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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1913)
i-- H - tt c THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913-EVENING EDITION. a JJ n Desire to Have Hair Marcelled lit. vcaN Identity. LOS ANGELES, Fob. ID. Van ity proved the undoing of Frank Hutchcr, a younc Gorman who for two years lind "worked out" as n domoatlc under tlio name of Miss Anna Uutehor, during all of which tlmo Ills dlBgiilso was novor pone tratod. Ho Is In the city Jail ap parently cmlmrrassod hy the malo nttlro loaned hlni by another pris oner. When a rosy-checked, bu.xom-ap-penrlng young woman cntorod a hair dressing establishment hero and ordored her hnlr "inarcollcd" the nttetidant discovered almost Im mediately that sho was working on a wig. A close Inspection of her patron's faco revealed a Blight stub ble. Then sho went quietly out and called a policeman. "I suppose- I was like other wo men (" explained Uutehor at the Jail. "I wasn't satisfied with the hair I hud and wanted It nice and wavy." 'Uutehor Bald ho had oxporloncod a hard tlmo In getting employment as a man. "Flvo a week, board and room Is hotter than anything I could got as a man," liu said, "and bosldos I llko to do houso work." CAIHV INSTRUCTS JOHN I). Lnd Thinks it a Pity Oil King Has Ktrengtli (Irentcr Than llralii. TARItYTOWN, N. Y Fob. 18. John D. Uockofoltor, who Is sche duled to leave for tlio South next week, told today tlio story of an ex perience ho had with a rnddy In Au gusta last yoar, and, although tlio Joke- was on him, ho laughed heart ily In tolling It. Ono morning Mr. Rockefellers regular caddy was ill and scut n substltuto. Just to have fun with tho boy, Mr. Roekofollor asked hlni how to make tho strokes, In what di rection to drlvo, and so forth. Tho boy was eager to Instruct, and as luck would havo It, Mr. Ilockofollor tnado a cloan drlvo to tho green. An tho caddy saw tho ball roll on tho groon ho turned to Mr. Ilockofollor and said: "Say, tnlstor, If you hud my brains and I had your strongth, what u great fourBomo wo would ninko." BASKET WILLOW HI'ROUTS. (Jorernment Will FuniMi Them Free to All Who AnU. WASHINGTON, Fob. 19. Tho Dopartmont of Agrlcultura Is get ting ready to fill requests for tho bnBkot willow cuttings grown hiBt yoar on Its experimental farm at Arlington, Va. DlHtrlbtitlon of those cuttings takes placo early In March each spring, to farmers and others who wish to mako trials of basket willow on lands too wot for othor crops. From GO to 100 cuttings aro given each porsou, Tho distribution lu not n more giving away of government material to persons who desire to got hiiiiio thing free, because It Is required that onch roclplont of cuttings shall mako a report of tho troatmont given and tho results obtained. Sev eral select varltlos nro included In cocli sot that Ik distributed una tho aim Is to securo Information as to tho host variety for oach lo cality, since nq ono kind ran ho relied upon to ylold maximum re sults over a wldo range of terri tory. In tho basket willow Investiga tions carried on at tho Arlington farm, and at Ames, lowa, by the forest service, particular attention has been given to tho development of American species for basket making purposes Tho European spoclos now commonly used havo novor proved themselves entirely adapted to American conditions and aro oa a rulo loss thrifty thnu tho natlvo bpocIob. At present thoro Is at Arlington a willow garden con taining nearly 000 lots gathorod from nil parts of tho country nud representing practlcnlly every spec ies and variety found in tho Uni ted Stntos and Canada. A syatoin of selection which has boon carrlod on for sovornl years Is u I ready Indicating which strains show tho host basket willow characteris tics for American conditions. Llbby COAT. Tlio Kind VOU Iibva ALWAYS USKI). Ihono 72, I'aclflr Livery nd Transfer Company. A FRKSU SUPPLY of FHKSII OLYMPIA OYSTKHS JUST RE CEIVED. Freo Delivery. PHONE your ORDER to PHONE 7S1-J. HEALTH WARNING. Oliillod nnd wot feet result lu congesting tho internal organs, nud Inflamamtlou of the kidneys and bladder, with rhoumatle twinges nnd pnln in tho back, genernlly follow. Ube Foley Kidney Pills, Thoy aro the best medicine made for nil dis orders or tho kldueys. for bladdor irregularities and for backncho and rheumatism. They do not contain hablt-formlng drugs. Tonic lu no tion, quick lu results. For sale by Lcckhnrt & Parsons, Tho Ilusy Cor ror. Low in price, high in quality. Electric Irons Wo liuto a few M'comMiand irons In good working condition nt $1.75. Nevf irons, $;1,50 up. Coos Bay Wiring Co. Phono 237-J 153 N. Droadway THIS W G i HASN'T SLEPI IFOR 20 YEARS Harvard Professor, Who Rests in 'Th Right Slate' Studied by Muiisterliorg. BOSTON, Fob. 11). A Harvard nrofessor. who has not slept for 20 years, but hns taken his rest In the "twilight state," Is tlio subject or in vestigation by tho psychological lab ratory of tho university and tho Stato Psychopathic Hospital. The "twilight Btato"ln which tho subject retains consciousness and all that goes on about him, Is declared to be n scientific relaxation more satisfy ing thnn'sleop, nnd restoring tho bod ily vigor In nbout half the tlmo re quired by sleep. Tho Identity of tho Hnrvard pro fessor Is kept secret. Professor Hugo Munstorborg, director oftho psycho logical laboratory at Harvard, who Is a personal friend of tho sleepless educator, has mndo a close study of his ease. Professor Muusterhcrg snid his experience showed that it Is Bolentlllcnlly possible to sloop with out complete loss of consclousuess.To nsslBt in experiment nt the State Psy chological Hospital on the "twilight state," a special easy chair lias been constructed. It Is described as a device to aid subjects to relax "as completely as a gallon of mollascs on a slab of cold mnrblo." HAVE CITIES OWN COAL MINKS Dili IVnnlttliig Municipalities to Acquire Them. WASHINGTON, Fob. 111. A mu nicipal coal mine for every city nud town located near any unappro priated coal lauds belonging to the United States will soon ho availa ble. Tlio houso committee on pub lic lands has favorably reported the Taylor hill permitting the city of Grand Junction, Colo., to acquire from the government u section of coal laud for municipal mining pur poses and extending tlio same privi lege to nil other cities nud towns In tlio public laud states. The hinds mny ho hud as a gift from the government on the pro mise to conduct the mining of coal sb a purely municipal enterprise. Coal will bo supplied for municipal needs and sold to citizens ut uiiso luto cost. Tlio plan bus been ap proved by tho secretary of tho In terior and Is favorably considered by u mnporlty of tho mombois of tho hoiiBO nnd senate. The Taylor measure has boon .imonded by tho committee so as to Include rural communities and organizations formed for tlio solo purposo of mining nnd selling coal at absolute cost, under proper re itrictlous. Lauds mny ho taken lu any part of these states. NEWS OK GARDINER. Stockholders of Elcctilc Light Com pany Holds Election. The Gnrdluor Light and Power Company held their llrst meeting it tlio Gardiner, electing as direr ors J. S, Gray. W. T. Rood. Fred Assonhelmer, Frank Varrolman, J. A. Laltouche. The olllcors of the "ompauy are: J. S. Gray, president. Frank Varrolman, vlco profildont. Fred Assonheliuer, secretary nud treasurer. Their plant is now In oporntlnn and they will furnish light nud power ns fast as their men can wire up tho houses. M. T. Reed will probably accom pany Messrs. Wllsoy and Dixon to 'Jons Hay this week. Times' Want Ads bring results. Jir Personal to ai To havo boon In business In Ibis town or some time, unci we die IooMiik to ulM up trudo by always fulvlHlng our uiroiis rijjht. So when wo tell you Hint wo hav ound tlm eexunia remedy and that wa land Kick of It with the maniirautiirer'M ron clud guarantee, backcxl by oursalvo on can ilepini' i poii It tbat we kIvp our ilvlco not In ordor to sell n few botthn r ii'Pdlclne to skin Hufforer. but be uije we know bow It will help our 'uslaes-u If wo help our patron We keep In stoo and sell, all the well known skin remedies. Hut wo will say ihU: it ymi iiu minVriiiK from any idnil of skin trouble ecima, lmorlaHU, null or tetter, we want you to try n full Mzu bottle of V. U U. Prescription. Ami. ir it does not do tho work, this Rod Cioss Abstracts, Real Estate, Fire and Marine Insurance Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. 11ENRV SEXGSTAOKEN, Mgr. Coqulllo Ofllco Phono 191 Platting Lauds n specialty. Farms -Timbor- Coal and Marshfleld Ofllco H-J. Gonornl Agents "EASTSlDE." C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. RETAIL DEPARTMENT LUMRER, LATH, SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, SASH AND DOORS. ROOFING PAPER, LTO. CUT THE FUEL RILL IN TWO RV USING OUR WOOD. -PHONE 100. 1H3 south HUOADWAY NEWS OF YEARS AGO (From tho Coos Hay Nows. pub lished at Mnrshllold, Fob. 18, 1SS0. SIglln & Dennett publishers.) D. 11. Jones Is suggested ns tlio radical cundlduto for senatorial hon 01 s. Mr. nnd .Mrs. Clias. Forsland nro expected homo on tho next steamer. Coos County has suffored consid erable from Iosb of stock during tho Into cohl weather. Horn, ut North Rend, Feb. ICtli. 1S80, to tho wife of Frank Elrotl, twins, bpth daughters. Frank Elrotl snys: "A pair of queens Is n pretty good hand before tho draw." John C. Robertson has purchased a farm on Coos River nnd Intends lo cating there. Much disagreeable weather dur ing tho past week; rain snow nud mud. Tho most disagreeable winter over known on Coos liny; so miyB overy ono. Col. Lano called on us last week. He'll bo lu tho Held ussosslug by tlio llrst of March. Ho says business Is business, nnd that the boy must bo educated. Can a note payable In "silver coin" bo paid with half dollars, we aro asked. No, not if the amount of tlio note Is more tlinn live dollars. "Sli ver con" moans legiil-tonder silver, that is dollars of 112 1-2 grnlus coined by tho government. Half dol lars nro legal lender for umouitts not exceeding live dollars; trade dollars or Spanish dollars aro not money at all. Our neighbors at Empire hud a very pleasant and Interesting tlmo at tho mnsquerado ball lust week. Miss Goorgina Cammun received the prlo for tho prettiest costume. Hen ry Plocgor for tho ugliest, Win. Saun ders for the best dlsgulso; he repre sented "Old Rlnck Joe." Wo wero till able to bo present, but wo loaned tho editor of tlio Mall ono of our clean shirts nnd hnd him wash his faco mid go. The disguise Is said to liuve been nearly perfect, hut tho romovnl of the soil from around tho roots of that mustneho actually rendered them IhII)Io to the linked eye, and that gave him uwny, olso ho would have carried tho honors nwny, from our friend Saunders. The young folks of Myrtlo Point urc organizing n muslcnl and dram atic club, and Intend giving an en tortaiiimeiit on tho 21st lust., consist lug of u minstrel performance in the llrst part, and concluding with two light dramas or fnrces entitled "Tho Irish Linen Peddler," nud 'My Turn Next." The wholo to conclude with n dunce. The business Is under tho management of M. C. Miller, who Is nu old hand ut tho business. Among tlie mombois are the Misses Funny and Amy Luhnherr, Miss Cordelia Andrews nud .Miss Mnrlu Herman, and tho gouts, M. C. Miller, A. W. Ilordor, Ed Jennings, Randolph Lohnhorr nnd others. Thoy have rig god up nn Impromptu stage In tlio hall, and If this vonturo Is successful, or only moderately so, thoy will con tinue and try nnd Improve in the character of tlio plays and stngo sot ting. Tho following is I ho program of the Literary Socloty for this ovonlng: Song and chorus; reHtntlon by Sarah Hall; rending by Mrs. Wotsel; aong; debate. "Resolved thut thorn should he an oducatlounl qualifica tion for votcis lu the United States; unintuitive, Owen Short nnd .. T. Slgllu: negathe. Muuroo Upton nud J. M. SIglln. Duet by Miss Ada Smith nnd Auulu Short; novol rending es says, nlllrmatlvo, F. Lang; nogutlvo. P. C. Lovnr; nong nnd chorus. Sl'DSCRIRERS NOTICE Subscribers who do not re ceive their iwiper or who re echo it late, will confer a I favor on THE TIMES by call I lug this olllco on tho telephone I ami uoflfyliiK us at once. Tel- I ephoue i:i:i. GtiMfee Skin Sufferers" Rod Cross Drug Storo. bottltt will cost you nothing. You alono to J'lUgr. Again and aealn we have seen how n few ilro or this simple wash applied to the kln. takes away the Itch, In stantly And the cures all seem to be permanent, 1). 1). U. Prescription made by tlio i). I) U Laboratories of Chicago, is composi'ii of thymol, glycerine, oil of wlnterreiii ami other honllmr. soothlmr, coolliur iiiKredlents. And If you aru 4llut ..nui. titl.li I.aI. ..a.. ...Ill rf..... v.,.j ...in .int. jwii itiu irui, vootbeil and cooled, tho Itch absolutely wanbed nwny tlio moment you applied thin O. D. I). We Iihio made fast friends of moro than one family by recommending this remedy to a skin sufferer horo and tiieie and wo want you to try It now on our positive no. pay t'uorantce. Drug Storo. Coos Bay Business College You know what you are worth .today. What arc you going to be worth five years from today? When we build a house we have a plan. When we build a ca reer, most of us putter, dawdle, dream dreams, and wait for some favorable breeze to waft us to harbor. Lack of business training is not only a handicap it is an absolute block to your advancement. Will you con sider this a little while you are building the man or woman who later will be YOU? Start right by starting NOW For something worth while. Positions in abund ance and no trained help. DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL Telephone 402. Twin City Auto Stage Line .lorry Klnnov, formerly with tin ruluco Cafe, hns Inniig urnted a new nutomohllo stage line, between Mnrshflold and North Rend. Tho oervlco Is known an tlio "Twin City Stngo Lino," nnd sturts with two sovon-pnBBongor Cadillac machines nnd will havo moro. If the sorvlco wnrrants it. Ho luaugurulos n round fnro of 20 cents botween tho two cities. This, ho bolloves, In all tlio service Justifies since tho now waterfront rout! reduces tho time and nls.o tho cost of tho sorvlco. Ho Iiiih mndo nrrnngoinonts for tho through sorvlco only, leaving tho locnl Borvlco lo tho local nu tos but In enso of nn oinorgeney will prbvlclo local sorvlco for through patrons. Ho will havo his headituartors nt tho S. S. Jennings storo In North Rend, Phono 1151. nnd nt Hlllyor's Cigar Store in .Marsh field, Telophono 18-.T. Tho service will connect with nil boat iiml train schedules. The regular schedule Is us follows: Leaxo Mnrslifloltl Leave North lleml C:4G n. m. 2 : -1 0 p. m. 7:15 n. m. 1.1 5 p. m. 7:io .1:15 7:15 1:10 7:45 MG 8:15 5:15 8.15 4:10 : r. .- i,ir u:ig d: It) S:-"5 4. 45 u:.5 (3:15 0:15 G'lS i0ilc 7C 9:15 &:40 10:10 7:15 in.in c:ir' H:ir 8:15 ," ," 7:45 11:45 8:45 10,15 8:15 12:10 p. in. 0:15 11:15 9M5 12:45 0:45 11:40 10:15 1:15 10:15 12:15 p. in. 10:15 1:40 10:45 12.45 line 2:15 11.15 1:10 11.. G 2.-1B 11:45 1:45 12:15 n. m. :i.:10 12:15 n. m. 2:15 12:45 3:15 1:00 Round Trip, 20 Cents TAXE! By furnishing us with a list of the property on which you wish to pay taxes, we will ascertain, free of cost, how much your taxes are. Flanagan & Bennett Bank Taxes! Taxes! Taxes! You have but thirty days in which lo pay your tnxes and secure tho three per cent discount. Give us a list of your property and wo will seo that they aro promptly attended to. 1he First National Bank Of Coos Bay First ClassWeaving promptly done nt Gardiner's Rag Carpet, factory Cor. Union and Montana Street. Phono 131. North Bond, Or S. imOWN a. 11. H0DGINS Marshfleld Paint, i Decorating Co. Khtlmntes Furnished. l'Uono 187-L Mnrshflold, Ore. . - .-, ...,... Riectrl Light, Steam Heat. Elegani'J Purnlahod Ilooma with Hot u Cold Water. UOTEh ooos n .A.. T1TI Rates: BO cents a day and upwr Cor. nroadwy antl Mnrn" FOR A GOOU WATCH . OR FIN- JEWELS E. C. BARKER JKWEW3U Flno Wutclt nnd Jewelry RcpUrJ 200 Frout St., MnrsWiwu ikT !b"& Z ? ... to M I. thfcj EGGsl Citr mini cnti Wl 111 mj mt Com I Willi J PfiOR DUM nMit & K3 rittiD titti tl r; rw u sda Pl Raa IW' ffiijl ri m'l ui cu A jjOfl