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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1913)
Hill t,H,TyTnt,n.-v., It THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913-EVEWIWG EDITION. irrr il I-am m k 1 ' 1 f cooh correrv i.monkkiw. : : Pas 's! o to i little to I'ort- "(leow-phically we are a part or Oregon actually we are tributary to S:m Franclhca," said Stephen Oal- llur oC Bandon. "1 hove been Iiptp on Connillo lllw forty years und i 1 como pretty near knowing whereof ! 1 apeak. Look at tlte Hotel resister, you will find mo t or tho drummers are register) d ii nn San Francisco. Miring the Snn Francisco eartli (liinlto nnd f-r months theiea'ter we trailail entire y with I'orilan 1. We hare tomo itate prido and would preror to tri'lo wil l and build up tho metropolis of Oregon rather limn that of California, hut the uiurehniitB of Portland arc r.sloep. or If thoy hre awake, they arc ut terly indifferent to their opportun ities. We have tried to Interest Port land wholesalers in establishing boat lino to Uandon, They say it will not pay yet. A. Y. K i'erbrook & Co., of San Francisco, are running three boats ueUveei here and San Francisco and they nia'':e tlu-m pay. The Speedwell carries fifty passen f'lll'K. Tho Flfleld for'?-, .-ltd the linnilon carries only ''"' songor faro is 7.r.n and San Francisco, which ! li.uu Ihmt It cants to I) laud. The freight rn'" on lumber lo San Francisco Is a ftou- HtuidB, while the 'up in hf fioa San Francisco to Uandon !s only $!1 n thousand. Freight if ' i fio Portland aro $4.25, a ' n" of 11.25 a thousand In fiMir o San Francisco. Tho TIlI'Mi'not . Hinull gaaollno boat, ply bt e hero and Portland In our o:,h- ei-a of diroct communication wli'i Po' t lauil. 'The natural consetinenro lu tVa' our dairy products, our lumber, o n cedar for matches, our el.linr.r bark, our salmon and piles and shinties r.11 go to San FraneNeo. "I cuno to Coos County In 1N.7.1 Rottilnr! nt Otl, cs Myrtle Point rv then called. Chris Lenherr owue" the town then and had a gre.it mil l here. Stovo Tripp had a store at tho rorks or tho Conullle, Jnt at I ho nioutli of the North Fork. Thero was g Poatofflro nnd one building at Uandon. Coqullle City was tho metropolis of tho Coqullle Valley. In those days wo had a lanch. You cannot believe how abundant door and elk. cougar and bear wore. then. One morning In the inoadow near our house 1 count ed 120 olk. We lived on elk and deer niout and fish. As a matter of fant wo had much leys need for money thoji than we have now. The little towns 1 remember In Ihow days were OH. (travel Fork. Norway, Bltkuin. Dora, Ilertnonns vlllo and there wan n Post ifflcn on Knimuuted Prairie. There is a saw mill run by water power at Pnrk orsburg. Jn 1 sin they put In a steam sawmill mere. In about 'Sfi or '87 the floveriruenr. established tho life saving station thert. "With our lumber and coal, eur dairying and berries, wo manage to gut along very comfortably. With tho eomlng of the railroad you will w a heavy Influx of pettier.- Into thin eouiitry. We need more dairy men and they will do wull here. Port laud Journal. ' ' i 'LEARN ONE THING EVERY DAY" . . Iinnft EVKRYONK HUH proiminj ...... or tho Ponto do Sosperl, or nrldffc or Sighs. If Is said hat ovor tills bridge walked pol ti.nl prisoners in the days of Ven ire's greatness, mm ineso muu never seen again. This bridge, however, Is. as w . ). Howells says, "A pathetic swln le." The llrldge of Sighs dates only from the slxtoontn cenuuj, uatl since that time tnero nas eU.. r.ily a single Instance (Antonio IWarlnl) of political ltnpr.sou- n cut. The bridge led from mo i,,,!,,,,) ,.,irm In the palace to tno 1-Mlnal prNons on tho other sldu (,r t no llio rnuui. . :i. imiixJi: of skjiis. Copyright 101 a, by Tho Mentor Association, Inc. i pilsona really used for pollt- ' i',s.)iierH were the Pozzl, often nr 'y described as being beneath ..e l "el of tho canal. A thick i.od u cnslng to t':o walls protect i! tho Inmates from damp, and tho t iiantlc accounts of the horrors l tluvo prisons aro probably all n, '.lnary. Tho best known is that i.f ChnrloH Dickens: "1 descended from tho cheerful y Into two ranges, ono below nn ulier, or dlHiual, awful, horrible .limn I'i'lls. Thov woro unite ilnrk. Cneh had a loophole In its mnssivo Mentor Association Plan. wall, where, in the old time, every dny a torcli was placed, to light tho prisoners within, for half nn hour. The captives, by the glimmer ing of these brief rays, had cut anil scratched Inscriptions In the black ened vaults. I saw them, for their labor with the rusty nail's point hud outlived their agony and them through many generations. One cell I saw In which no man remained for more Hum twenty-four hours, being mnrked for dead before he entored it. Hard by, another, and n dismal ono, whereto at midnight the confessor enme a monk brown robed, nnd hooded, ghastly In tho dny und free, bright air, but in tho midnight of this murky prison Hope's extinguisher and Murder's herald. I had my foot upon the spot where, at tho same dread hour, the shriven prisoner was strangled, and struck my hand upon tho guilty door low-browed nnd stealthy through which tho lumpish sack was carried out Into a bont and rowed away, and drowned where It was death to cast a net." The Council of Ten which ruled Venice for many years had Its placo of assembly during the sixteenth century In ono of tho smaller apart ments of the ducal palace on the second floor, n circular room with large windows looking on tho cannl spanned by tho Bridge of Sighs. This council had absolute power In administering justice nnd In gov ern In u the Venetian state. livery day a different human In terest story will nppear In Tho Times. You enn get a beautiful In taglio reproduction of this picture, with five others, eoually attractive, 7 by 9'j inches In size, with this week's "Mentor." In "The Mentor" n well-known authority covers tho subject of the pictures nnd stories of tho week. Renders of Tho Times and "Tho Mentor" will know Art, Literature. History. Science, and Travel, and own exquisite pictures. On sale at Tho Times office. Price firteen cents. Write todny to The Times for booklet explaining The ouiic'o.v MoitTM(a: i.aw. At (he Inst session of the Legis lature a law wan enacted by which any mortgage shall conclusively be proRtiined to bo paid, antlsfled and discharged after ten years have olapsexl from the date of maturity of tho mortgage upon real estate am! niter that time no action, suit or proiuedltiR shall be matu'slned for the foreclosure i the same. The act dea not go Into effect- null1 January I, MM, after which time tl'o same will be In full force. It Be comes a Public Matter When a Newspaper Distorts Or Misrepresents the News The following of n nuwspapor believing In Its Intogrlty and de alre to truly serve Its renders Is quick to detect this distortion of news. The faith of discriminating renders of the paper Is lessened eiieh time mi h misrepresentation occurs. On tr.o other hand tho Intelligent render, mindful of tho up bringing of the children In the home, values the enroful cunsor Flilp of every department or Tho Times. He knows thnt when ho brings this paper homo Its Inriuento will ho cducntlonal nnd the louatuut vending of It will bo of Inestimable value ns a means of Increasing tho understanding of dally events and world-wide move ments. Into every nook nnd corner of tho paper tho searchlight of cen rorshlp Is directed. News, editorials and advertising undergo n close scrutiny which eliminates all matter not Instructive nnd straightforward. The smallest classified advertisement must meas ure up to ns high a standard as thnt which governs the ncceptnnco or rejection of tho largest display advertisement. Thcie can be no question as to the wisdom of such euro In the protection of the render, the advertiser mid the newspaper. The growing support given the new-paper and its advert Nets shows that The Times lenders have uu Increasing degree of confidence in each. Big Bowe ry Dance Waterfront, Foot, of Commercial Avenue Thursd Friday and Saturday EXCELLENT FLOOR GOOD FLOOR MANAGERS KEYSER'S ORCHESTRA PTJND UP AT THE ROUNDUP DANCE. Bandon-by-the-Se The White Cedar City Will Celebrate the Week of August 25 to 30 WITH A Great White Cedar Festivi The attractions this year surpass all previous occasions. The success of FESTIVAL is due to the great interest taken by the management in this yearly exhibition with but one end in view. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC All persons holding our cash coupon tickets nro requested to bring them to our storo Tor promlums before SIOI'THMUIOK 1 1 9 1 After tills date all outstanding checks will be worthless. Wo aro nhout to Issue n new catalogue and make n big reduction on nil goods and with our increased business wo cannot handle tho promlums. Coos Bay Tea Coffee and Spice House in....... n 1S4 Market avenue. Phono 39 I-.T. CON'lKXSi:i) STATKMHNT OF TIIH CONDITION' OF The First National Bank of Coos Bay At Mnrshlleld, In the Stnto of Oregon, at the close of business, August 9, 101 II. ltrsotirccH. Loans and Bonds 4aC.18r.75 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 100,000.00 Ileal Kstate, Furniture and Fixtures 80,000.00 Cash and Sight Exchange 378,878.98 Total 995,0C4.73 Liabilities. Capital Stock paid In $100,000.00 Surplus and Undlv.dcd Profits 15.350.G2 Circulation, outstanding 97,500.00 Deposits 782,214.11 Total 1995,004.73 STA.TKMKNT OF CONDITION OF FLANAGAN & BENNETT BANK MAHSIIFIKLD, OltKOON. AT TUB CLOSK OF Hl'SINKSS AUGUST f, JOJ.l. Itesources. Loans nnd Discounts f 521, 082. 10 Banking Houso 50,000.00 Cash and Sight Hxchango 31 1,099. 7C Total J882.781.8C Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits C2.788.31 Doposita ; 709, 993. GG Total 1882,781.80 C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. RETAIL DEPARTMENT LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, BASH AND DOORS, ROOFING PAPER, ETC, CUT THE FUEL BILL IN TWO BY USING OUR WOOD. PHONE 180. lga SOUTH BROADWAY Abstracts, Real Estate, Fire and Marine Insurance TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO., Inc. HENRY SENGSTAOKEN, Manager FARM, COAL. TIMBER ANI) PLATTING LANDS A SPECIALTY. GENERAL AGENTS EASTSIDE MARSHFIELD OFFICE, PHONE 14.J COQUILLE CITY OFFICE PHONE 101, m THE RECORD PnnTnnninnrvn r.o., . . ti , . - auoiiMVl' tUHfANV .hpIe pMfWPMo copies of all records Cooa County to date. BUSINESS OFFICE: 117 Norti FrTt'st., VuAtUU. Phoe 151J W. J. RUST. Manager An Kinds of Job Printing Done at The Times Office $10 A FRONT I Whoro property all im noiniiB ior fZb 10 J(0, an nxrnntlnnnl - uaigim i offering In Wast Manhfc llnn't 1IHII Mm torn. I'V advisedly. We cannot 3 Wn rntl ulintv vnu t...-l ..w " 1UIH before this opportunity il I. S. KAUFMAN' I ( HOME JH01 Board and room, $,VWi Meals 25 cents and lodgbfl I'onneily known is Arc House, :t I." South Fourth it, Just R another shipment of till Mysost Primost (I Stauff Grc Phone 102 Low to price, Wfh ! Electric fiavA A ftff Irons In good worUHi at 91.7B. New Iroai, fSJJO ip Coos Bay Phone 237-J HOTEL DOTSOJl American Pl i in..il.. Konalred. Rc Board and room H jnonin. 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