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jwsts- t 4 THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21,.19T3EVEN1MQ EDITION. COOS BAY TIMES mTc. .MATrONKV Kdltoi- mid !. DAN K. MAI.ONHV News Lditor GJ. PECK IS MD E REGEVER Tho United Sttitoa Circuit Court of Portland 1ms niiiiicd C. It. 1'eek receiver for the Ihuidon property purchased by I.nFrancc. and later transferred to his brother-in-law. J. C. Wofford. who In tin n mort gaged it to O. T. Treadsold. of Dandon, for $3000. The court has directed Peck to sell tho pioporty and turn the cash proceeds over to the court to awnlt final disposition In tho case now pending and which will come up before Judge llean on July 3. THE CITY WATER CASE BASE FINDING ON FRANCHISE PICNIC POSTPONED President Johnson, of the Sons of Norway. Is today more than ever convinced, with the Immortal bard, that "Of nil bad words of tongue or pen Tho baddest are these: "It has rained again." " Everything wns perfected for the big annual picnic at Hnegron a r..... .. o....lti. ... 1.. tttiti In till) IfTOVU Ull OIIIIM'tJ 'IF uu (i,M;" "' '"- i sons or .Norway uui iuuuv uuu pour makes It Impossible. Mr. Johnson consulted with Weatherman OstHnd but could not get any sat isfaction or encouragement. Ac cordingly, for the second time, tho picnic has been postponed this time Indefinitely. NORTH BEND YOUTH'S BOB Son of Former City Engineer Briqham and Frank Fisher Held for Burglary. Frank niighum, bettor known as "Hud" Hrlghnui. the l!-year-old son of former City Hnglncor Iirlghnm. of North Ilend. nnd Prank Fisher, nged 21, n stranger who has been In North Hend almost three weeks wero yesterday bound over to the grand Jury In tho mini of $1000 each nt their preliminary, by Justice Schuster, on tho charge of break ing Into and entering the cigar nnd billiard room of Jack Nowlln. Tho crlmo for which the youths are held was committed Thursday night and their capture was a re sult of n bit of clover detective work by Jack Nowlln. On two or three occasions recently his place lias boon entered and a number of articles stolen, lie Instituted watch and became suspicious of HrlKliam anil Fisher Thursday when he notic ed them secretly arranging the win dow by which they entered. When ho closed for tho night he arrang ed with I.. 10. King to conceal him self Inside nnd await developments. King did not wait long until the window wnH opened and young nrlghaui entered and wns caught. Fisher, who was following llrlg hnm. bent a hurried retreat nnd made Ills escape to the waterfront, where ho wns later apprehended ami placed in tho city jail. Young Fisher refuses to give nny Information as to IiIh former tesl denco and says ho has no home. Young llrlghaiu takes his arrest non chalantly nnd there 'Is much sym pathy for his parents. It Is unlikely that they will be nblc to furnish bonds mid they will bo taken to tho louuty jail next Monday. ooi HAND CONCF.UT. Tjngc Audience lle.iis I'nirain nt Masonic Opein House. To a good slxeil ciowil In the Masonic Opcni House Inst evening the Coos Hay Concert Hand dlscous cd a program of seven numbers which pleaxed each mid evory one. The most applauded niimbei of lite evening was the rag. "Froen Hlu.'' which received a hearty en core as did No. ii. "Songs of Scot land." in this selection the ati- dlouco was t rented to several solos by A. handles. Probably the nioxt finished num ber was the overture "Festival." which was rharnilng. Commissioner Aitchison Inti mates Basis of Their Conclusion. m..i Hm i.itv nf Slnrshllold wants the Oregon Itnliroad Commis sion to base Its decision huh ....- uliout rates and Improvements In l... .s,i. Imnml ntltlt'Olv Oil tile present franchise, or whether It wnnts the commission to take Into consideration a franchlso extension, was the question put up to City At torney Goss lato yesterday by Com missioner Aitchison. just before tie conclusion of tho hearing for the cltv Mr. Aitchison said that he understood that the present fran chise hns only about 11 years more to run nnd lr that was to bo taken as the end of the franchise, Inti mated thnt the Improvements Hint would be ordered would be of n more temporary character than the kind that would be ordered If It i. ...i n lonirnr tm'ifi nf service. Mr. Goss said that under present Instructions from tho Jinrsniieiii .. Council, he could only Imse his de mands on tho present franchlso or the company and Us lifetime. He said that ho could readily under stand Hint this might have a con siderable effect on the commission s order either as to rates or tne na ture of tho Improvements ordered. He suggested that the commission make two orders, one conditional on an extension of the franchlso and tho other IiubocI on the present franchise's life of 1 1 years yet. Mr. Aitchison said that the North Hend frnnrhlfe had .been referred to ns n perpeutnl franchlso nnd also ns on unlimited franchise, lie wanted to know which It wns. J. N. Teal snld thnt It was what Is termed n perpetual franchise, but not ns an exclusive franchise. He said that he referred to It as "what Is known as a perpetual franchise because people's views are ever changing ns to perpetual franchises. Intimating that tho courts were not sustaining perpetual frnnchlses. City Attorney Mullen agreed that If was supposed to be n perpetual fran chise. Mr. Aitchison said that In case MaiBhlleld refused to grant n re newnl of Its franchise. It might menu a stop in me .Minn iiemi ser vice, ns the main to North Hend was through Mnrshllold. Mr. Mul len said that he believed that the company could condemn right of way for mis pipeline. Some ('(don llacllll. Or. Hnrtle, of North Hend. testi fied yesterday afternoon about ana lysis of the Murshllcld mid North IV nd water he had made. Ho sold that In 1911. the water wns very bad. but nfter publicity was given (.. ! inntu lln Hervloe wns Illltll'OV- ed and since then hns been pretty (40011. He sniii mat on .iiiuo i no M'lir two samples, one showing colon bacilli mid the other slinwliri v.q Impurities. He tend of tunny tests, some showing n largo amount of orgnnlsnis. He snld these wero most ly from "dead etuis' nnd wnne not Injurious, mnde a fine breeding ii1ni.il fin- I'l.rtnu In dine the RVHtelll should be Infected. This attract ed Commissioner Miller's Intel esr mid ho queried hlin considerable uliout It. In response to Mr. Teal's ques tions. Dr. Hurtle snld thnt ho hnd not known of any typnoiu rover on the liny except what hnd been brought In here, thnt It wns nn unusually healthy plnco for children. He snld thnt In taking samples, It would be very easy to Infect the sample. This wns lit nnswer to Mr. Tonl's question thnt .ne rontnet of the hand or fingers with the water might Infect tho water go lug Into tho bottle for the sample. Insurance Hate. Henrv Songstnckeii wns recnlled to the stand mid queried about In surance rates. lie said that with proper water pressure and n suf ficient number of hydrants, the In surance rates should bo reduced considerable, possibly 20 per rent, lie snld the average Insurance rate In the City Hull block is now ri.r.O per cent: west of Front street It Is about 0.50 per cent. Mr. Teal wanted to know the into on the Plmi.'.guu & Bennett Hank building mid Mr. Sengstncken snld it wns l.::s per cent on lmlldlng mid 1 10 per cent on contents. Mr. Teal said this would Indicate that the clas of buildings and tenants determined the fire Insinanco rate. Upon Mr Uctiuctt's prompting, he wanted to know If the lusurnnce rate wnsn t over ten per cent before the water sv stein was installed and Mr. Songs tnckeii responded that In places It wns about ten per cent. Value of l.uml. 13. D. MeArthur was called to les tlfv about the value or the land In the water systvin. He did not know exnetly about It but said that land near Uoosevolt Heights, south of the water' B.vstoin wns worthy about $100 per acre, and some $5U ot $000 per acre. Mr. Teal objected to Mr. MeArthur testifying because ho would not qualify ns an expert on lnnd values. Pressure Cliiinged. Engineer Stutsinnn. of the Fire Department, was called ns it wit ness. Ho testified that tho pressure varied considerably, being generully about GG pounds. Ho snld that while tho coiiinilsslon's exports were hero It was nbout 00 pounds or over. Ho said tho pressure was greater while they wore here thnn it was before or since. Mr. Teal wanted to know why It was mid Mr. Stutsmnn said he did not know. Mr. Too) wanted to know If the pressure had Increased much since the whole railroad commission hud come, nnd Mr. Stutsmnn suld no. Ho testified Hint during the fire near the old bund laundry, New Year's Day, the pressure was only about 2G pounds nnd thnt the flro engine pumped the ninlns dry two or three times. Chandler Witness. W. S. Chandler this afternoon testified as to the value of the lands. He said that the coal tract of the Coos Hay Water Company wns not good enough for export pur poses nnd ho did not think there was enough or It to ndil to th vnliin of the lnnil "'"II Isold' It wm a poor grade lignite With about 27 per cent cnriiou. ' lie sum it migui be used for u steam plant on the lnnd. North llemMi''ssim. Marshal Jjr 'l Anderson, or North Hend. testified about keeping- u rec ord or the pressure nt the different points In North Hend. L. A. I.oonils, fire chief nt North Hend. testified that the pressure t.iere was so poor that they hod to olniosr disregard It and Instnl u salt water fire protection svstein. J. W. Grout, of North Hend. tes tified Hint the land at the pumpli-g station and reservoir wns vvoHi nbout $2".() per ucre. Arthur McKeown wns called and testified uliout lusurnnce rates, l-'luuumin Testifies. J. II. Flanagan, malinger of the Coos Hay Water Compnny. was call ed and testified about the laud values. Ho snld thnt he considered $0 00 or $1000 per ncre u reason able price for the water company's iiimi lie said the water rights were worth nt least $."0,000. owing to the dlfflcultv or getting another source or supply. Ho said the Coalnauk Inlet supply did not compare with the Pony Inlet Supply. He estlmnted Iho lot nt Fourth mid Cent nil whore the warehouse stands to lie worth $12,000: two lots nt Front mid H road way to be worth $1200 each nnd three lots In North Heud to be worth $2000. lie nnltl tho wl.olc tract wan i:n 'erlr.M v. Itli i on l mid Mint nt the rate of ten cents per ton royalty, tho coal alone was worth $ar.n per acie. He said that the timber on the tract erulhod il.000.000 feet In nddl t Ion to the idling. J W. Henntt vv.UI follow Mr. Fluiingnu this afternoon. Saturday Specials IfiO-acre stock ranch. $15 per ncre, Coos Hlver; eight miles from Mnrshfleld. Six acies under cultivation, house out-buildings, family orchard. Ten variety of berries, 70 fruit irees. I3asy terms. UiO-neio stock ranch. $20 pr ncre. D.uilels Creek. South Fork Coos Hlver. Good gras country, excellont for graz ing purposes, with good brook bottom. 1000 acres udjoln lug may be used tor sunk gi.uliu. 72 ncres slashed and in gratK. F.nsy term onum :x( uu.f.xt uaxcii nuvs. Coos Bay Realty Co. Ul:il) .ION IS HOFFMAN 130 Front street, opposite Grand Theater. , ITER CO. TO EVIDENOE E f Cpntjiiiied Jroin Page J acres being needed for the source of supply that really :i." acies or more In tho ilruiiiago bHsIn wiih needed. Mr. (ildley snld Hint he considered the lnnd too valuable to lie ho in-cd. in view of the fait Hint the use of tho surface vv titer off It wns so liable to coutumliiutlou. Mr. Gldlcy sold Hint the Coal Hank Inlet source or supply was between n mile mid n half mid two miles from town. He snld that there was it coul mine within two miles of where the pumping station Would be located mid Hint either steum or elect ilclty could bo lined. Cost nf Improvements, Mr. Glilley said that his rocom, ineiidntlou for Improvements we're not altogether bused on the 1 1-year term as some of them would Inst much longer. Commissioner Aitchison wanted to know If Mr. Glilley thought tho citi zens of Mnrshflold nnd North Hend would bo willing to pay tho Increase In rates that would lio necessary to pay for these Improvements in 1 1 years. Mr, Gldley snld that ho did not consider tho Improvements would be n total loss at tho end of H years as thoy might sell It either to tho city or someono olse. Mr. Aitchison snld that they could not consider that because the frnn chlso expired then. He said tho wnt- June Is the or compnny had uppUudi for pormlsi slnn to Increnso rntos. Consideration for PCoplb. City Attorney Goss Interrupted nsklng Mr. Gldley If he did not think that tho people and water users had i.. i... !... n uniiiii ruiiHotinhlo consid eration In regard to tho nucnsslty of these Improvements, .vir. uohh in nm ......in.. ii u-iitnii u-iim ronllv tin aiiswor to Mr Aitchison, said that the com-i pntiy's old contract maintained yet.l Mr. Gldlev said that the people certainly wero entitled to consider-, ...I.... I.. Hin iii'ilnrllwr lf till' tllllll'OVO- ! inetitB regardless of the cost. Mr. Goss said that the railroad commission or slute hnd n more right to guarantee. Hie water compa ny's Investment than It had nny oth er Investor. Sirs. Tlioipe WHuosn, Mrs. II. 0. Thorpe of South Mnrshfleld, wife or Itev. It. O. Thorpe or the Norwegian Lutheran church, testified that they hud to filter the water from Hie hydrant all the time, that It nlwuys contained more or less sediment, Hint often they could not get nny water nt nil, etc. , . Value- of I.IHM. I. S. Knufmnn testified that ho considered $100 to $fi0() per ncre u liberal valuation for tile land em braced In the vvuler company's tract. He thought that $'i()0 per acre would be a liberal price rbr five acres In the reservoir site, lie did not place any value on tho timber or the coal, lie said that they did not generully ndd addlttonnl value to acreage on nc uiunt of the coul. He said that at Roosevelt Heights, the land sold from $27i"i to $1100 per acre, lie sold there wns n coal mllio nenr there that already had been opened nnd that they had been ofroied' u royalty of 2fi cents per ton to work the mine. He said that the valuo of tho acreage that far out was determined by tho prospect of platting It as lots and that there was other use now that It could bo put to that would pay an In come on the valuation. Alvn Doll testified about the sumo us Mr. Knufiiiun, except thnt he de duced Hint he did not think that the acreage at the reservoir site would bring more than $1100 per ncie ir put on the market now. lie did not think u reservoir silo would detract rrom the value of the "Surrounding land. Hiickliiglinni Witness. City Knglnoer D; (.. Hurklnglioni sold that he would concur with I3u glneep Gldley's testimony. However, ho stuted that ho would not consider tho water system nnd reservoir would bo n dead loss nt tile expiration or tie frnnchlso lecuuse there Is u con stunt demand for water for coniiuer clnl uses by the factories ami mills. Mr. Teal wanted to know ir In reaching these mills It would not be necessary to luy pipes through the street h nnd Huckiiighiim snld It would In the city or Murshrioltl, but thnt there wero other factories that could bo reached outside of Marsh field without utilizing Mnrshllold streets for mains, Dun Renting Testifies, Fire Cbler Dan Keating tcstiricd that there was never sufficient water pressure for ndeiiiuto fire protection. He suid In misvvor to Mr. Ten I Hint additional hydrants would give bet ter fire protection providing greater pressure was provided. Mr. Keating snld that at the time of the Ferndulo fire there wusn't sufficient pressure rrom the hydrants to force water out or the nozzle or the 000 or 700 reel of hose Hint wns strung, but Inter they hooked on the flro engine nnd got good proi-stiic. Comiiilsii.iiner Aitchison snld Hint he had been Informed Hint every hundred foot of hose detracted ten pounds from the pressure. I). A. Nelson testified Hint In his neighborhood on South Sixth street, when one family was watering their lawn or garden, the others could not gut wilt or. Mr. Greeiin explained that there wero four or flvo houses fur nished by a Hii-tic-quiiiicr Inch pipe. Mr. Corey snld this hud been lately remedied. City Attorney Mullen or North Hend Introduced u record of the pies sure at tho city hull mid North Heud brewery. F.ngliicor Corey of Hie Wilier company explained Hint the iii'mxnrii fit Ilin fill lifill u'liu mi n tu'n Inch mnlii. nbout looo feet from the nig main mul Hint us tliero were a iiumbor of consumers hetweou tho til nun nun iiiu mi Kit iiiiiiii, iiiu pressure iccord given wns not u fair one. Mr. Mullen did not know! whether the pressure record from thoi brewery showed what It was In the main or service pipe. Thero was a little lilt between Mr Mullen and Mr. Coiey nbout the pressure In Miirshflelil mid North llimil Mi Mull. in unlil li.k mul. ...i. wwl ' ........ ..... ..(,... ..(,. ..- .. .,,v-, fll.'l,. . Sir. Corey to testify In t .e Snitiison BUY THE VERY BEST Marshfield BUHER ueciiueiy ciibo nt Coqullte. Hint there was t,, of. 1 5 or 20 pounds pressmen, iiiiiiii iiuim-eu .'IIIIHII 0 ( mi. I v..,,, Ilend. Mr. Corey said thl"!J " , ' pond oil Uui' amount of vvato, uh ,l ii! North Ho.id, but Urn piesHun '.Vtfi inuliiH nt North lUnul mid ii i., V Held ought to he, (he H.iu,e Mnr"''- i rood 'H-stirics. 11. Ii. Hood Just her uljuurn. inei.t at noon today was Inirwlm", by ho, Wu up company s xv I r n it tholr behnlr, who hud wiiuoiwiS his testimony. Mr lto, t..Sirii; that sometime ugo the piew.u. , his house wns not good l,n, ,,,, ,,,, hud cleaned out rust nnd on,,., ,,., , tur in tho stop cock mid ,,, ,,", the pressure wns good i ii,i i, wns personally to hluino ,( , 1 of good service nt hlH llous.. iM,i . " ho had flue pressure alt lie, i, n.' house Is us high or higher '. ,,, average residence In Mnishm-M C. II. McLaughlin tills i. rnltn brought In a bucket of dlnj li.ki water which ho .mild he Inur di-iuii from tho faucet at his home com. mlsBlouer Aitchison objeeien ,,, re. coiving it unless It wns Miiiin.iti...t 1...1 City Attorney Gosh ami when i)(, int. tor did so, Sin Aitchison kiiUI dmt they did not need It tin tliev tu.t i.n guthorlng some, sainpleH tin nueu,, HAISI3 PIIH.VK uvrn. Itnlliond ('oiiiiiiIsnIiui .ppr,i,., ,. vnuce on FniinciN Clue nt Cii.inllh. No objections weie picseiiti-tl this afternoon to Iho Oregon Uallio.td (.ouuulssloii against a proposed raise In the rate 011 u fiunieis- line between Coqullle nud Itlvniton Man agor Douglas, or the Coos lluv limn,. Telephone Company explained tlmt u better line hud Keen put In mul Hint the old rates of $27 to $i per year were too low mul II e Coin mission upproved the lucicis,. to $12 per year or $1 per month Sloie Workmen, Slipcriiiicmtcnl A. S. Itlggs. or the Willed & llurr Company came over from Mjrlle Point toduv 011 business. The iiini puny is endeavoring to rush tho Sinlth-Poweis linn to completion. Yesterday tho Nauii Sinlth bionglit In nbout DO workmen for tlicin BREAKWlIt SIS I Steanier Uave? n noon With ffi " !?,; ..w"uiu,. ..;:hofo,i,,b,t KrL.'SA.,, '(-atta Sm.th 75 ;. Carlson, M ?n'C 11... rum it Pay!"Uet C. ' v?' ?'H F 1. W. A. Ha-,. ?1, Knminerer. im', i : :Sft' Horoncc Wvm " ZJi&Z in .:' ".'.,.' "( v, isr&.aat Doiiacn. Mr. 1 ".? iiher Pn.i ' iw... r. Hnilli. ?i.l"".?i !Lvai; V 1 v.. ' h it .If 111 It nUr.l.K.... ' Joe Dego, J.JXotlu,i.! G II STRIKE THI Building and Trades Council Threaten a IMation-wide ' Tie-up. Illjr wnt InlM I'rrA tti iVi lUv Tlinr- I CIIICAHO. June 111. Threats of a coast to coast slrlKo in syiup.itliy with the Chicago union men who were locked out by the Hulldliig Con struction Kinployoni Assoclutlnn, hns been mnde liy Piesldent O'Donnell or the Hulldliig mul Trades Council. Ac cording to O'Donnol, union men 4n cities throughout the country are uwultliig his word to drop their tools nud He up Hlu (loustriictiou work nf the nation. notici:. A special communication or lllmir co Lodge No. 18, A. K. & A SI. will bo hold nt Masonic Temple, Monday, June '.'it, nt S : HO p. 111. Official visit of the lUght Worship fi:l !'. .1. M'.llur. s-n. Cranl W.:pen wpeilnl niiuooc:it.;ilv.r of the i.r.uul Muster. . Work lie SI. SI. degree. All sojourning .Master .inona in good stuiidlhg Invited. Dy Order of the W. SI. T 11 WEI! San Francisco Loses kl land 8 to -Um Venice Win. --. idiieriil or SI. It. Hionn. Many sorrowing friends paid their luut tribute to the memory of SI. It. Drown, tiro Coo Hay pioneer es terduy ufternoon. The fuucitil ser vices whlcli weiv conducted b Hev. II. I. Itutleilge. The pail bearers weio I'. K. Allen. J. O. r.migworihv. I. SI KnurniuiT. (i. N. Holt. .1 I.. Cooley nud Judge Hull. I STANDING- OF ( Weill I.os Ancelei ... IS 111 Oakland ,11 Kl San Kranclico ..,11 111 Venice Ii l Sacramento ,.. Ii II Portland I! II nr .VmaIiM fnnlifwh roim.AXD.or,jin: lnnd won from Sia iw? tfntnr eteht to etf. flrit Sum Francisco ntdlut U t of Portland's thirteen tal games eiterdaj: At San Frandico- San Framhco Portland At Lei Asr'r l.os Augel . Venlco At Sacraowaw- a'acraniento Oakland ..... " .. ...,..- ivn inrr p. inu.'nn a--" "vj .Montana, tho tire wj .. .... .v. 1 P rati t Peiham'rarU latin. .!. 1 VYllTP l(i jB".:v':s:;awrii ...fniirn IB COW COISI Sl.VDi: VNDKH SAXITAUV CONDITIONS IN A CI.KAX AND SIODICHN lUCTOUV. sti:ihi,i,i:d si 11,1c AND CUKASI. Protect YoutB With PainLlh U the Place Where You W This Store VWii'fi Krara Month of Weddings And they say that there la, "nothing half so sweet In life as love's young dream," but, say. have you evor tasted Sar ter's candy? -Any girl can tell you It Is Just ns sweet as love. And the Sarter fountain drluks are as delicious as a dream. PURE ICE Free delivery, 8 n. 111. and 2 p. 111. IM10110 7:1 WANTED watches that won't keep time. Dirty and rancid oil nro the ruination of your wntch. Let me handle It and preserve it perfectly for years to come. E. C. BARKER. 22G Front st. Marshf! Id, Or. Paint Protection . .....iwkatfdl You realize the necessity of protec '0S fcgroa 1 .. ,i nt rn.il ze the necessity 01 V -ni $ p or 2nC !! look, alike faftT the other stays on; one kind soon JJ rt W The kina inai U1US w" The ' SHERWlti'WlUM Paint ...ni!nt-B It is the result of a quarter 0! ?lfc' ; the product of the urge" v new. ence We sell it. ciiTRfMirD'Q HAiU jumijuj. rSjcoo The Store With the uu--