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THE COOS BAY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1908-
No- 187
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A
EAST MARSHFIELD FERRY
IS
MATTER
Will Treat With County Court
For Change of Landing
City Pound.
Committee Appointed by May
or Straw to Determine on
Suitable Site.
Council Orders Work to Pro
ceed on Several of the
Streets.
"I believe, quoth tho mayor, "it
would be a good thing."
"No doubt of it, no doubt of it at
all," agreed the city council.
"It would bo faolf-sustaining," vol
unteered Alderman Lockhart.
"Of courbe," said Maishal Carter,
rellectively, "we would want a spiked
fence."
"Certainly; we would want to bo
assured of the collection of the for
feits," answered Alderman Flanagan,
displaying tho traditional banker's
sagacity-
"Then," declared the mayoi with
his habitual decision," the thing for
this council to do is to pass the ordin
ance." "But," cautioned Alderman Sac
chi," this is an important step.
Hadn't we hotter wait until the next
meeting, and, meanwhile let a com
mittee investigate?"
"Alright," said tho mayor. "I ap
point Aldermen Sacchi, Condron and
Nelson, a committee to Investigate
and promote the project of a city
pound."
At this point the crystalization of
the city pound movement was halted
until next week when the report of
tho commltteo on the advisability of
selecting a location for the building
of a detention station for errant
cows, horses and other quadrupeds
will be acted on. The city council,
however, looks with favor upon the
South Marshllejd bridge. This
bridge is of such a height from the
ground and so wide that it can be
made serviceable by placing boards
on the supports of the bridge.
Action was again deferred on tho
W street ferry landing. Alderman
Flanagan, who is on tho commltteo
to confer with the county court, was
of the opinion that that body could
bo prevailed upon to alter its de
cision refusing to grant the $2,000
appropriation if the foot of W street
wero not dedicated to the ferry
landing. Howover, while it is im
perative that the council take action
one way or another on this vital
matter, no serious injury will bo
done if action is delayed another
week or two, so it was agreed that
definite action would be postponed
pending the county court's ultimatum
regarding tho selection of another
ferry landing. (Noto Through a
misunderstanding, the name of the
proposed ferry landing has been
given tho name Douglas street, in
those columns, when it should have
been W street.)
The bill from the Coos Bay Gas &
OREGON PIONEER
AND WAR VETERAN
ANSWERS LAST CALL.
(By Associated Press.)
ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 11. Hi-
rum II. Pouoll, County Coinmis-
hioner of Linn county, Oregon,
pioneer mid Indian war veteran
died nt Brownsville today, aged
7!J years.
TWENTY CENTS IS
AWARDED BY COURT
TO PRINCE SAGANAW
(Swtb lEwntttg
T
French Scion Gets Little Satisfaction
For Injuries nt Iliinds of His
Cousin.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 11. Count Boni
De Castellance, divorced bus-
band of Anna Gould, of New
York, was today found guilty
of criminal assault and battery
on Prince Helio De Saganaw,
his cousin, and fined twenty
dollars. Tho Prince was award-
ed twenty cents damages.
O
GASOLINE TANK
EXPLODES TEN
FIREMEN INJURED
Accidents From All Over the Country
Brought in Over tho Associated
Press Wire.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 11. Ten firemen
were injured, one perhaps fatally,
by the explosion of a gasoline tank
while fighting a fire in a garage here
today.
STREET OAR WRECKED.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG, Feb. 11. Three
women and four passengers in a
West Homestead street car were in
jured when the car plunged over a
fifteen foot embankment near the
city. The accident was caused by
slippery rails. The car was demol
ished. ENGINEER KILLED.
(By Associated Press)
RIVERSIDE, Cal., Feb. 11. A
construction train of tho Sharpe &
Hauser Construction Company, was
ditched on tho Santa Fe near here
today. The engineer and two work
men wero killed.
DEATH ENDS ' MERRYMAKING
CONFESSES CRIME.
(By Associated Press.)
(By Associated Press.)
BUTTE, Feb. 11. Pat Gordon,
aged 24 of Butte, today confessed to
the attempts to wreck the Oregon
Short Line trains. He declared he
was drunk at the time. Ho denied a
grudge against the road but admits
a quarrel with a former section boss.
Electric Light company for December I Gordon said ho alone was to blame.
has been received and ordered paid. I Anoiuer man was urresieu wuu uui-
Th nitv-c iiPi,Hnir for that month , "on as a suspeci.
cost $246.30.
The city council last night ordered
work on a number of streets. On
Sixth street the present work was
ordered discontinued and tho city
onglneer was ordered to prepare
plans for a plank roadway, also to
extend Improvements one block
further, to H street, Grades were
also ordered established on B street,
from Front to Seventh; on Prospect
from Seventh to Davidson. It was
ordered to re-establish the grade on
C from Fourth to Davidson Next
week the establishing of grades will
bo ordered on Lincoln, Linden and
Randolph streets. Because of a de
ficit in the Tenth street fund, the
council last night passed an ordin
ance taxing the property owners for
the amount of the deficit. On mo
tion of Alderman Lockhart,1 a number
of the different street funds were
transferred into dno geridfal fiincT.
"Because of the defective condition
of the Third street;' fcewett 'between
Cedar and Pine streets it was decided
last night to make Improvements and
Young Man Without Apparent Cnusc
Shoots Companion to Death.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. A' young
woman in the tenderloin was shot
and killed while riding in a Second
Avenue car, by a young man who
sat oppdsite her. He dashed from
the car and escaped. The girl was
decidedly pretty and was known as
"Queenle" and formed one of a
party of five, threo girls and two
men, including the murderer who
had. bean, bavins a gpod time. The
cause of the shooting is a mystery.
the matter was placed in the hands of
the Health committee with final au
thority to act.
Not to. bo an'ad-reader la'to needv
&&y neglect ,n .hundred "opportuni
ties" a year chance to make money
both In buying and selling.
HE NEGOTIATIONS which have been pending for some time for the
transfer of tho majority of stock In the Coos Bay Times Publishing
Co. to M. C. Maloney have been consummated. Today I entor into com
plete ownership of a controlling interest in this paper. I have not pur
chased the entire Issue of stock but a majority of It. Tho stock taken over
was formerly the property of Andrew McClelland, J. M. Blake and Kaufman.
There Is still some outstanding stock held by local business men, public
spirited citizens who are Interested in The Times as a public factor In the
development of this section and in no sense to dominate its principles or
dictate its policies. K
The people of Coos Bay are now more or less familiar with the policy
of Tho Times under its present management but in my new relations, that
of permanent owner of the paper, I desire to have a little confidential chat
with the readers this evening. During the existence of the option I was in
absolute control of the policy of the paper but today I exchanged the tem
porary platform for a permanent one. Heretofore my relations to tho
patrons and tho paper were in a nature transitory. Today they are as fixed
as anything earthly. I have exchanged tho temporary platform for one of the
solidity of granite and as lasting as the hills. I speak now of tho principles
upon which the paper Is founded and not as to the business features in
volved. The principles are those of truth, justice and liberty and must be
as enduring as the race Itself.
Today thq paper is mine. Mine, did I say? No, it is yours. I am not
going to permit any old Pittsburg steel magnate or Standard Oil Million
aire to outdo a bumble citizen of the republic in philanthropy. While
Carnegie is presenting libraries to the various towns in the United States
and Rockefeller is endowing educational institutions I am going to present
the people of Coos Bay with a daily newspaper. Carnegie and Rockefeller
endow their institutions with dollars. I am going to endow my gift with
a life of loving service. Today I dedicate Tho Coos Bay Times to the
people of Coos Bay and Coos county. I mean it exactly as here pledged.
There are no strings to the gift. In purchasing the controlling stock of the
Coos Bay Times Publishing company I am holder of it merely as trustee
for the people on Coos Bay. It belongs to everyone on Coos Bay. Every
subscriber who pays 50 cents per month, every advertiser who spends a dol
lar in its columns becomes a stockholder and shares in tho. only dividend
it will pay for many years. But it will be self supporting. Acting as trustee
I am merely your hired man. It Is my duty to get tho best and fullest
possible service out of every dollar you Intrust me with, to print and pub
lish your newspaper for you. I realize to the fullest extent the responsibil
ity involved and will earnestly endeavor to be equal to it. When B. W.
Kamerrer pays his 50 cents on a subscription and J. W. Bennett his $2. CO
per month for his advertising card it is not a problem of how much profit
is to be obtained from the transaction but how good a service can be rend
ered with it. The money is used by me merely as a trust fund. My share
is not to be onequarter of a cent of the 50 cents I collect. I take it and
distribute it where I can secure the most efficient service. Of that 50
cents received on subscription I give a few cents to Theo. Hlllyer and R.
J. Pettle who operate the typo setting machines, a few more to Haley and
to John Juza who assist in the mechanical work. Then there Is Pasley and
the carrier boys, the office force, Roy Lawhorne, and the Western Union,
the Associated Press, and the Portland wholesale paper house. They all
must have a share of that 50 cents and it is and shall be my constant en
deavor to have them all "toto fair" to you, for it is your paper, and the mea
sure of its excellence Is the measure of your support If I render capable
rervlce and display good judgment in my expenditures. It is true there are
times when I feel that Theo and Pottle and Haley and the others do not
share with me in their appreciation of the responsibility that rests on all of
us to make The Times the very best paper possible under the circumstances.
If they did I cannot but think that it would be a better newspaper. Theo
and Haley work eight hours, sometimes longer when the power stops, but
the figures on tho clock's dial mark their hours of labor. With me It is
different. I come back every evening to go over the day's work and see If
there is something that might not be added to improve your paper. I mean
to work an hour or two. I become absorbed and when the creeping chilli
ness of the room and the growing silence admonish me I look at my watch
only to find that It is 12:30 or 1 o'clock. I am back again often at 0:30 or
7 to see that tho machines are lighted to begin another days work of Is
suing your paper. And IT IS YOURS, to promote your welfare and protect
your Interests. The platform of Tho Times is broad enough for every man,
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umns are open wide for everyone. There is no limit of creed or country,
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Labor Union, all aro alike entitled to a respectful bearing and fair treat
ment, for does not tho paper belong to all of them and wherefore should
they bo denied? It Is only asked that their cause be just and if It does not
seem just to you, let us reason together that tho grain of truth, bright and
golden and worth searching for, may bo found. I have certain ideas and
ideals as to tho conduct of a newspaper and it embraces this fair treatment
and the "square deal" for every man. Wealth or want of It enters not into
tho computation. Clay Moore and D. W. Thurston both 'are alike owners
in common of The Times as both aro sons of tho Redeemer of the world.
They view llfo and its responsibilities and opportunities from different
vantage grounds. There Is somo good in every man. At times it seems
deeply burled but It is always there. It is never completely annihilated
or obliterated. A broader sympathy, a more charitable tolerance always
aids in development of man's best side.1 This in1 a measure Is the mission
of Tho Tiniest It is one of the large planks in Its platforrm
Th0 principles of Its attitude toward Individuals is applicable nllko to
the cities on tho Bay and every town and hamlet in Coos county, une
Times stands for North Bend, Empire and Eastside equally with Marshfield.
It will labor as zealously for tho upbuilding of one as the othen Cqquille,
Bandon and Myrtle Point and all the1 sections of tho beautiful and fruitful
Coqullle valley are equally Its concern as aro Allegany, Ten Mile, Beaver
Hill, Libby and every other community In Coos county. Tho Times Is not
devoted to these various communities for revenue only but it is animated
by an earnest purpose to forward and promote their Interests. To boom
and boost In every) way within the limits of its capacity their advantages
and their resources. That is its mission -because It Is your paper and. tho
Immediate place of your' residence Is no more concern than the brand of
breakfast food you eat. And It is because I wish you to know and under
stand this that I am going into the very heart of its principles and its
policies.
It Is because I have met and talked with many of you that I have bo
come your trustee In tho publication of The Times. I know that when you
understand It Is your paper, yours In fact as well as name, that you will
stand back of It. When you know that If you furnish $1,000 In one month
to pay tho expenses of its publication that you will receive $990 in earnest
and honest service, you will not be niggardly In its support. When you
know that It cannot bo bribed or bluffed Into being false to your Interests
you will be loyal to it. That's why I am not concerned about tho report of
another1 dally being established on Coos Bay The Timea being your paper
ocuples'aTield'Of its oWn that no other paper can fill. I know that as a
practical business proposition no newspaper man Is gojng to establish an
other dally paper' ton Coos Bay for years for there Is not the business 'to
warrant lt as a commercial proposition. If that Is true any paper so started
and established imust be In some other special selfish Mnterdst and as such
rauBt, In the very nature of things, be inimical to your Interests which
are to be guarded and protected by your paper. That is why when frlendB
FIFTY THOUS
WORTH
AND DOLLARS .
1 K
ROOSEVELT APPOINTS
UTTER TO RE IDAHO'S
SURVEYOR GENERAL
Safety Deposit Box and Con
tents Are Mysteriously
Spirited Away.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.
President Roosevelt sent to the
senate today tho nomination of
Darwin A. Utter to be surveyor
general of Idaho.
WOMAN'S PEACE
CIRCLE HANGS
ONE ON "TEDDY"
Condemn Hymns of Martial Swing
Aro Also Averse To Hoys
Learning to Use Guns.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. The
Woman's Peace Circle today
condemned the singing of "On-
ward Christian Soldiers" and
other martial hymns. The
boy's brigades, as adjuncts to
Sunday Schools, and Roosevelt .
were condemned because favor-
lng the teaching of School boys
to use rifles for shooting.
Personal Property of Daniel C
Hopkins, V, P. of Hopkins
Land Co,
MESSAGE FROM THE GRAVE.
Document Bearing on Revolution and
Signed by Washington Is
Found.
(By Associated Press.)
NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 10. A
document bearing tho signature of
George Washington and attesting
that Colonel Francis Barber, com
mandant of tho second New Jersey
regiment In tho revolutionary war,
was killed Feby. 11, 1783, was found
in the court house.
COOS BASE BALL LEAGUE.
Bandon Fans Are Agitating County
League for Season.
An effort will be made to organize
a base ball league In Coos County
this coming season. Hero's to a, bet
ter ono than 1907 developed. Such
an organization put on a paying basis
and working together In hearty co
operation, will furnish many an inter
esting game and bo appreciated by
those baso ball fans who like clean
base ball. Bandon Record.
Owner Absent From Office But
An Instant When Crime,
Was Committed.
(By Associated Press.)
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 11. A. sali?
ty deposit box containing fifty thous
and dollars worth of bonds and se
curities, tho personal property at
Daniel C. Hopkins, vice-president ott."
tho Hopkins Land Company, has dis
from his ofilce in tho Metropolitans
Llfo Insurance building. Hopkim
left the box on his desk for a moment
last Friday while he stepped into ec
rear room. Since then the papessi
have not been seen by tho owner.
r
IMPROVEMENT
IS START
Work Commenced on $40,0005
Wharf for Plat B ore
Coos Bay.
Plat B Wharf Involving an ex
penditure of $40,000 , preparatory
work was started this morning on tke
Plat B wharf. This wharf is to ran
from tho old stave mill to the
boundry line at Porter, North BcnoL
Tho plank roadway which Major
Kinney is building will, of course;.,
parallel the wharf on tho inside. Tho
pile driver is now on tho grouna
awaiting the piling whicli men ore
now engaged in cutting from the -Kinney
tlmberland.
FARMERS' TELEPHONE.
Movement Inaugurated to RulliI Ohu2
Froni Halls Creek to Myrtle
Point.
A. Smalley and John Munford were
In town this week circulating a sub
scription paper for the construction:
of a farmers' telephone line from the
Russell Hill ranch on Halls Creek tc
Myrtle Point. They met with vers
general success.
came to mo and told me to be careful about investing, my money as another
daily might bo started I replied that when you know what tho principles
of The Times were to bo and that It was to be your paper I did not care ft
they started a dally paper in every block on Coos Bay. The Times wrniH
still bo in operation and continue to bo for it would bo the paper of all tie
people of Coos Bay without distinction and without favor. I do not can?
Jf Rockefeller and Carnegie were both to come to Coos Bay and with the&
millions prlrit a daily paper on white silk trimmed with gold lace aqd.
servo 1t to you tied with a pink ribbon, there would still be a place in yxsux
hearts and homes for The Times for It would be yours alone and It albrre.
would bo1 yours.
Have lyou ever stood on a street corner and seen a flashily dressed
t'entleman wrap $5.00 bills around a bar of soap leaving the corner stfclc
out and offer it for $1.00. How you wondered if the bill were really there
and how you would like to got that bar of soap for $1.00 If It woro there.
While you debated and doubted John Brown, whom you knew worked Ir.
tho'localj livery stable, stepped up with his $1,00 and bought tho soap-- He
opened it before the crowd and sure enough there was the $5.00. It was
good, too. Then you wished you bad negotlatod tho purchase. While you
procrastinated Billy Robinson, tho barber, bought another bar nnd securod.
nnothor $5.00. Then you could roslst no longer and made your purchaar'
but all you received was tho tiny corner of the bill and tho bar of choaiv
soap. Tho gamo is an old one but as Abraham Lincoln has well and
truly said "you cannot fool all tho people all tho time." Under wliafw
guise another dally newspaper comes It must bo because It has some purt fcc
to serve other than serving tho people. V
That's why Tho Times does not fear competition. There will bo nop
competition. There can bo none while your trustee rendors faithful service
In tho performance of his duty and makes your paper roally yours by being
truly arid honestly representative of your Interests. m
Tho Times Is not now and will not in the near futuro bo tho IdeaT news
paper that Its editor hopes to make It. Always howover It will keop the
lights of Its Ideals burning brightly to illumine tho path it will try to follow
If at times' you think It strays, bear with It, for (t is honest in its Intent nnd'
earnest In Its purpose, and It Is your paper, yours and mine to nld In making,
life bettor and brighter and help as best It may In solving the complex
problems that vex existence in the wprjd, ,That is why Tho Tiroes fe
dedicated today to tho people of Coos Buy and Cops county. It bqspealu! .
your support and cooperation because it Is your paper.
M. 0. MALONEY.