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VOL. II.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1907.
No. 85.
TO ADVERT
Plan Afoot to Establish Head
quarters on Washington
Street, Portland.
A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
But Certain to Appeal to the Coos
Bay , People The.
Scheme.
Thero Is a plan on foot to estab
l:eh a permanent Coos Bay exhibit
in Portland and If things work out
as the embryo arrangements portend,
then Coos Bay will receive the best
advertising this winter she haa ever
had, and those who come from east
ern states with the intention of visit
ing Coos Bay will not be deflected by
the Portland real estate dealers and
those who use any old argument to
keep the homeseekers from coming
to this country. It has been well
known all summer thut persons who
inquire in Portland about Coos Bay,
receive only evasive answers in most
instances, and perhaps it is no more
than we should expect. A Portland
real estate man, or business man
would not expect Coos Bay people to
send anybody to Portland to Invest
who could be accommodated on Coos
Bay or in Coos county. Certainly
not, and therefore, the inhabitants of
this territory do not expect Portland
people to plug fo'r Coos Bay when
they can easily show newcomers at
tractive Investments and pleasant
surroundings.
The only recourse under such a
condition, Is to send somebody into
the enemy's country, and capture
what is due Coos Bay, and take it
right out from under the noses of the
Portland people. The reader will
ask how Is it going to be done? He
will say, It is easy enough to talk,
but action and results are'' things
which count.
Very well, here Is the remedy.
It is proposed to organize what
will be termed a Coos Bay Boosters'
Club which will be a business propo
sition, pure and simple. The men
who will become members of this
club will not expect to spend their
time and money as a donation to the
Coos Bay country. They will adver
tise the country legitimately and will
expect returns of equal value.
This scheme is legitimate in every
way, since there is not sufficient con
centration on the -bay to originate
anything of this nature and put it
through as it should be done, as a
public affair. The bay and Coos
county has been advertised in de
vious and haphazard ways. There
has been no general scheme of adver
tising and what has brought the best
results has been gratituitous and
without any thought of reward.
Here is the idea as explained to
The Times representative by one who
is Interested in the matter jn a finan
cial way:
The scheme is rather elaborate
and this article may not perhaps
cover it thoroughly as it should, yet
a general understanding of It may be
gained and this will show that Coos
Bay haa nothing to fear about the
value of what Is going to be done.
In the first place, It Is proposed to
establish Coos Bay headquarters on
Washington street, in Portland. A
room of amplo capacity for display
ing the products and resources of the
country will be secured. Exhibits of
every nature will bo shown. Plats of
the various additions will be taken to
tho Rose City and displayed; it will
be advertised in tho city newspapers
and an enthusiastic and truthful
booster will bo on hand to explain
and toll callers everything about the
country that can be aBked. No pains
will bo spared in disseminating infor
mation about tho country, and the
great feature of it all will be tho
strict attention to truth. Every re
source which the country affords
will be there to greet the visitor at
tho headquarters.
In order to accomplish this good
work, it is proposed to organize a
company for that particular purpose
and this company will embody a com
mission scheme, Parties who come
from the far east may or may not
care to come to Coos Bay, "Whether
they do or not, they are certain to be
come Interested In it. They will be
enabled to gain reliable Information
about the country, and if they care
to invest without seeing, they may do
so. Should they desire to come and
look for themselves, so much the bet
ter, for they will find things just as
represented by the Portland repre
sentative. Arrangements will be
completed with tho real estate deal
ers on the bay for selling their prop
erty, whether city, farm, improved,
or unimproved. A small commission
will, of course, be charged for the
company's work, and it sooma the
only manner of getting such an estab
lishment before the people who are
constantly looking for information
respecting this country.
An additional feature and one
which will appeal to tho eastern peo
ple will be a plan of holding occa
sional lectures in the room during
tho evonlng hours. Tho regular
booster will ongago to take caro of
this feature, and as prominent and
well posted people drop Into tho city
from Coos county, they will be in
vited to talk to audiences upon the
future and present progross of Coos
counyt and Its unapproachable re
sources. It is expected that this plan
will meet the approval of everybody
interested in Coos Bay and its wel
fare and development, for It is to
cost nothing unless results follow.
BEAR HELD THE
BRIDGE SUCCESSFULLY
Editor Scotten, of tho Coqullle
Valley Sentinel, heard a good bear
story this week and wroto it up in
the following style:
The bridge crew employed by the
Coos Bay Roseburg & Eastern Rail
way company were put to hasty
flight Monday morning by a monster
black bear. It was just by a sly
tip from a chance eye-witness that
the Sentinel got wise to the fact, and
wo are not going to reveal the iden
tity of this witness either.
As the story goes the crew were
approaching tho bridge near Beaver
Hill Junctio'n to make some repalra.
The hour was early, the air bracing,
and the boys were pumping the
handcar at a good clip to keep up
circulation Suddenly a yelp went
up from the man on the lookout in
termingled with a coarse growl. The
lookout raised his voice and hat
simultaneously.
"Brakes, lads a bear by-gosh!"
Instantly thero was a tangle of
arms In the effort to stop the car.
It was stopped but a few feet from
where bruin sat in seeming defi
ance and absolute possession of the
bridge, showing his teeth in a man
ner to send chills to the marrows
of the horrified work crew.
"Nice bear!" G-r-r-r "Good old
bear!" G-r-r-r.
Tho wortls of a familiar song
were Invoked In vain, then a con
sultation ensued as to the next best
course.
"You go first and ask the bear to
move, my dear DeLong," urged one
of tho party of the trembling fore
man.
"No I beg that you go first, my
dear Woods," was tho imploring
retort.
"W.e will all- go together," sug
gested a third, and reluctantly the
suggestion was acted upon. As the
party advanced a few steps his
bearshlp raised upon his haunches,
gave a viclferous growl and extend
ed his paws for an affectionate em
brace. Then it was that a hasty
retreat was beaten for tho handcar,
and in three snaps of a hungry
bear's jaws the bridge crew were
pumping away for safety.
They returned later armed for a
fracas, but bruin had disappeared
and yielded the Beaver Hill bridge
to its rightful posessors.
CLOSING OUT SALE
FORCED ON GUL0VS0NS
Gulovson's, tho furniture dealers
at the corner of C and First streets,
announce in, today's Times their in
tention of closing out their largo
furniture stock, for tho reason that
they will have no place to transact
bustifess after the first of November.
The building which they occupy has
been rented to other parties and they
must vacate. Tho fact is sufficient to
advise the public that It Is about to
encounter some unusual bargains at
that store.
Built First Gasoline launch.
Mr. Jack liable of southern Cali
fornia, is here to renew his familiar
ity with the country. He was a for
mer resident of Coos Bay and la said
to have built the first gasoline
launch which plied the waters of the
bay.
UHHH5 FOR
CONSOLIDATION
Committee of Five Appointed
at C. of C. Last Night to
Push Coos Bay.
TIME IS NOW PROPITIOUS
Every Argument Favors It and Finn
Will Now Bo Urged Without
Cessation.
The chamber of commerce met
last evening as usual and tho hall
was filled, the attendance of many
many ladies Doing particularly no
ticed. The routine business of tho
evening being concluded the several
committees made reports. 'Tho com-
mittee having in charge the matter
of opening the county road at East
Marshfleld and the establishment of
a ferry made a report concerning the
facts aB substantially reported in the
Times In its issue of the 9th Inst.
Mr. Henry Sengstacken was called
on for a report on tho hotel In tho
absence of Mr. Grimes. He stated
that the hotel would be commenced
as soon as tho plans had been select
ed and that the committee was now
engaged in examining those which
were before them.
Tho secretary called attention to
the fact that a large company of
Portland business men were visiting
the Oregon cities and that in his
opinion they should be invited to
visit Coos Bay.
Mr. W. H. P. McDonald of Sacra
mento.Cal., was then introduced and
made a very interesting address. He
said that he and his friends had
come in on the Breakwater on the
8th; that he was astonished at what
he saw and that he was still in doubt
as to whether things are moving
fast in Marshfleld because he' had not
recovered from his' ocean trip or
because there really was a spirit and
activity in the city which did not
have its equal elsewhere on the
coast; that It was refreshing to come
into a region that had real natural
wealth where the soil did not bake
as In California so hard that it had
to be broken up with dynamite and
where he could see that the land was
flowing with milk and honey. He
noted that his surprise was regarded
as a joke by the people of Coos Bay
but he believed that the people of
Coos Bay did not know what they
had. They knew about Coos Bay
coal because it was needed and the
sign was up at the San Francisco
water front. He had been greatly
impressed by tho beautiful bay as
he sailed into it tho peninsula re
minded him of that of San Francisco.
He had read about what San Fran
cisco had looked like in the early,
part of last century. When he saw
the peninsula here with its beautiful
hills ho could not but feel that an
other great city like San Francisco
would grow up hero in a few years.
Energy, activity and decision would
make a city hero which would be
known tho world over. Mr. McDon
ald'ss address was very much appre
ciated and produced much enthu
siasm. The president then Introduced Mr.
Francis H. Clarke who said that he
was there to present a legal opinion
on the question of what form of or
ganization would be necessary for the
purpose of enabling tho people of the
whole bay to raise money by taxa
tion to improve the harbor of Coos
Bay. He further stated that his
opinion was being offered at tho re
quest of tho joint committee on the
Port of Coos Bay appointed by tho
chamber of commerce of North Bend
and Marshfleld and it was of a seri
ous character and of great Import
ance It was necessary In writing and
he would read it This was done at
the instance of tho joint committee
for which It bad been prepared. Be
fore reading it he wished to say that
h appreciated what Mr. McDonald
said that the people of Coos Bay did
not know what they had, hut ho
would add that it applied also to
the Initiative and referendum which
his examination has satisfied him was
a wonderful law In Its splendid pos
sibilities for Coos Bay. Tho people
did not know what they had in that
respect either and he wished to tell
them about It. Ho then presented
an exhaustive exhibition of the law
of Oregon in its application to tho
needs of Coos Bay. It was listened
to throughout. As it was lengthy
and was subjects which all should
understand the Times will print it
It full in the Sunday edition.
At the conclusion of Mr. Clarke's
address on motion of Judge Sehl
brede it was voted that a committee
of five be appointed by the chair to
confer with North Bend and Empire
for the purpose of consolidating the
cities of Coos Bay for tho improve
ment of the harbor on lines suggest
ed by Mr. Clarke. The motion was
carried with great enthusiasm and
the chairs appointed Messrs. Clarke,
Sehlbrede, Snover, Liljcqvist and
Smith.
The meeting then adjourned.
PARKERSBURG WOMAN
VIOLENTLY INSANE
(Coqullle Sentinel)
A sad yet exciting scone was en
acted at the steamboat landing in
Coqullle Wednesday morning when
an Insane woman was being taken
off th0 boat and into a wagon to bo
conveyed to Dr. Whetmore's hospital.
The service of several men were re
quired, as tho patient was a largo
and muscular physique, and ere she
had been securely deposited in tho
wagon the volunteer helpers had been
much scratched and knocked about,
one man having his watch almost
totally ruined.
From Dr. Whetmore we learn tho
unfortunate is Mrs. C. C. Haga of
Parkersburg, formerly Mrs Fowler
who resided in this town. Her men
tal derangement first manifested it
self about three weeks ago, when at
her home a couple of miles back of
Parkersburg she suddenly made
rough house and fled to the tall tim
ber armed with a butcher knife. Ef
forts to recapture her wero vain for
two days, as when persons approach
ed she would storm them with stones
from her Improvised fort. When
Anally taken by a clever ruse she
presented a pitable sight, and had to
bo securely bound hand and foot to
prevent her doing harm. Dr. Wct
niore was summoned and had her
brought to his hospital In this city,
where she was. resting quietly Wed
nesday evening. The outcome of her
case Is yet uncertain. She has a
mother at Myrtle Point besides her
husband.
COQUILLE HAS FOOT
BALL ORGANIZATION
Coqullle now boasts a regularly
organized football team composed
of some of tho best known and most
athletis of the young men of this
section. The club, for that Is what
it Is, was organized last Saturday
evening at Tracey's Place on Front
street, 22 names being enrolled on
tho membership for a starter. Of
this number, to be sure, the team
will have eleven.
The following officers wero elected:
Manager, C. O. Dryden; coach, C. E.
Baxter; captain, Osgood Shoup; secretary-treasurer,
A. B. Collier.
Tho team began active practice
on tho local school grounds last
Sunday, and hopes to soon be able
to have a match with either North
Bend or Marshfleld. It is more than
likely a game will bo played on
Thanksgiving. Bandon also is talk
ing of getting up an eleven, and If
so we may expect to try conclusions
with her this winter.
The local aggregation Is to be
known as tho Coqullle Football
Team. They are talking of giving
a dance next Saturday evening to
raise funds in aid of their equip
ment Sentinel.
WILL OPEN GENTS'
FURNISHING STORE
Mr. George Goodrum, who camo to
Coos Bay from New Orleans somo
months ago, has arranged to occupy
the west half of the Gulovson build
ing at tho corner of G and First
streets about tho 15th of November
with an up-to-date stock of gents'
furnishing goods and haberdashery.
Ho will leave on tho next Breakwater
for Chicago, wheer ho will buy his
Btock. Tho building will ho thorough
ly overhauled and remodeled; a cor
ner entrance with plato glass win
dows for showing tho goods will bo
installed; the west sido will bo re
arranged and tho Interior colorings
and general scheme will follow the
old English style and should mako
one of the most attractlvo places in
tho city,
Milking Muclilnt'H for Rogers Ranch.
Three milking machines arrived on
the Breakwater for tho Anson Rog
ers farm on Coos river, They are the
Burr-Lawrence make.
INTER URBAN
THLIRLIFAFIE
North Bend Chamber of Com
merce Takes Action on Fin
ishing Water Front St.
simpson Will lend aid
To Dedicate Street From Foundry
to North Line of
riat B.
The North Bend Chamber of Com
merce met last night with President
Peter Loggie in tho chair and held
an enthusiastic meeting in which it
was evident that North Bend Is in
the front ranks of activity and prog
ress. It was tho night for tho elec
tion of officers and the gentlemen
who had acted in those capacities
during the last year desired that new
officers be elected.
Tho following are tho officers who
are to have charge of the chamber
during the ensuing year: Mr. Wil
liam Evans, president; C. M. Byler
vice president and financial secre
tary; M. G. CleVver, corresponding
secretary; Colonel F. H. Brigham, re
cording secretary.
M. G. Cleaver, tho corresponding
secretary, is to devoto his attention to
the work of the chamber and will re
ceive a salary.
Mr. H. C. Diers stated that Mr.
L. J. Simpson -would build at his own
expenso with the approval of the city
council a water front street through
North Bond from tho foundry on to
the north end of Plat B with a view
of connecting up across tho Flana
gan tract, Plat B, and from Plat B
to tho stavornill, with the Front
street extension of Marshfleld, so aa
to mako a continuous water front
thoroughfare. On motion it was
voted that the chair appoint a com
mittee to act with the Marshfleld
Chnmber of Commerce with a view
to having the extension effected, it
being necessary to have tho county
court act In opening tho street
through certain small unplatted
tracts. The names of the committee
will be announced later.
On motion it was voted to change
the weekly' meeting night to Thurs
day Instead of Friday as heretofore.
On motion it was voted to hold the
meetings of tho chamber hereafter
In the Cleaver-Miller business col
lego rooms and to arrange that every
member have his own desk.
The plans of tho North Bend cham
ber aro to have a program at each
meeting and to mako them Interest
ing and instructive. A well defined
system of boosting for Coos Bay will
bo vigorously Inaugurated and every
measure will be adopted to promote
a'n era of good feeling among all the
cities on tho bay and to develop a
united and energetic public spirit.
PLAN TO BUILD
MODERN UTOPIA
Southern Residents Organize to
Erect a City in Lower
California.
Los Angeles, Oct. 11. Ono hun
dred men and women, residents of
southern California, have banded to
gether In tho organization of La
Prosperlad Colony association, which
has for Its object the setting up of
a modern Utopia on the eastern
coast of Lower California, Byron
Hall, president of tho association, Js
now in tho City of Mexico conferring
with President Diaz relative to tho
sale and concessions involved in tho
purchaso of 300,000 acres of land.
A city laid out in a scientific man
ner will occupy tho center of tho vast
tract. Tho land will bo cultivated by
tho association, which will control all
tho public utilities. No building det
rimental to tho public 'welfare and
no saloon will bo admitted. Faml
lies will receive an allowanco for each
child, thero will bo no subscribing
to any religion, nion and women will
work equal hours for equal wages,
and tho Inltlatlvo and referendum
will govern tho colony, Tho hun
dred mombora nlready enlisted will
be the pioneers, it being the ultimate
Intention to establish two similar
colonies when the first is successfully
under way, Ono Is to be south of
the City of Mexico and the other in
Kern county, Cal.
WILL NOT TAKE
SECOND PLACE
Roosevelt AVnmert That Hughes
Might Re RIvhI for tho
Nomination.
Washington, Oct. 11. Governor
Hughes of Now York, acording to re
liable reports which have reached
Washington, has announced to cioso
friends that he will not again be a
candidate for feovernor 0f New York,
and would not accept the nomination
for vice president from tho Republi
can national convention. He is de
clared to have stated that ho was
interested principally in his work as
governor of Now York, nnd next in
importance was his law practice.
It is understood that no mention
was made by him of tho presidency,
but word has recently been con
voyed to President Roosevelt by
highly Influential people of the state
that It would be foolish to presumo
that Governor Hughes would not
take this nomination If it wore tend
ered him.
James K. Jones, chairman of tho
Democratic national committee dur
ing both tho Bryan campaigns,, vras
evasive when asked today if he had
advised Bryan not to bo a candidate
for tho presidency next year.
DID EARTHQUAKE
BREAK CABLE?
SItkn Contends Tlmt Volcanic Distur
bances Caused Great
Damage.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 11. A story
comes from Sitka, Alaska, that tho
series of earthquake shocks felt west
of that town la really responsible for
tho break In the government cablo
between Sitka and Valdez. A story
from Dutch Harbor, soveral weeks
ago, gave tho first news of volcanic
activities somowhere to tho westward,
and stories have come out of Alas
ka regularly since, that earthquake
shocks and volcanic activity havo
been experienced. No damage, be
yond frightening the natives, was
done, until tho cable was reported
broken 300 miles from Valdez.
Tho theory la advanced from Sitka
that volcanic activity changed tho
contour of tho bottom of the sea
along tho 900 miles of cable between,
that town and Valdez. Tho Burn
sldo, which is now out endeavoring
to repair tho cablo breaks, cannot bo
reached for a report on tho situation.
PUGILIST JOHNSON
UNDER ARREST
Man Who Recently Defeated Rob
Fitzsliuons Charged With
Forgery.
Washington, Oct. 11. Arthur
Johnson, the .well-known colored
pugilist w,ho recently defeated Bob
Fltzsimmons, today was arrested as
he was about to board a train for
San Francisco on' a charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
The complainant was Thornton Wil
liams of this city, who declared
Johnson passed a worthless check on,
him two years ago. Johnson, when
arrested, declared he did not know
tho check was worthless. Tho caso
wont over until tomorrow.
GOODS STOLEN
FROM RAILROAD
Burlington Road Has Lost $500,000
Jn tho Past
Your.
Denver, Oct. 11. Over $500,000
worth of merchandise has boon
stolen on the Burlington road In
transit between Chicago and Denver
during tho past year nnd 300
Italian laborers who pillaged tho
freight cars have been discharged,
as according to a report published
In Denver today. It Is said that
secret service agents ferreted out
th0 system by which tho robhorleB
wero constantly committed, hut
failed to securo ovldenoo suuljlont
to convict any of tho thieves.
North ISfinl Schools Full.
North Bond schools ai r ull to
overflowing. The proiji quarters
which wero last year supposed to bo
amplo aro now Insufficient. Tho
school board mot last ovenlng nnd,
voted to ongago rooms down townv
for the accommodation of somo
twenty-five puplla who can not fiud
room In the main school building.
Tho number of pupils nlready en
rolled Is 351. The board also con
sidered tho question of location for
the new school houso which will be
built either at Bangor or on Plat B.
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