1 MV" "" Sfttttffl - ADSr tfllC.V business is SLOW, Al VEItTlSi:. TAT IT PAYS 18 EVI nKVCIM) V SUCCESSFUL I1USI g HOUSES EVERYWHERE ;; vtrn NEWS VMS GET IT AVIUM? IX 13 NEW HY READING THE COOS MAY TIMKft ALL Tim NEWS L.J THE TIM TERSELY TOLD : :: :: v. ! JiramKli OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Established In 1B78 us The Count Mall. MARSHFIELD. OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1910 EVENIWG EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull M-. 10Q nnd Com Hay Advertiser. ' ' - " HTH.1WP WjH.UlU LL lliliiMiuiL nnw t s. ,0I,. XXXI II. GIT? ELEGTIOl SAYS ROAD IS PORT 1 IS THE ILLS PflOSPECT FOR m S noWB iU t.i U B af ft eg I tnn UN ! Commission Fixes Levy This Morning Cooston Projects Taken Up. At a meeting of tho Port of Coos Ciy Commission this morning, ,i ihreo-mlll tax levy for, tho ensuing njr was adopted. Tho ordinance tu token up nt tho provious mcot- of tho port commission nnd wilt W Wrtlflod to Iho county clorlc nt I coco Tho Coo3ton channol nnd dock pro ject vi tho thenio of tho principal J'jcii Ion this mornliiK. i:. W.j Ecbrodt, 0. II. Ivarson, W. F. Ray, I M, M Jndcr, 0, C. Hnnson, F, Sinbgrn and Win. !. lloinmo appear ed, a behalf of the Sothor street pro ject. Tho Wlllnnch slough project rjpportcrrf uro not" present but 0 F McKulght ns their attorney asked (or more tlmo In which to propnro i rcmoastranco against tho Sothor ttrcct projoct, Tho port's engineer rtportcd that tho Scthcr street pro ject would rcqulro tho removal of 16,000 yards of dirt and tho Wlllnnch (lough project 21,000 yards. In hid rfport, ho favored a tlird project for lie old channol routo, which Is only jbout ICO feet south of tho Scthcr itrctt project, nnd which would ro (ilro tho removal of only about f.OOO yards. Tho engineer's recom Btndntlon nppcnlcd to tho commts I'oners nnd they instructed him to jreparo plans for It and tho attorney to prepare an ordlnanco for It. TJicso till bo taken up a ttho next mcot hj when tho citizens of 'Cooston till again bo heard on' it. An ordlnanco providing -for tho (hinnel to connect North Lnko and TenJllle lako wan ndoptcd. ' Reports On 'Suit, i Of R. Peck ropoVtcd to tlio com Dliilon thnt ho had argued tho enso of thp Southern Oregon Company uil the Bennett Trust Company bo fore the supremo court nt Salem' Inst nek nnd that n decision on the suit, ihlch Involves tho vnildlty of tho port commission, will probnbly be wcurid enrly in January. Mr. Peck also roported that ho id argued tho enso of A. Halo vs. W Port ('ommlss'nn In tho fedontl nrt at Portland but thnt a docl- on oa It would not be secured tintU fter the supremo court liniuls down i deel Ion. Ho also reported ,.he l withdrawn from. hhUilanuirrcr the suit tho claim that Unto only ild about sixteen corits (dxos. a JO 'nsufllelent to gain standing In lie federal court. Ho stntod tho twu he had wlth'drriwn this was tecanuo Senator Guorln, attorney fo Hle, had informpd Jlm thnt if this foct succeeded in knocking p(ut tla fe, ho would simply get nnothor Prty to appear as tho plaintiff la P'ce of Mr. Halo, thus merely dolny J the ense. Mri Peck al? that !n viwr of this nnd thnt. Mr. Cae.in was attorney for tho Southern Oregon Company, ho nnd decided to wld tho delay by striking out this Found from Ills domurrer. The Port Commission adjourned to meet again December 31, when tho nnual reports of 'tho qffldera wilt bo 'Melved and nrrannemonts made to turn the business over to the reor- pnlzed commission. L. J. Simpson "a mas. Wlnsor succeeding J. C. -t uuu w. i; Evans Steamship Leaves With Large Cargo For San Francisco Yesterday. The M. P plnnt oollnrl i.oor,1flV Lafternn- . U' ' l J1. 1 v.un iur oan Francisco, buu ferried a big caVgb-' of mlscollaneoua I'lht. Gaptr-BurtlB- - expects - to ; n make upEo tlraoTost ' whllo :Pfl? thso sajlg froin.h.erfion lfte Plant were: ' D- E. Cooloy and wife, J. B. C6o- T John Preuss, Jr., Geo. Jensen, - A. AgMfee,. Will Morris, Q. W. UNI SUNS SOUTH SUNDAY i m J. VV. Bennett Says That Ww riman Lines Will Probably . Get Here First. J. W. Bennett, who returned from a business trip to Portland and Sa lem Saturday, Is very optimistic ovur tho railroad prospects for Cooa Day und has villous, of being nblo to iimko the trip in a Pullman enr In tho uar future ln.Uead of by boat, Htnxe nnd train. At OardMior, hw was informed that C. P. Ouerl, who lifts dhni'Ko of tho Southern Pacific survey from Eugene via the Slusliw to Cooi Bay, hdlHn there tmd nr raiiKH for coommodutlflhn Mr his crew of twenty-Savon' mon.- Mr. Guerl Informed Gnrdlur ptfoplutlru his Instructions wero to push through tho survey with thp greatost possible speed. "I now bellovo," said Mr. Ilonnott "that Iho Ilarrlmnn Interests will bent tho lllll linos Into CoosBnyrbut not very much. Tho Southern Paci fic nro coming as fast ns posslbh and will probably take up tho best route down tho coast. As a result of this, you will sco tho Hill systom parallel tho Southern Pacific through Oregon and connect up with tho Ifnlncs road near Rosoburg." Whllo In Portland, Mr. was interviewed by tho Bennett Jourmi. which quotes him as follows: Tho Southern Pacific Company has expended 3,000,000 in railroad building to Coos Bny nnd will add to that another 13,000,000, said Judgo J. W. Bennett of Mnrshflold, whllo In Portland yesterday. This amount Includou $1,000,000 thnt hat been expended in work botweon Drain and Mnrshflold and Myrtlo Point. "A pnrty of 27 Southern Pacific sutvoyors nro surveying for n lino between Eugene nnS tho Umpquu, which Is to coino to Coos Bny by tho Drnln route," said Judgo Bon nott. "Tho sum of ?ir.0,000 Is be ing spent on n now slope In tho Benvor Hill mines. Tho rnllroal Htenmshlp Breakwater Is now bring ing 500 tons of Beaver Hill coat a month to Portland. ' "Last summor flvo promlnont Southern Pacific olhclals camo up tho const from Kurokn, Cnl In nu tomoblloq, to study railroad possibi lities. Recently C. -J. MUlls, Iocni manngor of the Southern Pnclflo, pnmo from San Francisco to Coos Bay and whllo thoro said that tin prospects for a rnllroad to Coos Bay woro bettor than over boforo. The lnceutlvu for all this activity Is said to bo tha purclmso by James J. HH1 of tho .electric lino between Portlnnd nnd Sitlom, which ho proposes to ex tend to Eugono nnd perhaps to San Francisco. Recent moves- seem to Indicate the deslro of Ilarrlmnn poo plo to occupy this country boforo Hill gets thoro. - "At tho recant meeting of thore gdn Development league, the conser vative T. B. Wilcox quoted James J. Hill aa saying in substance, Inst June, that the next five years wou!3 witness Oregon's greatest railroad dovolopnient, nnd that there would be more railroad development by our lines in Oregon dur- ,ng tUo comng yenr than In nnv as members. I othor Btate of tll0 union except Mon 'during the coming year than In any tana.' "All of these things, coupled to gether, lead tho quiet observer to believe that tbero is actually to be a railroad to Coos Bay." IS SHOT AT MKDFORD. Former Douglas County Woman Murdered Wednehdny Night. (Ey Associated Press to Coos r Times.) ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. 10. Mrs, Bell Ellis, who was murdered near, Modford Wednesday night, is well known la .Dcmglas couity where shcj Jived, for several years. For about two years sho cdnducted a restaul rnnt-nt Glendale.- leavlnp -thcro-ten months ago to accept employment ns a,cooU In alumber cajup,ndar tho WeSt'Foric." ShVfs suilpOsed' trf havo lejt that. pla?9 ,abou. a iuo,nth ago Sho Is tho wifo of E. S. Ellis, at pro- .... ,.Mi.itr in Pnllfnrnlft ''nnd lg also survived hy -a daughter. Mr. ! tmiii a .idni!.r of .fidlFWMVA. tlllJD im w --- -- - -- No Telegraph Service to Coos Bay Today As Result of Line Being Crossed By Telephone Wire. The Western Union Telegraph wlro between Coos Bay and Itoso burg has boon out of commission nil day U 'ay but Manager Scbottcr ' SELECTED Special School Election Called ' TorDecember22'to'Fill" Vacancy. f WS. McFnrland, who is to 'shor: ly -leave Coos Bay, has tendered bis resignation as n member of the Mnrshlleld school board to become cffcctlvo ns soon ns his successor Is chosen nnd qualified. Mr. McFnrland expects to leavo tho latter part of tho month. Tho school board hnn called n spe cial election to chooso his successor t0 u0 ncId nt tl10 uow Jl,B'1 8cn0l building Thursday ovcnlng, Dccotn- bor 22, nt 7;30 o'clock. Today, C. J. Mlllls wns waited upon by somo local business men who desired him to be a candldnte to succccU Mr. McFnrland. Ho In formed him that ho would gladly servo It it Is tho deslro of tho people of Marshflol'd for Aitm'.tb do Iso. So fnr, II r. Illlls In the only can dldnto mentioned for tho place. ALLIANCE IN Steamship Arrives This After noon and Will Sail Tomor- ' r"ow For Eureka. ' i' i ) Tho AUJnnco,, arrived in. at, noon today from Portlnnd after n good trip down tho conBt. Sho had con siderable freight for Cobs Bay and a goad list of passeijgors besides considerable througiiV business for Eurokn. Sho will snll at 7 o'clock In tho morning for Eurokn nnd on tho ro turn will sail from hero Dccombor 16 for Portland. Among thoso arriving on tho AI- llanco wero the following: R. V. Brown, G. K. Towers, O. O. Ray, Mrs. C. O. Ray, J. E. Updlko, G. Smnllwood, J. M. Foster, Edna Stanley, C. Lyon, Mrs. Anthony, J. M. Madden, O. Woodward, A. McCau- ley, H. Meakln nnd J. H. Menkln. "Bossy" Has Narrow Escape From Drowning Removal Is Difficult. Yesterday afternoon after several hours work-, O. Larson's cow was rescued from Herman Krueger'a well at Forndale. The animal whllo browsing around backed into tho well nnd Eoverat.foet of water kept her head afloat and prevented drowning They tried to pnll hor out with -a djsrrl?k but couldn'tjtnd finally head to dig a.tjTcU.ReycrleOjteep to let her walk ot. John Johnson, Mr. Mystron, Harry Allen, Ed. Larson, A. M.- Peter's and" others worked for over a half day getting her out.' Havo you looked our Xmas goOd4 ovor. It willpaT you. ItED CROSS, .. . ,. . . 'i i DfiEGTOR TO 1 1 COW RESCUED FRDMIA WELL W:1 hopes to testoro service somotlm this evening, Tho wlro was down Inst night nnd ho hnd his linemen start out from Sumner nt daylight today. Soon aft er noon ho discovered thnt tho trou ble was tho tho telegraph wlro and tho telophono wlro getting crossol near Flagstaff. In consequence of tho wire tlcup, Tho Times la without Associated Press service today. W LOSE AM E091 WOUND i Ami! Lakdam, Aged 15, of 'NortlrBend Victim-of Hunt ing Accident. ' Amll Lnkdnm, aged 15, of North Bond, Sunday was tho victim of n hunting nccldont that mny result In tho loss of an arm. Tho member was badly shuttered by a full load of shot and Dr. Bnrtlo who attended him hns hopes of being nblo to save tho arm and will dctornilno boforo night whether nmpntation will be necessa ry. Lakdam was returning in his 'boat across tho Bay about 3 o'clock. The steamer M. F. Plant was Just leav ing tho dock. Tho swells from the steamer caused Lakdam's boat to rock, His gnn which was lying on tho 'locker of tho 'boat slipped -nnd dell to tho bottom, tho Jar causing tho discharge. Tho full dlschargo struck Laic dam's left arm between the hand and tho olbow. Lakdam's father Is in Portland nnd his mother resides near Mercy hospital In North Bond. Judge 'Coke Imposes Fines On Men Indicted By Grand . i j ' Jury There.i . ' Tho Coos county grnnd Jury hna retnrned a phrtlal report of Its in vestigations nnd somo of tho envr. have been disposed of. K. Kondo rind another Jnp at Beaver Hill wore flo od $2C nplcco for nssault on Ed. Anderson nt Beaver Hill. Anderson wns fined $100 for carrying conceal ed weapons. This case was tho ro sult of a recont fracas thoro. jA truo lilll was returned against Fred Elliott ns a result of tho ' as sault oh Chas. Bansch on tho streota of Coqulllo a fow weeka ago. 13i llott was given until today to plead. Tho charges against Andorsou, tho formqr Smith mill employe who wns charged with theft of clothing from tho Mathlson homo and from clothes lines in Mnrshflold, woro dropped. Miss Mathlson whp wns tho principal witness against him was away and tho grand Jury returned not a truo b'lll. Anderson, who has beon In tho county Jail, has returned to Mnrsh flold., A few true bills returned, by the grandjury were not made public pending tho arrest of1 tho parties Indicted, Court Convenes. Tho rogular December term of circuit court was convened at Co qulllo today by Judgo Coko. Thoro Is quito a heavy calendar for tho term. Among tho dlvorco cases on tho calendar nre: Dora O'Malloy .vs. Edward OMalley Chas. Westman vs. Jacoblna West- man. ' Lllllo Wolf vs. Lyman II, Wolf. Qhas. Dpnlsqn vs.,, Myrtlo Alma Denlson. Fred. Von Ltlenthnl vs. Annie Ll- lonthal. 4 ; Flora Johnson vs, AJbort S. Johp- son. . . . Nolllo..WlnklervsUAndrow.Wlnk lor. , . , , . . , , . , ,iUPlo L..McpuffeP vsjnn.VtQpiM Duffee. o 'Delia Pickett vs. Jas.. IL Pickett, NelHo Crow vs: "V.rH. Crow. " Otto A. Morrlssey ve'Udlth M, BEAVER HILL MEN EINED """ n II H fi Lively Fight Develops On Councilman In Tonofrow's Contest Franqhise Up. The North Bend city election to morrow prom'scs to be n moat llvoly oi)o ns a good-Blzcd contest hns de veloped ovor tho councllmnn. Ono faction has tnkon tho lend and terms Itsolf tho Citizen's tlckot nnd Is sup poitlng tho following for council men: L. F. FnlkonBtoln, Dr. Ira B Bartle,' J. A. Ward and Honry (I. Keiu. AiiRUHt Hoollmg, n member r the present city council,' Ip tho only other candidate for the council, A. II. McKay and It, A. Woruiajt hay ing dropped out of tho content. Editor McDanlol Ib lending In tho fight on Councilman lioellTiirf niul In'ThB'HnrbOr holds up Hoolllng ns thevoiily candidate on tho saloon tlokut Asldo from tho lively contest on couucUmcn, consldcrnblo Interest nlso confers In tho application of Ja cob M. Blako for a strdot enr frnn chlso In North Bond. Mr. Blnko nor holds franchises In Mnrflhflold and ovor tho county road botweon North Bend nnd Mnrshflold nnd snyo that tho franchiso In North Bend Is tho only thing now needed to Insuro th success of tho projoct nnd tho secur ing of tho long sought street rail way for North Bond nnd Mnrshflold. Besides this, in his application to tho Mnrshflold olty council for an extension, ho specified tho street railway to bo built by him hero was to provide tormlnnlB or lines Jn Mnrshflold for tho Coos Bay nnd, Bolso. Tho franchiso matter Is a topic of much dlscusalou In North Bend today. Tho polling plnco is tho North Bend city hnll and tho polls will bo open from 8 o'clock In tho morning until 7 o'clock In tho ovonlng. Tho Judges will bo J. W. Grout, J. U, Horn nnd W. 12. Thorp, nnd tho clorks, J. G. Mullen, T. L. Caroy and C. E. Mnybeo. SPOKANE'S (JRHAT GROWTH. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. Spoknuo's population Is 104,10'J, ngnlnst 30,8-13 In '1,900,. an increnso of G7,554, or 83. 3 por cont. This puts Spoknno far nhoad of Tncoma, which In 1900 had S0C moro citizens than tho metropolis of tho Inland Empire ( In porcontago nnd, growth, Spok- ano ranks close to Sonttlo and Bolso, and Is nenr tho top of tho list for tho entlro country, fow cities show ing a Inrgor porcontngo for tho last ton yoars. Spoknno is now tho -ICth city In slzo. Ton years ago it was No. 100. Tho city's growth from 1890 to 1900 was S5 por cent increaso or 10,920. Tho population of tho largo coun- tleB In Washington Is as follows: King, 284,038; Plorco, 120,812; Spokano, 139,404; Walla Walla, 31,- 931. Montana counties Cnscndo, 28, 833; Deer Lodge, 12,988; Lewis and Clark, 21,853; Missoula, 25,590, Sliver Bow, 50,848; Yellow Stone, 22,944. NOTICE. All membors of tho Fraternal Union aro requested to attend tho rogular meeting Tuesday, December 13, 1910. By order of FRATERNAL MASTER. hlWs HOUSE TODAY Measure Carrying Over $21,- 000,000 Is Adopted By , Representatives. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) ' WASHINGTON, D.'C., Deo. 10. The Rlvors nnd Harbors bill carrying $21,894,801, passed tho HOuso today. Got vh&t you want whon you want it through The Timed Want AdB. 0 START SOON Roseburg Man Tells of Coos Bay and Boise Line's Prospects. The Roseburg News says: "That tho former Oregon, Idnho and Cooa Bny railroad company, recently In corporated under tho tltlo of tho Oro gon & Northwestern Rnllroad Co., Is to bo constructed In nccordanco with tho -pronilnes Of Frnncls Clnrk, n fntquent visitor in Rowhurg dur ing tho past yenr, is now conceded by loenl capitalists who hnvo Investi gated th proposition thoroughly. A welt-known Koseutrrg man, who ar rived homo ' from Portland this morning after a fow days spent nt thnt city looking after business in terpstflr'lnformpd n-Ncws represen tative thnt ho bed oxnmlned tho merits nhd standing of tho corpora tion during his visit ta lio Orogon motropolls, nnd had found thnt tho colnpnny hnd prncticnlly completed nil preliminary details preparatory to commencing construction opera tions, nnd Intended to go nhoad with tho work ut nu enrly dato In tho event tho Coos Bny tormlnnl contro versy can bo settled without apply ing to tho courts which at tho loast would mean tho delay of a year. "According to tho gentleman abova montloiiod, Jbo company has suCcood ed In raising tho necessary $4,500, 000, which amount they doom suf ficient to construct and equip the road In readiness for operation. Tho gentleman snys that tho tormlnals In' Rosoburg lnvp beep practically so loclou", but that con'sldornbld troublo has been encountered In securing sultnblo yards nt tho Coos Bay end of tho lino principally for tho roa son that tho owners nro nttomptlng to hold tho company up in ordor to obtain oxhorbltant prices for their land. The mntter of securing tho rlght-of-wnys from tho limits of Ro soburg to tho const is docmod of lit tlo Importance, according to tho In formant, Inasmuch ns n majority of tho land owners along tho survny of tho contemplated rond nro willing to dlsposo of a portion of their hold IngH at n ronsonnblo prlco In ordor to oncourngo tho promoters of tho rohd to get busy at an norly dnto. "With the monoy nt hand, tho gentleman says that tho cltlzons of Rosoburg nndtyCoos Bny nro practi cally certain of an east and wost rnllroad nt nn oarly dato, barring tho possibility of n depression In tho monoy market." NEWS OK ALLKfMXV. A number of North Coos Rlvor pcoplo wont to Mnrshflold last Fri day to visit tho Poultry and Pot show. Among thoso going woro Mrs. J, II. Prlco and children. Mr. and Mrs. Riusoll, Miss Hodson, Mr. nnd Mrs. Mahaffy and chlldron, and Miss Mahaffy, Mr. E, Noah and fam ily and Mr. Landrlth. I. N, Price who has been 111 (or about six months, Is convalescent. Mr, Swoet of with Bort Gray Thursday. Coqulllo, visltod and family ovor D, Roberts Is spending a fow daysut tho home of his sister, Mrs. C. E. Edwards. RETURNED BY tl )) Four-Year-Old New Jersey " Child Brought Back After Long Absence. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) REDBANK, N. J , Doc. 10. Tho four-year-old daughter of P, Potlllo who disappeared October '20 wua found in tho garden around tho homo last night. It is supposed Blaek Hnndors returned the child following tho refusal of tho father to nm-et their Moniands for money ma u 4 vi lodg, at GlwltoW';iRCrrtin4. WKO STOKIR -,4n ?i 4SC- -vi&w S-tL.