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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FATURbAY, MAY 18, 1907.
No. 271.
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Daily Edition
USE TIMES WANT ADS
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WILL TEAR VEIL FROM
SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT
Rucf Will Admit The Bribery Graft
Prosecution By Turning
States Evidence.
IMPLICATES MAYOR
ScKniti DesStt lilmidf U all Newiptper Mtn
And Abiolnteh- Rcfuei la Mtkt
Any Statement.
San FrahclBco, May 17 Abrahan
Rucf today made good his declara
tion that ho tvould turn state i evi
dence and assist the bribery graft
prosecution on Hs campaign agiiiHt
municipal coruption. Ruef obeying
a summons from the grand jury this
afternoon went In the company of
specal detective Burns and another
deputy to the grand Jury's headqunrt
et8 In the native sons hall where he
took ihe witness stand and submit
ted to tin examination that lusted
from 3: Jii) (i, m.0 until after fiveo,
clock. Wlien the ordeal was over
Ruef called the newspaper men ar
ound him and said ho had prmilsed
the grand Jury to divulge nothing
District Attorney Langdon and as
sistant district attorney Heney like
wise refused to make any statement
whatever. From special agent Burns
it was learned that the only matter
on which Ruef was questioned was
tho alleged bribing of Mayor Schralt".
and 18 supervisors bV, tho United
Railroads to grant that corpoiatlon
permission to electrify its 350 miles
olfoseet railway line system.
, If Barns undestnnding of Ruef tcs
ttpiohy is correct, the fallen boss
told the grand jury that president
Calhoun, and assistant president Mul
lally, Chief Counsel Ford and assist
ant" counsel Abbott of the United Rail
Roads pald or caused to be paid the
sum of $200,000 for the privileges
named; that $01,000 of this amount
was Ruef's "Fee"; that $a0.00
went to Schmltz and tho remaining
$89,000 was handed to 18 supervis
ors, 16 of whom received $4,000 each
and another $10,000 and Chairman
Gallagher of the flniance committee
$15,000. After tho examination ot
Ruef had concluded the grand jury
remained In executive Besslon until
0:30 o'clock.
ST
Believed That Coming Summer Will
Witness Great Activity in
Construction Work.
NEW BANK ADDED
Davenport Structure at Corner nf
Fifth and Spruce Will
Be Fitted Up.
(Times Special Service.)
Myrtle Point, May 17 Building In
every line in Myrtle Point is hum
ming and indications are that tho
lltle city will have an unprecedented
building era the coming summer.
Plans are being made for quite a num
MUCH
BUILDING
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ber of elegant residences to bo built
In the next few months. The town is
adding much to its appearance and
the citizens are proud of the enter
prise displayed.
W. E. Lewellen has tbo framo
nearly completed for a large twd
story residence on his property at tho
corner of Ash and 6 Sts.
Myrtle Point Is to have another
hank. The Davenport property corner
Spruce and 5th has been purchased
Tho Interior ot tho building will be
remodeled and flttod up for banking
purposes. Contractor W. W. WHIIamB
will have charge of tho work.
Mr. Al Baker haB tho lumber on
the ground for a new resdenee on
Irta property in the south part ot town
Building Cottage.
Work has commenced on a new
?A$$CQttBgo being built by MUs Mabel
Kndlcott on her property on tbo
north vide ot 8pruce 8t., Myrtle Point
feichta.
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SCHOOLS IN
It will doubtless be interesting
to the friends of public education
in Coos County to get a glimpse of
omo conditions prevailing in the
schools of the county as thoy are
known by one in clouo touch with
the situation. This, in many cases,
marked differenco between the re
ported attendance or preient en
rollment and the enrollment for
the year is attributable to many
causes, but is tracable in too many
instances to parental indifferences
to tho future happiness of their
children as well as the momentous
bearing such a course will have on
our common country.
The first week of school in dis
trict school No. 74 closed with
fourteen pupils The teacher is
hopeful that there will be twenty
present by the ond of the first
month. Twenty-three enrolled
during the current fiscal school
vear but no one term can boast of
thet number reciting in its classes.
The library books apportioned to
this district in January last have
not yet found their place in the
school library. Miss Metta Housen
of Giavel Ford is teacher; her
second employment in this district.
District No. 28
Fifty-three have been enrolled
during the year. Thirty-one
have enrolled bo far this term but
there were thirty-seven when these
statistics were gathered. Tho 1906
purchase of library books are like
the preceding school, somewhore
between tho County Superinten
dent's office and the school room.
Mr. J. C. Bright also of Gravel
Ford is teachor here and ho is now
teaching under his second con
tract. District No. 28, like District No.
74 has a new up-to-date school
nouse with excellent seating capa
city and Mbdern apparatus with
about every convenience necessary
for successful school work. The
grounds of both these schools are
pretty well improved and can be
made as beautiful as the tastes of
the people may wish.
District No. 22
This school, located on the upper
settlements of the North Fork of
the Coquillo, is, from the nature of
tho occupation of the majority of
its patrons quite uncertain as to
attendance, logging boing the chief
industry. Five pupils are attend
ing this year, which are all wIiobo
names appear on the register for
the term, although twelve were
the year's enrollment. The pupils
seem fairly" well advanced for their
ace. thuB showing considerable In
terest and co-oporation on the part
of the parents. The few library
books purchased in 1900 aro in the
school awakening an excellent
taste for good reading. Miss
Gusaie James of Coquillo 1b teach
ing her second year in this position.
District No. 26
In this school Mr. C. It. Bennett
of Gravel Ford is teaching unde
hia third year's contract. This
cotiauous employment of a toncher
of its self invariably works to the
school's advantage. Twenty were
i there tho flrnt week. Twentyoine
I have been enrolled for the school
year.
SUMMARY
fl
DOLLARS
Donations Continue To Come In for
Marshfield's Newly Inaugerated
Publicy Campaign
THE SUBSCRIBERS MEET
It Is Now Assured That nil Expert
Advertising Man Will
Bo Secured.
Tho publicity fund of $4,000 which
was subscribed Thursday afternoon
at tho Informal reception to Governor
Chamberlain In tho Masonic Opera
house was raised yesterday tL $6,000
with several thousand more In view.
This money Is to be paid into the
fund in monthly Instalments for the
purpose of placing Marshfleld and
the Coos Bay Country before the
people of the United States, It Is
not yet decided just what action will
be taken in regard to the expenditure
of this money but at a meeting held
yesterday forenoon In Dr. E. E.
Straw's office a committee of three
business men was appointed, who
held a meeting and selected six other
renresentatlvo business men making
a committee of nnle Marshfleld bus
iness men who will act as trustees
for the fund.
In the near future tho trustees will
formulate definite plans regarding
the way in which the fund Is to be
exnended. The planat present Is to
advertise the Coos Bay country ex
tensively and In a systematic Judl-
clons manner.
The sum already subscribed to this
fund will furnish about $500 a montn
to be used for publlcty work, but It Is
the Intention to raise enough money
to spend at least $600 or $700 per
month. The following three men were
appointed on the committee to select
six associates; Dr. Tower, Dr. J. i.
McCormac and James H. Flanagan.
These gentlemen selected the follow
ing six men, who in conjunction with
them will represent the executive
committee to have charge ot the
publlcty fund, they are W. S. Chand
ler, I. S. Smith, I. S. Kaufman, J. E.
Oren, H. Sengstacken and F. S. Dow.
Tho committee soliciting money
found that a great maney of those
whom they approached had the
wrong idea regarding the way In
which the money Is to be used. It
has been explained that a certain sum
of the fund will be set aside to pay
the salary of a paid secretary who
has already been selected, and that
tho greater part of tho money will
be used by him In carrying on the
advertising campaign. This campaign
is for the purpose of securing big
manufacturers, hotel men and In
dustries. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
R. L. Edmondson, et al, to T.
Edwin Lewis, et al, lots 15, 16, 17
and 18, block 7, Edmondson's First
addition to Marshfleld; $200.
Lizzie Lobree, to Emma Nasburg,
lots 13, 14, 15 and 16, of block 30,
Nasburg's addition; $1.
Frank Burkholder, to Agusta M.
Slscher, parcel of 1 acre In section
Bennett Trust Co., to Edgar L.
Wheeler, lot 11, block 10, Bennett's
Bandon Beach; $10. '
36, township 27, R. 13; $1C.
Hartson O. Barmm, to Frank J.
Haynes et al, half Interest InBectlon
4, and N. half of S. half of section
3, township 29, 8. ot R. 9, W.; $1,
000. United States, to A. O. Cheatham,
W. half of S. W. quarter and N.
E. quarter of S. W. quarter, section
12 and N. W. quarter of N. W. quar
ter, section 13, township 25, S. R.
11.
Chac Sneddon, to John A. John
son, lot 6, block 11 original Marsh
fleld; $500.
Peter Selppel, to Selppol Tlmbor
Co., 5,100 acres In township 25, R.
11, township 26, R. 11, and town
ship 27, R. 12;$1.
Bennett Trust Co., to S. M.
Qulmby, lots 25, 26 and 27, block
31, Bennett addition to Marshfleld;
$3,000.
Coquillo Valley Packing Co., to
Bennett Trust Co., W. half of lot 1,
block 12, Lohnherr'a oxtentlon to
Myrtle Point; $3,500.
Hanna L. Cox and husband, to
O. M. Bkeeli, parcel In aoctlon 25,
towuahlp 28, It. 14; $10.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Following is a list of sub
scribers to the Marshfleld Pub
licity Fund. The amounts op
posite the names are the
monthly installments for the
period of one year.
J. E. Oren, $50
Dr. J. T. McCormac, 50
I. S. Kaufman, 10
F. S. Dow, 10
Robert Marsden, 10
Edgar Wheeler, 15,
Herbert Lockhart, 10
Merchant Estate, 10
C. W. Tower, 10
P. A. Devors, 10
Jim Banes, 10
W. U. Douglas, 10
J. S. Greene, 30
I. S. Smith, 10
AnBon Rogers, 15
S. Rogers, 15
Title Guarantee and
Abstract Co. 15
W. P. Murphy, 10
J. H. Milner, 10
Dr. E. E. Straw, 10
D. W. Small, 10
J. M. Norton, 10
Pioneer Hardware Co., 150
Magnes and Mat&on, 10
John PreiiBS, 10
J. M. Blake, 10
Flannigan & Bonnet ,
Bank 30
F. S. Memberton 5
Mrs Emma Nasburg 10
Clnude Nasburg 5
C. A. Johnson 5
Bradley & Traver 3
C. A. Moffett 2.50
C. A. Nicholson 2
P. Metzerlow 2.50
John Bear 2.50
Going & Harry 10
J. L. Brown 2.50
F. E. Allen 2
J. W. Tibbets 2
J. G. Thirst 2
Merchant Brothers 10
E. Mingus 5
Hall & Hall 2.50
W. A. Toyo 2.50
. Dr. Leslie 1
Helming & Company 1
NORTH BEND
ENTERTAINS
THE GUESTS
Governor Chamberlain and Tom
llchardson were the guests of North
Bend Friday and in honor of the
occasion Mayr Simpson declared a
half holiday. Every business house
and proffeslonal office in tho city
observed tho occasion. Governor
Chamberlain l.rst visited the school
at North Bend at 2 o'clock. Ont of
respect to tho chief ovecutlvo the
building was draped In flags with a
twenty foot flag unfurled from the
flagstaff. The governor visited every
room In the building and spoke high
ly of tho excellent conditions prevail
ing. He displayed deep interest In tho
work which tho pupils wero doing.
After tho rooms had been visited the
children marched outsldo whero they
formed in a half square and listened
to an address by the governor. A
great many people gathered to hear
the talk.
At 3 o'clock tho program at tho
Eckoff opera house began and Gov
trnor Chamberlain and Tom Richard
son spoke to an attentive audience
that filled tho hall to its capacity.
Oregon's foremost exponent did not
have opportunity to display those
powers of arousing public enthusiasm
to tho point of donating a tew thou
sand dollars, which he possesses to
such a romarkable degreo. North
Bond has already raised $7,000 for
publlcty work. Ills talk however was
to to point and covered thoroughly
the Hold of pushing the advancement
of the Coos Bay country. Tom Rich
ardson oxpressoa tho sontlmont that
there ahold bo no Indlvldualty on the
bay but that tho cities in publlcty
campaign should work toguther us u
unit.
LEAVES ON TRIP
10 EXPOSITION
Lillie Way, Coos' Sole Representa
tive, Departs From Myrtle
Point For Portland.
OTHER NEWS FEATURES
Chief Engineer of Const Surwy to
Stni-t Work Near
Port Orford.
(Tlme3 Special Scrvlco)
Myrtlo Point, 17 Miss LUllo Way
tho popular Myrtlo Point Agent ol
the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Co. and one of the winners in the
Telegram contest left Myrtle Point
Wednesdny morning by private con
veyance on her wny to Portland via
Roseburg ns tho guest ot tho Tele
gram. Mr. Ray Dement, one of our
leading liverymen furnished tho con
veyance and took tho further honor
of driving It himself. Everybody joins
In wishing Miss Way, tho time of her
life, and all feel assured that Coos
Co., could not havo a better repre
sentative. Const Suriey.
F. E. Hampton Chief Engineer of
the Coast Survey who has been out
fitting In Myrtle Point, left Wednes
day morning with pack train and
crew for Port Orsford near which
polntit is understood work on the
survey will begin.
To Sick Mother
Mrs. Charles Schroeder of John
son's Mill has departed for PunnI
gun California via Roseburg. Sho It
called to the bedside ot her slch mot
her.'Mrs. Cnl Single drove her out in
a prvato conveyance, and retiming
brought Mrs. Alfred Johnson Sr., and
others of the Johnson family who are
returning from a visit to California.
Inspects Mail Route.
F. W. Vaillo, Chief Mall Route
Inspector Is registered at the Myrtle
Point Hotel. Mr. Vaillo Is making his
regular mall route Inspection and wll
leave for Port Orsford May Id.
On Loon Luke.
H. S. Krlb, G. H. Guerln Jr., ol
Myrtlo Point, G. H. Guerln Jr., of Dar
ryvlllo; Eckley Guerln and William
Berry returned to Myrtlo Point from
Loon Lake whero 'they havo been
looking after their land interests.
Aro Married
Mr. Will Carllle and Miss Lulln
Mny Gurney were married at Myrtle
Point May 15. Tho nuptial knot was
tied by tho Rev. Thos. Barklow at
the residence of Mr. Jos. Williams in
the presence of a largo circlo of
friends. An elegant repast was ser
ved, and all joined In good wishes.
DEADLOCK BREAKS.
Madison, May 16 Wisconsin sen
atorial deadlock was broken by the
nomination on tho first ballot for the
republican caucus, of former Con
gressman Isaac Stephenson of Mari
etta. Result was accomplished by the
breaking up of Iho opposition which
when the anti-stophenson men real
ized they were benton turned to their
former favorites, Esch Hatton, and
tho final result was announced8s fol
lows Stephenson 54, Esch 23, Hatton
10, scattering Scrcdlt for Stephenson
victory.
NOMINATE SENATOR.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 16r-Sont-
inol special from Madison, Wisconsin
says Isaac Stophonson, was nominal'
cd senator by tho republican' caucus
last night.
In tho ovonlng th governor and
socretnry of tho Oregon Dqvolopo
ment Leuguo wero given u smoker
in tho Commercial club rooms too
which only niombers of tho club wore
Invited. Poter Loggia Is due the
thanks of tho North Bond for It was
throughh hs efforts that Tom Rich
ird3on and Governor Cnmborlaln pro
longed tholr vlult. Mr. Logglo Induced
the captain of tho AlUnncu to lay over
one day and Captain Olson consented.
This morning tho Governor and soc
rotnry of tho Orogon Dovolpuinont
League will leavo Coos Buy, tho for
mer to go to visit R. 1). lluinb, and
tho hitter to loturii to Portland.
O. (1. Konuody7toF. J. Illnk. par
cel la S. W- quarter, soctlou 8, tqyu
shlp 29, R. 14; $100.
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IN BOISE TIL
Opposing Councels Exercising Per
emptory Challenges and Special
Diminishes to Fifty-seven Men
EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS
Prospective Jurors Questioned Ex
haustively Daily Progress In
dicates Difficulty.
Boise, May 17 Durlngthe one bo
sion of tho Haywood case yesterday
cloven talesmen were examined be
foro a satisfactory Juror was secured
to replaco William Van Orsdale, gro
cer at each number 2 who was prenip
torlly challenged the day before. A?
court adjourned today the defense
exercised its first challenge by re
UevlngAllon Pride, farmer at No. five
Prldo testified during his examina
tion that ho Invited to' dinner tho
deputy who Berved him with a Jury
iuinmons and during the maal lis and
tho deputy talked regarding Harry'
Orchard. As work of the! Jury- select-
Ion progresses, difficulties In the way '
of completing a panel seemt to In
crease. Today another of the tales
manwas excused because of strung
opinions entertained in connection
with Steuenbergs death.. One man
was called for service but dismissed
by the court because he indicated he
was prejudiced because df serlouB
acts attributed to the state prosecu
tion during tho past year. Each side
still has nine peremptory challenges
to exercise and thero .romaln 57 moro
of special venire to draw from1.
Boise, May 17 Hary Orchard, tho
prlsonor witness upon whom the stato
Of Idaho chiefly relies to prove Us
charge that the Inner circle of tho
Western Federation of Minors plan
ned a conspiracy for the murder of
Governor Stuenburg, broko a lonj
3llence today and for over half ,hour
discussed himself and his Imprison
ment with a representative of the
associated press whom he had' ex
pressed a desire to see. Orchard said
he had not received mistreatment
luring his confinement and denied
thnt any force had been used to se
cure statements iriado, and denied
that detective McParland and office.-s
Df tho state have promised him lm
nunity for his confessed statement us
l reward for his alleged confession.
Orchards manner and conversation
luring tho interview tended strongly
to conflrmo tho nssqrtton thoho hod
been reconverted to religion. Two Il
lustrations used by htm to explain tho
change In .the kind ,of booki tie road
were christian like In character and
religious In tone. Orchard Is perfect
ly sound and healthy in body, cloar
and quick of brain. If thero was any
thing In the reports that he wad
breaking in health and mind there
is nothing now in his appearance or
manner to glvo them the shadow ot
suggestions.
SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON. May . On July
27 thero, will beconio subject tojsettle
mont, but not' to' ontry filing or se
lection until AugUBt 26, about
355,840 acres oj ilnndr within' Port
land, Lakovlew'j The Pallet andjRose
burg' lund xdlstrlctB.Oregon njd 1
meudiutcly surrounding tho Cascade
National forest resorvo heretofore
temporarily, withdraws a',a. proposed
addition to that forest! reserve sad oh
tho sumo dates aboufi 18Y,920jaem
of land heretofore wlthlW for pr
oosor addition to tho Hoppnor. Nat
ional forost wthin tho La Grande as4
Tho Dalles land districts will became
subject to eottlomout eutrv, filing w
flections, i r
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John 8. 'Cbku o al, to J, A, De
Muth. lota 4 and C, block 3, Plat A,
Dlvlslou 1, Coos Bay; $10.
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