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THE PLAINDEALER, Published Mondays and Thursdays. BENJAMIN V. BENJAMIN Editor. ..Manager. Mubscrlptlon Rate. One Year .. 2 00 jlx Mouths . .. 1 00 Three Months ... 0 AUGUST 17. 1S96. OUR-STANDARD BEARERS. For President, Wil. McKLNLEY. For Vice-Presid eat, GARRET A. HOBART. ' For Presidential Electors, T. T. GEER, of Marion County. S. M. YORAN, of Lane. E. L. SMITH, of Wasco. J. F. CAPLES, of Multnomah. McKinley has not talked as much as Bryan, but be has said a great'deal more that the people remember. If the democratic party should attempt to live np to the Chicago platform as a whole it would die in doing it. ,As-tbe Chicago platform declares for free trade a well as for free silver, the election of Bryan would mean the con tinuance of the present industrial paralysis, and the American working man would have no chance to get even silver wages daring the loar years more of democratic clover. S. F. Cdl. The earnestness with which the bust ness men and the producers of the country are supporting McKinley is an evidence of the mental soundness and genuine patriotism of the American .people. Demagogues and agitators may disturb this rountry a little by their noise, but they cannot revolutionize it nor sven shake it. S. F. Call. .Loo is Lombard, tne conductor ct a music conservatory in New York, writes the following letter to the editor of the Sun: ."Sir I have so much confidence in. the wisdom and henesty of the major ity of voters that I will bet 10,000 golden . dollars. against 5000 golden dollars that the elocutionist, Mr. Bryan, will not be elected president of the United States. I know betting is a foolish argument, bnLfooliih reasons may convince fools. therefore this wager. From 1SD1 to l&H the average annual value of woolen goods imported from England alone was 2,69t5,S45. Last year the amount was swelled to $3,415, 9S3, an increase of nearly fJ,000,000. To manufacture that amount of goods would have kept a large army of wage earners oust twelve months in tne year instead of working on half time or less. Perhaps the mill and factory operatives maythink of this whin they cast their votes in November; or it may be" possi ble that they prefer free trade, free sil ver, idleness and poverty to protection, plenty of work and prosperity. Come to the fair. It will do you good It will take off the depressing and ex hausting strain of business and allow you to recuperate wasted energies by little healthy relaxation from your erery day drudging. Come and see the fine B'-cck from horses down to chickens uotne ana new tue handiwork ol your neighbors' wives and daughters. The apples, peaches, pears, plums, potatoes, pumpkins and squashes ; joke with your neigoDors ana laoga aau care away. And when you come don't lorget to fetch the best you have to ehow your neighbors you have been doing some thing the past year. Fetch the babies along with the mothers and don't forget the older daughters. it is oj utile consequence to tne man in enforced idleness what the volume or what the standard of money is. He gets none of it because be ban no opportunity to earn any of it, and it may be said that wage earners everywhere are beginning to reason aloog that line. Nothing could be more apparent than that the cause ol the distress which is and haB been over wnelming labor is traceable directly to foreign pauper labor competition. Im " . r i . pons or loreign-maae gooas and wares are large, but it is foreign not our own labor that gets the pay for -converting the raw material into these goods and Wares. The mills and factories in which our wage earners-used to find plenty of employment at good wages are now idle because protection against .foreign com petition has been withdrawn by the dem ocratic party, and they will remain idle, aa will their operatives, until the proteo uon paucy oi me republican party is again adopted by the government. IS SILVER A LEGAL TENDER? c often hear men on tho streets assert that silver money is not a legal tender for an amount exceeding 5, and they will declare vehemently that such is a fact, since the act of 1873. This opinion is erroneous. The act of 1853 declared the "silver half-dollars, quarter-dollars, dimes and half-dimes shall ho legal tender in payment of debts for all Bums not exceeding $5," the act of 1837 having made all eilver coins of the United States a legal tender for any amount. The act of 1873 limited tho legal tender of the silver dollar to 6Uins not exceeding $5, alBO. But tho act of 1S7S restored the legal tender power of the silver dollar to an unlimited amount, and left tho Binaller silver coins stand as by act of 1853, and so it elands today. The half dollar con tains only 192 grains of silver whllo the whole dollar contains 412,,8 grains or 2Sl grams more than tho lialf dollar pieces. So the silver dollars are a legal tender for all debts and dues public and private, except where otherwise stipu lated by special contract between part ics in deferred payments. Silver half dollars, quarters dimes and half dimes have not been a legal tender exceeding $5, since tho act of 18)3 over 13 yoars Silver dollars were not coined for 30 years prior to 182C. President Jefferson having stopped their coinage in 180th Ridiculous. Is It? Referring to a paragraph in last week's Pialvdualkr, tho Eugene Guard attempts to ridicule the idea of protect- tion for Oregon farmers. It says: Think of this, dear farmer! Free wheat, cattle, barley, hay, eggs and oops, litis would certainly bankrupt the Oregon farmer, who raises these products to export to our British cousins scrota tne water, it seems 6trange that any paper published in Oregon wouia give room 10 sncu a paragrnpn It will not fool the producing element It is too transparent. There are none so blind as those who wont see. The Guard evidently does not knoT or does not realize that such a thing as the importation of the above and other articles produced by Oregon farmers dees exist in the United States We recommend a careful perusal of the following statistics for 1895. There were imported during that year: VALCI Barley, bnthtll ?.i:T,SIi I Wheat, Dtuhels . 13,133 l;5l,79$ Potatoes, battel U3C 3i.2 Cattle, head . 1,'I,S Hones, head , - 1J.1B 1,6,000 Hay, torn 2.131 JJ Batter, pound TI.Us 12,900 ClCtK, pound.. 10.UJt5v3 1,171,001 Hot, poundj 3,li3Jtt 31S,2 Wool, r-oundf :t5.fts)17 33,770.163 EggJ.doreU - 2.TOM11 E',134 ToUl . HJ,IK,7J1 Valne not given, but a the average price ol hops daring tho past TfJ yeir? bit been 20 cenu (ice article "About Bops" elsewhere In this pa per), we let it go at halt rate Of course. f43,CKX),CW a year is a small sum, scarcely worth mentioning, but only give Oregon farmers a chance to supply it next year instead of sending oa to loreigu countries lor it, and see what a dificrence it will make in their completions. It is 1G to 1 that they wouldn't look half eo blue as they do now under a Cleveland administration and a Wilson-Gorman tariff. Of Interest to Wage-Earners. The Eastern States may feel that the money question towers above ail others in this campaign, but in the West in California certainly the belief prevails that the question of continuous employ ment lor labor at remunerative wages transcends every other question of pub lic policy. The wage-earners conetitote a large majority of the population, and whatever is calculated to better their condition shoal 1 be the objective point of the purpose of political parties, and it is conspicuously so with the republican party, for at the last analysis of its declaration of princip' a it is found that work, not idleoess for labor, is the ulti mate of what it aims to secure. The difference between the republican and democratic parties in this campaign is this: The republican platform and candidates are the representatives of i public policy which encourages indus trial and commercial expansion until every wage-earner in all this broad land baa ample opportunity to secure employ ment every working day in the year. When that shall have men secured it will be ioand that there is a national financial Bystem in operation which makes one kind of a dollar as good as another, and all dollais postessiLg the full value of 100 cent. The democratic platform and candidates are the repre sentatives of a public policy which pro vides idleness for labor, silence for the machinery of induitry and an Indiarub ber-Iike monetary system that will pro vide dollars of fluctuating and unequal value. A Alonstrous Idea. Senator White of California in his let ter of notification of W. J. Bryan says to him: "To doubt your election is to deny the manhood of our electors.' This is a monstrous idea, un-American in thought and diabolic! in expression The honest elector most be his judge as to mat matter, mere cannot be any doubt as to who Bhall jidge, nor can there be any doubt as to the manhood of those who may doubt Bryan's election As to the "ignorance and degrodation" of the supporters of Mr. McKinley we are willing to submit to a comparison of the McKinley Bupporters with those who support Bryan without fear as to whose supporters shall appear the most igoor ant and degraded. For wirilo we will acknowledge that a large portion of Dry an's supporters are intelligent and re spectable, the balance of power upon which tho democratic party depends to carry it into power are an "ignorant nnd degraded" class of foreigners who can neither read nor write not only the Eng lish language, but are also unable to read and write their native tongue. Qold and Silver Coinage. Wo begin today to print tho Eoveral acts of congress regulating the several coins of the United Slates as provided by the Constitution, in Article 1, Sec. VIII, subdivision 5, and will continue till the ten ads from 1792 to 1893 have been printed for the benefit of our read ers that they may know the truth with regard to our coinage' laws. THE FIRST COINAQE ACT. 1791-92. Chapter XIV. An act es- tabllshing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States. Section 9. And bo it further enacted That there Bhall be from time to time struck and coined at the said mint coins nf frnlil. allvAr nntl mnnnr nt t hrt follow- log denominations, vu: Eagles Each to be of ths value of $10, or units, and to contain 24.7 grains of pure or 27 grains of standard gold. Dollars or units Each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar, as tho same is now current, aud to contain 371 grains and 4-1 G parts of a grain of pure, or ilG grain? of standard silver. Sec. 11. And bo it further enacted, TliAt tho proportional value of gold and silver, in all coins which shall by law bo current as money within tho United Strtes shall be as 15 to 1, according to quantity in weight, of pure gold or pure silver: that is. 15 pounds of weight of silver shall bo equal value in all pay ments with one pound of weight of pure gold, and so in proportion as lo any greater or less quantity of the respective metals. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That tho standard for all gold coins of the United States shall be 11 parts fine to one part alloy ; and accordingly that 11 parts in 12 of the entire weight of each of the said coins shall consist of pure gold, and the remaining one-twelfth part of alloy ; and tho said alloy Bhall be composed of silver and copper, iu such proportions not exceeding one-half silver as shail be found convenient, to be regu lated by the director of the mint, for the time being, with the approbation of the president of the United States until fur ther provision Bhall'be made by law. Sec 13. And b9 it further enacted, That tho standard for all silver coins of the United States shall be 1485 parts fine to 170 parts alloy ; and accordingly that 14S5 parts in 1GG4 parts of the entire weight cf each said coins shall consist of pure silver, and the remaining 179 parts of allov, which alloy shall be wholly of copper. Sec. 14. And be it fuither enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to bring to the mint gold and silver bullion in order to their being cornel ; and that the bullion so brought shall be there assayed and .coined as speedily as may be after the receipt thereof, and that free of expense to the person or persons by whom the same shall have been biought. And as soon as the said bullion shall have been coined the person or persons by whom the same shall have been delivered shall, upon demand, receive in lieu thereof coios of the same siecies of bullion which shall have been bo delivered weight for weight, of the pure gold and pure silver therein contained ; provided, nevertheless, that it shall be at the mu tual option of the party or parties bring ing such bullion, and of the director of said mint, to make an immediate ex change of coins for t-tandard bullion, with a deduction of one-half per cent from the weight of tne pure gold, or pure silver, contained in the said bullion, as an indemnification to tho mint for the time which will necessarily bo required for coining said bullion, and for the ad vance which shall have been so made in coins. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all the gold and silver coins which shall have been struck at and issued from the said mint shall bo a lawful ten der in all payments whatsoever, those of full weight according to the respective values hereinbefore declared, and those of less than full weight at values propor tional to their respective weights. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the money of account of (he United elates snail be expressed in dollars or units, dimes'or tenths, cents or hun dredths, and mills or thousandths, a dime being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth part of a dollar, a mill a thousandth part of a dollar, and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings iu thb courts of the United htates shall be kept and bad in conformity to this regulation. Fire. Tbe alarm of fire was given Saturday night about 11 o'clock and the fire boys turned out with alacrity. It was found that Fred Laugh's houso on Short street was on fire. The fire originated trom a defective Hue. Tbe destruction was complete, house, furniture and all were food for the flames, and but few articles were saved. Tho fire company did all possible to extinguish tho fire, but it being bo far off the fire got so far advanced before they reached it they failed to save the house. Tho Iocs was about flCOO, iusured for $CM) in the Wescbester and Queen companies. War Scenes. Actual scenes photographed during tho late war, by government photographers, Brady & Gardner. Exhibited by stcre opticon, calcium light, 1000 candle power. At Opera Houso Monday night, Augn t 24th. GLIDE. Smoky weather prevails, G. II. Wright made a business trip to Jtoseburg one day this week. Phillip Dieckman has returned from his trip up tne Umpqua. Every cne is busy engaged in thresh ing this week. Mr. Kmehart haa rented J. F. Thorn ason'fl store and is now taking his first lessons In clerking. Success to you, Mr at. itev. ltiorton preached two very in teresting sermons here last Sunday aud there was quite a crowd present. Tope A POPULIST'S OPINION. Editoii Plaindbalku: As the Plain dba leu is advocatinc an appeal to rea son in discussing the financial question I wish to submit a low reasons why I think tho Plaimoeaixk, in supporting the gold standard ciowd, Is on the wrong side of the fence Because there arc very few prominent republicans or democrats, Hlatuo and Carlyle Included, who have not been lor years, ardent advocates of the free com- arc of silver. Onlv after having oh- tained wealth and oflico, did most of of them become converted to gold stand ard ideas. Because gold standard writers and oratorB are neither honest nor truthful. They are to fool the wago workers by tolling them that free coinage would raise tho price of tho necesearies of life, while his wages would remain tho mmo; then turn to tho farmers nnd promise them higher prices, if they will help elect gold standard, high tariff and Mc Klnley president of tho United Stites Hlch prices to ono class, low prices to the other, and lying to Loth. They denounce the Wilson tariff law as tne cause cl wl-cent wiieai, u cent oats. 15-cent corn. 10-cent wool, 7-cent cotton, 4-cont-hops and 3-cent dressed pork, and promise to double these prices in caso tho people should voto the gold standard, higit tariff party into powor; then turn to the holders of life insurance policies and depositors in the savings banks, and try lo scare tne in by howling about dishonest dollars and 53-cent dollars, claiming that under the free coiuage of silver, monoy would only buy half as much as at present, to the everlasting injury of thefe two claesct? Janus liko, they promise higher prices to farmers aud to the eavinga bauk de positors and life insurance policy holders a gold standard dollar that will always buy as much, and rhaps n little bit more of tbe farmers products as our preeent dollar. Do they really for moment believe tbat thoy can thus fool both classes at the same time? What sensiblo people really believe is that in caso a free coinage Uw should be passed, silver would nsu from 10 to 20 per cent and gold would fall about the same per cent in value, &o that they would bo at par or very nearly at par, thus giving us a dollar having a purchas ing power ef about 75 or SO per cent of onr preterit dollar That would mean 75-cent wheat, 30-ccnt oats, U5-cent euro, 10 cen goi, lu-ccni tu ion, o-ceui hops and G-rent dressed pork. Now I ask any sane rrson, whether a dollar that still buys the farmers products at such prices isn't sound and honest and dear enough? .Must farmers always re main in the purgatory of debt and in mortgage toftlie money lords in order that savings bank depositors and lifo insurance policy holders may receive dollars Uiat will buy the farmer's pro ducts at less than the cost of raising them? In tbe Plai.ndealiir of Angust 13th, somebody signing himielf "Yours for tbe Truth" criticises the Review's state ment that in 1873 the silver in a silver dollar was worth J 1.03, and asks "wasn't it a fact that gold was even more than that?" No. myjriend. The same year, 1373, when silver was demonetized, a silver dollar was worth three cents more than a gold dollar, or in other words, as silver was the standard a silver dollar was worth 100 cents and n gold dollar was worth 97 -cents. And to this dav not a single good reason has been given why, under those condition?, silver, the dearer metal, was demonetized, and gold, the cheaper, made tho standard. We populists claim tbat it was done aB the reiult of a conspiracy among the wealthy classes, the houee of Rothschild leading, to double the value of their gold and reduce the value of all other prop erty. Yours for cheaper dollars and dearer labor and farm products. M. Lemmek. Drowned in the Surf. M.RSiiriELi), Or., Aug. 15. H. Bull- man, of the Urupqua Life saying etation, came to town early this morning and brought tho intelligence of the drowning ol SI. A. Stream, the keeper of the Ump qua lighthouse, yesterday afternoon. Stream was in swimming in the surf. The theory advanced for his drowning is that he was taken with cramp?. Ho had been iu the service for thirteen years, and was 4t years of age. lie leaves a.wife and five children. 4- STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS, j. HOTEL McCLALLEN. MRS. D. C. MtCLALLEN. Prop HEADQUABTEBS FOB TBAVELINQ MEN. RATIiS REAHONABI.K. Large, Fine Sample Rooms. Free 'Bus to and From Trains. BOSEBUBS. Administrator's Notice. "VrOTICE is HEREBY UlVE.V THAT THE x' undereicned was on the 10th Unvof Aucut 1S, duly appointed by the County Court ol Douglas County, Oregon, administrator of Ha mate of Joel T. Thompson lato of said county, deceased. All persons indebted to talil estate are hereby required to make immediate pny ment. and all tiersoni having claims ncainst the I said estate, are required to present tbe tamo to the undersigned at mi oince in .Manners mock in jioieourg in said t.ouniy mm .-mie, wiinin six months from the date hereof. Dated at RocburK, Or., August Htli, 18W. J. W. WRIGHT, E. D. STRATTORD it: Administrator C. A. Kehlbremc, Attorneys for Estate. lit Executor's Notics. Notice is herebv ctven to nil persons inter ested that the undersigned, W. L. Wilson nnd Abncr Riddle, has been by tne county court ol Douglas county, appointed executors of the will of Richard Owens, deceased, and nil per sons having claims against tlio estate of said deceased mmt present tho same with proper vouchers duly verified to ta(d executors at their residence in Riddle proclnct, Douglas county, Oregon, or to their attorney at Kovc liunr. Oreeon. uitliiu six mouths from the date of this notice. Dated July 27, 18.sC. W. U WILSON and AI1NER RIDDLE, Executors' ol thu Estate of Richard Owen, Deceased. Ira B. Kiddle, Attorney for Executors. PETITION. THE HONORABLE. THE COUNTY Court ot Douglas County. State ol Oregon. Tho undersigned legal voters and residents ol Canyonvtlle precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, rcilcctlully petition your honorable body to grant to W. C. Levcns a license to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liquors In less quantities than one quart In said Cauyouvlllc precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, for tho term ol ono Tear, that said petitioners will apply to your Honorable cotrt for said license on the 11th day of Septem ber, at 10 o'clock A.M. SIGNED. John Perdue, Jr., Alfred Wollenberg, Wm. Y nn n. d U V..IA. V ll.tfl.nl. '1' T t..nh,v Kim. Ilunty. Jus. M. Cox. J. II. Clements. Iludd .tiiHiiu, J. it lit v , v. i uisitry, i. ,uiiiejr, a. M. Morgan, C. K. Cams, C. It. I.inllle, James Card well. Andy Tool. C. 1). Evans. John L. .. . i .. 1 i .' .p n i n a Arzner, J. W. Ilrowne, Jos. AwlrK If. Bollen- Daugn. u. s. uiasgow, jonunie Arzner, .. v. Hall. J. S. liaison. UhRS. E. Tlndall. J. A. Mc- Cully, Win. lllalock. It. 1.. Coogler, L. Ball, E. liiiziev. n. u. uuicner. i. u. uuDen. .1. u. Ainro, u. a. mcwari, uco. m. iiaie, . 11. ue vore, It. W. II. Straite, W. J. Yokum, John T. Hanks, !' A. Hanis, D. E. Parsley, Mark D. HrlL'cs. Andrew HrookH. J. C. Olbbs. Samuel Hall, David Albro, Karl Kimmcl, W. E. Dut- ler, W. K. Brlggs Jr., F. O. Worley, Frank Dou niont. IMc ltoyls. Jos. A. Snyder. Ja. W. Bro- man. Frank Sarvcnt. W. II. Graham. Iraac Bailey. U.S. Stewart, J. V. I'oolc, Jai. Dens- man, 1 . c. Kobcris, J. w. i;amsey, j. 1. uuiiock, U L. Perdue. John Perdue. Sen.. Albert Poole. Wily Cardnell. W. A. Bullock. N. Furlong. Thomas Uondeau, A. S. Meniman, T. II. Mer- rimaii. u. Measlier, J. u. torea, J. u. lierey, r. l). wnile, ciias. A. Baiter, ueo. Iteuncr, vm, Perdue, J. V. Tiller, Thomas Tiller, Abe (llllbo, J. 1-. cioukIi, uiia. ucalman, w. I., ucwam Adam Weaver, J. Ij. Boyle, John McCormlck Frank McCune, deorgo vtorlcy, J. G. Hodges, lUocri uoicnuaugu. J. u. variccr, . a. uarxcr. W; Barker, 11. Hodges, Ueorge Albro, A. u Kice. W. II. McLalu. W. F. Briers. J. W. Wimer. ueo. BouenbaugD, a. noiicnbaugh, cau uuben, j. u. cook. J. i. uazicy Jr.. a. ji. rarsiey. u. a. Howard, J. F. Overstrect, A. 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Full information concerning rates, time oi train, routes and other details furnished on application to D. H. K. DUICK, Local agent at Roebrg,Or., or A. D. ciiAiiivro, Assistant General Passenrer Agent, No. 121 First St., cor. Washington, PORTLAND. OREGON. fOSEBURGXOPERJiXHOUSE) Thursday Eve., August 27. Grand Production of the TRIUMPH Under the Auspices of the Rebekah Lodge. 60 PERFORMERS LOCAL TALENT. Fairies, Nymphs, Demons, ki.ki;at nosriiMPs iiv.r.TaHTFnr. Ttinsin CHARMING TABLEAUX. Huincrous, Sentimental, Grotesque. ADMISSION, 50 cents. Gallery accents. Ketervetl seats at the Roeeleat Without Extra Charge. FOURTH Annual Exhibition OF TO BE HELD AT ROSEBURG. OREGON. Aug. 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. TROTTING AND RUNNING RACES BICYCLE RACES FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BASE BALL GAME, BABY SHOW. AWARDS FOR Fine Stock, Poultry, Agricultural Praducts, Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Works of Art, Fancy Work, Etc. Over $5,000 Offered in Purses aid Preminms. A. W. RIDDLE, Present. F. A. McCALL, Secretarr. FIELD SPORTS 1 AT ROSEBURG, August 24th and 25th. PROGRKM, FIRST DAY, Street Parade and March lo Grounds at 9 o'clock, A. M. (At Eoteburg Cycle Track.) 1. Running broad jump. . . 50 50 50 Kunning nign jump Hammer throwing Shot putting Tug of war AFTERNOON. Bicycle race, J-miIe and re peat (novice) three prizes, pants, stockfnzs and shoes. Foot race, 100 yards, Bicvcle race, mile dash, ama 50 11 CO 10 00 1 teur?, open, tbre prizes. sweat1 er, lamp and cyclometer. Bicycle race, 5 mile, amateurs, open, $10 gold medal All under L. A. W. rules. En trance to bicycle race 50 cents. EVENING. (On Jachon Street at 7:00 o'clock.) 1. Clarinet solo .'. 5(0 2. Cornet nolo 5 00 3. Baritone solo 5 00 4. Slide trombone solo 5 00 SECOND DAY. (On Jackson Street, lo A it.) Hose race, wet test Each company to use any kind of hose or nozzle used in associa tion races. AFTERNOON. (At Diitrict Fair Grouhdt.) 50 00 Foot race, 200 yards 15 00 Baseball 40 00 EVENING. (On Jackson Street, 7:30 o'clock.) Band contest 100 00 Everything free, no admission fee charged for any of the contests. The District Fair, which opens on the. mid, wm a iso do iree on opening uaj, and will have an interesting program, including races A Grand Ball will conclude the Sec ond Day's exercises. Mineral, Railroad. Aricultural. H. G. POTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1106 G St, N. W. Washington, D. C. For manr mn In the General Land Office. Examiner ot Contests, Mineral vs. Mineral ts Railroad and Agricultural rclalmj, and Late Chiei of the Miners. Division. ItasV" Correspondence I ted. NOTICE. Notice la hereby s-ivea to alt wboo it mar Mm that I hiTt appoint D. W. BtatrtS of Oslat. pool precinct Deputy Inspector of Stock tor aald precinct; poetoraea anoreaa, uamnfl; aiao a. j Chacman of Wilbur, and Raich Baltn. at Bom Lory, to act dnrlcg my abMsea, and othan mU be added as parties inspected sank their fl scire Known to me. RoMbnrg.Hay lth,188T. "THOB, SMITH, Inrctaor of Stock for Dnclaa eosntr. Or. Beautiful Fairy Operetta OF LOVE 60 Evil Spirits and Mortals. BEAUTIFUL FAIRY DANCES. Everything Bright, Fresh and Sparkling THE 168(111 111! Xrae etoarcbes. BartliT CBtJacH corner of Lane and Boa treeti. Sunday uerrice: i reacmng, u . uj. and 7:30 p. w.; Young rcojJe'a Union, 6-JO p.m.; Mrs. E. W. Black, President; Hunuay kcdooi, iu c. m.; James bnimwnuu, du..u..vm Prayer Meeting. Thursday evening at 7su. JMV. O. W. BLACK, rasuir. Residence, No. 82J Main Street. MiIHODIST CHCacii comer of Main and Lane streets. Bnnday Service: rreacmng, u m. m and 7:30 p. m.i Babbath school, 10 a. m.; F. W. Woolley, Superintendent: Claas Meeting at close of the morning service: Jtpworth League tOO p. m. Clare Hume, President. Prayer Meet ing, Wednesday, at 730 p. m. KEV. U. W. KXWMBT, raswr. Parsonage, comer Main and Lane. FBUBTTKBUH C'HDaCH corner of Cass and Rose streets. Sunday service: rnpuc worsmp. a.ra. and 730 p. m.; Babbath School, io a. m.. Y.P.8. C. Jt.,7p.m. rrayer aiecMBg, "cuue- day, 7:30 p. tn. Society .tlcetlnga. B P.O. ELKS. ROSEBURO LODGE, NO. XX, 4k.l. Mtnif rammnnlMtlOIlS at the I. O. O. F. hall on second and fourth Thursday of each month. All members requested to at tend regularly, ana an visiung uiuiu dUUy Invited to attend. ... FRED PAGE-TOSTIN, E. R HERMAN MARKS, Secretary. rvOUGLAS COUNCIL, NO. 21 JR. O. U. J XJ meeu every Wednesday erenlne o'clock In the Old Masonic HalL Vu 21 JR. O. U. A. M.c at 8 hth... ,n mnl lull v inrltcil to attend. . v B CASHOW. Oto. W. Pcbbt, Councilor. Recording becreiary. LAUREL) LODGE, A. . a A. a.. lauuum meeting! the 'id and 1th Wednesdays In ffach month. J. a. C. W. Klatr, Sec'y. CAWLTIELD, W. M. TTHPQTJA CHAPTER, NO. 1L E. A. M., HOLD I U their regular convocationi at Masonic hall oa the first and third Tuesday or eacn moain VlslUnc companion! are coraiauj mutcu. K. L. MILLER, H.P. Ijadobi Caso, Secretary. JHILETARIAN LODGE, NO. 8, L O. O. F., meeu Saturday evening of each week at !.. hn in rvirl VWinw Tcmnle at Bosebunr. Members of he order In good standing are Invit ed to attend. E. mcbroom c. o. ENCAMPMENT, NO. 9, MEETS AT U Odd Fellows hall nn second and fourth Friday i of each month. .MilnTlt1 tn ttTil Visiting brethren t. U. iliCLl, I.. XT. JOS. M1CELLI, Scribe. OOBEBURG LODGE, NO. 1C, A. O. D. W. Av iseeU the second and fourth Mondays ot ech month at7:30 p. m. at Odd Fellows hall. Members of the order In good standing are In- Tlted to attend. T ENO P03T, NO. 29, G. A. R., MEETS THB an. flnt and third Thursdays of each month. WOMZN'S RELIEF CORPS NO. 10, MEETS flnti and third Thursday! in each month. TfARMJt ALLIANCE Regular Quarterly - Meetlnr s will be held at urange uaxi. Roaebunr. the first Friday In December. March and June, and the third F: 'riday In September. T oaSBD Rli CHAPTER. NO. 8. E. 8.. MEETS ax thn second and fourth Thursdays of each mmth. ALICE SHERIDAN. W. M. DOSEBORO DIVISION NO 476. B. OF L.E aV meets eTerr second and fourth Sunday. T OSEBOBG R. D. LODGE, NO. tx. meets on Tuesday evening) K 41, 1. O, O. F. of each week, at the Odd Fellows halL Visiting sisters and I brethren are Invited to attend. MARTHA PARRY, N. G. ELA HENDRICKS. R. Sec ALPHA LODGE. NO. 47, K. OF P., MEETS every Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows Fli Visiting Knights in good standing cor dially Invited to attend. I. B. RIDDLE, K. R. S. 0. R. & N. X. MCNEILL, Receiver. JQ JJ Hj A 1 Gives the Choice of TWO Transcontinental . ROUTES VIA VIV Spokane Denver Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City Aim OU JraUl Low Kates to all Eastern Cities. OCEAN DIVISION. PORTLAND-SAN FRAXCISCO. Steamers leave Ainsworth dock, Fortland, at S p. m. every five days. Cabin. i.00. steerage, For full detaile call on or addres V. C. LONDOX, Agent, Ecseburg, Oregon, or address W. EL EUKLB URT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. BAST AND SOUTH THE SHASTA ROUTE OF THE Soithern Pacilic Co. frprtaa trains ItaT Portland dally. South I North :r. sr. 55 A.M. 10:Ua.x. Lt. -Lv. -Ar. - Portland - Ar. Rosebnrg - Lv. San Francisco Lv. S:10 A. M 11:40 r. m. 6:00 r. Jt. nf?wSifn3 at ? 1'ort'J. Orceon Su'.JUn?' Albanv JuncUon. Tangent Bhedds, Hafser, Harrlsburg, JuncUoncitT Irving Eugene. Creswcll, Drain, and all stations trom Roecburg to Ashland Inclusive lloscbnrsr Tlall Drtily. S:S0x. m. I 520 r.M. Lv. Ar. Portland -Roseburg Ar. Lv. f.sor. m sw a. x. ISalcm yasgenger-Dolly. 1:00 r.x. tUSr.M. LT. Ar. Portland Salem Ar. I Lv. WU5 AH. S0 A. M. DINING OA.IIS ON UGDKN HotJTE. Pullman Buffet Sleepers AND SECOND.CUIXS SIXErtNC CAItS Attached to all Through Trains. West Side Division. Between Vortland um! Corrnllla Mall train dally (eiccpt Sunday). 7:30 a. x. 12:13 r. x. Lv. Ar. Portland Corvallls Ar.l Lv. lXJr.x At Albany and Corvallls connect with trains ol Oregon Central & Eastern railroad. Japrcss train dally (except Sunday). I'.UF.X. IvT Portland . McMtnvlllo 725 r. X. Ar. Lv. Ar. S: a. S-fO A. Throngh Ttcketa to nil Volnta in tbo Enatern States, Canada nnd Europe can bo obtained at low. eatratea Irons Ucorj;o Estem, Agcut Koseburg. KOSHLER, E. P. ROGERS, Manager. Asst. G. F. A Pass. Agtn PORTLAND OREGON.