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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
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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-
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HURCHILL & W00LLEY
A. SALZMAN,
Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician.
Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry
Diamonds and Silverware
Watch Repairing
a Specialty.
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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.
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