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SUNDAY EDITION ROSEBURG PLAINDEALER Published Sundayi, Mondays and Thursdays. pT.ATWMEAX.EB, PUBLISHING CO. iH. Hi BROOUBS, Bdltovanff Pub!Uhr. Thrlcr--Wttlr Plaindcalcr. per year. Sa.oo Entered at the Pcstofflce In Rnsebnrg, Oregon, as second cUsa mall matter. JLDVEKTI8ISG BATES ON .APPL1CAT10X. JUNE 23, 1903. NORTH UMPQUA RIVER CRAFT. . Last February the Plaindealer under the heading: Boom Law Unconstitutional, pub lished as follows, which is reproduced from the issue of February 2, 1903: The supreme court of the state of Ore gon baa - handed down its decision in the case of the Ch&s. K. Spaulding Log Kin? Company, a corporation, respond ent, vs. the Independence & Fails City Lumber & ImproT ement Company, a corporation appellant. The court holds that the present Ore gon boom law is unconstitutional and void. The effect of this decision has a widespread bearing upon the future de velopment ft the lumbering interests of the state, aud the legislature now in ses sion should immediately pass a law which contemplates the improvement of unnavigable streams. It is said that measures with this object in view are now being formulated aii l -will soon be introduced in both brar.e'.t of thelegis- lature. The timber an lumber indus try of this state is of in much import ance to receive little "i i.i consideration at the hands of our .. slaters. Let ns have some laws that will aid in foster ing and building u t iii valuable indus try at the same time a monopoly on any stream should not be allowed." To give the matter in detail, the Supreme Court of Oregon in the case of-the Spaulding Logging Co. vs. In dependence Improvement Co., 71 Pac, 132, -decided January 19, 1903 holds the Law enacted in 1901 by the Leg islature to be illegal and void under the constitution, Art, 4, Sec 20, in which it is provided that every act shall em brace but one subject which shall be expressed in the title. The act is entitled "An act author izing the County Courts of the sever al counties of this state to declare unnavigable streams highwavs for tbe floating of logs and timber, and provide for the improvement and use of the same." We have before us a copy of the laws passed by the Twenty-first regu lar session of the Legislative As sembly of 1901, and in the act the county court is not mentioned. The decision of the Supreme Court declar ing the 1901 act to be unconstitu tional re-instated the act of 1897 as the law governing logging streams, which requires the persons seeking from the county court a franchise to file profile of survey and all intended improvements to be made. " In the application for a franchise worth several million dollars the Ore gon Boom and Timber Company has simply treated the court to a blast of hot air. The company has not put in writing what it says it will do, much less what it intends to do. There is tributary to the Umpqua river $100, 000,000 woith of lumber. This is what is sought to be controlled to force every foot of timber to pay tribute. Now if this corporation is sincere in what it says it will do, why does it not file a complete and de tailed estimate of work to be done? "Why not give to the court as part of the documents upon which the fran chise is to be granted, the profile of the survey, the detailed plan for the dam and booms and reserve water in which to hold the logs, a complete statement where the river is to be deepened and rocks blown out so that there can be no mistake in th.3 mat ter? Why are not the plans and specifi cations drawn up by a competent civil engineer, with the estimate of expense and the time when work shall commence and when end, and guaran tee that.the sum of $150,000 ehall'be expended' yvithin two years, .and not less than $5000 each month from the I itime th franchise is a; the' for work actually done in accordance with the specifications filed, and in the event of failure the charter shall by its own provisions be declared for feited, together with a cash bond of $10,000 given to the court as an evi dence of good faith? If this company has behind it one tenth of the capital it is said to have, this would be a mere bagatelle ball to their vast pile. But the naked truth is, the com pany offers nothing but wind, and all the tangible resources of the com pany are not sufficient to flag a Salva tion Army brtfad- wagon. There are millions upon millions of dollars at stake in this franchise which is in tended to control every foot of tim ber on the watershed of the North Umpqua river, and the effort of the boomers is to obtain an exclusive franchise for that part of the river which needs little or no improvement, and where the tributary streams need improvement that is to be left to other parties to put in their money : and obtain another franchise, In fact, a proposition has been made to parties interested in timber land on the North Umpqua that they peti tion the court for another franchise, I to control the Little river to its con nection with the North Umpqua. But right here comes in a thought; if the franchise sought is so valuable, why should the county give it away" As that stream controls billion3 of feet of lumber, why is it necessary to reporter and said that if he had known tarn it over to razzooners? Whv!he conditions at Roseburg he would i. u it. -i- .l v ,j should the citizensr rights be wrested " from them on a speculative O-year franchise? The law gives the county court full power to make the North Umpqua river a public highway for the public eood. Why not make a county highway of the river in deea and in fact? The law under which the specu lators are trying to obtain a franchise says: Section 1. "Upon application of any wrauonoi uj or corporation! J i Court of auy ..k,.w,i. individual, association, interested, the County County of this State may by order de clare all or any portion of any river or stream lying within the County, which has not been declared by law to be navi gable, and which is not in fact navigable for commercial purposes, to be a public highway for the floating and transpor tation of logs, timber and lumber, and the same shall thereupon become and be a public highway for such purposes, subject only to the reservations herein after contained, and the Court may also, at the same time, .or at any time there after, direct the widening, deepening, straightening, removing obstructions from, building of dams and booms in, and otherwise improving such streams as may be necessary to render the same fit and suitable for the purpose intended, and enter into contracts for the perform ance of such work according to law." Section 2 of the same act provides that the County may purchase all necessary rights from the land own ers along the shores of the streams for the purposes set forth in section one. Would it not be a good idea for the court to put off, f or a few months, action on the franchise, to see what is the actual desire of the citizens living on the North Umpqua, and also the owners of timber tributary to that river? To put off action will do nobody any harm, but a vast amount of good will result because harmony is needed and just at this time much political clap-trap is being indulged in. The Plaindealer wants the fork of the creek citizens to be heard from before their rights are grafted away by speculators on a 30-year franchise. Christian Church. Sunday, June 28, Bible school, 10 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., by pastor ; evening sermon to young people. Everybody invited. Junior Y. P. S. C. E., 2:30 p. mr Y. P. 8. C. E., 7 p. m; 1 good jnusic. Everybody welcome. C. iv. JJACOHEBTy, Jfastor. A CONTEMPTIBLE, MEAN ACT. EUGENE GAMBLERS CON TOOL THE TEAM. THEY BOUGHT UP ROSEBURG'S PITCHER TO THROW DOWN THE GAME. .The Eugene Guard of Friday says: "The RoseburgPLusnEALKsin its last j issue, prints a long and dirty screed j about Pitcher Somers of thn Eugene baseball team, because he skned with , the locals after hating played one came I with the Roseburg team, tack is entirely uncalled Such an at-1 for. Somers , had not signed with Roseburg, and when he saw the quality rf hail rhit (hn team was Duttint? nn he concluded ho trnr.1,1 rnthr in with tram that WOuld give him a proper support in the j field- i The screed in question is too low and vulgar to repnntany part of It, bat it is! kept at this office and may be seen at ! any time." " The Roseburg papers are red-eyed be- j cause Eugene's new pitcher, Somers, did not sign up with Roseburg. The Plai.vdealee waxes so warm that it cannot find words to express itself, and , calls Somers and the management of ! the Eugene team all kinds of Wankety blanks, Somers was eeen this morning by a not have gone there at all and that the . . . . , ... I story that he had signed up with them ' d accepled advance money was a fake. The team left this afternoon for Roseburg, and Somers and Taliafero j win "Pr the box for Eugene." t That Somers is a very disgraceful specimen of a base ball man there can be no doubt The fellow came to iui Lc uu uuuuu iuc icnun luuic Roseburg with the expressed under- . o a Roseburg team not only paid his , , . , , - r way here but advanced him his wages . , and he lumped to the Eugene team wnue piavmg wun ine noseounr team at Eugene. The conduct of the gam-, t, . i . , , .. ,i biers conducting base ball affairs at 1 . " . . . ., Eugene in respect to Somers is so rot- . . . , , , , i ten that it would make a buzzard sick. ; Somers came down to Roseburg with the Enpene aPOTeration to Dlav ball 0 o j Saturday afternoon; but his conduct j was so well known that he was liter-; ally roasted off the streets and had to hide out If the man dares to show up in a base ball game at Rose burg he should be presented with several baskets full of over-ripe hen iruii. ine aciion oi me nugene e rr . f L t. combine 13 disgraceful and dishonora ble in the extreme and should be met with scorn and detestation by all lovers of fair play. The more the affair is aired the ranker the perfume pervades the atmosphere: and all that the Eugene Guard and Regis ter does to screen their sugar teat base ball team management only makes matters worse. If the Eugene girls have not patriotism to make the sugar teats for their players Roseburg will hire the ma tron of the foundling asylum to do the job. The Eugene team manage ment was not merely content to se duce the fellow Somers from the path of rectitude but after tthey had seduced him so that Delilah like he played off on the Roseburg team, they still were afraid to play our boys last Sunday afternoon. We ad vise the Eugene papers instead of backing up sculduggery to take up a public subscription to get good honest players. The man Somers, it is stated by Eugene lovers of fair play, had signed the contract to jump from Roseburg and while he was pitching for Roseburg was actually in the pay of a set of scoundrels and hired to defeat the Roseburg team which he did at Eugene on Saturday afternoon, June 20. It is about time for the Eugene papers to shut up and let the mantle of charity be thrown over the infamous act. ANOTHER LETTER. Portland, Ore., June 23, '03. The Plaindealer, Roseburg, Ore. We notice that some parties are trying through the County court to obtain control of the North Umpqua river, and some of its tributaries. These, we understand, are the same people who made an attempt during the last term of the legislature, to pass what was known as House Bill 197. The terms of this bill which were very thoroughly discussed, and finally turned down by t,he legislature, were aimed to place control of the streams of Oregon in the hands of two or three members of the com- b illation, who attempted to obtain this notorious lerislation. The sub- iat trna f hnrnntrhlv disrisuxl hr thi r nrnminflnf narronnnarc of the swlc'"' luul ume a"u lue who tried to eet the Dernicious leeis- lation enacted, were thoroughly de- i nounced, the whole thing being looked m M a attempt to ; , obtam control of the ttmbr of the j state, through control of the streams , which are and will be for many years i in this state, the sole high-wav3 of ' transportation of the timber market.! ' .The Part,es now working ; th vour Honorable Court with the j same end in view. You will notice that they are not lumbermen, neith- talk for interfering with their prop er are they timber owners. They'erty. They doubtless saw that if a own no mills in this state, are employ- boy like James Fletcher could do the ing no labor in the development of twonderful feat so easily that the the stte, but are simply following the idea which brought them to this country, that is, to obtain without putting up a dollar, control of some important water-way; and through control of the stream, control of the timber. - In the interest of the advancement' -and development of the tate it 4s to j . ?JT e j! LVj , mnrrar it ThnrnnMtr itiH tnll nea ' U 7.V 7- (Jour effort to prevent the granting of your effort to prevent the grantrag of . , . . . , ,f . ; rights which would result in tying .. , . ,. DP the enormous timber bodies of . , . . A. . , , ... , ... owners to deal with a few outside , . , , , . speculators, shrewd enough to come , , , . . , , , . here and obtam valuable concessions ... . ... , ,. Timhar I y v . " Pacitic Timber Company, NO BABy ACT BUT THE ACT QF "The Roseburg team lost Saturday's game to Eugene, and the Puuxdealeb, to show how small it can be, lays de feat to the umpire and otherwise plays the blhv ftCt." But thn Roufhnnr hntra " - ; are thorough gentleman and will not endorse the Plaindaler's howl. Eu gene Register. No not exactly on the umpire: but it is a well known fact that Eugene tampered with one of pitchers and the conduct Roseburg's of Eugene 1 backers of the team in the deal with Somers would be a disgrace to the lowest gambling dive in Oregon; and it shows to what depths of rascality the gambling element controlling the Eugene team can descend to have the appearance of playing ball. X-Ray Cure for Cancer. Two doctors of Lille, France, claim to have discovered a real cure for cancer by means of treatment with the Roent gen rays. In applying the X-ray they use a very feeble current, and what are call ed eoft bulbs. By applying tho bulbs to the affected part of a woman patient pain was relieved oa if by a miracle after three minutes. By repeating the appli cation, each time for only three minutes, a scar is soon formed over the wound. The tumor diminishes and the crust falls off in a few days, leaving the wound entirely cicatrized. In a case where they treated cancer of tho inter nal organs, tho patient being 65 years of age, vomiting was stopped in the first application. After seven applications of three minutes each tho woman was per fectly cured. A REMARKABLE BICYCLE RIDE. THE CARNIVAL RIDERS ARE OUTCLASSED. JAMES FLETCHER OF ROSEBURG HAS NERVE TO SPARE. On Thursday afternoon quite a number of Roseburg citizens enjoyed a rare feast of daredevil bicycle rid ing that was not on the board bills of the Southern Carnival company which has just closed in this city: James Fletcher, a Roseburg boy i twelve years old, rode up on his bicy cle to the foot of the stairs erected for the use of the Champion Bicycle nweroi ue nunw He then delib- cratelv took the wheel in hand and mounted to the top of the platform and steadving himself for less than d d onv one foot on ; the pedal he rode at lightening speed from the top of the platform to the bottom, when he mounted the wheel and rode off up the street He wanted to make asother trial . but the Southern Carnival men were soon on the ground and threatened him with arrest and all that kind of glory would depart from the show. James is a dare devil boy and bids fair to outclass his brother who bad so many wonderful adventures in this city, one of which called the boy home. T Protest the Game, on Accwst ot Fraud. . 1116 W team should protest the game claimed to be won bv the - team on Saturdav, June 20. : tt," m ine ga , through , game was lost to Roseburg the most damnable methods known tn tm hnrn mmUnn TT "gene aggregation stole a contempt- . ,u . . , -. , , , , . ; , oie two-legged tit and had him sign ,a r. 4 6, as a member of the Eugene team and ' -v;,. , , j while a member of the Eugene team ! he played as pitcher for the Roseburg team and threw down the game. Such disgraceful, contemptible prc- ceinS3 shovr P Eugene as a cow- ardly, sculdugging place and brings I their good element into contempt ; The honest element should arise in that city and set down on the black hearted scoundrels who perpetrated the outrage. We sympathize with me r,ngene noys who have signed to play under such a management for they are first-class young men. Judge McMuIUn of New Mexico. The Rockey Mountains Sews prints a statement from Judge Mc.Millan,of New Jiexico, regarding his removal from office. Said he: "I am surprised at the outcome of mycase. When it was submitted in April, 1 was satisfied t had established a complete vindication. I never had charge of a matter where every point in controversity had been so thoroughly met and answered." The Judge very bitterly attacked tho character of some of the witnesses against him, and declared that disap pointed ambition had much to do with the charges against him. He said: "I believe Attornoy-General Knor in tended to bo eminently fair and just, but tho assistants in tho Department were filled with prejudico against me by ono of my opponent." Tho Judge declares that ho would not allow the smircn upon his character to stand adding: "When Congress convenes I shall ask tho Senato to send for the record and to pass upon tho question whether it con tains anything to justify the decision." BORN. Mj? ffi"Sr K' , Wednesday,