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Mmtbnm plmnocnlcr. r-v ajv rrr" Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, OCT. 17, 1904 No. 83 PROMOTER DIERS Goes into Details and Gives Lucid Reasons Why Electric Roads are Better Than Steam. EDUCATE THE PEOPLE And When They are Fully Informed as to the Advantages of Same They Will Support it H. CL Diers, chief engineer of Willam e:te Valley Electric B lilroad, who was in Roelmrs Friday, was asked if he had any further information on the proposed road to in port, to which he replied: I do not know of any more that conld kfl said at this time, bat in a short time I think we will be able'o give the peo ple more news on this subject, which will le a interesting as that which al ready has been published Jlowever, 1 will say that the people of the valley need si me education on electric rail Maria. "Those residing in the valley and not having been in the Middle and Eastern States have no conception of what an electric road does for the small towns, villages and farming districts in those states, for if we look over the electric railroad systems of those states, we find that today, inch by inch, the field is be ing contested, and slowly, sullenly, the steam locomotive is giving away to the insistent electric locomotives. "A dozen years ago. it was only th I horse cars in the towns that were threat ened by electric traction. Then the i electric car poked an inquiring tentacle over the city limits and into the suburbs The results were satisfactory and swiftly the electric lines tiling their spider fila ments from town to town, and now great sections of the countrv are cob webbed with them The electric rail road map of some of the states looks as complete as that of the steam railroads. "Today one can travel on electric roads through the states of Illinois, In diana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania without changing cars. The reason why this system of transjiortation has devel oped in so few yers in leaps and bounds is because the electric roa 1 has five dis tinct advantages over a steam road : "First It can run seerate cars at frequent intervals, and can take on ai.d let off passengers anywhere along the road. "Second It can take people near their homes and offices and make prof its from them at nominal fares. "Third In giving a freight service along its lines, it is as flexible as an ele phant's trunk, an l as adept in picking up little things. "Fourth It grows rich off the crumbs of the business that a steam road would despise. "Fifth It is always ready to go out of its way to accommodate the special R. W. FENN Civil Engineer Lately with the govern ment geographical and geologieal survey of Bra zil, South America, . . . BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME Nothing will add so much to the appearance and at tractiveness of your home as a new coat of Paint, and the COST will be SMALL if you buy your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MARSTERS' RANGES AND STOVES STEEL RANGES THE BEST ON EARTH $35.00 to $50.00 Heating: Stoves in Large Variety FROfl $2.50 UP We are showing an immense line of Fur- niture, Carpets and Wall Paper and can make you prices better than you can get in Portland. Call and be convinced : : ; B. w. strong! THE FURNITURE HANK 1 need of its patrons, in lad there is no troublesome red tape atxmt the electric railroad system. "With suclt distinct advantages in its favor makes it very obvious of what can be done with such a system in the Will amette valley, wheh connected with a seaport on the Oregon coast." jj Show Roosevelt Far in It id. Boston-, Mass., Oct. 14 IVarmain & Brooks, a leading Boston banking house, has just concluded a thorough canvass of the political and business situation throughout the country by means of let ters to bankers and leading business men in the principal centers. Their re port from Oregon and the Northwest is very complete. Among others Portland says : "There is no doubt about the election in Oregon. This year we expect to roll up a majority for Roosevelt of 30,000 votes. General business is equal to last year and we have had i;ood crops of hay and wheat.'' Baker City reports the Republican nominees will receive a good majority. Every section of California predicts that that state will be carried for Roose velt and likewise the Dakotas, Wiscon sin and Kansas. Roseimrg, Or., savs: "Oregon will go Republican by about the usual ma jorily. Business is not so good, owing to the general .depression proceeding a general election. Nevada says she will go Republican this year, and that business is better than in 1903. Idaho indications are for a Republi can victorv. Had Eliciting Huntine Sart. Geo. N". Kramer, the night ticket agent for the S. 1 . Company at Ash land. Fred Stokel and A. C. Griffith of the S. l"s local force of telegraphers. who have been spending their vacation in the wilds of the Trinity Mountains, off from Cottonwood, Shasta county, hunting for big game, had a most suc cessful trip in that section where they say deer, bear, cougars and rattlesnakes are quite plentiful, not to speak of the smaller game that abounds there, be sides big Rainbow trout that tiood Battle Creek, one of the Sacramento's triba t aries tt. at comes from the Sierra Nevada mountains, where they enjoyed fine sport fishing. The trio had four big buck deer to their credit as a result of their hunt. A big antlered fellow that ( Griffith wounded turned upon bis pur suers when they came upon him and threatened fur a wtile to exterminate the entire party, including a ferocious hunting hound widen grappled with the monarch of the forest and managed to hold his attention urtiil a fresh rifle ball finished him. Ashland Tidings. Local option petitioners hare fallen into dire trouble in Polk county because of an oversight in the time of filing their petition for an election, owing to which the County court will probably bold that it will be impossible to get a vote in Polk this fall. The unexpected turn of affairs has cast a good deal of gloom in the Prohibition ranks. . . U. S. Deputy . . Mineral Surveyor Office over Postoffice. ROSEBURG, OREGON. Correspondence solicited DRUG STORE SYNOD IN SESSION. Presbyterians of Oregon Assemble in Calvary Church at Portland in Annual Convention. LENGTHY PROGRAMME. Rev. Jacob L Snyder, Recently Mis sionary at 3d Street Mission, is Elected Moderator. Portland, Oct. 14. With the election of Rev. Jacob E. Snyder, lately mission ary at the Third-street Mission of the rirst Presbyterian Church in this city, as moderator, the 14th annual meeting of the Synod of Oregon convened last night at Calvary Presbyterian church and proved to be the Presbyterian event of the year in this state. The election of Mr. Snyder came as a surprise. The motion was passed by acclamation, and the new moderator made a neat speech of thanks for the honor conferred on him. Rev. Dr. Townsend became clerk ; Rev. A I) Sloper, temporary clerk ; Dr. W. S. Holt, repo.ting clerk The cour tesies of the floor were extended to Dr. Dickson, of Trenton, N. J., assistant sec retary of the home board of missions : Rev. P. E Zartman, of Chicago, and Rev. F. G. Strange, from the Synod of Washington. The retiring moderator was Rev. J. A. Townsend, I). D., who took charge of the opening devotional services, and was assisted by Rev. J. H. Barton, Rev. Mr. Thompson, of the Willamette Presby tery, and Rev. Wm. S. Gilbert. Several hymns were sung by the synod, and one hymn, "Rock of Ages," was sung, unac conianied, by a dozen ministers with excellent effect M iss Marguerite Labbe also. sang a contralto solo very credita bly, "My God, My Father, While I Stray." UK TOWN.lEND PRBACIIB8 SERMON'. Rev. Dr. Townsend is an Irishman with a gift of humor peculiar to his race, and he now and then gave brief flashes of it, but kept up the dignities of his position by preaching a safe, conserva tive sermon from Exodus XIV :15, "And the Ird said unto Moses, 'Wherefore nest thou nnto me? Speak unto the children of Isreal that they go forward." lie Itegan by quoting from the address iven by Moderator Henry at the recent I'.uffilo Assembly ; "I suppose you are as surprised to see me here, as I am to see myself," and pictured the condition of the children of Isreal in their passage of the Red Sea, doubting, perplexed and then trusting is God's mercy. Applying this lesson to the modern times the preacher said in brief. "We are on the threshold of a new century, and what is it going to bring as? It is said that the elephant first tests doubtful ground with his trunk be fore be moves a step. Iet us walk care fully. We live in an age of confusion and unrest. Are we coming to more relaxation or less? Christian science or theo-ophy? Oh, for real laborers in the vineyard. There have been enough of compromises, and meeting things half way. Let us be something. "Thousands of religious fads are lead ing souls into a far country and making havoc in the church. It is time to ask for the old beliefs and to walk therein. Go forward for Christ. Apply the word of God in hearts and consciences, and see that the articles of our creed are liv ing verities. There is scarcely one of our truths that has not been assailed by science. We are told that the human soul is a protoplasmal substance, and that our future life and the hope of heaven are dreams. But even Uien do not falter. Go forward and work for the deepening of Christian life. At the same time the church lacks cohesion and family devotion in prayer is lacking. The church needs awakening in both homo and foreign mission fields. To win success, we must get the co-opera- lion of our people, and refuse to be di verted irom our proper work, which is to win the world for Christ. Remember we are stewards, not owners." MORE RAILROAD TALK. Major KJaacy Gives Rwtkurg a Few Peiiters ia (tiara to Propose d Coos Bay Road. Major L. D. Kinney, who spent fever at days in Koeeburs; late last week, gave out the interesting information that he has attorney, preparing the papers nec essary to bring snit to quiet title to Kin ney's Improved Plat of the City of Kose- burg, with the view to regaining posses sion of the tract laid out by him in North Roseburg and generally known as the Kinney Addition. This, he says, will oe a preliminary step toward resuming active operations for the building of the proposed railroad line between here and Coos Bay. The conditions are now fav orable for the construction of this much neeuea line 01 road, and unless some thing is done here, points north will sure the first road entering that rich section of country, as other capitalists also have an eye on that field. A Twenty-Two Story Hotel. Chicaoo, Oct. 14. The News says: "Chicago is to have the largest hotel in the world. It ia to cost ten million dol lars, will be 22 stories high and to dwarf in site and magnificence, it is prom- iwju, any structure ot the kind ever erected. Builders are a syndicate of Chicago and Eastern capitalists headed by Otto Young. The hotel will occupy property measuring 400 feet in length and 171 feet in depth on Michigan ave nue, two blocks south of the Auditorium. MRS. ANNE M.W. WALKER, WHO INHERITED $60,000,000. Mrs. Anne M. W. Walker, nf f'litlailtdphi-i. wkm tvct-ntly inherited (00.000000 from her father. William Wvightnmn. and in mm the aeaithiest woman in Ian nrM. in Ota head of the firm of I'owera V Wrii;liiman. the 1ju.'-i manufacturing cbvmuu in th United Statea. Mn Walker ia id veart old and u ia the wife of the late ( onvreaaman K. i. C. Walk. of WUlianiaport, Pa. THE RIDDLE This Great Mineral Deposit in South Douglas Be ing Investigated by Denver Parties. The Portland Telegram f Friday contained the following interesting query and bit of news coaceniag the Riddle Nickel Mines: Has the International Nickel Com pany, the so-called nickel trust, an option on Will U. I'.rown's mountain of nickle ore, near Kiddle station? This question is causing certain nickle op erators to make investigation. A few weeks ago ileorge Bancroft, of enver. a representative of an inde pendent nickel mining company, called on the mining news department of he Evening Telegram to ascertain. if possible, whether or not any per son or firm had an option on the Rid dle property. He called up several Riddle residents by telephone, but was unable to secure the desired in formation. Mr. Bancroft said that he would go to the Southern Oregon nickle mine and make an investigation for him self. While here he stated that his company was working a nickel nine in the Monte Cristo district in Wash ington, but that it was desired to se cure additional extensive producing properties, so that they could suc cessfully compete in the market with the nickel trust, known as the Inter national Nickel Company. H. B. Nichols, a business man of Riddle, and a brother-in-law of Will Q Brown, who was in Portland last night, stated that Mr. Bancroft had visited the property and appeared to be favorably impressed with the prop osition. Mr. Nichols stated that his sister, Mrs. Brown, told him that the mine was bonded to some one, but he did not remember the name. For' some time past Mr. Brown has been filling the position of superintendent for a Boston syndicate that Is operat ing a mine in the Buffalo Hump min ing district. He receives a salary of $300 per month and all expenses paid but visits his home occasionally. Mr, ... , . . , 1 . .. , Nichols said that the International, , 1 Nickel Company owned some claims - If - .. . - ... I ... aujuiuiuK an. nrown piopertj, out not on the main pay veins. It was rumored a number of vears ago that u i.t;oi vi-bai pmow Wit. lUWIIIUVIUIIUI 41 llIVVI V'VIUUUIIT .. . .. . , wan iifgviuiiS iui mt: puiciKU-e 01 i. A.: lL . 1 a? I Brown's group of claims, but the deal failed to materialize. For the past 20 years Will STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Convened at Hood River that Famous and Fertile Valley. Hoon Hivkr, Or., Oct. 15 The entire morning of the second anil last tiny of the Oregon Press Association convention was spent in a delightful outing in Hood River Valley. At 8 o'clock the entire party of editors left the hotel in wagon ettes and were taken by a committee of hospitable citizens for the 16-mile drive around the valley. That Hood River now has two large wagonloads of new advertisers goes without saying, for the newspaper owners were wildly enthus iastic over the orchards. They were en tertained at Beulah Land by Oscar Van derbilt, and were given all the fruit and cider they could eat and carry away. A stop was aiso made at the famous orchard of Sears & Porter, where they saw apples being packed for market NICKEL MINES. Brown has owned the nickel mine, and has spent considerable money in developing the property, and at di vers times rumors have been spread abroad that Eastern capitalists were about to purchase the ore body and operate it on an extensive scale. At such intervals the residents of that section would become more or less excited, and town lot in Riddle araold advance a notch or two. There is almost a mountain of the ore body, and satisfactory mill tests have shown that it is rich in nickel metal. At the present time Mr. Brown does not seem to be worrying over the nickel mine, but is spending con siderable of his wage money earned at Buffalo Hump in improving his home town. Itst year he erected a two story brick building in Riddle, ud this MM is having a residence built that will cost several thousand dollars. Whether or not the party that now has an option on the Riddle mine is connected with the nickel trust is not known. Kit '11 STRIKE ON MIDDLE FORK. Mr. Nichols says that Ueorge inline and others have opened a free milling gold tiuartz ledge on Middle 1 'reek, a tributary of t'ow Creek, so rich that they could make wages grinding up the rock in a hand mor tar and washing the metal out in a gold pan. The find is about 12 miles from Riddle, and in a rich gold-pro ducing section, where there has been more or less placer mining for years past. A lot of the ore has been sent away for an assay test. THE '.EVENS I.EIH'.E IS RICH. .Mr. Nichols said there was no doubt of the richness of the livens ledge, near Riddle, but it remains to be as certained wnetner or not there is plenty of the pay ore. Work was started on a crosscut that would have to be run in 800 feet before it is like- ly to reach the ledge. A contract , . . ... , , was let for 40 feet of this tunnel at foo(. but th men who m T, a -J the work claimed that the rock was so hard that they lost money on the job. They averred that it was worth i $20 per foot to work in the flinty 111 1 al bedrock. It is now stated that work . . - , ens ledge, as development has been at a standstill on the property for some time. and View the Beauties of which were just as perfect and as those on display at the fair, returned to town in time for sightly They dinner, and went into session at 1 :30. Little besides routine business was done at this last meeting, the election of ollicers for the coming 'year being the principal event of the day. K. J. Hen ant'KS, who was elected president, is one of the eight charter members, and with his assuming this office each of these members will have held the ex ecutive office of this association. President. R.J. Hendricks, Salem; ti rut viivt.iiraiii.lon I " II.,.,.,, 11.. It... . . ' " - 1 w .......... . i . , uin n-i , 1'mian, second vice-president, A. D Moe, Hood River; secretary, Albert Toiler, Hills- boro; treasurer, trances h. Gottshall, Portland; historian, George H. Himes, t'ortland. Place of 11106 meeting, Portland. BIG TIMBER DEAL. Interest in Bn iw Kelly Lumber Co. Sold to Four Prominent East ern Lumbermen. FOR BIG CONSIDERATION No Change in Managers Negotia tions Have Been Pending for the Past Three Months. For a consideration of $2,500,000, a big deal in timber was consummated Satur day whereby a half interest was sold in the holding? of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, of Eugene, to Michael 11 Kelly, of Duluth, Minn. ; John W. Blod gett, of Urand Rapids, Mich.; CD Dannaher, of Chicago, 111., and Arthur Hill, of Saginaw, Mich. Althongh new blood is in the deal, the management of the concern will remain as formerly in the hands of Fred H. Buck, of San Fran ciaoo; State Senator K. A. Booth, and Kelly Brothers New spar tracks from the Southern Pacific railroad will be built from the company's mills in Lane county to the timber line, about twenty utiles distant. A portion of the 12,500,000 purchase price has already been paid, and the balance of the money will be handed over by 3 o'clock Monday (today.) It is known that the deal has bean in progress for at least one month. Three of the new owners have been at the Cortland Hotel at intervals during that lime, ami there were a number of con ferences with Se nator Booth, but the bargain was struck Saturday. Senator Booth was seen last night at Port land just before he left for the Union Terminal Depot to board a train for Ku gene, and on being asked for paiticulars concerning the sale of his company's holdings. In answer to a question Senator R. A. 1 Hootti said : "1 have not parted with anv of mv stock. Others have though. I don't wish to state the names of those who have sold their stock or the price pud." The newspaper man went a second time in search of Mr. Kelly hoping that gentleman would be in a more com- munieattve mind after dinner, but Mr. Kellv was still obdurate. "Those who have bought the stock can't talk," said he. "You'd better see the people who have sold." From an authoritative source, how- . ever, it was learned that the Kelly-; Blodgrtt-Dannaher-Hill syndicate has ' made the purchase as an investment. and it is stated thev do not propose at the present to enlarge the capacity of the companv's four mills about 'i00 000,000 feet per year but an additional JO mile spur track will be built on the Southern Pacific road from the Lane ounty mills to the growing timber near streams which are feeders to the Mac kenzie river, to facilitate the better handling of logs. The new syndicate act for themselves and are not working as agents for foreign capitalists. Thev .re practical lumbermen who hold valu able interests in Kastern mills, and they are looking out for the time when the scarcity of growing timber in the Middle West will drive cruisers to work in Ore- : gon's forests. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company is one of the largest timber concerns in the Northwest, and its four sawmills are now working overtime. The estimated value of the plant is about fo,000,000, and the Kelly Blgdgett-Dannaher-Hi 11 syndicate owns a controlling interest in the stock. The principal mill is at Springfield. The company's holdings in Lane county consist of about ltl5,000 acres of timber, estim ited to contain about t,000,000,000 feet. The company also owns other property valued at lt, 000,000 noted for its valuable soft pine and grating land Outcropping? of pure marble have been found near Lehman Springs, in the Blue Mountains. WON WIFE BY HIS LETTERS. Yoncalla Justice of the Peace, Fred Neiazer. Marries it Wkcsasia. From Milwaukee Sentinel, Oct. 9. On the list of guests at the Fixette Hotel, ISS Wisconsin street, a signature in the same handwriting heads the ar rivals for Oct. 7 and 8. That for Oct. 7 reads "Fred Meinser, Yoncalla, Or." That for the following day reads "Fred Meinter and wife, Yoncalla, Or." There by hangs a tale. Frederick Meinzer was married to Eli za Treu, of Milwaukee, bv Juatice Flor- ian J. Riea at high noon by the city jail clock yesterday. Frederick Pokriefka, Jr , and Carl Krueger officiated as wit n oases. A special dispensation had I teen obtained by the groom during the morn ing from Judge Halaey. The couple re turned to the Hotel Fixette and later left the city for Oregon. Meinzer came to Milwaukee Friday morning. He was acquainted with Miss Treu onlv through a correspondence which had started between the two through the effort of a mutual friend. Decorating his breast with a O. A. R. medal shortly before noon yesterday, he left the hotel, hinting mysteriously as to the reason of his going. Upon his re turn an hour later he was accompanied by a woman. Then it was that Meinser walked to the desk, seized a pen, and proudly inscribed "and wife" behind a fresh signature on the register. Mr. Meinzer was formerly a resident of Wisconsin having servoil in the Nine teenth Wisconsin hmt.aaa ifwrfim the UIVU war, He is now a Justice of the Peace at Yoncalla. Penalty if Boosevtlt is Not Elected. Robert Marmlen Sr., has signed writ ten articles whereby he agre-s that if President Theodore Roosevelt is not re elected he is to roll the smallest cheese that was ever made from North Bend to kit brewery in Marshfield. This, no doubt, wouhl be a pleasant siisht for the P.-.rkeritus, but we feel sure that Marsh field's brewer will never have to attempt the task never in a thousand years Sun. Carrie Nation Sentenced to Jail. Carrie Nation has again broken out on a further crusade in her warfare again6t the liquor traffic. At Wichita. Kansas, last week, she was found guilty of the malicious destruction of property and fined 150 and sentence.) to 30 days in jail. Three women with her were fined from 50 to 150each Judge Ah x ander in pronouncing senteuce said: "Bloodshed will follow these crusades if you people go unpunished." Appeals were made by each of 1 he defendants. Pact Strikes It Kkh. Joaquin Miller, 'poet of the Sierras," who is well-known throughout the Pacific coast, bids fair to become a million ire through oil. The good news has reached him within the last few days at his home at The Heights, back of Oakland, Cal. Many years ago Mr. Mi ler bought ome and in Tth If nr.. ',,.1 i;..i- and aside from theannual demands from the tax collector, Mr. Miller heard little from it. But now comes word that oil has been struck in and around the land, and the poet is figuring on a trip to Texas to see what he has and just how much he is worth. A Bay ahe will Saceerd. " . reu 1 tms me 101 10 wing: "Jnstin Miller is tl e champion turkey herder in the! valley having herded 300 turkeys for over lhre mnnrh- tatintv th.m one to two miles and has not lost a key. In addition to this he is stn.i vinr aigeoia uu use ma te excellent pro- 1 gross, considering that he is his own J teacher. He has lately received anoth- er " !i uraiie diploma averaging !s per , cent. Justin has a little money m tne savings bank and will have and well aeserves to hav.-' a Mibstantial addition to it when the turkey monev comes in. for foar county, A man who has been digging years on Lamper creek. Coos has opened up a coal field second to none on the coast. T e coal is semi bituminus of very high grade, cokes nicely, and compares with the coal of j British Columbia, hence it will bring in the market of S.tn Francisco tZM per ton more than any of the lignites worked in that county. He claim that he can land coal in bunkers ready for shipment at a total cost of 55 cents per ton. With all sincerity we say t0 you oar con" stant purpose is to npiin U""UU dispense Pare Drugs STORE and perfect products, q p and we asK you to help us in oar GOOD QUALITY WORK by giving as your patronage . FULLERTON & RICHARDSON NEAR THE DEPOT, ROSEBURG ORE DOUCLAS COUNTY BANK List I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS AND CAN SELL COW CREEK WRECK Pullman Car Broke Loose From Train and Turns Somersault Down an Embankment. THE WORK OF VILLAINS. Crowbar is Found Where Spikes Were Pulled From the Ties No Clue to Perpetrators. The Portland, San Francisco overland narrowly escaped a serious wrecking in the Cow Creek Canyon in the southern part of this country Friday evening. As it was, a Pullman sleeper was burled over an embankment and several pas- sengers more or less injured. The wreck was caused by the Pullman car Mount St. Helens leaving the track as it rounded a curve and turning a som ersault into the bed of the creek, U feet below. That no on - was seriously in jured or killed is a miracle, and one for which all of the passengers wpre thank ful, as the wreck occured on a bad part of tlte road and at 9 :30 o'clock in the evening. Dr. Ambros C. Froom, of Portland, was perhaps the most seriously injured of any of the passengers. At the time of the wreck he had gone into the sleeper from the smoking car and had just started to pi to bed. He had an I nplT b"h had.jaSt Up pui mm ui m 11 wnen me car gave a lurch and turned over. Dr. Froom was hurled into the air as the car turned he plunged headfore most into the berth. As the car turned over and rested upside diwa, the berth closed, shutting on Mr. Froom's head n1 Pialnin him there with his entire body free. He haaai :ver the edge of the - .- : - Im mwntii before he could be rescued from his plight and it took the united strength of fonr men to lift the berth so that be 'jj OQt of the in'tired and : ruised. thoujh it i- not thought 1 - - .1 - . o tuai iue wounas are serious, tus rieau was mashed and tiailr Hnico.! n.l tL.ro was m cat over jhe rigllt eve He ' bruise1 in ln, ;hfm. w and was pretty badly shaken up. 1 Willi. r r,K t .k u.- ri- don Comronv. was aUo injured in the rwt h, iL, ; age and the muscles badlv bruised so that he could not walk from the train to j y. m , mmtmWm , , ,, u.r i. ! was bruised about the body when the car left the track, but not seriously. The car was badly shattered by the ; tumble it took and caught fire from the stove in one end. The fire, however, was extinguished before it had gained any beadwav. The wrecked car was CCNTISUED OS ?ECOSD PAiE. KsiablUha.1 lvU Incorporated 1901 Capital Stock $5o,ooo F. W. BENSON, Praattlent, A C.MAK3TKRS. Vtc I'rtfaldenl. BOARD OF DIRECTOR W. W. BKNSON, K. A. BOOTU J. H. BOOTH, J. T. BUI DOB?, JOd. LYONS. AC. MAKSlKKd K. L MILLER. A QENERL BANKING BUSINESS TiMNSACTED Your Ranches and Timber Lands with me. : : : : R. R. JOHNSON, OFFICE I.N MARKS BLOCK. ROSEBURG, OR.