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(Ham y?jt'm S ADS. WnEN BUSINESS 18 BLOW, Al VERTISE. THAT IX PAYS 18 EVI DENCEI) BY SUCCESSFUL BUSI NESS HOUSES EVERYWHERE ;: NEWS GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW H HEADING TUB COOS MAY TIMFfl ALL THE NEWS ALu THE TLMJJ TERSELY TOLII ! :: M t MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Established in 1878 ns Tho Const Mull. MARSHFIELD.OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1911 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast .Mall mid Coos liny Advertiser. No.15& VOL. XXXIII. ELECT WALLOWA T STEAMER LAKI for mm SSADLTEO II DISTRESS, DUDE 11 1 GS IIR THA IS Mi I SPEAKER OF OREGON HOUSE WASA J. P. Rusk Unexpectedly Se cured Honor On First Bal lot Yesterday. WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE ELECTS W. H. Paulhamus of Pierce and H. D. Taylor of King County Win There. (Dy Associated Proas to Coos Day Times.) SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. J. P. Husk of Wallowa county was elected Bpcnkor of tho Houso of tho Oregon Legislature Into yestcrdny nftcrnoon on t'ho first tmllot. His victory on tho first ballot wna a great Biirprlso. Den Soiling wns elcctod president of tho Scnato on tho first ballot. HKSULTS IN WASHINGTON. l'nulhumus ami Taylor LeglNlntlvo Heads There. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) OLYMPIA, Waah., Jnn. 10. W. H. Paulhnmus of Plorco county was elected president of tho Senate, llownrd I). Taylor of King county wns chosen spenkor of tho House. IRE KSESSED COOS DUTIES h Oregon State Tax Commission Fixes Taxable Valuable 'of Corporations. Tho total nsEOBsed vnluo of tho public sorvlco corporations In Coos county Ih only $218,790. This has Just been fixed by tho Stato Tax Com mission nt Snlom. Tho grand total for nil tho public sorvlco corporations In tho state, Including tolophono, tol egraph, railways, electric light nnd powor compnnlos, gas companloa, etc., is ?97,2C3,304. Tho total ns Bossmont of tho public sorvlco cor poration property In Curry county Is $-1,950 whllo In Douglas It Is $5, 837.S18. LEWIS FARMER AVINS PRIZE. Washington Man liaises Largest Crop On Smallest Acreage. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 10. It has remained for n well-known Lowls county farmor to win tho prlzo of an Enstorn firm for tho largest crop raised on tho smallest slto of land, Tho prize Is 80 acres of farm land In Wisconsin, nnd tho winner Is Theodore Harms of Salkum who has recolved a deod for tho proporty on his furnishing proof of raising 224 bushels of oats to tho acre. Mr. Harms Is selling out lila Eastern prlzo, and says It will take a much larger prlzo than 80 acres to luro him away from tho stato of Washing ton. OO HENS NET $10 A MONTH Eggs Bring ?130.BS, Chickens $27.B0, nt Cost of $13.15. EUGENE, Ore., Jnn. 10. A net profit of $10 a month from CO hons during tho year 1910 Is reported by Mrs. A. II. Smock of this city. Tho number of eggs laid during tho year wob 7,978, nearly CC5 doz en, from which tho Income was $130.55. During tho year 108 chick ens were raised, and chickens were sold to tho amount of ?27.50. The expenditures wero $42.45, di vided as follows: For shell, $2.95; chop, $5; wheat, $34.50. making the net profit for tho year $121.60. Tho hens are Rhode Island Reds and Ply mouth Rocks. LID 1ST BE KEPT FOR PUBLIC Measure Providing for Ceding of State Lands to Port Commissions Completed C. U. Puck hns completed tho draft of n bill which will bo Introduced In tho Oregon legislature at this session by Senator Chitse enabling tho state of Oregon to cede to tho various port commissions nil tldo InndB or Islands to tho various port commissions which shall havo Jurisdiction over tho territory In which they nro lo cated. A stipulation of tho grant Is that tho lands bo ceded can never bo sold by tho port commissions but shnll bo kopt forever for tho peo ple Tho port commissions nro em powered to lenso them nnd uso tho rovenuo from thorn for tho general benefit of tho port or If tho Port Commission to which they nro coded shall go out of existence, tho Inud Bhnll revert to tho government. On Coos Day ns well ns In 80vcrnl other ports In Oregon, tho Btnto holds tho tltlo to considerable tidal aron. With port commissions formed to ns sumo Biiporvlslon of tho harbor, this Iniul enn be used for tho public ndvnntngo by tho port conimlsilons. Tho Oregon Stato Land Hoard has Indicated a wllllngHOHs to codo theao lands to tho public through tho port commissions If thoy nro nuthorlzed by lnw to do so nnd It Is holloved thnt tho menuuro will bo enacted by tho legislature. Tho bill provldos thnt tho Innds In question shnll bo cedod for tho nom Innl sum of $1 nnd rognrdlng tho conditions, tho bill provldos ns fal lows: "Upon complying with tho provi sions of this Act nnd upon receipt of. n dood ns nforosnld, tho Port named ns grantoo In Biich deed Bhnll hold tho lRnds thoroln doscrlbod, without right or powor of nllonntlon, oxcept In tho mattor of leasing thereof, nnd subjoct to a rovorslnn to tho Stato of Oregon In ense snld Port shnll conse to bo a body corporate ongng od In tho dovolopmont nnd lmprovo mont of tho conditions of navigation nnd commerce; nnd ovor said deod od lands tho said grantoo shall havo oxcluslvo control In the manner of using tho samo, nnd mny drodgo out, fill In, or othcrwlso uso snld lands In nny mnnnor which mny tond to tho dovolopmont nnd Improvomont of tho conditions of navigation nnd commorco; nnd whoro nny lnnd so doodod ns nforosald shnll havo boen flllod In with drodglng or shall have boon built upon with docks nnd wharves, or othorwleo Improved by said grnnteo, or shall havo becomo vnluablo for leasing purposos with out Improvomont, then In any such rnRn tho said grantee Bhnll havo tho right to lease said land for any pur pose which may not conmct wun mo ,invinnmnnt or Improvement of tho conditions of navigation anu com merce, and may uso and aevoio me Income from such leases to tho furth anco of tho general purposes of sold port named as granteo. "Tldo and overflow lands" as used heroin embraces all lands over which tho tide obbs and flows from tho line of ordinary high tldo to tho line of mean low .tide, and all Islands, shoro lands, and other such lands hold by tho Stato of Orogon by virtue of her sovereignty. "In caso tho Act creating tho State Land Bonrd should be repealed and tho said Doard thereby abolished, then tho duties of gald State Land Board hereunder shall bo performed by tho Governor, Secretary and Treasurer of the Stato of Oregon act ing together ns agents of tho Stato of Oregon under tho seal of tho Stato of Oregon. "Tho purpose and intent of this .m0nt la to aid and encourage j the several ports of tho Stato of Lane County Asset Company Announces It Will Begin Construction. EUGENE, Ore., Jnn. 10. Tho Lnno County Asset Company of this city hns completed arrangements for tho financing of Its proposed electric railway from Eugono to tho coast, and tho olllclnls nnnouuco thnt grad ing on tho first 2C-mlIo atrotch of tho rond out of Eugono will begin Just nB soon ns materials nnd Imple ments enn bo nssombled. A reprc sontntlvo of Knnsns City capitalists hnH been In Eugono for tho past week looking to tho llnnnclng of tho road and arrangements hnvo finally boon completed looking to that end. ThlB enterprise has boon promoted by n company of Eugcno business inun for tho pnst two years, nnd each has glvon a lnrgo amount of tlino nnd money. M. Svnrvorud, n real estato dealer, Is president of ' tho company; John Dnlrd, n railroad man rccontly from Minneapolis, Is secret ary, and tho directors nro Alton Hampton, F. E. Dunn, F. J. Dcrger, nil morchnnts, Jnck Rodmnn, real cstnto dealer, and Frco Thomas, a sawmill ownor. Tho Southern Pacific Compnny hns eont n crew of surveyors to Eugono to begin work on n lino botween Eu gono nnd Elmlrn, whoro It will Join a lino surveyed by tho company somo Unto ago, from Junction City via El mlrn to Gnrdlnor. COOSCDUNTY Four Inches at Laird's Last Night and Still Falling at Last Reports. Four Inches of anow hnd fnllcn nt Laird's Inst evening at 8 o'clock and It wns still snowing according to tho last roports from thoro. Coos Day has so far rocelvod but n mongor touch of wlntor, somo slcot falling Inst night and today. Tho nows of tho heavy snow nt Laird's wljlch is noar tho Coos-Dou-glns county lino on tho old Coos Bay wagon road, was rocelvod by Goo. W. Carloton nt tho Wostorn Union ofllco last ovoning. Soon aftor,warda, tho wlro wont out of commission nnd sorvlco hnd not boon rostorod up to a Into hour today. Tho wonthor Is decldodly squally nnd Is roported to bo vory bad off tho coast. Tho bar has boen vory rough last night and today. WOMEN NEED NOT TELL AGE. Ruling Given As to negotiation In Taeonia. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 10. That a woman need not toll her ago In order to roglstor is tho ruling mado i. nuv Attorney T. L. Stiles. Tho law requires that voters shall bo over 21 and tho city attorney noma iu nniw Tippfissarv for women voters to .iro, nnih flint they aro ovor 21 and that otherwlso their ago la Inconse quential. The opinion came wn ...nmnn RPflklnC to rCKlSlOr reiUBCU iu ntvfl i.nr ace. With tho opening of h 1011 hnnkn flvo women wore on VtlU f ww-"- --. rolled, Mrs. James Agner, who oi u theatre engineer, being tne nrsi. Orogon in dovoloplng and improving conditions of navigation and com mon by making posslblo tho acqui sition at a nominal price of such un appropriated, unsold tldo and over flow lands of said State as may bo within such ports and necessary, con venient, or useful in tho work of dovoloplng and improving conditions of navigation and commerco, and to that end, all tho provisions hereof shall be construed liberally," Plows-Disc HABIt6WB and splko tooth Harrows at MILNER'S, SHOW FALLS II Joseph Jacobson Files Charges Against L. F. Falkenstein of North Bend. Joseph Jacobson of North Dcnd, yestcrdny filed a chargo of assault and battery against L. F. Fnlkon Btcln, superintendent of the Simpson Lumber Compnny, in Justlco Pen- nock's court. When CotiBtnblo Cox sorved tho notlco on Mr. Falkenstein, ho Immediately asked for n chnngo of vonuo to JtiBtlco ShttBtor's court In North Dcnd, owing to It bolng moro convenient. Justlco Pcnnock grant ed tho chnngc. Jacobson npponrcd boforo Justlco Ponnock n few dnys ngo nnd wnntcd to fllo tho chnrgo but tho lnttor In formed him thnt ho should cotiBtilt Doputy Prosecuting Attorney Llljeq- vlst. Ho did so nnd tho lnttor told him to swear to his complaint in Justlco Shustor'B court nt North Dond but Jncobson sworo it out boforo Jus tlco Pcnnock. Jacobson nllegcd In his complaint that tho other day ho wont into tho ofllco of tho Simpson company to drnw his wnges nnd that Mr. Fnlk- cnstolu nssaultcd him. Tho mnttor will probably bo threshed out boforo Justice Sinister In a day or two. Western Union Wire Out of Commission and Mail De layed Today. As a rcanlt of tho snow nnd aloet storm In tho mountains east of hero, tho Woatom Union wlro wna put out of commission nt 8 o'clock Inst night nnd sorvlco hnd not beon restored Into this aftornoon. Earlv this morning, llnomon woro Btnrtod out from Lalrd'a to find tho causo of troublo and ropalr tho bronk. But aa n storm wob rnglng thoro Inst night, it is nntlclpntod thnt thoro is moro than ono bronk nnd the ropalr work will bo slow. Mail Is Delayed. Aa n rosult of tho honvy ronds, mado worse by tho snow and rain storm, tho Coos Dny mall was bov oral hours lato today. It reachod horo shortly after noon. Tho delay was caused by a wheel of tha'stago breaking In a chuck-holo fhwmlles oast of Sltkum. Another rig was hurried thoro from Sltkum but tho storm mado traveling slow. In consoquonco of tho wlro trou blo, Tho Times was unablo to bo curo Its regular Associated Press sorvlce today. EL PASO HAS DHOUGnT. Read This If You Aro Kicking About Coos Bay Rain, EL PASO, Tox., Jan. 10. El Paso believes It can lay claim to having beon tho dryest place in tho Unltod States in tho year Just closed. The total annual rainfall was but 4.03 Inches. Tho average for a year horo Is 9.84 Inches. Ab a result of the drought stock has Buffered heavily In Western Texas, and was unablo to stand tho present cold spell, tho cold est In twelve years, many cattle por Ishlng. NOTICE On January 1, 1911, tho business conducted by Chas. Stauff was suc ceeded by Stauff Grocery Co. All porsons knowing themselves Indebt ed to tho former firm will pleaso call and settle. CHAS. STAUFF. New home SEWING MACHINES and Needles at MILNER'S. ST0R1 CAUSE OF TftOUBLE DEER SEASON IS DISPUTED C. A. Smith Company Said to Oppose Plan of Local Sportsmen About It. Tom Hall, ono of tho commlttco appointed by tho local sportsmen to drnft n now gnmo lnw bill, hns been npprlscd indirectly thnt tho C. A. Smith Lumber Company Is opposed to tho provision In It for lengthening tho deor season. According to tho Information renchlng him, tho com pany'B officials want tho deer Bcason shortened to nbout fifteen days and want it fixed for from Octobor 15 to Novomber 1 or for nbout two weeks nt oven a lator dato. "I havo not scon nny of tho com pany and tho Information I havo re colved Is Indirect," said Mr. Hall to day. "I understand that tho reason thoy glvo for opposing tho longer nnd cnrllor deor season la that hun ters start forest fires and causo tho destruction of vnluablo timber. "I Tim cortaln they aro wrong on this point. Deor hunters, I am suro, nro not tho cnuao of tho forest fires. Thoy build very nmnll fires, gonornlly crook bottoms, nnd thoy nro exting uished. Most of tho forest fires nro Btnrtcd by tho donkoy cnglnos of tho logging, compnnlos or by spnrks from locomotlvos. Occnslonnlly enmpors Btnrt flro, bolng moro enro less than huntors. "If tho deor season doosn't open until tho lattor part of Octobor, wo might Just as well not havo any. I do not bollovo tho peoplo gonornlly will atnnd for this proposod chnngo." PLAN NEW BOAT. San Francisco Parties to Put Ono On From Coqullle. Tho Bnndon Rccordor snys: "C. L. Johnson, vlco-presldont, nnd II. D. WIeo, Becrotnry nnd attorney for tho DIroct Trunsportntlon nnd Fuol Co. of Oakland, Cnl.. nro In tho city look ing ovor tho situation. This Is tho company thnt la running tho Arcntn horo, and thoy nro now making nr rnngomonta nnd, In fact, havo all tho plana drawn for a flno now boat to bo run horo, and In addition thoy will run another uont which thoy now havo ready for tho run. It Is llkoly thnt tho Arcnta will bo takon off this run as soon as tho othor boats aro In oporatlon. "Tho primary object or this com pany Is to carry coal to San Fran cisco, which thoy aro getting from tho Gngo mine at Rlvorton. Mr. Gago was In Bandon yoatorday and snys ,... ,,, rnnl nnoilRll to supply most any kind of a demand for nn Indefi nite tlmo." m. YEWS OF ALLKCJA.-NV. Mrs. Flossie Nowlan is spenmub few weeks in Prospor with her hus band wbp la employed at tho saw mill. Mr. and Mrs. Dlngman nnd fam .... .. xt.m. nnnd. returned homo Monday after a few days vacation. Mrs. E. L. Plorco worn iu i.i... field Monday for a few days shop- Mrs, and Mrs. Virgil Matson of Loon Lake country, are spending a few daya with Mr. and Mrs. L. Smith. Tho meetings In chargo of Mr. Gray aro still in progress and thoro hnvo been several convorts. The now home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Piper is nearing completion and will ho ready for occupancy in a short tlmo. ,.,.t.ti. ,.niv who took umbrel la marked "M. It. S. W. S." from tho rack at Prof. Doll's Studio pleaso return samo. Party is known. Vessel's Whistles for Pilot Are Confused With Call For Aid. STEAMER NEWPORT REPAIRS DAMAGES Steamer Maverick, Owned by Standard Oil Company, Is Hard Hit. Someone Btnrtcd a report at noon todny thnt tho schoonor Lnkmo was in distress off Coos Dny and caused quite n stir until It wns ascertained tho report wns without foundation. Tho Lakmc, which Is owned by tho Chas. Nolson Lumber company of San Francisco, wns reported by tho lookout nt tho Life Saving Stntlon an being nbout two miles off shore. It wns vory rough outHldo and tho bar waB very rough. Sho had frequently Bounded threo blants, tho signal aok Ing for a pilot, but otherwlso did not lndlcnto alio was In need of aid. Tho lookout notifiod tho Simpson Lumber Company nnd tho tug Columbia will nrobnbly bo sent out to bring hor In. Sho Is to load with lumbor horo. Sho has not boon In horo for somo tlmo. JiiBt a year ngo, or ratnsr a yen"- lnoklng two dnys, tho Csarlna dis aster occurred. Newport Safe! , Capt. D. W. Olson of the v inn Smith, who arrived In yosten! ' ported thnt Sunday moralr... .' o'clock ho met tho steamer vrort off Fort Drngg, 125 mllot n?rtl! or San Francisco. Sho was ii.aUns; good hondwny undor hor own . ti.an. Slnco loamlng that sho had troub'o with hor bollorB, Capt. Olson tiI-i that sho might hnvo put Into Sin Hor Covo, nbout thirty mllos north of Fort Drngg nnd succeeded a nu.Mn ropnlra sufllolent to got " '"" Frnnclsco. Capt. Olson mot tho M. ,. r.ant. n Bhort dlstnnce south of Ciu T,l:.n- co. Ho snys that tho woathar wns faiv off tho California const hut tlu-y mi- countorod Borne protty rouK'J ""i-h-or north of Eurokn. Tho Coos Dny bnr wom a HU! rough when ho enmo In but .. tho tides nro high, thoro Is lots of .vnter nnd Cnpt. Olson found no rtillimUy In crossing In. Tho Nnnn Smith will stll lowor- row If tho woathar pormlts. Hit By High Son. Tho Standard Oil Conpa-.v Bohoonor, tho Mavorlok. m hit W a honvy son off Coos Bay m l nnd ono of her life bonta - ' nnd Bomo other slight da- .i as done No ono wns Injure Another Wild Huino Another rumor Btnrtod 1 thla aftornoon wna that n gnsollno schooner wna In dlstros in fi breakora north of whoro tho Oicirina mot hor fate. Tho source of It oould not bo nscortalnod but at 3 o'olook, Mr. Wlckmnn at tho Southum Oo gon Company's storo at Eniplro riald thnt tho report wns uttorly without foundation. Tho Lnkmo wns Btlll Btandlng off shoro waiting for n pilot to bo sent out to hor. HERE IS A CHANCE TO MAKE FIFTY EUREKA, Cnl., Jan. 10. A. B. Adams, dork of Eurokn camp, No. 8012, Modorn Woodmen of Amorlca, hns Just recolved the following card from II. C. Rosoncrnns "" Ch' ?-o, seeking Information of a brother, who Is unknown to momboi-s vif tho Eureka camp: "Doar Sid: I will puy r for address or proof of donth f Chut. II. M. Rosccrnns, ago 50, D: T cur pontor, machinist. car-bnlUic. He loft Omnha for California 180a Will you kindly lnqulro of your enmp. Fraternally, H. O. ftosecrans Box 59B, Chicago." rLVMBING at MILKER'S. I