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THE TWICE-A-WEEK MMMMMM4I eeiMMeMefa Roseburg, Oregon Population, 3500. Tr-e County Seat of Douglas County. Oregon Soldiers Home; C. 8. Land Office and D. S. Weather Bureau are located here 8 P. railroai division; splendid educational advantage. Gateway to the Coos Bay and Coquille country. Roseburg Plaindealer The mrmt widely read newipaper puhllihed In Southern Oregon and conaojntntly the bbst adm itting medium. l.anre, modernly ..,,,,,.,) job tainting debarment In rooneetinn. Eaiahlubed in 16M .-m,.. r ...,n. I- per year for Herol Weekly. Vol. XXXVII ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1905. No. 58 JJlmnocnlcr. M "(Hiinniil1 fiosetmrg THE WILLIAMSON CASE DRAWS Jury Seems Unable to Agree. Twenty Hours. Said to for Conviction. TO A CLOSE Out More Than Be II to I Portland, July iS. Judge Bennett exploded a verit. able bombshell of surprise in the Williamson-Gesner-Biggs trial this afternoon, when, upon the reconvening of court to hear the argument of the defense, the senior counsel arose and addressing the court aunouueed that the defense had concluded to submit the case without argument. Judge De Haven asked District Attorney Hency if he was willing to allow the case to go to the jury without further argu ment, and the Government's attorney said that he was. Judge De Haven then adjourned court for one hour in order to prepare his instructions to the jury. Williamson Goes on Stand Congressman Williamson bad bis inning on the witness stand in the land , fraud trial Monday protested his inno- j cence of any wrongdoing, and entered a a general denial of the Government's j allegations. A register ot the Poindexter Hotel, of ; Prjneville, bearing ilie name oi John S. ! Williams jn, under date of June 15, 1;W2. wafe introduced by District Attorney He ney to show that the contention of the defense that he was at Prineville only ! in July of i hat year, is a. ii bout four da li in. Williamson would not swear on cross-examination that he was not there at that time although he i-aid that the signature was not his own, while tbe name "Prineville," written after it was probably his own writing. This is the most important point j made by the Government with relation . to Williamson, in view of the fact that tbe defense has t-een that he was not at Prineville until after the filings were made. The Government now believes it has showed that he was there before tbe filings weie made ; that the deal was arranged and that Williamson tben went back to The Dalles and negoti ated for the loan of some money to mate payment on the claims. cacy's ArgnctL Portland, July 18 United States Pis- 1 jury has !een sitting here more than IS days, and has listened toall the evidence on the part of fhe tiovernment and all the evidence ami explanations offered by tbe defendants, we do not feel justified in keeping them for two or three days longer to listen to argument. Wr have, therefore, concluded to trust the case of the defendants to the intelligence of this jury upon the evidence in the case and the instructions which your honor shall give." Court then adjourned for an hour and upon i;s reconvening Judge IV Haven wil. begin hie charge to the jury. Judge's Charet te Jvy Portland, July IS. The charge to the jury delivered by Judge DeHaven at 3 o'clock mas a comprehensive, fair and at the same time a direct statement to the men as to what tbeir duties were under the law. The Judge held that it was not necee earv to show that the conspiracy had i been accomplished, for, even if it had ' failed, the defendants might have been gniltv of the crime, their intents might have been as unlawful as though they had actually accomplished their desires. It was not necessary to show any set or i stated agreement. If it were shown by j tbe evidence that the matter bad been discussed, that following this the avert acts of Biggs had been done, as argued tnct Attorney trances J . Ueney de- ; bv the Government, that the monev had livered his opening argument against been lent and the claims taken up under Congressman Williamson, Dr. Gesner tne supposition that they were to belong and Commissioner Biggs before the jary Its the firm of Williamson A Gesnerafter in tbe Federal Circuit Court this fore noon. The defense rested its case short ly after court convened, and the prose cutor went at once before tbe jary. It was an eloquent and powerful address. I For a solid hour tbe United States At- torney thundered against tbe three men ' in the minds of the jury the third had I been connectedj by evidence or circum court was adjourned subject to return ing of a verdict or the call of the jury, tndge Bennett, in making his excep tions to the charge as delivered by Judge DeHaven, asked for one covering the remark of the Judge that a verdict could be returned against one of tbe de fendants singly, and the jury wus re called while the Judge explained that if he had made such a statement it ml a mistal e and that the evidence had to connect two of the defendants before a conspiracy could be proved. The jury then finally retire.!. At 10 ;'" Judge He Haven retired, and the jury, having reached no verdict, was locked up for the night. Jar) Oat all Night The jury in the Williamson case failed to reach an agreement last night, -- - i,t ii ..'..1.V..L nmn the vote stood 11 to 1 for conviction, one man standing out stubbornly for ac quittal, while the reet favored convic tion. The case went to the jury at 3:15 in the afternoon and at 7:15 the jurors asked to have the testimony of Camp bell Duncan and Krnest Starr read to it At 8 :15 the jury was led into court and listened to the testimony of Duncan as read by Mr. Heney and Judge Bennett, and of Ernest Starr as read by Captain Sladen, clerk of the court. At 9:30 the jury retired again to delilerate and not having reached a verdict at 10:35 Judge De Haven left for his home, stating that even if a verdict should le reached .lur ing the night he was mt to lie railed. The jury was then locked up for the night, as Judge IVM.iven will not per mit a sealed verdict to lie rendered. If the jury has arrive.! at any conclusion Ik-(ore or by the time court convenes this morning the verdict will lie heard at 10 o'clock. Jur Oat 20 Hoars Portland, Julv H After remaining in secret delilieratiou for more than 96 hours, the iurv in the Williamson-ies- THE EAST SWELTERS WITH TERRIBLE HEAT Many Deaths; Scores of Prostrations; Hospitals Crowded and Police Patrols Used for Ambulances. ! pronounced appendicitis by the regi 1 menial ill jail fail Our doctors laughed at the ditgnoeia and "Mac" got all right and anM discharged next morning and now t he w hole camp is laughing at the hospital doctors. We had services today. Capt. flilltaat the -inl Oregon chapliu, was in charge and Kahlii Wise delivered a tine ad- dreflB. I inclose a copy of Soldiers hymns need during eeTvieee. Following aanricee ara were reviewed. Will break camp I he middle nl this week and go to the Portland KxpO"itioii ami go into ramp there lor a few day-. M. K. Wnght. COOS COUNTY DOES HERSELF PROUD AT FAIR Exhibits Milwaukie, July is Five prostra tions and two deaths from heat heir to day. Des Moines, July IS Darnel Mar- Mr. Margaret Casper, her three months-old infant and John Donlittle, allot this city, are dead from the heat A dozen are prostrated. New York, July IS I.ate returns from hospitals show that ten deaths re sulted from the terrific heat of yester day and more tnan 100 cases of prostra tion were reported to the p lice. The hot weather continues today. Chi.ago. July IS The crest of tie hot wave has passed over Chicago, and relief is promised toinoirow The tor rid blast is central over t ie Atlantic states today. Three deaths were re ported here this RMNBIBfJ as P c result of yesterday's heat The tberuio meter registered M degree at noon. New Yoik, Julv is The temiier attire ran steadily during the day. At S o'clock this afternoon the thermome ter registered HO on the side walk. The si reels are dewrt.-.l. BoTOM dropped y the scores. Ten death Iwai ftroke were reported up to two o'clock. The police blotters allowed several hundred ( ises of pro-tra'l .n. Baia Affords Belief New York. Julv patent, then tbe conspiracy had been ehown. But if, on the other hand, there remained any reasonable doubt as to whether this had been intended, then the jury should acquit. Tbe Judge also stated that if two men bad been ehown ' to have entered into the consniraev and who sal with anxious faces and drank in I . ..... . ...... ner-B:gge summation of perjury case oiner reported to Judge IV? Haven in thelre'''f United States Circuit C ourt this morn ing at 11 o'clock that it was unable to j arrive at a verdict, and asked w hut should be done. Judge De Haven read eoiue additional instructions and told the jurymen to retire and deliberate fur- , ther. At noon they mere still in con ference, with no news to break the mo noiony of the ng deadlock. Common report has it that the jury stand 11 to 1 for conviction, and the story is going the ronnds that W. O. Cook, a brickmaker of Kugene, is the dissenting juror. TLis looked plausible ' when the jury appeared, for Cook was tbe first to ask for instructions. He looked worried and worn, and deeired the court to read again the charge as to what constitutes the crime of perjury. 1" hie wae done. scorcher from tl in if t It 1 ..lay was an this vicinity, and no rri.l weather is in sight. Long before sunrise the police were reporting deaths and pried rati- m. It is lielievcl yesterday's record will lie broken, when JO deaths and 2M prostra tions were reported. Three ileathr were reported up to nine o'clock this morning. Kwry hospital in the.iu is Crowded an it the police patrols are be ing used as aeaaataacea The ti mpera ture at the weather bureau at nine o'clock wa- s). Twenty-eight deaths have been re ported since midnight. A heavy rain storm broke over the city at three o'clock this afternoon, affording tem porary relief. Seventeen deaths were reported dur ing the forenoon At II o'olock the lrtnieralure whs 91. Philad.lpha, July l't The torrid weather continues. At ten ti.is n. in ing the temperature wa- 93. Cincinnati, July . lit - live death and many pr.i-tration- am reported to the (Hilue today as the result of the eillfia heat. The city is facing a weather famine. Chicago, July 19 The city ie still sweltering, hut relief in the tdiae oi a lake bweie ie predicted here toariaht hit-tell deaths were re.rted to the coroner t. la y as the result of the heat Cleveland. Ohio. July l! Kiwhteen deaths ( bahie-and two of adults, the remit of me weather, were rej-.rtei here todatT. REDUCTION PLANT IN MYRTLE CREEK MINE Building Dedicated. Addresses Made by Prominent Citizens at County Building. the damaging words be directed against their reputations as citizens and officers. Jadet Bennett's Modest Plea. When court convened Judge Bennett arose, and addressing the court said : "If your honor please, we feel that tbe opening statement of tbe District Attorney was neither very full nor very fair, and in view of tbe fact that the stance, then a general verdict might be returned, but two must be connected with the crime or there wae no conepir acy while two .might be guilty and one not guilty. Case Goes te Jary Tbe case was given into tbe hands of the jary at 3:15 o'clock, after which r MARSTERS' DRUG CO.j THE TRAIL" AND ITS SPICY ATTRACTIONS r W. B. Stewart, of the famous Ootrtl 1 nental mine, 12 miles east of M vrlle I t'reek, was traMBi ting business in Rose bang We.lne-.lay ami favored the I'lain- dealer . ith a pieaaast call. He says a force of twelve men is at present engaged iii working i). is mine and that another1 shipment of atioiit M tons of ore will be made to the Tacoma Mueller within a few days. Tbe ore from this mine ie of an unusually high grade and it is with out qoeatJoa the best paying mining properly in Douglas county, excellent returns invariably liiig re. eived f rom the ore shipments to the smelter. Not OM rent of stock is for sale in tins' property, tl.e . ..tnpany l-ing well sstis tcd with rat iaeea taaeaet. With proper management an t a little capital an' enervy ex-ndt-.l several such proer lieoeoaldbe developed in the Myrtle Creek mining district. A few w-eks ago a shipment of jour rar!o.ni- : . r.- was sent to the Tacoma smelt. r and the entire consignment yielded o.-r per ton. Besi :e this rich shipping ore Mr. :ewart telle us there are large qaaMaitaaa of ore averag ing aln.'it l-M l-er ton Kor handling the latter a reduction plant with a daily eapoi ty ?' t ms will he in-tailed at the mine in tseptemt-er and it is ex petted to I e ready for oration by "Ktoher 1st. Poitland, July 19. Coos County is one of the most independent districts in the Nation. Coos Comity is poli tically a part of Oregon; commercially she is compelled to find in rau Francisco and California her markets. Coos County n.-eds better communication by land with the out side world, aud better communication by water with Port land. Hut above all 00s County is filled with a happy, progressive and prosperous people, who find in the natural resources of the county a safeguard against the "hard time-" periods cf the outside world, and who welcome to a community of pronounced social, educational and leligious advantages any people who come to join with them in win ning a living in a county go bountifully supplied with Nature's gifts. DRUGS PATNT MEDICINES PERFUMES SOAPS TOILET ARTICLES RUBBER COODS STATIONARY SCHOOL 1 SUPPLIES WINDOW CLASS LIME AND CEMENT ALL KINDS OF SPRAYS ('an. ing as thev do it in tbe Far East ie now being done in the Far West. You can witness various styles of it on tbe Trail at the i'ortland Fair. The girls who gyrate in the several attrac tions that call for dancing seem to find the Oregon ozone a quality that makes liveliness. They have tbe advantage here of a cool climate, without humidity, and can dance to the limit without danger of sunstroke. Her talent was reogniied early, and Of coarse you have seen eucb things ! though that a- her tirst stage cx before if voti have attended expositions j perience. she we- brought to Portland ;..c ., ..,.J .I.- -.:. t ln wiitin as t ie fading "inan. "ii nu.c v;:i.b,u iui.u.ou nn uiiu-kbi i - woplfl'd i.liniif1! anil inirodil vt for 1 MrCann appears m several i nangea DORCHESTER HOUSE. HOWE OF AMBASSADOR REID. Whitelaw BcM, Catted State ambassador to ;re.tt Britain, lias r. Mod Ior. hester House, a famous mdon mansion, and will OCCtap it during b resi.leti.-e in Knirl ind The rental Is $-J."..i a year, uln. h is $T..'ji in r.- thai, the ambas -a.lor r.-.--ive let aataaij Th- house is eenaed liy K ng ljlnnl eiierry. t'aptain Oeacge I. Hotfeed. and was rented to Mr It. id boraaMr K ng tlvard artaBMMl Iii 111 to have it The nid. ii.-e is one of the largest and baud aomest private mansions in L ndoii. LAURELS FOR COMPANY "D' 11 j a u-i.rlil .j " 1 1 1 . t the first time in a gasping American: public the muacta dancer ot the Orient. But at Portland the dancing has been I ned down to avoid tbe more or less i shocking innovation which caused the ' PAINTS, OIL, VARNISH Read the Plaindealer for all the News Occident, a dozen years ago, eucb pertur-' en in soubrette plan, and well trauie.1 bation and protest. While there wae not any preconcerted protest in the case of the Lewis and Clark Exposition such as ie said to have been made prior to the St. Louis Fair, the several concession aires who have dances on their program seem to have etruck a happy medium, and one heare but little criticism from the conventional vieitor. There are two or three concession enterprises where the genuine Oriental brand of dancing ie presented, with its accessories tbe glittering, clinking spangles and the wierd music of the East. But if the Trailer should seek a variety he has not far to go. There are plenty of "fancy dance artistes," who scorn the wriggly movements of the pearls of Persia, preferring to do the dainty steps and register the high kicks taught them bv United States dancing masters. Moreover, there is one big at traction where more than a hundr-d girls have the stage, and in this large collection of tights-clad beauties there are several girls who really know how to dance in such a manner as to enchain the spectators, and they are "artistes" without tbe necessity of wearing sand wich placirds to proclaim the fact. This is Bolossy Kiralfy'e "Carnival of Venice," which is staged in a most novel way, with a sheet of real water also real deep between tbe dancing girls and the amphitheater where the spec tators sit under a huge canvass awning itie oaid neaa row, while near enough for the occupants thereof to get the full benefit of the performance, is not so close to the orthestra as to be in danger of deafening hv the) music. The orchestra sits in a long box just at the edge of waterway, in front of tbe footlights, and the leader makes a strik ing figure, with his abundant locks of white hair, very like Mark Twain's head at a rear view. St. I .hi ?- furnishes ttie Iirima donna of the Kiralfy spectacle in the person of Miss Mabel McC'ann. This young woman is ijuite a beauty, and she lias risen very rapidly from the chorus to the center of the stage. Born and reared in St. Louie, she learned how to sing under the tutelage of the leading the inner theater, which is MMNMCCd mstiuctore there, and last season she a "jut like this, only not .pitte so big ' became a member oi Kiraifv's "Louis- and serve as living picture material, iana" production of the O len theater. ! All the-e things are new to the Pa. iti. t oast on ttie exposition eraie. tin- lMut the first big fair ever held west of the Kockies. Kiralfy's spectacle i- new ah over, by reason of its novel stajini: ar rangement. with the real wa'cr herein liefore mentioned. This watet. it 1 should lie reinein 's'red. ie not a tank : I it is in a canal dug from uild'e Lake and if he can take his eyes off the on ballet or the .Upanese girls or the marching Anise 'lis, he may look down and see big tierman carp, black boM an d other kinds of fish swimming placilly in the canai. Booster. of costume, the most attractive twing ttial of a Japanese girl, in which she singe a pretty little Japanese song. Kiralfy's ";xny ballet" alwavs makes a hit with the crowd. The ponies are in athletics. They perform some amaz ing evolutions, such as turning hand spr.ngs to quick music, playing leap frog, and tosing each other atxmt in tbe air overhead. The ponies never fail of a recall. Over on the main thoroughfare of the Trail is that old friend of the Ex position visitor, the Streets of Cairo ahow. Oaston Akotin, the man who tirst gave us the time-honored Cairo thoroughfares at Chicago, and who in trod uced the muscle dame to the new world, is at the head of this attraction. Last year he called it "'. Mysterious Asia." and was located on the Pike. His Portlaud performance is really superior, from the stindHiint of gaiety, to the entertainment which he gave the Pikers. Akotin has half a dozen danc ing gill's, guaranteed "no two alike." The original Katima is here, but she ie not the premier danseuse. That distinc tion belongs to a much prettier damsel, alao a considerably younger one, who answers to the name and title of I nn cess Kajah. She was born at Teher hi, Persia, and it is set forth that the Sul tan of Persia, before w ho u she dance I, conterred upon her the title of princess. Rajah occupies the throne on the stage and is always introduce! as the siar performer. Still another dancer is Mile Corena, from Tunis, whose per formance is of the fancy Bort. Tbe mademoiselle gyrates gracefully and gleefully, routining hereall to leg and arm movements, and sho never essays physically ditiicult stunts such as the lifting and swinging of a chair in her teeth, as the Princess ot Kajah does. "(lay Parse" has a bevy of dancing damsels who do very creditably such performances as one sometimes sees at the variety theater, though here they do it in a rather free i ml easy style that seems to catch the crowd These girls go through three degrees of entertain ing at each perlormance. first they stand outside while tho accomplished spieler makes his touching appeal; then they go inside to the first stage and sing and dance and ovulate for half an b ur . this over a select few Itie reported that five membei of the Kowburg militia Co. I, O. N. ii., earate Battalion are included n the etgiiteen state guardsmen who wid repeaaeari Ike iregon Kaaaoaaal Ouard at the national el. .filing tourney to br held at eagirt, N'. w Jersey, in August. Tne names of the tive m"tnlers are Card F. !'. Hamlin, rgeant- Oeo E. Hoiiek, Waiter Hire kel ! and - I'. Mew art and Private A. O- J hnson. Ttie eighteen men were se.-cted after a competitive "iry nit" at i-arhart Park on Tuesday. n.at the 1. .-ct.urg company should be represent-! by rive memU-rs out of a total oi i from the different companies of the sta'e 1- a denotation of high etfi. leii. v in in irksmanship and a mat ter oi much local pride. Another tiling which has brought ad ditional laurels t- the local ompiny is that its bugler. Fred C Short, has won the championship of the state alter a c s. contest. 4 Save the 1 men who .will constitute tne ritle team, the gnar.lsmen broke camp this morning and came to Port land where they will remain at the fair grounds for thr.- days. The ritle team will remain at tiearhart Park until Sat urday to practice on the ritle range. Sentiments such ae the above were the predominating ideas of tbe speeches : delivered today at the exercises in con nection with the dedication of the Coos County building at ttie Iewie and Clark Exposition. There was a large delega tion present from C-as Connty to swell the considerable attendanre of Exposi tion goers, attracted by the novelty of a single county dedicating to Exposition purimses a building which in size equals those of some state and in interior fin ish snrpasser any other on the grounds The exercises took place in the building at 11 o'clock this morning. Teepiat Presae. Hon. i P Topping of Bandoo, pre sided at the exercises He introduced tiret Jefferson Myers, president of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Commis sion, who in a brief but entl ueia-tic speech expressed his appreciation of the admirable efforts Coo County had made and its creditable snowing at the Ex ' positi n. a. j . Mierwood, ot lopuilie City, wae the next speaker, and the tone of Lis address was e.iually enthusiastic. Men lares Steaks. Baa. Robert Barns, also of Ccujuille City, was the next speaker. Mr. Burr.e referred in glowing terms to the re 1 sources Coos Couotv places before the intending sett er. H.e speech was deliv ered in ringing tunes, and was a splendid tribute to his county by a man who knew its every corner and found much to be proud of in it. tr. vJcCematk List. The last speaker of the exercises was Dr. J. T. McCormick. of Marshfield. His address was one of the beat of tbe day. Ir McCormack took np the natural resources of the county, starting with coal and lumber as the most im portant. Returning to the resources of the county and tbe attractions it presents to the settler and the capitalist. Hie speaker said it had seme of tbe finest public schools in the state, churches of all kinds, three hospitals, rural tele phones healthy climate, goo 1 water and sewer sysrems in tbe towns, where ma larial and typhoid fevers are unknown. ' The people of Coos County," claimed the epeaker, "never die of anything, aa the saying goes, bat old age, bad whisky and poor doctors " Railroad Secies. "Coos County e greatest resource," he said, "is her harbor. She needs a rail road to connect her wi:h tbe outside world. Srie has the greatest amount of natural resources of any county in the state That her citizens are enterpris ing ie shown by this boiidlng, in connec tion with which I would especially men tion in terms of praise Mayr L. J. Simpson, of Marshfield. Coos Bay is a modern Venice, with ICO gasoline launches to take the place of the gon dolas. It has 11 sawmills, two furniture factories, two woolen mi'.l. one match factory, two foundries, an excelsior fac tory. 12 creameries, a condensary, six ; shipyards, a sash and door factory, sev ' eral shing'e mills and lots of good and beautiful wc men."" WaXTEP lady who knows how to make fancy shirts. Call ior particulars at M. Blanrhard'e house, or address l. I. Blanehard, Roseburg, Oregon. Box 274 jrip We have for sale at this place lumber in tbe ruff per thousand. Fruit boxes cheaper than formerly, products of the Rider Bros mill. W. R. Wells. OiaUa, Oregon. 3wjI2 BODY OF BLACKMAR BEING TAKEN EAST NEWS FROM FRONT ON FIRING LINE dearhart. Park, July 17. '.'.Hi... Tiik Pi.ainiieai.kk Well we are here and settled down to ramp lite. We ar. worked pretty hard and I inclose an order covering the routine of the camp So you tee we are going some. Co "D" is the largest company in camp and as well drilled as any of them while all of the boys are orderly and gentlemanly. Besides our regular routine a portion of the day is spent on the e i M- range, but so tar the score has been verv sx.r. but the separate battalion leads with high scores on the skirmish rune. A man from Co. "C" leads the score with 4S ; Winston of this company (D) -b : Houck and one other man of our com pany 41, I made 21 and am not lowest on the list by anv means. The result ot the low scoring is bad range and new form targets. Very oor scores have been niB.le so far at tbe tUX) yard targets, but our com pany has not yet shot at this range. We exiect to lie among the top notchers on the short ranges. Capl. Hamlin is one of the officers in charge of the range and has bean selected as a member of the team of in- ' etructors to goto Seagert, N. J., with the Oregon team at the national shoot. We are sure of a good representation on the state team. This is a beautiful camp. The ground is rolling and covered with meadow grass and is near a line grove and is also near the placid Pacific. Sea bathing, clam digging and crab catching are in dulged in every day. The health of the company is now- good. Warreu McWilliams was troubled with his stomach for two days, was sent repair to to tne the regiment hospital, his trouble Btdaa, Idaho. July 17 Tbe widow of Oeneral Wilmon W. Blaikmar, com mander in chief of the Oram! Army of the Be puhiie, who died here yesterday evening, and her sister. Miss Brewer, departed today for Boston with the re mains of the dead Oeneral, traveling over the t'ni-m Pacific by way of Oma ha. At Chicago they will le joined by the National olti.-ers of theOrand Army. tieneral B'.i' knur died of interstitial nephri is. Interment will take place in Bttttira 1 he dead oeneral was 4 years Did and a native of Pennsylvania, serv ing through the Civil War, in which he won honors. I Successor Washington. Juiy 17..'. R. King, of Baltimoie, senior vice commander oi the O A R , becomes commander-. u-cbief by reason ol the death of Oeneral Black mar, w ho died at lioise. Idaho, yesterday. ? if m, if in Every shareholder in the ROSEBURG ROCH DALE COMPANY is purchasing groceries from him self cheaper and better than he could elsewhere, aud at the end of the year takes home to himself the profits on these purchases. This is the Co operative way. BE A ROCHDALER AIRSHIP MAKES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT Portland, July IS Captain L. S Baldwin's airship, Angelus, made the tirst successful ascent todav at '.' W aud remained up a large pari of the after-1 Meat, Lincoln Bearliey was the aero naut, and lie handled the airship wi h and against the wind with the greatest ease. 1 he ship rose to a neigni oi i in fect and sailed in the direction oj land Heights. FARM IMPLEMENTS THE CELEBRATED BAIN WAGON, MILWAUKEE AND 0S6URN MOWERS AND BINDERS, VICTOR RAKES, FEED CUTTERS RILLING DISC PLOWS AND HARROWS. HARNESS AND SADDLES A SPECIALTY BEARD & CULVER the hardware dealers Port- Teacher Wanted. A principal is wanted for Yoncalla PlaMk Schools. Kor particulars write to K. Ilelliwell, Clerk, Yoncalla, Ore gon, i j 13-27) IV. Lowe's dates are as follows: Oak land, July the M ; Koseburg, '.'6 and M ; Uraiu. till noon L'7 ; Cottage Urove, moo of 27 to noon Lt. If interested cut this out. DOUGLAS COUNTY BANK KlBlliiie,t lxvi Incorporated 101 Capital Stock $5o,ooo P. W. BBNBON, A . C. MARdTrfKS. President. Vice Pnaidsnl. J. HUSKY BOOTH, C Miner. BOARD OF OIRBCTOR3 W. BKNON, R. A. BOOTU 1. H. BOOTH, r KK .LY. JOS. LYONS, A. C. MARSTKKa L MI1.LKK. A OENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED