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

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    THH EVE KINO WEWII "lOSlUY, APBIft 80, 18IT,
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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.
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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
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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
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