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trpwm'vi wvyr'w -W' '11 "tW ADS. NEWS WHEN BUSINESS IS BLOW, Al VERTISE. THAT IT PAYS 18 EVI DENCED IV SUCCESSFUL BUSI NESS HOUSES EVERYWHERE :: GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW HT UHADIXO THE COOS JAY' TIMKH. ALL THE NEWS AL.j TUB TLMK TERSELY TOLD : :: s: tt t MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XSXHI. Established in 1878 iih Tlio Coast Mnll. MARSHFIELD,OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mail mid Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 155; EE INCHES OE SNOW HERE MS TOUGH OE HEAL WINTER PUSSES BOGUS CHECKS MD IS SOUGHT BT LOCAL OFFICERS ON BREAK " lupi'""""'"! RECEIVER FOR 0001 REEOSED i y hi 1 Coos Bay' Experiences One of Its Rare Wintry Spells Today. HEAVY SNOWFALL ON COAST RANGE Telegraph and Telephone Lines Down and Mail Greatly Delayed. Coon liny Inst night oxporloncod tho heaviest Biiowfnll it lins known In at lenat four years, over thrco inches of snow on tho level being In ovldcnco tills morning. Tlio snow, although heavily saturated, did not molt ns rapidly nil UBtinl nnd today Coos Bay youngBtors nnd grownups lind ono of their rnro chances to en joy real winter frollcB. Snowballing wnfl tho popular diversion on tho streets nnd nearly ovoryono got "theirs." According to roports from pnrtics coming In over tho Coos Dny wngon road, thoro Is nearly fivo feet of snow nenr tho summit of tho Coast Rnngo of mountains. Tho long dlatanco phono nnd tolo grnplt wires nro nil down ho thoro Is no direct menus of communication any groat dlatanco onat from here. It Is dlincult to say whon communica tion can bo ro-cstnbllHhod. Drlnyx Mnll. Tho Coos liny mnll Borvlco, outstdo of tho telephono nnd tologrnph com panies, In Buttering tho moat from tho recont storm. Tho doop snow In tho mountains has mndo It difficult for tho mnll stages to got through and ycatordny tho mail had to bo put on pack horses. Asido from those inconvonlonccs, no dnmago was Bustalnod from tho "Ilttlo winter" but If it turns Biuldon- ly wnrm or Is followod by rnln, somo sovcro frcalictfl nro anticipated. LOCAL SENTIMENTS ON COOS BAY'S SNOW This morning whou Coos Day awakened and found ovorythlng covered with "Tho Iloautlful" snow it wnB nmii8lng to tho native Orogo nlana to hear somo of tho romnrks mado by tho Eastern born. Harry McKcowu snld, "Every plno nnd fir nnd hemlock, Woro orinluo too denr for an earl, And overy Twig on tho elm treo, Was ridged inch deop with pearl." " Frank Pnrsona said, "Geo, linln't tills fine. I can honr tho Jingling of the snmo old sloigh bolls that I used to hoar whon our crowd wont out to tho basket suppor nt Wost Union school houso." Harry WInklor said, "Watch mo tako my Ico yacht and go up tho Hudson." A. L. Housoworth said: "Dear old County of Plko, 'Tla you alono, I like, In dreams I see, Just thee, Just thee, Just thee, Missour-eo." R. O. Graves said: "Tho snow, tho snow, Tho beautiful snow, 'TIs falling everywhere, Tts falling through the ntmos- phero, TIs falling through tho air." Mayor Straw said: "Grand old Rural Retreat, You over were hard to beat, The Old Dominion, Has lost a pinion, Hurrah! for VIrgin-i-a." J. W. Bennett Bald: "They tell mo that It was Just about such a snow aa this that drov(o uio snakes out of Ireland. Thet happened Just before, my tlmo but I've heard tho old foMkB talk about (Continued on ps .) MORTON GETS APPOINIEflT Is Appointed Road Supervisor For Marshfield District For Ensuing Year. COQUILLE, Ore., Jan. 12. P. I. Norton wnB appointed rondmnstor of tho Marshfield road dlatrict for tho ensuing year by tho county commis sioners. Tlio appointment followod a rather animated contest for tho plncc, nearly a dozen seeking tho Job. Although tho county commission ers did not tako final action towards tho construction of a brldgo ncross tho Coqutllo here, they gavo tho mat tor favorablo consideration. Tho commissioner!! inspected tho various locations proposed for tho Coqulllo brldgo across tho Coqulllo nnd in dicated they favored tho ono west of tho Coqulllo laundry which would permit n tramway over tho railroad. Hnnil Supervisors Named. t Tho following la a list of tho road supervisors nppolutcd for tho ensu ing yonr: 1. W. P. Drown, Tomploton. 2. C. E. Hanson, Mnrshllold. 3. I. n. ;. p i. 8. 9. 10. 11. 19. J. W. Grout, North Bond. U. S. Nay, North Bond. P. 1 Norton, Mnrshllold. Alfrod Rodlne, Allognny. S. B. Cutllp, Marshfield. llobort Hofor, Marshfield. 'A. T. Slglln, Marahfleld. Jnmos Stock, Sumner. Thomas Boouo, Fnlrviow. 12. N. Harry, Sitkum. John Fnbry, Myrtlo Point. E. W. Pnhy. Bullnrds. John Yonkum, Coqulllo. J. W. Brlggs, Coqulllo. Gcorgo Million, Myrtlo Point. E. E. Weekly, Brldgo. A. J. Counts, Bnndon. Tom Dovoroux, Lnmpa. Gcorgo Stowart, Rivcrton. M. T. Clinton, Arngo. R. L. Weekly, Myrtlo Point. R. P. Hunt, Bnndon. Jesso D. Clinton, Norway. y I. eonnril Hartley. Jnmos D. Clinton, Arngo. P. J. Massoy, Myrtlo Point. Carl Floatton, Coostou. Sam Stout, McKInloy. Honry Horvy, Leo. 13. II. 15. 10. 17. IS. 19. 20. 21. oo MM. 23. 2-1. 25. 20. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Tho present bonrd of road viowors wnB ronppolntod for nuothor year. Tho hospital contract was nwnrd od to Mrs. Jeff D. Wilson at $1.50 por day for each patient. Slight change woro also mndo In tho boundary linos botwoon road dis tricts number 10 nnd 11, 3 nnd 14, 23 nnd 25, and 23 and 17. Hope that Billy Taylor Escaped Watery Grave Practically Given Up. Friends of Billy Taylor, tho C. A. Smith mill omployo who disap peared tho night boforo laBt and who Is thought to havo been drowned In Isthmus Inlet, hnvo practically given up hope. Most of them concede that tho cries heard by Eastsldo people the night boforo last night woro Tay lor's appeals for help after ho had fallen In. Bill Smith, a companion of Tay lor's who wns tho last man with him, was In Marshfield yesterday looking for him, thinking that perhaps Tay lor had wandered back to town and had not recovered from tho celebra tion. Smith's recollections are not NO TRACE OF noDinb ninn E. W. Bernitt and Victor Wit tick Lose Case Against Smith-Powers Co- POUTLAND, Ore, Jnn. 12 Judgo Wolvorton in tho United States dis trict court refused to appoint n re ceiver for tho Smith-Powers Logging company, a subsidiary of tho C. A. Smith Lumber company of Coos Bay. Tho application for tho appoint ment of n recolvor was mndo by E. W. Bornltt nnd Victor Wittlck, who claimed they constructed a log boom and rafting works In partnership ! S. Fnrmun, S. W. Pnpo, Howard with tho Smlth-PowcrB compnny ntJEvnns, R. Danlolson, Mrs. Tlbbotts, tho mouth of Coos river. Thoy nl-!T. J. Hnuor, Prod. Wcldon, Mrs. Bry logod tho owners of logs havo been nn.W.McLollnn.CnrrloMcLcllnn, Mrs. charged 35 contB n thousand for rnf- McLollan, W. E. Foster, P. I. Towors, ting nt tho boom nnd thnt thoy, nslJ. W. Hnynes, W. D. Church, .7. M. copartnors In tho boom, woro entitled, Grosvonor, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs Can to a Bharo of tho profits, which thoyjnlo, W. T. Schocngnth, Mrs. Schoen hnd novor received. gath, J. J. Reynolds, Mons. LnrBon, Tho Simpson Lumber compnny, Owen Donnelly, L. Conroy, P. Bon was mado n defendnnt In tho original , nott, J. P. Llx, E. J. Axtell, P. W. Biilt nnd damages of $2,503 woro Smith, C. II. Smith, J. Pottoclcrc, B. nnked of It. Judgo Wolvcrton bus-, Van, S. P. Bartlott, W. C. WIntors, talnod this defendant's domnrrcr to D. E. Prnothor, W. E. Barr, MrB. tho complaint. A SEVEREST YET Mrs. L. E. Reynolds of North Bend Tells of Hard Trip to Portland. Mrs. L. E. Reynolds of North Bond 1 roturncd todny from n brlof business t IHco nnd possibly a now night trip to Portlnnd, having gono up on ' watch nccordlng to Intimations given tho Alllnnco which loft horo last Sat-, b' Mnyor L. J. Simpson nt tho mcot urday. Sho reports that tho Alllanco lng of tho city council thoro this oncountored ono of tho worst storms ' wcoIc- JIn'r Simpson in making tho thnt hns beon on tho const In years appolntmonts snld that ho would not nnd for n tlmo It seemed doubtful bo rcnd..to ro"ort." tn0 n"I)0l,lt- whothor thoy would bo nblo to wenthor tho tompeat. I "Wo nrrlved oft tho Columbia rlv or bar about 3 o'clock Sundny nftor noon nnd It was so rough that the captain did not dnro to attempt to cross In," said Mrs. Reynolds today. "A foarful storm was prevailing nnd lest tho Alllnnco bo driven nshoro, J tho captain put bnck out to sen about twelvo miles, hoping to escnpo somo , of tho storm nnd nt loast got whoro ' .!. .kin.,. rt .i.nfnM In Itldlll'A UIUIU hd 1uuiiij ui nuiui iu ...ou.u, snroty. ior tnreo nours, mo winci blow a galo about olghty mllos por hour. I novor saw such soas In my llfo nnd I don't bollovo I wnnt to ngnln. Son nftor sea rolled ovor tho Alllanco, dronchlng ovoryono nbonrd Tho water caiuo dashing Into tho cabins, forcing tho doors open nnd somo of my clothing wns t washed overboard from my cabin. Thoro wns a Inrgo numbor of pnssongera from Euroka aboard nnd all woro mighty badly frightened. "It wns lato Tuesday whon wo reached Portland nnd I had only about olght hours there. Tho cap- lllin "I Wl A.UHU.O UU W.UJr would sail Thursday night for Coos , Bay but as thoy had to go ovor the, wup pinny uu.uuBU.jr ou au.H l mo awiui Biriun sue unuorwum in the storm, they might not get out un til later." Tho storm has boen ono of tho worst that has been known on this coast In a long tlmo. OPEN NEW MILL. Tho Dollar Company, an Engll8h lumbor and steamship concern, will start operations at their mill on tho Clvnn In o ntit iifnftlra fPVu-i nrm nnnV o.avo ,ii un nuuno. uu i.w...j-.. l has a quantity of cedar near ,, ju j which tho mill saw up and haul to Port Orford, whoro It will bo ship ped on the "company's boats. Tho mill was recently purchased of a Mr. Burgess of California. Floras Lake Banner. Have Tour Job nrlntlne done at Steamship Reaches Here From Portland Early This Morning. Tho Breakwater arrived in this morning from Portland after a fair trip down tho const. Business is still rather light owing to tho holi days. Tho Breakwater will Ball nt 8:30 Saturday morning for Portland. Among those nrrlvlng on her wcro the following: Mrs. Prncthcr, Mrs. Comcrlcll, ' Mrs. B. J. Comorloll, Jno. Craig, II Flngg, II. Robinson. TO NAME NEW S Mayor Simpson of North Bend Withholds Appointments of Police. North Bond may havo a now chief mom oi inoso two tor nnoiuor weeic, Indicating that ho was going to havo a Ilttlo "hoart to hoart talk" with tho prosont Incumbonts, Chief Bar nes nnd Nlghtwntch Bill Smith bo- foro specifying whether thoy nro to retain tholr Jobs another year. Mr. Simpson announced tho fol lowing appointments: City nttornoy J. G. Mullen. City honlth officer Dr. Bnrtlo. FIro, wator and light commltteo Fnlknnstoln. TlnrMn nml Ifnrn. pjjmnco commltteo Ward, Mc- Danlol nnd Fnlkenstoln. Stroot, sowors nnd pnrks McDan- lol, Kern nnd Jncobson. Other Business, City Recordor Dorbyshlro road tho recommendations of tho Groator Oro gon Homo Rulo association relntlvo to saloon regulation but no notion wns tnkon on It, tho prosont North Bond ordlnnnco bolng consldorod n ' good one. I R. A. Wornlch nskod tho city to 'contrlbuto $15 por month or there abouts towards tho salary of tho wnioriront poucenian. it wnB ro- f d t ., committee. CUy DorbyBh,0 wa ,. Btructofl t0 havfl tho Cfl0B D Wator ,n8taU flyo nQW , drant8 wJlch t,,0 cUy ,m8 Becure(j City Recorder Dorbyshlro was in structed to notify Contrnctor Horn that his option on tho contract for Improving Tromont street in Plat B was cancelled. Ho was awarded tho contract for piling, filling and plank ing the street but asked for tlmo In which to securo a mnrket for the special improvement bonds that would bo taken out on tho street. Since then tho dredge Oregon has filled tho street nnd with further ,. . , . , , "v uj ii., mu ucuu u. jiiiiik or iiii- iii), win uo oiuiiKiaieu anu mo oniy work that may bo necessary will bo tho planking. WM. ROBINSON has returned from on extonded visit with his brother In Ohio. He has covered lots of territory since ho left but ho says there is no place like Coos Bay. RESERVES GET PES Mayor Straw Casts Deciding Vote Other Council Proceedings. With Mayor Straw casting tho de ciding vote, tho Mnrshllold city coun cil Tuesday night ndoptcd a resolu tion providing for tho pnyment of $15 por month for nrmory rent for tho Coos Bny Naval RcBorvcs. Council men Copplo, Coko nnd Albrccht vot ed ngnlnut allowing It nnd Savage, Powers and Ferguson for It. Tho ninttor was brought up by Jl. O. GrnvcB who had Introduced tho potltlon nt tho previous meeting of tho council. Mr. Graves said that thoy only wanted it for possibly four months until tho Btnto provided for It. Ho pointed out thnt tho nrmory would servo as a hall for tho band nlso nnd furthermore thnt tho Re serves would bo pleased to assist the public In nny hour of need, by po llco duty, etc. Ho snld that tho bus iness men Rlgnlng tho petition had been glnd to do so nnd snld that C. A. Johnson had expressed himself particularly In fnvor of It. Councilman Coko snld ho had soon thrco or four who hnd signed It and all woro opposed to It. Ho said that C. A.. Johnson hnd told him that ho (Johnson) hnd signed tho petition to got rid of Graves. Mr. Graves said that no ono had any troublo to got rid of him thnt nil thoy hnd to do wns to Inform him of It. Mnyor Straw broko in horo saying thnt ho presumed Oifon thought kicking out of tho plncn would bo sultnblo Information tnut ho wnsn't doslrod. Mnyor Straw tnlkod In favor of It and hnd n Ilttlo tilt with Councilman Copplo rognrdlng It. Mr. Copplo snld that ho didn't think tho council had n right to divert tho pooplo's monoy for this purpose. IIo snld thnt ho personnlly thought tho Re serves woro n good thing nnd that he porsonnlly would bo ono of fifteen to contrlbuto $1 por month for threo or four months. Ilowovor, ho thought tho council ought to ro trench on oxponses nnd thought tho procodent of contributing wns bad. Mr. Ferguson tnlkod In fivor of It nnd said as It would bo for only about four months, ho fnvorod It. Flnnlly Mr. Ferguson moved thnt tho potltlon bo granted nnd ho, Snv ago and Powors votod for It, nnd Coke, Albrccht nnd Copplo against, tho mayor deciding It. Other Iliiblncss. Dr. Housoworth wns given pormls slon to grndo thnt part of Twolfth Court south adjoining his proporty. Judgo Hall was glvon permission to construct a cosa pool on proporty owned by him in West Mnrshllold, tho present houso on It being too low to bo connectod with tho sowor. Mnyor Straw brought up tho ques tion of fixing up tho brldgo on tho Forndnlo county road. Walter Con dron said ho had Inspected it for tho county and found It to bo In very bnd condition, it wns roferred to tho street commltteo to investigate. Tho A. D. T. franchise, in its re vised form, was passed. It provides for putting tho wires underground whon the city attains n population of 20,000 or sooner if tho council requires all wires to go under ground. Tho company is required to move poles whon so ordered nnd nlso to ralso wires to pormlt tho moving of buildings, tho latter to bo at Us own expense G. W. Carloton represented tho company boforo tho council. Tho question of opening South Front streot from Curtis nvonuo to tho depot wns referred to tho street commltteo. Residents of Broadway aro protesting ngalnst maintaining " ----- - 1 . . - - "--"-"-- UBneHt' I -A & 11... !- !.- 1 rtA. 15 I Robert Crawford, Said to Be From Roscburg, Cashes Worthless Paper. HE WENT FROM HERE TO BAND0N YESTERDAY Checks Purported to Have Been Issued By Gardiner Lumber Company. Marshal J. W. Carter, Shorlff Gaga and tho city marshal of Bnndon nro today endeavoring to locato Robert Crnwford who is wanted horo for forgory nnd passing bogus checks. Crawford was seen In Bnndon yester day and It is expected that ho wilt bo rounded up In thnt vicinity todny. So far as has been ascertained, Crnwford pnBscd only two checka horo. Ono wnB for $28 which ho- pnssed on Alton Songstnckon at Tho- IIub wnoro ho BaVo it in oxchango for B010 purchases, receiving somo chango. Another wnB cashed by Roy Mooro at the Claymoro saloon but Mr. Mooro discovered It wns bnd and mndo Crnwford return tho $20. Tho checks woro supposed to havo been Issued by tho Gnrdtnor Lumbor compnny to Crnwford. , Crnwford stnnds nbout six feet two inches, weighs nbout 230 pounds, Is smooth shaven nnd slightly under mlddlo ngo. As near as can bo ascertained by Marshal Carter, Crawford walkod horo from Rosoburg n few days ago. It Is expected that ho will bo nppro bonded without much difficulty. hepuhed LICENSE. COQUILLK, Ore., Jnn. 12. Tho Coqulllo city council has rofusod to ronow tho saloon llconsd of Hal. Bax ter becnuso ho was twlco convicted of violating tho city ordlnnnco prohibit ing tho snlo of liquor to n minor or hnbltunl drunknrd. 'I U IS -F Coos Bay Pioneer of 57 Years Residence Here Has Birthday. A. G. Aiken, tho woll known Coos Bny plonoor, la sovonty-four years old nnd flfty-sovon yonra of that tlmo hns boon spout on Coos Bay. Only two or threo other porsons living on tho Bny now can claim residence horo ns long as Mr. Alkon, Mrs. Lockhnrt, mothor of Horbort Lock hart nnd Mrs. Honry Songstnckon, nnd B. P. Ross of Catching Inlot, bo lng tho others. Dcapito his soventy-four yonrs and his arduous experience pioneering, Mr. Alkon Is enjoying good health nnd la unusually vigorous for n man of his ago. IIo has practically fully recovored from his recent Injuries in a runaway. Today ho was tho roclplont of felicitations from his many frlonds who wero awaro of tho ovont and fow can lay claim to more frlonds than can "Glen" Alkon. CARD OP THANKS. To tho kind friends who 1'ghtonod tho burden of our boreavomont In tho loss of our beloved daughter, by tholr many acts of kindness and wordB of sympathy wo oxtond our most heartfelt thanks nnd hopo that whon sorrow comes to thorn they may find frlonds as good and true. MR. and MRS. A. J. BUNCH, and family. READ THE TIMES' AVANT ADSv Try Tho Times' Want Ada. Save monoy by patronizing The e very lucid. 'ThoTIme8 office. 4 (Continued on paga i.J Times advertisers.