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KOSKllCKU, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. FitlUAY, 8R1TKMHEK 14, 1017.
No. 211).
S ARE TO PASS THROUGH ROSEBURG
l rill
it ads v ciaaanna
17,000
BIG MOVEMENT
OF U. S.
,pians Being Perfected to Feed
Soldiers During Their
Stop Here.
TAKE UP WORK AT ONCE
John V. Parker AiiHintecl to Take
Charge of All Ijocnl Organ ia
tions rirst Arrival of
Troopti Sept
What will be the largest movement
of United States troops ever wit
nessed by residents of this city and
vicinity will occur between Septem
ber 20 and October 15, when ap
proximately seventeen thousand sol
diers will pass through Koseburg, go
ing both north and south.
The Southern Pacific officials have
wired their local agent, L. B. Moore,
requesting him to have the Commer
cial club or the Red cross to under
take the work of feeding this great
number of men during their stop in
this city, to be carried out as a pat
riotic duty and derive the profit
therefrom.
At a meeting held in this city thir
morning at which both the forego
ing local organizations were repre
sented, Agent Moore and Inspector
A. L. Kruger of the S. P. dining car
and hotel department, decided that
the Red Cross should become the
beneficiary of any sums to be deriv-.
ed from feeding the soldiers. The
government allows sixty cents for
each meal served, and of this amount
the Red Cross will receive ten cents.
All members of the Rod Cross are re
quested to assist in whatever capac
ity it may he necessary in order to
carry out the work in a complete and
satisfactory manner, which will be no
small task, though nrrangementH
have already been made to feed the
men in squads at the Hotel Cmpqua,
tl Lewis and George Kouteh reslau
rUs. The meals will bo served fam
ily style and as the trains will re
main here otio and one-half hours' it
will give ample time for each eating
house to serve several squads. Ac
cording to Mr. Parker, who has been
appointed quart ormaster, the mealp
will be plain, but of a very high
grade. He will allot the exact num
ber to each eating house and the ex
act number to each squad of soldiers,
notifying the commanding officer oi
each train to this effect imiMediate!
upon his arrival.
Upon the arrival of the first squad
they will be detrained and conduct
ed to the most distant eating house,
this procedure being carried out in
rotation as the trains arrive, thus
handling the soldiors in the most
prompt m tinner possible. The men
will be allowed from twenty to thirty
minutes to eat when their places vil!
be immediately taken by another del
egatirn until the entire number havt
been served. The train movements
will be expedited as quick a." possible
though the men will be given suffi
cient time for exercise to break the
monotony cf the trip.
The movements of these troops will
leave a large sum of nioey in this
city. For every meal served by the
1 hotels and restaurants they will re
ceive sixty sents. Ten cents of this
amount will go to the Red Cross for
their -part in caring for the soldiers
and assisting in serving them, in
all, 17,000 men will be fed in this
city, making a total sum of over
$10,000 to be expended, of" which
$1700 will go to the local Red Cross
society.
The feeding and caring for these
soldiers is a matter that concerns ev
ery resident of lloseburg, and while
you may not be officially selected to
take a part in the work, your co
operation will be appreciated by
those in charge
Following is the schedule prepar
ed for the firse movement of troops
which includes 7.158 men who arc
en route to American I ike. Wash. :
September 20 41)1 for lunch at
12:00 noon; 492 for dinner at 5:30;
689 for dinner at 7 :30.
September 2153 3 for lunch at
12:00 noon; 472 for dinner at fi:3u.
September 22 422 for breakfast
at 6:30; 571 for lunch at 12:30;
653 for dinner at 7:30.
September 23 490 for lunch at
12:30; 641 for lunch at :; 5 1 'J
for dinner at 7:30.
September 2 4 5fi6 for lunch at
12:30: fiOl for lunch at 2:"ii.
September 25 41S for lunch nt
12:00
On October 3 to 8 another move
ment of troops will occur totalllnc
7.158 men and on October 15 about
half thin latter number will paw
through Roseburg.
ItoArhurg llewds LKt.
The following schedule arranged
by the government for acconimodat- f
ing the troops at the various stations
in the state Bhos that Kosehurg
n in bbi o inv migt'Hi iiuiiiutr 01 sol
diers of any city on the lino:
Roseburg : .........7500
Ashland 7300
Grant's Pass .. ... 1443
Albany 2400
Eugene 10 74
Salem : t;oi
Medford Iu31
PASS THKOIGH BOSKBl KG.
Prof, and Mrs. J. K. O'Noel, of
Canyonville, and Mrs. O'Xeels par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. Smith, who have
been touring California for the past
several weeks, passed through this
city last evening, enroute to Tilla
mook where Mr. and Mrs. Smith re
side. While in this city they were
guests of the Unbars for a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Neel will visit for a
short time before returning to Kid
dle to reside. Prof. O'Neel will teach
in the Riddle school during the en
suing year.
E STOCK
H. L. Marsters. a local real estate
man today sold his 500-acre Block
ranch, situated in the Oak. creek vi
einity, to R. L. Cannon, who reside
on a farm adjoining the Marsteri
tract. Mr. Cannon will combine tin
two farms and will devoto the cntiri
acreage to stock raising. The dea
was consummated by the firm of I'er
rlne & Marsters and was one of the
most important business deals to be
transacted in this section for several
years.
E.
(By Associated Preps.)
PIOTIUXIRAD, Sept. 14. After be
ing, told by Premier Kerensky, today.
what, his fate would be for the part
he played in the recent rebellion, j
General Krumiloff, who commanded
the K'orniloff division ol the army
sent to attack Petr grad, returned to
his apartments and shot himself. The
wounds, however, are not thought to
be fatal.
(Uy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Sep!. 14. How
Germany s secret practice of using
Sweden's diplomatic service for
transmitting forbidden communica
tions bet v ee n Germ an a wen t s and
the Berlin foreign office prevailed in
Mexico as well as Argentina, is re
vealed in a document published by
the state department, and thai pass
ed between the celebrated von Kck
hardt. the German minister to Mex
ico, and the chancellor. This docu
ment discloses how Koike Croiuholm.
in charge of the Swedish embassy at
...exico City, practically acted as mes
senger boy i or von Kekhardt. and
personally transmitted as his own
dispatches, messages for the German
legation, and even personally deliv
ered them to the telegraph office.
I0 lOMXG AT lOOKIV, (.LASS.
Mr. and M is. George llurchard .
Miss Loraine Fritz. Miss Myth Hen
derson and Hay .'Henderson motored
to Iookfng Glass Wednesday evening
where they spent several hours at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George L. My
ers, in honor 'of Miss Grace Mers.
who will leave soon for Alaska
where she has accepted a position
in the school at Hydalhurg which is
located on Prince Kdward Island. '
(By Associated Press. ) '
CHAKLOTTK. N. C. S-pt. 14.
-Six hundred Oregon cavalry-
men arrived at Camp Green to-
day and detrained for the can-
tonment here. They will go Into
intensive training at once. The
appearance of this body if
horsemen from the west creat-
ed much favorable comment
from every source. Th men are
in fine form and ;dilts.
Dist. Atty. Issues Statemenl
Setting Forth Provisions
Anti-Cigarette Law.
MUCH COMPLAINT MADE
Officer Failing tr Perform Duty Are
Subject to Fine Minors .iust
Tell Where Cigaivttes
Were Obtained.
District Attorney Neuner today is
uied the following statement regard
ing the anti-cigarette law:
Considerable complaint has reach
ed this oitice that the cigarette lav
is not being enforced by the poilct
officers of this county, and partlcu
larly the municipal of fleers. I wisl
to cull attention to section six of tlu
acts which Is as follows:
"It shall be the duty of everj
mayor, sueriiT', deputy sheriff, po
lice ol fleer, constable, village mar
shal, or any other officer, when hi
amis any minor smoking a cigarette
:r having a cigarette in his posses
sion, to immediately Inquire of such
minor where and of whom he obtain
ed such cigarette, and upon failure
of any such person to give informa
tion when requested by stlch officer,
such minor shall be deemed guilty ut
a misdemeanor, and such officer
shall, without warrant,' arrest .said
minor and take him lie fore any court
Having jurisdiction of the offense
rommitted by said minor, to he dealt
with as provided for In this act. Upon
information of such portion to said
officer of the violation of any of the
provisions of this act, said officer
shall immediately report such infor
mation to the district attorney of
such county. Any officer referred to
herein, failing to perform any of the
duties required oi him by this sectlon
shall he guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, shall be fined
not more than $51) nor less than
$10."
1 might stato in connection with the
above law, that it is the duty of the
police officials to first( ascertain
where the minor obtained the cigar
ette; then if he is unable to do this,
he is required to take the minor be-
peace, as the case may be, and if the
i minor refuses to divulge the name of
: the person from whom he obtained
; the cigarette, then said minor is sub
ject to punlsiiment by a fine. If the
minor names the person from whom
he received or bought the cigarette,
then it would be the duty to complain
against such person anil have him ar
rested. The provisions are prain,
and must be enforced. An officer,
in failing to enforce the provisions of
t his act. subjects himself to a penal
ty as above stated.
RICH FIND IN TREE
(By Associated Press.)
PIIOKNIX. Sept. II--.Toe Walsey.
American cuwooy, while riding the
range in search of stray cattle,
stumbled onto a rich find in an old
cache, hu posed to have been made
hy priests in the remote past, and
long since forgotten, in the cache
were oJd Spanish coins and plate
worth $400,000. Ihe treasure was
hid in an old hollow tree, according
to reports reaching here.
GOOD START AT SEATTLE
(By Associated Press.)
SKATTLK. Sent I It Is estl-
' mated here that fifteen hundred
"hi'pwriKhts. joiners and laborers in
the Seattle ship yards walked out
this morning, and their action has
lied up a number of wooden ship
building ards. It in stated that
thousands of men were already idle
In the latter plants, owing to Inabil
ity of ihe contractors to secure the
neetsary tint her for construction
work. I'nlon lahfr officials predict
ed . t night that five thousand men
would quit work to lay. The strike Is
an expression of disapproval against
the U56 of lumber cut In mills work
ing their men ten hours a day. The
strikers contend that the government
has the power to settle the strike by
compelling the mills to accept tho
eight-hour day. It is expected that
the federal shipping board will tn
deavor to settle the trouble and get
work started again. ,
IN DITCH. ONE KILLED
(By Associated Press.)
BUTTK.Sept. 14. A ureat North
ern passenger train enroute for Hel
ena and Great Falls, Mont., was
wrecked last night near uiisln. 30
mles from Dutte. The accident was
caused by heavy rains washing out a
bridge. Engineer Carter was killed
md the fireman probably fatally in
jured. 3oara of Control Listens to
Controversy Between Com
mandant and Architect.
MAY BE INVESTIGATED
Architect Thompson Carries Quarrel
to Headquarter No Action
Taken Owing (o Absence -Of
iJoverimiv
Concerning a controversy hetween
Commandant Markee, of tho Oregon
Boldlers" home, and Architect Lewis
1, Thompson, of iPortlnnd, a Salem
dispatch to the Orcgonlan has the fol
lowing to say:
The state soldiers' home at Itose
burg promises to become a political,
storm center for several days to ;
come from developments at a moet
ing of the state board of control to
day. Low's I. Thompson, Portland
architect, in charge of the construc
tion of a new hospital for the home,
reported to the board this morning
that Commandant Markee had told
him to get off the grounds and that
the commandant mentioned some
thing about using n bullet if Mr.
Thompson did not leave.
The board with Secretary Olcott
and State Treasurer Kay present
Instructed Secretary Goodin to write
Comamudant Markee and inform him
that Architect Thompson was to be
treated courteously at all times while
at the home on business in connec
tion of the new hospital.
Some time ago it was reported that
Comamndant Markee had asked Ar
chitect Thompson to prepare a plan
of the new hospital with Markee's
portrait attached but this Mr.
Thompson refused to do. Since then
troubles have been brewing ut the
home and Mr. Thompson has made
two or three trips here to take the
matter up with individual members
of Ihe board.
It is possible the present difficulty
mny result in a change in the or-
Tomorrow starts the national
registi at ion wwk under the
direct orders of the womcn's
commit tec. Council of National
Defense a tut every patriotic
woman In America' above lin
age of I " is uigenfly requested
to report al the Bed ('toss
headquarters or public library
in this city and register for ser-.l
vle Miould the need foi women !
be neresniiry. It will not i j
neccu.ary to leave your homo
town unless convenient to do
so and there Is something that
every woman can do now to as- !
sist in the great struggle. A r- 1
rnngements have been made In 4
this city for the work to be car-
rled on by the Mental Culture
club Indies and the GirJs' Na-
lional Honor
mil tees from
Guard and coin-
Ita-HC orkanlT.a- I
'ions will lie at Die recntra-
lion booths In the ReJ CroH
headquarters and thq library on
Jackson street to assist. It is
the patriotic duty of every
American woman to be at the
headquarters tomorrow and dur
4 Ing Ihe remainder of the week.
Hcglftter early.
:
TUESDAY SEPT. 18
Be Strictly Agricultural This
Year and a Large Number
Exhibitors 'Expected.
MANY VALUABLE PRIZES
Feature Tills Year Will Ho Tile
Industrial Club Kulr dunlins
and lryinjr KtiilitUm
Will lie lli'lil.
The Douglas county fair board aru
busy completing details lor the
county fair which will open Tues
uay morning, September IS.
The fair this year will be a strict
ly agricultural one, and the board b
expecting an especially large exhibit
in spite of the long dry season. The
secretary of the board, Glenn Wim-
herly. stated yesterday that then
had been more applications this yeai
for premium lists than ever before
which justifies the opinion of tlu
hoard that the exhibit will be unusu
ally large.
The 'premium list this year Is
quite a valuable one. and no doubt
ha much to do with attracting ex
hibitors. lOntrancca of exhibits must be
made on Monday,, September I", tlu
arrangement of exhibits to be made
not later than Tuesday morning at
!) o'clock.
Plans are being made for a picnic
of the G ra n ges of tho county on
Thursday, which Is Grange day. Th
fair grounds are being thoroughly
cleaned and the city water Is being
Installed in tho exhibit (buildings,
and other improvements being made,
which will help to make tho fair a
decided hucccss.
A feature of the fair ihls year will
be the industrial lair, the plans lor
which have been under the supervis
ion of Superintendent O. C. Brown,
whose efficiency In the industrial
cluh work is well known. There will
lie many valuable prleH offered lo
the exhibitors In this fair, anions
.which is tho capital prize or rather
prizes, that will give a trip to the
state fair, with all expenses paid, to
two boys and two girls, securing
highest In their exhibits.
A canning and drying demonstra
ton will be held in connection with
the Industrial fair and It Is hoped
lo send the winning team In each ot
these projects to the state fair.
The canning and drying demon
stration will be under Ihe supervis
ion of Mrs. O. C. Brown, who will In
assisted by Miss Wuth Corbett, field
representative of the O. A. C. in the
food concentration drive.
The fair this year is of much im
portance as especial stress is being
laid on agricultural production, and
Ihe exhibits made will no doubt stim
ulate a great Interest In the agricul
tural line.
gani.atfon at the soldiers" home. At
the time Commandant (Older was un
seated and Markee named in his place
Secretary ..icott voted for Mr. Klder
and Governor Withyrotnhe and State
Treasurer Kay for Mr. Markee.
The state treasurer has expressed
no me dissatisfaction as to Mr. Mar
kee lately. he was a strong advo
cate l or glvinn M r. Thompson I he
architectural work on the new hos
pital. Whether this dissatisfaction
is strong enough for him to vole to
unseat Markee in not known defin
itely iillbouh ft was hinted at a
board meeting recently that unles.'.
difficulties at tin: home were straight
ened out a change might he made
The question has been laid on the
shelf unt II Governor Wil hyrombe'h
return. Probably II will bob up ui
a hoard meeting next week.
A number of disputes have arisen
between Mr. Thompson and Mr.
Markee over the const! net Ion of the
new hospital the board was told. Va
pious features aH to the arrange
mcnt and more particularly the
question of dividing up the cost have
been somewhat responsible for these
differences. The comamndanl it iw
u nderstood has been a verse to a
plan of the board to equip mi rue'
quartern in the new hospital from
tan p8cneat fund of $.'0Oi ur more
made up from money reverting to the
state which belonged to in ma ten who
have died. The commandant believ
ed the cost Tor this equipment
snould come from money appropri
ated for construction, but the board
decided differently.
Architect Thompson reported alo
that roinmandant Markee hud made
rude remaiks a to the ability of ihe
board of control to handle afTuTrs
and ibis probably will he invesllrat-
ed, the commandant's side of the j
story being heard before final action
Is taken. j
Commandant Markee, when Inter
viewed by a News representative to
day in reference to the statements
mado by Architect Thompson had
nothing to say further than the fact
that mere is always two sides to ev
ery stoiy, and that only one side bad
so far been st a t ed , that of M r.
Thompson, ami that he (Mr. Markee)
would place the matter before the
board of control In Its true light at
un early date. Commandant Markee
does not deny that there has .been
some "friction' between himself and
the architect, nnd further that the
statements published in ihe Oregon
ian of today and coming from
Thompson were decidedly "colored"
lu the hitter's favor.
The congregation of the Methodist
"butch will he sponsors this evening
for farewell reception In honor of
Mr. ami Mrs. II. L. Marsters and
family who leave .Monday for Salem
to reside permanently. The delight
ful affair will be held at the S. L.
Dillard home on South Main street
ind elaborate preparations are being
completed for making thir one of the
most pleasurable functions given in
the city. The Marsters family have
been members of the Methodist
church for many years and their de
parture is deeply regretted.
APPEAL IS MADE
An appeal has been filed In tho clr-1
culf court lu tho matter of the rpad
petition of 10. i.. Hlco and others re
garding a road to run across the
property of l.ela S. Hice and Vera
Itlce, who are the appellants In the
ease, and are asking for damages in
the sum of $20!t7.70. less $100, tho
amount which it Is alleged the road
whl heneflt the appellants.
The damages assessed by the coun
ty court, in accordance with the esti
mate given hy the road viewers was
$i;4C.Kii. B. L. lOddy Is attorney for
the appellants.
SEVER MARRIAGE TIES
The following divorce cases have
been filed In the circuit court:
Leona ,. I'leld vs. J. W. Field. The
plaintiff alleges (hat she and her bus
band were married August s, l!UI, in
Uosehurg. The complaint alleges
cruel and Inhuman treatment and
nou-KUpport Mrs. Field sas that
her husband is addicted to the exces
sive use of liquor and that on one
occasion when under the influence of
liquor cursed and abused her. Geo.
,)om-s U attorney lor the plaintirf.
Jennie Thompson a sits lor a di
vorce from her husband .1. W. Thomp
son on Ihe grounds of drunkenness,
abusive 1 real men I and sea nt provis
ion for suppori The two were mar -
l ied December 'I I . HfO i. at Golden
dale. Wab Albert Abraham is al
tm niv lor i he plaint iff.
Grace 10. Ilinks would se.-i mar
i luge re I a I ions with her husband,
Hair It. Murks, alleging cruel and
i Minima ti 1 real men 1 . assert Ing I l,at
she bad been beaten by him and on
one occasion h
ed her. She i
bad kicked and curs- which is prelty well up In the uniiin
"i:es she had always lains. All along the way up 101k
supported herself and bad not receiv -
ed to exceed 1 1 mil her husband
since their marriage
Mr and Mr
lluiks w i e ma n led In I(h." Imi re Mav
21. i !i I 4. 10 B. Hermann 1 attor
ney lor Hie plaintiff.
Property Has Been Worked
to Some Extent in the
Years Past.
ROSEBURG MAN OWNER
Entire Mountain of Ow Millions of
Tons in Sight Mineral Is
Found Kvorywhere
A I tout Workings.
Over in tho northeas: part of the
county, near the Douglas-Lane lino
nnd a trifle over nine miles from
Yoncalla, is a vast mineral deposit
lhat has heretofore attracted soma
attention, hut the magnitude of which
has never been comprehended by peo
ple of this section of the state, nor,
in fact, hy any one. Vague ideas of
Its valuo have been entertained by
some Tew persons, nnd after tho dis
covery of cinnabar there by Mr. Todd,
many, years ago. some effort was
mado to develop the property and put
the product on the market. As usual
with such enterprises, all sorts of
vlsitudes overtook the owners, who,
lacking the funds necesasry, soon be
came involved, and tho work was
hindered In one way nnd another.
Tho properly began changing hands
and new owners started development
work on n small scale and wflhout
much knowledge of how tho work
should be profitably conducted. Tun
nels were run Into tho mountain sido
to ascertain tho extent of tho ore
deposit, and drying houses, a fur
nace and condenser built. Tho
method of obtaining clnnnbar from
the ore was Imperfect, and all at
tempts at operating tho property
woro unsuccessful, therefore pending
Ihe settlement of litigation the
works wore closed and have remain
ed idle for sevoral years.
This was the situation when. IT. L:
Marsters took over tho property last
years and undertook to straighten
out the legal tangle into which It
had fallen. Attorney B. L. lOddy--waa
employed to clear away tho ob
structions to a clear title, and this
work ho finally accomplished, hut
only after several months of effort.
The title to the porporty porfeeted,
Mr. Marsters placed a competent man
In charge and began to prepare the
plant for operations.
Wednesday morning, In company
with II. L. Marsters, Attorney B. L:
Eddy, Sam lOvaus and Waldo Murs
lets a News representative visited the
properties. The trip was made by
auto, with Mr. Waldo Marsters at
the wheel, and the forty odd miles
from Hoseburg to the cinnabar mine
was made without incident nnd in
excellent lime, considering the stato
of the roads. It was a devious way
which led lo Klkhead, adjacent to
which lies the JMi acres comprising
Mils mining property. Owing to bail
mountain roads between Oakland
and Klkhead. a distance of eleven
miles. Ihe trip has to bo made by
way of Vuucalla, the machine show
lug lhat the latter way Is more than
iwjt-e as far as the former. The
rains of Monday had settled the dust,
and a Hodge Brothers car spun along
, without a hitch
traversed through
Don of country north and east
uf Oal n I lhat was once a pros
perous la ruiirig community, but for
m; past deinled only to gra--if
i . ...i. I ''leu through the beautiful
forests up over the divide and down
through the Yoncalla alley, thence
dtiuMIng back toward Klkhead,
1 fnek were well kept
glimpse at the fertile
farms, and a
lection known
Scot Is valley gave impressions of
prosperity lhal were good to see.
Preity well up fowaid Klkhead is the
I'uwie r.nuh, and line was found a
delightful lioiiie, wilh every modern
con ven it nee, including an electric
lighting ostein which the owner has
provided lor In t he wiring of his
new residence, and will install the
necessary dynamo for completing Ihe
woi k
Al the rinn.ibat .mine Ihe pnrty
found .1 Aiiit isoti, the superin
tendent ami caietaki-1 In tin- office
building look nil.' a't-r hn -Hit ss con
nected with tlin mnk As the party
had none up . pre..-Iv for insiect
, ing the mine prep") at ions cr' at
once made hu vMtltiir ihe tunnels
and -various huildinr necessary in
( the production o! quicksilver.
AH of the building.- I'ebntt:!ll:,' to
the mill" ale located well down to-
I ward tin neck bottom, and so : fter
I a shot i dimb ol perhaps 7-" feet up
1 t he rat het sleep mountain sidi. we
came to Ihe first tunnel. H"r was
found a well cont t u td ti mpwnv
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