FRIDAY '
EDITION
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOL. II.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1907.
No. 84.
SHOULD REFORM
THE UNO LAWS
President Points Out, in Keo
kuk Speech, Changes Are
Advisable.
LAWS ARE MADE FOR IOWA
I)o Not Fit Conditions in Northwest
Stone, Timber, and Coal
Laws Unjust.
"'tohlngton, Oct. 10. It Is evl
dent from the president's Keokuk
speech that he Is going to undertake
seriously to bring about a reform In
the public land laws at the coming
session of congress; not a general re
vision, perhaps, but such changes as
will make the laws applicable to
present-day conditions. Heretofore
land law reform has been practically
out of the question because a ma
jority of the house committee on
public lands was unfavorable to the
reforms sought by the president, and
because a few powerful senators
stood ready to block legislation In
the upper branch of congress.
Fortunately for the president, and
for the bona fide settlers there is to
be a reformation of the house pub
lic lands committee this coming ses
sion, due to the fact that Represen
tative Lacy of Iowa, former chair
man, was not re-elected to the GOth
congress, and the further fact that
several other members of the com
mittee will not be members of the
new congress. This will give an
opportunity for Injecting new blood
into the committee, and this new
blood, if carefully selected, can do
much to promote such reform legis
lation as Is desired by the president
and by the entire west.
Representative Lacy was an
honest man and he sought to do
right, but Mr. Lacy came from a state
which Is climatically very different
from the states of the Rocky Moun
tain and Pacific coast regions .where
the bulk of public lands are to be
found today. Unfortunately for the
west, Mr. Lacy knew litle of condi
tions In the west outside of his own
state, and being a man of narrow
vision, ho believed that land laws ap
plicable to Iowa should be adequate
for every other state. This very view
was particularly criticised by the
president at Keokuk, and he pointed
out that one of the great reasons why
the land laws should be (reformed
was to meet conditions found In the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast
states.
Reforms for Arid and Grazing Land.
The national reclamation law ade
quately provides for such of the arid
lands as can be rendered arable by
irrigation, and up to the present
time it Is not apparent that that law
needs modification. But there Is a
vast domain which will not be af
fected by the reclamation act, but
which at the same time will never
pass to private ownership under the
homestead law in Its present shape.
The president clearly points out the
necessity for amending the home
stead law so that lands of this char
acter may bo taken in tracts of more
than 1G0 ncres, his reference being
to lands susceptible of dry farming,
or lands that are valuable only for
grazing purposes. In his speech the
president did not stipulate the
amount of this land that should be
patented to any one Individual, leav
ing that question for Congress to
solve.
The second reform which he
specifically recommends is in regard
to the control of public grazing
lands. Tho present law absolutely
prohibits the erection or maintenance
of fences on tho public domain, the
law being aimed primarily at large
cattle barons who, to serve their sel
fish purposes, and to crowd out small
stock owners, have In times past un
dertaken to monopolize millions of
acres of tho public domain. Yet this
law, while striking at tho barons,
has also affected the small stock
men, quite a number of who'm had
erected small fences for their own
protection, and in a way that could
not prevent permanent development
of the country. The president real
izes that the removal of fences has
worked a hardship In many Instances,
yet the law is specific, and while the
law stands the administration has
no preference in tho matter. It must
remove the small fences with the
large ones.
What the prosldent evidently de
sires Is a modification of the fencing
law, so as to permit the fencing of
small areas of tho public grazing
lands when such fencing acts as a
protection to small stock owners who
aro permanent residents in the re
gion where their stock are grazed.
At tho same time he advocates the
exaction of a nominal grazing fee,
but only such amount as is required
to pay tho cost of administration.
Again, the presidont makes no
specific recommendation as to the
exact type of legislation that should
be enacted, leaving congress to de
cide Just what is best to meet pres
ent conditions in tho west.
Genernl Revision Unnecessary.
It is doubted if the president will
urge congress generally to revise the
land laws at tho coming session.
There is not so much demand for
change in the laws as for change In
tho manner of their enforcement.
For instance, it is doubtful whether
now legislation would materially re
duce land frauds.
What may be urged, however, In
addition to the legislation referred
to by the prosldent at Keokuk is a
modification of the timber and stone
act, and a change in the absolute coal
land laws.
If tho president makes an especial
effort to secure modifications in the
land laws, and if the house commit
tee Is reorganized along favorable
lines, something is likely to be ac
complished this winter. At all
events, land law reform will be a
conspicuous topic.
HOTEL COMMITTEE
CONSIDERED BIDS
Action Deferred Until Saturday
Five Architects Submitted Plans
Yehtcrdny.
The hotel building committee met
yesterday in the offlce of J. S. Coke,
for tho purpose of receiving and In
specting bids for building the $75,
000 hotel which will grace Marsh
field before another season passes.
Yesterday was tho day advertised
for closing the ulds, but the time
was extended until Saturday, as it
was learned there were other archi
tects who were desirous of submit
ting plans. The number which
came before the committee yester
day was five, being the work of J.
E. Cayou, of Marshfleld, Travers &
Wilson of Portland, H. S. Hlme
baugh, Marshfleld, A. H. Eddy,
lately from San Jose, California,
and Charles Burggraf, of Albany.
Tho specifications called for any
material, including stone, concrete
and brick. Some of tho plans in
cluded all these materials, while
others provided for concrete or
brick. The committee will meet
again on Saturday when, it Is be
lieved, they will have received all
tho bids, and probably bo ready to
make a decision as to which plans
will b0 adopted. Tho work will be
commenced Immediately after the
work lslet. The site at tho corner
of C and Second streets comprises a
plot of land, 100x100 feet. Some
of the plans provide for alley ways
and other reductions of tho space
for the building, and the number
of bedrooms planned for in the
specifications submitted ranges from
40 to 55. The site has two houses
on It, and these will be taken Into
tho street when the work is com
menced, and used for storing mater
ials for th0 building. Tho commit
tee Is anxious to have the work
under progress just as soon as it
can be started without slighting any
of the considerations which will en
ter into the enterprise. It takes
time to work out matters of this
sort and tho committee desires to
havo everything well planned before
commencing, that there will be no
changes and consequent delays.
Mr. Powers and Family Arrive.
Mr. A. H. Powers of the Smith
Powers Logging company, returned
yesterday from his trip to Minneapo
lis, where ho went to close his busi
ness affairs and bring his family to
Coos Bay. Mr. Powers was absent
five weeks, and came with his family
on tho .Breakwater. He brought
from the east his automobile, a fine
span of thoroughbred horses and
three dogs from the most noted ken
nels in the east. Mr. Powers had
expected his home, now under con
struction at the corner of Balnos
and Washington avenue, would be
completed upon his arrival, but the
carpenters were unable to complete
it in the short time.
BEGELQW HAD
GREAT PLANS
Had Schemed to Extort Money
from Firms and Railroads
in Denver.
AUTHORITIES HAVE HIM
Uncle Snm Will Prosecute in Pro
tection of Mnils Only
Wanted $100,000.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 10. Kemp V.
Blgelow, tho young clerk from Far
mer, Ohio, who mailed dynamite
packages last Monday to Governor
Buchtel and other prominent citizens
of Denver, confessed today ho was
also author of the letters mailed
August 29 last to the Burlington
road, Moffat road and Adams Ex
press company, Daniels & Fisher
Stores company, May Shoe & Cloth
ing company and to Postmaster Paul
Sours, demanding amounts varying
from $10,000 to $190,00.
These letters contained threats
that unless his demands were com
piled with passenger trains would
be wrecked with dynamite, the Dan
iels & Fisher and May store and fed
eral building would be blown up and
C. H. Day, local agent of the express
company, would be killed within 30
'days. Blgelow's confession was
made to Chief of Police Delaney in
the presence of Mr. Day and John F.
Vallery, general agent of the Bur
lington road in Denver. The letters
contained instructions for placing a
different mark upon each package
and demanded It should be placed in
one bundle and thrown from a cer
tain Burlington train as it passed the
Denver stock yards on tho night of
the 30th. A dummy package was
made up and thrown off the train
as directed. Detectives were In hid
ing near the spot designated and kept
up a vigil all night, but nobody ap
peared. Next morning the package
was returned to Agent Day. Blge
low will be turned over to the federal
authorities and prosecuted on a
charge of using the mails to defraud.
BREAKWATER WILL
HAVE NEW DATES
The Breakwater arrived yesterday
with her cabins filled with passen
gers bent on remaining on Coos Bay
if accommodations can be tfound.
She had 400 tons of freight, much of
It household goods of families who
are here to remain permanently.
The ship will change her sailing
dates after she leaves port, and will
hereafter leave Portland every Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock, and on
the return, will leave Coos Bay every
Saturday at service of tho tide.
Following are the passengers who
arrived: J. Blleu, Mrs. Ward, Miss
Ward, J. Wahl. Miss J. Davis, Miss
M. Davis, C. W. Street, Miss Wilkin
son, J. Wilson, O. L. Hagood, J. Hub
bard, Capt. Mason, C. Hess, Rev. Van
Wahn, Mrs. Van Wahn, Mrs. Ben
nett, H. Bennett, Rev. Gordon, Mrs.
Gordon, Miss Gordon, Miss H. Gor
don, C. Fourchy, Mrs. Fourchy, Miss
Fourchy, Mrs. Llttlefleld, W. Little
field, W. Russell, Mrs. Russell, Miss
Russell, it. Russell, Jv Quick, S. Ar
nold, Miss Walker, C. S. Mudge, Rev.
McDonald, W. Sylvester, F, Powell,
E. Galena, T. B, Walte, H. Richard
son, C. Sendeblnch, M. Davles, II, A.
Brown, S. Broker, R. Hilt, J, W. Har
din, A. Jackson, H. Wells, W. Dickey,
W. Dickey, Jr., Wilbur Dickoy, J. C.
Richards, H. V. Martin, C. Long, Miss
Powers, Miss L. Powers, Miss H.
Powers, Fred Powers Chas. Powers,
Mrs, Powers, A. H. Powers, George
Taylor, E. Mackwell, L. Harshberger,
W. L. McFarland, Mrs. McFarland,
C. Hanen, L. Bunch, Mrs. Hunch, J.
Brldgo, Mrs. Hunt, O. Motchmer,
Jno. Mawer, Mrs. Downs, Miss
Downs, Miss M. Downs, M. Glllston,
Mrs. Lacy, A. L. Lacy, J. Stevonson,
Mrs. Stevenson, Miss Stevonson, Rev.
Black, E. G. Flanagan, E. Fogarty
and flvo steerage.
Putting in Gutters.
North Bend Js grabbing Father
Time by the forelock (or some
other good hold) and is putting In
good gutters on Virginia avenue to
carry off tho surplus water which
tho rainy season will bring. k
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SAM FE WILL
ENTER ORE
Great Road Will Build Short
Line Between Astoria and
Portland.
SECURE SITES FOR SHOPS
Portland Will Re Terminus of Lino
Up the Coast From Calif
ornia. (Oregon Journal.)
Having overcome two years' de
termined opposition of tho Harrlman
lines, the Portland Oregon Seacoast
Railway company has completed all
arrangements for construction of a
railroad from Portland to Clatsop
City, on the Clatsop county coast,
north to Astoria and south to Eu
reka, forming a connection there
with the Sinta Fe and giving that
great system a direct entrance into
,Portland.
Twenty miles of right of way have
been acquired for the Astoria line,
for a summer resort, lands have
been bought at Clatsop City for
shops, and the Astoria chamber of
commerce has undertaken to secure
13 miles more of right of way.
Returns From Conference
William Reid, secretary of tho
company, who has just returned
from a New York conference with
representatives of the London and
Los Angeles financial syndicates
back to the enterprise, left today for
Astoria to complete certain right of
way arrangements. Eleven condem
nation suits are now pending for
rights of way in Cluisop county.
A meeting of tho stockholders
will be held In Portland Saturday,
October 2G, at which the capital
stock will be increased from $500,
000, the preliminary capitalization,
to $1,1000,000, the working capital.
The company has floated a bond
issue of $35,000 per mile on the
first 100 miles, and the stockholders
will ratify this action. They will
also confirm a construction contract
for the same mileage mado with the
Lewis & Clark Construction com
pany, a corporation formed In Port
land and Los Angeles and Incorpor
ated In Oregon. This company will
build the entire system In ten mile
sections.
Complete in Two Years.
The company's right of way con
tracts stipulate that construction
shall be commenced within seven
months and shall ke continuously
carried on, and that the road shall
be completed and in operation from
Astoila to some point east of tho
coast range summit within two
years. It is Intended by tho com
pany to build the line at a much
faster rate.
Tho final locations aro now being
mado by surveys between Astoria,
Clatsop county and Portland. The
lino will follow the Lewis nnd
Clark river from Astoria to a point
about eight miles inland, where it
vill join tho lino from Clatsop City,
a station two miles west, near the
seashore From the junction tho main
lino to Portland will follow the
easiest grade via Humbug creek,
Clear creek and Gales creek to Os
wego, where It will cross tho Wil
lamette river over a bridge that Is
being built by tho Southern Pacific
company under a common user
franchise secured by Mr. Rcld's
offorts at the last session of the
Oregon legislature.
Tho terminal of tho Portland Or
egon Seacoast road will bo in East
Portland. It will grant equal traffic
arrangements with both tho Hill
and Harrlman lines.
Shortest Route.
Surveys show that tho lino from
Portland to Clntsop City will bo 80
miles in length, 20 miles shorter
than any other route now in opera
tion or surveyed to tho saocoast.
Completion of this lino will within
tho next three years give Portland
three Inlets for traffic from north
wostom Oregon, a great roglon here
tofore practically Inaccessible ex
cepting by wagons or a circuitous
route travorsed by boats from Tilla
mook bay to tho Columbia river.'
Tho Portland Oregon Sescoast
railway will bo built by British cap
ital. Tho lino from Portland to
Astoria will bo built first and will
cost approximately $3,500,000, Sev
ON
enty pound rails will be used iftid
the construction nnd tunnel work
will oe up to tho standard of tho
best western roads.
H. Hawgood, president of tho
company and In personal charge of
all arrangements, is a railroad build
er of many jears experience. Ho
was for some years in the engineer
ing se Ice of the Southern Pacific,
later chief engineer of the Hunting
ton roads in Southern California,
and more recently iwas chief en
gineer of tho San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake, the railroad
Luilt by Senator W. A. Clark from
Salt Lake to Sau Pedro.
IMPORTANT THINGS
UP FOR DISCUSSION
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Will
near Talk From Francis
II. Clarke.
At tho chamber of commerce
meeting tonight Francis H. Clarke,
attorney for the Joint Coos Bay
Harbor Commltete, for Marshfleld
and North Bend, will bo heard.
Mr. Clarke will treat tho subject
from an inltlatlvo and referendum
standpoint for it Id understood he
holds that It is within the power of
the Coos Bay towns to create a har
bor commission through their own
Initiative without going to tho legis
lature. The harbor commission ns It
effects tho interests of tho Coos Bay
harbor, Is the most Important ques
tion before tho people of tho bay.
The address tonight will bo from a
legal standpoint, but interesting,
nevertheless, and every citizen pres
ent, will be glad that ho or sho at
tended. Coos Bay Is making some
wonderful strides forward these
days, and nothing has yet bon
touched upon of more Importance
to the welfare of tho bay than some
things that will bo brought out at
tonight's meeting.
An address will also be delivered
tonight by W. H. P. McDonald.
Mr. McDonald Is recently from
Sacramento valley, and later from
Albany, Oregon. He Is a forcible
speaker and his impressions of the
possibilities and opportunities for
the landVlocked, rockle&s-bottomed
harbor of many Inlets will bo en
tertaining. In addition 'to tho oratorical
treat In store for visitors at the
chamber of commerce tonight, thero
will also bo a treat of npples for
every one In attendance will be
given a prize gravensteln apple.
To bo sure of first choice visitors
should be In their seats by 7:30
o'clock.
Tho additions to tho exhibit tho
past two days includes, samples of
popcorn, perfectly matured, grown
by Cal Ray. Oregon grnpo and
other ornamental shrubbery, from
Evergreen Terrace, were contributed
by Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hllborn. Ex
quisite boqucts of dahlias from the
Inwns of Mrs. Lawler and Mrs.
Flanagan decorate tho windows and
samples of copper oro and basaltic
rock wero left by unknown parties.
Box Factory for Prosper.
Tho business men of tho growing
city of Prosper on tho lower Co
qullle river aro organizing a corpo
ration for tho purpose of putting up
a box factory thero. Messrs. Shelley
& Spencer donated tho slto for tho
factory and Gcorgo Shelley has prom
ised to find them a practical man on
his next trip north to mnnago it for
them. It Is a safe prediction Gcorgo
will find them a man, for if there aro
any words ho learned to spell and do-
fino when ho went to school, they
were hustlo and rustic
Likes Coos Buy,
Mr. A. II. Eddy, a San Joso, Cali
fornia, architect, Is on the bay with
tho intention of opening an offlco
and making this his , permanent
home. When seen by a Times rep
resentative yesterday and asked his
opinion of this country, ho said:
"It Is tho greatest country in tho
world when wo consider its unde
veloped state. Thero Is opportunity
hero for everybody; tho young man
and tho old man nllko. A llttlo
monoy and nverago shrewdness will
mnko a man n fortune on Coos Bay
within a few years."
Will Build In ficiiKf(irkcii Addltl
K. A. Honrlcka of tho cold stor
age, will soon commonco a homo for
his family in Songstnckon addition.
Mn gill Jury Completed,
Decatur, Oct. 10, Tho Maglll Jury
was completed this afternoon. Tlip
first testimony will bo heard toraorr
row, '"
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RESPONSIBLE
Harry Orchard Puts Brown
Tragedy Up tq Miners'
Federation.
OPINION OF BOMB EXPERT
C. !:. Elmer Gives Idaho Bids of
Controversy With, Captain
SwpJn.
Boise, Idaho, Oct. 10. In tho
opinion of Harry Orchard the West
ern Federation of Miners is respoa
Bible for tho death- of ex-Sheriff.
Harvey Brown at Baker City. Ho
Bays ho believes tho murder was
committed to rovengo work done by
Brown, In assisting the state to get
evidence against those accused uf
the assassination of ex-Governor
Stunenberg.
When first informed of tho Baker
City tragedy Orchard predicted that
very shortly the papers wouid bo
printing interviews with those con
nected with tho Federation, la
which It would bo claimed that
Brown was a friend of tho Federa
tion. Charles E. Elmer, private secre
tary to Governor Gooding, today re
iterated his charges against Captain.
Swain, who has charge of tho de
tectives Investigating tho Brown.
case. Mr. Elmer states that when,
ho went to Baker City ho had no
knowledgo that Captain Swain was
working on the. case, and that he
did not know it until ho had talked
for three-quarters of an hour with
tho authorities there.
When ho mot feaptain Swain he
was greeted cordially by tho Spokane
detective, he says. Captain Swain
told him ho had absolutely no clew,
but that tho crime was a parallel
caso with tho Steuncnberg murder.
Elmer snld:
"I asked Captain Swain what the
dogs had done. He told me tho
the tracks had bcon crossed by so
many persons that tho dogs had been
unable to work. I learned tho dogs
had taken a trail and followed It
toward tho homo of Mrs. Klnnlson
and again In the sarao direction.
I was told by the owner of tho dogs
later that Swain had called them oft,
that they had not been given an op
portunity to show whether or uot
they could pick up tho scent after
dropping It near the depot."
"When I learned that Captain
Swain was In chargo of tho Investi
gation," said Elmer, "I determined
to leave Baker City for home and
say nothing. I was intending to
leave that night, but I hnd a long
distance telephone talk with Gov
ernor Gooding. Wo talked ho
matter over and came to the con
clusion that tho authorities of Ba
ker City should bo put in posses
sion of some facts regarding Ida
ho's experiences with Captain
Swain. It was a duty as we con
sidered it.
"I then went to the mayor, Dist
rict attorney and sheriff and told
thorn candidly what I knew. I told
them I did not question Captain
Swain's ability as a detective, but I
had reasons to question his motives.
I told them that it was Captain
Swain's Ifault that Jack Simpklns
got away; that Swain told us an
absolute falsehood, which resulted
in Simpklns escaping, and that wo
had proofs that such wa3 true, I
told them that as far as I was con
cerned th0 information I had given
them need never become public.
"I left Baker City without breath
ing a word of what I had told
them to any ono, I gave no Infor
mation to any newspaper nv n ll
that was sent out by the no a paper
men concerning that lntervle-v ' st
havo conio from tho Baker officials,
and probably through Captain
Swain. Thoy must have po to
Swain Immediately, and 1 re,
building up a defonsc, e , e
newspapor man around him and ?ave
thorn tho intorvlows that havo boon
published.
Balloons Arrive for Races.
St, Louis, Mo., Oct. 10. Tho bal
loons St. Louis nnd Pommero ar
rived tonight from Paris and lnua
sols respectively to bo entered In the
intornatlonnl balloon races that be
gin. October 21 for tho Jauos Gordon
Bonnctt cup.
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