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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1908.
No. 33.
GOV. CHAMBERLAIN SAYS STATE
111 BUILD ITS
01 ROADS
Oregon's Chief Executive Out
lines Plan That May Be
Resorted To.
UNEXPECTED STAND
IS TAKEN BY HIM
Railroad Commissioner West
Shows Great Profits of
Lines.
"If Mr. Iliirrinian will not meet
the demand for new roads In a spirit
of compromise and justice, use the
club of taxation, and If that falls,
the people of Oregon have the power
to get a railroad for themselves un
der the initiative and referendum.
They can amend the constitution so
as to give the state power to appro
priate money to build a road or to
guarantee the bonds of some com-
WALL DUDIES
mile. Five million dollars would put
a line across the state, and in the
single year of 1907 the O. R. and N.
pany that will build across the state, earned enough to span the state after
I believe the state could build and paying all legitimate expenses.
WEB SCORE
Seven Killed and Many Injured
In Collapse at Chelsea,
Mass.
(I3y Associated Press.)
CHELSEA, Mass., Aug. 25. A
thirty-foot brick wall which was be
ing elected on building site collapsed
today and burled more than a score
of workmen. Seven bodies have been
taken out and fifteen injured re
moved to a hospital. Some of them
will not recover.
Coos Bay Will Entertain Lar
gest Crowd In Its History
During the Next Four Days.
The Second Southern Oregon Dis
trict Fair will open at the Coos Bay
Fair grounds In Marshfleld tomor
row morning. Everything is in
readiness, the last of the exhibits be
ing placed in position this afternoon
and evening.
Presidents Parrott of Roseburg,
like to have more rooms placed at
Its disposal owing to the practical
certainty of the quarters already
known being Inadequate for the
crowds that will come.
The street fair and carnival will
open this evening full blast. The en
tries for tomorrow's raclng'wlll close
nt 9 o'clock tonight. The events for
the day are ns follows:
Race No. 1 Pacing Eligible to
2:15 class, best 3 in 5; purse $400.
Race No. 2 Pacing 3-year-olds
GREAT FAIR OPENS TOMORROW PLEAD FOR DUTY TO DEVELOP
GREAT RESOURCES OF OREGOI
and F. P. Norton of Marshfleld, and and undel'' ownotI in district, best 2
operate It at a profit, as well as a
private corporation, and that may
have to be done."
In this vigorous fashion, Governor
Chamberlain this morning pointed
out what Oregon may do If E. II.
Harriman continues to disregard the
claims of Coos Bay and other neglect
ed sections of the state. The gov
ernor was unexpectedly called on at
the session of the development con
giess this morning, a delegate having
suggested that the governor had
made a valuable suggestion in con
versation last night that he might
place before the meeting.
AVns Roundly Applauded.
Reduce Freight Rates.
Taking the figures of the railroad
itself, the Southern Pacific earned
almost enough last year to build a
line into Coos Bay, above all ex
penses. Mr. West said that if the
roads do not build new lines with a
portion of the wealth they are tak
ing from the people of Oregon, there
is no reason why the state railioad
commission should not cut into the
earnings.
Touching on land grant transac
tions, the commissioner said that
about 7,000,d00 acres were given
away, a tract larger than all New
Secretaries Frank Mlcelll of Rose
burg, and G. W. Carleton of Marsh
field, have been busy at the grounds
yesterday and today getting every
thing ready for the crowds.
While the attendance tomorrow Is
not expected to reach the figures of
the two middle days and the last day,
advices from the surrounding coun
try are that hundreds are coming in.
Big delegations are expected from
the Coquille valley.
A large number have already ar
rived here for the Fair and last
night, the usual hotel and lodging
house accommodations were taxed to
their utmost capacity. The people of
Marshfleld are responding fairly well
to the appeal of the Chamber of
Commerce and the business men to
open their homes to the visitors and
furnish sleeping quarters for all.
The Chamber of Commerce Would
In 3, hobbles barred; purse $200.
Race No. 3 Running -miIo
dash; purse $150.
Race No. 4 Running -mile
dash; Purse $150.
Dajs Arc Changed.
Owing to a special request from
Myrtle Point and Coquille, Secretary
Carleton has decided to make Friday
instead of Saturday "Myrtle Point
and Coquille Day." This will neces
sitate changing "Marshfleld "Day"
from Friday to Saturday. General
Manager C. J. Millls has arranged to
run special excursion trains from
Myrtle Point and Coquille Friday.
Marshfleld and North Bend base
ball teams will play two league games
for the Fair crowd, one Wednesday
morning at 10:30 and one Thursday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Bandon
and Coquille may play here Friday
and Saturday mornings. I
DIG BROKERS
BROKE TODAY
A. 0. Brown & Co. .of New
York, Suspend Operations
Condition Not Known.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. E. F.
Buchanan, a member of the
firm of A. O. Brown & Co., to-
day denied that their heavy
operations on the stock ex-
change on Saturday were on ac-
count of Thomas W. Lawson of
Boston, of "frenzied finance"
fame.
Oregon-Idaho Development
Congress Launches Move
ment Here.
THREE NOTED MEN
TELL HOW TO D0JF
on fire
LOSS $100,000
I England. Possibly half of this land
The governor's declaration was re-, has been sold. Patents have been de
ceived with rounds of applause from i layed, county assessors have been
the delegates. Thoy had just finish- i bull dozed, and by various means the
ed listening to State Railroad Com- roads have managed to contribute
missioner Oswald West, who present- only $900,000 in taxes on these
ed an array of figures showing how grants in 40 years. That is about 40
the railroads have escaped their just cents per acre, or one cent per acre
share of taxation, have arrested de- per year.
velopment, and have gained a harvest
of millions from land grants.
Other speakers this morning were:
fI.ntMr.inn Tlm T-I Cnnff nf Gnlam '
VJUUll lilllll UU11U A. kJlUll VA UUlblll,
B. W. Johnson of Corvalis, and Judge
Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton, who
was called on to give his impressions
of Coos Bay after a stay of 24 hours.
Judge Lowell said that he had been
pleased beyond his broadest specula
tions by what he has seen here, and
ho eloquently portrayed the possibi
lities of future commercial develop
ment of the Pacific ports. On this
The grant to the Southern Pacific
alone can be sold according to valua
tion for about $25,000,000, and al
lowing $5,000,000 in full measure
for all cost to the road, the road has
been presented with a bonus of $50,
000 per mile, a sum that would build
and equip the Harriman line through
the Willamette valley.
Mr. West suggested that one way
to reach such large land holdings is
to adopt the New Zealand system of
graduated taxation of land, accord
ing to the value of holdings, so the
Two Factories Destroyed and
Many Threatened By Big
Blaze Today.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, Aug. 25. Damage ap
proximating $100,000 was caused by
a fire in the Omaha Wagon Works
and the Omaha Saddle Tree Com
pany. The big plant of the Carter-
ROCK SHOWER
OVER SCHOOL
Big Blast In 'Frisco Stone
Quarry Almost Causes Disas
trous Results In School.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. A
large blast In Gray Bros, quarry on
Nee street, near Day street, threw
a shower of rocks over a large radius
of the neighborhood. Several large
rocks went through roofs and win
coast, ho said, it will be a commerce millionaire pays four or five times as
three times the volume of Atlantic
trade, with the awakened industry of
Asia pouring Into five Pacific ports:
San Diego, San Francisco, Coos Bay,
the mouth of the Columbia river and
Puget Sound. Ho said he would liko
to stay hero for a week, but was com
pelled to return north this morning.
Road Supervisors Present.
There was a good attendance at
this morning's session of the devel
opment congress, including many of
the road supervisors, who came par
ticularly to hear what Judge Scott
had to say of the good roads move
ment. Judge Scott made a talk on
general lines, explaining that it has
been decided to call a special road
meeting later on, after the district
fair, so that the subject may bo taken
up without having attention diverted
by other subjects. He declared in fa
vor of working convicts in road build
ing, not on the highways themselves,
but at quarries located at convenient
points. Ho talked of the advantage
of a permanent road system, with
state and county roads, the latter
radiating from the county seats and
forming a consistent network over
the state.
Cost of Railroad.
State Railroad Commissioner West
dealt largely with figures of railroad
cost, maintenance, earnings and taxa
tion. He said that if all the earn
ings of the O. R. and N. above rea
sonable interest, profit and operating
expense had been used to build new
roads. Mr. Harriman would
much as the man of small means and
the man having only $2,500 or less
Is exempted altogether.
"This is not unjust," said Mr. West
"because for a long time the burden
has been on the small land owners.
The land held by the big railroads
cost them nothing, for what they did
not steal was given to them."
The address of Mr. Johnson was
brief. He told of the development
of Corvalis and the Influences that
have helped to build up the agricul
tural college. He is the president
of the Corvalis commercial club
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
Good Program For Final Session of
Development Congress.
The fllnal session of the Oregon
Idaho Development Congress will bo
held at the Chamber of Commerce at
7:30 o'clock this evening. Everyone
is invited to attend. An interesting
program has been arranged. The
program is as follows:
"Organization Completed," Ad
dress by ex-Senator Andrew C. Smith
of Portland.
"Railroad Possibilities," Henry
Diers of North Bend.
"Our Visitors," J. W. Bennett of
Marshfleld.
Report of committee on resolutions
which consists of Gov. George E.
Chamberlain as chairman, Judge S.
A. Lowell of Pendleton, Col. Wm.
White Lead Works was saved with a dows of the Clement school and only
slight loss. j the fact that school had not yet been
For a time It was feared that the called probably prevented a panic of
500 pupils. Four children just en
tering the yard were struck by rocks
but were not seriously injured.
blaze would assume the proportions
of a conflagration and sweep a big
area.
NEW CLUE OF
THEFT FOUi
Government Man Says Fitz
gerald Made Notation On
Missing $173,000.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Captain
Thomas I. Porter of the government
Secret Service, has revealed that he
IANDIT GETS
$1,500 BOOTY
Lone Highwayman Holds Up
Stage In Wyoming Early
Today.
(By Associated Press.)
HELENA, Mont., Aug. 25. A spe
cial to the Record from Cody, Wyo
states that the stage running between
Identified as the handwriting of , that place and Meetetse. Wyo.. was
George W. Fitzgerald the notation held up by a lone robber and the pas
"$173,000" on the $10,000 bank sengers mulcted to the extent of
note sent to the subtreasury by the,$l500. Because of the distance
Commercial National Bank. All trace separating the places, the robbery was
of the note Is lost but officials are , evidently not committed by the same
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. The sus
pension of A. O. Brown & Co., one
of the largest brokerage houses in
this city, was announced on the New
York Stock Exchange this af
ternoon. The transactions of the
firm In the remarkable stock market
of last July have been under inves
tigation by the authorities of the
Stock Exchange, and today It was
announced that the transactions had
been made for firms under the rule
which provides that where the firm
is unable to deliver stocks sold to
another broker, the purchaser may
buy up the stock at the expense of
the firm falling to make the delivery.
Receiver Is Named.
D. W. Noel was named as assignee
for A. O. Brown & Co. No statement
of the assets and liabilities is avail
able but It Is presumed that the fig
ures will be large as the firm gener
ally is supposed to have had heavy
Interests in the market. Representa
tives of the firm made the following
statement:
"The affairs of the firm are badly
tangled, and It was felt necessary to
suspend In order to straighten them
out."
The effect of tho suspension upon
the market was not so violent as an
ticipated. The volume of trading in
creased rapidly but the prices vacil
lated and there was no general move
ment in either direction.
After the panic last fall, many of
the Arm's branches were closed. At
present, the firm has offices in Buffa
lo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Erie,
Utica, Toronto and Patterson, N. J.
The Arm was organized in 1902. Its
members are A. O. Browji, G. Lee
Stout, E. F. Buchanan, Samuel C.
Brown and W. R. Whitman.
I .
highwayman who held up eleven
coaches In Yellow Stone Park, yester-
Grlmes of Marshfleld, Francis H.
now Clarke of Marshfleld, B. W. Johnson,
have so many lines that ho would W. O. Chase of Coquille and Col. E.
have difficulty In securing enough Hofer of Salem.
flagmen to station at the crossings in
Oregon.
The speaker gave figures to show
that the average cost of building new
Report of committee on permanent
organization which consists of Judge
C. A. Sehlbrede as chairman, Dr. C.
W. Tower and C. J. Mlllis, all
certain It was the top bill on the
package of tho $173,000 for the al
leged theft for which Fitzgerald was day,
arrested, and It established that the
stolen money is being circulated In
Chicago. Fitzgerald says he may
have written the notation but says Murderer of Aimls Refuses to Re-
IIAINS IS BROKEN UP.
It Is the common practice to do so
on the top bills of large bundles.
CLASH IN CHICAGO.
Government Men and Private Detec
tive Agency Lock norns.
move Ills Uniform.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Major
Hains and one of tho attorneys for
tho defense endeavored in vain today
to Induce Captain Halns to remove
his uniform and discuss the murder
uhjsauu, Aug. z&. Assistant in the jail. Captain Hains strode
United States District Attorney Da- j nervously back and forth In the cor
Yis stated this afternoon that the ridor. savine "You don't understand
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federal authorities had concluded
not to take part In the prosecution
of G. W. Fitzgerald, accused of rob
bing the Subtreasury, unless further
evidence against Fitzgerald was un
earthed. The government authorities
do not believe the present evidence
warrants the holding of Fitzgerald.
It is now a clash between the private
lines in Oregonfhas.been. $17,000 per Marshfleld
of detective agency that had Fitzgerald
arrested, and the government forces.
my leave of absenco expires today
and I must get back to my post of
duty. I can't remain here any lon
ger. I must get back to the fort."
Every time his counsel brought up
the shooting of Wm. Annls, Captain
Halns would repeat the performance
BEGINS SUIT
Wife of New York Millionaire
Wants $50,000 For Insults
From Process Server.
(Bv Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Mrs.
Howard Gould has brought suit for
$50,000 against Frank A. McLaugh
lin, a Fifth avenue tradesman, who
brought suit to collect bill for articles
he mado for Mrs. Gould. Mrs. Gould
alleges the process server wantonly,
maliciously and cruelly Insulted her,
causing her to sustain a. Bevero ner
vous Bhock.
BIG REVIEW HELD.
Great
Thousands Participate In
Event At Sydney.
SYDNEY, Aug. 25. A grand re
view was held in Centennial Park
in which COO men of tho Royal Navy, havo to carry a knapsack In order to
3,000 from the American fleet, 7,000. cross them.
Gov. Chamberlain, Col. El
Hofer and Judge Lowell.
Address Meeting.
The Oregon-Idaho Development:
Congress opened in the Marshfleld7
Chamber of Commerce last night and!
the audience was limited only by the
standing and seating room. Coos-.
Bay and Coos county contributed'
largely to the audience although?
there were representatives of many
6ther sections of the state present as.
delegates.
Tho convention was called to order
by vice-president I. S. Smith of thor
Chamber of Commerce In the absences
of President J. T. McCormac. He
sald that Coos Bay welcomed thee
delegates and was always anxious ta
take part in progressive movements.
He introduced Secretary Walter Lyon
who outlined the objects of the meet
ing. Following this, Judge Scott wasr
electcd temporary chairman and1
Walter Lyon temporary secretary. In
welcoming Judge Scott to the chair,.
Mr. Smith presented him with a
myrtle wood gavel which brought
forth a pleasing speech of acceptance
from Judge Scott.
Then followed the three principal?,
addresses of the evening by Gov
George E. Chamberlain, Judge Low
ell of Pendleton and Col. E. Hofer
of Salem.
Gov. Chamberlain's Address.
Gov. George E. Chamberlain waev
warmly welcomed by tho audience
Preliminary to his addicss, he told
some humorous experiences that hacT
marked his previous visits to Coos
Bay and while ho felt that he had:
been the victim of some practical!,
jokes by J. W. Bennett, Jack Flana
gan, Mr. Seaman and others, he was5
always glad to get back to Coos Bay
and was always hoping for an op
portunity to even up a few scores.
He said that he thought there wore
three things essential to the develop
ment of this section now, namely the?
construction of more railways-,, tire
construction of good country roads
and tho Improvement of the wntbiv
ways and harbors. He said that he
know no section of Oregon,, that It.
was all Oregon to him and that while
necessarily Improvements must be
started In some locality, all tended!
to build up the state and in turn the-!
upbuilding of the state contrlbutedr
towards the upbuilding of the na
tion. As to tho railroad situation, he
said that he had just returned from
a conference with E. E. Harriman at
Klamath Falls. He said some had
criticised him for going to see Harri
man but ho wanted to say that he
would travel 10,000 miles to see
Harriman or anyone else If he
thought that by so doing he would-
secure the construction of five miles
of railway in Oregon. Ho said that
Mr. Harriman told him that the re
cent flurry had so tied up tho mon
ey market as to necessitate the stop
ping of work on tho various projects
hut that ho (Harriman) expected to--resume
them soon. Ho said that Mr.
Harriman piomlsed to build tho road "
to Coos Bay which would cost about
$3,000,000, but would not fix a de
finite date. However, Mr. Harriman.
had promised him to build a north-
and south line across Oregon and'
that ho (Chamberlain) was confident
that before long a similar would be
built eastward across tho state from
Coos Bay.
In this connection, ho said the
people must remember that all Ore
gon Is not a productive region and "
that while looked easy on tho map to
construct railroads, there wore some
sections so poor that a crow would!
of tho naval and military forces of
and finally his brother and counsel Now South Wales and 4,000 cadets
loft him with tho keeper who was took part. Tho vast amphitheatre
trying to induce him to remove the was flllod with thousands of sjiecta
uniform. , tors.
To Bring Harriman Here.
Ha said that ho had urged Mr.
Harriman to visit Coos Bay and had'J
secured a partial promlso that Mr-
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