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Welcome to Visitors at Reserve Officers9 Banquet Tonight. Here's Hoping They'll Aid us Dedicate a Soldiers' Home WEATHER YESTERDAY Highest temperature yesterday 70 LoweBt temperature last night 52 Precipitation last 24 hours .11, Precip. since rlr.it of mor.th 2.18 Precip. since Sept. 1, 1!)S 15.14 Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1930 10.81 WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Sun day; moderate temperature. Roseburg and vicinity: Fair to night 'and Sunday; moderate tern i perature. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21. 1931. VOL. XXIX NO. 297 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXI NO. 56 OF THE EVENING NEWS Ul IfU mm AHfl B m Editorials on Me Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IOHN KOWALSKI, of Baltimore, Is convicted of wife beating, and under the Maryland law must go to the whipping post. Whereupon the beaten wife relents and joins with others in a plea to save him. Foolish, you say? No. You would do the same thing. The whipping post, relic of darker and more cruel ages, Is out of place In this modern and enlightened country. MRS. IDA GUZZLE, of Youngs town, Ohio, dies of heart fail ure caused by a paroxysm of laugh ter brought on by a joke someone told at a party. Hud. of course. But don't be afraid to laugh, regardless of tills demonstration of what sometimes happens to laughers. You will live longer, not to mention better. It you laugh every time you get a chance than if you refrain from laughing. CALIFORNIA capital is to huild a $2,000,000 coal treating plant on .Coos Bay. One of the big hotel chains makes an offer, involving an expenditure of $175,000, to take over and complete the hotel build ing that for some time has stood IJle and uncompleted In Marsh- taa. Rosoburg gets the $2,000,000 sol liers home, and before she Is through with It will spend a lot of her own money In Improvements and betterments that will follow the soldiers' home development. Medlord Is to spend a million dol lars for new buildings, and the firent Northern is to build on south Irom Klumalh Falls, the extension losllng altogether several millions. Keep your eye on Southern Ore ton in the future. A YOUNG woman is killed nntl another man and woman in jured when two cars collide near Tigard, on the Pacific highway near Portland. The cause of the collision was the skidding of one car on a curve. Here Is a thought for the rest of us: If that car had approached the curve a Title more cautiously. It would not have skidded. Remembering that might save YOl'R life someday. GOVERNOR MEIER says that our great need Is more busi ness men In office. True enough, probably. The trouble is that with a few exceptions, such as the governor j ship and honorary posts such as the highway commission, business men WON'T HAVE public office. Strictly speaking, the man who accepts public office isn't a busi ness man, because business men are supposed to do well for them selves and public office pays not ably low salaries and brings its holder nothing much but abuse. (1 AMBLING is to be wide open In Nevada hereafter, under the terms of a law passed by the legis lature this winter. Nevada, pre sumably, thinks that attracting gamblers will bring prosperity. If her people want some evidence along that line, they might go down to Mexico, or over into Cuba, or anywhere in the Latln-Amorlcan rounlries, where gambling Is wide open. It is because wide open gambling HURTS general prosperity. Instead of helping it, that most of the states of the Union have banned it. rT,HREK dead as result ot cyclone." If you read that headline over a dispatch from Okla boma the other day. and are weatherwi.se so far as the Middle West is concerned, you said to yourself: "Ah, spring Is coming back there." About as regularly as spring ar- (Continued on page 4) OFF CERS OF RESERVE UNIT E Roseburg Is 'Host to Tenth Annual Convention of Oregon Branch of Association. With approximately 150 dele gates expected here for the open ing session at 3 p. m the tenth annual convention of the Reserve Officers' association of the united States, department of Oregon, was in progress today. Umpqua chapter of the associa tion was doubly honored by hav ing as president of the convention Capt. Joseph A. Denu, a member of the local group, and is playing host to distinguished military guests. The annual business meeting and election of officers is sched uled to start at 4 p. m. in the American Legion rooms at the armory. This meeting will be fol lowed by a banquet and program in the Umpqua hotel at 6:30 and a military ball at the armory at 9 p. in. 4 Notables Present Major General Charles H. Mar tin, retired, new congressman from the third Oregon district, will be the principal speaker of the day. His address, on the preservation of t'.io national defense act, will be glven"nt the banquet meeting. Among the distinguished offi cers here is Col. A. F. Comiskey, chief of staff of the 96lh division. In charge of reserve" affairs in Oregon and Washington. His staff personnel, who are also hero, in clude: Col. Monroe, Major Tlerney. Capt. Knickerbocker, Capt. Serle and Lieut. Robt. Hood. General George A. White, commander of national guard units for five north western states, and General Thom as F. Rilea. head or the Infantry units of the Oregon national cunrd. Department officers here for the convention are: Major John K. Flvnn. first vice president, and president of the SI. Helens chapter; Lieut. Eugene McClung. stnte secretary. Portland: Col. Dan C. Coleman, de partment treasurer. Portland, and Col. Kenneth D. Houser. national councilman, also of Portland. Among other officers of note who arrived today were: Capt. Studeboss. president of the Port land chanter: Col. Waller T. Oil- lard, and Major Barge E. Leonard, both past commanders of the state organization. Col. Charles stein heiscr of Hnnd River and Lieut. Col. Rov K. Terry of Portland. Captain Denn this morning re ceived felicitations from Col. Wal- Continued on oaae fl. 8tory TWO "BAD" YOUTHS DRAW TWO YEARS Alfred I.eMay. IS, and Lnwrence O'Hare. 21. both of Olvmpla. Wash., were sentence here to two years each in the state peniten tiary this morning, following their plea of guilty to charges of at tempting to hold up Mrs. George Mrlver and Mrs. Elizabeth Con nelley In this city Wednesday night. They were arrested by sheriff's officers Thursday, admitting, in ad dition to the holdup charge, that they had attempted lo steal gaso line at the Roseland nulo camp, near Edenbower. The pair at first denied the hold up attempt, then confessed it but claimed they used a screwdriver and not a gun. Finally, when a loaded gun was found In their car. they made a complete confession. GATHER HER Roseburg Invited to Enter Float in Portland Festival Roseburg has been Invited to en ter a float In the Portland Rose festival, to be held June 1112. Lleut.-Col. Roy K. Terry, chairman of the floral parade, here for the reserve officers' convention, today extended a personal Invitation to the Roseburg chamber of com merce to enter a float in the mam moth event. The festival is being broadened In Its scope this year through na tional advertising, with an exten sive campaign to draw visitors from from every part of ihe na tion. The current Issue of The Saturday Evening Post carries g four-page advertisement which opens this program for .bringing in thousands of tourists and guests I for the event, Colonel Terry re ported today. One Side Auto Parking Sought in Laurelwood Parking automobiles on one side only of three narrow streets in Laurelwood will be provided by ordinance If a recommendation now being worked out by the street committee Is accepted by the city council. Bowen avenue and Casey avenue In Laurelwood . are 40-foot thor oughfares and Chapman street is only 10 feet wider. When cars are parked on each side of these streets only a very narrow lane is left for traffic and in case ol fire would create a real bastard. the street committee believes. This condition is particularly prev alent during athletic contests at the high school, it is stated. The new ordinance, if passed, will provide a clear lane for traf flc, it is explained.. T PASSES AT WILBUR Born in Douglas County 75 Years Ago School and Church Work Leader. Mrs. Mary Hill Short. 75. a na tive of Douglas county, died Thurs day at the home of her son. Ern est Short, at Wilbur. She was born at Wilbur February. 2, 1S56. and, with the exception of a few years spent in Vancouver, B. C. lived all her life in this county. Mrs. Short was born of pioneer parents, her father. Fleming R. Hill, having come west with the Hudson May company in 1R43. and her mother, Dellndn Reed-Hill, crossing the plains with her par ents In 1849. She was a graduate oF Umpqua aeadeniv and Will amette university school of mu sic. She taught music for many years In her community and gave a great deal of her time as a lead er of young people In the school and church. For more than 40 veai's she was choir leader In the Methodist Episcopal church, of which she had been a member since childhood. She Is survived by her hus band, George W. Short, and five sons, Stephen D., Fred, Ernest. Stanley and George W. Jr., as well as by many other relatives. Funeral services will be held in the Wilbur school building at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Dr. Charles A. Edwards, pastor of the Roseburg Methodist church, offi ciating. Interment will be In the Wilbur cemetery. Arrangements are In charge of H. C. Stearns of the Douglas Funeral home. Mu sic will be In charge of the East ern Star lodge of Oakland, of which Mrs. Short was a member. WRECK FATAL TO U. OF O. STUDENT CORNING, Cal.. March 21. A girl student of the University of Oregon at Eugene, tentatively Iden tified as Miss Helen Fenstmacher, was instnntly .killed: Miss Dernlce Williams, 19. of Berkeley, was in jured, and William F. Reed, 21. and William E. Johnson. Jr.. 25. both of San Francisco, escaped Injury to day when an automobile In which they were riding overturned on the highway two miles from Corning. All members of the party were Oregon university students, en route to San Francisco and Berke ley to spent the Easter vacation. Miss Williamson Is In a Red Bluff hospital In a comatose state. X-ray examinations by the sur geons failed to reveal serious head Injuries, but the possibility was advanced that she had suffer ed Internally. All towns and cities of Oregon will be Invited to enter such a float. The valuable publicity from such a move would pay far more returns than the cost. Colonel Terry states. Sound motion pic tures, radio broadcasts and news paper publicity would spread tlie story of the entrants all over the world, he points out. Karh community entering Ihe parade will be given buttons to sell. These buttons Will take the place of admission tickets and pro ceeds of the sale In each city will be turned In to pay for the cost of the float. While in Roseburg Colonel and Mrs. Terry and their children are house guests of Dr. and Mrs. II. C. Church. OIAIRD MEANT CITY New Oregon Congressman, Martin, Further States : No Other Locality i., Should Apply. ' Not only did the veterans'' bureau hospitalization board mean Roseburg as the site for. the national soldiers' home, but no other community "south, of Portland and west of the Cascades" should now make a ' bid for the site. Thus believes Major General ; Charles H. Martin, retired," new congressman from the -third district, who is here to. . day to deliver the principal ' address at the reserve officers' ' convention. r : "I think Roseburg got the home by doing something 1 have been preaching lor some time tnut Oregon fight for what It wants," said General Martin. "The stnte of Washington has three-fourths of all the govern ment, district and regional head quarters covering the northwest territory together with all the per sonnel that goes with them. This includes such things as the for estry department, the bureau of public roads, agriculture, the army and navy and so on. "Washington made a fight to get these things while Oregon has quietly submitted to it, even to the extent of . being dispossessed ol some thingsafter seeming thorn'. For example the inspection service of tlie attorney general's office re cently was moved from Portland to Seattle." Came Near Losing Turning particularly to a dis cussion of Roseburg and Ihe sol diers' home, the new congressman said: "After Jlnseburg had originated tlie soldiers' home Idea and secur ed passage of tlie bill providing S2.0un.000 for it. you came near los ing out lo Washington, for all Indications for a while were thai Vancouver would obtain tlie site. Fortunately for Roseburg. how ever, your representatives 111 coiv gress put on their fighting clothes and 'brought homo the hacon. "To my mind there- Is no ques tion that Roseburg will be the ultimate site selected under Ihe terms laid down by the veterans' bureau. In fact. I do not think an other community south of Pelt' land anil west of tlie Cascades should now make a hid for it. Own Boost Cited "You have won a victory after a gallant fight." continued Major Martin. "Tlie generous tiling Is now for all other communities to continue to stand aside and I firm ly believe they will. "I am happy myself lo have con tributed something to the fight hv having sent letters lo the veteriins' Continued on page 6. Story 2 DEER CREEK TRESTLE IS BEING REPAIRED Rout hern Pacific bridge crews are busily engaged In repairing the trestle over lleer creek on tbe Kinney spur In North Rosehuig. The supports have been stretigih ened. new ties placed and the trestle thoroughly reconditioned The spur will carry a great deal more traffic, following the com pletion of the Htidson-DuneHn warehouse, and the railroad com pany is making needed Improve ments tn the tracks In order to prenare for increased business. The warehouse building is pro gressing In a very satisfactory manner, and Indications are thai it will be ready for occunancy within the period allotted. It Is planned to have tlie huildlnir ready for ue by the first of April. C. L. GILVIN. HERE i FORTY YEARS, DIES, Chnrlcfi T,pp Oilvin, 57. a w - 11 known resident and painter of tlnsehurg. passed away at tlm , ItoHeburip f.eneral hospital yestcr dav aftor a brh-f illness of phmi monia. Tie was horn in KnoxvilN. j Tenn.. Sept. Hi. 1R73. and has hern a resident of ponphnrg for th nast 40 year. lie Is snrvivnd bv two ulsters. Mm. James Tvnan. Pnsphure. and Mrs. K. C. Adam-.. Klamath Falls, nnd by throe broth en. Harrv R. Oilvin. Texas: PI h ard W. Ctflvln, Poneburit, and Clar ence 1,. Cllvfn Portland. Service will he bld in the chapel of the Oouglaa Funeral hom. Rundav at 4 p. m.. with Rev. Charles A. Kdwards officiating. In terment will take plle In the I. O. O. F. cemetery. OF ROSEBURG Battleship Carrying President on Good-Will Mission PJ( R fl AD 5 gJSW I : . , " i 1 1 " WASHINGTON A To convey un expression of good-will unit to get first hand knowledge of economic mid political con ditions, President Hoover Is journeying to Porfo Illco on the U. S. battleship Arizona, pictured above. On tlie nmp is Indicated by a solid black lino the route taken by the president, with a probable extension of the tour indicated by tlie broken line. Upon bis return to Washington, tbe president will find awaiting bini an Invitation to come to Douglas county, Oregon, and fish In (be Umpqua river. Douglas Coufity Schools to Enter Teams in Contest Here for Prizes. .. The Douglas county typing con test, which it is hoped will be made an anmml event, is to he held at tbe Kosehurg senior high school March 2H, under tbe direction of Kllzabelh Partridge and Theodore liiihke, instructors in commercial subjects. Two divisions for novice and ama teur typists are being arranged, with each school permitted lo en ter two contestants In each divis ion. Kiddle, Days Creek. Sutheiiin, Drain, Gardiner, (ilendale. Myrtle Creek, Camas Valley and Hone burg have already signified inten tion of entering teams. Novice typists are those who have studied for only one year, while amateurs are those with two years of study. Two cups are offered for team ability, ne by V. J. Mlcelll Tor the most accurate team of two contes tants in tbe novice class and one by the l.loiis club for Ihe most ac curate team of four contestants en tered In both divisions. Individual ribbon pries will also be given In both divsoiis for speed and accu racy, TWO SAID SLATED FOR OREGON BOARD ( tnt,Hl I'n-M l..'i,il Wir,-I PORTLAND, March 21 The Telegram said today early appoint ment of Charles T. Karly, promin ent Portland lumberman, now re tired, ll ml Arthur Lawrence of Cor vallis, member of tlie last legisla ture, to the Industrial accident commission is expected. The paper said Lawrence, former slate printer, one time editor of the Labor Press, is expected to represent labor on the hoard while Karly will represent the em ployer. Gladiolas to rV Named For Vets' Home Workers At least one honor Is assured V. C. Harding, secretary of the Hosehurg chamber of com rnorcp, and Ills co wot ker. 1 ir. K. II. Stewart, for the promi nent part they play d In ob taining a mtlloiial soldiers' home for Hosehurg. ThHr names will bp given to new variel hs of gladiolus, lo he Mrown tills summer by C. V. Cloak1, of M Soi.Vi Stephens si rent, in this city. It Is Mr. Cloak e's plan to name other varieties after Sen ators C. L. McNary and K. W. Steiwrr and ConKtessmnn W. C llawlpy. to whom Kosehurg is also Indebted for victory In (he sol diers' home ficht. Consent lo use of their names has been asked of thrm by Mr. Cloake, following receipt of permission from Harding and Stewart, to apply to new flowers Ihe names of those public-spirited citizenb. MRS. M. E. PEARCE DIES AT AGE OF 53 Resident of Roseburg For Nearly 20 Years Passes After ' Brief Illness. Mrs. Mury Kllzabulh Pcnrco. 5ii. lor almost 20 years a resident ol Honebuig, died at Hunching (len erul hospital nt'fi::ii o'clock p, in. Friday, following a brief Illness. Mrs. Poarce was lalieii lo Ihe' hos pital Tuesday morning and under went major operations Wednesday morning mid Thursday morning. She succiinihed lo Ihe Bocond op eration, tailing lo rcgiiln conscious ness ul'ter Thursday morning. She as a member or St. (icorge's Kpiscopal church, and the Hebclcall and lOiiHlern Star lodges. Shu has engaged in music teaching, dross making mid as saleslady for Hie past lew years. Kuiieral services will be held at tlie Roseburg I'udcrliiUliig com pany chapel Sunday uliornoun ill i o'clock, ltev. Perry Smith (it tlie Kplscnpul church will uftichilo. Tho Rebekab and Hiistern Star or ders will each conduct last riles. Inlei incut will be In the Masonic cemetery. MARK WOODY, 75, COMMITS SUICIDE Mark Woody, 75, believed to be a former resident of this city, died at Med ford today from a bullet wound in the head which physicians said was self-inflicted. He Is sur vived by sons here and In Eu reka, Cat., according to a press dispatch from Medford. It Is also' believed he has a married daughter here. MERCY ASKED FOR DRY ACT BREAKER I'AnwK'iMlttl 'rrK -iiMd Wire) POItTLANI. March 21. A pell tlon bearing tbe names of 42 citi zens of Pendleton, asking leniency for Hubert H. Motley, Umatilla county wheat rancher, charged with violation of the prohibition law, was in Die bunds of (ieorge Neuner, United States attorney, here today. The petition recommended that clemency lie exercised when iMoll- ley Is sentenced. It bore the names of attorneys, physicians, a hank president, merchants, farmers and grain buyers. The petition said lis signers never heard of Moll ley having fur nlslied liquor to Indians, children or incompetents. He ws arrested, they said, while undertaking lo de liver 110 gallons of liquor "as an accommodation for others but' not to be retailed by bootleggers." st. helens" voices congratulations Congratulations from St. Helens to Koschut g upon Its success In securing the national soldiers' home were voiced here today by Hyron Wright nnd II. O. (iarrett. copubtlshers of the St. Helens Mist, who are here to attend the reserve officers' meeting, Mr. Wright was ehnirman of the St. Helens chamber of commerce committee which proffered sites there as alternatives In case Hose I burg was not selected, I Major .1. H. Flynn of .St. Helens (accompanied tbe two newspaper men here for the meeting. OCEJU". VIRGIN to ORTO RICO F. H. Peacock, ,ABR.8ani to Postmaster, Quits City; i Shortage Revealed. (.U-hl.tl I'n'M 1.-n-l Win ) ASTORIA, Ore., March 21 All Intensive search was under way today for Frank H. Peacock, 4 Fl. assistant postmanter, who disap peared Thursday after post off Icq inspectors arrived here to audit accounts, Following a preliminary audit of Ihe books postal inspectors admit ted a hlg shortage was Indicated. They would not discuss the short age, however, saying they wore a wal ling additional information from Washington, I), C. They Indi cated, however, the postal saving stamp account had not been kept up for several months. Peacock was bonded for $11,(1(10 ami il wan reported unofficially thin sum would not cover tbe shor tage revealed In preliminary call males. Peacock failed to report for work Thursday morning. When his bank opened at 11 o'clock he drew sev crcl hundred dollars from bis per sonal account, hank officials re ported, lie was last seen shortly afterward driving easl out of town. Peacock has a wiro and three children. He has been In the pos tal service 2Fi years and assistant postmaster for len years. -o- COP ACCUSED OF DRUNKEN DRIVING PORTLAND, Ore., March 21. Charged with hit and run driving Patrolman Ceorge V. Kussell was suspended yeslerday from Ihe Portland police force. Chief X,. V. Jenkins charged hliu with being In toxicated on duty, conduct unbe coming an officer, and Insubordina tion. The charges followed an acci dent Thursday night In which two women anfl a child were injured when their car and a cityowned machine driven by Kussell, col lided. The women testified Kussell sped away without stopping to give bis name or render assistance. Hoover Invited to Try His Angling Skill in Umpqua President llorbi'll Hoover Is to he given sn invitation lo visit tin1 l'uipriim river hit' a fishing dip during bis wr-slein vacation thi summer. 'I he Invllalloll. written h Atlfirncv l arl Wlniberly. Is being conveyed lo Ihe presid'Jll through Senator Charles I.. McNary, wboiic ' wire In answer, received today, says: "1 shall be glad lo loll Prcsl denl Hoover, upon bis return, of Ihe famous I'mi'l'm river and myriad fish Ihal swim In Its rir flos. The president has not yet completed bis Itinerary for his wes tern trip, and I shall place your cordial letter with his secretary and shall personally call Its con BUREAU SENDS B. FJEAZLEY Engineer Will Commence Preliminary Job About April 1 Congress Asked for Funds. Tho preliminary survey on the . North TTmpqua road will start ahnt April 1, according to Infor mation received this morning by Vernon Harpbam. supervisor of the Umpqua national forest. B. F. Henzley. one of the best known engineers of the bureau of public roads has been assigned to the survey, It Is reported, and will ' have a crew of eight or ten men to assist him in the preliminary work. Mr. Keazley surveyed the Mo Ken.le highways and numerous other important bureau of public roads projects located In Oregon, Walisington. Idaho and Montana, and Is considered one of the most practical of the road engineers em ployed' by the bureau. Mr. Harp ham states that he Is greatly pleas ed with Heazley's assignment to the North Umpqua route. Three-Way Cost Basis Tbe first camp. It is reported, will be established at the forest boundary, where the forest service camp facilities will be utilised by the crew. The forest service will cooperate with ihe ctew In hand- ' ling supplies ami providing equip mcnt. . . . , ; , , i tie survey in neing made on a iMKiperntive fuls bv the '; Norttt' ' I'mpqiia super-road districtTJoug las county and the bureau of pub lic roads and la tho first step In Ihe construction of the Diamond Iake-to-tlie-Sea highway. Bill Asks $300,000 Tbe local board of trustees has held several conferences with the federal bureau relative to under taking tbe work, and It is expected that the project will be pushed as rapidly as finances will permit. A bill baH been introduced In congress appropriating $300,000 for grading the uncompleted aec tiou of the road, and If this money can be received a road can bo built on federal highway stand ards lo link up with the present mail, giving a connection between tbe Pacific hlghwny and eastern Oregon. Tractors to Be Used Three tractors have been assign ed to the Cmpqua national forest an ' are to bo used for road main tennu 'n work during the summer mouths, according to word receiv ed by Supervisor Harpbam. Orte of the machines will bo to the Diamond lake dlsriet, another to the Itobemla district nnd the third lo the North rnipq'ta. WILLAMETTE CANAL FIGHT WILL GO ON ( A,'iili-il I'n-M l.i'ftwd Win-) SAI.KM. Miirr.li 21. About fifty reprcHenlutlvc m nf the Willamette Waterwnyft association from Ku ueiie. Albany. Ini!eiemlence, Oari liy. Oregon City. Portland and Sa lem eonveued liere laHt nlfxht to rniiKlder the next move In the de velopment nf Ihe W'illnmette river. The unfavorable report of the V. H. army englneera on canalization of the Willamette river na fur na KiiKeue fulled to daunt, the plans of the itHKoclallon, and considera tion of menus to Improve naviga tion were cont lulled. 'rnnk Jenkins, KilKene, president or the associa tion, in opening the discussion said "we are by no means justi fied In slltlnit back and forgettliiR our coal. We've simply begun." No nctlon was taken by the asso ciation Insl night. trols lo the attention nf the presi dent when he returns from his trip to tlie Carrlbbean sea." Attorney Wlniberly. estendlnK Ihe Invitation on behalf of Doug las county sportsmen, called at tention lo tho fact that for tha next two months there will be flno chlnook salmon fishing In tbe Norib Umpqtiu. with ru abundance of stcelhead, rainbow and cut throat trout In the river during the entire summer. He pledged on behalf of the county that every effort would be made to nasnre strict privacy to the president In case he should seek recreation on the Umpqua.
