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IF YOU SEE IT ffl IF YOU DOH'T READ The Plaindealer The Plaindealer i i I You Don't Get tub Ney. IT IS SO. Vol. XXVII. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896. No. .7 X. CRAWTORD, Attorney at Law, Room S, Musters Bulldlnc. - KOSEBUKU, OB. M-Buslness before the U. S. Land Office and mlhhig ctscs a spool any. La to Receiver U. 3. Land Office GKORQK X. BEOWN. num. rxax-Tcms. TBOWN & TUbTJLN, Attorneys-at-Law, Ta Rooms 7 and S & Wilson Block. K03ECURG, OR. R. WLLiLIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Will practice In all the courts or th SUtt. Of &e ia tho Court Iloaae, Donglas county. Or. Q A. SEHLBREDK, Attorney at Law, Oftte otx the PostoEce on Jackson street. A. SALZMAN, (Successor to J. JASKULEK.) Practical : Watchmaker, : Jeweler : and : Optician. DEALER IN WATCIIES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, AND FANCY GOODS. Gouulno Orazllltm Eye Glasses mid SnoctnclcH A COMPLETE STOCK OF Cutlery, Notions, Tobacco, Cigars and Smokers' Articles. Also Proprietor aud Hanagor of Rosoburg's Famous Bargain Store. w, W. CARD WELL, Attorney at Law, KOSEBOEG, OREGON. I La FiTtrrs Lues. Jdwc L. Lot'OlUBT JANE & IiOTJQHARY, Attorneys & Counselors at Law Kottbnra, Oregon. ft 111 nrutln In all the court of Oxeron. Of-1 tee In til! Tartar-Wilson bloex. P B. OOFFMAN, Physician and Surgeon (C. S. Examining Surgeon.) ntnrp Itntm fi and ? Mantcrs' Bulldlcr. Residence. Hist door Sonth ol Mrs. Carrier s Bo&aung House. Of Special attention to Surgery and Ui Diseases ol Women. N. J. OZIAS, HI. D., Physician and Surgeon, v ROSEBURG. OR. OSce -In S. Harts Co.'a Block, upiUIr. Calls protaptlr answered day or night. L- MTTJiKR, M. D., Surgeon and Homoeopatliic Physician, Bottburg, Oregon. g)3Cfexuslc dlaeaaea a prriiltr. AVE SELL THE FAMOUS Charter Oak Superior AND yyiLL. P. HEYDON, Couutj' Surveyor, and Notary Public Omcx: In Cotut Home. Orders tor Sonrcri; and Held Notes sbonld I be. addressed to Will 1'. Heydon, County Sur. I reyor, Kosc&nrg.ur. COOK STOVES. The Best Stove is Always the CHEAPEST. CHURCHILL WOOLLEY & rMENZIE'S1 Roseburg Hardware Go. V. BRIGQS, , M. Depntjr Mineral Surroor and Notary public Omcz: Connty Jail Bcildlng.np stain. Jjr-Special attention paidtoTranjIjriand Come j an cel. Address. R05E3DRG. OR. JERRY J. WILSOH, Watchmaker and Jeweler, 4ix Jncksou street, At Lacnsen'a Clsar Factory. EOSEBCEG. Real Estate Bought and Sold Farms, large and small, to Rent, AND IMMEDUTE POSSESSION GIVEN." UfcAU Repair! tic entrusted to my care will be PHOJIPTLY and carefully done. PRICES SEASONABLE. Stock Ranges, Timber Lands and Mining Properties Prune and Hop Lands of best quality, in choice locations in quantities to suit intending purchasers, at reasonable prices and easy terms. Inquire of D. S. C BtnOK, WOODWARD -THE BUSTLEB ROSEBURG -Docs ALL COMPETITORS! We are always in the Lead, and mean to I keep there. MYLIE PILKINGTON, "Sacccssor to 0. W. NOAH.l General Blacksmithing rROTTING AND RUNNING PLATES A SPECIALTY, REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS PROMPTLY DONE. Bnoplon Comer Wnsulncton and Kane 8t!i., RoHCburjr. The Golden Harvest ia upon us, and farm ers are smiling because Woodward loo to their interest. Poultry. X-'Isli and Game in Heanoii. BUGGY HARNESS Fall Trimmed TEAM HARNESS These are all Leather and Warranted. SADDLES At Reduced Prices. Consult your purse and be saro and sea Woodward before baying. W. G. WOODWARD To the Public. On and after this date, I wish it under stood that my terms for all undertaker's goods are cash with the order. I find it impossible to do business on a credi basis, and belive that I can do better by my patrons and myself by selling strictly for cash. P. Benedick, Undertaker. Roseburg, Ore., April 12, 1895. J.. BITZER,. Proprietor ol The City Meat Market, WASHINGTON LETTER. From our own correspondent. J Washington, D. 0., March 17, 1896. EltlN 110 HUM) 1 1 ! It is scarcely necessary to say, partic ularly to good Irishmen, that the 17th of March is St. Patrick's day. Although not a Uibernian, tbo saint did untold ser Vice3 in rescning Ireland front paganism, and teaching her the higher arts of civi lization. Not overj' one knows, however, that his baptismal name was Succat, which means ''Bravo in Battle.' This same 17th of March is also the anniver sary of the evacution oi Boston by the British forces under Howe, in 1776. This conflict of dates is eomctimes food for surprise and amusement to strangers in the Hub, who see flags flying from all city buildings, and naturally conclude that the emblems are thrown to the breeze for tho patron saint of tbo Emer ald Isle. Potatoes and lish. Mako a very good dish On St. Patrick's day In tho morning. A good old Pennsjlvaniau, he styled himself a "Pennsylvania Dutchman," a distinctive appelation which be applied as an honorable .designation, told me thoco lines nearly half a century ago and they wero so impressed upon my juvenile memory that I never forgot them, and perhaps I never shall, so that upon each recurrence o( the anniversary of tho titular saint of Erin they come oa nat urally to miod as the beginning of day calls me from the land of Nod and bids me rrote the weather. That clever old man is now sleeping with his forefathers. They are resting peacefully under tho eod of a little coun try church yard. They all called them selves rcnnsylvania uutenmen, tor in those by-gone times a very considerable body of tho most substantial citizens of the Keystone commonwealth prided themselves upon being of or belonging to families, who. although originally from Germany or Holland, had become thoroughly Americanized without alto gether losing a' I traits-of language, man ners aud customs broo to the Western world ancestors. Why other aud moro important facts, which 1 heard at or about the time I learned the quoted verse, should have faded from my recollection, as surely as If it had never been there, who cart tell? To U:o best of my kuowledcu and belief we never had fish for breakfast itt those days, and why my good friend of Lan caster couuly, with a line of ancestry hating its origin in Moravia, Germany, away from the seaboard, should have raised a vision of a dish of potatoes and fish, to my imamagioatiou, merely to break it to my hope, is ono of those things I could never fathom. Why ho should have so honored Saint Patrick above all other saints, noue of whom he ever named within my hearing, I cannot tell. But here, and now, the memory of the saint bobs up serenely upon this Long silent, she, too, long silent, mourning tier Shrouded hope and heir. Of all the earth her heart most full of sorrow because most full of love. Yet a word, ancient mother, You need crouch there no longer on tho cold ground with forehead between your knees. 0, you need not sit thero veiled in your old white hair so dishevelled, For know you tho one you mourn is not in that grave, It was an illusion, the son you love was net really dead. Tho Lord is not dead, he is risen again, young and strong, in another country, Even while you wept there by your fallen harp by the grave, What you wept for was translated, passed from tho grave, The winds favored and tho sea sailed it, And now with rosy and new blood, Moves today in a new country- Walt Whitman, There is a bronze statue of Doctor Martin Luther in front of a Memorial Church, up town (in this city), and two Irishmen were discussing it one day and they passed on to tho subject of statues in general. Jimmy "allowed" if he was wealthy he would offset the Luther effigy with one of Saint Patrick, "and it would not be made of bronze either." "The material would be moreappropiate, Eays Michael. "And what would that be?" "Aitificial stone, me darlin' bye." "And why artificial stoce?" Because that is shamrock. D'ye see?" Now let the curtain -fall to the tune of "The hatp that once through Tara's halls." Amebiccs. CALAPOOIA. The flarshal Replies. An editorial in Monday's Review, in regard to the marshal being purchasing agent for the city, finds fault with the city council's method of doing business, and desires them to follow out the meth ods employed by their illustrious prede cessors, which placed the city about $45, 000 in debt. December 12, 189j, a resolution was passed by the council, authorizing the marshal to purchase all the necessary supplies for the city and to present his bill lor the same, accompanied by proper vouchers from the parties of whom he had purchased the goods. Formerly things had been bought promiscuously by almost every one connected with the city affairs, from the firemen to the chairman of the council. Bills were con tinually being presented to the council for payment, which had been purchased months previous, and frequently by whoso authority and for what purpose it was difficult to find out, and to prevent purchases of unnecessary articles and to curtail expenses, the council deemed it best to hold some one responsible. Since then the city purchases have been allowed to the amount of $20.20 as fol lows: Holyfield & Heald, lumber $11 60 A. C. Maraters & Co r 2 25 Churchill, Wooley AMcKinzie... 1 SO F. H. Churchill 3 95 BUSINESS LOCLAS. C. W. Parks & Co. L B. Kem 10 50 bright, clear, cold winter day. without the least suggestion of the bluster and boistrouscess which usually comes in its wake. Now, there are no end of wise men, weather wise and otherwise. Exactly bow to classify the sage who scattered down the spinal column of the March page in the almanac, the prophetically cautionary words, "about this time look out for storms." raijtht puzzle a strong minded person, eo I give up the job without making an attempt, notwith standing that for the past three preced ing days the tempest was upon us in oil its lury. That old Boreas puffed out bis cheeks and blow chilling blasts on Sat urday, Sunday and Monday, with snow, sleet, ram and slush accompaniments was to have been expected for tho clerk of the weather had previously signified it would so occur, but that today should have been so bright, so clear, so calm, so cold, is somewhat disappointing, al though an agreeable variation Farmers mostly through sowing grain. Spring is here in all its glory and fit ful moods. ! The peach crop is not damaged to any great extent yet. School commenced at the Calapooia school honso tho 23d inst. Mrs. R. Stephens of Millwood is look ing after her 'ilerests here. Mrs. Catherine Gorrell has been af flicted with neuralgia the past week. ;ht from Europe , prof. joun Reese was visiting on the by tueir siuruy ; (Jalapooia, last week, the cueet of P. N. Gossett. W. B. Clarke of Millwood passed through this vallev last week cu route for Oakland. Invitations aro out for a social dance at Mrrllorace IX-ardorfPs on the "night of 27th inst. Misa Laura Stevens of Tyee was visit ing on the dlapooia last week, tho guest of Mrs. C. A. McNabb. II. L. McNabb is assisting Frederic Stephens of Tyce'with his spring work, Lawrence Thcrsteine is at a loss to know how the Plalvdealek correspond ent got onto bis purifier, admitting he lias oue that will work beyond hia ex pectations. Some correspondents know what & good thing is when they see it, Lawrence. The Calapooia creek ha3 been full of salmon the past week, but of such in fenor grade they have failed to even salmon the unsuspecting dogs. Joel Cole's dogs bayed a very large brown bear one day last week. Mr. Alfred Ross was the first to come up and tired six shots, none of wh:ch took ef fect. Bruin succeded in so crippling the dogs they wero unable to continue the chase further and his bearship is still at large. In a lormer item 1 made a mtttako in copying mv items in regard to the num ber of school children in Dist. No. 23 It should have read seventeen males and twenty-eight females, instead ol twenty- eight mules and seventeen females. Death has again visited onr fair valley and taken from our midst William Brauilett White, aged 22 years, 2 months and 24 days. Mr. Whith met with an accident oyer n year ago, from which ho never fully recovored. Lately other complications arose and in spito of all $20 20 A warrant was issued to Holyfield & Heald for $11.60, and the remainder, $3.60, was drawn to me which I disposed of for $S.60, and paid each account full, dollar for dollar. If the editor of the Review is not sat isfied with this statement, I refer him to the city records or to the above men tioned parties. By presenting the above six items in one bill the city saved $1.20, as the fees amount to 20 cents on each eeparata bill, including the filing, draw ing and cancelling the warrant. J. B. Cannon, City Marshal. Where the Voters Are. We give below tho number of legal oters in each precinct as returned by J, A . Sterling, assessor, for the year 1895 V bile it is not exactly correct, as many are moving about from one precinct to another, leaving Uie county or coming in thero will be a difference in almost every case, but this list will be aproximately correct and serve as a guide for our poli ticians to Genre on: No. 1. Bohemia, 23. " 2. Calapooia, 2S4. Camas Valley, S3. Canycnville, 1S1. Civil Bend, 120. Coles Valley, 130. Comstock, 106. Cow Creek, So. Deer Creek, 355. East Umpqua, 97. Elkton, 1S5. Gardiner, 236. Glendale, 114. Lake, 72. Looking Glass, 101. Millwood, 46. Mt. Scott, 66. Myrtle Creek, 260. Oakland, 217. Pass Creek, 301. Riddle, 140. Roseburg, 255. Scottsburg, 63. Ten Mile, 100. " 25. Umpqua, 3SS. " 20. Wilbur, 7S. " 29. Yoncalla, 268. Total, 4367. December was not not half as uncom- skll,e1 Pylcna and good nurses could And Dealer in PRIME BACON, HAMS, LARD, AND FRESH .MEATS OP ALL KINDS. Orders taken and Delivered Frco to any part of the City. ) Roseburg, Or. BCBSMB9BIVBSB9B9B6B8l0SttBBfiB8B8BSE9B9BSBOBB0BCBH The Roseburg Laumdry, zo2 Main Htrcct, opp. FIRST-CLHSS MORK At Reasonable Frlccw. Hotel Van Houten. A 1,1, 6 WORK O OltAttANTKUl). FISHER & BRYAN, Proprietors. BOWEOT & ESTABROOE. Blacksmiths and Machinists Stephen Street, between Oak and Cass, Maclilue Worlt n Hpcclnlly UOSCUVKG. Oil. fortablo because such weather was then seasonable but now it is not. Overcoats out of doors, and brisk Dre3 within, hayo been aids to comfort and set thinkers to thinking, causing some to wonder whether tlua is part of what should havo been last or is tho begiuniug of next winter. Strawberries and all manner of early . . . . i . , spring garden truer, aounuantiy mr- nish tho markets, notwithstanding the variableness of tbo tomperaturo, for all sorts of vegetation seemingly thrives, whilst only tho human race appears to suffer inconvenionco. As I write, boys and girls aro skating on tho ponds in tho city suburbs and before wo may say Jick Robinson or with Hamlet appeal to St. Patrick tho frosts of winter shall bo re placed by tho warmth of spring. Aud now comes to ino ono of the mem bers of tho A. P. A. and tolls mo how highly ho estcoms Jhut ordi r and yet nrides hiinBolf upon the fact that his arandfather camo from Iho "otildsod," aud, this same man, having a volume of poems in his hand directs my attention to theso linos: Old Iiskland. Far henco amid an isle of wondrous beauty, Crouching over a grave, an ancient sorrowful mother, Onco a queen, now lean and tattered, sealed on tho ground, Her old whito hair drooping dishevelled round her shoulders, At her feet fallen an unused royal lmrp, do he died on tbo 16tb, surrounded by his father, mother and sisters. While the family has lost a dutiful and affec tiouatc son and brother, this community has lost one of its exemplary young men Outside ot the family, 1 am confident no one could moro appreciate his loss than mysell; we having been much together tho past three years, and in all that time I havo uover heard him speak an ill word of any one. True, Lis death leaches us that eoonor or later we must all journey across (hat river. Tho an gel called, aud in the ways ot an all wise providence it was best that he shou Id go Fortunate it would bo if all could be certain of being with the angola William Bramtolt Whito. as as was Pun to Go to the Roaeleaf for the best cigar. School books at Marstera' drug store. New neckwear for ladies and gents at Jay Brooks'. Get your school books at Maraters' drug store. Spring goods now arriving at Brook's Cash Store. 1. S. West does insurance. Office opposite the post office. For Sale. Old papers, at this office. at 25 cents per hundred. Munyon's Homoepathic Remedies for sale at Marstera' Drug Store. Mens' and-boya' shirts at prices which beat the record at Jay Brook's. For bargains in family groceries, call at the Pepole's store, Cass etreet. If yon don't want to pay other peoples' debts, trade at the one Price Cash Store. Candies, nuts, dried frnits of all kinds and of the best Quality. Call at H. East-on's. Oranges, lemons, apples, potatoes onions, Early Rose potatoes. Eastern bams 11 cents, at H. Easton's. For choice family groceries, call at the People's Store, Mrs. G. W. Rapp, pro prietor, and get your supplies at bedrock prices. Baskets, rope and willow. Brooms, from 20 to 60 cents. Groceries of all kinds that will suit any family. H. Easton's. Save money and time. To parties going East, go by the O. R .& N. short route. Call on or write to V. C. London, Roseburg, Oregon. Come and get your dental work before April 15th. Dr. Davis wishes to an nounce that ho will spend ono or two monthB in Portland after April 15th. Constantly on hand at the Beer Hall : Cheese, Swiss, limberger brick; fish, spiced herring, sardines, caviar, neu naugen, pickled pigs feet, pickled tongue, ox-mouth salad. Notice is hereby given to the public by the undersigned that I do not allow dead animals to be buried on my prem ises, at Roseburg, Oregon, or garbage dumped thereon or sand or gravel taken therefrom., unless the party taking sand or gravel first contract with me for the right to so do. Tresspassers will be prosecuted ac cording to law. Aabox Ross, Roseburg. Oregon, March 17th, 1895. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. S. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. IS. 19. 20. 21. 24. $55iOO Prize. Wheaton College of Wheaton, HI., offers a two year's scholarship for the best oration, to be delivered at tha fair held in this county in the fall of 1896. The oration shall be the competitor's own composition and not less than five nor more than fifteen minutes in length. Competitors must be residents of Doug-, las county between the ages af 16 and24 years. For further information enquire of F. A. McCaix, Secretary. Delinquent Taxes. The time for taking cennty warrants for taxes has been extended to April 30. I Alter this date no county warrants will be taken for taxes. One per cent will be added to all taxes not paid before May 1st, two per cent added for a'l t-xes not paiJ before June 1st, and three per cent added for all taxes not paid before July 1st. Surplus vs. Deficit. .faring President Harrison's incum bency of the presidential office, democ racy set up a dismal howl against the accumulation of monev in the treasury derived from custom duties; as an awful oppression of the over burdened tax payers. And "surplus" was made the battle cry of democracy, and on which that party rode into power in 1892. That party has been in power a little over three years, and, instead of a sur plus (and for that reason democracy now mourns) it has a grand deficit of over $100,000,000 and an increase of a bonded indebtedness of $163,000,000 ow, demmiea, uoa't you. wish you had a small surplus just a little surplus? Come now, be candid for onco and eay, yes, I do. There, that's a good fellow, open confession ia good for tho soul Now, say your little prayers and go to sleep till after the election next fall, then wake up to know Wm. McKinley is president and that better times are in storo for you. A Board of Immigration. Editor Plain-dealer : Will yon please scy that there will be a meeting of the citizens of Roseburg at tho court house Thursday night March 26th at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of meeting Mr. B. S. Pague, and organizing a local board of immigration. D. S. K. Buick and Others. Notice. The tax roll of Douglas county for 1895 is now in my bands for collection and is now due and payable at my office. C. F. Cathcart, Sheriff. The Plaindealer lias so far failed report tho names of those subscribers lost by tho Review, notwithstanding our liberal offer of $10 apiece tor them. He- view. Wo do not pretend to know tho names ol all tho subscribers the Review lost last week or the week before, and therefore make no claim to the liberal reward of $10 each offered by our esteemed "stamp ing" contemorary. We simply desired to call attention to tho fact that tho Re view occasionly lost as well as gained a subscriber, although it does notannounco it through its columns, which, it boasts, gives all tho news. As the Review con fesses to losing throe, it is only fair to prosumo that tho Plaindealer was not far from correct when it B-iid a dozen To Improve the Umpqua. In the house of representatives, March 2, 1896, Mr. Hermann introduced the following bill : which was referred to the committee on rivers and harbors and or dored to bo printed : Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That Iho Secretary of War be, aud is hereby, directed to cause an examination and survey of the bar and entrance of the Umpqua River, in Oregon, with a view to improve navigation by deeper and safer chaunul, ami to report to Congress the project and estimate for said im proyement. Roseburg Market Report. PRODUCE. Potatoes, new, per bushel.. . Eggs, per dozen Butter, per pound Cheese, per pound 15 Flour, per sack Bran, per ton GROCERIES. Sugar, granulated, 1 5 lb Sugar, extra C, 16B ........ Rice, per pound, 148 Canned fruit, 2B cans Peaches, per dozen Tomatoes, per dozen Coffee, green, per pound. . . . Costa Rica, roasted. Mocaand Java Teas Apples, dried, per pound. . . Prunes, dried, per pound.. . Apples, per bushel meats. Beef, on foot, per pound Cows, Steers, Shoep, per head Chickens, per doz. cash.. Bacon and ham, per tb Shou ders Lard in bulk Lard in cans Sirloin steak.- Veal 05 Mutton 05 Porter house StewB .04 .35 .06 .40 .10 20 .20 .75 15.C0 1.00 1.00 1.00 $2.00 1.25 .25 .32 .40 .75 .06 ,08 .40 .12 .02 .02 2.00 2.50 .14 .03 .08 .10 .10 .06 .06 - .08