EDITION
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VOL. II.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907.
No. 102.
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Mr. Eddy Gave Splendid Ad
. dress at Chamber of Com
merce Other Speeches
COOS BAY WAGON ROAD
Must He Repaired if Mulls Are Con
tinued 0er It Mr. llltiir's
Opinions.
The Marshflold Chamber of Com
merce was invested with its custom
arj attractions last evening when
Hon. Ira B. Smith called the regular
weekly meeting to order In place of
President McCormac, who was ab
sent for the flrst time since ho was
chosen to the position which ho oc
cupies. Secretary Lons who. has
been absent in Portland aiTd other
Valley towns for several weeks, has
escaped with his lite from the Cods
Baj-Roseburg wagon road and occu
pied his customary place. The busi
ness was not of such a matter for
the most part that it could not be at
tended to by the Executive Commit
tee, but Col. Brijjha.n, of the North
Bend Chamber of Commerco stated
that the Chamber which he repre
sented had raised $125 to put into a
similar amount furnished by the
Marshfleld Chamber to pay the ex
pense of sending Mr. Peter Loggle,
of Coos Bay, to the Trans-MIsslsslppl
Convention to be held in Indian Ter
ritory. The chairman stated that
this was a very important matter but
as few of the members were present
at the moment he would refer the
matter to the Executive Committee to
act Monday night. The general senti
ment seemed to be that Coos Bay
should be represented at the con
vention. Mr. Eddy, the architect who has
recently settled -in Marshfleld, was
then called on to address the Cham
ber on the subject of City Lawns.
He stated that he had lived on the
coast where the winter season was
characterized by rains for more, than
thirty years; that a part of that
time had been spent In Seattle, a
pait In Bellingham and a portion in
many of the cities of California; that
he was more recently from San Joi-e,
where he had special opportunity to
note the development of architectural
beaut) in streets and buildings, more
particularly homes, and of land
scape beauty In gardens, lawns and
parks; that San Jose was perhaps
the fliost beautiful city In the world;
but that he believed the Coos Bay
cities had equal opportunities to
cultivate art In the respects which
had made San Jose famous; that ho
knew much about the conditions
which made great cities on the coast
and that ho understood Coos Bay and
Its condit'ons well, and Judging by
tho development of the cities on
Puget Sound as well as in California,
he had no question that the great
harbor and abundant resources at
Coos Bay would produce a city of a
hundred thousand on Coos Bay in
less than twenty years; that such a
prospect should remind the Inhabi
tants of the need of making the city
one of attractions; that the thing a
new arrival noted as he passed along
through the city was the city streets
and the yards and gardens and
lawns, that if the streets were dingy,
uninviting and poorly kept, such new
arrivals would not be willing to stay
and would .go away; that, iu his
opinion, the Coos Bay climate was
warm enough so that while oranges
and lemons might not come to ma
turity, yet orange and lemon trees
could bo grown hero and their orna
mental beauties enjoyed; that ho had
seen camolias here seven feet high
and flowering w'ith all the gloriouB
bloom of the fnr southern type, only
he had never seen anything farther
south which was equal to what ho
had seen here; the possibilities of
lawns here was great and they should
he developed by seeding to blue
grass, '
Mr. Eddy believed that the streets
should, with perhaps tho excoptlon
f the purely business streets bo
houlevarded, having a thirty foot
road bed, a six foot walk on each
sIde and a space for trees. He did
not think It was wise to have the
iots made so small as twenty-five by
one hundred feet, because the 25-foot
iot was not large enough to build
anything better than a cottage and
OXK-TIMK OWXKIt
OP HALF TOXAl'AH
BKXT TO A Ci:iili
Reno, Nov., Nov. 1 Unco
a millionaire, now a petty thief,
Charles Carr, original dlscov-
4 eror of tho famous Wertend
mine, and once owner of half
the city of Tonopah, stood be-
fore Judge Bell In the police
court yesterday and received a
sentence of GO days In Jail, with
an alternative of $100 line, for
taking a suit case belonging to
another. For lack of funds
Carr went to Jail. Carr was
one of tho best known men In
Nevada when Tonopah and
Goldfleld were discovered.
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the result would be that the resi
dence portion .where the lots were
small would be comparatively Infer
ior. He would always go to the sec
tion where there were fifty foot lots
and felt sure, from his experience
elsewhere that he would have better
chances to bo in a desirable resi
dence district. Mr. Eddy's address
was regarded as one of the most in
structive and interesting which has
been delivered at the Chamber and it
was a misfortune that the hall was
i.ot crowded.
Mr. Fitzgerald, of Medford, Ore
gon, vis ca'led upon to speak and
showed tha while Coos Bay had
charmed him, still he had not come
so far under its spell as to fftrget his
fealty to Medford. Ho believed his
city was a very promising one and
that in ten years would reach a
population of ten thousand. Ho
spoke of Medford's apples, pears
and peaches, of her Iron, gold and
copper mines, and of the coal mine
which they hoped would give tho
people cheap fuel. He said that
wood at Medford was fourteen dol
lars a cord. He thought the bay on
which Marshfleld and North Bend
were built was a great one, and that
It was the best he had seen beyond
San Francisco. He believed the
Coos Bay city would become a very
large one Inside of twenty years and
that it was a good thing that Med
ford had an ocean outlet at this
point.
Mr. Robert Blair, of the Coos Bay
ous and yet serious speech, show
ing how necessary it is to flx
up that road in oder to get the
nails regularly Into this country.
He also asked the' Chamber to aid
In getting the people to subscribe
money to help improve the road.
On motion the Secretary was In
structed to -confer with the commer
cial bodies of North Bend, Coqullle,
Myrtle Point, Bandon and Roseburg,
with a view of procuring united ac
tion to have the Roseburg-Coos Bay
wagon road Improved.
On motion Mr. Sengstaclam and
Captain Harris were appointed a
committee tojconfer with the North
Bond Chamber of Commerce on tho
subject of having an exhibit at the
Food and Dairy Exhibition to bo
hold in Portland sometime this
month.
BIG FIRMS SUMMONED
BEFORE JUDGE PENNOCK
K. V. Kruso and Robert Banks of
the firm of Kruso & Banks ship
yard, C. G. Hockett manager of the'
Coos Bay Manufacturing Co., Fred
Bode, manager of the North Bendi
Manufacturing Co., and L. J. Simp
son, manager of the Simpson Lum
ber company, were summoned to ap
pear in Justice C. L. Pennock's court
yesterday and answer to a charge of
allowing sawdust to run into the bay.
The parties appeared and asked for
u continuance until today at one
o'clock, which was granted. It Is
held that sawduBt allowed to drift
Into the bay destroys much of the
sea fish and tho complaint was Is
sued by Glen Aiken with the hope of
correcting the custom.
Mr. Kemp Departs.
Mr. D. M. Kemp, who has been
on the bay for about a week pro
moting the Florence-Coos Bay auto
mobile line, left Friday morning for
Florence. Mr. Kemp mado many
frlencjs while here and received
much encouragement for the line.
Mr. Tom Wolfe, associated with
Messrs. Kemp and Andrews, will
start for the hay as soon as Mr.
Kemp arrives home. Either that
blind horse' or some broken glass
has put one of his wheels pretty
near on the bum, but a new tire is
en the way.
1 FOOTBALL GAME TODAY
This afternoon the teams from the North Bend and Marsh-
field high schools will meet on the Marshfleld gridiron and again
contend for supremacy. The North Bend eleven, though lighter
than tho Marshfleld boys, put up a strong and surprising game at
their meeting two weeks ago, and it Is said they have made
great improvement since then. The Marshfleld boys have ne-
glected practice and havo been on the turf but very few times
since the game at North Bend. Tor that reason, the neighbors
will have the advantage, as they havo practiced faithfully. Taken
all in nil, from indications, the game should be much closer than
the last, and with anywhere near favorable weather ther should
O be a large attendance. The game Is to take place at 2:30 on O
the baseball grounds at the depot.
WASHINGTON PUTS
BLAME ON OREGON
Mead Says Proclamation of Cham
berlain Forced Him to
Act.
Olympai, Wash., Oct. 30. Gov
ernor Mead this morning issued a
1 reclamation requested by banks de
claring a bank holiday for the next
two days. The proclamation reads!
"Whereas, a proclamation was
issued October 29, 1907, by the gov
ernor of Oregon declaring a Jegal
holiday In said state extending
through the week until Saturday,
November 2, 1907: and
"Whereas, it is made to appear
that the closing of the Oregon banks
by virtue o.f said proclamation will
op use injury and embarrassment to
certain banking interests of the
State of Washington transacting
business with certain banks of Or
egon, "Therefore, In order to protect
the Interests of the banks of the
Slate of Washington so affected, I,
.Albert E. Mead, Governor of tho
State of Washington, by virtue of
the authority in me vested,
"Do proclaim Wednesday and
Thursday October 30 and 31, 1907,
legal' holidays."
DISCOVERS NEW RACE
Philadelphia, Nov. 1. Dr. George
B. Gordon, curator of the University
of Pennyslvania archaeological de
1 artment, who has Just returned
after a bIx months' expedition
through the wildest regions of the
far northwest, announces the dis
covery of a new raco living along the '
Koskowlm river In Alaska.
Dr. Gordon brings back a strange
tale of this new race, which has
nver before seen a white man, and
which differs from all other tribes
of Alaskan Indians. They are called
by the Eskimos "Kuskwagamutes,"
and show strong traces of Mongolian
ancestry. Crime and vice are ut
terly unknown among them, and
their religion Is pantheism.
"Though they are dying out," Dr.
Gordon said, "they are strong and
clean,' physically and morally, and
are Intelligent. They have retained
(he most ancient characteristics of
dress and speech. They have no
laws at all but are governed by pat
riarchs. The men are tall and the
women graceful and beautiful. There
are only 400 of them left."
NORTH IiEND
Mr. G. Swenson, of Eugene, Is in
tho city calling on friends.
Mr. John B. Goddard, of Marsh
fleld, was a business visitor hero yes
terday. Mrs. F. Grlbl, of Bandon, is in
the city on buslnes. She will re
turn Saturday.
Mrs. William Hlcklng, of Prosper,
Oregon, Is In tho city calling on
friends and relatives.
Tho steamer Breakwater arrlyed
In port at eight o'clock Friday
morning with nearly 100 passengers.
Tho North Bend chamber of com
merce met In their rooms in the'
Myers building Thursday night. A .
largo attendance was reported and '
many Important questions were dls-'
cussed. All members of late are .
taking an active part in the chamber j
end some good work Is being done
for North Bend at present.
Mr. J. R. Robertson, of El Creo ,
ranch, was in tho city attending to
his interests Friday.
Attorney Fred Holllster Is again
able to be with us. Ho has suffered
from an attack of rheumatism tho
past two weeks.
$15,000,000 GOLD
COINAGE ORDERED
San Francisco Mint Force Will Begin
on Yellow Twenties at
Once.
San Francisco, Nov. 1. Pursuant
to directions from Washington, the
coinage of $15,000,000 of gold bul
lion will be undertaken immediately
at the mint In this city. No gold has
been coined here since August, the
active force being employed In coin
ing Filipino pesos. The mint force
was considerably enlarged as the
coining of Philippine silver was un
dertaken, and it Is thought this force
will be adequate to handle the rush
order for gold twenties.
The savings banks of San Fran
cisco have adopted the plan of com
pelling depositors to give notice of
withdrawal before permitting them
to draw out their accounts. This
action, following that of the com
mercial banks to adopt the clearing
house system, is merely to protect
the interests of depositors in event
of a senseless run on any of the in
stitutions. The banks of San Francisco were
never in better condition, having to
their credits immense loans In Now
York institutions, but the experience
cf some of the eastern banks have
shown tne wisdom of taking precau
tionary measures in time of peace.
In Nevada the situation has been
greatly relieved by the importation
of millions of r
A depositor, demanded $50,000 from
the Reno branch of the Nye & Orm
sby county bank yesterday, and the
bank, on advice of its attorney, Im
mediately closed its doors until
Monday, when the period of holiday
ends.
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
PRINTED IN OREGON
Ii'arity Is on Exhibition at the Cham
ber of Commerce Property of
Mrs. Matson.
Secretary Walter Lyon, of tho
chamber of commerce, has on ex
hibition In tho window on Front
street, the flrst newspaper ever pub
lished in Oregon. It Is the property
of Mrs. Matson, of this city, and Is
a real historical rarity. The paper
is a four page issue, of four columns,
and was printed at Oregon City,
February 5th, 184C. The country
was then a territory, but the editor,
W. G. T'Nault, was in those long
past days, as optimistic regarding
the future of tho country, as are the
piesent inhabitants, and his theory
was that it; was designed to become
u great commonwealth. The paper
has passed through many hands,
having been sent east via the Isth
mus of Panama by a man from the
Dalles td a relative In Iowa. It was
brought across tho plains later on
by a woman, and finally fell Into
Mrs. Matson's hands. Mrs. Matson
has It framed In a mounting which
gives tho interested person a view
of both sides and all four pages of
the issue.
PLANT WILL LEAVE
THIS AFTERNOON
Tho Plant arrived In early yester
day morning from San Francisco,
and will leave on the southward
voyngo this afternoon at four o'clock.
She brought tho following passen
gers: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James,
Rachaol James, Mrs. N. E, Daggett
and child, Mrs. W. S. Turpln, T. 0.
F. Wadsworth, Joe Lapp, A. S.
Young, Wm. Lawlor, J. T. Sullivan,
L. E. Johnson, Mrs. O. Donoghue,
Mrs. Beutham, J. Smith, Mrs. Thom
as Konst, Wash Mallon ,G S. Milson,
J A. Loomls, M. C, Moloney, F. J.
Perrln, R. E. Cashion, R. S. Tyrrell,
Mrs. C. Hughes, Reka Johnson, E.
A. Gundelflnger, and six steerage.
WHISPERS WAFTED
OF ANNEXATION
British Columbia May Sonic Day
Turn Southward For
Assistance.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 1. Failure
on the part of tho Dominion govern
ment to give relief to British Colum
bia from the Incoming hordes of Ori
entals may one day lead to that part
of the British domain being joined
to tho United States. Extravagant
as such a claim may sound, whispers
to that effect even now are heard
from across the international border
lino, and politicians over in England
would not be greatly surprised to
hear of a movement looking to such
annexation.
Of all questions before tho people
of British Columbia, tho Immigration
Issue Is by far tho most Important.
All foreigners coming Into Canada by
way of the Pacific must enter
through Victoria or Vancouver, both
of them British Columbian ports.
Ninety-nine per cent of those pass
ing through these doorways are Asi
atics Japanese, Hindus and Chinese.
They are dumped In the seacoast
towns by Immigration companies,
and many of them have sought to re
main there, becoming heavy charges
upon the municipalities.
So far appeals to Ottawa for a re
striction of Incoming Orientals have
fallen on deaf ears. The government
sal s its hands are tied so far as
Japan 13 concerned, because the Mi
kado Is an ally of England, and the
existing treaty gives the right to all
Nipponltes to come and go within the
Dominion. The Hindus cannot be ex
cluded because they aro subjects of
tho British crown.
This being the case, not a few
British Columbians believe tho time
is coming, and that fast, when they
will have to look elsewhere for as
sistance against the Asiatic peril.
And naturally their eyes turn toward
the south, where only an Imaginary
boundry line gives the people living
within its limits protection from tho
yellow and brown man. While they
are not shouting It from the house
tops, the people are beginning to
talk it among themselves that the
government Is best for them which
will give them tho relief that they
need.
TROOPS CALLED
TO STOP RIOT
Toxnns Kill Five Negroes and l)e-
clnre They Will Drive Blacks
Out.
Houston, Tex., Nov. 1. Reports
from San Agustlne county, in south
ern Texas, following a second appeal
for troops, declare a race riot Is In
progress, In which flvo negroes are
known to be dead and many others
wounded. The white population Is
driving the blacks from tho country
nnd residents of Sabine county on
tho eastern state border line are
warning the negroes not to stop In
that country on penalty of death.
Captain Rogers and three rangers
were dispatched to tho scene Tues
day but they found themselves nnd
the sheriff's posso unablo to quell
tho war against tho blacks.
The trouble, which has been brew
ing since tho railroads brought ne
gro laborers to that section, was pre
cipitated by the ambushing of two
white men by tho negroes, In which
one man was killed and tho other
dangerously wounded.
HEAVY GALE BLOWS
AT GALVESTON TEXAS
Galveston, Tex., Oct. 31. A wind
and rain storm of unusual severity
struck this city early today. A num
ber of residences In the west end
were blown to tho ground and two or
three persons aro reported injured..
Tho downpour was heavy for an hour
and low areas are flooded. All tho
telegraph wires with tho exception of
one aro on tho ground.
The Storm began on Monday, tho
rain falling in torrents and continu
ing until early this morning, when a
heavy wind camo up. Tho Mallory
steamship docks were damaged and
many sheds blown over, a round
house was unroofed, an elevatoi
razed and window glass shattered In
several streets. Ten thousand tele
phones were put out of order. The
electlrc light plant Is crippled and tho
city will go dark tonight.
Caught a Hear.
John Cattere caught a flno big
black ber In a trap at tho head of
Ross Inlet Thursday. It weighed
about 400 pounds, the largest of tho
season.
STILL ALIV!
Parents Receive Letter From
Him Dated at Ravina Neb.,
October 26th.
HAD READ FLINT'S STORIES
Mrs. TiOclcman Believes John Is Out
for Similar Experiences of
Tramp Life.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lockman ar
rived home yesterday on the Break
water from their trip to Spokane in
search of information which might
lead to the discovery of their son
John Lockman who departed from
Coos Bay some time in July. The
readers of the Times will recnll the
story of the note signed "William
Albert Davis" which was left In a
hotel rack at Spokane, and which
told of the murder of John Lockman
at Wenatchee, Washington. The
grief of tho parents and the accom
panying anxiety has been told.
Mr. and Mrs. Lockman spent
about a week at Spokane, and with
the aid of the chief of police could
find no word' or trace of the boy In
all that time. They telephoned to
Wenatchee and learned from the
woman who keeps a hotel there that
persons answering Davis' and tho
boy's description had actually staid
at her house over night on the flrst
of October. This Information was
not comforting to the parents, and
seemed to lend a new light on the
subject. There hnd been a letter re
ceived here In Marshfleld stating
that there had been no William Al
bert Davis at St. Anthony Falls.
But the parents learned while at
Spokane that this was a mistake,
as there Is such a man whose home
Is at St. Anthony Falls. The woman
who .was located at Wenatchee said
that the man who staid at her house
over night called himself Davis, and
so when the Lockmans left Spokane
It was with the belief that the boy
hnd been killed as Intimated In the
rote, though they had some hopes
left that there had been a mistake
somewhere.
But they were greatly surprised
and overjoyed upon reaching home
yesterday to find a letter from their
son awaiting them In the Marshfleld
postofllco. it was written on the
20th of October from Ravina, Neb
raska, and said ho was on h's way
to New York City. Ho had money,
$20, which had been given by his
two uncles he visited In the early
part of his wandering. He sent a
picture he had lately had taken nnd
told his parents ho would be homo
sometime, but could not say when.
Mrs. Lockman, who was seen,
said she hoped ho would Anally turn
up In Iowa where his grandparents
live, but she had her doubts, since
Ms being headed for Now York madft
It appear that he would go through
with this determination. She said
ho had often read tho tramp tales
of Joslah Flint, and sho presumed
he had taken to wandering through
becoming deeply Interested in them.
Tho boy gave no address for his
purents to write to, and for this rea
son, they believe ho does not want
thorn to Intercept him and havo him
returned to Coos Bay. Young Lock
man was In Seattle for a time and
left that city on tho 15th of October,
according to his letter. Ho promised
to write more frequently and keep
his parents Informed of his where
abouts. Northwest Breaks How Line.
Tho bnrkentino Northwest, which,
has been lying at the Southern Pa
cific dock for nearly six months, yes
terday broke hor bow lino and
swung into tho channol. The out
going tldo, however, brought her
back to hor moorings and slip vis
secured. Tho old boat Is becoming
nu oyesoro to tho city, slncp she
seoms of no particular use, Sho Is
tho property of the Rlverton Lumber
company, and was put out of com
mission some time ago, owing to
troublo In the lumber mnrkot. At
that time hor crew loft hor and sho
has boon guarded slneo by a. lono
watchman, who will llkoly have a
lion on hor for her full worth If sho
U not rigged up and put on some
run soon.