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VOL XXXIV
Established In 1K7H
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MARSHFIELD.OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll
nnd Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 26.
ABSENTEES TO
LOSE OFFICE
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BILL PASSES
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GRANTS PASS
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ROGUE river
LIS 001 WILL PROTEST
FROM STORM ON NEW GRADE
BANQUET
RAILWAY Hill
SUCCESS
I
House Votes to Rescind Initia
tive Law Prohibiting Com
mercial Fishing There.
SALEM, Ore, Feb. 13. With tho
solemn warning of Dolland ringing
In their ears, that If they took such
action It would bo cvldonco on Its
Jnco that they hnd left their con
i elences nt home, nnd tho timely in
junction of Buchnnnn thnt experi
ence has demonstrated thnt nn effort
t destroy n moasuro passed by tho
jfoplc, "though It bo fnlso nnd per
nicious ns lioll," will surely bring
it punishment, 32 members of tho
House voted to repent tho Initiative
enactment closing Hoguo river to
nil except hook nnd line fishermen.
This Is tho first tlmo In Oregon
lerlslntlvo history that cither branch
of tho leglslnturo has had tho tem
erity to overthrow tho Inw of the
people. Tho oxcuso gencrnlly offered
was thnt, owing to a lack of under
standing of tho Initiative lnw, tho
people hnd put out of business tho
Hume cannery nt tho mouth of Ro
gue Itlvcr, representing interests
worth $2C0,000, In tho Interest of
tv "few hook nnd l'no anglers." Tho
Inllncy of this nrBumcnt, snld tho
opponents of tho bill, lay in tho fact
that tho peoplo were well aware of
what they wero doing as tho. pur
port of tho mensuro was plainly prin
ted In the Initiative petition, nn.l
thnt If time showed n mistake hnd
been mndo it would bo up to tho
pei plo nnd not tho leglslnturo to rec
tify the error.
Ducliaiiiin Una Learned.
"Tho members of this IIouo
should remember that undor tho
Initiative every votor In Oregon Id
n legislator." declnred nuchnnnn, In
opposing Pelrco'fl bill. "Whether
the lnw Is right or wrong should not
concern this body tho peop'i bmo
spoken I wnnt to tell you that you
should bownro of monkeying with
tho lnws of tho peoplo. If tho pco
pie ony It Is right, you should awonr
it Is right. Tho peoplo enn do no
wrong, nnd by 10,000 majority they
linvo snld you shnll not do this thing.
"The peoplo aro sovereign In au
thority. They know what they woro
doing when they passed th law be
cause tho mensuro was plainly writ
ten on tho ballot. Again I urgoyou
to beware. Two years ngo I tried
to monkey with ono of tho people's
laws, and tho voters of Jackson
county and a couplo-of papers In
Portland hnvo not censed to howl
about It yet."
Brownhlll Jumped to his feet ns
nuchnnan concluded nnd causod
laughter by congrntulatinghlnionh'.s
"conversion." "Well," rotorted Bu
chanan. "I hnvo been taught tho
political lesson by experience that
If a thing Is as wrong, ns pernicious I
and as fnlso as hell, nnd tho people
toy It Is right, wo nil should swear
It is right."
Clemens said tho legislature exists
to right wrongs ns well aB to pasi
lnws. u tho peoplo had known tho
purpose of the Initiative measure, he
continued, It would never have boen
passed. Two thousand persons wero
said by him to have petitioned fo
the repeal of tho law.
"Yes," remarked Buchannn, "bin
nearer 100,000 persons voted on It
under the Initiative."
Dills Passed.
H. B. No. 289, by Pelrco of Coos
Repealing tho law prohibiting
crab fishing on Coos Bny.
Indefinitely Postponed.
H. B. 250, by Rnckloff Requiring
eltles to pay to counties $400 annu
ally for every saloon license granted.
H. B. 28G, by Rnckleff Prohibit
ing wearing of calked shoes In pub
lic places.
H. B. 319. by Pelrc Prohibiting
road supervisors from contracting
indebtedness against the county.
Dills Passed Senate.
S. B. 24G, by Slnnott Requiring
employers of labor who employ over
three persons to report to tho state
labor commissioner nil accidents re
citing in death or disability and in
all eases where a physician Is called.
S. B. H, by Kellaher Providing
for approval of annexation of any
Introduced In Oregon Leg
islature Requires Them to
Attend to Duty.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 13. Ab a se
quel to the debate on Senator Bower
man's bill creating tho ofllco of As
sistant Secretary of State, Represen
tative Brownhlll introduced n bill
providing thnt any public official
away from his post or duty for 30
days shall be deprived of his salary.
The bill provides that any person
holding an elective or nppolnttvo of
llco or public position within tho
stnte, who is absent from, his ofllco
for more than 30 days In a year,
shall not be allowed to recclvo any
payment or compensation for tho
tlmo of absence exceeding 30 dnys.
If tho absence exceeds CO dnys, tho
ofllco becomes vacant nnd shnll be
filled In tho manner 'provided by
lnw In enso of vacancy in oinco or
position caused by death or resigna
tion. Any absenco for more than CO
days, the bill provides, shall bo do
clnred to be delinquency in public
ofllcc. Its applications nro not con
fined to stnto officials alone but ex
tend to all elective nnd appointive
public officials.
Introduction of tho bill wns sug
gested to Brownhlll by tho protract
cd nbsenco of Secretary of Stnto Ben
son.
Xo Mixed Mnirliigei.
With Clemens, Clyde, Maun, Pelr
cc, Reynolds, Smith and Simpson
voting no, tho House passed Peter
son's bill prohibiting tho Internmr
rlngc of whites with Jnpnncso or
Hindus. Tho bill nlso prohibits such
mnrrlnges between whites nnd per
sons having ono-fourth Japanese or
Hindu blood.
Providing for nnnual payment on
theoretical horsepower for water
power development, Carson's bill
passed tho Senato, thcro being 10
negative votes.
Members of tho Houso backed up
tho Senato In Its demand for clenn
llncss nmong pupils In tho public
schools nnd passed Senator Chase's
bill which ompowors tho Board of
Directors of any school district to
enforce snnltnry regulations govern
ing tho porsonnl appearanco nnd
cleanliness of untidy pupils.
Season Deer Limit Cut to Two.
Representative Church's bill, lim
iting tho number of deer thnt mny
bo killed In n season to two, rogard
less of sex, pnssod tho Houso. Un
der tho present law tho limit Is flvo
bucks, but Mr. Church oxplalned that
this did not prevent tho killing of
fomnles by hunters, who now leavo
tho carcass untouched.
Fouts' bill, providing that any
person having In his possession
moro than 35 ducks shall bo Hablo
to fln0( pn8sed tho lower House.
This does not chaugo the number
of ducks thnt mny bo killed In n
week, but it prevents any hunter
returning homo with a greater num
bor nnd explnlning thnt tho numbor
In excess of tho legal limit belonged
to Jones and Smith nnd thnt ho wns
merely bringing them .homo as an
nccommodntlon.
Representative Nouner has Intro
duced n bill defining what shall con
stitute a scalp for collection of
bounty.
territory to city or town by vote of
the people of the district nffected be
fore the city can act on taking In
outsldo territory.
S. B. 77, by Chase Shortening
tho season for duck shooting on Coos
Bay.
S. B. 153, by Merryman Increas
ing bounties on timber wolf and cou
gar. S. B. 270, by committee on com
merce nnd nnvlgatlon, substitute for
S. B. 132, prohibiting possession of
liquor or presence of Intoxicated
persons on trains, boats nnd stages.
Among the new bills In the sen
ate Is the following:
S. B. 249, by Chase Authorizing
Hens to be placed on property for
drainage district work.
DOX'T forget that 30 CT. COF
FEE at the AXOXA GROCERY.
Telegraph and Long Distance
Telephones Out of Com
mission from Coos Bay.
As a result of yesterday and last
night's storms, Coos Bay Is Isolated
today from tho rest of tho world.
Tho Western Union's telegraph lino
to Roseburg Is out 0fj,,redEC 0rcBn ,9 nbl to B0 nnond
, going down yesterday J an1 fll1 C. E. Nicholson nnd tho
from hero
commission
nftcmoon. Tho company hns n
numbor of linemen out but It Is tin
cortnln when communication will bo
reestablished.
This morning, nil of tho long dis
tance tolcphono lines wero out of
commission but at noon, tho service
to Bnndon had been restored. They
hope to restore scrvlco to Roseburg
soon.
Besides tho heavy gusts of wind
thnt mndo the storm llko a squall,
considerable rnln, sleet nnd hall
fell. Today, moro hail fell.
Asldo from tho damago to tho
tolcphono nnd telegraph lines, no
dnmngc wns dono.
In conHcqucnco of tho wires bo
ing down, The Times wns not nblo to
sccuro its regular Associated Press
report today.
DIRECT VOTE
Senator Brown Points Out to
Senate That People Will
Have the Say.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 13. Sup-
porting tho resolution providing for
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tho oloctlon of United States Son-
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Norrls Brown of Nobraska, raado j
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roply In tho Senato to Lodgo and
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Dopow, opposing tho nmondmon'.
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"Tho Amorlcnn peoplo," ho Bald,
"cannot bo Jokod, or smiled nt, or
by scholarly scoffora driven from
their determination to havo a direct
voico In public annlrs.
"Roprosontatlvo government is
dear to them. They would presorvo
and porpetuato It.
"How natural nnd logical, then,
Is their desire to becomo moro closo
ly nnd moro directly Identified with
tholr sorvnnts and representatives,
whether in tho National Congress or
In stnto legislatures, and to havo a
moro direct voico in tho lawa of the
land?"
Mr. Brown supported tho prin
ciple of direct primaries and predic
ted that "tho tlmo Is not moro than
six years distant when ovory delo
gato to ovory National convention
will bo chosen by direct voto."
WED IX NORTH DEXD.
Tom Jum nnd Miss Laura Sheppard
Mnrrled.
A very pretty wedding took placo
In North Boud, Saturday night,
Fobrunry 11, at tho resldenco of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Wm. Shoppnrd when their
daughter, Lnurn, wns united in mnr
rlngo to Mr. Thomns Juza. Tho Shep
pnrd homo wns beautifully decorat
ed with huckloberrles and fern. Rev.
HIsey of tho Methodist church offi
ciated with n brief but impresslvo
ceremony.
After Mr. and Mrs. Juza had re
ceived congratulations of tholr as
sembled frlonds, tho party repaired
to tho dining room whore a bounto
ous repast was served.
Later in tho ovening the happy
pair wero taken to tho boat to
Marshfleld where they will reside.
These young people are both well
nnd favorably known ns they have
lived hero a number of years.
Some beautiful presents wero re
ceived. Those present wero Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Sheppard. Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Bralnard, Mr. and Mrs. Lafayetto
White, Miss Julia Holm, Mrs. Mary
Anderson, Clifford Downs, Hansoy
Hansen, Johnnie Sheppard and Miss
Frances White.
FOR SENATORS
0. C. & N. Company and C. E.
Nicholson Remonstrate On
North Front.
A new complication In tho impro
vement of North Front street has
arisen and may delay It oven if tho
Oregon Coal and Navigation compa-
ny arc circulating a potltlon nmong
thp property owners protesting
against raising tho grado of the
Btreot.
It is claimed that tho new grado
established under tho last plans nnd
specifications propnicd by P. A.
Sandbcrg for tho Improvement of tho
streot will mean tho raising of it
between two nnd four feet nbovo tho
prcsont plnnklng. This will make It
nbout two feet nnd n half nbovo tho
floors of tho Cold Storago plant and
tho Ocean dock.
It Is also claimed that it will make
tho north end of Front street higher
than tho portion of Front Btreot nl-
ready paved with hard paving.
Ben Santlborcj of North Bend
and Companion Nearly
Drown Yesterday.
Ben Sandborg, n longshoreman
residing u,t North Bond nnd a com-
' pnnlon woro nlmost drowned by their
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Mt overturning whlio hunting
ducks on North Inlet yestordny.
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When rescued, ono was hanging to
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the ovorturned boat and tho othor
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wns stnndlng on nn Islnnd with tho
I IUU lllf IU HID Ulllil. 1 I1U WUIU
taken off by tho launch Voga which
was towing a pllo-drlvor up tho In
let. Tho accident occurred on or nenr
N. Rnsmusson's ranch. Tho hunters
woro rowing over tho slightly inun
dated flats and tho wind nnd high
tldo caused tho accident.
Owing to tho cold, Sandborg was
nearly ovorcomo when removed from
tho chilly water.
J. H. GREVES IS
IEIJUSIE
North Bend Man Will Repre
sent Rapid Transit Company
Creditors.
Tho creditors of tho Rapid Trail'
sit company havo olected J. II. Gro
ves of tho North Bond National bank
trustees in the bankruptcy proceed
ings begun against tho company.
Mr. Groves qualified today and
will at onco begin to ascertain tho
assets of tho company and sccuro
charge of tho property.
Claims against tho company thus
far proven before Referee McKnlght
amount to about $22,000.
What tho assets will amount to
cannot bo ascertained until a careful
investigation is inado.
WHY buy STALE DUTTER when
you can nlways get GOOD BUTTER
at the AXOXA GROCERY.
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DUCK HUNTERS
IN ACCIDENT
Many Participate In Observa
tion of Lincoln's Birthday
In Marshfleld.
The first nnnual Lincoln Banquet
by tho Marshfleld Republican club
at The Chandler, Saturday evening,
was n decided success. Thcro wni
a good nttendnnco of lending repub
licans, n flno repast was enjoyed nnd
some good tnlks mndc.
Tho dining room of Tho Chandler
wns prettily nnd appropriately de
corated for tho occasion. An en
larged picture of Abraham Lincoln
enshrouded by a lnrgo American (lag
mnrked tho head of tho banquet
tnblo nnd tho room wns effectively
set off with smaller flags and bunt
ing. As a centerpiece, F, K. Get
tlns contributed n clever and artis
tic pleco of decoration a mlnlnturo
log cabin with n mlnlaturo rail
fence.
M. C. Mnlonoy presided as toast
master and thcro wero responses by
Judgo John S. Coke, J. V. Snicnton,
Ch. B. Selby, A. S. Hammond of Co
quillo and C. I. Rolgard of Marsh
fleld. In opening tho progrnm, M. C.
Maloncy paid high tribute to Abra
ham Lincoln as a foremost American
citizen nnd exponent of republican
ism whom all republicans regardless
of factions united In honoring.
Judgo Cokc'B rcsponso was to the
"Tho Republican Party in Oregon.'
Ho pnld trlbuto to Abraham Lincoln
as tho foundor of tho republican par
ty and tho brond and high princi
ples ho Inculcated In tho organiza
tion. Ho also spoke of tho work tho
party had accomplished and of tho
progress It had stood for and nttho
samo tlmo protected tho wolf nro of
tho Amorlcnn peoplo. As to tho par
ty In Orogon, Judgo Coko snld thnt
somo of tho self-constituted lenders
of tho pnrty hnd by tholr actions, es
pecially on stnto mnttors, aroused
criticism thnt reflected on tho or
gnnlzntlon. Howovor, ho said that
Oregon had nearly nlways lined up
with tho party on national Issues and
elections.
J. V. Smoaton responded to "Poll
tics In Business." Ho said it wns
hard to soparnto tho two and still
harder to comblno tho two for tho
Individual. Ho polntod out tho closo
union of tho lnrgo business Interests,
typifying tho workor with tho brnln,
nnd labor, typifying tho toilor with
his hnndB nnd declnred that nny
politician or domngoguo who tried to
align them against each other was
n danger to tho public welfare. Ho
mado n plea for greater cooperation
botweon tho two. In opening his re
marks, ho called attention to tho
fnct that ho, as well as Lincoln, had
been born In n log cabin.
Ch. B. Solby responded to "Pnrty
Organization." Ho dwelt particular
ly upon the recent election nnd tho
domocrntlo victories and attributed
tho dofcat of tho republican party to
lack of organization nnd lack pf
party princlplo that stood higher
than tho candidates. Ho declared
that organization wns as necessary
In politics for success as In business
and ho roundly scored members of
tho party who opposed tho organiza
tion of tho party. His romarks woro
interpreted by Bomo as reflections
on those who had opposed tho "As
sembly in tho recent campaign and
brought from M. C. Malonoy n brief
reply In which tho Intter declared
that organization nnd princlplo woio
well nnd good when founded on tho
right principle Howovor, ho point
ed out thnt tho strongest organiza
tions In politics woro sometimes not
founded on tho right princlplo nnd
wero against public wolfnro, citing
tho Tammany organization as an In
stance. A. S. Hammond responded to
"Buncombe" nnd dwelt lnrgely on
tho Oregon situation. Ho roundly
criticized Senntors Chamberlain nnd
Bourno nnd U'Ren. Uo also de
nounced tho Initiative and Referen
dum becnuso It mndo lawmaking too
easy and criticized tho amendments
to the constitution under It. He
suggested as a means of preventing
"Jokers" slipping through under tho
Company Formed to Build Line
From Idaho Through There
to Crescent City.
PORTLAND, Fob. 13. Articles of
Incorporation havo been filed with
tho county clerk by tho Grants Pnss
& Roguo River Railroad company.
Tho capital stock Is placed at $000,
000, divided into 9,000 shares at
(160 each. Tho incorporators nro
II. L. Chnpln, J. G. Griggs nnd A. D.
Bowcn, of this city.
Tho purpose of tho company is to
build railroads from Grants Pass to
n point on tho const nnd to Idaho,
according to tho articles.
This Is tho proposition for which
the people of Grants Pnss hnvo bcou
subscribing n subsidy of $75,000 and
It Is understood thnt tho Pacific
coast terminal of tho road will bo
Crescent City, Cal. By way of
Grants Pass tho road Is to cross tho
stnto to Idaho, whoro it Is bollovod
It is Intended to connect with ono
of tho transcontinental lines. Tho
proposed lino will tap tho rich Ap
plcgato Valley.
Work to Begin nt Once.
GRANTS PASS, Fob. 13. A. D.
Bowen, projector of tho Grants Pass
and Roguo River railroad, with asso
ciates arrived from Portland in or
der to be prcsont nt tho big railroad
mass meeting nt tho oporn houso.
Mr. Bowcn says tboy havo placod an
order in tho East for 3,000 tons oC
steel rails, to bo d olive red at no
early n date ns possible. A G0-ton
locomotlvo nnd ten flnt enrs for con
struction work hnvo nlso been or
dered nnd will bo dollvorcd, it Ib
oxpected, within 30 dnys. Work will
bo so fnr progressed thnt tho colob
rntlon of tho driving of tho first
splko will bo hold on March 1. Al
ready grading on tho roadbed liao"
been In progress for sovornl dnys on '
tho compnny's property on tho south
sldo of tho river nnd It Is probablo
that many moro mon will bo put to
work in a fow days.
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AFTER FAKE ADVERTISING.
Tho Salom Statesman says: "At
tho meeting of tho Salom Buslnoss
Mon 'a Lcaguo n blow was struck nt
tho practice of advertising In pro
grams, menu cards, hotel rogistors,
calendars and similar things, and
stops woro tnkon to dlscontlnuo fu
turo advertising of this nature"
Other cities on tho lino should fol
low tho good oxnmplo sot by tho
Capital City, and tho day of fako
advertising would soon becomo ex
tinct. Your locnl papor gives tho
advertiser tho best possible publicity
and tho cost Is usually nbout ono
fourth ns high ns you would pay for
a llko spaco on somo nlleged adver
tising schomo which usually doos tho
business mnn moro harm than good
In tho long run.
Reprosontntlvo Huntington has in
troduced n bill abolishing "Blank;
A," now used by non registered
olectors In qualifying as voters, nnd
providing thnt In tho future only
registered electors shnll bo nllowod
tn partlclpato In primary and gou
!T1 elections.
Inltlntlvo thnt moroly tho questions
ns to whether now monsures bo ad
opted bo submitted to tho voters nnd
thnt It bo loft to tho loglslaturo to
nact tho law.
C. I. Relgard responded to "Lin
coln Republicanism" nnd pnld high
trlbuto to Abrnham Lincoln for his
progresslvonesH. Ho said that tho
pooplo who wero criticising tho pre
sent day progress ovldontly forgot
that Lincoln In order to enrry out
his abolition of slavery had to bo
progressive enough to amend tho
constitution of tho United State.
Mr. Rolgard strongly urged tho olec
tlon of United Stntos senators bv
the direct voto of tho peoplo.
It wns Just midnight when th
meotlng closed nnd a resolution of
thanks to tho commltteo arranging
tho banquet was adopted. Much
credit In duo J. O. Kendall, A. M.
Ross and F K. Gettlns for tho suc-f-ss
of the party.
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