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Medford Business Directory 1911-12 The
many discontinuities from year to year suggest that listing in this
directory was by subscription; don't assume that a business' absence
from this listing is necessarily evidence of its absence from Medford.
MEDFORD. Jackson
County. Population 8100. Settled 1884, incorporated as a city
[1885], in Rogue
River Valley on
Bear Creek and Southern Pacific railway, 328 miles south of
Portland, 443 north of San Francisco,
5 east of Jacksonville, county seat, 12 northwest of Ashland.
Christian,
Baptist, Episcopal,
Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South,
Presbyterian, Catholic churches. Public school, opera house, water
works, electric light and power plant, 3
newspapers: Medford
Sun, Medford
Mail Tribune, Saturday Review. 3
banks, flour mill, several hotels, large stores. Big Pines Lumber Co.
have mills and factories here employing over 1000 men. Fertile
land, best in the world for fruit of all kinds, fine for grain. Ships
lumber, flour, grain, fruit,
livestock. Extensive quartz and placer mines in vicinity.
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., Independent Telephone Co.,
Rogue
River Valley Telephone Co., telegraphs Postal and Western Union.
Express Wells Fargo & Co.
Mail
several times a day. Alonzo M. Woodford, postmaster.
Adams Bros., saloon William A. Aitken, plumber The Wiley B. Allen Co., J. F. Hale, manager, pianos Allen & Reagan (W. D. Allen, W. C. Reagan), grocers R. T. Allin, teas, coffees, etc. Anderson-Green Co. (Bert Anderson, Wesley C. Green), real estate Robert F. Anderson, restaurant Dwight R. Andrus, real estate R. F. ANTLE (J. W. Dressler agency) Elmer C. Aylor, window screens Edward L. Balcom, confectioner John E. Barkdull, real estate John W. Barkdull, boarding Barnard & Cornoyer (Mrs. Mildred Barnard, Ida M. Cornoyer), milliners Bass & Hale (James W. and Wm. W.), barbers Bates Bros. (James W. and William W.), barbers William J. Beacon, grocer N. S. BENNETT, Owner and Proprietor, Eden Valley Nursery B. F. Benson, real estate Frank E. Berdan, carpenter BIG PINES LUMBER CO., Bert Anderson, President; H. A. Thierolf, Vice-President-Manager; W. C. Green, Secretary-Treasurer; Wholesale and Retail Lumber Dealers Pearl C. Bigham, bottling works Bijou Theatre, D. W. Clark, manager Albert S. Bliton, fruit grower O. Carter Boggs, lawyer E. J. Bonnar, optician Henry C. Bonney, fruit grower George M. Bordeau, saloon Robert Boswell, cement contractor Brandon & Whitney (F. S. Brandon, R. J. Whitney), men's furnishings Fred M. Broker, insurance Mrs. Martha A. Brooks, furnished rooms Arthur Brown, publisher, Rogue River Magazine Mrs. H. M. Brown, music teacher Mrs. W. I. Brown, milliner Brown & Co. (Sydney I. Brown, William Aitken), billiards and pool Brown & Wakefield (J. C. Brown, J. W. Wakefield), real estate Henry S. Brumble, dray Building Specialties Co. Louis Bundy, dentist A. C. Burgess, restaurant Earl C. Burk, restaurant B. N. Butler, watchmaker Butte Falls Pine & Lumber Co., B. H. Harris, president Bybee & Heil (Frank Bybee, Louis Heil), meats Myrtle Calhoun, confectioner Bernice Cameron, insurance Henry Campbell, restaurant James Campbell, real estate William H. Canon, insurance agent John H. Carkin, lawyer Mrs. Eva M. Carlow, osteopath Frank G. Carlow, osteopath George H. Carter, dentist Cascade Coal Co., John F. Mundy, president; Howard S. Dudley, vice-president-secretary-treasurer Caskey & Dinkens (Joseph Caskey, J. P. Dinkens), blacksmiths C. M. CHASE, Lawyer, Medford Bank Building Childers Bros. (Albert and Eugene), brick manufacturers City Water Works B. F. Clark, agricultural implements H. M. Clark, mining John H. Clark, building contractor Cline & Co. (Frank D. Cline, Mrs. G. L. Arnold), grocers J. H. Cochran, insurance Coffeen & Price (John W. Coffeen, John E. Price), plumbers L. Oliver Coleman, cigar manufacturer Charles E. Collins, carpenter COLUMBIA LIFE & TRUST CO., W. M. Ladd, President; S. P. Lockwood, General Manager; Spalding Bldg., Portland, Or. Colvig & Reames (William M. Colvig, C. L. Reames), lawyers Clarence F. Cook, nursery Cook & Cook (Robert E. and Robert L.), blacksmiths Cook & Elliott (Leslie A. Cook, Frank C. Elliott), dyers and cleaners Clarence H. Corey, baker Grover C. Corum, dyer Frank L. Cranfill, general merchandise Crater Lake Laundry Co. Inc. Crater Lake Lumber Co. Cudahy Packing Co., Medford Grocery Co., agents Mrs. Annie Cusick, furnished rooms CUSICK & MYERS (A. L. Cusick, O. V. Myers), Real Estate, Timber, Loans and Insurance G. F. Cuthbert & Co. Inc., furniture, carpets Daily & Toft (T. W. Daily, R. H. Toft), real estate Thurston E. Daniels, men's furnishings Ansil A. Davis, proprietor, Medford Flour Mills Arthur H. Davis, electrical engineer D. L. Day, planing mill Desert Oil Co., Howard S. Dudley, president; W. J. Mundy, vice-president; A. E. Reames, secretary-treasurer Diamond Hotel, Mrs. E. C. McKilligan, proprietor J. W. Diamond, jeweler J. W. DRESSLER AGENCY (J. W. Dressler, R. F. Antle), Real Estate, Loans and Insurance S. H. Duffield, shoes Robert O. Duncan, livery James W. Dunlop, real estate John T. Eads, second-hand goods Eagle Drug Co. Inc. EDEN VALLEY NURSERY, N. S. Bennett, Owner and Proprietor Edmeades Bros. (Henry D. and Forrest C.), shoes William W. Eifert, tailor Manuel Elario, restaurant Julius Eller, jeweler Merton Elwood, jeweler Elwood & Burnett (E. D. Elwood, O. N. Burnett), jewelers William G. Estep, lawyer Rankin Estes, barber FARLOW & DOWNING (T. L. Farlow, Fred Downing), Proprietors, West Side Livery Farmers & Fruit Growers Bank (capital $48,000, surplus $30,000), G. L. Davis, president; L. E. Niedermeyer, vice-president; L. E. Wakeman, cashier Mrs. J. D. Fay, boarding Robert A. Ferguson, blacksmith W. B. Field, music teacher FIRST NATIONAL BANK (Capital $100,000, Surplus $30,000), William S. Crowell, President; F. K. Deuel, Vice-President; M. L. Alford, Cashier J. H. Fitzgerald, electrician Flynn Bros. (Thomas K. and Alfred A.), electrical supplies Harry E. Foster, city engineer E. J. & O. R. Fouts, grocers Charles A. Fowler, grocer Gaddis Bros., creamery Gaddis & Dixon (Earl C. Gaddis, Volney Dixon), fence dealers Garnett, Corey Hardware Co. (H. C. Garnett, C. H. Corey) GATLIN INSTITUTE, Three-Day Liquor Cure, Guaranteed, 434 Queen Anne Avenue, Seattle, Wisconsin; 27 South C Street, Tacoma, Washington; Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon Ella Gaunyaw, stenographer C. B. Gay, livery Judson G. Goble, optician Thomas Godfrey, meats Gold Hill Railroad & Lumber Co. Inc. Wilmer E. Goode, restaurant Mrs. Anna Gould, dressmaker Richard W. Gray, building contractor Lawrence A. Gregory, photographer Frank J. Hale, pianos Hall & Fehl (Edward Hall, Delbert and Earl H. Fehl), bakers Robert H. Halley, proprietor, Palace Hotel William L. Halley, insurance J. P. Hansen, hotel Percival H. Hargrave, physician John A. Harrington, saloon B. H. Harris & Co. (B. H. Harris, W. S. Dewing, Kalamazoo, Michigan), timber lands Leon B. Haskins, drugs Thomas Hassells, sewing machines Douglas W. Hazel, carpenter Heffler & Plymale (Earnest Heffler, Benjamin Plymale), restaurant Jesse L. Helms, veterinary surgeon Wilce Henry, restaurant Herman Bros. (Michael M. and Charles), harness David S. Hill, fruit grower R. D. Hill, fruit grower Hillcrest Orchard Co., Reginald H. Parsons, president; John A. Torney, vice-president; Howard S. Dudley, secretary; Worrall Wilson, treasurer, fruit growers HODSON AUTO CO. (W. M. Hodson), Automobiles and Gas Engines Robert A. Holmes, insurance F. H. Hopkins, fruit grower Hotel Emerick, Mrs. Cylisteen Scudder, proprietor HOTEL MOORE, Rau-Moore Co., Proprietors Hotel Nash, O. J. Patton, manager James S. Howard, civil engineer Thomas A. Howell, barber Mrs. Lydia M. Howell, dressmaker Hubbard Bros. (Asahel C. and Fortunatus), agricultural implements Orin C. Huggins, painter Frank H. Hull, photographer Polk Hull & Son (Polk and O. O.), feed mill W. W. Humphrey, guns Hussey's Cash Store, P. A. Hussey, proprietor Hutchison & Lumsden (C. I. Hutchison, Harold U. Lumsden), general merchandise Huth & Ashpole, meats International Correspondence Schools, E. E. Jones, representative Ireland & Antle, cigars etc. William F. Isaacs, clothing Jackson County Abstract Co., T. W. Miles, secretary Jackson County Bank (capital $100,000, surplus $50,000), W. I. Vawter, president; G. R. Lindley, vice-president; C. W. McDonald, cashier Jackson County Building & Loan Association, Bert Anderson, president; J. E. Watt, vice-president; O. C. Boggs, secretary and attorney; M. L. Alford, treasurer D. H. Jackson & Co. (D. H. Jackson), real estate James M. Keene, dentist F. C. Kellogg, real estate Walter M. Kennedy, saloon Mrs. Jane Kent, boarding H. C. Kentner Co., H. C. Kenton, president, department store Corsa M. Kidd, shoes Lottie M. Kincaid, milliner Herman G. King, phonographs Kinyon & CO. (W. C. Kinyon, W. H. Crawford, H. L. Getchell), real estate Blaine Klum, signs John Kreuzer, tailor Mrs. Ada Lane, furnished rooms Louis Larsen, shoemaker John F. Lawrence, jeweler Dennison T. Lawton, agricultural implements Leonard & Leonard, cement works Allen H. Lewis, confectioner James W. Ling, painter Mrs. Rosanna E. Loar, furnished rooms Sheridan A. Lockwood, physician Taulman J. Losey, grocer CHARLES D. LYON, Architect and Designer, 19 Jackson County Bank Building H. D. McBride Co., confectioners W. L. McCallum, real estate McDOWELL & HOLMES, (N. D. McDowell, W. M. Holmes), Real Estate, Loans and Insurance J. A. McIntosh, architect Agnes MacDonough, nurse Henry C. Mackey, photographer H. C. Maltby, real estate Frank E. Martin, bicycles Mrs. Nellie Martin, nurse Mrs. Nana Matney, dressmaker Henry V. Meade, printer Medford Auto Co. (C. P. Talent, Joseph Elmhirst) Medford Book Store (E. B. Davis, A. H. Miller) Medford Brick Co. (G. W. Priddy, O. D. Nagle, G. T. O'Brien) Medford Cement & Paving Co. Medford Commercial Club, W. M. Colvig, president; F. C. Page, vice-president; F. Osenbrugge, treasurer; H. L. Conrad, secretary Medford Concert Band, J. R. Warner, manager Medford Domestic Steam Laundry, Glen Fabrick, president-manager Medford Electric Light & Water Plant, A. C. Gordon, superintendent Medford Flour Mills, A. A. Davis, proprietor Medford Furniture Co., F. W. Hollis, president; C. W. Conklin, vice-president; J. H. Butler, secretary; H. G. Nicholson, treasurer Medford Grocery Co., E. A. Welch, manager Medford Hardware Co., James G. Bigham, manager Medford Hospital, Mrs. Laura G. Gardner, proprietor Medford Ice & Storage Co., G. R. Carter, manager Medford Iron Works, Edwin G. Trowbridge, manager, machinists Medford Lumber Co., J. H. Cooley, president-manager; J. A. Bothwell, vice-president; R. D. Kleppinger, secretary MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford Printing Co., Proprietors, George Putnam, Editor and Manager Medford Masonic Building Co., Inc. Medford National Bank, J. E. Enyart, president; John S. Orth, cashier MEDFORD PRINTING CO., George Putnam, President and Manager, Printers and Publishers, Proprietors Medford Mail Tribune Medford Sash & Door Co. (P. C. Hansen, Thomas Moffatt) Medford Spray Co., manufacturers Medford Sun, Lindley C. Branson, president and editor; S. S. Smith, secretary-manager Medford Theatre, C. D. Hazelrigg, manager Medford Trust Co. Inc. W. H. Meeker & Co. (W. H. and C. A. Meeker), dry goods and shoes Marion V. Merrill, books, stationery Merriman & Elliott (G. F. Merriman, Hugh Elliott), blacksmiths Charles Meserve, publisher, Rogue River Fruit Grower Messler & Kenworthy (J. H. Messler, N. H. Kenworthy), fish and poultry Mrs. Marion J. Metcalf, paints T. W. Miles, lawyer A. H. Miller, books Mitchell & Boeck (J. Will Mitchell, Eric Boeck), wagonmakers Model Clothing Co., F. K. Deuel, president; W. T. Kentner, vice-president; S. F. Richardson, secretary-treasurer EMIL MOHR (Rau-Mohr Co.) Moore Bros., saloon Moore & Adams (John F. Moore, Charles A. Adams), lodgings Moore & Smith, plumbers Mordoff & Woolf (W. G. Mordoff, W. G. Woolf), second-hand goods Morgan & Weisser (M. E. Morgan, William Weisser), sign painters W. E. Morris, architect Harry E. Morrison, physician J. F. Mundy, mining Murphy & Kennedy (Joseph S. Murphy, William W. Kennedy), barber Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, J. H. Cochran, manager Nash Livery, W. R. Tucker, proprietor George M. Needles, saloon Porter J. Neff, lawyer Newman & Carkin (F. J. Newman, J. H. Carkin), lawyers NEWMAN & LORIMER (F. J. Newman, H. H. Lorimer), Proprietors, Valley Land Co. Nichols & Deward, meats Nicholson Hardware Co., S. T. Howard jr., president; H. N. Butler, vice-president; H. F. Platt, secretary-treasurer W. E. Norris, notions Richard W. Northrup, real estate Odell Hotel, D. H. Jackson, proprietor Olmstead & Hibbard (John E. Olmstead, Josiah G. Hibbard), grocers John D. Olwell, real estate Oregon Granite Co., E. A. Hicks, president; P. M. Kershaw, vice-president; J. E. Enyart, treasurer, monuments Oregon Orchard Syndicate, John A. Torney, president; Worrall Wilson, secretary; Ira J. Dodge, treasurer, real estate Oregon Rooming House, Irvin Dahack, proprietor H. L. Orr, implements, buggies, etc. Wilbur L. Orr, produce OSGOOD & CUMMINGS (T. W. Osgood, Fred N. Cummings), Civil Engineers, Medford Bank Building Ferdinand Osenbrugge, agricultural implements Ottinger & Burk (J. C. Ottinger, E. C. Burk), automobiles Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Co., J. J. Butcher, manager Pacific & Eastern Railway Co., W. F. Turner, freight and passenger agent; William Gerig, vice-president-chief engineer Frederick C. Page, fruit grower Page & Son (Portland, Oregon), wholesale produce Palace Hotel, R. H. and Mrs. A. Halley, proprietors The Palms, H. P. Larsen, proprietor Pantorium Dye Works Co. Anlo Penwell, plumber James A. Perry, wholesale produce Phillips & Leaders (W. C. Phillips, H. L. Leaders), restaurant Ira D. Phipps, dentist W. Estill Phipps, lawyer E. Barton Pickel, physician C. H. Pierce & Son (Charles H. and Clarence C.), real estate Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., Bernice Cameron, manager E. G. Poulsen, laundry Charles O. Power, architect W. E. Price, blacksmith Charles Prim, lawyer GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Manager, Medford Mail Tribune, President-Manager, Medford Printing Co. Quaker Nurseries, H. B. Patterson, manager Brad S. Radcliff & Co., saloon RAU-MOHR CO. (W. F. Rau, Emil Mohr), Proprietors, Hotel Moore W. F. RAU (Rau-Mohr Co.) Rethmond L. Ray, assayer Mrs. L. L. Reame, hairdresser J. F. Reddy, hotel Martin J. Reddy, jeweler Otto Reichman, restaurant Rex Grocery Co. (W. R. Ewbanks, J. H. Culp) Anna Rindlaub, music teacher Mrs. Addie K. Rippey, furnished rooms Ritter & Dunlap, cigars, confectioners Frank Roberts, dentist W. J. Roberts, civil engineer Rogue Lands Inc. Rogue River Canning & Evaporating Co., W. C. Wilson, president; L. F. Lozier, secretary-manager Rogue River Creamery, E. C. Gaddis, manager Rogue River Electric Co., Charles R. Ray, president; H. C. Stoddard, secretary Rogue River Fish Co. Rogue River Fruit Grower, Charles Meserve, publisher Rogue River Fruit Growers Union, J. A. Perry, secretary Rogue River Fruit & Produce Association Inc. ROGUE RIVER LAND CO. (N. D. McDowell, W. M. Holmes), Real Estate, Loans and Insurance Rogue River Magazine, Arthur Brown, publisher Rogue River Orchard Land Co. Inc. Rogue River Valley Nursery, C. F. Cook, proprietor Rogue River Valley Railroad Co., William Barnum, agent A. S. ROSENBAUM, Agent, Southern Pacific Railway Mrs. Francis E. Roth, furnished rooms Rundlett Sisters (Linnie & Hattie), milliners Darius B. Russell, confectioner Ryan & Brown, saloon St. Mary's Academy, Sister Agnes, superior Arthur B. Saling, real estate THE SATURDAY REVIEW, M. E. Worrel, Editor and Publisher Savoy Theatre, Earl C. Hubbard, manager Gordon L. Schermerhorn, building contractor Eberle R. Seely, physician Otto M. Selsby, saloon Jacob E. Shearer, physician Clay Sherman & Co., Van Walters, manager August D. Singler, music Siskiyou Realty Co. Inc. Alonzo Slover, dray James G. Smith, stone quarry John A. Smith, tinsmith Joseph C. Smith, harness Tennessee Smith, fruit grower John Snider, dairy Charles W. Snyder, autos Southern Dairy co., ice cream, confectioners Southern Oregon Employment Agency (E. C. Burk, H. A. Annis) Southern Oregon Land & Trust Co. Inc. Southern Oregon Produce Co., H. T. Haswell, proprietor, fruit growers and produce Southern Oregon Tea & Coffee Co. (George W. McCoy, Mrs. Daisy L. McCoy) SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, A. S. Rosenbaum, Agent Standard Oil Co., Andrew Anderson, manager Elijah W. Starr, building contractor George W. Stephenson, physician Sterling Gold Quartz Mining & Milling Co., W. H. Canon, president; J. L. Demmer, vice-president; F. J. Newman, secretary; G. L. Davis, treasurer; R. L. Day, superintendent and manager Francis M. Stewart, real estate and justice James Stewart, civil engineer Walter R. Stokes, dentist Charles Strang, drugs Wallace Stringer, grocer John T. Summerville, barber Sunnyside Coal & Coke Co., J. F. Mundy, vice-president; James W. Dunlop, secretary-treasurer Albert B. Sweet, physician O. E. Tackstrom, ladies' furnishings H. H. Taylor, dairy Robert L. Taylor, painter Frederick G. Thayer, physician Joseph A. Thomas, furnished rooms Todd & Kachmeyer, bakers Joseph E. Toft, painter Torrey & Murphy (F. S. Torrey, W. C. Murphy), real estate Trail Lumber Co., Emma Gagnon, president; J. T. Gagnon, secretary-manager E. G. Trowbridge jr., furniture manufacturer Charles E. Tull, livery Clara H. Turney, music teacher Tyrrell & McDonough (J. R. Tyrrell, Martin McDonough), restaurant Union Livery, R. O. Duncan, proprietor Union Meat Co., Charles Schneckloth, manager Valley Auto Co. (F. H. Cain, J. W. Keyes, E. F. Lockyer) Valley Hospital (Louis and Marion Foote) VALLEY LAND CO.., Newman & Loriman, Proprietors, Real Estate, Fruit, Timber and Farm Lands B. T. Van de Car, jeweler Vawter & Purdin (William I. Vawter, Mahlon Purdin), lawyers Vincent & Baker (C. D. Vincent, Shirley Baker), contractors Henry Vinson, livery Vinson Sisters (Annie and Pheba), photographers Howard L. Vradenburg, confectioner Frank W. Wait, marble works James C. Ward, notions L. B. Warner, nursery Warner, Wortman & Gore, E. N. Warner, president; H. G. Wortman, vice-president; E. E. Gore, secretary-treasurer, grocers and meat William J. Webb, shoemaker Arthur Weeks, fruit grower Weeks & McGowan (F. W. Weeks, William H. McGowan), furniture and undertakers H. Weinhard (estate of), beer and ice Wells Fargo & Co. Express, G. T. Faucett, agent WEST SIDE LIVERY, Farlow & Downing, Proprietors Western Coal Co., S. A. Brown (Portland, Or.), president; J. F. Mundy, vice-president; Howard S. Dudley, secretary-treasurer Western Oregon Orchard Co., J. A. Westerlund, president; E. W. Olson, secretary; William Westerlund (Chicago, Ill.), treasurer, orchardists Western Union Telegraph Co., A. S. Rosenbaum, manager Edward Weston, bowling alley Wetzel & Hodges (Bernard Wetzel, T. D. Hodges), bakers Whetsel Music Co. Alvin White, cement contractor White & Trowbridge (John F. White, Benjamin J. Trowbridge), drugs Whitman & Palm (Arthur E. Whitman, Charles W. Palm), drugs Harry O. Wilkinson, fruit grower William Williams, restaurant Frank M. Wilson, cigars H. F. WILSON & CO., (H. F. and C. F. Wilson), New and Second-Hand Household Goods Oliver N. Wilson, real estate Wise & Wise, theatre Withington & Kelly (Holbrook Withington, Edward E. Kelly), lawyers James B. Wood, real estate Alonzo M. Woodford, postmaster Woods Lumber Co., D. N. Snyder (Glendale, Or.), president; C. A. Wilson, secretary-treasurer; Wallace Woods, manager Alex E. Woolverton, lawyer Chester Woolverton, building contractor Woolverton & Woolverton (A. E. and Mrs. L. C. Woolverton), real estate M. E. WORRELL, Editor and Publisher, The Saturday Review W. T. York & Co. (William T. York, William N. Campbell, Stephen A. Nye), real estate R. L.
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Washington Gazetteer and Business Directory 1911-12,
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