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ftiEDFOKD MAIT, TRTTOKR MflOFOKr), OKKCION, THURSDAY. .H?.NU 25,
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IQCAL AND , Ii
I- PERSONAL
During llio last two days .10 ut nn
Inch of rnlu has fallen according to
(lio local weather bureau. Wednes
day evening a heavy full occurred
nrpiintl. Talent and Phoenix, and tho
ski' wo8 Mnck with clouds Though
the downpour was heavy In lliat ills
trlcL only a sprinkle fell In this city.
:!Mlna Mlrlnm Gregg of Ashland Is
visiting friend and relatives In this
city this week.
Holme Insures homes.
Champ Prlco of Ashland Is nt
tending to business Interests and vis
iting In tho city today.
How-man Jackson ot Kaglo l'olnt
was n business, visitor In the city for
a few hours Wednesday afternoon.
Cnrkln & Taylor, lawyers. (John
II. Cnrkln, Glenn O. Taylor), Has-klns-Hoydcn
HI (Iff., Main street.
lllll Stewart and wlfo wilt leave
about the first of the month on a
two month's auto trip to tho moun
tain districts of Wyoming and Idaho.
They will go with Councilman Kmcr
ick and family.
Miss Mabel Jones leaves this even
ing to spend tho summer with friends
and relatives In Aberdeen, Wash.
Sho will return about September 1,
and resume her position with the K.
K, Deuel company.
For sale, Packard automobile in
first class shape. Seo Kdgar Uafer,
420 Sixth street. S2
Dillon Hill was in from his orchard
for a few hours Wednesday after
noon. Attornoy Ous Newbury transacted
Icgat business in Jacksonville
Wednesday afternoon.
For sale, five room house, corner
Klovcntb and Hamilton street, lot SOx
160, prlco $700. worth $1200. Sm
Edgar Hafcr, 42G Sixth street. 82
Boyd Kclzur, who has been In
" Portland for tho last six weeks re
turned homo Wednesday with tho
Seventh company, and participating
In the encampment at Fort Stevens.
Tho school board has transferred
Prof. Leland Boverldgo from the
Hoofcvclt to tho Jackson school for
the next term.
A "King Spltx" cigar Is home made.
Try one, Co,
1). II. Dradshaw of the Antelope
district was in the city Wednesday
attending to "business matters.
The water committee of the city
council is planning to make a trip of
Inspection to the city Intake In a few
days to Investigate reported condi
tions there.
Try a "Spitz" clgnr, best 5c cigar
on tho market.
Much local interest Is being manifested-
In tho showing of Chandler
Egan at the golf tourney of tho Pa
cific Northwest Association at Seattle
this week.
Fresh lime. Mcdtord Lbr. Co.
According to advance notices, prac
tically the cntlro population of Talent
will como to this city next Sunday to
seo tho ball game, Colllo Druhot.
former big league star will pitch fr
tho visitors, and for a wonder con
siderable local Interest Is being mani
fested. Royal Dakory goods at DeVoes.
James Slover of Grants Pass was u
business visitor in the city the firot
pf the week.
A severe thunder and lightning
storm raged In the Slsklyous the first
of tho week, and seemed to center
over tho Illuo Ledge district, ac
cording to word received rVom that
district The rainfall was very heavy,
assuring plenty of water for mining
operations, and precluding the possi
bility of any danger from forest fires
for a mouth or six weeks. Though It
Ib ea,rly .In bo year a, number of peo
plo arc qampng In thq district.
Milk and cream at DeVoa's.
Attornoy It. G. Smith of Grants
Pass fs In, the city today for, a few
hours.
H. D, Patterson and H. F. Meador
acr spending the week in North
ern California attending to business
matter and fishing. They made the
trip by auto.
Screen doors at Medford Lbr, Co.
l K, Merrick and C. M. Kldd leave
Boon on an auto trip through North
ern California,
Jack Johnson and Frank Moran
fight n Paris Saturday for the cham
pionship of tho world, aud It Is tho
concensus of opinion among local
fight fans that Johnson will win,
while hoping he loses.
Mmo, Dreyfus gives advice on all
affalu of life, no mUtakes when hur
advlco is followed. 50 rents $1.00
charts written. Colonial Plats, apart
ment 2. SC
A, E. Cross ot Eugene spent tho
first ot the wcok in the city attend
ing to business matters.
Call Mitchell for Yawn mower trou-
Phone 2G,
Tho Southern Oregon Presbytery
mot Wednesday nt Grants Pass In
Hothhny Presbyterian churrh. Among
'thosn urcsont were! ltov. Weston F.
Shields of Bedford, ltov. Dr. ,11. Hall
.lloof Phoenix, Hev, H. A. Carnabnn,
D. 1), ot Ashland, Hev. J. Mauley
Spencer of Grants Pass and ltov.
David Oesller, pastor ovangclls.
Hay for sale. W. II. Everhard,
Mrs. W. E. Cloncy has returned
froui a tli mi months visit in Michi
gan. Mrs. M. W. Prouty of Chicago Is
hero visiting her niece, Mrs. Hubert
Farnuhar, for tho summer.
J, O. Gcrklng, the best nil around
photogrnpher lu southern Oregon,
Always reliable. Negatives mado any
where, tlmo or place. Studio 22S
Main St. Phone 3 20-J.
Hrticc Wilson has returned from n
hlko to the mouth of Hogue river.
Leaving the train at Wcstfork, ho
walked to tho mouth ot the Illinois,
where passage was taken nn a gaso
line launch to Weddorhurn. The re
turn hike wan mode via Port Orford
and. Handon, thence by stage to Hose
burg. Speaking ot roads. It took a
four horse team four hours to make
eight miles on tho llandon road.
.For salo or trade, 1C0 acres un
developed ranch 1 H miles from
Derby on Pacific Eastern railroad,
price $4S00. Seo Edgar Hater, 420
Sixth stret. S2
Leland L. Steiwer, assistant cashier
of the Stlwcr & Carpenter bank or
Fossil, Or., and manager of tho Hutte
Creek Land &. Llveotock company ot
Wheeler county, aud Miss Mabelle La
Verne Armprlcst, a Medford girl,
wore married June 16 by Row Henry
Marcottc of the Wcstlmnstcr Presby
terian church, at the homo ot Mr.
Stelwcr's, parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Steiwer, C93 Halsey street. Only
members of the families wero pres
ent. This morning Mr. and Mrs
Steiwer left for Fossil, which will bo
their future home. Portland Jour
nal., Fred Roper of Grants Pass and a
party of automoblllsts arc in tho
city this afternoon boosting for the
celebration at Grants Pass Jly 4th.
Their machines fly the banner "Celc
bra'te in Grants Pass." Competition
is keen between Grants Pass and Tal
ent to draw the Ashland and Medford
crowds on the national holiday.
S.U. Holmes of Eagle Point is
spending the day in the city attend
ing to business matters.
Joo Launspach ot Jacksonville Is
in tho city this afternoon for a few
honrs visiting friends and attending
to business matters,
J, 0, Pendleton of Table Hock spent
Wednesday afternoon In Medford at
tending to business matters.
Twenty carloads of cattle passed
through Medford Wednesday after
noon en route to the Portland mark
ets from the Klamath country. In
the evening a doren carloads of hogs,
some from Ashland and this city went
north, which the people will ulti
mately get back In tho shape of lari
and bacon at fancy prices.
A carload of apple box material
for tho Hlllcrcst orchard Is being
unloaded today, and hauled to the
orchard.
'MOTHER" JONES SAYS GOVERNMENT
WILL TAKE OVER THE COLORADO MINES
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"MOTIIER" MARY JONES.
"Mother" Mary Jones, the militant woman strike leader, claim la have
tome 'Inside" Information to tho effect that President WIImhi will soon take
rigorous action lo. tho Colorado mine Mrlkc situation. "Mother" Joiuvs declared
that wUhln the next two or thrco days tho United Stales government will take
sver and administer tho strike-bound Colorado mine's.
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VAST CLAFLIN
DRY GOODS HOUS
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CLOSES
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tho firm and hi 1890 formed the cor-
, poratlun which went under todaj.
He Is a trusteu ot many tluauclcol
and charitable organisations.
I.i.-t of Claflln St ores
According to tho bait records
available hero tho Clnftln stores, not
nfflllated with tlto rnltwl Drygoods
, companies, are:
White Houno company, Spokane
'Wash.; Peoples Store company, Tn-
coma. Wash,; Walt, Itettew and
Clay. Norfolk, Va.; Castner-Knott
Drygoods company, Nashvlllo; J.
' Hacon & Sons, Louisville; Copper
' City Commercial coniniiy. Anacon
da: J. M. Council company. Auacon-
rc-orguuizniioii for the II. It. Clnf-
tin company will mioii be precepted
which we hope will prove iiccentabltf
both to creditors and stockholder, da; llenne.'iey company, Ilutte; Mont
"I he A-.-tOvinteil .Merchants eoin- Jgtiiucry Fair, Montgomery; Josll-i
ipmy utitl the I'uitvtl JlrygocMta uom-1 Drygoods company, Denver; Hoot
panics are not. theiiHelvcH borrower! Drygoods company, Terre Haute.
of money. They nro in exceedingly
strong financial position nud tho
xtteecM of their retail stores U n
btired." . Committee of Creditors .
Intl.; J. . White. Augusta, Ga.;
Spring Drygoods company. Grand
Rapids, Mlch.;'MaeIVc)u?al and South
wick company, Seattle; Jones Stor
company. Kansas l Mo.; Scruggs,
"No iletlnttn figures nio nvnllnhlo,
hut tliu commlttoo Is Informed that
Uio total liabilities nro upwards of
$30,000,000 As figures lioeoiuo
avallablo tho eredltora will be duly
advised."
So far as Is known, bankers and
denloit lu commercial paper, other
than those having direct connection
with tho t'lnnht company, were lu
absolute Ignoraiira of the company's
lnnjH;hil uiubnrriuMpentup to a ilav
. fnlr.'la unmml rfl6ii'iif'thieiiii-
'nalj'hs ff Dmjfmbvr Ut, I U 1
sn'otvctf" a HuriUits iivep.'niid nlmvC'M'1
irabllltlcJ'.or il.ttSS.TlAii'n'if.ri'Ator
mtt )t Mlie.ftnstUitod n"itniorvi
for thh ei)fniiunitrtiiek-ntlcr paVnuMiti
. i ' . . . . j
r tliviileiidir oil thij tint ami H'co Id'
i.-i.' Ait- i .;.. i t.i(
cruivrrcu .nivrc"; mnni'iia ornnufs
tlou h Jri(0,r a ttjlal' dividend diss
bnrsonumtn of $ 1 :t,nt,".t I hao been
nintlo
Altogether there are HO.tlO't
shates of the Clafllti compaii) init
stundlug, divided Into LMI.OO.t first
prvforrod, per cent euimilatlvo
stocks; 3&.70I". second preferred, tl
per cent cumulative, and .1S.21M com
mon shares, which have never paid
less than t! per cent aud lu IS'ia-ua
ns nttirh ns u per cent.
Ctnfllu company shares wore not
listed on the stork exchange, but
wrrea popular Investment with many
cotuorvntlvo Interests. It Is bolluxed
that the several clawed of slock nro
widely scattered throughout tho coun
try. II. II. riarilu died lu INS.'.. I'n
dor tho terms of bin will tho bust
n. wan continued by his estate un
til LSVS, when hU sou John Claflln.
formed the present corporation.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Hotel Medford
COM It HIT
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Tho Hotel of ,
NCItVII'K IICAIITV
10 Willi Pilrnlu Until
.' " i llleialor Sen Ice
lint niul cold ruuiiluu. wiiror, private phono, bleiini heal mid oulnlilo
windows lu all rooms.
Exiiulslln Uililiy mitt Me.anliio.
Keidliut Cuisine. ' -
Hpleiidld Siiinplo Itnpuift. . , t,
'I'lio Commercial Tmtolcr mitUes this his homo and tho ToutlsU
UKUdlly prolong their slay,
1 ' Tm Iff
Hnpmivtltho'ut prUalo b.tlli, per day, $l.uo nud up, ' '
Itojiut with prlvntu bath, per tiny, $2.00 and up.
si'i.riAii n.vi'iw hv vki:k t)it .month
Why Not
Get the best smoke, Gor, Johnson,
nud also patronize homo.
rm ii im
A notc!iolder prnteetiic eoimnit-f antcrvoort, n.irney Drygoods torn
tee lias been lVinneil tn look ntlei ',an'' St- "': ibe fair, Cincinnati,
the intervM of the creditors. ol 1 (5co"Kc W. McAlpIn company, Clncln
of the hank-, concerned will be rep-inal,; ,',on Drygoods company, To
resented on thU eomuiillee. of which , ,C(,,: Kll "rot.. Altoona; Me-
vicitj- uuipiiny. riiisiiurgn: iiro
& Gage, Heading; II. Ilattcrman com
pany, llrooklyn; Dedford' conuiany.
T. R. DEFENDS PERKINS;
FLAYS WILSON'S POLICY
NEW YORK, June 23. Theodore
Roosevelt, who returned to America
on tho Impcrator last night, vigor
ously defended G. W. Perkins, chair
man of the progressive national exec
utive committee, whoso resignation
as chairman was demanded recently
by Amos Pinchot, who asserted that
Mr. Perkins' affiliation with certain
big business interests made him unfit
to hold his positions.
"When they read Perkins out."
said Col. Rooserelt, "they will havo
to read me out too."
The colonel reiterated that he
would not be a candidate for the gov
ernorship of Now York this fall.
In discussing his health the colonel
said thnt when ho boarded the Im
perator he had a slight touch of fever
and that forty-eight hours later he
had another attack which was more
severe. Tho last tlmo he had a fever
of 105 and was forced to remain In
hla rooms all day.
"Hut I'm all right now" he con
tinued, "and I shall speak at Pitts
burg on Juno 30. I shall not be
able to speak In tho, open air or niukj
continuous speaking trips. However
I shall be able to deliver a certain
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legislation will bo postponed," said
the prosldent, as ho advanced a step.
"Well, It will not be postponed." ills
jaws snapped, "it will not bo post
poned because we are the real friends
of business aud are ready to give
business Its new Institution of free
dom. To End AglUtlon
"If wo stop now tbcio wou be
another lung period of ugltutlou with
lis mulling dangers to business, lint
wo are not going to face that danger,
wu are going ahead with our program
now and If the reports I received, are
correct, It will not luku us very long If.' II
to fiiiUli osr work,"
J. S. Alexander, president of tliu
National Hank of Commerce will In.
chairman. New York lianl;-. nro Miiil
to have mnil large aulvnncon to tliu
Clnflin company recently, with the
Iioiks of averting financial cinlm mo
ment.
Kew York hanking interehln, it i
uuiIcrttiHid, linvc agreed to nffei
such ntinitiince nt may lie neceminrj
to Home of the independent retail
Mores affected.
. Interested merchant were elo-i;t-pd
with J. l'ierXMit .Mopan and
other prominent bankers day mid
uiglit tor Hie hint week, in mi .it
tempt to avert the fnilitie. It i
underslood that JrllO.OOII.OOO wn.
jieees-nry.
.Morgan .Most Geiienms
".Mr. Morgan and othurM wen anwi
generous" nnh dne w!u puiiUMHit
ed In tho eonfereiiee, lt.it it 'n- a
ii:tMUoji of rnininj; the whoi.? uiujiuil
or i.aiie at nil." '
Joseph Ii. MiiMindfilc, president o,
tlie Chemical National I 'mil; and
Frederick Jiiilluid, a wholiw. i!e dr.
good meu'iarl, wejc lht iveiu-M
iipMiintc-!. 'fliov wero nju-ed it '.'
friendly pr-i i.'.ii two .in., n
emptily, o,ie luu pot by John O. l-r.
' t-c-pil-IIICI.I III IIIC II. II. I II'. 1
ciinpaiiy, the other by Willinm I.
O.lell
There wero also Involuntary pro
ceedings which sought tho appoint
ment of different receivers and al
leged that tho company was Insol
vent. These proceedings were insti
tuted by small creditors.
Receiver)) Martlndalo and Jullllard
said that the failure was of such tre-
piondous proportions that it would
bo ie,veral,wco,k before .It, would bt
possible to know where thoy stand
Dry (fofxls Trade Deiiioiull.ed
Though the failure Is probably tho
most Important, In th'o history of the
drygoods trade Jn this, country, Now
York bankers pre.dlct that thi chief
aud pqrbaps oujy portent genera) ef
fect will ,be temporary demoraliza
tion in tho drygoods trade.
Announcement ot - the failure
causod a general decline in llio opeu
lug of the stock .market, hut lostei
wero not heavy, and succeed I iik tran
sactlQiis (uuhciI a rencflou to soma
extcnl,
John Chaflln has been associated
with tho drygoods buslncuM for mora
than 10 jearx, Ho t rugadud ns
the A. T, Htowart of his time. At
tliu ago of 20 ho enteiiid (he omiilo
of his father' firm, tlivi known as
CiuDIn and cupipiiiy, 'J'lirco
Hrooklyn; Tholnas C. Watklus, Llm.
Itcd, Hamilton, Onl.
.Mr, Alexander, rhnlrma'n of the
proteetlvo committee, mado the fol
lowing statement:
WmoiiiiIciI store Notes
"II. II. Claflln company discounted
with banks In New York and sold
through noto bankers to banks
throughout America a largo amount
of paper executed by a largo number
of corporations, other thnn tho II. II,
Claflln company has a storo in the
borough of Manhattan. Tho commit
teo k formed for tho purpnso of pro
tecting the Interoiu of the vnrfotu
banks holding tlijs paper endorsed by
tho II. II. Claflln company. It Is
hoped thnt if the holders of tho noten
will net promptly and coiicoriedly
through tho romnilttce, tho situation
will very much Improve, and tliu com
mlttco will exert every uffort towitrd
that end.
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FOR YOU
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It positively aids digestion
Improves the general' health
and vigor. A strict!) high
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approved by high authori
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elation, and guaranteed by
us.
Hotel Holland
This rosy hotel Is now open again and )ui will bo at homo tho
Jiioiueut yon enter
Thin hotel U particularly noted for Its lioiiiclll.u surroundings,
nud Its artistic (tirulshliiKs
Hot nud cold running water and steam heat lu allVooms.
Hates per day:
Hooin without lint It. 7 fie and $1.00.
Itoom with private shower hath, $1.2.,
Room with prhnto bath. $1.0 ami up,
.SPECIAL LOW KATES I IV WEEK tilt .Mll.NTH
Hotel Moore
Cle.iu looms clean beds nud I'verylhlnj: taiillaiy.
Hates per day TiOe aud 7"n
I respectful!) beg to lUiiioumo Hint the nhuio hotels am all oper
ated under my solo ownership and imuingoiiiont, nud t wlh to thank
)iiu for )oiir kind patrounuu lu the past and I hopo lo dusorvu tiuo
cess In tho future.
Your obedient servant,
EMIli MOIIIt
Our lalest references, tiny luomber of the- hnnkirs' rotiveullou.
"True HOSPITALITY Is thus eMiressed:
Welcome the coming, and spcjd the patting guest."
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Price XI. 00. 1'or Nile by
LEON 11. HAKKI.YS
Exeluslvo Agency
Special
Bm.k
"I wmildn'l si'll ii ft p Iwici' its tvn
ir I coulihrt Kft niititluT." That's
what lumdmls of owiipi's havp said
about the Ford. .More; than a half
million .sold to dale i.s pi'oof of its
woi Id-wide poimlaiity.
t f D .' Is tho prlco of tho I'ord runabout; the
touring car Is $0 tn f, o. b. Medford, complete
with equipment. Get catalog and particulars
from
C. E. GATES
HI'ARTA liriLDLNO. .MCIU'OKH, OltE.
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iy ground giasnes as furnished by mo
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if you tome to me your eyes will
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