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"AT I A iiraemtrg ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1903. Vol. XXXV No. 72 lNUlA IAIN O and ice cream PARLORS g fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, 1 Doughnuts and Fresh Bread Daily Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot j SI. J. NORflAN & Co. Prop. $s FARMERS' CASH STORE, G. A. WOOD & CO, Props DEALER IN Staple ane Fane' Groceries. Highest for country produce. Fresh bread Patronage is respectfully solicited. Private Free Delivery to rice paid HELLO daily- Your All Parts of the City TROXEL BLOCK OPP PASSEHCER DAPOT Bring Us Your CHICKENS, BUTTER, FOR CHSH OR TRHDE, i J.F. Barker & Co. Heating Stoves Cook Stoves, Stove Pipe Stove Boards. AT S. K. SYKES, Roseburg, Oregon Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking is to have good FRESH GROCERIES And to get them promptly -when j7ou order them. Call up Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service. C. W. PARKS & CO. J. M.lWeatherby T. A. Burv D. I . Mart n Roseburg Real Estate Co. Farm and Timber Land Bought and Sold Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Timber Estimates a Specialty. ty with List your pioper- us. FUN IN CALIFORNIA SHOLGORZ METHODS IN LAND AFFAIRS. SPECIAL AGENT IS REMOVED FOR DEFENDING TIMBER EHTRYMEN. A special dispatch to the San Fran cisco Examiner from Eureka, Calif., of recent date gays: The cancellation of 500 timber lard claims in tlte Eureka Laud District and the dismissal of Spe cial Land Agent M. A. O'Conner by the Department of the Interior has caused a great deal of excitement hero. Local land Ii cators aro strenuously protesting ams-t a Trent ruling of the depart ment by ..ich they have been deprived of their claims, and tho friends of O'Co. .ire stating that his dissuiiss-al was dm- ' the stand which he took with K.i vitlers as against a syndicate of Eastern Bcrippers wlrieh is attempt ing to control this vast timber region. The ruling of the department by which the Government suspended 500 land claims relates to the use of tho word "speculation" by locators, and states that all settlers, on proving up on their claims, must swear whether or not they have taken the land for speculative purposes. A great many admitted that that they had taken land with the in tention of sellinc at a profit. These ad missions were taken by the department i been seized at Scattlo as stolon property. Tho appraised value is f 30 an ounco, or $48,000 for the hundred pounda. A hundred pounds of puro gold would not bo worth as much by J 10,000. And wcro a hundred pounds of gold to bo stolon at Seattle a great stir would be mado about it. Ambergris is scarcer than gold. It is more of tho uncertain quantity. It ia harder to find and harder to transport. It is found lloating in lumps in tho ocean, and occassionally in the intes tines of tho spermaceti whale. There aro however, few spem whales available, and tho lumps of ambergris havo been growing scarcer as the whales havo de creased in number. The price has advanced, butambergn3 alwayg sold well. A piece weighing 130 pounds found inside a whalo killed near the Windward island forty years ago I rought f 2,500 ou the spot, and jmuch moro when It reached market. Tho Dutch East India Company paid thu King of Tidoie a fortune for a lump of ambergris weighing 182 pounds. Forty and fifty years ago, when am bergris was worth $5 an ounce, it was as much a center of theiving, intrigues, and plans as diamonds. In hundreds of cases sailors in the Caribbean sea and in Bahama waters became involved in serious trouble though attempts to steal lumps of ambergris. As a result of the recent anti-Jewish agitation among the lalwfing classes at Cardiff, Wales, and in its neighborhood' 100 Jewish employes of tho Dowlais works havo left .Mcrthyr Tydvil on their way to America. The Chicago it Eastern Illinois Rail road has recently received two of the biggest dining cars ever constructed for regular service. The cars aro 77 feet long, and 40 persons can dine together. The cars are lighted by electricity and cooled by electric fans. African mahog any is used in finishing the interior. Ella Ewing, the Missouri giantess, as ground for the cancellation of claims, who stands S feet 4 inches, was married O'Connor wrote a letter to the De partment in which he took up the cause of the locators who were deprived of their claims and sugaested that the money which they had paid for their tracts be refunded. One week ago O'Connor received an order from Wash ington relieving him of his duties here. His friends allege that his dismissal was the result of the letter which he wrote and the stand which he has taken in the past against the scrip men. on the 15th, in Butte Mont., to Edward Beaupre, the Canadian giant, whose statnate is 8 feet G inches. Beaupre proposed to her by mail two years ago, but the bashful Ella hung back until a few weeks ago. The ties from the old street car tracks in Eugene have just been removed. The line was built by II. M. Holden & Sons, during the first of the year, 1S91, and ! successfully operated until 1900. They then sold out to W. B. Dennis, of the beverai weeKs aeo a special inspecting , Bi k Bulte Mines, who operated the land agent named Schlierholtz, who was ; unti, September of the same year sent out by the Department of the In ' anj then discontinued them. He later terior, arrived in Eureka, and, it is I the t0 Ule Sdlem street stated, gave verbal instructions to companj. and they are at present in op O'Connor to be rigid and exacting in j -,;.. " ,ln.fn..:itf electric cars. accepting proof from the locators of con-! forming with the land laws. Itisstatedi ure uu.. ... further that he was given special in-. 5n the coming years should improve structions to n-port adversely on a9 i rather than recede, and the price in- manv land claims a he could. I creaf e oraM"nw u,e AlMn -mocnii. The locators here have organued a ; ihe reservations si.ouw nave a xenuency protective organiiation, and thev intend raise wo price, uo.uers oi claims ..tU inMlnrtnn fn sllo.,. ' will do well to make a very thorough that the recent ruling of the Department ; investigation before selling. A merely of the Interior was made to enable the i'" " ui"b scrippers, who have influence in Wash-; lem more lIlan an-v P I'1' ingtcn, to get control of large tracts of . There are indications of schemes for the land. They further state that in the , gobbling up of everything in sight at a past there was no mling concerning the ndiculously low ngure. uon t sen un useofthe word speculation, and allege -es9 a respectable figure is quoted, that the present ruling is unfair and J The densest forest in the world is lo- givea the land-grabbers opportunity to ) cated in Humboldt county, Cal., says secure wide timber areas. The wnp j the Sunset Magazine. The Redwood in brokers have agents in Eurekaand num-j this county covers 401,000 acres, and erous claims are being taken up by : during the last fifty years the lumber- WAR TO BE AVERTED. TURKEY TO BE MADE! PEACEFUL THE EUROPEAN POWERS AFRAID OF it'RLEY ACT LIKE A LOT OF COWARDS. x.i. jodated Press dispatch of Sunday-pa,. t. War between Turkey and Bulgaria is not now regarded as imminent by tho Foreign Office or other diplomatic cen ters in London. It is stated that under no circumstances will the powers per mit Turkey to occupy Bulgarian terri tory, hence Turkey has iiothing to gain by hostilities. Regarding tho renewed rumors that a British fleet is going to Turkish waters the Associated Press is only informed that Balkan matters have not lieen left in the hands of Russia and Austria, and io action is now contemplated by Great Britain, or, as far as known, by any other )ower. In the meantime the Kwers are daily exchanging communi cations with the view of determining on some possible means of restoring order in European Turkey. Constantinople, Sept. 20. Within the last 21 hours a more reassuring feel ing has prevailed, due to the assurance that Bulgarian mobilization is only ap plied to a few regiments and is intended for the reinforcements of the frontier posts. Further successes of Turkish troops are reported, and the present forces in the Roumanian villa are con sidered suflicient to cope with tho situation. Berun, Sept. 20. The Turkish Minis ter has ordered 17,000 pounds of smoke less powder at the Rottwel. Turkey has several agents permanently resident in Germany who buy supplies for the army and navy. One of these, Ahmed Bey. who spends his time between Esteti and Kiel, ia especially active in placing orders for field supplies, saddlery, etc. Turkey seemingly has a sufficiency of cash to pay for the supplies, as the Ger man firms require money or its equiva lent on deliverv. Saloxica, Turkey, Sept. 20 Further disturbances at Mitrovitza, where a bat talion of Redifs recently attacked the Christian gendarmes, were averted bv the timely arrival of the Vali of Koseu The commander of the offending batta! ion was removed to Kaichanik, Province of Uskub. Paris, Sept. 20. At the meeting of le Council of Ministers today Foreign .Minister Delcassc announced that Rus- ;i and Austria had declared they would only intervene in Macedonia in order to hasten reforms. scrippers. Bis Mining Ditch. Drain Gardiner COOS BHY STHGE ROUTE Commencing with Monday, January 20. '02, we will charge ?7.50 for thofare from Drain to Coos Bay. Baggage allowance with each full fare 50 pounds. Travelling men are allowed 76 pounds baggage when they 5 have 300 pounds or more. All excess baggage, 3 cts. per pound, and n o a 5 lowance will be made for round trip. DAILY STAGE. ' For further information address J J. R. Sawyers, V Proprietor, Drain, Oregon VWWWWAWAf.V.W.V.VA V.VW.'AVAVAV.VA VW. One of the heaviest undertakings ever begun in Southern Oregon is now under way, a corps of engineers being at work surveying for final work on the last 40 miles of the Gold Hill High Line ditch. The ditch is one of the largest ever un dertaken in Oregon, and besides being used for the great placer deposits which it is intended to supply with water, will irrigate 30,000 acres of agricultural land. When completed the project will cost over 1,000,001), a large sum of which has been assured. The ground to be covered is in Jack Eon county, and the head of tho ditch commences above the Rogue River Falls. The placer ground comprises 20,000 acres and each year there will be 100 acres of placer worked under the ditch. The company is local in its organization, and Milo P. Ward, who is one of the heavy owners, is now at Indianapolis, Ind., his old home, getting the necessary backing yet to be secured. Already 20 miles of the work is well under way, and it is expected that with in two years the ditch will bo working. Four Crops of Alfalfa. A. C. MR5TERS & CO. DRUGGISTS. We Want Your Patronage and as an inducement we offer U. iS. P. Standard Drugs, Fresh Patent Medicines, High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Arti cles, and Specialties HBMnnHHHHKHHI '1 One of the entirely new and valuable exhibits made by the Oregon Agricul tural Experiment Station at the State Fair waa a collection of specimens of alfalfa, showing the successive crops taken from a field in a single season The station has been experimenting with alfalfa for several years for the nurnose of demonstrating what cau bo done on heavy clay soils without irriga tion. Tho alfalfa exhibited waa taken from the field at four successive cuttings in one year. The first crop waa cut on May 22, and yielded m green forage 11.22 tons per acre. Tho eecond crop wa9 cut on June 22 and yielded foroge 2.70 tons per aero. Tho third crop was cut on July 28, and yielded 2.80 tons per acre. Tho fourth crop was cut on September 3 and yielded 1.47 tons per acre. The total yield of the lour crops in one season was 18.28 'tons of green forage per acre. The samples on exhibit showed that tho first two crops wero about 30 inches tall and tho third and fourth about 20 inches tall. Worth More Than Oold. men have cut only one-tenth of the available supply. Estimating that tim ber in Humboldt county produced 100, 000 feet of lumber to the acre, there is itill an uncut reserve of over 4S,000,000, 000 feet of redwood lumber. In Santa Cruz there is a redwood trunk 5S feet in circumference. At Korbel, Humboldt county, is the stump of a redwood on which 00 school children assembled. The North Yamhill Record Fires it up that the Interior Department at Wash ington ppeara to have made up its mind that all that tho unoccupied timberland, in Oregon, is good for is for government reserves. This state has for a number of years past been cursed with reserves of land, which has pre vented the settlement of many thousand acres bv home seekers. The claim of he covernmcnt ollicials is to reserve timber for future use of tho nation, in the Cascade reserve which wo believe is 40 miles wide and extends from the northern to the southern bsundry of the state, for tho firt.t 100 milea south from the Columbia river itis doubtful if there is"as much saw timber aa can be found on a section of land in other parts of the state, but this is all included in the timber .reserve. Many thousand of acres of land where homes could be ea tablifched. are thus with held from settlement. Lendhebh, Austria, Sept. 20. A news paper here savs it is reported that the plans oi the army mobilization of Galicia have been from tho Valley headquarters ere. Logs are slowly dropping tn price, on account, it is said, of overproduction. 1 0f the tortures of barbaric ages. A hundred pounds of ambergris has Eight years ago, Orcn Root, aged 22, l waa drivmi: siiikcs on a rcw lors street railway at $1.75 per day. Today the Bamo Oreu Root, aged 30, is general manager of tho system with direct supervision oi H.uuu men. mat is a good example says tho Mining and Scientific Press, of tho possibilities in every branch of mechanical industry and a good answer to the pessimist who saya: ' A poor man has no chance any moro." Never in the world'a history were there better chances than right now for a man who it in him to go ahead. However "poor" ho may be, ho be rich in manhood, he ia bound to get ahead ; and however rich ho may bo if ho ia poor in the qualities that make for material success ho is certain to fall back. "Pull" or influence may get man a fine position, but ho niuat hav merit to hold it. Whon Root waa driV' ing spikes for a day, ho drove them well, and whenever ho had a chanco ho showed tho stuff that was in him. He didn't watch the clock, and wasn't afraid ho waa doing too much. Men of affairs aro always on tho lookout for such assistants and tho world ia theirs to havo and to hold. The Logging Situation. ing tho past few days. Tho gambling fraternity began to flock into tho city aa early as the first part of last week, and by Monday evening all kinds of games wero in operation, in open violation of tho city ordinance. Many complainta wero registered with tho police depart ment during Monday night and Tuesday one man claiming to have lost $.'100, aifother $400 and others amounts rang ing from $25 up to $100, and Chief Gib son decided to put a stop to tho busi ness, with tho result that tho game manipulators wero ordered to pack up and teek other fields. Edward Mollard, a Frenchman, re ports to tho State Department in Washington, that he has found in Germany, a new metal called selium. The discoverer asserts that selium costs only one-twelfth aa much a3 al luminum and is lighter and stronger. It does not rust, and is therefore suitable fcr ship building, for the manufacture of pipes and for rail road construction. It is asserted, also, that it is capable of taking a fine polish, resembling nickle, and would be desirable for cooking utensils. Its hardness is not quite equal to that of iron, but is greater than that of lead or zinc. Its power of resistance is said to be greater than that of iron, but less than that of steel. The Agricultural Department is in quiring into the statement of Consul- General Richard Guenther that a new riant has been discovered in South America which promises to supplant sugar cane and the sugar beet. Scien tifically the plant is known as the eu patorium rebandium, and it contains a large amount of saccharine matter and a high percentage of natural sugar properties which are easy to extract. According to Mr. Guenther, a lump the size of a liver pill will do the business in a cup of coffre, as the product made from the plant is from twenty to thirty times sweeter than cane or beet sugar. It is said to be easily cultivated in countries having climatic conditions similar to those of the southern portion of the United States and the Pacific Slope. j The toy pistol seems to be a weap- j on as deadly as the gun that isn't j loaded, and it is indeed shocking to j know the number of deaths recorded j from the celebration of last glorious 1 Fourth. The last number of the Jour- j nal of the National Medical Asaocia- t tion furnishes the reliable informa-, tion that as a result of the last Inde pendence Days accidents -10G deaths have resulted from tenanus or lock- j jaw alone. Of these 363 were caused i by the toy pistol. The startling death j list in itselt whould be enough to ar rest attention even if the dreadful sufferings of the tetanus victims is not taken into consideration. In te tanus the most violent convulsions are produced; the muscles become rigid; the body becomes horribly contorted and death is frightful under such con ditions. Yet every year hundreds die in the same way and all because of excesses to which the celebration of i Independence Day has run. Such atrocities committed in the name of I patriotism in an enlightened age savor The R. W- FENN, OIZIL ENGINEER. (Lately with the government gsographical and geological survey of Brazil South America.) ' United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Office over Portofflce. ROSEBURG. OREGOtf. CorresrK,ndenc8oliciti go to THE ROSELEAF for CIGARS, TOBACCO KND SMOKERS SUPPLIES. Jackson Street, - - Roseburg, Oregon 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. ELA.TBP.ITE ia Mineral Rubber YOU 31 A V IXTKJiD IICIX.DIMG or find It iitct-Khnry to REPLACE X WORJfCT ROOF ELATERITE ROOFING Tike the pUte of hinckj. tin, iron, Ur n4 zntl mk! 11 prepared rooflnrt. Tor lit md iteep itirftm, KUtlrn. t 1 ir.e'.e Kirlolr- Teirrtrtd forIl chcucs. Kextczxblt la con. sold on merit. Gutrutecd. It wlil rT to juk Jorcrice usd infomitlon. TIIK ULATKKITE KOOFING CO., Worcester Suildina:. TT) RTTT. Afqr REDUCED All Colored Summer Goods Reduced to COST We must maKe room for New Goods WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801. hue it may be true that there is n overproduction of lops along the Colum bia river, comments the Oregon Mist, of Helens, it is stated that the demand for lumber for foreign shipments cannot be filled. Some of the vessels coming to Portland are unable to secure complete cargoes, and as a consequence freight ! rates on outgoing shipments aro going down. Just at this time it is evident that more mills arc needed in this sec tion, and gome of the larger logging companies assert that if logs go down to a price too low to profitably handle, that they will put in mills to work up their own product. The booms aro full of merchantable logs, and it is asserted that Weyerhauser, who owns thousands of acres of burnt timlwr on the Wash ington side, has offered to supply a mil lion feet of logs per day for $5.50 per thousand. The timber that was burned over last year, must be promptly mar keted, or it will become worm-eaten, and eventually will prove a total loss. It is the probability of large quanti ties of burnt logs being put on tho mar ket that has a tendency to bear down thu pneo oi logs, lheowneraot green timber, however, have a gold mine, but they m:iy havo to wait awhile for re turus, unless more mills aie put into operation, while there is an urgent de mand for lumber. solution of the matter appears to be ' the passage and enforcement of laws that will prohibit the deadly toy pistol , and the heavy explosives. Manufac turers and dealers now not only sell ' anything that the small boys and girls will buy, but they lobby against restrictions on their trade. Such laws should be made and enforce! as would make Independence Day a na tional celebration and not a tortue and reproach to the whole country. County Court. Last Friday, the Hon. M. D. Thomp son held a session of the court, and after due examination the court ordered that Charley Heir be committed to tho In sane Asylum, and he was taken to Salem by H. A. Crow. Heir is from Germany, but it is not known whether he is a naturalized citizen or not. Of 3our life if you bu y a buggy, hack or road wagon before you inspect our stock of John Deere vehicles. We Are After You Haven't missed a sale since car arrived, spring goods ever brought to the count'. Finest line o Trespass Notice. Tho Globo Democrat remarks that "If tho Republicans carry Kentucky again next vcar will it bo necessary for tho Goobclites to hang the entire party?" The citizens of Ashland will bo afford ed a eecond opportunity within a few weeks to vote upon tho question of au thorizing the issues of bonds to raise money to install a euworage system for tho city. It is perhaps tho most import ant question that will nriso in tho muni cipal administration for soino timo. All gambling games in Salem wero closed on Tuesday evening by order of Chief of Police D. V. Gibson. With the opening of tho Sta'o Fair, Salem was Hooded with gambling dovices of every kind and nature, among thoni eomo of tho boldest robbing concerns known in gambling circles. Tho order to closo was brought nbout by the many com plaints mado an 1 tho reported to tho police department dur The public is hereby warned not to trespass nponjthc premises, not to hunt for or shoot any kind of bird or animal on tho D.i Motta farm and pasture land located east of;Roseburg tinder penalty of tho law made and provided. M. T. Dawson, Prop. Roseburg, Oregon, Aug. IS, 1903. Goats for Sale. About 40 head of Angora goats for sale, all young docs, also eomo thorough bred bucks. Correspondence solicited L. A. Marsters, Cleveland, Oregon. Wanted. 20 tiers oak stovowood, block wood. D. S. K. 30 tiers grub Buic 4Stf. Wonted. A millmery apprentice at Josophsou's numerous losses , Only a girl who can sow ncally need ap- t ply- C HURCHILL & W00LLEY A. SALZMAN, Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Diamonds and Silverware Watch Repairing a Specialty. oocoooooooooooooooooo F.W.BENSON, A C. MARSTERS. H.CQALST, rrciWent, Vlco rrctMant. CMtr Douglas County Bank, Batablinlied I8S3. Incorporated igox Capital Stock. $50,000.00. BOARD OP DIRECTORS K. W. 11KNSON, K. A. ROOTlt J. H. BOOTH. J.T. BKIDOE3 J. F. KELLY, A. C. MARSTKKH K. k M1LLKR. A coneral banking business trauac:td. and customors given ererr Y accommodation consistent with safe and conservative banking. 6 Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three. OOCKOOC0CK0OOOOOOOCKaOO0