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Ither ADVERTISING FITS THE NEEDS OF EVERY BU8INESS THAT NEEDS CUSTOMERS TO 0 0 BUSINESS WITH. Night J ,n4 Sund. DOUGLAS COU NTY Ji An Indeptndent Nswspapsr, Publlihed for thi Best Inter Hopl. IoTj49, OF R06EBURQ REVIEW. ROSEBURQ, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1923. VOL. , OF THE EVENING NEWS. EVIEW S. PRICE F, B. C, Committee leport Today to ial Association. "CURES" DIE (of 1 1 Clei Us, 3 Univ Iergymen, Iniversity ors and One Make Report. Press.) JYER. B. C. Dec. 0 persons anoint- red to have been ias cured by Rev. , evangelist, here 214 experienced ; 39 died within six 7 grew decidedly 5 became insane, k a report by the in- committee pub Five were list- ittee included 1 1 eight physicians, :rsity professors vet. I was presented a meeting of the linisterial associa ted as cured to have suffered 1 disorders, which emporary. irlej Price, who Is men- above dispatch, re- persons were anointed jlments. The meetings Npread attention ow B"s of healings, and the ched such proportions as required to provide. (Mirers to aid in koep und the building and ( fire rules and nrevent- rding. fcilttd Tress.) Dec. 22. Esrthnimka H anas. IS III BOUT "it-4 Pr.t. Dec. 22 nillr round Mas over " last nli-h, Weldon rounds d-cMen in ten Kinto. f tm: M UtRIKIJ Jjk"m and Mis, Mary ? . 0a""d. were ty Judge (;eurK9 Qu, "7 ne tmmedio .pi., f ;tln? par,,;,; i m hold re.pn,ihk. f THIS Moiimxq " of Sutherlin and !! Ir v "initr PIONEER DIES IN FLAMES SEATTLE, Dec. 22. United O Press.) Henry Uinlng, aged 77 yearn, one of the oldest pioneers watt burned to death last night in a cabin at Ctsalady. Uinlng lived alone and the cause of the fire Is not known. When help arrived the cabin was In flames. Dining and Ed Clay are the only two residents of Utaalady. which was at one time reckoned as a busi- ness competitor of Seattle. Clay. in left alone now, the only mun in the town. WINE SEIZED IN BOOZE RAIDS State, County and City Offi cers Join in Search for In toxicating Liquor. SALES ARE CHARGED Three Men Held Charged With Possession and Sale of Intoxicants State Agents Are Active. Liquor raids made by state, coun ty and city officers last night, net ted three defendants, a large quantl tity of wine, and some mash. Cnrl Uerger was arrested charged with possession of mash, Frank Grant, a resident of South Jackson street, was held for having two gallons of wine in his possession and Cal Reed was charged with the sale of liquor The raids were made by Chief or Police Ketch. Officer John Ison, and two state agents. Howard Watson and William Swift. The state operatives nave been i.i the city for several days procuring evidence. They claim that on two occasions they purchased liquor from Reed. They also went to Drain. fl extended meeting in I where they claim they bought liquor this city at which Rev- from Melvln Richardson, from whom Dersons Knru ,nnlni.H I thev also took two cations nf wine V. R. Howeth was also arrested by them charged with having venison In his possession. The venison was obtained when the officers raided his place looking for boore. The raids in (toseburg were made last night at abont 11:30 p. m. At Merger's place the officers claim t'uit they found some wine and several gallons of a mash from which wine apparently was being made. At Grant's home two gallons of wine were found. Nothing was lo cated In the raid on Reed's boaie, but he was charged with the sale ot liquor. Hcrrer appeared this morning In the local Justice court and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of having mash In his possession. The ! so-called mash Is merely unfermeu:- Hday on the ivmdnn e( Rrape Juice, he alleges, and Is not 'ler. where three thou-"1 s ,ermented state. Attorney Ki lled several days ago bert Hermann, who appeared for the I shocks r. in rr I defendant, asked that the state Im- I relief headniiar.r. -fl ""lately have the mash analyzed to determine Its alcoholic content. The sheriff promised that this would De done. Uerger claims that lis arrest Is due to spite work. The state aeonls who have been obtaining evidence under the direction of Sheriff Starm er, have had rooms at the Uerger rooming house, Mr. Uerger said. He also stated that they were order.'d to leave, when Mrs. Uerger found a young woman In their room. Thev were forced to leave, he claims, and did not pay their bill. He asked the court for a warrant, charging them with maintaining a girl In their room for Immoral purposes, but was ad vised to see the district attorney. The state agents, Watson anJ Swift, have been employed In .he county to obtain evidence and have been working for two weeks In RoSe- burg and the northern end of the county. Some or the raids made last night, however. In places where booie was not located, were not up on the sheriff's orders. While these two operatives have been working In this section, State Agent Delaney has been located m the southern section, where other ar rests are expected to follow. Reed was unable to appear to an swer the charge of selling liquor, ss m in mi nis Dome, ms attorney at J Wv"' married I E'tert Hermann, however. Is expect i t th offic 0f county 1 cm1 t9 ,nter P1' ' "ot guilty lor ,rH 'mtnediate rei-!nlln- Grant was ordered to appear Vr rZ"r l"ent at the j "l 4 o'clock this afternoon. ik...i.. ",B farm- Rd appeared this afternoon and nn MB Kj , etltArri a .L. ... II... I .. . Sift "ilUe IS' ------- a "I MWfc KUHII, Willi wnn si own vonnw l.4i ' btaeiwt m,tr. k.n.l- Il....(n enierw, B pi,., cf no, n 1 charge of having venison In his - re lirer.se . ! "esslon and paid a fine of $V. Rlch-last n'ght. today showed no damage. I'tt-nboth," " to-ardson. of Drain, charged with posses-j Th liner will be kept at the llnbo h reside'.' T."". M,ri,,nn f Hquor. Is held In the ceuntyl ken Pier for the usual winter over- "'slang.) jau pending arraignment. JL G. MAR STHS DECISION Klamath County Court Holds That State Had No Ground for Fraud Charges. IN COURT TWO YEARS Is Considered Strange Why State Should Attempt to Raise Question 20 Years After Sale. A decision was filed In the circuit court at Klamath Falls yesterday In favor of A. C. Marsters, Ida F. Mars ters and the Fort Klamath Meadows company. In a suit brought by the state of Oregon upwards of two years ago to set aside the sale by the state of a considerable body of swamp lands In Klamath county. The people in Douglas county and many In other parts of the state will be pleased to receive news of the favoruble de cis on for the defendants. Urlefly stated, the facts out of which the case arose are as follows: About twenty ears ago Mr. A. C. Marsters and a number of other persons, some of wnom were friends and relatives of Ml. Marsters, conceived the idea that these Bwamp lunds, consisting of sev eral thousand acres, could be easily reclaimed, by reason of the fact that, as was supposed, the United States government was about to lower the waters of Upper Klamath lake, on which said lands lie. Some twenty or more persons made application to the state land board to purchase 32(1 acres each of these lands, and these appli cations were allowed and the state was paid its price. Before allowing the applications, however, the state I land board required some of the ! lands to be offered for sale at public auction and some of the tracts were purchased by the applicants in that manner. The applicants ex pected to co-operate together In a scheme of reclamation, draining the lands and preparing them frj' agricul tural use. After a time, it becan yeparent that the government would e.t i wer the v.ti.rs of Upper ivl. m ;ith lake, and ui.ii tho expens-' of le-- aiming the Ial. cm would b very heavy. Therefore, the purchasers I from the state begun to grow weary of j their Investments and disinclined to , carry the expense of taxes. From time to time these purchasers sold out 1 their Interests to .Mr. Marsters. and 1 some ten years ago he purchased the last of these tracts. Mr. Marsters paid taxes on the lands lor many years, but I the expanse of reclamation promised f It he so great, that lie. although a j mun of some means, could not under-1 tnkc the enterprise, and about thr.n'i years ago ho bold tho lands to the! iv Klamath Mtadows company, a coiporatlon formed i.y California cani- tallsts. who fo.'ned a large ptrjeci for the drainage of thene lands and a large body i.f otlier land of th'j vaine charatvv in tile same 'oocllty. Some time after this corporation had begun work and had expended about S13U.tl0v.uu on its project, Uic state of Oregon filed suit to set aside the conveyances of the land made by the state, alleging that the original pur chasers from the state hud made agreements before they purchased tho lands to sell them to Marsters. The case has been pending In court for upwards of two years and has been hard fought. Mr. Marsters was represented in the case by H. L. Eddy of Rosehurg. A. M. Crawford of Port land, and C. F. Stone of Klamath Falls. The Fort Klamath Meadows company was represented by A. E. f)uq.na nf Xlnrifnrrl nnrt thn HtntP WSS rMr,..isiii hv I.. A. I.llleovlst. assist-1 IS ant attorney general of the state, and Florida. In a statement today de M. E. McGllchrlst. ! dared that Foil's endorsement It Is understood that the decision! ' Coolidgo would cauee a rear Just made Is a sweeping one In favor 'ion hurting Coolidgo instead nf of Mr. Marsters and the Forth Klam-I helping him. "Ford as a milllon ath Meadows company, and In effect ts aire champion of the poor of the holds that the state had no grounds ! 0 country would make an inspiring for its charges of fraud, and that on spectacle, but Ford loses his the law and the facts It cannot re-1 prominence when he Joins with cover. the rest of the big business men The many friends of Mr. Marsters in supiwrt of a reactionary are rejoicing greatly over nis vic- tory. It has been consiueren strange that the state should attempt to raise such questions as were raised In this case nearly 20 years after the state had sold the lands and received Its price. (fnltd Prs ) NEW .YORK. l-c. 22. A prelimln- . tQ..il.,n r,f ,1. a I j.i-luMn. n f,rtfr it was removed from the sand bank 'hauling until next March. HJBBBE.BHK (B United Press PORTLAND. Dec. 22. Tom Murray and Eddie Walker were arrested last nlt-'ht a suspects of the Florence bank robbery and identified today by Jack Herring. Heceta tanner. They were tuk- en to Eugene today. Although Murray confessed. Walker today continued his silence. The piv lice are still holdiug Jimuiie Wells, Mike Dennis and Floyd Meltcalf, taken In a gang cieun- up. They will underso further ex- amination today. The police are looking for more loot in addition to the $1500 recovered lust night. Taken To Eugene. TORTLAND. Dec. 22. (A. V.) Murray and Walker were taken to Eugene today after being par- tially identified here by Jack Herring, one of the Lane county ranchers under' arrest charged with harboring the fugitives in their flight from Florence. Her- ring was brought here from Ku- gene by Lane . county sheriffs. Wells, one of the five taken into custody last night, wax charged today with having kept S1500 of the bank loot for Murray, but not with participation in the holdup. He was taken to Eugene with Murray and Walker. Mike Dennis and Floyd Metcalf were also taken Into custody lust night but were cleared today by the police. Metcalf was released. The police said Dennis will prob- ably be freed later today. Searching for Money PORTLAND, Dec. 22. (As- sociated Press.) Tho pdlice and private detectives today are endeavoring to locate more of the money stolen from the Lane County State and Savings bank at Florence on December 11th, following the arrest here lust night and the recovery of $1,426 which one alleged robber ha(l S'ven a Po '"" afe keeping. Portland woman Tom Murray, the leader who was caught at a house here that he had rented and furnish- ed, confessed. Eddie Walker was caught in Murray's house. He refused to talk, but the po- lice say he gave Ida Chase the money they recovered. Three men were arrested at the Chase woman's house and are being held for investigation. REBELS LEAVING CITY OF PUEBLA (Associated Press.) VERA lltt Z. Dec. 22. The- rebels have evacuated the city s of Puebla "fur reasons of mili tary expediency," their heaiiquar- ters here announced today. Tin y held the city fur several days. HE A MISTAKE f Assorlnted Press MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 22. William Jenninifs Ilryan. candi date for delegate to the national democratic c convention from 4 . candidate." raid Uryan. TD SERVE LIFE TERM. (Cnltd Press ) ATLANTA. ; . Ix-c. 22 --f till E. ! Fox. Klan publicity man, was sentenc ed to life Isst niirht for the murder of W. S. Coburn. a rival klsnsmsn. He in expected io appeal today. , Woman Is Arresttd. lilRMlN'llIA.M. Ga . Die 22 . Mrs i compelling the rht committee to Margaret Weaver. Indicted in Conner- ., w,rr,nts and our cite tress tlnn with the mutder of Coburn. At-: urr to rlte on them "Not paid for lauta attorney fur the Klsn, was ariwant of funds" This Is the first rested here (oday. (Continued on page five.) 'S ANNUAL E GIVEN Mayor N. Rice Urges Council to Guard City's Expendi tures During Year. BRIDGE IS OPPOSED Expense of Building Bridge Not Justified by Returns Mayor Rice States as His Opinion. Opposition to the expense of con structing a bridge to I'mpqua Park addition, and the inclusion of that territory within the city limits, while some more Important prijjects are pending , was expressed last night by Mayor N. Rice in his annual message to the rlty council. The property which 'ho city Is to receive in return for the bridge, and the additional expense which would be incurred If the outside territory should be taken In does not Justify the expense which such a bridge would liieur. the mayor holds. If a bridge were put across the river the city would be required to go to tho expense of providing fire protection, take care of the sewerage system and make other Improve ments which would be costly. At the present time there are more pressing matters demanding atten tion, the mayor states. Within a short time the cltv will be forced to adopt some measures to take care of the disposal of sewerage At the present time there are sever al Bcwers emptying into the river at various points, and the water flows on through the city bearing its eon tamlnutlng burden. In the slimmer lime, during low water, the condi tion becomes bad from a health standpoint and In the near future It will be necessnry to build a large trunk line sewer down the river t empty at some point outside of the city limits. This will be very ex pensive and the mayor saya should be provided for. The mavnr also touched on the city beautiful campaign and urged the council to continue that Import ant matter. The text of his mes sage In full. Is as follows: To the City Council: Gentlemen: In submitting to vou niv annual report, as the Charter culls for at this time. I will he as brief as I can. but there are several things of vital Importance to your city that I want to call your atten- I tion to, and I hope yon will give them your careful consideration. First. Is this bridge question that has been before the county court and vour honorable body since 191S. Hut the county orficlala have outgeneral ed us. They have placed It back In your hands to pav the bills of the engineer for submitting plans and es timates on a different location; that someone may suggest, also, advertis ing for bids, before we knew Just what we could do. This, I consider a waste of money. Would you run 'our own business In that way? Would you give what this bridge and rond nnd other additional expenses will cost the cltv for what It will re ceive In return? Have you Investl irnted tlis thoroughly, nnd know Just wha the city Is to receive in re torn? If yr.u haven't I urge you to do sn. And, I wish every taxpayer , -.1.111,1 II', III.' IMM,-. n I 111 win-ll Jim i Investigate, consider It tust the same ss thouch yon were doing business I 'or yourself. K"ep in mind the city's l Interests first, last snd all the time. lto not be misled bv someone who .ha- some personal Interest. ' interests first Now, In connection with this addition to tee city. Can we afford to tnki ibis Into our cltv? Do you counillinen think that this addition tlist Is being talked of coming In so the bridge can be built Is the right thing to do? Let us get down to business snd Investigate It thor oughly. Is It business to put In a i sewer and later find nut we may have to f;ike care of this sewer? I know Hint I willJe criticized when I make this statement, that I am not In favor of building this bridge nr taking in the rnipqua Park. I tifl Itivestivated It thoroughly, and I cannot see where either of these will be to the city's Interest. This is my honest opinion. I have but one olijeet In view the city's In terests. This bridge has taken up more of our time than anything since the Kendall railroad was before me. and It is Interfering wilh other affairs nf the city. I can't understand why it Is that you placed this so-called l.rldre fund of flO.nnn so that II can tint tie nsid for nnv other ssirnos. ISSA 0. lllltlSTM AS MAIL DELI. Postmaster Heinline announ ced today that there will be no carrier delivery of mull on Christmas day. The general delivery, stump, registry, parcel post and carrier windows will be open from the hours of y to 11a. m., however. Parcel post carriers will deliver package on the 23rd and on Christinas day. There will be no rural carriers on Christmas day but star routes will be served as usual. All mall will be collected mid dlnpatched ai on week days. Sutherlin Club Stages Three Events as Opener of Season Program. FOUL ENDS MAIN BOUT Lightweights Put Up Fast Battle for Two Rounds, Then One Lands Low Good Bill. (Ry L. F. RE1ZENSTE1N) The Sutherlin Athletic Club opened Its season for the fighting game at Sutherlin Friday night with a bill of three events that hud no dull moments, although the headllner, be tween Joe Huff. 130. of Portland, and Chick Hnrro, 134. of Seattle, ended disappointingly In the third round. when Rocco wan awarded the decision on a foul after a whirlwind battle. It was about an even break for the first and second rounds, with the mill ing fast and clever, but marred by llorf'a occasional low hitting. The bu'.d headed veteran began tho third round by crowding Rocco into a cor lner and nearly finishing him with a shower of rights nnd lefts, some of them landing In the forbidden zone. As Rocco wabbled from the broken clinch that had momentarily waved him, he muttered coniplulnlngly to Referee McUee that he was being hit too low. In the next melee. Immediately fol lowing, both fighters went down. Hot: to his knees and against tilt ropes, Rocco on his back from a nasty blow in the groin that caused the referee to promptly award him the decision. Trie spectators recognii ed the Justmws of the verdict, but they were anything but pleased over such an ending for a scheduled main event. lull Poole, the 2U year old behem oth of tho Cottage drove High School, won on n technical knockout from Earl Couch, of Eugene, when the lat ter's second, to save him from further punishment, tossed a towel Into the ting during the fourth round. The weights of thu men were announced at Hit) pounds each. Couch looked that figure and no more, but Poole ap peared from 10 to 15 pounds heavier. Couch never had a look-in, nlihough no drew blood on Poole'e nose In the opening round and landed first In nearly every scrimmage. For three rounds, by covering and clinching at daiiM'ioua moments, Couch managed to postpone defeat. In the fourth Poole waded into Couch without hesi tation, first nearly sending liiiu over tho ropes with a barrage of Jabs, then knocking him through life ropes by a jecond attack that almost carried Poolo outside the ring also. When I'ouch i-ewtiued the ring he was loo far gone for further hope, and the timely toss of the towel undoubtedly taved him from a knockout. Several times during the fight, Poole's blows lid not land in fair territory, due to his lack of boxing skill and very limit ed ring cxpci letice. Neither Couch ror the referee made any complaint, but those at tlie nngelde let their Hilces be heard. Ray Ja'obs. 11H, of Eusene. won the decision over Kenneth PadelfOrd. il9, of Sutherlin. at the end of a stubbornly fought four round battle. Padclford started out like a winner, gaining the opening round by knock iiig Jacobs tlirnilKh the ropes, forcing him into dim In s and outfighting him generally. Jacobs lluew a big sur prise Into the ciowd by coming back irong In the eecond round and forc ing the Sutherlin boy to take the count of nine. Hound three was about even, with Padclford beginning to tire. In the final round. Padclford was forced to seek resting periods twice with his gloves on thn mat and ifiener sealnst the mpes. while the better conditioned and more clever Eugene boy piled up the winning points by unceasing attgrcaelvcnrsa. Home of tho ctow tlnnkiug their, FIRST CARD OF FISTIC SERIES 'S 1 PRESENTS PLEA Petition Asks Special Election for $18,000 for Public Library. URGENT NEED IS CITED Club Offers Every Assistance in Helping in Election and Eliminating as Much Expense as Possible. , Preceding the regular business meeting of the city council last nLght a body of women representing the Itoseburg Woman's club appeared be fore the council with another plea for tne nurary campaign. Itev. t. It. Hilton spoke for the ladles In pre senting a petition signed by a lurgo number of citizens requesting the council to take action In boosting the llbrury by culling a apeclul bond elec tion. la presenting his request and pe tition to the council Rev. Hilton brought to light the fact that by thi) first of February It would be neces- ( sary for the present library to move Its location and there would In all probability be no place suitable to which the books could be moved. Figures given by the speaker showed actual need also of many more addi tional books. He explained that the need lies with the younger people and students more than any place else and that some action should bs taken. . ' Although an effort has been made throughout the past two years to raise funis, only $2,600 In cash has been raised. Ten thousand dollars In subscriptions hnvo been raised, but will Lie automatically cancelled in the event the bond election la carried out. Through all the chan nels which have been tried It has been found that Immediate action was not forthcoming. In presenting; the matter to tho council the club requested as prompt action as would be possible and was assured It by the mayor. The proposition calls fer a special election cnlled by the Initiative peti tion which was presented, the amount of the bonds to be $18,000. The petition Included In It an offer of the ladles to select members of their organization to serve In the ca pacity of Judges and clerks at the polls and thus eliminate the expense of election to tho city. In the regular business meetln which followed tho presentation pf the petition tho mutter was giveu careful consideration by the council- men and discussed by them. I pon the advice of City Attorney Cieorge Nciiner. however, tho decision of the council In tho matter was postponed until the document, had undergone the proper legal inspection and It had been ascertained whether Or not tne proper number of slgnutures was at tached. Although there Is little doubt of the fact that the petition la legal and properly filled out. It deemed best to make sure of the ract before any action was taken. The matter was referred to the next meet ing of the council and will bo voted upon nt that time. This action of tho Woman's cluh was considered very coniinmidahle by the council and the ladles ate duo much credit for the work they have done throughout the past years. In the event of a special election there Is little doubt thst the bond Issue will find favor with the voters, and with that amount of money a library for Rosehurg Is assured. HUGE TO MOSCOW, Dec. Challenging Hughes to produce berore an Impartial court of arbitration and the docu ments made public, which represent ed Commun'Ht propaganda to start an American revolution, Foreign Minis ter Tchitcherln demanded an uncon ditional withdrawal of the documents or submit them to arbitration. Hughes Stands Pat. WASHI.MiTON. !'. IJ.-Hughet will not withdraw or submit to arbi tration the documents made public after his refusal to negotiate with So viet Unarm, a hii'h official of the state department said. He said tha government was fully convinced that the documents were genuine. home-town boy wss entitled to a drsw. gave Referee McOee an un pleasant five intnutea. His verdict was approved, however, by a counter- balancing burst of applause. MEN SOVIET ISSUE CHAL ! . i