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TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927. w" -. ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW vr', lisued Daily Except Sunday by The Newt-Revlew Co,, Ino. Blcutber at 1'Iie AMoclnttui Pre. The Associated Press is -exclusively entitled to the use for repuUJi ' cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not mherwlMa cradiied Jti y this paper and to all local news published herein. AH rights of rnpubltca- B. W. BATES BERT Q. BATES- , Entered as second class matter itoseDurg, Oregon, uuuer SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily, per year, uy mall " Daily, six months, by mail Daily, three months, by mall . ,. Dally, single month, by0mall Dairy, by carrier, per uroutn . Weekly News-Kevlew, by mall, per ROSEBURG, OREGON, ( - COLLECTING In its reluctant approval Z with an attorney to collect, on a commission basis, $50,000 ';' in delinquont personal taxes, the county taxpayers' league i. has, so to speak, made a virtue of neoessity. The legue made it plain that it did not like the transaction, but, -either doubting its power to have it i barrass the court by interference, it has wisely submitted to a situation which at this stage would only have been made : worse by active opposition. There will :be general endorse ment of, the league's declaration that the collection of all de- .: Jinquent taxes is the duty of . ly elected officials. Unquestionably the county court is of the same mind and would have insisted on official action in - the present situation had not better results at Jess cost been f .assured by the employment should be no uncertainty about this matter in the future, ; however. If the officials involved are beset with difficiil ; ties in attempting to collect personal taxes or are handicap . ped by lack of allowances for special assistance, they should ; make such things known for prompt adjustment. Letting '. personal taxes lapse for years without valid reason is a re flection on official competency, unfair to taxpayers who are not delinquent and an unnecessary loss to the revenues of the county. . s - , - ; '' ' j - ; ).' . ' . 0.-- . i ;h . i J The controversy between the Southern Pacific and Ore gon Trunk railroads over the construction and operation .iof railroads in the Klamath basin brings to the surface once more ,1jhe. discussion about an , east-and-west , line, across .dreg'on. . .Tliisjs.good news to Roseburg, citizens as such a road would cross through Douglas county, making the, coiin-' ty seat the' hub of two great line's! ' ''-'-'' 1 - j I . ' o -t -, ; 'J 1 fhelfirQiIdrs who, arejf orced to join f lie' Hot -Stove (League tTuring -the rainy season' will'- take View 'if ettrt-with' the tyn-l Doimcement of the'Rpseburg Country Club that grass greens ' audi. faii-Wii.Vs' n)iiy, ,bfc! installed rain cloud has a silv'ry lining. ; i ;' m i Or- Douglas county is rmiflg in is season 3 season as (in former .years and we sincerely hope tihat i-tMrd 'receives 'a; three'-iihil-ds 'ih-ice1. ! I ' '. i one- ! " .':The't'eiribl6is lii Ctilexreb'aiid exfcMi'make-j'b-pdsstlile for the boys in that wet and topply district to 'revive the slogan, ;"Let's shrike' fqr tlie drinks." , . ,', ' ,' , ' ; , , -', , , 0 : ' ' . i' i , j " ' One tiling to be thankful for the New Year is starting Kit without Aimee or Ormiston in the headlines. 1 - ' ..i.o ' ; .,P0I!'t forget Roseburg hns its chin stuck out and de termination in its face. . . , A few more days like this back in the moth balls. mm in i PUNISHMENT. A man is pinched for grievous crimes, which are the scandal of the times. In court at last he takes his place, a jury of his peers to face. Week' after week the trial drags, v- r and turn bleak faces to the sky. "There is no justice now," they wail; "we might as well tear down the jail, and of our courthouse make a rink, for law is badly on the blink. When such a criminal goes free, who should adorn the gallowstree, we might as well capitulate and let ' the sinners run the state." I'.ul there is justice stark and grim, although the law has fooled with him. The man ac quitted leaves the court, and Joels much like a dead game port; now he'll resume the pleasant ways he followed in tlie good old days; he'll mingle with his old time chums in pleas ant joints where ragtime hums; he'll strut along the street once more, admired, respected, as of yore, ttut now those friends, though kindly souls, won't touch him with their te-n-fQot poles. They fail to see him stop and stand, accosting them with outstretched hand. They don't invite him to their shacks, their wives on his wife turn their backs. He is an outcast where of late he swaggered with a lordly gait. Ho gets his punishment severe, though justice may have strip lied a gear. C. E. SPENCE ILL AT PORTLAND HOSPITAL Word lias been received in Huso- burg that C. V. S ,., state market agent, Js very ill in a Port- land hospital. ' Mr. Spence gave up fanning in ClackaKtas county mid beiuie l?reslueut and Manager Secretary-Treasurer May 17, 192u, at the post office M tne Act or Marcn z, 187. .14.00 . Z.00 1.00 .60 .50 2.00 year . FRIDAY, JAN. 7, 1027. THE TAXES, o of the county court's contract nullified or unwilling to em- and should be made by regular- of a, special collector. There :trf theicourse.i ' Thus eviery : ' ! r-, ; about pneTthird the broccoli and we'll put the red flannels . , . "..". niliindP i until tlie jury wilts and sags. Week after week the people read the story of each evil deed, till they exclaim, "Now, by tlie Grail, this man should spend his life in jail! There is no depth of vice or sin, it seems, he hns not wallowed in." Week after week the man accused sits there in court, serene amused. He has no fear of prison cells, he'll soon win freedom, wearing bells. He has great lawyers lo defend, and he's acquitted in 11, ....t nl 1.. 1 - i . I'uupiu iifnvu a weary sign Pie administration. Ho wns master of the statu Uimige a few- t"'' aK" Mr" hvmte l" 'll" Mrth. having been raised .In tlrey county, province or Outario. He has been active I u furuiersj, progressive movements for mum years. Mrs. PRUNE ICKIN'S GOOD EVENING FOLKS C ' " Guv Walt Pierce, who is toon gonna go bach) ' f To his bald-faced calves, today says that V-s The newspapers are the bunk and then in the Next breath says he may turn a lotta bfk Loose from the pen as his last official szt And we are wonderln' rf Walt hasn't purchased , A large crate of sour grapes and Is bawlilike The calves do back on the Eastern Oregon (Unch 7 ' ; DUMBELL DORA AND STUPID SARAH THINK A coijy.atcher is fellers whoOork at the slaughter houses. FASHION NOTES. Stockin's are bein' rolled shorter than ever, bein' held up by the ankles. Waists will be shifted to just below the shoulders and the skirt hems will be two inches tighter around the neck. ff- Our heart goes out to the bozo who got ten years at hard labor for holdln' up a Scotchman. ?. iji 5; Douglas county is often called the "boardiri houses friend" on acct. of the large number of pnines raised here. The nW8 trickled into our sanctum this a. m. about one of the prominent villagers who was wont to place a coupla bottles of home brew In the pantry window to keep 'em coot and lo and behold some wise guy lifted the refreshing liquid and now the doctor (for that was his profession) Is anxiously waitln' for a call 'cause he knows dern well that the feller who stole it can't live long. Life is what you make it, Roseburg is what we make it. Death comes ready-made, so don't worry about that. .4t!i. 'I WONDER WHY? I wonder why so many do Such very foolish things? For Instance, why a tenor who Can't sing at all, still sings? I wonder why a boarding house Serves prunes and raisin pie? Why college boys wear socks that fall, . And why some girls wear none at all? , We smile at things thai would appall Before! . . . .u vl wonder why? . . ; . ' - , I .wonder why life's got to be, ( A swift bewildering swirl? 1 ' ' ' ' 1 wonder why that Boy I see ' ' Turns out to be a Girl? ' 'I wonder why young people dance - , : '' With gears thrown into high? Why orchestras put care to rout i - By turning all the scores .about- . . . mi. And throwing all the music out? , r , i I say ...... I wonder why? , , ,' i :- i . t ' i ... , - - , I ,wonder why, when people wed , , i . , i . - - t . ' They .straightway steer a course '' ' ... - . . By Custom's Compass, dead ahead ! 1 ' ' ' ' ; - . t ' ' i ' To founder on Dlvoroe? - 1 1 I ' .' 1 1 "'"' There' is no sense to half the things ' 1 I i -: ' ' 1 ' t - i ' V ponder and decry; . i . - -. i . - i .1 . , ' i , ' ' : - I do- not worry much, because j , - - . ' , 1 ' t- 1 ' i f I'm dumb on Evolution's laws, , - r : And yet these tangles give me pause '. ' I J " , ii,' . , , , , And mako me' wonder why! ' . ' ' 1 ; i ! 1 ' I ' I J . I ' i J ! M'f; ,f,,,, I,, , - I - ! 1 1 Gol'dmtg, we liave gotta few friends imthis ;ol' loorfd. after all. 'Oidy yfi'f tidily, a) kind-hearted indhlid-uil walhhd ihdt ide'd heltir Mfk land ,?fp d$,-a?fd wen. .V tye peered froii' lten(dl'li.tle "iwsk we saw him handing a hunk of jerky toward-s'us 'Tain't siich 'd, bad world after all, ' . i ' I -i . X 1 37 OT J K 1 ' ' ' '. :-,'!' Hot puppies! How's this' for balmV weather? A' coutila more' days like this and 'we'll' of commerce to Pdseyyillel j i. i i . , i . i , i ' ?j& ' ' " 1 ' j , Afltr 'the first of the' year, when, the boss. has already informed you, that there'll be dern hard to hmyh .' heartily before. . . : LAFE PERKINS SEZ "To some fellers Sunday clean shirt." ' Special Trains 1 Dollar By Wlckes Wamboldt I heard n man 'raving the other day becHUMe uitlrtmds are haul ing the spi't-ial train of Murle of Houiuniila for $1.00. "Outniginus,'' ho ruijr-d, "contri buting to u rlrli rnynl party a sum so large as that railroad fare would amount In. Hallroad companies should make thorn- people pay and give Unit money to the poor." Kven though tlKo railroad com, paules t-hurged full price for haul ing tjueen Marie's train, those ronipaiik-H would lint give that money to Ihe poor. TIioho same roads have luti-ii Known to charge It's gittin' so our laws hain't , nothin' more'n detour signs. They ; row us down, but titer's alius a ! way around. Who remembers when , nothin' but woodpeckers bothered : telephone poles? j Copyright National Newspaper j Sexvitu. 1 By BERT G. BATES 'vipive move 'tho Los Angeles chamber . , . ,. , i no increase in your salary it is at his bum. jokes as you did i '..- . 1 just means a day to put on a Tull price for snaking other spe cial tjiulns around the country but there Is no record of their having contributed that money to tlie needy. - One often hems the argument when money is spent for this, or Hint, or the other thing, that It should have been given to the poor. A great banquet Is held. "It should have been Riven to the poor." An elaborate decoration is done. "It should have been given to Ihe poor." A big celebration is held, "it should have been given to tlie poor." A huge monument is erect ed. "Il should have been given to the poor." When people spend money In a way that seems to other people foolish or pernicious, il Is bei-auso they think they have a reason for so spending It. They tliluk they are getting something they want. If the proposition did not make a strong appeal to them, they would not turn their money loose for It. It usually takes something at mo tive to part a mnu mid his money. The Idea of the banquet, tin- de coration, the celebration, the monu ment, attracted some persons p.ow erftiily or the money woiill not have been forthcoming. . The idea of hauling queen Marie's tiain all over the country for Sl.Oli attracts some railroad companies strongly or they would not tlo it. If asked why they do it, the railroad managements would reply that the poor could not ;lve them uiiytlilnis lii return, while tiueeu Marie can. She gives tliein publicity. The railroads that are! Juiiilnig the royal party for $1.00 feel that tliev a:i helii!- Kiit'Hi-i.ttii. ly paid In one way or another; or I they would not do it. They are not philanthropic luxtiiuiions. Things xhould lie given to the poor, but not everything. The poor j come in lor their shn:e. but older I propositions have a share, too. 1 Hack youtler about 1900 years ago ' u certain gentleman , made a cri-' lleism to the eflet t thai the lavish ly spilled contents of u cert.tu ula-! bastar box should have been Mil;!, and the money given to the po,n aud according to my recollection I he W2t caliti down bald. i Your Boy and Your Girl BY ARTHUR The Pent Dr. Pean will answer all signed letters pertaining to parents' problems wlU -their boys tuid girls. Writers' name jtre never printed. Only questlous at general Interest &unwred In this column, but all letters will be answered by mull If written in ink and a stamp, selt-addressed envelope Is enolosed. Address Arthur lean, in care ot The Is'ews-ltevlew. A - A New Year Innovation girl I kuow and has a wonderful Contributor's day hereafter will personality to go with it. But, be duvotud to publishing "From Me when 1 first. saw her she guve me to ou" -correspondence between aa entirely different impression young people of Jpk'th sexes on 1'rom what -1 now have. ISbe looked problems ot life, "iving, loving, to me like a 'pretty good party' to thinking, believing and acting as put it cold. Our annual -big dance the young people see them. One was coining up pretty Boon and & day a week we .will have an "open it was going to cost me quite a forum." We elder folk will listen i bit ot gold twenty two dollars al !n to "Sweet Sixteen" tell "Silent I together 1 figured that I wanted Bill" that "you will never get a, a date. that would give me a pretty girl by talking evolution. ' to "Col - legiate" intorming "Seventeen Winters" "1 never saw a girl who would not pdt"; to "Senior High" that "It is my conviction that It 1b wrong for a girl to correspond with a man she bus never met," to 'Fighting Sixteen," the boy with the "1 think that the small talk of a dance aiid the Betting which goes on in the autos outside the hall is a waste of precious time;" to ' Sob Sister" who cannot get in to a sorority because "the crowd at this high school won't look at a country girl;" to "Conscientious"' who Holds "a young person needs religion in these duys as never before." Instead of me attempting to an swer all those letters through tha column, let, for example, a girl of Seventeen'summers" reply to the!s,hf ,Y1fu t Uolug because she boy of "Seventeen Winters" and prove "that he's a cold proposi tion." Let's see whether "Silent mil" can be elected class presi dent by the girl vote. And why does aoD Bister - get the black ball? Newspapers have "Lost and Found" columns and "Exchange Lists" in their advertising papers. Why not once a week of "Lost and Found" ideas and exchanges of "From me to you" ideas and ideals - (there is a difference be-, tweeu the words). I'll be the um pire and the older folk must Bit in the bleachers for one day a week and remain seated. No slugging of, umpire allowed. Let the boys ami girls play this game. . ... ; Remember, players, Ujat in addi tion a fictitious or "pen-name" is lo be signed in order that we read ers will be able to refer to "Six- teen," boph" "Twenty Two,'! Bashful," etc., In the replies and discussions. Don't limit your- seir . j petting party material. .We (because I am as young. as you arp sometimes at least) want to give the older folk an impression that we can talk and think , about - re ligion,' vocations, .marriage, paren tal responsibility, etc. For a -long time I've been telling the. grown ups that you .young people were (b. K. Now let's prove it, to. them by the clearness of our ' expression, the cleverness ot our answers, and. line owei, lettouutiujeuesu thought.. . , ' : j ,- , i ,. , s He. Riflht?, , of our! I i i ,1 "Dear Dr. . Bean : l do jiotj know whether, you remember , imy , first letter to you. You published part of it. 1 his time. 1 m writing on an, en-1 lirejy ttllterent, subject; that or th iitlitmln nf li-lw tou-Mi-il nnf. - i-w u"g. ; i . , -. . - , . "I nm now attending collegers going to get her .answer pub - and am pledged to the A. B. C. fra ternity. 1 am a sophomore mana ger on our College Daily, and also president of our class. Not boast ing, Just giving you an idea of who I am. . . . "On a dance committee on which I served was one girl that particu larly struck my fancy, we'll call her Ruth. She is as pretty as any FIVE KILLED, 17 HURT WHEN TRAIN HITS STREET CAR (Associated Press Leased Wire.) SUPIiltlOR, Wis., Jan. 7. Five persons wero killed and 1.7 injur ed, five perhaps fatally, when the Gopher Umit-ed on the Great North ern railroad ploughed through a stalled street car last night. Witnesses said that tlie car had started across tlie railroad tracks when tlie crossing gales descended knocking the trolley pole down aud stopping the vehicle. As the engineer's headlights gleamed into view there were shrieks us tlie trolley passengers darted for the exits. Only two pnssengers managed to gel out of the car unhurt before the collision. D. K. Nicholas of Klamath Falls was in this city visiting Thursday and overnight. For sale, dresser with extra lnrge glass, $17. 9x12 rugs only slightly used. Used Congoleuin rug. Used ranges as good as new at low prices. See these at Powell Furuiture Store. DAILY WEATHER REPORT U.. S. Weather Bureau, local of. fice, Roseburg, Oregon, 21 hours ending 6 A. M. Relative humidity .5 p. m. yes. 77 Precipitation In Ins. and Hundredths Highest temperature yesterday 52 Lowest temperature last night 36 Precipitation, last 24 hours 02 Total precip since 1st mouth.. 2.23 Normal precip. for this month 5.70 Total precip. from Sept. 1, 1926. to date 1S.45 Average precip. from Sept 1, 1S77 ..- "15.11 Total excess from Sept. 1, 1922 3.31 Average precipitation for 44 wet seasons. (September to May, Inclusive) 31.13 Unsettled with occasioual rnlns tonight and Saturday; moderate temperature. ARTHUR W. PUGH. Meteorologist DR. NERBAS DENTIST Painless extraction Gas When Desired Pyorrhea Treated Phone 4S8 Masonic Bldg. DEAN, 6C. D. Counsellor vj 1 swell time. So 1 dated Ruth up, "Along came the night of the dance and I called for Ruth. Did she look wonderful? Well, i hope to shout, she -did! On the way to the dance 1 offered her a cigarette. : She said she didn't smoke. Well that rather surprised me for she looked like she would smoke. Dur ing the dance we naturally went out for some punch. The punch was "spiked" and she wouldn't touch it after the ilrBt sip. Her stock Just naturally soared with those two surprises. I -drove home one-handed, but that was the ex tent of nny advances on my part. "Last night was my fourth dute with her. This time we rode in the back seat. When 1 tried to put her head on Jiiy shoulder she wouldn't even consent to that. 1 know mat didn't like me, because she had me around to her own house the night before to an informal dance Z. Y. Z. society. Also 1 know a fellow 'that has known her for a good many yours and ho says that she isut a party girl. "Now there Is at least one girl that doesn't have to cheapen her self to get a date. In fact she is one of tne most popular girls in the cluss, going out with the class president and the chairman of an important committee, among oth ers. She haB a vivid personality, beautiful features, fine figure and. can dance par-excellence. Possibly' my opinions are a bit wanped, us concerns lier but liow could I give an unbiased opinion of her at the present? ' "My feelings -toward her at the! present don't prevent -me from Baying one thing that is entirely i true witn most auv one I know. A girl thai iB too good will tempt fellow to cheat on her just as sure as I am btire of anything. Weil, Dr. Dean, a ueliove you have the love story of yours truly to date bo that's that. j - - ' ?'Kut why in the , Sam Hill wouldil't It apjlly to most any fel low and girl? 1 don't think that I'm so very much different rrom many others. ; 1 ' - "Class of 1929." . "P. "S.f To" be "very "practical; T used different tactics !w-itli lluUi than I've used with other girls. Soi Spmivybe 9slieisSdsirig' fttrfc&fc twitUjfaanghteri of: Mrs. iddorge; (Btiiiuu pit me, .-too.? - v - Now play ball. Hore's' ari Iritelll - eelit- lad. - evidently nonular' as :ifl i shown 1 by college . recognition; whose use of current phrases will I delight' the bleacher warmers. He 1,.. , a . i...t uinngo .liiiu -oLiLiuiucuL iiuiu -iitjuuaiiu seiiuoi alter, an auseueu Ul challenging. What is it? what girl lished ; Start your reply, "With i-eferenoe to '1929' I want to say " (that will identify lier reply with: the letter she is answering), lie-! member-folks, space is too Jimitedj to review this letter of '1929' when the published answer comes out. So remember its contents, or bet - ter still clip It for future reference. ivpiEiii uuuu uum w, For sale, large kitchen cupboard, height 6 feet, $12.50. 3-burner oil- If'0 7: .Jr "Jidied ab .1, T s dressers, used beds, spriuga, and!Uleu "uuul SI montus ago. 1 ue , was experiences ine mayor re . . . j surviving brothers are Claude, i ceiving a bare majority for his ap- ...H...uau ub ell Furniture -.luupiuijr, oo - Jackson St 1 Bottle, 4 3t OOROUr. f DLO r.tit. ""V- to, 1 K 1 i i iLOt-'! t ? 6 Dr. A. Freiiiicich tesR-d liquor found in the bottles shown, of persons brought to Bellevue Hospital, New York City, . test showed the presence of deadly substances. - Mel-O-Maid Butter .... I Ask you grocer for butter that IS fresh. We supply your grocer with fresh butter every morning. Why buy ordinary butter when you can get Mel-O-Maid for the same price. ' MADE BY Douglas County Creamery, Makers of Mel-O-Maid Ice Cream , PHONE 340 PASSES AWAY AFTER ;;::iLBilLLISS 1 . - 1 ( i Miss Lucy Grimm, aged 19 years, fNorth- Jaokson street,, passed, away. ; last , night altera long Illness. IMifca t'rrb'inS ih'er-aifiiS 3ll JvwVhf Rf;ir- flet' fever three" years ago vhilb' at- tending high school, and, her heart i was left weakened, : .She returned, f '1 . .. ? '..t. -a ..J. r - year, and completed her course 1 there, graduating last June. A few weeks later she became ser- lously ill again and, her condition i gradually grew worse until last night when her death, occurred., , She was born in Gaieton, Penn- sylvaula and caino to Roseburg ! j with her parents when one year of j ; age. She attended the local pub-: lic. schoolMa'nd- the lilgh - school aim was very popular among tne younfr people with -whom she was j associated, She leaves a mother, four broth ers ana two siBiers. iter miner Harrv. Jrvln anil tov. 11 11 nr llosn - iburg, and the sisters are Mrs. Viola Churchill and Mabel Grimm. 25 Drinks; 25 Drinks, of Roseburg. ; ' The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at: 2 o'clock, Rev.iH. E. Mow, ot the Christian church, : M- I ficiating, and interment .in the Masonic' Cemetery: - J The 'bbdij isi at" the osobih'g ' del-taking Parlors era! will .take, place. - GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. 7. A shake up in tlie personnel of the city police and street departments was ertected last- night when May or George Fox tbbk office, succeed ing Isaac Best. The new city ad ministration has Issued instruc tions that petty traffic violations by visiting tourists .are not to bring fiafc'S as in the past. For ;Beveral" years considerable adverse sentiment has linen nronsod hp by the arrest of many tourists during the summer season, in discriminate searching of cars also will be barred. Some opposition i nointtiients wli eh c-mhi-nnml complete change of the ! force. police 1 Coffin till of which were in possession suffering from poison. And everj : - J. where, the fdu- PETTtSMP1 1 : ' IT oiiiiTS' PUSS ItHiViVHnlHiHiliWfii HUltpiJlIUli state market agent in Governor spence died about two years H'Q 9
