WA'O OUT WHAT VOC ARE
GETTING.
When about to buy land, ascer
tain flrt of all, what you are gat
ting. Since tho tract o( land was
nrst granted by the Government, It
has probably passed through many
bands, there have probably bejn
many opportunities Tor tl.iws lu the
title to appear.
K such a title Is ImporfcH-t. sooil
business Judgment will tell you to
have It corrected beforo you buv.
The only way Is to demnnd an" ah
stract mode by a rollablo alistiacter.
By a Tellable abstracter, is meant
a searcher with his own plant, on
talning all records carefully indexed
and recorded in such a way that it
Is practically Impossible to permit an
THB EVENING KKW WittfVVV. trt. iOi,
error. The added value ot an ab
stract mads by searcher having
bis own plant reaulta, from tho fact
that he has an immense sum of
money Invested, whloh together with
his business reputation ia at stake.
Suoh a searcher's abstract passes
muster everywhere.
Douglas County Abstract Com
pany, Incorporated. Only comploto
set of abstract records In Douelus
County. J-19
, Monday la bargain day at the
Roseburg Cleaning and Pressing
Works. Men's suits Frenc'a Dry
cleaned and pressed for 11.60. AH
work, given prompt attention. ' Bar
gain day 'prices do not Include rail
Ing'for clothes "or 'making deliveries.
Bring your clothes, in. tr
I
jnERMETfCALLy I "
.. sealed in its wax- j
wrapped package, air- m
ti2ht, Impurity proof' 111
WRIGLEYS 1
is hygienic and whole
some1. The goody
thafs good for young
and old. 1
a The Flavor Lasts
Look (or me
liWillliMHW Ss
Gar ford Trucks!
1 to 6 Ton Capacity
Riker Heavy Duty 3 and 4 Ton Capacity
F. W. D. 3 Ton Capacity
Four-Wheel Drive
V. S. FRENCH
District Sales Manager for Southern Oregon
Headquarters, Roseburg, Oregon
E. I). VAN DERMAIa 8.W-3." Hurnstilo Street, Portland, Oregon,
Distributor.
"Listen!' says the Good Judge
"And remember it, too."
The better the quality of your
chew, the more you'll enjoy it.
You'll get more out of your to
bacco money, too you'll save
part of it for something else.
A small chew of this quality
tobacco tastes good and it
lasts and lasts.
I:
THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW
put up in two styles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
t W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
TO INSURE AGAINST POVERTY
Writer la Confident That a Practical
Scheme Will Be Worked Out
Before Many Years.
Sickness la an Insurable rlk and
there Is no doubt that some very com
prehensive and acceptable scheme of
liisuranre npnlnst It will yet be worked
out. Whether, In the United States,
it will be a compulsory. stnte-mRiinged
scheme Is by no means so certain. But
the more that subject Is agitated the
faster sickness loss will be reduced,
for agitation will direct attention to
public benlth, und means that are
hied and proved will be more exten
sively employed to prevent sickness.
Slendy, intelligent public attention
la what the whole problem of poverty
needs. There Is no doubt that a
irreat part of It is preventable. The
poor, It Is true, we have always with
us. Time was when we had always
bad slavery and smallpox with us.
Now out of half a million persous ono
person dies annually of smallpox in
the United States. Time was when
slavery and smallpox were generally
taken as a mntter of course. As soon
as they ceased being taken as a mat
ter of course they were put Into the
way of practically dlsnppearlnit not
by any magic formula but by tireless,
sure-footed, practical-minded effort
At length we have the means of re
duclni! poverty to Its practical, Irre
ducible minimum. It Is only very re
cently, as history runs, that we have
bad those means.' But now wo have
the weulth not enough wealth for a
limousine and a grand piano to every
Inhabitant and a four-hour workday:
but enough for tho essentials of decent
physical existence to every family.
We have the soclnl and Industrial or
ganization und the body of sciential:
knowledge. Poverty is a soclnl loss
nnd a social danger. We can tako out
on Insurance policy against It. Will
I'ayne, In Saturday Evening Post.
ASKED HIM TO SEND THORAX
Specialist Invited to Forward X-Raya
by Parcel Poet Became Some
what Satirical.
Dp. "Simon Flexner of the Rockefel
ler Institute, who has Just received oae
nf the French government's highest
decorations, told a story at a New
York dinner.
The medical Ignorance of some peo
ple is staggering," he said. "I know
mi X-rny" specialist who got n letter
from n middle western former the oth
er dny. The fanner wrote:
"l.)ear Sir: I have had a nail In my
thorax for 17 years. I am too busy
to come to New York, hut want you to
come down here to Paris Corriers with
your rays, as my case will he worth
your while. If you do not find time
to ironic, send a dozen rays boxed, by
express, with Instruction card, nnd I
wll) try to? work some myself
The X-ray specialist wrote hack to
ttie farmer of Paris Corners:
'"Dear Friend: I regret to sny that
Imsim-ss engagements prevent a trip
to Paris Corners, and I am mifor-
lunntely out of rays Just now. If you
cannot come to New York, send me
yor.r thorax by parcel post and we will
see what can be dflnc.' "
The Persistent Echo.
"flood morning."
"Ciood morning."
"You remember that house you Bold
tne last week?"
"Certainly."
"Weil, I had my wife up to see It
yesterday, and now I wnnt to sell It
imck to you again."
"Rut yon said you admired the
house."
"I did."
"What fault do you find with It
now ?"
"It has nn echo In It."
"That doesp't hurt It."
"Yes It does."
"In what way?"
"When my wife scolds me for stay
ing out late the blamed old house will
repent it six or seven times, nnd gosh,
how I do hate nagging." Uehoboth
Sunday Herald.
Apricot Oil,
Ono good that Is working out of
the evil of war Is the demonstration
that chemists, under the spur of de
mand, can readily surpass the accom
plishments of German science. The
following Is a concrete example: Cali
fornia has an annual by-product rrop
of 7,000 tons of apricot pits, which
were formerly sold to Germany and
Den m iirk at $45 a ton. When the war
closed this market, aud the price
dropped to $15, a California chemist
bought a supply and started experi
menting. He is now marketing a substitute
for olive oil; a meal used In cooking;
oil of apricot, known as bitter oil of
almonds; American blue, from which
Prusslc acid can he made, and a num
ber of other by-products.
American University In France.
At Heaune, 175 miles southeast of
Paris, Is the seat of the new Ameri
can Artny university, which Is, per
haps, the most outstanding of the ed
ucational work carried on by the
American expeditionary force, says
the Poputnr Mechanics Magazine.
Housed In what was formerly on
American hospital are 15.000 soldier
students and a firce of 500 teachers.
The curriculum Is notable for Its agri
cultural college with a 600-acre form.
How He "Hedged."
He Artists sny that five feet four
!s the divine height for women.
His Darling (crossly) You know
that I am five feet nine.
He (quickly) You are more than
dlvlue. London Tit -Bits.
ROYALTY IN JAVA
Pomp and Majesty Always Ac
company Sultan.
Oold Umbrellas an Indispensable Ad
Junot of Procession With Which
Ruler Dazzles the Eyes of His
Faithful Subjects.
The most cherished batik day In my
memory was the day we went to see
the palace of the sultan of Djokjak
arta, who has an establishment of 15,
000 wives, children, grundchlldren.
soldiers and servants. An old Dutch
olliclal showed us everything except
the old sultan himself, A gold um
brella, the Insignia of Javanese royal-
alty, always accompanies the sultan
aud his family wherever they go. On
state occasions many gold umbrellas
are carried behind the sultan or held
over him by his maids of tumor, who
live In one of the shed I ike entrances
to the private apartments of the sul
tan.
Tiiese maids of honor, to whom we
talked through an ( Interpreter, were
handsomely dressed in the finest batik
sarongs and wore glittering Jewels on
their bare necks. No one can bo ad
mitted to the honorable post of maid
of honor until she has reached the
secure age of 70 years, and those we
saw, to Judge by their wrinkled faces
and bony shoulders, must have held
the position from twenty to forty
years. The royal batik workers in the
palace also are old hags, so that there
may be no grounds fcr Jealousy on the
part of tho sultan's 300-odd wive.
The soldiers guarding the entrance to
the different courtyards wore as tine
looking men physically as one might
see in Java, in spite ol their perfect
comic-opera uniforms.
They seemed taller than they actu
ally were, because each of them wore
a black fer. tall as a chimney-pot nnd
held himself as straight as it ramrod,
as he marched across the plaza with
slow, majestic step, which was not un
like the ritualistic walk of a high
church acolyte or a stately Shinto
priest. The soldiers as a rule weor
nothing above the waist, but, In defer
ence to the "cool" season, perhaps
(the temperature had dropped to only
05 degrees or so) they were, when I
saw them, wearing bluo and black jet-
seys with broad stripes running
around their muscular torsos.
Their brown batik sarongs were not
trimly nnd tightly folded about the
waist, as most Javanese wear them,
hut were bunched up in a fantastic
way like a huge bustle or pannier over
ono hip, to allow them, I Inferred, to
get at I lie krls, which was always
worn on the tucked-up side. Their feet
were bare, yet I noted thut several of
them were wearing puttees above
their shoeless feet. When on guard at
the entrance they do not stand as our
sentries do, but squat Jn Javanese
style or sit cross-legged In semi-Turk
Ish fashion. Their officers, rich young
noblemen, were obviously elegant dan
dles, who disported with un lndescilb
nble grace and air the most wonderful
cream and chestnut batik sarongs.
Asia Magazine.
China and the Y. M. C. A.
That the "Y" hut of war-time days
In France Is a good thing which
should be preserved and copied in
Chlnn Is the decision arrived at at a
conference of some GO Chinese Y. M.
C. A. secretaries who were appointed
to work among the hundreds of thou
sands of Chinese coolies employed as
laborers In France. It was tho first
time that any of them had come in
contact with the work of the associa
tion and they have been no Impressed
they have decided to carry on the or
ganization work which now reaches
chiefly the higher classes, among the
coolies nnd others. China was well
represented at the conference. Dele
gates came from widely separated
parts of the republic, such us Man
churia, Shanblng, Klangsou, Chi-LI,
Hupeh and many other places.
Work for Business Farming,
A large number of Montana farm
bureau members have organized a
state farm management association
and will offer over $1100 In cash prizes
for the advancement of this type of
work. There will be a prize of $100
for the best kept nnd most accurate
farmer's account book, another $100
for the best organized fnrm as shown
by the account book, and a $100 tro
phy as sweepstakes will be offered ns
a combination prize. A $-5 shield will
be awarded to the county or farm
management club showing the most re
suits accomplished from keeping and
studlng record books In groups.
These prizes have been donated by
commercial firms doing n state-wide
business, all of whom recognize the
Importance of this work.
Taught to Use Both Eyes.
The royal air fort e of England has
Instituted nn eye drill thut has made
many splendid pilots out of men who
otherwise would have been useless. It
was discovered t lib t a large percent
age of men only use one eye at a time,
and in the early days pilots were not
tested for eye balance. Many men
were then pawed 'nto the air service
who could never Jand correctly. When
ihee deficiencies were" d!co7ered a
school was formed and under an eye
specialist twice a day airmen under
going the cure weje paraded for eye
drill nnd taught how to use both their
eyes at the same time. The result was
that 05 per cent of the men who would
have been bad pilots became good
ones In a little while.
HONDURAN CITY OF MYSTERY
No Scholar Has Been Able to De
cipher the Picture-Writings
Left In Copan.
Copan Is a city of mystery. The
people who once thronged Its streers
nnd bowled at Us nltnrs are long since
gone, Icnvlng no record of their ex
istence save the hoary stones of their
clly. These stones, built Into pyra
mids, walls and monuments, bear their
story carved In the Maya characters.
But no descendants hove survived to
interpret the stories, and uo srhotnr
has arisen wiso euough to read the
picture-writings of Copun.
Hulns of this oldest city of tho
Maya Indians may still be seen by
those sulllclentty persistent and en
thusiastic to seek them out. A lit
tle Indian village In western Honduras,
aud the river on which it lies keep
the name of Copnn alive today. To
visit the ruins of the great Copnn you
must seek out this village by train
and then go a long Journey on horse
back. Just beyond the village lies
the old Maya metropolis.
The only .inhabitants of Copan to
day are queer figures of tho Maya
gods, that peer out of unexpected
hiding, places llko the cren tares of a
bad u renin. Wonderfully curved many
of them ure, grotesquo In attitude aud
expression,, according to the artists'
conception of the beings of tho other
world.
When Copnn flourished, how It fell,
and what been me of Its last people,
no ono knows. The city Is as deso
lato as only a deserted city can be,
oppressive and sad even in the bright,
sunlight of a tropical midday?
"Nlksah" In Indlnnapolls Star.
FIRST TO WEAR FINGER RING
UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.
DIRECTOR OBXKRAU OF RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD LINES NORTH OP ASHLAND
Vacation Resorts
A vacation N n good Investment. Rent ami change are very
hciirtlclnl to iHidlly health nnd mental vigor -July nnd August nro
tho Ideal vacation months. Attructlvo hu miner reports arc within
easy roach. Kxcurslmi tickets are on solo.
XEWPOKT
Season tickets from Rovehurg
Corresponding fares from other points.
.910.1.1
tiMjAMook rorxTv heachi s.
Season tickets from Roseburg 918.03
Karts to Keah-K;iy-Nie, Man an it a and Hay-
ocenu slit'hily highor. Corrouponding fares
from other points. ,
huasta srmx;s.
Season tickets from Roseburg $11.05
Correspond!::; fates from other poluta.
CKATKIl LAKE.
Son son tickets from Rosoliurg .$21.30
Fifteen-day tUihota from'Hoseburg $20.23
Corrcsp Muling l:irs from other points.
Park will open about July 1st.
VAHIOtS. ' '
Special fares In olToct to Columbia River Beachos,
.Marblo Halls of Oregon, Mt. Hauler National Park;
YollowHUno National Park, and Ulucior National
Park.
Inquire of Ticket Agent. .
JOHN M. SCOTT,
General Passenger Agont.
Legend Makes Prometheus the Pioneer
of Custom That May Now Bo -Called
Universal,
The first finger ring Is supposed
to have been worn by Prometheus,
who stole fire from heaven that man
might warm himself and cook his
food. This act so Incensed Jupiter
that the klnir of gods condemned him
to be chained upon a rock whero vul- i
Hires could constantly feast upon him.
The sentence was carried out, but
Prometheus was released. Then Jupiter
ordered that Prometheus wear a link
of chain about his finger as a remin
der of the punishment. A fragment
of the rock to which he had been
chained was set in the ring, so that
he might stilt he regarded as being
bound to the rock.
The custom of wearing an engage
ment or wedding ring upon the third
finger Is due to no ancient belief that
a nerve or vein directly connected
tills finger with the heart, according
to n writer In the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. Macroblus said : "Hoeauso of
this nerve t he newly betrothed places
the ring on this finger nf his he
loved, as though It were a representa
tion of the heart." And Jmt tn show
that l he practice Is a very old one,
Macroblus admitted having obtained
the farts from nn Egyptian priest,
thus linking the belief with the dim
reaches of the post.
"Junior" Resen-bles His Papa.
Ills friends said It was excusable
because It was his first boy. Ho ex
hibited tho photograph at the bank
where he was employed.
"Isn't he a wonder?" the young fa
ther would say, passing It through the
window.
"You bet he Is really good looking
nnd Intelligent; yes, he does resemble
his father." And papa would beam
and act ns though he had not noticed
the flattering smile. Ail day the same
thing wns repented as friends entered
the bank.
He was "real tickled" with himself
when be went home that night and
handed I he package of photographs tn
his wife. Ah she opened it the much
flattered pnpa told her how his friends
had admired "Junior," nnd did she
think the little fellow looked as much
like him as people bad said?
Mrs. Rank Teller took one look nt
the contents of the package.
"Why, dearie, the photographer has
made a mistake; he gave you the
wrong pictures." Kansas City Star.
Clock Tower of Jerusalem.
Since the occupation of tin- holy
city of Jerusalem by the Itrltlsh It
Is gradually becoming more western
ized. For the first time In its history
Um streets nre properly cleaned and
it has been given a lire brigade ser
vice and now nn efficient water-supply.
Hitherto Its Inhabitants de
ponded upon a few wells and water
collected In overhead cisterns. The
telephone, too, has been Introduced.
lu most striking improvement
though It is one that wns carried out
Just prior to the war was the erec
tion of a fine clock tower at the Jaffa
gate. It Is built of white stone obtained
from Solomon's quarries, of which the
temple wos constructed. The clock,
which was supplied by a London
waichniakcr, shows both Kuropenn nnd
Amble time. Opposite the tower a
drinking fountain bus been erected,
nnd the roadway which lends through
he old walls Into the city at this
point has been entirely rebuilt.
Vary Your Garden. 1
IN -member that plant diseases nnd
Insect thrive where they have become
stalilifhed. Therefore, gardeners this
year should take care not to plnce the
Individual crops where the same crops
pvw last year. Varying the arrange
ment of the garden reduced the danuer
from disease and Insects? The Mime
rfg'-table In the same plnce each year
r:hnnf certain food elements, and re
du ':' I yields are sure to result.
FRENCH TRANSFER COMPANY
Omtrncta Taken anil IiNttnintea Fur
nished on All Work In Oar Une.
Household Goods Promptly and
Carefully Moved
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gWilliam Jennings
BRYAN
Lecturing on Present Day Issues
"Foreign and Domestic Problems"
Monday Eve., July 21
Roseburg Chautauqua