f
IOCAL NEWS
Hunting season
Avgust lsty ’
opens
Curly Wilson returned from Portland
Friday.
Saturday
Watson Caudill w s at
Sunday.
Butte Falls
Frank Silva of Buncom was a visitor
'W. A. Halina of Evans creek Was in
in this city Thursday afternoon.
town Tuesday.
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F' C. Goan, of the Applegate valley
David Dorn of Watkins was visitor
was a recent visitor in this c’ty.
in town Monday.
George Launspach was in town from
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Barnum have
h s ranch a short time Friday evening.
moved to Med fold,
John A. Perl of Medford made a
R. L. Ward of the Applegate country
professional visit to this city Wednes
was in town Thursday.
day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Norris were in
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The forest fires recently reported are
town Monday evening.
all well under control and no further
Sheriff Singler made several business
trouble.
trips to Medford this week.
Mr. and M i -3. E, Mahoney have
Bert McKee of Buncom was in town
moved ihto the Kubli house on Califor
with a load Of hogs recently.
William Ray of Ruch was transact- riia street.
ifig business in this city Friday.
Pantorium Dye Works will accept
B. H. Rhodes of Centralia, Wash. parcels on “hurry” work —at Reter’s
barber shop.
Was a recent Visitor in the valley.
W. J. Butterly of the Norling mine
John B. Renault accompanied by his
nephew John B., made a trip to Butte
was in town Wednesday afternoon.
William Dorn of Watkins was trans Falls Sunday.
acting business in this city Monday.
Mrs. Wiseman has returned to her
Russel Evans of Medford was a home in California, after a short V'sit
with her parents Mr, and Mrs. Apple
business visitor in this place Friday.
F. G. McWill ams and family of Ash baker of this city.
land were visitors in this city Sunday.
W. H. Venable, a prominent farmer
of Ruch, was a visitor in this city Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. James Eaton visited
friends in the Applegate valley Sun
day.
Miss Jewel Bailey and brother en-
j >yed an outing at Rogue river, Wed
nesday.
Fred W. Mears of Medford was
transacting business in this city Tues-
day forenoon.
Mrs. Katie Grieve has been
Portland this week as a witness in
the U. S. court.
Deputy Sheriff Wilson was a witness
in the U. S. Court at Portland, several
days this week.
Notice
of Sheriff’s Sale
Foreclosure.
in
Sarah S. Van Dyke, Plaintiff.
vs.
John Arnell and Annie M. Arnell,
his wife, Defendants.
N otice is H ereby G iven that under
Medford has had four burglaries and by virtue uf an execution and an
order of sale duly issued out and un
within the past week, the last one be der the seal of the Circuit Court ol
ing at the Waters’ home on Eleventh the State of Oregon for the County ot
Jackson, dated July 23rd, 1914, in a
street, some time Thursday morning.
certain cause wherein Sarah S. Van
Manager Vance of the Home Tele Dyke as plaintiff recover?d judgment
phone Co. of Medford was in towD Fri against John Arnell and Annie M. Ar
day on business regarding the pro nell, his wife, as defendants, for the
sum of $713.14 with interest thereon
posed removal of the exchange to that from the 1st day April. 1914, at the
city.
rate of 8 per cent per annum and $7ii
attorney’s fee, and the further sum of
The Oakdale grocery at Medford and $16 50 costs, winch judgment was en
a small apartment house in the rear, rolled and docketed in the Clerk’s of
w • re destroyed by fire early Friday fice of said Court in sain County on the
9.h day if May, 1911, and is of record
morning. Loss sbout $3500, which was
in Volume 21 at pa/es 251-2-3.
covered bv insurance.
I am commanded by said execution
and order of sNe to make sale of the
Albert Anderson of Grants Pass was hereinafter described real property,
awarded the contract by the county and I will at the hour of 10:00 o’clock
court this week, for ths construction A. M. on
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25fh, 1914,
of concrete bridge ov»r Evans creek
near where it empties into Rogue river. at the front door of the Court House
The bid was $7469. and calls for a span in Jacksonville Jackson County, Ore
gon, sell at public auction to the high
of 110 feet.
est bidder for cash, subject to redemp
An alarm of fire was turned in yes- tion as is by law provided, all the
right, title and interest of the defen
terday afternoon from the south end dantg in and to the following described
of town where a grass fire waB dialing real property, to-wit:
The wesi half of the following: Com
merrily, A stream from the fire hose
Boon quenched the flames, but not until mencing at the Southwest corner of
D. L U. 63, in Township 37 South
Borne fence cn the Applegate place had of Range (joe Wes( of the Willametie
Meridian; thence running South 5.585
been destroyed.
chains; thence West 11.81
chains;
The Johnson saloon at Gold Hill was thence North 19.38 chains; thence run
entered by burglars at an early hour ning in an Easterly direction 11.81
Thursday morning and robbed of $15. chains; thence running South 13.795
00 and several cases of liquor. The chains to the place of beginning.
Excepting and reserving a right-of-
burglars obtained the money by blow way 60 feet wide reserved by the
ing open a small safe. They over Trustees of the estate of F’rancis B.
looked $100. and a gold watch in the Clark, deceased, extending North and
South along the entire eastern bound
same room.
ary line of the property herein de
Although Water Commissioner Ulrich . scribed. All as shown in Certificate
i of Title No. 1321, issued October 22,
published a notice two weeks ago, re 1 1912, by the Registrar of Titles for
questing water users to see that all Jackson County. Oregon.
hydrants were closed at night, it
All nf said property or so much
necessary will
seems that some parties have recently there f as may be
be sold at said time and place to sat
been running the water all nignt It is isfy the judgment in favor of the
aiaed that the water is now taken plaintiffs and against
the defen-
<!cfcr:
direct from the dam, the leakage not dants, together with the accruirg
being sufficient to keen the small re posts of sale.
Jackson
Dated at Jacksonville,
servoir full, and while the supply In Countv. Oregon, this 23rd dav of
lu.- dam wdl be ample for all proper July, 1914.
nerds, it wid not be sufficient if used
W. H. SINGLER,
f ,r irrigation during the hours allotted Shetiff of Jackson Count., f >r<?£on.
for such use and all night also.
By G. R. HARPER. Deputy.
Misses Ekron Gali and Adarel Elmer
have been spending a few days on
Rogue river in the vicinity of Bybee’s
bridge.
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Describing Love.
In "The Invert nnd Mrs. Ajax," by
Edtvaid s. Mi’ffnL one of the diame
ters. nu Aiueuiaiujjirk thus describe»
love:
"Oil. Amy isfip snysi, Isn’t ft splendid
when y<m love some one? You Just
want to, sacrifice—nnd give up—and
work—awl be devoured by fire or
drowned in h e water If It will do liny
good. Sometimes It iniikes you feel,
oh. so strong! And then, almost right
away, your knees get wabbly, and you
Just turn Into n cobblestone Inside.
And one minute he’s looking nt you lu
the most wonderful way. ami you feel
as if you wgre flouting ou a lovely pink
cloud, eutiqg Ice cream smothered in
violets, nnd the next tiling you know
something- terrible bappeus. nnd every
thing goes to pieces, mid you see that
he doesn’t love you after all—and.
oh li-li!"
Old T.me Punishment».
Aq.«mg the weird mid horrible pun
Islinniit- intljcted in Quebec under
botlull’ti I lencli mid EugUsb rvgiums
»» re (lie lull nlng of women at the
stake for pelt;, treasou. burning of the
hand, branding on the forehead and
breaking on the wheel. No record is
found In Ciiiimlii. however, ot such
punishments
as
the
"drunkard's
cloak." a barrel with apertures for the
head and hands, mill the bridle and
ducking stuol for common sco:ds. hi
old.lpmses In Britain there are still to
be seen hooks by the fireplace to which
a scolding wife was fastened after be
ing bridled, the Jailer performing this
service nt (lie request of Hie exasper
ated husband.
In Frame an Instrument known ns
the ciircii.ii was u-eil as a punishment
for disregarding parental nilthorlty or
hunatteiidaiice at church, and one was
formerly attached to a post at the doot
of the Basilica at Quebec. Tbe pillory
was used 111 England for at least 700
years, mjd iu Kii'.t'a prisoner stood In
the pilloi'y at Mifntreal for three days
lu Itti.» two men and a woman Were
whipped through the streets of Mofit-
real, thirty-nine lushes being given
each. — Pearson's.
Th» Furies.
A "Mite.”
The difficulties experienced by our
Rev. P. S. Bandy who had been fortfafliers in trying to reckon money
spending a couple of weeks in the In very small proportions appear in
northern part of the state returned the various values given to a "mite"
in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen
Wednesday evening.
tury books of commercial arithmetic.
Buildings improvements are picking The original "mite" seems to have
up in this vicinity: Contractor Fick been a third of a Flemish penny, but
received a car load of dressed lumber the use of the word for the widow’s
recently and has disposed of alm »st all coin of the New Testament made Its
regular English meaning half a far
if it in the past few days,
thing, and some old people may re
member applying the mime to the
i short lived nineteenth century coins of
MEDFORD 10'NT RAIDED
Hint value,
lu those old arithmetic
books "mite” stands for various val
ues uot represented by actual coins
obviously used In reckoning. A
Police Find $1,0'0 and Ccn- but
work of 17IHI makes It one twelfth of a
penny, two sixteenth century books
sidetable Opium—Woman
one-sixth of ii farthing, and in 1674
Jeakes aritbmetic made it as little as
one sixty fourth of a penny.—London
Am mg Gamblers
Chronicle.
Mrs. J. Morcom and daughters left
Monday for Ashland where they will
In a raid last night at midnight of
eside for the present.
the Chinese laundry on Riverside ave
Judge L. R. Webster of Portland, a nue, conducted by S. B. Sailing of tie
former circuit judge of this district state board of pharmacy, assisted by
spent Sunday in this city.
Sheriff Singler, W. K. Jefferies, Chief
Dr. R. E. Golden has returned from of Police Hittsoh and Sergeant Pai
a two-weeks outing at Portland an< Mego, eleven Chinamen were found
smoking opium and gambling. They
points in Washington state.
were immediately marched up to the
Too much green grass caused the
city hall where they were searched,
death of a valuable cow belonging to
l'hey m .de a big effoit to hide thii.
S. Walsh, ona diy c.iis waec.
money some putting it in their shoes
Fletcher Stout who is employed in a and soci.s. Something over $1000 was
drug store at Gold Hill, spent Sunday taken from them.
with his parents in this city.
Among the victims was one woman
Mr. and Mrs. John Reter who had who apparently a winner in the night’s
been camping on Rogue river for a game had a surplus amount of small
week, recurneJ Friday evening.
change. Considerable opium "'as found
Authorities have been watching the
In a letter to the Post Wednesday,
Mrs. Joseph Morcom states that they place for a number of months but not
like their new home at Ashland, fine. until last night did they gather suffi
cient evidence to arrest the Chinamen-
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Coleman of Med
A state charge will be filed. —Med
ford, attended the funeral ot the late ford Sun.
William Detieff, Wednesday afternoon.
The weather this week has been
siniply ideal» the thermometor never
above 90 and occasional breezes of cool
akih
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A New Species.
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Gibraltar's Searchlight Battery.
For ships to pass around Gibraltar.
Englund’s and the world’s greatest
fortress, without being observed even
nt niglit Is a practical Impossibility,
owing to the great battery of search
lights arranged along the bottom of
the rock
A ship running either in or
out runs into one of the fixed beams
of light and is revealed. A moving
lauim of light then follows her until
the lookout officers are satisfied as to
her Intentions.
North British Manners.
Hignly Esteemed.
"Do you think Hint most people now
adays worship mouey?”
"No I won’t ao as far as that."
answered the home grown philosopher,
"blit I will an.» that tile love of money
Is seldom plutonic.”- Wnalilugtou Her
aid.
Free Now.
Breaking In.
"He kissed me and I told him not to
tell of It."
"And what did he do?"
■‘Why. It wasn’t two minutes before
he repeated It "
Mother Di ar me. ti e baby has swat
• , <1 ,i pie e of worsted. Father
's roil i g to the yarns she’ll have
<i allow if she Ilves to grow tip.
Wherever we meet rlsery we owe
pity.—Dryden.
I.et us not talk III of onr enemlea
They only never deceive ua. - Houa
gaye.
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New Home
Sewing Machine $
ij to buy the machine
with the name NEW
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HOME on the arm
and in the legs.
This machine is
warranted for all h.T
time.
No other like it
No other as good
T l 3 K; w I! ce 8 Sov/i.ij L!
CHANGE. MASS.
THE LIFE CAREER
"Schooling in youth «houhl invnrinbly b<
directed to p.cjiare a pcr»un in the b<y»l why
for the best p rnmnenl occupation lor which
he i* capable."—Pieiidcut C. W Ehot
l liis 1« the Mission of the
oral A3RICULTURAL COLLEGE
ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Forty-dxth School Year Opens
GEM DAMASKEENE
SEPTEHBER 18th,
iqu
Write for illustrated ioo-page Book |
let, “THE LIFE CAREER.” and lor Cata
log containing full inforin.ition
Drvree Coursft— AGRICULTURE :
Agronomy, Amina I Husbandry, Dairy Hus
bandry. Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture.
It Dapends!
Agriculture tor Teachers. FORESTRY,
L ogging E ngini i ring . H o . we E co
"How do you pronounce s t-l-n-g-y?’
the lem her ilskcd the voting gentle nomics : Domestic Science. Domestic Art.
Electrical, Irrigation
man nearest the foul of the class And E ngineering :
Highway, Mechanical, Chemical, Milling.
the smart boy stood up and sold It de Ceramics. COMMERCE. PHARMACY
pended U great deal whether the word INDUSTRIAL ARIS
I
applied tiwa man or a bee—London
I7oiiit.i>nal ( <»»» <ej-Agriculttire, I )alrv
sews
Ing, Home Maoers' Course, Induslful
Arts, Forestry. Business Short Course.
Not a Vacation Prospect.
School of Music— Piano, String, Band,
"My isiv " Mini the professor, "if you
keep on a. aim have started mid study Voice Culture.
Farmers Busin«»’ Coir’e by Mail Free.
hard y ou may he president ot the Unit
AjdreMi Till'. KHC.fSTKAK,
ed States sona- day."
(tw-7-ti to IM')
Corvallia. Oregon
"Yes, ’ replied the young man gloom
lly; "mid then I II have to start In and
study n whole ¡ot harder
Washing
ton Star.
Hewitt Grnet trenta ids wife pretty
abnbblly. Jewett And be used to be
i
her slave, Hewitt-Evidently the mar
Located.
ringe certificate was an emancipation
The Chaperon-Young man, yon have proclamation —Judge.
your nrin around that young Indy s
waist. The Voting Man—Thanks I’ve
An Incentive.
been trying to find the spot nil even
Mrs. Crawford 1 thought you said
Ing. but with these new gowns a fel
low hardly knows where lie's at—New you weren’t going to the sewing dr-
■le? Mrs Crabsliaw- Hut. my dear, 1
York Globe.
didn't know then about the tilings you
have told me. J mlge.
A Troublesome Mirror.
“Mamma.” said Flossie, “this old
looking glass Isn t any good"
"1 wl.-h
“Why, what’s the matter with IL
wrote mi
dear?’ asked her mother.
"Every time I try to look In It." ex- «.•tit him
plained Flossie, "my face gets in the - <y.”
A Comparison.
way."
"Nothing. I seems '<> me. looks as «in
Important ns a bridegroom at a w.<d
Gras» Basket».
To restore the fragrance of baskets ding "
l.i»» v'.’i over noticed a governo»
made from sweet si-ented grass, nfter
■ lie wrs snrrminded by the nnl
they have apparently lost it. plunge
c ,a»"4H,r'* of his staff?”—Chica
them Into boiling water, removing
' » .:<• io I Herald.
them almost Instantly.
Disobedience.
Causes of Hlo.r-u'h A
tb«es.
8ed. ntar” habits, lack of out door exercise,
An English doctor recently anal that
.nsufficient masticat’cn oi food, conAtipav. > i,
ambition to live to ii great old age isn't a torpid liver, worry ':ul anx'ety, overe dtn^,
a good one olid doubted .'»krlUn- vun- -»artaking of foot! an<! dvink 'ot suited K
stunt efforts to lengtben the average your age and occupation. Correct yot:r
life are for the good of the race. He habits and take Chamberlain’s Tablets nnHl
apparently favors a short life mid a von will soon be well again. For sale-byl
'
merry one. Perhaps It isn’t long Ilfs ill dealers.—Advertiser
that makes the world happy, but broad
T
life. Thirty full, energetic years may
¡I.
K.
HAN
,
a
fe better than sixty years of common
i
(d-co drudgery. But why not sixty
full, energetic years?
Who knows
what the world loses when a man dies
it thirty? So much has been accohi
plished by men who have reached sixty 1
mil even seventy mid eighty that it
seems good policy to keep nil persons JACKSONVILLE,
an earth as long as possible. Tiie
man who honestly disapproves effort»
to prolong life Is a rarity and It is
lucky for the world that he is.—Savan
nah News.
Greek mythology created some fe
I traveled upon the top of a car the
other evening, says a correspondent in
male deities who were supposed to In
habit the lower regions and visit the the Glasgotv News, with a man who
earth to avenge supposed wrongs nnd seemed to have strong views upon the
punish their ehemies.
Black sheep subject of good milliners ahd polite ad
were sacrificed to them nt night by dress. He was accompanied by his
the light of torches, and they Were rep daughter. n pretty little gir! of abouhi
resented as horrid looking creatures, five years of age, wlio was thirsting
wearing long, black robes, with snaky for information.
The proud parent was explaining m
locks, bloodshot eyes and clawlike
nails. Sometimes they had snakes or some length that car conductors do not
torches in their hair nnd carried retain Hie whole contents of ttieir lings
scourges or sickles in their hands. tor their own ¡»ersontil use. when the
The Greeks called these imaginary little girl interrupted him with an in
creatures Erinyes, nnd the llohiaus, terrogative "Eh?”
"Wlia’ learned you tue say •eh’?’
adopting the same idea, called them
furies. Vergil represents'them as will asked the father in reproving tones
Ing agents employed by the higher “When you don't hear whit onybody
gods to stir u|> mischief, strife und says you should not say 'eb'; it's nv
hatred on the earth.—Philadelphia oolite; you should sue—•Whit."’
Press.
Montonogco'» Ston«».
Montenegro has. after all. some tea
Pickpockets.
Pickpockets ordinarily travel In mobs son to tie grateful for Its stones. "Ii
and are of two distinct types—one Is in these stones." writes William Mil I
ler. "Hint Hie Rlack mountain ha»
small or medium stature, the other tall
found Its best fortifications—for arti:l
and muscular. As a general rule. lw
age runs from eighteen to thirty-live. dill forts It has none—and it was rot
Their hands are soft, show no signs of till the Hille of the present prim e (no '
King Nleliolasi that the Napoleonic
work and the lingers of all except the
I
"stall.” and particularly the fingers i Idea of making n load across the cot. i
try
was
carried
out.
Even
now
It
i-
of the "wire” are long and slender.
not b.v any means certain that this Im
Their eyes are shifting and furtive.
proved means of communication will
Their complexion Is generally sallow
not bo u source of danger In the 1 i
and without distinct color, this being
due either to prison pallor In types ot lure.”
Napoleon In the curly years of the
to the use of cocaine or other drugs.
ninetcent'.i century offered to const rm I
The cocaine users show drawn fen
n roadway ii'Toss the principality nt
lures. prominent cheekbones ami usu
ally have distinct rings around the his own expense, but bls overtures
He then
were summarily l rejected.
ayes. The temperament of pickpockets
threatened to lay waste (lie country
Is high strung, because of the dangers
with fire and sword till its name be
of the profession or from the use of
drugs. At the same time they are po came Monte Rosso ("the red luoun
The
lite almost to Hie point of obsequious tain"! iiis'ead of Moutenegro.
ness They seldom carry weapons and threat, however, was never carried out
-* Iaindou Chroiiicl*.
almost never resort to force. On duty
they dress to suit the occasion, gener
ally well, but not conspicuously. They
avoid wearing anything that might
lead to Identification. -Chicago News
Charles R. Knight, the artist, whose
reproductions ot dinosaurs and cl'eu
Hires of long ago are known the world
over, prefers, however, to lie known
ns a painter and sculptor of modern
unlmals He has worked from the liv
ing model as much ns possible, nnd
tills has taken him to the zoos in
many cities. He was telling his expe
riences at the zoo In Washington
"One afternoon an Important looking
negro came along with Ids best girl.’
he said
••'l'hey stopped for n minute
and looked at the sketch I was making
of ii deer
•• ‘Yer know what lie am doin’, don't
Curtain Call*.
yer?' asked the negro of Ids companion.
"I know a man who had a hundred
" 'Webbe.
answered the woman
curtain calls In n tveek.”
'Does yob?'
“1 suppose lie was a matinee Idol.”
“•Sboll! He’s making a landscape
"No; lie was a house furnisher.”—
ob one er dem habitats. Dere’s mob
habitats in dis zoo than anywhere else Baltimore American
In dor United States.’ ’’—New York
Tribune.
The "Macaroni.”
The ••macaroni" were exquisites or
fops who in England and Fratiee led
the fashions from 1780 to 1785 ami
were distinguished by uti immense
knot of artificial hair worn on the top
of their heads. A small cocked bat
which perched ridiculously on their
topknot, satin or brocade coilts and
small clothes titling tightly to the body
and sila stockings with ribbon garters
composed the costume of these fash
ionable gentlemen, who invariably car
rieil a long walking stick with tassels
attached ami frequently a bouquet tied
to the Uiinille ami encouraged a minc
ing ami affected gait and manner
There was during the war for inde
pendence a body of Maryland soldiers
who on account of their showy uni
forms were culled "macaroni.”
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THIS IS FOR TOMORROW ONLY
Toe offer is macle by us to prove, at
our expense, the wonderful quality of
these fine blades.
I’/e se.7 extra blades, 7 for 35c,
GFM DAMASKEENE SAFETY
eui.it complete will» 7 V«on
in loorocro ease. $1 00.
RAZOR
LileJa,
T'-' GEM Lasts u Lifetime
This Free Offer is Good ft r
One Week.
City Drug Store
J. W. ROBINSON, M D.» Prop.
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON
DELIGHTFUL NEWPORT
“Tiled and True” is this old reliable outing leantt,
with a weal.h of natural seen ry, healthful drives, a
splendid beach and numerous near-by p intsof interest:
Lighthouse. Devil’s Punchbowl, Seal Rock», etc.
Special Low Round-Trip Season Fares
Week-End Fares Io All Points and Sunday
Excursion Fares from Albany and Corvallis
VIA THE
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OCOt Í&SHA-TA
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The Expoiition Line J.9/5
DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS
Leave Albany, daily,................. . .......................... — --------------- 7:30 A M.
Leave Albany, daily except Bund iy........................................
1:0 P M.
Leave Corvallis, daily ....
8:01 A. M
Leave Co. VHlIis, daily except Sunday
... ....
1:1 > P. M.
Cnnnections made at Albany and Gorv.illic vih S. I’, triins.
Special Excursion Train will leavu New, ort every
Sunday evening a$ 6:1X1 p. M , arrive C ¡rvallis 10:15
p. m., Albany 10:45 p. m.
Good Fishing Streams Alon»; the
& E.
At Eik City, Morrison, Toledo and along the Ynquina
river, also on the Breitenbush and Santiarn rivers,
on the
End.
For Folder» describing Newport a« a » outing place call on our neareat Agent.
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon