Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1929)
EIGHT ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 13 1929. j News Note: "Thomas A Edison Looking for a Bright Young I Man to Carry on His Work. " Lowering of Time Made by Lindbergh One Purpose of Venture Start Within I 0 Days. NEW YOUK, .May 13. Ki'ttlllB themselves u echeilule or 30 hours in whii:h to leueh J'mls, three French fliers hope to Koar away from Uoosevelt Held, I,. 1., wilhin ten days In a 1iuk single luoluieil monoiilone. If HiieeenHliil (he sir ridei-H, Hene I.efevre, Ameno I.oltl, Jr., and Jean Ari.sallant, would bet ter by three hours the standing rec ord established In by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. 'i'h-j monoplane, a Ilernard. pow ered with a B'liJ horsepower Ills l:ino Suizu engine, lias been at Roosevelt field undergoing a tun ing up lor the pasl week. All is now ready for the flight, i.ottii said, the capability tests of the plane huviii been made in France prior to Its being brought to this country on the Leviathan last week by Ijfevre. The flight will be over the great circle route. Le Rourget field is t tic objective. The plane lias a cruising speed of 130 miles per hour and can be accelerated to 110. In estimating the lime needed as 30 hours. Lotti said, no allowance was made for a tall w ind. This If I encountered, would appreciably lower the time. "We hope lo start after May 19 which Is next Sunday," Lotti said. "It la our Intention to take advan tage of the favorable conditions expected to prevail immediately b fore and after the new moon which Is due on the 25th. "Our primary purpose is to show the trans-Atlantic rlir.ht can be done by a French plane and a French crew." Lottl Is 31 years of age and tin? son ot the proprietor of the Hotel l.oltl in Purls. Assailant Is M, us Is Lefevre. At present It Is planned that As sailant take the controls on the take off but during the trip all three, will manage the huge ship. Lot 1 1 declared. The plane will carry 1150 gallons of gasoline, enough to keep It aloft for 35 houis. JiwrfACt JtyAMMAJ t5W' Hi', -if w .A Kssw f V -oVi 3k HOSPITALITY WINS HEARTS OF MAJOR AND MRS. L. MOTT Enjoyuble Recreution in North Umpcrtin Rcciun Inspires Communication Descriptive of Vnrious Hhnscs Of Daily Life in and Out of Log Cabin; Quail and Pheasants Become Lady's Friends. AREAS IN THREE STATES SWEPT BY HIGH WATER you coax or swear at them. Ity the time supper was on the table, the inside of my mind look ed exactly like the Inside of that slove just black soot and smoke, ami the smoke oozed out in words that might read all right, hut thai, in being spoken cloaked them selves in tones that no publisher could print and get by the censor. "You are camping and fishing. nut I am pioneering ranching- (Contlnuod from page 1.) In this section, will be inflicted on bottom farm lands. Spring river and oilier btrcntus went out of their banks In south west Missouri last night following 2-1 hours of heavy rainfall. At Fort Scott homos were flooded late yesterday by the Marmatou liver. Many lamllll'S took refuge III railway depots and other buildings thrown open to Ihein, where they upent last night. Arizona Forest Swept NO(1AI,i;h), Ariz., May 13. After billing over more than 15,0110 acres the greatest forest liro In Ihe his tory of this section of Arizona to day was believed lo have burned Itself Intu the control or 100 wcHiy men who had fought the blaze on nn ever-widening front lor six days. Cowboys rode before the tiru driving herds of lerrllied cattle down suu-haked slopes ahead of llanies which licked al scrub oak on a ten mile front. Fanned by u high wind the blaze In places trav eled as last as it prairie rire, Jump ing canyons and fire breaks In the l'alagoliiti mountains. IluildliiKs and equipment of min ing properties were consumed, while miners fled to llenshaw, small nulling village near here, where the blaze was diverted u few miles from the town. Miners' fami lies were rushed from the village, many of tliem taking Ihelr belong ings wilh them. Carbide Lamp the Cause The conliagraliou starled when n miner stumbled and dropped bis i i.esltaie . ,.,i, ,. carbide lamp In dry grass. The I m.n-klv i n ,.,,' V. blaze eulckly spread over grazing : 1., "V Frances Hewitt Molt, wife of Major Lawrence Molt, U. S. I " r,",' l''1' do his share resident game warden, i. running her famous husband a close j " race in the writing game. While Mrs. Mott has been writing fea-1 clean fish, cut wood and carry wa ture articles for only a short time, her efforts have been marked! l'i'- ' have done all but clean Un well much success. Incidentally she has been uiving Roseburir! l"ll:,y! 1 !lll'sa you want your and Douglas county some wonderful publicity, "behind your backs, as she snys. Radio station KNa each morning at lo o'clock lias a half hour per iod known as the 10 o'clock family, conducted b Ldillo Albright, start announcer, in w nlcti u group of be tween fitly and sixty thousand listeners participate. The program is designed to Interest housewives, shut-ins, and all who are able to listen In at that hour, and the pro gram proves one or ihe most popu lar radio features in. southern Cali tornla. Major and Mih. Molt for n num ber ot years conducted the radio station at Calulina island, and have a large radio following of their own, so Hint when Mrs. Mott con tiihulos lo Ihe 10 o'clock family program, her letters are eagerly iiwalted. Mrs. Mott Is writing one letter each week lor this program while spending the summer in Ore gon and Is giving this section some excellent publicity. In her first letter, written April 22. shortly nor their arrival, Mrs. Mott proved herself it real liillior niau; and she told all about tile ruin and mist and cold weather, so that part or the letter is not go ing to ho published. Hut .Mrs. Moll Is lorglven all because or Ihe won ileiiul way In which she describes Oregon hospitality. Hospitality Captivates "We are happy as lw'6 ' people can possibly In.." she says, "ami I It is all due to the unheard i.r hospilallly of these blessed people up here. Honestly, we are fast gelling lo the point wheie we wish so niado, that Is Just above us ubout an eighth of u mile. They are built ot logs one big room and ,,i nie man' i ti.,.ii summer spoiled, you get i.usv an I cultivate that rancher spirit. Wood and water lu the substance of that spirit!" "tleo, Lassie, what nre you :ro- ng to do? ltulll everything tig.-.t wiih everything in loom for the couilort ot their owners for a slay of u night or lu such a good Utile sport! You v. always been so proud or your b'.' spring, or for longer periods lu the summer time when It Is warmer than it is now. They were not built ror living In when sluing lias but begun and winter la si ill a stub born Inhabitant of the land. Yes, Miss April lold us a mar velous yarn about spring's being hero to slay. Hhe assured us thai winter had linen completely routed and Ihal her genial invitation lo get out of a n. ce, warm hoiel. and down Id Hie Thunderer's banks, was an honest promise or her hav ing taken possession or the laud. Two days of sunshine, uud we mov- eu our uags anil Daggagu lo say nothing of fishing paraphernalia. wlnler or K western girl. And here yoii are, the very tlist day In camp ies. Ami it is just because I; am a western girl, that 1 know something about what men are sup-! PommI to do when Ihey sluri. j ranching. Wood, water and wlp-! ing ll.e dishes are part of their i daily work around Ihe house. 1 pre, or to wipe my own dishes, thanks. I In I the wood and water annul!" And so ended the first r; mid of adjustment to new conditions -Willi promises as deep as con science mid a very pale und"r Hiniiiling ol what II all means lo gel along without running wal j gas, electriclly, vacuum sweener out here. Kile stayed with us Ihe and all the rest ot the mighty good day we moved nail all during the "lings l luit make a man connoii- lan diuio the moutitalu timber. The red glow ot the burning forests was vlsable at night lor more thau fifly miles. The blaze rinally was halted Ity the combined etlors of fire right ers, shining winds and the topo graphy or the country. 1'nless the wind changed today rangers hoped to beat out the embers along the fringes ot the blackened sides ot ralomas canyon. burg hosts and hostesses. .Mrs. Melt's second letter writ ten since Ihey look up their camp at Ihe llul.ar place on the limy ranch, must have run hIh-iI a great deal ot pleasure and iovn,i. ... i in morning or Ihe next tiny Friday then along came Saturday and winter! Ouch! Many ntichcs! Willi a big lireplace al one end of this twenty by thirty loom; a big wood range al the ether; a pile or logs ror the fireplace, hut nary a stick lor the range, I had my run while ihe men went tl.ih Ing. oh yes. It takes more than a "in lain ami a snow blown wind able In his city home Ihe ne si uay it rained sume I mine anil was decidedly colder. ' Hut that did not phase the lisle j erineu! They set off before day-j ligiil lor a pool way up Ihe liver i and liirgnl that there were two' pails to till wiih water and tint one a i in I ii I or wood was not ciioukIi lo get me tliri,ui.ii the day. Maojor Mott kissed Ille ennil. I bye -a very sleepy larewell on niv I to keep a tlsb inad male Horn lisii-1 I'"" for I was still deep down inn i mid a alee, warm storm all stowed away In my mini i,.. Major Mint and his fishing iriend, guide and philosopher, when itiev should return, shouting lustily lorl1""1 H was peace until I got up' iter the covers or our bed Hull i-j I out on (he pinch. j "There is wood and water to-' day. lor 'o,l. dear." he assured me I One artlllul ..r wood, one Inn I.e. i.r I water and two chunks of woed in : trout or ihe tin p:ace. I looked ai j lllle collection. Scratched niv chin, i Then seialclied 1 1 A 1 I Inside my! nun nurai uut laughing. I "POOR EVIDENCE" WINS KE-TR1AL FOR KLAMATH INDIAN SAN KHAM'ISCO. May 13. -Confessions obtained "llmiugh the ex ertion of Improper influences" were held to be "poor evidence" by (he United States circuit court here today in a decision granting Or ville Ilavls, Klamath Indian, cou vicled in Mcd(ord, Ore., or mur der, a new trial. FOOIl. Hut what could a poor girl do. when Ihey brought limne a great big shiny Chinook salmon? Noth ing b'.ll nut the Inn.. i- ti members or lb.' KNX 10 o'clock '""'I make a grand uud el..ii,,iiu ' head n.iu.ij. ..us. ..Hilt snvs- i I'll, in 1 1 ng auillellce ill heixeir ICI. w la s I he use' V,. ....... In e.iinp by in,. s,,, ()t ,m, I dm manage, however, to voice 1 "'''' ;1 si;k purse out ot a sow's i'hundeier-otherwise known as I " ''" ' complaint In this wise- ''"' Nor can I make a good ratu h-1 the 1'inp.iua. j "I have loin;d a new name lor ' '''' ',:' '"' a .lier and poel ! I ll Hear Kddie, Alice ami Ihe Ten ni'sil ." chop my own wood-and he dene1 O'clock Family : "A new name? Whal 's the mat-' w 11 h il " 1'osl.h s. it is migiitv line ; y the heading or this Icltcr you ,,'r 'Lassie"."' limn Major "'V',V'M' and - t'eolidge ilo.s it so will know that we are In camp, j -M" " jwhy not 1? . j and a perfectly imely camp It is, "Lovely. In Hollywood. Hut as' ' eail liear some one ask "Whit too! Located in a grove of pines. I " we are in camp 1 am to ! this time?" Kasv. lira ami yes. oodles Pr poison oak! ! Known as W. W." He was u.-iiig the entire siiuug-l As Steiliiig Young, who is now! 1,1 much as this was the title ! '"ml ot the camp riving IncuTe ...in .is. siis. .Mil so good!" Hut l " """ ii we called Calalina Is then, like everything in nature up- j '""d's king when we lived n Av i on w hich man lias nhu-eil hi. I hul. Major .Mmi i.,i,.,.i ., 'most wonderful butter. Y'ou know,1 you of the older generation bel'or-i the days of eream seperators and creamei-y-manufaiiured butter, just the kind I mean. The cream comp.1 off the big milk pans In sheets all wrinkled up and thick cuoipsh to cut with a knife. Then It is left to sour and is churned lu the old-fashioned way. I had a brown crock full of It. And how those good friends of ours waded Into It. Hot biscuits made It disappear as if by magic. Then they all wanted to know where I got it. Here they are living right in ftoseburg and all eating manufac tured butler and 1, Just come, bad already lound the butler of my childhood memories and the cream that pours onto one's mush in chunks! Y'es, we get butter, cream and mik from Red's moth- 1 er. We go nine miles to get it. but it is worm eveiy inch of the, w ay. Iio 1 hear a modern creamery person mention germs? Well, what of il? When people are as happy as we aie In spite of missing get the best of all the supposedly wood and water our -bodies will bad germs in man's mental crea tion; Ii.-sides, we're not creating mental germs to destroy us. We're camping and fishing; sleeping out or doors and defying winter's hang over of cold and rain. We are let ting dear old .Mother Nature temp er us lo her vagaries of w ind and ' rain and sunshine. We will re turn to the city's exotic lite, new creatures with our powers of re sistance added unto and running '. over! Sunday, about two o'clock Sterl ing Young arrived. So many of i you will remember him the lad , w ho used to play the violin ror you over K. K. W. O. Another wild 1 and empty fisherman. And it is my job to keep the three of them tilled with food! At least, twice each day 1 must fill them up. Lunch and dinner breakfast Is another story. If they will insist upon geuing up in the middle ol the night and go fishing. Ihey can jolly well gel their own breakfast ' no matter what kind of u mess they ieave lor me to clean up! I don't ' care, lu lad, I don t care for any ihiiig in Ihe world except to make thee two males of mine happy! If. ; in my success at making them 1 happy, 1 succeed in passing some of thai happiness ou lo others, then, indeed, is my cup of Joy lull and running over. . The.-:o two aie a F.ort or happi ness laboratory with nie. 1 study and work in their lives and what ever good results 1 obtain, like every worth-while experlm6nter, 1 pass the knowledge gained along to my s.sters who are likewise try ing to make their husbands and sons happy. Kor to me, this Is wo- man's reason for being. To make men happ.. ; to build them into i strong, active world rorcs which is the only outcome of the life ol ; it happy man. If every woman saw the truth about herseir that she Is tho soul and spirit or the man of her choice; and then worked hard at her job or keeping herseir his soul and spirit, the divorce problem would dlsap liear from off the luce or the earth. Today is glorious! Clear, clean and hiight with sunlight. The same sort ol a day Hint brought us into this wonderful camp. The three males were oil' inr the upper pools, al three this morning and 1 am alone. Hut not entirely alone. Already the birds, a pair of (trail iind a cock pheasant and his demure wlte, have found out that I am generous Willi the leH-overs from our meals. 1 share all such wiih whatever wild ihlng may be In the neighborhood. Kin-h morning I have lain In my oul-ol-doors bed and watched my new-l'oiiiul friends pick up the rood 1 have put out ru: Ihem. Al rirst, they moved away when I moved or made the least sound. Hul this morning, they did not budge w hen I rose and dressed. It was cold dressing out there on Ihe porch, but these little friends of nilue were so liileresllng that I could not have them. They were still there when I throw out the breakfast leavings. I hail another guest. A house guest that made nie lots of work for a coujile or days. A wee mouse. Hut Major Molt stepped on him. And I have no work produeiu; guenl now. Poor mouse. He was mil very well arnualtitod Willi Ihe weight or a man's root. And. In the daik. when the man was siiiiiihlin!: around trying to find a match to Mailt the lamp, the Utile animal got under that font with lis two hundred pounds of "overhead"! Knd of mouse. And end of this week's letter. Oh. how f wish you all could be here to enjoy ihe things we are find ing that make for happiness net the least of which Is tile lenrniuir J.C.PENNEYC. 1129-231 CASS ST. ROSEBURG. OREGON O ur Jfraduation Carry Off High Honors in Style Quality Thrift Come in to See Theml Togs Pure Silk Full-Fashioned Hose for Women This hose offers an end td troublesome hosiery problems , . . pure silk with mercerized top and shown in smart shade ior only, pair 98c Champagne Kid fashions this" charming shoe with its dainty buckled strap and fancy graig trim. $3.98 The Sweet Girl Graduate Will "Adore" Our Lovely Frocks! We have such a delight ful array from which the sweet girl graduate may choose her frock for the Great Occasion! White and pastel silks, fashioned in charmingly girlish styles . . . each one a delight to look wpon . . . and to own! dr rr $14.75 For Young Men Who Would Set the Pace in Style This Year Spring Suits Do you want Style do you insist on Service and are you interested in a Low Price? If so, then drop in to see us. All three are included at this price. $Q.75 Extra Pants at 4.98 Men's Shirts Fast Color Fancy broadcloth in collar Attached or neckband styles. 31.98 Men's Oxfords Of Gun Metal Calf Sturdy and dependable, an4 Interestingly low-priced. Gun- metal oxfords look well withi 'most any type of suit, and art' always good taste 1 $3.98 'OREGON BOOTS" USED AT STATE TRAINING SCHOOL ( A a Ifil I'rt'M Luascd Wire) SALHM, Ore., May 13. The stale board of control blinked tts eyes In aurpiiHe Saturday when a bill came in (or l(i "Oregon bootti" purchased by W. H. Baillfe, the new superintendent of tlie state IrainiiiK school for boys. ' , The Oregon boot is a very heavy lion that in famous in the criminal annals of the United States. Un til a few years nno it was used at the slate penitentiary as a leg iron on Incorrigible prisoners, parti cularly when beinR transported, it has never been used at (he train inn school. liaillie recently did away with strap punishment ot the school and substituted hard labor. -o- I turns New Hotel Welcome for mally opened recently. lo Inuch when fishermen the wood and water. - foiKi thought of evil and harm, this ... I siartled. oui pniMtwi onk uuvoa its ,.af fl,ij;n haUs the hit; Idea?" of brilliant hue so that one caul "Wood and w.uer." J:m j ,, lake heed and beware tr i:JlilL,,,'l a bmarl urln ! ..,,. t these heart hivukhi.' DavJn, charged In his sling. Alter a week almost -of rahi i-d. ItMlMt -ill appeal i and Oirgun mlKtH, tiu-snu rame out 1,h,M,t "ing weed and water I from the retleial district court and dried tin the roudt to tht u. conviction, lhat he had been fore-j could K't ur Caddie liuss etf tne ed to wiineH.1 the official exaintna-1 paved highways and into iho! tlon of tho body of Lawrence wm)da. New -found and nlreitdv Walker, another Indian, wh.un he , very dear friends, bad proffered! was charged with clubbing lo death ! um their camp. Ji js just six' in January, 1 !"S. miles from Itoseburg and the I mp I The strain of being compelled to iua thunders along right at tliei observe the ghastly sight resulted uom unor i nai w ill never ,p sat huddled over ihe Coals in tne fiiepkiee. move towards eiih r Mrs Moft Hul th, sinolden in. making u woodpile or rlv "How ahum supper !,ase "W. V Whet, goi ti,,.,,, K't f"d but Hot Iteroie!" I-Old: Will, lied In Ills breakdown and subsequent All the Iloseburg people who,,M,s'' have confession, Walker asserted. t'n make the grade, have these1 uu Winl '-"i" supper. Judges Hud kin and Plot rich re-! river camps where thev come for ! w !l,,'r atll Ket the I sup et ihem You get the w 111 til " manded the case to tho lower court j weekends and upon any other' 111,1 W-Her was all right. The ror a new trial, wnne juuge nays uiai iemi themselves to hid!-1 1 '""merer makes u business , bert "dissented. day making. Konunate people! "I'ply t e uiee-t, eetde.i. anil so.: O j So far. every blessed one of them "5f 'T I have epe, tmetited nave put their camps at our dls-' 1111 '"r 1,1 ll,v vt-ii' iiiit the weo.l that M.iio.' Mott i.t-..t.i. John Alexander of fillde. was hiisiuesr. visitor in this cily today. posal. Should we make up He found the You know. easle-it to en the smooth. round Mr. Alexander Is a member of the Il,lml to sample every one of Itt..,. It. ..t...-..u nl id nil. In Mieiii. Oil HI HOT L'Ot lili'lf tji Pnttimnniiv Fair and states that Hollywood for a year! So far. vr,l,nl,j :' ran be broken with one 1 n'' -rr-Ptleiit nrnereas in helnir made ! flV 'o of them.- thin one i bll,w r,or" the v. The kind that 1 vid on the plans Cor that event. l r the i:et dav--mid wtselv fiaiiiing from filtering into ihj attiay of wouis and attempted etiiu ation on my part. Saturday. Sutmay, Mondav -mulling but rain ai:d cold - and tisll. Oil. yes, while 1 chopped wood ami kept myself warm and tlie citok siove working. Major .Mott anil lied sietllhed llie warv i.h anil b rou l: hi home some beauties. Oh. n. list not Itilgrl lo 1. ,, "t the biii;hie.st sort in this tahi logue of new expet iences. ihuisday evening, the end of the pertect Apiil day lhat lured us out of the hotel and ihio camp, also j lured tellers to Ihe river banks. : Kuihteeil jolly people uaiheted aj the l.orkuood's camp for supper. W l:at a met i y llnie w e had! Kaeh woman provided something for oi:r !-'' meal and the men sumihed the wood and water- and w ashe I wiped the dishes! We. bejn en o visi'on, ie.'e not asked I'li.o.. aii Hut s-iueoae i'...--:'.f( ihe hut !er and. our e .:iiijt !., u- but an eighth of a mile futth. 'U the nver. my hostejj nsked If 1 bai enough butter to ,u ith them. It so happ. 'in d and that of another friend we bar WWIl t b,,I o matter bow much ,Il;t 1 did have. And. oh. it is Graduation mm :ot a graduation gift there is .otKiny more appropriate, nothing more cherished . ns the days go by than a W atch. Exquisite F.I gins. Watthmns and Helbros. All nationally advertised W atches. For the girl or hoy, at Wilbur L. Spaugh 604 S. Tine $H.95 and your old Battery Buys a Heavy Duty 13 Plale' Genuine Ford Bat tery with our free service. C. A. Lockwood Motor Co. Ford Motor Cars Roscburg, Ore. '"V 7 Let This Bank Help You Whether Factory, Office, Store or Mill, this Bank can prove its worth to your business, day in and day out. Our commercial department is at your command. UMPQM VALLEY BANK Roseburg, Oregon DOUGLAS FUNERAL HOME Established 1926 Perfect Funeral Services Fair and Reasonable Prices AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 112 Pine and Lane Sts. H. C. STEARNS Manager PHONE ,'412 Latfy Attendant OLD TIMS: DANCE AT THE WIGWAM Wednesday Night, May 15 Music by the Whirlwind Orchestra. Come and have a good time. Tickets 50c
