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Newspaper Page Text,uVi. ot JotttnttUui J, ol J- ROSEBURG EVIEW MILLION DOLLAR SEASON. Douglas County exports for tie present (all and winter season will bring $1, 000, 000 new money. BUSINESS 19 GOOD. Good crops and high prices makes money plentiful. Review advertisers get the business. VOL.' XIX. ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER (, IIHII. . 241. R e HEREAFTER ALL HIGHWAYS BUILT IX DOUGLAS COUNTY WHICH COST MORE THAN $1, III 10 WILL UK CONSTRUCTED BY CONTRACT SYSTEM. PRESENT SVSTEM VERY COSTLY All Plans Anil Specifications for Ilie Roads Will lie Prepared By Hie Cmiiily Engineer Coniiie. tit itiu Invited. FRENCH BATTLESHIP WAS PROBABLY LOST; NO REPORT RECEIVED PARIS, Dec. 8. The minister of murine has officially announced that the battleship Suffren has been lost. It left Gibraltar enroute to Lorient on November 24, and has not re ported since. It carried 7H0 men. It was 17 years old, and of 13,000 tons. All hands were probably lost. EMBARGO IS ESTABLISHED. BY THE GERMANS ONE ENTIRE ARMY DIVISION IS CAITURED BY THE GERMANS THE DIVISION INCLUDED 8, 000 MEN AND TWENTY-SIX CANNON, INFANT'S BODY fOUND BURIED IN A FIELD; NEAR ST. HELENS, ORE. I SHERIFf CALLED TO RAILROAD YARDS TO RECOVER SOME LOOT PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8. The Pennsylvania Railroad has announc ed an embargo on all freight except perishables and goods under Govern ment shipment. This affects all lines west of Pittsburg. The car shortage caused the order. ROUMANIAN FORCES TRAPPED .. ST. HELENS, Or., Dec. 8. 4. J. Sheriff Slanwood found an In i fant's corpse buried In a sbal- 4 i low grave in a field near Em- .j. J. molt, .Mysterious letters told 4 the officer that a man and a J. baby were murdered and. 4" 4. buried there. No man's body fr 4. was found. 4" SAI.OXIKI ADVICES INDICATED THAT THE GERMANS ALONG THE MON ASTIR FRONT WERE STRONGLY RF.IXFORCED-XF.W DRIVE MAY START SORON. SEND MILITIA HOME. Aparently of the opinion that the ..resent system of building high ways in Douglas County is ante- limited and out of date, the mem bers of the county court, in regular session here today, decided that here after all road Improvements repre senting an expenditure of more than $1000 will bo awarded by contract. In an Interview wit'.i a member of the court following adoption of the order, one of their number said: "The present system of building roads has proven very costly and un satisfactory and the members of the court have reached the opinion that contract work Is the only solution to .the problem. Under the new sys tem, an individual or community de siring to build a new piece of road or improve a highway already con structed will be compelled to file a petition with the court as under the present methods employed by the countv. The petition will be given due consideration, and if the court feels disposed to grant the request, the board of road viewers will be sent to inspect and locate the route of the proposed road". The report of the road viewers will then be filed with the court. Acceptance or rejec tion of the petition will then follow, in the event the court decides to grnnt the petition the matter will be ,-.,r,-,-,,i m the countv engineer, who win nron:ii'B ilio necessary plans and specifications. Acting in his official ..ni.iK-itv. the engineer will place all pimhIp slakes us well as look after nil other engineering problems In connection with the project. As soon as the plans and specifica tions are completed, advertisements lor bids will be inserted in the local newspapers. These bids will br opened by the court at a subsequent session, and if found reasonable and just, the contract will be awarded to the person or corporation filing the most satisfactory proposal. It wil then be up to the contractor 10 build tho road In accordance with the plans of the county engineer. If the work i. i.m .iiiisfartory. the engineer may so advise the court and his pay may be held up pending a satisfactory settlement between the persons In volved. .Maintenance of these roadB will be placed In the hands ot the supervisors of the districts in which they are constructed, as under the system at present In vogue in Doug las County. Through the adoption of the con tract system of building roads the members of the county court believe they will secure better work, and will ...,nui,i..riiiin money. The only additional expense of building roads in this manner is the engineering which will be done by tne cuiiiuj surveyor at the rate of $5 a day, as provided by statute. Where the con templated Improvements entail a cost of less than $1000, the work will be done cither by private con tract or by the county. It was con sidered best not to attempt to do con tract work costing less than $1000 because of the preliminary expense. Tho new system will become effective on January I. according to the an nouncement made hero today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The War Department announced that 6000 border militiamen will be returned home immediately and mustered out. The order includes the Second Idaho Infantry. ESTATE ACTION It Was Announced TI111I the Retreat of the Roumanians Was Cut Off in the Predeul and the Altsclian". Pusses. MRS. SALLIE KILBY WOULD RE COVER THE ESTATE OF HER HUSBAND WHO DIED IN THE STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. ABOUT $30,000.00 IS INVOLVED Defendant Alleges That Mis. Ivilhy is .Not the Legal Wife of the Deceased Common Law Marriage Pleaded. BERLIN, Dec. 8. It was an nounced that the Germans cut oil the retreat of the Roumanians in the Predeal.and Altschantz passes. Many surrendered, and 0110 Rouman ian army division was captured There were 8,000 men and 20 can nons in the lot. The Germans seized the most Important commercial towns. The Ninth German Army took 10,000 prisoners yesterday when tho persuit was hottest. They trapped large Roumanian forces In the Alt River. The prisoners in cluded threo battalions, one squad ron and six batteries. o AMERICANS KILLED. MARRIED IX ROSEBURG. j A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride s sister. Mrs. .1. B. Reese, at ili Pitzer street, Fri day afternoon, when Miss Nettie Nel son, of this city, became tho bride ot Eugene Chamberlain, of Riddle. The wedding ceremony was performed by County Judge .Marsters and was wit nessed by members of the family and a few Intimate friends of the con tracting parlies. Mr. and Mrs. Cham berlain will make their home at Rid dle, where they have a host of friends. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 The Slate Department has learned officially (hat the Vlllistas killed Dr. Fischer, an American, at Santa Rosalia. His death occurred several days ago. They also received wild reports, of killings in Chihuahua last week. Judge J. W. Hamilton this morn ing called the case of Mrs. Sallle Kilby, who brought, suit some time ago 10 set aside a certain agreement entered into between herself and J. N. Baldwin, and a number ot other persons living in North Carolina, to recover the estate of her alleged husband, Humphrey Kilby, who died while an inmate or the Oregon hos pital for the Insane. Attorneys Rice & Orcutt, of Hoseburg, and Attorney . L. Park, of North Carolina, rep resent Mr. Baldwin and the other de fendants, while Attorney O. P. Co show appears Tor Mrs. Kilby. Mr. Kilby formerly resided In Hie vicinity of Yoncalla, where he owned a ranch and other property vaiueu 111 approximately $20,000. He also had money in an Oakland bank amount ing to about $10,000. Following his death in the Insane asylum, Mrs Kilby. alleged widow of the deceased and ,1. N. Baldwin and a number or other heirs of the estate, entered into an agreement whereby the widow was to receive $3000. Before carrying out the contract Mrs Kilbv reconsidered her action and brought suit against Mr. Bald win and the other heirs to set aside the agreement and recover all of the estate. The suit is now being op posed by Mr. Baldwin nnd the other heirs on the grounds that the plain tiff was not the legal wite of tne de ceased. When placed on the witness stand this morning Mrs. Kilby related the circumstances in conneclion with her "marriage" to the deceased and their subsequent removal trom Norib Carolina to Virginia and thence to Hoseburg. Mrs. Kilby told of meet- I her late husband and of later enter ing into an agreement wnereny inov were to live as man and wife under tho terms of a common law marriage that 1 heir TRANSPORT OR LINER? WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Presi dent Wilson instructed Secretary Lansing to send Great Britain an outline of the German reply in the Arabic case, and to ask the llrltisn government whether the vessel was a transport or an ordinary passenger liner. President W ilson Issued ills instructions after carefully consider ing Germany's explanation. DEPORTATIONS DISLIKED. TAKES LEVIED GREEK PORTS ARE BLOCKADED TWENTY-ONE OF THE SIXTY TWO DISTRICTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTV VOTE SPECIAL ROAD TAXES FOR IMPROVEMENT WORK DURING YEAR HM7. ; Is Believed Greece Cannot Exist 20 Days More Without Fresh Foixlstiills Athens Riots Are Avenged. LONDON, Dec. 8. Salonika ad vices indicate that the Germans along the Monastir front are strong ly reinforced. It Is believed they will soon start a drive against the allien' Miicedaiiian armies. The French drove llio Germans from the trenches on the left hank of tho Mouse. Tho Western front was otherwise uneventful. Admiral Fniirnot has started blockading (ho Greek ports In retali ation for the recent Greek riots. All supplies have been halted. It is lie Moved Greece cannot exist 20 days without fresh foodstuffs. STEAMER IS SUNK. Sheriff George Quine this morning received a telephone message from a man employed in tho Roseburg Ice & I Storage Company's plant to the effect! that some person or persons had ; stolen a bale of bay from his barn some time Thursday night. Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Raffety, the sheriff hastened lo tho home of the man who reported the theft, where details of the robbery were forthcoming. The officers then visited the railroad yardii. where they found four hoboes sleeping peace fully on some buy which they hud used as a bed. The men were aroused by the sheriff and asked for 1111 explanation. They denied (lie theft of the hay and explained that It was in tho car when they arrived in the railroad yards. After an ex change of words, tho alleged owner of the hay gathered up the loot and carried it. to bis home. The hoboes were then ordered to leave town on the first train, which they promised to do. LAST OF CAMPS RETURN HERE TODAY TO ABANDON CRUISING UNTIL NEXT SPRING-WORK IS NOW ABOUT TWO-THIRDS COMPLETE. LAND IS LARGELY AGRICULTURAL Men in Charge of Local Hondiiuir tecs Are Now Preparing to Sell Supplies Are Well Pleased With Progress. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Senator Lodge has Introduced In Congress the American Rights League's resolu tions condemning Belgian deporta tions nnd asking Congress to "sup port President Wilson in every meas ure undertaken to maintain Ameri ca's traditional position as freedom's friend and the champion of the op pressed." RETURNS ARE BEING EXAMINED In One Inslance n Speclnl Tax of Ten .Mills Was Authorized General Road Levy Will Be .Made Late in Mtuilh. LONDON. Dec. 8. Lloyds 1111 noiinced that I he Anchor liner Cale donia is believed lo have been sunk She was a steel steamer of noon Ions, and Glasgow was her home port. She was 12 years old. Was British Transport. . NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Anchor Iflb officials said tho Caledonia was a British transport since the war's be ginning. American Anchor line rep resentatives did not know lis present status. I SHEEP RAISERS COUNTY COURT MAY INCREASE THE BOUNTY ON COYOTES FROM 10 TO 20 FUTURE OF i SHEEP INDUSTRY IS REPORT ED THREATENED. LOSSES WERE HEAVY LAST YEAR PROBE HIGH PRICES. LIBERAL PARTY WILL SUPPORT THE LLOYD GEORGE GOVERNMENT (Ed. Keen). LONDON, Dec. 8. The Liberal party conferred today and formally resolved to support the Lloyd-George recline In prosecuting the war. This removed all doubt tuny the Lloyd- George government will have their full support. 1 his action means mai. tho new government win nave me backing of the Liberals, Unionists slid Laborites. The Irish group's sympathies have not yet been disclosed. Twenty-one of the til "iul districts In Douglas County have voted spe cial tuxes for road improvements during Hie year 111 1 7, according to I lie returns filed with the county clerk. District Attorney George Neuner and the members of tho county court today examined the re turns, with the result Hint I hey were round to be regular. The levies made by these road districts will raise ap proximately $27,iHiii, and will go far toward improving Ilie highways of the l-esiiective dish-ids during the coming year. In addition to this money, the county court will make Its general road levy late In the pres ent' month. From the returns re ceived by County Clerk Lenox. Ilie members of the county court feel that considerable Interest will lie manifested in road Improvement work by the people of Douglas Coun tv next year. Tho districts levying special taxes, anil I be amount of each follow: District No. Anil., Mills t li WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. A high official inliniately connected wilh the food probe told the Dulled Press that the Government has obtained "dam aging evidence" of widespread and illegal specululions In the Nation's food markets. The officlul expressed the belief that the investigation would show "gross abuses or the country's transportation fsellll los." DEUTSCIILAND DUE HOME. By Increasing the Bounty the Mem bers of Ilie Court Believe Coyotes Will Soon Be Evlci-iniiialcd in This County. NEW YORK. Dec. 8 - The Deulscb 1,1ml in due ui Bremen loday. Word ol' her safe arrival Is anxiously awailed. WOMAN JUMPED FROM SECOND STORY WINDOW OF PORTLAND HOTEL ... .i. .I... 1, era nr t ie contract . no annulled ... in iirtont-i marriage was not In arcnrdalice wilh louri iiiiMii " " - . governing such unions In Y. K. St. jonn, 01 .-uiu-it. will become commissioner on who the slale of North Carolina. nary 1. was asked to be present m , this morning's Bession of court, lie. was verv agreeable to the plan and ; expressed himself as well satisfied with the action of tho court. Other details connected with the I new svsten! of road construction here! will be worked out by the members; of the court prior to January 1. j HEARING TOMORROW. Mrs. in.' Kill.v also admitted thai (heir mur- was kenl. a secret uuiii inc. located In Virginia a few years be fore coining lo Oregon The testimony offered by Hie de- r. nia included a number or depo itlnns taken in the state of North r-urnlina These depositions appeared to substantiate the admission of the plaintiff to the elfect mat sue was m! legally married to Mr. Kilby. In the event Mrs. Kilby fails In her present move to have the agreement ' nrnvlrtert TOT nCT SUP POri sei r....-, The first hearing of the creditors, Baldwin and the other living in tho bankruptcy proceedings ot 1 ,,: -.iii I)robably institute proceed Mrs Anise Driskell. formerly con-!, , h declared the owners of necteil with "The Leader," in this , . .n,,-, estate. citv. will be held In the offices of At- Mr Kilbv was well known In the lornev c I. Hamilton tomorrow. Mr. vi.lni,v Yoncalla. where he lived Mimiimn i the local referee in bank- .oi-eral years nrior to being ad runtrv It Is understood that Mrs. I ...mod to the state hospital for the Driskell will arrive here either this : !.. ....!.. Mi.inrrnv In attend ! .h i..,rir,J nther nersons will Mrs B. F. flentley and grand . 1, ntnrilav tn at- ,ir..,hter Miss Clark, were visiting .1... i. thov heinr? n num-,her lodnv from Oakland. her t,r Portland creditors. A trustee: Mrs. U. A. Booth, of Eugene, who ..... ... . ... . nii 11 this i 1,0, i heen visiting here wilh relatives meeting to handle the affairs for the;left this afternoon for Wilbur to visit creditor. witn ner oroioer, ...vu. CASE NEARLY FINISHED. SALEM. Dec. 8. Clara Rallsrhor jumped or fell from a second story hotel window here loday. Her skull was fractured. The police are ques tioning J. W. Kreills ,r Biiena Vista. The hole! clerk charged Unit Kreuls registered Ihe girl as his wife. JOHN CARSON DEAD. The rase or David Klrkland vs. Mrs. Rosa Hassan, which was caneu ,cfore Judge Hamilton in the l ircuii Court eailv yesterday, was completed last night witli the exception of the arguments which will be made later. The anion was brought by Mr. Kirk- land (o foreclose a mechanics lien levied ngainst a dwelling which he erected for the defendant. The de fendant filed a counter claim in which she asked for damages in the sum of $.'i". She claimed this sum was due because of the poor worK nianshlp and defects In tho slruct-nr". 1 7 1 8 1 I .'C, 1 in 28 10 17 2.0H . . 2 .10 6 Tim money derived from the spe cial road taxes In the several dis tricts will be available as soim as tin taves ln-glii to i in next year. WOOD FAMINE FEARED. BORN. BONKIII! AKI-; To Mr. and Mrs Fred Iloucbrake, of Dlxonvllle. on Wednesday, Inc. li, I'Hii, a '.1 'i, pound boy. That a fuel famine may become a Ian here within the next few weeks was the report today made by one of the largest fuel dealers of this city. According to the inlormant. every sticN of dry wood now on hand such as the consumers have been used to using fur a number of years, will have disappeared by the middle of he present month. After this time 10 real dry wood will be available. ind onlv green fuel, the most of which Is fir. can then be bad. t In-1 -I-iltuatinn Is made more disagreeable j 4. because of the total lack of coal.Uj" which has resulted from the car'.), -hortage, and the demand constantly ! 4' made mum the supply by the rail-; 4. roads. Winter supplies have not yet j 4. discuss the been provided and the wood that Is i 4. ' R-hour" In new being cut appears to be tne only 4. fuel obtainable. PROMINENT TRAINMAN. It. Mi Intyie. i.e president of the Brotherlio'id or Railway Trainmen, who has charge ol the Western division from Port land to El Paso- Texas, arrived here this afternoon from tlie south and will address the meuibeis of the order here this evening Mr M' Intyie in one of (he repte-. ntatives or Hie emploveen who met to consider the strike situation a lew months a 'to lu New- York and later In Washington. In his talk this evening I " Is expected to provisions or the and Its working. j John A. Carson, a cousin of Sir ; Edward Carson, the Irish stalesniau, land one of the best known attorneys j In Hie Northwest, died suddenly at ! .", o'clock Thursday artcrnimn at his j home on Sotllh High street, Salem. I Although he had been III III lieallh 1 for many months, he was at his ol- rice all day Thursday and his death ! was unexpected. Death was due lo a general breaking down. i Mr. Carson had a wide reputation j as a mining and criminal attorney. I From I no.", lo I '.tin lie made annual 'and seinl-alinual Hips to Alaska, j where lie acted as counsel for the : extensive Guggenheim and llnve meyer inleri'sis. A lew years tig" he leaped Into Nallonal prominent e from a series of published Interviews will, h In' gave out on the Alaska Controller Hay controversy, which nrtiHi from the Ralllngcr-litlchti! intiilcn! As an authority 011 Alaska mining law he was' considered with out a 1 1. and he was lead counsel tor Ho- great Aht..ka corpoi at ions ill Milne of llm leading legal contests taken through the Notth'-rn courts. Willi a view or offering prelection to tlie sheep miners, of this part of the idale, the nicuihora of the C01111 ly Court lale Oils afternoon took under consideration the proposition ol' Increasing tho bounty paid lor coyotes rrom $ 1 0 to $211. Harry Plukston, a member of the County Court and one of the most prominent ranch owners in Douglas County, slaled this afternoon that tlie sheep Industry of this locality is doomed to destruction unless some action is taken whereby the coyotes could be exterminated. Based oil re- ports he has received from various seci Ions of tlie county. Mr. link stun believes not less than $10,000 worlh of sheep were killed by coyotes last year. The present bounty of $10 Is con sidered inadequate by bolh Commis sioners Plnkslon and Nichols, and they 111 r Hie opinion that It should be Increased to flu. By paying Ihe hitler sum. they claim, trappers will become interested and within tl tew years Ilie coyote will be almost ex tinct lu this pall or Ihe slale. Under Ihe present system or puying the slavers or these animals but tin, Ihe coyotes are Increasing at un alarming rale and Ihe si p raisers are HuHer- Ing heavy louses unnuully. Mr. linkatou says he knows of sev eral ranchers who recently paid as much as $ I mi for n hound to protect their sheep. In some Instances, he says, sheep raisers of the county are compelled lo keep several dogs lit an expense which they are unable to The return of tho last two crews, which had been engaged In tho dis trict near Yoncalla and on the Cala pooia, practically closed, this after noon, tho work for this season upon tlie Government classification of the O. & V. land grant, which will prob ably bo thrown open to settlement soon after its completion some time early next year. The eight or nine camps which bavo been scattored about the vari ous parts ot Douglas County lu the past two months have relinquished their outfits and the work has been put. lu a condition so as to be readily taken up wilh the beginning of good weather next spring. Tho equipment of the various camps Is now being checked uvor at tho local headquar ters on .Sheridan street and arrange ments urn being made In accordance with an order received today from Hie Commissioner of Ihe If. S. Gen eral Land Office to dloposo of the remaining supplies. Theso Include provisions and perisliablo articles which were not consumed prior to breaking camp by the various crews lu the timber and are now at the headquarters office In tho Rapp build ing to be sold to any purchasers at that place, probably next Tuesday. The tents, cooking utensils, etc., will be parked tills week lllld be sent to Portland lo be ready for next year. Tlin men now at the offico are A. P. liilkerson, II. II. Anderson, E. F. Rice. Leonard Underwood nnd Giri l.ovei-ten. They will go to their homes wilh the closing or the offices hero after next Tuesday. Each of Hie men are highly satis fled Willi the work in Douglas Coun ty and anlhipato Its resumption without difficulty when the work stalls about next April. Two-thirds of Iho work is finished and the re mainder is In a shape that Is most udviiniageous to lis reopening. They lielleve it call all be completed In three or four weeks more. While nothing can now be learned or Ihe reports niatle and sent In to Ihe higher ofrices, II Is the Impression from Hie men who have been engaged in Hie work thai Douglas County lias some of the best as well as most of the timber located III the grant. The cruiser;) have estimated the amount of timber on each 10 acres on which ::iiii,i.nn feet Is sufficient to consti tute illicit a tract limber land and less than I hut. amount agricultural land, oilier trails which linvo either more lor less timber may lie reserved by reason of being suitable for power silos. The larger part of the land, however, Is agricultural land and will so be shown on Ihe final reports. 'I'll Ik will he opened for the benefit of tlie settlers, when the lands are eventually ready lor disposal under the rl. in adopted by Congress. ACTUAL REDUCTION IN HIGH COST OF LIVING P.I ilium; NEW STORE. ; Hem v Midrl". a vvll limn, n rel- i ident of tills city, has nearly coin I'lel ed j Ihe erection of a large and modern .tore building In the Kilcnbower vi cinity. 'Ihe l 1 ml ill " represents a 1 co-l of approxl lely $:;, , and 1- I equipped Willi all Hie lltte enliven ; lences III lenilaiit to til" comfort "f patrons arid clerks. As soon as Ihe building is leatlv for occupancy. Mr. : Alldrie will engage In Hie luencallllle business. lie has already purchased ipurt. of his stoi k nnd oilier goods stand. Because of the Increasing - dancer to ihe sheep Industry if i Cheaper w I for Roseburg. Dur- liouglas County, hot h Mr. Pinliston i ing these limes of high cost of living, and Mr. Nichols believe sufltcient j Fuel buyers should take advantage or homily should he placed on the beads I Hie lijllowing cheaper fuel offer. With ,.i- ,-iv 10 I'li.-ii-aiilee their exter-iflak wood selling at IJ.lia per tier. initiation. Unless some action is the careful buyer will be Interested taken promptly, they claim, II will he to know that Slaggs Son, of North but a lew years when sheep raising j Rosehui g. offer r,nn t iers of seasoned will be a thing of the past ill tills ' slab wood at 25 per tier, delivered. county. I as long as it lasts. Remember Unit AllhDiiLii the members of the .t,u in not irreen. wet wood, but court had made no formal order tn- ( creasing the bounty on coyotes late this afternoon. Hi" proposition was under consideration, and It appeared as though the members of the body were favorable to tile move. SI p .raising has become one of the fore most Industries or Douglas County during the past lew years ami the , nieniheis or the court reel that it should have II Hie protection H de serves from Hie county. As a result lit this feeling the bounty may In- in creased siilfliienlty to attract trup i tiers and cohipensale Ihe raisers for keeping hounds on Iheir premises. 1 vVhilo not generally known, Coiinnls ' sinners Nichols nnd Pinkslon say the expense of keeping dogs Is consider able and cannot be done under Ihe present bounty system. isoneil wood that, has been drying since Aug. 1st. ir you are Inlercsted in a money saving proposition, we solicit your Investigation. Slaggs H Son, Ninth Reselling. Phone ail. RETURN DIRIKT'ED VERDld'. SI H I I, AT CHI IK II. cnlng will be held 4,.J4,.4H"H"HH- m '"' ordered in tlie near f.ilurc A social the Methodist Church tonight tor the benefit of the members and their friends. There will be an excellent program, followed by delicious re freshments. A large crowd Is ex- A jury In II. e local Justice court Gils allcrnoon brought In a verdict lor Hie defense ill Hie case of C. E. Gray vs. Vv Huberts. Mr. Gray, as attorney, biouglit suit to collect a claim or $:m assigned by D. E. Shell for medical services rendered the de tendatit's sister. Through Ihe fail ure or the plaintiff to mention In the complaint a contract by which the defendant was to guarantee Ihe amount of the services, no testimony was subjoined and the Jury returned j a directed veidiit. On Dm Jury were A. .1. Bellows, Watson Davis, T. M. ,t , Ollivutit. F. A. Stcwnli. J. G. Hodges pe ted. and E Manlillng. Attorney Long represented the defenilniit . S. Thompson, of Portland, arrived here lust evening to pass a low days oil business.