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VOL. VII.
ROSEBIJKG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OliKGOX, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 11)10.
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COUNTY COURT
CREEK CANYO
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With a two fold purpose in view, i
tbe county court made a trip from
Roseburg to the northern limits of,
the county, yesterday, passing 1
-through the famous, or as it is more
familiarly known, infamous Pasa i
Creek canyon. One of the purposes
ACC1HKXT OX ItOIIKHTS
HILL THIS AFTK11XOO.V.
Careful Examination Made of
Every Portion.
MORETHAHTWO K1ILE-S WHLL BE ISIPBOVED
rresent Condition of Canyon li-escnw
No Difficult!) Will He Good
lor Two Mouthy or More
Gravel to He L'sed.
was to confirm at first hand the ac
curacy of the recent complaints made
by tourists and others, and'the other
was to ascertain just what work
would be necessary to remedy the
situation. The trip wa8 made in the
comfortable car of Dr. George R.
Houck, who drove it, and the party;
consisted of County Judge R. W. j
Marbters, Commissioners K, H. ;
Pinkston and B. F. Nichols, and M. !
J. Shoemaker, of The News. In pass-
ing, too much credit cannot be given.
Dr. Houck for the careful driver he;
is and the splendid control he has
ovor his car, not a amlnuto being,
lost on account of car troubles dur-j"
fng the more than lfiO miles on the
trip.
The roads between Hoseburg and
Oakland are too well known to ev
eryone who drives a car to need
special mention', possibly the. only
objection to be said to any part of
this distance Is regarding
Word was received in this
city this' afternoon about 3
o'clock that an auto had met
with a serious accident, as it
was going south over Rob
erts hill and that the occu
pants were badly injured.
ATedicnl aid was summoned
from Roseburg and Dr. Stew
art responded, making the
trip to the scene of the acci
dent in record time. No fur
ther Information as to the
identity of the parties could
be obtained or the exact na
ture of their injuries.
According to the meagre
word reaching the city the
tourists were from Portland
going soTith and had started
up the first steep rise on the
north approach to the moun
tain. There Is a double rood
at this place and the tourists
who were traveling in a
large ear vhad taken the up
per road which is about ten
feet above the lower. The
driver had reached a point
about midway wTien he at
tempted to change gears, hut
was unable to do so quick
ly enough and the car start
ed backwards downs the hill.
It turned over the grade
pinning the woman under the
machine. The man escaped
uninjured and within a
short time had released his
wife, who seemed quite seri
ously injured. Tht car is not
badly damaged, the bent
fenders, broken top and wind
shield seeming to be the ex
tent or the damage which It
sustained.
RAILROAD
PLAN
ADOPTED
8
BY COUNCIL
Shambrook Cast the
Dissenting Vote.
Only
WILL ADVERTISE FOB FIFTEEN DAY!
liuKrt of Recorder Shows City Al
most out of IKb( us only $1100
in V annuls' are Still
(iit.st!tndinr
of an hour made on the county
court by flic official members of the
Douglas county party.
After an excellent lunch at the Ho
tel Osborne, tbe return trip was
started at one o'clocktnd Die canyon
again reached in due course. One of
short the beautiful sights to be seen on
portion this side of Winchester, ' f"e roiid between Kit gene and Cot
' where the water, company has piled; tag Grove, is tho eternal snow cov
the dirt too close to both sides of red peak of one the Three Sisters
the road, leaving the roadway too mountains in the far eastern dis
narrow and liable to get slippery lance, dazzling white in the after
with any rain, but it was understood noon sunshine.
that this Is all to be removed. t One reason for the continual com
this point it was also decided that a plaint of the tourist and traveler go
widening of the road would be bene- ing south, is this, after leaving Eu
gene, the,,, road for more than 30
miles is almost perfectly level, with
fitial. there being plenty of room to
do this. A trifling amount of work
with a scraper and drag would
smooth "m nnrtinns of the road
between Wilbur and Sutherlin, and
place them in fine shape for summer
travel, while notations were made
of other places where gravel should
bo placed later on. On arrival at
Oakland, where the two commission
ers were picked up, tho trip was re
sumed over the regular route of the
Pacific highway north from that
city, and (he passage of the hills just
outside of there was the first and
only really rough roads found on the
entire trip. Steep, rutty and crook
ed, they are in poor condition now,
and when the rainy season is on they
must be extremely difficult to pass
over. On arrival at the bottom It
was explained that no permanent Im
provement of this portion was con-
templated,,as the new survey of the
Pacific Mghway by the state en
gineers, eliminates this grade en
tirely by following a wnter grade of
not more than two per cent parallel
ing the railway, into the city. The
section of the road from this point
on dose to Drain could be Improved
for summer travel by scraping and
dragging.
The auction under the charge of
Supervisor Stocker was found to be
very well kept up, considerable work
having been done since the last
rain?, this continuing almost up to
the entrance of the canyon. As to
the canyon Itself, the mud has all
dried up and a steam roller could
go through without the slightest dif
ficulty, and the trip was made from
end to end without a particle of
trouble, the roughest roads beine
encountered Just over the Lane
county line, where broken rocks of
too large size have been used.
Continuing on, the party was soon
, speeding over splendid
(Continued on page 8.)
OIIDJ
llTl OUDl1
SAMEASWMP
Allies Will Protest Docking of
Deutchland.
After several weeks of waiting tho
plans and specifications for the Rose
buig & Eastern railroud havo been
prepared and adopted by tho council
'and within a short time bidB will be
advertised 'or in both of the local
papers. At loast this was the order
of the city council last night meeting
in regular session with the entire
membership present.
The plans and specifications are
practically the name aa were road be
fore the council a few weeks ago,
after which they were ordered re
written. Xhls lias been done and the
plans drawn and blue prints made so
that all had shaped itself in readi
ness for (lie action of the council, li
was not thought necessary to re-read
tiie documents sis they had been
heard once before by tho council
andtos nearly every member has kept
in close touch with them during their
preparation. - The committee ap
pointed to confer with the engineer
recommended their adoption and an
ordinance was Introduced, to this ef
fect. 1
The ordinance adopted the plans
and specifications and then author
ized the city recorder to Insert an
advertisement In tho local papers for
li days, advertising for bids on the
proposed construction. It declared
an emergency existing so that li
might becohe offective immedialolj
after its passage. I'pon roll call, It
received the unanimous vote with the
exception of Councilman Shambrook.
who voted no.
The cfty attorney and AssoeiaW
Counsel B. L. Eddy, are now prepar
ing the form of advertisement, and
'his will bo displayed In tho papers
within a short time.
Among routine business the com
mittee on firo and water, asked for
nother v.oek in which to make their
report. .-They were ordered at a pre
vious session to Investigate tho
charges for several tanks of water,
as tho amount was believed to he
excessive but wore unable to do so. '
They also" reported that a large
quantity of supplies for the hydrants
was in tho stock of the W. C. Gaddif
Plumbing Company, having been ob
tained by him at the time he was
actlnc as city plumber. It was pro
posed that tho city buy thesq sup
plies, as a low price had been offered
by the estate. No action was taken.
'-!.! report of the city recorder and
of the marshal vas read nnd approv
ed fcy the council. In the recorder's
epo.-t it was shown that out of $IS.
' received Into the general fund,
'hit 5 3.000 had been pajd for the
fire truck and sinking fund, and
that all except $2100 out
r.laiid'ns" warrants had been called.
Thero Is now $1177.30 standing in
the treasury to meet nil warrants
w hich have been called. ' This leaves
the city only slightly ovor $2000 In
debt from its general expenses, a
record which has never been ap
proached for many years. Had It not
been for the exiendi(uros for tho fir
WANT CLEAVES
REINSTATED
IN SCHOOLS
Nearly One Thousand Names
Appear on One Petition.
HON. 0. P. CDSHOW ACTS AS SPOKESMAN
MomlMHK of School lloard tilvc
1'rumiso That Petition Will
It Given Careful
Consideration.
The small offico of School Clork
Roscoo Green was crowdod to ca
pacity last night by tho many friends
of Rev. C. H. Cloaves, who hud
gathered to hear what disiiosltlon the
school board would make of the pe
tition which they had signed and
which was presented by Attorney O.
truck and sinking fund which Is In! P' Coshow. presenting tho poll
reality n asset to the city, there
would be an excess of funds In the
treasury.
It, was shown that tho taxea on
the property bought by the city for
dv'inquent assessments had not been
paid, and a warrant was ordered
Hon to the board Attorney Coshow
said in part: "1 am here to rOpro
seut a large number of the patrons
of tho Roseburg schools, who ask
that you reconsider your action of
discharging Mr. Cleaves nnd that you
reinstate him to his former position.
drawn covering the .mount ., ' ' know tho task of 8t'11,o1 '
...in,, h ci iniiivi uiiu. I nut c '
toctlng the city's interest.
A list of property owners, who ac
cording to tho lien docket, aro do
'iiiQuent in their assessments was
Kesi'iited to tho council and the city
"larshal authorized to collect tho re
spective amounts.
A. L. David was appointed Inspec
tor Or the paving of Second Avenue!
North.
An ordinance was rend Issuing
ends in the sum of $ ir,(;.(ir, to cov--r
the assessment on block C, Chnd
wick street and block Sll sewer. The
bonds will be Isued under the Ilan
croft nct In the sum of $50 each,
with the exception of No. 1 which
will be In tho sum of $ii.ti5.
An ordinance pertaining to tho
fire department was read for the
first and second time. The ordinance
prohibits all vehicles from being
driven In front of the flro truck
while It is being driven to a confla
gration and also prohibits the park
ing of vehicles to prevent the opera-
had experience In this lino and 1
(Continued on page 5.)
know how diflfcult It Is to fill tho
office, especially in a district as largo
as district No. !. lint 1 wish to call
your attention to the right of the
people to petition. Ever slnro the
Magna Cliartu, the peoplo havo had
! the opportunity to petition for what
they desired and this right should he
allowed to tho people of this district.
I havo been told that one member
of the board wna heard to say that
the petition would do no good, and
that ho would pay no attention to
ft, and would not glvo It considera
tion. I hope this Is not so, and I
do not believe that nuy member
would be so narrow as to say n thing
of thlB kind.
"I bolleve thai for tho best Inter
est of tho school system, tho hoard
should give this petition a careful
consideration. It. did not originate
among tho members of his congrcga
tlon, but among his friends and you
will find heading the list tho names
of 200 prominent business men, very
few of whom are members of bia
church. 1 understand that two lea
sons have been given by the school
board for discharging Mr. CloaTca,
tho first being that he is not quali
fied to teaeh bocause be has no cer
tificate. In order to refute this, I
wish to present this certificate which
I obtained from State Superintend
ent J. A. Churchill after I had hoard
of this. This certificate gives Mr.
Cleaves tho right to teach in the Ore
gon schools for five years, or until
July 1. I!):.'..
' The other reason given I under
stand was Insubordination. Tim .1b-
tails of tills charge are lacking, but
i'.ch as havo been give, I hollovo Bra
only tho result of a misunderstand
ing. In the first place It Is said that
tho trouble orlKlnated bei
Cleaves was absent one day without
proper leavo of absence from th
city superintendent. This was the day
on which he was moving his houso-
noid goods, and I understand ihn
mnde every effort to locate Mr. Iluin
lln, hut was tillable to do so, and
then secured permission to leave from
.Mr. Kltznatrick. Thlrf t ,i,. nt k-
Hove could he called insubordination.
it would at least bo fur-fetched to
do so.
The petition which I wish to ure-
sent contains tho nanios of 976 pat
rons; In addftlon I have nnothor pe
tition containing the name, of ISO
students of the high school, who were
unoer .Mr. Clenvos In h a work. Thin
latter petition was presented to 185
students and only five of this number
refused to sign, two of them bnontmci
they were opposed to Mr. Cleaves,
nnd three others becauso thoy wero
leaving the city and woro Indiffer
ent. I do not think a man could Ent
n bettor recommendation than this.,
which conies from tho Btndonts who
were under his charge, reciting In hla
classes and sooing him nbout his '
daily work. Unless tho board gives
t'ils petition careful consideration, 1t
certainly must have some great ir.o-
(Contlnuc! on page 8.)
FRENCH FORCES
1ARPERR0I
AMERICAN COMMANDER CONFERS WITH MEXICAN LEADERS ON
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE: ALL SMILING WHEN PHOTOGRAPHED
IAVAL OFFICES INSPECTS SHIPFOR ARMS
France and England Join In Trying
to lrtveiit (iiMiiuuiK From
OiK'i'utiiiK I'lidfixea
Freight Line,
BAlraMOU! July II. Captain
Hughes, of the American navy board
ed the super-suhmarine this after
noon to makft a personal Inspection
for armament. The tnanuger of the
Ocean Transportation Co. gave his
permission to which Captain Goenig
aHroed.
The inspection was made at the in
stance of ttie English and French
embassies, who declared that It
would be Improper to harbor the
ship aa a merchantman.
A II io Will I'rotcfft.
Knp;l nnd anj France will exert ev
ery effort to prevent the United
States from recognizing the Deutsch
land an a merchantman and to pre
vent the operation of a lino of mib
mersible freighters. The represen
tatives declare that any submarine
stretch of should de declared as ft nan of war.
level graveled highway leading Into British Consul Barclay notified the
Eugene, where arrival was made American ofifcers of their Intentions
shortly before 11 o'clock, and a call this afternoon.
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Important Position Covered by
Guns of Allies.
GERMANS LOSE 22 VILLAGES IN 10 DAYS
Adviuicn of Kngllsli and French
Kliotvtf I'p un Teutons llooivor
1'Yoiii Hlimk of Kneels
f (irrnt Drive.
Left to right: General George Bell. Jr, General Garcia and General Gonzalea.
General George Bell, Jr., American commander of border troops at, Kl I'aso, Texas, recently held a confer
ence with the Mexican leaders. General Garcia and Gonzales, on the international bridge between Kl Paso and
Juarex. This picture, taken during the conference, shows the conferees broadly smiling. It la reported that
the best ol good feelint- prevailed. The Mexican declared their friendahio for the United State.
LONDON, July 11. - The UrltlBh
forces last night stormed und cap
tured tho village of Contalmnlson,
about which I he most violent fight
ing has been waged since tho open
ing of the allied offensive. General
Ualg reported tho capture of 189
prisoners tuken during tho night's
fighting.
The report stated thut furl her oast
tho Hrillsh forces stormed several
lines of trenches in tho .Mini oil
woods, tho greater part of which In
now In the possession of the British,
Heavy fighting still continues In
the Trones woorls. The Herman
forces made a strong counter attack
upon the allies' positions at Conlal
malson, but were repulsed with great
losses. The British still hold the
villa ko and during the fighting took
ifiil prisoners In tho Mumetz woods.
Twenly-two villages, all of which
wero highly fortified by tho Her
mans, havo been taken Rlnce the of
fensive began ten days ago. I'or
ronn1 ground which fierce fighting
has been waged for dnys, 1b barely
a mile from the Krench linen and itf
almost within grasp of tho allied
forcrs,
Paris reported that tho Germans
launched a powerful attack northeast
of Verdun early this morning, dur
ing which time they occupied a few
French trenches, these, however,
were quickly recaptured and the Gor
man either killed or driven back to
their Unci. A French dispatch re
ported that the Germans entered two
hundred yard of tranche In tha
Lorraine district.
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