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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1914)
THE EVENING NEWS MILTON J. HIIOKMAKKK CAUL I). SHOKMAKJJK Editors and Publisher. IndUED DAILY KXCK1T SUNDAY Bubscripiion Kaiea Dally. Per year, by mail $3.00 Per month, delivered 60 Semi-Weekly. Per year $2.00 li months 1.00 Kntered a Becond-..rass matter November 5, 1910, at ftoseburg, Ore., onder act of March 3, 187a. Tl'KSDAV, I'Kllltl'AKY IT, 11)11. TIlt'TIt IX CAMPAIGN ATL'ltK. i,rn;u- Inasmuch as tiie campaign for governor of this state 1b now on, and literature' being circulated that may have some effect in advance on the final vote at the fall poll, it la well that eome of Die fallacies and glar ing Inconsistencies of certain candi dates bo shown In their true light. It was not expected that U'Uun would attempt his candidacy as a republican as heretofore, for It seem ed ImiKJssible that he would try and foist his peculiarities on that party and make It carry his burden, should he by any eventuality he chosen as fts standard bearer. It seems that this expectation was justified, lor af ter considerable hesitation he decid ed on the Independent course. The following timely editorial taken from the Sunday Oiegonlnn, should put every republican In the state on Ills guard to take every statement from this source with duo allowance for accuracy and honesty. The articlo ia as follows: "The Falsehood and the Joker" "On the back of a circular issued liy the Homes Tax Exemption League, "Wl 8. U'llon, president, thlB circular carrying on the reverse side the text of tile proposed $1,500 exemption, Is the Btntoment that the rich man's automobiles aro now exempt from, tax. "It 1b hardly to ho expected that tlio influences which put the poll tax fraud across In the 1010 election would conflno themselves to state ments of fact. Vet the assertion about automobiles Is so proposterouB that ono must acknowledge that tho "Leaguo" possesses nn nhundant nerve. "Evory automobllo In Oregon, un less It haa been sequestered from tho assessor, Is taxed, and In addition nya the state a license tax. That not many automobiles liavo escaped - the tax rolls ls Indicated by tho pub lic records of Multnomah county. In ; this county approximately 8000 I automobiles are listed and every one : of the cars will pay a direct tax at ! the rate that Is levied against real ' property. "Also the tax exemption measure SOAP! SOAP! The Purest Make at a Price Within Reach of All. Rexall TOILET Soap 10 cents per Cake 25 cents per Box This week with each purchase of one box of Rexall Toilet Soap $1.00 Worth of &C Green Trading Stamps The py&jCltl Store NATHAN KlXIK1tTON, Prop. Perkimi UulMln We Give H? Green Trading Stamps GLHMAXIA uve ixsuranx'e CO. OK NKW VOitK W. II. Rock, Siwtiul Agent Hotel UmiHiua fid - contains the usually to be expected U'lten Joker. The U'Ren amendment, since repudiated, which provided for county option In taxation, professed. In order to gain votes, to repeal a poll tax when the poll tax of $1 per head had already been repealed and tho road head tax was unenforceable. Likewise the new U'lten bill, to gain votes, purports to exempt household furniture with other personal prop erty up to the value of $1500, when In fact all household furniture in use ls now exempt. "The Oregonlun repeats a question of tiie campaign of 1912: "Why can not Mr. U'lten present an honest, straightforward, flat-footed meas ure?' " IS AltH Oit I'll KM. In perplexity over a question of grammatical accuracy, wo were ap pealed to for a decision whether the expression, "is that your feet" was correct. If the Inquiry had come from one who had Just stepped on our pet corn, we should certainly have answered "them is," but as the matter now stands, we will pass it up to the high school class In gram mar. .MIST IIAVH A C()M)XI:L. Politicians of tho Progressive party In the state of New York are bound to have a colonel as their enn diduto for governor. If they cannot Induce the original colonel to run, they are talking of Col. Goethnls. The brilliant engineer of tho Panama Canal had better keep away from that seething maelstrom of politics. The graded tax law for automo biles has been declared unconstitu tional In Ohio, and now tho old rate of $r.00 for each machine is again in force. This Is the same proposition that is being taken up by auto clubs here In this state. Tho basket ball games that are played here are more than fair, for they give two halves for a quarter. CARD Oh' THANKS. Wo wish to express our sincere thanks to nil friends and neighbors who camo with loving ministration during the last illness of Mrs. Mary .lano Tucker, whose lust hours wore soothed and comforted by the kindly offices of so many deeds of kindness. llAUltY PEARCK. MATT1B KOIUSON, GKOltt'.H TUCKER. COUNCIL MEETS Street Improvement Assess ments Are Discussed. PAVING DISTRICT MEETS WITH FAVOR Several Other .Mutters Are Considered llj the Council at Last .Night's Meeting Mujorlty ol Coilucliiien Present. The principal matter occupying the attention of the council last evening was the dlHcuHHion of the means whereby an equitable assessment could be arrived at for- the propos ed pavement of East Sixth street, In North Roseburg. The paving of this aection entulls difficulties not here tofore met with In this city, as it 1h Impractlble to pave the streets running east and west over the hill and the only way the property hold ers can gain easy access to their properties ls by way of East Sixth street. The property owners of East Sixth street, however, while said to bo heartily in favor of paving, ob ject to paying for the name on the system heretofore followed In this city of JUisessIng .the property in proportion to its frontage on the street improved. A. fjreason, who brought the mat ter to the attention of the council, explained that the frontage nf the lots In that section ran east and west while tho proposed Improvement I'uns north and south. The lots have a frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 140 feet, ! If "the old system of assessment: was to be followed, he Bald, residents: of East Sixth street now In favor of! paving would remonstrate against it but If some more equitable method could be found he thought that nearly all would bo in favor of it. City Attorney Abraham said he was of the opinion that the present system of taxing properties for pav ing purposes according to their frontage on the street Improved would in some extraordinary in-; stances work an injustice on the j property effected. He considered this! to be tho case In regard to the pro posed improvement. He held that all of the lots especially benefitted by tho improvement could be assessed whether ubutting on the street or not. Us said that while under or dinary circumstances a front footage assessment would be a just assess ment, In regard to the benefits de rived In this particular instance he did not think the same would be equitable and that some method should be arrived at whereby the property should he assessed only In acocrdauce to the amount of benefit received by such Improvement, A lengthy discussion a to how tho val urt of such benefits could be arrived at followed. Mayor Rico suggested that the property owners on and abutting the street In question should get together and agree among themselves as to some satisfactory method of assessment and present the same to the council when the matter would be given further considera tion. The matter was left at that. Declaring that the street commit tee had enough work on its hands, the mayor relieved them from the supervision of the park on North Jackson street and appointed Clark, Mellows and llullwlnklo In their stead, w'th Instructions to draw up plans and specifications for the same as Boon as possible. Deploring the lack of sidewalks In the city, the mayor Instructed the street committee to get busy and see that the same were constructed at once by all who did not possess a good and falld excuse for not doing so. The marshal wa8 Informed that notices for the construction of side walks on East Commercial street were ready for him to serve on the property owners. .Mayor lt.ee said that in the com ing year Hoseburg would have more visitors than ever before and that it should be acloan city. He suggested not only a cleanup day but rather a continual cultivation of ttiat ex emplary tin bit at all time ud de clared hims-'lf as more than willing to do Ms share. The city improvement committee was given another week's time to report on the improvement of Clairt: street. Councilman Clark complained , aualusi tl practice uf covering thej streets with building matter such as; sand and gniv $ Sim! on the last i --quare of North Jackson street asj said to be 2 or H inches deep.) making it almost impassable for teams. Mr, Clark said that such ob structiona allowed water and dirt to gether on the pavement and was a positive menace to the life of the SPRAY! Churchill Hardware Co. 1UMMMMWMMI we. s Hotel Benson Formerly New Oregon YV 0W open under J I entire new manage- " "1J ment. In the re- finement of detail, excellence of equipment and superiority of service is absolutely unexcelled. Large, light, airy sample rooms for commercial men. Every convenience. Cen trally located. Rates very moderate. Dining room service as heretofore. Auto busses meet all trains. Portland, Oregon CARL S. STANLEY. Manager G. K1RKE DRURY, A..L Mgr. pavement. The matter was referred to the street committee. The dead body found floating In the eddy opposite Taylor creek last Saturday tin's been Identified as that of Kd .Sappe, who disappeared from thl city on December 10. The body was not removed from the water til! the arrival of the authorities Sun day forenoon, wheja boat was ob tained and H W'as recovered from tsj watery grave. Later Coroner Traux and County Attorney Milter left by auto, and an Inquest was held over the remains Sunday afternoon. Grants Pass Courier. Now is the Time to Get Busy and the "BEAN" Is the outfit you need. We can furnish you anything from hand to power. This shows you a dandy little pump built on honor, that you can use for white wash ing or spray and it will cost you only $10. Saluable Sulpher The great advance in spray material superceding lime and sul pher. No heavy barrel to return or pay for, no leahage no freezing", no crystaliz ation. 100 lbs. maKes 57 gal. of 33 Ban ner solution or at 10 to 1, 627 gal. of spray JlttS CHII.SO.V DEAD. Deceased is Survived t'y lluslinnd unit Three Sninll .Sons. After a lingering illness, dating for more than a year ago, Mra. 11. F. Chllson died at her home on South Kane street at 8:30 o'clock last evening. February IB, 1914. De ceased was aged 42 years, 1 month and 1 day, and is survived by her husband and three small sons, the little fellows ranging in age from 7 to twelve years. Mrs. Chllson was n native of Southern Illinois, and came to this city with her family two years ngo. She was stricken with what at first wa8 believed to be bronchitis, but a year ago the nialndj developed Into tuberculosis, and since .March, 1913, she has gradually failed In strength until death came to her yesterday. One brother, T. C. Man gold, of Pendleton, Ore., arrived yes. terday morning and was with the family when death came to the suf fered. . Deceased is also survived by three other brothers, and by a sister, Mrs. O. H. Clark, of Stanfleld, Ore. The funeral services will bo held at the parlors of the Roseburg Under taking Co. Wednesday afternoon at J 2:30, and will beconducted by the Christian Science Society. Services at the Masonic cemetery will be con ducted by Rev. W. A, Smlck. JXK)kli (iliASK VALLEY. Everybody Is making good use of the beautiful weather these days, Krncst Jackson, of Grants Pass, Is home on a visit and Is helping his father set out prune trees. Let the good work go on. Frank Myers has returned home again from hia old homo near Med ford. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Stokes made a business trip to Roseburg this week. If your clocks and watches need any fixing or regulating you will do well to give Wilbur Spaugh a call. CropB of all kinds look well for this time of the year and prospects are for good crops. We are Kerry to learn of .lames Walker selling his beautiful little home in this valley to a family from California. Mr. Walker will give pos session at once and will move to Roseburg with his family. The series of meetings conducted by Rev. Matthais. of Deer reek, are drawing to a close and there Is a bel ter feeling among the people of the valley. Don't (orget the Sunday school box SPRAV! social next Saturday evening, Febru ary 21. Everybody come and have a good time. The ladies will serve hot coffee with lunch, and the balance of the evening will be spent In playing good games. The Olivant children were called to the bedside of their mother on account of very severe illness last week, at Olalla. Henry Schrenk Is putting up a new rabbit proof wire fence around his newly planted prune orchard. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to B. of R. T. No. 314, and to friends for expressions of sympathy and their kind assist ance during our late bereavement. MRS EVA C. CRAW, F. S. CRAW. HARRY E. CRAW. Our Creditors Sale is STILL ON Examine our windows and be convinced. We will meet all competi tive prices for CASH. Don't forget we also give you the S. & H. Green Trading Stamps to all purchasers. ours for Business, R. STUBBS f 1