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fPSEHSSwrS sMBilPWMllW THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1914 EVENING EDITION. mBSn N COOS BAY TIMES VL O. MALONHY MN E. MAI.ONF.V Cdilor iiihI Pull Xi'Wm lulllnr at least' J entered tit tho pustotflce nt Mnrsn field, Oicgoti. for transmission through the malls as second cl.iti ainll matter. Official Paper of Coos County. Dedicated to the service of the people, that no good cause shall lacK champion, nnd that evil shall no. thrive unopp scd. SUIIRCUIPTION HATF.S. DAILY. One year $6.00 Per month K0 WUKKIjY. Ono year 11.60 When paid strictly In advanco the ubRcrlptlon price of the Coos Bay Times is 55. oo per year or $2.50 Xoi alx months. II NEW SYSTEM IS INAUGURATED Mayor Allen Takes up Coun cil Matters in Renular Or der at Meeting Following IiIh now system of hand ling tho husluuMS of the Council so as to nvort confusion and delay, Mayor Allen called first for the reports of tho various standing committees Inst night, the first being that of tl e fin unco committee, which was read In dispose of the services of ono, policeman. Plan Is Suggested. Councilman Copplc suggested that n saving might be made In the en gineer's department by tnltlng care of all street Improvements up to July 1 and refusing to consider any further projects for the rest of tho year. City Engineer Buckingham said that his department was figuring as close as It possibly could and that It was carrying along work valued nt epproxlmntoly $37,000 to be done In tho next year. Ho said IiIb depart ment would bo able to undertake about $00,000 worth of work requir ed for tMs year, so that If tho limit of $1000 bo plnccil' on tho expenses of the department, tho $90,000 and the work carried over from last year would bo all that could be done this ear. Tho figures would jttBt nbout rover tho sheets already outlined for improvement, ho stnted. Covered by Water. Councilman Ferguson, of tho street committee, reported that an Investi gation had been ntado of. Crnwford's 1 roperty and thnt It had been found covered by water. The damage could n't bo estlmtaed until tho water had drained off, he said. He had order ed tho contractors to tear up the Gol den avenue planked roadway rather than have It covored by tho dredge making tho fill. Htieklnghnm snld that as soon as tho dredge shuts down ho would bo ready to go right In and bulkhead the property. .Mayor Allen stated that ho had told Crawford that tho committee would see nbout tho dam age. High Tides llcported. Councllmnn Albrecht ropnrtod thnt LctftoQ S BBBiHBBfWiBBBffl9l8HWBH3BHMBBMHBHBW9B6WSHHSBinRWHHHBBBHMHBBMIHBBBHBfc " STILL CONTINUES TO-BE THE ONE LEADING ATTRACTION FOR THE MONEY-SAVING PEOPLE OF COOS BAY. ALL DAY SATURDAY AND ALL DAY MONDAY CONTINUOUS STREAMS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS PASSED THROUGH OUR DOORS. THIS SALE Councilman Copplc. Chairman Copula stated that thotllo ,.,,. llt,,, llI1(1 C!U1H0(l tno wntcr flnnnco committee had hold a meeting! t0 flow over the Mill Slough dike to nnn consiucreti tno nuances or tno a tlo,,th llf t(m ci,e8i thought city nnd tho cost of the various de partments conipnied to former years. No declnred thrt tho expense of con ducting the city government was In creasing too rapidly In proportion to tho population and that efforts bad been sought to find n way out of pro 'anting tho expenses being greater than the revenue. Iucicum In Cost. .Ho reported Hint tho flnnnco com mittee had found that sonin depart ments had rost more than nt! ors during the past year, especially the engineering department, which had cost over $5000 In lit I It because of tho amount of extra work which had to ho hnndlud. Police Force Cost. thnt unless this wnter was looked nftor somebody living on Coos nvo nue would suffer. He snld Hie water was pouring In sufficiently to cover tho Crnwford garden. Stieet L'glit Out. Councilman HvortHen. ns n member of tho light committee, reported that the light on North Hrondwny, near where It Joins Front, wns not show ing In the mornings nnd thnt he Vnd passed that point between 3 nnd 5 n. m. nnd found It out. Ho declnred that tills point wns dangerous because of nutomohlles. Mayor Allen Instruct ed It I tii tt) report the matter to tho power company. To Improve Doors. WILL NOT END UNTIL EVERY ARTICLE HAS BEEN DISPOSED OF. WE HAVE COMPLETED ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF MEN'S WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S FURNISHINGS AND INTEND TO SELL EVERY PIECE OF MERCHANDISE THAT SHOWS THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF HAVING BEEN WET, SOILED OR DAMAGED BY HANDLING. Laces and Embroideries WERE UNHARMED, BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY WILL BE PLACED ON SALE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK. WAIT AND WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT CASH PRICES 0'CONNELL BUILDING. LANDO NO GOODS EXCHANGED MARKET AVENUE. cat dock. North Fionl Fill. There wnB some discussion over the filling of North Front street, Coun cilman Copplo reporting he had been Informed tho dredgo would be rend her of changes In tho health ordi nances of tho city be put up to Dr White, In view of his experience nnd thnt tho City Council Invite him to meet with them on tho project. Dr. t Straw declared that it was his In ton-1 to go ahead with the work In ninety. tlon to make a regular Inspection of days. Ho Bald t'.nt It would tnko of tho city physician for the needs of j ninety days to get ready for tho work, month. City Engineer Hucklnghnm thought thnt there would bo no need to. con- Kent lug Makes KcipieM. Fire C lef Dan Kcntlng npponred 3j3 Discount Sale! 33 llZ Sale! . i . hi i 4ii' -------- .--- swuci no o.pu.iHnu-uu.iu.u.i.i lor una ,)cforo Uq Councl wltn ro,,u,8t work and thnt tho repairing of tho from Towor nrolllorHi of lno (!ll. present structure would fill tho bill ory nBk,1B for l0rll,,Mlon to Ini.,, nnd provide for rnlslng tho Innd wit::- n fcPlU,p 01 , H,,ownlk for pr0vld- In n few feet of tho rondway. It was 1R B!11U)1M0 for niitomolilloH. slmllnr decided to secure nn opinion from ,() BnrnBC9 mmie of tho large cities, the city attorney beforo going ahead CoiIllcliIllnn Connie declared bo didn't with the work. New Pining .Mini. F. 13. Arnold, of the Warren Ilroth ors pavement compnny, wns present at see wliyuuy firm should have thei privilege of using any section of thoi street for Its business. He declnred ho wouldn't ho In favor of granting J fMinlrfnnn Ali'n flnll rf lltn flrn nilil The police department's expenses. f coninUtc0t roporto,j tlmt ,10 l-ad examined tho doors of tho flro ho reported, linil Increased from $2,- rr n i.. iino t .. ttoni i inin nlmnni V' V": "" '" "-; "'".hull, which woro reported to bo in iliiuuiu iimj mi inur miiiMiiiu iiu luuitu unorl nt rntinh nf tlin Inst Pminntl that If tho department Is conducted. ,,, ,,,. Bflll1 ,,in, n .,, ,,-... ...l.i. .1 .... ...... I. ...... i.l ...... I " "" " 1 til Mill IMl'Ol'llk IUILU II WUIIIll lllll to ovor $11000 this year for snnlrlei alone. AImi Flro Department. Tho flro department, Copplo re ported, had lm reused In cost from $2360 In 191 'J to $1700 In 11)13. Her reported that altogether a deficit of nbout $1000 had been found lor tho Inst yeur In conducting the var ious departments To Iti'diice Cost, , "I nm opposed to raising the reve nue to meet tho Increased expense," declared Councilman Copplo, "and I I'm In fivnr of cutting down tho ox- i'ho and not iiiMiik tho rovenue." '" l in " ' Possible, Un 1 red It nppearod to bo pos- 'iio t.) mnke a saving In tho ongl t.vor's department mid thnt It could bo conducted for the year nt a cost incur could bo mndo by sawing a portion of tho bottom of tho doors off. If tho Council did not want to go to the expenso of providing now idodi'H. Ho also recommended tho I purchnso of some plunking for tho ro- i pairing of tho Vose drying tower. Heipi'slMons Nettled, j Chairman Copple, of the flnnnco i rommlttoe. made n rernmmendutlon thnt nny department purchasing sup plies for tho city should use requisi tion blanks, signed by the Mayor or flnnnco clmmlttee, nnd thnt this rule npply to nny employe of the city In rn effort to curtail every expenso thnt was noodles. .Mnvtir Allen de clared that It was a good suggestion. (hi Flout hie; Dock. Clnlrmnn Albrecht. of the water front commit toe. suggested thnt tho flontliix dock to he plncod nt tho the meeting and was called on nyitVo rcnuost. Mayor Allen suggested Mayor Allen to make a little speech, that the matter ! placed In the; He responded with tho statement that, hands of the flro nnd water eommlt 1 e would like to securo tho permits- tee. slon of tho Council to ongngo In com-j Dan WiiiiIn Ducking, potltlon with other firms In the se- Klrp c,,lof Kcntlnt nfH0 nB,a,( tlint curing of contrnctH for street Im- 80mo BWthory ho b1voii ,,,, t() ,. provoniont. He snld ho would like to Vostlgnto the houses In the city to see Introduce hltiillthlc pavement 'on the ,hnl ,.,. lirotectOIl n(?alllBt flro H sniuo basis ns nsphnlt. nnd suggested nin,k, (Ieclnrc(, tll0 1()BL. of ,. MUX'S AXD HOYS' OVIJIU'OATS iiuiiiumuer, unit nn uvorcout uisis tnreo seasons or more, ami dm ....., ...w... ...., v, .nm!! .. L.i.m-. luHiuiK nun wiiuor- nn il next Wltk these thuughtH In mint! come In today mid Bolcct any Overcoat i till! llMttUfl (it K ' ONIS-TINKI) LUSS THAN WKGULAU PRICK nig, roomy, uisier corns, witii couvertlblo eollurs, tlirce-inian litliull mint. .....I ..It 1.......I. I...I.M.I I I ..- i . I""llt! ..n.ii """ ""' "", IUIIKUI, UUIIUU Ulll-K I'O.llH. VJOOll WCIIlllCr t l fabrliH In rich mixtures, solid grays and browns, blues nnil black An guurunteed to be worth the orlgjnal price. As listed. IIOVS' OVKIIC'OATS, . to II). $ 3.00, Sale price !j? n.oti $ C.oo, Salu price s l.oo $ 7.00, Sale prlio S 1.(15 $ i?.00. Sale prlte s .".:t" $ 0.0(1, Hale price S (l.on $10.00. Sale price S 0.(1.1 $11.00, Sale price S 7.:." $lL'.r0, Salu price S H.:M $15.00, Silo price Slo.00 MUX'S ovFitco.vrs $18.00, $sr..oo, $7.r.o, $30.00, $:i2.no, $35.00, $10.00, $15.00, Sale price Sato price Sale prlco Salo price Sale prlco Sale prlco Salo prlco Salo price' 912.00 $1(1.0.1 9IHJ $20.00 .tSJUB $20.63 .$.10.00 tho standardization of nil classes of ting out fires was to prevent them paveinoni aim nun urn iirm no repru- f HtnrtIiiL'. hut that ho had' met' Hontoil was not afraid of competition, '...i,,. .iirrimiiinn rrnm Ho nlBO stated that t'.o Warren nroth- M), nip,j Mn, ,y wllnt authority hoj,ln" to ,nl:o n,,van,nK of tho com- porsous I' mot who I from tho different paving firms now represented on Coos Hay covering nsphnlt, hltiillthlc nnd block pnvc ments. Ho declnred this would glvo the city a basis to work on In t' e ti wuru iiKuiiiiK on buiuuhiik ." investigated their premises. Mayor Hond or Mnrshileld for tho orectlon A,u,n 8,ntC(, mt tho (lty nttornoy of n branch plant In tho nenr future. wr!Sii,Bnn nn or.iinnnnn i.nWf Diitsim Takes l'leor. petition for street work, lie moved thnt ndvertlsomouts for tentative bids, with a bond of $5000, be mndo. tntu ..,.. ,.r , .....t, ,.f r loturnnblo on .Innunry 20. nnJ thnt ...... . tnm I'wiiimi in nm "u ui iii- p .. O. II. Damon took tho floor nnd tectlon mid that It would bo passed i'1" lK"''c'8 K,vo" '" ,,,,, etntlvo stnted thnt ho wns responsible for n soon ns It was rendy. the presonro of Mr. Arnold, becnuso ivililmi is i.mIimI Acting City Attorney Kendall re ported that tho city nttornoy end filed n potlt'nn with the stnto rail- road comnils-lon asking for a rehear ho had visited Warren Hrothers and porsuaded tl-ein to let him bring bl'n to Coos liny to look ovor tho field here. Datson snld be wnnted to put hltiillthlc pavonient up to the people ,1R on t)l0 VP.IIBtloil of tll0 wnter HVH. of Coos liny nnd to have n chnime ,, B r0Bnrrtg (ortllIn foatr08 of to bid on the street Improvement l0 valuation. He also roported that work tho water conipany's nttornoys had Clruler NcimK Cliini'je. rii.,i ,, uiiii,, .,nMin noi,i., f.... --. ( titioii I'vuuum "fiwtlfi Il or nnoiii f imio. Ho niso rnvored the1 north sldo of the foot of Aldrlcl. reduction of tho police depart inent mtraot be arrangod temporarily for and Htlll Imvo nn nood a ervlct as utjunmil boats, nnd thnt tho flont he ten prosent. With lesu imllceiuen ho- feet wldo on the north sldo. flush twoen tho hours of l n. in. nnd 1 p. ( with the lnrbnr line, the whole to m.. nftor the closing of the wnloons, ( b0 constructed so ns not to Inter 1 e thought the city might be nhle to fere with future plnns for n periunn- zr.JTiriivvirrrrntrrnaiMi ,y. XSTrlg M ifV & N ew Stock City Rnglneer Huoklnghnm stnted r0hearlng of the rehearing, mid t' nt nun no iii'iii'MHi ii. c iimm- ,,, ,,,ro W(l8 ovory m.0B,,C(,t of ,.nKti,y lor only ono stylo of pavonient. nnd proceedings over tho matter. Councilman Copple suggested H,o( Seek Tentative III.K " .f0:;.:iu'lr.1"whT:,m0n,,8f",;.,,' Councilman Ferguson suggested 1(1 fill IIJI ll IIIU l-UIIIlfill 1WII !, f.n WILL ARRIVE ON THE STEAMERS THIS WEEK FROM PORTLAND Tho shipment will include a lar&e consignment of new locords, many being tho RED SEAL records, The latest and best selection, Then there will be five new pianos, ono of which will ho another in tho beautiful Circassian Walnut finish, like Judge Hall recently purchased. It Is similar to the fam ous Myrtle, and it will be worth a trip to the store to see it. If you ate interested in music, drop in, We will al ways be glad to have you come in and try our new in struments, tiy the late pieces or the plionogiaph lecords. mc&MM&eiMou $mK&m&33&EBEam L. L. THOMAS, Manaasr. ssd! Blk, Cential Aenuo jue HLfmnjiujj, m iy!Tyu"A'.y '!" VWW V& nnd secure lower prices. Councilman Ferguson snld he would like to know whnt could be done In this direction under tho ehnrtor. nnd that If It was necessary to amend tho charter to provide for competition In other lines of pavement that this should he done. It- was finally decided to find out from tho city nttornoy If the dinner could bo nmondod In such a enso. Straw On the Job. The city honlth officer. Dr. K. K. Strnw. npponrod bofore tho City Coun cil nnd nskod thnt tlo boat houso vhlch wns bought some time ngo by tlm nlli' n a n i.nat li(non I. a ..1aai-.i1 1.. , ..... i j ,,m ,, iu.i ii.fiinv in? lliliuu III Bitiipo iu iiiuuiie coiiingious cases, as n child hnd been brought down from n camp on Coos Hlvor who Is hollered to bo suffering from diphtheria, nnd thnt there wns need to hnre tho case Isolated to prevent tho spread of the dlseaso. lo declarod that with the repaint ing of the structure nnd the securing jof n stove, hath tub and bedding, the N1-3W SYSTHM .. . ,AI. THItKK. 'p'.nce could bo used nt once, nnd thnt It was n Brent necety In view of the fact that there was no other, means available for the handling of contagious dluoBses of any kind In tho , city. Tho honlth committee was in-, struited to meet with Dr. Str.-w and' g.ven power to net on t' e application ' or the city plo!cltui for teh needs of tho pest hoiik. Dr. White CtuiiiiiK. Dr. Straw altto l-eportol thnt he had heard from Dr. Calvin S. White, secretary of tli tatt board of healt, and thnt he would be In MarthfWd shortly. He suggested thnt a uum- Council en' I for tentntlvo bids bo the standard for the regular bids, Tho motion carried unanimous ly. Utilldlrig Inspector Trlhboy made n report on the plumbing situation In tho city, nftor which tho Council ad journed to meet In two weeks. Do you hogln to cought nt night. Just when you hope to sleep? Do you have n tickling thront that keeps you nwnko? Just tnko Foley's Honey nnd Tnr Compound. It will check tho cough mid stop tho tickling sensation nt onco. Does not upsot tho stomach, Is best for children nnd grown poisons. Owl Proscrip tion Phnrmncy. Frank D. Colnn run ill bids on all s'reet work for tho year Onnoslto Chandler Hotel Phono 71 WHY PAY MORE THAN J0HNS0N-GUL0VSEN CO, ASK FOR QUALITY HOME FURNISHINGS? aniiary Sale Now On GLANCE THROUGH THESE ITEMS. COME AND COMPARE VALUES. SEE WHAT WONDERFUL SAVINGS ARE POSSIBLE AT THIS STORE. EVERYTHING CRISP, FRESH AND CLEAN. One-yard wldo, Unbleached Shooting, formorly 10c per ynrd. 7 Now C Men's wool box In black or gray, for- nr mer prlco 20c. Now 2 pair for LuC Mon's Shirts in tnn and blue Chnnibrny. rn Vnlues to She, Whllo thoy last QuC Men's Hoavy Ulack Mercorlzed Sateen (r Shirts. Formerly $l.G0. Now flJC Largo lot Mon's I.eathor Glovos. fjr 10c and 50e kinds. Now ijC Orogon Wool Flniinol, hoavy weight. Jr Formerly 7.r,e. Now, per yard T-UC Children's White Union Suits, tho 40e or kinds. Whllo they last QQ Lndles' wool Sleeveless Vests. Tho $1 00 Cn kind. Whllo they last UuU Chllds' 25e Knit Undorwnlsts. -IQ Now I jl Ladles' Gray Fleeced Vests nnd P.mts. QQ Formerly 73c. Now J JO Ladles' Lonthor Hand Dags. Formorly n0 ?1.S0 and 1.7.1. Now 0UU As we need nioro room for tho now Sprln? goods which will nrrlvo sliortly, wo nro posi tively closing out all our LADIFS' SMUTS. IIAI.V COATS AXD CHILDHILVS COATS AT WHOLMSALK COST. Everything marked " plain tlguros. THE FAIR , IRVING BLOCK, Next to Chandler Hotel. CENTRAL AVENUE. SATISFACTION ALWAYS OR MONEY REFUNDED. wTn!TMmrrmrBmtummwm.r a xrsm