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Jacksonville Post SATURDAY, MAY 19. 1917 LOCAL NEWS Miles Cantrall of Ruch was in town Monday. W. H. Venable of Ruch was in town Wednesday. Chas. F. Dunford of Sterling was in town Friday. J. W. Bybee transacted business in this city Friday. Fletcher Stout of Gold Hill was a visitor in town Monday. E. Conger of this city visited friends on Wagner creek Sunday. George Colvig of Grants Pass was a recent vi’itor i»i this city. E. A. Hildreth of Butte Falls was a recent visitor in this city. Fred Armpriest of the Applegate Valley was in town Tuesday. The funeral of the late Captain Nash was held at Medford Wednesday. Don’t miss the Box Social at the school house Wednesday evening. Raymond Reter and Marguerite Flo rey were married at Ashland May 12. Mrs. JohD Offenbacher of Applega’e transacted business in this city Fri day. Attorney Gus Newbury of Medford was a business visitor in this city Fri day. B. B. Beekman was at Portland Sat urday and Sunday returning home Tuesday. William H. Johnson of the Bank of Jacksonville, was a visitor at Medford Wednesday. John Lyden is planning the installa tion of wagon scales with capacity of 12 or 15 tons. C, J. Fry a prospector and miner of Elliott creek was a business visitor in town this week. The rains this Week will help the hay crop but garden vegetables are grow ing very slowly» A number of persons from this city attended the patriotic parade at Med ford Wednesday. The friends of Mrs. P. N Fick will | be glad to know that she is rapidly re gaining her health. Several young ladies and gentlemen from this city attended services at Gold Hill Sunday evening. Mrs. Belle Davies returned to her home in St. Paul Wednesday after sev eral weeks visit here. Commissioner Chinnock has been taking testimony in several contested water cases th s week. A concrete watering trough for the convenience of teamsters and farmers, will be installed near the city hall. Uncle Jimmy Rock, the courteous janitor at the high school building has I been laid up this week with a severe cold. Box Social and musical entertain ment at school house next Wednesday evening. Proceeds for benefit of Red Cross. Street commissioner Wilson with a crew of men and teams, is grading and macadamizing California and Oregon streets this week. Jack Morrill’s house on his ranch near Gold Hill was destroyed by fire Monday. Value of property destroyed is estimated at $25,000. The laws passed at the recent ses sion of legislature, except those re ferred to a vote of the people, are ef fective Monday, May 21. The Medford Commercial College, in another column of this paper announc es a Teachers’ Training Course to be given May 28, to June 30, including Saturdays. Read the ad. The high price to which flour and other food supplies have been forced by speculators prove the need of the government fixing a maximum price for foodstuffs, rather than the mini mum so much talked of. W. E. Collins and Sam Slide, accus ed of the recent robbery at Phoenix were bound over to the grand iury by Justice Tavlor of Medford, Monday. Bail was fixed at $1000 each, in default of which they were committed to the county jail in this city. Reports from Bremerton state that Thomas Merriman of Medford and Lou is Baker of thia city who enlisted in the yeoman branch of the naval re serves and had reported for duty at Bremerton, have been discharged from the service. Medford papers state that Merriman has returned to that city but Mr. Baker has not yet return ed here. One of the laws enacted by the re cent legislature and which becomes ef fective May 21, fixes the rate to be charged by newspapers for legal ad vertising at #5 cents per folio of 250 ems of whatever sized type the ad is set in. In 8 point type, the size most papers use, 19 ems make one line, hence the rate will be, 5 cents per line each insertion, if smaller type is used there will be fewer lines with more ems in a line, but the charge will be jurt the same as if 8 point type was used. ——■■ . ——------- Mrs. J. P. Wells was a rece t visi Frost here Wednesday morning. tor in Medford. All work done in 1917 spot cash at Mrs. Alice M. Martir, widow of W. R. Sparks. James .Martin die! at her home in Med Homar Stephenson of Watkins w is ford, Wednesday, May 16. Fune:al in town this week. was held Friday forenoon. B. . Piatt of Medford transacted The figures showing the complete bt s ness in this city Tuesday. registration of votes in Jackson county B. B. Beekman and Miss Carrie Beek has been made public and shows the man were visitors at Me f rd Thurs following number in each party: Re day. publican 5,620, Democrat 3,214, Pro Mrs. John D innington entertained gressive 31, Prohibition 22), Soeiilist the sewing elub at her home Monday 302, Miscellaneous 381, total 9,801. afternoon. A number of persons from this city ; attended the “good roads” convention | FOR RENT—Cheap grazing near at Medford Wednesday. Speech s Jacksonville. Apply to F. W. Wight, were made by Governor Withy combe, I Phone 372 evenings. Mayor Gates of Medford, John A. Wes-1 Throw away that rubber stamp and terlund, the state highway engineers get printed stationery at this office. of Oregon and Washington and others. Work right, prices light. Dave Cronemiller, Harry Helms, Ladies of Jacksonville are planning Musical & Box Social Wednesday eve Charly Dunford and Ralph Jennings ning, May 23, 1917, Assembly hall, were visitors in Melford Saturday- school building, 8 o’clock. Admission night. 108 Adult boxes, lunch for two 35 FOR SALE—The McLaren property cents, children's boxes lunch for two, on Applegate road. Good small house 25 cents. Proceeds to be donated to and necessary outbuildings, chicken local Red Cross Society. All ladies park, etc. A number of fine fruit trees and misses are requested to bring box bearing excellent fruit. Will be sold es A timely cause and worthy —Do ata bargain. Apply at the premises your bit. or at offi e ot Jacksonville Post. HOW can 1/013 fell when you're near the Attention, Teachers! There’s a salty tang in the air—a pure fragrance that braces you. Quite so with a tobacco of a fine, distinctive flavor— it’s the pare fragrance that ap peals—“Your Nose Knows.*’ A Six Weeks Teachers’ Training and Review Course preparatory to taking the examinations for Primary, One-year and five-year certificates, will be conduct ed by Mrs. Evelyn L. Walker, Only one such tobacco— superintendent of the Teachers’ Training and Meth ods department of Central Point High School, at the Medford Commercial College 31 North Grape St. Medford. Oregon, from Monday, May 28, including Saturdays, to June 30, 1917. Tuition for Course $10.00, or $2.00 per week. For further details, phone '5-L, write, or call at the office of the MEDFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. Its pure fragrance is as definite as the tang of the sea. It’s the sunny Blue Graus fragrance of Old Kentucky, where the rich Burley leaves are grown and cured and blended. Trust your sense of pure fragrance— “Your Nose Knows!” We Sell Try this Teat: Rub a little Tuxedo briskly in the palm of your hand to bring out its full arorra. Then smell it deep—its deli cious, pure fragrance will convince you. Try this test with any other tobacco and we will let Tuxedo stand or fall on your judgment— FISK TIRES FOR SERVICE Gasoline, Oils, Greases, Auto Accessories Pennant moulded Rubber Hose Special price 14c uminum ware, Granite ware, Tinware, Stoves and Ranges, Paints, Oils, Glass, Wallpaper, Doors and-Windows, P,OLK S OREGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory A Directory of each City, Town and Village, giving descriptive sketch of each place, location, population, tele graph, shipping and banking point; also Classified Directory, compiled by business and profession. • R. I.. POLK & CO., SEATTLE SORE, SWOLLEN, TIRED FEET Jacksonville, Oregon Dennis Eucalyptus Ointment 4 * AT ALL DRUG STORES TUBES 25C JARS eoc P resbyterian HESb & CLARK’S Stock Food SANTA ALICIA Olive Oil NY AL STONE ROOT For Kidneys A. D. S. Blood Purifier Fine Line Of STATIONERY Alb :t H. Gammon». Sunday Services regularly as follow 10:00 A. M. Sabbath School Classc I for all ages. 11:00 A. M. Morning warship, will sermon. 6:45 P. M. Christian Endeav r Pray er meeting. 7:30 P. M, Evening worship, sermon. Prayer meeting on Wednesday even ing at 7:30. Everyone welcjmr to these me.-;.ng-. “I was glad when they said unto n et us go into the the house of the Lord.—Ps. 122:1. J. W.Robinson, M. I)., Proprietor Jacksonville > - - - Oregon. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Services held every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hall. Everybody welcom ». rv 'M hi’fi LU • <> • ■ ■ • • < > X I orals Emil Bri’t was a visitor nt Medford Monday. Do You Help PAY Hi < < 1. Williams was a visitor at Med RENT For This OUT ford Tuesday. ol TOV/N Palace? Mrs. J.-- -k Reter was over from Me I- ford 'I Intraday. Sheriff Jenn'ngs was a visitor in Medford Wednesda . 'I he City Drug Store will for the pre sent, close at 6 P. M. Tl A. T. Lundgren of fie Blue Ledge district was in town Friday. Uncle Hilly Cameron of Uniontown was a recent visitor in town. l- l i Thompson and Mary Ragshaw £ were visitors at Medford Saturday night. All companies of Oregon guard men will be called into service * - ! ill r~i Er July 25. S hf Will a bushel of wheat at $3.00 feel rr-i i. mi re p>- pl th in if it s d I at $1 04 aa f • r -J-ht -li I t j year ago? -i r Mr. B. I . B • kman left Friday eve 1 ! ning for Portland wl ere ’ e will r main for 3 or 1 weeks. Miry I’ >i -haw and Flora Thomps<n attended tl >• Commencement exetcisrs at Central Point Friday evening. As we go to press news has reached us that President Wilson has signid tbe war t ill pn-ned by congress ar <1 The merchant who pays this 1 has ¡-sued a proclamation fixing Jure ENORMOUS RENT does not f 5th a< ti d-.t • t<the registration of spend a dollar in this town. al; mal" citiz. -is betwen the aj.es of 21 ar id ji ars, who by the war bill Build up YOUR OWN TOWN are m i da liable for service in tie U. by ttading with the IIJ’ix. S. it ,-.y. All pers ns included in the MERCHANT. term- • f h - bill are require I to pre- He'll fill every vmrt, and yo’t i nt th -n ve for re utrarion at the V/0'i I KE2T0VE ’i liJ-. ¡time nr-tfi I and penalties are pru- LAR from circulating ucre. ’ vided f r wilfull ni-gi • •t or failure to BO a.q>- ar. I M.- • P’T At The Churches CITY DRUG & GIFT STORE rbujto <jU55 lltWDQRS Additional Plumbing and Plumbing Supplies. Fred J. 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