The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, August 21, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextA LITTLE OF EVERYTHING Kren mn who .peaks frankly Kay not uy anything worth a tou. .Neit month will have an K" In It, ad, w fear, also a few hot day. Lov may lauich at lorkMnlthi, but serer at a lock of the wrong worn o'a lialr. .Alter hli third year In the elec toral college, Mr. Bryan't political duration may be complete. It will be quite natural for "Sunny JMm"Snerman to make warm friend ships during the campatfcn. Plain living, according to one writer, It a preventive f minKtroke. Alto of large grocery bills. Governor Cummins of Iowa In more than ever convinced that yoti can't keep a good man down. The author of "Paid in Full' Is suing for royalties. The answer, we suppose, Is that he wattn t. Krom the looks of the apple orrti ards we are going to have plenty vt Jelly of all kinds next winter. Mr. Hlgglns' squeikless band wag on ought to be a god advertisement for his own brand of axle grease. Sometimes death even halts an uto speed maniac before that en thuslait has a victim to his credit. Pittsburg appears to have come to the conclusion that a baseball pen- -nam will cover a multitude of her slas. - Governor Hughes disappoints his -enemies by shutting his mouth when he has said all that he considers ne cessary. After the fright It gave Texas, the prohibition movement need not be afraid to tackle any other state In the union. The bliss that is founded on Ignor ance never lasts long where the neighbors do much visiting among themselves. The warfare on fairy tales Is not likely, to become general enough this year to Interfere with any of the campaign committees. As a dealer In oil and axle grease. 'Tom Hisgen may be able to put the Independence party machine In good running order. A good many of us would think wore of the fool killer If he would put on' a' bigger force of assistants and work them overtime. Enough automobile fatalities have been-trecordeu recently to prevent the ilylng machines from monopolis ing the news columns. Fortunately, the campaign cigar will not be much In evidence until this fall, when the air will be full of -the scent of burning leaves. Mr. Taft urges quicker Justice for the poor, but as a rule they get theirs much quicker than the folks who can afford to hire lawyers. In some quarters the Thaw bank ruptcy proceedings may be accepted as evidence that Thaw Is not as crasy -ju'aome folks thought he was. When you come to think of It, the talking machine Isn't really out of place in politics, where all the think ing is done by a few managers. The feelings of Utlra, N. Y., will certainly be hurt If It slips back Into Esopus-Uke obscurity next Novem ter after the votes are counted. f'A good cook,' says the Dallas "Kewa, "la rather to be chosen than great riches." But too often great riches are needed to keep the good cook. Now. that Atlanta physicians have refused to attend people who can't pay,, tome of the undertakers In that town may find It Decennary to go out .of business. The rumor that nothing but unfer tnented grape Juice will be on sale -during the llryan notification ceremo nies turns out to be without founda tion. At this time of year a man can al ways make his friends suspect him of lying by boasting that he slept under blankets every night while on his va cation. i Mr. Bryan is to make several tours during the campaign, and all good Democrats should see that their cheering apparatus Is kept In good order. 'Thu conquest of the air goes mer rily on," comments an exchange. And the output of the hot variety, we notice. Is not diminishing so one can notice It. "Everything In this world Is get ting better," says the Rev. Dr. Oh as. F. Aked. Many a housewife could tell him that eggs seem to be the exception. : The man who first made use of that saying that "what goes up must come down" evidently didn't have much trouble with the cost of living In Ms day. Mrs. Mary Phalem Qulnn, wife of William V. Qulnn, died at the family residence at Oregen City about t o'clock yesterday morning after a sli weeks' Illness. That Texas village blacksmith who failed to land the gubernatorial nomination must have neglected to take his stand under the spreading chestnut tree. I Missionaries always get a little) satisfaction -out of the knowledge j mat cAHiiiiww ovinr vuiuer iuuui I canning any of their victims for win ter use. Tom Watson says, "Mr. Bryan has just as much chance of being elected as I have." And then he proceeds to hammer him as If determined to quarrel over a trifle. In one section of Kansas City on ly eight bathtubs were found In 800 homes. And yet that section Is prob ably the first to be suspected when a great waste of water is reported. "The world I bigger than we Im agine," admits the Chicago Evening Post. The trouble with some Chi cagoans Is that they Imagine their town is the most important part of It. The Connecticut nonagenarian who committed suicide because he didn't want to live a hundred years must have been afraid his picture would be used lu patent medicine advertise ments. A Philadelphia motorola n has In herited $150,000, but refuses to give up his Job. The pleasure of occas ionally putting an automobile on the Junk heap Is worth more than mere filthy lucre. An Illinois man has a machine which he thinks will control the weather so as to make farming real ly scientific. Nobody ever seems to give the picnic dates the benefit of his Inventive genius. The fleecy clouds that hover over 1 Wonderful Washington and bring relief from the heat are 48 times fleecier than anything of the kind hovering over the poor, fleeced vis itors to Seattle. A Bellefootalne (O.) Judge has ruled that cigarette smoking Is good ground for divorce, but a good many men will prefer to get along with their wives rather than acquire the cigarette habit. In homes where the stork Is thoughtless enough to leave girl ba bies this year It might be well for the parents to remember that 'the name "Wllhelmlna" will help some in showing tnelr patriotism. The Dallas News has discovered a Tennessee man who sjwlls dollar Ith one "I," although he has 50,000 of them. Possibly he has been too busy accumulating them to learn how to spell the word properly. A New Jersey woman Is suffering from blood poisoning as a result of carrying money In her stockings. Considering that few women can keep money long enough to he harmed by It, this one must be a marvel. NEWS OF THE STATE The esteemed Sioux ' says "the late Prof. Langley began his alr-shlp experiments a decade too soon." Had he waited a decade, the grim reaper would have prevented him from experimenting at all. Even liberal contributions to the Democratic campaign fund are not likely to dissuade the spellbinders from pointing out how hard tho times and how scarce the money during this Republican administration. A statistician has asserted that If the corp crop of thi scountry were planted In a strip a mile wide It would girdle the globe a ban dozen times. After that assurance one feels free to stow away an extra ear at the dinner table. Exchange. A French physician says the speed erase Is "locomotor mania," a path ological condition, demanding heroic treatment. Stone fences, telegraph poles and railway trains already have a number of permanent cures to their credit. It Is asserted that red clothing will protect Its wearers from the tropical sun better than any other color. It will hardly prove a protection, though, when Us wearers get In the vicinity of a bull i, . .e need or exercise. A foreign exchange declares there are but thre great problems vexing humanity today: The Immortality of the soul, perpetual motion and wom en's hats. In some sections the prob lem of getting enough to eat Is greater than any of those. Ex change. Judge Parker opened the cam paign In Los Angeles with a speech, and during his remarks one promi nent Democrat dropped dead. If he has any more luck like that, the judge Is likely to be Invited to come home and keep quiet. The Milwaukee Sentinel reports that a man baiked at suicide when he looked at the waters of the Kin nlc.klnnlck river. PoHstbly It Just dawned on him that the poor printers and proofreaders would have a hard time getting the name strufglu In the pn pers. E xch a n ge. Hood River's University club was organized Saturday by the election of E. H. Shepard president and C. Hall secretary and treasurer. The new club starts with a membership of 30. The Mount Scott bank has filed a certificate of change of place of business from Union, In Union coun ty, to Lents. August Franke Is pre ldent of the bank and J. C. Law Is secretary. Eagle Valley, In Baker county. Is planning a "harvest home picnic" 'm September 3 and 4. The whole coun ty will Join In the holiday the very name of the event guarantees enjoy ment. Arthur Lack, a Baker City boy, whose family Is well known and higr. ly respected there, is In Jail In SaU Lake City for impersonating an offi cer of the United States army In Los Angeles. Tillamook will send the first base ball team that has ever played out side the county to the Willamette valley this week, where It will meet some ten teams representing the va rious valley towns. The wheat crop will be but Utile h rt of the average around La t'rcnde this year. Threshing Is about half finished and reports lud'.Mte that the yield does not run below 40 bushels to the acre. More than 400 Eastern Oregon lans are headed for the 'sad sea waves of North Beach, to bask for a while among the silent clams and the soughing surf and wiggle their toes In the shifting winds. Word has Just reached Ashland of the tragic death Tuesday of Mrs. Elizabeth M eagerly, an aged widow living near Woodvllle, ln( the north fhronlc Diarrhoea Itclieved, Mr. Edward E. Henry, with the United States Express Co., Chicago, writes: "Our genernl superintendent, Mr. Quick, handed me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Dlarrnoea Remedy some time ago to check an attack of the old chronic diarrhoea. I have used It since that time and cured many on our trains who have been sick. I am an old soldier who served witn Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKlntey four years In the 23rd Ohio reclment, and have no ailment except chronic diar rhoea, which this remedy stops at once." For sale by Charles Strong -Automobile for sale for 9300 Runabout that cost IS50 for aale: thoroughly equipped with adometer, top, acetylene lights, etc. A. C. Al len, Medford. ern part of the county, while fight Ing a forest fire that threatened to desttoy her son's property. The old Golconda mine In Baker county has Just been sold at sher iff's sale for claims amounting to $20,000, which claims were held by hardware firms and supply houses. The property was at one time a great producer. Nicholas T. Day, 88 years of age. nn honored pioneer of Oregon, died lit his home In Coles valley, Dougia county, Tuesday evening. Mr. Day was born In Taxwell county, Vir ginia, In 1820. He came to Oregon In 1850. Pendleton hopes to have an excel lent fair this year, the date for the third district Oregon agricultural fair being September . 28 to October 3. Preparations are already under way for representative exhibits from sev eral Eastern Oregon counties; Poultry is to have its due recogni tion at the livestock show at Port land in September over $500 In prizes Is offered and the Interest may be Judged from the fact that already over 1000 entries are booked. Poul try means almost $5,000,000 to Ore gon annually. The new Southern Pacific depot at Eugene Is now open to the public. The Cottage Grove local was the first train to stop In front of the fine new passenger station. Hundreds of peo ple from Eugene visited the strur ture during the evening. It wan brilliantly lighted throughout. The famous Carlisle Indian school football team wants to tour the northwest after Its eastern schedule has been closed this winter, and has written a number of managers rela tive to games. It Is understood the Red men want to play In Portland. Believing he was being charged an unjust rate by the Southern Pacific company on three carloads of tan bnrk. Albert Sternberg, propretor of the Albany Tanning company, has a force of men and under cover of night broke Into the cars and took his bark. Portland city employes will be al lowed vacations of 15 days this year and all years hereafter. This wa decided at yesterday's meeting of the council. Heretofore the employes, with the exception of the police and firemen, were allowed but 10 day. Rev. Ahraham E. Eads, 79 years of age, one of the oldest Methodist ministers of Eastern Oregon, a fa miliar figure In La Grande for 40 years, and one of the most Interest ing characters of the northwest, died nc the Old Folks home, a Methodist institution at Spoknne. A mist has been falling through out Umatilla county since about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, effectu ally putting a stop to all harvest op erations for the time being. It Is not believed that the grain will be seri ously damaged or that the delay will be longer than two days. Yesterday morning fire destroyed the Corvallts Ice works, entailing a loss of 96&00. with but $:if.00 Insur ance. The Haxelwood Cream com pr.ny's branch office, located In the building, came In for a loss of $300 and the Occidental hotel lost 200 pounds of butter In cold storage there. The Hammond log raft broke from its moorings In the lower harbor at Astoria during last night and drifted drwn the river, carrying away one c.ro er of the government wharf at Fort Stevens and finally grounding. SO-tf oc tho sands below there. This af- urnoon It was picked up by the tug Tatoosb and towed back. Charged with having embei?.le1 9SL and a quantity of tickets of the Portland Railway, Light A Powtr company 8. B. Bluit. employed for three days as a conductor on the Cazadero branch of the O. W. P., was arrested by 8peclal Deputy Shenff W. p. LI II Is and locked up In Hit county Jail. Secretary V. L. Crlssey of the Or egon State Dairy association has been advised that Hon. Ed. H. Web ster, chief of the dairy division, u S. department of agriculture, Is coa templating a trip to the Pacific northwest to participate in the con vention of the Oregon association on December 10 and 11. Another convention of national scope for Oregon next year Is the welcome news that comes back from Des Moines, la., where the American Association of Mutual Companies has been assembled. This means between :00 and 600 delegates, the majority of whom have never visited the coast, since the association has never neld a western meeting. The Lafe Pence company of Port Iind, owner of a big flume running into Washington county northeast, Is defendant in a suit wherein an ex ecution from Multnomah county in favor of A. Anderson, a Washington county farmer, Is plaintiff, was yes terday enforced by attachment of 10.000 feet of lumber at the Ployd Trouble over the water supply has reached an acute point at Rainier. It was brought to a climax at the last meeting of the council, when an or dinance was passed revoking the franchise granted W. E .Newson, Sep tember 7, 1896, to supply the city of Rainier with water. It la charged that Newson has not furnished suf ficient water to residents or to th city for five years. August Erlckson, saloonkeeper of many years' standing, and at present operator of a road house In Clacka mas county, two and one-half miles above Gladstone Park, was the vic tim of masked hold-ups ten days ago, according to a report which be came current yesterday. The hold up men got $700 In cash, diamonds worth $S00. Mrs. Erlcson's bracelets. an automatic revolver and deeds to Erlckson 's property. Martin Schoonover, the 1 7-year- old boy who was shot by his brother near Portland Thursday morning, died In St. Vincent's hospital yester day of his wound. The bullet had entered young Schoon over's groin and injured him so that the surgeons were unable to save his life. Young Schoonover was shot while he and his brother were playing with an old revolver which they supposed to be unloaded. It was rusty and had not been discharged for years. Numerous meetings of the com mittee In charge of entertaining the Oregon athletes soon to return from London bearing their world's rec ords from the Olympian games, have resulted In a decision to send the sporting editors of the three Portland dallies east to meet the athletes and escort them to the coast. Mmy unique features will be Introduced In the parade and reception given at Portland. The date will be early In September. LOCAL AND L (From Sunday's Dally.) Lee Watklns was la from Rogue river yesterday. The real novelties and real songs go to the Grand. Why James Lee oGt Well. Everybody In Zaneavllle, O., knows Mrs. Mary Lee, of rural route 8. She writes: "My husband, James Lee, firmly believes be owes his life to the use of Dr. King's New Discovery. His lugns were so se verely affected that consumption seemed Inevitable, when a frtem rec ommended New Discovery. . We tried It, and Its use has restored him to per Tec t health." Pr. King's Ne Dis covery Is the King of throat and lung remedies. For dutch and colds it has nc equal. The first dose gives relief. Try It! Sold under guarantee at Chas. Strong's drug store; 60c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. WOMEX IX A BALIXVOX. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 18. Ex actly 12 hours and 30 minutes after they had launched Into the clouds, while a crowd of 8000 spec tutors gazed from Point Breeze Sat m day night, the party of four, two men and two women, in the baloon Phila delphia, descended this morning at 9:4.1 near Elder, Md. The women were Mrs. M. E. Lock Ington and Miss Minnie Applebach, both of this city. Carrier pigeons released at Inter vals of one hour remained near the balloon for several hours. The women claim to be the first to have made such a trip In Amer ica. The distance from Philadelphia to Elder Is 60 miles, but the bal loon traveled over a triangular course, going as far west as Lanzas-ter. SOUTH DAKOTA VOTE. CHICAGO. Aug. 18. National Chairman C. B. Jones, of the Pro hibition party, announced yesterday that It had been decided to make a vigorous fight for the South Dakota vote for Chafin and Watklns, presi dential and vlce-presldentlnl candi dates of that party. Mr. Jones neld a conference yes terday with Qulncy Iee Morrow, sec retary of the South Dakota Pro .- Hon committee, concerning the situ ation in that state. Plans were made to have both candidates make a num ber of addresses In the state during October. Miles Cantrall and son, Leo, were in from A dp legate. Charles Meserve was up from Grants PaBS yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. R, T. Burnett went up to Ashland yesterday. Farmer N, L. Narregan was to from Eagle Point yesterday. Guy Moore was In Satuiday from lilt newly acquired home near Winter. H. Baroeburg and wife of Ashland came down yesterday for a short visit. J. P. Lindley returned yesterday from a three weeks vacation at Dead Indian Springs. 'i nomas J. Riley, one of the bust ling farmers from Wetlen, was do ing business In the city Saturday. Samuel Swennlng, the forest ran ger, has been quite 111 In Medford for several days past with rheumatism. U. E. Fox of Central Point was In the city Saturday visiting friends and doing business with our merchants. F. W, Towne. ex-postmaster from Phoenix, and daughter Annie were on the streets and doing business yesterday. The Condor Water & Powct com pany has men at work putting head gates In their water ditch up k r as pect way. The moving pictures at the Grand are clear and brilliant, presenting the latest nlms perfectly and steady. and do not tire the eyes. The Grand Is giving. an entertain ment that meets the approval of the amusement-loving public It gives them the cream of the film world. Mrs. Leslie Rodgers of Klamath Falls, who has been visiting with the family of Herman King and other relatives In the city, departed for her home Saturday. The Hod son Auto company hare taken a party of city visitors who were here to attend the shooting tournament to Trail and vicinity for an outing. Three cars were used. T. H. Moore returned last night from Michigan. He stated that the country throughout the east was looking fairly good and prosperous better than the towns and cities. G. H. Corum, who had one of his knees Injured a week ago by falling from a wagon while returning from Butte Falls, is still quite lame, but Is Improving. Dr. Hargrave Is In attendance. Captain and Mrs. W. Rawllngs and their daughter, Mrs. Arnold, ex pect to leave Monday for Sheridan, Wyo.. where they expect to reside for at least a year. Mr. Rawlins) ha son living there. Hugh Cuthbert, a miner from tendale. was before Recorder Col lins yesterday, charged with being drunk and - disorderly conduct. In default of payment of une he. Is now boarding at the city's expense. Mrs. Langlln and daughter. Miss Bertha, returned Saturday from Newport, where they have been for several weeks. The raw, cool winds there were not altogether to their liking, still they enjoyed their trip very much. Dr. F. E. Page's wife and mother. Mrs. Wright, who have bse-i vend ing several months In Southern Cali fornia cities, returned home yester day. Now we hope to see that long face of the doctor' sdlsappear we know how It Is ourself when the i'e is away. Mr. and Mrs. John Beeson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Talent, Dr Carter, 7uff Karnes, P. D. Scott, Dr. Phlpps. Hon. W. S. Crowell and grandson, Willie trowel I, were among those tout went up to Colestln yesterday to emaln vor Sunday. G. W. Knox- and sons ere in Hie c.ly from Fossil, wheeler county, Orison, with a bunch of 30 head of hordes. They came via Klamath fallr and the Rogue tlver route. They will drive north, unless they find sale here for the a took. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Camp.tell of Ypsllantl, N. D., brother of our hi3t ling real estate man, returned home yesterday to prepare for removing to our valley. He will take possession about December 1 of the Chapman ranch near Talent, which he i ur- chased a few days ago. F. F. Klncald, mention of whose affliction appeared In these column a short time ago, was taken to Ash land yesterday tor treatmen thought he may have to undergo an operation for a disease of the hip, with which he Is afflicted. The trouble Is of long standing. An artesian well has been cMrted on the Burrell orchard and the hole is now down 300 feet The contract is said to have been let for a hole 1.100 rer deep and then If wtter Is nut secured the nnderstandin Is that It ts to continue until an ample supply of water Is secured, If possible. Correct Glasses Fitted Notice the difference in ths way the ravs of light pass through the OLD style leni and the new TOKIC gUmi. When looking through the TOKIC leu you get the same vision rlear out to the edge of the glass, in all directions, that you do ONLY through the center of the old-.tyle of lenu, thua triving you more freedom of vision without the atrain uku the Itectus muscles, which const g tly occurs when wearing the old. style glaiuea. , pin. With the old-style before the eye you see like this. With the new TOHIC lens you get the same results at all angles without turning your head that . you do directly through the oen. . er of the old style. Dr. Ooble makes a spacialtyof the abore lenses; also fits the I-StGHT bufocal, ground fro ONE piece of glass. Optical.' Parlor in Ferry's Warehouse, Seventh Street, Medford. OUR PURE DRUGS FOR RUBBER GOODS FOR CHOICEST (PERFUMES FOR TOILET ARTICLES GO TO THE Eagle Pharmacy Prescriptions Carefully Compounded oeoeo. EAGLE POINT LIVERY AND FEED STABLE owowowowo- All rigs first class, Prices reasonable. Good service to all. THOMAS & SNOW. PROP. 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