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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1912)
Quality Purity Cleanliness Has been our motto for the past two years. 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 qualHy 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 THE BENSON GROCERY 225 North JacKson Street PHONE 184 We slice Ham, Boiled Ham, Dry Beef and Bacon. We solicit new accounts. I Mrs. W. H. Kerr arrived here; : last evening alter pending sometime; ; at Corvallii, Newport and other coast ' resort. j ! Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Harness, of! North RoKeburg. returned here late ; Saturday night after a few days tpent ; at Portland, Salem and other north- j ern cities. D. W. Riedle, owner of the eemenf propertiea South of Roseburg, spent Sunday fn town. llr. Riddle resi- des at Portland and makes frequent vJeJis to this city. Mrs. Earle McCurdy and son left for Portland this morniug where they will join their husband and father. Mr. McCurdy Is a Southern Pacific brakeman and was recently transfer red to Portland from this city. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz and little son, formerly of the Crand Hotel, are spending a few days at Lngle wood Ranch. Thy are the guests of J. W. Engles, owner of the ranch and one of Oakland's best known boosters. A Homely Courtship Ev SUSAN YOUNG PORTER LOCAL XKWS. D. M. Thomas, of Anchor, is spend ing a few days in Koseburg attend ing to business interests. Norman Throne, of Ashland, spent Sunday In Roseburg visiting with bis brother, John Throne. Assistant S. P. Superintendent May returned here yesterday after a couple of days spent at Portland. Mrs. G. G. Ricks left for Rogue River yesterday where she will spend a week or ten days visiting with rel atives. Wins Clara Smith went to Ruckles yesterday where she will spend a week or ten days vlKiting with friends, t). C. Sether, of Giendale, return ed home last evening after a couple of days ajient In Rom-burg attending to business matters. Mrs. Rena Scott returned here Sat urday night after spending the sum mer at Portland and other Northern Oregon cities. Dale Oshurn, of Brownsville, nr Tlved In Roseburg Saturday evening to join his parents who reside In this city. Mr. Osburn will make his per manent home In this locality. Mrs. O. D. McAllister left here Saturday evening for Grants Pass where she will spend a few days visit ing with her parents. George Kohlhagen left here yester day for Riddle and Canyonville where he will purchase a corload of hogs. Mrs. Jackson and son, Virgil, re turned here last evening after spend ing sometime at Beaverton where Mrs. Jackson attended her mother who Is quite III. K. L, Cannon and wife, of Deer Creek, returned here lust evening after a week spent at Salern attend ing the State Fair. Loren Harvey and wife, of Eu gene, are spending a few days In Edenbower visiting at the home of the former's brother. The "G. A. R." special, consisting of ten Pullman cars, two baggage cars and propelled by one of the Southern Pacific Company's most modern locomotives, passed through Koseburg lute Saturday night bound for San Francisco where this year's nnnuul convention will be held. Tin tr:iln was made up In Portland. WINNIE G ADDIS "THE PLUMBER" ; Supervisor Bartrura is shipping to! ', Portland today a carloard of mule ; and horses, thoroughly equipped, for a pack train, which will operate i from Portland east into the Oregon j .National Forest, to supply about 125 ' men who are engaged In planting 3.- I 000 acres of denuded Forest lands to the commercial species of conifers, ! etc. William Powell, James Clark and Howard Church left here yesterday morning for points above Tiller where they will spend the nest week or ten days hunting, the boys are well armed and carry enough ammu nition to meet any emergency that may arise. That deer will be a scarce article In the Tiller vicinity following their expedition Is the be lief of their many friends. Igniting through some unknown source, fire early Sunday morning destroyed the residence of J. F. Gor thy. In West Roseburg. The resi dence was valued at about $1500 and was well Insured. When dlscov eredered by neighbors shortly after one o'clock the house was a mass of flames. Indicating that the fire had been burning for some little time. The fire department responded promptly and after a difficult battle with the flames succeeded In saving the adjoining property. At the time of the fire Mr. Gorthy and family were out of town. Wlllard E. Bosserman and wife ar rived here Saturday evening from Cottage Grove where they were mar ried on Friday.. Mr. UosKorman Is a popular clerk In the Southern Paci fic freight offices, while his estimable bride was formerly employed as oper ator In tlx Cottage Grove telephone exchange. The "newly weds" were met at the depot by a larue crowd j friends. InHiiil.njr the member? of the' "Hungry Seven" hand. They had! hardly alighted from the train wh't! they were treated to several p'Mind-' ' of rice to tl-e amusement of the on lookers. After congratulations were extended the couple was 'vrti il t j their home in this city. The "llmn; j ry Seven" band headed the proces i -Ion. and as us i;)l. furnished so:u I "delightful" music. Roseburg Phone 201 Sutherlin Phone 2S Up-to-the-Times with attention and mechanics First Class Materials Work Guaranteed j BEAUTIFUL 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 these properties in the entire Citv Lots are large Prices are low. Kvery lot fenced. For choice of lots, terms and all information I'hone22-L or apply on premises, Harvard Ave., West Roseburg. and save commission. Bay 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. NOTIt'K. Owner of desirable clnsMn varan t residence property will build two or more rMUUnci'S planned to suit ten ant, on leas, or for pnrchasi on easy payment. For terms etc. apply to 11, News Off Ire. 4f9 tl 1 WANTKl To rent a piano. Must bo reasonable. Reply Box 1S3. Hoseburg, Ore. 363tf tAPoorWay t o make a Switch" Prom your own hair thstit falling out. Don't keep oo doing this and let youi hair get thinner and thinner Don't neglect It wait until It's too late. Con stant care la the price of fascinating, beautiful hair. Get s bottle of of HAY'S HAIR HEALTH sod begin uiing It st once. It will itop the felling out and start a new growth then you can have luatroua hair that's full of life and radiance that' you'll be proud of end that will be ad mired by others. Remember the name HAY'S HAIR HEALTH. $100 td S0 at Drag Storta or direct po r?pt of prtt ! dalf'a Mama. "nd 10. (or total b-Mtia.-I'Stkt May Spa. C, (Stnatk. N. J. Marstors Irus Co., ana nmnUtoo Drug Co. tell It for 50e and $1.00 or from Pbllo Hay Spec. Co., New ark, N. J, j It was more tbau half a century a?; that itories of the towpaib were cur rent That was when the canal boat was the chief means of transportation In America. At one time thej were used as passenger boats. Then, under competition with tbe railroads, they sank into freibtinp only, and now thej have almost entirely passed away. In those freighting days a man named Shock drove a mule on the.towpatti which pulled a boat Shock was a homely as bis name. He had never bad a sweetheart, and there was little hope of his ever having one, for when ever a woman looked at him she was appalled. There was. some three or four hun dred yards from the canal, at about the center of Shock's route, a tumble down house In a small lot. In one corn er of which was a pigsty. One day. when Shock was trudjrins along be hind bis mule, be Raw at an oM?n win (low in the dilapidated trap a female fiffure. She was too far off for him to see what she looked like, but she war ed something white, which Enoch took to be a tablecloth. Whether she was trying to flirt with him or was shaking the crumbs out of tbe cloth he could not be sure. Taking a bandanna from his pocket be returned the wave. Now. Enoch was cognizant of the fact that be was not beautiful. Ills hair was a fiery red. his nose was a pug the color of his hair, his teeth were mostly gone. Had It not been for this he might have made bold oo bis return trip to give bis mule a rest and gone to the house awoolng. As It was. and since this was the only chance be had ever met he was wary He thought It better to make some headway in lovemnking before risking showing tbe lady his bomely person nt close proximity. So. Instead of stop ping when be passed again, having provided himself with a boy'a blow gun. he fired a wad of paper at her. which being unrolled revealed the fol lowing note: I een you at yure winder ylstaday and 1 wood like Terry much to roak yure ac qualntenc The lady was watching for the boat on Its return trip, and when Enooh fired his note at ber sue saw It fall near her house and. going out picked It op and read It But by this time Enoch had pone on bis way. When Enoch passed the house again he saw large letters chalked against the house, which, though it had been originally white, not having been paint ed in twenty years, was now a dull brown. The letters were plainly risi ble from the canal, and Enoch read: I can't sen what you look Ilka from jete, but you my be a decent lookln' fel lor and If you ur you kin come and see Die. This reply was rather a setback to one who knew full well that be was homely as a hedgehog. The communi cation was brief, and It contained ex actly what Enocb would have prefemnl that It should not contain. The lady evidently was looking for a handsome ma n. The m ess;ige con v inced bl m that be wits right In not permitting her to see him close by before he had Ftirred up some sentiment which might lead her to overlook In a measure bis homeliness. Enoch's next love letter was written In Innipulnck on several boards milled together and set up on the deck of his cnnnlboiit facing tbe house of bis In nmoratn. It read: If you sir a purty woman 1 wood be hap py to atop over. Ilatn't got no use (er ugly wtmmen. When Enoch pnssed the bouse the next time the blinds were all closed aDd no living thing was to be seen ex cept a few chickens scratching the dirt In the yard. Enocb was disappointed. It was plain to him that this was in tended for a snub. On his next trip be wrote on his boards. -What's up?" To which was chalked the reply. "NothlnV Enoch reasoned that his lady love bad been miffed at bis previous com munication, thinking that be bad ac cused her of being homely, but hav ing thought the matter over, she had seen his note in another light He began to think that "faint heart never won fair lady1 and be might as well faea the music one time as another So he wiped tbe lampblack off bis boards and wrote again: ll atop over nex" trip. When he passed again be was ar rayed In a store suit that bad cost him ft. His hair bad been greased with a slice of fat, and bis boots bad been blacked. Stopping bis mule and tbe boat when It bad lost Ita momentum he proceeded to the bouse of his lady love. She bad been watching him from a window and opened the door for hlra. "Laws a marsy!N was ber M clam a tion. "By irum!" was Enoch's. The woman bad lost most of the hair on ber bead, which seemed to have frone to ber face, ner nose had de veloped abnormally under the effect of some "kin disease. She was stabsided and angular. She slammed tbe door to Enoch's face, who turned and. with ft melan choly step, went back to bis boat and started on In bis Interminable Jour eys back and forth. The woman heard nothing from him for several months, nor did be hear from her. Then they fell Into a new correspond ence which led them on and on till they forgot each other's homeliness and were married. If Yoa Have Property to Sell, Rent or Exclude. You Want to See fy. J.W.CAMFBEmL The Live Wire Real Estate Agent List What You Have With Him and Get Results The New Garage! Automobiles stored and cared for so that they are ready to go out whenever owners want them. Complete Repair and Machine Shop In Connection All Kinds of Autcmobile Supplies Let us demonstrate to you our care and attention to aut.os. CARS FITTED WITH SKID CHAINS JUST NORTH OF GRAND HOTEL PHONE 408 BUY A FARM8oo,ooo Acres to Select From. In Central Oregon LOW PRICES EASY TERMS Your last chance to buy Good Farm Laud 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 Mnrt4r Annci, Next To l.rnml Hoti-I D. H. MARSTERS' PLUMBING SHOP. Plumbing', Sheet Metal Worh", Tinning' and Heating" North JacKson Street, adjoining" Peoples Marble WorKs. Telephone 251. ROSEBURG. ORE I WorK Done on Short Notice Phone 245. xil work flrst-elns. Commercial Abstract Co Abstracts of Title Filing Papers Prepared Insurance, Etc. Bonds of all Kinds Furnished Money to Loan on Improved Farm Property KOSKBIKG. OHKRO.N TerklDS rtulIdlDK Spend Your Outing at Tii!ert Ore. SHE'S ON THE MAP In the heart of the mountain.- Amid .-rand irrnprr Atiumlaiire of game- l-ara.lie for li..,nu. ii IVIIrlitlul. cmi nml bad? ramping cruuitct.-i'nltt. imre alfiMin ral MJi-lnr - Kruil. v.it.'tall and troo rira drllvrrnl at your ranip-lially mail- I ,.. i,l,m. (.rvl-S.lrndld a rtinuidaliiina II.Mrl 1 ill. r. fami.ii tor her mraU-Speci.l Sunday dinner- lor further information apply to I . I F . HAII I 111 M. TIL1.EH. OltEliON H THE ECONOMY MARKET H George Kohlhagen, Prop. Wholesale and Retail Butcher. The best the market affords. All kinds of Stock bought and soM. Phone 58 , Oregon Read The N&vs