TALENT NEWS.
T alent (hi. Mav, 15, 1S*.>4.
A splendid rain last Sunday and Mon
day.
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J. S. Aid and family will leave for
California this week.
Janus Purvca is still confined to the
house.
O. Coolidge ami wife, of Ashland were
visiting at J. Ft sb ’ a few' days last week
H. H. Goddard returned from his visit
to Sacramento last W ednesday and re
ports crops extra short there tins season.
E. J. Kaiser, editor of the Valley Re
cord. made a call at our office last Satur
day and had a few hours chat.
Nick Branam, a deaf and dumb son of
Mr. Branam on Wagner creek, returned
home from |he state school last week.
The ‘'sprig” orators, Jcffn y and Raw
lings, will make the ingle scream for the
lenvfit of the Talent kickers. on the 31,
im-t. at 8 I*. M ., at the school house hall.
The aforesaid kickers are expected to
fall in line at once when the •‘Dtm<s-
thems of Applegate” Bounds bib bugle
and submit to a raking tire of oratorical
shot and shell for at least two hour«.
Then the handful < f shreds and rem- .
Hants will be gathered up and decently
interred.
Having the misfortune to be one of the
doomed kickers, we take especial interest
in suggesting the’follow ing as a suitable
inscription to placed on the monumental
stone which kind friends if kickers have
Reno Goddard spent a few days last
friends may erect to the memory of the week looking at the sights at Yreka.
kicker band:
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’ Dunsmuir and Pokegama.
Sacred to the memory of a score of gal
Dr. A. C. Caldwell fills and extracts
lant kickers who fell while bravely V at-
tenq ting to withstand a two hours steady teeth without pain. Office over the bank
fin? of words from the vocal artillery of a Ashland < >regon.
silver tongued orator.
John Shook of Klamath county spent
Where their spirits have flown nd one a few days in 'falent the past week visit-
doth know,
ing friends.
Whether to realms above or regions
Geo. Barron and Geo. Dunn, of Ash-
below,
But kind friends may rest assured that, laud, candidates for sheriff and repreeen-
like the plucky frog in the milkman’s can, ative were shaking hands with the voters
if conditions fail to suit them, they will of Talent last Sunday.
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keep up a vigorous kicking until victory
'fhe annual meeting of the Wagner
crowns their efforts.
Creek Cemetery Association will be held
S. II. Ilolt, candidate for state senator at the Cemetery grounds on Memorial
on the People’s party ticket, add reseed a day at 2 I*. M.
fair sized audience at the 3 alent People’s
W’e were requested by Elmer Coleman
party club room last Saturday evening.
He confined his remarks mainly to of Phoenix, to announce that he is an in
county and state matters. A dozen years dependent candidate on the People’s party
ag«» this county was out of debt. Since ticket for the office of constable for that
then a debt of $219,000 has accumulated precinct.
s’ d rapidly growing larger. The people
Mr. ami Mrs. I. M. W agner,of Salem,
v • • taxed as much as they could stand. who have l»een to the Midwinter Fair*
’.»hat was tube done? Tlie speaker stopped a few days in Talent and paid
s .gge<-ted that unless some r idical change old friends a visit. Of course they made
f- r the better couhl be brought about, and a pleasant call at the N ews cilice.
that light soon,each family would have
The new pcstofl’ce at Talent can he
to hitch up the old greys and migrate to
fresh fields and pastures new. Taking up found between J. B. x Dver’s blacksmith
state matters he raid that though county shop and Barcley and Son’s store, with
affair- were ba<) enough, state affairs were Leo Nethcrland acting Postmaster.
worse and our national government worse
J. B. Carlisle, our road superviser, ha?
than all. Corruption held sway from the commenced a vigorous attack on th»
While House dow n to the foot-hills pre roads. Brittian lane and Beeson avenm
cinct. Each voter must do his own think should claim his special attention.
ing, m»t farm the job out to some politi- 1
Cal I k > m . Salaries of all | ublic officials ' A letter from J J Miller from Salubrin.
should he lowered, the initiative and Idaho, under date of Muy S. gives a him
Referendum adopted, appropriations cut account of the condition of that ••ountrx
lown, four fifths of the commissions done rain, sm»w, mini in extra quantities sit '<
aw iv with, etc etc. His remarks were to last November, farmers discouraged :♦ •<
everyIxaly wanting to migrate.
th« point ami well received.
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