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Oregon Historical Society TOnitAHD (to Imttitatler 4 r Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1904. No. 53 sebttrg THE OREGON PANTHER, THE GREATEST VIOLATOR OF THE LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF DEER. T. C. Scurr, of Dothan, this county, makes the following good point relative to the protection of deer. He writes: "It takes about two little beauties (spot ted fawns) each day to satisfy the appetite of the pan ther. I can find these little fellows nearly every day in the week now, and in the Fall I will perhaps see a hundred large deer before I see one of them, and where are they? It would be much more to the credit of the state to 'fix a bounty of not less than $25 for the scalp of ever' panther killed in the state instead of ar resting a poor man living in the hills for killing a buck at this time of the year. If the state is too poor to afford a bounty, then the federal government ought to place a bounty on them, for I do believe that a pan ther kills more deer in a year than any half-dozen hun ters. It is said that a panther cannot be caught in a trap. I have a steel trap that weighs 42 pounds, and during the last rain storm a panther killed ury largest Angora wether. The next day we found what was left of the goat (about one-half) ncath covered up. We set th'etrap and in four hours had him. I have long since learned that when a pantUer furnishes the bait himself he can be caught in a trap, and in no other way have I been able to get them into a trap. This is my experience with the cowardly brute. FANATIC DOWIE AT ZION CITY. Chicago, July 1. Returning from hisjtour around the world Elijah Dowie today was welcomed atZion Citj' br hosts of his followers, who turned out despite a ter rific thuuderstorm. Dowie, addressing the multitude from a carriage, declared that the thunder peals and the lightning flashes were sign- from heaven, signify ing the approval of the Almighty.. ivTr-fcrB a tvt-i Fnr fimf rnvFFr.TinMFDV " rikJ KJ lAlNO 2nd ICE CREAM PARLORS Fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, Douotinuts and fresh Bread Daily Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot !. J. NORflAN & Co. Prop. BROWNELK-STEWART NUPTIALS. Popular Lane County Teacher Wedded to Douglas County Young Man. Will Reside at Qardlnc PQSWIGE ADVANCE i T TO SECOND CLASS. UNMISTAKABLE' . EVIDENCE OF ROSEBURG'S AND DEVELOPMENT. a - - The marriage of Miss Ennis. A Stuart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Stuart, of Mohawk, to Mr. Mark E. Brownell, of Gardiner, was solemnized at the Lome of the bride's parents, Wednesday even ing at 8 :30 o'clock, Rev. 0. C Wright, pastor of the Eugene Baptist' church, officiating. The wedding was a very pretty affair, about 60 guests being pres ent. The parlor was decorated very beautifully with maiden hair fern and white roses and the ceremony was per formed under a wedding bell of white roses. Little tcho Hawk, was nower girl and lead the bridal party. Miss Maude Hammitt was bridesmaid and as a result Ot the rapidly increasing buSlUSSS of this i. . i. -1 . . i 4 1 ii?:n t c..A ...... 1 k - best man. After the ceremony an eU offic. has brought it Up tQithesecontl class list. gant wedding supper was served Otf the bui cui up a la milk. rtAi3iujua kv.i uu nuuiwas drove to Eugene and the newly married I b 1.1 - j t " a n r AAimla (aal rna oorlv mrvrni nrv train fnr I ' Portland on a honeymoon trip op north. They will reside at Gardiner, where Mr. Brownell is engaged in the sawmill business. The bride is one of Lane county's fairest daughters and has hosts of friends. She is well known as a school teacher, having taught in several dis tricts in this county and in the Roseburg public schools. The groom is a wide-awake and pros-1 perous young man and has bright pros pects before him. Eugene Gnard. On-rT3ajJsuly. ist, the Roseburg postoffice passed from the; third rctass into the list of the second class postoffices of the.United-States, by order of the postal department at Washington. This order was issued i otf the Tne new. crder oCtEintrs eives Postmaster W- A. Fra- lawn, which was lighted with TJWnew l"i . . ifl-- lanterns Afterwards the wedding party CHEATINQ CONSUMPTION. A Strenuous Young Lady Adopts the Open Mountain Air Treatment and Is Cured. State And General News, JUST RECEIVED 2 CAR. LORDS 2 Mitchell Farm Wagons Road Wagons Surreys, Buggies, Hacks Champion Binders, Mowers, Eeapers, Hay Rakes, Etc. We can save jrou money on anything in the Wagon or Implement line. Give us a chance to figure with you and you won't i egret it. J. F. Barker & Co., Grocers, Phone 201 Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking is to have good FRESH GROCERIES And -to get them promptly when you order them. Call up Phone No. ibi for good goods and good service. G. W. PARKS & CO Lewisburg has a big new lumber mill. Heat prostrations are numerous in the East. Saw Mills in Rainier and vicinity are doing a big business. Forest Grove is to have a new fS,500 Congregational church. Heppner people subscribed f 1,300 to improve the cemetery. About 5,000 crates of strawberries were shipped from Union this season. The yield of sugar beets in the Grand Ronde valley will be larger per acre than ever before. A new brickyard at Klamath Falls turned out 7,000 in one day, and will put in a kiln of S0,000. If it will be any consolation, William ette valley people who need rain badly may consider that the drouth is much worse in California. A large beet sugar factory may be es tablished in Klamath county, where it is believed the soil is excellent for rais ing so gar beets. Wallowa county expects a railroad next year. If the O. R. & X. company won't build, local capitalists will. This O Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley, who were captured by the Moor bandit Raisuli, have been released upon the payment of the ransom by the Sultan Xo town in the Willamette valley can boast of the steady growth and up-to- date improvements as well as can Forest Grove this season, declares the Xews. A Myrtle Creek man says strawberries in large qnantities can be made profit ably raised there, as they ripen two weeks earlier than the Hood River or Willamette valley berries. The Klamath Falls Express has se cured an investigation by the post-office department of the alleged nondelivery of copies of that paper to Bly subscribers just before the election From the frequency with which King Edward and Emperor William visit, it might be suppoeed that uncle and neph ew were fairly in love with each other, but such may not be the case. Port Oxford Tribune: George Forty and crew are having good success slaugh tering sea lions and gathering murre eggs. 31 ore man zuu aozen eggs were taken from the reef rocks alone, in one day, last week, A package of sheep dip powder had been left lying in a shed near Davrille to which cattle had access for 10 years past but it was not until the other day that the bovines tried to eat the stuff Five head licked a little of the poison and all died Aguinal io is coming over to visit us at last. But he is a small figure in point of public interest as compared with that he cut a few years ago. Still, he will be gazed at considerably, no doubt, and so will be tolerably happy. Wednesday Eugene Pythians went down te defeat at the hands of the Cot tage Grove Knights at Cottage Grove to the tune of 10 to 4. It was an exciting and well played baseball contest. The visitors were accorded royal entertain ment. The number of deaths in the Slocum disaster was 905, the greatest loss of life by any marine disaster on record. A jury found the directors of the company and officers of the steamer criminally re sponsible and have held them to bail in sums ranging from $1000 to $5000, There are not a few idle men in Port land at the present moment, but this is no indication of hard times. And the but one clerk by the department, the second clerk be ing employed at his own expense. This new order, we understand, places this office under civil service regulationsrand makes it the second of the Southern Oregon postoffices in this class. Postmaster Frater has appointed as his assistant Miss Clara McCoy, who has held a position in the of fice nealy four years and for some time past has been chief clerk.- She ns thoroughly acquainted with the business of the office-and has proven herself very faithful,-, trustworthy and, efficient, and she will fill the po sition of assistant most acceptibly, it being a deserved promotion. Miss Ella Cox will be retained in the of fice and will become postoffice clerk under the new or der, while, the services of Miss Wells at the box will probably Talso be required and continued. With this change in classification, brought about by the volume ot business transacted, Postmaster Frater says mater ial changes will probably be made in the matter of more room, more lock and call boxes and better facili ties for handling the business generally, an improve ment which would be gratifying to the patrons of the office. This true story comes from Lake Cush man in the wooded wilds of western Washington : Mies Margaret Whitmore, a young col lege girl whose home is in Xew Orleans, is here in the Olympic mountains cheat ing consumption of a victim and giving the lie to the decision of a number of learned doctors, who, after a grave con sultation some six months ago, pro nounced her a hopeless invalid with a bare half year to live. Miss Whitmore was eeemingly in a decline in Xew Orleans and her lungs were thought to be affected, but when the doctors said she could not lire she refused to accept their decree. With her mother and a companion she set out for western Washington, and when she arrived at Lake Cushman, she immed iately begun a system of out-of-door life and sleeping under the skies. She refused even the shelter of the tent which her mother and companion slept in, and despite all protests spent the coldest nights out of doors, except when the rain made that impossible. She be gan to grow stronger almost immediate ly, and to her tramps through the woods she added other exercises. Hunting and fishing and occasionally chopping down trees grew to be her favorite pastimes, and as skirts were hampering in all of these pursuits she discarded them and substituted a neat masculine costume of sweater and golf trousers with high boots. That Miss Whitmore's plan has sue cesafully held consumption at bay and restored the invalid to robust health is attested by the fact that she has in- created in weight from 10S pounds to 133 pounds, and that she is firm of flesh and bard-muscled. Notwithstanding the latter fact and that the plucky young woman is now past all danger of the fatal malady, she refuses to go back to her southern home. She baa become so fond of her free life in the woods that she says she intends to spend the summer here, camping out and "roughing it." It is her pride that all the firewood burned in the camp is felled and chopped by her ax, and old lumbermen who have seen her at her work say that she handles the ax like a veteran wood chooper. PROHIBITIONISTS NOMINATE A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET C. SWALLOW, OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR PRESI DENT-!!. W. CARROLL, OF TEXAS, FOR VICE PRESIDENT gon, and Glara Crowhunt, of California, chener of Oregon contributed 150. Oi lNDiANAPOLis,Juue 30. Chairman Wolfenberger called the big convention to order at 9:30 a. m. Oliver Stewart made a rousing speech concluding with a plea for a campaign fund. No one replied to the query of who would contribute $5000, but W. H. Smith, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., donated $1000. Two qualified in the $500 class, .three in the S300, two in the $250 anrd quite a number in smaller amounts. There was a - - 1:-- flood in the $100 class, including I. H. Amos, of Ore- F. M. Kir the smaller contributions from $50 down there was a veritable de luge.; The collection netted $11,000. At the after noon session Chairman Stewart announced pledges to the amount of $16,000. The credentials committee re ported and Cyclone Davis, of Texas, spoke. The platform was adopted amid wild enthusiasm. Gener al Miles-1, telegraphed the convention this afternoon that he would 'not accept the nomination for president refusing to, permit his name to be used in the conven tion. W. W. Hague placed Silas C. Swallow, of Penn sylvania, the -veteran-leader, in nomination for presi dent. Thps. Orwig, 'of Iowa, seconded the nomina tion. There were no other candidates. Swallow was nominated by acclamation. George W. Carroll, of "Texas, received the nomination for vice president by acclamation. THE PLATFORM. The P rohibition platform declares the destruction of the system of legalized sale of alchoholic beverages to beMthe most important 'question in American poli tics and denounces the lackfi of statesmanship exhibit ed by the,leaJers in the Democratic and Republican parties in their refusal to recognize the paramount ini- number of idle men will augment from pbrtant subject. Six planks deal , with liquor traffic now on to 1905,'as considerably more VPtnrititr into . W,rW fictile Trip nlntfnrm declares laborers will arrive than there will be . 1 11 v '. . . r . . , in tavor ..ot impartial entorcement ot an laws safeguarding the people's rights by rigid application of principles and justice to all combinations of capital and labor;' the wise adoption; of the principles of the initiative -and. referendum and "international arbitra tion; reform in the divorce laws?, extirpation ofpblyga- my-and the overthrow of illegal' sanction in the sociai evil. demand for them. Still In Business. W. E. Clingenpcel, the jeweller, is still in business at the Burr Music House, fully equipped to do all kinds 0! watch, clock and jewelry repairing. His ;work is all done promptly and is fully guaran- teed. Eyes tested and glasses fitted. 42-tf ROSTER OF COMPANY D. THE 81 LOUIS BOODLE BASE. COL EDD BUTLER,lilLLIONAIRE DEMOCRATIC BOSS, HAS SURRENDERED. Sr. . Louis, July i. Colonel EdButler, thejmil liohaire Democrat boss, whjo has furnished' bonis rfor the alleged and convicted boodlersW 's"urr1rfdei&, Charles Gutke, who confessed, implfSting Butler the alleged boodle deals. ' CharjgScaiy, ex-speaker of the house of delegates, wlio 'confessed (yesterday, will also be locked up. The police say that Gutke and Kelly have been threatened with assaVsmitton Butler says he will get off the bonds of all the alleged boodlcrs. An indictment will be!voted by the gfanjury. against Butler on the charge of compounding a felony and being accessory after the fact to bribery commit? ted by Charles F. Kelly. Butler is charged with aid ing Kelly to escape and with furnishing him money for travel in Europe to avoid "turning up" men who furnished bribe money-for the lighting bill steaLi . . Roseburg Defenders of the Rat; Will Attend the Encampment. MACCABEES TO BUILD A TEMPL'E The recently organized Maccabees Buidmg Ass'oV ciation, of this city, held their first annual meeting "of stockholders ThursdayTand elected the following board of directors: S. C. Flint,. G. Micelli, E. V. Hoover, F. F. Patterson, L. D.' Carle, John Nachter, G. W. Rapp. These directors met Friday morning and or ganized by electing Dr:. E. V. Hoover, president l & W Rapp, vice president; Frank Micelli, secretary:' S- C. Flint, treasurer; F. F. Paterson, John NacHter, X." D. Carle, auditing committee. This new organiza tion will have charge of the work of erecting and man aging the proposed new Maccabee building- soon to 7 go up in this city on their property recently purchased near the depot opposite D. S. West's home. Following is the roster of Co. D. First Separate Battalion O. X. G., as it will be in camp at American Lake: Captain, Frank B Hamlin ; 1st Lieut., Fred W Havnes; 2nd Lieut. Harrv C locum ; 1st Sergt., Percy A Webb, Quartermaster Sergt., James O Single-1 ton; Sergeants: Zopher Acee, Walter! Tbrelkeld, Slaurice F Wright, William ll Bazzell. Corporals: Elmer CHamp- ton, Henry Ritzman, Fred G Stewart, I Thomas Cobb, Sinclair 1 Stewart. Musicians, Fred C Short, Thos W Car- Ion. Privates: Charles A Aldrich, W J Armitage, M T Cannon, James Cobb. Ira W Cole, Walter H Cordon, Archie D Clink, John A Decker, Eugene Du- Gas, Benjamin A Dowell, Frances M Ervin, Charles Fields, John H Fergu son, Forrest Fraley, Irving D Gibson, Earl Gaddis, Ira L Guninger, Rudolph Harness, Harry A Hatfield, Loren D Harvey, James H Hobbs, Elmer T Howard, George Howard. Commodore S I Jackson, William P King, Geo W Leep- er, Charles E Marks, Edward C Marks, Samuel H Miller, George R Murch, Nicholas P Moore, William C Neal, Marion C Pankey, Everett V Parsley, LeNoir I Ragsdale, William H Root, Rov R Sloper, Earnest F Short, James Sprague, Theodore W Tho mason, Robt LKidd, Harvey L Wilson, Walter A Stull. t. W. BES50S, Pita Ideal, Vlw PrwMttt-' Douglas County Bank, Established I883. Incorporated xgox Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOARD BP DIRECTORS F. W. BESSOS. R. A. BOOTH 3.3. BOOTH. J.T. BRIDGES JOS. Ll OX3, A. C 3IXESTXK3 r, t- VTT T rp A general banking business transacted, and customer. -jiTea every accommodation consistent with safe and coaserraUva h&nkiBg. - Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three. vd tx&xrsq &. How About Vour Summer Vacation?! Newport on the Yaquina Bay is the 1 deal seaside resort of the North Pacific Coast. Round trip tickets at greatly re duced rates on sale from all Southren Pacific points in Oregon, on and after! I June 1st. Ask Agents for furtner infor mation and a handsomely illustrated souvenir booklet, or write to Edwin Stone, Manager C & E U. R.., Albany Ore., or W. E. Coraan. G. P. A., S. P. Co., Portland. 46 tf New Arrivals Every day brings something now in Spring Goods? VlOLE the latest jthing in dress goods for suits Skirts and Waists, i- ai .t, unn rik " ii i ixiau Luc uuuuu vjicjc wo ait) tue uuiy uucsiu the city who have imported this goods direct from Japan. It comes in all colors and will sell for 20ots per yard. WOLLENBERQ BROS., Phone 80K i. T IO5 In Tho Shade. GbasVs Pass, Or., June SO. The hot test weather of tho season for Grant a Pass was that of yesterday and the day before. The thermometer reached 10o in the shade in this city yesterday after noon, which is exceptionally warm lor June. Tho usual rains, which seldom fail Southren Oregon in June, did not arrive this season, and it is unusually dry ns a result. FARMERS' CASH STORE, E. A. WOOD & CO, Props DEALERS IN Staple ane Fancy Groceries. Highest Price paid for country produce. Fresh bread daily Your Patronage is respectfully solicited. Private Free Delivery, to All Parts f Ike City Willamatte Valley Chautauqua As sociation. Tho Willamette Valley Chautauqua Association will meet at Gladstono Park near Orecon City, lJuly 12th to 24th, I .... 1904. inclusive. The Southern Pacific (Company will make reduced rates on the Certificate plan for this occasion. Call on any Southern Pac Agent for ad- vertisina matter. J16 1 HELLO 55 -An BLOCK TROXEL OPP PASSENGER DEPOT.. R W- FE'NN, Pay and dot a Nice flap. For the next thirty days to all who pay us two dollars on subscription, wo will present them a nice map ot yrcgon nnd a man of the world. Tho value of J he map is one dollar. CIIl- ENGINEER Lately with the govarnmaatjspgraphlcal and goologieal .survey Jof Braal,. - South America.) r ., U. S. Deputy. Mineral Surveyor Office over Postoffice. KOSHfiUIG, OHHOOJl. 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