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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1908)
mmmmmfmmmfmimmmmm. p WtP 'if 4' ' k I " i I 13 uEMEF U TALK ABOUT TALKING. XOU CAN 'CALK TO THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY .BY PUTTING YOUR "WANT ADS" IN THE TIMES. KEEP UP TO DATE I1Y READING THE COOS RAY TIMES". THE DAY'S NEU'S TOLD ACCURATELY AND CONCISELY. -M MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. HI. THE DAILY COOBAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1908 No 113. UiE ACTION FDR ORGANIZATION OF THE PORT OF CODS BAY TO m -r' r American Federation of Labor At Denver Advocates committee's report until tho sub head "Litigation Harassing Labor" WAS reached. On thin nuhlppf tho ''""SPWP (Eons mn wtmtB UNI I ORE COURTS CAREtESSSROOTING AT COQUJLLE Wl Marsfifield and North Bend Boosters Held Conference Last Evening. WOULD SEND CLARKE TO WASHINGTON Think Steps Necessary to Se xure Federal Aid For Im provements. Atta conference at North Bond last evening between Francis H. Clarke, G. W. Carleton and I. S. Kaufman of Marshfleld, and F. W. Wood and other offlcers of the North Bend Chamber of Commerce, it was .decided that the Chambers of Com- merce of North Bend and Marshfleld should take Immediate steps for the arjganlzatlon of tho port of Coos Bay. It was also decided that the two or- ganizatlons should endeavor to raise funds to send Mr. Clarke to Wash- Jngton when congress meets, to try and secure federal aid or the 1m- pavement of the. Coos Bny bar and Jiarbor. ' , , ' , , Early meetings of the two Cham- . ' ,,, . discuss the matter in detail and de cide upon tho steps to be, taken. Coos IJjiy Not In it. Additional details of the recom mendations submitted to congress by tlie United States engineering de partment for appropriations ior river and harbor Improvements snow that Coos Bay was omitted. Whether It Is tlie Intention of the engineers that the special report submitted by them -to congress last June for a $5Q,'000 appropriation shoxild take the place of a recommendation in the TniUget is 'not known. Tlie recommendation Includes a provision that an appropriation should be made for the maintenance of the dredge Oregon, now working in Code !Bay, for the "Oregon and Washington coast work." asnington coast work." It lb the belief of those advocating e orsaiti2atIon of the port of Coos the Day that -such an organization would ha n , .,i . ai ,i-, I w n, b.iti, w,n l OUllllj JLUU1UI .assistance. Candidates For Mayor And Councilmen dominated At Caucus. (Special to The Times.) 33ANDON, Ore., Nov. 20. No-' tices are out for the first election in . Bandon under the new charter re- cently adopted and which will go into force with the election of the new officers on November 28. A i mayor, municipal judge and councilman are to be elected. one ' The charter provides that the old coun cil consisting of five members shall be members of the city council for the remainder of the term, the pro vision applies alsoj to the office of recorder. Stephen Galller and A. McNalr are tlie rival candidates for mayor; Geo, P. Topping and A. D. Morse oppose each other for muni cipal Judge, and L. J. Radley and G. Boak are candidates for council man. NEW FOREST RANGES. Government Selects Men to Look After Holdings. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The Forest Service has. just ennounced the following appointments on Ore gon National Forests: Earl N. Young, Walter J. Jones, Robert A. Dean, Harry B. Hlllis, and Or-ison L. Hillls, asEiptant forest rangers on the Siskiyou Nqtlpnal Forest. C. C. Hon. and J. C. Gil chrlst, assistant forest rangers on thf Deschutes National Forest, ELECTION IN . BAiOl SOOI ELECT HEEDEB AS SECRETARY Succeeds F. M, Friedburg As Secretary of the New Citi zens' League. At last evening's meeting of tho Citizen's League, F. W. Reeder was elected secretary of the organization to succeed F. M. Friedburg. Mr. Reefler accepted the position with the understanding that he would not be exPeclea to act after the close of tlie lresent clty campaign Decem- " There was more or less discussion i last evening of how active a cam paign the league should make. It wns rifled tnat tlie meeting next u"ciay evening snoum arrange in a Beneral ? for ihe campaign. An effort w111 be ma3p-to Bet Dnt n Df tlle menrt,CTS OT tt10 meeting. An 'ot tne Issue's candidates are to be present and talk, outlining their at- i :.. . , . , ' tltude cm Tarious munlcipall ques- iXlons. I An endeavor was made lost night to select challengers and watchers fnr tho nrills nn ftlfldtlnn dirr.. mem-! bers of the league "having btjen, In formed that there might be more or !,. l!l- ,,,..!., C,m,l nomQO I JVOa tllCbOJ tuiiu. ueigim i.tw.it..J were suggested but the parties de clined to sL'rve. It -was flnuTly left to the executive c&nnmittee tto se cure watchers and challengers to act on e'.eeUlon day. Discuss Milllccmin Club. 'One of the -matters Uirought xrj) 'for discussion at the league meeting wais the Mmicoma Clifb bar. 'Borne expressed the opinion tthat the club should be required to pay the Teg- ular liquor license if !it wishes 'to -iKitntaln a unr ana aiso tnat it should not be allowed to remain ' , , open longer hours than 'the rCta11 nqwr house8- , "" "'' u"c, "l "" -' candidates for councilman, spoke on f..1 A 1 1 1 Xfwv4- -- yv nt Vi j- lniirttiit'o ,. .-.,. ... . 1 . mc luiuiuiiua .i.u .iuv.oi..w.. n.. .. er he liad concluded, the league vat- ed toliaveit published. "His speech !.. -nrll Innmn r1iil nnatitlnn nn tl iTf- was as follows: "Mr. Chairman: Being called upon, 1 wish to acknowledge that 1 have b-een seen -with Mr. Bell and drinking with the gentlematu. We took seraral drlnka in sqvwal sa- Martinoll1,. B. Berper, E, "WL Landem, . loons. Mr. Bell is a gentleman of Gj-o. Newtwn, P. N, Doyle, Geo. Paus, ! the true Western typo and a good' m. Go3s, W. Hulburt, Jfrj. M. Mar mixer. 1 am guilty -of the crime of ters, F. Gei lng, Gep. Petroff, Joe' being out -with a gentleman. As re- Mobsie, L. B. Poyntz;Iis. Ptvyntz, 7. gards railroad franchises, I wish to make the ptrjnt clear that I believe no franchise should Ui given away try any city council or other city government without, fitst, an ex- pression favorijig such, fiom the ma- jority of the people and ttrxpayers of our city. I believe that when our charter Is amended that which I have just stated will become a law. "Another question I would like to call your attention to, which I think is of some importance which uteds to be remedied with a protective meas ure, that Is our liquor interest. There are men in this business -who are pioneers on Coos Bay, men whom , I have favorably known for many years all ot whom are running order- ly houses and strictly complying with every letter of the law. They are not getting a square deal when liquor is sold In this city without a city license and on Sundays. When strangers oi prominence comt? io Marshfleld they are button-holed, taken to heavenly surroundings 3lven a card which entitles him to. the pleasures of the city Including .he privilege of drinking at the fln- ast bar the choicest of liquor on Sun- lay or any other day, Tho tax-payer ihe man who runs his saloon and pays a license wonders where his business Is gone. I "Gentlemen, I refer to the Mllllco- Tia Club. I do not wish to be nils- inderstood In this regard. I do not ay It Is wrong to do these things, ' only wish to state, that thoy should ,ake an oven break wl'h the saloon len and pay a license equally tho dame or a little mpre fur Sunday prl- Strange Attitude TOWardS Law. (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Nov. 20. When the re- ganlzatlon be not used to defend any port of President Gompers to the such suit "because It Is believed it American Federation of Labor was would be a useless expense." called for, Gompers relinquished the I James Duncan of the Granite chair to Seventh Vice-president Va- Cotters, unci first -vice-president of lentine. Each subject of the report the Federation, opposed the recom was commented upon and approved mendatlon. Ho said that union men by the committee and as the read- nre law abiding citizens and should lng proceeded the convention en- proceed like any other citizens to dc dorsed tho recommendations of the lend themselves at all hazards. He committee. The action of Gompers moved to. Btrlke out tho words ad In regard to the Buck Stove and -visine the labor nun to rifonhmr in. Pnntro PnmnnTlv InllinnHnn tuaa nn. anlniously endorsed by.-a rising vote, There was no discussion of tne FROM PORTLAND Steamship Arrives With TVIany i Passengers After Rather Rough Tnjp. The "Breakwater .arrived this ifarc soon from Portland after ,a rather rough trip, a stiff head wind .anil l BQas klng ,t her ,r ' jJreight and a large number of pas- SenS6rS She will nail for Portland I Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. Many .of the passengers who came down on the Breakwater today wers inlll men avUio1 W1U Hake positions with the C. A. Smith Lumber and (Manufacturing Company when it starts the double shift at the mill next week. The Breakwater- aiassenj-or list .falhMvs: t )f t Mrs. Cai. Wright, Miss ,M. ,Pen- nock, Mrs. Bradbury, Jay, Foster, Mr, Foster, O. Summer, W. A. Goodman, i Mrs. Goodman, Miss Goodman, W. ,.... v.u.u. ua u... ,,. Goodman, R. Hoburg, Mrs. Hoburg, Mrs- L Hart, .Mrs. OoiidU,. Mi-p n 1 1 a - - . i. -vt -t vr n cm, ... l. jaacKny, a. v. wensiey, ut - E. Bolander, V. Johnson, R. Cod- J -w ITT -n Ti ttt 1 r t UtJll, C. VOOU, II. WUIXU, JJirB. JllIlK- strom, Mrs. Kj)rd,stedt, M. Phillips, e, Langdon, Goo. Fish.T. Summers, q., Johuuon, V.. S3endlnk, A. Jtihnson, r, golben, A. Nicholson, J. Lund, A. Norden. J. Johneon, Geo. Leo, Geo, pisn, B, .Menenser, W. T. Daiy, J. Daly, A. Terguson, A. J. He,wltt, B. l. Tesser, a M. Thwiias, Mra Bui'k- mr E. W. AWitte, 3Ere! Witte, E. stont;, F, M. Stillwel);, J. Liw rancf, a. Bntzer, R. Muller, M. Nikf A. Mattesson, F. A. Moore, Chas. Reno, I e. W. Plumma, Leo Hall. ,), .Kllitf. r, Emmons, L. Brlghtwell, A. N. Anderstm. Jno. Berry. R. Yeauor. A. Carlson. (G. A. Ntlson. C. Johnson. P. gamson, 35. Nelson. H. Iluschey, "F. ! Frederickton, R, Fredstadt, A. Munnsen, J, West, Miss Turrlson, T, pjerson anil N. Johmson vliejo. Then the liqaor Interest will) get a square deal which they should have as the-city's greatest revenue, outside of direct taxation eomes from this sourei I slneerely tope that the league will keeo on in its good work, that If I am elected J may be guided properly by the wish of the people in their future expres- slons on questions of vital Impor- miiuu. x uva mtu iiay u uumuor or years, came nere wnen a noy anu no one can say I have not been fair and square to every one, and am sorry to hear my character assailed, but I have been with you for the right in tho past, will pledgo you In the future to stand by the motto and prlncip o of tho leaguoA To be fair and give to all a square deal." Mr. Allbrlght's reference to the actions of himself and Seymour II. Bell, tho genoral manager of tho Coos Bay Gas and Electric Company, was In reply to a "Joke" F,' M. Friedburg told of In his addr'si, tho Joke being that Mr. Bell and Mr. All- bright hdi been seen drinking to- geth?r. ' KW I Prltn VYlItt Aa rlojtfYnfl wlian n ItitfTA la , sited an injunction In labor dis putes. It Is tho duty of organized labor to disobey and go to jail and advised that the funds of tho or- H,.l n la i aj r, seth of the Enrtmantr Union upheld the report of the committee. ReV. A. "F. 'Gordon Madkay Of Cheyenne at Presbyterian Church. The Rev. A. T. Gordon Mackay -arrived Inra from Cheyenne, Wyo., today to temporarily occupy the pul- i H pit Of the Marshfleld Presbyterian church which ha"s been vacant since the retirement df 'the Rev. "H. H. Brown a few weeks ago. It is .probable that he will be elected by congrosatlon -ns- thdir permanent pastor after they have had the pleas- iure of hearing him. The Rev. Mackay has been super intendent of the Presbyterian mis- slons ,n "Wyoming for several years. Tie has ma"de his home in Cheyenne -and traveled throughout the state, The usnal services will be con- .. ,,,.,,, , NEW. PASTOR . GOMES HERE , . I Sabbath W A. T. Gordon Mac Con-jtaiy. Morning service at 11 o'clodk. Sermon, topic, "The Apostle of Our Profession. Christ 'Jesus." Evening swlce at -7,30, "Sermon. .topic, "Pursonal Possession cof God." NAT.RQN LIE i rnCilY.ju c,t aa:Un rv,ama' "rtllS DeiieVGb Real i Construction Will 'Start '.Next Spring: .KLAMAIH FAME, Orq., Nov. 20. Southern Pacific, Hiiryeyors are now at worts ,on the y 'Bur vey ior tho railroad north from this nMv Alinlit IrtVn vpnrt nfT o nltm. inary Mirvey Wb made and the fact,8 l . . ... ... being ettabll8hed, gives jiosltlvo as-, surancejnat the Kiamah iaus-Aa- tron road Is to be uUU awi that the nrnin lino of the Southern Paelflc , SORH 0 Between rortiano wid bacramento wjll pass through Klamath, Faljs It will be some time next Spring when tho. road will ,be completed tp Kla-,be math Falls, and it is the gonqrn! "e- Uef. of those who are familiar -with .. - - - .u...UuV, UUv.vtuP ...v (.a aw,. no wiu ime ih comiiieiuu io una cuy work wll) bo, begun on this end of the lino connecting with Natron, Work on thp California Northeastern Is being rushed on every part of tho line, nnd if the marsh does not cause troublo tho first trnln will reach Klamath Falls In May, 1009, Steamer BREAKWATER from Coos Bay for Portland sails SAT- UltDAV, NOVEMBER 21, at 8 A. M. CHICKENS on snlo at tho A NONA Cash Grocery. 500 MEN WANTED To eat at tho Melrose restaurant. OPEN HEARING OF REV. CLARK Gardiner Pastor On Trial In Roseburg to, Decide Req 1 ' isitiori Case. RQSEBURG, Ore., NOV. 20. -The Rev. PrellmInlry examination of George Clark, of Gardiner, alleged to be the Rev. George O. Summers, In dicted at Throakmorton, Texas in 1904, on a charge of obtaining moni ey under false pretenses, was begun I In Justice Long's court with District Attorney Brown representing . the state and Attorneys W. W. Cardwell and F. G. Mlcelli ;acting as counrel for the defendant. The state ex pected to have present as a witness Jack'Parrott. of Gardiner, who was instrumental In bringing nbout the minister's arrest. 1'arrott aid not put in appearance, howevrr, but Sheriff Fenton explained that he would arrive In the city soon, having missed the stage from Gardiner, ow- ,ns to Premature, departure of the "7" Dat ?' tB 0DJccUT0M of the (nnnRGl Tor the fleffitiRG. Jus- tIce Long contlmied the examination until Parrott arrives, In making the necepsiry showing Wrlcr Attorney Brown oTered in "l,lPI100 cony of the Thrcc'cmor George c Summers" of ion lnuictnNjnr, Tvnicn accuses Rev. obtaining the sum oT T100 from a' man named McCloud.under the pretense that ho needed the money to defray the ex pense of a Biirglcal operation. At torney Cardwell Interposed objection on the grouna tnnt there was no evl I dence showing the defendant to be tho person named In the indictment, and, f urthormore, If he was such per son, from the standpoint of the Ore gon law, under which this proceed ing was ciTrled on, he was not guilty of obtaining money under false pre tenses; thyt, Interpreting tho lndict- Jment literally, he had merely nego- IMntiXi ti Innn fnr whlnli tVio lonrln. j ,md recoimo cMl actlon j Attorney Micelll cited a nnmber. of 'authorities to show that the copy ot the Indtctmunt was defective in that it did nofb3ur the certificate of the Governor ai Texas. To this. District Attorney Brown replied that such certificate was necessary only when the requisition ior extradition was presented to the Governor of Dra gon in pcr3dn. Mr. Micelll main tained, Tiowever, that Inasmuch as the present irroceedings were for tho Inurposa of guiding the Governor of Oregon in his action on tho matter the certificate f the Texas executive should bb on ttho document present ed in court. vi Justice Lqns considered that tho airst thing to determine ,was the yroper .Identity of , tho defendant. For that, reason he continued the hearing until Jack Parrptt could be n an Ppp?r unl y ?'t8tlfy. The state expected to ajso have hpro the dlf1f St TTiwnAlrmiotnH An..4... uiibi iu u l i in ur.niiiwi inn i-iiii in v ' i. ",,"., .....u ": ," .V,,: :Z Ir" ". " w, howpver. before next Sund T1 ' J. Jl . ' " " u pre80nte(, to t)0 Govornor of 0re. Jf Qlark J(j mef TJjero a reward of ,200 for ! ntJ u III JUK I1L VJ II 1 II III IT I . I IIMV gumjnera' arrest Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, NOVEMBER 31, at 8 A. M, FRUIT CAKE .Dollclous and wholesome at the Coos Bay Bake r; Como In and aBk for a Bample. CHICKENS on sale at tho ANON A Cash Grocery. Bought a Job lot of APPLES, for sale cheap whllo thoy last. Anonn Cnh Grocery. Read the Times' Want Ada. Lander Smith Arrested and Fined For Firing at Laird Residence. MYSTERIOUS SHOTS EXPLAINED IN COURT" Party Out On Jambouree Get Into Serious ' ' ''" Trouble. v (Special to The Times.,)1 .COQUILLE, Ore., Nov. 2 o! Lan der Smith, until recently employed at the Johnson mill, was fined ?50 and costs in the justice court hero ns a result of a shooting affray that almost resulted disastrously. The shootlpg caused much excitement for . a time but was found to be purely the result of carelessness and not wilfulness. Thq other night, Smith with some ' others had b,een out for a time. Ho had a 45-callbro revolver and while walking up the ral'road track fired, the gun nromlsciously. One of the bullets went crashing through a window in the home of James Laird. Wm. Norris was in the room at tho time and the bullet barely missed him and burled Itself In tjhe wall. At first, it was thought that the shopting was a deliberate attempt to assassinate Norris or some other member of the Laird household, but later trace of Smith and his party was found and the mystery solved. Prosecuting Attorney L. A. Llljeq vlst of Marshfleld, was here and" pro secuted the case. BUILD GOOD ROADS. Baii(16n District Levies Five Mill Tnnt For Purpose. (Special to Tho Times.) BANDON, Ore., Nov. 20. Tho Rbad District Meeting of. District, No, 19, consisting of Bandon and adjacent precincts, by a resolution levied a five mill tax on all the tax able prpperty within the district for the purpose of Improving the county roads in this part of Coos county. The proposition to make the tax ten' millSj was defeated by, one vote. ! u, John Herrin, Old Miner, Re members Past Kindness, of. Famous Poet. Joe Mitchell Chappie toljs an In teresting story of Joaquin Miller's latter- day prosperity In the current Issue of the National magazine. Jonquln, as the story goes, fre quently risked his Hfo In tho wllda of Idaho to got tho miner's letters to them through the terrible snow drifts and storms. On ono such oc casion ho found John Hen In sense less nnd half frozen In the deep snow and carried him Into Mljlorsburg, where ho wns brought back to con sciousness. The prospector never forgot this kindness and n'l his Hfo It was his ambition to "strike It rich" that he might have some means of showing hla gratltutq to his poet preservor. So ho has made his will' and written a letter to Mr. Miller lir whlch ho tells him that ho not only eaves him his money and mines, but his two pet Jackasses that have serv ed him so faithfully, as ho followed Uls varying fortunes across tho deso late plains on prospecting Journeys, In his characteristic answer, the poet said that ho thought moro of the aokasses than ho did of nny other property his frlond might leavo him, and hoped that Mr. Horrin would" 11 vo many more years to enjoy hie: good luck rotl'T than pass It pn to anyone It loads ruthpr like an old" Mnie romance to learn that aftor tho light of m nny years n man has been reward 1 becauso he faced death to 'bring letters across hundreds of miles of frcozlng snow." wimp miii re , iSi LLu mULL'i' TO JOAQUIN lm. n,... irtii ii a jiftfini i i iik wfiWi-1 HMA.. Luffafei; .jt. ftjfilatfifiiirmiiin -J--jtok.. Jfc UA. few"MUbtf trtjV"-c-A jl - i.lAj. jrtofiik yo&iK jfA Mi