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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1903)
- I fc Su -.T POASTMAJL. SATURDAY, ,;:: FEU 23. 1U03 Published JwySnhirJay by the MAlt PUBLISHING Co'. ' ...-...,., SUBSCRIPTION RATI One year, (In advance.., ,.$t 50 Mx months, ...,..,.., ......... ..... i.coj Thrccroonlhs........ ..;.. .. .50 3.00 wilt Ik. charged when not pal I In u1m HOtt WR STAND In yostcrdny'a paper, vo published an accoant cf V. A C'nce'e temper anco meotlng "Wdmidiy crming. This anoint wra huii'cd In. by one who was pro3rt, and ft quotoi Mr. Crane's 'designation of t! 0 taloon as a "Bank of Losin -. ' etc. How tic P.iir Coast MulI', or was, taken at cyery la'oon in town, except two. The proprietor 0 one of these had nover maaterol courase to taku the dally, lut he took tho weekly. The paper also contained ono saloon ad. Tho proprtetor of the lattor was the first one heard from. He paid up and stopped his ad and his daily. Then the one who has been taking the weikly paid np and stopped that. It will be 1 observed, however, that coth papers come out today, just the same. The other gentlemen who are in the saloon business seem to have taken a more reasonable view of the matter. And right now ssems to be a good time to again define tho position ol this paper. We have done it boforo, but it seems to bo bard for some people to understand that a pipor can be run on independent lines without undue cater ing to any individual or clan. Tho Coast Mail is a business proposition. It ia not an organ. It ij not sustained by state or connty pap, by crafts, nor by a pull, it proposes to give value for every dollar received. It is not owned by any one with an axe to grind. Its policy is determined in this office without dictation or advice from any one outeido. It is first of all a newspaper, and pro poses to give the ncwB without fear or favor, without suppression or dodging. Jta editors uto their own judgement. They may not always be right, but they have the royal satisfaction of doing the thing in their pwn way. Further, they aro running a newspa per for the whole community, not for any one class or faction, neither a church organ nor a saloon organ, Through this spirit of independence, they have been Jed to mix it with differ, ont elementa in the community at dif ferent times. By having the temerity to criticise a traveling blatherskite, not half eo severely as he deserved, the pa per has before now placed itself under the threat of being run ont of town. Tho result is well known. The patron age of the paper has increased from tho day it was Btarted, and wo believe that this community has enough of the spirit of Americanism to appreciate tho pa per that exemplifies "tho freedom of the preeB." Tho paper ia not making a mint of money, but the bills are being paid with a tolerable degree of regularity, and thB hands get their money every Saturday night. The Mail has never made any fight on oitlior churches or saloons. It has endeavored to treat both fairly. When they are not eatisfled with that, wo are iiretfiii biUjponerlM, EDI TOR IAlT TliujlMrtjaBJift,m;nt.bVi'rji;oo IidHy. If any one or any class expects to he toulled to or unduly honoyfnggled hi any way, either thronirh a 'desire, to cur ry favor or n feat of incurring displeas ure, then that person or clas is very likely to to disappointed. There aro, unfortunately, people, who do not kuow when tlioy an well treat oil. They 'aro not satisfied with fair -" treatment, hut expect special favoia. These are totuid tu ivory, community and in all walks of life. The newspa per that would try to keep them r,lwai i pleaded would have a tomcwrMt mors strenuous life than wo enro to emhatk upon, nnd tho newspaper tint depende on them tor support is leaning on t broken reed. When wo report n wetting in a eh'- ch or elt e here, or want to give the key note of any mau'e speech or address, ue are very liktly to tel! what is tnlil. If any ono is cblldith cnouch..to pet mm) and stop hit! paper or hi nil on that ac count, he can stop it and I.e. qualified. GIVE US A MATCH Why don't Homo ono start A match factory on Ceo: Day, to make tl 0 common sulpher match of commerce. Hero we are piying tribute to match makers who are to infinitely small that the rob us even oa tho count, to ray noth- llngof tho goods. If there 9 ft small sulphur match oa the markot in Marsh field which is of pood quality and pack ed lOOOinapckg, as it is supposed to be, then the Coast Mail man nan't been able to find it. Peopl'j doa't nind baiug robbed on a largo scale, but they do hate the Eucak thief who puts SI matches in a bunch, instead of 1000, especially if they have to strike 27 of them before tlioy get a light. Wo ara probably no womo off than people in othor places; und tho moral is that a match fac.ory here that 011M make cooJ reliablo niatchoa anil pack in full-count packages could find a practically unliminited 'markit for its proJuct. THE SIIAMELESSN'ESS OF ST LOUIS" That a terrible arraignmont of an American city, Lincoln riteffens nrticlo in tho march McClure'a on"ThoShamc icssness of St. Louie," "Tho Shamo of Minneapolis," which appeared two months ago, is, compared to this, a record of civic integrity and virturc, Mr. Steffons points the damning con trast. Minneapolis, reformed when hor shame was exposed. In the St. Louis municipal legislature today eit convict. ed of bribery and perjury seven mem bers of Boss Butler's ring, and Butler,, himself, sentenced to three years,' Jm prisonment for bribery, still rules the town. This is. what Mr. SteppenB call "something now in the history of tho government of tho people by tho raecala for the rich." "Mr Steffens telln the wholo Btory from tho first exposures by "one man County Attorney Folk down today, when tho opa,lhy and Buplnenem of the pooplo are forcing Folk still to play hia hand alono. Ho shows how St. Louis beenmo tho Mecca of brooding aldermen from all over tho country how thoy flocked thither to exchange now schemes for robbing tho peoplo, until St. Louis was completely listed for eale. And ho ends by quoting the words of a boodler who jumped his bonds and is now in Mexico, who declares that he Is only waiting for Folk'a term to expire to xolurn and rnn for Governor of Missouri- and "vindication." Thia article should bo read by every Ameri can ciUen, J ... -w T00SEVB1.T commended; Six thousrnd people crowded tho Chi cago Auditorium at thn recent dotno n etratlon of tho local labdr unions In tu 1101101 ol John Mitchell, prosldent ol tho United Mlneworker: The greatest ciithuiasm was shown when Mr. Milch oil apieared on the platform, aud lib tpeac.h later In the evening whs received with cheers. . Henry I). Lloyd, of Ghl c.'po, spoko 1tt itett as (oiyiyve : "Thote was a louder cry for Federal Imjoticts In PotnuylvanlA In KM than !ii Illinois In tt?yi, but the ciy was not i.stid.i. m.o uuiips 111.1 ......,.. There was n soldier In tho While Moitso, 1101 ncorporauon uwjur, ami uieeoum. , knew what .tho proper usee of solillers I ,,ro. ltul tho tiddlers u.lpbt 'lave gone , tin if theccnl nnnojo!lts had held out j .8 hmir? Ivngvr In their piratical policy .. famine and de.'lttaupu, but not help them drUe tho miucrs Into the minus. Tho sol.liers might have geno In keep tlie pence wjiiio io;crai juuges look possession 01 me min-w as recen- er. by duo prcccin of Jaw. and ", vttid tho miners In tho name of tho pro-, pie to mine tho-coal for the people. 1 "Whcro Clevolnnd gavo us military I usurpation and gorernmont by Inunc-' . t t.I .... a f . tlou. koosovcu lias given us arinirniion the boldest and greatest act of ret cut statesmanship a short cut across lots inhe real American style. j "When tho peoplo of America helped . Mlinl11.ll nnil tlm tnlnuri. thov woro 1 ' ' -rr helping themselves. Tho wholo ooplo)nml Umo nfo R mmbor , . ccf ,,,,,, of America hav before them the j ()pornti 1K In th(, S(tnimi.r m0ntl.9. same fight to make with the same, Tll0 No.lh Po!tf ,H tho Snmptor ills-woulJ-lo master. Pray God we may . tfcM8 0ttnClJ ,,y 10 ijljlf)KBOf inJcn find In our time ot need as good a leader ( llfinnUoil , hari, l0 obuiu, ;lirl as tho miners found. That affair l , frol, ,,,, wll0iaV0 W0lked nt ,, the Valleys of Pennsylvania was ' , Korll, ,.oIo nm, who ar0 now cBBJl, first real uprising of tho pmjplo apalnat 1 ,,3tt,u.ro ,, ,, l)Con Icnrncd t0 mcnopolists-and It wad only tho first. ' mt t Jna . mH As always, tho organized workinmen furnished tho "forlorn hopo" of liberty, because they wore organized. "It is literally, scientifically, accurate ly, warnlngly truo that between the ..i.. mhiI tKn nniA anil mniinnAii' . power that most torribloof alltyran-j 1 ntes-there stand, today but ono org.nL z.tlon that can hold the fort while tho, ,,nW,.,D ...7. .- . -b of labor." Great Central Sued J. J. Waltors has brought suit at Port land, against the Great Central Railroad Company, operating in Coos County, to recover $1429.85, which he claims is duo him as commission, and attachment papers have been Issued by tho Sheriffs to attach tho property of the defondant company until the case is settled. Walters stated in his complaint that on August.22, lt02, ho was engaged as chief of the bureau ol information' and colonisation of the Great Central Hail road Company, and that a part of his duty was the saleB of stock of thecom pany. He further claims that ho was to receive a commission for his work, and that he sold 110,050 worth of stock, for which he has recioved 176.85. He alleges that 10 per cent is a fair commis sion, and on this basis asks for a balance due of $1429.85, ENGLISH ETCHINGS, Tliero aro several hundred Boor prifl. onci-H in India, who Htill obstinately ro fuso to tako the oath of allegiance.' It is stated that tho giant elm trecn planted in Kensington gardens Lon don, over 200 yeara ago nro decaying. Tho Bedfordshire family of Whit bread hold tho curloua record of having had representatives In tho houso of commons for flvo auccesslvo genera tions. Australia could do with 300.000 Brit ish wives, Canada with 06,000 and tho Capo with 30,000. There aro said to bo nearly 1,000,000 too mauy women In the British laics. Through putting her feet against tho bars of u achool grato a girl's wooden clogs caught flro at Ashton, England. Tho flro aprend to her frock, and aho died from U10 effects of the burns. About 2,000,000 of London'a inhabit ants get no medical treatment aavo that of charity dispensaries or hospitals, and It is said one in four of them goes to bed hungry every night of his life. If wo all practiced what we preach, It would keep us so buBy practicing that we would havo to cut but the brekching-Iroalioia Chief. Oieoh's (JprrOiiipiiTln m (Sjiu.Fraiiclico Mining and Ktiginocrlng ltovlow.) The estimate of the gold output of Oregon by tho Director of tho United States Mint for 19021s 1,800,105. This Is ho much boluw tho actual output that It will bo necessary to enter into details to show what tho stniu'n output has probably been, Tho lollowing llgurei of production gall-oic! In Southern Orexon aro very nearly correct, and in this section nlono ,,p ,(l ,,Ht j,t' was nlmost ciual to tho rtmonnt which tho Mint Director oreiuts t0 ont,() BlUo ,Ul TJl0 dl3lricl cm Hrnt;j,9 m,t t0 comities, Jo-eplnu ami jAckon : A, on mnin- (J8tr!ct f W 120, 100 000 100 070 120 100! ten two 1 CO 000 ! 200 00-3 too 000 no 000 DO 000 200 (-00 fiO 000 US 000 Wn,1(J mnv district vviH.u,1B mining district ;,;nitco inhilng district nisul.Sowior Creel; district j l!rn,.u Ate ,Hitrlct ' . Mllnt tuubeii.Noitliotn Joic- nhhio districts tirnvu (.fL.0k dlitrlct 1JWJr Uoso nnd Curry dis lrjci0 ' Cow Vno. GoU, ,,. ,,i,tr-jct t ...,., i,irv.m ,.,;H Other Jackson districts Total N.5S0 20') In Eastern Orcson thoro aroI7 quartz tin s with with 76S stamps In operation, f lOfl.ifx) in bullion and about 120 - Li cont'cntiatcB monthly. The lied Hoy has produced an etior inoui amount of rich ore and Is now in operation, limiiig declared a dividend . ,,, , . ., ,. . , Tho Virtuie, anothor big mino noar Cj( f bw f om mm;M M, t IiroU.cci for ft 0nK,inu carly ,i0U, that amount. The White Swan, an old producer, U I gain on tho list of producers. Thu mill is now running on low grade ore taken from tho old workings, nnd a great deal of high grade oro from now ground h being eloped to that next vear it w Hhulp euell tho production, I Much of tiio oro from thu mlnos of ! Eastern Oregon is shipped out of the otato to smelters nt different points nnd J altogether a cafo uslimatn of thu pro- ductinn of that section for !'J)2 would the fJ.000,000. In tho Bohemia district in Central Oregon thoro aro pcveral producing mines, and 1500,000, is a low cstltnato of tho gold production last year in that district. One mino, tho Helena, paid last year $120,500. Besides tho section named about $100, 000 came from tho Santiam, Bluo Itlvor and Trout Creek district in Crook County. Theso figures aro lower than tho esti mates ol well-informed mining mon in tho several districts of tho otate, eo that a careful nnd conservative estimate of thu total gold production of Oregon for 1 002 is as follows: Southorn Oregon $1,180,200 Kastern Oregon -1,000,060 Centaal Oregon BOO.OOO Santiam Blno Itivcr, Trout Creek , and other eourcoa lfiO.OOO Total $0,2:10,290 Will Float the Crescent City Strenuoua efforts aro being mado to pull tiio steamer Crescent City from her position on the jagged pinnacles of Fish Bock, nnd it Is stated that tho eteamer may yet bo saved, dospito the prevalent opinion that alio was a total losa. The wreck of tho Croscent City was purchas ed by Beadle Bros,, of San Francisco, for $750 , and for tho past few weeks the work of lightering tho vessel has been going on. TTiT .1 STATliAND GIU J Tho 8. r. ltallroml Is billdlng n rdund house nt Ornnts Tars. Thoro nro now HIM patients In tho I) won ni-yluut-Tliltf leihlgh wntur mark. lCxC.oyotnor Uror linn formally nn nouuc)dlhat ho U not n candldato for conpresu. Tho (lovorlior Is learning n point or two. Tho Dakor City Herald has bcon ! charged by tho grand' jury with llhol. Twelvo ,n,HotiiiHii l.awK ovor It. u)!0tt'i pspoi. This Tho amount duo tho otato of Ortgon for convict labor for tho month 0! Feb ruary, In tho Northwestern Stovo Foun dry, amounted to tMl! DO, or BS.aflSjtf hours at II 1 2 cents per hour. Tho first district convention cf Cen tral district ol the Oregon Christian Kndenvor Union will be held nt Albany, iirclnni'ne Monday. March (3th, nt 2 p. m.' nnd closing Tmisdny, March 10th, at a p. 'm. (lovornor Chamburlaln Tuesday iiatnod Georgo Nolaud and J. 1'.. Camp bell, of'Astorln and Sylvester I'arroll, of Portland (reappointed) as n pilot com mission. F. A. Bancroft has taken bin official position an Pojtmnetcrot 1'oithwid. Frank II. Allietun wna run over and killed by a street car in Portland Sun day morning- A Salem Hotel keeper Is latigiilshlhg in jail awaiting an olllcor with rcqiuM tion papers from Missouri. Even tho town of Mllwauklo has n f Board ol Trade and is working for hej sharo of Immigrants. Tho now saw mill recently htnrtcd nt Cottago Grovo If running at full capacity cutting 30,000 oot a day. In boarlng for oil noar Dallas, Oregon, at a depth of nearly W0 feet, a salt hrd was struck. Tho salt osts W per cent pure salt. An lndlun at Silver J.akn hung his wife ono day Inst week, and only for some- ono who happened along and cut tho ropo, there would havo been ono moro "good Indian." Tho central telophono office, postoffice, harbor shop nnd morcftntjlo store owned by Dick Hamlin, burned at Klamath Falls Monday night. Loss, total. Tho General Land Office bus at lnt decided to close the grant of thu Corval Ha & Yaqulna Bay Wngon-Boad Com pany, It has been 17 years since any selections woro mado in the grant, which, ombraccs about 12 townships in Ben ton, Lincoln and Polk Counties. There Is much Indignation about Whitman Collego ovor tho nows receiv ed from Covo. Or., that Fred Harris, who contracted smallpox in tho Walla Walla posthouso, had carried tho infec tion to his sister-in-law and hor little boy who died of tho dlseate. It is said that tho husband of tho deceased lady, brother of Fred Harris, will bring suit gainst tho City of Walla Walla. Tho motion, for n now trial in tho liblo suit of McMnhrui va Hofor Bros, tho court awarded Hofer Bros., Judg ment on the verdict of tho juryvhich waa for $1, and according to Inn', ft costa in tho case, thus sustaining tho regularity of tho virdlct and tho integri ty of tho jury, which MoMalian wna eeoklng to Impeach Tho Journal says: thisiSj a groat victory, not over Mr. Gibson, but for tho right of newspapers to publish fair news reports found on tho pleadings in tho caeo. Under tho Oregon Btatulo nov.'upaporH aro reoponoi bio for damngoa for publishing extracts from tho public recorda in such cases, and tho vordlct of tho jury, under tho circumatnhcos ia necessarily load to tho conclusion that no perton had an extra ordinary good character. The Oregon State Board of Pish Com missioners Tuesday oloctcd Roproeonla tivd Webster of Clackamas County, to the position of Deputy FUh Wnrdon. Mr, Webster formorly held thia pooltion. Aiiinnilmriiti to'tlio il'iiiikrjiptcy Lmr, ' Tiio ulinngW' nytdo In ib iiut'loiinl bflitkniptt'y hw linli imwmgn by couf Kirn of the bill for Its iiiiioiidiiient are In (ho lino of 'imiollointlnK tho tgjmll. ttnnit of tho tmiikrupt, though tlioy do not nppnrontlytln any degree umbo It wilder fur dUhonent debtors to tlofrnud . their creditors. Tho fws tiixnhln tindolt tho nmondod low nro winced no an til iimko bankruptcy prmrvdlngM Ii-hm e.vj peiiNlvo, nnd provision 1 until" thnt bankruptcy Indexes nnd dockiitn shall bo open :to pnnltc oxnmliintloii wllhotit rho rid. A wlso niueiidiueiit Is 01111 prohlhltlni; i(ny person fitun getting rid nf tint pity inent of ulliuoiiy or any debt of Unit kind iinlcr tlm biwilcrtiptcy net. In liiterpietlng tho old law tlm fed ernl supremo court hold tlint a rndltor niuld not provo his chilin If ho hud re eelved it piiyiueiit on nny debt ngiilimt tho debtor, provldtil tlm debtor's prop erty was not equal tu his debts. Tlm payment might have been rvctilvcd In nocently mid In Ignorance of tlm debt or's luimlveticy. flint made 110 differ euee. it must lo surrendered or tlm creditor could not provo nil undisputed elnlin. Tho net as amended iimkes any payment mndo four months befuro tint llllug of th petition a preference, If tlm debtor was Insolvent at tho time. If the creditor had nny reuson to bo- llevu that It wits Intended as 11 prefer ence ho must surrender thu property vt lt:i value. Altogether tho amendment will Im prove Utid strengthen the law nnd set tin questions of long and troublcHoinn dispute. Tho noci'Jiilty of n fedurnl bitukriiptry rode, operative In all tho Mates of tlm Union, was long ago ap parent, and thus -amplified nnd per-fi-etinl It i.hould meet tho conditions of business It Is Intended to cover with JtiMIci' nllkn to tho creditor and tho in solvent debtor. ' Ilitltliiroro' New I'rimnry Law. The city of Baltimore has a now primary election law, thu operation of which tuny Ik? of Interest to otber com iittiiiltlen seeking reforms in election methods. It will recclvo Its first practi cal tent nt the municipal flection thti spring, nnd sninfc defects tuny bn devel oped b this teat, though tho general plan of thn Inw seems to bo ndmlrnble. The principal features nro theso: Klrnt.-Tlio prlmMrt'in of both pMrtlra ar hi lil no tin- atnr it nnd In the nam VUtlllR IiooiIik. Hiiiil - Tlm tmllot mrJ ti prepared by putille otllemlii, roiilalna the nanm ot all c-on-U'litti-i itlptiubctlcullir HrrnriKt-il nnd t otnt In wr"t. ThlnJ.-i:rry cltlxn li a r!M to vott In thr prlinurli'i of tlm purty with which hr prdrra to lo nrnilateO, th Inw n lirrnnly iovMIng "thut the ntntrtnrnt of nueh jmi llllMllon or not tiimt him to vote for the vnndltUtcn of uch parly ut any Rl'on rlcctlun." Apparently these provisions would i'.j nwny wjth tho nbuhes by which co:i-M-Ientlons citizens nro kept from vot ing In tho primaries and corrupt mien 1110 permitted to vote In them. Thu "llimters," as they are railed, havo still one vole, but they hitvu no longer two or more, as tint primaries of both par ties nro held together iilidur tho saiuo safeguards as 11 regular election, mid the citizen who Is unwilling to do tho bidding of party homes can no longer ho kept away from tint primaries by 11 requirement that ho must pledge him self to voi- for all Its uomliieeu, how ever obnoxious to his moral sense. Besides theso provsloun tho new ItnlUninro law tins hiwiIht (.tr,,,l,:!2 t.m pmiciii!' or rtlrect primaries for tho most liupoj'tiiut ofltccr to lx chosen at nny election. If delegates to conven tions tiro chosen, tho name- of tho I'tiiidl (Into they tire pledged to support ht printed nbovn each list of delegates. 1 Tho traditional ground hog, when ho enmu out tho other day to disport htm helf In tho open, could or could not have seen hlu shadow, according to tho tlnio and locution of his observations. All of which Indlcutoa that wo will havo hoforu tho robins nest again moro or less woathor of various kind.-, Just ns wo always have between Catidlemnn day and corn planting time,, Within the limits or our far Hung Uior-, luomotor lino 1111 American winter can put up n great variety of iitmospherio conditions, ovui which neither tho weather bureau nor tho goosebbnu anil woodchuclc prophotH havo nny conald-J crublo lnlluouce, i Wonllii lit l.nplmul, Whnt tho buffalo was to tho Indian tho reindeer Is to tho Lapps. At tho present day .tho wealth of 11 Lapp hi calculated In reindeer. Thus, when tho peoplo apeak of a man's eatnto thoy nay, "Ho is worth so many door.", Thoao who havo only fifty or al: '.y head nro poor servants, and their tier nro put with thoso of their "bettors."' To hnvo any kind of nodal standing In -, Lapland ono should possess nt least COO of theso nnlmuls. A Lopp Is considered well off when ho ia tho hiippy c .n m not leas than 1,000 reindeer. M . . V V , '. V. n