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7 Rose SECOND SECTION t( DOUGtAb COUNTY An Indspsndsnt Nswapapsr. Publish !o( Ih Bast Intarasta of th Paopla. Caaaolldatloa M Tha Bvanlnf New an Til ItoMbtirf PUvlaw VOL. XXIX NO. 201 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1928. VOL. XIX NO. 281 OF THE EVENING NEWS Pages 1 to 4 , ACCUSTOMED TO IT PLAYGOER (while watching eri crime play) : Yuu don't sem to mlud the shrieks and groans. HI.S FK1KNU: Not a bit. You see I live next door to a dentist Passing Show. Courteous, 'Efficient Pro gressive. That is expressive of the service of the Rose burg National Bank and makes it useful and satis factory to our customers. The Rosebur National Bank Rosebur,Ore. x DANCE AT The Wigwam Saturday Night. December 15th E GIRL-THIEF TRIES TO KILL HERSELF (AaoeUttd Vim Lcutd Wlr) CHICAGO. Dec. 12. Dorothy Raker, the housemaid whose "phan tom honeymoon" to New York and Niagara Falls was ended by her ar rest for stealing $2,100 from her employer, tried to take her life lust night by swallowing poison. The 19 year-old girl's suicide at tempt occurred In the Kensington police station after she had been confronted by Mrs. Nellie Bauer, from whose home she confessed taking the money and a fur coat. When Mrs. Bauer denied forgive ness, the girl drank the poison be fore police could stop her. "Tell Ken I did it all for him," she cried. Police said she referred to Ken neth Hagan. her former sweet heart, whose lack of attentions prompted her to set out "to live like an heiress." In New York, where she was ar rested ten days ago, Bhe lived in the height of fashion, buying ex pensive clothes and taking a $200 taxi cab ride to Niagara Falls. "It was great while it lasted." she said, "but I'm sorry I did it." Last night Bhe came to Chicago In custody of a policewoman. While photographers prepared to take her picture, Miss Baker, unnoticed for a moment, drank the poison. Doctors said she would recover. PATIENTLY WAITING ST. LOUIS. Mo. It's a good I thing automobiles don't carry gas i tanks capable of holding a hun dred gallons of gas. Police recent- : lv found a woman. In an auto park ed on the sidewalk, who gave this I tale of woe. "I don't know how ) to drive. It started of Its own ac cord and I've been driving around the city all night waiting for it tgt to run out of gas." IF HE HAD BEEN BALD How Experts Hope to End Oil Fire V il i CI. OF Music by THE MERRYMAKERS LONDON. E. T. Pinfield has the use of all of his faculties to ll-day because he has a good head 5 1 of hair. While inspecting the bell 4 ! in the turret of Bromsgrove town ' hall, he made a misstep and would I have fallen to the council ehm- ber below had not one of his mm. pan ions caught hint by the hair. t Spectacular operations have betn developed in the desperate battle to quench the burning Bellevue No. 1 oil wll In the center of the rich Santa Fe Springs field, near Los Angeles. By almost superhuman effort, working In terrific heat, engineers managed to place a 40-foot pipe over the mouth of the burning well. This raises the flame high above the ground, permitting approach toward the mouth of the well for attempts to cap it. New Air Pressure Hospital Opens "5R WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Roy O. West, secretary of the inferior, sat silently on the witness stand today while testimony he had giv en two years ago was read to the senators who are cons lev ring whether his confirmation to the cabinet post shall be recommend- a .i ! S3 The secretary, who received his appointment while congress was recesn, wan nunru uu uvbiumio. i His former testimony, glveu to the ' campaign funds committee headed! by Senator Heed, democrat,- Mis-i souri, told of his investments in) the Samuel lnsutl utility Interests rwl n9 Anmnalim nllvlllo. In 'hl. I clerk read for two hours, reciting g testimony by the cabiuet officer that he had solicited a $10,000 con- A trlbntion from insuii wnicn was to be used for "local parposes only" in the 1926 campaign. U'att eta M that hi. htt wif flH(l ! his mother had Invested In the In-1 mill iiurmniB nii iiihl un unu -uii suited lnsull about these invest ments. The 1126 testimony was ploced in the record at the request of Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana. extension service. Seven graduates are on the California extension Staff. These Include J. E. Spur lock, Sacramen to county ftfent; Huipli I. Hale, county agent at Marysville; M. W. Winslow, Riverside county agent; Keuhen Albaugh, assistant county agent ut Sulinas, and H. H. Von 1'Iih, assistant county agent at Santa Kosa,, Oi-aduates holding positions in Washington are J. K- Ford, exten sion specialist in animal husban dry; A. H. Cliaso, county agent at Wenatchee. and K. 1. Yeager, couiiy agent at Chehalis. SALMON FUND ASKED WASHINGTON, P. 11. Estab lishment of a fund for propagation of salmon in the Columbia river district Is proposed in a bill Intro duced today by Senator , McNary, republican, Oregon. 3 li nvest in ihe best ,,, Safeguard Your Funds Put the money you work for where It will be Hjife, and where it will work equally hard for you, earning more money. Become a member of this association. Then, 4ike other members, you can Invest while you save. Get the facts about this attrac tive plan then act promptly. fcT.TTO.THir.T.T.T.Tg.T Buy Gifts at "His" Store Shirts $1.45 to $6.50 ' Hose 35c to $1.50 Ties 50c to $2.50 , THIS . Robes $5.00 to $16.50 Mufflers. $1.45 to $6.50 STRE House coats " ANSWERS $6.50 to $9.50 Lolr Hose $ 1 .25 to $3.50 "WHAT Pajamas $2.00 to $7.50 Sweaters $4.00 to $8.50 Belt Sets $ 1 .50 to $2.50 GIVE 1 Gloves $1.50 to $4.85 Leather Sets ; H,M" $2.50 to $10.00 Handkerchiefs ' 25c to $1.00 Slippers $1.50 to $3.00 --t' i . i i lit m v POLICEMAN TURNS TABLES ON WOULD BE HOLDUP MAN (AaocUted PrrM Uueil Wlra I.OS ANC.KI.ES. Vvc. 12 Jack I Trow, 100 OCega slrecl. Santa i llarbara, is dying In a local hos pital, shot by a policeman whom he held up early today. ' Trow was Bhot by fcSerReanl WH- lard J. Cauthard arter the officer; had grabbed the bandit's gnn from I his hands in a fight that followed ! the bandit's commands to "stick j 'm up." i no DanuiL Biifi'I'eu ueiuuu uiu-1 tn:a-a as tne inner was eiueruiK his car, forced the officer to sit in the front seat and removed the po liceman's pistol from Its holster. As he placed Caulhard's gun in his pocket, Mrs. Cauthard started to enter the automobile but at j Caulhard's shout, "1 am being rob-1 bed," she ran to a telephone and called police. The bamlll glanced up lit the running woman and when he did, Cauthard struck him. grubbed the bandit's gun from his hand and shot him in the cheet. I'olice surgeons said Trow prob ably would die In a few hours. FREIGHT TRUCK DRIVER IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT (AMoeiatH I'r-M I.w"! Wlr) HOOD HIVKH, Ore., Dec. 12. Ed Klrkland, I'ortland, driver of a freight truck plying between Port- land and eastern Oregon points, i was in a itooa itiver nuHimm w day suffering from scalp wonnda j and painful bruises resulting from his machine overturning half! mile west of Mitchell's Point tun- nel, on Ihe Columbia river hlgh-j way early today. The accident was caused bjr de J ranged steering gear. The heavy, cur plowed Into a hank and struck a rock. .State Traffic Officer llanka said Ihe machine was boyond re-1 pair. 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Light attracts moths, beasts and honest folk, but not burglars. i Ir Manhattan recently, a young burglar who was listed by the po lice as George Styles, and who per petrated a dozen Jobs on a nation ally-known chain of grocery stores, told Ihe inspector of police why he snd his gang selected this partlru lar chain for their night robberies "We specialized in So and So stores because they don't have night lights," Styles said. I constant help to the man who car KNOWS rles it In his vpst pocket or card case, or to the woman who keeps It in her purse. Theae tittle calen dars are being enclosed with all light bills during the month of De cember, which policy assures that every Copro customer wil receive a calendar. V Wilder $ Ag'ee Co. COPCO CALENDARS ARC MAILED OUT In accordance with their usual custom, Copco Is mailing to sll local cuMners copies of the new 192ft vea pocket calendar. This year's '1ndar Is of striking color and djlgn and promises to prove popular with all who receive IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED By NEA Service MIL'WAUKKK. To be, or not to be, the wife of August Tlinpor, has been a dominant question with Mrs. Kllabeth Tlmper for a long time. Six times she filed suit to have thti marriage dissolved and six times the documents were with drawn. Now the seventh, set of papers has been placed o'n record and Mrs. Tim per again asks to be freed from tho marriage; contract made in 1901. She charges crm I and Inhuman treatment. GRADUATES OF ORE- CON 8TATE IN DEMAND A8 COUNTY AGENTS 'SNO PUMP HANDLE FAIR LAWN. N. J Yon cant treat a cow's tall like a pump handle and get away with It. Not If the cow belongs to the Goldman Dairy here. Hf cause Martin Hom me was refused his pay as a milk er he went Into the barn and broke a cow's tail. 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