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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
SIX
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DOINGS
OF CITY COUNCIL
PLAN TO TRIM
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Gin EXPENSES
rCContlniicd: !cJ!g.J?J-j?gJ3gurL.
along with $100 por month allow
nnco. Somoono figured out that the
band paid Director Fcnton $125
por month, pnld $15 per month for
hall rent and nlBo paid for tho heat
Jng nnd lighting and Janitor sorvlco
nt tho MaBonlc Opera House when
thoy had concerts. Mr. Copplo Bald
that ob long as tho city had to cut
down cxnenses. ho thought that tho
band ought to ho willing to Btand'
eotno of tho reduction. '
Councilman Albrecht favorod tho
reduction, saying that ob the Coun
cil had limited lteolf to a ten mill
lovy last fall, It was up to them to
llvo within It.
Ho and Copplo woro In favor of
having an advisory voto taken on It
at tho Mny primaries, allowing only
tnxpayors to voto. Mr. Ferguson
objected to this, saying that all vot
ers should ho allowed to voto on the
question. Finally, Recorder IJutlor
told them that tho matter could not
bo submitted nt tho May primary ns
that wiib a county and Btnto olectlon.
Chnlruiau Allen suggested that
porhnps tho now flro cuglno might
bo dispensed with ns n means of
keeping down exponscs. This was
'nlmcd nt Alurccht, who had lieon
urging tho purchase of tho $9500
flro onglno nnd Immediately got n
raiso out of him.
Mr. Copplo snld that ho was anx
ious to have tho Council stand
united on tho reduction, ns thor
would bo "a big holler." Ilowovor,
It waa flnnlly ngroed to let final
Action on It go over.
GEO
HERE
CAPT. U
GGENN
ON MR .DREDGE
Will Make Trip of Inspection
Tomorrow on Michie on
Morrow's Request
While In Portland this trip, Cant.
Slnegonn called on Mnjor Morrow,
U. 8. Kngliioor In ehnrgo of this dist
rict, to tulle over tho bar Improve
ments with It 1 in . There he met Maj
or Cnvanaugh of Seattle, who Is re-
ferred to as "Falnor of tho liar
Dredge 1. S. Mlehlo," and 0. C. Wos-i
tervelt, tho U. S. Naval Constructor,
who supervised Its building. I
Capt. Miugonii expressed his doubt i
ns to what the Mlchle would be alilo1
to ncrompllsh hero and finally Major
Morrow Insisted that Mm-genii make ,
n trip of Inspection out on tho bar
dredge. This will be done tomorrow
nnd Cnpt. Mnegenn will report to
Major Morrow next week.
Capt. Mucgonn also ronferred with1
(ho lighthouse department officials
nnd they lurromed him that as soon
ns tho channel dredging was com
pleted, tho range llghtH In the harbor
would bo changed again, a largo tod
light being put in as tho front range
light.
(Will) OF THANKS.
North Front Street and South
Broadway to Cost Over
$50,000
Nenrly $50,000 worth of hard sur
face paving waB ordorcd by tho City
Council last night.
1'nrt of It was on North Front
Btreot from Elm to Hemlock, which
was chnnged from bituminous to bl
tullthlc. This will cost $23,415.50,
there being 7,940 ynrds of paving
and 1C85 ynrds of fill. It docs not
Include tho Bldowalks, which will
make tho assessment about $7 per
front foot.
South Hrondway was ordorcd pav
ed with bltullthlc from Curtis nvenuo
to Hall. It will cost $27,304.30.
Tlioro aro 8488 yordB of paving and
2000 ynrds of fill on tho strcot.
Mayor Allon suggested that coment
sldownlks bo put In along with tho
hard paving but it was declared that
It would make It too cxpeiiBlvo for
tho property owners now.
Old Plunking.
In the snectricatlons for tho paving
City Hnglneor llucklnghnm provided
that tho contractor wns to got tho old
planking for removing It.
A (mention was raised about tho
legality of this aB tho planking bo
lougB to tho abutting property
owners. Flnnlly It wns agreed
that tho property ownerB ho given flvo
dnys' notlco to romovo tho plnnklng
and If they did not do it, tho con
tractor was to take It. Mr. llucklng
hnm said that tho old planking was
not worth tho cost of removing it.
Ilnmduny on (.'rado.
It wns stated that tho plan is to
hnvo tho hard paving on South Drond
way put in on grade. Tills will mean
n raise of about eighteen Inches nt
tho corner of Hall, leaving tho build
ings along thcro that much bolow tho
street. For tho tlmo bolng It Is pro
posed to leave tho sldowalks In nt
their present grndo.
Mny Flro Ivimlnc.
An ordlnnnco providing for tho
purchnso of tho Amorlcnn-LaFranco
auto flro onglno was adopted. Tho
engine costs $9,500 nnd Is to ho pnld
for In four lustallmonts of $2375
ench.
Aflor the pnssngo of tho ordlnanco,
some of tho officials Joshed Council
man Albrecht ns to whether ho had
got his cheek yet for soiling tho engine.
TUV TO OUT COOS
UAV STATION MOVICI)
Sountor Ceo. 10. Chamberlain
In u luttor to tho Marshflold
Chamber of Commerce, today
promlsoH to try ami got n bill
through Congress this tlmo to
provide funds to move tho Coos
May hire Saving Station to tho
now slto at Clinrloston. This is
tho third attempt ho has made
nnd ho nays ho fools suro of
getting tho money. Congress
man llawloy has also promised
to aid.
IIANDON TIIAM HKItn
I..A. To tho mnny friends, nnd cspoclnl-'
Jy to Mr. and Mrs. Htnurr, wnoso
thoughtful kindness during the Ill
ness nnd death of my boloved hus
band, Peter Mars, lightened tho bur
den of my sorrow, I oxtond my heart
felt thankB. MHS. MAIHA MAUS.
IIASKKTIlAMi TOXIflHT.
HasKotball 'IVjiin Anlws for Claim's
on Itny.
Tho Dnndoii bnsketbnll team ar
rived horo today noon to play tho
Marshflold high school team at tho
Tubernaclo tonight, Thoy will play
at North Head tomorrow night.
Prof. Hopkins accompanied tho team
and tho plnyors who camo with him
aro: Iteed (iulller, John Windsor. A.
ChrlBtotiBcn, It. (lalller, Frtd Har
vey. M. Cnttorlin, Sam Armstrong,
II. Droiisou, L. Sparks, O. Stoltz.
Have Your Watch Repaired Now
ffm -0j '
For several months we have been unable to keop
up our repair work, but now wo can pivmse prompt
service. . , , ,
Mr, J. H. Griffith, an experienced watchmaker, on
braver and optician, has come from Portland to help
All work promptly done and guaranteed to be satisfactory,
RAISE STREET
ABOVE FILLS
Central Avenue and Commer
cial Avenue Planking to
Be Elevated
Tho City Council Inst night decided
to hnvo Commercial nvonuo raised
from Fifth Btreot west to Soventh or
KIghth bo that tho dredglngs will not
flow over tho plnnklng. Councilman
Kvertsen brought tho mnttcr up nnd
urged tho Improvement, ns ho snld
thoro would bo many protests about
tho street being flooded. City Kn
glnccr Buckingham explained thnt
the drrlglngs would not bo over n few
inches deep on It and ho thought thnt
It would bo cheaper to have tho mud
cleared off after tho dredge got
through. Tho cost of rnlslng tho
street will bo nbout $150 nnd will bo
nsBcsscd to tho nbuttlng property
ownerB.
Somcono wnntod tho street rniscd
to tho permanent grndo, but It was
thought that thla would bo too ex
pensive now.
Fourth Street Irfixv.
In tho dlsciiBslon, City Knglneer
llurklughnm explained that tho hard
paving on Fourth street nt Central
and Commercial wns ona foot below
tho permanent grndo nnd to put Cen
trnl nnd Commercial on the perman
ent grades, west of Fourth, would
necessitate raising It.
Tho councllmon were opposed to
doing this. It would leave tho Mas
onic opera houso nnd M. K. Church
considerably below street level.
In conscfjuonco, It wns decided to
hnvo tho temporary changes made In
tno plnnklng on Central and Commer
cial. South Hroadwny.
City Attorney (loss said ho hnd re
ceived a number of romplalntH about
tho nonr concrete on South llmndwnv.
proporty owners claiming thnt tho
traffic had cut away most or It.
City Knglneer nucktnghnm Rnld
that ho did not think this was correct.
Ho said ho would mnko an examina
tion today beforo tho hard surface
was put on nnd see.
Ho nsked thnt' the engineer's offlco
bo supplied with a coment tester,
which would cost nbout $250, so that
they could guard against poor con
crete and It was ngroed to buy this,
but no formal action wns taken.
To Open Strcetc.
Upon n resolution Introduced by
Councllmon Wilson, Mayor Alton ap
pointed Messrs. Wilson, Albrecht and
FergtiS'ii n cnmmltteo to try and got
Ilonuett avenue opened from Fourth
stroot to Hrondway and Fifth street
oponod between Donnelly and l'lrod
nnd perhaps south to fioldou. Mr.
Wilson said thnt treso strcots woro
originally oponod but thnt the pints
had been changed and portions of
thorn vncnted. The commllteo will
confor with tho ownors of the prop
erty nffectod.
Older Debate Paid.
A robnto of $920. SI was ordered
paid to tho proportj owners on Hall
avenue between Front street nnd
Fourth strcot.
Johnson & I. arson woro ordorod
pnld $1117.35 for tholr stroot con
tract on Second near Ulrch.
Mill Slougli Drain.
City Knglneer Diicklnghnm report
ed to tho council thnt tho total cost
of tho Mill Slough drain was about'
$8000. This Included $250 bonus
to tho contractors for hastening tho
completion, $288.75 for engineering
expenso and $7442.18 for tho drain
proper.
Kick On WIN.
Chairman Copplo of tho FInanco
Cnmmltteo voiced n vigorous protost
against bills amounting to $251.45
for repairs to tho city pest Iioubo
which Dr. Strnw nnd Chnlrman Wil
son of tho Health Commltteo had or
dered. Ho said It was too much to
spend in vlow of tho fnct that tho
post houso only cost $190 In tho first
place.
I NOIITII UKND NI'.WS I
.
J. G. Mullen and bride,, who have
miiml n f.ivv i!n'H nt til (l Dr. IVUl'tlo
cottage on South Coob Diver, hnvo
I returned nnd hnvo gono to house-
keening In tholr now Homo.
Mr. and Mrs. K. It. Hodson. of
South Coos Ithor, wero North Dend
visitors yostorday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kmory, who
recently camo from San Frnnclsco,
hao gone to housokeoplng In ono
of tho Simpson houses on tho hill.
The rolvnl mootlngs aro bolng
contlnuod nt tho United Drothren
Church this week.
Mrs. A. II. linhoff Is hostess this
nftornoon at her homo on Union
nvenue, to tho Presbyterian Ladles'
Aid.
Mrs. Herhort Rogers and daughter,
Mrs. M. Nelson, woro Coos Day
sitoppers yesterday.
Harry Dean and llttlo son How
nrd, wero business visitors to Mnrsh
flehl yesterday.
.mI ireno Hodson, who has spent
."ek with relatives In Marsh
"t ' eturned homo yestordny.
, i Simpson's cottages on Union
n enut'. hnvo bom moved nenr tho
In" paik. Tho plan Is to build a
l,i,t.. nn tlm Hitn whoro tho cottneos
B stotd.
lilt HUH Hi
ftDUUIbOHULI
RED CROSS
Jewelry Dep't
RED CROSS
Drug Store
! FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW I
Kxports of tho Unltod States Uu
reau of Mine have perfected a fog
mnktng mnehlno for distributing
molsturo through coal mines to pre
cipltato tho dust nnd prevont disas
trous explosions.
Tho Gormnny navy has a salvago
boat especially deslgued for the re
covery of sunken submarines.
Investigation to Decide Who
Caused Mistake at Fourth
and Golden
A special hearing to determine who
wns responsible Tor ehnnglng tho
grndo on South Fourth street nenr
Golden nvenue, lenvlng tho hard pav
inir below tl.o dredge fill, will bo held
nt tho council chamber Monday night.
This wns ordered by tho Council last
night nfter u long discussion and City
Attorney Gobs wiib Instructed to buu
poena ail who aro supposed to havo
nny knowledge of it.
It wns first brought up by Wm.
Hnydcn, who owiib property on Gol
den west of Fourth, who Inquired If
tho city hnd tlto nervo to expect a
man to pny for street Improvements
nnd sldownlk Improvements when
they wero fnr under mud nnd wnter,
bo bad that his wlfo and children
could not get out of tho Iioubo. Ho
said ho was willing to pay Just ns
soon nB tho city gnvo him something
for his money. Ho said It was really
dangerous now, sowngo bolng nmong
tho mud nnd water standing thcro.
Councilman Albrecht snld It wns up
to tho city to find out who wns rcs
ponslbo for ehnnglng tho grade, re
ducing tho cornor from n grade of
fifteen feet to ten feet. He said that
.las. Dennett nnd Win. I.nwhorno were
among Hiobo who bad been urging
the reduction hut that tho grade had
been changed In December, 1012,
when ho wns not on tho council.
Georgo UalnoB, Petor Scott, Sr.,
and I. S. Kniifmnn voiced protests
nbout It nnd so did It. A. Corthell.
City Knglneer Diieklngham said that
tho change wnB mndo before he wns
city engineer nnd ho did not know
Just why It wns mndo.
Coiincllmnn Wilson said that a cor
oner's Inquest ought to bo held to seo
who wns responsible. He wnntod tho
city engineer put undor bond so that
In enso of mistakes like this, they
would havo to pay for It. It was
pointed out that this wns Impossible.
Messrs. Ferguson nnd Copplo said
that thoy did not know nbout tho
chnngo or nnywny tho effect It would
hnvo.
Georgo Haines wanted tho street
fixed right, but ho wns opposed to
tho property owners bolng required'
to pny tho cost of tho mistake.
Flnnlly tho hearing was ordeied.
City Knglneer Ducklughnm explain
ed that a ditch had JtiFt been dug
through tho fill to drain thnt area
and thnt as soon iih this wns drained,
tlioro would bo no further trouble
with tho sower. Ho said It would bo
nocessary this suminsr to provide
some menus of draining tho en'lro
filled area.
He snld thnt a drain box bud not
boon put In boforo the fill because
Manager Miller or the dii'dw would
not pormlt them to pump onto a drain
thnt wns not supported bv plllnif.
This kind of n drain would hnvo cost
$1800 or so and ho said It was chenn
or to build tho other kind or a drain
nfter tho fill wns mndo. llo snld thnt
tho dro'lve Seuttto charred the Port
$25 iter hour for ovory hour's delay
In th6 work.
Coiincllmnn Copplo tald that tho
error or cIiuukIuk tho gn tie whh made
during Mr. Gldloy's term or oMe.
H. A. Cortholl snld t'"it tho rMit
grndo had boon ostabllshod by Kn
glneer Sandhorg nnd Mr. Cortholl
snld ho would fight the Improvement
or Golden until Fourth sheet wns
brought to P'o proper irrado.
Fairground Fence.
F. P. Norton requeste 1 permission
to robulld tho fnlr ground fonco north
or Krtiso nvenuo so 'int stniidlng
room could bo provided ior nutos
nenr tho rnco track. It was stated
that Mayor Allon bad lecommended
that tho council open up Kruse nve
nuo hut Mr. Norton did not think
that tho street wns needod now thnt
Johnson nvenuo hnd been Improved.
Ills request was referred to tho Btreot
commltteo.
City Attorney Gobs snld that thoro
This Newly Arrived Spring Line
-OF
Ladies' Ail-Wool Serge Dresses
At
$r.5o
7
Is well worth a special trip dowrTtown
I II. if jft! r'M V Ml
The new peg skirt Is p: eminent la tho collection. A
number or styles In the set-in hIcoiv, others with the
moro iMiiiHorwillvo peasant tdeou. Snino strictly tailored
twilst effects with (miii-iIdvmi collar; some In fancy lloliro
oflootN. Trimmed In self-colored and brocaded silk.
Tliree-qiiarU'r and full-length slce. Colin wine, mny,
Copenhagen, brown and red, 'SIos HI to III.
Hub Dry Goods Co.
Smart Wear for Women.
Cor. Central Ave. and Broadway.
Phono 3G1.
wero two Injunction suits on now!
about South Fourth street, ono of A. I
D. Manly onjolnlng tho collection of
UBsoMiiiieiits and tho other being tho1
Southern Pnclflc'B enso to provont.
improving Fourth sheet to Coal Dank i
Slough, llo snld that tho Southern j
Pacific was willing to ndjust tho lat
ter on a basis of deferring the Im
provement for a time.
I'ntliemt's Appeal.
Something About
the Progress of
the Press
"You ennnot seo tho rorost
for tho trees," snld n hlstorlnn,
"nor history In tho making
for bolng so closo to tho
ovent."
Ho wrote boforo tho present
greatness of tho nowspnpors
was attalnod. Nowndnys tho
history of tho mlnuto Is yours
when you pick up your dally
nowspnpor. Not only thoso
things which happen in tho city
nnd throughout tho country,
but throughout tho world.
Tlioro aro romances back of
this nchlovoment, tnles of suf
fering, of loyalty to the pa
per, of long hours, of strenu
ous ondoavor and dnrlng.
Consider cnrefully this com
posite wonder, tho nowspnpor
which you buy dally ror an m
Blgntricnnt price. Usually It
contains soveral squar yards
ot paper, and, in tho metropol
itan dnllles, its lines of typo
sot end to ond, would extend
for miles. And nil this typo
must bo sot In a few short
hours. Tho wonder Is that
your paper does not cost you
many times Its present prlco.
Tho ndvortlsements, ns well
ns tho news, aro ot great Im
portance because thoy bring
you tho Btor? nows of Coos
Day's leading merchants nnd
toll you of opportunities to
puichaso nt n big saving in
prlco.
S. D. Cathcart appoarod boforo tho
Council and asked that thoy guaran
tee to provide dralnago ror his lots
In West Muishllold aftur tho drodgo
rill Is mndo. Ho said that ho would
not mind If It did not drain as woll
as now, hut ho wanted It drained.
Ho said It would rcqulro nbout 700
feet of drain plpo. After considerable
discussion tho matter was referred to
tho street commltteo.
Transfer License.
Tho council ordered tho llceuso of
tho Kaglo saloon transferred rrom
Uecs & Snoddou to Hugh Sneddon,
who bought It out. Mr. Sneddon
claimed that tho night boioro last
ho drove his auto to tho city hall ex
pecting that thoro wns n council mcot
lug, nnd forgot to light tho auto and
wns rinod 5 ror tho offense.
Italso Saloon Licenses.
Tho ordlnnnco raising tho llcenso
nt Marshflold saloons rrom $S00 to
$1000 por year, otrectlvo July 1, was
adopted Inst night.
Tlmo for Saloons,
Upon potlrlon of It. O. Graves, Pot
or Mlrrasoul and Hugh Sneddon, rep
resenting tho Mnrshllold saloons, tho
council last night dceidod to allow tho
saloons to hnvo tho porters start
work at 4 o'clock In tho morning to
eloan up. Tho saloons will not open
for business until 5 o'clock, tho samo
hour as at present. They claimed that
It was hard to got porters to do the
work unless thoy mndo It earllor, so
that ono porter could clean up two
or threo places, thoy had trouble.
In granting tho pormlt, It was stat
ed that the first violation of tho por
mlt by permitting liquor to bo sold
boforo 5 o'clock would result In tho
pormlt being withdrawn br Mxror I
Allen.
Hint Kiln Si-ssllltl.
It was about 12.30 oclock tli
morning when the council sdjourMt
Coiincllmnn Kvertscn remained
til nbout 12 odock, when heitrw.
unvln,. lm Imil Id ret till at 3 Oun
this morning to look niter hli bJlw
nnd ho ionised to stu. im'
romnlucd.
I !.... Ilf.mi.wllllt?.
Cliiis. Donne protested about it
In the docking or uo wiwn '-
.i. inikHD.u. ri.rnltiit-n utoro Antf W
Dallies promised to lmo It llrt
onco. hJ
Tho Finnnco Committee repow
In Invor or nwnrtllng tlto cltr pnj
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Ull II Will III I"" " , - . .... m.
por lino. JiiBt half tlto legal
tnbllBhod by law, ami mo in-v-
udoptod, ... ,.i
.' i ..r mi . upre Did"
tno assessment tor tlto Alder iw
lmprovemont dererreti.
AimicsTHi) ron PiciiTiNQ
7T. j Tnhn I
W. M. Honoris uiju -:. v.
Mnckoy woro nrrcbted Iwt .W
nttlrnra Shniino nild D? ..T
w. .. ."" " .r . .. nnhiTII V
chnrged with riguunB. 'y.
Btstod on having a ur iir - 7 ..
oy, who clnlnis J10 aow -
him, at tho Kuu - i.t -juM
wns HouortB- ""',':: r0Tft
bad to resort to his ih) slca ipo
or SOVOrOiy liumnh ""-th jit
bled freoly rrom tlto tnoutu
nnso. Mnckey had 1.55 a""
orts nothing.
t Ainnn ihp Wnterfront.
Tho Adeline Smith arrived
9:30 this morning from San
CISCO. , 1 i nt Bit
Tho FirioM arrived at
weunesuny ovuiuub
HASKF.THAIiTi TOXI('T'
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The Only Tailors on the toast
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Room 210.
Irving Block.