T IT SELECTS
HIS CABINET
veloped) sufficient to run all machinery
in the United States.
Livestock in state estimated at
$75,000,000—packing plants now build
ing insure a trebled market.
Has two prosperous mining sections,
located in the eastern and southern
portions of the state- gold, silver,
iron, copper and oil among the pro-
ducts.
Has diversity of climates and soils
suited to every product of the tem-
peraturc zone not dependent upon hot
nights.
I
: Washington Celebrities I'
Secretary of State — Philander G.
Knox, Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury George
M. Reynolds, of Illinois, or some other
The Career of Philander
Illinois man.
Chase Knox. Who Will
Secretary of War—No selection.
Be Taft's Secretary of
Attorney-General—Geo. W. Wicker
State—His Family
J»
sham, New Yor':.
Postmaster - General
Frank H.
Hitchcock, Massachusetts.
HE choice of Senator Philander
Secretary of the Navy Geo. Von
Chase Knox as secretary of
L. Meyer, Massachuaettes.
state in the cabinet of Presi
EXPOSITION
NOTES
Secretary of the Interior Richard
dent Elect Taft is notable as
A. Ballinger, Washington.
an honor bestowed by a successful
Secretary of Agriculture- James
Visitors to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific candidate for presidential honors upon
Wilson, Iowa.
exposition next summer will find ideal
Secretary of Commerce and Labe r weather during the entire time of
Charles Nagel, Missouri.
fair. Seattle never suffers from
treme heat or cold,
j The Washington state live game
Don't
I hibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
position will show all the wild game of
Don’t ask the editor to publish a the region.
list of wedding gifts.
Alaska Indians engaged in basket
Don’t add to the terrors of death by making and blanket weaving will have
tacking several stanzas of doggeral to a colony on the grounds of the Alaska-
a death notice. Don’t crowd the Yukon-Pacific exposition.
mourners.
A pioneer colony on the grounds of
Don’t lug old clippings into a news
paper office and tell the editor that the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
you have brought him “something to next summer will show life on Puget
fill up with.’’ Take him a cabbage he Sound in the early 50’s.
The Puget Sound climate is one of
can fill up with that.
an unsuccessful rival. Senator Knox
Sitting in the end of a church pew, ' the big attractions of the Alaska-Yu- was an open and avowed candidate
don’t get up to admit others, Move kon-Pacific exposition to be held in for the nomination which Judge Taft
Seattle next summer.
along.
obtained, but Ills ambition did not re
Don’t kick a man when he is down 1 The mining exhibit at the Alaska- sult In creating any ill feeling between
unless you are sure that he will never Yukon-Pacific exposition in 1909 will the two men. The Pennsylvania semi*
get up again.
be the most complete mineral display i tor has rendered cabinet service be
fore ns attorney general In the second
Don’t put lard on a man's shoes ever shown at a world’s fair.
McKinley administration and during
when you see a man “going down 1
Alaska curious never before seen out part of President Roosevelt’s first term,
hill.” They are already greased for of the Northland will be exhibited at and he did not seek the post of secre
the occasion.
tary of state, preferring, it is said, to
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
Don’t pray with the hungry man
hold his seat in the sennte. But Judge
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition Taft’s strong feeling In the matter Im
until you have given him something
to eat. Prayer without pork availeth monument will be gilded with pure pelled him to accept the proffered post.
In becoming head of the cabinet he
gold at a coat of $7000.
not.
will not only administer the foreign
Men who contribute money to buy
A site has been set aside on the affairs of the government, but will be
votes and bribe the people’s represen grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific able to give the next president the
tatives. as well as those who disburse exposition for a camp where students benefit of hfs counsel in many mat
it, are deadly enemies of the republic. and graduates of the leading univer ters pertaining to internal adminis
Their greed and love of power are sities and colleges of the country will tration respecting which his knowl
edge of the law, the constitution nnd
greater than their love of country. have headquarters.
the legislative branch of the govern-
They impair popular respect for law
In the Alaska exhibit at the Alaskr- meat will be valuable.
which is the only safeguard for life
Yukon-Pacific, exposition is a collec Senator Knox was born fifty-live
and property; and it will be an evil day
tion of Indian baskets valued at years ago In the town of Brownsville,
for the nation when its preservation
$15,000. It consists of 1,800 pieces
depends upon their patriotism and
made by the Thlingit Indians.
courage. They may masquerade in the
The winning team is the All-Alaska
garb of righteousness, and address the
the people in the language of patriot Sweepstakes, the $10,000 dog team
ism, but their virtues are assumed; race to be held in Nome next April,
they are hypocrites and assassins of will be brought to Seattle and exhibit
liberty, and would welcome a dynasty ed at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
rather than shed their blood in defense position.
of popular government.
Motor boat racing, yacht races and
rowing regattas on Lake Washington,
will be a daily feature of the Alaska-
Yukon-Pacific exposition.
MANY FACTS
T
Already sufficient applications have
been received by the exhibits depart
ment of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
(Special Correspondence.)
position to more than fill every build
The business men, ministers, Bchool ing on the grounds.
children and citizens of Portland gen
One million dollars in virgin gold
erally are busily engaged t'niB week
that
will sink automatically every
sending in personal letters to their
friends a leaflet, which in addition to night into a steal vault to reappear
most effectively advertising the fact with the same precision in the morning
that “Oregon is tho place for you” will be the central feature of the Ala
and and giving the low colonist rates ska exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Paci
to this state, contains the following fic Exposition next summer. Piled in
glittering heaps of dust, nuggets and
condensed facts on Oregon;
OREGON Has one-sixth the stand bricks this brilliant display will be one
ing timber of the United States, or of the greatest attractions on the Ex
more than any other state. Govern position grounds. The gold pavillion
r or co » yj , ic/rr av
ment estimate, three hun lred billion where the million dollars will be on
display, will be enclosed with a heavy
feet.
MRS. KNOX AND GRANDSON.
A vast undeveloped area now avail wire cage and special guards will pat-
able to the homemaker and investor rol the section night and day to pro- Ta. At nineteen he wns graduated at
Mount Union college. Alliance, O.. and
will go on the market in 1909. This tect the treasure.
The large steel vault, built in solid while nt this Institution formed the
will be the most luscious melon cut in
with William McKinley
Uncle Sam's domain during the pre concrete will operate automatically acquaintance
which
was
to
have such nn Important
on a time lock. Each night at the
sent year.
effect later on upon his career. He en
Has arable land enough for twenty closing hour the two tons of gold will tered a bank after leaving college nnd
million people. Present population dissapear and the steel and concrete there earned enough money to pursue
top will slide into place leaving nothing study to fit him for practice nt the bar.
700,000.
Does more than any other state to in view but the smooth surface of the In 1880 he married Miss Lillie Smith,
advance irrigation, being the largest floor. The time lock will be set for daughter of Andrew I), Smith, a
c ntributor to the United States Re the opening hour in the morning when pioneer Iron manufacturer of Pltts-
the treasure will reappear. The con burg. For a short time he was an ns-
clamation Fund.
sistant United States district attor-
Is natural dairying state. Annual struction of this vault will cost $4,009. ney, but about thirty years ago he en-
product $17,000,000, an increase from
The wireless telephone will be de ered a partnership for the practice of
$5,000,000 five years ago. Western monstrated on the grounds of the Al law and continued In these relations
portion Ims pasture every month in aska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition next until Mr. McKinley Invited him to
the year. Rauks second in wool clip year. On Klondike circle near the head the department of Justice In his
cabinet In 11)01.
among the states.
main entrance, will be built a rustic
Some most important suits against
Oregon apples, pears and cherries tower 100 feet in height at the base of
trusts and other big corporations were
find their way to tables of soverigns which will he an exhibit hall for wire Instituted In the following three years,
and multi-millionaires of every civiliz less apparatus invented to the date of notably that against the Northern Se
ed land they are the best. Returns the opening of the exhibition.
curities company, nnd Mr. Knox made
ot from $300 to $1,000 per acre on fruit
Wireless telephones will be installed a remarkable record In the conduct of
these proceedings. He succeeded the
lands are not exceptional.
on the grounds and daily demonstra
Poultry products $5,000,000 annually. tions made by the United Wireless late M. S. Quay in the senate In 1004
by np|H>lntment of Governor Penny
Local market demands three times
Company. A daily newspaper, con packer nnd was Huliaeqiiently elected
that amount at highest pric.-s.
taining news received by wireless and to that body by the Pennsylvania leg
Has water powers (being rapidly de- 1 messages from vessels at sea, will be islature for the term expiring In 1011.
published at the fair. The wireless He has accumulated a fortune In the
equipment will be installed on the top practice of law and has several beau
tiful homes, one being an estate of 300
of a fifty foot pole to stand on the acres at Valley Forge. Pa. The fami
tower giving the wireless station a ly spend ns much of their time as pos
height of 150 feet from the ground.
sible at this country sent. Mrs. Knox
Near the top of this pole will be a is a woman of many accomplishments
series of tubes and as messa ;es are and social graces, and her daughter
being sent out from the station there ltebeknh, who married James II. Tin
will be a kaleidoscopic effect produced aie of Pittsburg four years ago. was
by the electricity passing through the quite ¡»pillar before her marriage In
Washington society. There are sev
varied colored globes.
eral sons In the family, and a recent
At the present time the company has arrival is a little grandson.
a station at Vancouver, B. C., where
the wireless telephone is being per
The new German ambassador to
fected. The wireless 'phone was used Washington, Count Johann Heinrich
to some extent on the warships during Von Bcrnstorff. has an American wife,
the cruise of the Atlantic fleet to Seat •he was Miss Jeanne T.nckemeycr and
tle and experiments are now being met the count while traveling In Eu
rope 1» 1887- The couple have two
made in New York.
ABOUT OREGON
CUT FLOWERS
CLUBBING OFFER
New German Ambassador,
Count von BernstorfF.
Senator Carter’s Popu
larity With Cartoonists
chlldren, n son of twenty and a daugh
ter, Alexandra, who Is seventeen. The
count, who Is forty-six years old, be
gan his diplomatic career In 18S9,
when he was made attache at Con
stantinople. From Turkey ho was
transferred to the German foreign of
fice. after which he advanced from
one grade to another, serving as a
representative in many of the great
capitals of Europe.
He was counselor of the German
embassy and first secretary In London
six years ago.
The count’s work In creating good
feeling between Great Britain
The P ost has made arrangements to
club with the Toledo Weekly Blade and
the American Farmer.
This will be the last year that the
Toledo Blade will club with ether
papers. The following is an extract
from a letter received from the Blade:
“The extraordinary advance in cost of
print paper almost decided us not to
make a clubbing offer at all this season,
knowing the usual offer would net us
a great loss, wo finally concluded to
make the old offer for this one season
more.”
Our offer:
Toledo Weekly Blade
Ç1.09
$1.50
Jacksonville Post....
Total ..
Our price...................
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Total
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Toledo Blade.......
American Farmer.
Cut Flowers, Funeral Remberances,
Potted Plants and Bulbs. Phone 606
Medford Greenhouses.
25
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Dentist.
Office in Ryan Building, California St.,
Upftairs
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JACKSONVILLE
For Paper Hanging
And Latest Styles of Wall
Paper, Call on or Add) ess
C. F. BOWMAN
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.... $1.50
........... 40
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This offer may not last much longer.
Renewals will count the same as new
subscriptions and if your subscription
is almost out, renew and get the be-
nefit of this offer.
Pure Mineral Water
Bottled at the Spring
and Delivered
to
Your Residence fresh
and Sparkling.
Order From
CHAS. F. DUNFORD.
Save Money by Bujing Chamberlain’s
Office one block south of Courthouse
Cough Remedy.
mCKSONVRLE, OREGON
COUNT JOHANN HTHNItlCH VON BEBNSTOBFF.
Germany brought him for the first
time under the notice of the emperor,
nnd after four years’ service in a mi
nor position in London he was trans
ferred to Cairo ns ambassador. This
position Is regarded In tlie German
diplomatic service as a stepping stone
to one of the greater ambassadorial
portfolios, and bis present appoint
ment, therefore, did not enuse much
surprise in Berlin.
You will pay just as much for a bot
Filings made on homesteads and timber claims.
tle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as Correct
plats weekly showing all vacant lands.
for any of the other cough medicines,
Notary Public and Conveyancer
but you save money in buying it. The
Legal papers of all kinds made out. Special
saving is in what you get, not what attention given to papers in settlement of estates.
you pay. The sure-to-cure-you quality
Abstract of Land Titles
is in every bottle of this remedy, and
Most complete set of abstract books in the
you get good results when you take it. couuty. Abstract made promptly and accurately.
Neglected colds often develop serious
Real Estate cud Insurance
conditions, and when you buy a cough
medicine you want to be sure you arc Fine list of county and town property for sale
getting one that will cure your cold. I and rent.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy always
Money Loaned
cures. Price 25 and 59 cents a bottle.
Warrants bought and sold. Collections made.
Taxes paid. Rents collected. Prompt reply to al!
For sale by City Drug Store.
letters. Charges reasonable.
The Boss has reduced the price on
his fancy Chinaware.
President Elect Taft's possible pat
ronage will amount to more than 8,700
offices, Including only those classed as
“presidential.” Tills army, composed
solely of officials, equals the combined
force of officers, clerks and other sub
ordinates drawing government salaries
under President Monroe. These “pres
idential” offices have more than dou
bled since Cleveland first entered the
White House. Since then two new
departments have been added, also
many new bureaus and such great un
dertakings as the digging of the Pan
ama canal and the administration of
Insular possessions.
Mr. Taft cannot Independently ap
point these officials. He merely can
nominate them. Under the first article
of the constitution senators are part
of the appointing power, and an ap
pointment to a “presidential” office
under Mr. Taft will represent an agree
ment Between him nnd the upper
house of congress. Appointees of this
class will not receive their commis
sions until “confirmed” by that body.
Charles F. Dunfoi d
DR AY AGE
Express, Freight, General Delivery. Teaming to
all Parts of the Country, Nothing too Heavy or
too Light. Agents for Cölestin Mineral Water.
JACKSONVILLE
Senator Thomas II. Carter of Mon
tana Is a good subject for the cartoon
ist because of the long whiskers he
sports, a possession the like of which
Is not often found nowadays In legis
lative halls at Washington. The sena-
g J
References
Hon. II. K. Hanna judge 1st judicial district
and any «Jacksonville business man.
OREGON
Cnterion Saloon
For Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
DUNNNGTON & DENEFF, PROPR ETORS
El
Jacksonville,
Oregon
(r
Varnish!
Varnish!
Varnish!
A coat of varnish will improve the appearance of
those old chairs, or the interior decorations. - - -
Anyone Can Varnish, Do it Yourself
If you want to change the appearance of your chairs
treat them to a coat of varnish stain. It is cheap
Fred J. Fick, Contractor and Builder.
THOMAS H. CAIITKR AND A CABICATURB OF
HIM.
tor resembles a New England deacon
of the tyi>e now famous In song and
story. He has been a big gun in his
party lu days gone by nnd wns chair
man of its national committee when
Benjamin Harrison ran for re-election
as president.
How Ho Found Out.
"I never bet on a horse race."
"But this Is a sure thing.”
"It wns betting on a sure thing that
cured me.”
Furs Hides and Pelts
HUNTERS ATTENTION!
I will pay the highest market price for
good Pelts and Furs
H. L. DeVc
Moved to B ■'¿'ngore door
South of Butcher Shop
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