The Plaindealer. (Roseburg, Or.) 1870-190?, December 29, 1904, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textft . TWICE-A-WEEK ROSEBURG PLAINDEALER Published Mondays and Thursdays by THE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING COMPANY Telephone Main 276. Office, Cornr Main and Oak Streets. EDITORIAL COMMENT GROCERIES Entered in the Postoffice at Roseburg, Oregon, as second class mail matter in 1868. W. C. CONNER, Editor. F. H. ROGERS, Manager. W. D. STRANGE, Foreman. The Plaindealer wishes its readers a happy and prosperous New Year. May each and every one of you be blessed with health, happiness proF- . J I L L periiy, iortune ami kvovj men throughout the coming year. SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISING RATES. Semi-Weeklv Six Months, i.oo, Cash Advertising rates, 50 cents per single column inch per month in Advance. Locals. 5 cents a lino. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1904. Greetings of the Season from the Plaindealer "It is never too late you might have been." to be whal The land fraud case seems to have developed into a great political fae tional fight. In the order of their probable strength for president of the Oregon senate it now seems to be Carter Hrownell and Kuykendall. Kven yet there is an occasional crus ty, old fashioned, hard hearted father who refuses to permit his son amuse himself bv having his ribs broken and his face trampled upon for the delectation of a crowd frenzied rooters in the crand stand BY A. W. FH.BH 1904. far A. W. Fob FKOBABLY few persons In the crowds which surge through the streets of city and village on New Tear's eve, armed with horns and rattles with which to add to the din of stentorian voices, screech log whistles and jangling bells on the stroke of 12, know Just bow the exact moment when the old year dies and the new year Is born is determined, or how, from the United States naval ob-: erratory In Washington, the time sig-; Dal la flashed to the four quarters of . the globe, announcing to white, black, brown and yellow men that It Is 12 o'clock and that the birth of another terlous wheel causes the observatory ' roof to part from the center and reveal a wide slice of sky studded with stars. The astronomer reclines comfortably in a big leather chair and glues his eye . to the small end of the big tube. In 1 bis hand is a little thing he calls a key, to which are attached insulated wires leading into' the next room, where the standard and transmitting clocks are located. The glass is so aimed that when any standard star reaches the meridian it crosses a hair arranged In the telescope's field of view. At that Instant the astronomer presses the key, which sends the information to the standard clock. Connected with this clock is the curious chronograph which ceaselessly draws red Hues on a cylin der of white paper by means of an . ion Telegraph company. The clock ticks away, and at precisely 12 the offl cer in charge closes the circuit. The final tick of the clock spells noon to thousands of waiting telegraphers, and hundreds of automatic clocks are In stantaneously corrected to agree with the transmitter In Washington. By this same process is sent out the signal which divides two years, only on New Year's night the final tick of the transmitter Is awaited even more Intently than the dally sign. Observa tories in other countries ore interested in knowing how their clocks agree with those in Washington, and news which may change the history of the world must wait until the time signal has been received. How quickly this signal flies over Will Oregon's coal beds be devel oped next year? Inquires the Port land Journal. Douglas County's big coal mine located near Elkton mast ibwuredlv will be developed. In fact it is well along in the stage of deve opment at the present time. It pro mises to be a great producer of a fine quality of coal. The South has a unique opportun ity. The only remaining part of the Democratic party that can command i maioritv of its votes in its con stituencies, let the South demand a rehabilitation of the Democratic party on the only lines that can restore it to dignity and power. Since 1S96 the Democratic party has permitted its name to be used by men who ought never to have been admitted to its councils - men who held principles and professed purposes which it had hitherto repudiated. Since they got the use of its name every doubtful state has turned into an enthusiastic supporter of the Republican party. of In commenting upon the proposal to employ the state convicts in build ing roads the Salem Journal says: "No matter what others mav sav. sixteen convicts, in a few months last summer, built five miles of road from n 1 k . .1 . , mi saiem 10 me reiorni school, it is a good piece of work, built through as hard a piece of country as there is in Oregon to build a road through. At least one-third to one-half the con victs could be worked on the public roads. Then why not use them? Let theorists parade their wisdom. The fact remains that the convicts did build some good road. They could Duiiti one nunared miles Men year uider a proper law. That would be better than enriching a private cor poration." I FRUITS : PROVISIONS The Coquille Recall says: On last Monday evening our local Hoard Trade held a very interesting meeting in the city hall. Judge K. D. Sperry occupied the chair in the absence of President Kerr. After the regular routine of busi K aa ness tne matter oi river improve ments were taken up. Considerable discussion followed as to the benefit- to be derived from this source. On a motion made by A J. Sherwood and seconded by J. R. Ingle, it was de cided that a memorilization be drawn up and printed in the Recall and copv of the same be forwarded to Hon. Binger Hermann at Washington v. L. This will be in appreciation tor tne enorts that our congressman has used in our behalf in endeavoring to secure a dredger for the river and also Coos Ray and Tillamook Ray. The demand of Senator Mitchell that the names of his accusers be re vealed by the grand jury seems only a just one. but one which appears to have taken Prosecutor Heney greatly by surprise and is just the demand which Heney does not wish the grand jury to grant, although it may be compelled to do so. If, as . Senator Mitchell suspects, his aeous Ure are Puter. Wateoa. McKinU-v et 7le keep the targest and best assortment of Stapo and fancy Sroceries, fresh fruits and farm Produce in the city, and can snppiy your wants at as cheap or cheaper prices than can bo had anywhere. Remember that ate haep the Sliest KRUSE & NEWLAND FARMERS' NEEDS GRASS SEED Now is the time to sow your field seeds. I have just receive a large supply of Alsyke. Red and White Clover, Alfalfa, Timothy, Orchard, Blue Grass, Etc. W. M. HODSON & CO. 711 OAK STREET MACHINE WORK Of ALL KINDS A SPECIALTY : BICYCLE SIMMIES AN3 KPJUHIC : CRtlDtHC. SAW CUMM IXC HARROWS Buffalo Pitts, Pan American, Spike, Spring and Disc Harrows, and Syracuse and Steel Chilled Plows. SAWS AXES SLEDGES Simmons. Webfoot, Chinook, Eclipse, Hoo Hoo and Pacific (.'oast pattern Saws; Keen Kutter, U. S. A. and Phoenix Axes Q 1 QVICQ GENERAL 0. W. 0 L0 HARDWARE CASH FOR CLEANING UP YOUR PLACE The Plaindealer has just completed the nublication of the Sheriff" s delin- 1 It ft. .. M a ! I juent tax list for Douglas county. nom tieney nimseii, ai meir re-. Since typesetting machines have come cent tnai. branded as conspirators,. into such general use these tax sale : ana perjurers, me ,naior i list are universale set in machine " ver7 properly seek to impeach ! r t h I such testimony and spent! verv little! state. This type, however, is one! of his time in making immaterial size larger than that prescribed by ! explanation before the grand jury, law for the publication of such lists, The tactics of Heney in seeking to li n,;o - in bv , indict Mitchell and Hermann on se- making a charge for such advertising j cret perjured hrilwq h t iMlinpfti on a basis of the tvpe prescribed by! Me and unworthy a government pros- j law. the Plaindealer having made the locator. Seemingly back of thus perse- ; liberal reduction of five cents per ;cution of Mitchell and Hermann is a po line below the legal rate to make up Htical conspiracy as black, as vicious, for the small difference in the type as contemptible and malicious as the Md in advertising the tax list. : land fraud conspiracy iUelf. and the j ,. ! despotic attempts of the govern- Speaking of Japan's amity Prince , ment's prosecutor to juggle with jus Fushimi recently said at Washington: tice and by intrigue and secret per ils Majestv also charged me to j jared testimony indict, upon alleged .1 1 a a.1 confirm to vou his earnest desire that criminal cnarges. innocent ana wormy DO YOU WANT To Buy Bonds? II o. jnn want th.vw that jjr tta- brat divtdrni A biuinraa r-liuatioii t Uriier div.len' than any : 1 The heat filar to ! a buint-a education l Garland Business College SILVEKTON. OREOON e harp a CorrrponJrnce t'onrt in Shorthand In :.. J B. GARLAND, Principal We will pay the highest cash price for Hides, green or dry, Pelts ,goat skins, furs, iron brass, copper, lead, zinc, rubber boots & shoes Have some splendid bargains in second hand Furniture ROSEBURG JUNK AND HIDE CO. A Few Holiday Hints Suitable Gifts for Ladies Suitable Gifts for Gents Suitable Gifts for Children Finest ine oi Jewelry Ever Shown in Roseburg MB SALZMAN'S HOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR ALL. RS. H. EASTON is prepared to wait upon old and MrariMMM friecds with a (all and complete stock of GROCERIES All (reeh and of the verr bet qnalitv. Tea aad coffee are Your patronage A pia!t;e . aos Jackson St., Roseburg U. j the historic relations of amity and good correspondence which have always since the days of Commodore Perry united the great Republic of the West with the Empire of the Legendary Fist, and which have con tributed in so small measure to the progress and prosperity of Japan may grow still closer and stronger with the passing years, and I assure von. Mr. President, that I but inter- . w " citizens in high positions of public trust in order to besmirch and place an indelible blot on their characters, thus hastening the end of brilliant public careers, smacks of ancient feudal tyranny and oppression, for eign and repugnant to our boasted liberty and civilization, and reveals wherein our laws are still lame, un just and sadly deficient I'nder such high-handed procedure, the most Musings. CUT CLASS WARE The OPTICAL COODS JEWELRY pret the sentiment of my countrymen , worthy citizen may be persecuted and when I add that the words of His DiacK-iisteu Dy tne lowest, mean Majesty find echo in the hearts of his est and most degraded slum dweller, iflfd subjects." 'perjurer or ex-convict. TIME r DETERMINATION year. Is officially registered In Uncle gam 'a bureau of vital statistics. There have always been New Year's daya, and doubtless the New Year cele bratocs of former days have had some way of knowing approximately when to start the festivities, but it is well to be accurate, and but for the lynx eyed star gazers in Washington some of Ha might be beginning our new year at 10 p n . or 8 a. m. The system by which the government looks after this important duty re quires master minds and intricate ma chinery, though to the unthinking It may seem to mean no more than the dropping of time balls and the blowing of whistles. In die first place, the time must be taken from the sky, for the sun is the real giver of time as well as of light and heat. And here is where the tele cope comes into play. The twenty-six Inch equatorial telescope, which is some times used in the determination of time, was at the time of Its erection iu the old naval observatory in 1873 the lar gest iu the world. Since then five or Six others, notably the Lick telescope. have surpassed It in size. When the! telescope was removed to its new site In Georgetown ten years ago Improve mead were made in the mounting, and I it still ranks as one of the best rostra-' meuts In the world. With this tele-' eope Professor Asaph Hull discovered the two small moons of Mnrs. and It has other important discoveries to its credit The smaller telescope, which Is usual ly employed in time determination at Ote observatory, is a fixed transit In strument of brass, mounted so that It swings easily on a pivot When It is pointed heavenward a turn of a mys- BY TE TWENTY-SIX INCH EviUAT jRIAL TELESCOPE AT THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY, WASHINGTON. : , electrically controlled pen. The pen makes a break In its line, making the meridian, and the necessary correction to the big clock Is easily made there from. Every day Just before noon the tramv the land and under the sen was shown to the visiting delegates to the recent International geographical congress when Secretary Morton of the navy at midnight touched the time button in the presence of a distinguished path srln. Replies came In at once In French, Spanish snd sll the other mod ern languages. The City of Mexico re ported that it received the signal thirty-six one hundredths of a second after It had started from Washington. San Francisco got it within thirty-two one hundred ths of a second. The signal was sent out In two directions, over the Pacific cable from Ban Francisco snd under the Atlantic, through the Med iterranean, Suez and India. The sages met at Adelaide, Australia. SEEK TO STRAIGHTEN 'TAKEN UNDER RAILROAD CURVE The Surveyors Are at Work in the Riverside Addition to Roseburg ADVISEMENT TKaJISJT TJME INSTRUMENT. NAVAL OB SBBVATOJIT, WASHINGTON. mltting clock is compared with the standard clock, is synchronized and then r.'jt into electrical connection with the whole system of tlie Western Dd The New Year la Wall Street. The last day of the old year on the Stock Exchange, In Wall street, that fateful place where fortunes are mnde and lost from minute to minute and where money Is supposed to be the only thought. Is the gayest day of all the SUTi, and the brokers celebrate It With an abandon in which everything but fun is forgotten. Tin horns, flutes, toy trumpets and drums shrill and rat tle, while from the galleries, crowded With women, confetti and paper stream-' era are thrown on the heads of the hi larious bulls and bears, and even the well fleeced lambs gambol In glee. Silk hats become footballs, and scrimmages turn the floor of the- exchange Into a great gridiron. A tug of war Is one of the features of the day, with toys as prizes, and the oldest financiers struggle valiantly t of victory. The ex citement' ends with a- grand cakewalk and promenade, beetled bj a batt plsylng "AaJfcAAg Syne." The -company of railro id surveyors who were engaged in surveying a new route over Hice Rill lor the Southern Pacific railroad company, having com pleted their work si that pom' lisve been engaged in running out lines in the Riverside addition to Roseburg just north of this city for some days past, with the evidsnt object of seeking some means of straightening out the present sharp curve around reservoir hill on the north approach to this city. Just how this ran le accomplished without tun neling the hill or building two expen sive steel bridges across the river is hard to ascertain. At any rate the rail road surveyors are seeking to tolvethe knotty problem. Hon William I. Vawter of Met! ford Sou f hern Oregon's iopular candidate for speaker of the House at the forth coming session of the Oregon legislature stopped ovei in Roseburg today v hile passing through this city. He feels en couraged with the prospects for 'ids success in winning out in the speakei ship contest. The Plaindealer was favored with a brief call. The heaviest rain fall of the season is prevailing throughout Southwestern Ore gon, which was preceded hy a high wind Wednesdsy evening. However it is a very wsrm rAin a regular Oregon Chinook. Miss Audrey Bridges is enjoying the Holiday seasoa at her home iu this city, at the close of which she will return to Portland to re nine her studies. J. K. lawyers, lnwyer snd notary public. Oflict up . stairs iu Douglas County Bank Building. tf Judge Hamilton Will Soon Render Decision in Prohibition Case Arguments in the action'cntitl.-d Max Weiss vs. the Douglas Connty Court in the local option petition for a writ of levicw. were hiard hy Judge Hamilton Tuesdsy. District Attorney Uec M. Brown, assisted by Attorney Dexter Rice, appeared in behalf of the county, while Attorneys W.W. Csrdwell and J. O. Watson represented the petitioner, Judge Hamilton announcee th t he would tke the matter under advisement and render a decision in a few days. Charged With Horse Stealing Chas H. Peherson, a Swede, is in the toils being charged with horse stealing. He had been working for John Weaver near Myrtle Creek for about three months, and recently took an uncere monious departure astride the back of one of Mr. Weaver's horses. Deputy Sheriff Bogard having leen adv'l by telephone that Peherson was headed for Roseburg, met him and arrested him at Shady Point a few miles south of town. While the deputy and his prisoner w're -inning to Roseburg, they were overtak en by Constable Knight of Myrtle Creek who had followed the horsethief, armed with s warrant (or his arrest. Tuesday morning Knight took Pehorson back to Myrtle Creek, where he was given a preliminary hearing 1 1-fore Justice of the Peace W. V. Hurst, on a charge c.f horse sterling, and held to the circuit court He is now in the county j ail . They sat within the parlor dim. And fretfully she said to him, ' I wih, dar, that you'd hehave. If not, 1 wish that yon would shave." leap year ends Saturdy night at VI sharp. Many marriages in Morrow country cold weather at hand. Mr. Heney has probaMy learned not to believe all he hears. Some of us will have to live simple for a while, whether we like it or not. It is a poor time now for wives to be going through their sleeping husbands pockets. A Chicago man has given 11,100 for an 1S04 dollar. Some of us occasionally feel that a 1904 dollar would be worth more than that. Silk socks are cheaper than silk stock ings. It seems hardly necessary to ex plain that they are lower because thev do not come so high. An exchange says "the world wants cheerful men" Thst is right, bat a cheerful woman dosen't come an ias es)iecially if she is married A cert-in professor claims that one cannot taste anything in the dark. It is quite evident that the worthy pro fessor never played poatotnee. When a workingmsn has a job the presumption is that he is an honett man. When a politician has one, the presumption is the other way. A brother editor wonders how big Nan Patterson and Mrs. Cludwick's Xmss stockings were. He should be ashamed of himself for it is none of his business. A correspondent reports that at a recent "function" in that place "Miss Daisy Devoe presided at the i iano and beatifully played Mendel & Sons wed ding march." The l.i Grande Observer annou ces the wedding of Miss Emma F. Slack lo Mr Ben F. Hug both of Summer ville. This is a case where if he had Pen Slack Knitna would never have known the enjoyment of a real Hug. The clerjrymen of the country have been asked to preach ou the subject of peace, and many of them are com plying. The sermons may not stop the war, but they ought to have a good effect on the choirs. A Colfax man, who owned a saloon known as the "The Slaughter House. " got reliigon, and closed op the place throwing its contents out in the street. But some wople down here who have beeu " professors" of religou for many years keep on leasing their premises for the most abominable uses. Tbe Colfax man seems to bavo "got" the right sort of religion, if he can bang on to it time will soon he here when yon will have to select yonr holiday sifts. The grea'eet worry is the difficulty of selecting suitable gifts swith what money yon want to spend bnt we believe we can help yoo out of both difficulties. What to give becomes an easier matter when you have so ample a stock as oars to choose from. We have the most desirable gifts. They possess all the qualities that trifta should have, newness, usefulness, beauty, novelty and intrinsic worth. Then the prices are jnst right. They cannot be beaten. We are in a position to know that we can - are you money. We believe the more yon inspect our goods the Iwtter yon will realize this. Rememner too, that we are careial alwot the quality of everything. Real bar gain prices on goods of worthy qnal i ty are what W'e promise yon J. T. BRYAN THE JEWELER AND PRACTICAL WATM REPAIRER If any pooi- people were overlooked there is time nough jet this week to make them hap ier on New Year. Mrs. 8. A. Covey returned to Falsa) I Wednesday alter a pie. aaot vi i: at the Ml. Nebo dairy (arm. Holiday Presents SANTA CLAUS Has decided to take up his headquarters in Roseburg this year at Beard A Culver's Hani wear Store, where many new and useful toys and gifts suitable for both old and young may be had at prices to suit the potteeS book. We have taken artt eft of these goods. Call and see them. BEARD & CULVER A TALE OF WOE mauy men have to tell that have their linen done up at home. At no private lauudrv can you get the perfection ol color and the beauty of finish that makes onr estab'ishmeut famous, for onr faei itie are periect and up-to-date. and we eninl y only experts, that can sb.-w Mich evi lence of their handicraft a is seen on the superb work done at U (SKBl'Rii SrKkM LU'S DRY, Kuropatkin Wants Hi Ip. Lumber for Panama Canal Paaia, Due. 28. A roes age from St. ; Washim-ios, Dec -. Tbe v. . x . , .. . .. . a . reiersourg states uiai -cm-rat Nvro canai commisason nas awarded a natkln I... . l- ,. , .- i I... tttt Ilk) l ,J I 1 forcemenisas possible be sent hint at d on. the let has. us. to J J. once and that the cajmcit. of the rati- ; Company, oi Nan ranctsco. Tla way rjeincrasseu trow iwi.va to etga- t j.j.usi tz. lae ealire sappty teen trains uawy. eocM irotu roget nmuh.