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THE (lose burg Plaindealer Published Mondays and Thursdays. PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. H. II. BROOKES, Editor. MARY K. BROOKES, Proprietor Enteral at the Post Office in Roseburg, Ore., aS-Secoinlxlass-iimil-iuHttr: Subscription f2.00 per Year. Advertising Rates on Application. The Editor of the PLxixnEtLEB has no Inten tion ot making a faUe statement reflertorjiponj the life tor character ofany person, officiallyor otherwise and any statement published In these colums will be cheerfully corrected If erroneous and brought to our attention by the aggrieved party or parties. Our intention Is thatcrery article published of a personal or political official natare shall bo news matter of general Interest and .for the welfare of the State at large. DECEMBER 3, 1903. THE LABOR AND WAUE PROB LEM. Russia and Japan War Scare. Berlin, Dec. 2. Dispatches indi cating the extremo tension of the Russo-Japaneso situation dence for $1,000, is he not better off, like Patti or play the piano like in the end, than if his labor is only Paderowiskey. 'Tho sons at tno age demanded four or five days in the of manhood are,educated and have an week, at a scale of $75 per month, abundance of book knowledgo and j v t J -x 1 K(V 4Vir rmvp boon flirt Tiridfi and 10V of tllOir uuu uc la luitcu wj pa Vj.,uw . - - i- - - . . i:.i n. itt: t the same kind of lot and residence? parents, who expect them to make nu. u T . :.,ni of; nf , mt. Kwvnrs. doctors and preachers: uurmu.t Via .. u..a. WUi... o I ... ... irnatikrJoir nm fri.lnv flirt nnnrrnr nf western half of the United States we wo will not say editors, because every j v v - know. Jmt-Jittle-the-ftctual condi- native American citizen and some war was p &VMm u,.w ... . . ... . i ..:.., ovnr. Rut this feelinir was cliancred mrwnini nir thn Inlifir vvnirn W IO nr not liatlVCS. KI11IW lA'ii uirnxi and manufacturing problem, but better how to edit a paper than the by the receipt of the announcement u:i f ,;. f n,lit.nr do themselves. T he ( auch- irom rara iiiau a o-ww ui IMUihoiii. unrest, and disinclination to advance ters can play grand marches, warble had been reached. Tins made the ' I ...... .. MnvisiInM Vir.?nfnl in nnnoo nn rhn money to push new enterprises, and like a nightingale and have a smaller- - - J r if ..... ., ...i.i Dnimn mianal orrnnir l.rir.nr n tiiin mAiiAv is heintr called in iust as fast ing of foreign languages, it wouici r. I. ..... . rf nlnvminn ( 1 1 C Yl '1 T n H O 3 nlllPlflV TO. ... 1 I'lll ? . 1 J ll. rt nnl thfl nqfilT(J IT Ul CllUl IlliUh. UWI'ltwvilvu ......r v. as possioie ana very nine is piacea ueauuiaun w aon. w.u - - . . . . in.Li.: u n i innm nf versed the favorable sentiment and back again in circulation; ana me men ouua uuuw " i , , .. , , . , f .:. .iJt nf ,.ofinonca ; horses, sow or nlow. run a mowing sioppeu wiu uniing uuau.u.,, r 1 . il l ntinl irtlaa hAwornr tnLrn presumably for the purpose of taking some action in regard to tho court's proceedings. TRVINQ TO RAISE MONEY. Followers of Dowlo Collected $25,000 Last Night. Chicago, Dec. 2 Tho receivers ap pointed by tho Federal Court began today going over the books of the 2ion industries. Instead of Dowie, f ederal custodian t'aui Kedieski is technically the head of Zion City and in control of its factories, employing about 4000 persons. Efforts made throughout the night by Dowie's sup porters are said to have netted nearly -i j ; mnnhine hmiiinp.ntr.ip-o. nreDare tno '"Vj"' , - (im - . , if OTa which labor and capital and trade plans for a bridge or know how to use more hopef u view of the situation thafc Dowie micht como tQ chicag0 than the public. Tho hope that war From all over the United States come telegraphic reports stating that wages are being reduced or that hours of labor will have to be in creased if hundreds and thousands of manufacturing enterprises are kept running. In our last issue was pubiished the account of the cut of 30 ner cent of over 3,000 workers in Pennsylvania, and a reduction of 20 per cent af fecting several thousand iron and tin plate workers. This week, at Provi dence, R. I., Lowell, Bostbn and Wor cester, Mass., the wages of 150,000 operatives had to be cut from 10 to 20 per cent or the mills closed down indefinitely. At Chicago, on Monday, the International Harvester company 3u: wv rviooeaH trt. mpp.hinip.il nnimancea. nev imvu UUuuiLiuuo auiuou aiu uiiwd.u w i 1 1 - 1.1,1 , . . . , nn.- i t.:i.4. reived 1 hooV edup.ition to nreuare will be averted is based, to a large f- kof :. wvi.n rt motive them for a nrofession but know ab- extent, on the belief that Great Brit v...!,!..! oaSMi.f nf solntelv nothinfr about the stern re- in w,n nofc earnestly support Japan Uatc uccu ouunu biio uuimooiuu.nj v 1 j o 1 , . . ... i t r l of nr nvPoive nuirements of manual labor or how According to this oihcial view, Great .nu!fm.-fw, pp to handle successfully labor saving Britain's present policy is based on a lYCkUCO. UUU Villi U 1U MCkO V-fc-la. - , . . . f 1 11 of entire shut down or lower wages, devices; and the daughters cm they Jesire .to keep Russia engaged until i.f fi, nf.h, Pnld Pnm- cook, ouemte a washinsr machine or Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, iu biiuu wio iiiauuiuuvutiu -w vv v 7 ' 1- . , ii 1 1 1 t 1 r 1 . . , pete with foreign manufacturers, the make sweet melody out of a dish pan, has compieteu no tour 01 me lersian dore Wojlenberg w annouCed last to the cotton market and employes have accepted the cut in or can they make their own clothes? Gulf, and while the fonvard move- week appointed by the Mentai Culture Prices went skyward instantly and waues, uiib a cuu ui iu iu lici tcui i v" j 1 its Tro rrao in f.Via T?acf. "anil rfllQA 51 fnll educated out ot tneir position ana nil vnl. are. ves. are thev actually quaimeu 10 without delay to take Bteps toward doing away with the receivership. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL A flENANCED The committee composed of Mrs. Hanan, Mrs. A. C. Marstcrs, Mrs. Bartrutn, Mrs. Bridires and Mrs. Isa- OLIVER WALKING PLOWS Are the Best No waiting for Extras when plowing is good. The best stoctt of Plows and Repeirs in the Couhty. CHURCHILL & W00LLEY The government cotton report pub lished yesterday morning wa3 a great ft SOnEWHAT MIXED. ues in the West, and the man who, be the wives ot a naooi) or a iarmer.- j ,nr.oi. r,,i mv 5f And the conseouence is: nine out of lUUaj y unco iiiuucj uuu f-'J v 1 will be a wise man. for it is easy to every ten of the highly educated in nav monev on a risinc or stationary book knowledge of the sons are fail- - - - i .... ... i i.i market, hut exceedingly hard to do ures in life, and the uaugnier nae so on one that is daily falling. been entirely educated out of the position nature intended them to oc cupy and the parents know that some thing is radically wrong, but even if they could locate the cause of the trouble it would be too late to correct the error, so far as they and their children are concerned and tho result is, the old man by his hearth scratches his head, toasts his shins before the fire, darns the unthrifty bovs while the fond mother darns the t nn,- ; o Kn n vast fortunes were eimer lost or ooimio -.,1 trnm t,n i,o;r. made in a lew hours dickering wiin &j 1 1 t . iiiiiiiii. ni.iiuiiin liiii i i mil liiij uiuiii " mnn nf 1hi pnmmifliio .'A km that I the market the committee reported to the club at 1 i rrr Zion City, 111., Dec. 2 -Except at llie meeung on luesaay aiiernoon, nf ,i;inrli- that it iound each oi the rooms was Financial Trouble at Zion Cltyi 'Sam Parks, tne boodling walking boss of the iron workers of New the bank here, no sign of disturb- 11 10U OI 1116 rwuia Wlia York City and who was sentenced to ance over bankruptcy proceedings neatly kept, but that the ventilation g in broken down un(er prison life and has been sent The Governnor has issued a pro clamation for the election of a State against John Alexander Dowie was visible in this place today. The bank was closed and guarded by United States Deputy Marshals and by Zion Guards, the local police. Otherwise was poor and the rooms crowaea. The basement of the building was in bad condition and very damp caused probably by the wet grounds sui roundinc the school and the need of to the, hospital. The New Panama Treaty Signed. r1ain'anl f n norminontli' lnv nff 7 F100 nnf nf IP ooo Pmnlnve., .md 1.00 Senator m Wasco county, to succeed TWW divisor," the same dav Representative Williamson whose seat j:.,!,, m nil r H, Us vacant by his election to Congres. ttt.; stafa rterp spahir tn he .i de- e Republicans have adopted termination by employers of labor of donUful expediency of not making a all kinds to either run on short time nomination, and will if reduce the wages. In every m- or stance the statement is made that the various enterprises are being run at a loss or that the profit is so small that capital is not justified in keeping the various manufactories running. For several years past the struggle between capital and labor has been very fierce. Labor, in nearly every instance, has succeeded in shortening the working hours and increasing the wages until the actual price paid for la nn.qsihle. nre- r It i - i .1 Li ii.:-, vent an election being held. If the noie3 m "er uu Democrats go ahead and make a And this is not all: our higher col- The secret conference is said to have nomination and elect their man, it leges and universities are every year been stormy at times, when Dowie will then devolve upon the Senate turning out tens of thousands of men became angered at what he called which is overwhelmingly Kepuoiican l whose intellectual education aione nas i nresumption on the part of his op to say whether he shall take his seat or not As before stated this is a very doubtful piece of political work, the utility of which is still more doubtful. Any party expecting to win should nominate a man of good, Dure life and of cood report in the the Dowieites institutions werebeing drainage. The wet grounds could be conducted .is if nothing unusual had easily avoided. Through carelessness r, I hinnened i tne faucets were allowed to leaK. Behind closed doors is Dowie's pri- Tho playgrounds for the children were vnfft nffire tnd.iv rinwie. .md his ittor- very poor and in a soggy condition. nev met Custodian Redieski and atior- Tho outhouses are in a very bad con- neys representing the creditors. The dition and area menance to health principal obiect was to plan for the and shoald be immediately thoroughly continuation of the various industries cleansed and put in a thoroughly sani tary condition. The committee con ferred with the school board about necessary work to be done, and the board promised that at the next meet ing to rectify all errors as far as pos- lreaty lw approvt,i ; aii iu parta." sible. Panama, Doc. 2 The canal treaty vrae signed at 11:33 a. m. today. There i were no amendments to the treaty. . When every preparation had been completed for the actual FigninR of the treaty, a government decree was adopt ed, setting forth that: "Whereas, celerity is indispensable to secure an efficaciona and immediate ful fillment of this obligation on the part of the United States and the Junta of the provisional government, formed by the unanimous will of the ople of the Isth mus, and possessing full, sovereign powers over the Isthmus territory ; be it "Resolved and decreed, that the the borisfrom20to60percentmorethan community and run him on party the ipnncipies ior an inat vunu. I mi il.i XI i. xr 1 nrir of American labor has steadily e ce luere to uot IUUB auu ot, rt0nmfit.tnfl,P nnentnrs that it is desired to save the. county h stdilv declined to such an ex- Pense is political ouncomo. tent that many enterprises are run at The facts are, one faction of nnncnHreW And while, this ab- Republican party wants to give normal state of affairs has existed in Mood-v a vindication, whatever that the United States, the wage scale of be and tne other factlon doesn 1 European operatives has remained want to Pve the Democrats a chance i i i i it. . r " ' j priKilamation is to be turned into a mand for manufactured goods in for- Qasco- 11 an election is held and a eign countries, except in rare in- democrat receives only ten votes or a stances hence the conditions for majority of the votes cast, he should permanent prosperity and high wages do not exist because the cost of Uakdealer is a Kepublican news- AmeriraTi miTinfnf tnred o-nndo is sn paper ot the stalwart stnpe, it does high that we are practically shut out not beeve in or countenance political from foreign markets, and in this sculduggery, and if affairs in Wasco ennntrv vre are fir frrentpr m!mnf!ip- COUnty are in SUch shape that the turers than consumers. If our mills Republicans cannot nominate and go and enterprises are to be kept run- tne Polls a good' straightfor- ning on full time the price of labor Kard' bonorable man, it will do the must be reduced or the hours of la- no to ve a democrat bor increased sn .is to oive the nnora. elected, for the election of a demo- tors a chance to compete with for- crat, under the lamentable circum- eign manufacturers. If the hours of stances surrounding the case m labor are increased ten or fifteen per Wasc0 county, would next spring cent, that will throw the same per- bring to the f ront a new We are confident that if you will visit our store and maRe a careful inspection of our stocK you will be convinced that WE MERIT YOUR PATRONAGE Our Prescription Stock Contains .91erck's !Pure Chemicals. SP2)dc Co Standardized Pharmaceutical Complete jCaboratory Squioment The Evening Press announces that six more Grand Rapid, Michigan offi cials who were arrested ten days ago on the charge of briber)' as the re sult of the Lant Salsbury confession have decided to waive examination in the police court and plead cuuty in the Superior Court, One other may be added to the list. This action was taken as the result of a conference of attorneys for the implicated men. A majority insisted that several Al dermen who have not already con fessed were weakening, and that they Be Quick. Not a minute should be !ot when a child shows symptoms of croup. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even af ter the cronpy cough appears, will pre vent the attack. It never fails, r.nd is pleasant and eafe to take. For sale by A C. Marstcrs & Co. Court News. s be seated in the senate, while the We manufacture and supply neat, finished preparations treatment and give you just and liberal treatment. knew, the conviction thus being assured, contentian that it plead guilty in the hope of the others It was their was better to of lenient Mrs Williamina Easton, on Dec. 2 was appointed bv the Countv Court ad ministratrix of the estiite of Henry East on. deeASd. on her petition for the tate. Geo. W. Dimmick, D. R. Sham brook and J. Millikcn were appointed appraisers. Fullerton - Richardson made them unfitted for the fierce bat tle of life and thousands with their high attainments and their diplomas of honor are lost sight of, and think ing they are too highly educated to take hold of manual labor and with- Republican 0ut the force of character to force centage of employes out of work, and leader, ihe republicans had better themselves to the front thev become some would go hungry and be an ex- STlffer defeat than put up a man who wrecks upon the sand of time. Under- pense or charge upon the labor union won,- be a reproach to the party; neath our educational svstem, high to which they belonged. If our ana also n an election is hem and a and lofty as it is, are the elements manufactories are to be kept running, Democrat elected, the Senate had 0f individual, communal and national the cost of production must be les- better aIlow nim to teke his seat than decay for while a liberal education is sened and this can only be done by keeP m ou because they a blessing to many a superabundance the reduction of wages, and with the 113(1 a map and could do so. produces a curse. The education a reduction of wages will come a fall in Clean Polltlcal methods always com th( vnlnfi of everv r.nmmndihv in t.bo mend the party to the voters, while TTnitwl Sbitfts. pxomt. monor fnr the reverse subjects the party to while the price of labor will in total disgrace and defeat. fall from ten to forty per ceut, the purchasing price of money will be in creased in the same proportion, for as the price of labor goes down the purchasing power of money goes up. NEED OF PRACTICAL EDUCATION man or woman makes or can make use of is what counts in the battle of life. The education that would make the boy a successful farmer, mechanic, business or professional man, the actual experience in a man ual training school and the compell- The writer believes that when ing of making every boy to learn everything is taken into consideration some good and useful occupation so Organized labor, in-so-far as it has the United States leads the world in that he could take care of himself if been able co force an unreal condi- giving to the children of the country he failed in the higher avocations of tion in commercial affairs by extort- a fine theoretical education. Boys life, is what is needed. And our and girls are educated in the public daughters they need to be taught in schools until at the age of thirteen or all the branches of housewifery to fourteen they actually believe that sew and make clothes and be willing they know more than their parents to become the wives of the men who ing unjust or excessive wages, has had its day or it must develop a sys tem by which it can furnish the capi tal to run ten thousand manufactur ing enterprises and also elevate all the operatives in Europe so that they will demand and receive the same standard of wages as paid in this country, and then when they have done so, where will be the advantage to the American? If, under the nor mal conditions of operatives' wages in Europe, fifty dollars a month will take care of a family and provide for all need, what benefit is there to American operatives to force up wages to seventy-five dollars per month on unreal conditions when the seventy-five dollars will not pur chase more comfort or necessaries at inflated prices than fifty dollars would at real value? This is the ex act condition of affairs in the United States today. If a man can, under normal conditions of the markets of the world, secure full time for his labor, and if that labor, at $50 per month, will enable him to save enough money to buy a good lot and resi- ever -dreamed of, and when they are from sixteen to twenty and are gradu ated from a high school or college they are actually walking and talking encyclopedias of what they should but do not know. The whole busi ness in school and college is to cram, cram, cram, and a child in a public school has frequently from six to ten studies or lessons to learn in a single evening, and the mindjnstead of be ing expanded so that it can readily grasp a simple proposition outside of the studies is turned into a memory slot machine, that can only be oper ated, in a majority of cases, by pupils who can never remember that the letter P came before G except by repeating the alphabet from A to G. Then again we will take the ambition of parents who are in the more humble walls and callings of life. They are not satisfied unless their sons have a vast amount of knowledge and their daughters are able to sing had learned trades and professions instead of being educated dolls. The safety of a state or nation lies in the married relationship and individual homes; and the sooner our educational system is so changed that the manual pursuits and the actual affairs of life are taught in the public schools and colleges the better it will bo for the nation at large. We need less glitter and glint and more sterling gold in preparing our boys and girls to take their proper spheres of usefulness. A man who at twenty-two could not take care of himself and a wife by his own manual or intellectual exer tion is a failure, or a drone expecting to live on the honey others have stored up, and the women who at twenty cannot sew, cook, and if op portunity offered, cannot become a wife to a man who was able to take care of her, all things being equal, is a failure also; and this is the pure gospel of a more practical education according to Brookes. William T. Stead, who years ago was the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, of London, and who was sentenced to jail for six months foreshowing up the debaucheries of the British nobility, and after wards came to this country and wrote a book entitled, "If Christ came to estate Chicago," has announced that he will start a woman's homo newspaper in London. There will be four editions each day and girls will deliver the ponents. In Zion City all title to real 's vested in Dowie. The tract of land on which Zion City is built was bought on a five-year payment plan. Several payments are due, the last one fall- papers all over London. mcr due September 1. when Dowie mid nr. tho intrh nml iubod fnr CounteSS Vlasto, more time on the principal. Mort gages on the land are held by original owner.-, and man. a Greek Society leader of New York City, has sued th Mrs. Mary J. C. Culver, who is the fn-irw, daughter of United States Senator I ni i- - f ir i orr rrr e . would mean forfeiture of the lots and rKe' 01 a ow,uuu ior houses of the followers of Dowie. 8tealinB her hubby. Those little, The followers of Dowie apparently ereas' Greek3 come rather were not dismayed to find Zion City mSh but many American women pre- J ' J r- ti i.i- t ; i.. industries in charge of the "unhealed." UHSm lo a uuu,e' ncau, many In passing the bank and seeing tho deputy custodians on guard, the Dow ieites shrugged their shoulders and smiled. Attorney Barnes declared that Zion City would pay dollar for dollar. A proposition to make Dowie man ager under the receivers appeared to meet with favor on the part of the court officers. At the Zion City general store, where Receiver Currie -was introduced Albert T. Patrick, who murdered Millionaire Rice, of Texas, in New York City about five years ago, has again been sentenced to be electro cuted. He has been by the' other nine men sentenced to death elected to the high office "of Mayor of the Death House. It is his duty to settle all disputes arising in tho death pen. rBecause of strike conditions and a to Deacon Clendensen, the general boycott placed upon the Building manager of tho store, the queston Trades and Employer's Association, arose as to whether the trade checks the American Bridge Company has in use at Zion City wero to be accept- been forced to surrender contracts ed at the store under the receiver's and withdraw from the field. The administration. Clendensen said that contracts will be filled by a local firm many residents of Zion had little or whom Local Union No. 2, of New I no ready money, and wero depending York, favors on trade checks, which were given as money. If these checks were refused it would, he said, work great hard ship. After consulting his attorney, Receiver Currie said that the checks would not be accepted. This decision was also made known to the manager of the fresh food sup ply of Zion, which includes tho butch er shop. In a short time, when it had become known throughout tho city, it occasioned a panic among Dowie's. followersjwhose only assets were tho trade checks. How these persons are to live during tho coming week unless they are assisted by there more well-to-do neighbors is problematical. Dowie has called a meeting of all his followers in Zion City and vicinity, to bo held in tho Tabernacle tonight, The miners at Telluride and other mining towns of Colorado have sent a petition to President Roosevelt de claring that their constitutional rights are violated. The Governor of Colo rado holds that the miners have violat ed the rights of others and have committed murder and blown up tho mines. Tho crowns, diadems and jewelry of tho late Queen Draga havo been advertised for sale that is what the murdering thieves loft of her queenly outfit. Window Sale. The ladies of the Christian church will bold a sale of home cooking at Currier's Candy store on Saturday Dec. 5tli, 1903 Don't forjot the date. The Young Peoples' Missionary Socie ty of Roseburp met at the home of Mrs. Dr. Fisher ou Tuesday evening and en- ioved a pleasant eveninc After the regular program was rendered games were played and the festivities ended with a dainty lunch served by Mrs Fisher and Miss Rrockwav. On eduesday afternoon, from 2 to 6:30 o'clock, Mrs. F. W. Benson very pleasantly entertained a party of ladies, complimentary to her mother, Mrs. Benjamin, of San Francisco. The invi tations read, "como and bring your knitting," and most of those attending were supplied with fancy work of some sort and tho afternoon was spent in a good old fashioned visit. The house was profusely decorated with chrysan incmums, anu ai uve o clocc a very dainty lunch was served. Mrs. Benson was assisted by Mrs. J. D. Hamilton and Miss I.nla Willis. Among the gneita wero Mmes. Seldon, Willis, Zeig' ler. Blue, Dr. Wright, Bunnell, J. C Fullerton, Mooro, Smith, Lane, Porter uawineui, vviikiiis, iianan, Judge Smith, Owens, Fitxhugh and E. M. Moore. A Hearty Eater. There Is a story In the French army of a captain who made a wager one day that a drummer of his company could cat a whole calf. The drummer. proud of his distinction, promised to do honor to the captain's compliment. Ac cordingly, a calf was prepared In vari ous nppctlzlng ways and was being promptly disposed of by the drummer. When he had finally consumed about three-quarters of the repast, he paused for another draft of wine and, placing Ids knife nnd fork on his plate, sold to his superior ollicer, "You had better havo the cnlf brought on, hnd you not, for nil these little kickshaws will end lu taking up room." "'The Chinese in Manchuria are very much aggravated by the Russian troops and an overt act may at any time commence hostilities. An Educator's Exploring Trip. President Harper of the University of Chicago has succeeded In securing from the sultan the right to explore the ruins of ancient Babylon. The unl verslty has now obtnlned permission to excavate In Tel Ibrahim. Application was mndo to the snltan for permission to explore the ndns of Babylon nnd Its neighborhood in 1000, ond after long delays It was granted. But further de lays occurred, nnd the lrado was not Issued. Then It was discovered that the Germans hnd received permission to explore the same territory. It Is be lieved thnt the ruins of tho temple In which Nebuchadnezzar offered sacri fices In CSO n. C. nnd also an extensive Ilbvnry of clay tablcbi will bo eied. v.ncov- Rho Won TVIne. Miss Itonmntz Yes. wo are engaged to bo mnrrled. Ah, he Is my Idcall Mrs. Oldun Oh, he'll outgrow that Toronto Moon. The Store That Does The Business FISHER & BELLOWS COMPANY ME-iTS CLOTHING It doesn't require any considerable ex pense to wear good clothes if you exercise good judgment in selecting from thor oughly reliable and correctly priced stocks such as ours. The Fall and Winter dis play is at it s best. Styles and materials to please the most critical. Prices 25 per cent less than you will pay at other stores. We call particular attention to our line of Oregon Cashmeres, Fancy Worsted, Fan cy Cheviot and Thibet suites. All our suits from $12.00 up have non-breakable front. Hand padded Shoulders and Hand Tailored Collars. All are Union Made and marked at from $5 to $18 MEMS' OVERCOATS. A remark able line of the leading styles in all the newest mixtures and plain materials, $7.50 to $20.00. MEM'S RAIN COATS. We have everything that is good and that will turn rain. $2.25 to 15.00. Boys' Suits, Boj-s' Overcoats and a com plete stock of General Merchandise. Phone 721 Write for Prices and Samples Notice of Final Account. !wln Tocher. orjerated bv the rovemmonf sml oirti . In the County Court of the State crvice rules are .irfctlr annllM. Tho ! Oron, m DongJas County. teachers, who are mostly women, are very well paid and never discharged of In the matter of the estate of t Washington Hughe, deceased. ) otice is hereby given that the under- except for cause. When they get so old ; signed executor of the above entitled they can't teach, they are pensioned liberally. The result Is that the coun try has an excellent corps of educators. Marrtisc In Sncdcn. In Swedish towns the average mar rying age of males Is thirty and a hah years and of females twenty 1 and throe-quart era. Germs. Every day of your life yon take Into your system germs sufficient to end your life were it not for the protecting action of the defensive agents In your blood. estate tias nleu iiis final account, tn se: , tlement thereof and the court by order I duly made and entered of rccord'on the ! Journal thereof, lias fixed Monday the 4th day of January, 1904, at ten o'clock a m ot said day for heanng objections if any mere ne, 10 sam nnai account, ami the settlement ol said estate. That the order of said court is dated the 16th dav of -November 19CB Dated this 19th dav of November, 1KB. L 6. Hughes. Executor of the estate of Washington Hughes, deceased. Education In Germany. Germany Is now the best educated nation of Europe, yet only hundreds of years ago German teachers in many parts of the country were so poorly paid that they used to sing In front of houses in order to add to their Income by odd pence. Varied KnotrledKe. Mamma asked Xellie what she had learned In Sunday school, and she re plied: "Thnt I must sell three ticket for the concert next week, give 20 cents for the superintendent's present and that Noah built the ark." Little Chronicle. A UnlTeraal Desire. Of course tho ant has admlrablo qualities, but I might wish that her In dustry displayed itself In some other fellow's pantry. New Orleans Times-' Democrat Urvea Vme, ot Wicket- Work Corona. Dr. C A. Undley of New Haven. Conn, secretary of the state board of health and professor emeritus In Yale Medical college, at a meeUng of the Medical association the other day urged the adoption of wicker work coffins in stead of mctnlllc caskets, says the Old cago rtecord-Horald. so as to Insure ft quicker decomposition of the dead nnd absorpUon by the soil, which, after n suitable Umo, would be agnln Ot for ose. Tarn ninny. Tammany lived In tho seventeenth century, ne was a nnUve of Delaware, but sctUed on the banks of tho Ohio river. He wns chief sachem of his tribe, and his reign was discreet nnd pencefid. nis great maxim wns: "Unite. In peace unite for mutual happiness; In war, for mutual defense." Tho rapacity of the packers seems likely to make the lump of pork In the poor man's greens look like the oyster In tho boarding house soup. If General O. O. nownrd Insists upon topping Kentucky feuds he will be Wlso If he does his Insisting at long range. Czar Nicholas "religious toleraUon" rescript appears to bear bloody fruit Id Bessarabia. Sheriffs Sale. In the Circuit Court of the fuse at Ortne ior boarU Count?. K. A. Kntran. T A E. Moleraad Alpha Moler. & wile. NotK-e is hereby ctrea that hyHriceofaa esccuiinn ana o-dc r of sale doly lsvl eet ot the above named coartaad caaw. oa the lSlh dajroC NoTemtr. lWt. upon a jndzneal aad dect e duly rendered and entered in laid eoart n the 9lh daTotOctober.mM.br Kireckvare raorwaice tn laror ot the above aamcd rial a tiff ant acal-setae above named Dfend aut. and azalnn the hereinafter mentioned and described mortsaKed property lor the jam ol Jii.SO. with interest thereon at toe rate of. 6 percent per annum trora the 9 la d.rot Octo t r. rajs, and the ctds of and npnn thi wtlt: Now therelorc, I will on Saturday. December SSth. at 1 :OJ o'clock p. ej ol aid day, at the Court llou-e front door, in Rtxebars. Doug la County. Onaon. Kll at public anctIor to the hlshest b(d1er for eaxh In hand, all the right, li'le and interest which the sd defeadaa,cr either of tbem had. on the iish day ot April. l!Wi or at any time thereafter In or lo the lol Io'lnc described premises, to-rit: AH that portion ot the northeast quarter "of the cortteut snorter ot section ii, described as follos.in-wt; Commencing at a stake in tho south boundary of the northeast quarter of U4 nonheas- quarter of section 2 3 chains south and 10 chain, west of the rorthcast corner of ssid section 2i, thence running norh to tho south line of the county road leadinc from Kojcbnn: up Der Creek, thence asterly alone said county road to where the same intenecu the east I ne of saM section 22, thence south aloiifr said line to the southeast corner ot the northeast quarter ot the northeast quarter ot said section S2, thence west 18 chain to tho place of beginning, containing 10 acre more or le Also that portion of the northwest quarter ot section 2. derrtvd as udlows. to-wit: Com up lVerCre k front KowbHrrlntOrsecLsthe west line id said sectiou 2$. thence southeaster ly alone the south line ol said countv road to a point where tho siu-e cross s the line running north and south Ihroush tne center of said sec tion 13, thence uth alone said line to the cen ter or said section 2 1, thence west to the quarter post between said section 22 and 23. thence iiorts alonir the line betweeu said sections to the place of bcctnulnj:, containing H acres more or less. Also the southeast quarter ot the northeast qnartcr and the cast half of the southeast quar ter of section 22, containing 120 acres more or less. Also the southwest quarter of section 2J, con taining MO acr s more or les Ai-o the northeast quarter of the northwest qu rter and tho southwest quarter of the north wot quarter and the northwest quarter ot tho southwest quarter of sectiou 2K, containing uo nc es more or less. Also the east halt of the east half of tectlou 27 containing no acres more or less. All of the above described land being in township a; south, range S west. Willamette Meridian, and conta nine in the aggregate NO acres mure or le. Together with the tcr.e- ents hereditaments and ai-purteuances theieto K-longlng. or iu nny ise appertaining. And will apply the proceeds ol Mich sale. Stst to the payment of the costs and disbursements fjJW.fti duo plaiutiff with Interest Ihercou at toe rate ot 6 -'T rent pir auuum irx.m the Sth day of IH'taher, 1!a. .ind the over plus ll an, there!, pay over m the Clerk of the Court, as by older nf said Court In said exception to mo dlrtxtel and dellx. red. commanding me to sell said above described real property lu the mau ner provided by law. c . , . .K- PARUQ1T. pi. i .?hrA'f of lusl" County, Orvgun, First Insertion Nov. 26, lwa.