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3 hmbmkt. Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY M, 1904. No, 56 NEW INDUSTRY GREAT LIME AND IRON ORE QUARRIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED NEAR ROSEBURG. The Plaindealkr is informed by Hon. Plinn Cooper that he has just bonded or sold ioo acres of his farm a few miles east of this city, on which is lo cated a fine lime and ironstone quarry undeveloped as yet, to Portland capitalists represented by Messrs. Strand and Greenley, for $2,000. Louis A. Greenley has assumed charge of the property and has put a force of ten or twelve men at work on the limestone and irou ore ledges, which will be developed and op erated on an extensive scale, it being probable that lime will be manufactured from the limerock, and the iron-bearing quattz will be shipped to Portland. While the gentlemen in charge have not as yet di vulged their plans, it is stated upon apparently good authority that the Southern Pacific company will build a short branch road out to this quarry and lime kiln, a distance of some three miles from the main line at Green's Station, the nearest point. This new indus try if developed on an extensive scale will furnish employment for a large force of men and will be of great benefit to Roseburg and vicinity. THE ENCAMPMENT CURTAILED. Camp Murray, July 12. It has been found nec essar3' to shorten the encampment by two days, as the appropriation covering the expense of the keeping of so large a force in the field might not comfortably meet all demands. An order will be issued from divi sion headquaiters in the morning ordering the return of the troops two days before schedule time. This will cause the Oregon troops to break camp next Monday evening, and they will probably start for their home stations Tuesday morning. Ft. W- FENN. ENGINEER Lately with tua v-iri njatlio'iphiail an 1-i-eol jisal survey of Brazil, South America.) U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor Office over Postoffice- ROSEBURG, ORHOOfl. Correspondence solicited NORMANS -HENDRICK'S BLOCK OPPOSITE 1 rnpicai rruns Cigars, Pastries j The JUST RECEIVED 2 CfiR LOADS 2 Mitchell Farm Wagons Road "Wagons Surreys, Buggies, Hacks Champion Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Hay Rakes, Etc. ,We can save you money on anything in the Wagon or . " Implement line. Give us a chance to figure with ' you and you won't : egret it. J. F. Barker & Co., firnrers. A. SALZMAN, Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Diamonds'and Silverware INAUGURATED ICE CREAM PARLORS FINE CONFECTIONERY THE S. P. RAILROAD DEPOT. Best Ice Cream Soda Phone 201 Watch Repairing a Specialty. OREQON CROP PROSPECTS. Some Sections of the Slate Suffer from Drouth. During the past week the rainfall in the eastern sections of the State has been ample, and in some limited areas it baa been excessive and nttended by high winds and hail, which have done considerable damage to the crops lying within the tracks of these storms. In the western section of the State drought continues and no rain of consequence has occurred since June 2nd, except in some of the coast counties and in the high level sections of southern Oregon, where local rains have fallen and great ly improved late crops. rail wheat is filling nicely and its harvest will become general this week. Fall barley is also maturing and prom ises to yield above the average. Early sown spring grain is ripening and a fair crop will be harvested. Late sown spring wheat in the Willamette valley is very poor; some of it has already been cut for hay and some will not pay to cut even for this purpose. Good rains within the next few days will help some fields of late sown spring wheat, but most of it is too far advanced to be benefited, and this part of the wheat crop, which, fortunately, comprises but a small proportion of the whole, is con sidered a failure. Oats are heading short and yields below the average are expected. Corn is doing fairly well Pasturage i6 drying up. Stock general ly keep in good condition, but there is a falling off in the flow of milk among the dairy herds. Haying is nearly finished, and the crop, although light, was se cured in excellent condition. Hops, potatoes and gardens are un even; where ram has fallen they are doing well; where drought prevails they are from poor to good, depending upon their cultivation and the capacity of the soil for retaining moisture. Peaches are beginning to get ripe and a fair crop will be picked. The cherry season is drawing to a close, and the yields were much better than expected. A CURIOUS EXPERIMENT. Cherries Must Receive Fertilization In Order To Bear Qood Crops. Eugene, July 13-Dr. H. F. McCor- nack has an orchard of Royal Anne cherries that has been backward in pro ducing a good crop. Last year the doc tor noticed that the Royal Anne's in one vicinity where then was a seedling tree raised a bumper crop, This fact set him to thinking and this year, when the cherries were in bloom Dr. McCornack cat a branch from the seedling and tak ing it to the opposite end of the orchard tied it up in a Royal Anne tree. The curious fact of the matter is that the tree that the branch was placed in rais ed a foil crop, while surrounding trees were nearly bare. A few years ago W. W. Walker planted an orchard just west of town and op till lately received only light crops. As the orchard was not cultivated and seedlings have grown up he now receives a big crop. About 200 yards from Mr. Walker ib the orchard of Campbell Brothers. This orchard has been thoroughly cultivated and no seed lings have grown np. This orchard had a very light crop this year, except in the vicinity where another variety of cherry was grown. W. G. Allen, of the cannery, informs the Guard that many instances are known to him where similar conditions exist, and states that it is necessary for a cross fertillization to exist in order to have good crops of cherries. About the "French" Prunes. That French merchants have learned the trick of " redoctoring" and repack ing California and Oregon Prunes so as to make them look like the genuine Bordeaux artirle is reasserted by United States Consul Tourgee, at Bordeaux, France. The Consul was asked to explain the statement in his annual report that these prnnea are imported to Bor deaux, are there repacked to maintain the superiority of French prunes, and are then shipped in large quantities to the United States, where they compete successfully with the American fruit which has not incurred the cost of double exportation." He produces evidence in support of his attertion. Although the crop of prunes in France last year was, he says, almost a negligible quantity, the export of "French" prunes was not materially loss than in past years. Consul Tourgee confesses that he does not understand the process of transfor mation applied, but he is sure of its ex istence. One Lady's Recommendation Sold Fifty Boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets on the recommendation of one lady here, who first bought a box of them about a year ago. She never tires of telling her neighbors and friends about the good qualities of these Tablets. P, M. Shore, Druggist, Rochester, Ind. The pleasant purgative effect of these Tablets makes them a favorito with ladies every where. For sale by A. C MaratersA Co. Wind At Hood River. Hood River, Or., Julv 12 A terrific wind storm swept over this section this morning, doing great damago to crops and many buildings were unroofed. The big river steamer Spencer was wrecked on a bar in the Columbia and will be a total loss. The passengers were panic stricken but all were rescued with ditnculty. lne waves on tho river were ten feet hight. TERRIBLE JlLOUDBURoT MITCHELL DEVASTATED-28 BUILD INGS DESTROYED TWO DROWNED GREAT DAMAGE TO DROPS INHABITANTS OF STRICKEN TOWN WERE NEARLY ALL WARNED OF TIME TO Fossil. Or. July 12. One-third of the town of Mitchell, county seat of Wheeler County, was utterly destroy, ed by a flood 25 feet high, which poured down the narrow canyons of Bridge and Mill Creeks at 6 o'clock last night, and which was caused by a tremendous waterspout in the moun tains at the headquarters of these two streams. Martin Smith and a woman named Mrs. Bethune, both aged people of about 90, were drowned. Their bodies have not been recovered. The re maining inhabitants of the flooded district were hardly able to get up the side3 of the canyon in time to es cape the flood, a large death list be ing narrowly averted. Twenty-eight buildings, which were located in the canyon botton directly in the flood's path, were completely wiped out by the wall of water, whose height and violence can only be com pared to the disastrous" cloudburst above Heppner last year. All the buildings on the north side sare one or two were taken out. Both liven stables were carried off, 30 horses being drowned. The upper part of the town, where the principal busi ness section is located, was little damaged, not being within reach of the torrent. A spectacular display of lightening, the most beautiful and the most ter rible ever seen in Mitchell, took place late yesterday afternoon, alarming the inhabitants to some extent. Evi dences of a fearful storm in the mountains could be seen, though little rain fell at Mitchell. Mindful of the Heppner cataclysm, the residents were, to some extent, prepared. At 6 o'clock a roaring sound was heard toward the junction of Mill and Bridge creeks, about 3000 yards above the town. The people of the canyon bottom were already getting out to higher ground, and by the time the wave struck the houses, all had gotten away excepting Mr. Smith and Mrs. Bethune, who were too old and feeble to make their way up the hill side. Caught by the whirl of waters, they were born oft", together with over two dozen buildings, like so many straws. No one, so far as has been learned, was drowned down the canyon bottom below Mitchell. A messenger rode at breakneck speed ahead of the flood, warning inhabitants to tike to the bills. The extent of the damage up the creek has not been learned. DAMAGE IS HEAVY. Arlington, Or., July 12. A tele phone message this morning from Mitchell Wheeler County, through Fossil, states that between 25 and 23 buildings were washed away by a waterspout last night, and two aged people named Mrs. Bethune and Mar tin Smith drowned. Looney's store and everything be low it was washed away. The mill did not go. Oaks Mercantile Com pany and Waterman's store, the two largest business houses in the town, were also spared, neither being in the path of the flood. The postoffice was not touched, the structures destroyed being principally residences. Two livery barns were taken out, the horsc3 being drowned. Tho office of the Mitchell Sentinel with all para phernalia was ruined. So far as can be learned hero, tho flood came in much tho same as the Heppner wave, but it is not possible to reach Mitchell except when a call is sent from there during intermittent General McArthur and staff passed through Roseburg on tho oarly train Saturday, enrouto from the Presidio, to attend the army maneuvers at American Lake. A 20-day bond for $100,000 has been given by David Briggs nnd sons on their Diecovory claim and adjoining holdings in tho Sucker creek section. Tho bond is hold by Portland people, and nn at tempt is being mado to turn tho prop erty over to Eastern men. THE DANGER IN ESCAPE spells when the wire is working. COUNTY SEAT OF tt'HEELEK. Mitchell is the county seat of Wheeler, a new county formed a few : years ago from portions of Grant, Gilliam and Crook. It is located 30 miles south of Fossil, and is on the stage road between Shaniko and Can yon City. It is the principal point between those two towns. The population of the town is about 200. The business and principal residential portion stretch up and down the creek bed for a quarter of a mile. On either side there is not to exceed 75 or 100 feet of level ground, after which there is an al most perpendicular rise to the first bench, 50 feet in height MUCH HAY DESTROYED. Heitner, Or., July 12. Extreme ly heavy rains last night swelled Wil low, Rhea, Hinton and other small streams of the county out of their banks and did considerable damage to the hay crop and gardens along the .alleys of these streams. A num ber of bridges were also washed out. On Hinton Creek. T. J. Matlock lost part of his hay crop, a few head of bucks and hogs, and D. Cox, Jo seph Rector and others lost consider able hay. On Willow Creek, J. M. Hager, Gearge Currin and a number of other farmers lost considerable hay. The same may be said of the farmers on Rhea Creek. A few small bridges were flooded out, but no enor mous damage is reported from any quarter. DAMAGE IN UMATILLA. Pendleton, Or., July 12. A cloud burst occurred on Birch Creek, above Pilot Rock, this county, last night, overflowing the town and damaging farms along the creek bottom. No lives were lost, so far as known. Alfalfa fields are badly hurt along Birch Creek, where the deluge carried mud, bushes and other debris out over the lowlands. The barns and outbuildings of Charles Newcomb, at Pilot Rock, were washed away, and other damage done. IN WALLOWA AND UNION. LaGrande, Or., July 12 Nearly ever day for ten days, waterspouts have taken place in Wallowa county, doing great damage to buildings and roads. In Trail Creek canyon the wagon road was so badly washed out that it will take $3000 to replace it. One or two houses were carried away) in this canyon. The Imnaha district of Wallowa county received the worst infliction. The waterspouts were confined principally to the more rugged mountain districts. MANY MINOR CLOUDBURSTS. Condon, Or., July 12. News reached here this morning with only meager particulars of the destruction of a large portion of Mitchell, in which 23 buildings were washed out and two lives lost. A report also reached here that a family was drowned on Rhea Creek, in Morrow county, but few particulars are known of either. NO OUTSIDE HELP WANTED. Fossil, Or., July 12. A telephone message from Fossil this afternoon stated that no aid was needed for the families whose homes have been destroyed in last night's flood. "We will take care of our sufferers. Send that word out," it said. Tho extent of tho loss in Mitchell exact itself cannot bo accurately estimated yet, but will be many thousands of dollars. Tho people aro for the most part fairly well-to-to. Near Swan Hill, Victoria, there was found not so very long ago tho skull of a horse which tells a pathetic story. When quite young tho animal evidently escaped with a piece- of manila ropo tied tightly around his jaws. In tho strug gle for existenco, tho ropo became em bedded in tho bones of the upper and lower jaws. Tho opening of tho lower iaw, through which tho ropo passes, at first sight would seem to havo been urnieu ; uiu in rauuy u wu worn away by tho friction ol tho ropo on tho bono. FUNSTON AQAIN PROMOTED. Qeneral Will Soon Be Assigned To Department of The East. Gamp Murkv, Wash., July 10. Gen eral Funston has practically affirmed for the first time the recent dispatch from Washington, D. C, thut he is to be relieved of the command of the De partment of the Columbia and assigned toduty as commanding oi'cer of the De partment of the East. In Army circles the new assignment is the most desira ble on the list of Army billets. General Funston will be ttationed at Governor's Island, New York. The position carries great eocial prestige. Brigadier-General Charles Williams, who will succeed General Funston in the command of the Department of the Col umbia, with headquarters at Vancouver has an enviable record as an Army offi cer, and has seen much active service General Williams is at present in com mand of the garrison at Fort Snelling, Minn. Shooting Resulted Fatally. American Lake July 11 Death has relived the suffering of Tom Vandiver, the private of the Nineteenth Infantry, who was shot down by one of his com rades as the result of a quarrel Saturday night. Vandiver breathed his last early this morning after an operation had been performed. He will be given a military funeral. Freddie Stubbs, is to be charged with murder in the first degree. He will be dealt with by the authorities, and an officer from Tacoma called at the camp and took him into custody and he will languish in jail at Tacoma while await ing trial. He a mere boy and had been drinking heavily prior to the time of the killing. Killed on the Track. Will Be Us, who formerly lived at Eagle Point, a recent employe at the Kay dam, about ten miles north of Mtd ford, was struck bv north bound train the Gold Kay dam and killed. He was walking along the track with his wife and child, and evidently did not hear the whistle on account of the noise made by water running over the dam. Betls' right side was badly crashed, and be died on the way to Grant's Pass for medical aid. Gen. Cronje Weds at World's Fair. Gen. Piet A. Cronje, the Boer war hero, and Mrs. Johnna SterUel of Pre toria were married Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the balcony of the grand stand of the Boer war concession at the World's Fuir. The ceremony was con ducted by Rev. Richard Kretzclimar of the German Evangelical Lnlhern church. There was no music or singing. Gen. Cronje was attended by Command ant Bandan, late chief of police of Johannesburg, and Mrs. Cronje by Mrs. Henry J. Meyer, of Pretoria. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Better than a Doctor's Prescription. Mrs. J. W. Turner, of Truhart, Va., says that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have done him more good than anything he could get from the doctor. If any physician in this coun try was able to compound a medicine that would produce such gratifying results in cases of stomach troubles, biliousness or constipation, his whole time would be used in preparing this one medicine. For sale by A. C. Mar ters i"c Co. Kept Marriage a Secret. Nkw Yohk, June 12. It was an nounced last night that William A. Clark, the millionaire senator from Montana, and Miss Anna E. Laclmprlle, of Bntte, the daughter of a physician, who died in Chicago several years ago, were united in marriage in Marseille?, France, in May, 1901. It is also dated that Mr. and -rs. Clark po!-pes; a '.'-year-tild daughter as the isr-uo of the union. Chamberlain's Colic, Ch l ra anJ Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy is certain to be needed in almost every home before the summer is over. It can always be depended upon even in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is especially valuable for sum mer disorders in children. It is pleasant to take and never fails to give prompt relief. Why not buy it now? It may save life. For sale by A. C. Marsters. Major Kinney Granted More Time. Salem, Or., July 11. Tho supreme court todav decided tho case of the Flanagan estato vs. Grand Central Land company and Banjor Land & Improve ment company, Belt Lino Railway com pany, Coos Bay et al., granting to tho purchasers of the land six months ex- ! tension of the time for redemption from date of today. The Baibor law case was not decided. Struck Out By Lighting. McKeesport, Pa., July 11. Charles Jeffries, shortstop on tho Johnstown baseball club, was struck by lightning and killed during a gamo hero this after noon and tho second baseman was stun ned. Tho largo crowd was panic strick en and the game was postponed. Pay and Qet a Nice flap. For tho next thirty days to all who pay us two dollars on subscription, wo will present thorn a nice map of Oregon nnd n map of the world Tho value o j u on0 dollar , A GREAT STRIKE 18 ON. FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND MEN WALK OUT WHEN NOON WHISTLE BLOWS. Chicago, July 12. Promptly on the predeter mined hour of 12 today noon and obeying the order issued by M.J. Donnelly, president of the Amalga mated Meat Cutters' and Butchers' union, 18,000 em ployes of the larger packing houses, plants and stock yards quit work, at the same time causing 10,000 oth ers to be thrown out of work. The blowing of the big whistle was the signal agreed upon for the beginning of the strike. Twenty five thousand employes of packers in Kansas City, St. Joe, Omaha, Sioux City and St. Louis obeyed the strike ordered at the same hour. No violence so far as is known marked the walk out. Five hundred policemen were massed in the neighborhood of the stockyards to maintain peace, but their services were not required. Between 200 aud 400 non-union men, it is said will be at once imported, and cots placed for their use in the plants. Every preparation has been made by the packers to meet the emergency and both sides are now determined to fight till the last ditch. In round numbers 52,000 men are affected, more than iS.ooo of whom are employed in this city. STRIKE AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, July 12. In sympathy with the strike of unskilled laborers who demand a wage increase, 3,000 packing house employes struck at noon today. The police had made preparations to stop any act of violence, but the strike was very peaceful. Cots are being taken into the Armour plant for the use of non union men that are to be brought here. EIGHT THOUSAND AT KANSAS CITY. Kansas City, July 12. About 8,000 employes of five packing houses struck at noon today pursuant to orders from the butchers' union officials. Twelve unions are involved. Anticipating this action the packers bought no stock today. Stockmen say that the strike is inopportune, as the recent flood has put the plants practically out of business. CAUSE OF THE STRIKE. The strike arises over a demand made by the unions for a 20 cents an hour minimum for common labor and an equalization of wages in skilled labor. Conferences with the packers failed to result in an agreement, but later the big plants offered 17 cents for laborers in certain departments only, and would not extend this scale to the entire staff of laborers tnroughout their plants. The proposal was rejected by the unions, a referendum taken and the strike ac tion last night annouueed. F. W. BKXSO!, PrwM-at, Douglas County Bank, KmuiIjH wheel I883. Ixicorporatexl ipoi Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOARD OP DIRECTORS F. W. BENON. R. A. BOOTH J H. BOOTH. J.T. BRIDGES JOS. IA OSS, A. C MARSTERS g I , WTTTra A j-eneral banking business transacted, and customers given eTery tmmolation consistent with safe and conservative banking. Baj.k open from nine to twelve and from one to three. lames Arrance Is now prepared to do all kinds of machinist work, such as turning, milling, drilling, grinding, buff ing and polishing. Saws gummed, knives ground, shears ground, clippers ground on John Van Ben schaten clipper grinder. 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 ill Parts f ike City HELLO 5 51 A.C.XASSXXBS. Tie Fxcsldttt- Machinist TROXEt BLOCK OPP PASSENGER DEPOT