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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1911)
ONE CAN OVERLOOK THE STAIN ON THE PATRICK IF THE COLORS DONT RUN YOUR. ADS CARRYING your store-news, should appear hs regularly s docs this newspaper. If newspaper omitted nn Issuo now mid then oven for so welgaty a rcn oii as fearing that it might rnln It would not bo n Kod newspaper. (Ham SOMEONE HAS SAID: "A storo's advertising spaco In newspaper, compared with Uio Bpao used by oHicr stores, should dofla It comiiaratlvo Importance la tbe cotniiiunltyt Docs your storo's crtlslng spneo do that? mm?B MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESH nun VOL. XXXV Established In 1H78 as The Const Mall rIlIThs of coos bay MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 191 1 EVENING EDITION, SIX PAGES. Lots of Rumors But No Official Information Obtainable Developments. While there Is considerable rail road news afloat on Coos Boy to A Consolidation of Tlmcfl. Const Mai! and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 41 WHS $2,500 FOR ACCIDENT Chris Borcher Sues North Bend Box Factory For Personal Injuries. Chris Ilorchor, formerly liend mill wrlght nt tho North llond box fac- Fast Horses arid Poor Men's Barns .(,.. iiotlllllK (leilimo or uuiuiui una " iiiie o uumutvi j. u. iuii doclopcd 1 Bio HlBl twenty-four 1 dull, hna Instituted suit ngnlnst tha hours that casts nny nddltlonnl light i Coos Uny Mnnufuctmlng company, on tho situation. I which opoiates tho plant, for $2,500 A story that W. l- Miller, super- for personal Injuries. Tho suit will inteiulcnt of tho local holdings of probably coino up for trial at the next the Southern Pacific, wnB contracting term of circuit court, for a laigo number of railroad ties .Mr. Ilorchor alleges that ho sus caused Bomo stir. Mj'' Miller tinted tallied Injuries whllo employed In however Hint It bad no Blgnllle.iiice. tho plant in AugtiBt 1010, which Ho Bnld ho was contracting for sonio have permanently disabled lilm. Ho ties but they wero to bo used In lih-, ullegcH that as n result of a dofee provlng tho present lino to Myrtlo tlvo pulley of which ho had previous Point. ly notified the management, his As yet, nothing moro dcllulto hnsjhnnd wnu caught and crushed, malnt bcea received im to tho (Into of tho.lng him pcrmanontly besides Infllct vlslt of Chief Engineer Hood and lug groat physical and mental tor-Vlce-piesldont O'Brien und probably ! turo. Trnlllc Manager Miller of tho South-1 vs'w-' orn Pacific It Is expected that they i m,ll,"B a uiu on mo construction will reach tho Bay sometime next ' work- n"u lll"t contractu will bo let ,NCC.( (for tho grado within a few days nt A rumor to tho effect that tlio '"rthoBl ItoacliurK Nows Southern Pacific was planning to oil nilnnto tho heavy grado ovor tho aiim mlt between Coos Bay nnd Coqulllo was also started. Tho story wns t-'oqnlllo View of Coos Buy and lioNu that tho coninnny was Dimming to Project. tunnel through to Buavor Slough. If IS HI Mi PROJECT. THE TIMES prints two Important nrtlcles In this evening's Issue. One Is communication by Win. Hotumo of Cooston on the width of the hnrbor, tho other Is by tho mmliie editor of tho Orogoninn and concerns tho significance and lmportanco of tho entrance of tbe battleship Bos ton Into Coos Bay. Other good news was contained In tho Informntlo.i printed In yesterday's Times to tho effort thnt n corps of surveyors be longing to tho Hill system wns nt work near Gnrdlner bended toward this city. The trend, nnd tendency of nil thcs6 nrtlcles Is toward the growing Importance of Coos Bay nnd the near approach of the development of Its grent lesourcos. Coos Bny Is nomlug Into its own. It Is with com munities as with Individuals, you can't keep n good ono down. Coos Bny with Its hnrbor, Its Umber, Its coal, Its agrlcutluro nnd Its fruit and dairying possibilities htiB'long been lipid bnck. Probably the chief con tributory cause has been lnck of modern nnd rapid transportation facili ties. Theso are coming now. Nothing can or will stop ono or moro railways from building to Coos Bny. Tho period of doubt, depression and despnlr bns pnssed. Coos Bny with Its hnrbor nnd Its resources might temporarily bu checked In tnklng Its placo among tho big harbor cities of tho roast but It cannot bo permanently, bottled up or suppressed. Her bert Kaufman rightly remarks, "You enn't hold n fnBt horso In a poor mini's barn Wll nnd bis right place when ho strikes his renl pace. You can't dum rising wntcrs nnd you can't down rising monj you enn't depress n dovoloplng city. Ability, by tho Inw of gravity, Books Its propor level. No mutter where a good mnn stands, the rest of humanity knows how be stands. Competition bns tho oyo of AsmodeuB your rival usunlly knows every thing thnt goes on behind your wnlls ho enn't win his o;n game unless ho watches' yours. You enn't becloud your "sturs" ultlmntoly they'll shine through ob scurity nnd dlsplny their brilliance. Tho world's master tenor began his career In n vlllngo oporn troupe. Tho "crncks" of tho Big Leagues pitched their curves, from country dlamondH across metropolitan pint on nnd batted home-runs over hnmlct fences to cities a thoiisnml miles nwny. Tho Mississippi began business In tho blind honrt of n mountain range but managed to work Its way clear through tho contlnont. It Isn't whero a man stnrts but ''hnt a man stnrts that gives him sta tus. No mntter how thick tho throng mny he, Uio bond of tho glnnt tow ers above his Inferiors. Tho lessconsplououH his surroundings tho moio ptnmlucntly ho looms by contrast. You enn't conceal n bushel lu a peck measure It's bound to overflow Its narrow confines. "" Superior forco can't bo restrained n lender will forgo to tho front, J WILL CUE TO COOS BAY SOON WILL REBUILD MILL The Conulllo Hornld says: "A. L. this was done, It would Indlcnto thnt N08,r of Bridge wns n county sent tho Marshfleld-Myrtlo Point lino wnu visitor Monday nnd told the Hornld to be a link In another Southorn Pn-U"o ' proposed Bolso-Coos Bay cltlc lino cost or south east from rlKht ot wn' men bad nrrlyed nt his Coos liny. However, no definite in-! l'c H "i"c beyond Myrtlo Point formation could bo obtained about nml only 20 ,n"08 from Coqulllo nnd no mutter how much you mny seok to hold him bnck. It, ,wero feeling much elated nnd encour- ,nvwswv Nothing now hnB been received nKe(1 w,th tholr success, nnd why from anrdlnor rolntlvo to tho report-, Bll0"I(' t,lc' for tho' Informm! od ain.eurunco of a lnruo crow of Mr- NoHlor thnt rlghts-of-wny had surveyors for tho Hill lino there. Ono Practically boon secured from Mnrsh- MnrBhfleld mnn who snld that ho."0"1 t0 '" l,lnco nnd tl10 Proporty had nddltlonnl Infiirnmtinn rnndmi. ownors woro so much gratified ovor Ing Warren Reed's statement', sal.l thnt the party was keeping "mum" nml that no Information could bo ob tained from tho aurvoyors themsel ves. Knglneor Aston of tho Coos Bay nnd Eastern Electric project, Is busy establishing his survey camps and pushing thnt survey us rapidly nB pos sible. As near ns cnu bo nscortaln ed, their routo will bo nlong tho east sldo of Isthmus Inlot from Enat sldo to CoqulHe. It Is Intlmnted thnt the next two or threo weeks will seo tho definite plans of this company sprung. No Information hns been given out lately relntlvo to tho Coos Bny and Boise. It Is understood thnt Presi dent Frnncls H. Clarko Is now In Philadelphia on mnttors connected with U. Chief Englneor Haines, ho Is here, Bays ho hna nothing to elvo out. tho prospecta for nn enrly constructed railroad that no remuneration hnd boon required for thojr liberal con cessions to tho railroad pboplo. Ask ed nB to tlmo specified for beginning of construction work In theso rights-of-way contracts, Mr. Noalor stated thnt they provldo that work shall bo gln on tho now rond within six months. Mr. Nosier Informed tho gontlomon, who no loiigor dony being roprescntntlves of tho Hill lntorests, thnt thoy woro privileged to run through his placo on ono sldo turn around nnd go bnck through It on tho other, If thoy would only bring thnt long tnlked of rnllrond Into Coos." A NEW PORT 10 RISE HERE IlOSnilUIlG RAILROAD NEWS. Railroads and rumors of railroads from Roseburg 'to Coos Bny havo fill ed tho newspnpors nnd been the to pic of conversntlon between every body In this portion of Oregon for many months. Of Into sevoral gen tlemen, supposed to bo railroad agents, have visited Roseburg, In specting proposed routes, securing right-of-way In a quiet nnd rather secret mnnner, nnd havo studiously avoided making nny statement that rolfeht lead to the source of their ef forts becoming known. Tho Haines urvey, the Clark project nnd also SAG IW W LEAVE S Expect to Haye Damaged Ves sel Ready to Put to Sea Saturday. Fairly good progress la being made In the repair work on tho etenm schooner Saginaw and It is now hop ed to have her ready to put to sen Snturday morning. She will go to Portland, taking her damaged cargo with her and thus give tho conslgneea that of the English syndicate, with the first onnortunlty of taking It. In headquarters at San Francisco, aro case they will not accopt It, the car known to have representatives In the go will be sold to tho highest bidder field, and the public hns been kept either ns a wholo or In small lots. Euesslng over tho probable result of Dlvor Mast and his assistants are all this quiet activity. That nr rond I tho renter of Interest for hundreds will be built, work to commenco ' of people, some of whom spend prac Ithtn a short time, most everybody . tlcnlly tho ontiro day there. Some n uouglas and Coos counties aro even brought chairs so they could sit down nnd watch them. Mr. Hart of the Hart-Wood Lum ber company, the owners of tho ves sel, Is here from' Aberdeen, nnd Is navlng thebills. Capt. Plllsbury of convinced, and this onlnfnn In eon Armed by private advices received by , The News from Portland parties to day, which state that railway con tractors are now in h tAirltnrv fif- fected, that they are examining the, the Underwriters Is directing tho ro- Une of SUrVev with -fhn Intanl nt siili. I rinlr wnrlr. Opening of the Panama Canal to Hasten Coos Bay Development. Sonio good North Bond booster suc ceeded In breaking Into tho Oregonlnn with tho following oxcollont bit ot Cooa Bny ndvortlslng: "By tho tlmo of Pnnnmn Cnnnl Is completed, tho port municipality, co operating with tho Federal Govern ment, will havo mndo a now seaport nt Coos Bay that will bo among the best on tho Pacific Coast. "Railroad and other private- cor porations are Joining In having this seaport ready for tho largest vessels to come In by tho tlmo tho Pnnamn Canal Is open for trafllo Tho now port has tributary to It one of tho lar gest and richest undeveloped sections of tho United States. This undev eloped aroa Is said to contain moro timber, coal, mnrblo, limestone, gold, copper, sliver, lead and other minerals, nnd moro good all-around fruit land, with a hotter climate tbnn any othor political subdivision ot equal area on tho American Contin ent. A number ot steamship lines are plying regularly from this port to ill the markets of the world. At presont the only way tho tourist can como to this port 1b by stage or steamer, but tho "Overland" will soon bo speeding through this valloy. "With the completion of the Pana ma Canal the trend of events will be turned toward tho Pacific. Tho fu ture history of the world will bo writ ten there In largo characters. "With millions of acres of vast dl erslfled resources back of Coos Boy that will produce for a century, an ocean full ot fish at the front door ot this port, unlimited fuel nnd power, with no monopoly controlling the wa terfront of tho harbor, with several transcontinental systems ot railways establishing their terminals here, nnd lines of steamships plying between Coos Bay and tho hungry markets ot tho world, makes It self-evldont that whero It required years to build other cities, the rise of Coos Bay will be marked by months." W 1 IS FOREST FIRE Conflagration Along Old Coos 'Bay Wagon on East Slope of Coast Range. Owing to n bad forest tiro on tho oast slope of tho Coast Rango nlong tho old Coos Bay wagon road, tho Western Union wire from Roseburg to Marshflold Is out ot commission today. The wire went down last evening and Manager Schetter Is un able to say when service can bo re stored. Just how bad tho conflagration Is, Mr. Schetter has been unablo to find out. There havo been several small forest fires burning lu that section, enst of Lairds, for several days but It wns not thought that thero was nny danger from them. In consequonco ot the wires being down, The Times wna unable to so curo Its regular Associated Press news today. IN BEAUTY'S ItEALM 80 ACRE-HAXCH on Big Creek, fouth Of Sunset Bay. Will SELL on EASY TERMS for MAHKRT 1MHCH of fine spruce on the place and throw in tbe land. TODD, Chandler hotel Iliuulon Baby Show Brings Out Sonio HnudMimo Youngsters The Baby Show was a big success. A number of babies wero entored, nU of which wore decidedly beautiful but the Judges wero, of course, compound to decide on some particular babies tor the prizes, although the contest was very close. Tho prettiest baby boy under ono year old, was Cash Goodman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Goodman of Prosper, whllo little Merle Thompson wns awarded the prize as prettiest girl baby under ono; she Is the daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Robert Thompson. Little Howard Page, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pago, waa adjudged prot tlest boy under two and "Viflinn Gar- outte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Garoutto, prettiest girl under two. Cash Goodman and Velmn Garoutto received loving cups. Howard Pago received a dozon photos and Velma Garoutto a gold locket and chain. ( Emmn Davidson won tbe prize for being tho fattest baby under three years old, the prize was a baby spoou. - Bandon Recorder. Congressmen Hawley and Humphreys Expected to In pect Waterways. Congressman Hawley and Ronrc Bcntatlvo Humphrey of Washington, the members of the Rivers nnd Har bors commlttco who have been de'e- gnted to inspect Oregon waterway projects, nre expected to visit Coos county In tho nenr future. In a let tor to The TlmoB nnd lu another to the Chnmber of Commerce the othor dny, Mr. Hawley signified his Inton tlon of coming hero soon. Ho hns Just returned from Washington ind the Snlem Stntesmnn prints the fol lowing story of his return: With nvowed determination to get before congress tho facts regnrdlng Oregon's waterways and to secure ap propriations nt tho December session of tho leglalntlvo body nt Washington, Roprcsentntlve Willis C. Hawley, who roturnod Sunday evening from tho na tional capltol, will niuko a tour of tho stnto nccompnnled by Hon. Wllllnm E. Humphreys of tho committee on riv ers nnd bnrbor8 of tho houso of rcpre pontntlves. Just when this tour will bo mndo Is not definitely determined, but It probnbly will bo In October or November, moro probnbly tho former. TIiobo wntorwnys nro of oxtremo Importance In the development of Oregon, Congressman Hawloy main tains, nnd he snld yestordny thnt ho will iibIc for Inrgo appropriations for the Btnto's r'vers nnd harbors In Dec ember. Not nlono this, but he desires to secure appropriations nlso for or oetlng public buildings In a number of the loading clttles of western nnd southern Oregon. All public lands thnt are sultnblo for homes should bo thrown onon. Mr Hawley thinks, nnd ovory oncourngn- meiu snoiild lie extended to tho lionw bulldor who comes to this state. Mr. Hawley snld: "I expect to renin I n lu Oregon, my nntlvo stnto. until I return to Wash ington for tho December session, nnd will devoto my tlmo lu vlsltlnltr nnd studying ns fnr ns posslblo tho nends or tlio district. Oregon Is a growing stnto nnd hns n grent futuro before hor.. Sho hns lnrgo trnctB of public Innds nnd I hollovo thnt all of thso that nro sultnblo for homes Bhould bo thrown open to entry and thnt every encouragement should bo extended to tho honest homobulldcr who comes to our stnto. "Then when Oregon hns produced her wenlth of nnturnl products, pinna must bo mndo for mnrket'ng them with a resouublo cost for transport i tlon. Ono of tho greatest considera tions In reducing rates chnrged for trnnsportntlon Is good river nnd hnr bor facilities nB opposed to trnnspor- iiuiviii uy rnii. urcgon tins n num ber of excellent waterways, some of which hnvo beon pnrtly Improved, or nro In tho process of Improvement. Theso wntorwnys enn bo mndo n very mnterlnl factor In trnnsportntlon nnd I hnvo secured tho ofllclnl deslgnnllon of Hon. Wllllnm E. Humphreys of tho committee on rivers nnd hnrbors of tho House of Ropresontntlves, who will Inspect our wntorwnys this fall on behnlf of tho committee, ns fnr ns pos sible "In nddltlon to lnrgo npproprln tlons which I will nsk for our rivers nnd hnrbors during tho next session, It will bo my purposo to also secure appropriations for tho erection of pub lic buildings In a numbor of tho load ing cltlea of western and southern Oregon." J. A. Allen and L. J. Simpson Figuring on Reconstructing Plant. J. A. Allen, mnnagor of tho North Bend shingle mill which waa recent ly destroyed by fire, hnB tnkon stops to rebuild the plant. He has a forco of men now clearing away tho dobrls nnd hopes to got the new plant under wuy booh. Messrs. Allen nnd L. J. Simpson owned the Bblngle mill nnd will co opornto lu its rebuilding. Sonio of tho old equipment can bo utilized lu the now mill but It1 Is tho plan to muko tho now ono moro modern thnn the old one. It will bo built with nbout tho Biuno capacity but will bo so arranged thnt tho output can bo Increased lator when conditions war rant It. The company has consldornblo or ders for shingles now and hns also arranged for logs for a long run. After the sbow try a Turkish Bath Phone 214-J BUYS PROPERTY ON BROADM W. E. Bole, Spokane Railroad Contractor, Invests $17,000.' W. E. Bolo, a Spokane railroad contractor, has closed n deal for the purchase of the Greenum and Kauf man residence property; on North Broadway Just north of Market nvenue, from I. 'S. "Kaufman -for $17,000. The deal has been on for some tlmo. Mr. Kaufman rocontly bought tbe Greenum property and sold It with his own residence holdings. The property 1b 90x100 feet, fronting east on Broadway. Mr. Bote locent ly spent a few weeks on tho Bay Several other deals for down-town buslueas property aro also ponding but they havo not pOQn closed yet. WILL REDUCE MILL WE C. A. Smith Company to Install Remanufacturing Plant at ' 1 Big Mill. Tho C. A. Smith Lumber nnd Man ufacturing company hns practically completed arrnngoments tor tho In stallation of n ro-mnnufncturlng plant at their big mills hero which will considerably IncreiiBo tholr dally out put and nlso reduce tho wasto In con verting logu into lumber. Gonoral Superintendent Amo Moreen has been working on the plan for soma tlmo and recently complotod nrran gemonts for It. Tho ro-mnnufnetur-lug plant provides for smallor saws nnd mnchlnory to cut tho timbers lny to tho smaller boards or plank, ,7rf practically nil the mills, tho logs uro cut Into tho final sizes by tho big snwa. Tho lnttor tnko a curvaturo of a quarter ot an Inch, Incurlng a big wnsto each tlmo thoy rip through n timber. By the now plan, tho big saws will merely cut tho big logs In to smaller timbers and tho smaller timbers will thorn bo taken to tho small saws which reduco this quarter Inch wnBto to a minimum. Besides reducing tho waste, tho mill can work taster as tho big gang band saws cnu cut moro rapidly whon cutting big ' timbers and plank which by tho re manufacturing plant aro reduced 'to tho Inch or two-Inch stuff as desir ed. Tho Installation of tho now plant will also lncreaso tho forco employed In the mills. In preparation for tho now plant, a now sorting shed about flvo hundred feet long will bo built nt tho big mill. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. Tho Nann Smith Is duo In tomor row from nay Point. The Redondo 1b duo in Saturday from San Francisco with passengers and freight, , '" The Daisy Mitchell arrived In this afternoon from San Francisco to load at tho C A. Smith mill for San Pedro. Tho barkentlno Arago took on part of her cargo nt the Railroad wharf and loft this afternoon for North Bend to coinploto her cargo. OCEAN PAHIC; Only few woodod ocean front acres loft. $10.00 CASH $3.00 monthly a YEARS. Thla PIHCE will bo DOUBLED on any lots unsold when I leave. TODD, Chan dlor hotol. ,' OFF DAYS ARE NOT INEXCUSABLE IF THEY DONT GROW INTO OFF WEEKS Hi