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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1910)
ADVERTISERS THE WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST Occasional Rain or Snow To night and Tuesday Will flml The Kvruiiiff Xrw iht'lH'it modi urn to rvarh Mm lioil(Mir Hofffhiirtr. A wltl- j M-wuko luibltrntion print hi ir , nil tlu non a tint 'nUt to print VOL. I ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1910 NO. 7(5 it l It i mi in I in i Meeting Will be Held on West Side in Sept. NOTED SPEAKERS HERE Arrangements Have llecii Made for Meeting in Kospburg Tent Will Hold-Over Three Thousand People. Mr. rfharlta L. Wagner, who la among the noted Chautauqua leaders of the country," was In Roseburg yes terday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Beal, and while in this city de cided to hold a session of the Chau tauqua at this place during Septem ber instead of at Eugene. This event will be one of the most Important meetings to be - held in ' Roseburg during 1910, and speakers and teachers of national reputation, like W. J. Bryan, Gov. Folk, Mrs. Reed, the great reader;- Maud Pow ell, violinist, and Fell's Concert Band of 46 pieces will probably be in at tendance1. Mr. Wagner carries his own tents, which have a seating capacity of 3, 000, and the monster canvas will Ub pitched in West Roseburg, near or in the grove. The occasion will be a rare oppor tunity for Roseburg people to hear the best talent the country affords, and there is no doubt but that a most cordial greeting will be accord ed the Chautauqua assembly hlB fall. FAIR ASSOCIATION. To be Formed in Near Future Rac ing Dates Set. PORTLAND, Jan. 31. Prelimi nary steps were taken here this week for the formation of a western fair association' for the country west of the Rocky mountains, to bear the same relation to this territory as the American Trotting association and the National Trotting association do to the east. The step was taken at the meeting of the North Pacific Fair association, which appointed a com mittee to work on the project and re port at the next meeting. New officers for the North Pacific AMERIGANITIS WOMEN HAVE IT SO DOSMEN It is a nervous exhaustion caused by over working and worry. ' EXALL Ameticauitis is a nerve food. It brings the buyancy of health and the liveliness of youth be:ause it restores to the body, the eleTnenu which nature' intends shall be there. The Rexall store is the leading drug store iu every important city. No matter what ails yon asd about Rexall. FULLERTON $ You Don't Have to PA T ; I ; J For Cement Culverts, Cement Sewer Pipe, sizes 8 ; to 36 inches, cement chimney blocks. Cement worh" of any Kind. I have five or six houses 1 will sell cheap, as I want to use the; money In other busslness. See my burglar proof window lock, its; O.K. 8ee Pat"s Elastic roof paint for leaky roofs. We build, move or repair your houses. Business buildings a specialty. Over forty" years experience in building. ' F. F. PATTERSON CONTRACTOR and BUILDER - Fulr association were elected aa fol lows: President, F. A. Welch. Sa lem; vice-president, W. H. Gibbons, BoIbo, Idaho; secretary and treas urer, John W. Pace, North Yakima, Wash. Dates set for the various racing meets of the northwest during the coming season are as follows; Ever ett, August 29-September 3; Port land, September 5-10; Salem, Sep tember 12-17; Walla Walla, Septem ber 19-24: North Yakima. Septem- hjjrJO - October I; Spokane. October COXVKXTIOX A SUCCESS. Merchants' Aasoclntlon Hold Inter esting Meeting. EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 31. The an nual convention of the Oregon Retail Merchants' association, at Eugene during the past week was a triumph. Its membership is composed of up-to-date merchants whose aim Is to serve the consumers with first class mer chandise at moderate prices. Dur ing the discussion at the various ses sions of the convention, they Insist ed on pure food products and the trend of the gathering was toward better citizenship. INTEREST IS MANIFEST. "Common wraith Pay" to ho Observ ed in True Fashion, EUGENE, Ore., Jan . 31. State wide interest Is shown In the develop ment congress to be held at Eugene February 11 and 12. Commonwealth Day, the 5 1st anniversary of the ad mission of Oregon as a state, will be celebrated on February 12. Ques tions of general Interest, such as the conservation of the state's resources, extension of Irrigation, country, con ditions and educational subjects will be taken up. H. M. Boyd, or West Roseburg, who has just returned from a vlBlt to Minnesota laBt week, says that this bad weather we are having today seems pleasant compared with that he experienced while east. Mr. Boyd went east In the latter part of No vember and spent 2 months visiting with friends and relatives in that sec tion. Miss Ellen Gertrude Hnr- rls, teacher of vocal and pi- . ano. Studio at Oak , and Kane sts, Care of Mrs. A. C. " Marsters. ., f8 RICHABDS0N Go to Sea to See Dunning foundation and. sidewalks and Cement:' (JETS LEASE ON 1,000 ACRES. J. W. Perkins of Host-burg, Spends a Day at Eugene. EUGENE, Jan. 31. J. W. Perkins of Portland, was in Eugene today in the Interests of Portland capitalists who are leasing large tracts of land along the route of the proposed Roseburg-Coos Bay railroad. Mr. Perkins' stop In the city was for the purpose of closing a contract with E. J. Crow of this city, who owns a 1, 000 acre tract of land fifteen miles west of the city of Roseburg and m which appear abundant Indications of both coal and oil. The object iu se curing a lease on this tract 1b to de velop the coal beds and prospect for oil. Mr. Crow has leased the land to a company which Mr. Perkins repre sents, on a royalty basis and will re ceive a money consideration in pro portion to the amount of coal or oil produced on the land. There are numerous coal croppings on the Crow tract. Mr. Perkins went on to Rose burg this afternoon. LOCAL NEWS. A, J. Dearllng, of Oakland, was a visitor Iu the city yesterday. T. J. Norton, of Sutherlln, was a visitor In the city Saturduy. Shoes at cost at the Cass street shoe store for a few davs, tf C. H. Edwards, of Drain, spent Sat urday In the city visiting friends. Frank Cain, of Riddle, spent Sat urday in the city looking after busi ness matters. - ' Dressmaking and hand embroidery work at the Bradley residence, 144 Jackson street. tf For a good clean shave, hair cut uV bath, cpM at the Maddix barber shop. Cass street. TF PoBt master S. H. Morse went to Medford this morning to attend mat ters connected with his official du ties. Fred Stewart, who has been on the Blck list during the past few weeks Is reported as somewhat Improved to day. Frank Conn has returned from Portland after spending a few days at that city attending business mat ters. Attorney Frank G. Mlcelll and wife leave for Porttand Wednesday even ing to spend a few days visiting with friends. J. W, Perkins returned from Port land Saturday evening after spend ing a couple of days at that place at tending to business. Judge Hamilton left for Portland last evening to appear as a character witness for Hon. Illnger Hermann who Is on trial In that city. The Roseburg Richardson Art Em broidery Club will meet at the home of Mrs, Holmes on Lane street, Wed nesday afternoon, February 2. , The Saturday night dance given at tho Armory by the Roseburg orches tra was well attended and all appear ed to have an enjoyable time. Most of those parties who Mvo rented rooms in tho new Mnp'.ntc building are making preparations to move into their respective quarters. Douglas County Creamery untie the best, on the market a horn pioduct. 90 cints a roll. Patroniz' llO"1" Inrlnotrv trr pnf th int ' Burr's Music House-will rent, you a piano for six months. Rental paid can bo npplled on purchase price la ter at tho present closing out sale price. Joseph Mlcelll, secretary and treasurer of the Hosoburg Brewing & lee compnny, returned from Portland this morning after .a brief visit with friends at that city. Charios Hamilton, the attorney, left fnr Portland last evening where he will be mnrrled on February 2. Further details of the affair are un obtainable at this time. Mrs. C. L. Jackson, of Shedds, who has been spending the past ten days visiting nt the home of her brother, Charles Roberts, In this city, return ed home this morning. Parties returning from Portland who visited John Alexander, who re cently underwent an operation at St. Vincent hospital, report him improv ing as fast as could be exiiected. G. W. Stoper, the cleaner ant' pressor, has just received bis line ol sprlm; simples from Ed V. Pr!- Chirsno talinrs. r.nd Invito the pun lie to Inspect them. The tine la our of the handsomest ever received In him and Includes nil the Into:! weaves made Into the most falitnt able o'Mre lor men. TV W. E. Bates, a Southern -7nrflc brakeman, arrived from San Frnn cisro last evening, after spend I im a few weeks at that city visiting friends. Mrs. Bates will remain at tho southern city for some time be fore returning home. Jasper Haydon was taken quit 111 about a' week ago and Is still con fined to 1)1b bed. Dr. Miller has charge of the case and tho many friends of Mr. Haydon hope to see him about enjoying, his usual health within a few days at most. Mrs. Frank Williams, of Glendale, who has been confined at Merrv hos pital during the past few weeks, left for home this morning. She Is said to be much Improved In health. The mild and delightful weather of yesterday brought hundreds of lo cal people from their homes. Long walks were enjoyed and In some Instances citizens ventured to remote sections of the country to spend the day. Seven mem tiers of the L W. W. or ganization, enroute to Spokane, Washington, held forth on the main streets last evening and expounded the doctrines of their party. The men are bent on helping their com panions at the northern city, belief Ing that they will eventually win their battle for free speech. VALUES GREATLY INCREASED. Portland Realty Market Shows As tonishing Gains. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 31. An instance of the advance of realty values in Portland during the past 60 years was brought up this week when the corner at Fifth and Morri son streets was sold for $405,000, and an additional f 110,000 was paid for the tranafer of the leases. Peter W. Severson, who sold the property, owned it for 51 years. It was literally forced upon him as apparently of lit tle vs.Iue. He was then owed a week's wages by tho owner of tho propery, who also borrowed Sever son's shotgun and lost It. The man who held the lot offered the property iu lieu of the week's wages and the missing weapon. Severson demurred, but flnully was forced to accept the lot to cover the doifble debt. LOCAL NEWS. Frank Cox, of DIxonvIIle, spent Saturday In the city attending busi ness matters. Try one of thore Snell filters will fit any faucet. See Winnie Gaddls the nlumber. tf. All kinds of dress making and hand embroidery work. Apply at Bradley's resfdence, 144 Jackson street. tf A. T. Reed and R. E. Babie, both residents of Sutherlln, wore vIsttorB In the city Sunday. Mehl Thompson, who has been spending the paBt ten days at Port land, Is expected home this evening. Dr. Stewart was called to Melrose Sunday afternoon to attend Mrs. Wilson, who Is reported to be quite 111. W. H. Fisher and wife returned from Portland last evening after spending a few days at that city, the former attending business matters and the latter visiting friends. Frank O'Brien, who recently leased the McClallen hotel. Is expected back from Albany tomorrow to take pos session of the hostelry. If you are looking for good servlcr In the barber line call nt the Maddl barber shon. Caps ptret, Roseburtf Vatlonal bank bldg. Three chair shon Bath rnnm In eonnertHon. Joe Mlcelll, of the Roseburg brew ery, who returned home from Port land this morning, expects to leave for that city tomorrow evening to re main until the close of the trial. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Poarce, the former proinintor of the harness establishment formerly con ducted by Long & Sons, Is confined to the family home with a severe in fection of the mouth. Dr. Hoover visited the child this afternoon andl has reason to believe that ho will ro-i cover without, serious effects. Both the Novelty and Star theaters, are enjoying a liberal pntronage of lalo, presumably due to tho fact that each house Is presenting np-to-dateJ, attractions. The famous Kellys will' be at at the Star this evening In their clever comedy sketch which plensed hundreds of amusement lovers during the nnst week. At the Novelty the; dancing artlsla are attracting atten tion and needless to say that they: are good. , That the Oregon, Idaho & Coos Bay railroad Is an assured enterprise Is. the belief of Al Crenson, the North,i RoHcburg capital 1st. Mr. Creason seems to believe that the promoters mean business and It Is safe to as sert that ho Is In a position to know tnasmneh as he controls considerable of the land desired by them for ter minal purposes. Although Mr. Crea son refrains frpm giving much In for-, matlon publicly, ho doeB not hesitate In saying that the proposition looks; geneulno. George W. Riddle, of the Iocnlt ITnlttM States land office, slates that lie Is receiving numerous inquiries of. lato relative to the resources, climatic' eonditlnns and natural advantairen found In this section. Most, of the communications are received from eastern parties who assert, that they contemplate coming to Oregon In tho spring. Mr. Riddle says that he would prefer to answer the letters In person, but owing to tho great amount of work connected with hip duties, such Is nn Impossibility., Therefore all communications receiv ed by him will be turned over to the Commercial Club for attention. P. N Smith, of Kansas City, arriv ed lipfc thin morning and Is being es "orled about todav by a well known -eiil estate man. Mr. Smith Ih detdr-' mis of looatlne In tho Immediate vi cinity of Roseburg should be be able to secure a small fruit raneh siuh as would stilt bis taste. Speaking to a N'ews reporter relative to the emigra tion to Oregon. Mr. Smith saldr "Hundreds of Kansas CHy people ex-, pert to locate In various parts of Ore gon during the coming soring and summer, and T have no doubt but what the ITnipqua valley will receive Its share." Mr. Smith was lured to this cotintrv through the Roseburg booklet published by the Roseburg Commercial Club about a year ago. For Sale. Good pi. inn. price $fi0. Terms fan be had if desired. Address A, ('. 1'attlniore, general delivery, It"""-1 burg. d'fl DO VOL' WA VT TO SKI. I.? If you want to sell yonr busl- ness of any kind, or If you want to sell your property, and will make tho price right, I would like to hear from you. Give description and prlre. Address ! J. K. Smith. 613 Chamber of Commerce. Portland, Ore. f24d 4 H,i." - - ill 1 SID Will Testify in His Own Be half Today. HENEY SCORED POINTS Aged Defendant is Expected to Ej plain the llcuKOll uf Letter iiiul Telegrams Introduced by Heney. Dinger Hermann will be a witness In his own behalf. That he will be placed on the stand has been determ ined by his attorneys, but It has not been ascertained at what stage of the proceedings the 'ex-commissioner of the general land office will be called. It Is believed that the gray-haired de fendant may appear as the first wit ness this morning. ' Hermann, it is conjectured, will he asked by his counsel to explain away many of the points which the gov ernment scored during the throe weeks of his trial. The evidence against him was mainly documentary and cited conversations between him and cltlEcns of Oregon. Attorney Honoy regards the evidence as dam aging to the defendant, but In the light of the official duties of the commissioner,' Hermann's attorneys say the .evidence will be given on al together different appearance and meaning. Points Scored. The first point made by tho gov ernment against Hermann was an al leged conversation In the office of ex Surveyor General Moldrum, when It was testified Hermann advised F. P. Mays of the best method of proced ure to follow In the creation of the Blue Mountain forest reserve Her man will be asked to rocount the con versation and give his version of tho various alleged actB which were brought out In testimony in an en deavor to show that while .he had knowledge that school landB wore be ing fraudulently purchased In Ore gon for the purpose of later defraud ing the government, he allowed the nine Mountain reserve to he created. At tho tlmo Hermann recommended GOOD HARTH'S TOGGERY SUITS $15.00 Suit or Ovuiroat $!!.! . , . $18.00 Suit or Overcoat l:J.no $20.00 Suit or Oveicont HilI5.no ' $22.60 Suit or Overcoat KIO.Hfi $26.00 Suit 'or Overcoat i?18.75'' This Winter - Weight J4 if J V Regal Style Has The Vf ffjr New York Custom Tag s vZj Y The original of this identical style ii now on display in one most exclusive and highest -custom shoe shops in New Y and is now being worn by the best-drcsscd New York ers. This Regal style is made of heavy Oil-grain leather, especially iot winter wear. REGAL SHOES girt llvi unt) period fit and comfort at cuMom-buih thoet becatMe they tta mtdeia quatter-itte. We would likc)roMtocoivour UtRlnrdelwiiH , ut otket thoca in town jot we know that RcgaU will saia by the cotnpafuao t 1 .H&rth's Toggery if the wlhtdrnwal, he testified, he not only had knowledge of the contents of the letters from "Citizens" Za brieskle and Snyder, but had adopted a policy of not recommending tho withdrawal of forest reneneB as re quested by the forestry department. Attorney Heney also questioned witnesses on the theory that Her mann had not fully advised Secretary Hitchcock of his knowledge of the operations of the land manipulators and had failed to forward protests which had been sent from Oregon concerning the Blue Mountain re serve. Hermann will ulf.o he asked to explain his alleged telegram to F. P. Mays, dispatched when tho sec retary approved the withdrawal. At torney Honey contends the telegram was a conftimntion of the testimony that Mays boasted of an arrangement having been made by which Maya would receive knowledge of the ac tion of the secretary In time to allow tho purchase of tho school lunds bo fore the information became public. Maintains Sil -m-e. Information as to the number of witnesses to appear for Hermann, ink their Idoiitlty, is unobtainable. At torneys Worthlngton and lienrln de clined to give out any Information ou. the subject. Neither would tho at torneys chance a prediction aa to when the caso will reach the Jury. Ia all probability Hermann will occupy the witness stund for at least three days in direct and-cross-examination. ' FRIENDLY FEELING. Japan Rends Hoses to Oregon cu Planting Day. i Urg-. PORTLAND, Jnn. 31. Japan, showing its friendly feeling toward Oregon and the Pacific coast, has sent 170 bushes of nntlve roses to ha set out In tho parks and pnblla snuares of Portland on February 22, the official rose planting day, when the motropollB will make a holiday and hold special exercises. The gift is a gracious one and Ib much appre ciated by the Rose Festival officials. A numbor of foreign nntlons have hoen hoard from, each contributing native roses to be planted here on yt'aBhlngton's birthday. It Is expect ed by rosarlans thnt the bushes will thrive in their adopted country aa well as In their own clime. H. T. McClallen, of the McClallen hotel, returned from Portland this morning after spending a couple of days af that city attending business matters. 'DON'T: DELAY BUY- j 1NG ONE OF THOSE1; IRcgal W J 350 $400 $500 (ft