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IN T E R E S T IN G
LETTER.
P r a c t ic a l
an d
S u ccessfu l
S to ck m a n R e la te s IIis E x - ¡
perirne«* in l l o g R a isin g .
F. uimisotos , Or., Jan. 29 , 1903 .
Entered at tho Cottage Orovo post-
office as second-class matter.
The High Prices on Clothing are all off Now
,1
to our stock
B o y s , Mena and Y o u t h s
V ' ì é a s t ' o n ö - f « >m h ,
re a d y -m a d e gan*
t do not let anyone Talk
H u T o .u H i t « U . uó. more than 25« freight on n suit of cloth«,
from Chicago
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U n v i n j i t u ld e t i t o o u r » w x *
Mr. W. E . Conran, G. F. & P . A.
P. Co.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
tfi S ib :— Your letter of Janus - 1
Saturday— County Convention Held
» 1.0
Due Y«ar
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tb in regard to properly feed-
.T»
H ti Mouth*
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at Eugene Yesterday, Thursday.
ud fattening stock, especially1
l ö r w e . Month»
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S in g le p a n ts for boys
I f paid in advance tu l if not »o paid a
in the Willamette Valiev and j
Bovs’ nice suit $1.50
anUorm rat« «I »«•#» P«* Y<>»f •**! b* rll" * e *1
The
Democratic
party
in
eru
Oregon,
ut
hand.
Also
Advertising rates* made *u»»wu on application
to $3.75, Y o u th s’ suits
county Saturday held primaries to 1 copy of Dr II ut inson's letter on 1
from 15 to 20 years, $4
f B I D A Y, A P R I L 10, 1903 select delegates to the county con- j the same subjiet,
B o y s S c h o o l H ats ami
to $11. M ens’ s u i t s
vention to be held in Eugene Thure j I have read the Dr. - letter care
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ranging from $3.50 to
day, A p iijt th .
In other counties . fully and find he h - f ly covet, l
Senator Mark Hanna sava under no of the district the county central | the marketing end, in showiug thut
consideration will he beoome a candi committees have used their rights I, -sh ou ld he pri'peth fattened
date for the Presidential nomination to appoint delegates without hold- betore shipping to market to be
ki opposition to Theodore Itoosevelt. iug primaries, but Lane insisted on most profitable to the shipper,
C losin g o u t about 10
W e call your atten
following the more satisfactory way. i I will give my experience in rais-
dozen w ool hose, sizes
Benater Fulton has returned to Ore The county convention met in Eu ing uud fattening hops which has
tion to our $ 2 .1 5 shoes
gon from Washington City. The new gene on the same day that the re
from 6 to 8 1-2, at 10c,
for men, sold elsewhere
senator made a good impression dur publican district convention con- t stock I have on tlio f irm at jwesent
fo r $2.50; and $ 1 .3 5 shoes
ing his short stay at the nation’s capi vened Thursday, (yesterday). This prices of pork and bacon.
1 have
for ladies, for which you
tal.
added to the big crowd which was the h o - that aie slaughtered in tin
i.
have been paying
in the city on that day. The demo- fall and winter farrowed in March
we fee'll the b est hose in
It is not at all likely that ex-Senator crats had a convention of 190 d ele- or April.
Tney are pastured in
town for ch ildren at 11c
Jo Simon will figure prominently on gates.
April, Mav, June and July on alyike
the committee of reception to Presi
cbeswell delegates
I clover. I n,.d alsike preferable to
dent Roosevelt on his visit to Port
At the Creswell primaries J E red clover as it is eaten-w ith moij
M ens a n d
Youths
For an up-to-date dress
land.
Noland acted as chairman and Chas. relish by i
-> nnI « title. The end {
dress sh irts i n fancy
shoe
for
ladies,
see
our
Stanton secretary. Follow ing were of May or fi t of June a fi* !d is
Harvey Scott, editor of the Ore
stripes, fa st colors, the
Booth’s Ideal Kid in
the delegates chosen: Geo. L Gil-
'
]
gonian, is slated to succeed the late
frey, Chas. E Stanton, G uy Stone, finely pulverirtd ro d 3 ft s of seed I
French heel; or m ens
Henry W. Corbett as president of the
J E Noland, R obt Bradv, Clyde sown hr. udeast per acre. The seed
patent Colt and V elou r
Lewis and Cla-k 1905 fair. He is now
lehoiild be harrowed in with a peg I
the first vice-president.
Mr. Scott, Smith.
sizes 14 1-2 to 17, while
Calf
at $3.50. sold in
S pringfield .
| tooth harrow and the land rolled oi ,
we think, would fill the place most ac
som
e
stores
at
they
last
W elby Stevens, Frank Armitage, A
‘ ‘ !l " ■ 1
’1 he rape ■ nu 1 ■ p
ceptably.
Bogart, H H Anderson, A Larson, J tured alL/all arc winter, ana the ]
shoats will he in fine conditivi! to
Fanning land is getting away up ill E Stewart, H L Wright.
fatten.
JUNCTION CITY.
the figures and it is worth every cent
Last
summer I pastured 42
North Junction— G F Skipworth,
it coats. But did you ever consider
that slipshod methods which may H M Millioru, J C Branstetter, C P shoals on 2 acres o f rape for two
answer very well on *10 land will not Houston, T W Pool, J J Darnielle. months. The slioats kept in g row
This
South Junction— Tiros Pool, Jas ing eondifion ail the while.
au nice on *Co dirt. This high-priced
Calvert, II J Dickey, N Pergueson, plainly shows the value o f rape for
land demands higher farming.
hog pasture. I would recommend
Council adjourned to meet Fti- that this was ertido petroleum and a
J R Hill, W W Oglesby.
tyt
nlsike clover for spring pasture in
I day, April 10th at 8 p. m., at which liut* quality.
EPOENE.
We have received a copy o f the
There were places in tho Hat when
1
time
the
new
officers
will
be
sworn
tho
Willamette
valley
und
alfalfa
the
<
il
was
at
least
three
laches-
deep,
Lane County L eader , under tho man-
North Eugene No. 1 — I L Camp
A lfa lfa
; in.
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and 1 dipped at least one piut at a
agemeut o f W. C. Conner. The paphr bell, J O Watts, I E Stevens, J J wherever it can be grown.
time. About this time work s-as
Is a six column «piarto neatly gotten Walton, W J Rovse, G W Kinsev, D bay has about the same feeding
suspended for about 30 days. On re
liu sch iill League.
value as wheat bran and makes an
up und is brim full of news items. R La kin
suming work I visited the well fre-
excellent winter ration for stock
Uro. Conner is oue of the most suc
qiieutly and watched the work ear»
South Eugene No. 2 —J R Camp- ,
,
,
, , -
j It is. uot yet known what clubs will fully n~ l was deeply interested.
cessful newspaper men in the state.— bell, John Hampton, J D M a il,A .
be in tho valley baseball league says During the lfi day- that they worked
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j ter, with a little skim milk added.
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
B B McKinney, Thos Brown.
j the Albany Democrat. Albany Eu- at tlii.-. time, tlie ditch nnd tho flat
| Peas and barley mixed makes the
1 gene and Boseburg are settled
covered with oil continuously. I
SAGINAW.
,l>est ration for fattening bogs that I
J upon. Cottage Grove is being ar was
- id property often nnd coulfi
The resolution introduced by Sena
I ranged for und Salem and Mc- pa-sed
Frank Jackson, E P Redford D have used.
Five pecks of each
see
oil
plainly from m y wagon, and
tor W. Kuykendall in the republican P Sheridan, E G eo Sears G N Castle should be sowed j i acre.
j
Minnville
are
now
working
for
a
They
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I plHot* and it i- <|Uito likely tho league all togeth* r I firmly believe that
convention at Eugene last Saturday and James Sears.
there was many barrels of oil lakeo
; ripen together aud cau be harvested
established with Albany,
The regular monthly _ meeting of ^ j i will be
t>« 3 _estaGl’islIocl
Albany, Eu-
and which is found in another column
cottage obovk .
j with a binder, aud yield from 40 to th«Te it v ' council 'wa« 'h e lii"7 n ° tho gene, Roseburg, Salem aud McMinn- from -aid well Signed) C. K elley
of this paper, will have a tendency to
Subscribed and -worn to before me
tLe city council was held in the ville The clubs will be made up of
CO bushels per acre.
this 7th day of February, A I).. POl
completely discourage (lie distasteful
council
chamber
Monday
evening
j
local
players
except
the
battnries
ami
East Cottage Grove— Jas Ozment,
The year 1901 I kept account
(Signed;
H. \V. M iller ,
practice of Introducing slated printed F L W ooley, J S Medley, D oc Pat- {
April 0, at which was present: Dr. | perhaps oue or two other players in
with 12 hogs. When put up to fat
i Seal) Notary Public for Oiegon.
B. R. Job, mavor, and couneilmeD, i some eases. C. S. Jackson, manager
tickets in a nominating convention in terson, Thos Medley, ,T C Wallace,
ten they averaged live weight 75
The 40,000 shares set aside at tbs
team Is making a
Laue county.
The resolution was J J Holland and J W Baker.
i J. K. Barrett, C. H. Yandenberg, S. ‘ I of the Roseburg
„ r,
„
.
lbs each. They consumed ¡in
au aver- ,,
T A . ,
T .
i proposition to include Ashland, Jack stockholders meeting for tbe com-
uuanimouely adopted, which inaugur
\\est Cottage Grove— S Buchnn- age each of 450 lies rolled l barlev I{- Pll)e.r'
Grants Pass aud
C; JollU80a-
L Joncs sonvlUe, Medford,
Medi
ates a commendable reform measure, an, W
. ’ and Oliver Veatch; Recorder Jos. Roseburg in t the league. He calls a pletion of this well the first of Jan-
W H
H Miller, G eo Thompson, and 300 lbs skimmed milk m CO
meeting
of
the
managers
of die uary has all been disposed of und
Young, Marshal, Underwood.
in tiic manuer c f conducting politisai H Taylor, J Markley, J P Curt in,
days.
When
slaughtered their
A petition for a fire plug was pre various teams iu Western Oregon to tbe stock is again :’o cents per share.
conventions in this county.
and H H Veatch.
averaged weight dressed was 101
be held in Roseburg Apil 18th, for
lbs. $ ’he meat w as cured, and the sented by the P. T. Co., and was re the purpose of organizing a league.
The goat industry is one that seems S T U D E N T S C A S H C O N T E S T r i b s , ljjrd and bacon sold f o r $204.50. ferred to tue water committee.
A1 Hampton informs the Guard that There lias been several oil expert-
AA luuiiuU ii » , .in n i —»..*■■«-1— - * V. . *
I*
he will call a meeting of Eugene examined tho properly at Myrti?
A
petition
for
a
sidewalk
on
the
ers o f this part of Oregon and muuy Noti«*«* to C o u n ty S u p e r in te n d V a lu e « ! shoats and feed consumed uorth side of Bridge street fiom the citizens some time tins week to Greek iu tho last few weeks, anil ir
*98. N et income *105.50, besides
organize a stock company to control their opinion it will be but a shork
o f them have found it very profitable.
e n t » und Princ ipals o f th e
railroad limits to the east bank of a locnl team.
the offal. I have gone into d e ta il:,,
. ,
.
time till a good producing oil well
Goats are auimals that thrive best on
E le m e n ta r y S c h o o ls.
on this to show what can be done !
* V fr !i *!9 Pre6entea aad was re-
will be secured for the U m p q u a
upland and will obtain a good living
when
the
product
is
finished
on
the
ferred
to
tbe
8trEet
wheu other stock would almost
t alley Oil Co. This warrants tbs
P ortland , Ore., Apr. 4, 1903.
fnrnJ .
I
BIDS FOR RESERVOIR BUILDING
starve. They live mostly on browse,
statement that the stock o f tbe com
L adies and G entlemen : — The John 1
though • lliey will
readily
eat
pany will advance from 30 cents to
grass aud enjoy the bark from a
I perhaps *5,00 or *10. per share in
young orchard as heartily as a small
the near future. Tbe officers of tb#
-
,
Resume Operations at Myrtle Creek and the company are all good reliable m en
boy would a bottle of jam that was
carelessly left on a lower shelf.
Work of Developing the Property Will be M. McCoy pres., H. L. Marsters, -ec
00
Ranchers who wish to clear up a piece These prizes are giveu yearly to the - ‘
^ ey should always be kept ^ F. W ooley.......................... 362.75
Pushed With Vigor— Some »llidavits.
! Roseburg, and are t o be co^gratu*
o f luud will find invaluable assistance classes of the highest ¿ ra ile 'in the
n>’ , ° vvin« condition also.
It is
lated upon their able and judicious
Bids referred to council.
? mistake to grow hogs too large.
in a herd of goats if they are allowed eleraetarv schools of the state.
Iu au interview with the officers management of the com pany’ s affair*
The first prize is * 12 . the second ,or “l r‘ -qnircs niore feed t o produce
b il l s a l l o w e d .
to ran gif there, ns they will nibble
of the Umpqua Valley Oil Co., at au‘l the enterprise and energy
The following bills were read and
«Tery little shoot that starts from * 8 , to be awarded to those who can a P°und of gain on a 300 lb. h og
Roseburg lately, we learned that a isplayed in opening
up
and
ordered paid.
stumps of fallen trees.
Mohair at name tbe most birds by sight aud than one weighing 200 lbs.
• I , .
drilling operations would be resum- developing another of the state*
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auiiicieuiir
j
i
1
notice«!
several
carloads
o
f
'
Street
lights.........
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present is «pioted at :I3 cents per j song and who write a sufficiently
* r o '=7 j ed at H f t l e Creek this wee The vaR>aWe natural resources, which
pound und a bund of ordinary goal- excellent composition on the e u b -' “ ° P * hlPPe * ol* y ° » » Weet Side Di-1 H E Underwood, marshal...
H drt' company starts up their plant with inaugurates another distinct and
the,r ,u“ nure Blowing large : \ F. Young recorder's services
should yield an average of two and jecl. The relative markings for the 1 Vl
J? very flattering prospects, in witness valuable industry in O regon.
,,f “ “ d>Sr««ted whole Long A Bingham lumber.
one-half pounds of mohair
This, of two examinations will be, upon a q V ® . t,e?
J'ZZ whereof we publish the following
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1
1
«heat.
It
is
extremely
unprofita
!
Geo
Wall,
health
officer..
course, is for an or« iuary grade of ] scale of 100 , f >0 per cent for the
b 00 affidavits;
N avies o f tlie G r e a t I*
2.00 j
Angoras.
field test and 40 per cent for the ble to feed wheat in this manner, or Joe Slee special police.........
M yrtle C heek Or., Feb, 7 , X 9 o 3 .
any
other
grain.
All
should
be
B
Lurch,
interest
on
warrants
12.00
composition test. That is, actual
This is to certify that the under
The Philadelphia Press gives the
The saliva Griffin ill Veatch.................... 13.4!
Tlu* Gr«*at .May M usical P csfiv a knowledge of tbe birds will count crushed aud fed dry.
signed. C. O. White and B. M. Armit following figures o f tbe relative
age. have been regular visitors to the
for more than excellence iu cornpo- required to swallow dry grain aids Cunningham ti Hogute street
the animal to digest its food better.
work.....................................
3 00 well of the Umpqua Vaitev Oil Co.'' 8 ,rEDb ,tl1 ° ( tbp Rreat navies o f the
The annual festival of the United sition.
will say
that C H Wallace, reservoir work 11.15 located at Myrtle Creek, Oregon, anil ' , ’ ’ llUd vouches for the care
Choral Societies o f Portland, Salem
The competition is open to t h e !, “ In conclusion I ‘ will
say that
at various times have seen oil coining takt‘U iu the preparation of the
Albany, Corvallis aud Eugene will class
iss graduating in February as
ns
" “ ‘ cm Oregon should B R Job, mayor 12 meetings 12.00 from the sand and dripping from the I table:
be held in Eugene this year on the well as to the class graduating iu try tue clover and rape for summer C H Yandenberg councilman 12.00 drill as It was drawn from the well
Tons
“
12.00 The seepage that we discovered was f i rp„,
12th. 13th aud 14th of May. There June. The compositions must be feeding and grow peas aud barley W C Johnson
" S,*'V
1,807,874
“
12.00 at about r.00 feet, a stronger seepage 1 'r; at H ntain......... <>24
will lie a chorus of 150 drained in the hauds of the corresponding for fattening hogs. At present we J K Barrett
804,274
“
12.00 occurred and the creek slough over 1 * rauce ................... 453
voices, the Portland Symphony Fes secretary of the John Burroughs have a market for many more than Oliver Veatoh
too feet from ttie well and was tilled : United States
1 vj
578,743
12.00
tival orchestra, seven' of the most Society. 634 Williams avenue, Poet- are produced. If we increase the ! S R Piper
w. th
and iand Dumpings and Russia
........ove
509,569
“
11 00 about 900 feet farther on run into
prominent soloists of the Northwest land, Oregon, not later than June 1 . production o f hogs it will not b e; J I Jones
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483,420
long
before
we
have
*
first-class
Thos
Allen,
judge
aud
use
North
Myrtie
Creek.
At
between
1600
^
ernjaDS
.................
225
including Mrs. Rose Courseu, Mr.
Any subject based upon personal
215
of building.
341,155
3.00 and liOOfeet when the well was being *,a‘J .................
D ow Zan, Mr. W. H. Boyer, Mrs observation of our native birds will packing establishment in our midst.
pumped we have seen oil running Japan
....... v ««
Then
we
will
be
able
to
compete
N
Martin
ju
d
g
e..........
248,008
1
50
Rose Block Bauer and Mrs. James be acceptable. One particular bird
away from the well at five consecutive!
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*
1.50 pumpings jf the well and spread
T. Preston of New York.
The first may be selected for study; or some with the East in their own domain J P Taylor “
1.50 over the prairie for over 100 feet, then '
concert will l * orchestral with Mr. such subject as the follow ing may by furnishing them a better article J W Con-in “
L"t0J
slo,UKh above mentioned and !
WATER RECEIPTS.
Dorn Zan as soloist On the second be chosen : “ Neats of Oregon Birds,” than corn fed bacon.
Our W atchword i s
North Myrtle Creek below, into the
Yours respectfully,
Water receipts for March 142.00 Our
and third nighta, the combined ch o “ Feeding Habits of Our Native
best judgement is that many I
CANVASS or VOTE, CITY ELECTION.
W m . S c h u l m x r i c h . "
barrels of oil have
fr,«m
p R O C R E S S
rus, orchestra and soluitU will be Birda," Bird Friends of the Far
..
W been taken from
the above named oil well (signed 1
beard in the great choral works mers,” etc.
1 s t w ard
In all observations
B.
M.
A
rmitaoe
.
G
o
v
e
r
n
o
r
V
isits
K
oseliu
r^
“ Feast of Adonis,’’ “ Redemption,” time aud place should be carefully
M ayor--
T. „
.
C. O. W hite ,
and ‘'E lijah ."
R M Veatch............................... 45
recorded.
A. T?« th.e fore 8 " inB *0 be true in
Governor G eorge E. Chamberlain
every
particular.
B
R
Job
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S a r a h u n d r e d d o l l a r s worth of
The field examinations will be
u .
(Siguedi C. J R itchey .
tickets have been already sold in given tlie last week in May and the spent Friday and Saturday in Rose Councilmen —
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Engene. There are about 50 or f.O first week in June.
J P Currin................................. 49 this
All who send burg. He made a abort visit to tbe
7th day of Febuary, 1903
o f tbeae left.
The purchasers of compositions will be considered as Armory and viewed the maneuvers
H t Dutton. .............................. ig
CULTIVATORS
(Signed) C. O. W hite
these tickets, besides saving money, applicants for a field examination, of Company E, Fourth Regim ent
2 nd w ard
(Notarial Seal) Notary Pubi’ie.
have first choice o f reserved seats and the address of each writer He delivered a short address to the Mayor—
klndïeI" wü". íi:!"1
o»»"
M yktle C reek , Or., Feb. 7 , 1903 .
till April 14th when the sale is should be enclosed with the com po men and complimented them upon
R M Veatch............................... 35
their efficiency at drill.
He then
thrown open to the general public. sition.
B R J o b ...................................... 39 „ This is to certify that I, C. Kellev
ÏBSÆr cu T ’''
five within three hundred yards of the
returned to the McClallen House Councilmen—
WULL TOC ATTEND?
Very truly yours,
Umpqua 5 alley Oil Well, l ooted
where
an
grand
banquet
in
his
Reason tickets, reserved............ 12.50
O
Veatch................".....................
49
Ci-tRRNcx H. G il b e r t , President
at Myrtle Creek. Douglas county
honor
was
served
by
the
citizens
of
Season tickets, unreserve«!....... 1.50
J M Durham ..............
23 Oregon and at various time-. I have
Tbe Southern Pacific has issued
seen oil pumped from the well of =ald
Roseburg. A bout 60 of Roseburg's
Single concerts, reserved....... l.oo
3 r d w ard
company. The first oil that I ,fis
Single concerts, unreserved
.75 folder announcing an excursion to ' lending citizens were present and an Mayor—
»°h’L reu W“ * Y ia , <l*‘Pth of Pirn feet
R M Veatch............................. 99 when
Those wishing to purchase sea-1 Crater Lake Park from August 4 to enjoyable evening of speech-msking
it would drip from the sand 1
»Ul f f 1.*'" * » "» , »nu our Repair «hop
Saturday the
B R J o b .............................
49 unir as it was taken from the well ,
«on tickets may address, “ I. M. Glen, 18, which will be one of the events was indulge«! in.
. A ll sbop
t a ll and *ee our 196
An elaborate itin Governor officially visited the O re Councilmen
Festival Director. Eugene. Oregon." 1 o f the summer
I ,";°Ur or fivejlay- prior to the comple -1
tion
of
the
15«ki
foot
contract,
t
il
in
entry has been arranged.
gon Soldiers' Home.
Reduced rates o i railroads.
Dr Wall.
R A M B
11 » creased In quantity and «howed S i
Send money with order.
R eorder—
[.around said well L
Rural telephones are com ing at a
Tbe socialists Friday at Salem
J E Young ..............
-....271 ,r from said well. The ditch was full
Now Isa good time to subscribe for rapid rate in Oregon and W ashing nominated J. W. Ingle, of Corvallis, Treasurer—
a T S " ’ 0.Ut,0Ver
bè'twèen 1
he L rader .
ton.
for congressman.
70 $ ! d'.toh an:
About this timi
H Eakin....................................... 279
WYNNE H AR D W AR E CO., Prop.
^Mr. Marsh, the driller, taformod^mci
Are Held Throughout Lane County Last
2 5 c to 5 0 c pair
Caps 15c, 2 5 c, 50c
$20.00
w orth 20c
$2.00
n
50c quality
35c
$ 5 .0 0
G IL B E R T
&
W E L C H ,
C
Ä
S
,.
And Canvassed Ballots in
City Election-The Vote-
Bills Allowed.
tst « ¡ w a r 4
** ~
a, r
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UMPQUA V A L L E Y OIL
COMPANY
Hardwire. Tinware. Charter Oak
Stores and Ranges, Forks, Spades.
SJorels. floes, Rakes, Plows and
0 0 8 1 9 0 3 B I C T C L ES
THe Charter Oak Hardware Store"