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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1912)
-THE EVENING NEWS u carl d. 8iioi:maki:ie, ;j txuutr ana hole rroprletor. 1B8UKI) IA1I,V KXCKI'T BIJNDAY. ; Subscription Itates Dully. 'r year, by mall J3.00 Per mooth, delivered BO demi-Weckly. Per year 12.00 8li months 1.00 Entered as second-class matter November 5, 1910, at Kosehurg. Ore., under act nf March 3. 1879. HtlDAV, l)i:( K.MIiDIl -J.!, UMli. inn I i in r.ijn I Postmaster General Hitchcock has jJuHt issued hia pamphlet of regula-c-tlons for the parcels jiost which be- conies effective on the first day of ' January. It Is very generally under- Ntood that for the purposes of the J iiarcels pout the United States has introduced by Senator Borah In the one house and Congressman LaFdl lelte In the other, to relieve the set tlers in wooded or brush districts of the cultivation clause In the three year law. Fisher ruled that no settler could prove a homestead under the old five year period unless he had filed prior to June 6, 1912, when the three-year luw, designed as an alternative choice with the five-year plan, became op erative. The settlers now facing loss of their homes had not cleared the 20 acres required to bo put under cultivation tinder the new plan, nor can they afford to complete any such improvement wltliln the time limit. Senator Borah proposes that only one acre. In timber or brush coun try, be required to be under cultiva tion at the end of the first year, and tobacco tax he says is about $58,000, 000, while under the tax In force In 1879 It would now be $1. '18,000, 000. Warhurton would use about $200, 000 of tliis revenue annually for Im proving roads In each of the national parks. rest lieen divided Ino eight separate only three acres at the end of the i zones. The first zone embraces an I third year. f urea within a radius of fifty miles of !any given office; the second zone , ombraces an area within tbo radius I of 150 miles; the third 300 miles; the fourth 600 miles, etc. For In- j stance we will take Hoseburg as the ' j t-enter of the first zone. One could i then send a package to any point ! within fifty miles of Hoseburg at the minimum rate of parcels postage. Eugene would he within the second i zone from Hoseburg and Portland in ; Uhe third. I would cost more to send i 1ho same sized packago to Portland than to Eugene and more to Eugene j than to Drain. ' i J 1 1 pounds Is the limit of weight j that may be sent through the parcels ro?t. To r..:y pclnt 'n tlio ; Htartln;; r-jnc tVc t'.ev?: icrs are ) carried for 15 cents. To carry the-j uar i)a'.::;.;,c ':.to il;c j v,':iuj ;rq....-3 j c:.u.s ..i Into t'ie third zono the rate would bo ;' C7 cents. Into the eighth and last j Tone tho rate would he 11.32. One feature of the parcels post ! 'Will bo the distinctive stamps which ; the department will Issue Parrels In- i tended for shipment by tho parcels i vout must bear t lie special dlstlnc- tlve stump, otherwise I he package "will remain In the office where de posited until the special, stamp has been sent either by the sender or the person to whom uddrossed. Parcels may be deposited In any TioHtofflco or may lie given to rural Touto carriers whoso duty It Is to deposit them In tho postofrice promptly. Parcels must also ho wrapped in euch a manner that their conlents muy bo enslly examined by the post al authorities should they so desire. On the outsldo (if tho package the sondor must put his own or his firm's name preceded by the word "From" null followed by his post office address. Tho sender mny also place on the wrapper any Inscription, not too long, which will not Interfere with tho placing of the slumps. "llnppy Hew Year." "Do not open till Xmns" and nny other similar Inscriptions are permitted. No packago will ho mailed which oxcoodB elevull pounds III weight or which Is greater In size llinn 72 Inches in length mid girth combined. Spirituous, vinous, malted, fer mented, or other Intoxicating liquors of nny kind uro prohibited from the parcels post. Poisons, explosives. lnteriiui nmchlnes, mutter which Is munirostly obscene, lewd or lusrlv lous. pistols and revolvers and nny nitlcle liuvlng a bad odor are also prohibited from being sent through tho parrels post. All parcels containing perishable oods must bo so labeled and fragile mutter must be so marked. ICggs will bo accepted but they must be se curely pucked so that the possibility of destroying them in handling Is re duced to the minimum. Parcels containing viilunble ar ticles may be Insured up to f r.o.nt) by paving the required fee of ten cents. Mil account, of this Insurance feature of (he pnrcels post no nialter sent by Vila agency will t registered. The regulations are comprehensive lnd cover the various phases of the tiporaiion or the new department of Many of the settlers "squatted" on the land before It was thrown open for entry, and under the old law were eligible to prove their right, but now must clear and cultivate an impossible area of woodland. In Douglus county, Oregon, 60 claims were taken about ten years ago, and since the land was not sur veyed and thrown open to legal en try until after Juno 6 of this year they mny shortly be evicted. Congressman Lafferly, of Port land, has Introduced In tho House two of the progressive party bills, which In thlB session will cover a wide range of subjects. His firs! proposal is that a minimum wage commission, similar to that now al work In Massachusetts, be establish, id for the District of Columbia. The :ienalty attached to refusal by an employer to raise wages In accord ance with an award by the commis sion Is to be $25 fine per employe, In each Instance proven. I.nfferly's second measure provides that a physiclal valuation shall be dotorinlned for nil public utilities in tho District, nnd thnt their service and their rates and prices of service or commodities shnll then bo fixed upon a basis of the nctual physical Investment, and not upon the basis of stock capitalization. This bill Is adapted from those In effect In Wis consin mid Oregon. As in tho case of Senator LaFol lettte's eight hour bill, the Introduc er has no expec:atlon thut these will becomo law at this session. They are designed only to build up a public demand for- legislation on these lines Congressman linker, of California, (lomiimls that tho Ungllsh walnut In dustry, rapidly developing In his state, be given tho protection due an infant from the federal government, lie Is not looking for a protective tariff, but asks that $10,000 be set aside for the use of tho Bureau of Plant Industry In conducting an ex periment station which shnll Improve tho breeds of walnut trees, l.lltlo Is known in this field at present, nnd the scleiitiric men nre anxious to go into it. Congressman William Kent, of ! California, who has Joined with Dav-i id Starr Jordan, president of Stan ford University, BenJ. Ide W'heoler, president of the Tniversity of Call- fornla. and Archbishop Kicrdan, of ; San Francisco In an appeal to Prcs-: Ident Tatt for an amiable adjust-j ment of the Panama canal tolls dis-i pute with Great Britain, today out-! lined his urgmnent against free tolls ! for American shipping, as the result! of a study of past treaties. ! He said that the history of tho ' Clayton-Bulwer treaty seemed to ; prove that Kaglund refrained from j colonizing the Isthmus In definite re turn for uniform tolls. The Hay-! Paunccfote treaty, he asserted, was '. drafted on the same basis as the ' Suez agreement, which provides for ' no discrimination. When this treaty was before the senate the question of discrimination in favor of Ameri can shipping waB raised by Senator Bard, of Cu.lfornla, and voted down "To tho lay mind," said Kent, "it Is always Interesting to learn the intent of paries entering Into a legal obligation or formulating a law. This Is abhorrent to the login mind, which cares all for the letter and nothing for tho Intent. "Joseph Choate, who was ono of those engaged In drafting the Ilay- Pauncefote treaty and securing its ratification, is authority for the statement that the Intent was clearly what tne words of the treaty would Imply that there should be no dis crimination, even In favor of Ameri can constwiso trade." Ab to the Justice of free tolls, Kent declared that they would probably act as a subsidy to tho coastwise ship-1 ping combination, which can fix rates far lower than rail rates and stilt ab sorb the remitted tolls. Should any benefit get past the combine to the consuming public, only the people In coast states would benefit, and they would benefit at the expense of the wbolo counry, who through some rorm of tax would he forced to pny the maintenance deficit of the canal after having paid for its original con-1 structlon. j George Goode, it lawyer of Weliat cbee, Wnsh., has arrived at tbo capi tol after walking the entire dlstnnre fr I'1" home In IS mouths. Goode earned his ay at odd Jobs.and hop ed to get n political one when he reached here. Owing to the fart that President Tnft, . whom Goode supported and In whoso aid bo sought to run for congressman In hi dis trict two years ngo. has very few days of patronago-disposnl left, the man from M'oniitchoo will soon start to walk back home. It Is cenreded by House opponents Al IIMTV ()!' ;i,i:xii.i,i.; HI.HCTIOX IS ATTAt'KI-:!) District Attorney Says ICIectlon Was Held In (ilt'lldiile Precinct and .Not In Town us Iaiw Provides. In his argument before Judge J. W. Hamilton this afternoon in tho case of tho Stato vs. .1. A. Mcl.eod. of Glendulo, accused of violating the local option laws. Distrirt Attorney George M. Brown, In charge of the prosecution, uttneked the recent lo cal option held at that city, and briefly referred to a number of nl leged errors In tho proceedings which ho contended wero fatal to the elec tion and would result In declared Illegal. First, the district attorney- said the rail of the election wns lrregulnr for the reason that It staled that an election was to be held In Glenil:i!e Precinct nnd not In the city of Glcndttle. In regard to this al leged error, the district attorney su d the eli'itlim laws pi o Idol that in eleclons held under the Homo Itule bill tho call for such election should specifically designate the ter ritory In which tho vote was to be held. In tho Glendulo election, the district attorney said the call was AUTOMOBILE CONTESTANTS READ REMEMBER That we accept our Cou pons in settlement of accounts. REMEMBER That our Coupons are good until used. REMEMBER That for all accounts settled before Jan. 1st., we will give as an inducement 5 votes for each cent in value. REMEMBER That we have decided to allow 5 votes for each cent of cash until end of contest. REMEMBER That the following spec ial offers are also made: A Bonus of 100,009 votes on each steel range. A Bonus of 50,000 on each heater or cast cool! stove. A Bonus of 25,000 on each Oil Heater. A Bonus of 50,000 on each Plow. A Bonus on all baskets according to val ue. Call and se them.' Contest Closes January I5th. Get Busy. Churchill H' dware Co. when be failed or neglected to as- tended that there was nothing In the certain whether or not the signers of return of the sheriff to show that tho original petition asking for an the notices of election were posted election under the Home Hulo bill In public places as required by law, were residents of the town of Glen-' neither was there anything to show dale and were qualified to sign such mt tlle e,e0,n waa contlne1 to v0. a petition. tors residing within the coiiporate Thirdly, the district attorney at- limits of Glendale. The return, as tucked the return of he sheriff which the district nit ornev contended nhn- Its being I wub to the effect that an election had ply showed that on election wns held been held, and that the required no-; In the Glendale precinct, nnd not In Ices bad been posted In tlle vicinity! the town of Glendale as required by of the polls and In tho precinct of the election laws. Glendulo. The district attorney con- In conclusion, the district attor ney stated that he believed the elec tion was held Illegally, and not in ac cordance with the election laws of tho state. In the event Judge Hamilton should hold that the election was Ir regular as contended by the district attorney, Glendale will remain In the "dry" ranks for another two years. itoitx. TEDDER To Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tedder, at S10 Mill street, on Fri day, December 27, a son. of the Knker Asiatic exclusion hill I rr "'6 rp"BO" "u,t ,l 8tatcl that If that measure Is once released mini committee It will be passed by the House by n substantial majority. Chairman Burnett, of the Immigra tion coinniillee bus omml.,,.,1 i it reported soon after the holidays. All of the western 1110111110111 will vote for It, mid nearly nil or them will give it their sincere support. in tho senate the sentiment Is les: the election was to bo held In Glen dale precinct and not in tbo town of Glendale as provided by the stat utes. "It is not Tor tills court, to determine whether or not the Glen dulo precinct extends into tho coun try." said tile district attorney. "On Its face, the call shows that the election was held In tbo Glendale precinct, nnd not In the town of -iwiu,w'w.r. -OH,. vast 1 uumja-fWiaBr mihi"ii j 1 THE BEE HIVE 1 tho vstofflee. Full mid conn, let,. In- ceriululv in favor of k-.-,.,i .1... ! (;,,udulo as It should In order to con Hindus nnd Japanese, but pressure I , ' " " " ": Minimi, u hi reguril to tlle parcels post mny be obtained from your post master nnd packages may be sent on nnd after January the first. 191.1. IIOMIXI'KWIS wil l, .: 1 ,,,. 1'i:iti-:ii it v (iivi:itx.MKXT. Xow Inns Will licult llenefl. bill, ( "iileiupbile Tak ln l' Homesteads. man x.uuo i.ni..teads in Northeast ern Washington nnd Northern Idaho will be forfeited, arrordinp to (V.11 Kressnian William IjiKelleiies esti mate, unless tbo recent ruling (,f sec retary of the Interior Ki.-.ln r. that set tlor bare no further opt inn as be tween the new three-) ear law nnd n,,, old flv-year porlod for "proving up' tne:r claims, ahull be remedied by n amendment to the Inw at thla Ion Thnt la hv .nnttnl nK . . j n ..(Jyvii - being given an amendment to be from homo Is counted upon to bring I " 1 P ,ho vWclian n ninjorltv into line ir ti, n 1 lowed tho district attorney Inform the House Is prompt enoush In any event, action by tho new congress I? assured. While Senator llourne and his joint cominlltee are going ukhIu Into the whole question of national aid to Rood roads. Congressman Wnrbur ton, of Washington has hlK bill Tor tho construction of national mill, tnry highway nearly ready for In troduction In the Hons.'. "This mill, tnry highway plan, which proved ef fective .In Warhurton cnmi.nlcn calls for the building of paved road I ....ui.Tiing uto capitals of all of the states, with each other nnd with the ) national capitala matter of 15.000 nil s ot highway paved 16 feet wide. ed the court that the Glendulo pre cinct did extend Into the countrv. however, and that ho had been told that certain pooplo voted who lived outside of tho city limits. The dis trict attorney also called the court's attention to the fact that the neces sary proof was not nt hand to show that all who voted resided within the corporate limits of the town of Glen dulo anil wero qualified. The district itiiuriiey conieuiieu mat in cases w here the precincts extended- into the country It would bo necessary for the election board to keep the bal lots separate one lox being main tained for depositing of ballots cast by those living Inside the city Urn Its and another for those outside. In The nionev to iuv tr m. 1 'no election at Issue, the district at- , .... .... .,., miiiuve-' iiient he would secure bv rioi-in 1 ,0ey ' no Pfoof was at hand to j the internal revenue of 1S71 on n-'8n"w "' '"' f"x'n drme. 1 uc present revenue from the ' " """'' claimed that the county clerk erred IT is our sole object to carry lines of Groceries that are in every way satisfactory. We in vite your criticism of any or all our goods. If they are not the best, we want to know where they fall short of being just right, and we wili take it as a personal favor where suggestions or criticisms are given relative to improving the quality of our goods and the service we give. All Goods Sold With our Positive Guarantee....... THE BEE HIVE GROCERY, INC. HOY HOADMAX AMI R. C. DI XHAM, PKOI'ltimoUS. PHONE 91