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ltOSKIHISG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OlSKOON, MOM1AY, AUGUST 7, 11)10.
No. 18N
I STATE SCRIBES CLOSE MEETING!
HUGHES ARRIVES IN DETROIT
E
! Itrodie Is IU-Kleetei President;
I ltocommendutions Are Made.
Will Make Tivu Seeches in Michigan
Town Tunl;lit.
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Architect F.Manson White Has
Great Interest in High
School Being Built.
BRICK WILL BE WHITE
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Mr. White Mays Tlmt Ituililins Will
lie Olio of the Most Itcautiful
School ltutlillngs Ever
' Krected In Oregon.
F. Manson White, the architect for(
the high school building now IV
course of construction arrivei in'
Roseburg this morning on a special'
trip to supervise the construction. I
i nave a special interest in inib,
tfuilding," said Air. White Ithis
morning while in conversation with
a News representative, "as 1 am try
ing to make it the most ' beautiful
school building in the stale. To tee
that my plans are properly exc'i't
ed and that the structural beauty
may be fully brought out, I am mak
ing a number of special trips as my j
presence ls required only once ench ! SALEM, Or., Aug. 7. The follow
month In orde rthnt the estimate! lnB hoarinfis have been fixed by the
may be made." j nuullc service commission: Portland,
At the school board meel'ng to-' AuK"8t 15- 10 salt case; Co
night, Mr White will propose the 1mUe- AuR- 7' ,l) "' telephone
installation of an Illuminate,, clock case:' 'Manloton. Aug. 18 and 19,
instead of the one as oricinallvl Willamette Pacific rases; Bend, Aug.
planned. It was at first rerided to 21. 22 an1 2:!' 9-"9 a Central
build a master clock with a four Oregon Irrigation Co.'s case; Burns,
foot dial to be controled bv the as-! A"K- 2r- 9:30 ' telephone case;
semhly clock which will al.Jo control (
the small clocks in each ri.-om. This
lame display clock which will he ove.
the front entrance, was to hav had
a galvanize iron dial to he finished
to represent terra cbtta. It Is now
planned, however, to make the dial
transparent and illuminate it at
night. As the clock wo"! I be ele
vated 4 0 feet from the gnrind it
would be easily discernible from tin;
main streets and &s It will Do rogu-'
lated by the Western tnion time
would e a great benefit to the city.;
The cost of keeping the light burn-i
ing within it is estimated at about
50 cents a month.
Another change which will make
a great improvement in tho appear-
ance of the building is the use of(
white brick instead of the -cream.
color. On Mr. White's return from
his 'Previous visit he allowed -the
contract for white brick Instead of
cream and the brick is now being
especially burned in the kilns at Sa
lem. The building will bo trimmed
in buff with the wood work copper
green so that the colors used will
harmonize nicely and present a very
pleasing appearance.
The entrance will be recessed and
constructed of concrete blocked I
in squares to represent a mass've
stone front. The upper part of the
entrance will be decorated with three
foot pilasters.
Mr. White will leave on the night
train for his home in Portland.
IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE DEAL;
Iu go l-'nrm on Xorth Deer Creek in
Kohl to C. K. Dunning.
I schools of the county show an en- went at 1 (i cents last year brought
One of the most Important ""eal ruTnont 0r r,SS pupils there being' i!i cents or more this year. This
estate deals to be made tor several s, mor(1 giri8 tiian hoyH In this do- means that a largo amount of mon
months was consummated late Sat-; mrtmPni There ,are 1S districts In has b-en spent among the sheep
urday nfteruoon when C. K. Ban-. ,ne roun,y an f which reported to men or this se"tion for wool alone,
ning purchased the Julius Dornblut thp orai 0fnr8. There are M; In addition to the wool, the sale of
piare on South Deer creek. The ; 8rhool houses in the county .three of mutton will mean several thousand
transaction involves a cash purchase whirn haVe been built In the past more dollars brought Into Douglas
price of SI, 500. and was made,yPar TnP number of legal voters ronnly this fall.
through the Perrlne & Marsters firm. fol. 8Chool purposes at.thetimo that j
The farm Is located about a mile and tn(1 votn was mn,ie shows a total of .
a half beyond Dixonville and Is cen-J ; BIG ARMY BILL WILL CAUSE FIGHT
sidered one of the finest in that dis-' Tho financial statement is nl.-O: .
trict. Mr. Banning purchased the VPrv interesting showing the scno'd '
land and all farming equipment and finances to be in excellent con l!U .n ! r t " ill Ho Cihim of
stock. The amount on hand at the time of; Nnmeroiu I Ight.
Mr. Dornblut left IloFeburg sev- the Int annual report was I20.2J '.I
oral weeks ago and is now employed Since that time there has been re-. WASHINGTON. Ann. 7. Tin- k n
in a lame sawmill at Clear Lake, reived from various sources $3 1 7,-' era! army appropriation bill was t
"Wash. Hifl wife remained in Rose- 709.21. The dfphMrsemcnts amount ported today in both branches of
burg, closlnc p biiftinpn mn?fe ed to $113. 041. 4 leaving a remaind- congress by the hotifso-fitnat ron
and attending to the sale and ?he er in the treas)iry of $ 1 2 4.117. 8,1. feres. The bill crrie?t 'jfi",." !7,(t'in.
will leave tomorrow to Join him. The anionnt of indebtedness from The largest previous army apprr.i-ri-T
Their household goods were brought brnded Indebtedness and ontstand- atlon bill wan last y-nr whn $101.
thin city today by the French ing warrants i t -1 I I fl 1 , hut !r OnO.ooo were appropriated ?fvf(-:il
'Tin?fer Company ant! will be double offset by the value of school fightfl are expected before th bill i
th-rid soon. . buildinfffl and school property. : p.-isw-d.
MEDFORD, Aug. 7 After adopt
ing resolutions commending the work
of the University of Oregon school oi
journalism; recommending that the
University of Oregon and Oregon
Agricultural college combine and
furnish to the newspapers of the
state a "ready print'' service without
address at a price over cost, and
recommending the formation of a
tri-state newspaper association to j
meet in 1 91 S, the 125 delegates to1
the Oregon State Editorial ussoiia-1
tion' brought their session to a clote
Saturday night with the election of
the Following officers:
President, E. E. Brodie, Morning
Enterprise, Oregon City, re-elected;
vice-president, A. E. Voorhies. Rogue
River Courier, Grants Pass; secretary-treasurer,
Phil S. Dates, Pacific
Northwest, Portland; member of
executive committee for three years.
y Aldrich
Pendleton
East Oregonian,
j Requests for the convention in
1917 were received from Pendleton
and Eugene, and it was said Pendle-
, ton will probably he selected.
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! IXU'CiLAS COtWTY IIKAItlXd'SSKT
Drain, Aug. 31, 9:H0 a. m., passen
ger train service; Sutherlin, Sept. 1,
9:30 a. m., irrigation case.
GIVES ANNUAL REPORT
ividliy IllierebUllg OLdllbLl Ml
Regard to the SchOO
r..i
DOUglaS COU tlty.
tdcaciidv
BIG AMOUNT IN TREASURY
X umber of Male Pupils K reeds That
of Female While Women Pre
dominate as I list rut-tors
In The Schools,
The annual report of the county
aihfnl Kiinprlnlenilent. whtnh was
; completed Saturday and forwarded! T)l" 'li,ns tn offfir Us orvc
j to the state superintendent affords Immediately thereafter upon the r
; a great deal of interesting Informa- Tl,'st ' eithor si(1p'
tion in regard to the schools of
Douglas county. !
According lo the report of the su-j
perintendent there are in Douglas
at the present time till 7 7 persons ofj
i
school age. Of this number there
are 4608 in attendance at the vari
ous schools of the county, 2437 be-
in gmales and 2171 females. The
number of teachers employed were
267, sixty of these being male in-
structors.
The number of eighth grade cer
tificates issued w'as
The high'
Leaders Will Formally An
nounce Result of the
Vote Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON HOPEFUL
Switchmen May Sijrn An Arixh--
men llel'ore Xiglit liv
ing Questions To
Arbitration.
1 NEW YORK, Aug. 7. All or the
, leaders of the ran road brotherhoods
! rushed preparations for the strike.
They have finished the tabulation of
the strike vote and the result will
I' be formally announced tomorrow,
i The railway managers will meet
I with the officers of the brotherhood
j tomorrow. H ia asserted on good
j authority that unless the managers
I concede the demands of the eni'-
ployes at this meeting, the strike
may be called speedily.
Administration is Optimistic.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The of
ficials of the administration viewed
the strike situation optimistically
thi8 morning when It was learned j
that the switchmen would probably
sign an agreement before night ac
cepting arbitration.
President May I'rge Arbitral ion.
Some doubt was expressed over
the success of mediatory efforts by
the board and it was said that in
the event of failure to bring em
ployes and the roads together, arbi
tration of the controversy would be
urged on both parties by President
Wilson.
It was asserted In an authoritative
niiarjer that the railway brother
hoods, in case of disagreement with
the managers., will appeal to the
board of mediation and conciliation
to Intervene and tlmt should such
friendly intervention also fail, the
brotherhoods will accept arbitration
IT proposed by President Wilson.
Commissioner Hangar, of the
t'nited Slates board of mediation
and conciliation arrived in New Yo-i,
today and Is expected lo make a def
inite report in the near future as to
the switchmen's agreement.-. Hang
ar's preliminary report indicated tha'
switchmen were the only train
men who had thus far reached " de
cision. WASHINGTON. Aur. 7. The me.
dlatlon board cannot act in any way
on the utrike situation until the vote
of the railway men Is announced.
WOOL CLIP SHORT OF LAST YEAR
:
luerraN'd Price of Product Ilium
Dig Sum Into State.
The total wool clip for the state of
Oregon for the year IMG, is esti
mated at 17,IQ,0U0 as against a
clip of I9.000.ono for the year Mil 5.
However, the decreased clip of 101(1
was sold at a much larger price than
the clip of last year. Wool that
DETROIT. Aug. 7. Charles E.
Hughes arrived in this city this
morning, where he is scheduled tu
make two speeches tonight. Sever
al huudred people had assembled at
the depot of the Mlchigun Central
to get a view of the next preslent,
and applauded when he made his ap
pearance. The special train was 20
minuti's late. Small crowds Hi
the way to the Ponlchartraln hotel
where the candidate stopped during
his slay In the city. "Hughes bowed i
and smiled to the populace during
the entire trip to the hotel.
This afternoon Hughes addressed
the committee representing welfare
workers in every big factory in De
troit. He spoke in an overheated
hotel room. Hughes expressed i
hope for the spirit of co-opernlion
between capital and labor. The ,
speaker also endorsed the movement
for the welfare of the American j
wuimms, in uoiiik so ne saia: vu
are not laborers or capitalists, wo
are all American citizens."
County J ml go Marsters and Itoad
astcr K. A. Sinclaim inspected tiny
road being constructed near Shady
Point. The road Is completed for
a part of the distance and is said to
be a very excellent piece of work. To
morrow Mr. Sinclair will go to Hid-
(ile wh(M.(, no wilj inaect some con-
slmrtion work being done there.
A. I. Simmons, of Poitlnnd, arriv
ed In this city last night and will
visit with his borthor-in-law, I. Yi.
Riddle. He will spend a couple of
weeks here and will then go into (he
a dor hunt before re
turning home.
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RunningTimeBetween Eugene
and Marshfield Reduced
Nearly Two Hours.
FERRY IT NOW ELIMINATED
alias Work on South Line Itegins
Tomorrow ami Fifty OnrH of
(travel Are to lie
Place! Daily.
Through passenger service over
' the new Willamette-Pacific railroad
i from Kugene lo .Marsiifleld took
! place Sunday morning for the first
I time when the regular passenger
! train pauwd over the L'mpqua river
hri,lg"' ,,ow "" compu ted.
The new card which went into effect
' yesterday will cut down the running
, time over this line one hour and
4 0 minings soul h hound and 4 .ri
'minutes on the return. ,
The regular passenger on this lino
i will leave Kugene at S o'clock, be-
! ginning yesterday morning, will nr-
rive at Marshfield at 2:30 p. m., one
hour earlieV than previously. Thej
leaving time there in also 4 0 ml n -1
ii tea later than formerly.
The return train will leave Marsh-!
field at (i:'Mi a. m. to arrive at Ku- 1
ger.e at H:10 P- m., the arrival time!
now. j
The cut In time is made possible
by the completion of the new l"mp-
qua bridge which eliminates tli.;
neefssity of transferring by boat.
The PteH has been In plaee on the
bridge for some time and the work'
of rlvellng in In progress.
The ballast work on the line south;
of tlie bridge bejilns Tuesday of this
w-'k, the ears and material having -arrived
.last wrek. The gravel will i
supplied from the Natron pit and!
flu cars a day will l y plaeed on HoI
rod P'd. When this Is rompletpd;
Ihe time between this city nnd
Mnrfifieid will he cut down slightly
rrore It is believed.
The r h a ti ge j n time i i ? ji a rl e ho
the trains will pa pa over the I'mprpia
b rid ire At t he noon hour, when t hi
, livetlng crews are off duly. K.u-h
. train stojis :0 minutes at that point
for luncheon, tho Kugene bound
Counter Attacks on Teutons
Repulsed by Forces
Under Haig.
FRENCH FIRE EFFECTIVE
T,"'k '"" ll.-gion Around
Siuxe ('anal -Many of Whom
Surrender,
LONDON, Aug. 7. (By Keeue.)
General Haig reported to head
quarters this morning that several
small German counter attneka were
reI,ulscd by , rorce9 cast , poiI
loroH The situation in tho Sommu
rpgon Js ullclmngeQ n,thollBh tuc
Germans aro koeplng ft bo,nl)ard.
ment of tho allies' positions from
Ancre to the Somme. The Jtrltish
forces raided the trenches of their
enemies east of Ncmillstraast last
night.
Many Turks Surremler.
Tho British forces chased tho
Turks 1 S miles east of the Suez canal
and have completely cleared them
from the Katlt-Umpalsha - basin.
Thrlty-one hundred have been taken
prisoner. Tho dfspatcheH calleft the
prisoners "A very fine body of men"
which would Indicate that they were
the Sultan's crack body of troops.
Trench Fire Is Kffovtlve.
PARIS, Aug. 7. The French rifle
and machine gun fire halted two vio
lent CJennan a tacks made upon the
city of Verdun. The Shrapnel pre
vented I be Germans from debouch'
ing. During the fighting three Ger
man aeroplanes were destroyed nnd
Cwo observation Iballoons were
burned.
MARRIED AT M. E PARSONAGE
Will Mako Their Future Ilium- In
Klamath I'aMs.
A marriage growing from a ro
mance which begun a couple of years
ago when the bride began her attend
ance at the school in Klamath Falls
was solemnized this morning at tV
parsonage of tho M. K. church wh'-n
Guy Shelby, of Klamalli Kails,
and MIhs Mabel McClay, of Kll.ton.
were united in marriage, by P.e
Win. Kfley Jeffrey. The happy
couple first met about two years i-.o
when the bride first went to Klauvt'h
Falls where the groom is employed
in n large mercantile house. TKh
friendship rapidly ripened into a
deeper feeling which resulted in the
ceremony of the morning.
They will levo on the train thi?
evening for Klamath Falls vh
they will make their future homo.
DEDICATION SERVICES IMPRESSIVE
Archbishop Christie of Portland Gave
Splendid Addressee,
The dedtetorfal services of it he
j new Catholic church of HiIh city was
conducted privately by Archbishop!
Christie, prior to the public service
of the Solemn high mass. Archbishop
f'liristie delivered very fine Hermons
to both the morning mid even con
gregation. The bishop com pi I men ted the
choir on the music of the day nnd
especially M ikh Mabel Hrynn, who
s;mg nio.t .beautifully the "Ave
Marie," while the solos of Mls Mar
garet Mefhillr-n nnd Miss Klorence
IteVaney were delightful. In the ev.
en ing Father fllenny plea,sod Ulio
loncreaf ion 'wllh a solo.
The decora! lorm of the church
were made to harmonize with
yrr-'-n and while color schem'
1 he ( ' o ir h'-. Interior.
4
Mrs. A. C. Horner, chief operator
of the Sutherlin telephone exchange
returned to her homo this morning
after visiting for a few days wllh
Mrs C. I. Pearson.
tmln being there from 12:01 p. m.tdle will bo compelled to remain In
until 12:30. and the Marshfield -
bound train from 12:30 until 1:00
P- m
LIVE MODELS SHOW BATHINGSUITS
Full Stylo Nlmw Ojk-j.s tn ClilcilHj U
Hmulixsls )f itiiyof Attend.
1
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Live modola
the livest of whom wore bathlns
suits and were exhibited In a spe
cial fountain, characterized the fall
stylo show of the Chicago garment
mnniifuctiirers' association which,
opened today will continue ull week
Wholesalers invitations to buyers
to attend tho show at Bismarck gar
dens dwelt particularly upon the.
group of feminine swimmers in up
to the minute bathing costumes
Why tho bathing suit display for fall
wear no oe knew and none scorned,
to care. It was a great attraction.
Chicago . storo windows wore la
the beginning f a week's boycott
on out-of-town goods and gavo their
entire window space ovor to the Mls
I'.lay of the "Made in Chicago" pro
ducts, taking this method of doing
their share to boost the show.
A half hundred garment manufae-
A half hundred garmnt manufac
turers of this city had entries In tho
display. Each manufacturer waB al
lowed to enter four garments pro
vide they entered them on Uvo
models.
From (1,000 to 7.000 middle west
buyers are attending the style show.
A feature of the show Is n rovolv-'
Ing stago which penults quick
changes of scenory. Dlnnor will bo
sorvod each ovoning, nftor wheh the
show wll bo held. "
1100 DEATHS JROM PARALYSIS
Twenty .'(111. ie(, Are ltoii1oj
Durlnir Past SI Hotim.
NEW YOltK, Aug. 7. One hun
di c d and forty five new cases of
Inrunlllo paralysis have boon report
ed during the pnat twenty four
hours. From this numbor 43 have
died.
British Force Evacuation of
One Entire District
. Navy Helps.
AUSTRIAN POSITION FALLS
Sliitngly I'c.illn.sl Town South of
Itrixly Taken by Tlio ItllHHliina
Advance on ImiiIhmx
CoiltllltlfH.
LONDON, Aug. 7. It la announc
ed that the British naval forces
have captured the (ierman port of
Sandanl in (ierman lOast Africa and
have dislodged the (iermnns from tho
entire dlidrlit. Other naval opera
tions are progressing along tho en
tire roat. It Is stated that the Ger
mans surrendered a block house 150
miles Inland nfter a desperate fight.
The general northerly campaign In
the southern part of the colony do-'
fentcd the TeutonH near Malangall
80,1 ,,mt thfJ roopg operating in tho
northern part of the colony have ad
vanced Into Madablra.
Al Han roftltion l-'nlls.
riCTItOORAn, Aug. 7. Tho war
office states that the Husslann havo
cap! ured a strongly fortified Aus
trian position south of Ihe city of
llrodv. and that their armies aro ad-
! vanclng ulea'dlly toward Ivomherg.
Fierce bayonet bafHeH have taken
: place In the Hereth woods. A Hleady
downpour of rain has mde tho hat
i tie fields a swamp over which It Iff
I difficult to operate. Austrian coun-
fer attacks 1nnt night forced alight
t he j -osMacK retirements south or Vore
of ghta. Tho Russians have advanced
several miles on Ihe Caucasus front.
rtnrn,i; kiutok visits iv crrv
Claude Hlddle, editor of tho
Hlddte Tribune, arrived In the city
thin afternoon having business mat
ters needing his allenllon. Mr. Wd-
1 tho city over night on account of
if he Ftlddle. Roseburg stago having;
' been, abandoned some time ago.