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Newspaper Page TexttJOUGLAS COUNTY'S INEXttAUSf ABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES MAKE IT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE ilOMfi'SfiEKES AND INVESTORS. JjPlh WEG0N COMIINO EVEINTS The Southern Oregon District Fair. Roseburg. Or. Rigger and better than ever race course anil exhibits of all kinds. Sept. 26 tu 30, iuc. Rose burg INVESTMENTS Of nil kinds are best found through. "The Review" Want Ad Sectlom Little adva. bring blg.re '.urus, because everybody reada tu'ehiT VOL. XIV. HOSlCRl'ltO, OREGOJl'.TIU RSDAV KVKNING, SKPTKMilUR 7, Iflll. No. I ill). Review Kline Tells Shopmen They Must Not Back Down WALK OUT NOW UNLIKELY Storm Does $500,000 Damage Around " Chicago Harbor istor And' , Fiancee Not Wedded (Special to tho Evening Review) SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7. Though I arrested late yesterday, charged with evincing no disposition to order a j tampering with the switch which re strike, yet the remarks made by: suited in the wreck of the Soo line President Kline at a mass meeting passenger train, when three persons of Southern Pacific, shopmen today I were killed, is said to have oon imlicatcd that the men are ready to: Teased. The authorities said the boy go out soon. Speaking to the shop-! declared he wrecked .the train to men, Kline said: "get even" with a section Toreman "We are facing a crisis that will, for a slight wrong. try men's souls, but we can't back ! up. We must face the music. I'm vo M MS'l lOlt WAXTS TO MAIlltY for peace, ir we nave to ngni mr n Kruttschnltt can run the rallni;id but not the unions.' ILLINOIS CKXTRAL SHOPMEN" I'XI.IKKLY TO STRIKE. CHICAGO, Sept. 7. After niem- bers of the International commlltee representing me unions nnone.i the dispute with the Illinois Central Railroad Company had refused to- day to sanction a strike of the led- ernted Shop Employes of the road, delinlte action of any character was deferred until members of. the executive board of the International Association of Machinists should meet in this city next Sunday. Meantlmo little change in the strike situation is expected and indi cations point toward no strike. For the IIHiioIb Central shopmen to attempt the struggle without sup port of the International unions, it was admitted, would be folly . STORM SPREADS ltl'IX ALONG CHICAGO WATER FRONT. CHICAGO. Sept. 7. After one of the worst sciualls that ever swept Lake . Michigan, Chicago harbor is today strewn with wreckage. l-'if- Cpyriprtt lOU The Hu4r of kuppcuhetmef Reciprocity is the Basis of This Store's Prosperity Business prosperity can come to a store only If It Is upright and honest in Its dealings with the public. IT it makes statements In Its advertising which It cannot back up with merchandise, if ,lt makes promises it does not or will not fulfill, then It , will never enjoy business prosperity In the fullest sense of the word. We make no statements we will not stand back of. or prnn.ls.-s we can not fulfill: therefore your patronage is Invited and In Justice to yourself you cannot withhold It. We make the assertion that we are selling the best l.1.0t) su.t of clothes in Hoseburg. and keep ing 'l pressed for you. too. Let us show you and prove It to you. Harth's Toggery Headquarters for Stetson Hats 'teen yachts of the Chicago and Col umbia Yacht Clubs were sunk, many smaller craft were destroyed and several steamers had a hard time making port.- The waterfront dam age is $ 0)1,000. There were a num ber of narrow escapes from death and several persons were saved by life savers. KTK.VMKIt GROl'XIlS AT C.'OLDKX (iATK; NO I.1VKS LOST. SAX I-'RAXCISC'O. Sept. 7. One hundred passengers on the liner Santa Clara faced death today, whin the vessel struck heavily on the rocks at the entrance of the Golden Gate during a heavy fog. A heavy sea was running and the vessel Anal ly hacked Into deep water ' and docked safely. Olllcers stopped the panic aboard the vessel. HOY'S .MISKIItKCTKO VKXCiKAXt'K COSTS THICK:' I.IVKS. FRKMONT, Wis.. Sept. 7. Leon ard Lake, the 1.1-year-old son of a farmer living near here, who was ASTOlt AXI MISS KOHCK. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. John Jacob Astor today said he wouldn't marry Miss Madeline f orce today. ' which Is the original date set for the I wedding. It is rumored that a mln- s(er mi!i l)(,tM1 ,-oun(i w,0 wni marry ,u,m Tim enimla in Ruiri tn be nr- ranK to g0 to Connecticut tomor- row Two ministers have within the t wp(,k ru,11!ilHi to marrr the much (.,.ti,.ised couple. One of them re- fua(1(1 B t(,mler of jiooO. . HEAL KSTATK THAXSI-'KltS. Melrose Orchard Land Co. to J. M. Holm, $1154; 11 ucres oT Eden Orchards. Melrose Orchard Land Co. to E. O. Hlomqulst. $1154; 11 acres of Eden Orchards. Joseph Hunt to W. P. Reed, ?1: 4 n 1-fi acres, sees 33 nud 34, 21-11. II. C. Ilurd to V. W. Carstens. $1; 9.1 acres, sec 32, 30-3. Rolled oats and barley, cracked and whole corn, wheat and all varie ties of m'll feed at the Douglas County Skills. Phone 13. fllf FORMER COl'XTY JUIHiK M. I), THOMPSON" DKAD. Pioneer of California, Indian War Veteran mill Resilient of Hie County 811 Yeiirs. lion. Marshall 1). Thompson, for iner commissioner and later Judge of Douglas County, died Wednesday night, Sept. 6, 1911, at his home nt Long Prairie, near Scottsburg. of heart disease. He was 72 years old. The funeral will be held at Scotts burg tomorrow. With the passing of Judge Thomp son there are some marked co Incidents with the death of Harvey Jones, owner oT tho Hoseburg Hotel. Both men died on the same day, both were of the same ago and both were oT Welsh ancestry. Even more striking are the locations oT the bio graphical sketches of the two men In a huge book entitled "Western Oregon," published In 19114. The sketch oT Judge Thompson fallows immediately after that oT Mr. Jones. Indian War Veteran. Judge Thompson wi s born In Chau tauqua County, N. Y., on November 2, 1838. Ho crossed the plains in 1859, settling in California, where, for a time, he followed mining. From 1801 to 18B4, Judge Thompson was enguged In tho campaign against the Indians In Cnlifornlu and Arizona, serving In Company O. Second Cali fornia Volunteer Cavalry. After being mustered out. -Mr. Thompson engaged In stock raising in Northern California until 1880, when he moved to Douglas County, Oregon, settling at Long Prairie. Political Oliver. A Republican In politics, Mr. Thnnim was elected County Com missioner in 1896 und was re-elected In 1900. After serving six inontns oi his second term ho was appointed CountyJudge to succeed Joseph Lyons. Democrat, who resigned. In 1902 he was nominated by the Re publicans for County Judge and elected. Ho was re-nomluated to succeed himself at the piimaries of 190B, but was defeated at the elec tion by ills Democratic opponent, 0. W Wonucott, the present Incumbent. Judge Thompson was a member ol two fraternities, the Odd Fellows and Ancient Older of United Workmen. He leaves a widow, one son, W. h. Thompson, and three daughters, Mrs. Fannie M. Grubbe and Mrs. Herbert Hutler, who, together with tho son, live at tho family homo, und Mis. Flora O'Rouue, of Uushy Prairie, Wash.. A brother, Carlton K. Thoinp- son, ot Bradford, pa., aiso aiui,.s. MRS. MARY ELLA CANNON" DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS. After an Illness of tuberculosis ex tending over a period of a year or longer, Mrs. Mary Ella Cannon, wife of Claud B. Cunnon, named away at her home In this city, Wednesday night, Sept. C, 1911. She was 34 years of age. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Epis copal Church, ot which Mrs. Cannon was a most active member. . Services will be conducted ut the church by Rev. Charles Wilson linker, and in terment will follow In tho Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Cannon was a Bpieuuiu an and prominent not only In church and social circles, but In public bet terment movements In which the co operation of ladles was enlisted. She was a valued member of the Ludics' Auxiliary of the Hoseburg Commer cial Club and was Identllied with all oT Its Important work until over taken by falling health. An ex tended sojourn In the Southern Cali fornia c.llmato failed to benellt her condition. Mrs. Cannon was a native or Bal timore, Md. Besides her husband, she leaves to mourn her untimely demise a son, Wallace, and daugh ter, .Miss Dorothy. Her mother. Mis. Nellie Boyd, of this city, also sur vl ves. A REMARKABLE GIFT. The wonderful psyche; anil clair voyant power possessed by the great medium. Madame Delmar. enables' I her t tell you everything you want to know. She reads your pasi. pres-( ent and future life belter than you can tell It yourself, asking no (ttes- itlons, making no guesses. All her. I predictions can be relied upon. If you contemplate musing an u.-i vcBtment or starting Into business or muklng a change or any kind, better consult this wonderTul clairvoyant first. It may save you many nils takes. Madame Delmar gives advice and counsel on all affairs ot life, business, love, or money matters. She will tell you what occupation to Tollow to be successful, how long you I will live, whom you will marry, and; when. If .ever. Tells or divorce, law suits, deaths. business losses, changes, speculations. Investments, tells of friends, enemies or rivals in business and love; teaches you bow to gain good health and bow to keep healthy. Nothing Is omitted: every thing is told honestly and fearlessly. Consultations dally and Sunday from Id a. m. to 9 i. in. at the New Grand Hotel. Room 2, CasB and Rose stn-ls. Smith's Livery, all new rigs and outfits, first class driving and rlillim horses; automobile In connection. Terms reasonable. Phone Co. Office with new ladles' waiting room, cor ner Oak and Rose streets. 8. T. Smith, proprietor. dtf .'Per Cent of Increase Only Half That of Population , ENORMOUS RISE IN VALUE Umqnal Proportion of Producers and Consumers Sends Piices of Products Ulfincr (Special to tho Evening Review). WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Census Director Duiand gave out today an important iitlvauce statement from the Bureau of the Census containing additional llgures and details of the. ngi cultural statistics of continental t lined States collected at the Thir teenth Decennial Census, April 15, I 910. Slow Inciviise 111 Xiunlier of Forms, Duilng the ten years which fol lowed the census of 1 900. the popu lation of the Cnlted States lnereas;m 21 per cent, hut tho number of farms did not keep pace with the Increase in population. Frum r,i37,3i2 in 1900 the number grew to G. 340, 317, an Increase of 1)02,985, or 10.5 per cent For the whole United States this is the lowest rato of Increase which has been noted since the num ber of farms was lint recorded In 18.111. Measured by number of farms, agriculture exhibits a dimlr shed rate of increase, md In largo areas of the country Is practically stationary. Laud in Fai'iiiN. The small grow ih 111 the number oT farms has m t been compensated bv any growth in the size of farms, tho average number of acres in farms hav ng dccreasi d from 14 0 In 19U0 to 13S in 1911). The Increase 111 the total acreage devoted to agriculture was only 35.1 37.000 acres, or 4 per cent. The actual area In farms was S3S.592.ooo acres In 1900 and S73.729.00O acres In 1940. lucivase in Improved Lniiil. Improved land, however, increased more rapidly than the Total farm acreage or number of farms, the ad vance being from 1 1 4.499.00H acres in I 911" to 4 7 7.4 is. ooo acres in 1910. a Kiln of C2.9l9.o0o ucres. or 1.1.2 per cent III HI years. Yet this per-i-ciiti'j;o of Increase was only aboul two-thirds the growth of population, showing thai ai the best the number of acres under 'cultivation and used for the production of crops had not ke.t pace with the Increase in the number of people. lucre-ISO in Farm Values. In striking contrast wilh the slow . i, i.. . i. ........ i...r ,..! n..i-..,n.e ,r mniu in mi ,. (in. fit nns and the ai of Improved laml during the ten years Is the cnor - minis rise which has occurred In the value of rami proper. v. Farm land, ov'Livo ,,T buildings, which was ! valued at $I3.ii."iS.008.ooo In 1 900. ; ha ore than do. I. before 1910.1 being then returned as having a value or $28,380,770,000. The e nious . Indian Motor cycles New and Second Hand Machines, 2 .'34 to 7 II. P. Supplies and parts Call or Send for Catalog. Frank Poole. 318 N. Rose St., Roseburg. 1911 I Fall Opening September 7th, 8th, w 9th It is witli pleasure and pride we extend you tliis special invitation to inspect our beautiful imported and original models in Fall and Winter hats. Patterns of refined taste. A choice v.-nety awaits your inspection and approval. Millinery Special attention to order Increase here recorded of $l.1,32S,- .'.000 represents an advance ol 117.4 per cent In the value of all land In farms. Of the factors contributing to this increase in the average value of land the most important is doubtless that of advancing farm prices of agricul tural products. This has Increased the income-producing power of the farm and correspondingly Inlluenced the selling price or value of farm land. In connection with the increase In the average value of farm land. It Is interesting to note the fact that in the past decade, as Tor many decades previously, there has been a much more rapid Increase In urban than In rural population. The population classed by the Census Bureau as urban constituted 4t.3 per cent of the total In 1910. as compared with 40.5 per cent In 1900. In several states, and in many counties in other states, there has been an actual do- rense in rural population since 1900, and In most areas where this Is true there has been a remarkable increase in values of farm hind. Willie ami Colored Farmers. The number of farms operated by white fanners was, 1,422,892. or 8.1.5 per cent of all farms, while the num ber operated by negro and oilier non- white Tanners was '117.4 1". .1 . or 14.5 per cent of the whole. There Is n slight Increase in the proportion ot negro and oilier non-white runners. Hie proportion of farms operated by them ten years 'ago being 1.1.4 per cent. Whether this increase in tne proportionate number of negro farm ers means any increase oi too rela tive extent of f.irmlng conducted by negroes can not be determined till further tabulations are made showing the size of farms, by color or Tanner. S. P. FILES ANSWER TO GOVERNMENT'S SUIT. Has Paid Out $,HMI,000 on Oregon (rant Jurisdiction of Judge Wolvertoll Denied. PORTLAND, Or.. Sept. 7. The Southern Puclllc Company yesterday tiled tin answer to the suit brought by the Government some tlmu ago to recover 2,373,000 acres or land in Oregon. The railroad company contends that since the Government iiad accepted tnx" on he land to the amount oT $1,827,23 1.10 besides 1 II 977 "li Tor surveying and pal- ' ' . . . , ....II,,,. Iltn lulirl.1 ill ii since I lie liu. - eminent lulled tn protest for more 11, mi 4.1 veins against the sale oT the laud 111 larger quniitltlc than 1S acres, and also since the Government has used tho railroad with frequency; ror the transput tallon of troops auiU munitions oT war. the Gove rtiipout ; Is not entitled to the land. j The Government holds that the, railroad company hna violated the law- under which Ibe land was grant-! eil, and Ibe litigation has been In j progress for several yeas. j The land Involved Is valued at be-; tween $.10,000,000 and $70.0(10,001), and tho rullr aid company denies Hut j tlte Governinut Is sincere in Its be-j net's that II. Is entitled to recover, these lands. It holds that JUilge fiiflitti-l.lnli to. '" " " " ' ,.' bear or decide the case s Mr as It is a suit o en oree To ell . his Is In retilhruiallon oT the compa iv s contentions of Its demurrers, which Judge Wolvertou overruled. The Government elnlms hat railroad company has rorfe It I lit to the land because the rallioad sold limit In Urge iiuantllles to speculat ors In violation of I lie terms ol' the grant by which It came Into posses sion of tho land. DIED. ROWLAND.- In Portland, at the home of his dauglKor. Mrs. Stella Gabbert, I.. B. Rowland, aged S2 years. Mr. Rowinud wits an India. i war veteran of the wars of IK .Hi and iw-.7 i.ml un'-. well known among Hie pioneers of Ibe slate. He came to Oregon In 1X52. Il"sid.-s Ills wife he leaves two sons. .1. W. and I'ben Idore, and one daughter, .Mrs. Stella i Gabbert, or Portland, a son, Luther Rowland. oT Sale.it, a sob, Howard Rowland, or S,n. Diego. Oil., a brother, Thompson Rowland, 'it Eu gene, anil a sls.i-r. Mrs. Salle Moore, oT Drain. Oregon. A Dreadful Sigul. I To II. .1. Barniiiii, of l-'reevllle, X. Y., was the fever-sore that plagll -d his lire Tor years III spite of many remedies be tiled. At last be un"l Burkli-ns Arnlc.i Salve and wrote: "It. bus entirely healed with scarcely a sear b-rt." Heals burns, boils, eczema, cuts, bruises. KMellliiKS. corns and piles like magic Only 2.1c nt all drugcists. Cordially wtr Invite JameS work by our Miss Ivy Henderson. .in IJ Robbers in Ambush Then Make Away With $3,000 BEATTIE'S FATE WITH JURY Los Anclts Hub Unming For Scgro For Usual Crime Oregon Has Case Similar to It (Special to the Evening Review). POTTS VI LLE, Pu., Sept. 1.--Joseph Zehrer, contractor In .charge oT an extensive coal stripping opera tion Tor the Lehigh Valley Coal & Navigation Company; Samuel Wat - kins and Dr. Iver were shot nud 0a a verdict. killed from ambush nour here this p,, Rent tie and neulah lllnford afternoon, uuil lnuney to pay work- ' were todnv released from Jail on men, uinoiinnng to $3000, wus! judge Waison a order. Beulah Im stolen. The robbers escaped. The mediately hurried away with a theat bodles oT the three men were Muml I r,.a ,iKent who engaged her Tor a In tho buggy, their horses pence- j vuudovlilu "skit" based on the neut rally grazing, tlo cuse. The dopraved girl was blt- . ' tcrly chagrined because she wns not MOH SEEKS NEGRO SLAYF.H OF . pu,niluod to testify 111 the cbbo, say-r0-YEAR-OLI WOMAN. ling it would have made her vande- LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7. -Enraged by the brutality oT the crime. 140 olllcers nud t00 citizens, heavily armed, are today scouring the coun try south oT Los Angeles for a negro who late yesterday shot and killed Mrs. Meiviua Hasklns, aged 50 years, who was assautted first. She was tinme alone when the liend at tacked her. HILL AND l OllI.E MURDERS ARE EMULATED AT SCAPPOOSE. SCAPPOOSE. Or., Sept, 7. Be lieving Mrs. Dulsy Wehrmuun, 35, and her four-year-old son were mur- I tiered by a degenerate tramp. Sheriff Thompson. oT Columbia County, to- liny oroeieu ins ucpuues iu mmm '..11 ..L,i,l,.l..i.u .I.iii-i.i.Iii.'u Ttw, h,il.ea itlii ihk.mhh.iio ... . ..... were round bt.lT nude on n lied - - ' ' ' The THE LEADER, and why we lead Because our Snils, leaks and waists aro positively correct In styles, materials and price. Wo believe In the Intelligence or tho publlu, and offer tl.u.n nothing but absolutely correct, Ti-esli noods. Because we havo a filter that can III und can Kiiiirnnlce a perfect fit In every garment. Because wu do not. duplicate your Suits, Cloaks, Waists or Pattern Hals. Becauso our Millinery In Stylet, quality of imilerial mill splendid as sortment Is far In the lead ot anything ever shown In Roseburg. Because 'our Hair Goods. Neckwear, Novelties and Hand Bags are giving complete sutlsfacliou. Because our prices lire u surprise to nil. The HAIR. AND SCALP TREATMENT FACIAL MASSAGE . Eaton's Price Bulletin SPECIALS Gold Dust, large plg 20c j Corn Flakes, Kcllogg's 10c Lt.'inoiLS, per ilozi'ti 30c Raisins, pound pkg, best 10c Cantied Milk 10c Salad Powder Dressing 10c Currents 10c Vinegar, gallon 35c Coffee, extra good 25c HENRY EASTON GROCER Phone' 26 344 N. Jackson you to attend our A. Perry woman und her son had been bealen and shot In their cabin on a small ranch. Tour miles Trom this city, probably Sunday night, atter the de parture oT the woman's husband, who works In a Portland bakery. There Is evidence oT a desperate struggle mude by the mother to de Tend herself and child. (TIAXCK AVERTS CATASTROPHE IX NAVY YARD. nOSTOX. Sept. 7. 'Carefully con cealed In tho frame work oT a float ing nilno In the Charleston Navy Yurds here, three sticks of dynamite wero found within five feet of where mechanics were swinging heavy hammers. Tho lives of hundreds of men were endangered. Navy olllcers Bay they know of no motive for the attempted outrage, JURY HAS HEATTIE'K CASK; GIRL OFF TO YAl'IL'.t ILLK. CHESTERFIELD, Va., Sept. 7. With women excluded from the court, room. Judge Watson today de livered Instructions to the Jury try ing Henry Belittle on the charge of wire murder. The Instructions nre regarded ns favorable to the defend- I nut. The Jurv is now deliberating villi- act stronger. Robert E. Smith, tho locnl banker mill abstractor, leaves Saturday for Eugene, where he will undergo nn operation for appendicitis at , -tho hands or his Tather-ln-law, Dr. Win. Kuykendall. This Is one of the strong circumstances disposing of Ibe r r that Mr. Smith would be come a candldiite for mayor ut the coming city election. Mr. Smith ad mitted today that ho had been so llclled by a number of his friends to make tho race, but ho declared with emphasis that, while ho appreciated tho compliment, no wottiti noi cou- alder the proposition, especially in view oT the impending surgical oper- niiuu. Have Arundel nine tt. Leader HAIR DRESSING MANICURING 1911 Ladies? Toggery "Faultless Fisk Hats."