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(taa lag WANT ADS, IX "THE TIMES" ARE TIIE BEST MEANS OP GETTING WHAT yOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT. Till THEM AND BE CONVINCED. SUCCESS FOR THE DEALER ANB SMOI' PER IS A LITTLE SECRET THAT ONIiY THE ADVERTISING OOL UMNS WILL UNFOLD. mmtB MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL XXXII. Established In 1878 as Tlio Coast Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, .MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1909 EVENING EDITION. A consolidation of Times, Coast Mall and Coos Bay Advertiser. No. 112. SEVERE WIND ID BAIN STORM STIES COOS BAY From 4:30 Sunday Afternoon Until 3:00 Today, 3.86 Inches of Rain. SOUTHWEST GALE ALL LAST NIGHT Coos River Booms Break and Logging Companies May Lose Heavily. One of the worst storms that has struck this section in several years broke late yesterday afternoon. A heay southwest wind prevailed all night and the rainfall was incessant. From 4:30 o'clock Sunday after noon, until 3 o'clock this afternoon, the government rain guage hero showed a rainfall of 3.8C inches. As a result of the extraordinary rainfall, all of the streams are rising rapidly and it Is feared that the freshets may do considerable ' dam age. 4 This afternoon, the shear-boom of the Smith-Powers Logging Company at the mouth of Coos River broke and for a time it was feared that fhey would lose a large number of logs. However, the first rafts were caught and hauled back with a small loss. A large force of men and boats have been stationed near the booms to save the logs. it is reported this afternoon that both the North and South Coos River booms have given away and that about 8,000 logs belonging to the Smith-Powers Company and the tho Simpson Lumber., Company are being carried pell'mell down stream. The Coqullle is understood to be rapidly flooding and more or less trouble Is expected there. Many Roofs Leak. As a result of the heavy rainfall and the driving wind, many roofs and windows were leaking today. Considerable damage will result al though there was no particularly heavy single loss'. Many trees were blown down in the outskirts of town and some fences and small outbuildings suf fered from the gale. Wires Are Down. The Western Union and long dis tance telephone wires have been down all day, and it is feared that they suffered several bad breaks. Manager Schetter has no hope of getting the service restored on the Western Union for another twelve hours or so. Hard On Boats. The storm off the coast is said to he flerce. The Alliance, due today, will probably not get in before to morrow owing to having had to buck a seventy-mile gale. No word was heard from her last night, the storm being too fierce for her wire less to do business. The Eureka came in from Portland yesterday and Is waiting here for the weather to improve before going to sea. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. The Nann Smith is due in tomor row from Bay Point. The Welhelmlna is due in today from Gardiner with a cargo of ce ment. The schooner Advent came In Sat urday night and Is loading at the Simpson Lumber Company's mill. The Bandon Is due in today from San Francisco. She will take a cargo of lumber from the North "end mill and probably will not stop at Bandon this trip as she has been doing. REMEMBER the ONE-IflALF RE ACTION SALE still on MRS. J. H. "OSIERS, design, Coos Building. i m .. . .,,-. , K niocK oi uuun 'imaua iu PICTURES at WALKER'S Studio. Get your TICKETS EARLY for the HOME MINSTREL Show. ASA DUNHAM BUYS NEWPORT n.,.sU ru o,., rr-v, r r -j . i-j w iiiii a u -j i i u i ri i CliaS. P. Doe tO Put On Local Run. EUREKA, Cal., Nov. 22. "Asa Dunham, formerly chief engineer of the steamer Roanoke, has purchased the steamer Newport from C. P. Doe of the North Pacific Steamship Company, will have her overhauled at the Eureka Foundry and will take tho ship north to be put on a run along the Oregon coast. "The steamer Newport has been tied up in the stream between Wood ley and Gunther Islands of this bay during the last two years, and for some time past has been in charge of Captain Hansen, who has kept the ship in condition. That by the end of a week or ten days the New port will be seaworthy. "Since the last work performed on the Corona wrecic moro man a year ago, the Newport has never had steam up. Her last ocean trips were made under the command of Captain Johnson, now of the steam er J. J. Loggia of McKay and Com pany. Laier C. P. Doo made -use of the ship to drop kedge anchors in the entrance waters by which to guide the Corona out around the north jetty when It was so confident ly expected the Corona would be saved, and brought into this bay. The Newport has proved herself to be a fine little coaster and an excel lent bar boat. "Dunham did not know who would command the Newport after she was placed in commission. He stated that he would have general charge of the boat, and that, there were no others associated with him to take care of the business. Dun ham plans to operate the ship out of Portland to the south as far as Coos Bay, with calls at Astoria, Til lamook and Coquille. Occasionally, he says, the Newport may visit Hum boldt bay with cargo. "Dunham refuses to make known the prico paid for the Newport, but It is believed to have been a very leasonable ous. Tt is reported that. he received J1 .',000 for his lnter?.Us H the little "aier Argo, now 'j-. the proposed run of the Newport. Under the circumstances, the Ore gon run sesiis '.u " a very p.vfl. able one. , "Plans for the building of a mod ern steamship of medium size for the Oregon run, as announced by Dunham several mouths ago, the gentleman says have not been aban doned. He states that It was origin ally intended to purchase the New port for freighter purposes, and that the ship Is to be used for tho transportation of lumber and logs almost exclusively, not passenger work. When tlje new ship is built the Newport Is to be, operatea tne same as ever. 'The Newport is 135 feet long, 2C feet beam and 12 feet depth of hold. She will carry 300 tons of freight, or 210,000 feet of lumber, and will make eight knots speed." TO PUNISH OFFENDERS. American Federation of Labor to Keep Men In Line. TORONTO, Can., Nov. 19. Or ganizations affiliated H)fl0ffi American Federation of Labor, must cease harboring the seceding unions of the electrical workers. President Gompers made this announcement ntta tho nnestion had been raised by delegate Hayes of Cleveland. I Hayes said that state federations in L ..i etntos including Washlng- " " ton. aro protecting the seceding ac tions of the electrical workers ana asked if the charters would be revoked. REPORT BID VESSEL DESTROYED St. Croix Burned Off Point Dume, California, Saturday Night According to Wireless Message. According to bits of wireless mes sages picked up by Operator Shirley at the local Station of the United Wireless, Saturday night, the big passenger steamer St. Croix caught fire and burned to the water's edge off Point Dume, Cal., Saturday eve- nine. All of the passengers were - w - savea Heswns able to get but little par- Independent Football Team Defeats Coquille at Myrtle Point Sunday. i By a score of five to Marshfield Independent none, the Football team yesterday defeated the Coqullle Independents at Myrtle Point The game was a good one despite the rainy weather and muddy field Marshfield played in hard luck, four times losing the ball on a fluke when Inside Coqullle's five yard line. ' There was a good crowd In at tendance," many accompanying the team from here on the special train. The Marshfield team chartered the train for $100 and will make be-, tween ?25 and $50 above expenses. Arrangements were practically IMSHF IELD ROAD EXPERTS ME HIE COK HERE perfected yesterday for a game be- M'rtle Point and after looking over tween the Coqullle and Marshfield the roads and country, deliver ad Independents In Marshfield Thanks- Qresses there at Codullle and pos giving Day. If the weather is at all sib Bandon, and then come to the favorable, they will play here. I Bay t0 sl)eak here- The officials of yesterday's game ' Dr. E. E. Straw, who arranged for were Referee Brlggs, Umpire Bill Mr. Morrison to come, has "arrang- Howe, Head Linesman O. Gulovson, Timekeepers Smith and Johnson. Marshfield's lineup was as fol lows: F. Matson, c; Doyle, 1. g.; .Hlllstrom, r. t.; Johnson, 1. e.; Do- lan, r.it.; a. iuaison ana a. nansou, quarter; Jas. Merchant, r. h.; Blan chard, fullback; Jas. Cowan, 1. h.; Elrod, 1. t.; Abbott, r. e. HOLD FAMILY REUNION. A. M. Sumner Celebrates 70th Birth day In Bandon. " The Bandon Recorder says: "Wednesday was the 70th birthday, of A. M. Sumner, one of Bandon's leading citizens, and to commemo rate the event, all the four children, and seven grand children, gathered at the parental home to celebrate, i the day. The children present were Mrs. E. B. Fish and family, Edwin Slmner and family all of Bandon, and MIlo and Frank Sumner of Marshfield. A bounteous dinner was served at noon and the day was greatly enjoyed. Ryljelng the first time in a number of years when all tho children were home. "Mr. Sumner Is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted with Blrge's sharp shooters, September 12, lSGl'and served three years and ten months to the close of the war, He was through Sherman's famous march to the sea, and was wounded in tho Battle of Atlanta, August 11, 18C4. Mr. Sumner was born in Boston, Mass., November 17, 1839. Yesterday was also the 70th birth day of Thos Coates a veteran of the Civil War and at present is road supervisor in this district." WILL MAKE NO CHANGES. Western Union Officials Will Retain Their Positions. NEW YORK, Nov. 19. An au thoritative announcement was made today by officials of tho American Telephone and Telegraph Company that there will be no change In tho official personnel of tho Western Union by reason of the transfer and control of that company to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Try Times' Want Ads. " , ticulars of the disaster. Tho St. Croix carried several hundred pas sengers and plied between San Francisco and Southern California points. She was an oil burner and had been having hard luck prior to Saturday's disaster. A week or so ago, her chief engineer was killed by an explosion aboard her. As near as Operator Shirley could gather, she succeeded In getting in close to shore before the fire had gained sufficient headway to endan ger the passengers and the latter were put off at Point Dume in small boats. J. R. Morrison and G. Evans of Washington W. to Tour Coos County. Arrangements tor a series or Good Roads meetings In Coos coun ty to be addressed by J. R. Morrison, the Good Roads expert of Washing ton, and George Watklns Evans of the Washington State Geological survey, are being arranged for. Mr. Morrison wired Dr. Straw he will reach Coos Bay Monday, November 29, and It Is planned to have them spend about a week touring Coos county investigating conditions here and preaching the gospel of good roads to everyone who will listen. On his arrival here, it is planned to have him and Mr. Evans go to ed to hold the Marshfield meeting at the Masonic Opera House. It Is ex pected that the Automobile Associa tion will join the recently organiz ed Good Roads Association of Coos county and the others who are pro moting the good roads campaign. It Is a question of vital Interest to Coos Bay and Coos county, and it is hop ed that everyone will assist In the work. CITY CAUCUS I. S. Smith and E. E. Straw Likely Candidates For Mayor. Considerable Interest centers in tho Marshfield city caucus which will be held in the Odd Fellows hall at 8 o'clock this evening to nominate candidates .for tho municipal elec tion to bo held Tuesday, December 7. Unless thoro Is an unexpected change In the situation there will bo two candidates for some of tho of fices. According to statements by Mayor Straw's supporters this afternoon, ho will be nominated for reelection and will again oppose I. S. Smith, who was Indorsed last Friday eve ning by the Citizens' League. They also plan to renominate A, J. Savage for councilman in opposition to Jens Hansen. Councilmen Pow ers and Hennessey will probably bo without opposition. So far as known, City Recorder Butler will bo without opposition for reelection. Whether there will be a clash for control of tho officers of tho caucus Is not known, but It would not bo surprising if there was. JUST ARRIVED from New York FINEST LINE of RAI1Y CAPS and HONNETS ever shown on tho Bay. Prices 25c to $2.50. See windows. Mrs. JOHN H. SOMERS, Designer, J Coos Building. ONE KILLED AND BY FALLING Washington Expects Citizens to Appear There In Arms Over Mail Service. John E. Lathrop, Washington cor respondent of the Portland Journal, writes his paper as follows: Some time the people of Coos Bay , aro going to come to Washington wlih guns and pistols and demand that Uncle Sam do something to get them decent mall service. It Is a matter of personal knowledge to me that a man of average endurance and speed could take a dog team and beat the record of mall carrying be tween the Southern 'Pacific- railroad and Coos Bay. W. P. Evans, president of the North Bend Chamber of Commerce, and the members of the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, have wired to Washington saying that 27 hours elapse between the time the mails leave North Bend until they leave Myrtle Point, on their way to the Southern Pacific mall trains. It 13 32 miles from North Bend to Myr tle Point. Excuses do not seem to explain satisfactorily why it requires 27 hours to get the malls started from a point 32 miles distant from North Bend. It is a trifle more than onp mile an hour a record . not calcu lated to make Uncle Sam glow with pride. Delayed at Mnrshflejd. Another assertion made by these Coos Bay people Is that outgoing mall lies at Marshfield 12 hours. Just why mall should be hold half a day at Marshfield has not yet been told. The telegram from President Evans says: "We want continuous dally mall service, Including Sun days, between North Bend and Ro seburg, with closer connections of outgoing mails with train at-Marsh-field." A lot of new mail contracts are to be let In January for carrying out of and Into Myrtle Point. These con tracts aro for Brockway, Olalla, Camas Valley, Remote, Rural, Eck ley, Falrvlew, Port Orford and other points. One would think that tho post office department would take up this matter and 'dispose of it once for all, and thus save the department much trouble and give tho Coos Bay people what they deserve. Of courBe, the department in the pres ent instance has promised to "at tend to the matter at once." But this promise has become so famlllalr that It will require actual demon stration to make tho Coos Bay folks bolleive that anythlnlg has been done, beyond tho wrltlnlg of official lqttors and tho making of promises. DIDN'T NAME TICKET. Now Tom 11 Hiih to Held Another Caucitw. FREEWATER, Ore., Nov, 22. By an oversight which escaped tho ! attention of all concerned tho recent caucus of tho citizens to nominate the city officers for the coming year has been declared by tho common council to be null and void, and an other caucus has been called. Tho falluro resulted from tho fact that tho caucus gave no name to its tick et and Also failed to nominate a mayor, It being understood that the present mayor hold over. As the mayor is filling out tho unexpired term of his predecessor tho city charter provides that he shall sub mit himself for the approval of tho cltizons at the next regular election. Tho ensuing caucus may result in a change of the personnel of the coun cil, though It will not affect the pol icy of the city to obtain city water. Read the Times Want Ads. GODS RAY'S TALE OF WOE TREE LAST NIGHT Wing of Bunk-House at Smith-Powers Logging Camp Crushed By It. ROBERT RINDLE IS THE VICTIM Peter Stylick Sustains Minor Injuries In Upper Isthmus Inlet Accident. Robert Hlndle, aged about 45, and a logger at Grant's Camp of the Smith-Powers Logging Company, was almost instantly killed, and Pe ter Stylick, another logger, quite se verely Injured last night when a large tree was blown down upon a wing of the camp bunk-house last night. The wing of the bunk-house was crushed In and the two pinioned underneath the timbers and tree. Stylick is now at the Marshfield General hospital. Ho will recover, h'avlng sustained only bruises about the neck and a scalp wound. Rlndle's body is at tho Wilson Undertaking parlors. Coroner Gol den, after Investigating the case, de cided it was plainly accidental and that It would not require an Inquest. But little is known on Rindlo. Ho has been employed at the camp for only a little over a month. Had the tree fallen over another section of the bunk house, It would probably have claimed a number of victims as several were sleeping In "J. Coos Bay Port Commissioners So Decide Make All Banks Depositories. At a meeting of the Coos Bay Port Commission this morning, It was de cided to levy a two mill tax for tho coming year to defray tho expenses of the proposed Improvements. This levy will be certified to the proper county officers and. placed at tho tax lolls. At the meeting, tho five banks of tho poit district were named as de positories of the port's fund. In de signating the depositories, It was de cided that all amounts in excess of $3,000 that the treasurer from time to tlmo may havo on hand shall bo divided equally among tho llvo banks. It is believed that this action Will eliminate any possiblo Jealousy be tween the bankB over tho funds. At present, tho Port Commission has only about $2,500 on hand to de fray current expenses. This was loaned to the commissioners by Wm. Grimes personally and was deposit ed by Treasurer Gray of tho Port Commission In tho First National Bank of North Bend. Had It not been for tho Injunction proceedings recently Instituted against tho port, tho commission would soon havo tho first $50,000 from tho sale of tho port bonds to go ahead. Now It will bo several weeks or months and may bo not until tho taxes aro col lected next spring. Tho commission decided not to at tempt to do anything about tho sale of thp bonds until tho present litiga tion is disposed of, Tho commissioners, as well as tho big majority of people around town, aro feeling olnted over tho first victory In tho injunction cuse They are confident that they will also win on tho becond hearing next month. With this out of thp way, they will be ablo to go ahead with tho work. 'Read the Tjmes Want Ads. TO LEVY TAX OF TWO MILLS ",. -