" FOUR ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW,; SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1928. ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW iMtied Dally Except 8unday by The News-Review Co., In. Member of The Aaaoctated I'rMi, The Associated Prea exclusively entitled to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise oredlted lo tola paper and to all local news puullined nere'n. All rlffata ox republica tion 01 apeclai dlapatchea herein a W. BATES. 8ERT Q. BATES.. i second clues mailer Boaeburg, Oregon, under SUBSCRIPTION Oallr, per year, by mall- Oally six months, by mall. Dally, three months, by mall- yaJiy, single month, by mall Uatly, by carrier, per month.. ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1928. ANOTHER BARRIER TO OVERCOME It now scums that another barrier must be leaped before Doitglas county can authorize the construction of a new court house. This obstacle is coming in the form of a popu lar vote at the primary election May 18 on petition of tax payers, who for some unexplained reason failed to register any objections to the project on January 21 last, the date set by the county court for hearing remonstrances that might have been presented. Legally it is not incumbent upon the court, it is contended, to recognize a referendum petition or remonstrance at this late day, but in a spirit of fairness, it is announced, the court- will place the proposition on the May ballot if the petitions therefor bear the required num ber of signatures, only two per cent of the total number c voters, which, of course, will not be difficult to obtain; One recognizes the inalienable right of any taxpayer or group ot taxpayers to register his or their sentiment on any public proposition, but in this particular instance one also won ders why any remonstrance worth presenting at all was , not registered on the date publicly set for such purpose. The county court and prominent citizens favoring a new building were open and reasonable in their support of the project, all legal requirements were complied with to the letter and no important detail escaped the fullest publicity. It was not too much to expect that any who desired to op pose the new building would display a like attitude of frank ness and fairness and thus give proponents a chance to meet their views in a friendly way and iron' out all differ ences.' The action of the anti-court house element in re maining aloof from all public proceedings and then strik ing at tho project in tho eleventh hour by a referendum war rants the opinion that their objections lack sufficient merit to stand the acid test of sound reason and open discussion. We beLieve, however, that all the election will accomplish will be to defer ultimate construction unti late in the year, theroby adding soveral thousand dollars to the expense. The general sentiment for a new court house and jail has for a long time seemed overwhelming. ' Successive grand juries, in their final reports, have denounced the present jail and dwelt strongly on the need of a better court house in which to transact ousiness and safeguard public records of price leas value. The largest taxpayers have been outspoken in favor of the project. There is no reason now to believe that this collective sentiment has undergone any change. On that basis the prediction is warranted that the attempt to defeat the proposition by a referendum will meet with decisive defeat. The fellow who thinks he can travel on well paved high ways by paying a license foe on his car in the paltry sum of $3 is a, mighty poor business managor and will certainly get bumped if the proposed measure over becomes a law. But wo are not going to Iv.'.vc any such a nuisance to meet. Wen thinking people will umcut the proposal. You cannot build a state, a county, or a community by continually tearing down. The nppearanee of a city i3 judged by .its aggressiveness and general neatness of its pub lic buildings and homos. This is one good reason witli many others why Douglas county should have a new and modern court house. Seventy-five per cent of the prohibition agents foil down on civil service exams, according to a dispatch. Evi dently Uncle Sam wants them to bo able to both raid and writ0- .- ... t-Ui, Bort Acosta was arrested for flying his plane too close lo the ground. Wo thought people were jailed just for fly ing high. A southern editor calls Senator Heflin a "roaring jack ass." Wo disagree. Senator Heflin is a braying lion. o There's always something happening lo lake the joy out of life. S Tnniri nirrTin niv,'ntiim- '"mK .mruniiHiiypro. llnHr I H!rr I I I Lj vent Ion of such diseases as rout, UillVLI MILL I .D-blackhead and cholera. Ho ml Tho Women's Club o: Dlxnnvllle held n very entertaining and in slructlve meeting Thursday after noon, with hii nlleiidancn of 6n wo nioit und h number of men, A short tlmo nt tho beginning of tho pro Knim was Riven to a round-table discussion, led by Mrs. Claudo Hannlng of method) of keeping ac counts. A number took purl In tho discussion, hut tho in tutor of deciding on a system of uccouuts to ftdopl for use, was carried over until the next meeting. This club has been cooperating with Mrs. Jesulo .McComb. state homo demonstration leader, In holding a series of monthly meet lugs on homo economics, but due to .Mm. MoConih's Inability to be present, tho topic for study nt this meeting whs eh Mined to that of turkeys. Mr. McKinley Hunting are also reserved. President and Manager BecreUry-Treasurer May 17, 1020, at Hie Jol office at Act of March 2, 1879. -4.00 - 2.0U 1.00 . -0 .(0 ton, ii prominent mid successful turkey raiser of Yninulhi. familiar with turkey mowing hi lis differ out phases, una Recurod to address the eUih. He gavo a very com prehensive talk on matter of In terest to turkey growers, taking tip diseases nminion to turkeys. ino methods of coal ml Hint pro vltii'd reganllng the euro of the poult until they are a month old, the rare of turkeys through tho brooding period, and the prepara tion for market. Many points of j intercut ii n I In fornix! Inn vin-t ( brought out and tho club dm-tded at the rinse, of Mr. Huntington's talk lo make the study of turkey, espe cially the mnrkfltlim of turkey, a part of each meeting tlumiuhnut itie yyar. In connection with other work. Tho officers of the 1 .ixunville Women' Club are: President, Mrs. o. C. Hrown; vlrr president, .Mra. Kobort I .am; Secretary, Mrs. tiugcuc Mathies. Buy your fencing now while our stock Is complete. Wo have a car load of American fence in stock. Wharton Bros. Arundel, piano tuner. Phone lsti-L Inicattor TViroafflne H.rrV. Plan. Proposed $3 Automobile License in Oregon Means Great Loss in Slate and Federal Moneys, Urgently Needed For Maintenance of Present System of rjoads and Construction of Additional Units. ' (The Oregon Motorist) Notwithstanding tne tact that the motorists of Oregon have been warned of the disastrous effects thas would surely result to our stale highway program through the adoption of the absurd J.'t.UU automobile license fee plan con cocted by Bonie professional peti tion circulators, rumor has it that the petitions are being circulated with somo degree of success. Whether or not sufficient signa tures will be obtained to place the proposed highway-wrecking meas ure on the ballot Is problematical. In every community there are al ways to be found a certain num ber of susceptible citizens only waiting the chance to sign peti tions that promise any sort of tax reduction. If the circulators of- the $3.00 automobile license fee peti tions find it possible to reach this particular class, it Is not unlikely that we shall be called , upon to I vote on the meant, if hm,i n thlng should come to pass, let us j hope that an overwhelming vote will be cast against It, We havo ftiitn enough, in tho In telligence of the people of Oregon to believe that they will refuse to bo misled into lending support to such a destructive measure. Us passage virtually would mean thej enu of our highway program and juopr.rdize the Investment we have on wftn tne development of Oro already made in roads; plans fori Bon unUtjr Huc1' Hn unfeasible plau new roads would have to he aban-i do lied, tho completion of roads' now under way would be post-! poned Indefinitely, and road main- tenstiee throughout tho stato would become a joke. And .In the end the motorists who furnished tho money to build our roads would find themselves the sufferers. Using 1926 figures ns a we find total revenuo from ' main basis, . auto- mobile license fees, gasoline taxes. reuerai ai and county coopera tion amounted to approximately $12.500.000 all of whloh wan w. I pended In the: following manner: ! Bond redemption and luteroat, 24 per cent: mulntenanco and better-j iiiuum, ii por cent: refund to wuiiu-, pur com;, new eon-1 turn mum us down' against any atructlon, 30 per cent; mlscellan- plan calling for a reduction of U eous expenditures, 10 per cent. Of' cense fees at this time. A very this amount, 32,919,761.05 went to! few yeurs hence and we may ex pay premiums and Interest on out-' Peot a reduction.- Just now, lot's standing bonds; $3,000,000 went Phiy safe. SAI.EM, Ore, :-'ob. 4. Con trnsting with tho caae of a J-a-Onimlo liinn rugulnrly tried mid oonv.cted In the atnte courtH, who a week ngo was dtnlod ailmlsHlon lo the state pi'iiitunllury bicatiHe ho lucked formal commitment pnpers, four men thin innrulnx broke into the prison wlllinut nny of tho tormulllles of beiiiK indict ed, convicted, tried or mnleuced. They are hnviuu: dirflculty in get ting out. About Ii o'clock this morning n switch engine shunted tin empty box cur, to bo loaded nt the lime plant Inside the prison yard, through tho gates. , As the big gnles swung shut nquln guards started their procuu I lunar search of the cur. In it they found four supposed hoboes asleep. Suspecting that tho pres ence of the quurtet In the box ear und inside the yard may not havo been entirely uu accident, prison SIDE GLANCES F ' Bi 7- T"r ! W 1, 1 rt ii i--:ri ,1 ! Pasting Demist; Quiit i cavity; quit a large cavity; j for maintenance and betterments and 5-I.75U.00O 00 Including Fed eral Alu was expended in new construction. And what would have happened in 1926 had we been compelled to carry on our highway work under the $3oo license fee plan?. Let us show you. The revenue from gasoline tax in 1926 was 3,17U,240.0O and For est road money amounted to $580, OUO.00. A 33.00 flat license would have produced Jl,HJ7,00u.o0 and the wholo amount rocaived would have totaled $5,417,330.00, a loss In revenuo of $7,080,670.00. 1 With $5,417,330.00 revenue, how would the money have been spent? Here is the answer: $2,919,761.05 for the retirement and payment of Interest on highway bonds; $650,? 000 administration expense, and $1,847,565.00 expended In mainten ance and betterment, a sum far too low to allow for even a reas- 0al,e .upkeep of the highways. There would have been no money to match Fedeial Aid; no money for refund to counties; a miscel laneous loss of $850,000, and not a dollar for new construction. And there still would remain u.Ti; - 750 In highway bonds to retire. A wonderful prospect, indeed! The idea of attempting to carry att la Proposed by the proponents' of tno W-OO automobile license feel la -'or'folly. It simply lsu't in tho i cards. Oregon has necome known throughout the nation as one ot the foremost good roads states, and an ever increasing flood ot tourist travel Is coming our way as a result. The investment we have made in roada is paying al most unbelievable dividends in tourist money alone In addition to benefits that we us motorists also 'i few paltry dollars saved In tho Wfly or our personal license fees. BtoD tlie wheels of process? The seiiHible motorists of this slate sliou d consider it a i ntv tn ATTENTION LEGIONNAIRES ! i 1 liogular meeting of Ump- ' I qua Post No. J6, American Legion s p. m., Tuesday, t eb. ' j 7th. Come und bring a lluddy 1 with you. New members re- ! quoRted to come und moot the I Bung. : ADJUTANT. Tho American Legion Aux- iltury meets in regular ses- slon al tho nrmory Tuesday, Feb. 7. lliing cretonne and sewing muterhils to mnko sun-room pillows for hospital 77. All members urged to be present, us we aro to enjoy sonio interesting surprises and music. Dues are payable at this time. ' ' " officials nre scrutinizing closely thulr past and present, as well as carefully conshlering their future, Kuperlutendent II. V. Meyers au anuounced. Each of the four Is being finger printed and otherwise identified before being turned loose. By George Clark THE MISUNDERSTOOD The International Uniform Sun-i day School Lesson for Feb. 5. The Misunderstood Jesus. Mark 3:19 27; 6:1-6,. BY WM. E. GILROY, D. D Editor fef The Congregationallst Misunderstanding Js the fatal tiagedy ot ilffe. It would be found, we believe, to underlie more un happJncs and spiritual disaster than any olhc-r single cause. - It enters Into what might be the happiest situations In home and society, and It disrupts these rela tionships with irreparable vio lence. There is In the world a great dual of selfishness" and a great deal of ill-will, however much we may strive to gloss over or conceal the moat objectionable aspects of human nature and ac tion, but the tragedy of misunder standing is that so often it makes Its subtle power of destruction most manifest under circum-i stances where a good understand ing would result In the most holy and happy experiences. The causos of misunderstanding are many, and Its manifestations vary. It enters into home and fam ily rc-lut '.unships. It breaks the bonds ( communion between hus band ard wife, and oftentimes a foolish silence, or a misplaced and unfortunately expressed sensitive ncsti, ae the roots from which It HPrlnsa. Frankness Helps There are few circumstances In life where f:ai:kncss and openness of mind ui::i stdrlt cannot ho!n tho sUuiuiou. MWiundei'iitnmling arises I between parents and children, und! too often it is allowed to establish1 a chasm so wide that It is never bridged. It enters into all tho on- viionment of religion. It is a fruitful source of trouble -between ministers and their peo ple, and oftentimes an outsider' can see clearly how this trouble ! arisen, not from real causes, but I simply from a seeing of certain) tat ts aiul circumstances from dif-1 lerem points ot view, it enters into tho conflicts ot religion, be- twecn now una old. conservative and pro;;res.-.ivc, and here also it nvndcs the sncrod relntlonshins or lanmy anu ineimsnip. One realizes tho puthetio mlsun- durstnnding that lies buck of such a statement as Paul made concern - lug his own ruith and life lit Ch'-lst. "After the wav-that thoy cs ll heresv." he said, "sa worship I the Cod" of my fathers." In how mar.y a young life stniKEling for light und liberty - has that been true! : ; ,! ; " : ; ; . How J;cu3 Suffered i Our lesson 'reminds us Jesus Himself suffered from .l.'iuuluued fruui page 1.) ism of Hungary's government, nf- tor tiio war. Hatvuny's seiuence is seven years in prison and , u $ruO,hUU line, which will wipe out the re mains of Ills once large fortune. j Past middle life, broken in jspiiit, and impoverished, llatvany : may die in prison. His comlort i will bo tho certainty that such a government cannot last. ; A book by William Itlake, con- j j tainiiiK sovenleen illustratlotiH, sold yesterday for $11,300. That Uvmil.l Intnrnut Htnlto Iwi .lin.l nna ! hundred years ago in a Utile roof off the Strand after spending his last- money to buy lead pencils. I Let your children learn by heart I Wake's verses about building Jeru I salem "In Kugiand's Green and Pleasant X Jttid," or his "Tiger, Tiger, Iluriug Bright.' Politicians, well satisfied with things as they are, still hope against hope that they will be able to "draft Coilidge." So says Louis Hcibold. "Hoping against hope," is , all very well, but hoping against! t'oolldge's "I do not choose," is uties uoi no. : o , 4 I I 1 CTlTnQ irnrM TUP I I l.t. I I UO l-KJIVl I I1L. I PEOPLE I ! i I 1 i ' THE THI1EE DOLLAR AUTO LICENSE FEE Kditor News-Itevlew: A matter of vital Importance tot the people of the slale of Oregon wilt be deemed upon by vote at a; time not far off. i This Is th-1 question ef whether j we shall retain the pieselit nolo-; mobile lleense system or replace j It with Iho proposed three dollar flnl charge. The writer feels that i this matter should have the sell-! nt consideration ef every Oregon ; citizen. wo snail consider a few or tho i points Involved. In the first place, I never slop unless we take another It could easily go without saying ! flop, but we don t mind. I'm sure' that our state lilghHnvs are very jot that cause we're a happy excellent. Also, we know that a j crowd." ' three dollar tax did not do it. An-1 They traveled on and on with' eihi r tliln ; Is that the Highway j case, and then they heaip-d for1 Department is constantly widetv! some trees. Tho finl.-s thought' DR. NEKBAS DENTIST Painless Extraction Gas When Desire-' Pyorrhea Treated Phone !-S Masonic BIdg. WEEKLY SUNDAY iistv,! yuii ii i i wi . Toxt: Mark 3:19-27; 6:1-6. And they went Into an house. - , And tho multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. - And when his friends of it, they wont out to lay. hold on him; for they said. He is beside himself. And the scribes which came down from Jerusnlom said. Ho hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of tho devils casteth ho out devils. And he called them unto him, and said uuto them In parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot ntun' . ' And If a house, bo divided ngalnst Itself, that house cannot sland. aiiu ii oiiuiii riK up una ui si t u:,n,i u. urn muii an enu . . Nn nuin ran Alitor Intn n nlrnno- except ho will first bind the strong man; and 'thou hewill spoil bis! house. i VnHlv I . .,nm 411 Verllv I saw unto vou. All sinn ; men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and j his disciples follow him. - ' 1 Anu when tho sabbath day was come, he began to teach In the svna-' Isogue: and many, hearing him, were astonished, saying, From whence : ,latn ,nia man these things? und what wisdom Is this which is given i unto him, ihat even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? I 1 ' Is not this tho carpenter, the son of .Mary, the brother of James, and ' i " . """' 1 ',', " ""y , ,, But Jesus said unto thom. A his own country, and among his own kin,' and in his own house. . ! prayers that we may make with , And he could there do no mighty -yort save that he laid his hands: profit, but the deepest and most ,,upou a,, :few sick folk, and honied them."' nuedful of all prayers is' Ihls- liowj And ho marvelled because of their unbelief. And ho went round "Lord give us a good spirit of un-mls-1 about tho villages, teaching. 1 derstundiuij." ing curves and improving danger- ous places. Tho time is a short ; way eft when, if unhindered, this department will give us a much wie.:-r and safer highway. ,. .. Claims aro made thai the rales aro exorbitant, hut let us consider. The man who owns, a light carj surely pays no more than he Is, wiiling or able to pay In return ; 7.. ..' "" . The heavy car owner who Is able to own such a car Is surely ubto to pay a license accordingly. There arc many other points favoring the retention cf the pros out system, but the foregoing enMni tvnn wMh to look at It are surely convincing. None of us would care to see th pn-sent construction and im til am . SIOSY UAL . Tlie Tinles watched the rabbit run. To save its life had been real ; lun. It hepped across tlie. ground ; rt(i Vj..Wi fast and disappeared from ' 1 he dog that Hcouty held rt al tight .itopped whining und ; nuitu all right. iiald ' ! L'.o'.vny. "Well, we've done a thing 1 tiiat was real nice to do." ' j "Now let's run buck to where wl '-rasneu. l ernaps our wagon is somshed. if It's all ri;ht. we'll! hitch the dog and ride urou'iu! some more. We know that he can i tuir.v sail. Well travel oer bill? and dale, and look around the country just lo see what - is In i store.' I They found the wrgon on i's side. W'ty I urpy shcuted, "e can ride: Our wagon Isn't hurt i one bit. I'm glad it's safe and' sound." And tnen this littie Tiny j mile grnbbed hold and set the' thing upright. The way to hitch j the (log again was very shoillyi too'nd. And then the hunch climbed in ' again, and all broke foith in laughter when the hound went1 liuniilng very fast, while barking i very loud. Said Connv. "Cue. he-ii una ;is a many place lowheui o go. "Hack in the woods may be ' all right." said iittlo Coppy Tlny-i mite, "but with so many tret's, out- nog win reive to travel slow Amoiig the liees the; along. Then St-outy said. something's wrong. 1 . Ulal uiun l sound so good. ' Just then a girl SCHOOL LESSON utilise. i, auu oe uiviueu, ne cannot , , mnii'a h mi art m., enn lito cnn.la .i,n i, f,.i,.. ...... slmll he fnrirlvftrt nntn Itio nnnc nr . " 's sisters nere wun prophet is not without honour, hot In 0 f ROSEBURG COUNTRY CLUB ANNUAL MEETING Monday February 6th, 182S, 7:30 o'clock p. m. INDIAN ROOM UMPfiUA HOTEL Election throe directors and other important business. I n.,., b I A. A. WILDER, Pres. provtnient work woakon, hut such must be the case if the proposed system Is adopted. So let us permit Iho statu to; cany on Itn proHunt programs fori the ultimate benefit of all. A WlI)IO-AWAivW MOTOltfST, COaiKAH y move, READ THE STORY. THEN COLOR THE PICTURF i.l. -f.ay. erm., ilo si(;ht. an(l ,-,ownv M ,Tht mit., "f1. heard a "Say. she's ail run,. And , as th"n: .ZZ ' ' 0 11 sure as I was born Ridlnj Hood." it s wee Red JESUS understanding. The religious peo ple of the day f.iiled to under stand Him. Not all of the scribes and Pharisees- were hypocritical or even conventional, but In tue glimpses that we have of such re ligious, linders as.. Nicodemus- we -see how difficult It was for many of the best disposed of thorn to understand Jesus. He was misunderstood by Ills own disciples. How pathetic to sec one who had come in the spirit of such self-abnegation and utter abandonment of love for humanity contemplating within his inner cir cle the quarrels of disciples re garding places of position and pre ferment. He was so misunder stood by those of fhis own house hold that he s;ild at one time, "A man's foes shall bo they of his own household." And here In our lesson we have brought before us this crucial mis understanding ot' iii3 friends. They said, "He Is besido himself." It v,as bad enough to be persecuted by his enemies, but what tragedy in this that the holiest and best of all should be regarded by his friends as a mad man. Friends' Attitude And this attitude of his friends extended to the misunderstanding S on the part oi his fellow cou;itry Lmen. instead of being Impressed ! by the wonder of His teachings ! and His works, they were offend ! ed. They could not undurztund ! how one from their own number 1 should have such power, and they ; reunited what they could not uu i der.it.ind. How strangely tjuo that Is to huiiKin nature. . ' Yet It U trus not only lit relu- ! t!o:i to Jesus Himself but with re gard to all the widespread mani festations of progress. It has be come a recognized proverb, "A prophet Is not without honor eave in his own country." Yet how imple is the record of the Impres- I s on or it all upon josns Uiniaeu: "He marveled because of their un- j belief," I . There is an interesting story I told of a neighbor of tho poet I Word . worth who went oiK'e to a fcuiheihig where "the noot-laure- at0 was h(iv rlised to speak, lio uarne away disgusted, telling his ' ... ' wd. Zlth "11"' ,hl, wau. wortn 1 nuj it 13 mat : "u B"""ls nves next door to us while our eyrs are un- to beh und appreciate them. We aro always looking for til- : vine messengers and di.ine trutli In unusual and glorious fornn j while (led sends to U3 HIa great 1 est gifts in human guise, to be an ; jirupiiated only throaxu lh aim ! ijIo and sincere response of the '. human heart. There aro mi.nv 1117 lis LJFADT rATAI H L,ftA rttftril rAlftL IN DENTAL CHAIR I iwi,ii r, Wiri portTIAVn (ire F..h 1 Tin land II Uodd'at'tl -15 oi Can as" w,, "(1UVU "L.V,""," .,' ,i,iy n'f',,... ivdvie o0 teeth nviraei ed'A depuly corner said Mn t vesligation that (loddani had in- sisted on taking a general anaesth etic against the advice of his fami ly, who were afraid his heart would be affectca. Garden seeds In bulk r pack Call or write for catalog, Practically all the 1927 WI1 lameito Valley h"p crop is sold. tm-y.) if f'"i.-.T.'g::t. ,0 .1 SKA Service,