rEDFOTtn math trtbtote, ftrrcDPOTCP, ot,f.c,ont. Tuesday. fedthtady irt, 1017 PJGE TWO TOCAL AND PERSONAL Phil fitnrr of Grants Pass spent Monday and Tuesday in the illy. V. H. Chamberlain was H .Medford visitor Monday and Tuesday from Tal- rut. 1. . ..... 1nala nn airs, wuiu, to date. Guaranteed. m l Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Scott and family ol San Francisco, Cal., a" o I spending a few days in the cliy. See Dave Wood about that fire In surance policy. Ofrlce, Room 404 M. P. & H. llldg. John I). Palmer of Gold Mill spent Monday and Tuesday In the city. Dig 5c milk shnkes at De Voo's. Mr. and Mrs. (.'. T. McKce of Ash land were In Medford Monday evening and Tuesday. High-grade blue vitrol, special j nrlce. This week at Heath's Drug Store. 277 Edgar .lesson of Portland Is among tho out of town business visitors in the city. For your old home friends, "Tho Vulley of the Rogue," 15c. 279 C. E. Bailey of Portland transacted business In tho city Monday and Tues day. Sweet cider at De Voe's. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Stafford of Wll or, Wn., aro among tho out of town visitors in tho city. Gates sells Ford cars, $200 down mid $25 a month. II. 1,. Hall spent tho first of the week In Medford looking nftur busi ness Interests. Going to use any blue vltrol? Get our special prlco this week. 277 II. L. Turner of Seatlle, is among the business visitors in the city. Fresh chocolates at De Voe's. Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Kano of T.i coma, Wn., are spending a couple of t'.nys In the city visiting friends. Dr. Heine, physician and surgeon. Specialty, oye, ear, nose, throat. Of fice over Mocker's. Glassea fitted. V. R. Robulns of San Francisco, Cal., Is spending a few days In the city attending to business matters. For the best Insurance see Holmes the Insurance Man. ' Mr. nnd Mrs. Peter Johnson of Denver, Colo., are spending a few days in tho city. To revive tho dead spots In your luwn uso tho famous Wizard ferti lizer. Monarch Seed and Feed Co. Mrs. K. G. Byron of San Francisco, Cal,, In a Modforcl visitor for a few d;,;.-P.- Bring your friends to Browns. Dancing free at any time. 279 Alusol Emerson of New York spent the first of '.ho week In the city. (Poison tho squirrels now. Use Woodlurk poison. Heath's Drug Store. 277 Clyde H. tji-rln of Sncrntnento, CM.. Is spending a few days In the city visiting friends and rnlatives. Baskets, toys, chluaware, novelties at Japanese Art Store. tt iMIhb Elizabeth Turner left Tuos'.oy morning for hor home at Portland ftftor spending u few days In Medford visiting friend". Baths 25c. Hotel Holland, Miss I.aura Adams of Ashland was a Medford visitor Monday aud Tues day. : Wo carry a full Hue of lawn, gar den und field fertilizer. Monarch Hood and Feed Co. Charles D. McLunc of Grunts Pasj wns a Medfoid visitor the first of tho week. Phono SSI Heath's Drug Store. M. Stover of Gold Hill wus lu Med ford Monday and Tuesday. People are talking about Brown's windows. Thero's a reason. L'79 William R. Whnlen of San Fran cisco, Cal., is among the out of town business visitors In tho city. Buttermilk 10c gal. Do Voo's. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. L. Warren of Berkeley, C'ul., are spending tho week In Medfoid and vicinity. Minerva Yarns for sweaters. Handi craft Shop. 2 SI "Billy" Mitchell, seventeen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace -Mitchell, died ut a local hospital Sun day noon following an operation for appendicitis. The young man was it student In his second year at Ashland high school and known throughout the city. Ashland Tidings. Dr. Hart, physician nnd surgeon, office Jackson Couuty Bank Build ing. On Wednesday, February 14, Ore gon will celebrate the fifty-eighth anlvcrsary of the state's admission to the I'titon. Local pioneers espec ially mako substantial observance of the day. At Portland the Sons and Daughters of Oregon pioneers will hold exercises commemorative of the anniversary. ' Wo are exclusive agents for Southern Oregon for the famous Buckeye Incubators and brooders. Como In nnd let us demonstrate and get our prices. Monarch Feed and Seed Co. The local (',. A. It. Post has been notllled that the next state enenmp ment will be held at Forest Grove, Ore.. June in, L'7 and L'S. Gasoline uiii oil at De Voe's. The operations of the Weed Lum ber company will begin the first of March. Company officials Ktate that employment will be Riven to approx imately 1 2 7 r men whose monthly payroll will be 80,OOU. Something new. Campbell's cafe. Best of everything, 113 W Main, tf Oeorge Andrews, director of the , Medfoid Choral society will in the future direct the activities of the Ashland Choral society, succeeolng Euti Itasor, who has gone to Aber- ii,i,i ,.i,iinn ueen, ii, i ic ...m ..... first numuers 3 J memuers. i u meetll UI1(Ier ,le new director will begin at 7:110 Wednesday evening at , the West school, Ashland. Bakery goods at De Voe'a. F. II. Striker of Saskatchewan, Canadu, has purchased the 100 acres owned by C. It. Hoyd of Riverside colony, near Gold Hill. The ranch is one of the best in that section and will bo under irrigation as soon as the Irrigation ditch Is completed from Cold 11111 to Grants Pass. The tract nas ro ac.reS cleared aud In alfalfa The price was around $12,000 Take that broken pump to the Pa cific Highway Cnrage. 29 South Bart- lett st. Davies Weirts Anything. V. T. Truux of Grants Pass wr.3 a Medrord visitor Monday evening and Tuesday. Old papers for salo at this office at 20c for 100. Harry Summers of San Francisco, Cal., spent the first of the week in Medford on business. What about your early gardem. We have a full line of fresh bulk seeds that grow. We handle alfalfa, red nnd crimson clover, sweet clover and everything In the grass Beed line. If you are looking for quality', we havo it. Monarch Seed and Feed Co. Misses Minnie Pettibone and Beat rice Webb of Grants Pass were In the city Monday evening and Tuesday. The M. F. H. Co., has a reputa tion for carrying the best spray hose in Southern Oregon. 279 Tho Coos Bay Times says the new suspension bridge across Rogue riv er a,t Agncss Is about completed, ac cording to the Gold eBuch Reported It Is said to bo tho longest bridge of its kind on the coast, tf not in tho country. Its mnin spun Is 303 feet, and 635 feet separates one anchor from tho other. Tho company fur- nlshlng the wire guarantees its stabil ity and safeness. and will hnve a rep resentative on tho ground to Bee that It is properly strung. The wire is expected In Rogue River on tho Rust ler this week and everything Is lu readiness to have It put In place. Cheap spray hose wilt not stand the oil spray mixture. Buy Maxccon hose, held and guaranteed by the M. F. & H. Co. 279 Tho stato library has sent to the public library about 40 volumes, con taining, among others, tue following titles; Whltlock, "Fjri Years of It"; Stetner, "From Allen to Citi zen"; Hapgood, "Abraham Lincoln, tho Man of the People"; James, "A Small Boy," and others; Q. Elizabeth, "From Memory's Shrine, the Reml nosconcos of Curnicn SHva"; Storrs, "I'.ernard of Clarlvaux." Goodrich Maxecon spray hose Is guaranteed for uso with the oil spray mixture. M. F. & II. Co. 279 On Wednesday night. February 14th, Mr. George Andrews will sing i IL Koln nL the Vtlllmr Theater. Ash - land. Tho attraction boing the much talUed of photo play drama, "The Common Law," featuring Clara Kim ball Young, tho screen star supremo. Valentine Bull at Moose Hall, Wednesday, tho 14 til. 277 Tho pupils of St. Mary's academy have In storo for their friends and relatives nnothor of their popular inti8lcnl recitals. On Thursday even ing. February 13, at 8:13. Medford's music lovers aro all cordially invited to enjoy the program or instrumen tal and vocal music rendered by the pupils In the recital hall of the Academy. Twenty-five members of tho local Moose lodgo spent Monday evening nt Ashland enjoying n social time with the Ashland lodge. The Ashland Moose will lie the guests of the Med ford lodge February 20. Ben Kpting of Chicago Is a Med ford visitor for a few days. Ralph Norris, a former member of company 7, C. A. C. was In Medford Tuesday, enroute from the border to Vancouver, Wn., where his company will he mustered out of tho servlco. iMrs. Ixittu Van Scoy. Mrs. Ben Brophy. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. .Mclntyre. Mr. und Mrs Royal Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wheeler of Eaglo Point were Medford visitors Monday even ing. Mrs. T. E. Boltz of Eagle Point Is spending a few days in the city visit ing friends. Dr. nnd .Mrs. V. P. Holt of Eagle Point spent .Monday evening In the city. .Mr. and Mis. Walter Clements of Eaglo Point were Medford visitors Monday. . Lee Farlow of Luke Creek spent Tuesday lu the ritv visiting friends unci attending to huslnnsa matter. Hen Wlllluno, o( Sumner, Wash., spent the first of the week In the cltjr on business. ThotnaH Kyan of Wntklns was a Medrord visitor tho first of tlio week. iMr. and Mrs. D. II. Kins of Poco tello, Idaho, are spending a few days In the valley looking over business conditions. Kverett I.obdcll of Grants Pass was a Medford business visitor Monday. Jasper Mclntyre of Smith River, J'al., Is spending the week in the city 0n business K. V. Carter of Ashland spent Mon day afternoon In the city attending to business matters. Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's day and will be celebrated with a variety of social events. Miss Pearl Waters of Borrls, Cal., is spending tho week In the city visit- lug friends and relatives. iC. J. Hall of Montague, Cal., was a Medford visitor Monday. Hoy llarriman of Pelican Bay is spending tho week in the city. Chief of Police Hlttson has Issued a warning to motorists, who have dis regarded the provisions of tho ordi nance governing the control of dazzl ing headlights that they must at once take measures to eliminate the glare or they will be tubjeet to arre.it. Many motorists hive used dimmers, which were switched off upon leav ing tho Main streets nnd the head light turned on with full power on side streets. The ordinance, as ex plained by Chief Hlttson does not aim nt dun in In 3 headlightsbut at con trollhc; tho blinding rays, either by the iik of eorrugated lenses or by frosting the upper half of the head light p!.sr. Mi. Ray Roundtree, Mrs. Sherman Wooley, Mrs. William 7ddlngs, und Mrs. Charles Cincaid were Medford visitors Tuesday from Knglo Point. Miss Boss Bryan left Tuesday morning for Chicago. Eugene Xarregaa has Joined Com pany 7, C. A. C Cieorgo Daley of Eagle Point spent Tuesday In the city attending to busi ness matters. Wm. Grigsby of Klamath Falls was a Medford visitor the first of the week. Will Crogory of Central Point spent Tuesday in tho city attending to business matters. Charlos Ilctfler of Lakevlew, Ore. Is among the out of town visitors In the city this week. Allan Witter of Weed, Cal., at tended to business matters In the city Monday afternoon. Charles Grlf fits of Roscburg Is spending the week in the city on busi ness. i Miss Daisy Terry of Ashland spent Monday in tho city visiting friends. Albert Norton of Klamath Falls is spending the week In the city. James Kershaw of Climax was a Medford visitor Tuesday. S"e do not run down our compet itors product. .- An equal chance in the field of competition will harm no one. We recommend home pro duct first. Homo Industry keeps your money here. California. Washing Powder for sale at the groceries. Home product. 277 Bert H. Dyer, formerly of Hllls boro, Ore., where lie was connected with the 1 1 illsboro Independent, has purchased the Central Point Horald. B. SL Brower, tho former owner of the Herald will farm a 15-acre tract near Gresham, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. John Casper and son of Yanktown, S. D., are spending a few days In Medford as the guests of 'fhati nnnla Alra Vallln Arnnlrl nnri Mrs. Emma Cllne. Mr. and Mrs. Cns- per expect to locate In this section. William Beveridge will leave Tues day evening for Portland, where he has secured n position. Sixty members of the Ashland com pany of the Coast Artillery corps wit! accompany their team to Medford Friday uight to witness tho decidin:; ,tame of tho series between the Ash land armory and the Medford high school teams. Tho first game wa? "cn by Ashland and the second lat Saturday night by Medford. The Ashland team hai Icen materially strengthened by the iiluylng of Art Long In the comer position. Long, playing In splto of tho handicap of hiv'ng one eye dors, up in plaster, in Satu-day's gnmo threw four field :-.oals. and shut Ms opponent out. Two trnlnloads of troops, bound from the border to Vancouver, Wn., where they will be mustered on', of tue Kervieo, rassoii ihroush Mcdf ird Tuesday afternoon. Married Lorin R. Bingham of Medford nr.d .lullu It. Scliulz of Ocean Park, Cal., wero recently married at Sawtello, Cal. After a short honeymoon they will return to Mcdfcrd and mitie their home at 931 Keith Central. WIIF.V MARRIAGE IS FAIM'RK. Surely marriage is a failure when Its essential purpose, the raising of u family of children, proves impossible, lu the childless home tho murrled pair, though sometimes more or less unconscious of the fact, grow disap pointed and lenely. Lacking the b?st tie to hold them togother they are , likely to drift apart, hence many sep- aratlons and divorces. If every wife, whoso physical stato' prevent motherhood, would but try' that great remedy, l.ydla K. Pink-! hum's Vegetable Compound, there would be nt fewer childless .homes. ! -Adv. i FORFEI SAX FHASVISCO, VI. 1: Ninety-six thousand neres of Oregon luucts lying between Coos Hay und Koseburg were ordered forfeited to the government in n decision hnndrd down today by the 1'nited Stntes cir cuit court of appeals here, sustaining the decision ol t lit' Oregon court, mid throwing the land own to settlers. The land was grunted to the (,'oos liny Wagon company by congress in 1S07, with provision that it should not be sold nt more I lain p.:tt pel ade nor more than Hid acres to any individual. Subsequently it fell into the hands of the Southern Oregon company, the defendants, against whom the government brought suit to recover title, alleging violation of the provisions of the grant. It was snid that the Siiutlioni Ore gon company will take mi appeal to the I'nited Stales supreme x'ourt. 30 DAY SENTENCE John Deadmond, picked up by the police February Jl while drunk, was given a hearing before Justice (Menu O. Taylor Monday morning and pleaded guiltx'to the charge of drunk enness nnd disorderly conduct, lie was given a sentence of thirty days in the county jail. Sentence was sus pended upon condition that . Dead mond leave the city and go to work. Dcndmond's wife, who also figured in the affair of the 11th, attempted to commit suicide during the holidays, but was prevented by quick work oil the pari of l'olice Sergeant Crawford. VISIT BLUE LEDGE Developments in the near future in the deal for mines in the Hlue Ledge district urn expected following the arrival in Medford this morning and departure for the Hlue Ledge of n party - of three mining promoters. Accompanied by Dr. .1. F. Roddy, D. U Jones, Mose lliiikdull and W. li. Harnum, the visitors left this morning- in two cms. They expect to spend ubout two days in inspecting the mines. , On their arrival in Medford the mining men were met by John 11. Al len, who is said to have been working for several months on a deal for Hie sale of Blue Ledge properties. DIED ENGI.E George Engle, a resident of Ashland for many years, died at Ashland Tuesday after a protracted illness. Mr. Engle was 66 years of ago, and was a native of Illinois. Ho has filled the positions of mayor, postmaster and other offices In the : city government of Ashland. The fu-1 r.oral services will probably bo held on Thursday. Gi-owers AttontJon The Roguo River Fruit and Pro duce association has closed arrange ments for handling of Grasclll Ar senate of Load Paste the coming sea son and expects delivery of the first carload before April first. We are not holding over any of last year's lead and our entire stock will be 1917 manufacture. For GOO-potind barrels, $ .0S5 per pound. For 300-pound barrels, $0S73 per pound. For 100-pound Oft per pound. Tor p 0-pound steel containers, steel containers. .Olt.'i por pound. In ton lots a discount of 4c per pound will bo made. These prices are only Uc above last year's and the terms, b usual, are extremely liberal. Hook your orders now. S. V. HKCKWITH, 177 Manager. Knr Correet Time Phone 10. SOFT PEDAL ON Three hundred republicans of the valley assembled mound the banquet bo.'iid nt the Motel Medford last night at the annual gathering of tho Lin coln lteiuiljlii-iin club. i'mtisun spoutiug was put under tho ban by Colonel R. ('. Washburn, who presided as toustmnster, and for Unit reason the event seemed tainc to many of the good republicans present with deinocincy mid Woodrow Wilson lacking on the menu under the bend ing ol' "roasts.'' "An assembly of Americans first and partisans second," the meeting was styled by Colonel Wnslibuin. The main address of the evenin; was made by Judge C. I.. McXar.v of Salem, who spoke of the life of Lin coin and the struggle fur learning nnd recognition that curried him to the White house. Among the other speakers on the program were Dr. ('. J. Rollins, Mrs. 1). l'erozzi of Ashland, who spoke for the remibliciin women: Mayor (lates and Miss Leone Cass I'.arr of the Portland Oregonian. A feature of the evening was the singing of patriotic songs under the direction of George Andrews. Telegrams were received and rend from prominent republicans through out the .state und from Mrs. !'. H. llnnley, "the litllo ranch womun," now residing at Seattle. TALENT TO HEAR The socialists of Talent have ar ranged a lecture to be held in Talent citv hall, February 'ill, at 7:.'!0 p. m. They have obtained us speaker Victor J. McCone, slate secretary-treasurer of the Oregon socialist party and ed itor of the Oregon Herald, the offi cial socialist paper of Oregon. Mr. McCone is a newcomer to the nest from Boston, Mass., nnd has nl ready made his mark in public, life in Oregon. He led the recent agitation in Portland for n reduction in the high cost, of living, opposing boycotting of the products of the fanners, mid nd vocuting instead the .socialization of all food-producing, distributing and storage agencies. He led a delegation of housewives and working people before the mayor and city council of Portland, Or., nnd urged upon the city government the need "f action to re duce the high cost of food nnd other necessities. As a result of the ngita tion led by Mr. Met 'one, n noticeable reduction in the prices of certnin sta ple foodstuffs was noted in the Port land markets. Before coming west Mr. McCone devoted himself to the lecture plat form nnd is well known along the en tire length of the Atlantic coast. 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I have real bargains In I.ooso and Mounted Stones of the finest grades. IMARTIN J. REDDY Quality First Visitors Alnnjs Welcome JAIL IS SENTENCE I'pon pleading guilty to the charge of unlawfully bringing liquor into the state, C. A. (Tex) Perry was sen tenced to serve six months in the county jail by Justice (ilitin O. Tay lor, before whom the case was tried tliis morning. , Perry wns arrested Inst week when he alighted from an A-hhind jitney, having a paper carton containing eight pints of whisky in his posses sion. The liquor was dumped following the lienring of the case. Prosecuting Attorney Roberts mid Chief, llittson emptying the bottles. The euse is the first to be tried tin .!,. tl visions nf the "bone l I'V ., ;,- Aitoniev Roberts . , ,..;m i,., .1... ,,i;,.v I il(, stale in nil such cases to work lor maximum sentences, that violations of the statute may quickly he stamp ed out. The maximum penalty provided for such offenses is six mouths in Hie county jail and a line of !f.")ld. Charles E. Mack Is a Medford visi tor for a few day.i from Grants Pasr. r- !iiJii Vv. AMI SE'IIATS TONIGHT, jj Pag Aiways wonu wm iKHjJI II. 11. WAIfXKU, as I "I ' "THK VA(JA1HXI l'lilXO? I KSAlr'4Bli 1 Arlftw ' ' Keystone Comedy "Tlio VneoaMfl L L feife J- TOMORROW Owen Moore otu I f i Marguerite Courtot. I ; , ii r 1 1 y Ipr iRi lilif It ih fp wmmf fell i I i ipy i is ssiiitif MONEY-BACK TAFFETA This beautiful Pure Thread Silk is ;iiarautee(l war two seasons conies in black, navy blue, se brown and green, price, ASHLAND'S QUALITY STORE THE ART OF Lessons in Oratory, Eloeul ion, Dramatic Art, lVisf j Interirelative Gesture and Voice Uuililing. MRS. G. T. WILSON Phone IDOL 803 AV. lltJu MEDFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Vnder Xo.w Management ual Instruction and Class Method in HOOKKKi:i'l0, PENMANSHIP, ARITHMETIC, PRACTICAL KNCiLlSH, SI'LLLIN;, ETC. 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