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SATURDAY
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VOL II.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1907.
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Senator Coke Makes Reassur
ing Address at Chamber
of Commerce Meeting.
ELECTION IS- RATIFIED.
Prof. Golden Speaks, Teachers nnd
Scholars Present and .IlgU
School Is Lnuded.
Tho Marshfield Chamber of Com
merco regular weekly meeting last
evening had every appearanco of be
ing a gala day occasion. The High
School scholars and teachers wero
present, and tho hall was otherwise
filled with Interested ladles and gen
tlemen. The scholars sang songs
which celebrated the action of tho
evening before, establishing a four
year high school In Marshfield, and
tho exercises attracted so many pass
ersby that tho doors were sur
rounded by a largo crowd which
could not find room In the hall and
which blocked tho sidewalks.
President McCormac called on Mr.
H. C. DIers, of North Bend, who was
present, to report on tho progress of
the Port of Coos Bay Commission.
Mr. Dlers was not able, ho said, to
report anything specially new on
that subject, but desired to say that
Mr. Simpson and tho North Bend
people wero ready to build tho water
front street through from North
Bond, but that he would do nothing
until tho Marshfield people had done
their part. Ho understood that Mr.
O'Connell, Mr. Bennett and Mr.
Sengstacken wero members of that
commltteo on the part of Marshfield,
and that they had not attended or
even met since three weeks before,
when they were appointed.
Tho president stated that the three
gentlemen mentioned had been ap
pointed because they wero owners of
tho land, and ho had expected they
would act. He had since talked with
Mr. O'Connell, who had said he did
not feel any interest In tills road, but
would liko tho County Court to im
prove the other road which ran by
his place to tho west of the water
front. As it was not Mr. O'Connell's
desiro or intention to, act on the com
mittee, ho would appoint Mr. Lock
hart as chairman and Mr. Lockhart
being present, signified that he
would act. ,
Tho president then called on Pro
fessor Golden, of the High School, to
address tho chamber. This tho Pro
fessor did In such a manner as to
arouse the greatest, enthusiasm In
tho cause of education in Marshfield.
Ho gave a history of -tho growth of
tho schools in Marshfield and showed
how, step by step, the school had
achieved first place among Oregon
schools of Its kind, but spoke of tho
mortification ho had been repeatedly
compelled to feel whcn ho was
obliged to admit that Marshfield,
even when it had 2000 people, had
no high school. Ho expressed his
gratification at the very enthusiastic
action of tho people in voting almost
unanimously In favor of a high
school, but said that although this
victory had been obtained and It was
a great step, yet that did not toko
the high school question out of the
woods. Now tho school had to be
equipped. There must be a proper
corps of teachers. There must be
arrangements mado for laboratories
and there must be an enlargement
of the courses of study. That 'was
the way to build up tho high school.
Besides this attention should at onco
bo given to the erection of a high
school building, which should bo de
voted exclusively to high school uses.
It was proper that tho lower grades
of tho school that is the primary
and grammar grades, should bo kept,
for their own good, up to tho stand
ard by discipline, for the members of
such grades were young and natural
ly were dependent. But young men
and young women who wero mem
uers of tho high school felt their in
dependence, and should be accorded
tho privileges of young gentlemen
and ladles. Tho views of the Pro
fessor evidently struck a responsive
chord, for ho was abundantly ap
plauded, and sat down amid great
applause.
President McCormac stated "that
ho was deeply Interested in the cause
of education, and had como to Coo
Bay 30 years ago, when lie occupied
Fl
NANCES
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GOV. GOODING
SAYS IDAHO
IS UNSHAKEN.
Boise, Idaho, Nov. 8. FI-
nanclal conditions In Idaho aro
entirely sound. The state was
'never before so prosperous. So
far as can be learned, not a
single withdrawal of funds has
been made from any banks of
Botoe since the present dlfflcul-
ty began. Reports from all
parts of the stato are of tho
same tenor. F. R. GOODING.
a position as a teacher in tho Bchpols
In Marshfield. He had ever since
been as teacher, as superintendent or
as member, of the School Board, con
nected with tho schools, and wanted
to say that he, too, was gratified at
the splendid vote In favor of tho
High School. Ho was sure that
every effort would bo mado to make
the Marshfield High School a credit
to the city. He then called on Sen
ator Coke, who was present, to speak
on the financial situation.
Senator Coke, being Introduced to
the audience and the chamber, spoke
humorously and Interestingly on the
subject of finances. His restatement
of the condition In Now York City
and tho points of difference botweon
tho panic of 1907 and that of 1893
made It. quite plain that tho present
financial condition was an anomally
and did not have Its prototype In his
tory. In 1893 gold went to Europe.
In 1907 gold flowed from Europe
to New York. In 1893 tho whole
country was a debtor to New York.
In 1907 New York is a debtor to tho
rest of the country. The panic was
confined to New York. It had not
touched Oregon and Washington yet,
although, because New York banks
had refused to pay what they owed
Northwestern banks, Oregon and
Washington had refused to send
their funds or allow them to go to
Now York. So far as Coos Bay was
concerned, It had no financial ques
tion. The banks were never in a
healthier state. The resources back
of them were unlimited and active.
The harbor was ono of the greatest
In the world. The Senator paid a
high tribute to Coos Bay and Its
future, and what ho had to say
showed that no financial troubles of
any sort affected the Coos Bay situ
ation. CALVIN EXPLAINS
CALIFORNIA SHORTAGE
Calvin Anrwers California's Charges
of Discrimination by Southern
" Pacific.
San Francisco, Nov. 8. Vice
President rnd General Manager E.
E. Calvin, of tho Southern Pacific,
has issuiiu a denial of the charge
thit Oroaon shippers ,are being fa
vored by the company 'in tho matter
of car supplies as against California
shippers, because of recent recipro
cal do:uurnigo legislation In Oregon.
Ho said:
"At this season of the year the
shipments of Oregon products, es
pecially lumber, to California aro
very heavy Indeed, while In 'tho op
posite direction the movement of
loads Is relatively very light. If wo
did not send cars north there would
soon be none in Oregon to load
south. The only source of supply
for south cars is California. . If tho
California supply is cut off, then Cal
ifornia consignees will suffer, for
there will bo no cars In Oregon to
carry their business. Tho cars that
reach Oregon points via Portland
must return that way. Wo lequlro
that cars which are sent north, emp
ty or loaded, be returned to us at
Ashland.
"Only enough cars aro sent to Or
egon to equalize tho movement:
That Is, when a certain number of
cars have been received by us from
Oregon at Ashland, enough empties
ro sent north in addition to tho
loaded cars to mako tho number
moving In each direction equal. Can
anything be more fair than this?
Legislation has not affected tho sit
uation at all. Oregon lumber ship
pers are dependent at all times upon
tho lines in California for equipment
which, as stated, must bo moved to
them for tho most part empty.
"Tho California mills have an ad
vantage in that a very largo number
of ears come Into their territory un
der lead. Just now there Is an ex
traordinary volume of lumber busl-
Inesd offering, but the stress has been
greatly relieved. It is expected mat
In tho near future conditions in Cali
fornia will become normal."
MARSEILLES SWEPT BY
A FIERCE HURRICANE
Marseilles, Nov. 8. A hurricane
swept over this city tonight, causing
immense damage to docks and water
front property. The gas works were
flooded by tho terrific downpour
that accompanied tho storm, and
tho city was plunged into darkness.
WILL NOT CLOSE
Simpson Has Bonded Orders
Ahead for Many Months
Doubles Some Shifts.
C. A. SMITH NEVER CLOSES
Country Is AVell Fortified With
Resources No Trouble Ex
pected Here.
In an interview yesterday, Mr. L.
J. Simpson, of North Bend, stated
that his mills not only had no in
tention of shutting down, but had
advance orders of such a nature to
fill that they could not close with
out becoming heavily liable on cer
tain bonded interests. The company
has, he stated, 17,000,000 feet of
logs in Its booms and 15,000,000
feet of logs cut In the woods ready
to be thrown Into the rivers. Every
stick of this will have to be cut.
The company's box factory had a
contract to deliver one and a half
million boxes .inside the next eight
months to the California Orange
Growers' Association. This will
take 20,000,000 pieces. The capac
ity of the mills is being increased
by adding large planing machinery,
and as soon as this can be installed
they will have a day and night shift.
The sash and dbor factory is being
operated to Its full capacity, and
has a large number of advance or
ders to fill. In short, the financial
'and Industrial condition In North
Bend was never as good as at pres
ent, and the cry still goes out for
more men for Coos Bay.
A prominent man connected with
tho C. A. Smith Lumber Company,
when asked If there was any pros
pect of tho C. A. Smith Lumber
Company shutting down, said It was
not dreamed of. Nobody over know
a C. A. Smith mill to shut down,
even in hard times. The work of
construction would go on and the
mill would not only be completed
but would be run at full capacity.
Everything that had been designed
by tho Smith Company for Marsh
field would materialize. Bank holi
days might affect financial dealings
somewhat, but that would soon pass.
As for railroad rates affecting the
Marshfield mill, that was not likely.
Tho advantage the Marshfield mill
had was that It was In a position
on Coos Bay, where shipments could
be mado by water to Australia,
China and Asiatic markets.
ADAMS LISTENS TO
SERIOUS EVIDENCE
Prosecution Says Trial Is Slaking
Good Progress Phillips'' Evi
dence Admitted.
Spokano, Nov. 8. A special to
the Spokesman-Review from Rath
drum, says Steve Adams heard like
a voice from tho grave today the
evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Phillips, giving details of tho cir
cumstances surrounding his move
ments at the time of the killing of
Tyler. Unmoved, Adams sat, twirl
ing his lead pencil or chewing gum,
his head against tho wall, his eyes
shifting, but there wa3 no smile on
his lips, as during the first days of
tho trial. All day attorneys fol
lowed tho path made by Mr. and
Mrs. Phillips at the first trial.
Frightened out of tho country by
threatening letters and dynamite,
Phillips and his wife refused to re
turn and tell what they know of ex
periences along Marble Creek in
1904. According to attorneys in the
case, they are making better prog
ress than at tho former trial. To
morrow tho state will go back to the
finding of Tyler's body,
MILLS
A number of people wero killed by
collapsing houses, but in the confu
sion and darkness, it is impossible
to dcterniino tho extent of tho cas
ualties tonight. Tho south of
Franco continues to suffer from
floods, following excessive rains.
Ffill
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Eastern Money Is Finding Its
Way Back to De
positories. NEW YORK MAKES DENIAL
Says Sho Is Doing Everything Pos
sible to Aid AVestand South
With Currency.
New York, Nov. 8. Dun and
Company weekly review of trade
will say tomororw there were fewer
comemrclal failures In the United
States this week than for two weeks
past, reflecting improved conditions.
The situation is more encouraging.
It is their belief that the financial
storm Is being weathered remarka
bly well. The Immense importation
of. gold has served to restore con
fidence in a great extent, and with
returning confidence, much hoarded
money Is being deposited.
Bradstrecte Confident.
New York, Nov. 8. Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say that good prog
ress has been made In accommodat
ing the country to tho changed fi
nancial condition, this too with
strlkln'gly little friction, considering
tho stringency of currency and wide
spread substitution of credit instru
ments for actual cash. At the same
time wholesale and jobbing trade
has quieted down perceptibly and
tho disposition in industrial lines is
to curtail production wherever pos
sible. There prevails this week
rather more domestic coin than last,
the outgrowth of better feeling in
the East, large arrivals of gold from
Europe and the idea that baste con
ditions both as regards to tho pur
chasing power of the people and the
absence of largo stocks, are better
than in some preceedlng years of
stress.
City Distributes 800,000,000.
New York, Nov. 8. Tho leading
New York banks aro exerting them
selves actively today to meet tho de
mand ,of their country correspon
dents and the deposition for curren
cy. They declare ihat suggestions
mado from several Western sources
that they are not meeting legitimate
demand's for currency from the
West aro entirely unfounded, and
that they are, oii tho contrary, tak
ing every practical measure to aid
the West and tin South. It Is ad
mitted that cotton shipments aro
seriously checked by lack of small
bills and Inability of Southern banks
to handle the Immense amount of
business accumulating at Southern
points. On tho other hand, grain
shipments aro in better shape, ow
ing to gold secured by the St. Paul
and Minenapolls banks, and ar
rangements for paying cash In New
York of grain bills. Tho total en
gagements of gold now amount to
$50,000,000, tho total being materl
ably increased today by announce
ments of several purposes not here
tofore mado public. This gold will
afford a basis for approximately
$200,000,000, and will materially
assist Now York banks In their ef
forts to meet the pressure for cur
rency throughout tho country. Tho
extent of tho effort mado by the
New York banks to meet tho de
mands upon them Is indicated by
tho showing mado by a bank state
ment, which shows that nearly ?G0,
000,000 has disappeared from tho
Now York banks slnco last week's
statement.
Trouble for Queer Bunking.
New York, Nov. 8. Reports that
criminal prosecutions, as tho result
of conditions disclosed by tho pres-
Football Scores.
Moscow, Nov. 8. Idaho, 5;
Washington State College, 4.
Walla Walla, Nov. 8. Whit-
man, 12; University of Wash-
lngton, 8.
ent banking situation in this city, are
Imminent, galne'd widespread circu
lation in financial crcles today. It
was said that representatives of the
comptroller of currency, who have
thoroughly Investigated the affairs
of two national banks which have
been prominently mentioned In con
nection with the present trouble,
found conditions which will mako
unusually minute reports, the pre
cise nature of which cannot be
learned. When United States Dls
trlct Attorney SImson was asked
about the matter, he said no de
cision had been yet reached to pros
ecute any one In connection with tho
recent bank trouble. He also said
any such decision would be mado
here and not n Washington. Sim'
son said "Any statement that a de
cision has been arrived at whatever,
In a newspaper or elsewhere, Is
wholly false."
APPOINTED TO ATTEND
HARBOR CONGRESS
Wllllani J. Smith, a member of
the North Bend Hardware Company,
and a man well known on tho Bay,
received an appointment from Gov
ernor Chamberlain as delegate to
the Trans-MIsslsslppi River and
Harbors Congress, to be held at Mus
kogee, Okla., commencing November
19 and extending over until the 2 2d.
Mr. Smith was seen yesterday by a
Times representative and questioned
as to whether he expected to fill tho
appointment. Mr. Smith stated In
unequivocal terms that there would
be no doubt of his attendance, as
the North Bend Chamber of ' Com
merce has appropriated the sum of
$200 for his trip and expenses, and
he saw no reason why he should not
go. Mr. Smith will mako tho third
delegate from Coos Bay, the two
others who are going being Hugh
McLain and W. P. Murphy. A trio
of good boosters and well equipped
for telling the outside people what
the attractions on Coos Bay aro and
what the requirements are to mako
it the finest harbor in the world.
Messrs, McLain and Murphy aro al
ready gathering information for uso
when they arrive in the Southern
city and meet the thousands of dele
gates who are ready to bo Informed
regarding the conditions artd needs
In every vicinity with reference to
river and harbor improvements.
ROCK ISLAND ROAD
MAKES BIG REDUCTION
Construction Department Lays Off
2500 Men, Although Traffic
Is Good.
Chicago, Nov. 8. The Rock Is
land Railroad system yesterday laid
off 2500 men from its construction
and track forces. Although tho road
centers In Chicago, tho order did
not affect any employes In this city
and the maintenance crews wero not
disturbed. Tho construction crows
In every Western Stato where tho
road goes, from Illinois to Texas,
wero reduced by the number men
tioned. President B. L. Wlncholl said the
order did not mean there was any
trouble or that traffic or freight was
any less this year. Ho admitted
that tho financial situation had
something to do with It, as tho cut
ting down of tho force usually does
not come until tho latter part of
November.
"Tho men laid off wero engaged
in Improvement work in tho various
states," said President Wlnchell,
"and tho number Is no larger than
In other years. We aro not touching
tho maintenance crews. Traffic con
ditions aro still flourishing, and
there Is no sign of a let up in that
quarter."
BOOKS COMPANY FOR
THE MASONIC THEATER
W. J. Butler, manager of tho
Masonic Theater, received word yes
tqrday from Secretary Cort, of the
Northwest Theater Asosclatlon, that
another troop may bo expected horo
for tho weeks commencing January
27 and February 3. This company
is tho Donald Bell Theater Company,
but further than that, there was no
word from the secretary. This makes
two attractions already booked for
tho winter, and a number of others
are expected to be Bent In by the association.
EAGLES WILL
E
Purchase Building Site for
Three-Story Structure iti j
North Marshfield. J
ORDER HAS BIG GROWTH
Present Quarters Too Small Build
ing Will Have Plunge and
Theater.
The local aerlo of Eagles has
grown to such an extent that tins
present quarters aro found to be in
adequate to tho demands of the or
der. At the two meetings just past,,
the matter has been discussed in all
its bearings, and the conclusion was
reached that tho order should plan
for a building of Its own, and a com
mittee of one, James Balnes, was ap
pointed to purchase a site and loolc
after tho matter. Yesterday Mr.
Balnes purchased a slto'j in North
Marshfield. Tho property is 100 feet
square and will make an Ideal loca
tion for the order's home. The idea,
according to Mr. Balnes, is to erect
a three-story building and arrange it
in such a manner that it will bo self
sustaining. Tho plans for tho struc
ture have not been drawn, but a gen
eal outline was given by Mr. Balnes,
The first floor, or basement, is to
be araruged for a plunge and bath
ing; tho second for a theater, and?
the third for tho order's hall nndf
room for convenience of Its mem
bers. Such a building, the members;
believe, will aid them In their efforts'
to make the local ucrle ono o( the;
most progressive In the country.
7ho building will occupy most oC
tho plot purchased yesterday, and!
when It is completed it will add
greatly to tho attractiveness oC
Marshfield. Tho Eagles are to be?
congratulated upon their modem,
ideas and their activity. It Is welD
krown tho order In Marshfield has;
boinc- of tho most .energetic workers
ic tho city and tho meetings aro al
ways made Interesting. This order
has the great secret of assuring lib
eral attendanco and promoting good
feelir.g, and this secret lies In the
fact that something In tho way oC
entertainment may always bo ex
pected. Tho plans for tho building will bo
prepared and ready for tho contrac
tor to begin work early in March,
when tho rainy season Is drawing to1
a close.
COUNCIL APPOINTS
ELECTION BOARD
Tho City Council, at Its meetings'
of Thursday night, completed plans
for tho coming election of December
3. As a preliminary to the election,,
a general caucus Is called for thor
ovenlng of November 19, In tho Odd.'
Fellows' hall. Tho election board!
was appointed as follows: Judges;.
John Bear, J. R. Llghtner, A. P
Owen; clerks, C. II. Marsh, Clarences
Pennock, L. R. Robertson. Tho city
election is for tho purpose of electing:
a Mayor for two years, two ,pounclI
men for three years, and a 'Recorder
for ono year. No other business wasP
transacted, though tho commltteo
appointed to select a landing place--for
tho East Marshfield ferry re
ported thoy had selected the foot off
W street, Just north of tho Hall meat,
market.
BOARD BILL SEEKS
NORTH BEND MEI
Two men, ono named Barry and
tho other I, A. Reed, wero arerstedt
and brought to Justice yesterday Ire
North Bend for "Jumping" a board;
bill. Attorney Georgo Ferrln was:
sent to tho neighboring city to pros
ecuto tho men, and they wero de
fended by A. II. Derbyshire, of North
Bond. Tho matter was adjusted by
tho defendants paying tho board
bills and settling tho costs incurred!
through tho legal proceedings.
Gippel Retracts Confession-,
Goldfleld, Nov. 8. V. L. Kllnov
who was fatally shot Wednesday
night, while in tho act of stealing;
amalgam at tho Nevada Reduction.
Works, died today without recov
ering consciousness. Gippel now
declares that neither he nor Kllno
had anything to do with tho rob-bory.