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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1908)
THE KEDFaRD MAIL Published awr Friday A 5. BLITON. Publisher. MEDFOKU AUGUST i, 1908. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Year Entered In the postoffice t Medford, Ore on as second class mail matter. THE AKKIAL NAVV. When the atmy airship board on Monday of this week decided that tbe Baldwin dirigible balloon bad met with all the requirements and accepted it on behalf of the depart ment, the Initial steps were taken toward tbe entaMlelrmenr of the United States aerial navy, says an exchange. The successful naviga tion of the air appears to be a thing ( the near future. Whatever Is " iccessful commercially In the way of transportation always has been seized upon by wise governments as another of many links In the chain that goes to make up tbe scheme of national offense and defense. There la not a naval or military power the globe round that has not been watch ing with eager and scrutinizing eyes evory experiment made during the last year in the fleid of aerial navi gation. Behind this international Interest is the hope that the native Inventor may be more successful than his fellows In discovering a principle or Inventing a design that will add to the strength or the na tion and give It an advantage over Im friendly rivals In time of peace and over Its enemies in time of war. There will be repeated failures. Uvea lost and money dissipated be fore aerial navigation becomes reas onably practicable, but that eventu llly men responding to the demands of trade and commerce, and men carrying the deadly Instrumentali ties through which an enemy may be attacked or Invasion repelled, will fly the air with east and great rai Idlty no one can doubt who haa given a moment's thought to the wonderful accomplishments of the past year. There were not wanting scoffers and doubters when George 8tephenson constructed the Rocket, and gave to the wond the first lo comotive engine, almost 80 years ago. It was only after be had given up In despair that Morse obtained tbe government aid that made the Unit telegraph line possible. The de velopment of electricity Into Its place today aa the happy solution of the heat and power problem began In hasy expevlmenta resulting in little more than mechanical toys. This Is not an age In which to doubt the. possibilities of aerial nav igation. It has gone beyond the range of guesswork XT ?tkm 5 W -Dank A kossroio. osioo: The Officers A A. W X Wi oi lue Jackson uouniy p BanK will, at all times, Kfc' A - 111. l db giaa o comer wun ' depositors on any flnan- 7 cial matters that they may desire to submit to them for counsel and advice. Tour account, subject to your check, is invited. MEET DEATH JACKSON COUNTY BANK MEDrORD. OREGON Established 1606 1 8 tat Depository Capitol and Surplus. 9U5.000.00 W. I. VAWTErCrVes. U. R. LIN OLE Y. Cash. M'AI-LISTBK. O. T.. Auk. 26. I I More than 3" miners were suffocated J at Oklahoma coal mine No. 1 at Ha jleyvllle, 14 miles east of here to day, when a fire destroyed the holst I Intc shaft and air shaft cut off air a from the men below. 1 1 Twenty-six dead bodies were brought out tonight, following a suc cessful three hours' battle with the flames. It la believed that six or eight more wilt be found. None of the men met death by burning, ough search of the entire mineET It will probably be 24 hours be fore a thorough search of the entire J mine will be possible. Tbe Ignition of a barrel of oil started the fire. Blstance. The United States govern- At'til'HT.. CJ.., VXDKK WATKH. ment did well to encourage Baldwin. If some one else can do better things ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 26. A long- let him, too, be similarly encour- distance telephone from the Assoc. aged. This Is a rich and a great country, and no one will begrudge a few dollars to the genius who gives us a new field for our Industrial and military activities. No doubt the Kansas legislature acted wisely In abolishing the death penalty for crime. We can Ima gine no more severe punishment than being compelled to live In that State. According to the Chicago News, fish may be preserved by wrapping them In newspapers After that Home of the stories In the paper mty seem more fishy than before. ated Press correspondent from Au gusta says that the city Is completely under water. The downtown portion of the business houses, the telegraph offices and newspaper offices are completely demoralized. There have been three deaths In Augusta, two Montana 4.."92 440 whites and one negro. The damage Nevada 61.177.OltO LANDS l'MISIHKKI OF. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 26. -The general land office annual state ment showing area of public domain remaining undisposed of July t. 1908. The government has an area of 754,859.296 acres surveyed and unsurveyed, Including the following: Alaska 396,021,509 Arizona 42,769.202 California 29.872.493 Colorado 23.69C.?7 Idaho 26,78.".0O2 - t MMMMMM ! A Cash I Snap 0 Is estimated to reach half a million New Moxlco dollurs. At 8: 44,777.95 10 tonight It Is learned !Uath Oregon 16.357.9t 3 i....7.9i through a single wire of the Georgia j Washlngon I I '.O. )0l Mr. Taft la receiving numerous let ters of advice from admirers, and some of the writers will probably forget that In politics advice Is eas ier to get than money. Railroad company, working partly Into Augusta, that a large cotton warehouse and the wholesale grocery warehouses of the Nixon company are burning. The union depot Is under ten feet of water and In the best res idence district six feet, and Is slowly rising. It is reported that fires destroyed the Nixon warehouses, but this can not be confirmed. The telegraph op erator could not get near enough to Wyoming J7 145,302 PAIXFI L ACCIDKXT. The question before the country Is: "Shall the people rule?" In the meantime, It might be well for the people to keep out of tne hands of the police. Possibly money would roll Into the campaign coffers more rapidly If It wouldn't stop to do so much talking on the way. Colonel Drlnkwater of Massachu setts, has declared himself for Bryan. That makes another hole In the Prohibition vote. Going at the rate of 60 miles an I hour, speed maniacs naturally meet and requires death sooner than they would other- now only deelopment and proper as-J wise. Joseph Beardsley of Phoenix met with a peculiar and at the same time a very serious accident while hand ling a shotgun yesterday afternoon, by which he lost the first finger of his right hand at the knuckle. He was hurried to this city for medical aid nnd last night was taken back to get definite information on account !D8 home of the water, but fires are burning Beardsley and his mother's broth ln the vicinity of the big warehouses. jer willlam Wright, started for El- , mer Coleman's ranch with a wagon IIKTTKK H1DK AW.. 'to get a load of wood, and young , Beardsley took a repeating shotgun Dr. F. E. Paye returned yesterday along. When about a mile on the from a visit to the Hood river coun- (road he held the gun, with the mui try. The country looked good to 'ale up, and pulled the slide for the him, but there Is not enough of It ; purpose of taking out the old shell and opportunities for investment ind putting in a loaded one. In there do not begin to reach those In some manner the shell exploded, the Rogue River valley hence, land with the rebound of the gun the while that country looks good to .block came suddenly In contact with him, the Rogue River valley looks -his finger and cut It completely off, V' V W S a .... - CU-" vi I I i 5 lbs. better. Land values, he says there are way yonder" cs compared with ours. Nothing at all uncommon to see a 2-year-old orchard there sell for $300 and $400 an acre, while a 6-year-old orchard easily brings $1200 and $1300. Mr. Wright drove with all speed back to the house and the young man's father, William J. Beardsley, hitched the horses to a buggy and the two men brought the lad here. At the office of Dr. H. R. Morrison he was put under chloroform and nn n ii SSSMflfl with and Those swell Boys' Suits straight short pants Knickerbockers have arrived at Daniels' Bier Store at last. The patterns are the swellest ever and the supply won't last long at the prices asked. Better get that vSchool Suit now. Largest Clothing .Store in Southern Oreg'on 00 the necessary surgical work was done by Dr. Morrison and Dr. H. P. Hargrave. Joseph Beardsley Is 19 years of age and has many friends among the young people In that part of the country who will be sorry to learn of his misfortune. AGFIICVLTI R AL COLLEGE. Corrnllis Oregon. Offiers collegiate courses In Agri culture, including Agronomy, Horti culture, Animal Husbandry. Dairy Husbandry, etc.; Forestry; Domestic Science and Art; Civil. Electrical, Me chanical and Mining Engineering; Commerce Pharmacy. Offers elementary courses In Agri culture, Forestry, Domestic Science and Art, commerce and Mechan'c Arts, including forge work, cabinet making, steam fitting, plumbing, ma chine work, etc. Strong faculty, modern equipment, fre tuition; opens September 25. Illustrated catalogue with full in formation on application to the reg ister, free. Medford Greenhouses, Phone 606 WlltKS .M.IK HAKMI.KSM. ALTOOXA, Pa.. Auk. 22. In the presence of over 800 electricians and officials from all points along the Pennsylvania railroad lines east of Pittsburg and Erie, an elaborate test was made here today of means to avoid danger from live electric wires. A pair of wire-cutters, specially made for the experiment, having wooden handles and boiled In para flne oil. were used to cut wires car rying S000 volts. The test was com pleted without the allghtest shock. The company's chief expert, B. F. Wood, used a rubber coat wet with rain and dragged around the sizzling end of a broken wire apparently Im mune. avn cii m-. -si Cut Flowers s- We are now better prepared tban ever to furnish cut flow ers of all kinds in season. At present we have some fine Comet Asters, Carnations, Marguerites; also some fine Golden Gate and Kaiserene Roses in bud. Remember that we will carry a full line of bulbs this Kail which will save you the trouble of sending away. Floral remembrances. Mil. Ill ; HAM IX CHARGE. J. II. Digham Is the gentleman who will be in charge of the stock of hardware formerly owned by H. E. Boyden, but recently purchased by the Weed Lumber company. The store was opened yesterday under the new management. Mr. Boyden has been engaged In the hardware business in Medford for ten or more years, but will now retire for a rest, and he may now Invest some money in other enterprises after he has had time to get his bearings. He haa surely given strict atten tion to business for all these years, and whatever of success may have come his way has been well earned. He has a good word to say elsewhere In these columns for his successors. We pay 25c a dozen, cash, for fresh country eggB. Miller ft Ewbank. BKX.IAM1N L. EDDY. Register. RKUISTKATIOX OK LAM) TITI.K. n the Circuit Court for the State of Oregon, in and for the County of Jackson. the Matter of the Application of Martin McDonough to register the title to the following described real estate, to-wlt: Lots numbered three (3) and ten 10i in block number seventeen (IT) In the Town (now City) of Medford. Jackson County, Oregon. according to the official plat thereof, now of record. vs. Welcome Fowler, and all' whom it may concern, defendants. To Welcome Fowler, and all whom it may concern, defendants: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You. and each of you, are hereby required to appear and answer the Application filed against iyou in the above entitled cause, I which Is a cause brought for the pur- pose of Registering Title to the I above described premises, and you I are so required to appear and answer Ion or herore the Itith day of Octo ber. A. D. 1D0N. and If you fall to so appear and answer for want thereof the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief in said Application land herein demanded, said Applica tion being now on file in the office inf the Clerk of said Court In Jack sonville, Jackson County, Oregon: the date for the order for the publi cation of this Summons Is August l2.'i. 1901. i Dated August 2!, 1008. W. R. COLEMAN. I County Clerk for Jackson County, j Oregon, and ex-offlclo Clork of the Circuit Court. . I KKGISTifATlOX OF LAM) TIILK. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, In and for the County of Jackson. in the Matter of the Application of Martin McDonough. to register the title to the following described property, to-wit: Lots numbered three (3) and ten (10) In block number seventeen (17) in the Town now City of Med ford, Jackson County, Oregon, ac cording to the official plat thereof.. now of record. vs. Welcome Fowler, and all whom It may concern, defendants. TAKE NOTICE That on the 21st day of August. A. D. 190S, an application waa filed by said Martin McDonough. In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, for initial registration of the title of the land above described. now, unless you aonear on or be fore the 25th day of September. A. D. 1908, and show cause whv such application shall not be granted the same will be taken as confessed. and a degree will be entered accord ing to the application and you will he for ever barred from disputing ' the same. WITNESS mr hand and seal of the court hereto affixed this the 21st day of August, 1908. W. R. COLEMAN, County Clerk of Jackson Countv,. Oregon, and ex-otflcio Clerk of the Circuit Court. . By ' M. B. TOWNE, Deputy,. NOTICE FOR PVBLICATIOX. United States Lanit Office Rosebnrg, Oregon. August 18, 1908. Notice is herebv siren that Chnr . les J. Hansen, of Medford. Oreson. who. on August 18. 1908, made timber application. No. 0847. for W . V, of NB 14. K V. of NW U. See. Hon 14. Townshln 34 8. Rutin 1 West, Wllllamette Merldan, haa filed notice of intention tn maka final proof, to establish claim to the iana a Doe described, before V. H. Canon. V. S. Commissioner, at Med ford Oregon, on the 4th day of November. 190S. Claimant names as witnesses: John N. Hares, of Central Point. Oregon: John C. Hnyes. of Central Point, Oregon: Hugh H. Haves, of Central Point. Oregon; Bert Gleason, of Medford, Oregon. Farmers, Farmers. I manufacture all my own harness right here In Medford. Don't be misled by Interested parties. Come In and see me and the prices I quote. I. F. SETTLE, successor to E. i Whiteside. Medford, Ore. if. ,-jC'lr--J.:-
