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1912PR0MISES
WELL FOR MINING
IN THIS SECTION
For Several Mnnllis Men Havo Been
tit Work In This Section Quietly
Tnkltifi Hold of Local Propositions
nnd Will Open Them Up.
hack of Imiii in hut llm fnrct miner of
hiiiiiiIhch thnl nm in nIoio for IliU
iHiiinlil'iilly J'nwiiml porlioii of (lie
hlalo of Orc(Hi.
The tnkhiK tiver of the coal IiiikIm
hy (ho new opiiraloiiii meaiiM much to
Mrdl'onl, H mcaiiH llm cxpcudiluic
of Iiii'ko niiiiih of mmmy for ciiuip
tucul, It mcaiiH it (hiiiitiK mihiiihnn
iown with Hovornl huudrud wiiku cam
i'I'h with llmir i'amilioH, II memm it
peiiiiaiieul pay Kill, tlm money fiom
which will iiutuially find it h way (o
the till of (ho uicrchantM nml Iimkjiicxh
men of Mcdl'nid and nciuliv towim.
Tlm rcccul rejuvenation and tho in
cieiHi'd power rcMcrvi'M of the elcelrio
IIkIiI ami power company in iiuollicr
ycry impoilaiit faolor to llm mini)
operator who heretofore Iiiih huuii
haudlciijipcd hy tlm hick of power for
oporaliiitt i!h plant, ami 11 h reiiKou
nhlij to huliuvo Hint in llm near future
many pioportioH will ho operated liy
electi icily.
It will not hu Huipiuiiitf if the
iroioMitimi to tunnel Uold Hill will hu
completed hy tlm opening of the
I'nmima-l'iicirin expoHilion at Kan
KraticiMco in llllfl. TIiIh i'h an under,
tnkinj,' of Krcnt iiiiiKiiitiiile and will
not only open up mi cxueplionnlly
hiiKo area of placer ground, Imt it
will utodHt in developing Hovcral
(tiatlr. milium tin well.
With tlm completion of tlm project
ed electric, ruilwnyi wlioo tail will
gridiroii llm vnlloy nnd district, bel
ter IrniiHportntimi facililicn will he
offered, not nlonc the irnil grower
and fanner, hul the minor and iniuiu
faclurer iih well.
Anticipating the nlmvu MlHlumont,
tlm Itoguu Hivur Pottery company tt
Tolo !k eipiipiiug the nlnnt for Iho
manufacture, upon a large Kcnle, of
drain tile, etc, a well h vitrified
brick which i greatly in demand n
far north an Portland, the fart m a.
ready recognized that nowhere cine in
tho Norttiwetit can Hi" iuality of the
clay and the general conditions nccon
Hitry to iU KiicuuMftd maiiufaotiire
ho duplicated,
Tho elcalric railroad will also
benefit many of the producer of cop
por and iron ore nnd then fnrnouH
Itluc Ledge mine, where at the preHciil
time fully one million dollarH' worth
of ore in already blocked out nnd will
bo in belter Hhnpe to handle their
product, and tlniH bring into existence
another juy roll of at lenHt .f-10,000
monthly.
The county abounds in opportuni
ties) for the iuvoHtmciit of capital oth
er limn the growing of better fruit
in there it more inviting field for tho
iiacHtor or munufactitiur than in the
country travcrHed by tho beautiful
but swift wntern of Iho Hogtio.
C. V. PATTBUSON.
true and tisufttl infornmllon tn'.d pub
llsldng tho good Hint mon do, rulher
than thtr ovil."
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VANCOUVER, Wntlt., Uoo. 20. -Owing
to tho nlnrudng aOrond of
Hoarlnt fovor in Vnnouiivor alld Olnrk
county, tho city nnd oouifty henltti
Iionnl today olocd tho pulillo soltonln
horo.
Sovenly-fire o(Wrf of ttivct tuivo
boon reported and ft w lollovod llioro
nro onnon which hfv$ not boon Itirucd
in to tho ntithoritifl.
The city nutiiorili rtro oonsidorinR
cloiing picture shoSvn and thontora
nlHo until tho epidemic; Is uvar.
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Curtiss Will Filed.
DELMNOHAM, Wash., Dec. 20.
In the will of William E. Curlin, filed
for probnto here, tho Into famotin
iicwpnper correspondent Htnlcs that
ho hopog that hi grnmUon, William
Klroy CurtiR If, "may show tho abil
ity nnd ambition to follow in my foot
ntepH, to adopt my profession and to
continue the service which I have
cen trying to do by giving tho world
and nowhere else in the United State
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arrcn'FORD matt; ttitbtjne, mtd-rotid, oirrcnoN, Wednesday, December 20, aotf.
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THIS DISTRICT CERTAIN
TO BE GREAT MINE FIELD
New, Quick Blootl Alone Needed to
Lend Impetus to (impor
tant Movrmcnt.
I'loni prnmuil inilioulioiiH Iho year
1 Q It iinimim-x well for tint mining in
limlry of finulhoiu Oregon.
Tin) writer putdiul Unit thi inuim
illfiit) m'etluu will before ninny mouth
liu in lliu limelight "'"I nltnu't tho
ultoulinu til' mining ' fr""' ", "u'r
tho globe.
For Hcvornl inontliH men who nn
ednmdy identified with HDiiiit or Hi'
Inrjpwl initio nporntor utt lint count
have been in (111 neighborhood q'J'i't
Iv onuiltiolinic norm f iiiU'Mlign
tioim of novonil ptoiniing pnmpeet
n well in proven propertioM, with 10
niiHn that ntii, tn put it mildly, 'iW
Kriitifying. A few minor tU-tiiiln are
n yol uncompleted, Imt there ix ii"
question in the mind of tlioMti who
nro in a position to know lint what
Ihwm will he upoodily mid mtUlm'
torily adjusted in tho near futun'
'rin.11. I111I not before, will tlm pub-
lie ht in ihhwumIoii of nil of Clio fuel,
lint when the now due lironk, South
cm Oregon will become tin- field of
wimo gigantic iiiiiiiK operation.
Strnngo it hib.v npponr to mitnv
of (Iih newcomer here who have boon
.Imniiiiv limit- 1'iicrvv nnd eunital to
hoitioulturnl nnil ugrionllurHl pur
Mtil. it i uovortholoii trim Unit tin-
iiin-fc o' the wood i destined to bo
coimi tli cone of tlm Hint groat "
iliK excitement.
In IHfil gold wmh firM di"oovored
within 11 fw tntlfM of Medford nnd
nppnhimtcly oim hnmlrml million
dollars' worth of tlm prei-iou inol.il
Im tiutin tuken from tlm Mtrfnoe "f
tho imniliy creek bed. Ker ninrr
thou placer mining him been cnrrird
on in n omowhnt di'Mtltorv Mrt n
iimiumr, imrllv owing to tlm fuel th.il
thi onrlv M'tller woto nnnlili' to
prnpoily oeptip their propMttes nml
partly from tin) fni't that imliin' nm
tarinily nfMiutml them in nuking n
very iMy living hy supplying llicm
wilii wmi of tlm iiiohI prolific wul
for producing llm uoeewiry prot cu
ller for tlii'ir fiiiiillliw. It wn onlv
during tlm wititwr nmntliH tlmt the
placer minor would get luiny m'd tln'n
mnny only worked mil hut suflViiMil
M11M" for thuir iminodinto witnl nml
with tho iHiMiitinn of tlm wot hwmih
iniiiinK opornlioiiH woro HUHpondod nnd
llm minor hoontno iiuin n fiirmor.
lint with tho oominu of tho now,
iuiil hlood to thin, portion of tlu
Htnto now nnd np-lo-dnlo mothods
holli in mining nnd in iiKiii'iilturnl
piiixiiUn, (duuiKod tho old oomlilioiiM
nnd fruit Krnwim; hoonino tho por
iminont indimtry. Willi tho oomiiiK of
tho now. nrouriHMilvn ohunont othorK
woro ntlrncUid nml koiiio nntiirnllv
turiiod thgir nllontion to llm minornl
roKountoH. wliio h in n moiiHuro nro
prnotionlly nntoiiohod.
l'"or yonrrt no mm ovon droninod thnl
tho imiiimornhlo striiiK'Hx of ipiml
found in tho oiiiiliict of tho hIiiIo,
porphyry nnd doonli would ovonliml
ly devolop iulo profiluhlo miuox, Iml
ut IiihI Unit fuot irt hoKiuuiiiK to dawn
uihmi tlm mine owuiTH, nml tho old
idi'ii thnl lliiw wiih moroly n "pok"t
oountry" is fust niviiiK nwny to tho
Kinwiui; ounvinlioi; thnl Ihin is today
0110 of Iho moHt promiiiiK iuiir(
miiiiuu fitildH in tho WohI.
TIuihii (puirlz lodtfOH, fonnoilv iiobt
looti'd, nro now roooivintf tho ntlonlimi
of mon with hrniu mid t'upitul, nnd it
in hncomiiiK nmro ovidout onoli dny
Hint horo, in nnturo'H stronnlmld, nro
iiiitoldvrioht'8 which 'only nwnit llio
louoli of tho mnKio wnnd of onpitnl
.to uulook nnd wrost from the hills th'm
viihI milium wealth.
I miilco tho Htntt'iuont, without foar
of HiuicoHMfiil coulriitliclioui tlmt
williiu a hIioiI dihtiiuco of tho oily of
Mt'ilftmli in 11 luouutniii which
htinini'd nnd thrOiidcd with a network
of uumormiH volim ami fmmucH, is
mm of tlm I nicest mining propositions
in tho WcHt, not IiiutIiik (lohlfioltl or
othur Ntivada oiuup'i. TIiIh Ih prnvun
Ki'ouud nnd iuiiHinuoh as there is an
iilmnilnumi of lunihor iih well iih water
wlion all the plaim and uoKotiatious
now puudiiij,' nro completed nnd the
Hainan of Uioho interoHtcd nro niatlo
piihlio llm influx of men with capital
will ho far Rroalor Mum any in tho
piiHt history of tlm Hokuo Hiyor vol-
Joy.
Tho recent eoiiHuniuinlinn ot the
Bale of tho viiHt coal inouaui'OB just
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JUST 3 MORE SHOPPING DAYS
This store is brimful of Helpful Suggestions that make the Gift Problem easy
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BEAUTIFUL FURS
SPECIALLY
PRICED
We have a very attractive lot of
fum, consisting of Mimll ueek
pieces, throwH, muff, etc., in
pretty black and brown furs Hint
wo havo grouped in ono largo as
Hortinent which wo now offer nt
a Hpecial price. In tho lots arc
values up to $8.50 each which wo
now offer at tho unequalled price
of ench $1.95
Japnueso Mink Set, collar and
muff $45
French Coney Sol, collar and muff,
shirred will; lining $17.50
Fine Pillow Muffa, Hug Muffs
Unwell Muff -$3 to $15
Separate Fur Collars, largo or
Binall shapes $3 to $20
DAINTY NECKWEAR FOR XMAS
Neckwear is always appreciated for Xmns. Our showing
consist of some very dainty varieties, all well made.
Side Frills 25c to $1 Embroidered Collars. .25c to $4
Lace Collars, d 25c to $4 Jabots 25c to $2
Chiffon Veils $155 to $2 Crepe and Silk Scarfs. 50c to $7
Windsor Ties 25c to 50c Stock Collurs 25c to.$l
Men's Neckwear
Ladies in search of practical gifts for men (should seo our
ditplay of Men's Neckwear. It is very large and prices to suit
everyone, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, $1.
BARRETTS, BRADD PINS, BACK COMBS,
JABOT PINS AND BELT PINS
If in search of ono of these pretty novelties you should not
fail to hoe our line. Wo nro showing some exceptionally pretty
burettes made of polished aluminum tlmt nro set with French
ltliiuehtoncs that aro especially suited for evening wear; also
many pretty ideas entirely new in Braid Pins, Back Combs and
Belt Pins. Wo particularly wish to einphnsizo tho reasonable
prices that these nro marked nt, as they range from. . 15c to $6.50
UMBRELLAS gjR
For Men, Women and Jl
Children F J I fo
If in search of umbrellas wo of- -sjRw K s3.
fer somo especially good values in A3flfjgiX (BTOh.
our lino of women's goods.. Wo Jpfi' fflra I J uSiiSvJ
are specializing on numbers to sell Mf I D f I mISS
at $1 and $1.50. These aro not Jfalfi) Jj J j w?K
the ordinary goods offered t twA I IS 11 I ftfV!
these prices, but are made with 8 JrN$ 1 i tl I aim
ribs, which insures strength. They kmL I II 1 I JfiVa
have good rain resisting covers aRtcsS. 1' 1 1 J dxsyo
aud the handles nro made in a qSjs' jJ JL 'E?nir
wide variety of mission styles Sji Wzfflfir
neatly trimmed with silver, etc. ' I If W
Ladies' Umbrellas $1 to $8 j I I
Jlen's Umbrellas $2 to $5 16
Children's Umbrellas. .50c to $2
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THERE IS NO NICER CHRISTMAS PRESENT THAN A LEATHER OR
BEADED HAND BAG p --
Tho Hand Bug lino thm season hns never boon equalled from point of variety of stylos. Among
tho new ones nro tho popfllar Mandarin bags, ninth) of beautiful tapestries ami velvets which aro
trimmed with gold braids and which have gold isord handles. Then there tiro entirely now designs
in tlm bended hags nnd mW new leathers such as Canadian oozo culf in tho leather hags. Then,
too, theio is an inuueiiho assortment of velvet hags, somo of which nro braided nnd sumo trimmed
with silk fringes.
SPECIAL THIS WEEK, 200 BAGS, VALUES UP TO $2.00 FOR $1.25.
Wo hnvo gnlhoroil together 200 bngs which wo havo on n special table consisting of Velvet Bags,
Seal Leather Bags, Suedo Bags, Satin Bags in blaoks, blues, greens, greys, browns and tans; some
nro leather lined, others lined with moire, all in iho ono price.
, 1" JMFGLOVES ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE
WE HAVE THE RELIABLE KIND AT POPULAR PRICES..
The Gloves that wo sell nro n particular pride to Us, in the instance, of tho womon's Real French
Kid Gloves that wo specialize in at $1.50 wo feel sn'fo in assorting that there is absolutely no equal
to it iu Medford. Tho stock is soft and very strong 'and it is guaranteed. Wo have all tho wanted
colors as well as black and white aud any purchased for Xmas will bo exchanged if sizes aro found
incorrect.
Women's 10-lmtton Kid Gloves, black and white
and tan, nt $3.50
Women's lined Kid Mittens, fur
trimmed. . 50c
Children's and Infants' Wool Gloves and
Mittens 25c and 50c
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Women's Capo Gloves, tan
only
Women's Golf Glovos,
nil colors
Women's Lined Cnshmoro
Gloves 25c, 35c, 50c, 65c
$1.50
. . .25c anil 50c
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Silk Stockings for Men or Women
Who over had too many bilk Stockings, few indeed,
nnd what makes bettor presents. Wo hnvo utookod onr
shelves liberally with tho celebrated "Wayno" brand nnd
recommend them in
preference to all
other makes.
Women's Silk
Stockings, lislo top
and solo, '20 colors
and black, at. .. .$1
Women's nil Silk
Stockings, wide
Barter hem; also
out size, black nnd
till colors $1.50
Women's Boot Silk
Stockings, lislo top.
black aud tan,. .50c
Men's Silk Sooks,
black, tan nnd
colors 50c
Moh'h Silk Sooks,
blaok only, extra
heavy,.$l and $1.50
ONE NEVER HAS TOO MANY HANDKERCHIEFS
We sell hand-embroidered goods at popular prices
If in doubt you can safely buy Handkerchiefs as they nro used sooner or later. Our
lines aro truly immense and thoro is prnotionlly nothing that you could ask for in the
hundkerchiof lino that we cannot supply. Of particular interest is our showing of real
hand embroidered goods douo in n larga assortment of designs in ono-cornor work. Wo
also have n lnrgo assortment of hnud-cinhroidercd initial handkerchiefs dono on dainty
sheer linen all reasonably priced 25c, 35c, 50c up to $2
LINENS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME BECAUSE USEFUL
Wo nro featuring somo specially beautiful liuon sets consisting of Tablo Cloths and
Napkins which oomo to us from Bolgium. Thoy nro much finer than tho Irish or Gorman
lines and tho designs aro exclusive Thoy aro made in sizes for nil tables and tho border"
designs nro on nil four bides of tho cloth; nlso special designs for round tables. Prices
from $12 to $20 a Sot
Linen Towels and Scarfs, 25c to $1.50
Hemstitched or Scalloped Guest Towels Linen Centerpieces, Dresser Scarfs, Etc.
35c Cents 50c to $9.00
KENTNER'S
Dainty White Aprons and Everything in
Infants' Wear at Reasonable Price
You should not fail to seo our showing of Aprons;
it is very complete and somo entirely now idons nro
shown. They nro made of sheer India linous, oross bar
batisto, dotted Swisses nnd prettily trimmed with laces
and embroidery as well ns somo hand embroidery.
25c TO $1.50 EACH
Infants' Bath Robes.? I to $2.50
Infants' Knitted
Sncques 35c to $1.25
Hand Edged Sucquos..$l to $6
Infants' Bootees 25c to $1
Infants' Hand Painted
Celluloid Novelties, ,50c to $3
Infants' Knit Seta
Caps, Leggius, Mittens. $ 1 175
Infants' Sweater
Sots $2.00-$2.50
Infanta' Sweaters. . , ,59c-$3.00
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