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VOL XX MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1908, NO 51
TALENT LODGE
Instituted Saturday Night
by Large Crowd Visit
ing Brethren.
The Odd Fellows of Jackson coun
ty a. bout 150 of then had the
'time of their llve.i" last Saturday
night at Talent, but It took a'l nlRht
tr have It. It was the occasion of
the Institution of Talent Lodge, No.
211, Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows. There were three-link boys pres
ent from Ashland, Jacksonville, Cen
tral Point and Gold Hill, and In the
early evening the work of Institut
ing the lodge was commenced by
Special Deputy Grand Master Lee
Watklns of Central Point lodge, as
sisted by C. C. Taylor of Medford
Lodge No. 83, as grand warden; G.
W. Trefrcn of Ashland Lodge, No.
45, as grand secretary: Charles
Blaker of Amboy, Wash., Lodge, No.
130, as grand permanent secretary,
and James Wilson of Jacksonville
Lodge, No. 10, as grand chaplain.
After the lodge had been formally
Instituted the work of Installing the
officers was tnken up and District
Deputy Grand Master T. M. Jones
installed the following officers, who
are also the charter members of the
lab lodge: Kay E. Wilson, noble
grand; Joshua Patterson, vice
grand; A. L. Wlmer, permanent sec
retary; L. E. Gardner, corresponding
secretary, and John Conway, treas
urer. Aside from the grand officers who
instituted there were added for the
Installation ceremonies, G. G. Ogg,
grand warden; Arthur Lewis, grand
conductor! F. W. Heaton, grand In
side guardian; S. C. Mlnnlck, grand
outside guardian.
When the lodge had been duly In
stituted and the officers Installed the
work of initiating new members was
taken up. The Initiating degree was
conferred by a team from Jackson
ville lodge; the first degree by a
team from Central Point lodge; the
second by the Medford team, and
the third by Ashland team. Follow
ing are the names of those Initi
ated: i
B. S. Jacobs, Clay Patterson, E. G."
Coleman, F. 11. Oatman. F. A. Dodge,
F. King. J. E. Roberts. J. Terrlll,
Fred A. Dunlap, J. D. Henry, Wel
born Beeson, J. R. Robinson, E. B.
Oatman. J. B. Coleman, James T.
Buck, R. E. Robinson. C. W. Wol
tera. O. H. Roberts, Fred Rapp, J.
S. Stagg. Roy Cnffman, F. E. Furry,
Harry W. Reames.
There were three who Joined by
card C. E. Wlckstrom, G. W.
Dewey and W. Holdrldge, giving the
new lodge a membership of over 30.
A splendid midnight supper was
served at the Belt house, but It was
long after that hour when the last
of 150 had partaken of the hospital
ity of their Talent entertainers. But
that don't count with a good, faith
ful Odd Fellow But how Uncle Si
las Day of Jacksonville managed to
pull through without doughnuts kept
all the boys guessing,
t It was a quarter past 7 Sunday
morning when the lodge work was
completed but that didn't count,
either. The boys had put in a long
night of good work and that "glory
tor them." 'Tla well for any com
munity to have a lodge of good Odd
Fellows. Any man who lives up to
the teachings of Odd Fellowship is
better because of these teachings.
Tbe visiting brothers are filled to
overflowing with good words for the
very hospitable manner , In " which
they were entertained, and with the
best of wishes for their newest new
sister lodge.
DRV TOWX BEER.
A Whole Carload Is Captured In
Albany, Oregon.
ALBANY, Or., Dec 12. A dray-
load of boote was located In legality
"dry" Albany yesterday by local of
ficers, who raided two alleged
"blind pigs." Chief of Police Rles
and Officer Munkers raided a "near
beer" emporium on Ferry street and
besides the stock of near beer on
nand they found a large supply of
the real article. Including four one
gallon kegs, one full barrel and three
half-barrels of bottled beer. Tbe
capture Included a large supply of
empty bottles and saloon glasses,
The officers arrested the proprietor,
James Blackburn, and his bartender.
Frank Patterson.
At the same time this raid was in
progress. Sheriff Smith and City Of
ficer Fox entered the Fashion stables
at Second and Washington streets,
and found a full barrel of bottled
beer and another barrel half full
with enough empty bottles on the
floor to exactly fill the barrel. No
arrests were trade In this plsce as
the proprietor, Albert Peacock, was
out of the city, driving on a livery
trip, but a warrant was Issued and
he will be arrested upon bl sreturn
to the city tonight.
No whisky was cautrred In either
place. The officers secured a dray
to carry the captured beer to the city
recorder's office and It was well
loaded.
Blackburn and Patterson furnish
ed bonds of 1150 each to appear to
morrow before City Recorder Red
field and answer to a charge of vio
lation of a city ordinance, which em
bodies the provisions of the local op
tion law and also permits the con
fiscation of captured liquor.
TO FIGHT THE I'Ltdl R.
Preliminary Organization of Suite
TulM'rculoMht Society.
The Oregon State Branch of the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis has
been organised at Portland in a pre
liminary way by the appointment of
the following named officers:
President, Dr. It. E. Lee Steiuer,
Salem; honorary vice-presidents, G.
E. Chamberlain, C. E. Wolverton.
Robert S. Bean, George H. Will
iams; vice-presidents, Ben Selling,
C. H. Chapman. Ph.D., A. L. Mills;
treasurer, W. P. Andrus; secretary.
Dr. E. A. Pierce; executive commit
tee, A. L. Mills, chairman; E. P.
Geary, R. C. Yenney, Dr. Esther
Pohl, Mrs. Clarence Nichols, Dr. E.
A. Pierce, W. P. Andrus.
This board of officers Is In reality
provisional committee of the
branch, and It has issued a circular
letter to 150 professional and lay
citizens requesting that they become
members of an advisory committee.
The board announcea that It will
perform all the necessary work con
nected with the operation of the
movement, but asks that It be as
sisted in an advisory capacity by
those notified of their selection.
In order to provide money for the
maintenance of the branch, for reg
ular members of the branch there
will be yearly dues of f 1, while pat
rons will pay 25 upon signifying
their intention to become such.
When It is realised that in Ore
gon there were 746 deaths from
consumption between August, 1904,
and September, 1906, the ravage of
this disease becomes apparent. The
officers of the new association In
tend that when the advisory com
mittee Is formed at once to begin to
formulate plans for bringing the
whole subject before the coming leg
islature and to advocate state aid In
the form of public sanltorla for care
and treatment of the tuberculous
poor. The state board of health In
dorses the movement for teaching
the people how to care for them
selves when attacked with the dread
disease, and In fact indorses the pro
posed work of the association In all
its features. The work outlined In
cludes lectures, literature and state
aid In battling the disease, and the
Oregon brancb Is one of many oth
ers that are being organized all over
the country.
Dr. Pierce said last night that
Germany had so controlled the dis
ease that 80 per cent of cures bad
been the record made In that coun
try ASSIST A XT SITKItl XTEXDKXT.
R. W. Allen of the Agricultural Col
lege Has Returned There.
R. W. Allen, field assistant super
intendent of the Agricultural col
lege at Corvallls, left yesterday tor
the above place.
Mr. Allen has been at work in
this valley for several months upon
experimental lines. In conversation
with a Morning Mall representative
before leaving yesterday, Mr. Allen
said:
'Only recently has the station
been in shape to take up field work,
and as a result not a great deal bas
yet been accomplished. For the
past two years, however, consider
able orchard work has been done,
the part of most Importance to the
Rogue River farmers being that of
Irrigation.
"During the summer of 1907
some work was carried out; It has
been followed up this year, and
probably will be for some time yet.
The final notes on this year's work
have recently been taken and the
matter of field work Is laid aside
until next season.
' "The result of tbe two years' work
will be published this winter aa a
preliminary report from the station.
"The experiments were In bearing
apple orchards and will no doubt
give some useful Information In this
phase of orcharding."
Old-Tuner Here.
J. B. Slfert was here from Central
Point yesterday, where he Is visit
ing a son. Mr. Slfers resides In
Washington at the present time. In
the early days (1854) he was a res
ident of Jacksonville and was prom
inently connected with county and
state affairs and was well acquainted
with all of the early settlers of this
county. The changes whclh have
taken place since those days appear
wonderful to him.
Minneapolis People Visited
This City and Desired
to Remain.
Here Is a quick-sale record, It
there are any on the books. Thurs
day, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Waterman
and family of Minneapolis, Mlun.,
reached Medford and stopped off for
a day to "look around" and visit
some friends. They had It put up
that 24 hours would be the limit of
their stay in Medford; but It is put
up now that they will remain here
permanently. They had checked
their trunks for Friday night's
train, but during this they were per
suaded to remain over until Satur
day morning and look at an orchard
tract near town. Saturday morning
early they were driven out to M. B.
Signs' orchard, south of Medford, by
J. C. Brown, and when they saw it
they bought It; and instead of
leaving Medford they telegraphed
for the return of their trunks; tele
graphed to Minneapolis to have
their household effects packed and
shipped to Medford, and commenced
looking about the city for a vacant
house In which to make their tem
porary abode. All this in Just fire
hours.
There are 19 acres In the tract
purchased and It Is set to Cornice
pears and Newtown apples, and the
trees are now In bearing. The price
paid was $700 an acre. Possession
Is to be given February 1. Mr. Sigus
purchased this tract a little over a
years ago and paid about $350 an
acre. That's fairly good Interest on
the Investment, but Mr. Signs found
a snap when he bought and. Inci
dentally, Mr. Waterman found one
yesterday. A bearing orchard of
standard fruit at $700 an acre is a
snap these tlraeB, and it is not im
probable thta tbe recent purchaser
will make a gOod margin on his In
vestment. The tract Is situated just north of
and adjoining the tract purchased a
few months ago by Mrs. Potter Pal
mer of Chicago.
The sale to Mr. Waterman was
made by J. C. Brown.
XKV ItrSIXKS.H COXCKHX.
Another To He Adda! to Medfnrd
III a Few Weeks.
Another step in the business prog
ress of the city will soon be taken
In the shape of the opening of a la
dies' furnishing store which It Is
claimed will be the largest and fin
est store of the kind between the cit
ies of Portland, Or., and Sacramento,
Cal.
As was stated In The Morning Mall
a few days ago, H. L. Montgomery of
Los Angeles was In Medford looking
for a location and would open a bus
iness here if he could procure a suit
able one. Yesterday he signed a
lease for the store on Seventh street
at present occupied by Miller A Ew
bank, which firm will soon move to
the new building now being erected
by Deuel & Kentner Just east of B
street.
Mr. Montgomery expects to bave
possession of the store about Febru
ary 1 and will by that time bave all
the plans for the refitting and furn
ishing of tbe place ready. This work
will take about a month to complete
and by that time Mr. Montgomery
will have made his selection of the
stock he will carry in the eastern
markets and will show something In
the ladles-ea-wear lines which would
do credit to any city of any site In
the country.
One of the first things which will
be done to the store will be the re
modeling of the whole of the Inside
and glass shelving and cases will be
put In. In addition to that, carpets
will be laid and the walls and celling
decorated. Then an entirely new
front will be put in with large plate
glass windows. In fact, the whole
store will be made strictly up to date
in every particular.
Besides the stock of ladles' wear,
Mrs. Montgomery, who has the rep
utation of being a stylish and up-to-date
milliner, will have charge of the
millinery department and there will
also be a balrdressing and manicur
ing department in one part of the
store.
Mr. Montgomery, although a
young man, has had a great many
years of experience In the line of
business which he will follow here.
For a number of years he was con
nected with one of the largest firms
In that line of business In Los Aa
geles, and later on was In business
for himself. He accepted a good of
fer to sell, and while on the lookout
for another location happened to i
one of the Medford booklets. He
and Mrs. Montgomery came here a
few days ago and, although liking
the city, concluded to visit several
other places.
A week ago Mr. and Mrs. Mont
gomery returned to Medford, and
then It was only the matter of get
ting a location, as they failed to see
any other place which they liked as
well. The kind of business which
they will have here can be judged
by the statement that the fitting up
of the store alone will cost tbe sum
of $1500.
lll'llULAIt CAl'GHT.
Hud llobbed Huruess Shop at Grants
Tans.
While murders, robberies and all
other crimes are going on in Port
land and few of the offenders are
ever found and arrested by the po
lice of that city, very few manage
to escape who offend against the law
here. Not only that, but any law
breaker who comes to Medford with
the idea that he will escape soon
nds that he has made a sad mistake
Just to illustrate, as It were, tbe
harness shop of South & Jewell at
Grants Pass was broken Into Satur
day night and nearly all the tools,
as well as some of the stock, was
carried away. The burglary was not
discovered until yesterday morning,
and the police there, after making
an Investigation, concluded that they
would like very much to Interview
August Bodwin, who had been em
ployed there for a short time.
Sheriff Russell, of Josephine
county, sent a description of the nian
to the police here, as well as many
other places, and In exactly 20 min
utes after Chief of Police Shearer
got word as to who was wanted ho
had the man behind the bars. Not
only that, but be caught blm with
tbn goods on, with the exception of
some of the stolen stock, which he
had sold to a harness dealer here
yesterday morning, claiming that be
was compelled to take It because hi.
boss was unable to pay him In cull
for his wages.
Chief Shearer sple dthe man Kl
in,? into a saloon and, following him
Into the place, saw Bodwin lay a
sack of tools on the bar. Yestordoy
afternoon Sheriff Russell arrlvr.d,
and after satisfying himself that the
tools were tbe ones which had be?n
stolen, took Bodwin back to GnTits
Pass, where he will .'and trial on
the charge of burglary.
TALENT IIAXK HOIIIIKI).
Institution Looted of Sum of :tO
Monday Night.
The Talent bank was broken Into
Monday night and $30 In cash was
stolen from the safe. More money
would undoubtedly have been se
cured but for the fact that Cashier
C. W. Wolters makes dally remit
tances to the First National bank In
this city.
Tbe thief, having provided himself
with a gunnysack muffler for each
foot, secured a switch lamp from
the railroad company, went to a near
by carpenter shop, where, with an
ax, be opened a chest of carpenter
tools and took therefrom a saw and
several chisels, and with these he
broke into the rear of the bank by
prying off a door lock, and the safe
In the bank having been left opened
he had no difficulty In reaching the
small money drawer inside, which he
pried open with a chisel and pos
sessed himself of the $30 In change
which It contained. From here he
fent to the postofflce and with the
saw stolen from the carpenter's chest
he partially sawed the lock from the
door to this building. Tbe presump
tion Is that be was frightened while
working at this Job by some person
astir about town.
It was here he left the carpenter
tools, gunnysacks and the switch
lamp.
TIRX OF THE TIDE.
H. Clillders Has Had a Turn of Genu
ine flood Luck Here.
S. Chllders is preparing to move
to his farm In the Meadows section.
near Beagle, this county. He has
200 acres of fine land over there, and
he Is going to put the most of It out
te fruit. He has already 15 acres
set to 8plttenberg apples and will
put out another block of 15 acres of
apples this winter. A three-acre
orchard of old bearing trees on the
place has fully demonstrated the
value of the land as a fruit producer.
The Morning Mall betes Mr. Chlld
ers will meet with a crowning suc
cess in his horticultural venture, and
It Is not written In tbn book that he
will fall.
If there Is any one man In Med
ford more than another who deser7es
a streak of genuine good luck that
fellow Is 8 pence Chllders. He has
worked bard ever since Medford was
a yearling and has buffeted all kinds
of adversities, and If that 200 acres
of land will make hlir "well fixed"
and comfortable for Ihe decl'ning
days of his life every.iodir will be
glad, especially thono who know of
the ruggedness of the road he has
traveled.
MAIL WANT ADS BRIXQ RESULTS
THIS VALLEY
A Detroit Company Doing
Some Boosting on Its
Own Account.
Last summer among the many vis
itors to Medford and Jackson coun
ty was J. M. Sweeney. While here
Mr. Sweeney made a pretty thorough
inspection of the valley with a view
to the Investment of capital, and fin
ally decided to purchase the Blucher
tract of land near Jacksonville, com
prising 1200 acres, and before leav
ing tor his home In Detroit, Mich.,
he bad made the purchase.
Yesterday The Morning Mall re
ceived a letter from Mr. Sweeney.
The letter is from Detroit, Is on sta
tionery at the head of which Is a
beautiful lithographed fruit piece,
comprising a red and yellow apple,
a pear and a bunch of grapes. It Is
as pretty and appropriate a picture
as was ever made of some of the
chief products of this valley. Over
the top of the picture Is printed:
"Glen-Rogue Orchard Co., of Rogue
River Valley, Oregon." From this it
would appear that Mr. Sweeney had
organized a company for the purpose
of Improving this tract of land. That
he is advertising this country can
easily be seen by reading the follow
ing letter:
"Mr. A. S. Bllton, Medford, Or.
Dear Sir: I send you under a sep
arate cover a copy of the Bookkeeper
Magazine, published in Detroit. The
Bookkeeper Is read every month by
about 350.000 office men, bankers,
brokers and business mei of every
description.
"You will notice the Glen-Rogue
Orchard company has a writeup of
12 pages, and as advertising rates
of the Bookkeeper are $136 a page,
you will see that It costs something
to talk to 350.000 people at once.
My contract with the Bookkeeper
calls for GO pages of advertising to
be Issued during the winter and the
spring of the coming year, and I am
spending individually $6800 to ad
vertise Medford and the Rogue River
valley.
"I see by your paper that the Com
mercial club will spend about $3700
this fall In booklets and advertising
and I njn glad to see It.
"Between all of us, the many ad
vantages of the Rogue River valley
should become pretty well known In
the near future.
"I was received very kindly by the
business men of Medford on my visit
and was also treated very nicely by
the press and carried away with me
a very favorable Impression of the
Rogue River valley, all of which goes
to prove that It generally pays to be
polite and courteous to all strangers,
as you cannot tell what the results
may eventually be.
"Yours respectfully.
"GLEN-ROGUE ORCHARD CO.,
"J. M. Sweeney, Secretary."
The ad In the Journal above re
ferred to contains a splendid write
up of this valley. Interspersed with a
number of scenes of this locality.
ASH I. A Ml ItKMAIXS UIIV.
Voti-s by a Majority of IOO for
Prohibition.
The city of Ashland went "dry"
yesterday by a majority of 166
That was on the straight vote on the
question of "wet" and "dry." The
election passed off quietly and the
result appears to be satisfactory to
the majority of the citizens.
Tbe following is the vote by
wards:
Ward Dry. Wet.
First 162 184
Second 1S7 6
Third 176 7
Totals 495
329
..166
Majority for "dry"
IX NEWSPAPERS.
Some of Miming fUnk Bills Located
at Ogdrn, I'tah.
PORTLAND, Dec. 14. The first
tangible clew as to the whereabouts
of tbe $15,000 stolen from the East
Side bank December 7 became pub
lic today when It was learned that
two bills, one a gold certificate and
the other currency of a large denom
ination of the same, number as some
of the money stolen, had been dis
covered In tbe postofflce at Ogden,
Utah.
It occurred through the wrong ad
dressee getting hold of an old news
paper, In which was wrapped the
sum of $2,400 In currency. The ad
dress was Charles L. Price. A plas
terer of that name who Uvea In Og
den called for and was given the
package. On discovering the con
tents Price hurried back to the post
office and handed it over to the pos
tal authorities. The large denom-
Inatlons of some of the bills and the
peculiar manner in which they were
transmitted, together with the fact
that the paper was sent from Port
land, aroused suspicion, and the
Portland authorities were notified,
the numbers of the bills being sent.
President Newhall Immediately
Identified the numbers, and the Og
den authorities were asked to watch
for Price. The matter leaked out to
day when Newhall filed a claim for
the $2400 with the local postal au
thorities. In spite of the fact that
everything bad been done to keep
the matter secret.
FIll'IT GROWERS' MKETIXG
Another InicreHtuig Address Made
lly Prof. O'Gara.
The Angle Opera house was
crowded yesterday afternoon when
Professor P. J. O'Gara gave his il
lustrated lecture talk on fruit pests
and other kindred subjects. Tbe at
tendance was so large and the inter
est so great that Professor O'Gara
took occasion to remark that It was
much greater than was the meeting
held In Portland.
The slides for the Illustrations
were attended to by A. H. Miller, the
secretary of the Medford Commer
cial club. Professor O'Gara, with
a pointer, made clear to all present
the different things which tended to
Injure the fruit crops. In this way
It was possible for the audience to
understand many things which it
woulu be Impossible to explain In
the usual way of simply telling about
them.
The talk was given under the aus
pices of the Horticultural society,
and It Is understood that during the
winter there will be two meetings
a month which will be addressed by
j Professor O'Gara In the Interest of
i the fruit-growing industry of the
Rogue River valley. In this way it
is expected that the fruit men of this
! district will get such Information as
' will place them In the position that
from this season on for ,a great
, while at least they will be able, with
the assistance of the county fruit
t Inspector, to keep this part of the
country free from all the pests which
i Infest the orchards.
MORE Fl'XDS WANTED.
Oregon Appropriation for KspoMi-
tion Running Short.
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 14. An
j additional appropriation of $50,000
will be asked of the legislature this
winter by the Oregon commission to
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
at Seattle In 1909. While the orig
inal appropriation of $100,000, pro
vided by the 1907 legislative session
Is not entirely exhausted, the addi
tional sum, it Is said, will be needed
, to Insure the success of the Oregon
:exu!bit at the Seattle exposition.
W. H. Wehrung and M. D. Wls
dom, president and secretary of the
. commission, respectively, were out of
'the city yesterday and could not be
I interviewed on the subject. Before
leaving for his home at HUlsboro
j Sunday, howexer, Mr. Wehrung an
nounced that the commission would
feel obliged to ask for more funds
at the hands of the legislature. E.
W. Howe, one of the other members
of the commission, said he had not
been advised that more funds would
be required, although he admitted
that the available money In the
hands of the commission was insuf
ficient to carry out Its plans as to a
creditable display of Orgeoa's re
sources. The bulk of the original appropri
ation Is said to have been expended
in building the Oregon building, one
of the most attractive structures that
bas been erected by an outside state.
The unexpected balance. It Is report
ed, will not prove adequate to meet
the expense of collecting the exhibit
and Installing It In the building.
Other funds will be needed to com
plete these details and at the same
time make provision for entertaining
functions usually conducted in con
nection with such exhibits. Mr.
howe was not able yesterday to say
how much of the original appropria
tion remained unexpended.
VAX DYKE ADDITION.
There I Considerable RuildlnK Go
ing On Out There.
There Is quite a bit of building ac
tivity out In the Van Dyke addition
these days. E. Hall, the Snowflake
bakery man, has a fine six-room
bungalow now In course of construc
tion, built by A. E. Powell; while
Mr. Hall and his partner, Mr. Tehl,
have built an 1Si2 4-foot addition to
their bakery, which Is located In
that vicinity, and Mr. Fehl bas built
a temporary residence. A Mr.
Schmltt Is also building an eight
room bungalow, and In addition to
these there has been sidewalks for
a distance of two and a half blocks,
and there Is lumber on the ground
for a good bit more sidewalk.
Haiti Is about to count the guns
and machetes, to see who Is entllle-1
to be the next president.
ED PEOPLE
IN fi SLICK WAY
Smooth Picture Solicitors
Get Ready Coin in Med
ford and Ashland.
It It Is any consolation, many
Medford people are Informed dt the
fact that "there are others." Refer
ence in this particular case is made
to some picture solicitors who can
vassed the city a short time ago and
secured quite a number of orders.
They also secured quite a bit of
cash on the side. Just to show that
their hearts were In the right place.
so to speak.
The tempting bait the solicitors
used was tbe offer of "a high-grade
Octreal oil portrait, 16x20 inches In
size and valued at $15." Then, In
addition to that, there was a chance
given for a drawing whereby every
one who InVested was sure to receive
gold watches, silver knives and
forks, dinner sets, automobilea.
houses and lots, ranges, furniture to
fill a whole house, trips to the Alaska-Yukon
exhibition and a thousand
and one other things.
Did the people bite? Well, ask
Chief of Police Shearer, who listens
to more troubles than most police
men, and yet, strange to say. Is al
ways good-natured. The following
Is a copy of many of the tlcketa
which hare been turned over to him,
the holders of which have come to
the conclusion tha tthere Is a time
when patience ceases to be a virtue:
Read Your Tickets.
Established 1895.
OREGON ART SCHOOL.
Main Office, Portland.
A. R. Beach, President.
Special Advertisement for 30 Days.
This ticket and $2.98 for the coat
of material entitles the holder to one
sample of our $15 high-grade Octreal
Oil Portraits, unrramed, 16x20
Inches In size. Remember, one-halt
to be paid when proof Is shown, and
balance when picture la finished and
delivered. This ticket also entitles
the holder to participate In our free
distribution of valuable souvenirs,
the following being a partial list of
same: Handsome diamond ring, la
dles' gold watch, silver knives and
forks, spoons, 100-plece decorated
dinner sets, 50-plece decorated din
ner sets, Morris chair, davenport.
sewing -machine, washing machine
and wringer, electric iron, oak rcok
ers, etc.
Remember the souvenirs given are
absolutely free.
Advertising Solicitor
Not responsible for verbal con
tracts. .
One consolation, however, la the
fact that the citizens of Ashland and
the fellows who edit the newspapera
there cannot have the laugh on the
people of Medford, for many of them
also swallowed the bait, hook and
all, as the following from the Ash
land Tidings would go to show:
"Stung Again.
'A number of Ashland people have
reported the past few days the oper
ations of a quartet of enlarged pic
ture agents who seem to have done
a thriving business In the city re
cently, but according to complaints
registered have failed to live up to
their agreements In furnishing cer
tain premiums promised to their
patrons. Each patron paying $2.98
was to receive In addition to tbe en
larged picture a premium equaling
or exceeding the value of the repro
duced likeness. The pictures were
delivered, but the premiums, nay, the
people, are awaiting them yet. Stung
again, some of the dlsappolntetd
ones are saying, now that their
money Is gone. Apparently it Is on
ly a new form of the old enlarged-
plcture-free-and-you-buy - the frame
fraud."
VERY PRETTY ENTERTAINMENT.
It Was Given by the Juniors at the
School Friday Afternoon.
One of the most pleasant enter
tainments which have been held In
Medford for some time was that giv
en by the Juniors at the school De
cember 11. Although most of those
who took part had no previous ex
perience, all of them did remarkably
well, and many were the compli
ments heard by those who were for
tunate enough to be present at the
exercises. The following was . the
program rendered:
Duet, Loralne Bllton and Agnes
Isaacs; essay, Pearl De Bolt; Ger
man recitation, Fred TJeterleln; Ger
man song, German Juniors; "Current
Events," Josle Riley; recitation,
Walter Childress; vocal solo, Frieda
Hockenyos; "High School Current
Events," Ruth Agnew; biography,
Muriel Roddle; recitation. Crystal
MrNary; debate, affirmative, Nell
Renter. Frieda Hockenyos; negative.
Sue Hills, Luella Campbell; piano
solo, Agnes Isaacs; class song.