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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1907)
-vas"v. -jVWJS -& &- w "T l'W THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST. 131907, NEW STEEL CAPITAL AT GARY, INDIANA NEW TOWN TO BE GREATEST OP .ITS KIND IN THE WORLD. $4S;000,000 Additional Has Been Set Aside by Steel Trust to Develop Plnnt and Model City. Chicago, Aug. 11. Satisfied that Gary, Ind., will bo tho stool capital of tho world, tho directors of tho United States Steel Corporation have decided to invest an additional 145,000,000 in the construction of tho model city and steel plant just across the Indi ana state lino from Chicago. Infor mation that tho directorate of tho Btcel corporation had sot aside tho extra $45,000,000 for tho purpose of developing Gary was rccolved at tho Now City today and caused a rapid advanco in values and a buoyant sen sation through tho humming town. The MMOO.OOO is in addition to tho original appropriation of $75, 000,000 estimated as the necessary outlay for tho building of tho plant and for tho formatio'n of the city which will house a score of thousands of workers who will be employed nt Gary when the final plans of the Bteel kings have been consumated. The excess appropriation is to be used in widening tho scope and extent of the steel plant proper. The cost of tho building of Gary is Included In the first estimate which was mado when it waB proposed to transform a deserted acreage of drifting sand into the greatest steel manufacturing city of tho continent. Three thousand men wore at work yesterday building Gary and addi tional help js being employed by the battalion daily. Tho accomplishments of the steel magnates in the conctruc tlon of the plant and the city since tho first spadeful of sand was turned June 16, 1906, almost surpass comprehension. ANTHRAX DEPLETING CALIFORNIA HERDS Anthrax and Glanders Break Oat In Neighborhood of San Jose Cattle Dying. San Jose, Aug. 11. Anthrax and glanders, two of the most virulent contagious diseases among cattle and horses, and one of which at least is communicable to man, have broken out again in San Jose. Ever effort of P. H. Browning, county veterinar ian, is being bent "toward tholr eradi cation. Dr. Browning's report to the Supervisors this afternoon showed an appalling state of affairs, with cat tle dying by the scores in the fields about San Jose, tho East San Jose district being tho center of the an thrax. This infection is oven more fatal to mankind than to cattle, and many of the stockmen in tho outlying districts aro requesting that they be innoculated with their cattle against the disease. Several months ago many fine milk cnttlo died with the disease, and It was tho bolief of the veterinarian that his preventative measures had provailed. The recurrences of the malady has lead to a stricter quaran tine, and Milk Inspector Bryant will endeavor to prevent tho possible salo of milk from quarantined animals. NEWS OP MYRTLE POINT. (Enterprise.) Tho camp meeting of tho Seventh Day Adventlsts which has been In session at Gravel Ford for ten days closed last Sunday, after a very suc cessful series of moetlngs. Five were baptised into the faith of that de nomination as tho result of tho meet ings. After three weeks of camp llfo at tho detention hospital II. A. Tucker and C. A. Marcy wero given their freedom Thursday, their persons and effects being given a thorough fumi gation. The latter did not contract tho disease. Tho othor two cases are showing a fine recovery and no othor now cases have been reported, bo that danger from tho dlseaso might be said to be safely paBsod. J. W. Hall, who lives south of Myrtle Point, has received the sad news of tho death of his son, Duff W. Hall, his death having taken place In tho American hospital at Mexico City on Thursday, August 1st, of smallpox. Tho young man wns 23 yearB of ago and had been away from his Myrtlo Point homo for four yearB. Ho waB well known by tho pooplo of Myrtle Point nnd vicinity, and tho parents have tho sincere sympathy of all In tholr loss. James Gurnoy of Romoto had a pigeon call at hla homo and make itsolfvat homo for a week or two. At first tho family attompted to drive tho bird away, but It mado itsolf bo complotely at home, going to tho cup board for its food, that they por- mlttod It to roraaln, and on examina tion found a gold band around ono leg, and the date 1&07. It has since been the belief that It was one of tho carriers that have been passing be tween Los Angeles and Portland, that strayed from Its flight. Tho bird has recently disappeared and prob ably continued Its flight to one city or the other. There is abundant ovldenco to prove that good farm lands In tho Coquillo valley are worth all that Is asked for them. J. L. Lewollon has just furnished such evidence. On eight and a half acres of bottom land Mr. Lcwellen cut 30 tons of hay, which ho sold for $10 per ton. He will cut a second crop that will bring In another $120, making a total of $420 from tho acreage in one year, not to mention tho pasturago that can bo obtained from tho land during tho, winter and early spring months. Fifty dollars an aero for a hay crop, with no other exponoe but harvest ing of tho crop should bo a very sat isfactory income. At the city council meeting Mon day night, the waterworks committee reported recommending important changes of the system. The lnade quacy of the present system was pointed out and remedies suggested. Tho replacing of the wooden main with iron or steel piping acrots Carey creek Is deemed absolutely nec essary and the wooden pipe through out the system is recommended to be replaced as soon as possible. The reservoir is In need of repairs and the installation of an auxiliary pump ing plant to pump water from tho North Fork was likewise recommend ed. The present piping leaks like a sieve, tho rosorvolr does not hold wa ter within four feet of the top and the supply flowing In would be in adequate for fire purposes in a fire of any extent and duration and fam ilies are curtailed in their supply. The clerk was instructed to write different firms for figures and esti mates on the proposed improve ments. Ordinance No. 81, forbidding the firing of flro crackers or fire works within tho city limits was adopted. ,A remonstrance against repairing Maple street was placed on file, and P. L. was named as a com mittee of one to provide oxtonsion ladders for the flro department. Our Naval Program. Tho wisdom of transferring the At lantic fleet to the Pacific is generally recognized abroad, and it is interest ing to note that tho arguments ad vanced in favor of this, follow clisoly tno lines emphasized in these col umns. The strategic necessity of the movement is accepted, and the Navy and Military Record of England, for example, declares among other things that our justification lies in the fact that no American Interests are men aced on the Atlantic seaboard and apart from all subsidiary questions such as Japanese emigration, we need "a Pacific fleet, and a strong ono." This rings clear and true. To station such a fleet in accord ance with obvious strategical require ments cannot, It is held by all fair minded judges, be regarded as a menace to any nation, because wars have often been averted by such time ly precautions, and the last thing we seek is war. The real significance of the proposed voyage lies, therefore, In tho probability, with the warnings sounded, that Congress may at least be brought to recognize that adequate fleets must bo stationed off both our seaboards. This, of course, means a definite increase in shipbuilding, and as a corollary, the formulation of a logical program that will supersede the present haphazard system of fleet increase. It is somewhat odd to observe that this same service journal finds in this probablo extension reason for the British government to decide definite ly whether the two-power standard should not tako account of the Amer ican fleot. But on this side of tho water wo hope for hotter things. Now York Herald. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TOO LATE A Are alarm was turned In Sunday night shortly after nine o'clock from the Bon VIvnnt cafe. An alcohol lamp used under tho coffee urn ex ploded and mado trouble which for a mlnuto looked as it it might be serious. Prompt measures wero brought into play and tho flames wero extinguished before tho depart ment arrived on the scene. Little damage resulted. ARAG0 WILL STEAM FOR COLUMBIA RIVER Captain Taylor dropped down to Empire last night with tho Arago, tho government boat which has been surveying Coos Bay. Tho boat will remain thoro until this morning, when it will take an early start for the Columbia river, whero thero aro a numbor of bars waiting to bo surveyed. Coos Bay Steam Laundry -Of ELD and U0RTH BEND All workpow done at the loi Bend Plant MARSHF I Edgai Mauzey Agent, Marshfield North Bend Phone 1031 Marshfield Phone 180 gmmtmmmmmttmmtmmmttmmmmmmmmmm t tt 8 H Talking Machines t. . II"". ' Nelson Iron Works P. E. NELSON, Prop We repair all kinds Steam and Gas cycles. Best of A Of Engines, Gups uiflk.uu. n lachlncry, and lit- cialty. : : V We manufactil-e Casings In Iron and Bronze for Sam Ull and Logging Camps. We main m best Sheaves nmd Road Spools for Loggers. : : : TELEPHONE 921 MARSHFIELD. - - OREGON 8 We will aprw. to duplicate the nrices quoted bv i:i BabsomBros. of Chicago or any other eastern mail.;: I order house at a saving to you of $2 in the freieht alone. We h&ve Victor and Columbia1: 1 Disc machines in nikogany with two thousand records GENTLEMEN We are now prepared to dean and bloclgVour hats as well as clcaninuf nnd pressing your Our worKsis strictly clothes? first (Miiss. M Vtic do ouiro ingjfind dying. V ivn Bteani-clenn- . Bayfiss & Mercer Unique PaJitatorium Phone1444 BONITA vx Ed NOBITH BEND fasAst boats on the bay HalfH&iiScheduIe Rm Between Mnrliflcld tnd North Bend Made SlB Minutes. Private landings. Fare: One wav, 15c.; round trip, Sc. J. A. O'KEMiY, Proprietor. STEAMER. FLYER M. P. Pendergrass, Master and 10:30 a. m., and 1 and 4:00 p. m Leaves Nort 9:45 and 11: 3:15 and 5 Makes dalrajfr'P8 except Sun days. .FaroT One way, 15 cents; round trip, 25 cents. TIME TABLE. Leaves Marshfield 7:30, 9:00, Ojr, 2:30. B Jf 1 f Bcrfa. at 8:15, S aj., and 1:45, 0,0 arm. tt 8 I to select from. VVc havejjust received both the EjlH: 8 son and Victor monthly rcords. Come in and hear,,::: " ' I J r . . . 8 them. , Complete Stockf Harmonica?. Strings for!::; A . I V '! 1 . r . 8 all instruments, vfpljn strings from 5c to 75c each. H Special inducements on Frank Holton Cornets this. week. tt - W.R. Haines Music Go. s f .C street Between Broadway and Front. I !. I Phone main 1441 Marshfield, Oregon minimsinnumnnnimmmmmmimmnmmnmmmmii McPherson Iiinser Cri; Wholesale aquor dealers Cigars an J saloon Jap plies. I f X- California Wleia Specialty Front St., Marshfield MARSHF1EL1 GENERAlf HOSPITAL MISS M.ftLACKjfratron Hospital forjpurgical and Medical cnlea Rates reason able. Phone 991. I Bank of Oregon Capital Stock fully paid up $50,000 V Transact! a General Banking Dusineu North Bend, Oregon w. a. 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