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Newspaper Page TextII I I i EVEMMGiNE ' The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches This Paper Has Enlisted With the Government in the Cause of America for the Period of the War Oregon Historical Boclet THE WEATHER." Public Auditorium. J. -f. v. w ".'"!-.; $ T--BlSnt " Wednesday Bain. Ur i Highest temp, yesterday......62 , Lowest temp, last nlght..:...39 VOUIX. ItQSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNT V, OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1918. No. 01 MOVEMENT NEXT DRAFT MEH 29 Oregon's ADDortionment to Include 369 Men -Continue Five Days. ALL STATES BUT TWO Ara Included In the Cull and Will Take Men loft Over In First Draft and Those Subject to ' Call in the Second Draft. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. March 12. A movement of 95,000 drafted men, be- glnlnng March 29, and continuing ginning March 29, and continuing Provost Marshal General Crowder. In order to make up this contingent troops will be called from all states except Iowa and Minnesota and in eludes men remaining from the Hist draft who were not called into ser vice and all those liable to call In the second draft, which will virtual ly complete the first draft. No In formation is forthcoming from tne department how many men in. the second draft will be effected. In this movement of troops Oregon's appor tionment is 369 men, while 638 will ue taken from the state of Washing ton. 800,000 Men to Be Called. WASHINGTON, March 12. Pro vost Marshal General Crowder made his first of licial announcement today of the time the second draft would bo ordered, and according to pres ent plans this will be done as soon as congress amends the law now in force in reference to the basis of computing the apportionments of men to be supplied from among the various states according to their registration in class one. It is quite probable that 800,000 men will be considered as being eligible in the second draft, though there is no in tention on the part of the provost marshal to ask for this entire num ber at one time and there will be no sudden withdrawal of any great number of men from the various In dustries or agricultural pursuits. It is the intention that the men will be taken in small numbers and the movement will commence In April, according to present plans of the department. Americans Raid Unassisted WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 12. At six o'clock yesterday morning an American raid ing party entered the German trenches along the Toul sector after a heavy artillery fire and brought back with them much material and information concerning the Huns, but no prisoners. This is the first raid made by the American soldiers without the aid of the French. Rate Increase is Approved. WASHINGTON, March 12. The interstate commerce commission has approved the application by the west ern railroads for an increased im port and export commodity rate be tween Pacific coast points and the interior. The Increase on Sisal has been denied. Russians Vacate Moscow. WASHINGTON, March 12. The Russian revolutionary government is ready to move from Moscow to a point farther east if the Germans continue their advance, according to official information received in a dis patch. Expiess Companies Next. "WASHINGTON, March 12. Tnat government control will probably be extended soon to take In all (he lead ing express companies is the infor mation now intimated by the admin istration. To Command American -Troops. WASHINGTON, March 12. Major General John Biddle, it has been an nounced at war headquarters, will probably be in command of all American troops serving in 'England. Japan Is Undecided. LONDON. March 12. Japan has not yet fully decided to dispatch troops to Siberia according to in formation announced today. E IN STALLS MACHINERY GRANTS PASS, March 10 A con tract has been awarded for the instal lation of a large ore-reduction plant for the Almeda 'Mines Company on Rogue river 2 7 "guiles below Grants Pass. This Is to be the largest mil ling and smelting plant in Oregon and one of the largest on the coast, with a daily capacity of 400 tons. The Almeda mine has one of the large ore bodies of the west. It has some 10,000 feet of underground workings, which Include a 500-foot shaft, and It Is said that there is now available In workings of the - mine above the shaft alone commercial ore to the value of more than (0,' 000,000. SHERIFF GEO. K. QUI ES CANUi In another column of today's News will be found the announcement of Geo. K. Quine, for re-election to the office of sheriff of this county, sub ject to the approval of the voters at the coming primary election. That Mr. Quine has made a most efficient and courageous official is the univer sal opinion of bis many friends throughout the county and It is for this reason that they are anxious to give him their undivided support and are pleased to note his decision to en ter the primaries. E Planning to Enlist Everybody In Food Production For the War. WORLD FACES A CRISIS Necessary for Idle Lands to Ue Plant-1 eu and the People Make Provision I to ReleiiHe Grains for Ship- . meat to- the Allies. Gardening projects, back lot and vacant lot gardens will receive con sideration tills afternoon at a meet ing of the committee appointed to further the work of food products in the city.. The. .- committee, whose chairman is Mrs. O. C. Brown, is composed of, in addition to the chair man, Mrs. S. D. Evans, Mrs. Win. Bell, C. J. Hurd, Prof. Aubrey Smith, O. C. Brown and J; M. Throne, met at four o'clock, and ex pect to formulate plans looking to large plantings this spring. It is conceded by everybody who has giv en the question even trifling thought, that the world is confronting a food crisis. Few localities, indeed, will escape rationing before 1918 has passed Into history. Over in Europe, where most of the able bodied men are serving with the colors, and wo men must be largely depended upon to take care of farming operations, crop yields will be shortened and acreage planted away below normal. Situated' as the United States is, the brunt of responsibility for sup plying food Btuffs for the allies will fall upon this country. There is no evading the issue, and it is to im press upon the public mind this im portant truth that meetings are be ing held in all localities, committees being appointed to further the work anu get a centralized effort for the production of food stuffs. The com mittee meeting this afternoon will endeavor to organize the work, and other committees will doulitless be appointed whose duty it will be to get in touch with available lots and par cels of land, arrange for the cultiva tion of such tracts, help individuals get plowing done and1 in every pos sible way that may be devised set the wheels of production in motion. It is believed by everybody that if avail able lots can be utilized for growing potatoes, corn, beans, cabbage, par snips, turnips, carrots, and such other products as may be kept over winter, that the demand for otner field grains will be reduced by at least fifty per cent, and in this way release for shipment to the allies great quantities of supplies that this country as a whole Is called upon to furnish this year. The co-operation of every Individ ual in the city and county Is desir ed' in the movement starting today in the committee work at the high school. As In other respects, Doug las county will be asked to show its loyalty to the cause of a world free dom by meeting the emergency. No call has so far been made but what Douglas county has more than met the requirements. Since the people here have so freely given of their sons, many of whom are already made the great sacrifice, why . not give a thousand times more liberally of the products of her rich soils to maintain the army and feed tne world it need be? Money has not been lacking to meet every call for finance, and as the good people come to realize that these small garden plots are a most necessary addition to the work In hand, there will be a rallying to measure up to the de mand. Get your mind ready to help the good work along. The garden committees will expect every red blooded American to get busy. E Some Few Minor Shortages Discovered In Two Offices Sheriff Ahead. DAILY BALANCE URGED Question liobs Up of Wlwt to Do With Money in Refund Account Few Taxpayers Claim Overpayment. At- a session of the county court this morning, A. G. Sutherland, who has been exporting the books in the various ' departments, reported at length in connection with auditing of the sheriff s, clerk s and treas urer's accounts, and suggestions were made urging the adoption of a daily balance for each official, in or der to facilitate the work. The re port was commendatory of the sheriff's office, the accounts of that official being found better than usual. In regard to the shortages In both the clerk's and treasurer's of fices. It was shown that discrepan cies had crept in, and while Imma terial shortages occurred It was be lieved the daily balance sheet would help the officials to eliminate all mistakes. Under the present sys tem a monthly balance is struck. The audit was based upon the books as found' January 1. It was also stat ed by both Treasurer Sawyers and Clerk Lenox that if they could have the audit begin February 1, giving them time to check up on the busi ness at the end of the year, most, If not all, of the errors would bo found and corrected before the ex perts take over the books. In connection with the audit of the sheriff's books Mr. Sutherland said in his summing up, referring to the tax department: "We believe the average is much better than form erly. The average of the 1916 re port was found and worked out dur ing the year 1917. In order to re ceive full benefit of an audit, the re port should be caref ully checked' and corrections made. More information on irregular transactions will be found to be of great benefit to all concerned. The cash book as kept is little more than a good refer ence. A daily cash balance would be of inestimable value, and could be maintained with little extra work If the dally transactions were foot ed and balanced every day." The clerk's offioe was found by the experts to be $34.04 shy of what tne books called for, but this was mostly in little matters which were satisfactorily accounted for. In this connection Mr. Sutherland empha sized the necessity of a dally bal ance as the one means of eliminat ing these trlval but annoying mat ters, which, while no reflection on the officials, are much to be avoid ed, and said: "A daily balance should be maintained in the clerk's office. Canceled warrants should be ar ranged in convenient packages with slips showing the period of issuance, number, and outstanding warrants. A number held in the clerk's office seem to have passed the seven year mark and 'should be cancelled." It may be said in this connection that a balance taken in the clerk's office February i showed! that in stead of a discrepancy against the official, the county held something over $6 of Mr. Lenox's money. Taking up the treasurer s ornce, Mr. Sutherland reported as follows: 'The unusually long, laborous checking was held on the treas urer's books, owing to Innum erable, petty ' errors that were encountered. The treasurer main tains a special road tax ledger which appears to be superfluous, as the fig ures which are bound to result from such Information as he has to gather them from must necessarily be In er ror, in as much as he charges against the several districts only such vouch ers as are paid, and not knowing the amount of the outstanding vouchers. There is a disparity between the In dividual ledgers and cash book, and it has existed for some time. There should be a balancing of accounts so that ledger balances may be more readily worked out. We recommend that the status of those accounts known as "refund accounts on spe cial road districts, amounting to some $9483.29, should be determin ed by the court and disposed of." Shortage in the treasurer's office waB about $58,- but this was ac knowledged' as an error or oversight and made good. It appears that the accounts above referred to were created by certain road dlBtrictB voting special tax, and later these levies were contested or Buits threatened by timber corpora Hons and declared null and void. In the meantime many persons had paid their taxes, Including the special levies, andi the money thus received on the special road levies was re turnable to parties .having paid It In. Notice was given of the fact, but DOUGLAS CO. MEN SUMMONED BY DRAFT Simultaneously with an- 4 nouncement from Washington 4 that the next draft would oc-'4 cur on March 29, a wire was 4 received at county draft- head- 4 4 quarters late this afternoon that Douglas county would be required to supply nine men, Chief Clerk Haffety Immediate- 4 ly called the board und nine nameB were drawn in their or- der. These men are five per- 4 cent of the gross quota of 188 subject to the first call here, 4 and are: 4 Chester B. Johns '..Glendale 4 L. A. Sunderland.... Los Angeles 4 4 Fred Dlllard..., Natches, Wash. Aaron Dysert.. Looking Glass Geo. C. Sclavas ieona Richard Smith Melrose Carl Burgoyne Roseburg Alured T. Walker Reedsport 4 John Gross Yoncalla The men will be inducted into 4 the service on March 29 and v sent immediately to Camp 4 Lewis, Wash. . Some of them 4 will doubtless be inducted at 4 4 point nearest their present 4 4 residence, and go from tiiero 4 to the cantonment. 4 many parties failed to get their re fund, and the total money remaining in the treasury was considerable. The time limit for refunding money of this sort has long since expired, and this necessitates action c-u the part of the court. BY BRITISH TODAY (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, March 12. Cambral, which has been held by the Germans and where the recent big engage ment occurred between the British and Huns, was bombarded today by the British with long range guns, and several of the shells from the heaviest calibre guns used . by the English fell within the limits of the city. WITH THE BOLSHEII (By Associated Press.) HARBIN, Manchuria, March 12. General Bamenoff, the ontl-Bolsh- vikl leader in Siberia, has re-retreated into Manchuria before the ad v&"e of superior Bolsheviki forces. according to advices received. The accuracy of the Bolshevik! fire .If.r- ing the fighting indicates that t.loy have the co-operation of former German prisoners. General Somen off'B munitions are entirely exhaus'- ed as well as his funds. , WILL TAKE ALLEGED The two Beldlng boys, held In the county jail, accused of evading the draft, will probably be turned over to the federal authorities at Portland in a day or two. Sheriff Geo. Quine is in communication with the auth orities at the Oregon metropolis, and It is believed an officer will arrive here in a short time to take the men north. BATTLESHIP IS LOST ' A telegram was received In 4 this city last evening announc- 4 lng the . drowning of Perry Wheat, ' a former Douglas 4 county boy, and whose parents 4 now reside a few miles beyond 4 Melrose. The young man had 4 been serving on the U. S, bat- 4 4 tlesihp Rochester which boat 4 4 has - been used as a convoy 4 4 since the United States entered 4 4 into war, and while no Infor- 4 4 mation was contained in the 4 4 message where the accident oc- 4 4 curred It is presumed he was 4 4 drowned on a recent trip across 4 4 the water to France or Eng- 4 4 land. The young man had been 4 4 with this boat for the past six 4 4 months, .having .been in the 4 4. service for a year, and was 4 4 about 20 years of age. In- 4 4 formation concerning his death 4 4 came from the war department 4 4 at Washington and contained 9 4 no details. 4 4 4 T E Gentleman of Experience With Ample Capital Investi gating Situation. TO CONTRACT PRODUCE Proposes to Build Absolutely Fire Proof lirick and Steel Structure . Will Also Can Vegetables of Every Sort, ' Another opportunity is knocking at the door of Douglas county, and the people of this locality will be given the chance to meet the Issue. For a long time there has been seen the need of an evaporating plant and cannery for handling the products of the Umpqua basin. The opportunity is now ripe to secure the coveted prize. But at the same time it can not be won without effort, because other localities are after the same thing, and the party is being impor tuned to build his plant at other pro gressive places. .. ...-.,! . ; An evaporating plant that will handle all of the fruit unsuited for shipment in the green state Is sorely needed. With thousands of acreB of young and thrifty orchards just coin ing into profitable bearing, ana sun younger plantings rapidly coming in to production, growers are looking around for somewhere to dispose of the second grade Btuff. Not only Is this true of the fruit Industry, but small farmers and "truck" men have waited long years for a cannery to take care of their surpluses. . Rill hnlinvlnir that "all things come to him" who has a good thing to offer the investor, me people nave Lain nn nnri: itnnt the wneeis oi in dustry moving, although handicap ped greatly for want of a good and sufficient market. When the can nery at Green was built a few years ago, it was thought relief to the fruit men and small .grower- was In sight, but lack of capital and ex perience In the promotors of the In ,,,(; .nmhineH tn defeat the ends desired. Just now another proposi tion nas come mis way, mm n. w in cumbent on the growers of the Hninnutt valley to meet the Issue squarely. Mi, Fmnk M Radovan, recently nf Qnn FrnnHucn. hilt fomiBrlV Of North Yakima, Wash., one of the greatest fruit growing sections m mo United stateB, came nere ytjamiuuj u.ith a uinw nf lnnkfnir over the sit uation and interesting growers in a proposition. He conies niguiy iwum- mended', ana is a gentieniau wnu u hn.1 tha AYnAriAneA in this Particular line that Is essential to success. He has ample capital to noat tne uusi not,o All hA wants is a site for his plant he did not tell The News that he wanted a Bite, dui h oub"i offered him and co-operation of growerB, and the thing is done. As soon as The News discovered the gentleman was In town It Imme diately began Bo mobilize red blood ed boosters and If Roseburg does not go "over the top" with the proposi tion this paper greatly mUjudges the hnta nnniiinHnn. It is nroDOBed by Mr. Radovan to build and equip a first class absolutely nre prooi, un and steel evaporating plant that is nnnKla nt hamUfnir 9.0(1 tons Of frUit to begin with. He will buy all the fruit that tne plant can nanuie, m will pay cash to growers for their nmjni, 140 RimnTv wnnts assur ances that he will be supplied with at least that mucn oi tne pruuuci. addition, he will contract to buy this otiirr in flHvnnrA. He will also con tract for tomatoes and other pro ducts. He wants the stuff. He wants co-operation of not only the commercial club, but of the farm ers, fruit growers and "truck" men In the Umpqua valley. Growers as far south as Medford can ship here with nnrfnet aiuiuranCA of a ready market Growers to the north will be afforded a market. Contracts will hA moh0 in tnkA thA fruit or other products right out of the orchards or gardens, if desired. Mr. Radovan will go farther, and will contract for ... in .nnuiMa nf nrndllttR at a specified figure. He wantB to locate here, but ne oeneves it oniy luir mm the people take a nrst nana interest. In the business. Now what is Roseburg going to do In this matter? Some of the bank ers have already met Mr. Radovan and expresB their determination to hnnai Mr nrnnnflltion to successful culmination. The gentleman has met the leaders of the commercial club; hn la maallnff.wflh niltRnnltAn OOd will and great enthusiasm Is being shown. That the plant can be locat aA hnrc ami o-nttAn read v for busi ness this fall, Is the opinion of the parties interestea. it is aio iiiouijr or time to contract with th evapor ator for supplying fruit and toma toes or other stuff. While the com mercial club Is laying out a plan for a campaign, let every man and wo man in the community give it earn est consideration and moral support Mr. Radovan will meet the fruit and produce growerB of the county tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the city hall and discuss the project of establishing a plant In this city. A large number of our people should attend the session which will be vi tally important to the county. FRENCH GET FOUR (By Associate Press.) PARIS, March 12. In an air raid on Paris last night the Germans lost four of their machines. Nine squad rons participated In the raid. - Thirty-four persons wein killed and nine injured In Paris and the suburbs during laBt night's air raid. In addition to the victims of the bombB thrown from the machines, sixty-nine persons suffocated through their attempt to crowd into the Met ropolitan railway entrance during the panic caused by the raid, and those consisted mainly of women and chll dren. L IT County Court Sends Memorial To House Committee Re lation to Matter. FUNDS BELONG HERE Document Shows Details of Grant, Naming Itosehurg IHoneers Iden tified With the Work . - Much Interesting Data. A memorial was this morning adopted by the county court, and tne ofnciai signatures oi uoumy Judge Marsters, and Commissioners Nichols and St. John affixed, asking Hon. John N. Tillman, chairman of the sub-committee of the committee on public lands, who are considering, nouse bin sozd, wnicn nas tor its object the disposition of the lands known as the "Coos Bay Wagon Road Land Grant," to not apportion inonuy that may be received from the3 properties to localities remote from this section. The memorial, which was drawn by District Attorney Geo. Neuner, Jr.. goes into an ox'luustlve history of the land grant, beginning at the (line early Douglas county pi' neers organized the company, among whom were Aaron Rose, Sr., Dr. S. Hamilton. A. R. Flint, J. F. Watson, D. L. Watson, J. N. Eberline, and others, and continuing up to the present time. It Is shown that tho road constructed by those pioneers Is still in use, that the area of Douglas county is probably 5000 square miles, that only 46 per cent or the land In the county is subject to taxation, the other 55 per cent being forest re serves, etc., and that the 46 per cent of tho area carries the burden of keeping up all county expenses, In cluding roads through government lands. The valuation or assessable property Is shown to be 28,000,000. From this must be deducted revest nient of 6,000,000 worth of O. & C. railroad lands, and also a final and further reduction by removal of the wagon road grant land from the tax rolls. It is shown that the county maintains 2200 miles of wagon roads and 2300 of more than ten feet span, while 105 miles of the new Pacific highway lies In the county. Much of the land belonging to the original wagon road grant lies In Douglas county. A groat deal of the property is timber. Exponoe of protecting the timber has fallen upon the county quite largely. Many of these timber tracts are believed to carry 15,000, 000 or 16,000,000 feet of timber, and will be valuable farming and dairy properties when logged off. In conclusion the memorial states that the county court believes it mani festly unfair for tho government to place any porlon of the proceeds of such land or timber sales into the reclamation or any other iund. "The state and counties In which this land erant Is located have been burdened for years with heavy taxation. They will be burdened for years to come In carrying out the policy of caring for and nrotecting the timber there on, and. as a mater of equity and Justice, they should be entitled to all of tho proceeds from the sale of said timber and lands, over and above the actual cost of administration by the government. ' The memorial was forwarded' to Clialrman Tillman this afternoon, and It is expected will have much weight In the committee reaching a a final decision in relation to dispos ing of the funds to be derived from the sales. E OF S. D. ADVENT1STS Quadrennial Session Will Be Held In San Francisco . March and April. ROSEBURGERS WILL GO Several Delegates Going From Oity Misslonalres From All Parte of Earth Will Attend This Great Business Meeting. Seventh-Day Adventists through out the Southern Oregon Conference are looking forward with more than ordinary Interest to the quadrennial session of the general or world; con ference of the Seventh-Day Adven tists, the governing body of the de nomination, which will be held in San Francisco March 29 to April 14. Everyone of the thousands of churches of the denomination in North America will be represented, as well aB churches in many foreign countries. This will be the first convention of the general conference since the spring of 1913, and In the pulnt of attendance it will be the largest. The Civic Auditorium, with a seating ca pacity of 10,000, has been secured for the entire session. . Pastor J. A. Rlppey, president of the Southern Oregon conference, who Is well known in the churches of Roseburg, Klamath FallB, Cr-m's Pass, Eugene, Coqullle, North Bend, Junction City, Cottage Grove, AbIi land, and many other places, will be chairman of the delegation which will represent the churches in south ern Oregon. Othor delegates and visitors to the San Francisco convention will be E. C. Stiles, secretary and treasurer of the conference; S. C. Rockwell, Home Missionary and' Missionary Volunteer secretary; 0. H. Shrews bury, Field Missionary secretary, and E. E. Rlppey,-all ot Roseburg;- Ai V. Rhoads and Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Lock wood, of Medford; also C. F. Flaiz and C. A. Chandler, of Marshfield. All the world leaders of the de nomination will be present, as will also missionaries from India, China, Japan, Korea, the" Philippines, Aus tralia, New Zealand, many of the South Pacific Islands, South Africa, different countries in South Ameri ca, Great Britain, and perhaps some of the countries In continental Eu rope. The AdvcntlstB are strong in many countries of Europe, but the war will prevent some, of the dele gates from attending. Business affairs affecting tho en tire denomination tor years to come will be transacted at this session. Of ficers to serve for the coining four years will bo, elected, missionaries provided for the countries whore the denomination 1b now operating, and nilBHlonuries called to enter now Holds. It is expected that a big fea ture of the session will be the on t llnlng of plans for the advancement of the gospel In heathen lands. Re ports from every ofucer, every de partmental secretary, every union conference president, and every mis sion superintendent, will also be glvon. Adventists are now (proclaiming the second' coming of Christ in 92 different countries, using orally 123 languages and publishing gospel lit erature in 90 languages. Pastor A. O. Dnnlells, of Wash ington, D. C, president of the gener al or world conference, will bo chair man of the Bcsslon. The North American division con ference, which Includes the churches In the United Statos and Canada, will hold its session in connection with the general conference, and Pastor I. H. Evans, Its president, who has his headquarters in Washington, u. C, will be chairman. E GUARD LAST NIGHT The regular meeting of the local home guard was largely attended last evening and there were many new recruits on hand to Join the ranks of the organization. Since tho announcement made that all mem bers must attend regularly, unless a good excuse Is given, for drill work, a decided interest is shown by ull concerned. The armory or equip ment was . not sufficiently lame enough last night to accommodnto all those who wished to participate In the drill and' If the present quota is enlarged to any great extent It will be necessary to either, form an other company or give a separate night each week to a different set of members. The uniforms have 'been ordered and will arrive here within tho next few weeks. .