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ROSKBIRG, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL , 1120.
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Ml
SOI STRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK
Although Congestion Some
what Relieved the Situation
Is Still Serious.
STRIKE IS SPREADING
jfcpuru snow That SSO.000 Meu Have
Joined in tile Walkout Olfl.
dais Claim Strike WU1 be
Broken Soon.
The toliowiiig telegram was re
ceived late thin afternoon by the lo
cal Southern Pacific, company' dls-
mtehers' office from General C'halr-
nun McDowell, of the Brotherhood
of Hallway Trainmen, with inatruc
tlona to bulletin It at once and com
municate it to all lodtfes and local
chairmen:
"The following telegram Just re
ceived from President W. G. Iee,
and is furnished yon for the Informa
tion of our members and your guid
ance. In connection vt-Mh the present
Illegal strike of yardmen: 'Whitney
anil general chairmen line entering
Chicago where brotherhood holds
agreement endeavoring to protect
against illegal strike of rebel orgniil
utlon headed by Grunau. Personal
grievance of Grunau, leader of new
organization, was original caue of
strike of few switchmen, members of
his organization in Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul yards. Question of
increase pay was later rejected for
Increased wages cannot be obtained
by Illegal strike and no compromise
or settlement can be o. .peeled with
committees representing those on
strike. Stone and Carter co-operating
with brotherhood to fullest ex
tent to protect their agreements, and
'all will enforce organizations' law
against members disregarding same.
You are expected to do your pari in
upholding the maimer of the broth
rerhoorl if we expect to continue yard
Jurisdiction. Whitney advises about
1000 members from outside points
now working at Chicago and situa
tion improving hourly. All officers
now on the Job so do not ask for help
but do your duty as captain of your
railroad. Brother Anderson, vice
president of the brotherhood, Is here
and wo are doing everything we can
to maintain the prestige and stand
ing of our organization of this rail
road, and we will expect full co
operation of all local chairman and
officers of all lodges. Any further In
formation received by us will bo fur
nished you as soon as possible.' Gen
eral chairman of B. h. K. and II. Li.
V. have telegraphed their local
chairmen at Ogden, Portland, Rose-
vtlle, Sacramento, Tucson, Sparks
and other points, as follows: 'In
struct every engineer and fireman
to report for their regular work.
Those refusing will lose their senior
ity and membership.'. Signed, San
'ard and Ford.
"President Carter of the firemen
wired his subordinates as follows:
Have taken up matter with Mr.
Shea. You and all loyal members
must stay with your engines and
your Jobs. You all remember what
happened In 1804. If you require
"f assistance to accomplish tills
'""m Grand Officers, mire me.'"
By Associated Press
CHIRAC O 1-1
Z T" who have been on a
" here for nine days began re-
n, .Lng. ,0 work thls morning.
Brotherhood officials who have been
""" g tne illegal" walkout, do
o claim that the strike is broken
ut they were much encouraged bv
"Ports from several roads that men,
work"" Sroups' are rePorflng for
Traffic Is Congested.
hJI, chlca Junction railway, a
Va !im cnnectlng -the stockyards
na the packing plants with trunk
i'i?' w" on ' the t0 report,
r.ieven engine crews were at work
' ntng. the report said, com-
1 ih . 7. T lurBe yesterday, vt ntie
showed "ni ,rel,!ht ""nation
"",Dii"-'wie improvement.
rrLrrvKeMlon ln ,n 5-"-ds
shfr . fPorn station are un
ton run PaMe"ger trains down-
Strike ftUll Spreads.
rhrm,.if0aJinued ,prea f the trlke
V tadi,U2. v"" however,
w ?'.? hy repoTt "howlng that
w7kam; ('0men ioind the
lUe-ut,. Rt thousand are re
porter- .Vj. he Chicago district,
rhe -s officials who pre-
llcted It. 0e t. re would be
broken witv 4t.h, "'d that
c. ia strike
here, strikes in . c3u "t the
country would end. 'i-v. v. 'sad
to several California . jtei
day and attempts lo form , lslon-
al unions in other cities throughout
the country are in progress today.
Investigation Authorized.
WASHINGTON. April 9. Inves
tigation of the unauthorized strike
of switchmen and other railroad em
ployees was ordered today vf the
senate.
One Switchman Shot.
CHICAGO. April 9. Ono switch
man was shot and several were
slugged at meetings of the striking
railroaders last night, the police
learned today. Sabotage and vio
lence wns advocated by one speaker.
Supremacy Is Issue.
CHICAGO. April 9. John Gru
nau, president of the insurgent
union, declared today that the ques
tion of wages and hours becomes
secondary and that the real fight Is
for supremacy over the older broth
erhood. He said the railroad men
were tired of receiving promises and
demand results, and are determined
to get some officials who will see the
workers get their demands.
Will Push Wuge Demands.
CHICAGO. April 9. Wage de
mands of five gr Mips of the railroad
employes, numbering 19,000, will be
pushed Immediately as a result of
the spread of the unauthorized
strikes of switchmen and englnemen,
according to a statement today of G.
A. Worrell, general chairman of the
railway clerks' organization of the
Chicago Northwestern system.
Southern Pacific Affected.
SAN FRANCISCO. April
9.
Freight traffic on the Southern Pa
cific, Santa Fe and Western Paciric
is tied un as a result of the strike of
the switchmen and yard crews out
of here. Oakland. Los Angeles. Sac
ramento, Stockton, Bakersfield and
other points. The Southern Pacific
is affected at Los Angeles and Og
den. Suffers a Slight
Paralysis Stroke
lly Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 9. Repre
sentative Kitchin. of North Carolina.
democratic, leader of the last con
gress, . suffered a slight stroke of
paralysis today soon after delivering
a speech In the house opposing the
republican peace- -resolution. . -
West Texas Base
ball League Games
Ry Associated Press
ABILENE, Texas, April 9. The
West Texas Baseball league will
open Its playing season April 30, and
close Labor day. Thch opening
games are:
Abilene at Ranger
Eastland at Mineral Wells
Gorman at Cisco.
New Councilman
. To Be Appointed
The appointment of a new city
councilman to fill the unexpired
term of Councilman Robert Kidd
will be made necessary by his ac
tion ln moving out of the ward. Mr.
Kidd has changed his residence froM
South Mill street to North Rote
street, and In doing no moves out of
the ward which he has represented .
Mr. Kidd has served exceptional! '
well as a councilman and it is to b
regretted that he will no longer b
able to serve. Mayor Hamilton wljl
be required under the provisions or
the charter, to appoint another rep
resentative, his selection to be rati
fied by the council.
o
H. Merten Takes
Parrott Building
The Parrott building, recent!;'
purchased from W. L. Dysinger. Is
today being put in readiness for oc
cupancy by H. Merten, local auto
dealer, who will use the spacious
store room for automobile display
purposes. The front Is being fitted
with an attractive sign painted by
Roy Huffham, while the interior Is
also being painted and otherwise
prepared. Mr. Merten will esiaDIinn
an attractive salesroooin and will
have several of the latest model cars
on display. A runway is being built
at the rear entrance in order to al
low the cars to be driven Into the
building.
Glengarry Farm Is Sold
One of tho finest little 18-acre
farms In the Glengarry tracts, on
Roberts creek, and known as the
cheese factory place, belonging to
Christian Anderson, has Just been
sold to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Morrison,
formerly of Oklahoma. The Mor
risons will take possession and pro
ceed at once to Improve the prop
erty, making' one of the finest farm
homes tn Glengarry. The desl'wss
msde through the Walker ft Kll
bourn agency.
E IS
TO REACH CITY
Officials Believe That Outlaw
Walkout Will Not be
Long Lived.
NO MEMBERS HERE
Insurgents Leading Strike In Chicago
and Other Middle Western
Cities Have Few Siipixirt
ers in Itoseburg.
That Roseburg will not be serious
ly effected by the Insurgent strike
whii-h is paralyzing the freight in
dustry in the central and southwest
ern portions of the country, is the
belief expressed by railroad men
here today. It is not thought that
the strike will reach this city, as the ' Sixteen British-made airplanes,
men here are not enrolled with the each having a carrying capacity of
outlaw organization and are very 1 4 nnsseniters 'and three tons - of
conservative In their ideas. There freight, have been purchased as in
are practically no radicals in connec- itial equipment,
tlon with the local unions and the I o-
insurgent strike supporters will prob-
ably find little sympathy If they at-
tempt to call out tne locul workers.
TJie strike which started In Chi
cago two weeks ago and which has
spread rapidly throughout the coun-
try, tlelng up the terminals, is abso
lutely unauthorized by the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. The
outlaw organization which is con
ducting the strike is said to have
been formed by several radical lead
ers who refused to co-operate with
the Brotherhood heads, clalniiiig that
the trainmen's union is controlled by!""1 " "n,IU "u?n "lne th'Z
sires of the workmen
So far as Is known there are no
radical railroad men employed local
ly who are members of the union
now striking. The local moji are
nearly all enrolled with the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, which is
endeavoring to halt the walkout and
which is strictly opposed to the ac
tion taken In the eastern yards.
'At the present time yards all over
the country are tied up, switchmen,
firemen, engineers, oilers, hostlers
and others having refused to go back
to work. While the movement as
yet Is said not to Include men actual
ly on the road, it was predicted that
engineers would not pull trains with
crews made up of non-union or un
sympathetic workers.
Late dispatches today stated that
the strikers were returning to work
and the looal employes believe thnt
the backbone has been broken and
that theh Brotherhood has again
triumphed.
o
Luncheon Club
Is Entertained
Mrs. Thomas Wharton eutertalncd
the One o'clock Luncheon club at
her home In West RosesBurg last
evening. Narcissus and hyacinths in
white and pink carried out the color
scheme in the rooms, which were
beautifully arranged. The evening
was spent with sewing and conversa -
Hon and at 10 o clock a delleions
luncneon was serven oy tne nostess,
with Mrs. Washington Hughes as
sisting. The dining table was attrac
tive with clusters of the beautiful
flowers. Covers were laid for Mrs.
John Enger, Mrs. Wm. Bell, Mrs. W.
T. Wright, Mrs. Paul Bubar, Mrs.
Washington Hughes, Mrs. C. S. Heln
line and the hostess, Mrs. Thomas
Wharton. Mrs. W. H. Fisher and
Mrs. Charley Wharton, who are also
members of the club, were not able
to be present.
Prof. Horner Recalls
Incident of 30 Years
The Albany Herald Is responsible
for this bit of history: ,
About 30 years ago there was at
Roseburg a young school teacher.
One day he and his wife were enter
taining the bishop of the church de
nomination of which they were mem-
bers. The visit of the noted divine
At th pvpnlne mpnl Ihp vnune
host In a supreme effort to 1 Z
conversation from
lagging on his :
part Bald:
"Bishop, don't yorf think the time !
ill come when men will be travel-
lng through the elr as now they do
upon the ground?"
The good man looked at his host
in a disturbed and shocked manner
and siJd severely:
"Young mon. such a thing would '
be socrlleire. Onlv God and his an-
gels con do that."
And yet the young man's nrophellr i
qtie-Mon has come tn pass:
The bishop was Bishop Wright. '
one of the early famous divines of
the Oregon country, who at that time '
was the father of two boys, Orvllle
and Wilbur,' who "within a quarter
of a century were ' to startle the
world by their discovery of the air
plano. " -
The young school teacher was none
other than J. B. Horner, later to be-
feome head of the Albany schools and
since then, for it years, head of the
hlHtory department at the Oregon
Agricultural college.
Mexico Will Get
Airplane Service
By Associated Press
GALVESTON, Texas, April 9.
Airplane freight and passenger ser
vice thi lughout Mexico is assured
within three months, dispatches to
Mexican Consul Meade Flerro hero
stat-. Huge multi-engiued pla.tcs,
operating in four distinct air routes,
will fly between the Mexican capl
t til and the cities of Tamplro, Vera
C'rui, N'uevo Laredo and Kl Paso.
Two machines will operate dally
each way.
British and Mexican capitalists. It
Is reported, are backing the new
venture, which will isuugurate ser
vice under the name! Mexican Air
cornoration.
i- 1 s r t i
AlCXanaer ttOWat
Sentenced to Jail
liy Associated Iress
PITTSDL'RO, Kansas, April 9.
Alexander Howat, president of the
Kansas coal miners, was sentenced
to tall today for contempt of court.
Judge Cttrran sentenced Howat and
three associate union officials to the
of industrial relation.
Italy Agrees With
England's Policies
By Associated Press
LONDON, April . Italy's atlU
tude concerning the. French, occupa
tion of Frankfort, concurs fully with
that expressed In bholf of Great
Britain issued last night, Vlttorio
Scialola, Italian foreign Inlster,
stated today. .. .
Entente Discussing
French Occupation
Ry Associated Press
PARIS, April 9. The British at
titude regarding the French occupa
tion of Frankfort will cause the
opening of diplomatic conversation
between the entente powers concern
ing the whole subject of action with
regard lo Germany, It was said to
day ln official circles.
Ice Cream Cones
To Sell For Nickle
, ' By Associated Press
; - CHICAGO, April 9. A Chicago
, manufacturer who supplies ice cream
,.ones nnR ,imoun.e,i reduction ill
prices for the coming summer that
will enable dealers to absorb the wartthe bond issue will be approved." I
tax and still sell the cones at fivef
cents.
Three Cubs Will
Get Irish Names
By Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 9. Three
cubs, born to Hans and Oretchen,
Hons at theh municipal zoo, on St.
Patrick's day, are to be named Brid
ge, Mike and Pat, it waB announced.
The parents formerly were owned
by a German animal trainer.
Labor Leaders
Sanction Court
, . . . j..
n"" '" . . i
"early all candidates by the state la-1
nor organization. The more conser- i
votive element of labor is said to i
n,r""? b , '"".'hl'v .nder !
? h" "!h"r ,div"! ,ndon,,'n
It ln public announcements.
Voluntary Training
Intend Cnmr1l1tnrVl
i nSieaU IsUmpUlSUry
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April Volun
tary Instead of compulsory unlvarnnl
military training as proposed by t'. e
armr reorganisation bill w. adopted,
by the senate today. '
WILL TRY 10
E
Business Men Will Start Pe-
titiOn FOP Special Vote On
Aviation Site Bonds,
MANY PEOPLE "SORE"
Action of Council ln Humiliating
Popular Measure tan Ilallot
Arouse Public Opinion tn .
a White Heat.
A petition to force the city coun
cil to call a special election for the
purposo of voting on ie issuance of
bonds for an aviation site as pre
pared today and will he nut into cir
culation at once. There is a great t visiting in the east. The informa
ueal of sentiment agalns the action i'n,. ha han t..i..roi,H i ir.
at the council in refusing to allow
,.,.,, ,, , , oi,;w Santa Barbara, her father re-
measure and a special election will niaining there until Bhe arrives. No
probably be forced with added ex-jfunPral arrangements will be made
Public opinion apparently runs
high and belieB the opinion of one of
the councllmen that the aviation
park matter is a "dead Issue." A
number of business men have been
heard to express themselves In no
uncertain terms, severely u-rltlziim I
those who cast votes which killed
the chances of putting the measure
on the primary ballot. The petition
which Is to be put into circulation
umii prtumrea oy leauing oust-
ness men of the city and will doubt-
loss he signed within a, very short
iinie.
"'We are going to have that avia
tion site, council or no uncil." is
what one business man stated today,
It Is something the town needs and I children. It Is impossible In a few
we believe the majority of the peo-( short sentences to plrturo the condt
ple are in favor of It.. It will not lion of Armenia following the wur.
take long to get our petition signed
and If the council will not allow us
to vote at the primary election on
this issue then we will force them
under the laws of the stato to call
a special election for the purpose. I
have talked with a great many peo
ple on this subject and I believe that
the bond isBtie will carry with a big!
majority. It will be an added ex -
pense to call a-special vote but the lng there now, aud the parents can
aviation park is necessary and the 'not even get their own land for rill
cost of the election will necessarily ' tlvatlon until .the peace terms force
have to be borne. the Turks back out of their terrl-
"Hanan's field should he pur-i'orv. Herbert Hoover says: "This
chased for an Investment if for no ' is it despernte situation In tlio
other reason. It Is going to be only
a short time before the Southern
Pacific company will need moro room
for Its yards. The city will elthor
have to provide the grounds or else
see the terminal moved away. It Is
now n our hands to buy a vory sat
isfactory place at a very low cost.
The site will do either for an avia
tion field or for railroad yards and
there is ample room for both, if
we don't buy the field now at the
price, offered we will have to pay a
much lareer sum for It a few years
hence. The council had no right to
turn down our request, especially af
ter thov hod promised to put It on
the hntlnt. hut since thev have en
1 . ui ,,,. ...,,iu .
believe to be for the best interest of
the community we will put It over
anvway bv the laws provided by the
state. We can and w' force an
election and I firmly believe thnt I
An effort will be made lo have the
election called as soon os possible ln
order to purchase the grounds and
put them In shape' for the summer
. .nnn tin nosslh o in i
months. An aerial circus is to visl'
Oregon esrly In the spring ns a part
of the army recruiting plan and If
rtosebnrg Is to be visited the field
must bo put In Rood condition soon.
A big passenger plane is also to flv
over this state and will make stons
wherever there is a suitable field.
This will be in addition to the regu
lar patrol and to commercial planes.
fntA.. llnhiir Is tn ho loft off the
aerial man. the grounds must be they have been spending the winter,
bought and put In condition within ; to their homo In Pullman, Washing
the next few months. ; ' They are traveling by nuionio-
i bile nnd encounien.'d some very bad
,, ; roads south of this c-lly. Their cor
0. M. Plummer Talks p ; "
i Thomas garage, and will be shipped
f- LI C Cn Aon C ' bv ""'m lo Eugene. Roland Emer
IV fit O. HUUei(W(llllli who Is the official rhnflcur for
' the family, is a veteran of the world
' war, having entrained at Camp
A general assembly was held at j Lewis. He wos with an artillery dl
the local high school this afternoon I vision overseas and has an Interest
and two well known speakers ad- j ing story full of thrills of the great
dressed the students. O. M. I'lum-lwor. Ho fought in the Argonne,
mer, of Portland, prominent In bonk- I Chateau Thierry and St. Mllili-I
'"B ana iivewiw-K cirri, inru m
,ome ,,. ttnd , exhibited four
ri. ,nntlon nlctures. Mr. Plum
mr . from Portland for the
purpo"" of a,t"nrtln "J"- r??"n'T,
of bankers ln Croup 3, which will
take place in tnis cny tomorrow.
Mr. Plummer was Instrumentnl in se
curing tho northwest backing for the
I Pacific International Livestock asso-
!,... .H h. hnj much tn do with ,
livestock shows Staged 111 Port-
" moto (.lrP, hr cnr.
rles with him show scenes on model
stock farms, mostly located In :
Washington, and also an experiment i
farm maintained by the Pacific asso-
eiclstlon. John Aimaric. iiri-,or nr ,
the extension division of the Univcr- ,
slty of Oregon, also made a short
talk. He Is spending today In this
city aud will continue to Kiddle to
attend the teachers'lnstltute tomor
row. v
Jane Leadbetter
Passes Away
M. M. Van Horn who reaidns nAiir
fOroen station, left this morning for
celved the sad news of the death of
his little granddaughter, Jane Lead
better, at that piuco. The little girl
was taken ill lute Monday, April b
with acute Indigestion, and passed
nwny Wednesday afternoon, April 7,
although everything possible was
done to savo her lite. She was four
years of age, aud was born Feb. 17,
191(1, In tills city. Iter mother. .Mrs.
'Florome Leadbetter, is well known
here. She was formerly employed
at the county clerk's office in this
city, and sinoe September of last
year has been visiting relatives in
Antwerp, New York. The little girl,
with her brother, aged 7, had boon
living with their great grandmother',
Mrs. Anna M. Leadbetter, at Santa
liui b:ir:i while their mother was
Leadbetter, who will leave at once
until the arrival of the mother.-
Assistance Asked
Starving Children
I Tlto Armenian drive is on, and
aR;Bi the great heartod American
pooplo are given an opportunity to
holp save a nation.
'e are asked to give from our
great abundance to help tide wver
these people that will perish from
the earth unless help comes quickly.
Can any mother, with children of her
own refuse to help supply the more
necessities of life, to littlo starving
A nation that has dwindled from a
population of n, 000, 000 people to a
'mere I.ROO.OOO. A nation that no
'doubt saved the world to democracy
throiiKh Uieir unfailing energy in
koeplng Germany from the great
"Baku oil fields, even though they
themselves were starving at the
time.
t There are 2,"0.000 children starv-
world.
The following Is a truo and typi
cal story of the courage and bravery
of the starving people:
Last fall seven children come to
an American orphenage In Armenia.
They were dirty, ragged, starving.
They osked the director ta take thi'in
in. "Children," they were told, "wo
have funds and room for Just one
more here. Wo would like to take
you In and feed and clothe you end
educate you. What shall we do?"
The children stood for a minute,
their mouths quivering with disap
pointment. Then they walked slow
ly away a few yards and engaged in
conversation. Presently they re-
tnrne
They pointed at one of tll"!r
number. "Here." they said. Is 1ho
strongest one among us. Take care
of him. Ho will grow up to be a
goed Armenian one who can make
Armenia strong ami great. Thev
walked out or me ooor, "'''
Ko"n-re ni me ' "' ' "
leu neuiuii, mm dhhshm-m
the desert. Hernlce Abraham, sec
retary Near East Relief committee.
JrlcU:r, rrinn I n li flIC
W USninglOn L.UU UUS
Interesting Story
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Emerson, their
son Ronald, and two daughters ar
rived In lloscburg Wednesday en
route from Long Beach, Cal., where
arives, ana no, wmi one uiurr tnni
panion, were the only ones of IiiB
company who escaped olive. Mr.
Eni rson had two horses shot fi-oin
under him nnd his helmet shot ofr,
hut escaped without a wound of any
kind.
MRS. WII.I.IH EXTEHTAIXS.
1
A dellehlful luncheon was given
by Mrs. W. R. Willis lo twelve of
hor frlds yesterday at tho TJmpqua
Hotel. One of the unique and pleas-1
lng fentures of the luncheon were,
the place cords, which were In the.
for mof scenic views of beautiful
u.n '""
"eeornteo in ri minis "o pr.
sent, d a very attractive sppea.once.
FOR TAX MONEY
Residents on Coos Bay Wagon
Road Want Highway Im- ;
proved in Their Section.'
DISTRICT NEEDS AID
Asks for Delinquent Taxes -' From
Gnuil Iinds and OpKW Any
Plan of County Court to Use -Fluids
for Rights of Way.
A largo delegation composing prac
tically all the residents of Looking
Glass, Flournoy Valley and Reston.
communities along tho Coos Bay
wagon road, appeared yesterday be
fore the county court, asking tnat
all of tho delinquent taxes going to
the gouernl fund of Douglas county,
which wos recently received from the
United States government from the
Coos Bay wagon road grant lands for
the years 1908 to 1919,' be appor
tioned to tho Coos Bay wagon road.
The delegation mndo this request
and osked that tho money be ex
pended in order that Improvements
might ho made on Looking Glass
hill. Fitzgerald hill, and another
short section of about a half mile by
the creek crossings near the Coos
county lino. All of these lands lie
within nhout three miles along each
side of the Coos Bay wagon road
from about Flournoy Valloy to the
Coos county line, mostly in the Res
ton road district.
The citizens along this road, who
were before the court yesterday, feel
that these lands, being along this
stretch of road, should have all
these delinquent taxes, both special
nnd nil going tn the general fund
over tho administration cost, charged
against this fund. The delegation
asserted that their districts had not
received nny aid from these lands ln
the past years when assessments
wero levied against them and that
almost half of their district will be
government land hereafter, which
will make It practically Impossible
to do any road Improvement even by
special levies. i
These sections of the Coos Bay
wagon road ore the worst In the
county bearing -the -Traffic i-that--t
forced upon them, according to the
delegation here yestordny, and the
residents along that part of the
highway feel they are justly entitled
to the funds asked for, as most of
the other main roads ln Douglas
county ITuve received thousands of
dollars from the state and govern-,
ment, while their road was not eli
gible to any state aid and It wns Im
possible to do much with so great an
nmount. of the taxable area going off
the tax rolls.
They contend thin money should
not be used to buy rights of way for
tho state roads, and if money Is
needed for this purpose a tax should
be levied by a special election on the
whole county, and not rob one or
two communities of what funds they
Justly deserve. Of the nmount of
these delinquent taxes going to tho
general fund, these residents would
npk for nhout $30,000, and they
would get. about $7000 special tax,
and they would have about $11,400
left in this Roseburg-Ueston bond
fund, which they claim would be
sufficient, to put their road In first
class condition tho year round.
The court did not act on their de
mands, as Commissioner St. John
was not present, nnd the representa
tives of these communities will ap
pear before the court at a later date
to resume their arguments.
Home for "Hello"
Girls Being Built
(fly AhfwIjitmI Irp
CHICAGO. April !. A homo for
telephone RlrlH, wkh numerous
rcrrculions, will bp established hera
soon. A flfiy-Hlx room npurtment
buihifiiF, fo houHP about eighty ulrla,
Ih befiiK ronverted by th telephone
eompnny Into a bonrdJnR house..
The dormitory will linvo a litrse ser
vice kitchen, dining room, Inundry.
nnd n, number of Hewing rnnms. Each
apartment vlll bo furnished with a
phonograph or piano.
Sails For Trains
Now Be Proposed
iiy Associated Press
PRATT. Kansas, April 9. Sails :
for trains in western and centrst
Kansas have been advocated as great
fuel economise by rallrnml men
here since the recent "stunt" plnyed
bv the wind In driving a box car ?.H
miles on tho Missouri-Pacific track,
fro;n Iuka to Olcott.
The ear wos storied by the hlph
wind from a elding and "made the
run" of ."! miles In less than an
hour. When It dashed through
Preston the operator wired ahead to
Olcott and the runaway was de
railed and stopped at that point.