Rwwnnw witww-mmKTHrBHnAT, December aa, imq
ttm two
(OilBVBO NEWS REVIEW
IMuri D.Ur Km H dr.
W , B.IW I- Winterly rt U. IM
8UU8lUlFTION RATES
Dally, pr yr, bjr mall...
Daily, tx month, by mll t,
By C.rrUr, xrpioBih.
I4s
-
. .40
a .....I lr... la .xclu.lVlV
mil La to tl u. tor r.publlcatlon of
11 nw dl.palclies crodiwo to It or
not-otnrwu craUlted la tbl pp
end J.o th local nw publllttsa nr
aii .l.hi. ... ruriublliMLluB Ol !
clal aiplcu brlu ar lo rrvA
Kntorrd u con-ci u ltr Majr
17, t 111 pol oaic. Bl no..-...,
umuoa, uuJer tb Aat ot Jmrcu i.
ltowburtf, Ore., December S3, HftiO,
MKHUY CHRISTMAS.
America'! Christmas is ready.
Uncle Saw's postmen are groaning
under tlie weight ol gifts aud card
or creeling- fur the great day. In
mlllioua or home, presents of a stag
goring total value are bidden from
the prying eyes of children a-lreiuble
with anticipation. On Christmas
worn the presents will aet the child
ren dancing with delight.
That is part of ChrlatniaB on our
aide. But on tbe other:
"A temporarily Irreducible mini-
mum of three and one-half million
children In central and eaatern En
rope are face to face with disaster
and death. Already they are in tni
crlo of winter halt clothed and un
sheltered. Famine and pestilence
bave added their menace to already
existing horror, unless aid Is ren
dered at once there will follow
tragedy so vast as to be unspeak
able." :..
Such is tbe plain, blunt statement
of tbe case by Herbert Hoover, chair
man of tbe European Relief Council
comprising eight organizations band
ed together to save a whole genera
tion of children from Impending
doom. The organizations are: The
American Red Cross, the American
Relief Administration, the American
Friends' Service Committee, the
Knights of Columbus, the Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee, the
Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ In America, the Y. M. C. A.
and the Y. W. C. A.
An American Christmas gift of
three cents to the starving children
will give one child one meal. A gift
of 11 will keep a child for one month.
A gift of $10 will carry a child until
next harvest and will extend the
necessary medical aid. Ten dollars
will literally give a child a Christmas
present of its own life. Ten thou
sand dollars will give life to 1000
children. ' '
"The Relief Council," says Mr.
Hoover, "asks that America receive
the children as invisible guests at
Us Chrllsmas table, to give us money
that we may buy on their behalf
food, clothing and medical help."
America's response Is the answer
to the query:
Shall it be life or death?
STARTING RIGHT.
"Don't waste time on criminals;
see that the child is started right,'
said Dr. A. A. Drill, of New York
in a recent address. At two years,
said Dr. Brill, a child has generally
been given the emotional bias which
determines his charucter and future
conduct. There is a certain exag
geration In these statements. Some
body must, perforce, spend time on
criminals, because they are an ever-
present fact which has to be dealt
with. And a child can be re-tralned
after the age of two. HioukIi It Is In
finitely more difficult than to start
him right In the first place. How
ever, If every child were started right
today, and kept right for ten years,
there wouldn t be any more crlmin
alB. The old ones would die off and
there wouldn't be any new ones.
There is one big fact which is too
often lust sight of. said Dr. Drill
"Criminals are morally Imbecile, un
able to assume the Inhibitions society
Imposes. This is so because most
criminals are In some way physically
or mentally subnormal. The ment
ally deficient, because larking the re
straint of the mentally whole, breed
more rapidly thnn the normal people
who lniist support them and suffer
the result of their being at large .If
sterilization of the feeble-minded
seems still too strong a doctrine for
the average citizen to acct.pt, segre
gation nt least should be Insisted on
No amount of proper food, environ
ment and education can give the
child of feeble-minded parents his
rightful Inheritance of mental abll
Ity. Starting a child right includes
Beelng that no child shnll be born
under such conditions.
CiOl GING THE FARM EH.
The farmer's complaint that he
loses coming and going selling and
buying Is sustained by the report of
the federal trade commission dealing
with implement manufacturers. The
commission says thnt 200 concerns
producing and distributing farm ma
chinery nre in illegal combination to
maintain exorbitant prices.
If the charges are true, here Is 8
"combination In restraint of trade,'
which the Sherman law, however ob
solescent it may be. Is surely compe
tent to dissolve1 The commission
recommends that the department of
Justice bring suit against the Inter
national Harvester company, the
largest of these concerns, which was
lately pronounced a "good trust" and
absolved from punishment for past
sins If there Is such a lack of com
petition ns the commission Indicates.
the little fellows are Just aa guilty
as the big ones. Though not strong
or bold enough lai establish profiteer
ing prices on their own account,
theses self-styl.il "Independents"
snuggle up to the big "trusts" and
take advantage of their profiteering
instead of providing honest and
wholesale competition.
Punishment of whatever guilt ex
ists In this field would not only be an
act of Justice in Itself, hut would be
one of the most effective means of
relieving the farmer's present hard
ships. Machinery Is always a large
item In his expense budget. It Is
especially burdensome now, when he
Is obliged still to pay war prices for
J Thursday and Friday f
9
The. Last Days Before Christmas
ATTEND OUR
Slipper Sale
Rnsnhiira Rnv 1
ts J
TakesAdvance Work
, r4
Complete Stock of Slippers at Reduced Prices, f
.$1.19
$1:45
Ladie3 Felt Slippers, wine, brown, navy
blue, oxford red, etc. Now
Ladies Felt Slippers, Lavender, Purple, -Green.
Now
Ladies Felt Slippers, padded soles, ribbon trimmed,
colors blue, pink, fawn, lavender, lilac, wisterie, old
rose, purple, cerise, green, navy, plum, t i q c
etc. Former price $2.50, now on sale ... V '
CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS.
SPECIALS ON SOX MEN'S SLIPPERS
Roseburg Booterie
i
IRVIN IIRTJNN
SHOES THAT SATISFY AND FIT YOUR FEET. BRING US YOUR REPAIR WORK ANO SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
Perkins ISldg., Itoseburg.
CORVALLI3, Dec. 23. Raymond
E. McCormack. son of Mr.- and Mrs.
A. C. McCormack, of Roseburg, reg
istered for advance work in the farm
management department of the
school of agriculture at the opening
of the college in September. Mr.
McCormack completed the two yean
of preparatory work requirea tor a
15 i major by tbe school last June. He is
J I a member of the farm management
J club. Junior class, and agricultural
4 club.
Mr. McCormack is the only stu
dent from Douglas county taking
advance work in farm management.
The courses given in the department
deal with the organization, equip
ment, and operation of the farm as a
business enterprise. Upon completion
of the course of study as outlined by
the department the student should
have a practical and scientific knowl
edge of tbe problems that a farmer
is likely to meet with and have to
solve In the operation of a farm. The
student that completes the course
should be able to take charge of a
farm and organize It Into a smooth
running, efficient, organized unit
from which maximum returns may be
obtained. The other fields that are
open to the farm management Btu
dent are county agent work, exten
sion specialists, farm appraisers, In
structional and investigational work.
Mr. McCormack is the only Junior
and Sam W. Armstrong Is the only
senior student of the twelve enrolled
In the school from Douglas county.
Two out of the twelve are taking vo
cational work, and eight are regis
tered for a four years course In ag
riculture.. One special and one vo
cational student from the county are
being sent here for training by the
federal rehabilitation board. The
total number of ex-soldiers that are
taking agriculture number 154. Of
this number 16 are taking a regular
four years courses of study, S3 are
taking special work, and 105 are tak
ing a one year vocational course in
agriculture.
s
machinery while he gets the lowest
peace prices for what he himself has
to sell.
INCREASED PRODUCTION-.
A conspicuous example of Increased
efficiency on the part of labor Is re
ported by the National Cash Register
company. Its production Is greater
than it was 10 mouths ago, though
Its working force is 10 per cent less.
A similar statement was made re
cently by the Ford Motor company.
Manufacturers In nearly every line
say that some Increase of efficiency
is noticeable among their employes,
including both wage workers and
salary workers. This Is the most
hopeful feature of the present busi
ness situation. There is no dodging
the fact that most Americans have
been loafing on the Job Blnce the ar
mistice. Manual workers may have
been loafing more than brain work
ers, though that Is not at all cer
tain. Nearly everybody slackened
his pace a little. Relaxation was In
the air. People let their minds turn
from work to play. After the strain
of war, they were interested in hav
ing a good time. Perhaps the good
time and the ease and dissipation
were coming to them. At any rate,
they have had their fling. The play
time is over, and people are taking
up their work Berlously ngaln, as
unemployment appears and there Is
competition for Jobs once more, and
wages and salaries threaten to fall.
Pay will shrink Inevitably where
production is not increased. Work
men who will not or cannot accom
plish more must see their wages fall
with falling prices. Dut no fair
minded employer wants to cut wages
If he can help it. Workmen who can.
and will, speed up their work may
make It possible to maintain war
time wages after war-time prices
have fallen, and thus win for them
selves unparalleled prosperity. This
Is not only the best way for them,
but the best way for the nation as a
whole. In increased production per
man lies the possibility of better
times than this country has ever
known.
Fishermen Come
To United States
ST. JOHNS. N. P. Dec. 23 Sev
eral thousand fishermen bave left
Newfoundland owing to the com
parltlve failure of the colony's fish
eries this year and the low prices re
ceived for the product. They have
gone chiefly to Canada and the Uni
ted States.
The total catch of herring on the
season which ended In the middle
of last winter was only about half
the average of previous years, be
cause of the renewed competition of
the Scotch, Dutcn and other foreign
markets due to the return of peace
conditions, the value was greatly re
duced. The early spring fishing for
cod off the south coast and the seal
flBhery off the east coast were fail
ures. The main cod fishery around tbe
coast of the Inland of Labrador, re
sulted In an estimated catch of 1,
300.0110 quintals (112 lbs. each) as
against 1,700.000 for last year. The
price dropped from $12 to $10 per
quintal for Newfoundland fish .nd
from $10 to $8 for Labrador Cod.
The decline In the price of cod oil
lobsters, salmon nnd other subsid
iary products hns been so great that
the fishermen will not receive more
thnn hnlf the amount which they re-
"Unknown Warrior1
Is Honored
LONDON. Dec. 23 Scores of very
touching Instances have been witnes
sed at the tomb of Britain's "Un
known warrior," In Westminster
Abbey, as long lines of men, women
and children have passed the black
marble slab covering the grave, for
several days since the burial there
of the unidentified soldier.
The fact that no one knows the
name of the man who lies beneath
the slab leads many to offer tributes
in the hope that perhaps the body
Is that of a ml. sing son. The mother
of one of the thousand of unknown
warriors, any one of which might be
reposing in Westmolnster Abbey, laid
three war medals, the Mon Star,
the Vlvtory Medal, and the British
War Medal on the grave as she pass
ed In the line. They had been award
cd to her only son who was wound-
celved last year.
Another factor tending to emlgra
(Ion, is the Iron mines, the forces of
which have been reduced by half
Although the pulp and paper mills
are making an exceptionally large
cut of wood, they cannot absorb al
the men seeking work from them this
winter.
The courts will not be able to act
efficaciously to check crime until tbe
public forswears the hnblt of soft
hearted Intervention In behalf of the
guilty, declares an exchange. In sup
port of Us belief the paper cites the
case of a woman held to the grand
Jury on a charge of murder In the
first degree. The Judge was ap
proached by certnin well-meaning but
misguided citizens and asked to re
duce the charge to manslaughter and
release the woman on ball. This
sort of thing is no uncommon occur
rence in the history of crime. Flow
ers are sent to murderers. Thugs
and their women associates are
treated as heroes and heroines. A
public opinion Is started Into action
with which the most cold-blooded ad
herent of the law would find It diffi
cult to compete, and more frequently
than not. punishment that Is well de
served In all the severity which the
sentence cnulo impose Is set aside for
lesser penalty or evaded alto
gether. Newspapers are often scored
for trying rases In advance of the
appearance of the guilty parties In
court, and this should be avoided as
prejudicial to the Interests of dispas
sionate Justice. Rut far more per
nicious are the operations of the "sob
squad," who Inject unreasoning sen
timentality Into regions where law
and Justice should obtain.
Your Friends
Don'l Forget Them!
And don't forget that useful
gifts, such as Neckwear,
Sox, Shirts. Caps, Hats, in
fact, wearing apparel of any
kind, make the best gifts.
Though three-fourths of the popu-1
atlon die of hunger and cold." says .
Trotzky. "the remainder will survive 1
o carry through to victory the world
revolution." There's true greatness
for you! Trotzky s going to save
Russia If it takes the last Russian.
The only persons who seem to take
seriously the demand for Increased
production are those that don't pro
duce anything.
New assortment of
Silk Shirts
Duds For Men
Don't Forget Yourself!
A new Hart Schaffner & Marx suit
will make Byou look better and feel
better.
uauv iu 1 1 c- v V ai ITlCejj
A DOWNWARD REVISION that is in keeping ,
present Day Market and m many instances amounts
former price, q j All garments have been repriced tocoZ
to this downward revision. We invite you to come in
our revised prices before you make your purchases.
Timely
Christmas
Suggestions
Those BLANKETS at the REDUCED Prices
mare a gin worm While
Heavy weight all cotton d onble sheet blankets. Lowest prices for first .,,,
$3,50 $3.98 $4.98 $5.25
$6.90; $7.90; $8.90 and $ll.50
au wool i ur, sue. $12 50 and $14.75
Don't overlook . good warn, cnfortQg; $4.98; $5.50 and $5
new qualities at lowest price.
$1.98 $2.69
Wooknap In bast grades
House and Bedroom SUppsrs for ladles and gentlemen,
Green." none better
A visit to our Toy Department will reduce your Xmae bill, our prices are so low. Drunu. Tor Pt
Ah- Rifles, Itolls, everything for Santa's pack. Our line of beautiful !lox Pap, , kUu1I(LlT'
your supply before It la all gone.
See our display of ladles Handkerchiefs. Plain and Initial.
Union Made Overalls and Jump
$179
Work Shirts 9gc
ed three times and was later report
ed nilssinsr.
A soldier's modest offering of
flowers, bore, bearing the Inscription
'In loving memory of my two pals,
and all other pals."
The Epitaph placed on the slab
reads: "For King and Country:
Greater Ixive Hath No Man than
This."
I
AROUND THE TOWN
!
Child Welfare
Work Important
How far the states have officially
recoitnlied tbe Importance of child
welfare work is brought out by the
annual report of the Children's Bu
reau of the U. S. Department of Ua
bor. At the present time 35 states
have created child hygiene or child
welfare organizations. Before organi
zed effort for such divisions was car
ried on as a part of the Children's
year campaign, only 8 states had
such divisions.
The state of New Jersey has ap
proprlated 1150.000 a year for Its
Child Hygiene Division. This Is the
largest budget so far adopted by any
state, but some bureaus with only
meagre appropriations, through the
cooperation of medical, public health
have been able to carry out far reach
ing plans of health work.
The Federal Children's bureau
works In an advisory way to these
state organizations., and has ren
dered direct assistance In the devel
opment and administration of their
work. Having contact with all the
state divisions, It has been In a po
sition to pass along new and effect
ive methods adopted by any of the
bureaus.
To assist private organizations en
gaged In child welfare work, the
Children's Bureau has begun a se
ries of practical bulletins on office
and other problems of private or
ganizations. A large Dart of the field
of child hygiene Is covered by these
Although Yellow Newtowns and
ea efficiency will mean greater ser
vice to the children of the country
as well as a saving-of effort and of
money on tne part of the public,
which supports the field of work.
Leave for Portland
Adam Beyers and wifo
Portland this morning
Christmas with relatives.
Ijeaves for Albany
O. C. Jacobson left this
for Albany to visit with
over the Christmas season.
went to
to spend
morning
relatives.
SUverton for Christmas
S. E. Enloe and family left this
morning for SUverton, where they
will anend the Christmas holidays
with relatives.
From Myrtle Creek
I. a. Weaver and wife of Myrtle
creek spent the day In Roseburg vis
iting and attending to business mat
tera.
On Vacation-
Misses Tais Laughlin and Crlstie
Meek, teachers employed in the lo
cal schools, left this morning, the
former for Eugene and the latter for
Corvallla.
Portland for Holidays
Mrs. D. H. Laird and children left
this morning for Portland to spend
the holidays.
Teachers Leave
Ruth Corev. Bessie Manning and
Helen Moore, teachers In the local
schools, left this morning for Eugene
to remain over Christmas.
U'llt VUI. SMlhKnb-
Mrs. L. 8. Taylor and children left
this morning for Corvallls. he1re
she has two brothers with whom she
will visit over the holidays.
SffVESSlVE REARING POSSIBLE
Although Yellow Newton, anil lha
Spltzenbergs seem to hear on alter
nate years, eroper fertilization with
tillage. Irrlgittlon and pruning, pro
duced three successive crops In the
orchards used In farmer O. A C
co-operative trials. Continuation of
these favorable conditions may bring
these varieties Into the annual bear
ing class, the college horticulturists
hope.
For carpenter, cabinet and repair
work see N. J. Hyde, lit Esst Com
mercial Ave. Both In and out of
town work solicited.
Jay Carter and wife, of Marsn
field are spending the Christmas sea
son here with relatives, iney wer
former residents of this city.
A large number of the teachers of
the local schools left Isst nigni
this morning for their respective
homes to spend the Christmas holidays.
Tlll PH, IT,
Mrs. E. M. Renfro. vera mowhuu-
obler, George Norman and R. J- Nor
man, all of Tiller, spent the day In
Roseburg shopping and visiting wun
friends.
I KmnfmrMl Hi
Pre d Hruhv. formerly employed as
telegraph operator at the local train
dispatchers' office, is working here
again for a few days. He has been
employed In the Portland office but
was transferred to Rosesburg ourins
the great rush of traffle during the
holiday season. Ha will return to
Portland for Christmas.
From t;lendale
Attorney 0. 8. Brown, ol flue
spent the day In Rotebtril
after business alfain.
5
(Wlecc Man In City
H. C. Seymour, ol tbe Or i
ricultural colleze ipentu'
RoseburK conferring vltl oc
club leader, A. E. SlrMt In nni
the plana of the Industrial iru:
farmer's week.
0
The International 8uuhiKS'
with a membership of tboKISi
ter of a million women, will W
Its sliver Jubilee tSe cooijf
was in 1896 that the lorietyns
organized by Mm. Cyntiii
Aldcn.
TOOTH
ABCESSL
BY DR. NERBAS
DENTIST .
An Abscess " "
by an Inferttoo of
root end of U
This happen! aher U
tooth beconw to
ed. F-nd the I"
now by coruoltinj
Dentist Wslusf"1
debating th "
remit In mors
trouble.
Phont
Jr"tT
TYPFWKltW
j on mr.au-
K-Stf-'TLs