THE EVENING NEWS
CARL D. SHOEMAKER,
Editor and twle Proprietor.
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under act of March 3, 1879.
TH I'ltHOA V, MAIM'll 21, 1I2.
- DAILY WRATHKH IlKPOKT.
U. S. Weather Bureau, local office,
nnsehure. Ore.. 24 hours ending 6
a. m. March 21, 1912.
Precipitation In Inches and hun
dredths:
HlgheHt toniiioriiture yesUrduy Gfi
Lowest ttmijerattire luat night 'il
Precipitation, luat 24 bourn . . .
Total preclp. alnce 1st of mouth 3.44
Normal precip for this mouth" 3. 98
Total precip, from Sep. 1, 1911,
to date 24.44
Average precip. from Septem
ber 1, !.877 27.11
Total deficiency from Sop. 1,
1911 2.67
Average proclp. for 34 wet
seasons (Sop. to May Inclu
sive) 32.36
WILLIAM fiBLL,
Observer
liOAKD AND KOOM8.
Modern Apartments with bath,
hot and cold water
In each room.
M KS. CALLANI), Prop.
112 Brockway St. Phone 281
Near High School
iiid buck up this atund.
To those Interests opposed to com
petitive bidding we will throw about
them the mantle of charity and miy
that they know not whereof they
speak.
CITY
lKINTI(J TO
THE LOWEST DIDDER
Since The NVwn advocated several
weeks ago that city printing be let
to the lowest bidder (hero has been
much pressure brought to bear from
certuln sources to IiuhIi the mntter
up and defeat the plan. Hut pub
lie sentiment was too strong, the
councilmen themuelves wanted It and
as a result lant Monday night the
council ndofited a reflation provld
lug that bids be submitted and thai
the city printing be lot to the lowest
bid dor.v The News takes some credit
for having brought about the ado
tlon of this resolution.
Now those same Interests which
tried to block the adoption of the
resolution are trying to make It up-
pear that lotting the city printing
to the lowest bidder will destroy the
city's financial stundlng. It watt said
on the street and whispered hero and
thero that If tho city persisted in
soliciting bids for city printing ll
would have to submit to bids the
contemplated purchase of all other
supplies; and that this would drive
the city onto an "emergency basis,
whatever that Is, and that Ilnully not
a foot of street paving or other Im
provements could bo made for prob
ably the next two years.
At the behest of those Interests
In our city whose chief Interest In
fair Itosehtirg Is to make money and
line their pockets with gold not ac
tually earned the above reasons were
advanced for objecting to letting
city printing to the lowest bidder
. The henchmen of these Interests have
been busy yesterday and today trying
to work up a false argument agaliiHt
the position taken by this paper in
connection with public printing
These arguments uro so weak. s
hike warm In effect, ho Insensible In
reason that a six year old school hoy
would be ashamed to acknowledge
their uuthorship!
It Is one of the fundamental laws
of business that a saving In tho pur
chaso of supplies means ell her an In
crease In prollt to the buyer or a sav
ing to the next purchaser. The mer
chant, who sells a standard article
for 25 cents; let us say makes a
profit of 6 cents on the transaction
But if he buys the same article for
17 cents ho makes a larger prollt or
8 cents on tho selling price of ur.
cents. Or if lie inres to give hli
customers the benefit of bis saving In
can sell the article at 2:1 cents and
still make bis prollt of 6 cents on
the deal.
This Is so well known In business
that It really does not need explana
tlon. A city is a Ini si liens organi
zation, or at least it should be. Sono
rities are not. Some Hiles are run
for tho personal giiln or those who sit
behind the scenes and plunder tlx
people and taxpayers We are sure
that the council of this city realize
that Hoseburg's business should be
conducted lu an orderly and business
like manner. If only $iiiihi ti
month can hi saved to the tupaei
on city printing that mean a suv
Ing of 1 120.00 a year and will pay
tho Interest for a year on IH.ouu on
of the city's outstanding win-runts
But more can tie saved and more will
be saved. The bill for city print
, Ing for the month of IVbruary war
Within ten or tw.'lvo dollars of
$400.00, This was not out of pro
portion In space I not price t with oth
er months. The cit's printing hills
for advertising sewer and Improve
ment notices tc, will run Il'.umi, dm
or more per year The NVwh t tiink
the price paid per hue is do much
The city can save iihhkm v It-Hint
the contract for printing to (he lowest
bidder. The Xe does not care
one jot or tittle which paper gets the
contract. In fact this paper has nev
er depended for Its living upon the
money received at the public trough
It will put In a bid consistent with tlx
cost of setting up the type. etc.. ami
allow a business profit for itself. The
NiMH has gained Us popularity In
this county through rourtous busi
ness methods and expects to maintain
Its record In the future.
The time Is at hand when all J
county printing ss well u city print
ing should be lot to the lowest bid-1
der. The taxpayers will appreciate!
Tho newspaper game appeals to
us. Wlille we aren't as old at It us
Home others we have been able to
have a pretty good time while cutting
our eye teeth on the ropes.
The only time In our life when we
were a "flggerhead" was the day we
were married. All men are on that
occasion.
POKM I'OH TODAY.
Wanted.
A Man who is gentle and Just;
A man who Is upright and true to
bis trust;
Who cares more for honor und love
than for pelf,
And who holds his neighbor as dear
as himself.
Who's sober and earnest, and merry
and gay.
Who cheerfully shoulders the cares
of the day;
Whose principle's high, whose Integ
rity's strong;
Who'd rather do right any time than
do wrong. Anon.
'ate suit pork that wasn't fit for a
LAUGHING GAS.
l(Mt lie?
Dues your child break into the
conversation when you have visitors?
Does lie leave bis clothes lying all
over the house?
I Joes he eat surreptitiously be
tween meals? '
I oes be lay his hands on almost
anything he wants to make some
thing out of without asking your
permission ?
Does ho come down lato to break
fast? Dock ho say "Hub?" "Gee!"
And If not, why not. Your are
his parent, and lie Is living In the
I'nited States of America.- Lire.
"It's an unsatisfactory, disappoint
ing kind of world," said the old sol
dier. "I fought four years Tor the
Union. I waB in sixteen battles. In
cluding Antletam, Gettysburg, Fred
ericksburg and the Wilderness. I
was wounded twice and spent four
months lu Andersonvllle. I trumped
hundreds of miles In the dust und
mini and the snow. I got rheumatism
from sleeping In the wet, and I al
most died with typhoid. I lived two
days on three pieces of hardtack and
dog.
"I enlisted as a corporal and came
out of the war a private, and then
they spelled my name wrong on my
discharge papers." Puck.
CITY
I'lUXTINU.
Kdltor News: A copy of yester
day's Koseburg Review accidentally
came into my hands this morning,
containing the terrible prophecy of
the evils ubout to befall ua, because
the city council baa adopted a busi
ness method of handling Its print
ing. If I was the editor of the Re
view I would welcome the opportun
ity to Bubmit bids for the work, and
endeavor to get the business strict
ly on my merits, and forever remove
any ground for suspicion that rela
tionship rather than merit secured
the city printing. And I certainly
would be diplomatic enough not to
let out the howl the Review editor
did, however much It hurt. Just why
the culling for bids on printing Is
going to eventually ruin Roseburg
I cannot see, and I wish you would
explain the connection between cer
tain destruction and city printing. I
am convinced The News Is a fearful
and wonderful Institution, If the ar
ticle appearing In the Review Is true,
and hope the "flggerhead" and hi
backers will not yet crush out our
He's All Right
who, before going on a Journey, sees
to It thnt lie has a good supply of
well laundered linen. W'u make ti
sH'cIaI(y of getting things ready for
mcrgoiif-lcH of this kind, mid we do
(bo work well and deliver It on time.
CIVIL ENGINEERS
AND
SURVEYORS
Farm and Lot Surveys
Descriptions and jilats
chucked for Attorneys
Water power and
Irrigation Work
Plats and Maps Drawn
Office With
Millinery
and
Ladies' Toggery
Kpeclnl Attention
t.ivrn lu
lcsjjiiiitf und Order Work
From Hat lo Hose
(Inclusive.)
The Leader
Hair am Kcalp Treatment
Hair Dressing and Hair UooiIh
rueful Mas mgo
Manicuring
ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish to ainmiiiice to (he public that I have omihmI a flrsl
rliiNK tailnr shop In your city, und wish imylHtdy In need of Spring
lollies o cume and look over my Murk and samples. Per feel
lit and workmanship guaranteed.
J. 0. RYGG, Tailor
Over Terry's Millinery
1J17 .Jackson Street
X
nun PTnn innsinnv
uiJiiii dim bHuiwn; jy
Apple
Pear
Cherry
Peach
Prune
irees
328 North Jackson St.
Res. Phone 131 Party R.
Oflice Phone 245
Where you can see what yon yet and yet what
you want. Make jour own selection
from the immense slock in my saies yard.
Come and see them. Nut Trees, Ornament
als, Rose Hushes and Berry Plants
A L. KITCHIN,
NURSERYMAN
Roseburg
Oregon
WINNIE G ADDIS
"THE PLUMBER"
Koseliury Phone 201
Suiherlin Phone 2S
j Take Care I
j of Your Eyes j
I'p-to-llie-Times with attention and mechanics
First Class Materials Work Guaranteed
Picture Taking Made
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Methods
Equipment as Follows:
The Kodak
The Kastiuuii Nothing as good You simply press tho button.
( uii Ih) loaded with film at uny time in any place.
The Film
Tho Kustimut Is easily carried. Is non-curling. Is always good.
Developing
The Kitstiiiun Tank makes this jKissible ut any time, in any place, by
any one.
Printing
The Kustimm laers Solio for printing mit or sunlight. Yelnx for de
veloping, or lamp light. Always relialde.
Certainly '
You en n do tho whoLe thing with nil Kastmim outfit. You simply press
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Remember
luisiiiMiii is tho name to look for. If is on i very p:u'ki:rM', ttml stuntls for
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lie sure ami take a Kodak with you on lliat viuntion trip. In fact it would
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and will bo pleased to give you c.iert advice in case of troubles.
If it Is a Kodak it Is an Kaslinan. lie sure it is a Kodak,
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,.n l-'ustmaii never
Churchill Hardware Co.
Ironmongers
waverlni? hopes, but will penult us to
continue on In four and trembling Tor
some time to come, although things
look (lurk for UosehuiB now that the
Eastman Agents
city printing Is going to be let by hid CO.MI(i To IM LACK TltKATltK
instead of by relationship. This up
roars to be a blow struck at the very
foundations of our city.
Fearfully yours.
W. R.
1-lilDAV A.M SATURDAY.
Two good vaudeville nets lu ad
dition to the regular program. Bald
win Italdwin. contralto and tenor,
singing and talking; and IJarro &
Holfe In an acrobatic turn. Two
shows each night 7:15 und 8:45.
Adults 20 cents, children 10 cents.
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PHONE 115 HAYHIS BLOC.
North Jackson Street.
I
IIohi iirgltrt (h l,(litrt rve
Oouhlr hit Ir rye .luxrtK i krtw.e
hig '( brlote oti icjIhc u i;0
to yiuir tliniiu Itrlme it i to lue
ml tiling tut picaitipliou 1 oi fcl.iwe
lo ui. Hut itniic nr imuiii.tin
and id uiiy ii ahioluMy uimir
alio cativ in han.l a om(1rte
election ol liaim-i l..r u!m-i
We ati have a line 0(
Jroelty well optical oi
hiRh qualtty at trai.tnaMe ytwrt
We hnille the VinA on tre nation,
ally ailvenxif.1. ai) fMtanteed hy
T.-'od ttoarkecitit MaKamif We
luatantcc you von ; It it latiiUttiwa.
A. S. Huey
Company
Jewelers
and
j Opticians all' pt&sAVj
I J ?A mmM
ll
iM
GET THE BEST
more
than
I' will cost you no
at Clark & Clark's
to go elsewhere and get
inferior work. For a
short time Post Cards at
$ 1 .00 per dozen.
I
WASH DAY
DELIGHT
Clean White Clothes
No Work
Tho IVerU-ss St 0:1 in Washer
does It nil. Positively no rub
bing. Your linen conies out
absolutely pure ami spotless.
Iloitl your order for a washer
until ou have seen tho Peer
less salesman. Kvery machine
guaranteed, und demonstra
tions given to back all claims.
PEERLESS STEAM WASHER
1 lie wonder ot thence
Kor particulars see or address
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Solo ugviit, Koseburg, Oregon.
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or the entire store aro the factors which are drawing new custom
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rrngressivoness
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The correct lies
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force to which thousands of atislled customers respond.
Fullerton and Richardson
Druggists
Roseburg n
OREGON IUIR TONIC
Wilt i'thw tUtr Stop the
Hair (rem Fal mj: Out. It
IVtlr.Mi I'aii.lnifr ll la
rxHtunnifti.Uii bj lallu
(Wiificiatta.
It.
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