The Twlce-a-Veek
Rosebarg Plalndcaler
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January 29. 1903.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
1 This memorandum
State of Oregon,
County of Douglas.
fof agreement wit-1 Warden Lee, but it seems to the Plais
nesseth: dealeb that with such business going
That the partnership heretofore ex-
isting between H. H. Brookes and W. C. I
Conner, doing business under the firm
name ot tne rtAiXDEALEB i-UDiisiiing
Company of Roseburg, Oregon, is this
dav dissolved by mutual consent by the
saidW. C. Conner selling to FI. H.
Brookes all right, title and interest in
said Pxaixdkalkb Publishing Company
together with all accounts due said
Pxaixdkalkk Publishine Company or
W. C. Conner for advertising, job work, j
subscriptions or leeal notices and the
aid H. H. Brookes assumes "all obliga
tions and indebtedness due by the said
Plaixdealek Publishing Company.
H. H. Beookes,
W. C. Coxxke.
Eoseburg, Oregon, Jan. 31, 1903.
All persons, firms or corporations
having accounts due by the late firm of I druggist and the confession of the wo
Brookes & Conner are reo nested to send I man herself ? Can the state allow the
them in and they will be paid.
H. H. Brookes,
February 2, 1903.
In severing our business connection
with W. C. Conner we do so with great
reluctance as we have found him to be
in every way a thorough going business
man ar.d Christian gentleman. We
learn that he intends to enter into the
newspaper business at Cottage Grove
and the Pxaixdealeb bespeaks for him
a good patronage and the eood will of
the citizens of that community for he is
a firstclass newspaper and business man,
H. H. Brookes.
February 2,1903.
"NO SOOTHING SYRUP FOR HI W-
Editob The Plaixdealeb : Under the
above caption yon mentioned the in
troduction, in the Senate, of a bill by
Seenator Marstsrs for the medical and
surgical care of children. The bill was
introduced by the Senat r by request.
The draftinif of such a bill was prompted
by the fact that within twelve months
fonr phil.tron )in H;.t in Wnrvthnrn
er- through the neglect and refusal of
their parents or guardians to provide
competent medical attendance. Said
parents or guardians relied upon mira
cle rather than medicine ; to restore the
children, with the above results. The
need of a law requiring medical care in
such cases was most keenly felt at that
time. It does not aim to deprive any
person of recourse to faith or prayer in
restoring the sick, but it does aim to
compel observance of a state law requir-
ing competent medical attendance in
such cases. This seems necessary for
the protection of children against the
ignorance and fanaticism of some pa-
rents.
Ynn ctitA tht "Tiw h;ii i H.fi-iVnt
in this respect. It does not define who
shall be considered a competent phvsi-
cian or surgeon." I will sav, the bill
does not need to define who ehall be
aeemea competent. o person is
deemed competent to practice medicine
or surgery in the State of Oregon, who
has not complied with the law regulat
ing the practice of medicine and sur
gery as defined in sections 3794-3S02,
"VoL 2, Annotated Statutes. I sincerely
tope the bill nay become a law.
Truly yours,
George II. Bexxett.
The Plaxxoealee is not against the
bill and said what it did with an object
in ilew. It knew beforehand that a bill
of that kind would be introduced and it
also was informed of the state of the
public sentiment at Woodburn and the
ostacism that a few devout, faithful
Christian men and women were subject-
edto. We presume that the parente
loved their children and cherished them
and as faithful devoted parents believed
that they did all in power to keep them
in health. The statement "that within
the past twelve months four children
have died in Wcodbnrn. Or., through
te neglect and Tefusal of their parents
or guardians to provide competent med
ical attendance, said parents or guardi
ans relied upon miracle rather than
medicine, to restore the children, with
the above results" This statement con-
veve a wrong impression in this. It
make? the parents to be fanatical, moral
murderers. But as there were over
twenty deaths of children who had med-
ical aid and attendance whose parents ernor of the Philippines. The secretary
depended on pills and not in "faith in maintains that, notwithstanding the
God" we fail to see how the Reverend conceswions made by the Vatican to the
Brother expect to prove the truth of American mission which recently visit
the assertion that the children died d Rome, the executive of the Philip
through the parents' neglect. pines refuses summarily to reinstate the
The constitution of these United Raman Catholics in the lands unjustly
States guarantees to all citizens freedom seized by the Filipino indepenent Cath
in religion ; and the true principle of olics. In this way, he asserts, the
aith in the Christ is: He id able to Americans are indirectly fomenting that
eave the bodies and souls of men ; and if schism xhich is agitating the islands,
in the early history of the church the and is mainly due to the papal compli
layingon of hands and the prayers of ance with the requests of the American
the believers or rather the spiritual in mission. In a lengthy report sent to
man being joined in communion with Mgr. Falconio the Vatican lawyers hold
Deity was the means of healing the 6ick, that the seizure of the church lands was
then for professed Christian men and illegal, becauMs they had been peaceably
women to rise and persecute Christians'
who believe in that faith is to prove that
they are apostate from the faith in the
Christ. The Reverend Brother elevates
medicine above miracle; perhaps he is
right. But is not "man's extremity
God's opportunity?" Either the won
ders miracles, which the brother reads
and preaches about every Sunday, are
true or false. If they are true in all the
ages of the Jewish church and early
Christian church, they are true today.
JJ that faith which grapjKxl hold of God
in the fervent prayer, "I will not let
Thee go unless Thou bless me," pro
duced a blessing in uges past, that faith
exercised will produce a blessing today.
If ever the Christ whose faith was in
God performed a miracle His true fol
lowers have also the same power for ho
said "and greater works than these shall
do because I go unto my Father
and lo I am wita you always even unto
the end of the world."
THE PEMTENTIARY SCANDAL.
The facts in the case are: A woman
who has been in the penitentiary for
two and a half years is in a delicate con
dition and she charges the parentage
upon the assistant warden. The war
den tries to throw the blame on a trusty
who escaped or was allowed to escape
about ten days ago from the peuitentiary
Governor Chamberlain made an inves
tigation into the affair and suspended
the assistant warden and the druggist
who knew the woman's condition and
did not report the same. The governor
was assisted in ins investigation
on tne warjen was either verv blind to
wnat was going on or that he did not
eep posted regar Jing affairs at the pen-
itentiary, and in either event he shouli
rt.lno"vej for the offese of omission or
winking at commission. Such an affair
is a disgrace to the state and the man
guilty of such a damnable outrage upon
the state at large, should be, by a bill
passed by the Legislature, disfranchised
for life as a citizen of Oreeon. hat is
there in store for the fruit of such illicit
intercourse if it should be born into the
world?
Can the state afford go have a child, a
future citizen, born in the penitentiary?
Can the state, after investigation and
belief as to the parentage of the child,
allow fornication or adultery to go un
punished if evidence in this case can be
established on the test mony of the
belief that the trus' v was allowed to
escape from the penitentiary in order to
be the"scape goat" for a trusted official?
There is one wav'out of the difficulty
so far as the future child and the unfor
tunate woman is concerned, and that is
to parole her out of the penitentiary
and force the father of the child to mar-
T "er or I)Ut h,u a tne penitentiary
fill ont her unexpired term, as a state
sacrifice, for the woman, convict
though she is, is a far better woman than
the man is a man. The child should
not be allowed to be born in the jienl
tentiary foi the state has no right to be
a party to inflict a future curse upon
the child under any consideration.
THE PORTLAND STEAL.
-While we would hke to see the legis
lature encourage the Portland fair, we
are or-Dosed to the bill proposing the
$50.',000 appropriation. That is to say,
we are opposed to the bill in its present
form. According to the bill, the state
i"ds can be used to pay the entire sal
&e ot the employees of the lair, ana
the corporation owmne and controll
l be at no expense whatever in that
regara. in omer woras, mis dui piace
it within the power of the commission
to so arrange matters that the compen
sation of all of the offiers, agents, em
ployees and servants of the corporation,-
which corporation is the owner of this
fair, shall be paid in full from the state's
appropriation ; and yet, if this lair
should prove a financial success, the
corporation could pocket all the profits,
while the taxpayer foots the bills. a
l?m fcentineL
Tfie more this aSair is aired the more
rotten the whole business appears. Ju
soon as the bill passed, the Portland
boodlers sent transportation to pro mi
nerrt labor and socialist men in the
s"e to attend a meeting on fcunday in
Portland ; and after the pie was cut ti.e
Portland papers announced that the la
bor and social unions were in favor of
j the graft-
BOOM LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The supreme court of the state of Ore
gon has handed down its decision in the
case of the CLas. K. Spaulding Logging
Company, a corporation, respondent, vs.
the Independence & Falls City Lumber
& Improvement Company, a corporation
appellant.
The court holds that the present Ore
gon boom law is unconstitutional and
void. The effect of this decision has a
widespread -bearing upon the future
development of the lumbering interests
of 8tat. Dd the legislature now in
ion should immediately pass a law
Lich contemplates the improvement of
innavigable streams. It is said tnat
measures with this object in view are
now formulated and will soon be
introduced in both branches of the legia-
LltQre- TLe timber nd lumber ia
doetry of this state is of too much lm
portance to receive little or no considera
tion at the hands of our legislators
Let
us have some laws that will aid in fos
tering and building up this valuable in
dustry at the same time a monopoly on
any stream should not be allowed
Cardinal Rampolla, papal secietary of
state, has written to Mgr. Falconio, pa
pa delegate at Washington, complain
ing o the inratitude-of Judge Taft, gov
poLSessed by the Roman Catholic chu rch
from time immemorial. Ther deny
that the independent Catholics have
valid claims. Thequicker the Pope of
Rome recognizes that the American
court is the place to try all such cases
the better it will be for the United
Stales, the Philippines and Rome itself.
The Chicago graud jury recently iu
dieted forty coal barons who enured
into a combine to force up the price of
fuel,
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Fulton
Gains
Him
Another Vote Giving
a Total of 34.
The twenty-second biennial session of
Oregon's Legislative Assembly is now
half complete, and the records of the
two branches show an unusual amount
of business has lieen gone through with.
In the house 273 bills have been intro
duced. Fifteen resolutions, twenty-two
concurrent resolutions, two joint resolu
tions, two joint memorials, thirty-eight
senate bills, eleven joint senate memo
rials and three senate joint resolutions
have been considered.
Of these instruments, eighteen house
bills have passed and two have failed.
Two senate bills have passed. Outside
of resolutions and memorials, the rest
are in the hands of various committees.
In the senate 170 bills have been in
troduced, twenty one resolutions, 10
concurrent resolutions, 7 joint resolu
tions, 6 joint memorials, 4(5 house bills
and 13 house concurrent resolutions
kave bson through b th houses Intorpor.
ation bills passed the House to incorpor
ate Myrtle Creek, Douglas county, ar.d
to amend the charters of North Yamhill
and Ontario.
Salem, Or., Jan. 31 If Fulton and
is followers planned a coup today their
plans tailed and it now looks as though
the top of Fulton's strength is nearly
reached. It also is generally considered
that if Fulton is to be elected the result
must be attained soon. Otherwise his
column is ukelv to bejin to waver.
Fulton gained one vote on joint ballot
today, that of Hawkins of Polk, who
had been voting for Wolverton. Owing
to the fact thet several of his supporters
were absent, however, Fulton's total
was but 32.
Fulton
ueer
..16
Wood
...14
battering
Absent and paired
Present but not voting.
...18
... S
... 1
Total
today's (mosday's) vote.
...90
Fulton S4
Geer 16
Wood U
COMMISSIONERS for tiie exposition-
Salem, Or., Jan. 30. Governor
George E. Chamberlain this evening
signed the I ewis A Clark Fair bill, and
named the following citizens of Oregon
as commissioners to have charge of the
expend:ture of the f-500,000 appropria
tion as provided in the act :
Professor F. G. Young, University ci
Oregon, Eugene ; F. A. Spencer, mana
ger of Allen & Lewis, Portland ; J. II
Albert, banker, Salem: Stephen A
Lowell, attorney, Portland; Richard
Scott, farmer. Mi waukie ; Dav Raffety,
physician, Est Portland; J. Couch
Pianders, attorney, Portland ; Jefferson
Meyers, capitalist, Salem ; Frank Will
iams, mining operator, Ashland ; G. Y.
Harry, labor crganizer. Portland,
To Make Fat.
It ia important to have a clear know
ledge of what the fatting progress is
rhe grown steer, with a framework of
lone overlaid with muscles and increas
ed in hide, requires a certain amount of
nutriment for mere existence. To sap
ply this only enables him to continue ex
istence, but des not appease his apje-
tite, which craves still more food. Of
provender beyond the requirements ot
maintenance is supplied, more or less of
the surplus is converted into fat and
stowed away among the muscular ti
sues of the body, in the bones, under
the hide and about the viscera. That
fat is fuel in the animal economy, for
which nature shows an eagerness by
manufacturing and laying npacertio
quantity agai ist the time of need. Im
pelled by a hearty appetite the steer at
first gains rapidly in fat, gratifying the
feeder in the increase reported by the
scales. After the fattening has pro
gressed a few months the appetite cf ih
steer loses its keen edge, and he shows a
daintiness in taking his food not at first
exliibited. If placed on the scales from
Ume to tune he shows smaller and
smaller gains. Every pound of increase
now requires more jounds of feed than
at first. The fattening process may be
likened to indating a bicycle tire or.foot
ball with air. The operation is rapid
and easy at first, but becomes more and
more difficult until the limit is reached.
Finally the steer, though consuming a
fair amount of feed shows no gain what
ever. He has been fattened to his limit
and though he may be held there for a
time, he will soon begin to retrograde just
as a ripened applegrows poorer in quality
after jerfectien has been reached. The
feeder recognizes this, shoald aim to
fatten bis cattle rapidly and dispose of
them without dalay. To continue fatten
ing longer than demanded by the mark
et, or to hold cattle after once fattened,
adds greatly to the cost.
Re-appointed to Services in the Philip
pine Islands.
Burb F. Wells, of Olalla, has received
notice that he has been re-appointed
clerk of the U. 8. Postal services in the
Philippine Islands by C. M. Cotterman,
Director of Posts of the Philippine
Island and that he is ordered to leave
San Francisco for the Island in March of
this year. Mr. Wells is the youngest
son of Hon. Wm. R. Wells, post-master
at Olalla, was born at that place Nov
9, 1880; was appointed clerk in the
Military Postal Service at Manila, P. I
by Poet-niaster-General C. E. Smith
April 1900, and after 18 months service
was relieved, returning to his home in
this county in December, 1901, where
he has since resided. Mr. Wells is a
sober, industrious and business like
young gentleman, aud this second ap
pointment to a department where lie
has before did such good service is an
honor of which he may justly feel proud.
The Philippines want forty acres at
the St. Louis exposition to show off their
products, but they have not made ap
plication for democratic mules.
4. stage load of carpenters have beer,
going over to Springfield from Eugene
every morning for the past few weeks.
That city is certainly having a great
l)Oom.
II. Wollenberg returned on this
morning delayed train from San Fran
cis 0.
The Tlmbjr Speculator's BUI.
Portland, Or., Jan. 29, 1903.
Editob Pi.aixpeai.kb: Bear Sir: I
noticed in your isi-ue of Jan. 22nd, a
synopsis of the proposed bill for the pro
tection of the forests of Oregon from
lire, and also your criticism of the same.
It appears to me that you probably
have not given the subject of forest pro
tection the attention that the subject
deserves. It may not bo out of place to
say here that the bill that has been pre
sented is largely the result of the efforts
of myself, and that, through the col
umns of The Tiiuliermau lor the past
several months, I have attempted- to
create a public sentiment that would
ead to the passage of more stringent
laws for the protection of Oregon s tim-
p.
liurine the past vear, uregon manu
factured 1,000.000,000 feet of lumlwr.
The manufacture of this lumber cm'
ployed thousands of men throughout
the state at remunerative wages. The
product realized f 10,000,000, 75 per cent
of which was sold beyond the confines
of the state clear to the Atlantic sea
board and as far south as Honda, to
say nothing of the 52,000,000 feet which
went to the dilierent civilized countries
of the globe.
The lumber interest of the State of
Oregon is the largest single industry
she posesses and hence is entitled to
have such laws passed for its protection
as will provide the greatest good for the
greatest number.
I have just prepare! a brief statement
d)owin!j the loss caused bv the fires, of
September, 11)02. Thes forest fires oc
casioned the loss of two lives, besides
rendering homeless numbers of our far
mers and hardy pioneer settlers, de
stroying about 3,000,000,000 feet of Ore-
ion's standing timber. This timber in
many instances has been a total loss.
owing to its remoteness from transjor-
tation.
Now, we will stop to consider for
a moment, what these 3,000,000 foet rep
resent to the people of Oregon. The
cosi of convert iij; these magnincient
trees into Iocs is about $4.00 per month
fr the actual labor involved. This es
timate includes the cost of building rail
road, operating logging roads, locomo
tives, and all the attendant expenses
which go into the labor columns in n:ak
ing up the total cost of h-gging a section
of land. After thee logs to go the mill
it will cost on an averace of $3.00 per
1000 to g.-t the lumber through the
drv kiln, planing mill, and aboard the
cars ready fur shipment. This cost for
labor both in the camp and in the mill
is equivalent to $70 per month, or on
l.iMU.wu Kvt $.'l,tMJi,tXHJ. When we
destroy this timber, we strike at the
laboring man of Oregon. Every com
munity and every county in which there
s timber land, has a, positive and vita!
intcri-st in the protection of timber,
There is no county in the State of Ore
gon that has more valuable timber than
Douglas County, and the time is fasi
coming when it will be cut into lumber
by dozen? of mills, enriching the county
and adding greatly to its population, an
I know my good friends of the Peaix
dealek will receive their proportion of
the prosjierity due to the development
of this indnrtrv. So much for the in
dustry itself.
The owners of the timber land will
not 7 k t-ive more at the present time
tha-iiXQ per M for their stumpage.
With InniW bringing $10 to the manu
facturer, it will readily be seen that the
individual loss of the timber land own
er, is a? one is to ten, hence any effort
put forth to save the timber has a far
greater bearing on the state at large than
on the tiinlxr land holders, many of
which are local citizens.
In your criticism you speak " of "an
effort being mad i to saddle ou the agri
cultural, commercial and working class
es, the expense of protecting timber
i'pet-uhitors' land." Now, I do not be
lieve for a moment when you penned
this irticle, that you really stopped to
consider that the entire people of the
state are iutert-sted in the protection of
these magnificent forests, and think.
that when you stop to consider thi
question ia its various phases, yoa will
assume an attitude favorable to any
reasonable measure calculated to pro
tect these interests.
Maine, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota have similar laws for the
protection of their forests. Can Oregon
fford to throw away the experience of
these states, which have, become rich
through the lumber industry, without
putting forth an effort to save, as a her
itage for all the people, this wonderful
mine, with which nature has endowed
the state?
You speak of the agricultuial classes
beg to hand you herewith a letter to
me from the secretary of the Fpringwa
ter Fire Committee of Clackamas coun
ty, which shows that one hundred and
one farmers have lost from $25 to $2700
each in the September conflagration
V ith this showing, it looks as if the
farmers of Oregon were entitled to some
protection to their own homes, which
are liable to be destroyed at any time by
forest fires.
You will note in the bill that the com
mittee is to receive no remuneration
save and except five cents per mile, for
the actual miles traveled, in the per
formance of their duties, which will
consist in attending the meeting at Sa
lem once a year, apjointing a clerk, and
formulating such rules as will be neces
sary for the proper protection of the
timber, and I do not think that my good
.rir.a x ....
menus oi me i laixdealer h tnev were
asked to serve ou a printing committee,
which woniu nave a tendency to pro
mote the welfare of their profession,
would consider five cents a mile a very
mighty "graft."
If the Plalndealer will do me the
service to draft a Forest Firo Bill, which
in their belief, more fully meets the
conditions than the one which has been
introduced, we shall be only too glad to
take the matter up with them, as we
are looking, not only for criticism but
for assistance, and have no doubt they
could help us out in solving this vexed
problem. ,
Yours, with kindest regards,
Geo. M. Cornwall,
If there is so much money in timber
then the Rjwculutors and millmen can
well afford to pay the whole expense for
the protection of their own property
Why should a man who own . a hop
yard or prune orchard bo compelled to
pay for the keeping up of an army of
wardens and ranges to protect the stand
ing timber on the mountains? Why
should a man running a store or any
other business be compelled to pay
taxes to protect in an extraordinary
manner speculators timber land?
The timber of Oregon is her wealth
but that is no reason why a man who
does not own a timler claim should 1 e
compelled to pay taxes for the protection
of the men who do. Justice is iimtice.
but under the name of justice many
burdens are pressed upon the poor by
the rich ; and for men who are worth
millions of dollars in timler lands to
come before the public and ask that
Widow O'Tools ho be taxed to protect
their timber speculations ia a system of
unjust taxation. Frame a bill aud let
the timber lands bear the taxes for their
own protection and there will be no op
position against the bill by the Plain
dealer.
FORM GlQAVnC COMBINER
Will Have Annual Ou put of 1 0,000,000
Tons of Coal.
New York, Jan. 31. A powerful Li-
tuminous coal combination has just been
formed in this city by the coalition of the
Consolidation Coal Company, of Mary
land; the Fairmount Coal Company, of
West Virginia, and the Somerset Coal
Company, of Pennsylvania. The new
company is to retam the title ot the
Consolidation Coal Company, and will
have a total output of nearly 10,000,000
tons a year. It will load 400 large steel
ars a day, and will have two piers in
Baltimore at which it will be able to fill
a steamer of over 7000 tons in 10 hours.
The principal sales agency will be in
this citv.
Teachers Examinations.
Notice is hereby civon that the county
suiriutendent of Douglas county ill
hold t'.e regular examination of
I'l"1'
cants for state and county
apvrs at
Roseburg, as follows:
FOR STATE FAPER6.
Commencing Wednesday, February
11, at nine o'clock, A. M., and continu
ing until Saturday, February 14, at f;ur
o'clock.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, algebra, reading, school law.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, book-keeping,
phytic, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography, men
tal arithmetic, composition, physical
georaj hy.
Saturday Botany plane geometry,
2-neral history, English literature,
psychology.
FOR C(r STY PAPERS.
Commencing Wednesday, February
11, at nine o'clock A. M., and continu
ing until Friday February 13, at four
o'clock.
first, second, THi&D cBADE cektificates.
Wedmsd.v-IYnmanship, hirt..rv,
,. 1 "
orthography, reading.
innr!ay-riuenami.me;,c,ii1e..ry;fi4jlk, ar.j OD tbe w.rch of th
of teaching, grammar, school la
Fiiday Geography, mental arithmetic,
physiology, civil government.
PK1MAKT CCB-nriCATES.
Wednesday Tenmans-hip, orthogra
phy, reading, arithmetic.
Thursday Art of Qnee!ioni'-g, theory
of teaching, methods, phyi.!ogy.
F. E. IIakux
Co. Supt.
The Editor Caught Napping.
To the Ewtob: My attention
has '
been called lo your reference in ymT lat
t(ue, 10 my expo-Tlion o! pfrtiyn A ll.e
bc.ik cf Peter, here he teaches us
ChriM, in Spirit, preached to di.cbe -
Jivntmen in Noah's time, while the
longwuffering of God waited for their re- whcn W can bought at a corre
ti,;. spondlngly low price. They nwally
A.SVa(Ws aV44ta I IT StMCi It i lilW. I
pretat ion of those portions of -rirture
Among the orthodox churches.
If the genial Presbyterian E!itnr
would lay aside his cigar King cnocgh to
r.'fnr f th S.-ri r.t nry. l-.o m-r!i!i fin.l
Christ went in Spirit, nt in human
l..lr. .n,1 iUo,k !w n,;i-r.ii
the Spirit movwl upon the' heart of the
antediluvians to turn tliem to riihU-ou-
nes. Xo transmigration of the soul
there.
Only a little Editor,
Wakening up with w.sest looks:
Only a little printer's ink,
Ringing the song of babbling Brookes!
G EC KGB II. B EX S LTT.
Furniture for the Orient. Portland
Company Aikcd to Bid.
A bid upon furniture has been cabled
for from the Ira F. Powers Furniture
Co., of this city, for 54,XH) pieces of fur
niture or an equivalent of a shipload for
the North China Railroad. The order
also includes furniture for 400 station
masters' horses. This is the first time
that such an inquiry has been made of
Portland, and bespeaks the line future
that is opening up for this locality as a
manufacturing point.
The request for bids has only been
submitted to two other concerns, one at
Hamburg, Germany, and the other at
New York City. The Portland facto
ries are particularly fortunate in having
an unlimited supply of Oregon pine, the
wood specified in this bid, at their
doors,
Letter List.
Remaining uncalled for at the Rose
burg postoflice.
Anderson, Miss Fearl
Barnum, Warren Johns, Mrs Jesse
F.iiMell, Mr W S Lane, Mr P
Burket Miss L Lane, C A
Bacon, Mr Georgo
MeCurroll, Miss Harriet E
Chamberlain, J Ray, Mrs Ira L
Cumingham Mr A I. Thornton, Jesse W
FrswevWm (2) Vest, Mr Horatio
Waters, Mrs Georgia
Womer, Mr Emma
Persons calling for these letters will
please state the date on which they are
advertised, Feb. 2, 1903.
The letters will be charged for at the
rate of one ecnt each.
Wm. A. Fbatkr, P. M.
The Indies of Lilac Circle No. 49,
Women of Woodcraft, will give a novel
ty hix social at the Odd Fellows' Had,
Monday evening, Feb. 2. Everybody
invited to attend, ladies to bring lxxes
Prizes will be given for the first, second
and third moet artistic and unique de
signs in boxes, Young girls' Iwxes will
be announced and sold separately
Boxes received after 4 o'clock, and sold
at 'J. Come and have a good time.
KEEPING CABBAGE.
Wfcr It I. VlfflcDlt and the Preraltrat
importaat Method.
It Is a difficult matter to keep cab-
bages In large quantities through th
winter. Every method in practice by
large growers has Us disadvantages on j
account of the easy decay of the soft, the bridge on the South end was a time
watcry leaves by overwarmth and the ly move as it evidently saved the bridge
damage If not destruction of the stock from going out. The Lumber company's
by freeing. Thus one has to go be-1
tween these two difficulties, and on ac- I
count of the cost of the frequent re- I
movals of the crop It Is generally ad-
vl.su Me to store them In the field where
they huvo grown, says Country Gentle-
man. , The prevalent method adopted
by largo growers Is this: The space be
tween the rows, 3 by 0, as may be con
venient. Is furrowed out ss widely as
possible, and the plants, pulled as late
as possible before risk of damage by
freezing, are placed as they are pulled
and with the roots undisturbed bead
downward In rows four feet wide and
tapering to one on the top as compact
ly us possible. Straw Is then spread
over the heaps until as late as pjsslble
with safety from frost, when earth la
thrown on the straw to Insure safety
from freezing. Air vents are made at
Intervals of six feet and these Oiled In
with bunches of straight cut straw, by
whlcU escape of any warm air collect
ing in the heaps Is made easy. The
ground should be leveled to enable the
heaps to lie evenly. Sometimes these
pits are made larger, even eight feet
wide and high, but In some localities
the smaller pits will be safest.
THE RED POLLS.
Oae of the Voiattr Drerd Good
SUlkera aad Good Federa.
The Red Polbnl Is one of the young
est of the breeds. It was not until the
year 1S-W that the union of the Norfolk
and Suffolk breeders gave the breed Its
name. From the start this breed has
been famous as one valuable alike for
dairying and for beef production, and
:on tae market of England the Norfolk
cattle take high rank. They were first
brought to America in 1S73 and since
then have grown steadily. Here their
beef making quallth-s have been neg
lected to come extent, but they have
fl(.mred strongly as valuable animals
for the small fanner. Nevlect to show
them In high condition mi aho tended
litD TK)VLXX BULL DZXOS.
to obscure their flesh tearing powers In
time part, but rc-eer.t exhibitions have
been highly creditable.
As their name Indicates cattl: of this
j breed are without horns, co eriarance
i of !n T"
, are a rich deep red with white ahowed
QniVrUo, tofikIe th
The bead Is cu'te characteristic, of
medium fixe, clean cut, with a sharp
poll which carries a good tuft of hair.
The neck Is of medium length, body of
p.xJ slse and shape, legs of medium
length, died Polls are very uniform,
prepotent and hardy and have many
earnest advocate, being good milkers
as well as gxwd feeders. G. 1L Rom-
mcL
Tae Kind ( Cattle ta Fee-d.
The Mad of cattle to feed depends on
circumstances. As a rule the good wU
1.t ct.-. tt-ni nmlA fha ni. wr rvinT
1 0 rcakes the mJt of his f-d
ihat Is. be ruts It where It oucU to
'go, into the high prici-d cuts of betf.
! But sometlrr.es It pays Ut to feed
! common cattle and very common ones
1 . . . . . .
t snua-A w.-wl r ns mnA fi f 1 r, t r&n
. t w fc U t .
tig advance over their cost to the feed
er, though still away below the top of
ihn mnrti t fVitr.ninn Vnht ttv&cr are
I al!!rv !n O-'.-vicn at f-'M f $3 and
' Sod ones at to Thor may
i be more money In the stuff costing
i fZZO than In the five dollar stul. be
cause whn fat a blcrer advance mny
; be secured for It This Is a year when
good feeders are hard to secure tit a
reasonable figure, and hence attention
Is called to the cheaper and commoner
kinds. But the feeder shoull remem
ber that the common cattle rnurt be
bought very low. There Is no pleasure
la their company, and It Is only Justi
fiable when they make gixxl money, to
do which they must be laid la cheap.
National Stockmen.
Crop Itema.
The government's October estimate
of the avernpe yield per acre of oats Is
34.5 bushels, the h!:best estimate of
yield ever reported by the department
of agriculture.
The corn condition Oct was re
ported at T0.C as compared with 77.7.
the mean October average of the part
ten years.
The preliminary estimate of the av
erage yield per acre of sirring wheat Is
14.4 busheU; average quality, ti.7.
All of the Importaut sugar cane pro
ducing states except Texas report con
ditions below their respective ten year
averages for October.
The estimated average yield of bops
In pounds per acre Is 1.207 In Washing
ton, 1.400 in California, 1.100 In Ore
gon, 1,300 In Wisconsin and 325 In New
York.
Texas reports 11 points above the
Tcrnge for rice, Oeorgla about the av-
erate and other states from 1 to 23
points below, the latter bln the cti-
xnafe for Louisiana.
CHURCH AND CLERGY.
Tho number of churches tn Chicago,
according to the city directory for 1002,
isOOU
Rev. Dr. W. D. Parr of Kokoruo,
Ind., has officiated at 105 church dedi
cations, which Is thocght to be the
world's record.
Rev. Pr. Francis E. Clark, president
of the United Societies of Christian Eli
deavor, has returned to Boston after a
Kuropenn trip lu which he covered
30,000 miles.
iiv. r rea v. iiawiey oi ixtuisvuie
Ky, bis been chosen the new secretary
of the Western Unitarian conference In
place of Rev. F. C Sonthworth. who
lias been elected president of the Mead
vllle Theological seminary.
Charles II. Leonard. D. D.. S. T. IX,
denn of the Tufts college divinity
school, was eighty years old on Sept
10 and has Just returned from a sum
mer In the White mountains to begin
his thirty-third consecutlvo year of
work In tho department at the college.
Dr. Leonard Is now the oldest member
of the Tufts faculty.
Cow Creek in a River.
-l"e Heavy ram.au 01 iai r nuay hu
Saturday transformed Cow creek into a
veritable river which reached a higher
point than has been witnessed for many
year.. The ninety-feet of pils and
planking recently completed to protect
flume tood the test most admirably
But a few days work will be required to
repair slight damages on the north side
of the creek. Supt. Snyder was on a
close watch all Saturday night. He says
the water reached its highext at about
midnight. Glendale News.
Stock Holders' Meeting-.
A meeting of the Stock Holders of the
I'mpqua Valley Prune Association will
be held at the Court House in Roseburg,
Douglas County, Oregon, on Saturday,
March "th, at 1 o'clock, P. M. for the
purpose of electing a board of directors
and transacting such other business that
may come before the meeting.
R. C. Baowy,
F. A. McCall, Chairman of meeting.
Secretary.
Mount Pelee continues to erupt and
he latest freak of nature was to blow
away 400 feet of its elevation.
Senator II. C. Hansbrough has been
re-elected L". S. Senator from N. D.
He is a brother of our Representative
Hansbrough.
Notice for Publication.
UNITED STATES LAS r OFUCK
&oxnr6. Ore- So 19. 1'iCi
Xofln u lere'jj rt-ren tht ia (no r.Uaaca
with lc rroriii mt of th art of f:oorra ot
June .!.. entiled "An art f'-r the m of
timber lands ia the etateaot California. ';cyoo
eTala .arj-l anhlnrV-n Terrtuirr, " uti'DO-
d to ail the public laud Male by act A August
CHARLES A PIERCE.
.ta'em-Dt Sn. 'T9 lor th pnrrh? of u Int 4.
ti l-i, , SE't isee l. Tp wt
anl wtuoner proof loiMw that the laa4aonrr.S
U more taluaLln iur it timbrr or nu r.e Lao
for agricultural trartMxie. an-1 to eirtaMish hi
daiia before ta eiier aal koeeirer of
tiKO of fcdeeborir.tjreifun.
on Umd tae via ! f F rirf. lOdt. He
nm-. aa vi'.iiert: lbar Tson an 1 John
I iwb. of Roac-bir . Ore- Fre-l Baiemaa aad
Charrea CharchiU o! M-nfrwe, Ore
Any and ail pemtk eletmin a.lTer: the
ahnre dvr.bed Ui'ii are rwrcetri to ie
lieir c'aimi in thJ ote oa or oe'ore id Sth
day of ftbruax?, lAtt. J.T. Bit :!-.
Notice for Publication.
CSITED 'TAT TS LASD OFFICE.
Roee&anr. O-e- Ie.2?, 112.
V ottet u fcety rl ren that ta ercn : l:nco
art: a the prvrtii. n oi the act of C-nf-o of
Jone . -T. en-.itied "An art for Ifco eals of
tiictr lr.- la tr.e r:auof CaIi?ora'.a.'resroa
eTia and aahinrvo Terrv.orT." utrtad-
ed t ail t paUic taad ttua ty act ot Auoat
4. lott.
CLABF.SC A. FAT.
of App'eVm. eoonty of ei't, ta;e of M-na
oa it. ;t aay s:oj ta uiu osce n:t reon ".ele
ment So -t-11. for ihe purchase of the St' of
. 1 p. A. mw. and ml I offer Drfwis to
.how thai the land aouf hi i aiore yniaaoie tor
i UmlT or vjce than for afrieuaturai rar-po-.
asd lo etaM'.h hi e'aiai to aid land
Vfore 9 fcr-.tv. I 0 ome uaiuae- at ILul-i.e.
Oreena. oo Sforday. the SI Cay of Xaica, 11
He met a :Ua - : U. U. Kn. ot w est
Bond. love. A. C. Car..-.t. f Center City.
Visa.. Peter I'-irch. and AlUrt Dorth. of &ue-
burf . Orcon.
Aay an-d a;i rerrn c.aisiisr adrerwiT the
aoYe-iewri bed l.alf are rerjue;.! to fi.e their
'ia'-n 13 th- -S e oa or before nid S-l daj
of M.tm, lAi. J. T. fckiD ,h.
V,
(Successor to W. L. Cobb. Mrs. ( Boyd's old stand)
...Sole Ajrnts for.
Chase
&
Sanborn's
Coffees
FURNITURE AND
We want to inform our people that we bave the
best line of Furniture and Rugs we have ever shown
for you to select from.
Our Children's department has many useful
articles for the little folks, among them beinj
Boy's Express Wagon.
Doll Carriages and Doll Go Carts.
Rocking Horses and Shoo Flys.
Blackboards.
Rockers and Chairs.
Bureaus and Sideboards.
Red Tables and many other articles that
we haven't room to mention.
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J. T. BRYAN'S- 0-
For HolidaA' Presents
I have no famous bargains to pan off old
stock and out-of-date goods, I simply give
you honest goods at fair prices, and mark
them in plain figures. Call and inspect ra
goods and piices before purchasing elsewhere.
rosf.iu'iu;, . 1 T r
oRKuox. J. I. tsryan
A Business Opening.
A nice little business at Myrte Creek
known as the Candy Kitchen, including
confectionery, bakery ami notions.
Profitable businesu bat party most re
tire on account of ill health. Price
reasonable. A pply to Kate M. Cameron
Myrtle Creek, Oregon. (F12)
A Musical Treat.
The celebrated Do Mom family, the
famous musical entertainers of Amerka,
who are now making their thirty-first an
nual tour, have just made arrangement
to appear at the Opera I Ion re in this
city on Wednesday evening, Feb. 11,
and render their program of vocal and
instrumental selections. A great num
ber of the older residents of DougUs
county have heard this celebrated family
on some of their former tours, tut the
improvement made by them in the last
few years is so great tiat they are justly
entitled to the title bestowed upon them
in recognition of their etficient work at
Chicago World's Fair that of "Lyric
Bards of America. Reserved seats will
be on sale at B. W. Strong's on Satur
day, Feb. 7, to accomodate those who
wish to secure their seat in advance, as
thete vera.-artile musicians have been
greeted with crowded houses at all of
their engagements on this tour.
Administrator's Notice.
Nolle ia hereby r"rn that the orvl-r!?oe.l
baa ber-a hj toe CvuDly oort. of Douz!. coit
It rial of Ore on. du J a;x-Mated the lm a a-trm-.rol
the eiave of A.La KcC'iaca. de
eeaxd. All petiw having e'ajma atralxot taud estate
are hereby required to creaert th aasedoiy
verifleJ. lo the on-lenlroed at &Vetrare:. Lu
la roost, mate 'f Orvttpu wiii.ia aix bvoia
from the date of tbi Doure.
Ialel l itoMrbu.-g, Oregon tela 2f tb day of
January.
H. T. McCLALLES.
AdmlnUtraKir of the estate of lecl Vc-
Host Delightful Way to
Cross the Continent.
A Day la the City of tie Saiats
A Jlonntaln-wiIIeiJ Track Through C-A-rad,
and the Grandest Scenery
on the American Continent
RATES THE LOWEST
nd SERVICE THE BEST
Poptlar Personally Conducted Tourist
Excursions to all F-aftera Points.
For ln'trmaUoB
twjfcleta, adores
aa ra'-aa, sad mascratal
W. C. ncBRIDE.
124 Third Street. POETI-LSD, OP.E
uciungiiam
5
Extend a cordial
invitation to the
public and the
many friends of
thfc old firm to call
and examine their
new line of Staple
and Fancy Grocer
ies, Queens
ware, Etc. : : :
Bring Us Your
Butter, Chickens, Eggs.
RUGS
THE BEST OF EURHuiNG. 9
V. STRONG,
THE FURNITURE fLA
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