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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1914)
ARMY AMR AT. Maish Comfort Bats Large Size Finest Quality s trongs Dashed to Death in San Diego Harbor. MACHINE FELL 500 FEET ELEVATION Skull at Aviator Fractured Picked Up From Water by Motor Launch Xnvy Tug Is Missing. (Special to The Evening News.) SAN DIEGO, Feb. 9. Lieutenant Henry B. Post, aged 28, of the army aviator oorps, was Killed here today. Post was maneuvering over the har bor in a Wright hydroplane, and hiad started, apparently, to glide from a height of about 500 feet to the water, when something went wicng with his machine and it turn ed completely over. Post either "The Furniture Man" jumiied or fell from the machine as It fell, and landed in the water some d' mice from where the hyd'jplunfc stiuck. Boats rushed to Post's assistance, and when the aviator was picked up he was still breathing, but died on the way to shore. There was. only six feet of water where the aviator fell, and his skull was fractured. Ho is survived by a widow. The aero plane was a wreck. Navy Tug Missing. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Hope for "$50,000.00 DOLLARS" Umpqua Power, Ice l Development Company Inc. Desires to inform the citizens of Roseburg that the Company is issuing 15 ear 6 per cent Gold Bonds. The money will be spent in Roseburg the coming Spring and Summer for improvements in Umpqua Park Addition. Mechanics of all kinds are kindly invited to investigate the different improvements, imformatition will be furnished by addressing Box 475 Roseburg, Oregon Umpqua Power, Ice Development Co., Inc. HEALTH: :FOOD Health is Freedom from Disease Foodis Nourishment Your Health ia influenced by the fooi you eat. Pure, Clean, Wholesome Food Promotes Health. It should be the grocers business to protect his customers by distributing only feud that are in a pure, wholesome condition. Having recently bought the North Side Grocery from Pe.ty & Walker we shall make every effort to conduct it in accord with the above principles. Respectfully J. WEBB BECK WITH and MELVIN A. EMERSON THE NORTH SIDE GROCERY North Jackson and Winchester Streets PHONE THREE-TWO-FOUR WEST ROSEBURG GROCERY We can save'you money on your grocery bill. OurBtockJ is FRESH and COMPLETE. Phone your need. Prompt delivery and satisfac tory assured. AM our goods guaranteed. "We Give Roseburg Trading Checks" DOWELL & BENEDICK PHONE 29. Highest Percentage! For Cleanliness by the State Food and Dairy Inspector Roseburg Sanitary Market Xewliart Brothers, Proprietors. Meats, Lard, Poultry, Fish 315 Cass Street We Qiye Qreen Trading Stamps Explorer Shackleton May Use Motorsleighs In Antarctic Dash ' Ail --ft'lf' otyW 1 ..v.. :.wv;.v-:--.-:"'- . "SET" j OPEN FOR BUSINESS ROOM I, BELL SISTERS' BUILDING W. A. ACKLEY, TAILOR 1.1 -at.- tfT Photos by American Press Association. SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON, the fnmous English explorer. Is prepnrltm to start about August on his attempt to cross the antarctic region. Ills feat will be watched by the whole world. It Is probable that Shackle ton will take windless aeroplanes that glide on sleiKh runners Tor the purpose of drawing his sleds. Whether he can keep his engines from freezing Is the question, if he enn perfect his Hying motorsleighs he will have sounded the deuthknell of the faithful Eskimo dugs. the safety of the navy tug Potomac, missing In the ice somewhere in the south bay of the Islands, begun to fado as the aiftornoon wore away and no answers wore received to repealed wireless calls. Messages have been flashed with fifteen minute intervals from the North Sidney Station, but no response has bemi re wired. The Potomac carried a crew of 35 m.?n, and navy dopartmcnt officials are be ginning to fear that 4ill have per ished. The Potomac, which made an unsuccessful attempt to aid the fish ing fleet Imprisoned1 In the ice of the bay Islands, has been several days overdue. There wore forty men In the rishing fleet, and but little anx iety l felt for them, as they could cross the Ice to shore, but their boats were In danger of being destroyed in the ice jam. CITY NEWS. Horn Fate, of Myrtle Creek, arriv ed here this afternoon to look after business matters. Mira Kamp returned to her home at Umpqua this afternoon after a couple of days sp?nt in Roseburg. .lames Washburn returned to Cor vallls this afternoon after attending ANTLERS THEATREMbda0yTa"nedlay TWO BIQ FEATURE ACTS DIRECT FROM iicti ki: pikmjium THE PANTAOES CIRCUIT "ELECT R A" "Brand of Evil" Whose body is a conductor of 18 00 volts of electricity , lights candles with sparks from his tongue and cigarette with sparks from his fingers. Takes entire charge through his body In ele'trlc chair. . ... ... .. PHYSIC..., CU.TUtK OV THE HUGHES & HUGHES, Violinists-Harpists w v Two talented young ladles who will not fail to please you with their YOI"VF i()T TO P V beautiful melodies and attractive ainwarance. Three ShowsT 2, 7 and 9 p. m. Adults 20c, Children 10c j the funeral of Dr. Hamilton ho re yesterday. niawara Minor lert ror i-iigene ana Portland on husineHg this afternoon, i Fa!ifax Parnish left for Corvnlllfi this afternoon after spending hit va cation In Roseburg. I A, X. Smith and wife returned to Oakland 1Mb afternoon after visit ing with Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Smith, m this city. l. S. Xaaclnotto left for his home at Walla Walla, Wash., UHa after noon after visiting with f ri -lil-i In thi: city. V. H. Gilliam left for K penc and other northern cities this afternoon whore he has business matters need ing his attention. William Washburn left for his noine at Junction City today after ulU tiding the funeral of I jr. Hamil ton here yesterday. Dr. Luther Hamilton and wife re turned to Portland this afternoon af ter attending the funeral of the! former's father which was hold here yf-tfiday. Mrs. Nellie Churchill and dntigh-j ter, Gladys, loft for their home at Salm today after attending the j former's mother, who Is a patient at Mercy hospital. .N'fffrson Wiley, who arrived h:ro this afternoon from Myrtle Creek says he wilt be a candidate for coun ty commissioner at tho republican primary election to be held hero In May. FOIt SALE One Rood milk cow for Bale. Phono 9K13. 12fi-tf XOTICl. TO HTOt'KIIOI.I.KI.H. Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the stockholder. ' the Kftseburg Park & Fair AHt.oc.a tlon will be held in the Commercial Club rooms at Roseburg, Oregon, on Saturday, the 7th day of February, j 1914, at 7:30 P. M. of said date for the purpose of electing a Board of seven Directors and transacting any other business that may properly come before said meeting. Dated this 20th day of January, 1913. ! GEORGE NEUNEtt, Jr., j Secretary Roseburg Park and Fair 1 Association, H BEAR SEZ: "If there's anything he liKcs better than one thing its another We carry genuine Imported Spaghetti. When it comes to this macaroni business, it takes an Italian in his native country to make it right. But then you can buy it here at a very little more than the common kind. You can get it at MARSHALL'S "the pure food store" PHONE 184 Phone 845 AU work flist-clas Commercial Abstract Co Abstracts of Title- Filing Papers Prepared Insurance, Etc. Bonds oi all Kinds Furnished Money to Loan on Improved Farm Property .Rear First Trust & Savings Rank Dlilg HOBlCliUItG, OREGON You Are Entitled to the Best AND THE Roseburg Steam Laundry Is where you get the) .best' Try us and be convinced. 438 N. Jackson Slreef Phone 79 53 Roseburg 53 PREMIIM s PREMIUM parlors Trading Checks parlors Are the only Trading Stamps or Checks that do not take a large amount of money OUT OF ROSEBURG Every dollar invested in them remains AT HOME There are at this time 560,000 worth in circulation All Cash Savers to the Consumer Think Carefully What This Savings Means And trade where you get stamps that are good in exchange at 53 stores. 53 Roseburg 53 PREMIUM c. rb PREMIUM parlor tamp lo. parlors