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URGMEWS- WEATHER D TodaysEdition -1 n-ybt and Wed ,ttlr tn Morula's Reaches Over 17000 Reader -4 In Which is Included The Evening ,Ncw and The Roieburg Review HOSO. 44, OP ROSEBCBQ REVIEW IKKSKllVItG, OHKOOJJ, TIKSDAV, APHlli SO, HMO. VOU XI, NO. M, OP THK KVK.MXQ NEWS EOSEB1 1Q)TCF7 Hoif SITE i nin i ii 1 1 r.. . ' i iiHi'U i ini w"W;. DAuI Ull Uh M.nrii Reconsiders Action and Places Measure Before People at tiecuuii. )PPOSITION IS SHOWN Lo and r Wier VoU AaJnst Hie Project, Believing - 0S AfiaulBl r unwr - pens at This Time. i nrntractea aim iron n ... a ho M Ul Ml ..hi tttV (TUUlllll " ... - irht s number of Important niat- .' k uhi un fnr considers- L Dr. A. C. Seely was choBen to 111 ilw unexpired term of Cfuncil Ln Barker, who recently luoved um the wara ne ri'i.,v, ...vnrn in. I'l . orrii im " " r - ... ul1feMlonal man and will serve Ml on the council. One of tne mosi uupui mm manco th mnsiuerauoil ui iue afwuuii orolect and the placing of this icuura on the ballot, which was tcoaipllahed after a hard fight, strict Attorney George Neuuer ap urad for over 100 taxpayers, who rweated a petition urging the coun- lo place tne measure on me uai ih Mav 21 election In order to bare the expense of a special eloc kn. Sufficient names were secured t force a special election if the I unci! refused and it was requested Eat this upense be saved. After the reading of the petition, Luncllman Fisher objected to a re Enakierailon, saying that the major b of the signers are not In favor of , aviation site, fie sain iqui nu id talked with a number of the Liters of the petition and that most tham had affixed tneir names oe- ,u8 of business reasons, rather ia thalr own personal convictions, duciliuan Creason also objected. k laid that he Is the biggest tax- ajar in Roseburg and consequently ia favor of anything thai, will fins, a revenue to the city and la alnat anything that will be an ex mse and a burden. He says that ke taxpayers are against the avla- gm site, but residents who are not txpayers will pass the measure If it put on the ballot. He says that If aviation field for western Oregon Is been put at iigene. and that It a useless expenditure for Koseburg buy a site st this time. After con- ptrable discussion a vote was (ten, Creason and Fisher voting inat reconsideration, and Powell, itilhagen, McClintock Mchols, iay and Seely voting in favor. Alter the reading of the ordinance it and second times, the rules pre suspended by the same vote and ' ordinance placed on its third 'dins;, with the result that It was ted with six votes In Its favor, her and Creason casting the op ition votes. randma Martin- . dale Passes Away lira. f,l?aldent of the Camas Valley strict, nagged ,v,v lata c,,,,. f Jlng at the home of her son. J. ninaaie, of that place. "Grand i Martlnrlula " . na auv " I O ancv inatelr knnwn yA - Inai i Valley for SO years, and was or the bent known pioneers of r, tion. She was born In 1832. rl VSM 88 Veam Of nirn at tt,D death Rha i mu Vaiii- ... randma Martindale had many -aaa throughout the valley who r " ai ner demise, and her pral was largely attended. irplanes Herald Auto Caravan n , IUWB81 earn- trip ,,u have near,y M m 'H machines as autos heralding fir approach into every city. Co 'he start of the cara tiM.L th !tom the International CnT'.,0.?, '1,1!ht'.. ?' . tr th ' "'rpiane win negtn I 1 en, J2!" roule " th trlum-J II L . , SIOt,kton on May 23 ilane. 0m"d by Pi'"iron of hi 0fer the cavan. II ei6ht-pasaenger airplane ih.i, . " . "ran at Sacramento Stock inn -?7 0 the Jurney ., ravan omcials and tak. " V the "oclatlon will 11 hover "'Plan nd r Oiak , " moior cars as lon city ' entI7 lnt0 the con- t'ed''nin,K' "e D0W '"- hed h. . ,a rvshlp es- I mn!lW .,n? ' by a group Kht to a. ' ane that wHI b f M th anator snakiBg the international flight. The Chamber of Commerca and the city council are co-operating In making the one-night atay here to long remembered. - bring tome musicians, fun- LUw'fftW,'4' o-, ' " whole aggregation iT'to l - ot to get in and make a... . . seal to get these people to su. here one night Ample stopping places, rooms and meals must be provided and Rose burg la going to prove equul to the demands made upon ner. i hese men are not asking for entertainment and are going to leave a goodly num ber of dollars in Koseburg. Three States Are . Swept by Tornado By Associated Proas BIRMINGHAM, April 20 A num ber of persons have been killed and great property damage was done by a tornado which swept across por tions of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee today. The tornado start ed In eastern MisBissipi and quickly passed through that state into south ern Tennessee. The known dead are 18. with five reported killed in Col umbus, Mississippi, and several In Aberdon, Mississippi. Eight were killed In Glenn. Mississippi, according to messages received here, bringing the total dead lo 21. Bandits Attack The Queen's Train By Associated Press SEVILLE. Spain, April 20. Ban dits attacked the train last night on which Queen Victoria was traveling from Madrid to Seville, in an unsuc cessful attempt to carry off the royal plate which the queen was taking with her. Cannery Company To Build at Once That the A. Rupert company, which recently purchased the local cannery, Intends to build as scon as the weather conditions will permit, is the Information' received here by the committee which Is handling the negotiations between the A. Rupert company and the Umpqua Growers association. It is desired to start 1 construction work on the building as soon as weather conditions will per- mlt and to complete the structure In : as short a time as possible, in order j that the canning season may be ziven ; undivided attention. The new can-; nery will be so constructed that ad-1 ditions can be made whenever ! deemed necessary, and it Is believed ! that the holdings will be greatly In creased within a few years. Gas Fumes to Be Abated Obnoxious fumes from the gas plant are not only killing vegetation but are having a very oppressive ef fect upon the residents living In the vicinity surrounding the manufac turing plant, according to Jas. E. Sawyers, who appeared before the council last night with an objection to the continuance of the nuisance. as It was termed. Several months ago the council ordered the gas com pany to take steps to stop the escape of obnoxious odors, but up to the present time no action has been taken. It was voted by the council that the city attorney be instructed to give the company 40 days' notice to install apparatus to do away with the fumes, and In the event of their failure to do so to bring suit to close up the business. o Paving Contracts Let Last Night Paving received a new Impetus last night when the contract for the paving of Spruce and wasntngton streets was let to L. W. Metxger. The Spruce street paving Is to cost $8484.48, and the Washington street paving $1851.63. Following the opening of bids there was consider able discussion over this cost of Im provement. It was shown that the bids were exceptionally low In view of the prevailing high cos's, being only $1500 over the engineer's esti mates which wure made six months ago. The pavement is to be 36 feet In width and will be of concrete. Mr. Metzger agrees to complete the pav ing within 60 days following the signing of the contract. Attorney George Ieuner appeared with a petition bnrlng tho names of the majority of the property owners beyond the end of the North Jackson street paving. It Is desired to pave through the next block and the ad Joining Intersection In order to give an outlet to residents of that vicin ity. As there are a few obieciors. Attorney Neuner guaranteed the pay ment of the engineering expenses and Interest on warrants and the city engineer was Instructed to prepare plana and specifications. CI1Y AND COUNTY CANNOT AGREE Road Money Causes Consid erable Discussion at Meeting Council. SUM HELD FOR BRIDGE founty U lloldiiiic Money Over Wlili-li It tlaJni. JuriMlictioii While tlty Soys It Shcuiil be Turned Over Failure to Teach an agreement lnst.niuht will possibly result in a suit between the city and county to determine the right of the county to hold money raised in the road district for road purposes. A law passed some time ago provided for the spending of 75 per cen or road tax money In the Toad districts in which it was raised, and save tho county court Jurisdiction over the expenditure. In June or 119 n where road districts and municipal!- j where road districts and inanlripnli-, ties are the same that the money shall be turned over tq the city ioun- ell. At the time this law was pass ed there was approximately fll.OuO to the credit of road district No. I I. I held by the cornty treasurer. Road district No. 1 1 and the city or Uose-i burg are Identical and consequently! under the new law the city council Is designated to take chnrre of the, funds accruing after the date of the ' law. j The city claims that It has not j onlv the risht to the money paid in taxes since June. 1919. but also to; the 111,000 previously paid In. The. county court on the other hand maintains that It was given Jitris-dle-: tion ovr all the $11,000 and has' the rlsht to direct Its expenditure. I Consequently at a recent menttnjr of the court the sum of $S70 was turned over to the city, 7HO0 being; retulned bv the county court out of1 the $1 1,000 for the construction of; the Alexander bridge. The $S7ftj represents the amount of taxes pain' In since June, 1919. and also I3.,oo from the $11,000 which was held In the treapury at the time the law wan passed. The city agreed to put In only 000 on the bridge and objects to the county holdlns the $2."00. The county on the other hand maintains the right to direct the evnenditure of any or all of the $1 1,000 and is holding the $2.'i00 for the purpose of cn-oneratlng on a 50-iiO basis in the building of the bridKC. It Is maintained by the council that the money remnining unex pended In the fund at the time the law was passed automatically trans ferred to the newly established fund, while the county court claims that it did not. District Attorney Xeu ner, who met with the council Inst night, offered to obtain an opinion from the attorney general on the subject but no agreement in this re gard wan reached. Among other matters, the conn- ell considered and allowed the 8ti-! nlUtlona tt V P Rtnrmpr T. C Goodman, H. CWker and K. T. Shanka for motorbus licenses, all ( boiiiK pupportod by ftood sure. The city marBhal was also order. to hnve Mtdes rnmovd from ihe The Bolsheviks j - - w AwfisK vH j pavement whorcver the dirt has been found to have caved in on the as- ; phalt. The question of purchasing right of way for the entrance of the i'a- ciflc highway Into the city was dis cussed but no action taktn. The sum of ill) recently paid by I an unknow n man as a fine assessed in 1U0O was ordered turned over to the Armenian relief fund, acting up on the suggestion of City Treasurer Jirs. C. C. Alley. I A letter from the U. 8. National l.iuk of Portland confirming tho I girt of a linrk site to the city was rend and the bank given a vote of thanks. Dance Be Held For Relief Fund The Near East relief dance to be given tomorrow evening at the arm ory promises to be quite a social event ami a large attendance is ex pected. Tickets were selling fast to il ;iy and everyone has been extremely liberal in contributing lo the fund. The patronesses selected were the following: Mesdatnes A. J. Lilburn, V. W. llaynes, Chas. Wharton, W. R. Hurt, C. J. Heyinera, Dexter Rice, F. A. lletnis. W. H. Conleo and William Hi ll. The high school students are sponsoring the dance in the Interest of the Armenian fund. Oil's orches tra will furnish the music. California Soldier Received 38 Wounds (lly AwotJiitod Press) SUSANV1LLE, Cal April 19. When George Treniuiu, a soldier from Lassen county, wus caught In the fire of a German machine gun n- t ut the battle of the Argonue, he received thirty-eight separate wounds, twenty being of a serious nature. Tremuin fell and lay on the gruund In an exposed position for twelve hours before being rescued. When flnuily carried to a held hos pital his injuries were pronounced fatal, and for weeks he hovered near death in hospitals in France. The auiputution o'f both legs was antici pated for nearly a year, but healing was flnuily accomplished and now lie can walk with the aid of crutches. Tremuin was permitted to come here from Letterman g.'neral hospital a few days ago to vlili his parents. i Tornado Kills 4 In Jasper County fly AwMintcd Press HTTIKr!Ul;ltG, Miss., April 20. Four persons were reported killed by a tornado which swept Bay Springs, the county seat of Jasper county, today, according to ail vices. The sheriff of Jasper county was among those killed. Overalls Are Sold At $43.50 Per Pair fltv jtttfHH'lnled lres) NEWARK. April 20. Over- alia at $43.50 per pair Is the latest quotation In the nation's war on hik'n priced clothing. An advortispint'iit of a local mer chant today nuoted them that high with rhlnestone buckles. STRIKE FEVER GETS A Railway Clerks and Freight Handlers Will Let Labor Board Hear Demands. WALKOUT NOT LEGAL Denver Facing a Milk Kamliie Kailway Lines Required, Hut Uliszard Make StrrtfU liu tuiMwble ftir lkelivery. lly Afiwtclnted Vrv I CHICAGO, April 20. The strike! fever among rullroad employes suf-1 fered a torioua setback when the. 30,000 railway clerks and the 8000 freight handlers in the Chicago dis-1 trict announced their decUion to per- I mlt a hearing of thetr wage demands ! by the railroad labor board at ! Washington. The dim riot council of the brotherhood of Haitway Clerks, j which includes the freight handlers, voted last night against an unauthor ized walkout. Walkout Not Haiirtioited. j DETROIT. April 20. The walk out on April 2Kth on the part of 100,000 ill embers of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Hallway Shop Laborers in the Chicago district will not reiveji'" sanction of (he brotherhood, K. (i. Gable, president of the organization, said here today. Milk Pnnitiie Iaxhiis. DENVER, April 20. With the main line of rail transportation largely restored, m milk famine loomed today as the most serious re sult of Saturday's and Sunday's blUv zard. With only ten per cent of the normal supply received yesterday, deliveries are impossible because of the impassable conditions of the streets, lr'HPiit Written Com plaints. WASHINGTON, April 19. Unde terred by refusal r the railroad la bor board to hear them today, repre sentatives of the railroad strikers announced that they .would present written compluints, together with de mands for a "living wage" to the board, which tomorrow will begin formal hearings on the big wage controversy. The board flatly de clined to "receive, entertain or con sider" complaints from strikers, de claring It would only hear those who were adopting every reasonable means of avoiding Interruption of railroad service. 1 Complaints. A re Filed. i WASHINGTON, April 20 Formal j written demands that the railroad ; lalmr board give assurance of an . award of a "living wago" to the rail-; road men and that the employee now on strike be returned to work with- J out loss of seniority or prejudice, i were filed with the board today by Edward McHugh, representing the I strikers In the metropolitan district ) of New York. The board permitted the filing of the complaints after a brief executive session. 8. r. IIAKTltl'M HKTl HNS. 8. C. Hartrum, agency supervisor of the American Central Life Insur ance company, who has been spend ing the past few rtavs nttendlnsr to business matters in Boise, Ityibo, returned to this city last evening. Mr. Hartrum still maintains that tlod'j i jju.ry ia situated in the I'mpqu:-. valley. , , CONTEST FOK KWUDlKRta. SAN FRANCISCO. April 19. Five western teams will be entered against the Illinois Athletic club champions In the national 400-yard relay championship here on the night of April 28. These are St. Mary's College, the Olympic club of San Francisco, the Los Angeles Athletic club, the Neptune club or Alameda, and be Neptune club of Stockton. The Illinois Athletic team mem bership, It was announced here, In cludes: Norman Ross, holder of every title from the 150-yard to the mile; Perry McGilvary, the national 100-yaii and back stroke champion; Harry Heh ner, world back stroke champion: MeDermott, world breast-stroke title mllo and mile chainnior,' n i. I,,.,..." former Interscholastic 100-yard champion: Hartung. star diver of the Illinois Athletic clnb; A. Ralthel. ,h -.... "L ..." yards; William Vo.burgh. Max Mott.'?. w'l pl""r,e,1 by ' ' White and other noted swimmers. 1 '. Mrs. W. Lough, former resi- I'hite and other noted swimmers. -0 . Attends Meeting 'At Portland County Agent C J. Ilnrd uu roll ed lo Portland laat night to confer with woolmen regarding a couterted lh0 "orretary was instructed to for effort being made for exteusive wool Tan' ,h, following letter to every sales in Portland this year. It is "nndldate for the state legislature: proposed to fuiin an organization tOT" u" candidates to the Oregon manage and control a public ware l legislature: house with the elimination of coun-1' At ,he regular session of tha try sales in view. It Is thought that So,"h 'r Creek Grange held Bat hv thus noollni the rnl heller urday, April 17, the secretary was price would be obtainable. The meeting Is being held at the Cham her of Commerce building in Port land. Butte Mining District Closed Tty Associated Press IIUTTK, Amil 20. Mining opera- i ons in tne nutio niHiriet were prnc- ucaiiy suspeneuea many aim only a few miners succeeded In passing Ihe ulckets posted by the strikers, who ; are asking a six-hour day and a $7 wage. "Deacon" Smith In City Today - K. K. Smith, more commonly known to his many friends In tho state of Oregon as "leaeon." ar rived In Hnsebiirg today and spent 8 .short time attending to business mat! era and visiting with friends. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. T. '; Smith, of Myrtle Crock, came to tho' city this afternoon to visit with him until he returned to his home In Portland tomorrow nlmht. Mr. Smith has been Investigating conditional throughout the state and is of the opinion that a big land movement can be expected along the entire Pa y, tuum u.,u rniwiaiir , I 111! BUIIIIIIV-I AMtl IUU. Jl-rSU ItlllUj prices In the middle west are driving people to the coast, he states, and farms here will soon be at a prem ium. Historic Mosier Homestead Sold, W. D. Hell, of the Rose confec tionery storo of this city, today com pleted tne purchase of the old Mustier homestead liM'ated on the Nnchter grove property and will take steps iu the near future to either move or tear down the structure thereon. The house Is one of the1 old historic landmarks iu this part of the country, and lor many years was the home of old JihIko Monher, well known here. When he came to this section to build his home he cbose the Nachter grove property, und with his family lived there the greater part of his life. Tho house has Iwen occupied for some time, I the occupants moving out several dsys bko. The purchase was made from the Casey-Harding firm, who are In charge of the Nachter grove nronertv M lltltlCD IN I'OKTI.AM). J. R. Dlaylock, a well known resi dent of this city, was married In Portland yesterday to Miss I,ella Murray Chapman, a popular young ; lady of Itoseburg. The young couple III ,n-la K..1 f hr.it. j 1 Roseburg, Mr. lllayioek being em ployed here. o.- Mrs. T. F. Henrd. of Looking Glass, has a lot of prize winning While leghorn hens which are noted for the big eggs they lay. The lady was In town yesterday and exhibited a setting that were unusually fine, all of them being of large size and uniform. The flock producing these egg took the blue ribbon at the laat community fair In Looking Glass. ALL CANDIDATES South Deer Creek Grange Asks Office Seekers Make Stand on Questions. P.ROGRAM IS GIVEN Fine MeMing In Closed With Kxrel. lent I'togi-am Which i Kujoyed by Large Number of Itesl. deaila and Visitors. I . Tha 80,1,11 rer Creek Grange held " 17Bumr -""""on on last Saturday t"r attendance being ' ' "' ,'m r""s" received nve new members into the first deiree ueius or me valley who paid the grnnge a visit together with others who met with the organisation lo enjoy the delightful program. One of the serious matters consid ered and acted upon was the decision to ascertain the standing of all candi dates for administrative and legis lative positions concerning matters of Public interest and to this end nr., mi.ivtu iu wniw iu an cauiiiuaien for the legislature and ask the fol lowing questions: I 'If you are elected will you promise to vote for a bill creating a market ing commission for Oregon, such as 1 California has and which has made ; California the most prosperous agri cultural state In the union? This measure was defeated In the last j regular session of the legislature,1 passing the senate but being killed in tho house. ' - If you are elected will you promise to vote for a more equitable system cf licensing automobiles? Placing a in1ger ta on new and heavy ma- chines and makinE the fee on the o,cr heavy machines lighter? "At' the present time the owners of light cars are paying an unjust proportion of the monev required to build the Pacific highway, whila the owner of an old heavy car Is paying as much LVvyMTr """" po98eR'or ' ' new I If you nrn elected will you promise to work for the removal of the tax i tTHioMne. esneolallv where such IV el Is used for Indtimtrial purposes, such as stationary engines, tractors, etc.. which do not Injure the public highways, If it is possible In any vtov to accomplish this result? The th peer Creek Ornnfe considers this an unjust tax on Industry. ir 0 nits(t"A w'll you nrnm) to work for the revision of the law rovi-rnlng tho snte of oleomargarlre, rev'ntin tb mle of oleomargarine so that It will not be in unfair com-r-utltlon to butter? TKn fllnnilnrf I. aan in all -AnH I. ' rfnies 0 the nouglas county court: T.i All Candidates of the Douglas Conntv Court: If clcted. will you promise to de vote as much of your time In Improv ing the lateral roads of the countv :m vou will to the Pacific highway? Will you endeavor to have the coun tv bond Issue authorised by the peo ple, of Douglas county spent upon the roads designated In snid bonding act in the most economical manner pos- rltile? Will you. If elected, use your In fluence in seeing that the standing timber of Douglas county pays its share of the taxes, being assessed at 70 per cent of Its marketable value? I rami lands and farm machinery are so SHsessed. The grange was closed In regular foim. so that the visitors might be present at the lecturers' program, which was as follows: Song. "Untile Hymn or the Itepuhllc:" vaudeville act, entitled. "Tltie Irish Washwo- man." Misses I.eila Swift and Eula Strong: address, "The Model Farm House:" Mrs. C. II. Ilallev; talk by Mrs. C."0. Adams. "Waste on the Farm;" "Preparing the Stinday I)ln- ner Without Working Sunday." by Mrs. It. A. Kastmnn; "The Causes That l-ead to the Organization of the I IMin-l'arui'an ieiie ana us i iirn. by Dr. C. II. HhIIpv; D-tnccrs. Misses Kula I.eila Swift. the Darkev; Strong and M A N V WKHK Kll.l i:i). niRMINGHAU. April 20. I'pwnrda of R0 peraons were killed an l hundreds were In a Jured and a great denl of dam- ago done to property by tnrna- does which today swept nor- tions of Alabama. Mississippi and Tennesee. Over a dozen towns vid tillages felt the force of the wind storm but Philadelphia Mississippi, with 11 renortrd desd and Meridian and Aberdeen. Mississippi, each with 10 fatalities, were most serlnnslv affected.
