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Vol. XXXV
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903.
No. 77
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1 1NUKU and ICE CREAM PARLORS 1
I Fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies,
Doughnuts and fresh Bread Daily
Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot
I. J. NORflAN & Co. Prop.
FARMERS' CASH STORE,
G. A. WOOD & CO, Props
DEALER IN
Staple ane Fancy Groceries. Highest Price paid
for country produce. Fresh bread daily. Your
Patronage is respectfully solicited.
Private Free Delivery to All Parts of the City
TROXEL BLOCK
OPP PASSEHGER DAPOT
ring Us Your
FOR CHSH OR TRKDE.
J. F. Barker & Co. I
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 you order them. Call up
Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service.
C. W. PARKS 8l GO.
J. M.Weatherby
T. A. Bury
D. L. Martin
Rosefourg Real Estate Co.
Farm and Timber Land Bought and Sold
Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Timber
Estimates a Specialty. List your pioper
ty with us.
rain Gardiner
; COOS BHY STH.GE ROUTE
Commencing with Monday, January 20, '02, we will charge $7.60 for J
ttefare from Drain to Coo? Bay. Baggage allowance with each full faro
60 pounds. Travelling men are allowed 75 "pounds baggage when they f
have 300 pounds or more. AI! excess baggage, "3 cts. per pound, and no a S
I" lov.-ance will be made for round trip. DAILY .STAGE.
For further information address
'. J H. Sawyers,
Proprietor, Drain, Oregon
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Dodglnp tho It sue.
The Boanl of Trade is in receipt of
a letter, through Senator C. W. Ful
ton, from Hon. W. A. Richards, com
missioner of tho General Land Office,
relative to the forest reserve protest
sent to the government officials tho
forepart of August. From this let
ter it is apparent that the Interior
Department does not desire to meet
the issue presented in tho protest,
which is "a restoration to the public
domain of the withdrawn lands." A
portion of these lands are unsurveyed,
and the protest recites that fact.
This statement seems to afford a loop
hole of escape. The commissioner's
letter entirely omits to mention the
matter of "protest," but goes off on
a sidetrack and discusses tho ques
tion of a "survey." Of course it is
necessary to have the land surveyed
as an incident to acquisition of title;
but it is a far more important matter
to have the land subject to entry af
ter a survey thereof has been made.
The commissioner advises that an
'application of surrey be made," in
order that the Department may pass
on the "bma fides" of the application.
This is th " flimsiest kind of a subter
fuge. Who is going to make appli
cation for the survey of a forest re
serve? Why should a citizen care
whether or not the land is sun-eyed,
if it is not open to entry? It is cer
tainly of no interest to an intending
homesteader to know that land is sur
veyed if ho is precluded from enter
ing it. It would be quite convenient
for the department to hare "applica
tions of survey" filed at this time,
which would require from two to a
dozen vears for an examination of
bona fides," during which time the
mind of the public being diverted
from the real issue, to that of a sur
vey, would afford the scrippers ample
opportunity to examine and select all
the valuable lands within the with
drawal. No, Mr. Richards and Mr.
Hitchcock, we want you to revoke
the order of withdrawal, or say you
will not do it, and we wiil then know
how to act. Your "bona tides" have
already been examined and the people
of the West have you pretty well sized
up. bo far the larceny is complete
and you have the goods, but your po
sition is too strained to stand the ten
sion for very long.
All the Willamette towns drawing
their water supply from that river
are afflicted with diseases directlv
traceable to the impure water, con
taminated by animal sewerage. Sa
lem alone has over two hundred cases
of typhoid or typhus fever and be
cause the Health Board has charged
directly that the water supply is the
cause, the citizens have seven kinds
of fits caused by kicking so lustily at
the Board's report. The various
towns believe in their water, on the
principle that, while the microbes do
not fatten, they fill up a long felt
want in the denizens' anatomy.
DYNAMITE
The lawyers who represented I.
Harry Stratton, of Colorado Springs,
Colo., in attempting to break his
father's will, have been awarded by a
jury $od,UUU lor their services.
Harry Stratton was regarded by his
father as a ne'er-do-well, and was
practically disinherited of the millions
which ought to have been left to him
if he had behaved himself. When the
father was a poor man the Editor
knew him welL He was then a just
man and we think he carried out
principal when he disinherited the
young man who secured $350,000 on
a compromise and would not pay his
lawyers until forced to do so.
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A. C. MRSTERS & CO.
We Want Your Patronage
and as an inducement we offer U. iS. P.
Standard Drugs, Fresh PatentMedicines,
High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Arti
cles, and Specialties
In Germany on Tuesday an electric
car on the Marienfelde-Zossen ex
perimental line reached a speed of
125 4-5 miles per hour today, or a
kilometer more than the highest
previous record. The machinery and
roadbed were unimpaired. The cur
rent was between 13,000 and 14,000
volts, capable of driving the car at
the rate of over 200 miles. The lives
of all on board the experimental car
were heavily insured.
The body of the late Ambassador
Herbert was burried at Wilton, Eng
land, on Tuesday. Memorial services
were held the same day in St. John's
Episcopal church in Washington,
which was attended by the President
Roosevelt, wife and family and all tho
members of the Cabinet.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC
IS THE VICTIM.
RAILROAD
CAB BLOWN OFF OF ENGIN
THE BLACKMAILERS DEMAND $50,000 FROM
THE COMPANY OR GREAT DAMAGE
WILL BE DONE.
The Chicago city council has de
termined to employ special detectives
to watch officials suspected of dis
honesty." Chicago is setting the pace
for municipal purity which other cit
ies would do well to follow.
The King of Italy is to officially
visit France in tho near future.
For several weeks past the officials of the
Northern Pacific Railroad have received threaten
ing letters that unless $50,000 was paid that the
road would be destroyed or great damage done.
Several dynamite explosions have occurred and
several have been prevented by the watchfulness
of the employes. The railroad company refused
to pay the money and the dynamiters have gone
to work in earnest as tho following reports show:
Missoula, Mont., Oct. 6. A report leached
here early this moruing that an engine pulling an
an east-bound freight train was blown up by
dynamite at Avon, on the Northern Pacific,
last night. The cab was blown off the engine, and
the fireman and engineer narrowly escaped serious
injury.
Helena, Mont,, Oct. 6. Engineer Reilly,
of the Northern Pacific freight engine, which was
partly wrecked by dynamite, arrived in Helena
with his train early today. The engines was badly
wrecked. He said it seemed to him as though
there was an explosion of dynamite on each side
of the eugiue. It was his opinion that dynamite
had been placed on the track a few moments be
fore his engine was wrecked by the explosion.
Helena, Mont., Oct. 6. Detectives Mc
Fetridge and a party of officers aud detectives re
turned this morning from the scene of last night's
dynamite outrage, eight mileb west of Helena. It
began to rain heavily soon after the explosiou that
wrecked the freight engine last night, and by the
time the officers arrived ever' trace of the black
mailers had been washed away. Bloodhounds
were unable to gain a scent, and the party re
turned to Helena.
Helena, Mont., Oct. 6. A posse composed
of Northern Pacific detectives with bloodhounds
returned to Helcua this morning, after an unsuc
cessful attempt to locate persons who placeddyna
mite on the track aud blew up ancngiue last night.
It had been raining during the night, aud water
stood everywhere. The dogs were unable to fol
low the scent.
That the dynamiters have not given up at
temps to extract money from the Northern Pacific
was evidenced by last night's explosion, which oc
curred under a freight train uenr Bird's Eye, about
eight miles from Helena. Dynamite was again
placed on the track by a man who rode up on
horseback, and it was fastened to the rail with a
with a piece of wire. It was placed there some
time after 5:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a
train passed Bird's Eye at that time.
The roadbed was badly torn up by the ex
plosion, and trains were tied up until repairs could
be made. A piece of rail about three feet long
was blown out and the pilot of the engine, to
gether with the headlight, was blown off.
The news was received in Helena at 2.30
this morning, and a posse composed of Detectives
McFetridge, Captain McQueen, W. Queeusburg,
F. H. Franklin and Dan Boyle, superintendent of
the Northern Pacific, together with six blood
hounds, loft for the scene in a special traiu.
j Postmaster General Henry C. Payne
has illegally opened a letter, accord
ing to a Washington telegraph dis
patch, which says that he was stand
ing at the open window of his private
office late this afternoon, talking to a
friend, when something darted out of
tho sky, brushed Mr. Payne's cheek
and fell in a heap on the floor. After
a moment of Btartled surprise ho
picked up a panting and very tired
carrier pigeon. Around one of the
bird's legs was a tiny silver band,
engraved with the initals "F. J. T."
and a number, "219." The other leg
carried a tiny metal cylinder.
Mr. Payne gave the pigeon a drink
from the engraved silver tankard
reserved for visitors of prominence
and unfastened the little cylinder,
thinking that he might be able to re
turn the valuable bird to its owner.
The cylinder contained a tightly
rolled sheet of thin paper, which the
postmaster general spread on his
knee, feeling, as he expressed it, as
if had "robbed the aerial mail." Mr.
Payne nearly fell out of his chair
when he read his own Christian name
at the head of the sheet.
The note was dated "Atlanta, Ga.f
Friday, October 1," and was not ad
dressed nor signed sufficiently for
purposes identification. It read in
part as follows:
My Darling Henry: I hope you
have shipped the crate of birds as
promised, for this is the last one of
the dozen. I don't want to write
to you by the ordinary mail.
It would seem so prosaic and modern,
and I care, as you know, to think
that our love is not of the twentieth
century, but a stolen bit from the
romantic days of long ago. I love
you, dear, but if I can not just whisper
it to you and send it through the air
on what I choose to think are the
very wings of love, then I'll keep the
secret to myself."
Mr. Payne put the note back in
the cylinder and fastened it once
more to the carrier pigeon's leg.
There was something else in the note,
but Mr. Payne said that was nobody's
business but that of "darling Henry's."
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CI1ZIL. ENGINEER
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(Lately with the government OffrapMod and geological survey of Bnuil,
United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
Office over Pbetofllee. ROSEBURG. OREGON. Correspondence soliciUd
go to THE ROSELEAF for
CIGARS, TOBACCO
HND SMOKERS' SUPPLIES.
Jackson Street, - - Rosebud Oreo-fin
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KL.ATERIT5 la Mineral Rubber.
VOU MAY INTKNIJ IICILDI3MG
or flna It necetmarj to REPtACE A. WORXCT ROOF
ELATERITE ROOFING
Takw te pUce of ihlnglt, Un, iron. Ur ad m-el cJ ill prepared rooSnn. JYrIta!
iteep mtux,. gotten, thWji tie EwytoUj-. Ttnrertd forifi citaiteKeSibtetal eSt.
doMoanertt GannUd. It will rj to u tor prteei nd JntoraiUon.
0?HJE ELATERITE ROOFING CO.,
"Worcester Bniltling. PflRTTT. A"srr
The Flume.
Work on the flame is nearing the
end, and the finishing touches will
soon be all that is left. The first
work on this undertaking was begun
the first of last March and has been
going on most of the time since then.
That flume is the property of the W.
P. Johnson Lumber Company and will
be used to float lumber from the com
pany's mill six miles up the stream
down to the town. It has been no
infant piece of engineering to con
struct it, and the cost is estimated at
over $25,000.00. It has taken 3,000,
000 feet of fir and pine lumber, and
is a trifle more than five miles long.
In its highest places it is fifty ftet
from the ground, and is built in a
strong, lasting manner. It runs
along South Myrtle creek, and will
form a connection with the spur
from S. P. railroad. It extends ten
rods beyond the mill site, where ex
tensive platforms are being built to
pile lumber on to be put on cars.
The water-way has three foot sides,
and is four feet 3 inches across the
top. Fred Fisher is superintendent
of the construction work. He has
had considerable experience in this
kind of work before coming here.
It is estimated that the cost of trans
porting the material by means of the
flume instead of by teams will be 90
per cent cheaper. The volume of
water that can be put into the flume
will allow good sized timbers to be
floated,, and later on a flat bottom
will be put in which will give a bet
ter shape to it so that all tho water
can be put to use. A walk-way ex
tends the full length of the flume.
Lumber will be right at- our doors
now, for the lumber that is sawed to
day will be piled on tho dock in town
in the evening. Myrtle Creek Mail
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
The new British ministry is regard
ed in England, as a makeshift.
No ono who is acquainted with its
good qualities can bo surprised at tho
great popularity of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It not only euros colds and
grip effectually and permanently, but
prevents these diseases from resulting
in pneumonia. It is aho a certain euro
for croup. Whooping cough is not
dangerous when this remedy is given.
It contains no opium or other harmful
substance and may bo given as conQ
dently to a baby as to an adult. It is
also pleasant to take. When all of these
facts are taken into consideration it is
not surprising that people in foreign
lands, as well as at home, esteem this
' remedy very highly and very fow are
I willtnt. in tnlrn ftMinr nffnr linvint. Anna
used it. For sale by A. C. Marsters and
Co.
Notice.
At a regular meeting of the directors
of school District No. 4, the clerk was
authorized to open books for subscrip
tion to warrant loan of 120,000, said
books to be open Oct. 1st. Subscribers
can subscribo for amounts of f50 or mul
tiples thereof. Warrants will draw in
torcst at tho rate of )i por cent pr nn
num and will bo payable as follows
$2,000 each succeeding year until all aro
paid. For other information apply to i Chairman, Board of Director Dis. No.
75-tf Clara Dillahd, Clerk. I Clara Dillard, Clerk. 75-N2
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed Bids will bo received by tho
Boanl of School directors of Dist. No. 4,
Uoseburg Oregon, until 2 o'clock p. m
Nov. 2, 1903, for tho erection and com
pletion of a High School building nc
conling to plans and specifications, pre
pared by Chas. Burggral, Architect,
Albany Oro. All bids must bo accom
panied by a certified check payablo to
school District No. 4, Rosobnrg, Ore
gon, for tho sum of $250. As a guaran
tee that in the event tho contract is
awarded, tho contractor shall furnish
an approved bond, equal to 75 per cent
of the contract within ton days after tho
awanling of tho contract.
Proposals for tho same, plans and
specifications, may bo seen at S. C
Flint's, Uoseburg, Oregon, or at the
architect's otlice. Tho building shall bo
completed by Septombor 1st, 1904.
The bcanl reserves tho right to reject
any or all bids. Signed
S. O. Flint,
.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.
LADIES!!
Have you seen our line of
Jackets and Furs. We do
not claim to do all the busi
ness, what we want is the
pleasure of showing our line.
The Goods will do the rest.
We are confident that your
Jacket or Fur will be
bought of
WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801.
Of your life if you bu y a buggy, hack or road wagon before
3ou inspect our stock of John Deere vehicles.
We Are After You
Haven't missed a sale since car arrived. Finest line o
spring goods ever brought to the county.
CHURCHILL & W00LLEY
A. SALZ MAN,
Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician.
Watches, ClocHs, Jewelry
Diamonds and Silverware
Watch Repairing
a Specialty.
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F.W. BENSON, A . C. MARSTERS. H.CQALKT,
rresMent, Vice resident. Cashier
Douglas County Bank,
Katabllariecl I883.
Incorporated 1901
Capital Stock, $50,000.00.
BOARD OP DIRECTORS
F. W. BENSON, R. A. BOOTU J. H. BOOTH, J. T. BRIDGES
J. T. KELLY, A. C. MARgTKRS K.L. MILLER.
A cenoral bankinc business transacted, andlcustomera inien everr
accommodation consistent with safo and conservative banking.
Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three.
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