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HOSKHl'IMJ, OltKflON, MONDAY lOVUXIXtl, NOVUMltHU 15,11(01).
No. 222.
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Review
I
Decrease of Over 17 Per Cent
in 1908 Prices- Fell
JON TIPS LEAD
Y.iiow Pine Stil Heaviest Prcdaccr,
Willi Dowlas Fir Next Lilii
and Shingle Data
Special to the Evening Review.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 15.
The facty and figures contained in the
forthcoming U. S. Census Bureau bul
letin on lath, lumber, and shingles hi
1908 discloses in a must striking
manner the adverse conditions ob
taining In the lumber industry dur
ing that year. .
A comparative summary of the
total values for the several groups
of forest products investigated for the
calendar years 1907 and 190S fol
lows: 11H8
Lumber, lath & shingles$54 1 ,545,640
Cross ties 5G,2S0,5(iS
Puipwood 28,047.473
Tanbark & tanning extr. 2 1,361.7 1 9
Slack cooperage stock. . 1G. 900, 651
Tight cooperage stock. . 14.406.443
Poles fi, 928. 824
Veneer 7.891,4:11
Wood distillation 5,899 4211
Total $698,262,175
11)07.
Lumber, lath & shingles$707.095.409
Cross ties 78.958.695
Puipwood 32.360.276
Tanbark and tanning ex 21.205.547
Slack cooperage stock . 15.800.253
Tight cooperage stock . 19.807,370
Poles 8,081,768
Veneer 6,436.237
Wood distillation 8,190,18:.
Total $S97.941,736
The heavy decrease In the total
value reported for 1 908 reflects th?
ascertained falling off in the industry.
As a result of the business depres
sion, the quantity of lumber. 33,
224.369 thousand feet, board meas
ure, produced in 1908 was less thai
that for any other year for which re
liable data are available since 1900.
The gradual rise in the average value
is apparent from the fact that the
price In 1900 per thousand feet at
the mill for all lumber produced was
$11.13; In 1904. $12.76; In 1906,
$16.54; In 1907. $16.56; with a drop
back to $15.37 in 1908.
While there was an increase of
2381, or 8.3 per cent, in the number
of mills engaged in the production
of lumber, there was a decrease of
7.03l,785.t00 feet, or 17.5 per cent,
in the total quantity of the output.
Washington Keeps Lend.
Washington, which had remained
first in lumber production for several
years, still held this place in 1908.
although in quantity the cut of this
state was closely approached by that
of Louisiana. Nearly all of the
lumber manufactured in Washington
was Douglas fir. while Louisiana was
first in the production of lumber of
two important kinds, yellow pine and
cypress. Heavy decreases in the pro
duction of Douglas ttr and yellow
pine was general In 1908, while the
cut of cypress was nearly the same
in both years; hence the decrease in
total production in Louisiana in
1908, was less marked, being only
8.4 per cent, while the decrease in
Washington was 22.8 per cent. While
Mississippi suffered a decrease of
over one-tenth in the quantity of Its
output of lumber in 1908 as com
pared with 1907. It advanced in rank
from fourth to third place, as a re
sult of the very heavy falling off in
the output of Texas, which dropped
e Rutes the dough
b! nd coniDlies with lV3ot-i'
I Ml pure food law.
Graft
CRESCENT MFG. CO.
Makers of MAP1EINX
Abetter than Maple).
For Sale
Roseburg High School Pennants
Souvineers of Roseburg
Be loyal to your school. Come and see them, come
get ready for the Basket Ball game.
Souvenirs range from 50c up to $1.50 and $1.75.
See Miss Maude Ashworth, home phone 1194 or call at
D. P. Fisher's Paper Store, Oak St. West of Star Theatre.
from third place in 1907 to sixth
place in 1908, The cut In Arkansas
decreased about one-sixth, but never
theless the state advanced in rank
from sixth to fourth place.
Wisconsin and Michigan, with de
creases of about one-fifth, held fifth
and seventh places, respectively, in
both years. In recent years the pro
duction has been decreasing steadily,
falling in 1907 below the two billion
mark ror the first time In nearly 40
years. Since 1880. however, Michi
gan has cut nearly 100 billion feet of
lumber, a production which has not
been approached by that of any other
state.
The output in Wisconsin, its near
est competitor during the same per
iod, was probably less than 75 bil
lion feet.
Kinds of Woods I'sed.
Yellow pine has been far In the
lead as a lumber producer for more
than a decade previous to 1908, and
this supremacy was more than main
tained In that year, when its cut
amounted to 33.8 per cent of the to
tal cut from all species, and in spite
of a decrease of 1.978.813.000, or 15
per cent, in the output of this species
In 190S as compared- with 1907.
Douglas fir ranked second both in
1908 and 1907, though with a de
crease of 1.073.758,000 feet, or 22.6
per cent, In the output, for tho later
year as compared with the former.
White pine, while ranking third In
both years, showed a decrease in the
output for 1908 of 8 17,787,000, or
20.2 per cent, from the output In
1907. Though still maintaining their
relative rank, oak and hemlock fell
off 947.249,000 reel and 842.173.000
feet respectively, or about 25 per
cent each. The decrease in spruce,
18.2 per cent, was close to the aver
age decrease for all species, and the
reported cut of western pine was less
than In 1907 by 16.5 per cent. Only
slight decreases occurred in maple,
and cypress. A decrease of 24.2 per
coint in the cut of yellow poplar
caused this wood to drop from ninth
place in 1907 to tenth place in 1908.
Decreases which were heavier than
the average occurred In redwood,
cottonwood and white fir, while In
creased cuts were reported for elm,
cedar, larch, tamarack, balsam, fir,
tupelo, walnut and cherry.
THR Tl'HKKV MAltKKT.
Editor Review:
Sir: I note In your Issue of Nov.
13 an article on the turkey situation
and statement made by A. S. Prey,
also an advertisement under his sig
nature. M r. Frey has pu t h i nisei f on
record In a manner which 1 consider
it ii professional and uncommercial,
and in justice to the other dealers of
1 h is city I wish to reply.
I wish to state that I am In tho
market for a car load of turkeys,
and In order to secure a car 1 must
have the assistance of the merchants,
and knowing that each grocer has
hns customers who may have some
turkeys to sell, I called upon the
different dealers as well as Mr.
Krey, and 1 offered to buy all the
turkeys they could securer' for me
at a small profit, and I instructed
them to pay what I considered fair
and a good price for the turkers, 20c
per pound to the grower.
In the same article your paper re
ports the views of a Portland paper
in which they report the wholesale
market to be at Portland from 19
to 21 cents per lb. there. If such
he the case, as an illustration : If
they were to sell at 21c, I submit
the following figures for comparison
my price 20c here and if the grower
were to ship to Portland:
Price 20c f. o. b. Roseburg; cost
of packing. 1c; merchant's profits,
Vic; total, 21'.. If Portland sells
at 21c; deduct expressage. IVic;
cost of packing, lc; commission, lc;
total 3V4c which deducted from 21c,
the highest Portland price, would net
the grower about 17 cents for his
turkeys.
I must say that no merchant here
or elsewhere has any combination
with me. and Mr, Krey is laboring
under a dream. If Mr. Frey wishes
' tj pay more money for his turkeys
than his neighbors, that's his busi
ness, but it Is very wrong to mis
quote his brother merchants.
I would like to ask the grocers of
the community who have read Mr.
Prey's advertisement and his state
ment to compare my figures and
consider the remarks of Mr. Frey
from the source it came and not to
hold the merchants of the community
: In the manner in which they have
been pictured. They are In no way
' contracted or combined with me.
I am,
J. II. GRANDE.
A turkey buyer.
Patronljift Review advertisers.
and
ItOSKIil lWS AM) COOS HAY
1CKA1LUOAD IS ASSl'KKl).
So DechirfM Francis II. Clarke, Who
Filed a Plat of 20 Mi 1cm
Survey Here Twlny.
Francis II. Clarke, of Coos Bay,
was here this afternoon and filed in
the U. S. Land Ollico a plat of the
first 20 miles of survey of tho Coos
Hay, Oregon & Idaho Railroad. This
survey covers the most difficult part
of the route, from this side of
Camas Valley toward Myrtle Point.
it shows a beautiful Hue of road with
a maximum grade of eight-tenths of
one percent and nothing more than j
six degree curves. It thus fulfills
every requirement of modern rail
road building. The totnl tunueliug
Is but 1600 feet and the longest tun
nel only 600 feet.
"The Coos Hay, Oregon & Idaho
railroad will be built," said Mr.
Clarke." H has already obtained less
than 1 per cent grade over the Coast
range between Coos Hay and Rose
burg, and ft occupies and has pos
session of the most nrartlcul route
obtainable. Fifty miles cf that por- I
tion which was supposed to offer ob- '
shades to engineers has been located. :
and the right of way obtained. Chief I
Engineer Haines, who for 20 years '
was in tho service of the Chicago &
Northwestorn as a locating engineer.
and who camo directly from the
western terminus of the Northwest
ern, at Lander, Wyoming, where ho
built the road, from Caspar to Lan
der, has charge of the Coos Hay road,
and has two crews of engineers In
the field. The survey will be com
pleted In about six weeks, and work
of construction will begin In the
spring.
"It is not an electric road." con
tinued Mr. Clark, "and never was in
tended to be. M r. Haines' backers,
who are railroad men of national
reputation and have ample means,
sent him to Coos Hay with instruc
tions to ascertain if a 1 per cent
grade was obtainable between Coos
Bay and Roseburg. and when he re
ported that It was nvallable they
agreed to build a steam road. They
do not regard an electric road prac
ticable In that district, and claim
that, to equip It with a plant and
system for electric power would be
very costly. The population does
not Justify such nn expense, and the
low grade which lias been found,
rentiers concentration of power un
necessary. 'Another thing should be stated
also. Neither Haines nor his bark
ers are depending on state aid or
district bonds to finance the Coos
Hav road. It will be financed, in
fact, a syndicate has already agreed
to take the bonds of the company
and furnish the money for construc
tion. When tho survey has been
completed to Roseburg It is to be
extended to Central Oregon and
Hoise, and the work of construction
wilt be pushed on to Boise and still
further east as rapidly as possible."
In regard to bringing the line of
the Coos Hay, Oregon & Idaho Rail
road to Roseburg Mr. Clarke says In
such case the people will be asked
to supply tho necessary terminal
grounds and rights of way, and prob
ably to share in paying the interest
on the necesFary outlay for construc
tion during the two years while the
rond Is being built and before it can
get any revenue from operation. No
ono will be expected to pay anything
on account of the latter until the
road is In operation between Coos
Hay and Roseburg. He is positive
lu hiB assurance that this road will
be built, and It will depend largely
upon the people here whether L
comes to Roseburg or not. All that
will be necessary just now will be to
secure terminal grounds and rights
way.
3,o,nm iidmi I ssi 10
MAY MKA.V COOS HAY.
Action of Clilcnuo mill Xoliliivt-Mi'ttl
AroiiM-N ShtiiIiiIIoii at to
ritiliahlc Terminal.
ItOISti. Idaho. Nov. 13 The Chi
cago & Norl h western Railroad hns
decided to issue bonds for $",,noo,
000, and w-ill within a short time
announce Its plans for' the construc
tion of a transcontinental railroad
through to tho Pacific Coast. The
Information was receive In Hoise to-
..day by railroad men, the movement
..being, they say, the final step toward
1 the extension of the Pittsburg &
j more railroad west from Salmon
City, either to Lewis! on or Roitre and
on to Portland or Coos Hay.
While the report has been made
that the Hill people are the real
backers of the Pittsburg & Oilmore,
the Chicago & Northwestern has of
ten come into the public limelight
as the promoter.
lioth Portland and Coos Hay have
been mentioned as probable termin
als for the new road. If the former
is selected, the construction work
will be pushed out of Sainton City
west to Lewiston, from there through
Walla Walla and on down the Col
umbia rivr to Portland. If the lat
ter. Junction, Lemhi rounty, will tr
ibe brauching-ofT place for the main
line to build south and won to Chai
ns. Theme it will be built to Stan
ley Basin and Hoise, finding a pans
t h rou Kh t ho Sa w t oot h Mountains,
thence tap Central Oregon, and event
ually find a terminal at Coos Hay.
Bargain; J2 acren. mile from
Yoncalia: ::o acre bottom land, bal
ance roiling; fiO acres can be farmed.
2 arres oak timber. Thi is a
splendid fruit proposition. $'f) per
acre If sold soon. Address V. A.
Porter, Yon tali a, Oregon. d
U. S. Supreme Court Sentences
Sheriff and 5 Others
CASE PENDING THREE YEARS
Negro Permitted to be Lynched Add
Court Had Decided to Review
Trial Proceedings
Sreclnl to the Rvenlng Review.
WASHINOTON, Nov. 1ft. Ad
judged guilty of contempt of court
In making no effort, so it Ib alleged,
to prevent a mob from lynching Ed.
Johnson, a negro, at Chattanooga,
Tenu., on March 19, litOG, six men
were today sentenced by the United
States Supreme Court to terms of
Imprisonment, as follows:
. Sheriff Joseph H. Shlpp. of Chat
tanooga; Luther Williams and Pat
rick Nolan, citizens of that place,
ninety days each. Deputy Sheriff
and Jailer Jeremiah '(iibson, Henry
Padgett and William Mayer, citizens,
sixty days each.
The cases originated In tho courts
deciding in March, 100(1. to hear the
appeal of Johnson, from a verdict
of the Tennessee courts holding him
guilty and sentenced to be hanged,
on a charge of criminal assault.
The night of the determination of
tho Supremo Court to review the
proceedings in the enso was wired
to Chattanooga, where Johnson was
confined in jail, a mob stormed the
jail and lynched the negro. The
court was Incensed, and at its in
stall en tho Attorney-Oeneral insti
tuted proceedings against Sheriff
Slvlpp and 21". others. Including the
jailor, supposed to have been Im
plicated in the lynch In g, charging
them with contempt of tho Supreme
Court.
Six were found' guilty. These
were the men sentenced today.
Liability Ait Cphelil.
WASHINGTON'. Nov. If.. The Su
preme Court of the Halted States to
day decided that the Kmployern'
Liability Act of 11)01! Ik constitu
tional in the District of Columbia and
the territories. The act as applied
to the states Is not passed upon.
Thanksgiving Proclaimed.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. Presi
dent Taft loday proclaimed November
2fi a day of general thanksgiving.
Calhoun Trftil Postponed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. The
postponement today of (ho second
trial of Patrick Calhoun, charged
with bribery, until December 6, re
moves all doubt as to the case going
over until .lanunry, when Kickert re
lieves Ileney uh public prosecutor.
Th o pes t pone m en t was on! ered be
en use of Hie absence of Judge Law
ler, who is to preside,
Wiirrinei- Indicted.
CINCINNATI. O.. Nov. 15.
Charles I,. Warrlner. local treasurer
of the Hig Four Railroad system, was
Indicted today on the charge of em
bezzling $G4:t,000 of the company's
funds.
LcojHiId to lsc Job.
LONDON, Kng., Nov. 15. Accord
ing to newspaper advices from Brus
sels, the abdication of King Leopold,
of Belgium, Is momentarily expected.
He has been warned that serious
canHeU'!icen will follow If he re
fuses to relinquish the throne. As a
successor to Leopold, the government
heads favor Prince Albert.
Apple Show Ipeii.
SPOKANK, Wash., Nov. 15. The
National Apple Show opened at 10
o'clock this morning, when Presi
dent Taft toucher) a gulden key in the
White House at Washington. On
exhibition are a hair million apples,
covering ten acres of space.
Hon. James F. Oazlev, ex-bounty
clerk of DouKlas county, is in the
city looking after business mattem.
Previously h' was at Riddle and Can
yonvilie. Mr. (Jazley is now in busi
ness at Belllugltam, Wash. Mrs.
Gazley, who accompanied him here
on the present trip, has gone to
Santa Barbara, Calif., to visit with
her daughter.
rou SALE.
100 acres, one and one-half
miles from town. All cleared, 4
moKtly bottom land, balance
gently sloping. Six acres bear- 4
Ing fruit. No bulldliiKH. Fine
place for orchard and genera!
farm, (iood roads, dally mail.
$10 per acre, half cash. P. A.
Coppard, Oakland, Oregon. d 4
AOK.VI.S WANTKI) For two artli lii
.ahV lo ttfll, and Rood iirofKB. A.l-dr.tt&-
M. H. Wllllamn Co.. lxx'i
Twelfth Stro.-t, Portland, Orp.diii!'!
For rood printing t til kinds
Th. Itevluw always leads.
ItOAl) I.KVY TO HE 8AMK
AS THAT OK. LAST YKAK.
Test Vtt ShoWN Comity Court 2 to t
AKiifnxt ('iMiiintKHlmirr Hyim'H
S-Mill I't'opiisllliiii.
A straw vote, testing their senti
ment In regard to tho forthcoming
tax levy for road purposes, was
taken by tho three members of the
county court last Saturday. Com
missioner M. H. Ryan voted -for a
levy of 5 mills, while Judge Wona
cott and Commissioner A. K. Nichols
favored a levy not to exceed that of
last year, which was 2.9 mills. Tho
oltlcfal levy will be made in January
of next year.
While Wonacott and Nichols favor
road improvement on as big a scale
as the taxpayers can stand, they
were loath to go on record for a levy
which they considered would act as
a check on the activities of such road
districts as aro planning to raise
funds. In ndd4tion to such amounts
as they are to receive trom the gen
eral levy of the county court.
In some resp-cts the Oregon road
law resembles tho school law, as re
gards tho provision of money. Fifty
per cent or the money raised by tho
general levy Is apportioned among
tho several road districts In propor
tion to tho relation of their taxablo
property to all of tho property lu
the county. The remaining 50 per
cent com irises a reserve fund with
which to meet emergencies that
might arise. Any district wanting
more money for road purposes than
Is received from tho county appor
tionment la privileged under the law
to vote a levy to apply on the assess
able properly In bucIi district Tho
past year 26 of tho road districts in
the county voted special levies, and
several have at this tlmo given pub
lic notice of similar action to bo
taken for next year's road work.
Had tho county court gone on a
record, however, for n Ei-mlll levy,
It Is extremely doubtful if any dis
trict would have considered It ad
visable to vote a special levy.
Other M Ktejs.
Tho court ndjoumed Saturday
evening to meet ngain next Monday
to receivo tho delinquent tax list
from Sheriff Ponton. Following
are some orders that were made:
Deeds from P. H. "Waite and tho
Sutherlin Land & Water Co., for a
strip of land for a county road at
Sutherlin accepted, and rond ordered
opened.
Deed from Fred Slelerl for a strip
of land for a change In the county
road In District No. 4 4 accepted, and
road ordered opened. x
Claims of R. J. llowlnnd for a re
fund of tax on delinquent certifi
cates, amounting lo $8tL2!i, denied.
Have you aeon those elegant Steins
and Tankards at Roseburg Book
Store. Prico 2fc to $5.00 each.
and
OVERCOATS
Our big, well selected stock of
these seasonable garments makes
' choosing an easy matter.
Our well-known reputation for
quality makes satisfaction an assured
fact.
Like to have you drop in and
see these splendid coats. Moderate
ly priced$ 15 to $25.
SINCE 1877
Fire Still Rages in St. Paul
Mine Dead Totals 385
MANY FAMILIES DESTITUTE
Brutal and Scandalous Reign of King
ttopold, ol Belgium, od Eve
o( TeruiiuatloQ
Special to The Evening Review.
CHKRRY, 111., Nov. 15. Failuo of
the lire to burn out this morning
has caused all hope to be abandoned
for tho rescue of tho men entombed
lu tho St. Paul coal mine, where an
explosion occurred last Saturday af
' ternoon. The list of the missing,
compiled today, reaches 3S5, Includ
ing the dead whose charred bodies
wero taken from tho burning cages
Saturday afternoon.
Hopeful that the victims may have
found safety In remote recesses flf
the mine, rescuers, wearing gas proof
armor, loday descended tho 300-foot
alrshaft and found lamps, caps and
j oil cans, indicating that the entombed
me if had made their way to the shaft,
i bul had gone away again. Many
miners are indignant nt. tho notion of
the state mining beard in sealing the
nirshnft. They express tho belief
that If anv of tho victims worn still
alive at the bottom of the shaft last I
night they could have been saved,
whereas now all hope of rescue Is
crushed. For over 50 hours the
prisoners have been cut off from
fresh air. That life could exist un
der such conditions Is doubted, be
cause no tuace of high temperaturo
was found In the. depths of tho mine
today.
The fire which caused the explo
sion, which has proved one of tho
greatest tragedies In the list of mine
horrors, had Its origin of tho most
t rivlin. A pile of hay allowed to
Hiuoulder too long finally ignited Hie
timbers or the mine, apd before the
workers realized their danger the
mine was filled with smoke, gases
and flames and an exit wns Impossi
ble. (Ireat heroism yas shown by olll
clals and residonla of Cherry. Theso
men, who were outside (lie mine
when the fire started, contributed
five to the list of known dead by
AIN COATS
WE'VE BEEN TREATING
rushing into the mine, trying to
save the doomed men.
Many families of the dead miners
are destitute, and several train loads
of food and supplies have been
shipped to thorn. It Is expected that
Governor Deneen will issue a procla
mation, asking for general state
assistance. The saloons here aro
closed and tho authorities have the
situation woll lu hand.
No similar accident has been re
corded In tho history ot mine disas
ters lu Illinois.
Tho greatest loss of life In any
mine accident In this state occurred
at ltraidwood in 1879, when 80 men
lost their lives. At Zelgler, 111., 50
men have been killed In successive
mine accidents. There are 75,000
men employed in Illinois mines and
during the last fiscal year 183 were
killed in accidents and K00 wounded.
The maximum loss of life In a mine
accident lu the United States was
recorded at Monongah, W. Va., In
1907, when 398 miners wore killed.
4. m:.i:v i:km ains on 4.
4. I'KDKKAl, IMYHOIJ'. 4-
Special to Evening Review.
4 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. 4.
2 Announcement was made, at j
4 the Department of Justice' to- 4
day that Francis J. Heney had 4"
been reappointed assistant at- u
J torney-geuernl to prosecute 4
4 those still under indictment In $
4 Oregon on charges of land 4
4 fraud. - 4
Con t nds heat In nny oven. Tho
appliance 1h called tho Thermochef,
and la the only appliance of Its kind
lu the world for controlling t,he heat
of an oven, and Is now being put on
salo throughout tho country. The
Thermochef Is simple In the extreme,
being comprised of two strips of met
al, one graduated steel and the other
of brass of a peculiar grade. When
.tho heat In tho oven reaches a tem
perature of 275 degrees, approximate
ly burning heat, tho metal expands
and tlft two strips bond, opening
vents which nllow cool air to flow In.
.When the temperature Is lowered a
Tow degress the metal contractu and
closes the air holes. A steady item
perature 1b thus assured. The ap
pliance Is giving good, satisfaction, as
the following recommend them: Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Marsters, Mr. and
Mrs. (1. W. Staley. Mrs. R. T. Ash
worth. Mrs. Abeene, Mrs. J. E. Saw
yers. Mrs. E. D. Neely, Mrs. P. M.
Knight, Mrs. A. S. Buell. Sold by
W. II. FLOYD, Roseburg. Ore. dsw
Carload celling, stepping and v. g.
flooring just received. Pnge Invest
ment Co., North Roseburg, Phone
2421. dtf
PEOPLE SQUARE