JACKSONVILLE
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Vol. 2
JacK»onville, JacKion County, Oregon, Friday, March 24. 1905-
ITEMS OF INTEREST
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I’drdgrjqhs Regarding the Doings in
Iown. County. State and Nd-
tlon. Boiled Down to Suit the
lasle of the Busy People.
WHAiLVIK HAPPENED IS HERE
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The Sentinel give* the mining new».
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SENTINEL
Rev. A. J. Armstrong officiated at the
wedding of M. I,. Daily and Miss Effie
Wei»« which took place Thursday morn­
ing at 9:00 o'clock at the residence of
County Superintendent 1 1’ If. Daily,
The contracting parties are well ami
favorably known in the county
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where
they have hosts of friend«, '111«-, h-it at
once for their stock farm just east of
Medford amid showers of rice.
Hon. W. D. Chamberlain, a leading
citizen of Pendleton made S. P. Purity
and other friends living at Medford and
Jacksonville a visit Saturday, lie served
Umatilla county ably as clerk for two
terms ami also as a memlier of the late
legislature say» the Southern Oregonian.
Fred A. Coppie was in from the Apple­
Quite a decided change took place in
gate valley todav.
the weather last Monday when tile wii d
Atty. Gm. Newbury visited Medfr.nl blew and it rained in torrents for several
hours. Tuesday morning it was snow­
the first of the week.
ing and some of it remains on the high
A brail new line of
hills vet. The tain is fully appreciated
as it was badly needed.
right troni New York,
iiiau’a.
The dance given at Gold Hill last Fri
Learned, of the Boss Confectionery, is day evening is sai<l to have la-rn a great
now serving “Hot Tamales" to Ins cus­ success ami netted the Ladies* Cornet
Band a neat litt'e sum. Geo. McCtn e
tomers.
attended from this place.
Ste> lhead salmon are said to be running
up Rogue Rivir in great numbers and
the small tributaries of that stream are
full of them.
The wife of Dr. J. Hinkle of Central
Point <ii«-d la*t Sunday night and was
buiied at that plac; Tuesday.
Chas. Nunan and his i sister Mrs.
Russell ami son. returned I from Sail
Francisco Tuesday evening.
Atty C. L. Rcames lias had the old
E. II. Hilt, who has been a resilient
Realties cottage torn down this week and
of
this place for sane time, moved to
is having built by Fred Fick, the car-
Asbland last week.
|iciitcr, a new wood shell.
Basev Bros and G. N. Lewis, of this
The Medford Flouring Mills will here­
after be ofierated by electric |>ower, a p'ace visited Grant* Pass last Thursday.
thirty horse power motor having lieen
Hon. Theo. Cameron attended the
installed there this week says the Mail. Good Roads convention at Grants Pass.
The revival meeting at the M. E.
W. E <)lm*ted has returned from his
Church 11m developed quite an interest.
The services will continue every evening trip to C dtforuia.
except Saturday until further notice.
Rev. Robert Ennis visited Medford
All are cordially invited.
Tuesday.
During the absence of Dr. Bowersox
in the East, his father in law, Dr. J. M.
Kitchen, of Grants Pass, will look after
his practice. Dr. Kitchen i< a physician
of inmv years exjierience ami will please
those who have occasion to call him.
Presiding Elder M C. Wire gave four
very satisfa torv sermons at the M. E.
Church this week. The Quarterly Meet­
ing Wednesday night showed all de
partments of the church work to be in
an increasingly prosperous condition.
A. J. Stevens, who owns and is operat­
ing the Jackson County I.umlier Co. mill
located a couple of miles south of Jack­
sonville is putting in a lumber yard in
Southwest Medford and several teams are
hauling lumber from the mill to the
vard.
A new restaurant has been opened up
this week in the brick formerly occupied
bv the “Hooligan Restaurant,"by Mrs.
Elizabeth Wolf and «laughters ami they
are now ready to teed'the hungry, Tlie
plac«- has been nicely furnished, and
will doubtless be quite a popular eating
place.
The Danielson boys—W. O. and C.
p.—have purchased * one-third interest
in the Medford Foundry and Machine
Shops, from Messers. Gault it Cook says
the Mail. Although there has never been
a great flourish of trumpets about this
business, it has been increasing right
along. Both the new partners sre me
chanics, ami with the two older owners,
makes four people in the company who
are competent to do almost any kind of
machine work.
The Oregon Semi Weekly Journal, in
addition to containing Paul De I.aney’s
new serial story, “The Sheepherder,” is
issued twice a week and is brim full of
tiie cream of the news of the world. It
lias decidedly the best market rcjxirts of
any paper on the Pacific Coast. For the
Citizen whose postoffice facilities do not
justify a daily pajier, the Semi-Weekly
Journal is the best investment in reading
matter that can be made. For clubbing
rates see the editor of this paper.
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No. 46
The same time Mr. Grant had urgent
business in Jacksonville, to which place
he drove his fine team. He has not
i been seen since by the people of Gold
Paragraphs Regarding Doings Hill. Of course there were many rumors
Throughout the Length and when he did not come back and people
to think that there was something
Breadth ot Jackson County as began
wrong and were positive of that fact
We Succeed In Capturing them. when the doors of the store were closed
Friday an«l Mr. Welch began to haxe
SOME AKE NEWSY: SOME AKE NOE the goods packeil for shipment. The
goods were shipped away next -day, and
Mr. Welch paid all bills against the firm.
About the beginning of the year Harry Whether or not Mr. Grant will come
Grant, a fine ap|iearing young gentleman back and pay his bills is another
came to gold Hill seeking a building on question. His wife has turned over all
; the business side of the town in order to the household furniture and furnishings
open up a gents furnishing store. After to the creditors. Young Grant neither
two or three visits to the town from drank nor gamblefl while here and many
Grants Pass, which place he ciaimed as i people are at a loss to understand his
his headquarters, he deciding to begin strange disappearance. Nothing can be
business and rented the Counts building learned from his wife or her people in re­
oil the south side, moving in a fine st«?ck gard to his whereabouts and it may be
of clothing, boots and shoes, a:id gent's that he wili return toGold Hill. Mr. Grant
furnishings. The firm of Welch and rather startled the residents of this staid
Grant did not do a very large business in town during his eight weeks career and
this out-of-the way place am! Mr. Grant furnished the climax, with his myster­
found time rather heavy on his hands, so ious disappearance.—Grants Pass Herald.
found time to buy a fine team of horses
and a nice buggy and other articles for
Call and Settle
which he did not always pay, but he was
of a genial nature ami no one thought of
All those knowing themselves indebt
pressing for payment. He also found
ed tp me will please call and pay up
time to court one of Gold Hill’s foremost
before the 25th of this month as I expect
young ladies, Miss May Curry, to whom to start East about that time to be gone
he was united in matrimony Febr. 24th several months,
in Jacksonville. On the 1st of March he
Resp. Yours.
rented the McClendon building on the
D r . F. R. B ovversox .
other side of the town next to the Gold
Hill bank and moved the stock over to
A SAFE COUGH MEDICINE FOR
the new location. He had the building
CHILDREN.
entirely renovated at the firm’s expen-e
In buying a cough medicine for child­
bought shelving, counters, etc. for which ren never be afraid to buy Chamberlain’s
he did not pay and opened with a fine Cough Remedy. There is no danger
display of goods about the 10th of the from it and relief is always sure to follow
It is especially valuable for colds, croup
present month. Three or four days
and whooping cough. For sale by City
later Albert Welch of Portland appeared. I Drug Store.
THE COUNTY NEWS