lie WEATHER A PAPER WITHOUT A DICTATOR FV Tonight, Tiieriday FJr mid Warmer. VOL. til. ROSEBURG, OREGON. mommy, ivSK a, 101a So. 17a 2200 FEET LONG Is New S. P. Bridge Just Built at Sacramento. . meetings In Perry, Marion. Waverly, Mason City, Osage and Alguna, Iowa, and Austin, Minn. . MISSIONARY IX COOS AXD CURRY COUNTIES. HAS HEAVIEST SWING SPAN Nevada Democrats Assemble Today . . Women Gulf KufhUH.iwU Meet In JMiiladelphhi Racing Chruit Opens. . t (Special to The Evening News.) SACRAMENTO, June 3. Suffic ient concrete to put a six-Inch cover on a fifty foot Btreet a mile long is contained in just one pier of the new , Sacramento river bridge of the South ern Pacific company, recently com pleted and placed fn operation as a part of the double tracking of the system. Completed) the bridge is 2,200 feet In length, contains 19,000 cubic yards of concrete and 9,200,000 pounds of steel. It has the heaviest swing span of any like structure yet erected, weighing 6,300,000 pounds. The, upper deck has an eighteen foot wagon road and a five-foot side walk on' each side. The lower deck is to be used for the double tracks of the Southern Pacific. The piers upon which the bridge rests average 90 feet In height, or about as tall as an eight Btory office building, and each occupied a space as large as an ordinary city lot. Nevada Democrats. RENO, Nev., June 3. Democrats of Nevada assembled at Fallon today for a state convention to select del egates to the national convention at Baltimore. The followers of Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson are con testing for control of the delegation. ' Women's Kusleru fiolf Tourney. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 3. Th annual championship tournament . of the Women's Eastern Golf Associa tion began today on the links of the Philadelphia Cricket Club with a large field of contestants. The tour nament will continue three days and will be followed during the latter half of the week by the annual Gris cora Cup competition between Dos-, ton, New York and Philadelphia playerd. Cedar Valley Circuit to Open. DES MOINES. Ia., June'3. The racing season of the Cedar Valley circuit of the American Trotting As sociation is scheduled to open with a three days' meeting here tomorrow. The season will continue until the last week of July and will embrace Iter. V. K. Short, of Oakland Will . Work In Count Country Dur ing Ensuing Yphi1, , MAKSHFIELD, Or., June 1. Rev. C. E. Short, of Oakland, has been sent to this locality to do missionary work for the Baptist church. He will re malu here for one year and will act as general missionary aid in Coos and Curry counties, filling the pulpits of different churches. Another mis sionary movement which Is to be car ried on here by the Baptist denomi nation Is that of maintaining a col porteur boat which win be in charge of Rev. J. Leroy Hall, formerly pas tor of the Marsh field Baptist church. The boat will be operated in the same manner as the colporteur cars and wagons, but It was decided that a boat would be more effective locally as it would better reach the rural districts and the logging camps. The boat will be a novelty as It will be the only one of the kind in the United States. The local church furnished the money for building the boat and specifications are now being drawn. CATGHT IX RKVOLVING SHAFT. .Man Killed While Working In Saw Mill Near Sutlierlin. While working fn the saw mill owned by E. H. Cooper, about eight miles north of Sutherlin, Saturday morning, Ira Roe was caught in a rapidly revolving shaft. His left leg was torn off below the knee and frac tured in several places above. He was brought to Mercy hospital in this city, but died within an hour after his arrival. The body was taken to the undertaking parlors until rela tives could be notified. He leaves a mother and al'ster, who live in Or vilie, Cal., and a brother who can riot be located. The body will prob ably be sent to Orvile for burial. NOTICE FOU BIDS FOK CONDEMN ED FIRE HOSE, NOTICE IS- HEREBY . GIVEN: That the undersigned will, up to 5 o'clock' p- nu on the 15th day of June. 1912, receive bids for the pur chase of 750 feet of Inch hose and 450 feet of 2 inch hose, which has been condemned by the Fire De partment of the City of Roseburg. Bids will he received for the whole or any part of said hose. By order of the council. CARL H. WIMBERLY. jS City Recorder. J. F. Samuel, of Myrtle Creek, was in the city In business Interests todays. STBS SHO Two Women Among Mortally Wounded. I the SEVERAL POLICEMEN INJURED Striking Txetlle Workers Use Clubs and Stones Wlien Charged By j PoMee Squad Twleo RepulMMf. i (Special to The Evening News.) CLINTON. Mass., June 3. Four women and three men were shot and a dozen policemen cut and bruised by stones In a riot today, when forty officers charged into a crowd of 300 textile workers massed In the yard of the Church of Your Lady of Rtf snry. One man, a member of the I. W. W., was killed, and it Is feared that two of the women will also die from their wounds. The trouble start ed, police allege, over strikers at tempting to prevent a woman from going to work. Officers pursued the men ajleged to have interferred with the strikebreaker, and thoy ran to the church yard where u prowd was congregated. , Charging the mob, policemen' were met with a shower of stones and clubs and twice repulsed, when they drew revolvers and charg ed a third tihie, firing straight into the ranks of strikers, who broke and fled to shelter, leaving their wounded and dying on the field. ' , JUST ABOUT A PARK. tive citizens, who will not locate in j. city that has so little civic pride, hut In health and happiness to many children, whose principal amusement at this time is dodging autos be tween shots in the marble . games. There is no necessity of having a fourth of July celebration here, as one can hear the eagle scream almost any time, anything Is mentioned that y will increase taxes a few cents, bb a number of our cltfzenB take a fresh grip on Hie dollars in their fists, and it is usually tight enough to make the national bird gasp anyway. Much could be said about the need of a city park, and jut as much about the library, hut taxes are so high we might as well let the children do without the pleasures furnished by enterprising cities, and look in the Daily News alumnae for Information, as most of us are figuring on taking our wad with us, anyway, so do not care to let. go of any of it here. We may need it trt buy Ice with later on, A. N. C. Writer Thinks Grip On Tlie Dollars Makes National Bird Gasp. Editor NewB: Not' long ago there appeared In an Eastern magazine a descriptive article relative to a cer tain city, a paid advertisement, cost ing for the Issue a Htle less than $1,0DO.OO. The object of the adver vertlHement was to attract attention to that particular city, and It might be of Interest to some of Roseburg's ''Itlzens, especially our city fathers, to note that the very first attraction mentioned was public parks, and the second the public library. If there ever was a place on earth blessed by nature- with park possibilities, it Is Roseburg, but through the absolute lack of foresight of our city councils pnst and gone, we have not enough park to-pasture one rabbit, although it might have had at least two of the most beautiful parkfe in America. The longer the city postpones the estab lishment ot a park, the higher the price that will be demanded for suit able ground, and the greater loss to the community, not only in proapec- DEVEIiOPMEXT CONGRESS. Seattle Place of Meeting This Week H oso burg Represented. The Northwest Development Con gress meets this week, in Seattle. Wednesday to Saturday, June 5 to 8. Special rates, both railroad and ho tel, are In effect, and if any member of the Roseburg Commercial Club ex pects to attend, or will be in Seattle during the meeting, credentials will be furnished him as delegates from the Commercial Club. The Hotel Se attle is the Oregon headquarters. Among the prominent speakers will be James J. Hill, Howard Elliott, Louis W. Hill. Carl L. Gray, and the meeting is considered the most Im portant development meeting ever held In the Northwest. Roseburg should have a representative pres ent. If you can attend, call at the office of the secretary and receive your credentials an delegate from the Commercial Club. ,' . ... BREAKS WRIST WHILE CRANKING:' . AUTO. If. Guost, the well known proprie tor of the Umpqua Bakery, sustained a painful accident Saturday, while cranking his Ford automobile. It seems that the spark was advanced too far and the kick of the engine flung the crank handle back with such force as to break the wrist. The accident happened about 7 o'clock Saturday evening In front of the Har ness & ' Johnson store on Sheridan street. The family physician was immediately called and Bet the wrist. The accident will likely prevent the use of the Injured arm until fall. The Arnold Amusement Company's train went through this city Sunday enroute for Lebanon. QMS FIGHT For Control of Delegates to Chicago Convention. VISITING WARSHIPS WELCOMED Arl.onu Republicans Hold Two Con vent Ions mid Klect WarrlnK JMegutes to Go To Tlio Clilrutco Convention. (Special to The Evening Nows.) COLUMBUS. June S. Buttling to the Inst ditch for control of dele gates to the nntlonal convention, the Ohio state convention met here this afternoon with both Roosevelt and Tuft factions professedly certain of success. 81x delegates at large to the Chicago convention will be elect ed. Welcome t ltd: lug ('i'iiInci-h. NORFOLK, June 3. With ex change of cheers, salutes from the big guns and other formalities, n fleet of eight American dreadnaughts today welcomed Admiral Pascheniltr. and three visiting Qermau cruisers at Hampton Ronds, Vlrginlu. Two Conventions In Arizona. TUSCONV Jine 3. Bolting the ragular convention of republicans convened here, because Taft mann ers refused a compromise In selec tion of delegates to the Chicago con vention, Roosevelt men held a separ ate convention here todnynd elect ed a set of six delegates to the nat ional convention. The meeting was held In the same hall where Taft men were Bolectlifg their delegates. IlKi THHKS ItAISICI). vadtt City, aud Is about 2.700, feet about sea levol. The Bret seeding was done in the full of 1910, with. ' very successful results, and last fall an additional area was seeded. The method used in planting the seed! was that known to foresters as "the seed spot method". Spots about 6 feet apart each way -were prepared by pulverhlng the earth with a garden hoe. Soeda were then dropped on these spots and lightly pressed in the soil with the foot. The flourishing condition ot the young seedling gives good reason to expect a future growth of Blgtrees at this polut. With protection or forests from lire there seems to be no reason why the Blgtrees should disappear, even though scientists re gard them as survivals from. a past age, batanlcally speaklug, , IIOOVKIt'H TltlAL. Kririenro Not. Yet All In At 8 O'clock - Tliia Afternoon. Tho Jury in the Hoover case was drawn Saturday and the names are as follows: R. ' L. Olle. R. L. Stephens, J. L. Scott, Peter Ulam, C. M. Hendorer, C. O. Hancock, J, M. Thompson, H, M. Bullwlnkle, 8. F. Kruzlor, II. H. Otcott. W WIbo and A. 1.. Ady. , . At 3 o'clock the evidence was not all in. The state's evidence was all In at noon. Dr. Hoover, Clujs. Hnmll ton, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Pickett, Lnfo Engles and O. D. Wilson had been called up to three o'clock. Tomor row's Issue will give a full history of the case. NOTICE OF MKKTIMl. The Out-to-WIn Club will meet in the reading room ' of the Baptist ( church tonight st 7:3u. Anyone In terested In the temperance movement should make It a point to attend the meetings of this club and do what they can in the cnuso of temperance. U. fl. ForoMt Service Mukett InterOMt lm Experiment. The forest service Is raising several acres of Blgtree seedlings on the Tu hoe National Forest in California, at a more northerly point than any nat ural nigtiee grove. While the giant sequoias ara found in the forests of the Sierras at various points thorugh out a total rango of some 250 miles, In the northern twothlrds of this range thore Is practically no natur al reproduction. It has consequent ly been a question whether the species would not Ipractlcally dis appear from this roglon when the present matiiro trees die. The most northern existing grove of Blgtrees Is on the Tnboe forest, but about 34 miles southeast of the alto selected for planting. This site J Is on a molHt flat not far from No-! Frank Brand and Alto DarleB were married today at 12 o'clock, at the Episcopal church, Rev. C. W. Baker officiating. The happy couple left for Portlnnd whore thoy will spend a tow days. Mrs. C: W, Baker and little daugh ter, Kntherine, have gono to Glide, where thoy will remain the greater part of the summor at their delightful ranch home. Rev. Mr. linker will spend a part of the time there. DIt. POSKV K Specialist for Eye, Ear, Nose and throat dlsonses. 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