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PILOT
FLORENCE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1913
ENGINEER
OPEN LETTER
WRITES ABOUT
FROM C J.
PUREWATB
MAHONEY
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the ordinary mortal a mosQaud-
able desire, and one which under
the circumstances should be
gratified.
supposedly a fairly good author
ity on the matter, takes issue
with a few of our “law abiding
citizens’* regarding the adminis
John Swing brought some li tration of the criminal laws.
quor. so it is stated to town, a
Section 2481. In a justice’s
couple of weeks ago. He had no court, • criminal action is com
‘ ‘liquor book, ’ ’ he needed none, menced by the filing of the co m-
In the last issue of the West, as a reading of the law, instead plaint, verified by the oath of the
The most important use of a
public water supply i s „ that of under the caption “Another Ver of curbstone jurisprudence, will person commencing the action,
Geo. Melvin Miller says people here and handle all the tim ber a t
who is thereafter known as the
furnishing suitable water for sion of Liquor Case" there ap a tte st
This section refers to private prosecutor, etc.
of Siuslaw owe this to the state home. In addition to the lumber
domestic purposes. It is essen pears what purports to be an express companies, transporta
No complaint was ever made and explains how it can be done. o f Lane County, Central Oregon
interview obtained from J. U. tion companies, etc, RECEIVING in
tial that the water be pure.
out or filed, so it could not be
In order to get a better mental has a vast area o f yellow pine
The only satisfactory method Goude, Justice of the Peace for “ dry” territory any intoxicating
verified; there is no private pros grasp of the transportation situa waiting to be marketed through
of disposing of the organic wastes Florence precinct Just where liquors.
This, of course, refers ecutor, and no arrest legally.
tion I recently took a horseback the Panama canal to which Sius
of a community is by water car Mr. Goude’s revelations termi-' to the warehouse keepers in dry
The law has been as totaly disre
law Bay forms the natural and
riage or a sewerage system. nate and the logic of the writer territory who receive shipments
ride into Central Oregon going
garded as though it didn‘t e x ist
nearest gateway. In addition to
This is impossible withoJt a pub asserts itself is a matter of con of liquors. The warehouseman
That this is the wish of the pub- from Eugene up the McKenzie the tim ber resources Central O r
lic water supply. Not only does jecture too deep for one of my upon receiving liquors must enter j lie, I do not believe. It is a fact river over the mountains to Prine
egon, Eastern Oregon, Southern
it give an improved supply from humble talents to fathom.
in a book which he shall keep for well known, that a person must ville thence returning to Eugene Idaho and Montana are develop
Zeal for the cause one espouses, that purpose the amount, kind,
a sanitary
standpoint but in
be acquainted with the particu by way of Bend, La Pine, Cres ing enormous agricultural re
many cases determines the loca so long as that impulse is untaint consignor and consignee of said
lar and specific charge against cent, Odell and Oakridge. On sources through irrigation to all
tion of factories and other busi ed by unreasoning prejudice, dis 1 iquor, after which, in addition to
him. -The famous “ writ” says this trip I got a comprehensive o f which Siuslaw Bay is the near
ness enterprises, for these can honesty or falsification,is a virtue a lot o f other valuable informa
for Swing to appear and answer understanding of the immense est and most accessible seaport
only be established where there most ardently to be commended, tion, the consignee must sub
plaintiff in the very particular timber resources of Lane County The railroad from Siuslaw Bay
is good water and an efficient but no lasting benefit can or ever scribe his name thereby publish
and specific crime known as and Central Oregon, the immense now nearing completion places
fire protection. The insurance will accrue to the prohibition ing and declaring to the world,
“misdemeanor* ’, and that is all irrigation possibilities of Central all Lane county resources direct
companies base their rates on movement or any other honest for a purpose unknown to the
the light it gives, as it is a writ Oregon and the railroad situation ly tributary to Siuslaw by easy
these facts. It is more econom endeavor by misrepresentation writer, that he is possessed o f a of arrest in a civil action.
A all of which bear directly upon
ical to contribute toward the and covert attacks seeking to considerable thirst. He is then a t ; writ of arrest is a very efficacious the future development of Sius- grade while the construction o f
the Oregon Eastern from Vale
maintenance of a water system to cast aspersions on the charact liberty to sneak off somewhere instrument, when properly sup
,
-x
i ■■»“ «»«wib «Hen property sup- ’aw Bay as a harbor, for be it westward
nnng al
westward win
w ill soon
soon bring
all
then to pay excessive insurance j ers of those who said zealots mis and consume it. The construe- ported, as a provisional remedy known that to all Central Oregon, Central,
Eastern Oregon, South
takenly presume to be opposed to tion placed upon the law is that in law actions, such as breach of Southern Idaho and Montana, as | ern Idaho and Montana in difecl
rates.
that-cause.
Such actions belittle the captain must have a liquor promise to marry, defamation of ! wel1 83 L*"« County, Or., Sius- touch with this harbor,
It improves the appearance of
the
author
thereof
and are most book is so apparently ridiculous character, etc. but not in a ,aw Ba-V *9 the nearest and most
a city, gives an opportunity for
Thus we see that vast tonnage
lawns, gardens, sprinkling of certainly - a detriment to the cause as to need no further comment, straight misdemeanor or alleged accessible seaport and a seaport Is already waiting for this rieenei
streets and generally increases of temperence. Is the man who The law says absolutely nothing One.
they must have for the greatest harbor Fully fifty oer cent
. v a l u e o f property.
V “ *
Th, toUowin, proceeding, have devetoproen, of their.rerouree, , lirobenof U n e c X l T h
The amount of water consumed X n he makes allegations thai
h i ' ™nductOr of a train not been had, and the law sp eci-1 Nature located Siuslaw Bay ripe, over ripe or burned and
he
d
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Z
w
t
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Z
.
any
“ b" Z h e X t ™ « " th ^ ’ ’T
8h° re ’ T “ *"
Whil'
will come under four heads.
7
, T
1 , th 1I fore a man can plead to a crime: ° f th
at the lowest paS8e? »oil it encumbers should be put
Domestic use This requires less a liar than the one w ho
I tffini ? T
’"
10 &
80 {&r “ A COmplaint must
filed> verb through the main ranges of the into cultivation.-
20 to 30 gallons a day per capita who openly falsifiies"
rhia is paid
paid thne°
,
regulations are concerned ( fied by the private prosecutor.! • • * * , thus making it the most
With such a harbor other rail
when not metered. This
of
fixtures
,-
.
would
hare
to
carry
a
book,
hold
upon
the
filing
of
the
complaint
'
accessible
to
the
widest
area
of
for by the number
roads would be built. Probably
I lia n a an angel of light compared the train, rustle up the consighee the Justice must Issue a warrant I <■» ’ t»tes resources Now
Now that
,
used'
! to the cowardly scandal mongei
the Oregon Electric would be ex
of a bottle of schnapps, and get of arrest;.(no discretion about it, the great railroad systems of the
tended from Eugene or Junction.
Commercial u se -T h is includes who ha8 not the courage
make
91gnBture
his signature before the train and no writ of arrest in a civil nation are being extended to the
PLANS FOR DEEP HARBOR
water for manufactories, Office a direct allegation, and be th ere-' could proceed This mitrht cause
buildings, stores, h o t * . factor- oy in , poBition „
X u ™
the I r o t Z S i
There are three feasible plana
action) when the defendant is bay the people of the harbor are
brought before a magistrate, tjie placed under'moral obligations to for improvement in view towit;
ies, canneries, etc.
ThW Will
Great consternation reigns in chus happened to be a rancher or
complaint
must be read to him, improve its navigation for the First extending jetties and dredg
take 10 to 20 gallons per day.
the camp of the so-called “law touring the continent, and might
Public uses—Schools, public abiding citizens over the fact make our mail later than it now and he must be required to plead benefit of the interior country. ing present channel as now in
thereto; arrest for misdemeanor The people of Siuslaw are under progress. Second, cutting new
buildings, street sprinkling, wa that one John Swing, upon being j8<
cannot be made on Sunday, un moral obligations to themselves channel through the sand spit at
ter troughs, fountains, sewer wrongfully arrested for a viola-
i -
,
.,
.
.
.
,
.
We
adm
it
John
had
no
liquor
less upon direction of the magis as well as to the balance of the its narrowest point about two
flushing, water main flushing tion of a law that exists only m
He shouldn’t have any.
and fire extinguishm ent The the disordered imagination of a. The authoritie9j actuated b a trate indorsed upon the warrant; nation to make of Siuslaw Bay miles south of present channel.
Third, extending a concrete
there was no warrant, no com- the best harbor that can be made
total for this is from one to two few cranks, wants to have re-
.
j
X
,
•
,
ucaire
l u mete uui
io
onenaers
desire
to
out
to
offenders
plaint,
no
indorsement,
nothing
w,tb
the
material
at
hand.
pier
into the Pacific, as is now
gallons per day.
turned to him the money pa,d to „
law the punishment pro-
being
done at Los Angeles.
Of
to
arrest
for;
and
in
addition
to
Keeping
in
mind
that
the
actu-
Loss of water—due to bad Mr. Goude under a m.sapprahan v¡ded get , heirdetective 0B the
course
the
present
channel
will
all
the
faults
in
the
proceedings,
al
C08t
of
transportation
averages
plumbing, leakage of mains etc. i sion of the facts. This appears to »'„T u
a
j
.
About 10 gallons per dav.
-_____________________ _ _ _ _ _ tr?lL fIe, CO,^ 9Jto thadock 9ees the Court had no jurisdiction to $100 P«r ton for ten milea P««- be always used for smaller ves
a barrel placarded with letters a start with.
( wagon, $1.00 per ton for 127 sels but for vessels of the largest
Summing this up from statis Florence. 4 Here the reservoir foot high proclaiming to the pub
' It is said that Swing pleaded miles by rail and $1.00 per ton for size the new channel or concrete
tics of many cities, taking into should be, built.
lic that it contains several dozen guilty, how in the name of all 2000 mi!ea by water, we can e a -,. pier will be _________
necessary. _ With
the
_______
consideration the climate and lo
This would be storage in case bottles of lager, etc. By careful that’s just, can a man plead to a timate pretty closely the advan- new railroads such improvement
cation, it is safe to estimate the o f fire or repairs to the pipe line
and painstaking
auu
pouiow*ikiim logic
iwgic and
anu deduc
ueuuc- crime that does not exist, that he tage to the
state and nation in would invite there will be busi
daily consumption of water at or intake. This elevation would
tion he gets a clue that there is is not charged with according to having the deep sea harbor at ness enough for all the docki
forty gals per capita.
give the desired pressure in the beer within. Yea, verily» Sher- law, and before a magistrate who the nearest possible point of ori- that can be provided.
It is now a question of what mains for all ordinary purposes.
1 ock thou has prognosticated cor- has no jurisdiction to try the fDn and consumption of the ton
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To
accomplish iL!-
this interested
population we wish to supply.
There should be a pump located rectly. At the instant the guilty case? The law* has not been nage to be handled. For ins citizens should form a club, in
We need a water main that will in the city to pump water into the
wretch is within his range he complied with in any one tance, it would cost twenty-six corporate with a capital sufficient
carry water for a city of at least reservoir if necessary and to give
pulls y e gods of Jurisprudence particular,
nor
even
the million dollars to move all of to carry on the work of making
6,000 people. This means 200- the required pressure in the mains
a writ of arrest! No complslht, plain intent of the law, which Lane county’s green timber forty surveys, securing data, adver
000 gals, per day.
in case of fire. It should be of no warant, no private prosecutor, I is to punish malefactors who miles by rail. One million dollars tising the enterprise and extend
In considering the source of sufficient 3ize to pump 1,000 gals
no regard for Sunday, no juris- are really guilty of a crime, o f this money put into improve ing the membership throughout
water we must determine its per minute which would give four
diction of the Court! This fa- and I do not
bellhve that there is ments of Siuslaw Bay would en- the territory to be benefitted by
___________________
quality in reference to appear standard fire streams. It is gen
moua “ writ’’,- no good to start a person acquainted with t h e 1 able the largest vessels to land the deeper channel,
ance,, mineral contents and pres erally thought one hour is ample .......,
__________
__
with,— was
further ___
damned
by facts, other than some rattle
ence of disease producing organ time for a station to respond aft- being wholly unsupported by|any brained fanatic,
biased by un
isms.
er an alarm is turned in, and in complaint, undertaking or affida- founded prejudice, who would de
The appearance of water is af case steam is kept up for ordi- vit, as by law required, and was
sire to see John Swing punished
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fected by the presence of clay nary pumping the required fire about as efficacious for the pur-
or fined, knowing, as officers do,
Rumors have been circulated
Morris & Morris received on
and sand in suspension or by veg- pressure is obtained in a few min- pose for which it was intended,
that he had no intention of com at different times in regard to the last trip of the Patsy a new
table matter, any of these things u^e8\
as would be service upon him of mitting a crime, and as a n y . one
the [»ossibility of the salmon can--lathe for their machine shop
does not necessarily make the
This system would include the Mother Jones’ Cook book,
can know by looking the matter neries running.
Some thought is up-to-date in every respect
water unfit for use.
intake at the lake, three and one
The laws of the State, as ex
that
on
account
of
the poor mar with all the new attachments and
The principle cause of pollu half miles of pipe line, pumping emplified by Lord’s Oregon Laws,
(Concluded on page five)
ket
for
the
product
last year weighs about two tons.
tion iS from inhabited areas.
plant.
The ; approximate cost ______________________________
,
local
plants
would
remain
idle or
They have installed the ma
Considering in detail, Clear would be $20,000.
,
that
only
one
would
operate.
chine
in, their shop and will oper
Lake, north of Florence as a
These lakes have no large
Corrected to read for the Siuslaw
This morning we were reliably ate it with a two-horse gasolene
source of supply- There are three streams flowing into them • They
’bar—One hour after for Florence
informed that both plants would motor.
With this equipment
lakes, the nearest two and three drain a very small area and are
H I6 H TID E S
LOW
|
be operated, but that they would they will be able to handle much
n.m.
lie
.
li.ro.
lit.
n.m. Ht. p.in. n t .
quarters miles away, the largest evidently fed by springs and Fri.. A m . 1. . . 411:57 7.2
11
9 .5
Fri.. Au«.
1 . . . 0:12 1.2
»k<rj
be under one control.
more work and a larger variety.
three and one half miles. These seepage from the large open S .I .. A u«. 2 . . .
12:57 7.7
S«t., Au«.- 2 . . a 0 :5 5 1.4
0:54
Stai.. Au«. 3 __ O:2O 9.0
1 :3H ».1 i Sun., A h «. 3 . .
7
:*»
7
Those who have depended each
1.4
7:4
3
lakes are connected, and their sand areas which extend for sev-
: A o«. 4 . .
hl
season on fishing were somewhat
T i:-„ A m . _ 8 . . . 2 :o o 41.4- 2 : 5 5 H.o
Au«. 5 * .
S :50 0 .0
0:24 1.4
outlet flows south to the Siuslaw era! miles along their west3hore
U » d.. Aii<. 0 . . . 2:52 s .5
Ur«|. Au«. 0 . .
3:37 S.7
0:0 » 0.1 1O:U» 1.1
disappointed
at the outlook, but
just above Florence.
This sand becomes saturated dur- Ih ii., Au<. 7 . . . 3 : 4!i 7.0 4 :20 S.7 '1 till.. Au«. 7 . . . 10:23 0 .9 11:17, 1.0
I ri.. Au«,
s . . . 4:44- o.» - 5:10- » .5
Fri..
Au«.
»
.
.
by
the
combination
o f the two
.
I
l
i
»
1.»
In order to obtain pure water ,' ing the winter season and grau-
A h «.
I I . . . 0 07 0.2
S h i .. Ail«.
04171 S.5
9 . . . O:3?l 1.0' I24K) 2.7
plants
it
is
made
possible
to oper
Sun.,
Au<.
TO
..
.
7:32
5.S
7:10
Sun.. Aiur. 10. . 1 :3O O.*
S.4
it would be necessary to go three ually seeps out during the sum- Mon., Au«. 1 1 . . .
1 :04 3.ÍI
*:57
: Mun.. Au«. 1 1 .. . 2:4 0 »».5
S:14
2 :2 0 :i.N ate and relieves the situation.
The Oregon Journal of August
and one half miles to the largest mer months.
l u - .. Au«. 1 2 ..'. 10:09 0.1
9:15 » .5 Tur.. Auk. 1 2 . . . 3:51 0.1
3:.'O; 3 .5
"
Au«. 1 3 . . . 11 JH 0.5
10:10 * 0
Wrd..
1st
under telegrah date of same
Au«.
1
3
..
.
4
:52
0.3
4:42
3.7
lake Where a suitable intake could
The large lake covers about Thu.. An«. 1 4 . . . rL/40 0 9 1 1 :00 N.O Thu.. Au«. 1 4 . . . 5:39 <».5 5 :3 7 3.»
A
regular
meeting
o
f
the
Port
day
says a civil service examina*
Fri..
Au«.
1
5
.
.
.
1
Î
;
.
.
1
12/21
Fri..
7.2
be installed. This would take 320 acres. The flow of water in
Au«. 1 5 . . . 0:21 o.»;
»1.23 3 .0
Au«. 1 3 . . . 0:<M» «».0 12:52 7.4
Sat., Au«, lrt. . . 0 :5 0 0.4
Commisionera
was
held
today
2.7
tion will be held September 13 at
the water from above the marshy Munsell creek March 1st was 20 .'un.. Au«. 1 7 . . . 0 :2 5 H.4 1:2O 7.0 ; Sun.. Au«. 17. . . 7:20 0.1 ¡:O4
* :3* 221
A
special
meeting
is
to
be
held
M .... Au«. 1 u. .
0 : 5 ' *.2
1
:45
A
Ilf.
lM
Marshfield for postmaster of Flor
7
7
.
»7:5*
0.3
2.3
areas of the lower lakes.
second feet or 150 gallon per T u r., Au«. 1 9 .. 1:29 7.9 2:1«.
N'23 0.»
Au«. 1 9 ..
» :4 5 2.1
fhursday,
August
14th,
to
dis
ence
and of Glenada.
WriL. A h «. 2< i.. . 2:0.3 7.5
The elevation qf this lake second.
3:34 7.9
W*<1.. Au«. 2 0 . . . » : 45 1.3
9 :1 7 1.0
1 bu.. Au«. 2 1 . . . 2:3* 7.0
3 :59 ».1
Thu.. Au«. 2 1 . .
cuss the necessity of raising
9 u| x i r
0 :5 2 I.»
The
local offices have not re
would give a gravity flow into
I believe the land around this F ri.. Au«. 2 2 . . . , .3:1» 0.5 3 :2 » ».1 Fri. A.u«. 2 2 . . . 9:21 2.3 10:35 1.0
more money to expend on con ceived notice as yet and do not
2 3 . . . ; 4 417 0.0
4 4 0 ».1
Sat.. Au«. 2 3 . . . 9:4'. 2.S 11 /29 1.5
Florence where a reservoir should lake should be i»ught and owned S S u it n .. . Au«.
Au«. 2 4 . . . 1 5:21 5.4
4:4S ».0
Sun.. Au«. 2 4 . . . I»»-1 - 3.3
struction work. The question is know officially of this examina
be constructed large enough to by the city. It has little value M- c.. Au«. 2 5 . . . i 0 Io 5.1 5 o; 7.9 Mun.. A h «. 2 5 . . . 11 :OO 3.»
* f
Tu-.« A »if. ‘J O ... 1 »:14 5.3
7 4 0 7.0 TO* . Au«, a a . . . 1:52 1.0 12:24 4.3
one
of importance and the com • - j tion.x This
seems ridiculous -------
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hold several hours supply of wa for any purpose and'at this time W rit, Au«. 2 7 . . , 9:27 5.» » : ! » H.2
Au«. 2 7 .
3:04 0 .«
2 :2 4 4.4
missioners
desire to study care- shows a lack of knowledge of the
T
hu.,
Au«.
2
S
.
.
,
4
10:21 0.4
9:27 » .»
Thu.. Au«. 2 » . .
4:O»i 0 .0
3 :5 2 4 .0
ter. We have a natural elevation ought to be obtained at a nomi I t ... A u f. 2 i> .. .f 1TO4
7.0 10:27 0 .0
Fri.. Au< 2 9 . .
4 59 0 .4
4.5» 1 3.2
fully all sides before taking any country by the post office author*
Sut.. Au«. 3 0 . . . i 11 42 7.7 11:21 9/1
of about 75 feet in the city of nal cost
Sat.. Au«. 3 0 . . .
0 .7
5 :5 0 : 2.4
■Sun.. An«. 3 1 . . . j
12/211 ».2
Son,. Au«. 3 1 . . .
action.
'
¡ties at Washington.
0.»
«¡3» 1.0
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DEEP HARBOR FOR
THE SIUSLAW RIVER
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CANNERIES WILL
RECEIVED NEW LATHE
, RUN THIS YEAR.
OFLATEST HAKE,
Tide Tables—
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III-
EXAMINATION OF .
POSTM ASraAPPUCANIS