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VOL II.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908
No. 285.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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