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ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON SATURDAY, AUGUST 84, 1018.
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No. 202
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HIT HARD TODAY
Swing Down Upon The Enemy
And Take Many Import-
1 ant Positions
SMASHING HUN LINES
Ountless Guns and Thousands of Ger
man Prisoners Fall Into Hands of
the British Town of Noy on
Is Ready to Fall.
(By Associated Press.) '.
With the British Army in France,
Auk, Si4. The town of Bray, near
Albert, is reported captured this
morning by the British troops, while
the village of Behagnles, two and one
lialf miles north of Bapaume, has
been successfully reached by these
lighting BrltJsliers. Pressing still
further forward it Is reported this
morning that thoy have taken in the
botvn of Becordel and reached the
high ground southwest of Feticourt,
juid in their thrust at the enemy to
day have passed well beyond Happy
Valley, carrying everything before
them, creating havoc among the Gor
man troops and several thousand
German soldiers, token prisoners,
have passed through the cages this
morning belilnd General Byng's army.
Innumerable guns have fallen into
the hands of the British, these being
stacked and are in such great num
ber that no effort whatever is being
made to count them. .
Late roporta received from the
front where the British are actively
engaged today say that they - are
smashing through the German posi
tions tills morning along the entire
front and making excellent progress.
The situation at Thiepval today Is
very uncertain, but LaBotsseUe and
Orvillers have been wrested from the
enemy.
Th- vlllana nt UlMlimnnl. niuiMN
to bo surrounded by flie British who
hayo 4 also reucjie& points, east of
Jieilin, on uie uojuui river, nve iiuiuei
southeast of Arras. Troops have also
reached the outskirts of fftloger and
have already captured JjlfriUem two
miles 'east of'Courcellcs'aiird are still
advancing against-the gnenty, who
are utterly unable to stem the on
slaught made by the British in this
morning's advances. Striding for
ward tills branch of ttie allied army
has "roped" the village of Blofvillers,
and are about ready to make its cap
ture complete, tliough the enemy is
making a desperate effort to save the
city, throwing tlio ,full strength of
their men now engaged at tills par
ticular point into the fight.
With the British Army, Aug. 24.
It Is reported that the Germans have
captured Dranoutre Ridge in the I.ys
salient tills morning on the Flanders
front, but on the other hand the
British troops gained ground in the
same region and fighting continues
heavy and many prisoners have been
tukon everywhere by the Britons.
NOYOX READY TO FALL.
London, Aug 24. The town Noy
on is expected to fall any mbment as
the British third army la advancing
very rapidly, having gone forward
four miles on a 12-mile front, while
the fourth army has taken a position
on the outskirts of Bray early today,
resuming attacks in and near tile Al
bert sector. In tiie last three days
the British have taken 14,000 Ger
roan prisoners. .
GERMANY ENTERS PROTEST.
Amsterdam, Aug. 24. Germany
has energetically protested to Spain's
intention to replace the sunken
Spanish- vessels by interned German
ships.
STORIES ARE FALSE.
Washington, Aug. 24. Members
of the senate military committee were
assured by General March today that
the stories circulated) concerning the
great number of American casualties
ore wholly falsa. The total number
of soldiers embarked has passed the
million and a half mark, so the gen
eral stated today. - , -
FAT WAR JOBS OPPOSED. ,
SALEM, Or., Aug. 23. "Profiteer
ing and not patriotism" was the
charge hurled by Governor Withy
combe today at the securing of fat
Jobs through patriotic organizations.
The declaration came during a meet
ing of the state tax commission. The
executive asserted that, he was op
nosed to the "council of defense.
state board of health, social hygiene
society and toe food administration
giving out high-salaried positions
under the guise of patriotism when
such service should be given more
for loyalty than for pay."
The governor said that recently
one of the bodies mentioned had sug
gested the creation of a place for a
woman at a high salary and he de
clared that sucn mores would not
meet with his approval. Members
of the tax commission declined to
comment upon the position mention
ed by the executive, but it was found
from an outside source that John K.
pollock, secretary of the state coun
cil of defense, has proposed to cre
ate a position of director in charge
of the conservation of labor for the
benefit of war industries, this posi
tion, Including salary, office rent,
and incidentals to cost $300 a month
for the next biennlum. The position
has been offered to Mrs. Winnie
Braden, of Dallas. , t ' i
KlAMATH falls elks
rr in city
A party of Elks from Klamath
Falls arrived In this city last night
in automobiles and left today for
Salem. They were enroute to Port
land where they will attend the state
convention of Elks to be held In
Portland next week. An effort will
be made to have the next Elks con
vention held at Klamath FallB..
The party consisted) of the follow
ing 'members: T. P. Lee,-Frank M.
Upp, C. R. Miller, W. O. Smith, paBt
exaltr ruler, Harry Petty, W. A.
Laund, A, L. Leavitt, G. W. Hous
ton, W. S. Wiley, exalted ruler, C. A.
Hayden, secretary, D. Allen Young,
a. BM. Hall, G. S. Callen, esquire.:
J.B. KING RET
; AN EXTENSIVE TRIP
J. B. King, who has been absent
from this city for the past Ave
weeks, returned to this city last
night. Mr. King went to Akron,
Ohio, in answer to a mesBage an
nouncing the sudden death of his
brother, Ralph King, who was fore
man, of the balloon department of
the Goodrich Company, engaged In
maklngwar balloons for the govern
ment. ..-.
The death .of the unfortunate man
occurred in the pleasure park at
Akron,: Ohio. He was riding In a
scenlo railway car, and in making
the steep ascent one of the safety
devices failed to work and the four
cans which' were attached together
were derailed and fell 50 feet to the
ground. Mr. King and three others
were' killed, seven more were Injur
ed, three of them Beriously.
From Akron, J. B. King went to
Thomasville, Ga., where he visited
for some time with his parents, Mr.
and! Mrs. J. H. King. From there
Mr. King went to Fort Worth, Texas,
and vlBlted with his uncle, J. B. Wil
liams, who owns a large cattle ranch
there.
Mr. King states that ho found
crops good everywhere excepting a
part of northwest Texas, where the
long continued dry spell has made
crops very poor, there is scarcely any
grass and cattle are dying. In Wyo
ming and Idaho there has been plen
ty of rain, the grass 'iB splendid and
cattle are in excellent condition.
Business, Mr. King said, he found
generally very good. People are op
timistic and very determined over
the war.
EUGENE MAN PLACED IN CLASS 1
EUGENE, Aug. 23. E. O. Immel,
attorney-at-law and president of the
'Eugene chamber of commerce, one
of the appeal agents for Lane county,
has been advanced from class 4 to
class 1 in the draft. The district
board in deciding Mr. Immcl's case
applied the recent ruling by the gov
ernment regarding the cases of mar
ried men where the wife is a train
ed worker in some line, in good
health andl without children." Mr.
immel's wife, as stated in his ques
tionnaire, is an experienced school
teacher. .
The action taken by the district
board was deferred until a state
ment from the (provost marshal gen
eral regarding the classification of
Buch cases had been obtained In ad
dition to the announcement of the
miling as promulgated from the of
fice of the adjutant general in Port
land. '
The principal involved in the
Immel case will be the deciding fac
tor in placing a large number of
married men in class 1.
HOUSEWIVES FOR SOLDIERS.
- The Ladies' Aid of the ' Presby
terian church has made and turned
over to the Honor Guard ' enough
housewives" for each and' every one
of the"boys" included in the next
draft call. These will be given to
the soldiers just before leaving. The
ladies have worked hard to furnish
these "housewives" and' have done
so. The boys will be very well fixed
so far as equipment and comfort
are concerned. y
- Sweet Home Is the first town In
the state to pass an ordinance pro
hibiting conversation on its streets in
any but the English language, says
the Brownsville Times.
Former Resident Here.
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MAN-POWER BILL
336 Votes For And Only Two
Against Measure Extend- ,
v ing Draft Age
SEN ATETO VOTE MON DAY
American Aviators Alert and One
y Flyer Brings Down Three Enemy
' Machines In a Single Day
. '.- Italians Take Prisoners.' ''
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ALMOST UNANIMOUS.-'
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. At
a late hour this afternoon the
house went on record favoring
the man power bill by a vote of
336 to 2, which has for its pur-
Ipose the extending V the draft
to all men between the ages of
V 18 and 45. The final vote of
the sdhate on the bill will not
take place until next Monday.
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AMERICAN AVIATORS BUSY.
Washington, Aug. 24. American
aviators have successfully bombed
tiie' railroad yards at Oonflans with
out the loss of a single machine.
THREE GERMAN PLANES FALL.
' With the American' Forces lu
France, Aug. 24. Lieut. Donald
Hudson, of Washington, D. C, is
credited with bringing down throe
German airplanes in one day, accord-:
ing to information received by the!
aepartmenu
THREE MARINES KILLED.
Washington, Aug. 24. Three
American marines were killed and
one wounded in a bloody fight with
bandits In tiie Seibo province of
Santo Domingo August 111. 1 Many of
the bandits were- killed or injured. '
.,2.- '. ENEMY 8UBJ6-ACIVE..r
Canadian Atlantic FortvAug"24.
An 'enemy submarine appearing in a
comparatively narrow stretch of wa
ter on tiie extreme eastern coast yes
terday sank several small craft.
TRAWLER IS DESTROYED..
Washington, Aug. 24. -Naval of
ficers are almost certain that the
trawler, Triumph, has boon destroy
ed by a German prize crew after
playing havoc with the fishing fleets.
It is believed the crew returned to
the submarine. '
ENEMY LOSSES HEAVY.
Rome, Aug. 24. In Albania the
central powers forces yesterday re
newed their attacks from the lower
Semen! river to the heights of Mali
Tomorices, and in -the center the en
emy made progress to tile north of
the .head: of the Buvalica. The etiemy
losscs were very heavy and the Ital
ians took many prisoners.
GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED.
Lima, Aug, 24. Two hundred
Peruvian troops at Ancon have mu
tinied and tiielr leader has issued a
revolutionary manifesto condemning
the government for calling for an Im
mediate declaration of war on Ger
many and the unconditional delivery
of Interned German ships to the
United States and the sending of a
division of , Peruvian troops to
France
NO MORE RESTRICTIONS.
Washington, Aug. ' 24. United
States Food Administrator Hoover
announced today that there would
be no additional - restrictions made
on sugar hi the United States, v..
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BIG FILM AT ANTLERS.
Uncle Sam as a' show man' nas
scored his first hit of the season and
his batting percentage to date is 1000
per cent. The film will be shown at
the Antlers theatre Saturday n'nd
Sunday matinee and night.
"Pershing's Crusaders," the big
United States' government war fea
ture has packed 'every theatre In
New York and other, large cities
where It has been shown, at every
performance. '
The successful debut of Uncle Sam
as a motion picture manager 1b due
undoubtedly to the patriotic desire on
the part of everyone to see exactly
what the government has been- doing
In th war. "Pershing's Crusaders" is
practically a motion picture history
of the year that has elapsed since
the United States declared war on
German. It is a picture that finds an
active response In every home where
there is a father, mother, wife or
sweetheart of a soldier.
C. M. Hedgpeth, of Deer creek,
was in the city today, accompanied
by his wife.
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BEEBE IS APPOINTED. .-.
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(By Associated Press.) - :,
SALEM, Aug. 24. Governor
Wlthycorabe today appointed
Charles F. Beebe, of Portland,
acting adjutant general of the
state of Oregon to succeed1 John
H. i '.Villains, who resigned to
accept a commission as major
In the adjutant general's de-
partment of the regular army,
.and went to Camp Lewis.
TO ENTER TANK SERVICE.
. ' '
- Joe Murphy, of this city, will
leave for, Portland tomorrow
where lie will make an effort to
eirepr the tank Bervice. Mr.
Murphy will be the third Rose-
burg man to make a try for this
service, which speaks very well
for this city, as the "tanks" area
supposed to be the most dan-
gerous branch of Uncle Sam's
fighting forces. Kir. Miurphy has
many friends here whose best
v wishes will go with him.
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. REGISTRATION LIGHT.
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; At 3:30 this afternoon only
seven of the men who have be-
. coma 21 since the last reglstra-
tion June 5, 1918, had register-
eo The first to register was
Clyde A. Wallace, of this city,
the otherB . being George F.
James, of Dlllard; Byron G.
Colter, of Ruckles; Hobart E.
Brown, of Elkton; Chas. W.
tfra, of Ruckles; Ernest V.
v Carter, of Ashland. Mr. Raffety 4
predicted to a News represents-
4 tive that there would be about
36 or 4ft in all. ,
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TODAY HOTTEST OF YEAR.
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According' to a report from
Wm. Bell, local weather -ob-
server,, this has been the hot-
test day this year. The ther-
4 mometer reached a little over 4
4 96 degrees fahrenheit. The day
which was second to thlB for
high, temperature -wag June- 20,- 4
when the thermometer reached
Just 96 degrees. ,,
CASES FILED IN CIRCUIT COURT.
,, John R. Richardson and wife, Sus
an E. Richardson, through their at
torney, George - Neuner, today filed
suit against Alexander Ensley et al
10 quiet title to approximately 500
acres of land In Calapooia valley, a
portion of which ahs been soid to
Chas. E. Keyser, of Kansas City,
who has already taken possession of
the same. t
NO BIDS FOR OAKLAND BRIDGE.
The county oourt met In special
session today to open the bids on
the Oakland bridge. There being no
bids the county road master was orr
dered to proceed to construct the
bridge acocrding to plans and speci
fications already drawn.
Mrs. Fannie M. Bates, whose home
Is on Deer creek, was in the city
last evening for a short visit. Her
health has been very much impaired
of late, but she has now sufficiently
recovered to be about. ,
TOTAL CASUALTIES TO
DATE TOTAL UP 20.444
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.
4 The following casualties are 4
4 reported by the commanding 4
4 general of the American expe- 4
dltlonary forces. The army,
morning- report, kflle'd in nc-
tion, 2; missing in action, 17;
4 severely wounded, 17; 'died of 4
wounds, 4; died from accl-
4 dents on other causes, 6; died 4
4 of disease, 1; wounded in a 4
4 degree yet undetermined, 5; 4
4 taken prisoner, 1. 4
4 The total casualties reported 4
4 in the afternoon were 7 1 . Seven 4
4 were killed In action; 66 were 4
4 severely wounded; 8 died from 4
4 wounds. 4
4 The lists do not contain the 4
4 names of any men from the 4
4 northwestern states. 4
4 Total casualties to date. In 4
4 eluding those In the reports for 4
4 today, are, killed in action, (In- 4
4 eluding 291 at sea) 4212: died 4
4 from, wounds, 1260; died of 4
4 disease, 1694; died of accidents 4
4 or other caaises, 715; wounded 4
4 in. action, 10,476; missing In 4
4 action including men taken 4
4 prisoners, 2187. . Total casual- 4
4 ties to this time, 20,444. 4
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VALLEY HOLD FAIRS
Splendid Industrial Club Ex
hibits And Great Inter
. est Is Shown ,
LARGE CROWDS PRESENT
Ij. P. Harrington and Airs. -lennie
. Kemp Make the Principal Ad
dressesBasket Dinner and '
General Good Time. '
The community fairs held at Cur
tin Tuesday and at Scotta Valley yes
terday were most decidedly success
ful, according to Supt. O. C. Brown,
who returned to this city last even
ing. Mr. Brown stated to a News rep
resentative ' this morning that al
though It Is a very busy tithe In each
of these sections there was a splea
did crowd at each fair. -
At Curtin there were about twelve
Industrial club boys audi girls who ex
hibited and the exhibits were nil
splendid. A very great interest
was taken by the club members.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Griggs hauled her poultry ex
hibit on a hand wagon for two miles.
This is typical of the great Interest
that Is being taken by the boys and
girls all over the county. .
Although at Curtin there was road
work, mill work and harvesting go
ing on, yet the school house waB full
and a splendid meeting was held.
The principal speakers were L. P.
Harrington, industrial club . Held
worker, from the state school super
intendent's department at Salem, and
Mrs. Jennie Kerop, of Portland, held
agent for the federal food' adminis
tration. Short talks werp made hy
other members of the visiting party
who were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hurd,
Superintendent and Mrs. O. C.
Brown and Mrs. A. C. Marsters, of
this city, Pror, Peterson, and Prof.
Kadderley, of the Oregon Agricul
tural College. !
- A permanent fair organization was
perfected with Mr. Brlmhall as presl
dehFand Mfi."Hoy Griggs, secretary.
At ScottB Valley,, harvesting was in
full blast,' but notwithstanding this
a large crowd was present. There
were twelve Industrial. club exhibitors
and the exhibits were splendid'. . A
permanent - organization was not
formed here as it is the intention at
Scotts Valley to units' with the Yon
calla community fair organization, as
they are close to that town. '
Practically the same program was
carried out In Scotts Valley as at
Qurtln. In each place an elegant
basket dinner was spread. Mr. and
Mrs Hurd and Superintendent and
Mrs. Brown left for Yoncalla this
morning where the community fair
will be held today. . ' .
IN COW CREEK NEAR BYERS
MIbs Grace Kouns waB drowned
yesterday while In bathing in Cow
creek near her home at Byers, about
nine miles south of Riddle.- The un
fortunate young woman was unable
to swim and ventured out too far.
Although the body waB recovered- in
ten minutes after it had gone down
and every effort '. made to restore
breathing, It was of no avail.
Miss Konins was 18 years old and
the only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Kouns, both of whom survive her.
She was a lovely character and leaves
a host of frlendp whose sympathy is
extended to the heartbroken father
and mother. The funeral will be
held Sunday with Interment In the
Oiendale cemetery.
Coroner M. E. Ritter was called to
the scene of the sad occurrence last
evening, but an Inquest was deenioi
unnecpssary.
VISITING AT MARSHFIELD. '
Warren Reed and his soorotary. J.
13. Fickle, came down from Reedsport
last evening on business and to see
Harry McKeown's new Super-Six
and what kind of a chauffeur he is
making. He mot them at the train
with the car and demonstrated that
he could "step-on her" as well as
keep her Inside the speed limit, Bays
.the Coos Bay Times
Mr. Reed said that the Johnson
mill and the Loud mill are now op
erating at a good pace and that con
struction of the new Hubbard mill is
progressing well. Four or five new
logging camps are being started to
Insure a log supply for tlio plants.
The run of salmon Is a little light
now, being the off-season. However,
they have had a very. good season.
The Increased cost of fish and sup
plies is leaving the canners a nar
row margin. ,
The canning of special , fish, the
small ones, is coming along nicely
and they are receiving many com.
pllments on the samples. The labeU
for the new variety will arrive in
about ten days, enabling the mar
keting of the first of the Output.
This la the first time on the Ump
qua that they 'have attempted to put
up the small fish. Recently the run
of the small fish in the Umpqua has
been a trifle erratic.
Mr. Reed and Mr. Fickle will leave
tomorrow for home and declare that
everyone desirous of seeing a real up
and coming community should ac
company them back.
T. J.- Conway,( examiner of the
V. 8. government employment ser
vice, department of labor, Portland,
and R. R. Howard, employment sec
retary Astoria Marine Iron Works,
are in the city endeavoring to se
cure help from the non-essential In
dustries. They are making a tour
of the principal towns of the Btate
in this endeavor. At Medford 11
men were secured, at Grants Pass six,
and have already secured six from
this city. These gentlemen will be
at the Umpqua hotel tomorrow from
ten o'clock a. tn. till noon, and would
be glad to meet anyone desiring to
secure employment. They are being
assisted here by Dr. C. H. Bailey, of
the local labor office.
THINKS ROSEBUHG FINE TOWN;
The following letter was received
at this office from Jack Carson, ad
vance agent for Barnum & Bailey,
who visited this city recently:
"Having received your paper, I
wish to say a few words in refer
ence to your town and piper. Hav
ing been in every city in the United
States, I must admit that I really
haven't come, aoross a cleaner and
finer town than Roseuurg and In a
few words to The Evening News I will
say, that the people of Roseburg have
a newspaper that gives them the real
news from over there and over hero,
and should try their best to support
it to their greatest extent,"
OCT ON CAMPAIGN.
A large party of business men of
Klamath Falls passed through this
city today enroute to northern (joints.
They are all officers of the! Elks
lodge of that city. Their main pur
pose is to secure the Elks convention
of the grand lodge which' will be held
later In the year for Klamath Falls.
Mr. Smith stated when accosted by
a News representative this morning,
that the prospects are very good and
that he Ib looking forward to a woll
attended convention and most Inter
esting, time. ., .. . .. ii-i.. ,
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EASTERN EDITOR HERB.
H. B. Hale, editor' of the East
Hartford, Conn., Gazette, and wife
stopped! In Roseburg last night on
their way south after attending the
G. A. R. convention, In Portland.
They will Btop tonight at Ashland,
and from there go to San FranciBco
the following day, K. B. Newall, a
Civil war vetoran, Is a moraber of
the pni ty. 1 Mr, Newell celebrated his
seventy-eighth birthday while orosK
fng the mountains last Woitncsriuy
RED CROSS SOCIAL SUCCESS.
- The Red Hill branch of the Yon
calla Red Cross auxiliary gave a box
social lost Friday night fop the bene
fit of the Red CroBS, and although
but 14 boxes t were sold1, 54 .was
realized from, their sale. One box
sold for 12, The little branch at
Red Hill certainly deserves great
credit for the splendid showing It
has made.
VISITING AT STEWART HOME.
W. W. Flood arfd wife, of Chicago,
III., are visiting nt the home of the
latter's sister, Mrs. D. J. St.nvart,
In thlB city. Mr. Flood, who was a
veteran of the Civil war, has been at
tending the annual O. A. R. encamp
ment at Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
Flood will spend some time In this
city. - - -
FINED FOR SPEEDING.
Earl Davis and Charles Cummlngs,
Troth of Winchester, were fined In
the recorder's court today for speed
ing. It being Davis' Becond offense
he was fined (13, Cummlngs b?lng
fined only 96 for his first offense. The
young speeders were both riding mo
torcycles., ' . ,
WILL ATTEND ELKS CONVENTION
District Attorney George "Neuner
will leave for Portland this evening
to attend the Elks' convention to be
held there next weok. Mr. Neuner
Is exalter rulter, of the Roseburg
lodge of Elks. . ...-....
RETURNS FROM TACOMA.
Rev. J W. Blaokwell, who has
boen spending the past two weeks at
his formor home in Tacoma arlrved
in this city enroute to Ten Mile to
dav. Rev. Blackwell is in charge of
the Ten Mile M. E. church circuit.
GOVERNMENT LABOR
OFFICIALS IN ROSEBURG
MUSI HAVE HELP
Pears On Hand
Will
Be Lost
Girls
Unless Women
. Save The
And
Day
NATION NEEDSTHE FRUIT
Good Wages Can Be Made and the
. , Work la Not Hard This Is
. . a Chance to "Do
lour Bit."
The local cannery Is facing a seri
ous situation now in regard to help
and unless the women and girls of
Roseburg come to the rescue there
will be tons of pears lost. At pres
ent there are 100 tons of Bartlett
pears at the cannery and 60 tons
more will be received Monday. Quite
a number of helpers have been sc
oured already, but the number is far
too small to hand'le the situation. .
Mr. Henderson stated tils morn
ing that many women when read
ing the call for help would treat It
lightly, thinking that there would be
plenty of others who would answer
the call, but Mr. Henderson state
that Cuoh is not the case 'and be
wlBhes that every woman who can
possibly ao so would consider the
matter seriously and offer her , ser
vices, Girls already employed, stat
ed Mr. Henderson, are earning two
dollars per day, each, and that with
a little more experience they will do
better. The government has adnrls
ed the manager of the Roseburg can-
nery that heavy demands will be
made upon them for Bartlett pears,
and has asked that not a pear be
allowed to go to waste,
j This Is a time of great conserva
tion along all lines, and it is the pat
riotic duty of Ell who can to do -their
bit at this time. ' It is hoped and
felt that the women and girls of
Roseburg will rally to the situation
and give every moment of time, pos
ihiA tn helm save the magnificent
pear crop of thlB county, The Rose
burg tannery is filling a low. lelt
want In this oitfy, but no plant can
long exist without an adequate op
erating force. . - ,
i. Fruit Is very perishable and unless
help can be secured thousands of dol
lars will be lost, and the foodl tup
ply will be weakened. Mr. Hender
son stated today that It will he ab
solutely necessary in order to save
the pears to operate the plant Bun
days, and desires that all who pos
sibly can work on that day. Remem
ber If you want to do your bit, now Is
the time to do so.
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WILL MOVE TO IDAHO.
' Mrs. L. 0. Whlttlngton and ion,
Benjamin, of Ten Mile, were attend-
l , hnalnui 'mattAr In this CitV
today. Mrs. Whlttlngton and chil
dren will leave y auto in a iew
daya to Join Mr. Whlttlngton at
n-ina Tilnltn notip tfwhlnh cltV - the
family will reside. Mr. Whlttlng-
cle of friends, who regret their de-
.. - 1, whnitA hAHt Wishes ffO
with them to their new home. Tho
farm tenanted by Mr. wmiuinmoii
will be in charge of Its owner. T. J.
Williams, formerly olty marshal :f
Roseburg.
NOTIFIED OF AUNT'S DEATH. .
Sergeant Leavitt, of the marlnos,
who is stationed in this city, today
ilin Announcement of the
death of his aunt, Mrs. Dora Her-
ron, who resides in portionu. in
deceased had been In poor health
. ... n Sh vcon ti t. Leavitt
will be unable to attend the funeral
which will be held In Portland to
morrow. ADVISK8 STOCK MEN. ,.
W. B. Ayer, state food admlnlstra
t. nniiA,l attAtiHnn. tn the fact
LUli I1H i..vu
that dtalrymen and other stock men
will do well to lay in meir supply l
-nnA maul In thA nAAT future
as he predicts the stock food situa
tion will be a serious one.
WORKERS ASK $1 PER HOUR.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Skilled
workers In the shipbuilding indus
try of the country ihave presented
"friendly demands" to the labor ad
justment board of the shipping board
for Increase of wages to II an hour,
double time for all overtime, Satur
day half holidays throughout the yoar
and 10 per cent bonus ror an nigm
shop work. The present wage Is ap
proximately 75 cents an hour.
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REV. MATHIS WILL PREACH.
Hev. R. E. Mnthis, of DIxonvTlle,
will occupy the pulpit of tho First
M. B. otvurch, of this olty, Sunday
morning in the place of tile pastor.
Rev, J. C. Spencer, who Is absent
from! the city. . ' . .