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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1913)
WEATHER Yesterday's Highest Temp Last Night's Lowest Temp 39 36 lonely Tonight nnd Sat u(uh (ipNo.i1 .(np.in VOL. V. KOSKI111SG, IOl-GIAS COUNTY, OHKiO.V K1UIUY, I l X KM 1 1 K 1 1 5, 11)1:1. Xn. S mm NESMITH CO. Will Again be Asked For Next Year Says Elbert Bede. COTTAGE GROVE ASKS AID OF ROSEBURG A CenJervncc WiM He Asked With ' ItoseburK and Kugene Cot tage iive Would Be The County Went, That :Cottage Grove w.ll make another fight next year for Nesmlth county was the opinion expressed yes terday by Elbert Ucde, editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel and presi dent' of the Cottage Grove Commer cial Club, who was in the city head ing the delegation of fifteen from hie city who came as delegates to he Southern Oregon Development ineeting. Before the contest is start ed, however, Mr. liede stilted, a con ference would he asked with Hose burg to consider where the south ern boundary line of that county Bhall he placed. He hopes that when the proper time comes the co-operation of this city can be obtained. "It appears to me," said Mr. Bede, "that it wruld be wise for the two cities to join in setting such a line for not only wculd a future fight between the two cities be averted, but Hoseburg could practically dictate ' where such a line should be placed, and in that way she could locale it at such a point so that, through the provisions of the county division law, it would be impossible for any other portion of Douglas county to be cut out for a new county to the north. In a county division fight in its owu county Roseburg might not be able to do this. 1 . .VI'TOISNKV ). I'. COSHOW ATTKMIS I'XIVKHSITY .MKKT- lXti TODAY AT KlliKXK jKntire Day Spent on Cajupus Taking Xotico of Kqiiipment, Buildings, Ktc. The five members of the Oregon State Hoard of Higher Curricula, com ing to Eugene to inspect the en gineering department of the Univer sity of Oregon, will be in the city tonionow, says the Eugene Guard. .1. K. Wilson and Dr. C. J. Smith, of Portland, two members of the board arrived in the city this after noon: J. E. Hedges, of Oregon City, and O. P. Coshow, of Ftoseburg, will arrived early toniorrow-and whether A. O. Deals, of Tillamook, will be present is yet unknown. The party will spend the entire day upon the university campus tomor row taking notice of the buildings, equipment, student body and teach ing corps. It is probable that the party will remain in I'.ugpue until the hoard of regent" of the University, which inecis in Eugene Saturday, concludes .its business. The hoard is expected to make its preliminary report of work on the new building and other mj ovs'iuont work upon the univer sity c.impus as the result of the re cent ai-pr;).rint!on measure being ap nroved. Should (he findings indicate the immediate improvement of the physical condition of the institution, it is exported that the board of higher curricula will take uotice of the fact. Ml ITIHl VWIII'M'S MI ST ItKAIt LICENSE XOIItEIt OX AMI AI'TKH J AX 1" A ICY MUST en IJexiilations Are Made Public by tlic Secretary of State Licen ses Yary. All motor vehicles that appear on the state highways after January 1, lii 14, must bear a license number Issued for the liil I season. If they do not their owner or driver will be subject to arrest, snys the Cottage drove Leader. Notification to til's effect hns been sent out by Secretary of State Hen W. tiic.ut to ail police Judges, city and TWENTY DAYS TO CHRISTMAS The Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe Bought Her Christ rr.ai Pre ents Early. dec ifiii r . ; lit i r t - town recorders. Justices of the peace, police officers, marshals and watch-1 men of incorporated cities and towns, f sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and consta bles in the state. In order that owners may get the required licenses In sufficient time Secretary Olcott has arranged to ac cept upplicntions on and after De cember 1. 1913. No excuse will he accepted after January 1,1914. A feature in the licenses of 19 1 4 i will be the distinction between mo-i (erodes and other vehicles. All n umbers from those of the pleasure motorcycles are to carry separate and commercial oars. Heretofore all molorcars, motorcycles, trucks, etc., have carried the same serial number. For 1914 the motorcycle' tag will bear the letter prefix "V." Dealers will also have a separate number which have the letter prefix "IV in order that pedestrians and officers will know that the vehicles does not belong to a private owner. The license selected for 1914 has a dark blue background aud white let tern and figures. Chaffeur registrations also expire on December SI and must be re newed biore January 1. The chaf feur'a badge for 1914 will be in the form of a maltese cross with the figures- 1914 cut through the cen ter. All money received from the reg istrations of motor vehicles, less the administration expenses, is annually apportioned to the several counties hi proportion iu nit; iiuumrr i i ro istered vehicles in each. According to estimates maue, me licenses tor; next year ought to exceed those of vn y?ar by ?14,uoo. The tolal from licenses received this veer was $50.0111), COTTAI1K (iKOYK MHWI, XKMtlY ;tKS DOWN A PltKCII'ICH XHAK Kl'CKXK Teivilile Wreck Is Averted by the Quick Action of I'lugmtui Log ItolLs Down lllufl. Passenger train No. 20, the Cot- tagn drove north bound local, nnr- rowly escaped from a plunge down euily inquire into the true present a precipice at Judklns' Point, in the lupnt ,. indictment made of all outskirts of Kugene, Friday after- crimes against the state committed noon, and had it not been for tne quick action of employes of the city in flagging the rapidly approaching train there would have been a terii bin wreck and a probably heavy loss we deemed It our duty, and we did of life, says the Cottage drove I,ead- 9,bpoena witnesses and carefully lit er. Drew driffin, K. W. Gammon and j terrogaled them. From lists of' wit William Tohin are working on theno8ses furnished us by written 10111 blufi' above the S. P. and P. E. & K. municatlolls from luwubidtng people tracks at Judkills Point getting on' ,vho wero anxj(utH to see the. law en piling to be -s-" :u- :slructlou fmced, we cnlled various wilnesses of the brcanwatr:-. r-r '.' r-r.mili ! and many of such witnesse when at the mouth of the big 'rn-iU sew- j c.nod testilled that they had gotten er In the northwest. 1 mi A the tlmlr intoxicating liquor from Port city. One big log the lb' 1- d pre- land or from Sulherlin Wine Com pared got away Irotn 1 -i'v ant" rolled down the bluff wit'.i :;i .. velocity, crashing through the underbrush and breaking down the fenres, finally landing on the S. P. track below. One end of the huge timber struck one of the steel rails and bent it out of shape. It would have been impossi ble for a train to pass over the track at this point without being derailed. The three upon hearing an ap proaching train realized the neces sity for quick action and one of the men ran up the track nnd flagged It just In time. The engine stopped with in a few feet of the damaged rail. The train was held at that point for an hour or more until a crew of section men could he sent for andj vpiiair ine iracs. 1 1; too a rail-bending macnine and soon nau the rail In its former shappe. the rail in its former shape, out of the way. Worst Snow Storm in History of Colorado. STREET RAILWAYS OUT OF COMMISSION WHfclit of Snmv flottuilitt Va(T I hum r.Jtf Oitch to llivjik, Olivine Many FaMii!jM Into Storm. (Spenal to The Evening Nfiwa.) OhlXVEll, Dor. 5. Tho most tor rifle piiow Morm in tho history of CoIoi.hIo continues tn!ay, and (hero In no indications of the early abate ment of the snow fall, Traffic of nil kindB ih at a slmitlbUlI, and the street c;ir trucks, in the down town portion of the city are 1-nried ui.der from two to four feet of snow. All train from holh (he east and west are any where from two to fifteen hours lai iBEllTiED UP Thousands or people In Denver were not ttmiished to .-t company by the, compelled to fight their way afoot fish and- uamo com mission until the' through drifts aud snow -banks tot Kth day or October, nnd the notice; phoes of work this morning, as nojpqund Hie company to complete; cars nll to run. At five o'-, the hump by November 1. A fishway ; clock this morning it was estimated I faisMtnt"l according to these plans; inco Die storm le-gan 24 hours be-1 and specif icitiotm would cost Ihreo; fore. This breaks all nrevious records i t hotisand dollars. and we are ' that. 2 5 inches of snow had fallen , ,. f..n ... 1 1. . iivnn ....Kli,.; of now fall In Denver. The public schools are closed. At noon the storm was unabated, ?now falling at the rate of half an Inch an hour, and the weather bu reau officials estimate that 2d inches have fallen since the storm began. A report reached here at noon that (Continued on page 5.) REPORT 18 FILED The Grand Jury Investigates a Number of Complaints. LIQUOR CASES ARE GIVEN ATTENTION County Jul! Is IiisiicUi1 mid round To He I'ooily IJKhti-l Klnh Cases lleunl lly (.'iiinil Jury During; Session. After a session lasting many days the grand jury late yesterday filed its final report with Circuit Judge J. W. Hamilton and adjourned. The re liort of the grand jury Is most inter esting, and covers in detail the work done by the body during its sossion. The report is self explanatory and follow In detail: "To the Honorable J. W. Ham ilton, Judge: "Alter many days our session has come to an end. "In our report we record that It is with extreme regret that w0 have been required to call witnesses at the expense of the taxpayers, but we desire to assure the rinirl a-d the public that the cost of ruii- ning this grand jury is a very small pari of the public burden borne up on the shoulders of the taxpayers. "The cost of the witnesses called before this grand jury at the three sessions held is less than the annual salary of the average county officer. Considerable time has been con sumed by the grand jury In the investigation of the alleged vio lation of tile local opt ion liquor law. "The grand jury have received a number nf rnmiiliiiiitu i-nm'.tm in ir tbr alleged violation of said law Our uath .if'nITii-e rpnnirml ns m diliir- cr triable in this county coming to our knowledge. "When complaints were mude to Its Iht Kpemorl In lw wolt rimmlm! pany, ofttiinos from drugstores upon the written prescriptions of two well known physicians of Hoseburg. At the commencement of our offices as grand jurors, this honorable court charged us In tho language of the local option liquor law "It is hereby made the duty of the judges of the circuit court of the several judicial districts to give the provisions of llils law in charging the grand jurors, and tt shall he thn dutv of the urnndl jurv to diligently fwiulre after any ' violations of the provisions of this law." In several investigations of the violation of eafd law, we were, (lis-1 appointed at the result on account' of tho lack of evidence. In other in- mancos we returned Indictments. V rll our best. Itosehurg has been voled dry by the people and the city council should I enact suitable ordinances such as ex- ist in the cities of Emzeno and Al-I bany. which will aid and assist in enforcing prohibition within the city. "I'noii the. eomnlnnt. of manv tax payers in Southern Douglas county, j rt 111 L'HimcIlHl 11 U II ill !, HKilllPi Hi rend supervisor in road district No. lii, who was charged with padding' his accounts. It required much time. pativuie, and considerable expense toj invest I;;;' to the matter. V found ; that the supervisor had charued the' county with larger sums than lie hail j paid to his help in a number ol in-! stances, and added names to the roll of persona whom he had never hud iu his employ. Wo regarded it our fluty j as officers of the court to protect the1 taxpayers of too county uyani-o ne-1 ing jobbed In the handling of iliej public funds. The taxpayers of that; road d'strict and the public b'M thoic- money through that road supervisor than has been paid to alt the wit- nefi-.s who have attended before u ! at this term of court. "A complaint was made to the grand jury by the master fish v -r-ii'-n of t'aft state, wherein it was rep p Kemrd that the fish and game com mission ondemn"d tile nreseiii flli way In the mill dam in the South Fmp'iua r,ver at Koseburg. Notice was served u pon t be company and la borate plans for a suitabl e Plans for a suitable fish - wuw wero provided by the fili and ( Rai-.e commission. The plans were; thoroughly tint infied that the 'oni - imnv r-ftuld no) construct. KHld flHll - pany could not con struct nald risn way within the time limit ufter the battle had been Rerved upon It, Had the fiah commission given tho com pany a reasonable time after the serving of tho notice, we would have returned an Indictment. We are as sured thaTlhe flshway will he In stalled accord inn to these plana and specifications as early next ummerj as the waters of the I'mpqua will per mit. . "Hnjving Inspected the jail and found the same poorly lighted, we recommend that an eight candlepowor electric light bo Installed in each of the cells and one in the corridor In front of the cells; that a bath tub be provided so as to connect with hot and cold water and we recommend to the jailer that he require each per son confined in prison to bathe regu larly, and compel every one of the prisoners to keep clean in person, and that the prisoners lie required to keep the jail clean and in a sanitary condition. At the present time It Is not sanitary and not a fit place to confine, a human being. "When you gave us a recess, we made a special report advising you of tlio business pending before the grand jury. We will make no fur ther reference in this report to tho matter contained In said special re port. "Hut in parting, permit us to say that we have had one of the most difficult tasks that a grand jury in tills county has been called upon to perform. We are neither bookkeo ers, bankers nor accountants, and whatever investigation we have made has been conducted slowly and cau tiously, but fairly, with the full In tent and purpose to do our duty ac cording to the law and evidence. "We renll.e that we have been In session many days and regret that there have been crinu's committed within our county that call for such lengthy investigations, and notwith standing that we have spent many days investigating certnin complaints made to us early in the session, we have not had the time to complete our invetisgation of all the charges ronnected therewith. "We have accorded every com plaining citizen who has knocked at the doors of the grand jury room n hearing, and have disposed of each and every case with us little exiense as we could with justice to the state and the cause, so far as our time and power permitted. "We know of no method of reduc ing Hie expenees of grand Jury inves tigations as long as we have the grand jury system ns provided by our constitution, and grand jurors per form their duty as provided by law, so far as our time and power per mitted. "We ask to be discharged, "Dated at Hoseburg, Douglas county, Oregon, tills Itli day of De cember, 11113." FRANK I ATE, Foreman. A. I,. I.BK, NO H.MAN Ad EE, A. 1.. HANCOCK, C. A. STEPHENS, A. I. lll'TI.EU, F, S. dUEEN, The report submitted hist evening by the grand jury is one of the most complete documents ever compiled by a similar body In this county. The iury has considered a number of very Important canes during tho past few weeks, und as a result much time was consumed in t ho examination of witnesses For Instance, the Sheri dan cusp Involved much book work nnd could not ho handled ns could t criminal action of Utile importance, In all. the people of tho county pro well satisfied with the work done by the grautl jury during the term, and nre not of the opinion that they considered unmerited complaints at useless expense. The above report of the grand jury is self evidence of the important mat- ler considered by them during tne term. IPADSACCOUNTS 1 . . . . William Jennings, Ol CilcnUalC, to be Brought Ik-re. 0 KAHES TO 4IIE PAY ROLL IN ;eve That Jennings' Operul 'Winn etireJ Him Several Hundred Id. Mms Was Supervisor of District No. 10. M AY -I It. Ml. Sheriff Ijuine today tele graphed the Laknvlew officers that William Jennings, recent ly arrested tie to on a eh a rue or eiriliezIemetil. would be re- 1 i, icon i-iiOi hull. her,. :il n, ft In the event the bail is a r riiishf;d. Sheriff Ouine and ..utics will save making vw-v iiasrei-uUe journey a! tnt(t partiecuUir lltno "f the vear At 3 j.,,,, jlour ,njH ar. ternonn Sheriff Ojtlne had not received an answer to the mes- . HaK; i A A A a a a 'f f f f f f f V f f ? f f ' f Sheriff Cieorge Qulno, or one or his deputies, expect to leave here to morrow for Lakevlow, Oregon, aftr William Jennings, former road sup ervisor nt (Jlendale. Jennlnes was indicted by the grand Jury about two weeks bko on a charge of emnezziemont ano yes- terday Sheriff Quiue received a tele SPLENDID CLOSE Booster Day in Roseburg Closes in Whirl of Gaiety. EVERYONE WELL PLEASED WITH DAY Delegates (o llouii, Tlrctl Hut liappy Everyone Has a Won! of Praise for itosehui-)r und ami Its People, A splendid reception marked the close of the biggest day Hoseliurg has ever experienced. From all sides nnd from nil delegations come words of praise for the hospitality, gener osity and treatment accorded the visitors by tho people of this city. Not a discordant licit e was heard and as delegation after delegation left for tho station cheers and songs for Koseburg gave audible evidence of tho reeling of the visitors. 1 here have been more people from tho outside in Koseburg at one time before hut never has there been such a unanimous Iceliuc of enthusiasm. good eher and definite purpose ol' co-operation as was manifested here esterday After tho delegates had finished their business in the session held in the Antlers in tho afternoon they paraded tho streets, the hotel lob' ble nnd the business places till din ner time. Tho trains from tho south and the north left ai 7 p. m. and most of those who came hero on these special trains left with them. A few however, remained over - night and thesu togertltvr with tho Portland visitors and those living north of LIu- gene Sn.uie i lively crowd which thronged the eomui' icial club rooms till a Into hour. An Informal pro gram had been arranged by tho ladles and the visitors wore enter tained with songs, music and danc ing throughout the evei.lng. Dellght (ul refreshments were served by the committee. From all Voints of view tho meet ing here was tho greatest of suc cesses. Kveryone pledged themselves to the movement for a "tliealer Oregon", In addition to the several speak ers at ycsUi day's development coa ven i Ion, and mentioned in larl ev ening's iMi'o ol The NewH, there were a number of persons who dflivei :d remarks. A mong t hese were liei t Greer, ed t r of tiio Ashland Tiding-, who said it was only natuial thai ,v should be Interested in the giomer Oregon movement. lteviewing the (J renter Oregon movement from an unsellish slund polnt. .Mr. (ireer said no campaign had over been undertaken In Oregon that meant as much to tho slate. Speaking on behalf of tho Ashland delegation, Mr. (Ireer promised co operation anil support for any move ment which had for its purposo the development ol Oiegon and tho Fa clfic coast. Arthur Devors, of ForUand, di rected his lemaiKH to the railroad rupresenl at Ives present. Mr. Devors said the great railroads of the coun try controlled the throttle of West ern iinniigrat Ion aud that the com panies could either destroy or pro mote the development of the West. The railroads had thus far display ed great loyalty In the campaign for gram to tho effect that he was under arrest at l.akeview and was being held pending tho ai rival of the Itosc bui g officers. Although neither District Attorney (ieorgo AI. Ili'own or other court at-tr-ches will give out any information regarding Jennings operations prior to bis formal arraignment in the circuit court. It is nndei stood that his manner of securing lunds fraud ilently was to pad bis accounts. In other words it was found that the supervisor had churned I ho omit y with larger sums than he had paid his help in a n umber of In si unees, and added names to the roll of per sons whom lot had never had In his employ. The grand juiy. In reporting on the case or Jcuulug:t, had the following to say: "We legarded t our duty as of ficers of t he court to protect the taxpayers the county agaiiibt being jobbed In the handling of public funds. The laxpa.wrs of that road district and the public Io:,t. more iiiou j cy through the operations of the midj Mipervisor than has been paid to all the witnesses who have been called; bi-'oi" ii h at thin term of court." While the indictment returned nalnnt Jen n in gs docs not lix the amount of mone y embezzled from the i oad dist rict, it Is generally under stood that it will total several bun dled dollars. As soon as Jennings is ret umed her; he will probably lie given an op ,oi tiiu.lt y to f 1 1 r 1 1 1 .-i 1 1 bail pending the next term of the circuit court which convenes In February, i Jen n inns wa.it supervisor of road district No. l!tf comprising (ilendale, for some time, and about a month ago he suddenly decamped In search of other Melds. As soon as tho ln'i:ctnient wa re turner1 by the grind Jurv Hhcrfff Oiilne Instituted a Mii.et search, and after a few days found that the accus ed was living near lakevlew, Ore. The officers at Laheview were notl f.ed and Jennings' arrest followed. TIIK STATU TAX. According to Information re- colved hore today from the state tux commission, Douglas county's proportion of the slate tax amounts of (139,602 sottlera, Mr. Devers went on, and he hoped they would continue to lend their co-operation and Influence. G, F. Johnson, chairman of tho promotion department of the Port land Commercial Club, reviewed the work being carried out by that body with regard to 'the location of homo Beekers In tho most remote sections of Oregon. Mr. Johnson said the Fort land Commercial Club, while strictly a Fortlaud organization, was not con fining alone Its work to upbuilding Portland. On the contrary, the com mercial interests realized the neces sity to populate the country districts, which meant Indirect returns for the Portland businessman. Judge Hamilton, of Roseburff, spoke on co-operation and discussed what the movement meant for Ore gon. Judge Hamilton said Oregon wus as yet undeveloped and there was room for thousands of people who could use their hands hi making a homo. Do advised every man, wo man and child in the stato to co-opor-nte and carry tho present agitation for a greater Oregon to a successful realization. Chairman (Mark, of tho Oregon Commission of the Panama Exposi tion, spoke oT tho benefits to be de rived from the inlr. An ndvertislnR campaign, judiciously conducted, de clared the speaker, would result in attracting more people to Oregon than any other thing. . Other speakers were Senator Neii ner, on behalf of tho Itosehurg Com mercial Club; Mayor lileo, who deliv ered tho address of welcome; Colonol Minnus, of Uogue Kiver, and U A. Payne, of Sulherlin. Another Important suggestion brought forward was that of request ing railroads to instruct all depot employes to Inform persons coming West that they were entitled to stop overs onroute. Often It was argued, travelers have no knowledge of these concessions on tho part of the mil roads and, consequently, do not tnke advantage of them. Charles S. Fee, pii,KwnKe traffic nge.nl tor tho Southern Pacific Com pany and a member of the board of diiecttiis of tr.e Panama Imposition, who was one of the prominent speak os at yesterday's meeting promised 10 take this matter up with the offic ials of tlio trunk Hues and see that luoper publicity was given. sin:i;iD is iNhii'TioD. Specific ( luii ges Not Made Piddle Till Dt feuilant Ih Arraigned in Court. T. U. Sheridan was Indicted by the grand jury late last evening on two counts. Tho indictments were return abb, at tiio time tho jury filed Its fi nal report. lino of tho indictments charged Sheridan with obtaining money un der false pieloiiMH, whilo thu second Indictment charges obtaining money under false pretenses by lorgery. A bench warrant was Issued by thu clerk following the return of the indictments aud Sheridan was later arrested by Sheriff (futne. Appearing In the circuit court, through his at torneys, Klhcrt Hermann and J. O. Wat miii, Sheridan was reloaded on hall in the sum of $ l o.ooo. Tho hall was furnished by II. W. Strong, tleo. Stearns, Douglas Waile, (ieorgo Kohl hagen aud J. II. Ilooth. Thin morning Attorney KllmrL Her mann appeared In tho circuit court and secured an order itm liorizlng ti e i b rk to deliver a copy or the In dict meats to Air. Sheridan, The statutes provide that specific charges shall not be made public un til th,. accused Is araigned in court. Tills pmci-i'illng will probably not ma terialize betore tho next term of tho circuit court which convenes in Feh run i y. Slierblan arrived here about two weeks ano and gave evidence In his own behalf before the grand Jury. t ill NTV CIU'IIT SHI I' IN SKSSION A I A l,TK lioril TODAY NIA Mi Ab OKDFKS mil Petition Are ('oreddci-cd lly t Uti '"in t Today May Adjourn Tonight. The cocnty court was still In ses sion at a In If hour this afternoon, an it is not lke)y that adjournment will be taken hefurn late tonight or tomorrow. Anionic the orders entered In Urn journal today were the following: In the matter of the iretttion of II. K. Iteed et al for a county road tn district No. :',X( report of tho road viewers accepted as to damages. In tho petition of W. H. Kerr et al for a gateway road, said petition d y m lwed wit h thn understand Ing that petitioners nre to pay the costs. In tho petition of A. A. Nichols et al for n gateway road, ordered (hat the same be continued. In the matter of the petition of J. M. Ueatherwood el al, for a county road, same continued. In the matter of the petition of the f.use Land Company for a re .und ot taxes, same denied.