'iSftWFir " n -p'Y T"" " MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUm MEDflQRD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SBlTEMBTSR M, 1910. 1 t t ' i 5A.! I 1 ) ' .'I -4 PS a I f v tV?. - -- r " W W W ""HP Newsy Notes from Rogue River Valley Towns -- Central Point Items L ff Postmaster Guy Tex reports an In crease In receipts for tho month of August of 32 per cout over tho re colBts'fOr tho same month In 1909. Nojpff ictf in tb state has as yet mado a finer showing. Tho" Y. M. C. A. peoplo will hold a meeting Friday night to look over plans for a butldlns, which will bo submitted to tho building committee at that time. Quy Tex has sold his interest In tho electrical firm of Tex & Scott, to his partner, owing to the Increase of business In tho postotflco which requires his entire attention. A. E. LoPonto returned Monday from Ashland, where ho has been for tho past week setting up monumen tal iwork. Mr. LePouto's all-Oregon granito stones are conceded to be tho host in the country and his work is aot surpassed on tho coast. George V. Treawell and family of noa'f Chinook, Wash., with a couplo of the old time pralrte schooners and their household effects, rested for a few hours in Central Point Monday. They were on their way to tho Butte Falls country, whero Mr. Treawell has -purchased a tract of land and will enter stock raising and later dairy farming. J. "W. Upton, one of our progres Bivriorcbardlsti, was in town Monday and placed his name ahead on our lamb's bok of life. Mr. Upton, who lives about two miles from town, says that an early hail storm did much damage to tho young apples in his community. Ho is r.n enthusiastic Rogue. River valley man, however, and Is highly pleased with tho growth of Central Point and tho new life taken on throughout the entire com munity. William B. Burn3 of Victoria, B. C, was 'visiting in Central Point Sun cay and Monday of this week. Harry G. "Walker of Gresham, who is looking for a location for a Jewelry store, was ia Central Point Monday sizing up the field. Mr. Walker is hollovcs tho placo too small for his lino of business. Boswell & Murphy have caused now paper to bo placed on their bar ber shop and other repairs aro under way, "which gives tho place a real metropolltau air. Many emigrant wagons containing largo families aro arriving In tho town and many aro anxious to find houses to rent for tho winter, but thero aro no empty houses in Cen tral Point. Sam Baxter, tho boss house paint er of theso regions, has gono to tho country for a fow days to beautify another farmhouse. Mrs. O. B. Nash loft Monday for Cresswell, Or., whero she will visit for some tlmo and may decldo to lo cate there. A party of county surveyors were camped in town during tho present week. They are engaged in recon structing the cntiro road map of Jackson county, which doubtless means a step toward the establishing of good roads. During the process of moving tho furniture of Robert Ashwoith into the Welch property ono of the team3 ran away with a load of tho goods, but no damage resulted. Grundy Burton, the barber, grab ber his trusty Winchester Monday and wended his "way to the "tall uncut" In search of deer, bear and other big game, and Glenn Owen will wield the razor during his absence. W. C. Owen has been landscape gardening about his premises during tho past week and that he will have a line lawn and tiower garden wun Xhe coming of next spring and sum mer goes without saying. G. C. Whitney, wife and daughter and two small sons, with an up-to-date house wagon", stopped in Cen tral Point for a short time Monday to buy supplies. They are traveling exclusively for Mrs. Whitney's health and when they find the spot ideal they expect to purchase a home and Eden Precinct Items Trail Items Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fern of Fern Valley wero Talent vlstors Wednes day. Mrs. William Breozo of Talent wnB at tho county seat on buBlnoss last Wednesday. Joshua Patterson of North Talent was in Medford and Jacksonville on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Enunett Bccson of Wagnor Crcok visited nt Mrs. Doo son's undo, II. M. Nysowarner. Wlloy Turnbow of Applegate was In Phoonlx Inst Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Carey wero In Ashland last Saturduy. Robert Orr of Phoenix Is tho proud possessor of twin hotter calves born this week. Died On Wagnor crook, Mrs. Hen ry Curby, oa Septembor 9, 1910, aft er an operation. She was aged 23 years. Interment In Stearns ceme tery. Miss Clara Allen 13 slowly Improv ing, but is not able to sit up. Mrs. Joseph Rader spest Wednes day with her father, L. A. Roso of Phoenix. Mr. and Mrs. George Chandler of Medford wero North Tnlout visitors Sunday, When Mrs. Joo Rader, whoso 20 acro tract Ilea just across tho road from C. Carey's garden, told Mrs. Carey that sho would llko to sco somo of those potatoes thnt ono of them mndo two meals for flvo per sons, Mrs. Carey brought out four or flvo of tho monstor tubers that weighed two and throo pounds each, and forovor dispelled Mrs. Rador's doubts. Mrs. Frank Wltcholl of California la visiting hor brothor, George Mc Clnln and wife of North Talent, and will go to Soattlo with hor son, whero sho will consult a specialist for his throat troubles. Thoro was rathor an usual occur rence In North Tnlont a weok ago Tuesday night, when Woldon Hartley shot n young man whom ho found In his melon patch. It soems that tho patch had been Invaded a fow nights boforo, and Mr. Hartley was laying In wait for tho boys Tuesday ovo nlug, nnd opened tiro upon ono of them, with tho result that 12 shot took effect In tho young man's legs. RAILROADS SHOW GAIN IN much pleased with Central Point, but settle down for life. Mcsdames Denny & Storm, dress- A storo that always advertises is making, 320 Apple street. Phono No. supposed to always havo something 3873. 156 special aid Important to offer. CHICAGO, Sept. 14. Compared with the gross earnings of railroads a year ago, tho returns for August this year show that practically tho samo lines gained 10.1 per cent within tho year. Their gross earn ings for August, 1910, aggregated $37,425,927, a gala of $3,434,453. This Is a better showing than that of July, when the increase was only 7.C per cent over tho corresponding period of 1909. Tho gains reported by tho railroads wero especially marked throughout the south, southwest and west, the Increases ovor last year by such sys tems as Loulsvlllo & Nashville, Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Chesa peake & Ohio, Central of Georgia J and Mobllo & Ohio in tho south, and Missouri Pacific, Colorado & South ern, Denver & Rio Grande, Texas & Pacific and St. Louis & Southwestern In other sections, boing Important factors. Mm. J. 8. Storm and son Clove- nro recovering from an attack of land and IiIb wlfo havo started for whooping cough. Soattlo, Wnoh., whoro thoy expect Tonl Gngu vlultod tho Fryos and to npond tho wintor. Lawroutzii recently, Rov. M. A, Donnlu has returned to Mrs, LawroutK mul daughter vis- Trail. Ho Is building a hoitso. itod tlalnoa recently. Mnstor Vemlo Lynch has boon no- Thoro was u largo crowd and ov- rloiiBly 111 for tho pnHt fow woolto orybody hud n good tlmo nt tho dance with Hcurlot fovor, but Ib recovering, nt Trail. T. C. GaneB has gono to tho vnlloy , J. T. Fry nnd three dnughtont took with a load of hogs. a trip to Crater Inko and Mill Crook Albert Lawrontz and Mr. Tnu havo Falla and natural brjdgo nnd tho been fighting flro for the Inst two hurkluhnrry mountain, weeks near tho Applegate mlno. Tho risti hntchory Is niw opon nnd Frank McDonald, who has boon anybody who wishes to got flHh can helping tight flro, canto homo Sntur- do ho. dny. Mr, Fryo liaB gono to the vnlloy. Mrs. 8. J. Fry han boon called to Mrs. Dam of Beagle wont to Mod tho bedBldo of hor sick grandson. ford on bualnomi rocontly, Chnrlos Spyrmnn, who went to tho Trail Crook achoola opened Mon huckleberry, patch, lost his horses day. nnd only got n fow berries. Jomho IMiIIIIph nnd wlfo, who woro Mrs. Jessie Rngadnlo and children visiting J. T, Fry, has returned homo. FIRST MAN FINED FOR RECKLESS AER0PLANING MORE PEDESTRIANS WILL WALK ACROSS CONTINENT NEW YORK. Sept. 14. If the ambitions of nil tho pedestrians who want to smash the record of Kdwnrd Pnyson Weston nnd John Etinis nre rcnlized, thero will be n .smoothly worn footpath between Now York nnd Snu Francisco. Tho last aspirants for the trans continental foot-power record nro thrco Italian athletes Leo Gnlli. Luigi Zilliotto nnd Hicnrdo Rota. Their itinerary will bo the samo as Weston's. They havo not yet given out their exact schedule. I'AKIS, Sept. 14. Aviator I'ariot today board the proud distinction of being the' first man to face a Hue for reckless noroplnuing. I'ariot smashed two lamp posts, iih well as his expensive Fnrman biplane, while attempting to alight in tho heart of tho city. Pariot apparently lost control of his craft, irrnzing tho tops of build ings in the Placo lu la Concorde. lie alighted in n waiting crowd of sev eral hundred excited citizens, among whom wns n sound of police. To Address Dry Farmlnrj Connross. COHVALLIS, Or., Sept. 11, At tho dry-farming congress nt Spo- knno, October 3-(J, the Oregon Agri- ARKANSAS ALSO ADOPTS INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM MTTM-2 HOCK, Ark., Hop(. U Inoomplolo returns from yustunliiy'f) uluutioiiH Iiuliunto that (lie ooiiMlltu tionnl amendment providing for llio InltliillVu ami referendum in Arkan sas Iihh boon adopted. Governor Junius Donnghoy, democrat, lias lieun ro-uluutod. Tho vote was light, Investors' Snaps. Don't hu slow moiioy talks. Now six-mom modern bungalow, throo Mocks from Washington school, pos session if desired or a cash tenant for ton months at $10; total amount $400 doduolod from prluo, $11800 ; terms. I ntii offered proposition in Illi nois vnlloy which I intend to accept if 1 dtsposo of proporty. Will trndo Interest in four lots for good team, wagon and harness. Addioss 73, care Mall Trihuuo, or eall Vhoiio 4201. cultural college is to ho represented liy Dean J. A. lloxoll of tho school of oommerco and Professor U. D. Scud dor of the agronomy department. "Kami llusiness Management" is the subject of the nddrosa lo ho deliv ered by Dean Hoxell, nnd Professor Scuddor will speak on "Dry Farming in Oregon." Soo tho big oyo on Bast street. Hnsklnn for Health. Main 1G4 GOOD PROGRESS MADE ON PANAMA CANAL Not Good After September 1 7th. Sco the ls oyo street. on East Main 1C4" WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 1 I. A roport received today at tho hoad quarters of tho Panama canal com mission from Chief Engineer Oot thnls, shows thnt during tho month of August 2,813,000 cubic yards of dirt was excavated. This Is an In crenso of 400,000 cubic yards ovor tho month of July. According to tho roport, 140,000 yards of concrete was laid. Hasklns for Haalth. SPECIAL COUPON The Mail Tribune's Popular voting' Contest GOOD FOR 50 VOTES HOR DISTRICT ADDKKSS Good for fifty votes when fillod nut and sent to the Contest Do. partmcut hy mail or otherwise op or before expiration date. No ballot will he nltercd in nny way or transferred nfier being received h.v the Mail Tribune. In caso of a tic, pruos of equal value will hu given to eaeli of tho contestants tied. The Most Perfect Block of Trees in the Pacific Northwest Sixty-six and a half acres of SUNCREST ORCHARDS is offered for sale in five and ten-acre tracts on terms that should prove most attractive. This tract is planted, two rows alternately, to Yellow Newtown, Spitzenberg and Jonathan Apples, the very choicest standard commercial varieties. H H K I W. 1 They are eight years of age and have a good crop thi s year. They arc well set witr fruit spurs for next year's The trees are large for their age, are uniform in size and exceptionally thrifty. a crop. The soil is the very best. Drainage is perfect. Altitude about sixteen hundred feet. "Distance from shinning station about a mile and a half. Price and terms: $1000 per acre, half cash, balance in three equal annual payments, with interest at six per cent. ' A five-acre tract of this bearing orchard will cost thc.purchnsoi' $2500 in cash, $833.13 in 191, $833.13 in 1912 and $833.13 in 1913. After the first payment is made the crop should a great deal more than pay tho balance. This is an exceptional opportunity to become the owner of what is unquestionably one oMhe finest young or chards in the northwest. The trees are the right varieties, they are in perfect condition, and there is a surety of a satisfactory income. " . The time to buy is now. Let us show you these tracts. YORK 1 I I I COMPANY I II 1