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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 1908.
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City Council Changes Condi
tions In Specifications For
Contractors.
As a result of the Sixth street
plank paving muddle of a few weeks
ago, the city council last evening
changed the wording of the specifi
cations governing city contracts. In
stead of leaving the specifications
ambiguous and conflicting, the coun
cil altered the construction so that
henceforth the final acceptance of
work or material lies with the coun
cil. Hitherto, the city engineer has
passed on material and the interpre
tation of the contract but, the street
committee of the council will have
to do this In the future with the
final decision lying in the hands of
the council. The changes were made
by Councllmen Sacchi and Lockhart.
New Building Ordinance.
A new building ordinance to take
the place of the "joker" building or
dinance enacted last August which
eliminated the fire limits, was read
last evening. The new ordinance
which is copied closely after the
Portland building ordinance was not
found just what Is desired here, and
its enactment postponed. The pro
posed ordinance makes some radical
changes.
Pass Over Condron Mntter.
For the first time in seTeral
weeks, the full membership of the
city council was present last night.
Mayor Straw was present at the
opening but soon afterwards left,
saying that he had business else
where. Owing to his inability to be
present during the entire session, the
suspension of Nlghtwatchman Walter'
Condron was not brought up.
"Whether It will ever be brought up,
no one appears to know.
To License Teamsters.
Councilman Sacchi reported last
night that the special committee of
the council had held a meeting with
the representative teamsters of the
city and that the proposed license
ordinance had been agreed upon.
However, owing to the absence of
city attorney Farrln, the ordinance
has not been drafted.
Estimate 1000 Expense.
Deputy City Recorder Kaufman
last evening was Instructed to pre
pare an estimate of the current ex
penses of the city for the year 1909
so that the city council will be able
to make a sufficient levy to cover it.
The levy has to be made in Decem
ber. In making the estimate, a re
port on the expenses for the present
year will be made and proposed spe--cial
expenditures will bo discussed.
Allow Forry mil.
A bill for $230 for lumber for the
now ferry was allowed last night,
the lumber having been purchased
to construct a pontoon for tho slip
at tho Marshileld end of the run.
Tho contractors on the '13,'
Seventh and Prospect avenue job
were given an extension of time until
January 1, to complete their work.
They have been delayed by inability
to secure lumber.
Walter Condron was ordered paid
$1,000 more on his Cedar street con
tract. Tho Cedar street contract of Mns
tors & McLaln was accepted and tho
ilrm ordered paid in full.
D. W. Small was ordered paid
$300 moro on his street contract
which was completed a few months
ago.
Masters & McLaln wero tho only
bidders for tho proposed improve
ment of Allco street between 'D' und
Queen and wero awarded tho con
tract for $1,235.
The council will meet as a board
of equalization on tho Front street
improvement November 30.
Grades wore ordered established
In North Marshflold nnd in Bennett's
and Nasburg's additions.
Tho ndJiiQlmont of 1). W. Small's
claim for $25 on his contract for
putting rock on Front street a year
ago was referred to Mayor Straw,
llonry Songstackon refuses to pay
$25 of his $75 apportionment,
claiming that $50 was moro than his
rightful sharo. Mayor Straw and Ivy
Condron, thon a member of tho coun
cil, had arranged verbally with the
proporty owners to rolmburso the
city for this oxpoiibc. ly Condron
who was probont last night said that
tho city should pnj Mr. Small even
If Mr. Songstackon refubes to pay
tho balauco on his assossmont.
Tho health committee of tho
council wtts Instructed to see that
rosldenta of South Marshileld cease
dumping rofuso In tho slough that
crossos Hroadway near tho mattross
factory;
Road tho Times' Want Ads.
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HOUSES
Moving Picture Shows Will Be
Compelled to Furnish Better
Fire Protection.
As a result of a reported threaten
ed fire In one of the local moving plc
turo shows last week, and in con
sequence of the heavy losses of life
from panics and fires In them over
the country, tho Marshfleld city coun
cil last night Instructed the city at
torney to draft an ordinance requir
ing them to furnish adequate protec
tion to patrons.
The details of the ordinance were
not gone into. Councilman Sacchi
brought the matter up. He said that
the machines of the shows should be
encased In metal boxes. Councilman
Flanagan said that adequate exists
and fire escapes should also be
required.
North Bend recently dra'fted an
ordinance regulating the moving pic
ture shows there and it is likely that
It will be copied by Marshfleld. It
provides for rear exits, a metal box
surrounding the machine, that the
doors open outward, etc.
A GREAT CATTLE KING.
A sketch of Henry Miller, the
great California cattle king, which
appears In the World's Work, Is a
reminder of old times. It tells about
his wealth, especially his landed
wealth. He has 600,000 acres in
California, besides plenty outside. It
was said forty years ago that he
could buy stock In southern Califor
nia and drive It on his own land
to San Francisco. That was not
quite true, but he owned plenty of
it;-
Henry Miller Is just a natural ab
sorbent of wealth. He was brought
up a butcher. When he reached Cali
fornia he had no money. He strode
up the street until he came to a but
cher shop. He walked in and asked
if he could get a place as cutter or
flesher we do not know the scien
tific butcher terms. He was told
that they had a full supply of help,
and then he explained that the rea
son he asked for work was that he
wanted money to buy something to
eat. Tho owner tendered him some
money for that. He said no, he
never ate tho bread of charity and
never would as long as he had
health, and then the owner gave him
a beef to cut up. He did the work
so swiftly and thoroughly and perj
fectly that he was given a place.
Later he made the acquaintance of
Charles W. Lux and the firm name
of Miller & Lux is still used.
The above racts are not mentioned
In this account of him, but they are
old logonds in California. With his
first wages he began to buy stock.
He pastured It on government lnnd
or on some of the great Spanish land
grants of California. In that way he
got in tho habit of buying stock In
southern California, driving It slowly
to San Francisco, fattening it on the
way and selling It at a profit. Then
along tho route he bought lands
where there were springs, and his
Ufowork has been to buy land to feed
stock and to buy stock to eat the
grass on his land. He Is just natur
ally a great absorbent of money. He
has n clear mind and bent simply on
one purpose.
This account says that he keeps
his farms In perfect order. By that
Is meant his stations where stock is
stopped and fed. A great deal of
his land he never sees. Ho has a
foreman on ench ranch, and ho Is in
tho habit of dropping In on them
when they nro not expecting him.
Tho first thing he looks to Is his
own room, which is set aside in all
his houses for his own use exclusive
ly. If that Is all right he looks to
tho kitchen; If that is all right ho
looks to the ard to seo if thero Is
any waste or any negligence, whether
It Is kept In good order or not, and
If it la not, thoro Is trouble.
Ho is now S3 years old and ho Is
pursuing tho work with just ns much
onthuslasni as when ho began fifty
years ngo. lie used to say, half In
fun, that ho Intended to buy nil tho
land In California; later ho said he
would havo half of it but his son
would havo the othor half. But his
son died and ho pursued his way,
buying land for tho cnttlo, buying
cattle for tho land, cattle, sheep,
pigs ovorything he could turn into
money.
He Is ono of thoso men who is of
no particular use to tho world, but
who Is gnthorlng up an ostnto that
by and by will bo of uso to mankind.
Ho Is eccentric in his methods; for
Instanco, ho wa3 robbed of $200 In
Pachlco .Pass three or four years I
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ago by a Mexican. Ho told the
Mexlcnn he was a long way from
homo and asked him for a little of
the money as a loan to pay his ex
penses home. The Mexican gave him
back a $20 piece. Three years aft
terwards he saw the man on tho
street In Hanford and offered him
the $20, saying. "I borrowed this
from you once." The Mexican an
swered, "I never saw you before."
"Oh, yes you have. I borrowed $20
from you In Pachlco Pass three years
ago." And he made him take It.
He simply Illustrates the possibil
ities that were before men In the
golden state In the long ago. He
had an iron constitution, nothing
could weary him, he could ride
horseback all day and day after day.
Ho began his narrow life in a circle
with but one object, and that was to
acquire land and to acquire stock
to feed off that land, and he suc
ceeded wonderfully. It is said he
has accumulated $20,000,000, and
probably that Is true, but we never
heard of his founding a school, of
picking up a poor boy and educating
him. His character Is shown In one
little Instance. A vaquero asked him
for a job. Miller replied, yes, he
had one vacant. The cowboy asked,
What's in it?" Thirty doll'ars, thirty
days and thirty nights," was the re
ply. When he trusts a man he lets
him buy property on his own ac
count. One of his foremen told the
writer In the World's Work that he
had acted for years under the in
structions, "Buy anything you see
that will make money, cattle or sheep
or land." He drew checks for hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in all
against Mr. Miller's account for
things Mr. Miller had never seen or
passed upon. He bought 200,000
sheep for Mr. Miller in one year.
Sometimes he would meet his chief
In Oregon, sometimes in Nevada,
sometimes In California. Once they
met In Bakersfield in California. As
they parted Mr. Miller called him
back and said, "By the way, if you
see any good land for sale, buy it.
I havo a little spare money I want to
invest." "How much?" was asked.
Then he answered, "About $300,000
yes, a little more than that."
Going back over his long life at
83 years of age, if he were a sensitive
man the little good he has done In
the world would worry him, but it
does not worry him at all; he did
not start out to do good to anyone
except to Henry Miller, and he is
just as Intent on doing favors for
that man as he was in the start
When his will Is left It will be a
curious thing to read, because all his
life his belief has been that all a
man needed In the world was brains
and energy and he has had very lit
tle patience with 'people who could
not come up to his standard. Just
now he is engaged in trying to create
a public sentiment for a new county
to Include most of his holdings on
the west side of San Joaquin valley,
to be called "Miller County." If he
succeeds In this It Is possible he will
leave his estate to that county, with
Instructions what to do with it, but
he will be moro likely to go on buy
ing land and cattle until some morn
ing he will forget to wake up.
The Quality in
OurLaundering
has always been its dis
tinguishing characteristic.
Nothing is left undone
which can possibly im
prove results. The natural
consequence, therefor, is
that thero Is a laundry
equipped for doing perfect
work and skilled work
People to see that it is
done.
Phone 21)1 for tho wagon
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& Steam
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Best quality Angelica Wine, n
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k Host quality Table. Claret, per
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These Suits are made
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All the seams are double
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every weak spot is rein
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Mill to Man Clothiers
MARSHFIELD, OREGON
The Collar Question
Do you get the satisfaction your
money ought to hring when you
havo your collars or cuffs laundered?
Are tho edges smooth? Are the
folds or points neatly turned? Is
the color a delicate, pearly white?
Is the finish that soft effect so much
preferred by fastidious dressers?
Wo succeed in all these things.
Surely our work Is worth a trial. You
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Coos Bay Steam Laundry
PHONE 571.
TO MARSHFIELD VOTERS.
Tho platform adopted by the
Marshfleld Citizens ieagua
which asks all desiring a better N
city to Join it and aid in carry-
lng out its aims is as follows:
"WE PLEDGE OUR CANDI-
HATES TO AN HONEST,
STRAIGHT FORWARD, ECO-
NOMICAL BUSINESS ADMIN-
1STRATION, AND TO REDUCE
THE DE1JT OF THE CITY IN
ALL LEGITIMATE MEANS
POSSIBLE."
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TM0MAS0N & HANSON
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Free Delivery Phone 1761
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no single department is neglected
omitted We particularly pride ourselves
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I to provide for the wants of the Coos
j! county Babies. Everything for their health, J
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& for the Baby
BABY FOODS
BSKAY'S ALBUMENIZED BABY POOD,
In all sizes.
HOKLICK'S MALTED MILK,
Assorted sizes.
SUNBRIGI-IT'S BABY FOODS.
PEPTOGrENIC MILK POWDER.
LACTATED MILK.
ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS.
FOR BABY'S HEALTH
NILE'S BABY COUGH SYRUP.
DeWITT'S CASCASWEETS.
CASTORIA
ANTI-COLIC NIPPLES.
FOR BABY'S BATH
MOTHER GOOSE BABY SOAR
BABY BATH SPONGES.
Also a full line of rubber goods, rattles, im
ported decorated rubber balls, teething rings,
Eureka Breast Pipes, and everything wanted
for the little ruler of the household.
Remember this store is headquarters for
Baby Supplies.
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NOTICE CALLING FOR A NOMI
NATING MEETING OR CAU
CUS FOR THE NOMINATION
OF CANDIDATES FOR THE
OFFICE OF COMMON COUN
CILMEN AND OF RECORDER.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Common Council of the
Cit yof Marshfleld, Coos county, Ore
gon, duly made and entered on the
28th day of October, 1908, a nomi
nating meeting or caucus will be held
in Odd Fellows Hall In said city, on
Monday, the sixteenth day of Novem
ber, at the hour of half past seven
o'clock, In the afternoon of said day,
for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the ofllces' of two members
of tho Common Council of said City,
and for the office of Recorder of said
City, to bo voted on at the regular
annual Municipal Election of said
City to be held on tho first day of
December, 1908.
By order of tho Common Council.
Dated this 5 th day of November,
1308.
J. M. UPTON,
Recorder of the City of Marshfleld,
Coos County, Oregon.
nb Call bervico m ah Hours
Good Henrso and Vehicles
HEFNER, MILLER & CO.
Livery, Feed nnd Salo Stable.
HAY FOR SALE Wholesale and
retail.
3d and 'A' Sts. Phone 1201 Mrfld.
Masters and McLaln
Gsaeral Contractor's Buildin I
Material and
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Office: Broadway & Queen St
Phones 2011 - 826
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NOTICE OF SALE OF IMPROVE
MENT BONDS.
Sealed proposals will bo received
by the Finance Committee of the
Common Council of the City ef
Marshfleld, Coos County, Oregon, at
the office of the Recorder of ssld
city, in the City Hall of said cityr
until 4 o'clock p. m Monday, No
vember 30, 1908, for $1G,023.ST
street improvement bonds of the
City of Marshfleld In denominations
not exceeding ?500, beailng tDtcr
ost at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually; each
bond to bo dated November 2d,
1908, payable ten years from tho
date thereof; provided that the
right is reserved to take up and
cancel any of such bonds, upon the
payment of the face value thereof,
within accrued interest to the date
of payment at any semi-annual in
terest payment period at or after
one year from the date of such bon'l
or bonds, by giving thirty days pub
lished notice.
Bonds authorized by act of Legis
lature of State of Oregon.
Assessed valuation of City $1,791-,
549.00.
No bonded Indebtedness.
Population estimated at 5,000.
Certified check for 5 per cent of
amount of bids must accompany
each bid, to be forfeited in caso bid
is accepted and bidder falls to accept
bonds within xten days.
Bids received for any amount of
said bonds, small bidders being
given preference. The right Is re
served to reject any and all bids.
Dated- this 5th day of November
1908.
HERBERT LOCKHART,
JAS H. FLANAGAN,
CLAUDE NASBURG,
Finance Committee of the Common
Council.
BUY YOUR FUEL FROM COOS
BAY FUEL CO.
- J. O. DOANE, Proprietor.
Dealer in South Marshfleld, Bea-
ver Hill and Libby Coal. Dry Are
and stovo-wood on short notice.
Phono 531 or Leavo Orders at I
I. S. KAUFMAN CO.
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