A. K. Ware, chairman of the Progressive Party committee for Jackson County, is in receipt of a telegram from G. W. Perkins denying any connection with the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. The wire is in response to an inquiry from Mr. Ware and is as follows:
A. K. Ware, Medford, Ore.
    Referring to yours of the 20th, I entirely severed my connections with J. P. Morgan & Co. a year ago last January, since which date have had no financial or business connection with that house. You are authorized to make this statement as public as you see fit.
Ashland Tidings, August 29, 1912, page 4

    Mrs. Harriett F. Ware, a native of Northfield, Minn., and wife of A. K. Ware, died at the family home, two miles south of Medford, at 12:20 a.m. Saturday, November 9, 1912, aged 48 years, 4 months and 16 days.
    Mrs. Ware came to Medford from Northfield, Minn., with her husband and children, two and a half years ago and has since lived on an orchard home which her husband purchased soon after arriving in Medford. For the past eight months the deceased had been afflicted with cancerous troubles, and while every effort possible was made to effect a cure, all proved fruitless.
    Besides a husband, deceased leaves eight children. They being Cecil G., Mildred R., Ralph F., Fletcher K., Marjory H., Alexander E., John T., Alfreda L., all living at home except Fletcher, who is a student at the University of Oregon.
    Mrs. Ware was a devoted Christian, a kind, loving wife and mother, and possessed all the attributes which can justly be the claim of all good, home-loving women. Such a life as was hers was truly the exemplification of all those excellent trials of noble womanhood which have so much to do in framing the destination [sic] of an enlightened and noble Christan people.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 9, 1912, page 8



    MEDFORD, Or., May 15.--(Special.)--An orchard deal involving $95,000 was closed yesterday when J. B. Doner, of Uplands, Cal. secured the Ware and Kizer ranches, aggregating 87 acres, trading the same for a hardware business and city property in the California town. Mr. Doner will move to Medford with his family, making his home in the handsome Ware residence near the city and managing both properties.
    A. K. Ware is secretary of the Medford Commercial Club and will remain in Medford. With the death of his wife last fall he has been anxious to sell his property, including a $20,000 residence, one of the showplaces of the valley, and secure a business for his two sons, who will manage the hardware business in Uplands. The Ware orchard comprises 27 acres of pears and apples just coming into bearing.
Morning Oregonian, Portland, May 16, 1913, page 7


    MEDFORD, Or., May 17.--(Special.)--One of the largest orchard sales of the present month was closed last week, when A. K. Ware, of Medford, sold his highly developed property, lying one mile south of Medford, to J. B. Doner, of Uplands, Cal., for $52,000. The tract contains 26 acres, which is in bearing apple and pear trees. It is improved with a beautiful residence. Mr. Ware accepted as part payment a hardware business at Uplands.
    Mr. Doner also purchased the Kiser orchard, near Jacksonville, for $45,000, giving in exchange an orange grove and property in Uplands. The orchard contains 65 acres and is in bearing apple and pear trees.
    Mr. Doner announces that he will bring with him several families from Southern California, who will locate in the Medford district.
Sunday Oregonian, Portland, May 18, 1913, page D8


    In the Tribune of Saturday I read that I would soon take my departure for California, and every day someone comes into the exhibit building asking me when I expect to go, etc. For the benefit of all those people who are anxious to know the truth and those who are contemplating going away from Medford I would like to state my position as to leaving Medford. I came here over three years ago with the idea of making this my permanent home for these reasons, namely that Medford and Jackson County offered the best prospects for the future than any other place it had been my pleasure to visit or live in. I was born in Iowa and have lived in the following states, Minnesota, Illinois and Virginia, and have visited most every other state except Florida and the Gulf Coast states and can truthfully say that Southern Oregon and Medford in particular suit me the best of all for business, climate, water, scenery and all that goes to make life pleasant and enjoyable for all the year round. I thoroughly believe in Medford's future as being very bright from every point of view. I doubt if anyone here has had in the same length of time as much to contend with from a financial standpoint and personal losses yet I still have unbounded faith in Medford and think that if our people will only exercise a little more of the get-together spirit and talk and think about all the advantages of this particular valley that we can build a city here that will be one that all who come here will be glad that they chose Medford for their place of residence and the place to invest their money in.
    Therefore for myself I wish to state most emphatically that I intend to stay right here if I can arrange my business matters in a satisfactory manner to enable me to continue to live here for years to come.