The Pluiiidoalor DEBT ADVERTISING MEDIUM riiMiNliml C t'l-jr I liinmlay AflrrimOB Altlnk nl MmIii Mtrval. MOWI'.lll'ItU, OHIidON II V Til - PLAINDEALCR PUDLItHINC COMPANY. Tho PlaMCfiler POSTERS, DODGERS, I KTTER HE A DP, BILL DEADS, ETC., ETC., ETC. Executed Neatly and al Living Rates. Vol. XXIX. ROSliBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, :8o8. No. 9. Matialr Meeting 11 '. 0. KI.Krt, UOHKIH'IIH MliHIg. NU, Ml, ' hull llii-tr ii'Klr i-iiiiiiiiuitltatloria at tlit I. it. it. v. liatl tin w-ii.iuu aim imirin iiiurauai 11I mull in on I li . All meiulirra reipinnlwl to ( Iimi'I r"iilarly. ami nil lulling lirnlhwi Dor Unlly 1 11 v Mu( ( UmhI. fHMI I'AUK TUHl'IN, K.K IIKUMAN M Align, (kiirrtaiy. I ft'Ul.A-t 1 oil NC I It. NO. il Jit. O. V. A. M. J nini-l rvml Vt"llii,'U)f eviullif I o'rliirk III tli (Mil Mn.milo IUII. Vlalllns lirolli-i. mo eonllnllv Im licit III aiunnl ii. H. wriii, iii.i, V. I iihht. I oiim llor lleimrilnnt Ni'i ri'lur)', f AI'ltKI. I.OIMIK, A. r. A A. M . UKUILAS m.iliii Um M anil 41b WaJtKwUjs In oauli inniilli. ... Hlt.K JUIISMOS, W. M. N. T. Jan al I, B'uey. plllll A mt KTillllN I (limit NO. . 1. O. O. 7. moaU Mitnritar rvuullia ol ch wrk l thrlr hull lu Uil'l fellow 'Inui'la at Hiiaeburg, Mmulirra ul ha urilnr In iimkI tlMiiUnS ar luvtl" -l lt altfll I. H'JUtkl Hdlll.NMUN, N. K. (I. Mn M i l, Ifc'O'r. RObKllUK'l I.OlKlK, NO. W, A. O. U. W. iiiihU llio mm'oiiiI aud luurtli Mumlajra ol pli nmulli mil Mt . m. ul OiM KiIIii( halt Mintm of inn order In i-mkI taullii ar lu vlt"t to llll'l. RP.NO 11 1 HMur un 10 . 1 A II MaT Till lint mul 'llilni 'I iiuradara til eauk moDth. vv UMKN'M ItKI.IKIT t OKI'H NO. 10, MXKT Dnl ami llilt.l Kll.laji lu cacn mullin. i;AI(Mir At.t.lANl K-Hosular gum-tori; A Merlin 1 will Im held al Urana Hall KiMKiliurc, the tlrat Friday hi llcwiibr, Mart mnt June ami llir tliliii rrlda lu rtvplauiber. KOMKIII'KiK IIAITKR.NO SO. K. 8.,MEfTK ilia M-iiinil ami luuilu Inuradais ol aaca ntiuli. Mill. I. IK HIAMBRHOK, W. M. HKlll.N A RAuT, W. R OXKIiriUi 1HV1MION NO 47. B. OF L. I ., UiruUi aterj twunn ami murin nuuu. ROH Kill' HO K. 1 LOlHiK, NO. II, I. O . T mi-rUiiiiluiUyevnliiliilan mctt at Ihe O.M Krllowa hall. Vl.itlui alatara ana urvlliieu ara Invllol lu atleml. M Kill I W KhI , N. li. A M A I A Mllll. R. Hc. AU'IIA lolilllt, NO 47. K. (r I .. MEIT1 VvViy Wttieailar cv.ului at (WJ faUowl Mall. VUltma KulKliU In iwil alaudlni cor illallj llltlUil to atleml. A. M. CUAWFORD, . i T K.miui I. Maratcti llulWIun. KOH1BUR0, OH. fafr-Ouiluru baloro tit lT. H. IjiiiJ OIIIc and uituTul t-aara a iiKi-lalty. Lata lUt-vlvcr V. H. UuJ OUce. HKUHOK M BIl.'WK. rait). ro Tfariri. JJHOWN & TUSTIN, Attorney s-at-Law, ItiMimt 7 anil H la A Wllaou ItliH-k. ROhBlll'KU, OR. w, H. WILLIS, Attarnoy and CounHflor at Law, Will oractlra la all tha ruarU of lha HtaU. Ol toa In Iba Court llouaa, UouicUa oounty, Or. c. 1 A. BBHLBUEDK. Attorney at Law, Koitburu, Urryon. ()e otar tha 1'oatolBea on Jackaua alratt. P. COSHOW, Attorncy-at-Liiw, HpcclMl nlltntloii itMvit lu Cum iiic-rclul l.uw ! collttlloii. Uilkcnii Jiu lon ti. i'polta Hloiiim'a block. KocKlll'Kii, OREGON. D STRATFORD, Attorney at Law, TMtofTwftou Block. RO.SBUKU. OR I B EDDY, I a Attorney-al-Law, R03Kllt'HU, OltKUt'N. HA U. RIDDLE, AtU)rney at Law, HOhKBUHO, ORKaON. ILMEU V. HOOVER, Physician and Surgeon, uI-Kli I : Muiu Hirci-I, one iliior notilli ol Oily Hull. UOMjltUim, ok- JJYRA BROWN, M. D. ol-KIOK, .'Kl'J Jm khoii Blrccl, al ri lilcncoiil Mra. J. Bluer. KOriBBUKU, OH, L. MILLER, M. D., Surgeon and Homoeopathic I'liybician, 'Obroola dlaeaiaa a inolallr, w ILL. 1 IIEYDON, iiimI Notary l'ulillc. OrriiK: In Court House. OiiIith lor Hiii vovIiik uml KloM Nolo abnulil ho aiUlritmii'il lu will r, lli'yiiini, iniiiniy aur Viyor, lluhrhiiiu, Dr. 4- STRICTLY ITK5T-CLA58. HOTEL .McCLALLEN. MHI. !.('. MK l.AI.I.KN, I f.,,,. aiAXQUAHTEsa ron travzli::3 xzit. HATI'.N KI'.ANI(A1II.IC. Iant, rinr hh in Rihiiik. Km- Bin to ami Krmii Traln. JERRY J. WILSON, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Jackaun Nlrrrl, All Mrpiilrlug nilruHla-fl to my care will lie I'momi'TI.v nun care rally don. I'KRKf) UKAHONAlll-K. H. C. STANTON BaaJtalraaalTait a naw and iiUuua Utk i DRY : GOODS UONH1BTINU Of LtillMi' DreHH (1001I1, Uibboun, TrlniDil.K', Ik, tie., V.tt. -ALSO A FINR KTO K OF- HOOT2S AII SIIOI Ol Ua hl quality aad Bol.h. GROCERIES , Wood, Willow and (iluiia Ware, Crockery, Cordage, Etc. lau oa aaiid lu Uiga quanlllina aad al prlcn lr aait taa uanx. Ali a Um aiock or Custom-Made Clothing For Choice Call at Stanton's for "L. V. M' WOODWARD -TIIK- ROSEBURG Doob Uji ALL COMPETITORS Waare alwaya in the Lead, ami tin ai' ti koop thorn. The (iolilon Ilarveat ii upon un, ami farm era aro amiling tecauaa Wooilwaril loo4i to their intcrcat. nu(a.v iiahi:s.s Full Trimmed TEAM HARNESS Thoa arc all Leather nil Warrautoil. SADDLES At Reduoed l'ricei. Couault your purao aud la aura and aoa Woodward before buying. W. G. WOODWARD B iiohwi:m,i IoiikIm'4 t'ouiily, Ori'uon. Till) viators ol I IickO Siirliiua eonlnlii : lotllne, Bromine, rotaamtiin. tin I u I'l.i.iiul,.. .if trim and Lime ami t lilurli'lu ol Calcium, MiiKiiuiliim and ckxli uui. Ona Bnrlnc eotilHlns 4:,5 and the cither uier WOO gralua ul aolld matter lo t tic kkIIou. luali-d mi tin) Soiilliiun l'm lllo Kuiliuail, 'Bliaata miito ' irom Man 1 ihiu Imm to l'oitlnnd, in Uouglu I on illy, Oivgou, Am-iHvatod eanrK ul Itlii'iiiiiiitlxiii. NiimiI I a larrli, Catarrh ol the Hninarli, Uy-ie'.-lu. I'iu bU, Neuraliia, Malarial I'oli-oulni.-. klilnry Trouble, (onatlpatloii, HiM-aaea ot the Hkiu, Liver and BowoU, nud Vt'iien al iliM iiMH have been cured by the utv of lUcso n uteri. New bath-rooms roniiccted Willi tlic iiihIu bulldln. fiiktolTIco and KnprekN on tliu 'icm- lsea. Dally man, norm una aoiiiu. Triim-10 per week, per iliiy, iiiclinlliu! lathi. The Hotel lh under the liuiuediHle iiih iIi ol .... CAvr, ii:n. i. iioswi.1,1,, Ui7ta7 MnnuKer. Aak your Druggist CATARRH for a timiMua 'ITS? M mi 8AIV IO CENT TRIAL SIZE. Ely's Cream Balm emitalna mi rorieuc, 1 . Hierciiry nor any "iiu i . Iiijurloiiadiuj,'. ltlaipilfUly Aluorbeil, ;'.. y, tllvm Uelli al mice, ls It oiiinia and riciiiu'i'i- . . " COLD H EAD lluula and I'ruln-ta tlio Miiiil i.iiui. ItiMtnnv tli.i hriuv id 'J il and humll. l ull bi 60c. j Tnul Hoc liln.t at Hrnj'.iiKta nrhy mill. l:LX DUy'llJlilO, in! Wiiircu street, New uik. Tongue' Speech. I 'uliKMnmiiHti Ton kmc at tho coiicluaiill ol u aiii'iti'li ill llui Iidihi) ol rrpre"til(t 1 1 von in (ippoHiti'iii i'i lha Jciiiir renolu tiun hiiIiJ : "In my j'l'lKtni'iit, Mr. Hpi-nkcr, if tliif eoiii i-hh, hv ntiy art, law, or ili'i laratluri. ruiilil CHlnliliah a iiicjiidtury nlniiiluni of Iim I inti'ii rjtHlca ao Unit It would remain n I'ltitinly fur llio loininx ci.'iitnry, so llial itii'ti (-iikii;!v1 in l)iinlriaa entarpriaei, iinikiiiK rurilrncta. Ixirrowinu' nionu. or ! IrmliiiK moiii-y, iiircliain or acllitiK I rnpi-rly, would know beyond ijiicntioD llial ii ' n llio tiny ol mtllciri'iit tliere muiihl Im Iim a i tnu iitttKiard of valnn bb mi Um iIiit nf r'nitrarl. tho I'nlli'.l Hlim n would i-n'i-r upon a'i rra of Iim k'fiuiiHt proppcriiy llmt it liai over kiiua n. ' II in wnrk now l t-(or thn rpiiilii:an parly, which i im m aoik uhovn Mil oili-i-rn to mroiiiplitli, 4 to i-ctaliliah thia ri'iUlnly. It muni lid IIib liUHlnvrB of lint run lit f y of thin iliiliirliuii thrust (hat tow pi-rvmli'M it HIiHthpr ara to maintain iiiiioUii; our preaenl Mamlard, iiiiiiiiiiiin utiiliililv In our huainee affaire, a t i in it 7 it i t I tm.iii-' -titiTriaca, and kiiitiK a I -out I,iiiiiibh prrn-pf rily, or whether i uto to ki to a etlvi-r etaodard, diaor k'ltui.a Hvuiy Ii')hiiiii eril'ir pnee, dielurh tvrry liiiHiurax rvU'i hi, liankrupt every Im iiiiimh I'liivrprlat, and involve the whole p npluof II in L'nltod HlaKB ia linarcUl t i,iii, ih now the tsiuo liefore ihi iHrnplu id tho United htatea "l niil llmt Ibhiii ia etld there , huiil.l In- in, waveriMtr, no oquivocalinn, li. i iflixuinii id viKilani-". No elTurt f-hould U rpari-d, no patriotic ciiir.Mii of Iim I'riiti d M ara Nhould leave hie poal or ni'i;li-i t Ida p'jhiii'al dntii B until ihia itieiion ie (tiled ri(htly and eettlml for all lime. l'iviated of ita entitle phraae o'nKy und l alrhinit worde, this resolution ili-liiun iim political laaune fur thoroninir cutiipnlKti. I hit coiitrBt la on National at.d iinlii idiiul honor, liusineaa wellare and priiKpt-rily depend upon thn Uaue, und ll.v victory for their dele cue and proietvaUoii muel ho won." I.Ik Head Items. Haiti) wt atlu r lit prcaei.t. 1'he i iniili.ir iiiini'B are running ni'ht ond day. r-alli-r Mi uro, Jim und Willie Latham moon tin-hick Int. Wu lioi- ihevwill recover nun. home id the people in thia valley are putliiiK i n .i Knod deal of Hlyle lately. Mich Keilhii Manteli ie Htajinn with Mim. MuM't a ut prcfctit. Wo ten II. 15. ninde u tiip d ivi ii there a lew i!.tyg uo. M;t- 1 .a vii, iii 1 wiiituui.a in tilayiux Willi Mtl. (illkl-i'll. John Joliiint ii hits had lu stop ttutkit ut the iiiiih-h en account of it heing loo loir I vtork. MixR.Matv Kirharddou ia working Bt Mm. L:ttlMtiiH. There feeiue to he ijuite n di iiiitiid fur i! hero ut preaent. A. l ihlii r went to Monmouth to attend hiH fail.i-rV lunerul. Mimi Alice I'niniy ie Hlu)iti with Mr.. Witt. John I'Uik rt'lurned fioin Oakland yi-Htcriiay w In-ro ho hud hecti on a vieit to loa wile und children. Miss Kllu I'.rown in with Mre. Moore. I.ewiii Mi.tiu und Trunk Finney are tenilini! Hie drier nt tho mines. Mr. I.i n don Iiki cotno down from his iiiotiiit.iiu I ome on uccounl of hie wife's health. litid l.evehue iit working at the Black Hutle luincH. Luke Sn.lii-rland hua returned to this valley HJ.MIII, Ho cou'd not stand It to Htny ii way any longer. There ure H few women utid giriu in valley who arc I .ilk iim of Koin lo Klon dike in lh ppiini:. Some to find men and ol lit' r to liml yold. Some of the iiihht crew ut tho mines aro yettitiK toateil, thinking there is a w ildcat over thete. Hut it proves to be a tamo cat. l'on't yet scared boys. Walter Mosh r will start for Washing ton soon. Wu wit-h bitu Kood tuck. C. B. S. Spraying. The Jaunury bulletin from the Orfijou Agricultural exporimotit station deals w ith the tmhject ol epruyimi, and a copy can lo hud hy anvono in Ihe state who will send to ihe college and reijuest it A letter to tho faculty from Hon. II. U. Miller of lirunts Tokb in answer to an inipiiry, la in part as follows: "I n the district where we packed near ly forty carloads of apples Ihe pack did nut average over lifty ier rent of the fruit picked. This was iu Jackson and JoHetihine counties. " Ihe Rtcateft daiuano was caused by the codlini: moth, but 1 also found a few orchards that had been great producers almost ruined by canker, and many other valuable orchards almost ruined by San Joso scale. Ihe entire crop of sev eral orchardH, with a thousand bushels each of otherwise fine apples, was worth less because of scale. It is quite Bale to eay (hut in tho Kogue Uiver couutry alone tho loss of fruit from moth and scale equalled fifty thousand dollars, and the work ol tho codlmii moth and lha apple scab throughout the Willamette vulloy ia kd had that not one-tenth of the apples urn marketable. I believe it a very motieraiu estimate oi um ions in this state this year from scalo, moth and scab to phu'ti it nt one hundred and fifty thoiiSHinl ilollars. "1'he liiniiiid amount of sprayiiiK was a great nurpiiso to me. I am tirmlv convinced thut two-thirds of tho orchards now heating good fruit will be worthless within live years occuuse of failure to spray. Secretary Wilnon of the department ol ugiicultiue matutaltiB that no real ob jeciion cxiHtti to tho uuuesatiou of Ha waii from tho Htandpoint of the beet su gar grower. 10 ven ut tho pteteut time, with thu Ireo importatiou of sugar from Hawaii, hee'-Httgar growers liml a fair prolit in their crop, hut as the 11a waiian sugar planter is a one-crop man, it is only a question of a short time whim ho will exhaust the fertility of his soil for this crop and then, haying to buy lerUli.erH, ho will bo uuablo to cuinpelrt with the Amuricun beet-sugar fui'iner, Tho secretary believes, howev er, that tho augur crop of Hawaii will be Lriuduullv diHplace l by llio growth ol liopieal fmilH, col'fee, etc., (or tho culture i of which Hawaii otl'ois spleudid opor- tuiiilieB, and in tho production of which I llio t;tutcu ol the I'mmi cnunot i'omiote. NOTn AND COMMENT. Tho prohibition catntiaiirn has Lieu openrd in Kugene, Usv. N, A. Baker of I'ortlaud spoke on. "the laaues" last week. Hereral paper hav already declared war against Hpain. The pen in great weapon when In ttia uamis of a news paper. Albany lJemocrat. It Is waste of time and apace on the part of The Tribune to say unkind tlilnua about Judge Northrop. He ia too thoroughly a gentleman to be affected by nere words I'acific Empire. Ihe theory that told is appreciating ba Juat received a very black eye by tho discovery that the valu of the uold mined in the world In 18'J7 exceeded the total vain, of both yold and silver mined in the world in 1887. Kale iii Statesman: It may take five or six years to finish Yatuoa harbor im provements, according lo the plans. But it ia good to know Ihe work will go forward and continue to be prosecuted without interruption. The way to harmontaa Is to harmonize. Ignore all factions, stand for trne repnb. In-aniain and don't allow anyone to de fine it for you. Get squarely on the Hi. Ixjuia platform with both feet and let the enemy do all the howling and kick iug. lleppner Gazette. "Now, honor bright, is Ilinirlev re BiKineitile for the snow storm?" l'eoria Derai l. We must admit he pat ice on the fre lit, and there snow use den ing that the Hingley tariff reigna, and every patriotic protectionist in the land liaiia prosperity's return. Barlini.ton Hawk eye. Ihe fact that the forces of democrats, fiopuliste, and silver are to be combined nihe approaching congressional cam paign makes it necessary that all friends of sound money and honesty in national allairs shall work together in the nomin ation and election of members of con gress. Misfortune seems to follow us In sunshine or in rain, We cannot guard against it, Our efforts are in vain. Hot if Uncle ham, finds out Who blew up the warship Maine, There'll lie a hot time iu Madrid that night! There was never a purer exponent of republican principles than Mr. McKin ley. Hince his elevation to the presi dency he ha t een the same plain gen tleman lie was before, lo- he is a man prosperity cannot spoil. He is a typical American aud a'genuine republican. Tribune. In 1&3 a craze arose for naming valley towns after Indians. The result was that Albsny was called Tekenab, Salem was changed to Chemekata and Mary ville to Corvallis. The former two dis played good judgment in returning to the former names, but t!.o heart of the valley up the river never did so Demo crat. T. 11. KUri.lui. Sr. unit T. I). Nnlfriiisn. Ir . foliar itrol Ann rn Imth nna nrt tha retired list of ihe navy, with the rank of rear admiral. A eon of the youoger man ia m. Ii0iitinanr rAmmirilar in f hn morvina and a grandson is just entering it. It t enins to look, just a little 09 tne navy is brromina a sort of Selfridffe trust. S. F. Itulleiin. Eugene Keuit-ter: Nothing pleases the average popocrst more than to read of a reduction cf wages, which he can attri bute to the Hingley law. 1 tie tariff baa no more bearing upon the case than it would have upon the unprofitable enter prise of a chittim-bark speculation, but it makes a chance for a calamity bowl. and that is the stock in trade. A Kansas editor, writing of a cyclooe. said it turned a well in side out, a celler upside down, moved a township line, blew all the staves out of a whisky bar rel and left nothing but the buughole, changed the day of the week, blew the hair ou a naldbeaded man, blew mort mortgages off farms, blew the cracks out of a fence and took all the wind out of a politician. The arrival of hobos in the city ia al most of daily occurrence, but their at tempts to ply their vocation here are soon intercepted. The latest batch were promptly shipped after their arrest and conviction a few days ago. When the railtoud is completed their access to the citv will bo more convenient and their exit from the city will also be swifter if uot more lasting, Astorian. A Toronto woman, over 60, recently gave birth to a baby girl. An Oklahoma woman, oo. lias made the same record. Juba, king of Mauritania, died at the age of Ul, leaving a posthumous child. farravlcint, a Iryolese gentleman, mar ried at and was the father of seven children, the last of whom was post- liumous, the lather dying at the age of 104. lha old fools are bound to keen un their record for being the biggest fojla. Tho Lakeview Rustler In a five-Inch article, long primer type, double- leaded, publishes "a few items of lhng- ley prosperity" strikes, reduction of wages, etc. hy not publish a compar ison, Populist Oliver, of factory and la bor condition under the wuson-Uorman law and the Dingiey law? If you have not type enough in your office to publish tho consequences of the Wilson tariff curse, we will loau you some. Klamath ttepuuiican. Two years ago the wool growers oi Oregon were seriously contemplating giving up the business, but now they will soon hold a conventiou to consult upon methods for increasing it. II Bryan had been elected there would nave been no wool convention and possibly in a few years uo wool. These who supported Uryati two years ago are preparing for another assault upon the republican parly aud the gold standard, but -will re ceive little Aid from woolgrowers. Tele gram. A gentleman of the skeptical turn of mind who was making a lecturing tour ihrouuh tho country arrived one evening at a school house where he was to speak, beiug asked by an old larmer w ho was ureeoul what lulootl he was uoiuit lu lecture on, replied, "Unsolved, that 1 will not bolieve uiiylliiug which 1 do not undorstaud." "Oh!'' bays the .farmer; "Well, my horeo ruts grass aud it grows out hair all over him, my sheep eat the same kind of grass uud it grows out wool all over them, my geese eat juat the same kind of grass and it grows nut feathers all over them, do vuti uudur stand thut, hey ?" The skeptic's answer is not on record. Treasury figures are assuming a bright er and more satisfactory coodilioo. Re ceipts the month of February averaged over a million dollars a day and pros pect are that this month will be even tetter, Al the total expenditures of the f overnment average bnt a million dol ars a day. it will be seen that tha new law Las already practically reached the point promised by ita framers an In come equal to tha expenditures. Mr. Ben Monet, who left Albany sev eral weeks ago for the gold field of the North, returned last night and Is at tha Kues (loose. Ua went only as far as Juneau. He Ieetrnxl the situation suf ficiently to satisfy him that tha sooner ha returned boma tha better for him. Hundreds of men at J una a and 8ka way ara absolutely without money enough to get a place to sleep, and spend th nights in public places often with a stick of wood for a pillow. Democrat. How do Benatur Teller and bis free silver associate who have been demand ing that the bonds of tha United Bute shall be declared payable Id silver justify their course in the light of the fact tbat the Mexicao government, wboee financial methods tbey profess fo so much admire, ia juat arranging for a new isaoe of bonds payable in gold and gold only7 Bnt a trifling inconsistency of this kind cats do figure with men who are merely advo cating a cause for what they cao get out of it in the matter of official preferment or other ise Ex. We bsvs competition enough io this country without inviting tbat of the world at, large. We can reasonably hope to raise the atandard of southern wage to a point of equality with tbat of the north and ihus in the and restore tha possibility of good wages in the cotton industry throtuhout the country, but w cannot expect to accomplish so much for all the cheap labor countries of tbe earth High wsgei and prosperity are tbe child ren of protection, ana we most maintain the mother if we would have tbe off spring. ban Francisco Cull. Governor Lord has appointed J. E. Hsaeltine, of Portland : G. C. Beekman. of Jacksonville; Henry E. Doech, of rortland; J. t . Batcbelder, of Portland ; R D. Ioman. of Portland : J. A. Wriaht of Sparta; J. Henry Longmaid of Bourne; J. JO. Day, of Roeeborg; Philip Mets cban, of Salem ; Claud Gatch. of Salem ; E. P. McCornack, of Salem; II. B Mil ler, of Uranus Pass ; Col. B F. Alley, of uaker vaj ; J. u. rJantborn. of Astoria. to make preparation for tbe proper repiesentation ut tbe resources and in dustries of Oregon at the Omaha exposi lion. fbe following table elvics the amount of money io circulation at tbe beginning of laet month compared with that in cir culation at the beginning of the mouth in which Air. Bryan was nominated is extremely interesting, and will be oee fol for reference during tbe coming cam paign, in wbicn tbe Irei-eilveutes will sgain insist tbat their proposition is tba only one which can increase the currency of tbe countiy. Money in circulation in tha United States February 1, I9-J8. . . . : ..... I,72y,0VI,22S July 1, 18'Jo 1,006,434,906 Gain in l'J months 1223,556,202 Hon. T. T. Gear baa not been heard from lately, but a number of newspapers in different parts of the state are urging him as a candidate for goyernor. The Roseburg Plaindealeb savs: "It ia generally understood tbat Hon. T. T. Geer will be a candidate for tbe nomina tion for governor. If bo be will have quite a number of friends In this neck of the woods, and will make a good run If nominated." There ia no name, more popular in Yamhill at this time, and they seem to regard him in sbout the same light over in Tillamook. We quote tbe Herald: "Tbe logic of political events in Oregon seems to point to tbe nomination and election of Hon. T. T. Geer, of Marion county, for goyernor. Mr. Geer would be an ideal man for the position. A clean man. qualified for tbe position, unidentified with any political faction, and one who has the welfare of tbe common people of Oregon at heart, being himself a member of tba farming community, be would be a true repre sentative ol tbe daring race of men who have built up Oregon." McMinyille Re porter. Oakland Notes. (From the Gazette.) Tbe '03 bop crop is being contracted at 8 centa. Tbe mountains to tbe east bave worn caps of snow during the week. Oakland was visited by a bigb wind sunday night, doing a slight damage to signs and chimneys. Mrs. L. B. Stearns and daughter Eth el, of Portland, arrived baturday and are visiting friends. W. S. U'Ren was in Oakland Monday, but disappeared as mysteriously as be came. There were no trains out and so horses from tbe livery. How did be go? An elk four years old, which has been in captivity since it was a calf, fatted by Bud Martin, was slaughtered Tuesday by Neaa Brothers. It dressed 450 pounds, and the meat Is said to surpass in flavor that of the wild elk. A Literary tlem. Among the gems of Eoglish literature entitled to rank with the Gettysburg ad dress of Abraham Lincoln and Shakes iieare'B choicest poetry, ia the following lullaby of Superintendent Snyder of the Belcher mtao: Man is a vapor full of woes Starts a mine and up he goes ; Finds a pick heennnot wield Enters then the discouraged Held. Msu la a vapor full of woes Behind a cay use about be goea. He tackles a trail for timber land Searching for a paying mine He finds a lead with millions In it. Happy he then for a minute! He tiods at last it will not pay Not a trace will it ursty A season or two he runts about Digs a hole and peters out. Baker City Republican. Everybody Bays 8o. Cascureta Caudv Cathartic, the most won derful medical diecovery ol tha age, plea. ant ut:d refreshing to the table, act gently utul positively on kidneys, liver aud bowel, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure heuilaeho fever, habitual constipation and blllimane. Please buy and try box of O. C. C. to-Uuvs 10, 03,50 cent. Boldand guaranteed to cure by all druggists. Mrs ft JOSEPHSOn Dry Goods Gents' Furnishing- Goods BOOTS AND SHOES HATS AND CAPS ilOTlOiS AMD FANCY GOODS ejaftaxy CANDY CATHARTIC 25c 50c -. Alexander 4 Strong's FOB Rockers. Pictures, Picture Frames. Rugs, Curtains, Carpets, And everthtrtf Furniture Store. Real Estate Bought and Sold r3SJT L Farms, large and small, to Rent, AND IMMEDIATE POSSESSION GIVEN. 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 3D. S. K.BTJTOK, JUST ARRIVED! MSiiiV'.'ii' Fc'' 1 ''I , r j ' 1 -r-f v- asw Direct from the Factory, which they will sell at lower prices than ever. Great Bargains in GENTS! t CLOTHING! BOYS' & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Will be closed out at Less than Cost. CARO BROS, f THE BOSS STORE. KRUSE & SHAMBROOK, UKALEB8 IN ALL KINDS OF STAPLE 1 FANCY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS FINE TEAS AND COFFEES A SPECIALTY. ALSO A FULL LINE OF TOBACCO &c OIO-ATtS. GIVE I S A TBIAL. FRIvH DKMVKHV,. ALL DRUGGISTS usually tauad la a .AT.. CARO BROS. Boss Store CAR LOAD ..or. bootsshoes Ou V001 South of t. 0. ROBKBl'HO, OHMJON,