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TI 1 10 iI I0DFOIU) MA I f Tit JBUNE, MEDFORD, 0 It KG ON,
DECEMBER m
1909.
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NEW YEARS EVE III
EARLY DAYS II! QUE
Butte Falls Items
Ilt!lll IUU joHiiosso 0lV U MOH
Gillllo Escnpoil Dcnlli Indlnn
Turns Tnblos on Prisoners.
XiutiH cxort'lHcii woro hold In tlm n, llllrirotli, Imrllotio, mid Minn Ornco
iiMHctntily hull In tlio how Mcliool HmUh, (iritrinlHl. All worn woll plcnn-
'""''""K. An (.xcollont l.(,Kni.n wnn , w)Ui mc- fl w
runilurml iiiulor tlm dlrucllon of our
HflioHl toacl.crH. Munh orudll Ih duo "vod l,y Mm. Will Clmmbun. (moo
o'ir (mc!licrn nuil iiii1Im an woll an Ol.miclmln) under the puro cooMiik
olliorn who lio'nud with tlio IrnlnlnK nnd food net, tind wnn Krontly on-
nnd othur jmrln of tlm pniRnim. The j(,yo(, ,,y nl)( H ovoryoim Unit linn
hall wiih nlroly ileeoimml, I wo tree ()V(,r Hnt (lown in nr, ommclinlii nmnl
I woro lumvlly Indon with jmmontH, cn tctfy.
(My .liiinitH I). l''ny.) j ninny of tl.uin (Ulto valiinblo. It piov- Tlll) tolojtlmno wlro linn heen
Tlm hunk limine at the hoiio Hnelt I ml, iim wnrly ull of JJutto KnllM un- retclion" between KhrIo I'olnt nnd
ritiieh in KImiiiiiIIi county furniHliotl dorlftlclnr." do, to ho u cntnd Kticnctw, llltH ,-aH n,i w r J10W nwnltln;
(Mijjlitfol (ontr.iHt lo tlm Hwlrlinicj W nro lmvl,u? ",,lunl w,"lll,ur- the arrival of I. II. HnrrlM with tlio
cum iiinuiB. piionoH nmi iixmreii, wnon wo win no
Althouith t'.-o rondH nro In had nl)lo lo ROnvorno with tlio oiitnldo
condition, our mull currier, Mr. Stow- ,vorifl. tjiIh In. n much needed lm-
iclnilicl (hut hnvon duly npprreiittfil.dll, mana(:H to Kot, tho mnll through ,,royt,n,,,t nnd too much prnlno ctin-
llie warmth mid comfort, while they!"" Helioilulo tlmo. Mo Itocps 11h nnl j,0 Kvvn Mr. MnrrlH for IiIh of-
(omiiii.ilml on Dm tr.mh!o homiii of i llomm 0Ml' condition. fortH n wcurnK nnd pimhlnK for
it nil , ., , , , I). A. Owoum of Dudley carri the u, M
l.e.r fallow r I.Ioch .ll,l bo Imvluj; ,)(jUv())J nd IJllUo KnllH. pilhwl nl Uj0 ,,
in liniiKinir i" Iwliitwl HtrniKrt of Mode I)uilly )(, tlm newly imtabllMhod pout- l0 nllo F(llH uimhvr nompnny
to tlm feud yunln. It in nlwnyx tlm j office whnt wnit formorly known Wj HOon jiuv ono 0f tho liont plnntH
wi'illmxt ratlin that arc fouml Mini ; nn tho uiiHiirvoyod. Thnt country linn in BOuthorn Ort-Kon. "With tho arrival
'liroiilil in Imh, mill iih a roimrfpitMice hocn nurvoy d nnd ncc'pti!d by tho of ,,(, p,u;f(. ft HiiHlorn Ilutto KiiIIk
nro tlm iiionI wearing on tlm tonipoJ Kovornniont. nnd tho attk'rH lwipo to wjjj ,j i)iHnoH.
mill I'liiluiniico of tlm rowinnu. bo nbl0 to r.ot a filltiK eoou and bo q. AiIihiih, foreman and tlmoltoepcr
"TliiM Htonn putn mo in niiml of ono 1 ublo to provo up. 'Ihoso HnttlorB for th roinpany. Ii vImIUiik rolntlvos
nllu'r Now Yoar'n," ri'iimrkoil tln I uvo iiindo Rood linprovoinontii, many nt Albany and othor AVIIIamotto vnl-
Iiokh iim I io tiltoil bin ohnir Imok ; of thorn hnvlnn boon on tho Innd from j,(,ritti,
upiiiiMt tlm wall ami rofllleil Mm pipu flvo lo ovon yonm, and nro cortalnly jj,. Krodonborj; Jiiih roturnod from
jimt omptioil, "m (ho uinllor of snow, ontltlod lo tholr Iioiiiom. 'Il.o noil In (r., t0 Modford. Ho hiih tho rondH
CITY NOTICES.
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CITY NOTICES.
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hiiow mill piorclii(x wimln of outer
iloorH, mill (Iiohii of tlm boyw who hml
but not of coinforl, Thorn wuhu'I rich, rrult of nil UlndM do woll nnd
uro In bad nlmpo, but thnt ho him
bill nihility littlo oomforl for mo that , ktuhkoh nnd i:r. ln grown nbiindnntly. ,, tliotn worno. Mo kiiyh Itond Bu
"Now Yonr'H day, hut a wholo lot of jon MondrlckH brought down novorul ji(.rvor Oopport did hoiiio much nood
oohl mill ipiilo a bit of nenre in tlm j vnrlotlw of whont tliat hnd InrKn. t.,i work tho punt mimmor. Gopport
proKniiu. I plump hondH, and tbo ntrnw wiih ovor wnH uw rKi,t ninn n tho rlRht plnco.
"I nnd mi Imliiiii Kiiiilo wrro ntnrt-Jflvo foot In lotigUi. Bomo of tho fin- -v. W. Parker did nomo Kood work
oil fiotii Kurt Wnrnor two dny nftcr ot potntooH In tho country woro rnln- t.nMt f town, but wiib handlcnppod
ChriMtniiiM to Fort Klamath, bcnriiiKfod thoro, P. K. Nully had rlpo ntrnw- j. nHtrtictlona from tlio liwifl snper-
iuiMirtmit iliHpiitcht'H. Whon wo J IioitIch tho middle of Novombor. Kvon vlnor. ConHOfiucntly n Rood denl of
rciu'licd (loono I.nko vnlloy wo il'm-! ponchon do woll. Tho Dudley r.nttloni tj,0 (jinuor croolt hill rond hits boon
ooverviHImt wo woro IiuIiik followed. . nro u brlRht, onllKhtonod people, all wnnhed out by tho heavy rnlnH. Our
uont rondorn, nn the mnll cttrrlor bna ronrt ,nBtrIct Ib entirely too Inrge.
n ood lond of mnll on ench of hU xho dlHtrlct Bhould bo divided up nnd
throo trlpn per week. jocnl men appointed uh Hiipcrvlsorfl,
Himor Spencer of Dudley bnB Just WOu1fl Ttnow the ronds nnd lmvo
returned from a hoHpltnl in Mcdford. nn interesting; In ropnlrlnp them and
whoro nn opurntlon for nppcndlcltln d tbo worX when U In needed.
KH80MJTION AN'D NOTICK 01
NuAIj CITY KI.KCTIO.V.
Ho It ItOHolvo!, by tho nlty council
of tho city of Sfedford:
Section I. Tlicio Ih l.oreby order
ed to bo hold In tho city of Mcdford
Inn nnnunl oloctto.n for election of
city offlcorn, purn.innt to tl o chnrtcr
of nld city, nnd nliio for tlm purpose
of HiibmlttlnK to tho lopnl votorn of
snld city tho following piopoBod M r
tcr nrnondmcntB to the cbnrter or ald
cfiy:
1. An nmct-dmenl to tho clinrtor
of th city- of Medford creating n
city court, njnklni; tho mnyor ex
offlclo JudRO of Bald court; providing
for tbo appointment nnd wnlnry of a
special jtidgo .of nld court nnd re
pealing BectioLS 2G, 27 end 28 of
tinld clinrtor.
2. An nmondment to tho clinrtor
of tho city of Medford, OrcKon,
nmondlnu nectlon 1 8 of tht, charter of
said city nnd providing for salarioa
for tho ranyor and councilman of ald
city.
3. An amendment to tho chnrtcr
of tho cjty of Medford ntnenfllnff boo
tlon 38 of r,nld charter, proBcrlblnj;
tbo dutlcB of the treasurer of said
city nnd limiting IiIb liability In cer
tnln cane.
A, An nmondment to tho charter
of tho city of Medford amending bcc
tlmiH 80 nnd 84 of nuld chnrtcr.
Said nnnunl election la ordorod to
bo hold on January 11th, 1910, be
tweon tho hours provided In tho char
ter for tho holding of annual elec
tion h.
Tho following officers Bhnll be
olectod ut raid election: One council
mnn from ench wnrd of snld city, a
city treasurer and n city recorder.
Tho following nro tho plnces In
. rnld city doftlgnntod nn tho plnces at
which on Id olectlon will bo hold:
First wnrd Commercial club
room, j
i Second Ward Hotel Nnsh Bamplct
room, I
Third wnrd Council chnmbcr, city
hnll.
The following nrf hereby dcBlgnat
ed an judgco of snld election:
First wnrd J. 8. Snwyer, C. "W.
! Davis, who shnll act n clerk; O. P.
' Llndley, who shall alRo net ns clerk.
, 8ocond ward L. D. Warner, WII
i llnrn Ulrlch, who Bhnll nlno act nn
, clerk; J. H. Dellangcr, who shall also
I act ns clerk.
Third wnrd M. F. McOownn, 8cott
' DnrlB, who Bhnll also act an clerk; H,
B. Cady, who Bhnll also act ns clerk.
Tho foregoing resolution was pass
ed by tho city council on December
21st, 1000, by tho following vote:
Morrlck nyc, Welch aye, Emcrlck nyo.
Wortman aye, Elfert nyo, Demmer
nyo.
Approved December 22, 1909.
W. H. CANON, Mayor.
Attest:
ROBT, W. TELFEIl.
City Recorder.
Notlco Is hereby given thnt tho nn
nunl city election ordered by the
foregoing resolution for tho election
of tho officers nnd tho approval or re
jection of tho charter amendments
tlieroln specified will bo held in said
city at tho tlmo and at tho places
designated In said resolution.
ltOBT. W. TELFEIt,
City Recorder.
Dated December 23. 1909. 242
A CHOICE BUILDING SITE
Lot 00x170, east front on Onkdnle, South, wntor nnd sower con
nections to property lino, comcnt walks nnd pavement. Fino oak nlmdo
trees, This is in tho best rosidenco flection of tho city. Price 91G00,
$500 cabu, balnnco onsy tennn nt G per cent intorost. Compnro this
with lots GOxlOO hi umilnr locutions.
J. W. DRESSLER AGENCY
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'We bull hux'oIo(1 Hint mueh but
wlntii ilnwn eamo NiiHpirioii brrnme n
I'tfrlninty when my eompanion'H whnrj'
oyoH ilinrovorcil ono of our purwipra
Jiint befimi ho morgml hiinnelf wiih
ihc Hiiow-eoveri'il oxpaiiHo whleh nur
roiinileil iih. The hiiow wax any
where from throo to five feet deep
nuil wo wrro, of courHo, on fool, n
'method nl' 'locomotion which never
did Hlriko mo in n favorable light,
nuil travelling over nnd through thnwc
drifln all day wiih no light tank, I
rati toll you. Hy nightfall wo had
reni'lied the lieiAiwaterrt of Spnigue
river, however, and having reaehed
Hie Klamath country, thought that we
worn reiiHonably Kiifn from tho lm
tilo Sunken mid IluuiioekH. We
found it juiliMr tree witli bougliH
'bent In the ground with the weight of
(he hiiow, but underneath wan a bare
Hpoi of ground. Wo crept into the
luilo mid 'hanging our hlnnkelH ho thnt
the light wiih Hcreened, built a xttmll
fire nt Wliii'h we rooked our only.
moid Muioo 'tlm mtmting. Tho fire
made our closely confined quarters
comparatively comfortable. All the
tiny before wo eoilld glmico back and
occiiHionally neo our purmiom, three
JndimiH, w'ho -niy guide aid belonged
to tho Mannoi'k tribo. "Thoy kept at
n eertuin diHtanco but we believed
wo had thrown them off tho track nt
nightfall. IHyliidinn nndl alternated
in Mniidmg gminl, and hm turn enmo
in tlm hint bourn of tho iliglit. I had
fallen ailtiep iiiftor 'hoing nllioved by
him nnd It wiih jumI about flawii mid
the fire burning low gavo but u faint
light which doiibtlcHN ntood out from
tho outnide fliu'knoHH when nn arrow
nlid noihelcHsly butweim tho lioi'ghs
thnt mndo onr iinvouan tind at ruck tho
trunk of tho tree jimt nbovo my head.
It don't take tntitdi to nwnken a !inan
under tho eircimiHtmiceH nnd I wiih
wideawake when tho fierond arrow
eamo through. 1 looked about attd
found my guide bnrt diHaneurod. I
mtspcolod treachery nnd nilo ready
to defend mynolf. MnUng n Hinnll
jepholo in tho hrnneliert of flic tree
nnd looking out I beheld one hf (ho
wtrnngoHl nightH of iny life. Fitly
ynnlH in front wore two htdiniiH,
their hnir Htmiding out b raight nnd
white wiih tlm front, creeping HHenOi
jly lownrd my camp, nvidcntly believ
ing that tho arrowH they hnd fired
had met tho mark. I had covered tbo
foremost whon n movement in tho un
dqrbruHh attracted my attention mid
I ttnw a third Indian, talking tho oth
er two. It wnn my Indian guide.
Wlien tho nltnok wa t'ml mndo tho
Jndinn had Hlippod qulotly out of our
cmup mid proceeded to hunt tho
liuntorfl. Thoir attention riveted upon
our camp tho UnnnookH did not huu
tlio hunter on thoir trail. Suddenly
ono of them wont down witli n knifo
botween bin Hhouldow, thoro wiih a
whirl of snow, a vIhIoii of n eouplo of
dnrk bodion in doadly oombnt. Pret
ty hooii hh I h t ill gazed with Btrainod
oyoH townrd tlio npot whoro I snw cor
tain a tragedy hnd boon ouaetod, a
hand foil on my Bhouldor and m.V
guide nlood honido mo aa calm nnd
unmovod iih ovor. From his boll how
ever hung two froHh flonlps, Rinco
thou a big hiiow storm n Now Year's
nlwnyB remindH mo of tho tlmo whon
I lay undor that juuipor with thoso
bloodthirsty wrotohos on tho out
side." Tho above- story was rolntod to tlio
Avritor many yonrs ago by ono of tho
pioneer Hlookinon of tho Klumntli
country, hut In trying to put it inU
tyPjQ mueh of tlio iutqiiHo porsonnl in
torost it hold for tho company seated
and gnllntono wnn performed on nlm. ( our committee, C. P. Ilrlggs,
It Ih reported thnt tho doctors re- Aaron neck nnd Emcnmn Wheeler,
moved from him. Although ntlll nppolntod to get up n petition to bnvo
weak, wo nro plensod to lenrn ho In the connecting link of rond between
Improving. ( thla point nnd Prospcrt opened up,
Tho dnnco Klvcn Xmnn night by , reportB good progress, with tho ns
our Athletic club wnB n grnnd buc- Blstnnco of W. W. Turker they bnvo
cchh flnunclnlly nnd Boclnlly. Krery- tho potltlon drnwn up and bUUo tbnt
ono nppnrently enjoyed themselves a very ensy grndo can bo gotten nt n
to tho limit. Tho grand mnrcb wnn light cost- The point wbeTo tbo rond
led by tho hnndsomcst yonng man of crosses Iloguo river Is but nbout 80
nil Dudley nnd tbo bollo of Hutte or 90 feet wld0 nnd tho brldg will
Fnlln. Two bnsketbnll gnmcn preced- bo 450 feet nbove tho wnter. The
ed tho dnnco. The Dudley team won road will traverse nomo of tbo finest
from tho club tenm. Our local young scenery on tb0 coast. With tbo com
bulleti' team played n game nlBo, plotlon of this eight miles of rond
which wnn very lntreHtlng nnd wns nnd tho new rond qjnst completed
won by tho SwnHtlkns. Tho club Is down McNeil creek wo will hnvo tho
a great benefit to tho young people nhortest. caglcst grade from Mcdford
of tho town, both socially nnd ns n to Crntcr Lake, miles of practically
health giver. Tho music wan fur-' lovol rond, with fino scenery, bunting
nlshed by 0. I'. Cowdon, violinist; N. nnd fishing gnloro.
' (' Hansen. Tom M.fft
We umke any kind and style of windows. We carry
glass of anv size on hand.
Medford Sash & Door Co.
EDEN PRECINCT ITEMS
O. A. MorriH nnd wife were down
from Wont Tnlent Wednesday to nt
tend the funeral of Ocorgu W. Hnr.
elton, O. A. Hover of Valley View or
chard wns trading with Phoenix
inerchnntH Wednesday.
J. S. Stagg of North Talent wns n
Mcdford buninoHH visitor Thursday.
John Itohinsou nnd his brother
Oeorgc of Talent, have gone to Duns
mnir, Calif., to spend tho holidays
with their sister, Mrs. P. P. Hoper.
Steuben Longfellow, mi aged pio
neer f this valley, died at tho county
poor farm Wednesday morning. Mr.
Longfellow served in tlio Itoguo Kiv
or Indinn wr.
John (Irnffes if North Phoenix
was over in town Inst Wednesday,
It is (o bo deplored thnt theso good
formers have no rural mail service,
ns there nro at leant thirty families
across Boar creek. ,
Died In Phoenix Monday after
noon, nt tho homo of lit grent neieo,
Mrs. (1. A. Standard, Oeorgti W.
Ilur.elton, aged 87 years and four
omiitbs. Interment in tho Phoenix
cemetery Wednesday aftomoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Huff came
down from Ashland Wednesday to
look after their out-of-town place
west of Phoenix, returning to Ash
land Thursdny.
Mrs. Lillio Hlackwood of Phoonix
wns up in North Talent Tuesday vis
iting hor daughter Mrs. W. S. Stnn
cliff. Mrs. Kd Ilnmlln of Kdon Valloy
wont to Harrison Gulch to spoud
Christinas with hor mother,
C. V'. Houston and his father, A.
about tho firo in tho dimly lightod
bunk houso is lost, As wo looked
through tho windows nt tho driving
snow outside, wo could in imagination
soo tho two tho white mossongor mid
his Indian gnido fighting thoir way
onward through tho drifting snow,
while behind thorn onmo tho stoalthy,
inexorable enemies of thoir race and
tribo, daring cold and storm to ac
complish their purpose
Tho Indian who guided tho mosson
gor was n marked man among his hor
oditnry enemies, tho Bunkos nnd Iluu
iioekH nnd was afterward eliiof of the
Klmnath tribo. Ho sorvod Ids tribo
H. Houston, have rented a portion
of C. Craig's fine garden ranch, and
nro now engaged in plowing tbo
ground. They will raise vegetables
upon tho land.
X. W. Brophy of Talent, neeom-
pnuied by a gentleman from southern
California, was down to tho city if
Mcdford lost Tuesdny.
C. Carey was up in Tnlent Inst
Tuesdny looking for a horo thnt ho
liked nnd could buy.
Al Pell of Tnlent is employed on
the eighteen-acro tract purchased by
Mr. Olwell of H. II. Holmes last fall.
Mr. Hell is pruning ,lhe young or
chard. J. H. ShnVor nnd Mr. Houston of
West Phoenix were up in Norlh Tal
ent Tuosday buying vegetables of S.
S. Stephens.
Miss Jennie Fern nnd her brother,
Win. Fern, wero ovor from Fern Val
ley attending tho Christmas treo at
Phoenix Christmas ove. (
Snm Carlisle, who formorly resid-1
iug in Talent but now living in Ash
land, sustained n bad srpain of one
of his ankles Inst Monday. Mr. Car
lisle was up .Wagoner crook mid while
coming down tho mountain, slipped
uopn the frozen ground.
Tho program and Christmas treo
at the Christian church nt Phoenix
wns n complete success, not a dull
number of tho progrum. A duct by
little Misses Mabel and Gluis Hartley,
ontitlod "You'd Hotter bo Good," call
ed forth many n compliment mid
showed wonderful natural musical
talent in both tho littlo singers.
A ouso of gonniiio nocossity wns
discovered by some of our charity
workors, Thoy woro up on Colemnn
crook. Tho husband mid father of tho
family is almost totally blind nnd the
oldost child of throo is but eight
yonrs old. Mr, and Mrs, A. G. Croy
woro tho porsons who visited tho
noody family,' tnking with thorn somo
provisions thnt had been donated.
Tho family's namo is Ilodson nnd tho
mnn though nffliotod has ulwnys boon
able to provide until now. Ho told
Mr. Croy that ho hud hard to got a
doctor to conio last Friday night when
ho fonrod that his wife was dying,
hoonuso tho pay was not forthcoming.
Wo need hiininno societies for the
poor, as woll as dumb minimis.
REAL ESTATE
Farmland Timber Land
Orchard Land &
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
Medford Realty Co
Room 10, JaGkson County Bank Building
-nx m v
The Helping Hand
An Eloctrlc-lightod Window
!3 a helping hand to Increased
business. It extends for you tho
glad hand of business fellowship
every possible customor. A
well lighted store Inside and out,
makos good friends, and good
friends mako good customers.
Our expert can show you tho best
and cheapest methods of sign and
window lighting. 'Phono for him.
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Medford Iron Works
t E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor.
t Foundry and Machinist I
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Iloguo River Fish Company will
and country faithfully and dloil in tho liavo Now Year's turkoyu, Conio in
fi(lhuH8 of his fame. ami Boloet one. 211
Is tho star that will
guldo your business
Into prosperous places
To paraphrase tho poet
hitch your business to nn
oloctrlo star and watch It
grow.
Don't wait until your
competitor has taken away
your trade by progressive
mothods.
Bo tho first man In tho
field. Start tho pace and
you will bo tho winner.
Order Now.
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