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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1910)
TIIK EVENfNG NEWS THt'RHIIAV. MARCH 3. 1010. THE EVENING NEWS ' , HY B. W, BATES 1SBUKH DAILY EXCKIT SUNDAY Bntered aa secondclass matter Nor. 5, 1809, at Koseburg, Ore., un der act of inarch 3, 1879. Subscription lintes Dally Per year by mini J3.00 Per month, delivered 60 Semi-Weekly Per year 2.00 Bit months. 1.00 THURSDAY, MAIU'H :i, 11)10. The man who keeps poundlnp; away In not always a knocker. AT YOUR SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT WE MAKE PEOPLE WELCOME, Marsters Drug Co., Inc. REGISTERED PHARMACISTS PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY ' ' ! TELEPHONE 81 and have anything in the drug line delivered to your home promptly and without extra cost PROMPTNESS IN FILLING ORDERS A FEATURE OF OUR BUSINESS METHOD Frogs make good bass halt, hut the tinman croaker attracts nothing but suckers. fpi-M I' J J dli'i lcr It I son abh ! I ov ar Col tee dm mo m Wt 1 hoi 14: tt n u A )u brl Jin 9181 11 in ik loi mi wl In to . un on he 1h Tl "f M Bt II .ai cl l S V ft HI b There's one time when a mnn enn sef credit for nil he Is worth. That's when the apsessor conies around. ltoobure eertnlnlv Is enlnK to he the 'T!o C tiv. 1iiiU'M,r lv t" pinnK outlined by the local Hose Club. Tt ts a little early for camnalcn Hewn, however. It Is not too earlv for candidates to commence lo name themselves. There's nothing slow about Doiiu lns county. A man at Hulherlln will soon have a real, live aeroplane In op eration. Skldoo, Mr. Automobile. Of all the nonsensical rot niihllsh ed about the would-be Nesmlth coun 1v, ie Pntlaire Orove I.eadT cerlaln lv takes the tierslmmon. Talk about horse sense, the fellow that runs that miner hasn't ?nt the ordinary imei licence of a scrub colt. In the minds of most neople In this section of Oregon a railway to nnc water Is the thlnn to be most, de- , sired, nnd that It will be a Kreat fac tor In the development and upbuild ing; or Policing county, Is not disput ed hv nnv one Manv rumors of pro posed rail warn to Coos Bay have sprunc Into existence, but not until within thn past two or three years have events of this sort nad any ic- gUimalo source. The Hirltntlnn for an electric svslem between this city nnd Marsllf e Id that wan Instituted by The News three vears nno this purine and which resmten in siitk iihscrlntlons of about 2r,0,onn he. ing pledged, was really the start of tangible railway enterprise. It. is true that the woik did not. material ise as was hoped by everybody In Douglas and Coos counties, hut the earnestness nnd r.cnl of the people In this part of Oregon set peoplo In rail way circles thinking. The matt"' has been seething ever since, nnd i the completion of the recent survevs of the Coob nny ft Idaho are prncti cnllv the outcome of Hie work that was Instituted for a railway at an earlier date. That the Coos Tiay & Idaho will build the line at once Is practically assured. Rome months ago the .1. J. Illll interests were dis covered to he hack of the enterprise, though the fact was not officially made public As confirmation of Hie proposed railway line between Coos Hay nnd Hnselmrg, and ultimately eastward to the wheat belt In Knstern Oregon, word has come of the pur chase of the terminal grounds In Mnrshfleld nnd the filing ot the deeds for the same. Tho railway company nlso holds options on adequate wr nilnnls In this city. These facts are evidences that the company means business, nnd It Is believed that ac tive work on the grade will be well under wav before the summer Is past, foupled with these Interesilng events, 1t is given out today that the Mill veoplo have secured control of the Oregon Hlcrtrlc railway, running from Portland to Salem, nnd lines projected as far soulh as Kucene, on which active construction will be un dertaken this season. This Informa tion is assuredly a forerunner of a road that will eventually extend from Portland to this city to connect with the Cons Hay line, thus giving the Hill interests a complete circuit, lilil Is a railroad builder and the , vast resources In western and wonth- d : : : Twin Pedastel Another shipment of Twin IV. iliiKtvl Tables have Just nrriv oil. To them Is to he con vinced that they are tho t')iis lcnt table on tho market. Our Itohhln table for n med ium priced tttltli us no ciiiiul. Knch table ctm-icrt It h own leaves mitt will cvtoiid ten feet. I'rice from $15 TO $20 A1o n c.t'mmt line of l.ilnnry t Ml tics juM itriiod. B. W. STRONG THE FURNITURE MAN, .ROSEBURG TABLES em Oregon have appealed to his judg ment and Hill hus never ndssed it yet. Olil'XiOX lXKCTlilC BOM). Said to Huve I'usseil Into Hands of James J. Hill, PORTLAND, March 3. James J. Hill Is said to have gained control of the Oregon Electric road. The sig nificance of the move can scarcely be exaggerated, for it Is fraught with consequences of vast importance to Portland and western Oregon. Whllo local officials of the Orefon lOlectrlc deny any knowledge of the reported snle, It Is admitted that they are not in a position to know the factB. Well Informed local finan ciers are satisfied that the deal has been mnde and thnt Hill Is now fully prepared to invade the Willamette valley as an open and nctlve compet itor of the Harrimnn system. Nor is the purchnse of the Oregon Electric the only Important strategic move recently made by Hill. It is an open secret, thnt when the United Hallways was sold a few months ago the actual purchasers were eastern men Intimately associated with Hill Fly this deal Hill acquired the con necting link between his terminal property In the north end and the very heart of the west side business section. Moreover the United Rail ways connect with the present term Inus of the Oregon, Electric tit Jef ferson street, thereby opening the way for direct invasion of the Will amelto valley. Ever since the advent of tho North Hank road It has been predicted freely by railroad men that Hill would not rest content with the ex ploitation of. central and eastern Ore gon, l ut would ultimately make a determined fight for the still more tlrai'tlvo territory lying west of the mountains. I'OISO.VKD HIS WIFE. Xnrthport, W'smIi., .Man Arrested on Suspicion. NOIITHPOUT. WiiBh., March 3. floorue L. Pepoon, former theological nfudont Hint lecturer, was arrested hero yesterday on a warrant tanned by Prosecuting Attorney FI. C. Klrk patrlek of Stevens county. Ho Is held on suspicion of murdering his first wife, Mrs. Edith Pepoon. August 2!, 90!l who Is believed to have died from tho effects of strychnine, poison ing. He was put In tho county jail at Colvllle, AVash., today. epoon was arrested on a warrant. Another has been issued for Ray Wilcox, paroled convict, acalnst whom the same charge rests. Wilcox has not been arrested. H Is where abouts is not known. lie broke his parole two days after tho woman's death. The warrant has been held 14 days awaiting the result of the examina tion of. Mrs. Pepoon's rem aim by Dr. Italph Ma I son. of Portland, to whom they were shipped. Hut so strong was the seniiiueut of the residents of Xorthport that the prosecuting at torney decided to cause the arrest of, Pepoon. Excitement Is at high pitch, j Pepoon lias not made a statement. Mrs. IX W. Wolcott, mother of the dead woman, is milking every effort to make it possible for tho Hoys' and I iris' Aid Society to get charge of i the younuest child of the Popoons. j The two elder children nro wards of I the Multnomah county juvenile court, i but Pepoon lias the custody of the baby. Citi' Arrest of Wilcov. Mrs. I). V. Wolcott. of 111 East Porty-sevenih street, Portland. Ore., and Mrs. Earl Pugh. of East Firty slxth and Helniont streets, brought about the arrest of Pepoon and start ed the search for Wilcox after an In vestigation which they personally conducted and which covered a period of five months. Mrs. Wolcott Is the mother of Mrs. Edith Pepoon. who died In convul sions nt a lonely cabin six miles from Northport. Wash,, Aucust 29, 1909. Mrs. Punh is the sister. They were helped In the investigation by Mor ton Crossan. an aged homesteader, nt whose cabin the woman died. Mrs. Wolcott Is now in Northport. SPANISH SWINDLE. Slate Department W.ivns Auiei Icahs I Against (."rail. The department of state at Wash ! inn, ton has Issued a warn lug state ! ment ami Inst the s-t-e.dled "Spanish I Swindle," which bus been operated I successfully for over ii ymrs and on l which m.uiy American hue bitten The counsel-general at Pareelona. : Snnln, has made a report retardimr , tho swindlers, who are well organic-1 ed and make a practice of securlne) I money from rich American throuuh I an npnenl by mall for assistance by 'ho allerod pt isoner. i The ooiiviil-oneval W ,t. tlmt ' nlleivil nrjMint'V ee-i-M'aHy de-scribes : himself as n polltienl nr!sier from i Cuba; he is a' the point of death nnd j has but one friend the prison priest I i Through whoso irood offices he is en- I nbled to smuculo an occasional letter! 'out of the prison fort. Tho prisoner' . is rich. Ik- has a fortune in cash on deposit in the United States, but the certificate of deposit is concealed In a secret receptacle of his valise; the valise itself has been taken pos session of by the court at Carthngena, which tried and condemned him, and will be held until the prisoner or his representative has satisfied the costs of the trial. The prisoner nas an only daughter; dying In his pris on?, sole thought is of this beloved offspring He has no friend or rel ative In Spain to whose care he can commit her. In this emergency his thoughts turn to the distant relative In the United States whom he has never seen and of whom he knows only through hearsay or the family tree. Will the distant relative as sume the guardianship of the darling daughter, and the darling daughter's fortune of about $30,000. If the distant relative accepts the trust one fourth of the. prisoner's- entire for tune will bo the material reward. The good priest will Ko at once to the United States and take ihn rinriinc daughter with him. There Is hut one condition the ready moner which me prisoner nroucht with him to Spain has been exhausted; tho dis tant relatlvo Is therefore requested to flfiiid enough to liberate the valise containing the secret receptacle and inn cent urate or deposit. This mon ey Is to bo sent to tho good prist at an address Indicated, nnd. having received It, the good priest will at at once secure the valfso and start for America, the "land of the free and the home of the bravo" with the darling daughter. This letter Is usually followed by a second, which Indicates thnt. the al leged prisoner Is dying, nnd a third from the priest, accompnnied by a newspaper clipping telling of the "fa mous cuban prisoner's" death. A warning In the letters to confide the secret to no one for fear of losing the viliae prevents advice being rought, and when the money Is for warded from America, nothing fur ther Is heard from the alleged priest. Recently letters have varied In that u Russian banker Is the prisoner on a charge of manslaughter, but In the main the scheme is the same. The efforts of the department to unmask the swindlers has proved futile for. while several arrestB have ben made, prosecutions under the Spanish laws are almost Impossible as an attempt to obtain money under false preten ses Is not a crime under those laws. but the money must be paid over be fore Spain recognizes the clme as such. The department is sounding a warning acalnst the swindlers and urges nil Americans to ignore the scheme. DEATH WAS I N'STA XTA KOt'S. (mi Cimied by Kate C. D. Drain Ac cidentally Discharged. Cnrnorer N. T. Jewett returned from Drain last evening where he went to hold an Inquest over the re mains or C. D. Drain, whoso body was found lu the adjacent woods there early yesterday morning. The coroner says that tho testimony ad-. duced before the jury entirely dis proves the theory of suicide which was entertained by some. Mrs. Drain testified that Mr. Drain was lu the habit of carrying the shotgun to the woods in search of wild fowl and an Imprint of tho stock of tho gun in the earth near where tho dead man wus lying Indicates that he might have thrust the gun upon the ground with sufficient force to have larred It off should the gun have been inad vertantly cocked at the time, which mtaht very reasonably have been the case since the gun Is a hammerless mnke. The charge struck the unfor tunate man between the fifth nnd sixth ribs and pierced his heart, death betng Instantaneous. The funeral took place at Drain this nfternoon. Mr. Drain Is known to have a large amount of iusurnnce in the Woodman of the World fra ternity, nnd also carried n $10,0nn policy in lh Penn Mutual. P is said that he has borrowed extensively on the latter policy, however, and it is not certain just what amount of In surance will accrue. Peerless Pnikanl for Particular People There is no better shoe made for men than the original Pack ard to bo found only In the Cass Street Shoe Rhoii. d-tf DAILY WKATIIKK HKl'OUT ft :" ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft lT. S. Weather Bureau, local office.! Hosehursr. Ore., for "4 hours endinc i 5 a.m. March 3, 1!M0. I Maximum temperature 6 7 ! Minimum temperature 51 I Precipitation 02 Total precipitation since first of j month 03 Ave, precipitation for tills mouth for V2 years 3.78 ' Total preeloitnlion from Sept. i l:o0 to date , 23.51 Ave. precipitation from Sept. 1, J 1 S77 2 I. SO j Total deficlencv from Sept. 1, i 11W 1.29 Ave. precipitation for 32 wet j season iSont. to Mnv inchO ,13.00 i . .. . WILLIAM BELL, I Observer. I HOSKIIUKG, OHK. Population, 15,500; IHK feet alsivu scu, on Koiithern Pacific railroad, in heart of UliiKiiii valley. tnrlvjilletl tor fruits, w Klectrlc and water works system 4 mid Immense water power from VmiM)U(i river. Paved streets and electrolier street lights. Two fruit packing plants, two flour- 4 ing mills, two planing mills, brick factory, state Soldiers' Home, county court house, city hall, two hotels, brewery, etc. Huslness Openings. 4 Furniture factory, saw mill, box factory, woolen mill, can-. nen. commission merchant, 'or Sale Retail haidwiire, grocery and furniture store. Financial inter est taken with right party. Now In the time to buy I'iiip qtiH valley fruit lands, which will treble lu value hi ft few years. K.vceptional opportunity .for big operator. For detailed information nnd prices write the Itosehiirg Commercial Club, Koseburg, Douglas county, Ore. CALL FOR COUNTY AVARRAXTS. Notice la hereby given all parties holding county wnrrants issued by Douglas County. Oregon, and In dorsed, "not paid for want of funds" prior to nnd Including the 6th day of March, 1909. to present the same to thn eounty treasurer of said county at his office for payment, for Interest will cease thereon after tho date of this notice. Dated at Rosoburg, Oregon, this lGth day of February, 1910. J. E. SAWYERS, Mr. George Parker certainly made a good fountain pen when ho made tho Parker Lucky Curve Pen. On sale at Roseburg Book Store. f-l-tf R. H. BRUM FIELD Dentist Rooms 6 and 7 Bell Sisters Bldg. Phone 1361 Roseburg, Or., B. E. STEEL, Attoney-nt-I,aw ft Legal advice free. Collections Solicited ft Room 1. Marsters Bldg. Roseburg, Ore. BUILDER C. D. MAYNA11D GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR At Your Service Roseburg, Oregon Phone 193 GENERAL DRAYING (ioods of every description moved to nny parts of the city. Prices reason able. H. S. FRENCH W. F. Rodolf Architect and Superintendent mom:i:. kksipkxcks a spkc- 1ALTV. For further particulars, address liox 74, Koseburg, Oregon. d-sw Nice Crisp Goods The kind that tickles your palate Buy your supplies of pastry and brf-ad from THE 11PQUA BAKERY II. (;V T. Prtm. DOLL Another beautiful to I i This time to the most popular little girl In Douglas county, - under 13 years of age. All those wishing to enter this contest, or having some lit tlo friend whom they wish to entr, will receive full particulars by making Inquiry at our store. Contest opens March 1st, closes on March 31st. Doll on display Winnie Gaddis THE PLUMBER Agent for Snell Water Filters. Removes all im purities. , Roseburg ' n LE0NA MILLS LUMBERCOMPANY if Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Dry Finish Luml er Doors and Windows of all Kinds. YordB od Lofter Oak Street. Phone 1411 1CHURCH BROTHERS' S BREAD IT'S tt it tt, - -JJ it m a v k m nil mm n pa til BREAD IT'S NEVER SOUR U CASS STREET THE FAIR be given away at in Show Window. Skylight Cornices Heating Ventilating Phone 2101 Oregon tt ROSEBURG, OREGON We're in a Position to offer you the best the market af fords in the way of MeatB; and our prices you know are aiwayB lowest. We handle only prime stock. Qual ity and quantity guaranteed. Fine roasting pieces of beef from 8c to 12Hc pound. First class mutton, veal, pork and poultry equally low. Can't do better anywhere. Phone us your order. We deliver to any part of the city. Cass Street MarKet LOUIS KOHLHAGEN, Prop. 107 West Cass St. Phone HI. Free Delivery. ir " zz . ll J PHONE 351 tt I J i it