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THE Roseburg Plaindealer PnbUfched Mondays and Thursdays. PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. H. H. BROOKES, Editor. MARY K. BROOKES, Proprietor Entire? at the Post Office in Roseburg, Ore., as second class mail matter. Subscription $2.00 per Year. Advertising Rates on Application. The Editor of the I'laIndeDiKk has no iuten tlon of making a false statement rcflec tins upon the life or character of any person, officially or otherwise and any statement published in these columswill be cheerfully corrected if erroneous and brought to our attention by the aggrieved party or parlies. Our intention Is that every article published of a personal or politicnt official cat arc shall be news matter of genera Interest andfor the welfare of the State a large. FEBRUARY 1 1904. ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN CLUB OF ROSEBURQ. Pursuant to call the Republicans of Roseburg and surrounding country, met in the Court House, on Saturday night to organize a Roosevelt Repub lican Club. The meeting was called to order by Dr. K. L. Miller, chairman of the Republican Central Committee, who in a brief speech outlined the object of the meeting. A temporary organization was ef fected by the election of F. W. Ben son as chairman and W. W. Cardwell, secretary. Upon motion of Hon. A. C. Mars ters the club to be organized shall be known as the "Roosevelt Repub lican Club." Upon motion the Chair appointed the following gentlemen a commit tee on permanent organization: H. T. McClallen. H. J. Robin- ett, Frank Kennedy, F. W. Haynes, T B. Cannon and Simon Caro. Upon motion the Chair appointed the following gentlemen a committee on resolutions: Hon. J. C. Fullerton, W. W. Cardwell, C. W. Parks, S. P. Stewart, F. E. Alley, J. W. Wright and EL H. Brookes. The committees retired and during the time required for deliberation the meeting was addressed by the Hon. J. M. Shellev, of Lane county. The committee on permanent or ganization reported as follows: "We, your committee on permanent organization of the Roosevelt Repub lican Club of Roseburg, Douglas county, Oregon, recommend that the following officers be elected. 1st We recommend that the temporary organization and officers be made permanent. 2nd. We further recommend the election of a 1st vice president and 2nd vice president. 3rd. Assistant secretary. 4th. Treasurer. 5th. That the following commit tees be appointed. Finance commit tee to consist of 3 members. Mem bership committee to consist of members. Respectfully submitted, H. T. McClallen-, Simon Caro, T. B. Cannon-, H.J. Robixett, F. W. Haynes, Frank Kennedy, Committee. The report was unanimously adopt ed. The committee on resolutions reported the following: Resolutions. The Republican Party of Douglas county, State of Oregon, in mass meeting assembled, do hereby adopt the following resolutions: Whereas, The republican party has ever been a party of conserva tism, union and strength; upon whose principles of good government are based all rights of equity, equality and justice, and Whereas, Such rights of equity, equality and justice are derived, TJrimarilv from the consent of- the people, and Whereas, Under a republican administration, based upon the will of the people, the United States has as sumed a first place among the nations of the earth, both as a military and as a civil power, while commercially she i3 a class by hereself, and Whereas, The prosperity of the republic at large is but a reflection of the industry, strength, loyalty and courage of its citizens in a united form; which prosperity, power and importance cannot be maintained without a union of patriotism, a union of strength and a union of sentiment toward a common end; the support of the government for the welfare of its individual citizen. Therefore be it Resolved That we heartily indorse and earnestly support the splendid administration of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. That we believe his position against the merger of the great railroad interests and the enormous meat trusts of the countrytobea wise, manly stand; calculated to result in the greatest good to all the people, by enforcing the laws of the United States against illegal combinations of vast capital in the restraint of trade. That we believe his recognition of the repub lic of Panama, at the time such rec ognition was made, was a humane act and prevented the want.n de struction of life and property by Co- ombia, who had forfeited both her claim to being a country of good faith and her right to govern an hon estly disposed people. That we be- ieve he rendered the country inesti mable service by his interference in and disposition of the great coal strike; in that he destroyed the mo nopolistic powers of the coal barons and averted a labor war that bid fair to reach the very center of every great industrial interest of the coun try. 'Jcesolvea: That we approve in the most earnest way the work of our delegation in congress, whose untir ing efforts to secure legislation for the benefit of the state is a sufficient warranty of their earnest desire to serve their people at home. That their duties are burdensome, there is no doubt; that they bear them man fully there is no question; the duty of the republican party, therefore is to encourage them with a heart that never fails, with an energy that never flags. Be it further Resolved: That we indorse the state and county governments as ad ministered under the present form That the present corps of county of ficers are capable, efficient and worthy men, in whose hands the affairs of the people have been wisely managed That while the county has expended a considerable sum in the repair and construction of county bridges, and the keeping in a passable condition the roads of the county, we believe that the people have received, as a corresponding benefit, one hundred cents for every dollar so expended. J. C. Fullerton, Chairman. Upon motion of Dr. Miller, Henry Richardson was elected First V. P. and upon motion of J. M. Hansbrough, the Hon. J. C. Fullerton was elected Second' V. P. Upon motion, H. T. McClallen was elected Assistant Secretary. Upon motion, Sam Josephson was elected Treasurer. Upon motion, the Chair appointed the following a committe on member ship: D. S. K. Buick, F. W. Haynes, L. B. Moore, Fred Wright, W. H. Brown, Chas. Curry, Frank Kennedy, George Brown and G. W. Kimball. Upon motion, the Chair appointed the Finance Committee to consist of the following gentlemen: S. C. Flint, C. W. Parks and F. B. Hamlin. Upon motion, the Chair appointed the following a committee on By laws, with instructions to report at the next meeting: Hon. A. C. Mars ters, Hon. J. C. Fullerton, H. H. Brooke3, W. W. Cardwell and F. E. Alley. The roll of membership was opened and eighty-five members signed their names on the roll. Upon motion, the meeting ad journed, subject to the call of the Chairman. ?otej and Comment. It is said that the meeting was the most harmonious ever held by the Republican party in Roseburg. J. H. Shupe was at home very Eick, and that alone kept him from the meeting. The resolutions adopted mean that the Republicans of Douglas county have nothing to apologize for in Na tional, State or County administration. The campaign is now opened in Douglas county and it will be amus ing to see and hear the democratic animule flop his ears and bray. The "Roosevelt Republican Club" is a good name and speaks of harmony, unity, solidity and strength. By presenting a solid front and an unbroken line, the Republicans can carry every man to be placed on the ticket by 1000 majority. With the unity of Republicanism in Douglas county there is no possible chance for democracy to slip in a man or even to assist in the nomina tion of a "weak sister' Fon the Re publican ticket. Every man will be a stalwart Republican through and through. The endorsement of the Honorable Commissioners' Court of Douglas county in building and repairing bridges was a good political move. The democratic ear floppere want im passible roads, bogs and sloughs for the country people to attempt to travel over, touch public improve ments and benefits may come high, but they are necessary to the peace of the individual mind and conducive to public prosperity and enterprise. CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. The Plaindealer is in receipt of several letters regarding the Congres sional race and possibilities; and one supposing the Plaindealer to be on the inside, asks this question: "Will the Hon. Binger Hermann be a candi date for re-election?" We don't know, but suppose so, as he has se cured a list of names all over his dis trict and is now hard at work sending out bean and pumpkin, mustard and cress, and radish and lettuce seed, and in extraordinary cases the dear voter receives an extra package with this legend printed on the back: "How to raise beets: Put your feet on each side of the beet and pull by the top." There you are, and our correspondent can draw his own con clusions and answer his own enquiry. We can give him a little further in- formation which we have received by wireless telegraphy which is to the ef fect: that Hermann traded about five tons of official reports for the like weight in seeds and Boston will re joico in obtaining classical reading, while Western Oregon will be blessed with a fine crop of garden sass. Now every subscriber's name to the Plain' dealer, in Douglas county, has been placed in the pot, and if vou do not receive your quota of seeds drop a card to the Hon. Binger Hermann, M. C, Washington, D. C, and tha will bring results. This is all tho po litical news wo have to impart on the Congressional campaign. A DEAIOCRAT HEARD FROM The democratic piano last Friday evening said: "Since a local political organ lias an nounced a republican mass meeting to bo held in Uosoburp Saturday, presuma bly to endorso the acts of tho county, state and national administrations, and take steps toward the opening of tho coming campaign, n citizen makes tho following inquiries: "Is this mass con vention to bo a jubilco meeting to tho livestock men can tell how pleased they aro with the unprecedented fall in the prices of their products? Is it for tho homesteaders and timber land buyers and locators to express their delight at the withdrawal from entry of vast tracts of the public lands, or is it 'for the gen eral taxpayers, where they may meet and rejoice at the increase of over -10 per cent in taxation in tho p st two years?' Wo can only sny to our citizen friend that there aro things for the people themselves to decide. Tiu-rc is but one way to express their likes and dislikes effectivelv in such matters and that is by their vote9. If they like the condi tions referred to in these questions, let them vote to continue the eame regime. If they don't like it there is but one ef fective way of mating a change and that is to change the a -immigration that has brought about these conditions. Prom ises of reform come with little grace from those whoso acts have made such reform necessarv." Regarding the fling at the Repub lican party for being the cause of the low price of poor cattle the "citizen' is evidently a calamitv howler." The TRY US TRY US TRY are particular to give mail orders. m IIIIll TOILET IB Tr r o 1 1 in ii it rers ave a r P a O I 1 1 t reat wlnig for us L. IL !L a 1 1 U i 1 L. and onr Phono bl?Sr iness continues to grow. Call "451" aud see how quickly you'll get what you want. Fullerton & R REGISTERED NEAR DEPOT TRY US TRY US TRY cause of the low price for live stock on the hoof is very apparent and es pecially is this true of cattle. The cattle ranges have been overstocked until the pasturage i3 well-nigh worthless. On the Rocky mountain plateau to the East and between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade or Sierra Nevada Mountains, where mil lions of cattle were fattened and sent to market it is well-nigh impossible under range conditions to produce steer that is fit to can much less to put on the market as fat cattle and hence the range cattle have to be sold for feeders and placed in the feed lots oi tne corn Dele. Lorn is now worth 60 cents per bushel and it takes on an average eight pounds of corn to make one pound of beef. This with other expenses causes beef to cost at least Ah centa per pound on the hoof, and when killed an animal dresses out all the way from 45 to 62 per cent of live weight according to the breed of the animal and degree of fatness. If, according to the Review screed, livestock men should abandon tho Re publican party because of the low price of cattle, every farmer in tho United States should vote for the Re publican party because the prico of feed stuff of all kinds raised by them is now sold at sky rocket prices Hay is. selling in Oregon at $15 per ton, corn at $30, and bran, chops and shorts, etc., at $26. At the present pnees the tarmer must be enjoying prosperity in spite of the fact that short crops have existed for two or three years past. Under existing conditions and tho prico of cattle on the hoof and the market prico of beef, it would not pay a farmer to feed cattle if he could purchase 800 pound steers at $20.00 per head, be cause, if increased by feeding, to 1200 pounds and sold at four cents per pound on tho hoof, the extra 400 pounds,- with feed at from $15 per ton for hay and $30 per ton for corn, it would cost him an average of ten centa poif pound to produce the 400 extra poundsSjin weight, or $40.00. nnd the fat steer, at four cents on tho hoof, would only realizo $48.00, and it will bo clearly seen that at theso figures, which aro reasonable, that the steer is only worth $8.00 for feeding purposes or tho feeder will sustain loss. It was the Stuffed Prophot of Buzzard's Bay who tried to prevent tho slump in the range live stock by bombarding tho heavens witli cannon, over tho nlains of Western Kansas and Nebraska and tho eastern part of Wyoming and Colorado to produco rain on the range and failed. If anybody is to blame for the low prico of range cat tle it is tho democratic party, who has never produced anything except a kick. In three months time when fat steers, fattened on Oregon grass, will sell at from $10 to $55 por head, the Review s citizen will then kick at the price of dressed beef sold in the market, and abuse the Republican party because the cattle business pays. Regarding the increase in taxation, which is this year two mills over last year, instead of an increase of forty per cent, as the able bodied prevail cator puts it. The increase was due to tho democratic governor of Ore? gon, who in his first message to tho Legislature advocated a graft of $500,000 for the taxpayers to pay, and also two other bills, aggregating in total $7G5,000. In the first steal only one poor, forlorn democrat stood out against the graft and ho became an orphan in the democratic clar. The democrats are equally responsi ble for the increase in taxation of two mills in Douglas countv. Regarding tho honest homeseeker and homesteader well everybody knows that oven good claim in Ore gon that is fit for agricultural land was taken up years ago and the whole attempt now is to rob the govern ment out of a timber claim by taking it up for so-called homestead pur poses. Regarding the claims of tim ber sharks, the Plaindealer turns over that part of the business to .the US TRY US TRY US Will deliver your pack- q ages promptly if you or- g der from us because we. immediate attention to IGHARDSON DRUGGISTS ROSEBURG, ORE. US TRY US TRY US ! Rnvioc The Republican party ha3 no prom lse to make about reformation. If any official member of the government needs reforming he is placed in the penitentiary to reform while the G 0. P. moves along serenly triumphing over.the world, the flesh and devil and above all the democratic party that has always been long on promise but short on fulfillment, It Looks Like Wife Abandonment. Without giving names of the 'par ties the Plaindealer is able to state that a sensation of great proportions is brewing in Roseburg if the follow ing facts are true. Last week a father and son settled up their business affairs in Roseburg and on Thursday morning tho son left his wife at her old parental home and announced that he was going to Coos bay to hunt up a location, but he failed to leave her any monejvl In stead of going to Coos Bay he took the northbound train to Drain where he got off and awaited tho arrival of tho afternoon southbound, when he purchased a ticket to San Francisco arriving there on Friday night. On r i i ii . outuruay me iamer received a mes sage stating that tho son was safe in 'Frisco and for him to come and on Saturday evening the father left Roseburg for San Francisco. These affairs reached the young wife's oars and Sunday morning she, accompanied by her father, took a trip to San Francisco and the Plaindealer awaits with interest, tho final settle ment of the case of what looks like premeditated wife abandonment. Latest War News. The very latest news is to tho ef fect that Russia will not give up Man churia nor will Russia allow Japan to occupy Corea. Japan will now have to back out from tho position assumed or there will be war. "FtUhu Brute." Tho Social Ecnnomlfa ("linn nf n.uu, tin organisation mado tip of women rep resenting n, Hcoro of women clubs, has been suarchinK for tho "essentials of a nappy Homo." Mrs. Edward Bioolow nnnpnm in hnvn 8ugBesled ono "cssontial." if tl, nn. plause which ban greeted hor words by io - oinor nail" can bo takon nu n cri terion. Shu said : "Feed tho bruto irood. wnll food and forgive him." Tho husband, father and nrnviilor nan only mentioned incidentally, and as a posBiblo though not altogether an in disponeablo requisite. Some of the women in fart, thn ma. jority of them were strongly of tho opinion mat tne wife and mother was the chief essential. Tho only good words said of tho hn- band was this, by Mrs. Carroll", who lvea n tho country : "It must now and then occur to women, and evon to tho most advanced club woman, that tho home is not quite complete without tho husband and father and provider. The who and mother must recocniio in him u pieco of household furniture not alto gether ornamental, only occasionally useful, but very much needed when wanted. "It has taken agea of repression to bring tho husband and father to his present condition of abject slavery to tho wife and mother. Ho ia tho victim of a process that began in tho Garden of Eden and gives no promise of ending until lie is called to tho reward that awaits tho humblo on tho other and brighter shore." Ttw February Llpplncott's Magazine. Alma Martin Estabrook'a novel in tho February number of Lippin cott's Magazine more than confirms tho belief in hor ability to write a good long story. Short fiction from her pen haa appeared in many magazines and won much deserved commendation. "Cousin Patricia," her present novel, is a talo of modern life. It entertains, pre-eminently, from beginning to end. Invention is clever throughout, and the climax shows a blending of strength and charm in tho writing which is high ly satisfying. Arthur Symons's name ia arreetive in the list of short stories. Ilia contribu tion, called "Peter Waydelin'a Experi ment," shines with tho human element as portrayed through a man who loved art "for art's sake." The author of "That Mainwaring Af fair," A. Maynard Barbour, writes a tale of love and a gold-mine entitled "A Controlling. Interest." Francis Howjrd Williams ia the anthor of a lovely idyl of a golden wedding called "A Little Child Shall Lead Them." "Yvonne of the Folies Bergere," by Prince Vladimir Vaniatsky, tells of a model husband whose eons mako a discovery about their father by no means to his credit which they are quick to us to their own advantage. An nnusual story, called "The Fatal Chamber," is by Clin ton Dangerfield. A country-bred girl with a love for beauty decorates her sanctum in accordance with her ad vanced views. She haa three suitors, and aa each one puts tho question she leads him to this room. Two of them fall down lamentably and tho one who glands her test ia tho one she supposed would flee from a girl who loved nymphs. Ella Middleton Tybout ex cels in darky sketches, but not to the exclusion of other veins in literature. The Voice of the Harp" proves this. Temptation cornea to a pretty "Little Sister of the Poor" to taste "the flcsh- pota of Egypt," and the way looks easy and pleasant. In the lovely harp Inter mezzo of Cavalleria tho little maid hears the voice of conscience before taking tho irrevocable step. "Dearest," by Harri et Boyer, is a well-told story of young love which standa the strain of time, and foreign travel, and disguise. Elliott Flower can be very fanny, and in "The Man Who Never Lived" he surpasses himself in amusing conceit. George Moore's "Avowals," whirl) have been running through the Lippin- cott since September last, have made no little impression upon thinking people, This mouth ho writes about "Walter Pater," and embodies a striking letter from Pater which ia most valuable. People are interested in the Dagoes to be seen in our streets hard at work Maud Howe writes a paper about them under the attractive titlo, "From Italy to Pittsburg." The verse of tho month aa well aa tho "Walnuts and Wine" are quite up to tho usual high standard. Another Carnegie Monument. A news letter from Eugene says: "Since the matter of tho offer of An drew Carnegio to devoto (10,000 to Eu gene for the erection of a public library building came up at tho last meeting of the City Council, tho subject haa been pretty generally discussed by tho tax payers and citiicna in general. At an informal meeting of tho City Council yesterday afternoon it was de cided to submit the question of whether or not tho city would accept tho offer to tho voters at tho next city election, Which occurs on the first Monday in April. Tho Council agreed upon this aa tho best method of deciding tho matter, as then no Ono could censure tho members of the Council, whichever way they act. When tho proposition was first brought up there was consi lorablo op position to it, nnd it seemed that the Council would refuse to accept tho offor but after mature deliberation the gencr al opinion seema to bo in favor of accept' mg. It ia argued that tho city needs a public library badly and there could bo no better proposition to establish one than to accept the Carnegie offor. Tho conditions of tho gift provide that the city furnish a building Bito and furnish f 1000 per year for tho maintenance of tho library. Dumped Beer lato The River. New Yoke, January 20. Twelvo thousand kegs of beer vera dumped into North river to-day. They came from onrad Stein & 8ons' browery, which recently passed into the control of Lion browery, but tho bill of sale did not in cludo the buillngs, . machinery or the supply of beer on hand. What the Lion brewery did got waa tho good will and oit:nding accounts. Tho Stoins have quit tho business, and their buildings and machinery aro now on the jmrfcut. When the Lion browery got control thoro Toro 12,000 keo of beer in tho Stein brewery, and to hnup U tlmro tho Stein concern would have td renew a bond for $76,000 with tho internal rev enuo authorities Tho Steins tried o sell tho beer, but could not do so u-ad-ily. Tho Lion brewery did not w.int tho beer, because, while it waa good tieor, hut it is not up to tho Lion standard. Moreover, if tho beer was sold, some 13000 would have to bo paid out in rev enue stamps. It waa decided, therefore, to lot HI this good beer go to weste. The inter nal revenue collector for the district nar notified, and, with his inspector he pro ceeded to removo tho betr kegs to a c '. ler which had pipo connections wiih tho sewer leading to the river. Tin bungs were knocked out, and the beei flowed merrily into tho river. The job took all day. Tho February number of the Wouas'b Home Compkion- is distinctly season ably. Ithasa charming cover sugges tive of Saint Valentino's Day Tho pict ures aro numerous, including "House hold Pets, "' Winter Sports at Home anaAoroau, " and" Tho Children's Boom, " illustrating beautifully appoin ted nurseries in some of the best Ameri can homes. Tho feature articles aro "A Visit to tho Home of Thomaa A. Edison, ""My Recollections of Abra ham Lincoln, " " Tho Nature-Study Club, " "Tho Wondera of the Sky Scra per. " There are five excellent short stories and some interesting matter on "How to Make Pin-Money at Homo" and " How to Pay Off Church Debts." Published by The Crowell Publishing Company, Sprinfield, Ohio; ono dollar a yaar; ten cents a copy. Advices that aro said to have come from an authoratative source in Russia state that during some recent maneuvers of the Russian troops, the Grand Duke Serge, Governor General of Moscow, or dered a bridge blown up, forgetting that the superstructure waa covered with hia troops. An unintelligent subordinate obeyed hia orders resulting in fifty offi cers and a thousand men being killed and wounded. The dispatches concern ing same were suppressed and the grand duke waa removed from the army and the loss of hia position aa governor gen eral of Moecow is said to be Imminent. Report of Hatchery. Umpqua River State Fish Hatchery Station closed for season Jan. 29, 1904. Take of Chinook ealmon eggs 2,187,000 Loes, during incubation 245,041 Loss of young fry during sack bURO 42.1S3 Total loss 237,230 No of young fry planted 1,899,770 Station will resume operation about May 1st. F. H. Hill, Superintendent. Teachers' Examination. Notice is hereby given that the coun ty superintendent of Douglas county will hold the regular examination of ap plicants for state and connty papers at Roseburg, Ore., as follows : fob state rxvnss. Commencing Wednesday, February 10, at nine o'clock a. in. Wednesdav Pennmanshin. historr. spelling, algebra, reading, school luw. Thursday W mien arithmetic, theorv of teaching, cram mar. book-keoDimr. physics, civil government. Friday Physiology, geography, ment al arithmetic, composition, physical geo graphy. ; Saturdav Bot general history, English literarature, psychology. rosj cocxrr papers. Commencing Wednesday, Feb. 10, at nine o'clock, a m., and continuing until Friday, Feb. 12, at four o'clock, p. m. riBST, SECOND, TUlaD 02ADE CEKTVIC4TES. Wednesday Pennmanship, history, orthography, reading. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. Friday Geography, mental arith metic, tchtol law, civil government. ralMAUV CERTIFICATES. Wednesday Pennmanship, orthogra phy, reading, arithmetic. Thursday Art of questioning, theory of teaching, methods, physiology. F. B. Hamux, Co., School SupL Meeting of the Republican State Cea tral Committee. Portland, Or., Jan. 29, '04. Tho Republican Stato Central Com mittee is hereby called to meet in the City of Portland on Friday, tho 12th day of February, 1904 (Abraham Lincoln's birthday), in room 12 Hamilton build ing, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., for the pur- poso of selecting the time and place for holding tho next State Convention, ap portioning delegates to said Convention, recommending date for holding prima rtcs, and for tho transaction of such otner ousiness as may properly come before tho committee. Frank C Baker, Harrison Allen-, Chairman, Secretary. A Direct Line to Chicago and all points cast; Louis villo, Memphis, New Orleans, and all points south. See that vour ticket reads via tho IL LINOIS CENTKAL It. It. Thoroughly modern trains connect with all trans continental lines at St. Paul and Oma ha. If your friends aro coming west let us know and wo will quote thorn direct tho specially low rates now in effect from all eastern points. 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