in fj hvkaiu w r.iii-Mni, rr.i r;niir.it i,
i.'
Nothing Is too good for the Ilrlsh,
neither is cement culverts too good
for the county. Use the best, as It
is the cheapest in the long run. See
Pat. t.
GOOD ENOUGH
IS THE DEADLY
ENEflY of BEST
In oporating our Grocery Business we are not satisfied with good
enough. We strive for improvement. Our store ia the right place to buy
Groceries. Everything fresh and clean.
Phone 2381
A GIFT FROM CLINGENPEEL'S
Never Fails of a Welcome
At Clingenpeel's you will find gifts for every
one gifts that never lose' their first charm or di
minish in loveliness; practical gifts, gifts that satisfy.
You should begin now to study the possibilities
of this store for gift purposes. Every, day ,s delay
now means an added discomfort to you later.
DIAMOND GIFTS
As low as $2.50 and at varying prices up to $350.
These sifts will be treasured and1 eive Dleasure
for a life time.
is
W. E. Clingenpeel f
JEWELER AND
ROSEBURG,
GENERAL JOBBING
HOWARD
The PLUMBERS
Skylights, Cornices
Largest Stock ol Plumbing
Goods in the City
LOANS, REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE
Do you want to build you a home and pay for it in small
monthly payments and low rate of interest?
Do you want to pay off your mortgage and have long time,
eaay payments and low rate of interest to pay back loan in?
Do you want to buy a home in Roseburg, a nice acre tract
near town or a good ranch near a good market and in good lo
cality? Do you want to sell your property?
Do yon want to insure your building in one of the besi
and cheapest companies in the U. S.?
If So See: WALKER a
Room 1, Bell Sisters Building. -:-
The Roseburg Pharmacy
WE take a delight in serving our patrons with
the best there is in the line of drugs. Purity
ie nn r motto. Promptness both dav and
1 nigh is wnat counts at our
Full line of Sundries always on hand (
ROSEBURG PHARMACY, Inc.
L. t. AKuriN,
To the lovers of the beautiful, a
look at the exquisite Holiday line at
Graves' Art buiporlura will. do yuu
good, 'and when you buy the prices
will do your purse good. l-tf
Commercial Club Bldg.
OPTICIAN
OREGON f
REPAIR WORK
& MAHAN
and TINNERS
and Dryer Pipe
ROSEBURG, OREGON
it
PERRINE, Roseburg Ore.
- : - E. B. PERRINE, Notary Public.
HER WEDDING CAKE
Is a thing of great Interest to the
bride-elect, and we are artists In
this lino. Wedding (rakes are made
in the most beautiful designs and
of rich and exquisite flavor. Our
hreads, rolls, pies, fancy and orna
mental cakes, etc., are the perfection
of the baker's art when made at
Umpqua Bakery
pharmacy.
manager
The Secretary of Agriculture
. Gives Interesting Facts
VALUE , CROPS SHOWN
Ono Gts a l'retty Fair l!'u of thv
I'rudut'tlvent'SH of the Country at
LuiK uiid an Vmlcrstamling
of How Ijni-gu it In,
WASHINGTON, ). C, Doc. 1.
Most prosperous of all years Is the
place to which 1909 Is entitled In ag
ilculture, declares tne Secretary ol'
Agriculture in his Thirteenth Annual
Report, made public today. The val
ue of farm products Is so Incompre
hensibly large that It has become
merely a row of figures. For this
venr it Is $8,760,900,000 a gain of
$809,00,0.000 over 1908. The value
of the product has nearly doubled
In ten years. The report says, "11
years of agriculture, beginning with
a production of $14,417,000,000 and'
clldllltf with $,7CO,C0O 000! A sum
of $70,000,000 for the period! It has
paid off mortgages, it has established
banks, it has made belter homes, It
has helped to make the farmer a cit
izen of the world, and It has provid
ed hlm with means for improving his
soil and making It more productive."
The most striking fact in lie
world's agriculture Is the value of the
corn crop for 1909, which Is about
$1,720,000,000. It nearly equals the
value of the clothing and personal
adornments of 76,000,000 people, ac
cording to the census of 1900. The
gold and silver coin and bullion of
the United States are not of greater
value. It has grown up from the soil
and out of the air in 120 days $15,
000,000 a day for one crop, nearly
enough for two Dreadnaughts dally
"or peace or war. This crop exceeds
In value the average of the crops of
the five preceeding years by 38 per
cer.t,
Cotton Is now the second crop in
value, and this year's cotton crop Is
easily the most valuable one to the
farmer that has been produced. With
cotton lint selling at 13.7 cents on
the farm November 1 and with cot
ton seed selling for about $25 per
ton, the lint and seed ot this crop
are worth about $850,000,000 to the
farmer. No cotton crop since 1S73
has been sold by farmers for as high
a price per pound as this one.
Third in vaiue Is wheat, worth
about $725,000,000 at the farm, and
this largely exceeds all previous val
ues. The November tarm price was
almost an even dollar a bushel, a
price which has not been equalled
since 1881. This Is the third wheut
crop of point in size with 725,000,00
bushels. ,
The hay crop is valued at $005,
000,000; onts at $40,000,000; pota
toes at $212,000,000, and tobacco
at nearly $ 1 00,000.000. Hoet and
cane sugar and molasses and sirup,
from farm and factorv, will reach
the total of about $95,000,000. The
barlev crop Is worth .8,00.,,000
llaxseed $30,000,000. and l.uOo.OOO,
000 pounds of rice $25,0uO,'lon.
The production of all cereals com
bined is 4,71 1,000,000 busnels, an
amount considerably greater than
that for any other year except 1906.
It exceeds the average t f the proceed
ing five years by 6.5 per cent. The
value of all cereals in 190'1 has 'if vnr
been equalled in a previous venr. It
is almost exactly $3,000,000,000, or
34 per cent above the live-year aer
age. Compared with the avetage of the
previous five years, all principal crops
are greater in quantity this ye.ir ex
cept cotton, llaxseed, hops, and cane
ugnr; b.it without exception every
crop is worth more to the farmer
than the five-year average.
This. is the year .of highest produc
tion for potatoes, tobacco, beet sugar,
all sugar and r'ce: next to the hlf-'hesl
production for corn, oats, and all cer
ealB. Compared with 1908, gains In
val je are found all along the Hue,
the exceptions being t.iarley. ''iick
wheat, rye and milk. The increase
fir cotton, lint and seed, is $208,
oon oon, com $105,o00,ooo; hav
12a. 0 hi, 000; oats, $22,000,000; to
bacco, $ tS, 000,000; potatoes. $5.5,
OOll.O'H). The increase in the value of farm
products this yeir over 1908, $&,19,-
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
COME IN AND WE WILL ASSIST
YOU IN SELECTING YOUR PRESENTS
till
Our stock is large and Better than ever
Australian and German Decorated China.
Suit Cases.
Graphaphones.
Rug's and Draperies.
Children's Carts and RocHers.
Chiffioners and Dressers.
Center and Library Tables.
Morris Chairs and Rockers.
Couches and Lounges.
Space is too limited to name the many beautiful
articles that will please you. Come in and see.
ROSEBURG FURNITURE CO.
Headquarters for Celebrated Columbia Graphaphones, Double Discs and
Indestructible Records.
Amos W. Kiestor, violinist at
Star theatre, will accept pupils
for violin. Especial attention to
JuvenilB. Jnguire at Star theatre
or phone 885.
uon.noo, Is enough, to cuy a new
equipment offarm machinery for
over 8,000.000 farms. The value of
the careal crops to the farmer would
pay for all of the machinery, tools,
and implements of the entire manu-:
facturing Industry. The value of all
crops, $0,700,000,000, would make
a half payment on the value of all
steam railroads, according to the val
uation of 1904.
Secretary Wilson concludes his re
view of the production of 1909 as
follows: "The agricultural production
of 1909 must add much to the pros
perity of farmers. Ttw record is nn
exanipletl In wealth poriuctlou and
tells of abuiidafice In quantity. Year
by year the farmer is better and bel
ter prepared to provide the capital
and make the expenditures needed to
educate his children for farm life and
worn."
llccf
For the 50 cities the total retail
cost charged to customers above the
wholesale cost paid by the retailers
Is 38 per cent. In 5 cities the rate of
Increase Is 20 per cent or under; in
10 cities, 21 to 30 per cent; In 12
cities, 31 to 40 per cent; In 12 cities,
41 to 50 per cent; mil in 11 cilles,
over 50 per cent.
The average retail price exceeded
the average wholesale price by 31.4
per cent In the North Atlantic States',
by 38 per cent In the South Atlantic;
by 88 per cent In the North Central.
39.4 per cent 111 the Western; and
the highest increase was roitid in the
South Central States, 64 per cent.
A gross profit of 20 per cent vas
found 111 New York City pnd 111 Phil
adelphia, 28 per cent in Buffalo, N.
Y., 36 per cent In Unston, Mass.. 17
per cent In Baltimore, Mil. 42 per
cent in Washington. I). l, 40 per
cent In Chicago, 111., 25 per cent In
Cincinnati, Ohio. 23 per cent ia Omib-;
ha, Nelir., 28 per cent In Kansas C'HSV
Mo., 27 and 35 per cent In Minneapo
lis and St. Paul. Minn., 10 per cent
In Milwaukee, Wis., and Detroit,
Mich., 39 per cent In St. Louis.- Mo.,
fi4 per cent In Mobile, Ala , 39 per.
cent In San Francisco, 24 pur cent 1n
Seattle, and 87 per cent in Denver,
Colo.
The lower the grado of beef the
greater the percentage of gross profit.
In Boston, tor Illustration, the rale
of grot; profit Is nearly mice as great
for beef costing 8 cents at wholesale
as for beef costing 11 and 11 V cents.
Low-priced beef Is marked up nearly
twice as much relatively ' as high
priced beef. n -other words, per
haps It Is safe Inference that the p- or
leople pay nearly twice as much profit
as the well-to-1o people pay.
lAVK'X OII'TS
T saw a woman sleeping.
In her sleep she droamt that l.'fe
stood before and held In eajli hand
a gift in the one Love, in the other
Freedom. And Life said to the Wo
man: "Choose'"
And the Woman walled long, nnd
she said "Feedom!" .
And Life said: "Thoi hnst well
chosen. If thou hadst said 'l.;ve,' I
would have given thee that thou didst
ask for; and I would have (joi.e from
thee, and returned to thee no more.
Now the day will o nne when I shall
return. In that lay I shall boar both
gifts In one hand.
1 hoard the Woman laugh In her
sleep.- -Mirror.
The Spanish river. Guadalquivir
Is being widened and deepened to
permit large vessels to reach Seville,
72 miles from the coast.
NEW TODAY.
BUFF LKOHOHN HUNS A few
choice ones for sale cheap. Clot
them now and enjoy fresh eggs for
breakfast Inquire News Office.' tf.
CLASSIFIED ADVEltl'isEMENTS
TO RIONT Two housekeeping rooms
Inquire at 003 Mill street. tf.
FOIl SALE. Ten-acre tract, 5
room hoi.se, two miles from city.
Price $1700. Well Improved. Ad
dress "Z" care of News office, d-23
FOR SALE 10 acres fine land, Vi
mile from town; 2 acres orchard;
all under cultivation; small house;
bard 20x30; poultry, toam and a
wagon Included. Only $2500. Ad
dress N., this office. d31-sw-d
Gentlemen:
We invite your attention to this delightful
new style
Shaving: Soap
It Is Something New
It Is Something Better
It Is "Colgates"
You Will -Enjoy It
In handsome, sanitary sealed metal cans
always clean and ready for use, Price 25c.
FULLERTON
The Drug' Store of Quality .
Druggists, Roseburg', Ore. ' Near S. P. Depot.
WHEN YOU'RE CHILLED
Our hot drinks will warm you up, and none better
can be made for the pate.
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p LEONA MILLS LUMBERCOMPANY
Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Dry Finish Luml erj
Doors and Windows of all Kinds.
Yards on Lower Onk Stroet.
' 'Phone 1411
I H. Wv ALTHAUS & SONS!
GARAG-E I
I
t Automobiles, Bicycles and Supplies J
t i
Agents Fairbanks Q Morse Co.
Telephone 144 1
GROUCH & ALDRIGH
Wholesale and Retail Dealors in
Cement, Plaster, Lime and Cement BIocRs, Cement
Sewer Pipe, Will Work and all Building Materia
Give us a call. We will save you money.
D. H MARSTERS
Plumbing, Sheet Metal Work, Tinning
and Heating
North Jackson Street,
Works. Telephone 2511.
Work Done on Short Notice ROSEBURG, ORE.
4 RICHARDSON,
ROSE
We're in a Position
to offer you the best the market af
fords In the way of Meats; and our
prices you know are always lowest.
We handle only prime stock. Qual
ity and quantity guaranteed. - Fine
roasting pieces of beef from 8o to
lis Ho pound. First class mutton,
Teal, pork and poultry equally low.
Can't do bnUur anywhere. Phone us
your order. We deliver to any part
ot the elty.
Lass aireet naritet
1AJU18 KOHLHAGHN, Prop.
107 West Cass Bt. Phone 1U.
Free DellTarv.
ROSEBURG,. OREGON
Cor. Cass and Rose Sts. T
Olflce: Warehouse Ni,
Near the Depot. Telephone
Main 2431 or 311.
PLUMBING SHOP.
adjoining Peoples Marble ;