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Newspaper Page TextDOUGLAS COUNTY'S INEXHAUSTABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES MAKE IT-THE MOST ATTRACTIVE FOR HOMESEIKERS AND INVESTORS. PROGRESSIVE At Roseburg leads ths Southern Oregon towns In progresslvenees so Ths Review leads all newspapers ot the una section. ROSEBURG REVIEW .INVESTMENTS Of all kind! ar best foaa through "The Review" Want At Section. Little ads. brine big re turns, because everybody read them. VOL. XV. ROSKIIl'RG, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1013. No. 284. Staggs & Son's Mill, North Side, Destroyed by Fire ERECTED SIXTY YEARS AGO Iusiraoce o $5,000 on Estimated Loss of $7,000 -Ialtniion tu Rfbnild Aononad By Owaers Roseburg's oldest landmark ami probably the oldest itiduslriul buiU' lug in Douglas County bus passed in-, to history as tin; tvsult of a fire Mon-' day night that destroyed tho original plant of t hi Itoseburg Flour Mills, in North Koselnirtf, owned by 11. H. Staggs & Sim. The loss is placed by the owners at S7UUO, Willi Insurance of $.",000. The firo was discovered shortly af ter C o'clock in that part of the build ing containing the office, III which a sheet iron stove vnin use. U. L. Staggs, junior member of Ibe firm, had lelt llie place a few minutes be fore to go to the railway depot to meet his family reluming from the East. Able to operate only two streams of water ami handicapped by the unfavorable surroundings of tin mill, the firemen eouid not save the main plant, hut they succeeded after nn hour's hard work In saving the adjoining granary and a big shed con taining fanning implements and ve hicles. The fuel sheds of the firm were not damaged. Losses ill Detail. The destroyed building contained the firm's stock of poultry supplies, fertilizers, salt and feed. Insurance of t-boo on this stock fully covers that part of the loss. The ruins also contain the ashes of a chest that held priceless mementos of It. L. Staggs' former business and social life ill China, Japan and India, two sets of Siberian furs and .Mrs. Staggs' silk wedding dress, also brought from the Orient. Mr. Klaggs' feels the loss of these things more keenly than any thing else that fell prey to the flames. Other losses In the fire fell upon persons who had goods stored in the building. 1. Abraham, the local dry goods dealer, is out $1 r. i in grain and feed; a loss of $17". was sus tained by the Douglas County Poul try Growers' Association in coops and other supplies, and the local organi zation of Socialists mourns the de struction of tables, benches and chairs, worth about $."0. None of these losses Is insured. Half of Old Mucliinory Saved. An insignificant quantity of grain and feed and a few articles ot feed mixing machinery were saved. The mill was not used by Staggs & Son for manufacturing flour and the firm last Saturday hegan removing the ma chinery that was used for that pur pose by Its predecessors In owner ship. All of such equipment on the lower floor had been gotten out by Monday afternoon, but that on the upper floor was cither destroyed or hopelessly damaged. All of Ibis ma rhinerv was old and worn, and was considered of such little value .that It was not insured. The mill was bought by Staggs & Son nearly three years ago. They made extensivo alterations to the REPAIR It is astonishing how many fine watches are ruined each year by be ing placed In the hands of poor and unskilled workmen for repairs. A slight oversight on their part often causes an unnoticeable grind ing and eh in king Mint will wear out (be best movement made In u short time. Why run any chances? Leave your repairing in our hands, and you will gel all that, long experience, careful work manship and honesty can give. A. S. HUEY CO. THE QUALITY STORE" building, bringing Its estimated value up to $5000. It was insured for $3, 000. Instead of manufacturing floifY, Staggs & Son used the building for a general feed business and for stor age, carrying in connection fuel, building materials, vehicles and fanning Implements. The firm an nounces Its Intention to rebuild at once. riant liuilt 00 Years Ago. The burned mill wns sixty years old, and pioneer citizens unite in the opinion that it was the oldeBt struct ure of any kind in Roseburg.' It was built In 1853 by William T. Perry and another man named Martin, und its location Is part of Perry's original donation claim, which was platted as a part of North Roseburg as the city hegan to grow. Taking the business title of the Roseburg Flouring Mills, Perry & Martin operated the mill until they sold out to Jacob Jones and another man named Dunsett. The successor to this firm was Jones' son, Isaac, who in turn disposed of the plant to Henry dates and Thomas J. CritestN. Eventually. Gates' interest pussed to din Rust, who afterwards acquired , -ser's Interest. Of nil of these K - ownerR nf the lilailt. only ' Criieser is still living. After Rust's I death, the mill fell into disuse and remained so until Its purchase by aiaggs & doii. The mill occupied an elevation overlooking Deer Creek, about 200 yards from the mouth of that stream, and the power wheel was operated by water from a specially constructed ditch having the point of Intake from the Creek near H. C. Dawson's place about a half mile up the stream. .H'RORS DRAWN- FOR NEXT TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT. Following is the panel of jurors drawn for the next term of Circuit Court in Douglas County, which opens February 17: C. L. tlermond, Ed Moser, Mill wood; S. M. Kelly, J. W. Moore, H. H. Church, H. A. Woodruff and S. J. Jones, Roseburg; J. H. Cummings, 1. J. Goff, Sutbeliin; W. M. Fisher, Edenbower; It. L. Sanders, Oscar Ap plegate, O. II. Carey, Drain; D. P. McKay, W. 11. Wilson, Wilbur: 11. II. Haines, Rockland; E. E. Haines, J. J. 1 tenderer, Elkton; H. L. Dewald, Days Creek; Q. W. Puckett, Canyon ville; Chas. Henderson, Noah lllack, Gardiner; J. W. Wright, Drew; F. II. Morgan, A. G. Clarke, J. O. l.yslill, Glendale; Oscnr C.orrell, Stephens; Edgar Walker. Dlllard; A. A. Saga berd, Scottsburg; G. E. Aiken, II. Ash, Riddle. OREGON NEWS. President Taft has noiuinnted Preston A. Wortllillgtoll to he Re ceiver of Public Moneys at Burns. Oregon. Governor Johnson of California has honored a requisition from Governor West of Oregon to have George llrenner, under arrest in San Fran cisco, returned to Morrow County, where he is wanted on a charge of criminal assault upon six-year-old Opal Cribbing. Brenner is married, nnd his wire swore out the complaint. According to Deputy District Attor ney Woodson, of Morrow County, llrenner has nlready served two terms for similar crimes In Washington state. A SIMPLE KXPKK1MKNT. The next time you bake bread Just keep accurate account of your ma terial, fuel, time, etc., used in tho work, then compare it with the price we nsk for Btrictly fresh home made bread and see if you can t brvo by having of us. We sell under our guarantee. The llee Hive (of course). WATCH Repairing Is a Special- M6 ty With Us! Wo make a specialty of do ing strlrtly high class work, and absolutely guarantee every piece of repairing we do. Our prices, too, are very Interesting. PREFER IRK Wi i i Young Turks Vole to Never Give Up Adrianople POWERS NOW THE ONLY MOPE STros FifiM Losing Battle Willi D. S. Cavalry "Homao Bomb" Gels Long Prison Tt rra (Special to the Evening Review) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 2S The Young Turks council of the commit tee of union and progress unanimous ly voted today never to surrender to the ullles Adriauoplo or the Aegean Islands. It 1b probable that this will: be the tenor of Turkey's official re-j ply to the note of the powers. This! would make resumption of war in-1 evltnble. J,ONLON, Jan. 2S. Resumption of' hostilities was practically assured , within two weeks when the Servian I envoy, Novakovich, approved the joint note of the Turkish plenipoteu-! tiaries that the armistice be termin-j ated immediately. Formal approval of J he note Is expected tomorrow. Twoi w e. ileh.y is made necessary by , formalities. It Is expected that the European powers will intervene he fore the armistice is trrminat ml. WAlfLlKi; M OUOS UOI TKl) WIIKN TIIKY ATTAt'K CAVAMtY. MANILA, Jan. 28. One American was killed and six others wounded when bolomen on the Island of Jolo attacked two troops of American cav alry and a detachment of native con stabulary. The iMoros were routed. "MIMAX no.Mir HKXTEXCrci TO 120 YEAHS IX IMtlSOX. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 8. Carl Keidelbaeh, found guilty of placing dynamite in a public building, was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment today. Keidelbaeh terrorized the Central Police Station several months ago, when he entered it carrying an Infer nal machine, and calmly announced that he intended to blow everything to "kingdom come." Keidelbaeh, whose mentality was questioned, but who was pronounced sane t y alienists, considered the pro ceedings something to laugh at. All .during his (rial he joked policemen and detectives who testified against jhini, and made fun of three detectives to whom medals were presented by the County Hoard of Supervisors for saving the police station by felling him and reducing his dynamite-filled device to a harmless curiosity. SICKLKK MAY XOT HAVE TO I'AKT WITH HOCSKKEKl'EU. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 28. General Granville Dodge, war hero and mil lionaire, who fought with General Sickles, announced today that he would, If asked, come to the aid of Sickles, who Is under arrest in New York for a shortage of $1NJ, 1 C, for which he has failed to account as chairman of the New York Monu ments Commission. A movement to raise by subscrip tion the amount of the General's al leged indebtedness and relieve the aged Civil War veteran from all pos sibility of going to jail, was started yesterday by William Sohmer, con troller of New York. Mr. Sohmer Ini tiated the fund wilh a subscription of 1100, to which Sheriff Harburger added an equal amount. STANDARD Oil, MEN INDICTED IIV TEXAS (.RAND ,HTRV. DALLAS, Texts, .Inn. 2S. War rants for the arrest of John D. Arch bobi. II. C. Peeler, and W. C. Teagle, Standard Oil magnates, were mailed to New York today by Federal Dlst. Judeo Meek. charKiiiK violation of the Sherman law In lexas. If any inr flculiy Is encountered getting thcBe men," said Meek, "I will Rend Texas office who will bring them here." SCHOONER M)MT ON POINT REVKS; CREW ESCAPES. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2D. Run ning ashore at Point Rims In a dense fog. the steam lumber s'ii'oiicr Samoa Is slowly breaking to I I 'ivs The crew of 21 escaped. The Samoa was feeling Its way through the fog and struck without warning. As tho shore was near and the water calm, the crow look to the life boats ami made their way In safety. The past week Ibe weather for the greater part of the time being warm and sunny, has a tendency to cause that "back to tho soil," or "spring fever" feeling to come over us nnd wo wHiit lo get out and dig up the dirt in the hack yard and plant some thing. We wish to suggest that, in order (o avoid being disappointed, you plant nothing but new northern grown, tested seeds, such as are sold i by the Harvey-Eastman Grocery Co. I Phone 103. IRK COMMISSIONER l'EKKIXS SEES MENACE. Issues Public Apical for Shmh1)- Pro curement of Automobile Truck nnd Engine. "To the Public: "It is high lime for the citizens of Roseburg to have full appreciation of true conditions. When our homes aro threatened and our business is under ban, when conditions even threaten our lives, then it seems to me we might call It n crisis, and a crisis certainly exists In Roseburg to day. I refer to our totally Inade quate firo protection, which any one will certainly concede who has lived hero the past year. "This history of fires where mod ern apparatus is installed, as for in stance mi nutoniohllo machine. Is that St) per cent of the fires are put out with chemicals without the use of n drop of water, due to the apparatus getting to the scene within two or three minutes, before tho firo luifl bad a chance to get headway. This means that 80 per cent of all fires result ill practically tlo loss. "Almost every fire wo have had In Roseburg for the last six months has gutted the building. I nm not criticising the Roseburg Fire Depart incut; It does as well as It can under tho circumstances, but two lines of hose will not (brow aH much water as six lines, nor will untliiuuted ap paratus and methods meet modern demands. Monday night at I ho fire if we had had a modern engine. In stead of weak force with only two half-Inch nozzles, we could have used six I M:-incb nozzles, and plenty of force behind us. This would huve made short work of the fire. It takes apparatus of modern nature, and It takes trained firemen who de vote their entire time to this business to successfully combat fire. Does anyone question this? Patriotism and loyally go a long way, but can you ask the boys to ruin their clothes, endanger their health and risk their lives at every fire from pure senti ment alone? It Ib n profession and entitled to Its wages. "It Is a well known fad that it takes us now from 15 to 25 niinuteu to reach any fire, when, -with an auto wagon the time would not bo grenter than three minutes at tlio outside; the building Is now gutted, either to tally or partially destroyed, which amounts to the same thing. "I have letters in my possession that the Hoard of Underwrllera Is about tu raise all rates in the city of Roseburg, and many companies are going to withdraw altogether. In surance men claim that they have laid out in Roseburg in the last 12 months between $ .". (i iumi and $00, ouu, as against receipts of about $9, 000. How long can we, as business men. expect them to keep this up? I low long would you, Mr. Business Mail, continue doing business In Roseburg if you were all Insurance company? "Do you appreciate, citlzeiiH of Roseburg, that not one of you is safe? That your home is liable to be burned over your head any night? Do you realize that if it burns It Is nine chances out of tell that It will be gutted? Do you realize that Bafety to your life and lo your property de mands that you install a modern fire department? Is It not trim thnt you can Bleep more soundly In the knowl edge Hint ir n fire occurred on your premises u high power nulo truck would be on the spot within three minutes from the time the alarm was sent In. with paid fire fighters to take charge of this work? "I say to you, citizens of Roseburg, thai it Is time, high time, that the popular sentiment by crystallized and some thing done. The town of Rose burg, from Information thai Is un questionable. Is one of two towns on the Pacific Coast that are now spotted by the Insurance companies and con sidered dangerous risks. "As there appears to be no let-up In tin- Ires. It Is ns certain as this article Is written that you will very shortly have all of your policies can celled, which ibe Insurance companies have a perfect right to do. No policy will he written or renewed except ot a very high rate of Insurance. "There is opposition lo any kind of Improvement in Roseburg from cer tain iinrter. Many people oppose the spending of five rents, even If by spending five cents life could be saved or thousands of dollars worth of nroliertv protected. It has even been claimed by some of these citi zens that I am actuated from a slnnd- noint of personal properly. I ndmlt that I am. I will admit that It Is not a cheerful thought lo think that I v a like In I he night to find my homo In flames. I assert that all of ins uro actuated to a large extent o ,.,.vng 4:1 voles, ns against .18 mat I selfish motives, but I further assert 1 fl,r Kendrlck, his Democratic oppon 1 bat. ir these selfish motives also work (.Mt, Tho Democrats will contest. for the public good, men nicy arc ommendable. and 11 Is no crime 10 serve your own Interests when you are serving the general good nt tho same time. "They claim Hint there Is no moliev; (hat. we must he economical. It Is 'true Unit eionoiny Is n virtue, ! but It ceases to be a Vlrllie Wlien uy ! saving fle cents you destroy a thou sand dollars' worth of property, j "It Is even rumored that our peti tions which we have Jut circulated , 11111I which I personally took aroun I tb 1. streets 10 get signatures to call for a Bpecial election to secure a moil- w,.re turned over to me juvenile I ern fire department -having full c,irt, -where they had an cxainliia ' knowledge as I do of the attitude of t,l afternoon. They will prob- Angered Suffragettes Threaten More Window Smashing EXTRA POLICE GUARD STORES Poor Stales Elect Senators Warren of Wyoming Faces Contest on Charge o( Fraud (Special to The Evening Review). LONDON, Jan. 28. Mrs. Dospnrd. the Biifrragette leader, arrested with sin others for participating In a de-, structlvo demonstration, refused to day to pay a fine or (10, and was sen tenced to fourteen days In Jail. Scot land Yard men claim to be In posses sion of the plnns of the suffragettes and are confident they can cope with the militant women, despite assur ances that Loudon fears a reign of terror. Following tho refusal of tho Hrlllsh Cabinet to present the suff rage bill to the House of Lords, two thousand policemen were . engaged last night In dispersing huge crowds near the Parliament building, shop keepers were boarding up windows and excited women were making in cendiary speeches in several halls. DUBLIN, Jan. 28 A party of Irian suffragettes attacked Dublin Castle today, smnshlng many windows. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jnn. 28. Uivfng women the right to vote at all elections Is the constitutional amendment Introduced in tho Mis souri Senato today. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 28. A con stitutional amendment granting the ballot to women was defeated in the Senate today by a tlo vote. PHILIPPINE (iOVERNMEN'T IS SEVERELY (JltlLLEI). WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A harp answer to Tuft's criticism of the Democratic plan for Philippine Inde pendence was made in the House to day by Jones of Virginia. Jones characterized the present government of tho islands as a lew-defying, de spotic, self-interested oligarchy, which "lias plunged the Philippines into deft, defeated the ends of Justice and violated the act of Congress under which the Government is formed." WOULD EXTEND TIN PLATE LAW TO ALL ORKtJO.V. SALEM, Or.. Jun. 28. To extend the Portland "tin pinto" law to every town In Oregon Is the purposo of a bill introduced by Representative l!a- good. Tho hill requires tho owner or owners of every hotel, apartment, rooming, lodging and hoarding house. tonoment or saloon, to plnce n plate with their names and addresses in a conspicuous place by the principal entrance. PORTLAND WANTS LEMON OX FREE LIST. IT PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 28. A unique movement In Hint commission men themselves are responsible Is afoot lo ask Congress to remove the duty on lemons for a year. This Is being done on account or tho high prices as the result of tho California freeze. Leaders declare that unless foreign lemons arn admitted free the people will be "lemonless heforo the end of tho yenr. 4 STATES ELEtrr UNITED STATES SENATORS; CONTEST AHEAD, AUSTIN. Texas, Jan. 28. The Legislature lodny elected Morris Sheppnrd United Slates Senator lo succeed Johnson for the remainder of Joseph W. llalley s term and also for the long term to follow. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 28. Wil liam Hughe was today elected Unit ed Stales Senator by the New Jersey Legislature. SANTK FE. N. M Jan. 28. Unit ed States Senator Fall was re-elected todny by tho legislature. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan. 28. United States Senator Warren was to- ,luy r,w.ected by the Legislature, re Thy charge that gross trauus were perpetrated in Clnta county io e Mire the preferential election of Sena tor Warren. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. --The House today passed the rivers and harbors bill carrying appropriations of li),800,000 Maiiunl F.speranza. a Mexican boy. 17 vcars of ago. and his companion Harwy .Mori y, aged 10. plead guilty i 11 charge of burglary in justire t,irterB' court Monday night and ROCKEFELLER, JR., ISLAM KS MAX FOR SOCIAL KVIL. Service on While Slave Jury Leads to Organized Fight Against "Greatest Menace," NEW YORK, Jan. 27. Men, not women, are responsible for the or ganized commercial social evil In this country, In tho opinion of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. "It is a man's busi ness run for profit and tho profit Is largo." These views are exjressed In a statement mado public by Rockefel ler today, giving further details of alms of the Bureau of Social Hygiene through which Rockefeller nnd other philanthropists hopo to attack and alleviate conditions which he consid ers "the greatest single menace to the perpetuation of the human race." "The iilen of establishing a perma nent organization to cope with the soclnl evil in this city," Bays tho statement, "was the outgrowth of my servico of bIx months an foreman of the 'white Blave grand Jury appointed in New York City at the beginning of 1910. I came nt that time to re alize the extent and horror of the evil and to believe that It constituted one of tho greatest and vital world prob lems of tho day. 'in tho Judgment of eminent medi cal men It forms from the point of view of disease, the greatest slnglo menace to the perpetuation of the human raco. Therefore, us the result, of c!onferences with many people, the Bureau ot Social Hygiene was estab lished. As to whether the unfortiinatu wo mnn Is a victim or u contributor to her own vicious career, Rockefeller says; "I say unhesitatingly that in the vast majority of ciiscb Bho Is a vic tim. Prostitution ns now conducted in Ibis country and In Europe is very largely a matter of business. It is a business run for u profit and the profit Ib large. It Ib my opinion that less than 25 per cent of the vicious women In this country would have fallen If they had had 1111 equally good chalice lo lead tt pure life. That they have been dragged Into the mire In such large numbers Ib duu to the va riety of circumstances, muting which nro poverty, low wages, Improper home conditions nnd lack of training, the desire to gratify the natural crav ing for amusement, pretty things. etc.; hut while all or these ami ninny others may be rnutiihiitlng causes, man Ib chiefly reBponlsblo for their fall." 1 GENERAL NEWS. Following the rejection by Eastern railroads of the demands or their em ployes for an Increase of 1 5 per cent in wages. President Leo of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen declares that further action ot the trulnnien will bo delayed until the result ot a conference lo Re held ear ly in February Is known. The Brotherhood or Locomotive Firemen will canvass Us recent strike vote next week. Douglns County's share of the Unit ed States forest reserve fund is $;i, 0110.27. DR. M. ASHTON Chiropractic Neuropath Nerve and Spine Specialist Uraduat of the Oregon College of Chlropructlo-Nnropatb, Portland. Parrott Building, Roseburg, Oregon. Honrs to 12. 1 to I, 6 to 8. HAIR GOODS SPECIAL NEW SHIPMENT TODAY a50 Hair Ornaments and Accessories All The New Things ski: our Come In, Let Us Show You THE LEADER New Alarm Sounding System Is Adopted by Council BUILDING LIMITS LARGER Ktnnij's Addition to Receive Better Proleciloc Another Issue ol Bonds on Market A brief session of the city council Monday night was featured by the enactment of three new ordinances, one authorizing another Issue of Im provement bonds under the Bancroft installment law, the other two re lating to fire protection matters. Further along the line of the latter wus the adoption of a report of the fire and wnter committee recommend ing better wnter mains for Kinney's Addition. One of the ordinancoB on fire pro tection provides a complete innova tion In the matter of sounding nlarms. The city has been divided into 4 2 wards numbered so that a fire in any one of them can be Im mediately located by the Indicating numbers of the sounds of the siren at the S. P. roundhouse. A chart showing how the city is numbered and explaining the locating signals of the siren appears elsewhere In this Issue of The Review. The chart was prepared by the Roseburg Fire Det pnrtmeiit and Is patterned after the system in vogue in larger cities. Fire Liiiiita Enlarged. Four blocks nnd part of a fifth were added to the fire-proof build ing limits by tho passage of on ordinance. The blocks are numbers 18, 30. 50 and 51 and the northwest quarter of block 37. The practice of the water company In connecting the dead ends of four Imii mains In Kinney's Addltlou with two-Inch pities and leaving some sec tions of the addition without any mains at all brought the following re port from the fire and water com mittee: "Wo recommend that the water company ho required to lay a 6-lnch main on Second Avenue South, from Winchester street east to the city limits; that a hydrant be installed at the Intersection of Second Avenue South and East Second street, and that all Intersecting streets be con nected with '4-Inch pltivs; also that a hydrant be Installed at the corner or Washington and Chadwlck si reels," Mayor Mlcelll promised to see that the recomiiieudntlons were carried out. Bnnils for Snle. Another series of Bancroft bonds, to meet unpaid assessments for street paving Is now on the market. The amount Involved Is $22,620.76, cover ing property on the following streets: Hi from Brockway to I Pine, from Floed to llni-ke; SouHiJttckson, from Mosher to llaynes. A bill from the vjator and light Company tor 1 07.75 for light globes was allowed. Sturdier voting "no" be cause ho thought the prices charged were loo high. WINDOW SALE of homo cooking at Benson's grocory, February 1, under direction of the Ladles' Aid of the Baptist Church, 31 WINDOW DISPLAY Btiiy be sent to me naie iiiuuHiruu (Coatlnued on page 4). ' school.