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0F ROSEBURQ REVIEW.
ROSEBURO, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1923.
VOL. XI., NO. ' HE EVENING NEWS.
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IS TOLD THAT C0-
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I
IAKI1 XORPMAN.
I Market for Wisconsin,
.ivelv for I'nited Press
Vis " ! 2s.(Uniled
mural cooperation has
I last few years with an
star and It la firmly
American soil. A very
cm (or this is ' the
0t the official market
We furnished definite
I to the existing luarket
j,K'h liable, farmers
Hy definite estimate as
of success' (if their
Operative associations,
principal objects of co
lo replace inefficient
prketinn by more effl
f data that is available
xtmlles and investlga-
pos.ibl? to Judge whe
r marketing function
Ificiently performed by
Ionization or whether
It to the Initiative of
(im. In this way many
lidcd.
available in regard to
illation and business
s financing, storing
done through farmers'
nd popularized by var
nd unofficial educa-
i
lutinest Done.
all this is that the
(red with a network of
U cooperative associa
ketine federations. Cen
fcw that a business of
rooperative marketing
done through farmers'
B 1!'19. One fnrm out
C in the I'nited States
fricultural pro ducts
rs' organizations, and
I eve ry twenty reported
Ifhasini: of supplies.
Buber of farms selling
Igti agricultural cooper
ons was 511.3J-3. Sales
imiers marketing or
in up to J7J1.9S3.0HU
lerace of $14,412 for
rting. The most im
ts so marketed were
ream, fruit and truck
fce census figures were
ry more cooperative as-
organized, such as the
pools in the five most
laci'o-producir.g states,
tttrol from 65 to 85 per
seico raised in their re
L letch of the progress of
operation proves that
terrulncd to have some
Kpatding the conditions
their prcducts and not
lUrtly to the discretion
Ore . Dec. 28. Act-
"l U) l milium
sheriff of Umatilla
(end president of the
.n killed in his own
192". by Neil Hart and
1 as accomplices, has
f a eft by the pcndle
f assirii.Mon of more
th.- j.uhhc parks com-
'ity of Pendleton, it
'hat body, meeting
an,! Til Taylor Mem
n to name a new park
art of th,. th
"! park. Expenses for
from ih
i" " me park win
uounii-i p as
'he city has
while
Ish th
announced.
" s'atue of ,he iatr
called the lust
mi.. . i.
' r'SI Of the old
n th .ark. Ten
statue Indicate
by a nationally
ej
br t;...
ti'.'ni
lr. not
t Selected. B,,,l
cation Kunds for a
r , " "mount to
,D'' "- In unpaid
ERATION WILL HELP SOLVE
HEIR TROUBLES OF FINANCE
. . .t i tir:L 1 1- .1 D.n;j;t fv.
js Going Aneaa vyhu uhuum i"u" "
Jae Can Be Reduced in That Manner
I and It Is an Invaluable Factor
i of Betterment.
of the buyers, as has been the case
In the past. The rapid growth of the
cooperative Idea heraldB the coming
of the time when all marketing will
be conducted In an orderly manner.
Reduce! Expenses.
Co-operation, by bringing the farm
ers together, enables them to market
their products on a large scale, thus
proportionally reducing operating ex
I pensos. Kesides this advantage, co
; operation develops acumen, initiative
and a spirit of solidarity wberetiy
t lurmers get accustomed to working
harmoniously toward the improving
of their condition.
I While co-operation is an invaluable
. factor so far as the improvement of
the economic and social conditions of
farmers is concerned it is far from
being, as many people believe, a pan-
! acea for all farm ills. There are many
forces at work In modern society
thwarting the good effect of co-opra-tion
as well as all other legitimate
business activities.
Among these forces are various mo
nopolies, such as the monopoly of
land and other natural resources,
which increase the farmer's cost of
production and at the sama time low
er his Income by decreasing the pur
chasing power of the consuming pub
lic. Until farmers understand and apply
the remedies that are needed to cure
these basic evils they cannot 'jopo to
bring about a permanent Improve
ment In the agricultural situation
either, through co-operative market
ing or by any of the other means that
are commonly advocated.
Court Holds Law Giving Com
mission Power to Pass on
Budget Is Void.
TITLE IS DEFECTIVE
Act Failed to State It Applied
to Every County Suits
Taken to Supreme
Court by Counties.
'By Associated Press.)
SALEM, Dec. 28. The supreme
court today decided that the tax sup
ervision tomlsslon law passed in the
11923 session was void because of
the defective title of the measure.
The court did not pass upon the con-
stltutionality of the act. .Multnomah
county is unaffected because its com
I mission was established by the leg
islature in 1921. The title of the
192.1 act is defective because it rail
ed to indicate that the act applied
to every county. As a result of the
decision rendered in suits from Yam
hill, Umatilla. Klamath, Tillamook
and Polk -counties, each county
may now determine Its tax levy in
accordance with the findings of Its
own county court. Although today
Is the last on which the 1!24 tax
levy can be made, the tsate offi
cials indicated that some additional
' time may be allowed.
T
(United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Commis
sioner N. S. Hall, of Colorado
Springs, was unanimously fleeted
1 chairman of the interstate-commerce
commission to serve during 1'H'l. It
. wss announced today. The selection
of Hall was pursuant to the policy
mai me cnatrraan a otrice De in
from yer to year In order of seniority
in the service.
TAX COMMISSION
LAW KNOGKED OUT
S, P. ORDERED
TO CUT RATES
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28-Interstate
passenger rates to and from points in
Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico on
the lines of the Southern Pacific,
Santa Ke, Western l'aclfic ami other
railroads operating in this territory
were held by the Interstate com
merce commission todav in he tin.
reasonable where they exceed 3.6
cents per mile. The roads affected
by the decision were ordered by the
commission to establish new rates be-
iore February 25.
ST. CLOm. Minn.. IV 28. Po
lice here today are searching for three
men, two said to answer description
of the DeAutremont brothers, wanted
in connection with the Southern Pa
cific holdup In Oregon.
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(United Press.)
VIENNA, Dec. 28. Illume for the
death of three persons shot by a po
liceman of Sebanico, while under the
hypnotic Influence of Professor Lnng
ster, was placed on the latter today
by counsel for the policeman. If
placed on trial for murder, the officer
will argue that the mcsmerisjr' was
solely responsible for the deaths. The
shooting occurred In a theatre during
a performance of hypnotism.
E
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28 The Mex-;
ican senate today ratified the special j
claims convention with Ihe I'nited;
States by a vole of 42 to 5. J
U. S. Considers Convention
(United Press.) I
WASHINGTON, Dee. 28 The Mex-
Ican convention will be taken up by
the senate foreign relations commit-
tee immediately after the holidays,!
Chairman Lodge announced. I,odgej
said that President Coolidge wished1
action immediately and thought that
there would be no objection from
members of the committee, who are;
now inclined to Ignore the revolution-,
ary disturbances. If the Mexican j
senate ratified the treaty, Lodge be-1
lieves that action can come inime-1
diately.
EUGENE. Ore., Dec. 27. James
Johnson and Harold Ganderson. tried
in the circuit court here on a charge;
of auto theft with two other lads,,
Don Ixizzi and Kenneth Itussell, have
been turned loose by Washington "u-
thorltles and are now at liberty. The!
two had confessed to robbing the;
ISarto confectionery and the II. and K. '
garage in Tacoma. but were paroled ,
by the court, it seems.
The Lane jury that tried them end I
ed in a deadlock, after Loz.l turned
mate's evidence and gained his free-1
dom and that of Kenneth Russell, and;
charges against them were never 1
pressed here. The two were returned I
to Tacoma where they wete convicted ,
and freed.
Gunderson and Johnson were here ,
Christmas day, anil talked with sever
al county Jail prisoners who were at '
liberty on that day. the local prtr-on-1
ers say.
COOLIDGE FILES
E
(Dy United Press )
FiEMlE. H. I).. I"- 28. Calvin'
Coolidge today flbd bis forms! ac
ceptance of the republican majority
nomination as presidential candidate,
in South Dakota, In the declaration,
of acceptance he adheres to the state,
republican platform made In the con-j
vent Ion held December 4. Soon after
. Coolidre's candidacy was filed, the
n.ime of Hiram Johnson was filed as,
an Independent republican candidate.!
four toe spudded TODAY
(United Press )
SUPERIOR. Dec. 2s. Kdwurd
Sailstnd and Horothy Anderson,
were today sentenced to four
years each In the penitentiary,
charged with arson. They were
arrested several weeks ago at
Napa. California uud were re-
turned here charged with digging
up the body of unother man from
a grave and burning it to hide
evidence of their elopement, and
to give the first Mrs. Sailstad his
insurance montly.
)
WILSON'S BIRTHDAY TODAY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.
Woodrow Wilson's ixty-seventh
birthday anniversary was observ-
ed today by the receipt of hun-
dies, letters and telegrams. His
condition was described as "doing
well." There was no celebration
to break the quiet of home
routine.
IS LOST AT SEA
Body of Captain Picked Up
Off Coast of Sicily by
a Fisherman.
REPORTED . IN DESERT
All Hope for Safety of Crew
I Is Gone, but Relief Expedi
! tions Start for Sa
I hara Desert Today.
(Associated Press.)
PATHS. Dec. 28 The French naval
dirigible, Dixtuunde, hits been lust at
sea, nays an official announcement
following the recovery of the body of
Lieutenant Gronadan, commander of
the craft, by a fisherman, six miles
from land off Sciacon, Sicily.
The body was caught in the fisher
man's nets and no trace of the dirigi
ble or the other members of the crew
could be found, according to home re
ports. A search along the Sicilian
coaet was ordered.
The Dixtuunde had fifty officers
aboard when it left the airdrome mar
Marxellh s December lsth.
PAU1S. Dec. 28 (United Press.)
The body of Captain Du l'lexis Do
Grenada, commander of the French
dirigible Dixmunde, was found by a
fisherman In the Mediterrean sea ofr
the coast of Sicily. It was announced
today. Papers found on the body
identified It.
Whether the captain leaped over
board or whether the dirigible was
carried down in a cninh is a conjec
ture. The officials of the ministry ex
press the belief that, the airship was
lost at sea several days ago. In spite
of reports last night from Innalah. an
oasis in the Sahara dealer, slating
that the Dixiijmidc was seen south ol
here Wednesday. Native tribesmen
were reported to have traveled on
horses 200 kilometum to make the re
port. The ministry pointed out in the
event the Insalah news Is correct, the
occupants of the dirigible face experi
ences perhaps more terrible than was
feared for them. Savage tribes inhabit
the Hoggar region. 1U00 miles from
Algiers, and the nectlon is almost in
accessible and relief would take
weeks and possibly months to reach
thetn. Iteliif expeditions however,
b:ive started.
The French warships were ordered
to immediately patrol the wateis of
Tunis and the Sicilian coaet for f' ar
that other membi rs of the Dumunde
clew are floating there.
NAPLES. Dec. 2R (United Press )
-The lost dirigible Dixtuunde, was
being driven l.'o miles befot.- a tem
pest In the Mediterranean Sunday,
the captain of the Italian steamer
Porto Dl Alessandria reported todav.
He said he picked up the DixlMUIlde's
distress signals.
Sena'or Johnson's ft lend tr ied,
through ihe courts, to get his name on
the ballot as a mlnoiity candidate,
but faih-d
CoolidQe Endorsed.
t'nl'eft Pren ,
COLDMP.US, Dec 24..-Calvin Cool
idge was endorsed for nomination hy
the republican state centtal commit
tee here today.
FRENCH
AIRSHIP
OIL WELL S
First Drilling Operations
Roseburg Company's
Well Is Started.
OCCASION IS IMPORTANT
May Be Opening of Biggest
Industry in the County
Geologist and Presi
dent 1 lave Hope.
The first well of Ihe noseburg OH
and (las company wus spudded In
today whou the big hit drove into
the earth, ready to go a mllo deep
In order to reach oil. The derrick
Is located near the North Deer creek
road eight miles east from this city
and a little over two miles from
Dlxonvllle.
George A. Lovejoy. president of
the company, nrrived here last r ight
In order to be present nt whnt he
says he hopes to he "the biggest
day liosehurg ever knew." All
preparations are made for a start In
to the earth In search of tho natural
resources. J. C. Edsnll, a widely
known geolot-lst. Is In charge of the
operations, and states that his ma
chinery is the heaviest nnd best on
the coast.
A big SO-foot derrick with a mar
gin of power which will allow an ab
normal amount of work stands on the
field. According to Mr. Edsnll,
there Is not another outfit on the
const that is equipped to handle ev
ery emergency any better than the
rig which has been set up. The
height of the derrick is equalled
by others In this state, hut there 1
no other rig which has an equal
spread nt the base and which is
built so solidly.
Several stockholders from Port
land were here today to attend the
fl-it formal drilling for a product,
which, If found, will form an indus
try In the county which will work
toward Ihe Increase In wealth nnd
Industry. ,
Tests of the fields have been In
oroeress for n Jong time and tho ge
ologist states Hint there Is every en
couraging sign for oil In this roun
tv. The company has been organiz
ed for a good many months nnd ev
ervthlng Is on the ground for oner
ntlon. Unlike mnnv lests which
have been made In Oregon the signs
point to surface oil. but the operators
are prepared to go to any depth with
the big drill.
The margin of power which has
been supplied was considered a very
conservative plan. In spite of the
fact that the original iuslallutlnn
cost was greater than it would have
been had a smaller engine been se
lected. Mr. Edsnll says that In ninny
of the drilling operations in this
state the mistake of starting with
too Utile power has grently reduced
I (be possibility of striking oil and
has com the operators a great
I nnio-nt of nionev. The enormous
i weight of the drill and other ma
chinery which It Is necessary to lift
; In boring the hole necessitates the
troncest of derricks and an
I amount of power which will be pro
! portion to. The deeper Into the
leirth It Is n"-eary to bore, the
renter becomes the strain on the
' nisci'lnerr so the company Is Inking
PC elimee of failure.
! I'ri'S Mr. Edsnll nd Mr. Lovejoy,
I reologlst and president of the com-
, nanv respectively, expresn hlghcl
hopes of touching the "Mould gold"
of (dd mo'her earth Extensive oil
i operation In other fields has made
1 Vr FdnTs work one of experience
and be Is to be In complete charge
of the drilling work. Mr. Lovojoy Is
' nl'-o fin experienced man in this field,
av'ne been connected wlih many
r,,. rations In the Texas fields, and
till bavin large Interests In many
1 of tho wells there.
Spudding In a well Is considered
: ti e most Important part of the
while enterprise by Hie oil men
Wit to "shooting oil" this part of
' Ihe game causes the greatest exclte-
1 ment. It Is the starting of what
may prove to be the biggest Indus-i-v
In tin- conii'v and what may
! cake Itosdmri' one of the foremost
'cities r-mong the thriving metropo
i lises of Oregon.
Klumath Falls Visitors
' Mr and Mrs. 11. L. Hiirdenhrook
and Mr nnd Mrs. A. E. Whitman, of
Klamath Falls, were In the city last
t, .-lit I' avlnr this morning for Port
bind where they will en)oy a visit of
. -viral iIbvs. nnd attend the core
,nies tit the dedication of tho new
Elks templo In that city. Mr. Har
denbrook has disposed of his business
Interests at Klamath Falls and Is tak
ing advantage of a short vacation
Thev expect to return to Koseburg
I Monday on their way home.
JEWELRY STORE JO
LI
Alvln M. Knudtson, manager of
llryan's Gift Shop for the past two
years, w ill move to the local ion on
Cass street formerly occupied by Ihe
Turick jewelry store. The new store
will be operated under the name of
Kimdtson's and the same variety of
jewelry, silverware and gifts will be
handled and watches nnd clocks re
paired. Mr. Knudtson has had over fifteen
years experience In Ihe Jewelry busi
ness and is a graduate of lirudley
Polytcchnique Institute of Peoria, III.,
where he finished the watchmaking
and engraving trade.
EUGENE. Pec. 28. Two of the
boys arrtwted In the breaking up of
the Spriugiield robber gang, Kay
llryan and liazilette McKelvey, were
taken to federal court in Portland last
uight on the Shasta by C. C. Wells,
deputy United States marshall, who
had been in southern Oregon. The two
lads have confessed to robbery of the
Goshen postoffice, among other
things.
o
PLEA TO CHIEF
WASHINGTON, Pec. 28. K. Y
Clarke, formerly high in the councils
of the Ku Klux Klau, wrote Priwldent
Coolidge today offering to cooperate
with the executive in ending tile
nctivltleu of an element which fa con
verting the Klun into an organization
vastly different from that planned by
its founders.
Clarke also announced his Inten
tion of Issuing a proclamation to
klansmen "calling Ihe better element"
either to take hold nnd "remedy the
existing evils" or to disband the or
ganization. The president was told by Clarke
that there had been "a eteady with
drawal" from tho Klan itself or from
imrtlclpntion in Its active operating
control and that he had "voluntarily
severed his active official connec
tion" with the organization more thun I
a year ago.
POHTLANI), Dec. 28. E. J. Curry,
atlae Fisk, a man who was under ar
rest here on the charge of having
broken Into a clothing establishment
at Albany, Ore., last Sunday night and
taken from $:i(id to $r,n worth of
goods, with which he fled to Mcdford
and was arrested there Tuesday by
Chief of Police Adams and Deputy
Sheriff George Aide:., sawed the lock
otf his cell door at the city prison
some time het night and walked out
of the building to freedom.
Tl
PORTLAND. Dec. 28. To one
Portland mother. Mrs. Wlllinm Dake,
No, Fourth etrect, Christmas
was exceedingly kind, since It brought
the return of her wandering son.
Just as In the movies, a big auto
mobile purred to a stop In front, of
the Dake home on Uhrlstmne eve.
and from It stepped Ihe prodigal son,
Arthur H. who had run away to Cnllf
omia lvi-o monlbe before. He brought
Christmas presents for his ulster, Lil
lian. 10. nnd his mother.
After Arthur reai bed California on
his Journey of adventure he was seiz
ed with hommiekneHS. And he
couldn't get food. In Ibis predlcane nt
he was i:tki n 111, and Los Angeles
folk found him and sent him to a
Juvenile hospital.
Newspapermen and officials of the
city made up a purse for him. and C
G. Vaughan, a movie man of the Gar
rlck theatre. Lor Angeles, who Intend
ed to drive to Aberdeen, Waeh., to
spend the bolldnva with relatives, vol
otiteered to bring Arthur back to tils
family.
Dr. and Mrs. George Itradburn
and son. George Jr.. who have been
spending the holidays In Marshfleld
as the ruosts of Mr and Mrs. Hus-j
sell Dunham have returned home.
'MAINS OF
4 ARE FOUND
Drill at Sutherlin Oakland
Well Drops Into Soft For
mation and Oil Struck.
QUANTITY NOT KNOWN
Hole Being Pumped Dry in
Order That Volume of Oil
Flow May Be Accu
rately Determined.
The best oil Indication! ever
struck in Oregon were found last
night at the Sutherlin-Oukland oil
well, according to F. E. Merrick,
vice president of the Oakland Oil
and Gas company, and the water is
being pumped out of the shaft today
In order to determine the volume of
the oil flow which has been tapped.
There are Indications that there is a
rather strong How of high grade
oil. but until the water has been re
moved It is Impossible to tell how
much the well is capable of produc
ing nt the present time.
The night Bhlft was drilling thru
a hard formation at about 10 o'clock
last night when the drill suddenly
dropped through a sort Btrnta of
sand and shale. This formation was
about eight or nine feet In thick
ness and as the drill struck the oil
bearing strata a largo quantity of
gas and bubbles of oil boiled up
through the water in the shaft Indi
cating that oil had been struck. The
drill went on through the sands and
into the next strata which was found
to bo quite hard.
The bailer was put in uhv -and
an attempt made to explore the hole.
and indications were received that a
flow of ten or twelve barrels had
been struck. It la Impossible to tell,
however. Just what the volume of
the flow will be until all of this
water has been pumped out. Oil
has been struck, however, but wheth- -er
or not It Is In paying quantities,
or whether it will be necessary to go
still lower must yet be determined.
The workmen continued opera
tions nil night and the crew this
morning removed the drill from the
hole nnd the work of pumping Ihe
water out of the shaft was started.
The hole is now 1,200 feet deep,
nml as a rotary drill Is being used,
Is filled to a depth of about COO feet
with water. This water naturally
cxcrtB a great pressure and holds
back the flow or oil. unless there Is
a strong gas pressure, which In this
well does not allow up.
When the water Is removed, tho
flow will be measured, and It will be
possible to determine Just what has
been reuched. This task probably
will not he completed until late to
night, and It may tnke considerable
lime to determine the full results of
tho drilling.
Mr. Merrick w-as very reticent,
whin questioned this morning re
garding the oil strike. He admitted
that a strong indication has been
found and thai oil had been struck,
but said that he did not desire to
'ho out uny statements until he has
determined exactly whnt has been
accomplished. He appeared to be
well pleased with the findings, hut
states that be does not wish to give
out any Information which might
later have to be corrected.
The Indications point to a high
grade lubricating oil with a para
flne basii. As this oil mixes with
Ihe water, forming minute glnhales.
It is impossible to make an accurate
test until the water has been remov
ed. This oil. even In small quanti
ties Is much more valuable than the
heavy black oil, and a forty barrel
well Is a big one.
Although hopes run high as a re
sult of the strike, there is little
excitement around the well or In the
neli-hborlng rlilcs. The crews, how
ever, are working at high pitch and
are striving to up I up the work
of testing out the hide.
This well hns been very promis
ing from the first and indications
have been recetved at various depths.
In tl vent the pr nt flow Is not
sutliMctory. drilling will be contin
ued, If It Is thought that by so do
ing that better results may be ob
lalned MUSCOVITES IIAVyt ET
Nearly a hundred members of the
Muscovites lodge gathered around a
banquet table In the lodge hall last
night and feasted on turkey and
other good things to eat. The regu
lar bu-lnesa mectlnr was held pre
ceding Ihe "feed." The banquet op
ened with a number of stunts and
rrnm then on took the rorm of a
real, old-fashioned turkey reast.
Duke Jackson was In charge of the
business n tiim and banquet.
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