GETS OFF EASY.
(Continued from page 1.)
is tUe first of its kind to be tried'
here for some time, considerable in
terest Is manifest.
Cherrlngton Wins Action.
The jury empaneled to listen to
the--evidence In the case ot J. S.
Cherrlngton, a Riddle real estate
dealer," vs. Bert Riddle, formerly en
gaged In the harware business at Rid
dle, returned a verdict late this af
ternoon in which the plaintiff was
awarded a judgment for $157
full amount of the claim.
The suit was brought by Mr.
Sherrington to recover approximate
ly $157, which he alleged was due
as commission as a result of his
efforts in disposing of a certain
hardware store formerly owned by '
the defendant. j
A large number of witnesses were
examined during the progress of the
trial, and the testimony was some
what conflicting. Cherrlngton claim
ed that he consummated the deal in
controversy, and consequently was
entitled to his commission. Riddle
testified that Cherrington had noth-:
ing to do with the deal, and that !
the purchasers were brought to him
by N. A. Collamore, of Portland, who
at that time was the ITOuglas coun-:
ty representative of the Marshall
Wells Hardware Company.
The jury deliberated less than two
hours when they returned a verdict j
favorable to the plaintiff. j
May It dense Mowers. j
Mr. Bowers, a sewing machine
agent, who was arrested here several
weeks ago accused of attempting to
nttack little Bernice Marpster, will
probably be released from custody
early tomorrow,. Since the alleged
crime was committed,, Mrs. Harpster
and daughter, Bernice, have moved
to Montana. On account of the fact
that they are unable to return at this
time, the district attorney is without
sufficient evidence to warrant the
return of an indictment.
Jackson iiven Verdict.
After a deliberation of about
thirty minutes the jury empaneled to
listen to the evidence in the case of
Levi White vs. John Jackson late
yesterday returned a verdict favor
dble to the defendant. White brought
suit to recover the sum of $1,000,
which he alleged was due him for
services rendered at the Instigation
of Jackson. The defense offered 0vJ
dence to the effect that White hao"
lived at the Jackson home, near Can
vyonvllle, for several years, and dur-
Ting such time had been treated, oa
a member of the family. It was also
contended that White's physical con
dition prevented him from rendeffhg"
services equivalent to the amount
of the claim. Attorney Carl Wim
berly represented White, while At
torney C. S. Jackson appeared for
the defendant. The case consumed
but two hours, and was probably the
least Important action tried during
the present term.
OPTION EXPIRING.
I have an option on some ex
ceedingly valuable property
which yields constant and large
Income, fully protected. I can
not hold It because of .lack of
cash. If anyone will Join me
and furnish reasonable sum.
will share profits. Thorough
Investigation permitted. An ab
solutely SAFE Investment, or I
the 1 wouldn't be In it myself. Ad-
dress at once "B" care The Ev-
ening News, 558
terned after that in effect in the Can
adian cities and ft is asserted valua
tions can be determined which will
be just and equitable. Owners of va
cant lots in the main business section,
under the new system, must pay as
much taxes a? their neighbor who
may have a business block several
stories high. In some instances small
frame shacks are located on exceed
ingly valuable lots, the owners await
ing a favorable opportunity to build
or sell. Single tax advocates declare
that the new tax regulation means
that the commencement of building
operations will be greatly hastened.
When the assessor begins his work
next spring he Is to exempt 25 per
cent of the value of improvements
and this will be done every year for
four years. Then taxes will be paid
only on the real estate Itself the
lots. This gradual change in assess
ment will give the city time to ad
just itself to the new order of things,
it is beleved.
,
SWKKPEX SELECTS SITE.
John Ilmmnar Officially Locates Tltut
Country's Building On Fair
(rounds.
EVERETT, WASHINGTON,
ADOPTS SINGLE TAX.
Vacant Lots Will Me Assessed Snine
Value As latts With
MiiihlliiKs. '''
EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 14. A
ranvass of the vote cast for single
tax at the recent election held In
Everett shows It to have been adopt
ed 4,858 to 2,637, a majority in fav
or of the measure of 2,221. The
amendment to the city charter was
passed despite strenuous opposition
of certain renl estate men owning
large tracts of unimproved lots.
That the constitutionality of the
amendment will be tested in the su
nreme court at no distant date is
made certain by an announcement of j
those opposed to it. The advocates
of single tax assert that it will be I
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. With
full military pomp nnd ceremony,
Sweden's special commissioner, John
lam mar, officially selected a site i
for Sweden's exposition building.
Preceding the site selecting cere-1
monies there was a review of two
regiments of United States Infantry
on the parade ground near the Let-
terman general hospital. After the
review President Moore led the com
missioner and the guests of honor to
the tnclosure In front of the grand
stand, where the site was dedicated.
The Swedish Singing Society and
baud rendered "Hear Us Svea, Moth
er of Us All," after which Presid-'
ent Moore handed Commissioner
Hammar the Swedish flag, which he
planted in the earth as evidence of
the dedication of the site for Swed
en's participation in the exposition.
When the flag had been planted.
Miss Vera Llndstrom, daughter of
Dr. A. O. Llndstrom,' who Is a na
tive of Sweden and a resident of
this city, raised the Swedish flag on
the tall flagpole that had been erect
ed in front of the grandstand. When
the flag reached its truck, the
Swedish-American band and the
Swedish Singing Society rendered
the Swedish popular melody, "Our
Land".
The Swedish exposition committee
and Swedish Ladies' Auxiliary took
a prominent part In these ceremon
ies. Sweden is the twenty-first foreign
country to respond to President
Tuft's invitation to take part in th
nation's celebration of the comple
tion of the Panama Canal. Commis
sioner Hammar Is managing direc
tor of the General Export Associa
tion of Sweden. He has been spec
ially delegated by Count Ehrensvnrd.
minister of foreign affairs, to select
Sweden's site.
derstand aud which cannot benefit
them" in the future.
Sir Alfred Harmsworth, Publisher,
J London, says, "American boys are
oemg mrnea oy eaucauon iiuo a race
of white Chinese, all cast In the Bame
mental mold, incapable of any in
dependent thought."
Woods Hutchison, Author, New
York," says, "Even the child of the;
tenement Is better off out of school I
than in school. The whole system IsJ
fundamentally wrong. I think It
ought to be abolished."
The Journal asks, "what can be
done about it?" This publication
states that It will publish a series of
constructive articles on the subject,
but how many Roseburg people will
read and be Influenced by the ar
ticles? It is a matter of common
knowledge that the Roseburg schools
do not have manual training and do- j
mestic science, although there are
thousands of schools in America that i
have established these branches suc
cessfully, nnd the schools of Ger
many, for example, would be con
sidered Impossible without thein.
if you have a boy or girl in school,
look into his or her school work, and
decide for yourself how much of the
present education is going to bo of
real value to the pupil 30 years from
now. Would the knowledge of the
proper use of tools, or a sewing ma
chine be of.no value when the child
reaches the age wheu he or she must
depend on himself or herself? Will
knowing the distance of the nearest
fixed star add anything to anyone's
earning value wheu be assumes the
burdens of living and the responsi
bilities of business life. Will your
boy be better prepared to earn a
respectnb'le living through his ability
to quote from Caesar's History of
the Gallic, wars In the original ton
gue than he will If he can use a
saw, square and hammer efficiently?
When men come to my office look
ing for work, are they asked to show
a school diploma? Or are they ask
ed "have you a trade," and "can
you use tools"? And Is it easier to
find something for the average man
to do that has been taught to work
with his hands as weir as with his
brain, or the man who can keep
books? Roseburg boys and girls
need a practical education as well as
a theoretical one. The undersigned
does not contend that what Is taught
at this time Is wasted, or that Rose
burg schools are Inferior In the least
to other schools in other communi
ties that teach only the same branches
but does believe that the people of
Roseburg should advance to the high
er plane adopted by many, many
American schools, and extend the
school work so as to include manual
(raining and domestic science not a
smattering of the work, like "six
weeks In Physics," which was a text
book of my school days, but a sub
stantial education along these Hues,
which will enable any of our boys
and girls to make use of the prac
tical knowledge thus obtained, in
case the vicissitudes of fortune re
quire It? This Is the practical age,
and the educaton of our Roseburg
boys and girls, in keeping with the
age, should be taught practical
things, such as are found In manual
training and domestic science
rrourses.
G, P. SCHLOSSER.
B
Calls the Fire Brigade
IG brush fire send help!"
Such a Bell Telephone message rallies the fire bri
gade to the danger point and the farm buildings are saved.
Minutes at the beginning of a fire are worth hours after the fire gets
headway. -
The Bell Service saves those minutes.
It is an effective rural tire alarm system and the best possible protec
tion against loss.
It more than pays for itself in the protection it gives.
Are you risking your farm property without the Bell system? If so,
call and see our local manager when in town.
i run ieii i mm go.
On account of a luck of adverti
ng, the good roads meeting scneoui-
cd for last evening was postponed
until a more convenient date.
John Alexander, the- Glide mer
chant, spent the day In Roseburg
looking aftorNiuslness matters.
Illldreth Sutherland has returned
here after a visit at Portlnnd and
other northern cities.
Several members of the local lodge
of Moose will go to Salem tonight
to attend tho dedication of the
Moose temple tit the capital city to
morrow.
iTiii.it; school qvustiox.
found constitutional. Just how the
measure will be tested has not yet . Editor "News."
been outlined, but It is considered I Magazines and newspnpers In In
probable that the county treasurer. ' creasing numbers are ttlvlng atten
who collects the city taxes, will have tlon to the public school question.
It put up to him by someone to ac-1 All are agreed that there Is some
cept taxes on city projierty. less tho ; thing wrong with the present system,
amount assessed for Improvements. ' and the demand for manual training
A refusal to accept will bring about and domestic science In addition to
an application for a mandamus and the "readln, rlt In, and rlthmetic" is
the question will soon get before becoming general. The Ladles. Home
the supreme court. 1 Journal, wheh Is not considered the
How The Adjustment Will Work ' i highest authority In America by the
If the amendment Is legal, the ad- average Westerner, brit which does
PRAISE FOR SITU Kit LI X.
Ilnlpli I
iirlettc Write Of Ills Recent
Visit At Sutlierlin.
it
justment of taxes next year will be
the most extensive In the history of
Kverett and the owners of unimprov
ed lots will have to pay much more
than 1n the past. In the outskirts Hon
of Everett and scattered through the
business and residence sections are
many unimproved lots on which the
taxes have been much less than on
the adjoining improved lots. Advo
cates of the single tax, confident that
the amendment is constitutional, pre
dict that Everett will establish a new
record for Pacific roast cities in rap
Id growth. The city of Vancouver,
t!t C, Is cited as the most notable
example of the Buccess of the single
tax and there arc several other Can
adian cities which have assorted that
law has been a great success.
contain at least a few excellent dis
cussions ' on various subjects, re
cently published a list, of opinions
from various sources under the cap-
Is the public school a failure".
Ralph Parlette, humorist and phi!
osopher, who recently delighted i
large audience In the Gem theatre,
has the following In the Lyceumtte
and Talent Magazine, of Chicago, re
garding his visit here:
"Sutlierlin, Oregon, Is one of those
made-to-order towns, started by the
Luse Land & Development Company
three yenrs ago and now grown to
600 population, with paving and cl lis
ters of white globed electric lights
along the streets. All around It. arc
apple orchards which the company (
growing aud selling at prices ranging
from (100 to $f50 an acre. Sutlierlin
Bays that when her appleg come on
Mood Hiver will sink into the
row. But Hood River retorts tha
all the?e young apple eldoradoes are
promises, while their's Is ierfornl
ance. Ralph Dunbar has twenty
three acres of apples near Sutlierlin.
and believe me, that w-ill get Ralph
encores.
land above described, before the Reg
later and Receiver of the United
States Land Office, at Roseburg, Ore
gon, on tho 23rd day of December,
1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Patrick O'Donnoll, of Camus Val
ley, Oregon; Hollo Case, of Camas
Valley, Oregon; Myron E. Wolgar, of
Camas Valley, Oregon; Albert E
Crouch, of Coquillo, Oregon.
B. P. JONES.
dl2 Register.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
LOST Deputy sheriff star. Finder
please leave at News office. tf
NOTICE FOll PUBLICATION.
05873.
Department ot the Interior, U. S
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, Oc
tober 31, 1912.,
NOTICE Is hereby given that Pnt-
rlck O'Donnell, of Camas Vnlley, Ore
gon, who, on February 9, 1910, made
Homestead Entry, Serial No. 05873,
for NE V4 and WV4 SE of Sec
tion 32, Township 29 S., Range 9 W.,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of Intention to mako final five-year
proof, to establish claim to the laud
above described, before the Register I
and Receiver or the United Stnto
Land Office, at Roseburg, Oregon, oi
tho 23rd day of December, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Harry R. Welgnr, of Camas Vul-,
ley, Oregon; fielle Case, of Caniav j
Valley, Oregon; Mnrtha M. Welgar.
of Camas Valley. Oregon; Albert E j
Crouch, of Coqullle, Oregon. j
B. F. JONES.
(112 Register :
In tho County Court of tho State
ot Oregon for Douglas County.
In the matter of the estate or
Robert F. Smlck, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That the undersigned, by order of
the above entitled court duly made
and entered of record, hns been ap
pointed administrator of tho estate
of Robert F. Smlck, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate aro hereby required to
present tho samo to tho undersigned,
properly verified, within six months
from the dnte of this notlco, at Cati
yonvllle, Oregon, or at the law office
of Fullerton & Orcutt, Roseburg, Ore
gon.
Dntod tilts 17th day of October, '
1912.
J. P. S.MICK,
Administrator ot the cstuto of Rob
ert F. Smlck, deceased. nl4
111 HIMCSS IS ClOOI).
The prospect of nn extra strong
domnnd for trees has prompted tho
Roseburg Nursery Company to en
large their stock. Notwithstanding
that they were already better sup
plied than at any previous season.
A. L. Kltchln left last night for dir
roront points in the northern por
tion of tho state, as lias Deon his
custom for several years, to Inspect
the loading ot the stock which Is to
supply the good people of Douglas
county. The additional buying will
be of cherries pears and plums, n
NOTICE l'Olt PIHI.ICATIO.W
"At Sutherlln Is George II. Glynn,
To quote from a few or them i assistant secretary or the Luse Unit!
"State Commissioner or Education. 1 Company that develoed this tract.
New York. A. S. Draper says:" Not j Back In 1891 he was a represeqttitive
more than one-third of the children ' of the Slayton Bureau In Michigan,
who enter our elementary schools land ne'xt year for the Chicago Ked
ever finish them. It Indicates that. path, then munaged by Fred llatha
the lives of the children are being! way. His competitor was Fred Pel-
ham, and he says Mr. Palham was
wasted, that there Is a sad lack of
deflnate aim and purpose about It
all, and that our educational plans
do not rationally meet our conditions.
The Brooklyn Dally Eagle, one of
the leading eastern newspapers says
"Our children are overtaxed by a
lot of thoroughly useless studies.
Konr Yenrs For Full Kxemptlon. romjjelled to cram their brains with
The proposed system here is pat-lessons that they cannot possibly un-
the "big push" In the booking then,
considered the best In that field. He
was shocked to learn of Mr. Palhnm'8
physical collapse. Prices haven't ris
en these years. The fact Is. cele
brltes got more money then than now.
Glynn got 1500 regularly for Tal
mage. and $250 for Nye and Bur
b:nk. Sutherlln Sun.
07448. I
Department of the Interior IJ. S.
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, Oc- j
toiler 31,1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that Belle j
Case, of Camas Valley, Oregon, who, !
on August 1, 1911, mndo llomestnl !
Entry, Serial No, 074 4 8, for Lota 1
nnd 2 nnd EV4 NW14 of Section 30.:
Township 29 S. Range 9 W., Wlllam-'
ette Meridian, has filed notice of In-1
tentlon to make final commutation
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before tho Register
and Receiver of the United State
Land Office, at Roseburg, Oregon, on j
the 23rd day of December, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Patrick O'Donnell, of Camns Val
ley, Oregon; Hnrry n. Welgar. of
Camas Valley, Oregon; Nellie Kirk,
of Roseburg. Oregon; C. W. Kirk, of
Roseburg, Oregon. j
b. p, JONi:h. ;
d!2 Register.
XOTICK l'Olt ITIll.K'ATIO.V. !
05882.
Department of the Interior, II. S
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon.
October 31. 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that Har
ry FI. Welgar, of Camas Valley, Ore
gon, who, on February 10, 1910
made Homestead Entry, Serial, No
05882. for E'4 NE V and KV4 BE '4
of Section 32, Township 29 8.. Range
9 W.. Willamette Meridian, has filed
notice of Intention to make final five
year proof, to establish claim to the
V"
its' C I
4"
Women Are Casting Ballots
A Iso School Children
Judging by the number of ladies who are visit
ing our store this week, it would seem that they
are taking much more interest in the Baby Con
test than their husbands are in National Politics.
Of course, everyone who sees tho Glolio-Wernicke IiookciiHB to
lie awarded to the ono offering the clevereBt title to the picture dis
play in our show window, immediately demanda a ballot.
Kememlier, you do no have to be a customer of the Btore to
win the prize; everyone, without reservation, man, woman or child
can submit an answer.
School children wishing to start a library in their Hchool can
get up a contost among themselves, and every member of the claim
Kiibrait a title.
It Ihb good tooic for one's imaginative power '
YOUR ROOM MIGHT WIN THE BOOKCASE
Why not appoint a commitec, and securo the teachers consent
to compete for this prize to go in the Schoolroom.
RICE & RICE
"The House Furnishers"