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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1907)
W n X- f;l Ii-' - J '3 DEATHS VERY SMALL Iiist of Checkerboard Fatalities Are Smaller Under Open Play l System. Chicago, Nov. 28. With the ex ception or a rew Thanksgiving day games, today marks the end of the college football season for 1907. Thanks for the change in rules and the elimination of much of the rough play, there have been fewer fatalit ies from the game this year than over before since the sport became popular in this country. Since the oponing of the season the latter part of September nearly a dozen players have died as the result of Injuries received on the gridiron, but this number is small as com pared with the records in past years. It is noticeable, moreover, that near ly all of the victims were members of scholastic or association teams, only two or three of them belonged to college elevens. No football play er among the larger colleges has boon killed, though injuries among the players have been common. The Hat of victims to date Is as follows: William O'Brien, 15 years old, of Cortlandt, New York, died of hem morrhage of the brain, following In juries received in a school game. Leonard J. Clarkson, 20 years old, of the Norwich university team, died from injuries received in the game With Dartmouth. Thomas Bertram, 20 years old, of Altoona (Pennsylvania,) Athletic club, died from a kick in the head during a game with the Portage team. Loo Strosmeyer, 1C years old, of Iowa City, Iowa, died from a broken back received in a high school game, Albert Flowers, 1G years old, of Zanesville, Ohio,' died from Injuries received in a game between Zanes ville high school and Denison uni versity freshmen. Walter C. Albrecht, 20 years old, of Chicago, died from cerebral hem xnorrhage, following a game between two association teams. Arthur Cope, 19 years old, of Salida, Colorado, died from spinal injuries received in a game between the high school teams of Salida and Leadvllle. Richard S. Evans, 19 years old, of Hillsboro, Ohio, died from injuries received in a game between Wooster college and Western Reserve univer sity at Cleveland. Robert A. Lltz, 1G years old, of Jersey City, died from Injuries sus tained In a game at New Dorp, Stat en Island. MINERAL BELT IN DOUGLAS AND COOS. Geological Survey Acts on Request Made Uy Senntor Bourne. Washington, D. C. In response to a communication of Inquiry ad dressed to the Director of the United States Geological Survey for Informa tion concerning the mineral character of township 31 south, ranges 9 and 10 west, near Mount Bollver, in Douglns and Coos Counties, Oregon, a recon naissanco section was mado along the west fork of the Cow Creek by .1. S. Diller and Professor G. F. Kay, while on their way to a de tailed examination of the coal claims in tho northern part of tho Siskiyou National Forest. Detailed topo graphical maps havo not been mado and township pints were not availa ble at tho time of tho examination. Tho work Is thereforo only prelimin ary, but its results aro of general In terest and Importance. Tho region contains threo geologic formations, tho Arago, tho Knox villo nnd tho Dotlian, which occupy tho whole- of tho two townships under consideration. Tho Trago formation is of tho Eocono ago and mado up chiefly of sandstono with somo con glomerate and slmlo In which aro oc casional traces of coal. Tho Knox vlllo formation Is Cretaceous nnd composed of conglomerate, sandstono and shale with little, if any, motnlll forous deposits In It. Tho .Dothan is Jurassic and Is chiefly sandstono with some shalo. It is but llttlo mineralized oxcopt In certain tracts vhoro it contains masses of Igneous rocks (greenstones) which havo lo cally considerable deposits of oro, Tho minoralizod bolt of greon ntono is Impregnated at many places by pyrlto, chnlcopyrlto and bornito, and contains numorous veins of quartz nnd calcito. It Is best dovol Mount Dollvor, nnd oxtonds from Itoguo river northeast along John Mulo Creek and Cold Fork Into town- unip 31, ranges 9 and 10, whoro It cover of Eocene. In tho vicinity of Saddle Mounf.aln and Mount Bollver this belt has many prospects. The most important one of them, locally known-as tho Thomn- ! Sllverton son mine, has been exploited by sev eral tunnels and Inclines, which yield ed approximately 50 tons of copper ore, chiefly chalcoprlto and bornlte. Tho works were closed at tho time of examination, but the occurrence of so much ore on tho dumps apparent ly shows the existence of oro bodies of considerable size. This belt crosses tho West Fork of Cow Creek in section 36, township 31, range 10, and in sections 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, in township 31 and range 9, where it contains tho pros pect known as tho Eaglo Mine in sec tion 30. Northeast of tho West Fork of Cow Creek no mines of prospects havo been reported and tho extent of the mineralized belt before pass ing beneath the covering of Eocene has been determined only in gener al outline. It is probable, however. that it does not extend as far north east as sections 9 and 10, for the di vides of that region aro chiefly if not wholly Eocene. The mineralized belt in township 31, range 10, includes a large part of sections 36 and 25 and in town ship 31, range 9, sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, and probably also sections 15, 16 and 17 and ad joining portions of other sections. Within the mineralized belt the min eralization may locally have been great enough not only to impregnate the county rock but also to form con siderable ore bodies. Where such ex ist the land is clearly mineral land, but the term does not necesarlly ap ply to all land in tho mnerallzed belt. It cannot be determined In mass by general survey but for each tract by detailed examination. In township 31 range 10, there aro a number of placer mines on the stream bench, 150 to 200 feet above the level of tho West Fork. As yet the amount of hydraulic work done at each place covers a small area, but the gravel mass In places is generally li-rge. The amount of gold in these gravels was not determined but It Is reported from these placers, and their proximity to the mineral belt noted above Is a matter of interest. The Eocene in township 31 south, ranges 9 an dlO west, is not known to contain any coal or other mineral of economic value and the areas It occupies are nonmlneral. The same Is true of the Knoxvllle and as far as known of the Dothan. .Excepting tho mineralized belt and the aurifer ous gravels already considered, these inree formations occupy the whole of the two townships and there is good reason to regard their areas as non mineral land. Portions of the mineralized belt which contain workable deposits of ores and areas of auriferous gravels rich enough for mining should cer tainly bo considered mineral land, but outside of these areas in the two townships in question the geological evidences as far as known does not indicate the presence of any other land which may be properly concld ered mineral land. , SELL THEIR HOPS AT GIVEAWAY PRICE Growers Let Cron Go At 1 1-2 to O Cents a round. Sllverton, Or., Nov. 29. Notwith standing the exceptionally low price of tho product, hops in the vicinity of Sllverton are moving qulto rapid ly. During tho past two weeks A. Wolf & Son havo purchased more hops than they have for years pre vious during tho samo period. Old hops aro selling for 1 to2 cents per pound, and new hops are bringing from 4 to 6 cents in tho local market, or 6 cents for a choice article. The lowest market that has been known in Sllverton for years is prevalent at this time, but the product is fast moving toward the consumer. Two months ago Sllverton growers would not consider such a proposition as is now being entertained, but today they aro hur rying tho crop off at a lively rate at the best opportunity offered. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ARMY Enlistments Below tho Required Number, 20,000 Being Needed. Washington, Nov. 29. That there is "something wrong with tho army" the annual report of Major-General Alnsworth, adjutant-general, shows. Ho states that tho authorized en listed strength of the army on Oct ober 15th was 69,861, excluslvo of the Porto Rican provisional regi ments and tho Philippine scouts, while the actual number of enlisted men was 50,190 nearly 20,000 less than the authorized strength. General Alnsworth says the falling off is duo to tho impossibility of fill ing the places of enlisted men whose terms have expired. "Notwithstanding the most stren uous efforts on tho part of the war department in all parts of the count ry, It has been found impossible wholly to mako good losses occur ring in the enlisted strength of the army, to say nothing of increasing that strength to the limit authorized by law and executive order," he re ports. "Tho government In its ef forts to procure men for the army is now competing everywhere with private employers. If the present conditions continue there will be nothing for the government to do but to meet this competition by ma terially Increasing the soldiers' pay or to evade competition altogether by resort to conscription." "A body'd think you had spent all your llfo rolling over plowed ground. What aro you golne to do? Keep It?" "No," was tho reply. "What' tho use. It ain't no good." Tho woman listened inattontivoly to tho loud remarks nnd wondered, in a vague way, what they had refer ence to. Sho nearly collapsed when she found out. At Seventy-sixth street the conductor camo through tho car holdin" out a Bmall leather bound prayer-book, which, when folded, might have been easily mis taken for a pockot-book. "This belong to anybody in this car?" ho asked. Several passengers appealed to shook their heads. Presently he stopped before tho woman. "This yours?" ho asked. Hastily tho woman felt in her pocket. "Yes, it is," sho said. "Where in tho world " "Guess you must havo dropped it," suggested tho conductor. "Somo fol lows out there picked it up and hand ed It over to me." The woman turned cold all over. "Give it hero, quick," sho said. "I want to see " Words were not required to toll what It was sho wanted to see. The pauso was filled up eloquently by her actions. Rapidly sho turned tho leaves till she camo to a kind of pock et fastened between the pages at the back. From this sho drew two $50 bills. "I declare If I didn't forget all about leaving them there," sho said. lhank goodness they didn't get lost." Tho two hoodlums on tho platform eyed the bills greedily. "Jay," said one of them in tones of disgust, "is no name for us fellows." COYOTES EAT UP $2o0,000 Wool Grower States Loss From Rav nveges of Beast Heavy. COMMUNICATION BRADLEY TESTIMONY CLOSED YESTERDAY Washington, Nov. 29. "Oh, I am so glad it's all over at last," ex claimed Mrs. Bradley, as she was led smiling from tho court to the prison van which was to take her back to jail today. Presentation of evidence has just been concluded and court adjourned until tomorrow when argu ments will begin. Each side will oc cupy four hours. These will lie com pleted Monday afternoon, and tho Judgo will at once give hu charge to tho jury. The testimony of tho two government experts, Drs. Brush of Baltimore, and Jeliffo of New York, was tho featuro of today's proceed ing, both of these declaring there was nothing in the record ot the case to indicato that Mrs. Bradley was In sane. Counsel for r.ha defense at tempted to impeach iheh testimony by showing they had been called by tho government and oj a matter of fact, they wero testifying for the government. Each repudiated this charge. Dr. Utter, pajtor of tho unitarian church of Dnier, who In Marshfleld, Ore., Nov. 27, 1907. Editor, The Times, Marshfleld, Ore gon. In the article published in issue this morning over the signat ure of J. .T. Hall, the statement is made that, "A number of those who are now on tho Button Hole com mittee for Mr. Smith came to me and gave mo every reason to believe that they would support mo at the election, several going so far as to get my views of a campaign." I desire to say that I was one who after his nomination and positive statement to mo that he would re main in the race to the finish, as sured Mr. Hall of my support, and had ho remained In tho race I would have mado good by working and voting for him. I refused to have anything to do with tho Smith can didacy until I had Mr. Hall's positive personal statement over tho phono I that ho was out of tho race and when I had this, I asserted my independ ence by declaring my choice of Mr. Smith over Dr. Straw. I do not be lieve that becauso I had voluntarily ouureu air. nail my support I was disfranchised by his withdrawal or that I should meekly follow him into tho camp of Dr. Straw to del his or their bidding. Respectfully yours, FRED K. GETTINGS. The Dalles, Ore., Nov. 30. At the 10th annual convention of tho Ore gon Wool Growers Association, which convened In this city today with 100 delegates, President Bur gess mado the announcement that losees to sheepmen from tho ravages or coyotes during tho past year will amount to ?250,000. He declared that the loss of colts, calves and poultry will aggregate nearly as much more. He urged co-operation with tho national association for tho extermination of tho prairio wolves. Becauso of tho Oregon scab law and quarantine against foreign sheep, President Burgess stated there is less scab among Oregon sheep than at any tlme for 25 years. "I took mother's ndvlco," relates Mr. Cannon. "I tried to milk the cow, but sho kicked me over nnd I hnd to glvo that up as a bad Job. I tried to feed the calf, but It butted mo nil around tho yard and tore my clothes. Thon tho bees got ready to swarm and I thought I would go out among thom like father used to do and swarm them. "Tho beees got around mo, crawl ed up under my shirt and stung mo in a dozen different places, and I had to let thom go. "Tho only thing I could get nlong with at all was tho pig. I could feed it, scratch its sides and it would grunt. I got It good nnd fnt and gave it away to a farmer. "Why, I could no more kill nnd eat that hog than I could ono of tho members of my own family. I thought too much of It." One time during tho Intter part of Mr. Cannon's service as chairman of the committee on appropriations he was particularly anxious about tho $8,000,000 item carried in tho naval bill for the erection of new buildings at Annapolis for tho naval academy. "What are th earchltect's feos7" ho inquired sharply. Somebody told him tho fees wero 5 per cent. "That means $400,000?" Inquired Mr. Cannon. "Yes," said tho member who had charge of tho bill in tho committee of tho whole. "Then, Mr. Chairman," said "Un cle Joe," "I suggest that wo chance tho tltlls of tho bill to 'An act for the benefit of th0 navy and tho arch itects of tho country.' " ' Somo member made a disingen uous argument in tho house ono day. Everybody knew tho statement was based on a wrong premise, but no body had tho Information at hand to disprovo it. Mr. Cannon solved the difficulty by rising in his seat and telling tho story. "When I was a boy there was a great three day's religious discus sion In my town on tho doctrino of 'election.' Ono old hard-shell Pres byterian elder gpt up and talked for a long time on the theory that tho Lord had ordered everything from tho beginning. Ho said there wore infants in hades not a span long. "A good old Methodist sister wna siuing close by. Sho couldn't dis prove what tho Presbyterian elder was saying any more than ho could Prove it, but she jumped up and shouted, 'I thank God that that is a lie.' " mo nouse roared and Ingenuous argument was sky high. TIMES ABE Q ON COOS I Marshfleld Merchants I imous in Their Express! of Increasing Busine; FLURRY ONLY TEIWPOF Plenty of Evidence That Holidays Will Be Busy HappyjJnes. The Only Effect jj,,,, Traceable to (ho UnccrU, Created by News Frora hMc Is AH over 2y0,v. NEW WATER CONTRACT MUST BE MADE SOON One of the important business transactions which lies before the Incoming administration is the mak ing of a new contract with the Marsh fleld Water company. The contract that was made in 1897 which pro vides that it shall terminate at tho expiration of ten years after water was commenced to be furnished, will expire some time within the next year. J. H. Flanagan and J. W. Bennett are among the principal stockholders of the Marshfleld Water company. Thero Is no denying the fac, thero was somo small faWn, , business on Coos Bay for a though tho slump was not Still, it was noticeable, and th. chants for a time wondered just far tho depression would g0 general effect for probably h was not bright. But within the few days, thero has been a pk revival, and most of the merrt aro now doing tho usual amou: business and somo even more ever before. There la n ..i. feeling that things are soon to sumo normal conditions. A. M. PRENTIS said that a i ago ho believed there was goto bo a season of depression, but la things had picked up wonderfully ho Is doing a fino business. JOHN MERCHANT, of Mercl Brothers: "Our firm has beend, a good business through the j flurry and the past few days . seen an Increase." ALBERT MATSON, of Magna Aratson, was greatly pleased with. revival and stated that he drew. optimistic conclusions from hhfc urday trade. Saturday trade, i cording to Mr. Matson, averagei ordinary times within 20 per ce ono day with another. During c pinch it had fluctuated greatly, I last Saturday it had come backtoi usual volumo and run some hlgt E. K. JONES, of the Pioneer Hi ware, said tho store had done a la; er business yesterday than it h since tho company had been o:p Izcd. Ho added that there was t thing about the scare which he I observed ; that the payment of E had not been Interrupted and He had been no excuses offered ak hard times, and no money with rii to liquidate, MR. PARSONS, of the Locklrl Parsons Drug company, said no reason to complain, and that nebs had been up to the ordlmi right along, MR. TOWER, the jeweler, said In these days when actress n never complained, and mat salaries almost as big as tho man- DeS8 WaS Sa at aU Um agera claim thnv n ,, .. .. . thought, howover, that when terestlng to honr , a . ,..- governor's holidays are ended tli - n jknu ui mum tho dls-knocked HOW ACTRESSES SPEND SALARIES Pads on Which Sonic Stage Favor- ites Expend Their In Comes. A deJ m 1 Add to Fixtures. If the management of the Palm Ice Cream Parlors and candy store see anything that will add to the al ready handsome appearance of their parlors they are sure to get It. They havo just added a fino six-foot plate glass floor case with glass shelves. It's a beauty and was mado on Coos Bay. Something tho "Jays" Overlooked. Granted that a person wishes to do former testimony had been' referred P11 whatever ho set8 out to do no i i innrrnn innt' tim .. .f ii. . ...i to as a priest, also testifUd He was I ,. . ' Ul luo uuuur" Mrs. Bradley's pastor in 1005 and taklns tllcro must havo bcen tw0 testified to a conversation with her In I clmBrIned '0UnS mon on an Eighth which ho declares sho told him Brown -pi011110 ar Wedncsdn' owning. would mnrrv hm- wh., o .. , ""' luuu "' lu" i" ruuu uour, v . ,,..w (fc fouu n'ia HOW "UNCLE JOE" GOT HIS NAME Speaker Snys Ifo Rebelled nt First, But Ho Is Non-Docile. COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. Androw Walker, an old man and a stranger here, passing through tho country on foot, was hold up by throe nogroes crosses the Weat Fork ot Cow Crook I nnd two wn't men, two or throe placed beforo him, but tho pastor stated ho did not understand thnt sue proposed to shoot him. Ho thought somo ono else would under take to forco him to marry her. Mrs. Bradley was recalled and stated sho had no recollection of such a conversation, utter sat by her most of tho day nnd nppenred to sympa thize with her in her trouble. and finally, disappears beneath tho I i um or horo Bnd robbd of I T"VV, Crowded upon tho rear platform whoro thoy stood wero several men nnd ono woman. Tho woman was om-iasnioneu enough to wear a dress with a pocket in it. Somo time during tho trip from Thirty fourth to Fifty-ninth street ono of the men found tho pocket and extri cated Its contents. At Columbus Circle tho woman, unaware of her loss, pushed into tho car and found a seat. Presently tho solemnity of tho tired throng was disturbed by a burst of hilarity on tho platform. Tho two young fel lowa wero chaffing each other In bola terouB tones. "You're a Jay, you are," Bald one. "Uncle Joe" Cannon, speaker of tho house of representatives, gives, In tho Chicago Inter Ocean, the fol lowing authentic account of how ho camo by his pot namo. "I havo worn that nickname for 20 years. I rebelled against it at; first for about threo months, be cause I feared It gave tho impres sion that I was a gay old dog. But robolllon was in vain, and I have use their incomes, says the Phlla aeipnia Press. The richest American act la she who plays under the stage namo of Lotta Miss Charlotte Crabtree. When she retired from tho stage she took up her residence at tho home of her brother on a farm near Boston, and there sho snendu hr declining days spending her money on one fad race horses. Sho has a magnificent stable, but tho nrlrto nr them all is Sonoma Girl, which has tho trotting record of 2:051,4. For this animal Lotta paid ?2G,000, but sho says sho wouldn't part with it for twice that figure Mrs. Minnie Maddorn FIsko makes her library a hobby and in collect ing a V9st number of valuablo bnni bho nas spent thousands of dollars she haj mado upon the stnirn. Ethel Barrymore's chief extrava gances aro old laces, pictures and sculptures. As for Maud Adams sho is investing her money In farm ing, and as this pays- her It cannot bo said that sho lets any sum of money go for a fad. Maxlno Elliott likes fino dresses and sho spends considerable of her yearly earnings in importing from abroad costumes which strike her fancy. Sho cnarek with her husband, Nat Goodwin, another hobbv. th raising of pedigreed dogs. At their Loner Tnlnn? linn-m ;-. . " " "" mo canines aro will ho a greater freedom in bujbl Mr. McArthur was too busy to i much, but he was satisfied happy. S. LANDO, was seen and he i greatly pleased with the business! the past four days. MR. HANSEN, of Norton & Efl sen, news stand, said he had beeali busy to seo any change at all, thgro had been none in his brum though just now it is increasing. MR. BOLT gave evidence to l effect that tho past three or four had witnessed more business In store. GEORGE GOODRUM, who I been doing a gents furnishing t ness for a short time, said he! been doing well over since he l opened, tho 15th of November, that lin linil nn ernnd a day J'estetfl as on Saturday. Ho Is well saM with the outlook. MR. PREUSS, druggist and fl tionorv. hnd observed some tew ary depression, but said presents ness was as good as usual. grown so docllo that I nnsu-nr to m, h,.,.i , , . name. T WW ,.,".:."." uu lea ,n a nltlnne" Which , ..v i w v uiu uu.icuLiuii in It In tho slightest." No ono enjoys better a good story than "Uuclo Joe." nnd he doson't mind putting it on himself if ho can produce a hearty laugh among his cronies. Hero is one he tells nf Ma early life to found a household andi buna up a worldly estate: "When I was married, my good mother, who was a devout Quaker ess, said to mo: 'Joseph, now that thee is married, thee must get theo a cow, a pig and a hire of bees.' makes them nrlstocratlcs in every duuo oi ino word. BAND0N IN DARKNESS Electric Lighting Plant Closes for a Week To Mnko Important lin- provemcuts. BANDON, Dec. 3. The electric lighting plant has closed down for a week or until they can install a con veyor system to oupply fuel from the Bandon Shlngto MUI'b fllabpilo. NOTES FROM BANDON Ncwsv Items From Busy Coast' Told by the Times Special Cor I respondent. TiAMnnw nn 3 The stM EllznliAtTi. Tlnnrlnn and ScW and the schooner C. F. Hill are ed and wnitincr. enroute to San Cisco. They left on tide yesta Tho nthlntln meet at the I gymnasium was well attended; basketball team captained W Ina Blackesly defeated Miss Rlnnhnnsnn'a toom 1 tO 2, W Clerk's team captained by B.Bt feated tho All Stars, captainea Pnon Vi n 1 A (a Q onnrft. Mr. E. P. Sheldon, of PortlwH in town in tho Interests of tn1 ber Manufacturlnc Agency. n rrin.n.nn t.n nnniry main yesterday for Alaska accompli his wife and daughter, M"8