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Historical Society Oregon J Iditriteftlet Vol. XXXV ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903. No. 81 maxima nvKi ani ir.F r.tiw paw no ;-S Fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, Doughnuts and fresh Breed Daily Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot I. J. NORHAN & Co. Prop. FARMERS' CASH STORE, Q. A. WOOD & CO, Props DEALER IN Staple ane Fancy Groceries. Highest Price paid for country produce. Fresh bread daily. Your Patronage is respectfully solicited. Private Free Delivery to All Parts of HELLO 5 5 the City TROXEL BLOCK OPP PASSENGER DAPOT... Bring Us Your GHIGKENS, EGGS, BUTTER, FOR CKSH OR TRHDE. J. F. Barker & Co. Heating Stoves Cook Stoves, Stove Stove Boards. Pipe Congressional Cmtuutatcs. The Eugene Gnard, a rock-ribbed democratic mnswtun;) sheet and jun ior partner i .THulcson's Journal politi cal boozo visions, has attempted to I A open tne congressional campaign on the republic;! si-Jh, depending, of course, to bring out a young demo cratic ram to bo sacrificed. The ar ticle is as follows: In speaking of probable candidates for the nomination of congressman from the first district, the Portland Journal says: une ot the questions that arise naturally, when first district nomina tions are discussed, is the status of Lawrence T. Harris, of Eugene, speaker in the last house of repre sentatives and conceded to have been the strongest candidate in the dis trict before he went into an agree ment to keep out of the way of Mr. Hermann. There was general con cession that he could be elected by majority approximating that which the late Mr. Tongue received 5,300 had he been named. Mr. Harris and A. C. Woodcock, who was for a time half-way disposed to ask for Lane county's support for the nomination last year, have formed a law partnership. This is a profes sional gain for the firm, but political ly it is thought by many of their friends to be unwise. VAWTER REGARDED AS STRONG. If Mr. Harris should be written down as unavailable, or should refuse to look upon the congressional nomi nation, W. I. Vawter, of Medford, Jackson county, might be regarded as very strong. In the Eugene con vention he managed to conduct him self in a manner to hold the friend ship of the anti-Hermann forces, at the same time releasing his delega tion when the reason for further sup port of him had passed. The recent proofs of The Journal's frequent assertion last spring that ! Mr. Hermann is persona non grata with the administration have oper- t A tl J 1 . . . aiea to alter tne entire situation in the first district and to awaken slum bering ambition in many a heart. nounced, will be to protect and mote interests or the employers and independent workmen of the country by all legitimate means. AT S. K. 5YKES, Roseburg, Oregon Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking is tc have good FRESH GROCERIES And to get them promptly when you order them. Call up Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service. C. W. PARKS & CO. The Mjllers' National Company. Insurance J. ALgWeatherby T. A. Bury D. L. Martin Roseburg Real Estate Co. Farm and Timber Land Bought and Sold Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Timber Estimates a Specialty. ty with List your proper- us. r A. C. MARSTERS & CO. DRUGGISTS We Want Yomr Patronage and as an inducement we offer U. fS.. P. Standard Drugs, Fresh Patent Medicines, High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Arti cles, and Specialties If you want to buy a farm If you want furnished rooms If you want to buy a house If you want to rent a house jl you want to build a house If you want to move a house If yoo don't know PAT Gill on or nddrttsa . . . F F. pattern, JffffiXr Besebarg Oregon. I List Your Ranches and Timber LaUU9 Willi UIC. , i R. R. JOHNSON, I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS AND CAN SELL OFFICE IN MARKS BLOCK, ROSEBURG, OR. Salem, October 15, 1903. To the Fire Insurance Agents in the State of Oregon, Dear Sirs: This office is in re ceipt of an inquiry, asking to be in formed if the Millers' National Insur ance Company has made application to do business in this State, and if not, whether in our opinion, it may issue policies on the mutual plan, without their complying with the re quirements of the statutes. In reply have to advise that the Millera' National Insurance Company has not made application to do busi ness within this State and is not li censed. This office holds that mutual fire insurance companies, organized under the laws of other States, are not ex empt from the laws which are appli cable to fire insurance companies generally which desire to enter this State for the transaction of insurance business; but that such companies, and their agents'and employes, must comply strictly with the general laws which govern in the case of foreign fire insurance companies. This a for eign mutual fire insurance cannot do: hence, such company cannot lawfully, in our opinion, transact business in Oregon. Any person undertaking to repre sent the Millers' National Insurance Company, as agent, is violating the insurance statutes, and the matter should be reported to the Prosecuting Attorney of the county in which such agent may be operating. Yours respectfully, F. I. Dunbar, Secretary of State and Ex-Officio In surance Commissioner. The number of cotton spindles in the South ha3 increased from 2,000, 000 in 1891 to 8,250,000 at the pres ent time; the pig-iron output has in creased from 397,000 tons in 1880 to over 3,000,000 tons; its coal yield has increased during the same period from 6,000,000 tons to ten times that amount, and its lumber values between 1880 and 1900 from $40, 000,000 worth to nearly five times that amount. A federation of manufacturers' and employers' associations, employing tens of thousands of skilled work men, and with a combined capital of about a billion dollars, has been formed at Chicago. Plans were mado for a general meeting in Chicago of representatives of employers' associa tions and citizens' alliances the first week in November, when a national employers' association will be formed The object of this federation, as an Tintoretto's celebrated painting of "Paradise," which has so long hung over the throne in the chamber of the Grand Council in the Ducal Palace at Venice, has been taken from tho wa! and is now undergoing a cleaning, under tho supervision of a national commission on paintings. This is tho largest oil painting in the world muasuring 72 feet by 23 feet. series ot irescoes by buanento was discovered on the wall behind tho picture; this series was painted two centuries earlier than the Tintoretto. It is reported from Manila that leaders of the Federal party are pre paring a petition to the United States Congress asking that the Philippine Commission be reorganized. A Ma nila Cablegram to the Chicago Trib une says: "They will ask that the membership be increased by tho ad dition of two Filipinos and one Ameri can, and also that the salary of the Filipino members be increased be cause the auditor, the collector of customs, the attorney general, solici tor, and treasurer receive salaries of $5,000 in excess of those paid to the present native commissioners. The petition also will set forth the desire that the secretaty of finance, secre tary of justice, secretary of com merce, and secretarv of police be so appointed that two natives may hold office as secretaries. It is believed that this is the motive for a concert ed demand for the appointment of more native office holders at higher salaries." A law recently enacted by the Phil ippine Government provides that ono hundred native young men shall be sent to the States every year to be 1 1 i m . eaucaiea ana uitea lor positions in the insular civil sei vice. Hy compet itive examination one hundred are to be chosen, and from these the Gover nor may select those who are best qualified. He is also authorized to select and appoint twenty-five with out subjecting them to competitive examination, but the whole number sent to the States in the first year must not exceed one hundred. For the support of each student the Gov ernment will pay 500 a year, and those who go to the States under these conditions must sign an agree ment binding them to return after the completion of their education and to take an examination for appoint ment in the civil service. It is ex pected that while they are in the States these young men will live with American families. A gentleman by the name of Pope, a civil engineer, and undoubtedly in the employ of a railroad, with his barometer, spent a week taking eleva tions from Klamath Falls to the northern part of the county. Fort Clamath news in Ashland Tidings. Thousands of head of cattle will be wintered on Klamath Marsh the com ing winter. Cattle to the number of 2,000 head will be brought there for feed from Jackson, Douglas, Crook, Tarney and Lake counties. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. No ono who is acquainted with its good qualities can bo surprised at tho great popularity of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It not only cures colds and grip cltcctually and permanently, but prevents these diseases from resulting in pneumonia. It is also a certain cure for croup. Whooping cough is not dangerous when this remedy is given. It contains no opium or other harmful substance and may bo given as confi dently to a baby as to an adult. It is also pleasant to take. When all of these facts are taken into consideration it is not surprising that peoplo in foreign lands, as well as at homo, esteem this rcmody very highly and very few are willing to tako other after having once used it. For sale by A. C. Marsters nnd Co. Notice. At a regular meeting of the directors of school District No. 4, tho clerk was authorized to open books for subscrip tion to warrant loan of (20,000, said books to bo open Oct. 1st. Subscribers can subscribe for amounts of (50 or mul tiples thereof. Warrants will draw in terest at tho rato of A per cent per an num and will bo payablo as follows : 2,000 each succeeding year until all are paid. For other information apply to 75-tf Claiia Dillard, Clerk. For Sale. 75 lambs and 130 owes, Merino and Cotswold sheep. Address Paul V. Cuvil- ier, Wardton, Oreuon. 71 lm. Wood! Woodl Wood! Iho Plaindealkk "wnnts 20 Hereof wood at tho office, and any man who wants to pay up a years subscription can bring in a tier of wood and tho husi- ess will bo transacted. The Show Animal and Animal. Breeding That thero exists a prejudice against the show animal as n brooding animal, in tho minds of many pcrsonB who own and handlo livestock, no ono who is not at all obsorving in livo stock and livo stock matters will dispute Why this prejudice exists, and how it originated, has its foundation just as plainly marked out in show ring history and breeding experience, as any other defined princi ple in tho live stock business. Tho show animal must bo not only a r a . . . . lai, sieek-, well kept and well groomed animal, but it must bo an animal pos sessing to tho highest possible degree every quality of excellence that enters into the standard prescribed for the jer fect animal of its breed. When this animal is produce 1 in the herd or Hock, is it a show animal or a breeding ani mal? If it possesses tho qualities and properties for a successful show animal what does it jiossefis that would in the least disqualify it from being a desirable breeding animal? In other words, the breeder is striving to produce an ideal animal, that tho standard of excellence has described, after years of study and cunsuiiauon, among mo moat progres sive and skillful breeders of the various breeds of stock. Each breed has its perfect animal de fined by a scalo of points, and the near est approach to this is supposed to meas ure tho degreo of excellence of the ani mal in tho show ring. The breeder h striving to produce this highest tvpe of animal, the kind that fanciers of th particular breed are studying about, dreaming about, and when they find a near approach to it, pay extra vaant prices in order to possess it. These ani male are breeding animals, because they possess to tho highest degree of excel lencies of the breed. The natural law, that like produces like, is not disputed bv the breeder of intelligence. Certain desirable qualities marks, breeds, characteristics, etc., are demanded by the breeder when se lecting an animal for use in the herd The higher education in qualities of ani 1 A 1 . , - mai, ine more exacting tne borer is in his demands. The show animal, if a good type of excellence in the breed, al ways helps in training the eve to the jwints of value in the animal. The show animal may not be a good breeding animal, i! not, there is a reason agart from that of its simplv being a fino show animal. The too common disqualification of the show animal. as a breeding animal, grows out of the fact that in the fitting of the animal for show there has been unnatural conditions of crowth introduced, ami forced into it. The natural course of a icalthy, vigorous growth has been lost sight of, in the effect to rapidly mature, or rapidly fatten or it has been lost ightof, in the effect to flesh up for show. There is a natural growth of the animal that most stock raisers under stand, and when they have something fine, something extra good that they want to get a good price for, they com mence with the most favorable con ditions of feed, exercised and care to keep them constantly developing into strong, healthy animals. , Tho question of forcing the young animal boyong its ability to naturally develop is a matter to be solved, and when intelligently disposed of well re move 1 the prejudice against the show animal. The show animal possessing tho high standard of excellence in his brcede and class, fitting him for a com petitor in tho show ring has the quali- ics for a breeding animal. If the oreetllng powers ol this animal areH destroyed or injured by any artificial means used in the feeling and prepara tion of the animal for show, it does not alter the original qualifications of the animal as a breeding animal. It is true, the animal as a breeder may have been sacrificed in the effort to make n show animal out of it, but tho fact still re mains that the material for show animals must bo selected from the choicest breeding prospects the herds or flocks contain. The fact that nn animal is used as a show animal, that it has been put into show condition and mado the rounds of the fairs, does not necessarily make it worthless as a breeding animals. Many of tho best eires and dams in the country have to their credit, first and sweedstakes prizes taken at fairs and stock shows from all over tho conntrv. It is tho intelligent feeding and hand ing of these animals, through the breed ing season and show season, that Eecures thorn immunity from show life damage influence Farmer. dale" will open a firstclass Hotel at that old and favorite stand on Nov. 1st. We bespeak for her a generous patronage. Ulendalo ,city is growing miraculous ly. flew nouses aro going up on all sides, and our population is increasing uauy. Another Drug Store will bo opened during tho month of November, also another storo Is an assured fact, and there is plenty of houses for all. D. C. Tyrer, painter and decorator, is the busiest man in town. Ho has orders enough to keep three men employed. MOLLIE. Lime Kilns and Cement Works. Qlendale Items. Born, at Glendalo, Oct. 19 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Austim. a son. Mr. and Mrs. William Cockrell, who have spent a month in this city, return ed tj their homo at Placer, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Lovens, who havo spent tho summer in Burns, Harney Co., will arrive nt this placo this week, for an extonded visit with Mrs. H. Bed- fiold, Mrs. Leven'a mothor. Mrs. B. Egglcston, of Ashland, who had been visiting relatives at Salem. topped at Glendale, and went out to tho Jacques farm for a visit with her step-Eons, Andrew nnd Sidney Jacques. She returned to Ashland last Sunday. W. D. Chadwick has sold his rosidenco property to Mrs. Lucrotn Shea. J. G. Mack, a prominent business man of Portland, who was representing tho heirs of Sol Abraham, spent last week in this city. Mr. Mack is handling this largo property in a mnnnor highly satis factory to nil his tenants, and to all property ownors in tin's city. Ho haB won tho confidenco of all our population, by his reasonable and kindly adjust ment of "lines and corners", and his visits to our city aro looked forward to with ploasures by Mb employees, ton ants and friends. The Plain-healer is informed that the fine ledges of limestone rock at a point six or seven miles south of Roseburg are to be utilized at once. Portland capitalists have secured an option on the land after having thorough tests made to see if tho limestone would make a good article of lime and after thoroughly testing the lime it is declared to bo equal to any i .t t. luuiiu on mo raciuc uoast. in connec tion with the limestone on the samt 1 I T . . . mini is munu a very valuable gypsum uei08tt which can be manufactured in to a superior articleofcementsuitablefor making cement pavements or good roads and this deposit will be burned and ground up into an article of as high a quality as the imported Portland cement. Oregon :., . :.t.i. ... io eriuiuiu mine oi weauii anu es pecially is this true of Douglas County, where every known mineral is found. What we need is new enterprises, new blood, new capital and new men who know how to take hold of profitable en terprises where grit, grace and gumption displayed will bring vast returns. R. W- FENN, CliZIL- ENGINEER (Lately with tl, vernmenhiealand geological survey of Brazi, United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor. HOSEBUHQ, OREGON. Correspondence solicited Office over Postoffice. GO TO THF POCTTT "C A T7 - xxwujuiJLjL-inj. FOR CIGARS, TOBACCO SMOKERS SUPPLIES, Jackson Street, - - Do,, n, VIVJUII Questions for Oranges Discuss. to Tho Oregon State Gransre Bulletin for October publishes the following list of questions to be discussed at Grange meetings : By what means may toil be improved? What are some of the objects of plow ing and what are some of the essentials of Rood plowing? What are their relative merits of deep and shallow nlowine? What are the effects of draining? Which are of more value, surface or nnderdrains and whv? What is the effect of dew and rain and frost on the soil? The Editor of the Bulletin refers students to Chapter IX of James "Prac til Agriculture" and Chapter III of KoberU' "Fertility of the Land." Sun Spots. Attention Rheumatics!! Why pay the Rail Road a lot of money to carry you to Springs of unknown medical properties when you can be guaranteed a cure at BOSWELL SPRINGS near home. (ELATERITE la Mineral Babber.l YOU SAVIIXTEJID IJTJII.DI.tr- or And It ncccMarjr to REPUCE A WOR.-W)rr HOOF Tke the sUw nt iMnt. t- . . - -P ut!, smleri. Tlfier,, t ii Ur TVVr.? f hl TcztMtni Won men-.' M&V'itUg&t JSSfSlSfe?- Et"s-te ta - XBLE ELATERITE HOOFING CO., "Worcester Baildine. PORXLAJTIJ One of the largest spots that has appeared on the sun in recent years has just been discovered by John A. Brashear, chancellor of the Western university of Pennsylvania. Its area is so great that it can be seen by the naked eye if a smoked glass is used. "We call the comparatively dark areas spots," said Prof. Brashear Fri day, "but some of them have many times the area of the earth. This one has an average width of 25,000 miles. In square miles its area is twelve times that of the earth. The spots on the sun indicate great solar storms. The present spct is proba bly the largest that has been seen for many years." Notice to Contractors. Scaled Bids will be received by the Board of School directors of Dist. Xo. 4, Koseburg Oregon, until 2 o'clock p. m. Nov. 2, 1903, for the erection and com pletion of a High School building ac cording to plans and specifications, pre pared by Chas. Burggral, Architect, Albany Ore. All bids must be accom panied by a certified check payable to school District No. -1, Roseburg, Ore gon, for the sum of f 250. As a guaran tee that in the event the contract is awarded, the contractor shall furnish an approved bond, equal to 75 per cent of tho contract within ten days after the awarding of tho contract. Proposals for tho same, plans and specifications, may be seen at S. C. Flint's, Roseburg, Oregon, or at the architect's office. Tho building shall bo completed by September 1st, 1904. The board reserves tho right to reject any or all bids. Sicned S. C. Flint, Chairman, Board of Director Dis. No. 4 Clara Dillaed, Clerk. 75-N2 Ono effect of the new Irish land aw already noticeable is a pronounced check upon Irish emicration. An anti-emigration society has been formed in Ireland whose purpose it is to restrain emigration and to keep the people in their own country. A writer in tho St. Louis Post-Dispatch, referring to Irish emigration savs: The volume of emigration has been enormous. During the last decauo of tho nineteenth century France lost by emigration one inhabitant out of G.975 of its population, Germany one in 2,574, Belgium ono in 212, Scot- and ono in 214, Spain ono in 261, ortugal ono in 241, Sweedon ono in 127, Austria-Hungary ono in 4S0, Denmark ono in 6SG, Switzerland ono in I,25G, Holland ono in 2,772, and Ireland ono in 114. Of courso tho causo of this movement, which has threatened Ireland with depopulation, was tho misery of tho peoplo. Ire- 1, . ... mnu is ono oi ino most iortuo coun tries in tho world. Tho blight of landlordism being removed, there is every reason to boliovo that sho offers all that hor sons can ask, for several LADIES!! Have 3'ou seen our line of Jackets and Furs. We do not claim to do all the busi ness, what we -want is the pleasure of showing our line. The Goods will do the rest. We are confident that your Jacket or Fur will be bought of WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801. A. SALZ MAN, Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Diamonds and Silverware Watch Repairing a Specialty. oocooooocooooocoeooo Iilleat. ' Vi Present. B.CGALST. Douglas County Bank, g Ktu.WiocltSSa. Incorporated a9or & Capital Stock. $50,000.00. 0 BOARD OF DIRECTORS $ F. W. BK.NS0N. II. A. BOOTH J. U. BOOTH, J. T. BRIDGES rt t. t. KELLY, A. C. WARSTKES K. L, FILLER. T v A general banking business transacted, andlcustomers riven erprv accommodation consistent with safe and conservative hanWnRf o Bank open from nine to twelve and from 00000000000000000c coxo OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mrs. Anderson, of tho "Now Glen- generations at least. The people of the entire nation ad mire President Roosevelt, believing him to be honest in his efforts, but if he continues to back up Hitchcock in his warfare, unwarranted interference and unjust acts against the common people, the tide will turn and Roose velt's popularity will be greatly di minished Chewauc-n Post November 10 has been set as the day for the formal opening of the Harvard Germanic Museum. On that day Baron von Sternberg, the German ambassador at Washington, will make the formal presentation of tho splen did gift of Emperor William to Har vard University, and President Eliot will receive it on behalf of tho university. Tho railroads engaged in trans-con tmontal trade from southern points havo since September 1st increased rates from 90 cents per hundred pounds to as high as $1.35 from some points, and oven more from other points. This has checked shipments to the Pacific Coast for export and may force trado across the Atlantic and go by the Suez Canal. At pres ent it is much cheaper to ship to China by way of Now York than to send by way of the Pacific Coast. But China is not buying very much just now. Tho steamships may put up rates and equalize things. Rail road earnings do not indicate need of increasing rates. any The Coast Mail of Maishfield asks; rtWho wants to bet that dirt will not be moved before Christmas on a rail road that will connect Coos Bay with the outside worldr Lt it movee. Emperor Menelik, of Abyssinia, it IS Said. IS establishintr n rnmnlofa telegraph and telephonic system in that country. It is not always a sure sign that a man is pious by his pants being worn out at his knees. He might be a crap shooter. Many Mothers ot a Like Opinion. Mrs. Pilmor, of Cordova, Iowa, says, "One of my children was subject tocroun Of a severe tvrw. anil thn ririnc nt Chamberlain's Cough Rornedv prompt ly always brought relief. Many mothers in this neighborhood think the same aa do about this romody and I want no other kind for their children. For salo by A. C. Marsters' and Co. Guaranteed Forest Reserve scrip for salo in large or small quantities, by Frank E. Alley, over the Land Office Roseburg. Will place same for non-resident purchasers.