I
At the Ontario Agricultural College PAPERS FROM THE
RAILROAD OPENS
ASSASSIN HAAS
in ten years 30 cuttings, yielding over
OLD WORLD
FERTILE COUNTRY
TAKES OWN LIFE
5 tons an acre, were made. An experi
By JimM Dryden.
ment showed its great soil enriching
Plenty More Like This in Jacksonville.
(Continued from last issue.)
We are in receipt of a bundle of
(Special Correspondence.)
Haas, the man who shot Francis J.
qualities. Wheat grown after alfalfa
Scores of Jacksonville people can
Interest in the joint meeting of the Heney committed suicide in the county tell you about Doan’s Kidney Pills.
the farmer. Forty cent butter and a yielded 61.5 bushels per acre and after newspapers from foreign countries
sent
to
this
office
from
the
Chamber-
jail
at
San
Francisco.
Lying
in
bed
State Horticultural Society and the
scarcity of good fresh milk is the evi- timothy sod 42.1 bushels. In the two
Many a happy citizen makes a public
succeeding years the alfalfa sod pro lain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Northwest Fruit Growers’ Association he pulled the covers over him, placed I statement of his experience, Here is
dense of a lack of green food.
What is needed in the valley is the duced 30.2 bushels of barley and 24 Anyone wishing a bundle of these odd is universal throughout this part of the a derringer to his head and fired, kill a case of it. What better proof of
forage crop that will utilize the soil bushels corn, while the timothy sod ■ papers may have the same by sending United States and British Columbia. W himself instantly.
merit can be had than such endorse-
How Haas got hold of the revolver ment?
and furnish green food and pasture produced 19.7 bushels barley and 17.9 ! | 10 cents to the above address to cover The State Association holds a conven-
'
the
postage.
tion
in
Portland
Tuesday,
December
with
which
he
killed
himself
is
a
my-
during the dry season. Will alfalfa bushels corn. The three crops on the ,
K. Boaz, Retired, living on the East
fill the bill? If alfalfa could be raised alfalfa sod were worth about $90 while i To an American newspaper man it lst, this is followed by two days’ stery. No one was allowed to come or side, Jacksonville, Ore., says: “I suf-
is
interesting
to
note
the
manner
in
meeting
of
the
Northwest,
Association.
K°
from
the
institution.
Sheriff
Dolan
extensively and successfully it would those on the timothy sod were worth
which the colonial English newspapers Convention and exhibit will occupy two sa‘d that he would have every man in fered a great deal for several years
change the face of nature and add im about $58.
are made up. They still cling to the floors of the Woodmen’s Hall, Eleven- j hi® employ placed under ban until the from kidney and bladder trouble. The
At
the
Oregon
Agricultural
College
mensely to the value of the farms in
most annoying symptoms were the too
the Willamette valley. It would cheap alfalfa has been growing successfully methods which were practiced in this th and Alder Streets. A night session alleged carelessness on the part of the frequent passage of the kidney secre
country
fifty
years
ago.
will
be
held
in
the
Convention
Room
lf
un
guards
was
explained,
for
several
years,
and
tests
are
being
en the production of pork and beef and
tions, over which I seemed to have no
It is difficult to conceive how the on Tuesday, and a reception will be
mutton. A good summer forage crop made by the agronomists with differ
control
and sharp shooting pains in the
read-rs
of
some
of
the
papers
manage
tendered to the delegates to both con
ent varieties to determine which will
is the one thing needful.
Grandfather knows good whiskey and small of my back. My sleep was brok
to
handle
them.
Imagine
a
man
in
a
ventions
on
Thursday
evening,
Dec-
1
Alfalfa has been grown for two thou suit the conditions best in the state. ,
since he was a boy harper has been en and my general health became
his ........
choice, Its good enough for me.
sand years in the Mediterranean re The station men are glad a( all times ' crowded street car trying to read a ember 3rd, by the Portland Commer- ....
greatly run down I tried many reme
gion. It has been grown successfully to answer questions in regard to its paper whose pages are 38 inches long cial Club from 8 to 11 o’clock. 7'
The and for You too, in short it is the best dies but was unable to obtain relief
and
29
inches
wide.
prizes for this show are very much the . _ guy hahper from E. H. H elms .
in arid American for half a century. cultivation.
and my condition gradually grew seri
The Chamberlain Medicine Co., ad most valuable ever offered
™
' and ' an i en-'
A few miles from Corvallis, Mr. W.
A gentleman traveling over what was
ous. I was almost discouraged when
vertises
in
papers
printed
in
32
differ
ormous
rmous
aiienuaiice
attendance
is
anticipated.
anciduaieu.
1
r
..
,
.
c
—
.
then regarded as a land unfit for set H. Hamlin cut this year 200 tons of al-'
The Albany Apple Fair occupied the Change ID SoUtnCm Pacific TifflC I learned of Doan’s Kidney Pills, and
tlement in Western Nebraska by rea falfa hay. It yielded about 21- tons to ent languages. The Chinese paper “Sin
procured a box at the City Drug Store.
Wan
Pao,
”
is
an
odd
thing.
center
of the stage in Oregon activi
the
acre
in
two
cuttings.
Before
seed-
;
Table.
son of its aridity discovered a thrifty
Within a week I felt the beneficial
With
few
exceptions
the
advertising
ties. Albany gave Portland, Eugene;
green alfalfa plant growing where no ing to alfalfa the land had been “crop
effects of this remedy and in a very
SOUTH BOUND TRAINS.
other green thing could be found for ped out.” In fourteen years fourteen; pages would give our ‘ad’ writer the and Salem an object lesson in enter-!
short time, I was entirely free from
miles around. That was a demonstra grain crops had been taken from the nightmare. They seem to have little taining that it will take these cities a No. 15 ...................................10.35 A. V. the trouble. I can highly recommend
conception
of
the
value
of
space
or
at
long time to equal. The town is grow- No. 13 ................................... 3.20 P. M
tion that satisfied the gentleman and , land, and Mr. Hamlin explains that on ,
Doan’s Kidney Pills and will do so on
he purchased a large tract of land for j richer land the yield is much heavier. | tractive methods of presenting either ing and building hard surface pave- No. 225 (coach for Ashland) 10.15 P. M. I every opportunity.”
the
text
or
the
illustrations.
ments,
while
apples
shown
were
equal
I
NORTH BOUND TRAINS.
a trifle. On the same land he has since He further explains that the oldest1
For sale by all dealers, Price 50
fed fifty thousand sheep in one season stand yields the best, showing that it; A collection is on exhibition at this to the best.
No. 14 ................................... 9.49 A. M. cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
office
and
any
one
desiring
to
look
over
The
Oregon
Star
Dairy
Association
on alfalfa. Alfalfa goes down into the | takes several years on certain classes 1
No. 16 ................................... 5.24 P. M. | New York, sole agents for the United
papers may have the privilege of has been recognized by the Agricul
1
depths of soil for moisture and through I of soil for the alfalfa to make a good the
Note carefully that No. 16 North I States.
tural Department at Washin ;ton, D.
|1 doing so.
wireless communication with the at | growth.
I
bound
leaves 15 minutes earlier than I Remember the name Doan’s—and
C., and assurance is given that Govern
It looks as though an alfalfa cam-
mosphere brings down from above food
| take no other.
heretofore.
ment experts will participate in the
07 STEPS
which feeds the plant and enriches the ; paign would be worth millions to this
No.
13
arriving
at
3.20
P.
M.
will
j
*
' state.
soil.
The Oyster season is now open and convention on December 10th at Salem.
When in Medford stop at the Emeric
A
rate
of
a
fare
and
a
third
for
the
have
the
Portland
dailies
of
that
morn-
Since 1891 the acreage of alfalfa in [
1 Luy & Keegan handles the famous
■
■
I w^ere the 6nest of meals are served
Kansas has increased from 34,388 to ASHLAND COMMERCIAL CLLEGE Eagle brand of oysters. Take a can round trip has been made from all ings
issue.
| and
most corteous attention giver.
points
in
the
State.
615,000 in 1906. A recent bulletin from ,
I of these large Eastern oysters home
These changes effective May 17, 1908. i Tiy us and see.
11-tf
Ashland, Oregon-
Klickitat
County
’
s
citizens
joined
in
!
that state says of alfalfa: “The steer
j to fry, 3tew or for cocktails.
Something Special
a monster optimistic rally at White '
feeders and mutton feeders of Kansas,
Salmon, Washington, last Saturday. !
Colorado and Nebraska would be lost Business and Shorthand Training, thor- ,
CUT FLOWERS
Expert publicity men and railroad ctfi- '
without it.”
ough and practical.
I
C’als were present from Portland to;
At the Kansas station it is stated:
6 months scholarship............$45.00.
Cut Flowers, Funeral Remberances, take part in the event, which was one '
“A gain of 800 pounds of pork was
9 months scholarship........... 60.00.
Potted
Plants and Bulbs. Phone 606 of the most successful ever held in the
made from a ton of alfalfa, and a lit !
Note the Special.
25
“Evergreen State.”
tle less than that amount of gain was
All students who secure a nine Medford Greenhouses.
In the line with the general railroad
made from an acre of alfalfa pasture. ” months scholarship and enter Septem
development of this Northwestern
Again, “we found that 100 pounds of ber 7, will be entitled to the combinrd
What Would You Do?
country was the completion of the rail
of the year to use varnish in painting your house, it will prevent the
alfalfa hay saved 96 pounds of corn.” course to July 1, 1909. This gives you
In case of a burn or scald what would road from Elgin to Enterprise, which
Figuring on the basis of these experi an extra month. Come and investi-
moisture from soaking into the wood.
ments it is stated that “with green al j gate. Address, P. RITNER, Pres. you do to relieve the pain? Such in affords an easy market for the Wallo
juries are liable to occur in any family wa Valley. The final terminus will be
falfa producing ten tons per acre
and everyone should be prepared for Joseph.
(20,000 pounds) it would produce 2000 ;
them. Chamberlain’s Salve applied on
No more interesting talk was ever
pounds of pork, which, at 4 cents per
a soft cloth will relieve the pain al made before the Portland Ad Club
pound would be worth $80 per acre.”
Fred J. Fick, Contractor and Builder.
most instantly, and unless the injury than the address delivered by Dr. W.
Director Burkett of the Kansas Sta
is a very severe one, will cause the T. Williamson on “Suggestion the
tion says: “By promoting the succes-
parts to heal without leaving a scar. cheif force in advertising.” Members VS
ful production of alfalfa the Station
For sale by City Drug Store.
53
per
thousand
and their friends filled the hall.
has not only extended the dominion of
an imperial forage crop, but in so do
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PETER ENSELE & SONS
The Jacksonville bakery will retail
ing has discharged its own entire ex-
Are prepared to furnish high
Owing to an over supply of bond
bread, and pastry at the bakery in the p..per we will print, for a short time
The
pense, and in addition has added mil-
grade brick. Order from C. Ulrich
future. Mr. Larsen is a good baker Mail Order Bond letter heads for $3.75
lions of dollars to the wealth of the
and is turning out high-class goods. per thousand, any color. Document
state.”
bond $3.50 per thousand, this is what
a great many offices use for their Iead-
;ng bond. We want to turn out 50,000
For Fine Wines, Liquorsand Cigars.
letter heads next week. We have fiat
and bond paper of all kinds with en
DUNNINGTON & DENEFF, PROPRIETORS
velopes to match. Don’t overlook this
Pure Mineral Water
Don’t Forget to Call on the Medford Tea,
offer if you will be in need of letter
Jacksonville,
Oregon
Bottled at the Spring
heads soon. You can well afford to
Coffee anb Chjna House.
i
__
lay
in
a
year
’
s
supply
now
while
we
and Delivered to
We carry all kinds of dishes, art ware, pattery and
are printing them at this figure. Other
Your Residence fresh
bonds at the same reduction. These
Christmas goods. Largest dish houre in Southern Oregon
are all water marked goods and of
and Sparkling.
Trading stamps given with all purchases
good quality.
Order From
216 W. 7 St.
Medford, Oregon
CASE AFTER CASE
ALFALFA FOR OREGON
This is the Time
T IS NOT EXPENSIVE
BRICK!
BRICK!
Criterion Saloon
Cölestin
CIIAS.
F.
DUNFORD.
WHEN
IN MEDFORD
YOU!
WILL HUNT FOR
OIL AND COAL
C. H. Pierce of the real estate firm
of Pierce & Son will organize a com
pany for the purpose of locating oil
and coal. The company will also hand
le orchard and farm lands.
The company will probably take over
500 acres of land now owned by Mr.
Pierce, east of Medford. It will be a
stock company organized for $60,000.
....Hot Tamales
• •
HOT SOFT DRINKS AND OYSTER
COCK TAILS AT
Candies, Nuts, Oranges & Ice Cream
Nervous
_________ _____
Collapse
“I have traveled for thirty
years continually. I lost a great
deal of sleep, which together
with constant worry left me in
such a, nervous state that finally,
after having two collapses of
nervous prostration, I was
obliged to give up traveling al
together. I doctored continually
but with no relief. Dr. Miles’
Nervine came to my rescue—I
cannot describe the suffering
which this Nervine saved me.
Whenever I am particularly
nervous a few doses relieve me.”
A. G. C. LIBBY, Wells. Me.
There are many nervous
wrecks. There is nervous pros
tration of the stomach, of the
bowels, and other organs. The
brain, the kidneys, the liver, the
nerve centers are all exhausted.
There is but one thing to do—
build up the nervous system by
the use of Dr. Miles’ Restora
tive Nervine.
Its strength
ening influence upon the nerv
ous system restores normal
action to the organs, and when
they all work in harmony, health
is assured. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all ac
cording to directions, and if it
does not benefit he will return
I
your money.
REAL ESTATE
$6000
5000
1500
3750
2750
8000
3000
2750
4000
3250
10,500
1650
4500
5500
2500
3000
55 acres, fruit, alfalfa, grain, near town.
30 acres, 10 acres grapes, balance esily cleared.
80 acres, 15 acres cleared balance timber.
120 acres. 35 acres meadow, good ditch, stock ranch.
25 acres, alfalfa, good ditch.
40 acres, in orchard, near growing town.
60 acres, best of orchard land, good location.
26 acres, 10 acres in trees balance timber.
12Vj acres, orchard and alfalfa, an ideal home.
160 acres, good fruit land, good location.
35 acres, orchard and alfalfa, good improvements.
13 acres, orchard land on good road, near town.
28 acres, alfalfa or fruit land, fine locality.
20 acres, alfalfa land with improvements, near town.
10 acres, in alfalfa best of land near town.
5 acres, in alfalfa and fruit, good 8 room house.
other out buildings, near town.
We have a large list of other property not herein specified. Im
proved and unimproved at reasonable prices. Stock ranches, farming
and fruit land in the best location. A crop failure in the vicinity is
unknown.
If you want to buy or sell come and see us.
Our prices are right.
Jacksonville Real Estate Comnnnv
ADOLF SCHULZ, Manager