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VOL II.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1908.
No. 274.
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ASKS PAROLE FOR J. C.
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HARRY THAW 1ST REIIH
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Government Files Notice of Ac
tion Against C. A. Smith Co.
of Coos Bay.
TRACT SAID TO
BE IN LINN COUNTY.
Lumber Company's Financial
Agent Charged With Illegal
Action.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, May 25. To recover
9,280 acres of the best timber land
In Oregon, valued approximately at
$1,000,000 now in the possession of
C. A. Smith, the millionaire lumber
man of Minneapolis and Coos Bay,
United States Dist. Atty. John Mc
Court today Hied bills of complaint
in a suit in equity.
The 'defendant named are C. A.
Smith, his financial agent, Frederick
A. Krlbs, and the Mealy brothers
who are alleged to have secured
"Dummy" entrymen and the entry
men themselves.
The tract is in Linn county.
Unless the holding is cancelled, it
is alleged, by June 4, 190S, Mr.
Smith will have absolute possession.
ESSAYS FOR CONTEST
MUST BE IN SOON.
Saturday Last Day on "Which Manus
cript Will bo Received on "Coos
Bay as a Summer Resort."
Saturday will be the last day on
which the Chamber of Commerce
will receive essays in the "Coos Bay
Summer Resort" prize contest. The
essays are expected to be about 750
words each. Tho following prizes
have been offered for tho best ones:
For first prize, by Seymour Bell
$10.
Second prize, by Walter Lyon
?5.00.
Third prize, by Geo. Goodrum
hat.
R.D.HUME MUST PAY
FINE IN CANNING CASE.
Oregon Supremo Court Holds Law
providing for License Valid
Action Hard Fought in Court.
SALEM, Ore., May 23. Affirma
tion of tho case of the state vs. R.
D. Hume by tho Supremo Court
makes It obligatory upon the defend
ant to pay a fine of $500 for canning
salmon in hermetically sealed tin
cans without having first secured tho
proper license from the state. The
conviction was secured by a deputy
game warden in Curry county and
the case was appealed on an alleged
error made by the court.
Hume through his attorneys chal
lenged tho validity of the law licens
ing salmon canneries, on the ground
that the law was not within that
function of the legislative powers de
fined as police regulation. Tho at
torneys contended in was tho inten
tion of those who framed the law
that it was to be a means only of
raising revenue, and therefore was
unequal in its operation and violated
tho organic law of tho state.
Tho Supreme Court held that it
was properly under the category of
police regulation and not Invalid.
SAYS TAFT WILL HAVE
BIG LEAD IN CONVENTION
Manager Claims That He AVI 11 Have
a AViilkiuruy in tho National Re
publican Convention at Chicago.
COLUMBUS, Ohio., May 25. Ar
thur I. Vorhys, roauager of tho Taft
canvass has out the statement in
which ho says the last convention to
choose delegates to tho Chicago con
vention has now been held. He says
tho nomination of Taft on tho first
ballot is now a foregone conclusion.
Of tho 980 delegates. Vorhys says
5G3 havo been positively Instructed
to vote for Taft or aro under resolu
tions of endorsement equivalent to
tho Instructions. He says Taft at this
time, has a total delegate strength
of approximately 700.
FRESH HALIBUT
Fish Market.
at Ellerby's
in in usrn .?i,uuu,uuu
IS! SESSIO
South Marshfield Sewer and
Ferry to Come Up at To-
Night's Meeting.
Residents of South Marshfield will
appear before the city council at the
meeting this evening to protest
against the plan of the city to build
sewage system covering only part of
that section. They declare that they
want a sewage system, are willing to
pay for It but that they want the
sewage system to cover the entire
section so as to be a sanitary safe
guard. Also that they are opposed
to the proposed sewage system being
emptied into Mills slough.
Citizens and business men inter
ested in the proposed ferry who have
been waiting for many weeks to have
the service started will also appear
before the council tonight to ascer
tain why something Isn't done. They
claim that the county court arranged
to defray the expenses and all theln seVeral sections have been washed
city had to do was to arrange forlout and lt ls reported that a number
the ferry
'slip" at the end of the '
street.
The selection of a city cleric will
also come up tonight. No one has
been selected, it ls understood and
W. F. Squires ls likely to be retained
for a time until the special assess
ment work for paving and other
Improvements is completed.
M. F. Plant From Frisco and
Alliance From Portland Ar
rive Today.
Tho M. F. Plant reached Coos
Bay this morning after one of the
roughest trips she has encountered
In many weeks. A stiff Northwest
wind fought her progress all tho way
up and part of the time the North
wester assumed tho proportions of a
gale. Tho passenger list follows:
J. Larson, Mrs. Larson, J. Elch-
wold, Mrs. C. R. Zurlne, Mrs. AVorth-
ington, AV. B, Jennings, Mrs. Jen
nings and children, P. H. Soulo, J.
II. Flanagan, Grace AVilliams, Mrs.
Rasmusson, F. N. Knuppenberg, Mrs.
Knuppenberg, Miss Judd, Mrs. In-
gersoll, AV. Bower, E. D. Bradley, A.
Mereen, Jas. R. AVall, D. L. True-
man, E. AV. Kammerer, Mrs. C. H.
Duke, Miss Ross, C. P. Morgan, C. H.
AVelner, J. Erickson, Mrs. Erlcson,
Capt. A. M. Simpson, F. H. AVeeks, J.
M. Flanagan and sixteen steerage.
Alliance.
The Alliance arrived early this
morning from Portland with a largo
passenger list and about 250 tons
of freight for Coos Bay. Tho wind
was favorable to her and she had a
good trip down. Among those on
board were:
Fred Cooper, Fay Clark, Goldlo
Clark, K. A. Abrlght, Geo. Johnson,
Wm. Redgley, AV. AV. Chamberlin,
T. II. Mlnot, Dr. II. AVelllngton, Fred
Schellins, Fred AVelse, And. God
zukinas, M. Thompson, T. Sato, Mat
Still, J. S. Lawrence, L. AV. Planz,
Thos. Coke, A. AV. A'ariiey, Grace
Brooke, R. J. Coke, T. T. Land, A.
F. Pickering, E. P. Bowman, Alex.
Rannler, Jos Hart, A. T. Stanfleld,
Anton Ronobum, AV. AAr. Rloves, D.
P. Castor, Alfred Hill, Isac Lakra,
F. Garrison, C. Eskildson, J. How-
son and 12 steerage.
Till
! BEST INDEX TO PROGRES
CIVILIZATION IS GOOD
SIVI3
BIS h si 1h!
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ROADS AND GOOD SCHOOLS. DO " ns u' "snorinen ior uio r.m
NO'f FORGET TO A'OTE IN FAArOR n're JIarket a,so landed a flno catch.
OF THE OREGON UNIVERSITY AI- j
PROl'JUATIUN HILL, MONDAY, '
JUNE l.
Petition to Gov. Chamberlain
to Free North Bend Dance
Hall Proprietor From County
Jail is Being Circulated.
Petitions to Governor Chamberlain
asking for the parole of J. C. Wilcox,
the North Bend dance hall proprietor
who is serving a twelve months sen
tence In the county jail at Coqullle
for his numerous offenses, are being
quietly circulated in North Bend. A
number of signers has been secured
and as Judge Guerry, who was Wil
cox's attorney, Is planning to go to
Portland tonight or tomorrow, it Is
presumed that he will take the mat
ter up Immediately with Governor
Chamberlain.
The application for a parole so soon
for Wilcox comes as a great surprise
and will probably be hard fought
Trinity River Suddenly Be
comes Raging Torrent and
Sweeps City.
(By Associated Press.)
DALLAS, Tex., May 25. Trinity
river is a raging torrent. Bridges
of persons have been drowned.
A section of the Texas and Pacific
Accept Major L. D. Kinney's
Tract Bay City School Dis
trict Organizes.
By a vote of 5G to 3, the residents
of North Bend this morning decided
to accept Major L. D. Kinney's offer
to donate four acres of land for a
site for the new $40,000 high school.
Tho election was in the nature of a
caucus.
Tho site Is nearly in the geopraphl-
cal center of North Bend, being just
east of tho commissary building.
AVhlle it is a little out of tho center
of population now, there is a feel
ing that tho city will grow that way
and as the pupils residing farthest
from it now will have to walk only
about three-quarters of a mile, they
do not think it will bo any hardship
on them.
Superintendent Raab announces
that tho title for tho site has been
practically cleared so that lt will
come to tho school district unincum
bered. In addition to donating the
site, Mr. Raab says that Mr. Kinney
has promised to bear the expense of
clearing tho title.
Bay City Organizes.
Tho residents of Bay City held a
meeting at Frank Marhoffer's store
Saturday night to organize tho new
school district there. Messrs. Mc
Neal, Ben Mathlson and AVm. Phil
lips were elected directors and Mrs.
AV. F. Squires clerk. Another meet
ing has been called to bo held AVed
nesday night at the C. A. Smith lum
ber Company's office to discuss and
also to determine tho site for tho
proposed school building. Dr. J. T.
McCormac of tho Marshfield school
board was present Saturday evening.
BIG CATCHES OF
HALIBUT ARE MADE-
The record halibut catch In Coos
coulity was made Friday afternoon
by Jack Ellerby and AValter Durgan
when they landed fifty-one, tho larg
est of which weighed about 120
pounds. They were out only about
four hours when they had a load.
Tho run of halibut on tho banks
off Coos Bay was evidently heavy Fri-
I .. t a ii. T-i
ANDERSON & HALL agents for
South Marshfield Coal. Phone 817.
DALLAS, TEXAS,
NORTH RENO
SCHOOL SITE
by a number who were Instrumental
in securing his punishment. They
claim that it would be a travesty on
justice for Wilcox to be paroled so
soon, especially In view of the le
niency that Judge Hamilton has pre
viously shown Wilcox. Judge Hamil
ton in sentencing Wilcox a few weeks
ago called attention to the fact that
he had shown great leniency to him
but as it was apparently not appre
ciated, ho thought that It simmered
down to a determination of whether
Wilcox or the law should prevail.
One of the grounds set forth In
the application for a parole for Wil
cox Is said to be that his punishment
took on the nature of persecution
rather than prosecution.
There are several Indictments still
hanking over Wilcox's head and as
to what will be done with them,
Prosecuting Attorney Llljeqvlst has
not announced.
SWEPT BY
bridge was washed out and fifteen
men thrown into river, six being
drowned. The city is without water,
the mains probably being broken by
the force of tho flood.
At two o'clock, the flood reached
51.3 feet, the highest ever known.
The situation is growing worse every
hour. It is estimated that two thou
sand are homeless In Dallas. The
city will be in darkness tonight. The
mayor issued a call-conference to
business men.
ARE SELECTED
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Conclude Annual Meeting
at Salem.
SALEM, Ore., May 25. Selection
of Albany as the place for the next
meeting, installation of officers and
a street parade In which nearly 1000
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs partici
pated, were the principal Incidents
of tho last day of tho session of the
Odd Fellows' grand lodge.
The full list of new grand lodge
officers is as follows:
Grand master, Ed. Hostetler, The
Dalles; deputy grand master, H. E.
Coolidge, LaGrando; grand warden,
T. F. Ryan, Oregon City; grand sec
retary, E. E. Sharon, Portland; grand
treasurer, Q. D. Doane, Tho Dalles;
grand marshal, F. D. Gardner, Baker
City; grand conductor, Amos Vass,
Salem; grand guardian, C. B. Din
widdle, Prlnevllle; grand herald, J.
L. Reynolds, Jacksonville; grand
chaplain, Thomas J. Elklns, Port
land.
Rcbclcah Assembly OlHcers.
The new grand officers of the Re-
bokah assembly aro as follows:
President, Mrs. Mary E. Smith,
Grants Pass; vice-president, Mrs,
Carrie Hubbard, Independence; sec
retary, Mrs. Ora Cosper, Dallas; war
den, Mrs. Addle Grout, LaGrando;
treasurer, Mrs. Edna Jacobs, Corva
Hs; marshal, Mrs. Bello Belchers, La
Fayette; conductress, Mrs. May
Greer, Hillsboro; chaplain, Mrs. Jaca
AVllloughby, Eugene; inside guard
ian, Fannlo Heckman, Portland; out-
siro guardian, Nettlo Burnett, Marsh
field. The Grand Encampmont elected
tho following officers: Grand pa
triarch, E. J. Seoly, Albany; grand
high priest, II, Robertson, Roseburg;
grand senior warden, John M. AVil
liams, Eugene; grand scribe, E. E.
Sharon, Portland; grand treasurer,
AV. AV. Francis, Albany; grand rep
resentative, H. M. Beckwith, Port
land; grand marshal, G. P. Rickloy,
Harrlsburg; grand sontlnol, Dr. G.
A. Poguo, Ontario; grand outside
sentinel, J. S. Lawrence, Coqulllo.
MISS A'lLLIEItS' Dancing Class
will closo Friday ovonlng, May 29,
at I. O. O. F. Hall, with an exhibi
tion of fancy dancing. At closo of
ontortalnment thoro will bo a social
dance. Music by Coos Bay Orchestra.
IEI
IN THE STATE
TWO VESSELS
ARE ASRORE
Trading Schooner Louise P.
Runs Aground Near Cape
Flattery Today.
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, May 25. The trading
schooner Louise S., owned at Port
Townsend, is ashore at Tillar Point
midway between Port Angles and
Capo Flattery.
(By Associated Press.)
NEAV YORK, May 25. The Clyde
steamer Seminole, from San Domin
go and AVest Indian ports, is report
ed ashore near Point Pleasant, N. J.
MAJOR MclNDEE GETS
COL ROESSLER'S PLACE.
New Orleans Man Appointed to Take
Charge of Government AA'ork On
the North Pacific Coast.
AVASHINGTON, May 25. Major
James F. Mclndee, engineer officer
now stationed at New Orleans, was
ordered to proceed to Portland as
soon as possible after July 1 to re
lievo Colonel S. AV. Roessler.
The order of tho Chief of Engin
eers follows:
"Major James F. Mclndeo will
temporarily transfer the duties In his
charge to First Lieutenant AVIldure
AVilllng and will proceed to Portland,
as soon as practical after July 1, and
relieved Lieutenant-Colonel Solomon
AV. Roessler of the fortification and
river and harbor works In his charge,
together with the money, property
and records pertaining thereto, and
will also report to tho commanding
General, Department of tho Colum
bia, for duty as chief engineer officer
of that department to relievo Lieutenant-Colonel
Roessler, who will pro
ceed to Newport, R. I., and relieve
Major Harry Taylor of tho duties In
his temporary charge pertaining to
the Newport engineering district."
Major Mclndeo has for a long time
been stationed at New Orleans, where
he has had charge of Sablno Bass
and improvement of tho lower Mis
sissippi, He has also been on duty
in AVashlngton, and Is highly regard
ed in tho engineer corps.
Major Mclndee has long been an
xious to go to Portland. Ho has
relatives at Astoria.
JOHN QUIGLEY BURIED HERE.
Funeral of Coos County Pioneer Held
This Afternoon.
John Qulgley, generally known ns
George Qulgley, was burled hero this
afternoon, tho remains having been
brought hero on the M. F. Plant
from San Francisco where ho suc
cumbed suddenly of apoplexy a fow
days ago. His daughter, Mrs. J. S.
AVorthlngton, at whoso homo he died,
accompanied tho body.
Tho funeral was hold from tho
undertaking parlors of M. J. Man
gan at 2 o'clock this afternoon, tho
Rev. Father Curley conducting tho J
services. Burial was in tho Catholic
cemetery.
Mr. Qulgley was born at Liverpool,
England. Ho was 7C years old. Ho
camo to America In 18C5 and to Coos
county In 18C9. Ho was 70 years
old. Ho was married hero,
and for years conducted a
boarding house at Llbby. Mrs.
Qulgley died flvo years ago. Ho ls
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
AVorthlngton of San Francisco, and
Mrs. Richard of North Bend. Also
by tho following step-children, Mrs.
D. Donovan of Beaver Hill, E. F.
Swearglngen of Cedar Point and Mrs.
T. Schultz of Uklak, Cal.
VOTE TOR R. E. L. Bedllllon,
Democratic candldato for representa
tive from Coos county. Ho stands
squarely for statomont No. 1 and
pledgos hlmsolf to vote for tho peo
plo's cholco for United StatoB son-
ator rogardloss of politics or personal
preferonco.
IF YOU havo somo good potatoes
bring them to F, S. Dow,
INSA1E ASYLUM
Chief Justice of New York Su
preme Court Refuses Re
quest For Release.
JUDGE SAYS HE
IS STILL INSANE.
Lawyers of Slayer of Stanford
White Ask Permission to
Change Him.
(By Associated Press.)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 25.
Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stan
ford white, will not be released from
tho lunatic asylum. This decision
was rendered by Justice Morschau
ser of the Supreme Court in an opin
ion filed early this morning In tho
matter of Thaw's application for re
lease by a writ of habeas corpus.
Justice Morschauser declares Thaw
is now insane, that his commitment
to the asylum by Justice Dowling
after the laBt trial of the case was
entirely legal.
Thaw's lawyers will apply for per
mission to place Thaw in some other
Institution.
Thaw apparently accepted with
resignation the decision that he is
still insane.
MANY ATTEND NUPTIALS
AT BAY CITY SATURDAY.
Marriage of Miss Judith Nelson and
Homing Groth Solemnized at
Home of Bride's Parents.
Miss Judith Nelson and Mr. Hem
ing Groth were united in marrlago
at the homo of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Nelson in Bay
City, Saturday evening, tho Rev.
Bengston officiating. Tho bride was
dressed in white China silk and car
ried roses. The maid of honor was
tho bride's sister, Miss Hannah Nel
son. AV. Ashlund acted as grooms
man. Tho bride recently moved hero
from Minneapolis and is an accom
plished young woman. Tho groom
also camo hero recently from Min
neapolis and Is employed at tho C.
A. Smith mill. Among thoso present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nelson,
Miss Hannah Nelson, Mr. Martol Nel
son, Mr. AVolfred Nelson, Mr. Fred
rick Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. B. Mathl
son, Miss Hannah Larsen, Miss Slg-
na Larsen, Miss Hilda Larsen, Mr.
John Dahlqulst, Miss May Swanson,
Mr. John LIndahl, Mr. Algot Nord,
Mr. Gust Erickson, Mrs. N. E. An
derson, Mr. .Albert Alquist, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Dahlln, Mr. John Ander
son, Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson, Mr.
AVllliam Durrand, Mr. Gust Ander
son, John Llndqulst, Fred. Matler,
D. Nordqulst, F. AV. Dunn, Miss
Grace Johnson, Frank Marhoffer, Pe
ter Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Erick
son, John Eastman, Fred Edlund,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Alhquist, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Peterson, John Lofgren,
Malcom Anderson, Arthur Chopo,
AVllliam Naslund, Ed. Anderson, Mr.
Landstone, AV. D. Balne, Aug. Aka
son, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Larson, Erik
Edlund, Carl Edlund, E. S. Laven,
Amid Burman, Otto Acklund, A.
Sandberg, Mrs. J. Swanson, Joe and
Lindsay Anderson.
Tho Coos Bay orchestra furnished
music for dancing. A light supper
was sorved at 12 o'clock.
Enjoy Outing. Although Sunday
morning's weather looked anything
but Inviting It could not dampen tho
spirit of tho many Sunday excur
sionists that had planned parties for
various parts of tho bay. Among
others who onjoyed to tho uttermost
tho glorious afternoon at Jordan's
covo was a party from North Bond.
Tho party consisted of Mesdames
Haines, AVelllng, Johnson and Tall
forro. Misses Goldlo Chllds and Em
ma Johnson, Messrs N. Hames, Leo
Hames, Paul Tallforro, AVm. Ireland,
Harry Russell, Lou Loomls and Roy
Lawhorno. Tho day was given up to
tho usual fostlvltlos of such occa
sions. VOTE FOR I. T. AVookly. Dem-
ocratlo nomlneo for county commls
slouor. Ho Is In favor of good roa
and equal apportionment of if
funds for each and ovory dlstr
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