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THE COOS IAY TIMES, MARSH! jr. . SAWS LAST LOG Minneapolis Mill of tho C. A. Smith Lumber Go. Goes Out of Commission, r., -g! The Best, or the Remainder? First Addition Select that lot for your now home now. Buy while you have first choice at the lowest price and can make your purclnse on terms to suit yourself. Place a portion of yo.u monthly income in one of these beautiful building lots; as an investment, bet ter than a savings account. For a homesitc ideal. Call at our office for a plat of First Addition. Lot us tell you about the property or let us have thirty minutes of your time in which to show you over the addition. Level sightly lots, each 50x120, facing on im proved streets, ready for your building-only $300. 'Pnvinu In eiiil rnn . y. miu iu uuil ,7 v.i. To Marshfield First Addition is located right on the "South Ride" where 90 per ccid of the new homes have been erected and the direction of the city is rapidly growing and where the greatest improvements are ucing mauc. Reynolds Devel opment Co. Coke Building Owners. Telephone 160-J field and North Bend Auto Line CONST & KING. Proprietor. JBrvXjk "itb wr&s&sm (15 & If) 9& L w gggJ lKgW J JaO? k3r;. i -.: i t " M5-- LEAVH MAUSHFIELI) 7:1G 8:00 8:45 9:30 10:15 11:00 11:45 12:30 1:15 2:00 2:45 3:30 4:15 5:00 5:45 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P.M. P. M. P. M... P. M. P. M. P. M. P.M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. LEAVE NOIITII BEND. 7:00 A. M. 7:45 8:30 0:15 10:00 10:45 11:30 12:15 1:00 1:45 2:30 3:15 4:00 4:45 5:30 0:15 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 A. M. A.M. A. M. A. M. A. M. A.M. P. M. P. M. P.M. P. M. P. M. P.M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P.M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. fateiresftihnig Career of a Iimnieapollis LMmfoemnraami Tho followlnt? IntoroBtliiB nrtlclo ronrcrnliiK Mr. C. A. Smith nppearod In tho lHt Ihhuo of tho Mississippi Valley Lumberman. It la rcmarkablo In tho fact that Mr. Smith's naino Is not mentioned hut his prominence and prcemlnetico In tho world of tho lumber Industry is Hiich that It was unnecessary. Mr. Smith's achieve ments have boon such as to cntltlo him to this distinction ns unusual as It Is remarkable. Tho following l tho nrtlclo: Iwe North llend Allon'a News Btand. Iwo Marslillcld Cbnndlor and Blanco Hotels and Busy Corner. IT TAKES TWO fi'M Irt l.n n n.A.l l.nlAX VI rat ill know bow and then tho prnc- m uowg u, .now you tuny llC tinv flD wnll na ii'a lmf vnn OKot possibly Imvo had tho samo uoaat o( practlco. Doosn't It aid to reason, therefore that wo "7 biko Just a llttlo hotter thnn !ti Supposo ou try our baking josly from curlolty. Coos Bay Bakery Th Place for pnrul trnniMrm. liiiilt Are. Phono Ul-L. - MMXJa p I ' ,(l IMIIIIfl IlM' k'l I MMI11 cu. xs? mr v A ,(l : sravi J'"ilji fcl. m. VC W) $$&? IF E k ALL PEED MAY LOOK ALIKE TO YOU I'Ut "Ot IU jum -- 'I f.cm Bomo of ours for a change; niid soo how thoy will oat It much, more greedily than thoy have bee, nttnckliiB their old JoWor. Good -,.! ,ona pnmi food iik and as ai horso owner you know that moans better horses In ovory rospect. A. T. Haines Phono moJ WAtcrfront. Mfld. Minneapolis has seen tho making of many a good lumberman. Jn this city nt tlio present umu, . in tho lumbering sections of tho south and west nro o considerable number of thoso gcntlomcn who learned tho rudiments of tho busi ness In this city and In this state. With Its wealth of a class of tim ber which Is generally recognlzod ns having no superiors, Minnesota offered opportunity ior iruimuK this great Industry not surpassod by any other section or any other state In tho union. From tho days when the southorn lino of tho tim ber bolt camo down to within ti few miles of Minneapolis, tho state has been n groat producer of wlilto pine, and will contlnuo to bo for many yonrH Into tho future, and Minnesota lumbormon hnvo boon known as among tho real captains of Industry throughout tho land. At n tlmo when tho stato was tn Its early stages of dovolopmcnt, lay ing tho foundations for ono of tlio richest and most progrcsslvo com monwealths in tno coumrj, iiiiHuui ..,,. -na ihn rhlof mnuufncturlug Industry, becauso of tlio great amount of easily accessiu u r -torlal. It was In thoso days that . n ii ..inn nt nirn. camo With mi), i v..... ",""-,.-.,, , his fatlier 10 innKw mn " Minneapolis. Ills career was not; then chosen, but It wns cortaln that in whatever ho undertook suc cess would attend his efforts. The reason wns that ho wns ambitious and diligent. Tho first few years of his resldenco horo wero dovotcd to securing n common school train ing, and ho entered tho stnto uni versity with tho Intention of equip ping hlmsolf with a hlghor educa tion. It was necossary, however, for him to work his way ns ho went along and In tho effort .10 . ...!.! .!.... I1I0 linnltli fnllOCl. Work was tho groater essontlal, and so his hopo for n collego ao- i..i t 1m nYinndnned. Fortunately for tho success of his business enreor ho formed an asso- is uiiigeiico, uiituiihvu ...- " tion nnd lmckod bis Judgment. Af-' tor n short oxpcrlonco ns an opcrn- tri nt rutnll vnnla In tlin Rtllnller communities of tlio stnto, ho was summoned to Minneapolis 10 iuko chargo of manufacturing operations and 1 Is accumulation of capital dur ing his retail lumbering oxporlonco gevo him nn equal pnrtnorshlp with two other men In tho now Industry Since thou ho has been mnster of the building of his own fortunos. On another pngo of this Issue win bo found tho record of tho clos ing of his lumber manufacturing operations nt tins ponu. 1110 .Min neapolis mill operated by tho com pany which benrs his nnino hns Buwcd Its last log nnd hns gone out of commission. Thnt Is merely nn Incident, howover. It wns tho third Minneapolis mill operated by nim. The ilrst wont out of commission CO days nfter ho becamo Its ownor by tho tiro route. Tho second wns Bold nitor 11 nnu uecn upcraiuu for about two years. Tho third was built by mm nnu served u torm of nearly t-wenty years In tho front rank of lumbor mnnufnetur Inir nlants. Tho mnn who has boon tho mov- !... ur 1,1 (li. crnwtli nf tills great lumbor manufacturing Indus try has kept pace wmi us Krowiu. Ho has grown In business stnturo to tho propostlons of n buslnoss glnnt; ho hns hrondcnwl In Intollo t in proportion ns lio has grown In Importnnco In tlio world of busi ness; ho has been n good cltlzon nnd hns contributed largely and lib erally to tho development of tho Btnto; ho Is n mombor of tho board of regonts of tho tho stnto uni versity nnd gives freely of nis time, monoy nnd ability to tho up building of tho Institution from ...l.ll. In 1la nnrllnr ilnVH ho 1101)0(1 to grnduato: ho has boon n llbornl cmployor of inousiuma " working men of tho stnto. always paying top wngos nnd refusing to cut wages when clrcumstnncos com ..iio.i im nuMinif nf bis own nro- nt rri.nnfrl! froniiontlv lirRCd to nccopt honor nccompnnlod by pecu niary recomponso ho hns rathor boon ploascu to give iruuiy ui and monoy without hopo of greater rownrd thnn tho knowledge of hav ing served well tho Btnto thnt gavo him tho opportunity to work nut his own career. In Ills 28 yonrs as a lumbor mnnufneturor In Mln- ..u ii ima ant n wnrtlw OX- ample of Industry, application, in telligent onori nnu hhucum ' -ory young man to emulnto, nnd Tlio Lumborman wishes him mnny yonrs In tho futuro of continued prosper ity In nls lnrgor operations m mu fnr west (From Mississippi Valley Lumber man.) Shortly nfter 11 o'clock to bo exact, at Just 11:09 lata Friday morning, October -1, tho last log that will over bo sawcu in tno nun of the C. A. Smith Lumber Co. nt Minneapolis, rolled onto the mlddlo cnrrlago of tho mill the Bamo car riage that carried tno nrst log snwed In tho mill, on tho nftor- nnnn nf Allcnst G. 1SU3. It Was an Interesting scene. Every man nnd every womnn in rno cnipioy oi tho compnny at tho plant In North Minneapolis who could possibly leave work for n short tlmo crowd oil In nnd about the mill. Many of the men had been employed by Mr. Smith for more than n score of yoars and all wero Interested In seeing tho flnnl efforts of tho saw ..,iit iimf ima Imnn In onmmlftnlnn during twenty snwlng seasons. By far tlio most interested oi tho spectators wns Mr. Smith hlm- Mf tn lio liml nnnn llm Otltcr- prls'o begin In thoso troublous times of'na, wnon liuntireus oi uiibiuchs men wero on tlio ragged edge of i.ni.v-rmiinv niul liml rnrrlod It nlong during lonn nnd prosperous years, giving steady nnd remuner ative employment to hundreds of men nnd pnying out hundreds of thousnnds of dollars In wnges to n smnll army, ltougniy chuuhui.ii, but not over estimated, tho nggro gato pny roll of tho employes nt tho mill has totalled $5,000,000. nnd $G,000,000 more has been paid out In wages to men In tho woods nnd oh tho driving stTonms. .f ihiu iinint it will bo appro priate to digress and to review bricflv tho career of tho man who made this enterprise possiuio. i At the ngo of 14. Mr. Smith enmo to this country from Sweden, with his father, and becamo a res ident of the city of Minneapolis. He attended tho city schools and entered the unlvcrsltv. To onnblo him to contlnuo his education ho sought work which would combine, with It nnd wns fortunnto enough to find employment nt tho homo of Clovornor John S. Plllsuury. After soinothlng over n year of this doublo effort, the strain com pelled tlio dropping of one branch of tho work. Tho decision wns made in favor of ellmlnnllng the deslro for further book educutl n, nnd Mr. Smith beenmo n clork In tho down town storo of tho gov ernor, soiling hardware Intolll- uont and diligent nppwLiiinui i business enlisted tho hacking of i.i niiiiitnvni. fnr nn ontorprlso which took form In tho firm of C. A. Smith & Co., dealers in lum ber, hardware Implements nnd grain, nt Herman, Minn. This wns bis stnrt In tho lumbor trade. Shortly after, in company with C. .1. Johnson, inoro retail yards wero established. Tho buslnoss progres sed bo satisfactorily that tho firm cleaned up good profits, and when. In 1881, Governor Plllsbury found ho had somo logs to dlsposo of, lw. n1ln.l Mr. Smith to MlllUOnpo- lis, whore Mr. Smith nnd Mr. .lolin son wore equal partners. Thoy bought the John Mnrtln mill at tho fulls In 1887. Two months la ter tho mill burned. During tho remainder of thnt sonBon nnd tho two following venrsiimiiin" tho concern wore manufactured at tho Plymouth mill. In 1890 they bought tho mill of Clough Bros, nnd ran It two seasons, Belling tt to Nelson, Tcnncy fc Co. On tho afternoon of Jnnunry 2C, 1893, itaa first splko wns driven In tho co structlon of the new mill of the concern nt .Fourty-fourth nvenn North. Mr. Smith's later opera tions, on the west coast, nro too rccont and too well known to ro qulro extended description here tt Is enough to fny thnt nt Mnrshricld. Oregon, he bus one of U o lnrgesC and best equipped lumber manutao turlng plants In tho world, wltl: nmplc timber back of It to keep tt In commission for nn indefinite time. Through all the tlmo slnco the beginning of bis career In the lnK- ber Industry, Mr. Smith lins sliown 1 diligent, Intelligent comprehension of nil neccssnry details, enterprise ' and all tho other elomonts that g to mnko up n successful lniBlncsa man. Tho Minneapolis mill comnienrct sawing August 5. 1893. nnd be tween then nnd tho fourth of No vntiilmr It- unwed 12.000.000 feet oS. I . ,. t.1..... I. ...n... mii nt nnm. nillllR'I. null u nuiiv ""i "i -"" mission Inst Friday It had snweff. 1,050.000.000 feet of lumbor. The mnxlmum cut for n year was 135Lr 000.000 feet. For tho flnnl work of tho rriTfl 25 fine logs hnd been hold In tho . boom. The early part of tho morn ing was spent In llshlng up nni sawing deadheads at the foot of (the mill pond, nnd when thoy were out of tho way, tho picked lor. worn until In tlin HIIWB. 1 Tho mill thnt censed Bawlng . few days ngo wns nn entirely dif ferent plant from when It stnrtoi I., 1501 nlil mnrliliiorv hnd ClV- en place to now, nnd tho lntot de vices for tho mnnufttcturo had bctm gradually Installed. Probnbly no other saw mill In tho country was capnblo of producing more lumber for Its Inches. Mr. Smith has always onloyefc loyalty on tlio part of his omploror. Fred Klolnlner. tho first sawyer wai with the company during most or the time of Its operations here. Jor Murphy filed the llrst saw and thi Inst snw. Victor T. Johnson, sup erintendent of tho mill, blow ll whistle for tho first nnd the latfc time. C. J. Johnson built tlio mill nnd Is now vlco presldout of the company. Charles F. I.nrson en torod Mr. Smith's employ In Soj tembor. 1881, nnd Is still on Oiu pay roll. Honry Johnson hns been with tho company 25 yonrs, nni Nols I.lndh commenced his sorvlco 21 yonrs ago. Tliu pay roll hac usually numbered n thousnud mnn nnd In tho yunrn when oporatlntu'. wero conducttHl with night nnd Our crows, tho nunibor of inon employ ed wns 1700. All of Mr. Smith's family now lu tho cltv wero present nt tho flnlsli nnd wl'th Edgar Balzoll, sales man ngor of tho compnny slnco 1904, stood on the log, deck as tho last log wont to tho saw. Tho com pany has on hnnd n well assorted stock of 15,000,000 foot of lumboi which will bo gradually closed otiu and not until the end of next yoar nt leust will tho company no out oi luminous nl nils ikuih. Harmon Tailoring Co. 128 Front St. Ormosito Orphonni Theater. XOTICi: TO CUKIHTOlUi. Notlco Is horeby given that tin undersigned lins been duly appoint ed administrator of tho estnto ot Mary A. Peterson, deceased. Nov nil poisons linvlng olnlins ngnlnst snld estnto nro horoby notlflwl to prosont tho smile, properly verlnoa, with propor vouchers thorofor, to tho undersigned nt the olllco ur Jnnieg T. Ilnll. Itoom 11. Eldorado Block. Marshfield. Coos County, Oregon, within six mouths from tho (Into hereof. Dated this 23d day oi uciom 1912' JUMUB NELSON. Administrator of tho ostnto of Mnrr A Peterson, deceased. SAIMO.V TltOIil.INO OVTFITfc nt THE fil'VXF.HV. Arties Desiring Monuments Erected w , Would do well to call t PACIFIC MONUMENTAL WORKS South Broadway and make selec tion from the large stock now on hand. Sir. Wilson has in his employ the-only practical marble and granite cutter in Coos County. And none but the best work is turned out I Will Furnish Your House on the Installment Plan W. KWiseman an Vi.ili Wmnt St. Dus. Phono 296-X: lies. Phone 160-J Auto Service 'onawaar8V CareM DrlTers "VB-in "" f"rWa. our m &..i.w anywherft t . i Onrstori n Hotel and Blanc0 onef6a.yPhone9-78-d"- Boys' Shoes 100 pairs lino welts on sale nt tlio The Electric Shoe Store WIMiAMETTE VALLEV FARMS, In Ijiiio County, Oregon. Fruit & Kerry Farms, Truck Fnrms, Dairy Farms, Stock Furms, General Farming Write for DESCRIPTIVE LIST nnd LITERATURE tolling you about tho wonderful resource County, Oregon. J. E. THOMAS & CO., Cottago Grovo. Oregon. e Have Not Raised! Owe Prices Milk, 25c per gallon. Cream, 20c per pint. Whip Cream, 25c per pint. Buttermilk, 10c per gallon Phone 73. Coos Bay Ice old! Coo Deliveries, 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. .... . wmi I IV CIOTCD Froo to You and Evory SlatorCuf FBEE TO YOU MY SISTtH erlng from Womnn'. Allmont Jam n womnn. know woinnn'i Buffering. I bate found tho cure. I will luftll. fruoof nny charge, my lilvA. tout with full liutructloiuttoMijr Buffiurer tn. woman's ollmciiU. 1 w ut to till ill worn, u Ut thU oure tot, lujr rtudtr, fur youraUf, j-v ilaufhtir, your luothur, or your Mir 1 witu tt II you how to euro youravlvut ut homo w "i out thutiulp of a doctor. Win cianit undi i'ai wumvn'utUrliik'. NVIutuoiuin kuo lrt ip.il.nci, wo know bitter tbitn nuy doctor Uuuw tlmt iny'hotni' trintiiu'iit U ato and hw euro for liuiinhoii ct nt.ll.tn cichif ... Ulctutn. Dv ilictmiel CI nuinf ti mi ncng, rrtnii, jumj ittam ...i4. II... I. .1 fl..rt.R lunfll. tt flfl.lil. lltA fUUIH hill tick it! tOMli, tuinil ion tulii,ri'icvirm tfi.plrj llfllfj 19 111 U. nliottl.dilijlcij.W lliiMi, iiiImii, kteir iBd tliddu lioubl.j kiii tiniM (Iikiiinpeeulintovurkix. ....... I want to vend you comjlil. lu l.j trtiwia MtUill tin to i.roTO to you tlmt you nu" jouriilf utl.oi.itf. 'inlly.ut. 'klyuj SniJli-. Itemiinbtr. tlmt.it .ill cnlioii Mlklrf U - Biro tho treatment u coroi.U to trial ana it yon wUb to contlnuo. It will co,t yoaonly ti!rMmy r.oit,;. inii.rri.ro with vour work or oocunutlin. M I"" M"'fi"i 'Vi.L i ..i.i.. wr. BUtTi'r It you wlnh. nnd 1 will ind you tlio treatment Tor "'?' ',' niVl-f OlCi'l it WW' " De? l'r return mill I will also tjwtmtimKmyy-1MUmiVV uiiiianaiory uthomo. E; thimwlvw with my honu. r.-m.Jy. It curw til o slmi-lo homo tru. nient which hd. itllly and e f VhMnnniSundl"uUliMwByrultfroi I'amiuiorirriKumriJiiiuvruunuiiiH jtuuiib i. i jHsrxjk &s 1 m JtcvrtiB. vr ..y m fe &ij0r I fti tiaii WMrAPAP vnn tell tmj Huffertr that 9 . BBBWBBW- - The Times Does Job Printing '.i!r.?e ten any nunirir urn w mwiiiimw 's"''4"."", ..,, frootenday Htr.atmeniwyount,ni Btronif . plumn and robust, juit unim, ivuttinv t?"fi? Ad in- tho V&li Wrlto toslny, m you may u aou hU '"al- rn m Q . I n d . . U.S.A. MRS. M. SUMMEKa, uoxn - - " Plumbing Built, to Last Is tlio only klnil worth Its iu- 1'liion tliut coiiBtantly leak, Vue tlmt roruw to duiw. are """'' ual oxpeiiie and trouble ln- ' " t.mo you .ned -pluniblnir work vu not try the experiment of I id M out wliy our work i " -A gpokun of, Willey & Schroeder 303 North Trout Street. IMIONE 77-J to8ft QOODALE. proprietor. 180 So. Broadway. Mnrdifleld.