Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1923)
o hi'- ii VTHER ADVERTISING FITS THE NEEDS OF EVERY BUSINESS THAT NEEDS CUSTOMERS TO DO BUSINES8 WITH. L N.ght ' A SltunW McStZxtL e,.olld.tl.n ef Th. Evnlnd N.w. .nd Ih. Roa.burg R.vl.w. DQUGL AS COUNTY An Indeptndent Nawtpapar, Publlthtd for tha Btst Intsrsst of tha Psopla. ROSEBURO, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923. VOL. XI, NO. 240, OF THE EVENING NEWS. EIEW jus rT"s the F NEWS, io. 20. OF THE r nLuuuui ttr 1.. Vaf)An Io Accomplish 1 to Credit r IS UNCERTAIN iational Questions ithout Solutions bmmittees Are functioning. Vll.d Press.) fOS. liec. 21 Congrews p weeks' vacation today k. .....nf.l hehin.l and an L.. all.-Ill I Iqueniial bill has passed lot a single measure baa larinn the 'ir:,t ,nree bouse. p weeks after Coolidgo s important Items liave rand the house ways and hee is planning to begin ii reduction. Tlio orl- ts expecteu io du forefcn relations com plin) to make on the iDosal. W-e.ht rnles. nothing k and the senate luter L ctmtnittee is still un- I. been done ou the lmmt- Irving in the house and ibmus question. kibitlon bills are pend- prospecis oi oemg 1st Naval Bate. (D.N. Dec. 21. Protests ".4lnicda naval base It naval lands bill were ktor Kins "' I'tah. and Curry of California. Irized the proposal to 'naval base at Alameda br an extravagant ex-1 t urged the retention of is ai .nare isianu. Maney Nominated (OX, Dec. 21 Senators! Kgtm and I nderwood of ! urced the president the nominations of ininson an nipmhprd nf laid. The VM TImian the withdrawal did not fan that the nomination m llanev would not be Charges Denied Deo. 21. (A. Pi er Tsrhitcherin today chares by Secretary 1 plot in the United declared if documents i that the Soviet gov fcnpted to influence the p'k. rs Party they are for Md Russia would like to lestion of their authouti ption. pRGSATURDAY has announced his In tuit a visit to Koseburg Itordine t0 a statement J the office of the News Mitn Stark of the Salva ge ewicn received this jn Santa himself, who I to arrive about 2:30 p. Id to s"e every boy and rg sometime during the I be on the streets of t of the afiernoon, bo ill have ample time to terful distributor of gifts ) requested to accompany to s.-e Santa, if the ot ron:e themselves, so nd girl in Koseburg onf.d-ntia talk with the M. and make known " him It is expected n he a rood many lifts ") by the young folks. '"I ask Santa to supply. ' "'" '" hp can to give "'"fry Christmas. - A . J'lNti OKVICK I S' rvlre U . .,. ' l""siructinK 'btM.ding for the use of Htrh.T at elide. The luring the win- " m","r nd ,n lll uwd by the control tne (re i'Z"- rWn PH k,J P""lbl" h he-n nv ' rarric fllf.rer are '"in held for ffSEfSEROUiS Inrrnnn Hilt. .uRKHABBQR (Associated Press.) NEW YOKK. Dec. 21. The levia than, the queen ship of the American merchant marine. Inbound today, was grounded on RoblnB Reef, In the New York harbor. A call was made for all available tuga. The ship was ground ed after passlug quarantine on the way to dock. ' Tuga Unable To Tow It. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (A. P.) The Leviathan, the largest passenger ship in the world. Is aground in upper New York bay off Robbins Reef. The posillo nof the ship is not dangerous. It is expected to float at high tide to nisht. which occurs at 8 o'clock. The vessel passed the quarantine and pro ceeding up the bay In a heavy fog when the accident occurred. The bottom k muddy and it is not believ ed the Bhlp is damaged. The vessel has many Christmas passengers. Eight tugs were unable to pull the vessel off. o Tl (Ry Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Dec. 21. William Wurzweiler, mayor of Prinevllle, and president of the Bankof Prinevilleand prominent for many years as a stock man and financier in eastern Oregon, died here early today after 36 hours of illness with heart trouble. Hi T A fine program :s expected at the Antleis Theatre tonight, when the Heiuline Music Studio presents its kindergarten and dramatic art stu dents In a Christmas frolic. ' This Is to be something really new and uni que in this city and lovers of good en tertainment will receive a real treat. Pagants, songs, readings, dances, and many other Interesting features have been arranged, and will be pre sented by the tiny folks and the Htu dents of dramatic art. Mrs. Y'oung's orchestra will also furnish a number of selections. Immediately following the frolic a fine picture program will be pre sented, there being only one showing of the film. The program will start promptly at 7:30 In order that the children may be presented before they become tired and sleepy. E The OhrlBtmas holidays are bring ing many of the college Btudents home to spend the vacation with their parents and friends. There is an exceedingly large number of Roseburg Btudents attending college this year and all are taking active parts In the affairs of the school. The O'egon Agricultural college haB the greater number attending, there being 42 reglBtered In the various courses this Tear. Those students returning home for 'he Christina holidays from O. A. C. are: Rot Patrick. Conrad Bovl. who are seniors: Harrr n.llff. Myr tle Dallf, r.enrge Spatir, and Jean nette Rico, who are juniors; Clifford Fields. Maurice Newland, Burton Hutton. Dorothy Orcutt. Dorothy Eddy, LaVerne Hawn. Chester Mor "n. Vera McMlilln. Virgil Sexton. I'azel Palff. who are sophomores: Marian Needham, Verne Reymeri. inland Schwarti. Dale Smith. Verna Johnson. Ijeo BeckleT. Esther Nich ols. Constance HendrlckBon, I.es'le "ntnor. Iinold Balff. Howard Pyle. Donald Helliwell, Hugh Whlppl". Adelbert Younr. who are freshmen. From the Unlversltv of Oregon are: Teka Haynes. who is a son "r; Oeors-e Brndliurn. Phil Perch, Florence Slnnott and Fred I.oe wood who are freshmen. From Willamette are: Luclen Cobb. Jimes McCllntock. Ethel Marks, I.llMe Chrlstopherson. and Icedore Mathews, all of whom are freshmen. ltM.I:ll AT TU.lJ.lt Forest Ranger Hurh Rlttr, who has been located at the Wolf Creek ranger .station, has gone to Tiller in help with Improvement work being done there. Mr. Flitter made the 'rip to Tiller over the forest trail. t.ouls S. Jones who Is a re-ddert or Riddle Is In Rosebnrg and will sren 1 a few days here attending to bn.-l-ness Interests. OFFICERS FINDPUBLEACCIDENT STILL Raid on Mining Claim of Frank Reynolds Uncovers Moonshine Plant REYNOLDS IS MISSING Officers Fail to Locate Man Believed to Be Owner of Still Reynolds Has Served 60 Days. A copper wash boiler still with two coils, and about 130 gallons of prune, wheat and corn mash, were found yesterday 6y officers Hopkins, Loar, Uranham and Hodges, near the min ing claim of Frank Reynolds on Reals Creek. Reynolds, who the deputy sheriffs claim Is the owner of the still, eluded the officers, when they went to arrest him foiling the dis covery of the still, and has not yet been found. Reynolds served 60 days in jail last year for nioonshinliig and paid a tine of $500. The officers reached Reynold's claim yesterday noon, after tramping overland for more than six miles. They cut across country from Canyon ville. so that no warning, could be sent by telephone . When they reached the place they found Reynolds near the cabin pick ing up bark for fire wood. They pro duced a search warrant to which he made no objection and went through the house on the mining claim. The officers then left Reynolds there while they proceeded to search the land surrounding the place. Across the creek, a short distance away, they found a still constructed from a copper wash boiler. One coll of iron pipe lay nearby, apparently having been in use at some past date and then discarded in favor of a copper coil which waa found connected to the still. A quantity of wood and bark at the location proclaimed the fact that the owner was prepaiing to run off another batch of liquor. Two fifty gallon barrels and a 20-gallon keg fil led with prune mash, and two five gallon cans rilled with wheat and corn mash were found nearby. The mash had fermented lo the point where it was ready tor distilling. Taking the still and sanipleB of the mush, the olficers wrecked the bar rels and destroyed cither parts of the moonshine plant, and then went back to Reynolds' house to place him' un der arrest. It was found there that he had disappeared and could not be lo cated. The officers remained at the cabin until allium dark, and then re turned to Canyonvillc. Deputy Sher iff Hodges, and Deputy Game War den Loar returnid to Roseburg late last night with the still, and Deputy Sheriff Hopkins came In this morn ing from his home at Canyonville, Deputy Branham, going back to Olendale ttfter the raid. What action will be taken against Reynolds, If any, has not been deter mined. Reynolds was arreated In Oc tober 1S22, and served 60 days In the county jail and paid a f "00 fine, when arrested on a moonshlning charge. He is a crippled man. having only one arm and has b-en operating a mining claim on BealB Creek. As there iB no road to his claim, the of ficers had a hard trip over the nar row trail. T (R Associated Press.) ATLANTA, Ga., Ic. 21, Hundreds of persons were In the corridors of the court building today awaiting the verdict in the case of Philip S. Fox. former Ku Kluz Klan editor, charged with the murder of William S. Cobnru Klan attorney. The rase went to the Jury late last night, but It Is under stood the deliberations were not started until early today. Ml 111 WIFE (Br Associated Press ) 'NEW YORK. Dec. 21 ErneBt Vet ter and wire, Marie, were convicted todav of first degree manslaughter for the killing of Alonno . Storey, a for mer suitor of Mis. Vetur. 1 AT LONG BEACH. CAL. (t'nlted Press) I.ONO BEACH, IVc. 21. One sail or is dead and sfxteen peisons Injur ed aa the result bt a double accident last night when roller coaster on "The I'ike" waa wrecked and an ain bulaifce. hurrying the Injured to the hospital, struck an automobile. T. Belllot, a sailor of the dreadnuught California, was killed when he at tempted to leap from one fast moving coaster to another. lo FE E (United Press MEXICO CITY. Dec. 21. With the Important victories of the federal forces at San Marcos and I'uebln con firmed and General Cardenas cavalry pushing towards tluadulajara, Obre gon expressed confidence of the gov ernment's success and a speedy vic tory by refusing the offer of the farmers and workers seeking to en list. Volunteers Organize. VERA CRUZ. Dec. 2i. The Huerta press bureau reported minor successes at Tepic. The bureau says the volunteers are organizing for a march on Mexico City. Military Situation Quiet. VERA CRUZ. Dec. 21. (A. r.) General Sanchei, chief military sup porter of De La Huerta, is reported to have gone to Eaperonza, In the fight ing zone to confer with tho other rebel leaders on the plan for end.ng the rebellion. The military situation is quiet. POIPJCAFIE TD USE (t'nlti'd l'ress. PARIS. Dec. 21. Premier Polncare aftur a technical defeat of the govern ment In an adverse vote in the cham ber Thursday, determined to use steam-toller methods to force his do mestic program through. He will not resign. A mollification of the propos ed Btibsidy of government employ will be offered Saturday. CiSTIS GIFTS Small boxes of Uinpu.ua Valley dried and packed prunes, have been proving very popular gifts this Christmas. A great many people have been sending the boxes of prunis to friends, and it is found that the fruit makes a very desirable gift. The Umpqua Hotel has been encouruglug this practice and has been resKin sible for the sending out of Beveral hundred pounds of prunes. One hun dred and forty-five pounds or choice prunes, in 10 and 25-pound boxes were sent out this week to Iouis Ad ler of New York City, who 1b sending them out to friends there. Mr. Adler paid this section a visit a short time ago, and became o delighted with the Oregon prunes that he is giving many boxes to his friends. o SELL iT 25 CENTS According to Information re- reived from Ralston Bridges, of the J. T. Bridges company of sV Oakland, Oregon, that concern, s) one of the largest turkey ship- perB In the state, shipped a car- ioad, consisting of 34.00 pounds to Seattle and pBld the growers 25 cents a pound for the latrds. s Mr. Bridges declares that many of these birds w-re purchased at time when birds were being purchased In Roseburg for 21 s s cents. Since shipping out the s carload the Oakland firm has sV shipped 400 turkey north and paid the growers 25 cents per 4t pound. The Bridges shipments 4 this aeasoon total 65.000 pounds. ! Many growers are claiming I that "propaganda" was spread ) by the buyers thus ehokina; j drwn the. market price and that : the nrlre of 20 and 21 rents 4 I 4- was not Justified. - 1 DEIS SGOU TAXPAYERS I Reports Show That League Has Had Very Suc cessful Year. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED D. R. Busenbark Is Chosen President for Second Term Report Shows Good Accomplished. The meeting of the Douglas Coun ty Taxpayers league held yesterduy afternoon at tho court house, was a most successful event, and the mem bers of the organization were well pleased with the attendance and the results of the meeting. This was the annual session of the league, aud taxpayers from every part of the county were present. Nearly every community was well represented, and considerable Interest was showorln the various matters presented for dlscusslou. President I). R. Busenbark sub mitted bis annual report, showing that the business of the league hus been conducted In a thorough and ef ficient manner and that mach real good has been accomullshed. Two membership meetings were held during the year, meetings of di rectors were held regularly each month, with the directors taking much interest and giving a great deal of time to the work of the or ganization. Committee meeting ol the various stnndlng committees were held form timo to time, and the regular business attended to. The report shows lhat the league. Is op erating In a conservative manner and at the same time Is accomplishing a good work In the way of guard ing tho expenditure of tax funds. Each of the committees made ver bal reports, showing that they have been each functioning during the year. Probably the most Imporiant report was made by the current ex pense committee, which meets the first Wednesday of each month and checks up all county expenditures. C. L. Chenoweth. chairman of thlf committee, stated that tbe bills as presented to, and paid by the county court, are In much better Bhape than In previous years, and that Iho gen eral policy of the county court in paying hills shows a marked tin prnvsment. The committee has In sisted upon each bill being Itemized. If goods are purchased at a pound rate, it Is Insisted that the number or pounds bought and the price per pound be shown on The bill, ho thnl any person going over the claims paid by the county court can deter mine exactly how and why the mone) was spent, and wbat was received. Through the efforts of the committee the bills are romlnc In In a very sat isfactory manner, .Mr. Chenoweth stated. The pnld membership of the lea gue Ih about f00. It was reported and a growth during the coming year Is predicted. Practlrally every man present yesterday signed up ns a member, and the directors will plan for an active membership cam paign to Btart early next year. The nominating committee com posed of B. W. Strong. J. V. Barker and R. C. Brown, presented Its tick et and those placed In nomination by the commi'tee were unanimously elected. The new officers are, D It. Busenbark. president; C. L. Chen oweth, S. D. Evans and O. V. Wlm berly, vice presidents; II. O. Par get,, r. secretary and treasurer; I). It Busenbark. C. L. Chenoweth, A. A Thli I, 8. D. Kvnus. Charles !,. Heck ley, Arthur Marsh. O V. Wlmberly. J. A. Fenn, and TV. E. Cllngcnpeel. directors. A rurrent expense committee com posed of S. I). Evans, A. A. Thbd slid C. I.. Chenoweth, was elected. The other committees will be ap pointed by the dlrcutors at the first meeting to be held on January 2. The directors reported that they had decided upon the appointment of the tax supervision eommlsslon to In quire Into the county budget, to make no recommendations or to do nothing to Inriuence the court or commission In any way In preparing the budget or expenditures. This ac tion was approved and It was sug-gesfi-d that It the It. ague could be or s.-rvlre to tho cominlHslon In any way thnt Its services be orrep-d, and If desired that the annual meeting be called at an earlier date In order thai the commission might place an) problems be fore the league If It de sir! to do so. A number or matters relating tc county afftilrs were dlsruessed brief ly, but no action was taken. o - Ira B. Rlfldle Bnd wife left yesterda) afternoon ror Portland where they will spend (Dristmas with their son Julius. ANNUAL IE IS II f Associated Tress CHICACO. lav. 21. -Jack Mc Dortnld, once an I. W. W. member, with bis wife and an ther man. were arrested today in connection with the operations of a band accused of prim ing counterfeit Pennsylvania pay checks to the amount of f loo.uoo and caching many. Railroad investigator declared that McDonald and his wire and Thomas Murphy, seized with them, are not the leaders of the band but were ar rested in connection with the theft of a truckload of merchandise from the Burlington railroad and admitted hav ing passed some of the checks. Ap proximately a dozen men are believ ed to be involved. ST.L (A''oetated Press ) ST. LOUIS. Dec. 21. The Chippe wa Bank 1n the southern part of the city, closed today. A shortage of 1300.000 waa reported. Gottlieb Wyer mann, the president, announced that John S. Curr, cash!?r, had confessed thnt his accounts were short and re turned 134,000. The exact shortage has not been ascertained. JEWETT GIVEN ONE YEAR ON ROCK PILE PORTLAND. Dec. 21. Delwln Jewett. department Btore drapery hanger, waa sentenced to a year on the rockpile by Judge Ekwall In mu nicipal court Wednesday, charged with stealing from homes where he waa sent by his employers to hang drapes. Mrs. Margaret Burns, the woman who waa arrested with him, charged with receiving stolen goods, was released without prosecution af ter spending the night In Jail. LADIES WILL SELL APPLE PRODUCTS SAT. For the purpose of raising money toward the erection of a community bouse for the Garden Valley dis trict, and also to stimulate tbe mar ket for apples by shou'liur some or the delicious roods that uiuy be pre pared from them, the Garden Valley Improvement club, an organization of ladies of that section, will hold a sale of apple products and other cooked food at Everybody's Ex ?hange, Saturday, December, 22, taHliitf nl in nVl.wtr A nuln hnttnP Jelly, jam, salads, mincemeat, and a variety or roods nomemnde rroni the best of recipes, will be on sale, nn1 the deltetons viands will no doubt be quickly purchased. IS I'KI.MJ THI CK Tl... 1 1 1 , I , 1 ,,i,-. ort ... 1 1 1 K , u been used by P. E. Foster, local to bacco wholesaler, ror many years I.. .n1... Hullirnpi,,. In hid liulotllltrs will be Been no more on the streets of Roseburg, except on rare occas l.ins Mr' Vnater hits nttrchnsed a uew auto delivery truck which was placed In use today. RADIO DRIVE 18 STARTED Ixical radio fans are greatly Inter ated In the campaigns being put on by the San Francisco Call to equip the veterans' hospitals with radio -eta. The broadcasting station has been making frequent announcements concerning this campaign, and listen- nrs all over the country have been sending In contributions to the fund which Is to be used for the purpose or orovldlng those sets tor the vet era nx io that they may enjoy the radio programs which orrer the very best In the way or entertainment. Several 'ocal fans have made gifts of money "or the cause and others will prob ibly do so. R. D. Morrison who Is a resident .f Days Creek spent the day in this city attending to business mi' tiers. Jack Ponsler. who Is a salesman for the C. A. Iickwood Motor Com pany, spent the day In Myrtle Point ooklng Bfter business InterestB. II. P. Smith, who is a resident of Dillnrd, was In this city today and ipent some time attending to busi ness Interests. Ralph II. Casey, bead of the de partment of Journalisn of the I'nl-.ri-lty of or. gnn and Alfred Powers, head of the extension department, weie biuiness visitors I i this city 'oilny. The nlliiht of George Stone, 1.1 yenr- )!d Mvrtle Creek bov. who is held by, ho. federal court In Portland, charg ed with robbing the government mall, has excited considerabbi sympathy I n Portland. A picture of the lad.j l!h a story telling of hla detention j ipp.ared In the Portland Oregonlan, today. i MAILS HANDLED IN GOOD SHAPE Heavy Christmas Mail Rush Being Put Out With Little Delay. FORCE WELL ORGANIZED Delivery of Parcels Post to Residential Districts Will Be Made Sunday Post master States. The employees of the Roseburg post office, under the direction of Postmaster Helnllne, are handling the Christmas mall rush In a fine manner. In spite of tho fact that they are badly handicapped by th fart that the through mail train, which operates as second 13 and secoond D.I. is nearly always behind Its schedule, the mail is being de livered with but little delay. Pre viously the post office baa always re ceived the mall for the morning car rier delivery at an early hour in the f morning, and when the carriers ar rived they were able to make up their mail and bo on their routes by 8 o'clock with the bulk of the morning mall. The through train, however. Is running quite late, and sometimes does not arrive until nearly noon, which gives the car riers a light morning route, but doubles up the arternoon mall. They are work hug bard however, and In spite of this handicap are putting out the Incoming mail with practically no diday. The outgoing mall Is also being; handled with dispatch. The em ployees have been well organized and each worker has hln own special place so that the Christmas mall is being handled with little difficulty. The rush this year Is fully as heavy as last year It Is reported, but the packages are being sorted and Sack ed as rapidly as they come In. and the floor Is clean within a few min utes after the windows are closed. Two delivery trucks handling par cels post have been placed III ser- ' vice. A delivery of parcels to the residential district on Sunday, In or der to prevent anv great congestion on Monday, will be made. Patrons of the post ofrire are asked fo aid the carriers and parcels post dellv erymen by answering calls as quick ly as possible. Each Insured parcel must be rccvlpte-d for, and It Is plain to be aeen that with the great vol- ' lime of mail handled this order re quires a great deal of additional lime. Where patrons do not re spond to the postman's call promnt ly he loses more time on his route than Is neresBary. Where slips are left Instructing patrons to call at the office for packages, it Is requested that the. Hps be brought to the post office. These slips are marked ao that tho clerk at the window will have 'do trouble In locating the registered let ter or parcel, but If It Is not pre sented It requires additional time to sort through the mall until the piece of mall Is discovered. The postal emnloves at this time of the year are hard worked folNa, and a little co-operation and thoucht fnlnesB on the ns-l of the patrons of th nff'ce will be of a great deal nf help to them. . o I'ltKAIt l PORTLAND rifty-seven of the fiO-odd road districts In Dorglas eniintr liv voted a special !i levy for l'i24. This Is proof of tne confidence thnt the Douglas rntrilv neople have in the need of good ronds. Xatural'v. wlih all of this cojni road work. F C Frear will hi oreliv busy; lor he Is tho roadniasie- for Douglas county and has held that position for a number of yea-s Building ro?ds In Douglas countv Isn't child's piny, for It Is a r.iug.i sad rocky territory, considered on the whole, and It fakes money to build -oa1 over tho mountain, partle-ilnrly when most of th. ros.l his to be hlnsted out of solid rock. The Pacific highway Is vlr'unlle completed through the county 107 mip s ex rent for bridges and overhead i. The bridge at Winchester is finished hut not open to the public yet. It Is the most beautiful bridge west of the Hoeky mountains and is the special pride of the highway department. The countv expected to s-e the over heads and bridges finished th! year, and scld bonds to pay th coiinlv's share nod now the cuunlr Is pa;.lng the Interest on the bonds and Iho overheads have not been started. The delay Is believed due to the fact thnt Governor Pierce replaced the old highway commission which was hur rying the Job. Oregonlan. If. L. Brown or Portland Is In this city snd will spend a tew days look ing afier business affairs. : 'P 1 'i ; 1 ' m hi . t t; f: !:!