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Vol. III.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908.
No. 81.
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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
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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.
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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.
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naw open on 'B' STREET. Come and
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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
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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
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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
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