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Newspaper Page Textporous corarr orchards iiistb annual crops BRixoniO fr rom ioo to sod per acre, choick orchard lajjd can still be notrom; CHEAP, an investment now will qoadrcple in value in five SEARS' TIMlS. KEEP WELL POSTED . On the current events of the world'i progress by reading the Diilt Rbvisw. Delivered by car-ler, 60 ent month. ROSEBURG Review PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertiser' tret aood returns (rom an nouncements placed in live papers the Daily and Twi k-a-wekk Rsvltw. Try them there b none other so good. VOL. XL ROSEUURQ, OREGON, TTKHDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2a, 1008. no. em. AID FORSIDSLAW Coveraaient Will Loan Machin ery For Jetty Work ' SLIDE KILLS THREE MEN ; Idaho Mao Acquitted ot Murder Charge ;r GoT.-tlect Cosgrofe Is Stead ily ImproYing 'i Special to the Evening Review. EUGENE, Or.,' Dec. 22. J. B. CuBhman, of Acme, has received word from Congressman Hawley that : the chief of engineers, U. S. Army, , has secured from the secretary of war the loan of the government raa- chlnery now at the mouth of the Co . qullle river for the building of a -' jetty at the mouth of the Suislaw " River. Lane county will probably ' be bonded for $200,000 to carry on this improvement work. If a bill per mitting such action Is passed by the '. legislature. 'Three Killed by Carc-in. SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 22. Messages from Davenport today an nounce the death of three men who were buried last night beneath tons of rock by landslides in the Port land cement quarry there. All the bodies were recovered. Jauernig Acquitted. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 22. Alois Jauernig, charged with the murder of W. C. Simmons at Highland Valley last September, was acquitted here A today. Two years ago Simmons shot r from ambush and wounded Jauernig and killed the latter's brother-in-law in the farmyard of his ranch. Self defense was the gro'inds for acquit tal in the present case. App Dainty Embroidered Handkerchiefs Fine Kid Gloves Silk Underskirts Silk and Net Waists Handsome Silk Umbrellas Furs Silk Rain Coats Elegant Purses With our splendid big stock, moderate prices, and cour teous, experienced salespeople, we can make your Christmas trading wonderfully easy and economical. The Store For Satisfactory Merchandise it? "5F.M0ST DRY. GOODS ESTABLISHMENT OF Frozen Tomatoes Fatal. PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 22. Frozen tomatoes eaten by the fam ily of Edward Brokaw, the single taxer, are now believed to have caused the death of his half-starved little son and rendered his two little sisters Berlouely ill. Cosgrove is Better. PASO R013LES, Calif., Dec. 22. Gov.-elect Cosgrove, of Washington, was In excellent humor today and deplored the fact that his physicians had forbidden him to eat turkey on Christmas. He is constantly Im proving, but is still uncertain as to plans for inauguration as governor. Moat Was Poisonous. VALLEJO, Calif., Dee. 22. Geo. Wildason, marine hospital steward, has completed a bacteriological ex amination of some of the beef serv ed at the launching of the collier Prometheus, and which caused the death of Mrs. Rose and Walter Rey nolds. Ptomaine germs were found common in the decayed meat. This testimony will be used in the in quest over Reynolds tomorrow. WAS BADLY BURNED. Bursting of a Strain Pine at Leona Mills Injures W. D. Tarr. Special to the Evening Review. DRAIN, Or., Dec. 22. W. D. Tarr was seriously scalded last Saturday night by the bursting of a steam pipe at Leona Mills. He was facing the pipe when the accident occurred and was scalded nearly from head to feet. He was taken to Portland by Dr. Wade on the Sunday evening train. Reports from St. Vlncent'3 hospital say he Is seriously Injured, but will prboably recover. His home is In Drain, where he has a wife and two boys. BASKET BALL! BASKET BALL! BASKET BALL! At Sykes' Rink, Tuesday Evening, Dec. 22nd. SYKES AMATEURS vs. DRAIN HIGH SCHOOL. Best Kume of the season. . Admission 25 cents. i 4.4. ropriate Gifts For Ladies we've been treating people square KI). HEAD WINS SHOT GI N. The prize shoot at the Indoor Rifle Range lust week was an exciting one, ending with Edward Head and Lee Brlsbin tied for 1st prize' with a score of 28, and Hugh Miller, Ed. Settle, W. W. Brlsbin and C. B. Pat rick tied for second place with scores of 26. In the shoot-off Head scored 26-23 and Lee Brlsbin 26-21. Pur second, the shoot-off scores were as follows: Miller, 22; Settle, 24; W. M. Brlsbin, 20 and C. P. Patrick, 18. 'Cold and a Candle. Dr. Moss of the Euglish polar expe dition of 1875 aud 1876, among other odd things, tells of the effect of cold on a wax candle which be burned. The temperature was 35 degreeB below lero, and the doctor must have been considerably discouraged when, upon looking at his candle, be discovered that the flame bad all it could do to keep warm. It was so cold that the flame could not melt all the wax of the candle,, but was forced to eat Us way down the candle, leaving a sort of skeleton of the candle standing. There was heat enough, however, to melt oddly shaped boles In the thin walls of wax, and the result was a beautiful lacelike cylinder of white, with a tongue of yellow flame burning Inside of It and sending out Into the dark ness many streaks of light 8iQ of Crete. Crete can claim to have been the scene of one of the longest sieges on record, longer than the slego of Troy, for In the seventeenth century It took the Turks more than twenty years to capture its capital city. The island. In fact. Is famous for protracted military operations, for, though the revolution of 1821 was speedily successful In the open country, the fortified towns were still uncaptured when the powers in terrened iu 1830. Awkward For the Aeronaut. An element of humor characterized one of Mr. Spencer's Indian expert ences. One day, after making a para chute descent, bis balloon, traveling on, came down among some fisher folk, who promptly unpicked tho net to use for fishing lines and cut up the balloon to make waterproof clothing! London Captain. SINCE 1877 SOUTHERN OREGON, THE Bond Ordinance Wins by Bare Two-Thirds of Council AFTER LONG DISCUSSION Bilullihlc Specification Causes 90 Minute Wrangle Fisher and Long Vote "No," bat Change Later t t t t t t home: things council did. Passed the :!;", 000 paving und bridge building bond or dinance. Fixed the city tax levy for 1909 at the charter maximum of 10 mills. Elected Eugene R. Hunan as councilman from tho First Ward to succeed John T. Long, resigned. Ratified Mayor Hoover's ap pointment of Joseph Huffman to the city police force. After a stubborn wrangle that Inst ed for nearly one hour and a half and arter the measure had once gone down to defeat, the city council on Monday night, by a bare two-thirds vote required by the chartor, panned the ordinance providing for the Issu ance of $1)5,000 worth of inuniclpul bonds to defray r0 per cent of the cost of street paving and constructing a bridge over Deer Creek. The final vote on the ordinance follows: Yes .losephson, Cnrdwell, Mullen. Ryan, Patrick, Mlcelll, Fisher and Long. No Strong and Bound. West Roseburg's two councilmon, Kohlbngen and BellowB, were absent from the meeting. Immediately after the pnssago of the ordinance. Mayor Hoover afllxeil IiIb signature to the document, and on the last day of this month It will become a Inw. At the next reguinr meeting of the council, the first Mon day in January, 1909, Recorder Or cutt will be instructed to give official notice of the election at which the voters of the city may ratify or turn down the proposed Issue of bonds. tins election will occur .'SO davs after the posting of the notice or the ad vertisement therefor. Figuring thnt such proceedings will be carried out in the earliest possible time allowed by the charter, the election will fall on Friday, February G. if the propo sition is again endorsed by the voters, or which there seems no doubt, ne gotiations for the sale of the bonds and the execution of a paving con tract can follow as soon thereafter aB such business can be transaotiMl. "Ilifiililliic" Htiiys. The wrangle between tho council- men wns caused by the presence in the ordinance of tho word "bltullthlc" with reference to the parllculnr kind of pavement to be laid. Councilmen Strong, Hound, Fisher and l.ong took the ground that such a specification precluded competitive bidding and wns unbusiness-llke. They advanced the Idea to strike out the word "bl tullthlc" and substitute "hnrd-sur-face." Councilmen Jonephson, Card well. Mlcelll and Mullen, backed up by Mayor Hoover, stood unwaveringly for "bltullthlc." and wltn this align ment the war of wordB went on for over an hour. Finally there came a lull In the storm, and Mr. Mlcelll called upon Recorder Orcutt to ex plain the status of the matter from the standpoint of the charter. Mr. Orcutt informed the council that If the word "bltullthlc" was stricken out of the ordinance ft would sweep away every vestige of the street pav ing preliminaries already carried out. The charter, he explained, compelled the specification of a particular kind of Improvement proposed, and that Inasmuch as all of the ordinances al ready passed specify that such Im provement is to be of "hitulllMc pavement," the bond Issue ordinance must also have such wording. This statement was followed by a bewild ering lot of propositions and unsup ported motions on part of the coun cilmen. all of which ultimately cul minated in placing the ordinance up on Its final passage. ThlB was the result of the vote: Ves Josephson, Canlwell, Mullen, Mlcelll, Patrick and Hyan. No Strong, Hound, Fisher and Long. As It requires eight to constitute two-thirds of the council, the motion was therefore hist. There was a dead silence for a few moments, and then Josephson and Cardwell look 1 turns explaining to tho victorious minority that every bit of work that had been done toward paving wns thrown away; that over J2000 paid to F. C. Kelsey for his engineering work was simply that much money lost; that another set ot plans meant the expenditure of as much more cash, and thnt another whole year must elapse before the council could again arrive where It had Just broken on. Bound suggested that the char ter bo changed so that the particular kind of improvement need be speci fied only upon the acceptance of a bid. Josephson pointed out to him thnt to make such a change would require a siiecial election, and thnt under the charter only one special election could be held during a year's time, which would throw a paving bond election as late as 1910. Mayor Hoover, at this Juncture, took the op portunity or Indulging In a heart-to-heart talk with the opponents of the ordinance. He reviewed the agita tion for paving, tho trip to Eugene, ma aecision or influential citizens thnt "bltullthlc" was the brand they wanted, thnt tho people had voted for It overwhelmingly nnd ho de clared thnt It wns utltl tho kind they wanted, to the exclusion of all othors. The mayor made sharp reference to certain citizens who had favored pav ing siinpiy Decause they ,-. thought nothing would come of tho agitation, but were now secretly opposed to It becnuse they see that the city is in earnest and that the project Is go ing to cost them something. Mayor Hoover urged the council to pass the ordlnnnce In tt3 present state, de claring thnt to turn It down now would cause an Irreparable Iiisb in time. Fisher, one of tho councilmen who voted agaiiiBt the measure, finally concluded that the Mayor wns right, nnd he accordingly moved to recon sider the vote. Long voiced n socond to the motion and It carried. Sev eral minutes nioro of tnlkfest fol lowed, and theu tho ordinance was agnln placed on final passage. Fisher and Long this time threw their voles in fnvor of it, which with those of the other six councilmen who voted in the nlllrmntlve before, made tho noc esary two-thirds, but Strong and Bound refused to recede from their original position and once more vot ed iu the negative There la peculiar irony In tho stands taken by Stronii and Bound. Both were sent into of- nee during the so-cnllod "nrocres- sivo" era at the Inst city election, nnd to elect Strong it wns necessnrv to dofent Conncllninn G. Worthlngton, wno is rightfully regarded by nonrlv everyone as the father of the paved street agitation among tho former council. "Bituminous Rock." In his opposition to the ordlnnnce, Mr. Strong explained that he wished to be understood as In fnvor of street paving. He declnred. however, thnt he would not vote to give the option of bidding to Just one concern. He would not bind Ills own business to any one firm, he said, nclthor would he do so with tho city's business. Notwithstanding tho explanation of iiecoruer orcutt regurdlng the re quirement of the charter, Mr. Strong positively rorused to believe that the city was compelled to specify nny kind of pavement In tho ordlnnnce. and "all tho lawyers In Rosehurg can't mnke me think bo," ho asserted. Mr. Strong produced two letters relating to tho bituminous rock pave ment, manufactured by the Eureka Paving Co., ot Eureka. Calif. One of these letters was from tho Mayor of Eureka, saying that tho pavement laid by its local concern was so sub stantial that not over J lift for main tenance nnd been expended In tho past 18 years. The other letter was from Mayor Strow, of Mnrslifleld. which city lias bituminous rock pave ment. According to this letter. Mnrsiineid Is thoroughly satisfied witn the pavement, of which Its Mayor speaks In the very highest terms. Those letters wore cited by Mr. Strong as an .Instance of what could he done by permitting competitive bids. Councilman Cardwell. how ever, who has been In Miirshfleld a great many times, declared thnt the pavement there was soft in the Bum mer time, nllowlng the wheels .of vehicles to sink In for an Inch or more, Futhermore, he snld, It was black and unsightly. "Mayor Straw 1b excusable though," said Mr. Card- well, "because he came directly to Marshfield from Klamath County and never saw bltullthlc pavement In his life." Tax U'vjr. The council unanimously passed a resolution fixing the city tax levy for 1909 at 10 mills, the maximum al lowed under the charter. The levy fixed a year ago was only 2 V4 mills, but at that time the city was enjoy ing a revenuo of $8000 a year from saloon licenses. The taxable property In Roseburg, as fixed by the county assessor, is now $1,7:10.000. On a 10-mlll levy there wlM be realized $17,300. Recorder Orcutt says this sum, even augmented by city license fees and police court fines, Is Inade quate to meet all outstanding war rants and defray, besides, the current and Incidental expenses which will accrue In 909. New Councilman. Councilman Long's murh-hernld. d resignation of his seat, as a repre sentative of the First ward wns final ly presented Monday night, and It was accepted In conjunction with o vote of thanks for his services. On the choice of a successor. Eugene It Hunan and J. K. Clements were plac ed In nomination. Hanan received ft vote and Clements 4. the former be ing therefore declared elected. Mr. Hanan will serve until NovenBor, 1949. New l'ollcemnn. Bound,- Mullen and Strong, who were asked as a committee to recom mend to til o Mayor n competent mail for addition to the night police force, presented tho nnmo of Joseph Huff mnn, who was formerly deputy United 8tates Marshal at Kansas City, Kans. The recommendation proved unnecessary. Mayor Hoover announced thnt ho had already n luned Mr. Huffman to act as a spe cial policeman to relievo City Mar shal Norman, who desires to take a vacation for about ten days, ae he Is still somewhat Indisposed from 1Mb recent Illness. When Manlial Nor man returns to duty, Mr. Huffman will probably bo placed on regular night shirt with Cnrl Palm. Until then, however, the city will continue to hnve but one night policeman. Minor Ordinniicea, In addition to tho bond ordinance three other ordinances were passed as follows: (t) Approrlatlng $1100 tor re-laying the sewer in the nlloy between Mill nnd Pino streots; (2) levying nssessment for tho Improve ment of West First Street, Iu Kin ney addition; (II) levying assess ment for the Brockwny Street sowor. Resolutions. , Upon motion of Councilman Long, a resolution providing for Hie grad ing nnd gravelling of upper DougtnB Street, from the oastorn boundnry of the court house premises, to the city llmltB, at au exponso of $1093, wns laid on tho tahlo. Mr. Long declnr ed that the property ownoi'B affected by the resolution would not stand for the proposition; thnt they wnnted olthor pnvemont or crushed rock. A resolution providing for the Im provement of Pine street, from Onk to Lane, chnrncterlzed ns the "two woiBt hlockB In the city," wns passed. CSrndlng and gravelling Is provided. The estimated cost of the work Is $1,7211.70. Miscellaneous. Conncllninn Josephson wnB elect ed president of the council to pre side whenever the Mayor was absent. Recorder Instructed to notify Southern Pacific company to plunk the railroad crossing In front or tho freight depot, on Lane street. Josephson, Hound and Mullen ap pointed ns a committee to ascertnln the price of a piece of ground at ttie west end of the river brldgo, the pur pose or the council being to buy a rock qunrry ir one enn be obtained nt n reasonable figure. Conncllninn Bound moved to hnvo 'ho city attorney draw up nil ordin ance providing for n city weight and scnlo Inspector, to bo pnld on a per--entago basis from fines collected. The motion wns lost, J. T. Spaugh Wns again ordered to build a sidewalk In front of his 40 foot property on Pnrrott Stroot. City attorney was directed to draft an amendment to the Bldewnlk or dlnnnce, allowing Sxl2 inch lumber for curbing, besides 4x12, as speci fied now; also to permit tho use or nails ns Inrgo ns 20-penny, Instead of the present ninxlmum of 12-penny. Application or A. Crcnson for a fire hydrant to be Inslnlled on Deer Creek avennn, In the vicinity of the packing houses, denied. Mayor Hoover explained that the amount of hose now on hand Is sulllcient to reach the neighborhood of the plants rrom the hydrants already inslnlled. Application or Geo. Rlter, of Kin ney's Addition, for n sidewalk from his premises to Mrs. Smith's proper ly, opposite, denied hecauso or the absence ot a sidewalk in front of the Smith properly, it wns ordered, however, that MrB. Smith build tho necessary sidewalk at onco. J. T. Buchanan, who lives on the west end of West First Stroot, in Kinney's Addition, fearing thnt a por tion of his property was about to he appropriated for straightening the street, asked that In such event he be nllowed damages. He was Inform ed that the council had no Intention of disturbing his premises. Councilman Patrick's request for the establishment or a light on Pnr rott Street, between Lane and Onk S.reeta, referred to light committee. tirade elahllshed on Flint and Oak Streets accepted. Light committee recommended the Htabllshment ot an Incandescent light at the corner ot Oak and Flint Streets. OFFICERS. J. W. Hamilton, President A. 0. Maraters, Cashier. J. F. Barker, Vice President. W. T. Wright, Ant. Cashier J. W. Hamilton N. Rice, J. V. Barker, S. C. Bartrum, THE ROSEBURG NATIONAL BANK Established 1908. CAPITAL, - $50,000.00 Safety Deposit boxes for rent. By the year $2.00, or will rent by the month. Our conservative management offer substantial advan tages to present and protective patrons. W are prepared to handle alt business entrusted to us accurately and expeditiously. DALY 1SJ) HANG Killed His Former Employ r, in Portland BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED Captain and Six Hen Drowned Pa tristic Suicide at Salem Trial . ot Finch In Progress Special to the Evening Review. PORTLAND. Or., Deo. 22. Harry Daly, who killed Harry Kenny on the night ot Nov. 16, was sentenced today by Judge Qantonbeln, to be hnnged. Dnly killed Kenny, his for mer employer, iu a saloon when the Intter retused to give him a Job as bartender. When asked if be had anything to Bay, Daly replied that he was innocent, but that he would rather die than spend a life. In Im prisonment. Progress In Finch Trial, Three witnesses were examined this morning in the trlnl of James Finch for tho murder of Ralph Fish er, prosecutor for the state bar asso ciation. Attorneys tor the defend nnt rely on self-defense for their hope for aoqulttnl. M. O. Wilklns testllled tliat lie saw no signs of a struggle In Fisher's ofllce when he entered a moment after the shot was fired. Chas. Fisher, the dead man's brother, gnve unimportant testi mony. Dr. S. M. Gilbert, the autop sy physlclnn, described the wounds received by the deceased. Suicide at Salem. SALEM. Or., Doc. 22. Claiming he had lost his last dollar In- a land deal at Portland and being unable to find work, Tom Sullivan, aged 63, leaped from the big bridge Into the Willamette Hlver here today, the drop being 100 feet. His coat, on which was pinned a pathetic note, was found on tho bridge Baying he had outlived his usefulness. His home was in Tacoma. Hfenmer Wm'kod; Seven Drown. CUXHAVISN. tlermany, Dec. 22. Tho British steamer Colton was wrecked today on Point Mlzzenhead. Tho captain and six men were drowned. Is Wan Cluing Crazy? SAN FKANCI3CO, Dec. 22. Wan Chang, the Korean, who is being tried for the murder In this city of Burlinm Stevens, Japan's represent ntlve In Korea, wns declared to be crazed by fancied wrongs done to Korcn by tho Japanese. J. B. Lee, n Korean, testified that Chang was unable to tell right from wrong, on nccnunt of his grievances. Others testified thnt Chang was driven in sane by tho troubles of his native land. Jap Congress Convenes. TOKIO. Dec. 22. The Imperial Diet convened today. S. Haaeha, leader of the Constitutional party, wns elected president. Stork Is Expected. THE HAGUE. Dec. 22. It was of ficially announced In parliament to day that Quoen Wllhelmlna expects soon to proaont Hollnnd with an heir to the throne. The news was re ceived with rejoicing. BUM) MAX MARKS RECORD. LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 21. The highest rank among the 65 appli cants before the State Board of Med ical Examiners last week was taken by Dr. A. W. Bowling, tho blind pro fessor of anatomy In a local osteo pathic school. Ills general average was .( per cent. Only 33 others passed the examinations. DIRECTORS. W. T. Wright. J. O. Newland, I. Abraham, Chas. W. Parks, A. C. Ilarstera.