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Tub Coos Bay Times Punusiu.vo Co.
FRED PASLEY, Editor.
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Marshfield. Oregon.
FIRE PROTECTION.
AS an additional step in a move
ment to multiply means of pre
vention of losses by fire, the follow
ing letter has been sent from tho
headquarters at Washington of the
International Society of State and
Municipal Bui'dlng Commissioner-
and Inspectors to the mayor or eery
city in America.
To His Honor the Mayor
Some municipal executives have
won fame by at least attempting to
reduce the cost of street car travel,
others by the strict enforcement of
liquor regulations, and still others
have done great good for their com
munities by imitating, or working on
behalf of existing wise laws regulat
ing thi3, that or the other thing that
needed regulation. But so far wo
know of no city whose Executive has
zealously striven to eradicate one of
the groatpst es'ils that besots and
threatens the extinction of every one
of our municipalities, fire. Yet its
ravages have meant 7,000 human
lives in a year, and In money In that
same period nearly half a billion dol
lars. Surely is tho matter worthy of
your attention!
Our fire departments have been im
proved to a high degree of efficiency,
most of our cities have Installed ex
cellent water-works, we have dono
wonders in trying to cure the evil,
but have made few efforts, indeed, In
tho right direction, that of preven
tion. Our people have grown heed
less of tho danger, and keep on build
ing so shoddily that tho wonder is
that wo have not more such disastrs
as those of San Francisco and Balti
more. Our cities of 200,000 people
or so feel well off when tho year's
fire loss is not over half a million dol
lars and the cost of fighting fire does
not exceed $300,000; European cities
of similar size are sorely stricken
when their loss exceeds $50,000 a
year, and the cost of firo depart
ments, etc., is greater than another
$50,000.
Surely the time has como when
something drastic must bo done.
Little dependence can be placed upon
the Individual; he, the general run
of him, erroneously bellevos that his
interests aro be3t subserved by cheap,
flimsy buildings. It becomes tho duty
of tho community, through its exec
utive and legislative bodies, to tako
stepi toward its own protection by
the prevention of fire In 3pite of the
individuals' indifference1 in tho mat
ter. Stricter building- regulations
should be enacted and enforced; your
building departments should bo given
more authority and more help, in or
der that not only the now buildings
may be bettor built, but that the old
ones bo frequently and thoroughly
inspected and their owners com
pelled to make tho30 buildings less
of a menaco than they aro to their
neighbors and to tho safoty of tho
pptir cltv.
Wo bespeak your earnest co-opor-ntlon
in this matter. No on0 can
do bo much for his city ns can Its
Mayor; tho Press and your most public-spirited
citizens will rally to your
aid, and, last nml leaso, this Socioty
is yours to command. Wo lmvo the
facts, tho data, tho experience, tho
machinery, so to spenk, to holp you
in any effort you may mako on behalf
of tho movement wo havo inaugur
ated tho country over for tho Pre
vention of Firo.
F. W. FITZ PATRICK,
CAXAL pro,ii:ct.
CANAL Information is of interost
to Coos Bay people bocauso it
has to do with wutor transportation.
Tho following gives an idea regarding
the cost of building waterways; A
dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, states
that tho Georgian Bay Canal Commitf
slon has practically completed, at a
cost of Borne $C00,00,O, a,thjprough
survey of tho proposed 21-foot wntor
way from Georgian Bay to Montreal
"via the "French river, Nipissing, and
the Ottawa riven The engineers of
the commission have not compiled a
final estimate ns to the whole cost
of the canal, but from information
now available it is stated that the
total expenditure required for a con
tinuous and easily navigablo water
way, with a minimum depth of 21
feet from Georgian bay to tido water,
will be close to $105,000,000. It is
said that the .canal will shorten the
distance from Fort William, on Geor
gian Bay, to Montreal by over 400
mile3.
It 13 estimated that with the com
pletion of the canal there will be
500,000 horsepower available along
its course almost as much as is
available at Niagara. With so much
cheap power available and with its
great resources of iron oie and tim
ber the Ottawa valley i3 expected to
become one of the greatest manufac
turing centers of the continent. Re
ferring to the early construction of
the canal, Sir Wilfred Laurler re
cently said that if he had the money
to do so he would begin work imme
diately. ALASKAN COAL.
THE geological survey of the Unit
ed States government at Wash
ington is continuing Its field work In
Alaska to ascertain the extent of that
country's coal supply, two of its ex
perts having been thus employed
since early in May and they have al
ready finished the work in the south
eastern part of that territory and it
Is thought that the Investigations this
year will add greatly to tho oxlstlng
knowledge of the coal resources that
far north.
Alaska has 000,000 square miles,
and of this it is estimated that over
12,500 square miles are underlain by
coal bearing rocl:s which contain
large scams and over 1200 more have
workable coal ranging in agj from
carboniferous to tertiary and In com
position from anthracite of good
quality through high grade soinl
bltumlnous steam and cooking coals
and ordinary bituminous coal to lig
nites of various characters. Many of
the known coal deposits are of great
thickness, especially where the coal
carries a large carbon content, but
high grade of coal and great thick
ness of beds are as a rule accom
panied by geologic structure unfav
orable to mining.
From tho Pacific coast to tho
Behring sea and the Arctic slope,
through the valleys of Copper and
Yukon rlvei-3 and their tributaries
coal beds are widely distributed; and
although it is unlikely that any ex
cept the high grade coals of the Pa
cific coast and the Matanuska and
Bering river fields aro suitable for
shipment far from tho mines, many
others may bo locally of extreme im
portance and great value.
The coal maiing industry of Alaska
is Btlil practically undeveloped, the
total production for 1900 the year
of greatest output bing C6G0 short
tons, valued at $20,000. Tho most
actlvo mining operations have been
on Cook Inlet, In southwestern Alas
ka, on the Yukon, in Saward penin
sula and at Cape Lisburne, all under
taken to provide fuel for local use, by
small coast-wise or rlyer steamers,
at mining camp3, and at canneries.
COAST TRAFFIC.
FIGURES compiled at the request of
E. II. Harrlman show the great
extent to which Pacific Coast shippers
are delaying tho unloading of freight
cars urgently needed to move tho
record breaking freight traffic on tho
Southern Pacific. Tho rcords of tho
principal California and Oregon ship
ping centers show that since April 1st
an average of 3G32 cars per day were
held overtime for unloading on tho
Harrlman linos in the two states.
From that date on May 1st condi
tions grew rapidly worse, but the
Juno records show considerable im
provement owing to tho railroall's In
sistence that car3 be roleased, Port
land shippers on April 1 were holding
074 cars, which they had Increased ti
832 on May 1, and reduced to 21G by
Juno 11. San Francisco had 18C0
cars lied up on April 1, was holding
2358 Mny 1, and 1C40 Juno 12. Oak
land's record was 494 for April 1,
429 for May 1, and 3G5 for tho mld
dlo of this month. Sacramento and
Los Angeles shipper aro holding 150
moro car3 now than on May 1.
Tho averago number of cars bo
withheld from sorvlco aggregate over
twenty por cont of tho total now
oqulpmont bought by tho Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific for dellv
ory up to July 1. This now equip
ment nmount3 to 8,000 cars for tho
latter systoin and 7,000 for tho Union
Pacific llnoa. Tho ndvantago nhip
pors woirtd dorlvo from thts large ad
dition to the Harrlman lines' equip
ment, Involving an outlay of $31,000
000, Is materially offset by 'shippers
dolays in unloading and releasing
cars.-
Owlnt? In Mm froltrlit inTiiTnHn'i
four inpntjis ago, whop, tho Southern I
i-uciuc was jioaqm: rorjy cars a any
w in. " I. m. ; w '- ''"1
inipan rrnncisco jn oxcess or las
number of enra unloaded, warning
was given that embargoes or in-
creased demurrage charges would bo
necessary if cars wero not released
more promptly. These warnings
have been repeated more lately in
other quarters, and the utmost effart
is being made by the compnny to se
cure the cooperation of the shippers
In getting the freest use of its caitf.
and to rnnke shippers realize that the
use of freight cars as storage ware
houses is unfair both to tho railroad
and to other shippers.
STATE OF OREGON
SESSION LAWS
An Act PcEietl By RcccnS Leg- j
islature of Interest To Fruit
Growers and Dealers
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iwnniimniiiiiimiii nwiiMim m mi m
Sec. 1. Any person, firm, associa
tion or corporation engaged in grow
ing, selling or packing green fruits ol
any kind within tho state of Oregon,
shall be required, upon packing any
such fruit for market, whether In
tended for sale within or without tho
state of Oregon, to stamp, mark or
label plainly on the outside of every
bo:: or package of green fruit so
packed, the name and postofilce ad
dress of the person, firm or associa
tion ci corporation packing the same;
protiik-d further, that when the
grower of such fruit be other than
the packer of the same, the name
and postofilce address of such grower
shall also prominently xappear upon
such box or package as the grower
of such fruit.
Sec. 2. It j!i also be unlawful
for any dealer, commission merchant
shipper or vender, by means of nny
false representations whatever, either
verbal, printed or written, to repre
sent or orctend that any fruits men
tioned in section 1 of thl3 act, were
raised, produced or packed by any
person or corporation, or in any lo
cality, other than by the person or
corporation, or in the locality where
the same were in fact raised, pro
duced or packed, as the case may bo.
Sac. 3. If any dealer, commission
merchant, shipper, vender or other
person, shall have in his possession
any of such fruits so falsely marked
or labeled hall be prima facie evi
dence that such dealer, commission
merchant, shipper, vender or other
person, has so falsely marked or
labeled such frult3.
Sec. 4. Any per3on violating any
of the provisions of this act 3hall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not les3 than$5,
nor more than $500, or by imprison
ment in the county jail not less than
ten nor more than 100 days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court.
Approved by tho Governor, Febru
ary 7, 1907.
Filed in the office of the Secretary
of State, February 7, 1907.
DOUGLAS-COOS ELECTRIC.
HPHE Douglas-Coos Electric Road
is the subject of much discus
sion at present. Following is an edi
torial from the Spokesman, Rose
burg: Marshtteld is the objective
point of the proposed Douglas & Coos
Electric railway. The company has
been organized and officers elected.
Upon these officers scores of Inter
ested people are depending to push
tho matter of franchises and termin
als to a speedy conclusion. Fran
chises aro necessary from Marshfleld,
North Bend and Roseburg. Why
havo they not been asked for before
this date? 'J'or some reason un
known to the citizens of Douglas and
Coos counties, who are a unit in the
demand for these franchises, this im
portant matter lias been allowed to
drag along for several weeks, and ap
parently it will bo week3 before any
requests aro filed for franchises with
tho councils of tho citlts mentioned,
If they nra filed at all. Tho News
has backed this railroad proposition
from tho start, and given every en
couragement to the incorporators
who simply represont tho people In
tho matter. We havo belioved the
work would be consumated. We have
Simpson and tho other eminent gen
tlemen composing the flvo incorpora
tors at tho head of tho undertaking,
It could ndt fail. Wo insist that it
shall not fall. At tho same time this
paper urgts Immediate action. Wo
Urge tho calling of a meeting of the
Incorporators, at which tlmo tho mat
ter of franchises bo tho business con
sldtred, nnd that at such session,
which should bo( held as soon as
notice can be sorvod, tho routes bo
selected so'far .as1 tub cities are con
cerned, and tho franchises be asked
further suggest that President Simp
son call the meeting at ouco.
rank E. Rogors to Theodore
FJlnH. lota SP.tf 9, block 3, Bouaza
Addition Jo Cft03 Bay; ?o25
K i. 'takey, trustee, to" Chas.
W. Wprnlcke, lots 17', IS, 19, 20 and
21, block 1, Boise Addition, Marsh-
TIMBER SUPPLY OF
THE UNITED STATES
What Will Be And What Been Done
With It Work Of American
Forestry Association
The total wooded area in the
United States is estimated nt 1,094,
514 square miles, or about G99.500,
000 acres, which is 3G per cont of
the total land aica, exclusive of
AlaoLa.
The lumber industry is fourth
among tho great industries of the
United States. According to the cen
sus of 1000, tho total capital invested
In lumber enterprises wns $611,611,
542, the total number of wage earn
ers employed was 283.2C0, and tho
yearly wages paid amounted to $104,
G40.591. Tho amount of lumber
produced by the mills was 35.0S4,
160,000 board feet. The value of
lumber products is estmated to have
Increased 29 per cent during the past
decad'i.
At the present rato ol cutting, the
"orest lands of the United States can
not long meet the enormous demands
made, upon them. The great pine
ries of tha Lake States have been al
most entirely eliminated, and great
Inroads have been made in the sup
ply of valuable timber throughout all
parts of the country.
A long step forward In the presor-
atlon of forests for purposes of
permanent -timber supply and the manifested great interest in forout
protection ot watersheds and grazing Preservation. Under an nppropria
lands was made, when, on February!"011 o ths legislature ef tho urato a
1, 1905, the transfer of the admlnls- study o its forcSt resources has
tratlon of tho National forest re-been undertaken, al Is now to
serves from the Department of the 1'rogrtss In co-operation with the
Interior to the Department of Agri- Forcst Service. A state forester has
culture was made. This was tho
culmination of the movement toward
the preservation of the country's
timbor sunnlv. which benan in 1S7G
with the appropriation of $2,000 for Indiana, Kansas, Louisana, Maine,
the investigation of timbor condi-1 Maryland, Mcssachusltts, Michigan,
tions. Under the present manage-' Minnesota, New Hauipahlra, Now Jer
ment of the National forest reserves, S!J'. New Yorh North Carolina,
tho area of which on October 12. 'North Dakota, Oregon., Pennsylvania,
1905, amounted to 9 7,192,573 acres,
Is undertaken by the Torest Service
of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. Tho specific policy of tho Forest
Service In tho management of the re
serves will be to devote all land to "lishtd in 1900, is a post-gradu-lt3
most productive use, for the per-, ato scho1' whoic Ueftd ta Prof-
manent good of tiio whole people,
and not for the temporary benefit of
individuals or coi.-pan!e3. All the
resources of the forest reserves are
for use, and this use should be
brought about In the most prompt
and business-like manner, under such 1 1UU ""'U1";il'1 ''"T assobki
restriclions only as will enforce thi.tIon ls a natlon&l organization, with
pormanenco of these resources. The members in all tho steles and lerrl
permanence of the resourcs of the re- torles- and ,n Cinadn- It meets an
serves Is Indlspenslble to continued nually ,n Washington, D. C. The re
prosnerity, and tho policy of the For- cordlnB Becretary Ia Mr- Edward A.
est Service will Invariably be guided ! Bowers of New nav8n- Conn. Local
by this fact. I0r stato forestry asaoslatlons lmvo
t a,mh i i .'been formed in California, Colorado,
In addition to tho management of ,- oMf t v
the National forest reserves the For
est Service carries on extensive lines
of forest work throughout the coun
try. It cooperated in work with
private individuals, work which not
only benefits tho individual, but ls
also of help to many other people.
From the beginning of this coopera
tive work in 1S98, an insistent de
mand has affected a broadening of Its
scope, until now it affords assistance
not only in the preparation of work
ing plans, but In tree planting, and
In discovering tho most conservative
and profitable use of the products of
tho forest. Cooperative State forest
studies are another development of
this branch of tho work of the Ser
vice. Further, it attacks independ
ently those urgent forest probloms
whose solution by private enterprise
Is Impossible, and thus becomes a
national duty. Such problems aro
dendrological studies, studies of com
mercial trees, timbor tests, and ex
periments with preservatives for
treating railroad ties, and telephone
and telegraph polos.
New York was the first state to
take actlvo measures for forest pres
ervation. In 1885 it established a
forest preserve. It has, at tho prcs-
ont time, a forest, fish and gamo com
mission, upon which devolves the en
forcement of tho forest, fish and
gamo laws, the management of tho
forcst preserve, and tho acquisition
of lands by tho stato. In 1897 pro
vision was made to onablo tho stato
to gain control of all, or ns much, of
tho Adriondnck region ns might bo
advisable, and $1,000,000 wns ap
propriated for tho purpose. In sub
sequent years similar npporprlations
havo baon mado, nnd tho acquisition
of land has been continued.
Pennsylvania has rocontly been
most actlvo in talcing measures for
tho preservation' of its forosts. In
1897 this Stato, to conscrvo tho
water supply, provided for the pur
olraso of three forest reserves, of not
less than 40,000 acres each, at tho
heads of tho three principal river sys-1
terns of tho state. In accordance
with this nnd other acts, land has
been rapidly acquired, until, nt the
present time, tho holdings of Penn
sylvania amount to more than G00,
000 acres. In 1001, Pennsylvania
mado Its bureau of forestry, formerly
subordinate organisation of tho
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture, a scparato dopartmont. Tho
state hns established a school of for
est wardens, and in Its legislation of
1897 took vigorous action with reftr
enco to the forest-flro problem.
Minnesota long took tho lead in
tho excellence of a foreet-firo taw, It
being tho first stato t appoint a Are
warden. Maine and New Hampshire
aro the other etates poos;flng ex
cellent fire laws. New YorK in 1990,
also made provision for a chief fits
warden. In 1899 Michigan appointed
a commission to study the foroet
question, and to select land for a
state forest reserve. Wisconsin baa
also taken tho Initiative stepis toward
tho adoption of an advanced forest
policy. Indiana took an important
step forward when tlie state hhl
forth encouragement to private own
ers to plant trees. California 1ms
, recently ueen appointed
Tho States now lairing offlcors
charged with the caro of forcst lnter-
ests are: California, Connecticut,
i West Virginia, and Wloronsin.
I Tho Baltimore forcst school, at
Baltimore, North Carolina, was estab
lished In 189S. It director is Dr.
C. A. Schenck, farewter to trie Bllti
mor eestate. Tho Yale forest school
1 Mi'iirv :-i ii-i:vi nnriyrr noi hum
a forest school slneo 1903. Its head
13 Richard T. FIsber. The Unlvor-
ait ul ""' B,lB a iuur-ycar un.
dergrauuate course la forestry. Tlio
lecturer is Prof. Flllbort Roth.
Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts
Michigan, Minnesota, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Penn
sylvania, Tenntssee, Utah and Wash
ington. FRUITS FO
Delay In Transportation of Calif
ornia Fruits Causes Local Mer
chants to Sustain Loss
FIRST SHEEP TRAILED
Now Costs QliK-o i"fiits a Head to
Cross Umatilla Reservation
Sheepmen Protest.
Tho Caeco arrived from San Fran
cisco yesterday, after having laid out
side tho bar all day Tuesday waiting
ior tno fog to lift. The vessel left
San Francisco Saturday with a ship
ment of fruits and vegetables for
the local market taken from the
steamer M. F. Plant. Owing to the
delay In reaching Coos Bay it was
spoiled, entailing a loss to local mer
chants of approximately $300. Prob
ably tho heaviest individual loss was
that sustained by F. S. Dow, placed
at $125. Tho majority of tho fruit
shipments wero a total loss.
First Sheep.
Pondleton, Orp The first band of
sheep to bo trajled acros3 Jho reser
vation since the gqvernment imposed
a toll for crossing Is now being driv
en across. Tho band .belonging to
JU oneuy, consisting of 2,000
grown ishoep and 1,000 lambs', is
FUBUC LIBRARIES j
In jin addresn at tho openlnc nf
tho Salisbury (Eng.) ublIc bJ ol
Lord AVobury expressed the onlnln
that such institutions, lnatead of in
creasing tho rato of taxation . 7"
often complained, wore important
factors in reducing that rate uB
cited statists showing how Hbrarto.
havo multiplied in England durhnr
the last thirty years, and how during
the same period, tho rates f0r
pauperism and crlmo had dltninlsded
lending force to the argument that
what tho tax payor paid on one ac
count was more than repaid on the
other. Expensive as are the mnan3
of education, ho sayi, among which
the library hao a vital place, It is be
yond doubt that lgnoranco is faj
more expensive. Estimated even in
pounds and shillings, the public
library is a public economy n. y
Post. ' ' '
Side by sldo In tho wldorncss our
forefathers planted tho church and
tho school; and on these two sup
ports tho naton has stood firm and
grown groat. But a tripod is neces
sary for stable equilibrium. As the
country has grown, its industrial,
economic and political problems have
grown more numerous and more
complex; and tho nation required a
broader base of intelligence and
morality for Its security and per
petuity. The third support for a
wider and higher national life has
been found in tho public library,
which, co-operating with the school!
doubles the value of the education
tho child receives in school and fur
ther Incites him to continue his edu
cation after leaving school, and
furnishes him with facilities for do
ing so. It also enables tho adult to
mako up for tho opportunities he
neglected or, moro often, did not
have In early life. It does this, too,
at an expense to the community ot
not moro than one-tenth of the cost
por capita of school education.
Therefore, as tho late Stanley Jevons
said: "In omitting that small ex
penditure in a universal system of
libraries which would enable young
men and women to continue their
education, wo spend 97 and stingily
decline tho 3 really needed to make
the rest of tho 100 effective." Or,
I may say, In homller phrase, It is
like giving $19.50 for an overcoat
and refusing another hald-dollar for
buttons to make it thoroughly ser
vicable. F. M. Crunden in the Ex
ponent. A library is not a luxury; It is not
for tho cultured few; It is not merely
for the scientific; it ls not for any
Intellectual cult or exclusive literary
set. It ls a great, broad, universal
public benefaction. It lifts the en
tiro community; it 13. tho right arm of
the intellectual development of the
people, ministering to the wants of
those who aro already educated and
those who aro already educated and
spreading a universal desire for edu
cation. It la the upper story of the
public Bchool system, while it Is a
broad field wherein ripe scholars
may find a fuller for their already
highly developed faculties. It is
above all a splendid instrument for
tho education and culturo of those
vast masses of boys and girls that
aro denied tho high privlloge of the
systematic training of the schools.
C. E. Thach, In Mobllo Register.
SAN FRANCISCO POLITICS.
Republican Municipal Ticket Said to
Ho In Favor.
San Francisco, June 2 G. There
aro Indications of approaching activ
ity among the local Republicans.
There 13 a strong disposition on the
part of both of those that consider
tho material tinerests of tho party
and tho workers in the ranks, to put
a straight Republican municipal tic
ket in the field next November, win
or lose. The demand for a straight
ticket is noticeably strong In the
Republican meetlugs held In differ
ent di&tricts.
crossing. A toll of 3 cents per haa
is required for sheep crossing the re
serve, and aside from that the sheep
man has to give a bond for damages
and pay an Indian policeman to act
ns an escort. The expense to Mr.
Conelly will bo In tho neighborhood
of $100.
Asldo from the Conelly band nearly
all tho sheep were driven around
the reservation, but as Mr. Conelly
was late in leaving for the mountains
ho was forced to cross.
Tho sheepmen hold that the toll of
3 cents per head ls wholly unjust.
la' understood tba't the government
will change its policy in this regard.
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