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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1913)
THE COOS BAY TIMESTmARSHFIELDT li,ibi, "-.--: MlL.JM2iJfc '' .?U IK Four 1913 MI ,H"N 10 11. "icli e,:- "at arfl T ' ' therein "- i mi vm;us. oS'"n B 1,0 ): i i 7 ' ..JilI" - icio I W reaafa "'at bill J '"Knout tie here n , t ..... . uoapiie never pi in lutl i ' 'OUl(J i, OMK ; urlnj or v Pleaiast To tit ir an tinier tci roiaj me fo. I In tie tch ilea md trip. "io street! R. 10 111 rrowi Cf ilttitj o ralihr i a rot' Ihrooii are ill him ci-orllBj- deilre from i of tl iter jet ir. til i. For rer n; comfort xcelsior Mo torcycles Sold and Delivered wee More Ordered for Immediate Delivery t's (I"' I'l'''"1''! ior po"l"B f I1'10 season pretty oocl, isn't it? Ev- ' i.i !.. ..Miinnl i( inn Willi nllioi' mmiliimiC! mi1 tvmn fitinllir nivlnn. joryonc wis som m r - - w ....., ..,. I C(l because tin- i-i. Excelsior Proved Best by Every Test it vnu once ritlo an 'Excelsior you will know the reason why. T ain a practical machinist and I picked the Excelsior because of its su j'r jncchanical equipment. The new 1913 Excelsior is a wonder and a nrl(H)OiUGl . Jt in - punuui ir cwij iinuimiu muui;. .1. i.ui;i nu uuiili- dent of its superiority that I Challenge Any Motorcycle in the World of the Same Bore and Stroke The Excelsior lias a thoroughly established reputation. It is not an ex periment. It holds the world's record tor speed, .1 to 100 miles. These arc only a few of the many merits thai commend the Excelsior to most motorcycle riders. We cany them in slock at the Koonl. Oarage where they fire always ready to demonstrate and prove every statement made about them. The Excelsior is manufactured by the largest motorcycle concern in the world. They guarantee them .to me and I guarantee them to you. Come in and let mo show you. Koontz Auto Garage What Wpuald Yom Do With a MilHoim Dollars All Yotudt Own? JOHN L. KOONTZ NORTH FRONT ST. HSiaBra wdl hrosfi -Wilt jw.s. mtow.v $ A. Il7 IIODUINS larshfield Paint m Decorating Co. i.stimniM I iirnlHiicMl. tmt ISM; Mnrhhflcld, Ore. Singer Sewing Machines i m Dire tnem ror ront or for salo. jiacnines itepaired. Sappllci and Needlos for Sale. W. J. It IT.. Ill l'k Arc. .Mnrcliflulil. . l'liono lill.X. Twin City Laundrv coon woiik noon service Jot la an Combine. 8 hours Udrlr fin. tioiiK.K Our Audits call anywhere. l'lioue !i;..). Save That Bundle for Me a iquare deal and n clean Bhlrt. HOIJ SAIITKIt, WJ City Laundry --"" -"'" I'll Call. WhiteDuck Button Shoes for Clillilrcu. sfl!ewt,f.,eit n'hw Dutton " ,0r Ladles and Misses', at ihe Electric Shoe Shop fisher Auto Service PhonV'" F!shcr Proprietor. aid Phnn?8,r5 Tt0 H''yer'8 Clear Wsi m8;J' Ar 11 p. m. ..,., wn-un. BrtJdT, ".Elegantly CoWWatrf WUh IIot and HOTEL OOOS Rti. An MC,,,n' OP- .1" ' "! niarKei Union Storage Company E'pt &L IIearAl Mgr Furnlturfl Po , c.arlts Cleaned. Stain.!, l ac.k0(1- Shipped, 58! FrontR? and RePared. h!L orders n-, pi10n? 19C- u"'"8 ec narvey, Have That Roof Fixed Bea GORTHELL Pnomc aiai. , TIIK ItKCOHI) IMIOTOaitAlMIINO AllSTKACT COMPANY Ilnvo photographic coplos of nil rocords of Coos County to dnto, nbstrncts of titles, prcsont ownurs, or nny othor Information rolntlug to real OBtnto furnished on short notlco. IIUKI.NKHK OI'IMCIC: 117 North Kiont St., Multifield. Phono 101J W. J. RUST, Manager FAST AND COMMODIOUS Steamer Redondo hiulpH with wire lens wid nubuuu-lno boll SAILS FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR COOS BAY THURSDAY, FEB. 2?, AT 3 P. M. Ml PAinirrr Hwci-vaUoiiN Kriuii Sun I'YiiiicImco Must Do Blodo t 805 rifo Ilulldlnt;. r Lomlmrd street Pier 27. All rcbcrvntlous iniiHt bo taken up 21 hours before willing. 1NTKH-OCKAN TIIANSPOUTATION CO. MTOVK 4 C. F. McQEOnQE. Aicont SL SPEEDWELL OA1T. 1JURTIS, Muster. Sails for San Francisco from Coos Bay Thursday p. m. February 27. THE SPEEDWELL la speed and has excellent passenger accom niodntloiii, largo clean and airy rooms and electric lights and wireless. For freight and passage, apply, A. P. Ifstubrook Co, Title Guarantee and Abstract Co., Oia-017 Santa Murlim llldg., San Pruuclsco. Marshflold. S. S. ALLIANCE EQUIPPED WITH WIHELE8S SAILS FROM MARSHFIELD FOR. PORTLAND SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AT 6:30 A. M. ROUND TRIP, $18.50 CONNECTING WITn THE NORTH DANK HOAI) AT POHTLAND NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Phono 11 ' i p McGEOHGH, Agent. EQUIPPED WITn WIRELESS Steamship Breakwater ALWAYS ON TIME. SAILINGS FROM PORTLAND, Tuesday evening of each week at 8 P. M. SAILING FROM MARSHFIELD, Saturdays, March 1st, 8 p. in., March 8th, Ditto a. in., Murch lfith, a p. in.; March 2Uud, 0 a. u., March 20th, 2 p. m. J. O. MILLER, Agent. I Phone Main 8T5-L. (Coiitlniicd from Pngo Pour.) llnrry Wlnklor and Dorsoy Kroltzcr sny such Irresistibly funny things Hint tho Associated Press dispatches fall (Int. Huy tho water-works becauso HOLY JOE Isn't tho 'only water dog In tho pipe.' Uonnto largely to charity by slip ping John (iohlon 'ono buck' to see where ho'd hurry to bury It. Help build tho Coos Hay Jetty. Glvo right of way to S. P. all tho way to Hades; no return and pen sion "CUSS DENNETT." Hire the band yearly. Send Cousin Doctor to bnlly old Englnnd 'regardless of expenses.' Pension Doe Straw. Respectfully submitted, QUTElt CLUD. Jiiiiir; AiiH jia.w TIIlNUfJ I IlElt Pay ono tenth to tho church. Mulld n homo for tho Young Men's Christian Association, A homo for tho Salvation Army. A largo park. Two small parks for children's play grounds. Homo for tho frco library. A music hall. Largo tabornnclo for public meet ings. Homo for widows and orphans of 'Marshflold, Oregon. Ono thousand dollars to tho en- down muiit fund of tho Willamette University. Five tliouuaud (o tho Homo of tho Friendless In New York City. Ten thousand to the Tumporanco cause. Ten thousand to each of my chil dren. Invest the balance In land. MRS. M. It. SMITH, Mnrshfleld, Oregon. I ---lL"l-p.7.'Tl? c'""'":x " In tho year 1909 nearly flvo thou sand children were arrested for crime In one portion of Grenter Now Yorkl More than two thousand of this num ber were sent to reformatories, or othorwlso punished, the remainder released on probntlon. with onlv threo probation olllcors to care for tiio lot! Tiielr ratners wore working In sweat shops, or aro Ill-paid day laborers. Thoro mothers go out washing, the children nro on tho street. The Income from ono million dol lars could bo put to no better uso than In giving tlieBo children n chnnco to become respected, useful citizens, JcbbIo I. Rush, Marshflold, Ore. TELLS AHOUT SURVEY. SENSIDLE SUGGESTION I I I would try to Invest a million dol lars profltablly. Dividing tho said profit Into three funds: A persona! fund for my own uso. A "rolatlvo" fund for tho relief of my relatives, whoro a donation would bo ucccptablo. And n genoral fund for tho erec tion and mnlntnlnanco of n frco boarding school of Mechanical Arts, for tho heueflt of young peoplo who woro not nhlo financially to re ceive training, and probably had mothers with youngor children or wives with babies dapondont on them. Also allowing tho dependents tho amount per month their sup porter could earn. Mrs. E. Unndol. Llbby COAL. Tno kind YOU have ALWAYS USED. Phono 72, Pacific Llvwy and Transfer Comtmny. Engineer ('hailslon's Report on Hay Given Out In Portland. Tho Portland Journal prints the following: in tho most recent survoy of Coos Day bar, Just completed by tho United Stntes engineers, 18 feet at low wator Is shown In tho main channels, nlthough It has previously been shown at over 20 feet. How ever, Captain Mncgenn, of tho Bteani or Hronkwater, has reported to tho" ongineers that the channel 1ms scour ed out somo sluco tho soundings wero taken. This linlnu tlm liml n- boii or tlio year, tho bars shoal moro or less during tho storms. "This has been tho only survoy of the bar slnco 1907, nlthough it sur vey was inndo Inside In 1911 Tor tfio spccifln purposo of establishing a basis on which to start tho now dredge, Col. P. S. Mlchle, when she nrrlves thoro next summer. Tho mnps woro brought to Mnjor Mor row's olllco by I). M. Clinrlston, who had chargo of tho survey, and his assistant, C. It. Wright, who enmo In yesterday on the steamer lfrealt w ater from Mnrshllold. "Slnco tho survey was started an othor was authorized to gather data for Improvements on Coos Day, In cluded In which Is tho restoration of tho old Jetty, so tho latter part of tho present survoy was mndo to con form to this Idea. "Tho survey was mndo from tho bar to the C. A. Smith mill above Marshflold, n dlstanco of about 13 miles. Tho soundings taken Indlcnto that somo of tho old cuts hnvo been shoaling a little, but not to any de cided extent. "When tho Col. P. S. Mlchto ar rives on Coos Day sho will bo retain ed thoro right along to keep tho bar and harbor In tho best possible con dition and with the proposed im provements that hnvo boon authoriz ed it Is expected that vessels of tho largost typo on tho const will load thoro. WILL RECLAIM LOGGED LANDS GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TRY A NEW PLAN ON CTT-OVEIt AR EA IN INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN OREGON. PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 2 8. Re clamation of loggod-off lands on the Indian reservations Is a problem with which tho United States Government has been wrestling for somo tlmo nnd Oscar H. Llpps, supervisor of tho Indian Sorvlco In the Northwest, snya that ho believes the government will begin this reclamation work on a largo' bciiIo If a satisfactory method of clearing stumps and placing such lands In an arable condition can bo secured. Mr. Llpps wns In Portland nnd conforrcd with W. H. a raves, a for mor Indian ngent nnd promoter of t. method of clenring logged-off Innds. If Mr. Graven method is found satis factory and tho government decides to test It out, tho first experiment probably will bo mndo on tho lands of tho reservations In Oregon nnd Washington. From tho sale of timber on tho allotments In various reservations Mr. Llpps says that tho tribes liavo an hand considerable tribal funds which tuny bo applied to this recla mation work. In a similar method much reclamation work has been duno In Irrigation districts In reser vations In tho southern pnrt of tho United States. Among tho reserva tions which hnvo been hcnvllly tlm bored and In which tho logged-off land problem hits nlrcndy arluen or soon will arise, tho Northwest reser vations will be Included. In Oregon and Washington nlono Mr. Llpps snys that there aro about 10,000 acres of land that will liavo to bo reclaimed In this manner. COPPER SLAR IN i:IIIIUT. REAL ESTATE, RENTALS AND INSURANCE Wc lmvc somo of tho host bargains in ftcal JUs iaie to bo found in Marshficld. Here are some of tho bargains which will pay you to look up before you locale. Two lots on South Broadwav, 50x120 feet, for $2(500. Four lots and eight-room house on easy terms, in Eastside, and some fino building lots to be sold on easy terms. TTave some nice building lots in Bunker ITill, only five minutes' walk from tho Smith mill. Have a seven-room house and four lots in Bun ker Hill for $2000, part cash, balance on time. Al so lots in Bay Park. For particulars see PARKER LEATON Rooms 1 and 2. Lockhart Bldg., over Hub. 4 Or phone 399-B. Steamer Washington Sails for San Francisco from Coos Bay, With freight, only, Wednesday p. m. Pebcuary 26. r. s. now, Aget. Ocean Dock. C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. RETAIL DEPARTMENT LUMIJER, LATH, SHINGLES, .MOULDINGS, SASH AND DOORSf ROOFING PAPER, ETC. CUT "THE FUEL RILL IN TWO RY USING' OUR WOOD. PHONE 100. 182 SOUTH UROADWAY Ore from Curry County Is Added to Chamber ('ollcrlloii. A Portland paper says: "A moss of copper 6re, so rich as to bo practically a solid slnb of pure metal, has been added to tho exhibit of tho Chamber of Com merce. It wns sent by tho Gold Dcnch Commercial Club of Curry county. "It wns picked up on the Illinois river near Agness, tho town nt tho confluence of tho Illinois and tho Roguo River. Millions of tons of copper nro estimated to llo In tho formations of that section nnd fre quently along tho Illinois River great pieces of almost pure copper aro picked up. ,"Tho slab Just received nt tho Chamber of Commerce Is ono of tho largest that Iiiib over boon found. It Is about two icot la length, moro than a foot in width and varies In thickness from threo to six Inches." SQUEAKY JOINT IN LEG DOWNFALL OF IIURGLAR. Dalcnn, 111., Fob. 2R. nccauso of tho Bquonklng of a cork log, two nl logcd bandits sufforcd n prompt cap ture hero. Ono of tho men arrested, who gave tho nanio of Glen G. Gil bert, is supposod to bo n son of tho Into Jeremiah Hoynnlian of St. Louis, who was know ns the "mllllonnlro rag picker," and who loft his son $60,000 two years ago. Tho bandits wearing masks and nrmed with re volvers, had broken Into a gambling room. Four men, who woro playing, wero ordorod to throw up their hands, Aftor sovoral dlnmonds nnd $1G00 cash had boon gnthorod up tho robbers with tho plunder backed into n toilet room nnd csenpod, but not without leaving tho victims nwnro that ono of tho bandits had a cork leg, which squeakod. Possession of a noisy lowor limb could not bo denied by Gilbert, who, with Adam Hockesmlllor bumped In to policemen In tho Illinois Contrul railroad yards u fow mlnutcB aftor tho robbery. NEW NICKEL OUT SOON. Iiicllaii-ltutralo Coin Ordered Over Slot Machine Man's Protest. WASHINGTON. Fob. 20. Tho colnngo of tho now nlckol was or dorod by Secretary MeVoagh dosplto objections of certain slot ntnchlno Interests. It will bo placed lu cir culation In courso of a weok. Tho protests against the now coin dwindled to ono manufacturer, who contended It would Intorforo with the efficacy of his mnchlno for tho detection of counterfeit nickels. Treasury ofllclnls overruled tills ob jection and tho now llvo-cont piece, with an Indian head on tho faco , and n bufTnlo on tho rovorso, was adopted ofllclally. w The Sign of Good Candy Always WE WILL MAIL YOU 1 for each sot of old False Teet sent us. Highest prlcos paid for old Oold, Silver, old Watches, broken Jewelry and Preclou Stones. Money Sent by Return Mall. Phlln. Smelting & Refining Co. Established 20 Years. S(l Chestnut St., Philadelphia, P. TO DENTISTS. We will buy your Gold Fllllngi. Gold Scrap, and Platinum, Hit?. est prlcos paid.