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f tVAc.- 'ityr n ffM i .r- m(MW s , THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELlV OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916 EVENING EDITION. H..J wB5?5' E. Itt'tVl kv, ; ?ji t?HUti V It l i ' K ft i r i i' ; j v 11 I E'l ': i' tt k j :'r I J tv s f ! Your Feet Show Clean graceful )iue, exquisite woiluuunslilp iiikI abovo all thai touch of "big city" nt)le that has given Krippericlorf- Dittmann Shoes " for Women z $.'1.50 to $5.00 SIMPSON POUT CASH J9 SETTLED TODAY (Special to Tho Times) COQUILLE, Ore., Jon. 7. After the preliminaries for tho trial of tho caso of tho Port of Coos Hay against tho Simpson Lumber Company for $4,900 for tho fill made, by the drodgo Seattle had Htartod, a settlement wan of fectetl. It Is understood, that tho Simpson Company agreed to pay tho claim in full. their universal vogue, mnko tho "Hub" tho fuvorito chopping pin co for women Mho are particular about tholr footwear. Shoos that mnko tho woman unUHually well dressed nnywhero tlint Is whnt wo sell. Wo "will fit you. Wo havo health hIioos for children, boys and girls. Hub Dry Goods Co. STATION "Smart Wear for Women" CORNER IIHOADWAY AND CENTRAL AVE, Phono 301 IS READY NEW COAST OUA HI) QUARTERS NOW READV KOI I OCCUPATION EFT IB ADDRESS OLD KINO ALCOHOL WARNINfl GAVE Family Liquor DctxitM Prophesied For. Oregon In Kow Yearn ' Process round to Keep Cider Boforo King Alcohol was exiled out of Orogon, ho took groat caro to nee that Portlandors know his now address, according to travelers re cently returned from tho Itoso City. Qn tho last days of tho old year men paced tho streets of tho business sec tions bearing groat banners aloft on tholr shoulders tolling, vory mlnuto ly, Just how to procuro "llckor' from polnta outsldo tho state. Frank Horton Bald that theso men literally Bwoopod down llko tho ar my of old King Alcohol, that thpy wore, Bomotlmes 2G strong, ono man pacing right bolilnd tho other. Limit Allows Jags i Tho bollof Is expressed In Portland that tho Orogon dry law Is not qulto what It Booms, bocnuso two quarts of whlskoy or 24 quarts of boor, contain several good slzod Jags for any Individual. It la pointed out that Washington has lower limitations on liquor ship rnonts but tho drug stores there havo a chunco to hoII Intoxicants through doctor's proscriptions. rrophony Liquor Depots Theso facts havo led to tho pro- puosy mai a row years rrom now may boo tho establishment In Ore gon and Washington of family liquor depots, whero tho logal limit of Btlmulanta may bo purchasod within flte atato and not bo shipped In from yia outside. -f Hut no mnttcr -which way tho pen dulum of tho dry barometer swings, there Is Joy In tho fact that a process t last has boon Invontod which, It Is claimed, will absolutely kcop elder sweet and puro. By means of a patent bung, filled with a myatorlous and patented sub s(anco, tho elder Is kept through long periods of time without a bit of fermentation and as sweet as tho day It was mado. SEEK ROAD MONEY CITY ATTORNEY TAKES UP .MAT TKIt WITH COUNTY COUItT Crow Will Probably Move In Noxt Week, HnyH ('apt. Ilritl Diver To Idiy Ivtflt of Truck Coos Day's Coast Guard crow ex pects to niovo Into its new Btatlon nt Charleston Bay bo mo time noxt week according to tho annoifhconiont to- i, Uf Ul VsUJHUUl IJllll. 11U HUIU IIIUL Inspector Fourchy, of tho CoaBt rr Guard Iiurcau, has sent to Washing ton for permission to niovo and It is oxpoctcl that within a fow days no tlco will bo received. , Practically everything nbout tho Btatlon Is now completed, Bald Cnpt. Ilrltt, with tho oxenptlon of a fow finishing details, such as tho comple tion of tho plumbing and soveral re- Matter of Kxpondltuiv Within City of lmlrB to tho plastering of tho now 70 Percent of Road Tav Col- . "oubos. looted Hvre, Puzzles ' Tll uont houso Is finished. A dlv- !cr Is oxpectod to lay tho last of tho Doforo tho county court was plac rack down tho ,Iam,ch Wtty and tin" , , , 1A ... dor water somotlmo on Sunday. Tho cd today tho matter of the oxpen- carrlage(1 of Ul0 bg hoaiB w ,mvo dlturo within tho city limits of 70 to bo changed to adapt them to tho porcont of tho road money collected two Instead of tho threo rail track or from tho city of Marshflold, which tho now bout houso. by itsolf forms an entlro road dls- Tho movement of tho Coast Guard trlct. City Attorney James Urand crow to Its now quarters will mean wont over on tho morning trnln to much to Coos Day. It will put tho tako tho matter up with the county f0 BavcrB within lean thnn CO sec officials. I'dft'StfJal oml'8 run ' tholr power boat, from At tho last mooting of tho city tho bar. At tho old station it now council proporty owners on Nortl) ( tnxes them at least 28 minutes to Front otreot declnrod It Is gros un-. mnko tho dlstnnco to tho bar- ovnn J I SHIPPING NEWS t $$ VKSSEL MOVEMENTS Arrived Yellowstone, San Francisco, 10 n. in. Duo Hoio Kllburn, San Francisco, Monday Duo to Sail Rustler, Koguo River, wnen weath er permits. M PLAY FIRST MAKHHF1KLD AND NOHTIt DHNf) TO MKE11 IIKHK TONIGHT IS STILL ME ST1WNGE LITTLE CKA1T "Sill KKANCIS" WELL 1CNOWN HEHE fairness to chnrgo thorn for tho re pairs of North Front street which la worn out to a great extont by me traffic of tho auto companies. Tho i argument was mado that, either part i of tho road fund should bo used ; thoro to pay for tho repairs or tho vehicles should bo taxed bo as to eland part of tho financial burden, t As yot tho county court has mado no movo regarding tho disposal of. the money available within this road district. Many plans havo boon put forward for Its expenditure. Mayor Copplo says ho is not In favor of this under tho moat favorable conditions. LIFE COMES TO TOWN WITH BLANK SPACES This weok's edition of LIfo, tho humorous weokly, which has Just i cached Marshflold iiowb stands, sots boforo its rendora ono entlro pago of nico whito paper, perfectly blank, and it Is no Joke cither. In tho reg ular edition a liquor advertlsomout Doit mitm annual clearance Halo of Woolen ,Hlll Htoro which begin tqmarrow. Seo largo nil on pago n. appeared in this position, but bc monoy being spent for any entlro im-!cnu8 of tho prohibition law audi an provomont, for mich an action would . nuvortlBomont is illegal In Orogon bklppcr Who Sails Dout lly Himself Has Ileachcl Cntnlhm IhIuikIh Hound For Hrnzll Aboard a littlo 32 foot gaBollno schooner which ho built himself and sails all alone, Captain Thomas W. Drake, of Seattlo, 1b now resting nt Avnlon, on tho Cntallna Islands, Cal ifornia. Ho lms Just arrived thoro on a long trip of Bovoral months, which Included a visit of soveral days to Coos' Day. While hero Capt. Drnko, who Is an old sailer, and his strango craft, tho 3Ir Francis, attracted consider able attention. IIo had many visi tors who camo aboard to hear tho littlo old man toll all about how ho sailed tho vosboI by himself, heaved her to at night, nnd slept as soundly in his berth as though ho wore on Inntl. It was last July that tho Sir Francis lft Seattlo. Toward tho latter part of August It sailed Into Coos Day. Slnco Its doparturo tho boat has boon making several ports along tho western coast and tho own ei declares that ho will tako It through tho straits of Magellan If tho Panama Canal Is not opened in time for him. IIo put Into Avnlon to cscapo n so voro Btorm that becamo threatening nnd drovo him Into port until it passed. I Jacket, Didl Squads hi Good Trim Independents Again Mnko Appearance on Local Floor On tho local gymnasium floor tonight will bo played tho first In trjrachomstlo basketball tamo of tho Coos County League. Tho Marshflold quintet will moot tho five of tho NortlrDond high school. For wcoIcb tho member's ot both teams havo boon practicing hnrd for tho coming series ot eight games that every team in tho coun ty league has boforo It. LflBt soaBon Marshflold won tho championship. Tho proteges of Coach Nllcs declare thoy arc going to do it again. Tholr preliminary work has boon oven better than that of last year nt this tlmo. Tomorrow' Lino Up. On tho local tenm tonight will bo WnttcrB and Durrows, for wards; Seaman, centor, nnd Chap man and McDonald, guards, Again this year tho Marshflold Independent basketball team Ib making Its appearance and games will bo played with other aggrega tions of Coos Day nnd Coqutllo Valley points. Those In tho squad Include Don Fisher, Professors Dnr ragor and St. Plorro, J. W. Mc Intur'ff, Drownoll and Nllcs. 'J'nolr first gnmo will bo a week from to morrow night with tho high achool team. m I MANY SHIPS PASS HY bo unfair to proporty ownora In oth er sections of tho city. Thoro la n possibility that an ar rangement will bo mado whereby tho county will stand for half tho ox ponso for tills roadway on tho high way botweon Marahflold and North Deiul. ' ' ' Mr. Drnnd will socuro an under standing with thorn and return to mako bin report to the city council at Its mooting next Monday when In all probability tho question will bo threshed out doflnltoly. Dr. 1). O. Vaughn, Dentin, Hoom S!0, Klmt National Hank building. Wheat, 2.10. Halnos. Dr. Leslie, Ohteopath, MarMiflold Coos Bay Stationery Company will 1)0 open for business Monday, Januaraty J Oth " ! :-i In our now quarter s , ' ' "221: North Front Street Wllf'WILTJ WELCOME OUH OLD PATUONS, TOGETIIEH WITH IkkXY NKWsOES, IN OUH SKW LOCATION AND WILL HE PIIEPAHED TO SEltVE THEM HETTKU THAN EVEH HEFOHE. Cops Bay Stationery Company PHONE S2t NOHTH 1'IIONT STHEET 1.10. HLANCO HOTEL ULDG. Washington and Idaho nnd tho pub lienors mot tho emergency by lifting tho objoctlonnble matter from tno form nnd printing a special oxpurga tod edition for theso threo states. Soveral small spaces containing liq uor ada aro also boou to bo blank In this Ihsuo. Tho copies coming through tho malls to regular subscribers, howov er, wero printed complete, contain ing all tho liquor ads. Tho oxpur gatod edition was printed for nows stands only. E IS ft DANDON .MAN APPEAHS IN SUIT IN CALIFOHNIA Ono Passed Golden Gato Every 15 Minutes During 11)1.1. Evory 4G mlnutcB a ship passed tho Goldon Oato during 1015, ac cording to statistics Juat compiled. Dut ovon at this rate, tho mark ot 1014 was bottor, duo to tho fact that more ahlla woro obtalnuolo nnd thoro wore1 not so many In terned. ' Officinl figures show that 11, 029 ships of all nations, almost all aires, shapes and descriptions pnsa ed In nnd out of tho Goldon Gato. Of this numbor G.717 crossed in unci 5,912 crossed out to soa. Port offlcera at San Francisco declare tho flguroB for 191l would havo boon considerably higher, too If tho Panama canal had not tied up much shipping. COUNCIL BOOSTS AGE LIMIT Dojh Under lit Now Prohlbitod From Going Into Dllllnrd Halls POIITLAND, Ore, Jan. 7. Hoys under 21 years of ago now nro prohibited from going Into pool and billiard-rooms. Tho . City Council passed an omefgoncy ordinance In creasing tho ago limit from 18 years. Originally tho ordinnnco provldod against card gamos. This feature was cut out and tho ago foaturo In- sorted. Big Shipment Buster Brown Shoes Reductionm Price These Shoes are cheaper than they have been for a number of seasons You can't buy better or more stylish shoes for your children All have the best Oak Tanned Welt Soles The Golden Rule FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG ALWAYS BUSY. MARSHFIELD NEWS OF NEARBY TOWNS (ME SUFFERING COLD HAKKH CUHIIV COUNTV HANGICS USKLKSS HOLDS JOB LONG Lano County Teacher Holds Position l-'or U:i Yearn. EUGI3NI3, Ore, Jan. 7. Elmor Jordan, of Kugono, nccordlng to County Superintendent of Schools K. J. Moore, has n record as a school teachor which la probably un equaled in tho stato. Jordan has taught for 23 ycara in Lano Coun ty nnd at presont is teaching tho Doorhorn school, on tho McKcnzio Rlrer, which his father taught 42 years ngo. $ ! t WATERFRONT NEWS J Tho government llghthouso tondor Manzanltn did not got out today. Thoro was a vory heavy swell run nlng nnd tho bar was bad. It was stated today that tho vessel would havo had difficulty In unloading stores at tho Capo Arago llghthouso today undor existing conditions. James Lotrldgo, a Miner, Declared to ho Legal HiiNbaiul of Mrs. Josephine Hall. SAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. C An exceptional matrimonial tangle was disclosed when James Lotrldgo, a mining man at Dnndon, Orogon, fllod a complaint In Intervention In tho dlvorco action now ponding botweon Mrs. Josephlno Hall, pro prietress of tho Marlborough Hall apnrtmouts hero, nnd J. K. Hall, to whom sho wns married eiglijt years ago nftor obtaining a dlvorco de' creo from Lotrldgo. TJio filing; of this complaint fol lowed a hearing at which-both Lot rldgo and his fdmior' wife testi fied, and nt which tho court sot asldo tho former dlvorco decreo on tho ground that It was obtained by fraud, and hold that Mrs. Hall is still tho logal wlfo of Lotrldgo. Although Lotrldgo assorts In his complaint of Intervention that his wlfo ran away with Hall, taking ?7fi00 of his monoy, his avowed purposo in filing It la to assist 1 I In her present dlvorco litluntiifn with Hall and to provont the latter from getting possession of any of tho ?0,000 worth of furnishings In tho Marlborough Hall apart ments. Lotrldgo assorts- that at tho tlmo of tho alleged elopmont Hall was merely a traveling salesman, with out means, and that tho proporty which Is bolng fqught, fpr was ac- cuiuuiaicu ironv-uio- ?7oo fwnleh ho snys his wlfo took when bIio flod. Returns Homo. C. F. McCollum nnd wlfo, of North Bond, arrived homo .this week from Ban Francisco whoro Mrs. McCollum has spont a low months nnd whoro Mr. McCol lum wont for tho holidays. Lumber Hates Up Geo. Stephen son, of tho North Bond Mill nnd Lumbor Company, wns horo on busi ness last night. On account or tho shortage of steamors, tho rato on lumber from tho Columbia River to San Francisco has been advanced from $5.00 per thousand to $5.50 per thousand and tho now rato from tho Coqulllo to San Francisco is $G.tiu por thousand, nccordlng to advices ho has recolved. OREGON CITY BOOSTS 6REGON CITY, Or., Jan. 7. Tho Ilawloy Pulp & Paper Company will opond $750,000 In Oregon City this year, according to a definite an nouncement mado by W. P. -Hawloy, president and genoral manager of tho company, following n mooting of tho directors in Portland earlier to day. All of tho plana for tho groat extension of tho mill recommended by Mr. Ilawloy woro approved. Tho pulp mill will bo enlarged to provido now raw products for tho now paper mill. The Improvement will mean that 200 more mon will bo added to Oregon City's payioll as soon as tho now structure Is complet ed and tho machinery installed. COMETS PASSAGE AROUND THE SUN THIS MONTH Calculations Bring tho Da to to Jan nary 28 Visible Through Small Telescopes CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 7. Tny lor'a Comet, discovered early In De cember and visible through smnll telescopes in tho northwestern skies, will mnko 1(8 jinseago around tho sun on January 28, according to calcula tions recolved at tho Harvard Obsor vatory from Prof. A. O. LouBchnor, director of tho Students' Observatory nt Berkoloy, Cal. Tho orbit of tho comet Is a vory short ono, requiring not moro than fivo years to mako tho Journey to and from the huh. It was statod that tho light of tho comot was decreasing gradually. Tomporatiiro Down Ixiwer than Any Vcir Hlnro 11)10 Memiry lilt Alxivo Zero (Special to The Times) GOLD DI3A01I, Ore, Jan. 0. Gold Bench, experienced nn unusual cold spell of weather tho past week. On Docombnr 29, .tho thermometer registered 23 degrees nbovo, which Is decidedly out of tho' ordinary for tills vicinity. Other towns roport about tho samo tomporatiiro. Only u fow times In recent years linn this section had anything llko It. Incom plete recordB bIiow thnt on Jan. 2, 1910, thp thormometor registered 21 dogrccs abovo, whllo on May 17, 1909, It registered 23 abovo. Tiio oxtromo cold weathor mukos it difficult for tho ranchers, as many of thorn dopoud upon tho open rnngo t( uirry tholr stock through tho most of tho wlntor season. TAo grnsj is now practically worthless as tho freezing provonts a now growth and also rendors tho old growth worthloss. CURRY COUNTY HAS MADE ANNUAL LEVY Amount Ih Fifteen and Ono-IIalf Mills Which Ih Highest Conn. ly over AnwsscsI GOLD DHACII, Oro Jnn. C Tbt Couirty Court of Curry County clo sed their regular Docomhcr lorm on nocomber 31, and will convene r.galn today to transact tho uiuil bmiluosB which may como up at tht January term. Tho court mado u regular annuil .lovy of ln.C mills, which la tho high est tho county has over had, Thli will mako tho lovy In boiiio dlttrltti run closo to 20 mills. Whllo thu vlll seem high to soino, yrt tht court Justifies tho lovy by gailnj: ' that a largo part Is for road par pones and will bo spent In tho itr- cial districts, whoro thoBo who nd ' It will got tho bonoflt, by bolng fur nished employment on tho roads." COUNTV SKAT NOTILS HKLD HKSPONSIBLK MILLS HKCKlVi: BIO OltDKIt ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan, 7.- That nn order for 2,000,000 feet of largo dimension lumbor has been placed with Northwest mills by tho Chicago Northwestern Railroad was annouucod horo today, Aberdeen mills received 250,000 feet, nnd tho rest will bo cut by Pugot Sound, Wal lapa Hnrbor nnd Contralla mills. Tho log shortago horo has bocomo so acuto that several mills may be forced to closo for a short period. Long-ldlo camps, which resumed op erations recently, will not havo logs ready for rafting for soveral weeks yet. Crew Dlaincd for Accident on tho Southern Pacific Tho following is from the Roso burg Review: "That H. D. Ryan, engineer: R. A. Bailey, flromnn, flnd C. II. Gnffnoy, head brakomnn, Of tho crow III cliarco of onbrntlnir northbound through frolght train No. . ........a i-uiiiuuu IIUUtlMIII Willi southbound local frolght train No, 229, near Winchester, enrly Satur day evening, wero responsible for tho collision was tho onlnlon r..n. uuren ny tno board News of Coqulllo Hwiplo Told In tin Sentinel Tho work of pilo driving for too Hall Btrnot brldgo was begun th first of tho wook by Ed Elllngstu who is doing tho work for A. D. Colllor, tho latter having tho bridge contract, Mr. nnd Mrs. C. A. Boyrlo loft for Santa Rosa, Cal., In response to a ,tologram announcing tho death ot MrH. Tinvrln'u mnll.nf Un U' . iFalrmnn. Docoaaod wna for manr year's a resident of this soctlon and loaves many friends who will regret to hear or her passing. Sho leave n husband and six children. A. E. Dottys, of Falrvlow, hu bought out tho Intcrost or the other heirs In tho lOO.aero farm his moth er loft on tho Coos Bay Wagon rod Of llliilllrv which concludod Its Investigation of ut a valuation of $8,000 or $G0 pr mo accident shortly boforo 11 o clock Sunday night. Tho board was composod of F. h. Burkhaltor, suporincondont of tho Southern Pa cific linos In Orogon; W, M. Soiror, division engineer; Goorgo Wild, mas tor mechanic; W. F. Harris, a local abstractor, and W. A. Pottlt, a Rose- ourg nowspapor man. In tho wreck Fireman Glenn Pat rick lost his arm. Tho proporty x COUNTV SEAT NOTES aero. This land adjoins his own farm and ho now has ono of tho fin est farms in that section. PACIFIC FREIGHT HIOH SALEM Tho County Court baa rofused to Include in tho budget $2000 for the expenses of a Coun ty Agriculture It being claimed that tho farmers woro opposod to it. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. Offr shoro lumber frolght rates rroih Grays Harbor, as woll as from other North Pacific ports, nro at the high est point thoy havo reached In years. Tho standard rato to Sydney Is 97 shillings 0 pence and a," 110-Bhllllug rato Is prevailing to Melbourno tind Adelaide Cargoes to Capo Town ann other Southern African ports bring 160 shillings, or more than $38 a thousand feet. Theso heavy rates aro attributed by local shippers to a brisk demand for .lumber, (n offshore places, ahd to the extreme tonnago shortage now existing, Nown of Coqulllo Peoplo Told In tho Herald Mrs. C. A. Gngo split tho back of her hand open with an uxo whllo splitting kindling ono day last weolc. Mlsa Hazel Manwarlng and broth er Harold of Langlols, Curry county, spent day in tho city. The big tolophono polo across tho ket dropped todav frnm u nnd J5 rlvor from this city foil Into the rlvor.' ctnta ouotatlons n ,, ir1i and The steamer Dora ran into tho tnnglo 30 conta trade. This drop la duo1 to Of Wires and WnS hung Un for nn hniii the rnmnntlMnn nr ni,i-. ind i:go pricks hhop Chlnaso Product 8IiIijkm1 In Mr Spoil Iocal Industry Whothor or not Chlneso eggs wjll havo sorlous effect locally on the prices ds a question which Is being considered by thoso who havo flocks of chickens for egg production. Ch noso 4eggs havo throntoned tho Ore gon product to such an QXtent that some predict tho Importation from the Orient will ruin tho local ludiw try. A Dugono paper a few days ngo said: Tho Eugono wholesalo egg mar- hung up for nn hour or so getting them out of her pro- F. A. Bakor and Pearley Crowlov of Sltkum, wero in tho city. They report that tho snow that fell hardly touched Brewster Valloy and that tho Cooa Bay wagon road is in flue shapo over tho mountain, Goes to Coqulllo, Claudo Moan, who has boon In charge of thoTJow- elry Dopartment at tho Rod Cross ror somo tlmo, has resigned and will leavo next week for Coqulllo, where ho will engage in the jew elry business for himself. That ho Will meet with much success in business for himself is the wish of tho many friends ho has mado hero. the competition of Chlneso eggs and tho Increase In tho local supply, ft0 cordjng to tho cdinmJsBlon men,", : U- i DALLAS Formor Sheriff Grant has recognized Evan Kemp, the assailant of Mrs. Myers at Gresliam. as being a man who atolo horsos near Indopondonco, CORVALLIS Lewis, tho son of Hr. and Mrs. J, D. Howell, was ac cidentally killed by a falling tree and this was the third son to dio in tho family within tho last year. PENDLETON Mayor John Dyer lsfued an edict ordering alj dog? in tho city to bo either muzzled or kept In confinement on account of fear of, rabies, i'f'"ii mmwrnEi it ?&.?, .htjwv r -&r.i IV. r