Roseburg review., May 20, 1916, Image 9

ROSEBURG REVIEW
SECTION THREE
PAGES 9 TO 12
Vol- MX.
ItOSKIIl !!;. OltKtiON. SATl ItKAV KVKl(i. MAY IHIH.
No. 70.
CONTRAST OF TOWNS IS MARKED
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves", says J. W.
Perkins in a Communication on Development
Hy J. . IVikinsh
Clod helps those who help them
selves," is vt-ry true ami carries with
it the interwue tliut those who do
not help themselves set no help.
The town of Jacksonville, Oregon.
In the yar past hail an opportunity
to be on the main line of the South
ern I'aifie kailroad ami to lie the
leading tenter of Jackson County,
but they were asktid to help thcm
B' Ives to a certain et nt. They re
fused to do this and eery property
owner in Jacksonville today is pay
ing the cost of tlie short-sightedness
t; their refusal to do their part.
Seattle and Tacoma are other ex
amples along tiie ha:ni line. In the
years past Seattle ami Taeoma were
virtually twin cities of approximately
t p. same si.e. Taejma had been
!) -kil by the Northern Pacific to be
t':o leading city, and its terminals
nnd equipment were nil located at
that point. They furthermore ad
vert is-d TaconiH extensively and did
every! hint; ttossible, including run
ning their through trains into Ta
ciMiia to induce immigration and
build up the city. S att le at that
time did not have the main line rond
nor the main line service; a little
h in :i r();ul connected Seattle with
the main line and th" public reached
Seattle at a gre;t inconvenience.
Seattle m the othrr hand was de
veloping the now famous "Seattle
Spirit," the spiiit of helping one's
self, v. Illi the result that she over
came, as years passed, all those ob-fa.-l-s.
forced the Northern Pacific
to run its train line and its through
trains to Se-ir:e. Thev induced other
railroads to make their terminals at
tf'e. und as a r-'su't, Seattle to
(lav. by virtue solelv of its Individual
att: hit ion and its willingness to go
after thinis anil to get th'in. and on
account of its making a business
with ureal vigor and persistency of
"helping itself," has far outstripped
its rival. Ta-onia. and is the metropo
lis of the North west.
l;-ar in mind that when the race
for supivma-y first started, Seattle
had hy far the worst of it. They
both enjoyed the same harbor facili
ties, hut Taeoma had the advantage
of the assistance of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad system. The citizen
ship of Seattle determined that Seat
tle should be supreme. They helped
themselves, and the result followed.
My Individual opinion regarding
the sawmill and the railroad is too
well known to make it necessary fu
me to ko into the same in detail. !
have been energetically In favor of
this railroad and sawmill movement
fnni its first inception. 1 am still
more in favor of it than ever. Hose
burg must wake up and become ac
me in its own interest, otherwise
our city will dwindle along and ulti
mately join the ranks of the "has
heen" towns and cities. Success Is
only achieved by constant and deter
mined effort. The town that lays
down on its oars, the same as the
individual, und ceases to be active in
Its own interest, is the town that
loses strength and dies.
It appears to me that all of the
Issues involved in this question have
been threshed out for months and
months and are now pretty thor
oughly understood by the people, and
I ienl that the It. U. terminal change
upon which we are so soon to vote
will carrv by a larger majority than
the previous bond Issue. The peo
ple practically are unanimous in this
matter. The only trouble is going to
be that they feel that the individual
vote is not needed that it will earn
anyhow. This feeling should he dis
sipated. Kvery man owes the town
the duty on that day to take the
time and trouble to vote.
Politics are very deceiving and any
question involving the vote of the
people is never determined until the
vote is counted. I think all of us
In w lived to go through surprises
when the votes were counted, and we
should not consider this matter as
settled until we have extended every
effort. Kvery citizen in Rosehurg
s-hoiild cast his vote to make It a dead
certainty and without possibility of
failure.
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f. Town With One Itailmad In
4- Like tt Man With One I'- 4
I Hy f has. K. Hopkins).
A town with but one railroad id
like a man with only one leg: he may
be able to move, but he can't run a
l:r'f. Idle is too strenuous, compe
tition is too keen in these days for
i .1 individual or a community to
mis any chance to increase its effi
ciency I have been told that when
the Southern Pacific was built the
managers desired to make Winches
ter its divisional headquarters, but
the owners of that townsite refused
tti grant certain privileges which the
road desired, and Rosehurg was
made the division point. The result
is apparent to all. It is a fair in
ference that if Winchester had made
the concessions which the road de
firfd it would now be the size of
Uc.-t'.mrg and Rosehurg would be a
sheep pasture.
! am not sure that the city Is
making the best bargain that could
be made, but 1 am confident that it
is a better bargain than Winches. er
matte when it refused to donate de
pot grounds to the Southern Pacific.
It is rather significant, is it not, that
since Rosehurg expressed its desire
to further a new railroad every va
cant store has been occupied and
houses for rental are few and un
desirable? If ' "coining events cast
their shadows before." it would ap
pear that on the accomplishment of
the project new stores and new
dwellings must be erected to accom
modate the increased population. I
would like to see Rosehurg have
more people, more business, more
money, more opportunities and the
construction of a railroad tends in
ih.it direction.
ItII.UOi K( KSNK.
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We Have the Timler What j
We Xex-d is TransjMir-
talm t-tu-iliiie.
V
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Marshfield- Meetings tor
nuo road bond issue being held in
Coos County.
Toledo Western I'nion estab
lishes direct telegraph line between
Portland and Newport.
Ashland - Hotel Oregon remodeled
at expense of Io.'Hmi.
Astoria County Court awards
font ract to tKiild four wooden
hndf-s o;i Columbia Hher Highway,
price $i'.7:t;.
lieiid l'acifie Telegraph & Tele
phone Company takes over local
phone system.
When a public utility goes under
public ow nership it ceases to lie a
taxpayer and advertiser, or to con
tribute in any way to keep up public
undertakings. It becomes a play
thing for politicians and general'v 1
burden on the taxpayer.
I Hy lr. A. C. Soel 1.
When I f i rst ca me to R iseh u rg
one of the primary things that was
pointed out to me as being an abso
lute guarantee as to Rose burg's fu
ture, was the remarkable forests of
standing timber contributory to
Ko-eburg. Cruisers. lumbermen,
bankers, business men. exerybody,
gave assurance of this; proving with
a formidable array of figures that
when this limber could te marketed
Rosehurg had a future, and a grow
ing future at that, for the next t'.'i
years, and that Rosehurg would be
the metropolis of Southern Oregon;
and I think they were right. I have
t 8-en these figures disproven, nor
have 1 met anyone who can success
fully deny it.
The marketing of timber depends,
first of all, upon the demand for
lumber; a demand with a price that
makes it pay to cut it. Market re
ports In the daily paper show that
these conditions now exist and have
existed for a year, and that the de
mand Is Increasing. Next, the facili
ties for marketing depend upon the
transportation, and Ibis brings us un
to the real, vital point. Now there Is
no method of rapid transportation at
a price that could be afforded in
marketing Koseburg's greatest asset,
it -s t"iiare?t. since the water trans
portation did not prove successful,
that the alternate is a railway.
We have the opportunity to build
this railroad; to own it ourselves,
the earnings of which will he the
city's, and it is Just as feasible from
the financial standpoint as is a
uienictnal water and light plant.
Think of it:
"The largest tody or standing tim
ber of any county in the I'nlted
States," and no way to get it to mar
ket. What is the answer?
Pub'!? opinion has practically put
the quietus on the contemplated
strike of the four leading unions on
nil Hie railroads of the country. They
are now talking the question oVer
among themselves, and the word ha
been passed along that there will l
10 strike even if the railroads do "lot
grant all the demands made by the
orders. When public opinion be
comes set in its way even heads of
great unions and great corporations
take not'ee. Lebanon Criterion.
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Itouglas fminty Iteource Are
4 in Nev of leelqniieiit.
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t Hy J. K. McClintock .
Douglas County, according to the
most reliable reports, bus more nat
ural wealth than any other couu'y
along the Pacific Coast, but this im
mense wealt h is a burden, for tin
reason that it is unde eloped, and
until such time as we can interest
men of means to come in and de
velop the resources of our county, we
will i-ontinue to suffer under the de
pression that exists at the present
time. It may be true that a few citi
zens of our community have accumu
lated sufficient money and property,
so that further progress does not in
terest them, but the great mass of
our people should at least be al
lowed the opportunity to earn a Uv
lihood, antl if possible enjoy some of
tne comforts of lite, regardless of tin
selfish Interests of the lew. No In
dividual, city, county, state or na
tion, has ever matte advancement
without making an investment, and
the city of Rosehurg Is no exception
to the rule. We uow have an oppor
tunity to invest in an enterprise thai
will bring to our city a payroll of no
less than $;tuo.t)im per year, and
this only the beginning of prosperity,
as other factories will follow in rapid
succession the completion of the
large, modern sawmill. Our popu
lation will double within (en years,
and we will have a happy, contented
people. Another item that seems to
have been overlooked by the enemy
-.( progress is ttie saving in our fuel
bill caused by the operation of a
sawmill in our citv. This has been
conservatively figured at no less than
jl'.i.ihm' annually. Now supposing
we should be obliged to pay the full
amount of interest on the bonds
l which we will not), the total In
terest amounting to $ir.iin, and the
saving In cost of fuel alone being
$ j:jmio, would leave us $ Hi, 000 to
the good, and have our immense
payroll as additional profit. Let no
one deceive you in t his Important
matter, but cast your vote on t he
side of progress and prosperity next
Monday, May 2-nd.
Ciiesham - Latourelle Son wiM
build brick garage here.
StMe press riddling some of the
new loat(!s and commissions created
by the Legislature, and Indication
are no more of these obstacles to
orogress will be tolerated.
FEELING OF THE BUSINESS PULSE
Live Fnterprises Are the Best Advertisers of Any Com
munityPayrolls Breed Contentment.
(Hy W. J. W.av.Tl. a lnrse sawmill lo hamlle the output
111 lu opinion there U no othftt HI'e the first steps toward Kreater
huMnebS in ti vouiniunily w here one UiiilKH for KoseuurK areater pros
Kris 1 loser In tuiieli wllh live aettvt- periiy to all ot lis people and a solid
lies ot a eity than the eondiietinK of foundation for the business man
11 modern hotel. II Ik the huh ardund With lh railroad and sawmill enter
whl.h is inserted the spoke of every prises other business ventures In a
lle enteipiixe-- private or otherwlm "Uhstantlnl way are hound to follow
-that is horn tu u town. A center hleh win, in all probability, grow
plee- win-re those with and those to ueh proportions that they will
without anther to weuvu nnd formu- overshadow the mill and railroad
lute plans, ilisruss and promote mat- a"d aive to us a community well
ters lomluiiie to fiirthciintr private worth the expenditure of all the
and public Interests. Where outside money and energy spent toward
capital makes itself known to the bulldiiifj a greater city and county,
"homo product" nnd the separate 'll'e business pulse of Hose-burg to
filluls are Joined toitetber, finally to day shows a fluttering vibration, no
o forth Into dltlorent channels to solidity from a business standpoint
stimulate various business activities, is in evidence, nor will there be until
not only to the city, but the country a firm hold Is taken on the oppor-
ns well. tunltles now awaiting development.
V busy, bustling hotel lobby is to '''" u" '','1e "eo''.,e ?f """""urg
a live eonimuiiHv what good fuel Is 7, ", . X . P
to a furnace. Running a modern en- '' l'H.pe.i hrough the
. 7...1. .. enole and the gong has sounded.
iei in ist 01 mm sum mi siiuw iur i- ,,i(i,,.p . . r i
....... w sunn mi titer iiuiu ruw
fuel does
not create any great f ,.,;, . r, ,, v
.mount of warmth. It takes good. T" ' r uiko a
the timber to warm things up an, hJ 1 ay the conductor and
keep them simmering not for one '
dav in the week, but for every week ., , , ,
in the year and to bring thlseond,- A p'". Sf
lion about Koseburg must take a ' '
step forward. She cannot afford to Astoria On opening day of sul-
temaln at a standstill any longer and mon Bt,"n UM) boats were at work.
revoke the opportunities now at her Coiiullle Fourteen cheese fur-
command. The door of success has torles form association in Coos ami
swung nnd the entrance Is sufficient ('""ry counties.
ly large to pass through and enjoy a Actual construction work on Teel
new era of prosperity. irrigation, project in I'matilln County
Rosehurg needs other things be- ? "'nce. financed by Canadian
si.ies fine buildings and paved 1
str.ets. She needs, above all. some Springfield J. C. Dlnn & Son, of
business enterprises that will employ "v taken over Lane Coun-
labor. lor without the pavroll no ly K''. ot this city, from V. A.
cienniuiiitv ran prosper, be It largo !M11' l lUher of the paper for the
or small. These enterprises do not ears.
co'iie for the mere asking. They cost
money and it is right they should.
1 1 foreign capital Is wilting to ex
pend hundreds of thousands of dol
lar n in our emu in unity, is it any
more than right that we should as
sist in v. material financial way?
Certainly nut. It Is purely a business
proposii ion, a large investment for
still greater returns In a financial
way. A cae wherein you get two
for one - and (hen some.
Sentimentalism Instead of busi
ness, sob-stuff and theories Instead
of factories, and Individual dry rot
Instead of individual Initiative, Is
killing communities.
The three new ships, contracts to
build which have been let to the big
new Portland shipyard, will all fly
a foreign flag. It is about time the
preparedness talk In Congress got
around to advocating laws under
whl(h our own people would be en
couraged to build and register ships
A railroad to the timber belt and under Hih American flax. -
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Values to $25.00 at $14.95
Values to $35.00 at $22.50
ILK PETTICOATS
All New Shades!
A Large Line of
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Bought especially for tlie
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you suiely will want to
pee thcfc licfcrc yon luy.
New Middies
New Wash Waists
You will probably want a new petticoat for that new
suit or dress. We show all the latest models trimmed
with tucks and ruffles, and our prices are so reasonable,
$2.75, $3.50, $3.75 and $5.00
Agency for the
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Agency for the
Standard Patterns,
Munsincj Under
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Our Hosiery
Department
Is unsurpassed in this
city, and contains all
the new and wanted
t-hades.
Fiber Silk at - 25c
All Silk Hosiery at 50c
to $1.00