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J they should also gratify us. We
should seize not their poison-bags
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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.