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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1912)
THE EVENING NEWS CAJtli D. SHOEMAKUB, Editor aud nolo rruprletor. I88CKI) DAILY KXCKI'T HUNUAV. Subscription llatos Dully. Per year, by mall J3.00 Pot mouth, delivered .60 ttenii-Woekljr. Pr year $2.00 Gil months 1.00 .. Entered as second-class matter November 6, 1910, at Roseburg, Ore., under act of March 3. 1879. MONDAY, NO KMIIKIt Jul 2. AN OITOUTL'MTV. A tomato grower at Riddle' was unable to dispose of his crop this year. Ho offered to give the toma toes to anyone who would pay the freight on the shipments. A sweet corn ralBer near Roseburg fed bushel lifter bush til of corn to his hogs be cause Ite lb-ad n'l market ifor his product. Surplus apples in thlB val ley were given away to any one who -would haul them before they rotted on the ground. Cabbage, Henries and other garden truck and fruit have gone to waste this year because there wub no outlet for tho product or crop. Douglas county soil is productive. Ko one has ever disputed this. Yet If there Is no market for tho pro duct the soil might just as well re main Idle or cultivated just to that point where It win sustain the grower. Roseburg today has a chanco to get a large cannery here which will take care of the entire crop of all tho furmers and growers in thin val ley. Shall we let It slip away to Rome other community? Or shall wo awake to our opportunity and keep here a project which Is needed more now than mother railroad. A few weeks ago two men came here for the purpose of Investing In a cannery In Roseburg. They made ftomo Inquiries, but found that land 'values were pretty high too high In fact to warrant the investment for the purposes of a cannery. The In habitants of at least two other com munities in this county learned of their Intention to build a cannery and citizens of these communities j oamo hero and sought interviews. with tho Inventors, Theao towns of fered building Rites to these two men (should thoy decide to locate their Industry tit their town. There was .no quibble no questions. These towns wanted the cannery and wero 'willing to encourage It to the extent uf backing It up unci giving it a suf ficient qunntlty of limd on which to build. That was the spirit of tho citizens of two of Rouohurg's neigh Ijoring towns. Roseburg Is just as good a place for a cannery as any other place In the county. Will Roseburg do na much for these men who came here tsirpoetlng to huy but who are beselged with gifts from enterprising and en ergetic communities, or will It per mltt again, an Industry to slip from Its grasp because of the luck of fore Bight or Interest in an Industry whirl' !b do!iKrati-ly needed hole to take eoro of the crop production of the wonderfully productive Hull nT lit tmrrouudtng valles. (iOOD ROADS. Tho News prints today a number f letters written by students of the eighth grade on the subject of good roads. Good roads are a communi ty's greatest asset next to Its climate and (toll. Douglas county is unusually favored in regard to climate and soil. Us roads, however, can stand much Improvement. The News realize well tho almost utter Impossihillt) of getting much relief from tho pres ent road system of this state. The en tire ay stem la based on a wrong working plan. There should be n c-uuly engineer or supervisor, whose Hole duty It wold be to establish the grade, drainage and course of the roads throughout the county under tho supervision of the county com missioners. The county court la In Javor of good roads, They have done he bent (hey Can with the Inade tiuiiiu road I.iwh to contend with. They will com I tuie to do what they rati. Itut there should be ti state-wide demand for better roud laws and a better operative rond construction "nyntem. We believe that if the leg islature which meets In January does nothing elso but revise and amend the road laws of the state it will liavo done good work and will be ap plauded by tho people everywhere In tho state. iti:ita:-i u coxckut x. Tho highest priced company ever brought to Roseburg will appear Tuesday evening at the Palace theatre. This wilt bo the third num ber of tho lyeeum course. Admission 75 cents to all. Only 40 seats left, now. ItOHKHl'RO MIX. UNION. Tlmnksglving ( lib ken. Phono 15K21 for your Thanksgiv ing chicken, dressed or undressed. EnCESl'.t r...-. 11 f School Children Eighth Grade Pupils Wrile are Reprinted in The News. Many Gcod Argu ments are introduced oy tne Lniiaren. jj Eighth grade pupils In Roseburg were given a writing and spelling test one day a week or so ago and they were told to make the work In the form of a letter to Judge YVona- cott on the subject of good roads u ii .uu ., i ,,lrt ! through the mud and water that The News believes this subject Is the , thoy UV(J , g(,t around stoye one that needs more attention than i Qntj dry off. any other In tho county and it takel Then they have to sit In the steamy pleasure In presenting these letters! room all day. If they had good 1, ih hv nH .Hrl nn l,U,roadB a"d Wtllk COaId Bet tO 8 J ' all-Important question. Hon. J. W. Wanacott, Dear Sir: The country schools would be benefited by better roads In several ways. First. If we had better roads there would be no need of so many small schools with one to six or eight pupils, as two or more schools could unite and pay twice the amount of wages to one teacher, therefore se curing a better Instructor, Second. If tho roads were not bo bad, the qlrlldren would go more regularly and tho Bchools would be better graded. Tho country and city schools both be benifited by better roads In the way that better roads would In crease the value on real estate and therefore lessen the schools taxes. This would permit them to pay high er wages to the teachers and obtain better educated and qualified teach ers. Yours respectfully, LI LA SMITH Iear Sir: As tho question of good roads Is confronting tho people of Oregon, and especially Douglas county ut the present time, 1 am very sure that you will do all you can to have the roads Improved. I have come to the conclusion that If the roods were Improved It would Increase the valuation of lands and thia would raise tho taxes and would make school funds amount to more. flood roads would aid many child ren in coming to school otherwise Ihey cannot attend school during the rainy season. Yours Truly, STIOLLA PERRY. Mr. J. W. Wanacott, Dear Sir: I am writing to you In regard to the roads of this county, especially In my district. I think that tho roads could bo Improved a great deal and by this it would let the children come to school from out In the country. Some of the children In the country llvo two and one-half or three miles from school, tho roads are bad and they cannot come. They have no side walks and when they come they have to walk in the roads, this being very dlsaereeablo especially In the winter. If you would levy a tux to lmprovo the roads a little this, 1 think, would help tho schools. Yours truly. ANDltKW SMITH. .Indue-J. W, Wonacott, Dear Sir: As a resident of Douglas county, vou are. no doubt Interested In the welfare of the public schools, aud of the benefits derived from good roadn. Many of the pupils in the public schools of this county are compelled in walk from one to three or four miles through (he mud and rain, in order to receive an education. As a insult of these conditions, the pupils have colds, pneumonia, and the grippe, among the diseases which are so dangenius to tho health of the nubile, Their parents pay large dec tor bills, which many cannot, afford, Trusting that you will use your influence In the Improvement of the roads of this county, 1 remain Respectfully vours, THKLMA H. ALLEY. Judge J. V. Wonacott, Dear Sir:' I write yon in regard to good roads of this county. 1 think that they would be a great help to this city, county and state as a whole, for It would help the far mers to get to town, and In this way they could get their produce to mar ket and make the city grow. The Increased taxes would make the schools better for It would get better teachers and better buildings as tt w hole. Respectfully, CLINTON IIELKill, City. Judge J. W Wonacott, Dear Sir: (Jnod roads would be very benefic ial to the schools. The pupils also would be benefited as those who live in the suburbs would have better loads to come into the city on. Peo ple also would buy more land here. Yours respectfully, MISS HAZEL ilOODM AN Judge J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: I am writing to you In regard to the roads benefiting the schools think that there could be on Improve ment made tn the roads. If the dif ferent districts would levy a tax. say five mills and apply it to roads, then would be a great improvement. 1 think that if the men who made the laws had to walk to school through the black mud a while that tl.e would be glad to improve the roads. Yours Itespeetfnllv, RKLLK SMITH. Judge J. W, Wonacott, Dear Sir: I am writing to you regarding the roads, I think if we had hard ro-uls with a good walk along the side that country schools would be done r.xay with altogether. In many places the roads are no muddy that a horse can't go through Want Good Roads Ml Letters on Subject Which without Binklng to his knees in the mud. if a few of the town people would visit a country school In the morning they would see pupils huddled round the stove in u cloud of steam, for they are so. wet from walking town school Respectfully yaurs, - LUCY CONKLLY. Judge J. W Wonacott, Dear Sir: As you are Interested In the gen eral welfare of the public schools and would like to do all In your pow er to advance the tip-building of same, if you will allow me to make one suggestion, that Is, advocate the improvement of roads In every school district. J saving you to do the rest, I re main Truly yours, MAE MKTTY. Judge J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: if tho roads were better the real estate would go up in value and then there would be more taxes and conse quently more money for school halls. Yours etc., EARL POWELL. Judge J. W Wonacott, Dear Sir: I write you In regards to good roads in this country. 1 believe that if we had good roads It would make this country 33 1-3 per cent, more valuable. There would be more taxes that, would go to the schools, we could have better teachers and the children that did not live over one or more than four miles out of town could go to tlie city schools, or the schools could afford to take covered wagons and gather the country pupils up and take them to the city school. Your'a verv respectfully, VEItN V. HELBICr. Judge J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: I think the school B.vstem would be Improved by good roads because the children would not have such tjffl culty in reaching school in the coun try, and those that lived in the country who attended school In town could come nud with less trouble. (iood roads increase tho value of properly, thereby Increasing the amount of tho taxes aud increasing the school funds. Hoping you will do what you can to encourane tho Improvement of the public highway. Yours trulv, MERLE H, HAYES. Judiio J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: I think that If we had better roads It won hi Increase the va hi at km of property, thereby linking a higher property tax and the schools would have more money for their support. Yours trulv. CYRIL DONNELLY. Jtidce J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: I think If wo hod better roads the schools won I1 have a larger atten dance as the boys and girls In the country would then have good walk ing and they would feel more en couraged to go to school. Then if we had good roads tho pupils would not bring near so much mud in on their feet and the Janitor would have more time to do something besides shoveling mud. Yours respectfully, FLOYD MlUOXALD. Judge J. W. Wonacott. , Dear Sir: I think If we had good roads In this county, our schools would be benefited very much In this way. if the roads were better the real estate of the country would Increase in val ue and so the taxes would be higher i and the school would get more money j to pay the best of teachers, and have, the best of buildings and have all ! modern Improvements in them as well. On the other hand children out of town or in tho country could come two or three miles to school as well np bettor tbnn tbm rould ronin now at a mile or mile and a half. i ours trulv, WlLLARD ACKLKY. Judge J. W. Wonacott, j Dear Sir: I I have been requested to write ' about the effect of good roads upon' the schools. . I think that If the rural roads were good, the people might come to school every day, while now they cannot because of the mud and water; In the roads. And also good rends would In- -crease the aluntlon of property and the increase of property would raise the taxes so that there would be; more money for schools, and then they could supply better teachers for : the grades nud thus develop the the j country and schools by having good roads. Yours respectfully. WALDO MAltSi KltS. ; Judge J. W. Wonacott. I IkMir Sir: As a pupil of the Roseburg public whool, I am in a position to Jndse the Inflence of the public mads upon, the school. The roads In soni 1 lo calities of this county ' are good.: while In others they are not. The1 attendance of tho school Is preatly' decreased by bad roads, and this is I especially true of the rural districts.! Then, the most Important thing i the health of the wheel children. The result of going lo school ov;r t-- IS El roads Is often sickness and In some instances, death. This la tho direct result of the had roads, duo to care lessness on t he part of those who should attend to them. ThU should j be attended to at the earliest op- j poi tunity. j Yours respectfully, ' JKSS1J5 CRACROKT. j Judge J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: j i am writing to you In regard to the roads of tills county. Kor I think that if some of the people of this town were compelled to go to school In the TTHid In the whiter, that they would certainly want better roads. 1 am suro that there could bo a marked improvement made in the roads. I am sure that If some of the men of this county that pays taxes, and help make the laws had to go to school nine months out of a year in the mud up to their knees that Green Valley Orchard Tracts In 5 and 10 Acre Subdivisions GREEN VALLEY ORCHARD TRACTS are all within a ten minutes walk of the S. P. depot at Green, Oregon, and only a thirty five minute drive from Roseburg. The tract is nearly all level land and beautifully situated. The soil is fertile and rich and full of productive elements. Roberts Creek runs through the subdivision tJThese tracts are on the rural mail route. There is a general store and public warehouse, a freight and express office at Green. A number of dwellings are now under course of construction. Green is a live and up-to-date community in every respect. These tracts have been on the market for only a short time. CfPersons desiring small tracts for fruit, vegetables or poultry should see these at once. Low prices, easy terms. You buy direct from owner M. B.GREEN R. F. D. ANDIRONS!! FIRE SETS FINISH-Polished Brass, Colonial, Dead Black, Flemish. Direct factory shipment from the celebra ted Rostrand factories atMilford, Conn. Coods are up-to-date in both , style and finish. See them. Notice a few in our window giving an idea of their appearance. Priced at from $2.00 to $15.00 Only about 36 sets so get your order in early. . CHURCHILL HARDWAR COMPANY P. S. A Shipment of Folding Fire Screens Overdue. they would want an improvement made In the roads. Yours truly. FRAXCKS SMITH. Judge J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: 1 am writing you in regard to the benefits which would be derived from better rond-s, especially In regard to tho benetlts for the schools of this county. The conditions are especially bad in the rural districts, there Is prac tically no care taken of the roads. The people living in tho rural dis tricts pay out good money for the care or their roads, and receive no benefits In return. Out of a district-school whose pu pils number twenty-five, three child ren had pneumonia, one died and the disease left tho other with very weak lungs. These two children suffered greatly with colds caused iby wet muddy roads. In this same school ! eight children developed chronic ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 2F13 bronchitis, three suffered from ton silitus which ended In the removal of their tonsils. 1"s.c :V tor-bills for tho district amounted to nearly five hundred dol lar. while one-third of this money used in I in proving the roads would hav" saved all that suffering. This is only one of many incidents which I could teli you, but from lack of time I will close, hoping this will influence you to improve the road conditions, 1 am Respectfully, CHRISTINA F. LAUREX. Judge J. W. Wonacott, Dear Sir: 1 am wrting to you regarding roads. -It seems to me that if tho roads were macadamized jthat the value of property would Increase a good deal and tho taxes would raise so there would be more money to spend for the schools. Respectfully, MISS FAY METZ.