gaiety mammmmmmmmwmm teal This Paper, Has Enlisted With the Government in the Cause of America for the Period of the War 3 WEATHER Tonight and Saturday Fair. Highest -temp, yesterday..' I Dowest temp, but &lght..v.4S , v The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches VOL. IX. , ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTS', OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1018. So. 105 THE NEW1 BATTLE FRONT LULL Deliver a Telling Blow to the Germans and Command ; Valuable Ground. LINE IN GOOD SHAPE Enemy Had Advanced to Within Few Miles of Oie Paris-Amiens Railway Uneasiness In Germany Today. (By Associated Press.) FRENCH BREAK BATTLE LULL. Associated Press War Lead, May 3.; The French, troops today "took time by the forelock," probably con cluding that they would not wait any longer for the new German stroke to be launched, there seem ingly being some delny on the part of the enemy to decide where and when the next move will start,' nnd delivered a tolling blow to the Ger mans southeast of the city of Amicus, taking Mill 83 which' lms a height of 250 feet overlooking the Avre river and the ground taken here by the French is probably more valu able than any other equal area along tiie entire Soiiuno line. The German troops had penetrated the deepest at Mailtos and were within less than three miles ' from the Paris-Amiens railway, but the allies now have an excellent line of defense in this par ticular region and if the Germans at tempt any further progress nt tills section of the battle front they will do so against a tremendous fire from the allied forces who are strongly n- j trenched, fully prepared tomeet the! enemy at a moment s notice. UNEASINESS IX GERMANY. -Along, with the . foregoing an nouncement tliat the Frciuii troops opened today's battle, news conies from Germany and Austria-Hungary are apparently finding much dinicul ty in oppressing the peoples of the occupied .." Russian territories -, and tliere is grave uneasiness in Germany regarding tlds state of affairs. The Ukraine government has been-overthrown by the Germans nnd Berlin reports the occupation" of Sebastopol, A great Russian fortress in Crimea,! but details are locking concerning j tlds latter movement. A. big strike ; in the important liombrowa mining! district of western Russia is also re ported to be beyond. control of the; Austrian authorities, and further in-; formation of a discouraging nature! reported in today's dispatches is the fact that the peasants in Ukraine have ruined all their crops rather than let the Germans get possession' of them. j FRENCH GAIN GROUND. Paris, May 3. The French troops attacked yesterday late In the after noon between Haillos and Costel, southwest of the city of Amicus, driv ing the Germans- back and capturing hill 83 and tiie wood on the Aver river near by, as well as gaining ground in the vicinity of Viilers-ilret-toncux. " BRITISH ADVANCING. -London, May 3. In local encount ers occurring during last night be- tween the British and German troops the former gained some advantage points near Villers-Brettoneux. There was active artillery firing ou the northern front, especially near Given chy. . ' ' e TREMENDOUS GUN FIRE. . IHItish Hcauquaners in w ranee, , gunfire broke out this morning, ' chiefly in the Lys region. ; TREATKP LIKE THE OTHERS. Washington, May 3. Answering the state department's inquiry as to ! the maimer in which she was treat ing American prisoners Germany to .. day declared that "American prison ; ers are .being treated the same as other nationalities." : IN' CHARGE AMERICAN FORCES. 'With tlie " American Army in France, May 3. -Major General James McAndrcVt' has been appointed . chief of staff of the American expedi tionary forces in France, assuming lils duties immediately, while Briga dier General. James Harbord, who lias been a member of General Pershing's-chief staff, has been assigned to the command in the Held. CALL FOR SKILLED MEN." i Wasliington, May 3. A call for 0,207 skilled men for the national army has been sent out by Provost Marshal General Crowder, all states being Included except New Jersey. Ac cording to the call the men are direct ed to move May 17. ' The men to be drafted represent 75 - for each occupation including chauffeurs, carpenters, engineers, stenographers, arid telegraph opera - tors who will be attached to the medical corps, gas defensive service signal corps and other branches of tiie national army. MUST HAVE FIVE MILLION MEN. ' Wasliington, May 3. Senator Mc- Uumber told) the senate today that five million men must be sent to the battle front within the next year by the United States. Commenting fur ther on the aspect of tiie war at this time the senator said that six months had been wasted by the shhiping board owl that 8040,000,000 for air craft work hod been worse than squandered. . - : . . " WE NEED $15,000,000,000. -'"' Washington, May 3. Secretary of War linker today gave a detailed es timate of the funds needed for all branches- of tlto government army service to the house military com mittee, stating that for immediate war program purposes it would re quire approximately fifteen billion dollars. The secretary also stated that tlie airplane program had not met expectations and blamed the government's overconfidence and Uie contractors', lack of ability to till contracts as the real reason for the great lack of production In airplanes. GERMANY MUST PRODUCE PROOF - ' Washington, May 3. In addition to denying tiie charge made by Ger many that American aviators have gone to France under the guise of ambulance men and YV M. O. A. workers, tiie state department lias requested tiie Spanish government to require Germany to - produce the proof of the alleged facts. TODAY'S CASUALTY IJST. ' Washington, May 3. The casual ty list today contains 88 names. Eighteen men were killed in action, tsne of the northwest men ' named is Private Levi B. Dixon, of Dilley, Ore., who died from disease. LIBERTY LOAN. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Washington, May 8. The Liberty Joan total today reached $2,383,000, (100 and it is believed1 that every state west of the Mississippi has sub scribed its full quota. ;. . MEDEORD MAN QUALIFIES. Washington, May 8.- Among the men qualifying for second lieuten ants at the training camp at Rock ford, 111., were George T. Peake, of Medford, Or., and Walter D. Krupke, tf Portland, Or, ; BEI TO That the appeal of the govern- meat requesting those who have more than 60 pounds of flour stored away to turn It over to the stores, is meeting with ready approval by very many families, 1b the statement made by Bi. L. Eddy, local food adminis trator, late this afternoon." Mr. 'Eddy also asks that all dealers so receiving supplies of flour immedi ately notify his office, stating its value, as it is inoperative that he wire the facts to the Washington food administration as soon as possible.-' Food Administrator Eddy says that it is gratifying to meet with such Teady willingness on the part of the people to aid the government in this way. As soon as any quan tity of flour is received back into the retail channels the amount Is wired to Washington, and Just that same amount at astern points is then re leased! for shipment to France. Har vest is not a great way off, and the government is doing everything pos sible to distribute the flour on hand so that there will be large amounts available for shipment. E TALENT PLAY ENJOYED tAST NIGHT i The home talent vaudeville given under the auspices of the Fullerton Parent-Teacher Association last week was repeated last night, with mark ed success. The attemfence was good and the association will realize handsome sum as a result of their efforts. The mock trial; "The Great Fumokin Case." made a big hit, as did the other numbers on the pro gram. Miss Bernlce- Klnser was present with her high school orches tra and furnished delightful music for tho occasion. Other numbers on the program included readings by Miss Viola Willett and Mrs. Joan B. Pitts, vocal solos by Mrs. Gurdon A. Fory and Mr. Burt. The program was concluded by a negro dialogue, "A Coon Creek Courtship," by Sallle Grindstone and Johnny Oberalla. ', WILL PLEAD MONDAY. " The plea of Dr. Pearson in connec tion with the charge of bootlegging placed against him a few days ago, will be entered Monday. The doc tor appeared before Jtastlce Riddle this afternoon and asked for post ponement of the issue until . that time, owing to important matters de manding his attention. LISKY, ENEMY ALIEN KNOWNINROSEBURG Man Arrested at Salem Form erly Worked For George " Reed at Ten Mile. ;; MAY. POISONED COW Valuable Animal Took Sick and Died V ' Shortly After Lisky Was Fired Man Wag Strictly : :: ',z Pro-German, v . . : . : That the John Lisky who was ar rested at Salem last week and' taken to Portland as an enemy alien was but recently a resident of this county is the information that ' has Just been divulged. Lisky, while In this county, was employed at Ten Mile by George' Reed as a farm hand, but his pro-German proclivities were of such a rank nature that Mr. Reed could no longer tolerate the individual and he was discharged from further ser vice, realizing that' if kept in his employ it would only be & matter of a short time until some serious trou ble would oeopr as Lisky had a fac ulty, of making many enemies through his praise of the fatherland. He Was rated as a disagreeable indi vidual and a (person with whom it was (utterly impossible to associate with any degree of satisfaction. There is little likelihood but this man Lisky ia strictly a pro-German and. equal to carrying out almost tiny dastardly act that came into his mind. He was discharged, or rather inform ed by Mr. Reed, on Friday that his services would not longer be requir ed and that the following Saturday would close lils labors on the. form er's farm. This action on the part of Mr. Reed probably did sot meet with the approval of tho off-spring of the kaiser and be thereupon decided to "get even" with hie former em ployer. . -4 ' Mr. and MrB. Reed had ia valuable family cow, one they thought much of and prized! very highly. They had been offered S100 for the animal. but would probably not have taken twice that aimotunt, owing -to the fact that she was an excellent milker and an animal ijust suited to their needs. All these facts Llslty knew, and being chagrined by the fact that he had lost his position, probably de cided to "square matters" with Reeti) by ticking his Bplte out on the animal, tor, the following morning after he had been dispensed from further la bor on the farm Mr. Reed's cow took sick and in a few days die, having every symptom of being - poisoned. Wlhlle there was no direct evidence that Lisky committed the act of ad ministering some kind -of poison to the animal, those who know him best say that it would not bo be neath him to commit such a crime, and the community seems well satis fied that he is no longer a resident of that section. -, ... , MOTHER OF ROSEBORG ! BOY BADLY INJURED A telegram was received In this city last evening by A. G. Dunlap, of the Basket Grocery store telling of the serious injuries sustained in an automobile acciklient yesterday by ,rs. Mary Schneider, mother of his partner, Parks (Shorty) Schneider. Mrs. Schneider and "Shorty" left several days ago for Sacramento io their Maxwell touring car, and there the latter left his mother to drive the car on" to Oakland where It was to be kept by Mrs. Schneider until Jtaly, and "Shorty" returned to this city and left Wednesday evening with the drafted men for Fort Mc Dowell, Calif. . Mrsr Schneider made the trip from Sacramento to Oak land! In safety and the accident oc curred while the unfortunate lady was driving about the streets of the California city. In describing the unfortunate accident the telegram declared that Mr Schneider was wholly in the right and was struck by a car driven by two drunken men who were on' the wrong side of the street. As a result of the smash up. Mrs. Schneider is Buffering Bevere Injuries while tho machine is badly damaged. The full details of the acckfent will be received here to morrow and it is sincerely hoped that the accounts will be more en couraging than those first gleaned. JOURNEY TO OAKLAND. A large party of young Roseburg people motored to Oakland last ev ening to take in the "'Bill Lawson carnival, which Is la full sway at the present time. A delightful time was enjoyed), and besides the many young people In the party there were several other Roseburgers present to enjoy the festivities. JESSIE BUNNELL WEDS. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Bunnell, of this city announce the mar- rlage of their daughter, Jessie, to Robert Lehnan, of Portland, the ceremony being iperformed Thursday In the presence of a few : friends and relatives of the contracting parties in Port- land, where the bappy young couple will make itbelr future home. Mis. Lehnan -is popular In this city where' she has re- sidled several - years only re- oently 1 moving, to Portland where she has since been em- ployed in a large millinery es- tablishment. The . sincere best wishes of her many friends In this community - are extended for much happiness. v, ' CALLED INTO ARMY State Officials Notified From Washington hf May : Draft.Qupta. a 40 DOUGLAS ! CO. MEN Estimating on the Samo Basis as April Call This County Must . Furnish a Larger Nam- ' ; feer In May. ' (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 3-State of ficials throughout the union were to day notified, of the calls that must be mads to fill the May ) draft quota. The total number to be called to the training camps this month Is esti mated at 260,000. . Local draft boards will be notified of this action at once and : all quotas will be in readiness by about May 25. On a basis of eight men from the county to everyvS9,000 embodied in the call", which Twas the proportion Douglas county . supplied under the call of April 6, this summons will require forty men from here. . April C the call was issued for 150,000 men, and they were summoned be fore local draft boanvis of- the coun try, and on April 30 these man left for the various camps. ' The twanty- luur men answering the call from Douglas county left Tuesday night for American Lake. - While 'Chief Clerk Raffety,' of the local draft board, wp to a late hour today had no official wire concern ing the action of the government in authorizing the May call, it' is con ceded that the Associated Press re ports received by The News are cor rect. In fact, the April call was also willed to this paper, in advance of the official announcement later received by tho officers here. In addition to these forty men In the May draft Beverai ' others will also probably, go as volunteers in skilled tradea or occupations. The time limit on volunteers for the oc cupations expired April 27. imme diately following that date' Chief Clerk Raffety, acting under instruc tions previously received wired in to Washington the number of men. vol unteering from this county. Eleven men responded to the call from here, but their names have not been divulged as yet.. It is not known whether or sot all of them will be accepted at-this time, but they are listed and subject to induction at tne option of the government. The official call for volunteers asked for i2,009 men.' Bach state will furnish its quota from the , total number volunteering, and in turn will call upon 'the counties to supply those required. It Is not known at pres ent tii.-.c how many will be required to flu the quota for this county, but presumably the number will be less than those volunteering for this part of the .service. . , TO HOLD A " The encampment of the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Association of Southern Oregon will be held, here September 9 to 14, says the Grants Pass Courier. A meeting of the of ficers of the association was held yesterday in Medford and prelimin ary arrangements for the meeting were made. J. E. Peterson, of this city, is commander of the associa tion. - - ' '.. James Holman, of Grants ' Pass, was elected yesterday by the officers to the -position of quartermaster. The association comprises- veteran organizations ' of Lake, Klamath, Douglas, Curry, Jackson' and Jose phine counties. 250.000M0REMEN GERMANYLOSTWKEN LUSITANTAWASSUNK Writer In Current Opinion For May -Sees Victory ' Just Ahead. : : HUNS SEE THEIR FATE Despite All Promises to tiie German People, Kaiser Willieua and His Advisers Know Defeat Awaits Them. ; ". .' That Germany "lOBt tho war' when, her U-boats sank the Lusitania. and that peace will come next year when, the full military might of America, combined with that of the allies, Sb; hurled BgamBt ner, though the right ing may still be in France and Flan ders, is the belief of the allied mili tary leaders as -expressed by W. Beach Thomas, who is in this country fresh from the British headquarters in France. In Current Opinion for May this spokesman of the allied high command- goes further and says that the present great drive is Ger-, inany's acknowledgment that she must win now or never, and that German' defeat will come in 1919 with the "armies not far from the cliff trenches that Join the floods by Nienport to the neighborhood of tne Swiss mountains where the French are clinging to one small reach of German territory." He writes: "Oscillations there will be, vic tories and djefeatg . thore will be at this and that spot in the lino; and: one day there will bo a symptomatic defeat and victory from which any observer, whether he Is seer or not, will be able to deduce with some certainty the progressive dc'clino of one Bide or the other. ' It is incon ceivable to the mind of any .leaders among the allies that this 'progres sive decline this spot on the fair fruit of the alliance can appear among them while America, . . with her 100 million people and re sources thai defy arithmetic, is heart and soul In the cause.- We may have defeats out not progressive defeats. TJiose are reserved for the central powem. When the first of this sort comes, peace will be In sight.' Ger many will oot wait neither . her population' nor her army authorities wiii permit it till she tumbles back in successive failures upon her own frontiers, audi the targets for the growing hordes of airmen come near er and nearer, and the boom of the liberty engine at last plays foreign music over German cities." Further: - - - : "American influence on the 'war will be Irresistible; her ships, her men, her wealth, lier will. When Tir- pitz rose victor from the Interview with Bethmann-Hotlweg and the boats sank the Lusltanla with a pair of torpedoes Germany lost the war. whatever may be the date of the proc lamation of peace. - The cardinal rea son- of the new German offensive, u to and over the old battle ground of the Somme, is the conviction in Germany that IS 19 -;1b America's year .and that If Germany is to force any sort of victory she must force it in 1913, before America is ready. And not Hate In 1918. "The German public has lust be gun to. understand that the U-boats, which drove America into the war, are falling, have failed to compel a decision. In tie everlasting see-saw between the arts ot offense and de tense, the - defense, which , was in ferior, has begun to rise to a level The people of the central powers lost one ground of confidence after an other, but this was the most solid. Early In the war some English resi dents In London were seriously warn ed by close friends In Germany to leave Kngiond instantly, as it would be made untenable by Zeppelins-. Nearly all tne general oo-mtlation In Germany believed this, as they will believe anything they are told 'from a1ove, But one fetish after another has proved a false god; and now both the public and the high command have been driven back to the old faith that the army and only the army is their shield and their bjuekler. To act as a shield alone was not enough, so they prepared with little concealment indeed with much advertisement ot kaisers and Hlndenburgs to- amass the biggest onslaught ever conceived by the mind of man or hatched in his factories. It was no secret to us. "I spoke, with one of the most thoughtful and successful of our gen erals at the end of January, as he re turned to France from Italy. The Hun,' he said, 'is going to attack us good and proper. It will be the vast est thing in drives ever imagined, cut the moire he attacks, the better for iis.' The German Is a great learner; much more remarkable, even In miliary affaire, as a learn er than as an originator. He learned and' amassed for this attack almost all the forms of rightfulness' used against him during the war. He cooled our trench mortars much the best then i Invented and our trench artillery. . He doubled Uivlr sumber. He copied our deadly da- vice of throwing gaa in cylinders from mortars. On the advice of General voa Armia, who commanded against the British, iu the 8omme battle (I nave Been tne general's memoran dum), he equipped his infantry with hand-carrlect flame-throwers, which are chiefly ueeful for inspiring ter ror. Ha built little armored cars for carrying . forward, ammunition, ol which absurdly exaggerated . no-; counts were published ia Germany lor puuna consumption. He made light, very mobile guns much on the American model. He built vast un derground tunnels and caverns can- able of concealing a division of men at a time, and oonoealed m them, first his 'storm troope," then his re serves. He brought up not only field guns and howitzers (especially the standardized 5.9s), but almost enough long-range guns of a semi naval type (they were planned and manufactured in Austria) to drop a: curtain of fire on lines of communi cation tea miles back. ) More than this, the German had prepared the whole -ground of advance a year be fore, a thing never before done in the history of war, - ''BritiBh doctors as well as intelli gence officers examine most of tne prisoners. 'The doctors find tliat a great number of the younger classes of 1913 and 1919 are as much as two years behinu the development proper to their age. They have been underfed In uncomfortable homes. The. intelligence officers find la re gard to tlieir spirit much the same that the doctors find In regard to their bodies. The young recruits are not among the best and cheeriest soldiers, as almost without exception are the young iVohcbnien, On the contrary, they are continually court martialed for complaints and rebel liousness. . They come from homes where the women-folk have for two years talked of little hut the struggle to get food, of death and wounds .and the hapos ot peace. The war rior, the Berserker, spirit 1 no lo&g er.thelrs." -. Oa the other hand: ' "During breakfast la Amiens, at the very (height of the Somme battle in 1916, I was inveigled into a dis cussion' on tlie moraie- of soldiers by my immediate neighbor, Lloyd George. '.Militaiy men,' I oaldi 'unite In saying that there is no courage like the first courage.' ; ,r " 'Aha,' be answered with quick ness -todev.eiop an idea that Is bis leading "charaeteristlts, 'that is yet another reason why we must win.' His point IS much stronger today than when It was made. One of the many inestimable gifts that America will bring the allies Is a constant supply of this 'first courage,' and it will partialis Include new courage la the domain of general strategy as well as on the stricken field. - "About this same time, too, I nad a long discussion with one of the better educated German soldiers, a mas or High morale aud education. He said: . fW are la the position ol men who Have put all their money into a company and are wondering what is happening to it, but consider that at present the only chance of saving It Is to leave things In the handp of the directors. That cannot go on forever, and it will be very bad for the directors if they .lose our money.' A few daya later I found British officers defending German ar tillery prisoners from a physical at tack by their own Infantry, who were furious at the lack of artillery sup port during tm oattie. "It follows that If this period of the coming summer is bridged, as It will be, thenceforward the scale should swing quite quickly in the allies' favor. American snips, guns, airpiaws sad, Rbove all, nen, will prove drat' an Immovable buttress an-1 luter Ml irresistible ram.'. If this inference is true, we t ma very near to finding a dste fc:- the end of the war. As soon ts the weight is preponderingly against l?)em, the central powers wiii strain er wry nerve to make peace, at any rate before the winter of 1919, which will be America's year." FAVORS APPRKCIATEI). The Fullerton Parent-Teacher. A. nndnlinn wfahAa in AYm-nnn nnnrAMit tion to the members of the bar andi others who acted as jurymen, to Roy Bellows lor services a stage man- ager, to Mrs. Fory, Mr, Burt, Mrs. PIUs, Miss Willett, MJss Klnser and her -high school orchestra, Mrs. WJaarton and) her Camp Fire girls for their splendid help In the pro grams, to Mr, Darby, Mr. Strong, Mr. Page juid Mr. Zimmerman for services, and especially to Mr. Her man Marks for tho use of the Liber ty theatre, during tne two evenings of their home talent entertainment. FOSTER BUTNER, President. The minister mentioned in the following clipping taken - from the Standard, ot Chicago, III., Sb the pas tor who has been called to the Bap tist ch(ureh - of - Roseburg: - "The church at Fowler, Colo., Rev. J. Har vey Gtmn, pa tor, recently gave a reception to the new members re ceived during the present pastorate. Mora new member were present than the older ones. Mr. Gunn has been asked to give the baccalaureate J address at tho high .school this I year." ' ; , , TU! TIMBER IS CLOSED County Wjll Spend $10,000 - For This important Work, , . During Season.. : SAVING TO THE FARMERS Believed Timber Interests? Are Not Paying Just Proportion of Taxes ' and Cruise Will Remedy , This Matter, Is Claim. ' - Perhaps the most Important piece of work accomplished at the session of the county court this week was that of closing the contract for evulslog of a portion of the timber lands in this county, so . that b equitable assessment may be made upon the, properties. Much of the timber in Douglas county is privately owned, and while these interests pro tested) against a cruise, and insisted that they were already paying more than their Just sham of taxes there was a general opinion that ouch, was not the case. . It was only after an exhaustive investigation of the mat ter that the county court 'finally de cided to have a cruise made end plac ed the sum of J10.000 inthe annual budget for starting tine work.' L It will be remembered that a strenuous fight was . instituted again the aTfpropria tion, but it etood and now -the work will be commenced. ? J. H. Bagley, who baa been em ployed to cruise the timber has been in the city during a part of the week closing up tho business preparatory to starting the cruise, and late yester day the contract covering the transac tion was duly signed by Mr, Bagley nnU the court, and the gentleman will file his bead within a few -days for the faith Pill performance of the work. The contract urovldes that only lands carrying 300,00u feet or more per each 40 acres shall b cruised at this time, or classed as timber lands. For orutsing these lands Mr. Bagley will receive a price ot 12 cents oer acre. Lands having less than 300,900 feet of -mercinatttabis timber to each - 40 acres will not be cruised or estimated, but will merelyv be reported in as tarns or more valuable for some oth er purpose. The cruise made by Mr. Bagley will iie: guaranteed to- be within 15 gier cent at the merchant able timber actually apsn the land at the time, and a bond of 5, 000 will be given to make . the ( guarantee good. Should any owner be aggriev ed by the Bagley. cruise, the eon tract provides .tliat a recrulsa shall be made, and for such re-examination of the properties it Jb provided that three cruisers shall be appoint ed. One of them shall be named by the parties complaining, a second by Mr. Bagley, and the third by the two men first chosen, When these three men shall recruise a. tract ot land and the Bagley cruise is found to be within IS per cent of the actual amount of merchantable timber on tho property, then the complaining imrttes must stand the expense It the official crtiise is found! Incorrect hagloy will pay the expense attach ed to the work;' The $5,000 bond covers this phase of -the contract, so that the county is protected against any loss from incorrect erulBlng. - All reports of Mr.. Bagley will be made upon linen or bond paper suit able for binding, and wilt show townehiips and ranges, section Slum bers, nature of the soil, varieties of timber, " corners of sections, roads, railroads, elevation- on every ten acre subdivision, will give valuable Information as to logging conditions, and various other features necessary to getting an accurate valuation of the timber and lands. The tracts to be cruised will be seleced in units of townships by the county eeurt, and it Is agreed that the work shall be completed) by November-1,, 1918. Mr.' Bagley has cruised for sev eral different counties as well as for private corporations, and - ie -is highly recommended by all who have employed him as being strictly reli able and competent to perform the work in a satisfactory manner. He will probably begin ' work east 'of Oakland, working in toward the head ot the Calapoola. . He will employ a crew of eight men.' At least four different localities will be entered by the cruise, in order to get a gen eral line on the timber situation of the county. The other districts pro posed to bo entered are at She BMXuib. ot the Umpqua, a third; at the head of the Coquille river east of the Coos county line. All land cruised! will bo those already on 4he assessment rolls, and the appropria tion wilt take care of approximately 83,000 , acres of timber lands. . - - While the expenditure appears to be large for such work, which -timber barons claim is needless. It Is alleged by officials in touch with the situation that equitable assessments of timber holdings - wilt return thousands of dollars to the public funds that are now lost through undervaluation of a great deal of tha timber lands in Douglas county, and that farmers will benefit thereby. .