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9' .u ; TfeE mflFOftp UATtmmrE'mmou Oregon, 'Wednesday, November 10, 1909. 6 I 1 i. iV -t A SPi'MLE point EAGLETS II ' , ...... ,',. )''.'. : ' I -Kfntt rTfllitfnn Bnnnlnf rinrvlfit.l . tV""'P .-. A . R, I',. Cowgill. a civil engineer, and I1I9, assistant, Charles O, Ttamyon, who hnVe been talcing tho measure ment' of tho water In Little lutto creek 'nnd lta tributaries! as well as tho capacity of tho ditches taken therefrom, havo finished tholrj Job arid roturned to mako their report to the stnto office. They wore fcioas nnt gu6sts at tho Sttnnysldo for sev eral days while working In this sec tion. i Mr, Riggings 'of Derby was hero laso last' week deposing of 'utotik of tho Buttd Falls Tolophono company. Thoy are extending tho lino from here to Dut,to Falls nnd If satisfac tory', arrangements aro not made to connect hero with tho Contral folnt lino and from Micro to Medford, tho llnq will bp extended' dfrect to Bed ford, our natural business center.. 'Ohorco West, ono of our forest dangers, who has been stationed at Mill Creek station for tho past fow month's, camo out, last week, tooic his wife, who Is boarding at tho Sunny- sldo, and wont to 'Butte Falls fow days, returning tho last of tho -week1 to' Ihh rlnce. ' Monroe Baldwin, who, hatt ri 1; onto- stead nnnr Itoundtop, wns a guest nt the" Sunnyaldo Thursday inlght or ' larr wek 'on his way to Medford to act sh n witness for Mr, Wolypr ton In making proof on his home stead, j i t . 13, FMGrabarh and wlfo of Prospect were sojourners horo last Saturday tttitht. They have a farm about tWo miles abovo Prospect, whoro thqy aro ongngod In tho cultivation of gln- ' song. Mr. O. reports that ho ha f(ow SO, 000 plants, from ono to sov- .en years of agor thift It cbst'a about i$(ioo for sOod for'an aero, or 80,000 -plants, and that ah aero of good gin song will yield at 5 years of ngo about $3R,0Q0 of roots; that tho ay crncn nrlc.o InBt 'year was $8 per 1qund aftor It was dried and that three pounds of green roots will make ,ono pound or dry or mnrKotauio product. But lio says that thoro Is n' groat deal, of work, In' proparlhg tho around for tho Bood nnd that .Wro :U np profit until about thq firt'li year. Dr. 8. F, drovor, formorly of pud ley, but now of Los Angolos, and a friend of Ms by tho namo of William Tl!pnland, also of Los AngoleB, enmo out to this placo, procured a toam rid Buiulty morning startod for .' flutto Falls. Mr. Ulesland Is look , jn' for a location to sottlo, ng his vwlfo does not hnvo good health In thnt drw. hot cllmnto. nnd ho oeoma to think Mint Rogue River valley Is tho p)nc o Is looking for. A,:U. iWobor.n traveling snlostnnn of An'Mnnd. callod last Saturday for llnnpr.. it (tald that If Eagle Point 1r a 'il'rv owii ho had, Hold' somo Po rnna hero. Fml Bprnoy ofTnlpnt called tho latter pnrl of tho wook and had his pon. n '"i of about 13 years, with Mm, lie wn taking h!m to Medford 7 to attend . school whllo Mr. p. Is ' ,canya"-n!'s for tho nursory biiBlncss. A, B, Zlmmormnn, ono of our en- HOOD RIVER APPLE GROWERS SAY LABEL WAS STOLEN Tho members of tlio ITood Hivor .ApplorCkowerR' Union, which com prioos 00 j)or cent of tho orohuMtRtH, nro up in farms ovpr (Iiq roport from Hoy? York that quantities of npjiloa wero on Iho market thbro hearing tho . (ivrnpperrt 'of Iho union whieh wore not tip (t) the high standard of quality inVuntninetl by that organization. A fow orohuriu'sfs, who had fonnorly ; marketed th'uir produet Ihrough the r unipti, got u carlond of apples o .'uothor niid rushed it through lo Now Ynr,k, jpst nhpnd of lio uuitfu npplktfi, vm) nfi this wuh tho 11rt onr of Hood Hivor .frtiit on Ihu o'nBtern thhrkpt, it , tiniojed n unusunlly hip: demnnd. -This fritit wnri Ponsigtiod to n coin , iniRHiou houso in Now Yoyk and about ' half Iho njiplos worn wrapped in the paper wltieji tlio former union ship porn had left ovor from Inst your,' Tho wrappers of tho union nro re garded ns nit absolute gimrnntoo of high quality in tho cant, nnd wher thofio npp'.ys wore found lo ho infer ior in Holopljou and pack many cou plainis poured in upon Rloinhnrdt & IColly, who bought tho onliro output qf the' union this year, XPJERT WILL LOOK UP "BAILflOADS IN CALIFORNIA (UnlteVilra I,f(iil 'W'lre.) 3ACItA3T9, Cnl, Nov, 10. An export wil'Uba employed by tho fitalp to look uatho nolivo and eor- omtive proportySof tho rnllronJa In C1iferniH, Tho wpifeflt for an ex fmt whh tnnde to tha state board of iquiitiMUDW 'by ttw Mute eofllroHer" 4 VM THHtfrd. , erjtprlang merchants, took a trip to Talent last week nnu wniic'tnero bought four carloads of baled hay for this market. Speaking about our merchants, they aro1 simply ,rurt off their feet with; business constantly receiving goods, and thero Is scarce ly any timo In tho day but you can flee wngons , In front of tho stores loading for different parts of the, country pr elso unloading goods from tho depot or produce from tho coun try, p Our now harbor Is having a room put up on qno of A. G. Daley's lots, botweon tho Zimmerman storo and tho John Ashpole property. Tho contractor, Mr. Hawk, who Is building tho new schoolhour-o In tho Ileoso Crock district, Is pushing tho work right along. Thoy have tho roof about all on at this writing.' Monday night, and expect to have Jt complct ed In a short time, as they have five or six mon working on It. James Ringor Is engaged in paint ing Peter Young's now homo, and tho cajpontors aro pushing tho work ngni along. , Ono of our prorhlnont nnd highly respocted pltlzons, J. H. Carlton, moved from otir tpwn to Medford, aa ho had sold his rosldonco Horo to Qua Nichols and had to give posses sion, and Mr. N. moved Into tho house formerly occilplPd ,by Mr, .Cdrlton, While wo oxtond a cordial greotlng to Mr. nnd Mrs. Nichols, wo rpgret to Iobo tho company of Mr. and Mrs Carlton, for thoy hnyo beon a part of our town for sovornl years and Mrs. O. Is orio of tho Georgo Brown girls, who hns beon raised horo among us. ' 'Benjamin Edmonson pf Butto Falls hroi-ght out. a ond of yew posts last Sunday and Monday took- thoni to Medford.1 G; B. Zook' of Bnndbn rind August D. Slhglor, ' a ' Medford constable, camo out last Monday and took ,chargo pf two horsos that Israel Pat ton had In his possession that he bought of a man who lived ,ln this neighborhood by tho nnmp pf Gil losplo, .that had been stolen from Bandon soma timo ngo,nnd'jlt ap pears that tho team had been! hired Put t6 somo parties and' wero takon somo ilmo boforo tho owner , missed thorn, I understand that tho man who sold thorn to Mr. Pntton has moved to California. Mr. nnd Mrs. Poelor, who bought tho Chnrloy Knighton plnco on Roguo river, near Flounco Rock, drovo Into tho Sunnys(do stnblo last Monday night, Talking about stables, tho two feed stables In Eagle Point nro full almost ovory night nnd still they como. ProfQssor Nnrrogan hns movod to Medford and Carl Nnrrogan has mov ed Into tho houso formorly occuplod by his fathor. Charley Thomas has moved Into tho Nnrrogan rnnch, for morly occuplod by Carl Nnrrogan, so titer chango all around. Frod Flndloy, ono of our promj ncnt Htock mon, wna In town Mon day aflor n load of wlro fencing ho bought, of our hardware merchant, Wlllnm von dor llollon. CLAIM MRS. SLAUGHTER INSPIRED LONGFELLOW (United Pross T.cnsed Wlro.) IWRKELHY, Cnl., Nov. 10. Friends of Mrs. Slaughter Do Lome, io artist, who diod Saturday, nre assorting today thnt sho wns tlio one wh ' inspired' Henry AVndsworlU TiOiirfellow to write hisj iminortnl poem, "Tito Courtship of Milps Stnndish." . Wlton n Hfllo girl tho , purtroit pninlor wntj n eloso pertjoniilfriuud of the poet, and sho spent mueh f hor' limo hy hs side, whilo lq eopi liospjj hiHvorfiis In Iho New Kuglaiid town. " , Then sho was Sarah Stivudlsh,. tt direct descendant of tho Pufilnu b ti dier of Plymouth Rook, nnd it ia r sorted sho 'inspired tho famous lit; os when sho told him hor family, trnm tiohs, whitrii included tho qxperionecs pf .StandiB,h. Notice Owing to tho fact that our Christ mas postnls nro coming in mid wo nro orowdod fov room, to display them wo will offor nil poslals nt n 20 ppr pout disoount for ono day only, Snt tirdoy, Novombor III. This will af ford n Rood opportunity for you to lny in a supply f,r future porre sponding nf n, prico that will pay you. Look ovor our Christmas goods that nro oomintr in. It is n pleasure to show them, Remember, $ worth of postnls will only cost you 80 cents next Sat urday, Tho nitio Jay Postal Shop, 331 E. Mninst.v up Btnim. FranbrJL.Hull, proprietor. . . Gordon9 s i Proposal i 1 It Only Came Alter He Recov ered From II t s Bashfulness . By CLARA II. HOLMES Copyright. VJto. by Associated Lit erary Press, ' "Tlnit (Jordon MeFiirluiid.1' remarked Dary Alotlltou. "Is the limit. lie hasn't courage enough to propose." "Hub: Do you want to murry him that you are so anxious about It?" "No; haven't cherry Hps and dim ples"- "Never mind, the Inventory, Brother Duvy," sue replied. "All right, sis. but It'll never happen unless you propose, in the presence of his divinity meaning yotl he is re duced to a pulp." fi'lip sting to this tensing was In Its truth. Gordon was devotion Itself, yet It wns a silent naorntlon. ue seemed unable to utter a word In her presence, She nnd given him many opportunities In that unexpliilnable way il woman has, and once or twice he had floun dcrcd and stammered with effort until In vexation slit had retorted so whim sically that she had silenced blm coin pletely. "Oh. he's Just too ridiculous, a great big thing like him. stammering and blushing like a schoolboy, It fairly makes me ashamed," she grumbled A woman's motives nre dlllleult to fatbom. Hess, In an unusual lit of graclousness, -had allowed Gordon to .escort her to a ball. She wirs Justly vain of her escort's appearance as sbe' snuggled beside him In the depths of tho cnrrlnge. But by the time they had arrived her manner had changed visibly, so much so that she almost ignored ultn after the conventional first dance. He hud tangled his feet hopelessly In hor train and missed step until she was nearly beside her. sejf with mortlllcntlnn. Then' was nipple excuse for his be wildertneiit. She wns intoxlcntlngly lovely, with her draperies floating. cloudlike, about her bare shoulders, and tho flush of exercise tinting' her face like a rose. Davy's comment was, "Gordon looks as If be would like to cat her." Bess was so 'provoked at this that she Intended to punish Gordpn by flirting outrageously. "Besides. If could make blm cross, he might, pluck up a fraction of courage," she thought It vexed her still more because sho felt that he understood her motive. So did Davy, and ho wduld not fall to tease her on the morrow. i Carelessly tossing Gordon her bou quot In passing, she walked off with Gerald Stone for an Ice. "Queer duck, thnt Gordon, floesn't nppenr to have much to say," remark cd Gerald insinuatingly. Ilero the eternal feminine cnlne to tho surface. "Oh, I don't know!" Her tone was resentful In the ex tremc. The next Instant she said Bweetly. "Ilere's Just the nook for a quiet chat. Let us sit here awhile, The lco can wait; so can Gordon. He'd hold my bouquet all night," laughingly. , An hour. Inter Gordon sat abstract, cdly pulling nt the petals of the roses, lie had hoped thnt the (lowers might convey to her that which he found so dlulcult to say. In upon his musing dribbled tho con versa t Ion of two ncqualutnuces. "So Gerald Stone has won 'Bcssio MoultonY 1 thought Gordon wns to be the man, but bo lacked courage. Ho deserves to lose ber. He should know n woman despises u faint heart," said u voice ho knew. "1 wonder how she would like It If sbe knew thnt Gerald boasted to mo of his conquest? Hp told as n grpat Jake that she hod left Gordoti to mopii over her bouquet. Snld they were going to slip away and let hi in bunt for her when he had tired of the flowers. Seemed to think It mighty funny," an swered the speaker's companion, VIts contemptible. I wouldn't have thought It of Bessie Moulton!" was the reply ws they sauntered dawn tfio room. 'I'lu' sturdy lndeMiudenco of Gordon's Ceotoji ancestry rose within blm. no tttaehed his card to the' flowers nnd left them In t,ho cloakroom; thou, with tl determined ktcp', he loft the bouse, j Bess loitered lu her frivolous chat With the man she detested, dawdled oyer her Ice ijnd Anally sauntered back trl the dunclig ball, apparently oblivi ous to the fact thnt sho had promised this twostenf to Gordon. ,Sbe expected mui to oo waning lor mr. ueu uu was not to lie eei she whs pprturbed. iComo o. let's take tills twostep." said Gerald, with gret familiarity. "No, thanks." hotly reywitlng bis tonk "Yop bhv ld more tian enough of Aiy company, for one evening." the added lightly let ho betray hor an noyance as to Gordon, An hour or so later sho called G aid to hor side. "1 claim a woman's prerogative 1 hive changed my mind. You may. take me bwne." As he bowed bis tbaoks he thought of his boast o Van Asyltuie and smiled, "l Btiansct It was he wha tat tied." Bess kept up a running fire p non sense all the way homo, effectually ex1. cludlug sentiment. Gordon waited. In tho shadow of the trees until tUcy arrived, lie meant to assure himself that ho was Hot being misled and tlt be was doing her no Injustice. "Not dignified, thU, bat I HMUt mak. sure, I da not btano hr rr It,' bat )i ndbt have fetn wore Mad about It. I crt?Inly tk4ctd hr ta ridl- citlp. hnd then, when she showed me bet favor so plainly nnd I was Much n (uugtic tied fool that I couldn't take ndvnntaKe Of If. she intlal have thought oh, I. dp not know ' wjiat she could tfil'nk biit. (lint I was n fool:' be mut tered bitterly. He wairhrHl (Jprald assist her from the carriage with , what looked 10 his jealous eyes like iui embrace, ahd iis she turned to'eiiter the house he gave her the flowers. She tossed tlieiu Into the shrubbtry dl.dnlnfuly. "I d"n't want the withered things." She "aid. Gordon gathered one rose froni the apparently despised bouquet and ptao ed It In a book, ns If he had need of n tok.en by whloh to remember this one night. In the .meantime Bess. In her room, was pressing his card to her Hps with tears, and Inarticulate murmurlngs. Two years Inter Gordon McFarland sat In his olllee writing. It wns after business hours, but he hnd remained to think out certain points' in quiet and solitude. Turning In his chair, ho picked up (bo telephone receiver. "I will cnll .Jones and find out what he knows nbout this business," bo soliloquized. He was on the point of calling, "Hello, central!" when the sound of. his own on me arrested bis attention. "That's tho nuisance of a pnrty line," ho muttered. He bad no. Intention of listening, but how could he help If when he heard bis own name in that well remembered voice? "Oh. Gordon Mcl''nrand? Well. If you'll never, never breathe It I'll tell you. He took me to n ball. and. yes, Grace, ho left me to get home as best 1 could. "No; certainly I don't think ho was to blame It must havo been some of Davy's mischief. : ' "Yes; of course Davy denied it, but 1 know It wns. Gordou would not have done It unless he thought he was Justi fied. , "Whut's thnt? Did 1 really care?' Well, yes, 1 did, iyidl don't care if you do know It. "No. po; we weren't engaged. He was so. bashful., "What's that? Encourage blm.? I I did. I tried to moke blm Jealoiis of that abominable Gerald Stone, and nnd I succeeded. That's bow It all happened. "Yes, that's so. It, Isn't the thing to talk secrets over a phone. Those hor rid operators always do listen. Well, coodbyl Come over In the mornlng- 81M Fourth street, you remember, (Jootl ulght!" Gordon called in hurriedly before she could hang up, "Hello, Bessie!," ,'Well. what Is It. Since?" "Thlf Im not (Si are. Bessie' 1 "Gordon MrKiirliind:" The exclam.i tlpn was one f dlKiiin.wd surprise. "Yes. I. have recovered from -uij bnnhfulucsH Will you, murry lue now Heinle''" , , ' ' "Indeed I will not! You're Jus( toi awful! You INtenvd.'" 1 couldn't help li. and I'm glad I didn't try. Don't you bang up that re ceiver or I'll be there vvltliln ten niln utes." he threatened. "Then I'll hang It lip If yon want an answer to that question come ntid get It." And he heard the receiver clang ns It reached the book. Choice East Front Building Lots. Fivo choipo east front residence lots on South Ivy street; nil the ad vantages of Oakdale avenue "without tho exponso." Investigate these lots; they are close in and can be hnd on rcnsonnblo terms. Inquiro nt 244 S. Grape street. 205 30 -Acre Orchard Two miles from Medford; all good fcoil, plnntod to Kowtowq nnd Spitzonbcrg npples, Comico, Bosc ind IIowel penrs. Trees nro 5 years of ago and nro in fiijo con dition. Price $500 per Acie Tnking everything, into consid eration, tho fine character of tho soil, tho ngo nnd condition' of .tho trees, and its nearnoss to Aled ford, thorp is nothing in tho valley oquiil to this ns n bargain. Lot us show you this trnot. W. T. York West Main St., opp. Hotel Mooro For the Best in harness, saddles, whips, oiscs, tents, blankets, wag on sheets, axle grease and gall cure, as well as all kinds of custom work, see J. C. Smith 314 E; Main. MA HIRERS COMPASS Littlfc Known of the, Real Origin of the Instrument. ITS USE BY THE CHINESE. This Wonderful People Knew of1 the Magnetic Neede Long Before the Christian Era The Claims of Glola, the Pilot, and the Credit Due Him. , Much Interest must forever attucb to the discovery of that valuable Instru ment the mariner's compass, and yet there are few subjects .concerning which less Is known. For n period the honor of .the Invention .wua uscrlbcd to Glola, a pilot, born at t'asltano, a small village situated near Auialll, nbout the end of the thirteenth cen tury. Ills claims, however", havo been disputed. Much learning nnd labor havo beeh bestowed upon the subject of the dls-. covery. .it has bqen maintained by ono class that even the Phoenicians, wero thet Inventors, by another that tho G nicks and Romans had a knowledge of it- Such notions, however, have been completely refuted. One passage, nevertheless, of n re markable character occurs In the works of Cardinal de V'itty, bishop, of rtole mats, lu Sytfa, Ue went , to. Palestine during the four.tb crusade, about the year 1204. He returned afterward to Europe apd subsequently back to, the Holy t.aud, where ho wrote his work entitled' "Hlstorin Orientalist" ns near ly as 'can be determined, between the years 1215 nnd 1220. In chapter 01 of that work he has this singular pas sage: "The Iron needle, after contact wHh the loadstone, constantly turns to' the north star, which, at thp uxls of tho firmament, romuins lmmovnblc while tho others revolve, apd benco It is es sentially necessary to those navigat ing on the ocean." These words nre as explicit ,as they are extraordinary. They state a fact and announce a' use. Tho thing, there fore,, which essentially constitutes the compass must have been Luowti' long before the birth of Glola. In addition to this fact, there. Is another penally fatal to hs claim as the original dls- I I'lntrii'i. It Is now settled beyond n doubt that the Chinese were acquainted with the compass, long before the Europe an's. . It Is certain that thero are allu sions "to the magnetic needle' In' the tradlloiar!,v, period of Chinese history, nbout 'Imhki years before Christ, and n still, more credible, account of It Is found In the reign or ChlilgWnngof the Chow' dynasty; before Christ 1 1 14.. All this, however, may be granted without In the least impairing the Just claims, of Glola to the gratitude of man kind. The truth appears to be that the position of Glola In relation to tle compass, was precisely that of AVatt In relation to the steam engine thp cle ment existed; he augmented Its utility. The compass used by the marluers in the Mediterranean during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was n very uncertain nnd unsatisfactory apparatus. It consisted only of a mag netic needle flontlug in a vase or basin by means of two struws on a bit of pork supporting it on tho surface of the water. The compass used by the Arabians In tho thirteenth century wns an. In strumcnt of oxnetly t lie same descrip tion. , Now. the inconvenience nnd In efOctcncy of such an apparatus are ob vious. Tho ngltntlou of the ocean and thp tossing of the vessel inlght render It useless in a moment. nut Glola placed the magnetized needle on n pivot, which permits It to turn to nil sides with facility. lAfter ward It was attached to a card divided Into thirty-two points, called rose de vents, nnd !then the box cnntnlnlng It was suspended lu sued) a manner that, however the vessel might be tossed, It Would always romulu horizontal. Electrical Engineer. Stung. ' The old gentleman went Into the par lor the other night nt, the witching hour of 10:30 nnd found the lights nut and his daughter had n dear friend enjoying n tete-n-tete In a corner by the window. 'Evangeline." said the old man stern ly, "Ibis Is senntjalous!" "Yes. papa," she answered sweetly, "It Is candleless because times nro hard. Lights cost so much Ferdinnnd nnd I said we would get ulon with the starlight." And pnpa turned abotif In Speech less nimmniet)t anil tried to walk out of the room throusb u panel In the wall paper. Exchange. Tho Difference. "Fniher." snld little Hollo. '"What Is the difference between farming nnd agrlvultureV "(l4 my son. for forming you neeit a plow nnd n harrow and a lot pt other Imnlements. nnd for ncrleulture all you need Is n pencil nnd a piece of pnper,"-.va8uington star. The Men In Mis Oven. "How came such a greasy piess In tlw oven?" said a fidgety old spinster to her maid of all work. "Why." replied the glr. "tbe.candjM fell Into the water, and I put them Into' the oven to dry." London Tatler. Mildew, . I An easy method ;of reiovrig mH dew Ir to place the article In a warm oven, for a few moments nud then brush It. When yon forget thero nre others vou arc nenrlng n burned .trldge. COMBINATION RANGE BOILER INSULATOR AND HOT FIRELESS COOKER i omy., J. W. WHITNEY Office in Aikin Plumbing Oo.'s N re, Medford. WANTED Timber and Coal Lands rjTriTTTnrarrTn a -vtt cittttt matut i vt I TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED. MEDFORD, OREGON Office in Jackson County Bank, Upstairs APPLES AND PEARS AND ALL KINDS OI' FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. YAKIMA VALLEY NURSERY Largest Commercial Nursery in the Pacific North west. Not in the. combine. Competes with all fiibt class nurseries. L. E. HOOVER, Agent J M E D F O R D , I 1 ' ( 'Hansen. . 'f m n .mm . - W'f make any Uuiil and Style of windows. Wo carrv tfluss f any si?.e on hand. Medford Sash & Door Co. When we suggest that you Toast Your Pread On Breakfast . Table Wo do not mean that you should eat off the stove toast With an Electric Toaster and have crisp, brown, delicious toast ! costs lc per meal to operate. We" have the best toaster on the market for sale at $4.50. Clean, appetizing, sanitary ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO. Succeisors to Qopdor Water & Power Co. Containing ' two indispensable luxuries and' two sources of econ , Call and 'let us .demonstrate its merits.' ' ' ' .4 :' Harris & Co. O R E CJ- O N RESOLVED The best resolution for you to mnko is to cpmo to us for your next suit, f you want something out of the ordinary. Wo do tho best work nnd charge the lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT THE PBOOEUSSIVi TAIL OK Tom iUfifhn I