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©emoeratie ¡^imes. LAND MONOPOLIZERS. A LIVELY MUMMY. BRIEF MENTION. N Manages to Make a Considerable Stir For a "Dead One.” C. M. Board man, the painter, has been at Jacksonville, completing the in side of the Banquet annex. C. F. Henry has commenced a suit for a divorce from Florence Henry. Judge Prim is his attorney. Miss Nora Sydow of Central Point has been granted a state life diploma by the State Board of Education. Next Friday is St Valontine’s day. The lovesick swain and the ribald jes ter will have their innings on tliatoc- cassion. Tresspass notices, printed on cloth, for sale at this office. They are just what 1- needed to keep people otT your property. Tho weather is cold at night and in the morning, but pleasant during the daytime. The thermometer has not dropped lower than 10 degrees above zero as yet. “Capt. Racket,” which was success fully performed at Central Point recent ly, was also presented at about the same time at Yreka, Calif. It is a pop ular comedy in three acts. Subscriptions for Mr. Bryan’s n 'per, The Commoner, tbe lending Demo cratic new-paper in tbe United States, aie taken at T he T imes office. Tho summer Crescent City, which ran on Fish Rock, on the Mendocino coast, during a heavy storm, is a total loss. The passengers were savod, after being exposed a couple of days. Dr. J. W. Robinson and his family, who have been in California for some time past, returned Thursday evening The Doctor's health is very much im proved, we are pleased to state. Mrs. Dr. Parson of Ashland has gone to San Francisco, accompanied by her nephew, Ralph Norris. The trip is made to benefit the health of the latter, who is afflicted with rheuma tism. Deeds, mortgages, leases, bends bills of sale and every imaginable kind of legal blanks-the latest and best—are constantly op hand at the T imes office. Tbe fruit growers of Southern Ore gon will meet in Medford Feb. 13th and 14th. A good-roads convention will be also be held on the first-men tioned date Al) who are interested are invited to attend. The recent advance in the price of rough lumber to 812 a thousand at Portland and San Francisco is said to be due to the raise in the cost of logs. Doubtless the Southern Oregon market will be affected likewise. Binger Hermann has arrived at Salem from Washington, and may prove a prominent factor in the U. S. senatorial contest. However, he is mentioned most in connection with the Republican nomination for congress. Judge Davis Brower of Grant's Pass, who for a number of years was one of the prominent lawyers of Southern Oregon, died Feb. 1st, after a protract ed illness, aged 65 years. He is surviv ed by a son and daughter. Blue-print maps of any township in Roseburg, Oregon, Land District, show ing all tbe vacant lands, for 50 cents each. If you want any information from the U. S. Land Office, address Title Guarantee & Loan Co., Rose burg, Oregon. Representative Hume of Curry coun ty, who has been unable to appear in the legislature, on account of sickness, is in his seat at last. He did not vote for Fulton for U. S. Senator, as expect ed, casting his first ballot for Speaker Harris. County Treasurer Miller has funds with which to redeem warrants protest ed to April 5th, 1900, and before. He al ways makes a call when there is suffi cient money on hand to do so, which stops interest and incidentally reduces taxation. A special election for congressman, to succeed the late Hon. T. H. Tongue, will be called before long; but Gov. Chamberlain says that he will not call it until after a U. S. senator is elected or the legislature adjourns without electing one. Thos. C. Norris have received a full line of new harness and saddles, which they are selling at very reasonable rates. They also keep an excellon assortment of second-hand goods In the same building and execute upholstery of every description. Five citizens of the state of Washing ton, in search of lands to locate, passed through the valley Wednesday, en route to the Swan Lake section of Klamath county, where they each ex pect to find a quarter section of Uncle Sam’s pine lands. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keeler H. Gabbert of St. Helens, aged two years, was burned a short time since, by her clothes catching fire while she was alone, and sustained fatal injuries. Mr. G. was a resident of Southern Oregon for a number of years. Printed Every Wednesday, by Bill to Allow Cattle Barons to The Washington Poet of Jan. 4 says: '‘The Chicago Chronicle’s devotion to Times Printing Company Lease Government Land. ihe decadent, the almost fossilized hhr- C has . N ickell , Editor IETTLER8 DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS. TERMS: One Year, in advance..................... SI .50 Six Months........................................ 1.00 Advertisements inserted at reasona ble ratee. Entend at the Posioffice at Jacksonville, Ore., as Second Class Mall Matter A bout 23,000 carloads of oranges will be shipped from Southern Cali fornia this seasou, and the fruit is the best ever grown there. A MOST UNUSUAL incident in Eng lish criminal history occurred at Hal loway Feb. 3rd. Two women were hanged on the same scaffold and al most at the same irstint. The crime for which they suff ci diath was the killing of infants placed in their care on the Halloway baby farm, to save the cost of ke ping them. T here is a certain lick of veri similitude in the stoiy that Mr. Rocke feller has i ffered a physician a mill ion dollars for a new stomach. If l e wanted a new stomach very much he would expect to pay for value receiv ed, and such an crgan, entirely rem- vated, would be worth 150,000,000, to say the least, to the head of the oil trust. « A W ithin a sboit time communica tion by wireless telegraphy will b.‘ es tablished throughout the ent ire com mercial world. Marconi is now work ing on plans to achieve this wonderful feat. Wlthinavery brief time over land communication between New York and San Franci co will be effect ed. Transpacific communication will also be established and the erection of other stations at various points will raoidly follow. I t I s pleasant to observe that Dr. Lorenz, again at home in Vienna, says the same things there about the American d> ctors, nuises and hospi tals that be said here, dcdlaring that “they lead the world.” Also it is worth note that after the ‘‘magnifi cent charity‘’-of the American- in tbi- line be marveled most at the multi plicity of alleged healers—Christian science, faith cure ai.d the rest. We marvel at them ourselves. I t is not loo late to bid farewell to the late Sultan of Sulu, one of our great and good friends. It is bard to define the Sultan’s exact status, for in his case the constitution did not fal low the flag. Our honored govern ment even allowed him to hold slaves, and keep a harem, besides paying him an annual salaiy to smoke cigarettes and let his eyebrows grow. The Sul tan, unlike the most of us, has gained a special mention fn American history. R epresentative W ebster , of Clackamas county, has Introduced a bill to increase the cost of license for the sale cf liquors. The license for selling spirituous, malt or vinous liquors in any place where gambling is allowed is to be 81000; in other places •600; in stores and restaurant-', M00; and in all other places not above men tioned it is to be 820t. No license is to granted for houses'* which are frequented by women. The act is to apply to cities and I owls as well as to counties. The general license now is •400 per annum. E xamination of the livestock situa- tlcn in the Pacific Northwest brings two facts into pr< minent light. Pro ducers of beef and pjrk animals should put a better finish on them, both for their own proSt and for the repute o’ the business. On the other hand, buyers should recognize the superior finish with a superior pri.e. When the market lets the finished animals go begging there is small encourage ment to the producer. Buyer and producer must work together to build up the meat industry. Neither should bear the whole burden. Colonel Mosby. Who Was Invoattgat- Ing the Matter. Has Been Recalled Because lie Was Learning Too Much—The Administration Favor« the Barone Axalnst the Settlers. The cattle barons appear to have friends at court who are helping them to perpetuate their monopoly of the government lands in the western states. A special dispatch from Omaha to the Washington Post says: ‘‘The land leasing bill, as now con structed, was introduced into the sen ate and house at the last session of con gress. Its advent created a furor of indignation in the western states, aud its effect on the approaching elections was the cause of the laying aside of the measure. Opponents of the measure denounce it as a glaring attempt to create a land monopoly in the western states. “It is proposed to lease for a period not exceeding twenty years any govern ment land remaining unapplied for at the rate of from 1 to 6 cents per acre per annum. Tbe proposition on its face means the acquiring of a revenue by the government from lands now occu pied and seemingly worthless. The real ity, it is claimed, will be an increasing annual draft on the federal treasury for costs of collection, the establish ment of a large number of new fat of fices, the control of immense areas of western land and the consequent pre vention of settlement by industrious in dividuals by a few great cattle and sheep raising corporations and the con sequent absolute control of prices of meats by the land monopoly.” The dispatch further adds. “Colonel Mosby was rapidly informing the pub lic of the actual facts when he was re called.” As Colonel Mosby was the spe cial agent of the land department at Washington and bad been given orders to remove tbe wire fences tbe cattle barons had erected, bis recall must mean that tbe administration has given up its fight against tbe cattlemen. The land leasing bill was introduced in the senate by Senator Millard of Ne braska and in the bouse by Congress man Bowersock of Kansas and if passed by congress will effectively per petuate the bold tbe cattle barons have on the government lands of tbe west on their own terms. The farmers of every state in the Union are directly interested in, oppos ing the bills now before congress, for they cannot compete with the,'price at which beef cattle, sheep a nd,’wool can be produced in large herds on land for which no rent or interest ts paid and upon which no taxes are assessed. In the past the free range for cattle on the public lands was participated in by all droves, great or small, but in the last few years the large cattle com panies have fenced in vast tracts of the public land, and have therefore monop olized its use. The homestead seeker has during this time been gradually encroaching more and more on this public domain that the cattle barons have come to look upon, as their own. and tbe result Is the conflict now be fore the public and congress. The leasing of these public lands at the rate of from 1 to 6 cents an acre, or an average of 3 cents, is out of all pro portion bo their value, and tbe collec tion will cost more than the govern ment will receive. There will be no protection for the homesteader, for the cattle barons would lease all the lands adjoining his homestead and shut him off from free range for his cattle, and perhaps access to tbe streams, which are few and far apart on tbe plains. The policy of the government from the first has been to reserve the public lands for those who wish to make homes upon them, and its reversal by the present administration in the inter est of the cattle barons should be de nounced by all. Senators and congress men should be written to demanding that the honest settler be protected and the cattle barons’ fences be removed, so that all can have free access to the public domain. Lader Aaapleea of the Cat. St rea a osi ty. Uncle Sam—Don’t you think they should arbitrate? Teddy—Don’t disturb me, Sam. I like it; it’s strenuous. Why Congress Does Not 1>Ia*. What will congress do about the In terstate commerce commission's latest report? Nothing. Yet that report sets forth once more a condition of things which should star tle a self governing people Into insist ing upon immediate drastic action by the nation's lawmaking body. The commission sets forth, what ev erybody already knows, that the rail roads of the country have practically ceased to compete with one another, that they give secret rates to favored shippers which enable those shippers to kill off competition and that the trans portation managers pay no respect whatever to the law which forbids dis crimination. “There ought to be some power,' says the commission, “which can not only compel these carriers to maintain the published rate, but which can com pel them to publish a fair and reason able rate.” There is such a power. The comnds sion Itself points straight at it when it declares: “The fullest power of correction Is vested In congress, and the exercise of that power is demanded by the highest considerations of public welfare.” But congress, which for years has had complete knowledge of the facts, has done nothing and will do nothing now. Why? Because the shippers favored by the railroads are tbe big trusts. Tainted Money. H oMxsTKAD S ettlers I ave won an important victory ag^ir.at the land grant i ail road- io the Lei Ion < f the United tkatrs Supreme Curtin the case of Ne’son vs. N. P. Co. M nj Imm - sUadern who took up claim« on uh it subsequently tu n d out t b: rri- road grant lauds, prior to the tiling of the wap of definite location, wr tbreate ed with Paaeftbeir homes. Such sett lers w ill be all »wed to retain poesessl. n. The decision of the Su preme C urt is, in effect, that prior to The Duty on Anthracite. the filing of tbe map of definite loca Did Senator Platt of Connecticut tion the United States hol s title to hear or read tbe president’s message to ail lauds al> ng proposed lints < f land congress? If so, how did he have the temerity to say, “There is no duty on grant railroad4. coak” in view of the explicit statement T rami * s I oboes “dead broke” travel and recommendation of the president, “In my Judgment the tariff on anthra ers aid all who may have b.en ac cite coal should be removed aHd an customed to cheapening tbrir trans thracite put actually where it now is portation expense accounts by ‘ beat nominally, on the free list?” Tbe coun ing tbe blind,” “swinging tbe rods’’ try is watching to see what answer or “riding the decks,” to escaped j»aj- congress will make to this appeal.— ment of railroad fare, will beseiiou-- New York World. ly inconvenienced by tbe provisions A Case of Small Pox. of Senate Bill Na 133, in tbe event that mca-ure becomes a law. This Considerable of a sensation has been bill was brought up by Senator Wil cau ed by the discovery of a case of liamson of Crook county, and makes small pjx in Medford. The sick man it a misdemeanor to steal rides on railroad trains. Trainmen are em is Mr. Tyler, who arrived from Cali powered under fh’s measure to ar fornia not lung ago and occupirs tbe rest persons caught io the act of steal Tressler residence, located In West ing ride*, and a penalty of oct more Medford. He felt considerably indis- than 30days’ imprisonment ora floe pised Wednesday and summoned Dr. of not to exceed 850 is prescribed. It Pickel, who pronounced the disease seems to us that there is enough leg small p<x. Steps were immediately islation in favor of railroad- atready. taken to e<tat llsh a str'et quarantine. Ttieloardof directors met Thurs jit is too bad that they must be pro day, ar.d as a precautionary me .sure tected against the poor hobo and his decided to allow no one who has not Bind by legislation. been vaccinated to attend the public I There is more Catarrh In this section of the school. — • country than all ocher diseases put tOKeth- ■r. anti until the last few years was supposed no be Incurable. For a great many years doc kers pronounced It a local disease and pre ferI bed local remedies, and by constantly fall- ■K to cure with local treatment pronounced It Kcurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a Konstitutional disease and therefore requires lonstitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Is the only constitutional cure on the market n is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to ■ leaspoonful It acts directly on tbe blood |bd mucous surfaces of the system They offer Ke hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure, lend tor circular and testimonials. ' F. J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo, O. Isold by Druggists, 75c I Hall's Family Pills are Us bast. ssy of free trade Is so Intense that it never omits a possible opportunity or resists a temptation to show its rabid animosity toward the triumphantly vindicated doctrine of protection. In deed, the Chronicle hunts for such op portunities and invites that temptation. Ignoring the abundant proofs that its idol is for all practical purposes as dead as the oldest Egyptian mummy.” Free trade is a “fossilized heresy” and an “Egyptian mummy,” is it? It never was more animated than now. Not for years has there been as much free trade—not tariff reform, but radi cal free trade—talk, both In and out of Washington, as during the past four months. Hundreds of newspapers are demanding that coal, beef, steel, hides and numerous other trust products be put on the free list. A free trade mass meeting was held in Fanueil hall, Bos ton, on Dec. 30. A great audience yelled itself hoarse for free trade in coal, beef and other articles. The tariff tax now has more enemies In Boston than the tea tax had when Boston’s famous “tea party” was in session. So lively is this free trade mummy that it has aroused the Repub lican party from its Rip Van Winkle slumber. Speaker Henderson got fright ened and fled when he saw this “fos silized heresy” approaching under the banner “Iowa idea.” Babcock and other Republican congressmen are introduc ing free trade bills as peaee offerings to this free trade mummy. If President Roosevelt had thought that free trade was a mummy Instead of a live issue he would not have advocated free coal in his message to congress. The free trade mummy is so much alive that it is creating consternation in Republican ranks. Cured Consumption. Mrs. B. W. Evan--, C’earwater, Kan., write«: ‘ My husband lay sick for three mouths; the doctors stated he had quick con«umpt on. We pro cured a bottle of Ballard’s llorehi und Syrup and it cured him That was six years ago, and since then we always kept a bottle in I he bouse. We can not do without it. F< r coughs aud colds It has no equal.” 25c, 50c. and 81.00 bottle at City Drug Store. Lecturing before the Philadelphia So ciety of Ethical Culture Mr. John A Hobson, English economist and sociolo gist, said: “Carnegie, Rockefeller and Rhodts, made rich by corrupt bargains with of ficeholders, monopoly of oil wells and pipe lines, control of law courts and politicians, avoidance of taxes, ruthless crushing of Independent dealers, con trol of markets by trusts, tariff protec tion purchased—is it safe and good to take charity from such men as these?” This is tbe question, put in a slightly different form by Professor Bascom, which is now agitating the pulpit and press of the country. However it may be settled, it is certain that the power to advance prices, which these trust bar ons usually exercise Just after they have announced to the world that they are about to give charity to some insti tution, should be taken from them. It is noticed that they collect from the peo ple in enhanced prices several times tbe amount to be given in charity. If, after being shorn of the power over prices, they should continue to give millions to subsidize colleges and en slave the professors, we might be more ready to give them credit for their ac tion. Bilious Colic. H. Seever, a carpenter and builder of Kenton, Tenn., when suffering in tensely from an attack of bilious col ic, sent to a nearby drug store for something to relieve him. The drug gist sent him a bottle of Chamber lain’s col e, cholera and diarrhoea remedy, three doses of which effected a permanent cure. Tills is the only remedy that can be depended upon in the most severe cases of colic and chol era morbus. Most druggists know this and recommend it when such a medicine is called for. For sale at City Drug Store. Southern Oregon Leads. The total rainfall at Roseburg for the month of January was 9.58 inches. This is 3.64 Inches above the average for the past 26 years. Portlind had but 5.40 inches of moisture during that month. The usual conditions are tbe reverse of this. Jackson and Josephine counties re port even a grea'er rainfall. Here about 11 inches of moisture fell dur ing January. On the 24th alone there fell nearly 3J inches during the 24 hours. The total pre< ipitationduring the season has been 23.71 inches, against 11.51 last season. When you lack energy, do not relish your food, feel dull and stupid, after eating, all you need is a dose of Cham berlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets. They will make you feel like a new man and give you an appetite like a bear. For sale by City Drug Store. The county commissioners of Jose phine county have fixed the tax levy at 30 mills. In Grant’s Pass there is a city levy of 5 mills and a special school tax of 12 mills, making the total for the taxpayers of that city 47 mills. This is 3 mills less than it was last year. The Jackson County Lumber Co., whose mills are located three miles south of Jacksonville, are prepared to fill orders for lumber of every size and description. If not in the‘yard, will saw to order on short notice. Postoffice address Jacksonville. Mrs. Trimble, who died at Grant’s Pass recently, was a pioneer of’52 and a lady of many estimable traits of character, highly respected by all who knew her. She leaves eight children, all grown, among whom are Jas. Trim ble, the well-known blacksmith, and Mrs. B. A. Williams. Clough, tho operator at Vail Station, Arizona, by whose failure to deliver a train order the recent disaster is said to have occurred, was for a time the S. P. operator at Steinman, tbe station south of Ashland. He came to this coast from the East for hts health and was In Oregon sometime. Chas. Nickell, U. S. Commissioner for the District of Oregon, is fully equipped to receive applications under the timber and stone, also homestead laws. Final proofs taken, and all bus- ness connected with U. S. government lands transacted. Office with S outh ern O regonian ,Medford. PhoneZU. Speaker Harris of the House has ap A Ridiculous Bill PERSONAL MENTION. pointed Representative Olwell a mom- A petition signed by hundreds of ber of the committee to investigate Mrs. P. H. Dailey of Jacksonville miners and other citizens of S<nt’iirn the management and condition of the has been visiting in Medford. Boys’ and Girls' Aid Society, and Re Oregon lias been forwarded to Repre Henry Orth and Harry Helms made sentative Hale of Josephine, to sup presentative Cantrall as a tnomber of “ I had a bad cough for six the committee to investigate the re Medford a visit a few days ago. port li m in the work o' opposing a weeks and could find no relief Ed. and Forrest Moore spent sever bill that lias been Introducid in both quirements of state institutions. until 1 tried Ayer’s Cherry Pecto ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle hoqses, the purport of which requir s Survivors of the First Oregon Caval al hours in Medford Thursday. cured me.” Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Young of Gold all placer miners, farmers and others ry and the First Oregon Infantry met L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. using water from creeks and streams in Salem Tuesday. There were in at Hill were recent Ashland visitors. tendance members from troops B, C, E , ... nwpur oi mo couc E. w.wuwww, DoRoboam, keeper of tho county to put in a wire screen at the head of Neglected colds always their ditchis, so that no fish can pass and G of tho cavalry regiment and from ! hospital, was in our town Thursday, .through. Tlie mining men claim tliit lead to something serious. companies A, C, E and F of the infan- ~ — C. H. — Hughes and his wife of Phoe try. Committees were appointed from nix have been visiting in Grant’s Pass. thts would be utterly impracticable. They run into chronic Owing to tlie large amount of haves each company to compile a list of both bronchitis, pneumonia, Mrs. S. E. Dunnington left fur Rose and other debris that is constantly the surviving ami deceased members. asthma, or consumption. burg Wednesday, on a visit with rela coming down, the screens would be A bill to require coun'y assessors to tives. Don’t wait, but take clogged in a short time, unless m m procure from the local land office or Mrs. A. W. Sturgis of Forest creek were kept, constantly by them,to keep Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral tho general land office at Washington made Medford a visit during the past them clear. Furthermore, the nrin r- just as soon as your cough lists of all titled timber lands in their week. declare that fish do not enter the respective counties, has been introduc begins. A few doses will H. L. McWilliams and C. B. Wat ditches, and that it is very seldom ed in the legislature. The aim of the cure you then. bill is to assess such lands more in ac son, the Ashland attorneys, were here that they are found on the bedrock of Three sites* ZSc., 5#c., II. All drutgistz. tbe diggings, where they were burled cordance with their actual value. Coun a few days ago. by the giants. As a matter of fact, Commit your doctor. If he say* take it, John H. Devlin, manager of the ty courts are to be required to pay for then do a* he say*. If he tell* you not to take it. then don’t take it. He know*. Chicago Portrait Co. for this territory, nearly everyone in this section is bit the lists. Leave it wfth him Wr are willing. terly opposed to the pa-sage of tlie JC. AYEK CO., Lowell, M am . One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in is among us again. bill. one minute, because it kills the microbe Miss Ollie Huffer and Mrs. T. J. Will which tickles the mucous membrane, You Know What You Are Taking causing the cough, and at the same iamson tarried in Medford awhile When you take Grove’« Tasteless Chill Tonle, PROFESSION Al CARDS time clears the phlegm, draws out the Thursday morning. because the formula is plainly printed on every inflammation and heals and soothes tho Horace Pelton of Sam’s Valley, one bottle.showing that it is simply Iron and Qui affected parts. One Minute Cough Cure of our leading citizens, tarried a few nine in a tasteless form. No Cure.No Pay. 50c strengthens the lungs, wards off pneu R. G. GALE. M. D. monia and is a harmless and never fail hours in Medford Friday. Treasurer’s Fifth Notice. ing cure in all curable cases of Coughs. Mrs. Cal. Eubanks of Dunsmuir, Colds and Croup. One Minute Cough who has been visiting in Ashland, re Office in Orth’s Building. Olli e of the County Treasurer of i Cure is pleasant to take, harmless and Hours—2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. turned home Wednesday. Jackson County, Oregon, Jack- , good alike for voung and old sonville, February 6, ¡903. H. B. Anderson, one of Phoenix pre Oregon Notice is hereby iriven that there Jacksonville cinct’s energetic citizens, was a Med are funds in the county treasury for Almost a Conflagration. ford visitor a few days ago. the redemption of a'l outstand inc A. E. REAMES, warrants protested from April ’J'he S. P. Co.’s depot had a narrow S. E. Denny has been at Grant’s county 4th, 1900, to April 5th, 1900, bothjflatcs ATTORNEY-AT-L a W, escape from destruction Friday morn Pass, visiting his son. He has since inclusive. Interest on same will cease Jacksonville. - - Oregon. ing. Only the timely arrival of Ranse gone to Southern California. after the above date. D. JI. M iller , County Treasurer. Rouse and J. >N. Marshall, porter of Henry Vogelei, who went to Santa •y Office in Red Men's Buildin«. Hotel Nash, prevented a conflagra Monica, Calif., to enter the National tion which might have resulted seri Soldiers’ Home, has returned. OO YOU GET UP KOST. G. SMITH. ously to Medf >rd. R. H. S. Donaldson-Selby, the ge It scorns that the night operator nial miner, has returned from Eastern WITH A LAME BACK? ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW had gone to tbe postoffice with the Oregon, and will remain awhile. Grant's Pass, Oregon. mail which arrived by railroad during Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. W H. Sherid of Watkins precinct the night, and lift one sack behind. practices all tbe courts Office in Bank building up-atairi Almost everybody who reads the news Mr. Lippincott, the agent, followed was in town Thursday, accompanied papers is sure to know of the wonderful him lo complete the delivery rf tbe by Mr. McComb; a veteran miner. I cures made by Dr. Frank Jaynes, general superintend mail, leaving a coal-oil lamp burning. J. M. KEENE, D. D. S 1 Kilmer's Swamp-Root, I the great kidney, liver During their absence an t xplosion ent of the W. U. Tel. Co. on the Pacific and bladder remedy. must have occurred, setting tire totlic coast, was in the valley Wednesday. iPtiRATIVE DENTISTRY A SPECIALTY r It is the great medi- Uucea ,n tbe Adkins Deuel block desk on which the lamp stood and tie I PÑS Antone Rose, the Sterling Mining 1 cal triumph of the nine- papers It contained. Co’s ditch tender, and his wife made Oregon. teenth century: dis- Medford, llliil covered after years of The hlaze was first discovered by Jacksonville a visit one day last week. scientific research by d P. P. PRIM & SON. Mr. R me, who «ave the alarm. Mr. J. C. Curran, who recently purchas Í Dr. Kilmer, the emi .Marshal', who immediately responded, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW nent kidney and blad ed property of J. F. Davis locaU-d near » by the application of some water that der specialist, and is Gold Hill, was in town during tho week. wonderfully successful in promptly curing Jacksonville, Oregon. was near at band and the use of an lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou Jos. Garrison of Sterlingvill *, Jas. old garment, soon had the flames un ‘Will practice In all courts ot the Slate. Of bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst dee In tbe Court House last door on the der control. The alarm of tire which Orr of Grant's Pass and W. Wordellof form of kidney trouble. rlrhi from entrance was turned in brouuht both hose com La Grando were in Jacksonville not Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec panies to the scene promptly; but long since. ommended for everything but if you have kid their services were not requirel. L. B. Chase of Ashland has been at ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found A. C HOUGH, The damage done was small, al just the remedy you need. 11 has been tested though some Important papers were the mines, located near Jacksonville, In so many ways, In hospital work, in private ATTORNEY-AT -LAW ’he is interested in, doing some develop, practice, among the helpless too poor to pur destroyed. ... Oregon. chase relief and has proved so successful in Iraat’n Paas, ment work. Tragedy Averted. Office over Halr-R.ddle Hardware Store S. J. Ford, a former resident of every case that a special arrangement has made by wh.ch all readers of this paper “Just in the nick of time our little Applegate, who is now in the employ been have not already tried it, may have a boy was saved,” writes Mrs. W. Wat of the S. P. Co , has been visiting in who sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book H. D. NORTON, kins of Pleasant City, Ohio. “Poeumo- ’elling more about Swamp-Root and how to this section. nia had pliyedsad havoc with him, ind out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. TTOK NEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and a terrible cough set in besides. Mrs. Laura King (nee Short) of J/hen writing mention reading this generous Grant’s Pass, Oregon. Doctors treated him, but he grew Butte, Mont., is visiting with relatives offer in this paper and wotse every day. At length we tried Dr. King’s New Discovery for C od - living in Phoenix. She was once a res send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co..Bing Mimption, and our darling was saved. ident of Jacksonville. hamton, N. Y. The He’s now sound, and well. Kveryb* dy I. A. Palmer, the architect, was in regular fifty cent and Rome <>t «««mv-Rw* ought to know, it’s the only sure cure Jacksonville Friday. He has given dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. for Cough«, Colds and all Lung diseas Don't make any mistake, but re es. Guaranteed by City Diuggist. Southern Oregon some of the best member the name. Swamp-Root, Dr. Price 50e and 81.00. Trial Bottles buildings in the state. MCVNONVILLE Kilmer’s Sw»mp-R<»oL and the ad free. Phil. Ream, who recently returned dress, Binghamton, N. Y , on every to Southern Oregon from Idaho, after bottle. Loaning School Funds. an absence of over two years, has pur chased AL Kent’s halfintereetlna cigar The lower house of the Legislature re »re^re*.—t, — — ■ *y store and billiard hall at Roseburg. has passed a bill providing for tbe in 1 Miss Birdie Berry, a 6ister of Mrs. vestment of the surplus school fund in i ♦ the hands of tbe State Land Board. John Bigham of Roxy precinct, died It provides that “any surplus of the at Kelseyville, Calif.. Jan. 23d, after a ? Abstract* made to Title/» of irreducible school fund, university lingering illness. She rtut a popular- : Landa. young lady, and her death is generally fund, or agricultural college fund, or LEGAL DOCUMENTS. ; • i¡ L any other fund held by the State Land regretted. •11 Kind drawn up Bapeciallvpertainlnr to tbe settlement of eatatea f-w»--------- Board not loaned in accordance with Laid to Rest. the provisions of the: law, should be r Accounts Sjlicited, Prompt Remittance. ■ invested as far as possible in bonds MONEY LOANED. The remains of the late Jos Owens and warrants issued by the various intstment securities a opeelaitj. Jackson Oounty Scrip bought and sold. school districts within the state of have been ret urned to Hornbrook from A ** bare a complete set ot maps of all surveyed Oregon, under the directions of said San Francisco for burial. The de lands in this county, and receive Abstract* monthly from Roseburg Land Office, tbe Land f ceased made a dying statement, io State Land Board.” Department of tbe O. A C. R. R. and tbe State ‘ I Land Department at Salem of all new entries ». The measure provides that sohool which hecharged Ennis with shooting made 1 am thus prepared to make out home r> district officers shall give due notice him in an unprovoked manner. The stead papers and take proofs thereon. Also I take filings and proota of timber lands, and to the Land Board of tbe proposed homicide, who is confined in the coun can save to part.es tbe expense or a trip issue of warrants or bonds, aud the ty jail at Yreka, Calif., has been to the Roseburg land office board shall have the preferential charged with murder in the first de GREATEST' STRENGTH ’ bsve a Number of FlneFsrms and otter right to purcl ase them at their par FINEST FLAVOR and Dealrable Propertv la my bands for gree, and will soon be tried for his value. ABSOLUTE PUR ITV Sale. crime. He is a brotl er-ln-la w or W. GLJZNR XXiXl TELE. O •There is now about 8700,000 in the WProtnnt reply made to all letters. Chars- StOSSS* «01*1«* o* various school funds, not invested,and R. Bilyeu of Albany and L. Bilyeu of m In accordance wltb 'he times •2,000.000 is loaned out on real-estate Eugene, both of whom are well-known Refers, by permission. Hon. H. K. Hanna lodge of the 1st Judcial District, and to any mortgages. Tbe ruling rate is 6 per lawyers and public men. Business bouse in Jacksonville. ceut. A srnate bill provides that, SILAS J. DAY school boDd-« shall bear a rate of inter A Long Sentence. est not greater than 4 per cent., and t he State Land Board hopes the meas MclMnald, tbe saloon keeper, who ure will not pass. while drunk killed two men, in Siski you county, Calif., last summer, has WEAK AND LOW-SPIRITED. Jacksonville, Oregon. been sentenced by Judge Beard to ten A Correspondent Thus Describes years’ imprisonment for killing Loucks, ESTABLISHED in 186S. His Experience. and for 21 years for killing Hoover. “I can strongly recommend Herbine The jury rendered a verdict for TBk school continues the careful training thorough instruction for which it is favor as a medicine of remarkable efficacy manslaughter in the first case tried, Digests what you eat. and ably known. for indige-tion, loss of appetite, sour for w hich defendant was given the full This preparation contains all of the taste in the mouth, palpitation, head limit of the law, and in the second case digestants and digests all kinds of The Music Department ache, drowsiness after meals with dis the full limit for murder in tbe second food. It gives instant relief and never Is always in chaige of competent and exper- tressing mental depressions and low degree, on the other jury’s verdict.. fails tocure. It allows you to eat all tenced teachers. Board and fuition per session spirits. Herbine must be a unique the food you want. The most sensitive of twenty weeks, »80.00. Studies will be resum preparation for cases such as mine, for ed September 2. 1908, itomachs can take it. By its use many a few doses entirely removed my com For prospectus, address Mysterious Circumstance. thousands of dyspeptics have been plaint. 1 v»order at people going on SISTERS OF THE HOLY NAMES. One was pale and sallow and the cured after everything else failed. It suffering or spending their money on other prevents formation of gas on the stom fresh and rosy. Whence the dif worthless things, when Herbine i< She who is blushing with ach, relieving all distress after eating, procurable, and so cheap.” 50c. a ference? health uses Dr. King’s New Life Pills Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take. bottle ht City Drug Store. to maintain it. By gently arousing It can’t help the lazy organs they compel good di but do you good gestion and head off constipation. Try Settlers’ R. R. Rates. only by E. O. Dx W itt A Oa, Chicago them. Only 25c. at City Drug Store. Prepared TteaM- boule contains *«A times U»*- Me. .«1M> Bad Coughs ! Hgp...... Silas «J. Day i''DEVERS)-1 Notary Public Real Estate Agent and U. S. Commissioner for Jackson County. y • G — Kodol Dyspepsia Cure On Feb. l&tb there will be put in effect cheap rates of fare from east of the Rocky mountains to Oregon—one way and second-class—towit: 825 from Missouri River points, Sioux City to Kansas City inclusive; 830 from St. Louis; 831 from Peoria; 833 from Chicago. Rates from intermediate stations will be no higher, and all will continue in effect until May 1st. They will apply to the different routes via Portland, but not by the way of Sacra mento. As many stops-overs as may be desired for stations en route to tin-il destinations, good for ten days, will be allowed. These inducements will doublless bring a large number of people to Southern Oregon. LAND FOR SALE. A Good Law NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT R< présentât ive Hansbrougb’s fel- low-servant bill has passed tbe legis lature, and will become a law. It was strongly opposed by tbe railroad com panies while being considered in com mittee. The bill amends the present law so that an employer Is liable to a person injured in bis employment, oven though the injury is sustained through the fault or negligence of a co-employee. In tbe County Court of tbe State of Oregon for Jackson County. In tbe matter of tbe Estate of Elizabeth Miller, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ubdersigued. administrator of the estate of Elizab, th Miller.deceased.has bled in the coun ty court of Jackson oounty, On gon.his final ao- oount as said administrator, and by order of Hon Chas Prim, judee of said court. Febru ary 14. I* 3. at 10 o’clock a m . is set tor the bearing thereof. All persons interested are hereby notified to appear snd H'e his or her ob jection to the same on or betoie said day. Dated January 14, 1903. J C. TURNIDGE, Administrator of Estate i f Elizabeth Miller, deceased. Nklf. A N kii ., Attorney (or Administrator. A False Alarm. A Central Point correspondent in- forms us that Jas. D. Weeks of Trill Cicek precinct, who was r ported to be missing s|i C3 the ligh wute-, has turned up all right. The horse with a new saddle on him, said to have lodged on a drift in Rogue river, near the Ray dam, proves to be a sawbuck on a log be says. The undersigned offers for sale 1743 acres of land, under the Fish Lake Co.’s ditch, 10 miles from Medford and 5 miles from Central Point; also 1560 acres lo:ated in Antelope dis trict, In the heart of the best stock country in Southern Oregon, 10 miles Found Dead. east of Medford. Will be sold at a bargain. Apply or address Frank Kepner, a well-known and W m . B yhee , Jacksonville, Ore. highly respected citizen of Roxy pre cinct, was found dead in his bed Fri day morning. He had been in Med ford the day before, and retired in his KNttMl Good L «V usual health. Heart disease is sup posed to be tbe cause of hia death. Mr. Kepner was about 70 years of age. St. Mary’s Academy, 1 For nearly half a century Seeds all dealtva • 1 #08 Seed Annual -------------- postpaid free to all applicants. D. M. FERBY ACO. Ihe Kind You Hew Alwiys BoqgM Medford Furniture Co., HouseFurnishers and Undertakers. JohnH. Butler, Funeral Di rector. Phone 165, Medford, Oregon.