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FOSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY. JUNE 1 4. 1 930. "
BUTTER TEST DEVICE
; WINS $5000, MEDAL
j ( Auoclttetl I'n-M luc) Wire)
-CHICAGO, June H. -The Cap
per prize of $5,000 and a gold
rrftriul for the most distinguished
Bgprlce to American HKricuIture to
(Uy was awarded Stephen Moulton
Itahcork, professor of agricultural
chemistry at the University of
Wisconsin, for his invention of the
iiaucQcK test for butter fat in milk,
Dr. Babcock Invented his butter
ftt test in 1890. Ten years later.
i6 was awarded the grand prize
ot honor by the International jury
Hf Paris. .
Increasing the annual' $5,000
awanl. Senator Arthur Capper of
Iwunsas, said he desired to provide
concrete expression of national
importance to agriculture.
m ; o
J3ANK corporation
- FILES AT SALEM
"SAI.HM, Ore., June 14. Articles
QT Incorporation for the American
Xntlonal corporutfon, with head
iruartera in Portlaml, were filed
Will ihe state corporation depart-nier-.t
here today.
Capitalization of the new corpor-
ntlon Ib divided into 100,000 shares,
80,000 of which are rated as "Clasn
A" valued at J10 each, and 20,000
as "Olass D" of no par value. J. J
Meier, W. L. Thompson and O. S.
Hinsdale are the Incorporators.
J M. EMERY. EX-INSTRUCTOR
AT OREGON 8TATE, PASSES
t Amorist) I'n-w I.fawil Wlr)
-I2TJOKNK, Ore., June 14. James
M. Kinery. 65. one of the first In
structors In Oregon State colleno,
died ut his home here today after
a lingering illness.
He was horn In Cillroy, Cal., Nov.
13, 18C4, and settled In Corvallls
with his parents while he was still
In Infancy. He attended school at
Corvullis and later lunula In the
First. Methodist college which later
hoeame 'the Oregon Agricultural
college, In which he taught for 18
years.
STORY 1
(Continued from page 1)
Ing popular vote.
Any Voter Qualified
-The polls will open at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon and will remain
open continuously until 7 p. m. Any
person over 21 years who has heen
,u resldeut of the district for 30
idivys Is qualified to vote, It is not
'necessary that Buch a voter he
j registered.
i The recall vote and the election
i of the two directors are separate
' Issues on the ballot, although re
, luted politically.
, There are no candidates, as has
been previously stated, for the of
J flees now held by Klnlay and Shoe
.maker. The sole Issue on that
'ballot is whether they are to be
reculled from the board.
Recall Charges
- The recall ballot, as stated In the
petition sets forth, "That for per
sonal and political reasons, for the
,1'iillflcutlon of his own animosity
i .unit the advancement of hiB own
"political fnrtuueB, and against the
JJAVorwhelming expressed remon
strance of the parents of school
.children in the above school dis
"trlct, and without sufficient rea
!,'?0n, and against the best Interests
g.ajid welfare of the scholars in said
iiuisinci,- ne um reiiiBO to nire inej
--mum cupanie ana oesi teacner
'(Available as principal of the junior
i.liluh school in said district."
in. llolow there follows the reason
'Mlvanced by each director in just!
.'((ration of his course in office,
tjilutlng: "Having faithfully and lm
"partially performed my duties In
JJfbnformlty with my oath of office."
no The ballot then bearB space for
the vote on each director separate
Mv under the question, "Shall O. 0.
!!!'lnlay, (B..R. Shoemakor) be re
,, culled ns dlroctor of school district
No. 4, In DoukIhs county, Oregon?
"Vote yeB or no."
The (Tour candidates whose
..llumi'S appear on the other ballot
'are applicants for the two vacun
lllos occurring by reason of the ex
piration of the terms of Jackson
'and Nichols. Two of the four can
I'tridates are to be elected.
,')i Large Vote Expected
I, Decauso of the Intense Interest
"in the recall, It Ib expected that
"JJiero will be a huge vote recorded
..at Monday's election.
The issues have stirred the pa
"Trons of tjie district to consider
..jiililn feeling and much discussion
"4h heard concerning the proposi
tion. .."J The recall resulted from the ac
w.Mon of the hoard in discharging
" T). E. Oleman as principal of the
Junior high school. The school
..Ipoard claims Inefficiency on his
pnrt, whllo Olemnn claims that per
Mhonal reasons were Involved, and
IJMins Instituted the recall proceed-
i, Ing on the grounds of "personal
o-nnd political reasons" anil "gratlfl
)"Cntlon of animosity" and advanco
IJ'Jiient of "political fortunes."
The recall Is. In reality, aimed at
:4he entire board, as all five ilirec
""lors were unanimous In their no-
,,,Jlnn In removing Oleman, but Fin-
were smashed at the Dunn county
asylum.
Troops Called Out
Two national guard units, the
Northfield headquarters company
of the 135th infantry and the Hast
ings unit, Company H, of the 206th
infantry, were mobilized and at the
scene of the Randolph disaster
within an hour of when each com
pany was called.
Forty homes were wrecked or
damaged and several business es
tablishments were leveled. Only a
dozen residences were unharmed. 1
i'
BALL GAME DATED
AT CANYONVILLE
The Roseburg baseball team li
to play at Canyonville tomorrow
and a good game is anticipated.
Doth teaniB have been playing fast
ball this year, and are apparently
about equal In ability. The game
Sunday Is to be played on the dia
mond at Canyonville.
INDIAN BILL APPROVED
DOUGLAS GRANGERS
BANQUET GUESTS
REDMOND, Ore., June 12. Fol
lowing the custom established last
year, the Douglas county delegates
to the Oregon state grange conven
tion being held at Redmond this
week, assembled Wednesday eve
nine for an enjoyable banquet,
served by the ladles of the Presby
terian cliurch.
To date the Douglas delegation
has been the only county group to
avail themselves of the opportunity
of better acquaintance and closer
cooperation.
Those present were Dr. and Mrs.
C. H. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. H.-B.
Melton and children, of South Deer
Creek grange; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
A. Ooff. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Busen
bark and J. C. Leedy, Melrose
grange; Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Morgan, Riddle grange; Mrs. Noah
Black, Smith River grange; A. W.
Caswell, Myrtle Creek grange;
George Winston, Evergreen grange,
and Mrs. Gertrude Hatfield, Glide
grange, representing a one hun
dred per cent attendance of the
Douglas county delegation.
t Annclutnl I'rt-u l-aftl Wire)
WiSHIWCTnV Tl f June M
The senate bill to provide for
i enrollment of members of the Kla
math and Modoc Indian tribes and
the Yshonskln bands of the Snake
Indians belonging to the Klamath
reservation In Oregon, waB approv
ed by the house Indian committee
today.
TWO KENTUCKY MURDERERS
DIE; 3 OTHER8 GET STAY
STORY 2
(Continued from page 1)
clared at a recent board meeting
that he considered Merrtam was in
his province In mnking the state
ment he did. In Illustration he as
serted that If a member of the
banking board believed there were
hrky banks in the state, he might
have the right to make a statement
to that effect but would have no
right to specify the banks that
were in such condition.
Vote on the retention of Mor-
rlam was taken at a private con
ference after the public hearing.
Fruit growers who shortly after
the Van Trump henring here at
which Merrlnm made his "myHtery
disease" stntement asserted they
would ask either for a retraction
from Merrlam or his resignation,
failed to appear at today's meet
ing. Outsiders 8quelched
L. E. Banks nnd Howard Hill of
Medford wero present at Merrlam
hearing and attempted to make a
few remarks but were shut off by
the board on the ground that any
thing they had to say In regard to
the Marion county meeting at
which Merrlam spoke would he
hearsay nnd not . permissible. If
other Itojrue river" growers were
present they did not make them
selves known.
EDDYVIU.E, Ky.. June 14.
Three men who had sat through
the long night awaiting death In
the electric chair were granted
slays of execution here yesterday
after they had heard the deadly
stir of an electric motor that sent
two others to death.
J. L. Hughett, state pardon com
missioner, read Governor Samp-!
son's Indefinite stay of execution
for the three negroes, Lloyd Will-1
Hams. 24, John Keller, 27, and I
James Grlgsby, 38, right after Bal
lard E. Itatdiffe, 35 a white man, I
and Richard Edmonds, 36, a negro, I
had bi executed.
Stanford Jones Here Stanford
Jones, a former resident of this
city, now located at Ashland, ar
rived today to spend a short time
fishing on the Umpqua.
Miss Walker Returns Miss Si
byl Walker, superintendent ot
nurses In Roseburg General hos
pital, returned yesterday after
spending a week in Portland.
Returns to Portland Miss Pau
line Hanson, who has been visit
ing the past week with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hanson,
Is leaving today for Portland,
where she Is taking nurses' train
ing in the Emanuel hospital.
Visitors From Estacada Mr. and
Mrs. U. S. Morgan, of Estacada,
are expected next week to visit for
a week with Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
nlllvnnt nnrl tn attend to buslneRR
matters. They were Roseburg res- j
Idents- several years ago and are j
well known here. Mrs. Morgan Is ,
a Bister of Mrs. Ollivant.
!M.M.II.I.I.M.I.M.M.M
We, the undersigned, resident voters of School Dis
trict No. 4, interested in the welfare of the schools and
desiring to retain on the Board of Directors men of ster
ling character and sound judgment whose private life is
an inspiration to and example for the youth of the com
munity, do hereby express our confidence in Directors
G. C. Finlay and B. R. Shoemaker. We believe these men
have at all times in the discharge of their duty been
actuated by' the highest and most unselfish motives, and
- that the charges made against them in the recall petitions
are unfounded and unwarranted.
Wishing them to know we appreciate their labors for
the schools, we hereby pledge them our hearty and loyal
support.
News Briefs
(AnocUtwl ProH ItM-d Wire)
LOS ANGELES, June 14. Mrs.
Myrtle Hauser has filed suit for
divorce against Herman Hauser,
member of a pioneer California
family and for years maniiKor of
the Hauser Packing company's
big plants. The complaints nlleg
ed Hauser hocame Intoxicated so
frequently that he lost his position
several years ago and that he
was cruel to his wife,
DENVER, June 14. A bald spot
on a woman's head Is worth $150
In damages, according to a jury In
Judge Henry Bray's court. The
Jury awarded that Bum to Mrs.
A nam Arnold, who had filed suit
for $5,000 damages against Lilliun
Kretsvhmnr, beauty parlor opera
tor. Mrs. Arnold claimed a per
manent wave machine burned the
top of her bend causing the bald
spot.
NEW YORK, June 14. The ef
fort of Frances "Peaches" Brown
ing to forco her former husbsnd,
Edward "Daddy" Browning, to give
her power rights on his real es
tate failed, at leaBt temporarily. 1 3
when her complaint was dlsmussed
in supreme conn yesieruay. .sue
was glvon twenty days, however.
In which to file a new cnmplnlnt If
she should continue her suit.
WASHINGTON, June 14. The
charge that coninuiuiHts In this
country were getting aid from "so
called 100 per cent American em
ployers;' was made yostorilay be
fore the houBO communist Investi
gating committee by Edward F.
McGrady of the American Federa
tion of Labor.
Thev used the communists, he
snld to split the rnnks of workers IS
In order to force them to meet
their conditions. H
Mctlrmlv ileclnreil rnmniimlnttt
Juy and Shoemaker were selected ( hud Instigated the recent strike at M
iiiiHiuiiiu, i. i.., nim iiuu succet'u- a
.l In hn.,l.. !. ..III.......... lob.., 3
sides against the strikers.
"'tis targets because they were the
vl(last elected and have the longest
,,!,terms to serve.
.ii. Confidence In the ability and In
"'tegrlty of Doctors Plnlny and Shoe-
";'mnker and opposition to the nt-
,,,temnt to recall them have been
"Publicly expressed hv three of
'lioseburg's service clubs the Kl
"l.'wnnls, Rotary and Lions.
STORY 3
(Continued from page 1)
'"carried against the front of the so
; curlty State hank building.
-;, Hundreds of trees were blown
down In the west section of the
;clty, tearing down wires and block
,,lng streets.
Theodore Iverson, among the In
" Jured near Menomonle, said he was
" not aware of the storm until he
...saw a car blown past his window.
He and his wife protected their
' three children as a stove fell on
him. One hundred panes ot glass can, in the 1928 ek-r'lon
NAMES
K. L. Gilkeson
F. C. Brauninger
J. L. Paris
J. Barr
Mrs. Owen Simmons
Mrs. Bertha Taylor
Bessie L. Redburn
JameB Medill
Mrs. Mite Gilkeson
Ralph M. Church
Mrs. J. H. Booth
J. H. Booth
O. V. Wlmberly
Hurrle W. Booth
E. S. Booth
E. A. Brltton
J. A. Denn
D. B. Boone
Nathan Fullerton
E. S. Pnrrott
Faye M. Geildes
Guy Cordon
E. R. Walton
Joe Bloaser
Frnnk G. Erno
J. A. Harding
A. C. Seely
H. L. Connelly . ' '
Wnlter Good
E. E. Wlmberly
C. W. Cloake .
Evelyn Wharton
Dr. D. R. Cllbbs
Clair K. Allen
Thos. Cobb
L. A. Dlllard
Helen Hewitt
Geo. E. Houck
Rena N. Wills
Alda I. Williams
Henrietta E. Fulcher
nne Shoemaker
R. L. Buthrlck
E. J. Walnscott
T. A. Simmons
Subra Wharton
L. M. Lehrbnch
May E. Walnscott
F. F. Jones
E. B. Stewnrt
E. A. McKean
Clara L. Sniggs
T. L. Wharton
Geo. F. Wharton
Bess Wharton
Margaret Carr
Oracle B. York
John B. York .
F. Arthur
Isabel S. Webb
Carrie E. Butner
Isabel Blair
Hunnnh Wallace
Nela M. Bryant
(1. W. Pennie
Mrs. G. W. Pennio
L. A. Uelnnd
Leon F. Wilson
Mrs. Horace Campbell
Ethel Bashfard
Mrs. C. A. Wallace
C. A. Wallace
Mrs. Carrie Kruse
Mrs. Lulu Gllkey
R. C. Jones
C. D. Fles
Anna W. Wlmberly
Lester L. Wlmberly
II. O. l'nrgeter
Mrs. A. G. McMlllln
Mrs. Norn Denn
A. G. McMlllln
Geo. E. Williams
L. H. Chambers
Nick Welsh
0. M. Nichols
A. Salsman
Eugene Princen
Minnie L. Bell
Mrs. !. Abrnham
Ethel U Webb
I. Abrnhnm
A. W. Wampole
Mrs. R. F. Purslow
Mrs. C. 11. Davles
Carl T. Black
Roy Catching
1. G. Broadway
W. A, Stephenson
Elsie Williams
Homer Kronke
George Trapolis
Fred Royse
Chas. V. Stanton
M. M. Miller
Will H. Gerretsen Jr.
Leon E. Mct'llntnck
Virginia P. Tobln
J. M. Judd
C. M. TeBter
Anna Sinnott
M. L. Hallmark
Wayne E. Jones
Mrs. C. K. Allen
James M. Fletcher Jr.
Kathryn M. Fles
HAMILTON. Bermuda. Juno 14.
William Heche, undersea explor
er, and Otis Burton of tho New
York niuaeum, have descended
1,426 feet to the bed of the ocean
off Bermuda in a Rteel sphere.
The sphere is fitted with heavy
glass windows through which they
observed fish swimming about and
the fauna of the ocean floor. It Is
lowered by r steel cable, which
citrrit-u H leiepnuiiti line. I lie u
sphere carries an oxygen supply j 3
and apparatus for observing ex-;S
haled air. V
s
WASHINGTON, Juue 14. The
election contest from the third W
Missouri district was closed yeS'j3
terday with adoption by the house iS
of a resolution declaring Represen-iW
tntlve Milligan. democrat, the win- la
ner over If. F. Tjiwrence. renuhll- M
1 1TTITaiTOIMIWTTTgmff
NAMES
A. M. Throne
Eva Miller
Mrs. E. G. Randolph
I. L. Gilkeson
Florence D. Seely
Jay A. Fulcher
Edith Churchill
Mrs. L. C. Smith
Mrs. Carl B. Neal
Mrs. Perry Smith
Mrs. A. W. Hewitt
Mrs. W. N. Sponangle
Mr. A. K. Glbbs
Mrs. A. K. Glbbs
Mi-s. E. P. Woods
E. P. Woods
Sam burland
Mrs. M. K. Durlnnd
Mrs. L. L. Marsters
R. E. Pargeter
J. E. McCllntock
Josephine McElhlnny
Thelma A. Perry
Katherlne E. Young
K. E. SnndqiilBt
W. S. Hamilton
F. C. Frear
M. C. Bowker ;
C. E. Roberts
Leoto. Wilson
Barton Helllwell
Ernest Applewhite
H. M. McCabe
W..H. Buzzell
Geo: G. Sewell
Chas. F. Hopkins
H. W. Evans
Agnes M. Pitchford
D. H. Lenox
H. I). McKay
Hilda M. Qulne
Mrs. F. A. Knight
Goldle Brunu
Mrs. Albei t O. Bottleson
L. L. Spencer
Dexter Rice
Mrs. E. A. Pettey
M. F. Rice
Cheater Morgnn
Harry C. Randlett
A. G. Sutherland
J. O. Watson
E. F. Maiden
L. J. Crafton
W. C. Harding
Mrs. W. C. Hurtling
R. L. Whipple
J. H. Clark
W. F. Harris
John M. Wills
Story lies
Ijiurtt lies
Ethel Catching
W. II. Mncheu
V. E. Strong
A. N. Orcutt
E. M. Squler
W. L. Scott
Clara Scott
Mrs. C. S. Helnline
Fred l.ockwood
E. M. Dyer
J. E. Dent
A. B. Cacy
D. E. Carr
H. C. Church
Ana Cordon
Genevieve McCllntock
Lois M. Qulne
Herbert D. Qulne
I. W. Hamilton
Mrs. A. A. Wilder
Helen O. Riddle
Ina K. Bubar
Sarah Casey
H. C. ParHlow
Denn B. Bubnr
Lulu B. McCllntock
N. Rice
Ella A. Rlchter
Mrs. E. B. Stewnrt
Bertha M. Church
Dora Ritzman
Ellen A. Post
V. W. Clark
W. B. Strawn
Katherlne M. Kenny
Stella Spencer
Ethel Hughes
J. O. Newland
M. J. Newlsnd
J. I). Stundiff
Edna A. Wharton
I. oring W. Jordan
Frances !. Llntott
Sam J. Shoemaker
Oscar M. Berrle
H A. Simmons
Charles A. Brand
Harris Ellsworth
W. H. Fisher
C. W. Wharton
John E. Runyan
O. M. Page
Lois M. Booth
ANSWER OF
Directors Finlay and Shoemaker
To Query in Advertisement Signed "Parents and Tax
payers Committee" By Clarence A. Miller,
a Non-Taxpayer
Answering the advertisement in the News Review of June 12, 1930, signed "Parents and Taxpay
ers Committee," by Clarence A. Miller, whom the records show not to be a taxpayer in this school district,
in which the question is asked of us why it costs more to educate a child in the Roseburg high school than
it does in the cities named in the advertisement: The statement therein that the average per capia cost of
education in Roseburg high school covering the past four years was $185.75 is incorrect. The average cost
covering that period was $159.31. The correctness of these figures can be verified at the County School
Superintendent's office by anyone interested.
The per capita cost of education in Roseburg high school for the year just closed was less than
$130.00. During the four-year period mentioned in the advertisement which includes the administra
tion of Directors Finlay and Shoemaker, the per capita cost was reduced $26.40, and during the past year
just closed the per capita cost has been reduced $25.00, which makes the per capita cost here practically
the same as at Grants Pass, and less by a considerable amount than the per capita costs in the high schools
of Baker, Medford and Portland, cited in the aforesaid advertisement. '
During the four-year period mentioned in the advertisement of Parent and TaxDavers Committee, the
per capita cost of education in Roseburg high school was reduced as aforesaid $26.40, while in the follow-
ing cities named in the advertisement the per capita cost increased during that same period as follows:
Increase
Albany $24.32
Corvallis 5.50 -
Salem ; 6. 1 1
Silverton ;. ; 3.05
Klamath Falls :.' 2.61
Grants Pass 26.84 "
' Baker ... ;.. 36.30
Medford ; A 10.79
and out of the whole list only three cities show a per capita decrease, to-wit:
Decrease
Roseburg $26.40
Portland 1 .88
Eugene '. 5.81
The above shows that under the administration of these two directors with the other members of
the board, Roseburg s cost has decreased while all cities named therein except Portland and Eugene have
increased in the per cajjita cost of education.
The per capita cost of education is based upon and determined in the following manner: First is taken
into considerate the operative cost which includes salaries of all teachers, cost of supplies, fuel, water,
light and power, telephone, printing, insurance, stationery, repairs, transportation, interest on current war
rants, interest upon the fair -value of the investment in high school buildinps, and the like, after deprecia
tion has been taken into consideration, and interest upon the fair value of high school furniture, equip
ment and apparatus. The total amount of the foregoing is then divided by the average dailv attendance
ot pupils enrolled in the high school. This is the method provided by the General Laws of Oregon for
determining the cost of education per capita, from which it will be observed that the cost in a large part
depends upon the value of the school properties.
Roseburg's cost for the four-year period mentioned in the advertisement was higher by reason of the
expenditure for the new high school building and grounds voted by the taxpayers of the district. The
building, furniture and equipment, were new, hence no depreciation, resulting in the same being carried
at their cost value. High school bonds are being retired at the rate of approximately $7,000.00 per year
which is decreasing the interest charge; hence the cost per capita of education in Roseburg high shcools
rrom now on will continue to decrease rapidly.
The operating cost of the high school, which is the only cost within the control of the Board of
Directors, in Roseburg, is $109.81 per capita. In Medford, one of the cities cited in the advertisement, and
the only on3 from which in the short time allowed we have been-able to secure figures, the operating cost
23r5Cmifls 13 8cho1 evY in RoseburS s 7 mills; the levy in Medford for school purposes is
It is unfair to compare Roseburg with the cities named in the advertisement. All with the" excep
tion of three have more students than Roseburg and less bonded indebtedness per capita, and the direc
tors are not responsible for the bonded indebtedness. Why in the advertisement, if they wanted to be
fair, did not they name for comparison cities with a student attendance near the same number as Rose
burg, such as the following, with the following per capita cost, to-wit :
Per Capita
Marshfield :. fc 1 ft 1
Tillamook 162.68
Pendleton 161.40
McMinnville 1 6025
WeftLynD, ZIIII 186i58
Milltown-Freewater 233.32
Dallas 177.57
North Bend . 1 66.70
of Jaw'X27! igh.QnhQ,S niS? uTTni The aVeraSe "pita cost of education in all
of said high schools is 190.89 Of the 271 high schools the per capita cost in 1 1 1 of them is less than
Roseburg and in. 1 59 of them the cost ,s higher than in Roseburg. The comparison of the costs with other
ct.es of the state show that Roseburg with its low per capita cost of approximately $130.00 is among the
very lowest; and under the management of the present Board with the able assistance of Supermendent
Campbell, the cost is being reduced each year. -ujjciunenaeni
The statement in the advertisement that if the voters will recall us and elect men pledged to a plan
of economy, the taxpayers could be saved $41,712.80 each year is not only ridiculous but silly Such a
saving is impossible. The total amount of money received by the district for high school purposes
annually, based upon figures for the past year, is $59,964.03; expended for retinno- V A. j f
(high school only) $ I 7.358.45. leaving a balance of $42,605 58 Deducting from this Se saviT. nrn
oL$t4eac7her:80 $89278 l --ugh to pay Thf IToi
Respectfully submitted,
B. R. SHOEMAKER
G.C. FINLAY
Paid Advertisement .