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About The Plaindealer. (Roseburg, Or.) 1870-190? | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1903)
General News. -Knnsns needs 5000 harvest hands to save the wheat crop. Cottage Grove is reported as improv ine rapidly in the way of new side-walks beine laid and numbers of handsome new residences under construction. Machinery for the Benton County Prune Packing Co., has arrived at Cor vallie, and will be put in operation at once. The plant is a large one complete in every detail. "Wool is down to 16 cents in Corvallis, an English bnver havine closed a deal therefor 90,000 pounds at that price, Th clip has been averaging 17 to 17. per pound. A ship canal to cost $50,000,000 is to be built to give Glascow a direct outlet to the North sea. Oregon only asks $S,000,000 to open a river that will bene fit a territory 20 times the sue of Scot land. The largest tree in Oregon was felled recently to be sent as a curiosity to the World's Fair. It is the Aberdeen spruce and stood nearly 300 feet high, 40 feet around and US feet from the ground to the first limb. Its age is calculated at 440 years, being a good sued tree when Columbus discovered the land that was afterward called America. The Eugene Guard Bays the city couu cil Ehould lose no time in passing an or dinance regulating the storage of ex plosives with in the city limits. The statement is made that eight hundred pounds of dvnamite were stored in the business part of Eugene over Sunday, While an explosion is not probable it is possible. An ounce of prevention is worth a good many pounds of cure. There is considerable discussion among the lawyers not only of Albany but generally of Oregon, as to the reasons for the small amount of litigation, says the Albany Herald. Are people getting better, or do they do less business? Some attribute the small amount of litigation to the general spirit of arbi tration which prevails in this age. People settle their disputes out of the courts. The work of the busy lawyer is not in the court room but in his office. And it is in the office work that he makes his money. There is more activity than ever be ;fore in the logging camps in King's Valley says the Corvallis Times. L. G. Price has eight to ten men at work in a camp that be is operating individually aa a private enterprise. He has a con tract with Spanlding Brothers to put 600,000 feet of logs into the Luckiamute. Fi Simpson works 23 men in the same vicinity and his contract is for four million feet. Art C. Miller works 30 men on a contract that is understood to be a large one. Spanlding Brothers themselves operate a camp at which 50 to 60 men are employed. The output goes to sawmills along the lower Willam ette and to the pulp mills at Oregon City. The great atid plains of Nevada, "which lie contiguous to the Truckee River, will in all probability soon be turned into fertile fields and blooming orchards lands. That is, as soon as the Department of the Interior shall decide when and to whom the contract for the construction of the canals to be used for irrigating these lands shall be awarded. The proposed scheme is to tap the Trnckee River at a point called Clark's Station, and from there by a circuitous route build a canal 15 miles in length, the objective point being Wadsworth This canal will be bnilt through a terri tory of sandy plains, which now can barely sustain a sum growth ol wiry sagebrush. The building of the canal practically means the reclaiming of something like 250,000 acres of at present useless lands. It is proposed to divert the entire waters of the Truckee River from there natural channel and use them solely for this ii rigation scheme Last week we mentioned that Million aire Best was poisoned at San Rafael Calif., and that his remains were ordered to be exhumed for a coroners jury to pass on the case. The body had been shipped to New York for burial, and on Saturday the grave was opened and upon examination of the body it was found hat the abdomenal cavity of the body was filled with sawdust and that all the internal organs that would show ev dence of irritant poison had been care' fully removed. Those that were left in the body has been severed as with a sharp knife from the supporting mem branes and were found lying loose. Alfred Best, son of the murdered man, declared that he would immediately wire Prose, cuting Attorney Boyd, at San Rafael, Calif., to swear out a warrant on a new charge for the arrest of Dr. JohnD. Wood and wife, at whose home in San Rafael. Calif. Best was a visitor at the tmie of his sndde ndeath. The Salem flax fiber mills have be;n compelled to employ Japanese laborers in order to have the large crop of flax pulled. Pulling flax is hard work as there is so much stooping and it is very hard to get white laborers to do the work. The wheat crop of the Pacific North west will be consideraDly lighter than last .year, perhaps 15 or 20 per cent les9 ; but about as much money will be re ceived for it as for last year's crop, if prices do not fall much, and in any case this will still be a region of abounding plenty. The Redwood Land and Investment company of Humboldt county last week sold 2500 acres of redwood timber land on the north fork of Mad river to Joeiah Bell. The price paid was $53 an acre straight through. The sellers recently bought the land for J50.000 and their profits will nevly reach $100,000. The San Francisco Post says that J D. Carr has succeeded in buying out the last independent settler an Tule lake, and is now preparing to consummate the largest land deal on this coast by selling nearly 300,000 acres, holdings in Klamath and Modoc counties, to a Scotch-English syndicate. The biggest deal in timber lands since thelWeyerhauser syndicate went to the state of Washington was consummated last week, when C. H. Cobb, James Campbell and Rnfus Smith of Seattle and Frank Brownell of Everett paid $1, 000,000 in cash to the Dunsmuir estate for 50,000 acres of timber lands on Vancouver island. This deal has been on for more than a year. In affirming the case of Bennett vs. Carr, the Supreme Conrt practically gives a death-blow to the Michigan anti coloring oleomargarine law by declaring it not a violation of the law to manufac ture or sell oleomargarine colored with an ingredient coloring matter, such for instance, as crude cotton-seed oil, which is an ingredient, and when not refined gives the product the desired butter color. The Booth-Kelley Lumber Company are constructing one of the largest dams yet constructed in Lane county on Fall Creek. The dam is 30 feet high and will cause a rise of six feet at the mouth of the creek. Like others atjthistime of year, they are compelled to dam small creeks until sufficient water has been collected to cause a big rush when re leased, thus floating all logs below the dam further and further down the creeks. It is necessary now to make official record of every brith and every death. A new law that is already in effecs re quires every physician, midwife- or bead of the family to give notice by the end of the month to the county health officer of any birth that occurs under his or her charge. Every physician, midwife or head of family must give notice to such health officer within 43 hours of every death. No burial can take place until a proper burial certificate has been made out and transmitted to the county health officer. A huge dredger has been taken to Klamath Falls from Fall River, Modoc county, where it reclaimed 12,000 acres of land. It will cut a channel from Lit tle Klamath lake through the stretch of Tale swampto White lake through which a river of water will flow, thus making of White lake a reservoir affording a limitless supply of water to the big ditches already leading therefrom Much land has already been reclaimed in Tuie lake valley, but thousands of acres more will take on the wearing of the green when the dredger , shall have completed its work. The repeal of the timber and stone act will be, according to Senator Gibson of Montana, one of the most important measures affecting the West, that will come before the next session of Con gress. The bill for this repeal has been favorably reported by the Committee on Public Lands of the Senate, but has not been acted on. It is likely to pass, how ever, the contest over it promising to be one of the fights of the session. It is not a party measure and it seems that the representatives of the Western Stateb are not a unit in favor of it. The mining interests.so far as heard from are in favor of repeal because they know in many cases much undeveloped mineral land has already been grabbed nnder the pretense that it is valuable "chiefly for its timber and stone", and those who favor the settlement of the states of the far west with a population such as the homestead law encourages will be a unit in favor of repeal. The party who takes up public land for its timber is rarely an actual settler, but often is one who has no intention settle down and live in the community. The hope of the many western states lies in the coming of small farmers to take and hold the public lands. LADIES TAKE A LOOK f in r 1 1 t rfllBlftflim and if our tfrnrcu ana mjmmlk j Line is not better than any other, don't buy from us. We are showing this season the Latest Styles in Silk Gause Novelties, Sole Jouree, Silk Zephyr, Corded Chambray, lawn Caladine Novelties, Taney Madrass Organdies, Lawn Sinaloa Novelties, Minerva Dimities, Leno Applique Lawn, Afton Dimity, Blouse Linens, Organdies, Linen Batiste, Chal lies, Sursucker Ginghams, Percale AND ALL THE LATEST IN DRESS GOODS Cl?f,fr We carry the Finest Line of Made-up Skirts in town, and our line of Underskirts cannot Oil. 11. la-" equaled for quality and price Our Spring and Summer Line of Clothing Sr? fSS ul Highest to the Lowest grade is in even ease finely tailored and thoroughly dependable.' We recommend it with confidence even though our prices are lower than any other store sell for the same quality. Also a new 0 and up-to-date line of Indies' and Gent's Neckwear. OUR SHOES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. X Sole Agents for the W. L. Douglas Shoo t The Peonle's Store VrS,1 One Door South of P. O. P. M. Arthur, the venerable chief exe cution of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, fell dead while making a clos ing address before the convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Friday night. Mrs. Mary J. Piercv. said to have been one of the smallest women in the world, died of heat at her home in weX York City a few days aco. She was 31 inches tall, weighed 50 pounds and was 40 years of age. Reports from Sumpter say that never before were conditions better for stock. The late rains have resulted in one of the greatest grass crops ever known there, and as a consequence horses, cattle and sheep are doing well. Ira L. Greninger, of Medford, is at the hospital there in a dangerous condition from blood poisoning produced from a toy pistol exploding in his hand, lacerat ing it very badly, while attending the celebration at Gold Hill on the 4th. The wheat crop of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho this rear is estimated at 36,000 bushels. This is a fifteen per cent decrease from last year, vet the hortage will not so much be felt on ac count of the corresponding advance in prices. Chicago's population is 231,000, ac cording to the publishers ct the Chicago city directory for 1903. The publithers figure the number of names in the dir ectory of 1890 is to the- population of that year as established by tbe United States census as 654,000 (the number of names in this jear's direotorr)is to 2, 231,000. The Northwest is reputed to produce annually from 35,000,000 to 40,000,000 bushels of wheat. Of thi amount no ess than 30.000,000 are raised in the Inland Empire and is subject to freight rates governed by the rocfc in the Col umbia at Celilo, and it is cot unreason able to say that the cost of building a canal would be saved in two or three years to the farmers of the three sister states. A reduction of three and one- third cents a bushel would make the Inland Empire a million dollars richer each year. Report from La Grande says the early hay crop is being sold in town at til to $13 per ton, which is about f4 per ton above the price in former years. The hay i3 late in maturing and the yield is light, presaging a scarcity this winter. Owing to the high price of hay and poor Quality of erain, much grain will be cut for hay. Beets are expected to yield about two-thirds of the net tonnage of last year. Owing to light early rains some beets were plowed up, but those left are making excellent growth. A comet which was first discovered by a French astronomer a month ao, has been visible to the naked eye in south ern Oregon for sevcarl nights. Its loca tion at present is in the constellation called Cygnus, or the swan. It is mov ing in a southerly direction at the rate of five degrees every 24 hours. Its pres ent distance from the sun is 100,000,000 miles. This comet is expected to be tho brightest since the comet of 1831. It now has two tails, which is raro with comets, both tails turned away from the sun. It will grow brighter and brighter each succeeding night for prob ably the next 15 days, after which it will be lost in the light of the sun. Ac cording to the astronomers of tho Lick Observatory its nearest approach to the sun will occur on August 27th, at a dis tance of 31,000,000 miles. AGENCY BRAZING LATHE WORK 8 HARRY E. fllLLER, 8 7 11 Oak St., Opp. Churchill & Woolley's 2 ooooooooooocxoooooooooooooocoocoooooooocxxxxooooooo I Bring Us Your 9 GHIGESKS, BUTTES, FOR CHSH ORjTRKDE. J.F. Barker & Co. KXXGOCOCKXX?COCOQOOOOOOOOOOrxX Rambler Bicyles The Superiorty of our Bargains is acknowledged by Shoppers who are on the alert for merchandise of merit. Fine Summer Dress Goods clipped in price to sharpen your interest. At this time we are selling off all things summery and yet many women want a fresh new dress or two for this month and next. Todar vou can choose from a va riety of choice stuffs at much less than the goods have been bringing until now. 6c, ioc, iz4c, and on up to 50c per yard. Summer Hats for Men. Little to pay for a new sum mer hat, we're doing rad ical clean up work among the summer stocks these days, that is our only apol ogy for making toda3''s little price on a lot of sum mer hats for men, desirable and seasonable styles. Former prices were 20c, 65c, 75c, and $1.00. Today they are marked 20c, 60c and 75c. Price Reductions on Shirt Waists. An offering of Percale waists at reduc tions that run up to half original prices. Bargains extiaordinary in Ladies Oxfords as com parison will vuickly show. Sr.50 and $2.00. Paying high prices becomes monotonous, try Hildebrand's for a chausre. 5 2 2