THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY. 27, 1 912 EVENING EDITION
COOS BAY TIMES
M. O. MALOXNY Kdltor nnd Pub.
DAN IS. MALOXEY News Kdltor
Address all communications to
coos hay daily times.
Mnrshllcld : :: :; :: Oregon
Entered at the postofflco at Marsh'
Bold, Oregon , for transmission
through tho malls as socond class
mall matter.
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explained that other questions' limit of Indebtedness of tho city. Tho
ABOUT WATER
Dedicated to tbo servlco of the
peoplo( that no good causo shall lack
a champion, and that ovll shall not
thrive unopposed.
Ofllclal I'npor of Coos County
An Independent Republican news
paper published ovory ovenlng except
Sunday, and Wookly by
Tho Coos liny Times Publishing Co.
was
could be submitted at the election, he
said that probably a special election
would bo tho only means of ascertain
ing definitely what the community
desired done. He suggested first that
tho private owners be allowed to
continue to furnish water to tho city
for five years or so until tho growth
warranted the city going ahead and
securing another good water supply,
i Councilman Merchant said that ho
couldn't sco any use In submitting n
proposition to buy at $100,000, be
cause tho people are sure to voto It ,
down. IIo said ho thought tho poo-1
plo would bo willing to tnko It at
AN' IMPOUTANT UKQl'ISITK.
THE experience of Mexican presi
dents nnd tlio desperate situa
tions which tho government la
continually encountering points to an
old moral which the people of Amer
ica do well to remember.
It Is not the form of government
which makes a grout nation, but the
citizenship which supports tho gov
ernment. For this roason tho dis
loyal erratic populace of Mexico Is
forovcr breeding disorder and revolu
tion. Tho foundors of the Mexican ro
rubllc came to tho country largely
through morcennry Impulses which
aro narrowly selfish impulses and
jpovor likely to produce a sano nnd
dependable environment for any sort
of government.
Tho forcfathors of our own nntlon
noro men with traditions of mental
woro men with traditions of mental,
moral and physical significance. Thoy
enmo to our shore, not seeking tho
gold of tho early adventurers but a
lnnd In which thoy could live simple
nnd exalted lives. Tiny woro nnr
xow nnd Intolerant very often, hut
they had the real of a ir ent nurnoao
nnd the belief in n standard of living
which Is trite and Intelligently demo
cratic. It Is the support of a citizenship
such as this upon which any nntlon
must depend for its g-entnoHn. I.nws
r-nd utattitcfl run do little without
tl I" fundamental stability of blood
nnd brain and e'ean. rel.ablo Indi
vidual living.
(Continued from page 1.)
said a special election would only
cost about $G0 and tho council could
make up this expense by eliminating
a fow meetings which cost about $14
each.
Finally, ho said that ho would pay
ono-hnlf of tho expenes of tho spe
cial election hlmsolf and snld that ho
thought thcro were sufficient others
present who would defray tho other
half. Councilman Powers said that
ho would pay his sharo of it and later
unfrl flint tin wnlllfl tinv nnn.linlf nf '
tho expense.
Mayor Straw, after a number of delayed now after all tho work thoy
tho cotincllmcn had stated that thoy hnd dono on It. IIo thought It
thought It was useless to submit the ' ought to be put up to n voto.
$1G0,000 proposition because the1 Copple Against It.
price was so high that tho voters! councilman Copple said that he
would bo suro to roject it asked C. u.nq ,lfTniof 0i.,i,., .....
.. u eMu, ouuiidhkiiif, ti 11 uiuoikiuu
present limit Is 0 per com oi mo
nscssed valuation. Tito present as
sessed valuation Is about $2,253,000
while tho outstanding bonded debt
of tho city Is about $G4,000.
In view of tho fact that If the pros
ont system la tnken over nt $1(50,
000 anil that It will require about
$00,000 to Improve It, tho council
finally decided that tho debt limit
should bo Increased to at least 15
por cent. This ordinance was passed
and enn bo submlttod nt any oloctlon
after tho expiration of CO days.
Some of the counnitmen wanted to
know what tho city would have to do
$130,000. Otherwise, ho thought n if jt decldod to tako up tho Clear
special election usoless and that tho Me or 80tiio other source of supply
best thing to do would bo to try to n cnso the voters turn down Nolan's
force tho private owners to glvo hot
ter service. IIo snld Nolan had stat
ed that ho was going to take It over
and mnko some Improvements In It.
. WUtlUttlllUll uu U(U duiu k ll ill 1IU
hntcd to sco tho matter dropped or
MORE RIOTING
IN JAMAICA
It. Peck, Mr. Nolan's attorney, If
$100,000 way tho least Nolan would
take. Mr. Peck said ho understood
It was.
Mnyor Straw snld you couldn't al
ways toll what tho voters woro going
to do. IIo snld that ho had figured
ono tlmo thnt Dryan was going to bo
elected president and hnd bet nil his
ready cash at Klamath Falls and
lost It.
Ho said that ovon though tho re
ports of the commltteo and engineers '
showed the value to bo high, ho ',
didn't think It would ho fair not to I
lot them vote on It. IIo snld that he
was satisfied In his own mind thnt
the pcoplo would voto down tho
$1(10.000 proposition, but he thought
they ought to hnvo n chance to voto
on It anyway. And then, 1 o said,
you enn't always tell how tho people
are going to voto. "Can you, Copple?"
he humorously nildod. "And bosldes,
whnt nro wo going to do?" ho In
quired. "Supposing wo reject No
Inn's offer and try to condemn tho
$160,000 proposition. All of these
will cost more than tho city will be
ablo to rnlBO under n 15 per cent
bondod dobt limit. It was explained
thnt nnothor apodal oloctlon would
havo to bo called.
Other Questions Up.
City Attorney (loss explained that
any question relative to the water
works matter could bo submlted to
tho voters nt the special election If
proscntod to tho council ton days or
to buy tho plant nt $1GO,000 to tho ' m before tho dato of tho oloctlon.
Some suggested that tho people
also havo an opportunity to express
themsolvcs on condemnation pro
ceedings, on tho Clcnr lako water
supply and on other phnscs of It.
Thcso will bo determined later. The
voto on tho lntter questions, would
not bo lagally binding on tho coun
cil, but would bo morally as repre
sentatives of tho people.
voters In tho face of reports showing
Ic to bo worth $20,000 or $30,000
loss than that amount. IIo snld it
was not bttslncssllko to do so. Ho
snld that ho had not found ono mnn
who favored n special oloctlon on tho
$1C0;000 proposition becnuso all
thought It was too high. Besides, ho
said, to submit tho $100,000 proposi
tion and havo It voted down might
bo used by somo ns an expression by
tho community against municipal
ownership. Ho snld that If It was
rubmlttcd ho wnntod other proposi
tions or questions submitted with It.
to got n true expression of tho com
munity on It.
He snld that tho council could
forco tho company under tho old
franchise nccordlng to tho city nttor
noy, to glvo bettor sorvlco and I in
provo tho plant. Mr. Copple snld tho
council hnd rejected tho $100,000 of- i
for because It was too high nnd could
do so ngnln.
UKAIj MILK and UKATj CHKAM
delivered to your homo on FIVE
MINUTES' NOTICE. PHONIC .lilO.J.
F A. Sacchl.
Pltv AHnrnni finoa anl.1 flint tin
Plant nnd tho value fixed through tho jwl8ll0(, ,0 ,, tj t M Q .
Two Killed and Thirty Injured
During Outbreak by Mob
in Kingston.
(IJy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
KINOSTON, Jamaica, Fob. 27.-
Kingston was given over to mob rulo
throughout tho night and us a result
of collisions between tho pollco nnd
populnco two men woro killed and 30
or more Injured,
courts Is moro than $100,000? Wo
have been backing nnd filling on this
wnler mntter for months nnd wo
might ns well shift again and throw
tho responsibility on tho votors
through n spoclol oloctlon. It don't
mean that wo Indorso It by simply
putting It up to them." IIo nlso
added thnt tho sontlment or wishes
of tho community might bo ascer
tained through somo other questions
nt tho oloctlon.
Councilman Powers snld that ho
thought something ought to bo dono
and dono now. If It Isn't, ho de
clared, no Improvements would bo
mndo this summon IIo snld that tho
pcoplo'B hoalth nnd proporty demand
was only partly correct In quoting
him about forcing tho compnny to
glvo hotter service. IIo paid thnt ho
thought tho city could but thnt the
only penalty thnt could bo Imposed
would be to nnnul tho franchise
This would do llttlo good, nH tho city
still hnd to havo water and tho com
pnny would hnvo tho city at tholr
mercy unless another water systom
could bo secured.
Nolan Wants repression.
C. It. Peck said thnt Mr. Nolan was
ery anxious to hnvo an expression
of tho people horo on municipal own
ership nt this tlmo. Whllo ho was
going to buy tho water works any-
TELLS THE CAUSE
OF APPENDICITIS
Lockhart & Parsons Drug Co. sta
tes that much appendicitis In Marsh
flold Is caused by constipation, gas on
tho stomach or sour stomach. Thcso
troubles aro almost INSTANTLY ro
Moved and nppondlcltls guarded
ngnlnst by tnklng a SINGLE DOSE of
slmplo buckthorn bark, glycerlno,
otc, ns compounded In Adlor-l-kn, the
now Gorman nppondlcltls remedy.
LIN HAS
M CONFESSED
Clarence Darrow's Detective
Admits Having Tried to
Bribe Juror Bain.
(Ily Asoclatod Press to Coos liny
Tl 11103.)
LOS ANOELKS, Fob. 27. Uort
X'rnnklln, formerly n doteutlvo om
ployod by Claronco S. narrow, plond
ed guilty today to having ntompted
to "Influonco" Itobort Ilnln, tho first
Juror Hwum In for tho trial of Jamos
II. McNumnra, tho confessed dyna
mltor now sorvlng a llfo torm In the
San Qiieuttu prison. Tho original
chargo against Frankllng of having
bribed Itiiln was dismissed.
Franklin was released on his own
rocognlznnco after ploadlng guilty Is
tho Ilnln ease and was Instructed to
apopar In court Friday for sontence.
Tho maximum penalty Is five years
imprisonment and a Hue of $5000,
but In view of tho practical certainty
that Franklin will appear as the'
state's clhof witnoM) when Harrow Is
brought to trial on the charge or hav
ing brlltod Haiti and (leorgo Lock
wood, probntlon or suspended sou
tonco Is oxpottoJ.
After tt e show
Phone 2H-.1
try it Turkish Hath
POUR
ed that tho sorvlco bo Improved. Ho I wny ,10 wnntod to know how tho
said that ho had heard constnnt com-i, ,,y ,00" on lu Uo 8lUl1 t,mt
plnlnts about tho wntor sorvlco fori " v,ow of tnl8' Mr- NoI,,n '"vorcd
fivo years and wnntod to boo somo lll ,ln" of 8'"lttlK bis $100,000
notion tnkon. IIo said tho votors (off('r "8 " Proposition nnd nnothor
would bo nmply Informed lnsldo of ! '"'"l,0hltlo Increasing tl o city's limit
00 days to know how to voto Intel- "' ,mk,tolo" 'or the purpose of
llgently on tho questions to bo put ' l,",,M,v,nK ,ho w,,ur 8t"'v,co without
up. He said ho wns In favor of sub-l !''str,ctl"K U to Ul Present plant,
mlttlng nnv other nlnosMnnn .lMiro.i howoVt'r' Mr ,l'(, 'l. bo was con-
j lldont that tho present plant wns the
niy one the city could now i-ouslc)--en
account of the greater cot of t o
other projects. At any rate, he said
tho city If it thought $100,000 too
high a prlco and wanted to condoinn
Mr. Nolnn's proporty would havo to
nrrango for bonding ltolf to tnk
It undor condemnation proceedings.
Extent of PivM'tit Supply.
Councilman Powers wnntod to
know of Engineer (5 Id toy If tho pres
ent wntor system would not supply n
roinnuinlty of 10.000 or 50.000 peo
ple . Mr. Oldley said that ho had so
reported, but Hint In ordor to do so !
It would bo necessary to utlllzo nrac-
tlcnlly every bit of water In Pony In
let. Ho said to do this would necessi
tate putting in big reservoirs nnd
would bo very exponslvo. Ho would
not estimate Just whnt tiw. .,,
might be.
Councilman Copplo wanted to know
ir the vnluo of tho water rights on
Pony Inlet would not decronso as tho
population lucrensed owing to tho
imager or tno source of supply holng ,
contaminated. Mr. Oldley said thnt
was a mattor the speclnl commltteo
appraising them had been thrashing
out all day without being nblo to
ngreo on It. Councilman Powers did
not think It would.
I Councilman Merchant snld thnt tho
v.iuersneu onibrnced about six and I
ono-hnlf squaro miles, while tho total
nren of tho peninsula was about 13,
square miles.
Helntlvo to tho
mlttlng any other qluestlons deslrod
nlong with tho other proposition.
Ho declared It would ho "doad
wrong to rontlnuo to stnnd tho thing
off nnd qulbblo over It." IIo de
clared that tho oloctlon should bo
hold bofnro May 1 . Ho said tho old
council favored a voto on It. Ho snld
the new high school Is without flro
protection nnd that neither his homo,
the homo of Councilman Ferguson
and of Councilman Alton had nny flro
protection nnd thnt It wns tlmo for
somolhlng to ho dono nhout It.
Views of Others.
Councilman Ferguson snld that ho
hnd henrd nothing but kicks ngnliiBt
submitting the $100,000 proposition.
Councllmnn Allen snld that ho
didn't sco nny uso In submitting tho
$100,000 proposition whon tho coun
cil knew It wns going to ho turned
down by the votors. I.ntor whon It
SEE THE
Royal
Tailored
WINDOW
f)00 Samples up (o tho min
ute, absolutely all wool.
Made to (it you.
Suits $ 1 8
to $35
FIXUP
J Marshfiold & North Bend
Women Appreciate
Clean Electric Lighting
It will surprise you to know how rej
you can equip your home for electric to
The cost is a sound, dividend paying m
incut not an expense.
Our representative will visit vmi ni m...
"-- i"u menu
filiation and make cost estimates without I
charge.
The work can be dono quickly ami without
tearing up your home.
Telephone 178.
Oregon Power Co.
Important Notice to
Property Owners
Give us a description of your
property and we will obtain
for you amount of taxes on
same. Sheriff docs not notify
you.
First National Bar
FLANAGAN & BENNETT BAI
MAI IK II KIK I I), OHKOO.V.
At the close of IminIiicsn, 1-VIi. UO, Ilia;.
nusnimniw
LoniiH nnd DIhcoiiiiIh .' HH'il
Hanking Ilouso (J
Cash and Kvchnnges !!!!!!!!!!!!... lCWll
Total ,n
MAIIII.IIMK'Q
Capital Stock paid in ' ! silt I
Surplus and Undivided I'rollts 5PI
Deposits ; 5J,ir
Total ,i:i
ome
Monofojl
$100 Reward, $100
Tlu fiuti-rM't till. iht rilbo .!,',1 to
lorii thnt tlmo Um Vii.t omMtri'aiUM nlx'it.o
ItiHt m'I iioc lint tioon nlilo to ru ro In nil jtii
Um.Hinl Hint ll'tfnl Hull'. frttHrrh
J tire l tin' onl-iottltcnri' now knnnii to
tho nirilli-iii fraternity. Cnlnrni ticlim iiron
klltiitloiml tlltHK ri'iiufri'h n I'im.lltiitliiiml
lii'iitni' nt lUll.x ('Htitrrh riirt-1 talon Inter,
iml y. ai'tliiK illrts'tlyiipon the hlooil hiiiI iiiii
roiu iirtee u( Di.l .tom therehv iloktrmliiK
the (.Hiii.lrttloii of the i1l-ao. Hint kIWiiiMIio
li lent .tr-imth fu luillilhu up ilie uniltii
tloii hikI Mk.letl" k nature In ilolim work
the proprietor, have ,i iiuich faith In ftnenr.
atle poer Hint thev rffer One Urn tlreil Pol.
ar tor any ca.e tliat It falln to euro. Hcml for
ll.t of tPkiiu.iintn t
SoM i all liruiiKiiitii.TAe.
Take Hall.' ramlly rilUlorcnnktfpatlon
Snow Drift Flour
Highest Quality
cost of improve
ments. Mr. Oldley said thnt he had
estimated that It would requlro tho
expenditure of ahout $00,000 to Im
pvove tho Murshflold tystetn nlono
without making nny imprc.-o.ueu's
In the N'orth llend system.
Inn vase Del.t Limit.
Finally City Attomoy doss pre
sented an ordinance providing for n
charter amendment increasing the
DONT
Buy your Butter, Cream
or milk from the Coos Bay
Tee and Cold Storage Com
pany unless you want only
the
BEST
Delivery S a. m. 2
.Beau Pot Chccso
p. m.
Try It.
Home Permanency vs. K
nils Is n vital question for present day homohullders-wlietln
have a house which in nppoamnco must nlwnys roraaln then'
or a houso that will nnrmit nf it, i ' l.i.... ri!oa3
V.l..l.l 1 , .-. v.. n llbllU lUIIUOIIIIlb wvv
.Neiuiboihoods chango as do Individual tastes a frame boaJtt
"J"'. " ",auo J? iiarmonlzo with its surroundlngs-a IreiJ
of paint often will mnko It as good ns your neighbor's ne to
uto snmo as a now suit makes you feel llko a new Bit
miV. i t ranie ll0,,B0 ,s 8,,8coptlblo to most nny cbangt P
night doslro and whllo It Is pormanont It does not net
wrfinf0"10 1n ye8oro r monotony. There are lots o!tt
wee observed about housos and lumbor that you should l"
w,u uu,b eomo in and we'll glvo you our views.
C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. 61
WHAM, I)iaItTMKN'T SOUTH IIUOADWAV, MABSWI
first Class Auto Scrvic
Special calls nnvuiiaw ....
Stand at Smokehouse. Phono GC-J
rnTUl 1nMV.,!l-s nf'?r '1 P. i". Phono
u-u. (tcMueiieu 1'iiono 2S-J
cars and careful drivers.
Good
Abstracts, Real Estate, B
and Marine Insurance
Title Guarantee and Abstract
IIKMIY SKXOSTACKEN, Mgr.
CoqulllB om e Phone 191 Marsbfleld Office H-J.
Farms Timber Coal and Platting Lands specUM-
Oonsral Agents "EASTSIDF."
I Have Somo First Class
UKSI 1)13X01 lot8
In Eugene to Exchange for Coos Bay
Property.
What Have You Got?
!'. KIM.KKX
rmral Ave.. Marahfleld.
Have That RoofH
XOW
See COBTUm
Phone 8I1
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