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FOUR' ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1927. ROSEBURG NEWS -REVIEW ' t Issued Dally Except 8unday Afeanbcr ef Tke Hie Associated Presi la exclusively entitled to the uae for republi cation of all newa dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in thla paper and to all local news published boreln. All rlchta of republlca- uuq ot special oispetcnes Herein are B. W. BATES- BERT O. fiATBS tared a eocond class matter ttoaoDUTK, uregoa, uoaer SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally, per year, by mall Oally, Mi months, by mall IMlly, throe mouths, by mall t Utuiy, single month, by mall . wily, by carrier, per montH . ROSEBURG, OREGON, ARE YOU ON A - Are you receiving a flood of literature from various concerns, not only in the east, bui the west as well, telling you of the wonderful stock investments to be had? If so, watch your step, it is very probable that you are on a sucker list. When your name is on a sucker list you have not only one swindler to deal with, but a tribe, according to W. It. Morehouse of the American Bankers association. Mr. Moore house points out ihat each person on a certain sucker list of investors received from wildcat promoters the following: Thirteen one-page letters, 22 two-page letters, 6 three page letters, 2 four-page letters, 52 fake newspapers con taining fake write-ups, 29 pieces of lurid prospectus ma terial, 34 return addressed postal cards and 72 subscrip tion blanks, making a total of eleven pounds of literature, 'costing about ?50. ... This is the age of stock selling.. Men and women of little or no responsibility are continually urging people of small means to invest their earnings in some sort of venrtire. Every conceivable argument is put up to them to part with their savings and in mighty few instances do they ever get a cent in return. Big profits are in store for the glib stock salesman who can put over his stuff and every community suffers to a more or less degree by his activities. True, there are legitimate channels for investing your money, but this is overshadowed many times by the army of solicitors selling stock that amounts to practically nothing. Stock selling schemes !are most always "hatched" in the larger cities. Clever manipulators get together, plnn their proce dure of operation, assemble and print a handsome prospec tus apparently making their stock, selling propaganda : "airtight," then calling to their command an army of ir- responsible solicitors who make a drive on the state, throw ing their net around those unacquainted with their offer ings and inveigle thousands of people to invest in worthless . paper. : ; , .' . Another feature about many stock selling combinations .iathe quiet and secret way in which the work is carried on. No publicity is . , courted everything (is sub rosa. Their paper is so "good" that it is only being passed to a limited number of suckers only a few chosen ones arc invited to ''participate but they must haye t'he filthy lucre and ready' : to have it .'separated frdih their wallet. 'After the deal is I.miide and you have a nice lithographed certificate, embel lished in gold ink, you can sit tight until the returns begin to come in- which in innunmerablo cases never materialize. ;f hen you begin to realize what has happened. ' ''' Millions of dollars' are filched yearly from tho pockets of deserving peoplo by unscrupulous stock soiling:. Probably "not one in a hundred of tho offerings have any sound, fi ..lmnciiil standing, but they aro all money makors for tho ' promoters. If a stock promotion will, not stand tho fullest publicity if those engaged, in tho "enterprise" fail to place their proposition wide open to the public for careful scrut inization and analyzalion, ydir are quite safe in dismissing - "the oper as' worthless. Anywaywatch your step. The sucker industry is quite "u"iusty young giant and is in our midst at all times. 0 FINE OLD CHARACTER . ... In the passing of Judge . of the Oregon Soldiers nome, mo ciiy, county mm un ' lost one of its most respected citizens and pioneers. Tho deceased having been a resident of Oregon for so long a per iod of time, naturally his acquaintanceship had reached to tho remotest sections and his legion of close friends deeply ' .... t . 1 J :.. regret nis ciuum. iuuub - uvm... -----Riddle's alertness was remarkable, carrying on his duties lo within a few hours of his death in the usual careful and painstaking way that had always been his custom. Ho hail been the author of several well-written articles on the early history of this stale, among them "Early Days in Oregon." lie had a way of portraying tho life of tho pioneer and activities of early Indian wars that was intensely interesting and commanded the attention of a great army of readers, lie was a fine old charcter and one whom all respected to tho highest degree. During his long career in this county ho held many important state and county offices and his record was one of faithfulness lo his constituents at al: limes. The county has lost a much valued citizen in the death of George V. Kiddle. o It seems now that Jack Dempsey still maintains Hint lie is tho belter man and that Tunney is champion by mere luck only. ' If Jack ever gets n third comeback ho wil, prob ably be put lo sleep for more than fourteen seconds. -o ; Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are the only two Canadian provinces still "dry." And they are the only two that do not directly impinge on United Plates territory. ; . o , The New York pastor who advert i.scd, and whose ad i-eiid "Yawn Service," probably will get a lot of credit for iniilnr. nnvhow. O ; A Kansas City man was arrested 'or cureless walking. "Maybe the charge should have been "reckless" walking. o The farther along we go the more we begin to under stand just how "Lucky" Lindbergh was. . o :' . . . . i i i... r .... .i.-i.kliti In flv The next logical step wmim w i il... A.1...,tl. l-niuVinir llCrOSS IUU nimiifciv' by The News-Review Co.. Inc. Aaoeiafd Phul um reserved. , -Pr'sident and Manager -Secretary-Treasurer May 17, 1920, at tn yosi oltioo at uu ACl 01 uarca i, inv. .14.00 - 100 . 1.00 - .60 .60 SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1927. SUCKER LIST? George W. Riddle, commandant a (roil hull. r. - E picws "3y TBesrr G.TS'ate s gee yENiNa ybuKS This bcln Bawth nite And at ye ed. Cannot yet Afford even A two-bit Bawth In a Barber Shop We will kindly , Refrain from Dish in' out Any advice Regardin' the Proper way To take the Week-end ablutions. FOR SALE One foard car With a piston ring, Two rear wheels. One front spring. Nine years old Has two good eyes, Fulta pep 'N bridle wise. Got six speeds Gallop 'n trot Start, go ahead - Back up 'n stop. Radiator's leakin. Tires worn 'n rent; . Ten spokes mlsoirt', Front axle bent. Has no fenders Seat made of plank; Burns lotsa gas 'N hard to crank. Carburetor's busted Half way through; Engine's missin', Hits on two. '''-.; The present owner Swears like the dickens It's a dern good car But needs some fixin'. On acct. of the unkind remarks ancnt this colyum's stand concern In' the city council and our earnest-1 ness In givin' work to home town 1 laborers we are too hurt to make further jabs today. We are goln' ! out In the backyard and munch angleworms. S'long! See ya Monday! LAFESEZ . "Its Just too bad!" . MrH. U. P. Dokh of IhlH city left tills morning for Ashland, where she will visit with friumls over Sunday. - . . ' Jack Lockwill, the Lion Tamer BY GILBERT PATTEN (Creator of Frank Merriwell) ' "Much obliged to yo for stoppin 'cm so slick, young feller," said the officer to Jack. "You're a pretty nervy lad." "Ho ought to be," put hi one of the others. "He's th lion tamer of tho circus.". "Well, he tamed those two cubs pretty quick." chuckled the deputy sheriff, "and now I'm going to see they" locked up in their cage." He marched his prisoners away. Conducted by one of the cir cus hands, a messenger boy brought Lockwill a tolegram. It was s!-;nod by Brick Jud?,. Jack whistled queerly when he had read it. illWi ll m , The time for Jack to go Into the lion't cage drew near. From the wardrobe of the circus, he had been provided with a fuil-drtst suit that fitted him vory well. The cage-wagons of both King Leo and Snarlcyow were rolled into the main ring. The younger lion napped and snarled, and, true to his training, the older one began to roar in a bloodcurdling way. ' (To Be Continued) ' WITHAFULLSKJFT Over One Hundred and Fifty People Employed jn Canning Fruit Finish Pears. The Umpqua Valley Cannery,! now under the management of Frank J. Norton, veteran cannery-! man, Is working at full capacity, putting up packs of Douglas county fruit. Owing to the lalo start the pear pack is considerably smaller than had been hoped for. Because of the heavy demand for canned rc?.rn the loral p!ant could have handled a very large pacK, but ow ing lo the fact that there wag 30 much delay in getting started the run was limited lo about 100 tona. The last of the pears wero canned today and now the plant is run ning on prunes and apple . Prunes are being put up at the rate of more than a thousand cases dally, and It is planned to put out from lu.000 to 15.000 cases. The work with the prunes -will probably be completed by Thurs day or Wednesday, Mr. Norton says, und then the canning of ap ples will start. It la planned lo continue the apple pack until the last of November cr first of De cember. Tho cannery Is working full shifts and is furnishing employ ment to mure than 1GU men . and women. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE MUCH COMMENT PREVALENT ON BRIDGE CONTROVERSY ' nOSKHUltO, Ore., Snpt.. 21., Kdi tor Uoaeburg Nowa-Koview Con siderable indignant comment pre vails in Hosehurg since the action of the city council in awarding the new Deer Creek bridge to nn out sido concorn when the difference between the foreign contract aud tho contract of a local bidder was only $374 more on the proposition. Karly this year the Southern If ulfic railroad changed Us dlyision point to Eugene, taking out hun dreds of families who were living from tho railroad payroll. This was a big blow lo Itosehurg. and tho loeal merchants started u drivs to foster local Industries. To' a largo oxtont tho drive wr.a success ful. Homes wore saved intensive sollcltnllon by foreign peddlers, ami agents, and money .was thereby re tained In tills city and county. The, came tho big mill flro and loss of more payroll. j Now comes the action of the city council In flagrant violation of tho Under the big top. where Duke and Lizard had been spotted, tho performance was going on as if nothing unusual had occurred. Loppard, the clown, was very comical. Honoring .The International Uniform Sun day 8chool Lesson for 6epL 25, Review of the quarter's lessons on the early kings of Israel. Honoring God in Our Lives and in Our Land. Devotional reading: 2 Timothy ;;:10, 11, 14-17. By Wm. E- Gilroy, D. D. Editor of The Congregational 1st Why Is the study of the history of the kings of Israel so interesting and so important? Apparently, be cause the records of it through the Bible are themselves so remark able. If the men who have given us our Bible hrul written the his tory of movements of religion and politics in the life of any people as these have written concerning the history of Israel, the record would be unquestionably of importance. A further consideration, how ever, is found in the fact that Israel, from the earliest days, rep resented the Idealism of faith and progress. It is this ' that lends especial significance to incidents and movements in the lives of theso ancient Israelitlsh tribes whose national life, in comparison with that of the great empires, might, on a superficial view, be thought of as relatively unimpor tant. It is a fact that peoplo are mov ed with highest- interests than the mere conquest of material prob lems that gives to their history per manent significance and value for illustration and instruction in the development of other people. Old Sins Still Live. It is surprising to realize in reading these liihle records of re ligious and political life of a far distant age the extent to which we find the essential problems and factors in our modern life so con spicuously reproduced. Tno Rlns and jealousies and vain ambitions that marred the course of religion and politics in this ancteiit time are handicaps t& progress with which wo are still struggling to day. Tho indifference and wayward ness of the people to the .highest ideals of thejr. great leaders con tinues to be the chief evil even as it was then, and from the other side, the impulses of honor and righteousness (hat made men so 1 supremely und unselfishly devoted j to the commonweal arc tlio fac ! tors that still make for the sal vation of the nation and for the principal of "keep locarindustries' prospering." The council from all indications Intends to award Ihe contract to an outside concern, bo cause the bid was approximately 1 per cent lower. Thus tho money saved from foreign solicitors is to be turned right back in the way of tax money. L.ocal laborers have, registered their dissatisfaction. Lo cal merchants havo voiced dlsap-' proval. Home family heads havo' announced that it will; bo necessary for them Lo remove from Jioseburg' becauso of lack of employment. 4 Several members of the -council have Bhown wllllnguoss to recon- aider the bids in the light Of homo: industries, but 'the mayor: states Ihut he has too much backbone to back down once he has made up his mind. Is this backbone lo help j the loreignor or is it to work lor j tho wclf'.ire of the city of which he1 Is mayor? Sometimes it take i more backbouo to reconsider than I to stubbornly hold ground. ! Why not call u meeting of all tux payers in the Armory Tuesday uight to feet out public sentiment in regards to tho uwurdiug of tho contract? In case tho contract is re-awarded 20 local meu will be employed until after the first of next year, local dealers will sell many supplies and many families will continue to live hero. A similar situation enme up in Med ford some time ago and the contract was awarded to the lo cal bidder, even though tho differ ence was several thousand dollars more than that of the fore ig 11 bid dor. .Med ford has just linlshed its widely advertised "Jubilee of Vi sions Realized." U is reported there was insuffi cient discussion of the bids before the council decided to award the contract. Would it not bo well tor tho mayor to allow the tuxpayers an opportunity to express their preference in this decision which was so holly contested in ih council, with only part of the mem bers votiug? TAXPAYER. R. R. DEVELOPMENT BKN'D, Ore., Sept. 24. Sugges tion llmt a forked lino be con structed through central Oregon whs made at a conference here yesterday between members of the state public service commission and men representing Ilend ship ping interests. The plan calls tor a roau wmcn would extend west from the llurnf count it. branching In the vicinity of Kolyat. some 65 miles east of the Deschutes basin, one branch swinging goutu. and west to a Junc tion with tho Southern Pacific at Crescent Lake and tho other rout ed nearly west to the Bend coun try, with an eventual extonsion across the Cascades in the Hogg la3s area tapping the Santiam timber. Data'gathered on this trip will be filed with tho Interstate Com merce commission. The public ser vice commission party was in rrineville today for a hearing. DR. NERBAS dentist Painless Extraction Gas When Desirtd Pyorrhea Treated Phone 4S8 Masnic Iildg. . WEEKLY SUNDAY God; in Our fLives and iit Our Land ; But thou hast fully huown my ocu:no, manner of life, purpose, faith, longauffering. charity, patience. Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antlnch, at Iconi um. at Lystru; what persecutions I endured; but out of them all the Lord delivered mo. 1 Yea, and all that will live godly, in Christ Jesus shall suffer perse cution. ; . . ; ' ' Hut evil men ami seducers shall wax worse and worse, docelving, and being deceived. f But continuo thou In the things which thou hast learned and h?Bt been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known tho holy Scriptures, which are able to muko tlieo wfso unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. ' All Scripture Is given by Inspiration of Cod, and is. profltuhlo for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That tho man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. . SYC&r UAL ; It ainely gave them nil a thrill, a-riding on the old windmill. "It seems just like a merry-go-round," said Coppy, with a grin. "Let's havo aJrace away upihere." But then ho stopped, and said. "I fear thero wouldn't be much seuso to that be cause we all would win.'1' T In just a short time Oaipy cried, "The wind's died down and spoil-. o'J cur rldo. Lot's go down on the ground again and see what we can see." So, ofr thoy scrambled, one bv one, quite- satisfied with all their fun. And, when thoy reach ed tho ground they were an d.izzy as could bo. ; . . The ride had made them feel that way und soon . the bunch heard Scouty say, "I guess we'd better all sit down till dizziness is gone." So down they sat, to sleep they went, and all night long was sweetly spent at resting up their weary Ixmes. They woke again at dawn. A little girl stood at their side. "Well, look who's here!" wee Clowny cried. "I'm Just a little Dutch girl." said the lass, who looked real sweet. "I have a pair of wooden shoes I thought perhaps you'd like to use. I'll gladly let you try them on, if they will fit your feet." "Oh. thank you, miss," wee Scouty cried. "That's something we have never tried." Then Clowny jumped and said, "I'm first. I'm not afraid a hit." She handed him the wooden shoes. Not time did lit tle Clowny lose. He sat right down upon the ground to see If they would fit. Said he, "They're fine. Say, this is great." And then he jumped nml stood up straight. "I ll bet you think that I can't walk. Here's where you get a thrill." But. as lie stuck one wee foot out, Itjnadej SHELLS EXPLODE T (AmnctalMl Vtcm LchJ Wim) BALTIMORE, Sept. 24. Fire. orUinr.ting in an ammunition pit 1 it th.. fit i-t in Itnv nrmniv nrt tin urn I depot near here, exploded shells on a loading platform nearby, and spread panic among residents of the neighborhood, but was brought under control without serious iIhiii ;age to the reservation last night, j Ammunition magazines contain' ling thousands of tons of explosives jaeverul thousand yards anay w:re (quickly' sealed by Mildiers on tho reservation which with the aid ol 'local firemen and a fire boat ex itlimtiishcd the flames in less than tvo hours. Th! nsPTic of flr first le- came known ontsidt th reserva tion when a series of sharp expio- ; :dons shook nearby houses. About one hundred and fifty families 'loaded haVly collected belongings into automobiles and fled toward Baltimore, but returned when it - became c!ar that there was co ,dansr of ihe fire spreading. Major Charles H. Traeger. com manding otticer of the depot, an nounced that no one was hurt. SCHOOL LESSON WAWM VMVM COCHRAN PianES KWCH READ THE STOftY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE tho TInlos la-JBh ami shout. Tor! I mWllV IfSt n I u titsIiiMi'a ami i.n f ... ..." uuu uu took a sudden spill. 0erfectHttii2 Sweatc: Mi advancement of the people in true welfare. - j . - - Frcm these lessons of the ouar- Iter there stand out 'conspicuously , these qualities 01 greatness In the men and women who devoted' themselves so completely to God and to the people. Wq forget the mad jealousies and the foolishness of Saul in considering the fine character of Samuoi, dedicated by a godly mother- lo the service of the temple and fulfilling that dedi cation in the completeness of his unselfish devotion to the national life. : . ; He couid say with truth as he surveyed his career, especially at a time when the people were turn ing from bis leadership to seek a king, that in everything he had acted honorably and unselfishly. .J David Man of Passions. "In David we come to a man of different type, a strange combina tion of good and evil purposes and of well-directed ,and misdirected emotions. 4. . inan of war, like many men of. war given over to other strong and violent passions, there were In him, none the less, some finer qualities of king and I saint. - ? The quarter's lessons end In a way- to make every man reflect upon the true foundations of re ligion and the state. The capacity of David as warrior and adminis trator and the splendor and mag nfficance of Solomon's rule, with its great project of .temple build ing, were not in themselves suffi cient to preserve the integrity of jn state in which, beneath the ca pacious ruie, mere nan uoen mucn oppression and injustice. Jeroboam's foolishness stands as a permanent example of bump tloiys royalty and of misused au authority, but it should be remem bered that Jeroboam, with all his foolishness and incapacity, was the inheritor of the folly and iu-- justice of men who in other re spects wore wiser than himself, r- Thus these lessons on the puriy kingdom of Israel bring to us alike teachings of example and of warn ing. The true conclusion of the matter is found very appropriately expressed in the! golden text of this lesson: "Jehovah hath estab lished his throne in the henvenaf and his kingdom rulcth over all." (Psalm 103:ir). and in the devo tional reading which, stands at, the -head of our comment.' (Tho Tinymltes land In Persia in a 1 . 1 ino next story.) I Copyright, 19:17. NBA Service. Inc. WHEN IN ROME. CLAD VOUQSCLC IN TH' NATIVE APRARCL -and by the same to ken, a rolling stone is worth twon a side track. Hase into a .vrr- and climb aboard the Knowledge Special." rub at idleyid mrv