Claus Shears
NICHOLSON HARDWARE Co.
The Place to Buy
acKKKKmBoeaoaonuesoDOBO Oo
Eden
Firnt CIhm, boras grown, whole-root tiees. Right pricei and a
autre deal lor everybedy. What more do you want?
Who pays the agent, you or the oiht-r fellow? I deal direct
with the planter.
A nice stock ol fruit trees and Tokay vines for faH d-!ivery.
Tell me your tree trouble
IV. S. Bennett, Medford
vxeoaaaooa
EAGLE POINT LIVERY
AND FEED STABLE
All rigs first class,
Prices reasonable.
Good service to all.
THOMAS & SNOW. PROR
EAGLE POINT,
CAMPAIGN'S UNIQUE FEATURE.
There Will Be Business Improvement
Irwtrad of Usual m-prcxalnn.
(Philadelphia Picas, l ,
Unless continuances or conditions
arise which no experienced observer
bere now foresees, the presidential
campaign this year to be In one re
spect without precedent. The busl
aess community In other presidential
canvasses haa counted upon a season
f dullness awaiting the result of the
election. And that is especially true
when a comtemplated revision of the
tariff la the principle Issue of the
campaign.
It has been the custom In every
presidential season since the civil
war for the merchants and manufac-
turers to surtall somewhat, to take
In sail, and banks have every four
years of the presidential term expect'
ed a reduced demand for accommo
dations during the presidential can
vass.
Occasionally, business has been
confronted with sudden panicky con
dltlons. That occurred in the August
of 190,1). In the second campaign
Bryan made for the Presidency there
came a day late In August when the
bankers were seriously alarmed.
When Mr. . Morgan sailed for
Europe the day after Ynle Univer
sity had honored him and commem
orated his good service .in the panic
of last fall, he expressed his views
with his customary brevity, and yet
emphasis, saying that he was optlnv
Istlc, that the bottom had not fallen
out of American industry, and that
he considered all the signs of the
times most favorable.
In these few words Mr. Morgan
expressed what Is undoubtedly the
unanimous sentiment of the leading
bunkers of New York. And it is this
view which Justifies the prediction
that nnless unforeseen contlngences
come we are to have this year a pre
sidential campaign coincident In
time with a revival of business pros,
jierlty.
The Managers of some of the
greatest of the American corpor
ations, whose offices are In New York
say that the feeling of confidence
that there will be no currency diffi
culties next fall prevails over the
whole country. For that reason,
business men are not afraid to under
take new activities.
Best the World Affords.
"It gives me unbounded pleasure
to recommend Bucklen's A'nlca
fcslve," aays J. W. Jenkins of Chapel
1 : lit, N. C. "I am convinced it's the
l.est salve the world afforls It
cured a felon on my thumb, and It
never falls to heal every ioro, burn
or wound to which It Is appllccd.
3T. cents at Charles Strang's 1rug
store. '
' . ' " I
and Scissors
Your Hardware j
Valley Nursery
NOT IN THE TRUST
OREGON
Every Moment
Is a Happy One
. . While you are dining at the
EMERICK CAFE
A llrit class ptac. for Hrst olaM co
pre. A trial will convince you.
Regular Dinner 35c
I W. h. JOHNSON. Proa
ASSAY OKl'ICE FOIt FAIK.
liraiiih IMuut In , Operation Will
Show How Value of Precious
Mctuls la Determined.
SEATTLE, July 3. A branch
United States assay office with the
full machinery in operation, taking
the gold In Its natural state and con
verting It into the purified metal
III be one of the interesting moving
exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pact
flc Exposition, which will be held
here, opening June 1 and closing
October 15, 190.
The assay office exhibit will be In
stalled in the Alaska building, ai
it will graphically picture an im
portant process In the principal
Alaskan Industry. Seattle alreadv
has an assay office where since Its
uBiuiiiiHiuuuni in up to July l
i7, there has been received and
paid for gold to the value of S t."6,-
is-, 133. Every year millions of
dollars' worth of gold Is shipped to
this office from tne Northland. It Is
the Intention to have the exposition
office a branch of the Seattle of
fice. It will be equipped with a fur
'd complete aparatus for
handling the gold as it is taken
from the ground until nil alloys and
Impurities are separated from It and
Its exact value determined.
Some of the consignments which
otherwise would be taken to the
main Seattle office will be hnndled
by the exposition office and the pro
cess gone through with there. A
showing of the amount of precious
metal the Seattle office has handled
since the Inception will be made In
a graphic manner. The amounts
will be figured out In cubic feet,
and bars erected of the resulting di
mensions, one representing the gold
beinc glided yellow and the other
showing the silver output being col
ored accordingly.
Nellie Kagans Sentence.
Nellie Ragan of ttoyston, Kla
math county, charged with stealing
from the United States malls, while
postmistress at Royston, pleaded
guilty In the United States district
court and was sentenced to serve
thirty days In the Multnomah county
Jail and pay a fine of $400.
She was allowed to plead guilty
to but one count, and the sentence
mnde light on account of her two
little children, aged 4 and 1 yera.
Mr. Ragan was well known In
Klamath and In Ashland, and full
accounts have appeared In the local
papers of the details of the thefts,
which evtended over a period of sev
eral months, and amount In the ag
gregate to over $500.
The rase la a sari one. It Is said
she rifled the malls from lore or
pretty clothes and things, she could
not have In her ranch life. Valley
Record.
LITTLE OF
John Hays Hammond appears to
have been relegated to the obscurlt;
of his salary of 1500.000 a year.
Who ever thought the ai.top -bile
would have such a short lift? It has
had Us day. even now. Out a b 1 1. j n
before the rush comes
Fly, love, with me in my balloon.
we'll take a sall( beneath ttai moon:
it's a dandy ay to spoo.i; ! It Is not
yet, but twill be scon.
Notwithstanding the troubles In
Persia, the Peralua rug output will
aot be curtailed, thanks to the fac
tories In America.
A Los Angeles man who went to
sleep In El Centra found a rattle
snake In his bed. And yet El Centro
professes to be a prohibition town.
A certain Wisconsin town has de
creed that the pictures of-all topers
be hung In the.anloona of-the town.
Probably they will, be full-face pic
tures.
Bryan favors the eight -hour day
mainly, we suppose, for the r-.on
that It gives a man time to n.tcud
the Chautauqua lectures in the even
ing.
As though It were not already the
clt of a. Utectural freaks and
crimes, New York la to have a build-
ins more than voo feet high. Pro-
ably it Is being built with the Idea
uf having an airship station on the
roof.
A British admiral gives it as his
opinion that the next war will take
place In the Pacific. He might have
added that everything else of lm
port, from now on, will take place li
the Pacific.
Evidently James Schoolcraft Sher
man has come to the conclusion that
Just because he is to become li-e
president It Is no reason tha' he
should lie down and die.
One hobo whom the Kinsas fi ll
ers tried to draft hit the hlfhwu. :m:l
ran himself to death. This would
seem to establish the sincerity of hli
conscientious scruples against nines'
toil.
Bryan's platfoim Is to flat a.'d tin
earthly tame for a Bryan plWom
that it constitutes one of the most
dangerous Instruments ever f I muted
in the face of an alert and suspect
ing public. .
Aunt Carrie Nation is again on t'te
warp-ith threatening to chop down
the first woman she meets In a
sheath gown. But for Aunt Carrie
there Is no telling to Juat what ex
tremes or immorality this coun-ry
would go.
WALL FALLS.
North Wall of the Muz Weiaa firo-cei-y
Store Collapsed.
With a crash likened to that of
distant thunder the greater portion
of the north wall of the Max Weiss
grocery store collapsed shortly af
ter noon Tuesday, carrying with It
damage In the sum of about $1,200.
Mr. Weiss estimates his loas at the
conservative figure of $r00. The
cause of the collapse Is attributed
to the weakening of the walls and
foundations by the excavation for
the new building which is now in the
course of construction by Mr. Kohl-
hagen on the lot adjoining on the
north. valley News.
NO TOMORROW.
There is only and always the Ever
lasting Now.
Tomorrow Is a mirage. When you
come up to It it rises and there is
another mirage another tomorrow
farther on. Tomorrow Is like the
children's end of the rainbow to
which it seems possible and easy to
go.
Out we act as if the illusion were
real. We are all like Dickens' grave
digger. We will do things and be
happy "next summer." We will be
good tomorrow. We will rest and
relax tomorrow. We will do our
duly tomorrow. We will be blessed
tomorrow.
If tomorrow has gender, she Is a
flirt.
Procrastination Putting off un
til tomorrow has been called the
thief of tlmo. And a mighty cute
thief he Is. He chloroforms his vic
tims who dream of tomorrow while
he robs them of today.
Speaking largely, half of us live
on yesterday and the other half on
tomorrow. Here and there Is a rare
soul that lives on today. We need
to learn to
Be strong today.
Beklnd today.
Be loving today. ,
Be happy today.
Take no thought of the morrow,
RANCH SOLD.
N. S. Bennett has sold his 10-acre
orchard, south of Medford, to C. W.
Darling of Fargo. N. D for $2,500.
Mr. Darling, It Is given out. Is buy
ing the property for a Fargo friend
of his. Mr. Bennett is to have this
season's crop and Is to give pos
session of the property on November
1st. Don't It beat you. the habit
those North Dakotans have of en
deavorlng to possess our lands?
Taroma Shops Resume Work.
TACOMA. July 7 Blacksmiths
and machinists of the Northern Pac
flc shops will resume work on full
time of nine hours tomorrow. Four
undred men are Immediately affect-
ed, though It means full time for the
entire force of 900 men at the shops.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
I From Saturday's Dally.)
Louis Hessler of Lake Creek was
In Medford yesterday.
Charles U. Lyons has moved his
story of the Medford National Bank
building.
The Electric Cleaning Works will
be closed on July 4th. Get your
garments today.
The Ladles' Missionary Circle will
have charge of the evening services
at the Baptist church Sunday.
Mrs. A. M. Thomas of Eagle Point
was In Medford yesterday on her
way to Roseburg on a visit to her
daughter.
Frank George Is down from the
Blue Ledge mine and reports that
there are forty men working at the
mine at present.
Mrs. Robert Slewing will leave
Tuesday for Denver. Colo., where
he will visit friends and relatives
for a couple of months.
John Bergman of Eagle Point
made homestead proof in Medford
Wednesday. ' His witnesses were J.
H. Watklns and- Lee Bluck.
Miss Bessie Tomhaue of Grunts
Pass Is quite sick at the home of her
uncle, E. Olsen. in West Medford.
Dr. Armond Is In attendance.
C. A. McArthur of Aberdeen, 8.
I)., la In tne city. He has already
concluded that he will bring hi fam
ily here and make Medford his fu
ture home.
Henry Owelngs of Woodvllle is
paying James and George Owelngs
of North Central avenue a visit. He
will build soon on his property In
West Medford.
B. L. McCall has written from Ok
lahoma to Dally sVMcComb that
he would like to locate at Medford
He says he Is an expert cornetlst,
also bookkeeper.
T. B. O'Nell, who haa been at
Burk s sanitarium at Santa Rosa.
Cal., for the past two months, has
returned to Medford greatly Im
proved in health.
On complaint of H. G. Cox yes
terday George W. Oilman was ar
rested on a charge of cruelty to ani
mals. The case was continued until
Tuesday, when It will come up for
trial before Justice Canon.
The directors of school district
No. 69 have employed Chas. D. log
ons to prepare plans for their new
schol house between Medford and
Jacksonville. The Building will be
2Sx44 feet, on a concrete basement.
Bids were opened Tuesday even
ing for the new school house at
Big Butte. H. A. Bronson being the
lowest bidder, his bid being $4,700.
The building will be a 4-room, 2-
story structure 54x72 feet and will
be completed by October 1st. It will
be a credit to the town.
party consisting of Jl. G. Nich
olson and family, H. N. Star of
Granta Pass and W. H. Brown and
family left yesterday morning for a
week's outing on Big Butte creek.
H. C. Kentner. F. M. Merrick and
Dr. Bundy will leave this morning
for the same place.
Dr. A. A Finch of Astoria was In
.Medford a few days since making
proof on a timber claim. Tuesday
evening he met his wife at Grants
Pass and she. too. filed a timber
claim in Josephine county. Yester
day they were both In Medford and
were being shown over the valley
by Harry Flnlay and R. C. F. Art
bury. C. G. Borgen of Trail made home
stead proof yesterday. His witness
es were J. D. Van Dyke and John F.
Swanson. Bert A. Mason of Pros
pect also made homestead proof.
His witnesses were S. S. Aiken- and
Ervin McCall. Lorenzo Snyder of
Trail was here on the same mission
Wednesday and his witnesses were
11. C. Messenger and James Davles.
Miss Florence Cole will Bpend the
Fourth in Ashland.
Will Jackson of Central' Point
visited In Medford yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pendleton were
in from Table Rock yesterday.
Robert Jones of Eagle Point was
a visitor In Medford yesterday.
Dr. J. F. Reddy and Edgar Hater
are In Sun FranclBco on a business
trip.
Clurence Meeker and James Bates
und wife will spend tne Fourth at
Colesteln.
jirs. Perry White of Oakland,
Cal., Is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Ed. Warnet.
Miss Harriet Odgers of, Berkeley,
Cel.. is visiting with her sister. Mrs.
L, B.eHasklns.
Mrs. N. E. Woods, who has been
ill with la grippe for the past ten
days, Is Improving.
John Miller of the Applegate
country was in Medfrod yesterday.
He will spend the Fourth in Ash
land. Volney Dixon has returned from
a two weeks' visit at Portland, Eu
gene, Newport and other northern
own 3.
The sick members of the Morning
Mall force are all on their feet
ngaln and doing service In their re
spective stations.
H. G. King and wife and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Poe left last evening
for Poor Man's Creek, where they
will spend the Fourth.
A. C. Manning of Miner made
homestead proof In Medford yester
day and his witnesses were W. K.
Ingledew and James Owens.
Charles Carney, the superintend
ent of the quarry for the Oregon
Granite company. Is In the city. He
came down to celebrate the Fourth.
F. P. Tracy has severed his con
nection with D. B. Russell's Jack
sonville confectionery establishment
and his place Is now being filled by
L. Pickens.
George H. Wert of Butte Falls
made homestead proof before Com
missioner Bllton yesterday. His wit
nesses were N. B. Hlldreth, C. C.
Beale. S. A. Carllln and Ira Tnng-
yalt. j
tl-'ro:u Wednesday's Dally.)
Mr. H. Meigs left yesterday for
Clifton, Arizona, where he will re
main for the summer.
A Stevens Duyea. with party from
San Francisco to Portland, Is laid up
In Ashland for repairs.
W. O. Vaughn, of Trail, spent
Monday night In Medford. He was
enroute to Fort Klamath.
Hans F. Hockenyos, of Albany,
urrived In Medford Tuesday morning
on a visit to his mother and family.
He expects to remain only a few day;.
H. I.. Kelly, of Rogue River hatch
ery, who haa been In he city tor a
few days returned yesterday to the
hatchery. .
L. K. Hoover reports the sale of
5.000 fruit trees to Dr. E. B. Picket.
The varieties are Newtons, Spitzen
bergs. Winter Bonamas and Jonathans.
F. M. Stewart and Thomas ilcAn-
drews, Sr., will leave In a few days
for a visit to Cantara. They go to
take the waters in the mineral
springs.
William Hodson made a trip to
Elk Crek via Eagle Point and re
turned last Sunday. The distance,
which is HA miles.' was made In six
hours.
A big Royal Tourist 70 h. p. car
containing seven passengers enroute
from San Francisco to Seattle passed
through Medford. This was the flu
est car that has ever been In the
city.
W. D Moore and H. B. Triplet!
were In the city Monday. Mr. Moore
called at the Morning Mall office,
and while here took occasion to state
that not for years had the crops of
grain and hay been aa good In ' his
locality as they are this season.
The case of the state of Oregon vs,
Cecrge Gllnan. charged with the kill.
ing of a cow. was tried before Justice
Cannon yesterday. After listening to
testimony of the witnesses he pro
nounced the defendant not guilty.
Dr. Coble received a letter from
Tobe Brous and William Walsh, for
merly of Medford, but now working
In the machine shops at Empire, on
the Isthmus of Panama. They are
getting along nicely, and state that
ctlon will occur this month, and a
hot time Is expected down there..
Empire is twelve miles from the City
of Panama.
V. W. C. A. AT CHAT l i)V
The State Boari ni the You.ig
Women's Chris'' ., Associations are
glad to co-operate with the South
ern Oregon Chatauqua Assembly in
making It possible for young women
to get the educational advantages of
the Assembly under economical and
congenial social conditions.
They will therefore open perman
ent headquarters for young women.
There will be a central reception
room tent, and small dormitory tents
(two single cots In each tent) com
pletely equipped for comfort. The
price per night will be 25 cents.
Simple breakfast and lunches at 15
cents for those occupying the tents
will be furnished. It Is hoped that
a large number of young women
will avail themselves of this pleasant
arrangement. Mrs. W. J. Honeyman. President
of the State Board will be In charge
of the camp and it Is planned' to
make this a pleasant "house-party"
for the Assembly. It will be a de
lightful and profitable holiday for
young women from all Southern
Oregon.
The Association also has charge
of the Domestic Science work of the
Assembly. Miss Margaret Wishart
will teach a class for adults and one
for children, the charge being mere
ly nominal to cover the cost of mat
erial 25 cents for adults and 10
cents for children per lesson. Miss
Wishart will be assisted by Miss
Mabel Scott of Sand Valley. Miss
Wishart has had her training in
London, England, and has been a
successful demonstrator at Chatau
quas and Pure Food Shows. She
was associated for some time with
.Miss Tingle In the Portland Y. W.
C. A. Domestic Science Department.
Mission study work will also be
begun this year under the able lead
ership of Rev. O. LeRoy Hall of this
city. He will teach a class dally In
Joslah Strong's great book, "The
Challenge of the City." and It is ex
pected that many will avail them
selves of this opportunity to fit
themselves to Intelligently grapple
with this one failure In American
civilization the city. Sessions will
be free of charge and the text-books
sold at the cost price, 35 cents.
OREGON COAL.
Mouthern Pacific Will Vse Coos I lay
Product.
Instead of buying coal from other
concerns or Importing It from Aus
tralia, the Southern Pacific Railway
Company will use coal this year taken
from mines owned by the corporation
In the Coos Bay district. The bun
kers at the foot of Davis street will
be enlarged and equipped with elec
tric cranes. To get the latest ideas
along this line, William Baker, agent
of the Portland A Coos Bay Steam
ship Company, operator of the steam
er Breakwater, will leave for Puget
Sound this evening. He will look
over, the bunkers and appliances
owned by the Northern Pacific, said
to be the most modern along the
Coast.
In the Fall, the Breakwater and
possibly the Ciartna, also belonging
to the Southern Pacific, will trans
port coal to Portland from Coos Bay.
The steamers will carry general
freight, but the bulk of their cargoes
on the up-trlps mill be comprised of
coal.
Correct Glasses Correctly Fitted
Notice the difference in the way the rays of light pass through
the OLD style lens and tbe new TOIIIC glass.
When looking through the TORIC lens you get the same
vision clear out to the edge of the glass, in all directum, that
you do ONLY through the center of the old-style of lense, thus
giving you more ftvedom of vision without the strain upon the
Rectus muscles, which constantly occurs when westing the old.
style glasses.
7
2? I
With the old-style before With the new TORIC lens you
the eye you see like this. get the same resulta at all angles
. ' ' without turning your head that
you do directly through the oen.
ter of the old style.
Dr. 'oble makes a specialty of the shove lenrea; also fits the
BI-SIOHT bi.focal, ground fro ONE piece of glass. Optical
Parlor in Perry 'a-Warehouse, Seventh hin-et, Medford.
FOR PURE DRUGS
FOR RUBBER GOODS
FOR CHOICEST PERFUMES
FOR TOILET ARTICLES
GO TO THE
Eagle Pharmacy
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
Dry Town Reflections
(From Portland Journal.)
In Old Marion.
High o'er the fence
Jumped Johnny Jims.
He sought the spheres
With crystal rims.
But when he found the own was dry
He eschewed beer and took to pie.
Now Johnny Jims no longer
"trims."
He pays his debts and saves his
limbs.
Poor "Old Jackson.'
Now Medford was a lovely place
It bought the beer and set the
pace.
And then "old Jackson" closed
about
Tapped all the beer and ptngged
the spout.
But the judge without compunction.
Uncorked the bot with an Injunc
tion. Union's ReHolutliMi. )
La Grande. Once Full of Hops and
hope.
Admits the "Prohis" have the
dope.
Said every Prohl, "Make a bet.
This dry town here will ne'er go
wet."
"Drink water,"
length.
Put faith In
strength.
. La Grande said :it
Union's temperance
Stopped Ris Paper.
I've stopped my paper; yes, t have.
I didn't like to do it.
But the editor, he got too smart.
And I'll allow he'll rue it.
I am a man as pays his debts
And won't be insulted.
So when the editor gets too smart
I ant to be consulted.
I took his paper 'leven years
And helped him all t could, sir;
And when It comes to dunntn' me.
I didn't think he would, sir.
But that he did, and you can bet
It made me hot as thunder.
Says I. "I'll stop that sheet; I will.
If the cussed thing goes under!"
I hunted up the measly whelp
And for his cunnln' caper
I paid 'leven years and quit;
Yes, sir: I've stopped his paper.
Exchange.
FOR SALE Or will trade for wood.
a complete blacksmith's outfit.
Address F. M. Broker, Box SS.
Medford. 38-ld-lw-p. '
E R. SEELY
PHYSICIAN & SURG EON
Modern Equipment; X Ry Labrstory.
Offica la Jtckeoa County Bank Baladiag.
MeXlfortl
Oregon
I, D. PHIPPS, D. D. S.
OBoaa a Adkins Block, adjoialsf assail.
Orasaum Madfari.Orara
G. W. STEPHENSON.
PHYSICIAN. SURGEON AHDOPTICIAIT.
Office: Boons. AdkloV block. Calls promo
sttsnded day or atcht.
'Phono 963.
Medford Oregon.
Wa. M. CiOI.VIG,
Medford.
GEO. B DLRHAM
Uraoti Pau.
COLVIG & DURHAM
' . Lawyers . .
ObV nMedlord National Bank Build
ns frouod floor.
Spring and
Summer
nillinery
The latest New York
Models
MfcS. W. I. BROWN
West 7th Street
TAKE VOTE OS HOME RtXE.
Alaskans to Express Views oa Ques
tion of Self-Go vernmrnt.
SEATTLE. Wash., July 7.
(Special.) Alaskans have urged In
a circular leter sent out br " com
mittee of Vsldes citizens to take a
test rote on the question of horn"
rule when they vote on candidates
for delegate to Congress on August
8. The printing of ballots In each
town and their distribution to nearby
polling places Is recommended by tbe
Valdes committee.
The acqulesence of election offi
cers In a plan for a separate ballot
box to contain the home rule rots Is
anticipated. All or the candidates
for delegate from the North have
gone on record In favor of home rule
and all of them are campaigning In
the Interest of the self-government
fight.