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PO'.T. THE'JWICE-A-WEEK Roseburg, Oregon Population. ttSOO Tt-c County feat of IlouulaF Coanty. Ori-Rnn SuUlier Home; LllMlMta and 1". S. Wi airier Bureau are luraleil note S t railroa 1 division : splendid educational alSMa?B. Gateway to the Cooe Bar and foquille eouiitry. j Roseburg Plaindealcr : Th.. ni'.it widelv ra.l Denww published la SonttK-rn Oregon and ronUrn'ly the atTadTr tlainir mMh, l-anc-. saetatl (-.(.lipped Job p iDt.ng l-pmrtnnt in StaaetUaa. Ktl,lnhed In MM Hnla nption,j per year (or Semi Weekly. Vol. XXXVII ROSKBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1J05 No 10 tioscburg $) Imnbealer. CONTRACT IS VOID Supreme Court at Salem Renders Long Expected Decision in Two Roseburg Cases. LIGHT COMPANY LOSES Case of United Artisans vs Robert HiMebrand is Reversed and Sent Back for New Trial. j monthly payments shall made in i valid warrants, says the court, it c n Becanse it creates an indebtedness or templates that the city aill provide a liakilitv Mint the ,-itv in excess of the "1 ':' fund for the i aynieltt of tic limitation contained in its charter, the Supreme Court, in an opinion rendered by Justice Bean, holds th it the contract which the Roseburg Water sud Light Company holds with the city of Base burg is illegal and void and that it should be cancelled, rendered in the case This opinion f of K. Brockway. respondent, vs the city of Roseb irg, and provision, a either event they won'., Harry C. ?locum, treasurer, defendants. 1 t. general obligation and debt of the Roseburg Water and Light Com pany, appellant ; appesieo ironi aacK- son coanty, in which the decree of Judge H. K. Hanna of the circuit court is af- firmed. This is a suit by a resident and tax , The 1'nited Ar.i-ans lod;e won the payer of the city of Roseburg to cancel case in the Supreme Coart i:i a per cur and annul a contract betwee.i the city iam opinion handed dow n, in which the and the defendant, the Roseburg Water de ree of ,Iu ige Hamilton is reversed and Light Com pan v, bv which the citv aad the caue remanded. This is in t i agreed to pay the latt?r for supplying it j with light for a period of ten years, front . ver. guardian, re?i nodi t t. against the January 1, 192, to December 31, 1912. United Artisans, from IVuglas county at fllo per month, in valid wvrrairs in which the plaintiff seeks to enforce upon the grounds wh'ch were upheld . the payment of a policy held by the de by the Supreme Court, as s-ated in the I ceased father ir the d dendunt company above paragraph. The contract called for f IMC, in favor of thr-piainti.!" The for the payment of f 12M ;r year, or a 'only qnesti n of importance decided by total of over 115,10;) for the ten years . the court is that the local secretary cf covered by the contract, while the char-1 the lode ij not considered an agent of ter of the city contains the explicit pro- , 'he person assured, but of the corpora vision that the city shall not create any tion for the pnrv e of r rvice of process debts or liabilities m hi-h together iu the and whether the aetaM waa proper lj aggregate shall not exieed f5000. brought in ttie court of Doaglaa eoantj The charter of Roseburg as enacd , The judgment of the lower court is af by the Legislature of 1895 restricted the i tiim-d on the ti;t rnliug. tint le re l.niit of creative indebtedness to $10,000 versed on the iatter. it beiug hel.l that but was amended in 1901 to the HM limit. The court holds that these sev-' era! provisions of the charter were in-j serted in oliedience to the requirements j of the constitution and are for the beas fit and protection of the taxpayer, by requiring the municipal authorities to conduct its affai'e substantially within the current revenues. The state consti tution prohibits a county from creating an indebtedness in excess of a certain amount and does i ot apply to involun tary indebtedness thrust upon it bv ; operation of law. But the language of the restricted claase in the charter of Roseburg is that the indedtednees of1 " a the muD cipal'tvj'must never exceed"' - .. , .. a eertain amount, and the uniform 1. old- inge of the courts is that any liability not arising from tort by virtue of whn:h the municipality is required to pay money is within a prohibition of that kind and void, if in violation thereof, witbont regard to the purpose for which the debt was incurred or contracted. The case of tne Salem Water Co. vs. the City of Sale xi, is cited in the opin ion as one almost parallel with the Rose burg case. That was an action to re rover a quarterly installment alleged to be dne the water company under a con-1 MARSTERS' The Place Where You Can Get Pare Drugs and Chemicals The Most Complete Line of Druggists Sundries in Town Prescriptions Filled by a Practical Up-toDate Pharmacist.' School Supplies a Specialty MARSTERS' I Bargains Fancy Baskets from 5 cts to $2 00 Swell line of Combination Cases Ranging in Price from $15 to $28 Take a look at oar Buffets From $25.00 to $38.00. : : : : B. W. STRONG T H FURNITURE MAN tract for supplyin,; tin- rily ith water :or seventeen yearn at the rate of $1S00 per vear, payable quarterly. The char- 1 tcr prohibite.i the citv from ratal ratting i any debt s or liahilitie- which either singly or in the agRMgBta ex ceeded the sum of MM SJal the eonrt hel.l that I he contract created present ohlignt ion on ti e part of the city to pay money amounting in the aggregate to the Mint of $50,t''.K, to the water company at fn lure periods ami was therefore void un der the charter, ina-m ti h as no arovi clone were inade for the payment of the installments a they bc-.-ime due. A claim is ai" made hv the counsel for the delendant , jmpany that since the contract !etwien the city and I be defendant corporation provides that the arrant as issued, an I. t herd ire. t uej ate not to Ik- consi.lere 1 as an Utdebted BBBl within the BMariWf ;' it- charter. Under the loalaacl the monthly pay ments were to lie made in warrants at..' they would In- no less theMt l.t or obli gation of the citv whew issued becaMM the contract stipulated that they tdioul.l be valid then it i; had made no such tfae city to be paid oat of mosey arising ironi taxation or f.otn other revenues ippiicable to such parpoeea. Rack for Ntw Trial ease of Robert Hildebrand by S. J. Col- the plait. tiff's father was a resident of Douglas ccunty when the contract entered into with the defendant pany, and that theciuse of action was Hit di 1 not rise in that lompany Brush Fire Wins Out Salem, Ore . Jan. 30. Oppont nts of the forest lire bill have succeeded in l aving the closed season against the dealing and brush fires stricken out by the house committee on public lan is and the bill will be re.-omiuended for . . .. c , - . passage in that shape. uch lsthe ter- , , miuation of the big fight, which has been waged for two weeks. As the bill was first drawa all brush fires were to have been prohibited lie tween August 1, and Sept. IS. Clatsop and Tillamook lirst setured exemption from the closed season, then the entire coast west of tiie Coast Range and other conLties demanded the same ptivilege. For the best dental work at mot rea- socable prices, go to Pr. Strange in the little brick opposite Slocum's ball. PHARMACY DRUG STORE for all TWO WOMEN AND CHILD PERISH Lamp Explodes in Sick Room in the Home of Oliver P. Lane at Glendale Tues day Night and Mrs. Lane and Two Voar-01d Child and the Nurse, Miss Cooper, are the Ik Victims of the Flames. One of the most shot-kino; and de-ease she was summoned dur plocjbie accidents ever re corded in the nitrht. Sometime lifter m: tats eoaaty aad an ahiuli haa casta night there came a terrible t pall of j;loom over the community in ptoska and fragments of the Intap which it occurred and prof end sor- and oil were scattered all about the row thrif;!i 'ut the copnty. was the sick room and over th" bed in which banriag of the home of Oarer P. the fll mother and child were sleep Laae at Glendale at an early hour inn. The "il became ignited and Wetlnes.lay morning, which ccst the barned with fun-, in a few minutt -Iivcs of two of the household, a little enveloping the entire r m i: leadh two-vear old bov. Mrs. Itne and a funv s. smoke and dames. Aithoog nurse, Miss Cooper, of Medford, who Iu.;;i1j ; ,, ,! ,, r .l,,l o.,n 'v.4 ail i . i ' it.iiiii uivu after bene terribly burned, death coming as a relief to their intense sulfering. It seems that Mrs. Lane and her little son were suffering from an at tack of pneumonia, and that Miss Cooper of Medford. was employed a nurse. The cottage being a small one Mr. line occupied apartments upstairs while the other members of the familv occupied rooms be! iw. The family retired as usual Tuc.?ilay explosion and the commotion follow- both fatal internal and external in evening Mrs. lane and her attiicted ing. dashed down an outside stair and jurie-. liisa Cooper expiring from baby boy occupying one room and the rinding all of the outside doors licked her injuries at ab ut o'clo.-k Wei nurse the room adjoining. A kero- smashed in a window and rushed to nesday evening. Mrs. Line dyiag one sone lamp was as usual left bumiig the rescue of the other members of hour later, thus three precious lives low on the table in the sick room the familv, finally succeeded in assist- ware sacrificed to the tire fiend in by the nurse, for convenience in HITS THE BEEF TRUST United States Supreme Court Ren ders Unanimous Decision That the Trust Restrains Trade. aTsaaiWll .. Jan. 30. The I". S. Su pre ue court t.xlav rendered a de ision adverse t . Swift .l Co. and ihe other companies of the b d trut iu the ap- ; peal from an injunction made by the j federal court of the r trthern district of ; IlliuoSa, rtraining an illegal combiaa- I tion to resist competition in the purchase of livestock and the sale of drassed 1 ?ef. ; The sweeping injunction is affirmed 1 with a few rertain minor aMaattafaoaal t make it conform to the bill of the at torn.-, gen. ral. Thedt.'ition ws unan imous. Justice llo'-tes deliverel the decision It aadnii:ted that some charge were lese specific than desirable, but he said sunn tent bvl been shown to prove con tinuous offenses, and the offenses were of such a nature as to justify the pro ceedings. President Praises Fair Sai em. Ore., Jan. 31. The following j letter, signed by the President, was this morning rr .d in the Hour? in re i sponse t j an invitation extended the j F.-eeident t . visit the Lewis and Clark I Exposition : "White House, Washington, Jan. ' 25. My Dear Mr. Mills : May I through J ou.and through President Kuykendall, of the Senate, thank theOre. Legislature for its exceedingly kind invitation to me toibe present at the Exposition ii honor of the Centennial on the Pacific Coast ol Captains Lewis and Clark. It is a very 1 great p'easure to me to do whatever was in my power t j aid" in s uring appro i priate recognition by the National Con gress of this, one of the events of cardi , nal National importance in our history. I only wish il were my good fortune to be able to be present, but I fear it will not be possible for me to visit the Pacific Coast this year. Earnestly wishing you ! all success in your pnblic-spirited efforts ; to make a fitting and worthy com ; men. oration of the great event in ques tion I am sincerely yours, "1 aaoaoaa Roosevelt." : PROPOSES TO SELL ON INSTALLMENTS One of the most promising mining properties in the now celebrated Myrtle Creek mining district is the splendid claims of the Yellow Jewel Mines Co., of Mrtle Creek, on which a h)4 foot face of good milling ore is being worked in the main tunnel. A great deal of dt velopment work has already been done on this properly and assays have proven the property to be very valuable. While it is on ied by local people of grod busi ness ability and stric. integrity, they are not financially able to pat ths valu able property on a good working basis. However, the owners of thH property a-lvocat that thee is no use to wait for foreign capital to be employed in the development of oar rich natural re sources, when home capital can by prac tical business metheds I j employe! in this manner and the rich returns be realized by home people. This company has therefore capitalized this mining property, tne stock being luny paid ana non assessable. 3C1,000 shares have been placed in the treasury for develop- weak und emaciated, the in ither .fWU .,,,1 I, . n ir iioiii iiv i l 41 A 01 " li baby boy, but her Btrenjrth was wasted that the precious little form was dropped back on the bed and the mother staggered and grasped for some support to prevent her from sinking to the floor. At this instance the nurse was .n the scene, and at the peril of her own life sought to rescue the mother from the room which by this time was a veritable feerv furnace. Mr. Lane, hearing the ing his terribly burned wife and the ment parpQM and 15. M. Artnitage, of Myrtle t'reek, Mpettateadeat of the company - now oflfcrtag a few btockl Of slock for sale for the purpose of provid ing a tun. 1 to push .1. veloptnetit work on this p'oTty. He will be in BuC burg several days f-.r the tirk.-e ..f placiug a llfted amount of stock on t! market here hich is i.ff.-ril as foil.. s . Price of each block of 1000 shares 125.00, payable ia twelve monthly pay ments viz: three dollars at time of sub- scribing and t. .1 ..urs on llrst of e.n h month thereafter f r eleven month". At ny time the lull am . tint i- paid in, a certificate of sto -k a ill b issue.1 Oaly 100 blm-ks to lie S..I.I at this ..r- ''er. and purchasers of thi- lot will have preference . n the next, riiirty days ia non-fulfillment of monthly payments mmf caaesl all riafets ia the above." Some New Poems. Mr. A. ion Harm s-., oie of our lo a. lts. has just launched uu the ever changing, ever sparkling sea of Litera ture, a neat little booklet of a dozen pages, conta i ing some mc po-itive merit. This is not Mr Harness' first attempt to soar into the realms o.' e'he real bliss on the wings of poetic a tig. as, some two ye-rs since, there appeared under his n.ime, a col ection of short poems under the name o? "Oiatoa." The title given to the present collection is appropriately styled "lewis and Clark, a Souvenir Bool;." The price he names to all locil customers is the mod est mm of tea cents; a price that is . r tain'y within lh rcch o' all. Mr. Har ness bis manv friends in Houglas coun ty who are anxtous to see his entire suc cess Il is believed that the futute has in st ire for this singer, stronger Wings fo a lo.'tier flight , and in this, he has the best wishes of a host ef acquain tances. The lines below ro npose the tir.t stanza of a beautiful poaaifoaad in his present collection of verse, and rank well widi other famous Oregon songs. The title of the poaai from wfiich the quotation is made is "Ihe Power of Music," and I consider it the Inst of all productions of the aut.ior: When Redmen held their ancient reign In Oregon long ago, When o.er mountain, hill and plain, In bands they wandered to and fro. One ev'ning, where the t'mpua, blue Down .through a add'aing canyon pours, Three warriors in a light canoe Rowed up the stream with inc. tiled oars. One can hardly read the entire poem without a Eense of having been uplifted and made to stand on a higher plane of moral ethics ; in fact thu author, in all his sougs, unmistakably aims to lead his readers to the loftiest points of truth and purity. Locis Kahzkk. Murder Will Out BtnrK, Jan. 81. Addie Madeline Courtney last night confessed to the au thorities that her paramour, Eugene Helbek, who is now under arrest, rav ished and murdered tl-year old Ethel Gill iu this city eight years ago. The woman says she could keep the becret no lojger, and declares for weeks after the killing Helbek kept her bound in bed, compelling her to cut her arm and with her own blood sign a statement giving Helbek and two unknown friends the right to kill her if she betrayed bis ' secret. i i I Gold crown and bridge work of best j quality by Dr. Strange. mak thi'ir exit from the bailiVng through a window, r by this time the cries of :we$kas 1 ibehad ceased and th room in which it lay was a roaring :'urn io as well as w;is the adjoining r ma bl this time, and nothing :' be done to rec ver the little body ren save the h v. b I i g Is. i! dale baying no adequate tin- protec tion The tl ige h ate and its con tent- was there.' re spee lily reduce to a heap of smouldering iain-, th charred remains of the anfor&nnafc little one being recovered from tfa debris. skilled physi.-ian- th- frrible suf- Everything that coal I do 1 1 relieve ferir 's of Mrs. La e an l ner nur.- Miss Co per. were quickly put int- execution, hut without avail, for th. former hal sustained terrible an.J fa tal external burns, while the lattei by inhaling the tirev fumes sutferei that erstwhile pleasant, peaceful an BETTER TRAIN SERVICE Manager Coivin of the Southern Pacific Tells of Improvements Contemplated in Near Future. Kugene, Jan. SI.- Maaagat t "lvin, of the Southern Paeiae R. R. Ci.. atatai that it is the in tent i .n of the railroad j eaaipaBJf to increase the train service I on the Oregon lines. While no deti ii'.e arrangements l.ave as yet bsea made, it is probable another traiu will be placed in c mtni-si 00 t-- t, ,n Portia ad aid Baa rrn.iso. Tfcfa) traia will be a "flyer," Il .pj ing only at the tarwar i-iints. Anoth. r ad- d'tioaal t-ain will put) bl be put on to run lietweeu Eugene and Portland, j Mr QaMa state-i tl at the ad litionai train s. rvi.-e was n-ce-s.iry on accon .t I of ioi: oioiial travel airea.lv tu light, j The Albany train u-.w his more work ' than it can handle and the overland trains are loaded excessiwlv heavv. mraofaaaara. Spei-'.i.ig of the improve nents on the Oiagoa lines Manager Coivin said : "We are now pla ing an M-jund rai: on the road betwaaa Ashland and Port land. Iu ng the year t lese rails will lie la i I except from Turner to I.,'de, aad that short antfaaea will be laid as soon as the other work is completed In addition to the abate the roadbed if being brought up to the standard of the O. R. A N .. and all the old wis den bridges, culverts, etc., mill give way to the t. mlein steel, stone aud concrete structures." Change of Railroad Time Itecn.ning Keb. 1st the northbound passenger trains leaving San Francisco will le at least three hours later than usual. This will continue for alniut !HI days. The temporary withdrawal of the transfer steamei Solano from service between Benicia and Port Costa for n pairs is the cause of the change. All trains going by way o! Port Costa will, during the lime that the Solano is being repaired, run by way of Stoc .eon. This includes all trains of the Ogdea and Shasta route! Eugene Guard. MACADAMIZED ROAD INTO CALIFORNIA Pohtlanb, Jan. 31. County Judge Webster is at Salem to advocate the adoption by the leg 'lature of his reso lution for the appointment of a state road com nission to serve without pay, the duties of which shall be to advise plans for the cons t met i in of a macada mized roadway from Portland to the Caliiornia state line by convict labor. "I am hopeful th it ti e resolution will pass and that, through co-operation of of Oregon, Washington and California legislatures, a macadam rond Mill be completed w thin a very short time, running from Seattle to San Francisco, perhaps as far south as Los Angeles. Such a road wil. e 'courage i.ood road building in all of the cotist stateH. I hope the legislature will adopt the resolution." The resolution is as follows : "Whereas, The improvement o' the public roads of (his statu is tf paramount importance to the peotilo and should lie assisted and encouraged, and, "Whereas, It is la-be ed that the building of a macadamised road from IN FLAMES progressive little city of filradlln. over which will long hang a deep .; (M n and where happiness will give way to sorrow and regret for this crael vtstatioa of fte. Mr. Lin" s-i'- - I our townsman. 1 teputy Sheriff V. L. Bogard, a sales- m haM by the sheriff on the charge of ma i in Boa. H. S mnem inn's mer-: "1"r,',r landise si m at i il mdale bat spring. s '"y kwn to beoo the per- ., . , , -on of ir. Stoae H misjinj. rd it i- He is a most exemplary gnatlwa m balkrred that the aWaatatlar a aam oce and with his estimable little family, I fix pnrpoaai of robbery, entered Uas was honored and esteeawd by ev. y-.n-.- within their lartre cire'e of ac qnaintanceship. It is a tetribb- blow t .Mr. Lane who in a mere moment and without warning lost his home, wjfe anj baby his all. However, in his sore bereavement he has a host of coBsohag friends aad the heu.. felt sympathy of aot only the com munity in which he resides, but of ev.-rv resident of the countv pnd this part of the state. Miss Coopers remains were taken to her home at Medford for burial while the remains of Mrs. I.ane and babe will be tenderly laid to their i final repose at "Ilendale. the city of Portlaod, aooth to the Cii rnia stat- line, would t of great fahat , to i he people of the Mate and wou d greatly wu wiiaae the bu'lding of simi lar roads adjacent thereto and in other parts of the state, aud "Whereas, It is baUaved that convict i-onlined in the penitentiary of this state could profitably be em pi.. veil in the con struct ion ..f such a highway; therefore Ik- it "Resolved, Bv the senate, the house concurring: That within 0 lays after the passage of this resolution the gover nor lm and hereby is authorized an 1 re quired to appoint a st ite road eonimis- sion to consist of five members whoha' act without compensation an I whose duty it shall be to carefully and thor oughly investigate the feasibility of the construction of a macadamized road fr..m the city of Portland south at the California slate line by employ ug the laU.r dci.nv.ct in tb s te ;-niteotiar If said commission shall find that the enstruct on of a 1 r ad tv such me"S is fesaible and p -act cable, it shall pre pa e and sut.mit to the next legii'ature of this state a bili to g.ive n :ind recu- 1 ate such construction of said road, and shall report other matters in connec.ion therewith as shall be al assistance to the legislature in considering the matter ami be it further Resolved, That the secretary of the state be and he hereby is directed to au dit and allow b Us for th - necessary ex p mses of said commission to the f tent of whatever appropriation may be made for that purpose; and be it further Resolved, That the governor be and he hereby is requested not to enter into any contra. : for the labor of convicts in the penitenlia y, which snah extend be yond the first day of Julv. 1907." Judey Webster favors bills to amend the laws to p-ovi le that real property of estates or deceast .1 persons mav K s ild b 'fo e all of the ersona'.ty has been disposed of; and to improve the statute governing the sale of prope-ty which the countv has bid in for tries. Murdered and Robbed Albany, Ore. Jan. 30 Manager Ed win Stone of the Co-vallis A Eastern railroad, one of the most popular resi dents of this city, was brought home from Newport yesterday afternoon on a special train suffering from burns and injuries, the result of a vicious and murderous attack made on . him at an early hour yesterday morning in his room ;n the Abbey House, in that place and died at 7 :30 o'clock this morning without having rec lvered C MB pi te con sclo i sness. Mr. Stone went to Newport Saturday afternoon accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weatherford and E. J. Seeley of this city. While there he was ap proached by a stranger, a man having the appearance of a tramp, who asked him for a position, claiming one had been promised him. Mr. Stone taid he had never seen the man before and re fused to employ him. During the even ing Mr Btoaa handled some money in sight of a number of people who were a bo ut, atiHiig them the stranger. It is certain beyond all doubt that Mr. Stone waB the victim of an assult. Two Heppner men who were sleeping in the loom below heard sounds of a scuffle. For several minutes after it became quiet above they heard moan ing and finally got up and dressed. Failing to itoaas any one in the hotel , they went across the street to a sa oon and gof tha proprietor. All three. men started ham to the hotel to learn the cause of the moaning and discov ered the fire in Mr. Stone's room. Al aliout 1 .clock Sunday morning a tire alarm brought out the residents of the town and fire was discovare 1 in Mr. Stone's room at tie; Abbey House. The room was hastily entered aud the rail road man was foil id lying r,n the floor, enveloped in lames. Tha (limes w.-re. 'flenched. A physician was quickly summoned aid the injured man was given the best treatment available It was foun I that he hid been struck on the head, both for--arms were badly in jured and bruised and burned. When Mr. Stons regained his con sciousness for a minute, he aske 1 who it was that had aasulf. 1 him, bat beyond this he was unable to ay anything re guarding the I'vutj of the night. The stranjer tra rap was found in the hotel when the tire was discovered an! was arreted. Asked what he was doing there, he explained he had a room in the building, but this was s'town to he false. He told conriict-ng stories regarding feu l MbMW i-i the house, and as a resu': room of .Mr. Stone, st -uc k him down, te eare i arhal m :iey he cmld find and, netting the lOOBi on tire to hide the evi dence of bis c' me, tied. The theory that tiie traaip .'id the job. 18 Dillard hems. 8. C. Miser lost a valuao.e dog the other day by salmon poisoning. There was no Sunday school here last Sunday on account of a case of reported dipthena. ! has r-en married to 25 different women, Alex. Gage was down from bis placer ' cd six o' these have died under cir mino on Byron creek getting supplies cumstances which the police declare to the first of the week. L. E. Milledge is wearing some court plas'.er on his face but L. E. says "yon ought to see the ether fellow." Mrs. C. U Pearson was called to the deathbed of the iate Mrs. Whiteett at Roseburg on unday night's overland. Rev. Miller, father of S. C. Miller, is very sick here with Lagrippe. Dr. Pae. of Oakland, was here Sunday to see him. The section crew at this place were Kgjiag preepect holes in the gravel bar Tuesday for inspection by the otficiais of the B. P. Jake Nichols, a brother of I B. Nich ols the Brockway merchant, got off the train here Friday and hit the trail for Brockway. s. Behaanjar, the popular black smith of Brockway, waa over after freight the first of the week. Say, what a mile Sam wears these days since the arrival of that young lady at his house. One of the Japanese gang now work ing on the railroad here had a narrow eacape fr..m death while returning from Roseburg on the local. When the braxeman called Greens station the Jap mistook it for Dillard and jumped off the moving train. Ue thought a Russian had hit him. Clyde Willis was down from Willis Creek Mondav. I" some Straw berry PlanU for Sale.-Eiee.- slor and Wilson strawberry plants, 50 cents per hundred, or t--V) per 1000 f. o. b. Address J. H. Younce. Dillard, Ore. Ml FOR PLUMBING GO TO BRIDGES & MARSTERS They are experts in their line and e;irry a full line of plumbers hardware, bath tubs, sinks and everything for the kitchen aud bath room in the way of plumb ing. Satisfaction Guaran teed. Prices Reasouable. DOUGLAS C 0 1) NTY BANK HE HAD MANY WIVES And the Authorities at Chicago Claim Some of Them Myste riously Disappeared AND HE IS NOW IN JAIL Charged With Bigamy, but Will Very Likely be Tried For the Murder of Several Women. New Vokk, Jan. 31. lohann Hocb, 'he aed Chiraito "Blu-b-ard," whose v lor amriDH to his arrest tht on t..e cnarge of bigamy, waa irnatac 1 in the polka oaawt today and n :. led until F?b. 2, to wait eztradi- en Boc i says he is willing to BO to Chicago to answer charges. Ct izo aatS :e claim that Hocb n.arriei 24 women, the majority of whom died under suspicions circam--tances Camaao, Jan. 31 Coroner Hoffman this af-ernojn an:ionnc- that a chem ical analysis of the exhumed body of Mrs. Marie Walker Hoc: ,wife of the -uspected uxoricide bigamist, fnrnisbea absolute proof that the was poisoned. He said he believes he has all evidence needed to send H.. h to the gallows. Stat tf Bock's kirn Chicago, Jan .'Ju .titi.ough the Dolice . v,r,n tr. u. u ,a .k- only sjific charges against him are at he present time bigamy and wife aban- ' lonment. From all accounts Hoeh be suspicions, x nese women were : Mr-. Mary Schultz Hoch, disappeared from Argus, Ind. in 1900. Mrs. Hoyle Hoch. disappeared in 1892. Mrs. Mary Meinbrecher Hoch, died in Chicago in 1902. Mrs. Lena Hoch, died in Milwaukee n 1&. Mrs. Mary Becker Hoch, died at St. laxiis in 1902. Mrs. Marie Walker Hoch, died in Chi' cago, Jan. 11, 1905. FOCB MOSI WIVES DISCOVIKED Chicago, Feb. L Four more wiree of Johann Hoch have been discovered since yesterday, making a total of 29 in all. One of theee is Mrs. Looghkea Hoch, who was wedded to Hoch in San Francisco four yean ago, aad wai to have died very suddenly. WILL PREACH HIS OWN FUNERAL SERMON Sasdcskt. 0 Jan. 30. Benjamin Goodsell, an aged resident of Athmont, this county, is determined that he will deliver his own funeral oration. He ia an agnostic Desiring that no minister shall com ment on his life, he has prepared and delivered into a phonograph his obituary ia which be sets forth life's objects. The record bas been placed in a safety deposit vault to be eeed at the funeral. KjUbltsri, lttSS I DC .rpormlo.1 t-Oi Capital Stock $5o,ooo r HJ SON. Preuteui. a r m h h s r kks Vice Prwideni. BOARD OP DIRBCT04U r w. imssoN, it. a. luxrru j. u. b.ioth. J r i urwus loa i.yoss, a. it. jfaasTKaa K. L MILLKK. A GENERAL BAN KINO tU SI NESS TRANSACTED