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Newspaper
Roseburg Plaindealer
Location
Roseburg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
2
The notice lists subscription and advertising rates for Enron including semi weekly options of one year at 120 dollars and six months at 100 dollars with cash in advance. Advertising is priced at 3 cents per single column inch per month and local lines priced per line. The issue date is Thursday June X 1905.
National America Woman Suffrage association hosts events in Portland on June 3 and July 5. American Medical association gathering in Portland runs July 11 to 14. District Fair set for Roseburg September 12 to 16.
The piece argues improved public roads deserve top national attention as highways become part of the transport system. It envisions uniting agricultural, business, and commercial interests to form a uniform, permanent road network and notes growing public demand for better road construction and upkeep.
With the next state election less than a year away Democrats seek to stop Republicans on gains while aiming to reelect Governor George E. Chamberlain. Republicans plan to regain ground and deter Democratic advances through direct primary reforms and party unity efforts.
The cause of unionism in Chicago has become entangled with other matters that are deemed unfit for publication, complicating organized labor efforts and public discourse.
An editorial warns that repealing the Chinese exclusion act would bring back dangerous Chinese coolie labor. It argues the lower classes are unfit residents and would threaten American labor with cheap wages, urging re enactment in modified form to protect domestic workers. It cites Pacific coast impact and capital backing this agitation.
The witness Harry Robertson is accused of ingratitude and treachery in the Mitchell trial. The testimony is described as bombastic and egotistical and reveals personal details of the aged benefactor and employer. Critics say he persecuted the defendant and compromised integrity.
A Portland Exposition opening saw Speaker Cannon heated by a ice water prank that involved Mrs. W H Goode and Vice President Hardy. The scene ended with Cannon vowing to ignore the expo and his "rememberer" may jeopardize any future appropriation requests.
The Drain community collected 10000 dollars to cover teachers and expenses after the legislature provided no state funds. They deposited the sum with the board of Regents clerk to sustain the school for the coming year, earning praise for their effort.
The Statesman says officials feed magazine writers from other states to advance land fraud prosecutions. Harper's Weekly for June 24 adds to this trend. Some magazines have not yet carried the prosecutions's claims and court trials may precede others appearing in magazines.
The upcoming season finds a National Guardsman leaving home to serve his country, facing the harsh camp life and persistent mosquitoes as he trains for duty.
Germany seeks peace while other European nations must acknowledge William as the continent's military and political master. The statement frames a power dynamic shaping continental diplomacy.
The piece hints Roseburg plans a September district fair event to mark a moment of local pride and activity rather than a Fourth of July celebration.
Notice of road job let by the road supervisor of Dist No 12 on the Coos Bay wagon road. Project budget about 800 dollars. Specs call for good iron rock layers with centered decomposed rock, ditching four furrows, two culverts, and plank on site. Bids due July 15 1905 with bonds required. right to reject bids reserved. Superintendent Roan Dist. No 12.
A grand celebration is planned at the Exposition grounds on July 4 with noted speakers music and fireworks across departments. The Southern Pacific Company will sell round trip tickets at reduced rates from all Oregon lines to Portland and return. The event aims to be the greatest Northwest celebration in history.
George Quine of Riddle visited Roseburg on business and bought a few flags for the Fourth primarily to please local children.
A sprawling look at road talk and rural life cites Good Roads debates, rail interests, and local humor. The column riffs on road quality, humor about wagons and cars, and snippets from Oregon towns including Roseburg, Salem, The Dalles, and Topeka. It ends with a parrot’s biting quip about kitchen cleanliness.
The Good Roads convention is in session in Roseburg with many county road supervisors attending though hay and fruit harvests limit turnout. National Good Roads Association officers from Portland attend with local officials and a full day program including welcome addresses and technical talks on road construction and government education.
Thomas Clark of Ila Oregon declares his wife Eun an P Clark has left him and warns against harboring or boarding her. He states he will not pay debts contracted after the date June 24 1905. The notice appears in the local periodical.
In a letter from D. B. Buick to F G Micelli the writer explains exhibitors should send well marked fruit samples with owner name and address for judging by an expert from the east. The single judge will rate each exhibit against an internal standard, not against others, and will list awards accordingly.
Oscar Oleson of Gibson City Illinois reports severe back pain a year ago. after one bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment he could bend again. The ad notes the remedy eases tearing pains worsened by wet or cold weather and lists A C Marstera & Co as sellers.
List of named addressees with uncalled letters at the Rose-Lurg post office and the date June 10 1905. Charges of one cent per letter apply with a second date June 26 1905 for collection. Names include Anderson Lindsay Moore Bellis etc.
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