The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, February 14, 1908, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextConfidence when eating, that your food is 6f highest wholesomeness that it has nothing In it that can injure or distress you makes the repast doubly comfortable and satisfactory. This supreme confidence you have when the food is raised with The only baking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar There can be no comforting confi dence when eating alum baking pow der "food. Chemists say that more or less of the alum powder in unchanged alum or alum salts remains in the food. Miy ud Jo Uaonan. Fiaak Uoas toa.Ubu. nd LouIm Hint, Jo Hall Etbtl, 1 and J mm Tuckar, Mr. and bin' J. L. Kloliard.oa. liu. ir Hill, Era nod Ulady Allso, Clara, Klra, Hold, Clanno ana Prank M1MW-baeher. A lure care, one yon on depend npon. HlnVorv Bark Couch Rerufl'y A .uie ciuo, uml in pure! (Jse U lor all lung troub'o, cnnuh:, cohL, boarSH net and sore throat, l-'ur im1 Uy il kin Drue Htora and firat-clau uealeit ever) where. A Notes That Were Issued by the Mormons In Early Days. MONEY BASED ON GOLD DUST ooooc300oooxooocwcCMe' OUR. COUNTY $ Correspondents! Eagie Point Eaglet. BY A. C. HOWLETT. ' EJ CoarJen and Jud feldaell earn oat for a load of mill eta? lut Fri day, Dlok Stepp and K. H. Urauam, of Iowa, were pleaaant oallera last Friday night. J. A. Jonaa' flue burned oat last Friday night and that oaosed aome excitement lu nur aalet neighbor hood. Mr. Aiken, aoa ot S. ii. Aikieu, of Prosp9at, wa ont few nlzhta ago for medicine for hi sister, Mlsa Kraaoi. 1 F. V. Medynskl waa a pleasant oilier on hi way from Buttte Fall. He had. he"i no on hla botnesf.ead 3r a f?w wen. A. B. Hamilton, of Medford, took dinner with aa last Tne9dav. He was oat bete on business ooaoeoted with the old Ulrica plaoe. Mr. Steven, nee tieckie Singerr of Oak Urate, Oregon, a sister of .Or. Susan Perry baa been visiting eome , ot her relattre la these parte. Frank Nell cam out last Tuesday morning and brought out bia father, Judge J. K. Nail, and two of bis daughter on their way 10 Medford. Soott Caapell of Butte Fall oame out Thursday of last week and on Friday went to M.oford for a load ot gooda far the Butte Fall mer chant. Jasen Hartman, the bosi bridge builder, ta repairing the rail read bridge aorosa Butte onek and we hop that we will bam aimathlng dona In that lioe In the near future. Mr. Wine ot Medford who ha been over here oonaiderabla lately wa at Eagle Point last week talking to oar land ownera aboat ooal, oil, etc Ha seem couBdent that there I ooal on the hill jatt above our town. "" Elme'Speooer and family passed through on Wednesday of last week and went to hi home on the unaer- Teyed. Lou Smith took them with my team and Loa report that the Nad are oat ot sight, bat they got through O. K. Mia Maroh Klnoald, who hae been teaohing at Wlmer in Josephine eounty, oame here last Friday night and waa mit by her brother, Lulus Kincald, Sunday, and Monday morn ing they went oa there way to ber parenta home near Peyton. V7.H . Bowman started last week for Barned Ranoh. California, got as far a Reading and found tnat the now on the road from there to Barned Kanch waa so' deep that he An Issue of Scrip In Denver Which Was Unique In the Finanoial History ef Amrica 8ome of It Redeemed In Gold When Cold Wa Abov Par, THE! DEACON'S VIEWS Spooner Makes Some Observa tions on Widows. SAFER TO COURT OLD MAIDS Tail Hew H. Waa Thrown Down Good and Hard by a Wldder Woman. The Ca of Jim Hopwtl 8imilr to His. (Copyright, 1907, by Homer Bpratus.) "GcutU'iiieu," suld Deacon Spooner as bo took hla accustomed seat In the postoWce to wait for the mall to be distributed, "I waa dlpglng potatoes this afternoou when Ezra Bmalliuua cnino along the road and hollered ut me that Jlra Hopewell had tried to commit suicide by cutting hla throat. ( wasn't the least mite astonished. I hear that sumo of yon got went; In the knees and rimed as whtta aa flour, but I'd been expecting a tragedy along 7 oonld hardly niaire the trip, so he telarbed borne last Saturday. Mr. Young and family ot Prospect, oame out on Wrdneeday of laat week ou their way to Ashland to visit Mr young' mother. Mr. Young baa homestead about ore mile frou Prospeot and l put Hag oat fruit tree and making It a home Tbt torra waa so severe that they stopped over at the Suouyelde until Frlua: morning. The Udies o( Eigle Point gave t necktie social in th ohuroh laat Fri day nieM, Th attendanoa waa not large us It wa gotten op on the spur ot the moment and wa not general! known the prcoeeaa were to be ap pled to purchasing eat for tht en".r?h Ther espect to siro asoth" in the near future. Thoae who at tended report having bud a very pleasant time and raleed fifteen or aixteen dollar. The;e have been several change In real estate in tnese part lately. W. I L. Chidreth having bonght the Pool property on the old J. J, Fryer ; plane, threo acreo, Louae barn eta, of Mrs. C. Pool.oooelderatlon CluOOu . O. C. Bbelden eold hie farm through J the agency of U. H. Pleroe ft Boo, to I a man by the name of (Jabral, oon ,'slderation 81,200. 1 learn that the Ul'ich property baa been sold to Med ford capitalists consideration i'26,000, and land buyer are heie every day or two looking for home. So yoc see that Eagle Point 1 ooming to tht front very fast C. W. Austin, Br. S. F. Urove: and Mr. L. 8. Stche, the former two from the onaerveyed and the lady ia from Los Angela, California She has been out tb viait eome ol her relative In th unsniveyed aeo tloo and wa on her way home. The; arrived at the Sunny Side after dark Sunday night and Monday proceeded on their way to Medf:rd. Mr. Austin report that' tney are Bolne to build a large ball upon the noser veyed,. lay out a town, have a peel offloa and let the world know tnat there la aomebody in tbat part of tht oountry. Tbey are going to name tb new town Zenetb and try to have a branob of the P. A E. come to the new town. For Rheumatic Sufferer. The aulck relief from tain afforded by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm makes ft a favorite with sufferers from rheumatism, suiaiica. lame back, lum bago, and deep seated and muscular peine, for sale ty una. Strang. am mi ri si ii mm I"" 1 isaaaaarcuuaj IThe jcr oj Couqhing t Hammer blows, steadily Dp plied, break the hardest retell. Coue'ning, day after day, c; and tears the throat and lunys until the healthy tissues give way. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral stoos the couehine, and ht li the torn membranes, Frank week. TRAIL NEWS Hou.ton la quite aiok this 3. 11. Lynoh ia builaiug fenoe this week. ' Frank Hammond w-.e down to Trail Friday. ' Tbos. Morgan baa the measles, bnt la getting aiong nicely. A. A. Hell went to Medford Son day for a load of grain. ' Tne ties t ! -I " " Bold I- -rn'..l f roars" J v. ,Xa "- ' it 1 W rahlHh t ' r raetel m f o'vur. . a them v,u i Ayer' PIM. F. T. Allen ret timed from Med lord Friday. He tajt the road are pretty had. A very J enjoyatle inrpriie party wag given for M Us Clara and Mr. Clarence Aliddlebneher at the horn of Mrs. M. E, Mlddlebasher by Mrs, Avery and Mia Ella Brlccae, Hbfore tbe patty began MUs May ilannati, Mn, Avery, and Mr. 1 All inre iome maaloal selection vocsl aud lnttramental. Mlsa Ira Tun wr aU played a few aeleotona and .ur. lar bell assisted ber on tbe violin. Pro grenfllre pedro and varloni other nir . wflre played ontll twelve i , - v-n a Viiy appetizing aop pii nur 'tf'T which tbe game were reanniert. ' nr oVlock tne party ':rpLura to l. - , ..belief Mr, F. Y. M!a and spent tl.- t of tbe Dli.i.1 U UHUclUf. ttir, (. ltv. and Joe Hall famished the runt,! The need of a . circulating medium brought into existence a curious cur rency among the Monnous of Utah In the early days. They had a fairly abun dant supply of gold dust, but no form of money. When taxes were collected. for instance, they were paid iu gold dust The tax collector was often un able to give fractional change and bad to Issue due bills for small amounts. Finally so great became the need for a convenient circulating medium thru tbe suggestion was made by some of the leaders that the circulation of the Klrtlund notes be authorized, the com munity to stand sponsor for them. And this was adopted. The Kirtlaud notes were the product of a bank of the wildcat species which was In operation in.lS37 at Klrtland. O., where under the leadership of Jo seph Smith the Mormons bad a settle ment The institution was known as the Klrtland Safety Society bank and Issued notes In tbe denominations of $1, S3, U and $10. Fully $50,000 worth of these notes were said to have been Issued. Then the hank failed, not having at the time of suspension more than $5,000 with which to redeem Its issue. The result was tbat the notes became ab solutely wort u less. Many of the Mor mons kept their notes, regarding them as curiosities, while others retulued possession of them In the faith that the pretlictiou of btuilh would one day be realized, be being reputed to have suld that the notes one day would be as good as gold. The action, of the Mormon leaders in Utb In 1S40 made this prediction come true, for tbe Klrtland notes at once went into general circulation and were placed on a par with gold. Each and every one of them waa redeemed at the Mormon headquarters In gold dust of which there seemed to be a greater supply than of representations of money. There were two issues of paper mon ey or script in Denver, which wero re deemed In gold. Some of them were re deemed at a time when gold was at a premium and so deserve to be ranked among the curious currency representa tions of 'which this country has seen many examples. In September, 1S61, the firm of C. A. Cook & Co. of Denver issued notes of the denominations of 10, 25 and 50 cents and $1. This firm conducted a large general merchandise business. In the course of which they handled great quantities of gold dust the latter at the time being the only circulating medium In Colorado or Kansas terri tory, as It was then colled. Later the firm dropped the merchan dise business and took np banking. Great need was felt for fractional currency which would be worth much as gold and at the same time save tbe inconvenience of bandling tbe gold dust To supply tbe prevailing need. Cook A Ca issued these notes. which were all finely enslaved steel and bore the promise of the firm to be redeemed In gold dust The notes were snapped np by every body, but more particularly the mer chants, and It was not long before Cook & Co. 's notes were in general cir culation In Denver and the contiguous mountain regions. They were prompt ly redeemed whenever presented and. being redeemable in gold auat were preferred to the regular United States currency. They were the smallest gold notes ever Issued. Some time after the ltanklng bouse caught fire and was entirely consumed. At great risk the senior member of the firm entered the burning building aud rescued the tttock of goid dust which amounted to soviet Iilng M!S;3,000. The following day thr holers of thf notes. fenrirR a possible los ou nc count of the fire, flflied for tin iVonrt tlon of their iinte,:. which was gir.rit-,: tn every Instnmi. But this seem 1 1: -want of coiiiidruce so p:ovo!eii Mi Cooit th.it ailar ;he lust uota had redeemed a:r.I cai.celed lie dp'r:ila never lo iss"t; ::uoIIip:. au.l tliii:- e::Je -nn lsue uni ,r.e la A.ui'rlca's fiuaiu ..! history. It Is not pr.ihnhlr tVv.t i re"lcien ' of litis i uteri-. '.injr f-erirs r. note: Is in erlsrpii'-e t -may. Watis'tiM ton I 'out. PAGE Stands the Test Usage 22 FENCE of Time and Hafd iof Oven YEAR S This PAGE FENCE wa erected on the farm of Mr. Austin Fltts in 1885 by J. Wallace Page, tba present President ol tbe Face Woven Wire Fence Company, and is a good fence yet and still doing good work. Notice the coil prl nc wires. Pite Fences are made better today, better material, belter cnntlruotlon and In scoro of styles. PAGE IS THE PIUNERli and Is today pre-eminently the pertection ol Woren Wlra Fences. No matter wbero you are going to ler-oe or what fence you may hare used In the past, call and get ... ..nf.(An. and l.mln m. linn U7a Mn " " Vn.. r. .n. u 1 1, 1 nf Fmm Remember, leucine' is our business. We Inruish man and tools to assist In the erection of, and we guarantee ever? rod of fence without extra cost. "X USED TO BIT AND nOTjD THAT WTDDER'B HAKD IN THS KUOKLIOBT." for the last six month. For Thy? Because Jim was courting a wldder woman. "I am living with my fourth wife, as I told you the other night, and not one of them waa a wldder woman when 1 married her, but Pre had eome little experience with wlddera Jest the same. "A wldder woman la a wife whose husband haa died aud left her free to play the devil with men for ton miles around. "She hain't sure whether she wants to marry ng'iu or not. but she. is eure that' she wants to make a fool of about twenty men before she doea It. "A wldder woman is like a spider In a web. She la waiting for Tictlnis to come along. She'a a steel trap set on a sheep trail. You are slouching along and thinking of nothing iu particular when you suddenly put your foot In it, and there you are. A wldder woman may not nave smiled at her husband for a year pre vious to his death, but four weeks aft erward she' tittering and giggling with a tin peddler. "She may have fallen down in a faint when they burled her husband. bnt tbe next sewing machine man that came along found her singing. "Yea, in my courting around I court' ed wldder women aa well as the other kind. I thought It might be Jest as well to find a wldder with a farm and plenty of live stock as to tnke a woman with nothing but Gaddis dl Dixon "The Pa. da Fane Mn"c c Agents Southern Oregon and Northern California MAUN UHflUli - . - ' MMO00000OCr0KWoA the snouiuer. "Yon don't know when to believe hei and when not to. "When you think you've got her she's somewhere else. When you begin to flatter yourself that you've got ell the other ffllers on the run she's working her cards to r'.iipr in a now bmich. "One experience with a wldder wom an wasn't 'nuff for me. It's Jest like when you sit blowed up with powder. You know you've been blowed, but yet you hanker to o hark to the spot and look around for the fra-xnieuts. I was buying hay that summer, and 1 called on the wldder to see If she'd sell me fire tons. "She wasn't Ave minutes finding out that I wns a widower. "As she knew that I'd quit the tombstone business and she would be safe, she begun to talk about her deud and gone Mopes. He bad spilt her life. lie was dead, and she didn't want to talk flg'tu him. but she had to say that he was a pesky mean man. When she married ng'tn she booed to marry her equals and a man who loved lier for herself atone and all that kind of non sense. Left House Flustrated. I weni away from that house so flustrated that I forgot all about the what she I hay. I'd have bet steers to calves that stood In. I found that wldder. There I the wldder was gone on me at nrst was a hundred acres of land, a good 1 sight Of course I went back ag in. J. H. DOTY & CO. . . . New Fish Market oa West Side . . Oypter Cocktails and Shelled Fish a specialty. Crabs, Salt Water Fish, Columbia and Rogue River Salmon. Twenty Years Experience in the Fish Business Claus Shears and Scissros AT Fickle Factum). The revc--fi' ! i'oi'iuae arc well U iustrnUvl imio'.igt (K.sce:i(Jr.:ils o' tho olil rre:n' liii,,:!li.,-. Ar'-'K'llug In'?.;, .eu ri gr-tntirir-i -it tlr: siixe M:r.-:n!s d'Hanforo li' wh- ' ivn1iH!.'ly ro -mpM" tVe V."Z llfb triMpu at t!" battle of I'ontetiy t-"fii-i- lU'ct' eij.-vl 1iis day ns h c-jij nui.i i o!ic(tii:;i. . One of the uoljle family of BuIkmi d la li'iardiiisic-c Is now a wiwhcrwo man. Represent ;ttlvri of oihrr noble fam Hies equally faiuoun In their time an or were, according to the same author Ity, occupying the humble places or gamekeeper, carpenter's apprentice, bouse painter, cab driver, milter's as sistant. Innkeeper, conductor of an om ..t.vus, box opener at a theater, gas crux bathing man, maker of mouse " " traps, chorus ?tntor at the opera anu mnw prewm were r. .iroim jwr. WA,..Jman( whlio one who Is a great- s-d Mn. Avery, Charley anu Ella J r-andusln of the lllustnoua Cardl I i ' M -nd Frtd Warnei,' tx unites in bis own person ChPi-fj had Shannon 01lTer.it offices of gravedlgfrer and Wallao Ashman, Elmer Dawson, i ' L-r.-Loudon Tit -Rita. house and tmra, and the horses, cattle. sheep and hogs made my mouth wa tee. ' "I didn't let on that I'd come court-1 tng. 1 was In tbe tombstone business then, and I told her I'd called to see about a stone for her husband. I de scribed tbe one I'd put up for my wife, and when we got to e!ling each other how lonesome we was we both agreed we'd never marry flg'tu. "That's where we both lied and knew we were lying. She 8hed Tears. "The wldder shod tears as she talk ed of the many virtues of the late de parted, and of course I told ber that what was ber loss was his gain. That's always a good thing to ring In. Sbe said that If ever I came that way agln she'd be happy to have me call, and down In her heart she knew that I'd be back In about three days. I was. I made the excuse that I wanted to buy a cow. and sho pretended to le awfully surprised to seo me, but both of us were lying ag'ln. "That wldder woman d rawed me on In fifty different ways, but mostly by tears when she' ppoke of the departed. I never saw tears in her eyes that I didn't want to put my arm around her waist and wipe them awuy. Sbe said tbat man was an oak tree and women only a wilier and tbat It was natural for the wilier to want to lean ag'ln the oak. She pitied me in my lonell ness, and I pitied her, and at last it got so that 1 dared to fiwnt a skeetev that had settled on tbe back or nor neck. Soy. now. I Jest a niueh calker laud to marry that widder a" I do t" get a quart of molasses in this Ju; after the mall Ik di-itrHmted. After I had courted her for ftlx weeks I had no nioro doubt ot her saying yes than I have that niram linker over there ouuht to be nshamed of th old b:tt he's wearing. "One day I deetded to settle thin-. I droie over, and she had tbe same n.itle for me "until I begun to talk busi ness. Then she said sho guessed I'd made a mis take In the house and hint ed that I'd better drive on for a mOe and a half. "What d'ye s'pose sbe bad done while appearing to be as innocent and childish as a spring chicken? Got a feller to look up nix property and found I was under mortgage, and she let go as If I had been a hot tater. ya. she did, and all tbe tier 'she was leillng mo that If she ever did marry sgMn she didn't care how poor the man was If be only had a manly heart In his manly bosom, meaning rrr if I'd been courting long 'nuff to bu head over. heels in love I'd have come hoie to hang myself In the Mm. ".Kidder woman don't hit fatrV'..a Had to see about the hay. No hay for sale, but we sat down on the shady veranda and talked, and when we got through talking I was asked to call ag'ln. "It ham t no use la denying that I thought I had struck a good thing. There was a good farm and a nice wldder woman that could do a Monday washlog and Ironing and be ready to bake bread ou Tuesdny. I used to sit and hold that wldders hand In the moonlight and hear tbe whippoorwilts sing and feel jest as if I could melt away llko bntter In July. She kept drawing me on, and I should have popped the question within two months ; If she hadn't stopped me at tbe critical 1 moment. Sbe seemed to read my i thoughts, and she'd bring me up short before I could get the words out. "Then, as in the other case, I went over one day to lay my manly bc;irt at her feet She caught me up before I could lay It by shedding tears and telling me that she must raise a hun dred dollars or be sued. My Marlor be sued? Never! Never on this earth! I humped for town and borrowed the money on my note and carried It to her, And I was to call next duy, when when I didn't I bad never seen a man spooking around there, but I learned that she had flvo of us on the string and that sho had borrowed the same amount from each without se curity. Can't talk about security to a woman who's going to marry you, you know. Yes, sir, made fool of the whole five of us, and that money paid for her bridal tour with a wire fern-e man to whom she hnd been e ngaged for two years. Just got throrsrU pay ing the Inst of my hundred dollar note the other day. "My case Is Jim Hopewell's case. Got tn love with a wldder woman and got the throwdown and took It to heart. He'll live to get over It, Jift as I have, end. though he may never be purty ag'in, he'll know more. He'll come to realize that It's a heap safer to court five old maids than one wld der, and now I'll get my mall and 'lasses and go home." - M. QUAD. NICHOLSON HARDWARE Co. The Place to Buy Your Hardware KerKrrCr00H J 0CrO0WO04OeO CHOICE SEED WHEAT Eastern Oregon Club and Blue Stem Also No..l Seed Barley. At flEDFORD FLOUR MILL When They ArVduiet. "I like to go to church." "Why?" "Well, It's comforting to sea a man keep a hundred women or so quiet for an hour. Bohemian. A Sure Crop. Tlinre's but on crop that n ms to boom And firm ri ah without full Ro (Card lew of th tardy spring Or winter's blirhtlng hall. Its stock quotations never hed Th wars of bull an d boar This worM old or ri y 'Lis wild Oats Otowi well nion nnvwtHrw. Utuie V, Canities 111 New York Tlma dr.- Fvmale Ignorance. "John, thyy dou't ever ell goods in Wall stree:, do ihyV" "Graeloiis, child. V.ut put such absurd Idea In your hcid?" "Well. I'm pure I Innrlymt the c?! er day tulktnp aliout wash s:t!3.M Bni tlinore American. Not Yet, but Boon. "You see:u to tuiiuag renuukn'it well on yor.r honsp'civplu uio:iey." "Yes. 7 he tr;idesi'iple Inm-i sen In their hills yei." New York Tress. G ir8er- Jot9n P'sei. You kin tr-r of rlty cnfovn crd tf" . trout fr m nirc niia uinJ lak . Of thvtr incati rv..-i ji i.i .i',..- .1 . thflr rmfiitr 'ton-id rn !'': But the unit nt Ort-uawr .1-x-s ta 11 flrcNt i-ver I. nit. Com, hombrey. nn.l Jmr t'v r t.-.-l chile 'neaili jour telLl The nvmto'n kind o- ffklmplf nM It Vt T't vry fur; It's d' lilt nut l.y tx half breed an. a mlsli bnd ptiltnr. But old Johi 1b a winner when It coin to ml x!n' dope, And thr first unii !l of his chile 'A give e dyln' hoea thief hop'. There Is inmetlm roinh stunts doln" and p'rapn wiine powder burnt, lfor the turn who cat At Joa's ail tin p'tltnt wnys nln't leanit. But grxil food Is like tn moat things that are tcarce anil hard to B-.t It's worth aomo risk In trail In aod a-mak- tn' yours, you bet I flo Jest eome wl 'i ms to Jf-p there ain't ro menu stunt. and Wbsre the tablecloths is minus nankin s an sfrront. And rnn'U set a bowl of chile that'll T'ouRh end through, go er. - e with ma to Jose's, oa tendarfeot -yta, you! -len'- HrfniblicalV At th, Winitral BhOw. "Mlstah Itoncs," began the corpulent end man as he twirled his tambourine, "my old father always told mo to make money like hot cakes and the world wotiid respect me." "Dot cakes am too slow," yawned Mr. Bones. "If you wants da world to respect you dese days yoa hab to make money lak hnnuaas." "Lak bananas! How am dat?" "In buurbes. M Intnl. Tambo, In bunches." Chicago News. In th Clouds. Cnma'au 1 od Colnaarj. lr anftntal prloa .. Jod it l(tua. The llmlcr Wc'vo got n Iwr'ir ki (he kitchen, sir. Tbo 1'rofpssor (ab-cntly) Ask blra to com awita. I'm busy juat uoar. 2.V10 boys 16U acre, wall located, building, to acre ot; orohard, it '-, clvarnd. Kasy eel us, S JO. H PI-r- A fino. -l buy', poultry and egis. S. J. BnmmaillB, at UoUl Kmarlok, 4-tf.