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VAUft TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW Issued Dally L'xcept Pundit II. XT. ItllteS L. Wlmberly Bert G. Bote KOHKBIRO. ORE GO V. JINE 1. 1V31. BOND ISSUE A MATTER OF PATRIOTISM. Of all the opposition advanced in reference to the bond issue for improving the public highways of Douglas county, the domi nant feature standing out most prominently against the issue is that time-worn and thread-bare statement poverty. This is the paramount excuse given for checking any further advancement in this county for many years to come in the way of permanent road construction. If it is not good economy to construct and maintain perma nent highways, what does economy mean, anyway? Is it good business judgment to let our roads leading to the main highv ay passing through the county go untouched for from three to five years, and perhaps much longer, in order that condi tions generally might become normal? In what shape will these roads be when every person in the county is willing to sanction their improvement? Is it fair to believe that at the end of five years it will be pos sible to put these worn-out thoroughfares in first-class condition at a lower price than they could be improved today, all things considered their early use, the advantage to the farmer and pub lic generally, and the prestige that will be brought to bear in help ingto build up the county through the method of greatly im proved highways? Is it riot a fact that when the first approach was advanced to pave the main street of Roseburg, some fifteen years ago, that a f.torm of disapproval was voiced by some of the best and most substantial property owners of the city. Great fear was expressed that the city would be thrown into bankruptcy. Many sincere and well-meaning citizens thought the undertaking was entirely too extravagant. They argued that a paved street, less than a miie long, would be a yoke around the taxpayers' neck that would eventually throttle every vintage of prosperity in the community and wrench many homes from the wage-earner. What was the result? After a heated campaign the project was successfully caif ied and the first paved street in Roseburg soon became a fact and gen uine asset. By this patriotic move on the part of its citizens this community has grown from a mere country village to a beautiful city of almost five thousand people, and included among its most highly prized assets is approximately sixteen miles of paved streets and progressive citizens demanding further paving throughout the residence district at this date. Ask the property owners who live on and have paid for these paved streets if they would return to the days when the streets of Roseburg were nothing more or less than a common roadway. We venture the assertion that not a single person wh'o has been served by the modern improvement would reject it .at twice the cost. The above instance is chronicled merely as a matter of com parison and to demonstrate this one fact: that there is always opposition by well-meaning and substantial citizens to every pro gressive movement. However, the opposition to the bond issue for. improving the roads of Douglas county will result in practically the same manner ns applied t this city. When the bond issue goes "over the top" next Tuesday there will probably be many persons who fear fu ture results. But when our roads are put in first class condition, easy access is given the farmer to bring his produce to market. the value of all land holdings advanced by a thorough and syste matic method of permanent and well built highways, much pride and satisfaction will be expressed, not only by those now endeav oring to do greater things for Douglas county, but by the opposi tion as well. The matter of issuing bonds to improve the highways of this county has practically resolved itself into a question of patrioji If you think the county is going to the bad on the verge ot "backing up" in all matters of progress then it is your duty to vote against the issue. On the contrary, if you are an optimist have the sincerrst faith and utmost confidence in the future of this big county and its thousands of prosperous home-builders, fearing not what the future may bring forth, but dealing with the presont, you have a like duty to perform that of supporting any meas ure or undertaking that has for its purpose the betterment of the people of this county as a whole. Several articles have been received at this office dealing with the local bond issue for good road i. Some against the issue, others supporting the measure. In each instance the writer elects to keep in the background, choosing an assumed cognomen. Tins khv that "every tub should stand on its own bottom, and unless contributors wish to assume direct responsibility for their utterances in reference to this important question incy should refrain from expressing an opinion. It is an imposition on the public to deal with the bond issue no mater what your opinion may be hidden behind a fictitious name. This is a mat ter that should be discussed openly, it is too important 10 tuix...,,. to camouflage. - o Keep your eye on the bonus bill for ex-service men when you go to the polls next Tuesday. The number to be voted is Mi yes. Hit her good and hard for the Doys. uougias county is k'b roll up a bijr majority for the measure. The sentiment is unani mously in favor of the bill and every voter should be proud of hav ing an opportunity to cast his ballot on this very important issue. HON. BINGER HERMANN GIVES UNQUALIFIED SUPPORT TO PENDING ROAD BOND ISSUE Pioneer Resident of Douglas County States His Reason W hy All People of the County Should Vote For Bonds at June 7 Election. THK CHILDREN OF BROKEN HOMES. Perfect Symmetry Lends Right Nnt Of Dignified Hospitality to the H4 TO II, I (Bv HON. BINGER HERMANN) I paid on farm values than on other The pending bond measure Is one classes of property In our county, as Some radicals and innovators in these times regard marriage as out of date as an institution, or at least that marriage ties should be made quite light and easy to annul. When you tell them that such a plan sets adrift a lot of children without parental care they reply that if such children can not be provided with a satis- factory home by either parent, they can be equally or better cared for in some institution. Some of them argue that in a home the children get too much attention, which makes them nervous and selfish, while in a good institution they learn discipline and have to adjust themselves to the good of the whole. Yet few people feel happy to see their own little ones thus cast adrift There is something about parental care that is unique and the machine like routine of an institution does not take its place. The institution may preach its sermons and enforce its rules on its herd of youngsters. But they have missed the father anJ mother love that is the greatest power for holding young folks straight that is found in this life. Multitudes of people would have gone bad when tcmptafTon came, if the thought hnd not come to them that the fathers and mothers that loved them and had cared for them, would be grieved if they went astray. The moral maxims and rules of conduct hapf'cd out by an institution furnish no such incentive. So when a home is broken up by a light view of marriage, an irreparable loss is caused the children. Even if the little ones havr a good mother, they lack the tonic inspiration of a father's example. People who contemplate breaking up their homes for triflint and frivolous reasons, and casting their offspring otT on some school or other agency, should reflect on the pitiful loneli ness of tl.c j cungsters thus set aside, and the irreparable loss caused Ly tl.a lack of parental guidance and inspiration. i of the most important to the county bat has ever been presented to tne people. No subject comes so close to every household as tnal or tne common roadway, ine more im proved It Is the more It can servo the commercial and the personal conve niences of inhabitant and traveler, and the more it enhances the ma terial value of the premises it affects. To the producer, the nearest, quick est and cheapest approach to tne market place is a vital consideration. The lesser the cost of transportation he greater the profit on what he pro duces. Everybody must concede that farm and factory values increase with good roads. Lven a poor farm on a good road Is more valuable than Rood farm on a bad road, larin buyers avoid poor roads everywhere. This being true, what earthly reason can induce any property holder on adjacent to roadways to oppose their improvement. All over the world It Is the poorest nation, history tells us, and the most ignorant people, who have the poorest roads. The Indian trail and the Turk's trackless waste Illustrate this. and among them, churches, schools and modern conveniences are unknown. Everywhere an industrious and pro- sressive people have three primal ob jects. They are production, transpor tation, and market place. Taxation. In the bond measure is taxation a question? Is It claimed to become a burden? If so, be undeceived. First, it provides for long time pay ments, maturing in fifteen years, with six per cent interest per annum, and redeemable one-tenth annually from the fifth year, on a principal obliga tion of one million one hundred tho usand dollars, for the construction and building of "5 permanent roads n our county. These are all named,! '.vith the terminals for each. Second: The State Highway com mission Is to meet the two items oi 20ft,000 and $185.00 with like sums to complete the highway to the Coos -ountv line, and for the bridges, over head rrosstnrn and right-of-way, res pectively, through the county on the Pacific highway, and to such an ex tent our taxpayers will be relieved, on such completed Improvements. Should the bond measure fail a like offer may never again be proposed. Also remember that aside from the 35 maris named the rounty takes care of the others from the market road, and the regular malntalnance funds, pro vided hy law, and those will be ex hausted. Third: It Is fair to assume that long before the final maturity of th- bond payments. Interest and all. property values adjacent to the pro posed highways will have become so greatly enhanced, even before a dot lar is due from the taxpayer, as largely to return a revenue many timoa greater than that at present paid, and requiring a greatly less than present levy, instead, therefore, of Increased tax burden, the bond proposal will create a future relief In ,'ower taxation from greatly increased property valuation. No present tax In crease on bond principal Is required County property values have at ready increased over six million dol lars since our last bond issue, al though not all of tht ha; yr! hirn expended. Yet it stimulates such a hlchway endeavor that much work was accomplished, and the Increased countv expenditure:, therefore, ab sorbed the favorable balance, which the subsequent levy would have 'hown. Hut the county Is gainer by a largely extended road property, and vet the present tax levy Is less than that In eight of the largest populated counties of the state, while twenty others pay a higher per capita tax than ours. The bond obligation. If paid now on our levy of about a thirty mill sx ould be a cost less proportionately on a five thousand dollar farm than would alone pay for the annual pre servation and replacement of the tires for an automobile, which a good smooth road would protect. Let Farm Tax. the records now show, farm proper ties are assessed for 12,3H0,609, while all other properties in the county exceed $21,787,837. it will thus be seen, that those most ben efitted by county roads, bear the least burden. The proposed roadways are impar tially selected, and some of them ex tend Into remotely populated sections of the county. The highways of Douglas county have proven more difficult and costly in construction than in any other county in the state, the Pacific high way alone thus far through the county having cost about, or more than $5,000,000. With this great highway paved and bridged through our county and now- soon to be complete, the lateral roads will have improved access to all the market places. Willingly and united ly, therefore, should all our people generously wolcome this glad day And more so should they realize that all of the 35 roads now proposed for improvement must bo cared for soon otherwise one or more rainy Beasons will require great cost to reclaim them, and strain the utmost resources of our county to remedy the waste. Other Than Money Values. Hut Is there nothing beyond money values to be considered? Is there no thought or pride in reaching tho outer world ourselves and inviting the en trance of the people of other states into our midst? Thousands of tour ists are now crowding into Oregon and many will seek the side roads, and bring buyers and revenues to us One such way Is that of the coast route to California from Roseburg through Coos and Curry counties Aside from the commercial traffic and travel, there will be a pleasant and easy Journey for visitors to the sea shore and for restful camping fa cilities. Such hlchway Is more than county or state. It is Interstate, and -ven California is hulldinft up along me coast to meet us at. the Oregon line. A further long desired aim ha' been for a continuous roadwav to ou seaport and towns on the lower river This is with others specially promised Dy our county authorities, for the earliest consideration should the bond Issue succeed. Douglas countv is noted for Its large proportion of (automobile owned by our own people. Tho seir satisfaction of personal enlovment In their use among neighborhoods and distant communities over safe and smooth hlrhwava should be of Itself a Pleasurable contemplation. The expenditure of one million, one hundred thwinnd dollars in our county reaching all classes and enter ing our own markets and providing labor for the unemployed would be an event of rare good fortune, and if mrcnanee there should come to us. in the present readjustment of world ariairs a lean year fo Interrupt our 1-Mwpernv. nouhly welcome would surh a fortune be. A brlgptenine nroc-wM.! tAa.. for increased home transportation Is ine m-eseni assurance from eon cress 'ne departments and rallwav svstems of a near reduction In railway freight r,p, oeiween market points from which must follow Increased demand snd better prices for home products. And now to defeat the nreaont eref,iy framed bond measure with means for the well being Ml AO MV sin i HI By Job A short time ago, In the field of In terior decoration there came a re action against the antique. The modernists said that new life was needed, creative originality In the place of copying old models, bright colors In the place of the accus tomed grays and sunds. And so we bad oddly constructed couches. quaint chairs designed for spectacu lar effect rather than comfort, cushions of orange and black and purple and ull such things as pro clniU'ed a breaking away from adoration of the old artists. This movement had various ef fects. Some households felt (t not at ull, while some became a riot of vivid colors and "urt nouveau" decoration. The wisest home makers took what was good in the new art for such uses as were ap propriate and clung to the antique pieces for purposes best fitted .to that type of furniture. Purple cushions and odd wicker l lounges, lamp shades in green and crange, black and white rugs all these are perhaps attractive for the summer porch. They may even serve to express the individuality of the debutante In her own room. But the hull is a place which Introduces tho house to one's guests and Its furniture, to be successful, must have something of the qualities of the ideal host It must have dignity irlxtd with a delicate suggestion of cultivated taste, comfort and beauty without a too emphatic insistence on the luxurious. Antique furniture seems to he able to carry out this purpose bet ter than most types of Interior dec oration. Though everyone may not be able to afford the often ridicu lous prices asked for genuine an tiques, the humblest housewife may borrow useful suggestions from such balls as tbe one sketched above. It Is taken from a reproduc tion of Uie hall of , Kngiisu Ik Ureal Moment," , dJ author and Ulorta Sw uietry to product in 4w Pie dignified comfort " 1,e tltry ,t the back k . rectly 11,1,,,, 9 (nrvml i-iii.u .i " w statuette h & enter U backed by. n,,' and on an.-h .,1.1. .wfwa , ' men Inn. and two smaller buoki rcl monotony, tl perfect tnaw partly broken b, the dij' the dexlftt nl !.. n, . chairs on each ude of tkewl and balancing tbe Bun oil n lllir on th wall - ... ... V clock oa the other. Tie putM oak will forms in ideal taxp for 'he elaborate desicai 4 & tapestry, the rug, the chiin ui 04 two vases. it Tba agaia, not bow much lest I out t to mud. all that "or whole peonle wilt he .! amity beyond regret and beyond re ran, ano we might well despair "unit ... -., uinm my purine measure imanclal aid through popu lar approval. o imenaing Investors and home- 1, vTj nre- ",lch "''Pot would be a bid for them to "mpve on." Nor could we credit tho,e who oppose and et claim to be g1Kid road supporters s we compare them to those In the ivil war as Na. by told us. "who are for the war. but agin its prose entlon our frienl, opposing us are for good roads, but perhaps against the means for successfully building them, with ,11 drference for such "pin'"n- ' hone, however, that M this time they will waive their ob jection, rot with u and keep us Alll ika a...i ' AKOUXD THE TOWN : Derailment Causes Delay A nUrllmnnl IllUt the Other 8id6 of Junction City this mornlny caused! train No. 63 to be three nours laie in coming to the local yards. From Coos Bay Henry Smith, well known resident of tho Coos Buy country, is spending a few days In the city attending to business matters. In From D.llard Miss Ruth Miller spent the morn ing in this city, from her home in Dillard, spending several hours shop ping and visiting with friends. To California Miss Lauris Giles recently left for Southern California, where she will remain until her health permits her return. Peel Visitor Harry C. Boyle, prominent resident ot the Teel section, spent the morning in the city attending to various busi ness matters. Here On Business T!. c. Barclay, p'or.i!n'-nt resident f ruenc. is spending several days in this city attending to important business matters. ondli!on Improved T.erov Howard, who has been crltl- ally 111 for the past week Is again -in the road to recovery. It is now hnped that he will be able to be about again real soon. Passing Through Col. J. C. Kay and wife, and Col and Mrs. Mnrgunrt of Los Angeles passed through this citv this mornimr enroute to Portland, where they will enjoy an extended vacation. D rr Creek Visitors Mr. nrd Mrs. D. R. Terrill. of Cen tral Point, are spending several days n this citr attending to important business matters. They are register ed at the Umpqua hotel. Heinline Recital Tonight The punils of the Heinline Conser vatory will be presented In a recital this evening, at the Methodist church, at 8:00 o'clock. These series of re citals are an annual event, and much looked forward to by all music lovers. Speed Bug Fined Jim Logan, well known resident of Irants Pass, also having many close friends In this city, was recently fined In the Salem courts for speed ing. The fine imposed upon Mr. Lo gan was the nominal sum of $25, this being his first offense. Riverside Residence Sold Mr. and Mrs. Edward Whlston of Kansas purchased the George Inks residence in Riverside addition. Mr. ind Mrs. Whiston with their two grown sons will occupy the home onn. Mr. Inks will return to his for- ner home In Ornnts Pass. The deal I was mnrt0 throuth J. V. Tollman, local real estate agent. Vill Have Pie Social There will be a pie social and en- enainment at the Clengary school house, on Monday evening, June . at, ':00 p. m.. for the purpose of raising 'nnds to be used in standardirlng the1 scnooi. id pupils of the Olengary cchool.bavs prepared a good program! consisting of two short plays, mono logues 4 and songs. Everyone Is re quested to bring a pie or come pre pared to buy. No admission will be charged. Here From Myrtle Point , .Geo. W. Bryant, of Myrtle Point is spending several days in this cltjj at- ters. Embroidery Club Meets The Roseburg Embroidery Club met this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Miller, on Flint street, with a large number of ladies present to en Joy the delightful affair. Tbe after noon was spent with sewing and mu sic, aftor which a delightful luncheon was served by the hostess. Missionary Society Meets The regular monthly business meet ing of the Women's Missionary So ciety of the M. E. church, south, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs. C. E. Thomas, on 911 South Iiain. Follow ing the business session a missionary program will be rendered, closing with the usual Bible study. Tbe pres ence, of all members and friends is requested. In From Peel r . u. uvema. M iptt jwt u&y in mis city utniitf matters. Left For Portlanl F. M. Conn, of Portlud, rb k, been visiting n Xrtra ra b brother, Nery Com, Wi kl nr. tor his some in roniul ' Leave For Vicitiei- The Boy Scouti toiaimai. In machines, for that to) em Rock Creek, to spend ttl ihu Joying the outdoor lilt Ttt meat was taken op a rati m beautiful camp ti not s sUm rrofessor Miller a It tSimi'11 boys, and an Inslracim pmcin boen planned for ties. Enjoying Auto Trip Minn Gertrude Hlldeom. her father and mother, xY al si James Hlldebura ire oothfiw .un km York City. Hint" Winslow, Aril, Uut they m a a delightful trip. They n their copy of the Nen-Jnw warded to tiem ud lUtt are enjoying tbe home ie" trip, the paper hirtW " reculsrly. Are You Up-To-Date? Do yon load It at the muxxle When yon want a shot er two? Do yon wind It with a watch-key Like your father used to do? How'd yon like to hop a horse-tar Llko you did long years ago? Don't an auto beat an ox-cart? Well, I rather reckon so. . Do you argue' Umt an hour-glass Beats a Waltham all to smash? Do you use the same old system Keepln' books and countln1 cash, 1 Do you trim a goose quill nrally- When you want the Ink to Don't you think there's been IniproTroKSt In the List decade or so? Tell us, are you advertising In the same old foolish way That your grand-dad did beforeyo" And persist, "It doesnf P7 Think the whole world know. Cu" It hasn't charged la y. Wouldn't the pathos of such logic Drive a billy g"a to Just a card to all yon cre for? Hidden, l.nc.m. and nnrr-o, IJke the sign upon the t-H..b.W. Telling folk, that yon are Wake P.dttke;lCke. drive. Bunch your hit. and make a on " ' . ,!,.,,, your copy- Bun P' n1 thKnf ' , Advertise and keep alive. It Pays to Advertise The Roseburg News-Re
