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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1915)
UMIIISII IIIIMHIIIHW.i : Music for Christmas Gifts Hicry member nr tlio fam ily mill every friend will net ruislmit eiijoyinciit. 'e luivo n fine usort nicnt f pianos iid' lnstni incuts tii select from and ,,o MI lo K'lid to arrango ronu'iilt'iil terms If you mo unable to Iay all rash. foino In and let us talk .It over. L. L. Thomas Music Co. fmmm (JRE KIND ! - GHTO"" j I WH LSI4J0- ' T v JjEns y-r ' II iff m ir 1 v K H IL VUVTrvVTTry lygplKKc m jfm. i ii' '1 THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFlELt,, ORL'GON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 19 15-EVENING EDITION. THREE P, ......- S.tW I jinwuwi Vi.j Let us show you 'Jills Xow MKlit.WclKlit SIMMONS Steel Bed Mndo of uold-iollod, burnlshod steel tubing 2 Inches lu dliuneter, this lied is bo light a woman or child can lift or move It with ease. Has the now steel-wheel, leg-mount castor, Less likely to Injuro floors or carpets. Chills on bed are small and dainty. Tlio finish is superior to any over put on an old-style Iron bod as good as most expensive hnnd-rubbed beds. Seo this ro marlcablo bed for yourself. ax KXTiuoitnix.mv value i Johnson Gulovsen Company im YlTr?t"?!?.r!2 " " awus-iv otn jfBB3E!glPEOP!LE'tAT WOHDK,; -SlUf. T FTTTvl? I . t i .,. . . i-JJ w.-s D BU ? MARIAN V 3 DORSEY Jl (W irrxN pSF ' mfimiM: P? : liPiiil 5i . Electrical Gifts Combine Charm and Utility ELECTRIC CLEANERS give pleasure to the recipients Christmas morning because for years they will lighten household burdens' and promote household healthfulness. SHOP DURING ELECTRICAL PROSPERITY WEEK NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 4 ALL ELECTRICAL INTERESTS HAVE JOINED TO MAKE THIS EVENT PROFITABLE TO YOU Oregon Power Co. Got W hy r Good Do'nt I Get the Trade? G E T It's a ten to ono idiot flint you liavo often heard this from people "who hnvo a more." Xoto tho quotation "luivo btoro" that's correct they've Kt a btoro and don't know what to do with It. They re fer to themselves as merchants, Morekoepers, business men, etc., but thoy Iwvo deluded themselves. They've jot homothlnK. '"' few bosldes tlieinsolvos know whut thoyo.Bot. Thoy sol ilom, If over, advertise, but spenil their tlmo lu bemoaning conditions. You never lienr It from tho steady, consistent, honest ad vertiser. Tho fact that ho is a Mcady advert Isor shows ho Is wide-awake. HLs nds tell the peoplo of Ids community what ho has and they do tho rest. s E ; In Sweden wooden candela bra like the one in the picture are frequently used instead of Christmas trees for the display of gifts. u Oil, to Have Dwelt In Bethlehem! II, to hnvo dwelt In Ilcthlclicm When tlio tar of tho Low Mhono brbtlit; To hnvo aheltored tho holy wan derers On tnnt blowieil Chrlitmna nUht; To Iiavo UlMicd tho tender, wny worn font Of tho mother uiuleMlqtl And with ruVLMent wonder nnd deep do-Ill-la To havo teiuUil tho Holy Chlldl Hush! Such u tflory wua not for titer. Hut that raro may still bo thine, For ii ro there not llttlo one still to old I Kor tho vuko uf tho child dlvlno? Aro thcro no v mulct luir pilgrims now To thy heart ami thy homo to talto? And nt'o tlioto no mothuiri who(o wenry huitrta You can comfort for Jcriin' gnkeT Adeluldo lroctr. Tito Hlohland Lnsslo on Chrlttmat. Grant lu his "Illxhlnud Customs" telli how tho Scotch lusslu roifo with the llret ruy Mtrcnlc of dtiwu to bubo her ChrlutfinaH howiuih, or uour ncoueH, hard oat valtes, soft enkea mid pamileh liaroii. Tho dny'H enjoynieut tilwuyn consisted of trlulii of uklll nnd KameH nud wound up with it grand oveuhiK men). In hoiiio pnrtH of Hcntlaud, ax lu KiiKlaud, It becnino customary to bant; it branch of mlstletoo In tho mid dle of the room or over tho door, and If by accident or otherwise u clti pass ed under it any youiiR man was priv ileged to i;ive her as many kisses as thcro were berries on ono of Us sprays. VKItl year tho llttlo green bay berry candles are sent ns luck bringing gifts to tin oven greater extent than during the past few holiday ceasous. The ren son for this Is that tho people who re ceived them tho past year or two nnd who did not? thought that they leally did beeni to bring them good fortune; heneo this Increasingly rapid growth of tho caudle's popularity ns a substitute for the conventional Christmas card or ns constituting lu Itself an unpre tentious llttlo gift symbolizing every good wish. Hut, wbllo n great many people both send nnd reeeho bay berry candles as gifts, there aro but few who know wbenco they eomo or why tho luck su pcrstltlou is itiscpnrablo from them. Tho candles, or "dips," ns they wero tlrst called, nro tho product ot n ro vlvcd Industry started a few years ago lu the old Massachusetts towns of Deer Held and Illiigham nud lu the kitchens of the Capo Cod people, all of them using tho old pewter or tin molds that hnvo descended In tho families from colonial times. Old southern villages hnvo not 115 yet realized tho opportuni ty offered its women lu this revived in dustry, although the bayberry caudles were made by tho early Bottlers lu nil tho coast colonies whero tho borrlos grew, nuvcr being found Inland. As to tho origin of the gopd luck Idcn, wo ceek It In vain among colonial chronicles ns applied to the cnndlc Itself. Yet from times far earlier the bay treo and the laurel wero consider ed Biicred to good fortune, and It Is ll ! M-Hw ; Wi fl JjPfflr1 y !! w ! I CANAL EMPLOYES WANT ' WAGE SCALE AND BONUS Will Ak for Santo Hccognltloii (Jlv en Army, Xnvy ami Marino t'orjis Kmplojcd ! Illr AiwrUtal l'rm to Vov tljr Tlmw.1 ) PANAMA, Uce. 2. Tlio l'ananm Canal Kniployers Association has! agreed that the proposition regard-j lug the ninintcnnnco of the wngol scnlo nnd conditions of employment, nnd the proposition of such bonus along (ho sumo lino ns given In tho! tinny navy, nnd mnrluo corps of-J ficora who sorvo thrco years on tho Isthmus, shall bo pressed boforo tho j attention of Congress In December. ' Kor some months tho employes have been split into two factions, tho union men urging that the mainte nance of the wngo scalo by given precedence In tho campaign at Wash ington, while tho hlRlicr-snlnrlcd men lu tho ndiulnlstrntlvo branches wanted their bonus proposition given first place. The conflict led to tho resignation of tho mruuturs of tlio association, nud tho election of a now board, nil tho members of which nro now pledged to support tho two propositions on an equal basis. A leglslatlvo committee of thrco I will depart on Novombor 19 for , Washington whoro work will bo bo- gun preparing tho two proposals that aro to bo presented to Congress nt tho December session. It Is prob nblo that the commltteo will open offices lu Washington for this pur pose. ' It Is understood K-ero ihnt tlio efforts of the employes for n bonus for threo-yenr men nan tho sup port of-Major (lonoral Ocorgo W. I (loolhnls, U. S. A., Governor of tho , I'nnnmn CnnnI, anil mat lie nns com-, mlttcd himself In writing to Ritpg! 1 port tho proposal boforo Congress, j 'ills attitude regarding tho wagOj scale and condition of einploymont I Is not well defined, but It Is said 1 ho Is opposed to it, believing Mint 1 the employes nro now obtaining bet ter pay nud more pcruulsltcs than j thoso similarly omploycd lu ' tho 1'nlted Stntcs. News of Nearby Towns COl'XTV SKAT XOTKS Xcmm of Ctiuulllo Told In Tlio Herald of That Plate Mrs. Iris Klrod, of Marfthflcld, was visiting at this plnco last weok. A. j. Miller, ox-mnrshnl nt this place, linn purchnsod a pool ball nt Powers nnd will resldo nt that place In the future. Dr. Q. Knrl Low reports tho birth of an S pound girl to Mr. nnd Mrs. 1C1 ton Urlggs, on November 2G. Mrs. M. D. Cutllp ot Kontuck In let, stopped over on hor wny homo from n few dnys visit In Ilnndou nnd spent n dny with Coqutiio friends. Lemuol It, Garrott and Miss Em ma Arant wero married by Itov. T. II. Downs. John M. Smith, aged CO years nnd 10 mouths, died after n short lllncos of nstlimn. Ho waB n nntlvo of Ohio nud enmo to Couullllo two years ngo to Hvo with his son, O. It. Smith. APPIjKS OX Til 12 WATKIt The Coqulllo Herald says: " During tho recent high water nnyono with n rowboat could havo laid Inn goSd supply of apples and pumpkltiB by rowing nlong tho oil go of the willows across from town. The drift was full or them nud they wero free for tho tnklng. FASTER CASE 15 UP, VOl'TIII-Tli STAfJK ItOIUlKIl IAY 1113 Ai.I.OIVKD J'AltOLK WIMi CltUISK TIMIIICIl Tho budget for tho cxponscs of tho next year In Douglas county In cludes $10,000 for cruising tho tim ber ot tho county, TAKI3 XKW IIOTKIj ALPINE CLIMBING USEFUL IN WAR LKIUT1NO 711: IIAVIIItUUY OAHULE. ;i iO X n typical plantation the first ChilKtmns after the Avar camu gloomily Indeed, writes Mary 13. ISryiin in Undo Itemus' Mngiuliie. A number of tho negroes htlll Inhabited tho old "quaitcr," but they weto too demoralized and un settled lu mind to work. The cotton crop had been 'n fnlluro, nnd old debts had swallowed up tho proceeds. No boxes and barroN con tclulng good things for Christmas had been rolled from, tho steamboats out upon the plantation landing, us In bet tor times. Hut Christmas morning thero was tho old chorus, "Merry Chrls'mus," under tho window. The muster of tho house Hung open tho window Impatiently nnd culled out, "There's no Christmas for you hero; you will have to maUo your own Christmas now." An old patriarch of the trlbo stepped forward and bared his gray houd. "Wo's brought HT Chrls'mus 'incuibrnuco for muster and mlstls, please, sah," ho said, Thoy went hi then. Kucli bad a. gift uud laid it on the table lu silence. Ono brought a dressed chicken, an other n dozen eggs, and tho patriarch brought a baked possum. A pair of homo knit socks, a bag of hickory nuts and a busket of walnuts wero among tho offorings. When their gifts had been deposited they started to tile out, when tho man of tho house, affected almost to tears, called thorn back and thanked them. The children poured out tho contents of their Santa Clans stockings to shnru with the visitors, and tho houso mother brought out n Jug of homemade wlno. There was n llttlo Christinas cheer after nil. Tho hard feeling melted away. 13 very honrt lospoiidod to the prayer uttered by tho negro leader when ho wus departing: Do iJiwd blow you and your fara bly, master, and ,'ie'p us tor feel au' uck right towu'da ono oiinder." Eugeno has 37 manufacturing plants employing 322 persons, with a payroll of 1 107,000 nnd an an nual output of $810,000. I from this immemorial belief that wo must trace the ptesent day faith lu tho I vlrtuos uf tho bayberry caudle, 1 The bay Is a species of laurel, and tin j poetH nud .victors wero crowned with the laurel or the bay, wishing them long life and happiness, so Is the same wish conveyed lu the bestowal of n candle made ot tho waxen berries homo by " the sacred tree. , 1 lay berry dips nro ulso made ns well as the molded candles. Theso df are smaller and less even lu shape and show us how caudles wero made by re peatedly dipping tho wleliH lu tho melt ed wax of the baybcrrles and drying , each layer till tho dip was of proper size. That Mas beforo molds wero In troduced, early lu tho eighteenth ecu i tury. ' To accompany n bayberry candle ono I should send In tho llttlo box lu which It 1 daintily wrapped a card on which Is printed, lu red and green lettering, the legend: OS CIUU8TMA8 I3VE. A bayberry candlo burnt to tho ocket 11 rings luok to tho houxc, Kood to tho lardor And cold to tlio pocket. When theso curds are not to bo found tlio luck rlmo may bu written on the buck of ouo's visiting card ami wra ped with u caudle, but lu that enso It must not bu forgotten that the In closure of writing ueccssltiites extra postage. Their color, a soft olive green, blends beautifully with other Chrlstnius decorations, uud they burn with a btcudy llanie, emitting a delightfully pungent fragrance, and they mo con sumed evenly ull around without mak ing unsightly gutters or ridges of wax down tho sides ns ordinary caudles do. Krom New Kuglaiid comes tho tradi tion that If lovers separated by dis tance each lights a bayberry candlo hi honor of tho other lit the same hour tho aroma or lncenso arising from the burning wick will drift hi tho direc tion of tho ubsout ono; heiico the candles make- a strong appeal to young peoplo of Ionian tie temperament. A candlo must bo presented to you, not bought by yvtirsclf, in order to hi sure good luck, and you must not light your own; that must bu dono for you ! by somo other person, not necessarily 1 tho donor. Christmas evo Is tho tlmo for burn ing, cither at dinner or lutcr, and to 1 follow out tho old Idea of tho laurcln i nud tho bays to the victor n candle should surely bo bestowed on tho rela tive or friend who has recently achieved some succoss or won a dls I tlnction. Philadelphia Press, , O SI3LMXC3 GOODS Tho big problem In selling I goods Is getting the customor Into tlioi. Btoro. Coos Dny Times ada will help you solve this problem. ' 1 I'nvoillo Sport of the Italians Put to ('tint! Purpose While I'lghtlng Kuouiy lllr AmucUIcI 1'rvM In I'imm llijr Tlinn.l HOME, Doc. 2. Alptno climbing, I tiiu invoriiu Hpuri oi mo iiniiuun, mis I been put to good usu In the nrmy by many members of the Alpine nud Ski I Clubs. I. lout. Marco Elter, who, In' the past, has made ninny perilous' ascensions, lately took uu Important! Austrian entrenchment, nnd post of obsorvntfon. ellmblni: barefoot with throo Alplno guides from tho moun-j talnous neighborhood ot tho Valley of Aosta tho faco of nu appnroutly perpendicular precipice from which he lot down a ropo over twenty yards long with which ho pulled up two platoons of less ngllo soldiers who wero itt tho bottom. When thoy foil upon tho unsuspoctlng entrench ment of tho eniny nnd took It by storm tho Austrlnns thought thoy must hnvo droppod from tho clouds as thoy said that It was utterly Im possible that npy human being could havo niado his way up the bnro wall of rock which thoy described ns " as steep us tho stdo ot a houso. " It. Hammond ami Wlfo of Hoseburg Aro Proprietors A ItoBoburg pnpor Rays: ' " Mr. and Mrs. It. Hammond, for the past three yours proprietors ot the ltosoburg Hotel, will on Mnrch 1 take over tho mnuitguiuout of the now Wostlako Hotel nt Westlako, on tho Wlllametto Pacific. Tho now hotel Is located nbout 00 miles west of Eugeno ami Is botwuon Florence nud (lardlnor, on the now railroad. The formal papers lu tho trnussr- Hon will bu signed In a few days.! in win iiiiik iu ait, iinuimouii. IIONOltlll) IIV CIAHI PORTUGAL SUFFERS SCARCITY OF FOOD Although Away from Seat of War Condition In Ah Had An Home llclllgtTCiitH nr AMoclttfel ritw to Coo Ur Timet, MSUO.V, Portugal, Doe. 2. Port ugal Is moro remoto from tho sent of wnr than any othor country In Eu rope, but It Is suffering a scarcity of food that Is ns sorlous as that In somo of tho bolllgeront countries. Provision stores und depots nro tho scono of almost dally riots In protest against tho conditions. On the night of October 21, for Instnnco, a mob of 2,000 men, somo of them armed with pick axes nnd othor Im plements, stormed tho provision storo ot an Important English do.ilor lu tho A limu! a district and plundered the placo. Tho Ilupubllcnu Guard, which crossed tho river to,restoro or dor, was recelvod by tho mob by shots and bombs. Tho guard fired sovoral vollles and numerous persons on both sides woro wounded. The scarcity or food Is duo to tho fnct that succesulvo governmento of Portugal havo bound thomnolves to supply Great Britain with certain quantities of provisions sent to Gib raltar. Under this ngrooinout largo numbers of cuttlo and miscel laneous provisions aro sont out of tho country ovory week with the re sult that th ore has boon almost no moat at tho murkots or Lisbon. Tho egg supply Is also less than half of what It Is in ordinary times, tho shortago being partly duo to tho fact that a good many eggs aro sent sur reptitiously over the border Into Spain, whoro they may bo sold for doublo tho prlco fixed officially by the government In the food markets, hero. Tituea Waut Ads bring result, , Farewell Entertainment. Is (llien for P. M. Hall-UutN The Coqulllo dloruld irIutH tho following: " Tho Ko Keol rltili gnvo n smoker Friday evening lu honor of P. M. Ilnll-I.owls, who dopartod. Saturday for California. There wero nbout twenty-five present nnd nil enjoy- nblo tlmo wna had by nil preaont Tho famous gnmu "Illckey" took up most of tho evening. Light rofroih inonts were sorvud nt a late hour after which tho party broko up, nftoj nil proHont wished tho guest tho best of luck on his trip south. A Few Yonro Ago Held up Passen gers of lnilti.Scottbttrg Itouto and Was Caught Ono ot tho cases of possible parole which Is to bo acted upon ay tho State Parolo Hoard next Saturday is tbnt of Frank Fostor, who held up the Drain stage. Tho deed wis a daring ono for a youth to perform. Tho story of tho affair is told In a Hosoburg paper, which Bays: "Foster was born In Douglas. County nnd lived hero for a num bor of years, when ho wont to East ern Oregon and Bought employment on the ranges ot that locality. A fow yearn ngo ho returned to Doug Ins County nnd nllghtod from a trnln nt Drain, "Thero Foster mot a former ac quaintance nnd tho two lator plan nod ono ot tho most dnrlng holdups nud robberies over committed In this section of tho state. Awaiting In ambush somo dlstanco front Drain, Foster nnd his compnnlon hold up tho Drnlu-Scottsburg utago as It vaa proceeding In tho direction of tho coast. Tho driver, who was first accosted by tho youthful bandits, wna compelled to Btop the horses. A subsequent command brought his hnnds In tho nlr. Kohhpil tho Passenger?! "Tlio young bandits then com pelled tho passengers to nllght and stand In u row beside tho stage While ono of the bandits held a gun on tho frightened travelers the other rifted their pockets and bag gage After committing tho un lawful net, tho passengers woro or dorod back Into tho stage and the drlvor told to proceed. "If you look back'" said ono of tho young men at the tlmo "I'll blow your houd off." Tlio stage continued for somo dlstnnco, when word of tho robbery was telephoned to Uosoburg. Sheriff (Jets One. 4 "aimi-irr n,inr.,n n,iim ,.f.i ii.m uiiuiiu i.vuir,u ..inu Tntiuu fci,Q scono of tho r'obbory, nnd nftor somo Investigation boenmo convinced that the deed had boon committed by novices, Tlio men woro handker chiefs ovor their faces, nud conse quently nouu of tho puBsengors wo.'e able to give a vory iicktiruto de scription of thorn nt tho time. Upon returning to Uosoburg n fow dayj lator, Sheriff Quluo learned that Foster had visited local livery stable, where ho engaged n rig to take him to tho hsuio of a friend somo dlstanco In tho country. Ilml Marked Money "Following this clue tho Sheriff wont to tho proponed destination ot Foster, whore tho latter and bis companion wero placed under ar rest. In tho pockets of tho youth's clothing tho offlcors found a marked five-dollar gold pleco, which was taken from tho person ot O, E. Rich er, n resident of tho Smith Hlver country, and foreman of tho grand jury that served during tho few dnyi just prior to tho robbory. wim;hi:i3 dyixg hihtkii EUGENE, Ore, Doc. 2. IlecaiiBO word was rcrolvcd that his slstor was nt tho point of death, Dor Smith,, who had served four mouths of n six mouths sontonco lu tho county Jail for violation of .Uio local option law, was given a condi tional pardon by Governor Withy combo, This nctlou was on tho roc enmondntlou of tho district attorney who said Smith had been a good prlsonor and had assisted In obtain ing uvldenco In othor cases. GENERAL SUGGESTS CHRISTMAS GIFTS WOMEN COULDN'T STAND WEARING TROUSERS Window Cleaners Who Woro Mcii'h Garb iu Loudon, Itotitni to KklrtM Again (Dr AuoUU4 Ttru to Coot Djr TlmM.J LONDON, Dec. 2. Tho trousor elad women window eleanors who begun tholr work bravely iu moil's overalls a short tlmo ago, havo now rovertod to skirts na blouses. "It was moro than flesh and blood could stand," declared ono of tho women regarding tho reception accorded their dross reform movement by tho populace. Tho Nottingham factory girls wero tho chief opponents of tho new uniform, which conslstod ot a jacket and trousers plosoly resembling a workman's overalls. Crowds of girls followed tho trousor-clad women through tho streots, asking questions and making loud cat-calls. Tho wo men went to tho employers and pro tested. Now thoy are wearing sktrta onco moro, iiKi'oirr HKitLix moT Claim Mndo that Women Demand Husbands Itcttiriteil from Wm ' LONDON, Dec. 2.-Itoutor's Tole i;ram company's Amsterdam corres pondent forwards tho following: "Tho Telegraaf Is Informed on good authority that serious rioting took place u Horllu lust Saturday, Gcriuuit People Told Kuril Would be Kiittublo Christmas Gifts for Eastern Army m; Auotlitil rrM to DM Mr Tlnci.l HEHLIN, Nov. 2. Fur muffs for soldiers nro tho latest recommenda tion of tho vorsatllo Goneral von Huolow, Tho recommendation Is made In reply to nil Inquiry which tho Tage blatt addressed to all tho German briny commanders, nsklnir for sug gestions as to tho most appropriate Christmas gifts for soldiers nt the front. Von Duolow roplled that muffs would bo vory useful on xnt eutsom front, to bo usod by men on duty In tho tronchos. Old and worn-out muffs, he adds, would be Just ns iisotul as brand now ones. "There must bo a cord attached" ho explains, "so that wo can hang; tho muffs round our necks." Mackonson, from Serbia, asks for cocoa, chocolato, fnt and butter. GallwIU replies only: "Wo don't want any wool; wo nro rlqhly pro vided with that." Admiral von Koa tor urges against tho sending ot spirits or In fact, any alcohollo bev orages. In fact, no spirits are ask ed for by any troops except the guards regiments, which want rum. Tho Crown Prlnco suggests light red wlno nnd smoking mntorlal. Other commandors mention sjlp pors. worm socks, handkerchiefs, candles, old carpets, tooth brushes, writing matorlals and suspenders. In which several thousand, women gnthorod beforo the Imperial cast! and demanded tho return of their husbands from the front and 'im provement In food conditions, Th crowd finally was dispersed by Uw pllco. " No conflrra.Uen at this Amstw fiam, dispatch has bWR .received N. Times waut ads bring results. , i