Mrs. 0. Gilbert at The Bazaar N»»t ISxir Io Mrdfortl l'ostoffkc Ladies' Christmas floods Large Stock and Fine Sel ection ofStam/tcd Linens Hur nt Leather floods Embroidery Silks, Lace Fancy Work, Toilet Art icles, Chinaware, Japan ese floods, Hat tenbu rg and Point Lace Material Toys and Confections TMI; PLACE FOR IMF BEST GOODS AND MOST REASON ABLE PRICES SILAS J. DAY (Hike one blotk south of Courthouse JACKSONVILLE, OREOON t NITF.I» STATI S COMMISSIONER Filing» »ml fumi firool tnnilr on lionievirnd» nini limlwr cimili» Corrected plats »bowing all vacant lami» NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. L« gal jxq.rr» ol nil kind» inaile tail Special nti. niion given Io |>a|*cr» in welt lenient of enlate» ABSTRACTER OF TITLES. Most complete net ol al>«tract book» in Ihr county. Almtract» mnite promjitly and »c- curatcly. REAL ESTATE ANII INSURANCE Fine li»t ol country and town property for »ale and rent. MONEY LOANED Warrant» tiought mid »old Collection» tunde Tam-» paid Rent* collected Prompt reply to all letters Charge» reasonable REFERENCED: Hon II K. Hanna. judge of 1st judicial di» trict, and any Jacksonville business man. Q. K, Barber Shop Wm Puhi, Prop. • Lp-to-Date Shop Three Fine Chairs Hood Workmen. Two fine Bathrooms with the best tubs cleanest towels, etc. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING A Homey M «entitle each month helpful practical and inspiring Full of fancinat- ing fenturea. Beautifully illustrated. A million reader»! $1.00 per year. 10 cents a copy. A FREE »ample copy to all requesting. AGENTS WANTED (loot) lloVSKKKItriN«» wants a subscrip tion representative In every city and town in the west. To those who will give all or a portion of their time it offers attractive work and pays exdeedlngly lilw-rnl com missions. It’will pay you to investigate. A postal card will bring particulars, Write at once so ns to tie the first in your field. THE PHELPS PUBLISHING CO Pacific Coast office, .Ml Columbian Huilcing. Snn Francisco, Cal. AN ILLUSTRATED for all the MAGAZINE family LOCAL NOTES Frank Hull, the hustling photographer of Medford, was in Jacksonville Tuesday delivering photoes and taking order» for views Miss Edith Strange come up Saturday from Portland, where »he is a student in I the Portland Academy, to »pend the Holi-- days with her parents, Rev. anti Mr». F. 1 G. Strange. Kindling W«»»<l—$1.00a load at yard or delivered. Iowa Lumlier Comptny. Mi»» Bertha < Irttie returned to her home at Gold Hill Monday, after having laen I m Jacksonville for several days visiting with friends and to attend trie dance giv- ' I en Fridav evening by the Von anti You Club. The You anti You club gave another one of their dance» at Orth'» ball, where three 1 hour» were |ja«sed by the young people j in an enjoyable time The inttsic was i furnished by Charle rs Paine anti Donald - ■ anti was of a high order anil well 1 Colvig, I executed. You'll lie dis ted if you do not set- the picture y. Medford Book Store. Mr. Z. Cameron came in Saturday ; from Applegate to meet his «laughter, ' Miss Corinne, at Medford, sh< having 1 come up that dav from Eugene, where I she is a student in the State University, to s|M-n«l the Holidays with the home folk*. Charles Darby, of Griffin Creek, has been appointed by the Philbrick heirs as their agent to attend to their farm, known a» the Judge Crowell place. Mr. Darby has rented the place for one vear to W. II. Royce, of Phoenix, for $5(M). This farm is one of the best in this vicinity and consists of 2X2 acres, 23 of which 1» to orchard. 25 to alfalfa anti the balance to grain land anti to pasture. Go to the Boss for your candii s, etc. Plain mixed 10c |>er pound and when you buy a pound you get it. i success of his orchard is another proof that the Jacksonville hills are exception ally well adapted to some varieties of apples as well as sjiecially adapted to to grapes, )>eaches and pears. In Spitzen- burg apples Mr. Linn was credited by Olwell Bros., who liought his fruit, of delivering to them the finest of those ap ples that come from any section of Rogue River Valley. Mr. I,inn now has IK acres to orchard and expects to plant 20 acres more next fall. This fall he plant ed 400 apple trees, Spitzenburgs and New town». He has 500 trees that are nine years old that are as thrifty and as proli fic tiearers as are to tie found in thecoun- trv. As a further proof that the hill land of this locality is good fruit land Mr. Lmn has 120 apple trees that were plant ed 45 years ago and they are as thrifty as anv young trees. As these old trees, which were on the (dace when he bought the land, are all of unsalable varieties he will cut most of them down and a few he will graft with shipping varieties. Mr. Linn also h is about a 11XI old trees in his yard at his home in Jacksonville which will he replace with standard trees. Mr. Lmn is also grow ing peaches, he having nearly 300 trees on hi» fruit farm. FINE CABINET PHOTOS $1.50 a Dozen -Until Christmas- Finishing my Pic- Orders Filled Promptly. In Posing «nd tvres cannot be excelled. G. W. MACKEY Over Miller’s Hardware Store Medford, - - Oregon BICYCLE STORE REPAIR SHOP An optimistic view of that insistent AND problem, The Cost of Living, is taken by Commissioner Carroll C. Wright of the United States labor bureau and other writes who discuss it in the January Good | Housekeeping. Another live issue treat er! m the same magazine is the divorce Racydes, Ramblers and peril, the writer being Congressman Gillett of Massachusetts, who has labored other standard bicycles. for year« for the abatement of this nat i< nal scandal anti reaches interesting Repairs made to bicycles conclusions. The current Good House keeping contains the first group of "Em sewing machines, guns ergency stories” entered in its jditmi con and all kinds of small test, literally true tales of engrossing in terest. Other notable features are an il machines. lustrated account of the home life of Lilian Bell, by Isabel Gordon Curtis; Congressional Champions of the Home,; by Henry D. F. Macfarland.commission er of the District of Columbia; humorous - OREGON «ketches by Jennette Lee, the novelist, MEDFORD, anti Mattel DeCoster; a description of a pretty house which was built for $1500;a new department. Handicraft, and th«- us nal rich abundance of cooking and other Professional Carpet Weaver material. Ten cents a copy, one dollar a year. Has a new Flying Shuttle Loom The Phelps Publishing Co, Springfield, and i» prepared to do stridi ly first- Mass, New York, Chicago. TED KELSO Mrs. A. L. PEACHEY There is to lie a New Years ball at Rm b on Friday evening of next week, to l»e given by C. M Ruch, at Ins hall. Among the young jieople of Appleg.de and Jack' sonville it is known that a jolly time is always to lie had at the dances given by class work on carpets and tf rugs Mr. Ruch and this New Years ball will ( ard of (hanks. la- 11 p to the atandartl. The tickets for OREGON For the sympathy expressed and the EAGLE POINT the oance and supper will be $1.50 and kindness shown. I hereby desire to ex horses will be stained for 25 cents. press mv heartfelt thanks to all those 1 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hafer moved to who assisted at the funeral of my brother, Medford Tuesday, where they will here the late H. H. Blech« r after reside. Their change of residence J ohanna B lecher . I was made necessary bv Mr. Hafer living i the local manager for the Iowa Lntnlter 1 \ Box Company an«! as his company Real Estate Activities Wr/J conduct a gene- 1 have moved their headquarters to Med- rat Blacksmith busi . ford, it became necessary for him to move Jno Con wav to S Sherman; prop in to that place also. Mr. and Mrs. Hafer ness at the old Talent.................................................. have made many friends in Jacksonville Jas A Slover to Alta Weston; lots CRQNEMILLER STAND 1 a ho regret their departure, yet wish them I. 3. sec 25, lot 2 and sw *4 of se , well in their new home. 400 '¿sec 2*i tp 35 s, 3 w....................... One <»f the l»est selection« of millinery Alta Weston and hush to Clara ooo Ellen Cappock: same..................... goods to Is- seen iti Medford is at the »tore of Maud E. Wilson & Co. in Med- Alexander Kyle to II D Presste; 100 river lot 3 sec 17 tp 30 s, r 3 w... fot 1 on F street west of the S. P. de]x»t I ami 'ter prices are satisfactory to custo- Anna B Heckarthorn to I) W and Ed Pence; s Vj of nw % and ne ■ niers *4 of nw J/ and nw J* of ne ’4 II. C. Maury was one of the progressive 430 sec 20 tp 33 s. r 1 e........................ - far men who attended the institute Satur day and lie expressed himself as well paid Alex McLeod et ux to E L Stain; 220 prop Ashland .............................. for the «lav bv the many helpful ideas that hr gained from the addresses and E I. Stain to B R Stevens; prop 500 Granite st Ashland.......................... I discussions that were had. Mr. Maury T J Downing et ux to Je-se Houck; states that his father, Col. R. F. Maury, 400 prop in Ashland............................... was seriously ill some time since but that Jesse Houck to T J and Selina J lie is now feeling very well for a man of Coughing Spell Caused Death. Downing; bond for a deed, pro]» r his years and that he is now able to be in Ashland ....................................... “ Harry Duckwell, aged 25 years, about the I10 ise. Col. Maurv is a Mexic choked to death early yesterday niorn- an War veteran and a pioneer of Oregon Rosanna Cole to Alfred A Gillette; 250 ing at his home, in the presence of his prop sec 22 tp36 s, r.3 w............... of IM53. As with other fanners along Mathias Demmer et ux to Ernest wife and child. He contracted a slight Daisv creek and Griffin creek. Mr. Maury and Selina Richter; prop sec 24 cold a few day ago and paid but little at has had his share of creek trouble, which 1 tention to it. Yesterday morning he tp 37 s. r 2 w................................. lie is now preparing to bring to an end. was seized with a fit of coughing which Daisy creek runs through his farm ami it W H and Josie Simmons to Wm Angle; lot 2 bik 22. Medford....... continued for some time. His wife sent has lieen changing its channel every few for a physician but before he could arrive, , years, and to confine it to the same chan Mary E Fielder to A W Beebe; prop tp 37 s, r 2 w.......................... :tooo another coughing spell came on and nel he is now having a deep ditch Duck well «lied from suffocation.—St. «lug through his land, similar in size to Amanda C Moyer and hush to Jno G Norton; prop Jackson co......... 1200, Louis Globe-Democrat, Dec. 1, 1901." the tine that is the artificial channel for Ballard’s Horehound Syrup would have Daisy crtjek through the Thomas, Ish and A I) Helman toO R Buckman; prop 150 saved him. 25c, 50c and $1.00. Sold by tp 3!) a, r 1 e...................................... Ross farms, his ditch connecting with the City Drug Store. Ross ditch. It is quite an expensive | Win J Schmidt et ux to Oscar R undertaking, but it will more than repay | Buckman; proptp 39 s. v I e....... Why worry with that old wornout mach the expense in the land gained by having W P Hammon et ux to A H Fisher; ine when a small monthly outlay will put 225 10 acres tp 39 s, r 1 e ...................... a straight channel for the creek and the in its place the best, lightest running Martha A and A P Talent to Wel saving of loss by floods. 120 machine made. The payments are made born Beeson; prop in Talent........ to suit all. C. W. Conklin. David Linn, the pioneer saw mill man Wellborn Beeson et ux to Edward E and L K Moffitt; prop in Tal ami furniture manufacturer of Rogue Our new Fall patterns are ready for ent......................................................... River valley, in giving up those vocations your inspection. Measurements tak several years ago turned his attention to Geo P Lindley et ux to W H Brad en. Fit guaranteed or no acceptance. shaw; prop tp 37 s, r 1 w............... fruit raising and he is making quite as Nunan-Taylor Co. much of a success of this venture as he C Vroman et ux to 1 E Ross; lots 7 T. C. Norris is on deck for the Christ 340 and H blk 32 Gold Hill................. did of his former undertakings. Mr. inas trade with an enlarged stock all Linn has his orchard on a tract of land W R Newman et ux to John El- around and will quote prices to meet any wegan; lot 0 blk 4 cottage add that he owns on Jackson creek mile ami 15 competition. Medford............................................... a quarter west of Jacksonville ant! the CHAS. H. BASYE Wagon and Plow Work, Horseshoeing and Ma chinery a Specialty. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED