rook. A fonrth man named Rogers was slightly injured. Medical aid was summoned and the wounded mon were conveyed to their homes, where they are resting easily. The Braden mine is operated un der lease by J, W. Opp, Tne custom of thawing giant pow der is too well established to bs dis couraged by acoidents, else It would have been abandoned long Blnce. ASSESSMENT ROLL E Of $1,256,000 in Value of Taxable Property in Jack son County Since 1905. The following is a summary ' of the assessment made by Assessor Apple gate this year, upon which will be based the next tax levy. The assess ment shows an increase of about 81,- 256,000 in the valuation of taxable property in Jaokson county : No. aorea tillable land 83,068 Value of tillable land 8 2,891,632 No, acres non-tillable land 1,077.048 Value of non-tillable lands 33,885 Value of improvements on deeded or Datent lands 59H.4G0 vaine or an lots 707,017 Value of improvements on town lots 1,226,808 vaiue 01 improvements on land not deeaed or pat-' ented 8,710 No. of miles of railroad bed, telephone aud telegraph lines 318 Value of railroad, tele phone and telegraph iines 1,102,644 Value of rolling stook 4 78.336 Value of steamboats, sail- ingnoats, stationary engines and manufact uring maohinery ' 144,320 value or meronanaise ana stock in trade 378,691 Farming implements 86,853 money 110,431 Notes and accounts 289,206 No. shares of stook 45 Value shares of stook 64,812 uousenoia turniture, jew elry, eto 188.777 INo. horses and mules 3,203 Value of horses and mules 130,701 No. of oattle 12,357 Value of oattle 164,184 no, or sneep ana goats ii,au4 Value of sheep and goata 25,237 No. swine 3,285 Value ot swine 7,291 Gross value of all taxable property 13,938,595 RAILROAD ASSESSMENT. Roadbed, 65 28 miles ' I 1,044,180 Depot grounds 144.200 Contraot lands 240,245 Congressionnal lands 1,852,399 Total assessment 3,301,660 Let Bs Have Houses Numbered. How about putting up at the street oorners the printed names of tbe streets? And then again how about numbering tbe residences and bus! ness houses? The Mail believes the city oouaoll ought to take this matter up and order this work done. Our town is getting too large to satisfactorily dl reot a person to some particular lo callty by stating tbat they live "In tbe Jones or Smith house," or that they live in the new house just south of tbe old Jim Willi ims plaoe. As a matter of faot it Is impossible to do this any more. The expense of put ting up the numbers would, of coarse, be borne by the property owners. while the rest of labeling the street corners would be but light. This would be a great oonvenlenoe to the new people who are taking up their residences with us, and it wonld also be a great help to the mer chants In delivering goods abont the oity. There are few, if any, of our townspeople who oould not afford tbe expense incident to properly number ing their places of business and resi dences. Jasper Jennings, wbo wasoonvloted or the murder or bis rataer in Sep tember. 19K. will have a new trial. tbe verdictjof the lower oomt having oeen reversed. The new passenger train service went into effect on the Southern Pa oiflo last Sunday, as stated it would in our last Issue, There are now three dally trains each way between Port land and San Franclsoo. It was not many years ago when one train eaoh way bandied the passenger traffic quite as easily as the three will now. The new train, No. 13, southbound, will leave Portland at 11 :30 p. m. , will reaoh Medford at 12:15 p, in., and arrive at San Franclsoo at 9:48 m. The new northbound tialn, No. 14, will leave San Francisco at 3:40 p. m., arrive at Medford at 10:32 a. m., and at Portland at 11:30 p. m. Both these trains oarry a full equip ment of oars, except a mail oar,- wbiob it does not now oarry, but wbiob, ac cording to oiroulars sent to agents, it will carry soon. The rnnning time of train No. 15, southbound, has been changed so that It will now reaoh Medford at 10:32 a. m., instead of 11:25 re forme -ly. No. 16, northbound, will reaoh Medford at 5:09 p. m., aame as before. Train . No. 11, sontbhound, will reaoh Medford at 11:27 p, m., and No, 12, northbound, will arrive here at 3:45 a. m. Tbe new trains make only nine etops between Portland ana Ashland. An Extremist View. From Portland Telegram: "Any woman who invokes the whip ping post law 1b one of those mental perverts whom tbe husband must beat and abuse in order to 'bold her love,' " said Judge Jd. L. Benson of Klamath Falla .last night. The judge is in the oity for a tew Idays and is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. "This law has never been Invoked in my . dlstriut," Judge Benson continued, "and I believe it never will be. It is a worthless statute, and should never have been enacted. liow does it work out? The woman who has been' beaten onoe or twioe by her husband is ready enough to air her woes In the newspapers fcr tbe purpose ot enlisting publio sym pathy. Invariably a maltreated wile, in the first throes of rage, will swear that ber lord and master has beaten ber into insensibility more than hundred tlmoB; that he bas broken her fingers, has braised her face, fraotured her bones, smashed her nose and inflioted upon ner almost every phystoal torture known to man, Bnt when it comes to trying the case in oourt, it is a different matter. The pot abused woman has to be oajoled and threatened with a jail sentence before she oau be induced to Bay a word againat her spouse. "She will say that he has been a pretty good husband after all, even if be does beat her now and then The ohanoes are that tbe only way to make Buob a woman a decent wife is to beat her good and bard every so often. Suoh women need beating, They have got to have it In order to respect and admire the man they swore to love, honor and obey." blnce the above was printed by the Telegram a number of ladies of Port land have been flaying tbe judge un mercifully through the medium of the Telegram's columns. -The Law Upheld. In tbe olrouit oourt at Oregon City, Oregon, a jury deolded that the law making the spraying of orchards is a valid one. During the early part of this year the fruit Inspector for Cluck etnas and Multnomah oonntles des troyed a portion ef an orohard on the Sellwood plaoe, near Milwaukee, tbe owner having not given: heed to the Inspector's warning to spray it. The instructions of the presiding judge, wbloh were to the effect tbat when the 1bw Imposing compulsory epray ing is disregarded, it is optional wltb the fruit inspector, under the law, whether he proceeds to spray the or'cb ard himself and places a Hen against the property to cover the cost or oats down infeoted trees. This will cause he termers and orohardists to give more attention to their fruit trees whioh will result in better fruit there from. Love Laughs at Distance. That '"journeys end in lovers' meet ing" was exemplified at the oourt house in Oakland last week, when John D. Thorne, a wealthy builder of Fort Klamatfi, Ore,, travbledfrom the latter oity to marry Martha Matilda Taylor of Fltchburg. He is fifty three, she Is fifty-six, and both had bnrled their former spouses, but as the blushing bride expressed it, "We were bo alone in the world tbert he de olded to share my burdens and 1 bis," The bridegroom stated tbat he Intends to engage In the real estate business In Oakland, S, 1 Examiner. An industrious press, by exploit ing to the world the marveluos natur al resonroes of Oregon and its unex oellnd opportunities for the Suooess fal investment ot oapital, Is endeavor ing to bring tbe state to that position of oommeroisl importanoe commensur ate with its natural weatlh. While our people are absorbed to a degree in raising red apples and building irrigating ditobes, they are not neg- leotlnl of the cultivation of tne mind and heart nor are they unmindful of those Bweet home virtues of duty and affection that have in all oenturles been the standards of true develop ment and national progress. The Oaks," not Portland's popu lar pleasure resort, but the hospitable home of Mr. and Mis. J. O. Pendle ton, near TaDle Rock, is a type of many of the homes of refinement and oulture scattered up and down tbe busy Rogue River Valley in whioh the activity of business is not permitted to orowd out the soolal virtues tbat add to tbe joy of living. Tne natural beauty of the surround ings is suon as to make an ideal loca tion for a home. A small grove of magniUoent black oaks form a pictur esque setting for the oomtortable and roomy farmhouse. On every sldo J5 soenio beauty, needing only the voice ot tbe poet together with the ohlvalry of tbe neroio age to render it as fam ous as the rugged orags of Sootland or the pa3toral beauty of the Rhine. To the north and weBt are the scar red cliffs of Table Rock, clear white in the level rays of the early morning sunlight or blushing to orlmson in the soft haze of declining day. Tbe rooks have local historical interest be oause ot the fierce battle with the IndianB waged at their base in tbe early day. Tbe pioneers hear endured the continued hostilities of the Red Men for many weeks and were at longtb forced to impress the military and give them battle. The oontest raged for many bours, when tbe In dlons, unable to drive back the white settlers, retreated to the fastnesses of the rocks. With dauntless oonrage the soldiers and settlers pursued tbem up Vie steep sides of tbe rocks, aoross the broad plateau to its farther edge and drove them over the preoiploe, where they were dashed to InBtant death against its rocky sides. Above the amphitheater of hills to the eastward, clad in eternal snow, rises Mr. Pitt, presenting a constant ly varying aspect in the ohanglng light, while, the valley, stretching oft to the low lying foothills in the south is nearly bisected by the silver thread of the Rogue Elver. , Attention is diverted from tbe beauty of nature to be oentered on tbe many articles of use and beauty tbat Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton have colleoted into tbeir home. Standard bcoka and ourrent magazines are everywhere ; a very large and elegant Charles Knight edition of Shakes peare, bound in full moroooo and il lustrated with steel engravings of rare value, shows the real booklover's care tul use; ourios from Australia and the Philippines till a good-sized oabl- net; Limoges and Dresden obina have beoeme priceless through age and as sociation, while exqulBitedrawn work and delicate embroidery show the finest skill of the needleworker. Here an ideal oondittou of neigh borliness prevails that some jestingly attribute to the lnflueaoa of the near by rooks. The pleasures of the one family are the joys of all the neigh bors. By a generouB division of the spoils of the hunters in one week every family in the neighborhood en joyed the variety of seven different kinds ot, game on tbe table. Who so privileged as to attend and partake of the lavish abundanoe will ever for get tbe Thanksgiving day when sev enty people took tbelr family dinner to the soboolhouse and the holiday feast was observed in the true spirit of the Puritan forefathers? Wbo will forget the steaming obloken pie served hot by a neighbor who brought it nine miles paoked In hot bricks? D'rom whose memory will be effaced 1 16 luxurious leisure of the Fourth ot July, when tbe men and women, too deep in the work of the harvest sea son felt little Inclination to drive eleven miles to attend a celebration, but all agreeing to take the holiday from woak, the day was spent with family and neighbor on toe shady river banks, resting In the oontent of a rloh harvest and enjoying the relax ation and soolal Intercourse to the tallest extent. The "neighborhood" owns a sixty- pound, collapsible organ, which adds to the pleasures ot social life and also does duty at the weekly singing prao tlce and in the Sunday aohool held ach Sunday for the ehildren, Regn lar ohnrob services being Impractic able, a Christian Endeavor, which S. O. Martin:-"! had a latter this week from my aunt, in Clay county, Missouri, in whioh She stated tbat tl snow was six inobes deep and tbe 'beautiful' waa still falling. Thote fellows who are oomplalnlng of tta few froety mornings we have been having here ought to have a sample of tbe middle west weather fired at tbem." , . v Q, T. Faupett: "No; the poultry shipments do not seem to be uoming up to what tbey were last year at this time. I do not know why unless there 1b a better looal market for it here this year than there has been heretofore. Ob, yes, it cute me down some on commissions, bat a fellow can't help tbat, you know, Tneie Is some little satisfaotlon, however, in knownig tbat the knocker, if there should be one. hanging around, sau not effeot my business," Volney Dixon: "My sister, whe lives In Oakland, Oregon, writes me that 14,000 turkeys bave already been shipped from that town and that the prloe paid was twenty cents a pound. This Is just about an average orop. ot turkeys for that oountry. A great many of tbe turkeys raised there are a fancy article and many of tbem aie ao'il for brooding purposes. Shi also told me tbat' her husband this year bas sold fifteen carloads of Page's coyote proof wire fenoe in Donglae county and that next year he will sell twenty oarloads. 1 have sold a great deal of this fenoe in this part of tbe oountry and bave a whole lot of pros pective orders which I will olose up within a few weeks." , H. D. Klwood, by letter from Oak land, Calif. : "You made a little mis take when you made mention of my coming to Oakland. I am not going to remain here longer than I can get a building in whioh to do business in Medford. I have the promise of one in the spring and I will then oome baok and occupy it. There was no use in laying around Medferd wait ing so I decided to oome here and earn 15 a day while I walt.as it were. I am head watoh inspeotor In one of the largest establishments in tne city and while I am doing this I am catching on to new kinks in advertis ing and window displayng. You may Bay that 1 intend returning to Med ford in tbe spring. All tbe property 1 bave is tbeie and I am not going to let go now when everything is loqking so bright with the good old town," H, G. Wortman : "Car shortage? Well, I guess you are right, We have several hundred head of oattle now awaiting shlpmant, but noosrscan be had, We expect to ship abont a thousand head ot beef oattle between now and February. These will In clude the Will Oore oattle. Besides - these Ed and I have about 200 head whloh are especially oholoe wbloh we are keeping for use on the block'.in our market." Circuit Court Proceedings. Allen Davis et al vs. H. M. Cham berlain et al. Ordered that appel lants have until November 27th to file trenBorlpt in supreme court, ii. S. Qrlgsby vs. Ira Grlgsby ; salt to qalet title to land. Decree for plaintiff. D. O. Hurley vs. Oregon & Califor nia Railroad do. Deeree for p&ia tiff. Is organized on broad and thorouhlgy humanitarian principles. Eaoh mem ber Is pledged to do all be oan and a co-rmon interest keeps up an eft eotive organization. These friends are represeaiatwea of the advanced agricultural and n'orti. cultural interests of the valley, and are daily wl most discriminating care, selecting for themselves aud their families those duties and pleas ures that stand for the best thlags in life. The road this side of Agate, whloh has been well-nigh impassible in win ter, bas been improved during the past year unaX it Is now one of tbe finest stretohes of maoadamizidiroad in the country, while the roadVferoas the desert bas been straightens!,.' lev eled and drained. Since tie lli lake irrigating dlteh has een tattled aoross tbe desert, large tracts of bap paral and nianqapita bave been cleared and are now ready for the (all plant ing. These acres promise large jWs of grain and fruit in the near f uswje. These improvements are of the great est possible importance to the resi dents of Table Rock, ana violaity, rendering travel more coavenient and Increasing tbe value of iwad by auk jg Ik more aoeessiblc. X. X. X.