The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, January 24, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE COOS BAY WEEKLY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1908. NORTHWESTERN U it looks to ', looki GUI DUCT ONE OK THE OUTSIDE AT GORVALLIS COLLEGE w SS FOR COWS a Salt Lake Paper Publishes Story of Railway Man Who Has Seen Blue Prints of Prospective Line to Pacific Coast Gives Details That Are Additional Proof of His Statement One Branch Goes to Mexico. mr is CliflDT 1ICIT nnisr i m C. A. Strickland, of North Bend, favors Tho Times with a copy of the Salt hake Tribune which contains tho following Interesting bit of rail way news, the most important part of which will be found at tho con clUHion which states that Coos liay Is to be the Pacific coast terminal of tho Northwestern. It will also be noted that the railway man inter viawed, says he has seen tho blue print of th proposed line. Tho arti clu la as follows: "That the Bamberger lallroad is to play an Important part in the rail road world wafa brought out today in a talk with a prominent railroad man and tho reason of the fight made by tho Ogden Union Denot company, tho Union and Southern Pacific comp anies and the Oregon Short Line was also made known. Friday an action was begun in the district court here by the Salt Lake & Ogden railioad against the companies above named to obtain n right of way across their tracks. Several efforts have been made to reach an agree ment between tho railroads affected, but without avail, hence the suit. "Residents of Ogden," said the railroad man referred to, "have known thnt when the Barberger lino reached the bracks of tho Harriman llnoa that there would bo a fight be fore a right of way across them .would bo granted, but they expected aij ntuicablo adjustment would finally bo reached. This, it is now known, will not bo affected. The reason should bo patent to all. "What Is tho reason? you ask. Why.tho Bamberger lino Is the routo which tho Northwestern road is to uso. to get Into Salt Lako and thence continue on southward down through Arlzoua into Old Mexico and on to Muzallan, on tho Pacific ocean, and luq east from tho southern end of Lower California. What Bluo Prints Show. "This Is no dream, my boy. Hero are the blue prints. They show you tho routo. The Northwestern rail road Is now built to Lauder, Wyo. It differs from other tarnscontlnontal linos In that it traverses and will travorso tho best portion of seven stntea. Prom Lander, tho Wyoming, Idaho &, Pacific railroad start3. This is ,tho western and southern exten sion of tho Northwestern to tho north and south Pacific coast. From Lan der west tho last-named company has constructed a road that Is tho grade, and this is now ready for tho ties. "A water grade is followed, and th a Green river Is crossed about sovonty miles west from Lander, and then the Cottonwood Is followed up to tho sourco whonco tho continental dlvldo is crossed, through n tunnol 3100 foot In length and at an ele vntlon of 7021 feet. Then down Grays ilvcr to whoro it empties into the south fork of tho Snnko river to tho base of Caribou mountain, fam ous for its placer and quartz deposits of gold, and which Is at tho lower ond of Star valloy, Uintah county, Wyoming. "This is tho junction point. One branch eo'itinucs west down tho Snnko NIvor alley and crosses tho Oregon Short Lino railway between Market lake and Idaho falls. Theaco tho lino continues almost directly west, crossing Lost rlvor at or near tho big rnnch of Chief Justice I. N. Sullivan of Idaho, crosses Wood river Bonth of Dollvuo and runs through tho ranch of tho late Senator Arthur Brown. Tho huso of tho Sawtooth range Is then skirted, tapping tho famous Wood rlvor nnd Sawtooth lead and silver deposits. "Tho head of the Salmon Is crossed south of the Thunder mountain min ing (lltilrlct, and the lino continues west to head of the South fork of lln ltoKe river, thence down that mO'omiii Itolw, find tluMU'o down to 11m Snake rlvor, which Is crossed nt tho mouth of the ltolo river. Thence west up the Mnllieni river, tlirouuh i Vnle to IliirvpyetaoiimhrdlHcmfwyp I Vale, th llurvpj alley ami central Party of Surveyors in Town for Few Hours Leaves for Down The Coast. Who are they? Whero did they come from and whore are they going? What do they represent? These are a few questions which have been arousing the curlouslty of a number of citizens over tho arrival of a number of surveyors, engineers, or timber cruisers who arrived In Marshfleld on the Gasco Saturday night. The party was composed of C. J. Wilson, O. L. Holstrom, M. Van Horn, James Foster, M. H. Mitchell, C. D. Smith, J. P. Wood, Bert Wilson, T. D. Barton and Frank Smith. They came directly from tho boat to the Blanco hotel Saturday night, registered their names and gave no place of residence. They disappeared off tho face of the earth and have not been heard of since. They were' un known to Captain Holden. They wero unknown to Mr. Mills, tho hotel clerk, and they told nothing about themselves. They wero mostly educated men, however, and were bronzed with out door life. They also had surveying instruments and compasses, and left the impression that they wero sur veyors for some railroad line pro jected through or near this point. Mr Mills, of tho Southern Pacific, was asked in regarding them, but said ho he had not the lout idea who , they wero. As far as can bo found out they, loft for Bandon, without stopping at tho hotel, and one man -who taw them believed that they wore members of tho Geodetic survey party -which was operating on tho coast Bear Cali fornia some months ago, and who re sumed their work of fixing the coast lino on tho government maps. Sovoral people bcllere that they represent tho Northern Pacific rail road and that thoy are making a survy of tho proposod lino from Astoria to Eureka, Cal. Nothing can ho found out about them, however, and what project thoy aro really working ivnm in a mystery which the party evidently intends shall remain. Astoria Leader Devotes a Leading Editorial to The Times Efforts to Secure Better Service From the Coos Bay Gas and Electric Co. The Astoria Leader, Is a rattling good newspaper published In Astoria, Oregon. Its editor W. L. Thorndykc, is brainy, brilliant and origina. Ho has Ideas of his own and knows how to express them. In Its issue of last Saturday tho leading editorial wa3 devoted to the little difference of opinion between Tho Times and the Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co., as to which shall control the editorial and news columns of the paper. Tho Times makes its best bow to ho Leader for the pretty compliment paid this paper. "Praise from Sir that open tho way to "subsldizo" the press? "Acting upon the same theory Mr. A might be a merchant advertising his wares in ail the city papers. Mr. A commits a dastardly murder. As ho is an advertiser no publicity should be given the crime; oven an Indirect allusion should bo suppressed. Be cause tho Title Guarantee and Trust HI CULLS WHITE "BEAST" Refers to Sensational Murder as "An Act of Provi dence." NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Anthony Company advertised in Portland , Comstoek, vice president of tho so would prove an equally good reason ciety for tho suppression of vice was why each of that city's papers should tho principal witness In tho trial of remain mute upon the fraudulent ac-' Larry Thaw today. He testified that tlons of the defunct institution. Be- late In 1901 Thaw complained to him Hubert is praise, Indeed," and The cause-John Doe is a subscriber to a of the .vicious practices of Stanford Leader has all the ear marks of belhg conducted by a good newspaper man paper, also, should bo a good and White and sovoral of White's friends, sufficient reason whv that nanor Dnrim' tim nr fniinvina- Tim But that is not the most interesting shouid remain silent upon his at- wrote him several times and was a tempt to fire his neighbor's-homo. 'frequent visitor at Comstock's head- "Thero aro those persons In this quarters, jolly old world of ours who bellovo f Letters wore read In ovldenco and themselves immune from notoriety they gave tho names of alleged vic because they arc good customers of ' tlnis of White in hi? notorious studio tho newspapers: thoy feel that when ' rcferriiiR to White as "Tho Black thoy pay a just and true account of a CUard." r. lnn.n worn ,.mv nvi. iy few dollars or a few score dollars ucncc In th,3 caso but wer0 mentlon. b, that they have bought that much of od ln tho fIrat trInI when Dr Bvaus good-sized advertisement in tho daily paper, The Times, for which it very properly paid. body and soul, by shoves a five-dollar purse! any man who , bill into their portion of tho Leader's article. Here is what it says about The Times con troversy: Kotail Muzzling. "Down in Marshfiold-on-tho-Bay Is a dally paper. It Is a good one. inero is also an electric company there Which has much n.-itrnn.-ip-n ., 0 . .... ., ... cu ln tno nrat tml wilen Dr, Evans large profits, and poor service. The I lno newspaper man's manhood. And was tellluit what Thaw hail s.ilri tn electric company has been carrying a , sh,arae to say there ar0 a few imPcrs him of his efforts to have White who consmer mat tnoy are uongnt, sellt to tno 1)enitentary. - "I did not want to kill tho beast," said Thaw, "but I did want to have him hrnnirhf- tn nntirt nml li.nvn lita "The other day the Times made tho "A grocer does not consider that ' acts shown. Providence intervened, . w wn mat tuU yuuuu.igu 01 me u in "si. uusuuueiy agree wun a man however. It was an act of provl electric company has been carrying a because he buys a few 'dollars' worth denco." iargo to juslily a better service than of prunes at his store. A shoe-dealer was being given, and that there ! does not agree to vote for a nominee seemed to be a feeling upon the part I because the nominee buys a pair of of that corporation to do just as lit- boots at the shoeman's store. Be cause a dyeman colors one's coat Is no reason why ho should stand upon tho street corner and try to whiten (Special to Times) tho character of the same man. I BANDON, Ore., Jan. 21. A now 1 Silsby flro engine of tho most modern ' type was tried out hero yesterday and gavo excellent satisfaction. The machine cost tho city dads something like ?5,000 and will be stationed on the wharf to protect tho frontage. Dr. E. W. Barnes, who located hero sonio limo ago from North ' Mrs. S. A. Yoakam Writes In terestingly of the Oregon Agricultural college Where She Is Taking a Six Weeks' Course in Dairying tie as was necessary to hold its fran chise. It also intimated that the cor poration appeared to hold the whip hand in that locality, and it told sev eral other truths In a mild and pleas ant manner. The next day tho general manager of the electric company discontinued tho ad in tho Times upon tho grounds that, as the company was carrying an ad in the paper the publication had no right to criticise the corporation. "Wasn't that clever? Was It not a nice construction to place upon mon- ey paid for advertising? Does not less." BANDON NEWS NOTES What Is Hnppenlng in the Busy City by tho .Soiiuding Sea. Hence why should an advertiser in or a subscriber to any paper expect that tho paper must remain absolute ly deaf, dumb and blind to any un fair acts or Illegal performances up on his part? ' "The Times had tho temerity to "stand pat." It lost the ad of tho company, but the people respect the pwder, will leave in the courso of Times more and the corporation , a few dayfl tor tho Interior. Ilia health Is not good In tho coast re gion. Word has been received hero that Southern Pacific Representa tive Active in Development of Greater Production. According to Gonoral Manager Millls, of tho local holdings of tho Southern Pacific railroad, tho devel opment of tho company's mining properties ln Coos county will bo gono Into extensively during tho pres ent year. Tho Beaver IIlll mine is being improved in numerous ways by tho Installation of now machinery, electrical pumps, digging now tun nels and doing everything to mako tho most of the coal deposits ln Coos county. Tho Soulhport mine on Isthmus Inlet will open up for shipments about tho middle of next month with a largo output. This mlno Is tho now part of an older mining sectlou but It promises to dovelop on a largo scale. A big tunnel Is betng con structed by enlarging tho prospect tunnel and thoro is already a largo showing of good coal in sight. A diamond drill Is boing worked on tho properties back of llonryvlllo with tho prospects of good strikes, and offorts aro being made to, find tho boundaries of the coal already known to bo there. Altogether tho company la going Into coal mining on an extensive scale and tho coal depos its of Coos county are becoming more important than ever before. Tho do Attorney Heney Secures An other Conviction in His Prosecution of the Land Fraud Cases Thought to be Forerunner of Other Pleadings of a Similar Character. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Jan. 22. Former United States Commissioner II. II. Hendricks in Judge Hunt's court to day pleaded guilty to his share ln tho alleged illegal fencing of land by tho Butte Creek Livestock, Laud & Lum ber Co. Tills Is believed to bo pre liminary to liko pleadings on the part of other persons connected with tho land company and tho Hall Mays caso which is now being .heard ln Judge Hunt's court. It is expected that Hendricks has been granted partial Immunity ln consideration of his telling all he knows in connection with tho alleged conspiracy. Special Agent E. W. Dickson of tho depart meat of the Interior was tho princi pal witness in tho Hall Mays caso to day. Ho told of his work in connec tion with exposing tho alleged wrong ful operations of the company. tho dedication of Sweeney & Walker addition to Bandon has been ap- i homo for girls going to school here, Thinks There !: No County Like Coos and Will Be Glad to Get Back. vwivvivijLiio, urcgon, January 13, 1908. V Editor of Times: Last Tuesday morning marked tho beginning of what will no doubt prove Itself to bo tho most successful series of whiter courses over held at this college. The people, and especially tho farmers, all over the stato aro waking up to tho realization of the benefits and usefulness of tho short courses, and as tho result Is there aro more Bhort courso students this year than over before, also this year thero is n six weeks' courso In hortlculturo nnd six weeks of dairying of which I am ono of the 20 scholars. I have always heard, Corvallis was just a epkool town. It certainly Is, and one of the best ln tho stato. Too much cannot bo said of tho Oregon Agrioulturo College of Corvallis. With it tlif forent brands of study open to all who wish to go, with tho best of rooms and board and under tho management of President W. J. Kerr tho school is a success. I am stay ing at tho Waldo Hall named in honor of Mrs. Clara Waldo, member of the Board of Regents. It is tho queen among tho buildings. Tho dimensions on tho ground are 28Sxl iva icoi. ino structuro has four stories with a total of 14 0 bedropms, tho size of each is 12xlS feet fur nished with electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold water, bath rooms and a large closet with shelves and hooks. The basement contains a general dining room 47x57 feet, a cold storage vault, a cooking labor atory, 20x54 feet, a sowing room, 20x23, a large laundry with six ce ment stationary tubs and a hall 48x48 feet for generl purposes. On tho first floor Is a large room 24x58, a com bination parlor and library. Tho hall on this floor If 40x58. The oost of living at tho hall Is from $8,60 to $4.00 per week. Under tho manage ment of J. B. Horner Is a delightful ft MINERS HOLD CONVENTION. After Being at Head of Organization for Nino Years Withdraws Be cause of 1H Health. (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 21. Tho nlnoteeth annunl convention of tho United Minoworkers of America opened today with ono thousand del egates representing the anthracite bituminous coal mining districts of tho country. Probably will remain ln session until after January 30 on which dnto tho miners and operat ors of tho central competitive field will meet in a coaferenco to dlscussi tho rival interstate wage ngreoment. Should tho operators decliuo to meet tho miners organization tho future courso will then bo determined. Tho convention will bo of especial In terest as marking tho official retire ment of John Mitchell who has been tho head of the organization for nlno years nud seven months and refuses to stand for ro-olectlon on account of ill health. JAPS ABE FOB KESTIUCriON. Japs Coming to Amciicn as Students Will bo ltcqiiirctl to Furnish Tno Sureties. (By Associated Press.) . TOKIO, Jan. 21. Viscount Hay ashl in an interview mado a state ment concerning tho emigration question which may bo considered tho official declaration of tho atti tude of tho government, ln which ho says tho government Is determined to investltrntn thn nprantml afnnritun-r. ' those who go to America as students, requiring two sureties before they leave. The government Is determined to prevent tho Immigration of la borers. If necessary Immigration to Hawaii will bo absolutely prohibited, also to Mexico. Tho foreign minist er says thoro Is no important ques tion pending between America and Japan, reports, "Originating in a certain section of the Uuited Statos" proved by the county court at Its last session. Eugeno O'Connell, of Marshfleld was a visitor in Bandon yesterday. Tho Bandon and the Washcaloro arrived yesterday and tho Hill anc1 Elizabeth loft on tho same tide. E. M. Rose, tho young Hawaiian athlote of this place, who was taken suddenly ill a week ago was recently moved to tho Coquillo hospital for treatment. In a practice gamo last night, tho Bandon Basketball Club team of glrl3 defeated tho High School girls' team by n score of 7 to 2. Tho funeral of D. A. IIlll occurred Thursday In Bandon, although It had been reported that tho body would bo moved to North Bend for burial. Tho ceremonies wero conductd by tho local lodge of I. O. O. F.of which order deceased was a member in a Portland lodge. Dr. Prentls, who has been seriously 111, is again around and able to at tend to accumulated business. HOLD DELIGHTFUL DANCE AND SOCIAL Thero aro" quito a lot of Improve ments going on at tlie college farm now. There is being furnished a nlco now barn and I have been told over each station thero will bo a mirror for each cow (so Professor Gardner told mo) also they have a milking machine at work hero So I am not homesick, although thero Is np place liko Coos Bay and I will be glad when I get hack thero onco moro. (Mrs.) S. A. YOAKAM. V ALLIArMCE LEAVES FOR PORTLAND Steamer Goes to North Bend In Morn ing and Over Bar By Noon. .1 O. A. nut ml for coal on the const has ro Owiton to Poos itay, on the Pacific i s,llte1 lu a thorough Investigation of oruMM." , una secuou anu u appears mat iron) now on the coal rasourcos of this Cumlldiitwi Got Busy -Candidates I Utriot are going to be utllizod in for onic- in Curry county aro nlrwidy u nianwor which, canuot do otherwise making tholr nmbltlons known by than draw public attention to fa nubllshlng their cards in tho various "3 C003 Bay. papers of tho county. I Will Kbtabllxh Planing .Mill la reported In the cltv thnt Prod Dachman, of Indianapolis, who Is vis iting this woek In Portland with Mrs. Bnchnmn, will ostnbllsh a good-slzod planing mill In this city to cator to local and outsldo trado. Mr. Bach man Is a woll known man of moans from Indiana and has taken a suite of rooms ln tho city. Life Saver Takes Vmtner John A. Johnn?en, of tho life saving station It , at the mouth of the harbor, was unit ed in marriage to Miss Lillian K, Smith Offices Sceno of En. Joyment Saturday Night. A very delightful danco was hold at tho handsomo offices of the C. A. QiniiH Liumuer company last Satur day night. Everybody present on joyed themselves thoroughly. Tho rooms wero nicely decorated and a good program of songs nnd solos made tho evening pass pleasantly, dancing and refreshments helping to mako tho event of tho most soclablo nature. Smith's quartet sang sovor al selections, Miss Painter played a piano solo, Miss Ostlund sang and other guests with various accom- pjisnments proveu that they wero woll equlpned' with talent. Among those present at tho function wero tho following: Mr. and Mrs. Oron, Mr. and Mrs. The steamer Alliance left out this morning for North Bend and will probably bo over bar by this time on her way to Portland with the follow ing passengers from this city and qulto a load of freight: J. W. Bailey, E. L. Weideman, Addlo Stowe, W. E. Bronson, J. A. 0. Frued, D. H. W. Balne3, L. D. Dennis, Miss A. Leo, Miss Ella Droman, J. M. Budolman, W. Glrrard, Win. Hinks man, W. Marin Hinksman. Lumber Firm Secmes Dixie Tho launch DIxio, belonging to Dr. Mc Cormac, has been rented to tho C. A Smith Lumber compnny for a few days, while the Mabel H, tho com pany's own launch Is being repaired and overhauled. Going Into Feed Business Norton & Hansen, tho well known merchants of this city, have decided to go Into tho flour and feed business and will carry a Iargo stock In a place they, have secured on South Broadway. They will have a first class delivery, system which will carry their mer chandise to all parts of tho city. V Moves Into New Home. J. B- Hrnn i,n .,.. p 1 1, r A Smith Klahu. of Emplro City, on January ?.rro"0' ?Tr'a"d ,m', McCrraTac , Lumber at this point, has commenced n, at tue noma of the bride's paronts Mr. and Mrs. William Klahn. Rev. B. F. Beugston performed tho cere mony which was attended only by a fow relatives and nonr friohds of tho couple, who woro heartily congratulated. :':"" I"."' "" -"-" lra',to move into Ihls handsomo new, jmcneii, aiuses Painter, Helm, ML ,M,, ,, ,,,, ha3 not, McCormac, Johnson and MathI- ." .7 . , I M uwu tuminuujji auring wiu yank son; Messrs. Hugh Bailey, Warren Paintor, Laurence Holmborg, Alvln Lofgron, G. Broivno, W. J. Conrad, William Eckblad, D. A. Allison and Georco Qoodrum. weeks. Tho residence Is ono of tne most imposing on tho bay and is a great credit to tho growth of tho resi dential section of tho city.