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'TW'O ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1928. ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW ! Issued Daily Except 8unday by The News-Revfew Co., Inc. Hcdilr of Tue AMMlalfd PrMi. The Associate Preita Is eicluslvely entitled to the uae for republi cation' of all neffi dl.pulcnea crdlld to It or not otherwise credited Id this paper and to all loi'rfl n w. piib)lhe4 hero'n All rllHila or republlca ii of special dispatches herein are' also reserved. B. W. JJATES REUT O. BATES ..President, uud MaouKur Secretary-Treasurer catered as second class matter May 17, 1920. at tie post office at RosehurK, Oregon, under Act of MHrrb. 2. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE8 Jally, per year, by mall Oally glx montlia, by mall 'iy. three mouths, by mall- MUy, single month, by mall Jallr. by carrier, per month -14 00 - 2 00 J.00 - 60 .0 ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1928. OUR TEN GREATEST MEN John Haynes Holmes, pastor of New York's famous Community church, undertook the other night to draw up a list of the ten greatest Americans. The surest way to start an argument is to make a list of "the ten greatest" whether it be a list of men, books, plays or race horses. Mr. Holmes, limiting himself to men who were born after the adoption of the Constitution in 1789, and refusing to con sider any who are now living, selected the following names: Abraham Lincoln, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, Robert K. Lee, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Charles W. Eliot and Eugene V. Debs. His list is worth studying, even though all of us probably would like to amend it here and there. The variety represented on it is rather surprising. There are two philosophers, one president, one soldier, one poet, one satirist, one theologian, one educator, two wWI, perhaps we can lump Debs and Garrison together as "two agita . tors.'', On what basis ro you suppose this list was selected? What quality, if any, did these ton riien have in common? To begin with, each of them lacked the great American in stinct of conformity. Not one of tiem ever was swayed in hjs actions by any fear of what people might think or by any consideration of the effect on his own fortunes. From Garrison, who was often in danger of lynching, to Lee, who spurned the highest office Lincoln could offer him, these men were independent; they thought for themselves and could be moved from their set courses by no power on earth. Perhaps we can express the matter best by saying that these ten men were, above all, brave men. And bravery is a vir tue worth prizing highly especially in this age, when men who seek high offioe walk on eggs for fear of offending some of us, And ft doesn't particularly matter that some of these men were beaten men. Lee, for instance, fought for a ost cause and went down tp defeat. IJebs died with every thing he had ever fought for crushed. Yet that hardly mat ters. The important fact is that both Lee and Debs lived; that they built up heroic lives not for us to agree with, necessarily, but for us to admire. They lost their fights, but America is a better country because they lived. So is it with the rest pi' them. Some, like Lincoln, Jeft great, eon urete achievements. Others, like Thoreau and Whitman, left nothing but a few books, which remain ignored by the majority to this day. But each contributed something; each, dissatisfipd jvith Hip slate of things that 'surrounded him, lipent his life ill an effort to remedy then). Undoubtedly you cpuld amend this jist. A great ninny names are left off that could be put in with perfect justice; Roosevelt and Bry.!;i will have many supporters, and so will Daniel Web ster and Jefferson Djivis and John Hay. America has had many great men." Some day, when you're looking for sonie tling to read, go tp a library and draw a few books on these mpn. Get Maurice's. "Lee, the Soldier"; Sandburg's "Abraham Lincoln"; Carman's "The Heart of Emerson's Journals'' and Brooks' "The Ordeal of Mark Twain." Add to then) a few such books as Thoreau's "Walden" and Whit man's Veaves of Grass." Qr, better yet, buy these books; they're worth keeping. Then reac) thpm. Study then) close ly absorb them. You'll find it a most worth-while experi ence; and you'll understand why Mr. Holmes put these men on the list. . o ' The airport idea is still going strong in western Ore gon. Last week Ashland took a preliminary Uep by ac quiring a 5)3-acre tract. At Salem six business institutions contributed a total of $550 toward a fund to equip a land ing field on a 50-acre site donated by the slate fair board. Roseburg will have an airport as large as both thosi; cities combined if the American Legion's jiroj-.ci is roalrxd and there is no valid reason why it shouldn't be. Aviation is no longer an uncertain experiment. It bus become :n insep arable part of our great transportation system, as firmly established as railroads, automotive vehicles and ocean go ing craft. Shall we join in the procession of prpgres.-; or shall wo slay in the background of stillness and watch the airplanes sail past to the landing fields of neighboring cities? PPUME memws OUR AMERICAN BIRDS Popular Home Lessons in Natural History THE. BIRD OF THE WEEK (BY LOUIS ALBERT BANKS) (Cut out this block each week and you will soon hare an Interesting bird book of your own.) STC3 & I3A1 COCMBAM P.CTU&5 & ftfiSCK The impossible Has happened A feller dropped Into our sanctum Today and reported That he had been In an auto accident If he had said The other feller Had the right of way We'd dropped dead. Now we have a new weather prophet. Mister Fletcher arrived here today and will team up with the Office Cat in an effort to keep up the good work established durin' the past week Mister Sunseri. Any feller with a name like that tho must have a drag with the gods. Over in Berlin they have a new dance called the "Llama, llama." the steps of which are enough to get anyone's chamois. Ye ed. just returned from a flath- jerin' of the editorial brains of the state It bein' just like any other convention, most of the caucusin' bcin' done in hotel rooms. It Is a pleasure to note that Horse Broml)y, commdr. of Tne Medford legion poet, has announced to the staunch-eyed universe that his aggregation will wallop Ump. qua Post in membership this yr. Horse, who is head camera-man for the Copco in this district, will hafta get out of the slow-motion class then. O. O. Mclntyre's "New York Day by Day" column is always refresh in. Here's one he had today: I note with anguish as one long devoted to gumdrops they are no longer called by that name. In candy emporiums they present su preme Jellies, but pull off their beards and they are just country gumdrops. My happiest Christmas on a Mlosouri farm centers about an orange in a net sack, a red wag on, known as "Tho Little Daisy': and a huge poke of gumdrops. j Something must be done to keep the gumdrop old fashioned. j Now that Herb Hoover haB defi-1 nitely decided to run wo can expect, all of his second, third and fourth cousins In Oregon to claim rela-1 tionship. 1 As this is Lincoln's Birthday, ye ed. broke a precedent and .split: acme kindlin. j 4 LAFE PERKINS SEZ THE PURPLE FINCH I sometimes would like to shake dome of the people who named birds. The purple finch, for ex ample, is not purple; he is a good deal nearer rose color. He looks like a brown sparrow that, has been dipped in a bath of nupberryi jul'je and left out in the sun to fade; It never fades on his head and neck. He Is a really handsome! fellow, specially when he ?s ini love, about mating time. Hej Hp reads over all the fJnittd Stales,! to the delight of all who love; pretty birds. He winters in South-j em United States. Like the gold-f rinclien, these purple finches, or linnets as they are sometimes culled, wander about in flocks. They are often Heen in hemlock and spruce trees, feeding on ttie ImdH at the tips of the branches; and along fence rows, working on weed seeds. He has a Bweet note Dial has been Interpreted "Dearie," which he warbles in must en trancing tones at mating time. He has tiie same habit seen in the woodcock, the yellow-breasted chut, and the oven-bird, springing up in eestacy, Hinging as he goes,, and dropping seemingly almost ex hausted beside his little lady. love. She is a modest little thing and looks like a song sparrow, save lor her heavier bill and her forked tall. Her sons do not get their bath of rose color until two years old; they look like their mother until then. They are six and a quarter Inches long. They nest in evergreen trees and have three or four eggs, light greenish blue with splashes of brown and fainter markings of lilac. The Little Finch Lover ' (By Louis Albert Uanks) "Dearie, dearie," I hear you sing, You dainty rosy linnet thing! I think you are a dandy lover Wnen 'round about your love you hover And up you spring with burst of song Just she, for you, can make a throng. For though she's modest Jn . her dress. You all your love for her confess. I think myself she is a deurle, but still I d thipk she would grow weary To hear it ringing all the time. She can but be a clinging vine. I'm sure she's very proud of you, The nicest thing within her view; Bo build your fences high ' and straight. You 11 not have very Jong wait. I like your choice of evergreens, They lend such handsome back ground scenes. I like your taste for fresh green sprouts That are so tender hereabouts. Up there among the hemlock boughs. How sweet to take fair Hymen's vows! And safe and quiet In her nest Your little lady'll sink to rest. Alack! she's led you merry chase Before you won her by your grace; She made you sing and made you dance; She kept you in a dizzy trance. But girls are often just like that They have their trickery 'neath their hat. But just like her they're "dearie, dearie," And we of them are never weary. "Wow, ain't this dope?" sunshine the ' NOTICE All holders of W. C. T. U. oratorical medals of any sort pleaso report to Mrs. Edith S. Aekcrt, 34U or ti!3J, by Feb. loin. ) Today i (Continued from paco 1.) I man recruits on slight provoca tion, slapped their faces, called them pigs, and crowded off tho Kidtnv.iHt ".'liiiiition HI i'miK" Hint nald for the armv. ! f Constantinople sees a moving picture called, "Abdul Hani id, the lied Sultan," showing methods and crimes of the last of their sultans. It Is much enjoyed by modern Turks wearing the derby hat in stead of the fez. The "Red Sultan's" thirteon exiled eh thi run made a futile effort to have the rihn seized by a Paris court. Siindino, Nicaragua's energetic bandit leader, tells Ilrilhsh resi dents not to be frightened. He is only "alter the Yankees." Ameri can murines can't light, says he, and when he meets them "blood win now." Sandlno's baud of 150 ought to he persuaded, as kindly as possible, that their plans to wipe out by vio lence a treaty between Nicaragua's government and tho I'nited Slates, wilt not be successful. construction can easily he built by volunteer labor. In this way liose burg will be obtaining the maxi mum results for the money ex pended. Umnqua Post of the . American Legion has adopted this project as its major activity in community service for the year, and it has al ready saved the city n huge sum of money, ir tho project is odoptod, by doing all tiie preliminary work and securing the options on tio property for n price far below the cost that would have resulted had the city gone into the market for this property. I he general interest now heliiE shown Indicates thct Hie bond is sue will he approved by a substan tial majority and that Uoseburg win line up with Ihe other cities of the state that have been, pro curing aviation fields necessary to keep in lino with tho industry's progress. ijHDBSH o ' i CHANGE AT LOCAL uiraTnrn fjT.Tinni tnr-niHr-H mnniiiii KWL.fi ILIUIflllUH Edgar H. Fletcher, meteorolo gist with the U. S. Weather llur euu, arrived In Eosebum today to take over the post at the local ob serving station. Mr. Fletcher has been with the government .weather "service for 16 years and for the past nine years has been locatetl at Yollowstono park. This Is his first official visit to tile coast anil ho is already delighted, he suld, with Roseburg. Air. Fletcher suc ceeds Arthur W. Pugh, who was re cently transferred to Texas. Mr. Fletcher was accompanied to Hose burg by his wife. Nino . Sunseri, of the Portland station, who has been temporarily in charge of tho work here, is returning to Portland today. Wee Clowny said, "I sadly fear we'll have to leave our wagon I here. Our friends the woodsman! took his dog and we are left alone.! That means ve'lle mhis a lot of! fun. Twas great to make that brave hound run. I only wish we had a dog that was our vfiry. own." Then Coppy promptly said, "Oh, my, there Is no use to fret and sigh. Let's make the best of what wc have and be a cheerful lot. If we just travel on with ease and find our way out of these trees, eventually -we'll find an other thrill, as like as not." "I' suess you're right," some body cried. "There's nothing gained if nothing's tried." Then Scouty said, "I'll tell you what. I'll pull you for a while. Jump in our wagon mighty quick. I'll see if I can (urn the trick. We'll all take turns at doing this and change 'bout every mile." , Into the wagou Jumped' the bunch, uud Scouty tried to work his hunch. He tugged away, but had no luck. The task was much too tough. The Tinies watched him for a spell, and then they heard poor Scouty yell, "It is no use. 11 can't be done. I am not strong enough." So, out they Jumped, and Carpy cried. "Oh. well, we'll walk, in stead of ride." And down a path they started, Just as huppy us could be.. "I guess we'd better realize that what we need is exer cise." And then he pointed up, and said, "Dp you see what I see?" The others gazed up In the sky, and there were shouts of "Gee!" and "My!" "I told you," shouted Coppy. "we'd find something new real soon. Perhaps this is our lucky day. Just look, it's coming down this way." And what the READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE Tinies looked at was a funny, big balloon. (The balloon carries the Tiny- mltes away In the next story.) (Copyright, 102S, NEA Service, Inc.) last week, the proceeds being put ' aside in a fund to be used tor the purchase of a piano for the school , building. The entertainment was in the form pf a basket social, a lit erary and musical program being presented beforo the baskets 'were I auctioned off. The entertainment resulted in the raising of about $50 for the piano fund. SIDE GLANCES By George Clark REEDSPORT MAN TO START FOX FARM ON I?f AND! SCHOOL ENTERTAINS A very enjoyable entertainment was held at the Rice Creek school PETITIONS FOR ELECTION ON AIRPORT OUT (Omtlnur-l from pane 1.) DISEASED DUCKS AND RABBITS ARE I l"ulans hail .Utile diffli lllty in j count In-i. I Wllhiim-tlc will nhiv tin' ('nlli'iiv SOUGHT BY POLICE1 "1 Idaho at Cul.lv...l' tonluht and ul WMtut in. uii'on. l ui-sday nkhl. When Your Skin Begins to Age IWltlS. Keh. AM the foier-s the prefect urn f police could spare were Hcuurlni; i'livls today for 1- rabbits and (hire ducks stolen from u garden on the boutc- " ' ' I Hi' I II IS ll.'W WiHUI. .11111 ('nuns. It-wnsnt Ihe InlrlMslo value nf iw ,,, ..omuli.iiia (,. n,. Ihe rahlills which caused suihii t,.,.. !,.,.,, n,.. Kliln linn and flurry among the authorities hnt 1 plump v. hlle It m.'lts Itun the pnnw Ihe fact tlial the CTiilen Has tinil t ami lakes mil all the grime and of Dr. Chnrtc.i Itlrhct. eminent ,. t. t i, s ,tir,. , i,t irm utiv pathologist. 1 tie rahliH.s anil ilnrKs aillu r ctcim. M ill not gimv hair hail been infected with grave ills- keep comiilexinu vntinu. Ask tin eases as an experiment a few days ago. It was feared Hint Ine thieves would try to market Ihe ilaiigeious animals and fowl as incut. fur Ml-M.l.O-iil.O Cleansing Cl It s iiiarvelous. Nullum Fuller ton. WILLAMETTE VICTORS KELSO EDITOR DIES (AtwxiiiliHl 1'rfM l.rjscil Win) I.iiukiIcw. Wash.. Keh. 13 t.lu.vuin irtn i.c,ii nni-j ; Frank M . Dallam. Sr., V. editor I.A (il(ANI)i:. Ore.. Fi b. 1.1. of Ihe Kelsnniau Tribune.' Kel-. Wlllanietto tlnlversily ilefeali d , ash . prominent in Hale Ki piiVII Ihe La (Irande first ward M. 1. A. ;emi clreli-s tin- manv veins, dft-il basketball team here Saturday 'suddenly at his home last 'night, night Gti to 25 In an exhlhlllon eon-jnr heail failure. iv came (o test. At half lime (lie score w as 25 Vnshinutun In ! ss;:. establlslilui: to H. A M. I. A. rally In Ihe sec-jllio Spokane Falls Kevlew. wlibh ond iimrter scored 111 points to'uas later consolidated with ''u the llenreats' three, hut during ! Spokesman, forming the speke.i tbe remainder of the tilt, the col- man Review. ranging upward from that price to Hi'V-'ial hundred dollats per ai re, so II may easily he teen that this Held ly being pioturtd at a remarkably low cost. Th'j pinjici calls for $ I l.ll'Jil to be used tor Improvements, and it Is the plan of the American l.e- . ginn pest to obtain large results il!h tliis amount of money. Ar rang.'iiieiits have already l:e":i , made, la the event the bon I Issti" jls approved, lo used Ihe improe ,ineul iiinr.ey almost exclusively for lllatei :.i;s. j To Donate Labor : Thv members ot the post have ' nciecd that the bill!; of die Inbo,-; ;n'ci'i-:.niy tor Improving the field ' jwlll lie donated. It Is planned !o i :i'.i!l a general holiday at which time Hie men of the city, armed i llll shovels, rakes, etc.. will an on; lo Hie field and put In a day , digcing the dialiuige ditches, bull.!- ' lnc Inilira'.'s mid grading the lilll ways. "1 he county's road ninehi:i eiy can be procured, and Willi oth er available nia-hinerv it Is expect- ; ed ilial the task of building ihe :im;nas will be easily completed 1 in a t'rw hours .especially with sec- : jeral hundred men engaged ill Hie iiisk of niaUin: ihe IniprovemeiKs I lly donating the labor it will be 'possible to tint the improvemenl I money eveluslvely nt,i drainage jtile. gravel, mil material lor the jhiuisau, which being ot simple . BBSS $24.75 Every garment a record breaker for value. These Suils formerly sold from $32.50 to $40. L.on: wearing worsteds and cassmcres arc in cluded in these broken lines. The styles are net two button and double breasted models, which will please the most exacting person. Sizes running from 35 to 44. What may prove to ho the be ginning of n larse industry on the lower Umpqna river is beins start ed by Walter Uoak, well-known resident of this section. He it) lo start a fur farm on Heed's island on the lower Ummiua river, plac ing mink and mtisknit as tho base stock, says the Port Umpqua Courier. Fur buyers have often declared that the lower Umpqua region' produces the finest of furs and 1 trappers from this section get highest prices for their catches. For this reason, Mr. lioak is of the opinion that fur farming will pro duce the best results. He has found that the present market is short of mink and it is difficult toj obtain the stock. Consequently, a portion of the timo will be spent in getting the pens and lots ready for occupancy. Mr. Hoak has thoroughly inves tigated the proposition and .with) his previous experience plans to demonstrate that the lower Unip qua region ran produce excellent domestic mink. DR. NERBAS DENTIST Painless Extraction Gas When Desire'' Pyorrhea Treated Phone 4S8 Masouic Bldg. r . ' sSA 8 J iv i i r- i i it i. j i -v i Mzmmm . . 1 tw nm a - co n M M A LM . M l Ml ' ' k x OlMB. OY NU StKVICC INC. 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