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SOUTHERN OREGON MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1892. 'Si n ' -" t I V t : MA!LrPUB. COMFY. To The Guarantors. ' Every person who bss affluil his name to the subscription guarantee should not lose a foment in securing every Bucscriber possible .as the tunc U now ripe for this work and every ' ilay lost is so much timo lost In the cause, and subscriptions yrtjl be only that much more dit Bcult to .seciue. Organization has been ef fected and a president, secretary and treasurer eleotcd,oendin names to .them as .last as oey are secured, accompanied by the money ia every possible instance. By order of Ira Wakefield. Phcenuc. Ore. ' '." - ' President. Jer G. S. Briocs. 5ec"y tTreas,. Medford, Ore. To Old Subscribers. Persons wishing to discontinue their sub scription to this paper may do so bv paying up all arreages, but until that is done we must jtfmply with the law, which' says: "No paper hall be stopped with subscription unpaid." . Subscription Price. The subscription price to this paper has been reduced to 1.50 per year it paid in advance; ptherwlso S will be charged. Tlx price being so low we must do this to protect ourselves. Of course this does not certain to those hav. log to do ith our guarautors. PEOPLFS MI THE!. . Jackson County. For Sheriff, j Jf. H. BttADStlAW, , of Brownsboro. For Clerk, . E.B.DEMING, " Of Ashland. For Jurtjre, ft T. AXDKKSOX. " Of PhoeaU. -For Commissioner. HAKVEY RICHAKDSOS, Or Trail Creek. ' For Recorder. J. F. W13NEU, -" J3f KttbU. For Assessor, J. W. MARKSBEKKY, . --Of Gold HUV ; - 'i: '-Vat Treasurer. - K30CJ1 KALKElt.. Of Medford. , Sat ScfcooJ SnpcriBteiMteot, .f - -Y8. t. SMITH. Of OentraFoat. . Tor Uvmiom.-.-sS rsr f. -v.-- For Coroner. .-, VM. UARSTERS. for Representatives, S. M. NEALON. Of Table Rock. F. T. DOWNING. Ot Central Point. , yrx. BREESE. ! Of Talent. Medford Precinct Officers. For Justice of the Perce. J. W. MILLER. . For Constable, - PAHCEL MURRAY. Josephine County, 1 For Representative. F. G. DAY. For County Commissioner, 1 j. M. SEYFERTH. For County Clerk,. ' W. A. MA-SSIE. . For Sheriff. ' S.SHATTUCK. -,' -- For Treasurer, W. E. DivAN. For Superintendent of Schools. G. A. SAVAGE. - -For Assessor, 1. S. DEN IS E. For Surveyor. C. T. HAVENS. " Besolutions parsed by the People's Party ponvention held at Oranu Pass, March IHJS: Resolved, Tnat we adopt the state platform pi the People's Party in to to. Resolved. That we (avor precinct assessors. - Resolved. That we favor a fall valuation of property in the county for road taxes without pxempuon. Resolved. That we favor a change in our pro bate laws in the interacts of minor heirs. People's Party Slats Tiskst. . PIMKIDETnAZ. BI.BCTORS. Nathan Pierce, Milton. Umatilla county. W. H. ftalvasi. Buxton, Washington county. S. H. Holt. Phoenix. Jackson county. ' IV. G-'BorlelKh. Enterprise, 'Wallowa county. Supreme Judge, Dunham Wright, Medical Springs, Union county. Congressman. 1st Cong. District. -ii, y. Rork, Saleio. Marion county. " Congressman. 2nd Conn, District. ' John C. LuccJoau Day. Grant county. - District Judge, 1st Judicial Dlst-, " Ira Wakefield. Pnoenix, Jacicson county. District Attorney. 1st Judicial Dist -rt .-r.. w. C. Edwards, Urast s rass, Jooephlne ' ? -5 ?w-"'-- l)Utict Judye. 2nd Judicial Dist., ' " ---JJ ' i V . G. R. Edwards. Coquille City. Coos county. Wi rrr.-i-'-I? varii.' District Attornev. Snd Judicial DiA. District Attorney. Snd Judicial DiA. -. c. v . Slstrict Judee. 3d Juiiic Lai Dist. J )1 - - 1. F. Hendrix, HarrWjutw. Linn county. r flr aist'rict Attorney. 3d Judicial Dist "jk--? 7 K H. Denton. JeSrson. Marion county. -- District Jndjrm. tth Judicial Dist.. D. Priexily, Milwaukee, Clackamas county. M. F. Ker,u, Woodstock. Multnomah county. platrict Attorney. 4th Judicial Dis. D. W. Uutier, - illj Tabor, Multnomah fountv. tttstf let Judge. 5th Judicial Dist.. H. B. Lace. Hillstero. Washington county. District Attorney. Sth Judcial Dist,, W. H. Walker. Oregon City. ' ' District Judge. ".th Judicial Dfst..' W. Green, Enterprise. Wallowa county. District Attorney. 6tii Judicial Dist.. ' Gerald Grifien. Burne. Harney county. District Judge, 7th Judicial Dist., J. F. Amis, Lexington, Morrow county. PUtrlct Attorney, 7th Judict-U Dist., ' K. P, Stioe, Lexington, ijorrow county. Joint Senatoss, Josephine, Curry and Coos counties. '- M. S. Vanderbnrir. Marshfield, Coos county. Joint Senator, Crook Kkuaath and Lake coun- ties. ' Roscoe Knox. Post, Crook county. Joint Senator. Colombia, Washington and Til lamook counties. K. S. Hatton. Clatskanie, Columbia county. HOARD or ZO,U4XJZATTO!. 1st Dtatrlct. - - vri ' . m- Holt, Pbomlx, Jackson county. : tnS rM.trix Y '-- F. M. Jizhswandor. Hadlcyvllle, Lane -s-tieoantr.- :J j . ir4 District , CkiM. Miller. Jeffsrson. If arlon eouatv. V'iUi DUtrrsU , ; ?T- w. H. lioMtaroolc Sycamore, Molto. oonnty. , ' - nam t i ton, wtacgafnas, viaca. county. C D. Hoffman. La Grande, Union county, rth District. ' . B. H. Allen, (Send in P. O. address.) Alliance Directory, NATIONAL, b. L. Polk, president Farmers' Alllnnco and Industrial Union, at 344 D Street, Washington, p. C; Hen H. Clover, vice-president. tJambridge, Kas.; J. H. Turner, soc'y; J. V. Wlllltta, lec turer, Oskaloosa. Kan, ' - ORKGON STATE ALLIANCE. President . ..,1.. Nathan Pierce Milton 1st Vice-pres ......James Bruce Corvallis ?nd Viee-pres .3. H. Holt Phoenix See'y- Treasurer. ..W. W. Myers. .Oregon City Chaplain .. Ira Overturf . . . : Mist Steward. ....... . Wm. Brown Baker City Doorkeeper P. L. Hart. ...... ..Mt. Tabor Aaat-D-kepr..Mrs. Geo. Carmlchael.. Weston ' Executive Committee Nathan Pierce, W. W. Myers, G. W. Wwaka, W. j Sample. W. H. Spaogh. Stale Lecturer, M V. Rork, Salem. Peoples Party. 1 VATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEB. JTK. TAUBENECK, Chaibjiah, ' ' MarahaU, ML OBEP,T SCKJLLIW. SlCSXTABT. ' Milwaukee, Wis, .C.BanMn, Treasurct,Terre Haute, Jndj J. H. Davis, Sulphur Springs, Texas, ignatlua Donnelly, Hastings, Minnesota, p. F. Galther, Birmingham, AlabamUj ' ft. V. 'Washburn, Boston, Mass. ' ' QKEGON STATE COMMITTEE, William H. Galvani. Chairman. Haadrlx, Secretary. Pierce, Trcasurur. 70(JTHERH j!j FKtts a. ARESON I TAIL. yj Kektson, XVI B. Published Every Friday Morning. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered in the Postofnco at Medford, Oregon, as Secoad-Clsss Mail Matter. Medford, Friday. May 13. 1892. A Plain Statement. To the voter, of Jackson County: It does seom strange to mo attar filing my certificate of acceptance to have to come out in a card again de claring whether I am a candidate for county judge on tha People's Party ticket ornot. Yes, lam in the fight and expect to stay until the votes are counted aud it elected will survo thw people to the best of my ability and if defeated will stand by the party and battle for right and justice, i . . .. , W. T. Anderson, Phoenix, Or., May 3, MSG. The political fight in this county is between the Jacksonville ring and the rest of tho county: or thi People vs. the Bosses. Fight to the death. The damoeratio party of Jackson county will put no ticket in the Q.ild this year that is tha pure democracy. Of coursi the Jacksonville ring have a ticket outbut it must not figure at the polls. The Pooplq are to reign after this election ' and . the ringsturs are about to realize it. U. S. Mitchell, of Grant's Pass., democratic nominee for prosecuting attorney, is funny. Ia his speech hero Monday, he said: "Farmers should be loaners of money instead of bor rowers." Yes, and we say farmers SHOULD be milliouers instead of pau pers, but they are NOT. Sale. Or., May 4. The nomina tions and acceptances of M. .V. Rork, for representative from the first dis trict, and W. H. Walker, for supreme judge, have been filed with the secre sary cf state. ' Thcsj are People's Party, candidates. The nominations were made by individual electors. - Pleasb bear in mind every one of you that there Is no polotics in the campaign of Jackson county this year. There is a fight on but it is bjtween the people and the ring aud nothing else can be made out of it; therefore, the principal reason you should vote the People's Party ticket next Juno is because its ticket is not made up cf political bosses. The democratic and republican con ventions are over, and the tickets they have up will you look at them only for a moment? My! they are enough to make an owl laugh. The old par ties' ring had their slate mado up, and it is only necessary to give a glance at the two old party tickets to see how well it wa3 carried out. ill you vote for your own interests, for your coun- ty, or will you vat3 for th ring? As elucidated in hU speech here, Veatch's main fight against Hermann is that he is a railroad attorney nnd of course a friend of monopoly and an enemy to the farmer. Admitted. But ho is on tender ground in this county when ho talks about railroad attorneys for one of the democratic nominees for district judgo has biou a railroad attorney for several years and is therefore, according to Veatch, a friend of monopoly and an enemy to the farmers. Voters bsar this in mind when at the polls. ' . " SOME of our dear friends havo even told us that the men on tho People's Party ticket were loo honest and as a general thing unversed iu the work ings of governmental machinery. That's just it, heretofore the men in office in this county knew entirely too much of the intricacies of government for the good of the people and wo are making an effort to put honest men in their places, who although purhaps unskilled as wire-pullers, will at least have the welfare of the county at large to heart and will unselfishly endeavor to carry out the spirit of the law. THE idea that the third party is made up of democrats more than re publicans or vice versa is erroneous. We have heard both sides argued with in the week. The truth is that as a whole the thjrd prty is pretty evenly bal anced with respect to democrats and republicans. A democrat will argue that as the third party draws from the ranks of democracy just so much will it strengtnen tne republicans and a republican will tell you . the same thing. That is true, but both tho old parties are equally the los3rs, there fore, it will not apply. " IT is not unlikely that Gen. Jain- B. Weaver of Iowa, will be- tho presiden tial noininee at Omaha on July 4th of the Peoples' Party, Mr. Weaver is a man of great eloquonca nnd of a long public experience, whieh has only served to deepen his Intense convic tion that the money power and the great corporate interests in general aro threatening the Amorioan republic with destruction. Ha has the welfare of the masses at heart and the courage of his convictions lift him above the rabble of prejudice. In his nomina tion tho great cause of reform will have a standard bsarer of the highest order. THE Alliance people in tha first con gressional district have done wisely in not making any nomination for con gressman. When the democrats put a mail nice K. M. V eaten in tho Ueid, there Is no reasonable excuse for a third-party nominee, and the Alliance men evidently realize the foot, Veatch is a good enough candidate for the farmers and workingmen, and we will be surprised f lr does not gut a ma- jority of their votes. Ho richly dessr ves them. He has been a tried and true friend of the people for many years, and now they can reward ' him by electing him to cougress, to tuke tho place of buncomb Biiigcr Port land Telegram. The Telagram must b3 asleep or is wilfully misrepresenting facts; in either case it tells a falsehood when it says that no nomination has been made for congressman in that district by the Peoples' Party, which is the party meant, we presume by the "Alli ance people." Hon. M. V. Rork, of Salem, is the Peoples' Party nominee and he filed his accoptanca on the 4th inst. Tha Telegram's attempt to mis lead tho casual reader is "too thin." Veatch is a good m.w, bat Rrk is tho man the people want and are going to have. There is war at the Alliance con ference at Brimingham, nt which fif teen states aro represented. Some favor a third party and some do not. The advantage is all on the side of the opposition. If they beat the thiid pai ty movement in tho conference, that will end it as a national alTair, and if they do not there is no way tocompjl them to supiort it in their own states. They have the best of tho situation, and need not worry much whichever way the conference may decide. Port land Oregonian. The conference has adjourn -d and tho "third party movemjut'' is uot beaten, consequently as a "national affair" the movement is not at an end, as tho Orogonian will learn to it3 sor row iu November. The above is about as near tho truth as tho Oregouian ever gets, and, oh, how it is worrying ovr the "third party .movement." It seeks to sow seeds of contention and fear by such squibs as th above, but it is of no avail. This is au age of education and "research. The trouble in the Alliance convention was simply over the right to discuss politics at the meeltng. Tho settlement was amica ble aud tho political and rcligous free dom of the members was lefi- untram- meled, while the majority of the fif teen states are id favor of tho People's Partv. THE AFTEKMATU. Ox thaevening of the 4th tho dem ocrats from tne various precincts of the county b?gan pouring into the little "burg' of Jacksonville for the purpose of being ready for thoir con vention (?) which W3S to commence the next day. and by S o'clock the entertaining capacity of the little foot hill city was filled to her uttjrmosl and Medford was called upon to givo rest to tho overflow.- After party -booses bad put in faithful work until the "we sma hours," conquering all to be conquered, and Alexandcc like, weeping because there was no more to conquer, they laid their weary heads upou their downy pillows, cuntemplta ing and dreaming of what a day may bring forth. Xot long did they have for dozing, for the dawn of the critical day was soon upon th-.m and wivh or bicular appendages somewhat con gested and more than one with the j nail extremity in tho same condition they were up and rvadv for butt! j almost by the time the lark was on the wing. With tho rise of the morn- tngs sun the remaining delegates Cocked from everv quarter aiid from the seething, sargin g m-iss of living j humanity, rushing to and fro, it wt-s clearly to be seen that the fray was on, and the ring was there with "Rum, Romanism or Rebellion as tb.ir motto and other places quite a number of them with the Medford deli-gation iu the lead., with their i-3vorit?-or- nothing-and-ruin,"' partly because of some of their offioseekiug delegates that have, McCawber like, bjen wail ing for something to turn up, not be ing in it on 'the socond place. But the ring was there to stay and not a section could ba disarranged, and the "Rig was up," thd preconcocted ticket a disgrace to an iutclligont and libarty loving people, placed iu the field. And the scutne passed upon it by the leading and honorable democrats from all over Jackson county is that, "We will down the whole thing." "Vote for the ring?" No!"' '"Vote for simply Nickell'r' "No:" "We will votj for thj whole people." The above will apply to' a great extent to tho republicans, although there was less underground work and more of the stink visible to tho on looker. The whole business between the two. however, is a slate affair, and of the few, very few, good men on the ticket, they are only that much more to bo pitied for having, allowed their names to bi placed side by side with the "ringsters."' It can uot be possible that a handful of men, versed in th3 profossion . of polities, can sway a thousand voters to the distruction.of a commonwealth hithoto noted for its individual independence. lifri, Weaver Picnic. Tuesday, May 10, the day advertised as the Gen. Weaver picnic at the fair grounds, dawned bright enough, but before tho sun was two hours high tho sky became- overcast and a drizzling rain came down with more or los3 fre quency for the greater part of the day, which with a cold wind made it some what uncomfortable for picnicers Notwithstanding all these disadvan' taircB, wagon load after wagon load of peoplo began arriving at an early hour and before 10 o'clock thero were several hundred people on the grounds. S." H. Holt, of Phoenix, opened the cero- monies with a noat little speech, after which ' music was rendered by the glee club, which was followed by F. T. Dowping, of Central Po'nt, nominee for representative on the People's Party tipkot, Mr, Downing spoke at length on matters of interest and near importance, all of which was listened to attentively and received' with ap plause. Music again followed and then it was time for the lunch dinner which nearly all had provided themselves with. One o'clock was the hour set for tho appearance of Gen. Weaver, and when that hour arrived the crowd had almost ' doubled, ' noticeable among which wero several politicians, both democrats and republicans. Promptly at one o'clock, that grand and gentlemanly orator, Gon. Jus. B. Weaver of Iowa, appeared before the eager' audience, and on being intro duced by Chairman Holt, received an ovation which mutt havo douo his noble heart good. v The Bpoaker entored at one upon his discourse and riveted the atten tion of the vast audience for' over two hours. His stylo is original and of the sort which goes to the heart and draws out tho finer feelings of tho-' listener. Applause was frequent aud enthusias tic and with the rapidity of, thought his sentences called forth laughter, followed in an instant with intense feeling and impressiveness. He handled tho tariil question like the master that ho is, und the subject of finance was never made so pluin. Spaco forbids our going into detail, but of all his listeners none can say that he did not prova beyond contrt- versy that our pressnt system of taxa tion was rotten to the core nnd that tho demonetization of silver was one of the crying evils of tho day. Ha speaks out plainly and concisely the remedies by which thvsj momentous questions can bo right.sl. and w are safe in saying the seeds of his philoso phy will bear to the betterment of mankind. A SKETCH. Eagle Point, May 5, 1802. KJitor Southern tircgon Mail: As a looker-on rather than an active worker in eitherof the differ ent parties, I most respectfully ask space in j-our valuable p.iper to speak in regard to at least one can didate that is now before tho peo ple of this countv for sheriff, and that is V. II. Bradshaw. I be came acquainted with Mr. Brad shatv soon after his arrival in this county, and have been very inti mately acquainted wfth him ever since. Our first acquaintance was brought about by a business trans action, and there has not teen but a very short interval at anv one time since but what Mr. Bradshaw . - . . . and 1 nave had dealings in some way, and if everybody in the coun ty knew him as well as I know hiui, these lines would be needless; but for those who are not person ally acquainted with him, this humble effort is intended, and to all such I will say that W. II. Bradshaw, the People's party can didate for sheriff, is one of our solid, hard working farmers, and one that understands his business thorough ly. He is a man eminently quali fied, and is a gentleman iu the very fullest sense of that term. He is verv generous hearted and alwavs , ready nnd willing to help a friend i'outof a knotty place. If a man is ! honest, no difference how poor he j is, he never poes away from Brad :emptv lianUeo, as manv in tins part of the county can testify, and he is always found laboring in every laudable undertaking for the bene fit of the farmer and laboring man. and his latch string is always hanging oui. But after all it would indeed -be very strange in these days of political wire puiaiig by the opposition if there should be no mud thrown at Brad. There is. I am truly sorry to say, a vcrv small clique, composed of a few of each of the old parties, pooled to gether to defeat him. I am sorry to think that any man claiming to be a gentleman should cuter into any thing of the kind, but this lit tle clique is composed of men that arc willing to do any thing eyen to sacrifice a friend or neighbor to carry their point, hence a lew campaign lies. They consider Mr. Bradshaw a vtry dangerous candi date and they are willing to resort to any thing to defeat him at the election whichever man thev thiuk is the utrongest the republi can or the democrat they are to unite on him, I mean the little clique in and around Eagle Point and Brownsboro; any thing to beat Bradshaw and the Peoples' Party. And now fellow laborers of Jackson county- in all earnestness let me say, let us for once lay aside all narlv bhackles and cast our votes for sheriff for a man that is one of us, a man whose interests are ident ified with ours, a man who if elect ed will know us and give us just :.8 cordial a greeting after his election as before, a man that will always treat us white, a man that is uni versally respected and highly es teemed by all (except the little clique) who know him. I hope gentlemen and fully believe that you wiil do your duty. - Eagle Point. SAMS VALLEY. Editor Southern Oregon Mull: Dear sir: Probably a little re port from Sniderville and vicinity would not be amiss in tho columns of your excellent paper. The rain still continues its soothing showers so it is a little sticky and soft for Mr. J. B. Welch's logging outfit, which, when it gets to the top of the hill, is like the old negro's bea ver, whioh he called a .slickum greasy, but it ia dillicult to get there. The farmers aro smiling all over their faces when they look upon their grain prospects. Tho peoplo around tho foot hills huve discovered that Jack Frost did not get qfiite all the fruit but they do not' know bnt ho will mako another call when tho rain ceases hope not. The AHlnPe. brethren seem to be moving steadilv 011, we hope to victory and hope they will tide over election, for we don't want any more funerals at Antioch than we can avoid. Hold up your hands, ye eons of. toil, if you do die hard. Tho new Daplist church house in our city is being built as fast as the weather will premit, under the supervision of Rev. J. A. Slover and Mr Jacob Bowman. Tho most of the cornice is on but the roof is lacking and very much needed. Mr. J. B. Rogers has sold 160 acres of Lis land to Messrs. Wil hite and Dearmon and still they collect around our Sniderville. Tho democratic primary went off Saturday without a jar in Table Rock precinct, republicans too, I guess, unless it was in the throbbing hearts of some of the aspirants. Take it easy noys, we can't get there with both feet. Mrs. Nickels, Mat Welch's daughter, from Ashland, is visiting her parents in Sniderville. We hope she will be favorably impressed with our town and people and have many good things to tell when she returns to her home. The district school of our dis trict, Xo. 11, is progressing finely under the auspices of Prof. C. B. Fitzgerald. Everybody seems to be well pleased. J. A. Welch is right up in good substantial order for cutting lumber tor everybody as ? oan as the ground will hold up the log wagons; some lumber already in the yard ; no mountain to climb to get to the mill ; right in the heart of Snider ville. It is canable of cutting from 10,000 to ' 15,000 feet per day bu it will not all be used in our town. We can divide. Mr. E. Wooley's daughter, Min nie, is now visiting friends and relatives in the Willamette valley, and having no wife he is now alone with one bov And needs the comforting influence of some one of the fair sex. Plenty of company if oulv solicited. .Mr. Noah had a smash-up m his saw mill last week but not SO batl as might have been Foothill Foghorn OUT 13 THE 5AGE BRUSH. ! il0' Southern or, gon Mau: I I ivn t n,.r 1 ' hi! and wet, I ,i ; ;,. ..J .? ........... ot reform, ana are keeping their powder dry and vou will hear! from them June Glh. The reform movement up here is terribly alive and new ones drop into the ranks every day. The old parties seem to be asleep with inactivity ; well let them sleep in their fancied security. Elernal sleep for them seems now lct for oar country anJ our cause. Yours, Ika u'akefielp. Klamath Co., May 9, IS92. KLAMATH NEWS. FROM THE STAR. Dr. Pryce is now at Bonanza, hav ing returned f.viu LJ'.y to that lively town for a f w days visit. UiV. Ira Wakefield, of Phu:mx. can didate for circuit judge oa the Peo ple's ticket, arrived in man vesterdav a:id will stump the county. rue Asaiami-Klamath hails road js now in pretty fair condition, thpre b ing only about two-and-a-half miles of snow to cro!s on the mounUiiu. and even tnat lias osea troouen cowa so liraily by Jes I). Carr'a Ss) steers that trawl over it is a3 easy as rvlling o:T a log. Teams and wagons are be ginning to comj over. The Jacksonville JTira:s sneeringly intimates that Klamath county has no judicial timber. A country that can by hoodwinked into taking that en tirely worthless paper may ba a little too good unturcd, but wo propose to resent Xick.-ll's insulting impeach ment next Jun by showing him a real, live District Judge mad j of good Kla math "Umber"' C-ntral Point is catching a boom. In ill delightful grasp of lovelv prairie between Medford and Gold Hill, in Jackson county, it has securod no lss than flfteca families during th past six weeks. Immigrants are said to be arriving dnilv. nnd William Werth has gono to Philadelphia to bring a colony of twenty-livo Gorman f.unilias to that plac A iaier was started there sono time ago. but she didu't find enough moat on the Central Point hones to make it worth while to squat long. Tho pi-ot.p.:ct is nppareutiy bet ter uow. The offiea of Circuit Judge is now waiting patiently for the several candi dates in the race in the First Judicial District, and the rac will ba more ex citing than ever before, there being a new pary in, the field with its candi date, and consequently -more cf the hopas and fears that have hithertoaui mated the old parties aud roused them to notion. Tho ''judicial timber." as the Jacksonville Times call it. selected by tho People's party to administer justice in this judicial district is Rev. Ira Wakefield, of Jackson countv. Mr. Wakefield arrived iu Klamath Falls on Wednesday's stage from Phoenix. He is Jackson county '-judicial timber." though not the right stick for the Times, which is backing iu venerable father-in-law as the. tallest material and condemning our Klamath timber as being mighty short. Softly, Bro. Nickell, our Klamath timber looks pretty well up. End it hasn't been measured by anybody but Nickell vet The peoplo up this way propose to do their own measuring next Juno. A Little Girl's Experience In a Lighthouse, " Mr. and Loron TrosOott are keepers of the Gov. Lisrhthouso at band Beach, Mich., and are blessed with a daugh ter, four veat-s Old. last April she wius taken down with tho measles, fol lowed with a dreadful cough and tum bler into a fover. Doctors at home nnd at Dotroit treated her, but in vain; she irrew worse rapidly, until she was a mere "handful of bones." Then she tried Dr. King's New Discovery and after the use of two and a half bottles, was completely cured. , They say Dr. Klncr's New Discovery is worth its weiirht in trold, yet you may got a trial bottlo free at G. H. Haskin's drug store. . Children and Misses' School Shoes, Solid and good, with patent tip, 83 cents, 86 centa nnd S1.0S per pair, at Jho New York Cheap Cash Store, Eagle Point News. Rev. Oglesby, of the M. E. church south, preached here Sunday evening. There is talk of moving the Ante lope M. E. chUrch building to Eagle Point. Our teacher, Mr. Hazelton has been in attendance nt the institute at Grants Pass the past week. Mr. Shock is quite ick with fever. Dr. Terry is in attendance. No other cases of serious illness, although the coughing epi medic is spreading Some improvements aro iroin, on. Dr. Stantield is going to build a resi deuc3 hero soon. B. B. Hubbard is Preparing to build an addition to his otise. Rain and frost, and frost nnd rain, is ths weath r report for April, but tho Butte Creek repion is proof utrainst either. With tho exception of peaches in a few localities the frost has don) no great damage. The farmers are hoping for better weather this month and as tradesmen, doctors, lawyers, priests and politicians are dependent upon them for thMr daily bread, they too aro anxious that Old Sol should put on a smiling face. The Presbyterian had communion services last Sunday when fivo of the mnthodist convcrU united with that church. They were baptized the week pre vious by tho method is t minister, Rev. E. E. Thompson. These two denominations now haye an equal nuni- oer 01 memoers nere. our correspondent tcok a trip to Grants Pass last Friday and Saturday, returning by way of Sams Valley, the land of big wheat fields and orchards. (These tell the siory that ''the frost looses lortn on still clear nignw tnere as well cs along down tha valley. The irrain fields and orchards in our own Butte Creek valley have evidently escaped the injury from frost and cold rains better then in the lower valleys, as harvest time will tell. Michoscope. Tab'.e Rock Squibs. Too cold for corn. . Wheat looks well. C. Dickison was in Jacksonville Wednesday. Mr. Wm. Byb?e wasja Jacksonville, part of this week. The first crop of alfalfa will soon be ready to harvest. W. R. Dickison sold a very fine pig to R. E. Dunn one day this week. Mr. Wall from up Roane River was I seen id our valley a few days since. Our teacher, Mr. A. II Walker, is attending the teachers examination at Jacksonville this week. Tn..-, -.r : .. : i. , ditch is now in progress. R. F. Dunn is superintending tne work-. Miss erna eaver, of Medford. has been at tho residsnc; of W. R. Dicki son for the past few days sewing. Thomas Whelply, of Flounce Rock, was in our vicinity a few days since. Mr. Wheply reports it quite wet and the roads bad. vuius a number or the citizens of our vicinitt attcmU-d the ricnic t Central jivmt tho loin, i ney report a verv I good time notwithstanding the disa greeable dav. Preraraiions are br-inr made for the ! picnic tomorrow and a good time is expected by all. Daisy. S. II. Holt returned frdm firants Pass Thursday and reports the People's Partv picnic, which was held at that place Wednesday, one of the largest and most enthusias tic meetings he ever attended. Be tween 2,000 and 3,000 turned out ito bear Gen. Weaver. Mr.. Holt reports that the republicans of Jo sephine county hired Gen. Lish Applegate, agreeing to give him 150. to reply to Gen, Weaver, but after Mr. - Wearer had finished Mr. Lish Applegate refused to talk, only saying a few words and advising the people to study On what Mr. Weaver had said to them and that he (Applegate) would talk to them later. C. -1 - WOLTERS. -THE- i n Alt HANDLES NOTHING BUT ABSOLUTELY THE- IN THE MARKET. -TRY HIS- TEAS AND- COFFEES. Your Patronage Solicited. FREE- DELIVERY-:-IN-: CITY. THE MEDFORD, OREGON. POPUI GROGER. FIHEST -:- QOflDS S. ROSENTHAL THE Great Clothier OP MEDFORD, ORE., Has just received a large stock of fine CLOTHING arid GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS also a finestock of BOOTS and SHOES ' Which he will sell as low as can be sold. Small profits and quick sales will be his motio. Call and see for vourself. H. F. WOOD. MEDFORD, OR. er Jobbing of all kinds. Plans and estimates furnished on application. Jackscrews to let. . nmi BIfiEB SHOP W. L. Towxsexd, Proprietor. Main Street Opposite PostoSice. Hot and cold bath?, pompadour hair cutting and clean towels a specialty. Fair treatment for everybody. Give us a trial. S. CHILDERS Having bought out Frank Galloway is now pre arvd to fill all orders i proinpuj. The Cheapest and Best Picket Fence made. Correspondence Solicited. Ad dress all orders to S. CHILDERS, Medford. - - Ore;m. DRUG STORE. Tar leading Dni Store of MdTord la GEORGE H. HASKINS. (Successor to Hawkins A Lau-tca.) He has anything in the line cf Pure Drugs. Patent Medicines, Books, Stationery, Faints aud Oils, Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, And everything that is carried in a first-class DRUG STORE. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounds! Maix Street, Medford, Osegox. THE UNDERSIGNED O ITllJ. BCS TUS o ALLIANCE STABLE AT MSOFOUD. 1 (innn Tiintmn ITS, SINGL.H DOUBLE. and SADDLE HORSES. Horses Bought and Sold, and ECAEDED at REASONABLE RATES. GOOD CARE GUARANTEED. MURRAY & WALKER. I. J. LYON. CONTRACTOR )AND BUILDER. Jobbing of all Kinds, ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Medford, - - Oregon. I G. Elder MEDFORD, ; OREGON. Dealer m - GROCERIES, iSt?v nnnnQ BOOTS, SHOES GLOYESaENOTIONS foreign and domestic- CodMomBim umyersal Coniomauon Feice