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KOHKIlClta, DOUGLAS COUNTY, ORKGOX, SAT I'll OA Y, AIGIKT SO, 11)10.
VOL. 1
No. iM7.
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CHOLERA RAC1NC ITALY
England Takes Precaution
Against Disease.
JAPAN WILL ANNEX KOREA
Crippen nrnl His Parninour Take
Passage On Liner Mr-gun-tic
For F.iiglund
Today.
(Special to Evening News)
LONDON, Aug.' 20. The port
authorities of England today have
ordered that all arrivals from the
continent be examined in order to
prevent the Introduction of cholera
which disease Is at present raging
In Italy. Over 15,000 Russians are
dead and hundreds of Italians have
succumbed. English health officials
say there are 50,000 dead in Rus
sia. Rome officials deny any cases of
cholera there.
Japun to Annex Korea.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Follow
ing the recent advices from Minister
O'Brien at Tokio, Washington is to
day expecting a formal announcement
'Of the annexation of Korea by Japan.
Although no protest Is made by this
country It Is the general opinion that
a careful watch will be Kept on the
. terms by which the Jnpanese ac
quire Korea. Japan has continual
ly given out the information that
the wanted to protect Korea, not
annex her, and for this reason the
proceedings will be ciose:y watched.
Prisoners Leave for Kngliind.
QUEBEC, Aug. 20. Aboard the
t
: Health and normal function $
: restored In every part of the it
body without drugs or surgery
by chiropratlc adjustments. If
you want to get well consult
!; the old doctor. Advice free.
: P. H. Way, D. C. Temporary
office 303 West Lane street tf
Gem Theatre
Baker StocK Company
Presents Today
A Country
Romance
One Act Rural Drama
See the
Realistic Snow Storm
Popular Prices
I Opening Saturday!
Roseburg Beauty Parlors!
"Just Like Home."
Henry Easton
DEALER IN
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES
Telephone 263
l.lnar Maenntln PrlmiPtl ltlll his lnctv !
paramour, Mine. Leneve, and Inspec
tor Dew, headed for England today
where the two will face trial for
the murder of the former's wife.
The .couple rushed uboard the steam
er at Slllery, where It awaited them.
STATE FAIR SKIT, 13-17.
Great Inhibition Hulls to Open In a
Very Fen Weeks.
SALEM, Or., August 20. The
opening of the Oregon state ralr,
September 12, will usher In what
promises to be the greatest, from
every standpoint, agricultural and
livestock exhibition ever held in the
state. As entries for the different
exhibits are well under way Sec
retary Frank Meredith is now turn
ing his nttentlon to his ground work
ing forces and having the exhibit
halls, stock barns, race horse stables
and grounds ptit in holiday attire
for the reception of the visitors Sep
tember 12 to 17 inclusive.
New decorations are being placed
In the exhibit halls, painters are
spreading fresh paint and the entire
grounds are being cleaned up so the
visitor can enter every nook and
corner and find that his coming has
been prepared for.
HSTAI1LISH NEW JJUREAU.
Information to be Furnished Along
Aeff Lines.
The Portland Commercial Club ex
pects to establish immediately a new
bureau, which will furnish definite
information to men with trades or
limited capital who wish to locnte
somewhere in the state and are seek
needed. As an Illustration, Mr. C. C
Chapman mentions the case of a
blacksmith who came to Portland,
and inquired of the commercial club
Information as to the proper place to
locate. Not having made an effort
to take care of this class of In
qulrles particularly, the club was at
loss to give the Information on short
notice, and the man used up quite a
little of his capital In finding a loca
tion. It Is the purpose of Mr. Chap
man to obtain information of this
kind and carefully tabulate the same,
so as to be able to refer such Inquir
ers promptly to a location where they
are wanted, thus benefitting the man
and the community with the least
loss of time and capital. People in
Douglas county are requested tn send
Information of this kind to the sec
retary of the Roseburg Commercial
Club (or If preferred direct to Mr.
Chapman) aB It will bo the means of
locating desirable citizens in the
county especially In the less devel
oped portions. The county news
papers are requested to copy this
Item, as its general nuhllcation will
make it effective, and without ques
tion assist materally In locating new
comers in Douglas county.
MYRTLE CREEK ITEMS.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Yates, of Perdue, Tuesday, August
15. 1910, a 10 pound girl.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Strode, of South Myrtle. Sunday
morning, August 14, 1910, a son.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George
Fairbanks. Saturday afternoon, Aug
ust 13, 1910, a 10-pound daughter.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of C. N. Wood, at Dnys
Creek,. Wednesday morning, when
Miss Catherine Dole and Mr. Chas.
McGowan were united in mnrriage.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father McGee. ot Roseburg, In the
presence of the Immediate friends
and relatives. Miss Dole is a niece
of Mrs. Wood, while Mr. McGowan
is a newcomer In that section. Mr.
and Mrs. McGowan will make their
future home at Days Creek. Mail.
.
Miss Reed, for the past few years
clerk's office leaves tomorrow morn
ing for Portland where she will
spend her annual vacation.
133 North Jackson Street.
544 JV. .J-c!;scn St
s
Government is Requested to
Send Troops.
OVER $1,000,000. IS LOST
Dispatches From Medford Alt' to the
KiTeot That the Fire 1m Spread
ing Fanned by Stiff Hreeze
Troops Summoned.
(Special to Evening News.)
MEDFOKD, Or. Aug. 20. That
the forest Urea at present raging In
the Crater National Park, which al
ready has burned over 30 square
ml lea and entailing a large damage
of over one million dollars, was set
by dlsgrunted squatters is the be
lief of government officials today.
Evidence is at hand to show 'that
the squatters and forest rangers
clashed previous to the tire, furnish
ing a reasonable basis upon which to
build the theory that the conflagra
tions are of an incendiary nature.
Several troops loft for Butte Falls
today and will remain there until
the fiie h well under control.
Auks For Troop.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10
Associate Forester Cecil requested
General Minis, in command of the
troops at American Lake washing
ton, today, to send! five hundred
troopB to fight fires In Southern Ore
gon. The conflagrations are said to
be uncontrolled and are spreading
rupldly. Four big fires are reported
Inside of a .triangle of Medford
Ashland and Klamath Falls. High
winds are driving the flames, wreak
ing terrible destruction.
Fires Hag Jug In Montana.
i PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 20.
Later reports received here show the
conditions are most grave in Mon
tana and like Southern Oregon troops
are being rushed to the nres. li
Idaho fires are burning In the Wnl
Iowa reserve on the sout,h fork of the
Clearwater river and spreading witn
much rapidity. Associate Forester
Cecil wired Huntington today for
fifty additional men to fight the Wal
lowa fires. Another maz la. the
Ranle'r National Park, in Washing
ton, Is olso reported. Fifty men are
fighting fire near Roseburg, fifty near
Grants Pass and a hundred in the
vicinity of Ashland. Nearly all
troons ar out fishing fire and
General Maus has only 200 available
men left at the Vancouver barracks.
A reclment of the Philippine troops
are expected to be sent to the scene
of the Area.
MISSOULA, Aug. 20. The forest
fire situation Is desperate this af
ternoon. Forestry officials are ap
nea) In e for ten-companies of troops
but only two are available. TheBe
will be ruBhed from camp Sparta,
Wyoming, to Coram Kallspell. A
company of colored troops will prob
ably reach Borax today where the
fire is spreading rapidly. Fifteen
companies of troops are fighting fires
at Lolo In Western Montana. The
width or the fire at this time Is six
miles and numerous other small
blazes are reported.
Belief has became fixed among
Medford citizens and the crews of
fire-flghters that practically all of the
fires which have broken out In the
big timber belt west of Mount Pitt
are of incendiary origin. This be
lief Is based on the fact that there
have .been no continued electrical
storms I y which the cause of the
fires could be- fixed on lightning
.'lashes, f nd fires which t-tnned
eaiHer hi the week are so far re
moved from the conflagrations which
broke out yesterday and during the
preceding nlfiht.
Significance Is given to the rumor
by reason of the well known differ
ences between the officers of the
Forest Service and the "squatters"
on the Cascade National forest. lo
cated In part along the course of
Big Butte Creek.
Suspicious Blazes Arise.
Two fires yesterday broke out In
township 34 south of range 2 eatd,
the land claimed by the squatting
settlers, and which the foresters are
said to hove withheld from patent
under the claim that it Is not more
valuable for agricultural tpurposes
than It Is for timber.
Most of the squatters were In pos
session of the iimurveyed lands In
1907, when that land was taken Into
the reserve, and the foresters have
thus far been unable to eject them.
The feeling against the Forest Ser-
j vice is said to be very bitter amonn
j the 75 or more squatter families
residing along the Big Butte.
The fact that a number of fires
are burning the homes of the sqmtt-
ters and the main range, and which
' cannot be accounted for by the pres
i ence of any cause for fire, has
j awakened gravest Bimplclons.
Kevm Hangers Hemmed In.
Seven rangers are hemmed In bv
the fire and It In belipved they will
'. lose their lives. The fire Is wholly
on the Government reserve and the
loss will exceed 100,000,01(0 feet or
tlm her.
At noon today Chief Ranger W.
; V.. Neff. or the Crater forest reserve,
arrived at Klamath Falls and at once,
endeavored to secure BOO men and
; tfili rif1 wnnnlfe for threp or four
1 sent word to Portland for soldier
to fight the flames and 000 troops
will probably be sent from the Med
ford Hide of the range.
Fire ApiM'ars ut Intervals.
The path of the flames Is 18 miles,
and ut noon today It was three miles
wide, but Mr. Neff thought that It
would be five miles before night.
From the appearance of the flames
the fires had evidently been started
at Intervals on half a mile Tor the
entire 18 miles, giving evidence that
the fire was set by some one who
had a grudge against the forest rang
ers. The flret has been burning for
several days and is now beyond the
control of the rangers, as a strong
wind Is blowing and the timber Is
very dry.
Should the line or fire running east
from Cat Hill and Buck Lake from
a junction with the fire on the
Klamath side of the Cascade range,
there will be a solid wall of flames
with a frontage of more than 40
mlen. The flames are traveling
north.
WOILD KILL WIFK.
Thomas Hart, of Wilbur, Flees to
the Woods.
Alleging thaty her - husband,
Thomas Hart, of Wilbur, held a Win
chester rifle within two inches of her
head, and threatened to kill her un
less she signed a deed conveying a
portion of the family ranch to a
third party In order to erect a mod
ern home. Mrs. Hettfo Hart cuus-
ed a warrant of arrest to be Issued
for her husband late yesterday af
ternoon. The warrant charges him
with the crime of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
According to an affidavit furnish
ed District Attorney George M
Brown by Mrs. Hurt, the husband
suddenly approached her while eat
ing supper Wednesday evening, and
requested that she sign a deed, In
ferring that he wished to dispose of
a portion of the family ranch In
order that he might erect a large and
modern home. Mrs. Hart objected
to signing the instrument, and Hart
became enraged, grasped a Winches
ter rifle that hung near by and
aiming it at her head threatened to
shoot unless she obeyed the com
mand. Realizing that her husband was
angry, and In order to avoid any
possibility of a tragedy, jura. Hart
promised to sign the deed. Hart
then lowered the rifle and as he did
so. Mrs. Hart dashed forward, grasp
ed It In her hands and ran to tho
stora conducted by Dave McKay,
where she told of what had occurred.
Upon examination the rifle was
found to be loaded and cocked, -evi
dencing that Hart Intended to car
ry out his threats. Owing to cer
tain family matters Mrs. Hart had
little to say relative to the assault
until yesterday, when she appeared
before District Attorney Brown and
Informed htm of what had occurred.
Ever alert to uphold the laws Mr.
Brown referred the woman to Jus
tice of the Peace John T. Long, and
a warrant was Issued for her hus
band's arrest. Sheriff Fenton and Act
ing Constable Singleton left for Wll
bur shortly after 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon armed with the war
rant, but upon arriving at tho fam
ily home learned that Hart had been
spirited to the hills under cover.
The man who aided Hart to escape
Is well known to the officers and
his name will probably be made pub
lic at a later date, or at least, just
as soon as the necessary evidence
connecting him with the case can
be obtained.
Ascertaining the direction of
Hart's flight the officers wentf In
pursuit and after searching the hills
north of Wilbur for several hours
discovered the desired Individual
walking In the thicket. As the of
ficers approached Hart started to
run. and outdistancing the sleuths
made good his escape.
Nothing more wus seen of the man
during the afternoon and evening and
consequently Constable Singleton re
turned to town enrly this morning,
followed by Sheriff Fenton several
hours later. Constable Singleton
again left for the thicket on this
morning's northbound local train,
followed by Sheriff Fenton shortly
afternoon today. Both of the officers
are heavily armed and are deter
mined to effect Hart's capture be
fore nightfall.
Mrs. Hart, the prosecuting witness.
Is said to be a most respected lady,
and is the mother or ten children,
the oldest of whom Is thirteen years
of ane.
Hart Is considered a dewperate
man when drinking and the pursuing
officers will take no chances of being
shot by the fugitive. On the con
trary they say that he must face
tho charge, and the sooner ho sur
renders the better for all concerned.
Mrs. Hart is now living with her
on rent b at Wilbur, and says she will
have nothing more to do with the
erring husband.
Among other accusations In the
affidavit, Mrs. Hart allages that her
husband was drinking heavily on the
day preceding the trouble, and ac
cording to a Wilbur resident drank
no less than four bottles of Jamaica
Jlnger.
Mrs. Root, wife of a rlerk at
Hartb's Toggery Is confined at her
home In this ritv with typhoid fever.
The Bemud of a series of cartoons
to appear In the window of Harth's
Toggery Is Hint of Dinger Hermann,
and needless to say that It Ih attract
ing considerable attention. The rnr-'-on
In from the pen of Matthews, a
Roseburg cartoonist, and Is a very
good likeness.
Sherman May Be Dropped
From List.
THE DEMAND IS PREPOSTEROUS
Says President Taft ami Demand
Will Not He Heeded
Teddy Snys Story Is
v Fnlse,
(Special to Evening News) '
BBVERLY, Aug. 20. It Is now
reported Theodore Roosevelt has de
manded that Vice-President Sherman
be dropped from the administration's
political icounclls hs the price of
peaco. It Is said President Tnft con
siders the demands preposterous. It
is believed that Grtscom who will
soon call on President Taft and Mr.
Longworth will Inform Mr. Taft of
fcinlly of lle colonel's position. Ad-m'i-Mratlon
supporters say the de
mand of Roosevelt will not be heed
ed ns It would make the party yield
to Roosevelt. Many are of the opin
ion that RooBevelt Is attempting to
get Taft to rebuff him so the former
can openly break wlh the president.
' '..ate this afternoon 'Colonel Roose
velt denied that he had sent Grlscom
or Loeb to Beverly to deliver an ul
timatum. "Such a report Is a tissue
ot falsehood," remarked Hoosevelt.
SIOXSTl'.H PRIMARY II.MXT.
Voters Will Have Ticket 1.1 Indies
Wide mid Slv Feet IiOlig.
From tho manner In which candi
dates for Btate offices are filing dec
larations and petitions for nomina
tion, and allowing a liberal space on
the ballot for the 32 measures now
In the hands of the state printer, vot
ers of Oregon will have a sheet of
paper 15 inches In width and at least
six feet long to pore over at the
primaries, September 24.
The state officials have made a
conservative estimate as to tho num
ber of candidates to appear on the
ballot,' selecting Multnomah county
as a basis to figure on, owing to it
being the largest county In the state.
Allowing each state office which is
to be voted upon two candidates,
there will be nn aggregate of (12
names, and each one will require nt
least a hnlf-inch space on the ballot.
The number of candidates will un
doubtedly be greater before the time
arrives for closing the filing of dec
larations, but the number of offlceR
to be vlted upon in the different
counties, outside of Multnomah, will
be fower.
Stale Printer Dunlwny has Just
completed the printing of the first
hnlf of the election pamphlet, and he
believes that when the balance of the
work is turned over to him, tho book
will compose 192 pages. The pam
phlet .this year will be much larger
than, any heretofore Issued by the
state. The last day for candidates
to file printed matter will be Septem
ber 3, and the state printer is com
pelled by statute to prepnre the pam
phlet for distribution not luter than
September 6.
OAKLAND NKWS.
Miss Anna Clarke, who teaches in
the Portland schools, was a guest at
the J. A. Underwood home Sunday,
on her return from a visit nt Hose
hurg to the home of her mother at
Millwood.
The large and very handsome
Rhowlng ot sweet peaB at George Mc
culloch's grown on some of the high
est ground In Oakland town site, so
late in the summer, is striking evi
dence of what water will do on Ore
gon sol,
I. V. Cole, of tills city, will build
two school houses at Butherlln, each
28x40 feet. They are to be teni
jiorary school rooms, to be made over
for dweelings when a more perman
ene school house Is arranged for.
.lames A. Davis, formerly of Oak
land schools, with his wife and sons,
Harold and Qiieutiu, came up from
The Dalles Monday to visit her broth
er, W. O. Bridges, and other relatives
In this vicinity, among them Kd
Moser, on the Vmpqua, Mrs. ICuseha
M. Bridges, Mrs. John T. Miller and
Mrs. John Applegate, at Yoncalla.
Mr. Davis Is now a deputy sheriff of
Wasco county. Advance.
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I'RUT (iltOWKKS XOTICK.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Douglas County Fruit
Growers' Union will he hold
at the court house In Roseburg,
on Saturday. August 27, at 10
o'clock In the morning. Among
the Interesting topics scheduled
for consideration is the prune
Industry. This subject will be
specialized In talks by a num-
ber of the most prominent
prune growers in this section of
the state. Every fruit grower
in tho county is cordially lnvlt-
ed to attend this meeting.
LOCAL NKWS.
Scientific hair and scalp treatment
Roseburg Beauty Parlors.
Edward Kruse, the Deer Creek
farmer, Is a business visitor in the
city today.
Newest things in ribbon hair or- '
nameuts Roseburg Beauty Parlors.
William Williams, an old soldier
spent the morning at Myrtle Creek
visiting with (rleuds.
William VanBuren and wife were
In from their summer home, on.
Door Creek this afternoon.
Mrs. Lincoln Wright left for Di
vide this afternoon where she will
visit with friends over Sunday,
Charles McGown and Kathryn Daul
were married at the home of Cyrus
Wood, on Days Creek, on August
16.
A number of tiny puppies In the
show window nt tho Monogram cigar
store are attracting considerable at
tention today.
A. A. Lanctot, a Southern Pacific
brakemnn. accompanied by his wire,
left for Springfield this afternoon
where ho has accepted a branch run.
Up to a Into hour this afternoon
Thomns Hart, wanted by Sheriff Fen
ton on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon, 1b still at largo,
notwithstanding that a number of
men, headed by officers, are In pur
suit. . . - ... 4
A socialist debate participated In
by I.. D. Carle and a local momber
of the soclullst pnrty, attracted a
largo crowd In front of the Kohl
hagen meat market on Jackson street
this afternoon.
Mrs. Marguerite McClelland, age
75 years, and for a long time a resi
dent nf West Roseburg, passed away
shortly after 8 o'clock laBt night
after nn Illness of several weeks. The
funeral will be held nt the family
residence tomorrow 'afternoon at
1:30 o'clock Interment following hL
tile Masonic cemetery. Tho deceased
was well known In this city where she
had a host of close frlonds. She is
survived by four sons; George and
Dave of Roseburg; Tony, ot Jackson
ville, and another whose name could
not. be learned who resides in Illi
nois; three dnnghters. Mrs. Andrews
nnd MrB. finish. In Illinois, and Mrs.
8111I1I1, lllllsboro, Oregon.
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