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Itjr of Commerce nnd Gain and tlicjr
used to say: "A Mercury Is not
carved out of ANY pleco of wood."
Meaning much (ho same h.h w lien WE
say Unit a business Is not successfully
advertised through ANY sort of me
dium or methods the BEST being
essential.
"HE THAT will not bo ruled by
the rudder must be ruled by tho
rock;" and the merchant who does
not "believe'' in newspaper advertis
ing Is his own worst enemy. Tho
experience of successful business men
all over the country confirms tho fact
that newspaper advertising pays.
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VOL II.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908.
No. 288.
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FRED MUETZEL ACCUSED OF
SERIOUS III
Propretor of Ten Mile Saw Mill
Charged With Many
Offenses.
INSANITY CHARGE
DISMISSED TODAY.
Albert Smith Accuses Him Of
Assault With Intent
to Kill.
Fred Muctzel, formerly proprietor
of the shingle mill at Arago and now
operating a small lumber mill at Ten
Mile, was placed under arrest this
morning on the charge of Insanity
as the result of alleged threats and
attempts on the lives of several.
This charge was dismissed by
Judge Hall after a hearing but this
afternoon another charge of assault
with intend to kill will be filed
against him before Justice C. L.
Pennock by Albert Smith and Mr.
Muetzel again placed under arrest.
Today's complaints are the result
of trouble covering a long period and
which v-as brought to a focus yes
terday afternoon near the Muetzel
home by Mr. Muetzel, so Smith al
leges, shooting at him with a revol
ver. Otto Muetzel, a son who Is
about thirty years old, had the In
sanity charge placed against father
this morning, saying that he be
lieved that his parent was deranged.
Mrs. Muetzel, wife of the accused,
who, It Is alleged was severely
choked and otherwise Ill-treated by
him Saturday, will probably be call
ed as a witness.
Liquor Caused Shooting.
Tho trouble, according to the
stories told here today, is the result
of family differences and too much
liquor.
According to the story of Mr.
Smith, who has been employed by
Muetzel for the past four months,
yesterday's shooting followed a dis
pute over two bottles of beer. He
said that visitors to the lake had
presented him with two bottles of
beer and he took It homo. When he
reached the Muetzel place, Mr. Muet
zel objected to it, saying that ho
didn't want any liquor brought
around there. Smith says that he
told Muetzel that he thought he
could have a bottle of beer as he
had seen Mr. Muetzel bringing lots
of it there but if Mr. Muetzel ob
jected, he would destroy It. Smith
proceeded to destroy It, breaking the
bottles over a wagon wheel. Then,
Smith says, Muetzel drew a revolver
from his pocket and shot at him.
Mr. Muetzel proposes to put a
hard defense and the hearing is like
ly to bo hard fought. The hearing
will bo held just as soon as Prose
cuting Attorney Liljeqvlst returns
from Bandon.
WILL MAKE ARREST.
Marshal Carter and Watchman Con
dron Go to Ten Mile.
Marshal J'. W '.Carter and Night
Watchman Walter Condron went to
Ten Mile today with warrants for
the arrest of two men at Ten Mio
suspected of having committed the
recent depredations there. The evi
dence against the suspects is said
to be strong. The two. men are
strangers and excited suspicion by
their peculiar actions.
Firemen to Meet. Fire Chief Tom
NIcols has called a special meeting
of the Marshfleld Fire Department
for Thursday evening. Business of
importance will come up.
J. O. Stemmler has secured from
the county court contracts for the
building of a piece of road at Bridge
and a short piece on the South Fork.
He has secured a force of men and
quantity of material and commences
on tho IMddle Fork contract today.
The contracts awarded Mr. Stemmler
contemplate the expenditure of about
$7,000.
Dr. Bert E. Schoonmaker has
moved his dental offlces to second
floor of the new First Trust and
Savings Bank building.
If you want to buy or sell any
thing, bo sure and use The Times
want column. It always gives
MES BY SEVERAL
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STREET WORK
Marshfleld City Council De
cides On Several Public
Improvements.
What tho council did:
Ordered improvement of 'C street
at expense of abutting property.
Improvement will cost over $9,000.
Ordered Cedar street improved be
tween Third and Front streets.
Ordered Fourth and Burnett
streets improved from 'G' to Penn
sylvania avenue at cost of $14,481.50
to bo borne by abutting property
Ordered city engineer to prepare
plans and specifications to sewer all
of South Marshfleld south of Mills
Slough as one district.
Ordered grade of Chestnut street
between Third and Prosper changed.
Ordered Cedar street sewer lower
ed between two and three feet.
Ordered city engineer to prepare
plans for the west end slip for the
new ferry to Eastslde.
Decided for council to meet June
23 as board of equalization on Bur
nett and 'C avenue improvement
assessments.
Laid petition from saloon men ask
ing to reduction in licenses from $600
to $400(per year on tho table.
The above Is a summary of the ac
tions of the Marshfleld city council
last evonlng. There was considerable
discussion about some oi the projects
ana it was about 11 o'clock before
the session ended.
The South Marshfleld sewer pro
ject was brought up petitions signed
by some of the largest property
owners In that section. F. S. Dow
was present and explained that it was
the concensus of opinion among the
residents of that section that the
plans for the entire district be made
this time and then as much of the
system built as is necessary but that
arrangements be made so that addi
tional sower can bo laid as the
growth of that section of tho city
warrants. He said that he did not
believe that any of tho property
owners would object if tho matter is
properly arranged. There was some
objection on tho part of Mayor Straw
and others to the plan owing to their
belief that it will be necessary to lns
tal a pumping station for the sewer
covering the "marsh." However, tho
city engineer was ordered to prepare
plans for tho big system to furnish
an estimate of the cost. In preparing
the plans, he will consult a commit
tee from tne South Marshfleld prop
erty owners In order to give them
what they want. The entire section
Is to be drained direct into the Bay.
Cedar Street Sewer.
The Cedar Street Improvement
which has been a much mooted ques
tion since it was taken up on account
of tho opposition of some of tho prop
orty owners Is causing more trouble.
It was found that the old sewage
system put in there is between two
and three feet above the new grade
and will now have to be taken up
and lowered. Councilman Sacchi and
Nelson opposed the plan to have this
done at tho expense of the city, they
claiming that the abutting property
should stand the expense. The other
councllmen said that they were In
favor of having tho abutting property
owners pay for it If It could be so
arranged but as tho work has to be
done, they couldn't wait to consult
the property owners, even if the city
has to pay for It. Finally Council
men Nasburg, Lockhart and Flana
gan voted to have tho sewer lowered
at onco w'thout specifying who was
to bear the expense but Nelson and
Sacchi voted against it.
1'iivato Interests Clnsh.
Considerable amusement was caus
ed among tho visitors at the coun
cil by a little clash between tho pri
vate interests of Councilman Lock
hart and Councilman Flanaean. It
arose over a communication from J.
W. Bennett asking for official action
granting tho Flanagan and Bennett
bank the right to maintain a sewer
from the new bank building across
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ROBBERS IKE
Mail Pouch Containing $50,
000 In Currency and Other
Valuables Stolen Near Kan
sas City.
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, June 10. Al
though no definite information is ob
tainable here, there Is reason to be
lieve that a registered mail pouch
was stolen near Kansas City and
that It will prove one of the richest
hauls ever made In a postal rob
bery. The bag Is said to have contained
TJFT DELEGATES
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMIT
TEEMEN DECIDE IN THEIR
FAVOR AND DENY THAT THEY
ARE SHOWING FAVORITISmT"
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, June 10. The Repub
lican National Committee seated thel
eleventh and twelfth Missouri dis
trict Taft delegations. After the
decision in favor of the Taft forces
Chairman New, in discussing the
work of the committee said, "I know
it will be charged that the Taft peo
LICENSE CUT
But "13" May Prove Unlucky
and Bring Them Raise In
Marshfield.
That "13" is an unlucky number
was almost demonstrated by the city
council last evening when a petition
from the Marshfield retail liquor
dealers was read asking for a reduc
tion In licenses from $C00 to $400
per year. Instead of favoring the
reduction In the license, some of the
city officials made up their mind that
the license ought to be increased to
$1,000 per year. Owing to not being
ready to act, it was finally decided to
lay the petition on the table but there
were intimations that it might be
called up again and the license raised
instead of lowered.
The petition from the saloonmen
asked that the number of saloons in
Marshfield for the present be lliplted
to thirteen. Also that in view of the
fact that the council had recently in
creased the license from $400 to
$600 per annum and that this had
been closely followed by an order
compelling the saloons to shut at
midnight and on Sundays, the liquor
men thought tho license should be re
duced. The petition was signed by
practically all of the saloon proprie
tors.
Front street and emptying into the
Bay along or under the sidewalk ad
joining Mr. Lockhart's property. It
seems that the building had to con
struct a private sewer owing to the
basement of tho structrue being be
low the city sewer. Councilman
Lockhart moved that tho communica
tion be laid on the table. Council
man Flanagan opposed tho action un
less he could be assured that it would
be taken up soon, saying that the
matter had been pending for several
months now. Mr, Lockhart said that
ho and J. W. Bennett could person
ally adjust the matter and that he
didn't want the council to grant the
Flanagan and Bennett request be
cause such action might prove a cloud
on tho title of his iLockhart's- prop
erty. He said that ho had arranged
to give Mr. Bennett a lease for right
of way to the sewer. Councllmen
Sacchi and Savage Interposed In favor
of Messrs. Flanagan and Bennett and
Mr. Lockhart became Irlltated. Fin
ally upon Mr. LocKhart's assurance
.nat tho matter would bo adjusted
vately between he and Mr. Ben
nett, It was laid on tho table.
Closing out Summer Milllnory at
cost to make room for fall goods. M.
M. Langdon's Millinery, New O'Con
neil building.
WANT
VALUABLE RAUL
an unusual amount of matter and
an unverified report says one Item
in the bundle was a roll of currency
valued at fifty thousand ' dollars
which was being shipped by a local
bank to Its New York correspondent.
As Is usual In such cases, the
postofllce authorities and govern
ment officials refuse to discuss the
theft. They have not even admitted
that a mail pouch was stolen. It
is known though that secret service
men throughout the West and middle
west have received instructions to
bo on the lookout for tho thieves.
Just how the pouch was stolen Is
not known, but It Is believed to have
been secured while being transferred.
CONTESTS
ple on the committee aro riding
rough shod over everything, but I
want to say, however, that all con
tests have been settled strictly on
their merits."
Frank Hitchcock, manager of the
Taft forces, declared that neither
Taft nor his managers have made a
deal on the question of the nomina
tion of a vice-president and that
they will not push the candidacy of
any one man.
The contests in the first and sec
ond districts of North Carolina were
decided in favor of the Taft dele
gates. Archbishop Nitton, Formerly of
Georgia, Slain by Tiflis
Revolutionists.
(By Associated Press.)
TIFLIS, Africa., Juno 10. Arch
bishop Nitton, formerly of Georgia,
was assassinated by the Revolution
ists today on the steps of the syno-
dlcal building. A monk was severely
wounded. The assassins emptied
their revolvers Into the body of th
archbishop and escaped.
MYTRLE POINT POINTERS.
Items of Interest Taken From Tho
Enterprise.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Schroeder of Johnson's mill on
Tuesday, the 2d.
Uncle Shad Hudson left yesterday
for tho bay, en route to Portland
whither he goes to attend the 36th
annual reunion of Oregon pioneers.
It is Shad's first trip to Portland
since 1863, when there were only a
few shanties in the town, and his
visit will no doubt be greatly en
Joyed. Can you realize that it is less than
a month until tho Glorious Fourth?
The weather has not been a reminder,
thus, far, of tho approach of the natal
day, and as a consequence the crops
are quite backward. Old settlers
claim that another spring like It has
never been known in this locality.
E. C. Roberts went to Beaver Hill
Tuesday and closed a deal with W.
T. Moffett for the Mrs. W. P. Davis
ranch on Catching Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller of North Da
kota aro guests at the home of Mr.
and MrB. A. T. Train, east of town.
Mr. Miller Is a brother of Mrs. Train.
At a meeting of the city council,
which met In adjourned session Wed
nesday evening, a change was made
In the city marshalshlp. Mayor
Stemmler named W. R. Corbln to
succeed A. L. Rice, and the appoint
ment was confirmed by the council
men. Tho former marshal asked a
raise In salary which tho council
thought it could not afford.
Dr. J. D. Wetmoro received word
from his friend, Dr. Wm. Tatom of
Florence announcing tho arrival of a
pair of twins at his homo on the 28th.
Dr. Tatom formerly practiced dentist
ry at Coqulllo, where ho was a mem
ber of tho order of Eagles, and Dr.
Wetmoro thinks It qulto appropriate
that ho should emulato tho king of
birds and bring them in by tho pair.
Ho only regrets that ho was not near
enough to hear tho screaming of tho
fathor bird.
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S CITY FLOOD LOSS
NOT AS GREAT AS FEARED
SES RE
AFTER
Scores Join In Search For
Slayer of Woman North
of Bellingham.
(By Associated Press.)
BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 10.
A special from Blaine says that
two hundred men aro searching tho
country on both sides of tho Interna
tional line for tho man who ravished
and murdered Mrs. William Morri
son three miles north of Blaine yes
terday afternoon. Blood hounds are
being used. A suspect was arrested
last night, but he gives a good ac
count of himself, and It Is believed
that he can prove an alibi. The
posse have a clue to a tramp who
was seen near Blaine this morning
when he jumped from a train.
The crime was committed lute yes
tedray while Mrs. Morrison and her
young daughter were walking on the
railroad track near Hazzlemoro on
the Great Northern. While the tramp
outraged her mother, tho child ran
for help. When neighbors arrived,
they found tho woman dead with
her throat cut.
CANNON IN CHICAGO.
Says He Will be in Presidential Race
as Long as Delegates Let Him
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. 111., Juno 10. Speaker
Joe Cannon who arrived in Chicago
from his home in Danville, 111., de
clared himself to be a candidate for
president "until they stop voting or
elect some one else." Cannon will
return homo tonight.
Noted Capitalist, Politician and
Magnate Succumbs After
Short Illness.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, June 10. O. H. P.
Belmont died at his home, Hemp
stead, L. I., this morning. He has
been seriously 111 for less than two
weeks. He was a son .of tho late
August Belmont. The present Aug
ust Belmont and Perry Belmont are
his brothers.
OSCAR MOON DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Well-known Coos County Man Suc
cumbs at General Hospital
Burial at Sumner.
Oscar Moon, a well-known Coos
county young man, died at tho Gen
eral hospital after an illness of a
year or more. He was taken to the
hospital to undergo an operation, but
ho rapidly grew worse, preventing
the operation.
Mr. Moon was born and raised
near Coqulllo. Ho is survived by a
mother and several brothers and sis
ters. Ulysses Moon of MarBhfleld, Is
a brother of tho deceased.
The body was taken to Sumner for
burial.
NOTICE.
Bids will bo received for building
a grand stand at Fair Grounds up to
7:30 p. in., Friday, Juno 12. Seo
specifications at Chamber of Com
merce. Reserve right to reject any
or all bids.
COOS & CURRY DISTRICT
(FAIR ASSOCIATION.
F. P. NORTON, President.
FOR THE greatest reduction in
(millinery, seo Mrs. A. G. Aiken.
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BELMONT DIES
IN NEW YORK
River Recedes Before Reach
ing Record of High Water
in 1903.
T0PEKA PEOPLE
RETURN TO HOMES.
Trains Reach Butte But Can
not Proceed Westward For
Several Days.
(By Assocratntt tress.)
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Juno 10.
Kansas City today Is experiencing
the worst flood since 1903. Tho
flood stage of 1904 was passed last
night but there Is little possibility
of the flood stage of 1903, when
millions of damage was done, being
reached and the Indications are that
the crest o fthe present flood will
pass this afternoon. To tho west,
at Lawrence and Topeka, the Kaw is
falling rapidly.
LOWER AT TOPEKA.
More Rain May Renew Flood
Danger.
(By Associated Press.)
TOPEKA, Kan. .June 10. The
river is falling an Inch per hour. Tho
citizens are returning to their homes
and merchants are resuming busi
ness. The Weather Bureau predicts
further rains.
TRAINS REACH BUTTE.
May Bo Week Rcforo Trafilc to Spo
kane Is Resumed.
(By Associated Press.)
BUTTE, Mont., Juno 10. Five
trains from tho East arrived last
night. The road to tho West is in
bad shapo and communication be
tween Butte and Spokane may delay
ed a week longer.
Joe Ford, Sioux City Gambler,
Murders Mrs. Sargent and
Commits Suicide.
(By Associated Press.)
SIOUX CITY, la., June 10. MIsb
Margaret Sargent was compelled to
force an entrance to her homo last
night, and on searching for tho
cause of tho door being locked found
her mother dead on tho floor and be
sldo her Joe Ford, a well-known
gambler, both with bullet holes in
their heads, and a revolver in the
man's hand. The man left this note
"I was drove to this. May God tor
sive me." Jealousy is thought tho
motive of the double crime.
HOLD. GREEK FOR CRIME.
Arrested in Chicago for Murder la
Washington.
(By Associated Press.)
SPOKANE, Wash., Juno, 10.
George Thomas, alias George Stano
polls, a Greek, arrested in Chicago
yesterday is wanted in Whitman
county, Wash., for tho alleged mur
der on July 11, 1907, of Nelsho Jo
sey, a Greek, who was killed near
Colfax and robbed $500. Two men
aro Implicated In the murder.
REUNION OF CONFEDERATES.
Over 7,000 Veterans Gather nt Bir
mingham, Ala.
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 10.
Amid great enthusiasm and before
7,000 people, tho reunion of Con
federate Veterans was called to ordor
by Major Gonoral Georgo P. Harri
son, commanding tho Alabama Dlvi
slon of tho Confederacy. Tho read
ling of an address prepared by Gen
eral Stophen D. Leo and which, had
ho lived, would hayo beon dellvored
by him was a feature of tho exercises.
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results.
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