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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY ROUND UP. The Eagle-Eyed and Ever Alert Re porter Gets In and Gathers All of the Week's Happenings. He Catches All the Doings of Onr Townspeople and Serves Them Out In Palatable Style, The Medford brewery and artifi cial ice company's building is receiving a few finishing touches, this week. While it is hardly probable these peo ple will be able to make ready to do any brewing this winter they are get ting in good shape to manufacture ice as soon as the spring trade opens. By another winter those who really feel that life is not worth living without an occasional schooner of beer need not gat desperate' and schuffle off the mor tal coil for the want of it their demand can be supplied. Protracted meetings are being held at the Baptist church in Medford this week. Rev. M. C. Hill, state missionary, accompaned by Mr. Heart, an eniment vocalist, arrived Sunday and are now assisting the resident pas tor, T. H. Stephens, in conducting the services. There was an unusually large attendance Sunday evening, and the interest taken seems still unabat ing. The meetings will probably con tinue for a couple of weeks. . About forty-five , of the Medford business college students, together with Prof. Rigbv, attended a meeting of the Jacksonville public school Liter ary society Friday evening. They report have been most royally enter tained and enjoyed a general good time all 'round. The attendance would have been larger had the train been running, but as all trains were tied up, team service was made the necessary requisite. Peter Jackson, the colored pugil ist, is making ready to "star" in an Uncle Tom's Cabin company and will appear in the role of Uncle Tom. With both Sullivan and Jackson on the stage leaves Jim Corbett the only latter day pugilist who has not an engagement. Why not cast him for "Jock" in Ame lia Rives' "Quick and the Dead?" Jackson says he would rather fight every niht than to "play" once a year. Mr. A. Fetsch, the tailor, is capa ble of turning out as much and as good work as the best of men in. his line, but since last Saturday he has been getting a double geared move on himself .and has iripplod bis capacity a new ugirl baby earns to tfs hotas $o lira, last Sat- tunlar eVeninz aad that is the whyfor- Mother and daughterdoing finely, . v Contractor Lyons i busy ' these days ceiling the interior of the brew ery Mr. Lyons tells us that prospects for an tmusnal amount of work in his line for the coming spring and summer never were brighter. In fact he has already drawn plans for several new buildings and is now figuring on their construction. For Rent or Sale, 1611 acres good land, known as tha Sam Center farm, near Medford city. Inquire at this of fice or direct letter to A. Rostel, Yreka, CaL Messrs. Angle & Plymale's reduc tion sale is catching many buyers. Prin ters ink cuts no small fiura in increas ing this firm's sales. Their big ad on first page, together with "clearance sale" posters scattered generally about, is performing the desired mission. .. Good, pure, wholesome bread is the staff of life. : Insure its being good, pure and wholesome by usuyrSnowy I" ... .aieHBra. xjsfis a. j-oiienger are tw- . trading increased: attention to theirj far' famed grocery store on Seventh Street, this week, by suspending an ap propriate sign over the sidewalk in f cont of their place of busines. Look at those sets of bread, cake and carving knives 3 in one for $1 at Simmons & Cathcart's hardware store, There is considerable talk of erec ting a German Lutheron church in Medford in early springtime. Messrs. Hamilton St Palm have very generous ly agreed to donate grouads sufficient upon which to erect the building. New Prize Baking Powder at the Popular Grocery of C. W. Wolters. Buy a can and get a beautiful dish. Mr. F. M. Poe is carrying one eye in a sling as a result of having come in too close contact with a heavy hammer while engaged upon Mr. Pritchard's mew building. Go to the Premium Market for Bologna and all kinds of sausage. Geo. Clements, the bridge contrac tor, has recently competed the con struction of a bridge near Applegate, and is at present stopping in Medford. Smoke Pride of Medford cigar, for sale by Davis & Pottenger. ; . . . There are at present few, if any, fish la Crater lake, but It is proposed, to stock its waters with young trout next spring. Smoke the Detroit Free Press eigar at C. W. Wolters'. Hotel Medford has a new office desk. Great is The Medford one eon Usual round of new things. French Prunes a speciality at Med ford Nursery. The Medford distillery ia running to its full capacity .- The Premium; Market for goad meat. , And still another briek building promised for C street. . New line of hosiery at the Racket. Mackeral and codfish at Wolters. 1 It is altogether probable that the Rouge River valley short line has the. youngest conductor in its employe of . any railroad in the world. His. age is in the immediate -surroundings of twelve years. His name is John Barnum and he is a son of Wm. Barn um, an engineer on the same road. The young man is said to be taking lessons in the guttural rendition of "Tick-ets" and pays as little attention to questions asked by passengers as does the. average real man conductor. Rifonburg & Murphy, the S. F. photographers leave Medford in 30 days for their usual trip through Idaho and Montana.. . Mod ford is decorating horself with new plumage every day. The latest is that Washington . people are sendiug down to Mr. Goo. Crystal, of this place, for several of his celebrated pruning forks.. Mr. Crystal has this very con venient article patented and is now at work making up a few hundred of them. The Mail, don't know much about pruuing, but if this implement fails to fill the 'bill we are unable to guess where the improvement could be made. Don't put off having the little ones photographed any longer. .You may re gret it. Cabinets $3 per dozen. Re member, only 30 days. The County Convention of the Wo men's Christian .Tempeaance Union, wilt bo held at Ashland, Feb. 1st and 2nd. Mesdames Hammond, Kellogg and Scott go as delegates from the Medford Union. .There will also be delegates from the Good Templars and front the various churches and Sunday schools. An interesting program has beea prepared, a part of which will be a paper on '"The relation of Food to the Drink Habit," by Mrs. DeGroot. Cloudy weather as good as sunshine for making pictures. Open all day Sunday. The throe Demmer brothers, liv ing about a mile north-west of Medford, are as near a trio of hustlers as any three men in this section. They are putting in every hour of time in im proving their ranches and just at pres ent are making ready to each put out a vineyard. Hustle deserves reward and the man who hustles hardest usually gets the big end of the reward. Fruit trees as cheap as any place in Oregon in quantities to suit purchaa era at Medford Nursery. Mr. G. W. Isaacs met with an ac cident Tuesday morning which will lay him up for a few weeks at least. He was engaged in caring for his stock when one of the cows hooked him . on the left arm, near the wrist, making an ugly , ragged wound and laying the tendons entirely bare. Dr. Geary dressed the wound. Parties desiring dry pine, fir or -oak fire wood, cut any length and de livered to any part of town will do well to consult John Justus. Leave orders with G. L. Davis, Medford. It is bad news, says the Eugene Guard, to bear that those beautiful birds, the Chinese pheasants, so much admired by Oregon people, are threat ened with great decimation by a new disease. A great many of them are dying in the sound country. There are several new enterprises just in the act of budding in and abojt Medford, but as thev will not be ripe for newspaper picking for a week or two vet we. of course, keep our hands off and say nothing. -r-Call and examine DemoresU Bros'., dentists, combination gold and allumt num plate work. Office in opera house block, Medford. The combination fenc6, manufac tured by Mr. W. J. Frsdenburg, seems to be the proper caper for all practical purposes, judging from the number of farmers which aredp.noing . into the nabit of using it. Nothing tends to harmonize a home more than good bread.' Snowy "Butte flour always makes the best of bread. Mr. Cogeshall has a two-story resi dent home on F street nearly com pleted. Mr. C. is a new comer but he seems to be getting right cleverly into the ways peculiar to Medford. . . 'Hoi tan, the Merchant Tailor, has just received the largest and finest stock of cloth aver seen in Medford. Hotel Clarendon . has-been leased by Landlord Purdin, of The Medford, and will be used only as a lodging house and in connection with The Medford. The best five cent cigar in town is the Pride of Medtord for sale by Davis & Pottenger. Rev. Wilson, of Roseburg, .will hold services at the Episcopal church. Sunday evening next, at 7 o'clock. A general invitation is extended. Leading all other brands in tha market Snowy Butte flour. If any items of news interest gets sidetracked before it reaches these col umns you can mention, if any one .asks you, that it is no fault of ours. , Quaker Rolled. Oats at Davis St Pottenger's. If Medford isn't getting to the front every spot in the road it is no fault of her people. Endless variety of dolls and toys at C. W. Wolters. The new. ad oIJ. vv. .Law ton ap pears in . another column of today's Mail. Go to Pen well's bakery for bread, pies, cakes, etc. The Klipple saw-mill ' started run ning in full blast Monday morning. , Fine spices and. extracts at Davis St Pottenger's., - Read the ads of Mr. F. T. Fraden burgh and Mrs. L M. Nicholas. For teas and coffee try'Davis St Pottenger. . Dry "popcorn at Elders. -The Rer. Dr. Thomas Neil Wilson, I who met:and. vanquished the noted in fidel, Bradlaugh, of England, will hold divine services -Sunday evening, Jan uary 29, 1893, in the. Episcopal Chapel at 7 o'clock p. m. Dr. Wilson is a flu ent, scholarly and eloquent Clergyman and all should hear him. Go to Hamilton St Palm for prices on houses, and lots, also unimproved lots and acre tracts on the install ment plan. Mr. H. Klipple has recently sold an half interest in his Gall's creek saw mill to 'Mr. A. Marcuson, an experi enced and practical mill and lumber man from California, and the latter gentleman is now superintending oper ations at the mill. Elegant photos, $1 por dozen, for 30 days positively. Open Sundays. Dr. Geary reports his two children. convalescent and still furthor savs he is positive the malady has not entered any other household in Medford. The doctor very prudently quarentined himself and family during their illness. Pure Cider Vinegar at Davis Si Pottinger. - The vacant building standing about an hundred feet north of Seventh street and near the Clarendon hotel is to be moved to the corner of Seventh and Front streets and will be used for a real- estate office by Hamilton & Palm. The best bread in town at Pen well's bakery. Medford gentlemen, who are fond of a little diversion by way of a target shoot, can get more real fun out of the Sport to the square inch than any crowd of men we haye ever run across and they are good shots, too. Hanging lamps at cost. Davis & Pottenger. Station Agent Lippincott informs us that the report that an additional passenger train is to be put on between Roseburg and Ashland is a mistake. He thinks no such action is contem plated by the company. Eagle Point communication too late for this week.ditto real estate trans fers. Come one day earlier, please. Fruit jars at Davis Sl Pottengers'. The Fish Industry Looking Bright. Mr. D. H. Miller, one of the mem bers of the Klamath Fish Company, in forms a Mm. reporter that the com pany s cannery, over at Tule lake in Klamath county, is nearly, if not quite. ready to commence operations. Mr. J. D. Whitman, another member of the company and overseer of the works, is now on the grounds and is rapidly pushing the work in order that they may be in readiness to catch the Feb ruary run of fish. The fish, which for want of another name, are called Lake Pike, are very abundant in Tule lake and as the water ia the lake raises dur ing the winter months the fish go up the stream, and it is at one of two of the best fishing points on the river that this company is located. The waigbt of the fish at the commencement of the run averages from twelve to sixteen pounds each. The meat is said to be very fine flavored and when canned properly excels the very choicest of the canned fish now on the market. This company will only put up seven hun dred cans this season, but if the ex periment proves a success they will do a big business in that line another year. There is only about three months of the year when they can be caught and during this time they are so plen tiful that it is an easy task to catch them, as men wade into "the river and gather them in with their bands. The company will, experiment with the evaporating process in putting them up, which is said to be far ahead of the old way of boiling them. The fish when canned will be brought to Med ford, by "team i a distance of seventy miles.--. V - "' It is this variety of fish that Peter, on the Klamath Falls Star, says the Indiana "bring" to town, smoked,, and pile up in the streste . like cord ..wood, and which he further saya r bl-you-muck-o-muck for Boston man as well as Indian- - " Getting Down to Business. " The committee who have charga of the matter pertaining to the erection of the Medford business college are now getting down to good, hard -?ork. At a meeting of the committee Mon day night it was decided that a build ing suitable for the emergency for several years could be constructed for 13,500, and with these figures as a basis of operations they are now out solicit ing subscription. It seems to us that every resident of Medford who can pos sibly afford it ought to contribute as liberally as possible to this important adjunct to, or perhaps the principal. factor in, Medford'a envied position as an .educational center. Wa can ail con tribute a little and we can well afford to when we realize the benefit such an institution will be to our. town.. Ash land people have made a bid of $3,000 for the college but we hardly think they will get it. Chances are all in our fa vor and if we let this opportunity to make a "ten stroke" for our town go by, we deserve no better fate than to loose it. Quiet Wedding Near Jacksonville. . Mr. Fred Luy, Jr., and Miss Minnie Ida Bybee were united in marriage by Rev. Ennls, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bybee, near- Jacksonville, on Monday, Jan. 23rd, at 3 o'clock, p. m. The newly married couple passed through Medford on the evening bf the marriage en-route for Taooma, where the groom is engaged in business, and where they expect to reside. They were, both raised in . th's county and have a host of friends here who wish them much happiness.. Highest of all ia Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOU7E1Y FUSE MUCH ADO A POUT NOTHING. Change of Administration in the Rogne Klver Valley Railroad. The 20th of January was the time fixed for a change iu management of the Rogue River system, but owing to a complicated condition of some of the rolling stock, all. trains were tied up and the now management was unable to turn a wheel for several days. "' The system is owned by a Portland company, who have demonstrated by the earnings of last year that the road is not a paying investment. On the first of the year an agreement was en tered into between the company, party of the first part, and Mr. Wm. Barnum, a locomotive engineer of this city, par ty of the second part, by which Mr. Barnum was to take charge of tho road on the 20th Inst., couduct the same ia the usual manner and pay all running expenses, for the consideration of eight dollars per day, to be to him, in hand paid by the said company. . The em ployes of the road consist of one section hand, an engineer, fL-einaa and conduc tor. Mr. Barnum was on the ground bright and early on the morning of the 30th, and after an examination of the rolling stock, refused to take control. He wired the company to that effect, aad was answered by the appearance of Mr. Buchauau, one of the owners of the road. - TWO SIDES TO THE STORY. Mr. Barnum claims that owing to an old-time rivalry between himself and the retiring engineer, tho machinery of the locomotive had been tampered with In order to embarrass him ia his efforts to fulfill his agreement with the company.' W. R. Ridunhour, the for mer engineer, denies the alligation. He says that it was his purpose to turn tbecagine over to the now manage ment in first-class order, and as he ex pected Mr. Barnum to make an inspec tion of the machinery, he had left a few "screws loose,'' that the locomotive might be easily examined. This caused all the trouble, and tied up the train between here and Jacksonville for three days. At present traias arc run ning regularly under the new manage ment, aad no further difficulty is an ticipated . Got the Boys Guessing. Some of the newspaper boys here abouts are jumping at conclusions in a most ridiculous and ludicrous manner, as to the possible political complexion of The Mail. Here is the way the Ashland Valley Record has it sized up: "The new man will make an entire change and though at first it (The Mail) will be independent, by and by it will be a republican paper and will advance the interests of Dinger Her man toward the U. S. senate, so it is reported." And here is the conclus ions the Ashland Tidings arrived, at: "That paper (The Mail) has been un der contract as a people's party orgaa. but it is whispered that it will take a new political shoot. Some say it is backed by Hermann, to work up his senatorial boom, and some even sus pect it is to boom H. B. Miller for Her mann's shoes." And still another port, given out by the Jacksonville Times: "It is reported that the Meb foiid Mail will soon become a Repub lican sheet," You are all at sea, boys. The Mail is a newspaper and isn't run in the Interest of any one individual except the publisher but is run, and will continue to so run, in ' the interest of Medford and Jackson county. If we can be of service in the upbuilding of any enterprise which tends to advance this part of the country you can depend upon finding us in the front rank, . We ever met Mr. Hermann but onee and rbave never even spoken to Mr. Miller. - THE TOWN . TALKER. "Barnum'eclrcutU coming to town!" was the reply given the curious in quirers whon they asked the" cause of the great rush of people toward the Medford station about fivo o'clock Sun day evening.. ' "Barnum's circus?? Yes,. Barnum has been having a cir cus, and when he steamed into town for the first time in. four days, of course - there was an unusual com motion among the people. The little bob-tall that had been tho all absorbing topis of conversation fori a week or more, was surrounded by up wards of an hundred people, every one of whom had probably inspected the aforesaid bob-tail upwards of an hun dred times. But they wanted to see it again. .They had heard rumors of war between railroad magnate aud employe, and the outcome of this serious friction was watched with breathless anxiety by the traveling public at both ends of the llneolt was certainly no more than nature vthe re-appaarance of the "little . In Medford after so long an absence' should be greeted by a pub lic reception. Dear council give us street lamps, .' And give them to us soon, . Or we'll go over to Cent- al Point And skip by the light of the moon. Notice to Taxpayers. The taxes for the town of Medford for 1892 are now due and will becoma delinquent on the 1st day of March, u. u. HASKINS, Treasurer. PURELY PERSONAL. COL. Murky, of Central Point, was hero on business Monday. Attorney Hammond made a brief business trip to Jacksonville Monday. Mr. A. F. HUNT, or Ashland, was In the city on business last Saturday. Mr. J. W. BLEVIN3. or Rock Point, is a new student al the Medford busi ness college. W. E. Bennett, of Detroit, Michi gan, is the artist who is doing that fine sign writing abont town. J. L. Castle, a Portland stock buyer has been making a sl'.irniish of the county hereabouts this week in quest of fat cattle and hogs. "Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Garfield, of Rio Vista, Calif., has been visiting for a week or two at the pleasant farm homes of Messrs. Arthur, and . J. H. Wilson. ' - Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bashfohd, of Reinbeck, Iowa, arrived in Medford Sunday evening, and will probably re main in this part of the country. Mr. B. is a. brother of our townsman E. H. Bashford. ' " Mr. W. BonxEBT, of Neligh, Ne braska, arrived in Medford last week and will rsmain a few weeks looking over the county, and If he likes it he will anchor a base right here. He is a friend and acquaintance of W. II. Rus sell. J. B. Da RUNG, representing the Pickens" commercial ageocy, of San Francisco, was In Medford this week fixing up the rating of our business houses. It is more than probable he rated them all x q z h, which is volapuk for "He's pretty good pay." Mr. and Mrs, T. H. WEST, of Phoe nix, were pleasant callers at The Mail office this week. The good doctor is a strict adherent to the People's party principles, but he appreciates a good, live newspaper and accordingly orders TnE Mail to make regular fisits to his pleasant fireside from bow on. Mrs. Geo. L. Mathews and two chil dren, formerly of Jacksonville but now of Dunsmuir, CaL, were on Thursday evening's train enroute to Tacoma, Wash., where they' expect to remain two or three months visiting relatives. In the mean time -ye expect George will get thoroughly initiated in the arts of bachelorship C. F. DESCAMP, representing tte Pbosnlx Insurance company,-arrived in Medford last week and expects to remain here permanently. Owing to ill health and a desire for a change his company has moved his head quarters from San Francisco to some Oregon point, and Mr. Descamp has wisely selected Medford as that point. Mr. W. C. HUNT, of Portland was in Medford Wednesday. Mr. Hunt is a special agent for tho Union Mutual Life Insurance Company ofMaine and was here settling up the matter of insurance held by Mr. Thos. Harris, whose demise occurred last September. The amount of the policy is $2,500 and will be paid in full to the mother or the deceased, whose namo appears in the policy as his beneficiary. Mr. W. E. COUL, a civil and hydraul ic engineer, of Tacoma, U in Medford taking in the situation. His business here is not in shape to give out just at present, but we have his assurance that if the plans for operation which he has formulated arc carried out it will tend mightily to the welfare or our town and vicinity. He exports to re main with us nermaneutlr and will bring his family here from Tacoma as soon as suitable resident quarters can be secured. Death of an Infant Babe- ' The two-days' old girl ot Mr. "and Mrs. C. A. Dickinson, who reside ia tha Nay lor district, about two miles south-west of Medford, died last Satur .nri w buried at Jacksoavilla on Snndav. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson ha the sympathy of the entire community In the loss of their infant baby; and tha m.mKunm of the life which has SOi, quickly come and gone will point them to a shining mark made beautiful In death. DR.GUNN'S ncr&ovsn LIVER PILLS FOR A DOSE A WORD TO LADIES: ThrM pill r to dlSermt In imw.sk. Unnd irlo j fromotbtrt, thtthty tulfM loUxl m nwdlcalad eoafaotton. Indies KuRfiiri? Uom h;nttit aiw thoa with aUlow oeraptvetouv ho cvhuoi ordinary pllla bt dclichu d vUli thma. ?hr Miki tb main bcutlfvi. fre LYom bloiohe acd ptmplaa, tZxx.. BvmoIw Hid. Co. FUUsMlclfrhu. 2a- Bj G. H. Hfukins, Medford. C. F. LEWIS, .'.VW AND M1 An, i, work in his t sreouon sad repp attended to pre Ail eommuni . mew: Mecwal Do You A little nourishment now and then; Is relished by the best of men. Fresh Articles of Food are Always Cheapest, Because They are Wholesome. C W. WOLTEBS, THE P0PULQ& &H : Keeps a Seasonable Stock of Goods. J asr A- Headquarters for all the- standard drags in the market: Artists' material and fine stationery. - 1 DRUGGISTS Largest stock in Southern Oregon. Fancy goods and toilet articles. Come and see us. MEDFORD, ORE. D. H. MILLER DKALKB IX- Hardware, Stoves, and Fine Warrsslcd CbUott. Carpsaters aaS Bnlld.r Redjacket Fore Pumps, for deer IHTCHELT miicHBH Farm & Sdhds Carts, Harness, srie Plows sell Chine cf Machin r .MsJiMftflL UT PafB Cans a Plows. cantoB wr of the latesti Ever Eat l Co, Tinware Building Material. Toais. F"