LOCAL HAPPENINGS Brief and Breezy Notes on Happen- inqs In and Around the County Seat of Jdikson Couuty By the Only Pdper In the field. NEWS WHILE IT IS STILL NEWS Trv the Sentinel for three months. Watermelons the best on the market at Miller’s confectionery store. Grain sacks in any quantity and prices that are right at Nunau-Tavlor Company. Keep your floors clean by the use of Dustine. Sold at Conklin’s furniture store. Chris. Ulrich carries a full line of sash and doors which he sells at Medford prices. Spectacles soldered and other light repairing done at reasonable prices at Hickel’s jewelry store, Jacksonville. Suits made to look dressy an like new at the Medford Cleaning Pressing and Dying Works. Fine work a specialty. Cabbage, fresh ami crisp and all other vegetables fresh from Maurv's gardens at Learned's. Fresh fruits of all kinds. A tine assortment of picture moulding. Bring in vour pictures and have them framed. The workmanship speaks for itself. At C. W. Conklin's. Hickel, the (acksonville jeweler, has some tine Waltham and Elgin watches, warranted for 20 years, and full gold cases that he will sell at a close margin of pro- filt. Campers will find the best of canned meats, oysters, clams and canned fruits pickels syrup and other lunch basket necessities at Miller & Bailey’s. Fresh bread daily ami cakes furnished to order George Brown was in the county seat Wednesday on business at the court hoiue. Mr. Brown owns a tine farm near Brownslxiro and he is engaged in stock hay and grain and now he is adding fruit raising he having planted 20 acres of land to apples, the varieties living Newton ami SpiUenberg. Though the trees have been planted but two years so strong has tieen their growth, by reason of the thorough cultivation given them by Mr. Brown, that many of them are bearing fruit this year, having one or more perfect ami well grown apples on each tree. Mr. Brown expects that within five years his orchard will lie bearing in quantities sufficient to enable him to tiegin to market fruit, His land is on Little Butte creek and is well adapted for fruit raising and with the likelihood of having a macadamized road to the railroad by the time he has much hauling to do Mr. Brown anticipates that his orchard will be a profitable venture for him. M. II. Roundtree and E." C. Steiger have moved their families back to town from the Iowa mill where thev have resided since last spring. Messrs. Roundtree and Steiger have operated un ler a lease the mill and logging camp belonging to the Iowa Lnmber \ Box Company since last winter but they have given up their contract and will engage in other work for this fall. The Iowa Company have not given out what their plans are in regard to operating the mill, whether thev will run it themselves or lease it to other parties. The milt is now shut down, the extensive dry season drying up the »brings from which water was hid for the donkey engines in the woods and as there is no water conven­ ient to haul logging operation* had to l>c shut down until the fall rains set in. Conklin, the house-furnisher, has re­ Miss Margaret Krause left Wednesday ceived another ah ipment oi carpets and for Klamath Falls, where she will spend twoor three weeks with her brother and rugs that are the equal ot any ever sister in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Krause. brought to Southern Oregon, embracing Taxes have been steadily coming in many beautiful designs in Axministers, and the indications are that Sheriff Rader Body Bruaaells, Ingrains and Velvets. will have a very small delinquent list Call and see them. The prices are right this fall. Treasurer Miller expects Rogue River Creamery, Medford, man that by the last of this month a sufficient ufactures the C. E. G. brand fancy cream amount of tax money will be in to en­ ery butter, that isclean, elegant and guar anteed. Ask your merchant for it. able him to make a call for county Traveling men find the table service warrants. at the Taylor House first class and the Miss Josphine Donegan w ill begin next home cooked meals fully up to their Monday a six months term of school in wishes. the .Applegate district. There will lie a To get perfect rest use one of those three months session this fall and then silk floss or cotton felt mattresses, They a vacation of six weeks during the worst are the best. C. W. Conklin. of the winter weather, when the term Largest ami best stock of fresh candies will be completed. This will be Miss in Jacksonville at The Boss. All home Donegan’s second term in the Applegate made and guaranteed pure. district and she has earned by her faith­ Fine watch repairing a specialty at ful and earnest devotion to her school Hickel’s jewelry shop, Jacksonville. work the highest regard of all the pa­ Try White Pine and Tar medicine tor trons of the school. that Cough.—City Drug Store. A. F. McCreary, who owns a small place on the hill south of town, has left a sample lot of peaches at the Sentinel office that are from trees grow­ ing on his place. Mr. McCreary has about sixty peach trees and they have bourn a crop each year since old enough and though the trees grow on dry hill land with no irrigation whatever, the fruit is of large size, juicy and of perfect flavor, proving that the hills about Jack­ sonville are well adapted to growing peaches. Besides the history of the Russo-Jap­ anese war, which is brought up to date in its editorial department, “The Pro­ gress of the World,” the Review of Re­ views for September has two articles which summarize the distinctive achieve­ ments of the Japanese armies. M. C. Sullivan shows how effectively the mod­ ern science of battlefield communication has been utilized by the Japanese signal corps,while a Japanese writer contributes a laundry sketch of General Kuroki. A Chinaman, Mr. Chang Yow Tong, gives his views of the “Yellow Peril.” If you have any timl>er land you want to sell—See T. C. Norris. Trespass notices on cloth sent by mail to any address for £ 1 .GO a dozen. ANY TOOL THAT THE FARMER. GARDENER AND ORCHARDIST MAY NEED D. H. MILLER’S Hardware Store, Tinning and Plumbing Shop MEDFORD, OREGON OREGON NURSERY CO En tab Hu hod 1867 OREGON - SALEM, Oldest and Largest Nursery on Pacific Coast. All our stock is Home Grown and guaranteed True to Name. All Trees that fail to live replaced at Half Price. Can fill orders for any kind ot Tree, Shrub or Flower that can Ire grown in Oregon. Large Illustrated Catalogue sent Free on application to R. D. MAPLESDEN, MEDFORD, - - - agent OREGON We have the largest anti best list in Southern Oregon of Fruit, Alfalfa, Dairy and Stock Lands, Timber l ands, Mining Bargains and Town Property. Dealers in Sewing Machines, Lime, Cement and Shingles We buy wool and mohair. Union Divery Stables h’igs on short notice for timber cruisers, com­ mercial men, mining men, sawmill men, all kinds of men or parties. Horses led at rea- sonable rates. Geo. N. Lewis, Prop., JacKsonville Quartz and placer location blanks for sale at the Sentinel Office. * Fine job work at the Sentinel Office. Gold Hill Development Company. The above company has completed ar­ rangements to install a power plant and custom smelter at Gold Hill, Oregon. The final survey has been made by J. S. Howard, and water sufficient will be available at tile lowest stage of the river to generate MXX) horse power. The re­ gion through which the line will extend is between Ashland and Grants ¡’ass and all intermediate points. The company will have about