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EIGHT RDSEBURG NEWSREV1EW, ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8. 1936. Here's R As announced over KRNR a county by loyal patronage Expressed in hundreds of sensational reductions in Dry Dresses, Coats and Shoes. Rejoicing in the old friends welcoming the new. "OLD Sale Starts Thursday, 9 Nine Big Days to 2v Silk Hose 57c Full fashioned chirfon hose scasounhlo shudcH. Worth Leather Coats V2 Price Women's coats In full leath er. Hllghtly soiled. Ualanee of fall stock. Knit Dresses Wearers of sport riot lies will find huge savings In the cto:e-nui prices now ordered for this sale. From Jtl.uu and Mu.no, now as A m jffcff low as CHICAGO, Jan. 7. (AD Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chi cago Daily News and mentioned as a possible republican presidential nominee, hailed the mipreuie court decision against the AAA today as forcing President Kooho clt ell her to abandon his economic program or to seek constitutional amend ments. In n prepared tuniemcnt, ho Halt): "No smile eon dim the glory of the supreme court's defeat of the attempt to bring America the for eign system of government by roerelon and economic pressure. "The American system of con stitutional government still stand nnd the twin corpses of the NKA and the AAA bear witnesses to the tenacity with which Tree people defend the liberties guaranteed to them by their organic law. "The decisions of the supreme court now make It crystal clear thut the new deal philosophy of law the Bargain Event of the Year 1898 a.m. Save Dress Sale Advance Spring Styles The first reasonably priced frocks for spring. Silks and crepes in the light shades of the new season, with a fair por tion of gay prints. They're exciting. 02 Off Special price v3rP Special Purchase Quality Dresses They arrived too soon, so all go now in January Sale A real sensation for our old customers. New shades blue dawn, tropic, gold, crustacia, pink, OC aquamarine. Special price v3r3 Final Coat Sale 25 Extraordinary Values You have waited long for an opportunity like this. This is the last of our fall stock. Every Coat Specially Priced January Sale of "Miss Simplicity" AND ALL GOSSARD LINE CORSETS AND C1RDLES $5.00 values on sale $3.95 $6.50 values on sale $4.49 Sale of Blankets Part-Wool and Wool-Mixed All Are Double $2.95 values on sale $2.19 $3.25 values on sale $2.45 $4.50 values on sale $3.45 Men's Oxfords Our M.fiO and Jl.00 leaders, fmupclltlve values, now rur llier reduced. Ureal savings In view 01' lis- A Iuk P 1 1 ... trend Coats, Sweaters Men's mid hoys full zipper knit sweater rout, navy blue, :rlal $i.95 Men's ami boys' brushed wool slip-over 4 sweaters Men's and hrushod-wool, s w (iters, $:i.!)5 now women's best full 7. 1 p p e r pleated hark. $2.95 and government can find no place within the framework of the con stitution. "President Roosevelt has reach ed the fork In the road. He can abandon his attempt to set up a government based upon economic coercion, or he can propose to con gress the constiluiional amend ments obviously necessary to allow him to pioceed. "Common candor demands that he make plain his choice. "Further efforts on his part to make must demands on con gress for the euaclinent of laws whirh he knows lo he unconstitu tional will furnish further evidence of conat ions iolallon of his oath." The coyote Is noted as one of the wildest of wild animals, hut Mrs. A. T. I.oitherg. student of na 'ure at Keinville. Calif., says she once succeeded tu taming five of them. They even associated with the chickens without doing them any harm, she claims. Infield, one or the larger Kan sas cities, checked in a recent mot lily report of fire losses at an even 15. There were only six alarms and the only damage was to automobiles. - wide celebration of CUSTOM SALE Holiday Novelties I m inly novi'llli-s from the Klft IhIiIch. liovfH, lullflrifs that every woman rrnviH. t'p In $1.(10 in value. Crotipetl TAf anew at 39J to JC Luncheon Cloths Kant colored, ami elllhroiilereil. Klzo Wlxfill Inches. r Ui-nuliir Jl.mi value .... EfC Linen Lunch Sets Size 611x52 IneheH. All Hire linen, li napkins to 6 a match. Special at ?J1.P2 Munsingwear Slips everyone recognizes the fit ami finality of MuhhIiik sarnienls. HeHt rayon. a Sal- prlco OjC Japanese Kimonos .lap silk In hrilliant colors. A practical luxury when no low priced. Itecular KI.US to fM:,. 15 NOW OFF Wool Jackets Heavy all-wool Jackets, lirlulit HhaileH. Jx.uu qual- p a Hy, now V 3 Oxford Special The time comes to close out all fall oxfords. Low heels and medium heelH whether :i.r(. or 91.50 Ny gm values, now only p4U9yr and Twin Sets Women's stylish twin sweat ers, wilh zipper coat. SUM, value, now $2.75 Women's (win nets with but ton coat. f.1.25 am value, now Hoys' and misses' best brush ed wool sweat- 4 ers. pleated bad, 9 WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. AP AAA officials today said they be lieved the potato act of !!;!; was not affected hy the supreme court's invalidation of the adjustment act, but openly doubted thai lull en forcement ot the control nieasui e now could tie obtained. The officials said that in a re cent opinion. Comptroller General .1. H. McCnrl held the potato law was not tin amendment to the ad justment act although it was pass ed hy congress In (hat form. Only a smalt, and Insufficient amount of money was said to he available for the enforcement of the potato law which fixes a tax of 0.7a ot a rent a pound on all pota toes nold in eNcess of a national allotment. It was expected an ef fort would he made to have con gress amend the law to make less Htrtugeiit some of Its more diaMic features. However, some officials said nearly 40 years of 1936 SPECIAL FEATURES 1. See our windows and recall how our customers dressed In the j;ay 90y. The Btory of Roseburg's progress told hy Interesting exhibits. 2. Old customers will !jo Riven n ticket entltlinp; them to a $1.2T reduction on any pair of shoos over MM, Now customers a $1.00 reduction. Register und Join the increasing number of Fisher's "Old Customers." 3. Reductions of 15 on all merchandise in the store. This is available to everyone. Some nierehanUise specially priced at 25 off or less. This Is a lire-inventory sale and we wish to move till last season's stock. 4. A rash prize of $5.00 will he given for the oldest pair of shoes ever purchased from any Fisher store In Rnsoburg. Another cash prize, of $5. (ill for the largest number of shoes purchased by one family at this sale. And save the shoes you buy now after you have worn them out. There will be a future announcement. This event is to eelebrnto progress of Fi.-.her's Department Store and of the Community of which it is a part. In this nearly tn-year period of development, we take pride in the hundreds of jobs that have In some measure been maintained, in the thousands in taxes that have been paid, and in the encouragement that has been given lo every worthwhile activity through the efforts or co operation of Ibis store. All Reduced Old customers will appre ciate the special reductions on such shoes as Red Cross and Ilrown-hilts. New custo mers will soon realize their many advantages. $1.00 $1.25 Men's Sox, Cords, Men's Sox One lot ot all-wool -work sox. special .... Boys' Cords Famous IvoiikIi Itlder brand. ?:i.3n and 3.5 .9 Agf vaiue.i. sjpcciai Sry3 Sweat Shirts ltovs' red and while, heavy quality. Wonderful value at only 69c they believed the law. not yet at tacked in a court, probably would be held urn onstituiional us an ef fort of the federal government lo. regulate production. "Wo don't know what will be done," one official said. "So far as we are concerned today the law Is on the statute books and it has not been bold unconstitutional. If con gress gives us the necessary money there is nothing we can do under the circumstances except to try and enforce the law." CITY VISITORS Carl Mrosio. of Garden valley, was a business visitor in this city yesterday. Isaac Selig, of Myrtle Creel;, spent a few hours in town yester day on business. Carl Decker, of Melioso. attend ed to business in town for a few hours yesterday. .1. M, Metrker. of Wilbur, spent a f'v hours in Itoseburg yesterday on luninrvs, Mrs. Hello Howard, of Green, seem yesterday here shopping and visiting friends. Ixm Kooken. of Melrose, was here attending to busiucss fcr a progress inspired Goods, Clothing, Review the Good Old Days And the Best Goods of Today Very Special Kxceptlona) values in Indi vidual pairs and short lines. Pumps ami ties in prevailing dress styles. Large assort ment, most & A t? sizes v Underwear, Etc. Work Shirts Famous Tractor brand. $1.00 value at introduc tory price 69c Men s Overcoats Outstanding value of this sale. All w oo 1 . winter over coats. $20.00 values now $ j 2-30 $14.50 Work Shoes Oiled upper, heavy leather sole. Our best 9 4g work shoe few hours yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Dawson, of Wilbur, were visitors in Koseburg for a short lime yesterday. S. J. Chenoweth, of Oakland, wns a business visitor in this city yes terday. K. I.. Meljmgh!!n. of South I eer creek, spent Tuesday in Koseburg attending to business. Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Hebard nnd family and Mss Louvella White, of t'mpqua, were visitors here yes terday. Mrs. M. E. Cave and daughter. Mis. White, of Kice creek, spent vesterday here shopping. Mr, and Mrs. O. C. Weeks, or Myrtle Creek, spent yesterday In this city on business. Miss Helen Card well, of T'mp rpia. shopped and visited friends in this i My yesterday. F. P.. I .a ne. of Dixnnville. spent several hours In town Tuesday on business. F. C. Dunn, of Riverside, spent a short time in Roseburg yesterday on business. par: of neighborhood nogs, suddenly turned wild, broke into a sheep pen on the farm of Jim Meall near Medford. Okla., recent ly and slaughtered 36 sheep before Kcall routed them. WHS IB OUT OF 11 The Myrtle Creek high school 1 basketball team, facing a tiurd I schedule, has Hon lo of 11 games ' played so far this season wim lo scheduled games yet to play. In the ii league conference for the southern division of Douglas county, Myrtle Creek Is In a three way tie wilh Riddle and Glendule, Riddle having lost to Glendale, -Myrtle Creek to Kiddle In its only defeat for the season, und Gleudule to Myrtle Creek. Games played by Myrtle Creek so far this season are us follows: Score .M. C. Op. Drain at Drain 18 u Days Creek at Myrtle Cr. 34 12 Oakland at Myrtle Creek 30 ' Canyonville at Canyon- ville 4H 8 Glendule at Myrtle Creek 32 21 Kiddle at Kiddle 38 4tl Grants Pass at Myrtle Cr. 38 23 Chemawu ut Cheiuawa.... 28 25 Chemawa at Chemawa .... 27 25 Drain at Myrtle Creek 47 22 Grants Pass at Grants P. 28 21 Total score 368 226 In the eleven games played Myr tle Creek has scored an average of 34 points per game while her op ponents have scored an aver age of 21 points per game. The following games remain to be played: January 10 Oukland at Oakland January 14 Sutherlin at Myrtle Creek. January 17 Eugene at Myrtle Creek. January 21 Sutherlin at Suther I in. January 24 Canyonville at Myr tle Creek. January 31 Glendale at Glen dale. February 5 Chemawa nt Myrtle creek. February 7 Kiddle at Myrtle Creek. February 14 Days Creek at Days Creek. MAIN BUILDING OF CAPITOL IS VOTED (Continued from page 1) ed on the old site with the wc.-tt wing on Wlllson park. Later, for additional buildings. one con Id be const rue led on t b Winter street axis to the west and another on the Capitol street axis on the east. ' To obtain, as an approach a I strip a block wide to the north on both sides of Summer street, mak ing that the main artery to the city. Gould stated It would be at leaU ten months before actual construe lion of the building could be start ed. He expected to have the archi tect! ra I con t est under way w i t hi n a month, allowing three more months lor the competition. After the winner was selected an addi tional six mouths would be requir ed. The commission heard Fred Aandahl, president of the Oregon ehap'er of the American institute ot architects, make a piea the com petition for a design be confined to Oregon architects. Anndaht said the architects were not protesting the announced pro posal t or a nut ion-w Ide con test, but stated they were not in favor and appeared to appeal from that decision. He said there were 122 regis tered architects in Oregon and that from 10 to 2.1 would compete for the prize if limited to Oregon. "We may not be as good as eastern architects but we would be better for Oregon and Oregon's build ings," he declared. LOCAL STOCK OF GROCERIES BOUGHT Roy E. Short, groceryman at Cottage Grove for the past 27 years, has purchased the stock and equipment of the Economy gro cery, owned and operated for many years by O. L. Johnson and is tak- ing immediate possession. The store Is now closed but it is plan ned to reopen it for business Fri day, January 17. Mr. Short, in addition to his store at Got t age Grove nad his newly purchased business in Koseburg, also operates a grocery at Drain. M. W. Veatch, who for several years has managed the Drafu store, will be transferred to Kose burg. The store will continue Its af filiation with the I. G. A., Mr Short reports. TURKEY MARKET APPEARS BRIGHTER PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 8. (AP) The turkey market showed Improvement today, some of the gain being attributed to the acute shortage of chickens and the high er price generally quoted. Turkeys- appeared about the cheapest fowls on the market. Kids were up to 23c for No. 1 hens and 22c for toms. Portland. Swift Co., reported. The coun try price was lo below these fig ures. Nominal top quotations were 2rc. CARBON MONOXIDE ENDS DRIVER'S LIFE OREGON CITY. Ore.. Jan. S (AIM Joseph Frank Rissberger. 27. died iu his coupe parked by the roadside yesterday. A tube at I ached to ihe exhaust pipe filled the compartment of the car with lethal carbon monoxide gas. CHILD ADOPTION OPINION GIVEN SALEM. Jan. S (AP) Adop tion of a child Is valid when such child Is a ward of an institution located in one county and placed In a foster home in another county where the natural parents live, and the petition for adoption is filed in a third county. Attorney Gener al Van Winkle ruled today. Vuu Winkle held thut the legal ity of such procedure would he con tingent upon a general uplieurunce by the guardian. The child welfare commission in Portland requested the opinion. COFFEE SHOP IS Plana for an attractive and thor oughly modern coflee shop ut the Umpqua hotel are being given con slderution by J. A. Harding, owner and manager. Mr. Haiding reports that he bus made no definite ar rangements, but has employed architects und designers who ure preparing plans, specifications and estimates upon which to base a final decision. The tentative plan culls for re modelling of the present Indian room und the quarters occupied by the Story lies drug store und con fectionary, giving an entrance off Jackson street Into the cotiee shop, which would replace the present dining room. The dining room now tn use would. In turn, be converted Into a banquet room. The plans as now proposed call for complete remodelling of the quarter proposed for tne coffee shop as well as the hotel- kitchen, which would be provided with much additional equipment. PORTLAND, Jan. 8 (AP) A sturt will be mude at once on the 300-rooni hotel and winter sports development project on Mount Hood. E. J. Griffith, Ore gon works progress 'administrator, said today. The massive hostelry will perch a short distance from timberline, li.UUii feet above sea level, on the side of Mount Hood. Skiing is good there from fall until late spring, and year-around skiing above tim berline on Mount Hood Is within hiking distance. Tennis courts and other facili ties will make the resort a year around outdoor playground. The Mount Hood Recreational as sociation has raised I'undB for the sponsor's share of the expense, thus releasing 52-Ki.SiKI of federal funds. Roads, trails, parking ureas, swimming tanks, ski runs and jumps, toboggan slides, a water system and an amphitheatre tire in her facilities to be Included. POST GETS REPORT ON SERVICE DUTIES An interesting report on the ac tivities of the service department of t lie American legion in Oregon was made to members ot Umpqua post of the American Legion at the regular meeting held last night. The report was given by J. C. (Jude) Moreland. state service officer, who remained over in Rose burg today to contact veterans at the facility here. The post's Christmas committee reported on its work on behalf of veterans at the local facility, stat ing that gifts were distributed to more than 400 patients and mem bers. George Ames, delegate from the post to the district canlerence at Marshfield December IS, gave bis report on that meeting. The business session was follow ed by a short musleal stunt by Cecil and Carl Black and Hod Roadmuu. TURKEY TARIFF CUT AROUSES CONCERN Reduction of 4 cents per pound tariff on dressed turkeys from all na'ious except Germany is apt to seriously affect the turkey indus try of Douglas county, local grow ers report. There is a definitely unknown I factor In the frozen turkey situa-! tion for IU. 'St;, it is pointed out in trade magazines, which believe the 4 cents per pound tariff slash will result In extremely heavy impor tations from South America, and ulso a considerable amount of tur keys from central Kurope to com pete with the domestic turkeys held in storage. WOULD RELINQUISH HIS RELIEF DUTIES F. L. Crittenden, who for the past two years has served on the louglns County Relief committee. has written Governor Charles Mar tin ask in r to he relieved from fur. ther duty. Mr. Crittenden Is chair man of the 1936 state convention commission for the American Le gion, nutf advises Goveri.o. Iartin that he will not be able to give time to relief work. His successor will be announced In the near future. it is expected. CCC DRAWINGS ARE DEFERRED TO APRIL Due to reductions being made in personnel ot the ci' iliun conserva tion corps, no local drawing will he held until April. Pranklyn Voyt. I county relief manager, reports. It had been expected drawings would ' he held this mouth to select about I 20 recruits from Douglas couniv. i but the relief office ban been ad vised that no places will be avail able in the CCC until April and mat draw hies must be nosihoned until that time. Nine fltlltPft nolAetAil a FnmKini. tinn nf hlaolr u-lih nra r n- low for their 1936 automobile 11- rpnP n aim- i trtif hi,,. n .. none, aua seven, DiacK and white, Local News D. A. V. Auxiliary t i Meet The II. A. V. uuxiliury will meet Ttnirailay evening. January 9, ut the home of Mrs. Itirhanl PreMun ut Green. A aociul will follow the buHineBs ttetiHlon. Move to East Cass Street Dr. and Mrs. C.lenn C. Phettenlaee anil don. IJaviil, recently from Kansas City. .Mo., have moved Into the V. IX StraiiKe apartments at 429 Hast Cush street to make their home. Dr. Phetteplaee is associat ed with Dr. 11. H. N'eruas in dental practice. YOUTHFUL VISITOR 1 GETS LOST HERE A four-year-old boy becamo lost In the business district of Rose burg Tuesday, but his parents, tourists from California, were lo cated late in the evening. The youngster was found wandering about the streets and was taken to Radio Station KRNR. where his description was broadcast. The par ents, however, failed to hear the announcement, und the child was taken home by Mrs. George Whar ton. City police officers located llio parents late In the evening ut a cinip ground in the south part oC town. The purents had failed to no tify the police of the disappear ance of the child. SECURITY ACT MAY REQUIRE REVISION WASHINGTON, Jan. S. (AP) A possibility that the administrn- i tion's social security act may huvo to be revised in the light of the su premo court's AAA decision was suggested today by Chairman Doughton (D., N. C.) of the house ways und means committee. "I'm not u lawyer and urn not in a position to decide just bow far reaching the eft'eets of the decis ion may be," Doughton said, "but it appears that some changes may have to be made in the social se curity uct and perhaps the Guffey eoal control uct." MARION MAN HELD ON MURDER CHARGE SALEM, Jan. S. (AP) John Kyle, llroadacre farmer charged with the murder of his neighbor, Hugh Jean Sloan, last Thursday, was bound over to the Marion coun ty grand jury Iu the Wood burn justice court yesterday. Kyle's attorney made no de fense, indicating lie would present ills client's case directly lo the grand jury. Sloan admitted the slaying but maintained he shot Sloan iu selt- defense. DEATH THREAT NOTE COSTS HIM 2 CTS CHICAGO, Jan. S. (AP) IT. ft District Attorney Michael 1. Igo) said today he didn't mind I hi threat against his life so much, but it certainly burned him up when hi had to pay two cents to find mil about it. He received a letter warning that he would be assassinated un less he paid ?5u,0on, but the writ, er neglected to stamp it and the letter carrier demanded two cents postage due. Igoe dismissed the letter as tho "work of a cru"k.' Mrs. Amanda Baker Hoik, SH. of Charlotte. N. ('., has Hi children, lfifi grandchildren, 222 greatgrand children and 22 great great grand children. Dr. H. R. Nerbas Dr. Glenn C. Phetteplace DENTISTS Gas When Desired Room 5 Masonic Bldg. Phone ' 488-J 5 Shabby Cars We can make them look like new at small expense. Murphy's Auto Paint and Refinish Shop Nenr corner Oak and Stephens In Spaugh Ruilding. Out-of -adjustment Brakes are dangerous -prevent uncertain action by having them properly ad-Justed.