I
Goes Bay,
Roseburg
Railroad.
and Eastern
The construction of the Coos Bay
R. R. appears to be assuming more
practicle pro-pastime than at any
time heretofore. It is announced in
the eastern press that George Gould
is actually going to build, in the very
near future, two roads to the Pacific
Coast, and that the Coos Bay road is
one of them. We are disposed to
place a great amount of credence in
these reports, particularly that re
garding the Coos Bay road. We have
two reasons for crediting this last an
nouncement. One of our reasons is sufficient.
There is a demand for the construc
tion of this road. The commerce of
the Pacific Coast, with the orient and
our insular possessions is assuming
enormous proportions and will in
crease from years to years as our
commodities come into more general
use by those people. In order to
meet this demand there exists a nec
essity for more railroad carriage.
This is prohibited to other companies
by the management of the present
roads; and there is but one way men
handling the amount of traffic handled
by such lines as the Gould, can reach
the coast, and that is by their own
independent lines. It is therefore
imperative for Gould to reach the
coast, if he expects to share in the
oriental trade. He can't do it at
Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco or
Portland. He has lines as far west
as Salt Lake. The construction of a
road from Salt Lake to Coos Bay will
give him just what he wants, an out
let. It will do more it will give him
a control of all the shipping business
between Baker City in Oregon and
years so strong a pressure on the part
of the Eastern merchants as there is
now to crush down prices to the min
imum. The growers must stand to
gether and not sell one pound at less
than a good round price. The trade
does not care whether it pays on a 3
or a 3J cent basis. What it does
care for is that there shall be uniform
ity. The demand for prunes was
never greater.
"In the European markets there is
a very small holdover crop. Hamburg
and Bordeaux being the only places
where there is any to speak of. The
prospects are for only one-quarter of
an average crop. California must
pack up to the brands, and not send
fruit which has been strongly sul
phured and then not aired well before
boxing. The price of prunes this
year does not depend on what New
York or Chicago merchants want, but
on what the growers of California
say. A 3 cent net basis would be
reasonable."
Colonel Philo Hersey, president of
the Santa Clara County Fruit Ex
change, who has also recently return
ed from a trip to Europe, and who ad
dressed the growers during the same
meeting, said:
'"This years fruit crop is short in
every country. All the natural prod
ucts are light At the beginning of
the season there were no French
prunes on hand. Bosnia and Servia
have only 2,500 wagon loads of eleven
tons each, a mere grain for the Euro
pean markets.
"This country had a holdover of
27,000,000 or 28,000,000 pounds on
May 1st. The largest estimate for
this years crop is two-thirds of last
Year's yield. There will not, there-1
fore, be the usual consumption of
Your Watch!
When was it cleaned and oiled H
Is it running like it ought to? If i
ia not, it would be well to have it ex
amined, I will look it over carefully
and tell you just where the trouble is
and what it will coat to repair it.
I guarantee all mv work and live!
up to the guarantee.
R.F.WINSLOWJeand
- u-.'iuiau
MRS. H. E ASTON
l . .1 I w
is rreparea in wan upon uiu
and new customersand friends
with a full and complete
stock of
-GROCERIES
All fresh and of the very best
quality. Teas aad coffees are
specialties. Yonr patronage
solicited.
r i r 1
BEST
MEAL
IN THE
CITY
FOR
25
CENTS.
THE NEW
D
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Cor. Washington
and Main Streets
Mrs. Belle Col Una
Reno, Nevada. A county rich in all j
western resources such as stock, grain, ! fruit in Europe and America, so that
frmf Hmhpr and minerals Thf rlio-1 f-linro in nn nuiAn rrXr.
tance between these points is 400 1 prunes should not bring a higher price
miles, and is the largest scope of ter- this year than last."
ritory in the United States without a J During the interview Manager Gile!
railroad. The traffic of this section ! further said: '
iT,11 eaStem conn(f !ons ! "In view of all thefacts there is no '
atSalt Lake support a road on a 1 reason why th e K
hrgdy paying basis The time is here - Q and Washinon ghoald take ,
for this road and unless all signs fail, t x. n . , r ,n -n
. , . . 6 ' less than 4 to 4 cents net for 40-oOs.
tbe road is coming. . Tfae 25,000,000 or 30,000,000 pounds ;
' , of prunes produced in the Northwest '
Good Price for Prunes. , is a very small factor in the world's
' supply. The growers should not for-
AND
OREGON
Union Pacific
REDUCED
All Colored Summer
Goods Reduced to
COST
We must maKe room for New Goods
WOLLENBERQ BROS., Phone 801.
Of your life if you bu y a buggy, hack or road wagon befor
3ou inspect our stock of John Deere vehicles.
We Are After You
Haven't missed n sale since car arrived.
spring goods ever brought to the county.
Finest line
CHURCHILL & W00LLEY
Title Guarantee & Loan U).
r. o
BOSEBUBO, OBEGOK
Hakiltox,
President
C. HlXILTOX.
Secj. and Treu
OOce In the Court House. Hve the only com
Theprunes growers will be interest-, cet thata lare crop or a total failure ; rf o H
ed to know that the price named by in 0regon veiy little effecfc on the ftc
them in their conference meeting held
at Salem, on July 25, were not far
wide of real value of prunes.
The WAla-lc Valley Prune Associa
tion has since that date accepted a
a" few orders, when buyers could be
enormous total amount annually con
sumed, but our conditions may be tre
mendously affected by the failure of
crops abroad."
The prune crop throughout the
Willamette valley is generally reported
townhlt
plat In the Rweburs. Oreeoa. C. S. Lan d D
trict. WIU make bine print copies of any town
ship
induced to pay the price, the sales. making rapid growth, and the
aggregating now upwards of forty ; grors are thoroughly pleased with
carloads. Probably twice this amount , the fav0rable weather conditions and
would have been sold had it not been , tne encouraging prospect.
for the break made in Southern Ore-1 .
gon, where some large growing crops j More than 5,000,000,000 pounds of
were sold at an abnormally low figure, j valuej at over $100,000,000,
the fruit being resold in the hast as ; wag brought into the United States in I
low as 2 basi3, four cents for 40-50s. 1 tne year just en(jed. This is a '
In an interview with a Salem States- j uTsrer importation of sugar than at
man reporter, Manager H. S. Gile, of ; any preceding year in the history of
N. A. FOSTER & CO
GOVERNMENT
LANDS
Of every descrivtion. Farms and
eral Lands.
Minnesota.
(j23
Min-
Oregon, Washington and
OAKLAND. OREGON
the country, and the value is greater
than in any preceding year, except
the importations of 1891, 1893 and
1894. These figures include the
suerar brought from Porto Rico and
Reduced Rates to Oregon State Fair.
the Willamette Valley Prune Associa
tion, said:
"It seems strange that growers
should be content to accept 3h to 3
cents for 40-501 when other growers
are selling the same goods at A cents . the Hawaiian Islands
in the bins, and this is what the Salem
and Roseburg associations are doing."
A letter received by Manager Gile
from a representative grower in the
Santa Clara valley states that all
California crop estimates have been
too high. The letter gives some inter
esting facts to prove that the valley
crop will not be more than 40 per
cent of that of last year instead of
60 per cent, as is generally estimated.
The writer had just refused 3 basis
(4 cents for40-50s) for his large
crop.
F. W. Crandall, manager of the
Sorosis Fruit Farm, who had just re
turned from Europe, speaking before
the growers at a meeting recently
held in San Jose, California, said:
"There has not been in twenty
Abstract of TiUe to Deeded Land.
Panera prepared for filing on Govern
ment Land.
Blue P'uita of Township Maps showing
all vacantLands.
FRAftKE. ALLEY
Architect, Abstracter.
Plans and Estimates for all Build
ings. Special designs for Office Fixtures
Office in new Bank Bnilding. 'Phone 415
ROSEBURG. OREGON
A. C. MRSTERS & CO.
DRUGGISTS.
We Want Your Patronage
and as an inducement we offer U. S. P.
Standard Drugs, Fresh Patent Medicines,
High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Arti
cles, and Specialties
"The Oregon State Fair will be held
at the Fair Grounds September 14th
to 19th. !
The Southern Pacific Company will
sell tickets to Fair Grounds and return,
at one and one-third fare from all points
on its Oregon Lines.
Special exhibits of fine cattle and
horses and agricultural products have
been prepared, and every effort will be
put forth to make this the greatest Fair
in tbe history of Oregon.
If you are interested in the develop
ment of the State (and of course you are)
you cannot afford to miss the Fair this
jear." 69 sl8.
Get your abstracts 01 title from J. D
Hamilton. He has the only complete
set of abstract books in the county, tf
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