The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, November 27, 1907, WEDNESDAY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEDITION WEDNESDAY MKMHER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS t Ji 14 VOL. II. ADD NEW. NAMES TO COMMITTEE Citizen's Hold Meeting and Find Smith's Campaign Is Making Headway. WANT SMITH'S NAME PUT ON THE BALLOT Petition Presented to Recorder Up ton Asking Him to Place Candi date's Nnmo With the Rest. Tho campaign committee which is conducting tho Hon. I. S. Smith's campaign for tho mayoralty, met last evening in McNeil & Ferguson's ofllce. Business of various kinds was accomplished, and tho following names were added to the committee of twenty-five: William Hutchison, W. L. Waley, A. McDogall, George Coleman, Fred Gettings, F. S. Dow, Alex Haglund, Andrew Storgard, Victor Rudnas. The meeting was enthusiastic as are all the meetings of this citizen's committee and the members feel they are making good headway. Tho following petition was read at tho meeting and is a copy of that presented to J. M. Upton yester day by those whoso names appear as petitioners: Tho undersicned hereby declare that they and each of them were present at tho caucus held on the evening of November 19th, A. D., 1907, in tho Odd Fellows hall, Marshfleld, Oregon, to nominate can didates for city ofllces, including mayor, city recorder and two council men, which said caucus was called under and by virtue of Section 15 of tho charter of the city of Marsh fleld; that they know of their own knowledge that no vote was taken on any name presented to said caucus to be voted on for tho ofllce of mayor and that no candidate was chosen for said office; that tho only name voted on for the office of city recorder at said caucus was that of J. M. Upton which name was voted on by accla mation and said name Is the only one entitled to a placa on said ticket; that a largo number of citizens desire the name of Ira S. Smith placed and printed on said ballot as a candidate for mayor and that wo demand that, if the name of E. E. Straw Is placed and printed thereon as candidate for mayor that the name of Ira S. Smith bo also placed and printed thereon as a candidate for said ofllce of may or; that if the placing and' printing of the name of Ira S. Smith on said ticket as demanded bo denied, then that the name of E. E. Straw be not placed thereon hut that blanks be left thereon for the voter to write In tho name of his candidate. Marshfleld, November 2Gth, A, D. 1907. J. M.' Blake, I. S. Smith, D. W. Thurston, L. H. Helsner, A. Abrel, James Hibbard V. O. Pratt, Wm. Hutchison, L. W. Shaw, W. B. Cox, F. K. Gettlns, F. M. Stewart, Henry Sengstacken. Greatest of Inland Empires. Tho inland empire comprises about 200,000 square miles and is bounded on tho east by tho Rocky mountains, on tho south by tho Blue mountains, on the west by tho Cascades, and on the north extends some distance into British Colum bia. Tho combfned wealth of natur al resources of this realm Is said to be greater than can be found in any other like area. The available water power Is beyond calcu lation; only a small portion of it has been used. The mineral resour ces are marvelous; tho total output for 1905 exceeded $32,000,000. Tho timber resources are valued at thousands of millions. Arglculture is only in its infancy and crude and wasteful; a large area is as yet un touched. Nevertheless the total for 1905 exceeded ?S2,000,000. There is a large dlvu ,.iy in' tu- proc'i.cU, which range from the semi-tropical fruits to the whole stock grains, grass, vegetables, and stock of the temperate zone. Plant Was Late. The Plant was delayed by a rough bar until yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when she crossed out on MR. TOM HALL'S REASONS Marshfleld, Oregon, November 26, 1907. To tho Coos Bay Times: As promised to you Saturday, I hereby submit a statement of my reasons for withdrawing from tho rnco for mayor of the city of Marsh fleld. First: Tho meeting of the Citi zen's caucus, held last Tuesday was a public meeting open for all citizens of Marshfleld to come together and nominato such candidates as they pleased, no citizen or class of citi zens being barred, and was, in fact, attended by a large number (nearly two hundred) citizens of all classes. Second: As to the "Gag Rule Caw Cus" mentioned in your paper of the 23rd inst., nono of the candidates nominated wero in any way a party to any attempt at "Gag Rule." Dr. Straw is too clean a man to tako part In any such proceeding, Mr. I. S. Smith would not do so, and as for myself I never knew even who was to call the meeting to order, or who was to bo nominated for chairman if one was selected before the meet ing. Now as to tho question which has been raised as to whether Mr. Devers or Mr. Smith was entitled to the floor at tho opening of the caucus, I did not sec them until they were both on tho floor, and under such circumstances I believe the chairman would bo entitled to decide. Mr. Devers in his remarks nomi nating Dr. Straw said nothing Im proper and was entitled to no cen sure. Mr. Mahoney did nothing but call tho caucus to order as acting recorder of the city and as Dr. Straw was a candidate for renomination, It was entirely proper for Mr. Mahoney to call the meeting to order, and to preside until the chairman was elect ed, which he did. Mr. Blake was, I think, in order when ho moved to suspend the rules and should have been heard. Mr. Smith was, I think, also In order when he attempted to present his resolutions and should have been per mitted to read them at that time. When Rev. Thurston nominated Mr. Smith for mayor ho raised a ques tion that would havo been more properly raised at some other time, in fnp.t lin used noor judgment In raising tho question at this meeting, but if he desired to do so ho was certainly In order and should have been heai'd. But neither Mr. Smith, Dr. Straw, or myself had anything to do with the rulings of the chair, which rul ings I consider some wero unjubi, as does every other citizen which at tended the caucus, but any errors which the chairman may have made are certainly not chargeable to any of the candidates. On going to that convention, I knew as well as Mr. Smith and Dr. Straw that wo each were to be nom inated for mayor, and each candi date had his constituents present. Mr. Smith was nominaieu uu i fused to accept, also Dr. Straw and myself were nominated and accepted the nomination. Later and before the so-called Henry Sengstacken and I. S. Kaufman "Caucus" was hew a number of those that are now on the Button Hole Committee for Mr. Smith came to me and gave mo every reason to believe that they would support me at tho election, several going so far as to get my views of making a campaign. Others that n Minted membership of said com mittee told the parties who requested me to run for the office and who rep resented mo before tno nauunum-u and without whoso support I refused to run, that they would support me. imt the article in tho "Coos way Times" made it appear that I was a party to tho so-called "Caw cus ring and I was therefore placed in a position which was unjust 10 mo uuu which was unwarranted by tho "Times." I will further say that Mr. I. S. Smith has the reputation of being a "Politician" and a shrewd one at that, and in my opinion the so-called citizen's ticket in which Mr. Smith was nominated was a cut and dried affair, before the regular ticket was placed In tho field, and was done so for the purpose of gaining sympathy from the public, and thus place him in a better position than ho could do otherwise, if ho came out before the public strictly on his own merits. Taking these facts all into con sideration, I could easily see that Mr. iritt. ..iii n.nt. into my vote, and 'that I would cut into Straw's vote DUJlkU ww. -- and that Smith would draw somo THE COOS BAY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1907. Vofce To Name City Empire received 7 more votes yesterday than Coos Bay, making Coos Bay's 60. Venice made its entry yesterday and Grand Harbor took a little fcpurt. Coosbay received two votes making the total for that namo 23 so that Coosbay and Coos Bay have a combined vote of 83, or 41 lss3 than Empire. Many Inquiries have also been made as to whether votes will be received which arc not on the printed ballot which appears In tho paper. The answer is that you can write the namo you favor on any piece of paper or on a postal and send it in and If you have signed tho paper or postal your vote will bo counted. It is desired that everybody will vote men, women, boys and girls. Probably tho tlmo for tho final count will bo deferred for another week and as tho count Is given every morning, the fact that it is so deferrad will make no difference. Lot all vote. The count is as follows: Empire ( 131 Coos Bay G0 Coosbay ,. ' 23 Coos 12 Grand Harbor Imperial 4 Coos City ' 3 Coosalone 2 Bayport 2 Marshfleld 2 Marshbend, Empire, Coos Bay 2 Coosport 1 K003 City i Coosburg i City of Sunrise ." :".'. . '.'. 1 ". 111!!'..'.!!! !!!!'.!. 1 Golden Gato i smithviiio !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!. 1 Koos Bay 1 Coos Harbor 1 Venice m Put a cross opposite the name you prefer for the consolidated city on Coos Day. Sign your name and mail to tho Times or hand it in at the business office. One blank for other names not given. Name . EMPIRE COOS BAY COOSBAY COOS Doings as Recorded by Times' Regular Correspondent Mr. I. Hacker, of Pasadena, was a business visitor in this city last week. Mr. J. B. Goddard, former mana ger of the German-American Hos pital Association left on the Break water for Portland. Miss Young, of Echo, was calling on friends here last week. Mr. Peter Loggio has been ap pointed a delegate by Governor Chamberlain to the National Rivers and Harbors congress to be held in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Carrio Tile, of Marshfleld was a city visitor Saturday. Mr. Howard F. Jones, of San Francisco, was In the city on busi ness last week. Tho city da'ds appointed tho fol lowing named persons as judges and clerks of the election to be held December 3rd: Charles Eckhoff, J. W. Grout and S. Shuster as judges, Charles St. Dennis, C. S. Mabeo and H. C. Behnko as clerks. Mr. C. W. Sanford of Haynes In let was a city visitor Saturday. Mr. C. V. Smith, of San Francisco, wa's In the city last week attending votes from Straw and thus result in his election; therefore I deemed it proper to withdraw and Instead of Smith and Straw fighting over my shoulders, let them come face to face with each other, and let the best man win. Respectfully yours, J. T. HALL Verdict of Accidental Heath. Tho inquest held yesterday morn ing over tho body of William Mc pherson developed a verdict in keep ing with tho material facts of his death as published in yesterday's Times. Tho body has been prepared for burial and will be Interred today In tho Odd Fellows' cemetery. i Mark ;Here Voter Sign Here. to his business interests here. ' Mr. James Parker, a popular young man of this city, and Miss Helen Smith, of Marshfleld, were married last week at tho bride's homo up Kentuck Inlet. Mr3. Plening, of tho Novelty Millinery store, who has been con fined to her bed tho past few days with a sore foot, Is again able to bo out. The North Bend News company havo moved their store. They now occupy part of the North Bend Drug company's store. The North Bend football team will play Marshfleld Thursday after noon at Marshfleld. A largo attend ance Is anticipated. Drs. Gale and Bartlo will soon movo into their newly furnished suite of rooms In tho Myers building. They havo formed a partnership and In a few days they will bo doing business under tho firm namo of Drs. Galo & Bartle. Mrs. Lizzie McDonald and Mrs. Plening, of the Novelty Millinery store, made a business trip to Marshfleld Monday afternoon. A Bachelor's Dinner. Messrs. Cell Ireland, Ray Ollivant and Frank Denning wero tho guests at a bachelor's dinner at North Bend on Sunday. Messrs. William Ireland and L. A. Loomls wero the caterers and hosts and tho boys from Marshfleld say they did tho honors with becoming grace. Fouled n Cable. Capt. Pendorgrass was In extra good humor last evening. At least It Is presumed ho was, as, tho wheel of tho Flyer had fouled a cablo at North Bend. That usually tickles a captain almost to death. RESPECTED CITIZEN DIED YESTERDAY Kdiuund T. Erickson, nn Old Resi dent of Marshfleld, Passes Awny, Aged Fifty-Three. Edmund T. Erickson died yester day at his home in Marshfleld after a lengthy illness. Mr. Erickson was one of the substantial citizens of this city and has been a resident of Marshfleld for many years, being, In fact, what could almost bo termed a pioneer. Mr. Erickson was born In Mandal, Norway, 53 years ago. He came to Coos Bay in 1887, and has since that time been an inhabit and of this country. Ho was a man well respected And had numerous friends who will mourn his death. Besides his wife, Wllhelmlua, the deceased leaves four children; Mrs. Johnson, of North Bend; Erick Erick son, of Portland; Mrs. Magnes, of Mandal, their old home, and Emma, the youngest daughter, at home with her mother. The funeral will be held on Thursday at two o'clock from the Swedish Lutheran church, Rev. Bengston officiating. The burial -w ill take place In the Odd Fellows' cemetery. DEFENSE IN WALSH CASE SCORES POINTS Evidence of McLean Ruled Out Rank Examiner Knew of Col lateral Values. Chicago, Nov. 2G. Cross-examination of Frederick W. McLean, former cashier of the Chicago National Bank, gave attorneys for the defense In the Walsh case an opportunity to score on several points today. Tho most important came when tho ex planation of McLean of reports to the clearing house association was excluded by the court on the ground that tho former cashier had not per sonally made out these documents. The objections came after McLean had testified that Walsh had directed him to treat tho numerous memor andum notes of tho bank as direct loans to the parties whoso names were signed to1 them In the reports sent to the clearing house and tho comptroller of tho currency. Under cross-examination, McLean admitted tho bank examiners wero familiar with the memorandum notes and knew the collateral upon which they werotmsed. He also admitted ho did not turn over tho cashier's checks to Walsh personally, but gave them to Walsh's private secretary, B. B. Mc Kay, McLean was temporarily ex cused and McKay called. Nothing material developed and adjourn journment was taken. Previous to McLean's appearance today, several men whose names wero signed to memorandum notes, testified that such signatures were unauthorized by' them. JUDGE HALL HAS CENSUS COMPLETED School Enumeration Shows District litis 720 Children of School Age. Judge Hall has tho school census about completed, and with a few ex ceptions, all the school children havo been enumerated. When all aro on tho list there will bo found to bo not less than 720 children In tho school district between the age3 of four and 20. The list as completed to date, contains 704, hut there aro several families in Ferndalo and one or two in Marshfleld that havo not been, seen. Tho judge says that all these, with tho exception of perhaps 2B aro residents of tho city proper. Of tho number enumerated, 342 aro boys and 3C2 girls. Tho last census report waB taken In February of this year, and at that time, tho work showed CI 8 children of school ago, so It shows on tho face of tho now returns, that the city has been in creased by at least 100 school children during tho past nlno months. The amount of money apportioned for the education of each child is less than $10. On setting of tho county court In January, tho court appro priates ?D0 to each district in the county and ?7 for each pupil. Tho state funds give them another amount between ?1,75 and J1.90, which, together, leaves less than ?10 for tho schooling of each pupil. The readers of tho Times want to keep a close watch on tho adver tising columns this week as tho Sani tary Meat Market is going to spring a surprise. No. 124 HILL COlHG DOWN COAST J. S. Dellinger, Editor of the Astorian, Says Hill Road Will Be First in. SURVEYED TO YAQUINA BAY! Lino Built South to Seaside, Will Continue on to Snn Fran cisco, i Editor J. S. Dellinger, of the As torian, who departed for home yes day, brought into the Coos Bay, country somo of the most sensible? railroad talk that has been dispensed to those who are always willing lis teners when talk which suggests prospective railroad building Is on. the tapis. Mr. Dellinger comes from, the country where there is some com petition in traffic, and close to Port land where It is knpwn that Hill and Harriman are fighting for the uppec hand in strategic railroad building. Mr. Dellinger stated to a number ot Marshfleld people who gathered at the chamber of commerce that the Northern Pacific railroad will be at Coos Bay before tho branch lino from Drain reaches here. Mr. Dellinger, being a newspaper man and in closa touch with tho railroad fight along the Columbia river, probably speaks with considerable knowledge of his subject. He 'went on to say that thq Northern Pacific had already built down the coast from Astoria to Sea side, and the lino was fully located south from there as far as Tilla mook. From Tillamook to Yaqulna. Bay the surveys aro completed and work Is being done, farther south towards Coos Bay. Mr. Dellinger says that Hill Is beyond a doubt go ing to build a road down tho coast from-the Columbia river to San Francisco, and ho believes that a road along tho coast as planned, would furinsh tho most scenic routo in America. There is much Import ance In the fact that this road is coming southward, since it will forco Harriman into Coos Bay likely with in tho next 18 months, at tho most, yet though Mr. Dellinger Is optomist ls as to tho probability ot tho Hill road reaching here first, It goes with out saying that Harriman will come faster when ho knows that tho Hill lino is. stretching out from the north toward Coos Bay. EAST SIDE CITIES TO INCORPORATE At Mass Meeting, East Side People- Decide to Go It Alone Xo Annexation. A meeting was held In East Marsh fleld Monday night to talk over the. proposed addition of that city to Marshfleld. Tho meeting was held In tho East Marshfleld school build ing, nnd the attendance was made up of thlrty-flvo voters from Bay Cityj and East Marshfleld. This numben reprosents, so it Is said, about TS per cent of the voters on that sido o tho bay. Tho meeting was conducted on tho Idea that Marshfleld was to voto on December. 3rd for annexing; both East Marshfleld and Bay City. Mr. Stoneclpher was elected cnair man of tho meeting and Mr. C Smlth. secretary. After dlscusslng-1 tho question for a time, (which wasil all one-sided) a voto was taken anu. i tho h'allot cast resulted nono for an-, nnxatlon, and thlrty-flvo agamsc Thn discussion then turned on tho welfare of Bay City and East Marsh-. -J field, nnd it was unanimously voted that tho lands platted as East Marsh- field and Bay City bo united and in nnmnrntPii ns a town. Messrs! Stoneclpher, Jordan and LaPalmo wero elected as a commltteo of throe-1 to havo full power and to proceed I with tho incorporation under tho lawa j oi uruKOH. n Resigned From School Hoard. At a recent meeting of (ho cityj board of education, Mr. R. F. Will iams resigned his office as sphoot director. This vacancy will bo filled by an election to bo called soon. Wo request tho council and ro corder to give notlco of tho tlmo nnd placo of holding meeting to determine tho form of tho official ballot her way to San Francisco. IHIWc?