uialorital Society Oregon dvertising on Mrinnno - - - Iq bnsy seasons brings yon yoor share of trade; $ advertising ia doll 6ea- Is a Tery important factcria business. Poor printing r- fleets no credit on & erwl 0 sons brings you your share, and also tbat of the merchant who. "can't af- 9 business Lonso. Let us do your Jo- & Printing we froarantee it to be id ord" to advertise. Published on Mondays and Thursdays Established 1868. tt every way satisfactory. 5 Vot. XXXIII. ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1902. No. 81 I - 1 A 5 ooooooooooooooocooxoeooxcoooe R. A. BOOTH, . A.C.MA.RSTERS. H.C.GALEY, J President, Vice President. Casliicr Q Douglas County Bank, Established IS83. Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOARD OF DIRECTORS F. W. BESSOS, R. A. BOOTH, J. II. BOOTH, J. T. BRIDGES J. P. KELLY, A. C. MABSTEES. K. L. MILLER. "A general banking business transacted, and customers given every accommodation consistent with safe and conservative bankings V 2 Bank open from nine to twelve CKOOCOCXD00000000 JHf -X. .- aw vtlC Vtl The place to find them is at k I STROflG'S FURNITURE STORE I J? A complete line of Rlaukets aud Comforts tbat are excellent in quality and reasonable in j. rice. Jast recieved a new "line f rugs "ranging in size from small tip to 0xi2 and Our store is fV! "r good things and we can fit up j-our home complete and it will be up to date if. i you buy of us. . I Remember the place ' B. W. STRONG, - 320 Jackson St. 8 - Bring Us Your ... 7t FOR CASH I F RARKFR'm Kruse & Newland Pirct rlscc ur prices are alwaJ's risbl 1 II 3t Wlu35 and stock complete Groceries... i -.Also a full line of... DEVER'S - - - ZFxesl. blend G-arden coffee Seeds Highest price paid for Produce. Give a call OUR MOTTO IS TO PLEA S K -x Kruse Newland We guarantee every pair of shoes we -ave in stock to had for the money: We are sole agents for the famous Edwin C. Clapp Walk-over and full line of Kiteh shoes for men, also the famous Queen Quality shoes for women. Try us. FLINPS POPULAR SHOE STORE. Opposite First National Bank Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cookingr is to have good fresh Groceries, and to get them promptly when vou order them. Call up 'Phone No. 181, for good goods and good service. C. W. PARKS & CO. mm w hi 11 -AND- --- - 1 Tii'jv .! Itoijiir,', Mi-Viii'.l S 411 Linj' for all points ou Coos Bay. Good Spring Hack leaves Iloseburg Every Morning at 6 o'clock. Incorporated igoi. and from one to three. ' 0 .mv vwv ju . .tt w-a V f' V- WT-Jl in price from Si. 25 to $30. I CKiCKENS. EGGS. BUTTER. OR TRADE be the best to beT and Krippendorff EMPIRE- LiVefiJ, Feed find ale fables C. P. Babhabd, Prop. Saddle Horses, Single and Double Rigs at a I hours Transient Stock gven very be care ..... Rates always reasonable SHOES NEW AGRICULTURAL HALL Interesting Dedicatory Exercises at the OregoTAgricuItural College, SFFICKES BY PROMINENT OREGOMANS A Roseburg Man the Father of the Bill Creating this Popular Edu cational Institution. J. G. Flouk and wife, of lioseburg, at tended the dedication of the new agri cultural college hall, at Corvalliw, Wednesday of last 'week. A fine pro gram was arranged and very suecessfuliy carried out. It will be remembered by many of the old Oregon legislators that it was Mr. Flook, who as representative from Douglas eounty iu IStiS, framed, introduced and caused the pas-jgo of the bill creating the Oregou Agricul tural College, which, from a small be ginning, has grown to be one of the very foremost educational institutions of our state. Needless to say, the recent, dedi cation of another fine new building on the beautiful college campus at Corwl lis, with appropriate ceremonies, af forded Mr Flook, "the father of the O. A. C," as well as the faculty aud col lege board, much pleasure, and marked a new ejoch in the progress and ad vancement of this splendid, popular and practical educational institution. THE DEDICATION EXEBCISES. Addresses pertinent to the occasion were made by Governor Geer, Congress man Tongue, Consul H. B. Miller, State Lecturer A. T. Buxton, of the Grange ; President Weatherford, of the board of regents, end others. The attendance from abroad was several hundred, and included elate officials, leading farmers and distinguished men iu all walks of life. Thfr guests were banqueted by the women of Corvallis in a manner that elicited warmest praises Trom all the visitors. A slight iuut pievailed a por tion of the afternoon, but it was. not heavy enough to interfere with the pleasure of the occasion or to prevent the guests from visiting the college grounds, farm and buildings. From 12 m. to 3 p. m. all Corvallis business houses were closed, and business men and others devoted time and effort in extending hnspitality to the guests, and to show them about the grounds. On account of the dampness outdoors, the dedicatory ceremony, planned to take place on the lawn in front of the new building, occurred in the Armory along with the other speeches of the day. As a whole no event in the history of the college appears to have been of as great significance as this one, and its succe was unquestionably a source of plsur to all who participated, whether as a guest or otherwise. DIVX'EB SERVED BT THE WOME-V'. The guests arrived on the noon tiaiis They were met at the railroed station by delegations of citizens, w ho escorted them to the new building. There, in a room on the basement floor, luncheon was served to alL The decorations were an effect iu autumn leaves. Vines, mostly of wiid blackberry, intertwined with clematis, hung in festooons from column to column. The ' tables were decorated with autumn leaves, graj vines and huge bunches of grapes. The whole effect was very pleasing. THE SLW BC1LDI.NG. The building stands on the south side of the college campus, to the right and in front of the Admiaistration building. The lower story is of granite, quarried from the Cascades, and the two upper stories of Pioueer sandstone. The roof is prettily broken up and lovt red with a dark red Inetal ti:e The cornice is metul, painted a light gray, which con tributes to the'geceral harmony of the whole exterior of the building. The structure contains 33,000 feet of floor space, aud 50 rooms. The main en trance is of true Keinaissauce design, with a fine y carved keystone and capi tal. A unique door with leaden panel window separates the vestibule from the nui in entrance hall. The floor of the vestibule consists of hard eement, as do all the floors on the lower story, and the roorts are wainscotedwith the same ma terial. Oa the right of the entrance is the dairy department, while the office of the instructor is immediately to the left. i)irectly opposite the entrance is th livestock judging-room, 40 feet square. J he second floor is reached by a broad stairway, terminat:ng in a large and weil lighted hall. At ths right is a gen eral lecture 100m to be provided with permanent etereopticon, and for use for conventions of farmers, horticulturists, dairymen and for special lectures to students in agriculture. On the same floor are three rooms for the bacterio logical department, with laboratory and incubator room. On the third floar are the departments of horticulture, en tomology and botany. The department of entomology and zoology will occupy seven rooms. The entire south wing of the building for three stories, consisting altogether of about 10,200 square feet of floor space, will be devoted to chemistry. Oa the ground floor is a general laboratory for general chemistry and qualitative anal ysis. Oa the second floor at the cast end is the laboratory for advanced stu dents in quantitative analysis aud re search work. On the third floor is a large general lecture room, which will be equipped with -Etereoj)ticon, electric furnace and other modorn appliances necessary for instruction in chemistry. The fourth floor, comprising SI 73 square feet of floor space, is the general museum, embracing paleontological specimens and collections of the fauna and iiiiin-ralH of the state. For harness, or anything in the liar uess line cull on F. Long & Sons nenr he depot. Repairing a specialty THE GREAT WONDERS OF OREGON The Live Stock World's Correspondent Writes of Them Entertainingly. Land of Great Opportunities Scenes More Beautiful and Impressive Than Travelers Find Abroad. (Live SIvk k WorW Spcinl.) Hdstinotox, Or. Sept. 23. For sev - eral days past I have been duin. or rather letting northern and eastern Ore gon do me, I presume on the principle of the Texas cowboy who gH something and addressed his companions as fol lows:, N. "Well, boys, I have got religion and projiose to do to others as they woulj do me but I iropose to do the other fel low first." 1 have been windjamminz among the natives of the Columbia and Snake rivers until I cannot sjeafc, but as I never could make headway bv talk ing I have to fail back on the pen in or der to get even w ith some of those fel lows whose larnyx is as elastic as a 1 ub ber band and has the temier of Damas cus steel. I never met a resident of Or egon who would not make a first-c'as real estate agent, and I associated, with some of those web-footed natives of the Columbia river to such an extent that in my dreams I thought that . the cuti cle extended from toe to toe and in the marsh or partly inundated lands ef that noble river I had started a papyrus plantation and was making a fortune out of pajer reeds, the same in kind and texture that the ancient Egyptians used to grow on the banks of the Nile. POINTER FOR SECRETARY WILSON. And on thiuking over the matter seri ously and with all the light before us we honestly believe that if the secretary of agriculture would wnro paper rvtd seed from the lakes of the upper Nile and distribute it in Washington and Oregon, Louisiana and Florida . that in a few years we would have a ntw anil profita ble industry in the United States; but to leave Egypt and total failure of the pnper crop of the Nile for one thu;nd years past, we oj-n our eyes in Wa--Ji-ii:?tn or Oregon and fee the mighty forests, many of the tr-s towering up skyward TitiO feet and sothick tbat un derneath the branches the san never shines end a Tftual clHiti sti-ms to have settle! on the face of Mother Earth. IfwSjiet ut into a clearing and lik oiit e ti-e forests extending in undulating waves or looking up to the mountains we see in some places fort-ht? and tiything but forests. It may lie that l.igli up n the mountains e see erpet'ial enow or gl.u iets thi.-fi h::ve existed for th.m-ands un thonsaviN of years j'rhapsthe la.-t remnant of the glacial eri til, the mountains luiv ing been forced up by internal strife while the surrounding country by a mighty force of nature as 1 v;ng ground into clay. Iukiag out and all around from th too of a mountain in full right of Mount Harder and the glaciers of eternal ice and snow looking at trees which were tall and vigorous at the time when the Nazariue spoke of thi lilies and tkefr glorious dress, we came to the conclusion that anv man occupied but a very small niche in the cavern of time, but moralizing is not our forte, yet standing oa that mountain we saw life as we never saw it before the niighty works of an Almighty God end in the contemplation of the grandest scenery the world ha. to offer, this question found utterance, "What is man?" BETTER THAN" ECKOPE.- Thqisands of Americans cross the At lantic to see the Alps or other far famed H)ints of interest in Europe, and to them the beauty ami grandeur of their own country is unknown. Along the water ways traversed by steamship or on the cars of the Oregon Railroad and Naviga tion Co is to be found scenery by the side of which the Alps aie, to use an homely expression, "small potatoes and few in a hill ;" and if you would take all the rivers of Europe and let them form one stream, it would be a rivulet iu com parfson to the ruagnificient Columbia river ; and take all the forests of Europe and there is not one that can produce a tree as large, ) straight or stately, or from which one-half as much lumber could be sawed as could be sawed from ten million trees on the watershed of the- Columbia. Everything is on a' grand and noble scale mountains, val leys, forests and rivers; and where the land has been cleared and man has at icir.pted to tickle the bosom of earth with the plow, the result of agriculture has not been measured by the coon skin but nature has thrown in the length of the tail also. Everything on the Pacific slope is ou a niOBt generous scale and earth, sky and ocean sjeak in tones of wondrous praise. Scientists have writ ten on the size and beauty of the flora and funa of the carboniferous and meso toic jHjriods of creation and jiaintetl beautiful word pictures of tbtj glory nnd effulgence of the rising ami setting sun in those d.ys of dreamland, but there was no human eye to see, no ear to hear, no brain to reason, no heart to comprehend. A WONDERFUL ItWil lNj- No doubt in too Jiumid atmosphere and intenpc heat the flora eclipsed any. thirg now known. No doubt the Saur ian monsters, with their dull small eyes were of gigantic prorortions the same as their fossil remains found on the plgins' and tablelands west ot the Rocky and east of the ChschiIo mountains testify, but man had no existence tfien and as we admit that man, 1m he what he may, educated animal or divine emanatioli is the highest type of life or existence ever found ujxju earth tbat tbe earth I producing such life must be at its high- I . . ........ .. r ... iesi suiic 01 perfection. "0 want to write on the bread and butter side of the Trans-Rocky Mountain country, but when we contemplate the vastness, the richness and glory, past, present andtfutare we get side-tracked at the immensity dawning upon us, whereto commence, how to commence. The agri cultural products of Oregon alone in PJ0C amounted to 127,000,000. The value of the live stock was not stated. This year it is stated that agricultural products will amount to $.15,000,000 The articles enumerated consist ft wheat, - corn, oats, hay, otatog wool, hop?, larley, mohair and vege tables. ', CiREATIS OREOOS. The total output of saw nulls in Oregoc last yeat mounted to nearly fO,fX).OO0 It is stated that with a lvanoed prices anc increased facilities this year's ontpu'., wiil amount to $15,000,000. The total 0' live stock values shipied out of Oregoi. last year was 13,000,000. The live stocl. industry is only in its infancy and thai. is the business to interest the readers of Live Suk World. In northeastern, central and southeastern Oregon Ls to be found the beet range . country e haw ever seen when ail tWngs are taken in to consideration and there are ojieuingM for thousands oi jtock farmers. Tlw territory indicated lies on - a vast table land so to stieak, nndiilating from tho valley of the CoiumUa and Snake rivers an 1 tenth- rising to an altitude from 1,000 to 4,000 feet. Thousands of claim:! could be taken op by enterprising men all along the east side of the Cascade mountains and this t-irit .nr ia practi cally unoccupied. Tiwre are mi. lions ot acres of zood jasture lands, hundreds of .-(rings and creek ; small hut very fertile valleys and unlimited range for cattle, but in three or four years from now all will 1 changed. Fresent rang busi ness w ill have given place to stock farm ing as sneh and the hundreds of me t who are looking for locations for goo 1 s'ock farms w. erft they ca.i contnJ their own laud will do well to turn their eyes to the plains of Oregon, or to the foothills on the east side of the Ca.i cade range. To grt to this new country iu the most direct way from the soutli west ia to strike the Union Pacific i t I Vnver and follow it to PocaU-llo wlieie yon strike the Oregon Short line and yy to Huntington, Ore., and thentakiig the Oregon Railroad" and Navifc-ati Cottipany's line to the nearest pniut yxu may desire to see. It would 1 a little more expense but we would choose this route: Take the train to Portland a id from Portland go south as far as Albany, Eugene or Roseburg and then take a team and travel over the Cascade ran re at one of the three passes and tln'n go east and locate a claim ; or a person might go to Prairie City, a little east of the center of Orego 1 and then trael west until be reached a desirable location. THB GARDES OF THE GODS. In our previous five letters regarding the advantages the great West has to offer houieseekers, men of limited means and men w ho desire to take ad vantage of the good things Uncle Sum has to offer to meu who desire to inviist along other lines thin the livesttck business, we failed to notice the natu-al advantages the southwestern part of Or egon has to oner, mere are to be found the primeval forests, fresh and new as from the hand of a benign God, in many places having never leen dese? erated by the foot of man." This land is oen to settlement to the homesevker or timber claimant. There are thousands upon thousands of quarter sections stat able for agriculture, stock raising or dairy farms; with running creeks nd grass green the year around except in midsummer. There are claims open to settlement fro'm which can be cut from every quarter section of land at the t rst or choice cutting from' 4,000,000 to S.000,000 or evea as high as lO.OOO.DOO feet of lumber and this land, if taken up as a homcsteid and proved upon, is worth today from $15 to $20 er a :re. The purely farming 'and grazing land, however, in the end will prove to be more valuable because lu many places very little preparation is needed previ ous to plowing up the land. In the mountains an to -be found mineral claims rich iu gold, Eilver and copier, aud if one-half of the reports are true, or even one-tenth of one-half, thftre -vill be mines developed which will put the fabulous wealth of 'Golomda jn tbe shade; and these mineral deposits sur round the City of Roseburg the me trojiolisof southwest Oregon. And 'diis vast, undeveloped country, it seemV to us, is the very best in the United Stales. Thcie nature has been very kind in a mild and equitable climate, in rainfall and in the moisture which in the dryest period summer is sullicien'. to sustain vegetation and growing crops. To the man of energy and vim ; to tho man who is willing to labor to bettor his conditions; to the man who denlres to raise a family surrounded by all the blessings a bountiful providence can provide, we say : Go to southwest Ore gon and see for yourself and trove whether these statements are trii-) or faliy. Go and you will be welcome-1 by a civilization the equal to any on eurth, for its morality and good citixemhip, I y0u Mly realize, the statement THE STRIKE SETTLEMENT President Roosevelt's Arbitrators Ac ceptable to th2 Sliasrs. STRIKE TO BE DECLARED AT AN END. The President Deluged with Telegrams Congratulating Him Upon the Success of His r.Usrts. Washington, Oct. 17. Xlready the President is in receipt of scores of tele grams of congratulation on his efforts to effect a settlement of the coal strike. No doubt is expressed that the miners will accede to the arrangments made by the President and accept the commission of arbitration appointed by him. Indeed, it is known already at the White House that tile personal of the commission meets the personal approval of .-President Mitchell. In fact, it is understood that the miners' president suggested to President Roosevelt that in the selec tion of the membership of the commis sion he include a . representative of the clergy who is known in practical if not active synqathy with organized labor. It is understood that those named as tiiemtiers of the commission have indi cated to the Presi lent their willingness to accept the trust imposed ujon them. It is not vet determined at this time when or where the commission will hold its sittings. It is stated that this will be one of the details' to be worked out w hen a formal acceptance of the arbitra tion commission shall have been re ceived from the miners. Naturally it is awomel tiiat the headquarters of tbe commission will be in Washington, but it is entirely likelr that some at least of its proceeding? will be held' in New York and in the coal . regions, probably at Wilkesbane. f The rejrt of the commission will be made to the President and by him will be communicated to the parties jo the controversy and to the general public. jiitcr ell's statement. Wilkesbabre, Oct. 16. At & u3 a. m., President Mitchell issued the foil-owing statement : "Appreciating the anxiety an I im patience of the public and the mine workers f.rsome authorative statement frcni this office, I issue this bulletin to say that I was nnuterably opposed to the acceptance of or acquiescence in the form of settlement proposed by thermal ojraUirs, because it restnetea the President of the Unit"l States ia mak ing selection of the men who were to de termine the questions involved in this al strike, the? restrictions hsvir.g been removed and reprvsenUtim given to organized laN-r, as well to organi zed espial, I am now preiired to give my personal j ; rval to a settlement of the issues inv4veil in I'.is ttrikebythe commission selected l.v the President, and shall -reouimenJ to executive of-i fleers of districts 1, 7, and 9, in their meeting today, that an immediate call he issued for a convention, whose authorization is ucees lry to declare the strike at an end. t "In the meantime I trust that the people of our country will be as patient as possible, as we are mo. ing as rapidly as the interests of our people will admit. Jonx Mitchell, "President United Mineworkers of America." TltE ARBITRATORS. Brigadier-General John M. Wilson, United States Army, retired, late CUeJ of Engineers, U. S. A, Wa-hington, D. C, as an offijer of the Engineer Corps of either the military or naval service of the United SUtee. v , rarxer, asmngton, V. L... as an expert mining engineer. Mr. Parker is Chief Satisiieian of tho coal division of the United States Geoglojpcal Survey, and editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, of New York. teorge orav, v umington, lel., as a Judge of the United States Court. E. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grand chief -of the Order of Railroad Conductors, as a sciologist, the Presi dent assuming that, for the purpose of such a commission, the term sciologist, means a man who .has thought ami studied deeply on social questions, and has practically applied Ida know ledge Thomas H. Watkins, Scrauton, Pa., ;is a man practically acquainted with the mining and selling ot coal. Bishop John D. Spalding, of Peoria, 111. The President has added Bishop Spalding's name to the commission. Carroll D. Wright has been appointed recorder of the commission. the commissions mo job. Neiv York, Oct. 16. Few of the rep resentatives of the coal interests would discuss the status ef the coal situa tion, beyoud expressing the belief that the commission named last niuht had a tremendous task In-fore it. "It has a serious problem to solve said President Oliphant, of the Delaware & Hudson Road. "The question of wages the men are to receive, how the (Concluded on fourth page.) we have made that southwest Oregon is the veritabla Garden of the Gods. . More anon, II. If. Pr,OOKRS. Note: The aiovu article, written by the senior editor of the Plaindealer, appeared in the Chier.go LivestH-k World, Sep. 25, and it w as the wonderful advantages that the country has t j offer newcomers which caused ld:i:, to a great extent, to locate in Roseburg. He ful'y lielieViH that within the next livo years the jiopulaticn of tho southwest will morethau double. We shall at all times be pleased to send from this otllce to .-.--......fit IS, ... tiny parioi uu worm uesceiptive matter ot his country, free of charge, nnd shall from time to time get up illustrated edi tions to guide tho home seeker to find a suitable hunchUuuC coffee, Tea and Spices IF YOU-SRE CALL AT CURRIER'S GROCERY AND ASK FOP.; Price ia no higher and every can guaranteed Currier's, ! iFLOUR) l MiDDLl'S! Veli WA'WW.W.W. VAVW.V.V.V.V.VA VW.V.V.V.V f i SIEVER'S BAKERY, Jacksonnfs i M WE ARE STILL IN THE LEAD Fine Cream and Homemad Bread We came to Roseburg to f-tay, and if we e-t as libeeal a share of the trade m the future as in the j-ast, ie will be here a lonz time yet. Join in the proceasion of well pleased custoc.ers who can be tn con tinually passing in and out of our store. THE BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. J. SIEVSHS, Proprietor SPECIALTIES. Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Recijx-s, Rubber Goods, Toilet Articles, Lime and Ce ment, Paints, Oils aa-1 Gla.s, Perfumery, truss es, Sf.-r.s, Eru-i.es Etc. Rambler Eicyrles and Sundries. School Sup plies. A. Drngs, 5 j Stationery D rain Gardiner I- COOS BAY STAGE," ROUTE i" Coraruencsag with Monday, January 3.VJ, we will charcc $7.50 for S thefare from Drain t Cos Rat. Ci:,nj a:ion -e with each full fare. 50 pounds. TrawKini men are allowed 73 r-wr; U kicgsg when they J have 300 pound t or more. All exoeis ba- j. 3 cts. per pound, and no ai- 4 lowance will be tuade for roaud trip. DAILY STAGE. I For further information address KODi tt I rl' They've gone and done it again Done away with the dark-roomi n developing. A little machine to de velope film negatives in daylight without going to a darkroom Any child can operate it. See this wo derful invention at our store. Churchill & Wooiley. Cause and Effect. Responsive to the touch, and perfect iu tone aud action, the Yose piano has secured a hold on popular favor accorded to rone other.. It is a standard instru ment, of the highest grade. Unexcelled in a singt feature of merit. No better piano made. Not high priced, either. Sold at exceedingly low figures for ca.-h, or on easy tinio ravments. Evervon, warranted. W. A. BURR & CO. Roseburg's Lead ng Pride of Douglas FROM THE WHEAT the hore y-u the bran y.,a g-t tl celebrated Pride of Douglas brand of unadulterated, properly and scieutifi ally ground flour. We buy the bet w heat to Ut had in America, we use tije best process of making yet devLeL Resulunt: Pore, wholesome, qsick nising flour the knowing housekeeper's delight, the comfort and health of the entire household. G. W. Bashford & Son WITH OUR C. Marsters Co. Medicines, CIeaJsI School Uooks sjT. H. Sawyers, rropnetor, Unna, Oregon J Ia fashionaDIe Attire Your laundry is the most wriiipjcuons feature of your apparel. Therefore re quires more attenti-ia than other ar cles oi w ea . We'll d i it up for you ia a style that'll give you c-jxfort aad pleasure. We n; experts in tbe art of laundering, au 1 tio w ork of the highest grade at loweit rates. Shirts, collars and c;.ffs laundered to jx;rfection. Sjcial attention givia to fine liaea. First class service. ' HI Kl Hi :- ' iLf' .. Grocer WMs-M