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article publu-bed of a -crKnal or political
official ndtarc thai! be news matter or Keixral
interest and for the welfare of the State at
large.
MARCH 17, 1004.
Call for
Primary and
Convention.
County
Persuant to a call of chairman, the
Republican County Central Committee
met at Roseburg on March 12, 1904, and
set the 2nd day of April for tho holding
of the primary elections and tho !Hh day
of April at 10 a. tn. for the convening of
the County convention at tho court
house in the city of Roseburg and pro
portioned the representation at one del
egate at large and one deleg.tt for every
teen votes or major portion thareof
cast for R. T. Bean candidate for su
preme judge on Juno 2nd, 1932, and
mate tb following suggestions that all
proxies tboold be represented in the
convention by a rejdant of the precinct
so far as practicable, and each precinct
select a Central committeemen. The
various precincts are entitled to the "fol
lowing number of delegates :
Roseburg 10 E. Umpqua S
Deer Creek 10 Looking Glass . 8
Umpqua..., 7 Cow Creek 2
West Roseburg... 12 Goles Valley.... 5
Yoncalla...
Comstock .
Riddle
Pass Creek
9 Mt Scott
4 Scottsburg 5
0 Gardiner 9
11 Gamas Valley. . . 3
. 7 Bohemia 2
Myrtle Creek
Glendale 5 Canvonville ... 7
Olalla 4 Kellogg 3
Civil Bend 4 Days Creek ... 2
Wilbur S Perdue 4
Millwood 3 Elkton C
Oakland 8 Calapooia S
K. L. MILLER, Chairman,
J. A. BUCHANAN, Sec'y.
Roseburg, Oregon, April 15, 1904.
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENT.
Being authorized the Plaixdealer
announces that M. L. Moore is a can
didate for the office of treasurer 61
Douglas county, subject to the nomi
nation of the Republican party at the
County convention tra April 9, 1904
THE COMLNU PRIMARIES.
The Plaixdealer during the past
week has received nearly a score of
letters enquiring about political af
fairs in the county, and asking if so-and-so
is a candidate? and, similar
questions. The editor has also been
asked a score of times who of the
present corps of officials will be can
didates for re-election to the offices
they now fill? Of these the only
candidates who have announced for
re-election are George Staley for the
office of assessor, and C. E. Roberts
for surveyor. These gentlemen are
now filling their first terms and have"
made faithful and efficient officers,
and are deserving of renomination
and election. Outside of these two
offices we absolutely know nothing.
Two aspirants for office have en
quired of the editor if so-and-so
would be candidates for re-election?
if they were not, then the enquirers
would be candidates themselves. The
Plaixdealeb attempted to find out,
but failed -utterly, and thus it is that
outside of the two gentlemen men
tioned there is not a man in the
county who has authorized the state
ment that he is a candidate for any
county office
There is a great deal of complaint
made against "the ring" and what it
is supposed to be doing. So far, the
editor has not seen the slightest trace
of a ring, for it seems to us that for
one time in the history of Douglas
county every man is in the race for
himself and the devil will catch the
hindmost. Efforts are being made
to form combinations, by several
outside aspirants, with politicians in
Roseburg, and thus form a ring to
fight a supposed ring and to boost
candidates into office who are afraid
to come out boldly and announce be
fore the public.
There i3 one man who can settle
the entire political situation, so far as
candidates are . concerned in a
minute, and the whole situation
would be cleared, because if
he is not a candidate for re-election,
others who are looking to his
action-would announce for hi3 office
and some would let go of the bone to
grasp at the shadow. Now, it is
none of the Plaixdealee's business
to advise any course, but it sees
nothing but the pooling of delega
tions and the control of the nomina
tion for every office in the county, by
reason of the present system.
If a direct nomination or a primary
election law was in force, every man
-who wanted to be a candidate would
have been forced to decide long ago
and his merits pro and con would
have been discussed before the public
at largo and the people would have
been enabled to vote intelligently.
As the case now stands, nobody j
knows who are candidates for the
Various offices. The man who can ;
control the 39 votes in Roseburg has !
no hard task to secure proxies or
delegates to the iiumbor of forty
four and then he has a majority in
the county convention.
What the Plaixdealer fears is:
The candidates and aspirants aro so
backward of positively announcing,
that at , the last moment a pool will
be formed and candidates nominated
in a hurried, hoorah manner and then
general discontent will be manifested
over the county, and the greatest
crop of kickers and tailmashers will
be harvested ever known in tho his
tory of Douglas county. If we had
a direct primary law in force, there
would be no room for a kicker or tail
masher, for the cause for such beings
would be removed. With direct pri
mary nominating elections the pres
ent unsatisfactory state of aiFairs
could not exist.
MORE SOOTHING SYRUP FOR THE
BRAT.
The Review like all democratic
sheets when fairly exposed in bolster
ing up corruption lies back and makes
faces and calls hard names. Now we
have no time nor inclination to go in
to a war of words in which billings
gate is the only argument, but we
stand to the statement previously
published, in six months according to
the certificates of the County Clerk
and approved by the County Judge
and Commissioners, the county debt
of Douglas county under the Demo
cratic iPopulastic regime on March
31, 1S99, was $56,204.55, on Sept
30, 1S99 as certified to and approved
in tho same manner the county debt
was SS6.415.60 or an increase of
$30,211.05. This statement is true
because it is part! of the records of
Douglas county as recorded on pages
105 and 111 of the official reports of
the county. All the faces the Re
view makes cannot dispute the above
statement for it is the work of the
party to which the Review belongs,
and when such debts are contracted
they have to be paid and the taxpay
ers today are paying for the luxury
of having a freak hermaphrodite ad
ministration of countv affairs. The
Plaixdealer could stand a straight
Pop speculation in county affairs, as
that would only admit to a two bit
proposition or to a straight demo
cratic steal because the blame could
easily be fixed, but of all the political
grafting combines that Demo-Pop
aggregation of financiers are entitled
to pick the full blooming roses from
the bush. By the smoke of the holy
council fires, thirty thousand two
hundred and four dollars and sixty
I cents of increased indebtedness in six
months is a monument of financial
fame and for the witness post of a
straight graft it has nothing equal to
it in Oregon.
M. L. MOORE FOR TREASURER.
In another column will be found
the announcement ol AL u. Moore as
a candidate for the office of treasurer
of Douglas county subject to ratifica
tion of his candidacy by the Repub
lican convention; and we presume
that the Republicans will want to
know something about htm, and as
far a3 the Plaixdealer can gather,
he was born in Illinois over fifty years
ago and went to Kansas leaving there
in 1S75 for California where he re
sided five years. In 18S0 he settled
in Clackamas county and in 1894 he
was the nominee of the Republican
party for the office of County treas
urer and received an overwhelming
vote. In 1896 he was unanimously
nominated for the office again but
that was the year of the Demo-Pop
landslide and with every other repub
lican he went down before the torna
do but was only aeieatsd by a very
small margin as he was a very popu
lar citizen and office holder. He
moved to Douglas county in the sum
mer of 1896 and is the father of L.
B. Moore, station agent at Roseburg.
In coming before the Republicans of
Douglas county he does so as a
straight Republican who has voted
the ticket at every election and he
does not give .fealty to any faction but
asks the Republicans as a whole to
consider hi3 application for their sup
port. If nominated, he will make a
very strong candidate for the office
for he is exceedingly popular among
the railroad fraternity and is in every
way qualified to fill the office to which
he aspires.
NEWSPAPER HONESTY VS. DE
CEPTION. Editou Plain-dealer:
Tbo following
editorial was printed in the Review of
March 14:
"Some alleged newspapers in this
county are resorting to tho most des
picable methods in an endeavor to de
liberately deceivo their readers as to
the real conditions existing hero 'at pres
ent in regard to taxation and tho public
debt. They arc publishing ilgures for
one single semi-annual period without
also giving the figures botli before and
after that time, so tho voters can aeo
tho general trend of public affairs and
know just what tho present conditions
really are. It is tho-duty of every pa
per which claims to be an honest pur
veyor of news to publish thceo facts in
full, as was done by The Review in tho
issue of March 3, 190L On that dale
we published tbo sworn figure, as thoy
appear on the county records of Douglas
county, for each and every year since
listfS. This was done without fear or
favor, let the credit or blame fall where
it may. If an ulleged newspaper at
tempts to deliberately deceive its read
urn in so important a mutter uh this it
thus proclaims its dishonoity and will
henceforth bo marked as unworthy of
belief in anv of its utterances. Tbo
people have no more uso for a dishonest
newspaper than they have for a dinhon-
est ollicial or individual. That tho tax
payers ot Douglas county aro required
to pay over $00,000 more of taxes this
year than in the year 1900 and that the
countv debt is now over $20,000 more
than it was then, are undeniable matters
of public record, and, disagreeable as
those facts are, tho people have a right
to know what are the actual existing
conditions."
The above article would lead one
to -believe that the Review was an
honest sheet and would not deceive
its readers, would tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but tho
truth, but hero coines a statement
that the Review could explain to its
readers if it saw fit to do so, but it
prefers to deceive them or leave them
in the dark in tho matter: "The
taxpayers of Douglas county are re
quired to pay over $60,000 more of
taxes this year than in the year
1900." Now, this is what an honest
paper should say in connection with
tho above statement: The state tax
es are S1S.432 more this year than
in 1900; the school taxes are $13,
050 more than in 1900 and the roa:
taxes aro $16,6S5 this year, while
there was no levy made in 1900,
making a total of $4S,167. This
amount tho legislature, both republi
cans and democrats, compelled the
county court to levy in excess of the
levy of 1900. I learn from county
officials that more than $12,000 of
this years taxes will be paid upon
tho county debt, which will fully ac
count for the $60,000 that the Re
view is so much concerned about
The Review wants to create the im
pression that Douglas countv is the
only county in the state that has a
high tax levy. The facts are that
nearly every county in the state has
to pay more taxes this year than
formerly. Why is this so? Did not
the democrats, as well as the repul-
Truths
That have enabled us to build up a large
Prescription Business
We dispense Pure Drugs.
We believe Accuracy to be a positive
necessity.
We make Laboratory Frhparatioxs
by tbe official processes.
We turn out Finishhd goods in clean
and neat packages.
We know our business.
You get the benefit if you
trade with us
TRY US
Fulierton & Richardson
Registered Druggists
licans, vote for the appropriations
for tho Lewis and Clarke exposition,
the Portage railroad, the Indian war
veterans, etc., amounting to nearly
$1,000,000? Did not the democratic
governor sign all of these bills and
did he not tax Douglas over $-12,000?
Disagreeable as these facts are, will
the Renew be honest enough to ex
plain the truth to its readers and not
try to keep them in the dark?
Fair Play.
The Factional Fight in Portland.
The news of the factional fight be
tween the Mitchell and Simon forces
in Portland is to effect that in Mult
nomah county tho Simonites have
been beaten at tho rate of seven to
one.
War News.
There has been no official war
news of importance in the last ten
days, but active hostilities in Corea
or Manchuria is daily expected.
There is no redeeming feature in
the Multnomah fight; the honored,
talented and protected widow swin
dler -was set down on.
Somebody told the PlainiEALER
that the democratic animulo is again
braying.
Socialist County Convention.
Notice is hereby given that there will
bo held in the county courthouse, in tho
city of Roseburg, on Saturday, tho 23d
day of April, 1004, beginning at tbo hour
of 10 o'clock in tbo morning a mass
convention of the socialist party, for tho
purpose of placing in nomination candi
dates for tho various county officers, to
be voted for at tbo general election in
June, 1904. All socialists are requested
to attend. .
Wo would especially urge those from
a distance, to mako nn effort to havo
their precincts represented.
Done by order of tbo Co Commitlo,
R. C Brown, Chairman.
Caul Hopi'Man, Secretary. 22 Owks
City County in Session.
A special session of tho city council
was held in the council chamber at tho
ity hall last Monday evening for tho
purpose of hearing reports of two special
committees. Mayor Hoover being ab
sent F. G. Micelli occupied the chair.
Tho committee to whom was referred
the matter of the bill of the Roseburg
Water & Light Company, for lights fur
nished for two years ending March 1,
1004, and which the city was enjoined
from paying in separate amounts, as tho
water bills weru paid each month, on
account of a suit brought against tho
city by 11. Brockway, a taxpayor, on ac
count that indebtedness in excess of the
amount allowed by the city charter had
been contracted is now settled
iml tho company presents its
bill, not under the contract over which
the law suit was instituted, but "for
the reasonable value of service) - render
ed." Tho bill callB for tho samo amount
as secified in the contract $125 per
month, with directions made for times
that certain lights, did not burn. The
committee askod for further time in
which to report, which was granted.
llio committee appointed to reccivo
bids for 760 feet of new fire hose for tho
Fire Department, with power to act, re
ported that out of several bids receivod
they had accepted the one of A. G. Long
of Portland, who agrees to furnish the
hose at 90 cents per foot. There' wero
several other bids sum lower and some
of the same price, but tho others failed
to furnish samples of their hose which
the advertisements for bids called for
and wero thcrefote rejected so it is re
ported. The recorder was ordered
to pureha?e tho hose from A. G. Long,
with spannus nozzle and connecting pipe
Committee appointed to confer with
tho Umpqua Water & Light Co , in re
gard to furnishing tho city -villi water
and lights, returned a written proposi
tion from the company to enter into
contract with the city.
The company projwses to furnish
lights for ? 150 per month, and water for
f."0 per month. They agreo to furnish
one more arc light and three more in
crescent lights. Thev alto agreo to
flush the skewers once a month during
the (tuinmer. The protiosition was laid
ou the table.
G. G. Ke-sarteo appeared, asking for
tins t-titablishuiont of a grade on Flint
street. Referred to committee on city
improvement.
Hills of .eon a Mills Lumber Co., The
Uoseborg Lumber Co., and J W. Mul
len, which wero referred back to Street
Commissioner Pago for approval at the
last regular meeting, wero . presented
with his endorsement and allowed.
The bill of A. G. Long for repairs on
Bnbcork tire extinguishers jvas also al
lowed. Edenbower t. O. Church.
Special meetings arc now in progress
at Edenbower M. E. chnrch, conducted
by'tlie Rev. S. W. Gamble D. D., assist
ed by the pastor, N. J. Harbit.
The pastor believes that the people of
Edenbower are deserving of tbo best
talent that can bo obtained, and has .se
cured Rev. Gamble with that view. At
the close of the special meetings, Rev.
Gamble will give five or six of his noted
lectures on "The Christian Sabbath."
Wo invite any and all, to atlond these
services and are confident tliat tho peo
ple will b& well paid if they will attend
all of thoce services.
The religions and secular press, to
gether with tho leading Jewish Rabbies
of America, claim for Rev. Gamblo the
host authority that has developed in the
last 100 years on the Christian Sabbath.
Those lectures will be given at tbo close
of special meetings and Will bo an
nounced later. N. J. 1 1 audit.
Sale of Wire and Children.
When John Outlaw, of Currituck, N.
C, became tired of his wifo and two
children, several weeks ago, 'he sold the
trio, together with all his love and af
fection for them, to his brother, Jerome
Outlaw, for two fishing nets. Tho sale
was reported to tho polico and warrants
were sworn out. It developed that John
Outlaw did not think there was any
thing wrong in the affiiirr Neither did
Mrs. Outlaw nor Jerome Outlaw. When
John Outlaw bet amo aware that there
was a possibility of the transaction be
ing annulled by court, ho gathered up
his fishing nets mid decamped. Jerome
and Mrs. Outlaw wero found guilty of
illegal cohabitation, but as the children
nio dependent on the pair for support,
no penalty was inllicled.
Poultry Notes.
March is hero mid you should begin to
think of getting out a few early birds.
Seo that all nests aro in good order, so
when your good old hen is ready to set,
j on will be ready to fiot her j that is, if
you aro not far enough advanced to have
an incubator.
A. good way to settle tbe disputes
w ith your neighbors over your turkeys
is to mark each one somo night with any
good mako of leg bands.
Do not liatch your young turkeys out
too early, as you will find you will havo
better luck later.
Turkeys aro quite a good lot of tronblo
to raise: but romomber, there is a dol
lar or two in it foryou next Thanksgiving
Day.
The Poultry News sayB that tho
United States Agricultural Department
has closely and scientifically examined
tho question whether tbo malo bird ia
needed for the production of eggs, and
the conculsion arrived at was that the
avorago laying of tho hens is greater if
they are kept alone. It has also been
proven again and again in this country
that males are not necessary if eggs are
the only object of the business.
Don't let the lice bother your hen that
is setting in the old shed yonder. "A
stitch in time saves ninol" Very true:
and the same thing is truo in the poultry
business. "Kill the lice in time and it
will save an increase of a milFon."
A pound of chicken may not boas
cheaply produced aa a pound of beef,
but the price of a pound of chickon will
average twice as high as a pound of beef.
The chicken business is just as large
as tho beef business. In France, wbero
poultry is raised to perfection, chicken
raising is equal to all other branches of
stock raising combined.
It is a very good plan to get some good
brand of poultry food and feed your
young ones on during the summer
mouths.
All should have the 'brooding coops
in good trim when hens come off with
Uhcir little ones. Whitewash them
inside and out. It will make them
smell clean and sweet, and they don't
look bad setting in the. poultry yard.
Get your pen ready to raise a few
ducks this summ-sr. 1 hey will mako a
nice feather bed for you and are not
much work if cared for in the right way,
There can lw no doubt that turkeys
will bring a high price the coming year.
The scarcity of breeding stock makes
this outcome practically certain. With
a favorable season, of course large flocks
may bo raised, but not enough to meet
tho general demand. Let us lay our
plans accordingly and reap tho roward
which is apt to follow the recognition of
opportunity. Poultry News.
yon t neglect cleaning luoso coops
once a week. Tbe littlo ones will thank
you for your kindness and grow much
more rapidly.
You cannot have everything in one
fowl. Examples of good, gcneral-pur
iose fowls are the Plymouth Rock and
Wyandotte. They are equal to the
Shorthorn in cattle. They are good for
meat production and pretty good for
ecg producers can be found on the one
hand and more prolific laying specialists
on the other, but none are better as gen
eral-purpose fowls.
The lvoghorna may mature in eir
months, Hit with the larger breeds a
fowl is not mature if under one year of
age; and it is a Fettled conclusion that
neither animals nor poultry should be
tiK-d for breeding until the system has
had time to develop and make complete
growth. Pullets sometimes begin to
lay before they are fully matured;
but tn such casvs their eggs should not
Ie u?d for hatching purposes. The
life of ?girs from pullets that have not
completed their growth is sure to injure
the flock if tho practice is continued for
several yeara. Farm and Fireside.
An interesting fight is now in prog'
ress between tbe officials of the geologi
cal survey, who are now empowered to
enforce the irrigation act, and senators
and representatives who believe that
the irrigation works in tho West should
be placed under a separate bureau in
charge ofa supervising inspector Sen
ator Hansbrough, early in the session,
introduced a bill creating such a bureau
and authorizing the President to appoint
a supervising engineer at a salary of
(10,000 a year. The senator calls at
tention to tho importance of the irriga
tion work as an argument in support of
his bill. He said that he had no desire
to antagonize the survey. Ilia purpose
is to secure the appointment of an offr
ccr whoso solo duty it shall be to super
vise the construction of irrigation works,
Proper Treatment of Pscuh-obU.
Pneumonia is too dangerous a disease
for anyone to attempt to doctor himself,
although he may have the proper reme
dies at hand. A physician should al
ways bo called. It should be borne in
mind, however, that pneumonia always
results from a cold or from an attack of
the grip, and that by giving Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy tho threatened at
tack of pneumonia may bo warded off.
This remedy is also used by physicians
in tho treatment of pneumonia with the
best results. Dr W. J. Smith, of Ban
dors, Ala., who is also a druggist, say's
of it: "I havo been selling. Chamber
Iain's, Cough Remedy and proscribing it
in my practice for tne past six years. I
use it in cases of pneumonia and havo
always gotten the best results." Sold
by A. C. Marsters & Co.
For Sale Cheap.
245 acres stock or dairy ranch Z4
miles Gouthcast of Myrllo Point, Oregon.
Fino now house, good out buildings.
Will sell with or without stock and fur
niture. Havo' good object for selling.
For particulars address
Carl W. Prcssly,
Myrtle Point, Oro.
Notice.
Work will be resumed in tho packing
houso of Umpqua Valley, Prune Associa
tion on M on bay Morning March 14th.
fho bridgo over Deer Creek having been
repnricd and cars placed last night.
Employees, will plcaso tako notice from
nbovo.
It. L. Gilo.
Honey to Loan.
As financial agent for capital I am
prepared to loan money in any amount
from $50 to $500 on real estate or per
sonal security, or to purchase proporty
outright, or to purchase good notes at n
liscount. Tho money can oftentimes
Ik: paid or drafts issued tho same day
that tbo application is made. Enquire
if 11. II. Brookes, at tho Plundkalm
itlico, Roseburg.
CLOSING OUT SALE
Commencing March 7 the W. C. Hildebrand StocR
m of Merchandise will be
CLOSED OUT
REGARDLESS OF COST
The balance of stocR left will be shipped to our new
store in Washington. This offer will not hold good
for any definite length of time.
ASH & ATTWELL
Early Spraying.
Secretary J. B. Thoburn of the Okla
homa board of agriculture gives warn
ing to the orchardists of Oklahoma re
garding the probable Tate frost, a warn- i
ing that is just as beneficial to the same
clatsof citizens in other states.
Although as a rule the peach trees in
Oklahoma do not bloom until late in
Mtrch, yet already tho buds are ready
to burst eo warm has been the weather
for the past ten days. Sunday after
noon tho thermometer showed eighty
two degrees, and duiing the entire win
ter season tho coldest weather was eight
degrees above rero. The peach trees
will be In full bloom by the end of the
present week, and plum ami other fruit
trees will follow closely.
Mr. Thoburn says that every nun
with an orchard must have bis spraying
pump ready to defeat the ravages of a
late frost: with the liberal use of this
pump, any morning before the sun comes
np, the trees may Imj washed and the
fruit saved. The water rids tbe trees
and blooms of the frost and eliminates
any danger to the fruit from the frort.
Itegarding tbe use of water. Secretary
Thoburn says that jiersons living in the
city may use their lawn hose on the
trees with a like result, and that garden
plants beans, corn, tomatne?, etc
may be easily saved in the same man
ner. Mr. Thoburn quotes one illustration:
A friend of his had a half acre of si raw
berries in full bloom ; there was a late
May frost, which would have completely
killed the strawberries for that year;
the farmer aromj before day lisiht, and
with the aid of his son?, turned the wat
er from two windmilU in to the straw
berry patch ; there were not 100 blinis
that could be seen above the flood of
water, but that farmer was the only
man in the county to pick berries from
his own patch that season.
Upper Olalla News.
There has been a great deal of ran
this winter.
Col. Day, and a number of others
made a Hying trip to Roseburg last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper, weru the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lamb last
Saturday.
Mr. W. L. Iamb, has been very sick
or the past three weeks is improving
now.
Mr. Clarence Prock and O. A. Ohlsen
lias been cutting saw legs for Col. Days
saw mill.
Mr. Henry Bushnell and his son Ed
tnond, has been cutting poles for their
wood saw.
In spite of rain and stormy weather
W. G. Friend and Charles Wiley, con
tinuea their farming.
Tub Dew Drop.
iBfUmmatory Rheumatism Cured.
William Shaffer, a brakemanof Den
nison, Ohio, was confined to his bol for
several weeks with inflammatory rheu
matism. "I used many remedies," he
cays. "Finally I sent to McCaw's drug
store for a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, at which time I was unable to use
hand or foot, and in one week's time
was able to go to work as happy as a
clam.
Co.
For sale by A. C. Martera &
Weather Report.
U. S. Wkathkr Bureau Office,
RosEBDRfl, Ore.
Week cndingS p. m , Mar., 1G 1904.
Maximum temperature, 56 on Mar 1G
Minimum temperature, 31 on lGh inst
Rainfall for tbo week, 1.43.
Total rainfall since 1st of month, 4 .00
Total rainfall from Sept. 1, 1903 to
dato 31.90.
Avorago rainfall from Sept. 1 to dato
27.37.
Total excess from Sept. 1, 1903
o date 4.59.
Average precipitation for 2G wet sea
sons 33.33.
Thomas Gibson, Observer.
Thero is a great scare in the North
west Territories over the Mormon invas
ion. Ilundreds of President Smith's fol
lowers aro settling in Alberta and they
are sending for more. It is claimed that
their ultimate aim is to dominate - the
policy of tbo Northwest. Rev. D. G.
McQueen, of Edmonton, one of tho most
notable divines in tho Canadian West,
mado a strong attack on the Mormons
from bis pulpit Sunday. Ho declared
that was undoubted proof that tho Mor
mon 8 wero aiming to control tho govern
ment of tbo territories, and ho urged
tho pcoplo of tho other sects to keep
their eyes open. It is illegal to practice
polygamy in Canada.
A Favorite Rcmrdy for Babies.
Its pleasant tasto and prompt cures
havo made Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy a favorite with tho mothers of small
children. It quickly cures their coughs
and colds and prevonts any daugur of
pneumonia or other serious consc-
quoiiccs. It not only cures croup, hut
whon givon as soon as tho cronpy cough
appears will prevent tbo attack. For
salo by A. C. Mnrstors & Co.
The Store That
FISHER & BELLOWS COMPANY
MEWS CLOTHIfiG
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 3lS
MEWS? OVERCOATS. A remark
able line of the leading styles in aU tbe,
newest mixtures and plain materials,
$7.50 to $20.00.
1EHPS RAIIff COATS. We have
everi'thing that is good and that w 11 tna
rain. $2.25 to 15.00.
Boys1 Suits, Bo3's' Overcoats aid a com
plete stock of
General Merchandise.
Phone 721
A
COMPLETE
STOCK OF
GROCERIES
Fresh
Eggs and Albany
FRFF niQWCQ 2 Pr cent of of an pnr-
I itLL UlOliLO chases we give our customers in coupons
to buy beautifully decorated porcelain dishes.
C. P. DAVIS
Private free delivery to all
HEATH & MILLIGAN
Best Prepared Pairif
RAILWAY WHITE LEAD
OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES . .
5. K. SYKES, .
Roseburg, - - Oregon
We Rourd Them Up!
I Jitl nii;l.t, St. IV ricks eve. a nnmbor
of ung ladies entertained their men
iri-iiusata i.eap tr dancing party
whi h uunuimou-Iy pronounced an
unqualified success The affair wna
given iti the Arnvuy which had been
transformed as if by magi;: from a liare,
grim lull, into a most attractive darn
ing rKnn, which, except f.ir tlie vivid
and ronsnicuous cms i. morn n.irK-
"
resembled a Chinese tea ipinlen than anv
thine else. Green buntini-. and hunting
in tho "old ml, while and bluo" wns
mod in i-oiijunctiiiii, the center sunnort
of, tho building bains: used as the center
of the decorations. This was hidden oy
an nrriuiiseinent of warrior ferns' anil
Iti-h lligs, ami from a point near the
ceiling bunting was carried to each cor-
mroiuie nail, and intersecting this
band, was a pntiaro of .reen within
diamond of the National colors, all ear
ned out in bunting, tusponded from
which were nmuborhss Japanese lan
terns (if various sinw. hb:li s nm
l thecoriior where punch was served
a liack greuiul w.is fmnied of banked
ferns over which weio nisi ended Janan-
esi umbrellas. The front ot tho hall
Whs draped with buntimr. a :d tlm nr
chetra was stationed behind a fcrwn
of ferns, whi'e the wall! were pr.ictical-
Does The Business
Write for Prices and Samples
STAPLE
AND
FANCY
Butter Every Bay
Successor to J. 31. Fletcher
Near the Depot
parts of city and suburbs
ly covered with Iriih flu-i an !fenn.
Supper war served in the Native So is
banquet room, at 11:50 ami danci-i;
ontinned until 2 o'clock. About ninety
youui: people wen? in attendance TIiio
who were bidden. as cluperons inchi-lsl
Mines J F ISarker, J C Fu'lerton, J
Rast, M Josepkon, f, Rabat, K.L Mil
ler, U II Brookes and J T Bridges, a id
tho punch bowl wa. presided over by
Misses I.uln Willis and Rose Parrott.
The Worlds Fair Route.
Those anticipating an Fastern trip, or
a visit to the Louisiana Purclufe Expo
sition at St. Louis, cannot afford to over
look the advantjgvs offered by the Mis
souri I-Acinc Railway-, which, ou ac
count of its various routes and gateways,
has been appropriately named "The
World's Fair Route."
I'asssengers from the Northwest t ke
tho Missouri Pacific ttaius from IVn
ver or I'ueblo, with the choice of either
going direct through Kansas City, or via
Wichita, Fort Scott and Pleasant Ildl.
Two trains daih from nanwran.l p.,.
cblo to St. Loui s without change, carry
ing all I'blSKfva nf ,i.n.l... :. 1 . .
eluding electric Iwhted obijrvation par-oreafod-inng
cars. Ten dailv trains
"V " ausa 1'iiy and St. Louis,
u rite, or cull .it. U t..i. i- --.
-.ral Aj-ent, 12 Third strvet, Portland.
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iterature. j5