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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

wHEELER's INSURANCE OFFICE ENTER
ED AND OTHER PLACES TRIED SUNDAY
NIGHT.-NO PLUMBER TO SPEAK OF.

South Paris was visited by burglar'
Sunday night, but they did an amateur
ish job and failed to secure any plundel
of value.
Apparently the only place entered wa.
the insurance Office of w. j. Wheeler &
Co. in Billings Block. The marauders
got into the basement through window
which was open. At the head of the
stairs they broke panel of the door
which opens into Wheeler's back room
Here are kept pianos, stools, &C., also
safe belonging to the town, in which Mr..
Wheeler, who is town clerk, keeps the
town records. The combination on this
safe was tried, but it was not opened.
The door between the two rooms was
also opened by breaking panel. In the
trout room the desk drawers were pulled
out and ransacked, but the safe, which
contained no money and has not been
locked for years, was apparently not dis
turbed.
All that is missing, so far as discover
ed, is penknife belonging to Miss
Baker, Mr.. Wheeler's partner, and pos
sibly piano stool.
An iron tool, which was sevidently at
some time part of machine, was left on
one of the desks.
At the store of +. A. Shurtleff l. Co. a
pane of glass in basement window was
broken and the window taken out, but
there is nothing to indicate that any
one has been either in the store or in
the basement.
The screen over one of the basement
windows in Odd Fellows Block was
partially taken off, but not enough to let
one through.
A window was found open in r. 4.
Barrows' blacksmith shop in the morn.
ing, but no tools have been missed as yet.
Mrs. George III. Robertson saw a
man in light suit standing in the Square
at some time in the middle of the night.
George w. rockingham heard sharp
and looking out, saw man
walk from the vicinity of POrter's store
across the Square. This was before the
electric lights were out, but not enough
Of them were burning around the Square
to see very distinctly.
Whistles and sounds of pounding were
heard by two or three others, but moth
ng which aroused suspicion in place
Is thickly populated as the middle of
his village.
There is nothing to indicate the identi-
y of the burglars. /
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
OXFORD.
BRYANT'S POND.
Score by Innings.
I . Q 4 x x


9 8 S s 9-Total.
oxford, .....-...l o . o x-7
Bryant's Pond,..O 0 o 0 0 2 Go
Earned runs. Oxford 3; Bryant's Pond 2.
Two base hits, Killings, Cole, Foss. Three. base
hit, DeWolfe. First base on balls, of Adams .;
Off Currier. Struck out. by Adams 5; by Cur.
rier 8. Left on bases. oxford 5; Bryant's Pond
9. Double play. Adams, Wilson, IKE. First
base on errors. oxford /; Bryants Pond 4. Ill
by pitched ball. Rowe. Umpires, Holden and
Shaw. Scorer, Thayer.
A game played at the high school
grounds Thursday forenoon between
South Paris and the Volunteers of South
Paris, resulted in score of 3 to 0 in
favor of the town team. 1t was a
pitchers battle, both Cole and Webber,
the opposing pitchers, having an unusual
" large number of strike-outs.
West Sumner defeated West Paris in
more interesting game than the score
would indicate, at West Sumner last
Saturday. Farrar pitched nice game
for Sumner, striking out ten men.
Score by Innings.
l2 3 5 8 9-Total
West Sumner,..s 0 0 2 2-H
West Paris. 80 9 9 0 o l-5
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
STOMACH TROUBLES AND CON-
STIPATION.

No one can reasonably hope for good
digestion when the bowels are constipat-
ed. Mr.. Chas. Baldwin, of Edwardsville,
ILL.,, says, ~ suffered from chronic con-
stipation and stomach troubles for sever
al years, but thanks to Chamberlain q
Stomach and Liver Tablets am almost
cured" Why not get package OF
these tablets and get we'll and stay wellP
Price 25 cents. For sale by Shurtleff &
Co., South Paris; Jones Drug Store,
Oxford; Noyes Drug Store, Norway.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
"MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN
SHINES"

There is a lesson in the work of the
thrifty farmer. He knows that the
bright sunshine may last but day and
he prepares for the showers which are
SO liable to follow. So it should be
with every household. Dysentery,
diarrhoea and cholera morbus may at
tack some member of the home without
warning. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhea Remedy, which is the
best known medicine for these diseases,
should always be kept at hand, as i'm.
mediate treatment is necessary, and
delay may prove fatal. For sale by F.
A. Shurtleff & Co., South Paris; Jones
Drug Store, Oxford; Noyes Drug Store,
Norway.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
ONLY A MASK.

Many are not being benefited by the
summer vacation as they should be.
Now, Notwithstanding much outdoor life,
they are little If any stronger than they
were. The tan on their faces is darker
and makes them look healthier, but it il
only q mask. They are still nervous,
easily tired, upset by trifles, and they do
not eat nor sleep we'll. What they need
ia what tones the nerves, perfects d.
gestion, creates appetite. and makes
sleep refreshing, and that is Hoods Sar.
saparilla. Pupils and teachers generally
will find the chief purpose of the vaca-
ton best subserved by this great medi.
cine, which, as we know, Guilds up the
whole system"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
Bring old glasses to DIR. parmenter.
Read ad.
Born.

In South Paris, Aug. s, to the wife of Byron
Leach, q son.
In Mexico. July %. to the wife Of Leslie Var.
new, q son.
In Peru, July 81, to the wife of Arno Austin,
a daughter, Beryl.
In Byron, July Is, to the wife of Stephen
DOnahue, q son.
In Canton Point, Aug. |, to the wife Of Charles
X Kills, u son.
In Rumford Falls, July "a, to the wife of F. f.
Howard, daughter, Elizabeth Pearl.
In Greenwood, Aug. l, to the wife OF Robert
Morgan, q son.
In North Fryeburg, July %. to the wife Of E..
c. Buzzell, a son.
In Norway. July q, to the wife Of George b.
Larrabee. daughter, Jennie May.
In Norway. July 80, to the wife Of Ephraim
Durben, a son.
In South Paris, July 20, to the wife Of j. g..
Record, a sOn.
In West Bethel, July 90. to the wife of Prof.
L. G. Whittier, a daughter, Esther Page Whit
tier.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
Married.

In South Paris, Aug. 5. by Rev. IT. A. Clifford,
Mr.. John Bennett and Miss Leila FELTON,, both
Of Paris
In Gorham, N. IT,, Aug. 9, by Rev. E. w. Ken.
nison. Mr.. Chester Wheeler of Bethel and Miss
Cornea A. Bennett OF Gilead.
In Norway, July 90, by Rev. c. A. Brooks.
Mr. Charles Bartlett and Miss Annie Cora Cur
rier, both of Norway.
In West Buckaeld, July 90, Mr.. Harry Crock.
eft Of West Sumner and Miss Vina BOnney Of
West Buckfeld.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

Pierre Lapointe, Lewiston jeweler, is
in the hospital as the result of an assault
by Napoleon Beliveau, aged ~. His
injuries are considered serious. AL
though both men are said to have been
intoxicated at the time, the reason given
by Beliveau for the attack Is that La
pOinte had induced Beliveau's father to
drink
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

Clothing cleansed, repaired, pressed
and dyed promptly. F. II. Noyes Co.
We are ready for fall and winter Gus
tom tailoring. Give us your order early.
+. H. Noyes Co.
Read our advertisement this week.
Chance for you to make quite saving
on your clothing bills. F. II. NOyes Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

The publication of a compilation of
vital statistics of the state for the year
1904 discloses some interesting facts.
One of these is that the marriage rate in
proportion to population is highest in
oxford County Of any county in the
state. The report kindly refrains from
particularizing the divorce rate for Ok
ford County.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
Auction Of Stock and. Tools.

A. o. Wheeler, having sold his farm in
the Whittemore District, will sell at
auction, at the farm, on Friday, Aug. II,
at l p. NJ, most of his stock and farming
tools, including two COWS, two shoats,
and . long list Of implements and ap-
pliances more particularly named on the
bills. II stormy, first fair day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

The intense itching characteristic of
salt rheum and eczema is instantly al
layed by applying Chamberlain's Salve.
AS cure for skin diseases this salve is
unequaled. For sale by Shurtleff & Co.,
South Paris; Noyes Drug Store, Norway;
Jones Drug Store, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

Lawrence Winston, the 6-year-old son
of Selectman Edwin b. Carter of Scar
boro, fell into small pond near the
home of his parents Friday morning and
was drowned.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

You are liable to an attack of sons
form Of Bowel Complaint and should
provide yourself with the best knowq
Remedy, DR.. SETH ARNoLD's BALsAAj
Warranted by +. A. Shurtleff & Coz
South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
Died.

In Bryon. July %, infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donahue.
In Lowell, Aug. 3, Jackson DOlliver, aged 10
years.
In Bethel, Aug. !, Mrs. Nellie, wife Of Davis
G. Lovejov, aged 40 years.
In North Fryeburg, July %. Walter Pillsbury.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

An Italian name Fabario Danandie is
in the hospital at Bangor seriously
wounded by shots fired during quarrel
in an Italian camp at Hampton.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
Oxford Pomona Orange.

Time. LIST Tuesday in September;
place, Mountain Grange, North Buck.
field. Programme:
Opening Grange In 5th degree.
Routine Business.
Comforting 9Th degree.
Woman's half hour.
Paper. by members Of Mountain Grange.
Discussion.
Intermission.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08
Business Notices.

West Sumner,....s 0 2 ia
West Paris. 9 9 0 0 o l-5
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-08

ST., CONGREGATIONAL Church, Rev. A. X. Bald
p.stnr Preaching services. 10 I5 A. " and
WI sunday school l. NJ; Y. z. 5. q. +.
..,s6oT NJ Church prayer meeting on Tuesdry
s , At % o'c'ock. Al. not otherwise con
es'ted are cordially invited.
F,,o,S, ,iist Church. Rev II. 4. Clifford, Pastor.
,r sunday, morning prayer meeting $50 A: NJ.
u lu,srbins, service Gas A. NJ; Sabbath School
II NJ FpWorth League Meeting 10 p. NJ ::
L ,oir, praver meeting ,OO p. "; prayer meet
CIV TIei,lay evening; class meeting, Friday
evening. D.. Wallace rheshro
pas,6r ON sunday, preaching service 10 40 A.
" VI Fer meeting : p. NJ; Tuesday evening
'-.rsr service at 80. Seats free. All are
~ (D,ysrsalist Church, Rev. j. VI. Little, Pastor
prssrbiug service every Sunday at lOao A. NJ
sunday school At Il N. Evening SERVICE
2 NJ
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04

Prof. A, B. Cordley, the entomolo-
gist at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, embraces several rules which il
followed will be sure to bring sue
cess. Special care in securing seed
must be taken and none planted that
has come from an infected district.
II the seed is unknown as to where
it was grown it would be well to
place it in solution, as is done
with wheat to kill the smut, to kill
the spores of the fungus, II an in
fected hill is found the vine should be
pulled up, wrapped in paper or some-
thing to prevent the spores from being
scattered and carried to distant
place and burned. Then spray the
soil about the hill with solution Of
copper sulphste, one pound to 20 gal.
Ions of water. This spray, Prof.
Cordley thinks, will kill all the spores
that may be in the ground. But the
al important rule is never to plant
melons in successive years on the same
lana. the only safe way being to ro-
tate with other crops. On land
that is infested with this pest Prof.
Cordley says no melons should be
planted for at least three years so as
to insure the death of all the spores,
for they have great vitality and will
Withstand heat, cold and moisture In
any ordinary degree.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04
CAN GROW FIGS
IN GRANTS PASS
r. ID. Cole Has a Tree That Has
Been Bearing for Three
Years.

That figs can be successfully grown
without irrigation ON the dry, granite
hills to the west of Grants Pass Is
proven by the fine growth that fig
tree in h. ID. Coles yard In West
Grants Pass is making. This tree is
but seven years old and for the last
three seasons II has borne figs, two
crops each season as is the rule for
figs here, but In warmer countries
three crops u year. While the tree is
very thrifty, though growing on
unirrigated granite land, the most
remarkable thing about 1t is the
unusual size of the fruit that it bears
The figs are as large AZ the largest
plum and persons who have seen figs
growing In Southern California say
they never saw larger or better
favored figs than those produced on
Mr. Coles tree.
Almost every yard in Rogue River
Valley has growing in II from one tc
dozen fig trees aud that figs Of fine
flavor and large size uan be pro-
duced has long since been proven.
Northern people do not take readily
to figs, like they do to oranges oil
lemons, the peculiar sweetness OF
the fruit giving 1t flavor that per
sons used to eating acid fruits do MOI
relish, but like bananas and similal
sweet fruits, n taste can be acquired
for IL and when once person learn
to eat figs they enjoy them quite Al
much as the familiar northern fruits
Figs are more healthful than mos
fruits, their laxative quality being Oh
pecially beneficial to persons LEADING
a sedentary life.
While IL il possible to grow figs IL
Southern Oregon that are OF the bes
quality yet their production will
never be commercial possibility 70
they are so tender that they will no
stand even one days shipment II
their natural state. To dry theu
by artificial heat is too expensiv
to compete with the hot oouutrie
here they dry figs by the suns heat
In the yard of every home one O
more fix trees should be grown fo
the fruit makes u good addition to I'll
variety OF fruit grown here, and 1T
both palatable and heslthful.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04
Notice TO Postoffice Patrons.

For the more accurate distribution
of the mail in the Grants Pass post
office it is requested that box holders
have the number of their box included
in the address. This is especially i'm
portant in the case of the members of
their families and of persons having
their mail in care Of q boxholder,
The clerical force of the postoffioe
as a rule, have very good memories,
but as Grants Pass is growing city
and has population Of something
near 4500, and at least 1000 more In
the district around, 1t is consequently
no easy matter to remember all Of
them. Now II all the patrons OF the
office will carry out the above sug
gestion by having their mail addressed
to their box, X. II. D., or geneal de.
livery, as the case may be, it would
be greatly appreciated.
If you are going away. even for
n short time, and wish to have your
mail forwarded, call foI card that
is made for that purpose and give on
it the full particulars, and when you
return, call for your card and destroy
IL or have the clerk do 20. Also.
when addressing your mail, write
plainly and add the box or street
number to the address and put your
name and address on the upper left
hand corner. BY so dong you will
have the thanks and hearty cooper
alton CT the postofice force
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04

"In Oregon, for the first time in
my experience. have seen European
fruit buyers engaged in visiting or
chards and figuring on contracts for
the apple crop to be shipped abroad,
said James NJ. Irvine, managing
editor of the Fruit Grower, st.
Joseph, Missouri. who is in Port
land few days to see the exposition
and visit his friend, r. NJ. Hall, says
the Joornal.
Mr.. Irvine has just visited Hood
River aud will continue his trip to
Rogue river and other parts Of the
state. He is making Investigations
and collecting data for series OF
articles IN the Fruit Grower. At
Hood River he met number of buy
ers who have crossed an ocean and
continent to purchase the Hood
River and Rogue river apples though
the crops are yet on the trees.
"Thev have not yet arrived at a
stage of the negotiations where prices
are agreed upon. The growers are
asking high prices, said Mr.. Irvine
1.-The apple crop is short nearly all
ovr the country. In the states oi
Missouri and Iowa there is reported
TO be only % per cent of crop. In
Michigan the crop is fair, but in
New York the red apple crop is q
failure. The apple growers of Oregon
will get good prices this year fol
these reasons, as well as on account
of the quality of their fruit. "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04
URGE OREGON MEN TO
HELP LOCAL MINING
Californians Say Oregon People
Do Not Appreciate Min
eral Possessions.

g our Oregon people do not APP
preciate their own mineral possess
sions. If they spent one-half the
money at home which they send to
such distant districts as Alaska and
Nevada, their returns would be many
times surer and | may say that the
winning when it was made would
be as great. -
So spoke A. Van derNailen, Jr., Of
the Van der Nailen engineering school
of San Francisco, to Journal re-
porter while in Portland recently.
He was warmly seconded by his en-
gineer, r. Arthur Grigsby, Il. NJ.
They are on an annual tour of the
coast country. They have had little
opportunity to study mineral forma-
tions save at some Of the more promi-
nent points and the collection which
is on exhibit at the fair. The latter
charmed them. Taking this aggrega-
tion of ores and studying the map
in connection Herewith they have
concluded that the mineral area of
the state has immense proportions.
81 never realized before that gold,
silver and copper were being mined
over such vast region in your
state, said Mr.. Grigsby. "You
speak of districts, but the frequency
with which mineral is mined seems
to indicate that there is general oc-
currence, with only places where
groupings or favorable conditions
have facilitated mining. Mineral no
doubt exists IN large area where it
J has not been proved, owing to depth
I of the overburdened and heavy
growths of verdure, From casual
study of the state, l feel safe in the
prophecy that the area will be vastly
extended. 4"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04
HALF A CROP
OF WATERM Ions
Cutworms. wilt a md Dry Weather
Shorten Rogue River Crop
One Half

Reports from the different growers
indicate that there will be fully
half crop Of water melons in Rogue
River Valley this season. The new
disease. which Prof. Cordley readily
identified as the melon wilt, ss II is
known in the Southern States, las
caused the greater damage to the
crop. The unusual dry weather las
retarded the growth Of the vines and
will shorten the crop considerably in
all sections of the Valley. In Jack.
son county the cut worms have been
quite as destructive to the melons as
the wilt has IN this county. This
pest did their work early 10 the
spring and In many fields were 30
destructive that the patches had to
be replanted two and three times be.
fore a stand Of plants could be- ~.
cured.
These three handieaps 10 melon
growing in Rogue River Valley will
eventually be overcome, and as the
soil and climate are especially favor.
able this section will yet become the
big melon district Of Oregon, aud in.
stead Of $50 cars, which will probably
be the shipment this season from thi'
Valley, there will be- 1000 or more
cars sent north each summer. Irriga'
tion will solve the water problem fol
the fields. and starting the seed IN
cans, as explained 10 the Courier lasI
spring. will get the plants 80 large
that the cutworms will not attack
them, and as the cutworms disappeal
80 soon as the ground gets warm tina
pest would be gone when the plant
were placed In the field.
The melon wilt IL an imported pea
from the East and II can readily b.
ersdicated II the growers take th
proper measures. The method TO xii
out this deadly pest, M stated b.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04
SYNOPSIS OF
OREGON GAME LAWS
Game Laws that Apply to South
ern Oreson-H Hunters Must
Have License.

The following is synopsis of the
Oregon game laws;
August 10th the open season for the
killing of buck deer commences, and
closes with Oct. 3lst.
Sept. LIST the open season for killing
of does begins. and closes with Oct.
31st.
Neither can be killed during the
night, extending from one hour after
sunset to half hour before sunrise.
No dogs can be used and no more than
five deer can be killed by one person
during the season.
Trout fishing opens on April l and
closes on November /. Only hook
and line can be used, and no fishing
can be done at night, and no fish
under i've inches can be caught.
Elk cannot be killed until after
September 10, 1907.
Chinese Pheasants and prairie
chickens can not be killed until after
September 1, 1907.
Ruffied grouse can be killed be-
tween August and December /.
No game of any kind can be sold,
and no more than 10 upland birds. moi
so ducks, geese or swan may be killed
by hunter during one week.
Fishing for salmon in Rogue river
above the mouth OF the Illinois rivel
cannot be done, except by rod and line
from August lst to December 81
and from March 10 to April 10. Be
low the mouth of the Illinois rive
the cl osed season is only from Marcl
! / to April and from August 10 t.
September /.
Black bass and snipe are no
protected by law.
No person can fish or hunt withou
a license, and when hunting o
fishing the person must have il will
him. The owner of land and his i'm
mediate family may hunt or fish ol
their own premises without license
| All licenses must be obtained OF
county clerk and are good in any par
of the state. Residents of Oregon
must pay sl00 for license. Will
non.residents must pay $40. Al
licenses expire on December 81 o
each year
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-04
0REG0NS WEALTH
OF HARD WOODS
Value for Veneering and Manu-
featuring Purposes Not
Appreciated.

The conifera of Oregon, Douglas
fir, red and white cedar. spruce.
sugar pine, yellow pine, mountain
larch, hemlock, have overshadowed
other merchsntablo trees in her
forests. But in many hardwood trees
Oregon has an asset of increasing
value, says the Oregonian. On both
sides of the Willamette Valley the
foot hills are sprinkled over with OAK.
in many cases Of great age and size,
stretching up the hills to mingle
with frs on the lower ranges.
An expert hardwood merchant from
Illinois, not many months since.
stood examining one of the gnarled,
twisted, knotty trunked oaks. proba-
bly, five feet in diameter, l2 feet from
the ground, where the great branches
left the parent trunk, "Do you
know what that tree would be worth
to me If had it in my lumber yard
in Illinois?" said he. mot less
than $3.50 to saw into quarter oak aud
veneers "
Here in Oregon the owner would
probably get s. worth Of plank out
of it, and burn the rest. The tract
on which this special tree stood had
about l2 or IA such to the acre. and
stretched along the hillside for many
miles.
Iu Jos phine county, and in Jack
son. are many millions Of feet Of
laurel or madrone timber. This tree,
too, is found in many districts in the
Valley counties, certainly as far al
Benton and Polk on the West Side
The wood has rich red color. VIII l
green it is scarcely harder than fir
but when seasoned it takes u polish al
we'll as walnut Worked in furni
ture with maple, it makes a yer,
handsome contrast, and is sure to b.
priced wherever it is tested. Sample
of the maple, both curly and twisted
and also straight grained, are seen II
many of the exhibits at the Fair
notably in the Forestry building, an
attract deservedly much attention TO
pattern and grain.