THE COOS BAY WEEKLY TIMES, MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1908.
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COOS COUNTY EXPEN
BOR Tilt YEA
In the matter of the estimate of
the expenses of Coos county, Oregon,
for the year 1908.
This matter coming on for consid
eration at this time, and the court
determines and estimates the amount
of money to be raised in this county
for county purposes, together with
tho amount of state and school tax
and other taxes required by law to
ho raised and for Incidental expences
for tho year 1908 to be as follows,
to wit:
Salaries of officers, depu
ties and assistants...? 15,500.00
Circuit Court expenses..? 3,500.00
Justice Court expenses..? COO. 00
Stationery, lights, fuel,
etc ? 5,000.00
Infirmary indigents and
insane ? 8,000.00
Roads and Bridges.. ..? 70,000.00
Interest on outstanding
warrants ? 5,000.00
Rebate on taxes ? 1,500.00
Incidental expenses and
litigation ? 2,500.00
Elections ? 3,500.00
School tax, ?7.00 per
' capita on 50C8 child
ren of school age, be
tween 4 and 20 years ? 35,470.00
School library tax, 10
cents per capita on
50G8 pupils ? 50G.80
Indigent soldiers' fund. .? GG0.C2
State tax as per levy of
Board of Stato Tax
Commissioners.. ..? 23,345.00
Total taxes to bo raised ?175,094.42
It appearing to the court that the
assessment roll for tho year 1907
ns equalized by the' county board of
equalization that ho amount of taxr
able property in said Coos county,
Oregon, for tho year 1907 is $13,
G32, 532.00, being the net amount
for which taxes for tho year 190S
commencing January 1st of said
year, are to bo levied.
It appearing that it will require a
levy of 1.7 mills on each and every
dollar of said ?13,532,532.00, for the
Btato tax for tho year 190S, and the
county of Coos, stato of Oregon,
therefore hereby levies a rato of one
and seven tonths mills on each and
ovory dollar of said ?13,532,532.00,
for tho stato tax to bo collected and
paid to tho state of Oregon, to the
amount of $23,345.00, this levy is
mado as, and Intended to bo the same
as tho levy mado by tho stato board
of tax commissioners and not an ad
ditional tax, and It appearing to the
court that tho total tax for tho year
1908 at ?7.00 per capita for the
DOGS school children enumer
ated in Coos county as required by
law will amount to ?35,47G.00, and
the school librnry fund at 10 cents
per capita ?50G.80, will require a
levy of 2.7 mills on each and overy
dollar of said $13,532,532.00 of tax
able property for tho school fund for
DDI1RI I
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Miss Bridget, Is tho Toast Ready?
la tho Proper Way to Address
Slavey.
Rules for Servants.
1. Tho servant girl should nover
bo called tho servant girl.
2. Sho should bo addressed as
"Miss" or "Mrs."
3. Sho should not wear tho dis
tinctive enp aa a badgo of servitude
4. Sho should lmvo her evenings
free, which would naturally lead to
her living outside,
5. Sho should rccclvo sufllciont
money to provido her own food.
NEW YORK, Jjiu. 20. Tho wholo
troublo with tho sorvnnt. girl is thai
she wants an easy Job, terminated by
an easy huslmml.
This Is tho domogtlo problem In
n nutshell as presented lust week tc
tho dopartmont of rtomostlo ad
ministration of tho Teachers' college
by I. M. Rublnow of tho United
Stntos department of commerco aud
labor.
Being n man, Mr. Rublnow admit
ted that tho kitchen queen was en
tirely human in her ambitious. Tho
remedies offered, which ho agreed
must sound like an luiportluonco
from a more man, slnco woman had
for so many years beon faco to face
with tho difficulty and fnlled to turn
up a solution, woro iu tho nnturo of
deferring to tho higher power.
Even aftor glviug his remedy, Mr
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1908
tho year 1908, and school library
fund for said year, and the county of
Coos and stato of Oregon therefbre,
hereby levies a tax of 2.7 mills on
each and every dollar of said taxable
property for school and school library
fund, and it further appearing that
the law requires a levy of .05 of a
mill to bo levied as an indigent sold
iers' fund, it is therefore hereby or
dered and a levy of .05 of a mill is
made by Coos county on each and
every dollar of said taxablo property
assessed as an Indigent soldiers fund,
it appearing that it will require the
sum of ?44,GG9.3G for county expen
ses including officers' salaries, court
expenses, infirmary, indigent and in
sane, lights fuel, janitor and other
expenses and incidentals, that it will
require a levy of 3.3 mills on tho
dollar on each and every dollar of
said ?13,532,532.00 of said taxable
property, a levy of 3.3 mills on each
and every dollar of said taxable prop
erty 13 hereby levied by Coos county,
Oregon, for couniy purposes. And it
appearing that it will require a levy
of five and two tenths mills on each
and every dollar of said taxable
property for road purposes to bo set
apart as a general road fund. A
levy of five and two tenths mills is
hereby levied upon each and every
dollar of said $13,532,532.00, taxable
property for road purposes to be set
apart as a general road fund.
From all of which it appears to the
court and this court finds that it will
require a levy of 13 mills on each
and every dollar of said $13,532,532
taxable property appearing on the tax
roll of Coos county, Oregon, for the
year 1907, to pay tho stato tax, the
school, school library, indigent sold
iers, road tax and taxes for county
expenses for Coos county for the year
1908.
It is therefore nereoy ordered that
a tax of 13 mills on tho dollar be, and
tho same is hereby levied upon each
and every dollar of taxablo property
upon tho tax roll of said county' for
tho year 1907 and upon every dollar
of said taxablo property within said
county on March 1st, 1907, whether
tho same shall appear upon said roll
or not, and out of tho money arising
from tho taxes therefrom the state
of Oregon be paid tho sum of 23,
345.00. That there bo set apart for
school funds ?35,47G.OO. To the
school library fund of said county
tho sum of ?50G.S0. To the indigent
soldiers fund of said county tho sum
of $GGG.G2. To tho general road
fund for said county tho sum of $70,
000.00, and that said sums be not
subject to rebate or delinquencies,
and the balance, whatever it may be,
bo set apart as a general fund of tho
county and applied to the payment
of tho costs and expenses of the coun
ty of Coos and stato of Oregon, and
tho payment of any outstanding in
debtedness against said county.
Rublnow said tho social stigma
would not bo lifted, but tho placing
of domestic work on an industrial
basis, ho believes, would make it
moro cndurablo and more attractive
to her who must bo obeyed.
MniTicu Wednesuny A'ight Mlsa
Etta Bunten and C. I. Neff, foreman
of tlu outside work at Beaver Hill
mine, were married last night at the
homo of Mr. Georgo Ayres at S:30
o'clock, Rev. W. It. F. Browno per
rormlug tho coromony. Mrs. Gam
mil, Mr. and. Mrs. Ayres, Robert
Bunton, Misses Eliza nnd Bessio
Ayres, Miss Smith aud Mrs. Brown,
were present at tho marriago which
was performed In tho presonco of a
few near friends and relatives. Miss
Bunton, who is from Beaver Hill, Is
well known iu this city, also Mr. Neff
and tho young couple were warmly
received on their return to Beaver
Hill whero thoy will reside
TACOMA, Jan. 17. David Brew
er, aged 44, is dead at a local hospi
tal. Ho was a halt-breed Indian of
tho Puynllup trlbo, nnd graduated
from tho Indian school at Forest
Grove, Ore. Ho was married to a
native of Alaska. For twenty-fivo
years a teacher mid disciplinary of
tho Indian school at Chomawa, Ore.
Ho was a fine man. IIo leaves a
widow, flvo daughters and two sous,
all woll educated.
MISS VIOLET HENDERSON, form
erly of St. Louis, who has been
making hor homo in Marshfleld
for tho past couplo of months, has
been ably holding Secretary Lyon's
position in tho chamber of com
merco whllo tho latter is in Port-
tnrid In tho rv'a l"fnrst
MRS. DAN McINTOSII, of Coos Riv-
or, wns shopping in the city yesterday.
SAYS THE GOVERNMENT
STEALS STATE 'jAXDS
Washington 1 tubbed of ileritage
Which Was Granted on Entering
the Union.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan-. 20. The
land frauds the government is pros
ecuting in Oregon and elsewhere arc
insignificant compared with the land
frauds the federal authorities are
perpetrating upon the state Of Wash
ington, according to a vigorous let
ter E. W. Ross, state land commis
sioner, has addressed to Congressman
Francis W. Cushman. Mr. Ross points
out that when Washington was ad
mitted Into the Union congress pass
ed an enabling act, which tho state
accepted, and which is an inviolable
contract between the two, under
which absolute title was vested in the
state for school purposes of section
1G and 3G in every township. Des
pite this solemn contract congress has
passed subsequent legislation, and the
federal officials have enforced rules
and regulations which robbed tho
state of thousands of acres of the
best lands in these sections, and are
making it impossible for the state to
reimburse itself for these losses. In
his letter Ross says in part:
"Tho United States government
has already withdrawn land and es
tablished forest reserves embracing
37.3 percent of the entire area of
Washington. Add to this C percent
of the entire area for Indian reserva
tions and you have a total of 33.3
percent of tho entire area of the state
made by tho federal government a
howling wilderness. Surely this is
enough for ono stato.
Takes Out Large Area.
"I think when you deduot the land
that Is unfit for cultivation nd unin
habitable you will find wo have near
ly 50 percent of the entire area of
the state either embraced in perman
ent reserves on the part of the gov
ernment or not susceptible of ma
terially beneficial use."
Ross points out that tho laws and
rules surrounding the reserves make
unavailable state school sections
within their borders, although title
to such sections absolutely was vest
ed in tho state under enabling act.
In addition it is pointed out that as
fast as new lands are surveyed the
interior department makes rules or
the president Issues proclamations
which prevent the state making any
selections for granted lands lost and
enable settlers and speculators to
make first filings, all in absolute
violation of tho compact between the
United States and tho state.
Confiscates tho Stato Land.
Speaking of tho manner in which
federal land laws are construed by
the federal officials against tho stato,
Mr. Ross says: "The construction is
so absolutely ridiculous that it
amounts to a deliberate confiscation
of hundreds of thousands of acres of
atato lands."
Because tho government's lax
land law procedure has permitted the
grossest frauds Is no reason for an
assumption that the state's admin
istration of Its lands has been corres
pondingly incompetent, according to
Ross. On tho contrary, he declares:
"Tho stato of Washington is receiv-
ing for its lands all that it is entitled
to receive. In fact, is re
ceiving higher prices than individuals
owning lands in the vicinity aro ablo
to receive. Of course, sonio excep
tions aro bound to occur, from one
cause or another, even excluding any
possible element of fraud, but these
exceptions stand out as proving the
rule by comparison.
Has a Largo School Fund.
"Wo havo now in tho permanent
aud irreduclblo school fund of the
stato the integrity of which fund con
gress required tho state to guarantee,
$4,C00,000, derived from the sale of
common school lands. We havo out
standing contracts, issued in pursu
anco of sales of common school lands
where tho land is still held as guar
antee for tho payment, $1,S92,4SC77.
Tho unpaid principal of these con
tracts bears interest, payable annu
ally, at the rato of C percent per an
num. Tho title to tho lands remains
In tho stato until final payment has
beon mado. Tho total sum derived
from tho salo of common school lands
by tho stnto amounts to $6,492,
1SG.77. Theso figures nre given as
tho first day of this month. On Oct
ober 1, 190G, not quito 10 per cent
of tho common school lands of tho
stato had been sold. Probably not
moro than 11 per cent of tho lands
havo yet been sold.
"There certainly is no opportunity
for tho stato and stato officers to
porpetrato fraud ou the United States
government in acquiring lands from
tho United States government In sat
isfaction of Its school grants. The
laws certainly should be liberal nnd
should bo construed liberally so as
to ouablo the stato to satisfy the
grants mado to it for these benefi
cent purposes."
C. SCHINISTKR, of Gardiner, is n
, plonsant visitor to friends in the
city today.
NORTH BEND
City Council Refuses to Pay
Light Bills Until They Are
Shown.
LIGHT THAT ALWAYS FAILS
Enterprising People Object to Paying
For Llghtless Lights Furnished
By Coos Bay Gas & Elec
tric Co.
The Times Is pleased to know that
it has not misjudged the spirit of the
people of Coos Bay. They are not
tho kind to patiently accept the lem
on which Mr. Bell and Mr. Hewitt
would like to hand them in tho way
of a light service. Tho people aro en-
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pur ER DATEi
OUT HOLE
LOT STEADIER
EN OUR
'LECTRIO
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terprislng and progressive. Tho
Coos Bay Gas & Electric Company
have mistakenly assumed that be
cause there is no railway hero that
any old electric service would be
good enough for the "backwoods."
Marshfleld and North Bend are
modern cities. They are growing
and enterprising. They are willing
to pay for the best and then they are
entitled to it. The Coos Bay Gas &
Electric Co. is mistaken when It
thinks they will take anything that
is offered them. Just because Coos
Bay is proud of the apples sho pro
duces, Mr. Bell must not think that
the people do not know a lemon when
they see it. Why Pat Henessy has a
tree that grows them at tho Llbby
mine. The people like the kind that
Hennessy grows but they object to
the one that the electric light com
pany would like to hand them.
Tho last issue of the North Bend
Harbor contains a declaration of In
dependence by the city council of that
place. They have refused to pay tho
bills of the company until they
prove that they delivered the goods.
Tho members of the council may not
bo from Missouri but they must bo
shown.
Good for the North Bend city coun-
cu.
That's tho spirit that builds cities.
Hero is what the Harbor says:
"Tho bill of the Coos Bay Gas &
Electric Co. for November was held
up last month by the city council un
til the city marshal should report as
to the number of lights burning dur
ing that month. Tho bills for No
vember and December were held up
this month until a professional mtlth
ametlcian had succeeded In figuring
how long tho lights had been lit
during the two months. It may bo
that the result will be a balance duo
from the light company at least
they will find It profitable to hlro a
cheap boy to watch each light."
GOOSE HUNTER USES
PHONOGRAPH DECOY
Wild Fowl Can't Resist "Honk,
Honk" of Machine in Boat.
GEORGETOWN, DEL, Jan. 18.
Aco Goodhill, of Millsboro, Is hav
ing wonderful success gunning for
wild geese on tho Indian river with
tho aid of a modern phonograph.
His method is to set tho machine
loaded with "honk-honk" in tho bow
of the boat, and thqn, when the
geese answer the call, to pick them
off. Tho geeso fly to tho slaughter,
ho says, and ho had to shoot so fast
that a rest was necessary to cool
his gun. Ho says ho brought in a
boat full, and now fears that the
next legislature will pass a law for
bidding tho use of phonographs.
MR. AND MRS. FRED BACHMAN,
of Indianapolis, who arrived in the
city over a week ago by way of
San Francisco, will leave today on
tho Breakwater for n visit to Port
land for a week. They havo taken
n suito of rooms in the city nnd
will mnVo thMr home In Marsh-
W. H. BOHLEN is reported very ill
at his home with a severe attack!
ui wiu fcrip. i
to
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SEAMAN INJURED
ON STEAMER PLANT
Gust Wittc Falls In Hold And In
jures His Hack.
Gust Wltte, a seaman on tho Plant,
sustained a seroious accident last
night whllo working on tho boat
which was unloading at the Marsh
field dock. Witte was moving along
the deck near the hatchway, when a
sling swinging from a derrick knock
ed him into tho hold of tho ship,
whero he dropped quite a dlstanco
and landed on his back.
A stretcher was procured at tho
General Hospital and tho man was
taken to North Bend, whero Dr. Gale,
the marine surgeon of the harbor, at
tended to him at Mercy Hospital.
Dr. Gale was asked this morning the
extent of the man's Injuries, and
stated that while Witte was bruised
pretty badly, he thought ho would bo
ablo to resume work on the ship
when sho made her next trip to this
port.
ADVERTISED LIST.
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the Marshfleld, Oregon, Post
office. Persons calling for tho same
will please say advertised and pay
one cent for each advertised letter
called for.
Aldrlch, Mrs. C. G. 2; Anderson,
Antone; Arnot, Holland; Allen, Wm,
S.; Bacon, Mrs. Jessie, 2; Baines,
James; Bennett, Master John Ed
win; Berlaud, Mrs. Thomas; Belieu,
Mr.; Belieu, Miss; Burland, Mrs.
Florence; Burgan, M. W.; Chase,
Mrs. Martha; Cottle, Mr.; Ctirrle,
James S.; Davies, Tom; Davis, M. S.;
Davis, Miss Dot; Davis, Thomas
M; Derbershire, Mr.; Dulley,
Mrs.; Dully, Miss Myrtle; Duya
Mr.; Evanoff, Elllch; Fry R.
B.; Gebler, C. A.; Gillaspy, Frank;
Goodpaster, Monroe; Hatighton, Miss
Edith; Hagerman, Mrs. E. M.; Hyde,
Glenn E.; Hawthorne, Mrs. Carrie;
Haydeh, Charles; Holmes, J. C. 2;
Hooker, John; Johnson, Miss Alice;
Johanna, Marie; Johnson, Gato; Judd
Miss Alice; Jung, Christ; Knight,
Mrs. Mary; Kelly, Frank; Keep, Miss
Beth; Layton, Master Earl; Lanihau,
John; Larson, Miss; Lyons, William;
Lacy, J.; Lefebvre, Tom; Lochte,
Joseph; McMullcn, C. H. 2; McCul
lough, H. P.; McCleod, Mrs. N. C;
McCabe, J. J.; Medium, Miss Nellie;
Magnison, William; Mason, B.; Mit
chell, Miss Ida 2; Moran, Ed.; Mor
rison, Austin; Morrison, Ben; Nel
son, E. A.; Nicholls, Geo.; Obsen, J.
R.; Osborne, Adelbert; Oakley, Ray;
Premo, Harvey; Ralsen, Roy, 3;
Rulnette, Mrs. Hilda; Ryder, John;
Robinson, E. J.; Sluytcr, E. J.;
Smith, Thomas; Smith, W. J.; Smith,
W. E.; Smith, Mrs. P.; Taylor, Char
He; Trinko, G.; Van Mather, Mr.;
Van Mater, Mr.; Warner, J. E.; Wat
kins, Ernest; Wallas, David; Walker,
Dan; Wyatt, Miss Georgiana; Whit
stone, Mrs. Ellen; Williams, Peter;
Wilson, L. II.; Williams, Harry L.;
Wilson, George; Wilson, John.
X W. B. CURTIS, P. M.
A HEX THAT TALKS
Asks for Drink When Thirsty If
Not Satisfied Asks for More.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan IS.
A talking hen whoso superintelli
gence puts to shame tho wildest
dreams of nature fakers, is tho prldo
of Mrs. John Ford of this city. Mrs
Ford vouches for thp statements tha-.
tho fowl possesses qualities hign
above the ordinary Instinct.
" 'Jo short for Josephine seems
to bo afraid of visitors," said Mra.
Ford. "But tho minuto wo aro alono
sho talks to me plalus enough for mo
to know exactly what she means.
Sho calls me 'Mommle' and she can
say that as plain as any child. Sho
has learned to call for 'water' and if
she gets thirsty during tho night she
will stand under our bedroom win
dow and call out until wo come down
and give her a drink."
The hen drinks from a glass and
absolutely refuses to notice the
drinking dish used by less educated
fowls in the same yard.
"If sho doesn't get enough to eat
sho calls out: 'Moro, more,' " sa.d
Mrs. Ford. The hen Immediately
notifies the family of having laid an
egg by scratching on tho kitchen
door nnd leading the way to tho spot
where the egg is hidden.
is a consideration to bo overcome,
BILL TO ASCERTAIN .
TRUE STATE LINES
Ilcyhuni Introduces Tninortnut Hill
For Washington nurt Idaho.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Senat
or Heyburn, of Idaho, has intro
duced n bill to provido for ascertain
ment of the true boundary lino be
but tho prospects are that the vislt
rs to Portland will be successful
in this quest. Should they succeed
In this movement this will give Coos
Bay a chance to be early on the
around for the use of the dredge in
tno local harbor improvements.
Pale, Thin,
ervous ?
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Then your blood must be in
a very bad condition. You
certainly know what to take,!
then take it Ayer's Sarsa-
Iparilla. If you doubt, then
consult your doctor. We know
wnai lie win any uuuui uus
grand old family medicine.
Thl ii tho flrit qnostlon your doctor would
nik: "Are your bowels reRulnr?" lie knowi
that dally action of tlin bowels Is absolutely
essential to recovery. Keep your liver active
and your bowels regular by taking laxative
doses of Ayer's rills.
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aiiu inaaiuAoiurorB OK
? HAIR VIQ0R.
yers
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CHERRY PECTORAL.
We have no secrets 1 We publish
the formulas of all our modlcinca.
2KS
GOW WHY
Always has on hand
a good stock of
General Merchandise
AT PRICES THE CHEAPEST
All Kinds of
Groceries and Clothing
Business Directory.
Boarding Houses.
MRS. J.T. ARCHAMREAU,
CoitNim Skoonu and B Strukts.
If you want a nice, quiet place to
board, centrally located.
Rates: Meals 25 cents. Rent and
board per week $5.50; by month
$22.00:
Lawyers.
C. R. BARROW
ATTORNEY AND COUN81U.LKR-AT-LAW
First-clns Reference
Fifleon Year's Experiences
Coquillk City, - - - Oregon
Travel.
STEAMER "COOS RIVER"
s. c. noeuits, puoimuetor
Makes regular daily trips from
South Coos River
and return.
to Marshfleld
Piano Tuning.
By J. F. O'lteilly,
Resident Tuner.
Address Box 249,
Marshfleld.
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BREAKWATER BOUND
FOR PORTLAND AGAIN
Steamer Returns to I'ortluml AVitu
Good Load.
Tho steamer Breakwater left for
Portland with a good load of freight
and quite a number of passengers.
She left the Marshfleld dock about
ten o'clock and went to North Bend,
starting for the bar about noon. The
following was tho passenger list out
bound:
, Wm. Haggraan, Mrs. Valentine, O.
Muthenbach, Nelson Crain, L. C.
Currle, John Meyer, E. Leduc, F. J.
Ilaner, Glen Cox, G. W. Shaw, Mrs.
Shaw, C. E. Cottlo, Miss Helen Dav
enport, Miss M. B. Wilcox, F. B.
Walte, J. J. Curren, R. O. Baker, C.
E. Chever, J. C. Marshall, A. R. Bean,
J. F. Lucy, C. E. Sackott, Geo. Tuck
er, Mrs. Tucker, F. Bachman, Mrs.
Bachman, F. D. Armstrong, W. E.
Brown, Jas. Ferry, Miss Hattio Fer
ry. ALLIANCE ARRIVES
ON COOS BAY
Bi-Iiiks Machinery For Smith Mill and
Leaves Again Tomorrow.
Tho steamer Allianee arrived in
the harbor this morning from Port
land, after a pleasant trip from the
latter port which sho loft on Sunday
night. The boat will leave on her
return trip for Portland tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at tho service
of tho tide nnd a favorable bar. The
following is tho passenger list, con
siderable machinery for the Smith
mill also arriving on tho boat:
J. D. Stone, J. Dall, S. Figer, F.
Ferks, S. Nicholas, J. Cowalt, F. S.
Washburn, W. Capls, M. J. Ostrow,
A. J. Conrad, D. L. Clause F. J. West,
J. McKlnnon, W. Hamilton, A. Alao-
tonl, 5 steerage.
C. M. BARCUS, of North Bend, was a
Marshfleld caller yesterday on bis
way to Coquille on a business trip.
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