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VOL. XIII.
ROSEIURQ, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANTAHY III, 101 1.
No. '270.
Review
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LKYY ISJO HILLS
Douglas Ciiuoty Tax Fund For
1911 to be $316,500
$112,400 FOR GOOD ROADS
Sj Ltvy for Armory or River Bridges
Rostbnrg Will Pay on
Rale of 29 Mills
DougluK County 'lav lj'y, toil.
Purpose r Mills Amt
Roads 4.5 $142, 426. M
County 2.4.") 77,538.96
State . : 1.6 r.0,637.60
Schools 1.4 44.307.98
Indigent Soldiers .03 4 4",
School Library . .02 032.97
Totals 10.00 $31fi,49:i..r,C
Ten mills, ns itemized above. Is
the tax levy made by the County
Court or Douglas county for the year
1911. Applied to the total valuation
of taxable property in the county,
which is 31,648.5r,8. tho levy will
raise $316,493, or $84,584 more
than a levy of 8 V mills did last year
on a valuation of $27. 250,000. Of;
the tax to be collected this year, pub- j
lie service corporations, with hold
ings assessed at an aggregale total
of tA, 8.17,818, will pay nearly 19;
per cent, or about $60,000, more
than enough to meet the county's
apportionment for the state tax.
Xn Ijevy for Armory.
The levy does not include anything
for the construction of an armory In
Koseburg, for which a rate of 5
mills was asked. The court was
unanimous In voting down the prop
osition, which would have called for
nearly $16,000 more from the tax
payers. The court also saved about
l $150,000 by refusing to grant peti
tions for the construction of three
bridges. The Tletition for a Y bridge
at the confluence of the North and
South Umpqua Rivers was flatly de
nied, but the petitions for bridges
at Garden Valley and at the Dlm
mlck Ferry at Kellogg were merely
"continued," thereby leaving these
lirojects open for final action nt
some future term.
Road Ijevy Record Rivnker. .
The heaviest Increase in this year's
levy over that of last year is In the
Hem for road building. It calls for
a fund of $142,426. as against $54,
r.G6 In 1910. This la the record tax
for such a purpose In this county
and it shows that the court is fally
in accord with the progressive spirit
of the times. There will be $400
more In the school fund this year
than last, .but tho fund for county
expenses will be $3000 less nud the
state fund $5000 less.
Ievjr for Kosebui-g.
With the fixing of the general levy
nt 10 mills, tho taxpayers of Rose
burg will pay on a rate nearly three
times as great: The city levy is also
ten mills and the schol levy Is nine
mills more, making a total of 29
pillls. In addition, 'city taxpayers
who own property in Road District
No. 30, extending from the Deer
Creek bridge toward Edenbower, will
pay 1 V4 mills special road tax.
Other Orders Made.
Petition of Peter Balff and Mau
rice Moore for cancellation or assess
ments on nart of section 10, 1-8.
granted, because petitioners have
not received patents.
Bond of Sherl9 G. JC. Qnlne, as
tax collector, Axed It $30,000.
Vlewtra report a to dametes for
road in diatrict Noa. 17 and :!
adopted.
Petition of p. S. McClay nd others
for a county road frdtn ElKton to
I.oon Lake continued. '
Hall Creek road petition from dis
Jb UolAra tiMItt
a frvc. t the Beoois li nicer
4 EtCrf fhrtatxlaf, 1 0 . o. t i
4, p. m. Come In and trn'Oi OI.
k Hot baciilt mude (M
4 kik mr, trill M trfr4
4 with Mare RaUm t'omo
;A: In and tf the.
$ Tllg RKS?K!f fciUK-EIIt.
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WEATHER lll'REAC
STAYS IX KOSKIIlltG.
Reports that the United.
States weather bureau station
ill Roseburg was to be moved
away to some other city were
disproved today, when Dr. A.
C. Seely, president of the Com
mercial Club, received the fol
lowing telegram from Senator
Ceo. E. Chamberlain at Wash
ington: "Am ndvlsed that the Chief
of the Weather Bureau has no
Intention of removing the sta
tion from Roseburg."
Senator Chamberlain's tele
gram was occasioned by a pro
test wired to him by the Coai
mercial Club against the re
ported removal of the observatory.
tricts Xos. 26 and 50 continued.
Change In county road In districts'
Xo. 17, near Riddle, accepted.
, Petition of Glendnle Lumber Co..
for a road of easement continued for
service.
Peter Balff appointed county road
viewer to succeed R. B. Dixon, re
signed. Following dates fixed for county
rond viewers: Glendale. Feb. 18, to
locate a road In District No. 19; on
Rice Creek. Feb. 23, to locate a road
In District No. 61.
Following plats approved: Weaver
Fruit Farms, near Myrtle Creek;
Plat A, Oregon Apple & Pear Or
chard Co., near Oakland: Plat H.
Rosehurg Home Orchard Tracts,
ne?r Greens: Amended plat of Suth
erlln townsite: Plats B, D and E,
Stitherlin Land and Water Co.; Plat
A. Gleninoor Orchard Tracts, near
Fair Grounds; Flsk Fruit Farms,
Deer Creek.
Dpeds from W. r Reed and otherB
for a county road in District No. 5,
from near Reedsport to Schofleld,
accepted.
New road In District No. 30, Eden
bower, ordered opened. I
New road petition by II. A. Hun-
saker and others ordered opened.
Bonds for the following justices of
the peace approved: C. W. Itucher,
Pass Creek; J. M. Gross, Cnnyon
ville; R. W. .Marsters. Deer Creek;
L. Decker. Coles Valley; J. H. Dear
ling. Calapoola; J. E. Row, Elkton:
A. C. Vernon, Looking Glass; E.
Haskell. Gardiner: W. P. Graham,
Tiller; J. S. Galther, Myrtle Creek;
.1. H. Goe, Perdue: E. T. Wade,
Scottsburg; W. R. Willis, Olallo.
Bonds of the following constables
approved: T. H. ' Fannan. Pass I
Creek: John Hanks, Glendale; H. !
Ash. Riddle; G. D. Phillips. Cala
pooia: S. P. Fenley, Elkton: H. Tra- (
ver. Gardiner; G. W. Puckett, Can
vonville: F. L. Jones, Scottsburg; 1
Guy Pennell. Tiller; E. E. Wells, '
Olalla; H. F. Wooster. Comstock;
R. W. Dick. Camas Valley.
Petitioa to divide District No. 37
denied.
Petition to create read district No.
63 out of District No. 41, granted.
Petition for a change In the boun
daries of road districts Nos. 57 and
60 granted.
Bonds of E. It. Lenox, county
clerk; J. K. Sawyers, couity treas
urer, and F. Caia, couaty surveyor,
approved.
Petition for a division of road dis
trict No. 26 denied.
Clerk authorized to advertise for
bids for 150 tiers of wood for the
court house; bids to be submitted to
the county judge not Inter than Feb.
A nt 1 n'nlnrk n m.
Petition for consolidation of road
districts Nos. 1 and 10 denied.
Petition for a change In the boun
daries between road districts Nos.
o nnA 9(1 (minted.
Petition for a change In the bound
aries eferting road districts Nos. 23,
24. 2i and 26, denied.
Petition for a change In the bound
aries of road district Xo. 12, denied.
Picture moulding bargains are of-
: fered at Stroud's during January
I n,.n,o different kinds of mould
ing are reduced 20cr. dtf
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SlltXKY I'lTTMAX MAY HIE
FROM FRA(TTREI KKl l.l
Injury I mill ted by Son of Woman
Who Was Driven With PI 1 1 man
Out of RoKeburg.
MEDFORD. Or.. Jan. 12. Charles
Robinson, 18 years old. was arrested
this afternoon on suspicion of being
responsible for the condition of Sid
ney Planum, whose skull is fractured.
He Is not expected to live.
Robinson confessed tonight that he
had struck Pittmnn. but nleaded mlf-
defense. Plttmuii and Robinson's
mother, according to the boy's story,
came to this city from Rosehurg Inst
Friday and registered at a hotel. On
Monday evening he (Robinson) was
In the room talking with his mother
when Pittman arrived.
"Pittmnn was drunk," Robinson
told Chief of Police Shearer, "and as
he knew that I was opposed to his at
tentions to my mother, he dared me
to light. I told 111 in if we must light
we had better do so outside and we
went to the street. Pittman produced
a knife. I then picked up a rock and
struck him with it and then when he
got to his feet I knocked him down
once more with a shovel."
The boy's mother denies any
knowledge of the affair. She was not
arrested. Pittman has been uncon
scious since being taken to the hos
pital on Tuesday.
Robinson will not be charged
awaiting the outcome of Plttmnn's
Inlnrles. He refused to tell the police
anything more than that he had
struck Pittman.
l iiKavory I'nlr Twice Ordered Out of
RoHchurg.
Plttinhn and Mrs. Robinson are
well known to the police of Eugene
and Rosehr.rg. He Is an ex-convlcl
fiom Lane county and a parasite of
the lowest form. The pair came to
Rosehurg from Eugene last August
and shortly afterwards Marshal Huff
man, discovering the woman solicit
ing on the streets, made them get out
of town. They returned a month
later nnd the woman went to work
as a waitress In the Oregon restaur
ant, while Pittmnn continued his cus
tomary occupation of doing nothing
in the way of honest labor. Two
weeks ago Marshal Huffman, for
verv good reasons, ordered the couple
out of town again and they obeyed,
going to Medford.
In its account of the bloody fight
that lead to Plttmnn's unregretted
departure from this world, the Med
ford Mail-Tribune says:
"Even since his admittance to the
hospital Pittman has been uncon
scious and unable to tnlk.
"Robinson, who will be? held by the
notice as a suspect, has already twice
been arrested here for petty offenses,
the last time only gaining his liberty
after breaking a window at the Nat-
ntorlum. by telling Oyitef Shearer that
his mother was here sick and needed
what attention he could give her.
"Pittmnn. whose chances of recov
ery are said to be very slim, was horn
at Owensboro. Ky. A sister, Mrs. Ida
Labar, living In Evansvllle, Ind., has
been communicated with."
SPEAKER OF OREGON HOUSE
OXCE GREAT FOOTBALL STAR.
No truer words than "Fame is
fleeting" were ever spoken If we are
to take the case of John P. ("Jerry")
Rusk.' newly elected speaker of the
Oregon House of Renresenlatlves.
ThlB Is the same Jerry RiiBk who
only a few years ago was jjerhaps
the greatest tackle who ever donned
the moleskin and went forth to do
battle on the football field.
A few years ago the mention of
the name of Jerry Rusk would have
brought far more applause and en-
thusiuflm than was occasioned by his
victory in the world of politics. This
war. however, in the heydny of .his
career, when youthful blood ran
warm nnd he was tackle on the foot
ball team of Stanford University.
lerrv Rusk commenced his career as
a football player on the back lots of
Portland. Soon, because of his great
phvslcal strength and fighting quali
ties, he wns placed on the team of
the old Portland Athletic Club In
1 184. Here he achieved great dis
tinction and was even thou consid
ered a powerful tackle. In 1896
young Rusk entered Stanford, and
from that time on his rise In the foot
ball world was meteoric. He became
a hero along with other stars of the
football world and played on Stan
fords tfm In 1896-97-98-99. Dur
1.. fiw. vcrs Stanford wns almost
paarlaaa in tha foollll world on the
PurHr' f'at. nd mny victories
that will lona live In football history
were nrordaa.
, Jerry R"k tk into the ahllvlon
of th ordinary ! of life along
ith other stars who ni i".w..
briefly on lo football horiaon Tiue
h. ea th aViltnomnh Club
t. iff' 1 fl, ,9ft.1
hut
the
best IH on ta facitc C,t was
nd tl,twira nt!nre and
"ntDasMlan, e coll.)Vs to In-
splfaj him.
n
i "FtfB)ver! unspeakable
Jtorture froeo) indigestion, eonsti na
tion and fcer trouble," wrote ACJK
Smith, a war veteran at KrlePa
"bu Dr. King s New Mf PiHfi?,
.. Th.,. ara almnlv great.
me an ruin. - - ':..
Try them for any stomach or kidney
4-20 Below in Montana; 30 to 50
Below in Canada
TRAINS STALLED; NO FOOD
Losses in Livestock Will Be Heavy
Collision at Railway Dt pot
Kills 4 Persons
Special to the Evening Review.
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 13. Three
persons are known to be frozen to
death In various parts of Montutiu
and there Is a heavy loss In live
stock, with no signs of relief from
the storm. It begun snowing again
today. It is believed many persons
have perished whose bodies will be
found later. The mercury Is 20 be
low zero. Railroad traffic is badly
demoralized. The Great Northern
road 'throughout the Flathead coun
try Is blocked and truffle is being
routed via the Northern Pacific.
Eleven hundred passengers are on
stalled trains, but most of them are
amply provided with food and fire.
Trains In Hud Way.
WHITEFI1SH. Mont., Jan. 13.
With the temperature 20 below zero,
eighty passengers on tralnB No. 3,
the Fast Mall, and so. zy, 01 tne
Great Northern, are stalled In the
mountains near Fielding, Montana,
where they were stopped by great
wind-blown snow drifts. They have
food and only enough coal to last tin
Ill Sunday. Rotary snow plows work
ing .rrom Citibank and Whlteflsh to
ward the trains, have so far been un
able to clear the track, owing to the
moid drift. Frenzied efforts are be
ing made today to reach the trains.
no Below in Canada.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Jan. 13.
The Cunadlnn weBt is blttor cold to
day. Livestock in Alberta ana Mon
tana nre Buffering and there will be
large losses. It is 50 degrees below
at Prince Albert sasKllicnewau; 11
holow at Calgary and 30 below in
Winnipeg.
Collision Kills Four.
HATAVIA. N. Y., Jin. 13. Four
passengers in a Pullman sleeper were
killed today and twenty oihers In
jured In a rear-end collision on the
New York Central road. The accident
occurred at a station. One passen
ger train was standing when another
plunged Into It. telescoping the rear
sleepers. The Injured were under tne
debris four hours before tne wrecser
released I hem.
OUR WORK APPRECIATED
AWAY FROM HOME.
Glendale. Or.. Jan. 9, 1911.
Mr. A. S. Huey. Rosehurg, Ore.
Deur sir: Find check for $2.75
enclosed for repairing glusses which
reached me BnfWy yesterday. I am
indeed well pleased with them, and
am glad It was not necessary to put
them In frames, as I like them so
much belter as they are
Thanking ' tor thu Kltttl9H"' 1 rH"
main.
Yours very truly,
The above Ifl an exact copy of one
of the unso'ielled letters which we
orten recelv.v
A. S. HUEY.
Cass Street. Optometrist.
At The
PALACE THOME
Beginning Thursday
THE De LONGS
in an Indian Singing Act.
Very classy.
3ReeteofHifhCl5S
Motion Pictures
TA : TI Fmkow
nJ Wmt: in a Wtfk cm
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Th
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In High Class Songs,
Popular prices, 15c & 25c
GET THE HABIT
ElUENE WRATIIY OVER
KKil RES OF CENSl'S. '
Population Officially 0000;
CIiiIiiih to Have Easily at
U-nst r.2,0O0.
Kl'GEXE. Or., Jan. 12. A great
wall has gone up from the people of
Eugene over the announcement by the
Government Census Bureau at W ash
ington that thin city has ouly 9009
population when the census was
tuken last April. It la believed the
bureau cut off a large number of
names from the lists Bent III by local
enumerators, although It la known
thnt those who took the census here
missed several hundred people, de
spite the fact that the newspapers
and the commercial club used every
effort to get a complete count. One
enumerator Is known to huve missed
five families In one block, nnd doubt
less did his work like thnt all over
the district. All the names possible
of those who were not counted were
secured by the newspapers and com
mercial club, but the Information
concerning some of them wub Incom
plete and it is believed here that they
were thrown out by the officials at
Washington.
There nre 2779 school children In
Eugene. To compute the census
from thin number by using the mul
tiple 4.5. which Is much lower than
used in most cltltH. the figure is 12,-
505. The Polk directory estimates
the population of the city at 13,000
a year ago and the vote cast at the
November election In the nine Eu
gene precincts Indicates that the pop
ulatlon Is far above 10,000. Eugene's
population In 1900 was officially 3.
236. Her gain In 1910 was 5773. or
1 78.4 per cent.
Oregon lty Wants Recount.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 12. The
Commercial Club Is taking sVps In
secure a recount lor Oregon City, the
people generally being dissatisfied
with the Government census of 42S7.
The !ncreaie over 10 years ago is
only about 800. und UBing the re
cently taken school census an a basis,
Oregon City has a population In ex
cesB of 6000. The Commercial Club
has telegraphed Representative Haw
ley to obtain a recouut. If possible.
Other Oregon Towns.
Salem, 14,094, compared with 4258
In 1900, a gain of 9836; percentage
of gain, 231.
1 u iiniiwln 4843. connmred with
70!ll In 1900 and 2583 ill 1890. The
gain In 10 years Is 1852. and the per
centage of gal:i Is 61.9.
IIROWN-SIIELI, EGO TO
GET BELATED JUSTICE.
'n-Jndlre Against It Hceiuisc Hume
Color ns Storage I'rodiirt
HlilH'(l From East.
. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11. Brown
shell eggs aro to be placed on an
equality with their brothers und sls-
,.. nf Mm ll.llltf-MllP I WIIIIO IL TtS-
Jgard to Professor Jaffa, if Assembly
man Hamilton, of Petalunia, can gei
a bill through the legislature obliter
ating the color line that Iiub no long
been drawn to the detriment of the
brown-shell.
Hamilton's measure makes it a
misdemeanor for a buyer to offer
more money for a whlte-Bholl egg
than for a brown.
"My constituency Is deeply Inter
ested In thi4muUer.' says the Assem
blyman. "There appear to bo no
way of compelling a hen to quit lay
ing brown-shell eggs. Tho poultry
man cannot ulford to throw away
the eggs. The white-shells nave al
ways fetched an advance over the
brown, sometimes as much ns from
two to three cents a dozen. And
why? JuBt because popular lancy
has decreed a preference for the
while. It has been demonstrated
that the meat of the brown egg Is
superior to that of the white."
One accepted theory Is that the
prejudice against the brown egg is
produced by the fact that that Is the
color of the EaBiern egg. which,
shipped here In cold storage, Is gen
erally stale.
It now appears probable that the
nrriinnni-e culling a lluiior election In
unuhiin February 20 will not be
passed at the meeting of the council
neit Monday night, the electiyn com
mittee having practically aecioeu in
withdraw It In view of the adverse
miintnn nf Attorney-General Craw-
1 . . . . III k.M
fnrrt fllcnua e. nowevMr, will uumi
h,,r lini.or election tomorrow
i.iuiuied. A sample ballot displayed
here does not bear all the language
reniitred bv the law, which consists
or nearly 40 words. Such super
n,,u verhliiee is dlsuensed with;
th,. ballot Is right to the point, with
these words: "For Saloons Against
Hninon If this election is contested
In the courts It will serve as a guide
to future action for other townn.
rKWmrc Included. Riddle decided
savcral days ago to hold a liquor
election on February 7.
o
t'y Bldff l'W' 'QAfr,-rl"'
lion.
L. McConnell. Catherine St., El
mlra. Y.. w3es: "I wish to ex
oress mv appreciation of the grea
food I derived fromToley'a Kidney
TYiemedv. which I used for a bad case
of kidney trnpnie. rive uuuien um
the work most effectively and proved
to me beyound doubt It Is the most
reliable kidney medicine I have ever
taken, and shall always have my tn
4.
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ij 1 iiu iniiit's nuMiiui,t ui 1 iic m
! Koseburg Commercial Club ex
She tends an Invitation to all
-
f struugera and new rldenta of 4
4 Roseburg to attend the recep- 4
lion given in their honor at the
4 club .rooms. Friday evening.
4 Junuary 13th. Invitations have
been mailed to ull whose names 4
have been handed to the com-
4. niltlee having this matter in 4-
charge, but there are a great
4 many who will not be reached
J in this manner, and therefore
this invitation Is published In 4
the pnper iff order that none 4.
may be overlooked. All are 4.
welcome. Come and make your- A
4 solves known. j.
ELMER HAYES PAYS
:l(IO FOR ROOTLEGGIXO.
Ed old Gives llnil (n similar Charge
Sutlierlin .Mull Also to
lie Arraigned.
Douglas county authorities are
having an Inning ngalnst "bootleg
gers" before the Home Rule luw can
legalize the liquor truffle. One man
paid a flue in the Circuit Court
this morning, a second furnished bail
preparatory to entering plea and a
third will be arraigned 111 court
Saturday morning ull of them
charged with selling Intoxicating
liquor in violation of the prohibition
law.
Elmer Hayes, of Glendnle. la the
man who paid tho fine. The amount
was $300. Ho plead gullly. An
other Glendnle man, Ed Dnhl, pro
prietor of a place where only soft
drinks nre supposed to be sold, Is the
one who furnished hull. It wan Just
tho size of Hayes' fine. Ho wns
brought down from Glendale this
afternoon. Defendant No. 3 Is Perry
Reed, of Sutherlln. He Is charged
with dispensing booze In that town.
He will he hroiiht here this evening.
The .ndlctmeiit Hgalust Mrs. Walter
Crlteser. of West Fork, returned
nhniit a vear ago. accusing her of
selling Intoxicating llquora, wns dis
missed on motion of District Attorney
Brown.
The case of Stephen Owen of Scotts
burg. Indicted at the lnat term of
court on the charge of "bootlegging."
was continued on agreement of IiIb
attorney. J. T. Long, und the District
Attorney.
Cases set for trial next week have
tor ihe defendunls Indictees of the
lost October term. One Is Sam Smith
,.i,r.r,.,i wiih assault with a danger
f.nu wennnn unon Win. Trimble. The
other Is Ed. Ruaaell, of Myrtle Creek
licensed of Incest.
' Willis Connurd llottel, chnrged
uMth iinsslnir a forged check on Lonls
Kohlhngen. entered a plea of not
guilty when arraigned In court this
morning. Ho, too. win e into ni
week. He declined the services of an
attorney.
Order In Civil cases.
14. F. W. Thurher. plff., va. W,
Cooner. deft.: action for money.
Q .liicksnn for DlIT.
i:oniinueu
57 .T C Twllchell. nlff.. vs. A. J.
iiin onH Fred Rlslev. defls.: nctlnn
for money. Cardwell wntsnii lor
plff, Fullerlon & orcuti tor ueiia. emu, lert here inis aiiernoon iir cu
Dismlssed ns to Fred Rlsley. j gene to attend the "Nesmlth" county
120. Win. I Vawter, pin., vs. u.
Oorsleln, et ill. deflB.; foreclosure
of mortgage. Frank G. Mlcolll lor
plff. Continued.
25 6. J. F. Barker uo., pinB., vs.
P Tvnnn. deft.: action for money.
Frank 0. Mlcelll for pitta. Continued.
265. Williams Bros. Door &
umber Co., a corporation, pllfs., va.
Victory Placer Mining Co., defts.;
nctlon for money. A. C. Hough and
E. L. Cannon for plffs., C. S. Jackson
for defts. Continued.
329. A. I). Jackson, plff., vs. J .
L. Tenney, deft.; nctlon for money.
C. S. Jnckson for plff. Continued.
334. John Neuner, plff., vs. H.
Krnkenberger. deft.; action for
money. Frank G. Mlcelll and Geo.
(Continued on page 4).
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Special to The Evening Review.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The
House Judiciary committee today
voted favorably to report a bill pro
viding punishment for spies In time
of peace. It is designed to remedy
defects In the present Ibw, which pro
vides no punishment. The measure
would affect the activity of Japanese
spies In the Philippines, whose opera-
clous are responsible for the action
today, j ' ,
Penry' Reward.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. A bill
retiring Commuiider R. E. Peary with
ihe runk of Rear Admiral In the en
gineering department of the navy, waa
reported ravorahly today to tne House
committee on naval affairs by a vote
of six to four. The bill la practically
certain to pass the House and Sen-'
ate. Penry will also be thanked by
Congress for his discovery of the
North Pole:
Against Mrs. Hrlienk.
WHEELING, W. Vn., Jan. 13. Dr.
O. V. Burdett. a dentist, was the first:
witness Induy In Mrs. Schenk'a trial.
He testified that the dark colorings
on Mr. Hrlienk gums was due to the
peculiar condition' oY Schenk'a blood.
Dr. Hupp, wltnesK for the atate. pre
viously testified that the lines might
have been due from blood poisoning.
Burdett treuted Scheuk In October.
On crosB-examlnution Dr. Hupp ad
mitted that the line might have re
sulted from some gum disease. Prof.
.1 Mallett. chemist of the University
of Virginia, who analyzed the drHik
Ing water that Mrs. Schenk I said to
have opened and given to her hua
band. Bald he found arsenic, elght
teutliB of a grain to the pint, In the
liquid . .. ' '
Fire's Toll Is Five.
CON NELLS VlLLE, Pa., Jan. 13.
Five bodlea. two of which are beyond
identification, were removed from the
ruins of McCory's burned Btore to
day. Police and firemen are search
ing the ruins In the belief that others
may have perished. GaB caused the
explosion that started the fire.
Robert E. Smith, of this city, and
Kilwln Weaver, of Myrtle Creek, dole-
gi,tert by tne iioseourg uominercmi
meeting to be neio ni tne rmiueai u.
cottage Grove citizens, who are still
trying to form tne new county, mis
time with the acqulesence of Rose-
burg and Eugene. The Cottage Grove
people dest.'e an amiable agreement
with their neighbors on the boundar
ies and If this Is secured a bill will
be framed and presented to the legis
lature, providing for the creation of
the county. Thnt little word "If" Is
the stumbling block, however. The
Douglas county delegates will oppose,
not aid, such a scheme and Eugene is
sure to do likewise. A county division
bill of general application In the
stale has been Introduced In the
legislature by Senntor Wood. His
plan Is to vote on county division aa
annexation Is made to cltfes and
towns at present.
the Border
Randall Parrish
"Eight years of fighting and
rough living, an what had
they brought him?" At
the beginning of this stiry
nothing apparently. But-
things begin to happen by .
the seventh page, and be
fore you finish the book
you are only too glad
tlit Jack Keith is "a
hard rider, a quick shot,
a scomer of danger, and
a bad man to fool with."
dorsement. Maratera Drug t;o.
trouble, only is "
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