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FRIDAY mmm EDITION MLMHER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL II. GOOD BRICK CLAY FOUND G. M. Partridge Demonstrates That Coos Bay Can Make s Good Brick. IS AN EXPERIENCED MAKER Has Samples AVliIcli Show Conclu sively That Fine Potter's Clay Is Here. Up to a time within the past two months, in fact, should you now ask a Coos Bay citizen if there is good brick clay in this territory, you would recelvo the Information that none had over been found, and the country had been searched 'thoroughly without success. You would receive the smallest item of encouragement to the effect that there is likely good clay if only some body could find it. Mr. G. M. Part ridge, arrived hero from Moorehead, Minnesota, on the 22nd of October. He had been brought up in the brick manufacturing business and came to Coos Bay with tho express purpose of starting a brick yard. When ho got to Portland and stated his busi ness, ho was immediately informed that his errand to Coos Bay would turn out tho worst sort of fiasco, as thero was no suitable clay here, and tho country had been prospected by experts for years, without any approach toward success. He was so informed in several other cities, and Invited to locato elsewhere. But he had read of Coos Bay and thought that any country with such resources as are already known and exploited must have others which needed dis covery and organization. He was headed for Coos Bay and attempted discouragements had no effect on his plans. Ho came as already stated on tho 22nd of October, and found the same reception here. He was told thero was no good clay about the bay, and old residents said there was no possibility of any being found. They had lived hero all their lives, but had never seen any suitable ma terial for brick walking about the streets. Therefore, thero was none. But a man of experience knows that clay must bo found' and submitted to experiment. A good deposit of brick clay in the east does not come and hunt up the manufacturer any more than it does in the west. It is secreted and the man ot energy and understanding may find it and he may not. Mr. Partridge supplied himself with tho necessary implements with which to make a thorough search, and immediately went to work. To day, he has some specimens of tho the finest brick that could be de sired for tho best ornamental building. Ho has found two deposits which will make a very hard gray brick, with fine edges and no incli nation to crumble. In fact, tho clay Is what is commonly termed potter's clay. A Times representative heard of his success, and asked him re garding it. Mr. Partridgo led tho way to his lodgings and displayed his numerous samples. He had prob ably ten specimens, some taken from tho best clay ho had found, others with this material mixed with the common red clay of which Coos county people have essayed to man ufacture commercial brick, some of pure red clay, some with sand and tho best clay. All of these were burned at tho same time, and the red clay brick were melted away in places. Other bricks made from a mixture of red and gray clay were porus; hut those made entirely from the gray clay were fine specimens and showed plainly that they could bo vetrified. They are hard as stone, and of a very attractive color. Mr. Partridgo spoke of but one deposit, that found on tho tract of land recently purchased by Messrs. Horton, Carlcton and I. S. Smith, known as tho Sam Archer estate, on tho other side of South Inlet, near tho old Dean mill. This deposit, where Mr. Partridgo examined it, is eight feet In depth, and he says is will furnish brick for a large manu factory for a number of years, He made brick from several mixtures found there and learned that nearly all of them would bo of such class to be readily marketable. Mr. Part ridgo Is very greatly pleased with tho material he has found, after be ing told there was no hope of find ing good clay here, and the prob abilities are that a company will soon bo organized to manufacture brick on a largo scale before the building season next year opens up. As in tho lnstanco of brick clay, it was supposed and generally her alded that there was no basaltic rock about Cooa Bay and this story was received as gospel until this summer when Mr. Tribby found a great ledge of the hardest rock within ten miles of Marshfleld and almost on tho banks of Coos River. And so It may bo presumed that tho resources of Coos county are not more than half known, as new discoveries are being constantly made. The recent in troduction of a firo limit In Marsh fleld has made It almost necessary to have some kind of a domestic ma terial for building and with tho prob ability of a second rock crushing es tablishment being in operation and a brick yard turning out fine brick, tho building next year should exceed that of 1907 several hundredfold. COOS BAY BOOSTER BUSY AT MUSKOGEE William Grimes Secures Prominent Recognition at Trans-Mississippi Congress for this Country. Dr. J. T. McCormac, president of the Marshfleld Chamber of Com merce, received the following tele gram yesterday from Muskogee, In dian Territory, whoro tho Trans-Mis-Bisslppi Commercial Congress Is in session: "Got Coos Bay Incorporated In general resolution passed by Missis sippi Commercial Congress petition ing congress for improvement by government. William Grimes." Some weeks ago, when Mr. Grimes departed from Marshfleld with the Intention of remaining until tho holidays, regrets were expressed that the Coos Bay country was to lose his valued services as a booster and pro gressive citizen for that short time. But, it seems Mr. Grimes found tlmo to look after the interests of tho place he has decided upon for his future activity, and his action of obtaining the recognition ho did for Coos Bay in tho resolutions will compensate well for his absence from Marshfleld. Many complimentary remarks were heard about tho city yesterday re specting Mr. Grimes' alertness to the Interests of this territory. CITIZENS NOMINATE . MUNICIPAL TICKET An enthusiastic and well attended caucus was held last evening by a portion of Marshfield's prominent citizens for the purpose of nominat ing a Citizen's Ticket for the munici pal election to be held on tho third of December. Candidates for but two offices were nominated, that of mayor and recorder. The municipal councllmen will bo nominated later. A committee of three, consisting of J. M. Blake, Henry Sengstacken and D. W. Thurston were appointed to select an executive committee of 3D in whom will be placed the responsi bility of conducting the campaign for the Citizen's Ticket. This committee will meet this morning at nine o'clock and select tho committee, and tho names will bo published in Saturday morning's Times. Hon. I. S. Smith was nominated for mayor, and C. L. Pennock for recorder. The caucus adopted for a platform tho resolu tions presented by I. S. Smith and passed at tho general caucus held Tuesday night In tho Odd Fellows' hall. TWO CASES BEFORE JUDGE JAY MAHONEY Toraporary Police Judge Mahonoy had a rushing business for a time yes terday. Two cases were brought be foro him by City Attorney E. L. C. Farrin. Frank Peterson, skipper ot tho Merrlmac, swore out a warrant against John Bear, charging him with assault and battery. The complaint was tho sequel to a short lived fistic encounter on tho water front. Tho evidence seemed to show ono man a3 guilty as tho other, and Justice Ma honey discharged Mr. Bear, after a reprimand to both parties. Tho other case was that of unruly Mr. Louis Hechoner, who created a disturbance tho previous evonlng In tho Palaco rostaurant. Hechener waB flnod ?5 and costs, all ho had, and told to go and Bin no more, at least, not until he eot another stake. THE COOS BAY TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1907- Vte To Name &ty The vote now stands eighty-three. The people are taking an interest in the ballot and each day Increases their zeal. Eighty-three votes Is not remarkable, but if all the people who have stated to the Times force that they will vote, do as they say, the total will make a creditable showing. Empire is still in the lead, but "Coos Bay" and "Coosbay" together make the best showing. Unless tho future vote changes the lead, Empire seems likely to prove the most popular single name. Some new names have been added to tho list. The vote to date is as follows. Empire 28 Coos Bay 21 Coosbay : 17 City of Coos 2 Grand Harbor 1 Imperial 2 Coos City , 7 Coosalone ." 1 Bayport 1 Marshfleld 1 Marshbend, Empire, Coos Bay 1 Coosport 1 Ballot Put a cross opposito the name you prefer for tho consolidated city on Coos Bay. Sign your name and mail to the Times or hand it In at the business ofllce. One blank for other names not given. Name Mark Here EMPIRE COOS BAY ; COOSBAY ; CITY OF COOS , Voter Sign Here. TWO INTERESTING SPEECHES TONIGHT Mr. Hoeppnor "Will Fill An Appoint ment and Father Donnelly Will Speak. Although tho Chamber of Com; merce meeting last Friday night was an interesting one, there was some disappointment that Mr. Frank Hoeppuer, recently from Butte, Mon tana, was not on hand. Mr. Hoepp nor was billed for an address but was prevented from filling his engage ment by a business deal coming up suddenly that demanded his atten tion. Mr. Hoeppner will bo heard tonight on his impressions of Coos Bay, and its prospects. He has had the "wild and woolly west" experi ence and will entertain the people at tho Chamber of Commerce tonight. Recently Father Donnelly was taken to task for making tho state ment that within twelve months Marshfleld will have a population of 10,000 people. Tonight, at tho Chamber of Commerce meeting, the Father will make good his state ment. Ho will prove his assertions, giving tho facts upon which tho pre diction is based. Tho meeting will bo called to order at 7:30, and while not long drawn out, it will be interesting, and to get tho full benefit it will bo necessary to be on hand at the appointed time. A box of strawberries has been placed in tho Chamber of Commerce windows, showing green berries and berry blossoms. Tho plants are just as they were when dug from the yard by Mr,. Chandler, a few days ago, by whom they were presented. News of tho success of the apple display in Portland, and of the suc cess of Wm. Grimes, delegate to tho Trans-MlssIssippl Congress have been received. Remembered tho Tinios. F. E. Wilson, of Sumner, brought the Times force a fine string of sal mon trout last evening, probably ten pounds, all cleaned and ready for tho skellet. Mr. Wilson went to tho head of tide water in company with Cap tain Harris on the Tioga yesterday, which leaves Marshfleld at 8:30, and in half an hour's angling, tho two took forty fino fish, some of them weighing three pounds. Mr. Wilson said tho Ashing Is now at its best, and tho river is full of them. For Exchange for Coos Hay Property. A nlco home in a county seat, pret tily located In Eastern Washington. See photograph at our office. I. S. Kaufman & Co, , ,- GREWS0MEFIND HINTS AT MURDER Body of Man Found on Reach at Victoria Mystifies the Police. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 21. Lying half submerged in tho surf, off Bea con hill, with a bullet' wound in the ear, an unidentified man's body was found by a Japanese while walking on the beach today and the local po lice are making every effort to pene trate the mystery surrounding his death. While thero is a probability of suicide the absence of powder marks about tho wound and the fact that no" weapon has been found on the sands suggest tho possibility of foul play. The body had evidently been In the water for some time and for want of a better explanation of his death it has been suggested that ho was thrown overboard from some vessel passing up the straits, after being shot and killed. No papers or other belongings were found on the body to give any indication of the man's Identity, and ho Is believed to be a stranger to Victoria. Tho police be lieve that ho camo to tho city on tho steamship President, which ar rived here from San Francisco on Friday night. Ho was attired In clothing which suggests ho was a seafaring man. Lyric Co. Has Fino Plays. J. W. Butler received a letter yes torday from tho manager of tho Lyric Stock Company which is to open an engagement in Marshfleld on the 16th of December. Tho company is ono of tho best stock companies play ing in the northwest and will be sure to please the theatre going public. It has some ot tho latest and best plays that are pleasing tho theatrically in clined. Among tho plays In this com pany's repertoire are: Tho Fortune Hunters, Tho Yankee Detective, Whon Wo Were Twenty-one, Nat Goodwin and Maxlne Elliott's great est success, The Flower of tho Ranch, Pawn Ticket 210, Tho Gypsy's Rom anco. San Francisco Next Meeting Place. Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 21. Tho trans-Mississippi congress elected of ficers today as follows: Third vice president, W. F. Baker, Council Bluffs, Iowa; fourth vice-president, G. T. Galbralth, Denver: secretary, Arthur Francis, Cripple Creek, Colo. San Francisco was chosen as the next place of meeting. JOKERS' THRUSTS F.0RCE MOTTO FROM COINAGE Use of "In God We Trust" Sacrilege, Says Roose velt. Washington, Nov. 21. In answer to one of the numerous protests which have been received at the White House against the new gold coins which have been coined with out the words "In God We Trust," President Roosevelt hns written a letter, which he today made public. The letter follows: When the question of tho new coinage came up we looked Into tho law, and found there was no war rant therein for putting "In God Wo Trust" on the coins. As the custom, although without legal warrant, had grown up, however, I might have felt at liberty to keep tho inscription had I approved of its being on tho coinage. But as I did not approve of It, I did not direct that it should again be put on. Of course, tho mat ter is absolutely In the hands of con gress, and any direction of congress in the matter may be immediately obeyed. At present, as I have said, there is no warrant in tho law for the Inscription. Close to Sacrilege. My own feeling In the matter Is due to my very firm conviction that to put such a motto on coins, or to use It In any kindred manner, not only does no good, but does positive harm, and is in effect irreverence. A beautiful and solemn sentence such as the one in question should be treated and uttered only with that fine reverence which necessarily im plies a certain exhaltation of spirit. Any use which tends to cheapen it, and, above all, any use which tends to secure it being treated in a spirit of levity, is from every standpoint profoundly to be regretted. It is a motto which It is Indeed well to have inscribed in our great national monument, in our temples of justice, our legislative halls and in buildings such as those at West Point and Annapolis In short, wherever it will tend to arouse and inspire a lofty emotion in those who look thereon. But It seems to mo eminently unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on coins, just as It would bo to cheapen It by use on postago stamps or In advertisements. As regards its use on the coinage, wo have actual experience by which to go. Long Object of Ridicule. In all my life I havo never heard any human being speak" reverently of this motto on the coins or show any high emotion, but I have literally hundreds of times heard it used in sneering ridicule, which it is above all things undesirablo that so beau tiful and exalted a phrase should excite. For example, throughout the long contest, extending over several decades, on tho free coinage ques tion, the existence of this motto on tho coins was a constant source of jest and ridicule, and this was un avoidable. Everyono must remember tho in numerable cartoons and articles based on phrases like "In God wo trust for 8 cents," "In God wo trust for tho short weight," "In God wo trust for tho 37 cents wo don't pay," and so forth, and so forth. Surely I am well within bonds when I say that a use of the phrase which in vites constant levity of this typo is most undesirable. If congress alters the law and directs me to replace on tho coins the sentenco in question, tho direction will bo Immediately put nto effect, but I very earnestly trust that tho religious sentiment of the country, will prevent any such action being taken. (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Fight For Points Only. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 21. Gov ernor McFarland took a hand In Davenport's widely advertised Her man McFarland prize flght this ove nlng and with tho aid of a company of militia ordered it stopped beforo It began. Later, a compromise was arrived at wheroby tho contests should bo for points only and tho pre liminary bouts aro in progress. Tho malitia is still on tho sccno, however. Small Passenger List. Tho Alliance passed over tho bar yesterday on tho up-coast trip at 2 o'clock, carrying tho following pas sengers; G. W. Freer, J. W. Brooks, wife and son, M. C. Davis, II. A. Lewis, II. H. Ormondy, B. Borgqn, N. J. Ellis, Allis Ellis, Edna Ellis. Captain Olson expects to clear from Portland Sunday night. No. 120 ifMPiTiffTTmrr1 q fuuiimun nwrocginimww OF PATERNITY Col. Kaigh, Lifelong Friend of Senator Brown, Produces Evidence. ACKNOWLEDGED CHILDREN Writing on Scrap of Paper Identified By Witness For Mrs. Brad- Iey. Washington, Nov. 21. Tho story of Senator Brown's acknowledge ment of paternity of tho two young est of Mrs. Bradley's children was told today In Judge Stafford's court by other lips than hers. "I acknow ledge Arthur Brown and Martin Montgomery as my children by Annie M. Bradley." Such was Brown's method of expressing him self on the ssubject and tho legend was Inscribed on a soiled and blotted piece of writing paper. It was dated February 10, 1905. and was brought to light by Col. Maurice M. Kaigh, an attorney of Salt Lake, present re ceiver of tho United States land offlca In that city and a friend of Brown's of thirty years' standing. Col. Kaigh was on the witness stand for a bout an hour during tho afternoon session of court and testi fied that Mrs. Bradley brought tho tell-tale piece of paper to his office just after she had received it from Brown with tho ink not yet dry; how she fairly danced into his room and how she beamed with joy as sho held the paper aloft and told him that now all would bo well. Col. Kaigh relat ed many Interesting facts concerning his association with both Mrs. Brad ley and Brown, and upon the whole, made the best witness for tho llttlo woman that has yet taken tho stand, herself excepted. Other testimony in Mrs. Bradley's behalf was given by Major Samuel F. King, who related many Incidents going to show that Mrs. Bradley vas hi a very nervous condition for somo timo before com ing to Washington, and Arthur Barnes, assistant attorney general of Utah. More placid, more capable of as serting control over herself and moro resourceful apparently than whon she took tho stand on Tuesday, Mrs. Bradley left It today, after monopo lizing It for two days and a half. Thero were very few tears today, but on tho other hand, smiles were moro frequent on tho faco of tho prisoner than heretofore. Thero were some references to occurrences in connec tion with herself and Brown which evidently touched her and aroused agreeablo memories. Sho was pleased when Col. Kaigh told of her presentation to him of Senator Brown's acknowledgement of his children, and she would today havo almost Justified his characterization of her manner at tho time of tho original happening. ONE WOMAN MAY DIE, LOSS $45,000 Flames Daniago Newspaper Plant f and Buildings at Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo Nov. 21. Tho body of an unidentified woman, sup posed to bo a JanltresB, was found In ono of tho rooms of tho Missouri building at 3 o'clock this morning after the flromon had subdued a firo that ruined the Interior of tho build ing. Tho woman Is still unconscious and may die. Tho Kansas City Star Building and tho Corn Bolt Bank building, adjoin ing, wore only slightly damaged, and tho Associated Press offices in tho latter building escaped injury alto gether. Tho Kansas City Star sus tained a loss of $20,000, caused by water. Nino hundred rolls of whito paper nnd other property in tho base ment of tho Star building wero ruined. Tho total loss will aggrogato $45,000. Fresh Oysters. Iteetlved weekly at Gem Restau rant, North Bend. Sorted any stylo and open day and night. Also evory thinc else the market affords. See toggery. Gee. Goodrum for your AJ i- M