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THE WEATHER ,
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. , County. ,
Highest temp; yesterday....... .67
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ROSEBCTM3, DOUGLAS COUNTS, OBEGONTIJESDAY, JANUARY 88, 1010.
NO. 24
BELFAST AT MERCY
OF
STRIKING MOBS
Two Hundred Thousand Lab
orers In United Kingdom
Have Quit Shops.
SPARTICANS IN SADDLE
Wllhelmshaven In Hands of Bods
IBanks Taken Over Turks and
Allies Slaughter Armenians
By the Thousands.
(Bjr Associated Press.)
LONDON, Jan. 28. It Is estimated'
1 nearly two hundred thousand men
: and women In the United Kingdom
and Ireland are lying Idle at thlB
i present time," due to "strikes lit var
ious branches ot Industry, and the
situation created is one of the most
serious that has confronted the gov-
i eminent in) many years, It is alleged.
Half of the striking .workers are In
Belfast, Ireland, audi the city Is In
a state of terror over the situation.
SPARTAOUS BOB UP.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 28. Sparta
can troops have overturned the. gov-
. ernment at Wllhelmshaven, Germany,
where they have occupied the banks
and public buildings., , Leaders of the
opposition party to Spartacan regime
have been ordered courtmatialed. The
railway traffic to and from Wilhelms-
. haven has been. stopped.
RESTRICT IMMIGRATION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The
house Immigration committee has
tentatively approved legislation pro
hibiting general Immigration for four
years following the signing of peace
treaties.
SLAUGHTER ARMENIAN'S.
' LiONDON, Jan. 28 Intense anxiety
is felt In Armenian circles In London
over the reports that large bodies
of Turkish troops have jojmett Tartar
' bands and are attacking Armenian
i villages. It is reported from credit
' able sources that twenty thosanu Ar
menians were slaughtered at ' Eaku
- and vicinity after Turks, Tartars and
' Germans took the city.
WILL FIGHT POLES.
PARIS, Jan. 28. Two corps o f
German troops have 'been assembled
by the general staff to take the -field
against alleged' aggression . of the
Poles, It Is reported. .
HUNDRED MILLION ASSURED,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Enactment
of the bill appropriating one hundred
million dollars for relief of hungry
Europeans is completed. The house
has adopted the conference report ac
cepting the senate's amendements to
the measure. , ......
berry culture is a light, profitable
Industry, adapted . to the smaiinouie
places of the county where soil con
ditions are favorable which meanB
wherevere the grounu Is loose, free
and well drained. Mr. Boyles reports
a half crop the first season, after
which he harvests three full crops
before plowing under the patch. By
renewing his plantation each year he
always has several acres in fuil bear
ing. . . - . .
SOUVENIRS ARE
SENT TO FATHER
A collection of souvenirs, contain
ing emblems of all the alllei nations,
has been received by Oomandant R.
C. IMarkee, of the Soldiers' Home,
from his son, Prank, who is In the
service at the Panama Canal. The
young man has been making a stud
ied collection Of war trophies obtain
ing the material from returning sol
iliorn and has a very valuable show
ing. In addition to the emblems he
has buttons of various branches of
the service and sampleB of American
and German ammunition, picked up
on the battlefields of France and Bel-
glum. '
BELGIANS SUFFER
People Have Little Idea of
the Barbarous Treatment
By Hun Captors.
Wanted at Dunsmuir, Calif., on a
charge of Grand. Larceny and Forg
ery, W. P. Brantley, alias P. R. Mur
phy, self-pronounced real estate buy
er, timberman and oil king, Is now
reposing peacefully in the county jail
while local officers are waiting to see
how many more localities have been
"stung" by the smootn operator, x
telegram received by Marshall Sham-
Drook gives a complete and accurate
dlBcrintlon of the. would be timber
'buyer, and states that he 1b badly
wanted in that locality. It Is evident
that since pulling off the deal In the
California city he has been loafing
HURCHES WERE RAZED
RED FLAG BILL IS
RepresentativeGordon Alleges
Organizations Tempor
izing With' I. W. W.
ORDERS NARVA RETAKEN
Lenlne, Reported Captured nomc
Days Ago, at Battle of Narva,
. Directing Army Operations.
, Contracts Cancelled. " .
Local Resident Receives Letter From
Unole Telling of Sufferings oi ;
.' Villagers Endured During
the Great War.
Mr. John E. Callewaert, formerly
a resident of Belgium, but now em
ployed in the local 8. P. yards, has
just received a letter from his uncle,
r,..i.. noiiownort of Swevezeele, Bel
gium, in "answer to" ah "Inquiry Bent
by the former in regain "
1.1. ioHvpb. The letter gives some
very interesting description of war
time Belgium ana: we hjiiu6"
people there.) Mr. Callewaert wrote
m Whuhlneton shortly after the sign
ing of the armistice asking for pass
ports tO gO to niB OIU xiuuw w
for his relatives but permission was
refused him. The letter received
from his uncle follows: - '
Dear Nephew:' Your esteemed let
ter came to hand on the 8th of De
cember, by which I see you are still
living and' doing well. About the war
news I am quite sure that during the
four years you were iar oener in
formed of the greater events than
we, because every paper we had came
through the German censor and was
exposed and explained in their favor.
But we here Know Deuer inau "
mr thero -what we had to suffer.
As for me, I came through good tho
I had but to small fines and was not
put In jail, However, i was oiien m
danger.
You kno-w all we got was required,
inclurllne cooner. wool, tin, wheat,
rye. oats, butter, meat, all veget
ables, etc. Gendarmes and special
man WArn Ahnrcradi to visit all hOUSCS
and places, from tof to 'bottom, and
even to dig the gardens or any place
where they supposed something was
hidden. If anything was found, so
much to pay, and so long in prison
was the penalty. Anyone who has
not been here cannot helieve how
barblsh they treated the civil popu
(By Associated Press. 1
oit.w .Tun. 28. Representatives
of organized labor yesterday blocked,
temporarily at least, ine ima6o
the Gordon red flag act In the house.
In speaking of the Issue Kepresenmi.
ivo Onrdon stated that organized la
bor' is apparently disposed to tem
porize iwlth the aisioyai, - iruumo-
maklng element, and aiiegeu inai
"they protest against me x. n-
and Bolshevik! element on every oc
casion, yet systematically oppose all
legislation against those undesir
ables." The bill was re-referred to
the Judiciary committee. The Gor
don bill has for its object the for
bidding of carrying red flags on the
streets or in parades. ... ...
Late in the afternoon the house
inHii-inrv azaln reuorted the anti-Red
Flag bill out of committee unchanged
and a bitter fight is on in the house
over the measure.
MONINE MUCH ALIVE.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 28. That Le
nlne Is still actively engaged In dl
recting the destinies of the Russian
government is indicated In reports
I which say that the Bolshevlkl leader,
! ordered his troops to retake the town
: i of Narva within a week, sack the
place and Kill all Bourgeoise resi
dents. FAILED AT TULGAS.
ARCHANGEL, Jan. 28. Bolshe
vik! troops failed Sunday night in
their attempt to drive United States
and allied forces from the positions
at Tulgas on the Dvina river. During
Sunday the Russians had bombarded
the allied positions with . heavy ar
tillery. -
SHIP 'CONTRACTS CANCELLED.:,
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28; Ship
building contracts aggregating fifty-
one1 million of dollars, held by Cali
fornia builders, have 'been cancelled
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Work on thirty-four ships now on the
wayB or Boon to have been started
Is- stopped hy the order.
JURORS ARE SCARCE.
PORTLAND, Jan. 28. No Jurors
have yet been secured in the Albers
trial. It Is understood that the de
fense will claim that Henry Albers,
millionaire German mill owner, who
Is on trial for alleged violation of
the espionage act. was drunk at the
time he is said' to have made sedit
ious utterances. .
ItOLSHEVIKI CONFIDENT.
ARCHANGEL, Jan. 28. Refugees
fleeing from Shenkursk have stated
that the Bolshevlkl troops have burn
ed the town and killed the inhabit
ants. The Bolshevlkl army is pre
paring for another attack. -
-. BOOZE SHIPMENT INTACT,
, '
S. P. Agent Frank Rogers, ar-
rived in the city today from Al-
toany at which place ne turnea
over tl; shipment of booze that
was detected and followed thru
the state, delivering it to Spec-
lal Agt. Cotturrl ana i;nanaier.T
The shipper, George Fenton,
alias George Thomas, of Brem-
erton, Wash., was arrested at
Corvallls by U. S. Special Agent
Jones. Fenton placed' the auto v
containing 188 quarts of booze
In a box oar at Medford and con-
signed the shipment Corvallls.
He was arrested this morning
and the liquor confiscated by
the officers at Albany. Mr. Rog-
ere denied the rumor that the
whlBkey had been removed and
stated that it checked With the
figures turned over at Grants
Pass were he took charge, of
the car.
take another squint at the carefully
guarded hop product, it was found
that the consignment had totally dis
appeared, the auto and' Its contents
having iparted company, the vehicle
to go In, to Its .owner, the booze to
stop somewhere along the Southern
Pacific Railroad, between nosepurg
and Albany.
along the- line and running out of
f undB decided to try his hand,in Rcse-
burg. Just wnat oisposuion mu ue iation. but a great deal of our popu
ascertained.
VERY PROFITABLE
El
Julius RiddleTellsof Program
Given By Ambulance Com
pany In Germany.
BIG FEED AND DANCE
XPLOSION OCCURS
AT MOO
A mixture of gasoline and water,
an alcohol lamp and a copper con
tainer, flmired' in a small explosion
late yesterday afte-noon said explo
sion breaking out a coupie oi winuow
nanus, wrecking a number ot test
tubes and darkening th? walls In a
corner of the science laboratory, at
the local high school. Several of the
Btudents were making a, test and in
rtolnir so used some water into which
someone had carelessly poured a
nuantitv of gasoline. The test canea
for hot water and It was only a few
moments until "something started
Glass tubes were thrown about pro
miscuously and glass panes were
shattered. A small fire started, but
was oulckly auellod by the students
who failed to become exolted. With
the Are apparatus in run piay tne
fire- alarm: for -the bulldlnBtwaslthen
sounded and the pupils marched out
In perfect order. , , ;
OAKLAND RESIDENT : :
DIES IN FRISCO
made of the case Is not yet definitely I iati0n' has made fortunes curing the
war hv eivlne sunners. dinners ana
soirees for the officers. Those who
waia allowed to go and- ome where
they wanted, doing business and trade
on a Dig scale, partly ior me om
cers and partly for themselves, were
fortunate and got along nicely. I was
rather hated by the Germans.
Concerning the family I have seen
Jullen Caunepul and he 1b a fine,
good looking soldier and has not been
wounded. Uncle Leurie and Aunt
Valeri are all right, living from their
Income, between the'village and Ha
tion. Old' Vandoome died in Au
gust last, all the other are in good
health and have made money during
the war.
The churches of Arvoye, Cools
camp, Eeghern, Beveren, Llchterwel
ve, lay flat on the ground, blown up
by dynamite or shot down by artil
lery. Belgium U but a plaything.
TO
NEAR BEER USERS
(By Assoclatbd Press.1 '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 The food
f'dministrcllo'i announced today that
President Wl'oon signed a proclama
tion in Paris, January 23, removing
heretofore eisxting war time restric
tions on the manufacture of socalled
:iflar Beers. '
A telegram received' yesterday
afternoon 1y A. F. StearnB, of Oak
land!; announced the deatn or nis
brother, John Stearns, aged 62 years,
a pioneer of Douglas county. The
telegram was from T. R. 8herldan,
formerly a banker in Roseburg, who
found Mr. Stearns ill with Influenza
at San Francisco, and had' taken him
to a hospital where he was given ev.
orv attention. Improvement was rap
id until a short time before his death
which occurred very unexpectedly.
John Stearns was born and raised
in the vicinity of Oakland and had
been engaged in farming ana otner
business In that locality lor tne great
er nart of his life. He owned con
siderable real estate t,here and had
always made It his home, leaving only
a few weeks ago to attena to Busi
ness in San Francisco. He is surviv-
bv four brothers, A. F. Btoarns,
of Oakland; Judge L. B. Stearns, or
Portland: R. L. and George Stearns,
of Oakland. The latter left last
night for Sari Francisco where he
will take charge or tne Doay ana win
return with it to Oakland where In
terment will take place. .
Had Elaborate Banquet and Program
Followed By a Dance in WMcn ;
tho Members of tho Com
pany Heartily Joined.
The following letter has 'been re
ceived from Julius Kiddie,- w ui v.."
163rd Ambulance Co. now In the
Army of Occupation. The letter is
very Interesting as it given "' -
gram , ot ineir .- urioviuno . -which
from the accounts was a most
enjoyable accession. The letter fol-
',01t?o'o lMnthor; Christmas 1818 Is
history to us now, but we still have
. -a I. '.Un rrnnA lima WA
a memory oi n, m -had
in the evening, and some of us
are pretty sore from connecting up
with a (boxing glove, but to begin
right I had my uBual Christmas
present, K. P..,' so that night before
Xmas,. Tommy Belli Baldwin and
myself baked Jam Tarts. They were
the mince pie and apple dumplings
for the dinner. Midnight came and
we were better than half finished, bo
we had' time off and prepared a little
rtinnari '.for we. ,us & Co. While
butchering the meat for the roast,
Tom saved out three tenderloin
steaks. We smothered them In some
onions, added -trench fried spuds,
country gravy, and you can Bee that
we had a real meal'. I had all the
wrlnkleB out ot my tummy right then
ror the first time In ages. We dind't
do any work for about an hour till
Ik,, npnaanrn lAt lin: 1 - ? " ' ' ' '
Four Bells and all the work finish
ed' and I hit for the hay.. Sleep?
i surely did until about 12:00 the
next noon. 1 '
Two o'clock and the big feed came
off. Mashed nctatoes, Roast Deer,
uraw.. Dresslne. Bread and Butter
and chocolate. . After we had suc
ceeded In putting most of that away
they brought In .two jam Turnovers,
a hiir.nake;.of-chocolate, and a pack-
niro of nlararettes. Wasn't very much
doing the reBt ot the afternoon, ay.
Just laid around and wondered Just
why we naa eaten so mucn. xuuu
the Bhow. It was some show, made
up In a mighty short time; and with
very little to work with, and the beat
of It all, It was darned goo.d. I'm
sending you a program and will ex
plain It to you.
1. AssemDiy.
Souvenir Program '
163rd Ambulance Company
Christmas 1918 Coblenz, Germany
"The Watch on the Rhine'
. Menu: , .
Entrees
horse, using boxing gloves. "Inky '
got three out of five falls and I went
down to defeat. ' : ' -
7. Litter Drill. Hard Tack and
Gold FlBh A fake boxing match be
tween Gus Alasker and O'Brien, Gus
is long and slim, while O'Brien is
mighty short and chunky. They were
under the able direction of Red Shipley,-
and it waB a knock-out.
8. Sitting down exercises. Just all
singing. Talk about noise, we surely
made It. ;
9. Pay day Ed Shipley as Santa
Clause gave out presents. A scream
was all there waB to it. He handed
out some slams to some of tne best
known of the bunch and then gave
out the packages from the Y. M. C
A. and Red Cross. - -
10. Soupy. Hot chocolate, sand
witches and cookies. Then the or
chestra played, while we danced. Say,
it was some dance, me as the lady
was rather popular. All In all we
had a day that we will remember.
We have hopes of keeping up those
entertainments about once a week,
and so was finished Xmas day in
Coblenz, Germany. , . i
Everything is coming to us now-
except those elusive orders to em
bark. They will drift around some
day. Love to all,
" - 1 - .niT.Tiis
The Cox boys mentioned In the
letter are nephews of L, G. Barnes,
a local barber.
WHAT'STHEMATTER
WITH ROSEBURG
Need of Commercial Club Is
. Expressed By Former
Mayor of the City.
MUST TAKE INTEREST
Local Oommercial Club Has Not Even
'. Postage Stamps With "Which to
, Answer Letters Asking for
. . Current Information. ,
PROPOSE TO GIVE
Organized Effort Under Way
to Get Recognition For
the Men In Army. '
Other crops In Douglas County are
equally as profitable as prunes, ac
cording to J. M. BOyies, OI mjruo
Creek, locally known as the Straw
berry King of the county. His re
cords show a net profit of $200 an
acre over a aeries of years equiva
lent to a dollar a crate net since the
yield runs 200 crates to tne acre. air.
Boyles ships tne urst -uregon uer
rloo to Portland' each year and re
ceives a high price for them. The
' first crate in 1918 brought ?5.35.
Douglas county Is the earliest pro
1iia rilntrlct in the state which per
mits her grapeB, tomatoes and ber
ries to reach a high-priced market a
week to ten days ahead of competing
flintricta In the northwest.
The Gold Dollar has proven the
most satisfactory and (profitable var
iety with Mr. Boyles because it Is a
surer, heavier and earlier cropper
and stands warm weather -better than
other varieties. The harvest month
Is May. but continues over two mon
ths when the season permits. Straw-
ESCAPES OFFICERS
Word was received at Edenbower
thlB week of the marriage of Miss
Irene M. Crittenden, former postmis
tress at that place, to Luther Hodges,
also a former resident of Edenbower.
The wedding occurred at Loi Angeles
but Mr. and Mrs. Hodges are now
living near Canyonville on what Is
known as the Jack Wilson place. The
Canyonville ranch was bought by Mr.
Hodges, Sr., in the fall, and shortly
after the wedding the young people
returned to Oregon and toon up their
abode on the farm.
Chocolate Sweets
ONE YEAR PAY FOR ALL
Men Who Were Willing Served at
$!IO, Whilo Those Remaining at
Home Drew Big Checks, En
titled to Consideration.
TO
If a certain persistent rumor 1b to
be believed, several officers are today
.iin.imr tlmlr minds to revert to. the
old childhood legends of "Mother
Hubbard only m tniB caso we
hnna" lakes the form of a modern
and much sought after shipment of
booze. For several days a car load
of booze nas oeen irancu num Cali
fornia Line Into the State and at
Roseburg a careful peep acquaimeu
the officers with the fact that It was
still Intact. The booze was cached
in an automobile, which In turn was
loaded Into a box car consigned to a
Willamette Valley City. After the
contents had been noted an officer
decided to trail the shipment and so
has been guarding it very diligently
In RAA that it waB properly delivered
to the owner who, it was planned,
should be Invited- to become the guest
of the State for a period of time.
Rumor, however, has it that the best
laid plans "oft times go astray" and
Word has been received by th
Oregon committee on reception of the
nliilnrs. sailors and marines that the
66th Coast Artillery, which Includes
approximately 1000 Oregon boys, will
reach New York this week and will
he sent temporarily to Camp Dlx,
Nnv Jersey. This information Is con
tained In a dispatch rrom aenaior
McNary who has been endeavoring
to have tho boys routed to Camp
Iewls for discharge by way of Port
land. From Camp Dlx the men will
be sent to their homes In Bmail de
tachments, according to the present
plan. Senator McNary states that the
first Information relative to the rout
ine of the Oregon boys by way of
Portland will be Issued by the war
department February 1. The regi
ment Is" aboard a slow transport, tho
Haverford, and about hair of the or
ganization will disembark Thursday,
according to present arrangements.
rar " ne tt ,he coM,ty
Roast Beef . ' Mashed Potatoes
Gravy Dressing
Bread Butter
Deserts
Jam Tarts
Cigarettes
Entertainment:
Assembly 7:00 p. m.
Reveille By the Band.
First Aid Lieut. Sapper.
Sick Call Agony 4.
- iPntiiriio Gold Dust Twins.
Close Ordor Drill I. O. Dine & C.
C PI!'"- .
Litter Drill Hard Tack & Gold;
Fish. '
- Setting Down Bxerclse-N. E. Body
Pay Day. i '
Spupy. ; ' -', --.
, Taps. - '''
2. Roveille. 1
The Band. And some band. Jyppo
Warner on the claronet, Castro on
the Violin, and Cllf Moran on tne
Piano, and that was the band, abso
lutely the best In the Army of Occu
pation. Play either with or without
music, It was an me same.
3. First Aid.
Lieut. Sapper. 1. Aid. A snappy
short talk by the Lieutenant. - He Is
good, and no kidding. Tho follows
would do a whole lot ror mm, or uny
of our Lieutenants now. for that mat
ter. Needless to say that nrst Aia
lecture was about anything except
medicine or the Army.
4. Rick Call.
Agony 4. Only the four died down
in two. Bud Green and Cliff Jope.
Two of America's intelligent Preach
ers sons, both with trained voices, bo
they sang and it was better than
eood.
6. Fatigue. Gold Duat Twins.
The tow Cox boys in a ooxing
match. You havo heard of them,
They are twins, and almoit exactly
alike. Howard Cox has dandy trot
work and an even temper "Dingbat"
(Harold) hasn't the foot work and
has a dandy temper, so It was a good
match.
c f'o'p Order Drill. T. O. Dl:
& C C PHI. Red Wa'MiJ and
Harry Forsythe, the heavy men, both
of them in a boxing match. Old man
Kamel ant in his work on Rod and ho
ran hopelessly out of wind In tho
third round. Here they put In an
extra number. Had 'Inky" Burrows
and myself astradle of a wooden
horse, and the Idea was to see wno
That a movement Is on foot to re
cognize the anlondld service of the
two million or more men who made
nn the areat national army, more
than halt of whom were In the over
nnnn Hat-vice when the armistice waB
signed. Novembef 11, 1918,. is Indi
cated In an organized effort that is
being made to get congress to enact
legislation allowing the soldlerB a
bonus of a year's pay. What is known
as the Shafer Plan 1b -taking shape
and In a leaflet sent out an appeal
is made for everybody to urge their
congressmen and, senators to
this measure. . ...
. The circular says:
This Is a moral issue. The men
of the service worked or fought night
and day for whatever the Govern
ment chose to pay themj tney did not
strike, neither did they get ten per
cent plus. They only obeyed orders.
The only record wo have of a whole
company disobeying orders was that
one of our companies were cnarging
the Huns and the officers gave orders
to halt, but they captured several
German dugouts before obeying mm.
At a public mass meeting 'held in
tho Armory Hall, the Shafer Plan
was discussed and voted on. Every
one present voted to request Congress
to enact a law In accordance witn tne
plan.
, .Borne ipeople oppose the plan be
cause it will cost the Government
three billion dollars, saying . that
we are not able to stana It. Sucli
statements are an Insult t tho flag,
for our expertB tell us that It would
have cost .us over twenty-five
billion off by an average in
rlod the war on several years longer
and they further state that we could
have financed it for a number or
years under our same Liberty Bond
plan. . Now, taxes, don't faint, for
our generation could pay the three
) billion , off 'by an average in
creased tax of Just one dollar' per
year for each person of the U,
Our great country Is not bankrupt:
no, far from it. A vast amount of
the money ,we have borrowed has
been Invested in permanent improve
ments and bonds of our allies and
should we disposed to do so we can
colloct the balance from Germany,
Our government -IB better off nnan-
clally than any government or insti
tutlon in the world today. -
Others oppose it, saying that It
would put too much money in the
hands of the irresponsible, well
when you hear a man talking like
that, he either does not know what
clasa of men are In the service or
he in one of those kind of men that
asked every one of his friends to
sign his or her son's exemption card
while your boy or brother was going
to the front to defend humanity.
There Is no charity In this plan
It will only give the men what they
have earned' thrice and a very small
portion of what they deserve. How
much would we havo had If it had
not been for the men of the sorvlce
Would It be giving our service men
a fair deal to only give them a one
month bonus, when their commercial
competitors have saved a few thous
and dollars for a rainy day, while
the gates of our national treasury
were swung wide open rrom ne-
v T
' (By Napoleon Rice.)
Why do we, the Citizens of Rose
burg and DouglaB County act as it
we did not care whether anyone ever
came to our county with capital to
develope our resources or to cultivate
our lands and nulla nomes. we never
send an Invitation to anyone to come
and if. a stranger writes, as many ot , r
them are doing, for Information there
is no one to answer their inquiry.
Those letters are thrown in the waste ,
basket or filed away In hopes that we .
will wake hp to our own interest as
well as to the interest of the Homo
seeker. Who wants to come Into- a -community
that acts as if they, did
not care whether they came or not. -
If you write a letter to a party and
he does not show courtesy enough .
to answer, you will likely look to '
some other party to do business with.
So it Is with the inquiries that are '
addressed to our Commercial Club, .
They have not even a postage stamp.
If you are not already a member,
look them up so when a homeseeker
comes to our town he may have some
place to go and get the desired in
formation he wants as to what our
resources are, what our land will pro
duce, climate and so forth Instead
ot being told that we have no Com
mercial Club and leave, him to get
his information as nest he can. -Likely
to meet someone that is not
Interested ana does not know nor ,
care or : he may. meet one ot tHose v .
knockers that never have ' a good
word to nay about thlB country or
any other. It has become a habit . .
with a few Just to Knock ana kick
when they have no kick coming. :
- Wnal wa want In do in to make
up to our '.own interest and. to the -interest
of the home-seeker and those
who are looking for investments, tor ,
we have more to offer them than any ,
Btate In the Union and Douglas coun- -ty
has more to offer than any coun
ty In. the State. So why keep it
bottled up and act like the Indians
did when they had It, Let us act
white and extend an Invitation of '
welcome to thoBe who are writing
every day. Give them the Information
they desire. . We are missing a gol- ,
den opportunity it wo do not back
up our Commercial Club with every
dollar It needs. . f . . ; ( ' .
. Here Ib what some other States
are doing. Out in Central Kansas
170 mlles'west of the Missouri river,
up-land farms 10 miles from towo '
near town for (175 and 2U0 per ,
acre. The same land 15 years ago
was selling for $40 and $60 per aore
and when they reached $100 It was
considered the limit. Is this land
any better than our up-land and what
about the climate, Ib It better? The
winters milder? Let i)B leave this
to the man from Kansas. The same .
Upward movement has been going on
Nebraska. 'Experienced land
dealers say that farm land is thirty
to fifty per cent higher in tnat State
than when the war was declared and '
land Is selling for 4200. to $250 per
aore. . - - : -; ','
Now, what ' are we doing.' Our .'
land Is cheaper now than it was 16
years ago. , A community never does
stand still. It either goes ahoad or .
lackward. Which way are we going?
Does Is not make you feel like a
slacker when you see how the middle
west Is going ahead ' and we have
more to otter .he home-seeker for
less money than they? Let us all, .
every business man in Roseburg and
every farmer In Douglas county If he
wants to work tor his own Interest '
and the Interest of the -community
In which he lives, belong to some
commercial organization. Write to
your friends in the eastern states
whom you think would he Interested.
Send them a oooklet that the Rose
burg Commercial Club is getting
out. Tell them the truth. We do
not have to exaggerati on any thing.
Just the plain facts as to what to be
done. Extend to them a hearty wel- -come.
We do not care whether they
come hero with $.1000 or SO, 000.
There Is room for -both and good In.
vestment for all.
There are only two classes that have
appllod to the devil and been re
fused. The Kaiser and tho Knocker.
Hut God loves a hustler.
BUY NEW CARS.
The Motor Shop Garage has Just
sold two Scrlpps-Booth cars to Rose
burg men. One ot these five pas
senger touring cars was- bought by
Unglnoer J. W. McFadgen, of North
Roseburg, and the other by Ernest
Webber. The cars are among the
finest to he had and are giving fine
satisfaction, .