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- F&ED PASLEY, Editor.
TXBX LARGE, Business Mahaqkh.
The policy of The Coos Bar Times
will bo Kcpnblican in politics, with the
inftopondence of which President Boos
Tell is the leading exponent.
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COOS BAY TIMES
Marshfleld. Oregon.
T
HE Board of Conciliation, created
1902 to settle disputes between the
anthracite coal miners and operators,
has at last a clean docket. Not a
single caso la today ponding. This
marks a condition of Industrial peace
brought about by means which are
probably unlquo in tills country. It
must bo assumed that, if the miners
have no complaints to make, they are
fcatisfied with tlio way they aio being
treated.
During the four years of the Com
mission's existence 1C9 differences
beiwoen, tho coal operators and their
omplojes have been settled. The
board Itself composed of tarce rep
resentatives of tho oporators and
throe of tho miners lias disposed of
1.12 cases, add an oven division of tho
bdard hns mnde it necessary to refer
only 27 cases to an umpire. Of
those appeals, ho sustained the com
plainant In only 0 cases.
Experience gained In handling the
complex questions Involved has en
abled tho board to rendor its de
clilons with increasing promptness,
and of tho 151) cases presented 49
were disposed of within less than one
month.
Of the grievances considered, only
ono was "prcsonted by tho United
Mluo Workers of America, as a body
representing all the miners. Thir
teen were presented by the operators,
and 14C by tho minors. By tho
board's decisions 29 cases wero sus
tained, 115 not sustained or with
. drawn, and 15 settled "through tho
influence of tho board."
Almost ovory elomont of tho min-
- crs' wolfaro is involved in contio
vorsl s brought up for consideration.
Tho dlsehnrgs of an employe, failure
. of another to soouro reinstatement,
suspension of a contract for loading
"dirty coal," requests for a half holi
day, and scores of othor questions
co mo beforo tho board.
Questions affecting wages have
been rarely brought beforo tho board,
for tho reason that the Anthracite
Strike Commission, after exhaustive
Investigation, sottlod upon a mini
mum scale of wagos, which was re
nowed for three years by the minors
and oporators at tho expiration, April
1, 190C, of tho original arrangement.
To put tho miners upon a -profit shar
ing basis tho Commission further
awarded that for ovory advance of
five cents nbovo $4.50 In tho whole
sale soiling price por ton of domestic
sizes of conl nt tidewater, tho wages
of every man about tho mines should
bo increasod ono por cont nbovo the
schedule
such as soundings, locations, surveys,
etc., have been completed. While
tho plans for the buildings have not
been entirely approved by the Quar
termaster General's office, it is under
stood that the general type of con
struction, will be the mission, and the
probability Is that all buildings will
be built of reinforced concrete.
Regarding the work at the Presi
dio reservation itself it is pretty well
understood among army men,, al
though unofficially, ns yet, that a
complete post, to be known as Fort
Wlnlleld Scott, is to bo constructed
somotime In tho near future, in the
western part of the Presidio, near
the fortifications. This work, when
done, will consist of barracks and
officers' quarters, with the necessary
storehouses for the accommodation of
tho Coast Artillery stationed at Presidio.
WOMEN', BE WAKE!
THE Interior Department at Wash
ington is receiving a flood of W
quiries regarding the effect of a re
cent decision of tho department rela
tive to tho rights of school teachers
In the matter of taking up public
lands under tho homestead law. The
decision was rendered In a contest
made against Ihe entry of a woman
I, teacher employed In Minnesota, and
while It was shown that she had
lived upon the land only during lier
vacations, covering only about four
teen weeks for each of the four years,
she held it, the department falling to
sustain tho contestant.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Woodruff and Acting Commissioner
bonnet of tho General Land Offico to
day united in a statement that the
decision has received a construction
which was not contemplated by the
dopaitment. They call attention, to
the fact that tho decision did not ap
ply to a cominuntation case, but to a
caso In which tho applicant had held
tho land for four or flvo years re
quired by law. They point out that
tho decision was not final, and that
it dealt with tho rights of tho con
testant rather than those of the con
testee, merely holding that the im
provements were adequate, but not
attempting to nay whothor title will
bo granted at the end of five years
if tho proof shows only fourteen
weekb' ocupancy for each year.
They, therefore, warn teachers that
disappointment Is lleble to bo tho fate
of those who may attempt io secure
land by living on It only during vaca
tion time, and especially of those who
attempt to securo it under such plan
with the commutation featuro added.
JOTTINGS FROM A
REPORTER'S BOOK
Containing Some Philoso
phy; 'Some Humor and a
Dash of Nonsense
hotel matter, things went his wny.
At this time, thero was talk about
tho Breakwater being in tho bay and
ahead of her time of last week and
the meeting broke up so far ns tho
Times man was concerned.
Sitting In tho Chamber of Coni
morco rooms ludt night, after hav
ing looked In vain for something of
an oxcitlng nature, and having been
practically shut out, a Times repre
sentative picked up a few items of
interest while listening to the
members' views on what Is needed
in Marshfleld and on Coos Bay. In
the face of the proposod new hotel,
it was tho opinion of most who were
present that thero will be a demand
for oven additional accommodations
in the way of quartering visitors.
Ono man said there Is a Marshfleld
party who stands ready to erect n
three-story rooming house if he can
get somebody to furnish It and con
duct It.
Mr. P. S. Dow, who had dropped
in to hear the gossip, stated that he
had recently received a letter from
Chief Beals of the Weather Service
and there wero plans on foot to .put
In a resident weather maker at
Marshfleld. Mr. Dow has been
doing voluntary work in caring for
the storm signals for some time,
A Marshfleld mother sent her
small boy to tho country and after
a week ol anxiety received this
letter:
"I got here all right but I forgot
to write before. A foliar and I went
out in a boat and the boat tipped
over and a man got mo out. I was
so full of water I didn't know any
thing for a long time. The other
boy has to be buried after they find
him.
"A horse kicked mo over nnd I've
got to have somo money for fixing
my head. Wo are going to set n
barn on fire tonight and I should
Bmlle If we don't have some bully
fun. I am going to bring n tamo
badger home if I can get him in my
trunk"."
Wo will hope that tho little flurry
which is just now venting itself on
the person of E. H. Hprriman will
not interforo with tho extension of
tho Drain-Coos Bay route.
Por persons afflicted with ennui or
indigestion wo would suggest a tour
of Mnrshfleld's streots especially
Broadway or A after the twilight
hour.
SAN' FJtAXCISCO IlUIIiDIN'G.
EXTENSIVE improvements liavo
boon planned by tho United
States Government In tho fortifica
tions at tho Golden Gate, San Fran
cisco, nnd much of tho preliminary
work has already been accomplished.
The great flro of 190G had tho effect
of retarding this work and temporar
ily dlvorting n portion of tho appro
priation. Tho nggregato of Inipiove
montb and now works within tho area
of San Francisco will, when com
pleted, constltuto ono of tho grontOBt
military camps in tho United States.
Au net of congress, approved Juno
12th, 100G, provides for tho expendi
ture of not to oxcoed ?1 ,500,000. of
which $750,000 was mnde immedi
ately avnilablo for tho construction ctf
n oeneral supply depot for tho nnuy.i
ut 'Fort Mason, Cullfornla. Tho cqit
tomplatod Imptovements consist "of a
wharf BuHlclently largo to accommo
date four transports, six warehouses,
each 00x200 foot and three storlos
Mgh, nnd an adnilulstrntlqn building
tosethoi" with ofllcers' qunrtors suf
ficient to accommodate tho officers
m duty In connection with tho depot.
l'lanv a ro now bolug perfected in tho
Qunrtonnostor Gonorul's office for
thlB work, and it la expected that
actlTe'operatlons will bo begun nt an
early date. All preliminary work
THE DEEM SEASON'.
I noticed in your editorial of tho
lGth., headed "Deer Season," the fol
lowing quotation, "The season for
female deer remains tho same under
tho now law as it was under tho old,
from September 1st an November
1st."
While this is true of the law ns ro
gards most of tho state it does not
apply to Coos and Curry counties.
Houso Bill No, 151, amending sec
tion 2010 of Bollinger and Cotton's
Annotatod Codes and Statutes of Ore
gon provides as follows: "It shall bo
unlawful at any time within tho
Counties of Coos and Curry to hunt,
pursue, take, kill, Injure, destroy or
havo in possession any fomalo deer."
You will notico that this provision
of tho law provides that It shall bo
unlawful to kill fomalo deer within
tho Counties of Coos and Curry at
any time. Very truly yours,
Geo. II. Fnrrln.
while Dr. Mingus has been taking
care of the rain records on the same
terms. Tho Portland manipulator
of storms and hot days suggests a
high steel tower for displajdng the
3lgnals, and says such a plan can
bo carried out If tho people will do
nate a site for the tower, somewhere
near the water front. Of course It
could not be expected that Mr. Deals,
living In a, cheap town like Portland
could realize tho high value of water
front property In Marshfleld, but
somebody suggested that tho tower
could find a home on the city's prop
erty at the city hall.
Dr. McCormac, who was down
from ills homo on Coos river, gave
testimony showing the worth of the
storm service In Coos county. The
doctor is heavily Interested in booms
and he stated that the rain record
which is kept In Marshfleld is a cer
tain bavometer which warns him of
any freshet due on the Coquille
river. Whenever there Is a three-
Inch fall In Marshfleld within three
days, ho can rely upon there being
high water on the Coquille.
And so the talk drifted on iintjl
Henry Sengstacken camo in after
having closed his offices. He was
bombarded for news of the hotel and
tho talk turned on the $17,000 site
on tho hill. This site was the ono
proposed when Mr. Hedwall was
talking with the committee. It was
proposed to purchase this site and
then talk business to Mr. Hedwall,
but the price was considered rather
high, and when Mr. Gibson, of Seat
tle, butted into the game and said he
was ready to take an interest in the
A former Portland business man,
now located in Marshfleld, was re
lating financial incidents yesterday
to a gathering of friends who wero
deeply Interested In his stories. One
particularly exasperating experience
was this: He was conducting a
business where every "good fellow"
felt it his privilege to borrow money
from him. He loaned upwards of
five hundred dollars to this and that
supposed friend, and when he retired
from business, thought ho had an
income assured for at least a year.
However, all ho over collected of tho
loans was ten dollars in cash and
$2.50 in trade. And still they say a
man should always be ready to help
a friend in need.
Captain McKeown has signed a
new second baseman and will turn
the spcl: over to him when ho be
comes old enough to take charge of
it and sustain the reputation of the
family. The recruit arrived on Coos
Bay Monday night shortly after ten
o'clock and will reside with Grandpa
J. W. Bennett for a time.
In Marshfleld you see not only
houses building, but houses moving
up and down the various thoroughfares.-
Three buildings on rollers
have been removed from old found
ations In the past week to make
room for more modern structuies,
and there are others which will be
removed as soon as tho contractor
can get to them.
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