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Newspaper Page TextDOUGLAS OOUKtlf ORCHARDS it ELD ANNUAL CROPS hMOtdtNC. F ROM tOO TO SO0 PER ACRE. CHOICE ORCHARD LAND CAN BTIL L BE BOUGHT CHEAP. AN INVESTMENT NOW WILL QUADRUPLE IN VALUE IN FIVE YEARS' TIMfii. KEEP WELL POSTED On the current events of the world'! progress by reading the Dailt Rctiiw. Delivered by carrier, 60 ent month. ROSEBURG PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertiser! net good returns Irom en nonnconienie placed in live papers the Dailv a.nu Tu e-a-wxsk Raviaw. Try ciiem tbrre'e D int other so good. VOL. XL ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1.1, 1000. NO. 300. Review Roosevelt Sends Conference Report to Congress LEGISLATION IS NEEDED Causes ol Delinquency Pointed ind Remedial Measures Are Recommended Oat Special to the Evening Review. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Presi dent Roosevelt today sent to congress a special message recommending cer tain legislation requested by the Con ference on the Care of Dependent Children and transmitting the pro ceedings of the conference. The mes sage says In part: "The subject considered is one of high importance to the well-being of the nation. The census bureau re ported in 1904 that there were in or phanages and children's homes about 93.000 dependent children. There are probably 60,000 more (the pre cise number never having been ascer tained) In private homes, either on board or In adopted homes provided by the generosity of foster parents. In addition to these there were 25.- 000 children In Institutions for juv enile delinquents. "Each of these children represents either a potential addition to the productive capacity and the enlight ened citizenship of the nation, or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a po tential addition, to the destructive forces of the community. The ranks of criminals and other enemies of so ciety are recruited in an altogether undue proportion from children be reft of their natural homes and left without sufficient care. ' "The interests of the nation are Involved in -the welfare of this army JOSEPHSON'S The Big Store of children no less than In our great material affairs. "I transmit herewith for your In formation a copy of the conclusions reached by the Conference, of which the following Is a brief summary: "Home Care. Children of worthy parents or deserving mothers should, as a rule, be kept with their parents at home. Preventive Work The effort should be made to eradicate causes of dependency, such as disease and accident, and to substitute compen sation and Insurance for relief. "Home Finding Homeless and neglected children, If normal, should be cared for in families, when prac ticable. "Cottage System Institutions should be on the cottage plan with small units, as far aB possible. "Incorporation Agencies caring for dependent children should be In corporated, on approval of the suit able State board. "State Inspection The State should inspect the work of all agen cies which care for dependent chil dren. "Inspection of Educational Work Educational work of Institutions and agencies caring for dependent i children should be supervised by J state educational authorities. "Facts and Records Complete histories of dependent children and their parents, based upon personal In vestigation and supervision, should be recorded for guidance of child caring agencies. "Physical Care Every needy child should receive the best medical and surgical attention, and be in structed In health and hygiene. "Co-Operation Local chlld-car-lng agencies should co-operate and establish Joint bureaus of informa tion. "Undesirable Legislation Pro hibitive legislation against transfer of dependent children between states should be repealed. "Permanent Organization A per- manent organization ror worn aioug the lines of these resolutions 1b de- sirable. "Federal Children's Bureau Es tablishment of a Federal Children's Bureau is desirable, and enactment of pending bill Is earnestly recom mended. ti ..ji. i i,n,u of Congress bills for the establish- ment of a Children's Bureau. These ARRIVING DAILY newspring:goods IN ALL DEPARTMENTS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL FOLLOW provide for a Children's Bureau In the Department of the Interior which "shall Investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life, and shull especially Investigate the questions of Infant mortality, the birth rate, physical degeneracy, orphanage, ju venile delinquency and juvenile courts, desertion and illegitimacy, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children of the working classes, employment, legislation af fecting children in the several states and territories, and such other facts as have a bearing upon the health, efficiency, character and training of children." One of the needs felt most acutely by the Conference was that of accur ate Information concerning those questions relating to childhood. The national government not only has the unquestioned right of research In such vital matters, but Is the only agency which can effectively conduct such general inquiries as are needed for the benefit of all our citizens. In accordance with the unanimous re quest of the Conference, I therefore most heartily urge your favorable ac tion on these measures." GOLD HARVEST PROMISES BIG. Output From Southern Oregon Sur face Mines Will Break Records. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 13. It now seems certain that the amount of placer gold from the surface mines of southern Oregon will be greater for the present season that It has been since the palmy days of pioneer mining. Every placer mine, large and small, Is In full operation. Even the "dry dlggln's" which have not been worked for many seasons, are thlB year giving up their golden treasure. The harvest of gold is already niuirim In from the smaller prop Mm that have made cleanups. The iocai banks report an unusuauy heavv nurcbase of virgin gold, and the express company has maae many shipments to the mint. The surface diggings In Josephine county alone will produce fully $600,000 and the figures may reach $760,000 for the season. There is no means oi usc-i- ininine the eioct outout, as a great number of the miners ship their gold aireci 10 in uuuu Established 1877 ignore mm I - I i State v;ill k As!;ed to Build Own. Railroad McARTHUR TO MAKE PLEA Abraham Unearths Plot Against Cow Creek Placer Miners Drain is ReluibaLcd Special to the Evening Review. SALEM, Os., Fb 15. This being the hut day Dew bills can be con sidered, the House will probably be In session all night to wade through the congestion that blockB the wheels of business. A bill extending the por tage railroad so that railroad con struction can begin on the upper Coimbla passed the house and Is now going to the senate. This meas ure carries a heavy appropriation, and for that reason It may be de feated. Governor Chamberlain today ve toed a bill raising it he salary of County Judge Noil, who is a warm democratic supporter of the gov ernor. Speaker McArthur will take the floor this afternoon and seek to put through the house an amendment to the constitution, creating a commis sion of nine business men to under take the building of stnte-alded rail roads through central Oregon. Sim ilar action is expected to be taken by the Idaho legislature. SALEM, Or., Feb. 13. Stirred In to activity by the sensntlonnl Intim ations on the fltior of the house yes terday afternoon by Representative Farrell," the Douglas county delega tion Is Investigating the circumstance surround'ng tho introduction of 11. H. 301, by llrnily, making it unlaw ful to dump mining debris Into the Umpqua River and Cow Creak, link ing his utterance on what he baa al ready discovered. Senator Abraham denounces the bill is an Invention of the Southern Pac'tl:, and declares that In the unlikely event of its pas sing the house, he will "light it to a llnlsh" In the somite. That there will bo fireworks when the bill comes us is promised, unless it should be .it.ut-; 1 to the bonevord In committee. When I heard of the Introduction of this bill I was much surprised," said Senator Abraham, "bocauso I never heard a word of complaint against dumping tnilings or sllckens Into elthar the Uirnqun River or Cow Creek b'cro I left Koseburg. I have conferred with the Douglas repre sentees, Messrs. Appk'gn'e and Bu chanan, and am informed that the first they knew of the hill was when it was introduced by Brady. It ap peared very Urnr-e t: us that the bill should be s"'it up here to be In troduced by a Multnomah represen tative, so I decided to carry the In vestigation fnrther. I discovered that In s-ipport or the bill a couple rf petitions had been nrennred, signed by about 100 per sons, and trot Mr. Buchanan hod re cclvid one of them. Thy are falsely worded and ju t tho kl id of docu ment that almost any innn would slKn If he did nut suspect n hidden mo tive. They start off with the asser tion that the section of country though which tho Umpqua river and Cow Creek flow Is a aportmen'a re sort, und thot the dumping of debris In them prcenl fish I om running In the str ams. Colored Man in MMlpile, Now, In point of fact, it Is Btrelchlng the imagination to call this section a sportsmen's resort, and there are practically no fish In cither the l:ver or crei k referred to. TIiIh showed that there was an African In the woodpile, and we have been searching for him. Ills kinky ban Is already in sight, and we shall make him a target before we are through. I am convinced that this measure was Introduced at the Instigation of ag ents of the Southern Pacific railway. because that corporation do1 not want the streams filled with debris from the mines for a number of rea sons. What somebody is trying to accomplish, however, would work a hardship on mining men and claim owners In Douglas County. I do not believe a dozen names could have been procured for any petition If the persons asked to sign had realized the motive of the move. "There are also certain things which tend to show that there Is considerable money behind the prop osition to tie up mill's and claims along these Btrenms. The railroad Is the only interest in that section I know of which would care enough to get such a law pnssed to go to any cx liense to accomplish its object. When this bill gets past the house, If It ever J t think Ihla tin kplv It ... . - .. n in Will miri Willi a wo.,,, 1..-, . he senate. I shall nKht It to a finish and take my chances of offending Douglas county 'sportrmen.' " Hills Pa I Saturday. Senator Bingham's forestry bill, carrying an appropriation $10,000 for the employment of a master fire warden for two years pas sed tho senate Saturday with little opposition. The master lire warden is to bo appointed by the State Board of Forestry and It to have general supervision of the enforcement of the laws respecting the burning of slashings, the setting of fires, etc., and Is to disseminate information re garding protection of forests. Johnson's road bill, which passed the senate, provides for co-operutive Improvements, the property within two miles of the road to be improved to pay three-eighths of the cost, the county to pay three-eighths and the state two-eighths. The law Ib not to become operative until 1910 and au thorizes a state levy of ouo-half mill, which would produce practically $300,000 as the state's share of tho expense, provided the road districts the counties take the Initiative and pay their share. Stuto aid is de pendent upon the local and county interests doing their part. Drain Gets Hack Pay. Appropriations for the mainten ance and Incidental expenses of the Drain normal (luring the past two years were granted by the house last night. One bill was for $7000 and the other for $5091.69. The house granted' the money on tho assump tion that the school had been main tained under the authority of the board of regents and that tho state was therefore morally bound to pay the bill. IS AMERICA AFRAID TO RAISE THE MAIM Spaniards Declare Wreck Would Show Battleship Wan Not Sunk by an Exterior Agency. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Memor ial services in honor of the U3 Am erican sailors who went down with the Maine In Havnna harbor Just 11 yearB ago today, and whose hones still moulder In tho wreck of tho 111 fated battleship, will be held this evening by the Maine Memorlnl As sociation. Patriotic societies, par ticularly vetorans of the Spanish war, also observed the anniversary. This year's anniversary Is especial ly notable, since It Is marked by an insistent public demand for the rais ing of the Maine, In order that the sailors whose tomb It Is mny be given proper burial. - Determined opinisl tiou to this project in somo quarters haB aroused considerable indignation nmong tho veterans of the Spanish war. The recent report of Charles E Magoon, late provisional governor of Cuba, after referring to the wreck at an obstruction to navigation, de clares: "Even more Important Ib tho fact that this wreck, although It contains the bodies of 03 American sailors, or what Is left of them. Is apparently abandoned and forgotten by the gov eminent and the people of the United States. It haB become a national reproach, and an Internuitlonnl scandal." Representative William Sulzer, of New York, apparently Is the only man In Congress still loynl In heart and work to a plan and an npproprla lion for ralBlng the Maine. Mr. Hul- zer's bill asking for nn appropriation to bring the wreck to the surface and to remove the bodies therein to Ar lington cemetery, Ib In keeping of the houso committee on naval atralrs, where It has been for nearly nine months. Whether the measure over will receive a favorable report Is at best a mere matter of guesswork Some of the committee members arc In favor of reporting the bill favor ably, but the mnjorlty seems to be held hack by some shadowy thing of which no one lias or seems to hnve any substantial knowledge. In Cuba the Spanish contingent r.t tributes the failure to remove the wreck of the Maine to the fear, Maaoon nolnts out, that the work "will disclose the fullncy of tho pop ulur belief that the Maine was des- troyed by a torpedo or mine Instead of on Interior explosion." There nre also Americans who think with the Spanish sympothlzera in Cuba that the government Is afrnld to raise the Maine because on examination of Its broken hulk might show "Ilia the Maine destroyed herself," anil that tho Spaniards had nothing to do with It. A board of competent men settled to the satisfaction of most peopi that an "exterior explosion" sent th Maine to tho bottom of the harbor. No one In the service or out of It probnbly believes that the report of the officers was not accurate leost of all believes that a wrong re oort was turned in Intentionally li order to lift a burden of blame from the shoulders of the officers of th shio. From a speech delivered by Renre sentatlve Sulzer In the House of Itenresentatlvea In siniliort of thl hill for an appropriation to raine th Maine, It Is learned that the records of tho Navy Department show that 231 men were killed when the Maine was destroyed; that 24 bodies were recovered Immediately and burled at Key West, Florida; that later 144 bodies were recovered and brought home for Interment in the National Cemetery at Arlington. The bodies ..I 1 ar.llnrt ftf the MnltlO were IieVCr ' . Ap iMnimlul fur nnii It lit " timmcri that thev are now entombed - - ,,,.- I with the wreck In the mud of llaiona the harbor. . I FOR SALE A new "green bone cut Are1 ter " and a small hand feed grind of er. See Elmer E. NMmberly. 10,000 ACRES IS TO HAVE IRRIGATION. .Tllzcns' Company of Josephine Coun ty Takes up Muiilmotll lr rigiition Project. - GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 13. Six teen thousand acres of arid luuds in ud around Grants Pass will be plac ed under Irrigation this seuson. Af- er live months' work tho Josephine County Irrigation & Power Company, composed of local people, assisted by u expert rrom the United Slates re lamutlon service, has perfected a system whereby Irrigation becomes a fact. At tho Una! meeting of direct ors held this afternoon, a contract as made with the Golden Drift Min ing company to supply water. This company owns a large power dnm three miles above the city, .with im menso high pressure pumps and pipe- nos already Installed. All that re- nmius Is the construction of ditches, work upon which begin ut once. 1 By tho terms of the contract, wa ter will be supplied at a flat rate of 5 an acre. Tho Irrigation company is given an option on the pluut to purchase It within two yours for 100,000. After two yours the op tion will bo extended to .10 years with the price raised to $500,000, but II money paid for water at the per aero rate will be applied to the purchase price. he directors of the irrigation company, composed of lending bus! ness men and ranchers; 11. L. Ullkey, mnnager First National Bank, presi dent; G. J. Rlggs, secretary. Other members are H. C. Kinney, C. 11. .lamer, C. G. Cmitiint, K. K. Blanch- aril, O. S. lllnnchard, G. A. Hamilton. Thomns. C. w. Anient Ib man ager of the Golden Drift company. M. C. Anient is superintendent of works. The plant is one of tho best, both for power and irrigation in Oregon. Tho dam lifts wnter- of the Rogue River 200 feet, giving 10,000 horse power. Four turbines are already In stalled. Tho largest high pressure pump in the world will he in oper ation, capacity 111. 000, 000. gallons every 24 hours, 9000 gallons a mln uto. An additional pump of similar size and cupacity will be Installed. . i'hero will be eight ditches, four on each side of tho river, six high line and two gravity. The wnter will be lifted Into tho higheHt ditch 350 feet at tho dam, allowing It to reach 11 tho upper benches, nooks nnd mountain dales. : This concluding work of tho ranch ers' irrigation company is the most mportnnt event in the history of Grants Puss. Land will now be avail able for 50, 000 people In and around this city. Revolts lit Cold Steel. "Your only hope,' torB to Mrs. M. E. unlit three doc- 'Mslier, Detroit, Mich., suffering from severe rectal trouble, "lies In nn operation. Then I used Dr. King's Now Llfo Pills," she writes, "till wholly cured." They prevent nppondlcitls, cure constipa tion, headache. 25c at all druggists. Untlnoes every afternoon at The Crescent. 5e. TP FREE EXHIBIT of the International Correspondence Schools, at Bellows' Store Feb. 18-19-20. Call and ask the I. C. S. man how you can qualify for a better position. Special discount during the three days display. (', Hughes. ROSEBURG KINK CARBONATED IIKVKRAGEM OK ALL KINDS CIDERS AND SYllt PS. TANKS ril.MtGKD. Will be ready fur IiiihIiicM nlxiut Feb. I'd alti niliil In. Phone No. HEAVY DEATH LIST 50 Reported "Killed .in Wrak on Lake Shore Road 18-IIOUR FLYER BITS SLIDE Blizzird Again Crips Middle West ' Idaho Legislature Passes Local ' Option Bill Special to the Evening Review. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. IB. It Ib reported that at least 50 persons are dead as the result of tho wrecking lust night of an electric car on the Lake Shore Road on the outskirtB of Vermillion, Ohiu. The car carried upwards of 100 people. On account of tho heavy blizzard now rqging the wires ure down and the roport of the death list cannot be verified. Train lilts Slide. .. ALTOONA, Pa., Feb. 15. Run ning at the rate of forty miles an hour, the Pennsylvania Flyer, from Chicago to New York, on the 18-hour schedule, struck a landslide near this place today. Tfne locomotive overturned and the baggnge car nnd three Pullmans, fitted with sleeping pnssengers, wore dornllod. Baggage Master Mingus was severely Injured, and a number of passengers were hurt. ' Middle W'-st In Storm's Grip. CHICAGO, Feb. 15. The worst storm of the last docado la paralyz ing the entire middle wcBt, according to reports received today. Suffering nnd disaster are widespread. Rall rord transportation has' ceased and telegraph and telephone wires are out or commission. Chicago is firmly in the grip of tho Intense cold. One death has been reported. Iocnl Option In Idaho. 1IOISK, Idaho, Feb. 15. Tho House today passed the senate local option hill, which now goes to the governor for his signature. The bill makes the county the unit In liquor elections, which mny be called upon petition of 40 per cent of the voters. Smallest Italic In World. PADUCA1I, Ky Feb. 15. Satis fied that their youngest child, weigh ing but 2 pounds, Is the smallest baby lu tho world. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lady, of this city, have decided to nnine tho child Toft. When born, the child weighed hut zo ounces It Is 12 luetics long nnd perfectly formed. Its first di-esB was supplied from the wardrobe of a doll belonging to a little girl neighbor. Knox Still Blocked. WASHINGTON, Fob. 15. Tho bill designed lo enable Senator Knox to become secretary of Btate was de feated in the House this afternoon. The bill Intended to rescind the In crease In salary In thut oltlce from $ xii ml lo $12,000, so that Knox, hav ing been a member of congress, could In lie his place ut the head of the cabinet. More Honors for Taft. CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 15. Win. II. Tart left for Washington this af ternoon. Whon he returns Thurs day he will be made a Mason "at sight." The ceremony will take place nt 6 o'clock at the Scottish Rite cathedral. Oil Trust Pays Fine. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 15. The Wutors-1'lerrc Oil Co.. re cently convicted of an unlawful combination with the Republic and Standard Oil companies, today paid Its line of $50,000 and accepted tho decree ousting It rrom the state. When Listing Your Property Try Ul For Quick Sales E. D. Mowcry & Co Timber and Farm Lands' Irrigated Fruit Lands a Specialty. Roseburg National Bank Dld'g Cast Street. Joe. Plronl. SODA WORKS AGENTS FOR I.IQI'ID GAS. All orders promptly Iff. EDW, Ml'DDF.MAN. Mnnager.