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POUR THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD. OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 19 15 EVENING EDITION. jix.x Big Reductions in price of LadiesMen'sHouseSlippers Ladles' Felt House Slippers, "Comfy Style," all colors, now $1.15 Ladles' Felt House Slippers, fur trimmed, all colors, $1.80, now $1.15 Ladles' Felt House Slippers, fur trimmed, all colors, $1.25 now l)5c Ladles' Felt Ifntiso Slippers, fur trimmed, all colors, $1.00 now , 75c Men's Leather House Slippers, regular $2.00, now $1.50 Men's Leather Houso Slippers, regular $1,50, now $1.15 Men's Leather House Slippers, regular $1,115, now $ .85 OXE- THIRD OFF THE PRICE OK AXV LADV'S Oil MAX'S HATH RODE OK 31 AX'S SMOKIXO JACKET Hub Dry Goods Co. Mir GET HAILHDADiSOME SPEED HERE GRANTS PASS-CRESCENT LINE 3IAV EXTEND CI TV "Smart Wear for Women" CORNER DEOARWAV AM) CENTRAL AVJJ Phono am CROWD KEPT QUIET MAXV CHRISTMAS VISITORS OX TIIH AVIIOLE ORDERLY 1 T ID TIB IMPORTANT IMPHOVEMEXT OR. derer Foit north rend Men Returned lo Camps Ycsteiilay Afternoon and This Morning Xot .Many Hero for Xew Years Compared with what it was on Friday and Saturday, Front street this afternoon rosombled a dosorteil village. Practically nil of tlio log gers have returned to tho woods to resume their duties. Taking it all in nil, tho Christinas holidays were, OcBplto tho fact there were several hundred visitors In tho city, very quiet. Tho number of arrests was small. Several timos the officers nnsworod hurry up calls for assistance, hut Eonornlly they wero able to straight en things out without much trouble. Itctiiru to Camps Most of tho employees of Dluo Jtldgo and the Sumuor camp ns well r.ii thoso of Camp 1 on south Coos JUvor, returned yesterday on tho af ternoon boats, as their work started nguln this morning. Tho loggers from Powers returned, somo of them yesterday, and tho last on tho lato miornlng train today. Now that work has been resumed, 1. Is bclloved thoro will not bo many of tho mon returning to spend tho lust fow hours of tho wet year in tho city, noxt Friday evoulug. 11. H. Miller, Long With Southern Pacific, (Joes to Twohy llros. The Contractors - Evidently the work on tho railroad from Grants Pass to Crescent City, Oil. Is to bo carried to completion. Recently tho government engineers recommended that $190,000 bo ex pended in tho improvement of the harbor. Regarding the new road a Portland Paper says: " It. D. Miller, former traffic manager for tho O. V. H. &. N. Com pany, who resigned November 1, has becoino associated with tho railroad construction firm of Twohy Dros. Company. Announcement to this offect was made yesterday. Mr. .Miller takes up his new duties at once. It is understood ho will give Ms attention almost exclusively to (ho California & Oregon Const Rail road Company, a line being built out of Grants Pass and bclloved to bo headed or Crescent City, Cnl. Mr. Miller returned yesterday from Grants Pass, whoro ho left Rob ert K. Twohy, president of tho Cali fornia & Oregon Coast Railroad Company, tho previous night, tho lat ter being on bis wny to California. 3Ir. Miller was for 20 years with tho O. R. & N. Company, tho South ern Pacific and the O. W. It. & N. Company. Ho started in tho freight department of tho old O. It. & N. Company, and when ho loft tho cm ploy of tho company that had suc ceeded It on tho first of last month 1 e occupied tho highest position in tho frolght department, that of traf fic manager. SUNSET MAGAZINE SURPRISED 11Y QUICK HESPONSES K JANUARY DEFINITE RATE SOT FOR COMING OK DHIJAUWATER HELPED EXHIBIT Ordered by Public Service Conuuls ' hlou Reduction of Water Rates Is Denied Reduction of tho rates of tho Coos ' Ray Wator company Is denied In a j COOS-CURHV SKCTIOX HAD AX decision Just nt hand from tho Public j IMPORTAXT PLACE Scrvico Commission. Tho company, , howovor, Is ordered to construct 'n .'M rCt of Letter Written In lingo tank of 2C0.000 gallons cnpael- ! ."Manager of tho Oregon Com- ty for North Head as a flro emergen- ' mission to .1. A. Ward cy measuro, this water supply also " tc bo nindu handy to. Marshfleld by i Tho following Is tho text of n means of n short by-pass connection. , -ttor recoived by .1. A. Ward, who TUIh work must bo started nbout ; "' chargo of the Coos Curry ox- rebruary 1 nnd Is to bo finished by num ni ino sail irancisco oxposl Publishers Commend Local Chamber of Commerce, Comparing' It With Others Praising tho local Chamber of Commorco for its quick responses for information, Walter V. Woehlko, of tho Sunset Magazine writes, " It is rnro indeed that a commercial or ganization Is as well served as is jour Chamber and I tako this oppor tunity to commend tho splendid work you nro doing." i Mr. Woehlko wrote concerning some timber lauds of tho county. Ho also had n good word to say for W. J. Conrad, who furnished much of tho needed Information. In speaking of commercial organ izations in general, Mr. Woehlko says, " Necessarily this publication hi In touch with many such institu tions, but sad to rolato, 80 percent of theso nro so inefficient that mon ey for tho support of them Is nlmost wasted. Wo know of ono caso in which tho secretary did not open his mall for six months and oven left, unopened, stacks of loiters sent in payment of dues." Captain 3lacgcnu Says She Will Ho Out of Drydock by that Time Cargo Capacity Increased January 10 Is tho dato set for tho reappearance of, the steamship Drcakwator, according to an nn nounccnient of Captain T. J. Mnc genn, who is now in Portland. Tho installation of oil tanks In tho ship it is said, will Increase' tho cargo capacity of the vessel by between 50 and GO tons. With her now oil burners Captain Macgonn says ho expects to bco tho vessel reel oft tho distance between her ports nt a 11 mlla an hour clip, practically ns speedy as tho Reaver, tho Hear and the Rose City, of tho Portland Rig Threo fleet. Captain Macgcnn went north on tho hist trip of tho Kllburn to Port land for tho purpoBo of crossing In and out of tho Humboldt bar for the purpose of again getting ncijualntod with tho channel. WILL HUN FOREIGN BEAVER HILL SCHOOL HOLDS ENTERTAINMENT Pupils Carry Out Fine Program nt Celebration Held on Friday Evening, Tho pupils of tho Beaver Hill School had a Christmas entertain ment Friday evening. Thoro was a largo attendance of friends -of tho young pooplo and n flno program was given. Tho program was us follows: Song. America . . Classes I. and II, Christmas Carols. I Saw Threo Ships Como Sailing In Classes I and II Arrow Lino Houti Will Cany Freight or Lumber Tho now steamer for tho Arrow Uno is to bo used In tho foreign trade. The vessel is being built at Long Reach, Cat., ami Is to bo about XOOO tons .deadweight and Is intended for tho general foreign trade. Shu Is to bo completed in eight months, pro viding steel Is available. Tho Arrow lino recently chartered tho North Pacific Steamship Com pany's steamer Yucatan, at ono time on the, Portland-California run, and sho Is duo at San Frnnclsco from Pit got Sound to load cotton iind steel for Jnpan, working a roturti cargo at Shanghai for San Francisco. " At least for tho prosont wo will not build more vessels for tho Coast ifrniln. nn rntitrnn nrn mrtti n(trnn( vn Tho First Nowell Clnss I. ... ,, , , , ..,., ,, , ii uiioiiuiu uiiniiii'oa, tuuu ur, .Mor- oji. " Tho now stenmor will bo of much tho snmo typo ns tho Robert Dollar, and being built with a view to being used for lumber as woll as Final Clean Up Coats and Suits All $10.00 Coats, Sale Prion b.25 All $11.50 Coats, Sale Price $95 All $14.50 Coats, Sale Price $8,85 All $16.00 Coats, Sale Price $975 All $20.00 Coats, Sale Price $13.50 All $23.50 Coats, Sale Price $14.50 All $25.00 Coats, Sale price $15.75 All $18.00 Suits, 'Sale Price $5.85 All $15.00 Suits, Sale Price .$4.85 See Our Windows T3h Goldem FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG ALWAYS BUSY. R MARSHFIELD Ru M01E CMP5 OPEN J.l'MREH DUSINESS DECOMING ACTIVE IX TIIH NORTH c yiuvo Companies Around Aberdeen Start Operations After Relng Closed Down Threo Mouths ARERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 27. Throo logging camps, uftor long id leness, will resumo oporatloim in this county about January 3, thua em ploying 200 or more men. Two of theso aro camps of tho Grays Harbor Company, which havo not oporntod lor six' weoks. Tho other is tho Sludo-Wolls camp in tho cast end of tho county. Tho two formor camps employ 70 mon each, whilo tho latter "will iibo 50 or 100 dependent upon is bother ono or both sides of this camp is opened. Tho Cholialls County Logging & TJiubor Company camp in tho east end of tho county Is expected to ro- opqii since ninny improvements havo boon mado to its railroad rocoutly. Andoraon-Mlddloton nlso'wlll open a eutnp in tho east end of tho county to tako tho phico of ono in tho wost ami of thet county, whoro logging opera tions recontly wore coinplotod. Tho log shortage on CI rays Harbor is very ncuto at prosont, and soveral times mills havo been forced to shut down for several hours while waiting for a boom. During tho past two months tho local mills havo consum ed logs fastor than tho camps could supply thorn. tho first of April. Cities Started Caso Tho doclelon comes as tho result of tho cases brought by Marshfleld and North Pond against tho water company, on tho grounds that their now nnd higher rates could not bo n.ndo nppllcablo hero as long as tho company bad not carried out part of its agreement with tho Commission, that of putting In n 10 inch wntor main through sections of wost nnd north Marhsflohl. Tho Commission, uftor reconsidering this matter, de clares that tho 10 Inch main) is not necessary. Must Ho Ready At least CO por cent of tho full capacity of tho North llond tank must bo ready for Instant uso, either thoro or In Marshfleld. Communi cation is to bo maintained nt nil times botweqn tho pump nt tho Por tor Mill and tho business hydrants of North llond, John D. Gosh, roprosonted Mnrsh flold, and A. 11. Dorbyshlro appeared for North llond baforo tho Public Sorvleo Commission In Salem, with .1. N. Tea! and W. C. McCulloch, for tho wntor company. NAGLKS ENTERTAIN Initiate Xew .Members and Hold llauuet Sunday Afternoon tlon, which ho recoived from tho managing secretary of tho Orogon Commission, and shows tho fooling, toward tho offort mado in this part pf tho state: "As tho last day of tho exposi tion is tho next ono, I wish to be speak on bohnlf of tho Oregon Commission nnd myself our appre ciation for your dovotod zeal nnd untiring efforts In helping to malio tho Oregon Rulldlug tho success It has proven Itself to tho P. P. I. E. Wo Threo Kings of Orient Aro Clnss I. Recitation. Whon Christmas Tlmo Comes -'Round. . . . Thorn Normin Songs. Oh! Dear, What Can tho Matter Do? ' I Lovo My Little Ilrotlior. Class II. Swedish Gamo. How D'yo Do My Fair Maid? Clnss II Recitation. Just a Llttlo Charles Saccamon, Norn Anderson Song. There's Music In tho Air. . Class I Solo.'Tho Glow Wornt.Je8slo Ttussoll Recitations. Tho Llttlo Cock Spar row. . .Philip Rubs, James Ago- stlno, Harold Anderson, Thomas Homar. I Havo a Llttlo Brother. . .Lena Saccamon, Vlolot Hatchor, David gonoral cargo, will havo largo hat ches and most modern cnrjjo gear." BUILD e TDK M'DOXALI) AXI) VAUGHN EXTEND REAVER HILL OPERATIONS Tlnvil ATvrMn Dnu'nnan "A year ago, whon wo started in s ow M M, f , to equip and carry out tho plans Tml- p. IT of tho exposition, It was not thought , arnml Cmhl c,nfl8 Song. Tho Whistling Farmor Hoy Class I, posslblo that wo could win tho dis tinction that has como to us, becauso of tho limited appropriation nt tho commnnd of tho Orogon Commission. I am vory glad to say to you that 1t has been mado posslblo only by tho co-operative efforts of tho rep resentatives of tho various districts, aud you, 'with tho others, havo not failed to carry your full part of tho burden nnd sharo of its responsibil ity with us. "Furthermore, permit mj to say that it Is worthy of noto that dur ing tho entire tlmo of tho assemb ling and maintenance, perfecting and during tho entlro poriod of tho oxposltlon, thoro has not been a singlo noto of discord between your iriL- n till i lltt tf Mm nmm. -... Thero was a big gathering of tho ! ,.'' ,,, ' ., " " " ",l"h"" """' anL.io- v..iw .. .i.-1-l m,88,. I 'net. It has blended so perfectly Into our plans ur.d .wishes that It Is incumbent upon ; Wugloa yesterday afternoon hi their lodge rooms on South Second street, with many mombers In attendance. Following tho Initiation of 12 now Kagles, a buuuet was enjoyed. Tho installation of tho now officers of tho order will tako place on tho fiiBt Wednesday in January. Recitation. Tho Llttlo llulldor. Joan Brown, Chnrlcs Royd, Ho slo McKorchar. Songs. Tho Leaves and tho Wind. Hnby-Ryo Thoro's a Fly.. Class II. Gamo. Rean-bng Contest. .Class II English Folk Dnnco. Cornish Fur ry Dnnco Class II. Solo (Gorman) DIo LoroToi Teonlo ttussoll Recitation. A Christmas, Visitor. . Nolda McLay, Domlnlck Sacca mon, Hugh Drown, Iluldah Do weoso, AIox McKorchar, Frank Saccamon, Wiindn Chard. Song. (French) Ah! Mon neau Chatoau Class I. and II. Recitation. Lottors from Santa Clans Road floes In to Tup Xew Timber :t(IO() Foot Lotf Cliuto Is llullt. To Semi put Los Very Soon llltillinlflll nP 11.- ttnt..l u.Muiioiuii ui iiiu .MuuunuNl ami Vaughn logging road at Denver 11(11 , a distance of about a quartor of n i mllo, together with somo 3000 foot of logging chuto Is bolng made. Within two weeks tho company ex pects to bo sondlng logs ugaln to tho North Bond Mill and Lunibor com pany aftor a month of logging Inac tivity, duo to tho now? changes. To plerco Into tho now tlmbor was tho purposo of tho extension. It Is said that this week tho present enmp will bo moved further back Into tho bills. At tho samo tlmo it Is understood ! n larger crow of men will bo put to work, as another sldo -will bo oponon for tho purposo of getting' out a lot of spruco that Is needed. OUGHT TO REPORT POLICE SAV MAXV OF HORItER IICS XOT MADE KNOWN Rohborlcs, or attempts at robbery, or any trouble occurlug In which tho pollco court should bo concerned, ought to bo nt once rcportod to tho officers Is tho contention of Chlot Jack Carter, lie says there have boon soveral cases of lato which havo been kept qulot, somotluioa for days, all of which aids In tho escape of tho perpetrators but giving tho pollco no chance to get a cluo. With tho first stroko of January 1, 10 111, tho lid clamps down auto matically, na'H Carter. " No moro roiighhoiiBo," ho Kays. On that Instant every saloon In tho city must closo Its doors ami tho officers aro being Instructed to thou bo constantly on tho nlort Tor boot legging tactics. For weoltH big quantities of boozo has boon finding Its wny Into various cellars of tho city. The last trip of the Kllburn saw dozons of barrolB unloaded on tho dock. In somo placos tho officers have been follow ing tho dollvory vans, thus to iwcor talu whoro the largost caelum aro Lolng Htorod. This will nld tho sher iff's offlco In ferreting out bootlog glng schemes. .Rut such u proced ure of " gumshoolng " hits booh im possible lu Mnrshflold, but in splto of this tho officers feol contldont that they will bo nblo to find whoro tho big thirst rellovors aro stored for commercial piirposos. Islilli LOXf! TAILED MOXSTKlts KVr VALl'AIMiE Itlltll SIMICIMIIXS f.'imiv Into Package Traiellng on KillMirn to Regain TIioiimUm On I tare Food Somo tlmo ago thcro camo a box of valuable stuffed birds from the U. or O. zoological lnboratorjr for use In a lccturo on birds before the children during ai story hour at the Carnoglo I jlillu Library. On their way back to Eugene, via express on tho Kllburn, ruts Invaded the box nnd regaled thoaiBolvcs on stuffed birds, nnd thou Iny down to rest In liiosts mado of expensive feathers. Prof. Dovard, of zoological depart ment, has Just written that the col lection Ih a loss. Most of tho birds wen somewhat rare specimens, having been collect id only uftor weeks of painstaking watchfulness and trapping by men who mnko a business of collecting such exhibits.. Tho chuso for tho birds oftlmcs led tho mon afar, from ono end of the stato to another, and their loss at this tlmo will bo hard to replace. And onco caught, tho birds wore then carefully skinned, stuffed and dried for placing In Ricclmeu; cases. Tho package via express was la holed so that part of tho worth ot tho birds will bo rccovorcd. Times want ads bring results. VESSEL .MOVEMENTS A l lived Adellno Smith, Oakland, 1 p. m. Sunday. Yellowstone, San Franalsco, 0 a, in., today. Sailed Adolino Smith, Oakland, this af ternoon. iei Duo Hero Speodwoll, Daudon, this afternoon. HEATIXO STOVES tit reduced prices, Pioneer Hardware Co. SAYS PROSPECTS GOOD FOR COMING YEAR T. L. llowiuau Writes Encouraging News Regarillug Lumber Con ditions in tho North. Encouraging news is given by J. L. Bowman, head of tho Woolen Mills storos, )f Portland. Ho states that everything Is looking good for tho coming year. Tho following is on extract from Mr. Downian'a lot tor: 'From roports th wo uec ttom ovorywhoro, business is on tho up grado, and tho facts aro It is get ting hotter In almost ovory locality. Here in Oregon wo havo boon kopt back on account of tho poor mar ket for our lunibor and tho prices bolng so low, but that Is gradually working up and tho lumbermen toll mo thoro nro now plonty of ordors offorod at good paying prices. Log ging camps all throughout this part of t,ho country nro stnrtlng up and ovorylhlng points to a successful year in 101C." mo, first to congratulate you upon rM,artl" n,nnr n7ul Wm- ecso your ability and devotion to tho work ril F1,103t Treo-"Dra Norman and ourselves for having hnd your assistance. Iu closing lot mo say that tho Coos-Curry district has dono moro to mnko n success of tho Orogon building nnd win its distinction along tho linos of its representation Song. Columbia, tho Gon of tho Ocean Classes 1. and II. PLAYS CLASS I. Popping tho Question Tonnlo Rus sell, Josslo Russell, Thorn Nor man, Nora Drown, P.unar 'Katka, Arthur Anderson. than any othor district In tho state' Tllr Lost To'8 Prances Saccamon, Of courso you readily understand Tolma Doweeso, Nolllo Drown, wo nro- not intending to say that ,,irj "0Krchar, Vloletta Rubs, your horticultural and agricultural Jolln ninni Joo Shlto. displays havo excocded othor dls- Dnilce- Ninepins Class II. tricts, but as n whole, with special ' aa"10' F"c Gamo ... Class II. consideration for your splendid ox-jItec,tnt,on' Tito Sand Man hlblt of wood and wood products, llolIa IIo,1es, Alico Colan, Mary wo fool that you can otlll claim ono Dowes' of tho vory highest places in con-BOIU" w,,on tno L,"lo Children TlmbB wauf -da urlng results. nectlon with county representation at tho P. P. I. E. "On bohalf of tho commission and myself personally, lot mo thank you onco moro for nil that you havo been ablo to do to help us aehlovo tho distinction that has been ac corded us throughout tho term of tho oxposltlon. "Faithfully yours "OREGON COMMISSION, P.P.I.K. Sleep, Entranco of Santa Claus, distri bution of gifts from Christmas tree, etc. Tho principal of the school is Miss J. G. Loggott. CANDIDATE FOR ASSESSOR To tho Republican electors of Coos County: I hereby nnnounco myself as a "Dy Geo. M. Hyland, Managing candidate for tho offlco of assessor Secretary." I of Coos County nt tho coming pri maries, subject to tho will of tho ' Republican electors of tho county. t TIMES WANT ADS t GET RESULTS t Z T'wes AYaut Ad3 for results. a A.11US ,. JNUSUUU, Conulllo. Dpcninlior "1 BRUCE LATTIN WEDS . MISS ETHEL JOHNSON; Marrlago Takes Placo nt Homo of the llrhlo'N Father on South Slough Druco Lnttln and Miss Annlo Johnson wore married Friday noon at tho homo of tho bride's fnthor, Gua Johnson on South Slough. Tho ceremony was porformod by Rev. Jo. sopt Knotts. About forty rolntlvca and frlonds wero In attendance. Tho olstor of tho hrldo. JIlss Ethel John son, nnd a brothor of tho groom, Clyde Lattln, stood up with tho rouplo, Mr. and Mrs. Lnttln will make tholr homo at Heaver Hill whoro tho groom Is employed. Doth aro qulto woll knows bore. TWO ARRESTMI) Of tho two secret Indictments ro turned by tho old grand Jury a coup le of weoks ago, ono was against Jesso Luko. of this city, for failure to support a minor child. Ho had agreed to pay a monthly allowance for clothes and school books for u daughter, who is living with Mrs. Offiold, but skipped tho country. Ho has been located at Rosoburg, where he is now hold, nnd Deputy Sheriff Laird wont out this morning to bring him iu. Tho other indictment was for Jnmes McCutoheon for bootlegging at Myrtle Point; and ho has given bona for ?750 for his appearance hero for trial in January. Coqullle Sontluol. EXPERT WELDING of METALS Steel, brass, cast, Iron and aluminum castings made like new DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY. Koontz Garage Phone 180-J. North Front Street Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Dams, 'Bridges, Buildings. General Construction COMPLETE PLANTS FOR HARBOR WORK Our Coos Bay office has available for Oregon Coast work the Dredge "Seattle" Uie most powerful, best 'equipped and most thoroughly taer twonty-lnch hydrnulio dredge Ik Pacific watert Coos Bay office, Marshfield, Oregon. Main office, Seattle, Washington. EXTKXD TAX ROLL Early In January tho assessor's qf fico will begin on tho Job of extend- lug tho 1915 tax roll on ho records It Is expected that this work will tako six weeks to complete. .NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY S. S. F. A. Kilburn SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO, (Via Eureka) SATURDAY, DKCEMUER 25, AT 11 A. M' FROM SMITH TEHMIXAL HOCK For Further Information Call Jfl. L. C. OUSHlXG. Agent. OCEAN BEACH AUTO LINE Gorbt & King. , . flt Lcaio Marhhfield nt 7 a. iu., Mill returning leaving from Lmpi' . H n. nu Leavo Marshfleld nt 11 n.in. and returning 'enVe Slough at 1 p. m. Leave Marshfleld nt C p. m. l retorD " leavo South Slough at O p. m. I