Local News Notes J. B. Morslock I* busln.ss today. at Medford on Coroner K .llugg la at Madford and Jacksonville on official business to­ day. H. I). Betts Is down from Prospect, called by the Illness of bis brother Merle. Mrs. II K. Roenlsch of Minneapolis Is the guest of her nephew, C, A. Peterson, and family. H. I). Jonas of Foots creek was among those who heard LaFollette’s great speech st Medford Tburedsy. J. C. Barnum of Jacksonville was In the city Bunday conferring with friends In regard Io the deal he hopes Io make In the near future whereby Ashland parties w ill become I n t i * , eeted In the Rogue River .Valley ra il­ road, between Medford and Jackson­ ville, with which he Is prominently connected. Mr Barnum shows excel lent Judgment In coming to Ashland In this Instance— as the young lady Is one of the most charming In the city. — Ashland Record. F. W. llodge will not go to the cir­ rus In Medford Monday, as he ran Mrs. Nancy Fredenburg. of Butts think of no valid business excuse for Falls, died at the home of her daugh­ belug In the metropolis that day. ter, Mrs. Frank M Adams at Tolo, last Farmers of the Table Hock district Sunday afternoon at the age of 69 are planting potatoes extensively, with years. Mrs. Fredenburg hud been vis­ the Idea of testing the efficacy of the iting at Tolo for a couple of weeks public market to be established In and was there attacked by the by the Illness that caused her death. She Medford. Mrs. K. C. Iloenlsch arrived recently was a pioneer resident of this valley from Minneapolis and w ill remain for and was born In Indiana She crossed the summer us the guest of her son the plains In 1864 and has resided In Harold at the T urtle creek ranch and this county since 1874 and was we!! Four children. her nephew, C. A. Peterson, and wife known and respected Mrs. Adams of Tolo; Thomas Freden­ Merle Itetts. who has been quite ser­ burg of I-uke county and Isaac and iously III for ten days. Is considerably Jesse Fredenburg of Butte Falls, sur­ Improved at present, lie has been vive her. The remains were taken to threatened with blood poisoning, the Butte Falls Tuesday for Interment. trouble originating from decayed The poultry demonstration car sent teeth. John Hnrneburg of Medford, who out by the Southern Pacific company was badly Injured In an automobile In conjunction with the Oregon Agri­ accident several weeks ago, la now cultural college was the center of a able to be about on crutches, and ex great deal or Interest at the depot pacts to be completely recovered be­ Wednesday. The school children turn­ ed out In force to see the show, Lazcal fore long poultry fanciers visited the car and R. U. Hammond, who has been em­ saw demons! rated for them the best ployed at Ute depot for two years past methods of caring for chicks from the has taken a position at Medford with time they are botched until they are the Hell Telephone company as col ready for the m arket or for producing lector. He w ill remove his family eggs. Short talks were given along there In a weak or ten days. various Hues by experts hut the prac­ Mrn. Hen H. l-nuipman and the two tical demonstrations of feeding hous­ youuger children were driven up to ing and caring for the fowls generally the H lllybllly ranch at Asbestos yes­ attracted the greater portion of atten­ terday. where Mr Lampmon and their tion In the meantime The car was little boy. Herbert, have been visiting sent out for educational purposes and with the paternal grandparents for Judging from the manner It was re­ two weeks. ceived In th's city nnd the Interest Work on the wireless station near shown by local people it Is proving a Central Point Is getting well along to great success. completion, the 300-foot owers having Negotiations are In progress be­ been completed last week. Some 40,000 tween the Gold H ill Commercial club feet of wiring Is being strung be. and the trustees of the Braden estate tween the towers this week and the for the purchase of two acres of land, plant will soon be ready for service. lying In an east-snd-west strip, one Supt. L it Fields, of the Southern end of which Is bounded by Rogue Pacific, was In Gold lllll looking after river and the other by the Southern the business of the local depot Mon­ Pacific right of way. lying across the day As usual, he found everything In river from Gold lll l l and a few hun­ first-class shape. He stated that work dred yards northeast of the eastern w ill beg'n soon on a new depot at extremity of the new county bridge. In Central Point, which Is badly needed. case the promotors of the 120,000 con­ Miss Mary Duggan of Sams Valley centration plant decide to locate It at was committed to the state asylum this point, as It Is highly probable ths: for the Insane Wednesday. 8he had they w ill the tract w ill be deeded to ths company, which has been Incor­ returned from that Institution but few months, having been pronounced porated as the Gold H ill Mining and cured but during the past month the M illing compr.ny. Messrs W. J. Mnr- symptoms have been observed and gsa and H. H McCarthy of Portland, about a week ago she became violently two of the Incorporators, are now making s careful canvass or ore- Insane. The scalps of Frits Hammersly's dumps and prospects In the dletrlet, Pogue River Indians—Woodville ball to determine the character of the ore team— wasneatly taken In a few days and the tonnage they w ill be called ago by Deacon W alker's Gold H ill upon to handle. The result of their specimens. The score was 14 to 2 or Investigation w ill determine the char­ worse Jack Jarvis pitched. Dots acter and capacity of the p la n t Eliding» caught. The rest of the boys Bogus river valley league Is formed Gold H ill w ill make a modest and businesslike request to be allowed to bid on the pennant. The Medford forest office has re­ ceived 10,000 yellow pine slips from M ind River. Washington, which are now being planted In the Cat lll l l dis­ tric t of the Crater National forest. The slips arc two years old and nverage about four Inches In length. The trees are being planted about eight feet apart on burned-over uroa. Last year a large amount of reseeding was done and the young trees are doing splendidly. May Day w ill be celebrated In Gold H ill with a dance at the opera house. •Tw ill be more than a mere dance— perhaps, to borrow a phrase from Editor Greer of Ashland, It w ill be more In the nature of a terpslchorean fiesta. Anyway and whichever, It w ill be a good time with good music. All the boys and girls from Tolo and Beagle and Sams Valley and— well, they'll all be there to usher In the May with flying feet. H . B. Nyo of Rock Point went to Medford today to Bee the promised tri­ umphal procession celebrating the nomination of M errick for county Judge. As Merrick failed of nomina­ tion by a mere trifle of over 700 votes, the parade did not take place. So Mr. Nyo bought one of the horses that •were to have been used to drag the floats and came home, wondering why they didn't postpone the sale of the horses until after November 6tl\. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Idle land makea Idle men. + Why rewnrd men for holding + land Idle and thereby forcing + men to he Idlel SEE OUR SPECIAL SO lbs hai f ground salt 25c 50c V anilla extract 2 oz bottle 25c Range salt block 10 lbs 15c Lemon extract 2 oz bottle 15c Pork and beans per can 10c Oysters 2 cans 25c 6c Pink salmon per can 10c M ilk 3 cans 25c Peaches 1 can 25c 6 bars laundry soap 25c Pears 1 can 25c Fancy head rice 3 lbs 25c Pine apples 15 20 25c per can 35c. Carton Gasem Soap for 25c Pelton’s hams, bacon and lard M E R R IT T ®. COMPANY ODD FELLOW S GET TOGETHER Riverside (Ini' of onr pleasant evening gall erings, l>2d Tear to Be Celebrated at Ash- which lake the place of a Gospel song nice, woe held st tie.* hone* of Mrs. land Friday Walla«*. Tle*re were about twenty-five pnarnt, and tie* sueeeas of tie; evening The Odd Fellows of Jackson and was die* to tie* efforts of Mias Eliz.alalh Josephine counties w ill celebrate the Wallace. la Ashland on Friday. April 26. Mrs. Porter ami children ms