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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1915)
mmm fT?f??ffmwmimffmfflfflif THE COOS Y TIMES. NMSHftOl MEBM. wrnmsntY. MARCH 31, 1915-EVEHING EDITION, FOUR M-.L. " A 1140,000 TUXES DUE llAXI) ANNOUNCES MUSICAL PltO- COUNTY 1IRIXG8 SUIT IX 8U- FIHIIF.IIMKX ALAHMED AT SITU- NOHTH BUM) COUXCIfi MOMKlKH COMMITTER OV Clf ittlllKIl OF PltEMK COUItT FOIt MOXKV ATIOX COOS FISHIXG SPECIFICATIONS COMMKIICE TO MEET !THT FOR RIVERS GOWGERT SUNDAY READY fl S BROACH EW ROADS Will Allow Use of Gravel to In- YCNllKnlo Five Tjikm of Paving Itcflolulloii for Scncr Sjslcni Modification of paving specifica tions making them more liberal nnd allowing for tho usa of gravel In tho placo of crushed rock and the adoption of a resolution calling for nowors amounting to $28,000 mark ed tho special meeting of tho city fathers of North Hend last eve ning. Following their meeting of last week when no bids wcro received for tho proposed paving tho Council camo to tho conclusion that they wcro asking too much of tho con tractors. It was shown that crush ed rock can bo secured hero only nt n great expense, whereas gravel ia cheaply available This Is for tho wearing surfaco of the paving. Now thero nro hoforo tho con tractors flvo varieties of paving that they may bid on. From this tho Council will, In April, select tho typo thoy think best and draw up n contract for tho summer's work. Tho types nro gravel, bltullthlc, hl tulllhlo crushed rock, rock asphalt, sheet asphalt and nsphaltlc con croto. In each caso a five-Inch baso must bo provided. IlldB will now ho advertised for to bo opened on April 27, tho last mooting night of tho Council In tho next month. Bhonnan nvenuo paving already contracted for to tho Warren Con struction Company, calls for three 400-foot blocks on Sherman avonuo nnd throo cross slrcots, in all 1140 feet. This Is to bo complotcd by July 1 by tho forms of tho con tract. Now Sewer System. At a provlous meeting of tho city fathers tho question was broached of putting down sowers on Sherman nvenuo boforo tho paving Is done. It was thought necessary to liavo storm Rowers running on Virginia, Wash ington nnd California streets, crossing fihormnn nnd running down to Sher idan, thero to meet tho largo boxes to conduct tho rain wntor to tho Hay. On Mcl'horson and Union nvonues a Bcwor Is necessary, thoy say, start ing at Washington and going out ns far as Simpson 1'ark. ..t. Tho resolution wns passed last evening and now nt least 20 dnys must olnpso boforo an ordlnnnco for tho Improvement enn bo drawn and tho City Engineer ordered to proceed with tho plans nnd specifi cations. Tho tlmo In allowed that proporty owners mny bo given n L'hnnco to protost, though It takes n thrco-fourths vote of those abutt ing tho Improvement to kill the measure. Light Flro Trui. A light flro truck, lnrgo enough to carry tho hoso and tho chomlcal tank is askod by tho North Uond Volunteer Flro Dopnrtmout. Such n contrlvanco, statu tho dromon, will ndd considerably to their offlclonry and bo much onslor than tho old mothod of hand carts. Tho mnttor wan referred to tho flro nnd light to m m It too. Plan to Hnnl Surfnco Ilomls He tween Cities of County Advanced -Itcducc KtiMMise of Upkeep Cliilm Soiitliern Oregon Ianil Com- Coos Hay Fish and Gnmo Frotec- Plnns covering tho building of concrete roads between Coos Day, Conullle, Dandon and Myrtlo l'olnt will be placed beforo the commlttco of roads when they meet Into this afternoon nt tho Chamber of Com merce. The cost, roughly estimated, tho tax and tho resultB of such a project will bo discussed with tho idea of launching tho movement on Friday night when tho Chnmbor of Commcrco holds Its monthly meet ing. Figures havo been produced show ing thnt last year Coos County spent approximately $200,000 for the building of new roads and tho re pairing of old ones. Tho concrete nroloct. sav those who havo Inves tigated tho plan, Would cost In tho neighborhood of $4C0,000t or less than half what tho county spends In ono yenr, and for a road that would be lasting. Tho rond commlttco will havo placed beforo them tho schomo that would tako In only a portion of this rond during each year until tho wholo shall havo been complotcd. Uetwcon Mnrshfleld and Coqullle tho County Commissioners havo au thorized about $20,000 to bo ox nended this year. Sovornl thous ands havo already boon spent on this nrolect and moro will bo needed boforo tho highway is comploto. Tho pormnnont road Is advanced ns tho panncea for tho lack of Tin- tor traffic, all hold up because ci tho rainy weather and tho resulting muddy roads. Tho men who hnvo made tho investigations dcclnro that they havo workod weeks on tho proj ect, hnvo studied it from nil nnglo3, nnd havo reached tho bellot that tho plan should at Icnst bo placed be foro tho Chamber of Commcrco hero for a public expression. Stownrt Lyons, of tho Chamber, ono of thoso interested In tho pro posal, states that tho building of a permanent highway would, in tho ond, result in a cheap rbad for tho county and in addition Incrensod traffic between nil tho towns of ths ontlro county. A rock road with an oil surfaco was considered. This was turned down on tho grounds that local rond building mnterlnl la not of tho host and that tho rock will not stand tho wear of heavy traffic. Tho plan to bo ndvancod to tho rond commit tee, which consists of Dr. K. E. Straw, John A. Illntt, Honry Sonss tnckon nnd W. U. Douglns, Is ono of n four-Inch roncroto baso, this to bo covered with a layer of bitumen or soiiio such substnnco. Members dcclnro thnt by talcing tho project In nnnunl stngos tho tux rrilso will not bo porcoptlblo Mid will result In rondn through tho co-inty thnt will mean n snvlng oich ear. A roadway of concroto, nlno Toot wldo has boon RUggostod, tho rnt of tho width to bo grndod out wldor with n soft Hurfnco. puny Owes Latter Awnlt Decis ion on Lnnil Ownership live Association Quote Figures to Show Hatchery Duo This Section A trout hatchery whore the wily Suit for $140,000 In taxes will bo broiicht this week In tho Supremo rainbow, tho Western brook nnd Court against tho Southern Oregon such types mny bo raised for tho Land Company for two years taxes i stocking of local streams was given past due. District Attorney Llljo-ja substantial shovo and boost nt ovist chmb over this morning from, tho meeting of the Coob Day Fish Coqulllo on his wny to Salem whoro'nnd Qamo Protective Association he will hnndfo tho caso for tho 'hold Monday evening In tho Chand- county. Tho Southern Oregon Land Company Hns delayed payment of tho taxes, contending that nono shnll bo paid until a decision Is granted them by tho Federal Court as to whether or n6t they own tho land involved In tho government dispute. "Coos County right now Is $99, 000 in debt becauso theso taxes aro not paid," said Mr. Llljcqvlst. Ho contends that If tho company owns tho land, ns thoy claim they do, thoy havo no excuso for withholding tho payment of tho taxes. Tho land of tho Southorn Oregon Land Company was originally grant ed by CongresB to tho Coos Hay Wagon Itoad Company. Tho latter became Involved In court ontnnglo- lcr Hotel. Figures showing ueun Itely what this county pays into tho stato funds nnd receives wcro pre sented to tho good nttendanco pres ent. Coos County, snld tho figures, In 1914, was sixth In tho list of 34 counties, sending llccnso money Into tho treasury of tho Stato Fish and Gnmo Commission. Hut In receiving benefits Coos stood 29th In the 30 counties benefitted. From licenses this county Bent in approximately $I000, said Presi dent Dr. Dlx. Tho fact that llttlo has been rccolvcd in return, ho said, shows that somothlng must bo done. Tho Bportsmon bcliovo that energetic agitation on tholr part will mean tho Fish Commission will do Its montrt nnd tho Southern Oregon Co gained tltlo through foreclosures nnd part. thereafter havo hold that tho orlg-1 Approximately $1000 would ue Innl grant should not bo binding on necessary to orcct n trout hatchery thorn. Tho government on tho otnor I on Coos Illvor, tho pinco proposed hand, hns forced tho investigation, holding vigorously to, tho conten tion that tho original net of Con gress covers tho land no matter who claims tho ownership. Tho Con gressional act was that tho land should bo sold to settlers at tho rato of $2. CO an acre. Mr. Llljcqvlst Is of tho opinion that no decision will granted In tho tax caso of tho Southern Oregon Company until n decision in tho Oregon-California caBo Is rccolvcd Two sites havo already been donnt ed. Possibly a man would havo to bo kept thero part of tho year. With theso fish ono stronm or part of a stream at n tlmo could bo stocked. For example, ono years tho north fork of Coos nivor would bo bene fitted, tho next year tho south fork and bo on, until ultimately nil streams of tho county had rccolvcd thdr share. This plan wns thojgnt tho best, rnthor than to spread tho annual supply out into every from tho Supremo Court of tliojatioam. United Stntes, a dispute Involving ninny of tho samo principles ns hold In tho present case. This Is land "A few fish wcro sent us last year," Bald Dr. Dlx. "About ten yoar's ago wo rocolved fish. Supplies granted by tho government to tho coming like thlsjdo tho strcnniB llt- rallroad company for tho building itlo good." FAIR IS A WONDER of a lino from Portlnnd to San Fran- Cisco and later taken over by tho Southorn Pacific. WLL-RE SUM TO 1IF1IX WOHK OX HAILWAY FHOM SUT1IKUL1X TO COOS DAY Tho Nlmrods pointed out that tho numbor of ' fishermen is increasing each year; tho number of fish Is diminishing. That Coos nnd Curry Counties will ono day faco tho sit uation of depleted streams unless something Is done, la their belief. In all of ' Southwest Oregon thero Is not n trout iiatchory, excepting tho ono for salmon trout on Coos Klver. Master Gamo Warden Clln- , ton wroto somo tlmo ago that ho Grndlng to be Commenced &ui liy' (, como horo 0,i Investigating tho Contractor McAllister tr 0 (g nnxloU8ly BWnltod. Tho Son; Will llullil Three Miles , Association mentors stnto their be- SUTHKHLIN, Oro., March 31, K lief that relief will como this year. l l.w f thn Ini-nl nfflpoa nt HlO .11, k-yiit, ui imv .. w... . -- Iloach Timber Company nnd tho 8u thcrlln, Coos Uny and Kastorn Itall- road Company, arrived homo recent' CIIIAM AXD 1'ICTUIIKS First of n Series of Kiitertnliiincnls to bo Given nt tho Orplieum Xc.xt Sunday Next Sunday afternoon at tho Or plieum, tho Coos Day Concort Dam! will givo their regular bi-monthly program. Manager Martin Is deter mined to keep this popular organiza tion intact, oven tho tho city council cut off tholr appropriation without warning nnd also refused to recon sider nt their last meeting tho pro posal to pay at least nnothcr month's nllowanco in order tho' tho Hand plan ways and means for Its futuro existence Mr. D. It. Keller of tho Orphoum suggested that tho concert nnd matlnco bo merged nnd a chnrgo mndo for tho two at a alnglo admis sion price. This offer has been ac cepted and tho nominal chargo of ldc will bo mado at tho door next Sunday afternoon which will Include tho con cert and matinee. Manager Marsdon of tho Noblo also offered his hotiso to tho Dand for tho samo purpose which offer lias been gladly accepted by tho Manager nnd concerts will bo lmM lil-monthlv as heretofore, tho samo altoratlng between tho two Pic ture houses. Hnvo tlioo ilothcH rlriineil "NOW nnd nvold tho rush. Call ,1. Doyle, Phono U.10-X. OIUMNEY8 GLEANED, HEPAIIIEI) IF NEEDED AXD INSPECTED I nm prcpnrcd to clean chimneys nnd mnko thorough inspection of snmo. Don't delay. City ordin ance compels property ownors to do this work. Prompt work may savo a flro. Charges Itcasonablo A. II. SEHGEAXT, Phono 258-X 10CG So. 4th st. fc?KS?-TlBa iMW 'aKwtsitR. Wk wim i Ji li in iif i"'i - ' nril-v- i m&tdmmmmmmammMttrjigjBflL PROFESSIONAL DIRECTOR! H. H. Harper HOUSE nUILDER Gsnernl Repairing and Cabinet Making. Phone S4D-J. J. M. Wright TOon 188-R, BUILDING CONTKACTOn . Estimates furnished on request Dr. H. M. Shaw Eye, Ear, Noso and Throat GLASSES FITTED Oil. MATTIE II. 8IIAW Diseases of Women and Chllircm jOftlco Phono 330-J. Rooms 200, 201, 202, Irving Dlock. WATERFRONT NEWS A. II. I'OWEUS ENTIIUSIAHTIO OVEIl 1IIC1 EXPOSITION Would Tnku HO Dn)N to Hi'o All of tlio Dig Show In San Krmiclhco, Even Hurriedly. "lla, a wonder. It would tnko nt least (iO or GO days to hco It all, Just hurriedly, too," mild A. II. Powers on his return trip from tho Exposi tion. Ho believes It Ib n marvel that no olio should miss seeing. "1 spout only two dnya on tho grouudH nnd kept moving to get even a casual gllmpKu of tho many mnr lollous things that nro to bo seen. 1 havo seen tho Chicago and St, Lou In World Fnlr nnd many other big expositions but San Francisco has them all bentou," Coos County has a good exhibit hut thero Is a woeful lack of litem turo, in fact 1 was itnablo to got ovon a slnglo leaflet." Ilusluoua conditions nro getting Homo better and there Is much hopo .fulness of continued improvement. Mr. Powers returned last night on tho Adellno Smith. Albert powers and MIsa Hazel remained In Sun Francisco. FORMER COOS COUNTY SHERIFF PASSES AWY 'Oregon Pioneer of 1H17 Din In I Piiijhiiid Was Kin-riff in ! Coos Many Years Ago. PORTLAND, M"n.r. 31. Ensign V. Rnxford, 219 East Thirty-sixth street an Oregon pioneer of 1847, died yesterday at tho ago of SB yearB. Ho Ib survived by two sons, Peter Vernon Roxford, of Portland, nnd John Rexford, nnd three daughters, Mrs, Martha Derrick, Mrs. llnniia Lloyd and Mrs. Aunlu Roo. Tho Portland son has been unable to locato other members of tho fam ily Ho believes they live near Cor vnllts, Mr, Roxford was born In Canada In 1S30. Ho had lived on n farm near Corvallls. lie was a veteran of tho Indian wars of 1 S 5 r. and tSSti mid was Sheriff of Coos Coun ty some yearn ago. Receiving lior spring overhauling ly from an extended business trip,""" housoclcanlng tho Rainbow is to Chicago, Muscatlno, iown, apo- " - i - kano nnd Tacoma, Washington, nnd "r Coos River ruh is being taken Portia,,,!. by tho gasollno bont Expross. When scon nt his offlco hero a From Snn Francisco tho Adellno few days ago, Mr. Fox was most op- "rived in last evening and is load- nig uuuiuur curtiM ui mu auum iiuu. Tomorrow morning Into, tho Nann Smith Is schedulod to nrrlvo In from Sun Francisco, sailing again on Sat urday. Not until Friday will tho Carlos arrive horo, nccordlng to advices re ceived todny by hor agents. Tho steamer Rulnbow Is on tho uudor- i-nlnrr rnnnlm fur Din rnmllie mi 111- that work would bo resumed on tho mQr grndlng for tho Sutlierlln, Cooa Hay A't Bx Oc,ock ,nBl ovon,g t10 Goo. & Eastern Railroad Just as soon ns K,dor ,oft (,owu fop Knroia nrt tho ground Is Biifflclontly dry to per- ja oxpocted back horo, leaving at 10 mlt tho handling of dirt nnd tho lino ' a. in. on Thursday for Portland, will bo constructed through tho tlm-l Thlj morning tho Nniin Smith loft berlands Just ns rapidly as men nnd,0"' ut S Franc sco for Coos lay 4 , .. , ., ,, ,. and Is scheduled to lenvo again for teams enn do tho work. It Is expected ; tho R0Uth from ,hero 0 Ti,ursduy tho MeAIIUtor & Son, tho grading morning according to her agents, contractors, will bo hero about tho Anothor trip nt least is to bo mado first of April to tako chargo of tho l by tho steam schooner Carlos. Ad .., i nJi,Min I v'coa frm San Francisco today stnt- grado construction. led sho will loavo thoro tomorrow for ino company oxpecis 10 hbvo iiireui (,()08 uny Benjamin Ostlind CONSULTING ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT Offlcos. 206 Irving Block I Phono 103-L or 2C7-J. Mbrshtleld, Oregos W. G. Chandler : I ARCHITECT I Rooms 301 and 302, Coke Building. I Uarihflold, Orogon tlmlstlo regarding tho business out como generally nnd cspcclnlly in tho lumber industry, and snld ho wan satisfied thnt from now on for at least a number of yonrs thoro would bo a constantly Increasing demand for sawmill products. Regarding what his company con- templated doing in tho Suthorlln Vnl- Kni9(j & mnks (, UoclCB ley tho present year. Mr. Lox alRoln repiUr8 for th0 coml. Wm. S. Turpen ARCHITECT Marahflold, Oregon, Perl Riley Ballinger PIANIST AND TEAOTIER Resldonco Studio, 217 No. Third It Phone 368-L. t t X WESTERN LOAN AND 1 t . riiii niWR r.n BUILDING CO. i ,: Assets $2,340,000.00 t Z 1 1 Pays 8 per cent on savings i t t X I. S. KAUFMAN & CO. X X Local Treasurer X snwmllls of approximately 100,000 foct capacity por ,day under icon structlou within tho next three or Tho now gas schoonor Ahwanedn of Nowport orrlved In Dandon Sunday afternoon with a miscellaneous enr- Ji get our CLOTHES CLEANED call JAY DOYLE. Phono 2SI)... FOR RENT FiiriiMirri flats; housosj 7 and 3 room. Ph. 443-J Tickets for EASTERN MONDAY HALL lo Iks given liy CATHOLIC ,jAHIE& "y " wii ni "Tiio Owl" I'liiniiincl-, ( lliixy ('ornji"iuni Wlnlilci's. , . t ( 1 NEWS OF NORTH BEND X ! Mrs. Rubort Kltsou and bnby, of ' Eastslde, spent Sunday In North Rend nt tho Chnrles Cavauaugh home. , Mrs. W. D. Simpson, of North 1 Rend, Is a guest this afternoon of 1 hor sister, Mrs. W. N. Ekblnd, of Mnrshfleld, I Captain nnd Mrs. E. Geo. Smith I nnd little son, Robert McCanti, are I visiting at the home of Mrs, Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Me- Can n, of North Rond, j G. I. Vnughan, who has been ' making an extended stay at the Me- Intyro homo on North Inlet, left 'l&ftifriluyj top- Snir FrjipeUo, from , w lierL 'hd will go lo Jupao.," four months, and ono or moro ofigo of freight and lath for local mor theso mills will be, located on tho'chnnts. Tho schooner will lond with slto'recontly soiected two miles east tho famous white cedar shingles at' of towil. Thoro Is a probability that1 the Kritso mill for Nowport dealers.1 a box .factory and n plnnt for tho Tho Ahwnncda hns mado tho local manufacture of sash ami doors will port a number of times, hut is not follow In the near futuro. on a regular schedulo horo. Tho craft . "' " "" ' 'is about tho sUo of tho Randolph. Old Times. In tho department en- na,jon worid. tltlod 'Twenty-five years Ago" In ! , u'S' STTiJlZ ACCIDENTS REPORTED March 1890, thoro appeared tho SALEM. Oro., March 31. Forty other days tho following two nows thre nvcldouts, nono fatal, wore re Items: "First Mate J. T. Macgenn, l10rtCli lo Iibor Commissioner dur of tho w recking steamer Whltelaw, ,nK ,l wok. Eight of the nccldents successfully passed n rigid examlu- occurred In papor mills and seven In ntlon In tho United States Inspector's ' machine shops. Thirteen accidents oc offlco and has received n llcenso lo curred among thoso engaged in the bo master of steam vessels of 000 sawmill or logging industries, while tons or under in the coastwise seven woro hurt on railroads. trade" "Tho palutntg ' Only two wero roported from Coos and clejulng of tho stuamshlp Geo. County. They wero: W. Elder has been finished and the George Lecocq, Marshfleld, arm vessel Is now being tossed on the bruised, sawmill. ocean' num." lloth sailor mid William Wertmorland. Mnrshfleld vessel are still doing duty. ( toot injured,, logging. 1HT3 REAL QUESTION Tho question is not, will mon honor you for your work? Hut does your work honor you? Your concern is not only to creato profit for yourself, but to make that which will profit many bo- Bides yourself. COOS HAY STEAM LAUNDRY Phono B7-J. Are You Ready for Easter? Havo you considered clothes for the Easter season? Add the final touch to your Easter preparations that trill make the season most enjoyable. The size and variety of our new Spring stock of suits affords unusually good selection. We arc showing a wide range of smart new patterns from ADLERRCEHESTER, Yhcn you choose a suit from this assortment, you enjoy the full assurance that your purchase represents the standard of quality and artistic design. And you can always feel that your clothes represent the highest stan dard of the season's fashions. Prices $20, $25, and $30. Other new Spring Suits in all the new cuts, such as The English, Box Back, Varsity and Norfolks, with patch pockets. Prices $15, $16.50, $18.50 and $20 House- cleaning this spring Get an Electric Cleaner Now nn,i tLn,n wnii im nn nonri fnr the dreaded spring cleaning. An Electric Cleaner takes out every speck of dirt, grit ano dust every time you run it lightly sow. It will renovate upholstery, draperies, curtains and walls too, without the m est injury and without turning the h s "topsy - turvy." Once used an Electro Cleaner is indispensable. "Ask Your Neighbor." OREGON ! Power Co. jN i wsy www &TOK vSSw -Jii 1 . V f otssSeX J l eVWP- - ITS W vftw,v AX1 1 kaSKSafflBssivgil I DUNGAN I a2ife UNDERTAKING M 1 parlors MMmKammmtBKHtmamsi will bo kept 1 M Ul'l'.. TO TUB I'UIIUO pa . H A regular state licensed H I I undertaker will be In I , H rhnrgo H B PJ IMinno lt).t..l H I I Dolt Electrically ? Phone l?8 CALIFORNIA SSabm. tifornicAflLSS r T3TulomroVAii6Eiw iQi&a : Kr,omPay 'v-"" nn 1 I'lriPjtf MXRiK X" -