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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1912)
A OUH EDHMJOWER LETTER. Fearful Score I mile Murley Here Edgar Madison From Kellogg Fine Huy Hurveslei l-klenlloivcr Busy. ISKKIUES FOB SALE. The game pulled oft Sunday be tween the Riverside and Winchester clubs on the diamond of the former, resulted in a score of 21 to 10 In favor of Winchester. The boys of both clubs had belter take a couple of weeks off and practice long enough to play ball at least half way. Lane Morley, who Is teaching rcliool at Port Orford, Coos county. has been visiting in Edeubower en joying a week's vacation and resting ' up. He Is highly pleased with his t school, which is progressing satisfac torily, and will leave on his return ""'this morning. Edgar Madison, of Kellogg, visit ed Edenbower Sunday evening, on matters of business, and greet friends and relatives. He reported ' matters of business, and greeted logg. John Botcher has put a new counter in his 'store which reaches its entire length. He has in contem plation the making of quite a num ber c! other improvements at an early date. There has been considerable fine hay put up in Edenbower during the past week. Though the rain injured the hay to quite an extent In June, there will be plenty of It put up dur ing the present month, and there will be none lacking the coming winter. An Inspection of the oat and wheat fields during the past few days Insures a heavy yield of grain. With a cool sea breeze that gives u? tip-top weather during harvest every body is pleased with the agreeable prospect that there Is before them. All gardeners and orchardists are pretty busy at the present writing, and when the gathering of peaches, pears, pruneB and apples is added to present labors, Edenbower will not have an idle man within its boun- Black, logan and mam black- berries, $1.75. Red, logan- berries, Lucretia and Gardtna dewberries $1.50 per 24-box crate, F. O. B. cars at Dillard. L. S. Conn, Dillard, Ore. tf daries. We have the best country on the Pacltic coast, and we appre ciate the fact. Even the. chronic knocker does not abide long with us, for the good reason he soon finds he Is the only one who has nothing o do. J. V. Son. an old civil war veter an, accompanied by his wife and a nephew has gone to Bay City to pass the summer down by the sound ing sea. It was his intention to stop at Yaqulna bay, but changed his mind. Del Pearce has sold his place In Edeubower, embracing land, crops, cows, horses, fruit, etc., to a party from Pennsylvania, named Peter Jorey, who has taken possession. The land embraces ten acres, and is very desirable. Mr. Pearce will visit sev eral points on a tour of pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. Lofgren,' of Salem, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall, of Edenbower. Mrs. G-. while en- riged! in Hip performance of her li-iusehold duties near her home in Hungry Hollow Tuesday, came upon two rattlesnakes which colled up and gave warning as those reptiles invar iably do. Dld she scream for help and run for the house? Though petite In size, she was not of the kind that is easily frightened. The first thing she thought of was a club, and when she found one, she found the snakes, and in less time than It takes to write the occurance both of the ser pants' heads were mashed out of rec ognition and their rattles were de tached from their former owners' bodies and placed beneath her hat band as future testimonials of the brave woman's unparalled 'victory. Very few men would have attacked the snakes as she did, and none would have treated the affair as she did when relating the killing of the snakes. There Is much doing at the Eodn bower Land Company's large tract of improved land north of town just now. Additional work horses hare beeu purchased during the preseut week, and also have the number of men been Increased cutting hay, grain and attending to growing young orchards which are being care fully attended to for outside owners. Secretary Fisher states that he has hiB hands full of business just now and for some months yet. Mason Aldrlch has workmen ad ding a dormer window and other Im provements to his new residence. Attorney J. M. Kelly and wife left Friday morning for Joplln, Mo. They went simply on a visit to old-time friends, and will return to Eden bower in the fall. T. M. Hammond Wednesday Inad vertently stepped one foot into an empty post hole, and was violently thrown to the ground, wrenching his leg and painfully spraining the right hip. He can barely get about he Is suffering so much. Morris Webber, who left two years ago for St. Petersburg, Russia, ar rived In New York Monday, and is expected to reach his home in Eden bower today (Saturday). J. W. Schmidt has put a white cu cumber upon the Roseburg market for which he is meeting nn active demand at 26 cent seach, and was selling till Thursday at 10 per pound, while those from California! were I ringing only 8 cents. The Eden bower vegetables are fresh Is why they arc bringing better prices. Dr. Smlck, of Roseburg, was call ed in attendance upon Mrs.' W. E. Nltter Friday morning. Prior to his departure for Port Or ford this (Saturday) morning. Lane What a Child OUGHT to Know and WANTS to know A swers I vciy Question a Child Can Ask Why is the sea never still? Whero docs the wind begin? Why can't we see in the dark? What are eyebrows for? Why are the rain drops round? Why ia tho snow so white? What is the Milky Way? . What Is the use of our hair? Why do we grow old? Why is yawning infectious? Do we think In words? Why does water freeze? And thousands of others Opens Every Door A Child Should Enter The United States and All other Countries Natural History Plant Life Stories and Legions Men and Women Our own Life Book of Wonder Famous Books The earth Poetry and Rhymes Golden Deeds School Lessons Familiar Things Things to Make and Do. 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Precipitation in inches and hun dredths:' Highest tcnijiernlure yesterday 87 Lowest temperature last night 53 Precipitation, last 24 hours 0 Total preclp. since first of month 16 Normal preclp. for this month .32 Total preclp. from Sep. 1, 1911, to date 35.41 Average preclp. from Septem ber 1, 1877 33.88 Total excess from Sep. 1, 1911 1.53 Average . precipitation for 34 wet seasons, (Sep. to May i Inclusive) 32.36 I WILLIAM BELL, ' Observer. IXlCAIi NEWS. The largest, most beautiful and stylish wall paper stock ever Been In Roseburg at D. P, Fisher's pal tit and paper store. 121 West Oak street. The cat came back but the spots never do In tho clothes elennod by Sloper & Son. Ladles' and gents' work. Gloves, felt and panama hats. Work called for and delivered. Phone 47. tf Argyle Mcdllvary came home to spend the 4th. Ho ia still working with tho Oregon & Southern survey ors, who tiro now seeking a pass over the coast rango from Koseburg to Muruhfleld. 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