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at HOW TO RAISE ALFALFA. - From one thoroughly posted and ex perienced in the line of growing alfalfa without irrigation. The Plaindealer has been able to secure the following comprehensive article on the subject which beyond doubt will be of more than passing interest to large numbers of our rj i-lers. To Prepare Land Select a plot that has been in culti ration for a year or more, preferably one that has bt?en cultivated and kept free from weeds this season. Plow deep . in fall or winter. Harrow down well prerv dav what vou have plowed. Do not be afraid of getting the land too well harrowed. It should be made free from lumps before you leave it. Just before seeding in the spring (Miy is the best month for seeding) thoroughly harrow the land. Use an adjustable harrow and set the teetli slanting back so that they will only pulverize the top soil to the ' depth of about and inch. Do this liar rowing thoroughly ; it is important. Seeding Alfalfa. If you have, or can get, a presser wliee: shoe drill use it for sowing the eeed. Hook it up so the shoes will not cut over one inch in depth just to de posit the seed on the moist settled soil immediately under that fined by the harrowing. Set the drill as nearly as you can, to 15 lbs. to the acre. If vou "use the presser drill tet in this way the seed will sprout and come up regardless of rain. If a drill is not available sow broadcast by hand or with a grain seeder about 20 or 22 lbs. of see 1 per acre. Go over the land with the tooth harrow with teeth set back quite flat. Then follow with heavy plank drag to level down the ground and insure the light covering of the seed. If sown in this -manner not all the send will sprout un til after a rain and a part will be apt to be in too deep hence the need of more ieed than for the drill method. Alfalfa eeed germinates quickly under favorably conditions. I have had it show on top of ground IS hours after .sowing. The seed itself comes to top of ground parting as does a bean. If it is' covered too deep, or by a lump, it will .notjpush itself up. Neither will it break through a dry crusted surface. Hence it a hard rain should come, followed by dry windy days, crusting the top of the ' foil, it ie best to go over the land again with harrow set to just break the crust. I use a Hallect IVeeder for this purpose. Treatment tiie First Season. Do not let the plant eeed at all the first year. Clip it off with the mower soon after the blossoms begin to show. Let the cut stuff lie on the ground. It may be a short growth but if you can eet the mower low enough to cut it clip it off Pq this three or four times in the season. It is necessary in order to make the plant form a good crown and a stout long root. The more Alfalfa is cut the better it will grow. After it gets eight or ten incites high, the first year, it will more than double the amount of stalks by clipping, while, if not cut, it will develop a scanty growth and pro bably die. Don't get discouraged if you should not get much of a crop the second year. Remember that it takes about three seasons before it will get to its best, where it cannot be irrigated. But after that it is good for years, only disc it over once every year or two with the discs set so as not to turn up much soil, only cut in and mellow up the top. The above if followed, will practically insure a stand of Alfalfa. I have never yet failed of getting a good setting since I have followed this method. About tne Sited. For this country be sure you get seed that hss been raised from non-irrigated alfalfa. It will make a hardier growth than that from irrigated lands. Most of Kansas raised seed is from non-irriga tion alfalfa. If you keep this until sometime when yon want to sow alfalfa the knowledge of how to do it successfully will not cost yon as much as it has cost me to learn it. rays like light which act on photographic plates, and possess a penetrating power similar to x-rays, but far more powerful. So intensely potent is this substance that the smallest particle will produce n burnuponthe skin, and a half a kilogram in a bottle would kill a roomful! of people Besides this, it emits "electrons" with such Velocity that one gram could lift a whole fleet of war vessels. And the wonder of it is that the radiation is con tinuous, without diminishing the supply and without apparent connection with any si urce. It is reported that small quantities of radium have lately been fouud in Colorado. Bohemia has sup plied most of the radium used thus far in the wonderful experiments made with the substance ; but somu of the supply has com j from Saxony, and from Corn wall, England. As it may exist in Ore gon or other of the Pacihc coast states it is important to know something of its peculiar properties. There is something mysterious about the total disappearance of the three mining men, Dickensen, Snyder and Kirk, in Jackson county. All within a short time and in the same neighbor hood, without any probable cause or reason, they have simply vanished from mortal sight. Grave creek, where the mishaps have occurred, has been projv- erly named. Luckily, the old bugbear of th past, our friend the Devil, being dead, has been eliminated from the problem, and cannot reasonably be charged with these mysterious disap pearances. Sylvester Johnson, for eleven years president of the Indiana State Horticul tural Society, at a meeting of that so ciety, held at Indianapolis, said: "I re gard Oregon as pre-eminently the fruit state of the Union, and its frnita better than those of California. This exhibit forever dispels the opinion that Califor nia possesses superior advantages for fruit-growing to t that of every other re gion o i the Pacific slope. The Oregon exhibit of apples, pears and plums was not only unequalled, but it excelled that of every other state. The fact may be noted that the largest apple, the largest pear, and the largest cherries exhibited at the Columbian exposition were grown in Oregon." RADIUM. Radium, the discovery of which has aroused and wellnigh confused the whole scientific world, is a substance of such marvelous properties that it pro mises to revolutionize many long ac credited scientific facts. The metal was discovered by Prof, and Madame Curie, of Paris, after a series of long and com plicated experiments. It is a substance of such value and rarity that it is worth slightly less then $1,000,000 a pound, and there are at present exists but little over two pounds of radium in the entire world. It is impossible for the unscien tific mind to comprehend the wonderful properties of this metal. Chief amoog these is its so-called radi-activity! By this is meant that it ceaselessly emits Reward. Douglas County will pay a reward of f 150 for the discovery of Herman Snyd er's body. Snyder is supposed to have been murdered in the vicinity of Coffee creek, in this county, about three months ago. Great Exposition and Carnival at Portland. "The Merchants and Manufacturers Exposition will be held at Portland, September 14th to 26tf, inclusive. For this occasion the Southern Pacific Company will sell tickets to Portland and return, including coupon of admis sion at a rate of $S.G0 from Roseburg. Sale dates September 15th, ISth, 22nd, and 25th. Tickets sold at stations south of the Fair Grounds will allow stop-overs at that point, enabling holders to visit the Oregon State Fair. The Exposition will be held on Mult nomah Club Grounds and adjacent streets, and in addition to exhibits by merchants and manufacturers, Jabours Circus, with its many attractions, has been secured. A special feature will be the Grand Spectacular Ballet, "When -Knighthood was in Flower," by sixty trained dancers in gorgeous costumes, prepared for the occasion." C9-s24. A Fifty laborers at Ray's Dam, near Tolo, Ore.; Wages, $2.50 per day for first-class men. DR. C. R. RAY, Tolo, Ore. ..ONE DOLLAR PREMIUM.. The Roseburg Junk and Hide Co. Will pay a premium of f 1 in addition to the regular price of f 10 on each ton of cast iron this oiler to hold gooJ until October 1st. We Also Want Hides, Furs, Brass, Copper. Lead, Zinc, Rubber and Second Hand Furniture ROSEBURG JUNK S HIDE CO. Cor, Oik and Bote Bla., Opp. Barnard's SI able 5 I ATtlF and if our SPRING and SUMMER Line is not better than any other, don't buy from us. We are showing this season the Latest Styles in Silk Gause Novelties, Soie Jouree, Silk Zephyr, Corded Cbambray, Lawn Caladine Novelties, fancy Madrass Organdies, Lawn Sinaloa Novelties, Minerva Dimities, Lcno Applique Lawn, Afton Oimity, Blouse Linens, Organdies, Linen Batiste, Chal lies, Sursucker Ginghams, Percale AND ALL THE LATEST IN DRESS GOODS TAKE A LOOK Clriic We carry the Finest Line of Made-up Skirts in town, and our line of Underskirts cannot equaled for quality and price Our Spring and Summer Line of Clothing 'SS.tS Highest to the Lowest grade is in every ease finely tailored and thoroughly dependable. We recommend it with confidence even though our prices aro lower than any other store sell for the same quality. Also a new and up-to-date line of I-ndies' and Gent's Neckwear. OUR SHOES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. Sole Agents for the W. L. Douglas Shoo I. ABRAHAfl Proprietor. The People's Store One Door South of P. O. Notice for Publication. U. 8. Land Office. Kobunr. Ore.. Juue i ih. IMS Notice u hereby given that In compliance with the provisions of the act of Conire's ot June S, )ST8, entitled "An art for the i ale of I timber lands In the Slates oIC'ali;or2la.Uregtn Nevada .and Washington Territory." u extend ed to all tht public land itatet by act of August Oscar Petrvtn. o! Spokane, ennnty oi Spokane, state of Wash ington, has this aay filed In this oflrt his sworn taumcnt No. 5121, for the purchase of the NE;t ot section No. S, township Z& soath, oi range s nest. and will offer proof to show that the land son tht Is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim before the Register and Receiver of this office of BoMburr, Oregon. ou Wednesday, the 11th day of November, 1901. He Dames a witnesses: Andrea Erlckson, of Flandreu, South Dakota. J. W. Gardner. V. II. McCrossen, and Geo. Taylor, all of Rose bur:, Oregon. Any and a'l persons clalmlnc adrerselr the above described lands are rejnetii to file their. Ulma in this office on or before said 11th day of November, 1KB. J, T. bridges, Register. 000000C00000 F. W. BENSON. O President. A.C.MARSTERS. Vice President. H.C.GALET, Cashier l Douglas County Bank, Established I883. Incorporated 1001 g Capital Stock $50,000.00. & BOARD OF DIRECTORS $ F. W. BENSON. It. a. BOOTH J. 11. HOOTH, J.T. BRIDGES O g J. f. KELLY. A. C. MA RSI ERR K. L MILLER. 0 0 A general hanking business tranactcd, and customers given eTery 0 O accommodation consistent with safe and conservative banking. O 0 Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three. 5 00000XKOC0000000 oocwooooocoooooooooooo Notice for Publicatiou. C. S. Land Office, Sonr, ' re . iaut.2i.ldoi Notice ts hereby riven that In compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3. )7. entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands in the states of California. Oregon Nevada .and Washington Territory," as extend ed to all the public land states by act of August . Archibald F Wade. of Wales, county of Cvalier, state of North Dakota, has this day aied In this office hit sworn statement No H3i. for the S 1 , i.f na tion No L township 25 south, of rang- a west and will offer proof to show that the land son rht is more valuable for it timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim before the Register and Receiver of this office of Rote burr. Oreron. on Thursday, the lth dy of November. l!u lie names as witnesses. 1 Conias w adge, O E. Lofthno. both of Park River, N Dakota. Brvnlo f Prom, ot Mlttun. N. Dakota, and Ka. mui . Stone, of Alexandria, Minn. Any and all person claim in- wlverely tht above deseriUd lands are rwjuested tn f 1 tbeir lUitis in talk .iffice on or before said l:h day of November, 1903: J. 1. UklOGES. lUgUtir O OOOOOCOOCOOOOCX?OCOOOOOOexXXX30OOOOOOOIWOOOOOOOO 2 8 1 X incvrv 6 UlPVri IT 1J17T1 A IDIlir 5 viiiijE, ruLrxiiunw 'Rambler 8 brazing lathe work . 8 HARRY E. niLLER, ;V Q vrat ?it vrpp wiiuiwuim iiuuikj a !&COOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXOOOOOe3000000jCOOGOOCOOOOO Notice for Publication. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. Ros-burg Oregon, June 'J9. IV) Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of Junes, iSTJ. entitled "An act fr the sale of timber lands in the ?tatcs o: Californla.Uregon Nevada .and Washington Territory." asexteud ed to all the public land states by act of August . U32. BRYNJOLF PROM. of Milton, county ot Cavalier, state of North Dakota, has this day filed in thlsofficc bis sworn statcmentrNo. 5W. for the purchase of the SEJi of sec No. i.Tp 2?, south of range 8 west, and will offer proof to show that the land sought Is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim before the Register and Receiver of this office of Roseburg, Oregon. on Friday, the ISth day of December, 1003. He names as witnesses: inomas "mice, oi I'ark Hirer, North Dakota, Archibald E. Wadge, Wales, North Dakota. Rasmus, M. Stone, Alex andria. Minnesota, O. E. Lofthus, Park River, North Dakota, Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lauds are requested to file their claims In this office on or before said ISth day oi December, 1903. J.T. BRIDGES, Register. Notice for Publication. UNITED STATE i LAND OFFICE. Rosebore, Ore., June 23, 1903. Notice is heraby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congrcw of Junes, 1878. entitled "An act for the salt of timber lands In the States ot Callfornla.Oregon Nevada .and Washington Territory," asextend ed to all the public land states by act of August i.im OLE E. LOFTHUS, of Park River, county of W&Ub, state ol North Dakota, ha this day filed In this office his tworn Htatcti-.cnt No. S137, for the purchase of tlio NK of the N'-s cf section No. 10, township 2n, sonth of range 8 west and w ill oil e r proof to show th at t he land sou gb I is more valuable for 1U timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish hli claim before the Register and Receiver ot thli office of Roseburg, Oregon, on Thun-day. the Win day ol November, 1S03. Ho names as witnesses: Thomas Wadite, of Park Klvcr, North Dakota, ArcMbald E Wndgc, Wales, North Dakota, Rasmus M. Stone, Alex andria, Minnesota, Brynjolf Prom, of Milton, North Dakota. Any and all persons clatmlngly adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims In this offico on or before said 19th day of November, 1903. J. T. BRIDGES, Register. HILDHBR AHD'5 Foot-Form Shoes Are as good as years of experi ence and the best of material can make them. We have always devoted par ticular pains to them. They have been our special hobby. We have always tried to make and we believe we have succeeded in making Hilde brand's Foot-Form Shoes the best ever made at a popular price. $2.50 to $5.00 per Pair. FOR flEfl AMD WCMEfi For Sale. One good horeo cheap, H. L. Gould, the blacksmith. 70-tf. "TV? . . (JiiMVtmidi