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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1909)
!rtf ,fc& - 11 THE COOS BAY T IMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1909 E'.ENING EDITION BRIEFS OF BANDON. SS the New JOc Cigar MADE ON COOS BAY Not Better than the Best but Better than the Rest :: i 9 ' ' HtMMMKM -4 --X- ! ! ! REDUCTION SALE 1-2 OFF f On AU Trimmed Hats WAirinoctfldit Commencing May 19th j ' for the rest ot the month - Plain Sailors $1.00 ;; Mrs, J, H. Somers J .l iii.iji .li i T" IT 1 f-i '1' ' 'T'"1!' WE DO REPAIRING AND ALSO DARN THE SOX FREE. foCtPJiJh PHONE 571 L. J. POST Contractor and Builder Elgtteen years' experience has taught us a mono "Take our tfmo and do our work right" Plkct C.naiitant with Bet Wotk 82 South Second Street MA HS7I FIELD. ORE. mi. BUSINESS DIRECTORY 0E RELIABLE BUSINESS HOUSES THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RELIABLE BUSINESS HOUSES AND BUSINESS MEN IN MARSHFIELD WHO HANDLE GOODS THAT CAN BE GUARANTEED AT FAIR PRICKS OR MEN WHOSE WORK MAY BE DEPENDED UPON. IT WILL PAY YOU TO PATRONIZE THEM F. J. HAYES. Optometrist. The very latest methods In fitting glasses. Test ing of children's eyes a specialty. Broken glasses duplicated. The Owl Second-Hand Store opposite Times' office. Highest prices pa'.d for second-hand goods. New goods traded for old. See us before you buy or Boll. Humphrey & Co. All Newly Equipped and Up-to-Date In Every Particular. THE GARFIELD HOTEL R. J. WALRATH, Proprietor. Fine Marine View CIGARS, TOBACCO, STATION- KRY AND SOFT DRINKS. SELECT LINE OF ROOKS AND NOVELS. AUG. STONE'S. K' of 'F' Bldg., 'CT Street, Hats Cleaned nd Blocked Your Old Clothes Made New Garden City Cleaning and Pressing Parlors. Phone M. 914 Over Club Cigar Store Goods Bought, Sold and Ex changed. Highest price cash paid for Bocond-hand goods. W. K. WISEMAN. Nert Brown's Drug Store, Times Want Ads are Business Getters SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE Citizens Insurance Company of St Louis, In the State of Missouri, on the 31st day of December, 190S, made to the Insurance Commissioner of the Stato of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital. Amount of capital paid up In cash $200,000.00 Income. Premiums received during thp y-.n: in cash . . $500,847.05 interest, dividends and rents received during the year v.' 28.C37.01 Income from other sources received during the year (none) Total Income $ 529,484. 0G Disbursements. Losses paid during the year $277,186. CS Dividends paid during the year on capital stock 16,000.00 Commissions and salaries paid during the year 141,156.43 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year 20,253.06 Amount of all other expenditures ' 34,391.40 Total expenditures $ 488,987.57 Assets. Value of real estate owned $400.00 Value of stocks and bonds owned 505,108.75 Loans on 'mortgages and collateral, etc. . . 102,585.00 Cash In banks and on hand 62,341.39 Premiums In course of collection and In trans mission 143,298.60 Total admitted assets $ 813,733.74 Liabilities. Gross claims for losses unpaid $ 36,014.25 Amount of unearned premiums on all out standing risks 393,517.97 Due for commission and brokerage. . . . (none) All other liabilities 4,850.00 Total liabilities $ 434,382.22 Total Insurance In force December 31, 1908 $213,312,401.00 Business In Orcpon for tho Year. Total risks written during the year $ 904,951.00 Gross premiums received during the year 17,490.85 Premiums returned during tho year 3,642.23 Losses paid during the year 8,287.42 Losses incurred during the year 7945.74 Total amount of risks outstanding in Oregon December 31,1908 1,031,695.00 Citizens Insurance Company - (Signed) By J H. CARR, vice-president. Statutory resident general agent and attorney in fact: (Signed) JAMES J. DENNIS. COLUMBIA MACHINE WORKS Cavanagh, Chapman (8b Co. General Repair Work and Woodtnrning. Launches a Specialty Foot of Queen Avenue, Marshfield CENTRAL HOTEL. Light, airy rooms for rent by the day, week or month. Corner 'A' and Front streets, MARSHFIELD, ORE. COOS BAY, ROSEBURG & EAST ERN RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY. TIME TABLE NO. 5. In effect May 1, '00 Daily except Sun. Southbound Nos. 5 3 1 Leave T.M. P.M. A.M. Marshfield . . . 3.10 3.00 8.00 8.22 8.30 8.40 8.55 9.05 9.15' 9.20 9.26 9.35 6 P.M. 6.30 6.10 6.00 5.40 5.30 IHenryvllle 3.30 Summit .... S.40 , 3.30 3.36 Junction. . . . 3.50 Beaver Hill . . . 4.00 Coquille. . . . Coquille Johnson's Schroeders Norway Arrive Myrtle Point Northbound Nos. 2 Arrive A.M. Marshfield . . .11.40 Henryvlllo . . .11.20 Summit 11.10 Junction. . . .11.00 Beaver Hill. . . .'.... Coquille . . . .10.40 Coqulllo 10.35 Johnson's . . .10.25 Schroeders . . .10.15 Norway . . . .10.10 Leave Mvrtle Point . .10.10 ,50 ,55 .04 .08 .14 4.20 4 P.M. 6.00 t 5.33 5.25 5.10 5.05 4.56 4,52 4.47 4.40 Flag station; stop on signal only Go To WILLEY & SCHR0EDER for Plumbing and Heating Marshfield, Ore., Phone 773 TRY THE MELROSE RESTAURANT For a good meal and bo con vinced. F. Hawley, Prop., THAT'S ALL. Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. Steam Cleaning a Specialty Unique Pantatorium D. L. FOOTE, PROP. C St., Opp. The Chandler J. W. RIGGS. Pioneer Photographer. FINE WORK A SPECIALTY Front St., Marshfield, Orogon. Mother's Restaurant Is better prepared to servo you than ever before. Commercial Ave., bet. Front and Broadway, Marshfield. IF YOU WANT Your Timber Fruit or Coal Land and Dairy Farms sold Quick, List Them With Coos Bay Realty Syndicate O. J. BRUSCHKE, Prop. Broadway Studio STADDEN Rogers Building. Cor. Broadway and Central Ave. Pqpular Brands of Cigars and Confectionery. CLUB CIGAR STORE News of Clty-By-the-Sen As Told By The Recorder. W. H. Thomas, tho well-known logger, was In town Tuesday. Mr. Thomas states that he has sold his ranch at Fishtrap to D. C. krantz ot Gravel Ford Mr. Thomas and J. H. McVey will leavo shortly for Old Mexico where they will engnge In stock raising. They will go over land to Crescent City. C. Tlmmons Is tearing down part of the old cannery building, and will erect a new modern two-story building 40x108 on his new founda tion cast of tho Panter building. There will bo a store room on the first floor and the second floor will be fitted up for rooming and office apartments. This will be a sub stantial structure and will add great ly to the business section of Dandon. F. A. Holman made a blast of the remaining rock that was on the Inside of the Coquille river bar Wed nesday noon, but owing to the ruf fled condition of the water, he has been unable to go down since to see what the result of the blast may have been. Indications are, however, that the blast was successful and the rock removed. The blast was a good one and the slight beautiful to be hold. The water was sent up into the air like a great geyser and spread out over the river to a considerable distance. "WILL- PLAY BALL. Myrtle Point Fans Arrange For Team This Year. The Myrtle Point Enterprise says: "A meeting of baseball enthusiasts was held and the matter of getting up a team and placing Myrtle Point In the league was discussed. Co quille Is anxious for baseball and is also anxious that Myrtle Point should be In the game. The fans of the county seat were represented at the Myrtle Point meeting by Charles Everlln, Charles Baxter, Win, Howell and Dr. C. W. Endlcott. E. C. Rob erts was elected chairman of the meeting and A. H. Bender secretary. A committee consisting of E. C. Rob erts, A. H. Bender and C. L. Bender was named to canvass tho situation and report at a subsequent meeting. "Another meeting was held Wed nesday evening when the first evi dence of enthusiasm was shown. C. L. Bender and J. C. Roberts had been making a solicitation and surprised the boys by reporting that after a canvass of about half an hour a sub scription of $117.15 had been raised with more In sight. A. H. Bender was elected manager of the team and J. P. Johnson, C. C. Carter, Dr. S. C. Endlcott, and J. C. Roberts were named with him to act as a board of directors. Arrangements toward securing a ground and band stand are now In progress. A. H. Bender and E. C. Roberts have been named as a committee to confer wl,th the other teams of the county rogarding league arrangements." NEW MARITAL LAW. Matrimonial Candidates Must Prove Fitness In Washington. SPOKANE, May 29. That they are physically and morally fit to wed is what prospective brides and bride grooms In the state of Washington will have to show by Juno 1 before any county auditor can Issue mar riage licenses. Tho new law provides also that women must be of legal age, fixed at 18 years, and men 21 years; also that the parent cannot give consent unless the girl is more than 15 years of age. The penalty for giving false Infor mation or performing such marriage Is a fine ot not more than $1,000 or imprisonment In tho state peniten tiary for not more than three years, or both. It Is also provided that no woman under 45 years of age or man of any age, except ho marry a woman of more than 45 years, either of whom is a common drunkard, habit ual drunkard, epileptic, feeble minded, Idiot or Insane person, or formerly afflicted with hereditary In sanity, or is afflicted with pulmona ry tuberculosis or any contagious dis ease, shall intermarry or marry any other person within the state. Launch Express Leaves tho Maze for Marshfield at 7 a. in., arriving about 9 a. m. Leaves Marph field for tho head of Navigation at 3 p m. FARE, BOc. ROUND TRIP, 75c. NEWS EROM ALL OVER COOS COUNTY MYRTLE POINT POINTERS. Upper Coquille News As Told By The Enterprise. Mr and Mrs. Krantz welcomed a daughter to their home at Gravel Ford on Saturday, the 22nd. Prof, and Mrs R. E. Baker expect to leave Tuesday for Lincoln, Kan sas, where they expect to spend the greater portion of the summer. The Myrtle Point boys' ball team, with Mr. Plerson as manager, went to Coquille Saturday to play a re turn game with Dr. Fees' boys and came homo with another victory, having defeated tho Coquille team by a score of 29 to 17. Along with the other signs of awakening In Myrtle Point Is talk of reorganizing the band. There Is good musical talent in the city and there Is no reason why the Fourth of July, ball games and other events should not bo enlivened with good music. W. J. Nelson of Seattle, who was hero Wednesday was much pleased with Myrtle Point. He said, "Myr tle Point and Empire are tho two best little towns on the coas't. I am pleased to noto that there are no rowdies or evidence of rowdyism on your streets. Everyone Is going about attending to their own busi ness and It Is the kind of town that a stranger likes to see." An exceedingly vigorous lodge of Owls was organized In Myrtle Point Sunday afternoon by E. H. Ray mond a representative of the order. The new lodgo starts off with a charter membership of 155, and suc ceeded in taking the $100 prize for the largest lodge in Coos county. Organization took place at tho Smith hall where the following officers were duly elected and installed: P. L. Phelan, junior past president; W. E. Pike, president; W. Leo Ray, vice president; J. L. Laird, Invocator; W. M. Carver, warden; R. L. Week ly, treasurer; Ray Haines, secretary, E. E. Farber, picket; R. C. Endlcott, sentinel. CURRY COUNTY NEWS. Events South AVestem Oregon As Told By Port Orford Tribune. John H. Deadmond was taken to Gold Beach Sunday, by deputy sher iff Eugene White, to be examined for Insanity. The coast streams are very low for this time of tho year, In fact not running any more water than is usually the case In mid-summer. Tho family of C. W. Kumwalt, who have been spending tho winter in town schooling the children, mov ed out to their Sixes River homo yes terday. Eugene Schettor and family were at the Knapp hotel Monday night, returning to Weddorburn after a few weeks' visit on Coos Bay. Mr. Schqtter will again engage In cold storage work on Rogue River. Dr. Schllomann was called to Eu chro Creek last Saturday to ,seo D. L. Moore. As Mr. Moore has been In poor health for tho past year as the result of a stroke of paralysis his condition Is considered very grave. PLAN TO CELEBRATE. .Myrtle Point Will Have Old Fashion ed Fotirth. MYRTLE POINT, Ore., May 29. A meeting of businoss men and citi zens was held at tho city hall when It was finally determined that Myr tlo Point would enjoy a genuine rip roaring celebration of the Fourth of July. B. W. Hermann was made chairman of tho mooting and W. E. Pike secretary. The soliciting com mittee that had succeeded In secur ing pledges of something moro than $100 was continued and C. C. Car ter, Dr. J. L. Masson and E. W. Hermann were named as members of tho oxecutivo committee to havo full chargo of the work of arranging for a celebration It was also report ed that tho Seaman tract had been engaged and that tho race track could be developed. DANCE at Sumner Saturday Juno 5. NEWS OF COQUILLE. County Seat Events As Told Py Tho Herald. Born. At Twin Falls, Ida., May 20, 1909, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Moomaw, a daughter. W. A. Barrel was up from Pros per Monday with his son who 18 suffering from blood poisoning la his right hand and arm. He left tho lad to bo treated for a few days. Miss Mary Sutton, aged 20 years, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Walter Sutton, pioneer residents of Curry county, died at Port Orford the mid lle of last week and was burled on Friday. Mrs. O. L. Lenevo of Port Orford, passed through town last Friday on her return from the Bay where sho has spent several months receiving' medical treatment. Sho was greatly Improved. Dr. Conover of Myrtle Point, went to the lower river Friday to see Capt, 3. Danlelson who has for some tlmo been suffering from stomach trou bles, and who was at last accounts, ."lightly Improved. Mrs. J. T. Hartley returned from Uoseburg last Friday where she had been to see her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Neyman. Her mother Is in a very critical condition, being a FUfferer from tuberculosis. G. C. Welch was up from Lampa on Saturday. He Informs us that his brother, M. A. Welch, Is recov ering from a severe attack of grip, he having been so low that his life was despaired of at one time. John Miller, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Milter of Cunningham, who now holds a clerkship with tho auditing department of the United Railroads of Sun Francisco, arrived hero Monday and Is greatly enjoy ing a vacation and visit with his" folks at home. ' Tho little son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Danlelson of Myrtle Point, had ho misfortune to break one of his arms while visiting at Bandon lately. He was riding on a velocipede ana In some manner got upset wjth tho result mentioned. Ho Is getting nlong nicely .it present. Mrs. Chrlstlnn Carothers and son, Wilbur, of Oakland, Cal who havo been In Coos county for a couple of weeks visiting relatives and friends, were in town Monday accompanied! by Mrs. C's sister, Mrs. Adam Persh baker and her daughter, Miss Ruby, They visited Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Li. Roy near town while here. Mr. and Airs. Carothers ixpejt to return by the FIfleld which sail In two or thro days. Thomas Johnson, for many years a resident of Ccos county, for the most part of the Myrtle Point sec tion, but for the past several years of North Yakima, Wash., last week paid relatlvrs aud old Coos county friends a visit, passing through town Saturday- on his return home, accom panied by his father, Samuel John son, who owns one of the fine South Fork farms. TIip old gentleman ex pects to be absent about a year, which will make hls his longest ab penco from his homo since his set tlement In this valley, nearly forty years ago. The Junior Mr. Johcfon ,'s In tho mercantile business at Tep pcn'ph, Wash with his brothers, Samuel E. and Milton. COMMENCEMENT AT COQUILLK. nigh School Class Will Bo Graduat ed Next Tuesday. COQUILLE, May 29. Tho grad uating exercises of the Coquille High School will be held at tho South Mothodlst church next Tuesday even ing at 8 p. m. The graduating ad dress will bo given by L. A. Alder man of tho Unlvorslty of Eugene, after which tho presentation of tho diplomas will tako place. Those graduating this spring are: Edna McDonald, Margaret Curry, May Lund, Edward Levlno, Walter Snider, Ruben Marsh, Will Barrow, Will Benham, Ray Miller and Clay Knowlton. Tho baccalaureate sermon will bo preached by Rov II. L. Rutledge of Marshflold on Sunday evening at the church. I Sfl ,! f W.I I Sti Ml II Subject to Charter from O to 3. "OASTLEWOOD" at the P. K. "OASTLEWOOD" at the P. K. I U.Ju F1 ' !' 'M'r-xiwpww