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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1911 EVENING EDITION. it. r. SMITH GEIS FRANCHISE ; (Continual f'om page 1 ) c& thnt on of ths rmnm why JnAm Hamilton Imd hld tht franchltw In vnllil whh bH!unti W. S. ChnmlMr had signed for the "Cmw liny, Itm. burg nnd Hnntorn Hallway conipAiiy" ns tho owners of rortnln abutting property when ho should linvo sl;n oil for tho "Snuthorn Pnolllc", n tech nical error on Sir. Chnndlor's pnrt. Resides this, Mr. Coko snld Hint ho wanted to call attention to tho groat bcnefltN t lint tho locating of tho Smith mill hero hnd been to Coos liny nnd .Mnrshflold In pnrtlculnr. Coming nt n time whon It did, tho Cniinrltman Alhrwht wanted pro vision made for th company to keep np th tramway nt lt own pnw Mr. MrKnljthl attain aakwt that ac- lon ur delayed to permit more coo- nlderatlon. He aald that not for an Instant did he think the franchise lahould he denied the company but hp wanted mora conaldratlon given It. I Councilman Ktmnenii Mid It was merely a matter of whether the rlty was glng to keep Its word and ho thought It ahould. Ho pointed out the 1)1 lifeiioflt the community hnd enjoyed from the C. A. Smith com pany locating here. I Mr. Copple wnntod to know of Mr. I Ilooth If tho compnny wouldn't con slder chnnglng the terms of tho frnn chlso, hut Mr. Ilooth snld thnt ho wni not authorized to change It In any pnrtlculnr. Ho said he merely wnnt od tho ngrecment nnd promise of four years ngo ratified. Ho snld It wbb the company's Intention to use principal advocate of having the Mreet Improved and thev couldn't understand how he ronld he kicking on bearing hla ahare of the expen: now. They tinted Mr. N-laon to go abend and try and force him to im nrore. Mr. Nelaon waa a Ian Riven per mission to gn ahead and flx the bulk head In front of the ferry landing evw tho hrm It mar Interfere with t rattle. OH Mutter. Dr. IIouKwnrth'H appllcntlnn for grading Twolfth Court near hla resi dence wns brought up. ll wanted tho city to hnvo nn engineer give him tho probnblc grndo nnd ostlmnte of the dirt moved. It wns flnnlly decid ed that Dr. Houscworth should hire n prlvnto engineer nt His own ex pense. Tho license of tho National snloon wns ordered transferred from John Snyder to Mlrrnsoul brothers. Contrnctor Morrlssey was ordered $700,000 or jsoo.ooo pnyroll mo motors us soon ns tho street wns company has had ench year has done . nindo Btrong enough to support them much to prevent this section suffer-1 Councllmnn Coko Bnld thnt he Ing from tho hnrd times following didn't believe nny proporty owner tho pnnlc of 1907, nnd prevented wn8 diunngod by the trnmwny nnd mnny from being compelled to lenvo!U)ntod out tho big ndvnnco In prop hero. Ho snld It had been nn effort crty vnlues In thnt section following on Mr. Smith's part to build tho mill ' the opening of tho mill, nnd keep It In operation. Ho said ( Mnyor Strnw nnd Councilman Cap thnt tho grnntlng of tho frnnchlso In ( p0 hnd n llttlo tilt over tho Inttor cx nucstlon hnd been n condition of tho', ircsslng his views of tho mnttor company building tho mill hero nnd , when the hitter said he wanted to npply somo "common senso" to It. Mnyor Strnw snld It wan Impnsslblo nnd Mr. Copplo retortod thnt ho wns talking about the council using com mon senso nnd not tho mayor. Mr. Ilooth said thnt Tucsdny nfter nonn, ho had been served with nn In junction prohibiting tho use of tho trnmwny nnd scrvlco ovor it wns stop- Mr. McKnlght snld thnt W. U. favored Douglas, who Is fighting tho trnmwny grnntlng tho frnnchlso nt tho tlmo frnnchlso, hnd offered not to enforce nnd woro In favor of living up to tho the Injnnqtlon If Mr. Ilooth would Marshflold's pnrt of tho agreement (dclny tho frnnchlso application and now. Ho snld that mnny, Including the lntter rofused nnd tho injunction himself, hnd donntcd tnwnrdn tho' hnd thon boon Invoked. thnt Mr. Smith lmd moro than mndo good his promise. Now thnt n flaw hnd been found In MnrshfloId'B part of tho contract, ho said It was up to the council nnd this community to ninko good nt once In the mnt tor nnd thnt ns n question of com mon honesty, tho council could do nothing hut grant It Immediately. Ho snld that ho believed thnt nenrly eve- pod rybndy In Mnrshflold hnd $6,000 ncccssnry for building tho Conl Ilnnlc Inlet drawbridge Ho snld thnt porhnpH n fow now that tho city had enjoyed nil tho benefltR from building tho mill might want to take ndvanlago of escnplng fulfilling their part of tho contrnct, but thnt tho city wns honor bound to llvo up to It. Ho Bald that mnybo the tramwny wan Klnally Mnyor Strnw cnlled tho vote on tho frnnchlso nnd It rcsultoJ In Coko, Ferguson, Savago nnd Pow ers voting for It nnd Copplo nnd Al lireclit ngalnst It. TIiIb carried tho franchise. NiiNlmrg Holds Hark. Former Councllmnn .1. X. Nelson who Ih now bonding movement n slight dnmngo to somo of tho prop- tho Improvement of North Front erly but thnt tho mill's benoflt to the' street reported to tho council that community moro than offset It. j Claude Nasburg Ih now threatening to J. H. Flnnngnn In n letter took tho. delay tho proper Improvement of tho snmo stnnd iih Judge Coko. street by refusing to pay his Bharo Ivy Condron nnd F. P. Norton, who towards tho cost of tho bulkhendlng pnld $49 on his Mnrkct avenue ninn holc contrnct. Other contractors woro ordered paid smnll nmounts. I A warrant for about $2,800 on the North Cednr street contrnct wns or dered drnwn In fnvor of Hugh Mc Lnln. This matter Is In lltlgntlon nnd .It mny bo n couple of yonrs or moro ! before Mr. McLnln Is able to get his money owing to tho litigation ns to who owns tho property nnd tho coun cil decided It would be only fnlr to allow Mr. McLnln six per cent inter est on this bnlnnce. Tho Interest mny hnvo to bo pnld out of tho city general fund. I Mrs. A. II. Sears nppl'cntlon for n rebnto on North Cedar street owing I to n brldgo being put In front of her proporty Instead of n (111 wns taken I up nnd ItSrns ngrccd thnt she wns on jtlolcd to about $10, but It can't bo paid now owing to there being no money In tho fund. An alias wnrrnnt wns Issued for tho collection of assessments on Flnnngan avenue. A rebate of JJ 1.0-1 was ordorcd di vided among tho proporty owners as sessed for tho Improvement of tho al ley In block in, South Mnrshflold. Tho council adjourned for two weeks. Itcgiiluto Moving Pictures. An ordlnnncn prohibiting the show ing of obscene, Immornl or degrading In, I .-, ,- f()lllU!H llllll HPIUTII1K IllillClll'B or inzu lights wnB adopted. A duo of $10 to $50 for tho first offeuso mny be Im posed, tho llccnso tnkon nwny for tho second offeuso nnd n Jntl sentence of not exceeding fifty days Imposed for n posslblo third offense. WILL FIRE 01 II. 5. TROOPS IXStltltKtTO I.KADICIt AT MK.W GAM lllTTItlt AT INTIMATION IWITKR STATICS WILL TAKE PAHT. (Ily AModated 1'rosA to Cooi Day Times.) MKXICALI. Mex.. Mar. S. "V will Arc on the United States troops If they cross the line Into Mexico, nnd we will light till we die In the snered cause of liberty." Working himself into n passion over the news thnt United States troops with rein forcements woro on the wny to the lower California border, Simon Iler- tholdt, tho American lender of tho Mcxlcalt Insurrectors thus vehement ly declnrcd his purposo to Amorlcan nowspnper correspondents. Must In". Smnrt lints In great profusion. Trimmed nnd seml-trlm-med lints. All the spring styles will bo in cvldenco nt tho preliminary showing nt our store on Thursdny, I Friday and Saturdny of this week. This showing embodies nil the cor rect styles nnd tho prices nro mode rate. CLARKE MILLIXEUY. WT-, Kft' e were on the council when tho frnn chlso wns first granted, took tho snmo atnnd. Furthermore, Mr. Norton snld that lots ho hnd bought on Second street prior to tho building of tho tramway and mill for from $!0 to $200 nploco ho had recently refused $400 nploco for them. It. M. Jennings snld thnt the mnt tor nppenled to him ns n very big proposition tho proposition of whether tho city of Mnrshflold was going to bo honest or dishonest. Ho snld that If tho city wns to "gig back" on Its promises or ngrooinents nnd try to ovndo doing whnt wns right, tho reputation of tho city and community would bo seriously dam ngod. Ho snld thnt ho regretted thnt Mr. McKnlght wns speaking from n legal standpoint Instead of from- n porsonnl stnndpnlut that he felt ror tnln ho would not question for n min ute what the council ought to do grant tho frnnchlso nnd ninko the city's word good. Davo Miibboii, one of the property ownors wanted tho council wnlt a whllo ns ho snld tho property own ors could probably effect nn ngrec ment with the C. A. Smith compnny whereby n different route could be granted them. Mnyor Strnw then told the history of the mnttor, he having been mayor when It llrst enme up. Ho said that tho grnntlng of the frnnchlso hnd been one of the conditions upon which Mr. Smith located the mill horo nt n tlmo when Mnrshflold wns nbout "fall flnt." Thnt the drafting of It hnd been left entirely to the city nnd that he felt that city should ninko good nt once. Dr. Mlugus snld there was only ono thing for tho council to do and that wnH to maintain the city's Integrity by granting the frnnchlso Immediate ly. Views of Council. Councilman Copplo said that ho hnd resolved novor to bo n party to railroading n frnnchlso through. He said thnt as there was still n few weeks In which tho compnny wns not provonted using tho trnmwny nnd ho wanted to glvo It more consldern tlon. Ho didn't fnvor n lifelong frnn chlso. wnntod oloctrle motors used nnd thought provision should be made for ending tho franchise when tho city reached a certain population, for tho (111, Mr. Nelson snld tho bulkhendlng should extend along Nasburg'B proporty but Nnsburg wouldn't pay for It. Councllmnn Powers nnd Coko said thnt Nasburg had been ono of tho (WHO OF THANKS. I hereby wish to express my thanks for tho kindness nnd sympathy shown In the Illness nnd death of my broth er, W. A. Morris. JASPRIt J. MOUIHS. '1 1 knira'TOhat von want HinvAi.tint 'A'A'UT,1'0 If"6 OH?11": SAflll AJ!I ilellvrm I hava but ono price, and cell lor C&Dh rmlv flHI havn mv Aum alw It en: ii ma much lei to mako my goode in ici. i3 ftcu mem lnu0o x mnko and foil In ta ro quantlc . J Thcoo prlcf am tan firm my catalog copy of which I will sbbly mall on rcourct: I'ont Unoro, double tMck bUu $2.2Sup ,iney Front Ioor, lyllih . $5.00 up Urv panel Doom, for staining iliso W.wCrrt'manDocr,forbuniaIow SI.GO , !' t. Ji I n,tK " 'Be up 'i rni unrn asm . . (ze up UQAA.fil Dimm .!!. i.l.tH .1... ! wn rr -"- " wi rt n.. ... .. . .11 J 1 l ,, t .".. .. T .. T-- t ?,"'"""'!" "c.ft.i'.aihi-rmn DOc Cunho-rd Door. with plain alai v i I if. nr , rn a ..., m. m ", . ... s mini iiiv t t-ali for Drlera ami i P. ljkfcrCataloirNo, f.VJVJ I your lltt of ma freight characi. AltltlVAUS AND AKHIVUI): Din- Fob. Feb. 3. n. r. II. s. 9. 11. It?. 1)1. IS. .1.1 23. 2G. Itedondo Alliance llreakwater and Nnnn Smith Alllnuco Itedondo and Graco Dol lar. MtTuitics ofvi:ssi:i,s oritiNf! Fi:nm'AKY nni HKI'AUTKD: Alliance Nnnn Smith Ilreakwnter Alllnuco Plant Flfleld Nnnn Smith nnd Dreak wator. Alllnuco Schr. Omegn Alliance Nnnn Smith nnd Ilreak wnter Ilnndon Itedondo Alllnuco Nnnn Smith nnd Ilreak wnter Alllnuco Str. Ilreakwnter Alllnuco Nnnn Smith Plant Alllnuco Omega, schr. Flfleld. , Itedondo Ilreakwnter & Nnnn Smith Alliance Ilreakwnter, Nairn Smith and Alllnuco Ilnndon 4. 4. r. t. 10. n. n. lfi. in. IS. 19. 20. 23. 26. "Our Patrons Are Entitled to the Best, and This Includes Clean, Hygienic Light." The above declaration comes from the Iowa Clothing and Shoe Company of Ottumwa, Iowa, in a letter ex pressing satisfaction with Tungstens store lighting and improved show window lighting. That this kind of policy pays, and pays big, goes al most without saying. "We consider window lighting an advertisement of value, burning same every night, although our store closes at 6 o'clock every evening except Saturday," writes the manager of the firm. t The merchant who deems the best none to good -for his customers usually HAS plenty of customers. If you have store and window lighting problems our New Business Department can be of help. Telephone 178 Polks Oregon and Washington Slnlo (Inetteer nnd ln!nehs Direc tory. Just Issued for 1011-12 Is tho most completo work of the kind published. It contains nn accurate, business di rectory of every city, town nnd vil lago In Oregon nnd Washington, nnd tho names and nddresses of country merchants and professional mon, lumbermen, etc., who nro located nil- Jncent to villages; also lists of gov ernment nnd county olllccrs, commis sioners of deeds, state boards, statu tory provisions, terms of courts, nnmes of tho postmnstors, postoftlcos, express, telophono nnd tologrnph of fices, Justices of tho ponco, hotels, dally and weekly nowspnpers; bo sldos much other Information usoful to nil clnsses of business nnd profes sions men. A descriptive sketch of ench place Is given, embracing vari ous Items of Interest, such as tho lo cation, population, distances to dif ferent points, tho most convenient shipping stntlons, tho products thnt nro mnrkoted, stngo communication, trndo statistics, tho nearest bank lo cntlon, mineral Interests, churches, schools, libraries and soclotles. An Important feature Is the classified di rectory, giving every business nrran ged under Its special heading, thus enabling subscribers to obtain nt n glnnco n list of nil houses manufac turing or denllng In nny particular lino of goods. Tho work generally is compiled to deservo their libernl patronage. 1'IUCE $0.00. Bench Mado- SHOE No. 2055, A Murtly comfortuMe Inn room tho for hvavr men. Two full double tolet of the oM method bark tan. nate a feature of all "Senalo" ihoei. ilroad heeli wide, rouml toe. Upper leather It iclecteil Auttralian kid. PKTKK (IiAtSllV ICxcluslve Shoe Storo r's i -3K5ar' v. ,i: , a r .. i vr A vw sZi rffeaERffiry c u I s"iSiaDr HluWof(, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF UOOSBAY Capital fully paid $100,000.00 AV. S. Chandler, President; r. C. Hortou, Vice-President; Dorscy Krcitzer, Cashier. Ray T. Kaufinaii, Awt. Cashier DIRECTORS: V. S. Chandler, John S. Coke, AV. U. Douglas John P. Hall, "Win. Grimes, P. S. Dow, S. C. Ro"en V. P. arurphy, U. C. Horton. b ' DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest paid oil time and savings deposits, safe deposit boxes for rent in our steel lined fire and bur glar proof vaults. Flanagan (Sb Bennett Bank of Morshf ield, Oregon Oldest Hank In Coos County, KNtnbllslied In 1HHO. raid tip Capital, Surplus, mid I'tiillvldfd I'rofllN tiver S1C0 000 Assets Over Half .Million Do lar. ' ' Does n gonernl banking buslnesB nnd draws drafts on tho Ilant of California, San Francisco, Cnl.; Ilnnovor Intlonnl Dank. N Y First Nntlonal Bank, Portland, Oro.j First NntlonnI Bnnk. lioiil burg, Ore.; Tho London Joint Stock nnnlc, Ltd., London, Englani Also sells oxchnngo on nil of tho prlnclpnl cities of Europe 7 Indlvldunl nnd corporation accounts kept subject to check Sf deposit lock boxes for rent. ' OFFICERS: .1. W. HK.VXKTT, rresldont. .1. H. 1'LAXAOAX. V..Irc It. R WILLIAMS, Cashier. WO. M. WIXCllVwrKn' aL ." ,",' ,. IXTKKKST PAID OX TIMK DKI'QSITS. 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Xllt coaf sale i "or and vehicles for c For quick delivery call on Good Livery Service Fancy new rigs, good horses and enreful drivers vjre now at the dis posal of tho Coos Day public at REASONAIILK RATES Rigs or rigs with drivers ready lr nny trip anywhero any time. Hors uoarded and rigs cared Tor. Now hoarse and special accommo dations provldod for funeral parties- W. L. CONDRON'S LIVERY AND FEED STAlUi" x PllOXE 273-J. L. H. HEISNER or Phono 120-J or 19-l. REAL ESTATE. If you want to get some of the best buys In this section, see me- If you want to sell or lease yflr property, list It with me. AUG. FRIZEEX, 08, Central Ave., Marsbfl'lJ, 1 1 SON, South Broadway. - J-"-." READ TnE T13DSS' WANT Al