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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1908)
Wi ADDISON WWIfiUfL": block of mnrble; and the nrt or tho sculptor only clears away the super flous matter, and removes the rub- (tos X DlfHTpDt "We should not let tri- HlvlllLiV fles merely plague us J they should also gratify us. We should seize not their poison-bags only, but their HONEY-BAGS, too." J "Times" want ads, afford a simplo f method of turning trifles to useful ends of "taking the sting out" of a. small events. Mmm oisii. statues or 'Opportunity," Success," and "Good Fortune" lie i concealed and often scarcely con- cealed at all In "Times" advertising $&- (. 04"04 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED I'HESij VOL II. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1908. No. 240 TR RESULT HilSTS CMS OF CLEVER If W RIDINGS ARE HELENA DAM "OB BIG ERECTED OK COOS BAY GIVES AWAY RUSE Scores of Residences and Busi ness Blocks Now Under Construction Here. LARGE ONES TO BE STARTED SOON. Partial List of New Structures. Prices of Material Going Up. building activity was never more marked on Coos Day than this spring, the large number of business blocks, residences and public im provements indicating the unusual growth and prosperity of this sec tion. In addition to the new $75,000 Chandler hotel, the $30,000 high school building and the four-story block which J. H. Bridges will erect on the Gulovson corner, a large number of smaller buildings are now under way or will soon bo started. In addition to these are the fine new Coos Building, the Flana gan and Bennett Bank building and the First Trust and Savings Bank buildings to which the finishing touches are now being put. In the public Improvements which will soon be under way are the pav ing of Front street from the city hall to 'C street, the South Marsh- field sewage system, the grading of a score of streets, the new ferry across the Bay and other work. Since the last resume of building operations was printed in The Times, the following have been started, out side of Plat B and North Bend where similar activity is manifest and a resume of which will be print ed in The Times tomorrow. Residence Work. F. E. Whitmore, cottage in Idaho addition. Peter Scott, six-room house in South Marshfleld. W. Barney, six-room house in ILast Marshfleld. Robert Hazen', cottage in South Marshfleld. Charles Metlin, eight-room house in South Marshfleld. O. M. Moody, cottage in Bunker Hill addition. George Blood, remodelling and enlarging residence in North Marsh fleld and new six-room house in East Marshfleld. Frank Hall, cottage In Railroad addition. Rollin Wooley, six-room house In East Marshfleld. Jens Hansen, fine modern resi dence in Ferndale. George Smallwood, seven-room cottage in East Marshfleld. Captain Hans Reed, eight-room cottage in Ferndale overlooking Bay. Dorsey Keitzer, fine modern resi dence in South Marshfleld. John Hayden, residence In Bun ker Hill addition. R. Monteith, eight-room house In Ferndale. Larger Buildings. Guy Lattln is having a largo three-story rooming house built on Sheridan, near Queen street. The residents of Sengstacken's ad dition are putting In three blocks of plank paving. Masters and McLain are building a dock just north of the railroad coal bunkers, giving them their own ship ping facilities. M. J. Mangan is erecting a two- story building on Broadway below Queen, the first story of which is to I ue udcu iui ilia uuiitji Ltinuife jiunuto and the second story to be fitted as a flat. H. E. Bishop is erecting a similar building adjoining Mangan's build ing. I. S. Smith will build a two-story store building at .the corner of Broadway and Washington streets. W. H. Burnhagen will build a small store building in Bunker Hill addition. L. J. Post, cottage in South Marsh fleld. E. F. Lemeux, six-room, two story house In Ferndale. George Merdln, six-room house in East Marshfleld. Wm. E. Homme, eight-room hoube In Coos Bay Townsite addition. Co.t Will Increase. "The extent of the building opera tions and Improvements under way here Is not realized by most of the people," remarked Robert K. Booth, manager of the C. A. Smith Lumber and Manufacturing Company's re tall business here today. "Despite the vast amount of work now under way, 1 look for moro of It later on. Now Is a good time to build as prices of material and labor have been low, I look for an advance of from fifteen to twenty-flve per cent In the cost of building within the next few months, the advance being d'.:s to the Increased demand follow ing thft restoration of prosperity throughout the country." WHEN you want a messenger boy, 'pLone 111. WILL GUILD URGE HOTEL J. H. Bridges Announces Four Story Improvement For Gulovson Corner. In addition to the new $75,000 Chandler hotel, for which plans and specifications have been' ordered and which will shortly be under way, Marshfleld will soon have another hotel. J. II. Bridges of Reno, Nev., has written that he has completed preliminary arrangements for put ting up a four-story modern ho. el on the Gulovson corner at Br.vid way and 'C streets which, he says, will be completed within four months. Mr. Bridges, wife and daughter will arrive here from Reno in about a week to make their permanent home. It will be recalled that dur ing Mr. Bridge's first visit here a few months ago, he purchased the Garfleld block on Front street and took a twenty-year lease on the Gulovson corner, showing that he is a doer as well as a talker. Mr. Bridges had traveled extensively for the purpose of investigating the desirable places to settle down in, i being anxious to select one with the best prospects, and his selection of Coos Bay is no small tribute to this section's attractiveness to wide awake men like him. In a letter to Henry Senstacken, Mr. Bridges says: "I have my plans completed for a fine four-story hotel building for the Gulovson corner and expect to have It completed in four months. It will be modern and equipped with the latest hotel appliances. I feel the town will justify the improvements and pay handsomely on the Invest ment." It is understood to be Mr. Bridges' Intention to make his new hotel a popular priced European one, and while It will be In operation prob ably before the more expensive new Chandler can be completed, It will not Interfere with the latter. FOR ALLEGANY P. E. Larson Starts Extensive Building Operations at "The Head of Navigation." P. E. Larson, who made a big strike recently In the Nevada gold fields, has purchased extensive hold ings at Allegany and Is arranging to make extensive Improvements In that town and to establish a sum mer resort and recreation grounds there. He has let contracts for about $25,000 worth of building Improvements already and has plans for other work to be done during the season. The resort will bo mado the prin cipal thing in Mr. Larson's holdings nt Allegany, now known as "The head of navigation." Ho proposes to furnish hotel accommodations, fish ing grounds, hunting grounds, equipment for both, tennis courts and other diversions. Ho expects to put another boat of his own In com mission between Coos Bay and Alle gany soon. Ho has purchased the hotel at Al legany and Is now having It re modelled and enlarged, making It modern In every respect. Ho is also erecting a store build ing, threo cottages and largo livery barns there. The lumber was pur chased from the C. A. Smith Com pany of Marshfleld and Is being hauled up by Captain Edwards on the steamer Alert. AGED WOMAN DIES FROM PARALYSIS. Mrs. Chapman Succumbs to Long Illness at Emergency Hospital. .All's. Judson's Mother. Mrs. Chapman, aged 73, died at the Emergency hospital last night of paralysis. She had been 111 for sev eral years and was taken to the hos pital a few weeks ago. For a time, she appeared to improve but suffer ed a sinking spell yesterday after noon that proved fatal. Mrs. Chapman had resided in this section for a number of years and was formerly a nurse. She is the mother of Mrs, Judson, wife of the chief engineer at the Marshfleld pumping station. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock from the Baptist church, Rev. D. W. Thurston officiating. Large Property Loss Results From Flood in Northern Montana. LAKE HAUSER NOW DRY. Contents of Immense Reservoir Swoop Down Valley Carrying Death and Destruction. (By Associated Press.) HELENA, April 15. Late devel opments In the bursting of Lake Hauser Dam near here indicate that the financial loss will exceed $300, 000. A private message from Great Falls says that the flood Is rapidly approaching that place, and that in order to prevent the destruction of its smelting plant, the Boston & Mon tana Company ordered the destruc tion by dynamite of the Black Eagle Falls dam. This was done, material ly lowering the bed of the river at the site of the smelter. Another workman, the second vic- An Immense lake, covering twenty square miles in the valley below Helena, was completely drained at an early hour today. Below Craig as far as Ulm, the Great Northern tracks are under water. Because of the fact that telegraphic and tele phone wires were washed out, no further details are obtainable at this time but ample warning had been given all residents In the track of the flood by riders and by wires before the flood swept the wires away and It is not thought that there will be any additional loss of life. The entire village of Hauser Lake was swept away with the belongings of thirty employes. A large number of houses in the path of the flood were undermined and washed away. A special to the Record says that the town of Craig was washed away after the residents had been warned. Carl Ide was drowned at Great Falls while working to strengthen the dam to resist the flood. The dam will bo rebuilt at once. FIGRT IS ON Better Contest Waged for Con trol of Democratic Party in That State. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 15. A bitter contest between state senator, Patrick McCarren, and the forces led by Chairman W. J. Conners and Charles Murphy over the seating McCarren delegates from King's county delayed the opening of today's session of the New York Democratic state conven tion. The fight was In the credential committee and its finish was expected in time for the convention to meet again at four o'clock. Meantime the Conners-Murphy forces agreed upon the names of Alton B. Parker, Charles F. Murphy, Lewis ;ixon, and Charles Froeb, as delegates at large to the national convention. It was announced that Nathan Straus would be one of the presidential elec tors. Friends of Bryan decided to abandon the idea of presenting a minority report to the democratic state convention from the committee on resolutions favoring an instructed delegation for Bryan from New York. German Emperor Gives Un usual Toast in Honor of Of ficers of English Navy. (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, April 15. A dispatch from Corfu states that Emperor William In the course of a dinner In honor of the olflcors of tho British battleship Implacable gave tho fol lowing toast: "I drink to our two flngs and I wish that they may over bo united for public welfare and tho world's peace." Captain Kerr, commander of the Implacable, whose father was Lord Admiral Kerr, replied, "My father used to say with reference to your majesty that God had created a great emperor out of a man who had become a great admiral." W 0 KAISER FOR WORLD PEACE Franklin Institute's Former Treasurer Succumbs to News of Embezzlement. BROUGHT ON APOPLEXY, Ilciheit i:. ilejl, Honored Official For 'Jwi'iily-'iuo Years, Overcomes J'y Chnrgo. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, April 15. Her bert E. Heyl, recently retired from tho Franklin Institute of which ho had been actuary and treasurer for twenty-two years,, read In a morning paper that a warrant had been Issued for his arn'M on the charge of em bezzling $12, COO, was seized with what Is said to have been apoplexy and died shottly aftrewards. FIVE QUAKE SHOCKS FELT Several Towns in Utah Slnken By Earthquakes Early This Morning. (By Associated Pres.) SALT LAKE, April 15. Five dis tinct earthquakes were felt early this morning at Mllford, south of here. Tho people ran from their homes in alarm. No serious damage was done. The shocks were also felt at New house, Utah. Democratic and Republican Leaders Will Not Comply With Roosevelt's Wish. (By Associated Fruss.) WASHINGTON, April 15. In spite of the president's urgent recom mendation contained In his special message sent to congress yesterday that four battleships bo provided for in the naval bill, that body is not likely to authorize moro than two at this session. Chairman Halo of tho committee on naval affairs, said in an interview that two are suffi cient and that there Is a possibility that only one will bo provided for before the bill Is finally passed. Representative Williams said that two-thirds of the Democrats will vote against four battleships and tho Re publicans leaders appear confident that at least half of tho Republicans will do likowlso. Roosevelt Is Determined. In the course of tho battleship de bate In tho House, Representative Hobson said that Roosevelt told him that ho would veto any public build ing bill sent to him unless ho secured more battleships. Hobson's amend ment to the naval appropriation bill providing for four battleships In stead of two as reported by tho com mittee was defeated by tho House by a voto of 79 to 190. The Tawney amendment reducing the number of new battleships to be appropriated for from two to one was defeated in tho House by 205 noes to 05 nyes. RUSSIA ORDERS l'OUR. Czar Arranges to Strengthen Ills Xnviil Force. (By Associated Pntcs.) ST. PETERSBURG, April 15. Ac cording to the Russ, the admiralty has decided to order four nlno-hun- ored ton torpedo boat destroyers from England, The vessels havo tur bluo engines. JAPAN FEARS KOREAN REVOLUTION SOON. Dispatches from Seoul Announce Ac tivity of Revolutionists and Itoyrottcrs, (By Associated press.) TOKIO, April 15. A dispatch from Seoul says that tho Revolution ists are active south of tnat city. Two cabinet ministers have resigned and the antl-Japaneso movement is In creasing, The military forces will be increased. BALK ON NAVY PLACE WILCOX UNDER ARREST North Bend Man Held on Bench Warrant Charging Four Dif ferent Crimes. J. C. Wilcox, proprietor of tho North Bend dance hall, was arrested this morning on a bench warrant by Marshall J. W. Carter. Tho war rant was Issued by Judge Hamilton of tho Circuit Court and Is on four charges, two alleging the sale of liquor to minors, one charging him with conducting a house of Ill-fame and tho fourth charging that ho per mitted gambling in his place. Mr. Wilcox, after being placed under arrest was taken before L. A. Llljeqvist, deputy district attorney, and furnished $2,000 bonds, $500 on each count. The bonds were signed by L. A. Frey ot North Bend. Mr. Wilcox will be arraigned at the coming term of the circuit court. HOLDUP LOCAL E. A. Becket, Coquille Liquor Man, Starts Action to Pre vent Submission. Word was received here from Co quille today that E. A. Becket, a Co quille liquor dealer, had Instituted action to restrain the Coos county court from ordering or having the local option question submitted to a vote of tho electors at tho regular election In June. Tho news was un officially conveyed to Judge Hall. It is understood that Mr. Becket In his action requests that tho peti tions to havo tho question submitted bo reviewed In the circuit court, alleg ing that the present petitions do not comply with tho law. Other rea sons are also cited, it is understood. Judgo Hall had, in compliance with tho petitions circulated by the Coos County Anti-saloon League, or dered that tho local option Question be submitted at tho regular election Juno 1st, and notices to this effect are now being posted. Whether Becket will succeed In his attempt to prevent the question being submit ted at this time remains to b6 deter mined. ASSASSINATES POLIO GOVERNOR. Litliiiiilnii Students Slays Official During Reception. (By Associated Tress. VIENNA, Austrln, April 15. Tho wholo of Galllcla Is In a state of ex cltemont ns a result of tho assassina tion at Lomborg on Sunday of Count Andrea Potockl, tho governor of that province, by a Luthlnlan student who while tho count was giving an audience to a delegation of students. Tho "Young Luthlnlnns ' In tho Austrian parliament declared that such crimes are a national necessity to put a stop to Polish oppression. Last night thousands of Poles par ticipated In tho nntl-Luthlnlnn de monstrations. They gathered In mobs and broko tho windows of tho Luthlnlan clubs. Washington Bad Men Finally Surrender in Cascade Moun tain Fastness. (By Associated Press.) SEATTLE, April 15. Without fir ing a shot Deputy Sheriffs Matt Star wlch and John Liner, heading if de termined but exhausted poeso Into yesterday nftornoon In tho snow bound fastness of tho Cascade moun tains south of Stampedo Puss, closed in on Mike Potrldgo and John Bosa- vlch, tho Servian bandits, and cap tured thorn. Store your Goods with tho Bay Slio Paint Co., North Bend. I POSSES RON 001 BANDITS Their Petition of Remonstrance to Additional Saloon Nearly Lost by Trick. FINALLY SUCCEED IN GETTING IT BACK. Martin 0'Neil Begins Legal Ac tion to Compel Council to Grant License. North Bend citizens are today laughing heartily over a ruso that last night caused much commotion nmong tho Law and Order League members and prohibition workers and several hurry up trips to Empire lest the efforts of the latter to keep another salooh out of that city bo thwarted. For several weeks, there has been an earnest contest between tho pro hibitionists and Martin O'Nell over the proposal of tho latter to put In another saloon. Under tho North Bend ordinances regulating saloons. It Is required that petition signed by at least fifty must bo presented to the city council before that body can grant a license to a saloon and also that In case there Is a remonstrance petition, the number of signers to the petition for a saloon must exceed tho number on the remonstranco. Tho North Bend council was to meet last night and It was expected! that O'Noll's petition to secure an other saloon license would be pres ented. Yesterday, tho Rev. Summor Iln and others worked hard to get as man'y signers as possible to tho petition of remonstranco and last evening, turned It over to Judgo Syver Backey to be presented to tho council. "Volunteer" Appears. A short tlmo boforo the council session was to open, Claudo Wheeler nppeared at Bnckey's office. "Glvo me that petition 'of romon6tra.nco so I can let a couple of follows over here sign It," said Wheeler after greetings had been passed. "All right. Tho more, tho bet ter," retorted Judge Bnekey as ho innocently lianded over the petition. Half an. hour passed nnd Whcolor fulled to return with tho remon strance petition. Tho council was about to meet and Judge Backey bo gan to get uneasy. Ho thought a moment and his suspicions were nroused. lie started out to find Wheeler but hunted In vain. Final ly, tho Hverymnn told him that Wheeler had engaged a rig to drlvo to Empire. "We don't need signers nt Empire and we do need that petition right away quick," thought Judge Backey as It began to dawn on him that lio was tho victim of a carefully laid plot. Hailing Marshall A. F. .John son, he told the officer his troubles and Insisted that Johnson get Wheeler and the petition as quick as possible. Johnson was oft In stnnter for Empire. Meanwhile, tho council met and decided to adjourn without trans acting any business owing to tho death of Councilman Coleman's wife. TlniB O'Nell's petition didn't come up nnd tho remonstranco wasn't needed. Remonstrance at "Old Corner."' However, Marshall Johnson found Wheeler pd tho petition at "Tho Old Corner" In Empire and returned! with them. Tho contf3t is not ended yet. O'Nell Is said to havo declared that ho will start a now saloon Ira. North Bond and Rev. Summerlln,. Judgo Backey declaro "Nay, nay." How many signer's O'Nell hats secured for his petition Is not known. Rr". Summerlln said today that ho UM 177 signatures to thae romnnstrai.'-e nnd expected to get moi'e. Thus tho gnmo goes merrily on, tho leadors of tho opposition being: determined though tlint they will not trust their petition to uny, "volun teer workers" any mora. STARTS LEGAL ACTION. O'Nell Atfenipfs ot Compel North I lend Council to Grant License. It became known lato today that Martin O'Nell had Instituted action In the courts to conipol tho North Bend council to Issue tho Heenso to htm. In his application for n writ of mandamus, It 1s understood that ho claims that tho city council has no right to refuse to grant a license, tho North Bond chnr'er or ordi nances moroly providing that tho council can rogulato saloons but can not restrict tho number or refusa licenses. City Attorney McLeod of North Bend says that the claim Is poorly founded nnd will not stand tho tost. J. W. Bonnett of Mnrshflold is said to bo Mr. O'Noll's attorney. Wo will store your goods for lo cubic feet, Ilay SIdo Paint Q i.orUi Bend.
