The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, October 14, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV" fl w- UriafrftiHiHgf f3E52&' WELL INFORMED peo rLE READ THE COOS BAY TIMES THAT'S WHY THEY ARE WELL INFORMED. A REAL NEWSPAPER, INDEPENDENT, ALERT, CONCISE NEWSY AND FEARLESS. ALL THE NEWS. m MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. III. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908. No. 81. (Emm I F. E. Hand, Who Was Involved In Coos Bay Shooting Scrape Killed. SLAIN BY WOULD BE SALOON ROBBERS Local Trouble Several Years Ago Separated Himself and Wife. SEATTLE, Wnsh., Oct. 14. Shot down in the performance of his duty, F. E. Hand, 50 years old, a patrol man employed by the West & Surry Detective Agency, was Instantly kil led by a burglar whom he interrupt ed while attempting to break into the Federal Bar, at Third avenue and Pine street, about 3:30 o'clock in the morning. The murderer is at large. Residents in the hotel above the saloon heard four shots, and, Ignor ant of the occasion for the firing, called the police headquarters. When the officers arrived, they found at tho rear of the barroom, lying partly in side and partly without the lavatory intervening between the saloon and the alley, the body of Hand, stiff in death. Three shots had taken effect, one in the pit of the stomach, a second in the left side, probably penetrating the heart, and a third in the right arm. Hand had been shot down with out a chance to draw his revolver. Lying near him was a pinch-bar which the robber or robbers had been using in an effort to force open the door to the barroom. One man saw someone hurrying off, but did not get a good look at him in the dark ness. No witnesses saw the crime. Hand was single, and he has no known relatives. During last night four different at tempts were made, the police believe by the same men, to enter buildings in the vicinity. SCANDAL IN NORTH 1JEND. ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 14. F. E. Hand conducted a cigar store in Roseburg about ten years ago. His place of business was at the present location of W. H. Carroll's plumbing shop. Upon leaving Roseburg, ac companied by his wife, Hand went to North Bend, where he came into public notice through a family scan dal, he having shot at his wife's vis itor, missing him and Inflicting a flesh wound In the woman. This incident was followed by a legal separation between Hand a'nd his wife, after which he gradually drifted to Seat tle. HERE THREE YEARS AGO. F. E. Hand is well remembered by the older residents of North Bend. While in North Bend, he ran a shoe maker's shop. About three years ago, he became jealous of a man named Beckett and shot at him. He missed Beckett but hit Mrs. Hand. After this, Mrs. Hand left him and went to San Francisco. Hand left and nothing has been heard of him for some time. SESSION HERE Lodges of Coos County Hold Annual Convention In Marshfield. The annual convention of the Re bekahs of the Second District of Ore gon, is in session at tho Odd Fel lows Hall this afternoon, and will conclude with a session this evening. All of the lodges in Coos county are represented but the attendance, owing to the inclement weather, is not as largo as was expected. Western Star Lodge of Marshfield, is acting as host to the visiting dole gates and entertained them at din ner today. The business session REBEKAH3 I M IS MURDERED IN SEATTLE L DRAFT GHARTER Council Instructs Mayor E. E. Straw to Name Committee Of Citizens. Upon motion by Councilman Nas burg, the city council last night In structed Mnyor E. E. Straw to name a committee of fifteen leading citi zens draft and submit a new charter for tho city to the council. It is pro posed that an entirely new charter be drafted instead of attempting to amend the present one. Mayor Straw is to report his appointments on this committee to the city council next Tuesday night for the board's ap proval. lilt Unlicensed Doctors. Upon request of many of the reg ular practitioners in Marshfield, the city council last evening passed an ordinance prohibiting physicians and surgeons who have not secured a li cense from the Oregon State Board of Medical examiners from practis ing here. The ordinance provides . a penalty of a fine of from $10 to ?100 or Imprisonment in the city jail for any violation of the ordin ance. In their petition to the city coun cil, the physicians stated that a num ber of itinerants practice medicine here from time to time and that they do not hold a license from the Oregon State Board of Medical Examiners and frequently do not possess even a diploma from a medical college. They stated that while there was a state law prohibiting the practice of medi cine without a license from the State Board of Medical Examiners, the law was not enforced and that it was dif ficult to enforce. By having' a city ordinance, they believe that they can prevent unlicensed doctors from practicing here. To License Vehicles. An ordinance providing for licens ing vehicles passed Its first reading last evening but final action on it was postponed until next Tuesday night in order that teamsters and automobile owners may have a chance to discuss it. In the draft read last evening, the amount of the license was not fixed. It provided for different charges for vehicles according to the number of horses used in hauling them and also for automobiles. Mayor Straw suggested that a li cense also .be placed on baby car riages, declaring that tho number of them interfered greatly with pedes trians in Marshfield. City Attorney Farrin and Councilman Claude Nas burg objected to placing a license on baby carriages, declaring a subsidy should be offered for them. Condrou Wants Pay. A bill for $9 as the salary for the first three days of October of Night watchman Walter Condron, who was suspended .sometime ago, was read last night, but action was postponed on it. Whether the bill means that Mr. Condron has personally severed his connection with the city for all time regardless of the result of the proposed hearing before the t city council, was not stated. Among the other bills allowed last night was one for $188 as salaries for tho Mayor and members of the city council. Plumbing Inspector Turpen pre sented a request that copies of the Marshfield plumbing ordinance bo printed bo that they can be placed In the hands of plumbers doing work liere. Ho also suggested that tho plumbers be charged twenty-five cents per copy for it to cover the cost of having it printed. Council man Nasburg was instructed to as certain tho cost of publishing 100 copies of the ordinance and to report at tho next meeting of the city coun cil, svvwvvs openod at 2:30 this aftornoon. This evening's session will be devoted de gree work, tho teams of the various lodges exemplifying tho work. The only business coming before the convention Is of a private nature. n w D AND RAIN Dredge Oregon Loses Pipeline Pontoon and Telegraph and Telephone Wires Are Down. No Serious Damage. For the past twenty-four hours, Coos Bay has been in the throes of one of the worst thunder and rain storms that it has experienced in many months. Coupled with the heavy rain last night, a south wind that assumed the proportions of a gale and for several hours maintain ed a velocity of from fifty to seventy miles per hour caused considerable difficulty, especially to navigation. The greatest damage sustained was by the telegraph and telephone com panies. The Western Union's lino went down early yesterday afternoon and Manager Schetter has no idea of the extent of the damage. This morn ing practically all of the toll lines were out of business. An unfounded rumor about the storm causing trouble for the Alli ance was started this morning. There was absolutely no basis for it, Agent Skinner declared today, the steamei having crossed out before the storm became severe. The southerly wind would enable the Alliance to make a rapid trip up tho coast. Many trees were blown down in tho suburbs and the crashes caused Organized Last Evening With Charter Membership of Forty-One. "Pride of Oregon," the new RoyU Neighbors of America Lodge li Marshfield, was formally installed at tho Finnish hall last evening by Clara E. Mills, special organizer. The now lodge starts with a charter mem bership of forty-one. Owing to the inclement weather, only about twenty-five of tho number were able to be In attendance last evening, but the Installation proved a very enter taining ceremony and those present j felt more than repaid for braving tho elements. j Officers Elected. I The following officers were elected: Past Oracle Grace Jones. Oracle Ellen Kelly. Vice-Oracle Beatrice Walters. Recorder Helen Downs. Receiver Josephine Cooke. Chancellor Cora E. Bolt. Marshal -.Nettie LaChapelle. Inside Sentinel Anna Lund. Outside Sentinel Anna Holmes. Managers O. O. Lund, Helen Pe tersen and Elvira Frizeen. Physician Geo. E. Dlx. Pianist Lulu Lund. WILL SUBPOENA MORE. Largo Number From Curry County to Testify On Land Frauds. PORT ORFORD, Ore., Oct. 13. United States Deputy Marshall Grif fith has been In Port Orford subpoe naing witnesses for the P. F. & L. Company land fraud trial at Port land. Those wanted from Port Or forfl and vicinity are: Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Dean, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Marsh, Wm. R. Hurst, A. Adolphsen, George Curry, Mrs. L. Knapp, George Forty, E. W. Jensen and Walter Sutton. J. H. Upton and Mrs. J. S. Capps were subpoanaed from Lan glols, while Ed. Marsters and George Smith wero wanted from Gold Beach. Most of the witnesses above have been used before in connection with this case but new names have been added In J. H. Upton, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Marsh and George Smith. It Is reported that this is only a begin ning and that tho Marshall will re turn and subpoena a whole bunch of Curry county peoplo to attend tho trial. Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, OCTOBER 17, at 2 P. M. Cheap meats at NHW .MARKET naw open on 'B' STREET. Come and see. w ,d ri nnnr n. n. ft luudc HP HEBE CAUSE TROUBLE uneasiness among the nearby resi dents, very little thunder and lightn ing accompanied the storm. The Dredge Oregon which had Just started to cut a big shoal below North Bend had pretty rough riding in the storm. One of the pontoons carrying the pipe line through which the dredgings are pumped ashore was washed away and had not been locat ed at noon today. This mado more trouble for the dredge and will delay her operations again. She just start ed to work yesterday and everything was going fine. The dredge after the smokestacks, lost outside the bar, had been replaced and the hole punched in the bottom by the sunken piling repaired, had difficulty in an choring Its pontoons near the Pony Inlet peninsula owing to the current being unexpectedly strong near there. It is not believed that tho delay this time will be of any considerable dura tion. Some of the smaller crafts on the bay found It pretty rough riding last night and some were driven onto tho mud flats, but none of-them were severely damaged. A couple of light ers carrying lumber to the lower bay to complete the loading of the Nann Smith were torn away from the boats towing them and carried onto tho mud flats. They rested there until this morning until they were again taken In town and hauled down to Empire. No lumber wns lost. Larson Timber Company and Owners of Timber Land Clash Over Contract. Differences between tho Larson Timber Company and tho Coos Bay Lumber and Coal Company, whose lands they are logging, have occasion ed some difficulty In business circles here and on tho Coqullle for the last few days. It was stated today that the trouble was due entirely to an Interpretation of the contract be tween the two and would be adjusted soon. It seems that tho Coos Bay Lumber and Coal Company is insisting that all of the large trees be cut and ro moved while the Larson Company is refusing to do this, tho Simpson Lumber Company which purchases the logs from Larson rejecting some as unfit for lumber and not being of the proper dimensions. In conse quence of the Simpson Lumber Com pany's refusal to accept some of tho logs, tho Larson Company is refusing to place any more of the kind object ed to In tho water and thus escapes paying stumpage. The halt occasioned by tho trouble between tho two concerns gave rise to all sorts of rumors, but Manager Falkenstein of tho Simpson Lumber Company who Is In close touch with tho situation, said that there was no foundation for them. The Simpson Lumber Company is now operating tho Porter Mill, and Manager Falkenstein stated today that tho other mill would bo started just as soon as a supply of good logs can bo secured. LADIES ATTENTION! A demonstration of CRESCENT RAKING POWDER will bo given on Friday and Saturday afternoon at tho Gas Office. A dainty lunch served to all ladles attending. GRAND MASQUERADE BALL Thursday evening, Oct. 15, at Eck hoff Hall, North Bond. Music by tho Bay City Orchestra. Special boat win' leave for Marshfield Immediately after the dance. Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, OCTOBER 17, at 2 P. M. You can BUY or SELL through The Times "WANTS" with ease, dis patch and "profit try them. Now is tho time to got busy In Tho Times' Prlzo Contest. Hot Tamalos, fresh today, Corthell'a. BE TROUBLE OVER LOGS REPORT THAT MOFFAT ROAD IS HEADED FOR COOS Mr WVVWWVWNV-1 IS ON STREET Council Orders Investigation to Ascertain If Thoroughfare Is Occupied. The Marshfield city council last night Instructed City Attorney Far rin to ascertain if a cottage west of Councilman Nelson's home and North of the Dr. McCormnc residence Is on the street and if so to see that It is Immediately removed. No one seem ed to know who tho cottage or makeshift resldenco belonged to. At first Mayor Straw said that he thought It belonged to ono of the fellows who were active in the pro posed recall of tho city officials and put a notice that anyone proposing to recall the mayor or city officials should be ordered to get off tho street. Then some one declnred that Manager Shine of the Southern Ore gon Company, was collecting $5 per year as grountl rental for tho site and that If any one was guilty of occupying the street, It must bo the Southern Oregon Company. Coun cilman Sacchl said that if It was on the street that tho city might lose the thoroughfare by permitting pri vate parties to occupy it. Ho said that first a tent had been put up, then board sides had been put on the tent and finally a roof put on, this converting tho. tent in two years' time Into a makeshift, cottage. Use Hemlock Plank. The substitution of hemlock plank or fir plank on some of tho streets and bridges recently built, caused considerable discussion. It was first brought up In connection with tho Sixth street improvement. Messrs. Savage and Nasburg said that they were In favor of nccepting the con tractor's work although a few hem lock plank had been put In instead of fir. Councilman Sacchl said that the contractors should be required to comply with the specifications. Mayor Straw after asking tho opinions of a number present ascertained that the hemlock plank would last only about half as long as fir plank. Contrac tor Myren said that the hemlock plank had not been put In until City Engineer Sandborg had authorized their use. Sacchl wanted to know where Mr: Sandborg had secured au thority to deviate from the specifica tions and was assured that no such authority had been given tho city en gineer. Contractor Myren said that most of tho hemlock plank used on tho street hns been placed along the property of tho J. E. Oren, general manager of the C. A. Smith Lumber and Manufacturing Company, which had furnished tho lumber and from whom fir plank had been ordered. Tho acceptance of tho contract was postponed, It being understood that If Contractors Myren and Erlckson could get tho consent of tho property owners to leave In tho hemlock plank that the city would accept tho work. Contractor Backman who put in a fow hemlock planks on 'C street agreed to remove them and put in fir instead. Concrete On Second. It was reported that the city en gineer had declared In faVor of plac ing a concrete top on tho Second street fill. Councilman Sacchl was opposed to It, claiming that tho fill would settlo and causo tho concreto top to break. D. L. Rood and some others claimed that If a concreto top was placed on tho fill, It would pro servo and protect tho fill. Councilman Nelson was opposed to ordering tho work douo until a full board was present, Councllmeu Fla nagan and Lockhart being out of tho city now. It was finally agreed to ask for bids for concreting tho streot and to award tho contract noxt Tuesday night. Other Street Work. Tho cost of grading and planking Front streot from tho city hall to W strot, was ostlmated last night B Articles of Incorporation Filecf at Salem Gives Rise to Belief. SMALL CAPITAL IS SAID TO BE "BLIND'" Portland Men Think Oregon? Midland Railway Denverite's Project. PORTLAND, Oct. 14. Articles or Incorporation of tho Oregon Midland Railroad filed at Salem with a nomln nl capital of $100,000 Is believed: here in a measure to confirm reports, which at different times In recent years have been current to tho effect that David Moffatt, who Is behind the Colorado Midland, Intends to con tinue his road Into Oregon. The articles of Incorporation of the Oregon Midland state that the purpose of the company Is to build from Welser, Idaho, to Portland, Tillamook and Coos Bay, Oregon. Tho Incorporators nro men plainly chosen to conceal tho identity of tho interest behind the scheme Putting. these things together with the fact that the Colorado Midland Is now pushing toward Weiser as its goal, lends considerable color to tho sug gestion that the Moffatt interests aro behind the new road. to bo $935.50, excluding corners. The council will meet October 27, as a board of equalization on the Im provement. The cost of the Alice street Im provement, between 'D' and Queen, streets, was estimated at $1,343.35', exclusive of intersections. The coun cil will meet as a board of equaliza tion on this work October 27. Contractor SIgnalness was ordered paid $550 on his Prospect avenuo work. Contractor D.kW. Small was or dered paid $1GS on his Flanngan street work. Carlson and Bach, wore ordered paid $1,250 on their 'C street work. Myren and Erlckson and tho grad ing contractor on the Sixth street Im provement wero ordered paid fifty nine per cent of each of their con tracts. First street was ordered gradbdl and planked from 'C street to Queers avenuo. A railing was ordered constructed at Sixtli and 'E,' an approach built at Sixth and 'II,' and a sidewalk la front jOf Mrs. Hermeda's property la South Marshfield. Won't Vacate Street. Councilmcn Sacchl and Nasburg re" portod tb tho council against tho re quested vacating of the end of Sixth street, near tho cemetery. They said that tho city needed moro streets in stead of, giving up any that it has, Tho vacating of tho street was re quested by A. II. Stutsman and Mrs. Fannie Hazard, owners of the abut ting property. It was decided to mako n rebate to tho Laurel street property owners, an over assessment having been made. Councilman Sacchl reported that tho e'fforts to liuve tho 'A street prop erty owners between Broadway and Front street, construct a sower be foro tho street Is paved, had been futile. Councilman Savago was appointed a member of tho finance commltteo pro ten). Tho auditing of tho monthly re ports of tho city treasurer and city recorder was roferred to Mayor Straw and Councilmcn Sacchl and Nelson, A plank approach to tho asphalt paving on Broadway was ordered built along tho Cordes property nnd also that provision bo mado for draining tho streot. REMEMBER fruit preserving sea son is not oyer. Full lino of Eco nomy and Knowlfon Jars, plntb 81.00 and quarts .St.t2.-S por dozen, at Coos Bay Cash Storo. Steamer BltKAKWATHR sails from Coo Bay fur Portland SAT URDAY, OCTOBER 17. at 2 P. JL m M I i -s'. . t 3)klL 1 li '