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Vr DOCCLAS COUNTY ORCnAlU)9 IELI ANNUAL CROPS BRINGING FROM 100 tO $500 PER ACRE. CI161CE ORCHARD LAND CAN STIt L BE BOUGHT CHEAP. Mi INVESTMENT NOW WILL QUADRUPLE IN VALUE IN FIVE YEARS' TIME. KEEP WELL POSTED On tbe current events ol the world's progress by reading the Daily Bkvikw. Delivered by carrier, 50 eut month. ROSEBURG Review PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertiser' set good returns from an nouncement!, placed in live papers the Daily and l n r-a-wiie Bivui. Try them tin ru'b n-me other so good. f VOL. XL ROSEBURQ, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DKCKMItKR 80, 1II0M. NO. 200. L Ibirtj Victims of Explosion 10 BANK ROBBERS STILL AT IT Mock Duel With "Empty" Revolvers Results Id Instant Deatb of Young . College Mao Special to the Evening Review. MAYBURY, W. Va., Dec. 30. Over one hundred men are believed to be imprisoned in a mine ot the Lick Branch Colliery Co., at Lick Branch, Virginia, as the result of an explosion yesterday. Bodies of 12 dead miners have been recovered and five were rescued alive. Later. Reports from Lick Branch at noon today, say that 42 Injured coal miners have been rescued. About 400 men were employed in the mines but it is estimated that 300 of them were at their homes at the hour when the explosion occurred. The mine officials are trying to suppress giving out details of the disaster, but at noon admitted that thirty men were buried under the debris and are prob ably dead. Five more bodies were recovered this afternoon, making a total known death roll of 23.' Scenes about the entrance to the mine are heartrending. Six Bandits Loot Bank. OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 30. Af ter holding the residents of Wellston, Jfpkla., at bay for three hours early today, six masked men succeeded In looting the bank there and escaped with $5000. They used fourteen charges of nitro-glycerine before the bank vault and safe were shattered. The first shot aroused the citizens of Our Stock of Men's High Grade Rain Goats and Overcoats is Most Complete. THEY'RE RIGHT Right in Style Right in Quality Right in Price Better Drop in and See Them Next Time You're Down Our Way. - I If. E FOREMOST DRY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT OF the town, but they were held at bay by revolvers in the hands of the robbers. Challenges Kotchcll. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. Sam Langford, colored, of Boston, today challenged Ketchell. the middle weight champion pugilist, offering to stop him within 20 rounds or forfeit the entire purse. Cosgrovo Going Home. PASO ROBLES, Dec. 30. Gov. elect Cosgrove, of Washington, an nounced today that if his health con tinues to improve at the present rate he will return to Olympla and take the oath of office there on Jan. 11. He is resting easy and eats and sleeps well. Mock Duel Was Fatal. SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. SO. Thos. Richie, a student at the Uni versity of California, was shot In the head and instantly killed last night by a fellow student, W. Cock rost, of Oakland, while engaged In a mock duel. Both were guests at the home.of Dr. H. P. Carleton, In Oak land, and before retiring they were handling revolvers which they both thought were empty. The fatal shot followed. Record-Trip by Dog Sleigh. TACOMA, Dec. 30. Anxious to see her father, Robert M. Thompson, a pioneer of this city, before he died Mrs. J. D. Sinclair, of Atlln, Alaska, drove a 2-dog sleigh 200 miles over snow and ice, boarded a steamer at Skagway and reached Tacoma within six days from the time she started, making an unprecedented record. Meanwhile her father's health had improved. Asthma Sufferers Should Know This. Foley's Honey and Tar has cured many cases of asthma that were con sidered hoiwless. Mrs. Adolph Bues ing, 701 West Third St., Davenport, Iowa, writes: "A severe cold contract ed. 12 years ago was neglected until It finally grew Into asthma. The best medical skill available could not give me more than temporary relief, Foley's Honey and Tar was recom mended and one 60c bottle entirely cured me of asthma which haa oeen growing on me for 12 years. If I had taken it at the start I would have been saved years of suffering." Sold by Red Cross Pharmacy. SIK J WE'VE BEEN TREATING PEOPLE SQUARE IR LAW Applicant Must Give Estimate at Time of Filing FEE MUST BE PAID THEN Owq Appraisal Stands Good If Govt. Does Not Hake One Within . Nine Months The Roaeburg land office has just received the new regulations govern ing the acquisition of title to public lands under the timber and stone law. The gist of the new regulations Is that all such lands applied for since the 30th of November 1908, shall be sold at an. appraised value. The examination must be based upon personal examination of the land within 30 days before the application Is filed, and it must show the quan tity, variety and value of the timber, as estimated by the applicant, and also his estimate of the value of the land itself. At the time of filing such application a fee of $10 must be paid. Under the old regulations this fee was paid at time of proof. The method of obtaining title now is thus set forth: "Any qualified person may obtain title under the timber and stone law by performing the following acts: (a) Personally examining the land desired; (b) presenting an applica tion and sworn statement, accom panied by a filing fee of $10; (c) depositing with the receiver the ap praised price of the laud; (d) pub lishing notice of his application and proof; (e) making final proof." If the government does not make an aniwaisal within nine mouths af ter the filing of the application for the laud, the applicant may buy at his own appraisal by depositing the money within 30 days after the ex- '1877 SOUTHERN OREGON plration of the nine mouths and mak ing final proof , in due time. The proof after government appraisal of the land is a very simple matter, consisting merely of a short affidavit of the applicant. Proof upon the ap Ucant's appraisal is made upon the farms heretofore used, consisting of testimony of the applicant and two advertised witnesses. "After application and deposit have been filed in proper form, as required by these regulations, the register and receiver will at once forward one copy of the application to the chief of field division having jurisdiction of the land described, who, If he finds legal objection to the allowance of the application, will re turn it to them with report thereon, i The register and receiver will. If they concur hi an adverse recommenda-! tlon of the chief of field division, dis- j miss or deny the application, sub-1 ject to the applicant's right of np- peal; but If they disagree with his i recommendation, they wWl forward the record to Commissioner of the General Land Office, with their re port and opinion thereon, for such action as he may deem ndvlsable. "If the chier of field division finds no such legal objection to the applica tion, he sh till cause the lands applied for to be appraised by an officer or employe of the government. The new regulations provide speci fically that timber and stone appli cants shall be "not under 21 years of age.' Heretofore women above IS years of age have been permitted to inter such lands. Hereafter, also, an applicant who 1b a married woman "will be required to show that the noney she pays for the land was not furnished by her husband." All unreserved, unappropriated, nonmlneral, surveyed, public lands within the public-land states, which are valuable chiefly Tor the timber or stone thereon and unfit for cultiva tion at the date of sale, may be sold under this net at their appraised value, but in no case at less thnn $2.fi0 per acre. In contiguous legal subdivisions upon which there Is no existing mining claim or the Im provements of nny bona fide sottler datming under the public-land laws. The terms used in this statement may he defined substantially as follows for the purpose of construing and applying this law: Unreserved and unappropriated Innds are lands which are not in cluded within nny mllltnry, Indian. or other reservation, or In a national forest, or in a withdrawal by the government for reclamation or other purposes,, or which are not covered or embraced in any entry, location, selection, or filing which withdraws 'hem from the public domain. Unoccupied lands nre lands be- ; longing to the United States upon j which there are no improvements be- I longing to any person who Iiiih lni- I tinted and is properly mnlntahiiug a I valid mining or other claim to such lands under the public land laws. Abandoned nnd unused mines, shafts, tunnels or buildings occupied by mere trespassers not seeking tlt'e under any law of the Untied Stntes, 1o not prevent timber nnd stone en fries If the land Is otherwise capable of being so entered. Nonmlneral lands are such lnnds as are not known to contain nny sub stance recognized and classed by standard authorities as mineral, in such quantities nnd of such qual ities as would, with reasonable pros- pects or success in developing a pay-' ing mine thereon. Induce a person of ordinary prudence to expend the time and money necessary to such develop ment. Timber Is defined as trees of such kind nnd quantity, regardless of size, ns may be used In constructing buildings, Irrigation works, railroads, U'lfjrranh nnd tflonhono Much, trnm- ays, canals, or fences, or In timber ing shafts and tunnels or In manu facturing, but dues not include trees suitable for wood only. hand valuable chiefly for timber, but unfit for cultivation are lands which are more valuable for timber lhan they are for cultivation In the condition In which they exist at the date of the application to purchase, and therefore include lands which could be made more valuable for cul tivation by cutting and clearing them of timber. The relative values for timber or cultivation must be deter mined from conditions of the land ex isting at the date of the application to purchase. Those who have filed timber and stone applications this month will have 30 days to file new applications under the new regulation. If thy fall to do this their claims will be rejected. MJItSIII'IIXD WOMAN IH III ICNhll TO iii:.tii Special to the Kvenlng Kevlcw.' MARSHFIKM). Or.. Dnc. 30 MrB. Walter Keating was burned to death at her home here today. Her son, Louis who works for Mr. Skin ner, agent of the steamer Alliance, had gone to his office. Shortly after he left, Mrs. Keating ran from the house with her clot hen a bin.". Neighbors immediately ran to assist her but H was ton late. She died within a minute after they reached her. How her clothes caught fire will never be known. Mrs. Keating was a pioneer of Coos Bay. Her husband was drown ed on the tug Solthomas. which was wrecked several years ago at the mouth of the rnipuua Itlver. On son. Jesne. died lat year from In lurlen received while going through the Hay CUy sawmill. Mr. Keating , leaves three sons: Itanlej, (ieorgp an Ixtiils. and one daughter Mrs. Vlnco i Pratt, of this city. ROLL MAY BE Disaster More Appalling as Details Are Learned KING AND QUEEN AT SCENE wenty Towns Are Burning and the - Devastated Area Will be Square Miles Millions are Homeless t Two hundred thousand 4" 4 dead; Messina, on tho Island 4 4- of Sicily, and Regglo and a 4 4. score of towns in Southern 4 4. Italy overwhelmed; the entire 4 4 Calnbrian region lnld waste 4" 4. that is ine partnqunKo s record so far as at iiresent known. 4. 4. Reports are coming slowly Into 4 4. Rome on account of tho most 4. complete destruction of lines of 4 4. communication to the Btricken 4 4" places. 4 4 Tho death total in Messina 4 ranges Train 12,00(1 to 50.000; 4. that of Regglo, which, with Kb 4 adjacent villages numbered 4 45,000 pcoplo, Includes nlmost 4. 4- the entire population; at Pall, 4. 1000 nre reported dead; at 4. Cassano, 1000; nt Cosenzn, 4. 500, and half of the population 4. of llngnara about 4000. The 4. Monteleone region hns been 4. devastated and Rlposn, Semln- 4. nra, San (ilovnnnnl, Scllla, Luz- 4. zaro and Cnntinello and all 4. other communes and vlllngea 4. on the stralls are In ruins. 4. 4.4.4. Special to tho Evening Ttevlow. ICIMIK Dec. ill). I'o oulmr la Hie best obtainable summary tonight from the earthquake district. The CM limited number of Hie (b ud In ilnced 11s high ns 21111,001). The III- trn-conservntivoB any the niimlier will xceoll K.t.OOO. At least 20 cities In Koulliern Duly anil Nlclly nre burn ing. Another onrthqiiuko shock mis felt nt Palermo today, but little dam age resulted, (leueral Dernssnto is burning bodies of the victims in tin' streets of Mcssiiin today to prevent piaguo. nil wagon ronils anil rail roads lending Into the rlty nre des- royell, rutting off sunn lea exeent bv boat. The famous volrnn 1 the Island of Hlroniholl Is sending up great volumes of smoke., A hail storm is sweeping down noon the wounded who nre lying unprotected upon the ground. Tile devastated region of Calabria nnd Hielly will ap proximate 1100(1 square miles, with 11 population reaching Into the mil lions. Hiibmerg.'fl by Tldnl Wnve. r'AVTAV'AOr It It oa uiii, iniomiKr, iiuij', 7ec. .ill. The city of Regglo, with a popula tion of 35,000, was entirely submerg ed by a tldnl wave during the earlh- liiiiHen itiiMHiny nun 11 IS OSMIunlea nim iiiiii it i mm miiiii persons es caped. This Is tho report brought by .ai'iiou 1,1 n i.iiiii mi ny in imiim- anra avl.,l..n V, II . --o alining m-i.r utility. Ill' milll the sea rolled In like n mighty wall. sweeping over ine enure cny and nvmiTtr n iiiitiuiiiK. it'imiinn suimi- Ing. The lower inrt of the city Is nntu nt itM nuiniiiK. nnu it is ii'iireu iiiul ii imty uisappenr in Tne sea. King nnd Queen Arrive. PAI.Klt.MO, Hlclly, Dec. 30 Queen Helena swooned at the sight of the horrors of the oarthuunke disaster when she and the king appronened Messina today. After being revived both wept like children over the terrible loss of life In the catastrophe Many of the survivors, driven Insane by their terrible exjierlences of th paBt few days, fell nt the feel of the royal couple moaning plteously, or tried to kiss their hands. Queen Hnviifl n l.lfe. OANTANIA, Hlclly. Dee. 30. Al though It required risking her own life, Queen Helena rescued a wound ed child from a wrecked building in Messina todav. The king and queen Were passing the ruined structure when the pitiful wailing of nn Inftin attracted the queen's attention. lies idle the protests of the king she rushed In and carried out the child and placed It on a relief boat. American Consul Henri. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 Th state department today received th following message from Consul Win dale, at Mnlta: "Consul Arthur fl. Cheney and wife re both dead at Messina. Their 4 j. KIXCIl CO.NVICTKD. Special to The Review. PORTLAND, Or.. Hoc. SO. J nines A. Finch, the slnyer or Attornoy Knlnh B. Klsher. waa tli Is afternoon found gulltv j. or murder in the lira di'Kree. j. ine jury was out 30 mill- 4. 4. UtOB. U 4.44.4.$ bodies have not been recovered," Consulate Buildings Destroyed. BHRL1N Dec. 30. Tho Ameri can and Uurmiin coiiBulato buildings at Messina wero destroyed by the earthquake nnd tidal wavo, accord- lllt In n leltliri'n .nnnl.. k I... tlio government, tho moasnifo ennt- i ii k via Home, o HIIIPPHKS WILL l'HOTHST. Mass Meetings Against Increased freight Kates in California. Speclnl.to the Kvenlng Review. SAN KRANC1SCO, Dec. 30. Grent eo-oporntlve mass meetings are ueing neid throughout Cnllfomla to protest against tho proposed Increase r freight rates on .Inn. 1. bv the Southern Pnclllc nnd Santa Ke rail roads, lhe shippers are preparing for a stubborn resistance of tho in crease in rates, but the Bllcnce of he railroad olllcials Indicates that they Intend to ndvnnco tho rates as announced. . ltlpley Is Dedllllt. SANTA BARBARA. Calif.. Dee. 29 "If there Is a pcoplo on the face of the globe which should have no oinplalnt to make It Is the people i ine i-ncuic uoust, declared K. . Ripley, president of the Santa Fe nllroad In an Interview given out on the eve of the propositi mass eeiingB to be held throughout f'nl- fornln tomorrow to protest against ilFher freight rales scheduled to go nto effect January 1st. "All this talk about rates Is fool ish," declared the magnate. Jtie rates between the PnUflr, coast and the east are the lowest rail road rates In the world. Thnv are constantly complained of by shippers in the Interior us being too low, and aiscrtminaiing against them. Our nly defense has been that they were made necessary by water competl- lon. mat more was little profit In honn although Buch ratoB applied to ill the business of (lie roadB. would speedily bankrupt them. lhe people of this const are a ospeclully favored class. They got biinrmnlly low rati'B hecniiso of their locution; they would not hnve leg to stand nn In n court before ny tribunal, either for low rnfes or to prevent an advance. They have been spoiled by n railroad service that In Its effort lo build up the re sources of lhe country hns rendered service out of ull proportion to the mount paid for It, and unequnlled in henpiicss on the face of the globe." Ravinond R. (inn Id, the transient ypnollst, who stole two overcoats from the itoseburg Hotel Inst week nd lied to Grants rnss, where he was arrested, was arraigned before Justice Iong this morning on n charge of iBrceny. He wulved ex amination, nnd Justice Long flxed his bonds ut 500, in default of which he was committed to Jnll. Gould admitted the theft, but a plea of gutity (or a penitentiary offense can- be accepted In n Justice court; such pleas are taken only in the Cir cuit court, so Gould will have to wait until that body meets next month beforo he can recelvo his sentence. Whitney nnd C.erney Hastings, former Rosehurg boys, are visiting here with friends. Notice t Our Customers. Wo are pleased to announce thnt Koley'B Honey nnd Tnr for coiighB, colds and lung trotiblin is not affect ed by the nntloual Pure Food and Drug Inw as It contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recom mend It as a Biifo remedy for chil dren and adults. Red Ctobs Phar- nifiiiy. J. W. Hamilton, President. J. F. Barker, Vice President. J. W. Hamilton N. Rice, J. F. Barker, 8. C. Bartrum, ROSEBURG NATIONAL BANK Established 1901. CAPITAL, - $50,000.00 Safetj Deposit boies for rent, ny the year 2.00, or will rent by Hie month. Our conservative management offers substantial advan tages to present and prooattlve patrons. We are prepared to handle all business entrusted to as accurately and expeditiously. 1 Rosebnrg School Meeting HJd This Afternoon BUT 16 TAXPAYERS ATTEND $3,000 From Count; and Stale Added to What Lev; Will Raise Will Leave $2,500 Deficit A tax of 10 mills for the year 1900 wnB voted at a meeting of the RoBehurg school district, at the Lane school houBe, this afternoon. As in . past years, the most conspicuous feature of the meeting was the small attendance. There were present Just iC tuxp.yrs, and of this number 14 voted for the levy and the remain ing 2 against it. The lovy, which Is twice that vot ed for the year now closing, applies on a district property valuation of 2, 175, 410. This Is In round num bers. $50,000 less than the valuation of 1907, a decrease which nobody ap peared to be able to account for. The new levy will raise $21,754. and In addition will receive $8000 In county and state money, making a grand total ot nearly $30,000. What Money Is Needed For. According to the estimates pre sented by D. W. Strong, of the Hoard of ' Directors, the district will require for current and inci dental expenses tho sum of $22,870; for the purchase of three needed school building sites the sum of $2200 Is required, and on the first day of next April, when the tar money begins to come In, thore will bo a doflclt of approximately $7600 a grand total ot over $32,000. Included In the current expenses are the following Items: Teachers' and Janitors' salaries, $15,255; principal and Interest on bonda, $5,302; fuel, $750. The Incidentals are estim ated at $1500. Mr. Strong explain ed that the heavy deficit accruing on April 1 wns due to too smnll o lovy last year by at least 2 mills. The three sites for new school buildings referred to In the estimates are In Riverside, West Roseburg nnd In Wnito Addition, adjoining tho high school premises. For each of the two first named, the owners, Louis Barzeo and A. J. Bollows, res pectively, ask $500. For the third named, comprising 4 lots, the Cobb Real F.Btate Company asks $1200. Mr. Strong explained that the time was near nt hand when the dlBtrlct would have to build In these localities and that It would be a good busi ness proposition to buy the sites now. Ho figured thnt at least a 9 m 1 11 tax would bo required for 1909. The lh-oveiillngs. Acting upon Mr. Strong's sugges tion ll.m II f. h'llitv moved to lew a tax of nine mills to meet the es timates of the board, nnd Hon. J. C. Fullcrton voiced a second. Be fore the motion was putrto a vote, however, Mr. Strong pointed out that If such a levy carried with It tho purchase of tho new building sites that llttlo would be left with which to meet the deficit of the. present year. The motion was then amended, placing the levy at 10 mills, and the favorable ballot was then taken. In making his motion, Mr. Eddy expressed himself especially In favor of improving the high school prem ises, portions of which ho snid were discreditable to tho city. He de clared that In the march ot improve ment of the city, the schools should be the Inst to lag behind. This sen timent was also voiced by Joseph .Miculll, who was even in favor of a (Continued on page 4.) OFFICERS. A. 0. Martten, Cashier. W. T. Wright, Asst. Cajhler DIRECTORS. W. T. Wright. J. O. Newland, I. Abraham, Chas. W. Parks, A. C. Marstera. THE 3VJ
