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MARSHFIELD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1913. EVENING EDITION.
siwnTaks next year great slides
A. Consolidation of Times, Const Mall tn i rcr
and Coos liny Advertiser. 'u loa'
WILL 8RIMG JETTY BUILDING
CHE
L
Lginpcrs Recommend Survey
Status at Least Year.
ALSO FAVOR DOING
JAL.au r IMMCD J3AV
IVIUUn IW livimun umi
Accept Coos Bay Port's Offer
Of $DU,UUU lUWtiiuo nii-
provino Channel.
. -
i-iiuim' m Min:u u
, "" pkoviiucs i-oit jetty.
1 I'rojeii Number 2, leronod
to In Mr Simpson's telegram
, r fill Uoosslor's ro-
iiort wliuli rcciitimionilH tlio
' .. n...l ..vlmiuliiii .if I
roioiicinmiun iuni i'juiii .
,j,l, Hi Till' estimated COHt
I was over $2,000,000.
1 . t.u tin) Inner Imr-
i . tii.it tliu eliun-
o i in' widened to (i
, mi .".nit feet mid
it. i i. ptli of 2! fuot
.. H ii mill to Hi"
. i. ii in iiiinlim lm-
. opposite Marslillohl
, ,, in Nordi Bend,
i n:. Tlio Port of
j in pay 150,000
i t c govern numt to
I n ai.eo.
liur
mi
i'i.
tr . M
r, to
'i . t', I'm" liny delegation to
V.l ;i i . i-tlr things up mid
tr-in r '' 1 attested by tlio
i II-..I" 'f i -pl:iiiutoiy telegram
which t o "mi or t'oon liny roulved
ron L J MiapJii toiiity:
liio Hoard or Engineers for
Hlir.i i ml llailioH noted favorably
on the C'ikj H.ij curd this niornliiK.
ri;:iiiiiiuiilin a survey ntnl osii
n -lo f'r project inimbor two. TIiIh
I'l's us nhind nt least ono year
ntnl will undoubtedly rosult In mi
appropriation for project number
two In thu next River nnd llnrbor
LIU.
"(lencrnl ltlxlij luiK reported fav
orably ii en tho government nccopt
lns tlio .i0 0011 tendered by port
for (IitiIkIik inner lu.rlior and Son
a'er lloiirno will Intiodiico nu
amendment In tlio senate to tlio
mcr am) harbor bill, making HiIh
sum iiniiieuinioiy nviuinuio ror uso
if t'i il l o ore on. I
' ii.e Ii.tluiic offered li tlio port
cannot lip accepted until tlio noxt
river nml Inibor bill, wliuu an
rp?r:irlii 'en is made for project
lumber t.wi. However, wo liuvo
crv tool ii iir.iiuo that ovon tlilti
wafer can lie still further oxpsdlt
cil Ly prop, r nctlon on the part of
'"o po' t, wl.ri win explain Hilly
r?n my return.
'The an sines weio never inoro
faurablo for Cnm Hay. I.onvo to
rrorrow "
MESSAGE FROM
L. J. SIMPSON
Offer Engineers $50,000
Towards Widening and
Deepening Channel.
Henry Sengstnekon today receiv
ed the following Holf-oxplanntory tel
egram froni Ij. .1. KlmpHoii, who Ih
In WiihIiIukIiiu.
"Mill SIoukIi toli'Krnni handed to
mo, an (Iroon ami otliom havo loft.
Will attend to It today.
"In ew.'iit of unfavorable net Ion
by tlio uiikIuixmh on the Jetty, Mhall
I offer i hem fttO.noo to widen and
deepen the ehnnuel from the .Sinlili
mill to thu en7
"Will leave tomorrow, kiiIhk di
rect to San Kranrlwo. Mnjr have
dnrinlte aniiwer about Jetty before
leavliiK."
Mr. SetiKHtnelien iih pcrelry of
the Port of Coon Hay CoiuiiiIimIoii,
wired liiult as followH:
"llv all nieaiiH ofrer ITiO.OOO If
It will otnoiiruKo appropriation by
tho novel nuient."
MK l V,i
WIN Ft MOTOR
HUGH 1'Uli
TELLS OF 1
Good Luck Secured Messenger
"Appointment Present
Jetty to Speaker.
iJ'V Mrl.aln reltirnod laat evon
ins from Portland and Snlom.
cS h0 wn' ''oiiorod by liolng
to,i ' ",ff;ip"rr to carry tho olec
R, "f "'o State or Oregon
dent ,iJ?Rtr,!'rMl1 cn8t ll f0- Proa
Ojerland via Drain and had a hard
today ?aJV0, m)' tt woo,c from
urns T W""'1 n,Rt(n with tho rc
mirnr m, nd,, t,0H t0 Personally
r e?nraMa ,lo,lvoi'"'K " to tho
foWlIt nn f "'.? SC"nt0' l10 " t0
e bfma,"1 I,orl,BI"1 ""''
Mr m,iV'!" hi' rl""c.
tlonof hn In Sn'S Umt tl10 B0,0C-
V chance w.ensonr rnmo to him
w elector; " f0,,r of tho rogu
WW 5 mi aw" m I0trHon,
we ,;,'' Tozlr. who was
candidate t n! )'.acanc'' was not a
lD by hallo C, ""A ""RBeBtoil vot-
ly resu pi' V ut thls wo"111 lmvo
Mr. mS,i . ,n n "loaaiock and
r o?ft W?'1 tllnt tl10 "t
lot - Plniuv 0.h,mv?, U ,locl,,0(l
0 th3 and ,i S n e othorB nRrcetl
n a hat. Mr ? T,,a!)or wr Pt
,,1(,k- slip. -Mcl.aln drew tho
.CoV'rnoruI! ," '', '"ctorg Informod
Khlngiy r'0' t 'e outcomo. ho
bBn( i."arled' "Yo" can't
1lcn rs av t, mm? an,I th0 nt,,er
h" dll n ' , . th0 faot that
i "'"'nrai','"' vacancy In
5.?'" "" .. tfhy w'tlnK a
?ld not tn., ' Mr, Toz or. Thsv
SJiAli atrr untU, U wns too
"NvOvri" i would
Efforts to Resuscitate Phil
Fourier in Vain Funeral
Here Sunday.
lr be'tween throe and four
hoiifH voHlerday afternoon, Dr. Ilar
tlo nnd roprescnlntlvcB of tho Oro
i;on Power Comiiany laboreil with
the pal;. u lor In I.i.po of re:v,is(-l-tatlnjc
Phil Kouiier. who was
drowned when the launch Uamblor
Hwampod oppoHlto Old Town. Their
lahora were In vain. Had Mr.
Kourlor boon recovered noon nftor
going down, (hero Ih practically no
doubt but that ho could havo boon
rftHtiHcltated by the machine, which
linH roatorod life three or four hour
after tho victim linn apparently
Hiiceumhed.
Tho tide was strong whom tho
boat iiwnmped and It was thought
that ho had been carried down tho
Hay, but when tho body was re
covered It wiib noar tho apot whoro
he wink, apparently having gone
iitrnlght to tho bottom.
Tho tiagedy wiih a deep shock to
tho many frlendH of .Mr. Kourlor.
Mr. Fourier wn formerly nctlvo
head of tho Oamblo market In
Marxhflold when It wna located at
Central and Front streets.
The water In tho Hay was In
tonsoly cold and souio think that
tli Ih was the reason why life could
not ho rostorod by tho pulmotor.
MesHi's. Chniles Van Xllo and
Jacob Fourier, who wore in tho Ill
fated boat, aro gottlng along well
today, having practically recovered
from tho shock and exposure),
Tho funornl of Phil Fourier will
bo hold nt L' o'clock Sunday nftor
noon from tho Marshfleld Presby
terian church, tho Itov. .1. E. Iltirk
hnrt olllclatlug.
Panama Waterway Threaten
ed by Dirt Caving in
' At Big Cuts.
Illy Anorlitikt I'itm o Com Ilf TlmM 1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Great
earth slides havo started again at
t'ulebra Cut In tho Panama Canal,
according to Information rcrelved
here. Ono of tho slides Is expected
to throw 7,000,000 yards of earth
and rock Into tlio cnnal unless It Is
checked. Anol hor slide at Cucur
ni'hn, supposed to havo halted two
years ago, Is again moving and tho
earth sank four feet In soventeon
minutes on tho afternoon of January
2nd.
many am
GERMANY OS
W
POWERS
Finally Decides to Join in Note
to Turkey Insisting on
Peace in Balkan.s.
(Pr Amo. latf.l Pitm to Coot t)r Tlmrs.
LONDON, Jnn. 17. Germany's
consent to tho presentation to tho
Ottoman government of tho nolo
drnfted by tho ambassadors of the
European powers In London, tho nb
sonco or which hnd delayed tho ac
tion of tho powers, has now been
given and Instructions havo been re
ceived by tho German ambnbsndor
at Constantinople to participate with
his diplomatic colleagues In handing
tho noto to Turkey.
& i
LEAVE TODAY
GOV. WEST WANTS STATE TO
GET GOOS RAY WAGON ROAD LAN
IS
OVERGOME
AMONG THE SICK.
.
Arthur Reynold's of North nend,
who underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis tho first of tho weolc, is
reported to bo gottlng along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson aro ro
Jolclng over tho birth of n son,
Goorgo Goodrum Is laid up with
a sovoro attack of grip.
M. L. Curry, who has beon having
a hard tusslo with tho grip, Is ablo
to bo out. No says that a man may
think thnt n gasollno can havo n
Httlo arnorlnoss In It, but a llttlo
round with tho grip will convince
ono thnt tho latter has It beat In all
directions.
C. II. Evornden and wife and llttlo
daughter loft on tho Speedwell for
San Francisco to consult a specialist
regarding tho physical condltloln of
tho llttlo girl. A short tlmo ago tho
child foil nnd Injurod hor splno, slnco
which tlmo tho head has been drawn
back. Tho parents havo beon unnblo
to secuio relief, so havo decided to
go olsowhero. Mrs. Everndon Is a
dnughtor of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Gngo of CoqulUo.
Poter Robertson, an aged Hay
Park resident, who sufforod a
stroke of paralysis tho other day
was roportod in a critical condition
at tho John McPougnl homo In
Dny Park today.
If you havo anything to sell, rent,
trade, or want holp, try a Want Ad.
Steamer in Early Today
Capt. Nelson Reports 21
Feet of Water on Bar.
The Hreakwater arrived In early
today from Portland, after u good
Hip down the const. Captain Nol
moii leporls thnt he found about
twenty-one feet of water on the bar
when ho came In. Thoro was about
a elx fool tldo this morning.
Captain Mngee or tho Nann Smith
says that when he came In Wednes
day, thoro was inoro water on tlio
bar than thoro has been In thrco
months. This Indicates thnt tho shoal
Is being cut away by tho curront.
Tho Ilrenkwator will sail nt C
o'clock tomorrow morning, and In
consequence most or tho pnssongors
will go aboard about 10 o'clock to
night. Among tlioHo arriving on tho
Ilrenkwator wore tho following: T.
Jonos, H. J. Root, K. W. Root. .Mrs.
Toatos, Maud Toatos, Wllllo Tonics.
T. Toatos, J. It. Coffo. II. Dobson,
C. J. Ilaltallargen, P. II. Ross, H. P.
llartlett, C. T. Young. R. V. Hop
kins. J. V. Newman. II. I). Culln.
Mrs. Do.MCIas, J. loncli, J. RusmhII.
O. R. SlKinnllas, Mrs. Smith, Marian
Smith, R. Smith. W. Smith, Mrs. F.
K'oon, II. Kirk. F. Koon. C. V. Mar
tin, Mrs. Martin, .Miss Thorsou, Miss
S. Thoi'son. Miss M. Mills, Mrs. E.
Cowman, II. Relnieuschneldor, Mrs.
Roliuonschnoldor, A. W. Noal, T.
LIndborg. C. W. Halter, Mrs. Halter,
S. T. Nolllsh, J. Tottle. J. 11. McFall.
J. W. McKay. J. Knys, J. Elllss,
A. Rood, II. Peterson, C. Isnncson,
II, llorcher, Mrs. Osboru, Mr. Osborn,
Estop Osborn, T. Osborn, C. Osborn,
F. N. Finch, Mrs. F. N. Finch, Mrs.
E. II. Finch, A. Llndqulst, T. Ponr
son, K. Klrlparl, R. Emery and Mrs.
Culln.
Steamer Sails Early This
Morning for Eureka With
Many Passengers.
Tho Alliauco crossed out this mor
ning for Eurokn. Sho went to tho
lower Hay last evening mid waited
for tho oarly inoiulug tide. She had
a big cargo or through freight and
mnny through pascngors.
Among those sailing fioni lioro for
Eureka on hor woro tho following:
Mrs. Stranz. E. C. Nutlor, Frank
Strniu. K. J. Thorscn, A. Phillip,
J. Audorson and W. G. Egleson.
TWO KILLED IN ALTO.
PREPARE TO
A. E. Stossmeister Returns
With Equipment for Coos
Bay Business College.
A. E. Stossmolstor, head of tho
Coos Day Duslnoss Collego, return
ed on tho Breakwater this morn
Intr from Astorln, whoro ho has ar
ranged his affairs to dovoto Ills
tlmo to tho school horo. Ho
brought with him 2C00 pounds of
typowruors ami oiaer uijuijuhuhi.
for tho school hero and oxpects to
havo It ready for opening noxt
weolc. Tho school will bo located
in Mm itlrst niock at North Front
and Aldor and tho olllco rooms aro
being fitted up and decorated to
day, so that thoy will bo ready for
ncn i... Mnminv. Until then, ho
will havo his olllco at tho Chandlor
Hotel. No reports that ho found
many Inquiries awaiting him on his
return hero and ho expects to start
tho school with a very good enroll
ment.
ATra RtnRsninlstor wont to Living
ston, Montana, to look after sortio
arralrs thoro before moving to
Coos Hay and vlll join nor nusoanu
horo shortly. Ho has secured two
nt lila Inutl-lietdl-H. W. L. SIslC.
who will bo associated with Mr.
Stossmolstor in, tho managomont ot
tho Coos Day Duslnoss Collogo is
now nt Astoria and will roach hero
In a few days. In addition to tho
assistant business managomont, ho
will bo instructor In penmanship,
accountshlp, otc. Miss Nazol Pio
vart of Livingston, Montana, will
bo Instructor In shorthand. Mr.
Stossmolstor will handlo tho ethlCB
and salesmanship departments.
No Is enthusiastic over tho pros
pects of his school horo.
IC. F. Davis and Win. II. Walters of
St. Louis Victims,
(Mr AMOolitM I'rr.i to Coot Hay Tlmt
ST. LOUIS. Jnn. 17. Russell F.
Davto of Cleveland, assistant secre
tary of Mrs. Helen Hrltton, owner
of tho St. Louis National Lenguo
Haseball club, and Win. II. Waltors
of St. Louis, president of a novelty
company, woro killed In an auto tie
cldtiit hero today.
Aged Marshfield Resident Suf
fers Fainting Spell on the
Street Today.
John Golden, an old resident of
Marshllcld, a former Llbby miner,
was overcome on the street tiilBMuorn
In Annual Message to Legisfa-
ture He Urges Oregon
Take Matter Up.
POINTS OUT STATUS
OF BIG LAND GRANT
Thinks That State, Instead of
Federal Government,
Should Prosecute.
SALEM, Jan. 17. -Governor West
In his annual message to tho Ore
gon legislature, said In part:
Congress, by an net or March 3f,
lsno, granted lo tho Statu or Ore
gon certain lands to aid In tho
construction of n milltnry wnKoni
Ing nnd for a fow minutes was uncon-! ,.Hli frm ,i1M vi.miiio u-nK.r'nii
scions. Ho wns ovorcomo Just as lie , rnn Mm- m itiMPtnirir in tali nifn.
reached the sidewalk, after coming
out of tho bnBoment of tho Flnnagan
& Honnett hank building, whero he
wns visiting with Tom Mnglnuls,
John Motley first noticed him stag
gering mid helped him. A moment
Inter, he collnpgod. Frod Wilson,
Dr. E. Mlngiis and others soon came
nnd carried him up to Dr. DIx' of
fice, whoro ho soon revived sufficient
ly to go to his homo.
Mr. Golden is worth about $75,000.
Hn lins lived alone slnco tho death
.. LI- ...If,. C . n..,. 'l'l.lu I
ill Ilia unci ll iwn vuin uhui 1110
morning after ho had partly recov
ered, ho remarked that ho had made
his will and was prepared to go.
0 0 0 NORTH
REND GASES
CLAIM MA.NV SLAIN.
Report That Servians Have Killed
1M.000 AlbaiTiiiuN.
Ur Amo. Illol l'rm to Coot ilajr TlniM.
VIENNA. Jan. 17. Twonty-llvo
thousand Albanians havo boon "moro
or loss" wantonly killed In tho Tur
kish provlnco of Kossovo by Sorvlan
regulars, since tho Invasion by tlioin
of Europenn Turkey, according to
tho Rolen Post today. The nowspa
por domnnds tho dispatch or a com
mlhslnn to Invostignto tho reports of
tho honiblo atrocities.
WEDS AT OLD
HOME IN EAST
Andrew V. Carlson of the Pal-
ace Cafe, Married in
Minnesota.
Androw V. Carlson, ono of tho
proprietors of tho Palace Cafo on
North Front atreot, who loft horo
in December for n visit to his old
homo In Mlnnosota, was married
thoro last wook. When ho loft, It
was generally suspected among his
frlonds that ho was going back to bo
married. Mr. Carlson and his brldo
aro oxpected hero noxt wook. Con
corning their mnrrlago, Tho Hannor,
published at Hewitt, Minn., Jan. 9,
says:
"On Wednesday or last wook at
tlio Mothotllst Episcopal parsonago
In Wadena occurred tho marriage or
Miss Barbara Wennor, daughter or
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wonner or Stowo
Prairie township, to Mr. Androw V.
Carlson, or Marshflold .Oregon, son
or Mr. and Mrs. O, A. Carlson, also
or Stowo Pralrlo. Rov. Jesso T,
Dodds performed the coromony,
which mndo thorn husband and wlfo.
Tho brldo was handsomoly attired in
a gown or corn-colored silk chiffon
over messallno silk of tho samo color
nnd presonted a charming appear
ance Sho was ono of this locality's
most highly respectod and accomp
lished young Indies and had rosidod
horo for a number of years past. She
will indood bo greatly missed from
hor homo and among her numorous
frlonds.
"Tho bridegroom mndo his homo
hero for many years but the past
fow years has rosidod at Marshflold,
Oro., whoro ho nnd ono of his broth
ers aro ongagod In tho rsstaurant
business. Ho Is a young man or ex
cellent character and industrious
habits and has a host or friends here,
"On tho day prior to tho marriage
The lands grunted woro nlto iatci
sections of public lands, dcslg' a. sCl
by odd numbers, to tho extent oV
three sections In width on each sldcr
of said road. It was provide! U a
(he lands granted should bo ox 'u
fdvely applied to tl.e coiistru tl'ira
of said rond and to no oilier pur
pose and should be disposed of ur.!,v
as thu work progressed, It w.i fur
ther provided that the grant was
made on condition that the I rid
should be sold In quantities nrt to
exceed one-qunrler section lo .ny
one person, and at n price nit to
exceed su.uO per arie.
On October 22, 1S70, an net was
passed by the Legislature of this
state granting to the Coos Hnj Wa
gon Rond company "all lauds, ifi-'htd
of ways, rights, privileges and Immu
nities heretofore granted or pIcdi:ccB
to tho stato by tho act of cougrotw
heretofore cited, for the purpose or
aiding said company In construct
ing tho road mentioned nnd iIcfIf
nated In said act of Congress-, ur
on tl o conditions and lliultatlor
therein proscribed."
On tho Ith day of February,.
100S, tho government brought suit
against tlio Coos Day Wagon Roa2
company, or rather its successor,
tlio Southern Oregon Company, to
forfeit to tho government tho lauds:
ombrncod within this grant. No
Actions Questioning Validity
of Plat B Annexation to
Be Dismissed.
Anonrillmr in n rnlinrt tflilnv the lnl i. nn -I.. ... l, ..... I. ...... i r.
-" r " .--i'"-- .iuni ui ui'ui uift jiiiei jut m-'uu null.
suits of n. F. Wyntt and W. J. Rust, I In tho case.
as trustees of tho Kinnoy proportlos, f I wish to submit for your consfr
nttacklng tho entonslon of the city oration tho following:
limits of North Bond to includo Plat That tho stato nnd not Uicv
II, aro to bo droppod. Tho suit was ' Bovornmont Is tho propor party to
begun on a technicality In the calling I "ring suit p rocover these nndff
and holding of tho special. oloctloni J; rl'Rt, ie lirovl!oii of tho fort
sovoral years ago. and If tho partlos.rn! grant that tho lands should rxjt
Instituting the HiiltH would be buc- J !,o BOl,l l quantltlos to exteed i(lo
oewiful, North Bond would logo tho nc to npy ono porson and Top it
rovonuo derlvod In taxing tho pro.p-: Prlco not exceeding $2 HO pep acre,
orty In Plat Ii. Concerning tho mat- n' Belf-oxecutlng llinltntlons upon
tor, tho North Bend Harbor says: the power of tho state of Oregon to
"Major L. D. Kinney, loto or tho '"llonnto tho lands enibracod wlmtn
Rnpld Transit frnmo, and woll known ,U1, Vn",",' ,, . ... , ,,
Coos liny boostor. announces that I n- lh"t tho net of tho LoRtsta.
ho will hnvo tlio two suits ponding, ". "f October 22. 1S70. should
against tho city dismissed. Those not ljo construed ss aeon vonnco or
suits aro In tho name of II. F. Wyatto n lio lands in question
...i wt t K..0 ,.i, nm l.i-i.. -inV . f roin the stnto to tho wagon road
actions' to' test the validity of tho!,,"ll""'-. but merely In the nature
ni..iin.. i.ni.i nt ii.n ti.nn th nntlv-, t an oqultablo assignment of tho
in., ,ii0iri,.0 .rn nnnv.i. I procoods to bo deilvet
Inn districts woro nnnoxod.
".Major Kinney stntos that thoro is
no uso In continuing nlong that Hue
or contention, though ho claims thoro
woio defects in tho election, but In
tho ninln admits that It was cloarly
tlio wish ot tho pooplo that thoso
plats bo annoxed and becomo a part
or tho city, subject to city govern
ment. "Whothor tho Major has full au
thority to oauso thoso men to dis
miss thoso suits or not Is not known,
but ho claims to havo it, and thnt ho
will loso no tlmo In soolng thnt tho
actions nro stricken from tho calon-dar."
REST YEAR 1'OR COIW'TRV.
Manufacturers Excelled All Records
Last Season,
tar AwofUteJ rrcu lo Cool nr Time i
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. Pros
perity novor boforo equalled In tho
country marhTd tho manufacturing
Industries of tho United States in
1012. Tho valiio of materials for
manufacturing imported reached
tho record figures of moro than
$023,000,000.
JETTV CREW GOES
TO FLORENCE.
BLACHLY. Oro.. Jan. 17. Forty
passengers camo through horo on.
tho stago on their way to Aiapieion.
This unusually largo number was
mndo up of tho Johnson & Anderson
crow of Jetty men on their way to
a shower was glvon for tho bride at
tho Odd Follows' hall under tho aus
plcos of her sister Robokahs, an un
usually largo number of young la
dles bolng present, and sho was tlio
roclplent of many nlco gifts.
"As stated last week, tho bridal
pair went to Minneapolis tho night
following their marriage, Tor a coup
le of days' visit vtlth old frlonds
and from there to Salt Lako City,
then to Los Angelos and San Diego
for a week's visit before golug on to
Marshflold.
"Their frlonds nil unlto In wish
ing them a long and happy wed
ded llfo."
red from tho fu-
turo sales or the lands In accord
ance with an ajt of congress.
I. Thnt nny nttomptod violation
of tho fodernl grant by tho stafr
of Orogon, bolng an unconsumnmtedl
act, could not bo mndo as a basis
of a claim for forfeiture bj tho
United t Sat os.
5. That tho stato Is entitled fo
resume tho administration or thl
grant nnd, In nccordanco with ITia
provisions or tlio net or Congrcsa of
Mnreh 3, 1S00, prorood with tho en
actment or laws neeossnry for tlio
disposition of tho lauds.
0. That tho stato of Oregon Ira
resuming tho administration of thta
grant should ascertain tlio amount
thnt would hnvo beon dorlvod rroirc
tho sales of tho lands nt tho tfrnei
of tho grant, hnd tho tonus of the
act beon complied with, nlso taxes
paid by tho wagon road company
and supervisory oxponsos Incurred",
in order that tho said company niny
bo reasonably reimbursed and Just
ly dealt with.
LOCAL OVERFLOW
Small Fire Today. Lato this nr
tornoon flro starting rrom tho burn
ing of n Christmas trco In tho flro
placo of tho L. M. Noblo homo
causod a bad scaro and snmo dam
ago, Tho draporics and other arti
cles In tho room woro burned bo
foro neighbors rushed in and ex
tinguished tho hlnzo. Tho flro de
partment turned out, but tho flrci
was out beroro thoy reached tlio
Bceno. Tho dmnago is comparatively
small.
Gets Gun .loo Schott has secured
the shot gnu which is tho rauso
or n rour-cornored action In Jns
tlco Pennock's court Involving Ma
nnd tho two Kruger boys and JarT
Lapp. Mr, Schott secured tlir poi
by a wilt of replevin aud tr-e ir-T
ont status Is thut Lapp Ih out tie
gun and the cost of the pror t-ings.
Aro Ro-Klected Last mciln -Dan
Keating and Carl Albrcn
wore unanimously oloctod to teivo
tho offices of i hlcf and nssIsMnt Iro
chief or the Marshflold Flro ll
paihu' n f jr another year,