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JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, JULY CYCLONE AND FLOOD OREGON WAKING UP Galveston Swept by Fierce Evidences of Prosperity Storm—Waters Pour Over Everywhere—Realty Val Sea Wall — Communica ues Increasing-Buildings tion Cut Off. Being Erected. THE AUDITORIUM a t A.-Y.-P. EXPOSITION, SEATTLE. Probably the most striking structure oa the grounds of the Alaska- Yukon-Paciflc Exposition Is ttoe Auditorium. It is bulldcd of reinforced concrete, steel and brick and <s a part of the rich legacy which is to be banded down to the State University when the Fair is over. The Auditorium stands upon an eminence overlooking the main en trance to the Exposition Grounds. It if, now in use as a lecture room by the University Law School an d for all assemblys of students. It has a seating capacity of closo to 300 0, which can be greatly Increased. Driven by a 50 mile wind, a great rush of waves mountain high swept ov r Galveston’s new sea wall, Wednesday morning. Two spans of the railroad bridge, connecting the city with the mainland were swept away and salt water eight feet in depth filled the principal streets and for awhile it was feared that the horrors of September 8, 19 JO, were a- bout to be repeated. It will be impossible to ascertain the extent of the damage until the storm subsides. Card of Thanks We desire to express our heartfelt THOMPSON McCOLLUM. At the court house in Jacksonville, Ore., thanks to our friends and neighbors Wednesday, July 21, 1909, Mr. John for the many acts of kindness and sym DEMMER—HFARING. AtJa-kson- Thompson tc Miss Arvilla McCollum. pathy rendered to us on account of our vil'e, Ore., July 21, by Judge J. K. recent sorrowful bereavement. Neil, Mr. Paul Demmer to Miss Opal W. M. Swartzfager ‘ •ubacribe for tie Pest, only $1.50par Hearing. yea r. and Family. MARRIED Do Your Business With The The following article from a recent number of the Portland Journal is a true story of conditions now prevailing in Oregon with this exception, the in crease is greater than given in the article and the municipal improvements such as waterworks, paving, etc, de serve special mention. We venture the assertion that the municipal im provements made or contracted for in the smaller towns of the state during Pursuant to the adjournment of July 6, the City 1909 will exceed in value all simular improvements during the past ten years. Council met in City Hall Monday evening. Present— The article is as follows. The story of Oregon in 1909 is a story Councilmen Britt, Davis, Dunford, Fisk and Shaw; Re of prosperity. With one or two ex corder Dox; Atty. Newbury. ceptions every product of the farm is Mr. Newbury presented a draft of the proposed or at figures as high or higher than in de cades. Wheat, sheep, wool, hogs, dinance, submitting to a vote of the qualified electors the cattle, apples, fruits and nearly all I other yields of the soil are at banner question of issuing bonds to the amount of $25,000 for prices. The carpenter an I every other After con worker in trades is driven by the de the construction of a system of waterworks. mands on his efforts in building. Realty siderable discussion, some changes being made in the values in every city and town in Oregon are soaring. Population in many of draft, the ordinance was placed upon its final passage them has doubled within a few years, and the ayes and noes being called it was passed by a and the prices of real estate have leaped upward in consequence. The unanimous vote. In order to avoid the chance of any increase of the number of residents in many of the interior towns ranges from possible trouble in future, it was decided to invoke the 5 to 20 per cent. The increase in post- initiative as provided in the charter and make assurance office receipts ha3 kept the same goodly pace. In every locality and community doubly sure. there is a notable improvement in the The petitions of Luy & Keegan and Brad Radcliff character of home-building. • The erec a nc urec* tion of la'.fir ail no.-e i commodiousj for liquor license were presented and there being no re- chief city on the scene, has almost doubled in population within five or six years. It is a growth not often recor ded in the history of a city. Her ex pansion in buildings is almost a wonder tale. Residences are being multiplied and skyscrapers erected. Bank clear ings and postoflice receipts show in creases 8o colossal as to be almost unbelievable. Every business is pros perous with the whole population charmed with the present and full of optimism for the future. It is a grand unison of hope, a sublime harmony of promise. Directors: E. H. HELMS W. R. COLEMAN EMIL DEROBOAM GEO. L. DAVIS ¿' p — a — ¿’[V] j Medford News From The Mail. July 22. I nyernational T ailori /» NEW YORK CHICAGO o 02 o A It Matters N Not. INTER NATIONAL TAILORING is always THE BEST. Exquisitenets of design: Trustworthiness of fabric: Cor rectness in style: Perfection in fit: Elegance in finish. IN SHORT all that is best and latest in high clats Metropolitan City tailoring, the result of Seasoned, Ex perience Unrivalled Equipment, Straightforward Business Methods, at Competition-staggering prices. Call and see this magnificent new line at M « 02 ■4-> c «J I I y M y y y y y IMI s C •RM CÖ K J J J Held Monday Night Discusses Bond ing Proposition-Bond Election Set for Aug. 14-Grants Two Saloon Licenses—Adjourns to Meet Friday Evening. | ^onsD’ances the licenses were granted and ordered issued, pupils. In a dozen sections of the state A committee of three was appointed to obtain an there are activities for building of local railroads, with a number of them actu estimate of the probable cost of the water system and ally under construction. Passenger report at the next meeting. Council then adjourned to and freight traffic on the railroads is heavier than ever known. Portland, meet July 23. V. President W. R. COLEMAN, Secretary œ CIL MEETING heavy ^ncreasesh^n bthe attM^anw G. L. DAVIS, President E. H. HELMS, tí ADJOURNED COUN £ o IM Œil Hl General News. Because of an alleged shortage in his accounts, William Von Meyernick, teller of the Union State Bank, committed suicide at San Francisco, Saturday. The N. P. Ry. Co. has let the con tract for an additional tract between Kalama and Chehalis, Wash. Work will begin at once. Washington Granges demand that the people nominate Supreme Court Judges. Efforts are being made to have Pres ident Taft visit Crater Lake while on his western trip in September. The people of Siskiyou County, Calif, will vote for “wet or dry” at the next election. Three thousand employees of the Standard Steel Car Co. went out on strike, at Butler, Pa., Saturday. Lewis Co. Wash, republicans are urging the candidacy of U.E. Harmon for congressman to succeed the late F. W. Cushman. William Fay, a member of the grand jury that indicted Jefferson Davis for treason, died at his home in Lake Har bor, Mich. Saturday. Editorial Association was begun in Seattle, Monday. Traffic on the Central Railways of Peru is completely tied up by a strike of the trainmen. Dan Carlos of Bourbon, pretender to the Spanish throne, died Sunday at Varoz, in Lombardi. He has been ill a long time. A HARD STRUGGLE Many a Jacksonville Citizen Finds the Struggle Hard J. D. Buckman and family went to Dunsmuir yesterday. With a back costantly aching, J. M. Samuels of Central Point was With distressing urinary disorders, in the city yesterday. Daily existence is but a struggle. C. W. Wolters, one of Talent’s mer No need to keep it up. chants, was a Medford visitor yester Doan’s Kidney Pills will cure you. day. Jacksonville people endorse this claim: F. H. Robinson of Grants Pass ar Jesse Freeman, living at Sterling rived in the city yesterday und will re Mine, Jacksonville, Ore., says: “1 ac main a few days. tually believe that Doan’s Kidney Pills Misses May Phipps and Maggie Ewbank saved my life. I suffered from kidney returned yesterday from a two weeks’ disease for a long time before 1 rea visit to the Seattle fair. lized what it was. I thought at first Harold Ellison left for Grants Pass the symptom would pass away, but in yesterday. He goes there to accept stead they increased in severity until I The N. P. Ry. has offered to carry was suffering untold agony. I was the position of foreman of the Eismann ranch, one of the largest in the vicinity. : rock for road-building in Lewis county, treated by physicians until many rem J. H. Reynolds of Wichita, Kansas, Wash, at the rate of one cent per ton edies had obtained no relief. My worst who has been looking over this section per mile. troubles were pains in my back and Jack London, the author denieB the limbs and irregularity of the kidney of the Rogue River valley for several days, left yesterday for his home, well charge of plagiarism, recently made secretions. I was unaLle to rest or by Frank Harris and declares that he sleep well on account of the pains and pleased with the valley. Yesterday was a very busy day on acted in good faith when he used the was so stiff and lnme nt times as to bo j unable to get about. At one time 1 Southern Pacific railroad. Train 15 passage referred to. Two men were killed and two others was laid up for several weeks and un came in yesterday morning in two sec tions and each of these were drawn by seriously injured in a shooting affray able to work, I finally learned of Doan’s two engines. Last night there were at Union, a small town near Meriden, Kidney P.lls and as they were so high ly recommended, I procured a box at four sections of train 16 and two sec- Miss. Saturday. tions of train 14. ’ The Independent Petroleum Market- the City prug Store and began using Engineer W. T. Robeats left for ' ers’ Association was organized at Chi- them. This remedy seemed to be just Portland yesterday, where he will in- cago, Saturday. Thomas L. Hisgen what i required, for in lesa than two week* the beneficial results were ap spect, or rather look over,the material was elected president, and works of the pipe factory that is Lightning struck an oil tank and set parent. I continued using the remedy, proposing to furnish the remainder of fire to the contents, 110,000 barrels of improved steadily and by the time I the piping for the city’s water supply | oi) at Barlettsville, Okla., Friday had used seven boxes I was better than I had been for years. I am now abso pipe line. | aftern0on. lutely free of any symptom of kidney Yesterday W. H. Watt purchased a, An airghip, carrying Herbert Latham trouble and give the credit to Doan’s 23-acre orchard tract south of Medford a French »viator collapsed ;and fell from George Hover. The land is situ- I into the water near Calais, Monday, Kidney Pills.” Plenty more proof like this from ated south of the Burrell orchard, and Latham was attempting to cross the Jacksonville people. Call at The City the price paid was $5500. There are English Channel from Calais to Dover about eight acres of a bearing orchard | anj wag »bout 16 milts from land when drug store a: d usk what customers re port. on the place, and the remainder is set the accident occured. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 to young trees. Luther Burbank's latest production, cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, “The Wonderberry” has been pro- | New York, Sole Agents for the Unit- MINERS NOTICE-Noticeof Location nounced a failure by the judge« of the statea Remember the name- Doan’«—and both Quartz and Placer, for «ale at thia Massachusetts Horticultural Society. office, JACKSONVILLE fOST, The annnalconverçtitjuof the National, take no other.