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nlltlaa tu Ilia uia for republication ol
all nawa dlapatchea craOitad to It oi
put.ulharwua craultad In tbla paper
and alao tlia local ni publialiad toara
la. All rlabta of ri-pubilcailuii of apa
cial diapaivbaa baruia ra alao raaarvvd.
Enterad aa aacoitd-ciaaa matter May
17, lvu, at Ilia puat untie at lloseburs.
Oregon, under tna Act of starcta J, Jala.
Itoscburg Ore., December t, 1UUO
A l'KKI' INTO THE H'Tl'HK.
The rurul printer uuil publisher
need not cxpeoi pre-war pnos for
his supplies, labor-hire, rent, etc.,
during his generation, remarks tbe
Publibliers' Auxiliary. It la generally
conceded hy those who have the beg!
iiifurmutiua from experience and the
bent Insight from theory, thut news
print puper will scarcely ever UKaiu
reach the low prices prevailing for
several years belore the war. Such
Block is now from four to seven
times the price per pound at thut
time, and the supply Is smaller than
I tie demand.
Here and there occasionally some
small lots ate ottered at prices
raiher below the average, but the
priuter and publisher cannot depend
upon the same condition continuing;
In fact, be is uot always prepared to
take advanulage of such offerings as
there are frequent limitations as to
quantity, or terms, or delivery, which
he must meet to avail himself of the
opportunity.
Canadian paper manufacturers,
whose business is largely of un ex
port nature, have auuounced an ad
vance of $5.00 per ton for news
print, effective on contracts dating
from January 1st, and American
manufacturers, it is understood, will
make no reduction in the lylil con
tract price. In view of the fact that
the world Is using newsprint paper
faster than it is produced and that
in a general way stocks are being
depleted, it does hot appear that
prices to the small consumer, at
least, will be considerably reduced
for many years.
It Is true that various experiments
are being made to And a practical
substitute for wood pulp in tiie man
ufacture of print paper, which may,
at some time in the fulure, prove of
benefit, but such developments are
Blow and expensive, and it would not
be fair to take them into considera
tion at this time In the formulation
of a price schedule under which a
rural printing and publishing busi
ness could work, puy " running ex
penses and depreciation charges and
provide for the proprietor the reward
he Is entitled to.
them tbe idea early in life that It Is
anything but most desirable. Those
who have the child's welfare at liearl
will seek ways to fobter the habit,
not means to make It easy for blm
to avoid it.
MOT IHII.DItCN 1 Si: TIIK1K I.IXJ.H.
The pessimists who Insist that man
will be legless a few generations
hence, as a result of nature's fushlon
of dispensing with useless append
ages, have more than one reason for
their contention. In a city where car
fares were raised recently, a cam-1
paign was immediately inaugurated
by some of the good ladies in behalf
of low fun s for school children, al
though the percentage of children
who have any considerable distance
to walk Is exceedingly low. Long,
pathetic letters were written to the
cily council, the railway company and
the papers telling how Mary and
Johnnie could ride to school If the
fare was three cenls. Hut alas! A
six-cent fure was tou big a drain
upon the family purse, so the unfor
tunate, leg-weary young must drag
themselves the six or seven blocks
which lay between their homes and
the school house.
As a mutter or fact, any such agi
tation is nonsense, save where the
centralized school makes the distance
entirely prohibitive. A walk of a
mile or more to school will not hurt
any healthy child from six years up,
except in rough weather. Moreover,
the time spent out of doors on the
way to and from school Is the child's
best insurance agninst the many In
fections In which the school room
abounds. It is not onl yill-Judged to
deprive children of the necessity for
walking. It Is unforlunate to give
THE YELl,OW 1't.KIL.
The effort of Californlans to pre
serve the choice agricultural sec
lions of their slate for intensive cul
tivatlon by American families has
been roundly scored by some oulsld
ers on the ground that Japan Is our
bulwark against infection by bolshe-
vlsm via Asia and that "our emotion
allxts should be counseled attains
making a local issue into a nulional
and International one," suys the De
cember Sunset. To which the emo
tional Californlans reply that the
only real bulwark against bolshevism
is a well conditioned, deeply-rooted
rural population, attached to the
land under social and economic con
litlons of contentment and steadying
ihe ship of slate when the cities rock
the boat. Their local Issue is seen
In a number of garden spots of their
state from which practically all Ihe
white farmers have moved away
sections effectively Inundated by the
yellow flood of li'lustrious, efficient
and ambitious Nipponese.
There are good Americans scat
tered over the states east of the
Rockies who have some idea of liv
ing eventually In the favorable ell
mate of the coust. Most of them do
not contemplate cily life. It would
appear then, that the conservation of
ihe coast for whitea is more than a
local Issue.
While fjermuny Is pulling so poor
.1 lace and whining about the iiupos
ilbillly of her paying any substuntlul
indemnlly, it Is Interesting to ob
.lerve, from indublluble Uerman au
thorities, tiiat of 2tiU important Ger
man corporations, representative of
the Industries and utilities of the
whole country, 178 this year paid
higher dividends than last year, G9
ihe same, 13 lower, and 19 none at
all, remarks an exchange. Of these
concerns 63 paid dividends of more
Ihun 20 per cent, 10G between 10
and 20, 67 between 5 and 10, and
only 21 not moro than five per cent.
No fewer than 13 trebled or more
(han trebled their dividends, and 62
more doubled or more than doubled
them. In the coal Industry average
dividends rose from 7 to 15 per
cent; in iron and steel, from 9 to 21;
in textiles from 10 to 20; in lace
from 14 to 26 V4 ; In paper from 24
o 36; and In glass and porcelain
from 14 to 22. In those figures we
an perceive no suggestion of im
pending bankruptcy.
Hurry along and do your Chrlst-
nas shopping while the merchants
f ltoseburg can give you better and
nore prompt service. The eleventh
lour buyer usually has a hard time
nuking a selection with a depicted
lock to choose from.
Maximilian Harden, the fuinoiiF
German editor, suys that Presldeni
Wilson "painted a new world out of
his prophetic vision," and that "an
other will build it." If so, there
will be honor enough for both
painter and builder.
A Frenchman brags about a
method he has devised fur enuhllng
women to dress quickly. Nonsense!
Women could ulways dress quickly,
when they wanted to. The only
trouble is, they've never wauled to.
Germany is strangely slow about
applying for entrance to the league
of nations. Mjtybo she figures on
getting into that "Association." Or
else starting a hush league of her
own, and inviting Uncle Sam In.
Nearly 2.000,000 people a week
have been going to see that monu
ment to Ihe "unknown soldier" In
Westminster Abbey. It's ulwuys the
unknown thut attracts most.
Why women should Insist on
"equulity" Instead of superiority is
something no man can ever II nil out.
The worst thing about Ihe Income
tax is paying last year's tax with this
yesr's income.
Underwear Time
We Have It-All Kinds
At Pre-War Prices
New Goods Coming in Dally
Dresses, Coats,
Shirts, Waists
and all kinds of
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear
at the new low price levels
BURCtMRlTS
SQUARE STORE
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HIGH PLAY AT MONTE CARLO FAULTY GLOVES MEAN DEATH
Tables Always Full and Bank Doing Good Reason Why Electric Linemen
Well, 8ays Londoner Who Brought
Back Some Money.
Walter Mn rf I n, a Piccadilly clpar
dewier, has the distinction of having
broken the bunk at Monte Curio three
times In an hour recently ami to have
returned to his home In I -on don with
money In his Hxket, according to the
tendon correspond en re of the Sun and
New York 1 1 cm Id. To ninny uersnn
who have heard wonderful accounts of
winnings find loxsea ait Monte Carlo.
Mo hreuk the hunk, look foljf. How
ever, Mr. Martin's winnings In that
one hour of piny netted him JuM l.".CMX
f runes, todny worth about $.85 In
Anterlrnn gold.
Mr. Murtln admits thut he was "In
hick." He suld t hut he played with
"a defensive system" of Ida own.
Two "sltthiirs' stood out in his mem
ory. One of them was when he broke
the bunk as relnted above. The other
was when he lost &00.000 francs. He
pluyed roulette.
"I wus nble to pay the living ex
peuses of myself and a party of
friends oiT the tables, and also to comr
home 'In pm-kct' as a result of my
two months' visit," he said.
"In ttie whole of my experience at
Monte Curio, and I nin an old plnyer.
I do not remember the tables so crowd
cd. It Is difficult to pt a sent. British
mid Kronen are at Monte Curio In
about etiuiil numbers, and one thins
that struck mo was the nnmber of
women pluyers. 1 should say that
there are three of them to every man
Ml saw several well-known people
who were having bud luck and losing
a lot, hut one young Frenchman had
done amazing well and In three months
had won J.V,0.t0. And, like a wl
man, he hud packed up and gone away
with ft.
'The tallies, however, are prospering
greatly, owing to the number .of In
experienced and reckless players.
SAYS BEES HAVE LANGUAGE
University Professor Asserts That
They Also Have Some 8ort of
Telegraphic System.
Hops hnve a lungtinge and a system
of telegraphy, according to Profes
sor Francis Jnger, chief of the divi
sion of bee culture at the University
of Minnesota fnrm. Wonderful prog-
ress has been made tn bee culture, hut
their means of communication sttll re
main a mystery, according to Profes
sor Jagcr.
Professor Jnger has conducted many
experiments In an effort to learn some-
tliltis; of the bee's mysterious form of
communication. In one of them he took
the queen bee out of a hive, which
was four or five foot high. As Roon
as the working bees discovered their
leader was missing thej hegnn crying.
The crying wa3 audible four or five
feet from the hive. Within 3(1 sec
onds after the queen bee had been re
placed at the bottom of the hive the
cryltiK subsided at the top of the hive,
and they showed their Joy by standing
on their heads, according to Professor
Jagor. St. Pnul Dally News.
Keep Life's Windows Open.
Life Is constantly confronted with
new Idens. They mtiNt be examined be
fore being accepted. In tills as In
everything else there muJt be the right
light In which to mnke the examina
tion. The bright light that makes the
diamond flnsh destroys the sensitized
llate. Knch must have the light It
needs to meet the thing It wns made
for. So each challenging thought must
have Its setting and life's windows are
the media through which we see them.
e who knows bow to use his win
dows can have Just the kind of light
he needs within. He who closes his
windows to the light Is sure to settle
farther and farther Into himself and
sour In his own stagnation. To live
sweet and fresh lives men must see.
It's a matter of opening the windows.
Exchange.
Ludicrously Low Prices.
From a letter Just received In New
York from Prague, Czecho-Slovnkla :
"This city 1s one of the most beau
tiful places I ever saw. And the
prices Just now, If you have American
money, are simply ludicrous. My
room nt the best hotel cost me 75 cents
a liny. You enn dino nt the best res
t mi muts, with wine thrown In, for f0
to 75 cents. I Just sent out a pair of
shoes to be repaired by a cobbler, and
what do you think tho profiteer
charged? Five cental And you can
go downstairs to the so-called Amer
ican bar and get a champngne cobbler
for 25 cents and a Mnrtinl cocktail for
13 cents. Just got my week's bill from
my hotel. Seven days' lodging and
breakfasts $411 and It's the best hotel
In Prague I"
Jamaican Women Given Vote.
Under a new law the women of
Jamaica, ltrftlsh West Indies, are to
have a vote In the elections fur the
parochial boaids and the legislature.
livery woman la entitled to vote If
she Is twenty-five years of age or more,
can read and write and Is of British
nationality, but she must have also cer
tain salary or property qualifications
The salary designated Is 5 a year, or
she must pay 10 In rent or 2 rates
on house, lands or personal property.
An Obligation.
"Do yon Intend to vote at the com
ing election f
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "And
t shall wear my handsomest costume
Having secured the right to vote
every womau should feel It her patri
otic duty to make It fashionable to
do so."
Take Especial Car of the Rubber
Hand Coverings,
Ton would be extremely careful In
four selection of s pulr of gloves If
you knew that a rip or tear would
probably cost you your life.
This Is the case In which the elec
tric lineman fluda himself, we are told
by a writer In the American Machin
ist. He then goes on and describes
the linemen's (loves and tho great cure
with which tJey ore tested. Ha says:
"Rome day when you are walking
along a mnln-trnveled road, where traf
fic la piled back as fur as one can see.
and linemen are repairing a broken
wire, stop and watch them work.
"The gloves they wear tell a unique
story. Probably the line they are han
dling Is alive" and currying electric
current enough to cause Instant death!
yet they pick It up, twist It, splice It
as nonchalantly as though handling a
fishing tackle. They are able to pick
up tho live wire because of the rubber
gloves they wear.
"Did you know that these gloves are
today made according to rigid specifi
cations completely standardized, nnd
that no purchasing agent dure buy rub
ber gloves 'until he has thoroughly
tested them? No glove ran be marked
with the manufacturer's namo or with
the size In such a manner ns to Injure
It In any way. The gloves must each
be more than 14 Inches long and the
average thickness not less than 0.00
Inch. They must tinvo a tensile
strength of 1,200 pounds per square
Inch and bear hnvlng two Inches of
their surface stretched to 12 Inches
without a rupture. The gloves must
be capable of withstanding the appli
cation of 18,000 volts without puncturing."
JUST WHAT WORRIED MOTHER
Her Thoughts on Matter Were Cen
tered on the Partner of Her
Joys and Sorrows,
The would-be stern father assumed
his most forbidding air as his young
son somewhat guiltily entered the
study.
"Charles," he sold, with finger up
raised In admonition, "I am horrified
to hear that you were seen nt Ho
mano's the night before last, acting
as host to a party of chorus girls. Can
this be true?"
"Oh, yes, pnpa," admitted the
young map, !!& tiie merest ntwlogy
for a blush.
"My boy, what what do you sup
pose your poor mother would think
would say should Oils come to her
ears?"
"Oh, that's all right, pater," blurted
out young hopeful. "Don't you worry
about the mater. As a matter of fact,
she knows and she asked me to be
sure not to let you get to know who
they were." Triad (Sydney).
Not Always Warned by Instinct
Many persons are under tho Impres
sion that the Instinct of animals
warns them against eating or drinking
anything Injurious. This mny be tho
cns6 with wild beasts, but It certnlnly
Is not true with domestic animals. A
chicken will drink paint, and cows
have been known to poison themselves
by draughts from a pool In which high
ly poisonous nitrate of soda had been
steeped. Give a canary hempsced In
quantities nnd It will very soon kill
Itseir.
On the other hand, there are poisons
quickly fatal to man which hnve "com
paratively little effect upon a lower
form of nnhmil life.
Dogs nnd horses can take ten times
an much morphine In comparison to
their body weight ns man can. The
dove or pigeon can tnke 50 times as
much, while the frog is unhurt by a
dose 1.000 times greater, weight for
weight, than would kill us.
Cyclone's Awful Destruction.
The troplcnl cyclone Is a real cy
clone. Thnt Is, It Is the same sort of
thing as the ordlnnry cyclonic air
movements which bring most of our
storms hero In the eastern United
States; but In the tropics these move
ments are smaller In circumference.
Incomparably greater In strength,
nnd fortunately much less frequent In
occurrence. Often In a given region
like the West Indies there will be such
a storm only once In two or three
yenrs. The weather bureau will usual
ly note the storm after It has stnrted
and will send warning to ships In Its
path by wireless. The ships usually
make port. Those overtaken by the
storm nro almost Invnrlnbly destroyed.
The Islands that arc struck by It suf
fer most Ships In the harbors are
thrown up on the beach, houses are
blown down nnd banana nnd coconut
groves that hnve tnken yenrs to grow
are destroyed In a moment
Wealth Is Not Always Happiness.
Often happiness Is forced upon us
as through III fortune. Many a man
of wealth finds life dull and Insipid In
the midst of luxury and crowds, oth
ers hnve really begun to live with the
loss of their wealth. History Is not
without examples of men and women
who have renounced their wealth to
nnd Joys In doing things ns men. The
story Is told of a womnn who had all
the money she could use nnd still was
not rvnlly happy. Ill fortune reduced
her wealth and she was compelled to
work for the snport of her children.
Her friends thought work degrading
to her. but she il.'Hared that she has
never enjoyed life so much as since
the loss of her money. She Is putting
herself luto the tuouey she earns,
Zone Meeting At
Oakland Saturday
The second of the zone school con
ferences will be held at Ouklund on
December 4. These zone meetings.
...i. i.. i. uniln.lv In the hamla nf
the teachers and at which problems
.iiu....uuu.l aiwl nlnna formulated.
are expected to be Instrumental in
bringing atiout a very mai -u m
............ in il.a utitioliirilM tit the vari
ous schools of tho county. The pro
gram tor 1110 UUKIUI1U nievinis i HB
follows:
10 A. M. Itoll cull of teachers in
f.....l..,. u.lll f,.un.mfl hv
I III CIIIIU. 1 ,-111.1117, n no. ...t..... V
elvlng Dolnts nlready reached on thu
minimum standard rnrd and the
plans for completion. This will bo
followed by a discussion of the plan
of iimirnin sent out from the county
superintendent's office.
1 :30 "Iletter Speech Campaign,"
Thomas Hurdy.
Discussion.
Plans for club work A. E. Street.
Itmind table discussions, led by
Mrs. O. C. Brown. I
ADVKiniSK.MKNT CiKTS ItKSl'l.TH
- The value of the News-Review as
in advertising medium wns again
plainly exemplified when the Ulobe
Theuler company presented Its full
pugo adv. for "Kverywoman," the
film play which Is to be sven at thft
Majestic. The adv. onvred a prize
fur the. first woman to report a mis
spelled word and before the pupera
re off the press the News-ReTiew
office was besieged with tclt-phone
calls asking where the report was to
bo made. All were informed to re
port to the Majestic theater and
hundreds did so.
I.ADIKS' AID SOCIAL.
There will bo a Ladies' Aid social
at the Wilbur high school auditorium
Friday evening, Dec. 3. I ft 20. at 8
o'clock. Good program, good eats,
good time for everyone. Come and
enjoy yourself. Admission 20c and
10c.
o
Pendleton Fights
Phone Rate Increase
We Find Ow
Reputation
for fair prices and prompt, courteous .
ment .till holds good in Roseburg!
BEFORE BUYING YOUR
CHRISTMAS TREE CAN.
DIES, SEE US FOR prices.
We also carry Fancy Dressed Poultry fn,
Xmas. Leave your order with us. YoumII
business. ror
R. STUBBS
Sheridan. Street Grocer.
WW
salarh'H to i(8 numoroufl officials and
big wagi'H to many of ila employe!.
SALEM. Dc 1. In the face of
(he pi 'sent uVitinratizel condition of
IniHineHH throughout tho country the
recent application of the Pacific
Teh-phono & Telegraph company for
an Increase In telephone rates in
Oregon is most Inopportune, accord
ing to an answer to the application
filed with the public service commin
aion hy the city of Pendleton. The
answer attacks tho application and
declares that the Increases sought
nor any increases In rates whatever
are justified under existing condi
tions. It points out that thousands
of men are being thrown out of em
ployment through the closing down
of Industries, farmers are being com
pelled to sell their products at a loss,
and many business men are facing
ruin, while the Tacific Telephone
company continues to hand out huge
CORE THROAT
Gargle with warm salt '
-then apply over throat
v
S6KS
V A ro Rub
W 7 Million Jan Used Ytarlf
From t'orviillls .
Itv. and Mrs. Jorry Jeters nrrlv-
ed In Koseburg last night from C'or
vallis and will remain here for sev
eral weeks conducting evangelistic
services in the Elk's hall for the M.
K. Church, South. They have been
holding services of a like nnture In
Curvullis. Kev. and Mm. Jeters were
met at the station by a lurge num
ber nf the congregation of the soutb
Methodist church.
WHY IT SITCCKEDS.
IWatise It's for One Thing Only, and
lbksehiirg Teojde Airecutte This.
Nothing can bo good for every
thing. Doing one thing well brings sue
cess.
Dunn's Kidney Pills are for one
thing only.
For wenk or disordered kidneys.
Ask your neighbor!
Here is Roseburg evidence to
prove their worth.
Mrs. Mamie Sagnr, 526 Court St.,
says: "I gladly recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills. I know they are a
splendid remedy for they have al
ways been used In my family with
splendid results. When my kidneys
troubled me nnd my back felt weak
and Inme I used Doan's and they
soon corrected the trouble nnd put
my kidneys In good condition."
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
slmiily ask for n kidney romedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the samo that
Mrs. Sugar had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Mfrs.. N. Y.
AllOUND THE TOWJ
From Ij (irande
Mis. N. 1'. Sinllh arrived is Ib
" i jeaicruay niornlnt In i,
tirande and spent the aar iu kt
.... ma. nut, is enroute to aiiloni
whore she will spend the wiiim.
Tu Mllfnl
Attorney C. F. Hoikin left 1st
night for Medford where e thin
the guesl there today at i dinner if
tho chamber of Commerce. Aliorw
IIOIlkillH WUS HKkl'lT In .. .k.
umner.
Hero on llu'duess
Nr. and Mrs. Frank Burtos. tf
(ilo.crsWlle, New York, alio tin
In en alteiidliiK to buainem miiioi
here for a short time, left thii n
ing for California, enroute to uei
home in New York.
Former llcsident Here
Hoy Itoadinan, a well knon ta
mer resident of Koseburg, irrinl
here last nieht from Saa Prwlxt
where he is in business and H
spend several days visiting wits r
atives and friends.
Here Last Night
K. K. Johnson and daughter. Vis
J on ii in Davis and George peiut
who arrived In Roseburg last sits
from Vancouver, Wash., where lau
inside left this morning for Aihlui
where Ihey will spend short list
From there tnev will continue os
California for the remainder (
winter.
Adequate Telephone Rates
In pre-war days all that was necessary to secure telephone service was
to place an order. The telephone plant was there and ready for you. No
one expected any other condition and it was natural that it should be so.
The war came and the equipment ordinarily used to provide for your
needs was taken to .supply the urgent requirements of the nation. Mn
money and materials became scarce. Telephone construction practically
ceased. Almost immediately the resultant pinch was felt. Telephone
service in some localities could not be secured at all; in others only after
indefinite delay. Such conditions grow rapidly worse a telephone plant
must be constantly extended.
It has been impossible' to catch up with the accumulated demand,
much less restore the normal condition of having plant ready for service
as orders are received. This is our problem today. .
We must build millions of dollars worth of plant in order to satisfy
your service requirements. We are operating today in Oregon at a defici
We are not even earning the interest and dividend charges on the pres.'ii
plant. We cannot secure the money to fulfill your service requirements an
build the plant necessary unless we can show a fair return on the m9 "
ment.
We are asking for rates that will give such a return and permit the
securing of money to build the plant you require. We believe you are as
greatly interested in this matter as we are and we ask your support to
wards this end.
You are interested in good and sufficient telephone service. We mus
have adequate revenue to provide it.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company