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THE EVENING NEWS
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MONDAY, DECEMBER, &4, 1917.
SHARING ALIKE.
Canada, In approving by a large
vote the action of parliament in pro
viding for conscription, has more than
recorded a victory tor the principle,
It has evidenced that the people of
the uouiinion now, feel that the war
is their business, not merely their
adventure. There is little question
that the Canadian government could-
not have carried a general military
service act at the beginning of its
entry into the war as did the United
States. It has taken three years'
participation in the struggle for the
people of Canada to' make them
, selves full partners in it by co-operation,
as they have been all along
by duty and danger. That it has
been the peril of the whole domin
ion that the dominion was called on
to face is now officially recognized,
in the vote taken to authorize the
manhood of the dominion to share
alike in the war burden.
ThiB growth of popular responsi
bility has been evident in all the
western countries opposed to the
kaiser's aggression. In many of
them it was thought at first, as in
Canada, that war was a summer's
day enterprise, and so it was only
right that those more adventurous
spirits that liked war, should volun
teer for it. The nation was per
haps willing to pay. but only the
volunteers should fight. It has been
the honor of the United States to do
at the Btart what Great Britain,
Canada and Australia aro doing,
making of this war not a holiday for
some and an unequal burdten for
others, but a share and share alike
facing of duty.
NEW RULE EFFECTS
H. S.
County School Superintendent O.
C. Brown todlay received the follow
ing letter from J. A. Churchill, sup
erintendent of public instruction, re
garding a change made in a recent
ruling relative to' non-standard high
school "pupils:
The ruling of the state board of
education that non-standard nign
schools are not to have the work of
their pupils accepted where pupils
enter standard high schools, unless
the pupils take an examination in
the subject or subjects for which
they desire credit for admission, has
been changed so as to permit the
rule to go into effect on February 1,
rather than December 1. Those high
schools . that wish to do so may,
therefore, admit pupils from non
standard high schools if they so de
sire. After February 1, however, should
a high school give a pupil an exam
ination for the purpose of admitting
him, a record must be made of such
graues obtained, and the high
schools admitting him must become
responsible for the preparation in
the subjects through the examination
given. The responsibility for the
preparation 'of every high school
pupil must be lodged on some stand
ard high school of the state, should
the preparation of a student ever be
called into question. This Is the
reason for the rule.
There are many, many homes in
our land where the Christmas spirit
will be saddened by the empty chair
of he who has answered his country's
call. Help comfort these homes with
the thought that the Red Cross is
watching over their loved! one. Let a
Greater Red Cross be your Christmas
Gift to "Our Hoys" who are fighting
for Liberty, for humanity and for
America.
Douglas county has achieved
world-wide mention of the fact that
50,000 was tucked away In Uncle
Sam's sock for a Christinas gift, and
host of all, the amount will be used
for the purchase of liberty bonds.
The Evening News will "Hoover
Izo" tomorrow Christmas day
and so will the employees. The reg
ular edition will bo suspended for
ono day.
The Evening News wishes its
many readers a merry Christmas.
it is not too lalo to enlist in the
Red Cross drive for 191S.
Santa Clans will be on the job tonight.
Regular spring
Christmas cheer.
time weather for
Get ready for the 191S drive.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Telegrams
from the governors of 20 states of
the union sent to the New York Tri
bune at its request show not only a
remarkable unanimity of opinion
forecasting the passage of the na
tional prohibition amendment, but
also a decided swing in four states
at present in the "wet column" to
ward no license.
Every one of the 20 governors pre
dicted the indorsement in his state ot
the dry amendment, some predicting
overwhelming majorities. Ot the
states represented in the Tribune's
poll, four are "wet," Florida, LNevada,
Texas and Wyoming. The heads of
these states express hardly less con
fidence in the passage of the amend-
ment than the governors of the "dry
states.
Twenty-seven of the 4S states are
now "bone dry." To obtain national
prohibition the legislatures of 36
states must adopt the Shoppard
amendment before 1925. Unless this
comes about, it is said, the war
against liquor will be set back' 20
years. As the present "dry" states
are expected to approve the amend
ment, almost without exception, nine
more must fall iuto the "dry" column
to bring nation wide prohibition. The
Droeress of the amendment will bo
apparent during the coining year in
only seven states, whose legislatures
will meet in regular session. Of these
seven Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia already are prohibition
though in the first two states the
liquor forces seem to be gaining
ground and may swing them back
to license. In Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Ken
tucky. Maryland, Ohio audi Vermont
the issue is divided, with two in
clining toward prohibition, two to
ward lcense and the rest in doubt.
On the altitude of New York, the
financial stronghold of the liquor
forces, may depend that of several
other states.
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SHORTAGE"
TALK IS HARMFUL
Local Merchants Resent Pes
simistic Utterances of Hab
itual Alarmists.
Business men seriously interested
in the government's efforts to pre
serve public confidence and stimu
late a more general feeling of op
timism, have no sympathy for "gas
oline shortage" alarmists.
"in the first place," said one local
merchant, "those who persist in giv
ing the public the impression that
there is a shortage, or that one is im
minent, are stimulating pessimism.
Nothing pleases our enemies more
than to hear of 'shortages.' Noth
ing is so disconcerting to the public.
"In the second place, there is no
gasoline shortage. Furthermore,
FOR SALE
Ford Cloverleaf Roadster, 3
or 4 passenger. Extra equip
ment. Self starter. Six new
tires. A-l condition. $600. Inr
quire News office. tf
SMITH RIVER ITEMS.
and Tom
Friday to
Messrs. Frank Warner
Taylor returned homo
spend the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pereni, from
Divide, are-expetced over to spend
the holidays with the latter's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Gunter and
family.
Albert, Wright drove out three
head of cattle Friday to Drain, to
oe, deliver- to Mr. Veatch, of Cot
tage Grove, to whom they were sold
a short time ago.
Fred Harris went to Drain one day
tnis week in his auto on business.
Mr. and Mrs. George Woolley and
children are expected over on Fri-
a short stay in
MOXDAY IS BARGAIN DAY.
Thauk you, the same to you.
Monday is bargain nay at the
Roseburg Cleaning and Pressing
Works. Men's suits French Dry
cleaned and pressed for ?1.00. All
wnvir n-lvAn Tironmt attention. Bar
gain day prices do not include call
ing for clothes or making deliveries,
nrinc vnnr clothes in. tf
Greetings
To you whose good will
and friendship has helped to
make this a happy Holiday
season for us we send our
cordial appreciation and our
heartiest wishes for a very
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
Bellows
Store Co.
there is no immediate nrosnect of
one. Although the price has risen! day's stage, after
sugntiy, as everytning else lias risen, l Drain.
the government has not yet consid-j Mrs. Edson and children returned
ered it necessary to place a limita- home from Eugene last week, where
tion on its use. The government iney have been the past few months.
realizes mat tne gasoline useu in tne
operation of motor cars, for example,
is almost entirely for the cause of
greater personal efficiency."
Ap official of Dodge Brothers, De
troit motor car manufacturer, re
cently evpressedl a similar sentiment.
"The automobile owners all over
the country, I believe, are respond
ing to the spirit of conservation," he
said. "They are taking more and
more of their purchases homo from
the stores, thus relieving the retail
delivery services of thousands of a
huge burden each month.
"They are using their motor cars
to go to and from their business,
and to make business calls of every
character. Salesmen and others trav
el from town to town in their motor
cars, many of them using automo
biles regularly over stated routes
"Thus the passenger automobile is
playing its part in conserving the na
tion's resources. It is releasing men
for other duties. It is taking some
of the burden from the railroads, the
interurban trolley systems and city
street railways'. Trolley companies
in several cities have taken numer
ous cars out of service, and there is
no daubt that the growing use of the
motor, car is at least partially re
sponsible. Every trolley car that is
taken out of- operation means less
power consumed, and that in turn
means less coal burned.
"The passenger automobile Is a na
tional economy, as well as being a
utility of the first order. The gasoline
it consumes is more than compensat
ed for in the labor, the time and the
coal it actually saves."
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
D. B. Zimmerman, janitor of the
Fullerton school, wil have charge of
the sale of my shrubbery on and
after the 6th of December as 1 will
bo absent from the city for an in
definite time.
.31p JOHN W. DOWELL.
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE.
i uvy wore uucumpauieu uy ivirs. jlu-
son's young sister, whose name we
diid not learn. Mr. Edson will come
later, in time for the holidays.
Mrs. J. O. Gunter bought two fine
Jersey calves and hau them brought
j over one day last week.
J-tugn Harris, who has been at
work in the logging camps at Eagle
Gorge, Wash., the past few months,
returned home last Tuesday to spend
the holidays with home folks and
friends on Smith river.
Miss Ruthford expects to leave on
Saturday's stage to spend the holi
days with relatives and friends in
.Eugene, returning after the New
Years to Gunter, Ore., where she is
employed as teacher in district No.
67.
Messrs. Paul and Victor Gunter
were in Roseburg and Drain last
week, attendiing to some business
matters, and incidentally visiting
with relatives and friends.
Miss Whipple closed her school in
district No. 96 and left on the stage
Wednesday for her home in Rose
burg in time for'the holidays. She
made many friends while here, who
regret to see her leave. ,
Ernest Woolley is expected home
for the Christmas holidays. He has
been employed as compassman by
the O. & J. grant land classifiers the
past few months. His division is
now at work in the Siuslaw country.
'Mr. Anderson and his helpers, who
have been at work near the Gunter
settlement cruising the O. & C. grant
lands, was called out recently. Work
will be resumed as early in the
spring as possible.
We are informed that work on the
school house in district No. 67 will
be begun soon. A kitchen is to be
built in the rear of the building and
water is to be piped in from above
tne school house.
-ur. and Mrs. Fred Clark expect, to
go to Eugene to spend the holidays
with Mr. Clark's sisters and other
raltives and friends.
There is to be a Christmas tree
with appropriate program in the
lower settlement. In spite of the
H. C. of L. old Santa Claus is ex
pected to arrive as usual.
When George M. Cohan appeared
in his first Artcraft picture, "Broad-
way Jones, recently, he scored what
was generally conceded to be the
most immediately successful film de
but ever experienced by a popular
theatrical star. His unique charac
teristics and mannerisms adapted
themselves admirably to the silent
drama and that he is an ideal motion
picture subject was instantaneously i
estaonsned. Never before has a
stage star stepped from the theatre
onto the screen with such complete
ease ana success. In his second film
for Artcraft, "Seven Kays to Bald-
pate," at the Antlers theatre tonicht,
George M. presents a picture that is
more Cohanesque by far than even
"Broadway Jones."
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
OLR
GOVERNMENT
YOUR
NEEDS
Help save all the waste and
use the money for a good cause.
WE PAY HIGHEST PRICES
For all Metal, Rubber, Auto
Tires, Rags, Hides and Grease.
SEE
BERGER
THE JUNK MAN
.400 West Ouss St. Roseburg
PHONE 182.
TJ. S. weather turran. local office.
Roseburg, Oregon, 24 hours ending 5
a. m., December 24, 1917.
Precipitation in inches and hun-
dredths:
Highest temperature yesterday 68
Lowest temperature last night 47
Precipitation, last 24 hour 20
Total precipitation since 1st of
month o 97
Normal precip. for this month 5.92
Total precipitation from Sep
tember 1, 1917, to date 9.99
Average precipitation from Sep-
temoer l, 1877 12.48
Total deficiency from Sep
tember 1, 1917 2.49
Average precipitation for 40
wet seasons (Sept. to May,
Inclusive.) 31.99
WILLIAM BELL,
1 Observer
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AT
CRESWELL, Ore. Dec. 22. The
Creswell Chronicle will suspend pub
lication witn tne present issue, as its
editor, George Baxter, has arranged
to edit a paper at Gardiner, where
he will open business the first of the
year. Mr. Baxter is a member of
tne' council and has always Interest
ed himself In the public welfare, and
lias generously used his paper to pro
mote the interests of this community.
He will not move the equipment of
the Chronicle plant at present, and
it is hoped some one will take ad
vantage of this opening and continue
its publication.
DEMOCRAT IS SEATED.
(By Associated Press.)
PHOENIX, Dec. 22. The Arizona
supreme court today seated G. W. P
Hunt as governor. Hunt contested
the election of Governor Campbell,
who now holds tho office, andi is a
democrat.
The Best Present
"By All Means"
1 STERLING CHARACTER
Upon the character and conservatism of your
bank's officers and directors to a great extent
..., depends the safety of your funds.
If they are known as men of high integrity if
they have a record as successful men in busi
ness if they are known as conservative men in
all things then you may rest assured that
their bank is governed in conformance with a
policy of safety before everything else, a "
Such are the men who govern this bank and
your funds are absolutely secure in their care.
THE UMPQUA VALLEY BANK
B. W. Strong, President; J. M. Throne, Cashier; D. Hi
Shambrook, Vice President; Roland Agee, Vloe President.
OODSTOGi
Get the Boy or the Girl
Something Worth While
If you want to make a carpen
ter out of your boy, get him a
chest of tools, the best you can
get. If you want to make a busi
ness man out of him, get him an
up-to-date typewriter. A WOOD
STOCK Typewriter is the, best in
vestment you can make in your
boy's or girl's future.
By all means get the latest and
best; the most modern machine,
the Universal Standard Single
Shift key board with 42 keys
adopted! by all colleges and mod
ern methods of teaching.. Don't
fall into the error of buying a
sub-standard machine with less
than 42 keys. It is only neces
sary to know and count the keys.
The WOODSTOCK is the last
word in Typewriters. Let us
show you its many advantages.
A. Siluey Company
Local Representative
The Last Call On
Bolls
From this date on until Christmas we will give a special 35 per cent
discount on any Doll in our big stock. This discount taken off our
regular low priced, plain figure prices. It, means you can buy any
25c Doll fori 9c, any 50c one for 37 , the 75c ones for 60c, the
$1.00 ones for 75c, and so on through all ten line. We have had a
big stock, we have sold many, but still have the best line In
Roseburg, and these prices are made to clean out every one now
on hand.
Don't Let the Little Girl Go
Without Her New Doll
For Christmas
Owing to our big purchase1;, the Doll, Toy and Games Department
is located in the rear of the store.
Be sure and visit it before buying. To 'help out on the increased
postage we are selling all of the 2 for 5 cent Christmas postcards
at one (1) cent each. We cordially invite you to call.
Join tho Red Cross today.
Start yjonv
mercy.
dollar on its journey of
ROSEBURG BOOK STORE
ToYott
The Compiments of the Season,
by '
Roseburg 's
Prescription
Drug Store.
Nathan
Fullerton
TJ10 IS&waJUL Store
Perkins
Building
-u
raph
Furniture
Company Send Your Christmas
Home NOW!
Or We Will Deliver Later As Desired
We have complete lines of 1 the famous makes Columbia
and Victor in every wood finish, style and size. Come to
the Roseburg Furniture Co. where you can see the famous
makes side by side and where expert, courteous attendants will
demonstrate any of them for you to your heart's content. We
have complete stocks of Christmas and holiday records to go
with the various instruments. Special outfits arranged to uit
your convenience. If extended payments are desired
MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS IX REASON
Victrola Outfit $89.50
Consisting" of the Victrola X as illustrated and 6 D. D.
75c 10-inch records of your own choice (12 selections). Come
in and have us demonstrate this Victrola tomorrow. You'll be
under no obligations to purchase. .
Grafonola Outfit $104
Outfit consists of Grafonola as illustrated with cabinet of ma
hogany, burled walnut or oak in all finishes. Equipped with,
the Columbia Individual' Record Ejector. Also 12 D. D. 75c 10
inch records of your own choice (24 selections).
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Roseburg Furniture Company