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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1913 EVENING EDITION. BUSH TO m BIG EXPOSITION MERCHANT HOI COUNCIL MEETS I ""T ANNUAL TAXES AT SAN DIEGO SITE IS SOLD IN NORTH BEND i i Coos County Property Owners Availing Themselves of Rebate This Year. (Special to Tin Times.) COQUILLE. Mm eh .'.. Tlio an nual (low of money Into the coffers of Coos county Is just beginning to attain unusual proportions. To day, Sheriff (luge's olllco will turn over $10,000 to County Treasurer Dinnnlck. Monday was one of tho largest days ho far. tho tax pay ments totalling over $7000. Tho payment of taxes began In Febru ary, but not until Mnrch 1 was any rush noticeable. The time for securing tho threo per cent rebate will soon expire. Myrtle I'olnt Election. The Coos county court has or dorcil a special election In Myrtlo Point April 7 to voto on the wot and dry question under the Oreiton Homo Itnlo law. Tlio election was called In response to n potltion filed here. A lively prohibition campaign Is expected there. Myrtle Point was ono of the first places in Coos coun ty to voto dry. Now that tho wo men thoio can vote, tho "drys" will be considerably augmented, It Is oxpected. However, tho wot faction claims that most of tho now arrivals there since tho boom over the building of tho Smith-Powers road are In favor of an open town. These, with tho largo number of railroad lab orers and others who may be able to voto will try and offset the old dry majority. Earl A. Dibble, Formerly of Marshfieltl, Writes About Panama Fair There. Enrl A. Dibble, formerly of Mnrshfleld, but now located at San Diego, has sent the following let ter to tho Times describing the Panama Exposition which Is to bo hold there: "Ono of tho most unique expos itions over designed Is being built now In San Diego, to celebrate tho completion of the Panama cntml. It will bo the first great exposi tion to open on Xew Year's day and continue for n whole year. Hub Clothing & Shoe Co. Mrs. Mary L Merchant Dis poses of Fine Residence Property. BIG INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT Assessor Thrift Announces Deputies and That Val uations Will Be Raised. There will bo a marked Increase In Coos county assessments this year and tho total valuation of tho county may go from about $10,000, 000 to about fl! 1,000,000. Assessor T. J. Thrift hns Just completed ar rangements for tho work and left yesturday for Ilandon where ho will begin assessing. Ho ban ap pointed a iiumbor of deputies for tlio worlc, as follows: Murshflold (loot X. Holt. North Ilofnl Pot or l.ogglo. Uppor Coquillo A. P. Miller. Lower Coquillo Archie Collier. Catching Inlet and north part of County Chus. St. Denis, Mr. Thrift will personally ns bcbs Ilandon, Coquillo and Myrtlo Point. In addition to the marked In crease la real estate valuations, as a result of tho iiillroad boom, live stock will also bo assessed higher. Hogs will bo assessed at $" per hundred, dairy cowh at $:tr, yearl ing cattle at $ li.no, two-year-olds at $LTi. No definite schedule Is fixed for horses, sheep or goats. Logged-off lauds will bo assessed at $: per aero. Last year the val uation on tllolil mm mir nnrn. t Other real estate will bo assessed according to the market value. MAI) CHECK .MAX. V. S. limber Piuses Win (bless Pa per ill Itoschiirg, HOSEIU'IUI. March B. Eor the utterance of bad chocks In HosobnrK Sunday, n man giving the name of V. 8. Harder was nrrostod in St. Helens, Oregon, on information from tho locnl sheriff's olllco. Harder, who clalmod to bo a member of the Portland fire de partment, made the acquaintance of Win. Van Huren on the train eu routo to Hosediirg a few dns uo. On Sunday be asked Mr. Van Huren to endorse a check for $:if for him. Tho check was drawn on the Doug las National Hank of this city. An other check on tho sanio bank for J I. GO was given to Hotel MeClul-Ion, The San Diego ee'obrntlon will be opened January l. and close De cember 31, 19JB. Few localities In tho world have a climate which would penult such an enterprise. "At San Diego nil the western stntes of tho Union and ninny of tlio Eastern section, also nearly all tho countries of Central and South America, will have displays. Thcso expect to reap great benefits from tho development of oom merco through the canal and they aro seeking to obtain wider trade relations by exhibits at San Diego. "Pnllko any other exposition ev er produced, that at San Diego Is to bo one showing processes exclu sively. The iisnnl Idea has been to display the products of mini's agriculture or manufacture. This idea has been abandoned at San Diego. There every display will show how man Is doing tilings. "Nearly every exposition has been filled with goods. At San Diego the goods will bo made and tnon removed from sight. People today are more Interested In know ing how their neighbors do things than In showing whnt they do. In every ago, among every people, the same things hnvo been done In dif ferent ways, and tho whole story of man's progress Is told In the ad vancing steps in methods ho has used In making things. Not only will tlio San Diego exposition show how things tiro being done now, but how they wore done long ugo, and on through the progressive steps to tho present . dny development or methods. The exposition Idea Is expected to bo Just as much nioro Interesting than tho old plan as a window full of toys In (notion Is more Interesting than one filled with calico. "Tho grounds for tho exposition oncloBo 01 5 ncres. In a flno park of 1100 acres In tho conter of San Diego. Every building Is to be or mission style, ono of the prettiest types or building known. All will lie or white piaster concrete. An other dirferont Iden Is found In (ho arrangement of exhibits. At San Diego oach state or nation will hnvo all Its display In ono placo, In a separate building, with a tract of ground adjoining for outdoor dis plays. Usually a state's exhibit Is scattered according to classifica tions through a number of big buildings, nobody gnlulng any real men or what the stnto has to offer. "In order to Insure thnt tho ex position shall bo finlshoii In nvKi-v dotall by tho opening dato, work Is being rushed with all speed. Tho grading of the grounds Is finished, llllll tho actual i'iinufi-iwilni, ,r i, mammoth exhibit IiiiIIiHul'h i,..,,,,, I '. It Is planned to complete nil build ings this year, giving nil of 10( to innklng lawns, training vinos ami flowers over tho buildings, and in stallation of displays. Alroadv 100.000 trees and nliints lum. iwm placed about tho grounds mid In tho exposition nurseries are now 1.500,000 specimens of plants from all over tho world." John C. Merchant has Just pur chased the old Merchant homestead from his mother and plans to cut up tho property Into lots and dispose of It. Tho property, know as the "Mer chant homestead," beeutiBo It was for years the home of the pioneer mill man on Coos Hay, Is located be tween Elrod and Donnelly and Fourth and Sixth streets. Tho prop erty was bequeathed to Mrs. Mer chant as bcr's, personally. Sho has been making her home In California for Bovoral years and recently decid ed to sell It, and finally John C. Mer chant bought It. Mr. Merchant plans to open Fifth street through tho property. The largo houso on the property now is Just oast or Firth street. Tho price paid for the property Is not stated. To Trade Hlock". There have been Bomo negotia tions between Herbert l.ockhurt and others who arc associated with him In the owners' lit of a block of pro perty where tho depot baseball grounds were located, to exchange thnt block wltn the Southern Pa cific for the ono that tho latter owns across from tho Eagles' hall. Tho old ball perk, fits In with t!io other railroad holdings and would be advantageous for the railroad yards or shops, wl lie the other block would be better tor business purposes. Tho other block lies west of South Second street and extouds from Elrod to Golden. Nothing derinito has been dono about the exchange, tho Southern Pacific waiting to see what its needs In Mnrshfleld tuny be. I). L. Hood yesterday disposed of six lots In North Hend. Five In Pl-it I) wero sold to Mrs. Mary Kentmly , of Idaho and one In Plat A to John (i. .Mullen, who expects to build n homo on the site. Will Try and Get Plat Filed for North Part of City Street Work Up. At Its meeting next Tuesday night, the North Hend city coun cil will lake steps to secure the of ficial dedication of streets and al loys In the North part of town. At present, the platted portion or the town ends on n lino Just south of the ball park. The balance or the town wns only platted on paper and never riled, the property being sold bv metes and bounds. In con sequence, the streets and were never dedicated. The matter was brought the pvt that !''( Southern lino found It necessary to tho sewers Micro and when tlou wns u nde by (tight alloys up by Pacific cut nil applica nt Way fir lust ructions as to sowers south of tho I e city ollltials could any orders. m; Ti.Miu.'it deal. Area Coveinniciit .May Sell Largo Along the t'liipquu. Tho HoBoburg News snys: For sovcral mouths Supervisor Hnrtruin of the forest sorvlco orflco has been endeavoring to Interest tltnbor operators to develop Na tloual Forest timber, lying east of ItoBchurg and as n result of his efforts, a party of experienced lum bermen from Portland mid Seattle, accompanied by Assistant District Forester C. S. .lucid. W. T. Andrews, lumberman, and Asher Ireinud of the forest sorvice, loft Itoseburg In two rigs for the Inspection of tho timber in the Cnipqiin river basin. If tho timber and the topography or tho country nttrnet them they may bo In tho market for tho pur chase of n largo amount of Na tional Forest timber. They went prepared to make a thorough In spection of that region and It Is to bo hoped that this magnificent stand or timber will fully meet with their expectations. PAHCEL POST III- (JIXS .H'IjV I. Agent ,!.irsli replaciii': the right el wn. not glv 1 1 tit I At a meeting of the council last evening. Hie Southern Pacific was given permisdon to pile lumber in the unused motions ef California street. The Hue will run through the yard or the box factory and It was neeoKsnry lo find sonio place to move the lumber. A largo por tion of California street there Is simply mud flat and nut used for a highway now. A request from Stniinard and Richardson for data from the Southern Pacific about grades was referred to Engineer Wheeler. Un til the Soutlorn Pacific can furnish the grades of Its line through town, Stnuuard ntul Hlchardson cannot complete their profiles or grades (if streets along the water front. They have been paid $200 on their work so far. Final action to repeal tl.e wharf nud dockage charges on tho city wharf was taken. Xew Strivt Work. I'M ward llobson was appointed speclnl city engineer to prepare plans and specifications for Improv ing Stanton from Delaware to Ohio and Ohio from Sherman to Stanton. City Attorney Mullln was In structed to prepnro charter amend incuts providing assessment districts In Not tli Hend for handling street Improvements, At present, the chnrter requires a contract to be let for each soparuto street improve ment nud the council figures that if the contracts and assessments for street work could be handled like tlioy nro on sewage work, It would facilitate mutters and also effect a considerable saving. Another charter amendment pro posed is to cllmlunto tlio provision that provides that tho property owners can build their own side walks, the city not having any power over them except where tho proporty owner refuses'. In conse quence. It Is claimed, the sidewalks aro irregular. Tho plan It, to have tho city build the walks ami let the contracts ror them with the con tracts for Improving tho streets. Tho council wlTl meet again next Tuesday night. Tho date of tho special bond and charter election has not been definitely fixed, hut It probably will ho the lust or April or first or May. . BENJAMIN CLOTHES STETSON HATS STETSON SHOES ARROW SHIRTS All sold ono way GASH ONLY 13ctlcr values for less money because "MONEY TALKS" Hub Clothing & Shoe (, Mnrslifiolrl. home i'ieom i.o.Nt; tuip. I .iayr A. .1. ItOSEIU'lM.' PIOXEEHS Four mi:. Within Old Settlor Succumb a row Days There. ItOSEIUMtCS. Mnrch s. since March 1. death has claimed four citizens in and near Itoseburg und all or them In-the winter or lire. In tho passing or two or them, Will iam F. (illlnin of Winchester, and Mrs. Henry I.auder, Sr of Win ston, the ranks of Douglas coun ty pioneer, nro decreiued. The ot'hor two who have fallen before tho grim reaper are Milton l.oe of West UobpIiiii'k anil E. I.. HrlncKsr. father-in-law of W. W. Wallace, a well known lenient tout motor of this dty. fJKTK THE LIMIT. on. iirins coAi, thaih:. College Piol'c.ssoc (,'(ws Hevlew of t oos County .Mines. "Tho total production of coal In Oregon in 1 010 was fi7.ri"3 short tons huvliiK a value of $a35,229." says Pror. II. M. Parks, profossnr or mining engineering nt the Ore gon Agricultural College, in a re cent Issue or tho Student Engliioor. published by th0 O. A. C. bovs. I lie (oal mining Industry or Ore gon is mirroring from the great In crease in the production of petro leum In California and Its uso for domestic fuel, as well as on rail roads nud for manufacturing. Al though tho production of coal In Oregon decreased from 87270 short tons in 1000 to 117.55:1 tons in 1010. a loss of 10.713 or 22.02 nor cent, the totnl valuo of tho produc tion Increased .Oil per cont, or from $23fi,0S3 In 1009 to $235,220 In 1010, the nverngo valuo for 1000 being $2.00, whllo In 1010 It was $3. IS por ton. "There- wero only two mines, the Newport nml too Heaver Hill, both in Coos county, that shipped coal In any quantity, the shipments bo lug iniulo almost entirely bv sea to San FraneUco. All the coat ship ped from the Denver Hill mine Is wimliod, but the, refuse from the sultlcieiit combos penult of It use mines, und it is Is responsible tor large quantity of "used a i i ilncb WASHINGTON, Mnrch .'.Tho oolloct-oiMlellvory will bo added to the puree) post department of tho postal service of tho country on July 1. next. An order putting this Into eflVet wns signed by Postinnstor-Oen-erai Hitchcock. Under tho approved regulations, a parcel bearing the re quired amount of parcel post stamps may no sent nnywnere In the country and the amount duo from the pur chaser collected and remitted by tho Postolllco Depart inont. The regulations provide thnt tho parcel must bear the amount due from the addressee, and tho collec tion will be ninde. provided tho amount Is not In oxross of $100. Tho fee will bo 10 cents to bo alllxod by the sender In parcel post stamps. This will also Insure tho pnrrel to nn amount not to exceed $10. MIST I'UINT .NEWS. En the or nro do l'OH COAST HOADS. Mr Itoostei' .Meeting to He Held In Eureka Tills Fall. ECItEKA. Cnl., Mnrch fi. Plans nro now bolng perfected for a con rorenco of unusual Interest and char acter which will bo hold in Eureka on August 21 and 22 of tho present year. Tho object of this conference will bo tho organization or n Pacific Coast Oood Hoads Association, which , shall in ovory practicable wav pro-1 moto nnd ndvnnco tho cause of comi roads in Cnllfornn, Oregon nnd Wash ington, lodge Hamilton fvak Druggist flip Helling It, oe. UtVKIH'lUl. M:.r. 1' :. The hetv leit poiialty ever metel out In the 'linlt Court bore to un IndMlutl rrr li, flr.-,t violation of the locnl op tion law was ii'colved at Judge Ham ilton's baud li Owen Osburu. a lo t ill druggist. A Hue or $(00 and Im prUoiiiiunt In jail for 20 days was tho punishment Imposed. The Im prisonment mu-t or the sentence was suspended upon condition or obser vance of tho law in tho future. wnshery contains tlble material to for fuel at the so utilized. This law ooiiiii.;ruilolv 1U out "l" ot ibo cu: s' i n in i",. i oal amieaiitt Honoliiiiir i"1' H.'a.u and -- r I I. l'l I lis mined c I' ,'iu ma In 'Rvietor. uaii r n tbe but I ilS- IU1 ..t Oregoiilau City ICilltoc Tells Kimono Mulleins What Is Necessary. i:i'Oi:Ni:. MihcIi .10. C. I.elter. for eight yours city editor of tie Portland Oiegoiilau. came to gono last week ami addressed students in tlio department Journalism. "Someone has said thero iineo tilings t lint no mail can to the satisfaction of his follows. said Mr. l.oltor. "mako Iovo. poko a flro nnd run a newspaper. This Is especially true In tho enso of the newspaper. Everybody knows bet tor than tho editor how tho pa per ought to bo run nnd never hes itates to air his views on tho street; cars and olsewhoro. "Tho fact that a man advertises In a pnpor does not cntltlo him to iuiv more sny in tuo way n pnpor shall bo run than n purchaso at tho grocery entitles him to dictate tho business policy of that store, nnd on n Bolf-rospectlng paper no such lutorforonco will bo tolerated for nn Instant. "Tho newspaper's stock In trndo is tho nows It prints. A paper Is like a porson, It must hnvo chnr aetor. ability, enterprise and mor- ailty. it must ropresont tho best Interests of tho community and bo run In such a way as to hnvo the public conHdonco. Tho nows must bo Impartial and not colored nr An editor often has Shci'Mooil Uetiirim A flee i!0()t) .Miles Auto Journey. The Coquillo Herald says: A. .1. Sherwood who, with his wlfo lotiirned last week from un obscure or two mouths in Califor nia, reports: a very enjoyable, t rip. Shipping his 11 1 1 to (0 San Francisco, tho trip to mid from that point was made overland, while the auto tour cNtomlcil 2300 miles, through south ern California and across the bor der Into Mexico. The roads were In fine condition, there having heeu ruin enough til lay the dust. Mr. Sherwood Is confident that the r rests or this whiter have done in licit more damage to the citrus groves titan is acknowledged there. In his opinion the Imperial valley Is tho host and surest proposition down I hero, ulthough the heat Is so Intense In summer thnt It actually cooks eggs In the nest unless thoy nro frequently gathered. At Mexl eala, across tho border, ho found a company or soldiers quartered In the bull ring, while on this side mi equal number or I'ncle Sum's mou were camping In the bnseball park, which seemed nationally typi cal. At Mcxlculu ho round thnt ev ery business house was a saloon, which nlso niny bo typical. Among the people he met Mr. Sherwood mentions the following former res idents of this county: II. K. Noslor nud Al Duvaiil In Imperial Valley, Dr. Snook, with n Hue prnctlco In National City. It. I). Sanrord. with whom he visited two days; It. 10. Shlno at La .Tola; C. A. Craddock nt Ueddlnr- .lore Wilson at Duns mulr; I. Nosier nt San Diego: I. Hacker at Pasadena, J. II. Cecil at Ventura and longing for Coquillo; 0. F. Houtello and Jesso Hevors at Morgan Hill; .1. I). Illnck nt Ited Inuds, also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. N. Hlnck, who nro visiting him. or nil those Mr. Sherwood reports that they aro well and pros perous. Mr. Sherwood, llko all other Coosltes, who make trips abroad, say that Coos Is tho best, nnd ho Is glad to got back. .MAVOIt .MICIXU KINKD. Itoseburg Executive Itoqiilrcil to Pay 9300 Mr Liquor Vlolutlon. HOSEIHMUi, Ore.. March fi. May or Mlcolll was lined $500 by Judge Hnnillton ror violating tho liquor lnw In connection with tho ltosoburg browory. A motion for u now trial was donled. I'lllST m.HI'iaV SPUING HATS In tho season's most stylish cre ntlons will bo shown Thursday. ,....." y ,u"1 h!,t"loy at tho Clark Milllnory, Hrondway and Contrnl. Ladles of the city nro Invited to Inspect this display. ftomlon. x' Kl TS MoiE, Widow of ,,,. sa, SIle ,, I Mess,,,.,, i,-,.,,,,, .,,, .T"'i Abblo Miller, widow r joa,nBS ier, who Plodiiiiint ago, says she has received ""'"i,u i mum mo poet, "My hand suddenly wa ttttiY fill llflu..,,.. . - i . .... ....n.i-n iri'imui nm . t it i. . trance. I bouan in rii ..j i ". vi,... ' V " .'.V.'.'- uuu '' "- mini ,iim .Miner, ''"I" floso to you,' Mldtttut Do you not feci my preienctft mil worry or grieve. I win r(l4 ,"'"" ' "" aim oimin th m I could not reach when enemtbw Mi viiiiiiiiiicii uy mo crosier incuts. " 'Tin, ul,,w.l,t.. I .. . .. n..i,inn-c mug mm i: nun i nm iree. i miuuI vrlthh:' rnlfijtil In wilful,!,. .. .1.. n. " """ii uj me mrosic uriico. 1011 win near from b nnd more fully thnn In th n,t "I sat In the doorway of our k ai Hiinsei, gazing out at tb Uir nil panorama that Joaquin ballet aiiu wnicn tint! been so dear to .....I ..... .... ..... I nn Kiuiii nn inspiration, Ml t' inoiigiiis wero or lilm. Sudta) uai'" ii-ncou an iiiironiroiutiH i; unoxpimnniiio dcslro to write." GAY PA REE PROVE ANOTHER HIT Last night's house at the I Thentro proved ono of the Ivrl thnt bus been seen there for nl time, nnd tho itlg Four nut 0:1 other bill which proved a blrwcl cess thnn tholr opening on. I1C1I l'areo was fraught with (mm; it: J tlons dealing with n visit of an IrM man nnd tiormnn In Paris, an! t extraordinary scrnnci therotu' solves Into caused rounds of Uojlt no sooner wns 0110 laugh biuo boforo another blcKcr ono stra you. The part of Dennis Fluilp and Ml I: (i Vniiliiimblehclatr ' bundled by Ed llnrrlnRtoa and Fnu McSorley In a manner that otll'T hard to excel nnd they proved ut hiiIvpu I'fimniiliiiis nf merit Is iilelit's show bv the way tberkwH their respective parts. TM 1 nl.lv nnulutn.l In tlinlr COOd 0rt Miss Nnudln Melville and Mli Vij garolt Elennore. who were iJ good parts, they both worebeJ- gowns thnt wero a pieasuro w nt ami both inmlo a urjr km- npponrunro. Sonio very sw"F watt nlso rondered by hotli WW' (,. IO., nil M,n U-I1V thrOUgh l' TinHni ,..Mninii iirnveJ S lK- frnm tlm alnrt to finish. TKJ ? ,... Innlflll'l b II I ' llllllllllllLi'll iui iu. .....- - . lesquo on Geo. M. Cohan s greair- cess, "Running ror ua . - ...III ... .1....I.. ..rnvn tO DO SI W Will IUI llllliui Ji..v - " " I, innf.iiiiur iinw as the former' nn wiw, is fooling n little"? ! HVE fiUASS SEED at HAINES. w..w .... . ..tiitt ioo nnil down in 1110 wu" :,,, ,..ii.wau n norforniance 01 ' I, ,1 ,,,,u..n .. -- . Four tonight. Times' Want Ads brtnej t.ovomor Lister nf Wnsii ington. flovernor West of Orecon nni tainted. i.overnor Johnson of California havo , l)rlnt '""Her with which ho has prontlbod to attend tlio conference, yipnthy." which will be nrsided nvnr l,v llm , first named of those gentlemen. It Is expocted thnt Judgo J. T. Itonald, prosldent of the Pacific Highway As sociation: Samuel Hill, of Muryhlll, Washington, and may other imimi. iii'iu Htiou roaus HUvocates will be attendance. , to no XEW FLOUE.VCE WIIAHF Ml ItHEIt AT KVIOHE'IT. HlK Iiiiiriiveiiieut for Shipping Lower Siiislnw. flood progress Is belnar maila In'diivlug piling for the addition I the Tidewater Mill Co.'s wharf Florence. Another squad of men lllkwwn Mail Hay With OLOVtill SEED at IIAIKES. ablo M "'" '"," - ' x '' .t ..r cliy with the IiI'sIum- pniat-a of -oal from WiikhliiKtiiii. UrltU 1 Colum bia, the lloi-ky Moiintuln states and Australia. "There weie 153 men employed for nn nverag. of 25T days in the llgnlto mines of Oregon in 1010 Thero wore no strlkos or other la bor troubles. " 1 ' 1 n knl Found Final Inn In Initio in II, mil " I IT, M In i QM f f tWi 1 i: 1. .FIT. w.i '. . .,. , -,, ' 1 d .....uuwn man with clutched l'l bta il-jlit i....i tho Hiiht linn end trtinU lionilI out. w.iu fonnj Hi-'ituig In the bav iuiin Appuieiiiiy tie man fought desperately r0r his life before beliu thrown into the water where the body had beon for a considerable time. on In to at is nt worn sawing off tho piling after! they are driven and putting on the J timbers nerom them for caps. The contract calls for the new 1 wharf to extend up the river frm Lincoln street, a distance ut 1.7 feet; 720 plies and about 350.000, feet of plank wll.1 be used In its j construction. The wharf Is Intend-' ea as a place on which to j-t!e lumber from the mill till It can be loaded on vessels for shipment to marker and It will hold sevoral million foet. T!-e West. Everybody's chewin it C.lp.wm what? "Best-yu-got" A GOOD CANDY Hnvo your Job Tho Times office. printing dono at Bradley Candy Co.'s makin it. Everybody ' s sellin' It. SEED OATS at HAINES. ,, ,,,., it" JHpfff'