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\.
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+ Idle land makea Idle men.
+ Why rewnrd men for holding
+ land Idle and thereby forcing
+ men to he Idlel
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Range salt block 10 lbs
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Oysters 2 cans
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Pink salmon per can
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M ilk 3 cans
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Peaches 1 can
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6 bars laundry soap
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Pears 1 can
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Fancy head rice 3 lbs
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Pine apples 15 20 25c per can
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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<le a week
A special train has been chartered
end visit with Mrs. Porter’s sister in
for the occasion by the Grants Pass
lodge, which train w ill pick up all M< dford.
Mr. Wolverton boa just purchased a
Odd Fellows between that city and
Ashland
A reduced rate of fare will new two-orated buggy. Tie* purchase was
he made, but what It w ill be cannot made in Gobi Hill.
Mr. and Mra. R. C.. Slcad were in
at this time be announced.
Upon the same occasion thero w ill Grants Paas on business the last week.
J. T. Gallcgcr and Mias Margn-t W al
he held the first seml-anounl congress
of the delegates from all the Odd lace win* Aahlaftd visitors Sunday.
Fellow lodges of Josephine and Jack
Mra. Ria* visited her daughter in Med
son counties. In all probability the ford over Sunday.
special train w ill leave Grants Pass
T h e ' S'leail family sjxrflt Sunday with
In time to reach Ashland by noon, Mr. ami Mra. Nye of Rock Point.
and the congress wilt convene In the
Mra. Gay’s mother, Mra. Hodges of
afternoon, giving the entire evening
Nebraska, baa come to make her home
to festivities suitable to the commem
among as. Also, a siater of Miaa lla r-
oration of the great day, 93 years ago jier, Mrs. Sprague of Santiago, Cal., will
when Odd Fellowship was first plant make lier home here a part of tin* time.
ed.
Several from thia vkinity wen* Medford
A ll Rebekahs are also expected, to
ealltra last week.
Among Gain wen*
take p art In this celebration. Ash
Mr». Stead, Mr. Raton ami the Mlaaes
land lodge Is preparing a splendid
lVallan*, Ruth Klnrlatll, Anna McKco-
program and banquet and has ex
win and Bertha Wolverton.
tended an Invitation to all Odd Fel
Mra. Slcad lisa the honor of catching
lows and Rebekahs to be In attend
the first trout of ila* atason in line vicui-
ance.
ity, landing a thrce-poondcr.
Hotel nt Butte Fulls Is Burned
The United States hotel at Butte
Falls, owned by W illiam Duprey,
burned Wednesday night about 11:30
o’clock and Is practically a total loss.
Fifteen roomers escaped from the
flames but two or three are said to
have had narrow escapes from death
The loss Is about $8000, $6000 of which
was covered by Insurance. Very little
furniture was saved.
T h e fire started In a h allw ay. Its
origin Is unknow n. A c a r e le ss ly hurled
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+ m atoh Is th e theory g e n e ra lly a ccep t
+ ed. D uprey sa y s he w ill rebuild.
T h is Is th e secon d fir e a t B u tte
+
F a lls w ithin a m onth, th e bank burn
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B aking powder 16 oz can
5 0 lbs fine dairy salt
Pink and white beans per lb
’ ♦ Is welcome news that the dis
tinguished actress. Margaret Anglin.
Is to come to the Medford theatre on
Wednesday. May 8th, appearing at the
Medford In an entirely new and orig
inal comedy entitled, "Green Stock
ings," by A. E. Mason. The success
that Miss Anglin won two seasons ago
as the heroine In "The Awakening of
Helena Richie" has enlisted for her
throughout the country a substantial
following of admirers.
It
Is an
nounced that we nre now to see an ex
position of Miss Anglin's versatility,
as her role In "Green Stockings" Is
purely a comedy one. Miss Anglin a
leading man In "Green Stockings" Is
H. Reeves-Smith, one of the best light
comedians and who heads an excellent
supporting company. The subscrip
tion list w ill open on next Wednesday
at Haskins drug store, and as soon as
the capacity of the orchestra section
nnd the first three rows of the balcony
are subscribed the lists w ill be closed,
six seats only w ill he sold to one per
son. As this Is t.he first visit of the
great actress to Medford an overflow
house w ill be the result
4. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + in g three w eek s ago.
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T h e G o ld H ill B a n k
FLOUR
AND
Clean Up Notice
By onler of tlie city council at a meet
ing laid on the 10th day of April, 1912, I
all rerfdents an* lieieby notified that til |
ru b li-h , tin can“, etc., must laf n moved
fniio l i t . I t pn miaes ami tin* ground thor
oughly gone over with a ganlt-n rake ,*n
or before the first Monday in May, 1912:
JO HN B HA M M EKS1.EY, .
Recorder.
son.
Jacksonville. Or«., April 13th, 1912.
Notice Is hereby given that there
are funds on hand for the redemption
of all county warrants protested from
February 19th, 1910, to April SO, 1910.
both dates Inclusive.
Interest ceases on above called w ar
rants this 13th day of April. 1912.
Arsenate of Lead for rfo* codling moth
JAS. M. CR O N EM ILLER .
and other peats. Sold by Jarvis, the
Treasurer of Jackson County. Oregon. druggist.
ILI C
1NG
Citizens, taxpayers and all others
interested in the welfare of Gold HiD
are urged to be at th e opera house at
7:30 Thursday evening, April 25, for
the discussion of the important sub
ject of a water supply for the C ity.
Voters League
Committee
; For Sale -- Residence property in
Gold Hill; garden and fruit trees.
Price reasonable. Inquire at office of
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ROBT. H. MOORE
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