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1 i'V (3- ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, JANUARY 1. 1926. XT R Better Service! With confidence in Roseburg and in the future we enter 1926 more desirous than ever to fill the need of an outstanding store of quality and popular priced merchandise. Better Merchandise! L mmmii r saw Mtxif 3 An association of over 30 years with the progress and development of Roseburg and Douglas County, has made this store an important institution of its kind where service is always yours. I ; rTWLv 1 " 'i All departments combine to wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year and promise for you greater service and bigger savings in 1926 Shoe and Hosiery DepL Coat arid Dress Dept. Corset Dept. Dry Goods Dept. Men'sWear Dept. y; : , : i - m """ i ii ii KKaaay paw i i him.ii i iii)wimiimiMWMMwMMMtlm M"M,,MM.MMMMMMMniiiMTniti- fun n r--r i - " . . . . - , (Continued from rage 13.) tllil.Ui OEtl 1 LttMLilS J AlylJ URm r,, T' ". burg. An amendment to the con- proposed division, and since that! thence south along said Hue to the'theace west to the southwest cor- however, which was marked bj I . . . . . Kiddle. The tuial vole was 163. At solidation act was passed October proposition was voted down the south boundary of 3aicf township: ner of said township; thence due more rapid progress than any otb '(.ANiYATICiN tf? ")") i"' A C "V") 'bo0""1 election hold year later j 21. 1864, definitely fixing the question of a new county seat dls-j thence east to the northeast corner south to the summit of the ridge er. and that was the few years lm I"" 1AJX J Wl lSJUjLlt0 lLi th" number of ballou cast was in- boundary line of Douclas countr as I a''Pcarwl w,th ll- - of township 24 southi range 10 , dividing the waters of the Rogue mediately following the construe creascu ui tvt, or nearly double. fuows: "Commencing at the I ,ly the act of October 19. 1878. west; thence south to the south- river from the Umpqua, which is Hon of the Oregon and California Though Winchester was deslg-' mouth of the ftluslaw, on the south .tne boundaries between Coos and east corner of said township; .the southeast corner of Coos coun- railroad to Roseburg in 1872. Ths nuted as the county seat and was bank; thence following up the south 1 1JOUBas counties were more closely thence east to the sectiion line be- ty. From that point the county extension of the road through th the largest settlement within tho i bank uf said stream, to a point fif-1 le,ln'd, and again it was found , tween sections S and 4, township line as it exists at present follows i county southward has stimulated limits ot the county, it had a strong teen miles west of the main trav ' necessary to designate these with! 25 south, range 9 west; thence, the old boundaries defined in the j Industry and bujlness in that sec rival almost horn the first. Kour , eled road, known as the Applegate ', "" more minuteness by the act of , south to the 3outh boundary of ; act of October 21, 1864. to the ocean Hon, and the flattering prospect ot miles lurther up the I'nipqua Aaron : road; thence southerly to the sum-1 0cl0Der 18, lss2- Tne exact boun- J township 26 south, range 9 wost; .at the mouth of the Sluslaw. a road to Coos bay is producing a Hose had laid out the town of Rose- j mlt of tho California (Calapoola) ! uarlpii given by tho 'statute are as , thence east to the southeast cor-1 The growth of Douglas county I similar effect throughout the coun. burg, and bela a ide-auake en. . mountains ! thenrn eastward inn follows: Beginning on the shore 1 ner of said townshln: thence south . has bei n one of steady develop-'ty generally. The Indications ar ergelie man, be begau at once to the summit of said mountains to' tnB pc"lc ocean, at the town- to the southeast corner of township ment from the day when the first that Douglas county has entered secure for his embryo city the the summit of the Cascade range; h,D llne between townships 22,28 south, range 9 west; thence settlement was made until the pres- ! upon an era of prosperity far great honors ami iivaniacH. h .... ! thence nuiherlv alnnir iha mmmii south and 23 south: thence east west to the section line between sDasmotlic chancel, but the county ! er than any before enjoyed, during crue to a town possessing the die- of the Cascade range to the former ! alon ,ald "n to the section line i sections 3 and 4. township 29 south, has been gradually built up by the which its population, wealth, busl Unction of being a county seat. ;corner of Douglas county; thence j between sections 3 and 4, of town-! range 9 west; thence south to the energy and persistent Industry of j ness and products of all kinds will At.liul h ia Pu..,.l l...n. r .... i.nnllmitn a.ittth.,rlw Binn. k ship 23 SOUth. range 10 West:Lannth twMinrlarv nf aald tnwnahinr tha nennla. There, was nnfl era. be largely Increased. w...,.uum i vi w lui.iuMru i i anwn I . .u h,hk " ' 1) .... . . . mil nr in,, I'bimiIii .... , V. In one council district and elected ; Mr. Hose succeeded finally In secuiv summit of the dividing ridge be- J His" eome four of which wero authorised to transact business at ) an average rate of $60 per year. P. ilt. 11111 was appointed sheriff . ot Dduglaa county, to hold office until 'the nest general election. On the following day the county was dl jvlded Into precincts, tlx In number, .known as Calapooya, Winchester, Deer Creek, Hosebutg, Looking- glass. Myrtle Creek and Canyon' J villa- precincts. These precincts were empowered to choose one Jus tics or the peace and one constable, district court ,at 1U special terms Was held In a room over J. E. Wal ton's store In the same village. The rental paid for each room was (3 per day while the same was In use. The election held the ensuing June for choosing a full set of coun ty officers, waa warmly contested, there being several candidates for every office but that of clerk. Deeiireek w h iw. M. V ' 7. i. 71 T"1 the settlers of Looklng-glase valley, tnencc In a l5r'tiWH!B--jZ:Jt V'"" ?: "f""n"i!ho asplrixl to the possession of southwest c Itwk ' Y, "5, Y, the coveted honor, to accept of bis south, range t . axatuts,!.. vaiijuu- iiiii. mj. -. iiHriiHH inn m m iiiii . i vapmin ncou to ine councH.ing Ul0 pa8BaKe of I lie act ot le. twwn tie headwaters of the SouDa sua isiiiiiivuis vt-ilipc rt'll DCUIL i Min.h.,e - Iv.'t ...... ....I; r ik.. mnmii an. I Ih Ar d...a I Z lch ,a..nowfed w. "to L UnZ C","",afl7 1 u'-'a nVf a per-! riven thence' westerly along tie tht r taltrlm th follows ,i2 ' ?. 0,?f ' ."lcer,1 IT ! manent location of the county seat summit of said ridge to the summit :ientknen were ahnoln te5 t SMh i'" ' '-' to be held on the second Monday of the Coast Range of mountains. lustlSsMns" ad r iLn .?ep,"'"",1,,l'v' J- Curtla,,n March, iW4. When the day of separating the water, of Coqullle , justtcemps. calapooya, C. Har- and W, J. Martin; probate Judge. hniu i u. i, ..... and cm ri.n fmm ik. i-J straight line to the corner of township 20 ' i w est, of the. Wlllam- .itiA w ... . . j ----- - - iiuBuiiaiitiea. i ne enjoymeni or nts iiinu, uieu-e uun nortn 'a .Thrmlnote. T ara r..h.3:ru t, M"",,"L: .ru"urer- generosity so workl upon the feel- lo the summit or divide between' ' hrA: a int . 1 k ,"",7n; U' 8 Cha'a ings of the guest, tha they went the waters of the Umpqua river and l,', f L '! fam',bb-; C. W. , . blHiy to lhe wII, ,lut v'ot , ,h,e nm-m, to the ocean; thence' '.? .e..h. ",d J7r? V: curun'r':'avorof H,ebu.g. The loss of the northerly or northwesterly along' ne?.r .ei wK blow to Win- "Me summit or divide to a point, :.'a 1! "" " .'j, Ml n,S"""TK- J- I' IV'T ich"8t,,r- hll'b a'"a'ir n the ' " of IxK,n lake, at the head .tins Store In Winchester; and the . r. Perry, Ihomas Smith. WU- r.pid d(H.inn , business point of what Is called Mill creek; tlsrnce and a few years later the whole ' northerly along tha coast to tbel town was moved bodily to Hose-'Place ot beginning.' I burg. Including the V. S. land office. The next great local question In ! which had been established there. Douglas county was that of a divls-; In I'mpqua county the county 1 Ion again Into two distinct counties. ' seat was not definitely located for The town of Oakland had grown up several years. Court was held In the northern end ot the county., j sometimes in Klkton and at other and. backed by the settlers fori I times Hi Rcottsburg. In 1S54 Janice miles around, who would find a I j K. levins surveyed a town site at counly seat more convenient wheni Klkton. consisting or 160 acres, located at Oakland than at Iin-, which he donated to the county for burg, made a strong effort to se- -AN EARLY VIEW OF ROSEBURGr- The Old Odd Fellows Building :A .X ' :. ;' ; 'fi' .a-7v.w: v,-.- - . .-- ::.-' ... ..; ,- . -,' 1 ' II ) ' ' -V.'' CP of u.'V.T January" 'a".0 "T. vNmn'of JT ' lh' M Une St" hich h "P'aJ .modern atructurc paetl by the legislature locating passed by tho legtslautre on the' street.. line seal or justice at that place, sixteenth of October, 1K68. provW iCoos county was created by the Ing for a special ballot on that sub ject of December 22. lt!3. out of the Jeet at the general election to be j counties ot I'mpqua and Jackson, held on the third of the next month. embracing all tho land lying be- All north of the main fork of the I tween the Coast Range and the I'mpqua and a line running from j ocean, and extending from a line thn Junction of that stream with History of Looking Glass I ' about 600 feet. Climate conditions above mill was highly advantse- are very tine bom winter and sum-! eous and well patronlied by the mer, there being no excesses In ' people of Looking class. It was either heat or cold, maklnr It e. , ,.l nt riin. t. A t peclally adanted to the amalnf nf simmm, rmn. ut..Mj i... Iuiklna CIb.i villi, iv waa ilia. Immlirranla t,t rt.ma t.-0t Kv nv ' fnilt. grain. brOCColl and all klnda t aunt IA tha nl.l mtll I,K a k..u...l eight miles below the mouth of the the South I mpqua due est to the coven-d about the year 1S46 by Mr. team, seeking a donatlof . land of TPRetables. of wheat in one end of the ssck , I nil.qua to th Calltornla txiun.la- llne of r county, was to be Hoy Flournoy. who approached the claim. These claims were staked ' In the early days about nracll- nd a rock In the other ami rme ; ry. At the general "lection uf 1H55. - called 1'mpOUa COtl'ltV. With flak, valla fmm the nnrth ami mi ln,ik., ntr In Rtllt lhe tniltvljliml .nrrnp etlv v r ili!i. .t . . hack tlh lha 11... nn in the people of lHmglaa county votml land as the county seat At tho , Ing down Into the beautiful waving this process leaving a great many was hauled to the valley by ox "H'P the weight off his horse. I unfavorably upon a rnositlon sub-1 samo time the peopli of the pro-; grass, was said to have seen his fractional parts of land whirh teams from Scnttsburg near the ' Howevpr, we do not vouch InT mitted by the act of the twentieth poed new county were In elect own reflection, and therefore gave makes an ebitiart very essential mouth of the beautiful I'mpqua this althouch he seems to have got lof the previoua January, to annex county officers, who should enter It the name of Looking Glass. This In a conveyance or deed. The otd.:jl hlnk of this, you present resident n home with the delicious product I the northern end of the county ot upon the dischargo of their duties . beautiful UMle aalbfy contains about ,er residents of this valley have 'who glide up and down the brautl- of the old mill. ; , tT1" "" OI i'cniter m case ine vole ot tne whole coun- sixteen square miles and is loca- nearly all paired lo the great .fu- ful highways, althout a Uwngtrr of Tl-nrn -TirMhr Vs'"t, aiHey i. i tam"" ,,ral'io s de- ty favored the division. The major-, ted right miles southwest nf Rose- ture. Mrs.. Lucretls Olllvsnt atid Mahor or Irksome duty; think in- arc-varied and nf many different , lachi-il from Ciais county and an- ly of the voters derided that such , burg In townships 21 and 28. range Mrs. A. A. Matthews being the only ,d.cd ot the Joy. and humiliations kinds. HcfVeve prunes, apples, uexed to Douglas. (division was unnecessary, and . I west The discoverer prd two of those old resides now liv-: sorrows of tile old pioneer who pears, ; and hay arc grown tn com- Hy latt lniqua county had se. IXutglas county escaped the threat- Just went In the little valley which Ing. These two old pioneer Indies thouxht of naught but tlod and met-cla! quantities. The prone Uk jrlously retrograded. Scottsburg ened division. On the twenty-first . to this day bjjirs his name, and on can tell yoif all about the sorrows home swe,t borne. ' In the lead. There are also a g"od ; had loet Its trail tlh the mines, of October an act waa passed the ranch whTih Is now owned by and Joys of early pioneer days. Of I The first flour mill located In many nut trees nlunted i-i the vat- Marsters ol Roseburg. M the second generation there ere IkvRlaa county was four miles fry. Vhlrh grow largo quantities urnoya family conststiid of a "my B few remaining In the valley. jSouth of Roseburg where the waters of wsluuts, almonds, etc. : . . ... . . . ' , . . i i .. I ? ' - x,i-u .unw "T. tww avua. hit- uittv ill- ui- iiiiaiii-a.iiiJ8, i. r.. aim i.iKe w lllv I. mpqua river Were har. n , , , . beat theatrical productions on ine roaa visitea toe cuy ana ap- iroimus. lo maintain a county still bear the name of Douglas, and scendant of his family now living nillvant. and their sisters. Mrs. nessed by Mike rveline a sturdy' Ivanelas rotntv akwi.neri nut 'peared al the theatre This hit since been febuilt Into a mod- 7m,'nIi, ,0 burdensonie, R.wburg Myrtle Creek. Canyon- In Douglas county Is a grand Kate Chamberlain and Mrs. Maud, old Irish miller. This property is eighty wrloada of grwu nruones In ern atructure housins the Peoolea Supply comDariV Oh the ' "J ,hB rt""1" " relieved by : vllle and Round Prairie were deetg- daughter, the of the late Jo, tlncon: W. E. Miller. A. O S-rlck- now ownc-d by A. C. Msrster. of 1M4 M la Thlstw Sheridan, of Rolborg. The early land. Eld.n Crow. Klnkade Bros. .Roseburg. This valley .( ;U,,t tiiw' n , Iover floor and the Udd tello -lodge and Club rooms Oft the Idatlua fminjua and Douglas roun- not to take effect If the vote of ploneera were of the old Puritan and your humble servant. Iproduced la tbe BeighlMrhood Irf ' , . 'econd and thud floor,, .- , 'Ues, wlla Ui. coiuty seat at Kos.:U touut was uufavorabis to Um stock and were amosa the first Tlia tlevaUoa of tae TaUey tajtW,(W0 buneU ot wheat aodthe Jl wow," "jKSreaUwva Thia waa Roanburta opera house in the early days and J"rL .V" i. " !"."' '"'d1'"'1' 'be queation of the lo- J. II. many of the pioneera ot th tity remember vhen tome of the tnkin the place of the drpouru ni - portion of the county which ouid We
