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NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN AND PLANT THAT GARDEN, LAWN AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND PLEASURE DOUGLAS COUNTY NEEDS 1014 EVIEW Macadam road to the coast, also on Paclfie Highway; electric lines through the county, new canneries, farm co-operation for marketing. KOSKIU'RG, OREGON, SATUIBAY KVlOMNti, APltlL 4, 1911. VOL. XVII. No. SO. More Merchantable Timber Than in Any Other I HAS ONE-SIXTH IN THE STATE Tolal of 45 Billion Feet Out of Aggregate of 299 Billion Feet in Oregon Has an Enormous Value' As an actual fact, of the entire amount of merchantable timber in .the slate of Oregon. Douglas County has one-sixth of the whole, or half, Bossen Into the bed room and placed as much again as any other county in:her on the bed, where she expired a the state. This fact was only recent-: ly learned, as it 'was formerly sup- poseil, and In all previous statistics it was stated, that several other conn- ties led, and Douglas County was about sixth. A letter from the immigration i commission of the state, received here yesterday by the uubliclty man- nger of the Commercial Club, gives ! this In tor ma t ion for the purpose of dispelling the popular delusion to me opposite effect, and showing the true position of the counties. Of a total of 2!I0 billion feet not In the Nation- al reserves, 4 r billion lies on tho ranges and lowlands of Douglas County. In addition there Js 19 nil- lion feet more in the l:inpiia forest reserve which is not counted as merchantable at present, although 5 million feet is turned over each year to commercial uses from the National forest by tho Government this be- ing the amount estimated as the an- nual growth. The purpose oi ine so would not swear that Bossen nau Government Is to preserve the exist- been incriminated. She was ininie ing amount of standing timber, so diately followed by Mrs. Nellie the yearly Increase is willingly (lis-. posed of. This information is now who testified that Uossen had at being Included in the annual report ' tempted to hush up any Investigation, of the local forestry office to the because, she said, if .Mrs. Bossen had Government officials at Washington. committed suicide it would bring The value of this timber is enor- nious. At only one dollar per muu feet, this timber is worth $ 1 r, , 0 0 0 ,- - .... , mm 000, as It stands, or anoiii. !,. 000 more than tne present ut.scs.-cu valuation of all the property in the county. Cutting, logging and saw-i Ing this timber will approximate an I nveniEe cost of 110 per 1000 feet, and tills enormous aggregate of $4.10.0(10,0011 This does not take into the manufactuied value Bpent here. ,.r.iiQiii.rtimi of this timber, which will he several times the latter figure nossiox ItOl'XI) OVIOlt 11V JISTIC10 WIOLLS. No Hall is Allowed, Mini Charged With I'oIsoiiIhk His Wile, Formerly of Klkton. Eugene Register, April 4: In Jus tice of tho Peace Wells' court, An ,!.,.. ii,.cuiii rhai-ged with tho mur der of his 27-year-old wife, Kdilh Bossen. two weess ago, was gieu a preliminary hearing yesterday after- noon and was bound over to the grand jurv without bail. The ,,oxt session of the jury will meet June 15. Five witnesses werec alien, including the half staler of the dead woman, Dolly I.evens. nnd her mother, Mrs. , - i. irtnt. .viin- ennn niter the death became suspicious and asked for an Investigation. Tile court jooin was sultry and through tlie long proceedings, the questionings nnd cross-questioning, the air of the room became torrid. but still the anxious throng malned. straining their ears to the last to hear every bit of ov(,l,,,e produced. Now and then tliey THE BIG DAYLIGHT STORE " Bends with your foot TRADE MARK Monday Only Yard laughed at some remark of the law yers and this relieved the tenseness of the proceedings and offered a .chance for relaxation. i Uossen did not take the stand In his own behalf. Dr. J. H. liarr testi fied that his examination of the body of .Mrs. Uossen showed the hrain, the heart and the stomach to be -nor- inial, though, he said, the latter con tained some foreign substance which tie was not able to analyze without a chemical examination. The stom- ach and its contents have been sent to the chemlBtrv department at the or 0,egon for ,urther lOye Witnesses Testify. Dolly 1. evens, aged 20, a slender dark-haired maid, stated that she 'lived with the Hossens, and that she was awakened on the morning of i.Mrs. Bosscn's death by her moanings and came down stairs to find the wife roiling on the floor in agony. An drew Bossen was then the only per son in the room. I "Andrew has poisoned mo. He gave me the wrong medicine," were the words of the woman as she writhed hi pain," said Dolly Levens. Bossen and the half sister then carried Mrs. few moments later. The next witness was Marie Hen- dricks, aged 12 years, who has re sided at the Bossen residence, and who was present the fatal morning She testified that the evening before the death of .Mrs. Bossen she had 'seen her in good health and bouncing her iiine-months-old baby on her lap. Meanings also awakened her the next morning and the girl also stated the dying woman had accused her bus band of poisoning her. The girl was sharply cross-questioned by County Attorney J. M. Devers. Mrs. Abigail Holland, a neighbor, living across the road from the Bos- sens, with quivering voice, told how she had hurried to the home when dle news was brought to her between six nnd seven o'clock In the morning. Graphically the old lady told of the succeeding events as they happened. , ast statement bv the dying woman sle find failed to catch, she said, and Sevens, mother of the dead woman about too much publicity. M,.s. I.evens was the last witness r.,iie,i. Both sides then rested the . . .. ... case and Justice ells iioiinu Aiiurew lessen over to the grand Jury with- oul uan n Tle frst concert of the Itoseburg ri,n,.,ii (.inh will be given in May. preparations are now In development nnri nrnctme is Marl mice each weeK. Tllls wiU undoubtedly be one of the .lmnor,allt Imlsi(ul events of te vear ELY TRAPS READY FOR . ACTION AGAINST THAT NOTORIOUS EITTLE PEST The finni arrangements for a de- termlned campaign against the fly 1)es, wlll be made tonight at too (.nmmr(.i ninh. when tho commit- Auxiliary will meet Willi all on board. The Belle Ven- tee of tne l.auies Auxiiiaiy win m survivors and with the health officer Dr. I ouck, loV-'f"--- ' Fn,llai.d's crew. , iimne a and arrange for contests among the scnooi cnn ireu ... um .,.,.. . u. lues. iwene i.iik uue im. wc.. Tivnlvn liiriro IrnitB have made bv the manual training students at the high school, and they will be placed in those sections where .... ...'. .i ...in i. ,i..,, iinm. i,ru f i,o r.,,mlitee are finding considerable Interest among the peo- ,,i .i,n have been utirred un of late on account of the startling facts re- railed bv Ilr. Wll to II II a OlllCrS 111 recent lectures in Portland. Red Cross NEW GREEN AvC 12 oaie CAPITAL IS III PERIL Terror in Mexico City Over the Fall of Torreon FREDERICK WEYERHAUSER DEAD Great Timber Magnate Was Perhaps the Wealthiest Man in the World -Fear Another Vessel is lost hi Ice (Special to the Evening Review). CHIHUAHUA CITY, April 4. Tho federal force under General Velasco. which was driven from Torreon, is surrounded bv rebels near San Pedro De Las Coloiiias. Their position is entrenched, according to a telegram from General Villa s headquarters at Torreon, but General Hj;rmindez, the commander of the rebels, Is quoted , as saving that he could take their I defenses In- storm. General Villa lort Torreon with a force of rebels to In- a.. ,.,,inui iiio eai .ii.o nt iho f,.t- erals, Capital Is lit Peril. MEXICO CITY, April 4. Terror reigned in Mexico City among the comparatively Tew who know that Torreon lias fallen. The news is still being suppressed, but it is becoming known slowly. Most of these people thought that this meant that General Huerta will soon be making a last 'ditch fight at the capital. That this ' fight w ill involve the utmost peril to all in tho city nobody doubted, Kveryono felt that Huerta, who,m. even his enemies admit Is courageous, will die rather than surrender. vi:vKitn.i"si:it is dioad. PASADIONA, Cal., April 4. Fred eric Weyerhauser, of St. Paul, the great timber magnate, and reputed to be one of the world's richest men, who had been ill at his winter home here for ten days with capillary . ia ,tin,l nl fi-:ill a til tndaV. ,,u wa8 ,)rmy tlle wealthiest, and Ceiiailll.V ilie inuai . certainly the most secretive, ot tne ,,..,.(.... millionaires. Weyerhauser , , i,,tP the value of which his most intimate associates cannot come within $100,000,(100 of estimating. It Is probably worth ?.'iO0,OOU,0O0, the most ot his weallh being in vast t,mher ' Iwilrlimrs in the north and ... ...... ...,i.r ps , T b' ,v wlll be ,,,,,,, to Ho,rk lBiami, 'Illinois, tomorrow, I where the Interment will take place. I (The Weyerhauser syndicate owns ilarge tracts of timber land in Doug las County and other parts or Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana). I'lOAIt AXOTIIIOIt VIOSSIOL LOST, ST. JOHNS, April 4. Alarmed for the safety of the sealer Southern Cross, and its crew of 170 men, the vessel's owners have dispatched two steamships equipped with wireless to look for the missing craft, which is now five days overdue. There is (..,,., mutton In believe it WHS crushed In tho Ire, and foundered r(,iiicd stuck in tho Ico :I0 miles ,Ulhm. t hoped to force Its through and make port tonight "" ,.v,,,,v iivm'itti I. SCOI T l.N.IOIXs UAsl.llALL M ()l I. HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. April 4. Chancellor Henderson has Issued 1 permanent injunction against How ard Cnninitz. the Federal league scoui. pieveni ng mm ....... .. . f. Willi Hie l).l.,,i..i , m..j. . ....... . tract with tho Pittsburg Nationals. Shoes, Munsing Underwear, YORK STORE of Carhart Overalls, Eiffel Hosiery, Grovers Shoes for Tender Feet LOCAL TALENT TO PUT ON NOTED PLAY HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE To supply the lack of really great acting, which the discriminating patrons of dramatic art In Itoseburg have been denied ' for many, many seasons, a number of local people recently answered the call to the stage, and on April 111 will present at the Antler's Theater a play of such merit that heretofore has been piven successfully only by the great est nrofcssionals. The carnival committee, who were quick to see the lit intj luiui pri lui me, a, nave enlisted them In its cuuse, so that the play will be given as a benefit for tho annual celebration during strawberry time. The piece is a comedy-drama en titled "When Wo Wero Twenty-one." ' 18 1,8 le, "'"'?, li0?1' - i ...... tt lasting reputation a tew years ago in 0o'h Kngland and America. 1 he ''a8t ' l,ukea, aaA ' b'',, 1'" ing for a week so that the members ar already beginning to make 'nio'ikeys of many of the lesser ee- li'brltics o footl ght fame, who have endeavored to stag tho piece 1 here Is no intention to belittle tl,c hurl esso'is which are to be learned only after a ong and hitter career, but it Is admitted by all who have been present at the rehearsals that the interpretations are little short of wonderful. The role played by the venerable "Nat" before New York and London record-breaking audiences, is to be taken by Dr. F. II. Vlncil, and those who have watched the home-talent performer in action, pronounce liim more than n shndo to the good. The latter is exactly the sort of man tho character portrays, while he also has the ad vantage of not having suffered the professional troubles of the noted actor. Mrs. Call will have Iho part so successfully taken by Miss Klliott, and her acting Is such that members of the rast'are often moved to tears. The "I'Mro-fly" for the play has all tho requisities of a -modern society drama, is to be represented in Miss Mildred Wilson. It is she who has the power to lure tho "Imp," who is at the bottom of the whole trouble, away from his generous guardians, the "Trinity," throe jolly bachelors, in whose care the "Imp" has been loft on the death of bis father. Wal ter Fisher plays the imp ill such a fashion as to be worthy of the atten tion of its originator, Mr. Daly. Mrs. Vlncil, lis the petilo French maid, has a laughable part, and Karl Stew art and uanace mexuiiuei, an lowers or loruine in me ua..iu ... the great city, cause a storm of ! laughter, Jiiii'mie il ntrsh. the .lew, in clc tiOOdlUUIl nan lever style, and Miss Jones has n part of a charming maid. The locally known names oi the "Trinity" are lr. A. C. Seely, Clark L. Bargar and Frank Clements. Three other Important parts arc filled by Mrs. I.. O. Maddux, Miss Gertrude Hlldeburn and Bert Males. Miss Nell McMullen, who bad been in Mercy Hospital for several weeks on account of appendicitis, was able to go home today. Flies Kill More Than Wars. D1 ISEASE9 that hava baen traced to the fly, with total number of deaths from each in the city of Now York for five yean, aro as follows: Typhoid f.-ver W Tuberculosis (.ill klnilul IO.ff'2 Cl.okra li.fittiu.m C,.:w l Vrchro-flpliial menliiKllin lilphlbcilii H.uilel f.-vor I Ironch Itis timullpox I. kin 10.H l.l'S i (,, I 4-t-!4M T R. & G. Corsets THE STORE THAT SERVES YOU BEST STAMPS Embroideries SEE WINDOW DISPLAY SUNDAY REMEMBER MONDAY ONLY E AT KELLOGG Engineer Hall Will Draw Plans and Specifications AND SUPERVISE CONSTRUCTION I HIM nudu I UMU Modern Steel Structure- Apportionment is Made Fight New Graders and Car of Culverts This morning the County Court employed lOngiueer Horace C. Hall, of Grants Pass, to prepare the do- j tailed plans nnd specifications for tiiu new steel bridge to bo erected at Kellogg, in this county, and to su- pervise the work on behalf of tho county until the bridge Is completed, The work 'is to bo done by contract, and a call for bids will he made after the plans and specifications are coin-1 pleted. ' Mr. Hall has already made a gen- eral examination of the bridge site and has the necessary data for draw- ing the plans. This Is an exception-1 ally favorable site for a bridge as the work on their property. The re hedrock now appears above the but- ported salo of this mine for $25,000 face of the water at every place seems to have been unfounded, as where the big concrete piers are to he located. 'I ho two main spans will each bo 200 feet In length and one other span of about 125 feet, besides the approaches, will complete the, structure. With the necessary tlm- her for tho falsework, gravel and sand for the concreto work, right at hand, and a sawmill only three miles nwny to furnish the flooring, etc., the cost of this bridge will probably be less than heretofore anticipated, and may not exceed $25,000. It was heretofore thought the cost would bo $:in,000 or more. This Is to he a modern steel bridge, with If root roadway, and fully equipped for handling all tho traffic on that road, lload Tax Apportionment. In the mnttor of the apportionment illustrated by tho granting of a Con or road tax for the several road dis- cession for a tramway Hue between tricts, it appearing to the court that Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and for there has been sufficient funds col- the lighting of Jerusalem with elec- llecled from the 1913 tax roll and .triclty, is soon to be fuiiher empna ! distributed to .the general road fund slzeil. A company of Jewish capl I to make an apportionment to the talisls has been formed ror the pur ! several road districts in Douglaaposo of erecting a huge sardine enn- (.ounty of one mill upon the assess - Mi Inatlon of ench rond district; II is hereby ordered that tne coumy . made to tne nuinoriiioa lor n long clerk and treasurer apportion and time monopoly of the sardine busi sot aside from the general road fund ness, and it may bo grunted, to the credit of each road district o on the basis of one nun upon u vnlualion of assessable properly 111 e ich of said road districts. Fight ISonil Scrapers. The County Court litis also pur chased a big King Junior road grader Tor tlie Camas Valley district; a very material addition to the road equip ment of that district. This makes eight new rond graders purchased by the count v this season. Some of Ihem tire smaller than the olio herein men tioned. , . ., . carload of Iron culverts for the ......I. tua mm! districts tins nrrivod arrivod hero and will soon bo put In place under direction oi 10 u "i " ' "" ' er limine, mu. . - , - the county tor mm a....".,.. ..... """"' ,. under way and wlll be pushed with greater vigor than ever before OH, MY. AIX'T IT AWFI L? I'ASAIHONA, April 4. Pasadena 'members f the Daughters of the Revolution are considering tho ad- , v.;n.... -i.i.. 'movement against objectionable I caricaturing of the President. -A mo i a: men t;ou ohk KOl l XKAIt IUDDLK. itH'k ' lrosKM'totn Brinir (IHttt'riiiK SptM-iiiu'iis I'rom a Keren t Discovery. Riddle Tribune: F.xhlbttlng speci mens of gold ore which would do 1 populate a town in a few hours If j shown In Alaska, Idaho or any other mining section In a stampede for the location of claims, Harvey Siiawver camo In from the head of Ash Creek Wednesday where he nnd Jim Bean have claims. The rock which Shaw ver had was a glittering mass of filigree gold, and has been placed on exhibition at the Kiddle State Bank, where It Is attracting much Intorest. While building u trail on which to transport ore from another prospect, tho boys found traces of this rich oro ami by diligent work for 10 days finally opened it up. It is by far the richest showing that bus ever been found in this part ot the country. The owners do not know as yet how much there Is of it. but the promise is Immense. A few tons like tho specimen would yield a fortuno, l.eni Kniorsou nnd George Mlll- house, on a claim practically adjoln- ing that of Beau and Khawver are also getting out some very rich ore. Tlioy returned to the claim today taking In a one-stamp mill with them 'with which they propose to reduce a niinntlty of their ore. Wash Moore, of Canyonvllle, has also found a rich deposit between those claims and that of Boss & Donohuu, near Canyonvillo, which ho is developing Hoss & Donoliuo are continuing Mr. Donohue told tho editor last Sunday that no salo had been made but that a mining man was expected from Salem this week to look it over with a view to purchasing. Wo are also reliably Informed that a new concern Is negotiating for the I.evens Ledge mine, with a view to beginning operations soon, All together tho mining outlook Is very bright for Ibis immediate jseclion. For years rich pieces of gold bearing float have been picked up hero and thero along the Canyon Mountain-Silver Peak range. .MOIli:itl.l(i .IKItl SAI.I.M. JKRUSAI.FM. April 4. The moil-1 cruizing of tho Holy Land, rocently 1 ning estaDiisniueni on me snores oi Galilee. An attractive oner has been HEAVY PRUNE CROP NOW SEEMS TO BE ASSURED HERE fOR PRESENT YEAR Tho season has now advanced so jtlint predictions are being made as to the extent of tho prune crop lu the county for the coining season. Only l'le moHt extraordinary conditions, it IS SlUll, ..III .Ml tl.u iiun.iv,.n .... lone of Hie largest crops In several ;V(,rH Tllo thri.u 1(k,,g companies Uiiiera lopeiatlng here expect a big Increasi ... v(,,.r ""-r.'", V The J. K. Ariusby Co of Callfor ii ia, one of the largest packers in (he world, has only lately entered the field, and according to their repre sentative here,' wlll have a plant In operaiiou km io .. ... prunes In reference - to he , out ook "r t i season, A. h Mclniin , tho Armsby Co.. said tllls morning ''" was preily familiar with con ditions and that he believed that tho :rop would be n 2,', per cent Increase over Inst year. Ilo estimated Hie crop ns reaching 'i million pounds. The last crop was about eight mil lion. Ho said also Hint the demand for the Oregon prune is increasing, and that If the packing la (lone as well ns It Is In other stales, It wlll soon become the most valuable prune on the market. Mrs. Herman Wilson, of Melrose, who had an apopletlc stroke a few days ago, is reported today as Hear ing a crisis. Her condition nas iioi Improved since the stroko nnd as yet she has not regained consciousness. Her right arm is now paralyzed. Hr. (leorge K. Ilouck leaves here Sunday for Cottage drove lo talk be fore the local branch or the Oregon HvKlenn Society, which is holding meetings there similar to those In a week or two ago. :: . $50,000.00 Umpqua Power, Ice and Development Co. (IXtX)UPOIlATKI)) Desires to Inform the citizens of nosohurg that the company Is Issuing 16-year 6 gold bonds. The money wlll bo oxpendod In Roseburg the coming spring and summer In Improvements In Umpqua Park Ad dition. Mechanics of all kinds are kindly Invited to luveBtlgate th different Improvements. Information will be furnished by addressing Uox 4 7 6, Roseburg, Oregon. Umpqua Power, Ice and Development Co. (iNcoupon.tTioi)) Senator lane Discovers Some Grave Irregularities INDIAN EXPENDITURES CASE Great Mass Meeting Demands Popular Vole on Home Rule Sinnott Brothers to Run For Congress (Special to the Evening Review). WASHINGTON, April 4. An ef fort to prevent tho exposure of al leged irregularities in the expendi tures of millions of dollars annually on the Indians was discovered today by Senator Lane, of Oregon. When Lane received tho revised stenog raphic records of tho recent hearings before the Senate Indian committee, It was found that Borne of the Ore gon Senator's most striking criti cisms had been eliminated. "I call this a doctored report," said Lane. "This is a game with marked cards. Out West men get shot for doing such things." it is not known who eliminated certain of Senator Lane's remarks, but he Intimated that It was someone Interested lu selling worthless stump laud. DF.MAXI) i'Ol'l'LAK VOTE. LONDON', April 4. With thou sands of trades unionists nnd suffra gettes making simultaneous counter demonstrations, 100,0110 opponents or Irish homo rule gathered at Hyde I'ark today to protest against forcing the Dublin parliament's authority up on I'lster. There were fourteen plat forms and fifty speakers, Including Lord Londonderry, Lord )',eresford and Sir Filward Carson, die great gathering was formed by lonverging i, recessions iinon the para, iteso- luttoiiB were adopted demanding that tho homo rule question be put to popular volo. llltOTIIKHH FOIl COXdltlCSS. PORTLAND, April 4. Roger P. Sinnott, the attorney, a brother of Congressman Sinnott, who represent ed Iho Second Oregon District, today decided to become a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress from the Third Oregon District, Port land. I'XCLF, .IOF. TAKF.S TRIP. MOW YORK, April 4. Undo Joe Cannon sailed today for Bermudn. l STRIAX XOULIOMAX ItHAI) AT (iltAXTS PASS. Arnold llecker. President, of Altlloliso Mining Co., Wuh Widely Known lOnglncei' of 1'. S. (lit A NTS PASS, Or., April 3. Arnold llecker, president of tho Alt bouso Placer .Mining Company, which has extensive operations on Althouso Creek, mar Holland, committed sui cide last night by shooting himself through Hie head with a caliber revolver, death being Inslaneoiis. Broken health Is supposed to have been the cause of tllo deed. Becker was an Austriun nobleman, born at the Austrian consulate at Washington 4J years ago. Ilia Aus trian title and name was Baron Ar nold Becker von Kosenveldt. Ho was educated at Berkeley. Cal., and at Harvard, and attained National prominence as a mining and civil engineer. lie had recently orgaiu.eu im house Placer Company, and a Buc niB excavator, tho most extensive equipment on n Southern Oregon plan-, had Just lieen pin uivu i-issllll operation anil wun n'" r I imhi yards of gravel per day. In junction proceedings insiiuueu against the turning of tho water of Althouso Into Demccrat gulch by the Becker compnnv in us mining opm tlolis worried Becker, his associates say, mid aggravated ihb ..." ditlon. ,, '-.Tt Backer's wife and daughter reside In New York CUy. o - Hun, I, I iiunsaker. Iho 10-year-old son of Jefferson llunsaker, 703 Kul lerton street, while scuffling on his way home from school yesterday evening on the walk, fell in such a wav Unit his left collar bono was broken. Dr. Ilouck was called to at tend the Injury, which appears to ho nl no serious nature.
