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EVENING ROSEBURG REVIEW ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY REVIEW PUBLISHING) COMPANY I,. WMIRKKLY. DAILY Per year, by mall (3 00 Per mouth, delivered 60 Per week, delivered . . . . 16 SEMI-WEEKLY Per year (2.00 8lz month 1.00 MAY 1, 10(H). DEVLIN ItETL'HNH DRAIN HANK ITS SECURITIES. Amount Due IiiHtltutlon Mudo Good Jtut Not Willi l'HMr Demanded In Threut d Suit. Thomas O. Devlin, as receiver for the Oregon Trust & Savings bank, at noon yesterday, delivered to A. N. Orcutt, attorney for the Luuk of Drain, bonds of the Puget' Sound Telephone company, representing $0, '800, together with Interest duo Oc tober 1, 1007, April 1, 1008, October 1, 1908, and April 1, lus), says Fri day's Portland Journal. Tbe bonds delivered by Mr. Devlin were not those bought by the Oregon Trust for the Dank of Drain In March, 1907, and sought by the Dank of Drain ever since that time. They were othor bonds, representing the sume amount of money, and the Interest due to the Dank of Drain was paid In cash because some one had cash ed the coupons of the Drain bank's bonds. Who now holds the bonds origin ally sold to the Dank of Drain Is a mystery. How they disappeared from the safoty deposit vaults of the Ger-man-Amerlcnn bank Is unexpluined. Who took thorn, without order or au thority of the Bank of Drain and col lected the interest on coupons as that Interest fell due, Is a riddle, the answer to which may be known to the receiver of the Oregon TruBt, but which he has not made public, con tending that the original bonds were simply mlslnid for a time and had been recovered and returned to the Bank of Drain. The history of this bond dual If Btrango. It appears to demonstrate the methods of high finance carried on by tho officials of the old Oregon Trust St Savings bank. It lmllcntes o surprlHlng laxity in the handling ol securities by tho receiver or other officials In charge of these socurltieF by reason of which $9800 In bondi were tnkon from a doposlt box, th coupons cashed and the money col lected without aulhorlly of tho own era of those bonds. It allows that I: was necessary to file a petition for r suit against the receiver bofore tin ownerB of those securities could re cover tholr property. History of Suit. Going back into hiHtory, the con noctlon of the bank of Drain with tin Oregon Trust & Savings hank begni In January, 1907, when Gc-orgo Kb tea, head of the bond department ol the Oregon TruRt & Savings bank, be gan negotiations with the bunk ol Drain for the purchase of that Insti tution. The negotiations resulted in the purchase of the bank of Drain In January, 1907, by tho Oregon Trust A Havings bank. In making thlf deal tho Oregon Trust got $16,200 worth of the stock of the bank of Drain. The total Rtock was $20,000, the remaining $4800 bolng held by local pcnplo In Drain. Tho stock owned by the Oregon Trust ft Savings company was assign ed to W. H. Moore, W. Cooper Mor ris and Georgo Estos as trustees. ThOHO men were elected to the hoard of -directors of tho Drain bank, form ing a mnjorlty of the bonrd. In March, 1907, tho bank of Drain was notllled that Itn board of direct ors hnd purchased for It $26,000 worth of Puget Bound Telephone bonds nt pnr and the official of the bank of Drain were asked to send the money to Portland to pay for the bomlfl: HcihIn the Money. Notwithstanding the fact that these bonds were then sailing In the open market for between 60 and 75 cents on the dollar, tho Drain officials considered thut the action of the majority of their board of di rectors waB binding on the bank and sent tho money, $25,000, to tho Ore gon Trust & Savings bank which was handling the telephone bonds. Fol lowing the receipt of the money word was sent to tho bank of Drain that Its bonds were In a Barely deposit box. held subject to the order of the hank of Drain. Following this 'came tho failure of tho Oregon Trust & Savings bank and the sultHctiucnt suspension of the bank of Drain. U. M. Ilassett cnahler of the bank of Drain, and a member of Its board of directors, waf appointed receiver. He, together with locnl capitalists, took up tbe re organization of the bank. They wanted lo dlmolve all connection with the Oregon Trust A Savings bank and begnn ucuotlntlnns with T C. Devlin, recelvor of the Portlnuil Institution, for tho recovery of their $16,200 worth of sWrk hela m a ass, of she Portkind bank. firVart K-httiM. flK bank l DraWi lrf pi Mixes she telephone nt stir, paying riXlHisr for I1h H tfniSi. Ylrey there- (hire sfVe4 emttfiMfse I.V2 rfMl f Mm Ur tkii ir..i' wYiMh Ot Ht.cH) k4 ay tm Vm ru4 til ats4tin Wwv ItnrVtw. Mbs iutf as (Mrr, 197. v. iMiMli At tin ttnjp (i.MI si wiw fctln Kt Am qMy st mil (Sir rw litis- tnimfe to tie coirl- sjurt ?) bonds vsr' pnKMvty 15.2 telm put In one pii .0. tlv remainder, In anptfA' was Mnalltt parttme. Tli l: pis lsssi wi ex changed for the stoA a.d the smaller package was presumably r placed In the deposit box and held mbject to the order of the bank of Drain. The bauk of Drain reopened and 1 cutiVthpUted lrattsferrlf.it the $'jQ0 of buiidt to (he utindy of the Mer chants' National Dank of Portland, with which institution the bank of Drain was doing business, but the bank holidays caused a suspension of business and the transfer was not made, the bonds presumably remain ing In the sufety deposit vaults of the Qermaa-Amerlcan bank. More Mystery, In December, 1907, Attorney Or cutt came to Portland on business and brought with him an order from Cashier Uaasett directing Iteceiver Devlin to deliver tho bonds of the bank of Drain to Orcutt for delivery to the bank of Drain. Devlin was not In Portland at the time, and Ar thur B. Mason, assistant cashier of the Gornian-Amerlcan.bank, told Or cutt that the bonds could not be de livered in tho absence of Devlin. Subsequent to this Bassett wrote to Devlin, asking for the delivery of the bonds, and the receiver replied by telephone, saying that the secur ities had been mislaid. This was In January, 1908, aud all of thut year was spent by the bauk or Drum In repeated attempts to secure posses sion of Its bonds. During the sum mer a representative of the bank of Drain searched the vaults of Ihe German-American bank In company with Receiver Devlin In an attempt to discover their whereaboutB. The search was fruitless. During the full of 1908 the bank of Drain, through Its attorney, In formed Receiver Devlin that unless the bonds were forthcoming, suit would be brought for their replevin. The matter wus then tuken up with the Puget Sound Telephone company In an effort to see if duplicate bonds could not be issued to the bank of Drain to cover the loss of the old ones. The company would not Issue duplicates without absolute proof that tho first bonds had been lust be yond hope of recovery. Hunk Examiner Intervene. During tho latter part of tho year the bank examiner was appealed to liy the bank of Drnln. The bank ex- aminor interviewed Receiver Devlin who told him that the bonds were misplaced and thut he wus hunting for them. Attorney General Craw ford was then nppealed to and the In vestigation started by him resulted In a petition for a suit agulnst the re ceiver, which was presented to Judge (lantenhcin laBt Monday. Judge Gnn tenheln Bays that he told Attorney General Crawford that he would look over tho papers and grout an order or tho suit. He asked Devlin shout ho bonds and Devlin told him they had been recovered and were bolng held by him subject to the order of ho Hank of Drain. The judge did -lot sign the order for suit nnd the jottlemcnt wus made yesterday at loon. Tho fact retnnlns. however, that all 1'irlng this time Interest had been Millocted on the iost bondB, the cou pons being presented as they fell due, :hreo ots of coupons going to Ta oina and the series of April 1 last being enshed In Portland. Proceedings Hlopcd; Mystery Un solved. It Is also a fact that tho bonds iellvered at noon yesterday to Mr. Orcutt, nttorncy for th) bank of Ornln, by Receiver Devlin wore not the bonds segregated Into a $0800 nacknge and put In the safety deposit box of tho Gorman-American bank. The only Inference left then, Is that jthcr bonds were bought In the mar ket, or secured In some other way. nnd substituted for those owned by tho- Hank of Drain. Who stopped ?o- rt proceedings In this way, wheth er It was Receiver Devlin or some one elso Interested, Is an open ques tion. That tho bonds could have been in tho possession of nny "parties In Intorest" during all of the time, ns Is clalmod by Receiver Devlin, Ib de nied by. Attorney Orcutt, who con tends that tho Hank of Drain was the lole owner, that the bonds were held ln safety deposit subject to order of 'he Bank of Drain, and that that in itittitton never gave any autliurlty to any person or corporation to tnko possession of tho bonds or to collect the Interest thereon as it fell due. A Clean Man Outilde oleanliocH U Imi than halt tho battle. A tnan may aorub himieLi a dozen timet a day, and till b unclean. Good health mcana eleanlineta nut only onttide, but inside. 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It In cludes everything to dste In legal mining procedure. Copies only 40 cents each. TF V ! lg.s.AWl'K'swsr.. i'i.','i's 'i ; sHsdis AGA1H81 V. i. AKMiTAC-fc Arrest Caused by H. W. Miller Case Grows Out of Burning of Two Drug Stores -at Arleta. The spotlight of publicity bos again thrown Un rays of W. J. Ar t milage and H. W. Miller, former resi dents of Roseburg and Myrtle Creek. I Armltage wao once in the flour mill business in Roseburg and later oper 1 ated in inlnos and real estate at Myr- tie Cr-'ek. Miller is an ex-Jusllce of the peace, real estate agent and saloon owner of this city. He was i afterwards In the hotel and real es tate business ln Myrtle Creek. I Upon leaving Myrtle Creek, Miller 'got mixed up ln a fake timber land locating scheme and served time on McNeill's Island. Armltage came in to 'public notice sometime afterwards through tho burning of his two drug Btores at Arleta, a suburb of Port land. Arleta Is a "dry" town and it was openly charged that the destruc tion of his drug stores was due to "blind pigging." For the past ten years, Armltage and Miller have been associated In numerous ventures, but the Inevit able has now happened they have at last reached tho parting of the wayn according to the following article in the Portland Journal of April 30: Two firee. a lot of fire insurance and two drug stores are mixed up in series of incidents, which have led to the arrest of W. J. Armltage, an Arleta druggist, charging hfm with the larceny by embezzlement of $700 from H. W. Miller. Armltage has now been released under $2600 bonds. . The trouble started with tho Arleta pharmacy ln May. 1908. This was then owned by Mr. Armltage and at that time It burned down. There was $2000 Insurance on the building and contents. This policy was then as signed to the Blumauer-Frank com pany in payment of an indebtedness of this amount. Then, across the street Mr. Armltage started a new Arleta pharmacy company. Mr. Arml tage then borrow a certain amount from Mr. Miller and little by little the Are Yon A FRUIT FARM? If so, hero is a -chance for you to secure one; only S-4 mile from depot. In good lire town wltll graded schools, bunks, bletfraph, express, hotels, stores, etc. As good fruit land as any ln Douglas County and Douglas County has sonic us good fruit land ns any in Oregon 80 acres in cultivation, of which 7 acres is in commercial, bearing orchard, consist ing of apples, peaches, cherries and prunes; 11 acres in wheat; balanco ln hay. The land is rolling and, therefore, drainage is perfect; there are two wells, and a creek runs through the place. Good house, built last Fall, on slight elevation, affording splendid view of the town and whole valley. Large frame barn, on good foundation, with stalls on one side for 4 horses and 10 cows and room for as many more on the other side; bins for grain, driveway large enough for load of hay; mows or lofts for many tons of looso hay; place for buggies, etc. The place is well fenced and cross-fenced. In fact, this Is a first class, np-to-date place. The title Is perfect; will furnish abstract of title and give Warranty deed. Cash or terms. ' Possession may b had at once, which Includes this year's crop a good income the first year. ' Stock and implements may be had, reasonable. If wanted. , For other information or particulars as to location, etc., call on or write, M. M. MILLKIC, Cure The ltevlew, KOSEHUKG, OHEGON. Quality In The Rambler That quality of reflneMest Is workmanship and material which dmlsates every detail of the uew Rambler Is most apparent whn It Is compared, part for part, with care costing hundreds and thou sands of dollars more. The perfection of every detail of this automobile can be attrib uted to that Infinite care and pride In his work which every Rambler mechanic brings to his Individual task. The selection, Indifferent to cost, of the materials used and the finished skill applied to fashion ing each part stamps tbe Rambler as a car of character. The Rambler Spare Wheel, Offset Crank-Staft, and other exclus ive Rambler features are but evidences of our constant effort to pro vide for the comfort and satisfaction of Rambler owners. H. W. Althaus & Sons Cor. Cass & Rose Sts., Phone 1441 Roseburg, Ore. ksBsssssskaasBi 33 FOR COUGHS THROAT FOR PREVENTS PNEUMONIA I had tho most debilitating cough a mortal was ever afflicted with, and my friends expected that when I left my bed it would surely be for my grave. Our doctor pronounced my case incurable, but thanks be to God, four bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery cured me so completely that I am all sound and well. MRS. EVA UNCAPBLER, Grovertown, Isd. PtlcB 50c and $1.00 ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED! Trial Bottle Free indebtedness was increased until fin ally the entire stock and business of the company was turned over to Mr. Miller, who assumed all the debts of the company. Again the store burned down, this time with 14000 Insurance. This was In July, 1908. Again a policy for $2000 Insurance was turned over to the Blunihuer-Frank company, while the other $2000 policy was as signed to H. W. Miller by the Arleta Looking For Get You Screens In early. It promises to be a great fly year. Suppose you come here and Order them now. We have them for 4uy sized door or window. Or if you prefer to make them yourself we have the moulding, tbe wire cloth, the tacks, the hammer and the hinges. All at a reasonable price. The J. G. Plook Co. Rosebnrg, Oregon. KING OF CURES THE WONDER WORKER PR. KING'S COUGHS AND COLDS SOLD AND GUARANTIED BY A Mi imuutiisTtt. pharmacy company and by Mr. Miller was aBBigned for collection to Mr. Armltage. This laBt move was done In Order to keep the creditors from garnishing the insurance company. A compromise of $1250 was made with the insurance company and this was paid to Armltage. Armitage then paid out $499.55 In bills due and this entirely wiped out the bills payable by the company. This balance of $700.45 Miller now say Armltage converted to his own use. Mr. Miller states that Armitage has promised from day to day to pay this money but has fulled to do so. : Anti-Backache Btore. 50c. at Marsters' Drug dtf Byer's Patent Flour Have you tried Byer's Patent Flour? This is a flour made from Eastern Hard Wheat. Every sack Guaranteed. Try One vSack and if noV Satisfactory, Money Refunded. Good FlourGood Bread. We urge you to try this flour. We have tried- a number of brands, but this one we can GUARANTEE. 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