CALIFORNIA COPPER
OUTPUT INCREASES
Bulk of Increased Production la from
Shasta County Begion Twenty-one
Million Pounds Produced in This
Section.
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The production of blister copper in
California in 190U whs 23,153,202
pounds, tin increase of about 11,500,000
pounds OTer that of 1905.
The bulk of the production and
nearly the whole increase was from the
Shasta county region, but several other
V comities contributed to the output,
Calaveras county leading among these.
The mine production for the year
corresponds closely with tht of the
smelters, chiefly because- all of the
principal producers operate their own
smelters. The disaster at San Francisco
which temporarily demoralized certain
industries had little dirfet effect on
copper production. Considerable old
copper was recovered during the year
from the San Francisco ruins, but this
has been excluded from the statistics of
production junt published by. the. United
.States geological survey as an advance
chapter from ."Mineral Resources of the
United States, Calendar Year 1905.
Shasta Copper Region.
The Shasta " county copper region,
- which lies near Sacramento and Pit riv
or, north of ttedding,"-farneSt",rofluv
Lake Superior copper rangej the most
extensive of the important copper,, dis
tricts of the country. It is 'commonly
divided into four districts, the Tron
Mountain, Little Backbone, Bully XI ill
and Afterthought. ' .The geology of the
region has been described by J. S. Dil
ler, geologist, of the United States ge
ological survey, in folio No. HIS of the
Geologic Atlas of the United States.
The region produced in 1906 slightly
less than 21,000,000 pounds of blister
copper, as against an even 10,000,000
pounds in 1905. Tho ores smelted in
liiofi yielded approximately 3,6 per confr
of copper. The yield per ton in gold
was nbout $1.60, and in silver 2.25
ounces, or $1.50, which combined are
equivalent to 2.9 cents per pound of
coppor. When all of tho developed de
posits become actively productive the
percentage of copper will' probably .de
crease to some extent and that of silver
increase. ... .
PRESIDENT'S GREETING TO -
OREGON AND THE COAST
A telegram, telling -briefly Oregon
and Portland 'a Btory of progress for
1907, was sent to President KposevolK
New Year'a day by the Portland Com
mercial club,- and a cordial -ply-re-
ceived from the president. The.tee
grams, follow:
' ' Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, . presi
dent, Washington, D. C: Portland and
; Oregon send greetings. The, year cl
ing today is the. record in; commerce.
shipping, manufacture, building, ag
riculture, . horticulture, dairying, im
. migration, . irrigation and cash on hand.
Portland was the first large city in
the United States. to return to & cash'
basis. All banks temporarily em bap
raised will pay in full.
PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB."
'.'The White .House, Washington
Portland Commercial Club, Portland,
Or.: I thank you ,for your greeting and
t extend a Happy Now Year to youi to
Portland and to all the states of the
Pacific slope and the Rocky mountains,
and I join with you in wishing a
Happy New Year for the whole coun
try. ' THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
NOTICE
Is hereby given that the undersigned
will npply at the regular meeting of
the city council of the city of Med
ford, Oregon, to be held on January
7, 1908, for a license to sell spiritens,
vinous and malt liquors in quantities
less than one gallon for a period of six
months, at their place of business in the
Hotel Nash building, on lots 5, 6, 7 and
3, in block 20, in said city.
HOTEL NASH COMPANY.
Dated December 26, 1907. 246
NOTICE
Is hereby given that the undersigned
will apply to the city council of Mod
ford, Or., at its next meeting to be
held January 7, 190S, for a license to
soli malt, vinous and spiritous liquors
' in less quantities than a gallon, for a
period of six months, at my place of
business at parts of lots 10 and 11,
block 45, Med ford, Or.
T. H. MOOR E.
Dated December 26, 1907. 244
Important to Householders.
The city engineer will hand you in the
next few days your official number for
your house. Present this card to Shortie
Garnett and he will sell you the 3-inch
numbers at the rate of 8 1-3 cents per
number. If you have secured numbers
already and find they are wrong, bring
them in to Shortie and he will trade
you the right numbers. tf
NOTICE.
Parties owning lots in Butte Falls
townsite rIiouM make payments to J.
A. Perry, trustee in bankruptcy, at his
office. ' 244
Coal for Sale.
We are now prepared to furnish hand
picked coat at the mine, five mile
fa .Bst of town, in any amount desired
$7.50 per ton.
tf PACIFIC COAL CO.
AMUSEMENTS. '
The announcement of the coming of
"Girl of the Streets" is certain to
arouse feelings of pleasure in advance
to the countless people who are famil
iar with this popular piece. The play
has been the principal comedy-drama
success of the past two seasons and it
has known an amount of popularity that
has surprised even the most sanguine
of its' well-wishers. Miss Berna liein
hardt, who appears in the title role, is
an exceedingly clever and beautiful act
ress. Her age, talents conscientious
work have raised her to that point
wherein she is being featured. Another
clever member of the company is little
Vera Ludlow, tho wonderful child ar
tist. This attraction will be seen at
the Opera House on Monday, January 6.
George B. Edwards Q Co. will pre
sent their "Girl of the Streets" at the
Opera House on Monday," January 6.
The play ' is too well known to need
much "puffing," as it has been a de
cided hit the past two seasons. This
year's company, scenery and specialty
features are said to surpass any that
have been provided for the piece. One
of the features of the show is the work
of little Vera Ludlow, who is considered
one of the cleverest, children on the
.stage"; ' She nUme,isa Avholc show.
Tho merry musical farco-eomedy,
"Are You Crazy?" will be seen at the
Medford Opera House .un Wednesday
evening", January 8. This piece is a mint
of mirth and sparkles throughout with
lndlerons sTtuatibVi.'oniiiVicatioTis of
misunderstandings niftl mistaken iden
tity. If proof -is needed in thofaco of
fhc( fact that' Wherever this excellent
attraction appears the houses are crowd
ed. It is only to hear the boys, as well
as the best people in the different cities,
accost each other'on tho street the next
day, asking tho question, ' ' Are You
Crazy t" The musical numbers intro
duced are "of tliq whistling hind and
the specialties of a high-class order.
STANDARD OIL STILL
TRICKING THE LAW
To the January American Magazine
Ida M." Trfrbell ' contributes 1 a remark
able article on "Roosevelt vs. Rocke
feller." In it she shows how the Stand
ard Oil company is today evading the
law in a curious ami most interesting
way. Tho Btbry is one of tho best
Standard Oil stories ever told. Here
it is:- . . ,'. ; '
' "The law making tho pipe line a
common carrier was designed to open
oil transportation to the public from
the Indian territory to the Atlantic
seaboard. Now this trunk line was
made up like the railroads running
between these points of various corpo
rations. This being the case, it was
difficult to see how they could evade
the federal regulations declaring inter
state pipes. com, m on carriers. jl
How Law Is Graded.'
" It was left to a learned counsel
of the Standard Oil company, John G.
Milburn,.:to. find a. way. Mr. Mil burn
advised the Standard Oil company, to
readjust the ownership of its linos, so
that each company would oiyn no pipe'
age outside of the state in which it
was incorporated; that is, oacb pipe
line stopped at the state line.
"In the summer-of 1906, when it
became certain that the pipe line sec
tion of the Hepburn bill would pass,
Mr. Milburn advised his clients that
henceforth they should pump no more
oil across state lines. Hut how were,
they to get around it? Kasily. Erect
on the Pennsylvania border at the point
where the oil has been pumped into
Now Jersey, receiving tanks. On tho
other side of the line erect a pumping
station. The oil goes into the tank in
Pennsylvania owned by one company,
it is pumped out in New Jersey by a
pump owned by another company. It
is not pumped over the line! Now you
see it and now you don't!
Lines in Operation.
'These outfits for putting oil in on
one side of a state line and taking it
out on the other are actually in op
tion today at Fawn Grove, between
Pennsylvania and Maryland; Center-
bridge, between Pennsylvania and New
Jersey; and Unionville, between New
York and New Jersey. Imagine the
railroads reorganizing ownership so that
the lines of each company stopped at
the state border! Imagine all freight
and passengers unloaded at the New
Jersey line, New Jersey claiming that
in her territory railroads were pn-
ate property and could be operated to
uit the owner, and the New Jersey
railroads refusing to carry freight
which they did not not! This is a truth
ful illustration of the little arrange
ment the learned counsel of the Stand
ard Oil company has worked out to
evade the federal law governing pipe
lines. And they tell us when Mr. Roose
velt objects to their methods that he
is "attacking the nation's industrial
and mercantile life. It really looks as
if the shoe were on the other foot."
Buy Tickets by Wire.
'Something which it ot considerable
interest to the public generally and
which is perhaps not gcnenilly known
is the system of prepaid orders now in
m fleet between stations of the Southern
Pacific company and all points in the
Tnited State. Ily menus of this system
tickets may be pure linked at Medford
from any place in the Knifed States and
mailed or telegraphed direct to the
party wihin to come here. Sleeper
accommodations and small amounts nf
cah in connection with these tickets
inav aluo be furnished at the same
time." M
COAL FIELDS OF
COUNTY EXAMINED
Geological Survey Examines Beds of
Fuel in Thirteen States Coal Leads
All Other Mineral Products in Value, 1
with Iron Second.
The coal fields of 13 states and ter
ritories were examined by geologists of
tho United States geological survey in
ltHMJ and the results of this work Ittve
just been published by the survey as
Bulletin No. 3 Hi, which forms part II
of "Contributions to Economic Geology,
1906. "
Yalues of leading mineral products:
Coal , $ul3,0;,S09
Irou " 505,700,000
Copper . .', 177,5;t.VvSS
Clay products HU.Wi2.722
Oil" and gas 137,318,007
Uuld and silver 132.030,200
So far' as fuels are concerned the
work of the geological survey, is divid
ed into three classes, geologic, tech
nologic and statistical, the last of which
is, in charge . of the divisiou of mineral
resources, "whose work. for 1000 yelded
the figures given above.
Western Fields Unknown.
All the geologic work oii.nmioral fuejs
of "theT'lhiited States is under the gen
eral supervision of M. R. Campbell. The
wrtrlr-fcrftf Various grades and degrees
of precision, depending on the needs of
the public and the- conditions under
which the surveys are carried on.
In. tho region west of the 100th me
ridian the-toal fields are comparatively
unknown and the, work of the survey is
largely exploratory.. . Rapid 'reconnais
sance surveys are made over large areas
to determine the limits of the field and
to obtain such information regarding
the number and character of the coal
beds and their attitude as may be pos
sible in the present undeveloped condi
tion of tho field 1 and with the hasty
method of .examination. In the east
ern fields information is needed almost
as Imdly as" in the west, but the work
is -of a much more detailed character
and involves not only a thorough study
of the geologic conditions under which
t he coal occurs, but also a st tidy of
the quality of- the coal and its adapta
bility to various commercial uses.
Bulletins Now Beady.
Tho report just published covers re
sults obtained wholly or in part during
lfton and includes iiS separate papers.
Twenty-four of these describe coal
fields in' Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Vir-
orin Su . A It) hmii n 111 i nnio A rlrnnana
I Montana, Wyoming, Colorado;- Utah,
New Mexico and California; ..three are
papers of a, general nature, and one"
the last is a list of the survey pub
lications on coal,, lignite and peaf!
bulletin No. 316 ,is now. ready for
distribution and may be obtained by
applying to the director, Unted States
geological survey, Washing too, J C.
UNIVERSITY PLANS TO
HELP -POOR STUDENTS
The University of Oregon is planning
a loan fund of at least $5000, based in
the belief that a loan is better than an
outright gift in the form of a scholar
ship. Some subscriptions hare already
hten made to the fund, and. a number
of prominent men of the state have
ngrced to, guarantee amounts tip to 4500.
President Campbell is using. his best
efforts to raise the entire $5000 this
year if possible.
In almost every high school graduat
ing class there are some who do not
have the means for a college education,
but who would take advantage of any
fair opportunity offered them to secure
one. The treasurer of the fund, who
is to be the high Bchool inspector and
win iiius unto nu opportunity io kuow j
personally the members of the classes, !
will work in conjunction with the city
superintendents and high school prin-!
cipals. He will make loans to such stu-1
dents as need them each year at a low
rate of interest, with tho agreement)
that they are to repay tho principal as
soon as they are able after leaving col-
lege. A small amount of life insurance J
will be taken out on each at the ex- i
pense of the fund. It is the plan to 1
luive ten meu guarautee the fund'
against uss to the amount of $500
each.
The university has had a small fund
of about $300 for the past four years,
"".luring this time, 2o students have been
enabled to complete their college course
who otherwise could have done so. Only
ouc loan has been lost.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. ,
This is to certify that I will prosecute
any party or parties to tho full extent
of the law that attempt to cut timber
on my claims, located in tho southeast
quarter of tho northeast quarter, the
north half -of the southeast quarter and
the northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 8, in township 3!) S.
of ranye 1 west of Willamette Meridian
in Oregon, contniiiing one hundred and
sixtv acres of land. tf.
(Signed) AffXIK M. T.OT)EI?.
BUSINESS OABDS. '
E. E. HAMILTON, M. D .
Physician and Surgeon,
Successor to Dr. R. S. DeArmond.
Office in Kitter-Dunlap Block.
Phone 6S3.
Win. M. Colvig, Medford, Or.
COLVIG St DURHAM,
Attomeys-at-Law.
Geo. H. Durham, Grants Pass, Or.
WM. W. P. HOLT, M. D,
Physician and Surgeon.
Eagle Point, Oregon.
WAEREN L. CAMERON, M. D-,
Physician and Burgeon.
Residence, Hotel Moore.
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u LINDtEV fc LIKDLET,'
Dealers in new and second hand furni
ture, stoves and titiware, hardware, fttc.
Storage and commiasion Wodyard in
c.onnwtion. AH goods delivered t any
part of ity. .
' NEW TOILET PAELOES
Medern aid scientific methods fer th
care' ef all diseases of the hair, scalp
and face. Shampoo SO cents. Electric
scalp, massage following shampoo 25
coats. Physical deficiencies devel
oped, maaicuring, finest toilet articles
carefully compounded.
MBS. W. L. CAMERON,
Suite 4H, Hotel Moore Annex.
BEGIN THE NEW YEAR
by dining regularly at the Nash Cai.
Good, nourishing food, cooked "to the
queen's taste," tempting dishes dnint-ily-served,
the choicest wines, beers,
liquors and cigars, and everything to
cheer the inner man and "make life a
long swoct dream" you will find nt the
Nash Cafe. Tables reserved for ladies.
THE NASH
Whose
Advertisement
Has Been
Discontinued?
Scene From "A Girl of the Streets"
I I., Tj ,vv 0 IK'?!!!
One of tho most successful plays on tho road this season is "Girl of the
Streets," a melodrama which conies to tho Opera house on Monday, January -6.
This play achieved ono of tho hits of last season. It contains liboral por
tions of rattling good comedy nnd dramatic thrills. It is built up of the ma
terial that appeals to theatergoers who admire simple virtues. The villain can
always be relied upon to merit the honest .hatred of his audience, and the
comic gentlemen have iron-bouid contracts with tho audience that they be
given an opportunity to-furnish a laugh every 30 seconds. "Oirl of the
Streets" admita of novel seeoie effects and the company presenting it has s
well-established reputation for effective work. Numerous specialties will be
given. This is a play every woman should see.
Horse Sense
It is plain common sense that the store turning
their stock the most rapidly lias the newest
goods and the latest effects. No one in Southern
Oregon will dispute the statenient that The Tog
gery is that store in Medford. flood buying
judgment enables us to give you such values as
these in the latest metropolitan styles.
Personal guaranteed (.'ravenctte Rainproof
Overcoats' hi Oxford, grays and other late color
effects, in the very newest up-to-imw models,
with hand-padded shoulders and felled collars,
with every seam taped, half satin lined a full
finished Coat now
if'21.5() AND Ul
Toggery Coat Shifts with and without cuffs
attached, in Oxfords, Madras and Percales; in
dressy effects; now selling at the 'exceptional
values of
1.50, 2.00 AND 2.50.
NEW TSARS CONFRONTS YOJ
with the question of whether you
going to be up to date or atill stick
old-fashioned methods of traveling.
You won't hesitate long if you'll coma
and see the automobile you can get
here at a reasonable cost. Come and
take a ride with us in a machine that
is fancy in speed, equipment aud con
struction, but decidedly not fancy in
price.
HodsonAuto Co.
MEDFORD, OREGON.
Medford Steam Bakery
HOT BOLLS FOR BREAXFAST
or dainty little dinner rolls that
will tempt the appetite of thu
most fastidious, Is tho kind wa
serve every day when ordored.
Hrondstuffs, light, white and dp
licious, is our specialty, as wo II
as the richest, finest cakes, pas
try and pies. When you wanr 1
enjoy your meals, order yv.,
bakostiiffs from us.
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