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i if.' i - ,5 .-li Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 18, 1904. No. 66 SOMETHING DOING. Canyonville Has Awakened From its Rip Van Winkle Repose. GREAT IMPROVEMENT Are Under Headway Many New Buildings Beim Constructed. Canyonville, Oregon, Auc 10, 1004. Among the new dwelling lioutos being built here aro tho'e of Grant Levecifi and H. J. Wilson, while G IV. Carter will begin work on a modern soven roomed cottaae soon. Canyonville surely is coming to the front. After being atleep for a number of years, the place lias been awakened and now even a stranger woukl note some life here. New sidewalks have been built before most all the business houses and dwell ings, among the neatest liomes being those of M. X. Colvig, W. F. Briggs, Miles llclntyre, Mr. Henwood and many others. A uniform grade has been established, and gravel has been placed on the main street; which 1ms also been plowed and ditched. Good, substantial crosswalks have been laid at every street crossing. Busi ness blocks on Main street are to be re modeled. X. Selig has his new store almost completed and soon will be ready f r occupancy. G. W. Carter & Son will occupy their store building as toon as it is vacated by the present occu pants. The I. O. O. F. temple lias been paint ed with a new coat o-f white and green, and looks very neat and attractive. Work has begun on the sidewalk in front of the Manning building and neat new fences are being built in different parts of the town, about residence property. J. It. Pickett has moved his steam sawmill down from Corn creek and Las fitted it out with a new log-haul and other new improved machinery. The mill stands on the old Pickett home stead and is adjacent to a fine body of timber. Mr. Pickett is now sawing lumber for Wilson & Levens new store and G. V. Carter's re-idence. The logs are brought to tlie milt by the log-haul, which is rnu by the engine. A cable runs to the woods and by a smaller ca ble is run back and forth. The logs are hauled to a large storage mill pond. While at'Corn creek Mr. Pickett sawed lumber for a new residence for Frarfk Fate, a new county bridge at Coffee creek and many more large bills of lum ber for other parties at that place. Misses Jessie and 1 essie Wilson and Miss Inez Colvig expect to go to Corval lis soon, to attend the Oregon Agricul tural College. Rev. L. C. Zimmerman's dausbter, Mrs. Elsie Perkins, "and little son, ar rived here from Indiana, Sunday, for a visit with her parentE. Mr. 0. II. Bvers had the misfortune R. W. FENN . . U. S. Deputy . . " 1 Mineral Surveyor Civil Engineer Lately with the govern- i, Qffl Poatoffire. ment geographical and , " rT-. geological survey of Bra- ROsEBURG, OREGO. zil, South America . . . Correspondence solicited Nothing will add so muck to the appearance and at tractiveness cf your home as a new coat of Paint, and the COST will be SMALL if you bry your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MASTERS' DRUG STORE e SPECIAL SALE OF LACE CURTAINS we will sell ,all odd pairs of lace curtains in our store at cost, and will give ten per cent reduction on all other lace curtains. : Ail Remnants of Carpets at Cost Until Aug. 15 Get your rugs, and small rooms covered now at small expense ; : : : ; : : : T H E FURNITURE of breaking his rilit le, Tuesday. He was hauling wood on his place near here, when the wagon tipped over, caus ing the wood and scat to fall on him. Dr. DeVore, of Canyonville, and Dr. Hoiiek, of liofeeburg, were called to at tend him. We hope to soon hear of his recovery Mis Clara Melntyro is visithii; her sister, Sirs. Dyer, of Kiddle. 15 KX. What an Oregon Girl Did. It takes the Oregon girl to make her way, and no difficulty is too great for her to overcome. In fact, what man has done or can't do, it takes the Oregon girl to accomplish. An example of her ; energy is diplaved in the case of a Dalles ei twiu u cui ru went uui iuiu uiu wilds of Crook county and took up a timber claim. Without kith or kin or, imagine it, even a ' chaperone," she superintended the erection of a little cabiii, fully two miles and a half from a neighbor, and there, where the coy otes' yells are nightly heard and where wild beasts are said to wander, took up her abode alone. Nor did she summon assistance to arub out her land ; but by taking her lime accomplished the diffi cult task herself, st.on sowing the seed and while she waited for the harvest, putting in a garden. The nearest town is Sisters, eight miles distant, a id to ob tain supplies this brave girl walks thith er twice a week, thinking no more of the journey than would some of her helpless sisters of going to market two blocks away. This fall she expects to commute and the little birds up in that country are telling of a romance with our Dalles girl as the heroine. They say her land joins that of a handsome young rancher, who has persuaded her that it is not good for woman to be alone and that af ter all she is actually contemplating taking in a partner to share the bent tits of her labor Dalles Chronicle. fish Found in Crater Lake. V. F. A rant says that quantities of fish have been discovered in Crater Lake. Before he came down some of the boys went out in the boat and ss they were leaving the shore saw sevoral large trout coming from the deep water, and a few minutes after there were sev eral more, and then a large beauty, about 20 inches long swam by. On Sun day the boys went across to the Island and the trout were quite thick there ; so it has been proven that trout will live and increase in Crater Lake. Fish were first put in the Lake in "S7 and several times since, but this is the first year any number have been seen in the waters. Tlie Arnold Carnival Co. failed at Ta eoraa. Arnold started with a merry-go-round, with whl-h lie made money fast. Becoming ambitious he kept spreading out until he accumulated a ?50,000 plant, which was more than the business of the country justified. But Arnold is a rustler and w ill again be heard froai in the amusement world, if only in the old style of "Fill up the swing!" His Albany friends hope to see him on his feet. Democrat. UNTIL AUG 15 MAN LAND IS RESTORED. 319,500 Acres in the Blue Mountain Reserve Open to Entry BY PRESIDENT'S ORDER. All of Which is Classed as Agricul tural and Grazing Land. Washington-, Aug. 15. Tin Interior Department, acting on the recommen dation of tho Bureau of Forestry and the General Land Office today formally authorized the restoration to entry of 319,500 acres of agricultural and grazing 1 ml heretofore included in tho Blue Mountain Forest Reserved withdrawal, and 17,000 acres of similar land included in the Wallowa withdrawal, both in Eastern Oregon. These lands should be thrown open to entry not later than Thursday of this week. It came to light today that the re lease from withdrawal of these large tracts of land was due to personal in terest taken in the matter by President Roosevelt. scnrRisB to depaktmext. This was quite a suprise to officials of the Department, who had instructions from Secretary Hitchcock to create no reserves, and to release no land from withdrawal, and an official familiar with the facts was dispatched to the White House to inform the President of the Secretary's instructions The President t-ent Governor Chamberlain's letter to the Department on Friday morning, and before noon that day it was brought back to him with a statement of the case as viewed at the Department. The President became somewhat angered at having his instructions ignored in this manner, and ho handed back Governor Chamberlain's letter saying: "Take this back to the land Office and when it is returned, see that it is ac companied with a letter stating that all those lands not needed for reserve purposes have been restored to entry." That settled it, and today the letter was sent to the President by a special messenger advisinc him that his instruc tions had been carried out. This is the second time President Roosevelt has demonstrated his disapproval of the method of the Interior Department in handling public land affairs in Oregon. Last Winter, after a statnient by Sena tor Fulton, the President ordered the Department to desist from the practice of humiliating Oregon entrymen under the timber and stone act. This time be has made it plain tli3t where there are agricultural lands and grazing lands re maining in the public domain, they (hall be placed within reach of entry men, the same as in other states. CRAWFORD PARDONED. Young Douglas County Man Releas ed From State Prison. Saiem, Or., Aug 15. (Special.) Gov ernor Chamberlain today granted a par don in favor of James Crawford, who is serving a six year sentence in the peni tentiary for criminal assault committed in Douglas County in 1901. Crawford has Eerved over half of his sentence. The reason for the pardon was the previous good character of the prisoner, the excessive nature of the punishment and the representation of a 'arge number of persons who petitioned ior the pardon. The petitions on file differ as to the age of the prisoner, one saying that he was 20 years old and the other 21. It is alleged in hie behalf that he was not of the age of sound discretion, and that the crime would not have been committed but for the fact that the girl, who was under the age of consent, 1C years, was wayward. "The facts are," says the petition, "that the said accused was guilty of the crime of statutory rape, as it is some times called, on account of the girl's be ing under the statutory age of consent. The accused having formed an attach ment for said girl, they had started to elopo for the purpose of getting married, and were apprehended and the accused entered a plei of guilty to the charge." The petitioners aver that Crawford has been sufficiently punished, that jus tice can be best subserved by restoring the prisoner to his freedom, and give him a chance to become a good and use fill citizen. The petition is accompanied by two letters from friends of the family, favor ing the pardon. District Attorney Geo, M. Bi own waived notice of the petition, but neither the District Attorney nor the trial judge make any recommenda' tion. The only objection to the petition is an anonymous communication from some one at Canyonville, the home, of the prisoner's mother. This protest asks that Crawford be not pardoned on account of his alleged previous bad nanus. the anonymous letter. As stated above there was one remon strance filed and it came under tho guise of an anonymous letter to Governor Chamberlain, bearing only tho initials of two presumed parlies, the text of which follows: "The old lady Yokum has a petition that she will send or present to you soon for the pardon of her boy, J. F. Craw ford. I and many others do hope you will let him stay there for wo have young girls ourselves and a boy like him with tho bad habits he has, has no busi ness at large. Tho old lady has run all over two or three counties and secured names to get what she has on her peti tion. You will find that the most of the folks at his home don't want him out. Now hoping you will let tho matter slide. we want to give you fair warning for mere are many ot us. Uur good wishes to you. ,"F. B. and 8. W." MRS. MAYBRICK, WIIO WAS RECENTLY LIBERATED. The fiimon Mnvbrick cae. in which the young American ife u oonTieted of hiring poisoned her KiirIUIi hiubaml, km ncnilj cloned by tho liberation of Mi. Mar brick, who U now in France and intends shortly to cume to America. CZAR TO THE FRONT Follow Precedent Established by Romanoffs. HEIR PROMTS DECISION. Arranges Affairs to Meet Exigencies! in Case of Death. St. Pktersbcrg, Aug. 17. It is rumored here today that' the czar is now making all final arrangements and will go to the seat of war, follow ing the precedent established by the Romanoffs through centuries. This report has been steadily grow ing since the birth of a son and heir to the throne and is given more seem ing probability by the fact that the czar is arranging many of his affairs as though expecting to run the hazardous risk of war. The czar has arranged for a suc cession and regency in case of his death, and reposes the conduct of the government practically in the hands of the czarina until his son shall be come of age. The following dispatch was received from Gen. Kuropatkin. "There is no change in the situa tion, and rains are falling everywhere. The Chunchuses are vry active. The Japanese are constructing a railway between Feng Huang Cheng and Leng Chang Wan: The cars are drawn by men.'' Another dispatch reporting the re sumption of the Japanese advance in Manchuria was received from .Mukden today reading as follows: ''The Jap anese occupied Sandhan, on our ex treme lefl flank, August 15, with a small force. The enemy's infantry occupied Depindu Shan pass later and our outposts retreated." To the war office came a report of the casualties on the Russian warship Askold, now at Shanghai, during the battle Wednesday last. There were 11 men killed and 47 wounded. THE BUTCHERS' STRIKE. Senator Hoar Dying Loyal Port land Japs. Chicago, Aug. 17. A mob of strikers attacked a house occupied by imported stockyards employes this morning, compelling the occupants, six men and two women, to flee for their lives. The house was wrecked, the win dows shattered and doors torn from their hinges. The occupants were pursued by the mob and took refuge in the stockyards police station. SEN'ATOR HOAR DYING. Worcester. Mass., Aug. 17. Sen ator George Frisbie Hoar is dying. His physician and his son, General Rockwood Hoar, said this morning that the venerable Senator would not live more than three days. Senator Hoar's illness began several weeks ago with lumbago, and last night ho suffered a relapse which his relatives fear make3 his case, hopeless. LOYAL PORTLAND JAPS. Portland, Aug. 17. Patriotic Japanese women of Portland) with some assistance from the male Japa nese population, have contributed tho sum of $18,500 towards the expenses of the war between the subjects of the mikado and the czar. Subscrip tions for the fund wero begun in March and that amount was recently I forwarded to tho war department of the Japanese empire. NEGROES LYNCHED At Statesboro, Georgia, After They Confessed to Officers THEY KILLED 5 WHITES And Burned Their Bodies in The Family Home. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 17. Follow ing the enactment of the scenes that took place at Statesboro yesterday afternoon, in which two negroes were burned at the stake by an infuriated mob, comes the announcement that the fun of the populace was not ap peased bv the death of two victims. A report received here today says that Handy Bill, another negro al- eged to have been implicated in the lodges murder, was burned at the take last night, and a dispatch re ceived from Statesboro this after noon says A. R. Talbot and A. J. Gaines, colored preachers, were vnched with Handv Bill. The mode of execution of the two atter is not known, but it is pre sumed it was along lines similar to those used in the former cases. The negroes were charged with the rilling of Henry Hodges and his wife and three small children and burning their bodies in their home near Statesboro. The men were captured at Gainw' house, and as Gaines resided several miles from Statesboro, it is impossible for the correspondent at that town to verify the report of last night's execu tion. While much excitement still pervails in Statesboro, the presence of the mili- ia has had the effect of calming down what at one time looked like the begin ning of a riot that would end onlv in the loss of manv lives. Appearances now indicate that law and order will have resumed its normal state in a short time. Albert Robertson, 1 years of age, a son of one of the negroes implicated, was taken Irom ins Home near register and shot because of too free an expres sion in regard to the burning of Cato and Keid. DEMANDS SURRENDER. Japs Would Avoid Further Blood shed at Port Arthur. London, Aug. 17. Th Kobe cor respondent of the Star wires that the commander of the Russian forces at Port Arthur promised to send a reply to a Japanese demand for a surrender at 10 o'clock this morning. The demand was delivered by Major Yamkka yesterday and was instigated by the emperor in person. It was accompanied by an offer to release all non-combatant3 within the fortress. London, Aug. 17. Japan has made a demand on China, practically in ib.9 nature of an ultimatum, that she im mediately enforce her neutrality in the case of the protected cruiser Ask old and the torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovoi, now at Shanghai. Japan pointed out that the time limit, 214 hours, permitted by international law, had expired, and that Japan therefore was at liberty to take such action as may seem to her expedient. At tho Japanese Legation here it was expressed that the Tokio govern ment had no intention of remaining quiescent if Russia attempted to com pel China to give asylum to her men-of-war, and authorized repairs at her ports which would enable them to re sume belligerent operations. BUILD FIRE BREAK In the Ashland Forest Reserve on Which Work is Under Way. SUPERVISOR BARTRUM Is at Ashland Getting Data for a Report to the Government. Ashland, Aug., 15. S. C. Bartrum, the federal forest reserve supervisor, is registered at Hotel Oregon, while in Ashland for a few days on official busi ness in connection with tho Aahland Forest Reserve. Mr. Bartrum's super vision extend over the southern division of the big Cascade Reserve and he says his territory is as yet entirely free from and devastation by forest fires this sea son. The smoke that fills so many of the valleys now comes from fires on the Coast mountains. In an interview with a Tiding repre sentative Mr. Bartrum said he had come to Ashland for the purpose of making an examination and securing data that will asaiet him to report to the government the necessity for the imme diate completion of the fire break now in course of construction and which his subordinates are endeavoring to estab lish under very difficult conditions in the Ashland Forest Reserve. The Im portance of this reserve to the city of Ashland and its water supply is well understood by Mr. Bartrum and he is anxious to secure information and en couragement from the city to assist him in furthering hia plans for its perma nent improvement which call for a special appropriation by the govern ment. The establishment of a fire break on the north and east sides of this reserve was approved and actual work upon it begun about eight months ago under the immediate charge of Forest Ranger W. G. Kropke. It was thought at first that this work could be accomplished through the exercise of the regulations for the free use of timber and through the sale of timber from the reserve. Mr. Bartrum says that to depend entirely on these methods of procedure it will take an indefinite time to complete the work and he believes that the surrounding prevalent conditions make the necessity of better protection for it from fire imperative and the need for the imme diate completion of the fire break ur gent. There are private timber lands contiguous to the reserve, he says, par ticularly to the east and north, that are being rapidly denuded in the usual wasteful way and the tops, remnants, brush and rubbish are left in a verita ble, tangled slash, sure to result ulti mately in their destruction by fire, greatly endangering the reserve. THE HARVEST TIME What the Farmers Say Regarding the Various Crops. The past week has been dry, warm. and in most sections quite smoky. The grain harvest has proceeded uninter ruptedly, and in the Willamette valley and the southern part of the State most of the fall grain has been threshed. Fall wheat yields cast of the Cascades continue excellent, but in the Willam ette valley and southern Oregon only an average crop has been secured. Earlv seeded spring wheat made a good crop, and that seeded late is turning out bet ter than expected, notwithstanding which, much of it has already been cut for hay on account of tho straw being too short to be h arvested with the bind rs. Oata ore below the average in quautity. Barley yields are variable, but mostly good. The quality of all grain this year is better than usual. Pasturage is getting very short and the milk supply in the dary districts is diminishing. Hop burs are forming nicely and the vines continue free of lice. It is expected that even with favorable weather from now on the hop crop will be smaller than last yea r, notwithstand ing the increased acreage. Corn is do ing nicely, but it would be benefitted by rain, while potatoes and gardens are actually suffering for moisture; late planted potatoes w ill, however, turn out well if good rains occur within the next two weeks. Early apples, Crawford peaches and blackberries arc ripe and being marketed. The Klamath Canal Company have over fifty men now at work on their tunnel. The working tunnol will be 4000 feet long; of this, 1400 feet, or over one third is completed. Thoy are now digging about 200 feet per week, but this will bo increased now that their pump ing equipment has arrived. Developments at Winchester. Portland, Aug. 1C Winchester, on the North Umpqua, live miles north of Rosoburg, is to havo a largo saw mill, planing mill, sash and door factory and other wood working plants. F. J. Blakely, of tho Rosoburg Light & Water company and the nutivo promoter of the Umpqua Development company, is in the city, accompanied by T. R. Sheridan a Rosoburg capitalist, also interested in these enterprises. The company lias a larfje dam across tho North Umpqua, a swift, turbulent stream, but holding a largo body of water. This furnishes the power for Roseburg's electric lighting system, and is now being raised 5 feet. Mr. Blakely says that this is tho only place to conveniently handle 10,000,000, 000 feet of flno timber growing up the Umpqua river and its tributaries, and tho river affords the finest wator power in Oregon south of Oregon City. A saw mill is being constructed for cutting material to bo used in the improvements hut a mill of 100,000 feet daily capacity will he built on the opposite side of the river. It is expected that this sawmill will be only the beginning of a number of wood working factories and mills to lie established there. It is the intention to construct an electric railway to Ro e burg, five miles distance, and addition al dynamos will be installed to supply Roseburg with electric power for small manufactories. Portland Journal. Ringing Brothers' Great Circas. Special excursion rates on all lines of travel have been arranged for by the management of Ringling Brothers' World's Greatest Shows, and those w:ho wish to go to either Eugene, ipt. 2, or Medford, sept. 3, where thfe trwt cir cus exhibits, can do so at very little ex pense. Theee will be the only pointe in this part of the state where the show will exhibit this season, and no one should miss the opportunity to witness it. Kinglmg Brothers' e'reus has been the leading arenic exhibition of Ameri ca for years, but the show has nerer been permuted to rest upon ita reputa tion. Although it long ago passed the point of competition, every season seea a greater and grander show. Thfe year's performance s entirely new, and entail the combined efforts of 375 wonderful artists in the equestrian, gymsastk, equilibristic, acrobatic and aerial line, together with forty famous clowns and hundreds of teeser lights. Six hundred and fifty horses are used and a marvel ous trained animal department is pre sented. The circus this season is great ly enlarged by the spectacular produc tion of Jerusalem and toe Crusades, a pantomimic presets tatryn of the wll known and beautiful historical narrative of the Crusaders The vast menagerie nas among hundreds of features the on ly living pair of giraffes, the first babv elephant successfully bred and reared in Amenea, and the only rhinoceros in cap tivity. There is a gorgeous rerivsl of the Roman hippodrome races, and many other stupendous features in this great circus. Circus day opens with a bril liant street parade, three miles in length. Don't fail to see it. One performance only at each place. Gifts to tke Public Seised. Among the first to make substantial donations to the new high school libra ry are H. C. Stanton and Free Johnson. The former has presented the school with Bancroft s History of the I'scinc Coast, comprising 33 volume, which cost over $1W, and the latter a complete set of Encyclopedia BritUnica, compris ing 2S volume, rained at $75. These valuable works, together with books in the library in the public school that re late to brandies of study in the new school, will form the nucieos for the new library, which will be gradnally en larged by donations from citizens and books purchased with monev allowed annually by the county for that pnrpose. This interest manifested in the Hose- burg schools by prominent local cittsens is very gratifying and commendable. UTKUt FIWBTS FULLERTON REGISTERED CHEMICALLY PURE DRUGS STANDARD PHARMACEUTICALS FIHE TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. WE BELIEVE IF YOU WILL TRY US YOU WILL FIHD OUR GOODS FIRST CLASS AND TtUT YOU WILL SY Wt ARE A NICE PAIS Of YOUHC HEN TO DO BUSINESS WITH FULLERTON & RICHARDSON PHONE 451:: ROSEBURG, OREGON DOUGLAS CO U NTY B A N K INCORPORATED jlC '' We offer one of the largest and Flntst Stocks f '' fi on the Pacific Coast Hl'' il siinmii r 'rite Immediately for terms Rl' DAVIS IS NOTIFIED. Formal Ceremony Held at Candi date's Home Town. DID NOT DECLINE. Said He Thought Himself Equal to the Occasion. Warns Sulphe Spbi.yos, W. Va.. Aug. 17. Henry Gaseaway Davis was formally notified today that he ia the nominee of the Democratic party for Vk Preridfjot of the, UnitedJatei. -. ... uiiiu iuc uuuiuiauoa witn a brief speech, reviewing the political situation, echoing the sentiments of Judge Parker on the money question, and expreseinj: the determination to be soecessfa! in the campaign. Representative John Sharp Williams, of .Miseisiippi, chairman of the notifica tion committee, delivered the notifica tion address. The ceremonies were held on the lawn of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, which affords a natural amphitheater, the grounds sloping up from the speak er's stand on all sides and sheltered by hnee, spreading oaks. The day waa an j uc mrc Horn every standpoint, ine I ceremonies were marked with the nt- Hiort simplicity. The famous Stone wall Bridge Raid, of Staunton, Va., organized by General Jackson, played stirring airs. TA06.VHT SOT PEES EXT. Chairman Thomas Taggart of the Na tional Committee, who had planned to attend the ceremonies, wired late last nhrbttbat it would be impossible for him to get to White Sulpanr Springs- rerry Belmont was the only representa tive of the Xew York Democracy present. Mr. Dark was an early riser this morniss. His attire was a dark busi ness suit, with sack coat, made distinct ire by bis old -fashioned white shirt with hk sUadins collar attached, and black tie. He mingled freely with the throngs on the broad botei veranda and held many im prompts reception" in the cor ridors. Mr. Davis gave everr evidence of good spirits and health, and evinced seen interest in meeting bis old friends and making new ones. The notification committee, with 3S members present, 15 of whom, were proxies, met in one of the hotel parlors at 11 o'clock today, organized and then sent tor Mr. Davis and presented the letter of formal notification. J. C. Stratford 3 photographer well known in Jacksonville, has invented a gasoK&e beating, cooking and lighting apparatus that is said to be simple, practical and inexpensive. Mr. Strat 1 ford has lately been in Roseborg bat be has eone to Portland, Astoria and ether northern towns to introduce hi machine, says the Jacksonville Sentinel. HOST & RICHARDSON DRUGGISTS Incorporated ISOl. Capital Stock $5o,ooo F. W. BKSSO.N. PrestJent. A C.HARSTKR3 Vice Prettlnt. BOARD OF DIRECTORS r.W. BENSON, K..V.BOOT1I J. H. BOOTH, J.T. BRttMlES. JOS. LYONS, A. C.MA.RSTKRS K.'L MILLER. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED