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,