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VOL. XXXIV.
MARSHFIELD,OREGO!l, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mnll
nntl Coos liny Alvcrtlcr.
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PTOMAINE POISONING TUESDAY
Mrs. J. L. Bowman, daughter or i Mrs. Lydln Bowman was the oldest
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Rogers of Coos daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers.
River, and well-known hero, whore .Mrs. Alice Eldrldgo, n sister, resides
she was born and raised, died Inst at Mt. Taber, a Portland suburb.
night at her homo In lrvlngton of Anson Otis Rogors Jr., resides on
ptomnlno poisoning,
This news was contained In a
the homo ranch on Coos River.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman hnd three
brief telegram from Mr. Bowman to; children, the two oldest girls and the
Dan Keating, acting manager of tho
Marshllold Woolen Milt Htoro.
lrvlngton Is a Portland suburb nnd
Mr. nnd Mrs. Bowman mailo their
homo there.
Owing to tho telephone wires up
Coos River being down this morning
youngest a boy only u llttfo over a
year old.
The news came aB a great shock to
tho Bay and everywhere there were
expressions of sympathy for tho be
reaved husband and children and
Rogers fnmlly, Mis. Rogers was held
Among the Lawmakers
At Oregon's Capital
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TO CHANGE SYSTEM.
I Bchoolhouses of tho state or specl-
ilcally In the cities In rooms fur-
Wnnt County Treasurer Distend of . nlshed with soap, towels and nntlsep
SherllV to Collect Taxes, tic lotions, ilno-tooth combs, etc.,
SALEM, Ore., .Inn. 17. Taking
'tho collection of taxes from tho
hands of the Sheriff, nnd placing this
work with tho County Trensurer, Is
the purpose of n mcasuro Introduced
by Senator C..A. Bnrrett of Umatllln.
Ho explains that Oregon Is one of tho
nnd use of theso nppllnuces will be
mado compulsory upon tho unkempt,
uncombed nnd unwashed, as n pnss
port of the educational privileges ot
tho schools. This will necessarily
mean the employment of bath attend-
nuts, wlelders of the hairbrush and
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few states where sheriffs collect tnxos llnc-tooth comb, enrctakors of towels
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers could not be I In tho highest esteem by tho older
residents of tho Bay who knew her
from girlhood.
Immediately apprised of their daugh
ter's denth.
TO ask m
Fill 0
A petition is being circulated
among tho Mnrshfleld school tench
era nsklng tho Bchool board to al
low tho teachers pay for tho two
weeks vacation during tho Christmas
holidays. It Ib understood thnt most
of tho teachers nro signing It nnd
thnt It will bo presented In n day
or two.
The teachers contend thnt as their
expenses went on during tho holidays
the samo ns though school was In
session, they should bo reimbursed
for their time. It is nlso understood
thnt they will endenvor to show thnt
ninny other towns and cities nro al
lowing tho tencliors pay during tho
vacations of tho school year, at least.
M. C. Hortou, n member of tho
Mnrshfleld school bonrd, said this
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Before United Stntes Commission
er Ch. B. Selby today, tho govern
ment contest of R. C. Cordcs home
stead In the Sand Hills Is being
hoard. Special Agent McGowan Is
hero representing tho government
nnd ho nnd the government contends
thnt Mr. Cordcs hns not lived on tho
claim ns the homestead Inws provide
he should.
Two other Sand Hill claims nro be
ing contested on tho sumo grounds,
they being those of Chns. E. Nichol
son nnd Chns. Stnuff. Tho Inttcr two
will probably bo heard tomorrow or
next day. Tho hearing hero is to
securo tho evidence of tho claimants
ns to their actual resldcnco on the
Instead of tho County Trensurer.
Bnrrett says he wants tho tax-collecting
placed whero It belongs. Along
tho snmo lluu Is another bill by tho
snmo senntor by inenns of which ho
wishes to provldo thnt county funds
In tho hands of n county trensurer
may bo deposited In national or state1
banks, as Is tho present rule with
stnto funds.
PETITION' SIGNING Cll ECKED.
morning thnt ho had not been nppri8-j homestends and whnt they hnvo dono
ed of such a petition. Ho Intimated towards complying with tho home-
that as a mombor of tho board ho 'stead laws.
would opposo granting It.
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ALLEGED FRAUD
WIRE IS1D0WN
AGAIN TODAY
Hill Alum to Prevent, Voters From
Afllvlng Names Promiscuously.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 17. Promis
cuous signing of Initiative nnd refe
rendum measures, unless tho voter
understands their provisions, will bo
prevented by n bill Introduced by
Rcprcscntntivo Clemens, If It is en
acted. This menstirVhirovldes that
before any votor enn sign nn initia
tive or a referendum petition ho
must subscribe to tho following sta
tement: "I hereby declare thnt boforo sign
ing this petition I hnvo carefully
rend nil of tho above described (Son
nto bill, House bill, proposed lnw,
amendment to constitution, city
chnrter, ordlnnuco or other mcasuro.
ns tho enso may be), or tho wholo has
been read to mo In nn Intel
ligible mnnnor; thnt I bellove I fair
ly understand tho same, nnd my at
tention wns called to this declaration."
CHASE HAS SCHEME.
Portland PiiHr Given Views of Sen
ator's Rntli Tub Plan.
The Portland Orogonlnn says: "If
tho views ot Stnto Senntor Chase of
Coos find oxprosalon In lnw through
tho enactment ot tho bill which ho
has in process ot Incubation, bnth-l
nnd additional police duty on the
part of teachers, much of whoso tlmo
nnd energy nro nlrendy employed in
detectlvo service. Incidentally It
will add n mill or so to tho annual
levy for school purposes, since,
though theso baths will bo nominal
ly "free," tho fact remains thnt they
must bo pnld for by tho nU-cndtirlng
tnx-pnyer.
"Now, really, lino not this thing of
relieving parents from nil responsibi
lity for the common wclfnro of their
children gono quite fnr enough?
While filthy, vermln-lufcstcd, germ-
lndcu children should not be admit
ted Into classes In tho public schools,
their pnrcntB lot ub say their moth
ers should bo mndo cognizant of
tho fnct thnt precedent to such admis
sion her children must bo cleaned up
and as n requisite for remaining In
school must be kept elenn. An intel
ligent, comprehensive, compulsory
cducntlon lnw will do tho rest.
Tho public schools nro primarily
for tho children of tho prolotnrlnt.
It docs not follow, however, thnt
theso children should bo dumped
poll-moll upon tho schools in utter
dlsregnrd of thnt first prlnclplo or
clvillzntlon personal cleanliness.
Thoro is often, though not always, n
vnlld excuso for poverty. For tilth
In n city llko Portland, whero there
Ib no congestion of population and
whoro thoro Is nn abundance of
water, thero Is none whntovor. A
wlso and stringent compulsory educa
tion law, supplemented by regula
tions stipulating that children shall
bo sont to school with clean bodies
clnd In reasonably clean clothes,
clean faces and hands and clean, do-contly-combod
hair, will settlo this
matter. This Is tho parents' part In
tho education of their children tho
pnrt dologatcd to thorn by Naturo
Six employes of tho C. A. Smith
mill hnd n nnrrow escnpo from
drowning Monday night ns n result
of n sninll rowbont In which they
were crossing Isthmus Inlet, swninp-
! lug with them. All hnd to swim for
It nnd hnd It not been for tho valiant
efforts of Foreman Geo. Rourko ns
slsted by Dnn Kennedy, n boom man,
one employo named Grlfllth would
undoubtedly hnvo been drowned.
At tho conclusion of tho after
noon's work, Forohinn Georgo
Rourko, Win. Murphy, August Isnnc
son, Larry Llljebo and Messrs.
Churchill nnd Grlfllth stnrtcd across
on the ferry. A rnft of logs wns In
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tho wny nnd they hnd to trnnsfor to
n rowbont. Too many got In nntl
tho bont swamped when pnrt way;
across.
All could flwlm pretty well except
Grlfllth nnd for n moment or two It
looked ns though he could not bo
saved. However, Mr. Rourko who la
a good swimmer got hold of him nnd
succeeded In keeping him afloat un
til other nld wns secured.
Somo of tho others woro having
difficulty on account of their heavy
clothing but Dnn Kennedy, ono ot
the boom men, who happened to bo'
near, snw them In tlmo to como to
their rescue nnd help them get up
on tho rnft.
TREE BREAKS
PIPELINE
tubs will bo Installed In tho public I when children woro born to thorn."
PORTLAND, Oro., Jan. IS. That
Collins Hot Springs, a health resort
up tho Columbia, which draws most
of Us pntronngo from Portlnnd, Ib a
fraud nnd thnt tho wnter Is only
lukewarm nnd hnB been artificially
heated by n cunningly-dovlsed hent
lnr nrrangomont which has remain
ed undetected nnd unsuspected for
y Irs, wns charged by tho owner of
tho property, Fred A. Young, In n
suit filed with tho Stnto Circuit court.
Mr. Young nccuses Captain C. T.
Belcher, for years owner of tho
place, of having practised fraud nnd
deception not only upon tho public
but In effecting tho snlo of tho prop
orty. Young bought tho place less than
five months ago, paying $52,000. Ho
pnld Captain Bolcher $52,500 for tho
buildings and fixtures nnd the 0. R.
& N. compnny $-10,000 for tho Innd,
which heretofore hnd been merely
leased.
While negotiating for tho place,
Young charges, Bolcher assured him
the mineral water sustained a nor
mal heat of 118 degrees Fahrenheit.
Belcher showed him tho springs nnd
the large feed pipe which carried tho
hot water to tho bathing tank,
Young says ho felt tho feed tank and
found It very hot, but this fact,
rather than arousing his suspicions,
served to reassure him at the time.
Tho sum of $55,000 was asked by
Belcher, but Young finally drove a
shrewder bargain and got the place
for $52,500. Ho took Immediate
possession nnd prepared to open n
health resort on a big scale.
w MUAjJvucmj uiu icmjjut tuuiu w'i
snn falling off from his springs. This provides that each aeroplane
struck him ns unusual, for ho says must carry at least nine lights.
Belcher had represented to him that Fitzgerald wanted It sent to tho
all the hoat was supplied by natnro committee on nnvlgatlon, but It
f-ud that tho water never dropped be- went to the Judiciary.
Jew the 118 point. He began an in-'
LITTLE DAMAGE
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Tho Btorm last night did not put
tho Western Union out of business,
much to the general surprise. How
ever, othor troubles came up nnd
nfter nn hour or two this morning,
tho telegraph wlro and the telephone
wires got across between hero nnd
Sumner nnd put tho Western Union
out of commission. Ltnomon were
sont out to eliminate tho troublo nnd
will probnbly do so sometime this
nftprnoon.
vostlgntlon nnd then found thnt his
bnrgaln had been something In the
nature of n J. Rufus Wnlllngford ro
mance. Examining tho supply plpo running
from tho springs to tho bathing tank,
ho says, ho found that a smnllor plpo
was secreted Inside for tho nurnose snlo outsldo,
of carrying a Jet of steam from tho I Tho Nonn Smith went down tho
heating plant. This was tho secret Bay at noon, but It Is not known
of the hot springs.
So now the now owner charges
that the property Is not worth a cent
more than $12,500 and In his suit
he asks Judgment against Belcher for
$40,000 on that Bcore.
FRESHETS HERE
NOT BAD YET
Asldo from n fow broken panes of Despite tho heavy rain hero yes
glass, no damago was dono by -last torday. tho freshets are not nearly ns
nlght'B atorm which wns ono of tho .... .,,.,,.
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worst that Coos Bny hns experienced
In n long tlmo. Tho squnll Insted nil ls 8tftt0(1 tlmt tno fnct u,nt H ,,n8
night nnd this morning nnd tho fitful been quite cool until this morning
gusts mado many buildings shako, and thnt tho storm wns snow Instead
Consldornblo rain fell during the' 0f rain In tno mountains nt tho lioad
nlslit. quarters of tho vnrlous stroams ls
It ls presumed that this Is tho responsible for tho eBcnpo from tho
storm that has beon raging along tho . freshet today
Northern California coast. Today tho
Coos Bay bar was not unusually
rough but It was blowing a perfect
AIR SHIPS TO CARRY LIGHTS.
California Legislature for Aerial
Trnfllc.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 18
A bill to regulate aerial traf-
flc has been Introduced In tho
legislature by Assemblyman
Fitzgerald for the Pacific Aero
club. Tho bill, In addition to
requiring llconses and Insuring
, aviators against damage suits,
whether she will bo ablo to cross
out.
Tho Breakwater Is due to leave
Astoria today but if tho storm Is as
bad off there as It ls off Coos Bay,
it Is doubtful It Captain Macgenu
will cross out.
TO REBUILD MESSINA.
Quake Stricken City to bo Rebuilt
More Durable.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
MESSINA, Sicily, Jan. 17. The
rebuilding of Messina in durable
masonry was Inaugurated when tho
cornerstono of a group of public
buildings to be erected by tho city
was laid.
Sealshlpt Eastern Bulk OVSTERS
will arrive on Breakwater. Phone
32. Tho Bazar.
Read the Times Want Ads.
Today, nolthor fork of Coos RIvor
was flooding much. Isthmus Inlet Is
up considerably,
Supt. W. F. Millor of tho locnl
railway reported that at Myrtle Point
there had been a five-foot rlso in tho
Coqulllo this morning but that tho
wator was not high enough yet to
Interfere with tho railway. This aft
ernoon's trains got through all right
and unless conditions become much
worse than are now apprehended,
Mr. Miller does not believe service
will bo Interrupted.
From September 1, 1910, to 4:43
o'clock this morning, January 18,
the total rainfall on Coob Bay, ac
cording to tho government records
kept by Mrs, E. Mingus was 35,09
Inches. This Is 2.01 Inches greater
than tho average rainfall of tho
same period for tho past nlno years.
Sealshlpt Eastern Bulk OYSTERS
will arrive on Breakwater. Phono
32. Tho Bazar.
Have your calling cards printed at
Th Times offlc.
jl Have your Job printing dono at
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Minneapolis, Minn., Jnn
Editor Coob Bny Times:
As I take for granted that the pco
plo of Mnrshfleld like any now pro
gressive community arc nil tho tlmo
Interested In tho problems which so
vitally concerns tho building up of
your city, I tnko tho liberty to ngnln
liuposo upon your good nature In re
gard to paving, A year or more ago
I urged upon your City Council,
through tho columns of Tho Times
nnd privately, to lay wooden block
paving Instead of tho asphalt. It was
however thought best to continue to
lay tho asphalt, or whatever It may
bo called. It Is n peculiar fact that
most communities will go through
this samo experimenting regardless
of tho exporlonco of other cities. At
that tlmo I called tho attention to
oxporlmcnts In Chicago, cited by tho
government In a pamphlet Issued by
tho Forestry Depnrtmont, which
demonstrated beyond n question of n
doubt that tho wooden block paving
was the most sntlafnctory. I nlso
cited thnt tho woodon block paving
hnd beon used for tho Inst fifty years
nnd Is still being used very extensive
ly In tho larger cities of Europo llko
London, PnrlB nnd many other cities.
On Decombor 29th I wroto Androw
RInkor, City Engineer cf this city,
"If not too much troublo will you
kindly ndvlso tho number of square
yards of each Indlvldunl kind of
pavement laid In this city per year
during tho last flvo years nnd nlso
cost of tho snmo."
To which I am In recolpt of tho
following Information giving tabu
lated statement for each year, but
for tho purpose of saving spaco I
will group nnd give thousands of
yards only, for tho yenrs 1900, 1907,
1908 and 1909 only, tho number of
yards but not tho cost being given
for 1910.
Asphalt, resurfacing only 111000
Sq. Yds., avorago cost $1.50 per yard.
Brick, GC000 Sq. Yds., nvorngo
cost $2.20 por Sq. Yard.
Granlto Blocks, 24000 Sq. Yds.,
nvorngo cost $1.75 por Sq. Yd.
Snndstono, 48000 Sq. Yds., nvor
ngo cost $2.20 por Sq. Yd.
Macadam, 101000 Sq. Yds., avor
ago cost $1.13 per Sq. Yd.
Creosoted Woodon Blocks, 471000
Sq. Yds., ayerago cost $2,48 per Sq.
Yd.
Eliminating tho asphalt resurfac
ing nnd tho macadam, the total pav
ing for tho flvo years Is 801000
squaro yards of which 027,000, or
78 is creosoted wooden blocks cost
ing as above $2.48 per square yard,
or considerably moro thnn either
brick, snndstono or granlto. It cer
tainly does seem too bad that tho
city of Marshflold does not take ad
vantage of tho opportunity of secur
ing absolutely tho best pavement
which can bo lnld. Can It bo that
It Is too cheap? It was not until tho
price for lumbor for paving In this
city got up to $20 and ovor that our
City Fathors discovered that tho
wooden block paving after nil wns
tho best paving. Can It bo that your
City Fathers are unablo to make tho . nor.
This afternoon a tree fclf
across the gas pipeline at Fern
dale, shutting off the gas sup
ply.
In consequence, The Times'
linotype machine was put out
of business .and much news
could not be set,
samo discovery until wooden block
paving becomes ns vnluublo or more
so thnn tho other kinds?
In talking with somo of your peo
ple, my attention wns called to tho
fnct that wooden block paving In thoi
eastern cities ns It wns laid twenty
years or moro ngo In tho Bhnpo of
round white cedar blocks on two Inch
common plank had bocomo unpopu
lar which statement was absolutely'
truo. Such pavement bolng laid as:
n mako-shlft only on account of Its
extrcmo cheapness. Its llfo In reality
bolng only six or eight years, the
blocks bolng round, cut from small
trees, leaving oponlngs botwoon thorn
nnd tho wood bolng exceedingly soft
and tho sappy part decaying very
quickly which also of course was tho
caso with tho two-Inch planking un
derneath. You, vory fortunatoly,
hnvo n kind of wood which no othor
district of our country has, namoly
tho Port Orford Codar, which ls
close grained, firm nnd withstands
decay almost Indefinitely nnd for
thnt reason Is especially suited for
n foundation; nnd I bollovo would
Inst for thnt purpose almost indefi
nitely. Then I do bollovo thnt tho-
ccdar blocks which hnvo tho peculia
rity of toughening nnd hnrdonlng by
oxposuro, which Is demonstrated
whoro It Is being used for wharfs nnd
bridges, would last for a great many
yonrs, whoro tho trnfllc Is ns light as
It Is In your streets and probnbly
will bo. Tho fir blocks without trcnt
mont would last Indefinitely ns far
as wonr Is concornod, but will of
courso In tlmo decay. If howovor,
theso blocks nro selected, eliminat
ing tho sap, I bollovo thoy will last
without troatmont for n great ninny
years, and would of courso make
your chonpost pavomont as far as
original cost la concerned, and I am
not sure but probably, considering
tho first cost and Interest, tho cheap
est In the end, Think tho experience
of tho largor cities all ovor our coun
try, as well as In Europe, In using
woodon blocks whoro lumber ls so
vory much hlghor thnn It ls with
you, It does scorn preposterous that
you will permit tho laying of n single
yard of any othor pavement.
Yours vory truly,
C. A. SMITH".
HUME ESTATE OPTION,
Keasoy, Humlnson, Jeffery, a roar
estate concern of Portland, hnvo se
cured nn option on tho Hume estate
at "Woddorburn. Mr. Humlnson Is
oxpectod In n fow days whon tho deaf
will probably bo closed. It Is tho In
tention of tho company to put the
tract on tho markot. Imkoport Ban-
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