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s TODAY'S CIRCUUTO 4100 v M DOUGLAS COUNTY )a An Independent newspaper published for th best Intereete of the people. NO. 241, OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW. ROSEBURO, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1922. VOL. XI, NO. 138, OF THE EVENING NEWS, g f. T..-Hav. fair. I -Ta .r v L 1 X L Consolidation of Hie wnlnB Kt ana " r i . i I s4 DRILL ARRIVES TO TART PROSPECTING IN THE FLOURNOY VALLEY FIELD l Drill to Be Set Up in Looking Glass Valley Expected in the Near Future Actual Drilling to Start About the First of the Year. krrlval of a standard oil drill- fully equipped Ir prnptn:i suspected oil fields of Flour 1 Looking Class Valleys', Is proof that the long rumored ities me aisinci ru - tely. . Equipment lor me field arrivea at uiiiaru nnH s bein trucked to the ,ok properties where drilling t about the first or me year. icveral yi" efforts nave tn Interest oil companies !fiM Positive Indications of L been found there and the Jot the land have pooled their Sand have been working for period of time to get drills to prospect the depths to reservoir of oil which is to exist, lists of national repute have laminations and have reported (vnrably. Many engineers joked over the ground and Jed reports and at last the lary work has brought results, several months It has been (that one of the leading oil lea of the country had become d and was making a careful lation of the land. J. h m representing the company. r got in touch with the owners riourney property, and signed irlth them and agreed to bring .Into the field. Although all on pointed to action this urn era of the., property de yi jive out any Information !H kecame definitely assured rt would be started, nmpany which Mr. Davidson li, had a drill at Myrtle tad he wan sucensful In get itransferred to the Flournov III it is now being trucked In I be set up at once. He states pcond drill to prospect the I Glass Valley field will arrive ft week. A third drill Is ex- in the near future and will Jted in some other favorable fcroperty In the Plournoy Val pwned hy The Ixlngton In- pi company. J. k. CMntneV t (Ins and J. H. Mnrsters. The 1 represented have nonled profs and 2,800 acres are Piea in the holdings. This f the biggest enterprises nn and if successful will ln- sne value of the land thou- F umes. ncorpratlona are now In the of formation, one covering moy field and the other the I Glass Field. In looking je drill will be located op ne Voorhels prooertv and the leers in that viclnltv have also " interests, while leases M signed up on other proper- b., . . . . n winch is now here Is a o outfit, canable of drilling to OM.000 feet. It Is a tested "ed rig and win be ODerated dont.ls ,hfl .ih,,. f'n. The lumber for the der Mine room. boiler house, etc. F ofered and Is heln ar Tine mill. Thp rfrin ,iu hr -... reany ror 0p- S-vl' I" that the t oir ,hn.,M be tapped at a pi that with mod ik ..... fa'h this depth in about could not stop the gas flow, making further work Impossible. The hole was .filled and the drill removed. During the short time tbat the boring was under way, however, It was definitely proven that all of the. Indications of a large oil deposit are present. Since that time the property owners have been working for fur ther development and on several oc casions have signed papers and re ceived promises but until the present time there has been no action. Be cause of past failures the owners made no statements regarding the proceedings until the drill arrived but now they are confident that the long hoped for prospecting Is about to be gin and they are looking forward with great Interest to the time when actual work will start. The entire county will be greatly interested In this activity as the strik ing of oil will mean the immediate investment of millions of dollars In Douglas County and a rapid develop ment will follow which will greatly In crease the value of land and stimulate business and Industry. The success of this venture wl'l mean further development of the oil field which it is believed covers a large area In the county. The same formation has beeu traced for a num ber of miles, and, In fact, it is be lieved that the drill working between Sutherlin and Oakland is In the same field. Those who have made an In vestigation are confident that oil is present and Indications are that It will be tn paying quantities. IANE COUNTY LAWYERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS GREEK PRISONERS TO BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL ASTORIA BUSINESS By United Pi-ms.) ATHENS. Dec. 11. Unless the elections interfere, all of the politl cat prisoners, charged witn re sponsibility of the Greek dehacl will be brought to trl Colouel Plastlras, chairman, of tbi revolu tionary committee declares. NEWSPAPER EDITOR IS ACQUITTED OF CHARGE (By Associated Praa.Y DTJRANGO, Colo., Dec. 1. Road S. Day, editor oftho Durango Dem ocrat was today acquitted on the charge of the murder of William L. Wood, city editor of the Dur ango Herald last April. The verdict was reached after a deliberation of 30 hours and thirteen hallots. NO TRACE IS FOUND OF MISSING AVIATORS (United Press,) has been found today of Colonel F. P. Marshall and T .1i.it ton on t n I. Weber, missing army aviators, who iisappearea 't nursaay enroute by air plane from San Diego to Tucson. MOTHER OF CONVICTED MURDERER ASKS MERCY (United Press.) LOS AN'fiF.i.rcs ro 1 1 At Lillle M. Burger, mother of Harry S. new, wno claims to De tne son of ex-Senator New of Indiana, convicted three years ago of murder today ask ed commutation. LANDIS REFUSES TO RE INSTATE "BUCK" WEAVER (United Press.) CHICAGO. Dec. 11. Judge Lan dls today refused to reinstate "Buck" Weaver, third baseman, blacklisted In connection with the 1919 world series scandal. (United Press.) EUGENE, Dec. 11. The Lane County Bar Association today elect ed L. L. Ray as president and Clyde K. Johnson, district attorney, as vice-president. 'Iev,d tha, , rionrnoT 'lfl,'" ' oil light I ,"""b -ntlon. rh Arm - I,r?P"-'ln for ' lthdrL.Vh' r.01 the to cae ,h(. wp, and COLD WEATHER SNAP HITS WASHINGTON STATE (By Aasoolatad Press.) SPOKANE. Dec. 11. Clear cold weather with snow from a half Inch to two feet deep prevailed over Washington today. The temperature ranged from 13 degrees below here to twelve below at Walla Walla. BelUngham registered 1 1 degrees above with 12 Inches of snow. FARMERS AND LABOR DISCOVER JOINT POWER (Associated Press.) CLEVELAND, Dec. 11. "The farmers and labor have discovered Ihelr Joint power through the pri mary and there is now hope that our political and Industrial future is safer than it ever was before." William H Johnston, international president of the machinists' union declared here today, opening the conference for pro gressive political action over which he presided. Labor, farmer-labor, nonpartisan league, progressives and sociallsi groups attended the conference to plan political action. BRITAIN WILL BUILD TWO CAPITAL SHIPS (United Press.) , LONDON, Dec. 11 Premier Bonar Law announced In the House of Com mons today that Great Britain will build two capital ships. TWO GAN6S OF THUGS STAGE BROADWAY FIGHT (United Press.) NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Two hos tile gangs of thugs fought a gun bat tle early today at 47th Broadway, creating a panic. Scores of shots were exchanged between the gangs racing about the vicinity In automo biles. The police reserves responded to the riot call and the gangsters fled taking their wounded with them. MENWASTENOTIME Making Arrangements Today For Temporary Business Quarters. MANY AIDING STRICKEN Order Is Maintained By Hundred llluejarkets, Kx-Serrlre Men Anil Police Two Well Known Yeggs Arrotted . (United Press.) ASTORIA, Dec. 11. The commit tee of ten, surveying the city to de termine the location of the temporary business section, will report at one o'clock, today. The construction of tne temporary ouuaings to house the homeless business firms will com mence Immediately. The officers of the naval vessels are now here cooperating with the local authorities to protect the city from Incoming crooks. Two well known yeggmen were ar rested Sunday. The .Insurance adjusters today de clared that 50 per cent of the losses would be adjusted within a week. The vision of a city beautiful to replace the one gone up In smoke filled the minds of the men who gathered to plan the recon struction and to avoid a "shuck" town from springing up on Hie ashes. They made provisions for the erection of temporary struc tures outside the burned area under permits Issued bv authority of a committee, which took cha'gn of the entire local situation. . Astoria originally occupied the tide-washed stores of the Colum bia. In recent years a reclamation service was Inaugurated that fill?d in the city and gave It a solid foundation. The undern'nnini; of the past was sustained on account of the fresh watey In tha Colwm bia, making the harbor clear of teredo. Piling has been known to sustain buildings for 65 years In storIa without being renewed. This fact of nature is what kept the citv from using more substan tial building material. , Astoria was established In 1 R1 1 by an expedition sent out bv John Jacob Astor from New York. The British took over the town In 1812 and It was called Fort Oeoi'ge. In 1814 it again came under Ameri can dominance and the name was changed back to Astoria. Until the early forties Astoria was a small trading post. At that time John Shlvely took up a donation la'id claim that is now Shlvelv's ad dition of Astoria and the business part of the city that was laid In waste by the fire. The first white woman resident of Astorli was Nancy Dlckerson Welch, wife of John Andrew Welch. The Welch family moved from Oregon Citv to ABtoria in the spring of 1840 and bought an undivided half In terest In the Shlvely donation Ian i claim. The first custom houso west of 'the Rocky mountains wis established at Astoria. Astoria for the last 50 years has been the heart of the salmon fishing Indus- INTERVENTION Of ENG LAND SAVED HIS LIFE (By United Preas.1 PARIS, Dec. 11. Exiled Trlnce Andrew of Greece credits the in tervention of Great Britain with the saving of his life. Andrew and Princess Anastasla, formerly Mrs. W. B. Leeds, widow of the tinplato king. ONE KIUhTanHNE" INJURED IN ENGINE WRECK 8y TJr'ted Press) BINGHAMTON. N. Y.. Dec. 11. Firemen Ed Storer was killed and Engineer Regan probably fatally Injured when the pnirl nn nnri fol der of the Erie passenger No. V crashed over the bank 40 m!l west of Port Jervis at midnight. No passengers were seriously hurt. ESCAPED GIRLS ARE ARRESTED IN PORTLAND (United Press.) PORTLAND, Dec. 11. Ella Gib son, aged 14 years and Rose Kohardt, Heed 18 Years. Whft with fnnr nth am escaped from the iralninR school at urauu mount, wasmngion eaturaay were arrested here todflv Thnv trav eled hv hnvrnr Tho nth or fmiv uhn escaped were Bald to be on their way 10 auiornia. SEVERE COLD WEATHER EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST (United Press.) PORTLAND, Dec. 11. The local weather bureau (predicts that Hie first cold snap of this winter is due In the Pacific Northwest within the next few days. In From Myrtle Creek J. W. Llchenberger, of Myrtle Creek, was In town tcday, for sev eral hours, looking after business matters. COUNTY COURT RESTRICTS LOADS ON PUBLIC ROADS TO FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS Order Signed Today Will Allow No Loads of Over 5,000 Pounds Including Weight of Truck Will Pro tect Soft Roads From Being Damaged. try of the Pacific coast as well as the early center of the timber In dustry in Oregon. It Is also Onv gon s port of entry, being only 10 miles from the mouth of the Co lumbia river. Heveral Make Donations ASTORIA, Dec. 11. II. A. Bootn highway commissioner of the state has sent a check for $1000 to the relief committee in Astoria, to I, used in relieving the Buttering of the victims of the big fire. Traced Origin of Fire ASTORIA. Dec. 11. (U. P.) Deputy State Fire Marshall Tome- roy today began an inquiry to dis cover the origin. No trace has been found of the underworld woman who reported Friday that sho re ceived a visit from a logger who stated that he set the fire. Order Is Maintained ASTORIA, De. 11. (A. P.) The city's provisional government in charge of a committee of ten aided by the Red Cross, a hundred bluejackets and volunteer ex-service men, was taking care of the re lief work and maintaining orili-r to dny while the business men were planning temporary quarters. TIERNAN'S MARITAL TRIANGLE IS INTERESTING AGAIN mm Aged Resident of Roseburg Dies George Moore, who has resided In Ihls county for the past 15 years. Passed away this morning at the home of his daughter Ml M.iiio Moore at 228 8outh Flint street The oeceased was 15 years of age. and had been 111 for some time. He was born In Denmark, and came to the united States when 21 years of age. The funeral services will he held Wednesday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the Rosebnrg Undertaking Parlors with Rev. W. . flnrrinn nf th f V. Ch-vh officiating. Interment will follow In the Soldiers Home Cemetery. Fred Hamilton, of the Half Moor orchards, is t Chicago looking up pple situation. Mr. Hamilton einects to be at sent from the citv everal weeks. rUli'oicRu'Ji. fn 1111? (tJS Wx 1.7 V: 1 H?A-Pgvntatgiirj - - i in i mm Her Is the latest photograph of Professor- John V. Tiernan, formerly profes-or of law In Notre Dame University. South Bend. Indiana, jrhose marital affairs are Interesting again. Following Tlernan's chsrg that Harry Poulln, a South Bend haberdasher, was the father of Mrs. Tlernan's last baby, he divorced Mrs. Tiernan and immediately married Mrs. Blanche Rash Hrlmmer, of Hanstll, Iowa, his mall order bride. Tho Court that granted the first divorce to Tiernan Immediately arr.ulled It, and Tiernan returned to wife No. 1 and admitted paternity of the chl Id. Mrs. Tiernan No. 2 returned to her homo in Hansen. Her second husband Is shown holding their baby, Mary Catherine Brimmer, now three years old. Verdie Rash Is daughter of Mrs. Tiernan No. 2 by ber first marriage. Tiernan row faces a sanity test. Because of the great damage be ing done by trucks hauling heavy loads over the county roads, the county court has restricted all loads to 6.000 pounds. Including the weight of the truck, and has Instructed the roadraaster and sheriff to see that the order is properly enforced. The county has spent a htige sum In Improving ninny of the roads of the county. Most of these roads have been established on" new grades which In many places are still soft and on which the sur face has not yet had time to be come sufficiently packed. Heavy trucks, if allowed to travel thes roads, would cause damage which would cost the county thousands of dollars to repair In the spring and would cause great losses. It has been estimated that the limit placed will allow tho small trucks to haul loads of about 3 000 pounds, whilo the heavy trucks will be realricted from trans porting the loads which they are now hauling to tho great detriment of the roads. The court at first considered making a schedule nf weights for various zones and allowing heavier loads where the road surfuces are 'n good shape. After careful con sideration of the matter, however, It was found best to adopt a blanket provision, as the other plan would meet a great deal of trouble in en forcement.. , ; . ,?... notices are to be sent rut at once to the truck operators and the order will fo Into Immediate effect having been signed by County Judge Qulne this morning. The order In full Is as follows: WHEREAS, great damage Is- be ing done by persons, firms and corporations, hauling heavy loads of cord wood, saw loirs, lumber. ties, timber, piling, stone, iock gravel, Band or other heavy mer chandise, over and upon certain of the Improved public hlg'iways witnin said county: and WHEREAS, owing to the exces sive amount, of rainfall and erniill t'.ons of the roads It is greatly aamaging said highways and against the Interests of .lunulas county, Oregon, and will Imp- !r. if allowed to continue, said public highways and render them useless anil Impassable; snd WHEREAS, parlies have been notified to cense from conveying ana naming heavy loads wlih wag ons and trucks upon said highways, but have failed and neglected lo obey said order of direction; it is therefore hereby ORDERED by the County Court of Douglas County, Oregon that the maximum weight of each load of cord wood, saw logs, lumber, ties. timber, piling, stone, rock ar.ivnl. sand or other heavy merchandise to be hauled In or upon any vehicle upon any or the roads of Doiielns county, excepting the Pacifl.T High way and the Coos Rhv Hlehwsv. shall bo not more than 5,000 pounds, weight of the vehicle in cluded; and IT 18 HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that no chains on wheels of trucks used for hauling, or any flanged wheel, or spike therein, or corrugated steel tire, shall be used upon said highways during the time that this order is lu effect and this order shall be In effect until revoked by the County court or Douglas County. Oregon: and IT IS H E R E B 1 FURTHER ORDERED that the Roadmaster of Douglas County, Oregon be snd he hereby Is directed to enforce the provision hereof, by having a duly certified copy of this order served upon the person, or persons, firm or corporation so damaging said ir proved highways, by the Bheriff of said county, and Immediately thereafter Bald sheriff shall make his return of Bervlce to the clerk of said court and report all viola tions of SHtd order to this court. Done and dated this 9t!l (lay of December, 1922. COUNTY COURT, of Douglas County By GEORGE K. QUINE, Judgo. WANTS DIAMOND LAKE TO BE INCLUDED IN CRATER LAKE PARK WASHINGTON. Dee. 9. The di rectors of the national park service, In his annual report to Secretary "all, has renewed his recommenda tion that the Diamond Lake region north of the present boundaries of Crater Iike national park he included within It. This has been favored by the Interior department for several years. It Is stated that unless early action Is taken the granting of Mimmer homes to Individuals snd the leasing of sites for small business purposes will Impair the region for ultimate Inclusion, In tie park, where Individ ual concessions are not granted, Sen ator McNary Introduced a bill to an nex the Diamond I,ako area lo the park, but differences i rose between the forest service and the park serv ice, and objection was made by some of the grazing Interests. The director's report notes that I "new era" has arrived at Crater Lake with the acquisition of the hotel con cession by a group of public spirited rltlsens of Oregon, with an 80-room addition under construction which It Is expected will be completed and furnished by the opening of the sea ton of 1924. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE WILL ADJOURN TONIGHT . London, Deo. 11. An adjourn ment of the premiers' conference tonight for eight' -days tn order to avert an open rupture between England and France over the Ger man reparations question has been virtually decided upon. The British cabinet rejected the measures of force for the Ruhr district upon which Premier Bon care Insisted. Prime Minister Bon ar Law Informed Polncare that British public opinion Is over whelmingly opposed to any mili tary measures against Germany. It Is hoped that some r'4orntees may be found to satisfy vne French and make military acMe;, unnecessary. From an authoritative American quarter It was learned that the chief hope of bringing the French and British together lies with the United States. England Is expected to ask the United States if It Is willing to cancel the French debt to the Unit ed States, provided England can cels tho French debt to Great Britain and enters a definite agree ment ultimately to pay the British debt to America. The suggestion may be presented definitely to Sec retary Hughes this week. MEASURE PROPOSES DE CREASE IN FREIGHT RATE (Tty Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, - Dec. 11. A one third reduction 1n the freight rates on agricultural products Was proposed In a bill today by Senator Gooding, Re publican, of Idaho. PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN GIVE $35,000 TO ASTORIA (Bv Associates Press.) PORTLAND, Dec. 11. Portland business men toda) subscribed 135,000 for Astoria relief. They adopted a resolution asking that $50,000 be Portland's contribution. They appoint ed a committee to co-operate with the Astoria committee in carrying on the relief work. LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS SUBJECT TO TWO TRIALS B- Affsnefated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 Convic tion In a slate court for violation of the slate prohibition law Is not a bar lo subsequent prosecution in the I'nlted S'stes court for the same of fense under the Volstead act, the su preme court held today In the case brought by the United Slates In the state of Washington against Pick, Baito and others. o H. Coger, was In from his farm In the rural district today. Mr. Coger transacted business matten during his stay of a few hourj.