Quality Purity Cleanliness
Has been our motto for the past two
j'ears. Our business has increased
over 500 per cent over the first
month we were open.
We w:sh to thank our many patrons
for their liberal appreciation of our
service and qual:ty goods. The day
of low prices, on cheap, adulterated
and non-nutricious products is on
the wane. For thatreas' n join our
long list of customers, and buy
your groceries at
THE BENSON GROCERY
225 North JacKson Street
PHONE 184
We slice Ham, Boiled Ham, Dry
Beef and Bacon.
We solicit new accounts.
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HUNTING
ASTILL
By KATHLEEN J. M'CURDY
Thla matter must not be reprinted with
out special permission.
Doing the work thut Is enjoyed Is
never a drudgery, and most people en
joy the work which makes a prollt.
i An antitoxin hus been developed
j which Ih effective in curing or reliev
! Ing about r0 per cent of the hay fever
i cuses In which it is used.
We never realized until the other day
how pretty a bouquet u bunch of bright
red blossomed balsams make. While
they are abort lived, both leaves and
blossoms tunke an effective combination.
The consumption of real calves is
!i said to be two or three times greater
' today thou it was ten years ago. uud
tills Is given as one of the chief enntrib
' Ming causes of the present high price
I of beef cattle.
I.OCAI, NEWS.
Nnnl McCall left for Salem this
morning where ho goes to look after
business matters.
- '
MIbh Marie Crouch wont to Oakland
this morning where she will spend
a few days vlultlng with relatives.
Dorothy Veatch loft here this morn
ing for Mi, Angel where she will at
tend college during the next year.
Mrs. J. H. Booth and child returned
hero lnnt evening after spending the
wwk at Salem uttending the State
Fair.
Mrs. J. A. alike left for her home
at Corvallls this morning after a
couple of weeks spent In Kosoburg
visiting with her son, V. W. Gilklo.
Mrs. J. C. Itlggs and two daughters
left here this morning for points In
Montanu where they will join their
Fu hi" mnd )indi (rather who left for
that state Hcveral months ago.
County ComnilsHtniipr M. It. Ryn.n
of Drain, returned home this morning
after a few days spent In Itosehurg
attending the monthly meeting nf
the county court.
Miss Carrie Jones, of Copnc, Michi
gan, Is spending a row duys in Roue
burg visiting with friends.
William MUirsters, jaf Cleveland,
spent yesterday in Rosehurg attend
ing to business matters and visiting
With friends.
Mrs. I. T. Whitney left for Eugene
this morning whore Bhe will spend
a few days visiting with relatives.
She was accompanied by her daugh
ter. Mrs. Louisa Wlltlnms, of Portlnnd.
arrived In Rose burg last evening to
spend a couple of weeks visiting af
the home of her cousin, Mrs. George
Rltor.
Al Crcason, the North Roscburg
Capitalist, returned here last evening
after a couplo of days spent at Ku
gone and other northern cities looking
after business mntters.
Edward Von I'essl has purchased
lots 1, 2 and 3, block 5, and lots 1,
2 and 3, block 6, Terrace Pnrk Ad
dition. This beautiful property wan
sold through tho realty office of Geor
go Riter.
V ilia rd K. Hosserman. until re
cently night ticket agent at tho local
Southern VaelMe depot, left for Cot
tage Grove yesterday whore he will
ho employed during tho next few
weeks.
The largest mule In the world is said
to have been burned in a fire which de
stroyed a livery barn at Trenton. Mo.,
tho other day. The anluiul was four
years old, w eel g bed 2,010 pounds and
was valued at $1,000.
Glance at the trees just outside your
lots on the roadway and see if limbs
hang down so low from the in as to
scratch the bead of the fellow who
goes by on a load of hay. There, are
lots of Just Bucb limbs that need trim
ming. None of the flowering plants are eas
ier to propagate than the phlox. Simp
ly take pieces of a vigorous stalk con
taining dormant buds and put lit moist
eurtU or sand. In a short time the
rootlets will start and the new plant
will grow vigorously.
The railroads are not making a very
loud noise these days about their yards
and sidetracks being encumbered with
empty freight curs. A bumper grain
crop Is being moved to mnrket. and ev
erything on wheels will have to be call
ed Into sen-ice to haudle It.
There has been considerable increase
lately In the cultivation of the ever
bearing strawberry. This variety, tu
steud of having a single fruiting sea
son in .In no or thereabouts, begins to
bear at about thut time, but continue
to produce a succession of blossoms
from that time until frost.
j .piwiMUMlMl
WINNIE G ADDIS
"THE PLUMBER"
Roseburg Pbone 201
Sutherlin Phone 2S
Up-to-the-Times with attention and mechanics
First Class Materials Work Guaranteed
BEAUTIrUL AND DESIRABLE LOTS IN
Maynard's Harvard Avenue Addition
Level, Rich River Bottom
Soil, Natural ParK, River
Drive. Close in. All City
Privileges. City Water
Lights and Graded Streets
Nothing to equal (S.. v properties
in the entire Citv 1. c, large
Prices are low. Kvery It f2iVed.
For choice of lots, terms an all
intonnation Phone 212-L or apply "
on premises, Harvard Ave., West
Roscburg. ami save commission.
Boy now as prices will advance.
Get yours at once and earn the
increaseyourself. Intendingpur
chasers Phone 212-L and Auto
will taKe you over to property.
C. D. MAYNARD, Prop.
In Argentina the supply of beef ani
mals is steadied and regulated by u
law which prohibits the killing of the
females of the species before they have
reached a certain age. It is the kill
ing of heifer calves for venla prue
tlce followed extensively In this coun
try that Is said to be in large measure
respoiiHlblo for the present shortage In
beef animals.
There are n pood many homesieuds
where a day's work tnlght be done In
trimming up trees wtiose lower hnnuli
es sag and shut the sunshine from ttie
house. A little or this trimming work
should he done every year If possible.
Shade Is n tine thing, but too murti of
it Is a good deal worse than too much
Hiinshlue. which Is one of nature's best
purlllers and germ killers.
An Interesting feature of several
state fairs this fall will he Guernsey
and Jersey hulls usually excitable and
dangerous broken nud hitched to carts
and driven by children. This Is an
excellent stunt for such occasions, but
better still when put Into every day
practice ou the farms Working him
In the manner Indicated not only begets
a more equable mid gentle disposition
In the herd sire, hut will Insure greater
vigor In hi offspring. Besides this, the
life Insurance of those about the place
doesn't need to be quite so high.
j Knit mutes which have lately been
compiled by the postotttce department
put at $125,000,000 the amount out of
i which easy and gullible Investors have
jbeeu uwlndted during the fiscal year
Icloug .tune 30. 1012. The fake and
jblue sky enterprises In which the hard
icah of these victims has been sunk
have been of almost limitless kind and
i variety. And the great pity of It nil Is
thnt the bulk of this money that was
stolen was taken from people of mod
lest savings who Determined the(delu
jilve hope that they could play a gam
land get something for nothing.
A short time since the writer apent a
I week In a auburn of Chicago, and he
was impressed with the remarkable
1 rleor and thrtftlness, aa well as glow I.
I nesa. of foliage of the cotfonwood trees
that were growing on tho borders of
j the streets and boulevard. Their
'rendition was In very marked cuutrast
i to the elm, box elder, ash and maple.
which under rnrwl conditions are usu
! ally very thrift.1'. Just why the cotton
j wood doea much better under the
j rendition! to be found In the gas and
soft coal cities we ranuot say, but It
la clear that It doea.
i it waa to tue nays or nucii amimng
Id Kentucky. A man riding along a
road iu the eastern part of that state,
reaching a snug farmhouse, drew rein
"I'm looking for a farm to buy." he
said. "Do you happen to kuow of any
good bit of land about here with some
buildings oq It V"
"No; 1 don't," said the woman, who
was both young and comely.
"There ought to be good farming
about here."
"Stranger." anld the woman, "you
hain't looking for farms. You're a rev
enue man after stills."
The man was astonished. He had
supposed he was playing' a very suc
cessful game.
"If you'd root out the stills the peo
pie about here would go to farming
Instead of making whisky."
"I can't root out the stills." replied
the man. "unless you people help me.'
"What kind o help do you want?" ,
"Information."
"Well, come In and have n snack.
Perhaps my husband'll be coming
along soon, and be may do something
for you."
The revenue man dismounted, led his
horse to the stable in the rear and en
tered the house. He chatted with the
woman freely about the illicit distill
ing, said that It helped the few uud
wronged the many. A district where
It was notorious never prospered. It
was under a ban; no credit; no pro
ductlon of crops; no comfort for any
one. She appeared to agree with him
and when he had finished said:
"Did you ever hear of Joe Com
stock's still?"
"No. I'm a new man; Just put on to
this district."
"That's the only one we could got
you on to here. If my husband don't
come home purty soon I'll tell you till
About It."
Her husband didn't come home. She
said she supposed he bad. been de
Inyed. So after supper she said she
would tell him where the Comstock
still was, and if he liked he could go
and cleao it out. It was the only one
left In that immediate vicinity and
most of the people thereabout would
bo glad to see It shut up. The wom
an after she had cleaned away the
supper dishes Bat down beside the
stranger and on a piece of paper drew
a diagram of the route to Comstock 's.
It was rather a zigzag course, extend
ing over several miles. The stranger
asked if there was no more direct
route, nnd she told him that there was
none that could be made plain to one
who was not familiar with the coun
try. When It was dark he got out
his horse, mounted and, thanking the
woman for her hospitality, was about
to ride away when she asked:
"You going to take Joe Comstock
alone?"
"That's Just what I'm going to do "
"You're a plucky one."
The man rorii? away, following the
route exactly as It hod beeu laid down
by the woman. Ho was most of the
; time climbing a mountain side, and
! though the distance was but a few
i miles, he was two hours getting to a
point Just beyond which he had lAVn
j told he would lind the Comstock still
no was to recognize it by the crossing
nt two mountain roads, n peculiarly
) shaped oak tree on the point of one ot
' the angles. From the crossroads be
was to pass through an opening be
tween the trees( go over n stone wall.
! follow a tunnel a short distance down
j the mountain and he would come upon
the still. Leaving the crossroads, lie
i moved on as directed,
j He was moving very quietly down
the stream when he dislodged a stone
that betrayed his approach. He paused.
but. hearing nothing, moved forward
again. Suddenly he heard the wrmls
j come out of the darkness, "Hands up!"
lie knew that he was on an elevation
and that doubtless his enemy could see
him, while be could not see his enemy.
; He held his revolver In his hnnd cock
: ed nnd. hoping to nt least disconcert
' his opponent, fired Into the darkness,
j The only response was a bitter laugh
It sounded like thnt of a woman craz
ed. Then came a voice which Bounded
distinctly feminine:
"Drop your weapon. I can kill you
if I likef
i The revenue man hesitated d mo
ment, then thought It best to do an he
had been bidden. Suddenly a bullseye
lantern waa flashed In his face.
"You're not the coward the other one
waa to come here and surround the
place and kill my Joe. You're a brave
one If you are a revenue. I'm Miss Joe
Comstock. the woman who sent you
hem. I knew you were a revenue
right off, and alnce I've been wishing
for a chance to get even with you gov
ernment men I gave you a roundabout
way. coming myself straight np the
mountains. I Intended to kill you, but
I couldn't You're too plucky.
"Well, then. Bluce there la to be no
killing, suppose we shake banda and
say no more about it"
"You go your way and I go mine
Good night."
The next afternoon the atrnngei
again rode up to the Widow Comstock'
houo nnd after a long interview per
atiaded her to give up a still that she
had been running ever alnce her bu
band had been killed. There waa some
thing persuasive In his makeup, some
thing that took bold pf the widow'?
better aide, and Ins tend of buntlnc
atUla he hunted for her heart He cap
tured It In time, and they art Dow
well to do farmer.
If You Have
Property to Sell, Rent or Exchange I
You Want to See
J. W. GAMPBE
The Live Wire Real Estate Agen
ixUi
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List What You Have With Kim and Get Results
The New Garage!
Automobiles stored and cared for
so that they are read' to go out
whenever owners want them.
Complete Repair and Machine Shop
In Connection
All Kinds of Automobile Supplies
Let us demonstrate to 'ou our care
and attention to autos.
CARS FITTED WITH SKID CHAINS
JUST NORTH OF GRAND HOTEL
PHONE 408
BUY A FARM-8oo,ooo Acres to Select
From. In Central Oregon
LOW PRICES EASY TERMS
Your last chance to buy Good Farm Land at Such Low Prices
Come In And
Let us tell you about these farms
If you desire to trade your small acreage on a larger farm
We will figure with you
McCLINTOCK AND GEDDES
Office in Mnrster'n Annex. Nest To (jrnml Hotel
D. H. MARSTERS' PLUMBING SHOP.
Plumbing', Sheet Metal WorK, Tinning'
and Heating
North JacKson Street, adjoining' Peoples Marble
WorKs. Telephone 251.
WorK Done on Short Notice R0SEBURG, ORE
Phone 245.
All work f irst-clasn .
Commercial Abstract Co
Abstracts of Title Filing Papers Prepared
Insurance, Etc.
Bonds ot all Kinds Furnished '
Money lo Loan on Improved; Farm Property
nospnuRo. oreoom
Perkins Building
Spend Your Outing at Tiller, Ore.
SHE'S ON THE MAP
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C. J F. HAIITIll M. 1 II.I.EH, OUKUOM
JHE ECONOMY. MARKET
I George Kohlhagen, Prop.
Wholesale and Retail Butcher. The best the market.
affords. All kinds of Stock bought and soM.
Phone 58
Rosebuig, Oregon
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