A LITTLE OF
EVERYTHING
No. Taft can't "win In a walk.
He's to tat ha waddlea.
Artist Earle la now trying to lo
cate his affinity. Enough aaid.
Tola cool weather brlnga the sum-
aier reaortera home to reat up.
Uncauned (political apeecbea are
not often alda to good digestion.
"We need a great critical pinna-
viae a great literature to crltlclae.
Taft la trying hla beat to believe
Mat it'a "Maryland. My Maryland."
Tie Tammany cat only cuta up
when they atroke the Cqr the wrong
way.
Bryan la keeping the Republican
iaad wagona blowing to beat the
and.
for Hisgen the ordeal la ended
Graves la gradually gaining strength
for It.
There la no doubt that "the Peo-
s4e will rule" In the next national
taction.
llarrlman awallowa railroad ayi
tesna aa eaally as he awallowa milk
aad mush.
few orators ran take the platform
la Indiana while Senator Beverldge
olds It down.
Speaker Cannon can't talk in the
Taft campaign aa vigorously aa he
talks to congress.
The latest excuse Kansaa haa for
owIIok Is that It takea step-ladders
to reach the tall corn.
The corn abow In Nebraska la not
f the same Ilk aa the beaded moun
tain corn In Georgia.
It Is announced that Castro will
"take to the woods." Rut a amall
ataed rosebush could hide him.
Abdul Hamid has not left Con
stantinople, aa predicted. Possibly
ae Is not allowed to leave.
"The Airship Face" la the latest.
It generally presents a broken ap
pearance when the airship lights,
And there will soon be no more
candidates for the vlce-prealdency
to write speeches of acceptance.
Those Chicago Pullman porters
who are contributing to the Bryan
campaign fund won't miss the money,
Coal trust prices are atlll pretty
algh; but you needn't stand from
nder. as they are not likely to fall.
Atlanta doesn't say "the latch
tring's on the outside," for the door
is wide open, and the latchstrlng'a
gone! f
'Taft will have to pitch more hay
If he1 expects to get the western farm
ers Speaker Cannon promised to de
aler. .Augusta la making the best of the
situation, and the people In the pic
tures look cheerful enough In a del
age. The night riders of Kentucky are
taring well. We are told that only
the Juries that are trying them are
"hung."
The latest news Is that President
Roosevelt Is "resting up," and you
know that that means "business" for
somebody.
If the shah of Persia had been as
wise as Abdul he might now be en
Joying reasonable security of his
person.
A Washington paper says: "Japan
hugha at the war Idea." She haa all
aae can do to finance that big expo
alt Ion.
. Cutting Minister Wu's head off In
Oils country Is much better than
aostponfhg the performance until he
gets home.
Europe should not complnln or
raft, since she extended a warm
welcome to so many absconding
(rafters.
Carrie Nation should have great
work to do In the atate of Texas,
where, on a train, they pay $25 for
a bottle of beer.
When the aouth Is told no speeches
will be made there by the presiden
tial candidatea It must appreciate
what solid means.
Brother Rockefeller "never smoked
a pipe or cigar." Nothing unusual
about that: Very few millionaires
moke In this world.
Don't believe that New York Is
"cursed with silver dollars," for
there la alwaya a rush to open the
door when they ring there.
"The I.lfe of U Hung Chang" haa
keen puhllshed In 100 volumes. Of
. course, every question the old states
man asked was Incorporated.
Editor Watterson's political lec
tures mar he published In book form
Just what American literature has
keen needing: More fire In It.
Harry Thaw haa expressed himself
ae to the vindication of Jerome.
There la aort f expedient mutual
eve feast ewttjajeu these two.
.American Jack Tars enjoyed I
pleasant winter Sunday In Mel
konrne. ' And Australia Is more than
ever of a mind to annex the boya.
It the, army raises a million dol
lar tor the. defense of the Hatna
krothers, t,he long-drawn-out Tbaw
ease won't ha a circumstance to It
Politics will loom large on the ho
rizon thla week. Next week business
will be more active and less atten
tion will be given the politicians.
It ia too early for the west to set
tie thenrace problem. There la more
experience needed ; though they told
the south bow to settle It long ago.
The Washington Poet wonders at
Senator Jeff Davis' "prolonged si
lence." Perhapa the grateful man
thinks that be owea that much to
his country Exchange.
The Baltimore Sun eaya the devil
la to pay with the drama in New
York. But the devil la popular
enough there to draw paying audi
encea. It'a news to hear that Minister Wu
talks too much." when It ia of rec
ord that he haan't aaked a thousand
questions a day alnce hla return to
this country.
Mr. Bryan'a promised front-porch
campaign now Includes a September
Itinerary through all the northern
statea east of the Mississippi river.
Rather a wide porch!
Despite the large quantity of mis
required for the multiplying dirig
ibles, there 18 no likelihood that tho
output at Washington next winter
will record diminution.
Mr. Rockefeller'a pastor saya no
churches will be left In 2008. Well.
Brother Kockefellre won't have to
contribute auch large auma to for
eign missions then. Exchange.
Turkey la to be Lexowed. That Is,
there Is to be an Investigation of
Turkish graft. Unless the statute of
limitations confines the Inquiry to
very recent acta the Investigation
may never be finished.
Some people are unkind enough to
Insinuate the surplusage of water
new visible at Augusta Is divine re
tribution with regard to a certain
oasis aaross the bridge.
A Traveling Man's Experience.
'I must tell you my experience on
an Eastbound O. R. t N. R. R. train
from Pendleton to I .a tlrande. Ore.
writes Sam A. Garber, a well known
traveling man. "I was In the smok
ing department with some other
traveling men when one of them
went out Into the coach and came
back and said, 'There Is a woman
sick -unto death In the car. I at once
got up and went out, found her very
111 with cramp colic: her hands and
arms were darwn up so you coiila
not straighten them, and with a
deathlike look on her face. Two or
three ladles were working with her
and giving her whiskey. I went to
my suit case and got my bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy (I never travel
without It), ran to the water tank.
put a double dose of the medicine In
the glass, poured some water Into It
and stirred it with a pencil: then I
had quite a time to get the ladlea to
let me give It to her, but I succeeded.
I could at once aee the effect and I
worked with her, rubbing ber hands,
and in twenty minutes I gave her an
other dose. By thla time we were
almost Into Iji Grande, where I waa
to leave the train. I gave the bottle
to the husband to be used In case
another dose should be needed, but
by the time the train ran Into I .a
Grande she waa alright, and I re
ceived the thanka of every passen
ger in the car." For sale by Chas.
Strang.
HANK AND TIll'ST COMPAXY.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 6. Two
financial Institutions, the Cosmopol
itan National bank and the Mount
Washington Savings & Trust com
pany, closed today by orders of the
federal and state banking authori
ties. The trust company Is a small con
cern. The Cosmopolitan Is a fair-
sized concern. There la but Utile ex
citement. The refusal of the bank
examiner to approve some of the
Cosmopolitan's paper precipitated
the closing. The bank officials deny
that worthless or Insufficient securi
ties have been accepted.
H UllKIt AMI NI K-IDE.
EAST HHIIKIKWATKH, Mnsa.,
8ept. 5. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Kimball Sheldon were found In their
residence today. The body of Mra.
Sheldon was on the lied with a deep
wound on the head, while the body
of Mr. Sheldon was In an adjoining
bathroom, the gas Jet wide open.
The opinion of the medical exam
iner la that Sheldon killed his wife
and then committed suicide. Mra.
Sheldon was 70 years old. Accord
ing to friends, they lost half a mil
lion dollars by unfortunate Invest
ments In the past few years.
AI.ANKA WHEAT X HOOD.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Secre
tary of Agriculture .James Wilton
announces that Dr. Galloway, the
government agent who waa sent to
Juanlta, Idaho, to Investigate the re
ports concerning the wonderful new
wheat, claimed to have been discov
ered In Alaaka and Introduced Into
Idaho, reported the wheel Is a fake.
"Wilson said: "The Alaska wheat
yields but 25 bushels to the acre. The
grain Is badly mixed, and of an In
ferior quality. The recent analysis
showed the to-called Alaska wheat
contains bnt little more than I per
cent of protein. All toft white win
ter wheat contains on an average of
j 1 0 per cent"
LOCAL AND
(From Sunday'a Dally.)
County Judge J. R. Neil went to
Ashland yesterday.
A. M. Dlcklson of Griffin creek la
erecting a new house.
Mr. and Mra. Bert Orr went to
Kock Point yesterday for a few daya'
outing.
Born On Friday, Beptember 4,
1908, to Mr. and Mra. W. E. Foster
a daughter.
Dr. Ray and family are preparing
to move to the Fred Day residence,
on South M street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cook of Granta
Pass have been In the city several
daya, visiting friends.
Mlsa Dona Bell went to Klamath
Falls yesterday, where she will like
ly remain some time.
William Cameron and Arthur
Kllnehammerof Buncom were at
tending to business In the city Sat-
i urday. .
C. W. Fratey, street commission
er of Ashland, waa here yesterday,
greeting frlenda and Incidentally
taking Items.
Leon J. Moore, representing the
Union Lithographic company of San
Francisco, Cal., waa doing business
In the city yesterday for hla firm.
S. F. Graver started yesterday for
Spokane, Wash., where he will re
main several months and attend to
some mining Interests he baa there.
Messrs. Weeks ft McGowan, while
in Portland thla week, purchased a
full carload of furniture, which will
arrive here within the next few
days.
W. W, Morrison, recently from
Colorado, has bought a four-acre
tract of land near the McAndrews
place, on Bear creek, paying there
for 12000.
Mra .A. H. Adams and daughter,
Miss Kittle, arrived yesterday from
Oaksdale, Wash. They are relatives
of W. E. Page and will remain In the
city for some time.
J. P. Mlnard returned yesterday
from the Klamath lake region,
where he has been having a good
time, shooting game and fishing, for
the past few weeks.
Clarence V heeler returned yes
terday from Wenatchee, Wash., to
which place he was summoned a cou
ple of weeks ago by the death of his
father at that place.
F. M. Wilson left a few days ago
for Flounce Rock, where he will en
Joy a three weeks' mountain atay
'neath the hoapitable roof of Messrs.
Wllleke and Medley.
D. A. Fitzgerald and family ar
rived from Granta Pass yesterday
for a visit among frlenda and to see
how the city haa grown alnce they
left It a few yeara ago.
Mra. D. N. Snider and daughter.
t,oretta, of Glendale, are - visiting
frlenda in Medford. Mlaa Loretta
will remain in Medford this winter
and attend the high achool.
Mra. Jennie Hamlin ' and little
daughter Edna, who have been visit
ing for several weeks with relatives
at Harrison Gulch, Cal., returned to
their home near Phoenix, Friday.
Mr. and Mra. P. Stekel of Santa
Monica, Cal., passed through, home
ward bound from Centralla, Wash.
They were met at the train by their
friends, Mr. and Mra. A.-Packard.
Howard 8. Dudley, of the firm of
Dudley ft Torner, Investment coun
sel, Seattle, Wash., was in the city
yesterday. Mr. Dudley Is part own
er of a large tract of land near Med
ford. William Teague returned yester
day from North Dakota, where he
has been attending to business and
visiting for the past month. There
returned with him Mrs. Teague'a sis
ters, Pearl and Ruth Debolt. "
Otla Hubbard and party of aereral
young men from tbe elty, returned
Friday from Blue canyon where
they gathered berrlea and fish in
great quantities.
Mrs. S. A. Nye and Mrs. J. E.
Watt entertained a porch party at
the home of the latter, Friday even
ing. In honor of Mr. and Mra. Wil
liam Budge, of Grand "Forks, N. D.
Mr. and Mra. J. W. Grover and
Mr. and Mra. N. C. McQuald were In
from Eagle Point yesterday, trading,
and for the further purpose ot eating
a birthday dinner with Mra. Susie
Perry, the mother ot the ladlea.
Superintendent Gault of the wa
terworks department of the city,
says that by Tuesday next he will
have the electric pump so far ar
ranged that he will be able to let the
motor now In use go to be used on
the rock crushing at Jacksonville.
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Edgar Hafer apent Monday with
Ashland friends.
M. L. and Mra. Alford apent Pin
dar with frlenda In Ashland.
H. C. Kentner returned Sunday
from a buslnesa trip to Portland.
O. L. Davla, the Jacksonville
banker, went down to Portland Sun
day.
M'rs Maude M. Anderson and Mist
Mlnear left for Portland Sunday.
Mrs. John Hartle and children -rived
Sunday from a visit with rjla
tives l'i Wisconsin.
Jason Ottlnger departed Monday
for Canon City, Colo., where be will
remain a few weeks.
Deputy Sheriff C. E. Tull returned
Monday from Yreka, Cal., where he
had been a few daya on business.
M. Anderson and family left to
day for North Dakota, where for
buslnesa reasons tbey may remain
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Merriinan
come In Sunday from Portland.
where they have been vUltlng a fe-v
daya.
Peter Donhoff ia putting in some
fine cement sidewalks for Messrs.
Lyons, Barkdull and McAndrew on
North Central avenue.
Mrs. William Carroll came up
from Portland, where she baa been
ataying for some time with hr
daughter. i.
Professor and Mra. W. T. Van
Scoy came down from their home In
Ashland Sunday to vlait for a short
time with D. B. Ruasell and fami'y
and frlenda here.
Mlsa Gertrude Weeka of thla city
and Miss Ethel Shaffer ot Fairfield,
III., returned Monday from the Rio
Del ranch on Rogue river, owned by
Alt Weeka and F. K. Deuel.
Hugh Elliott ot Portland, a 'co
rner resident of thla city, waa hare
Sunday and went to Jacksonville tor
ahort visit. He la considering 'he
matter of returning to Jaekn
county to live.
A. W. Walker and Wes Gre;n.
with their families, returned Sunday
In their automobiles from a trip to
Ciater lake and other point In
Klamath county. They report a rice
trip and no mishapa whatever to
either machine.
M. A. Macauley of Colorado
Springs arrived in Medford Sunday
and will visit for a few weeks with
his sister, Mrs. E. J. Cole. His
brother, W. E. Macaulay, who for
merly resided In Medford, Is now en
gaged In mining In Granite, Nev.
C. J. Buck, auperlntendent of the
Mazama forest reserve, stationed In
Medford, left Sunday for Washing
ton, D. C, to be absent about two
months. Sam Swennlng, one of the
government's most efficient and
trusted foresters, will have charge of
the forestry office during Mr. Buck's
absence.
It. II. and P. J. Halley and Henry
Schmltz returned Saturday from the
Unipqua divide country, to which
place they went about a week ago
in quest of huckleberries. They tell
thut berries are very plentiful there.
and as positive proof of this state
ment, brought back about 20 gallons
each of the berries.
For a Sprained Ankle.
A sprained ankle may be cured In
nbout one-third of the time usually
required, by applying Chamberlain's
Liniment freely, and giving It abso
lute rest. For sale by Chaa. Strang.
Don't be afraid to give Chamber
lains Cough Remedy to your child
ren. It contains no opium or other
harmful drug. It always cures.
For sale by Chaa. Strang.
SCHOOLBOYS EFFEM1 X ATE.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 6. Ac
companying his resignation aa ath
letic director of the Cleveland pub
lic schools by a declaration that
schoolboys are being effemlnlzed, G.
W. Ehler today opened a heated dis
cussion. Hia attitude was support
ed by President Charlea F. Thwlng,
of Western Reserve university. Er-
ler says ot the boys of the Cleveland
Rchools:
"Schools are not turning out man
ly lads. They are quitters. They
need to he near a man at school."
President Thwlng aald: "In Amer
ica four-fifths of the public achool
teachera are women; In Japan four
fifths are men. I think It would be
well for us to Introduce Immediately
the Japanese system of men teach
era to avert the feminization ot our
youth. The present method of train
ing must be altered It our children
are to be as manly aa their fathers."
VP IX A RAI.MX1X.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Sept. 7. A bal
loon ascension at Alum Rock Park
came near ending fatally for Fred
Blaggl, a prune rancher living near
Alvlao. It seems that Blaggl bid
boasted to a number of worn M
friends that he waa not afraid to
go up In the balloon, so, as the "i 1
loon waa cut loose, he rushed to the
spot and proceeded to get himself
tangled up In the ropes. The aeri
naut yelled to htm to keep clear, tte
women screamed and there w.is a
general panic. As the balloon snut
upward IBaggl struggled to free
himself, bnt not until he was so ro
up In the air that It was tmpoiye
for him to drop, and he waa forc?4
to hang on for dear life.
At an altitude of tome 1500 feet
the professional balloonist ent lcse
In hla parachute and deacendel safe
lv, but Blaggl was carried ur ard
out of alght. Then a wind ev.tihl
the balloon and carried It far over
the bills, tt was nearly an hour be
fore a rescuing party found the
rancher. Miraculously he was unin
jured. He had held onto the ropes
until the balloon let him retch tbe
ground without scratch.
NEWS OF
THE STATE
George W. Palmer, 72 years of
age, waa married here to Mrs. Mat-
tie Peebler, 61 yeara old. It was
Palmer'a second marriage and Mra.
Peebler's third wedding.
. Justice Tapplngton has Increased
tha ball of W. C. Wolfe of Tilla
mook, the Socialist, charged with
attacking hla daughter, from $2009
to $5uv0,
e e-
Two blocks of concrete sidewalk
will be laid this month la Hlllsboro
and work has already commenced.
The walka will be complteed In time
for the atreet fair, wnich commences
September 30.
According to the leading growers
near Salem the rain will not damage
hops. A warm rain would have been
much more disastrous. Picking Is
in full swing and pickers are plentl
fill.
The longeat train of cars that e
left Red Bluff atatlon pulled out of
the yards Friday noon for the moun
tains. There were 75 cars, 40 load
ed and 35 empties. The engines,
one at the head and a puaher in the
middle, hauled the long train which
started for Dunsmulr. -
Insurance rates for the business
section of Pendleton have been ad
vanced from 15 to 30 per cent and
the new terma are now In force tor
practically the entire town. As a
result, insurance la now costing mer-
chants and property-owners about 25
per rent more than In the paat.
Ascar Curry of Laurel, eight miles
south ot Hlllsboro, haa been arrested
In Tillamook county upon a warrant
by Sherirr Hancock charging him
with atealing a mare and colt. Curry
apent the summer In Wheeler county
and the charge is laid by the district
attorney at Fascel.
STATE NEWS
A man gtving his name as James
A. Walker a was arrested at Salem,
charged with atealing a watch a few
hours before from a resident ot Sa
lem. Walker had In his possession
a pair of field glasses, worth about
ISO. which the ofricers believe were
stolen In some other city.
The postorrice and general mer
chandise store at Wllsonville was
robbed and property valued at about
tl'OO taken. The property taken In
cluded $50 worth of stamps In large
denominations, razors, knives and
watches. There is no clew to the
robbers.
Claude Kelsey, the 8-year-old son
of C. W. Kelsey, night yard foreman
at Huntington, while playing with a
loaded brans shotgun shell, was seri
ously wounded. He had placed the
shell on a block of wood and driven
It In as far aa possible, then taking
a nail and placing It on the cap. he
hit It with a hammer, causing It to
explode.
R. G. Hunter, until recently the
Salem representative of the Inter
national Correspondence schools, Ic
being sought by the police for al
leged theft and embezzlement. Hun
ter Is charged with having bought
large bill of furniture on the In
stallment plan and then having bor
rowed $150 from each of three dif
ferent men on the furniture.
JOHNSON IX BAD FIX.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 7. Cy
anide of potassium was purchased
by Lee Johnston, now on his way to
Nome, to defend himself against the
charge ot murdering Belle Gil
christ, his unlawful wife, six daya
before the crime la alleged to have
occurred. The following entry In
Johnston's handwriting waa discov
ered penciled on a fly-leaf of a Bible
by the first Mrs. Johnston today,
while she waa searching her hus
band's effects for a clew.
He bought some cyanide of potas
sium on October 29, 1903, and the
date ot Miss Gilchrist's death haa
been established as October, 1905,
and parta of the body ot the woman
were unearthed Saturday afternoon
by the searchers sent out trom Nome
to Johnston's cabin.
Special United Statea Deputy Mar
shal Joe Warren, who Is working on
the case, claims also to have evi
dence to prove that the woman came
to her death October 31, 1905.
While aearchlng among her hut
band's papers today at her home,
1902 Fourth avenue, Mrs. Johnston
discovered an old will, drawn up by
Belle Gilchrist. In which her prop
erty In Maxwell. Ont.. In Manitoba
and In Butte, Mont., It bequeathed
to the teatator'a brother and hit two
sisters.
Beat Treatment for a Burn.
If for no other reason. Chamber
lain's Salve should be kept In every
household on account of Its great
value In the treatment of burns. It
allays the pain almost Instantly, and
unless the Injury Is a severe one,
heals the parta without leaving a
scar. Thla aalve la also nnequaled
for chapped hands, sore nipples and
diseases of the akin. Price, IS renta.
For sale by Chaa. Strang.
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Notice the difference in the way (lie rays of light pass through
the OLD style lena and tbe new TOKIC glass.
When looking through tbe TO RIO lena ycu get tbe same
vision clear out to the edge of tbe glass, in all directi. ns, that
you do ONLY through the center of tbe old-style of lense, thu
giving you more fr-edbm of vision without the strain upon tbe
Itectua muaclea, which constantly occurs when wearing the old.
style glasses.
With the old-style before With the new TORIC lena you
the eye you aee like this. get the same results at all angle
without turning your head that
you do directly through the cen
ter of the old atvle.
Dr. Ooble makes a ipecialt of the above lenses; also fita tbe
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Parlor in Ferry's Warehouse, Seventh Street, Medford.
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Who pays the agent, you or the other fellow? I deal direct
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A nice stock of fruit trees and Tokay vines for fall delivery.
Tell me your tree troubles
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