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12 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 6, 1915. ROSEBURG HOSPITALITY IS TESTED AND IS FOUND TO BE UNRIVALED Roses Are Found in Abundance of Bloom During Strawberry Festival in Southern Oregon City That Is Most Prosperous AVith Railroad and Timber Project Nearing Realization. r . " ... . t : .' rei m xr. :. . .. t 111' AtXOlSOX BENNSTT. ROSEBURG. Or., June 5 (Special.) The annual strawberry carnival for pi5 is now a thing of the past in Southern Oregon. It may be well, however, to remind the . reader that it is an object lesson of import ance to be present in Roseburgr on these occasions, If for no other reason than to partake of the hospitality of the Roseburg people. There is no com munity in Oregon where the visitor Is received with a greater degree of camaraderie than in this metropolis of the Umpqua country, no place where a finer day of pleasure can be passed by the - stranger. At this season of the year, this whole section looks like a fairyland. Just now there is an ejfcess of moisture here as well as elsewhere in the state, but as this moisture is an insurer of future fine crops everybody seems to enjoy it. even to the point of getting soaked as a part of the enjoyment. This moisture also means flowers, flowers and more flowers. Not merely toses and such rare specimens of flora is are raised by cultivation but also . wealth of wild flowers in field and forest, on uplands ad lowlands, in glen and glades everywhere there is a wealth 'of " blooms and blossoms, of llowerins shrubs and blooming bushes fcnd radiant trees making the whole eountry a fairyland of loveliness. Boitburc Roses Appreciated. Ldving in Portland as I do, and being loyal to Portland as I am, it would be an offense unpardonable for me to admit' that there are anywhere more lovely roses than in the Rose City. But let it be remembered that before Port land received that name this little city on the , Umpqua was named the Rose Burg, later shortened to Roseburg, and that there are "some" roses here. A Portland woman. Mrs. John M. Scott, received a great sheaf of roses from one of the carnival committee. I asked her-for an opinion as to the compara tive beauty of the Portland and Rose burg roses. Being diplomatic she gave me her answer in a whisper so allow me, if .you please, to give my answer in the same way, but never in. print! Roseburg never before was as pros perous as it is today. It is true the city has suffered the same financial dis tress as- all other places in the country lnc I was not going to say since the war began for' the reason that the financial distress antedated the war some considerable time so I will say since the war of the ballots in Novem ber. 1912. Since my last visit there have been great changes and a great growth. There are now about 50 dwellings going up, some of them to cost well up to tlO.000. A number of fine busi ness structures have gone up, the finest armory in the state has been finished, much paving has been done, paint has been spread lavishly and the "clean, up" day must have extended for many days for the whole town is splc and span. Just now there Is such a state of affairs here as I. never before witnessed In any city before. The entire busi- : . ' Hc ' . .. . . ..4UL. rduu I i- I cjr i i " I ness population of the ' town has be come banded together as a harmony club. Like all towns there have here tofore been, some knockers and kickers here, and some who on general prin ciples opposed any forward step. Not now. The entire business population has become banded together and now it is one for all, all for one and every body for Roseburg. Those who had not spoken to each other for years are now Tom and Bill to each other. Those whose business interests jarred with others have quit jarring and now fraternize. No such spirit prevails in any other Oregon city. . Opportunity Ik Thoneht Bljr. Of course where the population of a city like Roseburg falls in line like that they can get anything reasonable that their resources and opportunities entitle them to wish for. So it will be in Roseburg. There is a wonderful belt of timber up the Umpqua River. Some say there are more than 50 bil lion feet of aa fine fir and sugar pine as ever was sawed.- Fifty billion feet la "some" timber. For instance three mills with the capacity of the C. A. Smith mill, on Coos Bay which is the largest mill in the world might, by running day and night. Sundays and holidays, cut 3,000.000 feet a day. To do that they would employ in excess of 20.000 workmen. To cuf the 50.000,000.000 feet those mills would have to run continuously for something like 35 years. With a, couple of mills like the Smith mill and running as does the Smith mill, the supply of logs would last about 140 years. The Roseburg people have banded themselves together to get a railroad built from their city up to and through that timber belt, a distance of 30 miles, and then have a large sawmill, planing mill, dry kiln and box factory erected in the edge of town and they are go ing to get what they want and what they deserve,, going to get it quick. The Kendall Lumber Corporation of Oregon Is one of the heavy owners of the tim ber mentioned and S. A. Kendall is here looking after (he interests of his company. He and his brother own the corporation mentioned and also the Kendall Lumber Company of Pitts burg. They have sawmills scattered, all over the Eastern states, they own hun dreds and thousands of acres of tim ber land, they own and control over 250 miles of railway, own and operate several coal mines,own and operate a steel mill they are doers of big things in a big way. They own the companies mentioned entire and have not & bond or mortgage outstanding. The Roseburg people are .going to vote $300,000 towards building the road into this timber and the Kendalls are going to furnish the balance and build the road. The people of Roseburg are going to provide the right of way and a site of 50 acres in the adge of town for a mill, including planing mill, box factory, dry kilns and railroad tracks, with spur tracks to. connect with, the main line of the Southern Pacific. Notice I say these things are going 1 to be done, and done soon. And they are. The bond election is to be held June 4 and It will carry by five or six to one. I saw one bet made that It would carry by the larger number. The Kendalls will have to spend about $800,000 in the enterprise, but they are able to do It. They are no fly-by-night operators. They know just what they can do with the lumber when cut, just where it Is to be shipped to and just what it will cost. (It is an open secret that the rates from Roseburg to East ern points on lumber are the same as from Seattle, Portland and other termi nal points.) The mill will be running, so Mr. Ken dall thinks, by July 1, 1916. He ex pects to have 200 men at work by July 1, this year. There are now about 30 men at work on the surveys. This num ber will be added to the moment the bonds carry and the contract is signed between the Kendalls and the city, and all arrangements as to this contract have been agreed to. More Mill Are Planned. All of which means that with the mill provided for there will be an increase in. population In and near Roseburg of 5000 people. But Mr. Kendall thlnkw they will erect a mill of-about the same capacity each year until they have four, because he thinks there will be demand from the sources he has mapped out to use about a million f&jt a day. So the reader can see what the hopes of the Roseburg people are from its timber resources. I have not touched on another fea ture to bo brought out through this same deal the water power and elec trical energy to be developed thereby. I will leave this phase, embodying plants on the Upper Umpqua to develop 1,500,000 horsepower, for future refer ence. . Let It be remembered Roseburg has suffered less from the financial strin gency than most other places. There are four banks there, the Umpqua Val ley, Roseburg National, Douglas Na tional and First State & Savings, the four having deposits of more than a million and a quarter dollars. This is the low-water period, for them and these figures will be swelled to fully two millions before Fall. THEATRICALS RE CALLED (Continued From Page 7.) I went to the theater without my Kate and she without me, andthen we would meet and tell each other all about the plays which we had attended. "We would describe the entire play from the first act to the fifth and then compare notes on the farces that followed, and when we had finished there was noth ing more to be said. Friendship la True. Kate was the daughter of a noted physician. Her family was Southern and mine was Northern; my father was an "abolitionist," hers a "secessionist"; I was very robust, she delicate. But with all thee differences we were en tirely harmonious and our love en-f dured till the end of her lire, many, years afterward. We lived in very stirring times. The North and the South were restless, im pending calamity was in the air. The death knell of slavery could be fre quently heard in. the distance, but was growing louder and ever louder. Julia Dean Hayne came to play an engagement. She was in the heighth of her beauty and fame. It was the custom in those days for professionals, wh;n off duty, to hide themselves as much as possible from the public gaze. They took their meals in their rooms and scarcely ever walked the streets. In this way they wrapped themselves in a ffort of mystery. Curiosity was excited, everyone wondered how they looked of the stage. They seemed be ings apart. It was indeed hard on them to keep so aloof; however, it added largely to their receipts. Today stage people show themselves in the street and around hotels over much. People no longer regard them as out ot the ordinary. They see them as just common men and women and all the illusion is gone, t Aetreu In Followed. Once the beautiful Julia came out of her hotel and ventured to a drygoods store. I happened to have been sent down town On an errand. I forgot everything: a fair-haired angel had seemingly dropped down from the clouds, all other things had shrunk Into insignificance. I followed herfrom store to store, I gazed up- into her face with eager curiosity and admiration. She did not seem conscious of my pres ence. I went wherever she did and only ceased following her when the hotel doors closed on her. I was late home and had utterly forgotten what I went for. When I next met my companions I felt very superior and boastful. Had I not walked behind an actress? Had I not heard her talk? Then they all sighed and wished they had come across such an opportunity. We had gone to iSan Francisco to live permanently, but father's water ditch property and his legal business called us back again and we rented a house that had a garden, the only flower garden in the town. The owner had taken valuable time to make it It was filled with the commonest kind of old-fashioned flowers. Sweet Wil liams and pinks. I presume no better seed was to be had. Beneath the house was a basement and in the basement treasures old play books, discarded theatrical costumes, including an old gorgeous red plumed hat, an old velvet cloak and one or two faded satin dresses. Where they came from I do not know. My chum Kate and myself reveled In thee bewildering things; we dressed up every time she came to see me. The wonderful hat was worn al ternately. The one whose turn it was would array herself In an old skirt and, whip in hand, mount the back fence and. imagining it was a steed, would ride until the impatience of the other party would demand her turn. .We passed many agreeable hours in this way. First Commercial Venture Taken. On one occasion when my father went to Downieville, an adjacent town, to try a very important case, the house was shut up and mother went with liim. 1 was left with the Overton fam ily .until they should return. My Kate and I were to have three or four weeks together and we danced and clapped our hands with joy. As I have said before they were a Southern family. They brought a slave boy and girl with them to California- The slaves did not wish to leave "Mars Charles'" and Miss Mary Kllen. and so they lived with the family and served them. The boy's name was Jacob Esau Napoleon Bona parte, usually boiled down to plain Jacob. Colored people revel in long names for their children. While mother was gone somehow or other, I could not tell how, with Ja cob's assistance I embarked in a busi ness enterprise. I think I must have been prompted by the wish to have a pair of slippers I had seen. Up to that' time nobody wore heels on their shoes and heels had Just come In fashion. July 4 was near at hand and flowera were in great demand. So I made a bargain with Jacob to sell them. I went down to the house and made the bouquets, two sizes, one very small, which sold for 50 cents, and one a little larger for ?1. Jacob peddled them about the streets and sold them all; there could not have been a .great sup ply. I went every day until there was nothing left growing. We divided the profits. As 1 remember it we worked secretly until our speculation was brought to a successful culmination. I bought the slippers with heels. Colored Partnership Disapproved. When mother came home and heard of the commercial instincts 1 had de veloped she was disgusted. She herself would have given the flowers away. Her pride was mortified to think that her little girl had stooped so low. had sone into partnership with a colored boy and had actually made money and sold flowers when there was no neces sity for it. In those clays we used to have won derful May Day parties with a queen and maids of honor, courtiers, pages, etc. The crowning of the queen with fine speeches and always the Maypole dance to finish. It was a lovely custom which seems to have sunk jnto utter disuse. The election of the queen, maids of honor, crowner, etc., was a very Im portant proceeding. Regular nomina tions were made and there was much electioneering. ' My friend Kate and myself were nominated for queen on one occasion. The election was hotly contested. . Our minister and Sunday school superintendent counted the votes. My little friend beat me by one vote. I was awfully disappointed, but was consoled with the next best royal office. Town Burns Down. Just after my parents' return from Downieville father went immediately to Sacramento. Mother was rejoicing over her return. I was In my room making my doll a dress. We were talk ing from room to room and I had been looking in the mirror when I said to mother: "I am not very good looking so I will have to know a great deal when I am grown up." . Just then I heard shouting, went to the door and the whole town seemed to be on fire at once. What fire apparatus we had was drawn by men and they did not get started very speedily.. It was a hot July day and some way the water had been shut off. By evening what had been the town was just a. mass of burning coals. Everything was lost, provisions were scarce, nobody saved any clothes except those they were wearing, people slept outdoors. .Those early-day fires were terrible. Buildings were all of frame, many of them only lined and papered. I wept and wept over my doll, the grand riding hat and feather, and the beautiful treasures in the cellar. They were all the world to me then. Mother had sent to Sacramento for a bonnet for me. It came the day after the fire. It was blue crepe with straw buttons and I had nothing to wear with i it. I used to take out the box and ad mire it. I did so until I had something to wear with it. Political Activity Dangreroun. Father was at Sacramento at a great political convention. He was. one of the organizers of the Republican party in California and used to make polit ical speeches in the midst of great danger. The Southern element was then very strong and everything was leading up to the vigilance committee days of San Francisco which avenged many outrages, of which the shooting of James King of William was the climax. I could not comprehend that name. I thought he must be a king. There weTe so many men with the name of James King that Mr. King attached the name of his birthplace and so became James King of William. Father was one of the rare politi cians who worked for the good of the FIRST OF UNITS OF NEW ALBANY COLLEGE TO BE STARTED SOON Work to Begin on Recitation Hall to .House AH Departments of Institution, Trees to Be Set Out and New Grounds Beautified Funds May Warrant Another Structure. jm iwffe ill - 'Jir gjp: pjj jf :- Sen. - x-rze -1 . ARCHITECT'S DRAWINGS OF PROPOSED ALBANY COLLEGE BUILDING. TOP LIBRARY. MIDDLE DORM- MITORY AND RECEPTION HALL. BOTTOM CA9IPLS PLAN. LB ANY. Or.. June 5. (Special.) Work will begin soon on the com plement of buildings on the new campus of Albany College. According to present plans at least one building, and possibly two. will be erected this Summer. One structure will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the school year next September if the plans of the trustees are realized. President, Crooks, of the college, is now in the'East in the interest of the building fund, and it is reported that some large subscriptons have been re ceived. It Is said that enough money has been, obtained to erect one struc ture. For its new campus the' college has purchased a tract of 48 acres, just southwest of this city, and complete plans have been developed for all of the buildings and the various campus improvements. The first structures erected will be built as a part of the general plan. The buildings are all to be of Colo party without office reward. When It was tendered him he said: "No, I want no office. My profes sion is enough for me." His voice could always be heard when needed and his speeches were consid ered eloquent and convincing. He was followed to Sacramento after a power ful speech and fired on from behind In the office of the old Orleans Hotel of Sacramento. The bullet Just' grazed his temple, passed by him and wounded another man. Thus, while his family was being burned out in Nevada City, he was in danger of his life from an assassin's pistol. Frank Pixley, of the San Francisco Argonaut, in speaking of those stirring times, referred to James Churchman, my father, as "an exceptional politi cian, a - man working heartily, un wearyingly and unselfishly for the good of the party." The great political fight on then was between D. Broderick and William Gwin. My father was a Broderick man. BLIND WOMEN SAVE RELICS Inmates of Home Repair Chairs Once Owned by William Penn. PHILADELPHIA,' May 25. Two quaint and graceful chairs that once belonged to William Penn have Just been repaired by two women who have never seen the chairs. The two women are inmates of the Pennsylvania In dustrial Home for Blind Women, 3827 Powelton avenue. The chairs are pre served in the east room of Independ ence Hall, on the second floor. Year by year the cane bottoms of the famous old relics have been gradually crack ing and falling out. The committee in charge decided that unless the cane was replaced the woodwork might soon collapse. But they did not dare-to let the chairs be taken out of Congress Hall. So they sent for Miss Ira Frost, mis tress of handicraft at the Industrial Home for Blind Women, and last week she brought with her to the room two of the blind women who understood chair-repairing. The work was pecul iarly difficult, for it was impossible to erect in Congress Hall the caning table needed to hold the chairs firmly in place, and. moreover, their woodwork was soft with age. But the deft "see ing fingers" of the blind women did nial architecture, similar m pi an to the college buildings on the campus of the University of Virginia. Red brick, with white stone and wood trimmings, will be the material used, and simplicity and convenience will be keynotes. The build ing on the extreme left of the drawing is the library, and that on the extreme right is the chapel. In the oval are four recitation halls, and the structure in the central position will be the admin istration building. Directly back of the Tecitation hall to the left of the administration build ing are the men's dormitories, and op posite them, in the rear of the recita tion hall, are the women's dormitories. The gymnasium and athletic field are shown in the rear of the picture. All of the buildings are to be con nected by a colonnade, whose white pillars and flower-covered roof will add much to the beauty of the campus. The first building to be erected will be the recitation hall, to the left of the administration building. This hall will house all departments of the col lege when the new campus is first oc the work in spite of all the difficulties and now the precious William Penn chairs are safe. A modern fireproof building, which will cost $100,000, is needed by the In dustrial Home, its present quarters be ing too small for the TO inmates and the new. applicants for its help. The articles made by the inmates are on sale at the home daily. In time it is hoped to make the workroom pay for itself. DIAMOND SUPPLY CUT OFF South African Operations Suspended and European Cutters Idle. NEW YORK, May 29. One effect or the war has been to cut olt the world's chief source of diamond supply and one of the principal centers of the diamond-cutting Industry is now an armed camp held by a hostile force. The supply of diamonds, according to lead ing jewelers and dealers, Is slender in deed, while the demand for atones in creases week by week.1 Operations by the British South Afri can field forces under General Louis Botha in quelling the Incipient rebel lion In the Union and the subsequent expedition into German territory, have caused complete cessation of activity in the South African mines. According to information obtained through the Retail Jewelers Associa tion here, . resumption of business in the South African mines will not mean much toward replenishing the diamond supply inside of 15 to 18 months. Dia mond cutting has ceased in Antwerp and only 700 or 800 cutters are now at work in Amsterdam, instead of about 20,000. HEROISM SAVES INFANT Mother Braces Body In Well and Holds Child Half Hour. RAMSEY. III.. May 26. When Wood row, 2-year-old son of Mrs. John Eck ard, of Ramsey, tumbled Into a 30-foot well at the"Eckard home Mrs. Eckard immediately started down the well by stepping on stones jutting from the wall, using her hands to support her In the descent. Before making the descent she cupied. It will cost about ?i65,000. Th women's dormitory will He erected nex', and the third structure) to be built will be the men's dormitory. The general style of architecture Is indicated by that of the women's dor mitories and the first men's dlormltory to be erected. The first unit of the men's dormitory will cost about $30,000. while- that for the women w.ill cost about $35,000. The library wlill cost originally about $20,000. It Is toot in cluded in the plans for this yrtar. The new campus is in a. splenldJd lo cation, and it is planned to develop it with beautiful grounds. The work of setting out trees also will begirt this year. The present campus of Albany Col lege, which is in the southern part of the city and consists of four blocks, will be sold. The western half of the campus was sold some time ago to the Albany school district, and thi3 cfty's new Central school building has beejji erected on it. The remainder has beea divided into lots for sale for residence) purposes. started her daughter, Ina, to the farm house of Joseph Cole, half a mile dis tant, to get help. When the mother reached the sur face of the water, which was 14 fM deep, she steadied herself by stretch ing her body across the well, using one hand to hold her position, with her feet braced on the opposite side. With the other hand she grasped the clothing of her babe and drew him from the water. It was then necessary for the mother to remain in that position almost half an hour before Homer Casey, a neigh boring farm hand, arrived, and with chain and bucket hoisted mother and child to the surface. The. life o the babe was saved by the use of the pulmotor. French officers are now using a sterl mask when they peer over the tops of trenches t' take observations. It protects the face an1 neck from enemy snipers. Field glasses are fixed to the mask in 8U:h a that it is not necessary t.j expose the hands either. HOW TO JUDGE A WOMAN BY HER HAIR There are always the well-known semi-humorous methods such as say ing brunettes are quick tempered or blondes are keener In their mental ac tivity. But tlere is common senses in just noting' whether the hair is well kept and so judging a woman's neat ness, or in looking at her etyle of ar ranging her hair to decide whether or not she has good taste. Remember that it is not advisable to wash the hair with any cleanser made for all purpose;!, but always use some good preparation made expressly for sham pooing. You can get a paclcage of the best, which is called Canthxox, from your druggist. Dissolve a teaspoonful In a cup of hot water and your sham poo is ready. After its use thd1 hair dries rapidly with uniform color. Dan druff, excess oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear. Your hair will be so fluffy that it will look much heavier than It is. Its luster and soft ness will also delight you, whLle the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Adv.
