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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1911)
MARSHHELD'S CELEBRATION Of THE GLORIOUS' FOURTH WILL BE A HUMMER YOUR ADS CARRYING Your More-new, Miouhl itppcur as regularly nn doc tills notvspnpcr. If n ncuincr omitted mi l.suo now ninl llicn even for jo weighty n rcn uu nit fmrInK t'"t It might rnln It would not bo n Rood newspaper. Cons Exmtx SOMEONE HAS SAID: "A tlorc'.n ndvcrtUIng pcw in a noMpnpcr, ruiupnrvd with Uio upace iikmI by other Morv. Mhoukl tU'lIno Its rompnrntlio ImporUuco in Uw community! Dot's jour k lore's ad vertising pace do tlmt? MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XXXIV Established in 1878 iwi Tlio Const Mali MARSHFIELD, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1911 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times Coast Mnll nnd Cooi liny Adrertler. No. 128 mn MAY BE ICE BETWEEK 10 RAILWAYS TO REACH COOS BAY LET US TALK IT OVER Actual Work Now In Progress In the Vicinity of Eugene. PLAN ELECTRIC NEW CORPS OF SURVEYORS ARE ALSO IN THE FIELD "Every Little Movement Has a Meaning of Its Own." ' SYSTEM HERE San Francisco Capitalists Re ported to Be Behind Coos Bay Project. According to apparently well veri fied' reports now In circulntlon hero, II...... . t. .1.H ma4am EllKOnO conuiiuus i u '" iu;i , ., nctlvo work will shortly start on tlio of Interest In rnllway news affecting oi iim-rtat ' " Coos IJny nml Enatorn ilcctrlc Rail- Coos Hay. Tlio Eugono Register of ...,.,, way. But Httlo Is known hero of last Friday prints tho following In- . . . ,, , , tho project nlthough marked dovol- (cresting and significant edltorlnl un- . dor the heading "Eugono People All ',,rtc"tB nr B00 cxl,cctod ,n " .0 Mr. Aston, tho engineer who orl- "Wlilln mi nlr of invBtorv sur- ulnnllv enmn lmrn from Snn Frnn- roumls tho dopnrturo from Eugono cIgC0 to (lf, B0I110 worlt on Jnco)) jj. Mnko a strcot car project, has heen yesterday of a crowd of surveyors, fifteen Btrong, for thp west end of tho county with a complete now sur - HERE Is not r mnn In Marshfield hut should contrlbuto some thing to the Fourth-of-July celebration fund. That this city should havo a community colouration nt IcaBt onco every two or three years In which ovoryono can Join, will not admit question, It should bo mado n festival of fun and on a scalo In keeping with tho growing Impor tance of tho city as 'tho commercial center of southwest Oregon. As tho city and her pcoplo appear on an occasion such as this, so will they bo catalogued and remembered. If alio Is frco nnd elenn and hospltablo, safe, modcrato and sano In her dealings with her guests. She will mnko an Impression that, will llvo long nftor tho visitors arc de parted. From this ndvantngo any, city draws largely for her access of pcoplo and Investment; for pcoplo, oven on pleasure trips havo nn cyo slnglo to tho futuro homo nnd business, tho placo and tho pcoplo they would llko to sottlo down with. It Is up to us to win this wide Interest and wo can do It by making tho calobrntlon ono that Is well worth see ing, enjoying and participating in. Tho business men and pcoplo of Marshfield aro abundantly nblo to provide, cntortalnmont In amplo measure for nil and thero should bo ar dent nnd nctlvo concern nfoot for Its proper presentment. It should not devolve upon any ono man or ono committee to do this work. Every mnn In tho city should tnko somolntorcst In such n cclcbrntlon and con trlbuto his mito In coin, Intcrest.teffort nnd enthusiasm to mako It .1 notable success. Civic as well as patriotic prldo should spur us on to our best endeavor to mnko our colobratlon n memornblo one. Such n celebration, a good old lnshloncd ono lasting for two days with plenty of clean sports contests nnd entertainment will bo rich In results of tho ronowed intorcst and good will' of nil who participate nnd tho nnmo of Marshfield will Impress Itself where It will do nn lmmciiHO amount of good. May nothing Intorforo with this splondld prospect. PROMINENT MEN CALLED AS WITNESSES IN LORfMER CASE - w w w -H-WWVWWWWW WW LEAVES TODAY FOR PORTLAND hero recently doing some work on "v v" ' ' mo now project. 110 igii ior &n:i vcylng outfit and all necessary equip- Frnncgco n fow ,,,., g0 nm, ,8 cx. ment for extended camping. It Is gen- d tQ roturn w,th Uj0 hcad mon ernlly bellovod that tho party reprc tents heavy tlmbor Intorcsts In that part of Lane, namely, Stnrrott & Hovey, Porter Brothers and Smith, with probably ono or two others who havo united tholr Interests In gottlng a rond through to tho coast In order to handlo tho millions of feet of vnluablo tlmbor that was burned ovor last summer. It Is by no -monns unccrtajn thnt tho Southern Pacific Is not also In terested In tho ontorprlso. To got at tho facts In tho enso, howovor, la Iraposslblo for tho reason that tho party, whon horo nnd its ndvnnco guard, rofuscd to glvo out any Infor mation for publication. Thnt there Is possibility of a llvoly raco botwoon tho abovo named Inter ests and tho Lnno County Assot Com pany, of this city, In getting n road through to tho const Booms now moro apparent than at any'Qthor tlmo. If j tho big holders of westorn Lnno tim- j ber nro bohlnd tho movomonts of this new survoylng nnd locating crow, as seems highly probable, thero Is prac tical aBsurnnco that wo nro to havo ono road If not two Into tho heavy pected to roturn with tho hcad mon of it soon. Tho project Is understood to bo for a largo electric system, tapping prac tically all of Southern Oregon Includ ing tho Roguo Rlvor vnlley nnd tho Rosoburg section. San Francisco capitalists aro bohlnd tho project. Intimations hnvo been given thnt thoro is big capital bohlnd tho project. LEfiVE SUNDAY i FOR EUREKA DIES ST AGE OF 123 YEARS TWO EXECUTED IN SI S Convicted Murderers Expiate j Their Crimes In the Electric Chair. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) OSSINING, N. Y., Juno 12. Two tlmbored area to tho west of us with men woro put to death In nn oloctrlc evident certainty that tho road will chair In Slug Sing prison today, bo pushed on to tldowator without predorIck Gebhardt, convicted of tho any unnecessary delay. 'vmi n An,m t.nthor in Mm vnmin Whatever may bo tho outcome at theso two companies, it looks now, ... , ..... woro than at any other tlmo, llko "rat victim. Ho almost had to bo Eugeno Is assured of n railroad to tho carried to tho chair. Thomas Barnes, west nnd consequent rapid dovolop- a Yeggan who shot Jack Leonard bo ment of that section with big saw- cnUBe of tno nttor'fl promiso to aid mills humming In all Ulrections n tho offlcorB nf tno brenklng up of a Alliance Sails South With Many Will Have Wireless Put On. Carrying n cargo of 400 tons .of freight, and n numbor of passengers, tho steamer Alllnnco sailed yesterday afternoon for Euroka, Cul. Tho pai Bcnger list Included John Mnrynlls, Goorgo Thomas, William Cans, II. B. Whlgby, C. Hoops, Miss M. Randal), Bill Nyo, V. Dean, P. B. Glass. RESElESlFF P NAVAL RESERVES START TODAY ON THEIU FIRST CRUISE LTOUT. GRIMES IN (XMDIAND. In command of Lieut Thayer Gri mes, twenty-flvo membors of tho Mnrshflold Divisions of tho Orogon Naval Militia left on tho Broakwator Breakwater Sails With Naval Reserves Carries Capacity List of Passengers. At 1 o'clock this afternoon tho Bteamor Broakwator sailed for Port land with a capacity list of passen gers. Among tho passengers woro membors of tho Oregon Nnval Re serves on their wny to tho Bremerton Navy Yard, from whenco they' will return nbonrd tho U. S. S. Boston. Following is tho list of pnssen-gers: Lee Browne Democratic Leader of Illinois House Is Summoned. OFFICIAL STARTS WEST TO SERVE SUBPOENAS Others tn Testify Are Edward Hines, Ed. Tilden and C. S. Funk. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 12.. Subpoenas for a number of promtnont men to testify hero In tho Lorlmor In vestigation hnvo boon iBSUod, nnd a special olllcor Is now on his wny to Chicago to servo thorn. Tho great est Bccrocy Is attached to tho action Erlckson, Mrs. A. Erlckson, John Rothnor, Mrs. Rothnor, Elmer Roth- nor, C. Knudson, J. B. Tuckor, E. O. Crosby, Carl W. Evortson, S. O. Hfo In bod, but therotoforo, sho hard 1 lv lind known n nick ilnv. ORTLANO Mrs. Mary Rodriguez of Ba- kersfield, Cal., Is Dead at Advanced Age. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) BAKERSFIELD, Cnl., Juno 12. Born on November 1, 1778. Mrs. Mary Rodriguez, died horo todny aged , Small, F. S. Lambcrton, Mrs. Lam 123 years, soven months and cloven borton, Cecil Lnchapollo, Mrs. C. La days. Sho was a natlvo of Mexico, ichapollo, II. II". Dane, Fred G. Mos A fall, In which Bho sustained a frnc-jsorlo, Mrs. Messorlo, Thayor Grimes, turo of tho hip bono compollod hor,Rolllo Bnrrlo, Eric P. Bolt, Milton to spond tho last flvo months of hor Carlson, C. M. Read, Hnrry Davison, Tom Waller, Honry Hnlnrsen, D. B. Irving, J. Brondoll, J. Oswald, J. P. Ralston, M. Bird. Incoming Lint. With n fnlr-slzod list of passen gers, tho Breakwater arrived yos terday morning from Portlnnd. Tho list of pnssongors wns ns follows: F. R. Hunt, F. A. Moroy, II. Snbro, C. W. Shntla, C. L. Ponnock, O. White, Jno. Oldlnnd, Mrs. Oldland, J. Kail, J. Ilolman, Mrs. C. Law head, Mrs. II, E. Rnlnor, L. G. Mai tors, Mrs. Mnstors, Bertha Wllklns, A. Johnson, Mrs. E. M. Studobnkor, Loyd Studobnkor, Ruth Studobnkor, Ellis Studobakor, C. II. McICnlght, J. L. Hunter, II. II. Poppmullor, Mrs. llV 11 Blicclnl rmillilltlnn nf nli'lif r.nn. S. Clara, L. B. Coaloy, Pat Plana- ntors hnvng tll0 lnvo8tlBntloll , charge. It Is understood, howovor, unions the mon to bo summonod nro Leo O'NoIl Drownodomocrnt lender of tho Illinois lioiiRO, Edward Hlnos, president of Hlnos Li)iubor Co., of Chicago; Elward Tilden, whoso name Is connected with tho $100,000 fund nllogcd to havo boon collected for uso In tho election of Lorlmor. nnd gan, Cans A. Haines, Jens Honsoti, E. Harrington, A, A. Illllstrom, Law ronco Horton, Lewis Hortnn, Walter Jenson, R. L. Krugor, C. Church, F. Matson, R. McGeorgo, A. Menglo, J. Motley, G. C. StutBtnnn, L. Thrush, F. Wnlters, II. Wnltors, S. E. John son, Mrs. S. E. JolniBon, Mrs. W. C. Lnlrd, J. E. Quick, J. Knle, J. D. Ap- ,..uu,,.,. u. .rw.u, uuiiiio muiiuii, mth ciaronco S. Funk, whoso dlsclosutu Melton, Mrs. L. J. Post, Lybol Post.'of tho nttomt to ,mvo ,,,8 corpora. uecmn rosi, v;inuuo ran, iiownru tIon BnuacrUjo to Post, Lconn Post, II. B. Lcsllo, A. LOCALS LOSE TO COIIILL E Marshfield Nine Defeated by Close Margin In First Game of the Season. alleged fund was a fnlluro.in tho Investigation by the Illinois legislature INSANE MAN RUNS AMUCK In tho first baseball gamo of tho today for Portland from whenco they season played on tho local diamond, Poppmullor, Phoobo Schoonovor, Mrs will go to Pugot Sound to aid In man tho Coaulllo nlno dofeatod tho ng--- Hawkins, T. Howard, C. CHn- gang of Yoggman went coolly to his tho Sluslaw forests. 1110 peopio in nnu urouim fi.'u death will nwalt developments with consld- s erablo Interest. 'tho public to attend tho exercises. Tho moro tho merrier, and the bet- To tno public: i(1 fnr Pllnnna Tn'n vnllrnndR OUt Of -. .1... nt nwnwv nrirnnlvntln!! this city into westorn Lane and on to jn Eugono, Springflold nnd all of Lano j tho coast, with Coos Bay tho final ob- county g invited to Join in a monster Jectlvo point, would aid materially In co0ijratlon of the beginning of work earlv ilni'Alnnmnnt nf tho "Queen .i, -o,l tn ilm onnst. noTt Mnn. City" Into tho metropolis of tho upper day( nt 2 o'Ci0Ck p. m. Willamette valley. I Tho procession will form on West ACTUAL WORK BEGUN. 'Eighth street, resting on Wlllamot- Tho Eugene Guard also prints tho to nud march out wost Eighth to Blair following: 'and down Blair to west Fifth, where It Is planned to ask all of tho tho coromonlcs will take place stores of tho city to closo their doors . Music, n spoech or two, nnd a llt between tho hours of 2 nnd 4 p. m. tie dirt stinging will enliven tho oc next Monday, June 12, on account caslon, and a fine largo picture of of tho big celebration planned to be tho assembled crowd and tho grnd held at tho Intersection of West Fifth jng outfit with Perry's camps will be and Blair streets to mark tho begin- taken, to show the world that Lano nlngcf construction work on tho elec-' county spirit Is not by any means trie line between Eugene and tho dead Sluslaw. Tho plan has met with fa:. This picture will bo sent to tho vor wherovor discovered and it Is Oregonlnn, togother with a fine wrlte Probable that It will be carried out by ' Up of Lnno county, and Its citlee and the merchnnts. possibilities. Actual construction work on the Think It all over seriously and erado has already begun by Contrac- t0 with the boosters on next Monday tor Perry, but the work of brewing afternoon. Ground within tho city limits will noi We want Eugene to go a little fas besln until next Monday, and that tor. This Is tho way to mako her go. da' is conslderod a fitting one The waiting time Is over. Thero will ,0r tho Jollification. bo nearly ono mllo of our new Hue The Lane County Asset company graded when we aro celebrating. as issued tho following invitation tOj LANE COUNTY ASSET CO. nlng tho training ship Boston which is to bo brought to tho Columbia River and Coos Bay. Lieut. Graves who was to huvo gono, found It. Im possible to get away, and finally re ceived telegraphic permission for Lieut. Grimes to tako his placo. The mon were all In full uniform, marchod aboard abreast to music by gregatlon wearing tho Marshfield klnboard, J. H. Pearson, Mrs. roar colors in a looBoly played contest, b" C. II. Smith, MrB. Smith, MUs abounding In errors by tho closo Jonnlo Smith, Thos. Howo, Edna Bcores of 8 to 7. Ovor two hundred Howe, P. Virgil, Mrs. Virgil. S. Norn spectators, most of thorn Mnrshflold ro, II. II. Mlllor, F. Coultor, M. S. peopio saw tho homo team go down Schnur, R. D. Hazen, W. Asdlund, to defeat nt tho handa of Coaulllo' G. Rasmussen, W. Bornsdorf. M. ..- J, Collier, the husky Coqullle box artist, had tho local batters nt soa I displayed a good assortment of curves, had fairly good control, and showed a world of speed. j Normnn Johnson, the local box 'man, was almost as offectlvo as tho , Coaulllo twlrlor. Tho fact that Co- the Navnl Resorvo Band. Thoro was trying to solve his delivery and caus n big crowd at tho dock to seo thorn od SOYenteon of them to rottro by off nnd tho affair took on tho nature Way of tho strike out route. Collier of scones during war times. Among those going we,re: -Lieut. Thayer Grimes Lester Thrush Patrick Flanagan, Eric P. Bolt. .'. Robert Kruger. Milton Carlson Sydney Clarke Antonio Megalo PJetro Megalo Festus C. Walter Harvey Walter Charles A. Haines Ronald McGeorgo John W. Motley Frank Matson Loran Cooley Jens Hansen Walter Jensen Rollle Barrio Clay Church Ernest Harrington. Guy Stutsman Josephus M. Dodge Lawrence Horton Andrew Illllstrom Louis Horton Walter, D. Holm, W. A. Cochran, M. PappaB, M. Karl, D. Sarin, Jas. O'Connoll, N. O'Donnoll, W. A. Scott. DIKS AT EMPIRE. 1 W. D. Williams, Wither of Mrs. It. II. OUon, Pnhsos Away Today. W. D. Williams, father of Mrs. R. H. Olson, died at his homo in Emplro this morning aftor a prolonged III- L.,m .r.nnPo,i fnr oinvnn finfo liltn ness of hoart troublo nnd Brlght'a joff Johnson, while Mnrshflold was disease Ho had been blind for a 'nblo to secure only six blngles off couplo of yenrs. Collier hardly Indicates tho compara- Mr. Williams was born In Carmar !tiv morita nf thn two -nltchors. At , thonshlro South Wnlos nnd wns sixty- 1 least threo of the hits credited to nlno yenrs old. Ho moved to Emplro j three days, nyrd came to a farmor'a 'the Coqullle team should havo been1 from Snn Franolsco whoro ho had j homo for brtmkfnst leaving tho rlfto un..t..roil l.v M. lnnnl Inflnld. .Tnhu- WOrKOU UH il Uliiua iiuiisiiui, u .o r""""u "" " " v."v v 'son's control was perfect, not a man I survived by his wife, two daughtorj, rnni.in.? flrRt lmso on bnlls. IMrs. umon ami MTS. AIIHIO Hllrii Barricades Himself In 'Houso and Threatens to Shoot Any One Approaching (By Assoulntod Press to Coos Bay Times.) PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 12. An lnsano man has barricaded himself In n bcow houso on tho Tlvorfront, nnd fires n rlflo nt nny ono who ap proaches. The pollco havo surround ed tho spot, nnd will mako a dotor mlned effort to arrest tho man, No ono hns boon Injured by tho maniac, nnd tho effort will bo mado to effect his capturo without resorting to any harsh measures. M IS INJSTODY William Byrd, Slayer of Three Is Captured In Foothills After Long Chase. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) SPOKANE, Wash., Juno 12. William Byrd, the trlplo murderer, was enpturod In foot hills near Mica Peak today after a manhunt lasting Some hard hitting and n soye-aof San Francisco nnd a boh. W. D. clover fielding stunts featured tho Williams of Cotatl, Cal. game. Two bafeo hits woro mado hy The funoral will bo hold Wodnos Johnson of CoquIJlo. Norman John-, day afternoon at 2 o'clock p. m. from son. Lorenz, Howell and Keano. Ono tho Wilson chnpol In Marshfield. of tho most sensational Holding ,Rov- a- LoRy IIn11 mclntlng. Boats stunts of the day hs a double play ' bringing tho funoral cortego from from Brlggs to Colklln. Stopping , Empire will leave thoro nt 12 o'clock a hard drive from th bat of Loronz, I Wednesday. tho neavy mtting coquiue ursi oaso- watch quietly socurod tho rlllo, stolo up to tho houso, and covored Byrd with tholr guns. Ho surrondorod without resistance, Byrd killed thmo mon last weok. FUNERAL NOTICE. Tho funeral of the lato W. D. Wil liams of Emplro will bo held Wednes day aftornoon, Juno 14, at 2 o'clock from the Wllaon chnpol In Marshflold, Rev. G. I.oltoy Hull ofllclatintf. I PHONE I. S. KAUFMAN & CO YOUR j Friends and acquaintances aro ia- (Contlnued on Wge 4.) COAL ORDERS $1.60 PER TON. Ivlted to attend. - -$'4