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Medford Business Directory 1913-14 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 10,500. Settled in 1884, incorporated as a city in
[1885], located in the Rogue
River Valley on
Bear Creek and Southern Pacific railway, 328 miles south of
Portland, 5 east of Jacksonville, county seat. This city attracted
national attention in 1910 by the remarkable growth in 10 years as
shown by the census, the gain being 393 percent, only 2 points in the
Union having exceeded that record. It is the commercial and business
center of Jackson County and the Rogue River Valley. The city is well
built and possesses the appearance of a metropolitan center many times
its size. It has a total of 18 miles of asphalt-paved streets, 32 miles
cement sidewalks, 26 miles sewers, 27 miles iron water mains
constructed during the past two years at a cost of $1,700,000. All
religious denominations are represented. It has 4 banks, 2 daily and
weekly newspapers, Medford
Mail Tribune and Medford
Sun, splendid
schools, water works, electric light and power plant, large hotels and
stores, lumber industry employing over 1000 men. Fertile
lands adjacent and extensive quartz and placer mines in vicinity. Ships
lumber, flour, grain, fruit,
livestock. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., Independent
Telephone
Co.,
Rogue
River Valley Telephone Co. Telegraphs Postal and Western Union.
Express Wells Fargo & Co.
Lee E. Ackley, buggy tops S. A. Adkins & Son, grocers M. M. Ahrens Co., Melvin M. Ahrens, cloaks, suits Benton Akins & Co., dry goods Allen Grocery Co. (William D. Allen) The Wiley B. Allen Co., Palmer & King, managers, pianos John Arnel, real estate Olen Arnspiger, civil engineer Frederick S. Barber, dentist M. C. Barber, physician Barnard & Cornoyer (Mrs. Mildred Barnard, Ida Cornoyer), milliners Joseph C. Barnes, real estate Courtland J. Beach, notions E. Ellis Bean, lapidary Behling & Schmidt, shoes Frank Belcher, employment agents Bennett Investment Co. (Archie O. Bennett) B. F. Benson, real estate Berdan & Sons, house movers M. B. Berlin, tailor BIG PINES LUMBER CO., G. X. Wendling, President; R. M. Cross, Vice-President; H. A. Thierolf, Secretary-Treasurer; Retail Lumber and Milled Work BITTNER REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, Mrs. Emma Bittner, Manager, General Real Estate--The Employment Department Furnishes All Kinds of Help Free of Charge to Employer, Rooms 6 and 7 Palm Building Charles M. Boardman, grocer Boggs & Wilson, lawyers Boyd & Gibson, milliners Brandon & Whitney, men's furnishings Lewis B. Brown, flour and feed William I. Brown, grocer Mrs. W. I. Brown, milliner Louis Bundy, dentist Butz & Johnston (George Butz, Thomas S. Johnston), proprietors, Hotel Holland California-Oregon Power Co., H. L. Walther, manager James Campbell, loans Hamill A. Canaday, lawyer Verne T. Canon, bill poster Carkin & Taylor lawyers Eva M. Carlow, osteopath Frank G. Carlow, osteopath John R. Carpenter, grocer Frank C. Clark, real estate Cline & Co. (Mrs. Emma C. Cline, Mrs. Nellie E. Arnold), grocers John H. Cochran, insurance Coffeen & Price (J. W. Coffeen, J. E. Price), plumbers Lucile R. Conrad, public stenographer Conroy & Clancy (Robert J. Conroy, Robert W. Clancy), physicians George C. Cornitus, real estate Frank L. Cranfill, general merchandise Crater Lake Laundry Co. Inc., C. G. Brawn, manager Wren E. Crews, lawyer William S. Crowell, lawyer FRED N. CUMMINGS, Manager, Rogue River Valley Canal Co. and Roguelands Incorporated Thurston E. Daniels, clothing Davidson & Butterfield (William G. Davidson, Charles S. Butterfield), grocers George L. Davis, real estate Artemus W. Deane, dentist DeArmond & DeArmond (Hugh L. and Harvey H.), lawyers Jay W. Diamond, jeweler Ira J. Dodge, real estate Jesse W. Dressler, real estate Dudley Bros. (Howard and James W.), real estate George H. Eads, fuel Chauncey L. Earsley, grocer William W. Eifert, tailor Eiler Music House, J. C. Gallagher, manager Electric Construction Co. (O. C. Henlein) Oliver T. Ellis, jeweler Elmer D. Elwood, optician Jocelyn J. Emmens, physician Farmers & Fruit Growers Bank, Delroy Getchell, president; L. L. Jacobs, cashier Carl Fichtner, rubber tire repair FIRST NATIONAL BANK (Capital $100,000, Surplus and Undivided Profits $65,000), F. K. Deuel, President; Charles M. English, Vice-President; M. L. Alford, Cashier; Oris Crawford, Assistant Cashier Fisher & Whitmire (Joseph M. Fisher, Jacob R. Whitmire), real estate Henry B. Flury, fuel Alfred A. Flynn, electrician Harry E. Foster, city engineer Fouts Co. (Otto R. and Erastus J. Fouts, John Brownlee), grocers George T. Foyes, grocer Gaddis & Dixon, wire fence Garnett-Corey Hardware Co., H. C. Garnett, president Charles E. Gates, auto supplies Judson G. Goble, optician Wilmer E. Goode, grocer Chris Gottlieb, real estate S. B. Graham, insurance C. M. Gregory, mining William D. Guernsey, printer Joseph F. Hale, pianos Hall & Myers (J. C. Hall, O. V. Myers), taxicabs William L. Halley, insurance Chub A. Hamlin, grocer Percival H. Hargrave, physician Leon B. Haskins, drugs Thomas H. E. Hathaway, real estate Mrs. Anna Hazelwood, grocer Alvin R. Hedges, chiropractor Louis Heil, meats Herman Bros. (Charles H. and Michael M.), harness A. J. Hiniker, dentist E. C. HOGSETT, President-Manager, Rogue River Valley Abstract-Title Co, Examiner of Titles, Notary Robert A. Holmes, insurance William M. Holmes, real estate John A. Honey, insurance Charles D. Hoon, real estate C. C. Hoover, nursery HOTEL Holland, Butz & Johnston, Proprietors, Opposite Southern Pacific Railway Depot HOTEL MEDFORD, Rau-Mohr Co., Proprietors, Emil Mohr, Manager HOTEL MOORE, Rau-Moore Co., Proprietors Hotel Nash, Bell & Sheridan, proprietors J. S. Howard Engineering Co. (J. S. Howard, C. F. Rhodes), civil engineers Mrs. L. M. Howard, milliner Charles D. Hoy, real estate Hubbard Bros. (Fort and Asahel C.), farm implements Hughes & Amidon (Lee J. Hughes, Eligan C. Amidon), plumbers Hull Printing Co. (F. H. Hull) William H. Humphrey, real estate William W. Humphrey, sporting goods Huntley & MacClatchie (Earl W. Huntley, John W. MacClatchie), insurance agents Pierce A. Hussey, notions J. Frank Hutchason, insurance agent Hutchison & Lumsden (C. I. Hutchison, Harold U. Lumsden), grocers Jackson County Abstract Co., T. W. Miles, manager Jackson County Bank, William I. Vawter, president; Chester W. McDonald, cashier Jackson County Building & Loan Association, Bert Anderson, president; O. C. Boggs, secretary Jackson County Realty Co., H. M. Coss, manager D. H. Jackson Co. (David H. Jackson, C. Walker), real estate Carl Jeschke, jeweler Johns & Turner (Arthur D. Johns, Harry D. Turner), architect James M. Keene, dentist David L. Keller, jeweler Edward E. Kelly, lawyer Samuel Kempthorne, grocer W. H. Kenworthy & Co. (Mrs. Ida E. and W. H. Kenworthy), fish Corsa M. Kidd, shoes George F. King, timber land Emil Kirchgessner, physician Edson T. Knode, lawyer C. P. Kribs & Co. (Charles P. and Charles C.), grocers George J. Kunzman Printing Co. (George J. Kunzman) Laidley & See (George W. Laidley, Alvin L. See), timber and timber cruisers Orrin H. Lawler, lawyer John F. Lawrence, jeweler Leroy & Tompkins (W. S. Leroy, W. T. Thompkins), therapeutists Ernest W. Liljegran, assayer Myrtle S. Lockwood, physician Robert J. Lockwood, physician S. A. Lockwood, physician Thomas J. Long, fuel A. J. Lupton, real estate William H. Lydiard, grocer Charles A. McArthur, real estate Bert R. McCabe, lawyer Lincoln McCormack, lawyer Joseph S. McCreight, dyer John C. Mann, dry goods J. Willis Marion, physician George E. Maxwell, real estate Fred W. Mears, lawyer Medford Book Store (Edward B. Davis, A. H. Miller), book and art goods Medford Brick Co. (George W. Priddy, Owen D. Nagle, George T. O'Brien) Medford Business College, E. L. Moore, manager Medford Candy Manufacturing Co., Charles P. Silliman, proprietor Medford Concrete Construction Co., C. J. Semon, president-manager Medford Domestic Laundry Co. Inc., Glen Fabrick, president; O. Carter Boggs, secretary Medford Furniture & Hardware Co., F. W. Hollis, president; H. G. Nicholson, vice-president; H. D. Howard, secretary; H. F. Platt, treasurer, house furnishings, hardware and wall paper Medford Grocery Co., E. A. Welch, manager Medford House Cleaning Co. (Edward H. Lamport) Medford Hydraulic Cement Brick & Block Co., H. A. Jansen, manager Medford Ice & Storage Co., G. R. Carter, manager Medford Implement Co. (H. J. Holmer, W. E. Cloney), agricultural implements Medford Iron Works (E. G. Trowbridge), machinists Medford Land Co. (James S. Campbell, Charles C. Chilson) Medford Lumber Co., J. H. Cooley, president-manager MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE (Daily and Weekly), Medford Printing Co., Proprietors, George Putnam, Editor and Manager Medford Mercantile Co., Inc., Albert E. Kinney, president; Walter B. Beebe, secretary, dry goods Medford National Bank, W. H. Gore, president; John S. Orth, cashier Medford Pharmacy, Jonas Wold, proprietor Medford Plumbing Co., Frank W. Cotterill, proprietor MEDFORD PRINTING CO., George Putnam, President and Manager, Printers and Publishers, Proprietors Medford Mail Tribune Medford Realty & Improvement Co., John F. Reddy, president; Charles S. Lebo, secretary Medford Sash & Door Co. (Paul C. Hansen, Thomas Moffatt), mill work Medford Sheet Metal Works, B. G. Worthington, proprietor Medford Soda Works, Pearl C. Bigham, proprietor MEDFORD SUN (Daily and Weekly), Robert W. Ruhl, President and Editor; S. S. Smith, Secretary-Manager Medford Tent & Awning Co., A. D. Little, manager Merrill & Merrill (Thomas E. and Marion V. Merrill), stationery Claude Miles, real estate Thaddeus W. Miles, lawyer Mission Furniture Works, E. G. Trowbridge Jr., proprietor J. Will Mitchell, wagonmaker Model Clothing Co., F. K. Deuel, president; Samuel F. Richardson, secretary H. N. Moe & Co. (H. N. Moe), dry goods Harry E. Morrison, physician Mulkey & Cherry (Benjamin F. Mulkey, George W. Cherry), lawyers John F. Mundy, real estate Murphy Bros. (Omer W. and Orin M.), auto livery Mrs. E. S. Myers, ladies' tailor Near & Reynolds (Charles Near, Benjamin N. Reynolds), fuel Neff & Mealey (Porter J. Neff, William P. Mealey) lawyers Gus Newbury, lawyer Nichols & Ashpole (George Nichols, Wilbur Ashpole), meats Noonchester Bros. (E. Greely and Lee L.), grocers Samuel A. Nowell, ladies' tailor John E. Olmstead, grocer J. D. Olwell Co. (J. D. Olwell, J. E. Barkdull), real estate Oregon Gas & Electric Co., Louis W. LeBaron, manager Oregon Granite Co., Elmer A. Hicks, president-manager Oregon Life Insurance Co., Albert B. Cornell, district manager OSGOOD & CUMMINGS (T. W. Osgood), Civil Engineers, Medford Bank Building Pacific Motor Supply Co., P. S. Steenstrup, president; Robert A. Flynn, manager Frederick C. Page, real estate Palmer Investment Co., David R. Wood, agent Burton J. Palmer, pianos Josephine Paynter, milliner Peck, Nichols & Ashpole, meats Anlo Penwell, plumber John A. Perl, undertaker Ira D. Phipps, dentist W. Estill Phipps, lawyer Benjamin F. Piatt, lawyer E. Barton Pickel, physician Clarence C. Pierce, real estate V. R. Pierson, plumber Robert W. Poellinitz, physician Elias H. Porter, physician Power & West (C. O. Power, T. L. West), architects Charles Prim, lawyer Producers Fruit Co., E. M. McKeany, agent Mahlon Purdin, lawyer RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO., W. T. O'Brien, Manager, Rails, Cars, Locomotives, Railroad Supplies, Car Builders, Locomotive Repairing, First and Oak Sts., Portland, Or. Herman F. Ratte, physician RAU-MOHR CO. (W. F. Rau, Emil Mohr), Proprietors, Hotel Medford and Hotel Moore Clarence L. Reames, lawyer Martin J. Reddy, jeweler Reichstein & Co. (Charles F. and William L. Reichstein), fuel Judson D. Rickert, optician Edwin G. Riddell, dentist George M. Roberts, lawyer ROGUE RIVER FRUIT & PRODUCE ASSOCIATION INC., Col. R. C. Washburn, President; A. C. Fiero, Secretary; K. S. Miller, Manager ROGUE RIVER VALLEY ABSTRACT TITLE CO., E. C. Hogsett, President-Manager; Samuel C. Whittington (Jacksonville), Secretary-Treasurer ROGUE RIVER VALLEY CANAL COMPANY, P. Welch, President; R. K. Neill, Vice-President; Fred N. Cummings, Manager ROGUELANDS INCORPORATED, Fred N. Cummings, Manager James M. Roseberry, auto repair ROBERT W. RUHL, President and Editor, Medford Sun Lewis Rukes, cigar manufacturer Mrs. Linnie M. Rundlett, milliner Arthur B. Saling, real estate Mrs. Charlotte C. Salter, miller Saunders & Green (Clark E. Saunders, Ralph E. Green), physician Charles L. Schieffelin, grocer John C. Schimdt, hay and feed Scott Valley Creamery Co., I. C. Bateman, manager F. W. Shapleigh Hardware, Frank W. Shapleigh, proprietor Jacob E. Shearer, physician John Sipple, sheet metal works Siskiyou Heights Co., John A. Torney, president; Theodore W. Marsh, secretary, real estate Robert R. Slewing, tailor Alonzo L. Slover, fuel James G. Smith, stone quarry John A. Smith, sheet metal works S. S. SMITH, Secretary-Manager, Medford Sun Southern Oregon Produce Co., Henry T. Haswell, manager SOUTHERN OREGON REALTY COMPANY (D. R. Andrus, J. Klippel), General Real Estate, Timber Lands and Mining Properties Robert W. Stearns, physician George W. Stephenson, optician Harrison S. Stine, insurance agent Harry G. Stockman, civil engineer Charles Strang, drugs Wallace Stringer, grocer Stull Paint Co., D. J. Stull, proprietor Sullivan & Hanley (John T. Sullivan, Edward R. Hanley), automobiles Swift & Tainer (Thomas W. Swift, Otto F. Tainer), electricians Tanner, McPherson & Tanner (Thomas R. Tanner, Samuel H. McPherson, Walter J. Tanner), real estate Fred G. Thayer, physician Thompson Crispette Co. (Fred C. and Frank F. Thompson), candy manufacturers Thompson Mercantile Co., Frank McGuire, manager, notions John L. Thorndike, grocer Ray H. Toft, loans Trail Lumber Co., Emma Gagnon, president; Joseph T. Gagnon, secretary CHARLES E. TULL, Veterinary Surgeon, Proprietor, West Side Stables, 29 S. Grape St. Earl S. Tumy, real estate and insurance Valley Auto Co. (J. William Keyes, Frank H. Cain), automobiles Van Dyke Realty Co. (J. V. Van Dyke) Van Scoyoc Bros. (Charles C., Walter M.), dentists William I. Vawter, lawyer Oran B. Verbick, meats Austin L. Vroman, plumber Orris G. Vroman, auto repair Enos A. Wail, fuel Alfred K. Ware, insurance agent Warner, Wortman & Gore, Edward N. Warner, president; Edward E. Gore, secretary, grocers Weeks & McGowan Co. (Fred W. Weeks, William H. McGowan, Albert E. Orr), furniture, undertakers WEST SIDE STABLES, Charles E. Tull, Proprietor, Livery, Sale and Feed Stables, 29 S. Grape St. William S. Weston, ice cream cone manufacturer White & Trowbridge (John F. White, Benjamin J. Trowbridge), real estate Theodore C. Wicks, insurance agent H. F. WILSON & CO., (H. F. and C. F. Wilson), New and Second-Hand Household Goods, 34 S. Fir Holbrook Withington, lawyer David R. Wood, accountant James B. Wood, real estate May E. Wood, Christian Science practitioner Woods Lumber Co., D. N. Snyder, president; C. A. Wilson, secretary W. T. York & Co. (William T. York, W. N. Campbell, Stephen A. Nye), real estate R. L.
Polk & Co.'s Oregon and
Washington Gazetteer and Business Directory 1913-14,
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