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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1911)
' MV jtm win " spHf"?"" -": tc " 11 ADS. WHEN BUSINESS 18 BLOW, Al VERTISE. THAT IT PAYS IS EVI DENCED BY SUCCESSFUL MUSI NESS HOUSES EVERYWHERE :: V-jr'J WrSf wma 4 Ja iStf u r tttta MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS get rr While it is new W READING THE COOS BAY TIMKfl. ALL THE NEWS ALw THE TIM TERSELY 1 OLD t: :: t: tt :: VOL. XXXIV. Established In 1878 ns Tho Const Mnil MARSHFIELD.OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1911 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull and Coob liny Advertiser. No. 11, SNOW RECORD MANY ARRIVE BROKEN Fourteen Inches According to Official Measurement Isolates Coos Bay. With telogrnph and telephone wires down nml no mall service, Coos Day W completely Isolated from the rest of the world au a result of the Bovero snow, sleet and hailstorm of yester day. Tho snowfall on Cooa Hay yester day and Inst nl(;ht, according to tho olllclal government records kept by Mrs. E. Mlngits, wns about fourteen Inches. Few realized tho amount of the snowfall, owing to It melting as" rapidly ns It fell. The snowfnll Is computed by ascertaining tho nmotint of moisture In tho snow, ono Inch of wnter bolng equivalent to ten Inches of snow, nccordlng to govern ment stnndnrd. Tho totnl precipita tion yesterday nnd Inst night, nil in snow, wns 1.47 Inches, or fourteen Inches of snow. Asldo from tho dnmngo to tho tele graph nnd telephono lines, no dnm ngo hns resulted from tho wintry spell. The slush Is very Inconvenient however nnd rubbor boots nro nbout tho only means of keeping pedes trians dry. What They Think. Everywhere thoro nro expressions of surprlso over tho freakish wenthcr nnd even "tho oldest inhabitants rnnnot rccnll anything like It on Coos liny before." ON BREAKWATER Steamship Arrives In Early This Morning From North After Good Trip. Tho Breakwater arrived In enrly today from Portland after u good trip down tho const. A fairly cnlm sea prevailed despite tho snow and Hho wns not delayed. She had a largo cargo or miscellaneous freight and a good list of passengers. The Breakwater will sail at 8 o'clock Saturdny morning from Mnrshlleld. Among those nrrlvlng on tho llreakwntor todny wore tho follow ing: II. P. Dnvls, Miss Mcintosh, P. Pnulsou, Miss Ingram, Dr. Ingram, V. Appol, Mrs. Appel, G. II. Schwab, Mrs. Schwab, It. Haley, P. McMullon, II. ltobcrts, E. D. Goodman, Mrs. Goodmnn, Mrs. Murphy, Jno. Kurs tow, Mrs. Kurstow, A. L. Woodbury, Mrs. Woodbury, W. Cnvnnnugh, C II. Atkinson, Mrs. Atkinson, Miss Atkinson, J. Atkinson, E. W. Lyon, Mrs. Lyon, E. K. Smith, II. Nichol son, p. p. Smith, G. A. Imhoir, W. Dowecso, E. Davenport, Miss G. Arms, P. A. Pord, Noll Dunn, P. Hall, Mrs. Elliott, L. N. Jones, Fred. English, E. Rico, E. M. Eborhart, P. Pay, Mrs. Fay, Jno. Gosh, II. P. Eyrst, A. S. Mnnassn, Bert Mnnnssn, Mrs. Halforty, A. G. Scovlllo, Jno. Lewis, Edw. Chnpmnu, Geo. Conger, S'. Lindner, Gus Aputus, Jrn Cassldy, Mrs. Garthcr, Miss Hnrrls, Miss WILHELMINA EAR OP ON BEACH Gasoline Schooner Driven 150 Feet Further Ashore Will Have to Put Skids Under Her. To Jack up tho Wllholmlna nnd put her on Bklds and haul her over tho sandy bench Into Winchester liny, Is nboutthoonlywnyorsnvlngtho gnBolIno schooner which went nground on tho south spit of tho Unipqun, whllo en route to Gnrdlnor last Saturdny morning nccordlng to pnrtlos nrrlvlng hero todny. Tho night boforo Inst, tho Wllhel- mlnn was driven 150 foot further on tho sandy bench by tho storm nnd wnves, and yestordny tho stago could drlvo all around tho vessel. Luckily tho vessel wont nground whero tho bench Is of soft snnd nnd consequently It Is not believed thnt tho bottom will bo lmdly injured, If she can bo taken off soon. It was first thought thnt tho Glcnnor might bo nblo to pull her off nt high tide noxt Saturday but ns BIG RESERVOIR DO Charles, L. It. Chnrlos, II. J. Wern nlch, H. I). Dnly, Major Morrow, J. J. Itlchnrdson. ROUSE BOONS AT EMPIRE "It reminds mo of 'grasshopper dnys' In Knnsns," remarked Willis II. Kennedy yesterday as ho glanced heavenward In tho midst of tho storm. "In thoso tlmo, tho (lights of grasshoppers wero so dense that you couldn't sco tho sun for dnys nt a time. They woro thicker than thoso big snowtlakc8."' "It'B an awful Jolt to J. II. Mil ner," remarked Herbert Lockhart today. "You know his brother,' Dill Mllncr, Is hero from Peoria, III,, and of cpurso J. H. has, been tilling him alj nbout; the bonutlcs of tho Coos liny climate nnd Kb wjntors. Now hero comes Uilu storm and shntters nil his boosting," 'Novor saw It snow harder In Wisconsin than tho way It came clown yesterday," , noted J, T. Har rlgan as hp recalled ,tho winters ho experienced when logging In Wiscon sin, "itj simply couldnt fall fnater thnn It came, down yestordny, I am Horry that I didn't hnvo tlmo to build n sled and glvo tho people hero a samplo of our good, old-fashioned sleigh rides. Probably won't ovor hnvo another opportunity liko It." "It's great," declared Dr. A. L. Houseworth tin lin triwli'pil tiprnsa to his automobile nnd recalled similar "'URNS TO SAN FRANCISCO. experiences In Oklnhomn's mild win- J. It. Smith Retires From North llonil Hnrtlwnro Company. Inglebloom . Residence, For merly I. Hacker, Home Is Destroyed. Flro of unknown 'origin this morn lug destroyed tho Inglebloom homo at Empire. Tho flro broko out about 8:30. Tho houso wns formerly tho I. Hacker home. It Is located near tho old courthouse. It Is not known whether Mr. In globloom had any lnsurnnco or not but tho loss will fall heavily on tho family who nro not In a financial condition to stand It. C. A. Smith Company Has Big Basin Dredged Out For 1 Water Supply. Tho Larson drodgo hns Just nbout completed tho dredging of tho big basin on Isthmus Inlot beyond Hun ker Hill, which Is to supply tho fresh wntor for tho C. A. Smith mills In tho future. Tho reservoir which is oblong Is cqunl In nroa to about four squaro acres and It has been dredged on nn averago of thlrtocn feot deop. Tho bnsln is Just south of tho log ging road spur south of Bunkor Hill. A pumping plant will forco tho wator from there to tho mills. During tho rainy season, It la expected tho re servoir will bo filled. A big diko will bo constructed along Isthmus Inlot to kcop, tho snlt water out. Tho basin Is now full of salt water, It having been necessary to cut a channel through to got tho drodgo in. This will bo pumped out. sho hns been driven further up on tho bench, about tho only remaining chance of saving the vessel Is to put her on skids. So fnr ns could bo ascertained to dny, no lnsurnnco is carried on the Wllhelmlnn by tho stock cnmpnny owning her. Chns. Thorn formerly carried somo on her In tho Lloyds but It Is understood this was let ex pire. Thoro arc n number of stock holders In her nnd it Is possible thnt somo of theso hnvo their Interest in sured. Tho Wllhelmlnn cost In tho neighborhood of $1S,000. It seems thnt sho wont on tho spit nbout 2 o'clock Saturday morning. Hy mlstnklng tho channel buoy, Cnpt. Tyler did not hit ho bar straight hut hugged the south shoro lino go ing In. A breaker hit her nnd tho hntchos bolng open, on account of tho apparent prevailing calm, tho hold was flooded and tho engines put out of commission. Then sho slowly drifted up pn the beach. Somo express doubt as to whether It will bo possible to got tho Wllhcl mina off, even by using skldB, this winter. START WORK BILL FOR LIGHT ARRIVE TODAT TO S ON NEW SHIP i ajh.1 ivuv.ua in uKiiuiuuui a mini win- ter cllmnto "where they also nevor linil snow." "Geo, but It's fine," declared Dr. Dlx as ho gazed out nnd recalled real wlntors at Ills old homo In Mnnka to, Minn., nnd his experience with tho bllzznrds of Montnnn. Ts Rotter Mrs. R. M. WIeder to dny received a letter from their son, Ed. WIeder, who has been 111 of np pondlcltis nt Portland whero ho Is J. R. Smith has retired from tho North fiend Hardware company to return to San Francisco to resumo his old position as assistant to his brother, Jns. D. Smith, tho San Francisco magnate J, II. Gardiner who has been with tho company will succeed Mr. Smith -at North Bend. Mr. Smith returned from Francisco last Saturday and Is arranging his business hero to leave next week for tho city to remain. Ills departure attending Columbia University, stat Ing thnt he hns fully recovered nnd from Coos Bay will bo greatly regret nble to resume his school work. ted. MArfVNAAAAArfVWSAM PERSISTENCE IN AIA'ERTISING. IT TAKES time and repetition to Interest people In your proposition. The road to advertising success is strewn with tho bleaching skele tons of the victims of ono Insertion. You can't build a house with ono brick. It is tho steady, persistent appeal to tho buying public that wins out. John Wnnamakor onco said: "To discontinue advertising Is like taking down your sign." William Boyd, of tho Snturday .Evening Post, In addressing the Manu facturers' Advertising club In Cleveland. Ohio, said: "Trial advertise ments are a waste of money tho trial advertiser Is like tho tradesman who sends out traveling salesmen once and then discharges them, ex pecting that tho results of tho single effort will warrant encourage ment of other salesmen for n like single trip." Advertising In a reputable newspaper Increases public confidence, an advertised business advances step by step In tho estimation of thousands of people, who maj' bo months getting around to mnko tholr first pur chase. Advertisers must bo patient. Everybody doesn't see what you print the first time it appears. More will notice It the second day, a great many more at the end of a month. NEW HOTEL TO BE LINE ONE J. E. Schilling to Erect Ffty Room Structure at Gardi ner Soon. J. E. Schilling has had preliminary plans made for n fifty room, modern hotel to bo erected In place of the Gardiner hotel which was destroyed by flro last week. Mr. Schilling ar rived hero today from Gardiner to look after business matters and whllo fooling his loss keenly, ho more than appreciates the sympathy and kindness extended him by his many friends. Until ho has investigated the mat ter fully, Mr. Schilling is not ablo to state exactly tho kind of a build ing ho will erect but hopes to make it ono of tho best In that section. He hns provided topiporary nccom-J jnuunwona uy nmng quarters in tno Jewett warehouse and' a number of Gardiner people aro cooperating In caring for tho travelers by opening their homes for sleeping accommo dations. "Many of tho others who wero burn ed out In tho flro nro arranging to rebuild. Sister Vessel of the Oshkosh Will Be Slightly Larger- Finished Soon. Manager Elmore of n Columbia rlvor transportation company, own on 6f tho Sua H. Elmore and the OshkoBh, has Just closed tho contract for tho building of n slstor ship of tho Oskosh nt tho North Bend ship yards. Tho now vessel will bo nbout thirty feot longer thnn tho Oshkosh, four feet wider nnd proportionately deeper. Sho will bo equipped with two 12C horse-power standard en gines and Is to bo turnod out com plete tho lattor pnrt of Mny. Work on nor will begin at once. Tho scow boat for tho government to bo used In clearing tho Coqulllo Rlvor channel will bo completed soon at tho shipyards. " Tho Oshkosh Is now at tho ship yards having somo'repnlr work dono on hrir nnd nltorntlonB mado. Sho Is to carry out" tho remainder" of the Umpqua snltrion pack from Gnrdlnerj ns soon ns the ropalrs are completed Senator Bourne Expects to Secure Appropriation For Dangerous Reef. According to ndvlcos in a letter from Senntor Bourno to Dr.- J. T. McCormnc, Senator Bourno Is confi dent that he will secure an appro priation of $150,000 for a lightship to be locnted on Cnpe Blanco Reef off Port Orford. This Is near tho scene of tho Lnkmo's troubles nnd Is ono of tho most dnugcrous points, In storms, on tho North Pacific coast, tho reef extending out for several miles beyond Capo Blanco light house. Senator Bonnie's bill wns referred to tho Commlttco on Commerce and a favornblo report 1b soon expected. Tho bill provides ns follows: "Bo It enacted by tho Sennto nnd Iloufio of Representatives of tho United States of America in Congress assembled, That tho Secretary of Commorco nnd Lnbor be, nnd hereby Is, authorized and directed to causa to bo constructed n first-class, full powered light vessel and to estab lish nnd mnlutnln tho samo tit or near Orford Reef, off Capo Blanco, Oregon, In accordance with tho re port of officers of tho Lighthouse Es tablishment published ns Houso Do cument Numbered Ono thousand two hundred nnd sixty-seven, Sixtieth Congress, second session, nnd for tho construction of snld vessel thoro Is hereby appropriated out of any moneys In tho Treasury not other wise appropriated tho 841m of one hundred and fifty thousand dollnrs." RH 0 MO MORROW TO GOOUILLE Nann Smith and Redondo In From South Southwest Squall Bad. Tho Nann Smith arrived In early today from Snn Francisco. Sho brought up somo oil for tho Stnnd nrd Oil company. A sou'wost squall nnd storm mndo tho trip up rnthor rough, tho first of It being encountered off Capo Mendocino nnd tho snow nnd sloot storm being encountered further this way. Cnpt. 11. W. Olson wns very mod est nbout his fent in saving tho Lnkmc nnd tho honors thnt aro being nhowcred upon him from every qunr ter for tho vnlor. Ho wns pretty; well tired out by tho Rtronuous trlpv. Itedomlo In Todny. Tho Redondo nrrlvcd In this morn ing from Snn Francisco whoro sho hns been on drydock tho pnst fow weeks receiving n gonornl overhaul ing nnd rcpnlrs. Most of tho work wns on 1'ior mnchlnory. Tho nddl tlonnl cabin nccommndntlons for pnssongcrs woro not put on thoro ns had been expected but will bo put on here Inter. Sho hnd considerable) frolght and a few passongors, most of tho lattor being members of tho stock compnny thnt Is to piny nt tho Masonic Oporn House hero. Tho Hcdoudn will snll nt 10 o'clock Sundny morning for Snn Francisco nnd Snp Pedro. Sho, will stop nt Snn Francisco en route back. WILL IIUILI) IN FUTURE. Not EXPECT DOE TO PUT ON BOAT North Pacific Steamship Com pany Figuring On Coos Bay-Frisco Trade. That another, steamship will bo placed on tho Coos Bay run within a fow weeks Is tho rumor currout to-."'IlB to havo tho drodgo Oregon go to day. Tho report 1b that C. P. Doo Coqulllo within a short tlmo nnd of tho North Pacific Steamship com- dredge tho lower rlvor and harbor in Chief of Engineers For This District Inspects Project There Today. Major Jay Morrow, chief of tho United States Engineers for this district, arrived hero this morning on tho Breakwater to Inspect tho government work hero nnd on tho Coqulllo. With Engineer Leofe, who has' charge of tho work In this sec tion, ho went to Coqulllo on tho morning train nnd will spend todny Inspecting tho Coqulllo river. It Is expoctod that thoy will return hero tonight and that tomorrow will bo spent Inspecting tho work hero nnd also giving Mnjor Morrow nn oppor tunity to mako himself personally familiar with tho needs of Coos Bay harbor and bar. It Is understood that Major Mor row plans to return to Portlnnd on tho Breakwator Snturday morning. Tho Breakwator nrrlved Just prior to tho dopnrturo of tho morning trnln for Coqulllo. Mnjor Morrow Is said to bo plan- John F. KteveuH Kayn Hill Is Building to Conxt Now. A Portland dispatch concerning announcements by John P. Stovons, roprcscntntlng tho Hill lutorests In Oregon, concerning tho Hill lino plans says: "No doflnlto plans havo been mado' for tho extension of tho lino sou tin or west of Eugono, although Mr. Stevens spoko hopefully of such pro cedure at somo futuro tlmo. Ho do nlcd, howover, any connection be tween tho Hill lutorests nnd tho Lano' County Asset Company or any; other local corporation organlzod re cently for the ostensible purpose- of building a railroad toward tho coast by way of Elmlra and with tho prob nblo Intention of ovontunlly reach ing Coos Bay. "Concerning this, somo point to tho fnct thnt tho Hill lntorosts do nlcd any connection with tho Des chutes lino when first stnrtod by Portor Brothors nnd also .with tho Orogon Electric when It was being built, nnd declnro thnt tho futur mny bring similar dovolopmouts." PORTLAND GIVEN GAMES. COOKED FOOD SALE nt Lewis' SATURDAY from 1 to 5 P. M. by Ladies of the BAPTIST church. pany has been figuring on such a proposition for somo tlmo and that tho taking off of tho M. P. Plnnt will bring tho matter to a focus nt onco. Mr. Doo hns beon rylng to nr rnngo a schedule whereby ho would hnvo the best service between Snn Francisco nnd Portland tho principal way ports, being especially desirous or making Eureka and Coos Bay with largor vessels and having somo of the smaller nearby points supplied with an auxiliary servlco of smaller vessels. An announcement within n fow (nys will probnbly bo received ns to his plans in the matter. compliance- with tho present plans for tho Improvement there. About 145,000 yards of dirt Is to bo re moved and this will tnko tho Oregon botweon two and three months. It Is llkoly that Major Morrow will now determine about the dato tho Oregon Is to bo taken to tho Coqulllo. After completing tho work on tho Coqulllo, tho Oregon will return horo to resumo work In tho Innor harbor. National Baseball Commission Rules Agnliiht Oakland. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 20. Judgo Graham's famous decision In tho Gus Hotting enso, which result ed In taking from tho Portland baso ball tonm throo gamos It won from Oakland and giving to Oakland throo games It lost to Portland, has boon ovorruled by tho National BasobaU Commission nnd the Portland team will receive credit for all Its victor ies during tho past season. Thnt tho Portlnnd club must pay a penalty of $100 for "farming" Hetllng to Spokane, McCredlo con siders of minor Importance, WILL HANDLE COAL. LOST Information for ret inn of a double end skiff decked foro nnd nft.. 18 ft. long. A llbernl reward by R. A. Church, Marshfleld, Oro. .; j 1 1 ftotkiirT-iiaimMimmtoltto r- J"J'-"-mvttMiikkliimk - JUTjstiMUUksi1iiimtk:mm Tho Times, Want Ads bring results ' Walter Condron hns mndo a deal whereby he has secured tho last two months' run of tho best coal of the Libby mlno nnd will now go into tho rotnll fuel business ns n side lino to his livery nnd feed business. Ho is proparod to handlo nil orders promptly nnd snys thnt at $5.00 por ton, this fuol can't bo bent. Ho nsks everyone to glvo him a trlnl order. Phono your order or seo him personally. BIDS FOR MERCHANDISE STOCIC AND HORSES. nids will bo received until 12 o'clock, noon, Monday, January 30r 1911, on tho following: Stock of general merchandise at Libby storo" consisting of grocorles, dry goods, hardwnro, boots, shoes, etc, 1 Also on mules, horses, harness, etc., of Libby mlno. nids will bo rocolvod olthor on wholo or on sopnrato departments. Address nil bids or Inquiries to Oregon Conl & Navigation Co., Libby, Oregon. m 1 iMfWtt ' v hi 1 n iiiiitoiiiiiittgfrfcyui - -j iHmuitoiem irne i iihirfttr imwmnn gybjyUj ,fl i i