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rati1'"" 1 mrr J."im ;... ' t OKBGO FEB8 "First In peace, first In war." Oregon, the first state to go "orer the top" In the Liberty loan. That "no one lives so far from market as he who has nothing to sell," Raise more produce. y Country Tl of THm, So f Liberty." VOU XXI. ROSEHUIUJ, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, I'ltlllAV KVKMWj, (M 'Toll Kit II, 1018. Xo. 1U0. REVIEW AMERICANS TAKE KREIMHILDE LINE famous (,i;h.ia in: i' i:si-: i.ixu IS TAKKX IIV THK A.MKItK'AX h'Olt(,i:S I'liO.M INK AMiOXNK KCC.ION TO THK Jll'.USK ItlVKK AKV-aXCK llllil.l-. .MILKS. CAVALRY AND IANKS ACTIVE Alliil Forces Driving (jeriiums Ibick 4iii Whole l-'i-oiil Lens tti oie Itiver Ocrimm losses Ale Kxlreniely Heavy. WITH TUB AMKKICAX AI1M1KS. Oct. 11. Thu American and French forces are seizing the last portions of the famous Kreimhilde line or the (iermaus on a wide trout from the .Meuse itiver west to. the Argonne i . region. Additional advances of three miles at some points have closed the western entrance to i,. .i:rand Pre pass and have given the miles prac tical control of the eastern entrance of this pass in the Argonne forest, in its northern portion. Krenc-li Forces Advancing. (l!y John De Gamin. PAItlS. Oct. 11. To the west of the Argonne forest region the French nave reached the line of l.u Neuville, Cauroy and Sugny. and are at the oi lskirts of the town of Alachaull. Unvalry iiimI Tanks Active. Iliv Lowell Merrill). WITH THK MUTISM A It M IKK. Oct. 11. The cavalry, tanks, inlan- try and artillery of the British, French and Americans are acceiim-l ating the Gorman retirement on the I whole front from Lens to llihemiint on the Oise Itiver eight or nine miles southeast of St. Quenlin. The enemy keeps up a stiff machine gun oppo sition at sonic points. j Nearly '.2.IHMI.IMMI Aniericjins Oversea WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Amer ica has nearly reached the two mil-I lion mark In troop shipments abroad, i ho General March told the press cor- . respondents loday. Over 1 .! oo.ooo I .Americans are now In l-.urope and .the shipments are continuing. Gen Oral March said: "This is no time to act upon Hie idea Dial the war is over. The thing to do is to back the Government vviih men and money lllitil victory is certain." This was Hie appeal of General March for the success of the fourth Liberty loan. .Allied Fnleieil (.land Pre. IXINilON. Oct. II. The allied nalrols have entered the town of Grand Pre, lo the northwest or Ihe great fit rmall stronghold, the Ar gonne forest. Sine the allied forces are said to be encircling ;he cily of Craonne the Germans are reported to be evacuat ing the Chcuiin lies Haines. This is their strongest position northwest of I'heims, having been ill their pos sess. , for the past four years. If th" ' nse line is abandoned It will op-n ne way to the stronghold of Laon. east of St. Gobain forest. German lo.sc Appalling. LONDON, Oct. II - Writing to the London News, General Maurice declared that the Germans have lost over 'ill. nun prisoners since ibe sec ond battle of Ihe Marne, which opened on July 1.1. Also that their oilier casualti.s have exceeded one million men. lie said: As Ihey are unable to make good Ibis loss Ihey iii.i't reduce their military estab l.hnienl on the western front by not less Mian ball a million lin n. This is taking into consideration the num bers of the slightly wounded who are returned to the front. Huriiig this si'inor period the ailed strength is growing steadily as the Americans arrive. Hence the balance of mili tary power is changing very rapidly In our favor. This is the main fact to remember in considering ihe west front situation. It is more import ant than piercing the enemy's strong est defenses nl Ibis time or captur ing great towns." I Must SiipHrt Liberty lmn. ; WASHINGTON. Oct. II - The Treasury Iie;.;triment today warned wealthy persons that ihey must go di eper if Ihe fourth Liberty loan is a siiece-. The countrv must aver- ' age five hundred million dollars daily henceforth. Treasury officials are considering extreme measures if ; found necessary to complete the loan in the specified time. I cll o i:i!T i:s Fit ! Wl HUM I It IIIIIIXiK. A largo touring ear w:m nver turned at the northern end of the Winchester bridge- this morning and si-'mih d to be rather badly damaged, I'crordint: to w onl (nought into this city. C. W. Parker? of the Rose b u r l Crarage, went out thi after ii in m to I'ring in the wrecked car T h " th a n who w as driving t he car v.iid he took the wrong road and shir'r-d to turn around when the car completely upset into a dfch by the rcnd and rein a iio-d upside down. The n:t rue or the owner of the car was not learned here this afternoon. Kutherin1 .tone, the little daugh ter of C. W. .!onc. underwent an operation at Mercy Hospital this morning on the nose and throat, Dr. A. C Peely being In attendance. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES MAY CONSOLIDATE THEIR LOCAL OfflCES Supt. .1. A. Forrhnm. of the Postal Teli'Ki'apl' Company, with headquar ters in Seaillo. auu C. t. Ni'Bvoube, of Sun Francisco, Supt. of the Western Union Telegraph Company, were In this city today on business connected with their companies. They inspected the telegraph service in this city and while here conferred with Postmaster Keizenstein. They tlia ..'irllltr itf tllA pprfnnil i ri J? X r L...1 !.!.. I. ... nl ta U'l.Giiii-n I'ninn stnil Postal telegraph service, probably with offices ill the Federal building. The United States Government has officially taken over the telegrapli lines of the country and the con solidation of the two companies will probably be effected soon, although the plans have not yet been officially announced. 1 1 DOUGLAS REGISTRANTS ON DELINQUENT LIST NAMED BY BOARD A good number of Douglas Counly men Included within the last regis tration have failed to submit their questionnaires or report for physical examination. A list of those delin quent is as follows: Archie H. Archibald. Anlallf. Itichard M. Bruinl'teld, liosebrug. Henry P. Conn, Melrose. Henry Melviu Cox. Uinpu.ua. Jos. Nelson Daniels, Marshfield. Alfred Lewis Kggleslon, Oakland. Donate Donate Floes, Dothan. Isauro Gutierrez. Ueedsport. Orrill Albert Gaseway, Itoseburg. Joe Andrew Long, Junction City. Ilayniond l.autero, Keedsport. Harry C. I.auman. Yoncalla. I.eoliidas Gilpin .Maddux, Koseburg Claude K in i I Michaels, lloseburg. Cllve Dewey Norton, Myrtle Creek Dave Olgnln. Keedsport. Samuel Itosenburg. Los Angeles. Ilenj. Franklin Itynn. Itoseburg. Hold. Walter Stovall. Hoseburg. Win. Smith, Koseburg. John Jacob Smith, Llkton. Geo. D. Sanders, Anlallf. James Ilyroil Tapp. Ten Mile. Charles Edgar Wright, Glide. John Kdward Willis, Koseburg. I.yle Hobson Wells. Olalla. Virgil Drowning Wright. Timber. Alva Lee Weekly, Klickitat. Wn. Kvan Wimer, liosesburg. Steve Xestras, Keedsport. rbyslcal I'AHliiination lelitiiiients. Scolt Ilrilt, lloseburg. Floyd Chapman. Wilbur. ('has. Caldwell, Yoncalla. Claude II. Allen. Slllheriill. John Robert Agee, Glendale. ("has. Dewey Hurl, Oakland. Wallace D. Forsylhe. Itoseburg. ' Waller Dosser. Dixonville. James Henry linker. Sutllerlin. Waller S. Goodman, Look. Glass. INELUENZA IS MOVING WESTWARD; THE EASTERN CAMPS ARE CLEAAING UP WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. There were 211,000 cases of Spanish in fluenza reported in the army c;imn to date, with 7 4. '1 2 fatalities. One week ago 17 of tlie 42 larger camps were affected. Now :3 such camps are reporting over 5"0 rases eaeh for the week. The Influenza epidemic continued with great inUnsit) in the I'nited States military establishments during the past week, so the War Department announced today. It if spreading rapidly westward, while the Kaslern camps, which were first affected, are now clearing up. I he epidemic is now at its height in the Middle Western camps. The Pacific Toast in but slightly affected no far. Limited Service Cull A limited service call for three men from Douglas County has been received and in answer to the call those selected are Albert Tegue, of Leotm: Arnold Henderson, of Drain, and Prince Linden Coe, of Voncalln. The men will report here at the sheriff's office on October I I, and will be sen to join their hralicy of Ihe service soon after. At liidinnhentl. Marhnnl ProL Fred McMillan, former in structor in the science department of the local high school, is now sta tioned at the Government proving grounds at Indianhead, Maryland, where he is one of the three chief rnmiHl. Prof. McMillan enjoys his work and has splendid opportunities of Mlvancemejit in the Go eminent work. Accident Thl Morning What might have been a sen', us accident occurred this morn ing be fore the 1'mpiiua Hotel at about 7 o'clock, when tlie hotel bu? collided with a nudorcycle driven by Artl -Carrick. Tlie motorcycle bad turned the ccrner by the First State Shv ings Hank building just a the hotel bus swung across the utreet. There was not sufficient room for the mo Torcvclp to paf-R, fo It crashed into the bus, twisting the fender and damaging it slightly. Mr. Carrick wa bruised up an a result of the accident. GERMANY SEEKS ItlPOltl'lll TO IIK IMtF.I'AltlXG EQUIVOCAL IIKI'I.V TO PKKSI IIKVT WILSON'S KKCK.Vr IX yllKY lilt; AltlllVG PKACK COXKKIIF.XCi:. WILL NOT REMOVE THEIR ARMY Allied Arm it's Continue lo Make Ini Mirlaiil (iaiiiN Kast ol Ciuuhrui and St. Ouciilm and in Ihe i 'haiiiMimie liegioii. LONDON. Oct. 11 Germany's re ply to President Wilson's inquiry re garding the peace conference pro posal of Germany will soon be forth coming, according to an Amsterdam dispatch received here. This dis patch, quoting from "authoritative sources.' says the reply will include: Germany will evacuate the occupied portions of Helgium and France, pro vided the peace negotiations start in a neutral country before the evacua tion is completed, and providing the allies give assurance (hat German territory. Including Alsace and Lor raine and Polish Prussia will not be demanded. During the peace nego tiations German troops are to remain in Russia and Itnumanln. Huns Retreating Precipitately. I liy John De Gandt I. PAI1IS. Oct. It. The Germans are ret retiring precipitately to the northeastward from Camhruf toward Denaln and Valenciennes. The al lied forces are already beyond the towns of Selcsnios and Lo Catcall. The French have readied the Oise Itiver and Hautcville, east of St. Quentin. The enemy have fired the town of Vouzieres, in the Champagne region. Americans Take Two Towns. LONDON, Oct. 1 1. General llaig reported that the Americans had com pleted t he capt u re of Va ux Andigny and St. Souplet. south or Le Gateau, yesterday. Cavalry and j small, quick moving tanks were very (active in this region during the day j yesterday, keeping in constant con ! tact with the rapidly retiring Ger j man forces. ! Aliic Make Important iuiii. ; PARIS. Oct. II. The French forces maintained contact with the ; retreating Germans on many fronts throughout last night, said the war . office today. Important gain were made in the Chemtn Des Dames and 'hampague regions. The French ; forces ar1 now within three miles of :the important town of Vouejeres in Ithe Champagne district, and are within four miles of Craonne. which is practically encircled. Craonne' is ithe key point on the eastern part, of tlie Cheniin Des Dames. The French have also occupod Semide, with sev eral adjacent villages to the west of jthe Argonne forest. Important Defenses Taken. Ity Fred S. Ferguson I. WITH THK AMKRICAN A II M V, ' Oct. I I . French troops, co-operating with the Americans have reached ,the outskirts of Grand Pre. west of the Argonne forest. The itllfes now .control a very important rut through ithe Argonne massif. The Americans have now e;ipt tired the most import i ant defenses of Argonne forest, ! which was one of the greatest Ger man strongholds in northern Fiance. George Neiiner, Jr., and Albert Abraham have returned from Salem where they argued Ihe ease of Mod gins vs. Ciirtin before Hie Supreme Court . Mr. Abraham represented the pliifntiff and appellant, while Mr. Neuner represented ihe estate of Mr. Curt in. w ho is now deceased. Mr. Ciirtin was found dejid in the inow rear Tiller last winter. J. M. Mar tin, of Myrtle Creek. Is the adminis trator of his estate. FROM MINISTRY AND STAGE TO CHAPLAIN IN THE BRITISH ARMY i G. O Gormand, formerly minister 'of the Kast Aiikeny Congregational Chunh in Portland, and now a star singer on the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, was a passenger on train No. r:t this morn'iiK enroute from Port land to San Franci-co. Mr. Gormard ivisiled in tins city several years ai-o and was one of the spek th at a convention lo re. He ban been given wide publicity on account of leaving the tniiM-Hry lor the stage Mr, iGoririiirtd s.nd he flrt preferred the Maire because of financial reasons, but sity it hat a broadening lufl'i- i etiee on the character and he would recommend main' n in Idlers to 1 1 y ' u h a chance in the interests of their work. He evntui-Hy intend to return to the minl'-try and still retains an en thusiastic interest in that profession, but know s I, i 1 v j,(-rii -tice in the stare ard artist worbl will help h;s tninitt rin I profes-jon greatly At present he lis enlisted a.i g chaplain in the Pritf-ih forces, h he is mill a Briti-h citizen, and he is now awuit- ilng his orders to go arrosu. REGISTERED MEN MAY ENLIST WITH MARINES; CLASS ONE EXCEPfED Orders have been received here by the local Marine recruiting station lo accept men tor enlistment in the Marine Corps who registered before September 12 in any class but class one, as the Government has declared that the class one men of that regis tration will not be eligible lo this brunch of the service. Men o( ull classes who registered on Septem ber 12 may now enlist in the Marine Corps. A registered man who enlists in the Marine Corps is inducted into the service by the same process us the selective service method. As soon as he la accepted at Ihe Marine recruit ing office and passes his examina tion, the local board of his county classifies him and his papers are sent directly to General Crowder at Washington, D. C, who issues orders for his induction and the date when he will he called. All Marine recruits from this district are sent to t he Mare Island training station. Orders are out now for 5U00 men each month for the Marine Corps, beginning with October and continu ing for . four mouths, after which only 1500 men will e taken each month. Sgt. K. W. Leavitt Is the local Murine recruiting officer, with headquarters in the Perkins building. SMALL BOY WAS SHOT BY ACCIDENT AND WHILE PLAYING WITH PISTOL Klwood Strader, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strader, of North Roseburg, was painfully in jured last evening, as he was play ing with Gilbert Wood, the small hop of R. R. Wood, with u .22 pistol, and was accidentally shot through the leg. The boys had climbed to the hill above their homes in North Itoseburg and were practicing shoot ing at a mark. Gilbert Wood pulled the trigger of the pistol to shoot at the mark, but the boys were too close together and the shot glanced and struck Klwood Strader In the leg Just below the knee, grazing the hone and coming out through t he back of the leg. The accident occurred about 5 o'clock and Dr. K. L. Miller was called to attend the injured boy. The wound Is not serious, although quite painful to the little fellow, who Is unable to leave his bed, and It will be some weeks before he can recover Ihe use of his limb again. .its.i:s will mi:i:t IX .IOI VT si:smon. A big Grange meeting will be held at Drain on Saturday, when the Drain and Yoncalla Granges will meet In joint session. C. K. Spence, State Grange Master, will he present for the sessions and among the speakers will lie Dr. C. II. Hailcy and C. J. Hard, of this city. M,r. Hurd is to speak upon the "Value of Hel ler Livestock," as t his is the time when farmers should plan to Increase the quality of rheir livestock. Another joint Grange meeting will take place on Sunday at Ciirtin. with the Pass Creek Grange entertaining tin Siuslaw Grange. This meeting will be social as well as business and the Grangers will enjoy a line lunch at noon. Wanted in l-'cdeml Court A messa te w as received at the sheriff's office here this afternoon from Portland saying that a Federal officer would be sent here for Mer rill F. Parker and J. H. Ilrannori, who were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hopkins for transporting bonze. Hrannon was severely wounded and is in Mercy Hospital. o- Mhs Illanche Wilson returned this morning from a trip to Portland. S. D. Chaman and sister, Mrs. D, C. Livingston, were In from above Glide today. Klbert Lenox, who has been quite hick, was reported better today. His wire Is also suffering from a lighter attack of Ihe same ailment. Perry Foster this morning caught one of the finest si rings of trout ever brought to this cily. These were caught at the forks of tlie I'mpffita River below town. There were 2! of them, ranging in length from 11 to 1 ff inches. ROAD THRC CWVOV MAY UK (OMPLITI D. WASHINGTON, Oct, Hi Congressman Haw-ley lias beep j. urging thai the construction j of the unit of the Pacific High- way lying between Canyon- J ville and Galesville, In Doug- 4" las Coiir.'y, be aut ho r I zed j This has been done and the a wa rd of I he cont r;o t for Its J construction is pending Modi- .J. fications in the original plans 4 ha e been made in v oh ing (trine i pa My tlie el i in inn: ion of ome 1 2 tons of stcej, and bidders have been a-ked to submit new est imatev on the j modifications. GREATEST FLIGHT MADE BY AIRMEN AMKKICANS WITH !(.- Allt ri,.Vi:s MA K K THU iHi:ATi:sT II A 1 1 IX IIIS'l'OKY OVKK THM IIKI.IOV NnltTII Oh' THU VKII. Ill X SKCTOII. TWELVE ENEMY CRAET DOWNED Only One American I.ost They Di'nppil ivi Tons of Itotnhs on Balloon Dostmyetl. WITH THK AMKRICAN FORCKS NKAR VKRDCN, Oct. 10. An American bombing expedition con sisting of more than UftO machines dropped :t2 tons of explosives on German cantonments In Ihe area be tween Wavrille and Dnmvillers, about 12 miles north of Verdun. The American bombing exploit murks one of the high spots in the air fieet operations of Ihe war. In the expedition were more than 200 bombing airplanes. 100 pursuit ma chines and f0 triplanes. The bombing machines were given splendid protection during the aerial battle which took place during the operation. Twelve enemy machines were destroyed. Only one entente plane failed to rturn. In addition, American planes yes terday destroyed or brought down five Gorman planes and ono balloon. They also took a great number of photographs and dropped newspapers to thu American troops. 1-ltl lT I'.MOX HAS DIG DKMAND I Olt API'LLS. The Umpiiua Valley Fruit Union has shipped four cars of apples and three more carloads are In the ware house ready to ship as soon as the cars can be loaded. There Is a largo demand for apples this season and ono car a day will be sent for the next three weeks, making a large amount of , apples that will be sent lo New York and the Middle West. The variety of apples shipped are Jonathans, Spitzenbergs, Winter Itana r.as and New towns. Most of these are rrom Garden Valley, Wln stons and Looking Glass, bill good apples for shipment have been se cured from all over (he county. Growers will get a good price for their apples on account of (lie large demand for them In (he Kasleru cities. ItoM'burg Student III Dr. C. H. Ilailey this morning re ceived word from Corvallis that his son. William Hailcy, fS 111 (here with Spanish Influenza. He Is under the doctor's care anil Is unable lo leave his room. There are several hund red cases of Spanish tnfluenze at Corvallis, but as far as could be learned today lialley is Ihe only one of the Roseburg boys sutlerlng from the disease. He left here a week ag to attend Ihe students' army train ing corps at Corvallis. .1. W. Miilley Culled J. W. Medley, of Oakland, who has been working In the sheriff's office here for u few weeks, received a call today to report at Portland for assignment to overseas duties. Mr. Medley was inducted Into the service at Vancouver and was assigned to the office of the local military board to assist In the rush of work. Mr. Cool, of Drain, was also assigned here, but he has received no call fur other duties as yet. Mr. Medley went to Oa k In lid this afternoon and will report al Portland Monday. .1. K. Pelton returned here yester day from Fort Klamath, where h spent the summer looking after his farming and livestock Interests. MISSIONARY SOCIETY HELD PATRIOTIC PRO GRAM ON THURSDAY A most delightful meeting was the gat bet ing of t l.e Woman's M ission ary Society of 1 h f'hriMiau Church y est 01 aTt tti 0011 a l the in t son age. Owing to Hie fact that the pro gram was to he of a patriotic nature, the hostess bad s ( ui'cd a number of igs for decoi ;i t mil, and also had a display of red, white mid blue flow ers. Alter 11 reew of the Hook of Matthew by Mfs 'i.ureb. Ibe pa 1 (nolle progr.no was liven, as fob lows: Paper, "Women al home help ;ing the '.eineii engaged in Industrial 'work," bv Mrs. Ahiaham; paper, ;' Wiir and 'he American woman," by I Mts. Webber; p;. per. "Draft of In jdiMtry oti the home," iv Mrs Patter : "on The boMi ss then gave out some licit tn h ' on. 1 rv soii euirs, und al.-o nitroilMc. d a untune feature of -living 1 lo mm ing c ;i. kei x, w hich When Ibe fUe ,ll,ld Were found to conl a in literary flotations in part w hlch had to be pro pet ly matched With the other pari If the ma'ch w ;i proper the cracker pooped, if not It flzed It was a .delightful occasion and two new members were added to tlie noddy. LIBERTY DAY CELEBRA TION TO BE HELD HERE ON SATURDAY EVENING Do you believe in manifesting your patriotism. You will have u good opportunity to do so tomorrow night. On the streets there will be a celebration in keeping with the President's proclamation to make Liberty Day u great day. A line pro gram is being planned. The band will play, of course, and the Liberty Chorus is planning some special features. Hon. It. L. Kddy, one of our best local orators. Is ready for the occasion with a great address. Tho American boys are grandly marching on, und the Germans uro running the greatest toot race of their lives. Their speed Is something wonderful. American citizens have much to celebrate. He Biire to come and help make this u joyful occa sion. This is for everybody iu the cily and surrounding country. JAILBREAKERS ROB EDENBOWER STORE AND THE WILBUR STATION William Herder and Conrad Ilium, who were taken on suspicion Monday evening by City Murshul Shumbroolc, last evening broke from the city jail, where they were conlined, and made their escape through u hole in the wall of the jail. The boys hud found two small pieces of iron and with these they cut through the plaster and removed the bricks, until they had effected an opening into the shed large enough to puss through. As soon us the boys' escape was noticed, the officers sent out word to other towns to watch for them and Marshal Shamhrook followed them as far as Sutherlln, where they had been captured. They were brought back to this city about noon loday and lodged in the counly Jail, where they will be kept until word Is re ceived from Portland concerning them, or thu boys' parents located. The boys broke into the Kden bower store last evening and stold tlroin there articles of merchandise, Including gloves, handkerchiefs, cigarettes, crackers and other ar ticles. At Wilbur they robbed the Southern Pacific ticket office of ull the small change, pennies und sev eral tickets. They got no farther than Sutherlhi before they were recognized and taken into custody. When first arrested here yesterday they had upon their persons a num ber? of small articles which they ud mflted to have taken from a dwelling In Corvallis. They utsn stated that they had started from their homo In Portland, but neither of their state ments seem to be authentic, as the ofl leers have been unable to obtain any information concerning them from these places. OREGON SMASHES BOTH STATE AND NATIONAL RECORDS IN LAIE DRIVE Itobert I). Smith, campaign man ager for the fourth Liberty loun for Ihe state or Oregon, is in receipt of a telegram from the Federal reserve bank in San Fratidseo showing that Oregon has made another "over the top" record in support of the war activities. In the purchase of Fed eral reserve certificates, every bank In Oregon purchased its o,uota, up to last Tuesday. This Is the second time Oregon has made a 1 U0 per cent record In this respect. In the last series the purchases of these securllies reached the remarkable total of IHa per cent. This smashes all stale and National records in this line. These certificates are carried thy the banks in order to supply cur rent funds during Ihe periods be tween the placing of the Liberty loans. These in Manccs again show that Oregon is loo per cent patriol:c, "and then some." Minister fotvo Itonri Itev. Jacob Cllne this afternoon gave bonds to the amount of $1000, and he will be allowed to return to his home at Cb-udale until the next session of Ihe Circuit Court, w hen he will appear before the grand Jury 'to answer the charges Hgalnst him. j Attend I tendon Pol technic j Three men from Douglas County have been selected to nllend die I training course al the Ilenson Poly technic school iu Portland. Those selecii-d are Krnest Voorhics and j Arthur Marsh, of Looking Class, and Krvln Street, of Camas Valley, who has been school supervisor for the northern part of Douglas County. ;They will report for service on Oc tober '). Camp lire a Snccee 1 The camp fire held at the Soldiers Home lal evening for Mrs. Itertha I new Oilman, department president of the Women's HeJief Corps, was n complete success A stirring patriotic address was given by Hon. It. L. Lddv, and a talk by the veteran minister, (lev C C ('line, of Port land This was followed by a musi cal pro gra in, including vocal ne lec tions by Miss Lva Hire and Miss Ver nita Kohlhagen, and a solo by C. H. Arundel. DOKJLAS COl'XTV WILL HAVK MOKK -THAN 25 ACUFS OF SOIU;m .M, AMOUNTING TO 125, OOO POI NDS OF SI UAH IF MAXl'FAtTIltF.I). PERMANENT CROP ASSURED nrKO Aeregige 1 Man net) for Next Year-Adequate Sorghum Mills Will Kosult IntecostliiK Mill on South Deer Creek. The sorghum crop of Douglas County has promise of being very successful this year, und with the Importance of conserving Bugar, this crop will be of much vulue, us Bor- ghum consists of one-sixth sugar and Is the best substitute for sugar in cooking. The raising of sugar cane has never been tried In this county to uny extent before, but all of the farmers who have put In that crop this yeur are well satisfied with the results and are planning on a much larger ucreage for next year. On the basis of 25 acres of sugar cane in the county, County Agent C. J. Hurd has calculated from figures obtained by the actual manufacture or the sorghum that this will mean 35,000 poundB of sugar to be pro duced by this sorghum crop. Mr. Hurd believes there will be more than 25 acres to be harvested, but there la difficulty in getting the sor ghum manufactured, us no largo mill exists in Douglas County and help la liurd to obtain. The largest sorghum mill la owned by Ciladwell and Norton, of Dlxon villo. They have the complete mill and evaporator for manulucturlng the syrup and ure making arrange ments to take care of several llelds of sugar cane, providing they can obtain the necessary farm help to harvest their own crops. Mr. Glad well obtained fifty gallons of syrup from one-fifth of un aero of cune. The syrup was of excellent quality and run about CO per cent sugar. A sorghum mill of special interest Is that owned by W. II. Melton, or South Deer Creek. Mr. Melton met the emergency of saving his sorghum crop after (he method of his greut grandfaiher a hundred years ago. Two large white oak trees were felled and from them An old fash ioned mill was turned out, as no ma chinery or other mills were then available. The mill la rather crude In comparison with modern methods,' but it has been grinding up the cane In a very satisfactory manner. Mr. Gladwell an d Mr. Norton, who had experience In manufactur ing sorghum in Missouri, stated that Douglas County will produce more to the acre than the Missouri fields will. They are planning on a much larger mill for next yeur and it Is firmly believed that sorghum will become a permanent crop in this county. U NHAND OF 1COS1IH IUJ HlHl, IS APPOINTED CAPTAIN. The following Item clipped from the Portsmouth (Ohio) Times will be of interest to a number of Hose burg people; "Friends of Lieut. Warren Hriggs will be pleased to learn that he has Just been appointed a captain. He j Is tn training at Camp Lee, Pctem- burg, Va., and his friends will he de ' lighted to salute him as Captain j Hriggs. He is a graduate of Harvard land is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. I Hriggs, of Waller street." Captain Hriggs is the husband of Hlldegarde Shoemaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Shoemaker, who until her marriage to Captain Hriggs last year, was a popular teacher In I the Itoseburg schools. At present she Is with her husband at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Vs., where he Is sta tioned. lUmebiirg It")' to fin A croft Charles Stanton, who arrived here yesterday from Fort Slovens on a furlough, at which place he Is sta tioned with the Kith Columbia, said (today that word had been received I that Ihe Koseburg boys from Fort Mtevens, who nave neen located in several of the Kastern camps for Ihe last few mouths, are to sail for Kurope within a few days. Not more than six or seven members of the old Fourth Company are remain ing at Fort Stevens, and Cnptuln Hu chanau also expects to leave soon to join the company In France. Charles Stanton Is serving as duty sergeant and assists In training the new re cruits. He said a great difference Is noticed between the troops from the Kast and California with tlie Northwest men ,as very few men in Ihe Northwest contingents failed to pass for army service. J. M. Fletcher and sou Harry re turned Wednesday from Coyote, nl., I wnere iney speni a lew weess Willi Mr. Fletcher's brother. Mr. and Mrs. V. II. Appelhoff, who had been here for several days look ing after their ranch In Kdenbower. left on their return to Ashland thin morning. ' F j 1 I f 1
