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'K-l1 ..sJiSKWWt !?. THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 31. WW- EVEMtHG EDITION 4 -, i IN KAIIMUt ls-I'n-d Lot kti-. In I'm tlitml .Miui inn. - ONE of the oldest settler of t'oox llH) Ib A. 0. Aiken, or (Men Aiken as lie l usuallj called. "I came out with my iwo brothers Juat CO oar iKO," Mid air. AlkiMi. "We took the boat at Pittsburg. Pu.. wont down the Ohio Hlver and tip tin- Mliwmrl to Indi liandor.ee. where wo J dnul Captain It. HIIob' wnKon rompaiiy, mid In i lie way, his widow 1 1 von In Por l.'ind. Wo wont to MaryHvlllo, an Oervollls wax then rallod. M. brother Jim took up a claim near Alt...... f ..tlfml nrmlllil MnrM SIIJilllJ. 1 "!' .......... ..... vlllo tun) Albany Hint winter. I'i the aprliiR of '& the Oowriimeiii sent a parly to tmlld a road from Kurt Walla Walla to Fort Stlllmon, In Washington territory. 1 work oil with them for three months and then I went to visit by brother .John at Whldby'a Island. "Wo started on horseback for tho Willamette Valley to visit Jim. We found that Jim had icone In February to Cons' Day. Father hail owned n coal mine In Pennsylvania nml nil three of lis bojs had worked In It. Jim heard there were Hull milium of roal on Coo Hay so he sent word out to us that he had Hlrnrk a conl mine and to rome down. We went there In the fill We arrived on October . 1'-l Terry II. Mnrple orpanlied a rom paiiy at Jacksonville to go to Coos Hay and take up claims. F 0 I.ookhnrt, one of this party, took up n claim where North Bend Is now Ho was warned by the Indians to leave, bo he went to Kmplre. fjur miles distant, where his wife tausht i bciiooI and thus became Coos Coun ty's first school teacher. Mrs. Lock-hart- Is still alive and resides In Mnrshueld. "Tho company put Frank Wilcox on I.ockhnrt'a claim when I.ockhart left It. We spent the winter of Ti4 Betting out coal from Jim's mine on Iloatman's (Julch. Wu got out 200 tons nnd Flanagan and Mnnii. ' who were about to open tho Now port mine, shipped It to San Fran-' cIhco for us. Frank White, who later heenmo a Lieutenant In tho j Hull,,, I Ulnlim Arnif irn. mm it w.,iivi titmun ,,(.., n uiiu ..I our bunch Unit helped get out tho conl. "Doe.' Caddis, Sam Darlington. Frank lions und Dick Learn also worked In tho mine. "One night nftor wo quit work Frank Wilcox catno up to tho mine tn roe If In. fotilil Roll ltlu i-liiltii at North Ilend. lie wnnted mu to Switoeriand, itfae Land of Scenic Splendors "LEARN ONE THING EVERY DAY" .... . i iK.... .. wtuf II ft' OM'i lll(?lll i-' i"" " l""""' ii Ko a little boat united on the slime of Lake lieneva, and ih.-re stopped from It a limn on- ... ... l..M elopod In a uniK mach cum. ..I I nil I... owr an iiiwr ne reuiiiim-u v himself In the historic dungeon. When he had gone a new name nwm found carved on the post to which ltontilvard had been chnlneii. That tmnie llyrou tuny bo seen toda by all who visit Chlllon. .H "-- rr.iiNt riHuT.. && tiJKf f tlj W-fc S2lir ""?- buy It, ho I finally gave hlin my iiuinu, niiiiiiiii it ii it uriiiie mr iiih ounrlor section and he mounted and rodo away and I never heard of him iiKaln. 1 wasn't of nge, so John, my brother, agreed to hold It till I could prove up on It with thu understanding wo would divide equally whiitovor wo inado out of It. After wo had held the claim for two yearB Alf I'ennell, an em ploye of A. M. .Simpson of Han FranclHco, bought It of mo for .'100. In tho Hummer of isr.ii, Simpson built bin mill ilii.ri. ii ii i ,,.,, built his mill at Empire the same yoar. I Hiippose you know that Kiiiplrn wnH tliv county sent of this county at one llmo. I helped Old .Man Luce gut out tho timbers 'or his mill. I ho year before, thnt Is, isfifi. enlisted In flRlii In the Itogiio Mver Indian wnr. Captnln William H. HarrlH wbb In commnnd of the (-OOB County troops. All of the men at the coal mines and prac tically every other able-bodied man hi tho county enlisted. There were Id In all. During tho Indian war tho Coos County Indians er.iuo In "lid snld they were In winger of helm? k III.'. I l,i. I... .. in" ' .. v.? !H. f"ru!lot, "h,"K nKHhiKt the whites. We had them camp near i.V.1., .rk h0"B" nt H'Hldro and Jiuij.0 .Mann, iiuarterinnsler nt Km Hire, hired hnm Dement nnd Jack I ome, now of llolllnghnm. to kill ok and door for (he Indians. The made about n (hoiihuud noimr "Piece out of their contract. Dement was a blacksmith, lie took I.Ib money out to tl(, willnm otto Valley and bought cows mil brought then, l(, his ranch o ' U "1..I lo Uver. Ho ,,, , , to uiiors on Sixes Creek nnd ',,: """wniers or the Coiiie ,mK.L l,.,u,, 1,lm rl,- Worn most ,,r'!?., ' ,Y"rlu',, "' '"" iI"h m u. i ",0 ,l,m" KPl,ll"; wel to supply the nilners. I K0 ,.f ,1..,,,. "' boar meat. La or i. ,',,,'V, , '"H"' f'r M years In t ho ognl nl -on .! IIIU .-) HI (Mill Hill :'," we cut the timber Ilia wnH hamlloHr to the water, niiv He " "tteutlon whether V brlvnie government I. ud Tl ;" wan so plentiful " Wl . ' thought of very hiuhlv Tim , !,. iiih huuioro i,, 1 1 co , r: ; . Ijookhart. ,; 'h ' J "7 it mi wink iiuitik tii,, . ; ' '" ".Mm,.. Noble lV!l,1!,,.r" ' X11. :l. I.AKI: lirXI'.VA AND Till! CASN.I-: OF tllll.l.OX. CopyrlKht. r.ia. by The ABSoclated Newspaper School. Inc. lie slowl) lose. "Aim nenevn' lie asked. "Free also!" they replied. To tell of all the tragedies that hnvi. been eiiueted within the walla of the tlme-uoru stronghold would be Impossible. One of the most terrible Is the story of the hundred Jowb who were tortured ami then liiirlod alive 1111 the foolish Hiistilclou that they had poisoned nil the wells of lOurope. Ilur the tragedy of Iloiinlvnrd Ib the most famous of till, and this Is duo to the poem, "The Prisoner of Chlllon." written bv Lord llyron. And, Btrnngo to say, Hymn's Pris oner' was a purely Inmglnnry per son. The renl llonnlvard's story was quite different. The Lnke of Geneva, tho lake of poetry and song, Is sometimes also known by the name of Lnke Lemafi. It's waters form a beautiful bluo crescent, forty-flvo miles long nnd eight miles wide. It Is said that Neptune, tno sen-god, once came to see tho Lake Geneva, mid wnB bo charmed with Its benuty that he gave It his own likeness In minia ture. Thu names of many men of gen ius tire associated with this famous lake, llyron often snlled upon Its jurfnee. Tho poet Sholley nearly Irowncd there. Mndamo do Stnul llvod nt one point along Its shore. Voltaire, tho great genius of France, held his literary court" there for v-oars. alblioii finished "Thu De cline and Fall of tho Iloinun Km lire" nenr Its waters. Many hnvo prnlsod tho Lnke of (Juiievn. Tyndnll said that Its waler was the purest natural water ever analyzed; Voltaire declared It to bo tho "First of Lakes;" Alexnnder Dumas compared It to the Hay of Naples. It Is Indeed a lovely lake. and only to linger on Its shores for a few days Is a delight not to bo excelled tho world over. I The Parisian New Store of Ladies' 2 Children's Ready-to-Wear Garments (Just opened lit tho O'Connell building, Mnrkol nvoniie. This will be our temporary quiirturH, as wo will move In our now Btoro In the now Chandler llloelc about September 1st. WK AUK SIIOWIMI A Hid VAUII4TY OF LADIIOS' AND .MISSUS' TAII.OKI4I) SUITS, COATS, STUHHT AND I'AltTY GOWNS, ut prices LKSS THAN COST TO .MANITFACTUKi:. All street nnd party gowns nru Individual In style, no two nllko, Hindu especially for TIIF, PARISIAN. buyI VCRYi MarslifipiH Creamery 1 Honnlvnrd, the defender of Swiss I liberties, was Imprisoned In the Castle of Chlllon nearly four cen turies ngo by the tyrant Charles III. of Savoy. For six years ho lan guished In his gloomy cell chained to a post In the center. For six long, dreary years his Jailers henrd no word of complaint or suffering pass his lips. And when nt Inst ho was rescued by his countrymen his llrst thought wns not of him self, hut for his fatherland. Pale and emaciated, Btlll chnlncd to thu pillar round which lie had walked so many years, he wns but a shadow of his former self. "Honnlvnrd, you nro free!" they cried. Extra Special While They Last Ono lot Ladles WAISTS.. Ono lot Children's DltlCSSICS Ladles' LINKS' Hl'ITS . .yi.lft, values up to $ I.Oti . .(I., values up to ? .Xu .$7.7,1, values up to $H.7( Mih. I'Xln. & MoiifL Wilt? RTJ '"U UlLU VlBlt tho store, as wo hnvo many other good bargains to Hhow you; get our prlceB. You lire welcome ut all times whethor you ttiiritltnuii fit lint IHircluiHu or not The Parisian O'Comioll lliillillng. .MAItSlll'IIXD, OUKfJOX. PURE Mark Twain wns once asked, "Of all your books, which do you consider the best?" Ho promptly replied, ".My bank book," Tho man or woman, boy or girl, who earns Home, spends loss, nnd hns a savings puss book on thly bank, Is on tho road to Biiccess, PROFESSIONAL X I'lnnn..,;1 - -m SI'"'lo, 137 IT B.VMMI. m (oiisuldB. t nrauteji I'liono lo.'M, I No. I. I TIIIO valley of Chamonlx has .Mont Hlane, but It does nor j ''.'d It. for it hns beauty enough 0r Its own. The green Holds, the swift running waters of the Ulvor Arve, the huge rivers (Of Ico that flow down Into the vnl- ios, and tho ovorlnuiini. u.. ,..., , thnt cap the Bumiult of Mont Illnnc liisoir, hnvo made Chnmonlx one of j tho most popular of nil mountain resoris. ime&t.ji,jgamB iw&9wamB I .&raz'UAd33Mtff LwvsV4,';,T,,s,.,lilmrvo,'1'nvo .iim.iih ISM). Phono 72. 1'nclflo bjvoryjind Transfer Company! '"C OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BEGINS it forty. nrtl, iC,ool year SEPTCMHCR ,, ,8,3, ' DEGPEE COURSES In nunyphasriof AQRICUITURC. tNOINKBINQ. HOMC ECONOMICS. MINING. rORlBTnY Cou MIRCt, PHARMACY. "-aT" COM- TWO-YEAR COURSES In aqricul TUHt. HOMt ECONOMIC. Mm" A We ARTS, rORTRY. COMMCRCI PAHMACY TEACHER.S COURSES " S rdX' rlc,,"urc. domcilc Klcucc -- ,. aml V0lce culUlrc Thu valley of Chnmonlx runs mm no tlunst to southeaht nnd Is ' " ' l.i .ve. which rises '" "" Mit de (Haco. Chnnionlx, '"' MHaKo. 3.H.", feet above the . Is ylsiied annually by thousands of tourists, as U j8 tho best start "'K I'-'Int for t10 oNplorntlon of the Ulaclers of the Alnnt )ll., i.., fiHi,'"' ",0 "SC0"t f - CIIA.MOMX best In lila "Hymn Hcfore Sunrise In the Vnlo of Chnmoiinl": "Who mndo you glorious as Iho gates of Heaven Henenth tho keen full moon? Who bndo the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who with living flowers Of loveliest blue, Bprend gnr- innds at your feet? Cod! let tho torrents like n shout of nations, Answer! and let tho Iro-plnlns echo, God!" Chnmonlx has Jnng been well known n8 n plnco to visit In in,. summer; hut It Is lust lL.ini,. . - - " rt 10 ueromo known as a winter re sort. In winter there Is flno skat lug. skeelng, tobogganing and bob slfddlug. Thoro nro two skntlng flubs of Paris whose headquarters nro at Chnmonlx In the wlntnr n..,i some of tho most expert skntlng ii mu worm is dono there. Hvory day a different limn..,, i. leresi story will appear In Tho Times. Von can get n benutlful In taglio reproduction of this picture, with llvo othors, equally nttrnetlvo. " ., inciios In size, with this week's ".Mentor." in i,n ., n well-known authority covers tho subject of tho pictures m.,1 .,!. of tho week. Headers of Tho Times nl "Tho Mentor" m know Art ..1.110. History, Science, and 'ravel and own exquisite pictures. On salo at Tho Times office. Price ....L-fii cents, write today to Tho limes for booklet ovnininin,. n... Associated Newspaper School plan. fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COOS BAY T ai. wmoirr, n .1 . IH'IUiQ KBtlumtes fnrnliu Plana mid iceM If desired. a ve toed. Phone TOKL OSTLIM). J Plnnn Tn. lib a. siith Rt, Leavu orders atW.ll I..O. PKUL IllLEV n..u . HMldonco-Studlo, ir TJ U. CIIANUIH Itoomi 801 uim Marshfldd, b lll. W. MOHROV, 171 OrlniM Dillin Tlieter. O&iJ W FLANAGAN & BENNEH BANK OLDKST HANK IN COOS COIJNTV. EstablMieil 1HHI). Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $110,000 Intereht paid on Tlmo l)oM)slts, Officers: J. W. Itciinctt, President. J. II. I'lunagaii, Vlcc-Prewldciit. ' " H. K. Wllllan.N, Cashier. (co, V. Wlncliester, Ahslstant Cashier. m. h. Tunro, AIIC Manb(li!j,i rviu A. j. UEMnml Modern I Wu aro eaulDMtl tl work on ihorti.-'J lowest prlcti. Lady attendist I Chnnillflr Ho'tliH Croat Dlip'jji Autumn and Fi Call and get yonr thotisandi p TODDK, SUITS IU a 7 H Front Slrt "?.m KUL BOOKl-ET entitled AdJrs 11, M. Tknnant ..i . ' torvallU, OrtKou. Mont Hlanc dominates the valbn of Chnmonlx. It U i:,,770 feet high ; nli I. nlay. covS I -now. jllCqueS nu,inati nl,e fWt fimmrvA th8 ". "o baussure, the great 2 N-...tu.. . 17fll ,, M; a Inrxo iowrd to the , ;;" fo-ma n practlcab.e route 0 L J0.'L. ,?,,',n ." "nty odd - 1 loiiowed mauv vain at- ln.,.U lo win this reward v"r J'". Hut It was not Mnti m "it ,oK Jni.lllPl ,llllmti who ', " ,H "r" a,lor o Saussure iw,a,' I'' otTor. succeeded In clhni,. " um mountain. The ascent has boo,, mn,,e ,ay tllllt8 hllf(1, , it,,; ; usmx bm m oi,f Mitoiy o, the Kiiniiiiit Many of ,h0 KtMtm inhe writers hnvo tolt, f ,ho . of uwo Inspired In their breasts J)' Mont Hlane Its majesty-! Jort l.o. Victor Hugo, Hyron s, 0T oHil' rUWr,1;' 1Iut "or"l' Col. o'ldgo ims oxprowed this f.Pllng NOT I'lCKLINfi ,71'ST IUGIIT4 v T , "BAD THIS. .Mr. Jack Maltos, Copperopolls Cal ifornia would not mnko tlili Btn? ment were n ,, ni,. ..."..."A8.. BtR nnild hardly -stand on fwt and When BlttlnK down rnl,l i7..'i. "."..' ZoTZT! ?,B,,n ' '"V klihley' "1 mh iw1 -PfMwIptlon Phar Chnndlea.pi"' PP- Abstracts, Real Estate, Fire and Marine Insurance TITLE GUARANTEES ABSTRACT CO., Inc. 1IKXUV SKXGSTACKKX, Mniin8cr "" cou" ;lSi!,,'i,offir,?S'r A """ I Just k another shipment Mysosl Primosti Stauff Gi Phone I Wall Paper ki: mi: FiitsT. C W. VIERS. I nliil mill Wl, p,,,,,.,. s, I.No,tt, lVont St. Phono t.it EANDON BY THE SEA THE CITY OF THE"FUTURE rmvWT,:V ACUK TKAOTS TOUH MILKS SOUTH nv Buy 0ne--lt Will Make You Monev I Donald MacKktosh HEAL ESTATE and INSUItANOE. Pictures &framing Walker Studio $10 AFRO Whero property sollIiiB for ' an oxcoptlonil offering in ' don't use the t advisedly. " Wo can liowIj hofore tms t I. S. KAlfl1! New and Second Hand Furniture s'dd on Uto Installment plan. HAHKIXQTO.V, WOVLB CO 302 Prout St. Phone 3jo.l Mi,fi.i.i . ..WW r AVnlk Onrt lilnnb nn.i . . &s & ris : .SS imlrlnir nt tt. . iA l1cmM sno ro cltv vn. h? lowest Pr'cea m the city, ourarorasquarodoal. Aug. Olson. 2B South llroadwny. Singer Sewing Machines We have thom tor rent or Tor mile. n,.u """ itopaired. Supplies and Needles for Bale. W. J. RITZ. 181 Park Ave. MawhfleW. Phone 2SQ.X. Have That Roof Fixed NOW . Bee OOllTHELL PIION3J8171. Citv Auto nnA Curl. C! reasonable ebg "Will go '-, ?bon.. iimf TOM CAWVf "!fSJ -il... ., cl.flllM. Uliwn o." -- . i,jim Call ami "-, ire. We" ware. e - ,, latest, design" J r"Ll. Tr The Times vat Msl, Barnard & i-'tii. 1E33 L-JL.9 'l..' iH2