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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1917)
MNG NE THE WEATHER Member of Associated Press Tonight and Friday Fair. Highest temp, yesterday 75 Lowest temp, lasi night .....49 VOL. VIII. ltOSKHUKG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. THIHSUAY, SKITKMHEK 6, 1017. No. 212 EVE E Teddy Jewett and Bert Bates Arrive to Visit For Only Few Days. RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT Bay Anny Life b irvat and All Are Hiippy In Their New Field of Imty KxiKt't Ut He MovmI. Teddy Jewett, sergeant of the Sanitary troops located at Forts Stevens and Canby, and, Bert Hates, also a member of that organization, arrived in this city this morning on a four-day furlough and were" greet ed by a large number bf friends here today, who wore pleased to again catch a glimpse of Roseburg soldier ladH. The boys carried with them optimistic stories of soldier life at the mouth of the Columbia and stated that although Che typhoid shots mingled with home sickness were getting a little the best of a few of them, the majority of the Douglas county lads are in good spirits and are anxiously waiting to get a "lick" at the kaiser and have a hand in hanging his hide on the walls of Berlin. The boys will be required to re turn Saturday to the fort in time for their sixth and last para-typhoid "shot in the arm." According to Btorics told by the (boys, a large num ber of the soldiers are confined to the hospital and quarters as a re sult of the innoculations. hut are recovering rapidly and will soon be able to "tote" a gun and stand guard again. The hospital ut Fort Canby has a few patients who were knocked "cuckoo," in the laruagei of the army, "by the "shots" and one! patient, the boys stute. had to bei held in bed by three of the hospital j corps boys. The hospital corps lads at Fort Canby have charge of the post hos pital and are under the command of Lieutenant Edmund Myers. Lt. Myers is an efficient surgeon and his Instructions to the boys in the art of first aid are proving very v:iln- able. Lt. Myers has been kept ex ceedingly busy during the past few days on account of the small pox vaccinations and typhoid injections and has established a record for speed in "shooting" the boys that has outdistanced any other of that section. He has a complete system arranged for tho work, according to t Iva visitors here today, and every boy has his work to do so that every thing works as smoothly as a well oiled machine, when under way. The Roseburg ooys here today also stated that Lt. Col. B. K. Law son, who formerly conducted a ranch in the Round Prairie district, near this city, is fort commander, and is handling his duties in a very ef ficient manner. Col. Lawson will undoubtedly make his mark in the military line and his previous experi ence in the work is proving to be very valuable. He is well liked by all those of his command and the boys observe his ruling with the strictest obedience. The Rosenurg ooys are now mess ing with the Hood River company at Canby and state that the eats are fine. The cook hired by this organi zation is an expert along eultinary lines and makes excellent efforts to satisfy the growing appetites of the boys. It may seem strange but Fort Canby is the only fort In the Unit ed Stales where rubber boots and coats are issued in tho winter months to the soldiers stationed there. This is on account of the extremely wet weather which pre vails, j When asked today as to whether a move was expected soon. Sgt. Jewett stated tjiat he has no infor-j mation along that line, but it is the! general belief that something will "happen" soon, the nature of which1 cannot bo yet determined. The whole Roseburg organization. ' including t he Sanitary troops and Fourth company are lacking ' pep" ' this week, but are due to recover soon with the completion of the in - j lections of serum. The Canby boys state that the only, part of the shipment of magazines, fruit, etc.. that reached that place, was pome rars of green corn, which were greatly appreciated. The chick ens which were fine to arrive, did not make their appearance and the boys were disappointed as a result. Everyone of the soldiers lads are gaining in weight in spite of the arduous duties placed upon them and their ruddy faces bespeak good treatment on the part of the govern ment, who by the way has never failed yet to take rare of her sol dier bovs who sacrifice so murh in order that democracy may be saved. John Alexander, of 01id, iam to! tows yesterday. I'AYMASTKIl SI ICIDKS. (Special to The News.) FT. STEVENS, Sept. 6. Pay- master Cuptaln Krook, follow- ins a fit of despondency, as a result of a nervous breakdown. suicided at his quarters last night. This occurrence will hold up the ,pay of the regi- ment until about Saturday. Krook slashed his throat with a razor while in the bath room, "FRESH EGGS" SERVED THE SOLDIER BOYS A good story is told by Teddy InUPtt arwl Itnrr It-itdo urhst an-ivml I here tooav from Fort Cnnhv. con cerning the various and miscellan eous assortment of foods placed on the menu for the soldier boys at their fort. Taking it as a whole, the boys offer no complaint whatever regarding the food served, but oc casionally something 1b "handed," them that has a tendency to rfiake the "inner man" crave to get out in the open and it often happens that this is fully accomplished without any exertion whatever. For instance, some few days ago the boys heard an echo from the company's kitchen that "fresh eggs" were going to be served. Of course "fresh eggs" had a ring to it that would make the average soldier "whet" up his appetite in good shape nothing before ever coming from teh culinary department that even sounded like the cackle of a hen, much less the product thereof. Leon McClintock, Jewett and Bates were hanging close to the din ing room door when the gong sound ed for tho noon hour meal. Theyj didn't intend taking any chances of) letting a menu containing "fresh eggs" get tmsl them A grand rush' was made for the eats. But a care ful survey of the spread "layed out" on tho "linen" failed to bring to the surface anything that looked like an egg. However, the boys were not dismayed and thought the eggs would be sprung as a tlnal surprise at the noon hour meal. Finally a largo platter, containing what the boys supposed were fresh peas hove in sight. This was also a pleasant sur prise and three hungry soldiers dip ped into the dish for a generous sup ply and lost no time in assembling a full "load" on their fork to ealisl y the inner cravings for this delicious product. One by one the boys sllp iped a way from the dining table pale and with a look of -agony on their face. The "fresh eggs" had been discovered and they were filed salmon eggs done up in fine style but left a "dark brown taste" in the mouths of the boys that didn't set just right. This was a new "wrinkle" to the amateur soldiers and one that can only be appreciated by a practical "demonstration" which they state in anything but popular among the soldiers. J. The funeral of Thomas J. Single ton was held this afternoon at t he Haptist church. Rev. G Miller ami Rev. V. H. lOaton conducting the services. A large throng of sorrow ing friends and relatives were pres ent attesting the high esteem in which "fucle Jeff" Singleton wan held in this community. The floral offerings were numerous and beauti ful. The sincere sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved relatives, and in losing I'nele Jeff the county .as lost a valuable citi zen and a loving friend. LEFT THE RUSSIANS (By Associated Press.) PKTROG R A I . Sept. f, - - It was semi-or finally announced here t hat the (lerman fleet has made its appear ance in the Gulf of Riga Retreat nf thi Russians from Rica over a neck of land only a mile iind a half! wide, between Ijikea Kish ind KkcI. is bejnj accomplished with the great est difficulty, as the enemy is con stantly shelling the rear guard. Tupaiinv the Germans energetically niished their advance. Dart iciilarl v north of I'koff. In the cuttinir of the ill tea and Wnne trallwav General Romanofsky chief of staff, believes that Petrograd Is in no great dan- ger of attack, because the near ap - 1 proach of the rainy season, it Is, pointed out. will prevent the Ger - mani from advancing very far to- 1 ward the Ruseian capital. T BUYS A TRACTOR Requisition Issued by Judge Marsters Todcy For One Machine. TO BE PLACED AT RIDDLE Other May lie Installed in Vnriou DiMiictA if The One Purchased Proves n Matter of Kcmminy In Road Construct Inn. t A requisition was issued today by County Judge Marsters to Messrs. Bullwinkle & Marsh, the Riddle hardware merchants, for a Cleveland tractor engine which will be placed in the Riddle district to facilitate the handling of road work In that section of the county. One of these machines has been in this section of the past few days and practical dem onstrations made by tho company's local representative, M. J. Lee. That the new acquisition to the county's road building equipment will prove a very economical one is assured. It is a gasoline tractor of the caierplllar type, four cylinders and geared to the ground, has suffi cient pulling caipacity to draw two fourteen inch plows and in ordinary free soil will plow an acre an hour, at the depth of ten inches. These machines are superior to the old method of using a plow on the roads in that they are much more compactly constructed. A carload of the tractors has been placed at Medford and vicinity where a number of them will be placed in the orchard tracts. The machine 1 lour 1 l?et it a llicnt'n iui iiiiu in unite roaiij over soil ground. In all probability if the engine gives the satisfaction that It has so far proved the county court may de cide to place an order for several more to be located in the principal road districts of the county. They would be, a great aid in future road construction and greatly facilitate the carrying on of this important im provement in the county, of which there is much to be done. SHOULD WAKE UP Nothing Has Been Done to Carry Out Law Which Would Greatly Aid Farmers. LIME IS SOIL RESTORER I'mU-r Provisions of l-iw Convict IjiIhii- Would Be I'scd In Pul verizing Lime, diving It to Farmers Cheaply. At the last session of the Oregon legislature, alter an extremely hard light, a bill was passed creating a state lime board, and appropriating $J0,0't0 for the purpose of locating suitable lime deposits and using tne prisoners of the state for working the quarries and grinding the lim in order to I ui nish farmers wit li che;ip lime to Use ou the soil. The authors of the bill were Ilmi II L. Kddy. of this county, and Hon. C. F. Hawley, of Polk county. Now rniiii s the protest from prominent cit izeits as to why the state lime hoard has done nothing, or at bast there is no outward evid'-nce that anything ut any com.e(inn,e has been done. It is true thai the board looked at lime deposits tn Douglas ' roil ni y, and also in Jackson and j Josephine ron nt ies. but apparently j that it ;ih far as their work lias gone I for no quairic-F are In operation for the pin poses set forth in t lie law. nor is there any Hign of such opera-1 lions. j In lew of the fact that a tremend- ous effort is being made, and rlghily, : too, to increase the food supply, of the country and a special appeal is to the fai mTH to in :"in man crease the wheat ylelu--Oregon ne ing asked to increase her acreage 7,'u pei cent and it being a p ieniiflc fact that lime is a great soil iestoi - : pr- " s ,IlJlt il ' the stale and It is lime board is waking m ! surprising mai a kick is ne.ng i reisi .-r. -i u .i.-.mh.i hmii a, nM' ( . Ah has been Ffated the bill was fought very nard for tome reason' i not very clearly defined, but it had the very staunchest supporters as. I well, uronger in fact, ai wae shown by its being finally pasesd. Among the strong supporters of the measure were the State Grange, Prof. Scud der and Dr. McPhersou. of tho O. A. C, the latter helping to frame the bill. Both ProL Scudder and Dr. Mc pherson are scientists and well know the economic features of the measure. The law as passed is mod eled after a- similar Virginia law, which has been tried out and found very successful. Other states are also getting splendid results from the laws. V. J. Kerr, presldont of the Ore gon Agricultural College, Is chair man of the food commission of the state Council of. National Defense, and a subordinate of President Kerr's, Prof. A. B. Cordley, Is chair man of the state lime board, so It would seem to most of ns that If President Kerr desires to see the beBt of results derived through the com mission of which he Is chairman, that he' will use all the influence he has to arouse the state lime board from its lethargy, and thereby aid the farmers in putting new life Into wornout soil in order that Oregon may do its part in the ere national food drive. It will be remembered that prom inent citizens of this county urged the appointment of Hon. B. L. Eddy as a member of the state lime board, for the reason that he was absolute ly familiar with the workings of the law, and because Mr. Kddy is a man who "does things". It is felt at this time that if he had been ap pointed much would have been ac complished before this. I jet us hopo that the time of "napping" Is over and that results will follow. PASTOR RELEASED A special meeting was called at the Christian church lust night for the purposo of considering the resig nation of their ipastor. R. K. Jope, who tendered his resignation a week ago last Sunday, and alter much pro test on the part of the members of the church the resignation was final ly accepted. In an interview with a News re porter today a prominent member or the official boaVd of the Chris tian church stated that at last night's meeting Mr. Jope made a motion that his resignation be accepted without debate. "But we voted that down almost unanimously, for if we could not keep our pastor we were not go ing to be deprived of a right to pro test his going," said tho official. It was further stated that the church deeply regrets to give up Mr, Jope and were very much disappointed that he did not re-consider his resigr nation. Not only will the church miss Mr. Jope and family, but the entire com munity will regret to see them de part for they have a host of friends In this city who will regret to see them leave, but who have only the best wishes for them in their new field. Mr. Jope. whose resignation will take effect October 30. will take up evangelist io work and Is already bonked ahead until February 1. County Judge Marsters stated yes terday that the county oourt Is get ting everything !n readiness to call for bids for the work to be done oi t he Coos May road between Camas Valley end the Coos county line. It Is expected that Hie work will begin within the next three weeks. DR. H. J. VI FOSSEN HELD CONFERENCE I)r. H J Van Fosen, district sup erintendent of the M. K. rhurrii loi sou t hern ( iregon, presided .il the fourth quarterly confen-nce- i the I M. K chinch of this city. I Dr. Van Fopsen left for his ho'ne at Ashland this morning Mo.i.' It ice, who recently fell and dislocated Mh shoulder is able to be .about t he st reetH. W. I!. St. John is registered at the l inpqua, Mr. St. John came over from Hut herlin to at tend to some mat tem dealing with toe county court. Ifuf.' tlivtin mritnreH In frnnt DIt- jonville to spend the day. j . Company 1 of the Girts National lllinr fluff-, il i.firl t..l..t. In .I1I Ury drj (m Stlnn.ay evening un- ,j,.r t),(. dliectlon and command of ! Sergeant Victor Mir;lli. of the 4th ' company coast artillery. All rnem- bers of the guard in the city are re- I nuested to be present at this SfHslon which will be extremely lucceiiful And entertaining;. H. J. IS Taken Into Custody at Port land Today and Will be Returned Here. CHARGED CRIME RAPE Allcjgvd 1 1 o 1 1 ad Con mil y Known His Daughter, Kvaiigxdiue Rob lnett, Who Is Not Yet Sixteen Yours Old. COMMITTED Sl'IClDK. A telegram was received here at a late hour this afternoon that It. J. Robiuett had com mitted sulcldu at Portland. Aft- er retaining Attorney A. M. Crawford to defend him against tho charges made by his son-in- law, nad making arrangements to leave for this city, hit ask ed permission of the officers to return to his room to secure a fow personal articles. While supposedly engaged in this mis- sion he suddenly grabbed a knlfo and slushed his throat. death resulting almost Instant- ly. The body will probably be brought to this city for burial. Sheriff Qui no this afternoon re ceived Information from Portland of ficers that H. J. Roblnett, who Is wanted In this city on a charge of rape, had boon arrested and would be held pending instructions from tho officers here. The telegram also stated that the amount of bonds re quired was requested by Mr. Roblnett and that he would like to have tho (privilege of returning to Roseburg unaccompanied by an officer. Sher iff Qui no immediately Instructed tho Portland officers that no bond In any amount would be accepted and fur ther that he would leave this even ing for Portland to accompany Mr. Roblnett to this city, Tho Information given against tho accusen was made hy W. R. Warner, a son-in-law of Roblnett who lives TRAITORS OF ALL SORTS ON THE LIST Department of Justice Will Start Prosecution of Suspects. FEELINGS HURT BADLY Chicago Herald lHfcndant In Dniu iitfv Suit for $1550,000 Mayor Allege Defamation of hunicter. ( By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. The na tion wide seizure, yesterday, by gov ernment officials, or documents and records m-ionging to Industrial Workers of the World, and the clos ing of their hcalMuarlers lu several states, is tald to be but the first step on the part of the federal au thorities In the vigorous campaign which the department of Justice is now prepared to wage against dis loyalty and sedition wherever they, show themselves. From this time i forward all organizations or individ uals wnose utterances and activities give ground for suspicion of disloy ally will be under strict surveillance. So called soap box orators of the larger eitles, writers and publishers, some of whom are connected with tier in an language newspapers, will soon he dealt with by the govern ment . ThonipMHi' FiMdiiigH Hurt. CHICurO, III., Sept. 6. Mayor Thompson, peeved on account of ar ticles appearing In the Chicago Her ald, vigorously criticising his anti- war attitude, has filed the praecipe i In a suit agaiimt the publication fori $254,000. Mayor Thompson thinks i this amount will probably indemnify! him for defamation of character, it j being alleged that the Herald has held him up an a traitor to the Cult-' ed .States. Thompson alleges that his enemies have bored holes In his apartment walls, tapped the tele ph'te wires, and employed spies to hound him In their efforts to se cure evidence. Kieotian Vmfldenre mdcrtiiliied. M1NNKAPOUH. Sept. 6 Charles Kdward Russell, a member of the ! American commission to Russia In I a statement u the Loyalty Confer WILL PAYK UOAD. Action was taken by the county court today looking to 4- paving that section of tho conn- ty road extending from the city limits lu West Roseburg to the soldiers home, a distance of probably three quarters of a mile. This marks au impor- tant step In road Improvement, and will be appreciated by the puolic generally. Tho fact will also probably result In the city paving that portion of the 4 street from ttio west end of 4 the Oak street bridge and ex- 4 tending to the city limits to connect with the paving pro- 4 posed by the county. 4 on a homestead several miles above Peel, the complaint having been filed in the justice court in this city Sep tember 2. Sheriff Quine Immediate ly made an effort to get trace of Kobinett, who left this section sev eral weeks ago for Portland, where It has later been learned he has been employed In a saw mill near that city. Today the sherilt was apprised that Robiuett had been nr rented and was toeing held in custody by the of ficers, lie will bo brought back to morrow by the sheriff to answer the charges preferred agulust him. , The complaint made by Mr. War ner states "that on tho first day of February, li17, in the county of Douglas, state of Oregon, the said defendant, II. J. Roblnett, did then and there wrongfully and unlawtully and felonously carnally know and have Intercourse with Evangeline KobinoU, n female child under tho age of sixteen years and that the said Kvangeline Robiuett then and there being the daughter nf tho said defendant. II. J. Roblnett." The accused man has been a real dent or this county mid city for many years and at one lime was justice of tho pcaco for this district. Ho has taught school in various sections of the county and Is well known. For the past few years ho has boon liv ing on a homestead at Nol'og, several miles above Peel, and has taught Bchool in that district for several terms. At the present time his wife and family are located at No fog. Further details of the alleged as sault will not he forthcoming until tho arrival of Mr. Jtohinott from (Portland, which will not bo later than Saturday morning. He asked the officers hero to grant him the ipiivilego of driving to this city In bis Ford rtr. but t his request has been denied. The matter will he rally aired If the charges aro sustained in the jus tice court and passed up to the cir cuit court for final disposition. Mr. and Mrs. If. O. Marker, of Portland, arrived here last evening to enjoy a weeks vbdt wllh relatives anl are now at the homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. O. I. McAlllsler. on Main street. Mr. liurker being an uncle of Mrs. McAllister. The visitors liae been on an extended visit to eastern states, covering a period of two years, and at Kansas City (hey de cided they would enjoy a little varia tion from train travel and puiehas ed a Ford machine and continued their Journey westward In Mils num er. A greater part of their vacaM mi has been spent lu California and they are now ret u nil tig i o I heli port land home. Mr. and .i rs Bar ker are well kown in this city by the old I liners, i he former ha ving been in hu.sincH.s here for many yars, an 1 their vlsil here will be mi'de one nt" much pleasure mingling vvlili old ar (uaiiilauceH, TODAY. SEPTEMBER 6 IS "FALL HAT" DAY PORTLAND, Sept. i;. Mayor Geo. L. Halcr. of i'oili..;id, has loimath declaim d Sepi ii Ix-r 0 to be "Fall Hal I.iy" in JNiili.iiid and hasadvi ed all male eiiiens in d. -,nd sum mer straws ;md pui'la; fall head gear oday. ,.j rrt. A . F. Pope, r ji rneri v M iss Merle (oodliinn, a ieiwt liiide, ar rived hen- Sat in day n U'hl to v Is it with her parents. Mr. and .Mrs. 11 F Goo.liuan. Alter a visit of scvmil weeks Mis. Pop. will go to Portland where she will join her Inishand, euro of Ameiiean Alll'tncc for laboi and democr acy, today deciai ed I hat the Russian p opb 's iiit-'i'- ii In the war were undermined by lie activi ties of ccrlaln cnnrreysiiMMi cud pro Germ nn nrgnni.it I or in I ':1s roan try. l(u:ll tated th't ' 1 1: itrn was ra t tned by Senatoi I. a 1 Vlb-tle, Gtonna and Si one " am! t h;it "ev er; time Chicago's ln.ivor tinn Inej city oven to a disloyal me-ting Rus sians Interpret It us ineunUig that! Ai lurlca (loot uot want to fl(ht." Estimated That the Yield Will Fall Considerably Short of Normal. WORK MARTIN RANCH ItottcbuiK Men Interested There Will Realize, l-'alr PnMlt on Their Venture New Owners Will PLint Wheat. With tho beginning of the year, when everybody throughout the whole United States was urging the fanner to get busy and plant all available acreage to cereals, potatoes or something that could bo used io? food both at homo nnd abroad, sev eral men in this city (became Infected with the "planting germ" and at once commenced to look around for a desirable place where a bean crop might be profitably raised. Among those hero who went into tho bu.ilness on quite a large scale are J. M. Throne, of the TJmpu.ua Valley Hank, and V. A. Bognrd, a realty dealer. These gentlemen secured a tract of land from O. Martin, just be low Days Creek, on the South Ump qua. Aioro they Immediately began operations and planted 80 acres to beans, mostly of the Iidy Washing ton variety. L. B. Moore, S. P. agent In Roseburg, and John Slgnor, pro prietor of the Farmers Feed Sheds, secured another largo truct on the same farm and planted 90 acres. W. C. Pickens and John Meti, well known business men of Roseburg, nlso leased 30 acres of Mr. Martin, and all of the gentlemen got into the bean game In dead earnest. A tractor was put to work and by the last of May and the first week In June the beans were planted, and when the work was all done the area devoted to this crop on the Martin ranch totalled 200 acres, 160 of which was planted to the Lady Wash ington, a very papular variety of small whfto bean, while 40 acres 1 were put out to White Kidney and Hnyous. During dry weather which set in shortly after the crop got Blurt ed the best of care was given the growing beans, and by thorough cul tivation the moisture was conserved. Practically no rain has fallen rluco the beans came up, but notwithstand ing tho unusually dry season the gen tlemen engaged In this effort of add ing to the nation's food supply will bo reasonably rewarded for their work 'mid enterprise. At the present linio the work of harvesting the crop Is under way. A machine for cut ting tho plants Is first run through the rows and then the beans, bushes and all are piled up In shocks, much like the Tanner does his hay for cur ing. Later, when they havo thorough ly dried, thoy are hauled to the threshing sheds where, a bean huller is stationed, and thero tho threshing is done. Messrs. Throno & Llogard havo installed an Owen bean huller, which Is run by a gas engine, and they will thresh not only their own crop, but also for Messrs Mooro & Slgnor and 'Pickens & Metz. Abso lutely dry weather Is necessary for the successful culmination of the bean harvest, because the slightest dampness toughens the ()ods and also leaves the possibility of the beaiiH becoming discolored, parti ;u- ' larly if any rain comes at an incp porl line time. It is because of this fact that theso extensive bean growers are casting a weather eyo at the fleecy clouds these mornings and devoutly hoping; that the drouth will contlnuo for au di her week. In addition to this large acreago of bean Throne & IJognrd also havo about eight acres tn corn. Moore. A Signor planted 12 acres to coin anil this hitler piece is said to be fine. The corn planted by the forn er Is not no good. Various estimates of the probah'o yield of the entire 200 neres of beans have been made, according to Mr. f I,' one. u ho was n-ik-sl about the u.h'k this morning, '.et. in his opin . the prediction of .V0 pound per Jaeie. made tv DlMrir. A leultur'il L:-nt C. J Hurd. ;s prob.ibV near est correct. This Is possibly a third j of what would have been harvested ii trier normnl v eat her condition;), i but the extreme drouth played havoc with beans ns well as wllh all other . farm crops In southern Oregon this i year. I Put even with a one-third crop tne veiitu.e will not be a losing ono. ! Five hundred pounds to tthe ncre ! means lOO.itOO pounds for'the entlro , imio acres. A bushel of beans weighs I fin pj inds, and according to tho Mb higan llean Growers Asosclatlon, which usually sets the price of this , product for the whole country, or at I least ej-tabllshes a basis, beans will i be worth $6 a bushel, or about ten cents per pound. At any rate tho compensation, which Is expected to (Continued on page 0.)