Jacksonville post., August 31, 1907, Image 3

'LOCAL NOTES
W. C. Deneff was a Medford visitor
last Monday.
EM. Binns visited in Medford the
first of the week.
Dr. R. T. Burnett, wife and child
visited in Ashland last Thursday.
T. O. Masters, the excellent miner,
is down from the Blue Ledge district
visiting friends.
Mrs. E. J. Kubli is having a well dug
on her property on the corner of Pine
and Third streets.
Ex. Sheriff Joseph Rader came down
from Eagle Point the first of the week
on a brief business visit.
Mrs. J. W. OpD and family moved
over from Ashland this week and will
make Jacksonville their future home.
Gus Newbery is building a cement
sidewalk leading from his residence to
the street. And thus does the good
work go on.
Earnest Langley and wife have gone
to the Crump ranch near Buncom to as­
sist Carpenter Marsh in erecting Mr.
Crump's new residence.
Mrs. E. J. Kubli, Mrs. E. B. Watson
Mrs. Howard Killiam and James Wat­
son drove over to Ashland Thursday a
la automobile to attend the Pioneer's
Reunion.
An opeaation for a tumor was success­
fully performed upon Mrs E. Hostetter
at the Ashland Sanitarian last Monday.
It is sincerely hope'1 that she will re­
cover her health.
Judge E. B. Watson returned to
Portland Tuesday evening after having
spent a two week’s vacation in the Ap­
plegate country. His family will re­
main here for a time.
Richard Gaskin visited Ashland last
Saturday. He states that Charles
Shultz is improving rapidly at the san­
itarium, and that “Uncle” Billy Robi­
son is also getting along well.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Crawford of Med­
ford visited in this city last Wednes­
day. Mr. Crawford was deputy sher­
iff under Jos. Rader, but is now em­
ployed at the First National bank of
Medford.
George F. Troutwine and associates
of Cloversville, N. Y. purchased the
Oregon Bell mine at Sheriff’s sale last
Saturday for $1168, and, it is stated,
will soon begin operating that valuable
property.
Mr. and Mrs. Biegel, and Mrs.
Siegel's mother of Ashland, were
•Jacksonville visitors last Wednesday.
Mr. Biegel and his partner, Mr.
Schuble, have the contract for doing
the plumbing and steam fitting at the
new county poor farm.
Ed. Faucett, who has been the esti­
mable superintendent for the Penn­
sylvania Mining Co., was in this city
last Thursday. Mr. Faucett states
that he is no longer connected with
that property and that John Sommer-
ville, the mine manager succeeds him.
A. T. Lundgreen is down from the
Blue Ledge district.
Mr. Lundgreen
has just completed a tunnel on the
Blue canyon group of claims for Page
& Green of Medford. He states that
a number of new strikes have recently
been made in the district, and that
some new’ ledges have been discovered
that wiil prove to be very valuable.
The Opp mine will soon be running
full blast again, as John W. Opp, who
was recently appointed receiver, will be
at the helm in the future, and will, no
doubt, make a success of the property.
Mr. Opp thinks that the Opp Consoli­
dated Mines Company will pay all their
indebtedness in full, but whether such
takes place or not, Mr. Opp will re­
main at the head of the mine.
Mayor britt visited at Medford last
Tuesday.
Everybody, more or less, will take in
the circus today at Medford.
Mrs. Ed. Weston of Medford has been
visting Mrs. Maggie Bradford in this
city.
L ost — A Laughlin self-tilling foun­
tain pen. Finder please leave with C.
P. Briggs. City Drug Store.
John Devlin and wife of Applegate
returned last Tuesday from a visit with
their son, John, at Portland.
A. Throckmorton, the prosperous and
progressive rancher of Ruch, was a
business visitor in this city last Mon­
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Reeves returned
the first of the week from a couple of
month’s vacation trip on Williams
creek.
Frank Robison and wife returned the
first of the week from Cinnabar springs,
did also Gus Newbury and S. P. De-
Roboam.
Mrs. John Rapp and children from
Eastern Oregon are visiting with Mrs.
Eaton and family. Mrs. Rapp is Mrs.
Eaton’s daughter.
J. W. Marsh and family havegoneto
the Crump ranch near Buncom w here
Mr. Marsh has a contract to build a
residence for Mr. Crump.
P. D. Norton, A. C. Hough and
George Durham, three Grants Pass
attorneys, were transacting business in
this city last Saturday.
Ed. Russell and wife of Forest Creek
returned Monday from their vacation
trip to Forest Grove. They have been
visiting for a couple of months.
Mayor Reddy of Medford has tele­
graphed E. H. Harriman, inviting him
to visit a short time in the Rogue River
valley. He will probably accept.
After an adjournment of several
weeks, the members of the order of
Eastern Star will again meet at their
lodge room next Thursday,
Sept.
5.
Elmer Hoefs and Oscar Dunford re­
turned last Saturday night from New­
port. They report a pleasant time and
say Newport is fast becoming a great
resort.
George Davis returned Monday from
Portland. Mr. Davis says the defunct
Oregon Trust & Banking company’s
institution will pay its depositors dol­
lar for dollar.
S. E. Dunnington, W. C. Deneff, et
al returned last Sunday from their hunt­
ing and camping trip. They state that
they would have stayed longer, but be­
tween the fleas and the hogs they had
to seek other quarters.
Studies at St. Mary’s Academy will
be resumed on the 3rd of next month.
We are informed that the attendance
this season will be as large, if not larger
than ever before. This institution en­
joys a reputation to be envied by larger
and more fastidious colleges.
It was rumored the first of the week
that the Condor Water and Power Co.
hail sold its dam at Gold Ray and all of
its holdings in Jackson and Josephine
counties to the Gold Hill Canal Co. for
the sum of $350,000, but Dr. Ray de­
nies the story.
There were so many Jacksonville
people who attended the Pioneer Re­
union at Ashland Thursday that it is
very probable that we have missed a
few of them.
Here are among those
who left Thursday morning: C. C.
Beekman and wife. Judge G. W. Dunn,
Miss Moliie Britt, Mrs. A. Elmer,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hanley, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Taylor, Miss Josephine Orth,
Mrs. Mary Berry, Gus Newbury, T.
Cameron. Miss Alice Hanley Miss Issie
McCully, Mrs. O. Harbaugh and Mrs.
C. Prim.
Send your orders for sheet music to
Sir.gler's Music Store, Medford.
"In the good old summertime” is the
greatest danger of fire. See Daily A
Briggs for Fire Insurance.
Victor Plymale and Grace Loar of
Medford were married at the court
house last Saturday by Circuit Judge
H. K. Hanna.
Miss Corinne Linn accompanied her
brother. George Linn, to Eugene th
first of the week where she will visit
for a few days.
Mrs. R. T. Burnett, wife of the c er
popular county recorder, returned last
Saturday from Spokane where she has
been visiting for several months.
L. J. Gay. vice president of the Cum­
berland Coal Company, of Seattle, left
for his home last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Gay will visit with her father. D.
Linn, for a few days.
Mrs. Julia Manyon of Kentucky,
cousin to Arthur and David Thompson,
and her brother Joseph Brassier of
Fresno. Cal., visited a short time in
Jacksonville this week.
The Epworth League social that as
advertised for last Saturday at the
court house lawn failed to materialize
owing to the inclemency of the weath­
er. It has been postponed indefinitely.
A report comes from Butte Falls to
the effect that the saw mill there has
been closed down and the employes are
looking longingly Canadaward where
one of the principal owners weut with
the funds.
A number of old time citizens of
Jacksonville went to Ashland last
Wednesday to attend the Pioneer Re­
union. among them being Silas J. Day
and wife, Mrs. R. M. McDonough, Mrs.
Elizabeth Kenney and Mrs. Mary
Miller.
District Attorney A. E. Reames has
been in Portland for some time and will
probably remain there for several days.
Just now he is busily engaged in trying
to bring order out of chaos in the af­
fairs of the defunct Oregon Trust &
Savings Bank.
News comes from the Blue Ledge
country to the effect that work on
building the tramway from the Blue
Ledge mine to Seattle Ba.', the smelter
site, has commenced. So it begins to
look like the building of the smelter
soon will be a sure thing.
I. D. Tower of Seattle, was in this
city the first of the week. He was look­
ing over the country with a probable
view of locating. Mr. Tower visited
W. I. McIntyre’s orchard and stated
that the fruit was the finest he ever
saw. He purchased several boxes of
peaches and shipjied them to his home
in Seattle.
The exchanging of school books run
grade for grade. For example, an old
third reader and 20 cents gets a new
Wheeler’s Graded Reader, and so on.
This is strictly cash. Parents sending
their children for books must send the
cash. Positively no credit on school
books. New Reader45 cents each, etc.
C ity D rug S tore .
Although Grants Pass rang in a few
first team players on the Jacksonville
second team last Sunday and endeavor­
ed byjevery hook or crook to defeat
our aggregation of baseball wonders,
it didn’t work.
Our boys were
right there from start to mish.
The
score was three to four in favor of
Jacksonville. It sometimes, most al­
ways comes that-a-way. Young Mc­
Intyre handled the spheroid last Sun­
day in a heart-breaking manner. They
got only three hits off him, while our
boys succeded in knocking the ever­
lasting daylights out of the ball for the
Grants Pass kids five times. It is said
that “Little Mac” will be a first team
winnet next season.
Mrs. Kate Hoffman and Miss Issie
McCully visited in Medford yesterday.
Campmeeting services will be dis­
continued after Sunday night, we are
informed.
Henry Maury, one of the progressive
farmers of the valley, visited at the
county seat yesterday.
C. C. Pursel. the saw mili owner of
Little Applegate,was a business visitor
in Jacksonville yesterday.
Mrs. J. Nunan and grandson. Donald
Russell, have returned from several
weeks’ vacation at Newport.
The new school books are in at the
City Drug store and can be secured at
any time now.
It is said that Al. Learned has em­
ployed a State Senator to drive his de­
livery wagon.
Frank Smith left last Thursday for
Siad creek to do the assessment work
on his group of claims.
Misses Daisy and Mary Wetterer
went to Ashland last Thursday where
they will visit with friends.
Dr. J. G. Shearer, S. P. physician at
Roseburg, visited ajfew days with his
Jacksonville friends this week.
Mrs. R. T. Burnett was quite sick
for a few days after her return from
Spokane, but is better at this time.
Thomas Lamb returned this week
from Klamath Falls where he has been
employed for the past two or three
months.
The Southern Orgonian and Demo­
cratic Times comes to us this week as
one paper, and it is stated that the
Times will be discontinued.
B ig S nap — A lot of 2x 6’s and verti­
cal-grained flooring for sale cheap.
You will find this a great bargain.
F red F ick .
The name tells the story - every-
b dy knows it; everybody likes it ;
everybody uses it - I. W. HARPER
whiskey.
Sold by E. H. HELMS.
The new telephone line to the Ster­
ling mine was completed Thursday
evening, and now the wires are being
kept hot with calls to and from the
mine.
Antone Rose, who has been employed
at the Sterling mine, returned to Jack­
sonville Wednesday. The mine has
ceased operations owing to a lack of
water.
Chris Ulrich and wife, and Fleta
Ulrich and Mrs. Cook returned Wednes­
day from the huckleberry patch. They
got all the berries they wanted—by
buying them.
Hall, the “baseball man,” Kelly, the
“gas man,” and Neuber, the “fish
man," went on a fishing trip to Rogue
River last Wednesday. Circuit court
convenes next week.
Editor Putnam took charge of the
Tribune last Thursday and while he is
unable to devote a great deal of time to
the paper at present, vet his initial is­
sue is much better than the paper has
been for several months.
Peter Deisch, who has been attend­
ing the Ann Arbor Law School, re­
turned to .Jacksonville yesterday. He
is now a full fledged attorney, and his
friends are glad to see him once more
a resident of Jacksonville.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
Church, which has been having a
month’s vacation, will open its work
again with a social meeting at the
Parsonage next Thursday afternoon,
commencing at 2 o’clock. This Society
has had a large constituency and it is
hoped that all present and former mem­
bers will come out. Strangers are es­
pecially invited; it is a good place at
which to get acquainted, and strangers
accepting this invitation are assured of
a cordial welcome.