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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1911)
w fff i w i Wi'WPiVQpppp PPPfPWFP (tea Imj ADS. NEWS WHEN BUSINESS IS BLOW, Al VEKTISE. THAT IT PAYS IS EVI DENCEI) UY SUCCESSFUL UUSI NESS HOUSES EVERYWHERE GET IT WHILE' IT "IS NEW B HEADING THE COOS JAY TIMJ88. ALL THE NEWS AL.J TUB TIM TEItSKLY 1 OLD : :: :: t: v MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS KsljibllslKHl lu 1H7H uf 'J' Ik; Coast ."Mail VOL. XXXIV. MARSHFIELD,OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1911 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall and Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 2. T-K-wgnmp v 'i. ", "; ""- " v "i i- -. r '""fflFPjnpF"77 ' r ' Wxmm CLAIM THAT HILL IS H G 0 GOO e Portland Paper Claims That Road Will Come Via Eu gene and Florence. HARRIMAN SYSTEM ALSO BUSY THAT WAY Claim That New Corporation Is Southern Pacific's to Parallel Hill. PORTLAND, Ote., Jan. 1V The tho Marshileld Chamber of Conunorro Oicgoulnn print tlio following: "En- Snturdny afternoou, tho proposition trnnco of tlio 11111 lines Into tlio Coos to establish a canning factory to Hay district over n now road to bo! handle fruits nntl vegetables was built from Eugene to Florence, I taken up anij discussed but no deel thenco southward along tho coast, Is yo ac(on WB lnkcn Tho ncw tl. considered n prolmblllty as a -result ... ',,, . ... , , ... i rectors of tho nBsoclntlon will further 01 recent a-llvui.B ui UH.wiiiin ui iiiu Lnno County Asset company, known locally ns n Hill corporation. later itliout tho project. It Is understood thnt arrangement The-mnttor wna gone Into nt length have been made to prepnro an vstl- by John W. ScnrlB, pTeBldont of J.'W. mnto of tho cost df'lhe road from Searls nnd Company or Spohnne, who Eugeno to Florenco and thnt tomo wnn Invited by PrcslUunt P. M. Unll of tho surveys already have liecn Lowls, -who presided, to como hero completed. Authorization of "tho and enlighten tho fruit growers con conBtjjuctlon work 1ms not yet lcen I corning a cannery. Mr. Searls' com consldcrod by tho board of directors pany mnko n specialty of Installing of tho Hill system, lint thnt tho up- cnnnorlca. Ho said he had spent a prnprlntlon will be forthcoming. "If weok lu Coos county Invostlgntlng tho plans meet with tho npproval of tho mntter nnd said thnt ho thought tho engineers nnd locifllllll ofllclnln, n plant thnt would cost about $C, Ifl not doubted. (500, cxcluslvo of slto nnd foundn- Tho construction of tills piece of tlon, would bo ndequntc. Wlth'thlB rond, of course, would lenvo tho 11 111 ; plant, It would probnbly require n system without nn outlet to its main line, but this could easily bo provided by tho extension of the Oregon Elec tric from Salem to Eugono, surveys nnd rights of way for which alrendy hnvo boon completed. It Is understood thnt work on tho Oregon Electric extension may bo Marled within tho next few months, nnd thnt tho Intentions of tho bends of tho vntorprleo nro to rutin 'It to completion within tho present year. Htrvi'iiN' Return AwultcU. Many of theso plniiB hnvo develop ed bo far ns to noud only tbu final ordor of 'tlio propor execution. allien ileponda upon tho niinouncemcuts to 1j mndo by John F. Stevens, follow ing his return from Chicago aiext week. Stovens, In a telegram to his ofllo hero advised thai ho will be llli Porflnnd Monday. It lfl,beIloved that ho WJII bo In n position to tnko up nil ol ;tho IIIU .projects hnt doiuax-fl lmmeOlnto i.ttentlon, prlnclpnl among which It tho Oregon Electric extension. Tho Coos Day lOiitorprisa mny not receive (Immediate .consider ation but .that It v 111 bo kept la mind ior futurt .activity lis not dottlited. Within the last few months tho Ino Coutrijy Asset coniany lns llg ured tho co.it nnd prnctlcnblllty of building the road fjom Eugeno to- wnrjl Elmlra. Arrnogomonts Jinvo been mndo to build and operate tho Jlrat jJO miles, nftor which tho road will bo pushed to tho mouth of tho Sluslnw "nnd thtirice to Uio Cooa Hvy ilistrjct. WUUo .tho Law? County Asset com unny wn& organlwd by Eugeno res! lenta for tho ostiuislblo purposo of uiUldlng tuu electric rond, jOnanclnl aid has boeu secured In tho Enst nnd In tills movement Is eeen the master hand of Jajoies J. IIIU, who, tt Is known, desire to bo the first to tap the rieti and latent resources of tho fertile Coos Day district. Tho timber done 111 provide activity for any iMlroad for almost a century, It Is intimated. Following close upon tho heels of the announcement by tho Lane Coun ty Asset eompnny of its plnns coinqs the organization of tho Pacific Great Western Railway company, which fll ?d articles of Incorporation at Eu gene. The capital stock is f50,000 md It. D. Hunt and Jesse C. Auor, f Eugeno, and Frederick M. DoNeffe t Portland, are named ns the dlrec- Irs, I This concern proposes to construct steam railway from Eugeno west- fly to tho Sluslaw river, thence to 1 lorenee by way of Mapleton, CO (Contlnued on page 4.) ELECTRIC DELAY ACTION Coos Bay Fruit Growers Asso ciation Holds Annual 1 Meeting Here. At 'tho mutual meeting of the Can't liny Fruit Grower nsHoclntlon nt i I '"vcstlgnto tho matter nnd dccIUc capitalization of $10,0011. Tho pro- posed plnnt would hnvo n capacity oi 0,000 cans "In ten hours. Ho declnTcd that a cannery would rolva tho transportation problem Which is now tho great 'handicap of fruit growcre in this section by con verting tho perishable Btuff Into Btaplo commodities for -which tho cheap water transportation would bo antl ndvantngv. As to vegetables to bo raised for canning herc.lio recom mended string benns, asparagus, spinach and ptimpklna particularly but declared that tho land hero was too -nluablo to jittompt to nfiso corn nnd tomntoes. It was cotlmnted that thoro wero about 32,000 boxes and aliout 100 U 1C0 tons of par tially dUensed nnd unmnrl.otablo fruit tbat annually go to wasto on tho bay side of tho county nlono. Mr. Searls declared this wasto coiftd bo profitably handled iy a cannery at a cost of 15 to $30 por ton. Ho went Into detail as to experi ences of other communities With nuinorIes. During his address lio nnld a high compliment to tho presi dent of tho Cooa Day Fiult Qrowora association,' I M. Hall-T.owls. Ho said that ho had seldom found a man In any community who mid mndo such a thorough Investigation of con dition! and who fully realized tho needs to It ns does Mr. Hall-Lowls of Coos county. C. K. Nicholson, on Invitation of P. M. Hnll-Lewls, apoko on cold storngo nt n means of preserving fruit, nnd pavo tho fruit growora much valutiblo information. Other lliislnrhs. Tho following directors wero elect ed for tho ensuing year: Geo. Dealo, Z. T. Slglln, John Por ter, J. H. Price, A. O. KJelland, C. W. Sanford and P. M, Hall-Lewis. Tho directors will meet January 28 and elect officers. A communication from Presidont Homer C. Atwell of tho State Horti cultural society, calling a convention of tho associations at Portland Jan uary 24 for the purposo of organiz ing a contract selling agency for tho Pacific Northwest associations and to take up the national apple box legislation was read. It was found that none of tho local growers could attend this convention as a delegate nml jt wnB decided to send a letter indorsing tho propositions. tii.i Tlnll.T.Atirla Jn n short talj paj(j n high tribute to tho Coos .niintv murt for cooperating with tll0 frujt growers In trying to advance . Industry. Tho county court has bought a power spray apparatus to o c IILLY TAYLOR IS Body of Mill Hand Who Disap peared Last Tuesday Night Recovered In Isthmus inlet Yesterday. Tho body of Hilly Taylor, tho C. A. Smith mill hand who disappeared last Tuesday night whllo on routo to tho Hay City bum ding nouso from Marshlleld, was found yesterday near tho mouth of Isthmus Inlet. It was recovered iby Walter Robertson, Roy Robertson and Geo. Elliott who were dragging for it. A Jury was at onco lmpnuclled by Coroner Golden nnd nftor Investigat ing tho case lirought In a verdict of nrcldental drowning. Tbo Jury con sisted of M. 11. Mulloy, Tom Ward, T. A. Schroudor, .Too Ward, J. A. Reese and Irn Sturdtvnut. Tho evidence confirmed tho pre vious reports of tho case. TnylQr was returning from town with a party of follow employes who had been celebrating pay day and most of thorn wero under tho Inlluonco of liquor. Hill 'Smith, Tajlor'fl compa nion, refusoll to got In tho row bont with Taylor -who Insisted on rowing LOCAL CENSUS 1 Marsh field Not Included In List of Oregon Towns Greater Than That. Whllo tho consua figures for .'Marshfleld and tho other towns In tlh Is section li&vo not boon annoanc- ftU, tho population ot Jill Oregon IDE . 0 riUoR nvor G.noo linn heon and'ibo last step la the morglng of tho Mnrahflold Is -nut IncluUwl. 'So this idiows thnt the 'population Ib under tho 5,000 mark but how much, no onu knows, ltiwoburg 'is also under thu "0,000 mark, It not Mmvlng been Indludod In tho Oat given. Tho pop- ulatlon of tho Orwgon towsis of over 5.000 Is given ni follows: McOford 8,640 ngninat 1,701 In 1&O0. Astoria city's -.population, thir teenth cunsus, Is 9,699, ln,tho twelfth census 8,381, eleventh census C.185. Atfliland city, 13th census 5,020, I2t1i census 2,634, 11th consua 1,764. Da1er Ctty 13th census 0,742, 12th census G.GG3, 11th census 2.G04. Salem, 14.094, compared with 4,258 1n 1900, n gain of 9.83C; per- contago ot gain, 231. La Grando 4,843, compared with 2,991 In 1900 .and 2,583 In 1S90. Tho gain in 10 yonra la 1852, and tho porcontngo of gain Is 01 .9. Eugone 9.00&, compared with 3,230 In 1900, a gain of 5,773; pev- tentago of gain 178. Tim nnmilntloii of Oregon City Is 4 $t, An Albany paper clalnjs Albany ' hns 4.2G0. FIGHT FOR PASSES. I Southern Pacific Said to Uo Survey- Ing Hoiito of Eugene IClectrlc. i EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 1C. Tho crew of surveyora under Engineer Goerl, who loft here a few days ago working westward, and who are gen erally supposed to bo Southern Pad-, camo in, one Just beforo noon and flc men, nro now in camp at Elmlra, , tho other about 4 o'clock. Another having run a lino as far west as 'that arrived during the night and tho point. They are reported to bo fol-1 delayed mall will probably all bo lowing tho general lino of the Lane brought In within a day or two. County Aflget Co. survoy, and, appa-j Unless further storms or slides in rentlyare headed for tho same pas- terfere, It Is expected that tho mall i i. .. a . habhUh mill l.rt. asmi InH fpnm nnnf nn ses. Tlio crew ib not me sanie.uiai recently made tho survey from Junc tion City to the coast, and apparent ly are working entirely Independent ly. assist In eradicating local orchard diseases. Thoro woe n fair attendance and It Is hoped to enlist the aid of every fruit grower and rancher In the nsso clatldn for tho coming year, What Is so rare as a fresh egg In January? FOUND DROWNED across himself liiBtead of watting for the night watch to take them over. Later Taylor lost an oar and n couplo of the men had disastrous experi ences trying to get him to paddlo back to shore, one falling In nud nnothor falling on tho gang way. Hy tho time they had recovered them selves, Taylor had drifted out of sight. Nothing moro was henrd of him mitll Geo. Elliott nnd Frank Herman of Enstsldc henrd tho calls) ; for help. Although they rushed down, no one was In sight nnd tho row ijont wns drifting with tho ebb - Ing tide Tnylor .was about thirty-three years old and camo to America from J n suburb of London where a mother! and sisters rcBlde. Ills folks arc snld to bo well-to-do. ' TTm lin.1 n full outfit nf nlitttililnt. ' n tools, leading to tho belief that ho may hnvo been n pmmoor. In a money belt around Tils bodyiSn...i, c. olsmi nf Hin Knnii -..., i.. i.i i t i , 1 1 uuu ... ...a k;kUi :. .umu. uuumv In cash. An effort Is IioIiir made to com - munlcato with Ills relatives and also ito find a logger ho Ib employed In this vicinity who came 'from tho Bamo place In Engfand that Taylor camo from. Ei TO First National and First Trust and Savings Merger Ef fective Today. The romovnl of tho First .Xntlonnl lmnk to Its now auartors In tlm First TEvust nnd Saringe Jiank building was offectod today, this being practically two InstltuUona. ' Tho romovnl of tho safe. Looks, te., was clTccted without any Inter- foronco with business. Tho First Tauiat and Savlngo lank will .now trnnsfor its bumoaa to tho First Ha - tlunnl, tho mergod Institutions Jjo - coaalng tho First National. AGAIN TODAY B MOVES EW OM WR OWN SerVJDfi Restored Sunday Aftering altorntlona and repairs, will bo Four Days Lapse Mail Arrives. Tho Western Union wlro service la out ot commission again today after having been restored yesterday fo- , lowing a four-day lnpso owing to tho storm. Yestordny, Operator Carlo-, ton was ablo to clean up most of th delayed bualnesa but during tho night they went down ngnln. At noon, servlco wns restored to Rosoburg but thoro was wlro troublo 1 between Rosoburg nnd Portlnnd. In consequenco of tho latter, Tho. Times wns up ngnlnst It again for Associated Press report today. Mall Arrives. Tho mnll blockade was broken yes terday and two consignments of mall Bry- m u ios"" -u. -n COLD KILLS MOXTANAXS. Rabbit Hunter and Stage Passenger Frozen to Death. DUTTE, Mont., Jan. 10. Tho ex treme cold of last weok lias caused at least two deaths. . Moses Klein, a homesteader near Culboitson, was frozon to death whllo hunting rabbits, and William Compton died of cold near Rlngllng, when the stago In which ho was prid ing broke down. SUPREME COOS DAK PORT CASE DECISION GALE PREVAILS T II , ' ' steamer Maverick Adrift With Broken Shaft Other Ves sels In Storm. The Maverick, tho oil tank stoani- cr which lost her life boat nud wns .... ... otuerwiso damaged by Heavy seas ofr Cooa Dnyi ,8 nga1 , troub,0t hnv. ! Ing broken a shaft whllo en route . ,. .. ... ..w gn,th mct hcr ye8tcriIny. Although out jn a BOVcro storn)( Bh0 was mnlt- ;ilg n'wny from B,loro ,u, n no ,,. ; inodllltn ,,.. Tho ..-.- As. I CUBBlon ,md hccn 8Ct for to tow ,lor ,, , rrnp,n .. .. .,. d Umt Bhe woul ck ,rop , I ..., ,, t IVI UilJ IlllUiiluUli. I Tho Nann Smith nrrlved In this ' j morning from Snn Francisco aftor n fast trip up tho coast despite unusu- lally rough weathor. Sho loft there j about midnight Saturday, crossing In Micro nt.9 o'clock this morning, hav ing made tho run In about thlrty- 1 thrco hours. "Although It wns clenr, a perfect snntlinrlv trnln wna nr.ivnlllni- nut- Ibiiw snid capt.oison today, "it i must hnvo been blowing eighty or ninety miles per hour." i Ho mct tho Btcnmor Lnkme, bound ponth from hero with n enrgo of , imher, six mllcB below Cnpo Dlnn co. Sho was almost standing Btlll In tho Tnco of tho gnlo. Ho met tho M. j F. Plnnt, wlilch crossed out from , hero yestordny, n llttlo further I north. Sho wns JiiBt getting out ln- J to tho Btorm. Tho Rainier nnd tho Queen, bound from northern portB for San Fran- cIsco, wore also bucking tho gnlo off . Coos Day. I Fred Powers, who hns been tour- i Ing California with Dr. Dlx in an nu- to, camo In on tho Nann Smith. Mr. Hoff, nn omployo of tho mill, nlao . camo up with Capt. Olson after , spending tho holidays with relatives In Southern California. Dr. Dlx is returning overland, having shipped his auto up on tho Nann Smith. HedoiuTo Coming. It la expected thnt tho overhauling jof tho Btcnmor Redondo which Is on ilrr ilnpfr nf Rnn PmnMflpn mwlnrfrn . "WW.. .. ,. - w. WW ....W.0 comnletod this week so that sho will again bo on tho run Inside of ten I days. At first, It was Intended to only alter hor pnssongor accommoda- tlona so that alio could hamllo moro passengers but when sho got on dry dock, It was found that repairs would hnvo to bo mndo again lu tho near futuro, If not now, and It wna dotor- mined to havo It dono nt onco nnd 'avoid posslblo futuro troublo ns wolf ns Raving tlmo nnd oxpensos. Alliance Damaged. Portland papora arriving horo con firm tho report brought by Mrs. L. 13. Reynolds nnd printed in Tho Times Inst weok thnt tho Alllnnco wna dam- aged considerably on hcr last trip up when she encountered a terrific storm. Tho Portland papers say that sho sprung a leak which neces sitated her going on dry dock. Agent McGeorgo has not been no tified when sho will arrive hero but It Is expected that It will bo soon. RELIEF ENGINE WRECKED. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 13. Run ning light, nt high speed, Great Northern Englno No. 1012 bound cast from Spokane to tho rcllof of trains snowbound In tho Rockies, loft tho track four miles east of Priest River, Idaho, nnd plunged over a 25-foot ombnnkment nnd crushed through tho lco into tho wnters of tho Pond O'Rolllo rlvor. Engineer W. F. Zumwnlt and Flro man Don J. Kleslor woro killed. Tho ongino which inot tho mishap wns coupjed behind another englno which romalned on the rails. OR DSAGREES ON Action Likely to Have to Be Reargued Before New Judges On Bench. ONLY THREE LEFT OF FIVE HEARING IT J. W. Bennett Claims Retiring Judges Were In His Favor In Litigation. Tho nttorneys In tho Port caso re ceived a letter from tho clerk of tho , Supremo Court yesterday, Baying lu milmtniUMi. thnt tlm thren tmll'im nf , . D... tho live who henrd tho argument, wero unable to agreo nnd aH Justlco Slater and Justlco King's term ot ot flco had expired beforo tho decision could bo written, It required a unnnl nioiiB voto of tho thrco loft, nnd nn they could not agree, tho enso would havo to bo .tried anew boforo tho prcsont court, Including JtiBtlco Dean nnd Justlco Durnett who hnvo been elected to succeed Justlco Slater nnd Justice King. This morning, Mr. Dennett receiv ed tho following Bolf-oxplnnntory night messngo from J. C. Morolnnd, clerk of tho Oregon Supremo court, which was dated Jan. 12, but which was delayed on nccouut of tho wired being down: "Justlco Eakln, Mcllrldo, nnit Mooro dlsngreo on Port case. Unless you and Attorney Pock ahnll stljiu Intn to submit on briefs to tho court ns now constituted will hnvo to havo rcargumont. Lot mo know nt onco ns to your desire In mntter." J. W. Hcuuclt'N Statement. J. W. Donnott said thnt ho hnd ro cclvcd n communication, ns also had Attorney Peck from tho clork of tho Supremo Court stating thnt tho throo Judges now on tho bench out ot tho five who hoard tlio' argumont, could not ngreo and thnt It would bo neces sary to hnvo the en so eltlior submit ted by stipulation on tho wrltton briefs already filed, or that an oral argumont bo honrd on tho 31st or this month nt Snlem. Mr. Dennett nl-o snld Justlco King and Justice Slator havo already ex pressed themselves In favor of tho plaintiff's couvontlou on tho question ns to whothor or not sufficient notlco hnd been given nnd tho fnct thnt ono of tho threo Judges loft who honrd tho nrgumont nro In favor of tho plaintiff, It la certain thnt In caBo tho opinion hnd been wrltton boforo Jus tlco Slntor nnd Justlco King's term of olflco hnd expired, tho plaintiff's In this enso would hnvo Leen success ful, as Justlco King nud Justlco Sla tor hnvo already decided n similar caso which was that of Roach vs. Henry, 54th Oregon 140, and at tho trial they adhered to tholr decision In that caso and ono ot tho threo Judgos now on tho bonch has dis agreed with tho other two, thoro foro It sottlos tho question thnt IC tho opinion hnd been wrltton up bo fore Justlco King nnd Justlco Sinter's term ot office expired, tho plaintiff s would hnvo prevailed on that ono question of notlco alone which would bo final. Mr. Dennett nlso snld thoro wero sonio six othor questions howovor, nnd this disagreement might bo Ju regard to any of thom but ho was of tho opinion that tho dlsagroomout wns upon the question of notlco. Ho also said that It would save both sldos considerable oxpenso and tlmo to stlpiilato that tho decision bo rendered by tho flvo Judges who heard the caso argued and that ho waa entlroly willing to stlpulato to that effect notwithstanding tho fnct thnt tho term of offlco of Justlco King nnd JiiBtlco Slntor had oxplrod. This could bo dono by stipulation and would savo tho delay of a now trial and tho oxpenso of tho nttornoya go ing to Snlom In this awful weather nnd ho would really bo dollghtod for tho convonlonco of nil parties- con cerned thnt a stipulation of this kind (Continued on page 4.) r V If ih.mi-iJx4k,K-. imfiiiiiiiipifri.''-- -fyugjkjUgffejjyDBftBV.w? ifc1. , - . " 'LA?m: attluAL. . it- t-Jl