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LETTER OF CHIEF BIGBY IS
PUBLISHED; DEFIES SPRECKELS
ll is, t:ml always has
been oi.r aim to supply
our customers with
goods of tho highest
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' I W&S&U- 'fPife' '1'i'ilil.v to our line. Tho
utock" makes our line
of high-grade Cnntu'il
Goods most oompk'tc.
Our Benrioe always the
best and every uccommndutioa given our customers.
Allen & Reagan
Groceries, Chinaware, Fruit
and Feed
Nash Livery Company
Best equipped in Southern Oregon. Give us a trial.
H. C. BONNEY
PHONE NO 2331.
Ladies' Guff Buttons
COLLAR SETS AND BEAUTY PINS.
Fine Watch and Jewery Repairing a Specialty.
Martin J. Roddy
The Jeweler
NEAR P0ST0FFICE
MEDFORD, OR.
P. N. eummlnQs
T. W. Ou&ood
Osgood & Gummings
ivii Engineers
The Best Equipped Engineering Office
in Southern Oregon
Surveys, Maps, Plans, Specifications, Re
ports, Estimates, Etc. - Water Powers and
Water Works, Paving and Road Making,
Sewerage, Railroads, Irrigation andDralnage
Office Medford National Bank Bid.
GOLDEN GATE CEMENT
At SHORTY GARNETT'S
J. I. RJT7ABT. PrMuItnt.
J. A. PKHRY, ViM-Prefident.
JOHN S. OKTH, CMhler.
W. B. JACKSON, Al't Ckier.
THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK
MBsroiD, ox.
CAPITAL $50j000
SUKPLUS - - 5 10,000
Safety Boxes For Bent. A General Bank
in Bus Jiem TkwisACtacL We
Solloit Tour Patronage.
SAN' FRANCISCO, April 21. -A
Incnl liowspiiper publishers what pur
ports to he an ot'iciiti let tir from the
liH'f of n.-v i;i;:i.y to a. n.
Sutler, preMiK'Mi i'f the lto;ivd uf I'o
lit'e ( inmIi-.-.iirci', in which lit said
ihiit on November Iti lasl he was
culled upon ut his office hy Dudolph
with he'iii; , MroMinU'tl hy "crunk r"
with li't :i -oci;ile uf brothel
dive-keepers, mid dcmiitulc,( his
rt'-''iial ion as chief of pdiee. liiLi'ty,
in liis letter, said that lit- le:iied tile
cha r-;t.- a; a! defied Spree kels to
. prne them. He then ashed tor nil
o port n 1 1 it y lo nn't't the charges bo
fore tin1 commissioner:-;.
FOREST GROVE TO VOTE
$70,000 FOR WATER SYSTEM
FOWKST (iliOVK. April m.-The
proposition of voting bonds to the
amount of 70,000 for a new water
system will he placed before the tux
payers of thin city at a special elec
tion to he held April '27.
The proposed system is to be a
gravity system, and the water will be
uhtiiined from Clear creek, a stream
in the Soda Sprii district. The re
servoir is to he located on the Rux
ton Hill, and will have a capacity of
2.")0.000 gallons. The maps and sur
veys were made by A. L. Kichnrdsnn,
an engineer of Gleiulale, Wash.
GRADING BOULEVARDS
H ASHLAND SUBURBS
'J hi street department of the city;
of Ashland is busily enaed and has 1
hi-or. for some time past, in some ex- j
tet r, v ej.ulitij,' operations in the sou- )
tlicra suburbs, in a section of the city
m M.natr.in avenue south id' Ashhuul
(streel that was recently incorporated
'. .' ',' 'is liaa's. Cut- and I ills are
' ' - im"'1 !i '! will nPH-h improve
t lie heay cades and make much
more acre- ;lilc some of the lamb- id'
that seethe!. Water mains are a!.-o
beinj; extended aloat llie same street.
- Tidings.
Closing Out
Sale
! LA GRANDE PLANNING
MONSTER WELCOME
I.A (lli'ANDK, Or., April 21. When
the Oregon-Idaho Development Con
gress meets lien April 27-28, I.n
Grande's business streets will bo il
luminated with hundreds of extra
lights. 'Jin- furl that ri'prcsoitttilivc
iiicu tint coritiii front Idaho, Orepm
and l-jistorn Washington hits lpd the
local boosters, hcatled by Publieily
Maiuiirer Fred B. C'ttrry, to lay tuto
rial stress on cntertainnient.
ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT
SUICIDE; IS INSANE
KUUKNK, Or., April 21 I'tiul
Axel, who wits run into a week ago
hy u southbound traiu near Junction
('ity, and who wus brought to Eugene
for treatment, was today committed
lo the State Insane Asylum.
Axel, who had been employed on
BushneH'H farm, sut down by the
track nnd apparently tried to commit
suicide by throwing his head across
the rail, but he was only severuly
bruised.
GOVERNOR BENSI0N IS
INVITED TO CONGRESS
SALEM, Or., April 21 Governor
Menson has received a copy of the of
fioiul call for the 17th National Irri
gation Congress to be held in Spo
kuno, August 9-14, 1909. Oregon
will be entitled to 15 delegates, each
city of more than 25,000 population,
ten delegates, and cities of less than
25,000, five delegates each. The
board of control of the congress has
sent an urgent personal invitation to
Governor Benson, President Bower
man, of the senate, and Speaker Mc
Arthur of the house.
FIENDISH SLAYER OF HIS
BRIDE TAKES OWN LIFE
MONTEREY. Mex., April 21.
Francisco I'urdo of Galeanti, who
slew his young bride and then cov
ered hor body with vile inscriptions,
traced wirh his finger in her own
blood, committed suicide in prison
yesterday by hanging himself.
When l'ordo married Miss Iiaraonu
Rodriguez, a terrific thunderstorm in
terrupted the ceremony and supersti
tious friends predicted an unhappy
ending of the honeymoon.
ECUADOR TO CELEBRATE
CENTURY OF FREEDOM
ADVERTISE Y0BR WARTS IR THE TRItVRE ARI RET RE8ULT8
WASHINGTON, P. C, April 21.
Contemporaneous: y with the opening
of the exposition at Ojiito. Ecuador.
August 10 next, '!i;.t republic will cel
ebrate the lOOt't anniversary of its
independence, the first of the Latin -Ame"
'in republic- to have that hon
or. Sei-ivlury Root appointed Ernest
Henry Wands of New York to bo tlm
American commissioner.
FULTON WILL RESIDE
IN PORTLAND HENCEFORTH
l'. W. Fulton, ex-l'uil -d States
Senator, will hot ome u permanent
resident ot I'oriiuud about May 1
While in Portland re. anlly Mr. Ful
ton engaged a suit :I offices m the
Fenton building, where he will re
sume Hie legal practice, beginning
about tho first of tho month. While
he wilt continue u law partnership
with his brother, G. C. Fulton, ut As
loriu, Mr. Fulton intends to niiiku
Portland his home in every sense. Ho
will be joined bv his family early in
the fall.
COTTAGE GROVE RAISED
$4000 FOR ADVERTISING
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., April 21.
The pcoplo of Cottago Qrovo are
raising u fund of several thousnnd
dollars for advertising. Tho commit
tee appointed for this purpose is
meeting with success. About $4000
has already been raised and encour
agement is found with all classes of
people. j
of otltl pieces ot plain ami fanny China, including
Haviland China
Bavarian China
Austrian China
Old Dutch China
We have about 100 pieces of Fancy China and odd pieces
in the above make goods that are worth In a regular retail
way $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 each, that we are
going to put on sale tomorrow at
Your choice lc each
If you want a nicel'oioe of China at .just about one
half its regular value conic in tomorrow, but eoino early
as tho quantity is small. Tho curlier you conio tho hotter
he assortment.
HUSSEY'S
StudebatkerAutomobiles
Wagons and Vehicles
thf rpst OF THEIR KiNn Mads for value. Car of fine stvle of uoods just re
ceived. Call an take away an easy riding SIDE-SPRING VEHICLE, tr, better yet, an E. M. F. 30
H0RSE POWER, 4-CYLlNOEft. No JAR in life can touch you, nor any OBSTACLE hinder you to
gain your goal, while using ether.
F. Osenbrugge
Studebaker Bros. Co. Warehouse
Medford
MEN'S LION BRAND PANTS
The Best Every Day Trousers Made
Prices $1.75 to $3.50, at
The Wardrobe
MOTORCYCLE HAS
THE SPEED RECORD 1
LOS AN1FLES. C..I , April 21.-- j
Jake de Rosier is today the premier I
sticod marvel of the world. On the I
Coliseum track yesterday he estab- I
lishod the nmrvelous lecord of 80 1
miles in !7 minutes. -9 .1-5 seconds,
including the time consumed by three
stons.
Pe Rosier vv.is using a seven-horsepower
motorcycle. Eddie Lingenfcl
der of Chicngo, on a single cylinder
four-horsepower machine, was four
and a half laps behind the winner.
The new record set by De Rosier sur
passes any previously made by any
owner propelled machine, including
automobiles (nil locomotive?.
To Orchardists and those:
BUILDING COUNTRY HOMES
Why not have your home, garage, packing house, barn, gardens tennis court, trees and shrubs, also
roadways planned with an eye to beauty, convenience and economy?
J. A.Mcintosh, Architect
THIRD FLOOR UtOPORD RATIONAL BANK BUILOIMG.