The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, June 06, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA REAL 1EWIPAPER. ALTOS,, ouvcwk, IVBHPIUrPBVT, SINCKRK. CUflflS ISxmm A PAPER OF THE PEIPLE. DY THE PEOPLE, AN1 FOR THE rEOPLE. mm MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRESH VOL II. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908 No. 285. L COUNTY Canvass of Returns is Com pleted by Officers at Coquille. NO RADICAL ERRORS FOUND IN CHECKING. Bedillion Leads Kinney by 176 and Cake Has 119 Majority. Coos county went wet by 74 ma jority. This announcement was made today after the completion of the official canvass of the returns of last Monday's election. Errors In the unofficial returns resulted in the previous announcements that the wet majority was 38 or less. R. E. L. Bedillion, the 'Democratic candidate for State Representative, defeated Major L. D. Kinney by 176 votes, less than was first conceded him. The University appropriation car ried the county by a majority of 418 while the Reddy Home Rule or open town bill was defeated by five votes In the county. Cake carried the county over Chamberlain by 119 majority. The total vote of the county In the mat ters in which interest was centered was as follows: Local Option. Wet 1806 Dry 1732 Wet majority 74 State Representative. R. E. L. Dedllllon (Dem.) 1479 L D. Kinney (Rep.) 1306 M. Breuer (Soc.) 563 Joint Representative. I. N. Muncy (Rep.) 1G88 M. Doyle (Ind.) 725 W. C. Weaver (Soc.) 731 State Scnntor. W. C. Chase (Rep.) 1563 Hugh McLaln (Dem.) 1079 R. D. Hume (Ind.)' .;..'... .'. . 35'6 S. L, Curry (Soc.) 556 United States Senator. H. M. Cake (Rep.) 1505 Geo. E. Chamberlain (Dem.).. 1386 J. C. Cooper (Soc.) 412 L. H. Amos (Prohlb.) 156 Reddy Open Town Hill. Yes 1514 No 1519 Majority No 5 University Appropriation. Yes 1405 No 987 Majority Yes 418 NOTED FRUIT Inspector M. G. Pohl Announ ces Program For State Of ficials' Visit. Editor Coos Bay Times: As Frdlt Inspector for Coos Coun ty, it Is a part of my duty to lay be fore the people a synopsis of the work I have done. The Inspection of orchards is finished for this sea son, I have visited 1184 different orchards and examined 96,968 fruit trees. On closing now, I will say that there are a few more orchards In the county to bo visited, the distance from other orchards is so great in one instance 30 miles from Myrtle Point that to avoid unnecessary 'ex penses, I omitted such visits. I beg all fruit growers to be on their guard as there are many more codling moths here than admitted. If you,valuo your orchard be sure' and examine your fruit carefully this summer and fall, and destroy all such worms found inside the fruit and report and bo assisted by the Inspector. June 6th, the commissioners of the State. Horticulture Department will arrive. On the Eleventh, ad dresses by those gentlemen will be given In the Chamber of Commerce in North Bend; on the Twelfth, In Marshfield; the Thirteenth, in the Grange Hall of Myrtle Point; the Fifteenth, In Coquille. From Ban don, no Invitation has been received. Inviting you all to these meetings, I will say that you will all be not only Interested but you will receive value In full. M. G. POHL. Fruit Inspector, Coos Co. . MOTHER i3 there with the coffee. 19 M 74 WET MAJORITY Y LEAVE Large Number of Coos Bay People to Attend the Close of the Rose Festival. The Breakwater sailed for Port land from Coos Bay early this morn ing. The passenger list was large, many of the people going to Port land to attend the Rose Festival. The freight cargo was rather light. Whether Captain Magenn will at tempt to make a new record on this trip or hot will depend on the weather. The passenger list was as follows: J. A. Lamb, Mrs. J. A. Lamb, R. Walters, W. D. Clark, W. C. Lor beer, Mrs. John Peterson, John Pe terson, Mrs. Hunt, E. Bartlett, Shad. Hudson, Mrs. L. B. Maury, Miss Gertrude Williams, A. A. Hammett, P. Chance, J. L. Cane, Mrs. Cane, F. A. Hartman, Mrs. Hartman, Miss Ethel Kuhn, Mrs. Horton, A. L. Pe ter, Dr. M. O. Stemmler, Mrs. Stemm ler, Miss Clara Kirkpatrlck, Mrs. Watson, J. W. Lord, C. Donnelson, L. R. Hilt, Mrs. Hilt, Mrs. Harring ton, Miss Marie Nichols, W. E. Foote, E. E. Baring, C. A. Meade, M. L. Davis, J. Hyde, J. H. Huston, Miss A. M. Brown, D. C. Huston, Mrs. Huston, Robt. Huston, E. DeGrelf, Mrs. DeGrlef, Miss Leonora DeGrief, Robt. Edmunds, Mrs. Edmonds, Miss Maggie Edmunds, W. A. James, Mrs. James, E. James," Jim Rolls, Jas. Chuiorous, Ray Leslie, Elmer Schu feldt, Jas. Beery, E. Gandno, R. Ro soff, C. Stodoff, F. Woodruff, E. Lostnoff, G. Gandno, A. Nlcloff, J. P. Jordan, J. M. Martin, A. Pokeskl, J. Dubay, Y. Trlffnoff, M. NIcoloff, C. Obert, L. Winot, Wm. Casner, A. W. Kennedy, Miss Orina Cave, F. Urick, V. Stanna, A. Annaoff, L. Pugh, L. Hamilton, E. Aspaugh and H. A. Sherman. T GAME E SUNDAY Expect Good Ball And Turnout In Marshfield To morrow Afternoon. Manager Arthur McKeown today completed preparations for the open ing game of the Coos County League season which will be played by North Bend and Marshfield on the Marsh field grounds tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. If the weather Is fa vorable, there will be a record breaking turnout. Manager Mc Keown has got a promising lot of players together and expects the team to strike a winning gait from the start. The sale of season tickets has not been large to date, but It Is expected the subscription tomorrow will be large as by purchasing a season ticket the average cost per game during the season will be less. North Bend Is no less confident of winning tomorrow than Is Marsh field. Its team has been together longer and has probably had better practice than the Marshfield aggre gation to date. The Marshfield line up tomorrow will probably be as follows: Pitch, Capt. Theile; catch, Rutled ge; first, Dlmmick or Bryan; second, Goldie; third, McCutcheon; short, McKeown; left field, Cowan or But ler; center, Tower; right, Johnson or Boyer. This will be the first tryout of the new battery, Theile and Rutledgo and much Is expected of them. ALL TRI5IMEI) HATS, LATEST STYLES, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES AT THE CLARKE MILLI NERY. THE ROSE CARNIVAL at Fort land Is attracting many people and McArthur's Pharmacy Is in lino and desirous of showing you an attrac tive, careful and painstaking pres cription drug store. Always a com petent man in charge at McArthur's. Ml n mun G ON CHAMBERLAIN IS BEGUN Effort Is Being Made At Port land to Have Statement No. 1 Men Agree to Vote For Republican For United States Senator. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, June 6. The Even ing Telegram says that ah agent of the opposition to Statement No. 1 has approached at least three mem bers of the house elected from Mul NEBRASKA SWEPT Br CYCLONE Six Killed, Four Fatally Hurt And Many Injured By Terri fic Storm In Filmore. (By Associated Press.) GENEVA, Neb, June 6. At least six are dead, four fatally hurt and several others more or less seriously MONTANA FLOOD Railway Lines Are Washed Out With Over $1,000,000 Loss, Crops Destroyed And RJiin On Every Side. (By Associated Press.) BUTTE, Mont., June 6. With crop losses estimated at from two thirds to total destruction in several rich valleys of the' state, with dam age to the railway lines estimated at more than a million dollars and WOULD DIE J. B. Scoggins, Painter, Be-i comes Despondent and At tempts Suicide. BANDON, Ore., Juno 6. J. B. Scoggins, a painter, attempted to take his own life, by stabbing him self In the chest, the knife blade pierced the left lung and only missed the apex of the heart by a hairs breadth, Mr. Scoggins had been des pondent for some time over family troubles and had been indulging a little too freely in stimulants, but a day or two before he committed the act he seemed in better spirits and no one thought of his ever commit ting such a rash act. Mr. Scoggins was out in the coun try near Rosa's mill when he com mitted the act and before he could be brought to town to receive medic al aid ho had bled very profusely and was very weak, but he was given the best of attention and while his chances for recovery seemed very poor, he was doing quite well at last report and the possibilities are now that he will get along alright. WILL PROBE ENTRIES OF C. A. SMITH HERE. U. S. Land Commissioner Announces They Will bo Probed if Found to be Fraudulent. ' WASHINGTON, June 5. The at tention of Land Commissioner Den nett being called to the recent dis closures in Oregon land frauds made in Puter's book concerning the C. A. Smith timber entries, said that steps had been taken by his department to protect the Interests of the Govern ment, and if, the entries were shown to be fraudulent they, .would be can celed. Commissioner Dennett was ad vised today that District Attorney McCourt had filed bills in equity to cancel the Smith entries on May 26. THE MELROSE will also put on a chicken dinner tomorrow, try them. GO TO SMITH'S tomorrow and get a good "square." DON'T FORGET the young friers at Mother's Sunday. SOME GOOD CHICKEN at the Melrose Sunday. N MN tnomah to have them secede and vote for a Republican for United States senator in opposition to Gov ernor Geo. E. Chamberlain who was elected by the people at last Mon day's election to go to Washington. The legislature Is overwhelming Re publican and fifty-two members are sworn to support the candidate re ceiving the popular vote at the reg ular election. This would result in a Republican legislature sending Chamberlain, a Democrat, to the senate. The Telegram does not name the legislators who have been "seen" but it says that a young lawyer is acting for the Interests opposed to Chamberlain. injured as a result of Friday's torn ado which swept across Filmore county, destroying everything In Its path. The tornadoes were practically the climax of a series of smaller storms which passed over western and south ern Nebraska during the past two days. LOSS MILLIONS while the systems can scarcely be put on a normal basis under two weeks and with from eight to ten passen ger trains stalled in Montana with little hope of rescue, Montana today is experiencing the worst flood In the history of the Northwest. It Is impossible to get trains in or out of Butte over any railway. The Great Northern trains are tied up near Basin. The Northern Pacific officials frankly confess that they do not know where their express trains are rior can the whereabouts of the Oregon Short Line train be learned this morning. American and European Bank ers Make Offer For Harriman Securities. NEW YORK, June 6. An an nouncement that the Union Pacific has sold to a syndicate of American and European bankers $40,000,000 of the $100,000,000 of first mort gage bonds authorized last month is expected to be made soon. The price at which the bonds were taken by the banking syndicate Is verlously estimated at from 93 to 94. SHIP GOODS EAST. Coos Hay Sending Manufactured Cedar to Eastern Points. More manufactured material from Port Orford cedar is being sent out of Coos Bay for shipment to points in the eastern part of the United States than for several years. The steamer Alliance, Captain Olson, ar rived with several carloads of sashes and doors consigned to John A. Gau ger of Chicago. There were more than 2000 bundles in the shipment. In addition to this material, the steamer brought the usual amount of freight for Portland delivery. On her next trip she will' bring two car loads of milk whey. It will be brought In sacks and will occupy a big part of the steamer's space. The Alliance had a list of 70 passengers. She will go out on the return trip Saturday night. Portland Tele gram. DR. SCH00NMAKER GETS FINE OFFICE SUITE. Well-Known Dentist Moves Into Fine ly Equipped Offices in First Trust and Savings Hank Building. Dr. Bert E. Schoonmaker has just completed moving into his fine now office suite on the second floor of ttye First Trust nnd Savings Bank building. He has celebrated his re moval by tho Installation of the most modern dental equipments ob tainable and it is said that his ofilce contains a more complete and up-to-date equipment than the majority of the dentists of Portland the larger cities have. The many friends he baa made during the three years that ho has been practicing dentistry on Coos Bay are congra tulating him upon his new office and fine equipment Keep your eye on the 49ers. BONDISSUE IN DEMAND EXPLOSION ON TENNESSEE KILLS FIVE AT SAN PEDRO WNSAWn Celluloid Factory in Austria Blows Up With Dreadful Results. (By Associated Press.) VIENNA, Austria, June 6. Six teen workmen were killed and seven teen others injured in an explosion in a celluloid factory at Ottawarlng. Fire which followed the explosion threatened to cremate the vlctimc, but firemen and volunteers succeeded in rescuing them. Too intense heat near the celluloid Is believed to have been the cause. y BY EXPLOSION Gas Tank Storage Plant at In dianapolis Blows Up With Serious Results. (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 6. The plant of the, light company on South street which stores gas tanks, blew up Ihls morning. Eleven were injured, one fatally. St Vincent's hospital and a fire-engine house ad joining were badly damaged. Of the Injured, three were em ployes of the wrecked plant, two city firemen, four hospital employes, one patient In the hospital and one a Sister of Mercy of the hospital staff. SMITH CAFE always has a swell chicken dinner on Sunday. ALL MILLINERY IS BEING SOLD AT MRS. A. G. AIKEN'S AT GREAT LY REDUCED RATES. DR. WALTER has removed hi? dental office from Nasburg block to Bennett & Walter building over Magnes & Matson store. Magnificent New Mercantile Establishment of Merchant & Kammerer Opens. The opening of the beautiful new store of Merchant & Kammerer last evening was more of a social func tion and civic celebration than a mere mercantile event. Tho dedica tion of this new business establish ment marks an era In tho commer cial annals of Coos Bay. For the first time the opening of a new busi ness institution was made the occa sion of a general celebration and as no goods wore offered for sale tho store was transformed Into a great social bazaar where the people of Coos Bay came and crowded to in spect the fabrics and products of many places artistically arranged while tho sweet strains of the or chestra added to the illusion of the social side of the affair. The store itself was a revelation to those who viewed it for tho first time. Largo and roomy it lent it self readily to the artistic arrange ment of fixtures and display of mer chandise which resulted In a happy realization of Its full possibilities, cash carrier system has been instal led leading to tho private office on an elovator In tho rear where tho cashier Is located. The various de partments In tho different sections aro compactly and conveniently ar ranged. Altho tho opening was advertised for 7:30 as early as 7 o'clock tho people began arriving and soon nil Coos Bay walks led to tho new store Tho fixtures wero all made to order, SIXTEEN DEAD IN EXPLOSION M OPENING IS BIO SUCCESS Many Other Seamen on U. S. Armored Cruiser Injured In Accident. DISASTER'S CAUSE NOT YET ASCERTAINED. Several of the Score of Injured Likely to Succumb to Hurts. (By Associated Press.) SAN PEDRO, Cal., June 6. Four wero killed outright and a score or more United States seamen were severely injured, some fatally, lato yesterday afternoon when a boiler pipe on the United States armored cruiser Tennessee exploded. Tho death list was Increased to five today when E. J. Burns, a coal passer, from New York City succumbed to his in juries after a night of terrible suffer ing. Several others will probably die. Whether the pipe was defective or whether the accident was due to negligence has not been ascertained but an Investigation has been order ed. Early today, six of the seriously hurt were brought off tho Tennessee and sont to Los Angeles in a special electric car. The removed Included Walter S. Burns, a coal passer of New York; R. W. Watson, fireman, second class, East St. Louis, 111.; A. Hayes, water-tender, Brooklyn, N. Y.; H. Fitzpatrick, fireman, first class; S. S. Tamatis, fireman, first class, Norfolk, Va.; F. S. Maxfleld, fireman, second class, Youghena, Pa. Maxfleld Is not expected to survive, several others will probably die from Inhaling gas and steam. The bodies of E. J. Burns of Now York, E. C. Boggs of Woodland, Ala.; C. W. Meek of Skidmore, Kan.; George Wood, of Scranton, Pa., and A. Reinhold, .of, . Germany, were brought ashore this afternoon and Interred with honors in Harborvlew cemetery overlooking the bay. BANDITS FIGHT POSSE. (By Associated Press.) PITTSBURG, June 6. While at tempting to arrest four men early this morning, near tho Elizabeth county line, Detective Englart shot and killed ono of the men, and ho himself was wounded twice. Tho men aro alleged to bo implicated In the robbery of the Monogahela Con solidated Coal and Coke Company's general store Thursday morning. Tho other three men aro barricaded In a vacant house and are holding a posso of citizens in check with rifles and revolvers. An automobile with six county detectives has gone to tho scene. A desperate battle Is expect ed. tho mission stylo being followed thruout and were elegant and ar tistic. The store Is divided Into two sections one for ladles and the other for gentlemen. These broad aisles lined on either side with the counters and shelves all conveniently arranged to save tho tlmo of the shopper and conserve the energy of the clerks give the place a really metropolitan appearance. A modern and from shortly after 8 o'clock until nearly 11 o'clock tho store was thronged with humanity out in holi day garb in honor of tho occasion. Tho dainty and delicate fabrics In tho dry goods department wero ar tistically draped along the broad aisles adding a touch of beauty and color to tho dark background of tho fixtures. Every department was crowded, Bhelves and counters fair ly groaning beneath the weight of u tremendous stock. The Coos Bay Orchestra rendered an excellent program and tho sweet strains of the music adding much to the pleasure of the evening. There was a perfect crush of fair feminity and late comers could only attach themselves to the fringe of tho throng. Six large arc-gas lights and a flood of electricity shed their efful gent rays over tho scone. Tho ex clamations of surprise, delight, and approval wero constant thruout tho evening and Messrs. Merchant and Kammerer wero kept busy receiving congratulations on tho evidence of their enterprise and faith in tho future of C003 Bay as shown by this magnlflcont mercantile estab lishment pronounced by those who know to bo tho equal of any atoro In Oregon outside of Portland, and ono of tho finest on tho coast. It is a credit alike to Coos Bay and tho gentlomen whoso enterprise and business ability have mado It possible. hi 8 i 4' i: H m t a m I--