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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. .