Jacksonville Post
"’rs. E la Walsh was at Ash und
Thursday.
Dan Wheeler of Steamboat was in
SATURDAY, JULY 8 , 1916.
j town this week.
Lost—A pair of gold riirmed spectc-
| cles, in •■ase. Fiu ler pie ise return to
LOCAL NEWS
I City Drug Store.
Miss Flora Thompson wa« a visitor at
Ccu r.v ■ erk Gardner wat at Med- Medford Sunday.
fori Friday.
Peop'e will rail i r»3it p iitil b" I
L. H. Wertz of Buch was a visitor in but will not loik twice ar a bad scrawl.
town this week.
Just received —a new stocc of “Old
Mrs Maud Gaskin was a visitor at English" graniteware. Prices Right.
Medford Thursday.
Fred J. Fick.
Pat Swain, the Watkins cattleman,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gallup left Tues
was in town this week.
day for Wilbur, where Mr. Gallup has
Henry G. Dox was a business visitor secured employment.
at Melford Wedneslay.
Dr. Porter of Medford, a retired ar
C. J. Fry of Copper, Cal. was a re my surgeon, has been ordered to report 1
cent visitor in this city.
for duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
C. M. Roberts of Medford was a vis
Bettter get your butter wrappers
itor in this city Thursday.
printed at this office and comply
All work done in 1916 at w. R. with the law governing the sale of
bitter products.
Spark’s must be spot cash.
A Ford auto belonging to Earl Tumy
Sheriff W. H. Sing’er was a business
of Medford was stolen at Ashland,
vis tor at Medf >rd Thur-dsy.
The car was found in some
Tuesday.
George Pot'er of Mon'ague, Cal. is a ¿
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near
Grants Pass Wednesday.
visitor in the valley this w ek
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Lundgren
of ln<S
the - Blue Ledge
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tunga’e visited '
friends at Butte Falls Tuesday
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V'8'tlnf? fne,1<'8
; and transacting business in this city for
i?'.1 .EnSliih” gran- several days, left for the mines Tues-
iteware at Fred J. Fick
store?
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I d iy.
If you like this paper, drop in and !
subscribe. Only $1-50 per year.
At The Churches
i
W. R. Garret of Buncom transacted i
business at the court house Friday.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Paul Blanchard an attorney of Grants
Pass was at the court house Thursday.
Services held every Sunday morning !
M. B. Whipple of Rogue River was a at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hail.
Everybody welcome.
business visitor in this city Thursday.
Col. Miami ofJSeven Oaks transict-
ed business with the county court Fri
P resbyterian
day.
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10:
A.
M.,
Sabbath School.
Judge Glen O. Taylor of Medford
11: A. M., Morning Worship. Theme:' i
transacted business in this city Thurs
, “Jesus in the Midst.” The Sacrament'
day.
j of the Lord’s Supper will be adminis- I
Mr. and Mrs. Will Henry arrived , tered during this Service.
Sunday and expect to reside here for
8: P. M., Evening Worship. Theme: i
the present.
“The Sin of Indifference.”
- Old English graniteware at Fred J.
The topic for the Prayer-Meeting on
Fick’s. Someting neat, serviceable Thursday evening at 8 o’clock is “The
and at reasonable prices
Value of Faith.”
Come and have good fellowship with
Rev. Gammons, the new pastor of
the Presbyterian church, has moved his us in these services.
Albert H. Gammons,
family to the Manse in this city.
Minister.
It is expected that the surfacing on
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the county road between this city and
Medford will be finished in a few days. Drank Liquor; Went
A number of citizens of this town at
Back To Penitentiary
tended the parade at Medford Friday
night in behalf of the railroad contract.
Call at Fred J. Fick’s store and ex
Salem, July 5.—Because he violated
amine the new stock of “Old English” his parole by indulging in liquor, M. F.
graniteware. Up to date and at right Hutchinson, serving a term from Uma
prices
tilla county for obtaining money under
Enlisted men of the N-tional Guard false pretenses, was returned to the
now in federal service, having families penitentiary today.
dependent upon them, are to be dis
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charged.
Kansas Society Meets
Rev. Hutchinson, who is suffering
from a combination of diseases, was
In Ashland July 13
taken to the Asnland hospital for treat
ment Wednesday.
The third annual meeting of the Kan
The Fourth was a quiet day in this
city; many of our citizens went to Ash sans of the Rogue valley will be held
at Ashland Thursday, July 13, and it is
land. a few went fishing and the re
the intention to make this the biggest
mainder stayed at home.
and the most enjoyable oceassion of its
Joseph Applebaker jnd L. C. Wise nature ever held iu the valley, and ev
man are working a section of the Opp eryone who was born a Jayhawker < r
mine under lease. Mr. Opp does the formerly lived in the sunflower state,
milling of the ore mined.
is cordially invited and earnestly re
Everett T. Trefren of Rogue River quested to prepare now to attend and
and Miss Vera Caroline Baily of Ash- take baskets well filled for an old fash
land were married at the court house ioned Kansas picnic dinner—the kind
bv Judge TouVelle, Wednesday.
that you enjoyed so well in the days
Richard Gaskin, who has been work- that will always live in your pleasant
ing in a logging camp near Weed, Cal., memories. Plan to take a day off and
Bpent the Fourth with his family here, attend the Chatauqua on July 13.
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returning to work Wednesday morning.
Well anyway when Mr. Hughes does
Fix auto accidents occurred on the
Pacifiic Highway between Ashland and •peak, he says something. As between
Medford Tuesday. Nc serious injuries Hughes and Wilson there should be no
were received by any of the partici question as to which should deserve to
get the silent vote.
pants.
There are times when one is inclined
Mrs. George Binns, a resident of
Grants Pass, wellknown to many of our to believe making history and writing
readers, died in that city Wednesday, it are two different things.
Hear the pea-e dove twitter.
aged 67 years. Funeral was held
DuPont gun cotton works aredischarg-
Thursday afternoon.
Weed baseball team won the cham ng 3, 50J men.
Convention enthusiasm that is made
pionship of Southern Oregon and Nor
thern California in an eleven inning to order gets nobody anything.
game with the Medford team al Ash
land Thursday. Score 2-1.
Highest quality, jewelry
The county court was in session for
repairing, diamond set
the transaction of county pusiness this
ting, watch repairing,
agate mounting and jew
week. Only Judge TouVelle and Com
elry manufacturing.
missioner Leever were present.
Martin J. Reddy,
Madden being somewhere north.
The celebration at Ashland this week
was pronounced immense by those in
attendance. It is estimated that 20000
people were present Tuesday and about
half that many on the two succeeding
days.
Medford will vote on the Bullis rail
road contract Monday. It is expected
that the proposition will carry by a
large majority, notwithstanding the
fact that several knockers are out with
their hammers.
A meeting to discuss improvement of
Fifth street was held at the court house
Wednesday afternoon, and after con
siderable discussion it was decided to
take the matter up with the County
Court. It seemed to be the sense of
the meeting that a hard surface road
way 18 feet in width would be suffi
cient at thia time.
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MEDFORD.
ND i’. E—Uwinr < >
pasthr, R. v. H itchi
no pre icbing servi •
ch irc i, t -me. row.
I ■ e j ■ — McCilly lercaotile C >. to
er ■ co er :<• store building.
Ore mi Citv—Several new school
houses .ruing up costing $15,000.
“Vocational education” seem? to pre
pare n'ie out of ten f .r som; state or
federal sa aried position. The state
need- m re producers.
Portland has $50 ',000 sheet improve
ments under way.
Astoria dairymen have advanced pri
ces of miik and cream.
Salem—Mile of pavement to godown
on S Commercial street,
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NEWPORT
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U90.JJ tVusli.nyto.'i’s Sobriquet*.
Wiiahii.; ! ii was called by many so
briquets. He was first of al "Father
of fils Cotti.’ry." “Provldeuic left him
• li l lh-s that Ills country might call
hli i father " S - r.irney calls him “l'a
ter Patriae;'' Ch'-f Justice Marshall,
the "American Fabius.” Lord Byron
By ALAN HINSDALE
in Ills "Ode to Napoleon” calls him I
"the Clncinnatns of the West." For
I bavin;* a new world on his shoulders
During a winter season 1 was n mem
lie was cal’ed the “Atlas of America.”
The English soldiery culled him by the ber of a certain "bunch” consisting of
sarcastic nickname of "Lovely Georgi half a dozen girls and as many fellows,
us.” ltcd Jacket, the Seneca Indian who assoeinted principally with each
chief, culled him the “Flower of the other. We made it a rule to address
Forest.” The Italian poet Vittorio Al- one another by our Christian mimes.
fieri called him “Deliverer of America." ! We were nil excellent friends, but so
His bitter opponents sarcastically call far as I knew there was nothing lover-
ed him the “Stepfather of His Coun liko between any couple. If there was
try” during Ills pres deney.
any one of the girls that 1 was more
drawn to than tho others It was Edith
Cloverlie. but our Inter: ourse was en
tirely friendly and nothing more
We IxH-niue s. uttered In ^ie spring,
some of the girls going to the country
eii'ly. some of the fellows going off to
di.Terent places to make I heir start In
a career. I reu allied in the city where
we had been so happily united. One
morning <>:i arriving nt my place of
IOR
business I found on my desk a tele
gram reading tia follows:
An Unregretted
Mistake
Reduced
Fares
Summer Trips
When summer comes and a vaca
tion outing is planned, remember
Newport is cool. The breeze from
off the mighty Pacific never fails.
With the many diversions and at
tractions to pass the hours away,
surely you could find no better
place for your vacation.
The Cost Is Low
Round Tr;p Tickets arc on sale daily from all
Southern Pacific stations in Western Oregon.
The return limit is Oct 313t.
2
Daily Trains from Albany and Corvallis
make excellent connections.
Wrive for illustrated booklet “Newport” or ask local
agent for complete information.
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Yasser roasts
It’s the uniform unva
rying heat of a good oil
stove, and the perfect
control, that keeps the
juices in—that pre
serves the savory
goodness of the meat
—and gives that even
brownness all over.
Ml the convenience of
gas. Cooks everything
any wood or coal range
will cook, but keeps
^our kitchen cool.
The long blue chim
neys do away with all
smoke and smell. In 1,
2,3 and 4-burner sizes,
ovens separate. Also
cabinet models with
Fireless Cooking Ov
ens. Ask your dealer
today.
—a cleaner, cooler
kitchen, and less
fuel expense
Best
Result!
Use
Be ari
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STANDARD OIL
COMPANY
(California)
For Sale
By
TAYLOR-WILLIAMS COMPANY
LEWIS ULRICH
ABBOTT HARDWARE COMPANY
FRED J. FICK
OREO
FREE
One Heavy Weight Silver Plated Teaspoon With any Fifty Cent Purchase of
Nyal Quality Goods, At
THE CITY DRUG STORE,
JACKSONVILLE, ORE.
J. W. Robinson, M. D. Prop.
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out of tobacco.
I hen chew Plug tobacco.
You want your chew to have the
wholesome, appetizing richness of ripe
fruit. Then chew Spear Head.
You want a plug with a d< liciotHy
sweet and mellow flavor that last! as
long as the chew lasts. Then ci.ew
Spear Head.
One chew of Spear Head will con
vince any man that there’s no Other to
bacco on earth with such a rich and
lasting flavor. That’s because all t'.e
natural juices of the choice: t Larky
leaf are retained in Spear Head.
The making of Spear Head is con
Chituworth, N. Y . Juns —, -----.
ducted strictly according to pure-f< I
F. R Emerson. Victoria. N. Y :
methods in a great modern factory .gat
You are exi«ecte<l by the 1 o'clock train.
is spic-and-span throughout.
Como to tl South prorpet t sir. et i t 9 p. in.
sharp. Barbara has arranged between ua
The most expensive, modem pro
EDITH C.
cesses keep Spear Head fresh, sweet
If ever a fellow was puzzled that and pine at every sta; e.
The luscious plug of S; cr.r IT-, nd,
fellow was myself I am Francis Rob
ert Emerson. The signer seemed to from which you bite the t i
be Edith Cloverlie. and Barbara Stew wholesomest cf chews, 1 ;• r. -. j
the highest form of pluff Uoacco
art was one of our so lai clique. But production.
what I was wanted nt Chatsworth for
Try Spear Head—the very '
c'tcw
was more than I could imagine.
that money can Luy. in i c ci.s,
Chatsworth was but an hour's ride wrapped in v-
by rail, and I determined to answer
the telegram in person On my arrival
Weather Report.
there 1 dined an 1 spent the evening in I
the park smoking till 9 o'clock, when
I rang the doorbell nt 41 South Pros
Following is the report of U. S. Vol
liect street. I was received by a maid,
unteer
Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
who took my <urd upstairs and. re
Jacksonville,
for month of
May.
turning. said that Miss Carter would
Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; longi
be down in a few minutes.
Miss Carter! Here was a solution tude 123 deg. 5 min. west.
| In a nutshell. The telegram hud not
liecn sent by Edith Cloverlie. After Dale Maximum Minimum Precipi
all. a mistake had been made through 11
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a coincidence of names. What should
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I do? Doubtless when the young lady Is
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appeared und met a man she had never 14
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seen before an explanation would be 5
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reached.
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go out. She displayed no surprise nt 8
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all ou meeting u stranger. She was to 9
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me on sight intensely attractive, She 11
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received me cordially and began in 12
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tills wise:
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"I presume Barbara or. rather. Mr. 14
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Underwood, Ims explained Just what is 15
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required of you. and there Is nothing 16
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for me but to do what she requires of 17
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me. I have kept her secret, and no 19
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disarrangement of her plans will occur 20
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to any one. Of course, now that you 22
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"Pardon me. I cannot receive a se 26
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cret under a mistake. Before proceed 27
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you think 1 am?"
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“Why, Barbara .Martin's betrothed, 30
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of course."
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"And
who
is
Barlmra
Martin's
be
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trotbed ?"
Temperature—mean max. 67.22; mean
I “Wlm is her betrothed! Why, Fred mir. 40.48; mean 53 85. Max.81 on 2.
Emerson. Why do you ask those ques Minimum, 29, on 11. Greatest daily
tions?"
range, 40. Total precipitation 1.05
"Because there Ims been a mistake.
Greatest in 24 hours, 0.27 in ,
I am Frank Emerson, not Fred. This inches.
18. Number of days with .(>1
morning I received a telegram from on
one I supposed to tie Edith Cloverlie inch or more precipitation, 8. clear.
It was doubtless Intended for one the 13; partly cloudy, 9; cloudy, 9.
19.77
Precipitation for season,
Initials of whose name are the same
Precipitation for last season 18.42
as mine. I did not understand why
I I was to come hero, hut I came. I beg
E. B ritt ,
of you not to tell me what I have no
Cooperative Observer
right to listen to."
“Ob, my good gracious!"
I took out tlie telegram and explain THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDIHON
ed the coincidence of names ns I have
explained it here. But the young
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
lady's mind was on something else.
"This Is very unfortunate," she said,
much disturbed. "Mr. Emerson ami
I were exjiected to do certain things Practically a Daily at he Price
tonight. A carringo is to call for us at
hulf post 9. We Mero to go where the
of a Wee' ly. to Cther
coachman would take us, and”—
"Can 1 not ai t tn the other fellow's
Newspap .r in he Werl i
stead?"
"That I don't know. I have not been
Cives so Much al so
given the details of this affair. I am
expected to do what I shall be told
Low a Price.
to do.”
“Then It would not be wise to Intro
duce me as this Fred Emerson. You
are not authorized to bring a stranger
There has never been a time wh"n a
Into a secret belonging to others.”
newspaper was more needed in the
"But If we do not appear the whole
household. The great war in Europe
affair may collapse.”
At this moment a maid appeared and has now entered its second year, with
announced to Miss Carter that she was no promise of an end for a long time.
wanted on the telephone. She left me These are world shaking events, in
for a few minutes and on returning which the United States, willing or un
seemed very much relieved.
willing, has been compelled to take a
“It's been postponed,” she said. "It part. No intelligent person can ignore
came to light late In the afternoon that
i this Fred Emerson had not received such issues.
The Presidential contest also will
my telegram.”
soon
be at hand. Already candidates
"For wlib h I am duly thankful."
for the nomination are in the field, and
“Why do you say that?”
"Because If he had received It I the campaign, owing to the extraordi
would not and should have been de nary character of the times, will be *.
prived of the pleasure of this inter supreme interest. No other newspa
view.”
per will inform you with the prompt
She did not appear at all displeased ness and cheapness of the Thrice-a-
at this speech, which she mistook for Week edition of the New York World.
mere gallantry. It was much more—
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD’S
the case was one of love at first sight
regular
subscription pri’e is only $1 IX)
had
ail
tills
journey
"Rut you have
per year, and this pays for 156 papers.
for nothing."
“My time will hang heavily on my We offer this unequalled newspapt
hands unless you permit me to remain and
In your company for the rest of the
POST
JACKSONVILLE
evening.”
"I shall lie pleas«! to entertain you.” together for one year for f2.00 cash
The i»art Mr. Fred Emerson had »nlv.
been expected to play was best man
The regular subscription price of th
in a secret marriage. Miss Carter was wo papers is $2.50.
to have been Ua bride's attendant