Planting Bulbs In the Fall.
The time to prepare for the spring
tfeast of flowers is in the fall, eays Coun
try Life in America. Too often people
iorget all about it until they eee the
tulips in the parks or in their neighbor's
gardens, and then they hie to the bulb
seller in a quest for bulbs. Generally
-speaking, from the middle of October
-until the ground is closed with frost,
the bulbs for spring flowering may be
.planted. Some of the species are late in
xipening lily of the valley, for an in
stance and so the planting stock is not
available until November. In our
.Northern climate frost and snow may
have made their appearance before these
-are procurable, so the expedient of
covering the ground where they are to
be planted must be adopted. Coarse
bagging spread over the ground and a
covering of three to four inches of leaves,
liay or litter of any kind will answer.
The best bulb garden the writer ever
had a small one, 'tis true was planted
on Xew Years's day, the soil having
been kept frost-free by the method de--ecribed.
However, unquestionably the
earlier the better. The first customers
get the best stock, and the amateur will
do well to order his hardy bulbs in
September, for October planting.
Rapids, Iowa. Those occurrences d-
not often occur especially when parents
have lived over three score and 10 years
and probably this may prove to be the
last on earth.
POPULAR NORTH BEACH.
Roseburg People Will Find This
an Ideal Recreation Resort.
Wilbur Items.
Mrs. Allen and daughter left for their
home in Portland on Wednesday's local.
3Iiss Minnie Ellison returned home
-from Roseburg on Tuesday ,s local.
Rev. Hasbit and family have returned
from spending a few days camping on
Calapooia creek.
Mr. and Mrs. U. B. Lamb and three
children are enjoying an outing of a
couple of weeks at Winchester Bay.
Miss Eliza Cobb, of Edenbower spent
Sunday with Wilbur friends.
Mr. Kaegi and familv attended
the Pioneers reunion at Olalla.
Mr. A. Davis and family and Mis s
Nettie Davis, are spending the week at
Mr. Branche's at Oak creek.
Miss Addie Ellison returned home
Sunday. She has been spending the
summer at Oakland.
Mr. Lee Catinon was visiting friends
here, Tuesday evening.
A number of Wilbur people attended
the basket dinner a week ago last Sun
day, at the Calapooia school house.
.Rev. Leonard preached two good ser
mons. Mr. Will Mode has moved his family
to Oakland. We are told "he is going to
-work on the railroad.
Keitiia.
Many Roseburg people have decided
to Epend their vacation atPopularXorth
Beach, at the mouth of the Columbia.
Leaving Portland (daily except Sunday
and Monday) on the 0. R. & X. Co.'s
palatial Steamer T. J. Potter queen of
river boats five hours are consumed in
making the trip to Astoria, the scenery
including all that is beautiful, and
through the great salmon.fishing waters
of the Lower Columbia. After a short
stop at Astoria, the steamer is off for
Ilwaco, on Baker's Bay, where the pas
sengers board the train waiting and are
j soon off for Xorth Beach, the popular
summer resort of the North Pacific coast.
During the trip from Ilwaco the first
good view of the Pacific is secured, the
train running along the ridge of the
beach within two hundred yards of the
breakers. The beach is twenty-seven
miles long, two hundred yards; wide at
low tide, and so hard that carriage
wheels scarcely leave a mark. It is an
ideal place for driving, riding, wheel
ing, or walking, and the surf bathing is
unsurpassed. The excellent hotels
and boarding places provide good ac
commodations at prices ranging from
one dollar to three dollars per day.
The round trip rate from Portland to
Astoria is ?2.50; to Ocean Beach points
M.00, good until October 15th. On Sat
urdays, during July an August, round
trip tickets are sold to beach points at
$2.50, good for return leaving the beach
1 the following Sunday evening.
We are going to offer the same grade for
1 150.00, $175.00 and 200.00. These fig
ures will surprise those who have been
buying those so-called high-grade pia
nos. Besides this lot we will have the
genuine CABLE piano and not the Ho
bert M. Cable. It will pay you to eee
this line before buying a piano.
RlCHARDSOX MUSIC HOUSE,
Roseburg and Cottage Grove.
Men wanted to cut 300 tier of wood
inquire of Henerv Conn. Roseburg Ore
gon.
T. K. RICHARDSON.
Leading Mnsic Hou-e of Southern
Orej:' i.
f 25.00 Gold or silver will buy a good
Organ or make a payment on one of our
fine Pianos, prices ranging from flSo.OO
to $450.00. I have decided to sell ray
present stock regardless of cost or profit.
Hints to Housewives.
Half the battle in good cooking is to have good
FRESH GROCERIES
And to get them promptly when you order them. Call up
Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service.
C. W. PARKS & CO.
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ee or write us at once and secure 'if you
some of these bargains. 1 Jf VOU
X. IV. IVICUAKDSOX.
Rosebun;. Orecon. L' vou don't know PAT
you want to buj a
you want furnished
you want to buy a
you want to
to
to
want
want
want
farm
rooms
house
rent a house
build a house
move a house
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Call on or ddresi
F. pBfefcBiWn,
Contractor
uj HniUir
Keeebnrg
Oregon.
Write your Farm Experience and Send
Oakland-Owl 'Hoots.
Mrs. W. B. Clark visited Oakland
friends the first of the week.
Miss Hattie Fisher, of Kellogg, will
teach the fall term of school at Scotts
"burg. Miss Ellen Prior will commence teach
ing school in Prior district about the
middle of September.
C. R. King lias moved to Yoncalla
where he will have charge of a drug
store.
Jeff Medley and family and Miss
Mary Bainbridge returned from the
coast Monday.
Ziliss Kate Hogan, of Nonpareil, visited
friends and relatives in this city, latt
week.
Mrs. J. B. Macky returned from
Davenport, Washington, Saturday even
ing where she has been visiting relatives
and friends the past month.
Mr. and .Mrs. A. Underwood and Mrs.
J. A. Underwood visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Clark at Mill
wood, during the week.
Miss Maud Monkhause was the guest
of Miss Edna Harvey at English Settle
ment, during the past week.
Mrs. Sarah Thomas left Tuesday
morning for Spokane, Washington,
where she will remain a few weeks.
Mrs. G. W. Diminick and daughters,
of Roseburg, visited Oakland relatives
and friends during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Beckley returned
from Elkton last Friday.
A family reunion was held at the
residence of K. S. Taylor's of this place
on Sunday, Augnst 31. The family con
sisted of six children all of whom were
present but one, Mary Latue, who died
years ago in Unionviile, Missouri. Her
husband, W. J. Applegate, was present.
The eldest of the family is Kate C. Heef
ner, of Chamberaburg, Pa., where all
his children were born and raised.
Anna B. Miller, wife of J. H. Miller,
John Shanon Taylor, of Portland, Lila
M. Ross and son, Wilbur, of Roseburg,
Grant Taylor, of Oakland. After din
ner they talked of days gone by and had
a good time. On Monday morning all
left for the ranch located near the saw
mill of Cooper and Dake on the Upper
Calapooia, cailed Taylor Springs. They
all discovered the habpenings of 31
years ago, where they parted at Cedar
In 1902 the Southern Pacific Company
published a pamphlet entitled "Cali
fornia Industries". It contained princi-
pally the personal testimonies of experi-
enced cultivators, says the Pacific Home
stead. A short description of the dif
ferent sections was given and following
this the testimonies of fruit growers,
dairymen, etc, etc., showing the number
of acres cultivated to oranges, grapes,
olives, alfalfa, etc., the cost to cultivate
the yield per acre and price the products
were sold for. This was one oi the most
practical pieces of literature that could
be put out. Mr. W. E. Coinan, G. P. A.,
of 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
at-ks that all who are able to give the
results from their farms, dairies, fruit
orchards, berry jwtches, etc., in Oregon,
write the results for publication in this
pamphlet. He says he wants only the
actual results under favoiable conditio-.
the same as can be accomplished or
any intelligent grower under normal
conditions ; that is. he wants only honest
representations. Any of oar readers in
Oregon who will take the time to give
their experiences will be doing the com
pany a courtsey and the state justice.
You may send your statement to Mr.
Toman, or to the Plaindealeb and it will
forwarded to him.
OREGON'S
BLUE RIBBON
State
Fair
SALEM,
September 14 19, 1903
The Greatest Exposition and Live
Stock Show on the Pa
cific Coast.
High Class Racing every Afternoon
$12,000 Cash Premiums
on Live Stock and Farm
Products,
All Exhibits Hauled Free over the
Southern Pacific.
Reduced Transportation Rates on
all Lines.
Attention Rheumatics!!
Why pay the Rail Road a lot of money to
carry you to Springs of unknown medical
properties when you can be guaranteed a
cure at BOSWELL SPRINGS near home.
! (ELATERITE la Mineral Rubber, t
! VOU MAVHNTEND BUILDIKG
or nna It ncccMHury to REPLACE A WOttX-OCT ROOF
ELATERITE ROOFING
THK ELATERITE HOOFING CO.,
Worcester BuIlUinB, I0 liTLtAZiD
Live StocK Auction Sale
Held in connection with Fair.
Fi e Camping ground Free and re
uceJ rates on campers tickets
Come and bring your fam
ilies. For further in
formation, write
M. D. Wisdom, Sec'y.,
J. M. Weatherby
T. A. Bury
D. L. Martin
Portland, Oregon.
OS
j H. Little,
.. DENTIST. ..
Oakland, -
Oregon. :
Trespass Notice.
, The public is hereby warned not to'
I trespass uponjthe premises, not to hunt .
' for or shoot any kind of bird or animal
!on the Da Motta farm and pasture land .
j located east of;Roseburg under penalty
of the law made and provided.
M. T. Dawson, Prop.
Roseburg, Oregon, Aug. 18, 1903.
Goats for Sale.
TIMBER AND GRAZING
LAND
City and Mining Propert;, Home
steads and Timber Claims Located,
the best now vaotat. No fees paid
until Filing accepted. Relinquish
ments bocght and sold. ; : :
Stewart Land Co.,
Room 4, Taylor & Wilson Block
ROSEBUKG OREGON
Roseburg Real Estate Co.
Farm and Timber Land Bought and Sold
Taxes Paid for Non-Resideuts. Timber
Estimates a Specialty. List your proper
t3 with us.
rain Gardiner I
$ COOS BHY STHCE ROUTE '
D
Coraraencine with Monday, January 30. '02, we will charge 7.50 for
thefare from Drain t O h H iv. Baggage allowance with each full fare 1'
60 pounds. Travelling men are allowed 75 poiuuie haggage when they J
, nave pounuj or nor?. Alt excess bucgras, 3 cts. per pound, and no a
lowance will be made for round trip. DAILY STAGE.
For further information nddree?
;
; J. H, Sawyers, S
Proprietor, Drain. Oregon
About 40 head of Angora goats fo
sale, all young does, also some thorough
bred bucks. Correspondence solicited.
L. A. Mabstebs,
Cleveland, Oregon.
Wanted.
Homes from $250 to S5000
Write or 'Phone
Wm. M, Porter,
Real Estate Agent and Notary
Timber and Homestead Locator j
Packer and Quide
20 tiers oak stovewood, 30 tiers grab
blockwood. D. S. K. Buick 48tf.
Camas Valley,
Oregon
25milcaouth wot nf Rowjburs
Great Men and Qreat Pianos.
President Roosevelt has just bought a
fine Knabe piano, and the lace vice-presi
dent Hobart has at his residence a fine
NEEDHAM, such as wo are selling eve
ryday, right here at Roseburg, and
since the good judgement of Roosevelt
we have secured the agency for the
Knabe and the J. & C. Fischer. These
are alljworld-renowned pianos, of the
highest standard. We have also in
transit'a lot of those medium pianos for
which the people are paying all the way
trom $275.00 to ?300.00 and even more.
I
i (fit? Go to .. ..
if 1 1 WOODRUFF
BARBER SHOP,
For a Prompt and First-class
Shave or Hair-cut. Compe
tent Workmen, Clean Tow
els, Tools always in shape.
Baths in Connection.
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Cl. T 1 OA Q
THE SCENIC LINE
Through Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver, and the Famous Rocky
Mountain Scenery by daj'light
TO -A.T.Tj POINTS EAST
3 FAST TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN OGDCN AND DENVER 3
Modern Equipment, Through Pullman and Tourist Sleep
ing Cars and Superb Dining Car Service.
STOPOVERS ALLOWED
For rates, folders and claer
formation, address
W. C. McBRIDE, Gen'I Agent,
li4 Third Street, Portland,. Ore,
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