Boost the Development of the Rogue River Country by Subscribing Liberally to the new Medford Pamphlet
UNITED PRESS
DISPATCHES
'By far tfca largest and belt newi report
of any paper la SouUiem Oregon.
The Weather
The weather man yesterday promised
fair weather for today. He lied. He
now promises rainy weather for to
night and tomorrow. Wo hope he U
lying again.
THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD,
OREGOX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 190!).
No. 283.
CR
ATER ROAD BILL IS POL
CM
mm Ml F. P I I
MAY dDINIi
BEAVERS i
HK
Proposition Will Be Sub
mitted to Commercial
Club at the Meeting on
Wednesday Evening
At Wednesday evening's meeting of
the Commercial club a proposition will
be submitted regarding tin bringing
of the Portland aggregation of Pacific
roast ball player to Medford for their
spring practice. Waller McCrodio has
agreed to come if certain arrangements
ran bo made for fitting the grounds
with shower bathe and suitable hotel
accommodations can bi? secured.
The aggregation will consist of some
22 men, who will work out for some
six weeks beginning about March 20 or
5. Practice games will bo arranged
aud interesting times will ensue.
There is nothing which will attract
the even of the northwest baseball en
thusiasts towards Medford so much as
bringing the team here. For that pe
riod the papers will be full of ball dope
regarding the Reavers, as that is the
dupe the fans want.
It is to lo hoped that suitable ar
rangements, can be made, and that the
team will come here.
BUTTE FALLS ITEMS.
Professor Wright, teacher of our
school, has been in Jacksonville attend
ing teachers' examination and success
fully passed to a higher grade certifi
cate. 1
Scott Claspill has been riding through
the hills strving legal papers for the
sheriff. He reports the boys as getting
along, but much eomplr.int of the snow.
J. P. Hughes, who was accidentally
shot, is now up and about, and is able
to look after his business interests.
C. O. Baker is boarding his daughter
at Mr. Tucker's at Brownsboro.
. The late rains have rendered the
roads almost untrnvelable and great in
convenience, is occasioned to many who
are compelled to make valley cisits.
When will we have good roads!
Colonel W. S. Dewing and B. II. Har
ris arrived in Butte Falls Saturday
from Medford and our people nro all
verv much interested as to the outcome
of this visit of Colonel Dewing, ns it
mav mean verv much to this section.
George West, ranger, who has been
visiting his fnmilv in Washington, has
returned and is discharging his duties
it. tt.e Prnsnect country.
M. C Mahoney took down a load of
passengers from "the Falls Sunday.
Miss Maud Hughes, daughter of Mer
chant Hughes, and Clyde Smith were
married at Medford Monday. This -s a
most estimable youns eouple. who have
many frineds and the congratulations ot
v are extended to tt i. They will re-
Bide in Cottage Grove, where Mr. Smith
is engaged in busings.
R H. Harris and Colonel Dewing left
us on Hundav for the valley. We have
noe learned the outcome of their trip,
but believe that it will result in g"l
tnr till flection.
Luther Hughes accompanied his
fnud. to Medford and w
sifter,
ill g"
c.n to Cottage Grove.
he has
employment.
Thirty inches of pnowfall at Butt
Poiu Inot week, but
it has all disap
pearcd and the weather is pleasant.
It is about time some of nor eligible
vounii men were taking mm. . ..
'a wife and establishing a
themselves in Butte Falls, f
home for
it is not
hould take
-lust richt that young men
our voting Indies aw
t- rtlticwhere. W e
of population and the
fimwl nn increase
. ..n.intrv is in the new hme
established. Let our young eligible:
take the hint and domicile some tair
ones among the fragrant ha Kim woods
and beside the flower bedecked streams,
where the balmy z'tdiyrs soothe the
.lumbers nnd the morning air rosy the
checks. Why not call the attention
nf the German lassies, who have come
nv. from the father-find tn the de-ir-
nf Butte Falls Th
able young men
. ... ' i. 1 mv.. find betore t!!''V
Will miiRf n . . e r
are nil taken let the "boy nf Butte
Palls put in their churns.
Carolina plans a state bnihl
iw O the Alaska Yukon Pacific expn-
which the south will
Qion next year in
be well represented v an exhibit of to
bacco, cotton fine woods, minerals and
agricultural exhibits.
TEDDY OET3 SORE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. HI. It is reported hero that rifferenees have
arisen between President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft over the
selection of t lie incoming cabinet. It is said that Tuft, in f raining his
cabinet without ceeking t ho advice of Itoosevelt, who, it is said, is par
ticularly piipiod ever the refusal of Taft to offer a sent to Secretary
Loch.
It is said t hat it would be very galling to the president to havo
Taft frame hi complete rabinet without consulting him.
T
Second Issue of the High
School Publication Shows
Improvement
The Tn 1 1 urn has tooted once again,
and its second blast discords not as the.
furt one did. Veiilv, the editors are
improving rapidly and that advertis
ing manager is a goer, for the publica
tion is full of advertising and live
"dope" concerning -school life.
There is nothing perhaps that re
fleets the spirit of the school days as
dors t he school paper. Filed away
they may be dug from their dusty rest
ing places and years hence their yellow
ing pages bring back a flood of memo
ries. The (ditor in-chief aud business man
ager have a happy faculty of combining
literary merit wi:h business. Listen to
the following bid for business:
ADVKIiTlSK.
(My Frank V. Smithe.)
(With apologies to Longfellow.)
"Tell us not in mournful numbers,
Advertising doesn't pay.
For the man is very foolish
Who such absurd tilings would say.
"Life is real, life is earnest,
And he who would in bnsinevs rise,
And succeed in making money.
Must expect to advertise.
"Lives of rich men all remind ns
That by using printers ' ink
We can die and leave behind us
Monstrous heaps of golden chink.
"Let us, then, be up and doing.
With our paper full of stuff,
Nice, big, juicy jokes and stone:.
Fvorvthing just up to snuff."
SAYS DIAZ HAS LIFE
JOB IF HE WANTS IT
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. "President
Diaz will be president just as long as he
wishes. 1 hir only regret is that he is in
the (vening of his life. Ho is SO years
old. and while he is in the best of i
health, it cannot be expected that he
will be with us very much longer."
This statement is made by Senor Jose
Li man tour of the ( 'ity of Mexico, n
brother of .lose Vve Limantonr, minister
of finance of the Mexican government,
v. ho is at present in New York. Senor
Liuiiiritour made this prediction of what
might be styled perpetual Diazism. while
denying a rumor that his brother would
he a candidate for the presidency of
Mexico. The term of President Diaz ex
pi its in 1!I2, but i will be recalled
that a movement it rl ready under way
in the republic looking to his re elec
lion.
ROBBERS LOOT BANK IN
OKLAHOMA AND ESCAPE
MFSKOGKK. Okln., Feb. 10. The
B.-nk of okliiha. Hi miles south of this
eitv. was mbbed early today and the
heriff and a number of deputies with
bloodhounds have parted for the scene.
i Later advices state that the safe in the
Fii-t State Hank of Oklaha was blown
..pet) at - o'clock. Tin robbers secured
til lit. The bunk building was wreck
ed bv the explosion. Sheriff Ramsey's
bloodhounds traced the robbers to the
outskirts of the t..wn. where the trail
was ot. It is believed that the mb
! ,(.r are the ame
who have recent
IV bertl op
rating in southern Kansas
POKER GAME TO COST
BANK SUM OF $3000
HFLKNA. Mont.. Feb. 10. Holding
th.-t the Bank of California came into
the certificates in the ordinary course
i.,wi,..- the iurv in the federal
.'iirt todav rturned an instructed ver
,i;,.t ;i"aniT the S im ktnen
National
i ir ,.f Fj.rf Benton for $
:i'mi. Cert it I
.i in this nui were iued
t.. one Car! H-rz. who
,1 r.oo.h the We.t lot tl
in traveling
em in a Ta
poker game. He stopped payment
lT.l the Hank of CnKforma. into whne
hand thev had pa-.-e-d from m'Iit pT
ion. ..ught their collection, which was
refold; hence the uit arid Hi termina
tinn as indicated. Ql
HORN
DOTS
APPLES TRUE
Writer in Eastern Paper
Praises Fruit as Best
Suited to Needs of Man
(Appleton, Wis.. Post.)
How little thought is given to com
monplace things may be illustrated by
the apple. We could jot down offhand
more facts about the date or fig, the
olive, the banana, or the orange. To
most of us apples are just apples big
a ud I i 1 1 le, red a ml green, f resli a ml
dried.
We have always been intimate with
them, and so we have never given them
a thought. As boys we have climbed
tho easy trunks of the old trees, stolen
the windfall and stoned the beauty way
out on the bending branch till it capit
ulated or tin1 man got after us.
And yet we should know a lot about
this abundant product, ns it is the most
important of the temperate zones; and,
indeed, it is (he only fruit that has
passed the bounds of luxury and become
a staple article.
Apple of Ancient Lineage.
No fruit of today ii of more ancient
lineage, none more aristocratic in as
soeiations of the pest or more revered
in remote times; none that has respond
ed more luxuriously to the wiles of
cultivation.
That they were cultivated by the
Ir. ke dwellers of Switzerland in the
age of slone is proven by finding car
bonized specimens of two varieties, cut
lengthwise and dried, in the palafittes
ot the lakes of Neufchatel, Lombary,
end elsewhere. The folklore of Gem
many ami Scandinavia is full of apple
ttees and golden apples. In Woman
times their cultivation reached a high
pitch; the quality and productiveness
increased by grafting.
We all recall the familiar Biblical
expressions: " Keep the law as the apple
nf thine eve," "I raised thee up under
an apple tree," "Apples of gold in
pictures of silver," "Comfort me with
apples," etc.
Shakespeare Praised Fruit.
Shakespeare in " The Tempest ' '
makes n character sav: "He will carry
iis island home in his pocket and give
it to his son for an apple." In "The
Merchant of Venice" he likens a vil
lain with n smiling cheek to "a goodly
ipple rotted at the heart." Another
if this poet's references identifies the
pippin, which seems ever lo nave neen
i superior variety, as thus: 1 mi
hall see mine orchard, where in an
athor we will eat lavt year s pippins
.f my own grafting. ' '
Miiton, as we remember, terms the
fi ii it of the tree of knowledge apples,
M'd Pore thus picturer it.
In Pliny's time tie- Homans had 22
varieties, and he asserted: "There are
ipples that have ennobled the countries
from whence thev came " onr
he;1 apples will immortalize their first
grafters forever.
The old Saxon coronation benedic
tion read: "Bless, O Lord, the cour
ier of this prince, aud proper the work
..f his hands; and by thy blessing may
this land be filled with apples, with
the fruit and dew of heaven, from the
apples of the eternal hills, from the
t'niits of the earth aiul its innness.
Britons Honor the Fruit.
Apples were held in high honor and
reverence by the earliest inhabitants
r,f Great Britain. On the eve of Kpi
phany the farmer and his workmen,
with a large pitcher of cider, went to
the orchard and thep encircling one
nf the best bearng trees, drank the
following toast:
"Here's to the old apple tree.
Whence thou may 'si bndd, and whence
thou may st blow;
And whene thou may 'st bear apples
enow;
H:its full! Caps ful!!
ltisn(.bushelsacks full.
And my pockets full, ton! Huzza!"
In its wild state the apple (common
)v called the era.) is found over n
,..,sidTable portion of hurope. ns
vative regi-.n is generally conceded to
be southern Furope. They were brought
to Kn gland bv the Romans, and to this
,.,.ntrv bv the French Jesuits
Number of Varieties Orown.
MAN
IMPOSSIBLE TO
ASCERTAIN ITS
STRENGTH I
SENATE
It Depends Upon Fate ol
Other Appropriation Bills
in Senate-Expect Report
of Committee This Afternoon-May
Make Fight
.STATF. IKM'SK, Salem, Or., Feb. l(t.
The Crater Lake road appropriation
bill is being inado a political football
by the senate memboni, who nro play
ing with it so as to secure tho passage
of pet measures and accomplish selfish
ends.
It is impossible to ascertain its actual
strength in tho senate, as too many
members of the Aoanias club are in
evidence.
The passage of the bill depends upon
the fate of the other appropriation bills,
presuiubaly that providing for the nor
mal schools.
The action of the senate last night
ir. voting to submit to the people a
$100,0(10 appropriation for the normal
:;choo at Portland will result in reduc
ing the normal maintenance appropria
tions and will probably result, in a dead
lock with the house, which will hold
up all legislation. At any rate, the sit
uation is not clarified.
The ( rater road bill is still in the
hands of the senate ways and means
committee. A report is expected this
afternoon. Merriman is confident of
a majority report favoring the bill. If
this cannot be secured it will bring in
n minority repmt mid the question will
be fought on the floor of the senate.
The Crater road boosters here consist,
of Judge Baldwin of K lama I h Falls,
S. A. I'attison of Central Point, C. S.
Jackson of Portland, Dr. J. M. Keeiie,
Clarence Hutchison, George King ami
George Putnam of Medford.
TOGGERY BILL
Fitting up His Place ol
Business With Many New
Cabinets and Racks
In order to accommodate his rap
idly increasing business. Toggery Bill
hits had a force of carpenters at work
in his establishment on Seventh street.
for the past week and the results are
marvelous. Many new cabinets for
goods have been installed and every
inch of flour space has been iitili.ed.
Toggery has a large line of spring
goods in and on the road and before
long there will be : ""-f.jit rush of bnsi
neH to "The place near the corner with
prices nn the fupiarc. '
ADD GUNSMITH TO
THEIR REPAIRING FORCE
The Medford Hardware com puny has
secured the services of G. A. Culy,
an expert gunsmith, who will attend
u all gun repairing. Mr. Culy comes
well recommended and will d'i much
toward building up this end of the bus
in ess. ,
Karly in the history of horticulture
the apple attracted attention by its im
provability; that is to say, it belongs
to the clans of culture plants. Among
t hers cultivated in the middle ages
were bitter sweeM, mentioned by Chau
cer. In loS there wer-' " varieties cul
tivated in the neighborhood of London
and since t hen t here have been de
veloped about. L'oO't varieties,
Generally speaking, the apple is in
different to locality; it will grow any
where. It has followed civilization in
this country from New Knglano to the
Pacific, If we are to believe the story
nf John Apple Seed, it got n gr. at part.
(Oontinued on page i )
MAKES CHANGE
-g.
TO THK PUBLIC:
4- Relative to my name appei
the Citizens Telephone com pa in
say that my signature was nuthone 01
who presumed tlr.U 1 would bt)LF
4- is; but I wish to say again thumiture
in favor of a home tolopho," South
found out, conclusively, tljr,
Teelphono & Telegraph co
4- agents.
4fT BRICK St
prepared Feb-
cement brick.
NEW STORE
d brick and
tigato beforo
O. Box 118.
BE A DA
D COFFEE
n Teas, Cof
ing Powder
y all kiuds of
fancy dishes.
Large Stock Has
Medford, Or.
Ordered lor New Ei
11 4 A- O A.ieiaD bo
irUllllClll UII J.
In the store formerly occupied by
Miller & Fwbauk at 114 K. Main street
there will be opened on or ubout March
1 one of the tinest stores of tho kind
between Portland end San Francisco.
This will bo known as 4 Montgomery V
a ladies' suit house, ladies' furnishingH
and millinery.
Mr. ami Mrs. Montgomery havo re
turned from the eastern markets, where
they purchased :v large stock of the
very latest in ladies' wear and those
who visit the store i.fter it is opened
will realize at a glance that everything
is up to date, while at the same time
the prices will be aa low ns the same
goods can be purchased for in nny of
i he large cities.
In addition to the ladies' suits, skirts.
millinery and other ladies furnishings
the Montgomery's have secured the ex
elusive agency for all the territory ly
ing between Portland and San Francis
co for t ho gossanl corset , t ho Perrin
kid glove, the Kyser silk glove, the
(Inge hats and the Onyx hosiery.
Kverything which will be handled by
the Montgomery! is now and has been
bought for the coming season. What is
more, all has been bought in the eastern
mi rkets and for enali. This will enable
the firm to sell the very latest in every
ihtug and at reasonable prices.
Millinery Department
The trimmer in the millinery depart
nient will he Miss J. K. Payuter, who
lias just arrived hero from Chicago
to take the position. The fitting and
alteration will be in charge of Mrs, J.
II. Aston, who last season had the same
position with the Baker-Hntehason com
pany. M i s. Aston wns formerly with
t he Kastern ( bit fitting company of
Portland, and is considered to be one
of the best on the coast, in that line.
After a visit to Hits store the ladies
of Medford and southern Oregon will
be able to rcali.c what it means to
have a place where (hey can lie sure of
getting everything they need and of the
very latest in fashion and style.
WITNESSES AID OIRL
WHO SAVED HER NAME
COLrMMUS, Miss., Feb. !. The sto
ry nf Kstelln Smith, who refused to
swear away her honor to save her fath
er from conviction as a murderer, was
borne out by other witnesses today at
the trial of her father. Charles It, Smith,
millionaire planter, who killed Kugcnc
A. Laurent.
Miss Smith denied on the stand the
allegation of her father that she had
been misled by Laurent, who was her
admirer. She said her father's accu
sation proved he was insane. The wit
nesses heard today added evidence to
sustain the insanity theory and that
has become the defense.
Dr. W. S. MeKinley, the physician
who performed nn operation on Ks
telle, testified that there was nothing
criminal in the treatment, and a sheaf
of druggists' prescriptions was intro
duced as evidence that Kstelln suffered
from ills to which young girls fall
lie.r.
M iss Kniily Clutni well, a niece of
Smith, and Mrs. A. D. Dupree, his sis
ter. said there was n tendency toward
insanity in tlic Smith family. A brother
of the defendant, three half uncles am:
two cousins had been in insane asylums
and the father of Smith had "spells"
rem-mbling fits.
Smith has not yet forgiven his daugh
ter for not sweuring away her charac
ter despite her pitiful pleading day and
night.
CAPULOO IS CITY OF
MOROUE8 AND HOSPITALS
M K V B ' ( IT V. Feb. HI. Cupulco
City, with a population "f 7000 is n
eiiv of morgues an;) hospitals today.
Sj x hundred escaped from a burtii ng
theater and disorder reigns. The fire
men and police were unable lo control
the situation. Suffering is intense. Suji
plie., of medicine an' exhausted. There
are no means of preparing the dead for
burial. A pile of ashes marks the place
where the theater stood. Many victims
are unidentified. Whole families were
burned to death.
?
ARTHUR H. DAVIS
Contracting Electrical Engineer.
iHO W. Seventh St., Medford, Or.
DR. WALTEK R. STOKES,
Dentist.
Successor to Dr. J. M. Keene.
THE ELECTRIC AND FRENCH
DRY CLEANING AND PRESS
ING WORKS
W. E. Lane Sk Son, Props.
Opposite Hotel Moore,
Medford 1 Oregon
WABOHAU ft BROWN
wish to announce to their patrons
that thsy are located In their new
quarters in the Young A Hall
building.
Billiards, Cigars and Tobaccos.
DR. FRANK ROBERTS
Dentist
Office hours: 8 to 12, 1 to 4.
The examination f applicant i for
teachers' certificates havo been finish
ed in Jacksonville, tho successful ones
being:
First grade Grnco V. Pearce, Jack
sonville; M. Maud O'Brien, Applcgato;
Mrs. T. K. Roberts, Medford; Florence
H. Minis, Central Point; Mabel Muhn,
Cent nil Point.
Second grade Margaret L. Shuck,
Central Point; H. H. Henchert, Wood
villej Mabel Scott, Sams Valley; Grace
Kaypholt., Medford; Mildred Neil, Jack
sonville; Minnie King, (fold Hill; Leo
well Wright, Butte Falls; Mrs. Kliza
both Holm. Fagle Point; Mrs. If. R.
Henchert, Woodville.
Third grade Gladys Shnw, Jackson
ville; Hoy O. Whitley, Prospect; Peter
Kingerly, Medford; L. M. Kincaid, Med
ford; Sadie Nininger, Sams Valley; Km
ma Wendt, Jacksonville; Mae Nash,
Ashland; Well O. Wheeler, Phoenix;
Kthol Shaffer, Phoenix.
Primary M is. Stella Purkeypile,
Central Point; Fsther Murphy, Med
ford; Mrs. Ada U Stannard, Phoenix.
TRAIN STOPS ON BRINK
OF BURNING BRIDGE
PKNVKK, Col., Feb. 10. A Denver
a: io G ra nd e passenger t ra in from
Pueblo for Denver narrowly escaped
running onto a burning bridge just
east of Palmer Lake at Tii.tO yesterday
evening. The engineer and fireman no
t iced the flames in time to stop the
train and an examination showed that
liad the train tried to cross, it certain
ly would have been wrecked. The cause
of the fire is unknown. The most like
ly theory that the flames caught from
a fire started underneath the bridge by
tramps who were endeavtring to warm
themselves, although there is a rumor
that the fire wns started with the in
tention of wrecking the train for the
purpose of robbery.
ADMIRAL EVANS TO WORK
FOR A NAVY LEAGUE
CHICAGO. Feb. Hi. Admiral Kobiey
D. Kvans. who is here to deliver n lec
ture, declares that t rom now on tie
will work for thee -tablishmcnt of a
nuvv league in the Cnited States, the
object of which will be to give the navy
such a powerful citi.eu support that It
can obtain from congress what it really
needs.
"Germany has a navy league with 1,
uOO.nnO members," he said, "and it nl
ways supports the edmiralty. It b
'-.trnng enough to carrv the day. Kng
land also has a similar league, and that
is one reason why those countries have
such powerful navies. We need one in
the Cnited States."
BRYAN IS ORATOR AT
WEAVER UNVEILINO
DKS MOINKS, la., Feb. HI. With
W. J. Bryan as the principal orator nnd
the Iowa legislature a mi audience, an
iinopie
event took place at the state
house today in the unveiling of a por
trait of General James ft. Weaver of
Clfax. The portrait is the gift of
i.dmiriiig friends to the state historical
lepartment, and the occasion is the an
niversary ol Hie auaes oi me noiMiu
Iowa regiment upon Forst Donelson, of
which General Weaver wns a member.
Mr. Bi van si.oke for an hour upon
the patriotism of (.eneral Weaver, Willi
whom he had been associated for sev
rat vears. General Weaver was present
:s the guest of honor of the Iowa legis
hiture.
HAWLEY MAKING TALKS
IN EASTERN CITIES
WASHINGTON', Feb. HI. Represen
tative Hawlev last night delivered n
otercli on Abraham Lincoln at the
Fouiidrvinen Mothodif! church of this
Fridav niirht he made n similar
sneech before the Lincoln club at Hav
erhill. Mass. Next Thursday he will
speak before the Me'chants' nnd Man
ufacturers' association of Baltimore nn
tho bouse of reprnstntuties.
BLTOU THEATER, W. 7TSH 8T.
Continuous performance erery
evening of motion pictures and H
ltiBtrated ballads. Entire change
of program Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. Admission 10 cents.
WM. H. AITKEN
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water
Heating.
Phone 22.
210 W. Seventh St., Medford. Or.
EDEN VALLEY NURSERY
N. S. Bennett, Medford, Or.
Grow trees that sell, sell trees
that grow anad fruit true to label
VERNE T. CANON
Billposter and distributor. AH
orders promptly filled.
Room 7 Jack sou Co. Bank Bldg.
Medford, Or.
0. F. COOK
Sells trees that grow.
Office: R. R. V. Depot.
,p a B"- bi
Medford may now boaot of as fine
a tailoring establishment as caa be
found on the coast. W. W. Kifort, who
long ngo won for himself the slogan,
Tho progressive tailor," has been liv
ng up to his reputation by fitting up
as fine a shop as can be found any
where.
Confident of the continued growth of
the city, nnd forced by a rapidly grow
ing busineas, Mr. Kifert recently re
moved from his old locution on South
Central avenue to his present situa
tion on Front street, in the Young tc
Hull building, just one door north of
Seventh. A visit to Mr. Kifert 's shop
for the first time is rather a shock to
tho unprepared. In a largo room 22
feet wide nnd over 75 feet long, he
has fitted up n nhop containing nil of
tho new "wrlnklea" in his line. The
fixtures of oak nil match chairs, dis
play tables, cutting tables, clothes cab-., ,
inels, screens, dosha and nil. Attrac
tively arranged, tfiey form a most pleas
ing effect.
Cutting Room Shut Off.
The first 40 feet of tho room is de
voted to the dhtplay of his stock, the
rear portion of the room being shut off
from the front by largo screens, be
hind which the work of making the
lothes goes on. In this working room
arc found the machines, electric irons
and all of the tooln with which the tai
lors work.
Mr. Kifert realizes the advantages of
using a window display, for in the large
ones in the front of his establishment
are attractively shown the Intest pat
terns in the season's goods.
Business Rapidly Increasing.
Since removing to his new place Mr.
Kifert 's bmtiness has greatly increased
and it will continue to increase, for his
ability to build clothes to meet the
views of his customers is well known
and the goods displayed are nobby and
up- to da t e. Had M ed ford more mer
chants and citi.ens like Mr. Kifert the
city would soon be far more advanced
than at tho present time.
The new tailoring establishment will
also prove an advantage to tho city PS
increasing the payrolls of the city. Mr.
Kifert states that at the present time
he needs no less than six skilled work
men and is taking s'mps to secure them.
Tailors draw good wages, most of which
will go into circulation among the local
merchants. This is simply one of many
advantages to the city on the part of
the establishment.
CREED OF THE OPTIMIST.
(By Bert Huffman.)
I have cast out Fear and Worry;
I have banished the ghost of hate;
And all day long with a Bmile and song,
I live in the happy statel
And all the world seems better,
And everv tfift is mine,
And where the skies seemed dark to
my eyes,
A million suns now shine!
For my life is what I mnno ir,
I build it for weal or woe;
And the dwarfing fea-r, of bygone years
1 've crushed them long ago!
And the things that fret and trouble,
I've put them under my teet;
And I shall grow, every day, T know,
Till mvsclf shall be complete!
The tasks no more dismay me,
No longer do fears enthrall;
For the God withio gives mo strenRth
to win
I nm master over all!
The path is clear and open.
It is easv to work and wait.
For the gifts divine that nro truly min
Are coming, sure ns fate!
FINE STRINO OF
HORSES TO ROSEBURO
Charles K. Toll on Tuesday morning
started a string of lo horses to Roseburg
for Perkins t Waite. fo ruse on their
property near that place. The horses
were as fine ns any ever seen in this
city.