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Vol. Ill
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1908.
No. 40.
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Second Southern Oregon Dis
trict Exposition Proving
Great Success.
PEOPLE GATHER
FROM ALL OVER
Event Will Last Four Days and
Prove Record Breaker
For Section.
The Second Southern Oregon Dis
trict Fair opened this morning with
a crowd and an exposition of south
western Oregon's products that was a
surprise to the management and a
revelation to the throngs that gather
ed for the first of the four-day event.
A typical late summer Coos Day day
afforded the warmth and sunshino
that insured the pleasure of all.
Being the first day, not much of an
attendance was anticipated so that
when the peoplo began to flock to
the fair grounds this morning, Presi
dents Parrots and Norton, and Sec
retaries Mlcelll and Carleton were
surprised. While the throngs on the
streets lnat evenlntr hnri erlvpii tliptn
fWi n indication of today's doings, they
did not anticipate the number that
came.
Of course the crowd reached the
hlghwater mark this afternoon on ac
count of the races. The races begin
at 2 o'clock each afternoon.
Many Are Coming.
The crowd is representative of
southern and western Oregon, near
ly all parts of this section of the
state being represented. All day
long people have been arriving by
stage, by boat, by auto and on foot.
The Coquille valley crowds will come
tomorrow and next day, special train
service being provided for them.
Many of the business houses of
Coos Bay are arranging to close dur
ing the afternoon of one or more
days in order to allow the empleyes
to attend.
Enjoy First Confetti.
Confetti had Its first general in-'
traduction In Marshfield last night as
did the carnival. From 7 o'clock un
til midnight, Front street was
thronged from one end to the other
and lucky was the man, woman or
child who didn't get eyes, ears, nose
and mouth full of the bits of colored
paper with a little additional down
their backs. The only reason they
didn't get more was because the sup
ply of confetti gave out. Then came
substitutes that were than tho con
fetti. The "barkers" and "spielers"
converted Front street Into a midway
and all apparently had a good time.
Exhibits Are Good.
The finishing touches were put on
the exhibits and the arrangements at
the grounds during the early morn
ing hours. A few were a little late
In getting in but this afternoon,
everything was in readiness for the
visitors.
The exhibit of vegetables and
garden truck Is especially good. The
quality and quantity exceeded tho
expectations. The possibilities of the
Coos Bay country in this direction
were not understood by even the old
residents until they gazed on the ex
hibition today.
The fruit exhibit does not really
do tho horticultural Interests of the
section justice as it is not the right
time of year for it. However, thero
is a good exhibit of apples and ber
ries and the exhibitors are busy ex
plaining what a few weeks means to
tho orchard products and the condi
tion of the berries a few weeks ear
lier. The fancy work exhibit and art ex
hibit are good, much better than had
been believed possible.
Mrs. Yoakam, Coos county dairy
Inspector, declares that the exhibit
of butter and cheese is one of tho
best she has ever seen.
Fish Hatchery Exhibit.
One of the novel and attractive ex
hlbits is that of the United States
Fish Hatchery on Coos River. Super
intendent Frank Smith has several
thousand young flsh In a pool on the
grounds and other exhibits of tho
hatchery and the work it is doing.
The livestock exhibit will not bo
10 FINE EXHIBITS OKLAHOMA MINE IS DEATH TRAP CRUSADE FDR DEVELOPMENT OF
0PE1IIG OF Ffilfl HFRF rty Men Entombed Near "J-"" " "Ji TH S SEOIIQi I MIMED HERE
AUTO ROAD
Los Angeles and Nevada Syn
dicate Plan to Start Trans
portation Line.
A plan to build an automobile
road between Coos Bay and Rose
burg and to operate a line of autos
over It has been launched by Mr.
Crow, representing a Los Angeles
syndicate which owns and operates
several auto transportation compa
nies In Nevada. Mr. Crow has a sur
veying party going over the road
now.
Mr. Crow figures that the road can
be put in good shape for a compara-
1 tively nominal sum, making It pass
able for autos the year around. He
says that it will not lie necessary to
cut the grades so much as to plank
and All the low places so that they
will not become nlmosy Impassable
mudholes. He Is confident that he
can fix It so that a minimum speed of
twenty miles per hour can be main
tained over it.
He has taken the matter up with
the Marshfield and Roseburg Cham
bers of Commerce and hopes to get
the improvement made so that tho
line can bo started this fall. It is
proposed to put a portable sawmill
on tho Job, cutting down the timber
along the right of way and planking
wherever necessary. Already eight
' miles of the distance has been plank
ed.
Dozen Firemen Injured In Acci
dent at $350,000 Phila
delphia Fire.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 26.
Fire early today destroyed the build
ings of the Overbrook Carpet Co. A
dozen of firemen were hurt by a fall
ing wall, one seriously. The loss is
over $350,000.
complete before tomorrow, many of
the animals entered not arriving un
til today and not being in condition
for show purposes.
Tho horse stables, cattle,' goat,
sheep and swine pens are well filled
with high grade animals.
Tho poultry exhibit was not quite
In readiness this morning, many of
tho fanciers not having their birds
in yet.
Many Fine Booths.
Thero are many fine booths around
the exterior of the pavilion, local ma
nufacturers and merchants doing
themselves proud in exhibiting their
products and wares. Among thoso
who have exhibits are:
A. W. Meyers and Company of
North Bend.
Coos Bay Furniture Company's
fine Myrtlo wood.
Cribbs & Mason Photo Gallery.
A. M. Prentiss and Company.
J. E. Graham, taxidermist. ,
A. J. Alger's Pacific Boat Co.
Sunset Condensed Milk Co.
DeLaval Cream Separator Co.
Empire Cream Separator Co.
Union Meat Company of Portland.
North Bend Manufacturing Co.
Tower-Seaman Co.
Pacific Iron Works.
Coos Bay Oil and Supply Co.
Pearce Harness Company of Myr
tle Point.
O. O. Lund leather goods.
Hazelwood Milking Machinery.
Coos Bay Oil and Supply Company.
Steamer BREAKWATER SAILS
for Portland Saturday, Aug.' 29th, at
FALLING WALL
CATCHES MANY
1p.m.
Thirty Men Entombed Near
McAlister and Fire Thwarts
Efforts to Rescue Them.
(By Associated Press.)
McALESTEK, Okla., Aug. 2 0.
One of the worst mine disasters in
the history of tills part of the south
west, occurred at the Haileyvllle
WiFE GETS
HUBBY SLAIN
Valdez Bride Has Former Ad
mirer Kill Groom In Presence
of Latter's Son.
fBy Associated Trees.)
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 2G. A
special to Tho Times from Valdez
records an atrocious murder of Peter
Kavorzoof who recently married a
young girl and took her to his farm.
George Pestrlakoff, a former admirer,
followed the young woman who
hated and feared her husband, and
Induced Pestrlakoff to kill her hus
band which he did with an axe In
the presence of the dead man's
twelve-year-old son.
ATE RELATIVES
Russian Reported to Have De
voured Sister-ln-Law and -Four
Children.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2G. The
details are given in The Yakutsk, a
newspaper, of a revolting case of
cannibalism among the Lamut tri
bes. One of the Nomads driven by
desperate hunger devoured the
bodies of his brother's wife and four
children. During the melting of the
Siberian snows, the tribes pass ,
through a precarious existence en
during many hardships.
DREDGE SOON
Capt. Magenn of Breakwater
Will Tow It Down Next
Week, Probably.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 26. The
Telegram says: "Arrangements
have been completed for the steamer
Breakwater to tow tho government
dredge, nearlng completion at Port
land for service on tho Oregon and
Washington Coasts, to Coos Bay,
where the vessel will be placed in
commission deepening the ship chan
nel. Tho Breakwater arrived from
Coos Bay yesterday, but will make
one more trip down the coast before
she takes charge of the dredge.
"Captain Macgenn, master of tho
steamer, predicts that after tho
dredge has been employed down that
way for a short time, the ship chan
nel to tho upper end of the harbor
will be dug to a depth of 18 feet at
the low water mark. Ho further
states that it is ono of tho best
natural channels along the coast, ex
plaining that without any work being
done to it the waterway can accom
modate most of the coasters."
GIVES LIBRARY TO TOWN.
President Roosevelt Attends
Cere-
mony In New York.
(By Associated Press.)
JORDANVILLE, N. Y., Aug. 26.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
arrived here to participate in the
ceremony of presenting a library to
the village, the gift of Mrs. Robinson,
a sister of tho president.
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mine, fifteen miles east of this city,
when, between twenty-five and thirty
miners were entombed as a result of
a fierce fire which started from a
barrel of oil. The fire is burning so
fiercely that rescuers cannot enter
the mine. The miners are all for
eigners. Tho grief of the crowds of
wildly excited women and children
surrounding the shaft is pitiable.
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rwo Lives Lost With $500,000
Damage at Camden Situa
tion Critical.
(Bv Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga Aug. 26. Dam-
ge estimated at a half-million dol
lars has beeii done by heavy rains
fit Camden, and two lives were lost
last night. Tho situation is critical.
Reports from Augusta at noon to
bay are to tho effect that the city is
entirely flooded, the principal thor
oughfare being four feet under
water. The merchants are making
desperate efforts to remove their
goods to the upper stories.
One Killed, Two Fatally Hurt
and Seven Severely Injured
at Springfield.
(By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Aug. 26.
The Southeastern Limited on the St.
Louis and San Francisco road, from
Birmingham for Kansas City, was
derailed early today. The fireman
was killed and the engineer and mail
clsrk fatally Injured. Seven passen
gers were seriously injured.
Liabilities and Assets of A. 0.
Brown & Co. Won't Be
Known For Few Days.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 2G. The clear
ing up of the tangled affairs of A. O.
Brown & Co., whose suspension was
announced yesterday, began today.
It is believed that It will take several
days before the liabilities and assets
can bo ascertained. The failure had
much less effect on the stock market
than might have been anticipated.
Reports were circulated In tho finan
cial district today that an official of
a New York trust company shared
In the speculations which swept
Brown & Co. under until he
saw the venture was about to result
disastrously when he withdrew.
AVAS FOR WANAMAKEK.
Wyoming Stage Robbery to Get Real
nllstic Moving Picture.
(3y Associated Press.)
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 26. Accord
ing to Mrs. F. A. Ironside, a passen
ger, on tho Meteetse-Cody stage,
which was hold up yesterday, the
hold-up was a made-to-order affair
for the benefit of a corps of moving
picture peoplo sent from Philadelphia
to Wyoming by John Wanamaker
who desired to procure scenes of real
life in the West.
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Contest.
FATAL WRECK
IN MISSOURI
BROKERS ME
IN DAD SHAPE
Development Congress Resolu
tions Prepared By Gov.
Chamberlain and Others
The resolutions adopted by the
Oregon-Idaho Development Congress
at the final session last night are as
follows:
State Retarded By Monopolies.
This congress recognizes the fact
that our state as" a whole is suffering
from an enormous concentration of
monopolies that control the entire
railroad system of Oregon, that block
the settlement of the state with
enormous holdings of land grants,
and prevent the natural development
and utilization of our water powers
and we further recognize in these
monopolies the greatest obstacle to
the rapid filling up of the unsettled
portions of Oregon and particularly
the southern, southwestern and east
ern portions, with the tides of eml-'
gratlon that are coming to the Pa-
clfic coat.t, and we realize that our
utmost endeavors must be put for
ward to breaking up of these mono
polies and preventing the further ex- I
ploitation of our commonwealth by
inactive capital which bears no share
of the burden of development.
Permanent Highway Policy Advo
cated. Resolved that we favor entering
nnnn on noHvn nnltrv nf lllchwav
construction by the cooperation or
the state and the counties in the con
rtruction of a system of state high
ways. In addition to this a system
of local highways must be construct
ed in each county with state aid,
such highways radiating from the
county seat to the undeveloped but
highly productive outlying regions.
To this end we recommend that
county and road district taxes be
levied so as to include a proper as
sessed valuation of the large non
resident tlmberland holdings and
laad-grant-lands, together with an
assessment of their timber upon a
stumpage basis to assist in the con
struction of such permanent high
ways thru the thinly settled and un
developed portions of our state.
Encourage Electric Railroads.
This congress speaking for the
people of Western Oregon recom
mends the encouragement of electric
railroads by every possible means.
We recogniae them as the most
potent for substantial development
and the most efficient means of bring
ing about the cutting up of large
ranches into small fruit and dairy
farms, thus enabling a large number
of people to buy and own little
homes, becoming self-supporting
citizens and rapidly creating interur
ban communities with all tho com
forts and conveniences of cities, pro
moting the greatest good of the lar
gest number. We favor taking up
and organizing the enterprises al
ready begun for the construction of
electric roads from Roseburg to Coos
Bay and from Eugeno to Sluslaw.
The peoplo of Coos Bay extend the
most hearty cooperation in the fi
nancing or construction of either of
these lines. With cheap coal to prod
uce abundant electric power, and
with enormouB water-powers going to
waste on the lino of both these roads
they afford splendid opportunities for
the Investment of capital.
Roseburg nnd Coos Bay Highway.
Wo favor tho construction of a
first class permanent highway, finish
ed in macadam and planking as may
be best adapted to tho locality from
Coos Bay to Roseburg, along tho lino
of the original wagon-road land grant
road as far as practicable, with spe
cial tax levies In tho road districts
along the lino wherever they can bo
secured, in addition to county and
state aid. The standard of this road
thould be that It bo made passable
at all times of tho year for modern
vehicles and auto-oars with a maxl-
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Prominent Men Unite In Cam
paign For "Greatest Good
For Greatest Number."
OREGON and IDAHO
MEETING ADJOURNS,
Permanent Organization Ef
fected Booster Addresses
Delivered.
The first annual session of ths
Oregon-Idaho Development Congress;
came to a close last evening at the
Chamber of Commerce with the
adoption of a set of resolutions em
bodying the hopes and wishes of the
entire section, the election of officers,
and the formation of a permanent
organization. As is expressed in the.
resolutions, the organization will
continue its labors to obtain "tha
greatest good for the greatest num
ber." As Gov. George E. Chamber
lain as chairman of the committee on
resolutions aided in drafting the;
resolutions and pledged his per
sonal aid in seeing that they are car-'
rled out and as some of the leading,
men of Oregon also aided in prepar
ing them and will also assist in so
curing their fulfillment, they mean
more than the expressions of usual"
gatherings.
The following officers were elect
ed: President Judge Stephen A. Low
ell of Pendleton.
Vice-presidents Dr. J. T. McCor
mac of Marshfield, Col. E. Hofer oC
Salem, Judge I. K. Perky of Bolse
.Idaho and Mr. PeTrIn of Twin Falls,.
Idaho.
Secretary C. A. Hardy- of Eugene-
Assistant-secretary R. S. Sheri
dan of Boise, Idaho.
Treasurer W. I. Vawter of Med
ford.
Executive committee Col. Wm.
Grimes of Marshfield, L. J. Simpsons
of North Bend, Guy Barnum of Boise,.
Idaho, J. A. Toole of Welsor, Idaho
Prominent Men Speak.
The Chamber of Commerce last
evening was crowded to Its capacity.
Several excellent addresses were del
ivered and each talk was marked by
an enthusiastic booster spirit whlclii
rapidly spread through the largo au
dience and at tho close all were- unit
ed In the crusade. Judge Scott presff
ded last evening and tho speakers'
were Henry Diers of North Bend, J.
W. Bennett of Marshfield, Dr. An
drew C. Smith of Portland, Col. E"
Hofer of Salem, apd Dr. J. T. McCor
mac of Marshfield. Tho report of the
committee on resolutions was readT
by Col. Hofer and Secretary Lyon and:
the report of the committee on or
ganization was read by Judge C. A
Sehlbredo of Marshfield.
Importance of Harbor.
Henry Diers' address was an intor3
estlng ono as It presented some care
fully compiled data showing tho Im
portance of Coos Bay as a harbor
Mr. Diers said thero were only thirty
four harbors In the world havlngr
more than twenty feet of water on.'
their bars and of these fifteen, do
splto the great sums expended In Im
proving them, have less than Coos--Bay
on which practically nothing has
been spent. Ho said that Coos Bay
was better than sixty per cent of
tho genorally credited best harbors--of
tho world.
.7. W. Bennett Is Optimistic.
J. W. Bennett delivered an address
teeming with tho enthusiasm and
boosting that has characterized tho
many years of his successful en
deavor on Coos Bay and his remarks
elicited much applause. After ex
pressing tho gratification that every
one In Marshfield felt over tho dis
tinguished visitors who had lent their
prosonco and assistance to Coos Bay
and southwestern Oregon In tho pro
gram for development, he related n
nuraber of humorous Incidents ol
Coos Bay life. Ho paid special trib
ute to Governor Chamberlain anoSJ
the boosters of Coos Bay as directed
by President J. T. McCormac of the
Chamber of Coinmorce.
In closing, ho dealt with the ralW-
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