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OUR COUNTY
Correspondents
.NEWS FKO.M JACKSONVILLE.
Charles Xunan hai returned from
vacation trip to Newport.
Mill Emma Wendt returned Tues
day from a aereral weeks' visit at
Colestln.
Attorney O. C. Boggs waa over
from Medford Friday on profession-
1 buafneaa.
Mra. Ella Cook of Jacksonville
left Monday for Squaw lake for a
few weeks' visit with relatives.
J. M. Hoot of Medford and bis
friend, Mr. Wakefield of Ohio, were
In Jacksonville Friday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cantrall and
aons of Rucb were guesta of Jack
sonville friends the last of the week.
Attorney diaries Prim of Jack
sonville is spending bis vacation at
Portland, Newport and other points
north.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ulrlch of Jack
sonville will atart Thursday for the
huckleberry patch in the Dead In
dian country.
Mr. and Mra. Marvel Taylor of
Jacksonville are apending the week
la Portland, combining business
with pleasure.
Mrs. C. L. Reames returned Mon
day from a aeveral weeks' stay at
North Bend, where she visited at the
home of Dr. and Mra. R. O. Gale.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gilbert of Sa
lem, who have been visiting at the
home of Miss lisle McCnlly in Jack
sonville, returned to their home Sat
urday. Charlea E. Taylor of the commer
cial department of the Medford high
school waa In Jacksonville Tuesday
-Interviewing school superintendent
J. P. Wells.
.Miss Francea Barnes returned to
Portland Saturday after visiting
several weeks with Jackson county
friends. Miss Barnes is a teacher in
the Portland schools.
Mra. Rose Moore of Wlmer, was
1n Jacksonville 3aturday to enter a
, complaint against her husband for
vlfe-beatlng. The case was tried In
'the Justice court of Jacksonville on
Tuesday.
H. E. Boyden of Medford made a
'hurried visit to Jacksonville Satur
day to consult with, the sheriff In
; reference to the breaking Into hl
'.store, the first of the week. Mr. Bny-
. den has a clew to the perpetrators
of the deed.
A party of Jacksonville people
vent to Antelope, near Wellen, Wed
nesday, to gather wild' plums. The
party was composed of Mesdamea S.
J. Day, Kate Hoffman, W. R. Tuck
er and Misses Carrie Beekman and
Kate Cronemlller.
.NORTH MEDFOKD ITEMS.
Mr. and Mra. Denton of North A
-street will move to Roseburg In the
near future.
Grandpa and Grandma Uobbina
'.have moved from North Medford to
-North A street.
Mr. Radcliff and family of North
Central svense have moved to their
ftiin on North Rogue River.
Mr. and Mr Emil Doarbourn of
North Central avenue visited with
his son and family of Jacksonville
Tuesday.
R. R. Cleveland and family, who
Moved two blocks south on A street,
have moved back again to the Den
ton property on North Pine street
for the winter.
Mrs. Mary Cole of North Central
avenue is visiting temporarily at the
Weeks Y Deuel orchard below Gold
Hill and filling very acceptably the
position as housekeeper for tho-ie
: gentlemen,
7 he many friends of Mrs. Hughes,
who so recently met with such n
p-ltnful and unfortunate injury to
hei right hand, will be pleased to
learn of her rapid recovery without
tne loss of but one Joint of finder.
(io .100 Feet Down.
C. II. Pierce has made a contract
with Troxell, the artuslan-wcll borer,
to put down a well on the Dillon
ranch, east of Medford, which ranch
Mr. Pierce owns. There has been
oorlng done all around this place for
oil, gas and artesian water, but Mi.
Pierce is of the opinion hla Is the
correct location for all of these If
they are to bo had and he Is post
' tlve that water can be secured at
not a very great depth. Ills con
tract with Mr. Troxell calls for 304
feat. He may. If Indications for ar
tesian water are feasible, go deeper.
It was Mr. Troxell who bored both
the artesian wells on the Pellett
land, south of Medford.
ROBBERA RKTVIIX 2T,OOfl.
DENVER, Aug. 17. After tob
ling Villain Koenman. wholetil
. trtilt .iieril'Snt of Lnni. of t'V
000, isenUcmanly thlever droppel
the pocket book In a letter box and
the money waa returned to the owner
t7 Assistant Postmaster Hammel.
Koenman arrived with hia family.
. As he was boarding a car at the de
pot a uan lurched over him. He dls
. covered hla loss when he arrived at
the hotel.
The pocketbook contained 117,
00 la notes, $300 In certified
checka and ISO In currency. The j
checks and money were gone, but .
the notes, which could have been j
cashed by th robbera, were Intact.
HILIitHOKO HAH MVHTKKV
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 17. A siw
clal to the Oregonian from Hilllor.i
tells of the death of Robert M. Wood,
a native of England, early today. I he
death Is wrapped In mystery and tbe
circumstances are paradoxical. Wood
lived with Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Jei.
nluKS on a ranch near Gaston. This
ranch Is owned by Jennings, but
Wood had a 1700 equity In it. the
men were friends. This morr-lng
they arose together. Wood goinj to
the barn to milk, Jennings, because
of his wife's Illness, remaining to pre
pare the breakfast.
After a few minutes' Interval Jen
nings went to the barn to get the
milk and says he found hla friend
Wood dead. His body was prostrate.
An examination by the physicians
showed Wood's heart had been
pierced and one rib broken by some
blunt Instrument. No blood any
where waa to be found except on a
sharp edge of a piece of manger prat
ing. The point of the grating nas
bloody about an Inch and a hal'
At the Inqueat today Jennings tes
tified he and Wood had been friends
for years; that they were partners In
the ranch, although there was no doc
umentary evidence of this. M'S. Jen
nings testified she had known Wood
l!i yeara and he resided with the fam
ily three or more yeara. She de
clared she knew no reason wh r.ny
one should have sought the man's
life. Jennings' ranch seem 4 to be
afflicted with mysterious deaths.
Three years ago last month a young
man named McDonald la reputed to
have shot himself there. The story
goes that McDonald was Jealous of
Wood because he believed Wood was
enamoured of Mrs. Jennings. It Is
said that McDonald anapped a revol
ver In Woods' face and then ran to
his room and locked himself In. The
sheriff waa summoned and broke In
the door. He found McDonald dead
from a shotgun wound.
TOWS WILL VOTE HOMMt.
ENTERPRISE, Or., Aug. 10. At
the meeting of the city council a spe
cial election was called on September
2 to vote on Issuing bonds not to
exceed $:!0,0UO, with which to In
stall a gravity water system.
It Is the expectation to go four
miles up the Wallowa river and se
cure the water supply from a group
of big springs 850 feet higher than
the city. It la thought the bonds
will carry by a big majority, aa at an
election held Saturday on a charter
amendment to permit majority rule
the water works side won by 103
votes to 60. Enterprise now has no
debt.
(JKTTIXIi KVKIIVTHINU IlKAIIY.
The board of education Is having
the school buildings of the city put
In order for the opening of the
schools on Monday, September
Parenta should note the date for the
opening of the schools and be ready
to atart their children on the first
day of the term. Children atarting In
late alwaya do so to their own dis
advantage because of missing Impor
tant work.
Loss by Oil Fire.
lAMPICO, Mur., Aug. 1.--Pc-
aplte every effort made to atop it, a
miniature volcano of burning oil In
the San Gwonimo district continues
unchecked, ro.mutn'pg hundreds of
thousands of barrels dally. Wo k
raon are toduy pumping Immense
quantities of sa.nl and mud Into th
crater. Since the well began burn
ing on July 4 more than 6.000.000
barrels have been destroyed. The
oil Is valued at $1 per barrel.
HKI'LliN AND BONKS.
WINNIPEG. Man., Aug. 14. The
skeleton of Jean Ilaptlste de Vcran
drye and Father Alneau, a Jesuit
missionary, and the skulls of 19
French voyageurs, all of whom were
killed by Sioux Indians on an Island
in the northwest angle of the Lake
of the Woods In 1736, were discov
ered last week by a party of priests
of the St. Honlfare college, Winni
peg, accompanied by Judge Prud-
homine. The party also found the
site of Fort St. Charles, built In li3t
by the great explorer, 8lenr do la
Verandrye.
Jean Baptlste de la Verandrye
waa 30 yeara old at the time of the
massacre and was a son of the ex
plorer of that name. Numeroua un
successful attempta of explorers were
previously made to Identify the vic
tims of the massacre and recover the
bodies.
.Nix-riff Favor Whipping Post.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 14. The
meeting of sheriffs Just closed In
Belllngham atrongly advocated the
Institution of a whipping post In the
state for certain offenses. Thirty
sheriffs were present, and practically
all were ot the opinion that the
Maryland punishment la most desir
able for wlte-beatera and others.
The Invitation la Accepted.
W. A. Pointer: "Yes. sir; those
are garden seeds. Why, sure; I
plant about as many seeds now aa I
do In the spring. I will have nearly
all klnda of garden truck for the fall
and early winter market. Yon ought
to come out and see all the different
things I grow. No, I do not waste
any ot my garden ground every
foot of It la made to produce and
produce bountifully."
AT
SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 19.
Resolutions for the projection of cit
izens regardless of race or color
were adopted at all excited and per
spiring meeting of representative
citizens today under the auspices of
the chamber of commerce. Three
hundred wore present when E. L.
Ciiapln, president of the Business
Men's .association, called the meeting
to order. It was an earneat gath
ering, for present conditions are
costing tradesmen thousands ot dol
lars daily, to aay nothing of the blot
on the municipality.
All possible help will be loaned to
the authorities to bring to Justice
the guilty.
'Who will be the first to show his
sincerity by telling what he knows
of recent crimes?" exclaimed State's
Attorney Hatch.
"Not one of you but knowa some
thing about It," said he. "Who will
be the first In doing a citizen's duty
by giving this Information to be pre
sented to the state'a attorney?"
"Bully for you," and aa he greet
ed the lawyer'a appeal, "I'd like to
know who put that 'regardless of
race or color' In the resolutions," de
manded Dr. Scott, chairman of the
city Democratic committee, amid an
uproad. "It'a bad Judgment at thla
time," he shouted. "It will be a
firebrand to the mob. It will only
excite It again."
"I'm responsible for It," cried At
torney Logan Hay In answer and Dr.
Scott subsided amid the cheers which
gretted the lawyer.
"I bow to the bad Judgment ot the
meeting." said Dr. Scott.
It was reported today that white
miners In the Springfield district
have determined that negro miners
must go. Negroes In past years have
been brought In as strikebreakers,
and with the white miners thla la a
grudge which adds to the general an
tagonism against colored persons. ' A
report that an attempt had been
made to set fire to the homestead of
Abraham Lincoln was absolutely
without foundation.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 19.
Fear and terror prevailed among the
SprlngAeld negroea as a result ot the
departure of two reglmenta ot In
fantry today and the announcement
that two more would be sent home
tomorrow. "The mob will be here
sure if the soldiers go away," they
said, and delegations were hastily
organized and waited on the author
ities to protest against the relaxa
tion of military regime. Official ef
forts to quiet this fear were only
partly successful and In many a
humble home there la no aleep to
night. Scores ot terror-stricken blacks
sought refuge in the arsenal, about
300 In all spending the night there.
The exodus of negroes which had be
gun to abate was renewed, and the
trains and trolley cars were filled
with those fortunate enough to pos
sess autficlent money to pay their
fares. Many of the other unfortu
nates tramped across the country,
through a drizzling rain, until ex
hausted. Children and aged who
were driven to the open are suffer
ing severely and It Is feared some
will succumb to the hardship.
Adjutant Gerlad C. Scott Insists
there Is no good ground for the fear
of the negroes, and his optimism is
shared by others.
The special grand Jury conducted
ita hearing today with the utmost se
crecy. The assistant district attor
ney stated tonight that if possible
it would return some Indictments to
morrow. Another coal mine was closed to
day because of the refusal of the
whites and the blacks to work to
gether. Each race declares the oth
er la armed.
LATEST KIND OF AIRSHIPS.
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 19.
Portland Is to have airships and
an airship factory. It has an r.irship
company now. Within three month
the tint airship will be flying about
over the Oregon scenery, If the pr
dirtlons ot the Inventor aro realized.
Articles of Incorporation of the Wag
ner Aeroplane company were filed In
the office of the sccrotary ot sta'.o
today, and will be filed In the office
of the county clerk In th next tew
days. The Incorporators aro Louis
Wagner, tho Inventor ot the airship;
M. B. Meacham and A. a Pike. e
new company la capitalised at $100.
000. Mr. Meacham, who Is Wagner's
attorney, aaid thla morning that
enough stock has been subscribed by
Portland men to Insure the success
of the project, financially, and that
Inventor Wagner la confident of the
success ot his ship. Patenta have
been applied for and are expected to
be Issued within a short time. In
ventor Wagner says he will be fly
ing through the air about Portland
within three months.
The style ot the now air craft la
Indicated by the name ot the .com
pany. No balloona nor gaa ot any
description Is to be used In keeping
It afloat. The principal feature Is
a huge aheet ot aluminum concave
shaped, which will be reinforced by
wire of high tensile strength. Be
low thia will he auapended the car.
motive apparatus, steering gear and
the like. i
Mr. Wagner clalma an Improve
ment In an automatic adjustment of I
the suspended parts so that this aer- j
oplane will maintain ita balance at
all times when struck unexpectedly
by cross currents of air. The names
of the men who are assisting the en
terprise financially have not yet been
revealed.
THE Ml'KDKRER IS AT LARGE.
STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 14.
Ben Stahl, a homesteader In tne
Southern Skamania hills, stood at
the door ot W. K. Ellsworth's saloon
at 11:30 last night, aaying to "Tony"
Pigclano, the bartender, "Come out
side and I'll do you right." Pigclano
reached quietly under the bar for his
revolver. Hla three shots killed
Stahl instantly.
Today Sheriff "Jim" Haftey ot
Skamania county, with deputies, are
hunting Pigclano. The murderer,
however, may nave fled up the North
Bank road, he may have crossed the
Columbia In a akiff to Wasco coun
ty. Or., or he may have taken to the
timber, to the northward. At noon
no report had come from Sheriff
Haftey of his capture.
The killing took place at Cook's
Landing, 20 miles up the Columbia
from here. "Tony" Pigclano had
ieen a year with Ellsworth. He was
a quiet Italian; be bad never told
much about himself. His age was
about 25 years.
Stahl, aged about 30, a bachelor,
said to belong to a Portland family.
came down to Cook's Landing yester
day for supplies. He spent the af
ternoon and evening at Ellsworth's.
During this lengthy period of inter
mittent drinking he fell out with the
Italian over money. The bartender
had his purse, the homesteader said,
und when Stahl turned to leave, feel
ing was not good.
1'MYKRSAL LANGUAGE ENGLISH
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. English Is
destined to become the universal
language of the world. In the opin
ion of A. C. Meyer, member of the
lower house ot the Danish parlia
ment, and editor of a Denmark news
paper, who spoke last night at a
meeting of Chicago Scandinavians.
"We non-English-speaking Euro
peans might ar well recognize the
fact that t.'nglish is destined to be
come the universal language of the
world," bald the apeaker. "There Is
no use shutting our eyes to It; It Is
bound to be so In the nature ot
thinga.
"Already Europeans working for
me on he continent and In the Scan
dinavian nations are learning Eng
lish. The English language will con
tinue to spnad until it la spoken by
nvery nation and tribe In the world."
Ilroke the Record.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 14. John
Flanagan, of the Irish-American Ath
letic club, while giving an exhibition
on the promenade quay here last
night, threw a 16-pound hammer
from a nine-foot circle 181 feet 8
inchea, breaking all "previous rec
ords.
Million Dollar Fire.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 14. Fire
broke out In the east stockyards at
3:30 this (Saturday) morning. The
Dames spread with great rapidity
through the frame buildings. Three
alarms were given. The loss may
reach $1,000,000.
INTERESTING MEETING.
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 14. To
day's session of the International Ty
pographical union waa made Inter
esting by the request of the Seattle
union for aupport In the court case
brought against It by an expelled
member. After a heated debate the
executive council waa Instructed to
Investigate and to give assistance If
the circumstances warranted It.
The business waa temporarily sus
pended and Chief Forester Plnchot
delivered an address on the neces
sary conservation of the nation's na
tural resources.
Lumber For Sale
The Clark Creek Lumber Co., of
Derby, Oregon, (8. M. Hawk, man
ager,) formerly the old Wakefield
Mill, have a lot of lumber now on
hand at reasonable prices.
Mill Price:
A good quality of sound knot Rustic
81dlng snd flooring at $14.00
Bill Lumber, rough $ (.00
BI11 Lumber, sized $11.00
Will trade lumber for hay. Jl-Jt
Farmers, Farmers,
I manufacture all my own harness
right here la Medford. Don't be
misled by Interested parties. Come
In and see me and the prices I quote.
I. T. 8ETTLE, eacceasor to B. O.
Whiteside. Medford, Ore. tf.
UNION STABLES
Formerly located on Seventh and B Streets
have moved one block south on B Street.
Baled Hay and Grain for Sale
General Livery Business
DUNCAN & ROONTZ
Beautiful New Goods
Many Shipments Arriving'
We don't wait to have our stocks filled up,
but get goods in as soon as possible, so that
you will have time to look and choose satis
factorily. We want to impress you with the
fact that we are
Making Very Close Prices
Baker-Hutchason Co.
Central Ave.. Just North of Jackson County Bank
E
EUREKA, Cal., Aug. 19. An
earthquake shock almost as severe
as the one of April 18, 1906, but
not of so long duration, shook this
city at 2:68 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. It seemed to come from the
west and was what is known as a
"twister." No one was injured, but
considerable damage was done.
A second and lighter shock was
felt at 6:30 o'clock.
Chimneys were thrown down and
people rushed from their houses In
fright when the first quake shook
the city. The courthouse was dam
aged most by the shake. The right
arm of the statue of Minerva, car
rying a spear, was twisted off the
statue on the dome. The spear
crashed through the roof of the
building and Into Judge Hunter'b
courtroom.
The statues on the north side of
the building were shaken off and
brick and plaster were loosened and
fell to the ground. Plate glass m in
dows In several business house were
cracked.
KILLS HER HISTKK.
8TEUBENVILLE, O., Aug. 14. J
"Oh, I have shot Llzsle! exclaimed
17-year-old Annie Fonaw, after a
rifle she held In her hands was acci
dentally discharged.
Annte Intended firing the rifle at
a tree, but as she turned to speak
the weapon was discharged and the
bullet entered the forehead of her
11-year-old sister. The little girl
died almost Instantly.
KRKLKCTIOXS OF A BATCH ELOR,
From the New York Press.
What makes a child smart Is for It
to be yours.
The cheerful Idiot that rocks the
boat without drowning the girl mar
ries for a worse fate.
When a girl likes to go sailing
and peel her nose with a man it's a
sign she won't after she marries him.
When a man loses money, he be
lieves It's because he's unlucky;
when he wins It's because he's so
smart.
The reason a man wants to go
fishing no matter how he bates It,
Is people call him a sportsman to do
It.
DOIXC.H IX OltKGOX.
Word was received at Astoria yes
terday that D. L. Chapman, a ranch
er residing on Nasel river. In Pacific
county, Washington, and his 19-year-old
son Ward, were drowned In
the south fork of Salmon creek.
It seems probable that the Wil
lamette Valley company wilt accept
9140,000 In bonds tn payment for
their plant at Eugene, In tne face ot
the fact that Morris Co., the firm
that bad agreed to take the other
f 160,000 of the Issue, have declared
them illegal.
Asserting that Jackson L. Rose-
crans of Albany deeded away Ms
land prior to his death to defraud
creditors, H. P. Merrill, administra
tor of RosecrmmV estate, baa brought
suit In the State Circuit court here
to set aside a deed Rosecrans gave
hta ton. Jay Rosecrans.
Bs Big Sale
Is On Don't Be Late
See These Prices
Regular Price Now
Men's Nettleton Patent Oxfords - $6.00 $4.75
Men's Nettleton Tan Ox fores - $6.00 $4.50
Men's Nettleton Vici Kid Oxfords $5.50 $4.25
Men's Nettleton Gun Metal Oxfords $5.50 $4.25
Crawford's Patents, Tans and Gun Metal Oxfords;
regular price $4.00, now selling at - $3.25
Full Double Sole Vici Shoes regular $4.00 values
at - $3.25
Ladies' Patent Oxfords, 4.00 values at $2.95
Ladies' Patent and Kid Oxfords, $3 .50 values at $185
Ladies' $3.00 and $3.60 Kid Hand Turned $240
Low-Heel Patent Oxfords, regular $2.50 values at $1.80
Ladies' Patent Hand Turned Shoes, regular $5.00
values at - - . . . $3.99
Ladi'es' Patent Button Welt, regular $5.00, now $3.90
Ladies, Kid Button, Hand Turned Shoes, regular
$3.50, now - - . . .- . $2.95
Ladies' Canvas Shoes and Oxfords, $1.50 and $200,
now $.00 and $1.60
Smith (El Molony
A good School none better. Wall established reputation. Sue.
eessful graduates. Skillful, painstaking teachers. Living expanses
low. Many other advantages. Let ns tell you about them. Write
for catalogue.
SALEM. ORE., W. I. STALKY, Prin.
According to Mr. Vasul, a Japan
ese, who has opened a real estate of
fice at Hood river, many o( Ms
countrymen are so Impressed with
the Oregon country that they have
forever turned their eyes away from
tne land of the cherry blossom and
wish to become American property
holders and citizens.
...
Portland afternoon newspaper
stories to the effect that the mlilman
with the Johnson party, above Bux
ton, prior to Perdue'a murder, haa
not been seen since the trip, and
that he, too, might have been killed.
are far-fetched. The man In ques
tion waa named Cosper, and he re
sides In East Portland.
...
A wrestling match between a
giant baboon and a man la to be the
novel feature at th Oaks at Port
land every afternoon this week.
Kldd, the big ape ot the Carlos mon
key and dog show, haa been rereiv
tng Instruction In the art ot hand
ling himself on the mat, and boats
are to be tried between the animal
and the man.
For Sate.
loO acres creek bottom farm assr
Phoenix. Estate ot the 1st Holds
Culver. For particulars address,
ELMER COLIMAN.
Admlnlsrstor, Phoenix Ore.
Not tbs.'ehsajsst, but tbs best Is,
Uh aiotta cf h f, Hossst, stsst for
tbs Wtsslagtoa Names uo Evsry
ties sold Is g oanatssd to be first
class la esary rsspsot
Jsst arrived- A fall lis. at ssw
lag BMcfalasa. Voa eaa bars a free
tilal at your boms by assise O. H.
Jonasoa, Medford Phernaoy, a ear
post office Wa rant ausblass
LOST Elgin Watch, gold case.
monogram J. E., fifteen jewels,
small piece gold chain attached
about S Inches long. Reward will
be given. Leave at Mail office.
It E. L. Colwell.