THE EVENING NEWS
M1LTOX J, SIIOKMAKJJIt
OAItL 1. HHOKMAKKIt
Ed i torn and Publishers,
IfttiUKI DAILY EXCKI'T SUNDAY
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November 5. 1910, at Roseburg, Ore.,
auder act of March 3, 1879.
WKDNUSDAV, KM ItKIt it, ll;
TIIK (jATKWAV CO.WKXTlOX.
Tomorrow the city of ftoseburg
will tin lio.st to an nnltnislatitic as
acnitilinK of OroKoninnn, native sons
and daughter, and daunhtrs and
houb by adoption. It wilt be one of
the niobt typical ineelinnH ever held
In this statu, or for that matter, in
the entire land. Wc doubt whether
another hucIi convent ion con hi be
held in any other tdaie of the Union,
and aK9C"iit)Iti iva many prutninent peo
ple at one time, for any mich pur
pone as is contemplated here. They
could not f?i?t enough people inter
ested in an ulea that proposed henu
f It to the individual, by securing
state wide benefit to tho whop com
monwealth. It In lining that Itosc
. burg should liavo been Hidected aa
the organization point tor th) event,;
with tiio coin ma n ding poult ion It '
holds for easy access from south and j
north, and with ita enviable reputa
tion as the chief city of tho prize
county of the wholo state. The pic
tureapieiH,HH of its scenery, sur
rounded an it 1b with magnificent
liills and fertile valleys, will bo an
Inspiration for all who come.
Hut thoHe aro secondary coimlder
alloiiH, unlike all other conventions
to which a municipality gives greet
ings and welcome with gaily decorat
ed street? and blatant no!H, this is
not a convention of hojim aiu 'eut and
honorable fraternal society, nor Ir it
the annual assembling of noted edu
cational or religious bodies; It is not
the celebration of some great event
In Btato or nation where pant achieve
ments are recalled and silver ton
gued orators relate in words of burn
ing eloquence, decdu that havo been
dono. None of these are the cause
this ts to bo a heart to heart talk,
a serious earnest business meeting
of men and women who have tho
future welfare and development of
this state in constant view, It Is a
meeting whero plans are to be form
ulated and action to be taken, that
will Induce the passer through to
stop and stay, that will attract and
bold the attention of the homo seek
er to the possibilities, of the hoII and
tho climate of this empire state. To
this end a great permanent exhibit
of tho various prolific products of all
parts of the atate is planned to be I
established on the very threshold to I
the Bouth where those who have pass-1
ed through may find tho reality of!
ihat their expectations miiHt havo;
made them think was possible, and
where the Incoming ones will be met!
tfiHd have explained to them where
oacm of the products aro best
produced, and under which con-1
dltlons. That tho traffic through 1
thtj state and by this route,!
TlurlnH Hlu litHt flVfi yours Will bo of i
titiproCudontod proportions, is not
liiestloned, as is also the positive fact i
that among these travelers there will
he many thousands who are seeking i
new homes, for buntings opportunity!
or for climatic reasons. From theso'
we must expect and net an influx of I
population, and It Is desired (hat this
Increase, be more rural than urban.!
Wo need nnd want the' settler in the:
fortllo valleys and on the mlling:
prairies, we want them to till the
soil, to cultivate the fields, to clear,
the vast t imher rvtehos and to
inako homes. Oregon has nil this In
a wonderful dt.f-;reo, and now her cit
izens aro going alter ttie thing most
needed, men and women to take up
am! fill tlies,. opportunities. This
convention has an earnest task ahead
of it. It is in time tut frivnitU-s, nr
Cluster or for brag. The facts should
1m set forth in the plainest words of
our language, whhout hypertole,
subterfuge or exaggeration, Oregon'
cannot afford to entice people here
to settle by misrepresentation or by
chicanery, and she does not need to,
do so. One dissatisfied, discontent
ed settler brought hero by Mich,
mean, wilt overthrow and destroy J
months of Incessant work and adver-;
Using. !
To the leaders of this mass meet
ing, and those on w honi shoulders
will fall many of the responsibilities
of carrying into effect tin plans and
tWlBions, The News offers its fer-
NOTICE. 9
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid ,
will give a Cafeteria Dinnor )
on Thursday, December 4th,
from 12 to 2 o'clock In tho
basement of the Presbyterian
church.
Menu.
Chicken Pie. Creamed Chicken. !
Koaat Ilam. !
Turnips. Mashed Potatoes.
liaked Heana.
fiot Biscuits, flutter.
Cabbage Salad, Potato Salad.
Kruit Salad.
Jelly. Pickles.
Pumpkin Pie. Mince Pie. Apple
Pio.
Marshrnallow Pudding. Cake.
Coffee. Tea.
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AFT
Must Cease Says High Govern
ment Officials. ,;
INDIANS' MUST HAVE PROTECTION
vent support and help in every honor
able way, und we are sure that wo
hut voice, the sentiment of every
citizen of Oregon, In wishing un
bounded success In this undertak-
j ing. There is no rivalry, no jeal
; otisy over the location or this ex
i titbit at Ashland, for it is conceded
jfrom every side that there Is the
i natural the only location, and when
cveryihing- is ready, it will be. found
that old Uouglas county, the blue rfb
bon prize winner of the start;, will be
then with her (junta. Members of
this mass convention, 'the' city of
Itoseburg greets you and bids you
welcome.
IHAS GONE WEST
Tired of East He Seeks West
ern Atmosphere.
.No JjonKpr Will Htorkmcn He Able
To IjChms Grazing jjtuul.s at
JtollK'lion I'rlie of
LONGS FOR HIS 0UTR00R LIFE
Strickland (lllflaii Says The Kast Is
-No Place, I' or tho .Man Who
j)veH Nature Leaves
Old ltaJtimore.
INDIANAPOLIS, hid., Dec. 3.
Strickland (Slllllan has just moved
to this city from Baltimore, Md., be
cause ho was" tired of tho Kast and
"wanted to come back to the demo
cratic, understandable middle West."
The famous author of "Klnnlgan to
Flanuigan" says he was tired of "be
ing dressed up."
"Why, I've gone wnukB and
weeks down Kast," ho said "without
having my shoes, coat, collar or tie
off, exeept when 1 went to, bed. I
could not realty po back to barefoot
Limes, or j should accumulate far
more blisters than bliss ; 1 can not go
back to the shirt-sleeved twilight;
I can not go and arrange a turning
polo, made from a dogwood hand
spike, laid in two convenient forks
of an apple tree, and work at It in
tho twilight, or somo one would Bee
uie and spread the glad tidings that
I was a ntlt,"
"Hut there Is tho language nnd the
life of tho Middle West, where I was'
bora, where I can understand and
be understood. Some people don't!
belong Kast at all. I am one of them.1
1 stayed down there because 1 am
stubborn. I stayed in a city that
didn't need me, and I lived the best
part of it Just to show what n Hoo-sier-tralued
Muck eye product could
do if he darn pleased.
' "In all these years of sojourn In
tho Wilderness I had a hard time
picking out companions twho (had
ever made lyo soap with a hopper
shaped like an inverted pyramid;
who had ever taught a calf to drink
from a bucket; who had ever slopped
the hogs; who had ever eaten In the
kitchen; who hud ever managed with
one new store suit every other year;
who knew what it meant to get a
stone bruise, ground Itch or a stamp-
ed toe; who had ever bniiiharued Paid
hornets or battled with bumblebees,
or had ever sat around a fireplace,
with father's home-knit socks hang
ing on the rung of a chair and the
eieani jar standing close by, with
mother turning- it now and then, so it
would sour uniformly how did 1
stand the loneliness? I didn't.
"How can such a man fit and con
tent himself among a people tired tOj
formality and finger howls nnd
bridge and psemto politeness and tux
edo and demi-tasses and germansj
iind hardwood floors and daily
baths?"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The reign
of graft In Indian affairs must, end.
That Is the edict of Cato Sells, jU. S. .
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, bus
iness man, lawyer, banker, public
office holder and above all a red
blooded, two-fisted lighting man.
Killing over the atfairs of 'a fast
dying people, who own $U0O.u00,OO(
worth of the ricnest grazing, oil,
mineral land of the West Sells has
determined that -the Indians! ehall
no longer lie the prey of a vast group
in whom the spirit of graft was ram-'
pant "carrion" ho calls them.- . i
The heartless, grasping of "attor-'
neys" and "guardians' administering
tho estates of Indian children called i
most strikingly to Sells' attention :
the need of reform, and a n,ujek one. j
While white children's estates are !
ordinarily settled at a cost of only
three per cent, the average price
on Indian children's estates has been
Jit) per cent. These children are the
richest average children in the coun
try; their properties often are $50,
000; and frequently this entire
ajnount has been grafted by the un
scrupulous, j
"I am going to put a few of these
men in the penitentiary as an object
lesson, Sells declared today, and
I'll see that some more go if there
Is a continuance of this ruthless raid
lug of Indians."
Ho f(ils that Oklahoma has had
graft, stamped Into Its very nature.
Now ho Is working toward a complete
reorganization of the Indian affairs
system, so that tho .100,000 Indians
may have a fair treatment, so that
their lands the only grazing lands
shall yield more cattle and more
returns.
New leases of Indian lands to cat
tle kings, oil opeiators and miners
will be at new figures. No unre will
the rich fields of the Osages go at
$;i an acre; hereafter they will com
mand J50 or more. This is only part
of the ambitious program of this
man who -d tracts holdings i ast,er
than the steel corporations. His is
a constructive idea.
The defective cattle nnd sheep of
the Western ra luges, owned by In
dians, are being wiped out and re
placed by good stock under
Sells' direction. Ho Is opening up
these lands to profitable Investment
instead of to grafters.
Ho Is seeking to upbuild the
strength nnd education of .the-re
maining Indians. ThLy-four .In
dustrial schools for Indian children
aro now under his care, and they are
likely to bo more before his reign
Is ended. Irrigation lands, too, are
opening rapidly. Many of the Indians
aro having their opportunity to cnl
tlvato thvso places, but heretofore
they have been sent In without prop
er equipment. Sells proposes that
this system shall pml, mid that the
Indians flhMl havo tho same, oppor
tunity that the white men have.
'Tho Job of Indian Commissioner
with him is a business proposition.
Ho answered an altruistic ca-11 when
ho took tho proposition, for he had
retired from active business and had
planned to settle down in Texas, the
state ho has lived In ever since he
lelt. Iowa after a brilliant career as a
Vnited States attorney.
Secretary Lane let It be kown ttia
tie wanted a man of ability, not u
job-seeker, a man of red-blond and
purpose, not a weakling. He heard
of Sells and his fight against pen
sion grafters in the Middle West. a-M
b,. found (hat Sells was Indeed a
regu'ar fight ing man, with a'nii: .
alt r ii ism. ent husiaMii. An. I t !.a! -how
todav Secretary Lane has a niu
on tin- Job of Indian Affairs four
teen hours, a day, and that's wh a
new era is dawning In OklaVoi a
and the other Indian stalt:-.
When out selecting gifts remember that we
have those things most useful and will be
id to have voucall and examine them
cfiffcfn
Parlor or Library
1T Den or Dinning room
Kitchen or Pantry
Tools for general house use, such as saws
hammers, planes, pliers, chisels, etc.
Yes, and wagons, sleds, velocepeds, games
etc, for the "kiddies"
Hardwa
Churchill
Comp
any
Have You Used "Samolme, The Great"
people mads to understand the on-;
portunlty they have for stop-overs,
It will be wonderfully valuable ln.i
f'UICIU:X lilNXHP..
The ladies of St. Joseph's parish
will serve a chicken dinner on lle-i
remlier 4, In the building recently
vacated by the Hrst Trust ft Savings
Hunk, at Jccksmi and Washlnk'tnn
St., from i: lo : o'clock, and also
"t-ve mpiKT trcm i to 7. Price
:tr,c. li
TO EXCHANGE.
3 acres 2 Vfe ntiles west of Wefser,
Idaho,
2 acres In alfalfa, otie acre In fam
ily orchard and berries and fenced
for chicken park. A good 3-room
plastered hou.se, front and rear porch
screcneu in, pump on back porch,
g;MH outside cellar, barn nnd chick
en house; fine soil; 1 . utiles front
school; on It. P. r. Water for Irriga
ting and title perfect. Value $ 1 .500.
Owner wishes to exchange for 20 or
more acres within six miles of Uose
hnrg. They wish to farm a little
and raise chickens and turkeys.
Inquire George Ititer, 311 Perkins
,,IdS. 3051-dup.
N'ow crop walnuts, the f!rst in'
town, nt the Dee Hive (of course).
The funeral of the late Perry Ed-
! gar was held at tho chapel of the
Koselitirg undertaking parlors at 2
o'clock 'this afternoon. Interment
o.f tho remains followed lu tho Odd
Fellows cemetery. Services at tile
chapel were conducted by the local
order of Moose, while at the grave
the services were conducted by the
Knights of Pythias.
Sl'l.t'lU, THAIS'.
( Cunt inued from page l.i
Head the Antlers' program on
another puue of this paper. Then go!
and see t he t bow. tf
Xmas Gifts for Men
Travi-'ini; Scis, a larr assovtnh'iit . SaK-tv Razors
from SI In m, Lailn'i" HtMslu-s, Strops, Shaving
.Sticks, Sliavhv.; Notions, Shavtiu; Kits coiiiploto.
Sliavii'' Minors, tin- kind all hk-ii Hko. Military
Brushes, Cii;.ir and t'i-.m ttoCascs, I'ocket k'mws,
Milit try Hrnslu w i i ' . ml wiihoui Ca-es, Mani
cure Sets, cxoI:im Iv lor cvnticineil, CY4.1t, a
c,ooillv v.nieiy, Smokini' Se,s.
Tho f&Z&giiZ Store
HV dec ji.;: " v: ;i VYv,
deelared today that tb;s Kaihern.
should find a way to make morn p !
j pie snip In Oregon In 1 It I ft.
'We need inoiv people here to t!
the soil," said Mr. Glaike, "and vu
tills year's emp as an object bss!
all we have to do is lo Koeure propt
co-operation on tho part of the eo'i
uiereial organizations to hritm then
Tiic proposed eh hit ot ai n-ult i, r,
products at Ashland while the s.
Kratii isco exnosi: Inn Is 1:01111: -m
would nivo tho tourists a 1110M
vineim: argument of what the sfai.
eapahiiiths are. We nil knew :Si
power of fir -H fmpreiens. As: '..-.w
is an lii'', '1! Unit j.'.:iit'va. T ie bra ''
of the scenery will lake cire 01 ;
self, but I lie man who in uotm; to :
Kpct a new country is nlways t'.'
ably inipre-jud when Ii finds j" .
put tine, their be -t t'oo U'rein- i.
' Tho oxbibtt at Asbl.uid nh a-i,
wei.-oi ie :hat w, w.int pet ,1,
Si op Willi ;t. sei inir 01 eh :i '(!?.. 1 .1 . . '
fot .s: w ; l er .iv. . v. mint s, rare - '
and ether t hi iu'.s t h.t r ); a u.roi. , .1
community."
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The front store room in this Building For Rent
Hoi Air Furrgce. Dry Cement Floor,
ikuemcn: Under JEntire Building.
Dovgl-s Abstract & Trust Company