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ROSE BURG LEATHER DAILY THJPERATl!E Highest yesterday S lowest last Bight d vv to' la Which is Included The Evening New and The Roseburg Review 53, OF KOSEBI R G REVIEW. .isjv. No. ROSEIURO, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1031. VOL. X No. 10, OF THE EVENING NEWS. REVIEW JU TAXPAYERS AND TIMBER OWNERS WILL PAY ALMOST HALF COUNTY BOND ISSUE 0 Survey'v 'ssment Rolls Shows That Timber and City Property, t Larger Part of Tax Burden U throughout the county at teD' Vi-'V.h. orooosed lssu- Farmers to" . ''oximateiy une-inird. tTf II 100.000 bonds tor ine It It building and Improving P08. .I.,, e.mntv. Undoubt- this time the program for LJA expenditure is well L and the plan under t the county court la to work is t j, Remind of all of those who F ,. niuiRiire at the I tote opu" KntyTas been divided Into KtVr of districts and the major t 'Lnt. Each road will re- t , pro-rata share of the nionoy (b A certain aiuuum i w n motel, thd jy commission's funds. Un- these funus are " L. hiehwav stops. Sufficient Lr ll made available to complete Coast road by way of Camas Val fud to open the highway down Infer to Reedsport. In addition hit number of other projects are Id tor. Together with the mar froatl money, and the regular Vtenance fund, sufficient money f oe placed io the hands of the t to Improve every road In Doug gountv. In every voting precinct iouglai county Is posted a lir.t of froids to be Improved and the lontt to be spent on each. In the tt the bond issue carries, and the Ion ho is not fully informed Id obtain this Information. Eiere it practically only one Br ent being advanced against the issue, nd that is where Is the v coming from?" There Is no who ii fully advised on the road ilinns In Douglas county or the ledlate need for Improvement will maintain that the bond j it not needed. After the ex- nce of the past winter, and with prospects of another winter much tbead, nearly everyone real- that the roads must be taken of and taken care of at once. abort time there was some ition to the bonds on the ods that they were not needed, this opposition has died out en tirely and practically everyone ad mits the absolute necessity of money for road Improvements. To answer this question It Is prob ably the best thing to inquire who will pay the bonds. A careful study of the assessment rolls shows that the farmers will pay a trifle over one-third of the entire amount. The timber owners, city merchants, and city residents will pay almost one half of the entire amount of the issue. The railroad, Pullman com pany, telephone companies and other public service corporations and public utilities will pay approximate ly 20 per cent. The farmers' share of the $1, 100,000 Is approximately 1401.500. plus the Interest which will accrue. The fact that the farmer has no money this year, and possibly very little next year, has little effect upon the ultimate payment of the bond issue. No payment Is to be made on the bonds for the first five years, and by the time the first payment be comes due conditions will doubtless have adjusted themselves to a nor mal basis, which will bring about a lower tax rate and a better market for produce. Within that time also a road will have been built connect ing to the coast so that the farmer may receive the benefit of the wate and rail competition. Since the for mer bond Issue was authorized the valuation of the counly has In creased over $6.000-.000. and die prospects are that the valuation of the county will Increase a great deal more during the next few years With improved roads, connection with the coasband the Improvement? which are bound to follow, better highways, there Is absolutely no doubt that the valuation of the coun ty will be materially higher by the time the first money becomes due. and consequently the greater distri bution of the tax will bring about a much lower cost to the present tax payers. To show directly the amount of money which Is to be paid by the farmers, city property owners, tim ber holders, corporations, etc., the Baseball Season Starts Tomorrow Tomorrow marks the opening of the baseball season of the Twilight league. At promptly 2 o'clock every business bouse in the city will close Its doors. The Douglas county concert band will then cut loose with a volume of Jazzy music and the "race is on." The preliminary game will be staged by the fat and lean Elks. Umpire Hilton has doubled his Insurance and made all arrangements with Ritter for the obsequies. In fact nothing has been left un- done. The proceeds of the game will go to the Salvation Army. and fur that reason everyone should attend. When zero hour rolls around tomorrow at 2 o'clock the city's business will stop and King Baseball will start his reign. Taxation Amounts To $40 Per Person (By United Press). WASIIINUTON, May 11. A pres ent taxation call for the average contribution of $40 each 5 ear from each of the 105,000,000 persons in the United Stutes Ib estimated by the house ways and means coinmltteo. As outlined to the United Press, the proposed tariff bill will raise 1600. 000,000. The revenue bill to be considered Inter will levy a total of it least 13, 500, 000,000. Shipping Board May Call Troops (By Associated Press). SAN FRANCISCO, May II. The ihipping board will ask- that federal troops vfike charge of the situation if here is further rioting in the strike f the ship crews here, II. H. Kbey, district director of operations for he board, said today. following tables are given: Statement from the summaries of the assessment rolls of Douglas IT far thA vesir 1(19(1 n. o.niullTori hv the hnnrd of equalization: in of timber' lands 664.613, at $12.93 8 "Mlf im and citv lm 2.503,205 orements on town and city lots 2'oa'n (ring roads and rolling stock niboats, and manufacturing machinery 52? "wl! hhandiae and stock in trade i?His key. notes and accounts ' I,,.w, or stock : 2?H;" and office furniture 119.235 Total $15,852,790 Assessment of Property of lubllc Service Comiianles. road companies W"-J'" ping car companies Her, gas and electric companies Erew companies rraph companies rfiuirc i-uinimnies - - n k line companies 15,272.40 Total 24.800.14 108.257.54 98,019.20 , .f 6,935,041.28 Grand total AwuMuimeiitM nf Farm lrolerty. &f tillable land, 745,613, at 112.93 and mules & and goats Ir.e k Jrovements on deeded or patented lands , .$21,787,837.28 . ,t 9.643.349.16 307.505.00 643.550.00 606.935.00 62.430.00 13.950.00 965.555.0(1 Yemenis on deeded or patented lanos m, irovenients on lands not deeded or patented -Ts'S-is'im tons, etc o,. Total $12,380,609.16 trand total .$34.168.446 44 hnge Ordered In Fee System r rhange In the fee system con " lth the sheriff s office, will rtOftfect the 25th of this month, j ag been authorized by tho last hli deputies were paid a flat aal oy the county and the officers J paired to pay their own tra p's expenses within the county. Pi rring rir pap.r8 an(! ,u p. " rtalnlng to suits between par l ,k w"r charged and collected I- wiirers. covering the ex- Ralph Summerville Dies in Chicago Germany Accepts Reparations Terms By CARL D. GROAT 4 (United Press Stuff Correspondent) BERLIN. May, 11. Uermany finally yielded to the allies. With a cabinet thosen on pur- poae to accept the allied ultl- malum, Chancellor Wlrth today sent to London. Paris and Home a note agreeing tncondltlonally to all of the demands made by the allies. The notes were handed to the allied ambassa- dors here also. BERLIN. May 11. (A. P.) Germany's new cabinet began 0 the preparation - of a formal note to the entente accepting 0 the allied reparations terms. The allied demands In brief were the payment by June 1st of one billion gold marks due May 1st; the trial of German officers and soldiers accused of O war crimes; complete dlsarma- ment, and the ultimate pay- ment of $33,750,000,000 rep- aratlons. V. H. Bat Med. 4 WASHINGTON, May 11 4 (A. P.) Administration offl- ciala expressed satisfaction to- 0 day over the decision of the German government in accept- log the allies' reparation terms. With the Indemnities question out of the way marked relief was shown and It was Indicated 4 that the state department ex- pects to proceed more rapidly t with the consideration of the numerous problems connected with the development of Its foreign policy along the general lines of Insistence upon equal opportunity and the recognition of American rights throughout 4 the world. Government eco- nomlsts professed to see In Ger- ninny's decision a promise of an economic revival that would cause happy reaction through- out tlie world. Political Boss Riddled With Bullets 4 (By United Press.) CHICAGO. May 11. Tony D'Andrea, democratic political boss of the "Bloody 19th" ward, was riddled with bullets in front of his home early to- day. The assassins were con- cealed In a vacant apartment on the first floor of the build- lug occupied by D'Andrea and his family. They fired eight shots at Little Italy's chieftain as he alighted from a taxicab. Seven of- the bullets entered his body. D'Andrea Is In the hospital mortally wounded. D'Andrea's wife, Lena, always 4 fearful for her husband's life, rushed Into the street In her night garments. "Lena, I'm dying, dear," gasped tiro poll- ticlan. "They got me." Tribute Paid to Pelton's Memory The following tribute to the mem- iry of the late J. E. I'elton, who lassed away in this city last Sutur- lay, Is contained In the last issue of 'The Appeal," the Salvation Army publication, printed in the Interest f the home service fund: "Mr. J. E. I'elton, of Roseburg, lassed away in that cily Saturday, Vlav 7th. following an operation. Mr. Pelton was taken sick on Monday while engaged in the Salvation Army lome service fund campaign, and peritonitis developed. He was an ac- ve member of our committee at Roseburg and was a sincere friend of he Army at all times, ever lending lis aid to help in the plans of the organization. We are saddened by the loss of our rrienn Mr. reiton. ne ias alwavs stood prominently for those things which bettered his Btate ind his community. He was a loyal etiH-n and has actively served he head of many charitable endeav- -irs. As a meniDer oi uiu wiurr ui Elks he was prominently Identineo is chairman of the relief commit tee. We wish to extend our sym- nathy to his relatives and many riends. We snare your sorrow in ho ln nf a citizen like J. E. I'elton He will be missed. It cannot but be l satisfaction and consolation iu h.. ho left hehlnd that Bro. Pelton ii.. o. he lived working for others .nd thinking of others. And. to this Senate to Vote on Tariff Bill By L. C. MARTIN (United Vrens Ktaff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON, May 11. rne senate will Tote on the emergency tariff bill under an agreement reached last week. The voting be ns at 3 p. m. Indications are that the measure will pass. It has already passed the house and will go to a conference as soon as the senate dis poses of It. Governors Will Go To Washington (By United . DENVER, May 11. A committee composed of Governors Campbell of Arizona, Boyle of Nevada, Mabey of Utah, Hart of Washington, and Davis of Idaho, leaves for Washington to morrow to ak Harding's co-operation In legislation necessary to the agreement to the use of the waters of the Colorado river by the several states. The executives of the various states are in session here today. Foreign Trade Shows a Decrease (Bv AftnoclateA WASHINGTON. May 11. The na tion's foreign trade continued to fall off in April, the department of com merce figures showed. The exports were $340,000,000, compared with $387,000,000 the month berore, and $648,000,000 In April, 1920. The Imports were $241,000,000 bolow April, 1920. David Hill to be New Ambassador fRv United Press). WASHINGTON. May 11. David Jayne Hill was tentatively selected as ambassador to Japan, according to authoritative Information. Strong opposition Is arising to Harding's selection of Jacob Gould schurman as minister to China. Cop' May Be Train Robber PORTLAND, May 11. Federal officers arrested H. R. Levinson, mo torcycle policeman, on a charge of robbing a Kansas mall train of two sacks of registered mail In October, 1911. It is alleged that Levlnson's real name Is William Kerfoot, for mer clerk on the Leavenworth-Mll-tonville run. He was under grand Jury indictment In Kansas but Jumped his bond. The federals claim to have obtained a confession. Fighting Stops Result Conference rnv Annrtated Press). LONDON. May 11. A Warsaw dlsnatch says negotiations between the Inter-allled commission In upper Silesia and Adabelt Korfanty, Polish in...raA..t l.,ii,lr resulted in the SI1S- ur brother gone we shall not say , of hostilities last night. The s a t nJ nlnht ' altMin 1111 I r . . eood-oye out remn s.i d the Insurgents wouia oc- until the night is gone until the I (ne ne of demarcation agreed norning breaks, good night, eoou-;u)on and renialn , t(M ,tipulated night." JAMLS COX DAVIS Tininh Summerville. brother of Mrs. W. II. Fisher, of this city, died nt his home in Chit-ago Sunday, ac cording to a message received yes terday by Mrs. Fisher, nr. mmlllg had been 111 for a gres many months and his condition crit leal fnr a lone time. Mrs. I-Ishw wa called east the first of th year when the deceased underwen an operation, antt remaineu wnu u iimiher fnr nver two months whll k. . ho.nitnl His condition i "Hirers, covering me ex- 11 . t incurred. Under the new law I Improved, however, and "h- ;;""''1 P' required that officers turn overcome In Marvh. He suff-rd a re M these fees ,n the county t re..- lap- a few days ago and died on the fir-t of ,he month and It Is 'Sunday. He leaves a wife and two J-o-Bt upon the county court to children. r -" oi in expenses of the orfl P ' sertn( paper, nd e.rr.ing u "' of the office. LVr F A. Stew.rl ... ..11.4 . im. , . w,cnurcn at s ocioc,. .. Edward Markham. world famous poet and holar, will deliver his lecture. "Glints of Gravity and o.letv" fonirht at the Methodist church at o'clock. Mr. Markham positions pending the settlement of the upper Slleslan question. The Industrial territory largely overrun by the Poles would therefore remain under Polish occupancy. . o Rev. Manning Is Tenth Bishop nv Aeor-lete4 Press). NKW VOItK. May 11. Iter. Dr William T. Manning was consecratei tndav the tenth Bishop of th Irotestant Episcopal Diocese of New York, amid imposing ceremonies. French Troops Using Artillery rrtv Aorlated Pre) OPPKI.N. Upper Silesia. May 11. The French troops are engaged in a ' 1 artillery duel with the Insurgen , r.. nu.e f Iowa is the new I'nles near Grosehowltx. about s . . ..n.rf. nnolnt. miles south of this city, yesterday director ".. '- "" . p,pd wlth , nld d by Pr.i.en, n.,n, - f of woun(J Judge John Barton rsyr I ;d rrench were brought here, of his sppolntmtnt Mr. Divla was gsn- " ' o eral counsel for ths railroad admlnia- tivron nid" II. prominent resident tratien. Ms was formerly solicitor j. nini . spending several days of the Chicago 4 Northwestern rail- , ,be city attending to business mat road. '" I tera. . OREGON CROP FORECAST BRIGHT; WHEAT ESTIMATED AT OVER 17,260,000 BUSHELS Summary Prepared by Government Agents Shows Conditions in Oregon Good Fruit Crop Will be Heavy Small Decreases In Some Products Reported. Conferees Agree Immigration Bill (Bv t'nlted Press). WASHINGTON. May 11. Con ferees agreed on the emergency im migration bill. It limits iminlgra-4"f (By Assorlated Press). PORTLAND, Or.. May 11. A crop of 16.020.000 bushels of winter wheat In Oregon in 1921 is forecast ed by F. L. Kent, agricultural stat istician of the V. 8. bureau of crop estimates. Tills forecast Is-based en an estlmated,area remaining for har vest of 712.000 acres and a May 1 condition of 99 per cent. The win ter damage to the crop was less than one per cent and spring mois ture conditions have been very satis factory over a greater part of the wheat producing area of the state. The 1920 Oregon winter wheat crop was finally estimated at 17,660,000 bushels, produced on 791,000 acres. For the United Slates as a whole the abandonment of wheat acreage sown In the fall of 1920, was much less than nsuul, being estimated at 4.6 per cent ns compared wlh 11.9 per cent lust year and a ten year nverage of about 11.0 per cent. Ow ing to the low abandonment figure the total winter wheat crop of the United States Is now estimated at about 8.000.000 bushels more than the April 1 estimate; that is, 62V 87.000 bushels. Hay There seems to bo a slight decrease In the total hay acreago of the state as compared with a year ago -but condition of the hay fields and meadows on May 1, 1921. was estimated at 99.0 per cent of normal, compared with 93.0 a year ago. Con siderable new acreage was seeded to alfalfa last year but a considerable area of oil fields have been plowed up and seeded to other crops which will later be resown to alfalfa. The high price prevailing for hay dur ing recent years, prior to thin year, have caused growers to hold on to run down alfalfa fields longer than would ordinarily be considered good farming practice. Present hay crop condition Indicates a state produc tion of about 2.025,000 tons of tame hay and 240, Out) tons of wild hay. The per ceut of last year's hay crop remaining on farms on May 1, 1921, Is estimated at 12.0 per cent, com pared with 5.0 per cent In 1920, with 5.0 per rent In 1919, and 8.0 per cent In 1918. Spring Plowing and Seeding The acreage finished is considerably below the usual in the western part of the state. In most counties of the eastern part of the state this work Is about at the usual stage. Ordinarily It Is possible to do con siderable plowing In the western por tion of the slate during the mouths Juiftiary and February. This opinion exists with reference to the condition of the fruit crop of the state. It Is known that there was considerable damage to early frulta such as peaches and apricots, from (reeling, in some sections, while oth er sections suffered no Injury. Just what effect the continued rainy wea ther of the lutter part ot April and early May has had on pollentsatioa Is yet to be determined. In some parts of the state apples are lust n iw In full bloom and the amount of fruit that will be set Is yet to be determined. Advices from our Washington, D. C, office statt that the "territory In which fruit has been severely damaged by freezes has Increased In size and now embraces portions of the central belt of the United States ns far west as the Rocky mountains. The severe frost of April 24 and 2r probably caused almost a complete failure of cherries, apricots and peaches in the southern counties of Idaho and damaged peaches consid erably In Utah. The berry crop escaped serious Injury." . Political "Nut" Goes on Trial Hon for the next ten months to three per cent of the nationals or any country resident In the United States under the 1910 census. I ne nouse conferees agreed to tho elimination of an exemption In favor of religious refugees. Labor Leader Gets A Warm Reception (By t'nlted Press). NEW YORK. May 11. J. H- Thomas, British labor leader, ran into a warm reception when he land ed here today on the Olympic. A great crowd of Irish-American laDor Ites were at the dock flying banners ith inscriptions, "Judas hanged hlmseir, what is Thomas going to do?" aud "Thomas betrayed the British miners." season there was practli-slly no early spring plowing done before the lat ter part of March. This condition hns throwA practically all of the spring work forward, with the re- suit that the normul amount has not been accomplished at this date. In Hie eastern portion of the state the conditions have been very favorable for spring plowing and seeding, ex cept In the counties of Union and Wnliowa, where the work has been delayed by more than the usual amount of rainfall. In the principal wheal growing districts the summer fallow plowing Is well along. In fact, has beeni finished on ninny farms. Fruit Considerable dlfferenc of (ny United Press). CHICAGO. May 11. Everett Harding, the self-styled "cousin" of President Harding, was scheduled to be appointed assistant secretary to ine cntei executive, his attorney claimed when Everett went on trial today charged with impersonating a government officer. "The papers ar ranging for the appointment wera stolen from Everett's home after he was arrested," Henry Sell f man, his attorney, told Judge Landls in tha federal court. Selfmau filed a de murrer to the Indictment... - DR. WILBUR F. CRAFTS : Sheriff Starmer Starts New System Sheriff Sam Starmer has evolved a new system for the return of the election boxes following the special election In June, whereby the county will probably save considerable mon ey. Heretofore the deputy sheriff appointed In each election precinct took charge ot the ballot box and brought It to this city, collecting wages and expenses. Under the new plan Ihe deputies from the distant prorlncts will bring in the boxes from all tho voting places along their route. The Reedsport deputy will bring the ballot boxes from Usrdln er. Loon take, Scottsburg, Elkton, Kellogg and communities on in to Roseburg. The Tiller deputy will bring the boxes from the precincts along the South Umpqua. The same plan will be followed over the entire county and Instead of 69 deputies, each bringing In a box and collecting wages and expenses, twelve or fifteen will be all that will be needed, re sulting In the saving of quite a sum of money. Douglas County' 's Quota For Salvation Army Is Noiv Only HalJ Subscribed Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, tuprlnUnd Whn Ihn World War wan raxlim finrcely on the but I lf fiVldn of i France tho Salvation Army offlcfr jwre Riving aid, rHhf and encoiir flK. mi'nt to the during unldl' ra In th front linn trenches and In No Man's Land. An Atnrlran colonel encoun tering a HulvHtion Army lanMit who was administering to a thounand ; wound- d In thp thlr kt nt of a deadly offensive of nhraimel and marhln gun Mrp, ordnd her tark In-hind ;the Itm-s. This llttlp RaWatlnn las sin, trim Ann rlran and loyal patriot that shn was, iwndliiKly ripll'd. "Colcm I. I' t m st.ir. I can dl with thn boys, t ut I cannot l'aTi thfin.' Such npirlt of s'lf sarrlflrn. typical of th great organlratlon shn rprp wnted, has placed tho S.ih at Ion Army at th high plnnarl of admir ation and rnrpfv-t that Is akin tn thlnge h'art-nly. Ann such ttrtt rr nt of tha tnumat.onal raform bureau. " " in- wrmrn i. ...., ' upon thn hnsrts of a gratnfnl h'- ho sorted to halt n.a campaign w,, wh,rn now will not d rt a fsdsral met, en pieturs censorship , tnR FBiT11,lon Armr n, , ,,i aw en the promise of the motion pic- 'jqunrelv behind the organisation and lure producers to eliminate all Ine its neds. . nrae.ee. ulacioua and dearsdina mat. t A campaign Is now on In f-ouglar Urs in thslr production county to raise funds to assist the . Salvation Army In carrying on Its work. The lime has psssed for tha heroic display of sacrifice and brav ery on the battle field. No longer Is It necessary for the brave lassie to minister to the dying and wound ed soldiers on the battle field, but today Is going forward a work Just us Important, Just as hard and of as much good for humanity. V'tinlng mi-n burk from the depths of wreck ed lives, ministering to the poor and needy, carrying relief Into striken homes; all this Is a work, wltho-it parsde ami without glory, hut It la necessary and Important work htrh no organization can do as we't as the Halvatlon Army. Hut to do this task the army needs money. Oregon hss been ask ed, not to do her bit, but her best, snd the best Is none too good for the Salvation Army. Douglas eon tty hss raised not quite half of It quota snd workers In the field are striving hard tn put the county over the top. It Is the aim of County Chainran ltl,-e to complete the drive by May I 4 and asks that the help and co up, rat Ion of all Don I as county lt Itens be given that the county may not fail. Unhi .. t7 th llineaa u native Oregonlan. born ai ure- 014 Um - 'con City.