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r ROSFmiRG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1920. THREE LOCAL Myrtle Creek Visitor J. 1j. Hodgefi of . Myrtle Creok spent the atlernoon here Monday visiting u;id attending to buxiueMi imensts. In Monday Mm. K-jy Kice of Rice Creek was a Kotteburg visitor Monday, spciid iiiK the ufie.nooii chopping on business. Riddle Visitor G. O. Willis, resident or Riddle, spent the afternoon In tliis city Monday visiting with fi tends and trading. Visitors From Glide Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shrum of Glide were In Koseburg for several Jiours Monday visiting with lriends and shopping. Mr. Lovelace Visitor Hush Lovelace of (Hide was a visitor in tills city Monday after noon to look alter business mat ters and trade. Visitor Monday S. L. Moss of Ten Mile spent several hour a vcHlcnlnv in tlila city visiting with friends and at-' tending to business affairs. From Camas Valley Charles Creasy, resident of Camas Valley, spent Monday in this city visiting with friends and attending to business Interests, Miss Strong Home Miss Gladys Strong, local piano teacher, returned to this city-from' J'ortland yesterday. She has been in the metropolis since Thursday visiting. Reedsport Folk Go South Mr. and Mrs. C. McJohnson of Reedsport and well known here left yesterday afternoon for San Francisco to visit and attend to business matters. Return to Azalea Mr. and Mrs. Levi Spaulding re turned to their home in Azalea last evening after spending the day here visiting friends and trailing. Sister Enroute South Mrs. K. G. Phillips of Spokane passed through here Monday after noon on her way to Ashland for a visit. She is a sister of Mrs. C. Howard of Edenbower. Mrs. Koenig Home ' Mrs. J. G. Koenig returned to this city Monday afternoon from Portland. She spent several days in the metropolis visiting with her daughter. Miss Lucille 'Koenig. Mrs. Edman Back Mrs. E. Edman of Melrose re turned to the vail? Monday after noon After spendhig the r-U few days In Portland visiting with her daughter. Miss Esther Kdman. Dawe Family Back Mrs. A. Dawe and family re turned to their home In this rityi Monday afternoon after spending the past week or so in Corvallis and Portland enjoying a visit wlihj friends. Returning to O. S. C. llob Case beer, who has been vis iting at Glide with relatives through the holidays will return tonight or in the morning to O. S. C. at Corvallis to resume stu dies. Returns to California I.ucien Cobb, who is attending Le Ir.nd Stanford, returned to south fin California Monday afternoon. He spent the holidays in this city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cobb. Ja. Byron Returns North After spending the school holi day in (his city visiting with rela tives and friends, James Byron, who is attending college at Pull man, Washington, left for that place last night. Return to Turlock Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Land ret h. who have been here visiting with thtir daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mabley, left Mon dya afternoon for their Jiome In Turlock, California. Visiting at Duff Home Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Duff of West First street are entertaining at their home over New Year's and the few days following Mr. and Mrs. George H. McClary and the foimcr's sister, Mrs. Mary Smith, who arrived this week from Seat tle On Way to Los Angeles Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Rutherford of Flo xv tile. Montana, viRited here yesterday. They left In the after noon for Los Angeles, where they will visit with relatives. They spent the holidays at Marshfi'dd with relatives. Mr. Church and Son Return After spending the holiday sea son visiting with relatives and friends In Rohurg and Portland. Mrs. Mabel Wilson Church and son, Wilson, left Monday afternoon for Medford. Mm. Church in teach ing In the Southern Oregon city. Wright Ranch Sold The ranch belonging to Alva R. Wright, located north of Sutherlln, was sold yesterday to Albert Snen. cer. of Coos Pay. Mr. Spencer has! taken possession of the property and will make Improvements on It. The deal waa handled through O. V. Young anj Son, local real estate dealers. Attending School In South A. C. Hillman or Mnrphfield and his dPinhter. Mis Wanda Hill man, vllted here Monday after noon. MiM Hillman left for Sacra mento. Calif., where sh la attend ing high school this winter. She has ben spending th school holt days vfeftlng her relatives at (he roast. NEWS In From Glide Lester Hlakley of Glide was here yesterday afternoon visiting with lriends and transacting business. Here From Eugene Arthur I'orter, former Uoseburg student. Is here- from Kugene fur the holiday visiting m ith relatives and friends. Visitor Monday Tom Ward, Melrose rancher, was in this city for a few hours Monday attending to business af fairs and trading. Coles Valley Visitor Conrad Ing of Coles Valley spent Monday In Roseburg visit ing with friends and looking aft er business interests. Family Home Today . The J. S. lnscho family returned to their home east of this city to day, having visited with friends in Albany and Kugene since last Fri day. Ex-Azalea Man Visits Glenn llooih, formerly of Azalea and well known here, was here from Ashland, where he now re sides, Monday visiting old friends and transacting business. Mr. Hutchlngs Out Again Jas. Hutchlngs .proprietor of the Model IJakery on Cass street, was able to be out on the streets yes terday greeting friends after being confined to his home for the past few weeks. Returning to College George Churchill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Churchill of Cass street, is returning this eve ning to Corvallis to resume studies at O. S. C. after spending the holi day vacation here. Visiting at Calhoun Home Mrs. f)ean Morrow and little son of Kugene are visiting at the home or Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Calhoun m Garden Valley over New Year's. Mis. Morrow is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun. Expected Back From South Kltt Ackert and daughter Miss Eva Ackert are expected home to day from Rogue River where they spent a few days with relatives. Miss Ackert will return to Win chester Hay, where she is teach ing this year. Mrs. Dixon Returning Soutt Mrs. T. O. iJixon, and daughter, Betty, leave today for Ashland aft er spending the holidays here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Dixon is attending the Southern Oregon Normal School and will complete her course in March. Miss WHson Been Visiting Miss KHzabeth Wilson, who is tacfiJnsr In the Southern Oregon Normal School in Ashland this winter, has been home through the holidays. She has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Wilson, on South Pine eireet. Her mother, who has been quite ill for several weeks and is slowly recov ering. Is now able to be up. Expected Home Today I Miss Carol Ackert, who with her i mother, Mrs. Edith S. Ackert, ! county school superintendent, has j been in the northern part of the I stale and Washington since last j week. Is expected home today, j Miss Ackert and her mother were tin Portland and spent the week- end in Kelso, Washington, return ; Ing yesterday as far as Salem. I Mrs. Ackert will remain in the capital city for a few days longer. Harthe Back Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harth of Haiih's Toggery are home follow ing a business trip to Klamath j Falls where they f pent several days. There Is snow from the top (of Green Spring mountain to Kla- math Falls, they report, and al- Ihmiuh Ilia itunlh la Ol 1 places, the roads were in fine con dition. A covering of 3 Inches of snow was on the city of Klamath Falls, the Roseburg folk say. A MASTER PROOUCT Here la an Agar-Agar that Is constant; one that Is highly absorb ent. 7Zwudect' Agar-Agar Ptiretest Agar-Agar la free from starch; It la last leas; It jellies quickly. We recommend It aa a superior product. 3-ounca Package $1.00 Nathan Fullerton n evcJLL Drug Sfon RoMbwrq, Oregon Visitor Monday .Mi d. J. K. Torbet of I 'I Hard was here Tor several hours Monday visiting friend ami Hading.. Umpo.ua Visitor Mrs. Lelund Powell of t'mpqua spent the nfternoon here Monday visiting with friends and trading. Medford Visitor Monday l. K. Kmory of Medford was a visitor in tlris city Monday to look after bn?iness attaint. Over From Coast J. E. Ford, resident of Marsh field, was here over Monday at tending to business interests. Spent Afternoon Charles Anderson was here from Melrose Monday afternoon trading and attending to other business matters. Here From Tiller Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams of Tiller arrived here yesterday ;o spend New Year s vi&itiiig with friends. Teaer Visits Mrs. M. Nokes, who teaches near Riddle, was hero Monday visiting with friends and attending to business affairs. Spent Day Here Mrs. Charles Murphy and daugh ter. Mrs. Albert Paiicoast, of Bridge were here Monday visiting witii friendd. Mr. Allison at Hospital I). Y. Allison, well known local Southern Pacific employe, has been taken to Mercy hospital to undergo treatment. Here From Myrtle Point Mr. and Mrs. P. T. McEIwam and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stooey of Myrtle Point visited here with friends over Monday. Will Go to Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Jones left this morning by motor for Bridge, where they will spend the day as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pan toa:l. Medford Folk Visit Among the southern Oregon vis itors here over Monday were Mr. I and Mrs. J. L. Heathcote and Mrs. C. ('. Combs of Medford. Athlete Visitor v ,; "Chuck" Alderson. Cniversit Montana football team member, I was here last night on his way to Bozemmi, following the holidays. Board Member Visits A. C. Palmer of Hrockway was here yesterday attending to school Dusmess. Mr. Paimer is a r.erahot ami more tlian 2u0 revelers member of the school board of dis-. received miurics which sent them trict number lu7. Mr. Egger Here esley 1. hgger, traveling pas- senger agent of the Oregon Stages, i Inc.. with headquarters in Port- j and.run driver as he was crossing land, was a business visitor here ! .jn intersection over Monday. j 0jw man Wll's snol in (llP foot . . . . . . " j by a reveler firing In a ciowd on Returning to Ashland tft Ulwntowll coiner, and a woman ( arl hchnelder who has been : W(iS wounU,d whon she cttme to visiting with relatives and friends. lne door of her hoIi:e to wuU.h a was here yesterday He plans to ! arlicularly noisy procession pass, return today to Ashland where hefNeilher were 8erkusly hurt, re Is teaching. j portf gaid Miss Yokum Expected Tne rwpiv"K hospital said that Miss Louise Yokum, daughter of ! m?1 of lhe ca""81 lrealcd J;,st Mrs. J. W. Perkins, Is expected , !liKlu were for toulsva and ahra here today from Albany to spend ! sio"d' ,, , . , several days. She is a former resi- 1 olice ra ded downs of cafes jent. i and niKht clubs during the niKht but made no arrests. Judge and Family Visit m Judge K. Childs and daughter r-r-r. t t 'r-rn and grandchildren of Crescent 1 City, California, visited with; menus nero I ast night. Judge J I lulus has visited here before. Teaching in Elkton Victor Arundel has been here diirin the holidays visiting his parents and other relatives, lie will return- toniMht to Klk'.ou, where he is teaching this year. Returning South Today Miss Jessie Bridge Is returning today to Ashland where she Is at- tending the Southern Oregon Nor-i mal School. S ip him h..n vi(tini- in u-nK... i.., .i. r the holidays. Army Officer and Wife Visit Captain and Mrs. A. O. Walsh of Fort I-wls visited with friends and relatives here last nlfcht on j their way through on a pleasure ! I '-""i"'" oiiu hub. nnibu nie quite well known here. Expected From South Today Mrs. T. IT. licamhemfn and fam ily, who have been visit in In Fresno and other California points for the past ffwmonths, are ex pected home today. Accompanying them will be Mrs. 3. (i. Kpence of Alameda, California, a ulster of Cieo. H. Hmlth. manager of the Itoae hotel. The party la making the trip by auto. Mr. ti pence will be remembered by many local folk on a prevloua visit. Clingert Arrive Mr. and Mis. W. O. Cllncer, owneifl of the irand hotel in lh.t city and the Iji (irande hotel at I-a Grande, Ore-m, arrived last nlKltt from eastern Oregon. Mrs. Clinijer. who has been in charce of the local hotel, has been In east ern Oregon through the holidays. ennetto ".Nippy'" Cllniter, their son. is reported to be Improving;' lit health following an operation performed lant spring to restore his health after a fall into a swim- mlng tank. Ex-Roseburg Teachtr Goes South Cheater Hrodera. who had been hereon a holiday visit with hi pa - ire.its. Mr. and .Mm. William Itrod-; badge work and were well prepared ! era, and family lett yesterday to , for examination. They were: Stan I motor back to Modesto, Calif., i ley Kidder, reptile aindy; Robert j where h Is head of the commerce ! Manning for merit badge in bath department in the Modesto hiph ; ercraft ; John Ilaptn for jtnblin Uehool. He had spent a week In j health and star badge; lmf Sup1' Corvallis. Mr. Mrmlertr acf om-1 en son for public health atid atar irHiiifi Mil me irip pouin ny itnv Maldwln. of the Modesto high ( hoot staff, who had been In 8-o- kane. Warn., for the holidays and! Joined him yesterday morninjE- Corvallia Times. Daughter Here for Holidays Miss Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Moore, who are here for several weeks, Mr. Moore- being district representative of the Texa co Oil company, arrived last night from Seattle, to spend the holiday with her parents. Miss Flook Returns to1 Corvallis After spending the past week here with friends. Miss Kilen Flook, employed in the extension department of the Oregon State Agricultural college, has returned to Corvallis. She Is a former resi dent and has a number of friends here. Visited at Ti tier Mr. aid Mrs. H. F. Reynolds have returned from Tiller, near Roseburg, where they went last week and were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ritler. Mr. Reynolds was fire warden at Dia mond lake last summer and has a nmnber of acquaintances in South ern Oregon. Corvallis Times. Kockent Going East- Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Kocken were in Corvallis yesterday on a brief visit to Mrs. Kocken's mother, Mrs. W. S. McFadden. while en route back to their home at Hood River from a business trip through the valley and a visit to Mr. Kocken's people In Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Kocken, the latter re membered here as Helen McFad den, a former Corvallis girl, are leaving Hood River tomorrow on their way to Chicago. Mr. Kocken, who has been county fruit inspect or for Hood River county the past six years, is to work for the gov- eminent and will be connected with the t'nited States department of agriculture, bureau of markets, He will spend three months with the ci markets in Chicago and will probably do some outlying work. He will then go to New York! similar stay. From that time on his work will take him to different sections of the country. Hood River orchardists say Mr. Kocken's work in that county has been ef- I ,.,t ,l im,,Urtil u,l hi., re. suited in elimination of disease-in Mrs. Kocken are anticipating tlie ; stay in eastern states with consid erable interest. Corvallis Times. ONE KILLED, OVER ZOO HUKl IN LUS ANGELES REVELRY (AwmrlatH l'ros I.eawd Wire) LOS ANGKLKS, Cal., Jan. 1 One man died, two per-ons were to the receiving hospital in this city a wild reccptiou of the babe of 1929. Kdoie Mernal was almost In- R,a,iv kiileri when struck bv a hit ALLl-uLU VUrO OF PORTLAND ARE fAUlINU A K Kilo i ; history. Starting from a furnace explo sion, the blaze destroyed the lo (Ariatil Vnm IiphI Wire) story Gehr block, housing the PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 1. The . Montgomery Ward and company. Telegram says today that war- the Clark-Manser furniture store rants will be Issued tomorrow tor arrest of three alleged quack due tors wiio have been practicing bloodless surgery. According to the. district attor ney n otrice they have wen ac- T i ' , " " " - " r " .". turn, gays tne icieicrani, which 'i eleijrani. adds: Aitliouh smoke poured from ' The issuance of warrants fur PTtM.y window and door of the lux the arrest of three persons sui.l to j hullillni? for two hours. It as 2 have been canyiiiR on an unlaw- o'clock Ix'fure a hlaze could be lul practice in Portland follows tlie3(.Bn and 3 o'clock In-fore It reach recent healing before iK-piiiy lin- ed the roof. fr(ml trict Attorney ( . . Kirk of pleas ore than 30 patients wr. i complained of vaiiuua alleg.-U bloojicsj latious which are said to have brought no rHiW 10 me suin-icrs. 1 here also were many complalnta of tmitmcntit hr.vitiR b'en iivn for varioi:s ail- nu'iits which later wre prod In; error by reputable doctoiu, it is! j McCKKAHY. Wash.. Jan. 1 The "In thrr-e canM luid b for- Mr. I body of Albert Calloway, about Kirk the patients were trcat.d furirhty ynara old. a laborer, waa r,- attJin a and 'fallen stomach,' htey said. Kxamimiitona bv inedl- cil dceturs lute'- revealed (hat the patlrntfl were n-t afrilcted at the ifnie of ireainten. before or nfler. Kirk d'clared. "The trouble almut which they had complain. -d did not exist," two of the wit !!, who uerc liive.Hti:atnrs, asserted. - . FIVE BOY SCCklTS RECEIVE AWARDS AT HONOR COURT At the ronrt of honor held fnr1''' """"y'l J lb" promotion of Hoy Scouts at the ! ' ; Junior hiffh school last nl'ht flve1R-M,LE WALK FATAL scouts received awards. Judge Hon, ' T CIVIL WAR VETERAN jQnlne and Ir. O. C. Flnlay rompoa- i ed the court. They were assisted by ' the acout eci:tlv and at nutmnH-i j ter James Sou I en of Troop 4. j . All uho ap! eared took merit j "a'li; t inutj t'niierson, nrm un, i handicraft and pioneering. One of the harden but moat Interesting of the merit badge s-jhjecta la that f reptile rtudy and paared by j Stanley Kidder. FIEND MURDERS ! SALT LUKE CHILD DF TWELVE YEARS ( Wvlilrt Prm lan SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 1. The body of 12-year-old June Nelson, who disappeared last night when she left her home for a nearby store, was found in a water ditch here today. Police said she had been assaulted and murdered. The girl, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Nel son, disappeared about 8 o'clock last night after she had left her father's place of business for her home, about a quarter block d is lam. Red marks on the child's throat were regarded as evidence that she might have been choked death. An abandoned automobile which had been stolen earlier In the evening was found near the overflow canal of the city water system where the body was discov ered by a passerby. A pair of gloves In the car were believed to have belonged to the girl. Police said she could not have been drowned in the canal, which contained only about a foot of water. The place where the body was found is in an isolated section on the west side of the cttv. a five-year-old sister of the dead gj,i told her parents that a man pursued her last Friday night near her home. When she ran to the porch and screamed, he fled, she said. o nape wnRTHrnTT VOWS OWN DEATH IF GORDON HANGS .; r..-. ii.x num, . ., 3 l J'TliT ' ... , 1 .,, murdering Walter Collins, a young boy, on her Wineville chicken ranch, arrived at the prison here today to begin serv ing her sent ence. Mrs. N'orthcott said she had no intention of attempting to take her life as a result of her sentence but that she taid ' if my boy Is hanged I will not live." When Warden Holohan heard this he said he probably would have to put to spe cial watch over her in the event (hat Gordon Stewart Northcott, her son, is sentenced to hang. Gordon, the 21-year-old eon, 1b to go to trial in Riverside tomorrow for the murder of Lewie and Nel son Winslow, brothers, of Po mona, and an unidentified Mexi can boy. AH the boys, including the Collins lad, are alleged to have , been murdered on the Northcott ranch. Mrs. Northcott is til and her son 21. In a confession Mrs. Northcott said the Collins boy wandered to the ranch and was killed by her with an axe. Her son is jointly Jcharged with the murder, but In j her coutession she said she did It I alone. MONTGOMERY WARD WENATCHEE STORE RAZED BY FLAMES WKNATCIIKE. Wash.. Jan. 1. A $UM.0U'l fire ushered in the new year In Wenatrhrc. It was said to he Hie lariiest lire in the ciiy's and Gehr apartment house. A large Mock of tires In the basement of the Ward store was burning furiously when the fire i department arrived at 12:10 a. m. S vt ml tenants of the anartment ' I,ouae Wre 8,upnotl h tm? BmoKe oeiwrw ueinj; awaaeneu aim uuu 10 be carried out. Montgomery Ward and company I niaii:ii-ra a:iiil n new more would . opened as soon as a location i could lie obtained and a stock re- ccived. RUINS OF BURNED MILL YIELD BODY ; cover d from the ruins of the door factory of the McClenry mill plant destroyed by file yesterday with u toss estimated at a million dollata. Cnunty Coroner Hopkinson an nounccd he would make an Investi gation Into reporta that two other mea reported mlafiiiK, were pos sible fire ictitns. Henry McCb-ary, owner of Ihe plant, annotinc4'd rebuiidliiK of the factory nould be started Imme diately. Two carloads of new ma chinery, cost i iik $2.ri0.tio, which h'd Just been installed, were to- HRTFOItl). H. I). Jan. 1. Col. Kdaid Monhnm, Civil war officer and Minnehaha county pioneer, dtd lnt nlrht from exKsure and exhaustion Monday after taking an IK-niile walk from Sioux Falls here. He waa found uiicomcIous on a highway. AKhoui-'h years old. the col otnl, who wan aleo a breveted brig adier general In the union army, and a customed to long walk to Hlld f. out the hfne4e;.d whhh he settled -Vi years ag, decided to make the trip here on foot localise of no Immediate train service, lie as foun 1 by a farmer on the road mil' from town. BOS WELL HOTEL ROBBED The hotel at Boswell, Springs was entered and rob- bed last night '' unknown persons, according to word received at the sheriff's of- flee this morning. The burg- lars entered the office and opened the cash register, e- curing a considerable amount of cash. Apparently they were only after money as they did not take papers or other articles in the etkrti drawer. leputy Sheriff Sterling was called and made an early in- vesication and then- tele- phoned to Roseburg to secure materials for making finger print examinations. vesication and then- tele- phoned to HoKeburfr to secure materials for making finger print examinations. ' TODAY Forl - ' ;w s A picture that will be pleasantly remembered by every g-3 man, woman and child who see it. rj BrouRht to you by those ?J 14 lovable stars who made fj ' ' the famous "7th Heav- fc fi:LA en." ' P $H i Wll Charles Farrellf j H mm x Wmm i I V i'-'lil W : Romanct and Beauty beneath' '(m fV- f S"!ySl t j Italian skies . . . tunny days on the A" p C ij 7 r iS J Mediterranean ... a golden lover fvl Kyr 'B if 8 looking out on the golden shoree of a fv' Ei""w' if I lia Naples . . . then . . . just a waif Jp3 i4v ADMISSION Vl 4 ffl fc''Z,lir- j 1 Matinee. Evenings W'-It " IM SpJSJ j f-' WI 10c and 35e 10c and 60c ' jj - - I I TODAY For 3 Days i Also ra ml ftort Feature,- , I W . Franci is? m m ft res" E DIFFICULT BYIHEUCE Radio fans are finding recep tion quite difficult due to the ex cessive local interference that has been prevalent for several weeks. Since the wet wather the inter ference has increased very ma terially, due it is believed largely to electrical leakage. Violet ray machines are also being operated ;it night tn many homes, setting up sr I r n inn , f Olg I ll n 1 1 S v . uuuu With Neil Hamilton r n a m M is A. Bushman, June rviariowe and Otis Harlan A terrific story I Territic scenes I I low they fight drink gamble work dig love ! DON'T MISS IT Ml , ' t il, 1 1 1 ,lii.tfVa,!J,"!'!Hl.vkV(tm additional disturbances that mako it difficult to obtain satisfactory radio reception even when other conditions are favorable. The city has an ordinance gov ernlng such cases, but there has never been any attempt made In the way of enforcement. At one time the radio club was active In searching for causes of local Inter ference, but in recent months the club has been inactive and has discontinued the work of searching out and eliminating the local dis turbances. Reorganization of the radio club and the establishment of an effec tive patrol system is now being urged and fang are very hopeful near future to clear up the situa tion. LIBERTY All For 10 and 25c 1 V':