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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1912)
JF you want to buy or sell some thing, If you have lost or found something use the News want ad column. It will pay you WEATHER FORECAST Roseburg and Vicinity Orcasioiuil Iluln Tonight and Wed nettiuy. No. 82 VOL. IK. HOSKIll'HG, DOlGUS COUXTY OltEGOX. Tt KSDAY, FKUltUARY 8, IMS. Wit AWATlRSUPPLY Is Urged by Councilmen Strong and Fullerton. LENGTHY REPORT IS ADOPTED CKy Knglneer Is Authorized To Make Survey Ot UinpM"u Itlver- Standing Committees To Superintend Work. Cellevlng that' the time 1b at hand when the city of Roseburg Bbould take some action relative to provid ing a supply of water odequato to the future needs of the town, Coun cilmen J. C. Fullerton and B. W. Strong last night presented a report to the council iu which they suggest ed that the city engineer, under the direction of a standing committee, be authorized to Investigate und make a survey of the North Umpqua river as is necessary to determine at what point on said river. If any, an adequate supply of water can be ob tained. The report follows in detail: "To the Honorablo Mayor and Common Council of the City of Robo- burg: "Your Buecinl committee hereto fore appointed to look into and re port upon the matter of securing a supply of water adequate to the pres ent and future need of the city, through a water system owned and controlled, by the city,1 beg to re port that we have had the matter under consideration and believe that some action should be taken to ac quire a water and light system for the city, and that such action should be taken in the Immediate future and wo recommend that the city en gineer, under the direction of some standing committee, or a special committee selected for that purpose, make such Investigation and survey of the North Umpqua river as is necessary to determine at what point on safd river. If at all, an adequate supply of water can be obtained and conveyed to the city either by a gravity system or otherwise, and re port distance said water will have to be conveyed, the pressure and such other information as may be neces-j sary whereby this body may obtain I the necessary data to determine the1 practicability and approximate cost of a municipal water and light plant adequate to the wnntB of the munici pality. "The committee would suggest that,-If It Is-deemed advisable to ac quire tie right to the water of the North Umpqua and to construct and operate a municipal water and light system, the necessary steps be taken at an early dnte, as it Is probable that parties will endeavor to secure the water for power or other pur poses If action on the pat of the city is delayed, and If other claimants appear at the point on the river which the city may select as the proper point to divert the water., ad ditional expense to the city may be occasioned ns well a sgrent delay." , Respectfully submitted. J. C. KULLBRTON, B. W. STRONG, Committee," G. W. Kazartee Says Council men Are Afraid. ADVOCATES MOVING OF BUILDING SPURS COUNCIL XumerouH Minor Manors Attract Altcntlim of '.lo Council Mullen Says Street Slns Are Bring Kcstroyed. Alleging that the city council was lar In Its methods of conduct . rf lug the city'! affairs, and that It diu ' played gross negligence when It al lowed John Hunter to maintain a "cattle shed" at the corner of Oak and Sheridan streets, G. W. Kazar tee appeared before the council last evening and in a ton minute ad dress, explained that he wus In read iness to assume ths burden of mak ing Hunu r come to time In the event the council would back him In the undertaking. "I 'resented a .petition to this comu'll three months aso," said Mr. Kacartpe, "in which I asked that the electric light company be compelled to move Its poles near the Intersec tion of I.ane and Sheridan streets yet nothing lias been done. I also petitioned to have sidewalks con structed on either side of Lane street, from Sheridan to Bowen streets, but without material results. I haw' also complained time and asaln relative to that 'cow shed' . maintained by John Hunter, near the f (nt"l 'Ctl( a of Oak and Sheridan "V ''streeu. aud as In the former com ply Its. iii anion has been taken. You people must te mram or nunier i any rate, you dislike to act. I will attend every future council meeting until jrtin take action relative o abating the nuisances of which 1 speak." At the conclusion of Mr. Kazar tee's remarks. Mayor Mlcelll referred the romplalnts to the city Improve- ment committee for Investigation. Minor Mutter. Councilman Fullerton said his at tention had been called to a peculiar situation eilstlng near the property of l.uclnda Moore, on Knst Douelas street. Mr. Kullerton said that Mrs. Moore had been assessed 1460 for paving In front of her home, while in fact, he disclaimed ownership of a trip of land lying between the street and her property. "This peculiar strip of soil, she claims is the prop erty of D. C. Agee." said Councilman Fullerton, "and In the event such is a fact, 1 doubt the city's right to collect the assessment." The matter was referred to the atreet committee with Instructions to institute an immediate invetslgation. Attorney O. P. CoBhow appeared before the council, and upon behalf of Kendall Brothers, said his clients were anxious to enter Into a contract with the city relative to furnishing lights during the present year. At torney Coohow was instructed to in terview the committee on electric lights. In whose hunds the matter of securing lights was recently placed. The lighting contract expired several months ago, and at present there 1b only a tentative understanding be tween the city and the light com pany relative to the cost of illumina tion. A petition asking that Winchester street be paved between second Ave nue South and Beacon streets, was referred to the street committee. The city Improvement committee, to which was referred the matter of settling a disagreement relative to the assessments resulting from the construction of the South Roseburg sewer system, recommended that the former assessments be rejected, and that a re-assossment be made at once. The recommendation met favor at the hands of the council, and a-motion was adopted to such an end. Tbe committeo was given further time in which to report upon the assessment against property owners effected In the construction of the West Rose burg sewer system. The annual reports of the treasur er and recorder were referred to the committee on current expenses tor investigation. An ordinance Axing the bond of the marshal at 2,000 was placed on Its first and second readings. The bond is to be furnished by a res ponsible surety company, and is sought with a view of protecting the city agalnt any loss at the hands of this official. Councilman Mullen said that some one was destroying street signs, aud he suggested that an- ordinance be passed making such an offense pun ishable by a tine or imprisonment in the county jail. Upon motion, the city attorney was authorized to pre pare the necessary ordinance. In the proposals received for the erection of the new bungalows to be built by B. W. Bates at the corner of Douglas and Ella streets, the suc cessful bidders were Hooper & Lam bert, local contractors, who will no doubt be awarded the contract. The houses will cost In the neighborhood of (1,500 each. WELL ATTEND Many Heard Monday Night's Evangelistic Service. ANSWER PRACTICAL QUESTIONS No KinbiiirnisiiiK Lines Between fin I nl and Sinner 8KMiker Holds I'p Christ As Only Means of Sulvution.- The meeting at the Presbyterian church laBt night was well attended. Arter the strenuous labor of the Sabbath, Monday evening Is usually marked by apathy and smaller at tendance, but the size of the con gregation and the warm -response of the people must have been highly gratifying to the evangelists. The music was quite a feature of the evening. The chorus did excellent work. Mr. Roper's musical con tributions were well rendered and iudKing !bv Khe 'breathless silence , and interested attitudo of the people, his efforts were greatly appreciat ed. That flue old song "The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon," was es pecially impressive. Two Interest ing and very appropriate duets were sung by the evangelists at op portune moments during the service. After prayer and the reading of the Holy Scriptures, Mr. Smith took full. charge. He Is a master of assem blies. It doesn t take a person long to decide that he spenks out of a large and varied experience. You are at once Impressed that he speaks with the ease and freedom of an adept. Instead of preaching a reg ular sermon In the ordinary way he treated the waiting multitude with a departure. The evangelist attaches great Im portance to the Blbical expositions at the afternoon meetings, and Inas much as the people have not turned out In large numbers to those Im portant ervlces he conceived the plan of giving us what turned out to be a fine sample of his helpful and Inspirational afternoon ceadings as he modestly characterizes them. It Is to be hoped that our appetites have been sufficiently stimulated to give Mr. Smith an Increasingly large hearing fon every afternoon here after. The great theme of the divine love occupied the preacher's thought and thrilled the preacher's audience. The magnificent subject was handled with dignity and reverence. It was solemn and commanding be cause it had an ample underglrdlng of scriptural allusion, and It was popular and engaging because it was full of the rich illustration of hu man exjerlence, gathered and culled from wide fields by a much traveled man. Like every artful man In Ms sphere he knows how to make every thought and every Influence con tribute to the surrender of human wills, and an Immediate acceptance of Jesus Christ there and then. At least a dozen ieople came for ward last night and began Ihe Chris tian life whi!? several others less i determined for the present, asked I for an Interest in the prayers of (Continued on page 4.; DOUBTFUL W. j't-iu .'! '-,- fiW-i'A- V P.V.Y--: -: ...:v ',: Vi'V f Reporter! "You should have a very fin orop this year." Ico Magnatei "Not at all I Notatalll You see, you don't understand the loe buiincas. Kirby In New York Mail. Dog Ordinance Presented to Council Measure Not Only Provides for Annual Dog Tax But Effects Owner to the Extent That He or She May Be Arrested Upon Refusal To Pay License. Probably the most important mat ter considered at last night's ineot ing of the city council was the so called "dog ordinance", fathered by Councilman Clark, of North Hose burg. The ordinance not only provides for the payment of an annual dog tax. but also effects the owner of the canine to the extent that he or she in ay be imprisoned through failure to secure the required license. The ordinance had hardly been read when Councilman Mullen ad dressed the council briefly. He Baid the measure was a farce, and would result in unlimited censure. He also declared that it could not be enforc ed, barring the possibility of the council appointing a dozen special jfilcera. Councilmen Clark and Zurcher de fended the ordinance, nnd it 1b be lieved that a spirited discussion will prevail when tho ordinance Is brought up for Anal passage at the next meeting of tho council. At least. Councilman Zurcher said: "You will hear from me next Monday night". The ordinance follows in detail: "Sec. 1. Any person, or persons, owning or having charge of, or har boring, any dog within the corporate limits of the city or Roseburg, shall nay an annual tax to the city of Roseburg, of three dollars ($3.00) for each and every female dog, and one and one-half dollars $1.60) for anch and every male, dog so owned by, or In charge of such person, or persons. - "Sec. 2. That the owner or own ers, or persons having in charge, or laihorlng any dog within the cor porate limits of tbe city of Roseburg, shall on or before the lfth day of January of each year, pay to the alty treasurer the sum of three dol-1 lars ($3.00) for each and every fe male dog so owned, and the sum of one and one-half dollars ($1.50) for each and every male dog so owned by such person or persons. ! Sec. 3. That when any person or. persons shi-ll pay the tax as In Sec-, tlon 2 provided. It shall be the duty; of tbe city treasurer to lsBue to such , person or persons, a receipt showing ihe amount paid, and the year fori which nald tax Is paid, and desig nating the owner of the dog. and the name of the dog, and at the same time, the city treasurer shall fur- ntah such person or persons with a metal tag Uon which shall be en graved a number which shall corres pond with the number of the receipt, and It shall be the duty of the owner or owners, or person having In charge such dog, to securely fasten such tag to a suitable collar to be continually worn by such dog, and the city treasurer shall keep a rec ord of nil tax receipts Issued by him, find on the expiration of the annua't time for paying the said dog tax. he .'hall furnish to the city marshal a I Ft of the n lilies of the owners, or perrons having In charge, surh dug ipon which tho tax has been paid or renewed. "Sec. 4. No flog or dogs ihnil bf i Ho wed upon tho streets, nlley. parks or public, places or highwav of tho city of Roseburg unlcfs tfc.f owner, or persons In charge of sucli dogs accompany them and unle; such dues are held and secured by gome rcrvitesbte lah not longer thai ten (in, -feet in length and at ail tirneseuii ler the control of the own ev, or prrson In charge of such dog or den. Hec. 6. It shall he the duty of the city marshal, or any policeman, of the city of Roneburif. from and after the 15th dny of January mf ea-h mr, to take up and impound anv and alt dog found on tbe streets r;r public place within the corpor ate limits of the city of HosK-ot.rg, ABOUT ICE. upon which the tax has not been paid as in tills ordinance provided, and any dog found upon the streets or public plnces without the tax tag herein provided being attached to Us collar, shall be taken up and Im pounded, und it shall be prima facte evidence that the tux on such dog has not been paid. "Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the city mnrshal, or any policeman, of tbe city of Roseburg, Impound ing any dog under the provisions of this ordinance, to at once notify the owner thereof, if known, of the Impounding of said dog, and at tbe same time he shall post notices In three (3) public places In the city of Itc&ehurg, describing such dog nnd stating that the same will be sold at auction at the time stated therein, which shall not be less than twenty-four (24) hours ,from the dale of such notice. If the owner, or person havlrtg such dog In charge, shall fall to appear and claim such dog and pay the tax and costs of tak ing up and keeping It, within twenty four (24) hourH from the time he is notified thereof, the marshal shall proceed to sell said dog as herein provided. If the owner Is unknown, the marshal shall proceed forthwith to post notices as hereinbefore pro vided, and at the time stated there in, which shall not be less than twenty-four (24) hours after the date of the Impounding of said dog, tbe marshal shall sell safd dog to the highest bidder, who, In addition to the until bid, must pay the tax and cost of Impounding und keeping said dog, nnd if thero is no such bidder, the city murhal shnll buy said dog for the city of Roseburg and Imme diately thereafter take said dog to some suitable place, there kill and bury It. "Sec. 7. Any person or persons, harboring or permitting any dog or dogs In or around their premises, or who shall feed or care for and pro vide accommodation for, or who shall exercise any rights of owner ship over any dog or dogs, within the city of Roseburg, shall be deem ed to be the owner of said dog, or dogs, and as such be subject to all the provisions of this ordinance. "Sec, 8 . Any pn rso n or pe rs o n h who shall suffer or cause to be plac ed any collar and tax tag on the neck of any dog with the intent to evade the tax as in this ordinance provided, or who shall wilfully or mnllr-iously remove any tax tag from any dog upon whlrh the tax has leen paid, or who shall suffer or permit any dog or dops to run at large upon tbe streets, highways, or public places of the city of Roseburg. un accompanied by tho owner or some persim in charge of said dog, or who hall not have paid the license on aid dog or dogs, as herein provid d, shall, upon conviction thereof be fore the cttv recorder, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-flve (25) do! mrs, or in derail It there of, Im Imprisoned In the city Jail one day for each two dollars of said fine. "Sec. 9. Ordinance No. 160, and all ordinances or pnrts of ordinances in con fllct herewith are hereby re pealed. . roit ror.NTv roMMissioNKit. To the voters of Douglas county: I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-nomination for County Commissioner, subject to approval of tbe republican voters at primary nominating election to be held April IS, 1912. pd adv M. R. RYAN. William K!lfher. the Ifer Creek farmer, spent the day in Roflehurg attending to various business mat tis. iUKATi:it HOKKiiruta anu AX KIHTU Situated on the beautiful Umpu.m river with Ha ?' fertile farm country on either side, v.ilh Us wealth ot tVS? .TiSS-SikS the country back from the river aud lu the mountains wltli its w and aggressive citizenship, with Us constantly. IncreasinB popul t on, with the division point of tho Southern Paclilc Railway Company with near pos sibilities of a road to the coast. Roseliurg Is defined o become a com mercial center of Oregon not equalled outside of Portland. vepthlng points to a great Influx of people into thla rapidly growing city and t e exposition at San Francisco in 1915 will greatly Increase the growth. tn prosperity aud commercial development of this city and county Rose burg has all tbe advantages necessary to tbe making of a largo business and manufacturing community. The climate is Ideal the year round the scenery Is beautiful, the timber and laud are unequaled in the West, and practically inexhaustible in their riches. A railroad to the coast would open up thla splendid territory and Roseburg would be the grea est hene llciary. There has been so much railroad talk that the people hero have almost lost faith In It and consider it a joke. Yet the past month has known much railroad activity. A railroad Is bound to come. Perhaps not thlB year, nor next, but certainly within tho next four or live years Uut oven without the railroad there will be a gradual, steady growth for Roseburg, both In population and business. Nothing can stop It. What then will be the Roseburg of mi5: of 1920. Picture to yo urself t be en tire North Side, the entire West Side and tho entire bouth Side built, up and thickly settled with happv families enjoying tho greater Roseburg. This is not a Taney. It Is what Is bound to happen under a normal growth Does any one think that this development can be stopped? No. But there are those who, actuated by a Belflsh doslre to exploit their our personal Interests, have endeavored to block, In a measuro. this progress nnd make It more Inconvenelnt for the citizens of Greater Rose burg to go about their ordinary day's business, Tho time will come, and it It not far distant, when the commerce and travel of this county will need more than the one bridge across tbe Umpqua to West Roseburg. With the fultUlment of the picture described above two bridges across the river will not only be a convenience, but a public necessity. The city will have outgrown the one bridge plan. ' Those opposed to two bridges base tholr argument on the fact that the Lane street bridge, the present structure, Bbould never have been built there in the flrBt place and that the loglcnt place for the now bridge should be Oak street. Kurthor that Oak street passes through the "busi ness center ot the town" and hence would bo a more desirable approach for the travelers from West Roseburg and beyond. By the "business center of town" we presume It la meant the juncture of Oak and Jackson streets. We doubt If this corner could be called any more the business center of town any more than Washington and Jackson. .Jackson nnd Douglas, Cass and Jackson, or any other. There is no ImikIiicws center of town. The court house la located on Douglas street. Cass at root has a large business district. Oak street Itself has a growing business concern. Lane street has a business district, although small at tho present time, and Sheridan street has and alway will have a large business district. North Roseburg has now a largo business district and as that part of town grows the business district grows. Tho corner at DoughiB and Jackson streets Is destined to soonor or luter bo a busy one irrespective of any bridge question. "..,, Cuss street Is to he the location for the now federal building, which will be built within the next two years; and which will house tbe post office, the forestry service, tho U. S. land of lice and nil other government business here now. There will be ono continuous business district from North Roseburg through to Lane street.. Roseburg will never hnvo one business center. The old Idea of all tho busitneHB of a community being done around tho town pump and tho public squaro has been abandoned und thrown on the ash heap. Under all the conditions that exist, under tho certainty of a greater RoaeburK within the next few. years, there should bo no backward step that would for the next half century inconvenience tho city and hamper Us growth. The News therefore again urges the ro-bnlldlng of tho Lane street bridge on Rb present site which can be done for about $16,000.00, the build ing of a bridge at Douglas street to meet the Coos Bay road nnd later as the growth ot the city demands It, take over the Alexander bridge In South Roseburg. H. L. ICngles, of Peel, spent the i day in Roseburg attendlsg to husl- ness matters. I MEXICO SILENT Tafl Receives no Reply to His Ultimatum. TROOPS ARE READY TO MOVE Hcatlle Regiment Among Those Or dei-cd To Re Ready For fait- , mediate Hervlce Itullatis Ro ml turd Turk Port. (Special to The Evening News.) WASHINGTON, Keb. th Thirty four thousand American troops await orders from the state department to leave for Mexico to protect United States interests there, and to enforce the release of American citizens held by Mexican Insurgents whose lives and property are Jeopardized by the situation. There aro nlready 5,000 troops In Texas awaiting orders to advance. Announcement was made today that tho South Atlantic pouad ron Is under orders to sail for (Juan- tanamo off the Cuban coast In order to he within striking distance. Mex ico has not yet answered the ulti matum Bent yesterday by tho presi dent. Sealllo Regiment Itemly, SKATTLB. Keb. 6. Colonel Jack son, commanding the twenty-fifth In fantry, has been notified to hold the regiment in readiness to move to tbe Mexican border on early uotlco, ItalintiM Bom I turd Port. LONDON, Keb. fl. The Italian fleet has begun (he bombardment of the Hodidelli, a Turkish port on the lied Bca. nnd already a part of the city is s.iid to ho in ruins, accord lug to dispatclea from Constanti nople. i,i;vi:k with iioiink. TrxiiiKlent Hay Me In Km ployed By ii tin i ompiiiiy Horse Itecovereil. Alleging that he was employed by the Oregon Gas Company, and that lie had been authorized to hire a horse und buggy with which to In spect the work of laying the matn In tills city, a transient yesterday succeeded In securing a rig at the Hanks & Welker stables and later left town. Banks St, Welker discovered that the fellow was bogus a few hour following the transaction, and im mediately notified tho sheriff's of fice. The telephone was brought Into iwy, and late lust evening a iih-s-uagx wna received from Kutherlln to the effect that the horse and bug gy had been found In a livery barn at that city. Later, tho fellow responsible fot tho triinsaftlon was found in n box enr, near Sutherlin, and ordered to leave town. Mo obeyed the com mand, and when last seen was mak fug his m-ay in a northerly direc tion. The horse and buggy were re turned here today. n i iturrUiff.r.ti nr n,.Lian.i n.Ani I the day In Itoseuurg. thk imiixjis question. - tlAL. THK COUNTY COURT. Will Meet In Regular Session At The Court Houho Tomorrow. j The members of the county court, .Including County Judgo O. W. Wona cott, and Commissioners M. R. Ryan j and Jefferson Wiley, will convene In regular monthly session at tho court I houne tomorrow morning. The moat Important matter sched uled for consideration during the term is that of investigating the sev eral bridge petitions, somo of which urge the erection of a new bridge at the foot of Oak at reck, while others oppose the move and ask that the i structure bo placed at tho foot of j Douglas .street. I WILL TKLL UH WHY. Noted Kn.-itillM KMaker Will Attempt to Kxplniu the t jiusfH of Things. Tho second number of the Social ist Lyceum course will be u lecture by N. A. Richardson on "Why Things Happen to Happen". February 9. Ho will dig Into tho causes of things as Interpreted by socialists, and local members of the party promise an en tertiifnlng lecture. Socialists lu geuerul do not be lieve that anything lu accidental, but that n careful study will reveal the causes of events, opluloiiH, beliefs and all sorts of social phenomena, and this Is the gist of tho lecture. - ThoBO who heard tho first number of the course report that Is wus an entertainment well worth wlillo, even K. A. RICHARDSON. for I hone who most ardently dUagree with tbe socialists, in fact, one of the most hopeful signs of tho times (hopeful for either side, according to your view) in tho lncreaHlng dis position of the public not to dlnmiKS the subject of socialism as the vag ary of Kiiropei.il hookrwniths, but to give It a respectful and careful hear ing, whether the result bo ultimate ly to endorse It or to fluht Its pro banda the harder. Patiently, persistently tho soclal Ihis declare: "You can't eoiuhat us Intelligent ly unless you understand our program;" and one ot the con crete re ii it of the progaudn Is a better defined and more intelligent opponltlon to their doctrlucM, quite an worthy of comment as the other striking fact the enormous Increase n the membership and working ef ficiency of tbe socialist party, Mi n BILLS ARE PAID Usual Grist of Claims Allowed By Council. SYKES BILL MEETS DISFAVOR 'ollce Clulw and Handcuffs Cause a Lively DIncusmIoii- KxpciiMO January Totals Something Over .000. The usuul grist of bills, totalling something over $2,000, was present ed to the city council last evening, aud upon mutton were ordered paid. Of tho total, over $718.00 represents salary bills for the past mouth, tho eiualnlng Sl.UOO beipg tbe amount nocessary In liquidating the current expenses ot operating the city. iTobubty the funniest bill ever presented to tho city council camo ;rom S. K. Sykes, the hardware uerchaut, who submitted an account of 61.!t0, alleged to bo duo for flvo pairs of handcuffs, bIx police clubs jud a can of uxlo grease.' As tho council discussed the bill pro and con, tbe clubs dangled from the celling where they were suspend ed In full view of the spectators. r rom appearances, the clubs were manufactured for ."dresa parade", being about two feet lu length and amply large enough to conquer tho most vicious beust that evor roamed In the forest. The handcuffs, ac cording to Mayor Mlcelll, are depos ited lu tbe city safe where they are being held awaiting an emergency. In reporting on the bill of Mr. Sykes tbe committee on current ex penses recommended that It be re jected without ceremony. In explana- " (ion. Oourtcllmuu Zurcher said that the commlt(oe on current expenses had decided that It would recom mend the payment ot no bills pro vided tho goods were purchased with out the required requisition. "We have a requisition ordinance, Bald Councilman Zurcher, "nnd we do uot proposo to audit bills unless goods are purchased through the proper channels." The report of tho committee wna adopted, and the bill of Mr. Sykes was rejected. It Is Bald that tbe paraphernalia was ordered by Coun cilman liouck nt tho time It was de ified to add a number of addition al officers to the police force. Another bill in tho sum ot S10, submitted by Henry Deuu, was turn ed down without comment. Thla bill was for tho ront oC a toum which ho bitigaliR'd to sell to the city several months ago later recalling ills contract, A bill of $100.90 for lights sub mitted by Kendall Brothers, was also rejected, and the recorder was in structed to draw a warraut in the Htim of $300 and present tho sntne to the water company. According to tho motion, the tender Ib to bo cred ited on nccount for the month ot January. Another bill received from Ken dall Brothers In tho sum of $13.60, was reduced to $i, Tho nmouut was in Id to bo duo for water and tho flushing of hydrants. Tho commlt tno on current expenses refused to (Continued on page 4.) TO FIGHT TAFT Progressives Hope to Combine Divided Forces. ROOSEVELT-LAFOLETTE BARCAIH UiiIcm Roosevelt KubMcrlhcd to Avow I'rogrcfedvo Principles IuKol lefte Will Knler Cliieagu Against All Comers, (Special to The Evening News.) WASHINGTON. Keb. B. Uuless some bargain Is struck with Roose velt, tin (I then unless tbe Colonel makes some declaration of principle to which LuKoIlntfe can subscribe, '.he Wlneoji.dii BGiidtor positively will enter the Chicago convention against Mil comers. Thin, in brief, is tho sit uation in the progressive camp to lay, following an almost general leutand of his in port em that ho abandon the Held. Several leading progressives are endeavoring to bring i bout a correspondence between Roofcvclt und LaKollette, hoping i hut the ex-presldent will declare himself along lines similar- to the po sition taken by LaKollette. If this declaration can be secured. It is plan ned to tine It agaiiiKt Taft. When ap proached regarding this matter' La Kollette today faid that he was the standard bearer for principles, but not for an individual, and under no circitmHtunces won id he join forces wit h others unless tho new leader publicly binds blinrielf to true pro grcHNlveneHH, TO ItKIOltM SCHOOL. MorrU Aldrlth t'niiunllied To Re formatory by Judge M'nmu'ott. Morris Aldrlch, who was arrested !ste Sunday night on a charge of at tempting to hold up K. M. Brooks, a rueHt at the Grand hotel, wan iat ntuht committed to the state reform Hebool by County Judge VVonacott, in the Juvenile court, Aldrlch Is but 1 tj years of age and for that reason tho authorities were obliged to file a charge In the Juven ile court, Instead of In the circuit court as Is customary In cases of this nature. It is probable that tho hoy will be taken to Salem some time tomorrow.