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n uintorical Society 0leOegSgagfrSfreOw 5 i 1 "S dvertising f ob Printing ; " 4 In busy seasons brings i i yon your share of trade; q 5 IJT7TI I a very tm port atit factcr'ia 2 llllli hnsineM. foor priniioe re- u vertismg ic cto.il sea- X a brings yoa yoar share, and also t of the merchant who "can't af- J d" to advertise. ? fleet no credit oo a good X btwinefts bona. Let oa do roar Job rriatiug we guarantee it to be io every vay satisfactory. $ Published on Mondays and ThursdaysEstablished 1868. Vol. XXXIV. ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 30. 1903. No. 23 1 1 A 'OKI fl ( !f 1 ' fftft'Ml' fill flirtlir I fi 00000XXXOOCXXKXX O F. W. BENSON '6 .A.C.MaESTKKS. H.C.GALKY, i V Pre i Jen t. Vice President. Cshier 9. . Douglas County Bank, . Established I883. Incorporntert 1901 Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOARD OF DIRECTORS P. W. BENSON, R. A. BOOTH J. H. llSoTH, J. T BRIDGES J. . KKLLV, A.C. MARSTKRflK. I. MILLER. A general banting business transited, and customers given every accommodation consistent with safe and conservative bankine. 5 Hank open from nine to twelve and from one to three. 000000000XKX)X0000X0000000000000 3 TrkM i FftO FJVF rnVFFrTlftVFDV INUKa lAlM 23d ICE CREAM PARLOKS us 1 m vt . fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, Doughnuts and Fresh Bread Daily Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot I. J. NORflAN & Co. Props R2 1 9 . - Spring is here I I 3 V And so I iare we OF with an IMMENSE HE I S if y Bed Room SetS A full car load bought at bed I $ rock prices, and we are going to give our customers S v trie Viipnpfit, of a close buv. 3 j CARPETS AND RUGS going to buy a carpet we ask the privilege L : of showing j'ou our line. : : : : : ou are 5 Rrino- IU Your '1 A.1 CHICKENS, EGGS. BUTTER. FOR CASH OR TRADE 0 J. F. BARKER & CO .? Drain Gardiner COOS BHY STHCE ROUTE 5 Commencing with Monday, January 20. '02, we w ill charge $70 for thefAre from Drain t Com Bay. Baggage allowance with each full fare SO pounds. Travelling men are allowed 75 pounds baggage when tbey have 300 pound or more. All excess baggage, 3 cla. per pound, and no al lowance will be made for round trip. DAILY STAGE. For fnrther information aJdrees : J. H. Sawyers, J ". Proprietor, Drain, Oregon i -" s-r yMHWLreiafgnpan! FOR MEN ONLY Edwin CCIapp Shoes for Men Walk Over George E-Kielh Menominee Seamless Orthopedic Sidwell DeWint " a u a u $5X0 &50 to m 3.C3 to 4.03 '2.50 to 3.00 3.50 3.00 And Numerous Other Styles, In fact Anything yoa Want can fee. found at FLINT'S POPULAR SHOE STORE Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking, is to have good fresh Groceries, and to get them promptly ou order them. Call up 'Phone No. 181, i3 goods and good service. when for go C. W. PARKS & CO. fiw in i i i ii -AND- EMPIRE- LiVerj, Fesd End gale gfaWes C. P. Barnard, Trop. Saddle Hories. Single and Double Rigs at a' I hours Transient Stc' gven very bes f care ..... Rates always reasonable Vast Irrigation Scheme. The greatest irrigation project in the United States and the third largest in the world has been started in Idaho. It is under the management of a corpora lion originating in Salt Lake City. The plan contemplates an expenditure of ap proximately o,000,000 and reclamation of 271,000 acres of the beet agricultural lands in the great Snake river valley of southern Idaho. The princijml share holder in this gigantic enterprise is Frank II. Buhl, the niultKmillionaire iron Oierator of Sharon, Pa., who b the president. A tract of land as large as the state of Rhode Inland is to be brought nnder ditch and made ready for farming and fruit raiting. The lands were formerly set aside for a national park, because o the wonderful scenery. By a deal with the state officials, who are taking ad vantage of the Carev. act of IS'.M, niak ing a donation of 1,003,000 acres of arid lands to each state that -will construct cftti&iaud have- the lands reclaimed the great park will become a garden of small farms and vineyards. The enterprise includes the construc tion of two irrigation canals and laterals that will have a combined length of-over 1000 miles. The main canal will be sixty-nine miles long and 80 feet wide at the bottom. It will carry a laige river from the original Snake channel. For this purpose a dam 40 feet in height will be constructed across the Snake. Suffi cient water lias been appropriated from the natural flow of the big river to snp ply the canal and leave an abundance for use by thoee owning riparian rights further down Hie stream. The Twin Falls land and water com pany is the title of the new corporation It w the purpose of the company to har ness the Shoshone falls and develop power for oirating an electric railway, extending for forty-five miles from the city of Shoehone, to cover the country to be brought nnder cultivation by means of two large canals. One canal will be taien from the north side of the river and the other from the sooth. The road will connect with the Oregon Short Line at Shoshone. Under the provisions of the Carey art only 100 acres of this land can be held by one man. The company plana to have smaller holdings than thiy, and many of the farms will be of the twenty-acre Utah class. The country is particularly adapted to fmit-raihing and general mixed farming as practiced by the Mor- mans of tnat district. Alfalfa is the chief forage plant and grow, to perfec tion. The country is also a choice ut for growing prunes, peaches and simiLir frnlu. The construction of tliwe canals and laterals will probably require a period of five years' hard work. When completed the system will be the moet perfect in existence in the irrigation world. It i planned to have electric car lines reach ing every farm and orchard, and, when the country is sett'ed. to secure the rural mail system. PuLIic telephones and all modern convenience are to be added to the comforts of making homes along the canals. Many settlers are located on their lands awaiting the coming of the water ditch. Beld frig's Neck Broken. A. Lester Belding, the murder r of hree persons in Multnomah county was executed in the county jail at Poitland at 6 :30 o'clock on Friday morning. The Telegram says of the execution: With out a word of gcod-by, with no remarks to the curious multitude gathered in front of him, and without a moment's warning, A. Iester Lelding was pred ated through the galiows trap this morning at 6:30 'o'clock nod paid the penalty of the law for his triple of mur der. Less than five minutes from the time I lie condemned man - was escorted through the narrow gate leading to the scaffold, he was pinioned, the black cap thrown over his head and the Sign.il given which caused the springing of the trap. His neck was broken in the fall. Not a quiver of the body could bo noticed although his muscles were rigid, and in exaetly 17 minutes he as declared by the attending physicians to be dead. The crowd, both within and without the enclosure, smaller than usual on ac count of the early hour set for the execu tion, was baodll without difficulty and qnickly dispersed after the body was cut down and placed in the coffin. While on the scaffold Belding appeared strong enongh to endnre the ordeal he had to face'. The trap was spwng'none toosr n, however, for within mother minute he might have collapsed. Anti-Cigarette Law. ' Missouri has passed an anti-cigarette bill, and in eighty days from now it will be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or give to any minor under IS years of age inMissouri any cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapper, tinder pen alty of a jail sentence. Painting and Paper Hangtag John Miller, of Hagerstowu, Washing ton County, Maryland, has located in Roseburg, and he is a thorough master of his art and prepared to do all kinds of painting, paperhangiug, grs:ning, and decorative ainting in the highest style as practiced by first class workmen on the Atlantic Coast. If you want the very latest artistic work he will be pleas ed to give for low prices and first cIpss work. Call on him at 617 M osier titreet or drop a letter through the post office nd he will quickly respond. (tf) Little Ranch for Sale. A good little home for sale ; 17 acres adjoining fair grounds, 1) mi.es eant of Roseburg. Good buildings, 150 good bearing fruit trees, 10-acres in cultiva tion. Price 11225. For particulars in quire at Milikin's shoe store, Roseburg I STRIKE ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC The Conditions as Viewed by Local Ag-nt Moore. in oritur tnat onr membership may know the true condition of the great struggle on the Canadian Pacific Rail way, and not become discouraged by the misleading statements given ont by the corporation press regarding the strike, the Division at its last regular meeting, held on the 25th inst., by unanimous action instrucfed the agent to give the latest information to the members. The developments in tho strike on the Cauad'an Pacific Railway are briefly as follows: Tho Company declareJ in the beginning that there hail been no threats or discrimination on the part of the man agement, but when we offered lo maka this declaration a basis of settlement Geu'l Supt. Marole shifted the respon sibility to Vice President McNicni!, who reKliated the proposition, thereby proving the charges we had made and strengthening our cause before the peo ple. Later the offer of the Provincial Gov ernment to act as arbitrator was also spnrned by the Company, w ho submit ted a connter proposition that we accept the Grand Chiefs of the Class Orders as arbitrators and called on President Sam uel Gomphers, of the A. F. L., to testify to the fairness of the proposition, and that gentleman, ot course, declared it "eminently hur." President McDonald, of the American Labor Union, however, when his attention was called to the matter, declared, "The arbitration prop osition of the Canadian Pacific is ex tremely nnfair to the United Brother hood of Railway Employes. Personally and r facially I am opposed to the plan." Since this, no further efforts toward settlement have been made by either side and the situation at this time is about as follows : All members at Win nipeg are out, all members at Nelson, Revelstoke and Calgary alwH which in cludes all the machinists and shop em ployes at Revelstoke. At Vancouver all the men who went out are still out and in addition all long shoremen and stevedores. No freight can be handled to or from the Canadian Pacific Railroad, as the teamsters have refused to do any business with the Company, whatever, except handle bag gage, and this they refused to do nntil requested by ns to avoid inconvenience to the traveling public. ' There are now five of the Company's great steamers tied up at Vancouver for want of men to load and unload tbenu On Tuesday, the 17tu inst., the Presi dent went to Victoria, and in less' than halt a day all of the sailors ami other boat employes of the Canadian Pacific Railway, except the officers, struck, which tied up every boat on the Bay ex cept oce. and this was manned - by officers of the other hoats and a few scabs. " This move seems to have been the last straw and the Company decided to adopt the only desperate resort left and tbey accordingly arrested President Es tesonthe charge -of interfering with and delaying Ilis Majesty's mails. The charge is of course an extremely flimsy one, but the trial will be prolonged as long as i-wsil.le, in order that the Com pany may gain all tlte advantage to be had. This move on the rt of the Company is cWrly the last act of dec laration and it has been duplicated at Winnipeg by tlte arrest of several of aur striking members On the cl.srge of de serting tueir employment, which is equivalent to disobeying a court injunc tion not to strike. The arrest of the president is the most injudicious act of the Company since the strike began ; for instead of making a martyr of him it will make a hero of of him, and will intensify the determin ation ot our members and sympathizers to fight the iasne to the end. Brother Masxey, onr second vice president, has been called to Vancouver to direct the operations during the president's ab sence so that nothing m ill suffer as far as our interests are concerned. As an indication of the satisfactory situation on the Canadian Pacific Rail way, the message from the president to San Francisco on the 20th inst., was as follows: Strike situation improving, advices from Revelstoke are that the International Association of Machinists has decided from headqnarters that its members cannot take the places of striking U. B. R. E. machinists. Steamers Tellus and Hero chartered wheat Vancouver for Australia have thrown up charters and will -load at American ports. ' Victoria and Vancouver merchants ordering goods via American roads. Mayor of Vancouver refused to order out police to disperse our pickets. We will win but it may require a month or two. Yon will see by this that even the International Association of Ma chinists which is nominally our enemy, has been compelled by the sentiment of its Canadian members doubtless, to give us indirect assistance, which will be of great advantage. In fact, we nee J not be surprised to see all the machin ists in the effected territory out before many days, as this strike is shaping the disposition and sentiment of the other employes of the C. P. R. toward making ours a comu.on cause. Bro. J. F. Massey, second vice presi dent, who has just gone to Vancouver from Seattle, has been for somo time working up, a case against the C. P. R. and has now about completed it, so we may be ablo to turn tho tables on the Company and give them a tasto 'of tho law themselves. Bro. Mastey will watch the work both at Vancou ver and Seattle until the president is able to resume active charge which will, we hope, not be very long. In a letter just received from Bro. C. M. Hurlbut, at San Francisco, Aast. to Pres. Eates, he advises us that San unanimously to make the assessment $1.00 ier member each month for the support of the strike on the Canadian Pacific Railway as Ions as it shall be necessary, and he requested all divi sions to do likewise, accordingly by a unanimous vote, Division No. 1, at its meeting on the 25th inst., raised the assessment to fl.00 per month, and ordered the agent to notify all mem bers in this communication that it would be a standing assessment until the strike is settled ; hence you all will please be governed accordingly and pay the same each month without fur ther notice. Brothers: we are being supported by all the organized Labor of British Col umbia and Manatoba, by men not di rectly interested, because they see the absolute justice of our cause, and we cannot afford to have it said that we who are the effected organization and have every thing to gain are doing less than they, v This is the opportunity of oar life as well as the greatest struggle in our history and it should be supported by every member of the organization, for by so doing we render less probable a con troversy of t he same kind on other roads. If the C. P. R. Lines backed np as it is by all the great railroads of the Unite.! States and Canada, is the loser in thL contest no other Comianv will be as hasty in inviting trouble as ha been the C. P. R. in this case. Hence von that in contributing to the support of this strike and enabling oar brothers to win their contest yoa render so much less liable another strnggle of like pro portions on the S.T, The results of the strike to far have been more satisfactory than any event that has transpired in the history of the Organizations. Bro. Harlbort adrues ns that many members who are months in arrears are voluntarily faying np all arrearages and making contributions to the strike fund. The eyes of the railroad work! are up on ns, let ns prove ourselves worthy of the confidence of all men and by the conduct of this great straggle wia the approbation oi all mankind. Again cautioning yoa not to place any confidence in the statements that may appear in the press. We are Yours for E. U. and P. . WM. M.MOORE, Agent A Popular Divine. At Oakland, California, the Rev. Ln ther D. Mahone, pastor of the Thirty- fourth MethodM church, in his sermon hut evening spoke for the benefit of the young ladies of bis congregation. The subject was, "Why Women Do Not Get Married." He said that since coming to California he lias had three flat-footed proposals for marriage, and for the pen alty of talking to a young woman for ten minutes he came very near having a breach of promise suit, and this is not leap year. "The American woman is restless, dis satisfied. Society, whether among the 400 or of the lowest class, baa driven her toward a destiny that is not normal. The factories are full of old maids ; the II . I It . couegra, me uaurooma ana even our churches have their share oi 'old maids,' or, in- onr modern day phraseology, bachelor girls.' For natural obligations for which she was created are snbetitut ed the fictitious duties of clubs, commit tees, meetings, etc., a thousand un womanly occupations. "We condemn polygamy, the nses of the harem, yet we stand by and witnees everyday in our courts and society scenes that are just as debauching and degrading reUtive to the promiscuous - m m m use oi divorce. .More ana more do peo ple, especially in these Western states, look opon masriage as a civil contract ana approach the altar with no more idea as to its sacrednem than if there were no God. Tn tiiiea past and in most places so momentous are these moments named a betrothal, a mar riage, that men wish 'to associate these events with a divine friend. Cat divorce bas become so common that it is a matter of joke, that the Mormons drive their wives abreast and the gen tiles drive tiiem tandem. I have bad it said to me a number of times recently by prospective brides: III don't like hin I can leave him. No yoang man with any self-respect, who is endeavor ing to build him a home, can give his con.ient to wed such being who would ruin him and his future success." Cattle for Alaska. Germany Fears the U. S. Navy. German naval experts declare that the proposed increase of Uncle Sam's sea strength is a much more serious matter fur Germany than the establish ment of a naval station on the Ejut coast ot England. This view is shared by the official of the navy dcitftrtroeut. a ho can out conceal from themstnes the fact hat America's eoiiryvl naval - i.i, ., . . prueraoiiue is cinciiy tie refill oi tiie disappointing Venezuelan expedition No authority is permitted todiscuas the subject for publication, and there is a complete absence of comment in the press in obedience to official a !?he. A prominent naval stratvi.''t, in close touch ith official 0iui-o, said last Friday :j "Germany's danger from the United States lies not in the ex pansion of the American fleet, but in tlte popular sen timent which has brought about that expansion. We contemplate a power ful American navv ith alarm, because of the uses to which popular feeling may at any hour compel it to be put. Re cent history has convinced Germany that no matter how cordial the relations between Washington and Berlin, the real factor in the situation in American public op:nion. How to reckon with certainty on that uncontrollable and capricious element fills us with cm cern." , " Two Bad Meetings, tfal j Francisco Division No. 10 bas voted The wreck at the water tank at Gold Hill, Thursday night, caused by a head- on coll'uiion of e-tra east-bound freight. in charge of Conductor J. N. Flook and Engiaeer W. E Wicklan, pulled by en gine Ji'Jl, and regular freight train o. M, pulled by engine 2i41, witu Ed Long at the throttle, came near termin ating in a more serious accident than tiie wr. k. A car of dynamite was split in to and its contents scattered all over the groudU in the vicinity of the wreck. When Foreman Kuoblanch arrived from Ashlend with the wrecking train, his crew was put to work first to gather np tiie scattered stick of dynamite, for this terrible explosive laying around made it dangerous to work around the wreck. The escape from a tiemendons explo sion, which this car load of dynamite would have made, bad it exploded, is considered miraculous by te Gold Hill people, who shudder when they think of the fact that they so narrowly es caped ft-oni being blown to atoms. Another a reck occurn I two miles south of Riddle, about 9:15 Friday moni h.g, caused by the side rod dropping down, on the engine which was puhi.ig the northbound passenger tra;n, No 12. The engine, mail, baggage and smok ing cars piled np on the side of the mountain, and Mail Clerk Brown was injured in the back and limbs. The S. P. surely are having bad luck. Cattle concerns in the Son ih west have I been attracted by the legislation of the last session of Congress, which throws open a large area in Alaska and makes possible the nse of some good grazing la nils. They propose to bay cattle in the Rocky mountain country which have withstood Ue rigors of the Western m in ters and ship them to Alaska. The inqairiea are as to whether or not the cattle can be landed at Vancouver, on Canadian soil, and then rmhipped into Alaska without the payment of the Ca nadian import taxen, land then again tlte yment of the import ttxe -f the United States when they invade the ter ritory which is under our jaridictioo, Tlte inquiry will t answered with the statement ' that the-rattie wH mot hare to pay tases either at Vancouver or again wtlen they enter the territory. Provision can be made nnder the law by a hsch the cattle can be sent through the Canadian territory nnder bond, snd tbns escape payment of any tax. The projectors of the scheme are try ing to keep their plans from the public as much as possible. They believe that it is feasible to raiae large herds in Alas ka from the firt shipments which will be made. Ther think large sums can be made by having the beef so doe to the great mining camps of the far North, and wilt make heavy investments hi the venture. . A Friend of the Jews. At New York at a banquet given last Thursday by four lodges of the society B'NaiB.ithto Dr. Frie.lrich Mueller, Dr. Singer, replying to the toast, "The President," said the Jew had more mo tive than the ordinary American's pa triotism for doing homage to the Presi dent. He continued: "It was Theo dore Roosevelt who inspired the Rou manian note of Secretary ilay of August II, l'J02, a political and historic act, ul timate effects of which upon the amel ioration of the condition of the Jews in eastern Europe can not be fully realized t the present time." Dr. Mueller spoke oriefly, calling America a nation of klealints, not ma te' ialists, because of their ruagaiiieeat philanthropic institutions. Dr. Mueller will start for Chicago tomorrow to at tend Lolita Armour and to take the chair of orthopaedic surgery in the Uni versity of Chicago. VCV3KVVCVVC Are you particular about your -Coffee, Tea and Spices IF YOU ARE CALL AT CURRIER'S GROCERY AND ASK tOR Price is no higher and every can guaranteed Roseburg's Leading . Grocer Currier's, Eggs, Eggs, Eggs, If you want e?ir for Hatching . from High Grade Poultry wnd your order for eggs or breeding stock to the Roseburg Poultry Yards WE HAVE Efiff ssJ Birred RveoJj Rods ic j Lfctt Brabnas. 15 Eggs for $1.00, Uve and Let Live is ear Motto. JOH7C K. JOH.IIO.X, ITOPV Bx Ul. Reosbarf Oresti V. R. BHcMflgMifi, (Successor to W. L. Cobb, Ifrs. fBoyd's old stand) Extend a cordial invitation to the public and the many friends of thfcold firm to call and examinetheir new line of Staple and Fancy Grocer ies, Queens--ware," Etc. : : : ...Sole Agents for C h a s e Sanborn's. Coffees Bring Us Your Cutter, Ctlclcns, f2$. J. M. Weatberby T. A. Bnry D. L. Xarti Roseburg Real Estate Co. Farm and Timber Land Botight and Sold Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Timber Estimates a Specialty. List yocr proper- ty with us. v Ask Territorial Rights. A Bargain in Timiikr. !80 acres of fine white cedar and old-growth fir tim ber in Coos county, Ore. Lies on bank of a good driving stream in easy reach of log market on tidewater. For partic ulars in this and other timber deal,s in quire of mlOtf. Wm, M. Poster, Camas Valley, Oregon. Notice. The Rev. Mr. Minshall is no longer connected with this office nor is he authorised to receive subscriptions or transact business in any manner for this paper. II. II. EnooKEH, Editor. . Roseburg' Or. Feb. 25, 1903. Last Thursday the Porto Rican house of delegates unanimously voted to td dress a memorial to the American con gress, praying that territorial govern ment be granted to Porto Rico; that the constitution be extended to tbiscountry, and that the executive council be made legislative body. This action was taken despite the decision of the execu tive council postponing indefinitely con sideration of a similar memorial which was presented by the houie of delegate. Fine Farm for Sale. A good 800 acre farm for sale five miles from Myrtle Creek, 100 acres in ullivation, balance hill, pasture and timbered land. Small orcharl, good bouse, barn and other improvemea ts For price and terms apply to P. T. Mo Gss, Myrtle Creek, or D. S. K. Buick, Roseburg, Oregon. jl5tf. Mohair Wrmted. I am prepared to bay Mohair in large or small lots. Will pay tho highest cash price according to quality for it. Wi'l be in Oakland every Friday, and every Saturday will be in Roseburg, head quarters at V. R. Buckingham's grocery. Address - L. A. Marmtshs, tf-ro24 Cleveland, Oregon. A. C MAESTERS Q CO. , DRUGGISTS. We Want Year Pitrcna'e and as an inducement we offer U. S. P. Standard Drugs, Fresn Patent Medicines, High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Artk cles, and Specialties, I 1 ' I' '." - f 1 V; ; who Oi: fh PPave of Prosperity. FAIXT rides oa the very top cf the wv?. It has reached that posi tion because of tts great wcrth and it vi3 stay there. No other paint does good work so well and so eco nomically. K other paint has puDed such popcLiiity, v Color cAtIj oa applies .Coo. ' . " If you intend to paint ycur house see Churchill Q Vcollsy, Agents for S. - W. Paint