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VOL. III.
ISOSKIU lt(i, IHH'GLAS COUNTY, OIIKGOX. WKIIXKSDAY, MAHCM S7, 11)12.
No. 121
PROPERTY SOLD
J. W. Perkins Purchases the
Sheridan Home.
MAY ERECT ANOTHER BUILDING
In Accordance With The Verkliis PoU
Icy, Tlie Laud Will Not lie Al
lowed To Itenuiiii Idle
Tear Itotvn Residence.
. Another very important real ostate
deal was consummated in Roseburg
this morning, when J. W. Perkins,
owner of the new Perkins building
and one of Roseburg's most progres
sive capitalists, purchased the T. R.
Sheridan property, situated at the
corner of Cass and Stephens streets,
and at present occupied by the colon
ial residence of its former owner.
The land Is 100 by 80 fee.t in di
mensions and is considered among
the most valuable tracts In the city.
Situated In the very heart of the busi
ness district, and abutting two of
the principal streets of the town, the
property has of lute become a valu
able asset of the Sheridan estate
and was only sold after considerable
deliberation upon the part of 1U
former owner.
When interviewed this morning
relative to the donl. Mr. Perkins con
firmed the report in Monday even
ing's issue of The Evening News tc
the effect that he was negotiating
for the purchase of the Sheridan
19 t)r..,!c.rtvv 'P- addition, declared
a cuml'dute for an elective office, and
If elected, I favor the direct primary
law, Statement No. 1 and the peo
ple's choice for U. S. senator.
pd adv B. F. NICHOLS.
loll ItKPltKSKNTATlVE.
. To tho voters of Douglas county,
.Oregon:
In accordance with the provisions
or tne state law I hereby resiiectiuny
announce myself a candidate on the
republican ticket for the nomination
and election of representative, sub
ject to the will of the voters at the
primary election on April 19, 1912.
pd adv J. T. 1) RIDGES.
KOH CO I' NT Y COMMISSIONER.
To the voters of Douglas county:
In compliance with the election
laws of the state of Oregon, 1 here
by respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the nomination for the
office of county commissioner on the
democratic ticket, subject to the ap
proval of the voters at the primary
election to be held on April 19, 1912.
pd adv E. H. PINKSTON.
that the deal had beuu successful ;
closed through John V. Campbell, n
local real estate dealer. Although
having no definite plans as to what
disposition will be made of the prop
erty at the present time. Mr. Perkins
says It will not remain idle, such be
ing In opposition to his policy. From
the foregoing statement upon the
part of Mr. Perkins It appears al
most certain that the land will be
utilized In the near future. In fact.
Mr. Perkins only recently, informed
a News representative that his chief
aim In the future would be the erec
tion of another building surpassing
In every detail his present office
structure.
The citizens of Roseburg are de
lighted to hear of Mr. Perkins' late
purchase and will lend him what
ever encouragement posible in con
verting the land to some use which
will prove beneficial to the town.
Well Known Residence.
The old Sheridan residence, which
from intimations of the new owner,
will soon be ploced at the mercy of
the "wreckers" preparatory to the
erection of a modern structure, was
built about 30 years ago by Mr. Sher
idan. The residence, although evi
dencing age, is well preserved and
has always been sonsldered an ideal
home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan
took much pride In the lawn sur
rounding the home, and for years the
porrh and varan das were fairly cov
ered with vines and flowers. In
fact, the picture of the old Sheridan
Roseburg Don't Have To Call On
Portland For Hair Goods
.W-inrh wavy fine quality Switches $7.50.
no-inch wnvjr line quality S In lion m.OO.
All hortT leiigilw at oiT-Hiniliiij iri- a low n SO cenl.
TranfrtnatiiiR in fine vy linlr M.OO.
We won't quote jou irir on ITKFS a ALL I.AKIK8 In ROSK
M'lHl know tliat no one in buying puffo at prrvnt.
The
1 home has appeared ia many of the
i leadiug magazines, and in a measure
decreed the mild cttmaJe of this
vicinity.
Clarence T. Barnwell, of Chlco,
Cal., arrived In Roseburg last even
ing to spend about ten days visiting
with friends. Mr. Barnwell resided
in Roseburg about ten years ago, and
suffice to say that he notices many
substantial Improvements.
Attorney O. P. Coshow, who has
been spending the past few days at
Portland and In Eastern Oregon, ar
rived home last evening. Reports
received here from Portland Indicate
that Mr. Coshow will receive a flat
tering vote in that city for U. S.
senator, notwithstanding that he- Is
opposed by Dr. Harry Lane, a prom
inent citizen of Multnomah county.
For New School Building This
Evening.
MANY PROPOSALS EXPECTED
Actual Construction Work Will Prob
ably lie Commenced At An
Karljr Date In The "
Spring.
At .the regular meeting1, of the
Roseburg school board to be held at
the offices of School Clerk George
Nenner this evening, the contract for
erecting the new school building t"
North Roseburg will probably be
iwnrded.
The plans and specifications pre
mred by Architect Dow have been
examined by a large number of con
ractors, and It is predicted that no
-mall number of proposals will be
uibmltted. In the event the contract
s awarded tonight as anticipated, ac
ual construction work will be com
nenced at an early date. The new
iiiilding will aid materially In car
rying on the work of the local
uiiools. At present the several
chool buildings are crowded to their
'iipacity, and the teachers are labor
!ng under difficulties.
Roosevelt Alleges Rank Fraud
in New York Primaries
TAFT AVALANCHE CARRIES STATE
ItcoKCvcH Ot.s Only Seven Of Ninety
Delegates Elected Colonel
M ill Take Matter In
( lib ago Tonight.
(Special to The Evening News.)
NEW YORK, March 27. Colonel
Roosevelt was snowed under by a
Tuft avalanche at the New York statt
primaries yesterday. Out of tho 90
delegates Taft secured iili. leavlru
only 7 for Roosevelt. There is gen
ral denunciation of the primaries,
which are alleged to be farcial, and
the Taft forces now fear that it will
bo necessary for another primra
to be held. Governor Dix is today
considering the demands on the leg
islature from every quarter of the
state for an enactment remedying
the ((resent election law. Up to the
last minute tho Roosevelt forces
fought to have desired changes
made, and as a result the prlnten
were unable to supply sufficient bal
lots In time for the election. In some
districts no ballots were to be had.
while in others the sample ballots
were used by voters. The almost
universal sentiment Is for another
primary. O. B. Odel came back In
the Newhurg district, badly defeat-
I Continued on page 4.)
Leader
AWARDS
WORK
PRIMARY ARC
OUT OFCONTEST
Senator Abraham Will Not
Seek Re-election.
SCORES STATEMENT NUMBER I
SayK'Memiii'r of legislature Should
Not He CoiiiHlled To Vote For
Pu-miun Guilty of Violating
Corrupt Prmtices Act,
That Senator Albert Abraham re
fuses to be a candidate to succeed
himself at the next general election
was the announcement made public
by him this morning.
In making this unexpected an
nouncement. Senator Abraham says
that Statement No. One needs
fixin' ", especially to tho extent of
excusing members of the legislature
who have signed It from voting for
United States senators who have vio
lated the corrupt practices act.
In commenting upon the primary
law, and Incidentally his refusal to
become a cnndldate for re-etectlon
Senator Abraham this morning said:
"Statement No. 1 should be
amended so as to excuse a member
of the legislature, who has signed it
from voting for any person for Unit
ed States senator who has violated
the corrupt practices act. This act,
which was passed subsequently to
the primary law, provides that any
person. including a candidate for
United States senator, who has vio-
ated the act, shall he punished by
being deprived of the nomination or
office as the case may be. It Is ap
parent that the only way a candidate
'o the United Slates senate can be
.leprived of the ofilee, by any power
within the control .of the state, is by
the legislature refusing to elect him.
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SENATOR ALBERT ABRAHAM, Who Itt fiisrs to Enter Contest Ror Re
Election to jrgllatnre.
Statement No. 1 gives no latitude ,
for this purpose and should contain
ome provision to meet that contin-
ency. The senate of the United j
itateB Is about to unseat Senator'
Stephenson for spending upwards of
1100.000 for his campaign for popu
lar election, although there was no
corrupt practices act In force in that
state.
"The state should have some
means to protect Itself against the
unlimited use of money In these elec
tions. The pledge, upon which the
will of the people is carried out, Is
one based upon honor and not upon
compulsory law. and a candidate
should not be forced by public opin
ion to subscrilw to a pledge which he
must either violate, or surrender his
own self-respect for having fulfilled
It."
TO VISIT KOSEIH it;.
i Prof, and Mr. J. II. Horner To
( nine 're Saturday.
On Saturday, March 30th, Rose
burg is to receive a visit from Prof,
and Mm. J. H. llornr.
They med no In trod net Ion to
Rofceburg eople who hav lived here
a f-w years and have placed thm
sHvefl in a ponition t tcomn -
'quainted with others by aeteedlng to
the wishes of friends In lecturing up
on some of the features of their
European trip of last summer.
Mrs. Homer will ppeuk to the
members of the '95 Mental Culture
Club on Saturday afternoon at 2:30
at the parish house, upon tho sub
ject of "l-'reuch Art."
Prof. Homer will speak at the
Presbyterian church at 8 p. m. up
on some phases -of Greek Life and
Art. This lecture will be open and
free to the public and itfl ure urged
to attend. This Is the next best
thing to actually visiting such places
yourself, and it eliminates all the un
pleasant features.
Both these, lectures will be Illus
trated with stereoptlcoiv views made
by the Bpeakers fro insights seen by
themselves.
TARIFF BOARD
Findings Denounced by Demo
cratic Committee.
TRIFLING WITH THE PEOPLE
Tuft's Tariff llijurd Itexrt Contains
Little With Inference To Hub
j,M-t Ik'nls With Ex
lense$ Manufacture,
(Special to The Evening News.)
WASHINGTON. March 27. De
nouncing the theory and methods of
the tariff board as "erroneous and
untenable" the democrats of the
house wnya and means committee to
day filed with the house a volum
inous report on the re-introduction
of the Underwood wool bill, vetoed
by the president last summer.
The committee declares that the
wool report gives absolutely no reas-
- for any change In the bill pass
ed last year.
After reviewing tho president's
veto the committee voted the report
on the original bill "'hat It
would be trifling with tiie people to
give further consideration to re pub
lb an conns U of more d'day."
The committee has made a care
ful analysis of the report or the tar iff
board In order to Interpret the find
ings and to discover In what parti
cular? the cn m Ml It ley s ,ni of tlit
last session was defective the report
states. "This analysis has failed to
reveal anything that requires a n
sle change In the rates fixed In the
committee's bill.
"An shown in the analysis the date
of the report of the tariff board have
been found to be diffuse nnd unsys
tematic and to present Insignificant
Ending.
"The t heory of applying tariff
lutle according to the difference in
ttw enst 'if production In this and
foreign countries, uj'on which the
board has projected and prepared Its
rejKirt. is entirely erroneous and tin
tenable. Thep persons who are will
Ing to overlook the lack of theoretic
al rnitndneiift and of statistical ariir
ary, mill find the data of the re-
!ort too fragmentary and Incomplete
to admit of conclusions with refer-
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PIONEER
DEAD
J. B. Goff Passed Away Last
Evening.
WELL KNOWN , IN ROSEBURG
Was Alxmt 7.1 Year of Age And Had
IJved lu Oakland For About
40 Yeans V Hold
Funeral Tomorrow.
J. B. Goff, a pioneer resident of
Southern Oregon and one of the best
kouwn men in Douglas county, died
at his home near Oakland last even
ing after an illness of several weeks.
The funeral will be held at the fam
ily home tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. Interment of t ho remains
following In tho Sutherlln cemetery.
Mr. Goff was about 75 years of
ago, and for the past forty years re
sided In the vicinity of Oakland. He
was one of Douglas county's most
respected citizens and tho news of
his death is received with sincere re
gret by his many, friends in this
vicinity.
Other tluui leaving a wife, he is
survived by six sons nnd daughters.
Included among the daughters are
Mrs. A. D. Hawn, of Roseburg; Mrs.
Jerome Smith, of Oakland, and Mrs.
Avon Smith, of The Dalles.
LOCAL XKW9,
David Hughes and John Jackson.
both 'residents of Canyonvile, trans
acted business matters in the city
today.
T. B. Cannon received a telegram
hist evening to the effect that Dr. J
0. Vogt, of Trenton, 111., died late
yesterday afternoon. Dr. Vogt mar
ried Mr. Cannon's noire and once
visited In Roseburg.
W. Wl Purdy and Robert Kidd.
who havo boon spending the past
few days at Portland arc expected
home this evening. While at Port
land Mr. Kldd purchased an auto de
livery truck which will bo utilized
in connection with his grocery store
in this city,
Railroad Company Would
Cross Glengary Tracts
OOUCLAS COUNTY IS INVOLVED
llrniich Itoud Will Connect Willi H. I
Line At Crceiis and Ivxlcml
Kiituarl About Three
Miles.
Two Important suits were filed
In the circuit court this morning b
the Oswego, Dallas & Roseburg Rail
road Company, one of which effects
William I,. Cobb, Cumlnco Cnhh,
lOmnia Cobb, W. S. Hamilton,
Qnceiiir Hamilton, (!corgc 10. llouck,
Mrs. Mary llouck, H. U (Hies, Ida C.
Giles. S. C. Miller. Jennie Miller. Roy
1 1 nice. Anna It nice, Kd ward John
son, (. I,. McGregor, S. F. Cawl-
tield and J. T. Soloman, and the oth
i'r, Douglas county.
The suit against the defendants
named In the first suit, and effect
ing exclusively persons owning acre-
ige in the GleuKMy tracts, was
brought to condemn a certain Htrip
nee to rates of tariff duty. The re
port leuves the question of the tariff
lutien on wool as much unsolved as
before the tariff board was formed.
"In preparing this bill no Inten
tional provision was made for protec
tion, the endeavor being to reduce
Mid adjust rates with a view to pro
ducing the largest amount of revenue.
cntislstent with the proper consider
ation of the crilisiimer. It Is believed
dial the rates of this bill approach
very closely, at least to the Inttt rev
Mi ue-producing points, and these
rate's should, if enacted into law
permit such imports aw will affective
ly regulate domest U prices. Burn
'-om pet It Ion would be nn important
service to the people as It would en
roll rage Increased consumption and
production by rnnkfng more nearly
normal the condition of supply and
demand. The reports of the tariff
board, so far as it admit a of con
clusions, shows that the rates which
meet the consumers needs also suf
ficiently satisfy tho of the produc
er. "Probably the most striking fea
ture of the tariff board report Is that
it contains llttlo with reference tc
the tariff. It U primarily nn analy
sis of tho money expcnseK Involved
in the production and manufacture of
wool."
CONDEMNLANDS
or land, approximately 40 feet In
width for right-of-way purposes. The
plaintiffs allege that they have been
unable to purchase the desired land
at a reasonable figure, and conse
quently havo been compelled to re
sort to the courts In qtieat of a satis
factory settlement.
The second suit, effecting Douglas
comity, was brought to condemn a
part of tho county road, In order
that tho same may be converted to
the use of the plaintiffs In construct
a rail roa :1 , con nect lug with t lie
Southern Pacific lines In the vicinity
of Greens and extending Kastward a
distance of about four miles.
The plaintiffs own what is known
as tho Portland cement quarr'e?,
situated on Roberta Creek, and in
ordee to market their product, tne"
found it necessary to cor struct a
branch railroad extending to their
properties.
FIRED ON MOB
Rock Island Police Kill Two
of the Rioters
NEWSPAPER OFFICE WRECKED
Political Ismics liCJid To liawlcMtmcss
Great Coal Strike In Kng
laiul lrobohly X earing
Au Knd.
(Special to Tho Kvening News.)
ROCK ISLAND, March 27. Col
onel Channon, commanding the mili
tia sent here as a result of the riots
last night, says that ho has control
of tho situation. The mob, infuriat
ed over political developments and
tho attack of Editor Looncy upon
Mayor Schrlver, editorially, went to
the station demanding that the may
or answer his enemies, and when that
official failed to appear, stoned the
building. Later tho mob wrecked
the Looncy newspaper office. Chief
llrlmi ordered his men to clear the
U rent a, but they were swept hack
by tho mob, and the officers fired,
killing a man named Kellogg and
fatally wounding another man named
Swingle.
To Dtul Strike.
LONDON, March 27. - Klnal effort
o end the great coal miners' Hlrlke
was made by .1. H. McDonald, leader
if th conservatives lu the house
f commons today, who addressed the
itinera federation here. McDonald
iemauded that tho miners accept the
ulniinum wage bill, and said that If
t;o dlslrlct boards failed lo Incor
porate Into the measure the minimum
vuge already suggested by the min
i's, they could demand that parlia
ment fix a fair figure. A sudden turn
In the situation was brought nhout
by McDonald's speech, and It is gen
erally believed that tho miners will
Our Price on Olympic Flour has
Gone Up
We are told by authority that we must main
tain tho price on Olympic Flour at not loss
than $1.60 per sack. This is
Good News
for we can furnish as jood if not a
Better Flour for Less Money
UPPER CRUST PURE WHITE
$1.50
All who love GOOD BREAD are urged to use
this flour for tho reasons that it will GO
FURTHER and COSTS LESS. Every
sack guaranteed. ' .
We iilu have another lliird Wheat I'lour, which wo ran rec
ommi'iiil ".Ml-. HOOII NXOWH.W.I."
11.30 the snck.
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Phone 195 Perkins RIdg.
We Share the Profits With Our
Customer.
PUPILS ACTIVE
Many Attend Lecture of Prof.
Beckwith '
JUNIORS TO PRESENT PLAY
liKciiKO Interest Is Multireel hi Tlio
Ikvliunutlon ('uutcxt tiulMtun
tlal I'rlic To lip Award- .
l Tlio Wlmii'rs.
In accordanco with tho plans work
ed out lust week by the high school
pupils there were about elghty-flvo
patrons and friends of the school
assembled to hear Prof. Beckwith,
of the agricultural college. Perhaps
you have noticed that when the high
school students really undertake
anything they put enough energy Into
It to accomplish something.
On Tuesday evening, April 2nd.,
1912 the Junior class will present
their piny. This has become an an
nual uffnlr and Is looked forward to
with plensuro by thoso who keep in
closest touch with high school affairs
from year to year. This year the
clasB will present "Mrs. Briggs of
tho Poultry Yard". We shall not at
tempt n. description of the play or
tho characters, the date, the place,
the Individual performers, the tick
ets and other matters of Interest may
he discovered by those who are In
teresled. You can miss this but once,
you may regret It a dnzon times If
you should miss It that once. We
are willing to gunrniitee thnt you
will not regret It once If you are
proHont. ' 1
The declnmatlon contest Is rapid
ly approaching the point where the
public Interest will demand recogni
tion. Mnny questions are nsked con
cerning it now. A definite date has
not been set, but tho representatives
of the school have been selected, the
trnlner is at work with the declnlm
ers, the prize for tho winners has
been provided, nnd Interest Is in
creasing to such n point that a pub
lic announcement will bo made at an
early date. ,
accept the minimum wage bill.
Highly Three Dead. '
WIOl.C'll, W. Va March 27. Fifty
five dead bodies of men who were en
tombed In the tunnels of the United
Slates Coal & Coke Company's mine
at Jed, 3 miles from here, yesterday,
were recovered at duwn todny. Res
cue purtles are continuing their ef
forts, but it Is believed thnt all In
the mine are dend. John Lang, Ins
pector for Virginia mines, declares
that the death list will total 83.
' HtnmlpattcrN Hlcctetl.
SANTA KI5. March 27. Thomas
II. Cnttron, of Santa Ko, and Albert
n. Kull, of Three Klvers, were today
elected V. S. Bonntors from New Mex
ico by tho state legislature. Both
tiro standpatters.
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