THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MHDffORD, OBEGON, ffRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1000.
5
SOCIAL AND PERSONA
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It. A. I'lorco of Woutlvillo wan
.Jitnoiig llio intoontloil at tlio fruit
grown mooting TliurHdiiy.
B. H. Hunt ami J, It, I'ittliiKor of
jmIiIiiii! attended tlio fruit growera
iiioi.'llng TliurHilay,
0. I), Whitney of Hngonnnii, V. T.,
wim In Mudford TliurHdiiy looking
ovor tlio country.
It, K. mid J, King ItoHA, tlio fo rot
or from HrltlMh Columbia, mid tlio
latter directly from Hchotliind, nro
In Mudford gathering liiformntiou ro
gunlliig the country. Tlio brothers
hnvo pretty thniunghly InvoHtlgiitod
. tlio uortliwoHt fioiiHt mid oxpramt
(lioniHalvoH an bettor pleased with tlio
Hoguo river vulloy tliiiu with any olh
or portion of (ho country. "
IIiihIiwns men'u lunch Borvod dully
Jit tlio Ixiuvro cufo from 11:30 to 2
). in.; .')5c. An olnbornla iiiouu.
Hugh O'Mulloy of Oregon City,
superintendent of finli hiilohorie,
wnH iu Modford TliurHdiiy. Kriduy
morning ho left for Trail to innpuut
tlio lintohury there, ncooinpauind by
II. 1 1. Kelly, .Jr.
Mr. ami Mm. II. 1). Heed of floldl
Kill attundud tlio performance of tlio
AIiihIciiii at tlio .Mudford Tliurdny
iilglit.
Danco tlio old yimr out mid tlio
"Now Your in at tlio Kkiiling pavilion.
It. C. R Anthony of Oold Hi!
wpont Friday with Med ford friends.
l)intricil Attorney Mullioy of Jaolt
nonvillo wiih in Mudford Thursday
owning.
0. li. Itoniiicn returned Kriday
morning from Horkoloy, Calif., whoro
ho Hpcnt ChriHtmnH with bin niothc
MrH. O. ItcamoH.
bam Hodgtw mid li. C. Applcgntu
prominent citizens of Oold Hill, woio
iu Modford rridny on biiHincflH unit
tors.
hvurythlng in Portland or Snn
rranoiKfo'H mnrkoln nt tho Ixiuvro
l"lly. 244
J. M. AInutt of Ashland wiih a
Modford btiMimiMH vinjtor Friday.
Mr. and MrH. J. II. Fuller of Till
out woro lit Mudford Thursday.
W. K. Haiiuiiol of Knglo I'oint spent
JliurHday in Modford.
K. Tribow of FroHtio, Calif., ronro
sonling tho Front Proovntion Co., is
in the valley domoiiHtrnling tho valuo
of his company's system of procunt
ing injury from froHt to orchards.
Uo linn iutoroKtod Homo of tho prin
cipal orchardmen of tho valley iu bin
contrivance.
Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Cowlos of tho
WoMcrwny orchards woro hi Med
ford Fridiiv.
Watch tho old year out mid riio
Jsow ioar in at tho Iouvro, No.v
Tour's ove. 24 4
AHHOHSor W. T. Grieve it iu Mod
ford on hi no 8k today.
Wear Kidd'n hIioch. 211'
Tyron Heall of Central Point was
n Modford business visitor Friday.
Frank Ilrowu, tho Knglo Point mer
I'lmtit, wiih a visitor in Modford
Thursday.
Prif. A. J. Hanloy of Cold Hill,
principal of the school hi that town,
wnH iu Medford Friday on business.
Gibson Cntlctt, tho Portland land-
ncapo artlHt, In In tho city trying to
nrraiiKo for th onubllcntlou of a lund-
Hcnpo drawing that will hIiow all thg
flrchanlH and geographical fenturos
of tho vnlloy.
COMMISSIONER CARSON I INQUIRY AS TO LOCAL
ON ROGUE FRUIT GROWING, FRUIT COMES FROM HOLLAND
(Ily A. II, Cnmoii, Htnto Horttoullurnl IIOM.AND Head loCotno
CofiitnlMHlonnr.)
It will lie till t n fuw yearn until Mod
I ford will lin tlio liirol h)iI)Iiik point
for upplcH and pourn In tho I'nolflo
nortliwuHt, If not on (tin I'nolflo count.
AmIiIiiikI In nnd will no doubt Im tho
Inritrnt lilipln point for onchN, un j
Klin nlrimdy Iiiih r UrKo ncr-nKo In
pcnclicH, nnd In Httmrily IncrciiHliiK that
ncriMiffn yonrly.
'i lin old iucntlnn, "ovriiroduollon,"
lit iihvoyn conilnK up, "WIito can you
itmrkpt nil till fruit wlion In l'irlnr'
To llioan wlio linv not Htudlcd trnnnpor
(ntlon fnollltlrN nnd nmrkct domand of
tlio innmcn for Rood fruit, tlio qutlon
of ovpr-prodtiollon In t'ortliifnt. From a
hyicnla point of view, , tho peoplo nro
IrnrnltiK It In chrnprr lo dally eat fruit
nnd havn lionlttt ttmn K'Tito on uioatfi
nnd tinvn to pay tho doctor. Tim do
mand for fruit In conntnntly on tlio In
Kukciio, Or., Nov. 22, 1509.
Hal 1, Conrad, Hertford, Or.:
Doar Hlr -I nin nurprlncd to rccelvn
thin mornliiK lotlcr from my fattior,
Wllllnm IlnrtoK, firm ofllnrtoK & Van
ol, llottordnm, Holland, from wliloli 1
quota an follow:
"Ventordny I wan In Tho Hnuo nnd
I linpponnd to neo nomo pram In boxct
markd Medford, OreKon. Thin liotnK tha
ntntn whor you nro now llv'ng, It nt
Irnotod my attention, and I noticed that
tho oarn wero wrapped In paper, of
which I nend ypu ono herewith. JCacu
paper wan Imprinted 'Hear Creek Or
chard, C. II. Lewis, Modford, Or,' and m
lead pencil won written. 'ItoKU ltlvr
Valley Cornice.' Thin In nothlntf woi
dorful, becausa we nee American fruit
hero frequently, but thene Comlco pcrn
which come from your neighborhood nr
no wonderfully dolleloun that p.oplf
hern nro delighted with them. 3cii our
Hutch penrn cannot coinparJ with them
on line of health, Tho Incrcnno of pop.
illation In nlwayn Incrennlnir tha, de
mand for the bent. x
rmlt Kon rlmlttd.
Tho fruit tonen thromtht thn United
Ktntrn for certnln typen of npplon, nuah
n the Newtown and Hpltzenhonr
HIS OWN MEDICINE.
Th Dot That Wnt Handed to the
' PeriUtent Agent.
Ho wn a newlns machine agent of
tho moHt nBKre.ilvo type. l"or twen
ty minute the lady of tho liouwo had
been nwnltliiK an opportunity to nay
that flh'o already poHn'cfMcd ope.
At jiint he pnuKi-U, only.loiiK enough,
hotr'BVer, , to thrW ,a card Into tlio
.lady'n.hnid,,, "
anerDit;or panteboard won certainly
a uovoltyt
"My name In 8ollcrn,H 'It rtnd, "of
tho firm of ilhtnk U Co,, eewlnjc ma
chine Manufacturers, and 1 Intend to
proVo to you that It. la madness to de
for purchiintuK ono, of our pnequsled
michWcs." '
After a long dencriptlon of tho as
chln'o qbhio tlio foll6wlug;
"l'oa may pleoI thnt yon aro unnblo
to work a machine. 1 will remove that
objectlou Iu Uftecn mluUtcs or in threo
Icssdns, ,WIII call next Wednesday."
Whou. the agent called again a six
foot man opened the door and blnndlr
WESTERLUND OFF
l4 -f44 4 4
TO DENVER MEET,
t BUSINESS LOCALS :
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
LOST A Joy rliiK of about a doion
keys; wnno Yalo; belonging to tho
library bIioIvoh. Finder ploaso loavo
at V, O. Ilox 704. Llbrarlnn. 2-tO
create an tho mnnwen become educated Tno rut ,j,,Rpr i50t th,;n fr)m KnR'and
and got nomo of them at 2C inil 30 cor in
nnleco (10 to 1J cent In ATlcn mon.
oy.) Tho pearn nro nlmply Hftppfl If. : rmnrj;,
piece or paper cou,a V T ' ..VlJI. 1(? fMvlni; t.m..,)ll)0 mau. i
"" as to arrive noro in inucn h -,l,ui....(f
,lc,,jtlon. but they arc o d.llolo.. ih.il ', W,'!i ! f,
ro .,...., np-.i, or .bo mont dn'U ia kmpi "ch; 1 refilled last weeki nnd"-
very limited. Theno two vnrlntlen aro ; cnnol bo compared with ihoin "Vcs. I linow." Interrupted the big
inn commercial nppien 01 inn norinweni , ,uan, ..you ,)on't .,ow ,m. ( mippow.
Paclfle ntnten. There In no rtrun iF IZ; My name's Itury of Itury & ICn-pem
Xr.u ' -no ..arn to Kurope or whether undertaker, and I Intend to prove to
Thene nuperb apples do not compete with tui" ,,ono " you that It U madness to defer pur-
eaetern grown apph-n, If thoro wan 1 Would you kindly write me an nk Mr. chaflK Olio Of our uueipmh-d toUlnn."
competition, why do our eastern apple I.owln to wrlto me, for tliem neemn 10 no, in. ngent tiegiiu to Jgi away.
"ii may pn-nd Hint you are searce-
luilltlcd for n eoillu." the big man
tv -:it on, "I will remove that objection
Has Made Exhibit.
growers pell a barrel of their bent up-
plinn, eimlalnlnK two and n half hush
els. In eastern markets for Jesv than th
grower gets for n box of our apples of
one bushelT
Many thousands of boxes of New
towns are exported to Hurope, and an
the keeping and shipping qjjnlltlen of
lljeso nppien nro better known thin der
main! will Increase yearly. Tho orient
Is beginning in Import apples from Hi
northwest Pacific, and that demnnd from
now on will Increase faster than our
ability In produce.
Han World for Market.
The northwest Pacific hnn the world
for such apples an her climate and soil
oan grow The secret of her ability to
no reason why thin business should rn
bo done direct and tho grower gel Uv
middleman's extra profit.
JOHN H. HAltTOa
Salurdiiv. Jnnunrv 8. i Children'
.N . 1 I 1 C, .1 'li .....1
way at i no Art omuiu. v u mm .-i.-u
about it. 214
CURTIS TELLS THE EAST 1
OF ROGUE RIVER VALLEY i
In urn seconds."
I'.ut tbeigent simp) tore from the
house, Loudon Tlt-lllts
WHAT TO DO.
Hints on First Aid to Evorybody o
a .
When a man rushes Into your olllce
hurriedly and sny.s:
"By Jingo. Dawson,-1 hnto to speak
of It. but I need fOOO llko tho vecy old
dickens today!"
Answer. "What a singular colncl
denco, Illnks! I do tool"
(Ily William II Curtis In the Chicago
Itccord-IIernld.)
Itoguo river pears bring the highest
prices, Pearn will not keep Ilka apples.
nupply and hold tho mnrket In to grow ; however, nnd nre sold by tho box at
only tho best, packing It th best. ! auction Immediately upon arrival at
Where soil conditions nre right hero j market, to commission mon. A train
and a failure occurs In apple nnd pear1'""1 of P" Is.mndo up In Modford
growing, dm cause will always I ilally during the season nnd hurried
found In tho neglect of the man! his eastward on passonger schedule time.
neulit of details, as snrnvlnir at the A car will be dropped off at Omnha;
proper time, lark of Intelligent cultlva-' another will bo run down to Kansas
Hon, nnd thinning the fruit nnd cnrelesn -'iiy: ouiern io au i.ouis; more uj wh-
packlng. ongo nnil llio rest win go on 10 .-eTr
Mueeess In frnll crnnlnL- n. In nnv YorK. I'lllinilClliniA ana liosion, uroppuiK
line of business. In hnd only whero tho'0" n cnr ftt I'lttslmrg, Clevelnnd nnd
grower In willing to nay tha price; n.ufflo by the way. where tho commln-
telllgent. hanl working. "'on men nro noiuieu unu wie uueuun
"Next year men." 1. o men who are sales take place.
i . . . . . . . T 1.1.1m ms... niiAvunil !. llm iff I it
a ways going ion ining next ',nr nf ,," ,v."t nnti tlio niial 1 1 v of tli of coursi'' desired to live up to my Im
should never go Into the fruit growing.!0 tho market ami tlio quiiiuj or no , ..i.,!...,,,,.,,., ..
Tiiv win fnli nears tho o il law of supply ami ,u-,
The man who makes a suceenn In tbe'mnnd. Kurly nrrlvuls bnv.. sold un
man who does In his orchard the things high as $0 a box In the New York nnd
that need to ba done as they como up. Honton markets. Tins year ino liarueiis
now. sen at an average oi 3.u per uax. jiio
There Is no lino of general farming, carload sold for IJ.70 per box In Boston;
will pay the per cent per aero .another sola as low nn :.b0.
Tlio olg orcnaru men, wno are aoie io
thai
that can be obtained nn suitable land by
the skilled fruit grower In nppien, pears.
peaches or grapes.
SUNSET TO MIDNIGHT
Many a, salo Is mndo or commenc
ed nfter your store Is closed, If you
hnvo electric light working ovcrtlmo
for you.
In your show windows electricity
floods your cntlro etoro front with
Hticle alluring brilliancy that It beck
ons, folks on tho street; they cannot
Ignoro It; they nro nnturally drawn
to It.
u onnnnces tno bonuty of your
display; It lends to your display nn
Inviting nppenrnnco; It persuades
folks. .
It pcrsundca them nt tho very tlmo
tltoy nro most open to Impressions
oven lugs.
Tlio peoplo who work dnyttmos
form tho great bulk of your trade
What othor tlmo, pray, do your win
dows get a chnnco to talk to these
peoplo, but In tho ovonlngs?
noes this sink In?
Wo'ro Just wnltlng for n word from
you to sond our representative.
Whon mny ho call?
ItOClUB HIVI3R ELECTUIO CO.
THREE LEG MAN I
fill cars from their own trees, handlo
their own business, but the fruit from
smaller orchards Is handled by an as
sociation, and each contributor receives
credit on the books when his fruit Is
sold.
Tho world's record for prices Is held
by tha Itoguo IMver vnlloy. The Bear
Creek Orchard Co., near Medford. sold
a carload of Comlco pears at auction In
Now York City In 1907 for l!2.80. Tho
best previous price for a carload of
fruit wan obtained by tho Htllcront Or
chard company In New York In 1006 for
$3460. During January last (1909) a
shipment of Comlco pears from tho Hill
crest orchard sold In London for $10.08
per box wholesale, which Is about 20
cents a pound. Tho highest price ovc
received per box In America was 16.60
nt Montreal In 1908. Tho highest price i
When the lovely young maiden nt
the seaside to whom you have been
paying court nil summer shakes her
head violently nnd says:
"No. Mr. ltllthers: I cannot Imagine
any clrcumstaiices under which 1
could be Induced to mnrry you."
Auswor.-'Thuuks. Miss Jones. Tills
Is a great relief. I was afraid you
had misconstrued my attentions nud
When you run face to face with
your tailor upon the street nnd he
turns a cold, bendy eye upon you nud
says:
"Excuse me, Mr. Hump, hut what
have you to say about my' Utile blllV'
Answer.-"! -don't think I have me
your little Hill. Mr. Sulppcrton. In
deed. I didn't know you hud nny cull
dreu nt till."
Y hlle he Is recovering from this
Jump Into n taxi and proceed to break
the speed laws. Curlyle Smith In liar
per s Weekly.
Relative Strength of Arms.
As n result of some very Interesting
experiments made nt Washington with
a view to determine the relative
strength of right nud left limbs It has
been ascertained that over 50 per cent
of the men examined had the 'right
arm stronger tbnn the left. ItUU Mr
cent had the. arms, of eounl lemitu
. . . . . . i
over received in tno unuoa uinics wasinnj strength,. nnd 02,70 per cent had
I .60 a box for iiartictt pears, ino tho ,eft nrm 8ronglr , ,p r,sUt
Did you ovor hoar nbout tho man
who hnd only two logs?
Ho said ho didn't know ns ho act
ually needed tbreo legs, but if ho hnd
another ho folt aur0 ho could got
along faster.
It'a a good deal tho snmo with nn
olootrlo nlgn.
An oloctrlo sign Isn't nn actual no
coBSlty to your atoro, but It .would
holp you to "got along fnBtor."
Thoro isn't any doubt nbout It,
It's ns euro na tho aim will rlso to
morrow morning,
It'a as plain rb 2 times a nro 4, (
Doesn't It stand to roaaon thnt nn
oloctrlo sign In front ot your atoro
would flauh out Its mosBago to your
peoplo moro brilliantly, strikingly
and linprosBlvoly than any othor form
of algn?
Isn't It n hnrd fact that no othor
nlgn la fit for night work?
Can't you boo yoursolf, that nn
qloctrlo digit would nttrnct .folkB nil
nlong tho atroot nnd lmproaa your
iinino and exact location In tholr
minds?
Don't you ronllzp that nn olcotrlo
olgu would offoi- you tho boat night
iidvortlHlng you could aoouro?
An oloctrlo alga la bottor tbnn n
daytlmo algn, for tho almplo nud log
ical renBon thnt, Iu tho dny tlmo, ev
erything Is vlsiblo, whllo, attor dark,
Barttott pears
nJou pears , .
Ilowoll poars .
Iloso pears
Jii-0 ' -winter Nolls pears
Nowtown apples .
only those thlrgs lllumlnnted
soon.
night, tb0 moro gloriously would
your oloctrlo sign stand forth, and
tho moro oloquontly would It talk to
your people.
Tho peoplo you want nro tho poo
plo who work dnytlmoa.
Evonlng Is th0 only tlmo thoy hnvo
to bo out on tho atreot.
Evoalng la tholr only tlmo for roo
rontlon and sight Booing,
Talk to thorn by your olootrlo algn
ftt night, whllo thoy aro most opon
to Impressions whllo thoy nro for
mulating nnd deciding on tholr pur
ohnaos, Your old sign dloa with tho 8ottlng
pun.
Thoro'a nobody thnt can aoo It
night tlmca,
Don't you Biipposo it 'would pay
you to know 8omothlng moro about
oloctrlo' algiiB?
Wo nro rondy with full Informn-
I In.. 1 1 -
mm nun iigures tor you, our ropro
sentatlvo vlll call at moat nny hour
of tho day or night to talk "oloctrlo
algn."
Stop to tho phono right now our
munbor la 1G81 nnd ninko an appointment,
hlgbes nvorago on record stands In fa
vor of tho Anjou pear, which sold for
SI a box during nn entire season. Tho
highest record for nny orchard In cred
Itod to P. II. Hopkins, formerly of Chi
cago, who sold $19,000 worth of fruit
from 16 H acres In 1907 to Rao & Hat,
field.
It Is asserted thnt tho averngo pro.
fits on Medford poars during tho last
flvo yearn have been $700 an aero,
Tho Fruit Orowors' Association fur
nishes mo tho following statement show
ing the maximum nnd minimum prices
recolved for fruit by tho orchardmen In
tho vicinity of Medford during tho year
I90S. It Is too early to furnish a state-
mont for 1009:
Per Box
Comlco pears $4.56-6.60
3.00-2.76
1.60.2.70
2.00-2.95
2.60-2.80
1.75-2.90
2.50-3.00
2,00-3.00
Jonuthun apples 2.00-2.50
Now land costs from $150 to $350 an
aero. It costs an average of $25 nn
noro to put tho soli In order and sot out
tho trees, and an average of $10 an
noro for flvo years to carry It to tho
bearing stage. Then tho cost of pro
ducing tho orop daponds upon tho abil
ity to obtain pickers when tho fruit Is
rlpo. Plckors nre scarce, and they de
mand $1.75 a. day, boarding themselves,
or $1.35 a day when they nro boarded.
John D. Olwoll, ono of tho most ex
porlencod apple and pear growers, tells
ma that tho cost of production will av
era go 60 conts a box; tho frleght on ap
ples to Now York City Is 50 cents :i box,
or $1 a hundred pounds; on po.irs It Is
$1.40 per hundred pounds; o i- urs It
Is $1.40 por hundred, with com spending
rates to Pittsburg, Chicago Ht. Louis
and Missouri river points
Kept Dodflln..
Thoro was u chlckon to be killed for
Sunday dinner at the Cranes'. Mr.
Crane did not I lite to wring Its neck;
likewise ho shrank from using uu nx.
"I hnvo It," he tlnally decided. "I'll
shoot It." So, armed with his trusty
gun, ho took the chicken to the wood
shed. Little ltobeit. anxious to bo in
nt the death, followed. Ily and by
Robert's mother, hearing no sound,
stopped to the back porch and called,
"Itobert, hasn't your father killed that
chlckeu yet'"
"No," Itobert called back. "It won't
got lu tho wuy,"-Evory body's.
Of womeu 4tl.00 per cent had the right
arm Btrouger tbnn the left, and 21.50
per cent hud the left stronger than the
right, lu order to arrive at the aver
age length of IIuiIih tifty skeletons
were measured, twenty-live of each
sex. Of these twenty-three had the
right nrm and left leg longer, six the
left nrm and right leg, while lu seven
teen cases nil the members were more
or less eimal In length. Exchange,
Disadvantages of Poverty.
-wore goin io move nain m a
moutb or two," said the utile girl on
tho back porch. "Wo uiovo luto a new
bouse every year."
"Wo don't," said the little girl lu the
ndjolulug yard. "My papa owns this
house."
"And you don't never move Into any
other oue?;'
"No."
"My, my! U must bo awful to bo ns
poor us tuatr-Clilcago Tribune.
A Reliable Man.
"Whenever 1 don't like a mon very.
well," remarked the cyulcnl person. "I
give htm u tip ou the metis. I don't
enro how' much It loses for blm."
"Hut suppose It wins."
"Then he's unhappy because he
didn't bet more."
"And If he, doesn't bet nt all?"
"I keep on giving tips until one does
win, ttid, Alien lux feels as If he hnd
missed tln chaucu.of tils life." Wash.
Ingtou Star,
A Rlalto View. '
"Do you think n llttlo Sbnkespcam
would go as a vaudeville act?" In
quired. Unnilett Fntt.
"Why- not?" responded Vorlek
Ilnmm. "Everybody feels, that ho has
got to stand for It If It comes along.
No iimn Is going to uditilt that Shake
speare Is over his head." Washington
Herald.
His Little Joke.
Percy I a w - w rest I cd fob an hour I
vrltb mo scurf this morning. Algernon
Which won the victory, dead boy,
you or tho acarf? l'ercy-.Neltlier.
Cawn't you see tho mntch wesulted lu
t Uo? Haw, hawl-Chlcago News;
Just arrived from factory, n now
lino of Sterling silver. Toilet, mnni-
Wlll Aid C. E. Whlsler In Protesting f.urir ft"? mnt.ar fts. , Thoy nro
" tho lntest in design. At Van Do Car
Against the La Fean Applo Bill : & Jnsmann's. Phippa Iildir.
Saturday, Jnniinry 8, is Childrcn'n
Day at Tho Art Studio. Call nnd sco
nbout it. 244
. . , ... ' Nicely furnished rooms with all
J. A. Wostorlund of this city leave. dorn at tho .
this ovcnlng for Denver, Col., whoro)
ho will aid C. L. Whlsler In protesting ' Danco tho old year out and tho
on behalf of Roguo Itlver fruit men Now Year in at tho skating pavilion,
against tho La F.can applo bill. I 245
Mr. Weatorlund hai also entered Mro al tno I'alms, now tnck building,
at tho applo ahow In thnt city hla)nw' furnlturi, strictly nicdern, cor
plato of Nowtowna which won second ner Or&pn and Main atreots.
prlzo ovor 42 competitors at Spokane. Saturday jantmry 8 ig fjhildrcn'a
Day at Tho Art Studio. Call and seo
Saturday, January 8, is Children's nbout it. 244
Day at Tho Art Studio. CnJI and see' HnrpltW orchestra nt tho Tyn-
n"tt 244 'vro Xew Year's eve. 244
dTdtioi MCfMcT" " ,e?lvn(1 Friday night at tho Nash
BIRDS NECKS. m grill; open speeinlly for those who
... .i. k, , , . wish to see the New Year in. 2ii
It'a the Number of Bones In Them
That Makes Them Flexible. I
The llnmlngoes were making their
aftcruoou toilets In the big Dying cage
at the llroux zoo the other afternoon,
says n writer lu a New i'ork paper, i
A crowd of children and grown people
were looking on mid exclaiming with .
admiring wonder at the way these
birds were twisting their long necks
nbout into all sorts of corkscrews and .
curves when one or the ornithological ,
exports came nlong and stopped to
watch the performance.
Ilnir cutting will ho 36d nt all har
bor shops nftor Jnnnnry 1, 1010.
211
AT THE CHURCHES
Barg'air.s
For Sale er Exchsns
40 acres heavy timber land bovor
miles from Medford; tho wood will
moro than pay for tho land.
Now 5-room house, wired for oloc
trlo llghtn; cholco location; West
sldo. Terms, $1600.
For salo Now 5-room modern;
tenna; 12000; plumbing and wiring
comploto; plenty of boarlitg fruit
trees; East Side.
Now houso, 4 roomn and bath, near
park; cholco location; terms; $1500.
Qrocory atoro and stock goods;
terms; $2500; good trado establish
ed. See Towsend
134 MAIN' ST.
AT CUSICIC & MEYERS.
Vntch night service Friday night
nt the Methodi-st church beginning at
DA0 ). m, and continuing till 12
o'clock. Dr. Dyer will preach tho
sermon. AH nre cordially invited to
nfnnrl Rnnflnv enrvinna na uutint
bird's ueek, not the length, that make I)renf'u"B ',y the pastor morning nnd
It so flexible." he r.v.iii.ked. "There j evening. Comer Bartlett and Fourth
nro twenty-three I1.11..1 in the neck of Sis.
a swnu, for uxiimp'. . . nd n few more '
In thnt of the Uamli.-. It seenis that 1 Christian Church.
the smaller the animal organism the At tho Christian church Kiindnv.
larger the number of npek Ikmvh. The Jnnunrv 2, n great rally day service !
rJZ in l i T"lu"' "UB ")" Z ' wi ho ueld- EveO- member is earn
boues In his long neck, which has a I , i . , . .
reach of nearly twenty feet from the cs y JC8ted to be present at tho
ground. That little white throated ' raly ro11 ca,L . At 10 a- m blbl
sparrow over there Is only three Inch-1 school; 11 u. m. The Lord's Sapper
cs high, but he bus fourteen bones In nnd the annual sermon; 12 m. bask
bis neck and can nlmost scratch the Let dinner in tho basement; 2 p. in.
back of his head with bis bill. The I song service; 2d5 p. m. roll call nnd
swan has twenty-thrcc neck bones report of (ho various departments of
T , I, ., ,u auou .r even the church; 3 p. m. tho annual elec
greater 'freedom than a snake." .. e er 3-
tion ot officers; 4. p. m. adjourn-
. mcnt; G:30 p. ro. Christian Endeavor;
Luro of the Heroic 7:30 p. m. song sen-ice nnd tho New
Why Is baseball the game of tho: Year sermon, subject: "Where Are
THREE STEPS
in the progress of
Domestic Science
summer instead of croquet, and foot
ball the game of the autumn Instead
of tlddledewlnks? it Is the element of
coutllct. of struggle, that gives to the
diamond apd the gridiron their emplro
over the Imagination. The whole roan
goes Into baseball
Wc and What Time is It."
Watch tho old year out and tho
New Year in nt the Nash grill Pri
dny nieht. Music. 244
i t . in i
et-i
Christian Science.
Services are held Sunday mornings
nt 11 o clock. Subject of lesson-ser-
whereas cronuet 1 mon, "God." All are welcome. Sun-
cannot .contain the entire personality ' dny schol at 10 o'clock. No. 128
of any except a very weak dilution of North Grape street, north Sherman,
masculinity, rue normal man uses a Clnv & Co ' mns c house.
Kuuio iuui inia (uu (iiayers mow anu
sinew, eye and brain, heart and courage.
The fact of the matter Is that noth
ing is mora attractive to mon thnn
difficulty, hardship, danger. The call
point Is that of a man who left ono
position for another a few months ,
ago, lie turned bis back on friends
and a sure success to grapplo with ,
difficulties of a most unusual kind. ,
His employers offered him everything J
they could give him to Induce blm to ;
remain. But one thine thev could not
duplicate the opportunity for a strug- j
fW WMVM MO U4VU a DUUIS) AUUfc
was more to blm than the material
reward. St. Louis Republic.
We arc devoting
our attention to
the latest improve
ments in
Cooking without fire
Heal without flame
Cballng Dishes, Cereal
Cookers, Ovens
We would like to answer
questions about them today
Rogue River Electric Co.
A
Tip to the Wayfarer.
"Well." demanded the stern faced
woman as she leaned over the red
handled broom, "what do you want?" I
"Lady," said the wayfarer with the '
long beard and matted chin. "I'm an 1
actor by profession nnd In bard luck." :
"well, what have I to do with that?"
"Why er I was thinking If you
could spare me a quarter to get a
shave and a hair cut I could get a Job
In the rolo of Vlrglnlu3."
Sbo eyed blm disdainfully.
"Oh. thnt's a poor excuse," sho said.
with a curl of her thin Hp. "Go up to
tho town without a shave and a hair
cut and get a job in the rolo of Rip
Van Winkle."
And before he could say another
word she started to unchain tho dog.
Chicago News.
Leaky.
'My child, your head Is all perspira
tion!"
"Yes, ma; my roof leaks."
For the Best
In harness, saddles, whips,
obes, 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.
WE D0NT BELIEVE
YOU CAN BEAT THIS:
Thirty-two acres in this tract, fine
fruit land, about two miles from
a shipping point. The buildings
consist of a five-rqom box house,
good-sized barn, etc. Thero are
12 acres of 5 and G-year-old ap
ples, mostly Newtowns, with com
ojorcinl peaches planted betweei'
ns Tillers. Also threo acres of
young pear trees and somo family
orchard. Four aores in alfalfa.
Six or eight acres of timber, most
ry oak and laurel. Thero is a
pnmping plant on tho place which
inrppliea water for the .garden and
arfalfa, equippod with gasolina
earHio. About 40 rods from a
pood school: Has rural mail de
livery and telephone. Price
$18,500. Terms.
W. T. YORK & CO.
DRIVERS i that know the country
RIGS that cover the country
QUICKLY AND WITH COM' MH? TO YOU ARE AIAV1YS TO HR
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