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' w. THE DAH-Y COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907. -NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE Of ESTIMATES Of HARVEY BROWN I TSie contract has been I let t Oakley (& Ar- I Portland, Ore., Oct. 3. "Very probably In his capacity of de tective, Harvey Brown discov ered evidence which caused some one to dynamite him," said ex-Representative William Grace, of Baker City, today. "Baker City Is now the only place In Oregon where gambling Is running. It Is tho only wldo-open town In the state, and Is the rendez vous of tho criminal element, at tracted there by the absence of a lid. To this element the people who made the attack on Brown's life will nat urally look for and receive protec tion. "Mr. Brown served two terms as sheriff, and succeeded In supreslsng gambling and closing saloons on Sun day. Ho was In favor of a closed town, and in his capacity as sheriff enforced the laws to dlear Baker City of the" undesirable. "I know ex-Sheriff Brown well," said Rev. Everett Merrill Hill, ex pastor of Taylor-Street Methodist Episcopal church, who was yesterday transferred to Spokane. "He was a L. rr:? noli for the new T- jfnikk JBW&b. 3 m -- "ki WsSrl x j.v" a K-"S X3 '-. F APr Kw" RTIIIk. no of t fa of HjOy nr "lUIT ro not in ?o it w Hd-tlnio 6' tho ii and pod rlearm mo bol Oil no it ffbro nro EUvo p Bastion pn In t iiat uro pfr. So Iks jcsl at no o tho J Bsht co fbsont i) Ipoo. T Ibros an siiy sup "HIS MASTER'S VOICS" You aro cordially Invited to graphphono recital at tho Trtyjor Piano House on Broadway this Saturday ovonlng, between T.id and 9. Wo have special selections from Mme. Pattl and Errima Eamda. This Is a rare treat. You have no need of sending aWay for your records. We handle tho full catalogue of Victor and Columbia records, and can save you post ago, express and time. E SE Evidence in and Talkfest Has Judge and Jury's At tention. EXPECT A HUNG JURY Kcllcf Is Picvnlent That Jury Will Not Arixc Little Evidence Adduced. San Francisco, Oct. 3. Notwith standing tho Ford defense today sub poenaed Abraham Ituef as a witness, when the time came for Introduction of evidence in behalf of General Ford, attorneys for the defense re fused to offer any testimony, thus blocking any Intent the prosecution may liavo had to make Ituer a rebut tal witness, and both sides went to argument without having adduced a particle of direct evidence connect ing tho accused with commission of tho crimo charged and the defense without having offered a sworn word in its own behalf. Assistant District Attorney O'Gara made the opening speech for the prosecution. Follow ing him Attorney Mooro opened for tho defense. Mooro will conclude In tho morning and bo followed by Earl Rogers who will close for Ford. As sistant District Attorney Heney, in tho afternoon will close for tho pros ecution. Judgo Lawler will charge tho jury and tho case should bo in tho hand of the Jury at G:30 o'clock. The general belief provalls that tho jury will fail to reach a ver dict. Chicago Negro admits murder Twisted Garment About Neck of ' Lillian Grant Until She Died. Chicago, Oct. 2. Richard Walton, colo"rcd, who was arrested in Spring field and brought back to Chicago yesterday, charged with the murder of Mis. Lillian W. Grant In her room last weok. confessed to tho police to night that ho was guilty of tho crime. In a previous confession Walton con nected Marcus DeHorn with tho crimo, but when confronted by Do Horn last night, Walton broko down and admitted that Dellorn had no hand in tho affair. Walton told how ho tied tho under vest about Mrs. Grant's neck and strangled1 her. Ho said that whon fio ralsod tho window and entered tho room sho screamed. Walton placed his knee on her breast and choked her until sh6 bec.imo uncon scious. AVKSTGATE SURVEYOR GENERAL tiiMiator Fulton Recommends Albany Man for Office. Baker City, Or., Oct. 3. Senator Fulton today wired tho department at Washington recommending tho uppolntmont of G. A. Westgate of Albany, to tho office of surveyor gou oral for tho state of Oregon. Tho majority of tho delegation from this Btato have expressed to tho depart ment at Washington tho preferences for Westgate, and It Is probable that ho will bo nppolntod nt onco. Con gressman Ellis favored T. N. Hul "fcurt of Portland. ARGUM ALBANY WfLL GROW BY EXTENDING LIMITS Proposition to Conic Before People nt Next Election Tried Uefoie. Albany, Or., Oct. 2. Albany's city limits may bo greatly enlarged by popular vote In the coming city elec tion. According to plans now being made It is proposed to annex to the city a large portion of Bryant's park, lying on a long peninsula between the Calapoola and Willamette rivers, all of Wright's Addition and largo tracts of land lying south and southeast of the city which belong to tho Southern Pacific and Corvallls & Eastern Railroad companies and to the Astoria company. It Is also planned to change the limits so as to exclude a tract of land lying in Ben ton county on the north side of the Willamette. The city acquired juris diction over a small tract at the end of the steel bridge a few years ago so as to have police power there, but tho extension of the limits has al ways caused more troublo than benefit. ' The proposed change in city boun daries seems to meet with general favor. Thero may be opposition fiom tho railroad interests, however, for though there are many residences south of these large tracts of vacant, unimproved land the limits have never been extended to Include them, for the reason, it is intimated, that the corporations owning them did not wish to pay city taxes on the property. Attempts have been made In past years to include these tracts of land In tho city limits, Jmt they have always failed. Now that the initiative law is in force here the change may be realized. CREW IS RESCUED. French Ship on Rocks, 230 Yards' From Mainland. . ( Kllreushireland, Oct. 3. Not un til lato this afternoon did the coast guardsman succeed in rescuing tho crew of tho French ship Leon XIII, which wont on tho rocks near Scho fleld yesterday. Although tho ship was only about 250 yards from the mainland, a rocky barrier prevented tho life boats from coming to her. Tho Leon XIII arrived at Queons town Sept. 2G, from Portland, Oregon and thence sailed northward. CYCLONE WRECKS TOWN. Oklahoma Twister Scatters Houses Hut No Injuries Reported. Oklahoma City, Oct. 3. A mess ago from Elk City, says a cyclone struck tho small vlllago of Foarch near Elk City last night. Nearly every house In town is reported wrecked. None are reported In jured. Dotnlls cannot bo obtained as tho wires nro down. The Little Blue Book. Minneapolis, Oct. 3. Tho federal grand Jury today resumed Investiga tion of' tho "Little Blue Book" which catalogues houses dealing in lumber nnd manufactured articles. It is alleged it has been used by lumber trust in effect to run a mail order business. It Is now known thero was a secret meeting of tho lumber dealers In Minneapolis last wlntor and later a similar meeting of about CO lumbermen In Chicago. Tho book was published hero aftor tho Chicago mooting. Lectures At Hospital. Drs. Ingram and Gale opened a courBo of loctures last evening at tho Mercy Hospital. Theso lectures will bo continued for some time, on Tdesdfry and Thursday tfrCnlnss; man rill through. A rough and ready fellow, he was equal to any emer- mcy. He had powerful convictions. I tried to get him to unite with the church when I was pastor of the First M. E. church In Baker City two years ago, but he said: 'No, I'm in this closed town to fight now and It would not do.' "Mr. Brown was a real Roosevelt Republican. He admired the presi dent very much and I believe his at titude In the Sunday closing of sa loons and tho supresslon of gambl- ine was due to a feeling that he would be following the Roosevelt ex ample In enforcing the law. "Here is a story that will show tho snlrit of the man. After he had closed gambling a bunch of promi nent citizens were caught by Brown gambling. " 'Why, you wouldn't arrest me, would you?' said one of tho most In fluential of these men. " 'Arrest you? I'd arrest you If you wore Governor Chamberlain,' he said. "Ho had the real frontiersman's spirit. He roved aiound a good deal before settling down and marrying, and had seen some rough exper iences. Yet he was not a rough man himself. He was quiet and quietly spoken. "The whole Republican machine got on his back when he undertook to close the town. It left him and Prosecuting Attorney Harry Lomax absolutely alone. The machine lead ers told him ho would ruin the party's chances, but he told them ho didn't believe It and that It wouldn't make any difference. "When he ran for the gubernato rial nomination In the primaries, It will show how the people stood back of him when I say he got the big ma jority of votes at home, even with another home candidate. "Ex-Sheriff Brown's father and mother raised him near Baker City. THey were devout Methodists and named their eldest son for a pioneer Methodist circuit rider, Harvey IC. Hines. the father died several years ago, the mother Is still living on the farm, seen miles from Baker City, easterly. 'Harve' Brown, as every one called him, was raised In the church. He was a trustee of the First M. E. church, though not a member, and his wife and child be long to it. "Tho ex-sheriff did not return to tho farm after leaving the sheriff's office, but remained at his home In Baker City, looking after his placer mining Interests in Stlce's gulch, be tween Baker City and Sumpter ,and elsewhere. "He was In Portland a week ago, stopping off on his way to tho stato fair. Ho came down alone. Will Seek Health in Arizona. Mr. John Jenkins of Prosper is In Marshfield bound for Arizona where ho goes with his son Will, who ac companies him. The trip is made with tho hope that the Arizona cli mate will have a beneficial effect on the son's health. Dance at Sumner, October 5th. Sumner and Tioga leave Marshfield at 7 v'clock sharp. mtmmiwmwtfflffimmstttfflffltuKm ?? GEO. WASSON Pine Tailoring A ST. 1 Marshfield, - Ore. Coal Bank Inlet Draw Bridge It will be completed in 60 days West Remember Phone 33 IHS WILL DISCUSS MATTERS OF MUCH INTEREST Chamber of Commerce Meeting To night Will He Worth At tending. John B. Goddard of Portland will deliver an address on "Marshfield Compared with Other Northwestern Cities," at the Chamber of Com merce tonight. Frank Fay Eddy of Salt Lake, in an address will com pare "Life on a Farm In Oregon with Life in Salt Lake City." J. A. Mc Donald, who arrived from Belllng ham this week with 12 laborers, will discuss the "Labor Problem, or How fo Secure Laborers on tho Bay." Tho meeting will be called earlier tonight than last Friday night as the time has arrived when dark comes earlier than during tho summer months. The meeting hour has been set for 7:30. Tho doors aro open for everybody, new-comers and old residents alike, and ladies as well as men, at all times. The meetings will not bo pro longed, and to get tho benefit of tho addresses, everybody should bo on hand promptly. Tho number of families In quest of houses, registering at the Cham ber of Commerce, aro on the increase. In response to the agitation by the chamber of tho question of building houses, two men havo proffered to erect eight buildings. But this Is only a more start In tho direction of meeting tho demand. With one hun dred new houses erected, It would be but a short time until still others would be needed. A man connected with the C. A. Smith Lumber Co. stated yesterday that tho rate of accessions to the town may bo ex pected to continue for ten years any way. Marshfield cannot longer bo measured by her former pace of growth. The need for more living quarters Is now urgent and will grow more so. Tho opportunity for remunerative investment in tho bulldiug and leasing or selling of' residences Is apparent and It Is some thing of a mystery that a greater building crusado Is not started. MAILS ARE NOW ON WINTER SCHEDULE The wlntor schedule for malls to tho outside went into effect on Octo ber first. The mall now leaves Marshfield for ftoseinirg at 7:30 each evening. This arrangement is Get in or Bunker Hill McArthur' ice over an Improvement over tho summer schedule, as It allows a large part of the mall which used to go out In the morning to leave 12 hours earlier. The return service Is about tho same, and tor the present tho contractor Is getting it tluough in good time and in fair shape. But the old famil iar sign, "Mall has not arrived," will soon bo with us, and we shall feel that winter has caught us again. The Bicakwnter Leaves. The steamer Breakwater, which was scheduled to leave yesterday at 3 o'clock, did not sail until lato in tho evening. She carried .the fol lowing passengers: W. A. Booth, A. L. Young, Mrs. T. J. Spooner, Mrs. Spooner, Miss Falrchllds, Mrs. M. O. Plank, Wm. Cox, H. Temple, Mrs. Raines, F. A. Rogers, J. D. Rogers, W. Warner, Mrs. Warner, Mack Dolg, T. J. Zimmerman, Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Eaton, G. A. Jackson, C. M. Bolieu, Ray Dell, J. L. Whitaker, O. R. Splrls, C. H. Simpson, A. Bebb, J. A. Houston, J. C. Marshall, G. D. Smith, R. Marsden, Mr. Lawer, Ira Johnson, F. Dusey, C. A. Reynolds, W. A. Herry, George Kruse, Herman Nabb, Mrs. Nabb, R. E. Hussy,, E. Hume, Yost Bilithes, H. F. Mooner, G. F. Hardy, Mrs. E. S. Fllterop, Miss Em ma Fliterop, J. W. Dressier, Elgin Barton, C. W. Woodward, D. O. Wil liams, J. F. Ralls. Will Spear Salmon. Ray Moore and John Nasburg havo gone to Ten Mile.lake supplied with all sorts of fishing tackle, Including overythlng from a brown hacklo fly to a salmon spear. They make this trip annually, and cimp at the out let of the Ten Mile creek where they employ tho primitive method (spear ing) for taking salmon. They al ways have an enjolable time and take enough fish to satiate the most en thusiastic fisherman. They will bo gono 10 days. MALHEUR PEACHES. MenMire n Foot in Circumference and Weigh Xcarly a Pound. J. T. Logan of Willow Creek, Is the champion peach ralsor of Mal heur county, and has produced at this t office peaches that outweigh the famous Malheur county peaches that took the first prize at the irri gation convention in California. We weighpd four of his peaches, and they tipped the scales at 2 7-8 pbnnds the largest weighed exactly ttfetf yiera s Fiiarmj three-quarters of a pound, and measureu 11 Inches. Ho brought into tho office 10 of theso luscious Malheur giants, and the smallest measured 10 Inches. Malheur is. now in the fruit industry, but she is certainly thero with the goods, and Willow Creek is king pin of Mal heur county. When, that country is thoroughly covered with an irriga tion system tho Gaiden of Eden will be liko a wilderness in comparison, and poor old Hood River will sink Into oblivion. Malheur county is. tho next largest county In Oregon, but she is the best of them all. Ex. Apostolic Faith Meetings. Religious services are being held. every evening In the Lutheran hall-on. B street, between Third and Fourth. Evangelist B. H. Irwin of Los An geles, Cal., Is In charge. Mr. Irwlrt preaches tho full gospel "with tho Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,"' and "speaks with tongues," accord is ICY 111111111 nil UUII1UJH -Ill i iii.miimu ing to Acts 10:46. Everybody is in- f I vited to attend. Come and hear l "the gospel of God." AT THE HOTELS. Hlnhco W. H. Harrington, A. 0 Freeman, Portland; Lewis McMullen A. L. Young, F. Houser, J. D. Castro W. Willett and wife, J. C. Wjitako- T.os Anirolps! Rnliort-. Tnrrfill nM 7" Vt Vt 77 ;, I,"77 t.. IBfacr auiia, n. v. iiumm, I'uruuuu, juk D. Woodruff, M. A. Tupper, MCqT quille; J. B. Ferguson, Ben McMjuj lin, J. C. Yalo and daughter, c j Harmon, Portland; J. F. ElllyStt. Central C. Waters, Alfred fsignal-' ness, B. Warren, Portland; JR. W, Davis, San Francisco; E. B. JNorrls, San Francisco; F. H. Beck, ,Blkhartr Ind.; I. R. Jones, J. O. Hill, Wash ington, D. C; Newt Compton, John V. Morris, Tom Riley, C. E. Whit worth, Charles Underwood, J. W. Foss, A. McDonald, J. F. Elliott, Fred Messerlo' T. F. Rico. Will Ship Coal to Eureka. J. B. Snedden, foreman of the? Rlverton coal mine, was in town Saturday and reported that the- work of sinking an incline to tap the vein will begin next week. It is tho purpose of the company to mine and ship coal to Eureka, Call- W lornia, u. ,u. uuums is general, manager for the cpmnany. Coquilie? Heraia. -L6t ii Wirt BAaJter Hill irW lift t $2l6i Sft"o J. V. J6iBB(rt fc 4 j '"& a&RJttWreil-' " .in.... , ..;,,, ul l-HI -VRHSnUp44 l?" V