It is estimated that there are over 90,000 sheep in Jackson County, Oregon.

    At an election held in Medford a few days ago for city offices two ballots, both having the same candidate for mayor, were found folded together, evidently cast by one voter. The ballots were both rejected by the judges. This gave the other candidate one majority. The trustees or city council reviewed the matter and decided to count one of the two ballots. The Mail, published at that place, questions the authority of the trustees to go behind the returns to ascertain whether fraud had been practiced, and attempts to sustain its position by saying: "The Louisiana Returning Board in 1876, sustained by the Supreme Court, subsequently settled the question that no power exists to go behind the returns of an election as made by the judges of election and change the result," etc. The Mail is lost in a sea of inaccuracies and misconceptions of facts. The returning board of Louisiana settled nothing but its own capacity to steal a President, which it accomplished by going back of the returns as canvassed by the judges of election and throwing out whole precincts and counties in order to count the state for Hayes and make "fraud first triumphant in American history." No court that maintains a decent, dignified standing would now so far forget itself as to cite any decision made by the unsavory returning board that cheated the people of their lawfully elected President. The Supreme Court never passed on any of the questions arising before the board. The electoral commission, however, did decide that they had no power to go behind the returns and stolidly refused to do so when considering the Louisiana vote, that they might be able to count that state for Hayes, and cheerfully went behind the returns in the Florida case in order that they might count that state for Hayes. No, the precedents established by the board would be more likely to place a person who would follow them behind prison bars than lead to an honest settlement of a disputed election.
Albany Daily Democrat, January 14, 1889, page 2

MEDFORD DOINGS.

It Ought to Pass.

Settling Up Fast.

MEDFORD SQUIBS.

We laid her away in the cold, cold, ground,
    With her hands so dimpled and white;
Oh, lonesome it is when we glance around,
    And see not our loved one in sight.

We weep all alone for the loved one gone,
    For we never can see her more;
She has left us all for a better home,
    On the beautiful, golden shore.

Her place at the table is vacant now,
    And empty her little chair;
No more sweet smiles steal over her brow,
    From under her golden hair.

But, when we go to that happy place,
    Where friends we hope to meet;
There will be the dear little face,
    With her smiles and dimples so sweet.

Medford, Or., Feb. 20, 1889.                             M. P. C.

DIED.

    J. R. Brinegar was at the county seat not long since.
    J. E. Drucks, one of our prominent citizens, visited Jacksonville this week.
    The M.E. Church, South, will hold a quarterly meeting at this place Saturday and Sunday.
    M. E. Beatty has been in Portland and Salem lately. He wants to be deputy collector of internal revenue under the new administration.
    You can always find the best of wines, liquors and cigars at the Railroad Saloon. Mr. Brous leaves nothing undone to please his customers.
    Our charter has been amended, so that town limits have been extended considerably and privilege given to make several necessary improvements.
    The M.E. Church of Medford have secured the temporary use of Howard's hall for the second and fourth Sundays of each month. At present they are conducting a protracted meeting in the hall with considerable success. Elder Peterson kindly gave way for them last Sunday night.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, February 28, 1889, page 3


    Mr. Gwin and family have gone to Eugene City to live.
    Prof. Finley Dixon, principal of the Medford public school, was in Ashland Saturday.
    I. B. Nichols, wife and son came up from Riddles Sunday and are stopping at R. V. Beall's farm.
    Miss Mollie Merriman, one of our teachers, is attending the examination at the county seat this week.
    "I am a lawyer and my name is Pentz, and I've repented it ever since I've been in the profession."--Marks.
    The ground is being cleared off for Medford's fine roller flour mill, which will be a fine drawing card for this city.
    Judge T. R. North started this morning for his old home in Iowa, and if he can dispose of his property will again join his family here.
    The Roseburg Plaindealer says Medford has more population than Roseburg. The latter town seems to be getting along slowly.
    The aid society gave an oyster supper last week to get money to pay the freight on the organ for the school, and a neat sum was netted.
Valley Record, Ashland, February 28, 1889, page 3




    A. J. Weeks, who purchased the Standard mill property at Phoenix, which has laid idle so long, will turn it into a box and furniture factory.
    Dr. E. P. Geary, as will be seen under the head of "new this week," has opened up an office in Hamlin's Block and will be prepared to answer all calls for professional services. He recently performed a very successful operation in removing a cataract from the eye of Mrs. Rummell of Antelope. The doctor has a coast reputation as an oculist while he is unexcelled in general practice.
    Fred. Barneburg this week delivered the remainder of the stall-fed cattle which he bargained last fall to Sacramento, Cal. parties. They were a very fine lot of steers, sixty-four in number, and averaged over 1260 pounds per head. Owing to having contracted them last fall he did not suffer as some of our other local feeders did, by the decline in prices this spring.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 7, 1889, page 3


    W. H. Barr was up from Medford last Tuesday and reports business good in the town of booms.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 7, 1889, page 3

    The Boulon company will be here March 20th.
    Mrs. Frank Sutter has returned from Portland, where she has been quite sick.
    The public health is comparatively good, there being few cases of sickness now.
    The marshal is now the duly constituted night watch at a salary of $50 a month.
    H. U. Lumsden, who has been attending circuit court at Grants Pass, returned home.
    The county tax collector visited us last Friday and took away a considerable sum of money.
    A grand ball will be given at Medford by the proprietor of the Grand Central on May Day.
    Medford is getting more than her share of shows. Several snide ones [sic] have performed here lately.
    The board of trustees have purchased lot 5 in block 21, on which the new town hall will be built.
    Work on the flouring mill is progressing rapidly under the supervision of one of the proprietors, Jos. France.
    The city council will soon issue bonds with which to raise funds to make important public improvements.
    Strangers continue to be abundant, although the spring rush of immigrants has not commenced as yet.
    Medford is growing rapidly and spreading over a great deal of ground. Many buildings will be erected during 1889.
    Williams & Hemworth have formed a partnership and are canvassing the county for the sale of a fence-making machine.
    The school clerk found 358 children--207 males and 151 females--between four and twenty years of age in this school district.
    M. Purdin and his assistants are kept busy because they are first-class blacksmiths and turn out only the best of work.
    D. Landis, formerly of this precinct, is now at Sisson, Cal. He writes that Mount Shasta is covered with snow, and the foothills are also white.
    D. J. Lumsden, who was elected as a member of the board of trustees, failed to qualify, and J. W. Short has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
    D. T. Youngs, who has had much experience in grafting and budding, is in the Applegate section, accompanied by Isaac Woolf, on a business trip.
    The ditch leading from Bear Creek to this place, which will furnish our town with a fine supply of water, is nearly completed. It will prove of much benefit to our town.
    Our city council proposes building a brick town hall and invite specifications for it. It will be a neat, commodious building, such as will reflect credit on our growing city.
    Miss Susie M. West is prepared to fill orders for landscape, oil, pastel and crayon painting at reasonable rates. She is a first-class artist, never failing to give satisfaction.
    Mason Long, the "reformed gambler," who is now preaching morality for an admission fee everywhere, held forth at the Baptist Church on the evening of the 8th. We have not learned that he made many converts.
    Dr. S. Danielson was elected school director at the annual meeting held in this district, and M. S. Damon was reelected clerk. W. H. Barr and I. W. Thomas are the other directors.
    Dr. Adkins' fine brick building will soon be ready for occupancy. We learn that H. H. Wolters of the Monarch Saloon will occupy Childers' building as soon as Adkins & Webb vacate it.
    Chas. Nickell will in a few days plat his land, lying on the edge of Medford, and offer it for sale in five-acre tracts at reasonable rates. There is a large body of it and much of it is of superior quality.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Trustees of Medford, Oregon, solicit plans, specifications and propositions for the building of a Town Hall in said town, the same to be a 12-inch brick wall, 14 feet in height in the clear, laid upon a substantial stone foundation, 25x50 feet in size.
    Address:                                                        B. W. POWELL,
                                                                                Medford, Or.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 14, 1889, page 3


    The water ditch is nearly in town.
    Adkins & Webb are fixing to move into their new brick.
    Mrs. Susie West was visiting in Northern California last week.
    The masonry for A. A. Davis' grist mill is finished. Mr. D. is still east.
    The foundation is laid for the pork-packing house of W. H. Barr and others.
    Medford citizens were trying to raise a $2000 bonus for a cannery last week.
    Miss Kate Van Dyke, Postal Telegraph operator, visited Ashland friends on Friday.
    C. W. Skeel is at Glendale this week and will soon put in a lumber yard at Medford.
    E. M. Furman, the piano and organ agent, has bought some lots and will build the coming summer.
    W. M. Clark, the butcher who has been up north, was in town again this week and will continue on to California.
    Work on Angle & Plymale's new brick block has commenced. It will be three stories high when completed.
    Mrs. J. J. Fryer, who returned to Eagle Point from a trip to California recently, is now more than satisfied with this valley.
    Jo. Johnson, recently from Sisson, California, is building a residence on 8th Street. He intended to go into the livery stable business here.
    The builders of the M.E. church expect to commence hauling rock for its foundation soon. The membership here numbers about 40 people.
    Dr. W. Lewis, of Los Angeles, has purchased the old A. L. Johnson livery stable property of H. E. Baker for $1500 and will fit it up for business soon.
    Rev. Mr. Quimby, Methodist church south resident minister at Jacksonville, has changed his religion to regular Methodist Episcopal, and his residence to Grants Pass.
    Mr. Kellogg's $2500 residence three miles north of Medford, built by J. A. Whiteside, is about completed, and R. H. Halley has just finished putting on 340 feet of tinning.
    Frank Kinley, recently from Nebraska, who has purchased five acres in the Barr tract, has built himself an impromptu residence for his family and moved into it last week. It is rumored that he will go into the planing-mill business.
    Ed. Helms, who has for a number years been the driver of the Jacksonville-Medford stage, has resigned to take the position of marshal of Jacksonville. The popular livery stable of Ed. Worman, of which the redoubtable Shorty Hamilton has long been the general rustler, has put Johnnie Dyer on as driver in Mr. Helms' place.
Valley Record, Ashland, March 14, 1889, page 3

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 21, 1889 et seq., page 1


B. W. Powell to Mrs. M. F. Babcock, lots 1 and 2, block 3, Park addition to Medford; $50.
Volna Webster to Clark P. Babcock, part of lots 1 and 2, block 8, Park addition to Medford; $150.
J. H. Caruthers to G. W. Isaacs, part of block 6, Galloway's addition to Medford; $600.
J. B. Riddle to C. W. Skeel, lots 5 and 6, block 19, Medford; $500.
C. W. Skeel to W. Slinger, et al., same property; $500.
J. M. Shadle to W. Slinger, et al., lot 9, block 32, Medford; $25.
M. J. Patton to W. Slinger, et al., lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, block 17, Medford; $500.
John Brinegar to C. I. Hutchison, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, block 9, Park addition to Medford; $850.
C. Mingus to Chas. W. Palm, lot 5, block 51, Medford; $50.
M. J. Patton to D. L. Leanton, lots 1 and 2, block 9, Medford; $225.
M. J. Patton to town of Medford, lot 5, block 21, Medford; $300.
M. S. Patton to B. W. Powell, lot 6, block 21, Medford; $250.
E. P. Purcell to Minerva A. Meeker, all of block 7 and lots 1, 2 and 3, block 23, Medford; $2500.
"Real Estate Transactions," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 21, 1889, page 1


J. C. Cowles to Lavinia R. Briggs, north half of block 2, Galloway's addition to Medford; consideration, $300.
Frank Galloway to same, quitclaim to land adjoining block 2, Galloway's addition to Medford; $1.
G. W. Howard to Catherine E. Crystal, lot 4, block 15, Medford; $75.
C. W. Broback to same, lot 3, block 15, Medford; $100.
Angle, Plymale and Short to A. B. Seal, lots 6 and 7, block 1, Cottage addition to Medford; $200.
W. Slinger to A. S. Jacobs, lots 4 and 5, block 52, Medford; $600.
H. U. Lumsden to D. J. Lumsden, undivided ½ of lots 1, 2 and 3, block 1, Lumsden addition to Medford; $150.
D. J. Lumsden to H. U. Lumsden, part of lots 1, 2 and 3, block 2, same addition; $10.
G. W. Howard to H. U. Lumsden, property in Medford; $400.
"Real Estate Transactions," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 21, 1889, page 2

    Angle and Plymale's new brick building is looming up.
    Judge Walton preached in Howard's hall last Sunday.
    Elder M. Peterson will hold services in Medford next Sunday.
    Adkins & Webb have removed into their fine, new building.
    There were 227 pupils on the public school roll last month.
    Real estate transactions are numerous, notwithstanding the dull season.
    C. W. Skeel will supply the public with Glendale lumber in a short time.
    M. E. Beatty is being visited by his brother, who resides at Seattle, W.T.
    Jos. Johnson, late of California, will soon have his new residence on 8th Street ready for occupancy.
    Messrs. Oliver, Poe and Branhier have commenced the manufacture of pressed brick here.
    J. O. Johnson, lately from California, is the latest recruit to the ranks of the festive real estate agent.
    Rumor has it that Frank Kinley, late of Nebraska, will put up a planing mill at Medford in a short time.
    Nickell's addition to Medford will soon be on the market. It will be sold in 5-parcel tracts at reasonable figures.
    The members of the M.E. Church at Medford have begun operations which will end in giving them a handsome church building.
    The concert given by the W.B.F.M. Society last Sunday was a very pleasant event and duly appreciated by the many in attendance.
    The tasteful cottage of Mr. Kellogg, three miles from Medford, is almost finished and will be one of the most comfortable residences in the neighborhood.
    We are sorry to learn that M. E. Beatty, the popular real estate agent, is settling up his business, with the intention of going to Seattle, W.T.
    Henry Klippel, of Jacksonville, the well-known real estate agent, will conduct a branch office at Medford soon, having many bargains to offer.
    E. J. Smillie writes that he was compelled to leave Medford through no fault of his, and that he will settle all he owes. D. W. O'Donnell is settling his business.
    Everybody is going to the May Day Ball which will be given by the proprietor of the Grand Central at Howard's opera house. The best of music and supper will be provided, and everything done to ensure a first-class time.
    Follett & Fowler, the leading furniture dealers, have removed their large stock of goods to the building formerly known as Stanley hall, where they will be pleased to see their numerous customers.
    The livery stable formerly conducted by D. Payne, in the eastern portion of town, has been sold by G. H. Baker to a gentleman from California, who will open it in in a short time. The price paid was $1500.
    J. H. Whitman spent several days the past week in Salem and Roseburg, transcribing records of public land entries and school land sales. He will be furnished with monthly and weekly reports from the land office and from the clerk of School Land Commissioners hereafter.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 21, 1889, page 3

    RECEPTION COMMITTEE--W. I. Vawter, J. O. Johnson and Wm. Slinger.
    FLOOR MANAGERS--I. L. Hamilton, M. E. Beatty, R. T. Young, T. A. Harris and E. M. Furman.
    Grand March at 9 o'clock sharp.
    First-class music will be furnished by J. E. Taylor's Elite Orchestra, and a fine supper will be served at the Grand Central Hotel.

    Tickets, including Supper, $2.50.

    In every town along the railroad there are today dozens--yes, hundreds--of inquiring immigrants investigating the relative merits of this or that point as a place of residence or desirability as a business point, and almost every town is experiencing a revival of business resulting from the influx of new blood and new capital that is very gratifying to all concerned. Here in Jacksonville we know nothing of what is going on; not that we are without natural advantages, but because we are without railway connection with the overland road. When Jacksonville was virtually Jackson County every visitor to this section necessarily passed through the historic old town, and our fame went abroad throughout the world. Now, however, thousands go through the valley and admire its beauty who never even hear of the county seat, notwithstanding the fact that the land contiguous to town is the best in the state. This can all be readily changed by showing the proper degree of faith in our own resources, subsidizing a motor or cable railway and proving to the world that we are still alive. Let the first spike be driven in a continuous rail from here to the railroad, and the degree of interest which it would excite in the outside world would only be equaled by the enhancement of local values of real estate.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 28, 1889, page 3

    H. Flindt's new bakery is now in operation.
    Dr. Walter, the dentist, visits us now and then.
    Burb Brockway was in Roseburg last week on business.
    Our streets and sidewalks are being lengthened and improved.
    A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Curry last week.
    Rev. G. W. Quimby is following his trade, that of a carpenter, here.
    B. C. Goddard, Jr., is still in California. His health is somewhat improved.
    Mr. Skeel is building a pretty residence here, which is almost completed.
    The Grand Central is now provided with a fine, large sample room for travelers.
    Remember the May Day ball at Howard's opera house. It will be a grand affair.
    David Brown and family of Roseburg have located permanently in Medford.
    The ladies will give an entertainment in honor of the old settlers in a short time.
    D. T. Lawton, of the well-known firm of Lawton & Son, is in Portland on business.
    Jas. Mabee has gone to Washington Territory. His health is somewhat improved.
    The Medford ditch is about completed and water will soon be turned on.
    The grist mill is moving steadily forward. The stone foundation is already finished.
    Surveyor Howard has been at Grave Creek, Josephine County, during the week.
    Mrs. Beek is quite ill, and her daughter has come from Portland to wait on her.
    Services will be held at the Catholic Church next Sunday morning by Rev. F. S. Noel.
    We were glad to learn that Frank Galloway and family, who have been quite sick, are all convalescent.
    T. A. Harris has sold his interest in the butcher business at Ashland to his partner, David Payne, and returned to this place last Friday.
    I. B. Nichols of Riddle station, after sojourning for some time in Medford for his health, has returned home. He is one of Douglas County's most substantial citizens.
    Mrs. E. W. Ogan is canvassing for a relief spring to sewing machines, which is quite a convenience to those who use them, as it lessens the work.
    Nickell's addition to Medford will soon be on the market. It comprises 35 choice tracts of land, all well located and on the edge of town, each of them containing five acres.

    In enlarging on the Journal's idea to station an advertising man at Medford to induce immigration to stop at Salem, the Medford Mail says: The great influx of travel to the Pacific coast in which Oregon is interested in ticketed to Portland, and when this immigration travel looks the cities over, much of it leaves the state without seeing the inducements that the state offers to immigrants. The Salem scheme is a good scheme for Salem. Take them at Medford and drill them for a stopoff at Salem.
Evening Capital Journal, Salem, March 29, 1889, page 4

    An adjourned meeting of the Southern Oregon Fruit Growers' Association was held at Howard's hall, Medford, on Saturday, March 30th.
    Minutes were read and approved and the society proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year.
    The following officers were elected; President, R. A. Miller; secretary, S. S. Pentz; treasurer, J. D. Whitman. One vice-president was elected from each of the several districts of Jackson and Josephine counties.
    After adding several new members to the list, the time for holding the regular meetings was changed from meeting once a month to three meetings per year, in March, August and November, the day to be fixed by the president, so as to favor the finest exhibition of well-ripened fruit.
    The election was followed by a general and very interesting and profitable discussion of fruit interests until a somewhat late hour.
    Adjourned to meet at the call of the president in August next.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, April 4, 1889, page 2


L. and T. A. Harrison to E. Wilkinson, et al., lot 14, block 13, Medford; $900.
G. W. Howard to A. J. Fredenburg, lots 11 and 12, block 52, Medford; $100.
W. R. Higinbotham to [C. E. Wilkinson], lots 10, block 48, Medford; $100.
O.T. Co. to E. Russ, lot 6, block 17, Medford; $85.
Same to same, lots 4 and 5, block 17, Medford; $120.
A. T. Hafto to J. Holbin, lots 2, 10 and 11, block 32, Medford; $450.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, April 4, 1889, page 2

    Medford now has three livery stables.
    Heaps of lumber is arriving in town again.
    M. E. Beatty has gone north to permanently locate, we learn.
    A. Garrick, lately from California, has opened a tailor shop at Medford.
    Mrs. F. M. Plymale and children are recovering from a severe spell of sickness.
    The firm of Baker & Ford has suspended, their creditors having closed them up.
    John Brinegar has gone to his old home in Iowa to wind up his business affairs there.
    Dr. O. F. Demorest, a first-class dentist, has located in this place, and should be liberally patronized.
    The fruit growers' meeting, held here last Saturday, was well attended, and much interest was manifested.
    Prof. Dixon, the efficient principal of our school, and Dr. Adkins have recovered from their recent indisposition.
    A very large congregation attended mass at the new Catholic Church here last Sunday, and the capacity of the building was tested to the utmost.
    Messrs. Skeel and Barnum purchased eleven carloads of that fine yellow pine lumber Fred H. Rowe is manufacturing at his mill in Josephine County.
    The city council has passed an ordinance establishing a dog tax, and hereafter owners of each festive canine must provide a collar and tag and pay a tax of $1.75 a year.
    J. G. Wiley now conducts the restaurant formerly owned by Mr. Williams, in the Central Hotel building, and is well patronized. He is well patronized, for he provides the best of meals.
    Henry Klippel has rented a room in the immediate vicinity of the Grand Central, where he will soon be ready to furnish the immigrant particulars where he can get any kind of land he wishes.
    Julius Goldsmith returned to Eugene last week. The ceremony of circumcision was performed on his infant son Monday. Mrs. Goldsmith will visit in Eugene for a month or more.--[Eugene Guard.
    Wm. Ulrich, the energetic agent of the Farmers' and Merchants' Insurance Co., one of the safest and best corporations of the kind, has returned from a successful business trip to Washington Territory and eastern Oregon.
    Several of our citizens have been called to Jacksonville to tell the grand jury what they know about a certain game of dice where $50 changed hands in less time than it takes to tell it.
    It is expected that Rev. A. B. Wade of Oakland, Oregon, will hold meetings at Medford on the second Sunday in April, and it is hoped he will have a large congregation. He is an eminent divine and all who can should turn out and hear him.
    W. L. Webster has been engaged in hauling timber for several days past to build a house on his recently purchased lots in Medford, and will remove his soda manufactory here before going to Linkville for the summer.
    Medford Lodge No. 88, I.O.O.F., will dedicate their fine new hall on the 26th of April, the great anniversary day of the order, and will have a grand parade and banquet on that occasion. Not the least of the attractions will be the presence of the various brass bands of the county, who will assist in making the parade a success. The Jacksonville and Ashland boys have been secured, and the Central Point band is also expected to attend. A large concourse of visiting Odd Fellows will be in attendance, a number of excellent addresses are promised, and the occasion will be a memorable one in secret society annals in southern Oregon.

    C. C. Smith (1888) has removed to C Street.
    Poe & Brantner are now proprietors of the new brick yard.
    Arbor Day will be appropriately observed by our school tomorrow.
    M. E. Beatty has become a resident of Portland. Success to him.
    Fred. O'Bryant, our popular jeweler, was at the county seat recently.
    The board of trade held an interesting meeting last Monday evening.
    L. L. Angle has laid off a half-mile track on his premises near this place.
    Improvements have taken a new start since lumber became more plentiful.
    Henry Klippel will be established in the real estate business here in a few days.
    Real estate transactions are numerous, considering that immigration is not active.
    Miss Lenna Lloyd, of California, sister of Mrs. J. O. Johnson, is paying Medford a visit.
    Hon. J. D. Whitman has been at Portland attending the meetings of the state agricultural society, of which he is a member.
    Recorder Powell intends making a visit to his old home in the East, and has rented his barber shop to Fred. Luy, Jr., of Jacksonville.
    J. R. Brinegar is now at his old home in Lucas, Iowa, where he is closing his business preparatory to becoming a permanent resident of this valley.
    Mrs. John Noland of Medford last Saturday received $2000 from the A.O.U.W. upon the benefit policy held by her late husband in that order.
    D. T. Sears, the clever dry goods dealer, was in Jacksonville one day last week. So was Ed. Worman, the genial proprietor of the Union Livery Stable.
    J. W. Short and Wm. Angle were at the county seat last Tuesday. They sold the last 12 acres of their addition to Medford this week, for $80 an acre, to a newcomer.
    H. Kinney, the pioneer painter, has returned from southern California and will relocate here. He is a first-class mechanic and will no doubt build up a good trade.
    J. H. Bentley, president of our bank, has been with us for a short while. He has started a bank at Centerville, Umatilla County, and we are glad to state that he is doing well.
    B. C. Goddard, Jr., who recently returned from California, is suffering acutely from nasal catarrh, and his health is in a critical condition, his lungs being somewhat affected by the disease.
    M. A. Brentano has changed the date of his grand ball, which will take place on the anniversary of Odd Fellowship--April 26th--instead of May Day. Nothing will be left undone to make it the event of the season.
    Last Sunday evening, while H. E. Baker and wife were at church, some miscreant robbed their dwelling and stole about $4 in cash and a few other small articles. There were about 15 tramps congregated about the Medford depot that evening, any one of whom looked equal to such a crime.

N. E. PARSONS, P.E.       

The Herald, Pullman, Washington Territory, April 13, 1889, page 3


    The Medford Mail has hatched another railway rumor. This time it says it is currently reported that parties in the interest of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad are viewing a line from Ellensburg, via the Applegate, thence to Jacksonville, Medford, Eagle Point and Deskins, thence to Fort Klamath, to learn the feasibility of a road through the pass at the head of Rogue River and the Umpqua.
Evening Capital Journal, Salem, April 13, 1889, page 2

    Hammon's nursery near here is looming up nicely.
    Don't fail to call at the 5 and 10 Cent store at once.
    J. O. Johnson's addition to this place is now on the market.
    W. B. Roberts will soon build a handsome residence on C Street.
    The board of trade held another meeting on the evening of the 15th inst.
    Arbor Day was quite appropriately observed here by the public school.
    Newcomers continue to arrive, and real estate constantly changes hands.
    The adopted child of Rev. C. H. Hoxie of this precinct died a few days since.
    The Society of Earnest Workers meet every Wednesday at Grandma Webb's.
    Paul Chartrand has taken possession of his recent purchase in Barr's addition.
    H. F. Wood, the expert mechanic, has returned from California, and will remain.
    B. W. Powell will remain in Ohio for some months before returning to Medford.
    Fred H. Rowe is still disposing of much of the output of his mill to Medford builders.
    New goods and new bargains in every line at the 5 and 10 Cents Store. Call and see.
    Henry Klippel is now stationed at this place, and has opened an office next door to the Grand Central Hotel.
    Millinery goods--new, handsome and fashionable--at the 5 and 10 Cent Store, at prices that will astonish you.
    W. L. Webster will soon take possession of his new frame residence on C Street, where he will locate his soda factory.
    Rev. G. W. Quimby is superintending the building of the new M.E. Church here, of which he will be in charge when completed.
    R. H. Harper, the Medford blacksmith, will probably locate in Ashland, not having seen anything to induce him to settle in the Sound country.
    On certain days of the week Medford resembles a mammoth horse ranch this season. It is rapidly becoming the center of the horse interest of this valley.
    It is reported that Everett Mingus, who has been attending the state university, will become a druggist and enter the employ of Haskins & Lawton of this place.
    D. T. Sears was last week appointed to fill the unexpired term of recorder of Medford made vacant by the resignation of B. W. Powell. It is a first-class appointment.
    I. M. Harvey, who resides near here, on the Jacksonville road, has one of the neatest places in the county. He has lately built a nice residence, a new barn and outbuildings.
    D. T. Sears & Co. of Medford have just received a fine, large stock of ladies' dress goods, fancy goods, millinery, etc., to which they invite inspection. Prices as low as the lowest, and quality unexcelled.
    The Odd Fellows and Rebekah degree lodges are now occupying their new hall in the I.O.O.F. building. It is elegantly finished and equipped with all modern appliances for capricornican exercise.
    Elsewhere will be found the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Fred O'Bryant to Miss Carrie L. Lumsden of this place. The Times joins their many friends in wishing them long life and happiness.
    Some of our residents proposed doing bodily harm to the Chinese working on the ditch extension, but the town authorities appointed five special policemen to preserve peace, and they were successful in doing so.
    Wm. Ulrich, the live special insurance agent, spent ten days in Grants Pass recently, soliciting for the Farmers and Merchants Ins. Co., and invested in some opera house stock while there. Ulrich knows a good thing when he sees it.
    Austin North and two sisters left last week for Iowa, to join their father at their old home, where they will remain until Mr. N. can dispose of his possessions there, when the family will probably return to Medford for a permanent residence.
    Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 28, I.O.O.F., of Medford, will give a basket dinner in the grove near Medford on the 26th, and have invited all neighboring I.O.O.F. and degree lodges to join them. The ladies may be depended upon to do their best in maintaining the enviable position which the Odd Fellows now occupy among kindred societies in southern Oregon, as regards membership and prosperity.
    While it is greatly to be deplored that Chinese labor should have been employed on the extension of the water ditch in the present condition of Medford, there seemed really no other alternative for the town council than to award them the contract, in view of the fact that their bid was the only one put in, in response to the board's advertisement for proposals. The individual members of the council each expressed himself in favor of awarding the contract to white men at a higher figure had other bidders competed.
    Considerable amusement was caused here over Brother Harlan's proposed route for a railroad from Ellensburg to Fort Klamath. It is currently believed that a mule would have to have wings in order to traverse the route as laid down, but there have been such wonderful triumphs of engineering skill in the Rockies of late years that capital may yet succeed in bridging the canyons and surrounding the cliffs of the lower Rogue River and Applegate valleys in order to tap Bro. Harlan's timber claim at the head of the former stream.

    The lumber for our grist mill is on the ground.
    Medford comes to the front with a divorce suit or two.
    Jas. R. Elder has gone to Redding, Cal., to engage in business.
    S. S. Pentz' law office is now located in Dr. Adkins' big brick building.
    Improvements continue on every hand, and our population is steadily increasing.
    Dr. Pickel has a neat new office in Adkins' fine building. He deserves success.
    Elder M. Peterson will hold services at Howard's hall next Sunday, at the usual hour.
    The nice tracts in Nickell's addition to Medford are attracting much attention.
    Rev. G. G. Thomas, who has been ill for some time past, is now convalescing, we are glad to learn.
    The nicest and most fashionable dress and fancy goods, etc., can always be found at D. T. Sears'.
    Don't forget the grand ball at Howard's hall tomorrow evening.
    Medford is the point of departure for most of the timberland hunters at the head of Rogue River.
    Rowe's mill in Josephine County is supplying the Medford lumber yards with much fine lumber.
    Medford's streets are crowded daily with farmers from the country surrounding and strangers seeking homes.
    More ornamental shrubs and trees have lately been planted in our park, which will soon be a handsome resort.
    Fred O'Bryant and his newly made wife were serenaded by our band a few evenings since, playing several airs quite nicely.
    The board of trade are talking of having a preliminary survey made to ascertain the most feasible pass over the Cascade Range.
    Willard Crawford and J. N. Phillips, both experienced and able attorneys, have formed a partnership for the practice of law. They make a strong team.
    We are sorry to learn that Dr. C. Minnis has some intention of going to the coast for the purpose of seeking a permanent location. His many friends wish him success wherever he may go.
    The Odd Fellows' celebration here tomorrow (Friday) will be a handsome affair, as no pains are being spared to make it such. There will be a large crowd from every portion of southern Oregon. One of the main features will be the dedication of their fine new hall.
    Rev. M. A. Williams of Medford and Elder C. Gaddis of Roseburg will represent the presbytery of southern Oregon in the Presbyterian general assembly, which is to meet in New York May 16th. Mr. Williams will be accompanied by his wife, who will revisit the scenes of her youth for the first time since leaving the Empire State.

    The seventieth anniversary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellowship will be celebrated at Medford tomorrow, April 26th. The following is the programme: 1. Members of the order will meet at hall at 9:30 o'clock, A.M. 2. Form in order and leave hall at 10 o'clock. 3. March to the grounds. 4. Music by Medford band. 5. Prayer by Chaplain. 6. Song by choir, "Choir Salutation." 7. Anniversary ceremonies. 8. Song by choir. 9. Prayer by Chaplain. 10. Song by choir, Thanksgiving anthem. 11. Address of welcome by W. H. Gore. 12. Music by Jacksonville band. 13. Oration by Rev. W. B. Adkins. 14. Music by Medford band. 15. Refreshments. 16. Music by Jacksonville band. 17. Speech by Judge DePeatt of Ashland. 18. Music by Medford band. 19. Speech by Judge Day of Jacksonville. 20. Music by Jacksonville band. 21. Speech by Bro. --------- of Grants Pass. 22. Speech by Bro. --------- of Kerbyville. 23. Music by Jacksonville and Medford bands. Adjournment. The members of the order will meet at the hall at 8 o'clock P.M., where an evening's entertainment will be given. Any friends, not members of the order, wishing to take part in the day's entertainment are cordially invited to attend. "Bring baskets well filled." By order of

    Nickell's addition is attracting much attention.
    Mrs. Kitty Webb and a lady friend visited Jacksonville Wednesday.
    Judge Crawford has come intentions of opening a law office at Portland.
    Dr. Danielson is building himself a neat frame residence in the Lumsden tract.
    The stone foundation of the M.E. Church building is nearing completion.
    A large packing house is one of the next enterprises which will be started here soon.
    A number of changes are privately discussed among the legal fraternity of this section.
    Water has been turned into the Medford ditch and the enterprise is much of a success.
    C. W. Wolters has invested in a nice delivery outfit, which shows enterprise and foresight.
    J. O. Johnson has returned from California and may be found at his real estate office again.
    A pleasing entertainment was given by the union Sunday school at Howard's hall last Tuesday.
    More building is anticipated in Medford this season than last, provided lumber and material can be procured.
    Peter Henderson, the tonsorial artist, well known at Yreka, Cal., and Linkville, has opened a shop here.
    G. E. Anderson and John Robinson, who have been conducting a delivery business, have dissolved partnership.
    A. Alford, who has been living here for several months past, will return to Butte Creek valley, Cal., in a few days.
    Messrs. Harris and Rhinehart were at the county seat yesterday. They have finished their contract on the water ditch.
    Our Odd Fellows' hall, which was dedicated last Friday, is pronounced one of the handsomest in southern Oregon.
    Our real estate dealers should wake up and do more advertising. That is what they and the whole country need to make it boom.
    Miss L. Lloyd and Mrs. Hall were thrown from a buggy one day last week, but fortunately sustained no serious injury.
    Great bargains in choice land are being offered by Henry Klippel, the live real estate dealer. See his advertisement for further particulars.
    Rev. Mr. Thomas was treated to a surprise party and a purse of $20. A set of dining room chairs, and lot of provisions, etc., were presented him.
    Owners of residences in the southern part of town suddenly began to take a very lively interest in the subject of fire insurance after the location of Standard Oil Company's tank there.
    On Monday last work was begun on the framework of the new grist mill. It will be rapidly pushed to completion, and it is thought will be ready to handle a portion of the growing grain crop this season.
    Right of way having been granted by the S.P.R.R. and the town council of Medford to the Standard Oil Company for that purpose, a stub switch will be constructed by the oil company at an early day to their tanks, to be built south of town.
    J. H. Dickison last week sold the Clarenden Hotel house, fixtures and furniture to a gentleman from Los Angeles. Consideration, $5500. Mr. D. will probably remain in Medford, having already partially contracted for a frame residence at an early day.

1800 HEAD OF WELL-BRED SHEEP, all healthy, and in fine order. They are said to be one of the finest bands of sheep in the county, and this is a fine opportunity for anyone wishing to engage in the sheep business. Apply to

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 9, 1889 et seq., page 3


BARNEBURG-COMSTOCK--Near Medford, April 28th, by Rev. C. H. Hoxie, D. H. Barneburg and Miss O. Comstock.
GODDARD--At the family residence near Medford, at midnight on Monday, May 6th, of consumption, B. C. Goddard, Jr.; aged 37 years, 11 months and 29 days.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 9, 1889, page 3

Medford, May 13, 1889

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 16, 1889, page 3


    Some fine specimens of Italian marble are on exhibition at Medford, near which city a vast ledge of this beautiful stone exists. It can be traced with the eye for a half mile, and there is no telling what wonders a pick and shovel might disclose.

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 23, 1889, page 3

MONEY TO LOAN ON LONG TIME at Low Rates on Real Estate Security. Call on or address

    The M.E. church building is being raised and improved.
    Work is fast progressing on Jas. Roberts' new house in the southern part of town.
    Frank Galloway purchased the Harris property on C Street this week. The price paid was $2000.
    Mr. Briggs is opening a gents' furnishings establishment in Jackson & Damon's building on C Street.
    Jos. Patterson and Rufus Cox have each purchased a new "Advance" thresher of the agent, Mr. A. Slocum.
    The new M.E. Church is being rapidly pushed to completion, and will be ready for the plasterers in the near future.
    The many friends of Gabe Plymale will be pleased to know that he is rapidly recovering from his recent severe illness.
    A. A. Davis' new residence in the western part of town has been completed. It is one of the finest buildings in town.
    Angle & Plymale have sold their old store building to Messrs. Wood & Whiteside, who will use it for a carpenter shop.
    The outlook for an abundant harvest was never better in Rogue River Valley than it is this year. Both in fruit and grain.
    C Street has been graded nicely from 7th Street north for a distance of two miles, which makes one of the finest drives in the country.
    Mr. L. G. Wortman has sold quite a number of the celebrated "Ware" pumps during the past few days. For a deep well they have no equal.
    Poe & Co have their second kiln of brick nearly ready to burn. The first kiln turned out first-class brick, which are all sold already.
    Work on the new opera house will soon begin in earnest. The brick are being hauled, and everything will be gotten ready before the brick laying begins.
    The frame building on the lot of Angle & Plymale was moved to the western part of town this week, to make room for their new three-story brick building.
    Mr. A. Alford and wife, who have been spending the winter and spring in Medford, will return soon to their ranch in the Butte Creek country, Siskiyou County.
    C. W. Wolters has purchased a fine new delivery rig, and now delivers goods free to all parts of the city. He also supplies Central Point and Phoenix with first-class bread.
    Medford has determined not to have a 4th of July celebration this year, and her people will join with their neighbors of other places in the valley in observation of that day.
    Medford boasts the only full three-story brick business block in the county--that of Adkins & Webb. Angle & Plymale's building adjacent to it will be of the same height.
    The water ditch has been completed, and the water was turned on for the first time Wednesday. This is a valuable improvement for the town and one that will be of great benefit.
    A. B. Brooks, who bought the A. S. Jacobs half interest in the Grand Central Hotel building, sold the same this week to John Charles, recently from the Willamette; consideration, $4200.
    The Clarenden Hotel, under the new management, is having a large patronage, The proprietor, Mr. Fanning, takes great pains to please his guests, and all are sure of good treatment while there.
    The work on the new grist mill is progressing nicely. The siding is all on and the roof, which is to be of iron, will be put on the first of next week. The machinery is expected to be here by the 10th of June.
    The four years' term of the present incumbent of the Medford post office will expire with the last of June, but as yet it is not known who will be his successor. Numerous applications for the appointment have been made.
    F. H. Rowe, the enterprising sawmill man, shipped nine carloads of first-class lumber to this place by Monday's freight. Since starting his yard here, a little over three weeks ago, he has sold over 100,000 feet of lumber at this place.
    Rev. McLean, of the Presbyterian Church, will preach the memorial sermon next Sunday, union services having been agreed upon by the several churches. On Monday Mr. McLean will go to Grants Pass, to assist in the memorial ceremonies there.
Ashland Tidings, May 24, 1889, page 2

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 30, 1889 et seq., page 3




    The question of a branch railroad to Jacksonville is much discussed, and it is probable that if such a road is built it will start from Central Point. Everything indicates a prosperous career for this thriving young town.
Excerpt, "The Town of Central Point," The West Shore, Portland, June 1889, page 327


    A ROLLER MILL FOR MEDFORD.--Work has been commenced on a roller mill of a daily capacity of sixty barrels, and it is expected that the mill will be ready to grind the coming crop. Power will be supplied at a cost of several thousand dollars, which will run the mill for at least eight months in the year. Steam will have to be relied upon at other times.
The West Shore, Portland, June 1889, page 348.  Steam ran the mill at all times.

    Much comment was caused by the unnatural phenomenon exhibited in the heavens on Thursday and Friday in this section. Early in the day on Thursday a peculiar haze overcast the sky, almost obscuring the distant hills, and the sunlight had that distinctive appearance which precedes an eclipse. In the afternoon the crowd assembled to witness the decoration ceremonies at the Jacksonville cemetery were astonished at the appearance of several large circles and a number of segments of rainbow hue in the heavens, such as in northern latitudes on a cold day are called "sun dogs." The same circles and segments were observed next day, and many think there was some connection existing between the phenomena and the terrible storms which have been raging in the East. Others are of the opinion that a cloud of volcanic dust drifted over the valley. Still others think that the mock rainbows were simply reflections from a slowly moving iceberg in the Pacific. Some few interpret it as a warning to fly from the wrath to come, but there wasn't much of a panic to speak of.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, June 6, 1889, page 3

    The call for a teachers' institute for Jackson County to be held at Medford, June the 20th, 21st and 22d, was responded to by about thirty teachers from various parts of the county. Supt. H. H. Mitchell being ill, Prof. G. H. Watt was appointed deputy and succeeded at a late hour on Thursday in appointing a committee for Friday's program. The subjects assigned were as follows: "Arithmetic," Levi S. Loomis, Woodville; "Primary Reading," Prof. J. S. Sweet, Ashland; "Language Lessons," Miss Hattie Newbury, Jacksonville; "Composition," S. C. Sherrill, Woodville; "Geography," Prof. G. H. Watt, Jacksonville; "Educational Psychology," Prof. J. S. Sweet, Ashland; "Morals," Rev. E. McLean, Medford. We have been unable to get a complete report of the proceedings, but understand that all acquitted themselves creditably, considering the fact that no one had been notified to prepare upon any subject, and that the efforts were all impromptu. No session was held on Saturday. There is no reason why Jackson County could not have a good county institute, and we understand that a committee has been appointed to prepare a suitable program for the one next year.
Ashland Tidings, June 28, 1889, page 3

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 4, 1889, page 3


ADKINS-CREED--At Medford, June 30th, by Presiding Elder Wilson, Rev. W. B. Adkins and Miss Mate V. Creed.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 4, 1889, page 3




    Enyart Bros., of the North Side Grocery, have sold their grocery store to Mr. Dan'l. Zook, and Mr. Jess Enyart will start with his family in a couple of weeks to Medford, Oregon, where he will locate permanently.
Logansport Journal, Indiana, July 9, 1889, page 8


David Lumsden to Samuel Danielson, lots 4 and 13, block 1, Lumsden's add. to Medford; $190.
E. S. Hamlin to D. T. Lawton, lots 1 and 2, block 54, Medford; $275.
M. S. Damon to Chas. Strang, lot 4, block 16, Medford; $250.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 2


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 3


    Forest fires are reported from every side in the hills surrounding the valley.
    Such dry, warm weather was never experienced in Southern Oregon before.
    The fireworks at Medford and Jacksonville last Thursday evening were quite attractive, viewed from the foothills.
    Capt. A. L. Kidder of Meadows precinct was here on Tuesday. He has been assisting in the construction of the Medford flouring mills.
    The first peach shipments from the valley went north last week, and despite the dry weather, there will be much fruit sent out by our orchardists this season.
    The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Jackson County filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state last week,  Trustees, J. H. Russell, G. W. Isaacs and S. J. Day.
    Among the notable figures at the Jacksonville celebration last Thursday was that of the patriarch Jesse Wilson, of Medford precinct, now nearly 91 years of age, but still hale and hearty as many men twenty years his junior.
    We are sorry to learn that Faris & Co. of Medford, who proposed to engage extensively in the manufacture of lime in Jackson Creek district, have given up the project for the present, the quarry on their land not proving as extensive as expected.
    E. G. Hurt, formerly of this place but at present of Medford, writes that his mother-in-law, Mrs. McClain, who had the misfortune to fall down a pair of stairs on the 15th of last July, has ever since been a helpless invalid.--[Gold Beach Gazette.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 3


    M. E. Beatty, the well-known real estate agent, is now a resident of Portland, with headquarters at the Holton House.
    Amos Miller, of Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, brother-in-law of O. Harbaugh of this place, was visiting in the valley last week and inspecting our resources from the crop and timber standpoint. Coming from a state where hoop-poles are the principal timber, Mr. Miller was naturally strongly impressed with the giant pines and firs of Oregon.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 3


    Julius Goldsmith of Medford was in town yesterday, looking for fruit.
    Many newcomers are still arriving in Southern Oregon, a goodly portion of whom find locations.
    Vegetables are not so plentiful this year as usual, water for irrigating purposes being rather scarce.
    The hegira to the mountains has commenced in earnest. The mountain resorts are well patronized.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 3


WILSON-GRIFFIN--At the residence of the officiating minister on July 4, by Rev. C. H. Hoxie, J. L. Wilson and Miss Josephine Griffin.
PENWELL-MANWELLE--At the residence of the officiating minister, July 4th, by Rev. E. McLean, A. L. Penwell and Miss Lillie J. Manwelle.
JOHNSON-MANWELLE--At the residence of the officiating minister, on July 4, by Rev. E. McLean, E. A. Johnson and Miss Frances I. J. Manwelle.
GALLOWAY--At Medford, July 4, of cerebrospinal meningitis, Miss Hattie Galloway, aged 16 years.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 3


    It is terrible to be "just famous enough to have your name spelled wrong in the paper." Medford has just been located in Grant County by the Portland Oregonian.
    Dr. Geary of Halsey on last Thursday removed the remains of his sister from the graveyard near Brownsville to Eugene, where he reinterred them by the side of other relatives buried there, says the Albany Herald of June 26th. On digging into the grave the corpse, which had been buried over twenty-four years, was found to still retain some features by which it could be recognized.
"General Notes and News," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 11, 1889, page 4


    D. J. Lumsden has gone to San Jose, Cal., to visit his wife.
    Wm. Robinson was in Ashland on a business trip yesterday.
    W. S. Barnum, wife and children are at the Jenny Creek soda springs.
    Mr. Jackson, of Jackson & Damon, was lying at death's door with typhoid fever Tuesday.
    O. N. Fowler left Sunday for Los Angeles to take a few week's sport in Southern California.
    M. A. Brentano was at Colestin Sunday and would have remained a week but for lack of congenial company.
    Max Muller, W. J. Plymale, of Jacksonville, and Chas. Strang are attending the A.O.U.W. convention at Portland.
    Will Merriman was home from Glendale Sunday and was given a birthday dinner in honor of his 17th summer. Some 41 people sat down to the spread under a tall tree at Mrs. Merriman's place near town.
    The Fuhrer family concert, which were here a few days since, were unable to secure a house even by a free admittance, and after much trouble succeeded in getting out of town. One of them is a freak, having the appearance of a skeleton, and able to navigate only by moving with his chair. He is a pitiful-looking object.
    Capt. A. D. Helman, D.D.G.M., of your city, installed the following officers of Medford lodge, No. 83, I.O.O.F., at their last meeting: M. Purdin, N.G.; W. H. Gore, V.G.; E. B. Pickel, Sec'y.; B. S. Webb, P. Sec'y., L. L. Angle, Treas.; Frank Amann, Warden; S. Rosenthal, Conductor; G. L. Webb, R.S.N.G.; T. W. Johnson, L.S.N.G.; E. P. Geary, R.S.V.G.; W. I. Vawter, L.S.V.G.; S. B. McGee, O.S.G.; H. Kinney, I.S.G.; A. C. Nicholson, R.S.S.; L. M. Lyon, L.S.S.
Valley Record, Ashland, July 11, 1889, page 3




    It is seldom that a good man is more generally missed from his accustomed haunts than is Martin Peterson, whose sudden death was chronicled last week. He was a central figure in the community, about whom were attracted those who appreciate the better ways of life, and revere goodness for its own sake. Simple and unassuming of manner, diligent in season and out of season in his Master's work, making no promise that he could not fulfill, he was ever ready to mourn with the sorrowing, to sympathize with the distressed and rejoice with those who rejoiced. For twenty-five years he has labored in his chosen field with the zeal of an apostle, visiting the sick, admonishing the unwary; ever ready to respond to the cry of his parishioners in their need. For a quarter of a century he has officiated at the baptismal font, the marriage rite, the funeral obsequies of a large district--a veritable minister of grace. Two generations have listened to his teachings and will cherish his memory as one of the elect of earth, who have "rendered with their precepts less the sum of human wretchedness." Born of sturdy pioneer parentage in the state of Indiana in October, 1820, and becoming a pioneer of this coast himself when in the meridian of life, he lived to see the fruition of his hopes and the full appreciation of his ministration by his parishioners, and died in the happy reflection resulting from having consistently followed out the course prescribed by his Master, as he was permitted to see it. He was stricken while in the pulpit, expounding the Word, but lived to reach his home and died, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock, July 3d. If his faith was well-founded--and who can say that it was not--he but goes from sounding his Master's praise on earth, to singing hosannas in heaven. The cortege which followed his remains to the place of interment was one of the largest funeral processions seen for many months in the valley. May his ashes rest in peace; his soul has but gone to its reward.


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 18, 1889, page 2


    Be careful of fire.
    P. Foster and his son Ed. were in town last Tuesday, having come up from Medford in the forenoon.
    Jack Montgomery went to Grants Pass this week, but will return soon. He is now residing on O. Harbaugh's farm near Medford with his family.
    S. S. Pentz of Medford, who was Harry Hoover's attorney, was on his way to the county seat last Friday to sue out a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of his client when he heard of his death.
    John Orth of this place and Hanley & Wilkinson of Medford this week received 40 head of fine young cattle from Clopton & Potter of Bonanza, Klamath County. They were on the road about a week.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 18, 1889, page 3


    R. L. Ish came in on Tuesday morning with a detachment of soldiers from Fort Klamath, to escort the paymaster and inspector general of the Department of the Columbia to Fort Klamath from Medford. The party took the Rogue River route to the fort, much the pleasantest route for traveling at this season.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 18, 1889, page 3


JACKSON--In Medford, Wednesday, July 10th, Alfred H. Jackson, a native of Vermont.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 18, 1889, page 3


Ashland Tidings, July 19, 1889, page 2


    No. 83, installed July 5, 1889, by D.D.G.M. Helman:
    M. Purdin, N.G.; W. H. Gore, V.G.; E. B. Pickel, R.S.; B. S. Webb, P.S.: L. L. Angle, Treas.; F. Amann, Warden; S. Rosenthal, Cond.; H. G. Kinney, I.G.; I. A. Webb, R.S.N.G.; L. W. Johnston, L.S.N.G.; E. P. Geary, R.S.V.G.; W. I. Vawter, L.S.V.G.; S. B. McGee, O.S.; A. C. Nicholson, R.S.S.; L. M. Lyon, L.S.S.
"I.O.O.F. Installations," Ashland Tidings, July 19, 1889, page 3


    PORTLAND, Or., July 23rd.--A prominent fruit commission merchant of Portland has returned to this city after having taken a good view of the fruit crop throughout the state, beginning at Jackson County. He says the crop promises fair considering the exceedingly dry weather. A large portion of the peaches, particularly the earlier varieties, are small and not of such quality as might be expected. The prune crop will be about one half that of last year, few orchards being well loaded, but there are exceptions. The same will apply to plums. A fair crop of apples may be looked for. Jackson County will come with her usual growth of melons, about five days earlier than last year. Respecting the outlook at Hood River and at The Dalles, nothing definite is yet known. Dealers are doing a larger business than they ever did before in this city, and the Northwest is showing its rapid growth.
Daily Alta California, San Francisco, July 24, 1889, page 5


    A cloudburst in Jackson County, Or., did $20,000 worth of damage a few days ago.
    The Jackson County (Or.) jail caught fire the other day and three prisoners perished.
"Coast News," Weekly Calistogian, Calistoga, California, July 24, 1889, page 4


I. J. Phipps to J. N. Banks, lot 4, blk 58, Medford; $25.
J. N. Banks to Mary D. Allen, same property; $235.
Mary D. Allen to Jacob Johnson, land in Medford; $600.
G. W. Howard to Mary R. Phelps, bond for lots 1, 2 and 3, blk 3, Medford; $1200.
O.&T. Co. to Standard Oil Co. of Iowa, lot 3, blk 33, Medford; $30.
Sarah A. Bateman to Rose Bateman, lots 1 and 2, blk 31, Medford; $60.
Same to Ida Bateman, lot 7 and 8, blk 18, Medford; $500.
Paul Chartrand to E. J. Montague, lots 7 and 8, blk 26, Medford; $100.
O.&T. Co. to Mrs. Malinda Haught, lots 6 and 7, blk 45, Medford; $100.
O.&T. Co. to Samuel R. Follett et al., lots 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, block 33, Medford; $240.
Same to D. T. Lawton, lot 10, blk 12, Medford; $100.
Chas. Nickell to Jacob Johnson, lot 3, blk 58, Medford; $50.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 25, 1889, page 2


    Peddlers, corn doctors, scissors grinders and like itinerants, to say nothing of the genus tramp, never were so numerous in southern Oregon as now.
    Chas. J. Howard of Grants Pass, who is surveying for the railroad company, bought some horses at Medford a few days since and is now at work in the vicinity of Roseburg.
    Grain warehouse charges will be the same as last year. Good merchantable wheat is quoted at 55 cents, barley at 40 cents, and oats at 37½ cents per bushel, respectively, by H. E. Baker.
    Judge DePeatt, who has been in the valley for the past week, in company with his partner, Judge Crawford, returned north yesterday. The firm have decided to leave Portland and locate at Athena, better known as Centerville, a growing town in Umatilla County.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 25, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 25, 1889, page 3


    The business card of J. N. Phillips, attorney at law, Medford, Or., appears under head of "new this week." Business entrusted to him will receive careful attention.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 25, 1889, page 3


    Wm. Jones, living near Medford, has been prostrated for some time with typho-malarial fever. Dr. Pryce of Medford is attending him, and the worst stage of the disease is past.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 25, 1889, page 3




    Work has commenced on the fine brick structures Dr. Adkins and I. A. Webb propose building.
    We learn that there is an abundance of blackberries and huckleberries at the head of Rogue River, which attracts many tourists to that section, as it is quite a desideratum to be able to put up the winter's supply of fruit, in a year of scarcity like the present, in addition to obtaining mountain air, water and scenery.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 1, 1889, page 1


    W. L. Webster's soda works at Linkville are well patronized by every portion of the county. Mr. W. will bring his family from Jackson County in the near future, to permanently reside.
"Klamath County Items," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 1, 1889, page 2


    On Monday morning last, at about daylight, Ashland people were startled at the report that Max Brentano of Medford had been robbed and foully dealt with. He was found lying on the railroad track two miles south of Ashland, in a semi-conscious condition, with several bad bruises and contusions on his body, his clothing badly torn and his watch and pocketbook missing. Louis Pankey first discovered him and Chas. W. Logan and Sheriff Birdsey went after him as soon as the news was received, and brought him to Ashland, whence he was conveyed to Medford on Tuesday evening. He is recuperating from his injuries under medical treatment at the latter place. Mr. B. was seen on the night before fully five miles from Ashland on the railroad at about 11 o'clock, and stated when found in the morning that he "started for the mountains." He was evidently suffering from a temporary aberration of mind and his clothing bore evidences of long continued wandering, being badly torn where he had crawled through a wire fence, apparently. The fact that his watch was missing led to the conclusion that he had been robbed while unconscious. A pair of sleeve buttons and a gold ring were still on his person when found, and he says himself he lost his watch.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 1, 1889, page 2


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 1, 1889, page 2


Rose S. Robinson to D. T. Lawton, lot 11, blk 13, Medford; $300.
M. P. Phipps to A. and S. Childers, lot 20, blk 21, Medford; $250.
Nannie Barr to E. J. Montague, lot 3, blk 3, Barr's add. to Medford; $500.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 1, 1889, page 2


    The weather has moderated somewhat.
    D. W. Crosby, who has been a resident of this place and Medford for a long time, has gone to Washington Territory, but is not likely to stay long.
    Hon. J. H. Stewart has resigned his position as a member of the state agricultural board for southern Oregon, and Gov. Pennoyer will be called upon to fill the vacancy.
    The Medford Mail tells the boss fish story of the season when it says that "Tom Kahler caught forty-five trout in forty-five minutes, some of which were a foot long." We submit that this is taxing human credulity too far--the length of the minutes, we mean.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 1, 1889, page 3




Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 8, 1889, page 2


    L. Shideler moved his family to Medford last Monday, where they will remain temporarily.
    J. H. Stewart has had 4000 feet more of tiling hauled to his fruit farm from Close Bros.' brick yard near Ashland.
    J. H. Stewart, of Eden precinct, will tile drain a portion of his orchard this fall having had very satisfactory results from his first venture in that line.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 8, 1889, page 3


    Fred Luy, Jr., last Monday accepted a chair in one of the leading tonsorial parlors of Tacoma, where he will ply his vocation in the future.
    Citizens from this county who have visited Walla Walla recently report that Ward Douglas, the insurance man, is the most prominent man in the town.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 8, 1889, page 3


[O.&T. Co.] to W. R. Dickison, lot 10, blk 45, Medford; $80.
O.&T. Co. to P. T. Fairclo, lot 5, blk 1, Medford; $90.
J. G. Birdseye, sheriff, to A. J. Fredenburg, sheriff's deed to lot 7, blk 20, Medford; $150.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 8, 1889, page 3


    IN OPERATION.--The new flouring mill at Medford is in full operation. About a week ago the machinery was in place and the engine steamed up for a trial of the machinery, and after a few hours' running to get the different bearings regulated, the mill commenced work first on chop, then on the manufacture of flour. There are four floors, including the basement, which is occupied with a boiler and engine and heavy pinion wheels that turn the machinery above. The first floor proper contains the complete roller machinery, made by E. P. Allis, and takes the place of the old burr. There are four of these mills, which are equal to four run of burrs. There are no burrs in the mill. The second floor contains the purifying machinery, which takes the place of the old bolt, under the burr and bolt system of making flour. This machinery is called the scalper and cyclone. The third floor contains the machinery that cleans the grain, and takes the place of the old-time fanning mill and smutter, and the grain passing through this apparatus is divested of all foreign substances, such as grains of oats, smut, cheat, shrunken and imperfect grains of wheat, leaving the grain absolutely clean and pure, ready for the rollers. L. Rouse and his brother D. Rouse are the millwrights who built this mill and placed the machinery.--Mail.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 1


A. J. Fredenburg to John Charles, undivided ½ of lot 7, blk 29, Medford; $400.
C. H. Hoxie to Town of Medford, quitclaim to 72/100 acres in T37S, R1W; $1.
W. H. Jacks to same, quitclaim to 37/100 [acre] in same tp.
M. A. Williams to same quitclaim to 65/100 acre in same tp.
O.&T. Co. to Frederick Meinhard, lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, blk 70, Medford; $240.
John Charles to Jas. Gaines, undivided ½ lot 7, blk 20, Medford; $500.
W. R. Dickison to J. N. Fanning, lots 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, blk 45, Medford; $5,500.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 2


    Wm. Trimble, once a resident of Medford, is now at Smith River, Cal.
    Old residenters [sic] recall the fact that the summer of 1868 was similar in many respects to the present season.
    Rev. M. A. Williams preached at Eagle Point last Sunday morning for the first time after returning from the East. The village choir welcomed him back with song service this preceding evening.
    Several citizens of the old shire town of Jacksonville take exceptions to the statement of the author of Ashland's write-up in the West Shore that the Granite City has always been the chief town of this valley. Before the advent of the railroad Jacksonville made some pretensions in that line herself.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 3


    Frank Kasshafer is assisting H. H. Wolters in the management of the Monarch Saloon at Medford.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 3


    Messrs. Davis & France, of the Medford Roller Mills, yesterday presented the Times office with a sample sack of the fine flour which they are making, and an inspection by experienced hands proves it to be of the finest quality. The neat and attractive packages in which it is put upon the market will doubtless help to make it what its name implies, "Hard to Beat." It is manufactured by the straight roller process--gradual reduction--no burrs being employed. Look out for their advertisement next week.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 3


    Geo. R. Yaudes has returned from Medford to his old home at Sterlingville.
    Fred Meinhart, who settled at Medford last spring, made our town a visit last Monday.
    H. B. Reed, who is engaged in making combination fence at The Dalles, has been making this valley a visit.
    Rev. F. S. Noel has returned from his pastoral trip to Lake and Klamath counties, and services will be held at the Catholic Church as usual.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 15, 1889, page 3


    Extensive fire is raging in Southern Oregon south of Roseburg, and numbers of houses have been burned. Some of the forest fires are those of tramps. If they are not treated well at any place they start fires at any place out of revenge. A number were run out of McLean's settlement in Southern Oregon the other day and taking to the woods and started a fire. It was discovered in time and extinguished, and a posse of men started after the tramps and captured three. Ropes were put about their necks and strung up for some time and then let down and thrashed soundly.
"Half a Million in Smoke," Knoxville Daily Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 15, 1889, page 1


E. M. Forman to Ollie Brentano, lot 1 in blk 4, Cottage add. to Medford; $100.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 2


    Jacksonville and Medford are connected by both the Western Union and Postal lines. The rates are 25 cents per ten words.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 3


    Attention is called to the combination fence advertisement of Galloway & Barr of Medford, who will continue the business lately conducted by E. G. Hurt.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 3


    N. D. Young and family have removed to Medford, where Mrs. Y. is conducting a restaurant.
    Wm. Finch, of Gemantown, Cal., a brother of Mrs. J. S. Higinbotham of Medford, is paying the valley a visit. His sister will return to Colusa County with him.
    Miss Otelia Brentano arrived from Oakland last Saturday, being summoned home by the news of the death of her father, M. A. Brentano. Miss Otelia returned to Oakland on Tuesday last.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 3


HIGINBOTHAM--At Medford, August 14, of brain fever, Jacob S. Higinbotham, a native of Ohio, aged 44 years, 8 months and 10 days.
BRENTANO--At Medford, August 15th, of apoplexy, Max A. Brentano, aged about 70 years.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889, page 3

BARR AND GALLOWAY
MANUFACTURERS OF
CELEBRATED UNIVERSAL COMBINATION FENCE !

View of Fence in position.

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 22, 1889 et seq., page 3


Arnold Childers, et al., [to] J. O. Johnson and S. Childers, Sr., interest in lot 20, blk 21, Medford; $10.
John Cox to A. J. Fredenburg, lot 3, blk 28, Medford; $50.
Susanna Whitney to S. A. Sutter, lot 4, blk 2, Whitney add. to Medford; $30.
Lucinda L. Wilson to Isaac Skeeters, 1.23 acres in twp 37S, R2W and lot 3, blk 1, Short's add. to Medford; $3275.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 29, 1889, page 2


    Mount Pitt looms up as natural as ever when the smoke clears away.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 29, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 29, 1889, page 3


    Allen W. Bish has moved to this place from Ashland.
    Born--In this city, August 18th, 1889, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amann, a son.
    The sale of personal property at the C. Mingus farm near Medford brought very good prices.
    Hon. S. Furry has just had completed for himself a neat farm residence, costing in the neighborhood of $800.
    Mrs. J. S. Higinbotham and children left here Monday for Colusa County, Cal., to make their home with relatives.
    W. H. Barr has sold a carload of his choice baled hay to M. B. Rankin, of the Klamath City [sic] Improvement Co.
    S. Rosenthal, our clever merchant, contemplates a trip to 'Frisco next month. He goes for recreation and pleasure.
    Manuel Miller has just completed for John G. Norton a neat farm residence on his place east of Medford; contract price, $725.
    A. Stinnet, the street real estate agent, has sold his house and lot in this city and left last week for pastures new, going north.
    J. N. Woody, who had a large commodious house built some time ago on his farm near Medford, is having it finished throughout.
    Isaac Skeeters was up from Josephine County this week taking in our town and talks of buying property and moving his family here.
    The fine new residence of Chas. Strang on C Street is in the hands of the painter. Mr. S. expects to occupy it about the 1st of September.
    Allen W. Bish is engaged in building a residence for A. Woody on the 80-acre tract he bought of J. N. Woody for $1800 a short time since.
    Mrs. I. A. Webb and children accompany Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Adkins on their return home for a visit to friends and relatives in the eastern states.
    W. H. Beauchamp, of Sams Valley, has been canvassing the city for a receipt which makes the best soap in the world; also a pill that cures all aches and pains.
    J. O. Johnson and S. Childers, Sr., have purchased the two-story brick of A. Childers & Son, paying $5000 therefor. It is rumored that a saloon will be put in the lower part soon.
    Geo. E. Anderson, who was thought to be seriously injured in the accident last week, escapes with a broken clavicle and a few other bruises, and will be up and around in a few days.
    The frame of the Christian church is up and will be pushed right along to completion as rapidly as possible. It will also have a basement to be used for Sunday school, festivals, etc.
    H. Kinney, the painter, was up from Riddles Saturday, where he has the contract of painting J. B. Riddle's new $6000 hotel. He says the Baptists of that community are building a neat church edifice there.
    The new school house in South Prairie district is finished, and Jesse Richardson, one of the directors, informs your reporter that school will open Sept. 9th. New patent desks have been provided and everything presents a neat appearance.
    Jerry P. True, one of the successful farmers of the county, has leased his farm on Griffin Creek to his son-in-law, Henry Griffin, and will leave next week, accompanied by his wife and children, for an extended visit to the East, and on their return will become residents of this city.
    Hon. J. D. Whitman is busily engaged in canning his fruit crop. It is merely an experiment, he says, but it will, no doubt, be a successful one. He turns out on an average about fifteen dozen cans per day. Mr. W. takes the lead in fruit matters and as a member of the state horticultural society is doing much good for the fruit interests of our valley.
    Henry L. Griffin and Miss Belle True, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. True, were married at the Naylor school house by Rev. M. A. Williams last Sunday. A large number of friends and acquaintances were present and were given a big wedding dinner and supper. They have commenced housekeeping at the True farm, which Henry has rented. The Record joins in the numerous congratulations and well wishes for their happiness and prosperity.
Valley Record, Ashland, August 29, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 5, 1889, page 2


    The Ashland, Medford, and Central Point schools all began their fall terms this week.
    The contract for building the new Gold Hill school house was let to C. W. Skeel of Medford last week. The building will be 40x26 feet and will be an ornamental structure.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 5, 1889, page 3


    M. Volk, the well-known civil engineer who has been in the employ of the O.&C.R.R. Co. so long, was in Jacksonville a few days since.
    Mrs. Cornelius Armstrong, living on F. M. Plymale's farm near Medford, was stricken with paralysis on Saturday of last week, necessitating the summoning of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Borough from Josephine County. Mrs. A. is somewhat better at this writing, however.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 5, 1889, page 3


    Attention is called to the new advertisement of the flouring mills at Medford. The proprietors, Davis & France, are pushing the product of their mill into every market in southern Oregon and northern California, and its superior quality warrants the prediction that it will fully meet the demand of their trade and hold its own wherever introduced.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 5, 1889, page 3


AMANN--In Medford, Aug. 18th, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amann, a son.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 5, 1889, page 3




    That the fruit interests of Oregon are of no little importance in our state's welfare none will dispute. That they are growing daily with an almost incredible rapidity is especially evident to him that finds time to study the subject in southern Oregon. The stir and bustle seen there during this season of the year would make the head of the average Willamette Valley fruit grower swim; that is, providing he should presume to keep the same pace there that he is accustomed to while at home. That southern Oregon has an untold wealth in her fruit interests none will deny; yet there is no especial advantage to her soil, her climate, her position; it lies at present in her enterprise, her industry and her new blood.--Portland Rural Spirit.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 12, 1889, page 2


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 12, 1889, page 2


    W. L. Webster lost a lot of bottles and articles connected with his soda works at Linkville in the fire last week, besides his personal effects at the Linkville hotel.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 12, 1889, page 3


    B. F. Stephenson, who is in charge of Dr. Geary's farm on Griffin Creek, is doing good work. He has obtained a large supply of water from the side hills and is still looking for more.
    Geo. Noble informs us that the crops on the Ish farm have turned out well, almost as good as last year. W. R. Jones, who had about 140 acres of it rented, threshed 3606 bushels of wheat therefrom.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 12, 1889, page 3


DEVAUL-STANFIELD--At the Grand Central Hotel in Medford, August 26th, by Rev. C. H. Wallace, E. M. Devaul and Miss Minnie Stanfield.
STRANG--In Medford, Sept., 11th, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Strang, a son.
ARMSTRONG--Near Medford, Sept. 9th, to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Armstrong, a daughter.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 12, 1889, page 3


Ashland Tidings, September 13, 1889, page 2


    The Medford public school opened with Prof. Crawford as principal and Miss[es] Strang, Merriman and Hay as assistant teachers.
"Here and There," Ashland Tidings, September 13, 1889, page 3


Rose S. Robinson to D. T. Lawton, lot 11, block 13, Medford; $300.
E. J. Montague to Geo. B. Montague, east half of lot 3, block 3, Barr's add. to Medford; $250.
Same to John G. Montague, one-half acre in lot 3, block 3, Barr's add. to Medford; $25.
A. J. Fredenburg to Ollie E. Stanley, lot 3, blk 28, Medford; $75.
John R. Kennedy to J. E. Enyart, lot 10, block 9, Park add. to Medford; $175.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 19, 1889, page 2


    George Yaudes, an old and respected resident of this county, died at Sterlingville yesterday morning of consumption, aged about sixty-five years. He will be interred at Sterlingville Cemetery today. Mr. Y. had many friends, who will miss him from his accustomed haunts. He was strictly honest and a good citizen and neighbor.
"Death of Three Pioneer Citizens," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 19, 1889, page 3


    J. H. Lacy has built a neat residence on his land near Medford.
    The train was over an hour late yesterday evening, and the stages consequently did not leave until after dark. While between Medford and this place Plymale's wagon upset, bruising his occupants somewhat, but fortunately no serious injury resulted.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 19, 1889, page 3


    J. H. Hoffman has been at Medford roofing with tin the big brick buildings being put up there.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 19, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 19, 1889, page 3


WALKER--In Medford, Sept. 11th, to the wife of Clay Walker, a son.
BARR--At Medford, Or., September 16th, to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barr, a son.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 19, 1889, page 3


    Mrs. H. Flindt and children, of Medford, are in the city on a visit to friends.
"Home and Abroad," Albany Daily Democrat, September 20, 1889, page 3


    T. J. Smith, from California, is in Medford looking up a location for a flouring mill. A. G. Johnson takes a party today to Eagle Point where, we are informed, a company will be formed to build an extensive flouring mill with the latest improved machinery.--Mail.
"Oregon and Washington," Roseburg Review, September 19, 1889, page 4


    The Mail man was surprised to find that the Central Point people remembered his unkind strictures on their town for showing the necessary enterprise to organize the local fair association, when he came 'round begging our merchants for support for a fair daily [newspaper] last week. Naturally they failed to put much confidence in his earnest professions of a change of heart, whereat he squeals gloriously in his last issue.
"Central Point Pointers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 26, 1889, page 2


J. C. Corum to F. W. Hutchison, lots in Park add. to Medford; $1,700.
Edward Brace to Thomas J. Carder, lots 3 and 4, block 3, Galloway's add. to Medford; $100.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 26, 1889, page 2


    The day, the hour, the railroad.
    Now for the motor line to the railroad.
    Hurrah for the railroad and the electric lights.
    Jacksonville and Medford will soon have electric lights and a railroad propelled by electricity.
    Jacksonville will soon be a railroad town itself. The county seat will then take on a new lease of vigor and prosperity.
    It is quite evident that we are going to have railway connection at last in Jacksonville, and all property owners here will be vastly benefited in consequence.
    The wind blew away the smoke which has been hovering over Southern Oregon so long; but as fires are still burning in some portions of this section the atmosphere is becoming quite hazy again.
    Buhlmayer Bros. will hold an auction sale at the old Davison [sic] place, near Medford, next Monday, and will sell many articles of value at that time. See their advertisement for further particulars.
    Jacksonville has determined to be left out in the cold no longer, and will be connected with the main line of the road in less than six months. All honor to the enterprising citizens who have brought about this result.
    Attention is called to the Buhlmayer Bros.' sale of personal property at the Davidson [sic] ranch near Medford next Monday, when some very desirable stock and farming implements will be knocked off to the highest bidder. See advertisement elsewhere.
    Several of our citizens met the board of trade last Monday evening to discuss the building of the electric motor line. A large number of people were in attendance, and much enthusiasm was manifested. The Medford council was requested to meet the board of trustees of Jacksonville next day and make a proposition to assist in the consummation of the enterprise, which was accordingly done. There seems to be no doubt now but what the two places will be joined by railroad and lighted by electricity besides.
    The irrepressible Ward Douglas is still doing the "rustle" act east of the mountains. An exchange recently received contains the following: "Last Friday Ward Douglas, the life insurance agent, submitted a proposition to the board of trade of Walla Walla that if $1,000,000 of life insurance be guaranteed from that county, the New York Life Insurance Company would build, as soon as possible, a $25,000 hotel in Walla Walla. A committee was at once appointed to form a plan looking toward acceptance of the proposition, as it is believed to be entirely practicable."
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 26, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 26, 1889, page 3


    E. B. Stone, one of the earliest pioneers of southern Oregon, and who took a prominent part in the Indian wars which raged here in former days, is in town and will probably make it his future home, after having spent many years in traveling the length and breadth of the Pacific coast. He started the Mariposa Chronicle in 1850, which was the second paper published in California.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, September 26, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


    A good saddle horse and saddle, bridle, etc., will be raffled off in a short time for benefit of the Catholic Church at Medford. There will be 100 chances at $1 a chance. The winner will be decided by lot whenever numbers are all taken. Apply to Rev. F. S. Noel, in Jacksonville, for chances before all are sold.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


    Don't forget the electric railroad.
    Jacksonville must have the electric motor line without fail.
    Buhlmayer Bros., who have had Chas. Nickell's big farm near Medford rented for the past four years, will leave this section soon. Their auction sale last Monday was well attended and good prices were realized in most instances.
    The motor road has given a new impetus to trade at the county seat, and our merchants are stocking up heavily for fall and winter. Jacksonville business men carry some of the largest and best assorted stocks of goods in the county, and it pays to trade here.
    Many thousands of bushels of apples have been sold in Southern Oregon lately, most of which were captured by California parties. A Montana agent secured a large amount, however. Prices range from forty to sixty cents a bushel.
    J. S. Howard, surveyor, Thos. Curry, W. J. Rogers and C. H. Pickens viewers, have been engaged in laying out and locating a new route for the Ft. Klamath wagon road along Rogue River, between Elk Creek and Long Branch since Monday last.
    Since the prospects of railroad connection are so good the citizens of both Jacksonville and Medford feel highly elated and are projecting new enterprises and improvements. There is no denying the fact that much benefit would accrue from the inauguration of this electric railroad.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


    Mr. Kirkwood, representing the company that proposes to construct the electric motor line between this place and Medford, has been in the valley this week looking over the field and examining the legal aspect of the proposed issue of bonds and city warrants. He has obtained the opinion of two of the most prominent lawyers in the county, one residing at this place and the other at Medford, who both agree that such action can legally be taken by the respective town councils. Mr. K.'s mission was entirely satisfactory in its issue, and we may expect to see work begin on the road in a very short time. The citizens of this place and Medford are thoroughly in earnest, and realize that the building of the road will inaugurate a new era of prosperity in this section.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


    Mrs. Stone, wife of Dr. E. B. Stone, arrives from Washington Territory this week. We are glad to learn that they will become permanent residents of Jacksonville.
    Ira A. Phelps and wife of Medford spent Monday at the county seat. They will become residents of Jacksonville, Mr. P. having secured employment in the Times office.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


D. J. Lumsden et al. to S. S. Pentz, lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, block 3, Lumsden add. to Medford; $100.
M. J. Patton to W. I. Vawter and A. A. Davis, lot 2, block 5, Galloway's add. to Medford; $300.
M. E. Beatty to Chas. F. Declere, lot 4, block 9, Beatty add. to Medford; $55.
I. J. Phipps to G. M. Pierce, lots 7 and 8, block 22, Medford; $100.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1889, page 3


    Ira C. Phelps has sold his half interest in the Medford News to his partner, Mr. Ticknor.
"Brevities," Ashland Tidings, October 4, 1889, page 3


Ashland Tidings, October 4, 1889, page 3


    Mr. Phelps, recently of the Medford News, has come to Albany to reside, having sold that paper. He is a son of Mr. E. C. Phelps.
Albany Daily Democrat, October 4, 1889, page 3


    Medford [I.O.O.F.] lodge No. 83 is the banner lodge in number of initiations, sixteen.
"Among the 'Three Linkers'," Oregonian, Portland, October 6, 1889, page 7


    Jacksonville, which at one time was the most important town in Southern Oregon, and in fact in the state south of Salem, has for the past few years been laboring under the disadvantages of being sidetracked. When the O.&C.R.R. was building south the officials of that company wanted a bonus of $25,000 to take the railroad into the town. [The bonus would have run the line three miles closer, not through town.] The citizens, however, thought this too much and that the road would have to come to the place; but it didn't. The company left Jacksonville to the west five miles and started Medford as a rival point. [Medford was platted not as a rival to Jacksonville, but as "Jacksonville's depot" town.] The citizens of the place have girded their loins and have determined to have railway communication. They have a project to put in an electric motor road between Jacksonville and Medford, and an electric light plant for both towns. A company has made a proposition to do this, provided a bonus of $20,000 be given by the people of the two towns. Recently the city trustees of the two places met in conference, to consider the proposition, and an agreement was reached that the bonus should be divided in the proportion of $12,500 for Jacksonville and $7,500 for Medford. Citizens of both places are sanguine that the bonus will be raised and that the scheme will materialize soon. The company ask that half the bonus be paid when the electric light plant is put in operation (probably about Jan. 1st) and the remainder when the railroad is ready for business. The road is to have a solid substantial track of street rails, on which a speed of 20 miles an hour (or greater) may be made with perfect safety.--[Portland World.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 1


M. Purdin to Wm. Ulrich, ½ interest in lot 16, blk 3, Medford; $300.
O.&T. Co. to John Miller, lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, blk 21, Medford; $800.
Same to same, lots 1, 2 and 3, blk 45, in Medford; $270.
O. Van Horn to J. A. Whiteside, lots 17 and 18, blk 43, Medford; $225.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 2


    Messrs. Kirkwood and Converse, representing the company who propose to build the electric railroad between Jacksonville and Medford, are here at present for the purpose of completing final negotiations. They have agreed to accept our bonds, but, as they cannot use town warrants to advantage, a number of the public-spirited citizens of this place have agreed to give their notes, to the amount of $6500, in lieu thereof, payable when the railroad is completed, and take the scrip themselves. The same may be said of Medford, where a similar state of affairs exists. At this writing there seems to be no doubt but what the two towns will be lighted with electricity and joined by rail inside of four months. This is a consummation devoutly to be wished. There is no calculating the benefit that will accrue therefrom. Great credit is due to all of whose who have so nobly assisted in bringing this result about, and we feel certain that they will be amply repaid in the future.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3


    Hurrah for the beautiful rain!
    Goldsmith at Medford wants your wool.
    Goldsmith at Medford pays the highest cash price for produce.
    Jacksonville's citizens, like Ed, have at last "got there with both feet."
    Ten thousand pounds of dried apples and peaches wanted at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    Several Chinese skilled in packing fruit have arrived from California and are at work in the different orchards.
    A new era is dawning for Jacksonville. Electric lights and a railroad will bring many other things that will add to our prosperity and progress.
    With a railroad running through it, with its streets lighted by electricity and the foothills teeming with orchards and vineyards, what is to prevent Jacksonville from booming again?
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3


    Messrs. Converse and Kirkwood, who represent the company who propose building the electric railroad between Jacksonville and Medford, are in town for the purpose of concluding arrangements looking to the inauguration of that enterprise.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3


    G. W. Bashford, who purchased the Shideler farm in this precinct recently, is building a handsome residence.
    The Gilroy planing mill at Ashland has been sold to H. C. Dollarhide of Siskiyou and L. L. Angle of Medford, they paying 50 cents on every dollar of the unpreferred indebtedness of the concern.
"Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3


MURRAY-WILSON--At the residence of the officiating minister, in Medford precinct, September 30th, 1889; by Rev. C. Hoxie, Wm. Murray and Miss Addie Wilson.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3


    It is a very poor town in Oregon now that is not platting its several additions. This, together with the fact that a need of houses is reported from every town and city of the state, is an indication of growth and development unknown before in our history.
"All Sorts," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 4


    The veteran Republican, J. S. Howard, has been reappointed postmaster at Medford, to succeed D. H. Miller, whose four years' term has expired. Mr. Howard was appointed postmaster of Medford in 1884, and was removed in 1885 by Cleveland, the civil service reformer, for partisan reasons. Mr. Howard was a prominent Republican when the party hadn't much consideration shown it in Jackson County.
"Brevities," Ashland Tidings, October 11, 1889, page 3


    Mr. Phelps, recently of the Medford News, has come to Albany to reside, having sold that paper. He is a son of Mr. E. C. Phelps.
"Home and Abroad," Albany Daily Democrat, October 11, 1889, page 3



    Goldsmith at Medford wants your wool.
    The Jacksonville-Medford electric railroad is an assured fact.
    Goldsmith of Medford pays the highest cash prices for produce.
    Timothy, alfalfa and all kinds of grass seed at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    Ten thousand pounds of dried apples and peaches wanted at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    More people are coming to the valley from east of the mountains for supplies than ever came during one season.
    Good winter apples are in demand, and the competition of buyers from abroad has raised the price from forty to seventy cents a bushel.
    Our vineyardists are shipping hundreds of boxes of choice table grapes to northern markets, where they find ready sale at good prices.
    None who had fruit to sell "got left" this year, even if it was the driest on record. Therefore, plant your land with choice fruit trees, grape vines and berry bushes.
    Already there is a big difference in Jacksonville. Real estate is changing hands, improvements are going on and a feeling of confidence pervades the whole community.
    The fact becomes more apparent each day that this is preeminently a fruit country, and our people should lose no time in transforming their land into orchards, vineyards and berry patches.
    John Tice of Medford was found lying near the railroad track, a short distance from Grants Pass, one day this week, in a paralyzed condition. He had lain there three days before being discovered. Mr. T. now lies in a critical condition at home.
    The fact that there is so much vacant land of a choice quality about Jacksonville is enough to insure a large population which will make this a good-sized, prosperous one, now that new life is being imparted into the community. Those holding much of this idle land will cut it into tracts to suit purchasers and sell them at reasonable rates.
    It will not be long--now that a railroad is assured us--before the country surrounding Jacksonville will be teeming with orchards, vineyards and gardens. This land has no superior anywhere, and there is enough of it vacant to support hundreds of families. The only wonder is that it has lain dormant so long.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 17, 1889, page 3


    Mrs. J. W. Weatherford of Puget Sound, sister of Dr. Robinson, has been paying Jacksonville a visit.
    Cyrus Kinman has gone to Washington for his family, and all will become permanent residents of Jacksonville.
    Edward E. Gore of Medford was appointed to a vacant scholarship in the University of Oregon by the commissioners last week.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 17, 1889, page 3




Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 24, 1889, page 2


    It seems that the electric railroad between this place and Medford will be built by Seattle capitalists, as the following dispatch from that place, under date of Oct. 19th, would indicate: W. H. Llewellyn, J. F. Eshelman, W. W. Kirkwood, F. B. Converse, C. J. Eddy and R. R. Spencer have incorporated themselves into a company designated as the Jackson County Electric Railway, Light & Power Company, and filed articles in the auditor's office at Seattle on the 19th inst. The capital stock is $50,000, divided into 500 shares of $100 each. The object of the company is to build and operate street railways from and between Medford and Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, and to operate the same by such motive power as may be deemed best, and produce and sell electricity, etc. The company has engaged the services of R. A. Habersham, a first-class civil engineer, who arrived from Portland yesterday, and is making arrangements for the preliminary work. There is no doubt but what a full-fledged railroad will soon be running between the county seat and Medford.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 24, 1889, page 3


    Last Tuesday evening Clarence M. Hoover, formerly of Medford, residing upon his mother's farm near Camas Valley, retired in his usual good health after partaking of a heavy supper. Some time in the night his mother heard a groaning in his room and calling to him received no response. She immediately went to this room and found him dying, and in a few minutes he breathed his last. The cause is only conjectural. Next week we shall learn something more definite. It is truly a sad and sorrowful occurrence. From the family record we learn that he was born Feb. 4th, 1866; and consequently was 25 years, 8 months and 11 days old at the time of his death.--[Roseburg Plaindealer, Oct. 18th.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 24, 1889, page 3


    Fresh cranberries at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    Ten thousand pounds of dried apple and peaches wanted at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    Some of the company which will build our railroad are expected to arrive this week.
    Thousands of fruit trees will be planted in this section during the present month. If the market for fruit is not supplied in a few years it will not be the fault of the fruit growers of Southern Oregon.
    Wagonloads of apples are still being hauled through town, en route to Medford, from which point they will be shipped both north and south. They will be sent on the electric railroad next season.
    Jas. A. Cardwell yesterday sold 500 boxes of apples to a buyer from Montana, and has a few hundred boxes more for sale. His orchard is only about two acres in extent, but it nets him several hundred dollars each year. It is very patent that nothing pays those owning land better than fruit-raising.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 24, 1889, page 3


    Henry Pape, Jr., editor and publisher of the Benton Leader, arrived on the belated train last Sunday morning. He started for Corvallis the same day, accompanied by his bride.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 24, 1889, page 3


PAPE-SHIPLEY--In Medford precinct, at the residence of the officiating minister, October 20th, 1889, by Rev. M. A. Williams, Henry Pape, Jr., and Miss Maggie Shipley.
DODSON-SIMPSON--In Medford, Oct. 15, 1889, by Rev. F. B. Ticknor, Alex. D. Dodson and Miss Narcissa D. Simpson.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 24, 1889, page 3


    J. R. Faris, a brakeman on the freight, this morning had his hand crushed at Turner and will lose three fingers. He lives at Medford.
"State Dispatches," Morning Daily Herald, Albany, October 24, 1889, page 3


Ashland Tidings, October 25, 1889, page 2




Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 31, 1889, page 2


H. E. Baker to G. H. Baker, one-half interest in lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, block 7, and lot 4, block 6, Beatty's add. to Medford; $300.
E. M. Furman to W. W. Kimball & Co., lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, block 4, Cottage add. to Medford; $1.
John Brinegar to J. W. Mattox, lot 9, block 9, Park add. to Medford; $100.
Nannie Barr to Mary J. and A. G. Johnston, lot 1, block 4, Barr's add. to Medford; $500.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 31, 1889, page 2




    R. A. Habersham of Portland, representing the syndicate which has the building of the proposed Jacksonville-Medford railroad in contemplation, made a preliminary survey last Saturday, and left for home the next evening. A meeting of the incorporators of the company was held yesterday, but we have not learned what the result thereof was. It is believed that Mr. H.'s report will be favorable and that the construction of the line will begin soon.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 31, 1889, page 3


    Timothy, alfalfa and all kinds of grass seed at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    Gaylord Bell arrived from Grants Pass this week, and will prospect his quartz mine on Jackson Creek.
    Water in all the wells, streams, etc., is rising, and the scarcity of the aqueous fluid, which prevailed for a while, is now at an end.
    The drawing for the benefit of the Catholic Church at Medford took place at the U.S. Hotel last Saturday. John Schumpf was the lucky man and walked off with the horse, which is a fine one.
    It seems as if one "Dr." Willis E. Everett, who not so long since victimized the Golden Spike Mining Co. at Wagner Creek so scandalously, is still at his old tricks. The Sunday Welcome says that Dr. King , of Jacksonville, Florida, lately became so interested in the Alaskan collection of Everett, of Tacoma, that he purchased it entire for $3000. King paid very dearly for the stuff this so-called geologist palmed off as coming from Alaska.
    In the death of John R. Tice, at his family residence in Medford last Friday, the county loses one of its oldest pioneers. Coming to the valley while yet it was a wilderness, he made his home here, raised a large family and died universally respected. Until a few years ago he lived upon his donation claim about four miles from Jacksonville, but has recently made his home at Medford. The remains were brought to Jacksonville for interment in our beautiful cemetery, on Saturday afternoon, the burial services being conducted by Rev. E. McLean. A large concourse paid their last respects to the deceased.
    Last week Col. Jacob Johnson of Medford piloted eight lone, lorn female and three masculine attaches up into the timber belt at the head of Rogue River in quest of timber locations. The ladies averred that they were all widows and old maids and had not exhausted their right to buy 160 acres on Uncle Sam's timber reserve. Some eligible male ranchers along the road were following up the wagons at last accounts, with the avowed intention of inducing a portion of the female contingent to forfeit their privilege to buy on this side of the line.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 31, 1889, page 3


    Mrs. Jas. Guerin and children will visit George Brown and wife of Eagle Point, Mrs. G.'s parents, during the next few months.
    R. A. Habersham, the well-known civil engineer of Portland, was in the valley last week on business connected with the Jacksonville-Medford railroad.
    R. M. Shely, an excellent mechanic, who has been in Portland for some time past, returned a few days ago and is employed in the Jacksonville marble works.
    Mr. Eshelman, a prominent business man of Seattle, Wash., who will be largely interested in the Jacksonville-Medford motor line, spent a few days in this section last week. He is highly pleased with the valley, and speaks favorably of our new railroad enterprise.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 31, 1889, page 3


TICE--At the family residence in Medford, October 25, 1889, of paralysis, John R. Tice, a native of Indiana and a pioneer of southern Oregon; aged 57 years and 2 months.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 31, 1889, page 3


Ashland Tidings, November 1, 1889, page 2




    A piece of work has been going on during the past week that is the source of much gratification to all who expect to do much teaming over the Medford and Jacksonville road during the coming winter. We refer to the fine roadbed being constructed by supervisor O. Harbaugh in the Tice lane where heretofore the road has been a terror to all passers during the winter season. Mr. Harbaugh never does anything by halves, and he prepared the ground for a well-drained roadbed by first building up with pine and fir tree-tops and straw, afterwards filling in with gravel. The public was astonished to find how rapidly a good road could be constructed over a bad route by this method, by one who understood what he was doing. The supervisor has almost completed the section through the Tice lane during the past week, and when the rest of the road is put in equally good condition, this famous loblolly in the winter season will rank among our best county roads.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 7, 1889, page 3

    M. Armstrong and family have removed to Medford.
    Owing to the burning of the Grants Pass Sugar Pine Door and Lumber Company's factory there has been considerable difficulty among fruit packers in securing boxes.
    See the new advertisement of Orra E. Angle, one of Medford's liveliest and most progressive merchants, who is pursuing the right course to achieve success in the merchandising business by the liberal use of printer's ink.
    Fred O'Bryant of Medford again appears before the public in our columns this week. Persons desiring to have work done in his line, or to purchase fine jewelry or holiday goods, cannot do better than to give him their patronage.
    Legate, Hurn & Co. of Klamath County have arrived at Medford with their well-boring machinery and will attempt to find artesian water. It is hoped that they will succeed, for there is no calculating the benefit that will accrue therefrom.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 7, 1889, page 3


    C. Sly has returned from the east of the mountains and located at Medford.
    John H. Redfield has returned from Linkville and will probably engage in blacksmithing at Medford.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 7, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 7, 1889, page 3


KNIGHT-PURDIN--At the Presbyterian Church in Medford, November 2, 1889, by Rev. E. McLean, Stephen E. Knight, of Siskiyou County, Cal., and Miss Bertha L. Purdin of Medford.
GEORGE-CLARK--At the residence of Mr. Dodson in Medford precinct, November 5, 1889, by Rev. G. G. Thomas, Frank George and Miss Ollie Clark.
ELDER--At Medford, November 1st, 1889, of consumption, L. U. Elder, aged 17 years and 8 months.
    Deceased was a bright and promising boy of 17 years when he was stricken with consumption, and his home is now desolated for the third time in as many years by the fell destroyer, a fond mother and a loving sister having gone before. A large number of sympathizing friends accompanied the thrice-bereft father in charge of the remains to the family lot in the beautiful Jacksonville Cemetery, where they will rest until the great family reunion on resurrection morn. Rev. McLean conducted the beautiful and impressive burial service at the grave, at noon on Saturday, and preached a touching sermon on the occasion.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 7, 1889, page 3






    A. A. Davis of Medford this week advertises for sale his fine Poland China pigs, which he imported from Minnesota last fall. They are first-class stock.
    Ward Douglas "caned an editor" at Pendleton one day last week, the editor having been voted the handsomest man in the community. The Lord pity the balance of the Pendletonians.
    The county commissioners wisely appropriated the sum of $500 to assist in the good work of improving the county road between Jacksonville and Medford. This improvement was badly needed.
    Attention is called to the business advertisement of Hammon Bros.' nursery at Medford. Parties contemplating planting fruit trees this season should interview these gentlemen, who have a first-class lot of stock on hand for sale at reasonable prices.
    Our young friend Frank Fehely was joined in matrimony to Miss Fannie Crystal at Medford on Wednesday of last week, and the happy couple departed shortly afterwards for Crescent City, Call., their future home, attended by the best wishes of all who know them.
   No definite news has been received of the motor line railroad this week, although last reports were favorable. There can be little doubt that work will begin on the road in a short time. The Seattle stockholders are intending to hold a meeting this week to determine upon future action.
    Quite a Jackson County colony has located at Athena, Umatilla County. Besides attorneys DePeatt and Crawford, John H. Bentley, formerly of Medford, is running a bank, livery stable and hotel, and Dave Crosby is running a hotel, says E. F. Kaiser, who recently returned from a run through the northern country.
    The Presbytery of Southern Oregon announced a series of missionary conventions during the week, beginning at Ashland on Tuesday, yesterday at Medford and today at Grants Pass. The conventions are called for 9:30 o'clock each morning. The morning session is devoted to prayer and conference, the afternoon to woman's work and the evening to popular addresses.
    The advertisement of Staver & Walker, which appears this week, again calls attention to the immense business which the enterprising firm is building up in this locality. Vim and enterprise and business ideas about the use of printer's ink have put this firm in the van among the most successful on the coast, and it is very evident that they do not intend to let their reputation decline.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 14, 1889, page 3


    A. D. Dodson, editor of the Medford Mail, made us a pleasant visit yesterday.
    A. Z. Sears and family, after an extended residence here, have removed to Medford, where Mrs. S.'s relatives reside.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 14, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 14, 1889, page 3


FEHELY-CRYSTAL--At the house of the officiating minister in Medford, November 6, 1889, by Rev. M. A. Williams, Frank Fehely and Miss Fannie Crystal.
EWEN-BETTS--At the house of the officiating minister in Medford, November 13, 1889, by Rev. M. A. Williams, Dudley T. Ewen and Miss Christina Betts, both of Butte Creek.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 14, 1889, page 3

Engines, Boilers and Shingle Mills.     Flouring, Mining and Brick Making Machinery.     Belting, Oils and Mill Supplies.

The Celebrated J. I. Case, Wood and Steel Beam, Side and Center Draft Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Seeders, Drills and Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Also Freight and Farm Wagons, Buggies, Carriages, and Vehicles of all descriptions.

    T. R. North, Esq., received by Tuesday's mail a case of peaches addressed to "Baby North." They were from Hon Jno. D. Whitman, of Medford, Oregon, and are of his own production.
"County Exchanges," The Perry (Iowa) Chief, November 15, 1889, page 1


    The motor-line railroad project has apparently suffered a relapse, as it is rumored on good authority that the parties who contemplated building the road have concluded not to do so, without assigning any valid reason for so acting. Propositions have been submitted by our citizens to other capitalists with presumably more brains nd reliability, and, in the event of their failure to act, a local company will be organized to proceed with the immediate construction of the line. Jacksonville doesn't propose to beg anybody to accept of her bounty, and is abundantly able to put through the road and secure all-rail communication with the world by her own efforts, if necessary.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 21, 1889, page 3


    Goldsmith, wholesale and retail grocer, Medford, Oregon.
    An immense line of hanging lamps at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    If you want groceries, call on or address Goldsmith, Medford, for prices before buying.
    Alfalfa, timothy, clover and all kinds of grass and garden seeds at Goldsmith's, Medford.
    Pot-hunters along Bear Creek are causing some complaint among farmers in that vicinity. Carelessness in handling firearms frequently causes loss and injury to stock.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 21, 1889, page 3


    F. B. Converse of Portland, who originated the electric railroad scheme, is among us again.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 21, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 21, 1889, page 3


G. W. Howard to Wm. Clark, lot 16, blk 40, Medford; $70.
O.&T. Co. to S. R. Follett et al., lot 4, blk 70, Medford; $40.
Same to C. W. Palm, lots 8 and 9, blk 45, Medford; $160.
G. H. and Julia Baker to W. C. Noon & Co., undivided one-half of lots in blks 18, 19, 20, 21, 1, 2, 3 and 9, Beatty add. to Medford; $840.
Iradell J. Phipps to Jane E. Morgan, lots 3, 4, 5 and 6, block 30, Medford; $100.
O.&T. Co. to Davis & France, lots 17 and 18, block 19, Medford; $170.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 21, 1889, page 3




Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 28, 1889, page 2


    The prosperity of a town is not graded by the wealth of its inhabitants, but by the uniformity with which they pull together when any important undertaking is to be accomplished. A man with a thousand dollars at his command and a love for his town in his heart can do more for the building up and improving of it than the millionaire who locks up his capital and snaps his finger at home progress. Jacksonville's citizens now have the opportunity to show whether they have enough enterprise and patriotism to ensure rail connection with the O.&C.R.R., and not allow their property, trade and town to go slowly but surely down the road to perdition.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 28, 1889, page 3


    Residents of Yreka report great benefit from their tap-line railroad, and express a determination to extend the line to Scott Valley in a short time.
    Attention is called to the advertisement of Hammon Bros., who are conducting a large nursery in Medford precinct, east of Bear Creek. They have a very full assortment of choice fruit trees of every description, and those needing anything in their line will do well to give them a call.
    F. B. Converse of Portland, who worked up the motor-line railway scheme, was in the valley last week, and was pained and surprised to learn that the Seattle company which had become interested in the construction of the road had backed out of the enterprise, which he considers will be remunerative and feasible. He has hopes of organizing a company at Portland which will carry the matter through to completion at an early day, and is now engaged in the work.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 28, 1889, page 3


    Jas. A. Johnson of Medford, lately of Kansas, called yesterday. He is well pleased with our county.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 28, 1889, page 3

Oregonian, Portland, November 28, 1889, page 4


    Mrs. W. H. Barr, of Medford, who has been selling hay over the Siskiyous, was at Hornbrook and Klamath City last Friday, looking after the business.
    Mr. Barney O'Neil, of Medford, returned home last Friday from Napa Valley, Cala., and reported a great spell of "webfoot" weather down in that part of California--some of the vineyards being under three feet of water as he saw them. The development of Napa Valley has been wonderful since he left it twelve years ago, through the fruit and wine industry--and Mr. O'Neil thinks Rogue River Valley just as good for both.
"Personal," Ashland Tidings, November 29, 1889, page 3


    The number of brick buildings that will go up in Ashland next year is constantly increasing and will probably exceed the number put up any year before.
"Northwest News," Oregon Statesman, Salem, November 29, 1889, page 9


    Choice seed wheat, oats and barley for sale at Medford Farmers' Warehouse. Also rolled barley and mill feed. Baled hay in carload lots of less. Apply to:


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 5, 1889, page 3


    I wish to say to the farmers of Jackson County that I imported several head of full-blood Poland-China hogs from Minnesota last year, and now offer them for sale. They are fine, and received first premium at last September's fair held in this county. Will be sold at reasonable rates. Can be seen by calling on A. A. Davis at the Medford Roller Mills, Jackson County, Oregon. Also have some oak lumber and some wagon tongues for sale.


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 12, 1889, page 2


O.&T. Co. to Geo. W. Isaacs, lots 8 and 9, block 78, Medford; $10.
O.&T. Co. to A. H. Simpson, lots 9 and 10, block 39, Medford; $60.
Lucy A. Clark to Precilla Brown, lot 11, block 16, Medford; $10.
D. L. Cox to Geo. W. Howard, lot 1, block 6, and lots 3 and 4, block 5, Beatty's add. to Medford; $900.
W. H. Barr to William Slinger, undivided one-fifth of lots 5 and 6, block 19, Medford; $100.
"Real Estate Transfers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 12, 1889, page 2


    Roads are quite muddy.
    Barley is quoted at 40 cents a bushel at the Medford warehouse.
    Thousands of fruit trees are now being delivered in Jackson County.
    Geo. J. Wrisley, of the Medford stables, was in town yesterday. He is doing a good business.
    Trains from the south have been quite irregular during the past week, the late rains having caused the streams to overflow their banks and wash away more or less of the railroad track.
    Among the many attorneys who have been admitted to practice lately none are making more progress than W. H. Parker. His address to the jury in the Rhoten case this week was an excellent effort and is highly complimented by all who heard it. Many were visibly affected by his remarks in behalf of the defendant.
    Several parties are now considering the project of joining Jacksonville with the main line of the railroad, and the prospects are favorable that the enterprise will be fully consummated in less than six months. Local capital will no doubt be employed if those now having the matter in view fail to do anything.
    A gentleman of this place who was somewhat interested in the fate of Dr. C. Lempert, whose mysterious disappearance some two years ago was a nine-days wonder, recently sent a detailed description of the man to Baker City, where Prof. Kugler of Portland reported him to be, and the answer came back from reputable parties that the man is undoubtedly there, practicing under the name of Dr. Kohler. His ways are certainly past finding out, for he did not have much occasion to leave Jacksonville.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 12, 1889, page 3


    Thos. B. Merry, well known in Southern Oregon, who is interested in several electric-road schemes, is paying this section a visit for the purpose of finding out what can be done toward joining Jacksonville with the main line of the S.P.R.R.
"Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 12, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 12, 1889, page 3


CALLAHAN--At Medford, November 28, 1889, to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Callahan, a daughter.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 12, 1889, page 3


    A fire was discovered in the boot shop of J. Purdu, in the rear of G. W. Cooper's saddle shop, about 10:30 Sunday. It caught about the stove, and when the door was broken open, it contracted a blaze that went to the roof and commenced licking up the whole business. Besides burning the saddle and boot shops mentioned, it burned the agricultural implement house of Frank Galloway, then the saddlery of J. Woods, stopping there, where it came in contact with Webb's new two-story brick, and after scorching the last named building. Ed Worman's livery stable, just across the street from the east side of the flames, was red hot and came very near catching fire. I. A. Webb had just moved his furniture store into the new building, and when the safe was opened the books steamed from the pent-up heat. Only the wagons were saved from the implement house.
Valley Record, Ashland, December 12, 1889, page 3




    Medford comes to the front with a gun club and proposes to shoot any other club in this part of the state that will come to Medford on Christmas Day. To arms! Ashland Rod and Gun Club.
"Brevities," Ashland Tidings, December 13, 1889, page 3




    Plenty of mud everywhere.
    There has been very little cold weather so far. Southern Oregon against the world for climate.
    Skating rink hall has been shut down indefinitely, Wolff & Armstrong having gone to Medford, where they open business in the opera house as soon as the building is ready.
    A few days ago we were presented with a beautiful pamphlet from the Idaho Pear Co., of Lewiston, I.T., with a handsome illustration of their celebrated pear, whose virtues are extolled by the most noted pomologists and horticulturists throughout the United States.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 19, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 19, 1889, page 3



    By J. H. Whitman of Medford, on improved farm security in Jackson County, at the best rates of any loan agency in the county.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 26, 1889, page 3


    Several of our young people attended the holiday parties at Ashland, Medford and Central Point.
    Baled hay is selling at $15 a ton in Medford, and the prospects for a still further advance are good.
    The teachers' institute is in session at Medford, and is proving a highly interesting affair. The attendance is good.
    Fred. Barneburg, of Eden precinct, raises some of the finest and largest cattle in Oregon. He recently sold a steer that weighed 1,808 pounds, and a two-year-old that tipped the beam at 1,378 pounds.
    The Ashland post office goes to A. P. Hammond, under the Harrisonian administration, as it went under the old regime. The Medford post office, it will be remembered, returned into the hands of the former incumbent. There will be a show for the younger generation of aspirants for federal officials in the Republican ranks in this county when all the older fellows are dead and buried.
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 26, 1889, page 3


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, December 26, 1889, page 3