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Southern Oregon Presbytery. The Presbytery of Southern Oregon convened at thePresbyterian church in -this city last Thursday evening says the Marshfield Coast .Mail, and the opening sermon was preached by Rev. W. F. Shields, of Medford, Oregon. Good xiusic for the evening was furnished by a choir of local musicians under the training of Mrs. Dr. Tower. At the close of the opening sermon the Ifceebytery was duly organized by 4he election of the folio wine: "Rev. Adolph Haberly, Moderator; F. CStrange, Stated Clerk; V. G. Con dcIL, Permanent Clerk; Dr. J. W. Strange, Temporary Clerk. Key. J. V. Milliken, a member of "Portland Presbytery, Synodical Mission aryand Rev.B. F. Peck of the M. E. church were'invitedto act as correspond ing members. After agreeing to meet Friday morn ing at 9 o'clock a. m. to spend SO min utes in devotional exercises, after which 'the business of the day will be taken up. la the evening a popular service will be SieM, to be devoted to the matter of -"'Missions.1' There are in attendance on the Pres bytery the following ministers. Reverends F. G. Strange of Marsh field, J. A. Townsend of Roseburg, M. 2. Marshall of Oakland, Geo. Gillespie -of Carry county, W. F. Shields of Med Jord, W. G. Connell of Grants Pass, W. S. Smith, S. S. Missionary for Presby tery, J. V. Millikin, Synodical S. S. Missianery, Adolph Haberly, D. H. Hare of Myrtle Point J. R. Iandsboro, Geo. Byers and J. R. McComb. Elders present are J . D. Johnson of Marshall, J. M. Beyers of Willowdale, P. Benedick of Roseburg, and J. W. Strange of Myrtle Creek and W. F. Disher of Willowdale. BUNCHING ASPARAGUS. 3V.rite.yoar Farm Experience and Send Tbe Qmn aad the Wblte How to Cat Hutjlr Bands. Some markets require the green as paragus, while In others the white Is In good demand. It Is usually & good plan to have both kinds, advises on Indiana grower In Rural New Yorker. By throwing a ridge of earth over each row the asparagus will become well bleached before It reaches the top of the ground. The other rows will furnish the green asparagus. In cut ting I use an inch chisel, and the shoots arc cut off just under the ground to secure the green asparagus. In the part of the field that la ridged up the shoots are cut off. Just ns they appear above the soil, as deep in the ground as necessary to secure the proper length. As the stalks are cut they are placed In a basket with the tops all one way. When the basket Is full. It Is carried to a hydrant and the asparagus placed In a long row on a table and well j washed. By keeping the stalks straight this work Is greatly lessened, as the dirt can be washed from the stalks easier, quicker and with less water. FormlnE the Bnnchea. Any one who has ever bunched as paragus has observed that but few stalks are perfectly straight. In bunch ing, the stalks should be turned so each head turns toward the center of the bunch. This will take time, but It will pay, as a much neater bunch will be secured, and it will sell more readily. After the center Is formed each suc ceeding row Is slightly lowered so that the bunch when finished will be cone shaped and about what an ordinary hand can reach around. A rubber band Is now slipped over the bunch while still in the left hand, and the work Is done. The rubber bands are better than strings, as they hold the bunches neater and save much labor In using them, and labor Is money in the market garden business. All bunches are made as near alike as pos sible. After being put up each bunch is cut off about six Inches long and placed In a shallow pan containing wa ter. Here It remains until the next morning, when It Is placed In boxes containing wet moss, the boxes covered with wet sacks. The boxes are placed Your Watch! Y hen was it cleaned and oiled? is it running like it ought to? If i is not, it would bo well to have it ex aniined, I will look it over carefully and tell you just where the trouble is and what it will cost to repair it. 1 guarantee all my work and live up to the guarantee. R.F.WINSLOW Optician MRS. H. E ASTON is prepared to wait upon old and new customers and friends with a full and complete stock of In 1902 the Southern Pacific Company published a pamphlet entitled "Cali fornia Industries". It contained princi waMy Uie personal testimonies of exneri- -encedcnhivators.says the Pacific Home- m wagon and taken t0 ,narket' - . ' vthuM Vi iat- call fnv twrm -1 A n Rfl iwnn teaa. A short description of the dif iterent sections was given and following -this the testimonies of fruit growers, 'dairymen, etc, etc., showing the number tI acres cultivated to oranges, grapes, -olives, alfalfa, etc., the cost to cultivate .;fbe yield per acre and price the products -"-were old for. This was one of the most -;practical pieces of literature that could lbe pat out. Mr. W. E. Coman, G. P. A., al the Southern Pacific Company, has .-written the agents of that company in Oregon tLat it is the intention to get up -.-a. similar publication for Oregon and iakB ilhatall whoare able to give the "results Irom their farms, dairies, fruit orchards, berry patches, etc, in Oregon, write the results for publication in this jpamphlet. He says he wants only the -actual resnlte under favorable condition, - the same as can be accomplished by any intelligent grower under normal - conditions; that is, he wants only honest xepreseinarions. Any of our readers in Oregon who will take the time to give - their experiences will be doing the com- Ypany-a courtsey and the state ou may send your statement to Mr. Zoman, or to the Plalndealte and it will be forwarded to him. where they sell for from 40 to SO cents per dozen bunches. A. Marker From b Old Cultivator. The Illustration shows a corn marker without a fault All cultivators are Bot alike, as some have straight tongues, and some have a scat attach ed, but they can all be used by Blmply removing the wheels and shovel beams. No. 1 A shows a hole where a clevis attaches the whlffletrees. This brings the draft on the sled Instead of the frame. D shows a plank spiked on be hind, making a place for the driver to GROCERIES: All fresh and of the very best qualitv. Teas aad coffees are specialties. Your patronage solicited. 305 Jackson St., Roseburg BEST MEAL IN THE CITY FOR 25 CENTS. THE NEW Cor Washington and Main Streets Mrs. Belle Collins Oregon Subline AKT Union Pacific REDUCED All Colored Summer Goods Reduced to COST We must maKe room for New Goods WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801. Of 3our life if you bu y a buggy, hack or road wagon before 3'ou inspect our stock of John Deere vehicles. We Are After You Haven't missed a sale since car arrivec. spring goods ever brought to the county. Finest line o CHURCHILL & W00LLEY B HO.Z 4 There is more Catarrh in this section f the conn try than all other diseases put : together, and until the last few years i was supposed to be incurable. For aj rext many years doctors pronounced it -a. local disease and prescribed local ! (remedies, and by constantly failing to ' -care with local treatment, pronounced -it, incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and there lore requires constitutional treatment. HxlFa Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. C. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is -the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts -directly on the blood and mucous eur faces of the system. They offer one 3faandred dollars for any case it fails to care. Send for circulars and teetiinon- Addre8s,F.J.CHENET&Co.,Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists 75c Sail's Family Pills are the best. HOITEJIADE CO EX ilAEKEE. stand, thus leaving a clear vision be tween his horses and straight ahead. C shows where the wheel sn Indies are se- jusuce. cma t0 tje marker plank with a yoke. Eecured on the underside of the plank by burs At B is an upright pin. This is to receive B of No. 2. This pole is Just eight feet long, and F Is a runner made rounding at each end. This Is 2 feet long, 8 inches wide nnd 1 inch thtrV. It Is made of hard wood and Is wedge shaped on the bottom. G is a wire attached with a ring on It. To the ring Is attached a good stout string, and to this string Is fastened a com mon snap, H. Place B No. 2 on B No. 1, Title Guarantee & Loan Co. 1 ROSEBDBO. D. Hahilto.i, Pnalde-nt OREGON D C. Baxiltox Secy, and Treai Offlce In the Conn Bonre. Bare the only com Bleu? Mt of atwtract book! In Douzlaf County Abtncu and Certificate ol Title furnUbed to Dou?la county laad and mining claim. Bare also a complete et ol Traclnn o' all township plans in the Roebnrc. Oregon, O. S. Lan d Di trict. Will make blue print cople ol anj- town snip :J A. C. MRSTERS & CO. DRUGGISTS. i i it N. A. FOSTER & CO., GOVERNMENT LANDS Of every descrivtion. Farms and Min eral Lands. Oregon, Washington and OAKLAND. OEEGON Minnesota. 0"23) Abstract of Title to Deeded Land. Papers prepared for filing on Govern ment Land. Bine Prints of Township Maps showing aP -v&cantLande. We Want Your Patronage and as an inducement we offer TJ. S. P. Standard Drugs, Fresh Patent Medicines, High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Arti cles, and Specialties snap H on same ring, and your highest i C D FJ N Lf C HI T CV Ideal of a perfect corn marker will be P ilAIliV C.ALLC I Architect, Abstracter. realized. I use E for handles when turning at the end of the field. Cor. Orange Judd Farmer. CURIOUS CULLINGS. For Sale. "Gold coin winter wheat, white Eus--san side oats, vetch seed, Sibe rian oat yielded 549 bushels per acre 2 years ago, also pure leghorns and plymouth rock fowls, and Scotch Collie puppies, the finest in the land. Address . A Kettie, Roseburg, Oregon. 66-lm. 'Good, household furniture for sale cheap. Enquire at the old Abraham's isoose in Bosebuig. 59-3wp ToUerton & Richardson, Druggists, on Csss street near the Depot. A Missouri man has a curiosity In a horse with one hoof formed like that of a camel. If a musket ball be fired Into water It will nor only rebound, but be flat tened, as if fired against a solid sub stance. In north Wales the Welsh -word for "now" Is "rwan." In south Wales It is "rwnn" spelled backward Tlx. "aawx." The Modest Violet. Theae violets are modest blooms. But If their cost you will recall You'll own the folic who sell them have Effrontery enough for alL "Washington Star. She Tried to Be. Maud So Jack Is engaged. Is be? And is Lucy the bride to be? Irene No; she's the tried to Lyre. De- Plans and Estimates for all Build ings. Special designs for Office Fixtures Office in new Bank Building. 'Phone 415 ROSEBURG. OREGON A. Terrible Dlaeaae. rm fond of healthy chickens. But hate our bant&m cock That suffers with insomnia Each morn at four o'clock. Philadelphia Prws. THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD The Greatest Tarm Paper of the North west. Publiihed weekly at Salem. Ore gon. Edited by the Farmers of the Northwest. Twenty Pages. Illustrated. A WESTERN PAPER FOR WESTERN PEOPLE 5 Papers for Si.oo. Less than acts each Publication began March 1. 1900. Now has 9,300 subscribers. Phenomenal growth Is due to Its being tho belt farm paper pub lished. YOU SHOULD READ IT HOMESTEAD AND PLAIN'DEALEB $2.75 A YEAL go to THE ROSELEAF for CIGARS, TOBACCO HND SMOKERS' SUPPLIES. Jackson Street, Roseburg, Oregon R W- FENN, CIXrTIL ENGINEER. (Lately with the government frsopraphical and geological survey of Brazil, South America.) United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Office over Poetoffice. ROSEBURG, OREGON. Correspondence aolidted A. SALZMAN, Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Diamonds and Silverware Watch Repairing: a Specialty.