Roseburg review., December 20, 1910, Image 4

wi ji ik;B PiTLLfcRTOtt gives
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALE
Ladies, Men's and
Children's
SHOES
For One Week Only
DECEMBER 19th to 24th
A FEW SPECIALS IN LADIES' SHOES
All $5.00 Patent Leather Shoes, blue Graveneite Top, button, now $3.35
All 4.00 Patent Leather Shoes, Black Suede Tops, button, now 2.65
All 4,00 Patent Leather Shoes, Gravenette Tops, button or lace 2.65
All 4.00 all Black Suede Shoes, button or lace 2.65
All 4.00 Patent Leather Shoes, Dull Kid Tops, lace 2.65
All 3 50 hoes, Patent Leather, K d or Gun Metal, buttcu or lace 2.35
All 2.75 Shoes, Kid or Gun Metal, button or lace : 1.90
Remember One-third off on all Men's,, Women's Misses' and Children's Shoes
all sizes and kinds. This sale is One Week Only, and closes Saturday night, Dec. 24.
CASS STREET SHOE STORE
TEN DAYS SALE
DOLLS DOLLS
Dressed or Undressed
10c to $15
A tine Hue to select from.
Roseburg Beauty Parlors.
LOCAL NEWS.
For Genuine
Bargains
in everything ia our line, which includes all styles
and grades of Jewelry, solid gold and plate, from the
cheapest to the most expensive. Our prices are the
lowest possible quality considered. Quick sales
profits cut no figure our motto. All our lines are
complete. We despise the "Spider to the Fly" schemes.
Get busy, come in quick, let us show you.
J. T. BRYAN
The Old Reliable Watchmaker
Jackson Street Roseburg, Oregon
i Mr. and Mrs. H. Hutfluld were In
j from Dlxonville today.
! Mrs. Robert. Schmidt returned
; Monday from a visit In Eugene.
: J. J. Bacher, of OrnntH Pusb, Is
visiting here at the home of his son,
Dr. O. J. Hnoher.
.mo Kid hody doll free with $1 pur
chase at The Kalr Store. Dec. 21, 22,
: 2.'l anil 24. jf
I J. T. floodmnn has sowed 300
; acres In grain this season on his
rurm at Looking Glass.
Mr. and Mrs. J. .1. linker nnrl mn
and daughter, of Winston, left thlB
afternoon for Eugene and Portland,
where they will spend the holidays.
Knda Winter's Troubles.
To ninny, winter In n season of
trouhle. The frost bitten toes and
fingers, chapped hartds and lips,
chilblains, cold sores, red and rough
skins, prove this. But such troubles
fly before Uucklen's Arnica Salve. A
trial convinces. Greatest bealer of
burns, bolls, plies, cuts, sores, ecze
ma and sprains. Only 20c at all
druggists.
GIFTS
ELEGANT and USEFUL
HAIR. AND CLOTH BRUSHES
for both Ladies and Gentlemen.
IFe CHOICEST PERFUMES
for Ladies.
TBi BEST OF RAZORS AND SHAVER'S
Supplies for Men.
A WILLIAMS TR.IO
Makes the Man Smile With Pleasure.
Hamilton Drug Co.
Roseburg, Oregoi.
21 JmIuo St.
Cheering lip Thuie.
.lames Whltcouib Ulley was going an
the steps of ihe stutehnuse in iudi
arm pulls one day when he met bis
friend Warren U, Sayre. The two hud
been Hose friends for years.
'MJnod morning, Mr. Uiley," mild Mr.
Snyre In creeling.
"Why, hello. Warren!" Mr. Itlley re
plied. "Huw are you?"
"Never felt better In my life. You
are looking well."
"I dmi'i know, mild the poet; "I
sometimes feel the weight of years,
for you kumv I am gel ti tig old."
"Nonsense! Nousense!" Mr. Sayre re
marked with considerable emphasis.
"You don't look old. In fact, you don't
look it tilt older now than when 1 first
hiiw you."
"Terhap" thnt Is true, but I feel age
ruining on. I was Just thinking a. I
route up these steps about old Metliu
Helali. I imagined I could nee him
driving along the Mad In his big wag-
i ou. He met an old friend who was
j alttlug on h mil fence at the side of
the road. 'Why, hello. Thuse!' ways
the friend. 'Mow art! youV
"Oh. pretty fair for an old man.'
mild the patriarch. 'Hut I'm getting
alutig Iti years.
" Oh. hu.-di. Thuse! You dont look
old. How old are you, Thuse, any
. way?
'I'm WW he answered.
! 'Well. well. I never would er
thought It!' said the friend. 'Why.
Thuse, you don't look a day over
MS"-Hiirper'B Weekly.
Dangerous Sport.
Find Lady trending a newspaper
This gulf seems to bo a very danger
ous game. IHd you see what happened
to a man mimed Taylor? He went into
bunker and was In two wheu he came
out.
' Second Lady How dreadful!
"Yes; nere are the words: 'Taylor
getting uiit lu two. Hratd secured a
half. "
"Does it suy what hutuwued to the
other half"
"No. hut there was worse to follow.
According to the report. Taylor then
Ml altogether to pieces Word of
Oolf.
CASTOR I A
For Infautt and Children.
The Kind You tku Always Bought
Bears tk
FACTS AUOIT Ol'R KCHOOLS,
To the Editor:
The statement made by Mr. B. L
Eddy, at the recent school meeting
reflecting upon the judgment and
food faith of the school board of
Roseburg School District, which was
esneclellv directed toward the chair
man of the board, prompts the writer
hereof to give to the taxpayers and
natrons of the RoseburK public
schools some facts concern !n 15 the
I'mittroment of the schools, and the
fiscal affairs of sttd dlstrb-t. ouelher
with a statement of the farts out of
which the controversy has grown
virern'nrr the contemplated add!
tlonnl school building.
There has been built during the
Inst two venrs two school houses-
otie nt West Roseburg, consisting of
two rooms at p Cost of something
ovfr $2,000. exclusive of the cost of
rrround. and n one room school build
Ing at Riverside at a cost of $13H"
exclusive of $.ri()0 paid for the
ground. Tn addition to this the T-ane
school building has been painted and
a heating plant Installed therein, at
a considerable cost.
Notwithstanding the growth of the
schools and the necessary expense
In buildings and repairs, the levy for
school purposes has been reduced,
find about $4000 of the debt or the
district on account of the construc
tion of the present high school build
ing and repairs of the Lane school,
made several years- ago, has been
paid each year, until the debt of the
district hns been reduced to approxi
mately $14,000. The tax levy for
last year was 0 mills and a levy of
9 mills was voted nt the school elec
tion just held, this being one mill
less than had been required to run
the schools for several years preced
ing last year.
The writer hereof believes, from
Inquiry made as to the expense of
other districts of approximately like
size, thnt no school In the state of
Oregon Is managed at less expense,
based upon the school attendance
and the number of teachers em
ployed, than Is the RoBeburg public
schools, and he further asserts that
no school in the state has at the
present time, as a whole, a more effi
cient and successful corps of teachers.
The office of school director re
quires time and work on the part
of the occupant. It Is safe to say
that at least one day In each week
In the aggregate Is devoted by the
board to school affairs. Tnls work
is performed wholly without compensation.
The board Is now paying the clerk
of the board $20 per month, but un
til the last year and a half only $15
per month was paid. A large bond
Ib required of the clerk, who dis
burses the school funds, and if the
samo work was performed for an
Indlvidunl not less than $.ri0 per
month would be a fair compensation
for the same, to keep the books and
accounts of the school district, to
say nothing of the responsibility of
handling annually between thirty
and forty thousand dollars of public
funds.
At the beginning of the present
school venr the Hoard found that
all of the school rooms were over
flowing, and that It would be neces
sary to provide additional facilities
for the ensuing year. A meeting of
the taxpayers of the school district
was called, and ft meeting held at
the court house, where the matter
was discussed, and the board re
n nested to call a meeting of the tax
payers for the purpose of voting a
bond issue or not exceeding $7f,ouo
for the purpose of purchasing a site
and erecting thereon and furnishing
a high school. The matter wns sub
mitted to the voters and carried by a
narrow margin. Since that time the
board has had under discussion, and
has examined several proposed school
sites.
The mnjorlly of the board felt
that In justice to the large and grow
ing section of the city, known as
North Roseburg. the new school
building should be located In that
section. We have a, school building
in the south part of the city, which
has been used for a high school for
several years: we have the Lane
school, which Is centrally located,
and although a wooden building and
not modern in Its construction, will
j serve the purpose of a graded Bchooi
for several years, but should be re
placed with a better building in the
not distant future. That the Lane
tschool site Is the proper place for the
high school, we think all will admit,
hut in the meantime it was thought
by a majority of the board that the
location or a school building In the
northern part of the city was but
justice to that portion of the school
district, and that a high school build
ing could be constructed on one of
several sites offered at a cost of less
than one-half of .the amount voted.
Which would at least serve the dis
trict for a high school for several
yenrs. and when the time comes to
rebuild a house on the Lane school
site, that If the taxpayers of the dis-
trlct should so decide, the high
school could be located on that site,
or some other site, and the building
In North Roseburg used ns a grade
school.
A majority of the board believed
that it was not expedient to expend
ten thousand or fifteen thousand dol
lars for a site In close proximity to
the Lane school, nnd erect an expen
sive building thereon at this time,
when a site for a high school could
be obtained, more centrally located
than the present high school, for a
nominal consideration, and a suitable
building erected for a great deal less
money than the amount the directors
were authorized to use for thnt pur
pose, and thereby save the payment
of Interest on a large bond Issue,
which would have to be met each
year, besides the taking up of the
bonds as they matured.
These are the reasons which
prompted a majority of the school
board In the matter of securing a
school stte In North Roseburg, and
we submit .the same to the candid
consideration of all the taxnayers and
patrons of the school. We believe
that It was economy and for the best
0 tfc district, and wo now
The First Rush of Holiday Trade is Demonstrating
uguiii the strength and Msitl'm i;f our store. We are giving Christmas shoppers the most convenient store,
, the freshest and best t lassllled stocks In the rlty, giving them the greatest values that honest mercantile In
dustry can provide.
Watches
All goods from the
dollar one to the diamond
set, solid gold.
Clocks
From the inexpensive or
namental 'ones to the finest
of hall and chime clocks.
Rings
None but solid gold,
from the infant's size to
the best diamonds.
Buying Direct from Manufacturer We Save You Middleman's Profits
ATORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL XMAS
Ciet our new Illustrated Catalogue free Send us your name and address on a postal card nnd we will m:il! at
once our new catalogue. Better still call.
Mail Orders promptly Filled Anything pictured here forwarded Immediately, postage prepaid, on receipt
of the price; delivery guaranteed.
Kvery article sold Is fully guaranteed, and we'll cheerfully refund money if any article iMirchascU does not
prove just as represented.
Roseburg's Leading
Jeweler, Cass Street
A. S. HUEY,
believe that the taxpayers, with full R
knowledge of all the tacts, will ap-.
prove our action.
rhe offer made by Mr. liellows to
douato u tract of laud lu West Rose
burg was certainly Lhe most liberal
offer made, and one which marks him
:ia a public-spirited citizen, and there
are many reasons why the offer
should have been accepted, but on
account of the location of the bridge
across- the river, the property affected
was not regarded as available at this
time. With a bridge at Oak street
the site offered 011 the west sid will
be as near the center of the school
population of the district as any of
fered, and In other respects is far
superior to any of the proposed
sites.
Mr. Hollows has since stated to the
chairman of the. board Unit be will
enter into a contract with the di
rectors to convey to the district, ab
solutely free of cost, the proposed
site at any time within three years,
if the board will erect a high school
thereon, and It Is to he hoped that
the school board may, under this
option, be able to construct a build
ing thereon, which will be a credit to
the city and school district.
The writer believes that the tax
payers of the district, upon a careful
consideration of all the facts, will
determine that the directors in this
matter have not been governed by
personal interest, or improper mo
tives, but have acted for the best
interest of the district, and that their
action will meet with the approval
of at least a majority of the people.
they were elected to serve.
J. C. KULLKRTON.
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. CharleB Mcfiee. of Mvrllc
Creek, 'was brought here this after
noon to receivo treatment for tuberculosis.
J. P. McKay nnd Miss Lou Leh
man went to Oakland today to at
tend the funeral of the late David
Ottinger.
M. C Russell, of McMinnville, who
has been visiting at the Soldiers'
Home, went to Drain to day to visit
with his son.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Price ar
rived he.re from Portland this morn
ing and went out to Oak Creek to
spend Christmas with his parents.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John . Price,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Klljnh Tompkins, of
Cle-ir Lake. Iowa, who have been
visiting at Olalla with th.dr nephew,
Al. Tompkins, went to Wilbur this
afternoon. After a visit with other
relatives In this county they will
proceed to Los Angeles to spend the
balance of the winter.
Machinery made bread at Umpnua
Rakery. Phone 221. dtf
The price of foodstuff? has come
lown at thit North Side flrorerv. dtf
Call up 34(1, tne Douglas County
Creamery, for crerfm; delivered to
any part of the city. dtf
Oil Cake Meal, the most nutritious
of feedstuffs. Buy ome for vour
stock or poultry. For sale by Roch
dale Co. dtf
Correspondence means more to
women than men. That is why
women think so much of writing
desks. At Strong's. (lit
A Ladies' Christmas
J There is nothing nicer for your wife or mother,
nothing they will appreciate and enjoy more, and
uolhiug that will give a more lasting remembrance
thau a nice set of China Dishes.
Don't be like the Gentleman who arrived too late to
rent an evening dress suit for a banquet of thirty
or one of the 29 guests at the banquet.
A prominent KuKlihliinuu arrived in (his I'uuiilry, mill was In
vited to a banquet. His trunks being delayed, ll. tried tv rent
if dress suit Tnr (lie occasion, but was iururaird by tlia tailor
around (he rorn.-i- that nil his suits were encaged for lh. ban
quet thnt evening in houor 01 Mr. So-nnd-Sci. II. appeared in
plain dress, und when called upoa for a speech, Im arose (in
plain clothes) and said: "Gentlemen, yon will notice I am not
in freului; dresn, but as I arrived in your clly lutv. this aftnr
noon, your tailor Informed me that lie bad rented all his draw
suits .or this 111-rasiou."
Come in now, to get a nice set of dishes, or a
single piece or dish. Something useful as well as
ornamental. A Lady appreciates nice dishes more
thau anything else. An ordinary meal will have
twice the grace and relish if served ou nice dishes.
You can pay more but you can't buy more.
SWELLEST LINE IN THE CITY
.The Benson Grocery. KfjsJ
235 North Jackson St. We deliver anywhere
No one lies awake thinking of
your business; out ;f print out of
mind. The Presidential candldatet
are well advertised every four years.
Ask your neighbor who ran with
Bryan the last time five out of ten
will say they have forgotten nnd the
other Ave will think a loag tim be
fore they correctly aisYr.
Harness & Johnson
Order Groceries
By Telephone.
That's a convenient way.
A prompt way.
A safe way, too, at this store, for we
always send you just what you ask for
and you can be sure of quality when
you do your grocery buying here.
Try us with a phone order.
Harness Johnson
Sheridan Street.
GROCERS
Tht Phont No. is 103.
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