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FOUR ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1928. : Local Man Has Solution for H i the Farm Relief Question -An Interesting and somewhat , the Virgin Islands and become rich tumorous discussion of Tarm pro!- tdoppins all this talk about farm Iuii3 was given at the Aldrose relief. Thoae negroes are uuedu grange meeting recently by Foster,' cat til. The land can be home tttitner, local vegetable grower . shaded or purchased at a Very feud shipper, who took as hfa Biib- small price. Instead of paying out let "An Expedition to the Virgin Pnt freight rates to New York ""u.. it..,...- ai.i. "J'r- ur 8am choose my own subject. I know that you are tired of politics. We've bad a week of that at Kamms City and Houston is soon to provide a ti mber week. So I shall talk with you about something new. I shall touch upon politics only when It cannot be avoided. Fifty miles mt It Porto Itico there is n group of i.H lrimU-n fin iho Vil-Lrlri the v.rif in Inlands. They were discovered hy Cdlumbus in 1194 upon his Boeond fan to the new world. During the world war In l!(lli the United P tut en purchased three of these Islands, Kt. Croix, St. JamcH and 'St. John, from Denmark, paying $2G,000,QUO. Wo assumed posses Rion in 1!)17. The tnlitl area of our three Islands Is IKK gtjuaro Sillies. The population Is 20,000, of which f)2 per cent are negroes, the Temnlnder consisting of mixed "breeds and a few whites. Tho cli- -mate is tropical and the soil is fer tile. Iteltig comparatively oloae lo ;niir Atlantic seuboard cities and injoylng water transportation, they - offer a wonderful opening for fruit 2tpd vegetable growing. -V'Kastern capitalists, believing that a great opportunity oxIhih for 3Xie growing of tomatoes, pine apples, beans, cucumbers and other "delicacies, are using every influ-i ertce to create better living condl- 3jt,na on these inlands. And to -iuing thia into effect they had a: -representative at the Kansas City -tonvetiliou . It so happened that ji the very moment this represen-i Ijtlve was making' his plea to the -committee, the farm-relief parade : , -marched in, demanding, to ho J TWard. Now it is my habit to form: jjpfiilons from observations nnd . Jitudy. And the fact that the Vlr-j -gin islands man bad no trouble In "Jetting consideration from, tho i .committee while the farm , relief gitradu had to break in, convinces! .we thot the Island, man was more; "popular than tho crowd front Ne-j '.fft-aska and. Iowa. This opinion is strengthened by an Hem that ap - peared In the Hoseburg News-He-T1((w Thursday. A gentleman rep resenting the land-settlement bu venu of the Portland Chumhor of -ftommrco .addressing our forum ' -luncheon at the Umpqua, doelared ! 3 ill this farm ratiof talk daunted ..aim. ; Wliat a tragedy! How in-1 significant for thousands of farm-1 -ftvs to lose their farms as compar T(! with a muu like that becoming JulBgusted ! r "Now I believe., thai wo farmers, TJn flowed with the experience of uUgrlculturo and business hero on the mainland, could emigrate to New System Dentists TEETH Why Suffer .Willi bad teeth nnd pour henlth when we can fix them at a low cost? , WHY extract your teeth when it Bhould not be done? WHY save them when lliey should be extracted? WHY wear a plntc that looks like a set of china ware when wc can make (hem look Perfectly Natural WHY have the wrong thing done when you have us for free ndvice and information? PLATES TRUUYTE teeth in Vulcan ite, celluloid, aluminum and gold " ; $15.00 to $50.00 Did teelh made new to fit ' $10.00 ' "Fillings, $1.00 and up E Painless T Dentistry Local and General ANAESTHESIA 'for extractions and fillings itkous oxide n d OXYGEN ANALGESIA the acme of painless proc esses, used for fillings, etc. H. R. NERBAS Doctor of Dental Surgery H. G. PHILPOTT Doctor of Dental Medicine DENTISTS Phone 488 Masonic Bldg. could use refrigerated steamers and secure a belter delivery al a much smaller cost. And there would bo no duty on these commodities be caused the Virgin Islands are just as much a part of the United States and. In soma circles, far more popular, than the farm belt on the mainland. Alter our rruu aim vegetable rn established, we ' CUUIU II1UJI UUrillC ' cuum incorporate a runruau line to I ryo the iHlaude 1 1"'0""''' luH Knd f'lars. We l uia wuuhi vum exceed fifty thou- e could easily float this for a million dollars. Then we could Initiate a light and power company. That would probably cost twenty thousand dollars. With u few high-powered salesmen we could float that for half u million, A telephone service would be necessity. That, would cost, say, ten thousand dollars and could he floated for a hundred thousand, "Then, without furthor expendi ture or effort wo should send for a muu with experience In the land- settlement work of Oregon. Ilefore his arrival we should enact u local law making It a felony lo even mention ruTiu relief. lSach and every one of us should shout "Prosperity!" and thus make It eusy and pleasant for our promo ter. He could never have reason to become disgusted down In the Virgin Islands under the condi tions I have outlined. Ho should bring In settlers by tho thousands and our prices would go up. up, U. F. And we should sell, SELL, SKLL. Then we should Institute u commission to re-value our trans portation and public utility proper ties. That would justify us in doubling our rates and thus make It easy to sell our stocks and bonds. There are doubtless many other npportunlt ies in the Virgin Islands. Probably there 1h nil In the Virgin Islands. Itut, regardless of the fact that big money has been taken from oil hero, on our mainland, I do not recommend our undertaking the oil business in the Virgin IhIuihIs. I do not believe those uucduc:4"d negroes would stand for the oil business as con ducted here on the mainland. Af ter we had educated them fully concerning how public utilities should be conducted, Installing our text books In Ihe schools and by propaganda Informing all tho ellizeiiHMiS to bow oil and utili ties and transportation can best be handled, wo could get by with al most anything. I am not guessing about this. Experience convinces us that it can be done. "Probably there are Home pres ent, who, for various reusoiiB, can not join pur expedition. To them we extend our sincere sympathy. This expedition offers tho hlggoHt opportunity since Columbus dis covered America. I shall ask all lliOHo who Intend Lo go with us to stand. The line shall form on tho I right." Ent barbecue nnuawTcnoB anfl live forever. Brand's Road 8tap.d Gill LEGAL FIGHT A meeting of county judges of the land grant counties will he held In this city Krlduy for the purpose of making further plans In com btitllng the effort of the Hinlu of Oregon to seine a portion of Ihe money paid by the government let the couutles. Thu stale has tost Iwo rounds, one In the circuit court and the other lu Ihe slate supreme I court and now the case goes to the ; U. S. Supreme court for final de j termination. j This final effort will probably be the last and the counties are vim : dt'lermincd to make the best pus j sihlo proMi'iilutlon of their case. I Attorney John Cnrson of Million j county and IHatrlct Atloriu-y ('or I don of Douglas county, who lmvt ! carried lite work or Ihe Ic-kuI fluid j so far, will probably be kIwh us I Hoeltiio roumud in carrying (he j cane before Die hlRher court, . The land rniit counties hitvc funned an organization and hirw ' appointed an executive coinmitlee ; lo bundle the work In connection wllli Hi- l".:u fight imil It Ih 'llil;. committee iluit will meet here Fri day, together with other Interested county officials. MrCormirk binding t lite at W liai ton Kroa. QUAKE AND TID AI WA VE WIPE OUT MEXICAN TOWN HI. I'AKO. Ti'X.. -Hartll-quakes ucc r-i'i'ilfd loiillnuliii; In tlir vliliiily nt Tuxlrpio. in Hi,. ftt;lle n( ()7uc:. Mexico. ttht'lT 1 s I Knocks liavo liii ii ri-ciii iliil In ihe hisil tow il;t)s. ctiiic.ituiu. a bcatwit mini. win. totally I'liculli'il who. i tho wave swcjit Iniittitl moil' tluiii r. ii'iii atil ilini'iR ih" tn iiior.i. All hoilM'H In (hiu-ahllil were tie-! Urim'il hmiI thi Inli.l lit t ,i in s tli'ili ll'l- tllell liles In Ihe llHIlllltHlllK. lie-! corilltiB to dispatches trom .Mexico Clt. WASHINGTON. 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