The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920, April 30, 1917, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHH EVE KINO WEWII "lOSlUY, APBIft 80, 18IT, J 1 4 t i Ladies, We Are Showing All this season's latest colors: Grays, Creams, Ivorys, White. The most desired shades. Ground Gripper Shoes for Men and Women U. S. Army Shoes for Men, made overMunson last: Our Underprice Department offers many sensational bargains in seasonable footwear. Tennis oxfords - - 69c Ladies' low shoes - 98c Ladies' tan button oxfords 98c Children's low shoes 98c JAMES MILLIKIN ROSEBURG BOOTERIE Shoes That Satisfy and Fit Your Feet IRVIN BRUNN NKW TODAY MAKV iUI)KX Pl'.MPS. Perkins Building, Cass St., Roseburg g4w. A POOR UTILE RICH GIRL" ARlCnAr T PICTUIIBS to.nkiht at Til 10 AN'TMOKH. Tho canilldatoa for tho carnival quoon's content mo playing politics, Tor It Is Ha Id Induy that thoy aro hohlinK Imek voIck in Inri'o quanti tiofl. This tiniHt bo a fuct uh ono third of tho hats and all tho but tonti are In circulation and but Tow vo tt'ii uro dcpoHltod In tho ballot boxes. Little May Dopziidorfa friondn made a very Htrong allowing for tho flrt wofk of roul voting with a to tal of 2 li ( 5 votrti ii8 UMiiiHt 'JliO for Hill h MeKuln, of tlio 1km aim Rchool, but Mie voIcb withheld will tvlpo out ttooniliiR nmjority. Tho candldatoB for tho older queens havo beon moro Bocrotivn, but It la positively Known that hundredH of voles bavo been purehnsed but none yet voted. Tho carnival com- JL . umhkki.IjA iii..Mi;s (Jom;. It wnB found today that a transient who represented hlm Bolf to bo a repairer of um brellas visited IhlR city about two weokfl ago and made a tour of the rOBidoneo dlHtricl where bo collected a number of good umbrolla frameB which ho Bald ho would cover nnd ropatr at a email coat. Since that time no word has been board from him and It Is thought that ho ban left this seetiou with n goodly supply of tho (ramus. Tho mat ter has not been reported to the officers. . mltteo today announced that the sit uation has bocoiuo further compli cated by tho nomination of Miss Mima Payton, daughter of a popular railroad engineer, so that tho result will not no known until the cIopo of the contest on Tuesday evening, May S. Tlio next count will bo taken oji Friday afternoon. May 4. MAJESTIC ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW Matinco Every Day, 2 to 5 Evenings, 7:15&8:50,5c-10c TOIIAV OMC DAY ONLY The Flower of Faith With JANK (illKY AXI I'll.WR MILLS. A flvo-part lory of tho Houth. A Ju'ttrt-inUTcpt Htory wttU plenty of action, romunco iiml tliitllR. International Diplomacy Sth chapter of PEARL OF THE ARMY Tho (ircnt Military Serial IIKINIH AMI TIIK -KMi .hint fun for fifteen inlnuteH. 8 Reels Admission, Adults 10c, Children 5c S Keels TO.MOItltOW "His Friend a Traitor" How? Yon will learn by neelnu ,111, U S STWiKIt In TIIK HTOl, THIl'.MI'll. A Metro master picture of aupmnv power In flvo cm. Wl ll.M SII IV TIIK hOUII-i: liOOM MSTDIIV Hli, u :lili Cliaptet' of tin- I'l Itl'I.K MASK TIH'IIHIIAV I'ATUIA 1'UlltAV TIIK MAX WHO TOOK A tilAXCK tVMI) ANITA STh.AHT IV "THKfillth I'lll I.I IM'A ' HELD AT U.S.BIL The Douglas Counjly Pomona Orange held its regular monthly Ses tfion at Drain lnat Saturday, meet-, liiK In joint session with tho Drain Grange. Among those present werej Mr. mid Mrs. It. Dusenbark and Mr. : a'i.1 Mrs. Fred Goff, of the Moll owe i Grange; Mrs. Uailey, of the South Deer Creek Grange; mr. and Mrs. Thiol, Prof. Kmery IJoane and Mrs. Carr and dauiiter, and Miss Robin son, of the Yonrnlla Grange. The Pomona degree was conferred upon tbreo condldates. The members of tho Drain Grange aro shipping eggs collectively and hnvo decided to grow beuna of the Lady Washington variety, with the expectation of shipping their pro duct together, after cleaning and grading them, thereby adding ma terially to tho price that will bo re ceived for thorn. The combined Granges went on record favoring the employment by tho county ol n county ugrlcultura' agent along tho lines suggested !v President Kerr, of the agricultural college, to aid the farmers not only in raising moro uniform crops, hut to help tho farmers to find tho beat markets for their crops. A resolution was a 1 ho unanimous:, adopted Indorsing the si.:md State Grange- Mastor Spenco has taken on the $11,000,0011 bond Issue, as iw has tho endorsement of the State 'J range In opposing the bond Issue, ' The Granges of Yoncnlla aud Drain Intend this coming sen son to go intc the business of marketing capons together realizing that tho two Granges will have a larger amount to market and also realizing the necessity of having a large output so as to standardize the product. A resolution approvlnj; the ap pointment of tin Oregon ;Ti1eultural college instructor versed In ag'-culture to teach in the Dram scbooU was also adopted. The following program vn von ler ed In tho afternoon: Song by the Grange. "America"; oc.l duct, l- Goff and It. Itusenlmrk, of Melrose; recti ntTtiTT, 11. llusenbark, of Mel roue; solo. Prof. Donne, of Yoncnlla. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, April 30. The Ameri can oil tankor "Vacuum" was sub marined Saturday nnd several of the. crew and part of the gun crew are missing. Captain liafris, the gun ner's lieutenant and nine1 of the gunners are unaccounted for, but may he picked up later, as they left the ship in a small boat. ,The first mate with 17 men, Including three men of the gunners' crew, made a safe landing on the tingllsh coast. The ship was enroute to the United States. The Vacuum left New York March 30 for llirkenhead,' Kngland, H. II.' Harris In command. Sho car ried a crew of 84, including ;15 Americans. METHODIST RALLY HELD HERE TODAY The first of a series of Methodist rallies for Southern Oregon, is be ing held in tho First Methodist Kpls copal church, this afternoon and ev ening. The session this evening be gins at 8 o'clock. The meeting is in charge of Dr. H. J. VnnPosscn, district superintendent, nnd the vis't- ors from tho general boards of tho church aro Dr. E. H. Todd, president of tho university of Puget Sound, Tacoina, Wash., and Dr. U. E. Shaw, district superintendent of Charlton district, Iowa. The pastors of sur rounding chunhts arrived this morning, Hov. C. C. Coop, of Cnn youvillo, Rev. A. A. lirittnin, of Sntherlin, Key. J. J. Pncey, of Yon calla. Rev. R. ,1. Davenport, of Wil bur, Rev. J. V, Hlackwell, of Ten Mile. This meeting is a part of the campaign of efuVieney now being conducted throughout the church. DE Pnder a picture of the proposed Sontiers Dome hospital the Portland .louruat has tlte following to say in regard to the plans for the building- Plans for tho hospital at the state Soldiers' Home, Roschurg, have just j been completed by lwis Irvine Thompson, Portland architect, and I work on the improvement will be ' started immediately. j This building is the llrst unit of) tho new group proposed for the sol-j tilers' borne plant. A plan for the! entire construction has been com-1 pleted by the architect, and from! time to time, as new buildings are! required, this will be followed, j The hospital will bo a ono story building of pleastng colonial style j with central portico. This will be; of I wo stories. The building will I be (U by feet in dimensions and! will cost $-'J.i)00. It is to be ready for occupancy in three months. The central portion will be of two dories. This will house the nurses 1 dormitories and dining rooms. The' hospital proper will consist of six ; Inrge wards. 10 private rooms, recep-', tkm. physicians', drug, tin a nnd j More rooms, n diet kitchen nti I other accessories. There will be no oper ating room. The building will be finished In marble floors. The walls will be brick with cast stone orna ment at ton. Large porches will bo constructed on the reur for conval-; escents. and these will be approuehed by inclines so patients may go back and forth In wheeled chairs. I PASSES THROUGH CITY After a journey of 0500 miles traveled in mid-winter, K. M. O'Brien and H. It. Klein. Jr., arrived in this eity in an Overland delivery truck, UeuionstratinK tlio Champion up... phiK. The trip was started from To ledo, January 15, and San Fran cisco was reached February 12. The ear was loaded on its start with 1500 pounds of window display material and at Sacramento took on enough moro to hrhiK the total weight of outfit carried to 2-00 pounds. The present run is from San Francisco to Portland by way.)f the Pacific highway and tlio drivers state that tho roads are ths worst they have experienced In their entire Journey. Thoy have made 'the entire distance with out or two exceptions under their own power, although they were blocked near Myrtle Creek and at one or two other points on the const road. They left this morning for the north after receiving many warnings of tho Pass Creek canyon ItOltX. PHKSOHKKN Monday. Atirll 30. to to wife of Vincent Prcscheru, of Wilbur, a daughter. James Millikin, wlio was one of the best known men of Roseburg. passed away this morning at bis home after a very short illness. Mr. Millikin has been failing in heal in for several monwi and only recent ly sold out his shoe store on Jack son street in order to regain bis strength. The relaxation, however, was the Immediate cause of bis death, as be was unable to survive the change In habits to wuich he had become so accustomed in the past 27 years, during wbicb time be has been in business at the same place, and following practically the same, routine. Mr. Millikin was born at Belfast, Ireland, January 17, 1839 und spent the early part of his life in Ireland and Scotland, being marrled'In the latter country and three of his chil dren being horn there. In 1873, he came to the united States, landing in New York and remaining there for a short time beiore journeying to the middle west, settling in Illinois. He remained there until 1890 when he came to Roseburg and op ened a shoe shop. His first wife hav ing died In 1885, he was uriited In marriage In 1892 to Hulda Scott, who survives him. ' He was a mem ber of the Presbyterian church, but was affiliated with no other organi zation, although he had been a mem ber of the Masonie lodge in the old country. . He Is survived by his wife and eleven children, six of whom result ed from his first marriage. Those living are Mrs. John Craig, Mrs. L. M. Bland, of Garden City, Kans.; John Millikin, St. Louis; James Millikin, Chicago; Robert Millikin, Picknevlllo; Thomas Millikin, Rose burg; Lucy, Ellen, Jessie, George, and Margaret Millikin, also of this city. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning' at 10:30 o'clock from the Presbyterian church, Rev. B. W. .Warrington, officiating. In terment will take place at the I. O. O. F. cemetery. 7 LIKE ROAD BONDING SALEM, April 30. Governor Withycombe has telegraphed the sheri Hand clerk of Curry county ask ing If they intend to comply with the state law and call an election on June 4, or obey the county court's Instructions and fail to call the spe cial election. The attorney general will institute mandamus proceed ings if the election is not to be called. DOINGS OF THE CITYj It. K. Smith, left this afternoon for Portland where he will spend sev eral days attending to business matters. XKW TOIIAV. WANTF.H tllrl for dining room "work at Cafeteria. Apply at once. H ?-ni FOrND Pocket book containing some money. Owner can have same bv cillllnr at this nftlre. describing amount of money and paying for this adv. no-tf Join Army. ' Ed. and Thomas Cunningham, of Dlxonville, today enlisted In the reg ular army anu will probably leave this evening for Portland to take the examination. Autos Are Sold. A. I). Bradley, local Dulck agent, roporta thnt he has sold a new road ster to Commissioner W. E. St. John, and a Buick-Six to John Bak er, of Oakland. . In Improved. Mrs. J. L. Boggs,' who underwent an operation at a Portland hospital Inst week for a throat affliction, la reported to be greatly Improved to day and able to set up. She will probably return here within the nex1t few weeks. Hovrnnl Offered. Postniastor L. F. Releznstein '.his morning received a reward notice In regard to the persons who recent ly robbed the San Jacinto post-office In California. On the poster, a pic ture of tne thieves is presented, ac companied by a full descript ion of them. A reward of $600 Is offered for their apprehension. Miss lluick Is III. ' Miss Vava Uulck, society editor of Tho News was 111 today a-nd on ac count of her condition' will ho requir ed to be absent from hot; duties for some time. During her a'bsence Miss Madge Miller will serve as editor of the Bociety events. 1 , , . i Is Very 111. ' Miss Hortense F.Tpl ey, domestic science Instructor of f.he Roseburg high school, who has been very ill for the past week, was taken to the homo of her mother, who resides Salem, this moraine.' Miss EiiDlev will probably return here upon her recovery nnd until that time the classes will probablj-be'dlscontlnu- ed. Chimney Fire Todtf.y. The city fire department was call ed out shortly aft'T noon for a fire at the W. K. Smick house. The house was boing cleaned and a large amount of liapep was thrown into the fireplace. Betting fire to the soot which had accumulated In the chim ney. The flames spread to some of the woodwork! in the Interior of the room b at the blaie was soon ex tinguished by a small amount of chemical judiciously applied. C ASTORIA Fo-f Infants and Children In Us e For Over 30 Years Always bean tho Signature v wi wwi WW i cars jean RIVER BOTTOM AND PRUNES 160 acres with 25 acres of prunes, 110 acres river bottom, sandy loanf. Good fences. Good' prune dry er. Fine big spring. A crackerjac k place for dairy and bogs, with a sure income from the prunes. Owner needs money In other business. I'KJCK REDUCKI) FROM $16,000 to $11,000 ' We write Fire Insurance That Insures. FARMERS REALTY COMPANY MAIN AND CASS STRKlil'S. Building Protection For Emergencies What better habit could a young man ac quire than making regular bank deposits? It is important to build protection for emer gencies. Start an account with the Rose burg National Bank. The Roseburg National Bank - Roseburg, Ore. Kodaks! Huntin Did you ever go hunting with a Kodak. Well say! It is' sport with out a closed season. And you do not have to go to the mountains, or seashore lor game, as the streets, home or auto trip will furnish op portunity for use. But RcUEMrtER there is but one KODAK and that Is tho Eastman, and that we sell them. Also Films Papers Chemicals and with all, good practical advice for using is given. Churchill Hardware Company Ironmongers Roseburg, Oregon THE IOXti-AWAITKl) l'HOTOIMiAY THAT ALL PARENTS WILL TAKE THKIR CHILDREN TO NEK Mary Pickford In her newest Pickford-Artcraft offering in six reels A POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL" Monday and Tuesday menlng at 7:15 and 8:43, Special Matinee Tuesday afternoon at 2: lit at tlio ' ANTLERS THEATRE A Story that no other than Mary Pickford can tell in pictures. Mary Plckford's third Artcraft picture will charm everyone that sees it regardless of age. Admission, Adults 20c, Children 10c To be Riven away free at onrh evening pcrfiinnmifw, live copies of the; complete story, "The l'oor Little lticli tiirl," handsomely bound. A 'soiive-nir worth keeping. Hiiro in another lie treat fur you! Hlllt;l AS KAIItltAXK.s in tlio new five-reel Triangle-Kay Hoc- reaturo 'The Americano' Wednesday evening only at 7:15 and 8:45. This Is the last Fair banks picture you will see at 5c and 10c. After this the Inimitable ''loug" will appear In special "Artcraft" features only at ndvnnced prices. You'll like this "ever so much". Itenirniliec same old prices Be anil Irtr. . ' Thurwlay evening only at 7:13 and h'iI.n nnntlior grent big "Won. -der" feature MAlMil'KHITK CURK in IISM ;KO. WASHINtJTrt.v nu .Mi, in ,rii-n, tW mill 1UC. 8VNHAV ami momuy "2o,oo i.KAta ix iMKit tiik ir Business ,1 V ;..